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TWO THE POST-DEMOCRAT, MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUG. 4, 1950.

HIE POST-DEMOCRAT i Democratic veoxly newspaper representing the democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th jongressional District. The only Democratic Newa* .aper in Delaware County Entered as second class matter January 16, 1921, At the Post Office at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of 5ftarch 3. 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$2.00 A YEAR MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher 916 West Main Street Muncie, Indiana, Friday, August 4, 1950.

Controlled Controls One sign of a good workman is that he chooses the right tools for the job he has in hand. He does not expect to drill through steel with a gimlet, nor does he use a sledge hammer to drive a roofing nail. The United States has need at this critical period to show itself a good workman. To accomplish the task in hand will require skill and firm self-discipline. The United States is not in a state of war, however deadly may be the combat in Korea and however ominous the outlook. Neither, obviously, is America in anything like a state of peace. The controls over the civilian economy, as well as the choice of military weapons, should be carefully tailored to the military, economic, and diplomatic situations at any given moment. Hence, it is well, in our opinion, that President Truman has chosen to steer what may be described relatively as a middle course in the recommendation of governmental controls over the civil economy. We are glad, too, that the political opposition seems disposed to examine the question of controls on the merits of individual proposals and to grant “all powers in any way necessary”—using Senator Taft’s phrase—for not only the Korean campaign but for a heavy rearmament of unknown duration. The essential points is that the nation’s workshops, its energies, its inventories, and its buying habits be geared and directed toward equipping and supporting a military establishment of such size as is deemed necessary from month to month to discharge its world responsibilities. Naturally, there will be some divergence of views as to just what controls are necessary for this purpose. At one extreme Bernard Baruch, experienced wartime adviser, urges complete, immediate military and economic mobilization. He might prove to be more foresighted than the rest of us. On the other side, certain Republican leaders believe that some of the over-all controls requested by the President are much too sweeping. They question particularly the proposals to authorize immediate seizure of industrial plants and to direct the marketing of basic farm products. This divergence of opinion is the working of the representative system, and the pooling of information which that system permits is a source of strength. Gratifyingly, there seems to be no published objection to the placing of mandatory allocations on steel and other essential war materials. It is vital that first call on these, so far as needed, should be for munitions. It was pointed out a few days ago that Soviet Russia last year, with less than 24 million tons of steel production, devoted 41-2 million tons to armaments. Meanwhile, the United States, with 58 million net tons produced, put only about 1 million tons into munitions. If America, out of its greater production —not only of steel but of a host of other goods—is to match and surpass the Communist preoccupation with military might this must be done through controls that control. It is profoundly regrettable that such things have to be done. Americans would much rather use their iron and steel for bathtubs, stoves, refrigerators, automobiles, and in school buildings, theaters, stores, and reclamation dams. But there is no great virtue or value in building these things, or even homes and churches, only to let men with guns take them away and convert them to their uses. We feel convinced that Americans are ready for, will accept, and cooperate with controls adequate to support on the home front the armed forces they determine to place in the field. —Christian Science Monitor. Political Plans Upset The war has upset the preconceived plans of both political parties for the Fall campaign. President Truman has called off his “whistle stop” tour. The Republicans will be forced by the impact of events to deal with issues growing out of the armed conflict, rather than with domestic issues. Many good arguments on both sides have been blown higher than a kite by the explosion of North Korean shells. The fact that the politicians have been inconvenienced by the war is one of its lesser tragedies in the minds of the voters. There are so many more important things to consider. But, there is an important election to be held and the public must find time to take an interest in it. We went through a presidential election 1944, in the midst of World War II and were none the worse for it. All members of the House of Representatives an done-third of the members of the Senate will be chosen next fall. , The primary elections already held have

shown that the voters are in a mood to shop around and try to pick the best men. That is the only trend which can be dis-

cerned.

Some of those who have been weighed in the balance and found wanting are being tossed out on their ears and replaced by men who are more in tune with the times. This trend may be expected to continue in the November balloting. Voice Of Isolationism The most bitter and perisistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States over a period of many years has been the Chicago Tribune. So far as 1 we can make out the Tribune is just 100 per cent opposed to that policy. But as people read the stinging, negative editorials ,in the Chicago newspaper, they must often wonder what the Tribune would do if it were charged with the heavy responsibility of conducting the nation’s foreign affairs. It is easy to find fault. It is hard to be constructive. We do not suppose that anyone would claim that the makers of American foreign policy are always right. On the other hand only a few people can accept the theory that they are always wrong. So what animates the Tribune in its 100 per cent fight on our conduct of foreign relations ? We think the editorials and cartoons which have appeared in that newspaper since the outbreak of the war in Korea make its motives quite clear. It is trying to win votes for its branch of the Republican Party—the isolationist wing. The Trib has not had much success in that line recently, however. - The two United States Senators from Illinois are Democrats. So are the governor of the state and the mayor of Chicago. It is not necessary to add a footnote to explain that Col. McCormick’s journalistic mouthpice is also 100 per cent opposed to the domestic policies of the present Administration in Washington. It is also opposed, and also bitterly, to such Republicans as Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, John Foster Dulles, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Harold Stassen, Gen. Eisenhower, and all who agree with them. The best comic in the Tribune is its editorial policy. 30 Nations Ban Communists There are 70 nations in the world today and 30 of them have banned the Communist Party. In the most of the other 40 it is bitterly opposed and hated. All this is not hard to understand, because Communists are traitors to the nonCommunist countries in which they live. They are working for Russia. They take advantage of civil liberties in order to help destroy all liberty. Their whole idea is to disrupt and undermine any Government which does not owe allegiance to the Soviet Union. There exists some difference of opinion as to whether banning is the most effective way to combat communism. One school of thought holds the theory that banning drives the Reds underground and makes them more dangerous and harder to control. This may be only the counsel of softness. The non-Communism countries have been too easy on the traitorous Communists, in any event. They have grown into a worldwide menace and even today there are no adequate propaganda facilities for answering their fallacious arguments. Democracy must surely plead guilty to the charge that it has not been militant enough in its own behalf. Proteins and the Life Span There appears to be a definite connection between the life expectancy of peoples and their consumption of the protein foods. This is strongly indicated in a table which was recently compiled by the American Meat Institute, on the basis of the latest available figures. The United States had the highest life expectancy at birth, 68.3 years, and its per capital consumption of meat and other protein foods was also the highest, 194 pounds. Canada was next, with a life expectancy of 67.2 years and a protein food consumption of 174 pounds. The figures for Italy were 54.9 years and 75 pounds of protein foods. At the very bottom was India, where life expectancy was but 28.6 years, and protein food consumption was 18 pounds per capita. Other factors, such as infant mortality, have a strong bearing on life expectancy. However, the discovery of the value of the proteins has been one of the most dramatic developments of modern medical science. In addition to their influence on life expectancy, protein foods have been proven to be of the utmost value in benefiting people suffering from many types of illness. It has been found also that they have a direct, constructive influence on human energy and

morale.

Finally, the principal protein foods, such as meat and eggs, are attractive and appetizing to the vast majority of people. Almost everyone can, and with relish, eat these foods two or three times a day. It is a case where good eating makes for good health.

Writer Says Income Taxes Began As An Act of Political Revenge

Of all the tremendous changes this country has seen in the past half-century, neither the airplane nor television—not even atomic fission—has proved as effective as taxes. So says Wesley Stout, veteran, who reports that the federal government’s share of the latest tax bill was 6Vz times what Washington spent in 1920. Writing in the March issue of Cosmopolitan magazine; the author reminds us that the income tax originally was “an act of political revenge” and charges that initiative and opportunity today are being taxed out of exist-

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“When the Democrats were returned to power in 1892,” says the article, “Benton McMillin of Tennessee was the ranking Democrat of the House Ways and Means Committee. As such, he rightfully expected to be made chairman. At the behest of William C. Whitney and other rich New York Democrats, Cleveland threw the chirmanship to William L. Wilson. McMillin then tacked the original income-tax rider onto the Wilson Tariff Act of 1892 as a counterpunch at Whitney and the others.” Even as late as 1916. the author writes, after the tax had been Bob Hope Show At State Fair For Four Days Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 4— With Bob Hope and his incomparable show as the feature attraction for the first four days of the 1950 Indiana State Fair, the spacious Coliseum will be one of the busiest places on the grounds during this year’s big Hoosier agricultural exposition. According to Earl J. Bailey of Lowell, Ind., the director in charge of the huge arena erected 11 years ago at a cost of $1,200,000, it will 1 be in use almost constantly from the time the gates swing open on the morning of Aug. 31 until the last of $314,369 in prize money is awarded on the night of Sept. 8. A heavy layer of dirt already has been placed on top of the cement floor and this will be covered completely by tanbark in preparation for the judging of livestock. Then Mr. Bailey’s crew of workmen will construct the two stages necessary for the entertainment productions planned in the arena and give the building a thorough cleaning. Bob Hope and his talented supporting cast will give their four performances from a stage to be erected at the west end of the Coliseum. It will be located at approximately the same spot as the revolving stage which has been used in the Sonja Henie ice shows. The Bob Hope show is scheduled on the first three nights of the Fair at 7:30 o’clock (CST) and on Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock. Immediately after the last performance, the stage will be removed and the ^other stage will be assembled in the very center of the arena for Tex Beneke and his orchstra, which will provide the music for the $50,000 horse show every night at 7 o’clock for the remainder of the Fair. Thes two shows, however, form only a part of the Coliseum program. On every day except Sunday, the arena will be used during daytime hours for the judging of cattle and horses. On Sunday, at 9:30 a.m. the Indianapolis Ministerial Association will conduct a Sunday School Hour. Other events on the Coliseum program include the 4-H State Dress Revue on Saturday, Sept. 2, at 2:30 p.m., the sale of beef calves on Friday, Sept. 8 at 1 p.m., and a free horse show every day at noon, beginning Monday, Sept. 4.

ruled out by the Supreme Court and revived by Cordell Hull, only 430,000 Americans had to pay, and then only 1% on net income after a $4,000 exemption. But today, says Stout, “no American can make a salary large enough to protect his future. . . . No company can pay its chief load-carriers enough money to insure their futures. The more they are paid, the greater the Government’s slice, until the topsalaried man is working nine days for Uncle Sam, one for his family. “Our itax laws are defensible,” he adds, “only on the premise that they make opportunity freer to all. They do the reverse. Ironically, these laws favor the shrewd, the sharpie, the lucky, and the already well-heeled. . . . The man of inborn acquisitive instinct still makes a fat living. If he clears $100,000 on a deal, he is allowed to keep a pretty $75,000 under t^he capital-gains clause, while those who may earn $100000 salary on sheer performance are subject to schedules running up to 91 per cent.”

Power Tools Used to Build j AllHomesNow Power tools are used in constructing every house built toda$r, making possible the present production rate of a million homes a year, says American Buildor magazine. “The building industry is frequently accused of being archaic in its methods of operation,” the publication says. “The charge is made that building homes is still largely a matter of tedious handwork. “Obviously, that charge is wrong. An industry which has hit a pace of producing one million new houses a year at prices well within the range of other commodities did not attain such a record by archaic methods.” Last year 1,025,800 dwelling units were constructed, excluding farm homes. In 1948, there were 931,300. Special Tools Designed Describing the use of power equipment in home building, American Builder says: “Throughout the home building industry, in large operations as well as in relatively small developments, power equipment especially designed for construction work is on the job from the time the first dirt is moved until the final piece of interior trim is finished. ‘•Dirt-moving equipment digs basements by the dozens, grades streets and digs ditches for utilities and improvements. Concrete mixers and transporters of many types make footing and foundation work simple. New materials for forms and special factorybuilt forms also speed this work and help to hold costs down. “The use of power on the job does not stop here. Mechanical material handlers, hoists, power saws for lumber as well as masonry, power drills, mortisers, senders and a host of other tools operated by power are used continually.” Work More Precise The magazine points out that in addition to obtaining greater efficiency and more economical operation home builders using such equipment obtain more precise work, smoother joints and finer finishes. Some builders have special fabrication shops where framing is cut and assembled while other builders do this work at the foundation site. American Builder says (that regardless of which method is used “power equipment means better work in fewer manhours—and today that means at less cost.”

REROOFING UP Seventy-three percent more Title I property improvement loans were made for roofing work in the second half of 19^9 than in the first half, accardiqg to FHA statistics. Mort rercofing is done with asphalt roofing material.

GOLD HEAVY A cube of Hold measuring 14.1 ipch*g on each side weighs a tort.

TRUMAN (Continued from page One) able for operations in the Korean area, along with forces of Korea and the United States, under General MacArthur’s command. The other offers of assistance that have been and will continue to be made will be coordinated by the United Nations under the unified command, in order to support the effort in Korea to maximum advantage. “All the members of the United Nations who have indorsed the action of the Security Council realize the significance of the step that. has been taken. This united and resolute action to put down lawless aggression is a milestone toward the establishment of a rule of law among nations.” The President followed this summary with a detailed course of future action. THE JOB AHEAD. (1) Get more fighting men and powerful weapons to General MacArthur as quickly as possble; (2) Build up our armed strength above the^ increase required in Korea; (3) Help build up the military strength of our allies in common defense. IMMEDIATE LEGISLATION SOUGHT. (1) Remove 2,005,000 ceiling on armed forces; (2) Pass authorization bill for the Mutual Defense Assistance Program for 1951; (3) Authorize the Government to establish priorities and allocate materials, limit the use of materials for non-essential purposes, prevent inventory hoarding, and to requistion supplies and materials needed for national defense; (4) Authorize the control of consumer credit and credit used for commodity speculation; (5) Authorize production loans and production loan guarantees, long term contracts and other means to encourage production of materials in short supply. THE NEXT STEPS. (1) Defense appropriations (above the present budget) of about $10 billion; (2) Increased taxes to prevent inflation and make general economic controls less likely to be required; (3) Fair distribution of the tax burden with elimination of profiteering as a major aim; (4) Additional appropriations for arms for friendly nations. STEPS ALREADY TAKEN. (1) Budget ceiling on armed forces removed; (2) Secretary of Defense to use draft and to call up National Guard and Reserves as needed; (3) Constant study of manpower needs under way; (4) Federal credit for housing tightened to cut danger of inflation and reduce demand for materials in short supply. The President was hopeful that these measures would do the job required, but made it plain that unwise action by any large segment of the economy could make more drastic steps necessary. He said: “If these measures are made available promptly, and firmly administered, I believe we will be able to mept military needs without serious disruption of the economy. “If we are to be successful, there must be sensible and restrained action by businessmen, labor, farmers and consumers. “The people of this country know the seroousness of inflation, and will, I am sure, do everything they can to see that it does not come upon us. However, if a sharp rise in prices should make it necessary, I shall not hesitate to recommend the more drastic measures of price control and rationing.” The President closed his accounting with a realistic appraisal of the size of the job ahead

and with a statement of his firm conviction that the strength and character of our people and our bi-partisan unity in resisting aggression and seeking a just peace can lead us to success. He said: “The hard facts of the present situation require relentness determination and firm action. The course of the fighting thus far in Korea shows that we can expect no easy solution to the conflict there. We are confronted in Korea with well-supplied, well-led forces which have been long trained for aggressive action. We and the other members of the United Nations who have joined in the effort to restore peace in Korea must expect a hard and costly military operation. “We must also prepart ouaselves better to fulfill our responsibilities toward the preservation of international peace and security against possible further aggresion. In this effort, we will not flinch in the face of danger we will not flinch in the face of danger or difficulty. “The free world has made it clear, through the United Nations, thaf lawless aggression will be met with force. This is the significance of Korea—and it is a significance whose importance cannot be over-estimated. “I shall not attempt to predict the course of events. But I am sure that those who have it in their power to unleash or withhold acts of armed aggression must realize that new recourse to aggression in the world today might well strain to the breaking point the fabric of world peace. “The United States can be proud of the part it has played in the United Nations action in this crisis. We can be proud of the unhesitating support of the American people for the resolute actions taken to halt the aggression in Korea and to support the cause of world peace. “The Congress of the United States, by its strong, bi-partisan support of the steps we are taking, and by repeated actions in support of international cooperation, has contributed most vitally to the cause of peace. The expressions of support which have been forthcoming from the leaders of both political parties for the actions of our Government and of the United Nations in dealing with the present crisis, have buttressed the firm morale of the entire free world in the face of this challenge. “The American people, together with other free peoples, seek a new era in world affairs. We seek a world where all men may live in peace and freedom, with steadily improved living conditions, under governments of their own free choice. For ourselves, we seek no territory or domination over others. We are determined to maintain our democratic insitutions so that Americans now and in the future can enjoy personal liberty, economic opporunity, and political equality. We are concerned with advancing our prosperity and our well-being as a Nation, but we know that our future i$ inseparably joined with the future of other free peoples. “We will follow the course we have chosen with courage and with faith, because we carry in our hearts the flame of freedom. We are fighting for liberty and for peace—and with God’s blessing we shall succeed.” The President’s leadership in drafting this program met with well-deserved, strong bi-partisan support which reflected the unity of the American people in their determination to overcome this latest threat to world pace and security. Soon after the President’s message was heard by the Congress, thl White House sent to the lawmakers the “Defense Production Act of 1950” to carry out the immediate economic proposals in the President’s program.

Reaction of Congressional leaders of both Parties indicated prompt action on this and other legislation embodied in the President’s program. A few hours after hearing the President’s message, the House overwhelmingly voted to authorize $1 billion 222 million for the military aid program. No Democrat or Republican voted against the measure. All Americans can be proud of the way our people have recated to the Korean warfare and to the President’s leadership.

PROFITEERS (Continued From Page One) The cost of raw rubber has risen by 90 per cent since March. The big gasoline companies also raised their prices. The Am* erican Woolen Company announced boosts of 12V2 to 17 ^ cents a yard on the cloth used jn men’s and women’s clothing. International Shoe Company also raised prices on all its products. Profit Reports Shocking With all this talk of rising prices, it was shocking to read that the great corporations are continuing to boost their profits* It is such companies, of course, through their “stooges” in Congress and their million-dollar propaganda organizations, which will put up the real fight against any profit controls. In the past week, both Republic /Steel and. General Electric reported that their profits during the first half of 1950 set an alltime record. Atlantic Refining Company made $17.6 million, compared with $12.5 million in the first half of 1949, and Corning Glass $6.5 million, compared with $2.5 million. Even 'more impressive was a report of the Ford Motor Company, which showed its assets increased by $194 million in 1949 to total more than $1.3 billion, a boost of 17 per cent.

ANDY JACOBS (Continued From Page One) compulsory;—only voluntary controls. Your humble servant detests controls;—but we can, with approval of Babson & Company, control the body and liberty of nineteen year old kids to fight for us. Under those circumstances, a few of us on the home front had better share in the sacrifices. Those who don’t want to should be forced to do so. I have no patience and little respect for those who favor drafting the boys to fight, but who damn the Administration, when it forbids profiteering. They shout about loss of their liberty. What liberty; what real liberty will they lose compared to the loss of liberty of those kids who are fighting to protect them? What liberties might they lose if thes kids didn’t fight to protect them? Great patriots; Babson & Company.

MASONS (Continued From Page t)ne) three for the boys and two for the girls. A hospital building serves as an infirmary and for emergency treatment, and a large, modernly equipped school building meets all the needs for educational facilities. Playgrounds and athletic fields for the youngsters, a greenhouse, dairy barns, large f?rm and various utility buildings all have their respective places about the grounds of this fraternal Home, which covers an area of 320 acres. A central plant, located on the ground supplies heat, power and water.

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Design B-173. Brick veneer exterior walls, wide chimney and low lines give this small house a sturdy feeling and the front porch adds to its spacious appearance. There are two bedrooms, bath, combination dining-kitchen and living room, all corner rooms. All rooms can be reached from the entrance hall. One door closes the bedroom area away from noise and traffic in front. Closets are placed at both entrances, linen cabinet in the hall and v/ardrobes in the bedrooms. In addition one bedroom has a built-in chest of drawers between the wardrobes. Kitchen cabinets occupy two walls, the sink is in front, work counter under side window and range and counter on inside walk

DESIGD B-173

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Dimensions are 36 feet 8 inches by 32 feet 8 inches. Floor area is 1009 square feet with 20,180 cubic feet.