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and Mexico, 87 cents a “ov RI-5851. Give LAght and the People Will Find Their Own Wey FILIPINOS PRESID ELECT Roxas of the Philippines, during his flying visit to Washington, has made an excellent impression on the administration and congress. The political ‘skies are bright for continued close co-operation between the two governments after the new republic is born on July 4. That will be vastly important for the infant nation. It is equally so for the mother country, whose stake in Pacific security remains as decisive as when the Filipinos fought heroically under the Stars and Stripes. Unfortunately, the economic picture is not so pleasant. It could not be—for, as Gen. Eisenhower has just reported, of all countries in the world the war devastation of the Philippines is the worst. In addition to ‘destruction of Manila and the cities, virtually all of the islands’ industrial machinery and shipping is gone and half of their farm workanimals. The republic will be born to hunger and bank_ruptcy. It cannot long survive such a crisis—not as an orderly democracy, at least—without immediate constructive help from the United States.

. » - ss 8 . a already has been extended in part. The new re- “* ciprocal trade law and the rehabilitation measure passed by our congress will help the Filipinos to help themselves during the transition period from war-torn com- _ monwealth to self-sustaining republic. But the payment of claims under the rehabilitation measure will provide only 40 per cent of required capital for reconstruction, and current incomé will meet only about one-sixth of expenditures. Hence the need for a $400 million loan. If the Roxas government can get that credit from us, and a fair British allocation of surplus Siamese rice for famine needs, the new democracy has a good chance to grow. Otherwise, widespread suffering will help the foreign-inspired Communist minority to prolong the post-war chaos and violence. " Repressive measures alone cannot cope with the lawjessness. Economic health—strong enough to solve the frobiems of reconstruction, of tenantry and usury, and of nflation—will be the measure of the islands’ orderly demo‘cratic progress. “An important part in rebuilding the Philippines is . being played by Indiana’s Paul V. McNutt, present high commissioner. Mr. Roxas was Mr. McNutt's guest in Indianapolis and Martinsville last night, and is due to go on to the West coast from this city today.

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UNDING PROPOSAL ~ JT is not surprising that both John L. Lewis and the mine = operators rejected President Truman's proposal for arbi{ration of the coal strike. What is astounding is that Mr. Truman made the pro-

The Lewis rejection was flat. The operators, according to the White House, “indicated a willingness to arbitrate wages and hours, but not other issues.” : .. But Lewis never has said what he wants in wages and hours. He has made a farce of the negotiations by refus- _ ing even to discuss those issues, which are proper subjects for arbitration. He has insisted that the operators first ~ must grant a demand which, being contrary to public policy, is not a proper subject for arbitration. That is his demand for payment by the operators to his union of an amount equal to 7 per cent of their pay rolls. He says the payments, totalling something like $70 million a year, would go into a miners’ health and welfare fund. But, though the money would have to come from the public in higher coal prices, Lewis insists the fund must be controlled exclusively by the union—which means by "himself ~with no public accounting of what is done with it. Lewis may well have felt that no arbitrator with any gense of public responsibility would award him that demand, amounting, as it would, to power to tax the public and to use the revenue if he saw fit to finance wars against the public like the war he is now waging.

\ s » » " - . UT the operators had no right to take a chance on what an arbitrator might do with this issue. And the President should not have asked them to take a chance. Having asked, and having got the answer such a request deserved, Mr. Truman seems devoid of ideas about what to do next. If he felt he had any legal powers to end the strike, he surely would use them now. Yet apparently he has not decided to ask for new legal powers. At least, he said that he would wait and see what congress sends him before expressing his own opinions on labor legislation. And so the country faces a terrifying prospect. The poal strike truce is half gone; tens of thousands of the miners are not working even during the truce; negotiations are hopelessly wrecked.

TO WASTE FOOD IS CRIMINAL

~~ shortage is the worst in history. The United States is Ht key to relief—other countries can help and are doing jo ), but ours must carry the main burden. + President Truman has before him detailed reports from ! lerbert Hoover and from Herbert Morrison, lord president x of the British cabinet council and leader of the house of

~ Mr, Hoover, the world's greatest relief authori : om his 85,000-mile global tour of the famine phy beck 27 countries have enough food for only 30 to 60 days. adds that conditions will grow rapidly worse during the before harvest. Mr. Morrison, in confirming the Teport, stresses the political as well as the humaniissue; “Famine soon will be turning out Fascists ‘than Hitler and Mussolini ever managed to

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"Don't Grant U. S. Citizenship to Anyone Who Was in Enemy Forces"

By Five Year Veteran, Indianapolis Here is a short snort of a conversation that sums up what a group of us had to say on the subject one very rainy evening 18 months ago in a place called Leyte—back ih the days when we fatalistically faced each day anew, and didn't give a damn whose feelings were hurt so long as the remark had truth. The take is this: That congress should amend the immigration laws to read something to the effect that any person who has ever been a member of the armed forces, their auxiliaries, or political affiliates, of an enemy nation in world war II shall forever be prohibited from entering the United States of America. : We figured that it took an ardent belief in one’s country and political system to be willing to die for that country and system. And,|“WAITRESSES SLIGHT

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placing ourselves in a correspond-| woOMEN CUSTOMERS” ing position, we certainly would be | By Dewntewn Working Girl the wrong guys to make good DOSt-| Several working girls that I know war citizens of Japan, Germany|recent the attitude Of waitresses, and Maly. Hence, we concluded, ,, ticularly those in downtown keep the potentially ardent Nazis, patel junchrooms, about tips. Fascists and Japanese militarists| The waitresses seem to resent out forever, That's for sure. serving girls, apparently on the as- . 2 4 sumption that men leave higger “SELF-PRESERVATION tips. That may be a practical attiSHOULD BE OUR RULE” tude, but perhaps they've never By W. A. Collins, Indianapolis stopped to think that they might

be first. Some people in the United | 5 waitress snapping at a mutual States do not beligve this, instead | acquaintance of ours, when the girl they want to feed and clothe the got up Jom the table and left no oF » | Hp. e waitress barked out some beggars known as Europeans”, \ ered remark to the effect Ever since America was discovered, |¢)a¢ she “didn't see how our friend |is Britain has wanted the United | expected her to make any money.” States. Now they seem to be plan The reason the girl didn’t tip was ning in their own begging way to| that’ the waitress had slammed accomplish what they cannot do down the silverware, been disagreeable when she was taking the

otherwise. | This woman signing herself as | Order, slow and inadequate inthe

Mother of Two has the right idea | Serving. In the same establishment and should be carried through. I|the other day I had to wait some have four sons myself, and know | 13 minutes after. the waitress gave that I would not want them to be me the menu, while she ate her in the forthcoming = world war lunch. which they will be compelled to The waitresses undoubtedly have fight in for the foolishness of people | 2888ravating times and are overcalling themselves Americans. My | Worked-at rush hours. Still, if they

idea is this, unless Britain or the |®XPect to get tips they should ex-

other countries can lay cash, their | Pect to provide some sort of service to earn them. And as far as we're

own, not ours, on the line, to have 2 Lotto “Toke tare of America | concerned theyll continue to go first, to the devil with the rest.” | tipless” as long as they insist on School Teacher wants ideas to|'Teating business girls like sqcondproduce money for the use of the |Class customers. » . »

state, which are not hairbrained.!,, According to politicians and police, | WE DON'T WANT LEWIS

this idea may be bad, but is one BACK IN INDIANAPOLIS” which would bring in larger re-|By Charles Wells, Route 20, Box 218-W ceipts than anything else and that| I see in The Times of May 11 is to legalize gambling, . Gambling, |your columnist Dan Kidney says to no matter who is in power, will | send John L. Lewis back to Indiancontinue anyhow s0 why not take|&Ppolis. advantage of a situation and reap a| Well, all I want to say is that good harvest for the benefit of the|as far as I can find out, no one people instead of just a few poli- {around here wants hifi either. Why ticlans, Your saying is, “Give light|not send him clear out of the and the people will find their own|United States so we can have way.” Let's see if this is true, peace?

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“VA GAVE ME A BUM STEER ON ITS TRAINING PROGRAM”

By Just Another G.I, City What this country needs,’ for its veterans, is a good five-cent veterans’ administration. I suggest taking the money, it would cost to finance some of the “bonus deals” everyone wants and put it into a program to revamp the VA. They might well-begin with obtaining efficient employees to replace the slipshod, don’t-give-a-damn ones they now have. includes the top men, at least in the Indianapolis officé. In January I wanted to take a job with a firm, under the veterans’ training program, which would pay $25 a week plus whatever compensation the VA paid. One of the firm's heads sent me to the VA to see if the course of training I desired was approved. A VA spokesman informed me jit was: Three months later, when I filed the claim they (finally) sent me, I was told by the samé effice that the course was not approved, had

It seems to me that in place of A8et bigger tips from business girls Rever been. if they offered a little better service. e chief of training told me, in everything, self preservation should A friend yesterday told me about effect, “That's tough.” No more

would be said about it, nor. would they accept any sort of responsibility. With so many cases by the local office, I'm sure mine Many other Indianapolis veterans no doubt have met the same lackadaisical treatment. Their laxity has cost me, to date, $1160, since I spurned an offer of a job which would pay three times what I make now to accept this one, thinking all the while I would receive the VA compensation of $90 per month, If we're going to make the world a better place, let's begin by cleaning up such places as the VA social Incompetent, that is.

“TROLLEY-BUS DRIVERS ARE INCONSIDERATE

By Irate Driver, Indianapolis While the P. 8. C. is investigating the proposal of the Indianapolis Railways to increase fare rates, it might be well if someone investigated the company’s drivers, These men hog the streets . , . drive in the wrong traffic lane . ," almost run you down if you happen to step from the curb when they approach—and I've yet. to hear of one of them being arrested for reckless driving. While pulling away from a stop light recently, one-of the trackless trolleys crowded me into the wrong lane, into an oncoming stream of traffic. I had no choice; it was take the wrong lane or be run down. At the next corner, I boarded the bus to get the driver's name, whereupon he threatened to “knock my block off.”

BLACK MARKET SHOULD BE BROKEN UP”

By A. R. Donovan, 71 Jeany lane Please support the campaign of the railroads against black marketing of Pullman space. one &m- not content with—refusal| an. t ia ee oo many bertiis] The duct {hat vitss prolanms It's a racket that can be broken, like the Chinese wall that blocked through service at). Chicago and St. Louis.

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[IT'S OUR BUSINESS :., By Donald D. Hoover ~ Financing Affects Our Utilities: Rates

IT'S OUR BUSINESS to know the manner in which local public utilities are financed, because financing is an item that bears on cost of.your water, electric and gas services. . ? ;

The de nt ustice is investigating such financing on tio de scale, through its antitrust division . . . - a representative of that di-

vision has been here looking into the situation. If the Thurman Arnold pattern of past investigations of purportedly monopolistic practices is followed, it is predicted that the manner of refunding indebtedness of the Indianapolis Water Co. and the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. will be submitted to a federal grand jury . .. probably in New York.

Water Company Refunding Now Up PRESENT REFUNDING PLANS of the water company, affecting nearly every Indianapolis citizen, is one of the most important“of such questions. In addition to its affect on the base on which our water rates are computed, it also reflects attempt of middle western capital to buck the historic hold eastern capital has had on financing railroads and other public utilities. f= Issue directly involved before the state public service commission today is whether competitive bidding will be ordered for $14,750,000 in refunding bonds the water company wants to sell at privately-nego-tiated sale . , . without competitive bidding in which middle western capital” could participate. Justice department takes the position the commission should grant a petition of Halsey, Stuart and Co. Inc, Chicago, and Otis & Co., Cleveland, for competitive bidding. Unless open bidding is held, anti-trust division representatives believe, the private sale will be made to disadvantage of local rate payers and ta the benefit of the eastern money monopoly. In point, they cite recent Indianapolis Power & Light refunding of some $15 million of outstanding securities at a lower interest rate which, through competitive bidding, resulted in- $1,750,000 more being obtained by the company than would have been received from private sale. Resulting saving, it is as-

DEAR BOSS: THIS HAS BEEN a week of action in Washington, even if nothing much has been accomplished. The best story that no one has. seen fit to print is the fact that John L. Lewis can get scared—and he was really scared when he learned that Senate Majority Leader Barkley (D. Ky.) moved to take up the Case bill. ; The man with the bushy eyebrows and the cameraposing sourpuss quickly contacted Senator Wheeler (D. Mont.), a friend of many years standing. He was crying for help. He didn’t want any drastic labor legislation passed, he said.

Willis on Labor Problem FOR THE GREAT JOHN L. recently dubbed “Strangler” Lewis, knows that fellow unionists would be putting the finger on hint and saying “Thére is the man” if a bad bill is passed. : He doesn’t want any part of that. So, despite the play-acting, there is a general feeling here that the men will remain in the mines after the two-week truce. Senator Barkley was forced into grabbing the ball by senators who wanted to use the. coal strike to ‘force passage of the house version of the Case bill, or something more drastic of their own. His heart isn’t in, however. That is why Senator Pepper (D. Fla.) and other New Dealers are providing the senate with a “cooling-off period.” They want their colleagues to calm down. They would like to have them accept the senate education and labor com-~ mittee version of the Case bill. It does nothing but put a new mediation bureau in the labor department. Despite the housing shortage here, we always have room for a new bureau. When Senator Lucas (D. Ill) took the floor to denounce Lewis and the strike, considerable astonishment was registered. He usually has been pro-labor and New Deal all the way. But Mayor Edward Kelly of Chicago was in town that day. He called at the White House. Even if President Truman was not frate at Lewis, Kelly reportedly made the point that

WASHINGTON, May 18.—The visit here of the president-elect .of the Philippines, Dr. Manuel A. Roxas, points up dramatically the forthcoming experiment in independence and democracy by . the

former dependency that is bound to have its effect on the aspirations of colonial people all over the world. Mr. ‘Roxas and Paul V. McNutt, high commissioner of the Philippines, are in Indianapolis today, en route to Manila. On July 4—an appropriate day—the Philippines officially become an independent republic in accordance with our pledge in an act of congress.a dozen years ago. Great Colonial Powers Eye Results IT HAPPENS AFTER 47 years, which is quite & contrast with the centuries some other great powers have held other areas in colonial dependency, and still hold them. At a great cost of American life, we recaptured the islands from the Japanese. Now, so soon afterwards, we are freeing them in fulfillment of our pledge. Loyalty - of the Philippine people to the United States in the war was, in itself, a tribute to. our stewardship, -to our development of - the islands. As Mr. McNutt pointed out in a speech to the Overseas Writers club here, “It was the first historical instance of a colonial and especially an alien people rallying, without reservation, to the sovereign country.” The entire world watched that “with unabashed wonder,” he said. The example we are setting by freeing the Philippines is causing some anxiety in the chancelleries of the imperial and colonial powers and as well, seemingly, in that of another power which is

PARIS,/ May 18.—Reports from Moscow indicate that the British Broadcasting corporation's broadcasts in Russian are finding a large and interested audience. have not-been-officially-denounced by the Russian authorities is hailed in some Quarters as an encouraging symptom of declining Russian suspicions toward the outside world. It's probably too soon to come to any such conclusion. The British programs are limited to straight news. No attempt has yet been made to give talks or to interpret the news. And great care is taken to present the news in a way which will not offend the

Kremlin. ily : Different in War Russian Attitude Differ or whit the

PROBABLE EXPLANATION Russians have not complained of this new experiment is not so much that they are less suspicious of the outside world as that they are conscious of the {immense strength of the Communist regime. The Kremlin, feeling assured of 1s complete grip” on the Russian people, feel§ it can afford to humor thé British government in this way, , ° During the war, however, they took a different attitude. Although they had more - than a dozen regular daily programs in English, they made it plain

| would regard it ws gn unfriendly gesture if we sough broadcasting British

to penetrate their iron curtain by broe or Al news in Russian,

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to the benefit of electricity users. Public service coms mission ordered competitive bidding in this instance, setging a precedent which is being watched with ine terest in its present consideration of the water com= pany refunding. = - ¥ The middle western investment firms are not acte ing entirely from a public-spirited motive. They were associated with the old Samuel Insull and Cyrus Eaton interests, but claim now to have gotten in line with the concept of utility financing developed by the New Deal, starting with SEC. Fortunately for them, this concept will enable them to break the eastern hold on utility financing and give them a chance to handle the large blocks of utilities securities ... . if Pregenl rica tions are correct. : ole question of utility financin - plicated that most folks turn away ne x Pi a sion. The public service commission has responsibile ity of protecting the interests of the users and tfe investors , . . and in this particular case the coms= munity as a whole as well as users of water, electric and gas service have a particular stake.

Local Cases May Be Precedent

UP UNTIL NOW, the Morgan-dominated invest= ment banking circles which came into being when SEC separated investment and commercial banking have been almost unchallenged in utility financing, Middle western and far western capital all too free quently have been squeezed out and prevented from participating in this lucrative field. THe water company case, along with the electric company refunding, are test cases in Indiana which may become part of a nation-wide monopoly inquiry in federal court. Civil action to break up the eastern hold on utility financing would be more extensive than the three-year Aluminum Co. cafe . . . and is is probable such litigation is coming. A pose sible. off-spring of the situation could well be action seeking lower local water and electric rates. And great interest is being shown, too . .., although nos by the government . . . in gas rates nere,

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Daniel M. Kidney Capital Optimism About Coal Strike

C.1L O.is. C.1 O-P. A C. will add up in the Chicago election returns next November. Therefore the Lucas lecture was labeled a Kelly pre-election down payment. It makes sense if you understand the pitch. Being an election year, net result of all this mae neuvering may be nothing much in the way of ade quate and fair labor legislation. Many conservatives are coming around to the viewpoint expressed in a senate speech by Senator Willis (R. Ind). He de clared that the basic fault lies in the Wagner act He pointed out that this was passed to put govern= ment on the side of labor when it was in swaddling clothes. Now that it is full-grown a better balance should be restored, Senator Willis insisted. Do you know who is.the most important person on Capitol Hill today? Not a senator or congressman, but a man with a uniform who is neither soldier, sailor nor marine. He is the mailman. His letters and postcards have probably influenced more votes than the muiti-million-dollar lobbies. Of course, " much of his mail is inspired by lobbyists for business, labor or government.. Certainly ‘both senators and congressmen read and heed it. Some of them keep their mind clean that way. They change it with almost every mail.

McNutt Plans Not Announced REMEMBER WHEN the Washington reporters used to refer to our former governor, Paul V. McNutt, as “tall, tan and terrific” Well, he still is. Seated alongside Manuel Roxas, president-elect of the Philippines, the high commissioner is a stand-out. There have been many stories about what Mr, McNutt will do after he speeds the Philippines independent government on its way July 4. He intends to stay there for a time, probably with ambassadorial rank. Then he will enter law practice in New York City. Some say with the firm of Joseph E. “Mission to Moscow” Davies. They are close friends. After a Roxas-McNutt joint press conference here, the onetime Indiana university law dean denied that: ~ DAN KIDNEY.

REFLECTIONS . . . By Thomas L. Stokes Filipino Independence Sets Example

stretching out to assume suzerainty over neighboring nations, meaning Russia. We have given great hope to captive people restive under domination of big powers. Both Commissioner McNutt and Dr. Roxas. alluded to this. Mr. McNutt said that “the great powers of both west and east looked curiously, and not without jaundice, at our action in setting free a colonial power. I am not sure that they wish us unmixed success in our experiment.” Dr. Roxas expressed the feeling “that there is a studied attempt by some forces in the world today to make us and other people believe that American imperialism is on the march.” The Russians have reacted that way through their press, for example, “1 do not believe it,” the president-elect said. “I reject that notion. If there is such a thing on the horizon as the American century, it will be an American century by example and emulation rather than by extension of control by either subtle or direct power. We are a living allegation to that effect. I hope we remain 80.”

Freedom Means Much in World DR. ROXAS WAS HERE to see about help in the transition period. The Philippines wiji enjoy preferential tariff treatment, on the Cuban basis, for. eight years under the Bell act. Congress has voted $610 million for war damage claims of all sorts, and President Truman has appointed ‘a war claims commission headed by Dr.. Frank Waring, an ‘expert in Philippine matters. He will face quite a task when he assumes office May 28. . With him go the best wishes of the American people in this experiment that can mean s0 much all around the world, <

TODAY IN EUROPE . . . By Randolph Churchill BBC Is Broadcasting News to Russia

They used a typically disingenuous argument to defend this indefensible attitude. The Kremlin told the British foreign office that, since British democracy was based on the propagation of a. multiplicity of

opinions, the British could not possibly find a logical

reason why Russian views should not be placed before the British public On the other hand, the Kremlin explained, Russian democracy was based on the expression of one single opinion—that of the Russian people as expressed through the Communist dictatorship of the proletariat. Therefore, it was an entirely different matter for the British to propose broadcasting to the Russian people and it would be a most hostile act.

Suggest U.S. Broadcast Also . EVERY DAY, in 20 languages, the Russian radio stations pour out a stream of hatred and invective against Britain and the British empire. - If no attempt were made to counter this odious propaganda, even by simple news broadcasts, the Russians would be bound to conclude that Britain was too weak and divided to defend her position in the world. There seems to be no good reason why thie United States should not broadcast Russian programs from Pacific coast stations, . Buch programs could readily be heard {p eastern Russia and would afford another means of penetrating’ the iron off the Russian people from the

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