Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1946 — Page 12

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: such - presence of mind, He toyed with his lariat, | gave it & couple of practice swings:in-the sir, and | | Hl 1 i

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Bureau of ; Aco: ; i po ; ei | Lo xd let ‘er. go.. Sure, he not onl lassoed La 7% period when Jim Wells was the but, the candidphotographer as well. By thie tone, traffic cop (or its equivalent) at: atl came to a dead stop and fists came into play. n

the corner of Washington and. : Niinols st, ae ts all That brought, Police Lt. John Corrigan’ running to ng Rt > - to { the scene. Soon: as he arrived, a ‘helpless une to Hi woman started. to drive her horse and buggy thiough * | the halted parade. The Horse like everything and theres no télling what’ might ° have happened had not Lt. Corrigan seized’ the en-

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tha _ That day, however, and ol something absolutely new turned up. It was a crew of moving picture men who had come to Indianapolis raged animal and brought it to a stand stil = ** for the express purpose of taking pictures of Buffalo Whereupon the woman leaped from her buggy and | Bill's parade. To this day nobody knows why they planted 's kiss on both of Lt. Corrigan’s cheeks, Gosh :

picked Indianapolis . Even more mysterious is why he was embarrassed. “That wasn't all.’ “Next, the they picked Jim Wells’ corner to set up their machine, , After it was all over, Officer Wells said he might have acted differently had he known that Buffalo Bill objected to anyone taking pictures of his show.

osevelt in: his second, third and fourth terms he would write an editorial about the death of Harry ins. The reply: “He was a conscientious public according to his lights.”

excited lady hugged the policeman and, from where | I stood, it looked as if she couldn't get done thanking *| | him for having saved her life. Indeed, she stuck '| |

With that rather restrained comment we concur, but

8 we would add emphasis on the praiseworthy side. That, | despite our many differences, though some agreements, | ‘Harry Hopkins through the years.

His really great quality was his fidelity to his boss. 3

That, plus his infinite capacity to swim upstream in face of his physical fraility. As we knew him he was never a well man. Had he been a robust, big-chested, typical politician, full of animal vigor, his career would not have been so remarkable, in our sight. But the combination of illness and loyalty was something rare indeed; a loyalty ' that would take him out of a sickbed to-an airplane on a health-breaking world mission, willingly and with enthusiasm. He had courage of the unusual sort that never could be attributed to anyone of those so fortunate as never to have been seriously ill. Like the frail Louis Howe, who preceded him as the intimate of Mr. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins became the one on whom the President could absolutely depend. . Woodrow Wilson in the first world war wanted and needed and had his Col. House. Harry Hopkins became the Col. House of the second world war. ~~ Complete loyalty is the most uncommon of qualities— loyalty that is unswayed by any personal ambition except to be loyal. Harry Hopkins never built up his great influence in order to sell it. House had that kind of loyalty for Wilson. Howe and Hopkins had it for Roosevelt. i They were all good and faithful servants to their chiefs ~—and therefore, all things considered, and all differences . of opinion appraised, they were good and faithful servants to their country.

SECRETARY PATTERSON'S REPORT

LQECRETARY OF WAR PATTERSON, on returning from ~ his ‘world tour, makes out a good case for having American forces abroad as long as necessary to finish the job. That is neither inexpensive nor easy. But it is far better than repeating our mistake after world war I and having to fight another war. ; - We cannot walk away and leave the billions of dollars

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Nobody had put him wise, he said, and that's probably why this particular parade had all the surprise elements of an impromptu performance. ‘Believe me, it was full of surprises. Not only did it include a number of features never seen here be-

fore, but the way things turned out, it was the cause

| of the best free-for-all fight ever staged in Indiani apolis—well, anyway, on Officer Wells’ corner.

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thing, not parked ones. How can

death and general confusion. It is odd to wring one's hands over the money brought into the till at such a cost in life and property. ... The solution to the

is (1) better observation of simple

_ worth of surplus American property abroad. Until dis- ~ posed of, it must be guarded. > We cannot walk away and leave unguarded the halfmillion German’ prisoners in our zone, or the nearly twothirds of a million unprotected refugees. The 300,000 American troops to remain in Germany after June are not a large force for those and other police responsibilities. Our force is much smaller than the British or Russian. In the Pacific area, three million enemy troops remain outside of Japan, and half a million of them not yet have even been disarmed. In Japan itself, Gen. MacArthur with extraordinary skill and success is controlling 80 million people, including nearly three million freshly demobilized enemy troops, with only 800,000 American soldiers. By June, Gen. MacArthur will have only 375,000 troops for the entire Pacific area. Certainly he can do with no less 3 » x » z . . . : HERE have been mistakes in Washington and in a few = commands abroad, resulting in some injustices and delays. But on the basis of over-all results, Secretary Patterson is justly proud of the demobilization of more than five million since V-E day. As for the Eisenhower plan to (increase this to 7,750,000 by June 30, including all enlisted men with 40 points or two years’ service, Mr. Patterson promises this “will be fulfilled unconditionally.” Of course the real problem is how to get the replacements, the 1,500,000 regular army requested. Secretary Patterson and President Truman, in our judgment, are too quick to assume the failure of the volunteer system and the _ apparent necessity of extending the draft law, All admit that professionals can do the occupation job better than draftees. Congress and the country may not agree to drafting men in peacetime for foreign service, Therefore the war department and congress should offer: - better inducements to volunteers quickly. ‘

HOMES AND CARS ; PE IN 1907, our family built a home. It was a substantial

safety rules on the part of pedes-

they are going.

of us should do morg of it even to the extent of parking a few blocks from where we are headed for. » » - “WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF RENT FREEZE WAS LIFTED?” By W. 8. Indianapolis I wonder what would happen if the government lifted the frozen rents. The same thing I imagine that “is going on now in the real estate house selling. In 1939, I paid $1550 for my place; just last week I was asked if IT intended to sell. I said “no, my place is paid for and

buy another.” Here is my reply, “Now is the time to unload that barn. There are a lot of suckers now to be éaught. I can get you $3500 for that old place and you then can build yourself a new home in a better location.” How, much longer will this con-

of your savings. * » . “CUT LOAD OF CANS BY PUTTING SMALL INTO BIG” By Times Subscriber, Indianapolis While cleaning up Indianapolis why not put these few lines in your paper—housewives these days can help the city with their alleys’ trash by placing small cans in large ones and there will be just half the load of cans. >

seven-room house with “all modern improvements.” It cost less than $3500, and the average cost of 488,000 nonfarm homes built in the United States that year probably was lower.

Our family didn’t dream of buying a car in 1907. The

American automobile industry sold only 43,000 cars that | year, and their average retail price was around $3000. Only ?

1 few wealthy families in our town could afford cars that . cost nearly as much as good homes. In less than half the years since 1907 has the United tates built as many non-farm homes as it did in that year. 1925, the record year for new housing, only 987,000 es were built, and their average cost was $4776. In each of those 38 years, the automobile industry has d many more cars than it did in 1907. In its best year, 29, it sold over a hundred times as many-—4,588,000 cars. e wholesale value, at the factories, was $620, : pet price, after adding freight charges argins, was utider $1000, In 1929, you could for the cost of one good house. nobiles. will cost a little more, at first, n for & great mass market will bring and the industry expects a series of The country needs a series of 1,000,but you can’t build much of a house now ‘which is the top price most families 0 the government is talking about sub-

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trians; (2) no parking on the street the next election without in crowded areas: (3) use of city |‘liberal” His sentiments divide the and county owned ground for parking lots; (4) one way streets where ceded; (5) 4nd, finally abandonment of idea on the part of our citizens that they must, at all costs,

I could not get enough out of it to

tinue? The Better Bufiness Bureau warned against being swindled out],

"Problem Is to Move Traffic, Not Park It; Meters No Help"

By Earl B. Teckemeyer, 130 N. Delaware st. The city council is to be congratulated for having courage and geod judgment to halt the move to install parking meters

Our problem here is to find a way to move traffic, not park ¥. We need to clear the streets, not clog them. Moving cars are the important

we solve the slow-moving, crowded

conditions which exist if we are going to further legalize the business of parking a car in space which ought to be used for moving traffic. It is alleged that meters produce a large revenue. but it is at the expense of obscured vision, jam-packed streets, bent fenders,|

Possibly they do accidents, broken bones, |“LIBERALISM IS DEATH {OF PROGRESS TODAY” By Rev. Daniel H. Carrick, 506 W. 31st st.

Alex Clark’s speech at the court miserable | house recently, when installing well traffic conditions which exist here (known Republicans in office, is not imy sentiments. - Mr. Clark said that the Republican party cannot win in being

party

Constitution which . stands

{to horse and buggy days but would

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even own a horse and buggy. “Liberalism” is the death of progress, and this country, great as it is, was made great by isolationism and freedom of enterprise and personal liberty for the nation. Abondoning these same principles has caused us two wars and almost total ruin of our country. - ‘ Mr. Clark seems to be an internationalist not honestly looking forward in the interest of Americans. We are divided into two classes, One is" internationalists who take ordefs from England and Russia; the other class takes orders from God, the . Constitution of America and Republican principles. Mr. Clark is spelling “WPA” and “OPA” and would reduce us down to “tokens” and nothing else, and leave us without money. We good Republicans who have put the Republican ticket into office in this state are not going along with any kind of “liberal” tactics. . . We need an American isolationist party, free fi communism, socialism and the trickery of the rich Communists who wish to win the election so as to own the state, nation, church and people. “Liberalism” is a trick of rich internationalists to deceive - the common people, and to overthrow the government, and when this happens, the rich will hold all the offices and finally the common peo= ple will be slaves. . . . |

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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again had “the

and break faith with our sacred principles of the American for freedom, not war and squeezing out lof our liberty. My vote will not be {cast for a “liberal,” because a “lib- is a horse of a different color. Don’t park in few steps of where A 1 . yithin 2 P feral” would not only take us back you realize that if these industries

“HOPE CONGRESS PASSES STRIKE LEGISLATION”

By G. L. Cransberry, R. EK. 5, Box 96 So this is the land of the free and the home of the brave. If the strikers have their way it won't be the land of the free for very] long, but thank God it can always be the home of the brave. If these strikes keep on, government will! have but one alternative, that is to take over. * | Wages are at an all-time peak, | higher than the inflated wartime pay. What does the worker want? | Is it communism? Socialism? Then what? I am a worker, too, but thank God, I am capable of looking out | for myself and will not depend on | the labor racketeers for a livelihood | Consequently, I am. working and putting some of the filthy lucre aside for the proverbial rainy day. I am elated over G. M.'s decision not to aid inflation—more power to them. Wake up, workers. You are being deceived by leaders greedy for power, they do not have your | interest. at heart... Of. course, if .you need more money to spend at the taverns and the bookies, then that

{would shut down that in a few {months you would be more than | willing to work. any place at any {job for any price? Where do you {get that you are worth the prohibitive increase you seek? Maybe you went to college or spent years in apprenticeship learning your skilled trade. If so, I can see your point, but I'll bet you can't ev count your fingers and get the right total, because if you could you wouldn't let those goons messs up your future and take your jobs from you. Tomorrow is pay day and I'm going to take home some good old American dollars to the wife and kiddies and everyone in this land of plenty could do the same. I respect my neighbors, too, and I won't strike and thus create shortages of things they might want or need. On America, my kind will always goad you on to keep you the greatest nation on earth despite the strikers mien to place you otherwise, I predict that when congress convenes it will legislate a ban on strikes and I hope it does. Shame on you, you poor helpless people. You asked for it, now I hope you get it.

oN “PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE HAND IN BARGAINING” By Harry Carmeny, Morristown

A major “jam” was inevitable in labor-capital relationship primarily because labor's cause was fostered and promoted by administrative government rather than by legislative government. Our greatest need now is a legislative framework within the premises of the American way of life. Collective bargaining seems to be an accepted fact; labor does have a right to bargain snd capital has now and has always had that right. But it- must be remembered that the consuming public has rights also, and should by their government take a very active part in the bargaining. » ~ »

“WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN UNTIL DEMOS CLEAN UP” By Mrs: Leona Roberts, Indianapolis I see that the Southern Democrais (the conservative ones) have finally come to their senses. They made pretty bold satements against the so-called Democratic*®administration, and I commend them for doing so. Maybe in-1948 I can again vote Democratic if these Communists, labor leaders, etc, stop riding in on the good old Democratic ticket. Why don't they form their own party? ‘I will vote a straight Republican ticket to save our country from these so-called conservatives until this happens. ,

DAILY THOUGHT

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understand ~-Proverbs 14:6,

WISDOM is ofttimes nearér when

THE FIGHT started the moment the cameraman started manipulating his machine, Immediately, three cowboys turned their ponies out of the parade and lined in front of the camera so that the operator couldn't do a thing. When he moved the machine to get out of their way, the cowboys moved with him—as pretty a maneuver as ever I hope to see. I guess I

around until the parade got going again. 'Unhand Me, Woman!"

YOU'LL die when you hear what happened next. | When the moviemen and the cowboys got their quar- '| |}

rel patched up, the little old woman jumped into her rig and joined the parade: Lt. Corrigan had to keep running alongside the buggy because ‘his little beneficiary wouldn't let go of his hand. ag

Several hours later when it came time to enter

the big tent, those of us who were privileged to have :

witnessed the parade were dumfounded to see: the little old woman again. This time she was driving’ her ‘buggy around the ring (without Lt: Corrigan, however) o It took us some timé to catéh ‘on that “she” was the star clown of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show. :

Gosh, how parades have slowed up since then!

WORLD AFFAIRS . .. By William Philip Simms

Charges Before UNO Must Be Aired:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Iran’s charges against the Soviet Union and Russia's counter-charges against Britain have reached a point from which they can hardly retreat. They must be publicly aired and settled, or the UNO may die in infancy. As a United Nations diplomat expressed it: “Once a citizen accuses a neighbor of murder, it ceases to be a private affair. It becomes a matter for the police. All society has an interest. The charge must be proved

or disproved. It is not enough for the accused to tell

the police he has settled the matter privately with the. accuser—especially if the accused is a powerfulprivileged person and the accuser is weak and helpless.”

Russia has accused Great Britain of imperiling’

world peace by interfering in Greece and Indonesia. And Iran has charged Russia with interfering in Azerbaijan. Both have laid their cases before the security council at London. Over the week-end, however, the Tehran government which brought the charges was thrown out of office for a new one headed by Ahmad Ghavam Saltaneh, long known as “proSoviet.” Now, therefore, Vice Commissar Vishinsky, head of the Soviet delegation, wants the charges thrown out of court because the government which made them is no longer in office. Moscow and Tehran, he says, can settle the matter between themselves.

Must Settle Issues in Open : . IF THIS precedent is allowed, in the view of the smaller members of the United Nations, it will destroy the UNO before it really gets started. They say the organization may continue to exist but only as a beautiful facade behind which international murder will go on while the big powers parade sanctimonious-

| ly in front.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Somebody around here finally has waked up to the idea that the way for the party in power to get something done in congress is to do something about it, not just talk about it. That somebody is- Bob Hannegan, who is Democratic national chairman as well as postmaster general. ’ Mr. Hannegan has stirred himself into action on this front for the best practical reason for the politi« cal director of a party, which is to win the next election. That happens to be the congressional election in November, That is rather important for Mr. Hannegan and his party, not to speak of President Truman. For one thing, they realize that if Republicans should capture the house—and the G. O. P. is cocky about the prospects—they would be in the best possible position to hamstring the administration in the two years before the next presidential election. The Democrats did that for Herbert Hoover, It is historical precedent, too, that capture of the house by the opposition in an off-year is followed by success in the presidential election two years later.

Must Appeal to Labor Vote * USUALLY the best thing that a political party can offer the voters is a récord. It has become apparent to many people here, including Mr. Hannegan, that the way things are going there may not be much of a record of things accomplished in the domestic field by the Truman administration by election time—particularly to offer that large segment of Democratic support embodied in labor. These people must be stirred up again to enthusiasm to get out and work. What can “happen when labor is not organized politically and whipped up was demonstrated in the 1042 off-year elections, when the Democrats were taken by surprise and the Republicans made substantial gains. The C. I. O. thereafter organized its Political Action Committee, Off-year elections require

English Defend

LONDON, Jan. 30.— Tentative moves by Bir Oswald Mosley to stage a political comeback have disturbed and irritated the British public. British troops, particularly those still serving overseas, have been angered at the idea that the same political doctrines against which they successfully fought abroad should continue to be propagated at home. The Communists, on the other hand, are delighted, since it gives them a renewed opportunity to rant and rave against fascism and, in the process, to suggest that everyone who is not & Communist must be a Fascist or -at least a “Fascist thizer.” Bist ype have been made that Mosley should be banned. Some people have even recommended that legislation should be passed under which he could be imprisoned. “The Socialist government has courageously rejected such proposals, i

Political Freedom Is Rarity . IT HAS BEEN argued that political rights and free speech could reasonably be withheld from those who only wish to use them in ‘order that, when they obtained® power, they could deny them -to others. Acceptance of this principle would, of course, involve withdrawing political rights from Commu-~ nists as well as from Fascists. ‘But what ls worse, it would compromise the ‘effectiveness of the most powerful weapon which free meh possess against both Fascist and Communist tyranny—{ree’ speech. "Englishmen and Americans, with their age

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“use against us.

traditions of freedom and tolerance, are apt to take

In future, these observers contend, little nations would realize the futility: of asking for help against one of the Big Three or Big Five. “All any one of the

big fellows would have to do would be to bring sufi" cient pressure to bear on the little fellow, Intirni-"

dated, the little fellow would withdraw ‘the charges, or “arrange” things privately with his big neighbor. And everything would be fine~for the big fellow. The Russian accusations against Britain-are even

more serious than Iran's charges against Russia.

Britain, the security council was told, is using her

troops in Greece as a means of internal pressure, thus ° o creating “a tension which is fraught with great conse~' | quences for the Greek people as well as for the main- * |

tenance of peace and Security.”” A ‘similar Soviet

charge was brought against the British in Indonesia. * |

Investigation Now Necessary SUDDENLY to drop all these charges now, smaller members of the United Nations feel, would play havoe with the UNO’s usefulness. The accusations are either true or untrue. They should not be hushed up by private arrangements secretly engineered by the Big Three. They should not be whitewashed. Already the little nations are saying the big powers seem to feel they are above the law. The charter gives each of the Big Five the right to veto action. If they

can also nullify investigation, it is remarked, the UNO, |

may as well call it a day. : ; . Foreign Secretary Bevin, however, is said to be determined to make Russia prove her charge Britain. allow herself to be put on the carpet alone. Even if Iran weakens, therefore, Britain may insist on a

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security council investigation of the whole business. §

If she doesn’t, the little countries will think—perhaps

other into silence.

rightly—that the big powers have blackmailed each .

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IN WASHINGTON . .. Bv Thomas L. Stokes gu > Off-Year Elections Demand ‘Record’.

a lot of hard, old-fashioned spadework: to arousé interest. ’ , 2

Without a record of accomplishment in congress,

a party opens itself up to the charge of ineptitude. Republicans, both conservative and progressive, have begun to harp already on the “do-nothing” theme. It is a good one—and effective. The analysis in Washington in recent weeks is that Mr. Truman's trouble is scatter-shoofing, It's hard to do anything with a general, 21-point program in congress for instance. And harder still if you just write it down in ‘messages, particularly if they are as long as the last one. A 2l-point program can be just as easily lost in congress as in the minds of the public. * :

Adopt Roosevelt Tactics ‘ MR. HANNEGAN, it is learned, has decided to adopt the technique of concentration and pressure used so successfully by Franklin D. Roosevelt, The late President always had a big program on file, too, but before each session of congress be would pick. a few measures upon which to concentrate. He then would give those everything, his own effective oratory, a barrage by his lieutenants, pressure upon congress ‘members in various ways—red fire and a hot poker at the same tithe. Getting the 65-cents-an-hour minimum wage bill out of the senate labor committee last week, it now develops, was a starter on the Hannegan program. He sent telegrams to every administration supporter on that committee to be on hand and vote, it is learned. A series of speeches by cabinet members is planned as the next step. Thereafter other measures will be selected for this treatment. Mr, Roosevelt had a very able “kitchen cabinet” of alert political craftsmen who, carried out his orders, working directly for him, Mr. Truman has lost a great deal of that kind of help, and Bob Hannegan is taking over the job in the national committee. Maybe he can do something about making & record.

Freedom of Speech

their advantages too much for granted. We are apt to forget that political freedom is a rarity and that most of the world, throughout history, has lived in conditions of political servitude, Taking our freedom for granted, we are apt to close our eyes to the way in which itis menaced today.

Speech Curb Blunts Democracy VOLTAIRE said, “I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your Fight to say it.” How many people since Voltaire's time have paid lip service to this glorious conception!

And how few really act on it when they find people |

disagree!

expressing opinions with which xp tion of this

Yet it is in the constant

faith that the surest defense of freedom’ lies, If, | out’ of dislike of fascism, we in any way gurb the |

absolute right of men to express their opinions, however wrong-headed they may be, we would be

blunting the sharpest weapon in the armory of |

democracy. And we would have justified in advance the very repression which tyrants would like to

Liberty: today is not in danger from cranks and adventurers of the Mosley stamp. It is endangered far more by our own complacency and muddled

“thinking,” The British and American people have

shown they are prepared to die for the gause of freedom. It would not be oesbary for of lis 1 and this cause if they valued i mors in peacetime. i. bit oy 2 fi I ;

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