Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 18 April 1947 — Page 2
POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947.
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THE POST-DEMOCRAT 6 Democratic weeKly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th 2ongressidnal District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware CountyEntered 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, April 18, 1947. Russia's Diplomatic Failure When World War II ended the American people were sincerely committed to the proposition of trying to get along with the Soviet Union in the postwar period. Russia had built up much good will in this country because of her bulldog resistance to the Nazi armies of aggression. During the war there was fear in many quarters that the Russian Government would make a separate peace with Hitler as soon as the German invaders had been swept off Russian soil. This did not happen. Others had feared that the Russian armies would try to overrun all of Europe as soon as the Nazis were defeated. That did not happen. Stalin sent representatives to £an Francisco to help frame the Charter of the United Nations and later joined the U. N. That was considered all to the good. Then the Soviet Union began to indulge in the obstructionist tactics with which the world is now so familiar. It has abused the use of the veto power in the Security Council of the U. N. It has refused to cooperate on the problems involved in the making of peace. Like a cracked phonograph record, the diplomats from Moscow have repeated the same story over and over. They have sent their agents into the various countries of the world to stir up trouble. They have refused to follow a reasonable policy of give and take. By their stubborn reluctance to yield to fair compromise and logical action, they have slowly dissipated the good will which they built up in the Unitbd States during the war. This is a loss to Russia and particularly to the Russian people. It could have been avoided to the advantage of both. Unfortunately, the common men and women in the Soviet Union jiave little or nothing to say about how their country is run. If they did have a free voice and free information and a free ballot the situation might now be different. But dictators stay in power by keeping the facts from the people over which they rule. It is hard for a democracy to deal with a totalitarian state. If the politburo believed that by adopting a tough attitude the United States would fall into a policy of appeasement, it was mistaken. Our Government learned the folly of appeasement from Adolf Hitler.—JournalGazette. '
Tackling the Wagner Act Nearly 12 years of operation of the National Labor Relations Act afford sufficient time for it to have demonstrated in practice whether it has served its purpose. In enacting this measure Congress declared: “Experience has proved that protection by law of the right of employes to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce from injury, impairment or interruption, and promotes the flow of commerce/’ Therefore, says the law, “it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce . . . by encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining.” Nobody needs to be told that the Wagner Act has not safeguarded commerce from injury and interruption and has not promoted its free flow. That is not because collective bargaining is unworkable, but because the Congressional declaration of purpose to encourage it has been interpreted by administrative bodies and the courts on a jug-handled basis. In endeavoring to protect labor’s rights the equal rights of employers have been denied or ignored. Accent has been on encouragement of collective bargaining and promotion of union interests, regardless of the discouragement of that commerce which the act professes a desire to promote. Congress is now taking in hand a revision of the Wagner Act, not for the purpose of curtailing labor’s rights, but with a view to curing defects made obvious by experience. The first of these lies in its declaration of policy, in which interpreters have found justification for many one-sided and provocative rulings. In a new declaration of policy the rights of an employer who desires to deal fairly with his organized employes deserve recognition. It is equally apparent that in the body of the law the rights of union members are inadequately protected. The conditions under which officers of unions perpetuate themselves in power and dissidents are suppressed need correction. The responsibility of unions to their own members as well as to employers call for clearer definition. Racketeering in the name of organized labor demands vigorous suppression. Jurisdictional strikes, which amount to private war between unions at the expense of the public and the employer, invite Congressional consideration. On the whole, there is room for a wide area of agreement among legislators on what can be done to forward the real purposes of the National Labor Relations Act without depriving labor of its rightful bargaining position. Outside this field are problems the solution of-which is difficult—such as how to deal effectively with tie-ups of essential
industries and utilities — anj which merit debate in a non-political atmosphere. Congress Has thus far manifested no disposition to '“crack down” on labor. Its job is to curb abuses; and in this it can count on the support of a public opinion outraged by interruptions of production and service which reasonable measures supported by reasonable law might have avoided.—Philadelphia Bulletin. The New Law and Telephone Service The public, that innocent bystander in all labor-management disputes, is being whacked across the ears again. Today the nation is plagued by a telephone strike and work stoppage in the coal mines that can be called any of several things. We in Indiana do have telephone service and it is the concensus that there has been no stoppage of service because of the new state law forbidding strikes in public utilities. The law has not yet been tested to the fullest extent. There has been no court ruling on its constitutionality. It has not proved itself to be the wonder-working statute that some of its proponents claim, but the unalterable fact remains that Indiana citizens do have telephone service and that is a good beginning. No one except a few remaining Pleistocene thinkers would attempt to deny labor its fair share of industrial income. The Indiana anti-strike law does not attempt to remove any bargaining power from utility workers. It provides another method beside the strike to reach an agreement. It channels efforts toward conference tables instead of picket lines. It is much too early To judge the soundness of the law providing for compulsory arbitration, but in theory it works like this: The Governor appoints a board of 10 arbitrators and 30 conciliators as reservoir from which to draw upon in case of disputes. If the principal parties to a management-labor dispute fail to agree within 30 days of negotiation either side may petition for the intervention of the Government. The Governor then names a conciliator who handles negotiations for 30 days. If there still is no agreement, the Governor then may appoint a three-man board of arbitration. The majority finding of that boards stands as final if neither side appeals before the end of 15 days. In the event of an appeal the ruling of the state court is final. Chief objection at first, glance is the human element that would allow a governor to “pack his court” of arbitrators and conciliators with men and women favorable to one side of an issue. We can hope such abuses would not occur. It certainly is inconceivable that a governor would go out of his way to court trouble in that fashion. But the new law is an attempt to protect the public against the breakdown of services on which our economy and lives depend. It deserves a fair trial.—Journal Gazette.
Mine Safety Obligations Logic and common sense back the recommendation of Secretary Krug that Federal legislation empowering the Government to correct unsafe conditions in the mines is imperative. At present the Federal Bureau of Mines presents a code of safety and makes inspections showing the degree of compliance with it in the various mining operations. But for enforcement of the code it must depend on state officials. Co-operation of such officials is essential, but the Government’ needs power of compulsion where violations of the code are tolerated. John L. Lewis, who has been so free with slurs on the Secretary and charges that he was responsible for the Centralia disaster, will find something in the Krug statement that needs answering. In the matter of mine safety Mr. Krug charges that the record shows an almost total lack of co-opera-tion with the Government by union leadership, and an almost unbroken record of neglect. Co-operation of the mine workers, who know conditions in the places where they work, is essential. They know the danger signals; they can do much by themselves to police safety measures; and their personal observations and the reports of hazardous conditions found are vital to safety. Mr. Krug urges the union to start a campaign to sell mine safety to its members. The operators, of course, have a primary duty to insure safety. The responsibility is thus threefold. Recriminations against the Federal Government are apt to backfire if the accusations come from those who have not themselves done their due part to make the miners safe.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Heat On Mr. Wallace Henry Wallace got more attention in England than the same speeches would have received in this country. The wires out of Washington throbbed with the news that ■Senator Vandenberg was shocked, the administration dismayed. Senators talked of revoking Mr. Wallace’s passport, or finding some law to .throw at him. Mr. Vandenberg said the former Vice-President was trying to “organize the world againdt his own government,” but on reflection revised his remarks to read “speaking against his own government.” Others accused Mr. Wallace of “conspiring with foreign peoples” and did not bother to amend their remarks. The impulse to shut Mr. Wallace up will, we trust, we resisted by the little men in Washington. But that it should occur at all, and be seriously discussed, is an amazing commentary on the national frame of mind. Mr. Wallace can be criticized for bad tactics; his speeches abroad will, no doubt, solidify congressional sentiment behind the Greek-Turkish aid bill. He can be criticized
for has views on that legislation; the authors of the Truman doctrine have every right to denounce him as a fool or knave, according to their lights. But to attack him for betrayal of his country, for “speaking against his own government,” smacks of intellectual totalitarianism. It smacks of the Red hunt which finds Communism lurking in every j dissent. It smack of a desire to suppress opposition which is no less dangerous for being presently incapabl'e of fulfillment. The little men in Washington would like the world to believe that the Truman doctrine is a sacrosanct government fiat, somethinglike a declaration of war, which all good Americans must support on pain of being denounced for treason. But they are mistaken. The Truman doctrine is the policy of a bipartisan group of politicians who hold office at the pleasure of the American people. It will remain the policy of our government just so long as the people support it, and not a minute longer Meanwhile the American people will go on discussing it, studying its fateful implications, exploring its inner meaning. Should one American citizen wish to discuss it in England or any place else, he is free to do so. Mr. Wallace made plain that he spoke as a citizen, and not as a representative of the government. If the Truman doctrine can’t stand that kind of discussion, if it has to rely on cheap appeals to patriotism, if it demands the special sanction of total conformity as the alternative to sedition, then it does not deserve to stand and will not stand. The little men in Washington may not comprehend, but that is what is meant by democracy.—Chicago Sun.
‘Newspapers Are As Vital As Air’ Does the reading public take newspapers too much for granted? Wilmot Rogers, a Paficic Coast business executive, thinks that they do. In an address delivered not long ago, Rogers said: “Newspapers are fundamental to our whole way o(f living. Newspapers are as vital as air to the whole structure of society.” People have been saying that ever since the days of Thomas Jefferson, but often the reader does not pause to think what it means. The free press of the United States is the very cornerstone of our democracy. Without it we should never have been able to have such a government and such a society. The newspapers have been called the average man’s university. Most citizens in this country begin reading the daily papers almost as soon as they learn to read. Most of their knowledge about their community, their state, and the world comes from that source. Whenever dictators get into power in countries less experienced in the exercise and maintenance of freedom than our own, the first thing they do is to put a muzzle on the press. They begin to feed the people on a poison diet of propaganda—the dictator’s propaganda. This could not happen in the United States because no one individual or group of individuals can control the press. The dictator could not come to power in the first place. The newspapers in this country have •steadily improved through the years in news coverage and features. The good ones permit many varieties of opinion to be expressed in their columns. They do not exclude commentators merely because they do not agree with the point of view expressed in the editorial columns. Like any other human institution, newspapers are not perfect—nor do they claim to be. But they compare favorably with any other human institution, no matter what it is. Few worthy causes would be able to succeed without the aid of the newspapers. Few busmesses would be able to flourish without the papers as an advertising medium. Free government could not function without the daily press. Newspapers are, as Mr. Rogers said, as vital as the air to the whole structure of our American society. As long as they exist on their present level, there will be no dictator, in the United States.—Journal-Gazette.
The Safe Road Away From Inflation Prices are too high in this country today. Sooner or later they are going to come down. Two courses are open. They can either be reduced on a reasonable and fairly orderly basis, or they can go from a boom to a bust. The latter is what is called letting “nature take its course.” If the first method is used, the adjustment can be relatively painless. Under the second one, a lot of people will get hurt. The country seems to be about where it was in 1921, rather than where it was in 1929. Therefore, if a depression comes, it is not likely to be deep or of long duration. The behavior of the stock market during the past week, with its swift dip yesterday, ought to be a warning to those who wish to keep the national economy on an even keel. If the orderly reduction of prices is postponed too long, they are going to come down with a bang. •Some people already have been priced out of the market and that does not make for business stability. Continued mass production must be based on mass consumption. The United States has been flirting with inflation ever since V-J day; wages and prices have been chasing each other up a dangerous ascent. If this thing co^ttnines much longer both are going to lose their footing and fall. Wage controls went out first and OP A followed, theli the economy was on its own. Since it has been demonstrated that nobody
likes controls, the smart thing to do is for industry, unions, and consumers, and the general public to try as hard as they can to make free economy work to the best possible advantage. Another round of high wage demands, implemented by strikes, is not the answer. That was tried a year or more ago and proved disastrous for many. Higher wages do not help the union workers, when they do not mean increased purchasing power. Such increases are an illusion to those who get them and they work an additional hardship on all wage-earners who do not get an increase. The latter class often gets lost in the shuffle. Price reduction, made in an orderly fashion, is the proper road away from inflation to economic security. That is what the country needs today.—Journal Gazette.
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF FILING SUIT FOR DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT AND TO QUIET TITLE TO REAL ESTATE AND THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING THEREON
Death of Selective Service It seems about 190 years ago that we “young and healthy” males converged on the nearest schoolhouse and registered for the
right to be sent into military duty. A short ^knoWn th to as uieTpou^
time later Secretary of War Stimson pulled' No. 158 out of the fishbowl and juke boxes struck up the ephemeral ditty, “Goodbye
Dear, I’ll Be Back In a Year.”
None came back in a year. Some never
will.
And now the faded, dog-eared draft card which has stuck in our billfolds through thick and thin (mostly thin) can be stuck among pappy’s college dance programs and other treasured mementoes. The death of Selective Service has been hailed by many persons as a sure sign of normalcy’s return. We want to get back to where we were—if we can remember. And still other people whose thinking processes have not entirely atrophied are heard to wonder how a strong nation expects to remain strong without some method of providing military manpower. Next question? —Journal Gazette.
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF FILING SUIT TO QUIET TITLE TO REAL ESTATE AND THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING THEREON
A Bottle That Streamlining
Forgot
Why, oh why, does that octagonal relic of a clumsier age persist—the ketchup bottle? Kitchens, dining rooms, breakfast nooks and mess halls seem destined to be streamlined to a fare-ye-wdl. The food-processing industry has conjured up improvements in the way of frozen groceries, cellophane wrappings, thin-glass containers and such. But the kbottle persists, immune to research and Yankee ingenuity. It neither begins well nor ends well. You can’t get the first of the ketchup out without? risking the splattering of table linen. The last cubic centimeters cling to the bottle’s insides like ivy to a wall; he who can up-end the bottle on a dish and wait for gravity to do its best is a gentleman of leisure and infinite patience indeed. As a weapon the ketchup bottle is so-so, superior to the beer bottle but less good than the rolling pin in durability and effectiveness. Get you to your laboratories, men of the food
No. 1I05I-S State of Indiana
SS:
Delaware County J. Monroe Fitch Charles A. McGonagle & Valley M. McGonagle
vs.
John Krohn, et al.
In the Delaware Superior Court
April Term, 1947
Notice is hereby given to the following defendants in said cause, to-wit: John Krohn, John S. Krohn, William Krohn, Lydia Bousman, Joseph Bousman, Marcus L. Loyd, Sarah A. Loyd, Judith L. Donaldson, Judas Donaldson, the unborn children and the unborn grandchildren of William K. Maxwell, Indiana Pipe Line Company; the unknown husband, wife, widow, widower, child, children, descendants, heirs, surviving spouses, creditors and administrators of the estates, devisees, legatees, trustees, executors of the Last Will and Testaments, successors in interest and as-* signs, respectively of each of the foregoing persons and corporations, all of whom are unknown to plaintiffs; all of the women once known by any of the names and designation above stated whose names may have been changed and who are now known by other names, the names of all of whom are
es of all of the persons named above described and designated as defendants in this action who are married, the names of all of whom are unknown to plaintiffs; all persons and corporations who assert or might assert any title, claim, or interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint in this action by, under, or through any of the defendants in this action named, described and designated in this complaint and above named, the names of all of whom are unknown to the plain-
tiffs.
That the plaintiffs are filing their complaint herein for a declaratory judgment and to quiet their title to the following described real estate in Delaware County, State of Indiana, to-wit: Tract I. All that part of the South half of the Northeast Quarter of Section Fifteen (15), Township Twenty-one (21) North, Range Eleven (11) East, lying East of the East line of the Right of Way of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company. Tract II. The Northwest Quarter of Section Fourteen (14) Township Twenty-one (21) North, Range Eleven (11) East, as to any defects occurring in tTie title thereof as against all persons whomsoever together with affidavits that the residences of said defendants are unknown to the plaintiffs and cannot be learned by diligent inquiry and that said defendants are thought to be nonresidents of the State of Indiana and that unless they be and appear in the Delaware Superior Court of Delaware 'County, Indiana on the 6th day of June, 1947, the same being the 47th day of April term of said court, at the Court House in the City of Muncie, Delaware County, State of Indiana, said cause will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness the Clerk and Seal of said court affixed in the City of Muncie, Indiana, this 11th day of April, 1947. (SEAL) JESSE E. GREENE Clerk of the Delaware Superior Court McClellan & McClellan Attorneys for Plaintiffs. (PD)—April 11-18-25 O Legal Notice NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS No. 11039-S State of Indiana, Delaware County, ss: Albert C. Wheeler
vs.
Beatrice C. Wheeler In the Delaware Superior Court January Term, 1947 Complaint: .for Divorce Notice is hereby given the said defendant, Beatrice C. Wheeler, that the plaintiff has filed his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the said defendant is not a resident of the State •of Indiana, and that unless she be and
No. 47-258 State of Indiana SS Delaware County Arthur Smith vs. James R. Stanberry, et al In the Delaware Circuit Court April Term, 1947 Notice is hereby given to the following Defendants in said cause, to-wit: James R. Stanberry, Eliza R. Stanberry, John Galbraith, Edward G. Clarke, John E. Tobias; the unknown wife, widow, child, children, descendants, heirs, surviving spouses, creditors, and administrators of the estates, devisees, legatees, trustees, executors to the Last Will and Testaments, successors in interest and assigns, respectively of each of the foregoing persons, all or whom are unknown to Plaintiff; all persons and corporations who assert or might assert any title. Claim, or interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint in this action by, under or through any of the Defendants in this action named, described and designated in this complaint and above named, the names of all of whom are unknown to the Plaintiff. That the Plaintiff is filing his complaint herein to quiet his title to the following described real estate in Delaware County, State of Indiana, to-wit: Lot Twenty-two (22) in Block Seven (7) in the Rochester and Utica Land Company’s First Addition to the City of Muncie, Indiana, as to any defects occurring in the title thereof as against all persons whomsoever together with affidavits that the residences of said Defendants are unknown to the Plaintiff and cannot be learned by diligent inquiry and that said Defendants are thought to be nonresidents of the State of Indiana and that unless they be and appear in the Delaware Circuit Court of Delaware Co. Indiana, on the 6th day of June, 1947, the sarAe being Ahe t<lrd day of the April term of said court, at the Court House in the City of Muncie, Delaware County, State of Indiana, said cause will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness the Clerk and Seal of said court affixed in the City of Muncie, Indiana, this 11th day of April, 1947. JESSE E. GREENE Clerk of the Delaware Circuit Courf McClellan & McClellan, Attorneys for Plaintiffs. (PD)—April' 11-18-25
Legal Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
No. 8951 Notice is hereby given, that the Administratrix of the Estate of Edd Rain:i deceased, has filed her account for final settlement of said estate. All persons interested in said Estate are hereby notified to appear in the Delaware Circuit Court held at Muncie, Indiana, on Monday the 5 day of May 1947 being the 25th day of the regular April Term of said Court, and show cause why said account should not be approved. The heirs of said decedent, and all others interested, are also required to appear in said Court, on said day, and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said Estate. Evelyn Rains, Administratrix Jesse E. Greene, Clerk Attest: Pqjroni & Peironi, Attys. (PD)—April 11-18-25
TO REMAIN A BACHELOR
llllsiuPSS flDfl Hnn’t PFHPirtrP llU'Hl vnn’up appepr on Wednesday the 11 day of June uuoiiicbb aim uun i emeigu until yuu ut. 1947 the 51 day the nex;t 8erm of sai(i ready to lay the k-bottle alongside the gold ’Court, to be holden on the Second Monj_ j.t" *1 i -i • day in April, A. D., 1947, at the Court
toothpick on museum shelves. — Chicago
Sun.
Time for Congress To Play Ball The Chicago Tribune is still sore at the Republican leaders in the United States Senate.
House in the City of Muncie in said County and State, the said cause will be heard and determined in her absence. WITNESS, the Clerk amd the Seal of said Court, affixed at the City of Muncie this 3 day of April A. D., 1947. (SEAL) Jesse E. Greene, Clerk* Ogle & Manor, Plaintiff’s Attorneys.
(PD)—April 4-11-18 G REAI> THE A1VS
South Bend, Ind. —“Uncle Dan M Young, who has been a bachelor loro 103 years, said today he planned to stay that way. When he celebrated his 103rd birthday a week ago, Young said he might get married if he could find some one his own age. He added that he was “not interested in any young woman of 85 or 90.” In answer to proposals from 28 women including a 100-year-old Bostonian who asked him to bring a pig from his farm if he comes to visit her, Young said today, “really, I was only kidding.”
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SHE LIKES THEM RED
Cambridge, Mass. — An 8-year-old Cambridge girl admitted to firemen she sounded a false alarm because she liked to see
“rod fire engines.”
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A firont page cartoon in Col. McCormick’s paper tells the story of that deep disgust. The Democratic donkeys are in the field. The' Republican -elephants are at bat. The GOP House is on first base. The GOP Senate is next in the batting line-up. But the Senate is not at the plate. It is swinging a bunch of bats labeled “Taft,” “Bricker,” “Senatorial Hopefuls,” and “Dark Horses.” Meanwhile the Senate poses for a photographer labeled ‘“1948 Politics.” The scoreboard in the outfield is empty. The caption of the cartoon cries “Play Ball ! Pla/y Ball!” The interference is quite clear. It is that a number of leaders in the Senate are playing politics with an eye on the Presidential nomination next year, rather than getting a program enacted into legislation. The Tribune claims to be 101 per cent Republican. That gives added significance to its criticism of the GOP leaders. It seems to feel that the party leaders were strong on promises in the campaign of 1946, but^are weak on performances now that the election is over. What has become of that promise of .20 per cent reduction across the board in individual income taxes ? When is Congress going to pass the promised labor legislation? When is something other than goose eggs going to be registered on the Congressional scoreboard ? That has been the burden of the Chicago newspaper’s complaint. When the new Congress went down to Washington it talked as if it were going to perform miracles. So far, its record is pretty bare. It is true that a Presidential election is to be held in 1948 and potential candidates are always timid under such circumstances. But there is such a thing as being too timid. The country undoubtedly expected action following the Republican victory last Fall. It expected promises and pledges to be kept. As we have said before, statesmanship may be the best politics at a time like this. It might be good politics to try a little statesmanship and let the chips fall where they will. The people sometimes get fed up with the usual dodging and buck-passing and choose .as President of the United States a
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man who has a program and does not lack the courage to put it into effect.—JournalGazette.