Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1946 — Page 12

ESENTA' | q § years since our state legislature did any-

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e result has been that Marion county still has-only ; s and 11 representatives allotted to this 1921, ever percentage of the state's popu living here is considerably greater, out of the BO senators and 100 representatives who comprise the legis- * Jature. And one of our senators and one representative ‘elected jointly with Johnson county. " The state constitution says: “The general assembly shall, at its second session after the adoption of this constitution, and every sixth year thereafter, cause an enumeration to be made of all the male inhabitants over the age of 21 years.” ; : The last enumeration was made in 1931 and disclosed that there were 890,898 male voters in the state. It already was 10 years, then, since there had been a reapportionment of legislative districts. ie. . ..8 8

N° action directing a reapportionment was taken by the " 1938 legislature nor any session since. There have

been assemblies during that period controlled by both major |.

parties, 80 the responsibility cannot be placed at either door. In Indiana, the rural areas are powerful in the legislature, and it is understandable that they should strive to retain their power. But that does not give them the right to thwart the provisions of the constitution. Granted that an en n of voters would be expensive, as has been hat. ent ghould not prevent the general assembly from running the government of the state in accordance with the law. ‘There has been some consideration of enumeration ‘at legislatures since 1921, of course, but the fact remains—nothing has been done about it. In the meantime, the populous districts in which are located Marion, Lake, St. Joseph, Allen, Vigo and Vanderburgh cannot have the weight in state" decisions to which their proportion of population entitles them. ss 8 8 sa.» PERHAPS the most ironic feature of the present represenion is ‘that it fails entirely to recognize woman's sufpportionment is on the basis of male voters require a constitutional amendment to,

in the enumeration. ~~. ss for the legislature should make clear their stand for or against such an amendment, and for or against

citizens, has done a public service by sending the following admirable and accurate statement to the heads of national and local labor unions now engaged in strikes:

* “The American Civil Liberties Union has always sup-

ported the right to picket at any time, at any place for any purpose. Picketing, as the courts have held, is a form ‘of free speech and assembly and is supported on that principle. “The only limitations by public authorities on picketing supported by the Union are those to keep traffic open for pedestrians and vehicles, to insure access to places picketed, to prevent the use of fraudulent signs, and to maintain order. The Union has supported mass picketing where these conditions are met. : “But no claims of the rights to’ picket justify the use of force to prevent access to plants on strike by those who are willing to cross picket lines. Reports of current strikes . show instances in which pickets have prevented access to plants by executive officers, by maintenance crews keeping up such services as heat and lighting, and by clerical workers not members of the striking union. These are plain abuses of the right of picketing. ! s = 8, & » = “IN the view of the American Civil Liberties Union, the 7 right of access, not only of these persons; but of any and all others; is undebatable. The two rights—of picketing and of access to places picketed—are not conflicting. “The ‘present. issue, however, goes further than the _ right of access to places across a picket line. It affects profoundly the rights of organized labor itself, for wherever the use of force by pickets is successful, public sym‘pathy with unions is alienated and encouragement is given to the opponents of labor's rights. “These excesses connected with picketing are bound to have a disastrous effect in the long run on the basic right to picket. It is, therefore, greatly in the interest. of unions themselves so to control picketing that access to “plants is not denied by force. “Police efforts to keep access to plants open should be supported by responsible leaders; not resisted as some ~ reports indicate. ‘If they are defied, the inevitable result will be resort to the courts by those aggrievéd, with consequent injunctions. Even the statutes protecting the labor's : rights from injunctions may thus be endangered.” "RAGS "THEIR RICHES storerooms and closets are filled with shoes and | which we could give up and never miss. lllions of the ravaged world's ragged, freezing ' eastofl. garments would be almost incredible

You have seen the marveling, the half-unbelieving joy i es eh Naren, Pistured as they received f» 8 pair of sturdy shoes—from America. the drawn faces, the wasted forms - few of the little people whom the war has left

» Surely, to make all of us rummage L get out everything we can spare ® Campaign. Bundles can be left t station house or at one of the many have accepted the responsi

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Hoosier Forum

"| wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it."—Voltaire.

"Meeting Union Demand Will Cut Value of Savings, Bonds"

By John Frederick Bowers, 3735 N. Delaware st. E i In the dark days of world war II, when thé cry was for more guns, tanks, trucks, jeeps, material of all descriptions essential to continuing the job of winning a war, we were stunned to learn that certain labor organizations thought it an opportune time to demand higher wages and to talk of overtime pay. Men were being wounded, killed—they were fighting for days on end without rest, living in the mud and dirt of the battlefield, eating C and K rations. These men didn't strike for higher wages, they didn’t complain of “extra” hours 35 thets “lousy” living conditions. Maybe theirs was a longer battle XT. of adequate supplies, maybe some were wounded and others killed lack of precious supplies. Those men were fighting| = - for a free world, for a freedom from |we getting at Billings General “isms,” dictators, and economic and péfpital at “his very moment. social strangleholds. pe Namely, it is what we are forced The victory was wond To err i8|to consume under the guise of food. human. We west’ ng to over-iNo, perhaps I shouldn't say look the la of labor. Better|«forced,” because we don’t have to Victory was ours|eat the stuff if we don’t want to. But many of us, due to our physical condition, haven't any choice. It's hard to put your finger on anyone who is responsible because every complaint is either met by “shrugged shoulders” or a “passed buck.” The old army game. The only tangible reason that I can see is perhaps some of the “DB's” who “help” throughout the hospital. The DB’s are members of disciplinary barracks. Perhaps they do render a. great service, but in my opinion the patients would be a lot better off if they (the DB's) were replaced by a few first-rate cooks who at least have their minds on their work. Of course, there is a possibility that the rations have been shortened. But, that is highly improbable. Our country wouldn't do that to our “physically unfit” combat men. There is a persistent rumor going around that Billings General hospital will be closed in a few weeks. Even if this is true and the war is over, let's keep up the old American . |tradition of the best fed army in the world and feed us some edible food for a change. We have earned that much, at least.

Editor's Note: Billings authorities say the food served is up to army standard, and say that DB's are KP duty but that all cooks

fof labor or consumers’ a Let us all unite and wage another winning war against our internal “gangsters” for our future economic and social life. 5

“FOOD COULD BE IMPROVED AT VETERANS’ HOSPITAL” BOL R Kiltips, Billings General 1 have been a reader and ardent supporter of the Hoosier Forum for several months. I appreciate the fair and democratic way that it 1s conducted. In my own way, I believe that I can be grateful for a fair deal anyplace. The particular “deal” that is in my mind at the moment is the one

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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COPR. 1946 BY NEA SERVICE NC. 7. M. REGU. & PAT. OFF

“Be sure to fell Aunt Sadie we built this house fo get a larger living room, but we're still cramped for bedroom space!’

“WE KENOW WHO LOST THE WAR BUT DID ANYONE WIN IT?”

By R. L. Smelser, Medora Well, the war is over. Or is it? Perhaps it would be well to take stock! and see where we stand.. Military men estimate the cost as 60,000,000 casualties. This does not include civilians, which very likely equals or pray even exceed the military losses This is a very sizaple chunk of the human race and ought to set us to thinking about the price

politicians and the ambitions of nations and so-called statesmen. I think it's far too high a pric» to pay for anything. And that brings ap the question of who won the war. We know who lost it, but did anyone win it? Did Russia win it? Russia has been the heaviest loser in men, much heavier than either Britain or America. She has been ‘experimenting with a socialistic government for a quarter of a century, and- what is left of Kharkov, Stalingrad and many other places in western Russia, built up g. such an enormous cost in an effort to modernize her industries. Did Britain win? Take a look at her shipping, built up for over 100 years. Most of it sunk and gone. Her position as world insurance broker and banker has been lost, her resources and investments

and now she is a commonwealth composed of independent dominions and that must include India bes fore the world sees any real peace. Did we win 1? Consider. a $300,000,000,000 interest - bearing debt. Look at our disrupted economy and a budget that can da nothing but increase the debt every year for many years. Also consider our casualties, over a million. Isn't this war, like all wars, a most miserable investment, the kind a man likes to forget and say “never again.” We realized that after the first world war but the working class, unorganized, had no chance against the ones wanting war. Like all wars, this one was “a rich man’s war, but a poar man's fight.” We saw what happened to the league of nations, but ‘I wonder if the United Nations will do any better, If they do it will’ be only because of fear of the atomic bomb.

“AMERICANISM IS GUTS AND UNKNEELED MENTALITY” By Osrl Mimms, Indianapolis An open letter to my flag. Dear Flag, To thee I pledge alliance. And may you forever wave o'er the land of the free. But, Sir, man to man, do you mean it from your heart. I mean your promise of four freedoms, or is Americanism just a front—sorta of a sheep's clothing worn by a certain class and color, I believe you do, Sir. But, Flag, I'm worried. If Americanism is not a phony, if democracy is not a cheap " product—a live and who cares set up; a wooden nickel— but as true and sincere as a schoolboy’s dream, how can. we be sure the men who derived thelr

the human, broad-minded, fair and sincere individuals necessary to lead our country to a permanent peace and mutual understanding among our divided races and

call my government biave, Sir, because I take Americanism 100. per cent—to consider all races as advertised. ‘Americanism is guts and unkneeled mentality and a sincere heart. And in my five years pursuit of happiness, in vain, I have found true Americanism but in few hearts. That's why I'm worried, Bir, Is there enough Americanism in my country to give black faces a break. -

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© WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Resignation of Gen. Charles de Gaulle as interim president of France did not cause, but rather is the result of, a political crisis on the banks of the Seine as grave as any that sorely

It is grave for France, for Europe and the world. ‘In essence, it is a showdown between French democracy Borrowing a leaf from Spain's notebook, back in }936 the Communists organized a popular front with Leon Blum's Socialists and Edouard Herriot’s Radical Socialists and took control of France. It was then that the social upheaval began which finished paralyzing the , national defense and led to the debacle of 1940. : At that time, the Communists refused to share responsibility of government, For a whole day, Premier-Designate Blum pleaded with them to take their pick of portfolios in his cabinet, but they said no. Until the day came when they could organize a government of their own, they told him frankly they preferred to stay outside and criticize. - Today their tactics are slightly different. Upon Gen. De Gaulle’s election by the constituent assembly, he said he would accept the presidency only if the three major parties—the big winners in the national elections—would work with him in a coalition. These were the Communist, Socialist and Popular Republican parties and, in the end, they accepted his terms.

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. BUT THE Communists, at least, have not lived up to their bargain. The assembly’s principal assignment was to write a new constitution for the fourth republic and govern the country provisionally uniil that was accomplished. The time set was next say.

and a new deal. However, instead of working at the job assigned, the Communists, and to some extent the Socialists, have been playing politics with the

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—What is most striking about President Truman's .lengthy message to congress is his stubborn -insistence upon his program for the general welfare of the country as he sees it. Calmly and reasonably, he throws it right back to

his enemies in congress, of which there are many. Why does he persist, in so many parts of his program, In challenging the conservative leaders of his party? They are in a fine strategical position in congress to. thwart him. They shout that he is splitting the party. Why doesn’t he compromise with them? For one thing the only .reason-for-being of the Democratic party is as a progressive party. That is its essential faith. That is the only way it appeals .angd win victories at the polls. It has learned by experience that when it submits to the blandishments of -those who ery for “party harmony’-by which they mean to let the conservatives have their way— and runs a conservative candidate with a conservative

program, it loses.

‘Conservative’ GOP Label

IP THE country is conservative-minded, it never elects a conservative Democrat. It wants to be sure, so it goes all thé way and selects a Republican. That has been demonstrated again and again. Franklin D. Roosevelt moulded the Democratic party into a great progressive party. The truth is that still today the preponderant majority of those who make up the Democratic party are progressively inclined. But, through a peculiar circumstance, a conservative minority has the: controlling influence in the party In congress. This is the southern so-called “leadership” which maintains its power there through

LONDON, Jan. 23~Richard C. Patterson Jr, U. 8. ambassador to Yugoslavia, recently had a curious first-hand experience with the activities of OZNA, ‘the widely dreaded Communist secret police. With a number of Yugoslav friends, he had been shooting hares some 50 miles outside of Belgrade. On the way back, they stopped for drinks at ihe hoine of one of the Yugoslavs. They had been there only about 10 minutes when two OZNA agents, without knocking, burst into the house, saying: “We hear that the American ambassador is here. We want to see his papers.” Patterson, refusing to show his credentials, telephoned the nearest town and asked the local head of OZNA to come over and see him. The OZNA chief sodh arrived, apologized for the actions of his subordinates, was given a drink, and left. ‘ The incident appeared to be closed but, the next day, OZNA agents reappeared and arrested the mother-in-law and father-in-law of Patterson’s fost. These two were still in prison a week later, despite Patterson's energetic protests to Yugoslav officials.

Petty Ill Will Shown

"| ALWAYS. outwardly correct in their relations

with British and American diplomats, these officials are usually pedantic to an extreme in granting any facilities, and pursue a policy of deliberate pinpricks. For instance, the British vice-consul in ‘Ljubljana

phe week to collect his rations, This at a time when,

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Writer Still Popular

WELL, that's the way the hoax started. admirers in Indianapolis, I remember, swallowed th story hook, line and sinker. They even went so f: as to cite passages from “David Harum” which, they claimed, were so saturated with the Englishman's st that nobody but Kipling could possibly have written them. Even the Indianapolis Library was taken in At any rate, there is a legend that, for a while; ! library people cataloged “David Harum” with Mr Kipling’s name in parenthesis following that of Ed ward Noyes Westcott. I have dragged the old skeleton from its clo because of unmistakable signs that the Indianapo reading public is again reaching for Rudyard Kipling’s books, the alarming corollary of which is, of Soy, that what has happened once can happen n.

| WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms

“French Crisis Affects Whole World

situation and maneuvering for votes at the May elections. : France, right now, is in the middle of a. most desperate winter, It has been 8 months since VEday but, because of war-born conditions ver .which neither Gen. De Gaulle nor his government has mare than a modicum of control, food and fuel are lacking, consumers goods are almost unobtainable, prices are sky-high, transportation is inadequate, - people are cold and hungry and there is much grumbling and popular discontent. : - 2% It is a situation made to order for the Communists and they have made the most of. it. . While they have accepted jobs under Gen. De Gaulle, they have left nothing undone to undermine -his prestige. Not only have they tried to set up a new. popular front with the Socialists and Radical Socialists in order to force a new constitution to their liking, but they have sought to blame everybody. but themselves for the nation’s misery.

Global Effect of Crisis

TWICE before Gen. De Gaulle has offered his resignation unless the major parties abandoned their political conspiracies and pulled together for France. Twice he received the necessary pledges only to see them broken. This time, apparently, he intends to make his resignation stick and the Communists, taken by surprise—they did not believe he would do it— are angry. ‘ They are hungry for power but they would much prefer to await a more propitious time. France is still not out of the woods and it would be shrewd politics to let Gen. De Gaulle or somebody else keep on taking the blame. Then, when the dawn of a oetter day seemed just ahead, the opposition could tal over and, like. Rostand's chanticleer, make belie that it was they who made the sun rise. For good or for ill, the outcome in France will have its effect around the globe.

IN WASHINGTON ci By Thomas L. Stokes Democrats Essentially Progressive

the seniority rule. But that “leadership” does nol represent the rank and file of the party. That is clear If Mr. Truman would kowtow to this minority he might get along a shade better in congress, but not noticeably so. y If the President compromised there, he would lose strength with his rank-and-file support outside which is the bulk of the party and counts up in votes. He-knows that. He is a shrewd politician, 2 well as sincere in his basic progressivism. He know too, some other things about this controlling minor: ity in congress which are important in deciding h course. One is that they can't even swing-the People in their own southern states.in national elections. This minority is acting up again today. There siren voices to compromise with this “party leader ship.” You know, everybody get together.

Compromise Spells Defeat

- THEY MAY “wreck” Mr. Truman ‘by blockadin his program in congress with the help of Republican

«But they can’t “wreck” -him with the .rank-and-f

of the Democratic party, except as they might demon strate that the Democratic party can-ne- longer act) They would go down with it, and some of them are willing to do that, seemingly. That might hap pen. But, by compromising with them, Mr. Truman would go down, too, for theirs is not the course o victory in these times. So he refuses to compromise, and in the polls still has a high popularity rating, south .as well elsewhere. ¥ : The reason is found in his program, as in th Roosevelt program. It holds hope for a better way of living in America.

TODAY IN EUROPE . . . By Randolph Churchill Yugoslav Policy Unco-Operative

hundreds of thousands of Yugoslavs from starvatic Many of these matters are petty, but they add up fo an attitude of positive ill-will displayed ove: many months by Yugoslav authorities toward Bri and American representatives.” It's high time tha the U. 8. state department and British foreign offic took some positive action to bring home to th Yugoslavs that continuation of these tactics is In tolerable between allied nations. Anat This policy of hostility is directed also ns all British and American business firms which o property and factories in Yugoslava.

Communists Splurging

BELGRADE had one good joke to enliven otherwise somewhat cheerless celebrations of Catholic and Orthodox Christmases. The city’s lead ing jeweler was summoned before a people's cg to explain why he had so many dinars. in his posses sion, He stated that he had sold a valuable diamond ring for 850,000 dindrs—$17,000 at the official rate exchange. ; i : ; When asked who was the purchaser, he first re fused to divulge this, on the grounds that it was professional secret. Eventually, when much p had been applied, he said that the purchaser w Mrs. Miloven Djilas, wife of Yugoslavia’s No. 3 Com. munist and herself minister of education in the Ser bilan state government. The jeweler was forthwith released and, though no account of these court pro ceedings appeared th the government-controlled p the story had widespread circulation... = °°

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