Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1946 — Page 26

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@ive Light and the People Will Find Their Otwon Way

EEN, MURRAY AND LEWIS MONG those who profess to see John L. Lewis as a ~ persecuted champion of labor's rights are President William Green of the A. F. of L. and President Philip

i / Mrray of the C. 1 0. : { ' The government is “applying the rule of the jungle” ' to the coal miners and “their chosen leader,” according to Mr. Green, who proposes a compromise to get coal out of the mines—and Mr, Lewis off the spot on which he has

Mr. Murray accuses the government of “a shocking attempt to force American citizens to work against their will through economic coercion,” and announces that the C. I. 0. will join in appealing the federal court fines imposed on Mr. Lewis and the miners’ union. : . # ¥ . » » THE gentlemen felt otherwise when Mr. Lewis was attacking their organizations, not merely the people of the United States. n January, 1942, Mr. Green's special organ, the A. F. of L. weekly news service, called Mr. Lewis “an unprincipled master, of duplicity,” and asserted that the A. F. of L.’s officers “wouldn’t touch him with a 10-foot pole.” (Mr. Lewis has since rejoined the A. F. of L.) In June, 1942, Mr. Murray described Mr. Lewis as “hellbent on creation of national confusion and national discontent.” Mr. Murray's official organ, the C. I. O. Union News service, accused Mr. Lewis of “betraying” the miners’ union by associating it with “a conspiracy to disrupt labor and national unity and to preach hate, division and dissension among Americans.” (Mr. Lewis was moving to take his union out of the C. 1. 0.) : : : Earlier, in October, 1941, when the cothtry was enly two months from war, Mr. Green even got indignant about a Lewis coal strike. The A. F. of L. weekly news service then referred to Mr. Lewis as a “headstrong, insane, arbitrary, ungovernable, false leader.” It described that strike as “not only a betrayal of America, not only a betrayal of the workers involved, but a dastardly and indefensible betrayal of the best interests of all labor in America.” Mr. Lewis, it added, was “gambling not only with the rights of his own miners but with freedom of the whole labor movement.” (Mr. Lewis was still active in the C. I. 0.). ; "on # ” . » ESSRS. Green and Murray know John L. Lewis from away back. They know that everything he was in ___.A94T"and 1942 he is now, plus. They know, too, that the ent has been fair and generous to the coal miners; that it gave them the best contract, providing them the highest wages and the greatest benefits they ever had, and still stands ready to honor that contract; that only as a measure of desperation, only because it became necessary to try to save the country from a Lewis-caused disaster, did the government seek penalties against the miners’ union. ‘We can understand why honest members of organized labor should be distressed by the government's resort to court injunction, that weapon so often and so unfairly used by employers in days when unions were weak We would have preferred to see the government invoke laws plainly and carefully written to protect the rights of labor and + the rights of the American people against reckless abuse of unionism'’s power, + ‘But such laws have not been enacted. For the fact that they have not been enacted two men bear majorfresponsibility—two men who have opposed and denounced and obstructed every attempt to write such laws. «Those men are William Green and Philip Murray.

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RABBI EMERITUS ONE of the city’s most distinguished and thoughtful “clergymen, Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht, is retiring from the spiritual leadership of the Indianapolis Hebrew congregation after 42 years of service. ' Rabbi Feuerlicht, who observed his 40th year as head

for the remainder of the year, becoming rabbi emeritus. He had planned to retire in 1944, but consented to remain until after the war was over, His record of active service is believed to exceed that of any other Indianapolis clergyman. Throughout his residence here, his interests have been those of the community, whether it was local charities or international relations. For many years, he has taught in the school of religion at Butler university, where his keen analysis and dry wit made him a popular instructor. Among the fields in which his inherent talents brought him leadership was inter-faith co-operation. : Successor to Rabbi Feuerlicht is Rabbi Maurice Gold- . blatt, who has made an excellent impression in the com- '® | munity in the eight years he has been here. : Emerson said that we measure all religions by their civilizing power. By that yardstick, as well as by that of service to his faith and to the community, Rabbi Feuerlicht’s eontribution to Indianapolis is immeasurable.

OAKLAND'S GENERAL STRIKE

AS if John L. Lewis were not doing enough to jeopardize the cause and the rights of organized labor, A. F. of L. unions ‘at ‘Oakland, Cal, paralyzed that community of a million people with a general strike which ended yesterday. Reason given for this strike was that city police had

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department stores. Such a strike, of course, meant wholesale breaking of union contracts with many employers who were in no way involved in the labor controversy affecting the ent stores, We now what good purpose union officers and en ik: they can serve by thus punishing a whole mf\bystanders. But one thing sure to be i dangerous a weapon, a< the geng of

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who have to buy things at the stor the prices of most everything has been going up, and the quality down, and half the time you could not get anything you wanted anyway, even at the high prices. It seems like usually when you wonder why the dealer hasn't got any automobiles to deliver, or you can't find a pound of eight-penny nails in the store you ‘can always pick up your newspaper and read where the automobile workers or the steel workers or the coal workers or the nail makers is out on a strike. which they say they have to do in order to protect their economic rights and take care of their families in the American way, We think that is a very fine thing, to want to get the best they can for their families, and especially to do it in the American way, and so we have decided that we will do some of that ourselves for our families, since ‘these other unions appear to get along so well that way, It was a real enthusiastic meeting, where we organized last night at Odd-Fellows hall. Nearly everybody -in-town was there except old Cy Weathersbee whose rheumatism has been pretty bad since he ran out of coal last week, and that new fellow, Patullovich or some such name that came to town a couple of weeks ago to organize the hands

| down at Jim Goble’s sawmill. Don’t!

know where he was, Jim's hands (all joined our union, First we had a little singing led by Elmer Pribble and the consolidated school glee club and then there was a talk by John Stoneburger, the one that used to teach economics over at state normal before he lost both legs over there in | Germany’ a year ago last Christmas. He said in union there is | strength, and even if none of us was very important alone we could

Side Glancas —By Galbraith

"'We Won't Be Pushed Around By Anybody’ Is New Slogan"

East Ananias, Ind. a man can protect himself and his union, so we have got together and

organized a union for ourselves here in East Ananias, and I can report

by leaps and bounds.

We call this the Buyers’ Protective Union, and anybody that buys

ton of coal or maybe some groceries,

or anything at all is eligible to join us. That makes quite a lot of people eligible so we are confident we are going to have a very large membership and will be able to make our economic power felt here in

The object of this union is to protect its members, who are the people

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do quite a lot by organizing and working together. Like, he said those other unions, where only maybe one man out of every four

longs to a union, but look how strong they are, able to shut down the railroads and the coal mines, and even, out there in California the other day a whole big city. Then there is some discussion about a constitution and by-laws, but after a while Mike Grady, who is the new commander of the Ameri¢an Legion here this year, Mike says why not just make it a short one. Like, says he: “We won't be pushed around by anybody.” There was some loud cheering at that, and it was unanimously adopted. Then they appointed a committee to study what to do, and since I am secretary of that committee why I will keep you advised as soon as the committee meets again which it is supposed to do this afternoon. : 8 - » “SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED” By J. Ray Johnsen, 1086 N. Illinois st. An open letter in regards to safety. Sunday evening, Dec. 1, 1946, at Pleasant Run blvd. and Ritter ave. a very serious accident could 'have taken place because an auto{mobile .going north on Ritter went across the blvd. without stopping. A roving squad car luckily saw this |and the driver of the above men- | tioned automobile was apprehended. { True, the driver was at fault, but hl would like to suggest that the city safety council, to prevent further possible accidents, erect stop {signs that either reflect the letters |“Stop” or place electric signs at this dangerous and dark intersection.

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“WHY SHOULD PEOPLE PAY FOR POOR SERVICE?”

By H. J. E., Indianapolis I have a few words to say about the present streetcar fare increase. Why should people want to pay more and get very poor service? Also, if they complain to the operator they get a bawling out. Now I am going to cite a concrete case that I know happened on last Wednesday at 12:30 p. m. on an E. Michigan car. This happened at the end of the line. The car turns north off Michigan st., on Emerson ave, then backs south on Emerson and makes the turn to return to the downtown district. Two men were standing on Emerson ave. just south of Michigan st. waiting to board) the car. The operator motioned for them to come around the corner to Michigan st. to board this car. When these two men boarded the car, one

walk at least a half block to board his car. The operator said, “You damned fool, you should know where you were was no stop.” I was wondering if that isthe attitude of the streetcar company, and if this is the kind of men they employ they should have no raise in fare. This was car 1046, and

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Bar Ducks Lead THE QUESTION OF non-political selection of judges ‘will come up again at this legislature, if anyone can be found to introduce a bill for that reform. The general assembly convenes Jan. 9. That night, the board of managers of the Indiana State Bar association will meet on the eve of the annual midwinter session of the tion . . . and certainly should do something about the report submitted early last September at its annual meeting. This report urged steps to improve the caliber of judges. The board has met in the interim, but hasn't done anything about the recommendations of its commit~ tee on judicial selection and tenure.

Up to Profession to Lead IF THE LAWYERS THEMSELVES are not interested in cleaning ‘up the judiciary, then the situation is well nigh hopeless . . . unless the zealots within the professional society who are concerned about conditions might attract a following outside their associates. Right now, anyone over 21 years of age can be elected to most judgeships . . . one doesn’t even have to be a member of the bar to be elected a county judge. And many judges take an active part in politics despite the obligation of the judiciary to hold itself aloof from any activity that even remotely might be construed as affecting decisions from the bench. Principal recommendations of the bar association committee . . . the recommendations on which no action has been taken or can be taken before the convening of the legislature . . . are: ONE—Use of a separate ballot for judges . . . first step toward non-political selection of the judiciary.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—From the little island of Iceland comes a fish story which reveals better than a book some of the international shenanigans now going on in reconverting this world from war to peace. Iceland’s whole economy is wrapped around fish. Prom the sale of its fish catch to foreign countries, Iceland gets the money to buy coal and lumber and machinery and other things it needs to keep going. When the Nazis moved into Norway and Denmark, most of this fish srade was lost. Iceland's fish were sold to England during the war and accounted for about a third of the British fish supply.

We Didn't Bolster Economy WHEN THE UNITED STATES got into the war and Iceland became an important base on the lifeline to Europe, American troops took over from the British, the army built a big airfield at Keflavik, and in a fancy three-way deal, the U. 8. bought Iceland's fish catch, lend-leased it to the British, supplied Iceland with American coal and such other essential civilian goods as could be spared. Except for the fishing business, Iceland's economy practically stopped dead. Prices soared, the cost of living went from” 300 to 500 per cent above pre-war levels, wages were advanced by law as prices went up. With end of the war came end of lend-lease, the British found they could buy fish elsewhere at lower prices, Iceland was stuck with a good fishing industry, built up at high prices, and no place to sell it. The United States couldn't use the fish. There was a market for herring oil, for margarine and for cod liver oil, but not for the fish. Then last August there appeared in the Iceland capital at Reykjavik a five-man Russian purchasing mission. It came empowered to buy the entire Iceland fish catch. Prices offered for frozen fillets were about 30 per cent higher than had been offered the Ieelanders in wartime. Prices offered for herring oil were 60 per cent higher. Prices for cod liver oil were roughly comparable to U. 8. prices, but the Russians smartly dickered that they would buy the fish only if they got the oils. That froze the U. 8. out of the market,

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—1 have been having some trouble recently with an old flame of mine—charming member of the armed forces named navy—and

operator No. 204. Does the public have to be treated

men does the streetcar company employ? It seems to me that they are uncouth and ungentlemanly.

a8 8 “MR. LEWIS HAS HIS SLAVES WELL TRAINED”

By Robert Fishback, Guilford ave. It seems as though Mr. Archer has forgotten that the government had a contract with the miners, so what business did John Lewis have to terminate it? Of course, I am for unions when they act lke unions instead of a bunch of little boys that want their way. What do we have a government for if everyone has his own way? He should realize that this strike is a perfect setup for our enemies; no coal for our steel mills to use so guns and bayonets can be made to save the necks of people like him, as In world war II. I think it is high time for the government to pull that wool over John’s eyes and lg him know he isn’t running this country. Just what would Mr, Ar-

bayonets would have gone on a strike? I can tell you. He would be mining for 50c a day, or else. I know how the Japs were, I was over there. I bet 300,000 of the 400,000 quit because they had to, not because they wanted to. Every time you go out for higher wages your union dues go up, as did living, so what do you gain in the long run? Not a thing, truthfully. Mr. Lewis has his slaves well trained. Every time he grunts they kneel at his feet ready to serve him. So let's remember the miners got along 0. k. before Lewis came along.

Eon. “SUPPORT DAWSON FIGHT AGAINST STREETCAR FARES”

By Sylvia Smith, 1513 N. Meridian st. I read in the papers and heard over the radio that James M. Dawson, “the friend of the people,” is making another effort to help us, by bringing forth a petition, asking for workers and signers against the raising of fare by the Indianapolis Rallways, Inc, It is our duty, as good citizens, to see that Mr. Dawson has our support by coming to the front and being represented in homes, stores, factories, schools, street corners, civic clubs and every conceivable place that we may get signers. Let us all make an honest effort to help.

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I imagine this rehash of ancient relations is fairly common to most alumni of the late great adventure. Some girls just don’t know when to call it a day, and so I hereby nominate myself to speak to her parents. Greetings, Mr. Secretary. Greetings, admiral of the fleet. Care to sit down a second and clear up my status? Tell me; men, am I still a temporary gentleman? Can you court-martial me if I'm disrespectful? - How long does the period of emergency run? .

Sailor or Civilian MORE THAN A YEAR away from active duty, am I once again a taxpayer, an unshackled slave who Wears Ho man’s eollar? Am I a civilian; subjeet-to the hazards of civil life, or has the bureau of personnel still gota leash on me? These things are important. If I am still a chattel of buperes, I want some salary, some exemption from taxes, some special privileges, promotion, guidance. Find me a house, Feed me. Clothe me. Pay me. It must be one or the other. Because if I'm fully ships and stations. An alnav. Quote: “Pipe down. Get out of my life. Forget you ever knew me. - Get lost. Keep your tame commanders away from typewriters. Stop sending me letters which start: From: To: Subj.: Encl;’. Go tend to your own troubles, and leave me to cope with mine.” End alnav. I used to love you, navy. For your sake I went everywhere—Africa, Sicily, Italy, the south, west, central Pacific. But we ended our affair on a cheerful note, and if there's anything I hate it's a gal who keeps trying vo fan old ashes. I was a good boy when we were going steady—faithful and true. I got a new sweetie now, and it's damned poor

WASHINGTON, Dec, 6.—Reports charging that the conduct of some of our occupation forces is giving the United States a black eye abroad threaten to become a Pearl Harbor scandal in miniature, There is bound to be further investigation, and should be. The only questions are who should do the investigating and how"$hould it be conducted. In the hands of the wrong people, it might do more harm than good by giving ammunition to those who would still further damage U, 8. prestige.

Report on Conduct No Surprise

IT 1S CLEAR, however, that an undesirable situation exists—that a small minority of our officers and men are not exactly helping to build up respect for the American flag. Just the other day this writer published the gist of a letter from a high-placed, proAmerican Filipino living in Manila recounting some of the abuses which had come under his personal observation. Other Far Eastern and European theaters tell dmilar stories, The “secret” report published Wednesday by some of the members of the senate war investigating committee, therefore, was not a surprise. But the blame for the scandal, like the blame for

| Pear] Harbor, is not easily pinned down. Most of the

blame belongs, in both instances, to the whole American people and to their representatives in congress.

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IT'S OUR BUSINESS . . . By/Donald D. Hoover

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IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson oi Greatest World Trade Fight Is Ahea

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark 1 Hey, Navy! Quit Bothering Mr. Ruark’

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in Judicial Reform TWO—A 50 per cent increase in salaries of judges . . .» much needed to attract capable lawyers to those offices. ¢ ode * a THREE—A pension plan , . , ‘which would enable. a competent judge to remain on the bench despite the fact he would earn less than top-flight attorneys do, and thus could provide for his old age. - All three are in the discussion stage, despite the fact they were recommended to the board of man-

agers of the bar association for presentation to the | ;

next legislature. The report in qliestion glumly served that past efforts to remedy the situation “been completely blocked from time to e hy legislature.” . , : The basic recommendations were submitted order to “give judges more indepence from parties and leaders” and to “induce abler men to seek judicial offices.” | Even among members of the bar, however . . . well as among legislators . . . there is a lethargy toward the recommendations.

What to Do About It iN VIEW OF THIS ATTITUDE, it behooves folks Interested in the kind of government and the kind of judges they get to button-hole their lawyer scquaine tances and urge them to insist that the Indiana State

stand on the question. The recommendations . , . incomplete as they are in removing politics from the judiciary , . . are a start toward non-partisan selection of judges. :It looks like the general public will have to lobby with the lawyers to get them to tackle a problem that is peculiarly their own. ?

Not only that, but the Russians also offered te supply the Icelanders with all the coal and lumber and other civilian goods needed. All of this happened at a time when U. 8. negotia« tions for peacetime rights to use the Keflavik airfield were at’ their height. Communists in the Icelandie Althing, world’s oldest parliamentary body, were obJecting violently to letting the United States have any rights. Late in September there was a three-day general strike in protest against U, 8. use of the fleld. In the end the Althing ratified the treaty. U. 8. troops will all be out of Iceland by April. U, 8. planes can use Keflavik field as long as U. 8. occupation forces remain in Germany, U. 8. commercial planes may also use the field. But a few days after the Althing approved this agreement, the cabinet of Prime Minister Olafur Thors had to resign. What happens next is in the lap of the gods. If the United States had been able to holster the Icelandic economy by buying its fish and selling coal and lumber, the American bargaining position would have been much stronger. i The Russian deal was of course too good to turn down. The Icelanders had to take it. Since it was made the Russians have been right on the dot with their deliveries, Supplies of coal and lumber move out of Baltic sea ports. They may or may not be coal and lumber which the Russians aré taking as reparations from Germany, Finland or other Russian-oce cupied areas of eastern Europe. Only the Russians know where the stuff comes from. .

Stiffer Competition Coming NOBODY KNOWS, either, where the Icelandie fish go, except that recently some of them turned up in Czechoslovakia, for sale to the Czechs at prices lower than the Russians had paid the Icelanders for them, and at prices lower than other fish on sale in Czechoslovakia. AbogH The moral for the United States is that in its international trade arrangements for the future, it i going to have to meet more competition of this kindy and such fishy deals are pretty hard to beat.

taste to keep writing me mash notes, reminding me of what I owe you, and threatening to make a scene if I don’t come through. Naturally, it’s money trouble. You and your bu-

reau of supplies and accounts. Eighteen months ago -

you started dunning me for $50 I don't owe you. Somewhere in that military pawnshop of yours you got fouled up in your own regulations and Ive had ne

peace since. We straightened all thig out before you kissed me goodby. Goodby, you d, and thanks for the memory.

Being a gentleman, have I harassed you unduly for an, accounting of that $500 or so you owe me for misplaced allotments? But every week, a new letter from you. Send money. Send money immediately. Look, I left a perfectly good wife on your account, baby, for three -long- years. --As-far as your Shylock department is concerned, she's. still in New Orleans, waiting for navy to pay her transpotftation home. And then you get nasty. First, threats. “Your prolonged failure to answer official communications . . . may result in disciplinary action.” Just what sort of disciplinary action? Can you shoot me? Can you take away my rubber ducks? Can you send me to bed without supper? Can you haul me back into the blues?

Hold on to the Papers S80 FINALLY I AM really annoyed. I write a very sharp letter to all hands. Somebody digs up the right directive, the correct orders, and now we have repentance. Only the other day, a new letter, demanding return of all the correspondence to bupers. Not me, baby. You may have been indiscreet, bus the letters are mine, and I intend to keep them. Send for your lawyers. ' And - before the shooting starts, better have a look for the money you owe me, You've had more than a year to track it down, and from here in I am no gentleman,

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms 3 . \g * oo Soldiers Abroad Are ‘Living Flags

nation, had & better realization of our duties as one of the victorious powers. Hardly had the last shots been fired before we began a clamor to “bring the boys home.” So6n hard. ly a workable unit was left even to guard our surplus supplies. Our magnificent army, navy and air force quickly became skeletonized and in their desperation, the authorities were forced to ship partly trained recruits abroad to perform the tasks of occupation—the most delicate and most difficult ever undertaken by a soldier. Many hadn't tiie remotest idea what the job entailed and, of course, thére were some, a few, who simply didn’t care. Thgre was no time in which to weed these out. / Still another problem had—and still has—to do with our military government leadership. Generals MacArthur and Clay, for example, are eutstanding executives but they can’t do everything themselves.

They need help and, despite the war department's .

most strenuous efforts, it has not always been able to find it." Many executives make $25,000 a year. and up. Top pay for civilian military government personnel, by law, is $10,000. Only by unusual effort, personal pleas by the secretary of war and even the President, can the right men be found and then (says the war department) the average is one acceptance out of 50 sought. ‘A recent find was Gov. Dwight P. Griswold, of Nebraska. He will take an important military gove ernment post in Germany.

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