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_geries of “challenges.” ters, that the committee inyestigate certain organizations
py pg. A : mber tt ross, Scripps-Howard NewsAlliance, NEA Service, and Audit Bureau of : Marion County, 5 cents a copy; delive by chrrier, 20 cents a week. ‘Mail rates in Indiana, $5 a year; all other states, 8. possessions, Canada and Mexico, 87 cents a I BR Give Light ana the People Will Find Their Own Woy CHALLENGE TO MR. EWING PEAKING as a former Hoosier whose legal ability has carried him to eminence in his profession as ‘well as A n of the Democratic national committee, Oscar . Ewing told New York newspapermen that the Ku Klux would have a “big effect” in the coming Indiana con-
elections.
0 “T was shocked,” said Mr. Ewing, “to find that the
Kian is back on the job, and viciously, in Indiana.”
"He based his conclusions on recent talks with Demo-
cratic leaders in Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. If "Mr. Ewing has collected evidence to support this d as a good lawyer, he would not make statements of that nature, we are sure—it is to be hoped it will be made public so that a rebirth of the Klan can be fought before it attains proportions threatening to the community’s peaceful living. “The Times received the Pulitzer prize in 1928 for the “most distinguished and meritorious public service rendered by an American newspaper during the year” for its exposure of political corruption in Indiana and “for bringing about a more wholesome state of affairs in civil government.” A part of that expose showed the evil effect of the Ku Klux Klan on our government,
‘E WILL publish Mr. Ewing's findings showing the Klan is back on the job here if he will make them available, and if our independent investigation shows them to be correct. . 3 We feel today, as we felt when prejudice was at its height in Indiana, that there is no place in America for racial and religious hatred. There already is too much
_ prejudice in our lives. There is no room for revival of
hatreds based on pigmentation of skin or the manner in which a man worships. : ~~ We've been through the worst war of history, in the cause of freedom. The bullets that tore into the bodies of or dead and wounded were neither deflected nor attracted by the religion or the color of that casualty. Where are the facts, Mr. Ewing?
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"Saturday Afternoon Movies for
Children Often Bad Influence”
By Mrs. C. T. Earl, 813 Fairfield ave. I Much is being said about juvenile delinquency. Much is being done, no doubt. As the mother of two small boys, I believe and hope that muck more can be done. It will take a mighty effort, a uhity and devotion #0 a cause, and I believe there are many mothers ready to
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ileve these demands represent the viewpoint of the maJority of veterans. ) i. It is difficult to know where to stop. If the hunting and fishing license is to be free, why not free automobile licenses and free drivers’ licenses? Free other licenses? + Most veterans want no special privileges other than directly connected with their service in the armed grees, to which they certainly are entitled. There does not seeth to be any sound reason for this campaign for free hunting and fishing licenses any more than there was the same preferential treatment of veterans of the ng war. It might be well to stop that special privi- , too, ; : If this exemption from paying a share in the cost of ent programs through which they benefit is made, will be because of political reasons.
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ARNING TO RUSSIA
EVEN more significant than Foreign Secretary Bevin’s ; warning that Russia's methods and Communist world activities menace peace is British public reaction. Press and public comment in England is oyerwhelmingly behind Bevin's bitter challenge of Russia. | Apparently the Russians think Bevin's talk is all part of a diplomatic game of bluff and bluster, and nothing to worry about. They are wrong. And if there was any doubt about that, the British public reaction should cause the Kremlin to go slow, Certainly the British are not looking for trouble. They have plenty of it, and of all kinds, as a result of a war which has been very costly to them, Moreover, they are 80 anxious to get along with Russia that they and their ~government for many months have appeased Moscow's rule-or-ruin expansion policies as the price of unity. _ But Russia has driven them too far. The reaction is so sharp that even a Socialist government in London has refused to take the Soviet slaps to which the Tory Churchill 80 often turned the other cheek. The conflict has not gone so far that Britain and Russia must be enemies. Russia still can get London co-opera-tion on any decent terms. But, if she wants British friendship, she will have to begin working for peace instead of Sowing the seeds of war. + The same goes for America’s atfitude toward Russia. America desperately wants to co-operate with Russia for
it is up to Russia. Stalin cannot have it both ways.
RANKIN TURNS TENDER,
HE house committee on un-American activities was con- _ ducting & hearing. The witness was in place. In place also was Rep. John Rankin of Mississippi. And, for once, Mr. Rankin was courteous to a witness. Yes, the committee would allow the witness 15 minutes to present a “petition of grievances.” So the witness let fly a He commanded, among other mat-
| Hollywood luminaries whom he called unHo ir. Rankin listened with a degree of mildness that ‘have been sympathetic. Such questions as he asked : nor did his comments sear the witness. whole show seemed staged for the benefit of the er than of the committee. 8 was the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith of the t party, publisher of the “Cross and the Flag” a of Huey Long. : Smith requested 15 minutes and took two “petition.” He worked himself into
ation of .wordage and emotion .that he
little folks can go.
not good. The Dillinger movie revival shown several months ago was held responsible for a wave of youthful crimes, and has now been “ruled out” as a result of organized P.-T, A. protest. However, there are still too many gangster movies and too many movies meant for adults that are shown on Saturday. The -real responsibility rests on the movie industry at its source— Hollywood. Better that thé kids have rootin’-tootin’ W®esterns than the present-day gangster type. Better yet if they could have the best loved and best known child classics produced at a moderate cost. There is an interest stirring
tamong some of the P.-T. A. groups
in the films being presented. A committee in one school sends a list of recent approved pictures to the parents for guidance. But too often not one of them is playing at a neighborhood theater on Saturday. I would like to see the national organization, of P.-T. A. make a project of this. After all, it is the oldsters who must set the standards for the youngsters. py = an “DENIAL OF TERMINAL LEAVE TO G. 1’S WRONG” By Theima Prosser, Franklin Congratulations on Denald D. Hoover's . recent article entitled “Give GI's a "Chance to Seek Jobs,” in the column “It's Our Business.” It may or may not have been possible that we could have won the war without our officers in the army and navy. But one thing is certain, we .could not have even fought the war without the enlisted men who have served in our armed forces. Despite this fact, our en-
tit. : ‘We knbw how important are thé years from 6 to 12 in the modeling of character; which brings me to my subject—movies, particularly Saturday movies. On that one and only day of the week so many of the The offerings of our neighborhood picture houses too often include films whose influence on small children is definitely
great deal of discrimination and humiliation at the hands of weat must be to-every real American an odious caste system that exists within our military forces. Now that the war is over comes the crowning ignominy of all to the common soldier, when. otficers are granted a terminal leave and enlisted men are not granted the same consideration, nor any other comparable monetary benefits, Yet there can be no question that the people of this country owe the enlisted soldier and sailor a great debt of gratitude which they ‘can never fully pay. Since the GI is denied a terminal leave he will feel, ‘and jusjifiably so, that discrimination against him extends beyond the military to our congress and to our civilians. Such a state of affairs must not come about in America. I sincerely believe that if the people of America were fully aware of this situation that the GI would be granted thes4 benefits he is certainly entitled - to. May I take this opportunity to commend The Tines and thank you for a fine presentalion of the GI's
{point of - view on this particular
aspect of his service to his country. ” n ”
“IF G. I. WANTS GERMAN BRIDE, OWN BUSINESS”
By A G. I., With 450 Days Combat on the Front Line, Indianapolis. ‘ In answer to “Just a Reader” from Franklin—The G. I's made it possible for the reader to be able to live in comfort and have time to read. Why don’t people leave the G. 1. alone that's doing a job for all of us. If the G. I. wants a German bride, why isn't he entitled to
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“PREFERS THE ‘BRUSH’ IF THIS IS MODERN CITY” By Ivan C. Clearwater, Indianapolis ...
Recently I read a quote in the “Inside Indianapolis” column of your paper. The writer of the column quoted from a card received from a correspondent and I quote part of the quotation: “I think a bird is silly to come to such a dirty place as this city is right now— smoke in the air and filth on the streets.” Personally, I think the birds are not silly, and from my observations, most of the pigeons have left town—and why shouldn't they leave? As a matter of fact, I think the sparrows too have de-
IT'S OUR BUSINESS to look behind the reasons for the suggestion that it will be necessary to ocontinue the draft law after its schediiled expiration May 15. One of the reasons could well be that the inducements offered in the army drive for volunteers for the occupation forces are not sufficiently attractive . . . at any rate response is so slow that the President. says the draft law must be extended if manpower needs are not met by volunteers. The answer seems to lie either in the unpopular extension of conscription, adoption of the President's
the army more attractive as either & career or as an opportunity for foreign travel.
first war, favor compulsory military training as the only way to raise an armed force large enough to hold onto the gains won in nearly four years of war. .. Now that Great Britain has shouldered a part of the responsibility of providing troops to police Japan, the number of Americans required will be decreased. Russia is not providing troops except oh the island of Sakhalin, half of which she occupied before the war, and the Chinese say they are unable to furmish any forces. It is known that the Philippine commonwealth could assign at ledst one division if it were asked, but for some strange reason this was not done.
Tap Civilian Reservoir CIVILIANS should be used in the occupied areas in increasing numbers, thus reducing the requirement for military and naval personnel for functions relating to government rather than to enforcement of the terms of the surrender instrument if that begcomes necessary. . The war department is seeking men and women
pay is excellent. In my own intelligence organization in the Far East, we used many civilians, drawn from the areas occupied, from the states and from
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—France’s former premier Leon. Blum, 74-year-old Socialist leader, soon wild arrive in the United States. An ambassador extraordinary in the most literal sense, he comes in search
no telling what will happen to his country. Prance is short of meat, wheat, wine and potatoes. And as the rest of Europe is in the same boat, it is clear that the next few months will be a time of privation such as modern Frenchmen never have seen. As the food, fuel and clothing shortage is accompanied by a political crisis spearheaded by the Communists who thrive on popular misery, the outlook is far from reassuring. In a week-end broadcast, Undersecretary of State Acheson said only a miracle could prevent starvation in Europe this winter. There have been serious crop failures in most European countries, due partly to drought and partly to worn-out soil. | For years there has been little or no fertilizer. Not qnly is this true of France—ordinarily a big wheat producer—but also of North Africa, which normally exports wheat to France. Argentina's crop also was short. and Australia had one of the worst droughts in her history. Aid to France, therefore, is largely up to the United States.
Progress Since VE-Day IT IS out of this background that M. Blum is coming ‘0 America. It is said that he hopes to get an immediate credit amounting to three billion francs —$25 million at the present exchange. Obviously, however, that can be only a drop in the bucket. France's needs are far greater than that.
cided that the city des hot meet | with their approval ; And last, and perhaps least, I| think I'll “take to the bushes” too, unless something is done about cleaning up this town. If Indianapolis is a sample of the “post-war modern city” then I prefer the “brush.” = 2 2 “PROHIBIT MEMORIALS UNTIL BONUS IS PAID”
By A Veteran and Pro-Veteran, Indianapolis ’
To Messrs. Garver, Robertson and Young. Here is one answer to your article of -Jan. 24 regarding a war memorial in lieu of a state bonus. Some time ‘ago a committee of world war I and II veterans drafted a resolution, to be presented to our governing body, prohibiting a monument or memorial being built commemorating any man or men of world war II until a state bonus had been paged. That resolution got nowhere because I believe there were not-enough world war II men on that committee, On Thursday, January 24, I happened to be sitting at a table in an East side cafeteria with three men whom I did not know. The party of which IMspeak stated he was an engineer in a well-known former war plant. His conversation was in regard to a labor shortage in his department. Another party at the table suggested he use returning G.I.s. His reply was, “Those lousy G.1s are not worth a ,...’ Through respect to his graying head, I let it pass. But that, my veteran friends, is a small part of why our homie state is building a memorial instead of paying a state | bonus. While we were fighting their way, the office boy was promoted. He does not ‘want us back because he knows that only too soon we will again achieve our rightful position in life. And he will be the office boy again. And while’ I am about it, let me ask you three veterans what you are doing about such things as‘you write about? Are you members of a nation-wide veterans’ organization? Or are you “letting George do it?”
vy 8 8 “CAN'T EAT PURPLE HEART, WHY NO BONUS HERE?” By Charles E. DeWeese, William DeW Roland House, James House, Brown, Indianapolis
As ex-overseas veterans, we heart{ly agree with what our fellow vets
on, Vets, What Do You Say About I” Three of us are disabled with purple heart medals, We can't eat medals or war memorial cement blocks either. We could use. a little cash, though, fo help us get started again. Other states are paying off, why not Indiana? . =
DAILY THOUGHT
But I say unto you, that ye resist pot evil: But whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. “Matthew 5:39 : ,
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France must buy machinery to modernize her industry and speed up production of urgently needed consumers’sgoods. She needs everything from locomotives to needles and pins. She needs rolling stock
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Economy-minded people in Washington are expressing considerable concern over a vague item in the President's budget message. It is an estimate of $1,500,000,000 for “Expenditures based on proposed legislation.” : While the Bureau of the Budget has given no breakdown, a number of items calling for increased expenditures are outlined in the President's message. y They include the increased’ health and medical care programs, increased unemployment compensation, social security coverage. for veterans, exe tension of crop insurance, scientific research and atomic energy development; and Columbia, Missouri and- St. Lawrence river valley projects. The President has also asked for authority to continue: subsidy payments on food products beyond June 30. And floating around loosely is a new cloud of an idea for housing subsides to. help relieve the present shelter shortage. 7 All such items as these are increases in what might be called the “non-operating” expenses of the federal government. They have nothing to do with running any department of government, though Jbureaus would have to be set up or enlarged to administer the added appropriations,
Are One-Fourth Total WHAT most people don’t realize is that these nonoperating expenses of government now amount to one-fourth of all government expenses. That is, for the fiscal year ending. next June 30, non-operating expenses-of government are approximately 16 billions a year. If outstanding government loans and loan
LISBON, Feb, 5.—~One ot the UNO's most serious defects 1s that the small powers in Europe are much under-represented. Sweden, Southern Ireland, Switzerland, ‘Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Italy at present are all excluded from membership—the first six because they were neutral, Italy because she was one of the axis. powers, - It may not yet be practi¢al politics to urge their admission, Since one blackball by one of the Big Pive automatically excludes a country, it may indeed be a very long time before all these powers are admitted. Yet surely it is obvious that, if UNO i§ to
“| function effectively as a world organization, the more
countries that participate, the better. Of these seven excluded nations, the one which perhaps has the strongest case for admission is Portugal. Pwo objections are genérally , urged against the entry of neutrals into the world “organization. Either it is said that they helped the axis more than they helped the allies, or it is said that they are governed by Fascist or semi-Fascist regimes. On both these scores, Portugal can certainly challenge comparison with Argentina, which has been admitted.
Pressure Against Axis ' IT 18 TRUE to say that no other small neutral rendered such services to the allied cause as did Portugal... Portugal's attitude was not, of course, dictated by ideological considerations and her help to the allies was not influenced by love of the allies. Though her traditional alliance with Great Britain certainly had a powerful sentimental influence On public opinion, like every other country’s her conduct was governed almost exclusively by self-interest.
the allies was the part she played in keeping Spain from joining the axis powers. This process started in 1039, when Salazar concluded the first Iberian pact with Pranco. This pact was further reinforced by suc-
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IT'S OUR BUSINESS . . . By Donald D. Hoover ~*~ | Increase Volunteer Inducements |
Hawall, ~ Several hundred skilled and alert PFilipinos volunteered for service in that detachment in Japan . . . and many others could be hired for occupation duties . . , but for some reason this reservoir of manpowgr: has not been tapped. Another source of manpower is discharged personnel . . . letters from Japan and Germany indicate a number. of persons have accepted remunerative overseas - employment after obtaining their discharges there. The more civilians are used, the better .. . particularly in the Orient, where a uniform has beén a badge of brutality for so many years. Recent announcement that families of military personnel may join them overseas within the next several months will provide an impetus to ®e-enlist-ment “of trained men, 1 believe, particularly to the sergeants of the three highest grades‘who may have their families with them. The provision still does not affect the lower grades. However, those are the jobs that undoubtedly would be filled by shortterm volunteers or ‘youngsters serving under a program, in ‘most cases would not be married. s :
Housing Not Adequate
MY ADVICE to the wife of a G. I in Japan or Korea would be not to start packing right away, because. it was noticeable that the formal announce ment said dependents could go. overseas only when adequate housing, food and medical care was available. The housing and food situations throughout the Far East are ‘critical, and I doubt that any families will be going into those areas for many months. Until decent quarters are provided and lack of adequate recreational facilities is remedied, foreign service won't carry much appeal. unless “appeal” is written into the army recrui campaign more effectively, the army cannot raise the 1,500,000 men necessary to meet its pledge that by July 1 all men will be released who have 40 points or two years’ service as of that date. i
WORLD AFFAIRS + + + By William Philip Simms France Looks to U.S. for Help
and bridges for her railways, shot to pieces during the war—many of them by our bombers., She needs steel and trucks and barges for her canals and rivers cotton for-her textiles. : Contrary to certain reports, France has not been standing still since VE-day. She is now producing coal on the 1938, or prewar scale, yet her people are almost freezing for lack of transport. Steel, however, is only about 35 per cent normal. At this time last year it was virtually nil. Textiles are 65 per cent of 1938 and industry in general has passed the 50 per cent mark. - But the food situation is bad. Bread, cheese and wine are staples for the French working man and there is a dearth of all these. Even where food -is more plentiful, producers have no way to distfibute them equitably to the rest of the country. This has played into the hands of the black marketeers and helped to skyrocket prices.
Leftists Muddy Waters.
FROM 170 to 80 per cent of wages goes for food purchases alone. Inflation is soaring and while the present interim government is seeking to freeze both wages-and prices, it can hardly hope to succeed unless and until food at least is far more plentiful. It is to secure some of the essentials that M. Blum is coming to America. He will be a convincing spokesman. There is probably no more -honest or sincere statesman in France. Already, however, some of his extreme leftist associates are muddying the waters for his visit. They don't exactly predict such an outcome, but some are “asking” whether he can get what he wants from the United States without giving, in exchange, f9-year leases on Prest, Dakar, Casablanca, France's islands in the Caribbean and Pacific plus France's promise to join “the Anglo-American bloc.
IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson “Non-Operating” Expenses -Are High
guarantees of 12: billions are added to this, the total becomes 28 billions. These figures come from a report prepared by the Budget Bureau at the request of Senator James M. Murray of Mpntana., What Senator Murray was trying to get at was some indication of how big a contribution to full employment the federal government was. already making. Figures® for the current fiscal year aren’t really representative. They include a number of big items connected with the war éffort and the setting up of new international organizations. - Buch items won't be repeated.
Figures Tell Story ° AS AN indication of ‘where the money is now going for these non-operating expenses, however, Senator Murray's report is worth a look. It Includes such things as these: 1. Pederal grants to state and local governments, $971,000,000 for the year. 7 — 2. Payments to needy individuals — veteran and social security benefits—five and a half billion. 3. Subsidy payments to business and farmers, two and a quarter billion. : " 4. Payments to foreign governments and individuals—the windup of the lend-lease program and contributions to United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration—fotr and & third: billion. &. Subscriptions * to international orgarizations— the capital stock ofthe Bretton Woods plan, International Bank and Monetary fund—th¥ée billion. Total, 16 billion, or 10 per cent of the national income on a $160 billion A year basis. That's where the money goes.
TODAY IN EUROPE . . . By Randolph Churchill 1.45 Hr Portugal Rates UNO .Council Seat
The object of all these agreements was to preserve the neutrality of the Iberian peninsula. Fraaco was as anxious to keep his country out of the war
as was Salazar, but the Spanish dictator was far more
subject to German and Italian pressure than was the dictator of Portugal. There were several times when it seemed as if Spain would be partly forced and partly tempted into the war on the side of the axis.
Invariably, Salazar used his influence to’ keep Spain neutral. ; He not only told Franco but also told the Germans that, if Spain became a belligerent on the axis side, Portugal would automatically be forced to fulfill her full treaty obligations to Great Britain and enter the war on the side of the western allies. There is no doubt that this influence, exerted patiently and continuously over many years, exercised a decisive effect in keeping Spain out of the war. That the allies knew where Salazar stood in this matter is shown by the little’known fact that, én the night the allies landed in North Africa, in November, 1042, the British ambassador in Lisbon was instructed to inform Salazar and to ask him to use his influence to deter Franco from intervention,
Azores Bases Great Help - . THE OTHER outstanding service which Portugal rendered the allies was in allowing them to oc®upy the Azores and to use them as a naval air base. ' This not only ‘eased the British-American task ir the battle of the Atlantic, but enabled thousands of American aircraft to cross the Atlantic'by the short est and most convenient route. Some risk of Gers man reprisals was inherent in this decision and, if service to the allied war effort is to continue to be one criterion by which fithess for membership in UNO is to be judged, this service certainly ranks
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