Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1945 — Page 20

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By Frank Aston

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Give Light and the People Will Pind Their Own Way

‘FOR A DEFENSE TEAM

RESIDENT TRUMAN'S recommendation to congress for

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‘of ndtional defense is clear and forceful.

« Jt follows prolonged congressional hearings and public discussions in which both sides of the controversy have had full opportunity to express themselves. The majority favoring the merger includes most of the generals and a

few of the admirals.

In the public mind, as in the President's, Pearl Harbor is the strongest argument for unification. Too many high officers’ were involved in that fiasco, on the spot afd -in

Washington, to put the blame on a few.

. Obviously - the system itself was at fault—separate services. did not produce close teamwork. Even. the partial reform forced by Pearl Harbor, of a joint chiefs of staff and unified field commands, did not produce sufficient coordination. Our wartime experience and the congressional

testimony show this,

: The atomic bomb and similar lightning weapons are equally impressive arguments for unified defense planning, training, and organization. In the next war, if there ig oue, there will be no time for separate services to get together and work out co-ordination. All of our defense forces must move as a unit on a moment's notice then—or our country

may be destroyed in less time than Pearl Harbor.

In any integrated defense team, it is generally agreed that aviation must be the spearhead. Almost everyone now wants the major strategic air forces to have equality of status with ground and sea forces. To achieve that by making aviation a third separate defense department would compound the confusion. A better way is to make it a third arm with the army and navy under'a single

department, as proposed.

EL 2» , . . WE AGREE with the navy that its precious traditions and identity, and those of the marines, should be preserved in any consolidation, and that they must have

‘carrier-borne and sea-based aircraft. ~ ;

‘We do not agree, however, that a single defense department would tend toward military dictatorship. As «Jong as the military is under a civilian President and comgider in chief, civilian | sécretary, undersecretary and iE ‘secretaries, And !subject to congress for funds the essential non-military character of our gov-

rnmenl will be preserved, +

recommended that fhe chief of staff job be rotated and of brief tenure. A. J . Wy on '' Nine ingentiy Tor’ the ‘merger are cited by the sir 4 ¥ 4 ¥ Ge HEY bigs”

President.

. Integrated ‘strategic Plan and unified program and |’ budget. ‘in supply and service, functions. Closer |

coordination betwden the military and other branches of - government. ; Stronger civili control. Parity for air #power. Unified training for combined air-ground-sea opera- ; Sous, Systematie scientific research. Unity of command in ou While this newspaper for many years has urged nni- : fication, we*have no opinion on the details of the proposed reorganizations: Hew the single defense department should

are best should be decided by congress after consultation | 10

with the navy, army And air chiefs. Hg :

FIFTY YEARS OF X-RAYS YEARS have passed, the Du Pont Magazine reminds #ince, a German scientist named Wilhelm Konrad ( Xerays. fer

3 ie in to announcement of Roentgen’s, distovery in 1895 ranged from awe to anger, curiously resem: ling reaction in 1945 to development of the atomic bomb. re were predictions that X-pays would wipe civilization from the earth, and protests that'a device able to “look

firm sold quite a lot of “Xray proof” un-

that; valnig ‘X-rays, he had changed. 13 cents’ worth of scrap iron. into. $152 woth of gold. -' There were many demands for laws to prohibit X-yay research.

Fortunately, these demands ‘weve fot heeded. Half a century later X-rays are universally recognized as among ‘the most valuable instruments of medical science and of industry. The fact gives us cheer. ‘May the split atom be as universally recognized, long before 1995, as mankind's

~ useful servant, not its destructive master.

THE SEASON'S BEST BARGAINS hell] WHAT with one thing and another, Christmas shopping ~~ this year is a pretty trying experience. ~~ But let us remind you once more that there ave gifts _you can buy without jostling in crowds, standing in queues or fighting for the attention: of overworked salespeople. A us gift 5s blest aealabie x most reasonable prices. The ‘carriés. the best guarantee inf the world. To those who receive tliem they will become be remembered gratefully form :.., You will find them on sale of IMB,

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of the Smithsonian institution ut Tuesday's eclipse of the moon in Indianapolis’ didn’t see it, is no

ty, 5 cents a copy: deliv ered by carrier, 20 cents

Mail rates In Indiana, $5 a year; all other states, U, 8 possessions, Canada and Mexico, 87 cents a

SACRE NORARRl “Ee ¢ RILEY 6551

merger of the armed services into a single department

-average cost of 174 cents each. That cost was 108 |:

President, in deference to the navy, has wisely 1

stalemate when the world is érying for a general peace settlement, * Sens van d| _. It is supposed—or, at least, hoped—that | tlying bases. Consistent" and” equitable personnel | missar Molotov are. talking about such s conference. s 2 i a ‘| Bus quem that lg guetawor k. However, the prospects ] agreement is brightened ported. return of Generalissimo Stalin. x salut?

ness with Stalin’ when Molotov's answer to any pro3. of assistant ‘secretaries, ‘and posal, seems to consist «of the one word, “Nol™- With |

alla Sochnical questiongiahouid be eft 10 the. sear.

fluidity, .

semblance of international law and order, it provides

through” the human body was “a revolting indecency.” J the perfect opportunity for imperial-minded powers

ie New. Jersey legislature considered a bill to | “gf "Xeray. opera glasses in theaters.’ An. lowa'

bonds<=the best! Christmas. bargains | ¥ ; 5

feet high; it will cost from _ 5c cents to $35; it will weigh between 2 and 300 pounds, and it will be a fir, spruce, pine or cedar, >

buoyant, fragrant. It is abundant in. Maine, New Brunswick and parts of California. : Second choice is spruce, widely used in the and Midwest. # : The Douglas fir gets a heavy play in Oregon, Washington and other parts of the Pacific northwest. In California, little redwoods sometimes double as Christmas trees.

You may tell the name of your Christmas tree by the arrangement of its needles. Experts call the needles leaves. Dr. Frank Thone says this is how todoft: vine: Leaves in pairs of clusters of three to five White pine: Needles always cluster in fives. Yéllow pine: Clusters always fewer than five, nor. mally are two. . : » Spruce: Each needle stands stiffly alone and fs sharp. Cones are thin-scaled and hang down, Fir: Each needle slightly curved and blunt-ended. Cones stand upright, like fat candles.

Gum on Balsam Fir

THE BALSAM fir gets itg name from the gum on its trunk or branches. - : The Douglas fir (sometimes called the Douglas spruce) is a Western tree .that has been showing up lately as far East as Boston. Its needles are not so SUIT ag spruce nor so flexible as fir; their points don’t | Jab too badly. The Douglas may be identified by a three-pronged appendage between each pair of scales on. its cones. Red ar: Small, sharp leav: berries in stead of we. fn. Hemlock: Shot, blunt needles. White cedar: Scale-like leaves: cover its twigs. One fifth of the nation’s Christmas trees come from western Montana where the business took hold about 15 years ago. America buys from nine million to.15 million Christmas trees a season, depending on the degree of prosperity. Last season Canada sent us 5,724,887 trees at an |

cents In 1937 when Canada shipped us 4,039,524 trees. Christmas trees may be cut four to eight years after planting. About’ 5000 can,grow on one acre, : Complain of ‘Sad: Life’ CHRISTMAS free growers say they lead a sa life. ‘They complain: yey : ud “If the autumn's mild, the needles fall too early. If winter hits early, treés can get a blight. If warm, | dry winds reath trees the growing season. the

The Christmas tree in Rockefeller Plaza, New York

for it ‘weeks ahead of time. The tree generally is 80 fi of wiring in its boughs.

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Growers start cutting Christmas trees about Oct. 10 and try to finish by Dec. 10, The Forest. Service tags trees cut under its supervision. Such trees are

tut in the best interests of conservation and reforestaon,

WORLD AFFAIRS— Slow Peace , By William Philip Simm’, + WASHINGTON, Dee. 20. we Ime

' patience in United Nations circles is fast turning fo irritation as a Big blackout in Moscow

Three - news comes on the heels of mohths of

Foreign Secretary Bevin and Foreign Come

It 1s no secret that—at a price—~one ean do busl-

the generalissimo, the catch is the h the Usually 10 be found in

the job of molding it to suit her ideas, ' ; In any event, the entire Eastern hemisphers— Europe, Asia and Africa—is in a state of semi-

Wondering About Future i

and war lords, 4 Ee And until it is changed by Imposition of some

: her terms In advance. She would have to have a free hand on the Baltic, in eastern and central Europe and the Balkans. pa Before VJ.day she struck a similar bargain #ith respect to Asia. China was maneuvered into ceding Russia outer Mongolia and concessions in Manchuria and elsewhere, She has taken over southern Sakhalin, the Kurlles and half of Korea. And the dickering is stil! going on. 5 Only yesterday a group of Koreans calling them-

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