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TO THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE U. 5.: ‘War Blame Yours, Too’

By JIM G. LUCAS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

ASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—“Little people” like to believe they don't

make wars. : Dictators make wars. Kings congress make wars. But not the them. “And when war comes, he ‘trayed.” After threv years in the rank escapism. We think you “little pdople” had a hand in making the war we just finished. We fear you may be making another. Gen. Marshall says we must have universal military training. So does Adm. King. So do Cen.

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Vandegrift, Gen. Eisenhpwer, Gen: MacArthur, We've served under those men in a global war. We tink they are competent to speak, . We've followed them into battle on two continents and they haven't let us down. Moreover, we've seen, out there in the Pacific, what happened to our in-

make wars. Even presidents and “common man.” He merely fights likes to believe he has been “be Pacific, some of us reject that as

adequate pre-Pearl Harbor forces at Guam, Wake, Manila, Pearl Harbor. : ! . It's not that we like military life. Most of us don't, We've been scared, uncomfortable, unhappy, lonesome. : We've wanted to come home. But—and this is important— we've always taken it for granted someone would take our place. It comes as a shock that a segment of the public—mothers, preachers, educators—are . campaigning noisily against universal training. We can’t believe they know more about it than our leaders. We aren’t~professional soldiers,

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Jim G. Lucas, whe has fuse returned from three years' service

who starts wars. Jim's eight battle stars—earned at Guadal canal, New Georgia, Russell islands, Tarawa, Apamama, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima—give him the right to speak his piece. Even those who disagree, we think, will concede that Jim gives voice to the thoughts of many other fighting men who won the peace and want to see it maintained. This article is especially timely because President Truman will appear be-

new Scripps-Howard reporter,

lenges some old notions about

e adoption of a militery train.

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Country Swings to Left in First Voting in Nine Years; Leader's Referendum Demands Win by Landslide.

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TWO KILLED IN EE in LOCAL TRAFFIC

Week-End Toll in State !s Nine Fatalities.

Traffic accidents claimed the lives of two persons in Indianapolis over the week-end, with at least nine other fatalities over the remainder

of the state. : Killed in local accidents were. Edith Baynes, 65, nurse at Sunnyside hospital. : Ernest Sink, 51, Flora, Ind, ‘Miss Baynes was fatally injured shortly after she alighted from & bus on road 67 near the hospital. She was struck by a car driven by James O. Melson, 55, Anderson, as she was walking across the high~ way. She died almost immediately after the accident. Dies in Hospital Mr. Sink died last night in St. Vincent's hospital after his parked ear was struck when two other cars were in collision rb 38th st. and Rookwood ave. : Cars driven by Charles White~ hair, 20, of 5317 wester, st, and Norman Cain, 71,.of 4608 E. 21st st., collided and Whitehair’s car struck Mr. Sink’s parked automobile. Injured in the crash were Mrs, Alice Sink, wife of the traffic victim; Mrs. Genevieve Kintner, 38, and her daughter, Christabelle, 12, both of Kokomo. Both Cain and Whitehair were charged with reckless driving ; State Accidents Killed in state accidents were: Marian Holmes, 19, Milford, Ill. . Albert Brown, 35, Chicago, Il. Winfrey Mogg, 26, New Castle, _ fatally injured in an auto-truck * collision near Muncie, Joseph L. Varga, 36, North Liberty, fatally injured in an accident near South Bend. ‘ Mrs. Alma Elizabeth Hamilton, 26, New Ross, killed when her car overturned near Crawfordsville. Clarence Porter, 41, Odon, killed when his car struck a utility pole

near Odon. . . @ylvester Dorsam, 28, Haysville, Killed when his car overturned at

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: United Press Staff Correspondent ; PARIS, Oct. 22—Communists and Gen. Charles de Gaulle shared victory today in France's first general election in nine years. Final semi-officidl returns from yesterday's election gave Communists candidates 142 national assembly seats. This was a plurality of

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for the first time in French history. Women voted for the first time in France. . De Gaulle’s moderate party not only showed surprising strength in the assembly race, but the majority of his cabingt members won easily, De Gaulle scored a landslide victory on his referendum demands

for emergency powers until it has been written.

Cabinet Faces Shakeup

As result of the election, however, De Gaulle probably will shake up his cabinet and bring in more Communists and Popular Republicans to make it a coalition in which all three top partiies have about equal strength, De Gaulle himself was not a candidate, but his beliefs, policies and cabinet were on trial. The resultant vote of confidence vine dicated his conduct since France's liberation and clearly strengthened his hand as never before for the tasks ahead. Among leading political figures swept back into the assembly were former Premier Edouard Herriot, whose once-powerful Radical-So-cialist party dropped to fifth place with only 19 seats; Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, nominal leader of, the Popular Republican party, arid Communist Party Secretary Maurice Thorez. Edouard Daladier, another former premier and Radical<Socialist leader, was defeated in the Vaucluse district by the Socialist can didate, 37,975 to 15,047. & Communists Have 142

The final standing by parties in the assembly race was: Communists—142. Popular Republicans—140,

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We are civilians ‘and happy to be. But we know we can maintain 4 peace only by remaining strong. Strip our forces and we lose everything we've gained. We think we bought peace at too fearful a price for that. Many ex - Soldiers, ex - sailors, ex - marines are frankly worried. We say something like this: “Youre doing it to us again. You're going to strip us of our basic weapons, our manpower. Then yowlkabegin taking away our guns and our ships. “In a few years, you'll stick

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IN DRAFT POLICY

Secretary Says Truman's Aim Has Not Been Guessed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (U.P). ~All the “dope stories” on President Truman’s message to congress tomorrow on universal . military training are wrong, White House Secretary Eben Ayres said today.

what respect the speculation was wrong or what the President would recommend. Ayres said he had seen a lot of speculation in the papers about what Mr, Truman would recommend, and added: “All the dope stories we have seen so far are wrong.” The President will deliver the message at 11:30 (Indianapolis It will be carried ‘er major networks. Some congressional sources expected Mr. Truman to sidestep any demand for “compulsory” training and to concentrate on proposals to build up the national guard and the reserve officers training eorps in high schools and colleges. Gen, George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, and other top:mili~ tary leaders favor outright comnpulsory training. Congressional opposition to the plan, however, has increased markedly during the past year, One legislator said public support of peacetime conscription was strong during the height of the Buropean war but had tapered off sharply since.

DEATH TOLL 2000 IN VENEZUELA REVOLT

Americans Bring Back News Of Revolution,

By JAMES F. FOWLER United Press Staff Correspondent MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 22--Eleven Americans returning by plane said today the death toll from the Venezuelan revolution was between 2000 and 5000 persons, No Americans from the large colony of oll company workers, businessmen and lend lease workers have been reported among the casualties, they said. L Clark Brown, Allentown, Pa. businessman who arrived in Caracas’two days before the revolution started, charged that it was Com-munist-inspired. “I know for a fact,” Brown sald, “that a Russian delegation of about 15 or 20 men arrived last Wednesday and the Communists have taken a pretty solid hold of ”

* MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1945

IS OUSTED BY FARMER GUILD

Directors Unanimously Vote To Remove Fascist’ Associate as Chief.

By VICTOR PETERSON Times Staff Writer

MONTICELLO, Ind., Oct.

red associate of nationally known American fascists, today was ousted as president of the National Farmers guild. A quorum of directors and duly elected officers voted. unanimously to remove Mr. Mote.

Those present at the meeting ine cluded J. C. Erp, Canby, Minn.; Charles J. Sheppelman, Normal, Ill; K, C. Weber, Detroit, Mich.; Robert Spencer, Monticello, all

directors, and H. 8S. Atchison Northville, Mich, national vice president.

—t Friends Absent

All voted to oust Mr. Mote. Mr. Mote, who was notified two weeks ago of the intended meeting, was not present. Neither were Miss Opal M. Tanner, Indianapolis, sec-retary-treasurer; or Walter Meyne, Readlyn, Ia,; H. 8. Avery, Romney, Ind; H. W. Binegar, Dayton, O, directors. Mr. Weber, acting as spokesman for those present, said: “We have had no word from Mr. Meyne. However, we do know that Mr, Avery and Mr. Binegar are supporting Mr. Mote. Miss Tanner is the private secretary for Mr. Mote.” Mr. Mote was charged with mise ‘eofiduct i office” and insubordina.

tion. Charge Dissension In part the charges read: “He has created dissension and disunity when he charged in his letter of Aug. 30, 1945, to Julian Lemon. (Mr, Lemon is secretary of the Indiana Farmers guild) that the Indiana board of directors and its secretary are ‘silly’ and of ‘doubtful virtue.’ “These statements were in such letter and copies sent to the Indiana and National Guild direc~ tors, one of whom is a lady of the highest moral and intellectual standards. For any man, and especially the president of the National Farmers Guild, to send a signed letter containing such indecent and uncalled for remarks, is 4 reflection on the National Farmers Guild, and on its national secretary who took the dictation of such letter, and ‘shows his utter disregard for moral code.” Quote His Magazine The charges also state that Mr. Mote accused the Indiana directors of being un-American. The charges against Mr. Mote claimed he has made statements which are “unAmerican and anti-American while sons of Guild members and their relatives and friends were serving in the armed forces.” The charges against Mr. Mote contain a copy of a letter which was published in a May, 1945, number of America Preferred, a monthly magazine which Mr. Mote publishes,

1,919,000 G. I's RELEASED WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (U. P). ~The army released 1,919,000 personnel from May 12 through Oct. 19, the war department announced today,

22.—Carl H. Mote, Hoosier||

“bygones be bygones.”

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoflice Indianapolis 9, Ind, Issued daily except Sunday

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Lloyd O. Busching, who received 10 lashes across his back last Friday following his conviction on a charge of wife beating, ix reunited with his wife, Dorothy; and their two séns Lloyd Jr. 6, and Burton, 4, in their Dillon Park, Md. home. The couple, expressing continued love for eich other, agreed to let

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Means No Political Rift, Gates Aid Says.

One of Governor Gates’ closest political associates, Brig. Gen. Elmer W. Sherwood, state adjutant gen eral, said today he would resign by Jan. 1, Gen. Sherwood sald he was resigning to become editor of the National Legionnaire, national American Legion publication, It was understood Ben Waitt, school superintendent at Noblesville, is the foremost candidate for the post Gen. Sherwood will vacate,

Rift Denied

Gen. Sherwood is recognized as one of the administration’s most influential political advisers, He said his resignation did not signifv any rift with the Governor and that it had "no political implications.” The adjutant general said he would resign his state job and become affiliated with the Legion “shenever it works out,” which he added, “should be before next Jan, 1.” Two-War Veteran A native of Linton, Ind. he is a veteran of both world wars, He served with the Rainbow division in six major battles in world war I and re-entered the army in world war II as a public relations officer. "He was first assigned to Ft. Harrison, and later at the army distribution station, Lake Placid, N. Y. Before jdining the Republican administration, he was post inspector at Pt. Knox, Ky.

22 GI's DIE IN CRASH

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct, 22 (U. P.) ~Bodies of 17 enlisted men and five officers were removed today from the wreckage of a C-47 transport plane which crashed and burned last night while attempting to land during a blizzard. The transport was coming from the

Aleutians.

By JOAN YOUNGER United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Oct. 22-High priced hats—from $20 to $40--Were selling like hotcakes in New York and millinery authorities said the

Hat Buyers Go 'High-Hat'— '‘Clamor’ to Pay $20 to $40

ranging upwards of $100, were also in great demand. Beaded and sequinned headgear for evening wear was another best seller—“and with no complaints about price.” Lilly Dache, maker of custom made hats, also reported an upswing in prices. She sald that while her average hat sale was forgmerly $39.50, it had now risen to $46 “and there is no limit to what they'll pay for something special” As for hat styles, the forwardleaning, high crowned pillbox liter. ally cannot be kept in stock. .The new global hat, with its curved deep crown, has been sold in huge numbers, - But the old standbys—theé coifs, the bretons, the bumpers and, the berets—still do well. The colors are conservative, with lack and brown leading, but “winter s white” or “white wine,” especially in rich,

felt, is nosing into their popu~ larity. Miss Dache, whose favorite hat

GEN. SHERWOOD Glass Firms TOQUITBY JAN. Struck: Coa

Pits Reopen

By UNITED PRESS Fifteen thousand glass workers struck today as a week-end back-to-work movement in other industries cui the total number of strikeidle workers almost in half, The number of idle workers dropped from 450,000 yesterday to approximately 225,000 today, with the return to work of Michigan utility workers, miners in soft coal mines in five states and participants in a number of small stoppages.

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Auto Strike Looms

The glass strike was called after a break-down In negotiations for a new contract with six plants of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. and four plants of the Libby-Owens-Ford Co. The struck plants are in Ford City and Creighton, Ba.; Ottawa, Ill; Cleveland and Toledo, O.; Charleston, W. Va.; Shreveport, La., and Crystal City, Mo. Meanwhile, a major strike threat loomed in the automotive industry

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HIGH COURT TO SCAN "VARGA GIRL" CASE

Esquire Pushes Appeal From) Mailing Rights Ban.

WASHINGTON, Oct, 22 (U. P.). ~The supreme court agreed today to review the Esquire magazine suit brought to determine whether Esquire's luscious “Varga girl” and similar attractions are sufficient grounds for revoking its secondclass mailing privileges. The court accepted an appeal by the justice department from a District of Columbia court of appeals ruling that the postoffice department should devote its time to delivering the mail and stop trying “to compel acceptance of its literary or moral standards.” The action of the appeals court reversed a U, 8. district court ruling here upholding an order by former Postmaster General Frank C. Walker revoking Esquire’s sec ond-class mail privileges, Walker issued the ban in December, 1943, He found that Esquire, and its arty Varga girl, and some of the magazine's Jiterary contents were not “information of al public character.” { Esquire, complaining that the ruling violated freedom of the press, filed the suit to set aside’ the order and restore its mailing privileges. The magazine said it would be forced to spend an gdditional $624,000 yearly if it had to ship by parcel post.

G.1’S BLAST DELAY AT LE HAVRE CAMP,

BOSTON, Oct, 22 (U, P. ~Soldiers who arrived here aboard the 8. 8. Bea Bnipe yesterday said today that Camp Lucky Strike at Le Havre, France, is a “sorry place where 65,000 soldiers aré sweating it out in army tents waiting at least three months for a ship home.” ’ Conditions were . described as “very uncomfortable” with only three theaters accommodating 1500 each while it takes 45 minutes to get a cup of coffee.

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STACY T0 HEAD LABOR PARLEY

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (U. P.) — President Truman today announced that Chief Justice Walter P. Btacy of the North Carolina-state supreme: court has accepted chairmanship of the national labor-management conference scheduled to open here Nov. 5. Meanwhile, the President post« poned an announcement, previously expected today, on the administration's wage-price policy. Mr. Truman met with his cabinet on Friday to discuss machinery for handling mounting wage-price. problems which threaten to hamper reconversion of industry to peacetime production. - Eben Ayres, a White House sec retary, said he did not know when the announcement would be ready. Meet Again Today “The matter is still being considered,” Ayres said, adding ‘that he did not know what questions of the statement. He added, however, that the President would meet again late today with several cabinet members, in-

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CHANGES ARE SUGGESTED INVESTIGATOR

Feel Price Control Must Continue Until War's Effects Are Over.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (U. P.).—A special house. committee charged today that the office of price admin. istration’s rigid pricing poli cies are retarding reconver~

sion and could “dangerously jeop~ ardize the nation’s economy.” : The charges were made in a re~ port filed by Chairman Howard W, Smith (D. Va.) of the house special

agencies. The report was unanie mous. : “Important changes in the poli« cles of the OPA are urgently neces= sary if the nation’s industries are. to achieve an orderly transition from wartime status to full peace« time employment and production,” the report said. 2 : Urges Continued Control The committee emphasied that it felt price control must continue until effects of the war have been overcome and until production of civilian goods has caught up with But, it said, OPA’s rigid pricing

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poli cies: J i. 1. OPA’s “open billing” Vy under which the manufacturer's price is determined by later OPA action. It reported one merchant was billed for an additional $45,000 “because his supplier later received authority to increase his price.” 2. Refusal of a price increase from a pre-war $1.50 to $1.79 to an established window awning manus facturer, although a newcomer was allowed to sell “a vastly inferior product” at $3.26. 8, Delay in granting a price of {less than $3 to the manufacturer of (electric irons until costs had exceeded the price, while a newcomer was permitted to sell “an inferior and inherently dangerous electrie iron to retail at $5.50.”

Remedies Recommended

cluding Secretary of Navy James Forrestal, to discuss wage-price policy. : It was the first time Forrestal was included in the discussions. It was believed he may have been invited because the navy is a large employer ~of civilian employees. The

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Frost Tonight, Cool Weather

For Tomorrow

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... 52 10am... 35 a.m... Nam: 50 8am, ...«51 12 (Noon).. 50 Sam....80 1pm. .... 50

There'll be frost on the pumpkins tonight--and a heavy one— with the mercury slippihg downward to the lower brack« ets. The weather« mag, predicts a = flay tomorrow with just the right atmos phere for a heavy coat and warm scarf, Winter is just around that proverbial corner and these few remnants of fall are going fast.

SHOTGUN ON GROUND WOUNDS 2 BROTHERS

GALESBURG, Ill, Oet. 22 (U. P.) ~~Robert Cole, 21, and his brother, Keith, 15, wounded in a freak hunting accident, today were given A good chance to recover, They told hospital attendants that a 12 gauge shotgun lying on the ground discharged, wounding them both. Keith. was hit in the arm, and Robert in the. back and

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4. Denial of a price adjustment to a pre-war manufacturer of home | medicine cabinets, formerly priced (at 70 cents and $1.50, while a new{comer was given wholesale p of {$1.30 and $2.30, respectively, for | identical ‘cabinets. | To remedy these ills, the come« mittee recommended that: 1. OPA immediately put into ef« fect prices that reflect current pro. duction costs plus a normal‘ pre war profit margin. 2, Price policy be formulated and administered so that it may be reported to OPA regional or district offices on simplified forms which would prevent differing interpreta tions. 3. Buch prices be effective unless district or regional offices serve notice within a certain time, in which * case producers shall have an op« portunity to meet the objections. 4. Retail prices be adjusted to reflect increases allowed manu« facturers, except where the markup already covers a normal profit. 5. Except where monopolistic control of supply exists, price con trol be suspended when supply and demand of any commodity ap~ pear to have reached a continuing balance. 6. The OPA administrator cons centrate the agency's activities on accomplishing the above policy. 7. The administrator review his maximum average price regulation with a view to revoking or modify ing it,

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