Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1946 — Page 10

s of the American people were With ruman when he began his administration. good will and good wishes of a large

middle class, which doesn’t take partisan, viously, sees in Mr. Truman a man of obvious rity and good intent. It wants him to succeed. ‘the President definitely appears to be jeopardizing broad, sympathetic public support he needs to sustain s adminis “Events of recent weeks have shaken "of a sizable and growing group of citizens. . a» "=

y ” to such occurrences as the belated disclosure another secret deal at Yalta. To the shocking jon that there may be still other secret agreements revealed later. To the unfolding of an administration s “program” which, in the opinion of many, is no Tr at all, but an incoherent, directionless catch-all r the pet proposals of organized pressure minorities. To ‘dubious character of numerous appointments to high

We refer also to the conflicting efforts to fight inflation and deflation at the same - time. To the contradictory policies that stem from that confusion. And to the economic ' nonsense about raising wages without raising costs and ~ prices—talk which the daily experience of every breadwinner and housewife proves to be just so much hocus‘pocus, and which is now about to result in further price Middle-ground independents, who in the end make what we call public opinion, have been tolerant of Mr. Truman's mistakes. They know he did not sow the winds that raised this whirlwind. . They admire his patience and tolerance and good temper in the face of greater difficulties and more perplexing problems than most Presidents have ever had to contend with in so brief a period. But they find no reason for confidence in the caliber of the'men Mr. Truman has grouped about him—the men who, presumably, have - that threaten to engulf his administration. They are, no doubt, a companionable group, comfortable to have around .. the White House. that would be unpleasant for the President to hear. Yet there are unpleasant truths that the President

in times like these, cannot be run on a cozy, courthouse level, by a political coterie which, doubtless, gives Mr. Truman loyalty and devotion, but which has little else to

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34 HE people who so greatly want Mr. Truman to succeed .. would like to see around him men of the stature of Cordell Hull, of Henry L. Stimson, of Bernard M. Baruch. Men whose records of wisdom and performance command public confidence and support. Instead, they see the Presi- . dent hip deep in little men. | It is not too late for Mr. Truman to correct this situaai tion. He retains the earnest best wishes of rank-and-file Americans, to which his own high character, his winning “personality and the responsibilities of his job entitle him. _ That fact is his great political asset. And he can rekindle national hope and confidence. : To do so, he will have to forget the minor political debts he has been trying to pay. He will have to remember

He will have to call to his side men who know how to make and carry out policies that are clear and sure and designed to meet the needs of the majority rather than the “demands of noisy and often selfish minority groups.

TO LIVE HERE HE opinion of 10 persons isn’t enough to indicate a trend, on the face of it. But when it is the opinion _of 10 overseas veterans who have chosen to return to Indianapolis to make their home it becomes sufficiently important to bear analysis. : Each of these men had opportunity to work and live ‘elsewhere, and their reasons why they chose Indianapolis are most revealing to us. First, the city offered to them the accumulated friendships of the years, and their long absence from home and ‘ service in all parts of the world have made them realize the importance of friendship. Next, Indianapolis was considered a stable-community in which to work and to rear : children to become good American citizens. And that is not a hollow phrase to these parents, wo A reason that struck us forcibly was voiced by a “veteran fresh from Germany, and we quote his opinion: “I've looked all over the country before making up my mind to return to Indianapolis. There were jobs that “paid more money, and cities that had more glamour, I finally decided to return to Indianapolis, %ven though 1 “Was not born here, because it seemed to me we had less strife here than in any of the cities I visited. Labor and capital seemed to get along well, with strikes usually hap“pen only when called by outside labor leaders, This a community where co-operation counts and where ] appear to be few. It's a homey town.” k If Indianapolis can live up to that specification, it will doing a job that won't cause regret in the hearts of the who made the same decision as did the veterans.

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opinion, is undermanned to face the wave of crimes occurring after every war. Have you ever been downtown on any Saturdaymevening after dark? Have you ever seen those drunks on every corner? Have you ever seen those empty bottles tossed out of automobiles on every Saturday night? Have you ever seen those hundreds of drivers coming out of drinking places, entering their cars? Have you ever seen the ambulances going down every few minutes to pick up the victims of those drunken drivers? Have you ever seen the twisted and mangled bodies of hit-and-run victims lying in the streets waiting the arrival of emergency squads and overburdened ambulances, with bodies twisted so badly that the doctors in the emergency surgeries just do not know where to begin? Don't get me wrong—I am not prohibition of any kind, but I am for the strictest law enforcement possible ‘by our judges as the only one way to free our streets from drunken drivers; Take out the politics of police and court—let the chief of police and our judges have their minds 100 per cent on the vbject and let them be free from worries about some political bosses. Let them have the chance to put the most drastic punishment on’ those drunken murderers in our streets, and maybe Indianapolis again will have a better reputation.

2 8 = “I GET $11.50 A MONTH, AND, GOVERNORS' "WIDOWS $250”

By Disgusted Veteran, Indianapolis I have always considered this part of your newspaper as one of the most interesting itéms of the day. But I never thought I would ever write anything to put in it until I read in the paper where the state is paying five widows of ex-

"Strictest Law Enforcement Is Way of Ending Drunken Driving"

: Soap Lester Huff, the man who brought joy in thousands of homes, killed “advised” him into the troubles [by an allegedly drunken driver. And a 78-year-old man critically injured by another driver—a club owner killed after a night of drinking

» Folks, what is going on in our city. How long have we to be They are not likely to speak truths |atraid to walk in the streets of Indianapolis without being endangered by motorists tinder the influence of liquor? How long have we to be afraid to let our wives and children go in the streets after dark? : - Fortunately our police force lately caught up very quickly with a needs to hear. The affairs of a great nation’s government, |1ot of hold-up men or other hoodlums. But the police force, in my

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governors a pension of $250 per | her son.

month, which figures $3000 a year. This is a very nice gesture on the part of the state—but, I am a disabled veteran who risked my life for the state and country, have a family to support and have been unable to work one-third of the time I've been out of service. My grateful government pays me the very large sum of $11.50 per month. If this is to be a sample of what every red-blooded American boy can look forward to, I ask you what incentive is there for anyone to volunteer for service in the armed forces. I for one will stay home and run for public office and live off the taxpayers. It is about time we put some men in office who value service to the country ahead of politics. a 2. = “SOLDIER SHOULDN'T DIE FOR KILLING JAPANESE” By A Former G. I, Indianapolis 1 was reading an article in your paper recently titled, “Japs Ask Mercy for U. S. Soldier.” 1 never thought that I would agree with anything a Jap would, but I've found a g exception. Please don’t stop. Finish this letter and then think a little. A certain Pfc. Joseph Hicswa of Wallington, N. J, has been sentenced to be hanged for the killing of two Japanese. I've always heard that public opinion ruled the U. 8. Well, I'm asking the people to petition President Truman to I only hope that Mr. ‘Truman, or someone close to him, hears about this article, if it is ever published. . Remember, Mz. Truman, if Pfc. Hicswa hangs, you could have prevented it. You can either make a certain mother very happy, or, have a terrible injustice done to her and

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“RADIO GAVE WRONG DOPE TO TIRE RETREADERS” By W. V. Cooper, Indianapolis I heartily®disagree with your editorial in which you condemned the tactlessness of Mr. Fairless. In 1944 we retreaders, as well as John Q. Public, were informed via radio that “A” grade Camelback was now available. 1. We were caught with tons of “C"” grade in stock. ? 2. “A” grade was not even being processed. After we readjusted ourselves (with a nice loss in money) and with tons of “A” Camelback once more in stock, OPA #nnounced that “due to a shortage of carbon biack (Washington bungling) only “C” grade would be available. And now we are back to “A” again. The government informs (mild word) us via radio. Is turn about fair play? . = = “TIMES SHOULD WAKE UP AND GET TO WORK AGAIN” By. Toomm E. Halsey, 3810 E. New York st.

Enclosed clippings on housing require no further wordage. Time was when your paper was a real credit to the profession and a lot of rackets were revealed and people hereabouts were glad to be alive with such a newspaper up and around. Rackets of the type herein disclosed (high rents) are not essentially “organized dishonesty” and can be cleared away by a" little public enlightenment and a bit of hammering on the matter. You know this—and if concerned, I'll help all I can and so will others— even some who ‘have been “lured” into the monstrous practice mentioned. The time is: ripe so this is news (not I) but the subject. Will The Times “shake itself” a little— open its eyes and get to work? The memories of its former editors will be more significant to us, if it will.

Editor's Note: Here we were under the illusion we were at work, Mr, Halsey. Speaking of rackets, are you reading the series on voodoo in Indianapolis? We'll welcome suggestions from you or any of our readers on service to the community. And we have carried a number of editorials and articles on housing, too. ] . s = » | “TROUBLE, TROUBLE; DOUBLE | TROUBLE! IT SCARES ANYONE” By Carrell Collins, Indianapolis Funny things: Churchill broke. We give him a vacation. I've always paid tax. I'm broke. I need a vacation. I stay home. Powers Hapgood arrested on several charges. Case dismissed. We get parking ticket (where cars are parked every night without tickets), | we pay $2. Police raid gambling joints, Probably never have looked in police headquarters, city hall, court house or state house. Old people received $18 a month pension. Governors’ wives received $250 per month. Who asked them to be governors?

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to the Philippines in partial repayment Tor its saorfices for democracy dating back to Bataan . . . and in the interest of American economic advancement in

dollars to rebuild the stricken cities on the island and which would prevent erection of unfair future trade barriers. Manila is more badly destroyed tha in the principal downtown area. Whereas ia Tokyo, business section around the emperor's palace is untouched by bombs, the capital of the Philippines and the “gateway to the Orient” is a city of twisted - unrepairable ruin. What few buildings can be used have been taken over by our forces. Many businesses are conducted in tin-roofed structures put up be-

tween the remaining walls of big buildings.

We Caused Much Destruction WHILE MUCH of this destruction was done by

| Jap demolition parties in vicious vengeful spirit, a

considerable part was caused by our own guns and bombs in liberating Manila. The ruins of the fivestory concrete building next to one of my operations

still contained an unexploded bomb, dropped from

one of our planes, when I left for Tokyo. The Philippine Commonwealth is due for independence next July 4, in compliance with our promises to them. However, it is doubtful if any substantial number of persons ... . “little people” or politiclans . . . want that freedom from U. 8. guidance. While it is conceded that independence actually would not be for the good of the commonwealth, the politiclans are afraid to come out against it before the election April 23 because they fear their opponents might make capital out of such a stand. The two principal contenders for the presidency

SHANGHAI, Feb. 9.—If China, with American assistance, can accomplish nationalization of her army and unification of her government, she will advance 50 years in the next three months, according to responsible observers here. These two accomplishments alone will not solve, by any stretch of the imagination, all the problems of this poverty-stricken, largely illiterate nation of 464 million people. But the move at least will provide for the first time in China’s history a means by which many of her problems may be solved. There are no such means at present. Many casual observers here, including some of our own government officials, have attempted to portray in sharp tones of black and white China's various problems—her warring factions of Communists and Nationalists; graft and corruption in some agencies of her government; the heart-breaking poverty of her people. China might more accurately be described as a land of a thousand shades of gray.

China Just Cannot Pay

TO AN AMERICAN, the question of graft in government is not subject to compromise. The political patience of the citizens of Pennsylvania, Texas or Ohio would be exhausted quickly with a governor who put all his relatives on the payroll. They would think even less of him, if he allowed citizens to starve to death. But if our top military leaders received only $50 a month with which to feed, clothe and maintain themselves, one might be disposed to forgive.a major general for casting a greedy eye toward the “PX” supplies. China cannot pay more because China hasn't got it to pay. Because of her long history of feudalism, war lords and unrest, China has an army of several hundred divisions. By western standards she isn’t able properly to equip and support even one hundred. Everyone in China recognizes this. It is easy to “expert” the situation, to point out that China could save thousands of dollars and get rid of an enormous liability by whacking a million soldiers off the payroll at one stroke.

Democrats Are

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—More and more around here there is talk of the political finesse of President Roosevelt. It is due to the contrast now. Democrats, frankly worried about the future of the party, look back longingly. . They realize now what a masterful political job it was to hold together the warring elements of the party. The knack is missing now. Republicans are moving in fast to capitalize on the fumbling. They are not yet running free with the ball, in an open field. But what is going on is beginning to resemble the Republican crack-up in the Hoover administration. Herbert Hoover had the added handicap then, and Democrats the advantage, of the depression. Prosperity, once the major strikes are settled, may provide an effective counter-attack for the Truman administration by the time’ the congressional elections roll around in November.

Truman Can't Count Majority

BUT THERE is a threatening rebellion now in both the right and left wings of the party. On his basic program, a continuation of. the Roosevelt New Deal, President Truman, for example, now can count upon only .about 120 Democrats in the house. This was shown in the house vote for extension of the United States employment service and on thé Case labor bill. Exactly 120 Democrats voted against the Case bill, a Republican-southern Democratic measure. The party split down the middle, with 100 Democrats—chiefly from the south —joining with the great bulk of Republicans. President Truman's own proposal for fact-finding boards was tossed aside. :

TODAY IN EUROPE . . . By Franco's Streng

MADRID, Feb, 9.—After a few days in Madrid, ever convinced that Franco will not

Senators only make $10,000 a year, still, suckers, they want your) votes and a pension. 1 Gross income tax was for a pur-| pose, purpose gone but income tax] lingers on. Children mistreated, half starved | —people acquitted. man sentenced to 60 days. ‘Maybe I'm too hard on politicians. Scares me, for some day John Q. Public will wake up. Is The Times still the people's paper? Or has it quit fighting for right?

Editor's Note: Times is. Hasn quit fighting for right. Read editorials, . Good letter,

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easily be persuaded to resign and thereby facilitate a restoration of the monarchy. Though opposition to His regime is widespread and almost certainly comprises a majority of the population, it's largely unorganized and incapable of effective action. The main strength of Franco's position is the firm support which he receives from the greater part of the army. Nearly half the Spanish budget is spent on the maintenance of the three services and the police. In addition, Franco has the support of the black market, which is a most thriving concern in Spain; that part of the Falange whom he has not alienated by neglect; the nouveau riche industrialists who have made money under his regime; some of the bishops and Catholic hierarchy, and all those who are obsessed by the menace of Moscow.

Is Essentially Opportunist THE OPPOSITION comprises monarchists and landed gentry, the professional classes, the Vatican and most of the minor clergy, the old religious orders such as the Benedictines, Jesuits and Dominicans, the old established Spanish industrialists, and a majority of the peasant and working-class population. i One ‘of the difficulties in assessing the real situation in Spain is that, ever since the start of the civil war 10 years ago, the outside world has heard nothing

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IT'S OUR BUSINESS . . . By Donald D. Hoover ” as Filipinos Earned Right to Our Aid

are the incumbent, tired, old and unaggressive Sergio Osmena, and aggressive Senate President Manuel A, Roxas, a flery Filipino, who stayed in the ‘islands while Osmena went to Washington with the then president, Quezon. Roxas is accused by his enemies: of collaborating with the Japs. His friends assert he

“stayed at the orders of Gen. MacArthur to do his

best to prevent the Japs from drawing the Philippines into yar against us,

‘Guerrillas Have Great Power

THE FORMER guerrilla leaders will wie power in the coming election, particularly gd outstanding ones were decorated by Gen. MacArthur and acclaimed for the excellent work in laying the groundwork for invasion. Many of our troops hold a low opinion of the guerrillas because in a few cases they hampered rather than helped operations because oH Sele dno of “Waining ile in i warfare, But se men at home he influence. Ee Heh, Bl atch press dispatches on the pre-elec - paigning, to see what the Hukbalahiap is oon That is the name of the former “people's army” of pre= liberation. It will be a strong force in the election and,.I believe, will support Roxas. One of Mr. McNutt's big jobs in the Phil will be to avoid the appearance of supporting Mines side. Opposed to the “small people” are many who are motivated by economic interest alone . . .’ this group naturally is well-to-do and dominates Philippine society. And among its numbers are known Falang« ists who are anything but democratic in any sense of the word. Just before the Christmas Eve colla; of Jap ree sistance on Leyte, I was passing STR the ae road beside the Catholic church school. Some 30 ragged, but cleanly little Filipino children were pple: hp es Lmetiea.” The words have aning e es . . . let’ i ‘obligation to them. Pies fas dit 01 ve

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William H. Newton

No United China Without U.S. Aid

But what would happen to th They have no other pe a Wom jest homes? With what? The only way they could get there would be the way’they came—on foot. And on the way, they would have to practice the ONY ude 2pay | know in order to eat. q or groups of bandits and the only wa: % Prosécs the Syme Sem them would be to ers e ote Soliei w svab people against the soldiers It is easy for Chinese Communists to promise many far-reaching reforms if they are given power, They give some weight to their argument by actually accomplishing some reforms in various localities they control. But it's always easy for the “outs” to promise vast reforms, just as they do in the United States, The “ins” can promise, too—but they are in the em= barrassing and somewhat more difficult position of having to deliver, America today is providing the oil, not for the lamps, but for the governmental machinery of China,

Dependent on Our Help

WITHOUT U. 8. aid, it is doubtful whether a wheel could turn in the slow, painful process of bring. ing unity -and democracy to this country. When Chinese government troops and officials want to go into north China and Manchuria to take possession of lands brutally appropriated by the Japs, the only way they can get there is on American LST's, When the Generalissimo himself wants to visit his new capital at Nanking, he flies in an American plane. Any other method of travel would take two months. American trucks haul UNRRA supplies over the rough, dirt roads to starving thousands in the

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assistances they just couldn’t go on. With substantial American help, there is a hopeful chance that China can become a unified and democratic nation. Without our assistance—unless

another major power moves in—there isn't even a re- |

mote possibility. : And the anxiety of any world power other than the United States for a truly democratic China is, to put it mildly, decidedly open to question.

IN WASHINGTON « + » By Thomas L. Stokes

Fumbling Politically

In the senate, the southern Democrats have been thumbing their noses in the filibuster against FEPC, What mystified lots of people around here was that President Truman and National Chairman Bob Hannegan, in the midst of all this trouble with congress, asked for more of the same by submitting the nomination of Edwin W. Pauley, the oil man and former treasurer of the national committee, for undersecretary of navy. This didn’t look smart politically. © It not only stirred up the old New Deal and progressive wing of the party, of whom Secretary of Interior Ickes and Secretary of Commerce Wallace are the symbols in the cabinet, but it also embarrassed regular Democrats, especially those up for election this fall.

Pauley Nomination Is Issue THE PAULEY issue became a veritable crusade for the remnants of the New Deal, with Mr. Ickes— the one-time Teddy Roosevelt Bull Mooser—out in front. It was an outlet for all the seething dissatisfaction in this element over the trend of the Truman administration and its failure to®get action in congress on its program. ghey tied it up with other appointments obviously designed to reward friends or pay off political obligations. All of this has served also, significantly, to increase talk of the need for developing some sort of inde« pendent progressive movement in the party to try to keep the Democratic party progressive. Secretary Ickes, it is suggested, might become active in this, His tenure in the cabinet may not last much longer, Some of Secretary Wallace's friends have been trying to persuade him to leave the cabinet and take part in some such movement.

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Franco is a vile, Dlood-stained Fascist beast or that he is a pure, heroic, Christian gentleman. To begin with, he is not a Fascist—he is a military dictator. As a politician, he has no strong ideology nor, indeed,’ any fixed principles. He is essentially an opportunist, particularly so when he feels his regime, is threatened. He seeks support wherever he can find it, and he jettisons even his oldest supporters in the ‘most cynical fashion when he finds they are not for the moment serviceable.

Did Keep Spain Out of War

IF ONE is to form a true estimate of the present political situation in Spain, it is essential to rid one’s

mind of cant and to realize that some of the things

Franco has done are genuinely respected and popular in

today there are thousands of political prisoners in his jails, but the vast majority of the population are able to live their lives in security, which, after the horrors and terrors.of the civil war, is an undisputed blessing.

Second, whatever Franco's sympathies during the |

world war may have been, and however much his appetite may have been tempted from time to time, unlike Mussolini he did keep his. country out of the war. i

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