Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 1946 — Page 22

election Tuesday gives every registeréd Voter the chance to exercise his voice in selecting his public "© As election day approaches, there is a widespread feeling that perhaps this will be the year when voters assert their independence, vote for the candidates they believe to be best qualified without regard to potitical-affiliation. Biggest drive for the independent vote is being made in behalf of Rep. Louis Ludlow, opposed for re-election by Albért J. Beveridge Jr., and Joseph O. Hoffmann, opposed by Judge Mark W- Rhoads, who seeks re-election to the juvecourt bench. The Times has gone on record favoring. “the candidacy of Mr. Ludlow and Mr. Hoffmann, knowing that neither can be elected without the support of the independent voter and of Republicans who feel that their i: party candidates are not as well qualified for public office. "Independent support also is sought for Lewis Lz Johnjon, for 29 years a member of the Indianapolis police force #4d now Democratic candidate for sheriff: We believe Mr: Johnson's record of progressive police work and his personal qualifications are superior to those of his opponent, Albert | C. Magenheimer, who has continued the policies of his predecessor since his appointment to the officé of sheriff. Mr. Johnson promises that if he is elected, he will not toler-

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s w= - . ” FROM observation of Mr. Johnson's work over a 23-year period, as well as that of J udge Judson L. Stark, Repubjean candidate for prosecuting attorney whose election appears probable, we are convinced that a Stark-Johnson law enforcement team would bring to the county a non-political enforcement such as it has not had for years. neither is the type to play politics with the powers he would have. Yet each is enough of a party man and politician to keep his eye on the other to prevent political influence in law en- ~ forcement. ; An attempt is being made to link Mr. Magenheimer’s candidacy to that of the vote-getting Judge Stark. We feel the voters, after investigation, may not fall for the “glect Stark and Magenheimer” slogan but may be more discriminating in their voting. : > Another weak candidate in the field of law enforce ment is Judge William D. Bain, of criminal court, who is opposed by Jacob L. Steinmetz, a Democrat, whom The Times believes to be better qualified for that job. . . . »

. . . VWHILE we probably will recommend election of a number of Democrats to county and township offices and to the legislature we have indorsed William E. Jenner, Republican candidate for U. 8. senator; over his opponent, M. Clifford Townsend, on the basis of national issues ifivolved. And our recommendations on the state ticket, to be made Monday, will be largely for the Republican candidates _ on the basis of the experience of these men‘in the jobs they seek. Most of them already are a part of the state administration, of which we have neither particular praise nor ofigbunation. It appears logical to utilize the experience most of those now in state office. * «In studying the qualifications of the candidates for the jobs at stake, we have attémpted to indorse the man or woman we felt to be best qualified, with full knowledge that especially in the case of county and township jobs, party lines will have to be crossed freely if some of those candidates are to be elected. wl :

MR. MOLOTOV'S BAD MANNERS ie appears that the courtesies and personal attention showered upon V. M. Molotov since his arrival in this eotfitry may have turned his head. . 7 The Russian foreign minister's speech before the “ United Nations general assembly was replete with tortuous misrepresentations and ill-natured attacks upon other governments and personalities. Such an effort would have been expected from an irresponsible soapboxer, but it was not to be expected from the official spokesman for one of the great nations of the world, at a meeting with friendly and recently allied nations. : : : Certainly there is no excuse for his effrontery in seem- : ing to appeal over the heads of the American government to the people of-the United States, as he did in his statement expressing disbelief that a majority of American would support the policies of their leaders. ; If Mr. Molotov thinks he can influence the American government by such tactics, it is evident he has not been keeping the right kind of company during his stay in the United States. : |..____ The peoplé of the United States have had tremendous sympathy for the people of Russia because of the cruel © ordeal to which they have been subjected. But the more they see of men like V. M. Molotov, the less they will believe . that any vast distinction is to" be made between the politicians of the Kremlin and those other would-be conquerors 9 he world who so recently threatened civilization from : rin.

. THE T. W. A. STRIKE : "HIS is the only country in the world where a strike would be called to get a wage scale that would run pay up to $15,000 a year. Which in itself should raise a question how much of that sort of thing the country can afford. True, most of the 1400 T. W. A. pilots on strike are not In the top-pay bracket—their average annual income is "said to range around $8000, which is still a cut or two above «am underprivileged classification. ag Granted that the pilots may be worth all they are ask-

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ol plane passengers we are in favor of pilots who are rt! ‘Plenty—still there are better ways to determine their f rate than by a strike which has deprived a nuniber of

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"Non-Voter Falls Down on Duty - hip; Vote Tuesday"

By H. A. C., W. Morris st.

I want to call the attention of

American Legion to voters to go to the polls I'm a member of the Legion, from services in the last war, and 1 happen to have seen in two other countries people who have lived voter, if I can call myse but I inténd to scratch my ticket. It seems to me that if a‘person. is then he is falling down of his citi in 1041, I didn't have. any interest old énough to vote 1 don't sup-| : . pose I have an intefest in “polities” | “DO YOU HAVE THAT now, but I do have an interest in what kind of government we get.

The Times seems to be non-parti-

san in it8 position on candidates, gince ofie place an article will tell about someone raising Oain with a candidate you have praised editorfall. 1 don't agree with you on some issues, but I do on selecting candidates for what they know and

will do. Won't you back the Leglon's campaign to get everybody to vote?

Editor's Note: We certainly will back the Legion campaign. Every registered voter should exercise his franchise Tuesday, regardless of what candidates he votes for. ” . ” “SOOYAL WORKERS HOPE FOR DEFEAT OF RHOADS”

By Leo M. Rappaport, 1321 N. Meridian st. In your issué of Oct. 30 there appears & second letter from Wesley A. Stockinger defending the present administration of the juvenile court. In his letter the writer mentions my name four times and also asserts that the Bi-Partisan Juvenile Oourt Committee ‘has solicited the co-operation of several experienced social workers in Marjon county” who declined to cooperate for various reasons stated by him. I categorically deny the truth of that assertion. Since the writer of that letter seems to like tO Use names, I wonder why he does not name these so-called “experienced social workers.” Perhaps that is because their “expérience” lies in the fleld of politics rather than social work. It is significant that no social worker, “experienced” or otherwise, has written a line to any of the newspapers defending: the present ‘juvenilé court. As a matter of faot, I do not know of a single really experienced social ‘worker in Indianapolis who oountenances the methods now.empioyed in our juvenile court. Quite to the contrary, they all fervently hops for a change in administration.

under dictatorship, I'm If that since this is the first time I have voted

zenship. Before I entered the army in politics, maybe because I wasn't ” :

By Link-Belter from Loeal 1150, Indi

say, buf |

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how precious the right to vote is to also an independent

entitled to vote and doesn't do it,

NERVE, MR. CHAIRMAN?"

anapolis In ‘answer to the articles of Bert Barber and Mrs. Owens: Look who is doing all the blowoff. One & chairman and the other the wife of a local chairman, 1180, Deep down in your heart you feel just like the rest of us, but under the circumstances you could not be in a position to say anything different, I pity both of you for being misled into positions which sure are no honor to have in this good old U. 8. A. One thing, if the so-called husband was offered $7500 to turn down C. I. O. he must be an awful sap not to take it; or more likely he was offered his own imagination. What bunk. You say we don't have the nerve to sign our names; what is this, just another one of your 0. I. O. threats? Listen, we were threatened before and we are just about fed up with all of your kind. Onexreason is your method of soliciting new members in the plant. Sixty per cent of the employees did not know that they signed check-off pledges. The stewards give no explanation and tell you to sign on the line and that's that. As far as attending meetings, it would be just as well to listen to good American programs at home. I have been to several meetings during the days we lost last. winter, and no one dared to speak his piece. What an organisation. Mr. Chairman of Local 1150, you publish a bulletin and mention ‘the part that all those wishing to drop the check-off system or getting their names off the union list and see what the results would be. Do you have that nerve or not? Let's hear from ‘all the rest of you Link-Belters and -maybe we can get together and have a petition going in the plant. I'm sure we can request. from the national labor board to give us An election to unshackle ourselves from this organisation.

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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cities of air service, hauled down the American a number of overseas routes, and brought unpt to some 15,000 T. W. A. employees whose in-

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your’ right to ‘say it." — Voltaire.

YOU KIDDING?" Py Owen Smeyer, BR. BR. 11, Bex 585.

Forum and have admired The

your readers to the appeal of the Times in letting people express their next Tuesday and vote. opinions in a& newspaper, although at times I questioned the idea of not having writers names, even when you, Mr. Editor, stated that for business and personal reasons it was sometimes better.

opinion of people who won't sign their names (re: dirty * politics).

"dally newspapers being compelled by

L} There must-be some remedy for this

will defend to the death

“MR, ‘EDITOR, ARE

For years I have read Hoosier

sign - their

Now I see an editorial by you, Mr. Editor, stating your position or

Are you kidding? Not long ago Hoosier Forum ran many articles against unions, namely Loeal No. 1150. I have no desire to take part in any controversy in regards to unions, but, please, how can you, as editor of a very [fairminded paper, berate some one for not signing his name? Incidentally, I wasn't the one who left the “vicious piece of campaign material” on your desk. However, I agree one hundred per cent with you that such stories are scandalous, and not in any way decent campaigning. P. 8. Could it be that you are just naturally against unions?

Editor's Note: No, we are FOR

” " » “MRS. PARISH HANDLES CHILDREN WONDERFULLY”

By Mrs, Edna Lovell, 450 W. Merrill ot. In regards to what I just read in the Hoosier forum about the juvenile court, I can't see it the way that R. W. Minton sees it. For I had to deal with two boys who played truant from school and although it was no fault of mine, I thinking they were in school, they were sent to the juvenile center for a week. And they had their clothes changed rather often and the clothes they wore there were washed and nice and clean for them when they were ready to come out. And as far as Mrs. Parish, I think she is wonderful to all the children that go in front of her. And as far as the referee judge you speak of, he is a very good one as he always takes care bf the truant cases, and if you don’t know him, you and some others had belter get acquainted with him. His name happens to be McDonald, | » ” »

“SUGGESTION TO AID OUR CARRIER BOYS”

By James Van Zandt, 725 N, East ot. I am very much in accord with the article of Mrs. L. Wicker in the Hoosier Forum of Oct. 24 in regards to boys and girls who bring us our

thoughtless subscribers to make extra trips to collect & small sum of 20 cents for bringing their dally paper to them six days a week.

situation, I would suggest that when a subsoriber fails to have the 20 cents for the carrier on collection day, the carrier turn the bill into the office and discontinue paper delivery until that subscriber shows a paidup bill from the office, It would happen only once. After one trip to the office people would realize how

easy it is to make-a lot of extra work for the other fellow. ¥ w w “A-BOMB MASSACRE WAS WAR CRIME”

By L AB, Indisnspolie The last declaration of one of the Nast war criminals as the time of his execution, “The Bolsheviks will hang you next” will not seem 80 fantastic, perhaps, in the next decade or #0. The great atomie bomb | massacre would have been oonsidered by a conquering enemy #8 A war crime (and correctly so) and the leading participants would have been proven subjects for prosecution under the provisions of Nuren-

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DAILY THOUGHT

In the day that God created man,'in the likeness of God made

our mew toaster, electric mixer and to make a friend of heel! =~.

He him Genesis 5:1.

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WL Vernon Blackwell and his snuff box. ‘The discovery

to offer in the way of wonders. ' /

wife. lived at 435 Madison ave. i right across from one of H. H. . Lee's four tea stores, Today Mr. Lee's tea stores are but a memory of a civilization that cultivated «| the amenities of living. Thank goodness, though, Mr. Blackwell's: .4 house is still standing. ‘Indeed, except for a coat of gray paint (the contribution of a laier and more sophisticated culture), the.old house looks just the way it did when the Blackwells occupied it some 50 years ago.

| well had a hand in picking the house they lived in. Certainly, Mrs. Blackwell was the first to appreciate the advantage of living across the street from Mr. Lee's tea store. doubt, picked the ‘house because of its proximity to his work. Nes

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shop just a block away, a geographical location that ‘permitted Mr. Blackwell to: walk home every noon and partake of a hot dinner washed down with a dish of tea. All of which is my roundabout way of saying that Mr. Blackwéll was a saw maker by trade who (with his tea-drinking wife).<had come all the way from England to try their luck in Indianapolis.

to get into his house. with him. I ean explain that, too. For one thing, he didn't use snuff. For another, it wasn’t his to carry around. Believe it or not, the snuff box belonged to William Shakespeare.

democracy and about strengthening and preserving it.

interest of all of us, not just office-holders, but

many of Democracy operates every day. But

the extent of keeping ourselves informed and’ alert. Tuesday Gives

when everybody old enough to vote can practice democracy. That is electiol democracy has its opportunity review itself, reorganize and rene

day in thé congressional elections, as elections.

still is the appalling ignorance among so many peop! of what this election is about, who is being elected . for what.

the politicians seemed determined to confound us this year, as usual. ignorance about primary facts, what officials are to be chosen and who are the candidates, grade-school civics.

California editor told me the often amazing answers to questions in a poll by his newspaper on simple election facts. Another started a political feature

OUR TOWN .. . By Anfon Scharrer

IT WASN'T UNTIL I entered my adolescent period 1808 or thereabouts) that I ran actoss Sidney

It always struck me that both Mr. and Mrs. Black-

And as for Mr. Blackwell, he, no

Sy : England AT ANY RATE, the E. C. Atkins people had their

To see Mr. Blackwell's snuff box, it was necessary He never carried it around

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—-We talk a lot about our

Just now ours and such others as still survive

around the world are facing their most severe tests.

o meet this will require’ the close and continual

s6 many of us seem too busy to pay much attention to it, day by day, as much as we should, at least to

portunity

BUT THERE IS ONE DAY in almost every year

day. It is then that

Such an opportunity ‘will be here a

This election, first since the war, is most im Yet we find little interest in many places.

- Some confusion about issues might be expected— But there is little excuse for just plain

When 1 was on the Pacific coast recently, a

asking readers to send in questions they would like to ask candidates. In a week the newspaper received less than 30, but in the sdme week it was swamped

JERUSALEM, Nov. 1.—An expanded market is in prospect for United States goods should a Jewish state, free of British import controls, be established

in Palestine. oh That is the promise held out by competent Jewish leaders who are outspokenly dissatisfied with Britain's economic policy in the Holy Land. ~

British Take Dollar Credits UNDER ARTICLE 18 of the mandate Britain must not exercise “discrimination in Palestine against goods originating in or destined for any (foreign states)” But Jewish merchants maintain: that Britain so juggles import licenses and dollar credits as to achieve advantages for British-made goods. Furthermore, of the dollars the Jewish’ community in Palestine produces, it is allowed to spend only about 40 per cent while Britain socks the rest away in its dollar pool. Most of the Jews, therefore, would prefer to buy in America. Jewish estimates are that Palestine Jewry, through imports and contributions, earns some $65,000,000 dollar -eredits a year, although neutral sources say $50,000,000. In any case, in the first half of 1046, U. 8. goods came into Palestine at a $34,000,000 annual rate. Jews therefore argue that as an independent state, "4blé to spend their dollars without British restrictions, they would be able to buy more. American products. As against that, however, iy the fact that some 90 per cent of Palestine’s exports to the U. 8. have been diamonds produced by the Jewish diamond cutting industry. Pacing the competition of the newly re-

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.~I hope nobody will accuse me of treasonous sloth if I can't Vote next week. Truth is, I might be too busy rustling up. catnip chasing mice, and purring in front of the fire. Nov. 3-9, you dog-fancying ignorers of vital events is National Cat Week, Don’t stand there and tell me that cat. week is unimportant, not in the face of this approximate bale of propaganda I have in front of me. If Presi dent Truman comes on the air over & nationwide hookup, merely to say “meow,” I will not be surprised. I will say “meow” right back.

Cats on Favored List IF 1 RECALL, Mr. Truman was cold to 8 recent overture in his direction, concerning the sanctification of “National Foot Comfort Week.” Do not worry about this statesmanlike churlishness carrying over to cats. Oats are hand-in-glove with the administration. I quote from a “flash bulletin,” whatever that ls, put out by the American Feline Boolety, Inc. “We are very grateful, indeed, t0 Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan for his prompt action in restoring mail privileges of the American Feline Boclety, Ine, which had been suspended toward the end of the Roosevelt regime. pk “While we appreciate the former first lady's personal feelings toward cats, we wish to emphasize that we were perfectly sincere in our efforts to haye the White House adopt the two Buckingham palace kittens . . .” : . Hmmmmm. That New Deak . ey For $5 a year, you can be 8 subscriber to the A. F: 8. and its quarterly magazine; its nationwide clubs to “help save America's oaie, A ite their status hl a higher plane in the e of contemporary oivilization.” For $15, you can have an active. ship; for $35, a sustaining

THE noble man ia only God's

a life membership.

vinaigrette bottle.

contest.

stay away froh

or: “that blankety-blank assume rather than earn.

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark

‘Cat Week Poses a

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Poet's Snuff Box.

By this time, ne doubt, you're wondering how in

the world Mr. Blackwell ever came to have Shake-speare’s-snuir box. Well, it was because Mr. Shakespeate wanted Mr. Blackwell to have it. 1 @idn't believe it, either, the. first time I heard it, But the more Mr. Blackwell shook his family tree, the more he convinced me that his maternal grandmother was a daughter of James Shakespeare, the fifth of the Shakespeares in direct lffieal descent from‘ the one . Who married Ann Hathaway of Shottery. The in._evitable corollary of which was, of course, that nobody had a better right to have William Shakespeare's snuff box than Sidney Vernon Blac ! an

seul} lackwell of Indian-

The poet's snuff box, I remember, was somewhat

the worse for wear when I first saw it. And no won. der, because when you stop to think of it, it was every bit of ‘300 years old. It was made of ebony and the top of the lid was inlaid with pearls, inscription disclosed that it was presented to Shake. speare by a friend during the Globe theater period.

It Was Spelled Shakespeare

BESIDES THE SNUFF, BOX, the treasures of 435

Madison ave. also included a string of beads and a According to Mr. Blackwell both were given to Ann Hathaway on the occasion of her marriage to William Shakespeare. Mr. Blackwell tell it, the beads we during the marriage service. :

Indeed, to hear re worn by Ann

I remember, too, that a little card was attached

to each relic telling in the funniest kind of lettering the chronological order of its various owners from the time it left the poet's family until it reached Indianapolis. You can't expect me to remember all . the details (after all, I was just entering my ado-: lescent period), but I distinctly recall that in every case the poet's name was spelled S-h-a-k-e-8-p-e-a-r-e, and not Shakspeare or Shakespere as some modern wholats would have us believe, : what a trained reporter would hav Whats Gane e_revealéd in his

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Thomas L. Stokes | Can Practice Democracy Election Day

Which, I suspeet, is

with some 7000 entries in Lena-the-Hyena cartoon Yet California is regarded as one of the more literate states. o

A recent poll by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin

disclosed that four out of five persons didn't know the names of candidates for major offices and seven out of 10 didn't know what offices were to be filled.

All this is discouraging, for in recent years the

voters in some of our states had shown considerable discrimination as evidenced by the splitting of tickets. This reflected an honest effort to choose the best men. Pity of ignorance revealed this year is in the type of election this is turning out to be. It seems to be a protest growing out of all sorts of -discontents. Consequently, there is likely to be mostly straight party voting that will not take proper account of men, in both parties, who have demonstrated ability in public service.

Off -year elections of congress always attract less

And these same people, too,

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By John A. Thale

Tn Jewish State Would Trade With US.

interest than presidential elections, when there is . also a congressional election. ‘We are this year electing an entire house of representatives for two years that may be critical years, d we are choosing a third of the senate to serve for

That is unfortunate.

THERE WILL BE lots of people who the polls and surrender their \rights d, in the next few months,

congressman or senator”

congress,” a right they wilt feel a big ‘thrill

and applaud loudly next July 4 when some orator boasts about our démocracy. 0

opened and longer established industry in Belgium,

the Palestine industry may suffer.

In the broad field of. trade, indications are that

the new Jewish state would conclude agreements with its economic matters.

make quick efforts to Arab neighbors on

But closely interwoven with trade prospects is still that No. 1 problem—immigration. Ironically enough, while Jewish agency leaders assert that “largest possible immigration” would be encouraged, British officials reply that a Jewish state government would find itsell forced to limit admissions. They believe that present-day Palestine’s land simply is not rich

enough to support mass immigration.

Neutral sources admit that a Jewish state would have to regulate immigration, but say that it could do much better than 1500 immigrants a month now

permitted by the British.

Jewish leaders have shown great ingenuity In creating development schemes to add to the obsorptive

capacity of Palestine,

Futher projects of this kind

would be one of the main concerns of a Jewish

government. Power for New Settlers

SUCH ACTIVITY WOULD BE tremendously increased, by a project such as the Jordan valley authority plan developed by Walter C. Loudermilk, assistant chief of the U. 8. soll conservation service. This plan calls for using the sweet waters of the Jordan and {ts tributaries for irrigation, siphoning the waters of the Mediterranean into the Dead sea 1300 feet below sea level, for hydro-electric power. J. V. A. would provide water and electricity for now undeveloped areas and open them to new settlers.

Poll Problem

I say you can; I have just been chased up a tree

by Dog Lovers’, Ltd. If you belong to A. pussy’s

F. 8, you can get stamps with picture -on them, to paste on all your ocor-

respondence. A million seals’ are available at a penny

apiece. : The A. F. 8. news says week 1s to acquaint the

that the purpose of cat “general public with the

utilitarian aspects of the cat as a pet for children and adults alike: also the advantages of having one or

more cats in stores, office tories, eto.”

buildings, theaters, fao-

1 gather that ownership of one scarred tomeat will cure baldness, relieve asthma, encourage financial astuteness and eliminate tattle-tale gray. Also, from what I read in this feline encyclopedia, cats are

pure-souled, funloving creatures and charm, who have been

of great in taught to kill birds and

chase mice by their association with that nasty ani-

mal, man,

Plans 'Weeks' of Own

“SOME OATS" says a quoted treatise by Roger

Butterfield, “like them . . . mother cats . .

birds and are remarkably kind to . have adopted baby mice

and rats” One cat rescued a baby robin, licked 1b into health, brought it into the house, and so great

was this meeting of the learned to fly. the house with the cat. the redbreast for the meat shortage, You can’ see then, OAt Week to our times. After the nation has

his larcenous some weeks,” p membership in the porporation.

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the importance of National

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