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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

PEACE TERMS HE American people want peace with victory at the earliest possible moment. We hope Jap surrender can be completed quickly. The Japanese desire to retain the emperor institution should not stand in the way of prompt surrender and effective enforcement of the allied terms. The thing of importance to this and coming generations is complete and permanent demilitarizatipn of Japan. Not the form but the substance is what counts—not the words but the hard facts. - A victor in imposing peace terms can confuse emotion with reason, and be more intent on superficial than basic factors. We and.our allies were guilty of some of that stupidity after world war I.. We thought that if defeated Germany proclaimed a republic and mouthed peace phrases, most of our war aims were achieved and security assured. But the label on thé bottle did not change the contents. Later we learned at the cost of another war that, in confusing a change of form with a change in fact, we had left the same old Germany with the same potential of economic and military power of aggression. 5 s ” » » » ” JUST AS we do not intend to repeat that ghastly mistake in Germany, so we must not make it in Japan either. That is the reason the United States-British-Chinese declaration of Cairo, drafted by President Roosevelt, and the Potsdam ultimatum of two weeks ago, spécified the hardest and most realistic demilitarization terms. the allied experts could conceive. But abolition of the emperor institution was not one of the terms. Obviously it was the best allied judgment that, under such absolute allied control of post-war Japan, the emperor institution could not be used to obstruct our purposes—and might be used to advance allied aims. If the Jap surrender is not made with authority of the emperor, there is nd other apparent Jap authority which can bring about complete capitulation. Many fanatical Jap officers have defied Tokyo cabinets in the past. They may chodse to continue a suicide fight rather than surrender, unless the emperor orders them to quit. But his orders they must and will obey—and then commit harakiri if they like. s » 2 » » .» IN KEEPING with the American ideal of self-deter-mination of peoples, and by the Potsdam terms, we do not care whether the Japanese ultimately choose a titular emperor, or king, or shah, or Pasha, or president, or any other particular form of government—always provided that it accepts and observes the allied surrender terms and is a “peacefully inclined and responsible government!” - We have not been fighting to impose any particular

REFLECTIONS—

Bravest G. Is By Walter Humphrey

a battlefield quality, And if you could visit the two big wards at Mc-

injuries are under treatment, to ask why. : al These men fought with great courage, but for most of them, living out their lives will require more

called fer. . But they've got it! Just. imagine, if you can, the man whose spinal cord has been severed by shellfire. He is permanently paralyzed from’ that point downward. His case is far more difficult than that of a man who has lost one or two limbs. His problem is much harder for the doctor, His future is much more uncertain. : But you can never tell it. Not from him! In the two wardg for these cases were more than 70 patients. i

They Try to Come Back o I FOUND them in all stages of treatment. They

were exercising with weights and pulleys, rowing machines and hand . grips, strengthening the good muscles they had left. They were swinging along on “walkers,” using still sturdy arms to propel them. . The two wards were full of smiles. The morale was so fine you were ashamed of yourself for doubting that it would be. These boys are looking to the future and it looks good to them. id "They want jobs. And we're going to have to find jobs for them too—work with a great deal of freedom, where they can lie down occasionally perhaps, where they are not tied’ down to desk or bench. A patient with a spinal cord injury is in the hospital longer than any" other. He requires the spécial attention of the uro-surgeon, the neuro-surgeon, the orthopedic ‘surgeon, the plastic surgeon, the general surgeon, the occupational therapist and the physiotherapist. He may be at the hospital for years. A spinal cord injury, says Maj. Howard G. Nichols, who is in charge of this department, means that a man’s main power cable is taken out of operation.

Some of Them Recover SOME OF these injuries are indirect and involve a buckling of the spinal column. —a shell goes through the cord or drives bone spline ters into it. : If a-eord is cut, it never heals. Whether the cord is cut or just injured, paralysis results. In cases where it has not been severed, long treatment often restores the normal functions. The paralyzed man presents a unique problem, Maj. Nichols pointed out. He has lost all sensations. He receives no warning signs through his nervous system, Because he cannot move, pressure sores, or ulcers, trouble the patient from the beginning. If he is moved as often as every two hours, the sores are preventable. When they occur the hopsital uses penicillin and sulfadiazine to cure the infection. The bladder presents another problem. In the old days, patients frequently died of infection of the urinary tract. Doctors now run a tube into the top of the bladder through the abdominal wall. Even so, they frequently run onto infections. A complicating factor is that a man with a spinal cord injury usually has multiple injuries, As soon as practicable, psysiotherapy is started. Heat lamps, masage, passive motion to prevent joints from- stiffening, electrical stimulation for muscles, all are employed.

part of the body, are an important part of the treatment. : . These boys are entitled to sympathy, but they don't want it. They are counting on coming through, returning to civilian life in condition to earn their own livelihood. ~

form of government on Japan, for democracy cannot be | imposed. We have been and are fighting for the maximum | “peaceful security for ourselves and the world.

GET READY FOR PEACE

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~s WORLD. AFFAIRS—

Atom Control § By Wm. Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—If the

HE mighty sweep of victory is not waiting for « to reconvene on schedule Oct. 8. : Here are a few of the measures which should be enacted to help the shift from a war to a civilian economy: More realistic unemployment compensation—to take care of the hiiman side of reconversion. A post-war structure, to be effective in the first peacetime tax year, so people may plan their business affairs knowing what the rules and rates of taxation will be. Provision for one-man, instead of divided, responsibility | for surplus property disposal. Government-owned war plants and the vast inventories that will be held by the! military but no longer needed should be rfeleased to provide jobs and goods for civilians. “Civilians” include the millions rapidly getting out of uniform, eager to move on with a life so long.and sacrificially «interrupted. There are other measures." But to neglect those three would be to invite troubles that can be so easily avoided. The President should summon congress back to Washington for prompt action on matters which cannot wait, » » . » » ” PENDING action by Congress, there is much which President Truman and War Mobilizer Snyder can do, under the extraordinary powers which Congress left in their hands, First is to develop positive and aggressive policies for reconversion—and- compel all the quarreling government agencies to hew to the line, The President and Mr. Snyder made a small move in that direction in resolving some of | the disputes between the War Production Board and the Office of Price Administration, - There are numberless other | disputes, Without rhyme, reason or'sense, the WPB, OPA, WMC, WLB, etc, etc., have been functioning largely as! though they were independent governing bodies not responsive to central administration. In fact their powers mostly: stem from authority which Congress granted to the President and the war mobilization office. President Truman should subject to constant re-screen-ing the rapidly changing needs of the military, giving to | the army and navy what they ‘require, but” making sure that what they don’t require is channeled swiftly to the

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home front. He should do that, to the end that the men | who are fighting this war come back to a healthy oppor- |

tunity-providing homeland for. the

j “adventure in prosperity”. they have so dearly won.

: 9 WASH BASKETS AND AGENCIES : 'E became a little excited the other day when a national distributor announced he had imported “thousands” 2 of willow wash baskets from Madeira and was selling them - across the country. We asked our Washington man whether the government could tell us any more about the happy event. He communicated with the Foreign Economic "Administration where such information presumably is available. The FEA man said: “Wash baskets? Imported? Don't know a thing about it.” He suggested our man might

on Sule, other agency. What with the heat and all, we|

it glide. Anyhow, we have wash baskets and we

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| triple volume, had dny need of it." Afterward, when our planes took |

The baskets’ are quite useful

TEMPLE, Texas. Aug. 11.—Courage is not strictly

Closkey General hospital here, where men with spinal you -wouldn't ‘have

pure courage than any frontline emergency ‘ever

Others are direct |

Reconditioning exercises, especially on the upper

Hoos “WATCHMAN STATES FACTS ABOUT RUSSIAN POLICY” By James R. Meitzler, Attica In Thursday's Times, Mrs. A. A. lambasts The Watchman for being anonymous. In the same issue two other writers blast Mrs. Also Anonymous A. A. for slandering returned soldiers, a dose of her own medicine, As for The Watchman he states the facts about Russian imperialism clearly and logically, without ‘ fear or favor, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Russian actions at home and abroad prove there is no freedom under Russian Communist government. Russians can circulate freely in America but Russia won't allow her allies to know what goes on in Russia or the countries she has conquered.

Siberia. thousands of Rumanians

try. Russian characteristic carried down

{from Ivan the Terrible through | czarist rule until today.

are not tolerated in Russia; they disappear. -“Scratch a Russian and { you find a Tartar.”

We are not going to fight Russia. United States has its, way—and it | In spite of all Germany and Japan parable to those offered in the busiintends tp. have if it can—the |4iq to other nations, we did not go|ness world for brains,

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subject. © There is good reason to

believe that many of our social and |

| political aches and pains today are

{the mere opening of the purse to

who opposed her rule of that coun- our’ school city will develop no| Purging the opposition is a! panacea, but adequate and wise in-/|

vestment in education is the first step to relief from crack-pot leader-

Minorities ship, if for no other reason than|

that it will attract better minds to the work of education. Teachers {have always been underpaid. Sal{aries and other inducements com-

would do

: cataclysmic atomic bomb will never | t5 war until they first attacked us.|much to bring progressiveness, good be useq in another war. President | Ryssia can destroy all freedom ‘in|judgment and practical wisdom ‘to Truman made this plain in his report to the nation | Asia and Europe and we will do our schools where these products

Thursday night.

plowshare forever came as most welcome.

are isolationists,

The United Na-|

To many of his listeners the news | nothing until she makes war on of the best minds could be dissem- | that he intends to beat this particular sword into_a 5. We talk internationalism. We inated for the general good.

| If OPA and other retarding In-

From first to last, the President revealed that tions Charter, just passed by the fluences stand in the way of progneither he nor anyone about him was jubilant over | senate. confirms our isolationism. | ress, put the pressure where it be-

having to use the bombs. It was known that our enemies were trying desperately to produce them for

| use against ys and we won the race.

What to Do With Atoms

THE GREAT problem -today is, what to do with this terrifying discovery. Practically everyone here agrees with the President that its true and “tragic significance” unmistakably is that it is “too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world.” For the moment, those responsible for world’ security are thanking their stars that the secret of the awesome engine is still in the hands of peoples who believe in international law and order, But, it is pointed out, this blessing will not last long. will “be” known globe, . Eventually, even the*small ‘mations will doubtless be able to turn out or acquire improved atomic bombs, cheaply and in quantity. Yesterday there was. not enough penicillin in existence to save the life of one patient. Today they are selling it at corner drugstores. oh Because the atomic bomb is so appallingly potent as a weapon of war, President Truman said, the United. States and Great’ Britain do not intend to reveal the secret until means have been found to control it. © This they must do, he added, “to protect ourselves and the rest of the world from the danger of total destruction.”

U. S., Britain_to Be 'Trusted' FOR THE time being, therefore, the United States and Britain will constitute themselves trustees of the new force (1) to prevent its misuse and, (2) to turn it into “the channels of service to mankind.” But some of the shrewdest military men here have

in practically every capital of the

their doubts concerning this grave problem. Poison | gas has been banned, they say; but it was not used | | against us in this war because the enemy knew that we were fully prepared to retaliate in kind and in |

At first, neither the Nazis nor the Japs

command of the air, they did not dare.

Some- contend that the only way any natioh can

be reasonably secure against the atomic bomb in the future is through international control and inspec tion. For, unlike gas, even a small nation that could accumulate an adequate supply of atomic bomb§ with

the means of dropping them, could wipe out one of the great powers before it could hit back. |

of aging. But they fail to tell us how to apply it to shoes, ‘ : : . + * JUST BECAUSE you're noisy doesn't mean you've got a sound argument. yi . . ». go REDUCTION OF bebf point values still leaves pork to beef about,” ; r . ; > . * . * SINGLE: girls aren't the only ones who are looking for a husband. i 5 rel DONT GET stuck up over a little money, Neds aw I De

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As the lives of nations go, very soon the secret |

SCIENTISTS say Vitamin A postpones the process |

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1 get out of all kinds

{ Under the charter not only can we | veto all action of our armed forces,

| but Russia also can veto such ac-| | tion. Can you ask any better guar-|

antee of our isolation from war on Russia's career of conquest? | n ” ” “SCHOOL BUDGET INCREASE | IS SICKENING SHOCK” By Richard A. Calkins, Indianapolis | The 18 per cent increase in the | proposed - Indianapolis school city

{ budget is a sickening shock to tax-ien a silver platter.

| payers already heavily burdened. For those owners of rental props jerties faced with higher operating | expenses of every kind and fenced {in by OPA enforcement that recognizes no rise in such expenses, this |increase must fairly encourage

serious consideration of abanden-!

ment of rental ownership. But let us think clearly ‘on the

longs and get relief in that manner. Do not slight education for the sake of OPA. Two wrongs do not make a right. With all of the howling and. cursing for years

|about OPA, it seems that there has

not been enough injustice done

locally by that governmental unit]

. [to warrant an organization of the

injured—which organization could, by orderly processes, gain relief. The self-governed can not reas sonably expect good government Like all good | things, it must be earned by eternal vigilance, unselfish- judgment and | action, Do you want the oncoming generation to have a better, more | practical education? Work for or against it, according to your answer. Do you think that a municipal investment, for. example, in Broad |Ripple park is more to the point? Put your convictions into. action,

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“WILL WE SEE WORSE 20 YEARS FROM NOW?”

By Listen C. Nine, 3161 Station st. I have been a reader of The Times

family, am a veteran of world war I (serving directly with our outstanding general of today, Gen. Douglas MacArthur), and a contractor. ‘I have always been a strong Republican. And as I read the daily Forums of the discontent of the people in government agencies and of our laws that have been passed, and of the high taxes and still mounting higher, and of the peace we are making—are we doing all this just to see another war less than 20 years to come, only a worse

one? I believe. that there is good and | bad in both parties. And our boys

Leigh White, at the risk®of his the result of our relatitvely small Are fighting; freely - giving their life, unearthed she was’ deporting to investment in education. Of course, | 'c coming home crippled, coming

{to busted -homes.

They are not

fighting for the fun of it, mot for the money that’s in it—but for free{dom, their families and the consti{tution of the United States of | America, which our laws are supposed to be based upon. Regardless of color, creed or religion. So |while we are having our law makers | make the peace, and our different |agencies making new rules for us [to go by, let's turn back to the Bible. {Read it. Then turn back to our good old constitution, and it means a lot. First, offer the American way of life to all nations as a means to {immedidte peace .and for a lasting [peace in the world, that this war to us be not in vain. Second, under the stress of the times there can be {no set fiscal policy, labor or after{war policies; planning along these lines a} this time is wishful thinking. Third, we have no right to permit any person or group to alter, hypothecate or take away the blessings of liberty secured by the con{stitution of the United States to our |children. Fourth, the national government is one of limited power, to be administered under strict construction of . that limited _ power. Fifth, justice and sound polity forbids the general government to foser any group or any branch of industry or business, in view of a government by the people, of the | people and for the people. Sixth, (all federal banks should belong to [the people, leaving state and lesser |banks to the field ofsprivate enter|prise. Seventh, the federal gov- | ernment has no power or right to interfere with or control in any way the domestic institutions of the several states; such states are the sole and proper judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the constitution. Eighth, honest friendship with all nations, entangling alMances with none—purchased friendship is not honest friendship. Ninth, the preservation of the general government in its whole constituted vigor as the anchor of our peace at home and and safety abroad. Tenth, a jealous care of the right to election by the people but for any person taking the oath to support the constitu tion as a means to be inducted into office, who would state or intentionally go to the left or right of that oath, Impeachment machinery should be set up. Immediately. Eleventh, economy in public expense, that the people be lightly burdened; a government that governs least. Twelfth, it should be a pollcy of either party that all service and ex-servicemen have every preference with consideration comIng within the power of the party. Thirteerith, the American way of life in its full constituted and idealistle vigor as against any and all kinds of internationalism. ”

DAILY THOUGHT

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide, keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.—Micah

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POLTCS— ~ Congressmen

| By Marshall McNeil

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Do § you have that tired feeling? Is your blood pressure up? Is your stomach sour? Do you worry about your finances? If the answer is yes, then you are suffering nd more than your congressman, says Dr, George V Calver, a navy captain, who has been the capito physician. since 1928. During that time he ha examined about 1300 members of congress. Dr, Calver spoke about the care and feeding of congressmen in a recent secret session of the join committee on the organization of congress, of whic Senator Robert M, LaFollette Jr. is chairman. Hi testimony became available to this reporter today i a “confidential” committee pamphlet.

Plain Food—Plain Thinking DR. CALVER had several suggestions about organization of congress. He thinks the daily session should start at 1 p. m. instead of noon so representa tives and senators can have their lunch quiet! He thinks visiting constituents ought not feed the congressmen such rich foods. He believes in a retire ment plan, especially the retirement of congressmer who are no longer physically able to work. “Several things stand out in the life of congress. men, which I think are particularly important, and which are due mostly to environmental conditions, Dr. Calver said. “The first is the stress under which he is’ opera ing; the second is the attention he receives fro well-wishers, which really isa handicap. The third is a financial problem, having to do with the livin expectancy and the financial well-being of a membe There can be no question but that financial worries have a direct reflection upon the physical conditio: of any man.” ’ Then Dr, Calver got down to cases. “I would" suggest,” he said, “that in records I havi kept, we would see almost invariably a gradual in blood pressure from normal.

They Work Too Hard

“WHEN" I first came to the capitol, it was no uncommon to pick up a member of congress whd had died in his office, at the rate of about one month. The death rate ran from 22 to 28 men p congress. 3 “Perhaps the greatest physical handicap unde which a congressman is placed is the necessity o entertaiifing, and being entertained by political well wishers, These persons are loading up his metabolie furnace. He develops arteriosclerosis. “Another eating habit, equally bad, is the one © members grabbing a glass of milk or a piece of pie or maybe a sandwich. “This goes into a condition that we refer to hyperacidity.” é Congressmen work too hard, Dr. Calver said, in effect. He recommends that, lacking other exe they take a stroll before breakfast. The capitol physician also thinks that money one of the greatest causes of worry among con gressmen. “The average member of congress,” he said, “whe receives a pay of $10,000 a year rarely nets mor than $3500 to $3600, out of which he must pay h living expenses in Washington. , . , “I believe that as a ‘group they are exploited b everyone who can get a chance to do so. . , , “I think there should be some way... of re 8 man for disability when he becomes physically unable to attend’ the sessions of congress.”

IN WASHING TON—

Radio Corn

By Roger W. Stuart

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Rep. Emanuel Celler (D N. Y.) wants the Federal Communications Commis sion to take the “corn” out of radio. Also, he says, th FCC should exercise stricter control over both th sale~and operation of broadcasting stations and th amount of free time given to educational programs Although saying that programs as a whole have improved, the Brooklyn legislator declared in letter to the commission, that “we are still plagued by too much unadulterated ‘corn’ and commercial which,” in many instances, seem designed to appea; only to morons.” / Some of the “soap operas,” he added, “are naught but sugared pills,” while certain of the boogie-woogie broadcasts are “ear-splitting ‘caterwaulings.”

He Doesn't Like News Broadcasts

AS FOR news broadcasting, he quoted from a re cent article in the Atlantic Monthly to describe muc of it as “hearsay, petulance, tattling and the fluid emotionalism which even at its best has little plac in the presentation of news or guidance of rational public opinion.” Charging that the commission has failed to fol low Congress’ intent with regard to control of radio Representative Cellar declared that the advent of FM and television will give the commission an op portunity to improve the industry and compel it operate more fully in the public interest. The “public medium” philosophy which was laid down by Herbert. Hoover in 1925 when he was sec retary of commerce, according to Representative Cel lar, became the basis of congressional action in cre ing the commission. But during the period since the commission formed, in 1934, he charged, it has failed to util its powers,

More Power for FCC?

BY A FORM of “nocuous desuetude,” he come plained, the commission “has permitted the mai springs of its authority to become atrophied, so tha today it may be questioned whether radio statio are being operated fully in the public interest.”

Mr, Cellar offered the FCC six proposals which,

he sald, would “eliminate further criticism” of the industry. When future applications for frequenci or renewals are considered, he declared, the com mission should act on these basic rules, which accord with congressional intent: 1. No radio station has the privilege, in perpetue. ity, of using the frequency assigned to it. 2. In the evaluation of any new application or renewal, the commission shall not sanction the dee preciation of the radio into a medium maintained exclusively for the selling of merchandise and for the popularizing of services.

3. Any legitimate organization, entity or ine

dividual, conforming to existing regulations promule gated by the commission, shall be permitted to buy time, 4. Definite segments of the daily radio cycle must be‘ given over to sustaining programs and such broadcasts should be of an educational, cultural and forensic nature. ? 5. Periodic financial statements must be required from the broadcasting companies.

6. The commission should pass upon the selling price of any radio station.

So They Say—

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