Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1946 — Page 12

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37 3 g . . are only five | 4 the polls to select Republican and Democratic nominees, for the fall election. ~~ ana The worll “select” may be used: ill-advisedly, since in ‘some cases there is no choice because only one candidate seeks nomination. And in others thére will be no element of selection unless sufficient voters go to the polls and make

* machine indorsed candidates. ti : i The Republican slate of the Bradford-Ostrom machine . is particularly weak in several important spots. Elements of the Republican party are in revolt against machine "domination, and a spectacular fight now is being waged for a few offices. The city hall faction of the party is supporting a slate against the machine selections. . } This revolt against bossism will come to nothing unless sufficient Republican voters” march to the polling places next Tuesday armed with information on the fualifications of the various candidates and determined to vote for the man rather than for the slate. Otherwise, the “regular” "voters will put over the Bradford-Ostrom slate in a walk“away. 2: : : ‘ It’s up to the voters. Unless they participate in the primary, they have no right to complain about their party’s candidates in the fall, even though many of the candidates : 3 are far from the best-qualified in the party’s ranks. 1 :

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THE KING OF COAL 1 ABOR SECRETARY SCHWELLENBACH has per“4 suaded John L. Lewis to resume his negotiations, out of which he stalked three weeks ago, with the soft-coal

_gettlement—if, indeed, it is progress—we suppose the public

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should bé humbly thankful. ‘ 3 And the government's rather desperate - anxiety is understandable. The strike is now well into its fifth week.

affected. If the strike continues much longer the country’s basic industries will be paralyzed. But the government, pleading with the King of Coal to be reasonable, cuts a pretty pitiful figure. Mr. Lewis does not have to be reasonable. He has absolute control over a strategic union, and so over an essential commodity, and cannot even be required to tell the government and the operators what is his price for peace. ® BB» 8 8 PUBLIC sympathy is strongly with the miners in their ~ * desire for generous wages, safe working conditions and. ~ adequate protection against the great hazards of their ~~ calling. But Mr. Lewis is playing a sly game with these ©» jssues. His charge that the operators have refused his | © demand for a “health and welfare fund” is misleading. "They have, in fact, offered to contribute to such a fund | administered by some outside agency like the Red Cross.. | They object only—and rightly—to taxing the public 4 through a royalty on coal and turning the proceeds over to © the union treasury for Mr. Lewis to use as he pleases with no requirement for an accounting ‘to the public. The operators have offered other concessions. They have offered to raise mine wages in accordance with the pattern set in steel, oil and automobiles. But Mr. Lewis sits in gloomy grandeur behind his eyebrows, waiting— it becomes more and more apparent—for time.and the . country’s dire extremity to help him prove again that he is more potent than all other labor leaders and more powerful - than the government itself. » “ » » . . does no good, we repeat, to denounce John L. Lewis for behaving as he does. He is within the law. He is within the law because congress has failed to regulate the enormous “power government has helped him and other labor dictators to attain. Specifically, he can spread stagnation and unemployment throughout the United States, if it so pleases him, because the senate, eager for adjournment and fearful of “the labor vote,” does not take up, perfect and enact the house-passed Case bill. en That bill, properly and carefully amended and made into law, would give government the means of protecting the public and bringing Mr. Lewis down to proper size.

| SECURITY COUNCIL VICTORY

Reserve coal stocks are running out. Production of steel | and of electric power is dwindling. Railroads are iony (Unfortunate v

"Understanding Ho

By ALTON NASH,

greatest country on*earth, but the way

lp Will Save

ictims of Alcohol"

127 W. Georgia St.

There ‘are any number of reasons why I think America is the

one reason I have in mind is the

we are constantly making improvements in our way of life. Humanitarians see man's natural inclination to be brutal. and

they get busy trying to put an end to certain sadistic practices. They put an end to slavery, started such organizations as the “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” ended “chain gangs,” promoted

children, etc.

upon the sadistic nuts to prevent a return to brutality in this country and elsewhere. Hitler tried to force the world backwards with his barbaric philosophy but his idiotic ideas could not be imposed upon a progressive people. Let us take up our lot with the humanitarians and do what good we can for our fellows. I think our next move might well be some sort of understanding help for the alcoholic, most abused and misunderstood person now" living. City courts are forcing upon him the most absurd sort of punishment imaginable. When one of these unfortunate victims of drink appears in the city. courts, it is anybody's guess as to what sort of penalty he will be called upon. to pay. This appeal is made in behalf of the ' “plain drunk” or “sidewalk drunk,” not for the drunken driver. I.can make no suggestions regarding the case of the driver for I Mave never been quite able to understand i" To anyone interested in this subject 1 suggest the reading of the books “Alcoholic Anonymous” (several authors), “Alcohol, One Man’ Meat” (have forgotten authofs) name) and Charles Jackson's “Lost Week-End.” 2” Some will say thafit is impossible to do anything for the drunkard—this is the defeatist attitude— let's not be that way. a » » ” “SMALL BONUS IS BETTER THAN THE BRITISH LOAN" By BE. L. Bill, Indianapolis I want to ask if if is just for the higher-ups to come right out and

lend Britain $600 million to buy stuff from us, with no indication of

| ‘THE security council vote to investigate whether the 5 Franco regime endangers peace is a victory for conciliation. At the start, the council was split. Inaction would have hurt the charter and helped Franco. Statesmanship prevented that. ; This achievement is exceedingly hopeful in showing how the council can operate w there is #-will to make it work. That the council is beset by international disputes is not the discouraging thing—this is precisely what it is « for. But hitherto in most cases it has been unable to handle the disputes helpfully; instead it has increased the

is a welcome exception. Co ; At first, the council division was 7 to 4. Russia, Poland, France and Mexico favored a United Nations diplomatic .. boycott of Franco or some other positive action immediately. ~The United States, Britain and others of the majority were equally opposed to Franco, but they did net think the council could act against his regime legally without mote is conclusive proof that hé. actually is endangering world

security. In the

background were explosive elements of the ower struggle over western Europe and the editerranean. The future of Spain and the fate of altar are interlocked, Russia wants a hand on Britains

international tension. The disposition of this Spanish cage

n lifeline. Moscow. already ig influencing] policy through © Communist cabinet

n i! ‘deadlock was broken by the Australian ligating subcommittee to get the facts | 2 lion of whether Franco is a threat |

o8 not settle anything. But it at Airst constructive international

it ever being paid back. Also if it

such noble endeavors as slum clearance,

recreational ' centers for

The American has come a long way from Salem witch hangings, stocks and whipping posts, but it is necessary to keep constant watch

spent that money for some good reason such as giving the vets a bonus and letting them spend it here in the states. I can't seem to understand their raising the army and navy pay. Here is my gripe. ‘Why in peacetime do they have to do that to get soldiers. Long before the war was declared boys were signing up to serve their country. That was for $30 a month. That same boy went overseas and faced bombs and bullets for $50 a month. Now they want to pay him $66 for staying in the states. Why, I ask, why can’t they give a small bonus to us boys? ‘It would sorta smooth things over, don’t you think? There have been so many bills in congress and have not been passed on that the boys are getting sorta peeved, or should I say disgusted. 2 8 8 “THERE WERE: STRIKES LONG BEFORE ADVENT OF THEC.L 0.” By William M. Taylor, Morgantown May 1 remind Mr. Engle that it is wonderful to live in a country where we can enjoy the privilege of disagreeing. I join with those who protest jurisdictional disputes and any other policies detrimental to the welfare of any union member. I also disagree with those who make false charges and attempt to smear people merely because they believe in the principles of organization. .To charge the C.' I. O, with fomenting all strikes of major importance is false. I remind Mr, Engles that 30 years ago Indianapolis witnessed the streetcar and teAmsters strikes. Some 33 years ‘ago, the railroad shop workers and switchmen strikes.

. The C. I. O. is only ten years of

wouldn't be just as good if theylage. If a group of workmen are so

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fickle-minded to permit a rabble« rouser to influence them to the point of a walkout in complete violation of contract, pity on their meager store of intelligence. In the past G. M. strike, negotiations were held for some three months. Management read maga zines’ and newspapers and openly scoffed at the union demands. This practice was even resorted to in the presence of “Federal Negotiator Dewey, after the strike had been in progress some ninety days. It would be wonderful to ‘settle our differences without strikes, If you can supply the pattern for peaceful settlement, the government is wanting

ers will herald you as a Messish. The umion proposed mediation but the corporation said that would be a step toward dictatorship. If you can supply labor with a weapon other than a strike your services are sorely needed. May I inquire your “cure-all remedy.” a = » ” ‘JUVENILE COURT GROUP

HEARD ONLY IN-ELECTION” By H. D. BR, Indianapolis

There has been a great déal of publicity given the Juvenile Court Committee in the past few weeks concerning their selection of candidates and also of the aims of ‘this committee and what it has accomplished in the past. Frankly I have never heard the committee mentioned except at election time. If this group is so interested in the proper functioning of this court why don’t we hear from them between times, As they say the administration of this .court has been none too efficient for a number of years, but have they done anything to rectify these conditions? The only candidate they have ever endorsed and elected was Judge Bradshaw, and if anyone will take the trouble to look up the records they will find that his record in conducting this coust| was every bit as bad as the incumbent. But did they do anything about it? No. This committee was perfectly willing to endorse him for a second term. Surely with the money and prestige they have back of them they could bring the facts to the public's attention, That is had they been sincerely interested in the court itself. Is this just another organization which desires . publicity and likes to see the names of its members in’ print? %"" ”" “JANE JORDAN IS PLACE TO TAKE LOVE PROBLEM” By M. Farley, Greenwéed

So V. Wi thinks we need to enforce a new law against shameless women who break up homies, eh? And, also, they should go to jail for committing such a crime. Personally, I've always been of the opinion that it takes both a husband and wife to break up a home, not so much the fault of an outsider. For who could come_between a married couple if their union was strong enough first, last angsalways? It is only when either or both of them are willing to allow such a thing to happen. As far as jealousy is concerned,

proof and circumstantial evidence. Perhaps it might be well for the poor, little defenseless (?) wife to turn into a “glamour-puss” and try to win him back. As it is, our courts

mént of old laws. A new law of this kind can walt a widile. In the meantime, she can nsult Jane Jordan or Dorothy Dix good psychiatrist for n

DAILY THOUGHT

| peans (Including even Russians) don’t do any shifting

at all, E watched them which was back in the days when they still had something to eat.

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~" "EVER SINCE THE new directory came out with ~ Thi loss of time doesn’t worry me much any more the news that Indianapolis has 29,028 more citizens % than it had five years ago, I've been haunted by the thought that it has just that many more zig-zag eaters. Zig-zag eating, a picturesque phrase by Gelett Burgess } thought up “The, Purple Cow”); is the metaphoricdl connotation for the continual shifting of the fork from the left hand to the right and back again. You have probably noticed it yourself now that your called to it. Chances are that you are a pretty good practitioner ? . yourself. Indeed, you may even be as good as I am,

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attention has been

. In my case, I grip the meat (what there is of it)

wite the fork in my left hand and cut off a piece with the knife held tightly in my right hand; after which I put down the knife, transfer the fork in my left hand to my right hand and enjoy the work I have accomplished up to that point. shift the fork from my.right hand to my left, pick up the knife with my right hand and start all over .. again. 5 :

American vs. European: Habits

That done, I

THE NUMBER OF SHIFTS depends altogether on

the size of the portion in my plate and on the degree of fineness with’ which I do the carving. A single meal may entail as many as a thousands shifts, and in no dase is it possible to get along with less than one,

Even one shift is uncalled for. For example, EuroAt any rate, they didn’t the last time I A European places the fork in his Ieft hand at

the beginning of a meal, and it stays put from that moment. on. Likewise, he places the knife in his

right hand, and it stays put, too. There isnt any 4hifting, laying down or picking up of tools after he gets started. The European technique isn't as easy

as it sounds but, once learned, it takes the work out

of eating; at any rate, it has the appearance of doing so. Certainly, it saves a lot of time and motion—to

say nothing of the wear and tear on our emotions.

WASHINGTON, May 1—Brig. Gen. Albert J.

Browning is leaving his $10,000-a-year government post today, to take a job paying 12 times that much

as director of purchases for the Ford Motor Co. This marks the end of what looked like a pretty good thing ih the department of commerce—the presence of a practical businessman who knew both government and industry inside and out, serving as director of domestic commerce and really trying to &b something for business besides issuing a lot" of not-too-useful statistical handouts. As Gen. Browning goes back to private industry, he admits frankly that relations between businessman and government were probably never worse, This bad relationship is based on a number of misunderstandings on both sides.

Can Aid Country

BUSINESSMEN, says n. Browning, have the idea that people who inhabit Washington are entirely different from people who live in the rest of the country. Fundamentally, they aren't. They have the same fears, worries, and ambitions. And any businessman who comes to Washington to work for the government is not necessarily a New Dealer. Gen. Browning recalls the time he came to Wash-

your services and millions of work-}-ington, early in 1941. As he got off the train, he had

the feeling that this wasn’t his country. It was Democratic country. As he registered at the hotel, he had the feeling that everyone in the lobby must know he was a Republican. He was president of United Wallpaper of Chicago, and was just beginning

WASHINGTON, May 1—Much soul+searching went into the recent Syracuse, N. Y., speech of Minnesota Senator Joseph H. Ball, a speech that is attracting considerable attention here. - The young senator sought to define the philosophy of political liberalism and apply it ‘to current problems. We think he made a notable and" Yiéeded contribution. Many Americans today, he said, seem to judge a public official's liberalism by whether he supports any and all legislation which purports to give additional rights, immunities, privileges or benefits to some “large group with plenty of votes.” Rejecting the notion that “simply by passing a law in congress we can give a great many people something, for nothing,” he voiced his own convictions,

A Human Being With a Soul

“TO BE A POLITICAL LIBERAL, one must be devoted to liberty, not for any. particular group but for all individuals as individuals,” he said. “A liberal judges issues primarily on whether their net effect will be to expand or contract the opportunities and freedoms enjoyed by all the people as individuals. You will never find a liberal according. to my definition talking about ‘the masses’ or ‘the common man’ or even ‘the average man. To my kind of liberal every individual is very uncommon—a htiman being with a soul, not merely -a complex assembly of appetitles and fears.” Both Fascists and Communists are political opposites of liberals, Senator Ball went on. “They are alike in thelr determination to force all individuals to fit into their particular theory of what is a perfect society; and they are as one in opposition to freedom and dignity for the individual.” * Liberal foreign policy, he said, should support the United Nations as it exists, but press at every opportunity for changes to transform it into an instrument capable of preserving the liberties and equail-

trip to Moscow is pelieved to foreshadow a turn not - only within the Communist party in the United States but throughout what used to be. called the Commu-

nist International . ~ Not that the one-time leader of Communism in this country rates any such distinction as that statement would seem to imply. ! foster, present head of the party, Earl Browder or some entirely new figure is in charge, probably matters little to Moscow.. What it is after is results.

Reds Still Have Eye on U.S. y TODAY, THE Soviet Union is on Europe, Asia and Africa. It has become tremendously important, therefore, that Communists everywhere tighten their ranks in order to take instant advantage of post-war developments. ‘ Generalissimo Stalin attaches supreme importance to the Communist party in this'country. He told the American delegates-to-the presidium of ‘the execu-

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raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven | him.James 5:15. :

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which history has laid tasks of a decisive character ‘tom the point of view of the world revolutionary movement. : i 7 Sy “I think the moment is not far/off when a revoluerisis

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like time. something else, however. Indeed, it burns me up to discover how little we do to conserve the little energy. -

WASHINGTON, May 1—Earl Browdei’s surprise,

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| tive committee of the comintern Ar Moscow, in 1929: © “. #f think that the American Communist party is one of the few Communist parties in: the world upon.

will develop in Amarica that will be the, beginning of the end of world capitalism as-a whole. °

~probably. for the-reason’ that years of experience with—the knife and. fork have given me the speed of a prestidigitator. old. When a fellow reaches my age, he ought to be thinking of immortality instead of ‘a finité duration The wear and tear on our emotions is

we sill have, iC + "Come to think of it, I see no reason why we should

~ waste the little energy -we still ‘have fooling with

knives and forks the way we do. To heck with table

‘tools. If I had my way we'd do more eatirig with our

fingers. And as good a way as any is to start with asparagus, if you can pay the price for the big, fat, Juicy white variety which is now beginning to ornament the market stands. ~ - a . “It is a sad commentary -on our. so-called civilization (or democracy, if you insist) that a town the size of Indianapolis, which has (race Brown to run its kindergartens and Virgil Stinebaugh to run its schools, ‘should still. teach the young to eat asparagus with a fork. It just doesn't make sense. The practite persist, na doubt, because of an.

whimsical determination of its own needs discipline. ing when it gets on the table. Nonsense! The asparagus is a gentle, amenable and non-aggressive creature unless, perchance, it is aroused. Attacked with a fork, it begins to show a will of its own. Indeed, I've seen what looked like a limp lethargic legume turn into a writhing fighting monster when stuck with a fork. And if your experience is anything like mine, you'll agree that n

in this world can act up guite as much as a stuck

asparagus.

How to Eat Asparagus : IF YOU'LL TAKE the word of an old man, the secret of getting along with a stalk of asparagus is to treat. it with respect—with love is even better. We touch the things we love. And if* we're really in earnest, we fondle and caress the things we love— with our fingers, of course, Certainly not with knives and forks. ; v 1 feel the same way about corn on the cob, a slab of pie, and the drumsticks of a fried chicken.

REFLECTIONS . . . By PeterEdson = Businessmen Needed in Government

to get into the big money. after coming up through Montgomery Ward. . In the five years he has been in Washington, Gen. Browning has been connected with the old office of production management, the war production board, and the war department. He ended up a brigadier general in charge of purchases and renegotiation and termination of contracts. Early this year, he came over to the department of commerce under Henry Wallace, in the" belief that

there was a real job to be done by government for

business. He still thinks so.". He is giving up not because of any discouragement nor because of any difference of opinion with Secretary Waillace. They get along surprisingly well, considering their different backgrounds.

Business Could Provide Good Men

THE USUAL PATTERN in government, says Gen. Browning, is for the executive at the top to surround himself with a number of bright young men. They're - smart enough, but they just haven't had the expertence to know what makes business or the country run, Gen. Browning says he'd like to see a law per‘mitting business to put some of its best men in government, industry paying the difference between the low government salary scales and what these men would earn in private life. That way, government could get the benefit of service from the top men in industry, rather than relying on the second-raters whom business might want fo pawn off on govern-, ment. : “N

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Edward A. Evans Definition of How to Be a Liberal

izing the opportunities of individuals throughout the world. Liberals should seek elimination of high tariffs and other barriers to free trade among individuals of all nations. And, if they really want the United States to exert liberal, democratic world leadership, they should support measures to keep America strong enough so that her voice in international affairs will be respected. - Those who would have government take over the whole job of achieving a more abundant life and economic security for all, Senator Ball argued, are “authoritarian rather than liberal” in their approach. 3 . Laws can place floors beneath living standards and security, not by pulling down the more fortunate and destroying their initiative, but by raising the less fortunate to a minimum standard, leaving it to the individual's own enterprise to rise above the minimum. Government has an obligation to see to it that in ‘health and education and housing, all individuals start as nearly equal as possible; and to expand individual opportunities by scientific research.

Labor Also Should Be Regulated : FROM THE LIBERAL VIEWPOINT, Senator

Ball contended, government has just as great an obli- -

gation to regulate reasonably the vast economic power of organized lahor, since labor can no more safely be left above the law than could business, industry and finance, for whose regulation liberals led the fight. It required a brave and wise law-maker to say, as Joe Ball did: “Being a political liberal is just as risky and dangerous. as being a free man. The liberal will be called a Communist Dy the extreme right, He is sure to be smeared ag a Fascist by the extréme left. . He must fight authoritarian proposals that have wide popular appeal. But if that great cry, ‘Give me liberty or give me death!’ still lives in your hea and mind, then you can be a liberal.” :

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Wiliam Philp Simms Browder Moscow Trip Is Significant

should be capable of meeting that historical moment fully prepared, and of assuming the leadership of the impending class struggle in America. Every effort and every means must be employed in preparing for that. “Por that end, the American Communist. party + must be improved and bolshevized. For that end we must work for the complete liquidation of factionalism and deviations in the party. For that end we must forge real revolutionary cadres, and a real revolutionary leadership of the proletariat, capable of leading the many millions of the American working class toward the revolutionary class struggle.” Now Browder is again on his way to Moscow. He says he 'ils going “to study political life.” And the followers of Foster—back in the post from which Browder was fired—are seething. Having made a party pariah of Browder for what they allege were deviations during “the war, they are wondering what possible business he could now have in Moscow; *

Come the Revolution!

BUT BROWDER could not go to Moscow unless the Kremlin wanted. him there. What his real mis-

generalissitho doesn’t agree: that, he “deviated” dur ing the war. “study political life” inthe Americas through Brow~ der's eyes. Maybe Moscow believes the predicted “revolutionary crisis in America” is now at } with it the moment. for. American Comm to do

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