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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

GEN. MARSHALL ‘VW HETHER Gen. Marshall is having: a harder time demobilizing the huge wartime army than he did in getting it together in the first place is an open question. But in both tremendous tasks he has shown the same vision, the same frankness, and the same deeply human qualities. That was revealed anew yesterday when he addressed members of congress. Just as he impressed them in the prewar preparedness days by his grasp of the situation, $0 now he has convinced many doubters among them that the war department is moving through a maze of demobilization problems as speedily as it can. : Though. this new demonstration by the chief of staff should not have been necessary to a congress that knows him so well, the net result is all to the good, It is a healthy thing for top executives of government—military and civilian—to have to explain and defend their policies hefore congress. If they are not Marshallgand can't come through, congress and the public should know it.

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EN. MARSHALL remained on as chief of staff during the war years beyond the regular retirement age. He wants to get out just as soon as the hardest demobilization problems have been solved. Of course his wishes will be tespected. He has earned a rest. ai ; , i But we hope something will be done fo give the public 4 clearer idea and deeper appreciation of his unique service. Inevitably the men who make the headlines in any war are e field commanders; those who succeed become the poplar heroes. Actually the man who picks the field comanders and fixes major strategy is the key figure. : In this war that has been Gen. Marshall. He reorganized the military establishment from top to bottom, Building a new army and liberating the air forces, He icked Eisenhower and MacArthur and Bradley. e the dominant voice in the Anglo-American combined iefs of staff which decided high strategy. { No man living or dead was more responsible for allied lictory than our modest chief of staff. And no man hates hilitarism and loves peace more than this soldier's soldier. eorge Marshall is a great American,

WAGES AND WEALTH : RESIDENT TRUMAN has acted logically to put federal # agencies dealing with labor under the labor department, That gives Secretary Schwellenbach new authority to intervene in such situations as the one at Detroit before they get beyond hope of peaceful settlement, : Even more important, it should enable Mr, SchwellenBach to set forth a clear, consistent administration labor policy—something that has been impossible with policymaking fesponsibility scattered all over the government. © There is no time to lose. A titanic struggle between ganized labor and. organized industry is in the making. this struggle proceeds it can, and may, prevent the atest era of prosperity the country has ever known. The #inmediate goal of administration labor policy should be b convince labor and industry of two basic truths. ; ® The truth, which a short-sighted element in labor kadership refuses to see, that high wages alone will not faise living: standards, And the fruth, to which some peactionary industrialists continue blind, that future success of the free enterprise system depends on a more equable distribution of newly created wealth, : High wages are not wealth. They are merely a measdring stick, Before wealth can be measured and distributed it must be created. Wealth is the result of applied energy. It represents something produced, something that no one gould enjoy until some one made it grow, or dug it from A mine, or fashioned it from raw materials, or used it in tendering a services

> - “4 " n " » It is the day-by-day creation of new wealth that determines how high our standard of living can be. It is the broader distribution of newly created wealth that will actually raise national living standards. Schemes to get higher wages or higher profits without creating new wealth are self-defeating. Technological advances which reduce the toil and increase the productivity of individual workers make it possible for America to create new wealth at a rate never appgoached elsewhere. But labor must get a fair share of the wealth created or production becomes a drug on the market, And there will be no increase in productivity or wealth if all the potential benefits of technological advance go into shortened hours or featherbed jobs for workers. A high wage based on low production is as doomed to a short life as a paper suit in a rain storm. Equally certain to meet disaster in future competition is the high profit based on low wages. Organized labor, seeking high hourly wages, can by agreement guarantee organized industry high hourly production per worker. Such an agreement, made and kept in good faith by both sides, can build for America a sounder, more prosperous economy than the world has even seen. Labor can have full employment at high real wages. Industry can have a large volume of business with low unit production costs and good profits on small margins. Government can make a great contribution by shaping its policies to convince labor and capital that the formula for success is mutual faith and a joint bet on the future.

NOW, BUILD HOMES

THE government's wartime restrictions on home building will be removed Oct. 15, along with those on public works and business and industrial construction. We think Reconversion Director Snyder's decision to that effect is wise. : : It also is 4, great challenge to the home-building in‘dustry, which has been clamoring for freedom to get started on its post-war job. Mr. Snyder promises that the govern- . ment ‘Will do all it can to help make materials plentifully _ available and to prevent price inflation. But he puts major _ responsibility on voluntary action by the industry, If the industry wants to stay free of government restrictions, it “had better make the most of this opportunity to show that

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OUR TOWN—

Madstone

By Anton Scherrer

1 GOT UP this morning wonder= ing about the whereabouts of the famous madstone that belonged to

Indianapolis some 50 years ago. (For the life of me, I can't recall Mr, Thompson's first name.) The West Indianapolis madstone was supposed to be the biggest of its kind in America-—even bigger than the classic example owned by the descendants of a family named Fred down in Virginia. The exact dimensions of the Virginia madstone have escaped me, but its cubic contents must have been less than 4% inches for, believe it or not, that is what the West Indianapolis madstone measured. It was 2% by 3% inches and had a thickness of half an inch which was_ just about five times the size of the one in Terre Haute, the only other authentic madstone I ever heard of around here. Strangely enough, both madstones came to Ameriea by why of Scotland. (I have dismissed the Terre Haute example.) The stone in Virginia was brought over in 1776 and was supposed to be the one mentioned hy Bir Walter Scott in “The Talisman.” As for the West Indianapolis specimen, it was brought to this country sometime around 1809 by a lady named Chloe Stout. It had been handed down by the members of her family from generation to generation and was believed to have been in use for hundreds of years before coming to America,

Very Private Madstone

LEGEND has it that Mrs. (or perhaps, Miss) Stout settled in the neighborhood of what is now Lincoln, Neb. I don’t know whether she picked the place because of its mad dogs or not. If she did, she certainly didn't capitalize her opportunity. Had she taken the pains to advertise, she might have made a fortune; but she seemed to have an idea that the stone was a gift from Heaven to be used only for her immediate family. It explains why more people didn’t know about her madstone at the time. The death of Mrs. ‘Stout brought her madstone into greater prominence with the result that, sometime around 1893, Mr. Thompson acquired it (gosh, I wish I could recall his first name). I don’t know how Mr. Thompson got wind of the stone, or even of Mrs, Stout's death. I don’t even know what he paid for it, but I have a vague recollection that, after he had the stone, somebody offered him $700 for it and that he s¢ornfully turned it down. Maybe, some of you youngsters don’t know what a madstone is. That's what happens when kids are brought up to believe that civilization started with Henry Ford. Well, that's what I'm here for. It's a stone which, when applied to a wound caused by the bite of a mad dog, sucks out the poison and prevents hydrophobia. ' It's the gospel truth.

Doctor Prescribed It

IF YOU don't believe it, listen to what happened to little Johnny, son of Gottlieb Schmidt, a tailor living

His -be- hon Virginia ave. Sometime in the spring of 1893—

the year of the Chicago world’s fair and everything else worth remembering-—Johnny was playing near his father’s shop when, all of a sudden, an awful looking dog sneaked up on him and bit him full of holes. He let out a yell so terrible that even the neighborhood policeman heard him. The dog got the cop, too. When Dr. Wright arrived, he immediately prescribed Mr. Thompsons madstone, Soon as Mr, Thompson saw Johnny, he shook his head, To make a madstoné work, said Mr. Thompson, it had to be applied directly over the wound which was next to impossible in Johnny's case. It's none of your business where the dog got Johnny. The only thing left to do, said Mr. Thompson, was to pick a spot nearest the wound which was big enough to cover the surface of the stone. After a good deal of figuring, they finally found enough left of Johnny to apply the stone. ; The skin was first carefully scraped, but not sufficient to cause the flow of blood. After the stone was applied, the spot was bandaged to prevent air from. getting in, The stone immediately took hold, and 10 minutes later a sizzling sound could be heard. At the end of an hour and 45 minutes, Dr. Wright tried to remove the stone, but it refused to budge. Fifteen minutes later, it fell off of its own accord. When the stone was placed in warm water, the whole pan filled with a sickening, greenish-yellow scum. For the life of me, I can’t recall what, if anything, was done to save the policeman,

WORLD AFFAIRS—

| Pat Hurley # By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, . Sept. 21. — Private advices from Chungking are that Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, American ambassador to China, is returning to the United States to report to the President—and resign. The same sources indicate that the Chungking government and the Chinese Communists are near agreement after 15 years of discord which, at times, attained civil war proportions. If that agreement is made, it will be due largely to the patient efforts of Ambassador Hurley. If it doesn't, to Japan's benefit, China's civil war will be resumed. The aim of the Communists has heen to take over the government, by force if necessary. They maine tain their own army which has seized, and now holds, the provinces of Shensi, Kansu and Ningsia, north of the Yangtse, After Japan's collapse, the Chinese Reds began a scramble for additional territory. They attempted to take over Nanking, former Chinese capital; Shanghai, China's principal port, and other strategic and economic centers, They were outpaced, however, by regular government forces using American planes.

Fought Two-Front War

MEANTIME, at Chungking, Qeneralissimo Chiang Kai-shek has been waging a defensive war on two fronts—-one against Japan, the other to preserve national unity. His position has been what the Ameri. can President's would have been had the Republican party with a standing army of its own, held the Middle West and menaced Washington while the U. 8. fought Germany and Japan. From the moment of his arrival at Chungking, Ambassador Hurley has done his diplomatic best to make peace between the Reds and the generalissimo. As proof of his fairness, he is regarded as a friend and is trusted by both sides. Throughout his stay at Chungking, Ambassador Hurley has had the opposition of a group of Americans who clamored for American aid to the Chinese Reds. Little enough could be sent to China in the first place. All of it had to be flown in “over the hump” of the Himalayas highest mountains in the world.. And the ambassador felt that this little should go to the -récognized Chinese government,

Sought Co-operation SOME OF this group were in the embassy in Chungking. Those who refused to work with the ambassador were replaced. Some of these are now back in Washington where they have continued their

which is said to be behind Gen. Hurley's determina~ tion to resign, h v Floods of propaganda to the contrary, the gen eralissimo has repeatedly attempted to include the Reds in his government. Several times. as now, they have , seemed almost

eralissimo has insisted oh the Red army taking its place with the national og eT en y

a similar, though broader ‘stand. His announced program is: (1) the early convocation of a people's assembly; (2) restoration of government; (3)

freedom of press, speech joa assembly; (4) a better livelihood for farmers and rs; (5) reduction in

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of the draft; and, (8) nationali-

Mr. Thompson, a much, sought-after citizen of West |

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|Amendments By Earl Richert

‘gress now has before it more pro-

Hoosier Forum

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

oppositions through the state department. It is this |

in. agreement.. But each time | | the Reds have withdrawn, usually because the .gén- |

The generalissimo is now understood to be taking | |

land rent; (6) exemption from land tax; (7) demobili« | suspension

“WHAT BECAME OF TWO DAME-RIDING OFFICERS?” By Mrs. L. 8. T., Indianapolis

You must think the public very gullible indeed if you are of the opinion that we fell for the story by your woman reporter who wrote about the wonderful work the Indianapolis police department is doing. Naturally, you knew beforehand in what police cars she was to ride and so did the police. It's easy for the performance to be smooth when the stage is all set, isn't it? One thing more—what became of the case of the two policemen who reported to the scene of an accident in the 4700 or 4800 block on E. 10th st. one-half hour late and ‘with two dames in the car? Were they dis charged from the force or are they still plying their nefarious business? No news on this case in the papers, so give it please! Another thing—I have business downtown every night of the week. Have driven down E. New York, E. 10th, or E. Michigan sts. for the past year about 9 p. m. each night, In all this tinle, I have seen two motorcycle police and a squad car of police; and these two occasions were last night and the night before. Think of it! My sight is splendid and I'm 100 per cent alert, so you really can’t blame it on my eyes or my non-attention to surroundings. No wonder crime is raging rampant, no wonder indeed! And still another thing—now that the ald of auxiliary police is being brought into the picture, why not in plain clothes instead of those telltale uniforms that can be spotted a: mile away? It seems to me just horse setise to nave as many of the actual police department in plain clothes as is possible during this time, not just the detectives—see what I mean? There is still another thing that burns me and plenty of other. citizens up but good. Countless times we read of arrests being made of— well, like the soldier on his honeymoon who was making whoopee with his automobile horn—silly stuff like that—and all the while real criminals go unapprehenaed. The police can smell some minor infraction of the law miles away, but let it be something that really counts and there is no officer within miles of the place. This gets monotonous to the citizenry, no foolin’, With all respect toward the present chief of police, many of us think Mike Morrissey should be summoned to .take over. Things

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are in now when he was chief—see what T mean? Yes, I think you do. We are just a little weary of being afraid to venture outdoors at night for fear of being knocked in the head, not only at night but in the daytime, too, now. This is a time to forget party poli~ tics and if there are good detectives and police who have been demoted because they are Democrats (gach

party does this so no shame ‘can be

attached to either in this regard) well they should be pressed into service where they will do the most good during this emergency. You see we never know—it might be your wife, my sister, my husband, your brother next, so let's get going and do something! » » » “WOULD MILLIONAIRE'S SON GET DEATH SENTENCE?” By Subscriber, Indianapolis .,In the Colby case we can see the fallacy of teaching our 18-year-old boys to be killers. F.. D.. R, the Democratic party and the Republicans who wanted such a law have an awful responsibility on their shoulders. Colby was a nice young chap before going into the service, and the great Gen. Ike does not even send him home for observation to find out if he is normal, when his training asserts itself and he becomes abnormal. Does any thinking citizen think in his heart that if this had been a millionaire’s son or one of the Roosevelts that they would have passed a death sentence? I have raised six children, one boy who is 19 and overseas. And

~|1 say if we are raising our children

for such as this, we should cease raising them. It is bad enough to send them fo war to end wars—but when our own army starts killing . . . well

were never in the condition they

Side Glances—By Galbraith

“GREATER SECURITY FOR THE MASSES” By Oscar Houston, Ellettsville President Truman's message to Congress seems to have created a lot of disappointment with the standpat reactionary elements in both parties. They have been laboring under the delusion that they, with the help of President Truman, were going to lay the New Deal away in its last resting place. Yes sir, we want

free enterprise, we want restrictions lifted from business and more restrictions put on labor. We want to go back to normalcy. Let's give enterprise a free hand, They will put this country back on its feet if the government will keep their nose out of it. Yes, no doubt we have quite a number of people in this country that would be perfectly willing to take a six shoot and rob a bank if they knew the’ police department and ‘the sheriff and his deputies would keep their noses out of it. This cry of free enterprise and back to normalcy is an exact duplicate of what they said in the campaign of 1920 after the firso world war, and free enterprise won. Mr. Harding moved into the White House March 4, 1921, Wall Street ‘and the big interests also moved in Then the big party went into high gear with the sky the limit. Before long our country was overrun with men selling all kifds of absolutely worthless paper and “ get-rich schemes to the” unsuspecting citizens, robbing thousands of their life savings: These rats collected hundreds of millions. Now another enterprise began to prosper. Strikebreaking firms plied their trade with their hired thugs. If labor struck for a living wage and better working conditions, these strikebreakers took over the jobs. And if the strikers offered any resistance, they were clubbed and driven from the premises. Bankers were gambling in stocks with other people’s money. Many farmers began to feel the pinch, not able to meet then debts and with no help from, the government, they lost their possessions. Banks began to close in ever increasing numbers, and with f{t millions of depositors money went down the drain never to return. Yes, free enterprise went the limit to show us how to run this country, and just for good measure they dropped an atomic bomb on us in 1920, inflicting damage to the people of tne United Staves that has ost billions of dollars to repair. I wonder how many will again want to try that noble experiment of free enterprise. Our country isn't to stand still. We will move in @ne direction or the other, We will either be led by the reactionary standpat elements in both parties to the old ways and the flesh-pots or we will go along with the liberal progressive men and women in both parties who are giving their efforts to raise the standard of living and to

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- WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Con- |

to that famous document since it ’ : went into effect in 1789. But while individual congressmen and senators have plenty of ideas for changing the Constitution, congress as a whole is inclined to move cautiously, Senator McCarran (D. Nev), chairman ofthe ‘senate judiciary committee, picks the equal-rights¥ for-women amendment as the only one of the more than 30 pending which has a chance for passage this session. The Nevada senator tbinks this proposed amendment may pass because both parties indorsed it in

congressmen who take issue with him on that. This proposed amendment is now béfore the house of representatives. : The only other proposed amendment to get out of committee so far this session apparently is destined to die in the senate. It would take from the senate its’ exclusive power over the ratification of treaties by a two-thirds vote and provide for ratification by a simple majority veto of both houses.

No Action Is Likely

THE TREATY ratification amendment passed the house several months age but the senate judiciary committee, which has lifted its wartime ban on con=

| sideration of proposed amendments, has not acted

on it. Nor is it likely to do so. There is some support for it among members of the senate, however, Senators Fulbright (D. Ark) and Pepper (D. Fla.) have introduced similar proposed amendments. But the prompt approval by the senate of the United Nations Charter took much of the steam out 'of the drive to change our treaty ratification method, One of the most popular ideas, judging from the number of proposed amendments introduced, is to limit presidential tenure to two terms. : * Amendments proposing a two-term limit have been introduced by Senators-Butler (R. Neb.), Capper (R. Kas), Langer (R. N, Dak) and Morse (R, Ore.). Senator O'Daniel (D, Tex.) wants the Constitue tion changed to limit the President and all members of congress to six years in office. Rep, Martin (R. Mass.), house Republican leader, wants the Constitution amended to seat all ex-Presie dents in the senate as senators-at-large from the United , States. Senator Langer also. wants the Constitution changed to permit the senate to convict an impeached President by a simple majority vote. At present, a two-thirds vote is necessary for conviction. Amendments are pending in both houses which would authorize congress to give residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote &nd to establish uniform marriage and divorce laws.

Other Proposals Listed

AMONG THE other proposed amendments _are ones which would: Lower the voting age from 21 to 18. Abolish the electoral college. Exclude allens in counting the whole number of persons in each state for apportionment of represen tatives. # Fix the number of supreme court justices at nine. (The Constitution does not specify a number.) Permit passage of a bill over a presidential veto by a simple majority vote of both houses. (A twothirds vote is now required to override.) Limit taxes on incomes, inheritances and gifts to 25 per cent. : + Give the house equal right with the senate confirmation of presidential appointments. “Provide for the election of first, second and thir vice presidents. ‘ : Empower the President to disapprove specific items in general appropriation bills just as he can now veto whole bills. ‘Prohibit. the President from selecting more than one cabinet member from any one state, Provide that no man shall be denied employment because of refusal to join a labor union. Provide that this country cannot go to war withe out a popular referendum, except m cases of attack. Add the words “So Help Me God” to the oath of office specified in the Constitution for the President. The author of this one is Rep. Sol Bloom “(D. N. Y.),

IN WASHINGTON—

ClO. March

By Daniel M. Kidney

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. == Three weeks of “marching on the capital” by miliant labor groups, backed by the C. I O, is well underway. Delaware unions provided yesterday's marchers, They followed the big parade of New York City C. I. O. unionists, who spent a day here Wednesday. New Yorkers came by trainr and numbered 1040 by railroadsticket count. When they arrived they ran into what in labor circles is called a “jurisdictional dispute.” The city police and the capitol police couldn't gecide who should shepherd them. The result was what might be called a sit-down. For they remained in the park opposite the capitol for an hour and a half. ‘They were hopping mad when they finally moved into the large, ornate caucus room of the old house office building. Fiery Michael Quill, transport work= ers chief and vice president of the New York C. I. O, council, took the floor to “cuss the cops.” Some New York congressmen were on hand, ine cluding Rep. Vito Marcantonio (N. Y. ALP.), who later spoke to the gathering.

Blasts 'Fascist' Police SOME OF our congressmen are either too busy or too lazy to be here,” Mr. Quill shouted.

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force had held up the parade and refused to be moved ‘even by a letter of approval from Senator McKellar (D. Tenn.). They had appealed to Speaker Rayburn and Senator McKellar for help. The latter wrote the letter in his role of president of the senate, it was explained. \ “They have no less than three police forces here,” Mr, Quill contended. of the street, the left side and in the middle. We were not given proper treatment. Next time we will come with 20,000 and demand that Fascists be thrown off the force.. “As for Capt. Brown, we should disarm and dise robe that bum.” Robert Lamb, of C. I. O. headquarters here, read a statement from C. I. O. President Murray, indorsing the three-week drive. A committee headed by Ruth Young, of the United Electrical Workers; took a peti tion with 200,000 names to the White House, Others in the delegation visited senators and congressmen,

Hold Democrats Responsible THEY WANT a bill enacted providing $25 week

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