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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

HARLES E. WILSON, president of General Motors Corp., suggests that labor's take-home pay canbe

kept at or near wartime levels, without price inflation, by

this method:

Labor to accept a 45-hour work week during a postwar adjustment period of three to five years, Payment of time-and-a-half hourly wages for overtime to start after 45 hours instead of, as at present, after 40 hours. Industry to raise hourly wage rates by amounts sufficient to give workers, for 45 hours, approximately the same take-home they now get for 48. Meanwhile, with a 45-hour week, industry gets 121% per cent more productive work with which it may pay higher wages without raising prices to the

public.

If labor and the administration want a safe formula for maintaining workers’ purchasing power and raising living standards, they will do well to think seriously about

Mr. Wilson's suggestion,

The political shortcoming of it, of course, is that it

involves no magic.

It recognizes that there must be high

production and abundant creation of new wealth if labor is to earn high real wages and if the American people are

to enjoy a high standard of living.

Labor unions, we think, ignore this fact when they demand an immediate increase of 30 per cent in hourly wages so that workers may receive, for 40 hours of work, the same take-home they have been getting for 48, includ-

ing eight hours of overtime.

One effect of this demand

would be to make the cost of overtime so excessive that

few if any employers could pay it.

But Mr. Wilson contends—and we believe he is correct ~that the time has not yet come when this country can afford to put a prohibitive penalty on overtime and so limit the work-week to a maximum of 40 hours. That would mean a drastic artificial restriction on production, in a period when the needs of American people and of people

in other countries call for unrestricted production.

An attempt to raise hourly wages, without producing more goods and services to be sold, can end only in higher

prices and lower purchasing power,

CUTTING KOREA IN TWO

THE division of Korea into American and Russian eccu-

pation zones is not working out well.

Liberated Koreans do not like it. Neither do the exiled patriot leaders, who kept the independence movement alive

- while the Japs enslaved their country. Dr. Snygman Rhee,

former president of the Korean provisional government, and Kim Koo, chairman of the so-called government in

exile, ask when the Russians are going to get out.

Dr. Rhee, after 33 years in the United States, has just

returned to Seoul. Addressing a mass meeting of thanksgiving for national liberation from the Japs, he said for-

eign reports of unrest under American occupation were untrue. But he said he could not find out from American officials why the Russians had taken over the northern

half of his country,

Kim Koo, speaking in Chungking before returning to Korea, also protested that the division was unsatisfactory

on both economic and political grounds.

The Korean leaders have a right to frank answers to their questions as to why their country has been split into two parts, when the decision was made and by whom, “and whether Russia has made binding pledges to withdraw as soon as possible. The United States has made such promises, and both Rhee and Koo seem satisfied with them. Korea supplies added reasons for American opposition to the Russian demand for division of Japan itself into separate zones of occupation under separate commands. The present unified and successful control of Japan by Supreme

Commander MacArthur should not be changed,

WHO STARTS WARS?

JM G. LUCAS, new addition to the national staff of Scripps-Howard newspapers, starts what should prove a red-hot controversy, in his article on Page 1. Jim was a

fighting marine, and saw plenty of bloody lands and atolls of the Pacific.

agtion on the isSo he has well earned the

right to talk out loud on the issue of how wars are started

and who's responsible,

In pointing an accusing finger at America’s “little people” —the mothers, teachers and preachers who are leading the clamor for swift demobilization of our armed forces and against military training of our youth—Jim Lucas is advancing a bold argument which, needless to say, no poli-

tician will dare to echo.

That's one of the refreshing things about the young

men now coming back into civilian life. cepting the old thought patterns.

They're not acaving said, “Good

morning, death,” on so many faraway battlefields, they're not afraid now to speak out against prevailing opinion. Jim Lucas’ challenging theme, we believe, has virtue beyond the obvious one of stimulating public thinking and debate. His central idea of keeping America at peace by keeping America strong was once summed up in a terse sentence by a great authority on the subject, Gen. MacArthur, who said: “Wars are caused by undefended wealth.”

THE PRESIDENT OF CHILE

THE United States is happy to welcome its distinguished Chilean guest, President Juan Antonio Rios! He repre~

of our country. We hope he

good friend | abies here the genuine desire of the

people of the United States, no less than of the government,

r ever closer cordial relations. between Americans of the

north and south. That is the basis of the hemisphere

peace’and prosperity which is our common goal.

President Rios brings hope regarding the Argentine situation, now the chief threat to hemisphere unity and

ah He 1 the

present Fascist

regime in Buenos

| know it, has now attain

Aesser of the two evils. And, from the looks of things,

1 signs as evidence of the bum inherent in all males.

that alcohol works much better.

- Art for Men

By Anton Scherrer

".» -MAYBE YOU folks are wondering why I haven't got around to reporting the picture show of the Indiana Artists club, now in its last week at Ayres.

the identity of the person responsible for the side-

labeled “For Men Only,” the obvious purpose of which is to expose us poor benighted males to Art by way of a lure. Under pressure of the third degree, I finally got Elmer Taflinger to break down and confess everything. Not only did he admit that he—and’ —thought up the project in its entirety, but assumed full responsibility for picking the tures that go to make up the sideshow. That absolves everybody else, including Ruth Pratt Bobbs. while, it looked awfully bad for Ruth. Indeed, for my exploration, Mrs. Bobbs might have come out of this thing with a ruined reputation. Take it from me, she had nothing whatever to do with it except, possibly, to give Mr. Taflinger the Go sign in the shape of a wink which is a prerogative of ladier. Who says this column isn't a Power for Good?

All Five Looked Silly

THE AFTERNOON I was tricked into entering the Taflinger-inspired sideshow, I found myself in the company of four females (not counting the two nudes on the walls), To make myself crystal-clear, let me repeat that I was the only male in the room (not counting the aviator and the Hoosier artist, both of which were also on the walls), The other pictures in the sideshow were two sexless landscapes. All six state of affairs that not only disappointed the four pictures were eminently proper and respectable, a females and myself, but made all five of us look mighty silly. The n the four. females were lured into a sideshow Uesigned primarily for us males may be traced, I suspect, to the biological fact that all baby girls are born with a Pandora complex; the corollary of whiche is, of course, that Mr. Taflinger knows next fo nothing about women. And that, ladies and gentlemen, brings me to the point of todays piece: namely, that Mr, Taflinger knows even less about the behavior of men. Apparently, Mr. Taflinger has a hunch that Indianapolis men are indifferent to anything in the line of beauty that comes wrapped in the shape of art. So far, he's on the right track. What he doesn’t seem to recognize is the fact that it isn’t merely indifference. Our emotion amounts to hostility which, often as not, approaches the degree of hatred. We've been fooled too often to be taken in again,

Immunized Against Art

THE NAIVE notion that men can be persuaded to love art by way of pedagogy, psychology or showmanship, of the kind that Mr, Taflinger picked up at the feet of David Belasco, is sheer nonsense. It's much too late for that. All such methods have been tried with disastrous results. In support of which T cite the latest calamity; namely, the appalling fact that Indianapolis men have now learned to immunize themselves against any and everything that resembles art. The immunization, case Mr. Taflinger doesn’t the stature of a cult, the purpose of which is to worship ugliness. As matters

stand right now, we men prefer the hideous. It's the

we're making some headway. At any rate, signs of it are evident all around us—in the decor of the rooms which for some reason, we call our “study”; in the neckties. we select; in the color of our socks: in our lodge regalia; in the casual clothes we wear, and in fhe grotesque shapes of the evil-smelling pipes we smoke

Protest Against Preaching ILIKE AS no, Mr. Taflinger will interpret these

It's nothing of the sort. It's a well-organized protest. on the part of us men to get even with those who are forever preaching that art it something that is good for us—meaning, I suppose, that it's an escape into a better and more beautiful world. Well, as for that, Indianapolis men have, long ago, discovered

‘Come to think of it, alechol may be the one avenue open to Mr. Taflinger if he wants to get us men back into the fold. In that case, I would suggest that the Indiana artists stage their next show in a saloon, ag was the practice 50 years ago. It worked then and it will work again, alcohol being what it is. Such a setting would give every man a vaild reason for entering a saloon and lingering as long as possible without having to think up a fictitious explanation when he got home. Moreover, it would give everyone of us a seat, the Indiana law being what it is. I'don’t know whether you've ever thought of 't, but painting is the only art that we males have to take standing up.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS—

British Socialism By Carl D. Groat

LONDON, Oct. 22.—Look for larger doses of Socialism, perhaps even government control of import and export, say Conservative party leaders to whom this correspondent talked. These leaders, who are known in America, declined to be quoted directly. They argue that the labor government is under strong pressure from followers who won't be satisfied merely with nationalization of the Bank of England and of the coal mines. Events Will compel the laborites increasingly to move for broader socialization, presumably dnclufing nationalization of railroads, gas, electricity and, a large degree, housing. Since such services cannot readily be socialized, or de-socialized, the effects of moves now being made will prevail for a long time.

Laborites to Have 5 Years

THESE conservatives make no secret of lief that the Laborites will have their full five years normal tenure of government. The Laborites helped clinch their rule when they passed a bill extending wartime power for five years, instead of two as conservatives had wished,

States economy. - For instance the Laborites might decide not to pursue the normal custom of bumng cotton from the U. 8 My informants do not claim to have any definite knowledge of such a program, but point out that the Laborites’ refusal to let, the cotton futures market operate in Liverpool appears to be one clue to a possible’ later course. Nationalization

Well, it’s because it took a lot of time to establish |.

“BEING A PRIVATE, NOT A 5-STAR, IT'S BEYOND ME” By Ple. David Parr Jr, Manila, Luzon To me it seems that the people back there are doing their best, but still I figure there are a few things that only a few people know about, and being so few, nothing can be done. «1 will start first with my outfit, it being the 34th Fld. Hospifal, and try to mention briefly what's happened. After strenuous train

North Africa, then to Italy, rendered our services, spending two years in that war theater. Just before the way with Japan ceased, we started for the Southwest Pacific. At the time we thought this

to me was vital to the casualties

sweating out our turn to go home. Our duties have been from every detail, that consisted hard labor, down to policing the area, which

right by all of us since it was one way to spend our time. We now come down to the main things. First is that three of our fellows started on their way home is morning; they got as far as the first step on their way. This proved a failure. They sent them back to the outfit. Again, some other day, we shall again shake hands with those same boys. They are mad—who blames them? By coming from the theater, it is obvious that this theater has no system whatsoever, The second thing that I see wrong, with all the others, is the fancy way they have of trying to

Just lead up to a “let-down.,” and when perhaps all they do is contradict themselves. For instance, one day they tell us there isn’t enough transportation to take care of the boys. If this be true, how would an invasion be successful, with no ships to carry the troops? Hats a question for the “big shots.” Next they come out with the contradic tion that it isn't all together transportation that is holding us up, it’s all the clerical work that will be necessary. z I realize wars are fought mostly on paper, but they are fooling around with men at the same time. We've been overseas some time, true enough, but we have the same amount of Americanism in us now that we had when we left, Bringing it to the point quick, “we're not fools.” Another thing about transportation pertaining to

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lly all right, because we ted to go on with our job, whieh |} =

we serviced. We have been ‘M’ Manila, on detached service, and}

gets monotonots. This was’ all’

build a fellow’s morale, when they!..

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vehicles; if this motor transportation is. so vital, why can’t some-

to bring out is the fact that through our headquarters today came orders to ship, not home, but fo Japan or Korea. Now, what goes on? Isn't there something that can be done by someone who isn’t trying to make money off such needless tricks? It is all left up to us to fight out among ourselves, and it can't be done. Being .a private, and not a five-star, it’s truly be-

By Mamis Brown, Knightstown Why don't they send some of the

crazy strikers acrogs and let some come home who have families

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your right to say i.”

“WATCHMAN'S PREDICTIONS ARE COMING TO PASS”

By The Watchman, Indianapolis The predictions by The Watchman are now coming to pass. Let our friends of the Hoosier Forum who so viciously accused The Watchman of unfairness to Russia read the following statements by William Philip Simms on

Potsdam had been consigned to the ash can. “As soon as the gavel fell, according to reports, Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov laid down the law. What Russia had tagged as hers— Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Finland, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, eastern Germany and Prussisa—was to be severely let alone . . . what was left she would share with the Allies —in the sMediterranean, Red Sea, the middle and far East and the Pacific ocean.” Well, well! That should prove to all Hoosier Forum readers that The Watchman was squarely on the beam when he warned that Stalin was right into Hitler's seven boots of aggression. Here is something else it proves and which the rest of the United

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BUFFALO, Oct. 22—This might be called “Buffalo Faces the Pacts.”

witness in a room at city hall here, : at the suggestion of Hilton Hornaday, financial editor of the Buffalo Evening Press. It was enacted by Buffalo's civic full employment committee, a This is a group organized some time ago to cope with the employment problem. It is representative of all elements here—chamber of commerce, labor organizations, churches, colleges, the public, and with local heads of state and federal agencies ss cone sultants. It is a commendable example of civic initiative that profitably might be duplicated elsewhere. At this meeting the Buffalo committee was brought up sharp against the facts by a . chart prepared by Dr. Harold M. Somers, economics professor at Buffalo university. A job deficit of 4225¢ was estimated for 1946 in the Buffalo area, there would be no work for that number of people. This was based on an estimate of 391,351 Jobs required for full employment; only 349,007 Jobs are expected. : : The 1946 job goal would be 86,000 above 1940 em« ployment. All of this led Dr. Somers to this cone clusion: “Reconversion won't give Buffalo re-employment. There will have to be expansion.”

Lively Discussion

HIS PICTURE of what confronts Buffalo started. a lively discussion. Everybody about the. table pare ticipated, candidly and with good humor. THe discussion touched on problems now the concern of so many communities. : There was, for example the paradox of unemployment while jobs were available and going begging, Jobs either at much lower than war-time wages or requiring peculiar skills, There was the problem of what is going to happen when unemployment benefits run out in the middle of winter for people who went on the rolls after V-J day. We don't want to dump these people on city relief, was the concensus. This raised other questions. For instance, there is a shotftage of skilled labor in the Buffalo area, such as trained mechanics, and many job hunters are une skilled. This prompted a discussion of training programs for the unemployed. It was held that they should use the time, while they are getting unemployment benefits, to fit themselves for Jobs, It raised also the question of ‘a public works program. This, it was generally agreed, would be necessary to help carry the load. There. are 6000 jobs now listed with the U. 8. unemployment service here. There are 38,000 on un< employment compensation rolls, a drop from 43,000 the previous week which Leo Sweeney, local director of the U. 8. employment service, interpreted as indicating a leveling off. This is not, however, the full measure of unemployment here by many thousands. He pointed out, too, the heavy impact to come when

First Step Discussed THERE WAS quite a discussion of a suggested first point in the committee program. It was phrased “Advise employed to take jobs now.” Some businesse men didn’t see why this shouldn't be carried ouk Others disagreed, among them the local C. I. O. director, Hugh Thompson, who said he did not think the committee “should start a stampede into lower paid jobs.” = EL “I_wouldn't advise them to take available jobs now,” he said. He pointed out that workers could get as much in unemployment benefits as they can on most

Some agreed with him. The committee chairman and president of the local chamber of commerce, Daniel W. Streeter, said he did not think “this committee ought to starve anybody into jobs. We SHONIIFS.. 95: SHYUNEG. to: desirey the: senda of ving.” Toward the end of the meeting, civie pride asserted itself. Should Buffalo advertise the size of unemployment projects in the figures prepared by Dr. Somers, its technical adviser? They were, after all, an estimate. But it was decided, after some discussion, that Buffalo might as well face the facts.

IN WASHINGTON—

‘William Z’

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.— Whether William Z. Foster, new boss-man of the Communist party, hung himself—or the un-American activities committee—on the mew party line was debated here today. - Appearance of the veteran party leader before the committee last brought both questions and answers that were “out of this world.” First Mr. Poster sang his old song about capitaldoomed, then he said we should make loans England right away. pitalist system is no good, how come we

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