Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 15 August 1947 — Page 2

^■■1 II ■-»■■■■ - ^— 1 —■» " 1 THE POST-DEMOCRAT A. Democratic weeKly newspaper representing tJie i)emocrats 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 SH6 West Main Street ' Muncie, Indiana, Friday, August 15, 1947

. Tax Veto No. 2 In a certain sense the struggle in Congress over tax bill No. 2 was a sham battle, as far as the prospect of affording relief to the taxpayer was concerned. The PTesident had announced in advance his intention to veto, and the vote for the measure in the Senate didn’t give much hope it could override. Both sides in Congress were playing politics with the bill. The Republicans wanted to get the jump on the opposition with a tax reduction bill for the calendar year 1948, since they anticipated presentation of a Democratic measure for that purpose. Those on the Democratic side who favored tax reduction next year wanted more relief in the low brackets., The President’s attitude on tax reduction has been consistent. His veto repeated a sound position from the fiscal point of view —that while business, employment and the national income continue high, it is desirable to maintain tax revenues at a level that will make possible substantial reductions in the public debt. This, however, ignored the possibility that if business should be stimulated by lower tax levels the yield from them might exceed the revenue from present rates. President Truman says he favors the right kind of tax reduction at the right time. So dees everybody else. There is ino reason to believe that the conditions which he cites as an argument against reduction now will have passed entirely away during the coming year. He will face a test then as to his ability to resist possible Congressional pressure from the Democratic as well as the Republican side.— Philadelphia Bulletin.

Some Railroads See the Light Gradually American railroads are beginning to awaken to the needs of the times. Not all of them, by any means. Some of the largest prefer to think they are operating in the “public be dammed” era and subject their passengers to conditions that are insulting. The bright rays that creep in occasionally make travel worth while. This time we need not go outside the state for an example. The Monon Railroad, Indiana’s own, is celebrating its 100th birthday this year with acquisition of modernized equipment. The management had not foreseen the continuing material shortage when it made first plans for modernization, but it was resourceful. Surplus hospital coaches were purchased and converted into luxurious passenger coaches. They are all air-conditioned with systems, wide picture windows and are attractively decorated with Hoosier scenes. An additional fillip was the renumbering of all freight cars. No more are the Monon’s numbers in the nine figure bracket. They started out again with No. 1. On the Baltimore and Ohio a system has been inaugurated whereby the passenger who expects to eat in the dining car makes reservations and places his order long before meal time. At the appointed time he goes to the dining car and his meal and place are ready for him. Sounds simple, but it took all this time for some rail official to think of it. Since 1940 railroad passengers seeking to eat on the trains have been elbowed, trampled upon, cursed, ignored and ill-fed. Throughout the war years travelers bore such situations with patriotic fortitude, but there is no need for discourteous, slovenly service these days. We have often cherished the urge to entertain the president of one well-known railroad for a week-end. First he would be compelled to walk around the outside of the house three times carrying all his luggage. Then he would have to fight for a chair and when he got one he would discover it belonged to another guest. His bedroom would have soot one-inch thick on the window sill.' The windows would not open and the furnace would be turnedmp high. There would be remnants of bananas, crackerjack and last week’s cigars around his feet.—Journal Gazette.

The Great Inquisition The Great Inquisition down in Washington has been a terrific show. It has glamor, suspense, conflict, and a cast of star performers. Hollywood producers must be green with envy. It makes them look like a bunch of amateurs. The public has been laying aside its mystery stories and comic books to read the testimony. Sometimes it has been hard to tell whether Sen. Brewster is probing Howard Hughes or whether Hughes is probing Brewster. No one doubts that there was a lot of monkey business in connection with war contracts. Such a large sum of money was never spent before by any Government .Where there was so much pork, there was bound to be a lot of gravy, human nature being what it is. The people who worked hard and paid their taxes like to see the wasters squirm with embarrassment. But the GOP probers are likely to be disappointed as to the value of this investigation as political capitaL The war is water

over the dam. Life didn’t end with V-J Day. It is still going on in a welter of confusion. Thp political issues of the present and the future have more vitality than those of the

past.

Sure the people are eating up the investigation in Washington. They would like to •see others put on the grill. But when they come to vote in 1948 they are likely to be more deeply influenced by other matters which currently are closer to their daily lives. We refer to such things as high prices, the housing shortage, labor troubles, Federal taxes, international relations and the continuation of prosperity and full employment versus the fear of depression. No smokescreen which can be created by the Brewster Investigating Committee is going to hide these other vital issues from the American people. The Republicans may win the next Presidential election, but, if they should, we do not believe it will 1 be because of Howard Hughes and his lavish entertainment, or any subsequent probe which may follow. The Presidential election of 1948 will turn largely on other issues.—Amrnal Gazette.

We Have a Right to Be Sacred Many frightening things were said on the second anniversary of Hiroshima — all of them probably true in some degree. One of the most surprising statements came from David E. Lilienthal, chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, who said that people must face up to the bomb without being scared by it or by stories about it. We think we know what Mr. Lilienthal was trying to say. He doesn’t want our fright to be a paralytic one that precludes action. As a matter of fact, Mr. Lilienthal probably is frightened stiff by the atomic bomb and alL it implies. Everyone who understands it or a mere portion of it is affected that way. The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission has gotten exactly nowhere in its efforts to effect an international control. The American member, Frederick H. Osborn, says We reason for this is “the representatives of the Soviet Union speak of it (the atomic bomb) as though it were only one more form of explosive to be used in war” and act like those “who do not recognize the new and dreadful nature of the atomic weapon.” Russia’s consistent opposition to any control plan that embraces international inspection is proof of her bad faith. It also is proof that she recognizes the atomic bomb for what it really is, regardless of how much she tries to belittle its consequences. She proposes that we turn over to her all our atomic secrets and destroy our stockpile of bombs before she would be willing to talk international control. And the only control she is willing to accept is a “mutual trust” pact or gentlemen’s agreement like the 1'ate. Kellogg-Briand treaty that was supposed to outlaw war. Russia, in plain words, wants to disarm the United States automically while she arms behind the iron curtain, away from prying eyes of an international inspection. Confronted with such an attitude, the United States has no choice than to enter the atomic arms race to win. At present we are the trustee of atomic power.. We knows it is in better hands than if Russia had it, but we must prepare for the eventual development of a similar weapon by unfriendly govern-

ments;

Mr. Lilienthal recently said that while our defense must include dispersal of industries and building factories in underground sites, our main defense must still be the maintenance and strengthening of our pre-eminence in atomic energy. We think he is right. And we think he is scared, too.—Journal Gazette.

Our Place In History America faces some hard decisions The world of which we are a part is a seething chaos. In its present condition it is a menace not only to itself, but to us. What is it we should do, or what is it we can do, which will make any difference ? Those people who stand up with easy answers deceive themselves. There are no easy answers. There are no certain solutions. There are no all-wise plans. The best informed statesmen and diplomats are groping and feeling their way. They realize that they are dealing with powerful forces which may be beyond mere human control. As citizens of the strongest world power the people of the United States feel a tremendous responsibility. They are also deeply concerned about their own future security. They inherited a great, free society from their forefathers. It was built by much effort and sacrifice. It has passed through many crises and always before the men who furnished'the leadership had the wisdom, the foresight and the courage which the times demanded. We may well ask ourselves now whether we are equal to the crisis which we face in our time. Why are we so baffled? Is it because something has gone’--out of the American spirit? Are we smaller than our forefathers were, or is the problem bigger? During the chaos which followed the Revolutionary War the Americans of that day found their answer in the framing and adoption of the Constitution and the founding of the Federal Union. That was not as simple as it seems now. They had the political genius and the character to make their new institutions work. When the Union was challenged in 1861, Abriham Lincoln and his supporters had the sagacity to save it and weld it together again. Nobody talks of secession now. What would George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincdln do about the

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international situation today if they were alive and understood the problems as they unfold ? They would, of course, have to revise many of the opinions which they held in their own lifetimes, because conditions have changed. Unfortunately, we cannot have the services of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. These are our problems. We must face them and do the best we can. ' The future will look back to us to praise us if we succeed or condemn us if we fail.— Journal-Gazette.

People Can’t Eat Fancy Theories People can’t eat fancy political theories. They are finding it out in Great Britain and Europe. The politicians who favor state control make a lot of promises which they cannot keep. Wealth must be produced before it can be used and enjoyeef. There is no substitute in the long run for work and produc-

tion.

There is no magical way of creating prosperity. The people who settled the United States learned that early. There was a lot of potential wealth on this continent, but it was not usable until it had been converted into actual wealth. Europe is in a bad fix. Its wealth has sunk to a low point. It can never come back until it has worked its way back. The sooner the political agitators permit everyone to get back on the job of production the better off everybody will be. Of 'course, the Communists do not want that. They thrive on hard times and hunger. It gives them a better chance to set up a mjnority dictatorship. They want everybody to fail except Russia and those who submit to her brutal police state methods. The Communists are trouble-makers wherever they appear. Their sole purpose is to build up totalitarianism and prosperous people will never submit to that. The basic problems of Europe are economic and political quackery only stands in the way of their solution. If the people of that sick continent are going to stand around in the streets and cheer demagogues, they will never produce the things which they need in order to live decently. As Americans read of the turmoil abroad they ought to profit by the mistakes which are made there. Far from aping foreign isms, they ought to shun them as they would a plague. THEY CONFESS THEIR GUILT They have confessed to the indictment. Last Tuesday morning we charged the “brains” of the afternoon newspaper with rehashing their old isolationist views. Yesterday the confession was signed, sealed and delivered. We quote from their editorial page: “When the morning newspaper said that isolationism in this country is not dead, but only taking a nap, it made its wisest observation.” By the way, what was it that Walter Winchell called the afternoon newspaper during the war?—Journal Gazette. Behind the Hughes Story What is the whole story behind the Senate investigation of Howard Hughes’ experimental flying boat project? You can be sure that the parties thrown by Mr. Hughes, publicity man are not the whole story. If entertainment were a crime, most of the nation’s lobbyists, press agents, businessmen, Army officers and government officials would be guilty. You can be fairly sure, too, that the awarding of the contract for a huge cargo plane will turn out to have been justified. It is easy enough to find errors of judgment by hindsight. But in the' summer of 1942, when this country was willing to try anything to stem the tide of-war, it would have been a worse error not to test the Kaiser-Hughes idea. Atomic energy was a bigger gamble than the flying boat, but both gambles had to be taken. Is the real story tied up with the so-far unproved intimations that somebody used improper influence in getting the contract for Hughes and Kaiser? We doubt that, too. It has not been shown that anybody else wanted to build the flying boat. If influence was exercised, it was not to favor one manufacturer over another, but to get something done that was worth doing. No, there must be more to the story than this. What we’d like to know is just how ; the current investigation fits into the long fight of Pan-American Airways for a single flag carrier to monopolize American overseas operations. Senator Brewster, chairman of the committee which is investigating Mr. Hughes, is a leading champion of the PanAmerican plan. TWA, principally owned by Mr. Hughes, has joined other airlines in vigorously opposing it. Is the current investigation another round in that battle?—Chicago

Sun.

Military Merger, of a Sort Passage of the Army-Navy unification bill and the nomination of James V. Forrestal to be our first Secretary of Defense ends two years of bitter wrangling. Under the bill the Air Force will at last achieve an independent, co-equal status. There will be three autonomous service departments—Army, Navy and Air—none with a cabinet-rank secretary, all under one civilian Secretary of National Defense. Strategic command will rest with the joint cliiefs of staff, provided with a mul-ti-service staff of their own. The entity of the Marine Corps, with its fierce loyalties and traditions, is carefully preserved, and naval aviation remains under the jurisdiction of the Navy.

'jfhe bill also creates a National Security Council and a National Security Board. The former will advise the President on foreign and military policies and the latter will be concerned with plans for the best utilization of the nation’s resources and with potential industrial and civilian mobilization. A lastminute amendment requires that the director of the new central intelligence agency be a civilian. * In the new setup it will be of paramount importance that tne officers and'men of all the services forget and submerge past rivalries and animosities. The American people have spoken their will on unification and now have the right to expect the same magnificent teamwork that was forged in the heat of the war. The present plan does not go as far as the people wished to go in integrating the armed forces, but under it the United States is now in a position to carry out its international cQmmitments with less duplication of effort than before.—Chicago Sun.

Never In History Never in history was the world in such a turmoil as it is today. China is waging a civil war which is shaking up its teeming millions. India is trying to get set for an experiment in self-government which is bound to meet with many failures and disappointments. Russia is engaged in a program of expansion, while she fans the flames of discontent everywhere. The British Empire is withdrawing and shrinking in many quarters, while the home island struggles to stave off bankruptcy. France is being undermined by the Communists which have burrowed into her labor unions. Ltaly is shaky and so is Greece. Argentine has her Peron, who is impatient of the democratic processes. One can only wonder what will happen to Germany when the forces of occupation are finally withdrawn. Do the seeds of Nazism still lurk in that country to sprout and grow again ? Everywhere the yeast of mighty forces are at work. How will democracy come off in the struggle with Communism? It is so much easier to set up a totalitarian dictatorship supported by a militant minority than it is to establish a stable democracy. Ambitious and selfish politicians abroad are not inclined to promote the doctrine of government of the people, by the people and for the people. Many of them do not even understand it as it functions in the United States. Befuddled people are often quick to exchange their freedom for the false promise of security. Bread takes preference over ballots, when hunger is rampant. If the American Government has not wrought miracles since the end of the war, it is partly because tha problems are so large and complicated. The best theories are apt to break down in practice. Human nature has to be dealt with. If our State Department cannot set conditions right in a few years, it may also be true that the Russian politburo cannot wreck them beyond repair. There is some hope in the thought that perhaps the Soviet Union is biting off more than it can chew. Communist nations and their satellites must eat too. They cannot live indefinitely on the dry writings of Karl Marx. Even though the going is rough, we cannot afford to despair of the future. The strongest part of the world is still on our side. — Journal Gazette.

Christian Faith and Peace Cardinal Stritch, unfaltering in the Christian faith that has bulwarked man throughout the ages, predicts a renaissance in that faith; one which will permit nations to dwell together in peace. “Christian truth,” His Eminence told Po-iish-American professional groups, “shall prevail and right shall prevail, and nations slfall live together, despite the present fear or the atomic age.” . None can disagree with the cardinal’s premise. For peace need not be the complicated things that man makes of it. Nations, if they would but substitute Christian principles for the pagan doctrine of force, would “dwell together in unity. The Golden Rule, if carried to the international conference tables, would pierce any iron curtain, or, reciprocally,-end any policy of containment or aggression. XXX The Sermon on the Mount is a far greater and more enduring declaration of the rights and duties of man than is the Atlantic Charter. The Rock of Ages will outlast any balance of power that diplomats may achieve. Division of the world into two armed camps is not the Way of the Cross. He who fed the mul'itudes, healed the sick, comforted the afflicted and gave to all a way of life that leads to peace is a better guide through the international morass in which man flounders than any doctrine, charter, polity or plan formulated by the rulers of nations. For those expedients, unless grounded in the essentials of Christian practice, pass away. As Cardinal Stritch suggests, it is not Christianity that has failed. It is instead the failure of men and of nations to practice Christian principles that has brought them to the verge of complete destruction. The renaissance envisioned by the cardinal would save mankind. For, after all, the eternal verities contain in themselves the only power capable of harnessing atomic energy, for'good and ridding the world of its menace as a catastrophic instrument of war. —Chicago Sun. /

Legal Notice

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Center Township, Delaware County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said municipality at their regular meeting place at 7:30 p.m. on the 26th day of August, 1947 will consider the tollowing additional appropriations which said officers consider necessary to meet the extraordinary emergency at this time. , TOWNSHIP FUND: Fund No. 4 Printing & Adv. _$ 150.00 SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND: Fund 19 Transfers $8,250.00 Fund 23 Transportation 7,600.00 Fund 22 Janitor Service 125.00 TUITION FUND: Fund 28 Pay of Teachers $1,250.00 Taxpayers appearing at such meeting shall have a right to be heard thereon. The additional appropriation as finally made will be automatically referred to the State Board of Tax Commissioners, which Board will hold a further hearing within 15 days at the County Auditor’s Office of Delaware County, Indiana, or at such other place as may be designated. At such hearing taxpayers objecting to any of such additional appropriations mi*' be heard and interested taxpayers may inquire of the County Auditor when and where such hearing will be held. EDGAR D. GARRARD, Trustee of Center Township (PD)—Aug. 8-15

Legal Notice

NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS

No. 11417-S State of Indiana, Delaware County, ss: Johq E. Donovan

vs.

the 27th day the next term of said Court, to be holden on the second Monday in September, A. D., 1947, at the Court House in the City of Muncie in said County and State, the said cause will be heard and determined in her WITNESS, the Clerk and the Seal of said Court, affixed at the City of Muncie this 1st day of August A. D., 1947. (SEAL) Jesse E. Greene, Clerk Victor M. Bruell, Plaintiff’s Atty. (PD)—Aug. 8-15-22 o Legal Notice

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF HEARING ON APPROPRIATIONS

In the matter of the passage of certain ordinance by Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, Delaware County, providing for special appropriations of funds. Notice is hereby given taxpayers of the City of Muncie, Indiana, Delaware County, that a public hearing will be held in the City Hall, Muncie, Indiana, on the 8th day of September, 1947, at 7:30 o’clock p.m. on an ordinance making special and additional appropriations out of the proceeds of bonds proposed to be issued and sold for the purpose of providing funds to acquire and purchase fire trucks and fire equipment to the Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, of the sum of $55,000.00 to acquire and purchase said fire trucks and fire equipment. Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. If said additional appropriations are determined upon a certified copy of such determination will be filed with the County Auditor, who will certify a copy of tho same to the State Board of Tax Commissioners, and said State Board will fix a time and place for the hearing of such matter as provided by statute. COMMON COUNCIL Of City of Muncie, Indiana. J. Kenneth Foster, City Clerk. (PD)—Aug. 8-15

Ruth E. Donovan In The Delaware Superior Court April Term, 1947 Complaint: Divorce. Notice is hereby given the said defendant Ruth E. Donovan that the plaintiff has filed his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the said defendant is not a resident of the State Df Indiana, and that unless she be and appear on Tuesday the 30 day of September 1947, the 20 day the next term of said Court, to be holden on the 2nd Monday in September, A. D., 1947 at the Court House in the City of Muncie, in -aid County and State, the said cause will be heard and determined in her

absence.

WITNESS, the Clerk and the Seal of said Court affixed at the City of Muncie this 31 day of July A. D., 1947. (SEAL) Jesse E. Greene, Clerk Ogle & Manor, Plaintiff’s Attorney.

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Legal Notice NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS

No. 11408-S State of Indiana, Delaware County, ss: Eileen Frances Huggins vs. Edward Earl Huggins In The Delaware Superior Court April Term, 1947 Complaint: Divorce. Notice is hereby given the said defendant, Edward Earl Huggins that the plaintiff has filed her complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the said defendant is not a resident of the State of Indiana, and that unless he be apd appear on Tuesday the 30th day of September 1947, the 20th day the next tertn of said Court, to be holden on the Second Monday in September, A. D., 1947, at the Court House in the City of Muncie in said County and State, the said cause will be heard and determined in witness! the Clerk and the Seal of said Court, 'affixed at the City of Muncie, Indiana this 28th day of July A. D., 1947. (SEAL) Jesse E. Greene, Clchk Gene Williams, Plaintiff’s Attorney. (PD)—Aug. 1-8-15

Legal Notice

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF HEARING ON APPROPRIATION

In the matter of the passage of certain ordinance by Common Council of the City of Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, providing for special appropriation of funds. Notice is hereby given taxpayers of the City of Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, that a public hearing will be held in the Cityy Hall, Muncie, Indiana, on the 8th day of September, 1947, at 7:30 o’clock p.m. on an ordinance making special and additional appropriation as follows, to-wit: Out of the General Fund: To the Office of City Controller, Budget Item No. 58, Funds for payment of judgments and costs rendered against City of Muncie, Indiana, on July 22nd, 1947 —i—$7,691.35 Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. If said additional appropriation is determined upon a certified copy of such determination will be filed with the County Auditor, who will certify a copy of the same to the State Board of Tax Commissioners, and said State Board will fix a time and place for the hearing of such matter as provided by statute. COMMON COUNCIL of City of Muncie, Indiana'. J. Kenneth Foster, City Clerk. (PD)—Aug. 8-15

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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF HEARING ON APPROPRIATION

Legal Notice

NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS

No. 11423-S State „of Indiana, Delware County, ss: G. Nathan Grandstaff vs. Nora L. Grandstaff In The Delaware Superior Court April Term, 1947 Complaint: Divorce Notice is hereby given the said defendant Nora L. Grandstaff that the plaintiff has filed his complaint herein, for divorce together with an affidavit that ihe said defendant Nora L. Grandstaff is not a resident of the State of Indiana, and that unless she be and appear on Wednesday the 8th day of October, 1947,

In the matter of the passage of certain ordinance by Common Council of the City of Muncie, Delaware County, I State of Indiana, providing for special I appropriation of funds. I Notice is hereby given taxpayers of the City of Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, that a public hearing will be in the City Hall, Muncie, Indiana, on the 8th day of September, 1947, at 7:30 o’clock p.m. on an ordinance making special and additional appropriation as follows, to-wit: Out of the General Fund: To the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Muncie, Indiana: Budget Item No. 33, Garage and Motor Supplies _ $8,000.00 Taxpayers appearing shall have the v right to be heard thereon. If said additional appropriation is determined upon, a certified copy of said determination will be filed with the County Auditor, who will certify a copy of the same to the State Board of Tax Commissioners, and said State Board will fix a time and place for the hearing of such matter as provided by statute. COMMON COUNCIL of City of Muncie, Indiana. J. Kenneth Foster, City Clerk. (PDl—Aug. 8-15

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