Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 December 1945 — Page 20

Give Light snd the People Will Find Ther Own Woy

. STAND BY MacARTHUR ; DEAL is in the works at the Moscow conference for gE Russia to clip Gen. MacArthur and take over a large 2 part of the control of Japan, according to rumors. | We don't believe our gbvernment would be a party to any such a thing. We can think of few worse calamities than such an arrangement. > It would play into the hands of the Japs duplicating "the chaos Russia has caused in the occupation of Germany. : If there was ever any doubt as to the folly of the ¥ Berlin system of divided authority, certainly the sorry ; result of that experiment has removed them. We are already paying, and will continue to pay for : a long time, for the mess that is being made of the German

IN SHARP contrast is the efficient job Gen. MacArthur © is doing in Tokyo. Not that he is dictating policy. He is & following meticulously the allied agreement of Potsdam _ as to surrender terms and how they shall be carried out. But the point is that he is carrying them out—in letter and in spirit. | : It is a hard job. It is a job that cannot be done by committee method, by veto devices, by political jockeying ~ inan international power game. The authority of execuling _ policy must be vested fully in one man. That man, by allied agreement, is Gen. MacArthur. He was chosen, first, because he was an American and America almost alone defeated Japan. He was chosen, y, ‘because of all American commanders his long in the Orient and his brilliant war performance ideal occupation chief. His record in Tokyo pen the high expectations.

. » . NOBODY IN authority. would deny Russia a place in the ‘Japanese settlement. She was urged by the United States and others to accept membership on the Far Eastern advisory council—her absence is her own doing, not ours. Gen. MacArthur for many weeks has been offering * co-operation to Russian staff officers in Tokyo, and has been : waiting for a Russian division to take up its allotted position. But Russia wants to dictate the number of troops and their position. : It’s the same old story. It’s another warning of what would happen if Russia succeeded in replacing MacArthur ‘or dividing his authority. President Truman must not let that happen—either at the Moscow conference or in the future,

T0 PAY : ts Be subject of industry’s ability to pay, about which President Truman had something to say yesterday, it ‘would be short-sighted and perhaps fatal not to look at the industrial picture as a whole. It is not merely a matter of General Motors or Ford or any other concern of conand solvency. profit system. It is a profit and loss S11 all business operated automatically at a profit, em would be comparatively easy. But it's not that simple, unfortunately, : The hard fact is that more businesses go broke than | succeed. Here are some figures from the record: Nearly one-third of new business enterprises fail in their first year. Another 14 per cent or 15 per cent fail in their second year. And very nearly 70 per cent are gone by the end of five years. SE » j . . . re . . . AT THE beginning of this century there were 1,174,000 independent businesses in this country. By the end of 1940 the number had increased to 2,156,000. To achieve this net gain of less than one million, a total of 16 million new business enterprises had been established—an average 400.000: year. Which shows the high failure rate. V th orturing the subject statistically, it is obvious h: In we talk about ability to pay we must consider all the industrial story—not- just part_of it. We must observe the graveyard as well as those who still breathe and live and have their being. We must remember the

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got rich. 7 i Lacking such a view of the entire scene we are out |

_of focus. And we may fall on our faces.

RIGHT ON THE DOT

IN the interest of office efficiency we submit these notes on a smart man we've observed: - re ~ On his desk is an alarm clock, a hoarded pre-war number. Each morning, he maps the day's program, allowing so many minutes to each forthcoming task. He jots down a batch of slips, each specifying a job and the number of minutes he will allof it. Before starting work, he sets the alarm ‘and fixes a_slip-to the clock. At the appointed minute, the clock rings. The. man looks at the slip and is reminded to shift to a new assignment. He re-sets the clock and hangs up slip No. 2. , i Tris slip-and-ring routine continues throughout the - day, being admirably effective in adjourning desk conferences and dismissing callers. The final slip reads: “Go home.” He's never late to dinner. He's seldom late at

REGARDING DEBTS : | ae (CERTAIN British leaders are yelling usury and extortio “+ about paying 2 per cent interest on that loan. Actually, i e years of: grace, it is ‘1.62 per cent. 4 2 1.92 per cent. That is the

haberdasher who went broke along with the merchant who |

which not only covered her the male lawyers for that from that day to this out of the males. Well. it was the afternoon of that “Portia” Foster took and delivered the closing Mary Brown. The whole her. Indeed, the courtroom was Sheriff Harry Adams had all he could do to open a space big enough to permit Mrs. gesture or two. Fooled the Lawyers Again EVEN SO, people had to crane their necks to see her, for Mrs. Foster was not a tall woman. There 8 evidence, however, that she had a delicious roundness of outline which more than made up for what she lacked in height. Those who got a good look at her that day recall that she wore a black silk shirt with

a basque and a train of black velvet. Perched on her head was a black plush bonnet tied with rich scarlet

completely, indeed, y has heard a peep

Tuesday, Jan. 4, 1881, in the courtroom spare the life of

argument. Then she gained in strength ness with every sentence. When male lawyers nudged one ‘another her speech reminded them of the their respective wives. . ‘ Well, believe it or not, Mrs. Foster fooled males again. When the jury returned, in a verdict of imprisonment for life. had saved Mary from the gallows, the very The Journal had feared. (Author's Alibi: The reason today’s fisual length miay be attributed to the fact that this is the shortest day of the year.)

%7 WORLD AFFAIRS— _

By William Philip Simms

vital international duty to perform in that area. Pravda, newspaper voice of the Kremlin, continues

troops in China and asks whether it is compatible with Chinese sovereignty. And while the Soviet motivation is rather obvious in the light of events in: Iran, the Balkans and elsewhere, the query serves to

Continuing, it points out that the power and authority ‘of - the United States throughout the Far East the destiny of China and Japan come. Then it adds:

Fear U. S. Power J “SOME natural fears are therefore éxpressed that the United States may employ her unique position for the promotion of policies framed by herself alone without adequate consultation with her allies.”

torial concessions. : . : Out of this situation grew the nine-power pact signed in Washington, The United States, Britain,

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ment. For China's reconstruction he left an excelfent economic plan, & copy of which he presented to writer at Canton in 1921. There were to be

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

“YOU SPEAK OF CHRISTIANITY (Times readers are invited |“I TOOK A CHANCE ON HIM JIS ACKNOWLEDGE HATRED" fo express their views in |AND SOLD HIM MY CAR® ry W. 8 5018 Madison ave. these columns, religi By Mrs. M. Donic reensburg Mr. Watchman, your articles are . ou con- t Just heard a mn report that amusing but confusing. First you| Iroversies excluded. Because congress granted Truman six claim to be an American, but your| of the volume received, let- |months war power. It is a pity that articles prove you otherwise, for In| ops should be limited to 250 [they could not give him just a this America we each have a.con- little bit more power to announce stitutional right of freedom off Words. Letters must be | 0 yy nat the war is over and speech, freedom of religion, and| signed. Opinions set forth |when it was over. It has been dragBéedom 0 follow the dictates Of| here are those of the writers, Gf dking since ligt Sug AN. Oc Next you speak of christianity, and publication in no way |C will begin a hy yet you acknowledge hatred for| implies agreement with those |year-olds with compulsory military Derspective of life to yours. | Opinions by The Times. The raining. wie ‘You also claim to be anti-Nazi,| Times assumes no responsi- Te a] Than He had spent but everyone of your articles which| bility for the return of manu- overseas and I sugI have read are but s leaf taken inp oid cannot enter cor about the G. I bill of from Hitler's Mein Kampf in which laugh. He sai he had but one ambition, that of| = respondence regarding them.) mortgage everydestroying the Soviet Union. Yet thing his family had, even down to every school boy and girl should responsibility for peace where it be- possessions and know that Naziism was aided by|longs—in the hands of the United for last two or capitalistic international bankers of | Nations delegates. good job, had a this country and others. ho Mr. Truman now has a domestic and good refer- |. Imperialistie armies did not de- problem of equal importance to them he had been feat Germany. They salvaged the|solve—the strike situation, and an- three years in hell German war machine and are try- other in the diplomatic “so-called war ing to keep it intact for future use our state department. We have money, estabof the Hessians. This is not the son confidently to hope that t rating. He first time in history that German President will exercise the same ything on credit Hessians have been employed to Wise judgment in domestic problems |, ; of "sum the governhinder freedom seeking people. |that he has demonstrated in foreign | yop, him overseas and The imperialistic tories turned relations. If the President car he must not them loose on our forefathers dur-|Sucoced be must have help ratber state. ing the revolutionary war. Surely hindrance wanted it for— fs not an’ American citizen handle the details of diplomacy.ts go Florida, the home of who does not know where Japan| The President should follow George: pig charice on him received their materials of -war to| s famous order car and besides I continue their’ fight against our nothing but Americans on guard.” purchase price. This Chinese brothers, and also make ss » a is just a crumb of what I think of possible our defeat at Pear! Har-|“WATCHMAN'S VIEWS ON $he Boys Wh Sushi Shive years fos Now in your Red phobia.you ad- MARE think enough of them to publish mit that a mere handful of Reds 57 Edward F. Maddex, Indisnapelis this? This does not take up as or Communists are about to take 80, Mr. Harry A. Altmeyer, I am|/much room as Eleanor Roosevelt's control of 130 million red-blooded|the Watchman, am I? That is in-|“My Day” does. Americans. Any individual, group|deed, quite an honor and I must as of individuals or nations who fear Say that the Watchman's views on|“WE SHOULD LIKE TO SPEND any foreign isms shows weakness communism are exactly like mine. CHRISTMAS AT HOME” and lack of confidence in God and|And incidentally, like 90 per cent|, , coger Japan = thelr own governmental systems. Of all Americans. So, really the| ‘1, o ouv who's overseas and it Fear 15 indeed the voice of con-| Watchman and I'are in the vast|), iq jike I'm here to stay for some science which points the finger of majority of U. 8. citizens. time. We combat men ‘are getting accusation at the weakling. The Waschman and I do not o9-|the raw end fn this demobilization ss» American organized : 2 “PRESIDENT HAS MADE but do point out that nists, “The crm sola Polat aveh SOME VERY WISE DECISIONS” | as union officials, will uot only wreck|y, it ip point system By Edwasd 7. Maddox, Indianapolis organized labor but will wreck our|.,mes then they don't abide by fit President Truman has made some | nation. Will you deny that? Listen.|y, o31’ depends on ‘where you're at very wise decisions concerning our |buddy, if you have sver read anylor what outfit you're tn, Some have foreign policy and diplomacy. Give| Communist literature you ' knowing none men here and others are credit where credit is due. Two far- | mighty well that the sending 60 point men homes To top sighted decisions revealing wise | have made it their main strategy | ie off, the army sets s. To statesmanship by the bore into unions, and seek to UE Pa a were the decision to retain control of organized labor, as more, A replacement coming to re|secrets of the atomic bomb and the|do sll organisations who are lieve » high point man may redecision to abandon the Big Three enough to permit Communists 10/eniist and go back home on furconference meetings and to put the| membership. . , _ |lough. ia ; Co r i » cent Side Glances—By Galbraith gt ii ps a recruiting drive over here? Shee draft law was good enough to an army to fight this wai: it should be good enough

two countries. It took four or five days f, “American delegation to realize this, . a lok 80 Britain Not Consulted

WE MUST all hope that the Big Three meetin, in Moscow will have happier results than these which

| attended the meeting of the Big Five in London.

It seems, however, that Byrnes still is suffe state department qualms about offending The 2vom Byrnes’ neglect to comsult Bevin on this poins already has produced ane unfortunate result, which may be a handicap to the Moscow talks. One of the reasons for the breakdown of the London conference was Molotov's sudden attempt to exclude France from the discussions. Bevin resolutely opposed this and he was supported by. Byrnes. The latter has now

IN WASHING TON— \ ’ ; New OWI’ By Parker La Moore

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