Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1946 — Page 12

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ROMANIA ON THE CARPET . APHE American and: British notes of protest to Romania ~ ore very sharp. They accuse the Bucharest regime lof sity i Ba i ois with thie allies to hold fair elections and provide civil liberties. Though there is nothing new either in the Romanian violations or in the Anglo- ' American objections, the latest protests indicate that the democracies are fed up with playing the roles of suckers. There is not a shred of popular government in Bucharest. It is a puppet dictatorship run by Moscow. This is | just one more of the many cases in which Stalin has * refused to honor the pledges he made at Yalta—and mild . pledges they were too, considering the heavy price Churchill “and Roosevelt paid to get them. When the American and British governments raised this issue at the Moscow conference in December, they got more promises. These were repeated when the allied commission went to Buchfbest in January. But the runaround continues. Soviet ‘political strategy in Romania, as in other Rus- ' sian satellite states, is to postpone elections as long as possible and then to fix them. As long as they are postponed, the fact that a small Communist minority is ruling "a powerless majority is not so apparent. Also the helpless majority leaders can be intimidated and, in many cases, | either bribed off or killed off. : If and when elections no longer can be delayed, then

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Communist minority retains tontrol of the phony coalition. If that fails, a fair campaign is prevented by arrests and other interference with non-Communist candidates and

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Along with violence goes control of all media of information. Opposition newspaper and magazines are denied printing facilities or ‘suppressed outright. Radio serves the dictators. Censorship’completes the control. : If Washington and London cannot force compliance | with allied “liberation” agreements, they should stop sup- | porting Soviet satellites.

“DANGEROUS GAME” | A BRITISH labor leader, Sir Walter Citrine, has just 4% 401d a New York audience that passing restrictive labor legislation “is a very dangerous game to play.” His remarks may offend Americans who interpret them as British meddling in our current troubles. He disclaimed any such intent. And what he said is good for Americans to hear, for it is true. Writing laws to govern labor does involve danger. If such laws are savage and unfair, a justly resentful labor movement will want to act, and probably will act destruc-

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But this does not mean that fair and reasonable laws ‘are impossible or unnecessary. “ In this country, labor irresponsibility has grown with fast-expanding power. That growth has been fostered by | laws and policies deliberately designed to make labor | “mighty yet keep it free of legal restraints. A few union bosses now have monopolistic power to strangle our whole | economy. When they use it, our government can only beg | | them to go easy, or bluff them with stern words not backed | by law, or appease them temporarily with dubious deals. British labor, Sir Walter Citrine says, practiced great gelf-restraint through six war years. Though eager now to get back to free bargaining on wages and hours, it has “wisely acceded to compulsory arbitration for a further _period. . . . Thus far we have been blessed with compara‘tively few industrial disputes. . . . The healthiest symptom in Britain has been the readiness of trade unions to accept «their own responsibilities.”

= » » . - » OULD that such words could be said of American i labor. Because they can not. America must play "the dangerous game as safely as it can, since no hope appears that labor responsibility will prevail until legal ipenalties are provided for irresponsible acts. And so the Case bill is on President Truman's desk. And toward it most of labor's leaders and their pseudo-liberal supporters “are taking a terribly irresponsible and dangerous attitude. & As amended by the senate, the bill is not savage, not *unfair, not menacing to honest labor's cause, not stronger than the situation calls for. It does not justify resent“ment. It will not injure any decent union, or take essential rights from any worker. Those who clamor for a veto should be urging Mr. Truman to make it law, and counselling labor to obey it willingly. If this bill does not become law, the country must go on with no protection save, perhaps, a fragment of the drastic emergency authority Mr. Truman asked. Then abuses of labor's power will bring crisis after crisis, each increasing public wrath. And some day soon the dangerous game will be played dangerously; stern laws will be (enacted, not with intent to save labor's rights from selfdestruction, but with determination to shackle unionism before it wrecks the nation.

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“LAST SERVICEMAN’S CENTER WABASH street branch of the Indianapolis Service ~ Men's Centers, Inc., last’ of the wartime recreational services, closed its doors yesterday with its final Pantry Shelf night. § 4 Throughout the war, Indianapolis folk—working more ‘than 1,600,000 volunteer hours—kept in operation the Wabash st., Senate ave. Roberts Park Methodist and IIlist. branches, and the Union Station canteen. ‘The lat18 operated by the Travelers’ Aid society. p centers offered an atmosphere of relaxation and t to soldiers stationed agound Indianapolis through. And they gained for this city a wide hospitality. of the

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Lewis’ anties. I read the letter to the Forum by a Mr. O'Farrell stating his opin-

ion about John L. Lewis. Since we do have free speech and he voiced his opinion, I'd like to do the same as I very much disagree with him. He stated that our late President never helped the working man but that Lewis did.

As I recall, when F.D. R. entered office there were many non-union mines, including several Terre Haute mines. Quoting from a miner's journal, there was approximately 133,000 union workers. Lewis tried in vain for years for a shorter week, less hours per day. Roosevelt proceeded to set up the NRA which automatically reorganized all miners and also granted wage increases from time to time. He not only helped miners, he virtually helped all iabor by increasing wages and shortening hours and giving right to collective bargaining.

I can't see how John L. Lewis can be considered a great leader, simply because he never seems to really help the hard-laboring miners and brings so much anxiety, strife and worry not only to the miner but to his family as well. For instance, there was a time when the miners of Terre Haute vicinity were on strike—the commissary had run out of food and there was money in the union treasury, yet Lewis refused to give money to replace food in the commissary. Conditions got so bad, so severe, that the miners themselves started a petition to reopen the mine, All in all, the fact is this: While the coal miners receive no pay during strike—Lewis’ pay never stops. I'm for labor and unions if they are run right—by sensible men who really think of the welfare of the miners ‘and are not so radically inclined.

"Miners Unpaid During Strikes

But Lewis' Salary Continues"

By P. L. Donna, Indianapolis Being the son of a coal miner, I have very much respect for them and am in favor of giving them all they deserve. I, myself, worked in a coal mine for a period of two years so naturally I know that a miner's work is not easy. It is very hard labor. I am, however, very much opposed to the leadership of John L. Lewis simply because he is responsible for “crippling” this great nation of ours. People in 'all walks of life are taking the consequences oO

Views on the News

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY After this, President Truman probably will not wait until he has two strikes on him before going to

‘| bat.

Rumor of a capita]-labor coalition ticket for 1948 consisting of Senators Taft and Pepper should be taken with a large lump of salt.

now between peace or peace conferences. ; » - # Letting congress know about the $1,370,000,000 French loan through the newspapers saved a lot of pages in the Congressional Record, s » » Maybe congress should pass a law preventing John L. Lewis from contributing to delinquency of miners. - = - President Truman’s proposal to draft strikers shows he isn't clearing everything with Sidney.

“rD LIKE TO HELP TAR AND FEATHER JOHN LEWIS” By Geneva Roberts, Indianapolis This is in answer to Angelus T. O'Farrell, the miner from Terre Haute, Speaking about John L Lewis, I would like to help mob him and tar and feather him and then, send him somewhere over in the old country to a life of the luxury they have over there. Then maybe he would take a shovel ahd work in the mines for them. If you are a working man, how long do you think you will get by when your savings are gone? Can you go to Mr. Lewis and get help? That makes me laugh,

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Mr, Winchell said it would be a good idea to send him to Russia— that maybe he could do a real job. Do you really think that Lewis would go cold and hungry like some of us will this winter if things don’t go different soon? I would like to see our boys and men that fought to save this country have a say. Do they get it? No. They don’t even get what they have to have. But maybe you have some kind of a pull that you get paid to uphold such a way of living at. this critical time. The unions are all right at the right time, but not at this time when the world needs so much. Would you let your children starve to death or freeze? If you like that you should have a taste of it sometime. a 3 “STRIKE BILL STRIDE TOWARD NATIONALIZATION” By L. F., Indianapolis ” The strike curb bill which President Truman asked for Saturday and which that day the house of representatives barreled through is one of the neatest political bear traps ever worked in this country . . a trap in which business as well as labor may find itself squirming. Overlooked by a lot of congressmen who voted for the bill was the clause providing that net profit accruing during government operation of a seized industry shall be paid into the U. 8. treasury. It's a clause that can’t be eliminated . without vitiating the whole bill. There's plenty of precedent, from the Boston police strike case on down, for holding that workers cannot strike against a governmental unit. But it is no strike against the government when the

operating agent for a privatelyowned principal. : So long as profits go to private owners, it is for those owners that labor is working and not for the government, If the owners get the profits during emergency seizure by the government, no court in its right mind could hold that the workers were government employees in fact and therefore powerless to refuse to carry out their duties. If the bill becomes a law, it will hold water only if that clause remains. If the clause remains and the law is enforced, it can be a sevenleague stride toward nationalization of basic industries , . . and socialism., ’ Because each time is becomes necessary for the government to take over an industry, an object lesson will be provided on just how much income the government might make operating that industry on a permanent basis—and how much taxes might be cut if government took over a” number of basic industries. If the latter should be the end result, it wouldn’t be such a happy spot for the worker§, either. The government doesn’t pay its employees any too well. Ask any postman. o » ” “BE OF GOOD CHEER MR. LAWCON, YOUNGSTERS BAY” By a Bobbysoxer, Indianapolis In regard to the article written by R. E. Lawcon, I'll say this. Mr. Cox and Mr. Barngrover have the right idea about the so-called flannel shirts (with tails out). They are quite a fascinating sight. It isn’t so “sickening and indecent” to see, really. I really can't say what the younger generation is coming to, RE. Lawcon, but time will tell. In the meantime you shouldn't be so discouraged with us so-called with our blue jeans and flannel shirts (with tails out).

DAILY THOUGHT = Trust in_him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah Psalms 62:8.

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WASHINGTON, June 3—The most melancholy days of all are here for the party that Franklin D.

In his time it was divided by long division. N it has been divided by short division, so that no man knows his brother. °°

history has just closed. It started out so auspicious: when President Truman acted *dramatically ‘to stop the railroad strike and win the plaudits of a strikeweary nation, It ended withsome of the worst defeats for a President by the senate.

Democrats Too Inept to Govern?.

THE HOUSE HAD WHOOPED through his drastie emergency bill with only 13 votes against it. But the senate by an overwhelming vote struck out what Democratic Leader Barkley called “the heart of the measure” —power to draft into the army employees in a seized industry who refused to go back to work. In this case only 13 senators, all Demotrats, supported the ident. Hitherto, in the last years of the Roosevelt administration and thus far, it was the conservatives chiefly from the South who had split off and ‘refused to follow the administration. On this issue it was the previously loyal liberal and left-wing element that deserted the President, along with every labor organization, many of them formerly his close allies. All sorts of political rumors accompanies this debacle, among them, that Henry Wallace, champion of labor and left-wing elements, might resign. There's nothing to that. He won't. Worst effect of the week's business, as far as Mr.

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HELSINKI, June 3.— Finland, devastated and physically diminished by two wars in six years, and’ struggling with seemingly insurmountable internal and external problems, is staging one of the most phenomenal recoveries to be seen in war-torn Europe. Finland has lost 100 per cent of its sugar industry, 10 per cent of its other industries and 10 per cent of its territory. To meet heavy reparations demands, new industries are springing up. Reconstruction of towns and industries is astonishingly advanced.

Soviets Promote Relations

WHATEVER PERSONAL INCLINATIONS of individual Finns may be, the nation is determined to construct a new life in friendly co-operation with Russia. ‘The Soviets are shipping Polish coal and 2700 tons of Russian wheat daily into Finland and maintaining minimum staffs in the country to supervise reparations and promote Russo-Finnish trade. Helsinki retains little evidence of bombing, so energetically have the people tackled repair work. They apologize for their dirty city to visitors who would be prepared to eat off its immaculate streets. Despite its empty shops, the people maintain a better

problems they face. With/a shortage of all raw materials except wood and] copper, there is not only a struggle to rebuild a d economy, but a battle against inflation. Living costs have risen’ 200 per cent during the past year. Strikes for higher wages have occurred and are threatened in several industries. The Agrarian party demands higher agricultural prices as a condition for remaining in the coalition government, The housing problem is acute. In addition to accommodating those bombed out, housing must be found for 300,000 Karelians, whose territory has been incorporated in the Soviet Union and for all the

REFLECTIONS . . . By Charles

SANTA FE, N. M.,, June 3—The swarthy speaker pours out a torrent of Spanish and the senores and caballeros out in front break into cheers. They laugh with him when he turns to satire and they shout back in Spanish to show delight and agreement. Probably nowhere else in the country does a candidate for the U. 8. senate eampaign in a foreign tongue. - Yet out here it’s still a native tongue. Even many of the so-called’ “Anglos” born here have the same fluency in Spanish as in English.

Senator Represents Spanish-Americans

SPANISH-AMERICANS of the northern counties which bear the old Spanish names often turn out to vote in larger numbers than the English-speaking people of eastern New Mexico. They love the excitement of a political rally. Generally they are less diverted by movies and the radio than the Anglos and a political meeting interests them. y Young bloods come in bright shirts and best leather boots. Spanish-American women wear brilliant shawls and dresses. The names of many of the candidates are those of families here for centuries— Chavez, Montoya, Martinez, Baca, Sedillo, Lopez, Garcia and Jaramillo. - Sometimes Spanish-American candidates mak their speeches both in English and Spanish. Again, an interpreter standing beside the speaker will translate each English sentence into Spanish as it is spoken. Many stories are told of interpreters becoming so enthralled with the subject that they soon are making their own speeches with their own gestures. Anglos and Spanish-Americans live together in the friendly community of this large state. Together® they've ridden the range, punched cows, built dams

PARIS, June 3.—Recent reduction in living allowances of United States diplomatic representatives in Paris may ultimately prove to have been a wise measure if it draws attention to what, for a’ great and rich country like America, is a disgraceful situation. At a time when the United States is rightly aspiring to play a leading and even dominant role <n world affairs, her diplomats are worse paid than those of any other great power. It would be nividious to quote precise figures of pay and allowances of ambassadors still serving. But the contrast between the remuneration received by Lord Halifax, former British ambassador in Washfngton, and by John G. Winant, former American ambassador in London, may well be adduced to illustrate the disadvantage which the U, 8. state department imposes on its unfortunate representatives.

Britain Also Loses Good Men THE OFFICIAL SALARIES of Halifax and Winant were approximately equal—$16,000 a year for Halifax, and $17,000 for Winant. But whereas Halifax received allowances amounting ‘in all to over $80,000, Winant's entire allowances were less than $5000. A similar disparity exists between the allowances of the British and Anierican ambassadors in Paris. And the amounts paid by the state department to junior employees are equally inadequate. Though the British scale’ of allowances is far more generous than the American, .no one could pretend that it is excessive. In the last 15 or 20 years, scores’ of Britain's ablest diplomats: have "left the foreign service for other professions. And usually Cabinet ministers are not necessarily men of genius, but

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adds fuel to the charge Republicans are making, that the Democratic party is inept, too divided, to govern. Previously this charge had been based on the split off of southerners to join Republicans to block: the administration program. Now the liberal wing splits on this issue. ° 5 .. The President obviously struck out on his legisiative crusade without consulting senate leaders and without properly analyzing the senate’s probable attitude on such a drastic proposal as drafting workers into the army. He was badly advised. It is this confusion from which Republicans can gain most politically, even though their own position is confused enough. Only four Republicans in the house voted against the President's bill. But Senator Taft (Ohio) stepped in to take the ball away from the Democrats in the senate, and every Republican backed him up against the draft proposal, along with a majority of Democrats,

First Action by Senate MEANWHILE, THE SENATE, for the first time, passed a general bill—the Case bill of the house—to revise the Wagner act in several particulars. It is now before the President. It puts him in another hole. Labor 1s urging that he veto it, and he has indicated he might. This will help him with his labor allies, but will lose him the support of those who had applauded his bold action to end the rail strike. The Case bill represents an attempt to solve the long-

term labor problem for which th been such great public demand. Re ny

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Helen Kirkpatrick

ture Lies With Reds

population of Rovanie which - popula mi, ch the Germans de Among the $3 billion German assets in Finland awarded Russia at Potsdam, are Helsinki apartment buildings. The Russians took possession last week, adding another 400 persons to househunters. A strictly enforced law prohibits an individual from oceup, more than one room and th x yiog us helps solve The government is a coalition of all parties, with Social Democrats, Communists and Agrarians the dominant ones. The Communists have 39 out of 200 diet seats and an estimated party membership of 25,000. Three out of 18 cabinet ministers are Communist, including the minister of the interior. ' The reparations burden is great, but the Pinns are proud that they are up to date in payments, which are the same as the Russians asked from Italy—$300 million, payable in goods at prewar prices. Trains going to Russia are laden with reparations—

building timber, pulp, locomotives and machine tools. 2

Cannot Knit Scandinavia Tie

THE FINNS KNOW that their future les in maintaining friendly relations with Russia. As a result, the speaker of the diet, Karl A. Fagerholm, has explained to the Swedes that Finland cannot discuss closer relations with the Scandinavian states. Nor can the Finns’ normally strong feelings be given free rein. American internal difficulties are reported prominently in newspapers, with one leading conservative Helsinki paper discussing effect of strikes on American and world policy. That paper regards the U. S. as in a more powerful position than any country since the Roman empire but fears its power may be dissipated by labor troubles. It is feared that strike results may be disastrous for the world in view of the food crisis, , . - ’

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Candidates Woo Voters in Spanish

and irrigation canals. Yet in the heat of a political campaign the race issue is always an underlying factor, sometimes exploited. The Anglo population .is larger now than Spanish-Americans. A couple of nights ago in Sante Fe a SpanishAmerican candidate told a meeting that “if we lose Senator Chavez we will never £gain have a United States senator. Not only will we not have any senator but our people will decline and become a minority group without rights and privileges as they are in some other states.” . Senator Chavez is being opposed for the Democratic senatorial nomination at tomorrow’s primary by Governor John J. Dempsey. There were other references calculated to emphasize the racial] differences between English-speaking and Spanish-speaking Americans. Senator Chavez sat on the platform and when he spoke, in English, he made no disavowa] of such tactics. People following politics out here like the frank, robust approach. ‘At this same meeting, 8 young candidate let it be known that he was running his campaign on his veterans’ mustering-out pay plus “400 I won in a crap game on the way home.” He drew one of the biggest cheers of the evening.

Free and Easy Campaign

EVEN THE WEATHER can be a lively political topic. The other night at Socorro a speaker praised the achievements of Governor Dempsey, but he said there was something even more important they hoped he could do. “Governor,” he said, “you’ll earn the eternal gratitude of+Socorro and Magdalena if you'll just make this damned wind stop blowing.” :

TODAY IN EUROPE . . . By Randolph Church U.S. Diplomacy Harmed by Low Pay

last 10 years, at least five or six retired British diplomats have achieved cabinet rank. Politics gained what diplomacy lost.

Thus the foreign office, through inability to offer sufficiently attractive careers, loses each year many of its ablest diplomats, carefully trained for posi-

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with what is often inferior material,

Under the existing American system, it's impossible for anyone to embark upon a diplomatic career unless he possesses considerable private means. In addition, there is the deterrent that nearly all the biggest plums are reserved for non-professionals,

In Britain, those who contribute heavily to political campaign funds are rewarded by being elevated to the house of lords, American political -leaders, having no such harmless rewards to give, have to reward campaign contributors with ambassadorships or other appointments, More than half of the United States’ key diplomatic posts are held today by people who have little claim but wealth to recommend them. This not only means that a lot of very bad appointments are made. sional diplomats become considerably discouraged.

Hope for Greater Pay

IN THE PAST, this situation was ignored by.

congress, whihc was little interested in foreign affairs. .. Most of its members felt that, if there were Americans so foolish as to wish to live abroad, they might as well pay for the doubtful privilege. America is fast acquiring a foreign policy and con- « yress is beginning to concern itself with the workings of that policy, American diplomats are hoping that the state department may attempt to procure

from congress a slightly “more generous .scale of

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