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- Dewey and Warren a N LESS than three weeks the American people will elect ‘their next President. We hope their choice will be Thomas E. Dewey. In saying this, we make ‘no partisan appeal for Dewey votes. The Times and Scripps-Howard Newspapers are ‘neither Republican nor Democratic. We are independent. . or In past campaigns we have supported Democratic can- * didates at times, Republican candidates at other times; in 1924, when Robert M. La Follette was the honest candidate of an honestly American Progressive Party, we supported him, However, we have never given blank-check support to any candidate, and will not do so in this campaign. We reserve the right to criticize both candidates and parties. ‘We are not presuming to tell anyone how to vote. Between now and Nov. 2 we shall explain why We believe the election of Thomas E. Déwey and Earl Warren will best serve the interests of this country and all its people. . " » Ae Nw. PRESIDENT Truman is a good man, a good American, This nation, and all free nations, can be everlastingly thank{u} that he, rather. than Henry. Wallace, maved.into. | the House in 1045, Eo 5 It was his misfortune, not his fault, that experience and training had not prepared him for the crushing responsibilities that fell upon him. We give him full credit for . doing his best, under extraordinary difficulties. But great, perhaps greater, difficulties are still ahead. Mr. Truman's ~ best—and we say it with regret-—seems to us not good

for the next four years. ‘He has, indeed, had trouble with the Republican 80th Congress. But before that he had trouble with the Democratic 79th Congress. He inherited leadership of a party

Who ( nen nad J Ltail riding. Under My. Truman, the Democratic Party fell Mr. Truman seems to believe that, by conjuring up old fears and hatreds, he can frighten the voters into returning “him to office. We doubt it. We think his appeals to group interests and class prejudices are sowing seeds of dangerous

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leadership of his’ party, of Congress, of the country—far

Go hy a en ee i aE IN OUR opinion, the crucial issue of this campaign is whether wisdom, understanding of basic issues

and teamwork under firm and skillful leadership shall guide our truly United States in the conduct of foreign and do- - mestic affairs during the next four critical years. We believe the better hope is offered by Gov. Dewey

~ —except perhaps as regards China and the Fai East—be- | tween the two parties or between their candidates. - The American foreign policy is bipartisan, Both parties _ and their nominees are committed to it. For this welcome fact, and for all it means to world freeddn and to hopes for # world peace, at least as much credit belongs to Sen. Van- . denberg and other patriotic Republicans as to President Truman and other patriotic Democrats. Indeed, Mr. Truman's blunder in the matter of the proposed Vinson “mission to Moscow” has been the most serious threat to firm maintenance of that policy. & And, as to domestic policy, the frenzied Democratic charges that “Republican gluttons of privilege” will plunge

misery if Mr, Dewey is elected is, in our opinion, demagogic hunk born of desperation, 8 0B > « : IT IS true that there are some selfish and short-sighted . persons among supporters of the Republican ticket.. There also are plenty such among supporters of the Democratic ticket. It is true that some Republicans likely to be in the next Congress would return to isolationism anf domestic reaction, if they could. With these Mr. Dewey will have to contend if he is elected. , : We believe he is determined, and much better able than Mr. Truman, to prevent any such backward march. Mr. Dewey and Mr. Warren have served with outstanding success as governors of great states. They have demonstrated their knowledge of the science of government and of capable administration. They have surrounded them. selves with able advisers and assistants. They know how to inspire teamwork. They know how to lead. These things ' « they have proved, and the record is clear, . He We believe that what each has done for his own state * LA ~ Our Voice Is Changing

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ing the world that President Truman is lagging behind Gov. ’ Dewey in the presidential campaign race. (Can you imagine radio Moscow broadcasting that Stalin is slipping?) It is Artening evidence, we think, that our world-wide inforion service has been overhauled, and tightened since the ate Department on Oct. 1 took over the output of all ts under the general guidance of George V. Allen, etary of public affairs. Previously it had been smears as “New England was founded by

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Barton, Rees Pogue RR ————————————— A OCTOBER-SILENCES =

Summer is gone, and lle a robe, dropped from the shoulders of some dancer in a flash. ing roundelay, the shimmer of October silences falls upon the land, and all is still. 3 The sanguine struggle of summer is ended. There is a0 more mating, no more growing, no. more reaching upward—even the sap has ceased to flow. Life is at the flood, the ebb-tide, ere long, begins, and then the earth, for very need of rest, will lie in the warm sun and Al] abou. us are the silences; and the lonely sounds-the caw of the crow, the chirp of the cricket, the long rows of fodder, the leaves that, one by one, go to make their beds with other leaves, long gone before. The whole earth is like a great concert hall now closed-—these Inst sounds echo like the final strains of a grand symphony. : : October is a mood, and one can scarcely fail tn enter inte its sorrow; a sorrow that is not the lament of death, for October is the sunset of the seasons, the preparation for another dawn, ~ BARTON REES POGUE, Upland. > o 9

INDIANA'S CHANGING CLIME

When winter's chilly hands stretch forth To etch the bedroom window panes With frosty villages and mounts, Or ferny crystal forest lanes.

And ice has fringed the guttering, When smoke curls lustily above "To tell of logs a-sputtering.

Ingpozy homes where warm fires glow And kitchens smell of eating time, I'm glad that winter hours are part Of Indiana's changing clime. «OPAL MeGUIRE, Dupont.

* 0° SILENT WHEEL

On and on the river flows, Moving swiftly on its course, ‘Undistusiged by rusty. wheel... ... ae

HBR wer Meaty TITER

Which one time with mighty force ~~ = = [FEES Slushed the water like a fall, » Churning bubbling foam at will, For the wheel hangs lifeless, dry, To the old deserted mill. —~—LILLIAN BECK, Terre Haute. .

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LINES TO A STRANGER

1 do not know Why my heart stood still As your car surged past. Like a will-of-the-wisp * Your eyes led mine, Disturbing my languid solitude. Strange that you should so startle 4 4he. SSR,

Mme, can names.

Crashing : a __That love has taught me. Had we met

POISONED MINDS . Danger of Treason Seen Hiding Behind Mask of Patriotism

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—Treason hides best behind a mask of patriotism. Those who want to wreck a government invariably claim they are trying to help it. That's why Communist and’ Nazi. organizations operating here have ‘always ‘used such high-sounding, ultra-Ameri-

ters at this fakery. They rarely fail to use the adjective “American” in the titles-of the

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Hitler Furnished Hatred

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sferé could have provided muscle, daring and the type of greed that will use any method to

HITLER FURNISHED the fanaticism, hatred and zeal to stir up the Germans. He was

quickly. joined by a lot of gangsters, and unprincipled people who Were on THE"

Hoosier Forum

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‘Dogs Should Be Controlled’

By Dog Owner a Mitch has been written about the question of whether to leash our dogs or not. As & dog owner, I am very much interested and would like to voice my opinion’ on this vital matter, Indianapolis has far too many dogs running loose, especially. female dogs. rani Lah acres emphatically with Mr. Frank Ludge ane rey ust | emphatically with our _efty council woman, Mary Catherine Conner, Our dog has never in his lifetime been pers mitted off a clothes line or at the present time “| aut of his fenced yard -it is his: fenced yard-- it was fenced especially for him. ” He is not annoying our neighbors by ruining their shrubs or frightening their children but most of all—he is safe from the danger of being run down and killed by an automobile, Some years ago we had a bull dog who was one of our family and not having a fenced yard we: let him out one evening and forgot to call him back in, in a few minutes as was our habit. He was. run over and killed —not by one, but two automobiles. As a former resident of Chicago I am familiar with their laws on this situation, Chicago has no stray dogs. Owners there must either put their dogs on a clothes line or confine them in a fenced yard and walk them on a leash, Ddgs running loose are picked up by the pound wagon. One can walk the streets there and not be frightened by several dogs in one block as is the case here. Indianapolis is way behind in its control of this dog situation and I am looking forward to the time when we will have adequate controls as do the larger cities.

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Some Rules on Dog Care PEM ie aside:

dog” or “alley dog” is not a special variety of animal, as some people imply who seem to care only for what they called “owned dogs.” If you wish to perfornt a very satisfying miracle, try turning a “stray’ into an “owned dog.” The recipe follows: ° . Take one needy dog off the street. If pose sible, start him off with a check-up at the vet. erinarian’s, for he may be deficient in vitamins, or need worming, or have a patch of skin disease that may be cured with pills and lotion. "Get your dog.a collar and license. He will begin -to feel owned as soon as he has a bed and meals. Give him a name and use it often. criminals | From my experience, the stray takes a great to please. But don’t expect him to know tha . it is home at once—he may have been disap-

if Mr. Truman were elected, make his task of leadership— .|-

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Would you thrill me less? I smiled in return... Small replacement for awakening a soul Grown indifferent to love. * Was this. then, paradise lost? I wonder... — By Dorothy Ann, Anderson 4% @

DOING. WITHOUT

~ "At times one may run up against trouble which causes him to cut down on expenses, and

“sometimes the family is-compelled to.do without.

and sacrifice in order to get by. . . . A minister and his family were compelled to do without certain things to get along. Each agreed to cut out certain foods which they offered to do without. The small son was quiet for a time, and

- when asked what he was willing to sacrifice,

he replied after a bit of thought— Well, I think

anyway.” ~—MARY LARKIN COOK, Anderson. ws sim— A A, A

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Blithely I sail the seven seas On the blue exciting waves, I sail away to far off lands -.To the sea wolf's watery caves. ..

I walk the way of the bravest brave, Where heroes fear to tread, - And the wisest of all the world's wise men Never thought of the things I've said.

le the worid.and buy it too, With neither power nor gold, I can dn anything any grown-up can, For I'm only six years old, —~SUE ALLEN, Indianapolis.

I'll leave off salt mackerel. I never did like it, -

many outfits through which they work, Sometimes they substitute the name of some patriot, Washington, Jefferson or Lincoln--or some cherished American principle such as democracy or civil rights. Most citizens have come to understand this trickery. But for a good while it fooled a lot of sincere and honest persons into helping organizations whose objectives they would have detested had they understood them.

‘We Could Be Poisoned Here’

TTHIS DISHONEST use of American-namaes and principles is foreign to the real character of our country, but let’s not get the idea ‘that such systems as communism, fascism and nazism could not develop here. We could be poisoned just as Russia, Germany and Italy were. And the poison need not originate abroad. Like other countries, we have dangerous elements of the same type which seized power in other countries. We can better understand the real nature’ of communism and nazism if we recognize the roots from which they Sprang. apd appreciate that there are some of the same sort of roots here. = oe Unfortunately, we have in this. country the _ basic materials from which these various “isms” developed abroad.

of two types of people~f{anatics and criminals --crackpots and gangsters. : We have too many of both types. Our great gond fortune has been that they have never got together, as they did in Russia, Germany and Italy. Suppose, for example, that the Ku Khux Klan and Al Capone's gangsters had joined forces. They operated during the same era, but

nished fanaticism, hatred and zeal. The gang-

Communism and nazism were the products.

went, separate ways. The Klan could have fur-’

< stead of a workers’ government, there developed Anew czarism-—a-- form of. State. capitalism, |.

A German named Karl Marx furnished the Communist fanaticism. Lenin and the Bolsheviks were fired by what amounted to religious frenzy for his doctrines. Their successful revolution quickly attracted other violent elements. The doctrines of Hitler and Marx were the psychological part of the poison; the sluggers, killers, blackmailers and slave-herders completed the brew. Hitler and Marx started out to sell ideas. The mobsters came along and finished the job by force. * __Hitler defended his first purge with the ex‘use that he was trying to get rid-of-the per--verts who infested his movement. Records weized by the Allies after the war showed that the storm troops, concentration camp guards and other mainstays of Nazi violence contained a large number of men who had criminal records before Hitler started his rise.

Privileged Class of Party Leaders

THE SORT of communism preached by Karl Marx quickly got sidetracked in Russia. In-

with a new aristocracy, a privileged class of party officidls, a new imperialism and a vast impoverished foundation of workers and peasants more ruthlessly suppressed than before. It is a strange fact that outside Russia the original Marxist - fanaticism still binds many people to such an extent that they refuse to wee what has happened. They refuse to see that Stalin has suppressed the last remnants of the popular ownership and popular government which Marx preached. “The muscle men, the gangsters, the easymoney boys and the ruthless self-seekers long since took over the theoretical side of the

pointed before by being fed and set on his way, He may look meager for a while. Feed him at first even better than later, some fresh meat, if possible, with his regular rations. It allows him to overcome deficiencies and to grow a new coat of fur, which will come out shining no matter what he looked like before, if he is properly fed. Color and texture improve amazingly. Now take a good look at Your Dog. He isn't a “stray,” is he? * & oO

"By Jack Collens : Co

1 wonder how many of the states average motorists read the report of the Governor's Tax Committee? ‘ - They claim that if we abolish personal property tax on automobiles it will save money for the motorist because lots of cars are not taxed. This is a lie because you have to have your tax receipt before you can get a license or a driver's certificate. ol . ..]t. would save money for the man that has

would be from $100 to $1000 a year. If his license fee was only doubled he would save hundreds of dollars and the average motorist instead of $9 would pay $18. . The Indiana Highway Users Conference just {indorsed it because it would save the fleet and truck owners millions of dollars a year and the average motorist would pay it. } The tax committee did not say how they would make up for the millions of dollars taken off of the county assessors’ books so the state politicians could have some more to kick around. They would have to raise the tax on property again to take care of the county budgets.

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LESSON IN WAR . . . By Peter Edson Pre-Pearl Harbor Party Revealed in New Book

WASHINGTON; Oct. 14 — The hjtherto untold story of a famous pre-Pearl Harbor, Washington dinner party given by Donald M. Nelson is about to be revealed in full detail with the publication of Bruce Catton’s new book, “The War Lords of ‘ Washington.” The story will probably go down in capital his tory as one of the most painfully embarrassing feasts of Belshazzar ever held in this town of great social crises. If the story now seems old and out of date, it isn’t at all. Tt has a kicker and a moral for the new war lords of Washington in 1948, who may be facing other Pearl Harbors, Bruce Catton will be remembered as a former editorial writer and columnist. He resigned from active newspaper work to enter government service, ending the war as director of information for the War Production Board. He is now .on the staff of Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer. His book is an inside story of big business versus the people in World War II.

Big Fellows Get Together

THE NELSON party with which Catton opens his book was held in the North Lounge of Washington's Carlton Hotel, Dec. 4, 1041. There were 24 guests, They were the top’ men in the defense effort—leaders in government and dollar-a-year men from private industry. of the table, prime and feed them well and thén in the contented hour that followed, show that New Dealers and big businessmen were

after a couple of fumbling starts. : 5 - Mr. Nelson began the talking with What Mr. Catton describes as something of a Rotarian speech. Good fellowship was going ta cure all misunderstandinge. © There was no. reason. why they; couldn't all work together. They had to work together. y ‘Mr. Nelson then introduced Mr. Wallace. The Vice Presi-

Priorities ar< Allocations Soard. Mr. Wallace rose and stood in “awkward, sailing iil-sase, his long and heavy. forelock. dangling. over his brow, He didn’t belong in the room with this bunch, and he showed it. He was reminded of a story. It drew a round of

polite laughter. Mr. Wallace sat down.

. A Big Job to Do v

THEN Bill' Knudsen, the production genius, said something about there being a big job to do here. In spite of everything, he thought it was being done pretty well. He likened the war then going on in Europe to a noisy gin party started by the neighbors in the next apartment. : Next Mr. Nelson called upon Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. After voicing the usual after-dinner pleasantries, Mr, Knox sald that since he could speak freely to this assemblage, he wanted to warn that war was very close. It could begin at any moment. But whatever happened, Mr. Knox wanted them all to know that the Navy was ready. Every ship was at its post, every man at his station. v ~ Then came the event that party. news

There was another misfit present. He was a former

perm for Wallace-Nelson-Knudsen SPAB-OPM operations. + Knox spoke, Mr. Horton passed a note to Mr, Nelson. .It

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party was to get them all together around a.

brothers under the skin, able to make the defense effort click

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was to spoll-or to make-the an. Robert W. Horton, then director of information |’

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Mr, Horton. : ain Mr. Horton had been very much interested in the Secretary of the Navy's remarks, he said. But the other afternoon while going to the Navy, he had been fairly trampled on by officers rushing out withsthelr golf bags over their shoulders. It seemed to Mr. Horton that the Navy waa quitting rather early if there was a crisis near, " ! Mr. Nelson apparently recounted later that at this juncture Mr. Knox had leaned over and whispered: “Who is this «== - - on a : .

But Mr. Horton was going right on talking. He had been down the Chesapeake Bay recently, cruising in a patrol boat. And he had sailed right inte Norfolk Navy Yard and gone all around the' “Illustrious” shot-up British warrier which was supposed to be getting secret repairs. Mr, Hérton said that latér he had landed at the yard and walked all over the place

ever nged. . “Myr, Secretary,” Horton congluded. “I doh't think the Navy is ready." ‘Less than four days later came Pearl Harbor,

"ON LABOR FRONT . . . By Fred W. Perkins Union ‘Defense Fund’ Revives Strike Issue

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—Plans of the United Mine Workers

to double the dues of the half-million membership and thus build a huge “defense fund” are causing interest here in what the government aims to do if John L. Lewis again goes on the strike warpath. Since passage of the Taft-Hartley Law, Mr. Lewis has been restrained by the injunction weapon provided by that statute, But. Congressional leaders have recognized that method is une satisfactory and imcomplete in great nation-wide strikes, pare ticularly because it leads to a dead end which might be disastrous if Congress were not in session.

Emergency Method Outlined

SEN. ROBERT A. TAFT (R. 0.), whose views on labor legislation have more weight than those of any other member of Senate or House, has in mind another method, but he hopes it will never be necessary to use it. He explains it in a foreword to a récent book by Rep. Fred A. Hartley Jr, (R. N. J), “Our New National Labor Policy.” . wo “In the last analysis,” Sen. Taft said, “it is difficult indeed to prohibit by law a nation-wide strike if all the men in the industry really want to strike, e strike can be discouraged, But no democracy can put a million men in jail or put them to work at the point of a gun.”

oe BL. S40... TALL. adds, “a nation-wide strike, or a general strike, we hope can be avoided by reason and persuasion.” =

No Part.of Permanent System THEN he continues: “When such a strike threatens the health or safety of the nation, it takes on the aspect of a revolus tionary ‘movement. It should be dealt with by an pmergency “law giving. the government. power to. #tep. in, call. for. volunteers,

seize. the necessary facilities for government operation, seize the union offices and funds, and conduct the operations until PAA: . 30 LL ee

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“Such a law should be passed for the emergency only, and {~should-not-be part of Any permanent. system of labor.manage-

ment relations. We hope it may never be necessary.” The subject is under study by the Congressional Joint Come mittee on labor-management relations, headed by Sen. Joseph H. Ball (R. Minn.), and is expected tos be covered in that body's reports to the next Congress. .

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It we work for war, we'll surely have war, and If we work for peace, we'll get Peusy--tuaybe.fobert St. John, author. ° \

_ Whatever the issues, there is no valid excuse for the stops

| page of bituminous coal production.—Earl O, Shreve, president,

U. 8. Ohamber of Commerce. a ; oo iY. : tls ys ud States a developed a radioactive cloud that who comes contact with it.—Glenn L. Martin, . oe» je

The men who speak of reigns of terror in Bu oi ade. task introducing a reign of terror here at home.—Henry A. Wallce,

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