Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1946 — Page 16

Indianapolis ia Times Publishing Co, 214 W. Maryland Howard News-

" Member of United Press, Scripps- - paper Alliance, NEA Service, and Audit Bureau of

Price in Marion County, carrier, 20 cents a rates in Indiana, $5 a year; all other states,

8. possessions, Canada and Mexico, 87 cents a

8 cents a copy; deliv-

REL

month. " RI-5651. EERTRCIOWATER Give Light ond the People Will Find Their Own Way DON'T FAIL THE PEOPLE

RHE coal strike is a one-man demonstration of terrifying power. But the President, the senate and the nation must remember that the power itself is not a one-man possession. ; Not lack of power, but only lack of opportunity and ruthlessness, bars other labor dictators from doing what John L. Lewis has done. a And lest it be supposed that a. Lewis-curbing law is all the country needs—that other labor leaders would not abuse the power as Lewis does—mark these facts: That President William Green of the A. F. of L. has approved and endorsed the Lewis purposes and methods in the coal strike. That President Philip Murray of the C. I. 0., while denouncing Lewis, says no word against the plan of the C. I. 0.’s pro-Communist maritime unions to paralyze ocean shipping by a joint strike set for June 15. : : That the presidents of two big railroad unions, rejecting a government fact-finding board's awards under the ; railway labor act, have ordered for next Saturday a strike * intended to tie up the nation's already crippled railroads.

» . »

ear ares Tat

_ mm.

. - . HE senate will fail the American people if, having decided at last to legislate on labor, it lets the impudent Lewis truce persuade it that the need has disappeared, that one small break in the tlouds means the storm is over. The senate will fail the people if it passes some hasty, sketchy, makeshift law and calls it duty done. This country has seen only the beginning of its troubles unless the senate now acts carefully and thoroughly to correct the laws and policies which have created labor's power to defeat its own best interests by trampling public rights and strangling the economy. The task is not simple. The senate’s own timidity and the administration's influence have prevented that calm, objective study of the problem which should have prepared the way for legislation, Yet the main outlines of the probJem are plain and the essentials for legislative action are The Wagner national labor relations act must be revised and reformed. This law has failed miserably to keep its promise to “diminish the causes of labor disputes” by encouraging collective bargaining. Strikes have been three times as numerous, and far more disastrous, since the Wagner act. " The defect of the Wagner act is that by design, and

fw 4 =

sre

TRUMARN

ALBURY

—

Our Own Frankenstein Monster

=

IT'S OUR BUSINESS to appraise the part vet-

erans are playing in shaping political policies, because -

as the years pass this huge group will become an increasingly powerful segment of the voting population, The President of the United States, the governor of Indiana, the mayor” of Indianapolis and many others in key positions are veterans of the first world war, A considerable number of men who served in that war were nominated by both parties Tuesday, but relatively few veterans of the recent conflict were nominated, The fact that a candidate was a veteran was not, in itself, sufficient to nominate him if he did not have the experie and other qualifications .for office. Veterans apparently voted as citizens first.

Candidates Will Develop Later

THIS FOLLOWS the pattern of local politics in 1022, the first year this influence was a factor in Marion county and state elections. But even then . , . in the first political campaign I covered for The Times , . . only a few veterans were nominated or elected. Chief among these were William P. Evans, who became prosecuting attorney, and Sidney §. Miller, who was elected to the superior court bench. Just about the only other representation, except for a few candidates for legislature, was Russell Ryan, who was named Democratic county chairman that year, Neither of the two candidates for U. 8. Senator, Albert J. Beveridge and Samuel M. Ralston, had served in the war because of age. . Candidates from among the ranks of the ex-service

{men did not emerge successful until several years

later. Success then was due not so much to records in war as to records in public life. The professional politicians frequently attempt to

say, but |

Hoosier Forum

"I do not agree with a word that you

your right to say it." — Voltaire.

will defend to the death

"Give to Countries Which Helped Us, After We're Cared for"

By James E. L. Ruff, 322!4 N. East st.

What is coming next? First we have a war and the answer from washington, everything is going to the boys on the front. But it must have been side-tracked somewhere along the lines for it never got there. Now that the war is over it is everything for the starving countries across: those same countries sure lived a long time while the war was in progress. Why now that we are supposed to be at peace are they all supposed to be starving? . Tell me just why there are so many of the boys re-enlisting in the army, navy and marines. Could it be there is something wrong with our government? Could be. Don't you think there is something wrong and that it is about time we should, get together and find out what? | “WHAT CAN FORUM READERS

even more by administration, it is one-sided. It promotes not just the organization, but the irresponsible organization, of workers. It penalizes employers for a long list of unfair practices and fails to recognize that unions also can be unfair. It requires employers to bargain collectively and leaves labor free—as Lewis has just shown—to make its part in the process MP sneering travesty. The Wagner act must be balanced. It must be made an equitable, effective protector of labor rights instead of an instigator of labor wrongs, Some method of arbitration must be provided for labor controversies that endanger public welfare, health and safety. The right to strike is not absolute. As Justices Brandeis and Holmes once said on that point, “All rights are derived from the purposes of the society in which they exist; above all rights rises duty to the community. But it is not for judges . . . to set the limits of permissible contest.” Tt is the function of congress to set these limits, and 80 to set them that workers can obtain justice without destroying the society. .

ee , ss =» . * LR J THE special privileges and immunities of organized labor ‘must be safeguarded against abuse. Labor's legitimate objectives and activities must be defined, and the protection of federal law must be withdrawn from racketeering and other practices whose only purpose is to rob and cheat the public. Sl Workers themselves must be protected against autocratic and tyrapnical union bosses. Besides Lewis, there are many such. Every union—certainly every closed-shop union—should be required to obgerve democratic standards as a condition of government recognition. There is no justice in compelling men and women to belong to a union or lose their jobs, unless they are given a voice, and full opportunity to use that voice, in conduct of the union's affairs.

SUGGESTION TO JUDGE STARK :

NOW that the shouting and the counting of the primary election is over, it is timely to compliment the loser in the most hotly contested race in the Republican primary on the high level of the campaign which he conducted.

{so there surely must be something

I was across and 1 never saw any, ggFgR TO SOLVE PROBLEM?” spot that 1 would like to stay in|, , 4 otis Scheel Teacher

: back here 1o have) The Forum has carried a great) radically wrong bac {deal of comment about national]

eterans who | OE ears their| and world chaos, and along with it) homes and the ones they love to be ll sorts of suggestions for a solu-| pack where they saw so much misery tion. Don't you think it would be} and suffering. (a good idea to encourage sober and| Again I say it is about time we serious contributions of this sort? the people of the United States let| I don’t mean crack-pot ideas or the governmental office holders | attacks on capitalism or communknow that politics and money is ism which really aren't helpful. not the kind of government we] I'd like to see what meaty sugwant. | gestions could be made by your All we have striven for is the readers. This may be a crazy idea, right to live in peace and freedom, but out of that concentrated but if the world keeps on going in| thought and discussion we might the direction it is now set for then! be helped to find some path to we are traveling backward and have economic and social stability.

gained nothing for all the suffer- pe— : ing our people went through. It is| (Editor's Note: Goed ose Con time we start living as friends and tributors are reminded the neighbors instead of a world made letters must not exceed 250 words.)

of just one person with all the] nN... = bh owing just the one, which is “SHOULD SCHOOLS GIVE oy our individual self all. | RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION Let's dig down and find the root By Concerned Parent ; of our discomforts and remedy them| I read in The Times Friday night before we try to tell the rest of the where pupils are going to register; world what is wrong with theirs, for religious study, I am all for 8 8.4 religion in the home and in the] “TAKE BEER BUSINESS churches, but I don't believe that OUT OF POLITICS HERE” it should be a part of the school | By A Vet of World War II, Indianapolis | Program because there are some There is a great deal of blow Pupils whose parents won't wany

them for various reasons to parShows the G;:O. P, party messmy ticipate in such a study program. |

with the beer business. Let's lét the Then the kids who don’t take part people of Indiana say what to do will seem to be unusual to their with the beer setup. | schoolmates, and that will make Take it out of the dealers’ hands| them feel self-conscious and un-| and let -the breweries handle their happy. own business, like they did 30 years | Don’t get me wrong. I'm not) ago. : | opposed to religious instruction. Do away with the middleman. | But school time does not seem to Give the people the difference in/ me to be the time for it, because it the price. : isn't possible to give the same inThis will stop your crime wave struction to all children in the same also. room.

Carnival — By Dick Turner

, Alex M. Clark, a young attorney with a brilliant over- | seas war record, lost to the veteran lawyer, Judge Judson | L. Stark, in a close and hard-fought race. Mr. Clark Was | | supported by the county organization, having been adopt- | ed by it because of his obvious appeal to the voters, Wound- | ed in action and decorated several times; this personable | candidate greatly strengthened a slate which had weak spots. Mr. Clark probably felt the organization could put over h his nomination regardless of his relatively brief private law | practice, He permitted his name to be used. The nature | of his sponsorship defeated him. We are much impressed with Mr. Clark. With added experience, he can render great public service if he doesn't ecnte inex: icably involved in machine politics, @ best places he could get that experience ~ would be in the office of the prosecuting attorney, We sugto Judge Stark that he offer to Mr, Clark a post in the seutor’s office if he is elected in the fall, Not only would magnanimous gesture to his former opponent, but it would be a strong appointment which would Mr. Clark for perhaps bigger responsibilities to

many

8,000,000 women have diset since war's end, The ere they went. That's

“ELECTION COUNT WAS

erly called the votes appearing on

help her,

SERIOUSLY CONDUCTED” By Elmer Askren, Indianapolis There has been a lot in print about the correctness and speed of! the counters at the Central Marion County Counting Bureau at Tomlinson hall during the past week. The votes were counted correctly and as fast as was humanly possible by the four counters at the writer's table, and it appeared that the counters at the other 93 tables were conducting their counting in the same manner. At our tzble there were two tally clerks (one Republican and one Democrat), a Democratic reading clerk and 4 Republican inspector. The inspector inspected each ballot to see that it was not mutilated in any way and was in proper order. The ballot was then handed to the reading clerk, who called the number and name of each of the candidates who were voted for on the ballot, with the inspector watching the reading clerk to see that he prop-

the ballot. The two tally clerks, sitting at opposite ends of the table, would then place a mark following that candidate's name on the tally sheets. At the end of every five votes for each candidate, the tally clerks had to agree—if they did not, then the inspector and reading clerk recounted the) ballots to find the correct vote for that particular candidate. Over every 10 tables there was a Republican and a Democratic supervisor whom the ‘counters could call on for help if the need arose. In all seriousness, the writer believes, as one of those who did the counting, that the counters at the Central Counting Bureau were just as serious in their work as you (one of the public) were when you joined your church and I am sure there can be no doubt of your seriousness on that occasion. ” » ” “SEND $5 BILLION OF SEEDS TO HELP EUROPE’ By Charles W. Burton, 911 E. Maryland st. I wish to congratulate Carroll Collins and Frances Gillum for their excellent articles. Now let me suggest that the U. 8. A. spend $5 billion for garden seed and send the seed to Europe, and send a note with the garden seed and tell them that this is for self-preservation. You and I know that self-preser-vation becomes the innate character of a government as with the individual or corporation constituting it. It is vold of human touch. It is a thing opposed. Change or progress are not its order—power, politics, sitting pretty, money, money, position. Money waxes fat on famines, panics, wars and destruction. Oh, what a harvest there will be. Fools laugh while wise men tremble. Five billion dollars will seed al

gardens of Europe. ” » ” “PEOPLE ARE REALLY SYMPATHETIC AT HEART” By Indianapolis Housewife That was a kind act on the part of the people here who offered a home to the expectant mother whose husband was on his way home from service in Germany and who would find his wife had been kicked out of their home. I see by The Times that at least 20 people offered to That goes to prove my point that people are really sympathetic down in their hearts if they have concrete evidence of need. Maybe if we had a more personal contact with the starving millions around the globe, we'd be more sympathetic there, too.

DAILY THOUGHT

But whoso hath this world’s good and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? ~1 John 3:17, : ee. Think not the: good, the gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,

"She's my wife—you can't imagine the kick | get ot of coming these games and listening to her take some other guy apart!”

# 4

to

’

© Veterans Can Revitalize Our Politics

appeal which a veteran so f + statements that the veterans will *

poster their tickets, with veterans who have voter appeal. In other words, they seek to capitalize on the emotional and patriotic uently ‘presents. this course are free with get” “a "place on their slates, hoping to capture the vote of others who were in the war. All too often, integration of veterans means merely selecting likely candidates* and absorbing them into the organization, Rarely is the organization bucked successfully by a newcomer with-

out support. Witness the fact that no veteran of war was elected in Marion county is

tion support. Veterans Should Have Real Voice VETERANS SHOULD NOT be deceived by politi-

cal promises . . , they should reall y get in there and pitch, demanding a voice in the councils of their

Party leaders who follow

y. If they are satisfied just to fit into the Le ‘ . eral scheme of things, then they are not taking a lage of the often superior opportunities they have had 1 realism how dear democracy is, and how dearly it Bou be ete on the home front. In other | , they ve seen the resul political corruption, ee ke 1 ypaty we If this tremendous group does serve in pe ace as it did in war, it is not too much to hope A revitalized political leadership. I could not help but contrast the group of jaded hangers-on at Tomlinson hall Wien the Seal count was being held last week with e, groups of soldiers and sailors 1 the theaters of war, Izv nine The freshening influence of these men and women 1s needed in politics . . . and needed sorely. There

still is another war to win «+o th 1 be a e war = decent

REFLECTIONS con By Robert C. Ruark

NEW YORK, May 14.—The gall of these foreigners,

madly to America! Reports from abroad show that immigration quotas aren't nearly filled, and aren't likely to be, in view of a curious apathy toward the United States as a land ,0f gold and glamour. This, surprises me, because I always thought that everybody in the outside world was born with an itch to live in this country of movie stars and orange Juice. And with several million self-appointed press agents overseas to pass the word on life here, you'd have thought that the potential taxpayers would be kicking the doors down.

We Have Everything, Don't We? WHAT'S THE MATTER with those people, anyhow? Where else can they buy fountain pens that will write under water? Do they, too, have faucets with electric eyes, which automatically spurt a palmful of soap into any hand that breaks the beam? Surely they can't be thinking that we are a nation

| of strikes and discord, of inflation and black markets,

with inadequate housing and educational facilities. We can give them two-bit milkshakes and two-dollar movies. They can get all the good simple food they want in restaurants for 20 or 30 bucks. It’s ridiculous to think that housing worries would cause a prospective citizen to hang back. Any department store in New York will sell you a log cabin or a cottage, and they will also sell you an airplane so you can hop back and forth from home to office. There's practically no apartment problem. For as little as $20,000, plus maintenance charges, you can buy a co-operative apartment, or by paying $5000 for the furniture and a paltry $4500 a year, a guy can get a dream of a little one-bedroom job. Even in crime we are out in front, keeping: step with progress. While Montmartre thugs garrote old

TOKYO, May 14—This still is largely a medieval man’s world, but a spirit of independence is alive in {feminine bosoms that may eventually flame into a petticoat—or rather, kimono—revolution. Japanese wives still probably are the world’s meekest. Japanese women still are regarded as man’s chattel. Despite Gen. Douglas MacArthur's directive to aid them, many still are pitiful victims of commercialism. Orphan girls, for example, seldom are seen. They are quickly “adopted” by commercial interests. Many Japanese wives are still obedient servants to shrewish mothers-in-law with whom they have to live,

American Ideas Show Way BUT JAPANESE WOMEN, spurred on by the impact of the war years and assisted by American freedom directives, are feeling their way slowly but eagerly out of the darkness of medieval bondage into the light of 20th century liberty. A few enlightened women leaders are fighting for them and guiding them along the way. Most prominent is an attractive 49-year-old former baroness, now the wife of Kanju Kato, who leads the left wing of the Social Democrat party. Mrs. Kato, who speaks flawless English and looks 10 years younger than her 49 years, is slender and graceful and exudes an air of fine breeding, was wearing a green tailored American suit the night I visited her at her villa in Tokyo's suburbs. The suit, she explained—worn, incidentally, with white tennis shoes—is a 1933 number she saved throughout the war, “It is very old but much better than a kimono for the busy life I lead. A kimono looks nice but actually it is quite uncomfortable,” she confided. Mrs. Kato for years has been interested in improving the status of Japanese women. But the rise of the militarists squeiched everything. ‘Even before

LONDON, May 14.—Negotiations taking place in Cairo for a new Anglo-Egyptian treaty are being watched closely, not only by Britain, but throughout the British commonwealth and empire. In both world wars, troops from Australia fought in the Eastern Mediterranean. Therefore, the Australians and New Zealanders are naturally sensitive about any decisions which may be reached at the Cairo conference. Far more than an effective defense of the Suez canal is involved im the present discussion. The canal itself probably is not as important strategically as it was 30 years ago. From June, 1940, when Italy entered the war, until May, 1943, ‘when allied forces brought axis resistance in Tunisia to an end, the Suez canal was virtually closed. Axis air poyer made it too costly to pass convoys through the "Mediterranean. The result was that, for three years, the canal was used only “in reverse.” :

Evacuation of Egypt Reckless FERDINAND DE LESSEPS, the famous French engineer who built the Suez canal, which was opened in 1869, would have turned in his grave if he had known the use to which it ultimately would be put. With the opening of the canal, the trip from London to Bombay via Suez was 6000 miles instead ‘of the 10,000. miles involved in rounding the Cape of Good Hope. This facility, however, was denied to Britain and the allies for three whole years of the war. Instead, the canal was used to enable convoys from Britain and the United States, which rounded the Cape, to dock at Alexandria. Thus, the convoys were able to avoid running the gauntlet of axis bombing in the Sicilian channel, but at the cost of sailing

Britain through the Mediterranean. It may be that the Cairo conference will produce

shall die forgotten all.—Nicholas

* new treaty alike, to Britain, the com-

» .

>

ls the Outside World Catchin

the unmitigated impudence of them, for not rushing’

11,000 miles instead of the 3000 miles direct - from

g On?

our bright young men eist-jobs with two-way It's only a matter of time will tell him when a cop is

ladies in alleys, for a few SOUS, conduct a series of profitable h radios—walkie-talkies. until a hoodlum'’s radar within six miles. Do the citizens of France have quiz programs that pay off in iceboxes, nylons, butlers, maids and gems? How are they fixed in Czechoslovakia for homes with closets devoted exclusively to lightbulbs? If democracy is what they are looking for, we still have it. Recently one man kicked the country into a state of crippled helplessness, and nobody shot him, Suppose we do have a few browned out cities, curtailed transportation, and amputated payrolls. They're just a minor interruption—until the next strike—in Sus headlong surge toward a '47 automobile for everyy. The idea that we already have inflation is ridiculous. I know where you can get neckties for as little as $25 apiece, and a steak rarely costs more than $3. In some bars a gent can get fried for $25, and anybody can buy a second hand car for a couple of thousand.

Progress Confused With Gadgetry ALL THESE THINGS the people of Europe eould

. have if they just turned up at the consulates, because

there are plenty of vacancies in the quotas. Do you suppose that they think we have, too long, confused progress with gadgetry, and actually aren't much better off than they are? Sometimes I get an uneasy feeling that we aren't as smart as we always thought, and the outside world is beginning to catch on. This feeling will probably be dispelled, however, when I turn on my hypnotic record to make me sleep, snuggle down in my dual control automatic blanket and dream of the tomorrow, when I buy a brand new combination radio-lawn-mower, which will also wash the dishes.

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Wiliam McGaffin Japs Find Men Haven't All Answers

this, little was accomplished except for the propagandizing of birth control. Now, however, Japanese women have the vote, thanks to an American directive, With this political weapon, they amazed even Mrs. Kato in responding to their new opportunity. More than half of the voters who turned out were women. They elected 39 of their sex to the diet, including Mrs, Kato. “The election results were a wonderful surprise,” she admitted candidly. “I was afraid that the women either would vote as thefr husbands told them, in keeping with the ancient traditions of obeying their husbands blindly. Or else, that they would vote for good-looking men, I never considered that they would vote for women.” The women of Japan have discovered that the men cannot solve pressing social problems of the day, so they are taking a hand themselves, said Mrs. Kato. She said they ask intelligent political questions at public meetings. They are showing themselves deeply interested in birth control, which was

_ forbidden during the totalitarian war years. They

are even striking out for divorce at.a pace that is causing Japan's rate to rise abruptly.

Many Reforms Needed

HERE IT TAKES a lot more courage for women to get divorce than in other countries. For the law does not give them alimony. They have to support themselves and usually are compelled to leave their children with their husbands’ families. There are so many urgent reforms necessary that Mrs. Kato hardly knows where to begin. She wants legislation for alimony. She wants to get a vigorous birth control movement under way, but first, though, she feels she must try to get pensions for war widows and orphans. . “I get all sorts of letters daily requesting help,” she said. “Almost nothing is being done for thém.”

TODAY IN EUROPE . . . By Randolph Churchill Suez Canal Safety Is Vital to Britain

monwealth and Egypt. But on the face of it, the

British government's decision, at the outset of the -

conference, to proclaim the intention of evacuating all British troops from Egypt seems unduly reckless. Under the 1936 treaty between Britain and Egypt, British troops were entitled to remain in the Nile valley until Egypt built barracks in the canal zone for their accommodation. Now Britain is offering to evacuate not only the Nile valley, but the canal zone as well. This wanton abdication of a treaty right may possibly gain the good-will of Egypt. But will it secure the safety of the canal? And—which is at least as important—Britain’s position in the Near East? Some people are cynically observing that, since Britain is about to quit India, the imperial lines of communication are no longer of importance. That is about as sensible as to say that, since the United States is about to confer independence on the Philippines, the Panama canal has ceased to be of strategic value, Whether or not India remains inside the British empire, the Suez canal must be a vital link between Britain, Australia and New Zealand,

Problem Also Affects U.S. BRITAIN'S ABILITY to communicate: freely and speedily with her partners in the British commonwealth and empire is also indirectly a part of the security of the United States, 80, too, is Britain's control of the eastern Mediterranean, ~ Whether these essential needs of a free world still will be safeguarded and preserved within the framework of the .treaty now being negotiated remains to be seen. If a way can be found for guaranteeing the safety of the Suez canal without maintaining

British troops in Egypt, everyone will be satisfled. If.

the means cannot be found, there remains Prime Minister Attlee's assurance -that the 1038 treaty remains in force

particularly in vulnerable spots, °

without organiza-

e | ~Liqui

15 Other “Barter

] | i a The alcol J sion today I permits rev | Indianapoli : suspended 1 298 days. | ... At the si lost his per | ceived sus | periods for | Local pe commission Palm club for late st: Davis, 253 sale to int Also amo was that post 142 of erans of Al The post w liquor to @ According Polish vet member wi ¥ year-old s i a juke be 13 over on th {

3 most instar i Permit of i ville was i permitting premises, S ers and ca of beer. ( lost his p to intoxica Gilbert tender, al: grounds of sons. Permit Hoosier ci seven to 3( Permits Huntington minors, min Thompson | minors loiter Paoli—Torr toxicated per (bartender), 30 days. Culver—On toxicated p Burkett = (bar § persons, 30 ¢ : v North Jud: minors loite Marguerite

days. Gary—Jose

a ed

East Chica Karetk, = days; Dan 8 Clinton—Jc loitering, 7 tender), min Jeffersonvil loitering, 15 tender), min RichmondSunday sale, Rushville— 3 tary conditic

[I

®