Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1945 — Page 12

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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

GATES AND DEWEY ON STRIKES

I SEEMS to us that a couple of governors have succeeded rather admirably where our much vaunted federal ma-

chinery has failed, in ironing out dangerous strike situa-

tions over the past week-end.

In Indiana striking refinery workers had undertaken to

close, by force, a refinery where workers were not on strike,

but, on the contrary, were actually engaged at the time in

orderly. union negotiations. . Governor Gates, acting promptly ‘and courageously, won the co-operation of the leaders of the striking union, got them to call off their over-en-thusiastic members—or as many of them as they could control—and ended a plant blockade that was not only endangering the peace and order and the welfare of Indiana, but which was also doing only harm to the cause ‘of the

union,

In New York striking elevator operators had forced hundreds of thousands of non-striking workers out of their jobs by simply barring their way to work in New York's towering office buildings. Governor Dewey, backed only by public opinion, forced the dispute into arbitration

and started the elevators running again.

This is especially noteworthy mainly- because it has been a long time since local state officials have been willing —or able—to shoulder the responsibility that properly belongs to them in such matters. For years and years the federal government has been moving in, and local officials have been stepping aside to let them handle what ought to be a purely local job. Too often the federal agencies haven't

done it. Too often they have

been blinded by high ‘political

strategy to the real issue, which is the well-being of the public first, and the claims of the disputing parties at least

second,

"| To be sure, two actions don't make a trend. But from here it appears that the two governors, far from suffering politically for it, have actually gained in the respect and approval not only of the public but of the strikers them-

delves, as a result.

KEEP THE ATOM BOMB NOW!

PRESIDENT TRUMAN soon will make his recommendation to congress regarding control of the atomic bomb. The safety of our nation and of the world will hang on it. We hope the President will decide that the wisest - course is for the United States to retain control. Any other alternative at this time involves very grave risk. That

risk should not be taken. certain, without adding that.

The future already is too un-

Some Americans, including a cabinet minority, it is said, think the knowledge of the bomb formula and production processes should be shared with Russia. They use two arguments. One is that Russia as an ally has a

moral and military right to it.

Both arguments seem to us weak.

The other is that we should make this gesture to woo Russian co-operation.

As to Russia’s moral right as an ally, she has plenty

of secrets which she has not entrusted to us.

She has no

military right to it for offensive purposes, and no need

of it for defensive purposes as long as we retain it. for giving her the bomb as a gesture, we don’t think Even if it could be, the bomb is too big and too terrible to be used by us as barter for our aggrandizement—or what we consider to

trustworthy friendship can be bought,

be such,

We agree that a military weapon which can destroy international But there is no responsible international authority Our

civilization should be under strict trol.

today. That is not the fault of the United States. nation has worked, and will continue to strive, for an effective democratic United Nations security organization. If and when there is such a responsible and effective body,

the guardianship of this bomb should be its duty.

Meanwhile, though the United States and Britain should not use this atomic knowledge for selfish bargaining purposes, we hope they will use it to advance internaAssuming that others may find the formula within a few years on their own, that makes the fight for real international organization all the more needed

tional organization.

now.

SNOOZING AT THE CURB

sleepy, pulled to the curb and dozed off.

We always have sympathy for “The Kid” when he is in trouble, but never more than this time. Taking too much at a party is, unfortunately quite a common thing in this country, But it is an une@mmon exercise of good sense to pull to the curb and go to sleep. We think the police should hang a decoration on cars of such, tiptoe away and let 'em

finish their nap.

Public safety will be increased if we can encourage drivers who are sleepy from too much drink—or too much

driving—to pull off the road and take a nap.

WHOA! congress:

ation.

which it so unfortunately contains.”

Critic Woodruff uses a 49-word sentence to ask for

clear, simple English. :

ACKIF COOGAN. once a child movie star, now 30 and an ex-lieutenant, was fined $25 for being drunk in a car. Returning from a party attended by G. I. buddies he got

LISTEN to Rep. Roy 0. Woodruff, Michigan, speaking in ~ the house on President Truman's recent message to

“Its 18,000 words were couched in such adroit phrasing and encompassed so comprehensive a program of social that it has taken many days and much study to its obscurity and to single out from the pleasant those hidden threats to American - freedom

THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND

NUIACLLU

British

SCOTLAND YARD, which has the say about what kind of taxicabs ghall ply London's streets, has turned down a vanted to build post-war cabs |

-size of a poster in front of a movie theater,

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REFLECTIONS — 1

Stamps

By Frank Aston

“WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Robert E. Fellers spends much of his time saying no to his bosses and making them like it. Mr. Fellers is the post office department’s superintendent of stamps. He does not collect stamps. He collects gripes. The gripes originate among his bosses, the taxpayers of the United States. People £0 to Gilpe-Collector Fellers with ideas for new stamps, They petition him as individuals; societies, cities, counties or states. A state may have an anniversary; a county a new boulevard, a city a new auditorium, a society a historical nh Each thinks its affair should be celeprated on ja new stamp, Those suggestions average 400 a year. In that time the .department issues about a dozen stamps. So Mr. Fellers shakes his head professionally about 388 times a year, In more than a decade of practice, Mr. Fellers has become an expert at head shaking. He has learned to slap backs with the boisterous and be courtly with the dignified, all the while murmuring no. A delegation entering his office to gripe ‘over its disappointment gérerally leaves calling him Bob. He always invites them to return when they have another idea.

Critics of Stamps IT 18 after a stamp appears that the lustiest gripes beset Mr. Fellers, This land apparently is crawling with persons whose heartiest hobby is complalning about stamps. Be Take the Iwo Jima issue, reproducing the famous picture of the flag raising. It breaths patriotism and victory. But it brought down a tempest on Mr, Feller's gray head. It is larger than its “Win the War” predecessor in the three-cent group. “What's the idea of wasting paper like that?” the gripes ran in effect, “You guys tell us to save paper. We make our sons into papertroopers. We stack old papers on the back porch until we can hardly open the door. So you make a stamp bigger than it has to be. Is that saving paper?” Mr, Fellers took it in stride. The Iwo Jima photograph, he explained, is what engravers call an “up and down job.” It must be taller than wide for best effect. Squeezed into a square, the picture would be meaningless. And,” asks Mr. Fellers softly, “would you call {it waste to celebrate one of the great triumphs of our American boys?” That hushes them.

Collectors Place Orders THE DEPARTMENT endeavars to record on its dozen stamps the outstanding, national events of a year, Every suggestion is considered. Those with promise are tested for national importance. A new viaduct in Zilchville, for example, may be a bang to Zilchville but a blank to Indianapolis.

If an event holds national significance worthy of a stamp its sponsors and Mr. Fellers’ people get together on a design. They make a model about the Every=body stands back and eyes this with a critical air, altering it until they agree that it's foolproof. The department fixes the denomination. The model goes to the postmaster general for approval, then to the ‘bureau of engraving and printing. There it becomes a stamp, plural, 7 The stamp appears in public. And Mr. Fellers scrounges down at his desk for the inevitable flood of “Why diduncha do it this way?” Mr. Fellers' department sells about 2% million stamps a year to collectors, He employes 35 to 40 persons to handle these transactions. Profit on new, uncancelled stamps runs 85 per cent. Before stamp-collecting Gen. Mark Clark went abroad for war, he left his album with one of Mr. Fellers’ employees, That album is up to date every minute. Gen. Clark admires all stamps. He never gripes.

WORLD AFFAIRS— Argentina By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2~The case of Argentina almost certainly

con-

will come before the inter-American conference at Rio de Janeiro this month to: determine the group's attitude toward that turbulent member. A purge like those made familiar by the totalitarian dictators of Europe now seems to be in full swing in Buenos Aires. Sitting on top of a political volcano which niay erupt at any time, the FarrellPeron regime is trying to hold down the lid by the use of the army and the police. Prominent liberals are fleeing the country. Some have sought refuge in foreign embassies and legations. - Others have been carted off to prison. A few, too big and too imiportant summarily to be disposed of—such as Alberto Pas, director of La Prensa, one of the world’s greatest newspapers; former Foreign Ministers Carlos Savedra Lamas, Jose Maria Cantilo and others--apparently have been released after arrest. ’

'Extreme Measures of Repression’

THESE “extreme measures of repression” against patriotic citizens whose sole desire is to return to constitutional government, as Spruille Braden, former ambassador to Argentina, said on his return here, are arousing considerable concern throughout interAmerican circles. Mr. Braden talked with President Truman immediately after his arrival yesterday. The case of Argentina is not as easy to solve as it looks. First, there are 20 other American republics to consider. They are our friends and we wish them to remain so. But they are particularly touchy--and for cause—wheréver interference in the internal affairs of any one of theni, even Argentina, is concerned. " Second, there is the act of Chapultepec. This was unanimously agreed upon last March in Mexico City. Regarding Inter-American [relations it is explicit. “Intervention by a state in the internal affairs of another” is unequivocally condemned. ‘Respect for the personality, sovereignty and independence” of every nation is recognized as “the essence . . . of continental solidarity.” Furthermore, “any difference or dispute between the American nations, whatever its nature or origin,” shall be settled by methods of conciliation.

Might Do More Harm Than Good THUS, while many in this country are calling on the state department to get tough and crack down on Argentina, there are ample reasons why we might easily do ourselves far more harm than good. But the act of Chapultepec, in itself, provides a

“susceptible of disturbing Ameri

not only has the right but matter to. the attention of the “consultation.” Should they decide a threat to the peace of the hemisphere they then take any one or more of the following measures: " “Recall of chiefs of diplomatic missions; breaking of “diplomatic, relations; breaking: of consular rela-

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“WAR WORKERS SORRY GLOBAL CONFLICT OVER?”

By Sgt. W. E. Oehriman, Billings General Hospital

I sometimes wonder if the average war worker wanted peace or the continuance of hostilities? I'm a daily reader of the Forum, and it seems there's a constant flow of gripes from the war worker who lost his job by the unconditional surrender of all the axis powers. Seems as if they forget, had they still been drawing their fat pay checks, the list of battle casualties would also be increasing or could it be they don’t care as long as their purse bulges? “I'll grant you, they were fozen to their job. 80 what? Perhaps they forget we, too, were frozen to our job. May 1 add that these jobs weren't in heated plants in the winter or alr conditioned in the summer, mor did we get the same salaries. My salary for the past three and one-half years totals approximately $2700 out of which I also purchased war bonds to help our cause. Does that stack up evenly with a frozen war worker's wage over the same period? I hardly think it does but you be the judge. It certainly puts atomic energy behind my blood pressure to read some of those gripes and for some

| employees to think the government

owes them more than the unemployment compensation because they didn’t have the foresight to save for this reconversion period after which there will be unestimable industry and employment. No one can say they were not warned. Surely no one was stupid enough to think, or hope, the war would. last forever thus providing frozen war jobs for everyone. After being frozen in the

because Japan quit.

quite necessary. One Forum contributor asks:

question:

roundings?”

chine gun?”

hospital for 16 months, 13 of them on my back, actually my heart bleeds for anyone who lost his job Anyone who still thinks we had it better than they, they can secure their ticket for our “gravy train” through any recruiting office, Enlistments are still available and an occupational army

“Is unemployment compensation a just reward for his sticking to his frozen war job?” My answer to that is unprintable but I'll ask him a similar “Is the mustering out pay a just reward for our services in sometimes not too pleasant sur“Or does a disability pension compensate for the loss of a leg or arm or both, given while on his frozen war job manning a ma-

In finishing, I merely want to tell you I'm thankful to be back here

You sa

Forum death

(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 here are those of the writers, and publication in ne way implies agreement with those opinions by The Times. The Times assumes no responsibility for the return of manuscripts and cannot enter correspondence regarding them.)

“NEW DEAL TRULY AFRAID OF PEACE” By A Mother, Indianapolis Well, the truth has finally come to light as Tom Dewey told the American people last year, “The New Deal is afraid of peace)’. He warned the boys would be kept in service to prevent unemployment because the New Deal had never had a workable solution except the dole. We heard of course from the army of government workers (deferred) and the P. A. C, what wonderful times we had enjoyed. Now that the war is over and “blood money” has stopped flowing, what do we hear? How worried everyone is,-including congress, over the great army of defense heroes who haven't any savings, etc, and we must get busy to make jobs for them. Well,

years old, had to leave school to go in the army for $50 per month, less & bond and insurante.

favored groups was too much?

called, and if this is not adequate

duration ended Sept. 2, 1945.

get action.

“I wholly disagree with what

that's just too bad. My son, 18

President Truman at first was not in favor of peacetime conscription. Now he has turned about face. Could it be the pressure from these

Now is the time for the mothers and wives of these service men to take the reins in their hands, get in touch with the congressmen and demand that the draft should stop until a volunteer army has been

have all draft board files checked and give all deferred men from 20 to 34 years a chance to go into the occupational army, and let all overseas men.come home whether they have 5 or 50 points. When these men were drafted it was for the duration plus 6 months, regardless what the brass hats want, The

It is up to congress to stop this drafting boys under 21 years to police the world. Its first job is to get the overseas men home, and this dillydallying about the war workers is getting sillier by the day. Let's

y, but will defend to the your right to say it.”

“WHERE WAS ATTUCKS IN LEGION PARADE?”

By an Interested Parent and Taxpayer, Indianapolis

The legionnaire parade, Sept. 22, 1945, went over beautifully after getting a late start because of the weather Saturday night—but then ‘where was Crispus Attucks? Those fine looking majorettes, band boys and their drurh major, full of school spirit and thrilled to march in their first big parade of the season, rushed from all parts of the city in the rain to the war memorial plaza to meet with their supervisors and found no one there to meet them. Finally, Miss , & teacher, runs up and says, “Is everybody nere?” “Yes, everyone is here and looking grand.” “Well, she says, “you children wait here for Mr. He should be here any minute and whatever he says will be all right with me. I have some other business to attend to.” She dashes away. Then, way late Mr. rushes up to say to the anxiously waiting group, “Well, students, we aren’t going to march. It was impossible to get the larger instruments down here.” The broken-hearted children break down and cry and are then left alone to roam the streets and stand on the sidelines to watch the other fine-looking majorettes and major of the state go by. r “Attucks,” what's wrong? - Aren't you together over there? Who's to blame again—the parent? No, the parents sent their children there, ready and on time in the rain. If this was the first time for the students to be disappointed we would not be so disturbed. But no, last winter this same group of majorettes left their warm homes, dressed in- these short -costumes and went out in the blizzard weather to meet their teachers at the fair grounds in the coliseum,

ice revue. There they met again to find no batons to march with. “What's wrong with Attucks?” I ask. What is your goal—‘forward sor backward?”

Attucks’ supervisors. Times are much too critical to leave our boys

until midnight trying to get home and can’t on account of the crowded streetcar conditions.” Dear Supervisors: you should let this sort of thing happen again soon. . . .

8 =u “LET'S UNITE TO GET OUR CHILDREN’S FATHERS HOME” By Mrs. F. E. B., Indianapolis

even though it’s in the hospital.

Side Glances—By Galbraith

something to the contrary.

we know

ment in protest.

improper care.

to get our children's fathers home » » . “TWO INVESTIGATIONS, NOT ONE, ARE NEEDED” By Elbert D. Jones, Lebanon John Tv Flynn's About Pearl Harbor”

DAILY THOUGHT

where the floors were frozen for an

At this point I'll say, “Wake up,

and girls alone to roam the streets

I don't think

In answer to the séldier's wife with children letter in Sept. 15, I agree that children need their father’s support and care much worse than Uncle Sam does in view of the fact that there are so many single men and childless men who should have to say “Yes, sir” and “No, sir” when they'd rather say

I agree it's a raw deal to force fathers to occupy foreign lands when it is unnecessary. We should keep writing our senators and representatives and war depart

It is a settled fact that when a father 1s in service it presents more problems than when a single man or childless man is in service. It means the wife has to go to work and thus leave the children with

Wives. with children, let's unite and keep writing our congressmen

“The, Truth is, In my opinion, one of the most revealing [documents of the present day, but Mrs. Nagene Campbell Bethune’s report on the Tyler Kent case is

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Job Joyride By Thomas L. Stokes

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—There has not been in a long time in Congress - such monkey-shines, so much’ mumbo-jumbo, as there was in the Senate over the so-called “full employment” bill. : : : The result is a collection of language that caw mean anything anybody chooses to make it, judging -

‘| from the interpretation placed during debate on .this

or that muddy-phrased amendment, and the tortuous, reasoning in justification of stuch-double-talk: —

f How meaningless is the whole bill may be judged

from the support it finally got from all shades of’ political thinking in the Senate, except from the’ very extreme right represented by 10 Senators known’ for their arch conservatism. : ” What it became, finally, was a political joyride.' Everybody jumped on. This would provide an oppore tunity for a Senator so inclined, come election time, to exaggerate the importance of this particular bill as a solution for the job problem.

Has Not Solved Problem

DON'T LET pious campaign declarations about the set of pious statements for which they voted fool anybody; for this has not solved the problems facing the nation, which are to provide jobs and take care of those who can't get them. . fi The real test is what members of Congress do on individual bills—how, for example, Senators voted recently on the temporary unemployment compensa< tion bill and amendments; how a coalition of Repub=licans and southern Democrats have bottled up that measure in the ways and means committee so that the House cannot even get a chance to tonsider ita This is but a sample. The record on these individ ual measures is being written day By day. There was a good and sound idea originally behind the “full employment” -bill.— Somehow; somewhere along the way it got lost. There is a declaration of responsibility by the Federal government to assure “the existence at all times of sufficient employment opportunities for all Americans able to work and desiring to work.” : That might amount te something, if Congress is held to it. There is also the requirement for the President to send up an annual budget on job re= quirements, with recommendations as to measures to provide jobs, first by encouragement to private enter=’ prise, second, by government projects, .

Obvious Activities

ANY PRESIDENT, in these times, would do that anyhow, Even President Harding recognized unems= ployment as a national problem back in the 1821 depression by calling conferences here to deal with it, So did Herbert Hoover in 1920, He went even further, We sll recall, too, how the New Deal went at it direct=.

operation of Congress. . A declaration of policy is a fine thing. But trouble with this particular declaration is that the conditions attached to it seem to take us back beyond already recognized principles. For instance, Senator Taft (R. O.) interpreted the wordy and ambiguous’ Hatch amendment to mean there is a limitation on the amount of Federal spending to tide over unems’ ployment, : ea . In his forthright way, Senator Taylor (D. Idaho)’ paid his respects to the Taft sort of thinking by read=ing the declaration of war against Germany which’ pledged “all of the resources of the country” to win victory. Las He added: “The Congress did not say ‘we are going’ to spend so many billion dollars, and if that does nos’ win, we will .give up.’” : Mae Similarly, the Idaho Senator declared, we should pledge all our resources to lick unemployment, adds ing because if we do not give them jobs, the private’ enterprise system will be licked anyway.”

IN WASHINGTON-—

Nylon News

By Ned Brooks

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—~Gather } ‘round, girls, here's news about | nylons, They should begin appearing on y store counters in. December, but ERIE Tate only in limited quantities. You won't be able to buy. all you want until some time next vear. ga Manufacturers and distributors hope to catch some of the Christmas trade. 2 : trv If all goes well, 35 to 40 million pairs of hose. will be produced .by Jan. 1, or almost one pair per wearer. But nobody is guaranteeing that the supply will be shared evenly among the eager buyers. . There'll be plenty of nylon yarn. By Oct. 1 nex€ year enough of it will be produced to make 360 million pairs of hose, or about nine pairs for every prospective wearer, : The price? OPA hasn't fixed ceilings yet. -. The most popular grades may run from $1.55 to $1.95. Be=, cause of quantity production, OPA is planning lower ceilings than those now in force. r : Some seamless grades may sell for $1.50 or less, while the finest gauge, full-fashioned jobs are likely’ to run up to $2.50. :

Even Start Ruled Out

pealed to the war production board to fix a date on which nylons would be released by the manufacturers and another date when/ they would be put on retail counters. The scheme was to give all producers and distributors an even start and prevent hair-pulling: bouts among customers, ! The plan would have given manufacturers three months to build up production before they started shipping and allowed another month for the stocks to get into retailers hands. Shipments would have begun about Dec. 1 and sales about Jan. 1. ‘ But WPB couldn't see it that way. It lifted con< trols on use of nylon yarn about a month ago and wanted no more arguments. So now it's every man for himself in the industry and every-woman for her self at the hose counter, ! The manufacturers promise sizes for all kinds of legs—long or short, rhin or stout. Most of them are limiting color shades to about five. Some are going as high as 10. ‘The dye is applied after the hose are knitted. 3 : Nylon yarn that delicious product made of coal, water and air (with salt as a newly added ingredient), began pouring out of the FE. I. DuPont Co. plants on Sept. 1. Within the iast week, the hosiery mills have begun knitting. In the meantime the yarn has gone through the “throwing” process—twisting, combing, sizing and oiling. vy

Silk Still Scarce

ABOUT 500 plants will be weaving nylons, The hose now reaching retail counters, manufacturers say, .| are pre-war stocks which were hidden away.’ There has been a lively black market but those operations are about over, * : Before the war ended production, nylons repre= -|'sented about 25 per cent of the hosiery business. Man« ufacturers now estimate that about 60 per cent of the production of all types of women's full-length hose will be nylon. Silk is still virtually unobtainable.

ly, doing whatever was necessary, and with the co= |

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THE HOSIERY Industry, backed by OPA, ap=:

last made was in February. 1042. The few pairs of °

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