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@ive Light ond the People Will Find Their Own Way

! HAVE YOU VOTED? 3 - WHEN you read this, there probably will be only a few

hours left to vote in the primary election. Have you voted? J If you have not, we urge you to do so in the interest of good government. This is Vital to Republicans who resent | the cynical manner in which their party is dominated by | machine rule. : Two offices are especially important. And in each of | these—that of prosecuting attofnéy and juvenile court judge—the Republican administration has been conspicuously unsatisfactory. And in each, Republican voters are being asked to indorse unsatisfactory performance by continuing it for another term. Judge Judson L. Stark, former prosecuting attorney and spearhead of opposition within the Republican party to bossism, is a candidate for nomination for prosecutor, Harold N. Fields is candidate for juvenile court judge with support of the non-partisan juvenile court committee. We believe both merit your support. Belated announcement has just been made that you can vote even though you did not register. It is necessary only to sign an affidavit, on forms available at the .polls, that you are a qualified voter in your precinct. A light vote means bossism wins. It is the only hope the ruling machine has to survive attack from all sides. The polls close at 7 p. m., Indianapolis time.

UP TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF Ln (QFFONENTS of the administration's measure for unification of the armed services think they have it licked. | Their strategy is stall. They cannot win on a direct vote. But delay creates more confusion, and out of that they - hope to get a denatured compromise. Meanwhile the serious business of building a strong integrated American defense force is put aside. The rival services jockey. for partisan position and the over-all task is almost forgotten. . In this situation, the President seems to be afflicted by strange indecision. He started out strong for the merger. Then he allowed it to languish. ‘That was followed by his curb on anti-merger propaganda by certain naval officers. Now he appears to blow cold again. | As commander-in-chief, Mr. Truman has the ultimate | responsibility for national defense. He must be aware of | the precarious state of our preparedness. He has pointed to the dangers of the world situation. Only vigorous Presi- | dential leadership can prevent further disintegration of | the armed forces. That disintegration will continue until the merger dispute is settled. | We do not suggest that the administration bill is perfect, or that the President should insist on its passage with- | out change. But we do believe he can get the sorely needed |

single department of defense, with all the essentials of uni- |

work for it now. . | |

NATIONAL DISASTER THE coal strike, says a statement issued by President Truman, has become a national “disaster.” No question of that. Evidence of disaster piles up | on every hand. Even if John L. Lewis were to use today’s | meeting of his dummy policy committee to order the min- | ers back to work right now, damage already done by the | strike would blight the nation’s economy for months. And what do we do about this national disaster? Senators rise to demand that the President act prompt- | ly, firmly. Act how? With what? Lewis is breaking no law. | Lewis is doing only what present lopsided law permits | and encourages every labor leader to do. It is mere accident if no other labor leader has quite Lewis's guts, his | ruthlessness, his ability to dictate the policies. of a big | union, his monopolistic contrpl over a life-blood commodity. | ‘The President could seize the mines and ask the miners to return to work, He could have Lewis jailed if Lewis then | told them not to work. But he has no authority to punish | the miners or Lewis if the miners, without instructions from Lewis, should simply refuse to work for the government. )

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army to the mines, and try to mine coal with bayonets. It has never been done successfully, The possible if not certain result would be rebellion, bloodshed—and little coal. The President can do one other thing. And should. Now. He can ask the United States senate to give hima law to use, The senate is the place. The house passed a labor bill

last February. We have thought it too drastic. Now we

labor committee and the administration's influence are keeping it from consideration by the senate. ! It is said that labor's rights might be endangered. We want labor's rights protected. - But labor ill have no rights unless the nation’s paramount right to live, prodiice and go forward is recognized and preserved.

¥ DEAL WITH THREAT NOW . E are glad that President Truman has affirmed, as y President Roosevelt did, that governmental em- ~ ployees have no right toy strike. EE, a J It would be “unthinkable and intolerable,” Mr. Roosevelt said, for those who have sworn to uphold government 4 to paralyze it by strike action. Strikes against government ke Mr, ran says, would destroy government. ;

tal employees now claims the right to strike.

"John L. Lewis Rightly Refuses To Consider Wages as Being First"

fication to avoid another Pearl Harbor tragedy, if he will [the reason he asks for this. is to City has restricted parking on one

; 8 Editor's Note: Mr. Jackson asks|

The President could recruit strikebreakers, order the |°

are not so, sure. But the senate could take up that bill, | amend it, make it a strong weapon against national disaster, | and it could become law quickly. Except that the senatels |

stand is proper and timely because a union of

8 the new C. L O. affiliated United Public Workers of ! which plans to enroll all it can of the 5,000,000 per1s on federal, state, city, county and other, government |

that setup, we believe, there is more than an implied lity of coercive action against government, for politi- | ns, by its own employees. There is an actual, im- |

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

- Hoosier Forum

“THINK ABOUT FEEDING

FOLKS AT HOME FIRST” By Grace Womacks, Crawfordsville

By William L. Jackson, Coal Miner, Linton

number of things that may happen to the people of Indianapolis in| ing Europe.

the blame can be laid, that of John L. Lewis. Are you sure that you are correct in your statement? Could there instead of feeding someone else. be some other names on the list? Has John L. Lewis done anything that is unlawful?

throat, and can make them pay through the nose, but John

protected from hazards of mining ’ as much as humanly possible, as “LET'S HELP WHIP THIS recommended by the United States AWFUL TRAFFIC PROBLEM” bureau of mines. The coal oper-|By N. G., Indianapolis ators have refused to carry out their recommendations. Has Lewis asked safety drive, how about educating too much? these slow drivers that insist onjhave been right. AS to the 10-cent-a-ton royalty, Using the center of the street? The|

protect injured members in’ collect- | side of certain streets during ru ing compensation for injuries, It hours, but these slow drivers drive] is hard to get a doctor to testify down the center of the street an for an injured miner. if anyone wants to pass, they either Not so long ago the nation was | have to take the wrong side of the shocked to hear of a large number | Street or pass on the wrong side of men being killed in a southern Of the car. : coal mine. An explosion roared| Ibe City has signs up through the mine, and then it was | lane for passing only,” but it doesn’t] found the coal company did not | seem to do any good! It's the same carry compensation. Wives and Way on the four-lane highways on|

children of these miners cannot the outskirts of town. If all drivers hope to collect

free country now, isn't it?

| countries ‘and help the vets “center

courts,

Who will take care of them cir. | trafic would not be congested.

ing this time? John L. Lewis has rightly refused | to consider price in negotiations! i > but how can a driver see a pedesuntil these fondivions are corrected. |yrian if he is blinded by the other John Lewis is an effective labor!driver’s bright headlights, especially | leader. He is hired by the miners! on rainy nights? lr for th 100 cent to ‘serve them. He is, blunt-spoken:| Also, Indianapolis has the poorest | on ne oo po There is no reason not to know traffic lights of any city I have ro mily either.

what_he wants. ldriven in. Some of them hidden ; y ; { : : ough tim » foxholes, f How many of the people who kick | behind trees, signs and telephone | oy 5 bE he 30 pe oR les id him most would like to dig coal at| poles. Dayton, O. has the best e "a 8 P

the “fabulous” get?

wages the miners traffic light system of any city: I “HOME WRECKERS SHOULD

x 14 n | their traffic lights set so YOu Can|g, A Constant Reader, Lebanon

I am for Roy Lesher of the Forum of April 30. I think that it is {high time the American people I notice on the front page of your paper an editorial listing a woke up, too. Talking about feedIt's about time that the future, then at the bottom of the list you give just one name where | we were thinking. of how we are |going to feed our people at home,

It is just about time that some of (the people in this country get the It is true that the coal miners organization has the country by the blind bridle off and start looking L. Lewis for themselves. With all the strikes has~not asked for price. He is only asking that his members be and sending our wheat and corn {and giving our money to Europe. I heard F. D. R. say over the radio four or five years back the Amer- | ican people were afraid of their While the city police are on their Skin and the way some of them are | doing, I will have to say he could

There are a lot of people that are afraid to say what they think. sh | What are they afraid of? This is a Well, | 4 here is my part: Let the U. 8. get REFLECTIONS “ie. By Robert C. Ruark our strikes settled and get some homes for our vets, and jobs. Take | the money they want to give other who | saved us and our homes. I am in favor of helping the ones that help me. I think they come first and by {that time I don’t think we will have | much for #@hyone else. If this coal | me pono! lwo keep. io the rignt and use| XE SU SLU 10 80 through the expensive course of the| thelr ea ew TUE Oke ater town that will have Wo be helped McCreary, that have worked for small wages| married. . y _— | ; . land with these high prices they! the radio people give you 15 minutes or half an . Pe 1. don't know whether Indianapo. could not save a ug from one! You use te el 3 vy how smart you are and ke - law SERIE TE an pay until the next. So I say help at| how many important people you Know. y "home first. I am not going to give| to someone else and starve myself. After myself, they will come first. But I will help the vets any time: | ., 1,00 None of this gabble about having lunch with : And Mr. Truman and Lana Turner. No spirited discusveterans in Our{ .. .. or how wonderfully well Ethel Barrymore would But they put in| 4 "i “ipo title role if somebody decided to film the

{have driven through. Dayton has HAVE DOSE OF OWN MEDICINE”

IT'S OUR BUSINESS .". By

IT'S OUR BUSINESS, in celebrating the first anfilversary of victory over Hitler's" Wehrmacht, to consider soberly what we have done toward winning the

I was in Washington on VE-Day, back from Manila on a mission for Gen, MacArthur concerning invasion of Japan. There was little celebration in the Pentagon that day, . . everyone there was intent on defeating the Japs. The country’s eriergies were concentrated on the final goal. Te We have lost that teamwork today. In nafural re- | vulsion that follows war, we are failing to face facts. The President's request for unification of the armed forces is stymied on congress . . . largely by navy lobbying against it, Law-makers haggle over extension of the draft, which expires next week. And they | stall on deciding that vital question as well as on | universal military training,

Significant Date in Jap War : TODAY 18 ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY, too . .. on this day in 1942 the Japs took Corregidor and gained control of the Philippines. But, as we forget war here, so did we forget the Filipinos in their plight until a few days ago when the President signed . legislation to help them rehabilitate the commonwealth, In the long months between our Leyte landing in October, 1944, and today, we have done little to help these people to whom we are indebted for a valiant loyalty to America from Pearl Harbor to the defeat of our common enemy. | Inescapable conclusion i§ that we are guilty of | flabbiness of national character. The war's over .. . let's say no more about it! We are unwilling to face the annoying fact that with victory came added re- | sponsibility. Our armed forces are so weakened thal | we no longer have the military strength to back either | our international commitments or our lofty promises

| made during the war. Nevertheless, the peoples of

| the world won't forget our pledges, nor readily excuse | our failure to make good on them. | In many countries in various parts of the world, I have seen the faces of the little people brighten when they talked of the United States . , . its opportunities, its freedoms and its devotion to democracy. These | same people now, IT am told, look upon us with disap-

| pointment and distrust.

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“We Have Forgotten War This VE-Day

» a 4° ‘Even in Great Britain, which held the line while we got ready to fight, there is growing mistrust of our integrity. England and the United States represent the bulwarks of democracy today .. . we are obliged

to do together whatever is done to preserve our way | |

of life, * Saturday, T received a letter from a British colonel who was my “opposite number” in North Africa and Italy. He analyzed our joint responsibility as follows: “It doesn’t require an American gong (British slang for the U, 8. decoration he had just received) to make me work for closer relations between our two countries,” this officer said. “I don’t mean the Churchill brand of association, the 49th state, asking you to shoulder our colonial anoaalies, nor economies dependence, ‘

America Can Contribute in Economics “BRITAIN HAS LOST its leading position in the world,” he continued, “a position precariously perched on the balance of power, and I view the fact without compunction,

“The next féw years will, with or without the im« petus of a new war, see tremendous sociological changes "all over thé world, and the era of subject races is over, Less commitments abroad will enable us to devote more attention to putting our own house in order and building up a Britain that will be less dependent on overseas sources. That is the best guarantee of our survival. And that, I think, is bee hind our present social policy. “We hold a high moral position in a Europe where all standards and values have gone by the board, a disciplined way of life which we can set up as an example. It seems to me that Europe faces two vital ® issues—the first, one of food and economics generally; the other, moral. . “The Americas can and must. contribute most quickly to solve the first—after all this is ‘One World" —but I think we have the most to offer in solution of the second, in establishment of a new international consciousness. The Soviet Union, that backward giant groping clumsily for some obscure objectives, and which could have provided society with a fresh polite ical outlook. has nothing to offer but military might and the stifling of individual thought and liberty”

IN WASHINGTON . .. By Thomas L. Stokes Negro Fund Drive Deserves Support

WASHINGTON, May T.—Selection of Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement of Louisville, as the American mother of 1948 was an honor for the Negro race, as she sald. And as she also said, for her family and

her church. And, as she neglected modestly to say, for herself, the granddaughter of a slave, It was, likewise, a tfibute to education.

Mrs. Clement is a college graduate. She attended Livingstorie college in Salisbury, N. C. Her seven children were graduated there. Her influence and their influence is behalf of opportunity for members of their race for education and improvement in living standards have spread far and wide.

One Family's Honor Roll

THE ROLL CALL OF her children is impressive. One son, Rufus E. Clement, is president of Atlanta university; another, Frederick A. Clement, professor of physics at West virginia college; a third, Maj. James A. Clement, an army chaplain on leave from Hood theological seminary; a fourth, George W. Cle,ment, a Red Cross recreation director in Italy. One daughter, Mrs. Abbie Jackson, is executive secretary of the women's home and foreign mission society, A. M. E. Zion church; another, Ruth G. Bond, the wife of the director of the inter-American foundation in Haiti; the third, Emma C. Walker, professor of English at Tuskegee institute. The sons and daughters of ‘this American mother have contributed much in the education and welfare

fields. What their mother and they have done with their

Radio Antics of

NEW YORK, May T7.—Ever since the morning radio began to be flooded with sparkling chatter from bright young married folk, I have been toying with the idea of putting on a show of my own.

common with Jin Falkenburg and her husband, Tex or with the Elliott Roosevelts?, Well,- I'm You show your marriage certificate, and

Ruark True-to-Life Hour EXCEPT MY PROGRAM IS going to be a true-

life of Shirley Temple. ’ My program is going fo be named “Who burnt the toast again, .as usual?” or “What time did you stagger in last night?” And the conversation will be free of all artificiality. I submit a sample program for the sponsors:

drive through town and make every| ’ - n regard to a M. Farley. In ) ip whether John L. Lewis “has done )igpt without making a stop. They | Greentr es concerning home ck She: “Get up, you bum, you're on the air. anything unlawful. The answer is also have. their lights set so thel|o.rs I never was one to consult|’ He: “Huh? Whah time izzit?” . T . ' “ She: “Eight-thirty, and the cyanide mouth wash

| that there is no law to prevent such where the police, fire trucks or

| abuse of power. Our editorial com-| pp, ances are making an emerment has stated the Times position gency run. How about it. Indian- | on this controversy. "apolis. Can't we get hep?

| ‘Carnival —

By Dick Turner

her husband and home together.

| your time. Home wreckers should have

| I glory in her spurik.

aA. n 8 “LEWIS IS ALLOWED TO PARALYZE. ALL INDUSTRY"

By 8S. M., Indianapolis

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little finger to stop him. Hell, Lewis! :

DAILY THOUGHT

“| | —Daniel 2:42. DO 1944 BY 4 FN - a ” »

er, which the country’s lawmakers shot al ar B jon th with right now, ry should | | aint anxious to get back to normal too soon after | get home—. ; wri, ong Wns the greatest art a . : I'm locking forward to telling my mother-in-law a thirig or two! destroyed. —Sallust,” Gp fai : Mo a ms : i Lie rin g LE ; > ji ih 2 ¢ wg . : oi a - oi : : le .

‘No. And that is the tragedy of it, amber light comes on and holds. porothy Dix or Jane Jordan. I have and all traffic stops in the district!g mind of my. own and I suggest all home wreckers take a trip to a doctor and ask him why you prefer breaking up other women's homes. The children have to suffer and don't forget the evil you do to others comes home to you. Regardless of V. W. being a glamour-puss, 1 admire her spunk in trying to keep

These home wreckers have no consideration for other people and judging from your letter to The Times, you've probably been disappointed. Evidently someone has beat

dose of their own medicine, If the shoé fits you wear it. I'm for V, W

Sometimes I question the intelligence of ‘our leaders in Washington when they send delegates all the way to Europe or other parts of the world to the UN where they hold conferences for days on end trying to prevent another Hitler from emerging upon the world, while right in the midst of our own country one man is allowed to paralyze industry and let all normal phases of living come to an end and they refuse to. lift one

And as the toes of the feet were /part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

" smallest state:

people expect you to keep millions amused while they are gargling away traces of last night's indulgence.” He: “Umph. Oh, my head. What was in that stuff the Condons were using instead of whisky? Tasted like burnt boots. Why do you let me in for these parties, anyhow? Don't you know any nice peonle, or any famous people, like Dick and Dorothy?” She: “Where would I meet any nice people? ‘You never take me anywhere. I haven't had a new dress since world war I, and if you gave me a tenth of the money you spend at the bookmaker’s, IT could go out in public without feeling like Broadway Rose.” He: “Well, do we eat, or do I get a history of

WASHINGTON, May 7.—The first Earl of Halifax,

public appearance as British ambassador to the United

in his honor.

meet him,

Sees Need of Close Ties ' WHEN of the new envoys arrival, few

anything, fax probably comes nearer

ly none has worked harder stood in America or America ir Britain. nity. He wanted to learn the United States. He mingled with high and low, .rich and poor. ristory, nakes One of Lord Halifax's

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You ask, reasonably enough, what have I got in .

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, made his farewell States yesterday at an overseas writers’ lunclieon here

It was on Jah. 25, 1941, 10 months before Pearl Harbor, that Lord Halifax arrived in this country. He had secretly crossed the U-boat-infested Atlantic on HMS8 George V. He came ashore at Annapolis: Breaking a 160-year-old precedent; and despite a cold and driving rain, President Roosevelt was there to

AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS broke the story readers knew much, if about him. Today the name of Lord Halito being a household word

in this country than any of his predecessors. Certainto’ make Britain under-

He got away from Washington at every opportueverything he codld about He visited every state in the union—which, incidentally, few. Americans have Sone: 5 a result it is a safe bet that he knows more American local ‘and national, and more about what us tick than most of our college professors. deepest convictions is the Britain,

lives in useful service is an example of the fine ine fluence of our Negro colleges. From these colleges go out leaders in all fields and professions. Teaching, medicine, the law, social service, business and agriculture. : More trained leaders are needed in all lines foe the 13 million Negroes of our country. A campaign is.now going on to raise funds for Negto colleges, the United Negro College Pund, Ine. This is a joint effort on behalf of 33 colleges, among which the funds will be distributed. Goal this year is $1,300,000, not much when spread over the nation, when measured in individual cone tributions, but very essential to keep these colleges going and to improve equipment and make necessary additions to teaching staffs. Negro colleges never have been strong financially, They have suffered along with other colleges through decrease in income from private endowments and falle ing.off in outside support, including that of wealthy philanthropists whose fortunes are not what they once were.

Negroes Helping Themselves

THE YEARNING AMONG Negroes for higher edue cation to train them for leadership among their own people is shown by the sacrifices made by so many, and by their families, to send them to college. Many, too, are the stories of the valuable and courageous service of individual college graduates who have gone out to work among their people and, by their lone and valiant struggle, have helped raise the standard of living in communities, improved health conditions, taught better methods in agriculture. This campaign deserves a helping hand.

Younger Social Set

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hidden the mouthwash? In the sewing machine again?” : She: “Oh. Sorry, darling. I thought we were

still on for the benzedrine people.” He: ‘“Well, where's the breakfast? I suppose the cook quit again. What do you do to servants? And what are you doing with the paper? Making a new hat out of it?” : She: “If I ever got a new hat, I'd have to make it out of paper. You'd never buy it for me. You are too busy supporting horses, my sweet. He: “I suppose that bill that came in from Gile hooley’s modes was run up last month ‘by “another lady of ‘the same name. You never have any clothes, but you must be buying something from that trap. What do they sell there, anyhow, platinum Kleenex?" She: “That’s all very well, treasure, but are we ~ paying the rent these days, or are we not? I went Jownstairs to ask for a new lightbulb yesterday and the girl behind the desk suggested that we might pay a little something on account, like say for the last six months. And while I'm on the subject, the ine surance is overdue.”

Tune in Tomorrow, Please

“AH, NUTS” SAYS HE. “Where's the baby? Doesn't he usually stick his face in about this time and mutter something cute for the listeners?” She: “You know very well he’s in the reformae tory. Thank goodness he takes after your side of the family.” & He: “Why you . . She: “Why you . ..” Announcer: “This is Tootles Harry. saying good= hye, now, to Bob and Jinny. Tune in tomorrow, and Bob will tell you what it's like to be married to 8 woman with the best straight right since Ace Hude kins ... .” :

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WORLD AFFAIRS . + « By William Philip Simms British Envoy Learned About U.S.

desirability of the closest possible ties among Englishe speaking peoples. (He is convinced that they are the world's single greatest factor for peace. And because’ he thinks so, he is an ardent advocate of better hise tories—histories which do not set out to make villians of this or that branch of the family, depending on who is doing the writing, but to recount the uns prejudiced story of the origins and development of the peoples as a whole. . The Earl of Halifax Is that strange combination, an aristocrat and a democrat,-a Christian gehtleman to his finger tips and one of the most tolerant of men,

An Ambassador for U.S., Tod

HIS DEEP RELIGIOUS beliefs lend Lord Halifax an unfailing serenity under all circumstances such as few men possess. In 1044, at the height of the Ve bomb .downpour on London, we happened to be living in the same hotel.™ He was making one of his brief trips home. . His quarters were on the seventh floor, “closest to the roof. Most tenants sought rooms lower down. Many slept in the hotel's underground shelter, But not he. As calmly as though he were back in his embassy in Washington, he remained in his own apartment. His faith in*God was that complete. Lord Halifax will leave for England almost immediately. But those who know him best agree that while the British will lose an ambassador. to the United States, the American people will gain one in

TUESDA Local: Deac BLOOMING

Fifty-five Ind! fornfér studen war dead of Ir

will be honore ice Sunday at versity auditor Relatives o have been |i Herman B V ceremony. The war de include: Pvt. Thomas © Mrs. James C. Baldwin, son of Baldwin; Lt, Jo Mrs. Ruby Ann Banta, ward of Donald W. Bell, A J. Bell; Lt. \ of Mr, and Mrs Bruce E. Burge Burgess; Cpl. PI Mr. and Mrs, J Bernard Cederho Mrs. Bernard Ce L. Clapp, son of L. Davidson, hi L. Davidson and son; Lt, George | Mrs. George P. L. Dugger, hus! Dugger; Lt. Jan and Mrs, John Ewbank, husband bank; Lt. Clifton and Mrs C. A, H. Preund, son Lt. Col, Elme: Alice Diven' Gos man, son of Mr Maj. Gordon H Mrs. Gordon H, J. Hoffman, son Lt. John E. Jon Jacob L. Jones; husband of Mrs. of Dr. and Mrs, . Klee, son of Mr. a Lt. Stewart Kral Paul H. Krauss husband of Mrs son of Mr. and Lt: Robert A. M Mrs. Levi C. McC McCullough, son t. Raymond . R. J. McElwee; —————

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