Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1945 — Page 12

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Give Light and the People Wili Find Their Own Way

THE JAP REPLY : : APAN’S rejection of the allied ultimatum, as announced by the official Domei news agency, is not necessarily final. Of course the war lords are not tempted by unconditional surrender, and the harsh terms for themselves stated in the ultimatum. The speed of the Domei announcement may possibly be explained by the war lords’ fear that the ultimatum will be effective in its direct appeal to the people over their heads. Anyway, a fortnight or so may be ‘required before the full effect on the Japanese people can be ascertained. There can be no doubt that this effort to. split the people away from the militarists was a primary purpose of the ultimatum. Hence its emphasis on destruction of Japan as the only alternative to surrender; and its contrast etween the punishment of militarists and proffered protection of people’s peaceful government in post-war Japan.

¥ = ». 2 ¥ . THOUGH WE must wait to see the results of this effort, the joint ultimatum already has accomplished some things. It has destroyed Tokyo's hope of dividing the allies. Significantly, Mr. Churchill's last act and Mr. Attlee’s first was to pledge Japan's defeat. Moreover, the ultimatum has ended Tokyo's vain hope of a negotiated peace: “We shall not deviate from them (our terms). There are no alternatives. We shall brook no delay.” That “no delay” phrase is important. The ultimatum terms—which merely spelled out the Atlantic Charter, Cairo declaration and Truman statements, without tying allied hands in an impractical way—will not stand indefinitely. . Unless there is unconditional surrender, the allies promise Japan only “prompt and utter destruction.” ~The underscoring of" this part ofthe ultimatum by all-out American bombing and bombardment is the best hope of Jap surrender.

BIG THREE MEANS NATIONS THE news from Potsdam underlines a fact we sometimes «~~ forget. A very important fact. - . ; We've come to think and talk about the Big Three in terms of men. That's natural, because, as human beings, we try to explain situations in terms we can best understand. : But, remember this: First there were President Roosevelt, Prime Minister - Churchill and Generalissimo Stalin. We called them the Big Three. ce Then there were President Truman, Prime Minister ‘hurchill and Generalissimo Stalin. They, too, were the ig Three. Now there is President Truman, Prime Minister Attlee 2nd Generalissimo Stalin. And they still are the Big Three. Not the Big Three men. But the Big Three nations « » « America, Britain and Russia. In the end, so long as they exemplify the hopes and veaceful desires of the people they represent, it doesn’t mattr much what three men meet at Potsdam or Yalta or Tehran. : It does matter that the Big Three nations meet and dgree on the best possible ways to end the war, to stamp out militarism, and to preserve a just and prosperous peace. The Big Three must remain united, no matter what three men speak for their millions at Potsdam or elsewhere.

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NEEDED: NEW DEAL FOR AMPUTEES

REFLECTIONS—

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By Frank Aston

‘WASHINGTON, July 31.--The other day France and Great Britain announced they were going to talk about Tangier. wanted to be in on the talk. : Tangier (pronounced Tan-jeer) is an international city. and port onthe northwest tip of North Africa. Fifteen miles across the Strait of Gibraltar stands the famed British -fortress. If international strategy were baseball, Britain's Rock of Gibraltar would be the pitcher's box and the catcher would squat at Tangier. You wouldn't care to walk between pitcher and catcher during a game. Ships can be similarly uncomfortable between the Rock of Gibraltar and Tangier.

. Tangier’s importance in both peace and war dates

back beyond recorded history. Myth makers established Hercules at Tangier one time to separate the two continents and let the water rush through, 'Atlas, who was said to support the heavens on his head and hands, lived at Tangier. Much more recently the city was internationalized so that it doesn't belong to any long to everybody. France and” England exercised major influence, until "the war confused things.

New -Moon and Kous-Kous ON JUNE 14, 1940, Spanish troops took charge to “guarantee the neutrality.” Now England and France are renewing their interest, with Russia saying, “me t00.” Czarist Russia didn’t bother much about commercial links between the Atlantic and waters of Asia. But Stalin does. _ 1 Natives ‘of Tangier are caller Tangerines. The small; loose~-skinned orange of the same name grows there. Tangier exports more fish, skins, eggs and leather than tangerines. Natives are fond of a dish called kous-kous, prepared with groats. salt water and vegetables. Groats are cracked grain. Natives get mighty hungry while observing the ninth month of the Mohammedan year. Neither food nor drink may be taken by the believers between sunrise and sunset for that month. A cannon shot announces sunset every night of this ritual. The shot is a signal for a rush home to eat soup an kous-kous. y The natives figure the month has passed when they see the first tip of the new mioon. Often the first nights of the new month are cloudy so that the believers can’t be certain about the moon. . Generally they fast by day until they can see the moon for sure. They spend so much of their nights eating during this ceremonial month that they're half dead for sleep by the time it’s over. Families decide which children shall marry whom. The boy's parents choose a neighbor girl for his bride and complete the deal without consulting either of the children involved. : : The boy's parents take gifts of tea and sugar to the girl's’ house and stand outside shouting, “Yo yo,” until invited in. Etiquette requires an hour or

| so of small talk before the question is popped. The

answer must not be given until the callers return the next day. Almost invariably the answer is yes:

The Price of a Bride TANGERINES NEVER complete a deal without haggling and sounding quarrelsome. That goes for wedding agreements. Both sets of parents wrangle

| over the price of the bride.

~ An average bride brings about 100 native. dollars and a haik, or piece of cloth which an Arab wraps around his head and body. The bridegroom's parents pay for the wedding feast. After the bargain has been struck, the teen-age bride is put on extra allowances of kous-kous to fatten her up for the wedding. Skinny brides bring lower prices. Pre-nuptial feasts and dances are staged, now at the boy's house, now at the girl's. . A special cage 1s prepared for bearing the bride to her lord and master. Rich natives drape their daughters’ cages with silks. Others drape as best they can. On the happy day, the bridegroom's friends appear at the bride's home with the cage. She is carefully tucked in, with no male eyes seeing her. Behind her drapes, she is borne to her new home. There, in a freshly white-washed room; the boy and girl meet for the first time. The honeymoon is on. Divorce is swift-and easy. A man is allowed four wives. Few have more than one. The reason: It costs too much. 3

7 WORLD AFFAIRS—

| Attlee Policy

7 By Wm. Philip Simms

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“LET THE CONGRESSMEN WORK. ON THE RAILROADS” By Edpéund J. Rocker, Indianapolis Offfcourse the congressmen don’t care if there is a war on, they will still take an 11-week vacation and not worry about the folks that elect them back home. Weeks and months roll around and never nothing is done about things of the present and the future of the United States during war time and post-war. For eight months they fooled around with the work or fight bill and it went to the waste basket, as the draft nurse bitl, etc. died: No, congressmen can take a vacation for 11 weeks with plenty of meat points as all New Dealers up in Washington and don’t worry about the people back home in their. district and

“lI wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”

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Who Won? |

| By Thomas L. Stokes

WASHINGTON, July 31.—Presi‘dent Truman couldn't have missed the British elections, from where he sat. The round-faced man with the cigar flew off one day to England. There returned, in his place, a slender man to sit ‘with the President of the United States, himself a newcomer, and with

Big Three. “iy The new Britisher, who began his career as a social worker in London's east end, is a typical product of the middle classes, English style, just as is Harry True man, American and Missouri style. This solid middle-class background has, been emphasized by conservatives in the case of Clement I, Attlee, the new British prime minister. This has bee done hopefully, of course, as Mr. Truman's Midd! West, somewhat conservative background has been played up in the country, also hopefully.

New Deal 'Mandate! in Britain

mistakable mandate for a clear-cut, specific program with distinctly socialistic features. Mr. Truman went into office, too, with a mandate, a mandate something short of that, but still a mandate. After all, as it is being recalled around here now, he did go before the people on the ticket with Franklin D. Roosevelt. One of the first questions President Truman is likely to encounter when he gets back home will be: “Who won last November's election in this country?" He will find some perturbation among New Dealers

their philosophy came off victorious in the last mandate this country has had, the one that Harry Truman shared with Franklin D. Roosevelt. - Congress quit its work for a’ long retess withous doing much abput the left-over Roosevelt. program, There's been much pondering about-this failure since President Truman went away. His absence gave new Dealers opportunity to take stock. There has been some audible grumbling about the hasty manner, in some cases almost abrupt, in which most of the Roose« velt cabinet was pitched.out. This process, complain the New Dealers, was so quick and sudden as to look very much like a pre meditated attempt to sweep away all of the Roosevelt influence in the administration. New Dealers, out of curiosity provoked by pique, have dug back into the records to find that there were nothing like so many changes in the case of the last two vice presidents

thanks for enlightening me on that point. I always was under the impres-| sion that the marines came ‘under |

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns; religious controversies excluded. Because of the volume received, letters should be limited to 250 words, Letters must be signed. Opinions set forth war ‘under President Coolidge or|

here are those of the writers, |Hoover for a statement against the | and publication in no way [inefficiency of our national defense. | imple agreement with those [1 he never yet ncouniard opinions. by The Times. The

attached to the navy. Times assumes no responsi

In the light of the foregoing, Ij bility for the return of manu- believe it would be advisable to| scripts and cannot enter cor-

bring all branches of the service respondence regarding them.)

I am informed that they are at-| tached to the navy. This puzzles | me as I recall that Gen. Smedley | D. Butler of the U. S. marines was |

under one cabinet head and discard the present setup. The new cabinet |

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just how much they starve, no meat and the cost of living going up| every day. | Of course there is a black market | kick back even in congress to not let ‘certain bills to go through. Members of congress are only yes and no members and to be a member one does not have to be a lawyer, only a man with .a soundthinking mind to vote on a bill that he must bear in mind that just what the people back home will think of him and of his record while a member of congress. If his record is bad, it's time for a change and a change is always good for the benefit of the nation. Of course here in Marion county we have a congressman who has been running a mail order house -now for 17 years, answering letters to anyone who writes to him, but, after) all, people can't live on letters from the New Dealers. . People have the wrong idea that it is a congressman that represents them to see tor it that the govern-

concern the foreign policy statement of the new British labor government headed by Prime Minister |

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HERE'S something wrong with the artificial arms and | legs the government is giving wounded fighters. We don’t know what's wrong, or what specific steps | “should be taken to remedy the situation. We do know that some of the men who have given | their arms and legs for this country feel deeply that they | are not getting the proper appliances. This country, which | has made efficient airplanes and rocket bombs, apparently | hasn't produced workable artificial arms and legs. | Gen. Somervell of the Army Service Forces has or- | dered much more intensive research on artificial arms and | legs, and treatment of amputees. ‘This, presumably, is ‘goin on now within the Army Medical Corps. The Navy is also striving for improvements. . . At the same time, the Office of Scientific Research and Development has a committee at work. Meanwhile, the government is planning to ask a New | York grand jury to investigate the manufacturers of arti- | ficial arms and legs—to see if there is a monopoly and | price fixing. One of our own writers lately suggested that. some man with a lot of money and a big heart should endow | additional special research to provide better -artificial arms | and legs for fighters. : - These things are good, as far as they go. But ‘what the amputees want is action. However, before there can be action, there will have “10 be co-ordination of research and effort. ! Remember the mess that our government rubber situation. was in, and how the Baruch report opened the: way toward orderly development of our synthetic rubber program? That makes us think that maybe we ought to have a Baruch report on artificial arms and legs. Not necessarily made by Mr. Baruch—perhaps by some leading doctors or medical institction, like the Mayo Clinic, or Johns Hopkins, : : . The President, himself an ex-soldier, would get a cheer ~ from worried and depressed men who have suffered greatly for all of us, if he would order such a report. : Li ——————————————,

RATIONED INDUCEMENT HE Merchant Marine needs experienced seamen to help vin the war. It weeds them, badly. And maybe some m are hanging back, in spite of the patriotic necessity 1e good pay arid good working conditions the jobs offer. listen to this: Corned beef and cabbage, sh ham, minute steak, roast chicken, beef

leaders’ of the opposition,

t always been- willing to extend help to Europe and to

Clement Attlee. Much depends upon it. Some London commentators seem to believe there

| will be no great change from Tory policy established under Winston Churchill,

But there is a little in | the traditional labor attitude to warrant such a con- | clusion. | Never until now has labor really been in the saddle In Britain. Labor’s first prime minister was Ramsay MacDonald, in 1824. But in that year the party had only 288 seats to the conervatives’ 261, so it was unable to carry out any program without the help of the liberals, who held 58 seats. : When MacDonald became prime minister the second time, things quickly became worse, so far as labor having its way was concerned. The financial crisis of 1931 forced an election in-which labor went to pieces, and MacDonald found himself with only 12 party backers in commons. From then until Balwin succeeded him in 1635, his cabinet associates were the |

kabor's Foreign Policy in 1924 NEVERTHELESS WE do know pretty well what the party's foreign policy was when it first took office. Talking with Mr. MacDonald not long before the 1924 elections, I asked him what labor proposed fo do in the foreign field in case he won the coming elections. He handed me a little pamphlet entitled, ‘The Foreign Policy of the Labor Party, by J. Ramsay MacDonald.” There were four headings. “The first had to do with Anglo-American relations, second with Britain's cons tinental relations, third with international credit and trade and, fourth, labor's attitude toward Russia, An Anglo-American alliance, in Mr. MacDonald's opinion, was “both stupid and dangerous.” While cooperation was vital, the United States, he said, had

bear its share in the general human progress. All it asked was that the help it gave would really be effective, not merely something to aid European nations “out of one mess so they could prance into another,” The Labor party, he said, believed that what was: needed was a héw displomatic approach.

Ready to Work With Russia

RUSSIA, HE indicated, should be met ‘half way. The Russia of the first years of the revolution had given ‘way to something different. Bolshevists ways were not British ways; the two countries disagreed fundamentally on Bolshevist methods. But Russia Is a part of Europe and neither politically nor economically could she be cut off from it. Labor would “face the facts.” ? Britain, said Mr. MacDonald, could not isolate herself from Europe. Thus labor was for an international peace organization through which gradually to improve world conditions and so obtain gradual disarmamant. Rb © Mr, MacDonald advocated “immediate” withdrawal ‘from the Cologne section” which the British then occupled, The German people were “not.to be crushed, Not enslaved, hor turned into pariahs because such

Ings are to Europe.” Also. Tv i pes

| (3) OPA, own black market;

{tons of soap to Europe; (7) feeding

ment owes them a living and now after 13 -years of New Deal they found out that they are now the suckers to any. congressman up in Washington, a member they have elected who has taken them for a sleigh ride on the following: (1) meat points; (2) high cost of-living; (4). 60,000 tons: of sugar to Spain, Franco (the'black sheep of Europe); (5) $100,000,000 lend-lease to Italy (our former enemy); (6) 50,000

and clothing the world; (8) 25,000.000 pounds of meat to Russia; (9) now in the trillions with Truman; (10) sold scrap rails to Japan and Germany; (11) drafted railroad men off jobs for the army and navy who are now needed on the railroads on the home front to bring troops back from Europe. (Some railroad men today are worked to

tary of national defense. If our President is interested in|

get a day off—ha, ha): (12) congressmen want -a raise in salary, a little steal for themselves. but never broke the record of giving the working man an increase in wages | modeling. like a saving wage; (13) immigra- branches of the service are so close- | tion should be closed to. all for-|ly interdependent that it becomes) eigners for 25 years before post-war # necessity to have one. single in-| and see that all prisoners of war, dividual in command. Italians and. Germans and refugees | The various branches of the return to Europe to aid our future Service could still maintain their ro o . |individuality even though they disunemployment; (14) post-war un y employment has not been solved— |cOntinue under one cabinet head. it's pushed aside: (15) lend-lease |It would certainly eliminate a lot still continues—what’s next? (lend- Of red tape, ete. - lease rum joke); (16) annual wage| IN any event, the marines are suggested by - President Truman, Certainly due some points, They but congress has not acted: (17) [Still remain the greatest fighting

release of tax burden on working | Unit In the world. . I assure you man seems to be no let up; (18) {readers I did not mean to slight social security—what is our future?; | them. (19) the Russian question—what|«p pT US NOT the answer in the future and their SHUT ANYONE UP” secrets; (20) change of “cabinet By just a Reader. New Augusia members under the New Deal—| For many years I have been readwhat's wrong (tell the people-the ing the Hoosier Forum and I betruth—but the truth hurts); (21) |ileve the reason I like it so much 18 treasury investigation of Elliot, | hecause it is for opinion and deJames, Eleanor Roosevelt; (22) [bate and does give “full, free exHarry Bridges case and.Earl Brow- |pression of ‘all’ points of view,” der pardon; (23) bureaucratic dic- | which iS, indeed, the essence of tatorship of New Deal; (24) gaso- democracy. Let us keep it that way. line rationing and black market;| I do not agree with everything (25) 1600 army generals—how about | Mrs Haggerty writes, but yet I ina restriction ' (blue ‘ bloods); (26) sist that she be permitted to~confears and sins .committed by New [tinue to express her views if she so Dealers; (27) mail your old meat |desires, and I shall cohtinue to enbones to your congré€sman. joy reading her. point of view on the Let these congressmen work on [subjects in which she is interested. the railroads of the nation if they | . It is usually some article in the want to solve the railroad cry for (Forum which causes someone to more men. : write, and my case is.no exception. g A certain George C. Smith wrote in Tuesday Times “demanding” to know who is The Watchman. He accuses him of being an agent of the Nazis and calls his writing nropaganda and in so many words tries to intimidate the editor into breaking his given word not to divulge the name and organization if any to which this man belongs (as

would be an excellent piece of re-| In modern warfare the!

» ” » “ONE SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IN COMMAND” : By Henry Reger, Indianapolis I have noticed several of your readers have taken exception to a statement I made in regards to the U. 8: midrines and the. point system set up by the war department.

death and need a rest but try to

I offer them my apologies and &ls0 ir 10 would or should know).

George, what good would it do you to know, anyway? I happen to know The Watchman and he is not a Nazi; he is not making money out

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of this war, He is just a plain American citizen who happens to nave a definite opinion on this subject which happens to be different from yours. > Let me ask, please, when Joe Stalin became our ally? It was when Hitler broke his non-aggres-sion pact with Mr. ‘Stalin and attacked. him, and it has been said that this pact gave Hifler the green light“in his war of aggression. Why is President Truman now in {Europe to eonfer with Mr. Stalin? Because he (Mr. Stalin) is welshing on the agreements he made with President Roosevelt. Look at the cartoon just above your article in Tuesda®'s paper Who saved Stalingrad? American planes from Alaska had as much to do with it as anything else. ' Who saved England. Montgomery said America. + And still Mr. Stalin ' says our news men cannoi enter Russian occupied Poland What is he covering up? George, let us not shut anyone up or deport anyohe until we first disprove their statements. Remember if The Watchman, or anyone else, can be forbidden the freedom of speech or the expression of opinion, the same can be done to you.

"DAILY THOUGHT | Vanity of vanities, saith the’ preacher; all is vanity. —~Ecclesias-

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streamlining our government thats

who succeeded to the presidency.—Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge. x :

Morgenthau's Exit Was Hurried

THE DISGRUNTLED state of mind in the New Deal wing of the party has been acsentuated since the President went abroad by what has come out about Henry Morgenthau's departure from the treasury. It now is reported that he wanted to stay until vV-J

forced to Tesign by the secretary of ~48y -and-asked-the. President. to assure that, It is $n Due . o¢| reported that when he was fold this could not be

guaranteed, he ‘stepped out. ; Only Henry Wallace and Harold Ickes of the old crusading Roosevelt crowd remain in top places. “Mr, Wallace presumably is to stay, as a gesture to the C. I. O. Ickes’ situation is regarded as precarious. Some of his friends, including labor, are ready to

make a fight for his retention when the President ree |

turns. An indication of the feeling in the C. 1. O. top command was the ukase issued here recently that the C. IL O. and its P. A. C. would not henceforth be an adjunct to any political party. When National Dem= ocratic’ Chairman Bob Hannegan heard about this, in an advance forecast, he quickly got hold of Philip

Murray, C. I. O. head. He wanted to know what §

C. I. O. had against the administration. The reply

| was, so it is reported, that C. I. O. had nothing pare

ticularly against the administration, but that the ad« ministratian didn’t seem to take much interest in what C. I. O. wanted. Neither Mr. Murray nor William Green, A. F. of L. head, have been consulted by President Truman,

IN WASHINGTON—

Manhunt

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, July 31.—One of the most intensive manhunts in U. S. criminal history has been the 93-year search for the kidnaper ? and murderer of 10-year-old Charles Ta Fletcher Mattson of Tacoma, Wash. In FBI records and in local police headquarters all over the country this Mattson kidnaping has become known as the “Matnap” ese. FBI hasn't given up trying to solve it,’ and won't give up. There are three slender clews to go on, Whew thé kidnaper broke into Dr, Mattson's home on Dec, 26, 1936, and abducted his oldest boy, a note demanding $50,000 ransom was left on the chair. Tha provides a ‘handwriting specimen. The kidnaper left fragmentary fingerprints on the glass of French ioors through which he entered the house, and again at a phone booth from which he called to make a second ransom demand. The kidnaper was seen by the other Mattson children who were in the room listening to.the radio with their brother at the time he was kidnapped. A sketch was made from come posite descriptions by the Mattson children and thas has been used as a guidé in examining suspects.

25,000 Suspects Are Viewed IN ALL the years since Charles Mattson's body was found murdered in the snow. near Everett, Wash., wo weeks after the kidnaping, 25,402 suspects have been reported. Of these, 23,833 have been eliminated as having no connection with the crime. But the remaining 1569 suspects are ‘still pending in an open file. "A steady flow of handwriting specimens, fingerprint records and photos comes into FBI and local crime laboratories for comparison. Some of the suspects have been taken to Tacoma for possible identification by the other Mattson children, now nearly grown, but still remembering that face. While none of these suspects has thus far been linked with the Matnap case, the dragnet of over 25,000 possibilities has brought in hundreds of crime inals wanted for other crimes. -Hoovertowns .and jungles and shacks all over the country have been combed and the combings have brought in men wanted for arson, larceny, bank robbery, and nearly every crime on the calendar. This is one of the inci« dental reasons for keeping the Matnap case opeh, It has yielded a rich haul of men wanted for other offenses. y

FBI Has Two Unsolved : THE MATTSON case is one of the two unsolved kidnapings to come within FBI jurisdiction since the

other unsolved case is the kidnaping of’ 12-year-old Peter David Levine of New Rochelle, N. Y., in Feb ruary, 1038. A squad has been kept worki'.g on this far entirely without success. There is no clew, no scrap of evidence on which to go. It will ne solved

in on the crime. i While these two cases have remained unsolved, 277 other -kidnapings since the passage of the so called Lindbergh Law have been salved. The racket

has now been broken. In-all, there have been only 16 kidmapings involving ransom. In thé 12-month period ending last July 1, there was 18 kidnappings, none for ransom and all solved, with the conviction of 34 kidnapers for terms averaging more than 15 years each,

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