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

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W that the Philippine election is over, both Filipinos | Americans must join in hastening the job of re- . The new republie, which is fo succeed the comth of July 4, cannot prosper either politically or pally without national unity at home and generous m the United States. 4) AN a result of conditions left by ‘the war, there has jen much lawlessness and violence, though less than feared election itself. This chaos is the most serious in jate problem. Despite the fact that both presidential ; {diites were close associates of the late President Quezon leaders of the same party—or perhaps because of that ‘campaign was bitter. "The test of Gen, Roxas, the victor, will be his ability ‘maintain order under law and with civil liberties. The k of commonwealth President Osmena, who failed of rewill be to persuade the more violent.of his leftist to put patriotism above the fatal factionalism

) Juels activity. Closely related to the problem of national unity is the tinuing acute economic distress. Manila is largely deoyed. Machinery, work animals, seed, and capital are . Hunger is widespread and will grow worse durp the next two months, War damage to property is estied at almost $1,000,000,000, and the essential governt expenditures of $100,000, 000 for the coming year are t seven-fold the prospective income. Obviously—even with a maximum of Filipino unity, and leadership—the new republic will be greatly dent on the United States for rehabilitation. Two such gasures are close to final enactment in Washington. One puld provide about $500,000,000 for reconstruction, and @ other would grant, the Philippines special tariff. and

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je privileges for a period of years. These emergency sures should be supplemented, after further construcie study by a joint commission on means to help the inrepublic to help herself. . As for the island’s defense dependence, Americans will the Roxas statement favoring unqualified co-op-lion with the United States as to bases and all other ic matters. .

AGECOACH HOLDOVER E good fight for through railroad service goes on. This

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still must change cars as they did at Chicago until of this month.

wide demand spearheaded by Robert R. Young, of Chesapeake & Ohio railway. Why can't St. Louis, with its union terminal, have the ‘modernized service as Chicago? Indianapolis passenE can’t get through service south to Texas, for example. pgs can ride straight through, but not humans. The C. , says the St. Louis road block is a holdover from stagedays. To that we agree. : The C. & O. asserts it can set up through service to puthwest “almost immediately” with the co-operation e other railroads involved, adding that no equipment m is involved. | step toward modernization of rail service would all Indiana passengers traveling to the southwest, to Texas. And the volume of railroad traffic to points is said t6 be “more than considerable.” We agree with the C. & O. the old-fashioned transfer | he m at St. Louis should go by the boards and be red with through service.

NTHINKABLE, INTOLERABLE” ‘Public Workers of America is the name of the newest C. I. O. union. This organization, claiming a mbership of 108,000 is a mergér of two older C. I. 0. the United Federal Workers and the Municipal of America. + Among its announced purposes are extension of collec- } bargaining between public agencies and their em- , and a campaign to enroll as many as possible of e nearly 5,000,000 persons now employed by federal, state, ¥, county and other governments. Gov: ental workers have the right to bargain colively and to be represented by the union or unions of ir own choice. That right should be protected. Whether ation with the C. I. O. is desirable, from their viewor from the public's, is a more debatable question, Sha the C. I. O. engages increasingly in direct political

But one clause in the U. P. W. A.-C. I. 0.'s constitution, adopted at an Atlantic City convention, is certainly . It says that it shall not be the “policy” of the new tganization to engage in styikes, but that when a local pnion has exhausted other alternatives and is considering a strike, it shall first seek the permission ot the U.P. W. A's jernational president. This means, of course, that under some circumstances s by public employees car be authorized by this union. bt We affirm that all governments should deal fairly with workers, but that no government—federal, state or ould ever concede or recognize that its employees the right to strike. We quote one of the Strongest ha ever made on that point: A strike of public employees manifests nothing less L an intent on their part to obstruct the operations of irnment until their demands are satisfied. Such action, \g toward the paralysis of government by those who sworn to support it, is unthinkable and intolerable.” , » was said by no enemy of labor, no opponent of 1s treatment for public workers. It was said, in 1987, nf ‘Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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this from voting at all. Either help do the nominating of some decent candidates, or not be allowed to {vote in November, as these people do not take the trouble to study records of the numerous candidates and at least try to get some who will be fair and just and keep free elections by the people. We the people, the voters, are what cout. They can not put into fice these hand-picked candidates nless you Jet them. I sincerely hope the voters will fool them this primary and all vote and not be influenced by any one. If they go strictly on past records, they must pick entire change from what we have had. ” » » “LET'S ELECT MEN WHO WILL CLEAN UP TOWN” By A. J., Indianapolis

What kind of a town is this burg coming to? Our streets are nothing but holes, our railroads are still on street level (small town), our alleys gre full of garbage and trash. When you go out on the streets at night ‘you should carry a gun for if you don't you may get slugged and rolled. If you care to have a little night life you may get arrested. If you park a few minutes over

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Candidates Because of Small Vote"

By One of Them, New Augusta All of the boys who helped fight because this country was so

now be wondering why. Because

we are slowly but surely drifting that way. They are counting on only about 30 per cent voting in this primary, May 7. This small percentage have either been granted favors in the past or promises of favors in the future, or influenced by some individual group who urges them to - |vote for certain candidates. To my way of thinking, this makes the = time the fire centers at St. Louis, where east-west pas- [primary a mere mock of election. Decent candidates haven't & chance. ; We have already seen what this group of political people has done in the past; have been run entirely by political influence rather than

force to get you. But we read about those who "snatch purses, break in houses, club people over the head and commit holdups, shooting, bank robberies. _ All of this is leading up to one thing. When are we, taxpayers going to wake up. There is no wonder our young folks are into so much mischief. They have nothing to do. Surely someone should start a cleanup campaign and start it in our court house and city hall and in the jail house. I have voted the Republican ticket but mow I'm beginning to be a good Democrat, but regardless let's appoint someone to clean up and have a big town.

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LINE’ ON PRICES”

By Naomi Baumgartel, 6625 Broadway I am writing to ask your co-op-eration in the creation of semtiment among our citizefs in regard to the continuance of at least partial pric¥ control during this fateful post-war period, in order that we may avoid the devastating debacle of further inflation and the resulting disastrous. depression. I am fully aware of how socalled rugged individualism is threatened thereby, but I also am aware that because we have just come through the most destructive war in all history we must pay the price in the temporary curtailment of some of our individual freedoms for the common good of the most of us. Until the period of adjustment to a peacetime economy is over, let's “hold the line” as we take" the longer and saner view of our do-

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“NUTS' TO STARVING OF EUROPE; LET 'EM STARVE” By Roy Lesher, 927 N. Sherman Dr.

that Mr. Truman says we must make more sacrifices for the starving people of Europe by sending them our wheat. He even has the nerve to say we should go without bread at least two days a week. I wonder, Mr. Truman, if that is being done in the White House. I say “nuts” to the starving people of Europe. Let them starve. No doubt you may think this very cruel and uncivilized, but don’t forget only a few months ago these same people were at war with us. Why not send them the K rations, corn beef hash and other slop that was being served to us. It's very unfortunate that the children must also suffer, but again,

once children also. During the war it used to be meatless Tuesday. Thanks to Mr. Truman, it won't be long until we have breadless Wednesday.

Editor's Note: Harsh words, those. Don’t forget that the food being sent abroad has almost entirely for nations oppressed by the Nazis. - » . “CITY YOUTH NEEDS

A DOWNTOWN CANTEEN”

By Martha Christ, President of D.D.D. Sub-Deb club; Anita Bordenkecker, Antionette Seyfried, Martha Bordenkecker, the youth of Indianapolis

Through the co-operation of the citizens of Indianapolis, the youth of Indianapolis hope to establish a downtown teen-canteen. We realize we need capital to rent and furnish such an establishment, that it why we are “asking your help. Even though many ,sub-deb and squire clubs contributed toward this goal, we could not raise enough money to finance it. We also realize that many sections of the city have canteens, but then not everyone lives near one. If there were a large central canteen in the downtown district where everyone could reach it, there would not be so many minors loitering in ill-reputed places. 80 in the interest of all the young people, won't you, the business people of Indianapolis, help us to find a building and to furnish it according to the interest of all, This may seem to be too much to ask, but calling to mind how it keeps boys and girls off the streets, it is worth mnuch more than we ask. To us, the teen-agers, it means a place for recreation, playing pingpong, cards, dancing to jukebox or just gathering for some clean fun. We could all join together in one club, collect dues, give dances, etc. to help along in other expenses,

. » = “IS THE TIMES EDITOR A MAN OR A MOUSE?”

By Veruow LeFeber, 1514 E. 10th ot. As you have refused to print any more letters regarding the D. C. Stephenson case I wish to say that he is no more guilty of the murder of Madge Oberholtser than I am, and I never saw either one. D. C. Stephenson is a political prisoner and there are some who fear the pen if he is freed, and he has thousands of friends here, And it looks that you are afraid that if you would print the letters about the case it might show the politicians that we want justice. I have been a reader of The Indianapolis Times from the first edition ever printed. I sold the first papers printed on E. Ohio st. and you are the first editor to not want justice. Are you & Man or & mouse?

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rs OUR BUSINESS to realize that the Japanese leaders of thought are looking to the United States for the inspiration which will help them change the processes of ‘thinking, Which: sre a-detarvent to a true democracy in that country. - Just before I left Tokyo, where a part of the misston assigned to me by Gen. MacArthur was creation of freedom of the written and spoken word as well as removal of barriers to freedom of speech, I was vg at a tea-house dinher given by editors, “think- * professors and others who wished to work for & hy Japan. These men, with whom I had come in contact during my assignment there, presented to me an ancient scroll, or kakimona, reading “Be brave for the right.” It was, in effect, a dedication to working for democracy . . . a term still lacking genuine meaning to even most Jap leaders.

Request for American Works I ASKED what I could send them from the United States, these men , . . banded together to bring Western democracy to their beaten country . . . were unanimous in asking for publications that would illustrate our American way of living and thinking. “The list of books we should very much \like to get” handed to me the next day included what they termed “works representing’ the True Spirit of Amerza.” At the top was a book on the political activity of women, since they planned to enlist feminine aid in their‘ program. It also asked for works on \the economic, social and political history of the Uni a States, motion pictures, the opera, fine arts an “magazine for the intellectual.” ! Selecting these books was quite a task, but Bere is what was sent off to them today: James Truslow Adams’ 1931 book “The Epic of America”; Beard’s

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NEW YORK, April 30.—A trend toward what seems to be dangerously mushy thinking popped up the other day, when a juvenile court judge begged President Truman to spare the life.of Earl McFarland, a rapist and murderer. Judge H. B. Webster of Knox-

.| ville, Tenn., based his plea for clemency on the fact

that McFarland is an ex-serviceman. “I recognize the boy who is brave enough to join the marines and offer his life as a sacrifice for the freedom of his country is, in the words of the immortal Lincoln, far too precious to be sacrificed,” Judge Webster wrote Mr. Truman. That, while pretty-sounding, is hogwash—sentimental claptrap.

All | Ty es Wore the Uniform RAPED a government girl, and then he strangled ND. His difficulties with the law preceded his entrance into the marine corps. His war service has no bearing on a stupid, callous, needless killing, either as a causative or ameliorating factor. It seems to me we can't spend the next 50 years or so excusing criminals, and dismissing their crimes as boyish pranks, merely because they happened to pull a stretch in the army or navy. An operation as broad as our recent selective service drew. thugs as well as Rover boys into the armed forces—and many a guy volunteered for the service of his choice rather than waiting for that note with “greetings” on it. That phrase “offered his life as a sacrifice for the freedom of his country” is a pretty one, but misleading. As a veteran, and a volunteer, I do not think that IL. being unfair to veterans as a class when I say that many a kid jumped into the war because everybody was doing it, and the uniform looked nice. Others went protestingly via the draft. Not every man who wore a uniform thought clearly: “I am going to war because I wish to offer my. life, if need be, in the battle to save freé peoples from fascism.” It may have been an unconscious thought,

IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, April 30.—There was a time when about all an American politician had to do was to strike a pose, flip the tails of his Prince Albert in a grandiloquent gesture, and take a position for or against a protective tariff—or somewhere comfortably in between. It was no longer ago than 1930, for example, that Jim Watson of Indiana, an elder statesman of. that day, rose in the senate, slapped his ample thighs, licked his lips, beamed with that genial “Sunny Jim" smile, and celebrated the passage of the HawleySmoot tariff act by proclaiming: “Happy days are here again.” But the tariff didn’t dispel the gathering depression as the sun dispels the morning mist—as he sa it would.

Younger Leaders Seek New Road JIM WATSON IS still around, aged but active in the private practice of law. Political men and manners ‘have changed somewhat, of which there was an illustration this past week-end. Two younger men of his own Republican party took to the platform to testify and publicly search their souls. They were seeking a way out of all the troubles that have come down upon us since Jim and his crowd were drummed out of power by the Roosevelt regime—and to the tune of that same “Happy Days Are Here Again.” They are further ahead of Jim and his crew than the mere years between. What is fmportant is not what they came up with—for they share in the confusion of our times about what is right and left and middle-of-the-road politically speaking—buj the fact that they are trying to pull some sort of philosophy~out of the madness of our era. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, who again is seeking a seat in the senate which he left to go to the war, was making at Portland, Ore., his first major political speech since he got out of the army. Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota was thinking out loud about “what is liberalism?” in a commencement address at Syracuse university.

WORLD AFFAIRS Austria Freedom

WASHINGTON, April 30.—Power politics of a doubtful brand now threaten what little is left of the territorial, political and economic independence prospects of Austria. President Truman has informed Dr. Karl Renner, Austrian president, that the American people wish to see early restoration of an independent and democratic Austria. And Secretary Byrnes has brought the matter to the attention of the Big Four foreign ministers in Paris. Russia, however, objects. Foreign Commissar Molotov said his delegation was not yet prepared to discuss the subject.

Pledge Made by Big Three Y THE BIG THR are not yet ready to discuss Austria is regarded as more than strange, Come October, it will be three years since Russia, Britain and the United States agreed in Moscow that “Austria, the first free country to fall victim to Hitlerite aggression, shall be liberated from German domination.” ul That pledge, part of the pact of Moscow, Was taken on the initiative of Cordell Hull, then secretary of state. Parties to it were British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and Mr, Molotov, today chief of his country’s delegation in Paris, “They,” said the joint communique issued at the time “regard the annexation of Austria by Germany as null and void. . . . They wish to see re-established a free and independent Austria and ‘thereby to. open the way for the Austrian people themselves—as well as those neighboring states which will be faced with

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“The American Character,” by the Oambsiige professor, Denis Brogan, whose analy 0 is rated the best since Bryce. Oh, yes. . . Jwa7azine was the “Atlantic.” ; There were other books which could have been sent, but that selection would give me . . . if I were a foreigner . . . a picture, of this country and its ideals. And that is what these Japanese wanted.

U.S. Literature Can Lead Way MOST OF THOSE at the dinner . , . only one I attended not cluttered up with geisha girls . . . spoke English and had attended universities here or in England or France. From their numbers come a few of the leaders who will attempt to lead Japan along’ the path that will make her fit once more to take a place among decent nations. But the intellectual food for Japanese minds #nust come from America . . . from our books and magazines. Right now, they look upon America as a beneficent conqueror Who acis according to their code of Bushido, or chivalry . . . and they are ripe for the mental stimulus of an uncensored American 'Iterature. A few days ago, one of the group, Prof. M. Miyata, sent me two of his books . . . he had written many of them and all were banned because he was antimilitarist. One was 1h Japanese, and, of course, I don’t know its title . . . the other in English was “Anti-Socialism and Other Essays.”

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By Robert C. Ruark War Service Not Excuse for Crime

but.the average youngster leaped in because he was caught up in the excitement of the moment. The military life holds a great attraction, and s lot of rugged boys flocked to it and did well. The average tough mugg makes good in a tough trade, because he has animal courage, a hardy disregard of consequences, not too much imagination to plague him. He car® handle hardship, and if he has had some prewar brushes with the law, he is pretty apt to be smart in his surface recognition of authority. The other day, in New York, two ex-tank corps men, decorated, were shot dead by police while engaged in heisting a hotel. Both were successful soldiers—one a former lieutenant who was commissioned in the field. They were both crooks before they went in the army. They conformed to army discipline, they served their country . .. and when they came out they were still thugs. They died as crooks should and often do, with police lead in their bodies. Being a good soldier does not necessarily endorse a man as a good civilian, and certainly an honorable war record does not excuse a post-war disregard of law and order. A murderer is no less a murderer because he holds a medal, and I find it hard to weep over a rapist because he once succumbed to the tempo of the times and jumped, or was pushed, into the service.

Avoid Sloppy Sentimentality A LOT OF GOOD GUYS were in this.recent mess, but there was a percentage of rotten apples in the bin. The country owes a debt to its veterans, but this debt does not extend to criminals, or to the few who use their war service as a bludgeon with which to extract an easy livihg from the world. : McFarland, the murderer and rapist, is not “far too precious to be sacrificed,” not even if he wore the congressional medal of hongr. He is a dangerous crim~ inal under sentence of death, and let's keep sloppily sentimental references to his war service out of it.

By Thomas L. Stokes

Tim Watson Typical of Old Guard

Both’ young men were equally ardent in condemning G. ©. P. standpatism. Both agreed substantially with objectives of the New Deal, but.both criticized the method of the Roosevelt and Truman administrations in trying to achieve those objectives. Senator Ball baldly described these methods as “authoritarian rather than liberal.” Mr. Lodge struck at “the lack of effective leadership, the bungling, the inability to get things done” today, adding on behalf of his party “we say that they don’t go far enough with their own program.” Also similat were their descriptions of the difference between the administration approach and that which they favor. Senator Ball said: “The administration’s approach basically is that goverment should guarantee everyone a high standard of living regardless of what the individual himself does, The liberal approach is that government's obligation is to make sure that every individual has a fair and equal opportunity to achieve his own economic destiny, and then leave it to the individual.” Mr. Lodge said: “The fundamental cleavage between our two major parties lies in this fact. Thad there is the widest kind of difference between favo. social legislation as a supplement to your economy favoring governmental action as your chief source of jobs.”

Much Easier in the Old Day $ SENATOR BALL' DEPLORED Y? ile and fascism with equal fervor. He, thinks the threat to freedom today is from the left rather than from the right, in which, of . course, he finds disagreement. Being a political liberal is not easy, he said, and the liberal will be called a “Communist” by the right, a “Fascist” by the left. The day before he made his speech, Senator Ball denounced OPA as “the most important single collection of American Fascists we've got.” Others are just as certain OPA is “Communistic.” Which indicates the difficulty of young mea searching their souls today. It was much easier for Jim Watson.

. By William Philip Simms

Is an Issue at Paris

security which is the only basis for lasting peace.” Instead of living up to the pledge, the Big Three, plus France, now occupy Austria precisely as they do Germany. Only 32,377 square miles in area—smaller than the state of Ohio—she has been still further partitioned, for occupation purposes, into four parts, each garrisoned by foreign troops. Observers are foroed to believe Russia is holding up fulfillment of the Moscow pledge because' she wishes to tie that area into her expanding sphere of inflence whose boundaries have not been fixed. Another problem concerns the fate of south Tyrol, peopled by Austriuns and for more than six centuries part of the Austrian state. Ceded to Italy after world war I, Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau later all admitted their error. Restoration now, with a railway corridor giving her an outlet at Trieste, is vital to Austrian economy.

Internationalize the Danube EVEN BETWEEN WARS, Austria had an unfavorable trade balance. Her tourist trade was a life-saver, Deprived of that it might well spell the difference between an n 4ndependent and a dependent Austria, But that. would, not save Austria, however, were -she cut off from her foreign markets, or even seriously hampered, There should be some sort of free Danubian féderation. Austria must be able to buy and sell up and down the Danube and beyond—-which means that that stream should be internationalized. It is important, therefore, that Mr. Byrnes ingist on an Austrian -solution fore he: lesves Ror,

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