Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1946 — Page 20

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READING the day-by-day reports of crimes as they occur is likely to give us the impression that we live in a pretty lawless city, where the chances coming through

with our lives, or at leagt our purses, ‘intact are

therefore, to learn, as we did yesterBoard's report to Mayor Tyndall, that among cities of our size Indianapolis ranks second best in the nation, and in some categories a fair claim can be made to first place, in prevention of crimes of violence. Only AtJanta among the 12 cities in our own propulation group had an overall record of less crimes superior to ours, seven of the 12 cities had more murders, 10 had more hold-ups, nine had more burglaries, etc., according to the FBI survey on which the report is based. : "This is a record of which our police department may well be proud, especially in view of the fact that prosecution | of arrested criminals here has generally been lackadaisical and slip-shod. We join in the community's congratulations.

It is heartening, day from the Safety

SHORT-TON STATESMANSHIP

HAT provision in the Philippine trade bill, cutting the islands’ duty-free sugar quota from 850,000 long tons to 850,000 short tons, typifies all foo well the approach of some in congress toward relief and economic rehabilitation * of the Philippines. : It is niggardly. It is cheap. And at a time and on an occasion when generosity should be the dominant note in American policy. ; A short ton is 240 pounds less than a long ton. Which means that the Philippines would be able to sell us 92,000 long tons less sugar. Actually it means little in the immediate future to the Philippines, for their cane fields have been ravaged and their refineries and shipping facilities * destroyed by war. It will be a long time before they can produce and deliver as much sugar as they formerly did. And it means little to us—about one and one-half per cent of our sugar consumption. But what a sour taste this legislative slash of a little chunk of sugar must leave in the mouths of the Filipino people! Within three weeks they elect a president of what in a little more than three months is to become an independent republic. Their cities and villages and industries are a

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By Housewife, kndianapolis With all the emphasis on adequate planning before building, weeks of visiting newly-constructed housing convinces me that the architects themselves are slaves to expediency rather than sound practical planners. A large riumber of little houses now going up have the kitchens facing southwest so that all summer long the broiling sun pours in, turning the place into an inferno during the very hours, from 2 to 5, that the little woman is in there toiling over a hot stove, and later drooping over a hot dishpan! Perhaps I should say dripping. This is usually done so the windows on the street side won't all face the same way in a row of identical structures. But the daily torture of

cooking in an overheated Kitchen; : transcends the importance of such | Newspapers that play up the vices

ghambles, because they chose to resist Japanese aggression. The legislation which congress at last is getting around to, recompensing the Filipinos for direct war damages (the Tydings bill) and establishing trade relations to enable the Filipinos to rebuild their economy (the Bell bill) should have been enacted months ago. In all provisions of this legislation our endeavor should be to help the Filipinos as much as possible rather than as little as necessary. It is to our self-interest that we assist the Filipinos to start their adventure into independence in circumstances that will enable them to grow prosperous and strong. More than any other colonial people, the Filipinos gave their blood, sweat and tears to win this war. Let us not at this late date go in for any short-ton shortchanging. Let us not spoil nearly a half century of enlightened Philippine policy. Let us be magnanimous.

A BOY IS PASSING BY

BOY reads of an element called uranium and finds that it can be a fearful thing, a material for bombing, death and destruction. A boy reads on, and comes to a metal known as zirconium, which may be as kind as its powers are new. Zirconium can increase the intensity of artificial light, science Has just revealed, to one-half the sun’s brilliance. A boy reaches for the giver of new light, sensing that it will yield him knowledge and serenity. But, across his extended hand falls the shadow of that other force seething in uranium. He draws back from both these wonders. He calls across the avenue of time and says: “I'm not ~ having any of that uranium stuff, please. I'll take the light for my tomorrow. What do you say?” No answer comes back. : The boy must find out for himself. He must venture on until he withers under uranium or thrives with zirconium. His elders are too petulant and suspicious to, choose now in his behalf. His elders work miracles in their laboratories. But they never glance out the window to see a boy passing by and to note the béwilderment on his face.

MAIL FOR HIM

HE government, the army, one air company, 40 four- . engined planes and 75 airline ¢rews have joined forces to furnish daily mail service from the U. S. to Hawaii, Guam and Tokyo. Here are samples of news our men in the Pacific want to get via this gigantic setup: “Flea soap stopped Rags’ scratching. Looks like we'll get a new car soon. Sis wore her first party dress Friday night. Grandpa's new teeth fit fine. Dad's working regular. Your last letter was passed around at high school assembly. Hamburgers are thick again at the corner where ———your-old crowd bums. Your favorite blond still refuses ‘dates, even with a new fellow who has a convertible, You

ode recognize your little brother; he’s on the dean’s

years. Mom brushed one of your pennants off the wall and had a fit until it was right back. Tell us some new things to send you; aren't you tired of candy? We're buying bonds with money you send home. We're awful proud of you and the work you're doing. So much depends on you, Love.”

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a small detail. Variety in the street| YOU Preach ar oy > view can be easily introduced bY| and mother of his child (applaud). means of well balaneed planting You laugh and agree with a deand the eventual resale value of| signer whose moronic mind has a home once this emergency is past! thought of a new way to immodesty will be determined by its daily liv-| and vice. You put on stage plays ing comfort. [that are filled with smut. You tell This, then, is a plea to architects jokes on the radio, the stage, the and builders to remember that a movies, and wherever you can that house is more than a view from the! ridicule women, marriage, motherstreet. It is also a place to work in. hood, and all decent things kids led once believed in. And we hear you, “ADULTS ARE SETTING adults, wives, mothers, husbands, BAD EXAMPLE FOR US” fathers, leaders, we hear you laugh By M. D., a Bebby-Soxer at fess things. we her I and I guess I am what is commonly well follow you and youll lament called a bobby-soxer. I suppose in over us and go on talking big but

some instances I have been called aeung bigger. oh a juvenile delinquent. Therefore, I] iS 2 feel justified in discussing juvenile LADIES, HERE'S ANSWER delinquency. TO STOCKING PROBLEM.” As adults, you are our leaders, our| By Jimmy Hagen, 142 E. Ohio st. examples, and our inspiration—for| Do you wish to buy some nylons, good or bad. As children, we should) madam? No—and that is the kind have standards to guide and rulejof answer all you women should our lives. But by what and whom|give the store owners and sales do we receive these standards? Youclerks, only on one condition, all give us no God, no belief, nor faith | you ladies should get together now

in anything. So we set our standards by your standards of: Divorce, crime, greed, adultery, prejudice, lust. And yet these are the very

since warmer weather-is here and go barelegged; don't worry about stockings. If youre in the habit of wearing something between your

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or to the War Assets Corp. That was the | surplus property administration. That was the surplus property board. That was |

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things you condemn in us and why now you have good reason to look! 10¢ or 25¢ pair of anklets, and and weep over us. when it comes right down to it, it's You talk big—“juvenile delin- much easier to wash your legs than quency must be wiped out,” “we'll a pair of stockings which you have build parks,” “we'll have teen-age to handle oh, so carefully. Why run canteens.” Yes, you talk big, but{all over town trying to buy the your actions talk bigger and louder. hard-to-get items such as washing You make movies that contaminate powder just for your stockings, and

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Just buy a nickel bar of legs—no morality, ‘then proclaim them best|squeezing, no rinsing, no hanging Come on, ladies, team are filled with vulgarity and lust,| up and win this game, and you will magazines which no adult should! come out on top with no runs, ho! |

“N. A. M. IS ONE ‘UNION’ WE COULD DO WITHOUT” By Earnest A, Widvey, Greenfield In the editor's note in reply to Mr, Greigor's article, the egitor says, “You are getting the facts through the press.” Maybe so, but definitely not all the facts. And since the N. A. M. has accused unions of everything under the sun, why not publish some facts, which by the way, I've yet to find in my daily paper about the National Association of Manufacturers. The O'Mahoney monopoly investigation's monograph 26, after summarizing previous investigations of the N. A. M,, arrives at the conclusion that the handful of men who boss the N, A. M. are also the rulers of America. The N. A. M. and not labor, or the P. A. C. or anyone else, runs the main lobby in Washington, is the main pressure group in congress, is the only outfit which controls many congressmen and passes laws to suit itself, Today N. A. M. heads such as Irehee DuPont; Lammot DuPont, A. P. Sloan of General Motors and the Pew family of Sunoco supply tens of thousands of dollars to political campaigns and thus insure that big business or monopoly free enterprise bills. and anti-labor bills will pass both houses. The N. A. M., states monograph 26 with qualifications, controls the American® Newspapers Publishers Association, the big shots among the 1744 daily papers. The N. A. M. also controls the bar associations. The N. A. M,, states the monograph, has America over a barrel. Although the above opinion is not in my own words, it nevertheless is my opinion exactly. The N. A. M. as it exists today is one “union” this country could do without.

Editor's Note: But we meant “Facts,” not vague and unsupported insinuations,

» » » “WE WONT GO TO WAR FOR ANY IMPERIALISTIC AIM” By J. M. L, Indianapolis It -{s—most— unfortunate to hear 150 many seemingly intelligent peo- | ple say that another war is sure to come, That frame of mind is irrational and dangerous. It must be combatted now! War and economic throes do not have to happen like the vicissitudes of the weather, We have the brains, the means, and the instrument for bringing about permanent happiness and international peace and prosperity. But do we have the will? The overwhelming majority of the people have always had it because they are always the victims of war. For thousands of years they have sought justice, peace, and prosperity, What has then prevented this common-sense welfare from becoming a living reality? It is not beyond human achievement because only human beings present themselves as obstacles. If we look at ourselves objectively, we will see that others may not think us so pure of heart as we like to think we are, especially if we are to accept unchallenged the “Jirresponsible exhortations of the type by Mr. Churchill, made in the U. 8. What has happened to the reasoning of a man who asks for the virtual dissolution of the United Nations Organization, after helping to organize it during the perilous days'of the British empire? As Orson Welles sald during his Sunday broadcast. “We will not go to war to defend British imperialism.” He should have added that we will not go. to war for American imperialism, either.

DAILY THOUGHT

. Make a chain; for the Jand is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.—Ezekiel 7:23.

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CARRIE NATION of Kansas turned up in Indianapolis the last day of March, 1901, in plenty of time to spend April Fool's day here. ) She started off with a two-hour-long lecture to

a ‘handful of people in Tomlinson hall. At the end of her talk the audience moved

sader and her hatchet to the Levee, a local euphemism for that part of Illinois st. between Washington and Market sts. At that time it was the section of Indianapolis dedicated to the worship of wine, women and song— and not a little gambling (so it was sald). ; When the improvised parade arrived at the Levee,

Bates Inn, a saloon back of the hotel, was the first place to be visited. To the amazement of everybody except, possibly, the proprietor who, no doubt, had been tipped off, the saloon was locked and pitchdark, although it wasn't anywhere near midnight,

Publicity for the Town

WES STOUT'S Market st. emporium was the next one on Carrie's list. Wes welcomed her with open arms and gave her a chair to stand on. She made a speech all right and gesticulated with her hatchet, but nothing else happened. It peeved Wes like everything because he kind of wanted Carrie to wreck his place. He said it not only would have helped his own business, but might have attracted nation-wide attention to Indianapolis. Besides being a first-rate saloon keeper, Wes Stout was also a great civic booster, Next morning, bright and early, Carrie Nation called on the postoffice. First man she met was Prank Richman pent up in a cage made of iron bars. “I'm Carrie Nation of Kansas,” she said, “and I want to register a letter.” Legend has it that a moment later 'P. A. Havelick. came to the window and Mr. Richman introduced him to Carrie. “An April Fool's joke,” opined Mr. Havelick. “No on your life,” said Mrs. Nation, slipping for a

Give Mama a

NEW YORK, March 29.—In a way, I wish I were still working for the military, if only so I could get my better half invited overseas. I figure it might buy me a lot of post-war peace and tolerance around the house, such as not having to mow the lawn and wipe the dishes. x Uncle Sam is doing a great favor for the individuals whose wives are being allowed to join them abroad, but the army is making it too soft a trip, and I'm afraid it's too late to help most of us. My idea of the rjght way to run this thing would be to make it retroactive to '43. Alert the gals three weeks before sailing, and roust ‘em out of the sack every morning in the cold dawn, on the off chance that it’s sailing day. Finally, on deparfure day, march them 10 miles under full pack and then fling ‘em into four-tiered bunks a foot wide, in the smelly belly of the blackedout ship. This would start mama off on the right track, and give her a small idea of the circumstances under which the old man made his first acquaintance with sea voyages ala Uncle Sam,

Lush Life in the Islands

ONCE ABOARD, there would be a flock, of ironlunged matrons with brassards on their arms to shove the girls around, assign them to KP, and bellow at them over the bull horn. The matrons would see that they waited a minimum of two hours in the chow line before they got their cold slum and dank sandwiches and that they performed smartly when handed brushes, hoes and mops to keep the ‘cute little old ship all sweet and tidy. : Iniportant, too, would be not to tell them where the vessel is headed, so that the girls who had their mouths all fixed for Germany Would wade ashore at Saipan, and the worshipers of Somerset Maugham

NEW YORK, March 29.—Nine months and three days from the day she signed the San Francisco charter pledging “equal rights to nations large and small,” the Soviet Union walked out on the security council rather than live up to her pledge. Apparently Russia is aiming at complete veto power, She fought hard for such a veto at San Francisco last spring and at Dumbarton Oaks before that.

But she did not quite succeed. In principle it was agreed that there could be no veto of the right of discussion. And it is tiris mild concession which Russia now seems determined to nullify by the simple process of boycotting the council,

Sounding-Board for Small Nations RIGHT OF ANY COUNTRY, large or small, to come before the council and state its grievance is the chief value of the United Nations. No action whatsoever can be undertaken by the organization to prevent or stop aggression so long as any one of the Big Five objects. Each has absolute veto power wherever action is involved. A big nation could swallow a small nation, if so inclined, and veto any action whatsoever against itself. Thus it is that the small nations set such store by this right of discussion. If they can call a big power before the security council and tell what is being done to them, they believe fear of world opinion might discourage aggression.

That is what Iran has been trying to do with

WASHINGTON, March 29.—A sort of AlicerinWonderland fantasy has developed out of numerous speeches criticizing Secretary Wallace's recent suggestion for more party responsibility. No-more nonsense has been said about a subject in a long-time—and by some otherwise fairly reasonable people. Mr. Wallace's suggestion, which he coupled with a recommendation for party discipline, set off an emotional spree that had nothing to do with -the practical problem it raised, Reasons, of course, are plain. One is Mr, Wallace, himself. He has become a-natural target for Republicans and conservative Southern Democrats because of his own political views and because Lie dares to speak them out plainly. He was merely an exc

And Dreaming Eyes of Wonder’. OTHER REASONS are embodied in the sort of Alice-in-Wonderland nature of our own party system, with all sorts of interests and viewpoints represented in each party. First one then the other has become down through our. history, the party of progressivism, with frequent bolts from. one party to the other as issues change. philosophy. il There is a need for them, in the interest of efficient and responsible government. A good argument was published recently, of which the following is an excerpt: ‘ * s«Under the American party system there are always two main groups, each checking,’ he other and offering the choice of altefhative courses of action. Around these two groups congressmen can rally and ‘express themselves, helping in party eaucuses

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REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Rusrk

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would be ejected in Iceland. This is SOP, or standard operating procedure. The girls would love it in the romantic tropios, like the Palaus of those peaceful, coral-girdled atolls im the Marshalls. The moon there is as big as some of the lizards, lovely, gooey creatures, which dropped into your bunk, The .soft southern breezes sough sweetly In the palms, almost but not quite drowning out the sirem song of mosquitoes big enough to be picked up om the radar screen and shot down -by the AA, Eighteen months ago, I used to think what a fine thing it would be if mama showed up on the nex$ trooper, so we could sit in that nice cozy tent and watch the rain fall through the holes in the top, until her cute little open-toed G.I. shoes washed righs off the deck. My, my, I used to think, picking a leech off my ear, how the little woman would love it here, with the coconuts falling on her knotty little head and the coral cutting her pretty toes off.

Readjustment of a Hero THEN YOU COME HOME, all prepared to wallow in the hero treatment, and it's fine for two days bus on D-plus-3 that old familiar voice says: “Look, my darling former warrior, if you think I am going te pick up after you forever you are still island happy, and furthermore the grass could do with a slighs shave and stop throwing damp towels in the clothes hamper and when, my pet, are you going to do something about a job?” . And on D-plus-10 it comes out that what she thinks you were really doing on dear old Peleliu or Guam was sitting in a hammock while lovely brown maidens sang and fed you lush fruit and plied you with planter’s punches. After awhile you find yourself admitting that it really wasn't so tough, after all,

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms

UNO. Russian Showdown Is Timely

Russia. And that is what Russia has been fighting so desperately to avoid. The view in United Nations circles is that the showdown was bound to come and better now tham later. It will help clear the air. Instead of proceeding merrily along in a sort of fool's paradise, the world is now beginning to get an inkling of what it is wp against,

United Nations Scores Moral Victory THE CONCENSUS seems to be that the United

FRIDAY

Beaut 3 ‘moment into the vernacular of the times. “I'm the I only Carrie Nation in the world. Now I want te know why your face.is so red.” " By AN “Madam, I never drank a drop.” yan “Then you- smoke too much.” : Joriop. After her postoffice pleasantry Mrs. Na to the statehouse to call on Governor Nwign wan . Ben Wilkins luk, None She less daunted, she visited the museum guide me on which, at t time, was already relegated to the . basement. A man in charge called her attention he du. to the stuffed birds in the cases and the pickled any snakes and fishes in the bottles. To make the most spuyarng 1 of the situation, the attendant ventured the opinion put-put whi that alcohol was good for something—the preserva “That woma tion of snakes, for instance. wants me to Liquor Takes Its Toll Deis Har Re THE JOKE pleased Carrie immensely. “You're upset” him, right,” she said, “it preserves snakes” A moment pretty flowes later, she turned it into an epigram: “It preserves his wife flov the dead and kills the living.” ..She used it in all Then Ben go lection after she left Indianapolis, " Str Carrie Nation also ran across Judge Wiley of the “ appellate court and got into an Sedge W ae h isan, ” The judge insisted that vice can be regulated and Joe fo Carrie was just as sure it couldn't. She had the DE a last word, too. “Youre an old dodger,” she said. “What 1s 1 For some reason, though, Carrie neglected to call just oe on Mayor Tom Taggart. Asked why he had been hepped on slighted, Mr. Taggart said: “Well, she knows it isn's oo thing necessary. She's so glad that we have a beautiful and Louisian: good city that she doesn’t want to bother me with would ch anything.” . \ As a matter of fact, the last thing Carrie Nation a sald when she boarded the train for St. Louis was: whole Tr “There are worse cities than Indianapolis, but there is room for improvement.” A week after the crusade, a trav salesman from New York committed suicide Yai downtown Indianapolis hotel. Coroner Brayton found two items of interest in.his pocket. One was a scribbled note which read; “I go to seek the hereafter. Tell Carrie Nation that rum and cigarets is damnation.” The other was the stub of an admission ticket to Tomlin son hall on the occasion of the crusader’s visits te Indianapolis. ®

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IN WASHINGTON . . . By Thomas L Stokes ‘Beware the Jabberwock, My Son

There is no hidebound party’

Nations has scored a great moral victory. Certainly the smaller members feel that way, And the victory | in no small part was due to the efforts of their own representatives on the council, especially the Netherlands, Egypt and Mexico. One could sense, rather than hear—for undue noise is frowned on in the council chamber—a sort of silent round of applause when the Egyptian delegate, Manmoud Hassan Pasha

The simplest justice, he Said, demands that thecouncil should hear small countries no less than the great. Thumping the table with his fist with more heat than the chamber had thus far witnessed, he called on the council to quit stalling. “The whole world,” he cried, “awaits your decision!” The big question now is: Does Russia really want a strong United Nations pased on the sovereign | equality of nations big and little as Generalissimo Stalin said? Or was the walkout merely a dress re- | hearsal for something bigger to come? |

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“Your committee recognizes the need for freedom | of action on the part of the individual member of con- | gress and his right to vote against the announced policy of his party. But we feel that if party accountability for policies and pledges is to be achieved, stronger and more formal mechanisms are necessary.” ace speaking, though he

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was a joint congressional committe gress to recommend means of reorganizing congress | to make it more effective. It included all varieties | of opinion from both parties. The chairman of this committee is Senator La Follette (Wis). When the report was written he was miember of a third party, his own Wisconsin Progressive party, which since has been dissolved | under his leadership to join the Republican party.

"Tis Time to Talk of Many Things THIS DOES NOT MEAN, however, that Senator La Follette will become a conservative Republican— far from it. The progressive Republican bloe in the senate, much in the minority, welcomed him back as an influence to change the party and make ‘it proe gressive. They sald so, in so many words. { Mr. La Follette's views are more closely akin to those of Mr. Wallace than those of many Democrats and virtually all Republicans. - This, demonstrates! the hazy nature of party lines. Each party is a sort of circus under a big tent with room for all kinds of performers. But, as both Secretary Wallace and Senator La Follette now say, there's got to be some co-ordination of policy if the performance of government is. to go on. 2

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