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THE EYES of the world are on the security council which began its fateful sessions in New York City yesterday. If fair words were enough, all would be well. Stalin's statement on the importance of the world organization is gratifying. It follows even stronger affirmations by our own and British officials. But, of course, words are not enough, : No statement by the big powers of their loyalty can ‘add to their commitments already given in signing and ratifying the United Nations charter. Insofar as written and verbal pledges can bind the nations, they are committed to respect and enforce this world alliance for security and

History, however, is strewn with broken international pledges and scraps of paper that once were solemn treaties. Like any other contract, the strength and weakness of this one is in the will of the parties to observe it. This—rather than any big power dispute as such— will determine whether the United Nations is to survive. These disputes, which reflect the political and economic and strategic conflicts among the powers, are not unexpected. They are inevitable. If there were none such there would - be no critical need for the United Nations. Its chief purpose ‘was, and is, to handle such disputes so they will not lead to war, : Though its machinery is not perfect, there is no doubt of the organization’s ability to handle the disputes fairly and constructively as long as its members live up ‘to their pledges to respect its jurisdiction and decisions. Only when a member—especially a big power—refuses to co-operate in the letter and spirit of the charter is there danger of United Nations failure. Then the alternatives are either by default by the organization or an eventual war of enforcement—in either case a failure of the original purpose to maintain a lawful peace. In the Iranian dispute, or any similar case, the issue boils down to how much value the aggressive party puts on the United Nations. It is not whether Russia has selfish interests—all nations do. It is not whether Russia wants a war—few nations ever do. It is whether Russia puts a higher value on what she seeks in Iran and the Middle East than on the preservation of an effective world security organization. Unless Russia decides she can get more. security for herself in the long run by saving the United Nations, than by any charter violations to obtain immediate gains, there is trouble ahead. We are hopeful, just because Russia's future security does rest with the international organiza- + tion. Stalin should see that.

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IT'S OUR BUSINESS, as a democratic nation, to have a maximum degree of democracy in our armed forces, but also to make sure that vocal resentment

necessity for discipline and organization, : The Russian army tried this “comrade captain”

political commissars; “Autocratic rank and authority were substituted. I favor freeing the army of the caste system and its abuses that were so evident in the war . ., but we shouldn't go too far because of the resentment. generated when 7,000,000 of our best men came into contact with a war machine that sometimes was run by arrogant or inefficient officers. The war department, ever sensitive to public criticism, is going all-out for a “citizens’ army” with . |its current investigation of discrimination against i| enlisted personnel, review of courts-martial ~ pro‘|cedure by a committee nominated by the American Bar association, and its order that after mid-1048 officers and men will dress alike . , . as they did at the front, incidentally.

West Pointer Decries System A SCHEDULED VISITOR in Indianapolis today is ex-Brig. Gen. J. C. Holdridge, formerly of the adjutant general's department in the war department and now chairman of the legislative committee of the Veterans League of America. Gen. Holdridge, graduate of the military academy, told a congressional committee that the most prominent characteristic of the army was “its medieval caste system which sets up insurmountable barriers between the officer aristorcracy and the enlisted men.” Purpose of his visit here is to speak against peacetime conscription. As he was taught at West Point, the basic duty of an officer is to take care of his men first. And the majority of commanding officers operated on that principle. - At least that was my observation in several overseas theaters . . . as to conditions in the state I have no knowledge because of my relatively brief chairborne service In Washington. The

} WASHINGTON, March 26.—Sometimes one wishes that the still, small voice of the people of the world,

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"| do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire.

who are the real conscience of nations, could be heard when the diplomats gather, as they have now in New York in the United Nations security council. The people of this country are troubled. They

"Buyers' Strike Is Answer to Present Wage-Price Situation”

By Charles E. Adams and 19 Local Small Businessmen

Everyone is griping about high prices—too much talk and not enough action. OPA just announced a rise in rent, clothing and food prices. We all know that the basic: steel industry was given a $5,350,000 boost in the price of steel to cover the cost of raising the strikérs’ wages. This raise only amounted to $3,330,000. We have been warned that the value of the dollar has dropped to 80 cents, which automatically drops the value of war bonds and bank deposits accordingly. : We all know that our G. 1.’s are being gypped right and left because of the inflated value of real estate and all other items. sick with embarrassment, the same We know that mass production |. parrassment you feel when witdoesn't cut prices—the only time |, acne a particularly crude act of prices are cut is when business 18|y,4 taste. If you've ever been placed bad and they are lowered to stimu- |y, this position then you know late sales. what I mean when I mention the We know that congress has been |aytremely rude letters concerning appealed to for help and we have ihe foreign brides our soldiers are

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elections, That was when he declared it would be somecapture congress this fall. That has been a Democratic

received none, and that congress i8|pringing home. I'm very proud of

TEACHER PAY REQUEST indifferent to this whole situation. my eountry. My husband fought for

ITH the school city's financial picture brightened by vour congressman should hear from |i; in this wir. I feel that these action of the state yesterday in providing 100 per cent| you on this subject at once. outbursts of Hitler's “Aryan” teach

of the minimum pay of all teachers in the public school ds, iss know phat LS ese ings on our shores are ot yepres . 3 s sentative o ne True tian system, the Indianapolis board of school commissioners riod following world war I—these| american feeling.

tonight is scheduled to receive a request for an overall] things all happened in the period pay increase-from the Indianapolis Federation of Public| folo¥ing world war I and resulted in the worst depression the world ds of v School Teachers. ; 1 one from which we |SRd8 Of young men overseas on ex : a has ever seen | tremely dangerous missions. These It is to be hoped that the school board will act favor-| hady't recovered when world war IT| = “0. "ot" 0 aoe when mating

i : broké>out. It's the same old racket : ably, either on the plan presented by the federation or on| yo Tn (oo BF LUN Ce. Re. | (OF shall we. ay Wirgage?) would

some other plan which will correct existing inequities. If| member the WPA, bank failures, [fort IV be. the | predominan 3 i . it doesn’t, the anticipated teacher shortage will be even we Loo |ineir constant loneliness and more severe, and schoolmen and women who have served ae ONY appare p She

Xpec ? a ; : . tection in sight is to band together of danger. What, san you i their community faithfully will continue to be underpaid.|and stop buying. As a result of Proximity seems to be the first

The state board of finance, in increasing the state's| pressure by small minority groups And governing factor in any love

hats : : | abot 10 per cent of the American | Affair. : contribution to teacher pay,.agserted in a resolution that| people have received a raise in pay.| Many boys who married overseas

the raise “does not begin to equal the increase which is be-| The other 90 per cent, millions, of | were raised in Christian homes and ing granted to those in industries throughout the state.” | them, are working today for the | I'm sure they were quite discrimi-

board ips same wages they received before nating in their choice of wives. The also urged local school authorities not to de- the war, and are going to be the|Mistakes may .,have been made.

crease the money now. being set aside for teachers’ salaries| American people who pay these! yet us stop throwing slurs at because of the state increase. higher prices. {young men who have chosen. for- ¥ The United States has just won eign brides. Let us, rather, coma very expensive and disasterous mend these young women who have war. Thousands have been killed— | fulfilled women's duties and given

POLITICS AGAIN IN SEASON : millions maimed and crippled—that | our men some happiness and who

THE Democrats have enriched their treasury from the) ye might have democracy, majority | have’ crossed oceans to be with their high-priced, Jow=caloric Jackson day dinners, and the! rule—but we have minority rule In- | men in the face of any ugly cam-

x - | stead. The answer is still the same, | pai . id = : . +| paign of jealousy and spitefulness. national political season now moves into full swing. stop buying, and prices will come | Let's give them a chance and think

The $100-a-plate affair in Washington was predomin-| Sow ih a ng. Don't buy. any- | twice before making such a bad antly attended by jobholders and those trying to do busi-| |p © wey le, Sale Iesesiie . 9 gisplay Si Teen 0 some od We : » . . : ” g . | recen etters — particularly *“ ness with the government, whose sleekness testified to "um oe or ey ay ie”

their capacity to spare the extra calories denied by the | whose son seems to have attracted

Look at it from a sensible point of view. Our government sent thou-

| “COMMEND FOREIGN BRIDES “austerity” menu. The gathering was marked more by) WHO BROUGHT OUR SONS Joy” |only the “wrong” kind of foreign

thargy tha y 2 os : ” { By Frances M. Stribling, Indianapolis girls. Jet on Sigh spt not unusual with a party long Recently in your Forum I've read] Our American men married the

| some letters that actually made me good ones! President Truman's heralded rallying speech turned ~— SS———————" out to be a modulated appeal*for party unity and responsi- Carnival —— By Dick Turner bility, industrial productivity .and world peace. Oné would |

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search that speech in vain for clues to any sharp issues with the Republicans in the coming congressional campaign. Secretary of Commerce Wallace said more to stir up the animals, to the discomfort of many present. His lecture on the “mugwumps,” his latest appellation for con-| servative Democrats, calling to them to put their “mugs” as well as their “wumps” on the same side of the fence, is likely to bear on many Democratic primary contests. Mr. Wallace is himself a celebrated “mugwump.” Formerly | a Republican, for the last 13 years his “wump” has rested in a cabinet post or the vice-presidency of the Democratic ‘regime, while his “mug” has been quite active with such outfits as the American Labor Party. It is not probable that many lifetime Democrats will accept Mr. Wallace's! yardstick on party regularity. ? Mr. Wallace, too, indulged in the boldest flight of oratery te revive an issue that will figure in the general

thing of a disaster in world affairs if the Republicans should |

theme song in the last several campaigns. Until the war, i ‘there was a loose difference between the Republicans and ‘Democrats on foreign affairs. Since the war started, the ~ Republicans in congress have gone along with, yea, marched | st with, the\Democrats in foreign policy — and in| instances such Republican leaders as Vandenberg! Vi ‘and Dewey and Dulles and Stassen have ven. shead where administration leaders were too! Between Sections Democrats have been| |e vio co-operation. But naturally, no eredit , election year, ; »

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“WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE HITCHING POSTS AS METERS” By Ralph Bradford, Indianapolis

can not understand how the clouds have gathered so quickly after the end of a terrible war. They have a feeling of futility, They don't know where to turn, or to whom, or what they can do. At least that is the message in letters from various

I've been reading steady all three, ts of the country, mostly from women, in response Indianapolis papers. been a resident of’ this old city for|nous headlines and saying that none of the plain peo-

11 years. in hell are the Republican rulers os trying to do to Indianapolis, any-| What Can Individual Do? way? We meters—and I'll tell you why. Well, from the big companies manufacturing them. Mayor Tyndall should was the suggestion of a vague suspicion that influpurchase new fire trucks, which is ences are at work, somehow, somewhere, to exploit what we really need. I can point the recognized trouble spots in the world for other out old Stutz equipment made here |than good reasons. , in 1919, and remodeled. We haven't had but two new trucks since 1926.) fluences, the writers specified political leaders, newsParking meters will require extra papers, and one writer included “even church leadcost to city for repairs, mainte- ers” among those he said were “seizing on every prenance, upkeep, hiring ‘a collector, | text and occasion—large or small—real or fancied—to drunks will lean on them. Motor- |stir fright and bitterness.” ists will begin to park elsewhere

I alone have|to a column here the other day pointing to the omi-

ple anywhere in the world wanted to fight anybody,

th, what To, tell the tru . but that they have nothing to do with it, .

do not need parking] .IT WAS SUGGESTED that the individual must rise up in his might and dd something about it, which it's an idea of salesmen was no solution—just the expression of a hope.

Most interesting and most significant in the letters

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IT'S OUR BUSINESS . . . By Donald D. Hoover ~~ Army Never Will Be ‘Democratic’

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Thomas L. Stokes

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closer to the front one got, the less of this discrime ination there was ... and even in the rear areas, I | don’t believe discrimination was the rule. At the same time, I am perfectly aware that many oom | plaints of such treatment are well-founded. TT A

Churchill on Officer Qualifications stuff . . . and. it was abolished along with the -

NO MATTER HOW democratic we try to make our army, there still will be the necessity for leadership and responsibility resting in the hands of officers, and certain privileges that should go with being an officér that do not go with serving in the ranks, A There still must be a rigid discipline if we are

to have a trained force, and discipline needn't mean |

that a man's dignity or self-respect are made to suffer, Winston Churchill, in a little publicized meeting with army and navy officers just before he left for home, made this pertinent statement: “We talk a great deal about the future of armies, and we are studying this question across: the ocean ourselves, and the relation between the officers and the other ranks. , . . We now have to choose very carefully the line of division between the officers and other ranks upon which authority should stand. There should be only one line in my view, and that Is professional attainment. The men have a right to feel that their officers know far better than" they

‘do how to bring them safely and victoriously through

terrible difficult decisions which. arise in time of war. «+ « It is quite clear that class or wealth or favor will not be allowed in the modern world to afford dividing lines.” Mr. Churchill states the question well. Officers of our future army should be chosen on the basis

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of professional attainment and ability to lead men, |

But that does not mean, per se, that all officers wallow in privilege to the offense and humiliation of those who are not officers. Understanding dise cipline is as necessary to the “citizens’ army” juss as much as it was in combat. Let's not lose sighs of that when we Hear the present system damned, An army. can never be 100 per cent “democratic.”

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“What can I as an individual do?” ; A woman in Denver thought there should be more: i

responsibility in the press for maintaining peace. She suggested that some association be formed “im which newspapermen could be banded together to work toward objectivity in the handling of news re- | arding foreign affairs, “It is overwhelming and bewildering from the |

vantage point of a common citizen—that is, how my | 1eignbors and friends could talk seriously of the war—

hut it has seemed to me that along with a few other groups, the’ press is directly responsible. The comtion man, who you have said must rise up in his night, is not capable of rising up. He has been led to believe by the commentators’ and newspapers that

Russia is bent on war and that we must fight back.” ||

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ATTEMPTING “to stimulate one’s acquaintances

to write congressmen, etc, is the most disillusioning axperience possible.

Professional people are too ex- #

hausted from long hours of work to formulate letters | they think suitable; housewives too concerned over a % rhild’s illness or getting supper, etc., to take time to #

write, and laboring men too worn out,” she said. “So many of us are aware of what is going on* vrites a woman from Iowa. to the radio. We listen to the commentators. We * feel so helpless and so scared! . .

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people do need to rise up and demand peace, but we | must have leadership. We must be told what to do, g go that we can act together to bring about and main- §

tain peace in the world.” And so they come—the voice.

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crime. They wil ne broken open WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms Security Council Can't Pussyfoot Now |

and robbed. Motorists might as well hitch a chain and halter to their cars, just like the old “hoss days” when we had the hitching posts in 1909 on Washington st.

They will be made fun of, and : . 2 called “city eurbstone juke boxes.” |meeting here probably will provide a good indication

hefore it is too late. A lady driver will have all the stuff out of her purse on the sidewalk before she can find a nickel for the parking meter. :

voter. But heck If I am gonna pay a nickel to Republicans to park. 8o we don't need ’'em. Already Indianapolis, proud to say, is beginning to look like “some hickburg” with the car company removing rails and installing busses and trackless trolleys.

cans” trying to do to Indianapolis. Ruin it?

“TIMES TAKING ACTION ON TEACHERS’ PROBLEMS" By A Teacher, Indianapolis

| THEY can only set free men free the Red Cross building, and everybody ate in a com-

NEW YORK, March 26. — The security council many, the apparently cheerful note sounded too much like a man talking with a pistol in his ribs. It i§ not forgotten that in addition to the Red army, the Tudeh (Communist) party had just staged an effective and significant demonstration in his capital. Massing around parliament, it kept that body from meeting until its legal term expired. This left Premier Ghavam and his cabinet in sole charge. i A rich man, with large holdings in Azerbaijan § where Soviet-sponsored rebels have set up an “autonomous” regime, he now has a free hand .to § accept whatever terms Moscow may see fit to offer, Such a settlement, however, would not necessarily be best for Iran or conform to the charter of the United Nations.”

Red Pressure on Iran? RUSSIA ASKED FOR a postponement of the “security council hearings. She seems confident that @ she can settle’ with Iran in that time if left to | her. own devices. Premier Ghavam’s sudden shift— especially his strange rebuke of his own repre S sentative in Washington for demanding an immediate airing of the case against Russia—suggests that something is going on between Tehran and Moscow,

So I warn the city not to buy or|whether the United Nations Organization is to live. nstall any of the parking meters—| Had the old League of Nations stood firm back

in 1831 when Japan was strongarming China as Russia is now doing to Iran, the league would have survived. Almost certainly there would not have been any world war II—at least not so long as the league continued. to function as intended. Today, the new peace league is facing a parallel situation. Contrary to Russia's pledges and to Generalissimo Stalin's professions, the Soviet Union is not operating on “the principle of equaity of states” but on “the principle of the domination of the . state over others”—just as Japan was doing in the '30's. And the way in which the security council handles Russia's case likely will be decisive.

What the heck dre “our Republi-| No Desire to Humble Russia NO ONE HERE WISHES a “diplomatic victory’ over Russia. On the contrary, the overwhelming desire is to provide a just and honorable way out of a perilous situation—a solution which will leave no scars. Withdrawal of the Red army from Iran,

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poral lived out in town with French families, or had their own apartments and villas. In Naples, Stars and Stripers were quartered on the top floor of the Galleria Humberto, on the Via Roma, They were served by Italian civilians, and the food was prepared by Itallan chefs. The mess was so good that high brass was eager to cadge meals. Italian women did the laundry and cleaned for the enlisted men as well as officers. In Rome. where the living setup was similar, the

it is felt, is a good beginning. But only a beginning Apparently the majority position of the United Lately, I have been thrilled to|It must be accompanied by a simultaneous removal Nations is that a settlement which a great power notice several articles in your pa- Of the political pressures now so familiar to Russias forces upon a tiny neighbor is suspect, to say the ais , small neighbors. Only thus could Iran regain her least, and requires investigation. per periaining lo my {freedom to deal with Moscow, as Stalin said, on The security council can not afford to pussyfoot. teaching. As I read them, the «the principle of equality of states.’ It must giver Russia a chance to retreat, if she thought “Hurrah, for our side!”| Intimation of Premier Ghavam, in Tehran, that ~ wishes, from her untenable stand in Iran. But to flashed through my mind many|«s satisfactory solution” is at hand, however failed falter in upholding the San Francisco charter would times. The article by Ruth Millett to lift the gloom from United Nations circles. To be fatal. was most convincing, and the Hoo- | . sier Forum comment by Beatrice; a Norris voiced a need for such + REFLECTIONS By Robert C. Ruark column as Miss Tillie's Notebook. nr 1» * The very fact that these articles * J , . . . appeared in our Scripps-Howard H P| h-L a G t t unbiased newspaper, proved to me ere S us ine « 0, nves Iga ion that The Times is aware of the teacher's problems and is definitely NEW YORK, March 26.—I1f the ability to sit in doing something about them. I trust | judgment on the abused relationships between officer that the “Notebook” will continue |and enlisted man depends on the past experience of roves many more enlightening the judge, then army's selection of Lt. Col. Robert yy ' nn |'Neville as a. member of Gen. Jimmy Doolittle’s com“GOOD HOUSES RAZED | mittee to investigate the caste system seems a mite DESPITE A SHORTAGE" peculiar. , By K. L. Pollard, 248 N. LaSalle st. It seems to me that a member of this committee : {ought to have a sound knowledge of what went on 1 have been a reader of The q,,ing the war between GI and brass, and after look- mess was so fine that members of Stars and Stripes Times since when it was called|ing.at'Col. Neville's.record. it's hard to see where he were restricted to one guest a week, to keep the hunThe Sun. Now I have a little piece | would know much, if anything, about ordinary mili- gry generals and civilian war correspondents from to say. I am a veteran of world try: NISC NOR persoual experience, eating them out of house nd Jom. a shatl wd > r three years, Col. Neville was a member of the Col. Neville and Capt. urchar - bp Dl nghd hg ate staff of the army newspaper, Stars -and Stripes, in. room apartment, procured for them by a Prince Bars I am satisfied for the present. Now Africa and in Europe. He was promoted from ser- berini, in Rome. Two limousines were at their come if & cameraman of your staff would | geant to- first lieutenant in the field, as it is laugh- mand, and one cajled, each morning, to take them to go to Bellefontaine st. and E. 10th ingly called, and wound up with silver leaves® breakfast. The ¢ars, driven by Itallan chauffeurs, st, you could show the people of After talking to several men, officers and enlisted, * were at their disposal to take them to the beach, and this city how a company can tear VID sifved on the pape, I Would like to make the to all social functions. po! at no member of a special service is equipped ‘ Sows §ood Dipuses aha get Snerial to comment on the rigors of GI life, because he lite The Rugged Life Now the veterans are just asking |1Ved by Stars and Stripes staffers had very little re- - STARS AND STRIPES private motor pool was py es i cS > | lationship to the life of an average soldier... ____open to all ranks, and never did the staffers have to for a right live, “but such . : depend on regular army transportation. 3 en things as that company is pulling (In the Blue Mediterranean. In Palermo, -where the men- saved over three ediwill not make the veteran feel like| DURING THE WORKING DAY, there was no dif- tions a week—two live, and one canned—they had a he is a part of the community.) ferentiation between officer and man. They called private bathing beach, next to Gen. Patton's, where each other Joe and Bill, and even riper terms of officer and enlisted men swam, ave lobsters, and drank DAILY THOUGHT ~ |affection. Corporals' showed captains how to do it wine, together, Luigi, the head waiter; always served i right, and ate them out if they did it wrong. the men in full dress, not a dinner jacket. . ga Chuue this! Hie had bow often The enlisted men ate. drank and lived with the In Grenoble, where Col. Neville received the Legion and the chains had been plucked | officers—~under sumptuous conditions. The enlisted of Merit for setting up the Stars and Stripes office asunder by Nim, and the fetters | Men did no drills, mounted no guards and were in no six miles from the German lines, the paper took over broker, in pieces; neither could nay subject to the irksome discipline of regular army B Poenen esladra. with “sidewalk cafe, stocks of any man tame him.—Mark 84. | "in Algiers, ranks below corporal were billeted in The peculiar thing about Col. Neville's citation and medal for getting up the office was this: It was set And there is no need of that: bined mess on a’balcony overlooking the bay. They, up by an advance detail, and the colonel did not arrive until 18 days later, when the front was many

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