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to serve religious freedom for 4 = = the res of mr the: chaplain Col. Haskett L. -Contrion Counshortage. - mandi officer of Wakebopy; deliv. Juss how grave [gral and - Convalescent ir, 20 cents the chaplain Camp Atterbury, Ind. h shortage .Is, will the need. for additional tudt be told Wednes- {for the armed ‘forces in R dae day. by Lt. Cmdr. } land camps. er Slales A. J. McKelway, . |. Replacements are not po 3 veteran ¢haplain tor the large number of '! cents a of many South |currently filling overseas

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{appeal is made. to. Iocal cler, : ya a a Roiees : {meet the need for such pe group of religious Wakeman is among the : ’ ‘ pitals having a rapid tu leaders here at a

luncheon in the Indianapolis civil. chaplains because of the

need and can expect to lochricker's ocure- ; 1an office of haval officer pr the future, officials s ; ment. , a mild-

. |present, three chaplains Chaplain McKelway knows where- ling the Catholic, Protenis office |

of he speaks. . He: setyed tor 20, ~Jewish- faiths, -are-servi gg months aboard the U S. 'S. Essex hospital, ng life after]

when as part of the famous Tak | rough the adjutant g Force 58, it participated In many q.. washington, D.C. of our most important battles and

raids against the Japanese. He is | 1 A ral 1f there ever ! now assigned to the offic, of ye the pressures of wartime, despite the frictions arising from. a divided statehouse and a legislature controlled by his political opponents, Henry Schricker ran the state, and ran it well, for four years. 8 8.8 ® n- : ‘WE LOOK BACK on these four years with pride in our state and in the man who headed it. It was not easy to ad-. minister the affairs of Indiana during those four years. There were many extra duties to be performed. and material shortages made it extremely maintain essential services. intense emotional strain, _ thought threatened the basic unity of the state and nation. Despite all this, Henry Schricker kept his head. chose good men for responsible. jobs, he stressed efficiency, integrity and economy. his opponents sought to confound him he proved that you must ‘arise early to get ahead of Henry Schricker. Yet he © was ready to co-operate, with the utmost tact and good will, with those who were willing to put aside political considerations for the welfare of the state.

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|The Iron Is Hot

By James Thrasher

SINCE _ THE- INVASION ° of Normandy the United States has . borne the brunt of the war. The liberation of France, the invasion

Rundstedt’s counter-offensive have been largely American jobs. We “are fighting almost alone-in the Far East, wire Mountbatten’s long-promised operations have never started. an *

political prestige has .declined badly. "Russia and Britain “have gone their own way in redesigning Europe by the old, war-breeding patterns. And lately American correspondents in London have reported a cooling of Anglo-American friendship on the other side of the Atlantic. According to them, the English. people are beginning to disparage our war contribution, and point to our safe, comfortable wartime existence as reason why no American voice should be raised in ciiticismf British_palicy. - ; The 1Afluential English magazine, The Economist, has advocated Britain's playing the game of European

ations than |

| politics according to Russian rules rather than gambling on promises of American post-war collaboration. It has spoken scornfully of our “lofty, moral | generalities” and our unwillingness to “get dowh in the dust of the arena.”

American Influence Deteriorating

RUSSIAN POPULAR OPINION. is, of course, the government's, and favorable when American and Russian aims and operations coincide. It is a great misfortune that American influence should, be deteriorating at a time when American

1 strength and effort are at or near their peak. For it | is most unlikely that when the common peril is past,

The people were under an | and conflicting currents of | attempts in some British and Russian quarters to | distort the facts to excuse their own actions.

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willingness to collaborate on a new

| security organization, He was shrewd, and when | y

Manpow er | | we shall command from our allies anything like the

respect that is potentially ours today. Part of the deterioration seems to resuit from

There can be no serious doubt of this country’s eager international

Our “lofty, moral generalities” have been necessary. But it is true that our government has avoided “the

dust of thg arena” too long. Perhaps our four months’ | | absorption in domestic interests before the November |

elections, though it provided a shining example of |

of Germany and the halting of |

yet at this same time our

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defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

disagree with what you say, but will

| democratic freedom in wartime, injured the cause of | | “BRITAIN KEEPS

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future peace,

It is typical of the man that, as he leaves office, he | Government Should Take the Lead

readily gives full credit to the legislature for the financial | surplus that has been laid by. But he points out, and justly, | that there has been little if any waste in his administration. What needed to be done, he did—what could wait until the war was won was deferred for more propitious times. First things always came first with Henry Schricker. -

Yet Henry Schricker is a man who can look ahead. Thus he views complete, wide-scale reforestation—to save | Indiana’s soil and woodlands and fo prevent floods—as one | - of the most important post-war needs. Thus he helped to conserve the state's financial resources for the urgent needs |

he foresaw in the future. Thus he laid a sound foundation |

DURING THE CAMPAIGN, policies contrary to

our desires and beliefs took shape in Europe. And |

when the new secretary of state finally made a tenta-

tive move to remonstrate, the new shapes had | tinue to rule India, for the benefit | hardened in_the mold. There was nothing for us to { do then that would not have damaged Allied military | unity.

Whether we like them or’ not, present arrange-

| ments in Poland and Greece, the Balkans and the

Baltic states and Italy will have to be accepted. But at least we may hope that our government will lose |

| no more time, while our strength is at its height, in | making known more specific policies and in taking

the lead to continue the course that was charted at

* for the work that must be done when peace again returns. | Dumbarton Oaks. >

HENRY SCHRICKER was a good governor because he | - WORLD AFFAIRS—

- was close to the people, because to a greater degree than | - almost any other man in public life he was one of them. There was no sham nor pretense in him—he took your hand, |

not because he might win your vote, but because he gen- |

" uinely enjoyed knowing you. Henry Schricker inspired trust because you felt his sincerity and his honesty. Henry

* Schricker is a typical Hoosier—and we doubt if there is | »

any characterization that would please him more.

. Although on Monday he will cease to be governor, the

Foopicor Indiana are fond of Henry Schricker and we fully share that regard. He has worn well. In defeat, he gained in stature, for he accepted the verdict of the voters with good grace and sportsmanship and has done everything he |

could to make the change in administrations smooth and |

harmonious.

Millions of Indiana citizens, Republicans and Demoerats alike, will join in saying to our retiring governof: Well done, Henry. Good luck and Godspeed.

THE DIES COMMITTEE LIVES

HE durability of the Dies committee, which instead of ‘expiring with the old congress has been made permanent by a 207-to-186 vote of the new house of representa- | tives, distresses some people and delights others. We are on the glad side. It is essential, we think, for congress and the country | to be informed about and on guard against un- -American | activities. Many of the Dies committee's efforts to investigate and expose such activities have been useful. They would have been more useful if the committee and especially | its chairman had been more careful, more dignified, more | judicious, less inclined to fire blundering charges and engage | in indiscriminate smearing.

In its new status the committee will have a new chair- . mah, Martin Dies having retired ffom congress. It will have several other new members. It will need a new determination to funetion in orderly committee fashion. . It will need a high respect for civil liberties. And it will need a clear understanding of what un-American activities are—and of what they are not.

n r IT IS NOT un- Aeris to be for or against the New | Deal; to belong to a labor union or a business association ; to advocate or oppose political or economic change by | “democratic methods. Un-American activities, in our opinion, are those which seek to overthrow ér to undermine democratic government and to bring about in this country some | __other form of government—the Russian, for example,” or the German.

The house can supply its committee on un- American |

activities with nine energetic members who know the dif- | ference between disloyalty and unorthodoxy—members who |

are fair-minded, careful of the rights of citizens, resolved to safeguard civil liberties, interested in protecting their country rather than in publicizing themselves. We think of Voorhis of California, Courtney of Tennessee and Mundt of South Dakota, all of whom have served with credit on the Dies group; of others such as ‘Ramspeck of Georgia,

- Anderson of New Mexico, La Follette of Indiana, Judd of |

* Minnesota, Monroney of Oklahoma; Sparkman of Alabama, Kefauver- -of Tennessee, Bennet of New York, x, “But ‘we aren't trying to appoint the committee, We're only thinking of the type of representatives who would public confidence and respect as members of an agency. that will have many eporiuniine to,

Uneasy Americas By William Philip Simms py

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Unless the Argentine problem can be disposed of within the next week or 50, it may upset’ the conference of the American republics scheduled to open in Mexico City about Feb. 1. Back in October, the regime at

Buenos Aires asked the governing!

board of the Pan-American Union to call a special meeting on for»ign ministers to consider its differences: with the rest of the Americas, most of which had refused recognition on

“I the grounds that it was pro-axis. »

To date the Argentine proposal has not been acted upon. - The United” States, whose relations with that

country are particularly strained, has opposed such a |

a meeting. And while the American republics have all been sounded out, less than half have replied. Thus the monthly meeting of the union was post-

poned from yesterday until next Thursday, presum- |

| ably in the hope of being able to reach a decision.

Argentina Is Not Invited THERE IS REASON to believe that not all the

{ countries south of the Rio Grande share fully the

| Washington point of view. At least some of them are favorable to the Argentine request, Still others | take the position that, whatever we may think of her behavior in refusing to live up to her commitments

| as a signatory to the hemisphere defense’ pacts, she

is legally entitled to a hearing. The coming meeting at Mexico City was not called

by the Pan-American Union. It has nothing to do with the so-called Argentine problem. - Although the | agenda has not been made public, it is undesstogd to bear mostly on the attitude of the American nations | toward the Dumbarton Oaks plan and post-war prob- | lems .generally. Argentina has not been invited te" Mexico—at least not up to now. Mexico, which initiated the confer-

ence, is doubtless awaiting action on the part of the | | other American republics .and this may be forthcoming after the next meeting of the Pan-American |

Union.

A compromise solution has been suggested, It is

to invite Argentina to the conference and extend to" her the privilege of making any statement she may |. | wish. Buenos Aires observers indicate that Argentina |

is not interested in winning any “Pyrrhic diplomatic

victories” and that what she wants most-is to smooth | | our her difficulties, especially those with the United If 50, Mexico City might provide her with an.

States. acceptable. means to an end.

| Bolivian Situation Grows Worse

MEANWHILE THE SITUATION in Bolivia, where Argentine influence is powerful, seems to be growing worse. She has a new cabinet in which members of

the National Revolutionary Party (the M.N.R.) were |’

given three important positions, - When the United States recognized the Villarroel government last summer, it wd% understood that elimination of M:N. R. Iéaders from the cabinet was

- one of the factors that had niade the regime accept-

able to Washington. Now Victor Paz. Estenssoro, head of the M. N. R., has again became mihister of finance, The Warren report on Bolivia=—~which led to recognition of the Villarroel regime—said that both personally and as the head of his party, Estenssoro had

‘been decidedly anti- -democratic and against the united .

‘nations. It said there. were positivé proofs that -he conn th ‘German agents in Bolivia and wit) pro-German political figures in Argentina, Thus when Villarroel ‘threw "him. and ether Nazi-stigmatized Me .R. leaders out ol. the cabine

| INDIA DIVIDED”

| By Joe Saunders, 3625 College ave.

A recent contributor to the]

Forum—signing himself. “Observer” | . | —insists ‘that Britain should con-|

of everybody concerned. He says!

that history \proves that the people

of India are nof capable of govern-

| | ing themselves; that an independ- |

ent Indian government could not,

| function because _of the marked di-|

versity of religious beliefs, political aspirations and social distinctions, |

‘and that Britain has shown such |

| rare’ generosity in providing India | with schools, hospitals, factories,| canals, railroads, etc. What, He neglected to’ observe, | however, is the fact that the British colonial office has seen to it that {all of those religious, political and {social animosities have been : kept alive and intensified by greasing the palms of hereditary princes and such other tractable stooges as were willing to sell: their countrymen down the river for a few paltry coins of British gold; and that the people of India have paid for all of those not unmixed blessings a ‘thousand --times,-in “blood and sweat-and tears.” Another thing proven by history —which “Observer” failed to mention=is that back in the latter part of the 18th century the then reigning king of England, George III, | felt quite sure that the American colonists were not capable of selfgovernment and spent considerable | blood .and treasure to prevent them from attempting such an innovation. While the status of the American colonists was not in every respect analogous to that of present-day Indians, the American economy was, in 1776, and has continued to be a composite of diversified and | conflicting elements.. Yet as a gov- { ernment, Americans have been able to worry: along reasonably well in their pursuit of happiness and dol-! lars without any stabilizing pressure { from the British crown. And since the material success of the Amerrican people-is primarily due to the fact that every individual was free {to exercise his own initiative, it is only reasonable to assume that the {peoples of India, given the same {liberty of choice and initiative for | more than a century and a half, | would have made far greater prog- | ress politically, socially and eco-

"dians Mdefinitely so thdt

(Times readers are invited to express their these columns, religious controversies excluded. Because of “the volume received, let- | |this afternoon I received a letter ters should be limited to 250 {from my son, who is an artillery-

Letters must be | man on the Western front, from

Words hich I quote as follows: signed. Opinions set forth ee ee ee 83 10L Ows!

here are those of the writers, and publication

| “CLAM UP AND | QUIT SQUALLING” 'By Mrs. J. W., Indianapolis I have just read your editorial

views in

“Right now concern and tempers {are directed at the munitions work{ers and produders. What the hell wa i + with th |is going on back there anyhow? If implies agreement wiin 10S |some of those so-called and selfopinions by The Times. The [styled ‘patriots’ would have their no responsi- |ammunition rationed some day and bility {or 4h to f many. |they find they needed more over iy lor ie rewurn of many land above the allotment, perhaps a scripts and cannot enter cor- [few of the less selfish . . . would respondence regarding them.) [clam up and quit squalling.” : | This soldier has been in Europe over a year and in Prance since nomically than they have achieved D-day plus five. This is the first under the heel of the British lion. “gripe” he has ever registered in And if Mr. Churchill's words mean any letter that we have received anything, Britain intends to extend from him, her rule and exploitation of the In- 2 5 “every “EITHER EXTERMINATION fifth Britishér” may continue to gg EDUCATION” live off India. Apparently “Observer” "and 35 W. Ohis af. Churchill are in perfect accord on| Since the sound and fury of the this matter, and since two consti- election has died, the Vox Pop te Tajory, the ise TIAN bel oun of the local papers seem r basis only for the fact that the have’ lost_their pep. This letter stream of world events is flowing is being written “scatter-gun” style in the opposite direction. So de- in hope of winging one or more of termined are the Indians in their the following pests who may have struggle for independence that/syMcient intelligerice to formulate Britain is compelled to immobilize | all thi a million soldiers in India—des-| ed y scathing reply in defense perately needed elsewhere—in order Of his breed. The order of listing to maintain the authority of the does not of necessity indicate their crown. {relative noxiousness. Inasmuch as “Observer” indorses| 1+ Those who “double park” on Britain's Indian policy, he surely ®Scalators. Also those who stop imcan_find no fault with the prime Mediately at the top or bottom of minister's efforts to force. the peo- | {these devices while making up what ples of Greece, Italy, France and Passes for their minds as-to where Spain to submit to the authority of | ‘NY are going next. Fascist dictators or moronic kings,| 2 Those who refuse to move or to his pilfering of Ethiopian ter I®AIWAId_on_a streetcar or bus, ritory—all, apparently, with the si- | especially those who: attempt to lent approval of the American state Prevent others from reaching vacdepartment. {ant seats in the rear that they themselves do not want. 3. Pedestrians who, while waiting for the light to change, edge forward just far enough to reduce a .|two-lane safety zone to one lane. 4. The motorists who achieve the same result by straddling the line instead of choosing a single lane and staying is it. 5. Soda fountain attendants who ask, after you have spent ten min“excrescence, a wart on the human |utes staring at the ghastly remains body.” What! F, D. R. calling his|of a departed guest's repast, “Do wife a: wart? Why, the very idea. |you wish to be served?” If any in

in no ways

Times assumes

‘By R. J. Pielemeier,

8-0 » “WHY, THE : VERY IDEA” By. George F. Lee, 4050 Cornelius ave, President Roosevelt has labeled all columnist writers as “excres-| cences.” Making a quick dive for

a dictionary, before I loose the word entirely, I find this definition:

Side Glances—By Galbraith

this category reply, please state percentage of people who sit there for any other reason. : If no replies are received from

- ol right, door, I'l Sa

im to the walking stage before

any of above, it would seem to indicate that these pests either have no consideration for others or are unable to read and write. The cure is either-extermination or education. Personally, 1 favor ‘education. However, I am open-minded on the subject, ~ » . “IT DEPENDS ON WHOSE OX IS GORED”

By M. N., Indianapolis On a Sunday afternoon 20,000 people packed Trafalgar Square in London to condemn Prime Minister Churchill on Greece... Amongst the crowd were plenty of red flags, and a lot of people urged the removal of Churchill. Yet I could not see anything in the papers about a crowd of a similar size gathering in Red Square in Moscow condemning Stalin for

wo eo +

and urging the removal of Stalin: .|How come? Maybe it all depends on whose ox is gored. | A A

DAILY THOUGHTS

‘Thus saith the Lord God: Are ye come to enquire of me? As I ‘live, saith the<Lord-God. I will. not be enquired of by you. Ezekiel 20: 3,

“The People Aren't to Blame.” Only | What some G. O. P

what is now happening in Poland|

POLITICAL SCENE

| Weakest Spots

By Gharles T. Lucey

oy WASHIN CON. Jan. 6.— Republican National Chairman Her bert Brownell’ has put his finger on two of the weakést spots in Governer Dewey's presidential campaign and is trying to do something about them. .. Weakness No. + was the lack of a positive ahd compreliensive G. O. P. record in congress on the major issues which Mr. Dewey Re could cite and say: “This is what. we stood for and what we tried to do.” The party’s congressional record was heavily negative, Weakness No. 2 was lack of the kind of aid the campaign could have been given by a smart national committee research staff functioning the yearround. Governor Dewey had an able brain trust, but neither in research nor publicity could it dish up in two or three’months the campaign material that might have been available with a full-time

1 staf “building a casé over a longer period. y

First Point Is Mare Difficult CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS generally show

a disposition to go along on a new program, but’

some of them are frank to say that it will be much more difficult to overcome weakness No. 1 than weakness No. 2. With’ a $300,000 kitty to start with, the G. O. P. can get its broadened research and publicity program rolling all right. A question still to be settled is whether .the national chairman should be a fulltime or part-time executive, paid or unpaid. There are arguments among Republicans on both sides, and the issue probably will be settled at the national committee meeting. Jan. 22 in Indianapolis.

Much of the hope for.developing a positive party program, as distinct from mere opposition to Roosevelt administration- projects, seems to rest on establishing a “closer liaison” between the national committee and the G. O. P. section of congress. As Mr. Brownell apparently sees it, it's up to the national’ committee to earn the confidence of congress. The efficient functioning of an alert research staff might help. If the national committee comes up with ideas that are worthwhile, presumably its counsel would be heeded and its position strengthened with the congressmen who, after all, are making the party's record.

|| More Aggressive Losdardhin Needed

G. O. P. MEMBERS of congress say privately that to make the new idea work will take more aggressive party leadership on Capitol Hill. Some house Republicans say that there has been too much tendency on their side of the aisle toward an every-man-for-himself position. Such a strategy is based not on established party conviction but on what members think may do them the most good back home. have in

_P. leaders now for party policy to be established on major issues and translated into legislation—a positive rather than a negative approach—so that a record will be made. With many of these bills there will be no hope of passage in a congress in which the Democrats are in majority, But a party position would be estahlished, and if plans carry the first major G. O. P. legislative proposals will begin to come in the present session. Top Republicans say that the party platform adopted in Chicago might be a natural starting point, but some of the party's congressmen, it is conceded, woilld swallow very hard in trying to accept some of the more progressive sections. Party leaders might have plenty of trouble in getting some Midwesterners, for example, to go along with doctrines Governor Dewey was glad to espouse: in the recent campaign.

Congressional Elections to Be Stressed

BUT THE NEW program being lined up by Mr. Brownell would do one thing Republican congressmen probably would warm to—the national committee would devote its energies much more closely to help-

ing in comgressional elections than in the past. It would begin hammering for 1946 rather than setting

its sight solely for the presidential race, four years hence. As it appears now, Governor Dewey will . seek to keep an active, co-operative hand in directing Republican strategy and Mr: Brownell will remain as national. chairman. But. Mr. Brownell said he would

-make no positive announcement on the latter point

until the Indianapolis meeting.”

IN WASHINGTON—

Ramspeck’ s Idea

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—

Georgia Rep. Robert: Ramspeck’s,

newest idea of a $5 head tax on 25- million members of the Democratic party in good standing strikes a happy medium jbetween two other political money-raising schemes advanced during the last campaign. First was the C. I. O. Political Action Comniittee’s idea to “Give a Buck to Re-elect Roosevelt.” The theory that five million labor union members would hear this plea fell far short of realization, and the P. A. C. didn’t get much over a million.

At the other end of the economic and social scale,

President Roosevelt's own idea for the One Thousand

club of the U. 8. A. also fell short of its goal to round

up a thousand -big shots willing to kick in a grand apiece. a Ramspeck’s 125 million dollar dream makes both earlier schemes pickayunish. But even at. five bucks a throw, Ramspeck could hardly offer special invitations to meet the Président, as the Thousand club did.

Professional Club Spielers Unionized

YOU NEVER have heard of it, but the professional luncheon club spielers, the talkers to ladies’ societies and assorted lecturers for general cultural improvement; now have a union, It's khown as the Platform guild. About a hundred members of the guild had a

luncheon meeting in a Washington hotel the other

day, but not for the purpose of hearing each other talk, as you might imagine. Instead, only one member of the guild was allowed to talk.- That was Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde, who merely acknowledged the welcome of the principal speaker at the luncheon, Secetary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. He and about a dozen of his principal assistants were there to lecture to the lecturers on what Dumbarton Oaks and, the U. 8. foreign policy are all about. And though the professional lecturers didn’t get to say anything at their luncheon, now that they know

all the answers they'll be glad to come to your lunch-

eon and tell you all about it. For a fee, of course, 1 ; : ® = =» ai SECRETARY OF THE ‘NAVY JAMES V. FOR-

RESTAL practically apologi

tell more about operations of U. S. submarines when

he announced the. latest tabulation of Japanese ships sunk by the silent service in the Pacific. Twenty ' eight® U, 8. submarines have been reported missing

‘and presumed to be lost singe Pearl Harbor, with six mofe known to have been sunk.

In the. same time U. S. submarines have snk. ) :

Japanese combat ‘ships and 835 non ombat ships. Details of the pig boat exploits in pi

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