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Steel Raise
Seen Lifting
Other Wages
Body Blow Dealt
To Price Control,
Lawrence Says
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
General Increases in wages in
many basic industries may be an
ticipated now that the War Labor
Board, with the support of Presi
dent Roosevelt,
has sanctioned
an increase of 44
cents a day for
t h o u s a nds of
steel workers.
Conceding that
the cost of living
has risen and
that the steel
workers have
been expecting a
wage i n c r e a se
for some time
and hence must
be recompensed n*vid. L*wr«n<*.
for waiting, the War Labor Board
establishes a formula which deals
a body blow to price control. Por
as wages go up, prices doubtless will
have to rise.
Thus is the labor group given a
major victory on the economic front.
The employers, of course, aren’t go
ing to pay much of the new ex
pense. It’s the Treasury of the
United States which will foot the
bill because wages are a deductible
item before taxes, and, as for excess
profits, the employers face a tax of
around 90 per cent anyway.
The American people who are
asked to buy War bonds and who
are hoping the bonds will not de
preciate between now and the time
they are redeemed will, of course,
pay for the increased expense of
conducting the war which the Ad
ministration now has decreed that
industry shall pay.
But while the labor group is thus
kept from kicking over the traces
in this political year, the Adminis
tration is also currying favor with
the other major group which has
aupported the New Deal for nine
years; namely, the farm bloc. For
although the bill permitting the
Government to sell at a discount
the wheat it has accumulated—
namely, at an 83-cent price—so as
to induce farmer* to use wheat, in
addition to corn, for feeding cattle,
has passed after considerable con
troversy, another deal is reported
to be in the offing.
new MMn ueu nepvnea.
The report is that the Administra
tion will support legislation requir
ing 100 per cent commodity loans on
the five basic crops so that the
farmer will be assured of parity
prices and will also be paid conser
vation bounties.
So the farm and organized labor
groups, representing a minority of
the American people, are to be taken
care of out of public funds while
the highest taxes in .history are
levied on businesses and on in
dividuals in the middle and upper
brackets.
If, on the other hand, business
can afTord to pay higher wages be
cause the Government is footing the
bill for war contracts, it is urged
by labor leaders that tjie wage rates
should be increased. Theoretically
there is no objection to such a
course but if price control cannot
be made effective—and it looks as
If it cannot be, due to the fact that
food prices evidently can’t be held
in line on account of political op
position in Congress—then infla
tion, long dreaded, becomes inevita
ble as one cycle succeeds another.
It is true the War Labor Board
argues that it is merely “stabilizing”
wages but it uses as its yardstick
an alleged increase in the cost of
living. There is nothing to prevent
further increases in wages as living
costs go up, and they certainly will
If food prices and other costs aren’t
controlled.
■Black Markets Expected in i. ».
What it boil* down to is that the
workers will be given increased
spending power but they will not
be able to spend it because of the
scarcity of consumer goods. This
must eventually lead to competi
tive bidding 'or commodities, and
especially necessities, which will
introduce in America the counter
part of “black markets” as known
abroad. These amount to nothing
more or less than “bootlegging” as
it developed in the Volsteadian era
of liquor prohibition—an illegal ex
change of goods.
Although possessed of the power
to apply rigid war-time controls,
America is facing an economic crisis
because there is not enough courage
in governmental circles, either in
the executive or legislative branches,
to meet the grave economic issues
raised by the war.
Pressure groups interested in
privileges for special minorities still
hold sway as against the interest of
all the people. Politics still rules the
day in the midst of the most serious
war in history.
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Gandhi May Be Restrained
British Government in No Mood to Permit
Civil Trouble With Japs at India's Gates
By PERTINAX.
The Imperial government at
Delhi does not take complacently
Mohandas K. Gandhi's incipient
agitation for ending the British
rule in India.
Were that
agitation to
take the
form of what
is called civil
disobedience
—that is, re
fusal to pay
; taxes and
rents or to
co - operate
with the au
thorities i n
any way—no
tolerance re»Un»*.
would be shown. The leaders
might have to be placed under
arrest.
At the beginning of the war,
the Viceroy of India. Lord Lin
lithgow received Gandhi. The
latter was told that non-violence
men could avail themselves of
the privileged treatment granted
in England to conscientious ob
jectors but that they should not
move beyond. At that time, the
possibiity of India’s ever being
directly involved in the war
seemed, indeed, very remote. The
government at New Delhi cer
tainly will not relax its settled
policy at a moment when the
country is well within the Japan
ese menace.
Now it is for Gandhi to make
up his mind. His program has
been indorsed by the working
committee of the All-India Con
gress at its recent Wardah con
ference. His next step is timed
to occur on August 5, when he
will consult with the full party
committee. The working com
mittee consists of 15 members
and the full committee of 350.
According to observers on the
spot, Gandhi will carry the larger
body as easily as he did the
smaller one.
Government Stand Stated.
The government of India jus
tifies its attitude as follows: The
question at issue, the independ
ence of India, must no longer be
regarded as a controversial mat
ter. It is as good as settled since
Sir Stafford Cripps’ visit. The
moment the Axis has been de
feated, India can elect whatever
constituent assembly it desires.
It will be open to that assembly
to determine the future of the
country. Whether India is to
remain within the British Com
monwealth of Nations or break
' loose and work out her own des
tiny in the world, it will be for
her representatives to decide.
Buy why does not-the imperial
government give India, without
further delay, the chance of find
ing out her own will and framing
her own constitution? The an
swer is that, from the point of
view of India's independence, the
winning of the war is a prerequi
site condition. If Japan over
whelmed the Asiatic continent,
India could not expect to rule her
own house. She would be con
quered. Consequently, the im
mediate change in the status of
India, urged by Gandhi, could
only be enforced at the present
time if it were proved that vic
tory would be helped and not im
peded by it. The imperial gov
ernment is satisfied that it could
not fail to impede victory.
On Gandhi's own admission, a
period of anarchy is bound to fol
low the withdrawal of British
power No less than 150,000,000
Indians, that is, 90,000,000 Mos
lems, 45,000,000 outcastes, 6.000
Sikhs, etc., refuse to put up with
the political ascendancy of the
Hindus, and they are ready to re
sist to the point of civil war.
“Let us fight is out between our- •
selves,” Gandhi keeps on repeat
ing m his weekly Harijan. “Let
the British leave India into God's
hands. Anyhow, a true India will
rise in the place of the false one
we see.”
That line of reasoning cannot
be called very impressive. A
chaotic India would fall to the
Japanese like ripe fruit.
How can Gandhi and his
friends honestly think that their
claim, if translated into action,
would not open the way to a Jap
anese onslaught? They fall back
on the explanation that the
United Nations ihight, neverthe
less, be allowed to make use of In
dian territory for strategic pur
poses after the Indian Army itself
had been disbanded.
Argument Held Empty.
This is so much empty talk. The
only rational and coherent policy
to bs detected behind so many
obscure formulas may be ex
pressed as follows:
On the termination of the war,
while, undoubtedly, the British
government will redeem its prom
ise, the Congress party cannot be
sure that independence will dawn
upon the land. To make a prac
tical approach toward the goal, it
will have to engage in thorny
negotiations with the Moslems
and other minorities. As is well
known, the Moslems insist upon
autonomous states to be created
apart from Hindu India. The
Congress is no more likely to
have anything to do with that
scheme than the Irish govern
ment in Dublin is to recognize the
rights of the Ulster counties.
Thus, in the final analysis, the
independence of India appears to
be in the gift, not only of the
British, but also of the Moslems.
Such being the terms of the
problem, the suspicion arises that
there are elements in India which
look to Japan for getting rid of
the British connection and for
compelling simultaneously the
ethnic dissidents to submit to
Hindu overlordship. Gandhi
himself probably does not travel
over that road but the policy
which he extols must automati
cally, out of sheer necessity, ex
pand in parallelism with it.
Internal affairs in India, as |
they are today, do not call lor
pessimism. The army now
reaches the total strength of 1,
257,000 men as against 157,000 in
September, 1939. Monthly en
listments average 50,000. Short
age of equipment and not lack
of soldiers is the weak point in
the system of defense. Factory
production soars comparatively
high. Those are favorable re
sults.'But, even in the belief that
civil disobedience will hardly do
more than place a heavy burden
upon the police and the admin
istrative system, the imperial
government is not willing to al
low risks to accumulate in addi
tion to the real peril which lurks
at a short distance.
(Copyright, 1042. by North American
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of Review to grant a 25-cent-an
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The Great Game of Politics
White House Held Leader in Partisanship
Previously Renounced for Duration
By FRANK R. KENT.
The notion that this war involves
such extreme national peril and re
quires so high a degree of national
unity that politics and partisanship
should not be *
tolerated ap
pears to have
sagged pretty
badly. Beyond
dispute, this is
one of the most
distur b i n g
things about the
present situa
tion — a basic
reason for «the
mess which is
being made of
so many of our
war activities in frank R. Kent.
Washington.
The “politics should be adjourned”
idea was promulgated by the White
House and it has been scuttled by
the White House. Obviously, such
a policy could only be made effective
through Presidential leadership. No
one else can sound the keynote and
no one else can set the example.
Only if the President leads can the
lesser politicians be expected to
follow. Mr. Roosevelt made the
appeal, but unfortunately he has
not set the example.
On the contrary, he is proceeding
in exactly the opposite direction to
the one to which he pointed.
Within the last few weeks the White
House has been the scene of a dozen
and more purely political confer
ences and the President, operating
through Mr. Eddie Flynn and
others, is actively engaged in a
wrestling match with politicians of
his own State.
comments or unservers.
The New York Times states that
the contest "has developed into a
fight between President Roosevelt
and State Chairman Parley for
control of the organization.” Mark
Sullivan reports that the President
is greatly enjoying the contest.
James L. Wright, of the Buffalo
News, says “it is clear the New
York situation is engrossing Mr.
Roosevelt's attention” and asks
"How many man-hours has the
President spent dabbling in politics
while leading the country in the
greatest war in history?” Other
correspondents write that what the
President is really after is "control
of the State organization and of
the delegation to the 1944 conven
tion.”
Certainly, there is no other ex
planation of the energy with which
he has plunged into the New York
situation. It is true, his friends say,
that what the President seeks is
the nomination for Governor of a
man who was for his foreign policies
prior to Pearl Harbor, but that
explanation Is rendered absurd by
the fact that Attorney General Ben
nett, who is Mr. Farley’s candidate,
was 100 per cent for those policies
before Pearl Harbor and for Mr.
Roosevelt for a third term, too. Also,
he is ooncededly as much of a
’’liberar’ as Senator Mead, now re
garded as the White House candi
date. So what it really comes down
to is that the President opposes Mr.
Bennett because his success would
rivet Mr. Farley’s control of the
State organization and probable
control of the 1944 delegation.
There is involved In the fight no
issue of foreign policy or adminis
tration loyalty. There is in it no
question of congressional candidates,
of support of the President or of
Mr. Bennett's character or ability.
Very clearly, it is a White House
effort to prevent the State ma
chine from being controlled by men
who will be under no obligation to
the President and, therefore, able
in 1944 to act independently of the
White House wish. For the first
time in 10 years, Mr. Farley is in
position to be independent and this
independence is a thing Mr. Roose
velt resents and would like to cur
tail—particularly as it might inter
fere with his own political purposes
in 1944.
e>ome time ago one or our mosi
erudite journalistic commentators
made the plea that because the
President’s energies and time were
so terribly taxed by the great mili
tary, naval and diplomatic problems
with which he has to deal, he could
not be expected adequately to handle
such matters as gasoline rationing,
the rubber shortage and taxation.
These things, it was said, should
be lifted from the shoulders of this
heavily burdened man so that he
could concentrate his full strength
upon the mighty questions of
strategy upon which the fate of
civilisation hinges. How does this
sort of exhortation appear now when
measured against the time and
energy which the President is de
voting to a political struggle in
which the prize is the control of a
party machine?
Considering the openness with
which this White House political
campaign is being conducted, how
can members of Congress be effec
tively assailed for not putting aside
their personal and political interests
during the war? They ought not,
of course, to be thinking in terms of
politics, but when they see the Presi
dent thinking and talking and con
ferring in those terms what can
you expect? This is the sort of
situation, news of which the new
Office of War Information naturally
will not disseminate. But is it not
one the American people should
understand just the same?
This Changing World
Russians Yielding Ground to Worn Allies
Of Disaster If Second Front Is Delayed
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.
The military situation in Rus
sia Is critical, but by no means
desperate. Developments on that
battle front can be appraised
only by piecing together the
communiques of the opposing
armies.
Although we have extended
leaae-lend assistance to the U. S.
S. R. since last July and have
been partners with Russia in the
war since last Decenter, these
are neither American nor British
military observers anywhere near
the battle lines. They are all
kept in relative comfort and se
curity hundreds of miles to the
rear. Hence any estimate of the
situation must be based on as
sumptions and deductions.
The outstanding fact which
appears from the communiques
is that the Russian armies ap
pear to be fighting with less
vigor than a year ago. This im
pression may be created by the
fact that the forces opposing the
Nazis were taken by surprise and
that the main bodies of fully
equipped Soviet armies are else
where.
Stalingrad Well Fortified.
From what bits of information
our observers were able to gather
before the Nazi offensive was
launched, it appears that the
Russians had their best forces
concentrated for the defense of
two vital cities: Moscow and
Rostov. The Nazis made their
push in the middle, toward the
ancient city of Voronezh, which
was a fortress against the Cos
sacks in the 15th century.
The Nazi claims that they have
taken the city are probably as
correct as those of the Russians,
who say fighting is still going on
there. Voronezh comprises sev
eral quarters, all fortified, and
while the Germans have entered
one portion the others are still
in Russian hands.
But even if the fortress-town
falls to the enemy a long, hard
road must still be traveled to
Russia’s principal industrial cen
ter, Stalingrad. The Russians
have prepared excellent fortified
positions in that region and if
they show the same determina
tion as before, it will be quite a
long while before the swastika
flies over that city.
It is true that the losses in
shipping and difficulties of trans
portation of American war mate
rial from Murmansk and Arch
angel have prevented the Russians
from receiving the full quota of
tanks and planes we have sent
over. It is equally true that four
months of offensive action by the
Russians have left a big dent in
their war stores. But from what
our representatives at Kuibyshev
hear, the Soviet Armies still have
Important reserves which should
enable them to prevent the Nazis
from reaching their objectives.
Grave Consequences.
In most official quarters it is
believed that Hitler and his asso
ciates will find the resistance of
the Russian* stiffening a* they
move deeper into the Soviet
Union. On the other hand, some
believe the failure of the United
States and Britain to heed the
Russian appeal* for the opening
of a second front has had a bad
effect on the Soviet high com
mand.
It is regarded as possible that
the Russians are yielding ground
more rapidly than in the past
with a view to warning us of what
might happen in Europe if the
second front is not established
soon. They are trying to point
out to us the disastrous conse
quences of letting them stand
alone against the Nazi attacks.
Moscow's requests for a second
front have been very Insistent
lately. The reluctance of the
American and British command
to comply with this request Is not
due to any desire to stand pat
while the Russians are dying by
the thousands, but because of the
enormous difficulties In the way.
The grave consequences of a
setback on the whole of Europe,
Including Russia, have been fully
explained to the Russian repre
sentatives In Washington and In
London.
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National Red Cross.
Mrs. Case, who has been assisting
Mrs. John Cleland, also a vice
chairman, has been a member of
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_T HI IMPORTANT MEN'S CORNER
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McLemore—
Debunks Propaganda.
Of U-Boat Skippers
By HENRY MrLEMORE.
This department likes light sum
mer reading as much as any one else
and can often be found curled up in
a hammock chuckling over the mis
chievous exploits
of the Gestapo
In Poland and
the playful tricks
of the Elite
Guard In Hol
land, but it feels
that there Is a
limit to what
Americans
should read In
the good ol’ sum
mertime of 1943.
To come right
out and say so,
■mrr Mri,rmor*. this department
is sick and tired of reading of the
courtesy and thoughtfulness of Nazi
submarine commanders after their
U-boats have shot hell out of a craft
and left the survivors swimming
around in burning oil. or hanging
onto flimsy rafts hundreds of miles
at sea
It is weary until death of reading
stories of how these toughest of all
Nazis are really pig-boat Lord Ches
terfields at heart, and can scarcely
hold their monocles in their eyes be
cause of tears and sympathy for the
poor seamen they have Inconveni
enced.
Such stories are German propa
ganda of the highest sort. If Herr
Goebbels, himself, were editing the
American papers he would ask noth
ing more than that such accounts be
prominently displayed. It must de
light his black heart, back there in
Berlin, to riffle through a stack of
American newspapers and see stories
where Nazi commanders are painted
as tall, handsome, Immaculately clad
gentlemen, who, when an enemy ship
has been torpedoed, gracefully sur
faces his ship and then comes on
deck to Inquire as to the health-of
the survivors
* * a *
And such accounts are common
In American newspapers. There have
been stories of how the Nasi com
mander has ottered survivors ciga
rettes and beer. There have been
stories of how the commander has
given the survivors directions as to
how to reach land, handed them a
bottle or two of water and waved
them a gay cheerio as his U-boat
moved away—to prowl on. other con
voys.
The latest account told of how an
Injured United Nations seaman was
taken aboard the U-boat and given
first-aid treatment by a Gorman
physician.
The U-boat commanders never get
any the worst of it In the news
paper accounts. They invariably
speak Maurice Evans English and
have something like this to say:
"Dear old boys, so sorry. Really,
too bad we had to let you have the
torpedoes, but this is war, you know,
ol’ turnip, so you'll forgive us, I’m
MIM >•
Nuts to such stories. Mr. Davis
and his boys who are in charge of
censoring the war news should put
a stop to such obvious German
propaganda. And. at once, too.
It is pretty obvious that the
phoney gallantry of the U-boat
commanders was cooked up in Ber
lin, long before the commanders
ever put out to sea. We have had
enough proof of German heartless
ness aiyl brutality to know that
these occasional bits of decency on
the part of their officers are strictly
for show and are about as genuine
as a fire sale or gold brick.
* * * *
Qome to think of it, there isn't
much gallantry in a U-boat com
mander bringing his boat to the
surface and giving survivors of his
attack the old “Hello, chums.” busi
ness after he has let them have it
amidships with all his torpedoes.
That is about the same as a host
at a dinner party beating his guests
to a pulp, throwing them out into
the street, and then running out
to serve them their after-dinner
coffee as they stagger around,
bruised and bloody. It’s about the
same as hitting a fellow over the
head with a crowbar and then
worrying whether or not he has any
aspirin to take.
So, let’s quit running stories about
nice, friendly, Nazi submarine com
manders. Let's hate them for what
they are—cold, efficient, ruthless
murderers who. more than any other
group, are slowing down our war
effort.
A few more accounts of how
charming and gracious they are, and
the more sympathetic of our citi
zens will be knitting socks for the
poor dears.
(Distributed by MeXeueht arndteat*. In*.)
School Children May Help
Save Virginia Apples
the Associated Ptmi.
STAUNTON, Va„ July 17.—De
layed opening of the public schools
in apple-growing counties to permit
students to help with the harvesting
was suggested here yesterday if
there lsinsufficient adult labor to
meet requirements.
At a meeting of more than SO
school superintendents, fruit grow
ers, employment service representa
tives and officials of the State De
partment of Education, it was the
consensus that farmers and county
agents should co-operate in an effort
to find adult labor, and if there was
still a scarcity, the opening of
schools should be delayed.
If the children are needed, the
group recommended a delay or re
cess of not more than two weeks. If
this would not suffice, the schools
might be operated on a half-day
basis for two additional weeks.
Ex-Commissioner Allen
Is Back From Ireland
George E. Allen, former Commis
sioner, arrived here last night by
plane from Ireland, where he studied
Red Cross facilities as representative
of Norman H. Davis, chairman of
the American Red Croes. He said
he conferred with Premier Eamon
De Valera and other high-ranking
Irish officiate. *
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