Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 20 September 1946 — Page 2

POST-DEMOCRAT. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940.

T1JE POST-DEMOCRAT t Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Oemocrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County. Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, *t the Post Office at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$1.50 A YEAR MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher 916 West Main Street

Muncie, Indiana, Friday» September 20, 1946 Failure Teaches, As Well As Success • With publishers’ announcements that at least half a dozen books relating to the late Franklin D. Koosevet will be released to the trade in the next few months, and more are on the way, it is instructive to compare the aniount of Rooseveltiana already extant with the few printed works on the lives and characters of so many of our former Presidents. There still is not a single good biography of Indiana’s Benjamin Harrison, for example. 'There is not one of Warijen Harding. There is no really adequate, full-scale work dealing with the influence of Herbert Hoover on national and w’orld affairs—although several writers have tackled that task. We have no first-rate treatment of Millard Fillmore or of James Buchanan, and Olcott’s two-volume ’‘Life of William McKinley” leaves much to be desired. In contrast to the paucity of literature dealing with these former White House occupants, other chief executives have been the subjects of many books — especially Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Cleveland, Wilson, and Theodore Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln, in particular, is a popular subject for biographers and for authors of monographs and brochures on special phases of his career and times. And now it is said that F. D. R, bids fair to become the second most writteh-about President of the Unitea States—second only to the Great Emancipator himself. In a v r ay, it is natural that the most prominent of the Presidents—the most individimlistie, the most dynamic, those who projected themselves most successfully on the minds and hearts of their compatriots and of all the world—should appeal most strongly both to authors and to readers. Nevertheless, it sometimes appears unfortunate that there is not equal literary output —both in quantity and in quality—concerning the failures and the mediocrities who have also sat in the seats of the mighty, whether at 1600 Pennsvlvania Avenue or elsewhere. For perhaps it is true that the rank and file of humankind will always have at least as much to learn from examples of non-suc-cess as from lessons premised^on notable px~amples of mortal man’s achievements. Possibly, the wavering of a Franklin Pierce is as vital to otir understanding as the decisive qualities of “Old Hickory.” Or the utter incapacity of Ulysses S. Grant for civil government may point as pertinent an object lesson today as the genius of “Honest Old Abe” for scaling the seemingly insurmountable problems of the early 1860’s. Literate Americans may read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest what the Roosevelt-ad-mirers and the Roosevelt-haters say about the Squire of Hyde Park now and in the , months before us. But would not a clinical examination of Warren G. Harding, by a gifted historian like Allen Kevins, for example, be equally useful in this other postwar period?—Journal Gazette.

Dangerous Business Representative Harold Knutson, Wall Street’s usually wide-open mouthpiece in the House of Representatives, is trying out a siren song on the voters of America. Just erect a Republican Congress, coaxes Knutson—which incidentally would make him chairman of the Ways and Means Committee —and you will have your income tax reduced next year by twenty per cent. . Yes, a siren song, dangerous music in these times when Americans are called upon to pay their share in the cost of the greatest armed attack on this country in its history. But to thinking citizens who are worried about inflation, Knutson’s wheedling has another sound. Instead of the voice of the siren, they hear something that sounds decidedly like a bray. Mr. Knutson has the GOP tax cut all figured out. He’s the Republicans’ financial “expert” as minority member of the Ways and Means Committee. With the same genius and foresight that moved him to vote no on every preparedness measure just before the war, he has whipped up a similarly brilliant post-war formula to save America next year. It is quite simple, too. All you need to do, to reduce taxes by twenty per cent, is to cut government expenditures in half. Now, the Federal outlay for 1947 will be about 41.5 billion dollars. Of this, 18.5 billions will go for national defense, veterans’ pensions and benefits 6.2 billions, housing 200 millions, loans and bank advances for relief to other nat ions 4.2 billions. Those items alone come to 29.1 billions. Add interest on the public debt and tax refunds, and the total of these inflexible items comes to about 35.7 billions. Meanwhile President Truman has been steadily reducing the Federal payroll and will continue to make every possible cut there. It is not very difficult, Mr. Knutson, to do the kind of figuring you’ve done. Rather late in life you have hit upon the astonishing discovery that most schoolboys get through (heir heads in the first grade—that one from two leaves one. Cut the budget from 40 billions by 20 billions and you have 20 billions left. But now sit down and take a pencil and paper and just show us, itemize for us, and name for us, the cuts that you would make to bring the budget down to 20 billions. Want to cut out tax refunds or interest on the public debt? We doubt that. Well, how about the veterans? Like to cut them out? We don’t know— but if that’s what you want, say so! Of course, national defense is a big item, and perhaps that’s where you‘d go to town. You went to town, you remember, on that same item when you voted against conscription and lend-lease and all the other measures that saved us from defeat at the hands of the Nazis. Come now, Congressman, if you’re going into a song and dance for the people, Iet f s sing all the notes and go through all the steps. Otherwise let’s shut up—because reducing taxes without reducing expenses is a dangerous business. And you are promising America that kind of business now.

«IUST KIDS—"A Theory.

By Ad Cartel

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LOCKY NOTHUio NISTER WASHm&TON couldn't HAVE licked H\n IF HE’D WANTED TO HE’D A' SPOILED the HISTORY HE WAS MAKIN W HE'D UCKED HIM-WOULD N'T HE M — n'say TonNY-t wouldn't BE SVr\SED IF GEORGE KNEW ALL ALONG HE ||| couldn't get licked"

Nr* Aftarnativo 4n Hraff war and it would be to any aggressor’s adItu ill lei Hall Vc IU L/I dll . | vantage to knock this nation out first. Alas-

Whpfl Vnllintpprft Fail ka is too vulnerable and too important to this ▼T Cll tUU 1 j nation for her defense to be a haphazard one. The most generous inducements in our his-j—Journal Gazette,

tory are being offered to attract

young;

Americans to volunteer for Army sendee. I While the Army’s recruiting campaign has not been a great success, neither has it been

a failure.

The 900,000 enlistments since last fall — more men than have ever before volun arily joined any army in that length of time any place in the world—are hardly failure. The Army hopes to “make it a million.” But the 900,000 volunteers are not enough to meet our foreign commitments and guarantee national security. So, after a two-month draft holiday, inductions are being resumed. There’s been a sharp drop in recruiting.- The Army can’t gamble on getting enough men. Why can’t America in peacetime put an

Labor Moves Ahead Since 1933 unemployment has dropped from over 12 1 / 4 million to less than 21^ million. At the same time the total labor force increased by 10 million. Average hourly earnings have increased from 45 cents in 1933 to $1.02 in 1945. The Democratic Administration secured and maintained basic rights for labor through the National Labor Relations Act, establishing the right of collective bargaining, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, establishing

minimum wages.

Labor worked with management and government to achieve our remarkable war production record. The no-strike pledge was

all-volunteer Army into the field? Why kept, with the War Labor Board disposing of

HOURLY WAGES DOUBLE SINCE ’29 GOP PEAK The hourly earnings rate hit a record top for the fifth consecutive month in June, a survey by the National Industrial Conference has just shown. In a survey of 25 manufacturing industries, the board reported that the average hourly earnings rate for June amounted to SI-189,- a raise of 0.8 per cent from May and an increase of 7 per cent from June, 1945.

must it resort to the draft as a supplemental instrument? There are many answers. But the most important factor is that most American citizens simply are unwilling in peacetime to surrender their rights of civil

life for Army service.

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Over the last year, The Record urged a number of reforms in the Altny. Most of those reforms, we are glad to see, have been accomplished or are in the process. The War Department, acting on recommendations of a GI board headed by Gen. Doolittle, is purging the Army of much of the “caste

system.”

Monthly base pay has been boosted substantially, to $75 for privates; $80 for privates first class; $90 for corporals; $100 for sergeants; $165 for master serfeants. If that kind of money were offered in any European country, recruiting officers would be overwhelmed with volunteers. Other U. S. Army attractions include retirement annuities, security, four years of rollege for men enlisting for three years before October 5, technical training within the Army, travel, free clothing, food, lodging, medical and dental care. Like the gal expecting her best beau, the Army has exerted every effort to make itself

Httractive.

But after a fair test it has fallen short of Ihe aim of an all-volunteer Army.

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One reason for that disappointment can be traced to Congress. Congress sentimentally excluded 18-year-olds from the draft last june. The Army expected to fill the major part of its needs with men of that age. Had they been liable to induction, many would have beat the gun and volunteered. There’s less compulsion now. They got one reprieve. They may not be compelled to serve at all. For who knows what kind of draft legislation we may get when the present law expired next March 31? An all-volunteer Army would be the ideal military arm, of course. We can’t have it. But we must have an adequate Army in a world of contending interests, of increasing tensions abroad. If we can’t get it the ideal way, then we MUST draft to get it.—Philadelphia Record. U. S. Improves Alaskan

Defenses

Gen. Howard Craig, former assistant chief of the general staff war plans division, has been placed in command of the Alaskan De-

Electric Water System Is Short Cut To Increased Production on the Farm

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over 17,000 disputes. Employment was kept at a high level during the changeover from war to peace. Reabsorption of servicemen into civilian life has proceeded at a remarkable rate. The Employment Act of 1946 commits the Federal Government to strive for full employment in planning for the future. The U. S. Employment Service, after completing the greatest worker mobilization in history, has embarked upon a comprehensive program to help workers reconvert to peacetime employment. Industrial relations, which during the \var were marked by the no-strike pledge, have now been stabilized by the Governments new wage-price policy, worked out through factfinding boards and the Wage Stabilization

Board.

From July 1, 1945, through May 31, 1946. the Conciliation Service has settled 14,990 strikes and other controversies, involving 7,712,727 workers. Thanks, Mr. President The revived OFA extension bill, though not so effective a check on rising prices as the President wanted, does nevertheless give the Administration a weapon with which to continue its fight against inflation. The fact that we have this weapon at all is due to President Truman’s courageous veto t)f the fake price control bill sent to him by Congress at the end of June. That bill was a fraud because it was loaded down with Republican-sponsored amendments which would have made price control impossible. We would have had a price control law, but no price control. The Republicans in the House voted 105 to 50 to override the President’s veto. The Democratic majorityj however, voted to sustain the veto, and Congress had to go back to work preparing a better bill. During July, when the OPA was without legal authority, the people had a taste of inflation. The cost of basic commodities rose 25 per cent in 16 days. Rents soared to fantastic levels in some instances. The only reason prices did not go even Higher is that President Truman’s firmness made it apparent that price controls would oe restored. That kept the speculators in-

check.

Now many of the controls have been restored. Without that, prices would be skyrocketing right now. The Republicans in Congress fought bitterly to prevent the new bill from passing. First, they voted 124 to 48 to send the bill back to committee with instructions to cut

Water is the most necessary “food” — for man, livestock, and crops. An abundance of water under pressure cuts labor costs, increases production, and provides the convenience of modern plumbing. It is because of the many advantages of running water on the farm that sales of electric farm pumps and water systems have increased 900 per cent since 1932, as shown by the chart. Sales for 1946 are estimated at 500,000 units. No longer regarded as a luxury, an electric water system today is recognized as an indispensable factor in modern, scientific farming which seeks to obtain maximum production at lov.cst per unit cost, An elcctric water system returned a profit of $121 its first year oh one dairy farm where costs were carefully studied, says the Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau. With water available under pressure, farm families can enjoy the convenience of hot and cold running water in the bathroom, kitchen nnd laundry. Pure water is a form of health insurance. W T ater undei pressure aids in saving lives and property in the event of fire.

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partment with very little fanfare. Yet the .^ c heart out uf it. _1 hen they voted 119 to

War Department’s plans for Alaska can be vital to this hemisphere in the months and

years to come.

Gen. Craig, at the first meeting of his staff, told his men to throw away any preconceived notions concerning the defense of Alaska and build afresh. More than a billion dollars poured into Alaska during World War II, and with the exception of the bases where men were stationed, this establishment was not used. It was temporary in nature and decay will claim most of it. Now the. United States is beginning to fortify Alaska, according to a story by J. G. Lucas, Seripps-Howard staff writer. Lucas says thousands of troops are being sent into Alaska for Winter maneuvers and for the testing of food, clothing and munitions. Planes are patrolling the Polar mists and submarines cruise in the North Pacific and the

Bering Sea, •

It has been stressed many times by military men that we retained Alaska during the last war only because Japan didn’t want it, or Avas unable to appreciate the advantage she held. When Japan decided to hold bases at Kiska and .Attn instead of invading the mainland, she lost her great opportunity for a toe-hold on the North American mainland. The cities of -Anchorage, Fairbanks and Nome were termed indefensible at the time. If war comes to Alaska it will come in the Winter, strategists believe, for it is then the ice fields will support war machines. Defense of our strategic northern possession will mean constant air patrol of the entire ter-

ritory..

It is significant* that Soviet Russia never has recognized the sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867 for the sum of $7,209,000. Russian diplomats and soldiers repeatedly have referred to Alaska as Russian territory. Reports from Alaska say Soviet potroi planes make daily flights over our bases in the Aleutians, but the actual extent of Russian fortifications along the Siberian coast

are unknown to us.

It is not jingoism to preach preparedness. If there is to be another war, if probably

will come to us quickly.

52 against the bill. Thus, the great majority of them showed that they wanted no price

control whatever.

The record of the Republicans on this issue Is an indication what might be expected if

Social Security and Health * Social Security, provides pensions for almost 2,000,000 old people, covers 29.3 million workers, and provide assistance for 2,100,000 needy aged, 57,237 needy blind, and 786,620 dependent children. Survivorship protection for the 40,000,000 completely covered workers out of the 72,000,000 under Social Security equals $50 billion in term of life insurance. Our public health has been advanced by an annual authorization of $i0,0uo,uuu ror a mental hygiene program, and a program of Federal assistance in the construction of hospitals and health centers.

The Quote of the Week Said Playwright Eugene O’Neill in New York: “If the human race is so damn stupid that in 2000 years it hasn’t had brains enough to appreciate the secret of happiness—contained in one simple sentence (the golden rule) that you’d think any grammar school kid could understand—then it’s time Aye dumped it doAvn the nearest drain and let the ants have a chance.—Philadelphia Record.

Senator James M. Mead, Democrat of New York, calls for “militant liberalism”,., in an address before the Democratic Rural County

Chairmen’s dinner in Syracuse:

“The Democratic Party c|m. flourish only as the party of militant liberalism. That i§ what people have come, to expect of us. If Ave desert the cause of true liberalism, we

may expect the people to desert us.

“We must hold true to the doctrines that made our party great—the doctrines of Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson and Roosevelt, They were .militant liberals all. Only if we adhere

The United States firmly to their principles Will the people re-

has been the deciding factor in the last two pose in us the trust they placed in them.”

bers of the Brooks Post dipped into their treasury and bought a home which they began remodel-*

ing for a clubhouse.

No sooner was the work underway than 24 homeowners got together and signed a petition asking the City Council to prohibit

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Muncie, Did.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: | ''T'

Notice is hereby given that, the as- opening of the clubhouse. The sessment rolls, with the names of the | petition voiced fear of noisy parowners and c|cscription of property sub-,streets iatnmed with autojecl to be assessed, with the amounts ttes, .idmmt-U wtin 4U10

of prlma facie assessments, have been nude and are now on file and cam be seen at the office of the Board, lor the following improvements, to-wit:—-I. R. 890 - 1945 - Construction of a Sanitary sewer on South Shipley Street, from Thirteenth Street to Fourteenth

Street.

I. R. {92 - 1945 - Construction of a Sanitary Sewer on West Tenth Street from Batavia Avenue to Daly Avenue. I. R. 894 - 1945 - Construction of a Sanitary Sewer on Kibble Avenue from Eighth Street lo Memorial .Drive. I. R. 897 - 1946 - Construction of a Sanitary Sewer in South Liberty Street from Twenty-first to Twentieth Street. I. R. 898 - 1946 - Construction of a Sanitary Sewer in ihe alley between Godman Avenue and Ethel Avenue from Manning Avenue to Tillotson Avenue thence North on the East side of Tillotson Avenue to Nickel Plate Railroad. I. R. 912 - 1946 - Construction of a Sanitary Sewer in South Elm Street from Twentieth Street to Nineteenth Street thence West to Jefferson Street, and notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of October, 1946 at 10.-00 o’clock a. m. the Board will, at its office receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively on said roll, and will determine the question as to whether sijch lost or, tracts of land have been or will be benefited by said improvements in the amounts named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum than that named on said roil or in any sum, at which time and place all owners of such real estate may attend In person or by representative, and be beard. Board of Public Works & Safety W. M. Brock, Clerk September 18th and 20th, 1946. —O Legal Notice State of Indiana, Delaware County, SS: In the Delaware Circuit Court, September Term, 1946 No. 21266, Roscoe Oscar Tharp and Lois Marie Tharp vs. Benjamin Brown end Lavon Broym, Petition for Adoption of Thomas Leroy Brown, a minor. Plaintiffs in the above entitled cause haying filed their complaint therein together with affidavit that the defendants are non-residents of the State of Indiana: Now Therefore, Benjamin Brown and Lavon Brown, defendants in the above entitled cause are hereby notified that unless they be and appear on the 28 day of November of the September Term of the Delaware Circuit .Court to Jbc held on the 72 day of Sept. Term 19™i,in the Court House in the City of Muncie, in said County and State, to answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this Court, this 12 day of September 1946. (SISAL) Jesse E. Greene Clerk of the Delaware Circuit Court Lesh & Lesh, Attys. Sept. 13-20-27 Seek Removal of Vets’ Clubhouse

mobiles and ‘‘eventually a bar.’ Thee council met Monday night, rejected the petition and voted an amendment*to the zoning laws permitting establishments of the

clubhouse.

But Mayor Ebersole refused to sign the amendment, However, he said he and 10 to 20 other citizens tvould make up J any losses the post suffered halt- ' ing remodeling and finding other

quarters.

“That’s a lot of bunk,” was Vinson’s reply. He said member;! woud listen to any offers but added that the loss probably would amount to $10,000. Caves Studied As Atom Haven

Goshen, Indiana — Mayor Frank S. Ebersole agreed today to sit down with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and get their price for abandoning plans for a clubhouse in a fashionable section of the city.

Now York. —- If an enemy began spraying rockets with atomic warheads over the United States today, the best place id find shelter might well be near Louisville, Ky. There, you would find two “big holes” in which to take refuge One is Mammoth Cave, about 100 miles south of Louisville, in Kentucky; the other is Wyandotte Cave, about 35 miles west of Louisville, in southern Indi-

ana.

The, entire population of Louisville (319,077 persons) could be crowded into either cave. Either would be the world’s biggest air raid shelter. Mammoth and Wyandot:e, nlong With the famous Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico; Shenandoah Caverns and Lury Caverns In Virginia; and Howe’s Caverns in New York State, are among some 1,000 American caves hoav under study by a joint armynavy munitions board for possible use in the next war — a \\ r ar in which rockets and atomic heads may streak through the stratosphere at speeds of 3,000 miles an hour to hit targets halfway around the world. The joint board is primarily interested in the space of caves, their ceilings, humidity, overhead cover soil and rock conditions, access approach, interior conditions, concealment from aerial observation and proximity to transportation, communications, utilities and housing. Some of these caverns, particularly Carlsbad witn its one Ifevel of 1,320 feet, have passageways and rooms many hundreds of feet below the surface, and under great ceilings of solid limestone

The mayor said he and other,

prominent Goshen residents were 01 S 1911 , , , , i- . drepared to dig down into their I, rhese deep levrt* arc beheved awu pockets to persuade the vet enough below Ihp.a' ths^uicrans to put their clubhouse some- fac P »? iatc £ > om «»-

where else. ' ,m,c bomb att8cks -

.Charles Vinson, World War II veterans and commander of the William Brooks Post of the VFW, said he was “ready to listen” to what Mayor Ebersole had to say, but warned it might cost as much as $10,000. The dispute began when mem-

In other ways, they also may be considered perfect bomb shel-

ters.

They have natural air eondi tioning and a year around temperature of between 52 and 55 degrees; most of them arc * d V y, but some, including Mammoth, have small underground rivers.

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