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Give Light end the People Will Find Their Own Way

: _ CITY INCOME TAX, TOO? THE survey of our municipal finances which Richard ‘4 Lewis completed yesterday seems to indicate rather clearly that Indianapolis must either take in more money or spend less. © Since jt appears quite doubtful that we can, or should, spend very much less on the operation of a city that is growing rapidly and that needs as many public improvements as we need here, that leaves us with the alternative of raising more money in taxes—and the question of “How!” There is a good deal of feeling that real estate tax rates are about all the traffic will bear and that they should not be raised, or at least not enough to bring in the revenue the city obviously is going to need. Hence the consideration of a city income tax, which Mr. Lewis reported.

» » ¥ ~ » » FRANKLY we are not enthusiastic about a city income tax, although we try to keep an open mind on it. Everyone in Indiana who has any real income already pays two income taxes—federal and state. If the employee paid this tax, it would be another “deduction” from his pay check, which already is nicked, before he gets it, for a federal tax, a social security tax, and, in many cases, his union dues and his group insurance as well. If the employer paid it it would all add to the levies he already pays, another 1 per cent levy on his payroll—usually his largest item of. expense—which he would have to add to his selling price, of course. At 1 per cent this might not have the effect of driving an industry out of town. If it rose—as such taxes have a way of rising—it almost certainly would resuk in a

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shift of manufacturing from Indianapolis to cities which | levied no such tax; and consequently fewer jobs here. . The municipal income tax is a brand new idea, adopted | a year or two ago by Philadelphia and a few months ago | by Toledo, both cities which are in desperate financial straits because of years of flagrant municipal mismanage‘ment. Indianapolis is in no such condition, so the emergency inducements that confronted Toledo and Philadel- | phia are lacking. At least we may consider such a proposal without pressure. We suggest that it be thus considered,

__dangers are given due weight.

OH, YEAH? “TRUMAN first year ends in national prosperity.”—Headline in May issue of the Democrat, official publication of the Democratie national committee. :

» » ¥ n » » : ELL, the Lewis coal strike’s threat to shut down all i industry still hangs over the nation's head. And a

railroad strike is coming this week.

_ Rising prices are eating away the buying power of | wages and savings. The greatest opportunity this country ever had for a

living standards is being kicked away. The United States is falling down on promises of food

Four months after his appointment, the national!

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rials can be produced at costs the veterans can afford.

of butter. Or even a pound of margarine, unless you know

or using pull. Or a good suit at a reasonable price.

mean national prostration?

| BEST FRIENDS TELL THEM

almost everything they wanted. Call it. shrewd

. Aces, or what you will, they have wangled a lot out of other i countries and the United Nations. Until recently... Now they find virtually the whole world stiffening against them ~~whatever they do is suspect. Naturally, this reversal has surprised them. Their | explanation is that the “reactionaries” and the “imperial- | ists” are ganging up on them, that they are the victims | of a wicked capitalist plot. But the Truman administration | now is the same, no more reactionary and imperialistic than when it was giving in to Moscow. And the British labor | . @overnment, with its firmer policy

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We, suggest Stalin and Molotov may get a more rate idea of what is happening if they Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. They recognize her as a ‘ried and true friend. In a New York speech this week even she urged firmness, warning that the American idea of | Compromise might be interpreted by of weakness. When an American as prejudiced in their favor and as | anxious for co-operation as Mrs. Roosevelt grows critical. | a result of working closely with them in: United Nations gar zations, wise Russians will begin to look in the mirror, |

T L. WERNER, assistant U1. § attorney ; - ©. attorney general, | anting the government of the United States, defendant in the Bauer case now being heard

court here, really rang the bell yesterday with Sgt. Bauer:

accuponder the case of

lussians as a sign |

n oath of allegiance to Hitler?” d ‘he hadn't. Come to think of it, we

"Il do not agree with a word that you

- Hoosier Forum w= im hb

"Not for Bonus on Principle, but May Need One to Keep Above Water"

By European Theater Veteran, City

Several G. 1's were sitting around the other night discussing whether | 13, concerning the low quality we would get a state or federal bonus. We all had more than three Movies he is forced to see. Did it years service, all of us had been overseas for a pretty long hitch, and | ever occur to you, Mr. Pray, that the group was about evenly divided between volunteers and drafted men. YOu need not go to the movies at

I believe that your readers will be interested in the general con- ‘ “3% : : ; : | eral public has 16w taste and thereand that its several good points and its.many serious clpsions we reached. As one G. I. who served in the United Kingdom P

We might even conclude that the trouble with our real | was working.

But it seemed to us that the rest Harbor!

{of the country wasn't particularly {interested in our problem. All we {0 & radio broadcast telling her to know to be right. We must follow

: get is.a lot of free advice. What we At corn, oatmeal, rye and potatoes| ‘he mob, be popular, keep up with long era of high employment, high production and high need 1s jobs, homes and a chance % We could send bread to the rest| the Joneses, etc. Movies no longer to re-establish ourselves. Some of Of the world. She looked up and attract me, however. established when we asked, “Well, why can't they eat| s » a | ; : went into the army. We're in a hell | COIN, oatmeal and potatoes, too?” I| HOPE FARMERS WON'T to avert famine and chaos in the world’s war-ravaged areas. of a hole now. | I'm getting away from the point myself heard a broadcaster remark py mu. wiisen, Indianapolis y : : : Tas : .. (that causes me to write this letter that since peanut butter was to be| I have just read an article that | 5 housing expediter says that his program lo get homes built to the Forum. That's the bonus. Plentiful, our government was going | farmers are asked to produce 10] for veterans is only now ready to go into high gear. For We agreed the G. I. bill of rights lo encourage the Europeans 10 per cent less pigs next fall. In all, i the government must pay subsidies before buildi ate- | Was O. K., If it worked, and that's eat it. : ; ) building mate- , p g mate We feel we were Frankly, T don't believe a starving All we can get now at the grocery! dealt with fairly, so far, on getting Person would have to be encourgged is sausage, liver, pigs’ feet and! You can’t rent a house. Or an apartment. Or buy |paid like the officers do for fur- to eat anything. Seems to me an/ bones. If we cut 10 per cent some & new car. Ora refrigerator. Or a beefsteak. Or a pound 0U€hs we didn't take: and we hope remember two oid sayings: “Beg='of this must be cut Off our list. the senate passes, that bill. And Bars can't be choosers” and “You What is happening to the. better : we're not tbo hot about a bonus, shouldn't look a gift horse in the cuts of pork? Maybe it goes to the the grocer. Or a pair of nylons, without standing in line unless we get so strapped financial- mouth.” I say let them eat some wise guys who sit at a desk at a "ly that we need the money to get Substitutes, too!

a mighty big if.

. Ses : 4 ; ‘along. National prosperity? Or did the Democratic commitiee | As a matier of principle, we don't ing around a candy bar for his little think up some way to make it

|ask for any kind of bonus. As a friends to take a bite. When the tough for the working man who | matter of keeping our heads above friends had all taken a bite the! pays him for his “efforts.” | | water, however, we may have to little fellow stood looking ‘at anti Mr. Farmer, use your brain just| Ihave one. I didn't go into the army empty wrapper, His expression| a little as well as your brawn and! i UR R : : : ) {with the expectation of getting a clearly said, “If I'd known they raise all you can of everything you | 0 ussian allies since the war have managed to get bonus, but lots of us may have to would take it all, I wouldn't have can so that our nation of the peo- : ‘ ave. one unless the government passed it around.” I hope we aren't Ple, by the people, and for the oes something cqnstructive pretty left holding the wrapper—or the people shall not perish from staroon about “the veteran problem.” wheat bag as the case might be, vation and famine, “Ged works in|

| diplomacy, breathtaking bluff, fast footwork, a fistful of |s

Carnival —By Dick Turner

cabinet that used to appease the Russians,

“any proof other than your own word that |

“SIN IS OLD AS ADAM, DON'T HAVE TO SEE MOVIES”

+o Mrs. W. Thompson, Indianapolis. In answer to Donald Pfau, whose

letter appeared in The Times May

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|all? Some producers say the gen-

fore they would not pay to see

.| said, he was “plenty browned off” with the way the G. I bill of rights|something- decent. Maybe- they- are We all feel the government hasn't taken hold of our| mistaken, who knows? So many estate tax structure is not that the rate is too high, but housing problem, or that of anybody else. And we're having our share| People do not care how they talk. that the appraisals under which real estate is taxed here of trouble in getting jobs, finding suits and shirts, and in getting much | bear little or no relation to the values of properties ap- prospect of obtaining a new auto-| praised. mobile. And our mustering-out pay | is spent, However, what we want is an op- | portunity to have a job, the best |Job we're qualified for, that will give opportunity and security. We don't expect to take over the presi- | dent's office where we work, but neither do we expect to be office

Taking the Lord's name in vain and using filthy language fit for the gutter. Many visit questionable places of amusement. Could it be {BAG ON FEEDING WORLD” that the average movie-going pubBy A Seuthport Reader lic prefers the indecent type of Do you remember how during the| picture? Isn't it strange that some war the government published a} oom to Sink stings a some new atrocity story at the beginning o.q"y "aga, Tnegern. in Bb» Xe of each new bond drive? At the yi) evi] is evil, I find the average |beginning of the food drive why movie not only latking in comdidn’t they republish all of them mon decency but an insult to the and tell us to do without to feed intelligence of .educated people.

“HOPE WE AREN'T LEFT

boys. I'm not crying about what our enemies, if we had the charity | Don’t gO, Mister. As long as you we gave up. If we hadn't, there in our hearts to forgive? Instead|3nd I spend our money for inwouldn't be anything to come back they are trying to feed the world ferior pictures why should the pro- | : vithout any disc (to. At least our couhtry was spared Wit y { i or not? B ou and I know that Seldom has there been so much unrest among workers, |the horrors of the bombing and ally and enemy. I believe we should wy

; . . . : : : starvation we saw in England, Italy |Usé our war slogan during the wa such uncertainty of the future in industry and business. {and Germany particularly.

rimination between ducers care whether we are pleased

r-you will continue to go just be-

{against starvation: Remember Pear] c2use other people do. People in | these times don't seem to have

My little daughter was listening | enough backbone to do what they

couldn't answer that. Can you? I| CUT PIG PRODUCTION"

IT'S OUR BUSINESS . . . By Doneld D. Hoover ~~.

influence which Arabic affairs will have on Américan foreign policy, to realize that all “Arabs are not the

‘| serofulous thieving types many veterans saw in Asia ‘| Minor, the" Levant, Egypt and North Africa.

On the contrary, these are not the real Arabs. They are’ the ones who drifted to the sea-coast regions and succumbed to the worst characteristics of European culture. They are the type that gave rise to that descriptive phrase “street Arabs” which used to be used to denote youthful hoodlums,

Have Great Pride in Past ANOTHER SIDE of the character of these people will be displayed next week, in Arabian nights fashion, when Emir Abdullah, ruler of Transjordania, will be crowned formally as king of his newlyindependent country, Much of the Arab world will be represented at this event . , . and there probably will'be the dancing nautch girls, feasts of roasted camel and whole sheep, camel races, feats of horsemanship and other entertainments I've had the experience of seeing. This will be the side of their character we romanticise., The other steely side I saw in the home of the chief of the Arabs in North Africa, where I was entertained as a member of a French mission visiting the Tunisian front from Medjez-el-Bab to El Oued, Sahara desert outpost of the French camel corps. The host was displaying the family collection of swords . , . the one of which he was proudest was several centuries old. On its* Toledo blade was the inscription “Draw me not in dishonor, sheath me not without “drawing bldod.” In our discussion it came out that the Koran preaches three fundamentals . + « waging war, praying and reading 'that bible of the Moslems. Theirs is the law- of survival and retaliation, forged in the stern life of the desert where most Arabs live under conditions of Old Testament times.

WASHINGTON, May 16.—Former Governor Harold E. Stassen’s sprightly idea of dotting the land with open forum groups to help mold Republican policy is taking hold. The count today, six weeks after Mr. -Stassen, advanced his proposal, shows more than 300 forums operating, 100 more being organized and 600 inquiries which are expected to produce scores of additional groups, >

National Committee Is Receptive

MR. STASSEN'S REPRESENTATIVES here, directing the Republican open forum program, say the

the program was begun no one knew whether it would sweep to quick success, just plug along at medium pace, or lay an egg. Forum headquarters, a small, third-floor Connecticut ave, suite here, is run by a youthful crew of eight persons headed by Henry T. McKnight, ex-Yale and ex-navy. Every day, says Mr. McKnight, brings a new. batch of inquiries, and some of his staff claimthe movement is “just beginning to hit its stride.” The idea is to choose one major topic monthly, have it discussed in forum groups of 25 or so Mrom coast to coast, ballot among participants to get a concensus, then present the result as an index of Republican thinking. Background material is provided and efforts are made to promote intelligent discussion and avoid windy sessions dominated by one or two persons. In one day last week word was received of 58 new forums being organized; 20 were added Tuesday. No one is out beating the bushes for the forums. But grassroots organizing is reported in California, New England, Minnesota and New York, and young Republican conventions in New Jersey, Wisconsin and Idaho have indorsed the plan. Original approach

BUENOS AIRES, May 16—President-elect Juan Domingo - Peron’s avowed plan to kick out foreign interests and let Argentina run its own show is at the crossroads. 8 Peron, who ran on a program of expropriating

most of the loreign interests in the republic, will be inagurated on June 4. He must take strong action or suffer an ungraceful backdown within the next

reason, what are we going to eat? |

good salary and do nothing more One day I saw a little boy pass- than wrack their brains trying to

-| & mysterious way his wonders to| perform.” So let's go on produc-| Ing as we always have and leave the rationing to God. ‘ Please, Mr, Farmer, do not let us down if you love. your country. | | Produce that we may produce. We | | need everything that you can give | so that we can give you the machinery, clothing and other things 50 necessary to you. Let's pull together to save our nation from bungling 1dealists who know not what they do.

» ~ » “INDIANA REPUTATION BAD FOR LIBERALISM" By Pat Powers, 227 N. Hamilton sf.

Here is a load for Mr. Pfau. His | blue nose letter printed May 13 | 18 narrow-minded. I am a returned veteran of a couple years overseas service and believe you me, Indiana has a | reputation in regards to just this |sort of thing that is not enviable. Given it purely by the “efforts, of

minded minority, I wonder if he has ever seen “The | Outlaw,” of which he complains, There is nothing at all indecent

— - ofl, / pi about, the picture and not a single

shot that can even be called risque. All T can say is I'm glad to be home, but save Indiana from Mr. | Pfau and Frank Sinatra.

DAILY THOUGHT

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his éyes shall have many a curse.

Del Toner

"I had the most terrible dream ihe other “night-—I dreamed the establishment had been qivan away on one of

. these radio programs!"

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‘A ~-Proverbs 28:27.

IN things essential, unity; In (doubtful, liberty; in all things,

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i charity.—~Rupertus Meldenius,

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90 days. His, undoubtedly, will be the final word. United States interests in Argentina are estimated at $390 ‘million, while British interests amount to some some $1,240 million, Softest of the “qutsiders” to be given the boot are the $750 million British-owned railroads. For 40 years, Argentines have been talking about taking over the railroads at the end of 1946, the date set in the original British-Argentine agreement of 1907.

General Indecision Exists

ARGENTINA HAS the choice of buying up British interests or letting foreigners continue to operate. With the deadline less than seven months away, the country is expressing confused indecision. If the government takes over the British railroad system, it probably will have to follow through and expropriate the U, S.-owned telephones, British-U. 8. packing plants and the electric power company, which is owned by Spanish-Italian and U. 8. interests. Peron's platform provided for such action and, obviously, he and his congress must decide whether they want to go ahead with their ambitious program and chase out foreign Capital, or string along with outside interests. A good section of Peron's amazing labor party

| wants Argentina to kick Britain and the United States

in the teeth. The more moderate wing wishes to

Genuine Arabs

IT'S OUR BUSINESS, because of the increasing

IN WASHINGTON « + » By Charles T. Lucey : Tr Stassen Forum Idea Making Headway J | »

movement is past any danger of folding up. When

WORLD AFFAIRS . .. By Ernie Hill Peron Has to Decide Expropriation

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Are Fiercely Brave “Hi

The Arabs are a proud people. When they gather

in Transjordania, they will be talking of their great NEW I past , . , of their conquering Spain in the middle P.) —Cond ages. And they will debate the Palestine question, day muml Russian assistance in, their aspirations, withdrawal will save r of the British from Egypt, protection of the oil _ te dd | resources «of Saudi Arabia‘and Iraq. Arab interest Hosa! is paramount in many of these, and they will fight Supreme to protect their rights as they see them. ar must occu

Down in the desert, I saw camel. corps militia a second f of Bedouin tribesmen, prepared to fight German The 17-;

and Italian planes, tanks and machine guns with “tickled” | their ‘antiquated equipment. But they were not the state's afraid. slaying of ; druggist, Regard Us as Inferiors ; court's de AWAY FROM THE TOWNS, and even in the yesterday, remote inland villages of Syria and the Sahara, the “Things Arabs live a serene life untouched by European right,” he

culture. They regard the few Christians and Jews the Lord with whom they come in contact as unbelievers and ever, I'm

Inferiors. Yet they are gracious in their hospitality, never bee I have never been more courteously entertafned pray, I de than in the home of the head of the North African just pray Arabs. And rarely have I met a more cosmopolitan The dec family . . , only men appeared, of course. When could not my host found I was from Indianapolis, he imme- tence of t

diately began talking about the Speedway here , . , Actually

he was an ardent racing fan, of automobiles as channels | well as horses and .camels. ’ His atte Highlight of the dinner-feast was the whole today pin barbecued sheep which followed a heavy meal’ of fof a com kuskus, made from grain and hotly flavored with life impris pepper and cinnamon and washed down with sweet of the sta

green tea, other oddments I couldn't identify and DeBlanc much bread, goat-milk cheese, nuts, dates, figs and failed the oranges. We tore strips of mutton from the sheep to the U, with our hands . . , I turned down the eyes. Later A I found I'd acted courteously, too, because that “delicacy” goes to the host. He was weloome to it,

state and county party officials. Veterans have been especially active in taking up the Stassen proposal in Some areas. Some of the letters of inquiry bring donations. & They've ranged from $1 to $1000, but most of .them Va are about $5. There has been considerable com- Son mendation, as from a Republican lieutenant-governor: \ *. “Frankly, and speaking politically, your plan makes it possible for the Republican party to lift itself above the stigma of being a vacillating and ‘donothing’ party. Many intelligent voters, and even Democrats, are anxious to come our way but they continue to tell us that we must stand for something.” Now and then some Republican has expressed his scorn for the forum idea, but relations with the Republican national committee have been fairly cordial. The committee takes the position that anything that quickens party interest and helps get out the vote this year is all to the good.

Aid to Presidential Aspiration? SOME OF MR. STASSEN'S opponents . wonder whether, heading into the .campaign for the 1948 G. O. P, presidential nomination, the forum groups might spawn a Stassen drive. They recall the activities of the Willkie clubs in 1940. But forum heads here disavow any such talk. They say they hope to see the movement become a permanent Republican activity, untied to any one candidate. Some of the chief congressional friends of the movement are Senators Saltonstall (R. Mass.) and Morse (R. Ore.) and Reps. Harter (R, Mass.), Judd (R. Minn.) and Smith (R. Me.). Results of the first forum subject—“What Shall Our Policy Toward Russia Be?" —are still to be tabulated. National labor policy is the current month's topic.

was in mailingé to 5000 Republicans, including most ! i

make peace. Peron is letting his followers do aM the talking now.

Latest estimates show that Argentina now has DE $1,800 million in credits in Washington and London, Those who favor giving British. railroads the gate : |e CIC want to spend these credits to make the purchase, . The British railroad network is the finest in South HO

America. In fact, Argentina ranks eighth in the world in railroad mileage, trailing only the United States, Russia, Canada, India, Germany, Australia $2 and France, in that order. The military government of Argentina had an ese

cellent chance to ‘expropriate Armour, Swift, Wilson Rem and other packers three months ago when a strike the tied up meat shipments to Europe. But the govern- Ren ment backed down even after the secretary of labor screamed for nationalization. : crys Government experts estimated that the plants : hare could be operated only at from 50 to 60 per cent effi- busy: ciency if they were seized. The same may apply Wm toba the case of railroads and telephones, * r ap en|o British Interest Is a Factor hose

THE NEWSPAPER La Nacigf, operated by ihe heal: nephew of the government official, who framed and signed the mitre railroad agreement with Britain, . has urged British control. The newspaper's opinion Sily may have some weight in the final decision. La Nacion stated: “The nationalization of the

raipways, in addition to being inopportune, would e— entail certain consequences, which it would be desirable to avoid. It would reduce the amount of 't

British capital invested in this country. In course of time, it might perturb our relations with Great Britain, It is well to bear in mind that every country has a particular interest in increasing the prosperity of the country in which it invests its capital.”

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark Baseball Writers Face Awful Fate

NEW YORK, May 16.—As a former dues-payer in the Baseball Writers association, I wish to protest the eruel, inhumane manner in whieh fate and employers are persecuting my erstwhile brethren, The worst thing that can happen to baseball writers has happened: They are being made to work. Any Jabor is. painful to a member of this guild, but when it involves mixing, mentally, with the outside world, it becomes sheer torture.

Must Learn New Words

IN THE IDEAL SENSE, a major league baseball writer is a pure artist, who considers any event outside his press box as trivial, sordid, and beneath his notice and dignity. Nothing but -perfection in his sphere will satisfy him. During the war, when the good players were away and the game was being crucified by 4F's and minor leaguers, the baseball writers suffered more acutely than the managers. Today the sport, instead of returning to its old pure status, now is all cluttered up with extraneous matters like the law, the G. I. bill of rights, unionism, and other matters that baseball writers have successfully ignored through the years. As our Mr. Dan Daniel, a baseball expert and purist, pointed out Tuesday, not since 1915 has a baseball writer's life been so complicated and arduoys. “After staying up half the night trying to dope out why the Yankees are not hitting, and calculating the’ destinies of the Dodgers,” Mr, Daniel wrote bitterly, “ ,. he is forced to arouse himself at an ingodly hour and rush off te the state supreme court to listen in on a fight with the Mexican league.”

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"making scribbles in a scorepad, and after a fast

ri Baseball ryriters, unite! They can't do this to you.

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As anyone can see, this is an infringement on the rights of the reporters, who cannot function keenly of an afternoon if their normal 10 hours sleep has been marred by arising before noon. Night baseball, which keeps the gentlemen out of gin mills in the evening, also is deeply hated by the press box boys, It upsets their schedule. According to Mr. Daniel, haseball is all snarled up with city-side matters. The writers now have to Y know whether baseball is interstate commerce, and how to spell mandamus. A union among the players is supposed to -be forming, which means the writer will have to bone up on labor trends. He has to have the G. I bill at his finger tips, against the day when a’ returned shortstop ‘feels hurt béeause some young punk has beat him out of his old job. How can a two-fingered typist sell the idea that pitcher ' Horace Forkball is a gentil, parfit knight and only a moderate wifebeater, when his creative genius is befouled with worry over whether baseball | is a monopoly. {

Assignments Not Too Tough

I RESENT THIS FIERCELY, because in my brief day writing baseball was a wonderful way to make a living. You went south in the winter on expense account, you traveled on expense account, and you lived high on the hog. ; x4 ‘You free-loaded at a private bar at the team's expense, and you didn’t have to .go in the office, You worked couple of hours in the open aie,

writing job, you were cleaned up infil the next day.

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