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‘JOBS AND FREEDOM

: THE COMMITTEE for economic development has just + Lublished an important and hopeful pamphlet, “To- + ward More Jobs and More Freedom.” Its thesis is that the * American people can have abundant employment without “loss of liberty. : The C. E. D., an independent, national organization of businessmen, has worked effectively for three years to. promote bold business planning for high employment, based on full production, in the post-war period. Now, in this i pamphlet prepared by its research committee, it looks to h the long future and attempts to answer one of the tough“est questions of our times: ee + What is government's proper role in the quest for full employment? = i It rejects the idea that a government of limited powers ‘can fulfill a guarantee so unlimited as that of jobs for all. It also rejects the other extreme idea, that economic intervention by government endangers “the American way of Life.” £ i INSTEAD, the C. E. D, takes a sound and realistic middle | position. Government, as the servant of all the people, *

has a great responsibility and a great opportunity in the smatter of employment. Its policies and actions, inescapably, ‘have decisive effects on the national economy ; these effects {should be for good, not bad. al Tts most vital function in fostering employment should “be to establish conditions under which a free enterprise Levstem can operate most effectively and to counteract the ttendencies in that system toward booms and depressions’ "And so the C. E. D. proposes: } 1, That the President and congress affirm that the ‘attainment of high-level production and employment, withiin the framework of a free-enterprise economy, is a major (objective of national policy. 2. That a President's commission on full employment d a joint congressional committee on full employment ibe created, these bodies to work together toward developiment of a continuing, co-ordinated government program,

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» 8 ” ‘QUCH A PROGRAM, the C. E. D. asserts, should include i many measures more effective and less dangerous than “ga job-for-all” guarantee; Among them: The stamping out iof practices that restrict competition. The removal of {obstacles that interfere with the establishment of new business and the growth of small business. A tax system ‘which, within the requirements of adequate revenue, will . limpose the least possible restrictions upon expansion of pro- ~~ duction and employment. Intelligent planning. and timing ‘of public works projects. A wide extension of social se‘curity coverage, with liberalization of benefits. Rapid extension of unemployment compensation protection to the entire working population, with maximum weekly benefits raised to appropriate levels in all states, and maximum period of payments increased to at least gix monthse. Those who have no desire to see frée enterprise survive will sneer at this C, E, D. pamphlet. But many Americans, we believe, will find in it an honest, earnest appeal by businessmen for government help in correcting the faults of the free-enterprise system, and in making it- function as the only way to more jobs with more freedom.

THE FAR EASTERN COMMISSION

ECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES has called the proi= jected Far Eastern advisory commission to meet in ‘Washington on Oct. 23. In so doing he has ignored Russia's ohjections—wisely, we think. The commission should have met soon after Jap surrender, as desired by the United States, Unfortunately, Britain delayed her acceptance for several weeks, and by that time Russia was throwing monkey wrenches into the machinery, This is another Russian reversal of policy. Mr. Molotov's vote of Sept, 22 at the London foreign minister's council reversed his Sept. 11 vote, on including France and

Big Three. At about the same time he withdrew his earlier approval of a Far Eastern advisory commission, and proposed instead a four-power control board in Tokyo,

The net effect is to smear the United States for alleged |

unwillingness to consult the allies, while trying to block American efforts to set up allied consultative machinery, In the Far East, as in Europe, Russia wants to limit negotiations to the fewest possible powers. That would main‘tain a big nation domination, which Russia in turn could control through her veto power or through stall tactics.

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THE MOSCOW proposal for a four-power control board in Tokyo is a typical trick of confusing issues. The impli«cation, as spelled out by Communist propagandists, is twofold. First, that Gen, MacArthur has failed and, second, that the United States is acting alone in making the peace terms for Japan, Neither is true. MacArthur is enforcing the surrender terms in letter and spirit—so well in fact, that the Moscow government has been unable to find a single violation on which it can register official objection, As for the surrender terms—including the criticized provision to leave the emperor institution to. a later decision by the Jap people — they were fixed jointly by Russid, Britain and the United States. Ls Russia agreed in the first instance to an American commander inchief in Japan for the obvious reason that wAmerica had virtually defeated Japan before Russia entered the war. That American military control should and will stand, But it is just and desirable that Russia and other Pacific allies, acting through a Far Eastern advisory commission, should consider and make recommendations on of Jap compliance with the surrender terms, issia does not avail herself of that opportunity, merican invitation, it will be her ow

_ OUR Town Model T's

By Anton Scherrer

built in 1927. It's a sight for sore eyes to see one today, To see two «in the course of an hour, as was my privilege the other day, is. an emotional experience approaching ecstasy, " For some reason, though, the old Model T doesn’t look the way it used to, To be sure it still has the lines and appearance of a mechanized buggy, but it lacks the old accessories, It makes all the difference in the world. : Back in the good old days when the Model T first made its appearance (1909), the only accessory included .in the purchase of the car was a crank, Except for that one item, the old Ford car was delivered as naked as a new-born baby. And like a baby, too, it kept one humping to provide the Model T with the hundred and one things necessary for its welfare,

Safety Reflector First - ONE OF the first things to set you back, I remember, whs a Ruby Safety Reflector for the rear -of the car. It cost a couple of dollars, but you just had to have it to make people believe that you had the necessary nerve to go in for night driving. And no sooner was the Ruby Safety Reflector paid for than the owner of a Model T had an irrepressible urge to own a set of Moto Wings (39 cents), a slick little ornament for the radiator which, like a -Rotarian’s button, had the moral effect of lifting the owner into .a society apart and distinct from the hol pollol, a Greek word for pedestrians. That was just the beginning. After that, you had to buy a tool box which when fully stocked ran into considerable money. It always contained a jack without which it wasn't possible to make a trip; at any rate, not in winter, The oll had a capricious way of thickening in zero weather and the only thing to

wheels, For some reason which I have yet to lear, it made the “throw” easier, The tool chest was always fastened to the running board,

Emergency Cans ; ALONGSIDE the tool box Was another box, the cost of which depended on how much the owner wanted to display his aethestic taste, - This box contained a set of emergency cans for gas, oil and water. To tell them apart, the cans were painted different colors. Down on the South side, red stood for gas; green for oil, and gray for water, Some precious souls on the North side, I remember, even went to the expense of painting the tool box and the emergency box different colors. Other incidentals, which added up like everything, were a radiator compound to stop leaks; a steering column brace to decrease vibration; a clamp-on dash light; and a fan belt (9 cents), the purpose of which was to keep the belt from slipping off the pulley, Then, too, there was the Jiffy Patching Bet which included a contraption that looked like a nutmeg grater, Properly handled, which wasn't as easy as it sounds, it would roughen the tire tubes preparatory to spreading the: goo. Another outlay was the matter of changing an open model into a closed car. The least the Harry Hearsey people would do it for was $11.95, cash on the barrel. Those who bought closed models to begin with weren't a bit better off, Eventually they had to invest in window anti-rattlers (98 cents), and ball grip door handles, What's more, a closed car always called for a Donna Lee Automobile Disseminator, a porous vase which had the curious property of charging the car with a lavender perfume, Unless this was installed, there was no living with the distaff side of the house.

K . - opt ou Digging was & year old, you had to dig

still deeper into your pocket and buy a hood silencer, shock absorbers, a rear-view mirror and a set of another kind of anti-rattlers which were hooked to the gas and spark rods, to the brake pull rod, and to the steering-rod connections, By that time, too, you had to have your second set of tires ($12 apiece). —On-top of all this came the cost of outfitting the driver and, indeed, of all the occupants of the car. Such an outfit consisted, at the very least, of a duster reaching to the top button of the shoe; a cap with a cantilevered visor, a pair of dark and dust-proof glasses ands a pair of gauntlet gloves, the ends of which touched the elbows. In the case of ladies in the party, they were heavily veiled. It was in such outfits and in such a completely: accoutered Model T Ford that Louls Brandt (“Uncle Louis”) and a party of foolhardy men attempted a trip to Southport in 1908. They started right after breakfast and arrived at their destination in time to hear the noon whistles, Upon arrival, every member of the party had the same idea, They all rushed to the Western Union and dispatched telegrams to their waiting wives at home, All the telegrams read: “Arrived safe.”

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WORLD AFFAIRS—

Using Ideas

By Carl D. Groat

LONDON, Oct, 12.—~Hitler for a time used ideas to conquer countries, That was psychological warfare.

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Now here in London, plans are shaping for a con{ference next month at which will be started a program to use ideas for peace.

! A conference of the world’s ministers of education

is set for November, Probably 300 will attend, including educators from America.

RY : . ; y They will attempt, under the United Nations, to set China in the European~treaty discussions, and split the |

up an educational and cultural body whose aim will be peace It frankly aims at an end to “cultural

| isolation,” and hopes that if the masses of the peoples

| come to know one another better through literature, | press radio, movies, and so on, there will be an im- | proved chance for peace,

| Cultural Isolation IN AN office on Oxford st. sits a trim, keen-eyed youngish American, Dean Grayson N. Kefauver of Stanford University's School of Education, working on conference plans, There he plans for a closer brotherhood of man through education and culture, He says every nation has more or less “cultural isolation” We don't understand Latin America and Latin America doesn't understand us. There is in- | adequate interpretation of one to the other, and he i thinks that goes, too, for the U. 8. and Russia, | “The great literature of other nations” he says, { “Isn't studied "in our schools, as, for instance, the classics of China, France, Russia, If we are to get { mass support for international co-operation, we must | get the masses in greater contact with each other.” {'~ He sees the war as a factor in broadening the knowledge of pebples. { “But” he added, “It is both a promise and a hazard. for the contacts of millions have been superficial and under unfavorable conditions.

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+ “AMERICANS In Fngland, for Instance, may be

more Impressed with the lack of plumbing than with | the cultural achievements of England. And the | visitor to America may see only New York, Washing ton and Chicago. And he'll conie home to say he knows America. True, he does know of

| America or Americans. merely from seeing skyserapers.” flonan 2 { Among the opportunities he sees for the. , organization is institution of a council which would aid In the retraining of the incapacitated, of whom Prank Hines, former Veterans Administration chief, estimates there are 20,000,000 In the world.

Likewise, he sees an opportunity for the organisa. | tion to promote education of youths who have been |

handicapped by war's privations, He would have, too, he motes, the moral ‘fiber has thie, war, ; a

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“LETS TAKE UP CRIME WAVE, RODENTS, IN INDIANAPOLIS” By ¥. E. Scroggs, 2122 N. Raral sf. The voices of the people express their views very well most of the time but sometimes it is over done. For instance, the crime wave and the police force now. A while back it was the G. I.—what they should do for him, even the government patted him soundly on the back. The G. I. has now been shoved a little farther back and the' cheering is dying down. Let us now take up the ‘crime wave, rodents, beautiful Indianapolis, flies and what did the

G: I. fight for. Having duly elected an ex-soldier mayor who had at one time authority to inspect and command, who py now should know how to inspect and request and point out the fol~ lowing, but hasn't—why? fast summer the trouble of garpage and trash collecting, that the spilling (of same breeds flies and rodents and other pests. Which in time creates in the human race shiftlessness. Now I see we need an expert to rid the city of rats. We need DDT to clean out the flies. Both take tax money-—are we getting either, or waiting for a freeze. Neglect is going to cost us. Why wait. ‘Beautiful Indianapolis. Would it be a sin if each individual, young and old, did one hour's work on their lot, home and vacant lot. A child is not punished by its parents when it has each day a healthful chore to do. Any eight-hour man or woman hasn't worked so hard they couldn't work one more hour each day at pulling weeds. Nor is any beautician, doctor, lawyer, or preacher so nice they couldn't buy a pair of gloves and help beautify a city that could be beautiful and safe to live in. I can see from where I sit where a company of infantry could hide all day like the boys did in wheat fields in the worst war a human ever dare endure, Within our city limits a jungle is growing. Proven by the press not long ago—car demolished, body found five hours later. Again police searching weeds for body. Why “coniderin the whole police force. It's garbage and trash spilled in alleys. Pests come to have a feast caused by negligence of all who reside within the city. Crime hides in weeds and brush. Police search and search, losing valuable patroling duty, : Is it against the law for teen-

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By Thomas L. Stokes

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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 ne way implies agreement with those opinions by The Times. The Times assumes no responsibility for the return of manu. scripts and cannot enter cor- " respondence regarding them.)

agers to be told by parents to help keep property cleaned. It seems we have too much time on our | hands to just sit and think, but don't do anything about it. Is it against the law for the mayor to have put in each daily paper a request campaign to clean up this city, Couldn't he point out the fact that the G. L's have seen all the jungles they care to see. A ride for each G. I all over the city would be a big enough parade for him, if we cleaned up. Show him we were busy removing the jungle as he did in the Pacific. He doesn't want to slap at flies and kick rats dut of his way. Dobesn’t the mayor remember he used to inspect the rear of barracks and see that garbage and trash were properly taken care of, then he could give the orders. Can't you just once ride down our alley and see what I mean,

The American loves a campaign, 80 if there is no law against it, let us by request start one now. If we are going to be a leader of nations and a proud people then start clearing away the underbrush so you can see where you're going. The G. I. while away dreamed of beautiful America so they say. Well, I did when I was over there before. So let's make it so for the boys yet to come home. % I will be criticized for this, beyond a doubt, but was ever there a job for an American too big, Let us all do something about this. The G. I. cleaned up the enemy, let's clean up the city. Further comments

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Welcome home, GG. I., to beautiful Indianapolis, May you find your

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“LET'S PUT VITAMINS BACK INTO FLOUR” By A Reader, Indianapolis I have never written to The Times forum but have thought many times I would, but now I think there is an item that has been overlooked long enough. Now when everyone needs every ounce of strength and energy they can get to help restore this war torn world and raise healthy children to make strong men and women for the next generation, there should be something done about making the flour mills or whoever is responsible put the vitamins back in flour, - The Bible tells us plainly that flour is the staff of life, and now since they have taken all the natural vitamins out of flour you might as well eat sawdust as the bread you buy now. And people are losing all their vitality and strength and get tired so easily and every joint in their body aches. What has caused it? Nothing but taking all hatura! vitamins out of flour and everything we eat that can have the vitamins taken out. Of course they can have some white bread for the ones that want that kind, but leave most of it alone. Leave all the wheat there like people did years ago, when people were strong and could put in a hard day's work and still not be so worn out he just wanted to fall in an easy chair some place like they do now. These vitamins you go to the store and buy in boxes and bottles don’t do you half the good that a slice of wheat bread that has all the natural vitamins in it. I think we should just stop buying flour or bread unless they put he natural vitamins back in it. Bread gets dry easier and lots quicker and it doesn’t even satisfy your hunger. You can eat until you bust open, yet still feel hungry. And I think that is the reason so many people have taken to drinking whiskey and drinks that have been made of grain, they can get more vitamins out of it. So I am hoping that they will at least leave part of the wheat flour alone and have some good old-fash-loned wheat flour like they used to have, as everyone is not so cranky that they want snow-white bread and what is more appetizing than a slice of whole wheat bread that has all the vitamins in it. You get hungry just to smell it. {80 I think they should be made to leave the wheat alone and have healthy people like they used to be. You never heard so many people complaining about aching joints and being so tired and worm out and stomach trouble like they do now. People might as well eat paper pulp as the bread like it is now. What do you say readers? ” . » . “CHARGE $52 FOR EVERY $40 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE” By Englishman, Indianapolis This demand the oll workers-are making for 52 hours pay for 40 ‘hours of work ought to Interest

Insurgents

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.— The

first six months in office, how much trouble a President can have with congress because of a division within his own party.

Hoover and Calvin Coolidge. The last two Republice an Presidents were bothered continually by a group of insurgent Republicans from the West who joined with Democrats to block administration legislative programs, just as southern Democrats now join with Republicans, = The Republican opposition in Congress has’ found it Just as difficult to adopt a program and get it fole lowed by the minority party, as has the administra. tion. A group of Republican leaders now is drafting a party program for the House. But so far there has been no cohesive and consistent policy—beyond “bes ing agin"—and theré is no guarantee that any poli the leaders agree upon will be followed. > This is all due, fundamentally, of course, to th: hazy nature of political party alignment in this coun. try. Each party has its share of conservatives and progressives. It's been that way for many years, It

“probably always will be that way.

Party Responsibility BUT THERE is a belief in the special joint cone gressional committee which has been studying means of making Congress more efficient that a greater dee gree of party responsibility might be possible. Fop that reason its forthcoming report is a matter of public: interest, especially in view of the confusion in Congress so manifest in recent weeks, leaving the average citizen somewhat bewildered. The thing is to get Congress to do something aboug it. Public pressure may help a lot there. The committee is. attacking the problem in two Ways: FIRST: By suggesting a closer contact between the President and his party in Congress so that, in the case of the “ins” who are running the govern. ment, there can be a meeting of minds in advance on a .party program and a degree of partnership in trying to carry it out. SECOND: By recommending creation within each party in Congress of a poliey committee which would formulate a party policy in consultation ‘with the membership and announce it publicly as each meas ure comes along. This committee in the administra Jion purty also could act as a liaison with the Pres ent. : . Further, such a policy committee would be useful to visitors and helpful also in maintaining party re sponsibility. An announcement of policy would ine form the public so that afterward it could check the vote “on a particular measure to see who had fole lowed his party and who had not. This, in itself, might be an influence in getting something more nearly approaching responsibile party government.

Hits Bottle-Neck

PUBLICATION of party policy also might have some effect on one of the worst bottle-necks in Cone gress, the powerful House rules committee. This group can hold back, at its whim and will, as it has so often done, measures that have been considered and approved by legislative committees. This come mittee is a sort of hierarchy. It usually is composed of veterans of long service, some of whom are out of step with the times. Yet this small group of self« ordained high priests can stop the orderly democratie legislative process. . The joint congressional committee, which is headed by Senator LaFollette (Prog. wis.) and Rep. Monroney (D. Okla.), also is considering another much needed reform. This is to require publication of every vote by committees in drafting legislation so that con. stituents may know not only how a member voted finally on the bill in committee, but how he voted on each issue raised. Only in rare instances are such votes now made public. :

IN WASHINGTON— G.l's First

By Roger W. Stuart

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—World war II veterans are ready to take their first real plunge into the rapidly flooding pool of surplus property. Gone was the ban which heretofore has denie them the right to buy more than $2500 worth « ©

were permitted to purchase articles for re-sale. Moreover, promised that goods would be brought out into the open, so that the veterans may look them over and take their pick, Servicemen's organizations were about Administrator W. Stuart Symington's longawaited changes in the regulation governing disposal of surpluses to veterans. Veterans for the first time now may buy directly from disposal agencies and at the lowest price offered, buy automotive or other equipment needed in their employment, and secure credit from the selling agency as well as the smaller war plants corp,

Want More Benefits ALTHOUGH he hailed the changes as an. “oute standing liberalization,” Omar B. Ketchum, Veterans of Poreign Wars national legislative representative, said his organization wduld seek still more benefits. “There must be amendments to the surplus prope erty act if preferential access is to be made available to all veterans for all types of property,” Mr. Ketchum declared. He added that preference should not be limited to world war II veterans, Also, he said, vete erans should be permitted to buy property for pere sonal or family use, : Disposal agencies henceforth will deal with vet erans as wholesalers, not retailers, Mr. Symington said. “For that reason,” he added, “it may be difficult, though we hope not impossible, for veterans to buy individual items which they desire.” ' Changes in the regulation had been demanded hy veterans for months, Receiving loud protests cone cerning the “run-around” they had been given by disposal agencies, Mr. Symington last week made unannounced visits to field offices of the commerce department, RFC and Smaller ‘War Plants Corp. in widely scattered areas.

More Outlets Provided THE administrator found in one instance thas veterans in Bismark, N. D., had to go as far as Chie

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