Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1945 — Page 10

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John Bull-ofepld—who demands respect and gives it; who

he Indianapolis “Times "PAGE 10 Monday, Aug. 27, 1945

ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE President Editor

HENRY W. MANZ Business Manager

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GET ON A BUSINESS BASIS

QuR British friends are saying some harsh things about us because our government has given notice that lendlease is to be stopped. Prime Minister Attlee and Opposition Leader Churchill register pained surprise. ; Well, this had to come some time. Better now, and have it over with. : : The British are a proud and self-reliant people. But they are human. They have been getting a lot from us for the common effort, and no mortal accustomed to a golden flow coming in is ready to have it eut off. We would be the same. So let us not get too excited by their excitement, or return slur for slur. Washington can point out to London calmly that the British surprise is emotional rather than reasonable, that lend-lease was specifically a wartime device—so designated

OUR TOWN—

City’s Bells

By Anton Scherrer

OUR recent V-J celebration, for all its glorious noise, revealed the rather pathetic fact that Indianapolis hasn't the number of bells it used to have. Time was when almost every church around here had a first-rate bell, to say nothing of all the fireengine houses. Today you can count yourself lucky to find a church with a belfry, let alone a bell. As for bells in fire-engine houses, you can Spare yourself the trouble of looking. There just aren't any. Indeed, the lack of bells is so lamentable at present that it wouldn't surprise me to learn some day that the decline of civilization dates from the time they stopped equipping, churches with ‘bells. Nor have I noticed any appreciable improvement in our fire department since they saw fit to run their business without the help of big bells.

The Bell in Christ Church THE FIRST Indianapolis bell to impress me with its sound’ and harmonic hum note was the one in Christ church on the Circle. I first heard it. Indeed, it was §ust the other day that I learned that the Christ church bell is now well over 80 years old, and that it came to Indianapolis by way of Troy, N! Y. If that's the case, it may well be a Meneely bell. The Meneelys had the bell business sewed up in Troy at the time. Fact is, they've been casting bells as far back as anybody can remember. What's more, they're still at it. The first Meneely—the great-great-grandfather of the present generation of bell founders —got into the business by way of marrying Philena Hanks (a cousin of Nancy Hanks, Lincoln's mother). The Hankses made the first bells in the couptry, in Connecticut, way back in Colonial days. When the Meneelys got going good, they turned

and so known to all. As to the disastrous effects on Britain of ending lend-lease, London has had plenty of time to | prepare for this at home and to discuss with United States | such peacetime substitutes as are practicable. In these belated negotiations Britain will not find | America any less friendly than in the past. We do not want Anglo-American co-operation to end with the war; we want it to grow closer. It is to our interest, as to theirs, needs in peacetime. But the new arrangements must be realistic. ; s = = s =» FOR THE United States to put Britain on the dole as a charity ward would be fantastic. Anything of that nature would be an insult to the British, and in the end would undermine their independence. It would be monstrously unjust to the American taxpayer, whose per capita public debt is about the same as the British. The only sound and mutpally self-respecting relation by which their future economic accord can be sustained is that of a trusted client and a fair banker. Britain has large assets around the world. Britain is solvent, though she now needs us as a banker—just as most of the world, including the United States, went to her as a banker for so long. From her experience, she knows better than anyone the rules of reason and safety for protection of both creditor and debtor. , Uncle Sam, in stepping out of the role of Santa Claus, is not casting himself as Uncle Shylock—as many Britons

peacetime will be an honest Yankee trader—not unlike the

thinks honesty is the best potiey; ‘tha-debts should be paid; and that it is best to live and let live. ~ 2 Such old friends and experienced businessmen as Uncle Sam and John Bull can adjust their business relationship when it is put on a business basis.

NOT BORN TO BE COPS : UNTIL Japan has formally surrendered and Gen. MacArthur's forces have pacified the country, our military authorities cannot determine the number of occupation troops that will be required. Then, after a division of responsibility has been agreed upon with our allies, decision can be made as to how many and what kind of American forces should remain. So the bitter debate of the last several days over redeployment and point discharges has been premature, and the demagogs who fan the flames are doing their country | no good. Yet the discussion which has started is likely to develop into a serious controversy once peace has been formally established. It reflects a deep American distaste for policing foreign places. We are not a people who delight ih the sound of the conqueror’s tread down alien streets.

~No farmer in Iowa or Kansas ever raised. his boy to police | ¥7

‘a beat in Berlin or Tokyo. In this world, where we have accepted responsibility commensurate with our power, we shall have to do some things which are out of tune with traditional American tastes. But what we do will be as a duty, and not by preference.

. - . * u COUPLED WITH that—and this applies to the army’s present procedure for maintaining required strength—is | the American dislike for, compulsory service in peacetime. It is one thing to conscript men for defense and war; quite another to draft men to serve as cops on foreign soil. In this connection, a Collier's magazine editorial re- | cently suggested that the army consider voluntary recruitment for a three-year period, with pay, educational and |

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“récréational programs attractive enough -to entice young

Americans to enlist willingly. The army and congress should consider that. Americans don’t shove around easily | when there's a peace on. More important, in relieving our problems in the policing of enemy cities and villages, is the help we can | obtain from our allies. Most of the American soldiers left |

in Germany want nothing more than to return to Oshkosh |

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out some of the most famous bells in America, including the one in the tower of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, which replaced the cracked Liberty Bell. It weighs 6'2 tons—a thousand pounds of bell metal for each of the 13 original states. At the end of the last war (No. 1) the Meneelys were asked to consider the casting of a 150-ton memorial bell for Central Park, N. Y. So far as I know, nothing came of it. Probably filed away under “unfinished business,” like a lot of other things at that time. The biggest bell ever cast was the Monarch of Moscow (193 tons). Seems you just can't beat the Russians.

But Bells Aren't Silver OF COURSE, the bell in Christ church may be in no way related to the one in Independence Hall, In that case, it still remains a fact that it's a darn good’ bell, which gives me a chance to tell you what it takes to make a good bell. It calls for an alloy (called “bell metal”) which consists of something like 80 per cent of copper and 20 per cent of tin. (The Meneely ratio is 78 to 22.) Silver isn't any good, although there's a common notion, mostly on the part of poets, that it gives a lovely sound. There's nothing to it. Gold has the sanction of Scripture

(Exodus XXVIII) which may have been all right at + the world.

a time when gold was still in circulation.

Another 80-year-old bell is the one now in the [has terminated world war II, it It's the one | behooves Indianapolis not to let the

Seventh Christian church on Udell st. that used to be in the tower of Glenn's block, the

building that was torn down to make room for the |not being built for the future when New York store (25 E. Washington st. to you young-

sters). It was in this tower (circa 1860) that our first central alarm system was set up. Charlie Rhodes

was in charge. He spotted the fires with the help of | city-county metropolitan area. It

a spy glass. Indianapolis had nine wards at the time.

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IN “WASHINGTON—

wa War Profits By Earl Richert

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Con-

task before it when it gets back to work—deciding what to do with * 293 millions of profit made by a government agency. This is the amount the War Damage Corp. has left over from the premiums paid by American citi | zens on their war damage insurance policies. Officials of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. ‘| supervisory agency for the War Damage Corp., say they do not know what will be done with the money. | The law creating war damage rarporation made no provision for disposition of a surplus. They favor, however, turning it into the treasury. Treasury officials say the disposition is strictly up to congress.

Damages in Philippines TWO SENATORS have definite ideas on the mat-

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ter. Senator Robert A. Taft (R. 0.) has a bill pend ing to use the surplus to cover damages to privately. owned property in the Philippines Senator C. Wayland Brooks (R. IIL) has a bill before the Senate Banking Committee to return the profit to the policyholders on a pro rata basis, In all, the War Damage Corp. has collected over $240,000,000 in premiums since war damage insurance went on the market July 1, 1942. Something over $20,000,000 was used for administrative costs, paying the fire and easualty companies and their salesmen who sold the policies. Only about. $77,000 was paid out in claims, most of this for damage resulting from an explosion of a destroyer in New York Harbor om Jan. 3, 1944. Some six and one-half million war damage policies were bought by American citizens to insure their property against possible damage by enemy action. Maximum ~ coverage provided by these policies amounted to 140 billion dollars,

Private “Agencies Sold Policies MORE THAN 540 fire and 88 casualty companies issued the policies. in the corporation’s name. Local agents and brokers engaged in selling the contracts totaled more than 50,000. The companies received three and one-half per cent of the premiums collected, with a minimum of

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“CITY SHOULD PLAN NOW FOR AIRPORT NEEDS” By John Alvab Dilworth, $1613 Broadway Beyond reasonable doubt the United States has™ developed the finest system of. air transportation in the world. The United States army and navy, I believe, have the finest in air transportation systems

Now that the Japanese surrender

mistake be made of Indianapolis

post-war transportation takes to the air: Indianapolis must look ahead now to future aviation needs of

has been estimated by Kenneth L. for the Marion

council, that

the horses ran like mad in the general direction of {county must prepare to handle in

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From Firehouse to Church Belfry THE BIGGEST fire bell now serving an ecclesiastical purpose is the one in the campanile of St. Patrick's church down near Fountain Square. It weighs 1060 pounds and is the bell that used to hang in the tower of fire headquarters at the corner of Massachusetts ave. and New York st. The St. Patrick's bell carries the cast label of Dickson & Schneider who, believe it or not, had a bell foundry at 110 (old style) S. Delaware st. They operated during the seventies. * Probably another Dickson & Schneider bell is the

one now hanging in the belfry of public school 86. It | form of air transportation post-war. weighs 300 pounds and is the one that used to hang |

in the ancient fire house 7 on Maryland st. back of the old New York store (hell, I just got done

telling you youngsters where the New York store used | clude the developments of (a) ga~-

to be). In this cormection it may not be amiss to note

| that, sometime around the turn of the century, Indi-

anapolis also had a cowbell foundry in the neighborhood of Barth and Sanders sts. It made 180 dozen bells a day for cows all over the world. Like the Dickson & Schneider foundry, it too has folded up. Well, we are living in a changing world, where even the cows appear to be contented without bells.

#7 WORLD AFFAIRS—

Coal Crisis

By William P. Simms

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—-Gen. Charlés de ‘Gaulle told a crowded press conference here that coal is one of the principal keys to western

Europe's revival, Because of that, he said, the Ruhr should be producing under international control. The state department goes even further. Coal, it says, “is the key to Europe's problem of survival.” fter that come transportation and food—and these depend largely on coal. Something is basically, even scandalously, wrong with Europe's coal situation. Who or what is to blame remains to be seen. But that there has been negligence and delay somewhere—perhaps on the part of the Big Three—is indicated.

Four Months—No Action

THE WAR in Europe ended nearly four months

ago. Yet with all the coal there is in that area, the state department says it can't produce the 30 million tons vitally needed this winter.

The Ruhr alone cai produce 150 million tons

or Okemah, while there must be plenty of French, Belgians, | annually. according to state department figures. To-

Dutch, Danes, Poles, Norwegians, Czechs and others quite

ready to walk the beat in their steadge {heir homelands |

day is producing at a mere 17 per cent of capacity.

in normal times, only 100,000 remain and most of

were invaded, and they have a more personal and immediate | these are either too old of too weak from insufficient

interest in keeping the Germans subdued. And for the future job in Japan, there doubtless are many Filipinos and Chinese eager to shoulder arms and trod the sentry posts we establish .in Hirohito’s flowery kingdom—and let more of our men come home. :

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WHY DELAY GOOD NEWS? THE war department doubtless felt that it had good rea- * son for delaying for several days the announcements of

* the identities of the four Doolittle Tokyo raid fliers liberated

by American paratroopers.

~The only announced reason for the delay was the ‘one

_ given in connection with all military casualties. Identities “were withheld “until next of kin could be notified.”

In the case of casualties, that sort of delay'doubtiess is

Bi t the release of the Doolittle raiders definitely was was glorious news: for loved ones of the So what was the sense in delaying 5 be et Sh vad

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food to do a full day's work. The question, therefore, arises as to why there are not more miners ih the Ruhr. There are millions of Nazi prisonerS. Russia alone has some 4,000,000. Why aren't these prisoners combed for coal miners—if coal is the key to European survival a§ most authorities agree? Moreover, the end of the waf must have left millions of workers unemployed; why weren't miners recruited from these?

Problem of Food LACK OF food is given as one of the answers to these questions. But the Geneva convention calls for rations for prisoners of war on a par with the rations provided for the soldier. who took them. We, at any rate, have lived up to that convention. German

work. Have our allies been negligent in this respect?

at work. In the Ruhr, according to the state depart-|

.| ment, miners have been getting about 1200 calories

instead of the 3000 requiréd. .- But surely, it is re- | marked, it would bé easier for us to feed sufficient, Ruhr miners to tide over the coming winter than it |. would to ship coal from this country, . :

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here -say it would require 130 Libert

ships plying the Atlantic ceaselessly for sx manths to : ther side.|

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missed i i | y 3 god }t DY a mile, from 11600 privately owned airplanes.

; igh “NH leny of -¢viatien development should Exclusive a4 Bn Se 4 a tothe whole

The reason "given is that out-of 400,000 coal miners |

prisoners in our hands, therefore, should be fit to

Of course, there is the question of food for miners

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amg {and -at least 14 “airports will be required. ~The 16 airfields, with a capacity of 10C ships each, should {be located at least two and one- { half miles from any existing landing facility. Plans should be made {now for the estimated maximum | needs reached between 1950 and 1970: the first phase, at least six private fields, to be reached in the first 10 years. Two hundred and | seventy-six downtown firms plan, according to a survey, to use some

The needs of the country, where [the vast majurity of the proposed airfields will be located, should in-

rage facilities, (b) service field and (c) at least three recreational area landing strips as close as possible] to the county's play centers. | Advantages might accrue from establishment of a joint Indianapo-lis-Marion county airport commission under the 1945 uniform airport {act. Feasibility of a joint board is

50 cents and a maximum of $700 per policy. The salesmen received a commission of flve per cent

“I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”

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on the premiums collected, with a minimum of $1 and a maximum of $1000 per policy. In proposing to use the surplus to pay damages

| advised by studying the recent sur-

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Because of the volume received, letters should be limited to 250 words. Letters must be signed. Opinions set forth here are those of the writers, and publication in no way implies agreement with those opinions by The Times. The Times assumes no responsibility for the return of manuscripts and cannot enter cor respondence regarding them.)

president, and Joseph B. Wade, Democratic board member (a fourth member, Otto H. Worley was disqualified by reason of his membership on the city council), as a city aviation commission of Weir Cook Municipal airport. The prob-

to private property in the Philippines, Senator Taft pointed out that it was impossible for the Filipinos to buy war damage insurance when it went into effect July 1, 1942, because of the Jap occupation. “Obviously,” he said, “every well-advised person in the Philippines would have taken out insure ance if he had had the opportunity to do so.” Under his proposal, deductions would be made for the premiums which would have been paid had the insurance been purchased. Prior to the time war damage insurance wernt on sale, private property in the U. 8. and the Philippines was covered automatically fram damage by federal insurance laws. War damage claims paid prior to July 1, 1942, totaled $323,000, much of it for damages at Pearl Harbor.

POLITICS—

British Bank

By Daniel M. Kidney

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.— Na-

“WILL BE FOOLED BY CARTEL SYSTEM” By A. J. McKinnin, 434 Irving pl. I read in The Times editorial that if a goatee and a pair of striped trousers were put on Barney Baruch he would be a perfect symbol of Uncle Sam. This may be true from an outside appearance but from an inside knowledge of the man, it is a different story. On the same front page is Baruch’s picture, which gives some items on what he thinks, that America’s political and economic system saved the world in. two wars and if given a chance will save the

peace. ; Président Wilson - thought the same thing when he went to Europe with his 14 points, but found a secret international cartel with

more, power than Russia and the| tionalization of the Bank of EngUnited States combined. that made land by the British Labor govern .

etropelitan rds embraced: in Marion county as soon as the U. 8. government announces its stand, so as to eliminate overlapping. As soon as the U, 8. government announces its position on air transportation, it is to be hoped that Governor Ralph F. Gates calls his special session (as announced on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 1945) of the Indiana General Assembly to deal with reconversion problems, etc, and to place the omitted clause in the 1945 act creating the aeronautics commission so as to permit it to finance the airports through bond issues. Let this be No. 4 on post-war planning.

|“WHY DOES PUBLIC

HAVE TO BE FLEECED?” By Frances R. Jones, 2878 LaSalle st. 1 went into a drug store Sunday afternoon and ordered a quart of ice cream. When I saw the man putting ice in the containgr I asked him what kind of ice cream it was. He said it was half ice and half ice

|vey of airport needs under thecream. I paid the price—55 cents,

| direction. .of. Irving M. Fauvre, a | committee chairman, and Kenneth! L. Shellie. Although Mayor Robert H. Tyndall has considered revamping of | the board to divorce it from the | board of public works and sanita{tion in line with the legislative [intent as expressed in the 1945 | uniform airport act, he complied | with the 1845 General Assembly act and appointed Sherlie A. Deming, president of the board of public works and sanitation; Dr. Walter E. Hemphill, works board vice

for a quart container of half ice and half ice cream. Wonder where OPA comes in? Malted milks are made with skim milk and cake coloring, and sold for the highest price ever. Why does the public have to be fleeced right and left by these nickel snatchers? If it was only grown ups it would be bad enough, but the little kids are robbed of their spending money. It's down-right criminal, In a drug store in Brightwood, peanuts are sold at 98 cents a pound. A little investigating of some of

this hi-jacking might be profitable,

the Versailles Treaty that brough¥ agi Hoes not distur, Federal about another war. 2 serve poard officials.” RECT eg A Now, if Mr. Baruch thinks that we are going to duplicate that this time, he will be badly fooled. What would interest the American people if Barney Baruch would give us some information of his trip to Europe, what his finding was. But no, he is quite silent on that, The American people would like to know if Barney visited the million dollar palace on the Euphrates river In Syria, the international Cartels headquarters 125 miles from the nearest railroad. Barney the advisor of the last seven Presidents—it seems to me America would be better off if the President. would side-track any advice from this man. What the American people want to know is what is going on in the Pacific. The American people believe we won because the Emperor agreed to the armistice of stop shooting. We hope and pray that some good may come soon. But not by the route of Barney Baruch and his coSponsors.

Ffom Chairman Marriner 8. Eccles down through the directorate they feel that the “Old Lady of Threadneedle Street” needs some modernization. After the so-called “nationalization” the Bank of England operation will scarcely be more closely tiedin with the government than is the federal reserve system here, they point out. All Bank of England stock is privately owned. U. S. federal reserve stock is bought by what might be termed “forced subscription” by member banks. All national banks must subscribe. Their shares are based on capital and surplus and they receive a certificate showing their membership. But they cannot sell or transfer it as can shareholders in the British bank.

Paid Off Martha Washington

A STORY is told of how Martha Washington inherited some shares in the Bank of England which became the property of her husband, George Washington, upon their marriage. A London broker handled the shares. When Washington led the revolution against George III, the London broker continued carefully to clip dnd hold the coupon. When the war was over the entire amount was paid to shareholder Washington. Both the Bank of England and the federal reserve co-operate completely with their respective gov= x =» = ernments. But the directorate of the latter is a “IF GIRLS WANT TO WEAR SHORTS IT'S UP TO THEM” By Mrs. A. A, Indianapolis Mrs. Joe Schwert of Indianapolis, you sure must . , . dislike young people. No, I do not wear shorts. I am a young woman myself and still say I have never seen any of our Indianapolis girls in town at the streets you mentioned in shorts. That was an error in The Times made by our good editor about young men wear-

and finance working in co-operation with" the-U. 8 treasury. It has its own offices on Constitution ave, The Bank of England has been a private instie tution since it was first chartered in 1694, during the reign of William and Mary. Its public ownership long has been a leading plank in the Labor party platform. This is the first time the party has had a clear majority to carry out its program. So nation alization of the “Old Lady of Threadneedle Street” (nickname of the Bank of England for more than 150 years), is in the making now. During the depression which followed the 1920 stock market crash here, there was considerable agitation for nationalized banking. A dozen bills were

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introduced in congress to put the 13 federal reserve banks under government ownership. They had been drinking (his own business of strong Democrat support and also some among

course). The manager told him to western Repy Th : leave, That was proper. 1 do not|'Nationalization'- Forgotten Here . visit taverns and will say there are| BUT SINCE. Mr. Eccles, former special assistant quite a lot of taverns that are run| ¢, then Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, took over quietly and decently. the board chairmanship, the agitation died down. As for my milkman—I have| only three bills for nationalization are pending in 1 go shopping of course I speak tO| ji them. XC the salesman or butcher. I don't make signs, You are always blasting our Hoosier girls. I am a born Hoosier,

Utah, seemed to understand the agitation for na= tionalization of banking from the western viewpoint. X Although no clear statement ever was made by the 1 have two little daughters, one 3| pills’ sponsors, an analysis made at the time showed years old and one 5 years old. I| the movement grew from these roots: sure would not like people lfke your-| ' 1 A desire .for unification of the entire bank= self around my family. If the girls . ing system. wish to dress in shorts that is their 2. A desire to impose more liberal lending policies business (but I don’t believe you). on commercial banks. : When I do see girls in shorts I'll 3. A desire to use monetary policy as a weapon write to our good editor and tell against depression. / him. As for our soldiers, I do not 4. A belief that monetary and credit policy, if class them all alike. So you just dictated solely by the public interest, may in can't correct me on that point. the future be employed to stabilize prices, con= If I were you I sure would not trol the business cycle,

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