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D NATIONS ASSEMBLY of the 3. Nations organization

in London with the world’s ‘hope of centered

0 to the day the League of Nations came into existence. : May this one td where the old one failed! The i: alte in this atomic age is destruction. '

‘The United States, which remained aloof from the old body, has led in the new. There is no political division here on this participation. The common purpose is to make the UNO function as soon and as well as humanly possible. Most, if not all, nations share that purpose with equal # sincerity. They have learned in this war, if they did not 4 know before, the absolute inter-dependence of nations. Of Rall the countries in the world ours is among the few which might éven survive another war, but the survivors would have only Ten and pestilence left.

” the problem now is not ‘to create world "opinion for

0 be S peace—that exists. The problem rather is to find the brains to achieve peaceful settlement of the jntricate conflicts of national interests, and the will to apply and enforce suchsettlements:~ That calls.for-an.international judge and for an international policeman, certainly. But even more it requires progressive elimination of the most potent causes of war. Wherever and whenever millions live in ‘misery, in ‘poverty, in slavery fo national dictators or foreign despots, there will be danger of war regardless of formal international peace machinery. And if nations continue to wage economic war against each other, that will be”a Potential of military conflict regardless of political treaties. The most hopeful aspect of UNO is its recognition of these basic factors of the problem, and the plan to gear itself to eope with them. X n

N. the ottier side, the most discouraging Ar of the pic“ture is the effort in-some quarters-to turn:the UNO ink a big power alliance, with the assembly only windowdressing. That policy, whether it exists in Moscow or in London or Washington, may be sincere but it is pernicious. Big power alliances always have failed before, and never

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more completely than when the League of Nations was prostituted for that purpose. if £) . Whatever the faults of democracy, and they are many, it offers the most decency, the fullest freedom, the greatest strength and the best security. That is true of a world | organization no less than of a national order, ' Big powers always have been the worst aggressors and the chief perpetrators of wars. If the big powers today: could provide world justice, prosperity and peace— | which they can’t—there would be no need of a UNO, There | fed for a UNO, for a democratic and representative | , That need is desperate. The assembly of all the United Nations must be the | soul and voice and authority of the UNO.

OUR BOMB RESPONSIBILITY PRESIDENT TRUMAN has joined Secretary of State — Byrnes in definite assurances: to Senator Vandenberg | that the Moscow pact proposal on atomic control will not force premature sharing of the bomb production secret. This newspaper, while critical of most of the Big Three | agreements, thinks Mr. Byrnes did well on atom control atMoscow. Nevertheless Senator Vandenberg, as a member "of the United States delegation to the UNO assembly in London, is wise in insisting that the American understanding of this Byrnes-Bevin-Molotov resolution be clear in advance to all. For there have been entirely too many disagreements over supposedly binding Big Three agree- | —ments in the past. sa One reason clarity now is so essential is that the real | issue has been obscured from the beginning by a phony propaganda issue. The. false ‘question first raised by Moscow was: Shall the United States be a world dictator and threat with this secret weapon, or preserve world ~ co-operation and peace by sharing it with Russia? That assumes Russia 1s the world conscience and guardian, . Russia is not. Neither is the United States. Only a representative international organization can represent the world conscience; collective security must be collective. To the everlasting credit of the United States, our government and people want this force of world destruction con‘trolled Hernationally.

THE you och, therefore, is. not whether the Anglos a American powers are willing to share this burden but whether the UNO can carry it. Today the UNO is | only a paper organization—weak paper -at that. The compromise San Francisco Charter was adopted on the theory that UNO could start feeble and grow strong during * the leisurely years ahead. That illusion, along with many others, was destroyed by the atomic bomb. A puny world security organization in the atomic age | ‘would be worse than none, a snare for the peaceful and “@ screen for the aggressor. Certainly we shall not entrust / this weapon to such a league. There are only two control alternatives. Either Russia and others must help build a UNO democratic enough and enough to wield this weapon solely for world irity, or the. Anglo-American powers must fetain.the b_secret a# long as possible—because of international

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eanwhile, it cannot be made too clear that no trick

) resolution can force premature sharing. Only the t and congress combined have authority to decide 2 UNO, by its record, can be entrusted to take over U responeibilily which is still ours.

DAY ry a wonderful day, The United Press

etation of any Moscow agreement or London con- :

t 8000 indispensable technical workjobs in telephone exchanges from coast | A announced ceiling prices on used | } automobiles.’ A country with 8000 .|. 't working because of one strike, | 4 erf that it fixes prices for used cars | iil because of another rive he

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Saturday, Jan. 5, signed, “Sad saps,

that I feel that it must be answered. It ig true that U. A. W.-C. L

|pesmission to solicit funds "for the suppo:

amilies. An amended application Firion Commission, “Sad Saps” asks why other C. L 0. local unions and. members are not asked for help in carrying out | this strike. All local unions and all members are being asked to help land are helping. We do not regard | this as precluding the possibility of | asking for help from others outside ¥ our ranks, many of whom want to support the strike action. Point 2 raised by “Sad Saps” In regard to the loss of pay sustained by the strikers not being made up by any amount of wage increases, {has been true of most strike actions, While it may not be made up immediately, it will inevitably be reflected in higher wages, better working conditions aggd a high-

{who work for a living.

Trade union history proves this in its advancement from the substandard wages and sweat shop conditions of the past. He says that the officials of the union “get theirs and plenty.” I can {only assume that he is speaking of | money. During the time that the | plants are working the officials of { Locals 226 and 933 work in the plant at-whatever wage prevails on their job. If any time is lost as a result of unfon activity it is paid for at the rate they would have received had they been working. For the period of the strike, the officials receive no pay whatever, This is the general policy of the U. A, W.-C. 1. O. As to the statement attributed to me in regard to the opening of the union books, I wish to say that I did not say that the union's books could not be examined or intimate that they could not at any time. I can only attribute the statement purported to be by me to the general irresponsibility of the press. A complete and accurate financial statement of every local union in the U. A. W.-C. I. O. is made to

Financ al Statement Made to Union Members Every Month’

, Local Ne. 983, U. A. W.-C. L 0. | print. the following letter in your Hoosier e record straight. answer the various accusations and mis- | to time appear in letters to the editor

| the members

{er standard of living for all People!

ter appearing in this column on hich was so glaringly erroneous

226° and 933 were refused of the strikers and their has beer led with the Charities

once each month. That is more the General Motors Corp. can

ay to their stockholders. In addition, the, thelocal and international, ution; ‘avails able to any person with a ate right or reason to see them. \It is interesting to noté that over million copies of the international union financial statement were sent]

others in the last edition of the| Auto Worker. Anyone interested | may secure a copy by coming to the office of Local No. 933. If the entire treasury of the International. union. were divided | | among the striking workers in Gen-

| $5 per person. | While the foregoing is a -state- | ment of fact, and therefore does not {admit of argument, I will try at all [times to present the union's case in {any legitimate areas of disagreement to “Sad Saps” or intelligent | | persons. » ” yy “PROMISE OF JOBS FOR VETERANS NOT KEPT" By Si Moore, Indianapolis Get ready boys, the war is o'er; the big shots planned the peace, they fixed it so you get a job in| Timbuctu or Greece. You may be called to clean the shoes of Prince von Teufelstein, or sweep the stables of a duke some place along the Rhine. Maybe they'll let you help an earl] mix up a- drink of sorts, and when he gets up in the morn you'll help him don his shorts. | Maybe a queen will need a man to pull her corset strings, or yet a princess from the Nile would let you hand her th There's lots of work planned out for you among the global greats, in case the women have all the jobs in these United States. So while the, slackers. roll in wealth that you have fought to save, they shove you on from job

Carnival —By Dick Turner

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> YOU ARE AN ENROL OF ONE OF THE PINEST CWERENANDISING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE COUNTRY

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death your right to say it.

to job, just like an old world slave.

out to our members and many be™lots of jobs in Europe if they

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still battle for the*control of every eral Motors there would be less than |boy- in ‘the count

boys who do not learn shoulder ‘arms before they finish school can-

lianism. Senator Revercomb tried

{TO AGAINST COMMUNISM”

but will defend to the

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Yes, they said that it might be cheaper to keep the men in the than to keep them om WPA, and officials now say it is cheaper to draft all the boys into the army {than to keep an adequate regular army. And they were actually sayg at one time that there would

11 gobbled up here, or the . shut’ down because of

were" tactori strikes. have three times as enlistments per month as they’ need, andthe war mongers

saying’ that not dodge bullets as well

who do. If you can see any sense in t t

those

{argument you are as smart as some...

of our propagandists for totalitar-

to get a bill passéd to get all fathers out of the army and home for Christmas if- possible, but the senate had to get their stockings hung {by the-chimney so-they. went home land left the boys to wait for an{other Christmas. Maybe they thought those fathers would never vate if they left then to dig ditches in Germany or pick pineapples for the Dole gang in the Pacific. ” ” ~ “WRITE ALL YOU WANT

By The Guardsman, Indianapolis When Forum writers write against Communism they do not risk their lives, In cdountries where nihilism and terrorism, that is assassination, were practiced the Communist movement: must be credited with stopping that practice. Those are acts of individuals and discourage mass people's action. Communists teach the people, the working class in particular, that there can be only failure ‘of their objectives by acts of terrorism and assassination, Grievances and de-~ mands must be solved by great mass pressure of people. Write all you want to against Communism. Thank you. It keeps the word before the public. By keeping up interest, the people will sort out the ‘truth from the untruth, Thus you push ihe movement forward. The intelligence of the reading public is higher than some of the red baling contributors think, ” ” “:" “THERE 18S NO SYMPTOM OF SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND” By F. 8. C. Wicks, Indisnapglis There is much apprehension in the United States over the so-called Socialism in Great Britain. Socialism means the abolition of capitalism, and there is no symptom of this in England. There is collec tivism, something quite, different. Collectivism would have the state take over certain natural monopblies such as railroads, coal mires, transportation and the bank. The great capitalist in Great Britain is the co-operative and they do not wish to be socialized.

DAILY THOUGHT

1s not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite o me?— Job §:13.

«selves — Algernon Sidney. ut

|WORLD AFFAIRS . slg Key to UNO Fiture

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POLITICS . Lake iw Thomas. L Ses 2 i eet . = LaFollette Has a Dream for

WASHINGTON, Jan, 10.—~There ‘has been ‘much talk recently about congress and the way it has palked at Président Truman's. program. The ‘chatter has! increased since the President went on the radio and told the people about his troubles. «The natural result was to arouse curiosity about the two parties in congress and how they operate This has bfought the discovery that both are split up and down the middle between conservative and progressive 80 that there Is no real party respon-

It's not a healthy sibuatfon, ‘particularly in these times, Evéry so often a political leader comes aiong who gets his party to follow one general direction. That is rather hard in our country and takes what is

cratic party for quite a spell, and Woodrow Wilson before him, and Teddy Roosevelt before him with the Republican party. Wendell L. Willkie tried to do it with the Republican party without much success,

| Admittedly an Uphill Pull__

NOW IT is going to be tried op a smaller scale, in’ one state, by a Republican house member who has exhibited progressivism and raré independence in the face of a hostile party leadership which punished him by withholding good committee assignments—an old army game around here which is part of a freshman's hazing. This gentleman is Rep. Charles M. LaFollette (R. Ind), who has announced for the party's senatorial nomination. in his state for the seat now occupied by Senator Willis (R.), recognized as an old guard adherent, , Mr ' LaFollette admittedly has ‘an uphill pull. Among other things, senators still are nominated by party convention in: his’ state, which makes it easier for the bosses ta rig the deal, But Mr, LaFollette plans to stump the state and

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Today the first historic session of the United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to meet in London. It has been called the “town meeting” of the world. In diplomatic circles ‘it is the almost unanimous opinion that the UNO, as a peace-saving device, will succeed or fail depending on whether ‘the assembly is allowed to function freely or is boss-ridden hy the Big Three or the Big Five holding vetoes. The atomic bomb figures on the agenda. Perhaps the Soviet threats to Turkey and Iran will come up. If so, the Russians will raise the issue of the British and French in southeastern Asia and But the real test will come over the rights -of the-lesser nations within-the new organization,

‘Little 45' to Fight FRANCE. on paper one of the Big Five, in reality has been shoved into the backgrouhd. Rightfully resenting it, she is expected to wage a determined fight, not only for her place among the big powers but for the rights of the “Little 45.” If she doesn't, Australia and a hast of others will. The thesis which the smaller hations will uphold is that if they are to be jointly responsible. for maintaining world peace they must have a hand in shaping that peace, The alternative, to a. democratic UNO, it i8 pointed out, is an international dictatorship—a balance of power. maintained. by three or four nations. And no such arrangement has ever succeeded for long. Had the old League of Nations functioned, world wf II- would not have Oéturred. Germany would

IN WASHINGTON ,

. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.=~Over the protests of the home-building industry, government agencies have approved exports of lumber for the first quarter of 1946 at a rate exceeding last year’s shipments. The allocation of 225 million board feet for export during the next three months was. authorized in the face of the continued shortage of lumber for new homes and the recent report of declining production by .the civilian ‘production administration, Formal announcement of the export quota was eduled for sometime today. Meanwhile, Reconversion Director John W. Snyder was preparing a report Intended to justify the 1945 exports and the necessity for continuing shipments in 1946. The National® Retail Lumber Dealers association and the National Association of Home Builders had appealed to President Truman and Mr, Snyder to suspend exports until lumber supplies become more "plentiful. Following the disclosure last’ month that 750 milJon feet had been shipped abroad in 1945, nine bills were introduced in the house and one in the senate to prohibit exports until the ‘shortage has eased.

Equivalent of 90,000 Homes THE FIRST quarter allocations, if continued at the same rate throughout the year, would ‘mean exports of 900 million feet, or 150 million feet in excess of 1945 shipments. Although only part of the lumber earmarked for export would be usable for housing, an export of 900 million feet would represent the equivalent of the amount required for 90,000 or more homes—about

TODAY IN EUROPE . . . By

LONDON, Jan. 10.—A number of American mili~ tary comentators, in the course of the last few months, - have been questioning the utility of the Italian campaign. They have: suggested that the casualties sustained in the advance up the Italian peninsula were out of proportion to ihe strategic results obtained. As a matter of fact, it seems certain, when all the facts and figures are known, that historians will agree that the Italian campaign played an indispensable role in the general wearing-down of the enemy. To judge this matter in its true perspective, we must return to May.’ 1943, when the British and American armies entered Tunis and when the North African littoral was being cleared of axis troops. / The British victory at mein in. October, 1942, and the immense disaster which the Russians imposed on the Germans at Stalingrad about the same time, had turned .the tide of the war, and victory was now certain; The only question was Bow long it would ake the allies to storm Sheir way ino the heart; of Hitler's reich. Ty '

Secondary Front Euvontial

BY THE time Tunis fell, the 3 were exploiting the Stalingrad ; Be d, though they still were a long wiy from the ‘Ger an horders, they were rolling forward ‘into tig Ukraine, Confronted by this sttuation, the At stican chiefs of staff wanted to invade mid’ capture ta, theh abandon the Mediterranean theater in favor of, the

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earliest possible lahding in ¢hiefs

“Against this, the British

ings could not be made available the spring of 1944: that to shut down the M ean. theater after merely capturing Sardinia would mean that, all throtigh the autumn and winter, while the Russians

ou ; staff abghed : | that sufficient landing craft for the Normandy Jand-

woul ei, he supe ull of hs ent yen, t :

re a te ie Nee : grass roots pressure. TE 1D Mr. LaFollette has a quality about him, asidg from his ability and courage, that is scorned by" old political hands—but which the people understand and like when is real as in his case. This if idealism. ° He has a dream for the Republican party. the sort, of dream young Abe Lincoln had, the sort

that ‘Senator Borah 8 Idaho) had, the sort that

Wendell Willkie had. -

Believes Similar Issues Today “THE REPUBLICAN party, he says, “was the radical party when it came into being. It was radical and faced the greatest social and economies Issue in the country, slavery, four-square.” . He thinks there are similar great issues today which have to do with the welfare of the people. His ‘belief is that “economics, ‘social thinking and governmental means of implementation are, and must be dynamic; today they are moving forward

toward increasfng the real freedom of man, which

will come out of greater security _ People can attain "these goals, he says, only through political parties, If political parties fail to meet the need, “the frustration thereby built up can and will destroy representative government. The danger’ of this happening today is greater than in any period in our history, including that which preceded the civil war” ' = He does not see how: the Democratic party cam meet it, with its southern wing all-powerful in congress. Judging from what happened at the Republican national committee meeting in Chicago recently, the Republican leadership represented there cannot meet the need either. Mr. LaFollétte, who is in a minority group among Republican progressives in the house, has quite a. job to do.” He deserves well, for he is ‘getting dawn to the fundamentals,

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have been stirrounded by. peace-loving nations, aj} acting together. She would never have dared invade Poland. But Instead of the league, Britain, Prance, Russia, Germany, Italy and Japan engaged in a game of power politics, ‘bargaining and appeasement. As soon as Russia upset the équilibrium by siding with Ger« many, instead of France 3g Great’ Britain, the fat was in the fire, - A similar tragedy, the smaller members warn, will happen again if the Big Three, Big Four or Big Five try to run things themselves. When two nations— or two sides of a balance of power—fall out, war is the logical result.

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WITHIN a demberatically functiening league of: nations, however, they could air thelr differences before a sort of international jury and come to an amicable decision. That is what some of the major powers and most of the smaller nations will contend at London. The ‘theory that decisions are mlmost impossible where so many nations have a voice, it is observed, is not borne out by the facts. San Francisco, with 45 nations present, was a success. But the Big Five met last September, in London, and were unable to agreé on any single major point. The outcome of the fight of the Jessen powers for

a real voice in the peace will Jargely determine the | If they weaken, the world, to | all intents, will be run by a balance of power and | whatever peace there is will tend to be makeshift |

future of the UNO.

and temporary. If they stick to it until they win, lasting peace through the"TNO will have an excellent chance,

. By Ned Brooks

Exports of Lumber Bring Protests

one-fifth of the dwellings scheduled for construction in 1946. :

The monthly report of CPA issued a few days ago.

described lumber supplies as “still critical” and added that “extremely sharp declines” in production had occurred since V-J day. The agency added that it had “recommended simultaneous individual actions by all government agencies concerned to assist in checking the decline in production and to bring about a balance at the earlest possible date.” . H. R# Northup, secretary-manager of the Lumber Dealers association, said he had réceived no reply from Mr. Snyder in response to his protest in early December against continued exports. He said he plans to renew his complaint now that the 1948 program has become known.

"Needed for Export Relations’

THE - EXPORT quotas are established by CPA,

the foreign economic administration, office of war

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mobilization and reconversion and the commerce

department. Officials have defended the program on the ground that jt was needed to “maintain export relations” and to insure foreign production of such items as ofl

and sugar which this country imports. About 25 per | cent of the lumber exports went to Latin American H

‘countries, with England, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Australia and African colonies also getting shipments. The lumber retailers asked Mr. Snyder to investi gate OPA pricing policies under which, they say, some producers receive premiums over the ceilings estabe lished for domestic sales.

Randolph Churchill

Italian Drive Called Indispensable

Britain and America would nowhere be in contact -with*the German armies.

Moreover, one of the objectives of the North Africk

landings and: the Meditétranean campaign was to, |

knock Italy out of the war, and this still had not been accomplished. If the British and’ Americans were not yet ready. for a major continental landing, it was essential, if the enemy was to be progressively worn down, to open some secondary front. The invasion of Italy was ideal from this point of view. It offered solid hoped of the elimination of Italy. With the Mediterranean reopened by the Tunisian victory, allied shipping and supplies would be easy to maintain, while the Germans would be limited in the forces they could deploy and supply over the Alps.

The disadvantage .of the narrow front, which |

limited maneuver, was in reality advantageous, since we were not yet ready to fight on an unlimited front, as we were a year: later in France and the Netherlands. :

Not Decisive’ but Helpful THE AMERICAN chiefs of staff accepted the logie of this reasoning, and certainly today a majority of the high-ranking American commanders would agree that the Italian campaign paid ample dividends, particuldrly in drawing off German strength and easing the task of Gen. Eisenhower on D-Day. Of course, the Italian campaign was not decisive

in, itself, but it seems certain that, when all the

facts and figures are known, the military historians of the future will agree that the conception of the canipaign was’ strategically correct, that thé came palgn itself, over most difficult. terrain, was brile liantly = conducted, albeit with strictly limited re= sources, and that it played an indispensable role in the general wearing-down of the enemy which was an essential preliminary to the success of the full major invasion, i y

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