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a millstone when it's tied around their necks. for their reported decision
to leave out of their state platform the custormary eulogy of the incumbent head of their party, and to get as far away as possible from the Democratic national administration and all its works. There is apparent a strong feeling among Democrats themselves that association with their President, their supreme court, their OPA, . . . even with their P. A. C. « + » can only cost them votes in Indiana this fall. : It isn’t a new feeling, .although it may be a growing trend. Two years ago there was sharp criticism by left-
wing nominees for senator and governor
New Deal elements of the party’s two excellent because they shied away
from President Roosevelt and didn’t include him in their campaign posters. Even so it was pretty evidug That their
link with the New Deal alone was enough to
eat them.
There seems to be fio doubt left in either party today that Hoosier voters have turned definitely away from the federal government's policies of the last 14 years, and that they are likely to lay the whole New Deal mess on President Truman's doorstep, even though he only inherited, and
did not create it.
» s RATHER wisely, we think, the state organization is concentrating on state, rather than national issues in this convention. They have, in that field, a generally good program to offer the voters. Such items as direct primaries for nomination of senatorial and state office candidates, non-partisan selection of judges, and some of the others they may propose, are reforms that cry aloud for action. There is a pretty strong platform in the making. Given equally strong candidates, and a few more Republican blunders, the Democratic party's prospects in Indiana, even in this year of evident Republican swing, are by no means
hopeless.
At least they recognize the errors of their national
party policy . . . if their national party, split as it is among leftists and reactionaries may indeed be said to have a
policy . . . and are ready to formulate a sound policy of |a
their own, on a local and state level. That is all to the good, for Indiana. Absolute one-party control isn’t likely to work any better in Republican hands than it has in Democratic hands. We hope they go through with their proposal to build a powerful progressive platform in their convention,
and that they put into the campaign a slate of nominees |Scientists. The writer got them, perstrong enough to present a real challenge to the over-
confident Indiana Republican machine.
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GINE the National Association of Manufacturers and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce demanding that Secretary Wallace let them each pick an assistant secretary for the government's department of commerce. A howl would go up, we suspect, from Mr. Wallace, from independent manufacturers and businessmen, and from various labor leaders. However, Secretary Schwellenbach has arranged to let the C. I. O. pick one assistant secretary for the department of labor, and the A. F. of L. another. The two men selected have just been approved by the senate labor committee. They are John W. Gibson, former head of the Michigan C. I. O. industrial council, and Philip Hannah, former secretary of the Ohio Federation of Labor. This looks like putting men into government office to represent the interests of two big rival labor organizations. We've always thought the labor department should represent the interests of all the American people, its officials operating impartially for the benefit of all who toil— members of C. I. O. unions, A. F. of L. unions, independent unions and no unions, alike. :
* . » > » » » DIVISION in the labor movement does make impartiality difficult.
the Case bill one of his objections was that a proposed new federal mediation board, technically in the labor department, actually would be independent. Mr. Truman called that “inconsisten$ with the principles of good administration,” He said the functions of such a board, supposed to keep peace between workers and employers, should be under the secretary of labor. Yet the secretary of labor seems unable to keep his peace with the big factions of organized labor unless he lets each pick one of his chief assistants. The fact that Mr. Schwellenbach felt he must go to such lengths to please the C. I O. and A. F. of L. strikes us as compelling evidence that any fair federal mediation board will have to be independent of the labor department.
READ IT, MR. TRUMAN ONE piece of labor legislation we know to be absolutely sound and right is the Hobbs bill, twice passed overwhelmingly by the house and finally passed by the senate without a single opposing vote, This bill does nothing except to declare the opinion of congress that robbery and extortion accomplished by means of threats or actual violence are not legitimate labor practices, and to say that union officers and members guilty of these crimes are just as liable as any other persons to federal anti-racketeering law penalties. The Hobbs bill is now before President Truman, who has expressed his “full accord” with its objectives. If he ~ reads it carefully he will find that it contains nothing dan- _ gerous to any honest worker or union, that it fully protects : all legitimate rights of labor, ) into law.
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pe pretty tough on ‘em, Mr. Bunker. Why, less than delayed capital pununists are a breed which Joe
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"Baruch's Words on Atomic Energy Were Those of Science”
By W. P. Wythe, 626 Middle Dr., Woodruff Place (Ex-Lt, U.S. N. R) It may be of value to enlighten the Pacific veteran from Rock-
tomic energy. Because Mr. Baruch has been dealing with a subject. such critical importance to the survival of the human race and its civilization he could not, nay, dared not for one brief moment to jockey words. To elaborate on the fundamental program, as many
that might eventually force a compromise. But Mr. Baruch's words were not his own. He got them from a committee selected from mem-
on Just who is doing much of the these days, and particularly on
ave left the way open to argument
bers of the Association of .itomic
haps, before Mr. Baruch did, in a} lecture course this spring at Cornell | university under Dr. Oppenheimer, | and my notes are before me. We were told that it would be the program presented, if any. It is, however, to Mr. Baruch's| credit that he realized that the future of atomic energy is so important that he dared not change even the arrangement of the words handed him, that such a change might alter their meaning. Just to be sure that the words always meant the same, they had previously been translated into all of the leading languages to check their meaning in each medium. He (Mr. Baruch) knew that if he stuck with the script he could not g0 Wrong. : One of the lesser-known misfortunes of modern times comes from our public men who do not always understand the things they talk about, but, in agreement with the Pacific veteran, Mr. Baruch is not one of them. . » » “OPA HAS LOST POWER TO HOLD PRICES LINE” By J. E. Fischer, 1515 Locust st., Anderson Along with the billion dollar black |
market, the OPA has issued more | than 50 price increases during the | last two weeks. Why? It couldn't be|
because of loss of power in hold-|
We recall, though, that when President Truman vetoed |in8 the line which they have prom- |, = o..4 “integrity.” Inflation such
ised the people for the past three years and certhinly haven't done, nor could it be the pressure groups
in the beginning. The reason is|
to correct some of the evils that] the men have gone to Washington | and complained of, only to have | been turned away or given the run- | around, or told they would have w)] absorb the increased costs in the |
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VIEWS ON THE NEWS
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY That Louis-Conn fight was as onesided as the contest between Lewis and Truman. : - ” » Appointing the U. 8S. budget director to be vice president of the new $7,670,000,000 world bank must seem like short changing him. - ” ” More beefing than beef is coming from the former fat cattle belt. » o » Headline: ‘““Wallace Sees BoomBust If OPA Abolished.” And he's an authority on both. » » . Most Americans have given up trying to remember the names of new French presidents.
men have beén forced to close their doors because of the lack of intelligent co-operation between the various heads of this agency.
Every move that has been made during the past months has led only to further confusion, hence less mesehandise on the market and complete shut-downs of firms long established in the way of doing business long before the men trying set their rules and policies from a desk in Washington ever heard of
as this clique advocates would wipe out a merchant's life savings over-
| night and he also knows that unless which they seem to cry about, for| cs me order tomes out of this chaos they have as much power now as ya won't have time to listen to our
favorite program or attend our aft-
they are at the last minute trying|ernoon clubs so we can send an ultimatum to our congressmen and senators demanding that the OPA all be too busy trying to find something So you have your You can have the Amerioperation of their business. Many|can way. where you pick your mer-
be continued as. is. We'll
to eat and wear, choice.
chant, buy what you need at a price you know what you gre paying for or you can line up, beg your mer-| chant, and whisper out of the side | of your mouth and what the merchant can’t supply you with find yourself a nice black market where you will pay five times the amount you would over the counter. = ” » “VETERANS DISGUSTED OVER CAR SITUATION” By Burten Davis, 2621 Carrollten ave. I desire to compliment your paper on the article published June 17 concerning veterans being unable to get cars by Ruth Millett. Being a veteran of 42 months’ serv-
ice, 39 of which were overseas, 1 feel I have a right to talk until someone listens. I have had an order in for a new car since last October and have fo date no idea when I will get delivery. Almost every week 1 see someone with a 1040 or 1941 car to trade in get a new one but if I try to buy the used one I must pay practically the price of the new one. For a nation so recently redeemed with blood of American youth, it seems someone has forgotten its obligation. I am sure any of those who hit the beach on Okinawa will remember for years to come what it cost in hardship to preserve our liberty. I was there and know. It may be a sacrifice of a few dollars for a dealer to sell a veteran a car who has no trade in but let's not forget it was a sacrifice to me to leave a good home and job to go to war for $21 a month, We don't ask for charity. All we want is a chance to buy back the things we owned before going to war but had to sell. . You have my permission to forward this letter to anyone you choose or find it a spot in the waste basket.
- » » “ILLINOIS BONUS GRANT MAKES HOOSIERS ASHAMED” By Mrs. R. C. H,, Beech Grove So Illinois has voted an average $400 bonus to its servicemen. Makes one a little ashamed of Indiana, whose officials so begrudge the $1.50 hunting and fishing license they have so generously offered and hope the boys won't take advantage of Indiana is taking full advantage of that corny old line “The boys don't want any special favors.” » » » “DUNWOODY CRUSADE IS POOR PUBLICITY DEVICE” By Subscriber, E. Fletcher ave.
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|SAGA OF INDIANA... By Wilim& Marlow [Indians Should Be Called Americans
"THE PREHISTORIC MEN who were the first Hoosiers have an iljustrious background. They belong- to a race of men that is one of the prime races of mankind. This race inhabited the entire western hemisphere when Columbus discovered America in 1492. Columbus called the people of this race Indians, because he thought he had discovered the East Indies, which were the objéct of his voyage. In reality, these people’ should have been known as Americans. Their race should have been called the American race. But the name which Columbus gave them stuck. So to the mass of people all over the world, except to scholars and to scientific men, they are known as Indians, and their race as the Indian race.
Fine Specimens of Manhood SOMEWHERE BACK IN the ages, the ancestors of this race and the ancestors of the first Hoosiers were ufidoubtedly one. Every established fact bearing on the point and every probable theory based on the known facts confirm this. So a very simple why-
‘to get. a good idea of what sort of people the
first Hoosiers were is to get an idea of what the people whom Columbus saw in the New World, and those of the race for the 400 odd years since, were like. Briefly, and in broad strokes, here is the picture of them: Fundamentally: they were the same all over the western hemisphere. The color of their skin, the contour of their faces, their tribal organizations were essentially the same everywhere. Their religion, their manners and customs, their advancement in civilization, all plainly bore the stamp of
~parts of the world, confirm this,
the same people, Yet, too, they were a varied lot of men. They were warlike and peaceful, They lived
“in the Arctic cold and in the tropic heat, and had
much the same attributes that men do who live in nd South America. They were civilized and docile, such climates everywhere, They were savage and wild in both North America in scattered instances and in varying degrees; from the Arctic to the Antarctic. They were fine specimens of men physically, and even intellectually, as were the Algonquins and the Iriquéis of North America,’
‘and as were some of the Patagonians and other tribes
of South America. They were a dirty, low, sorrylooking lot, as were some of the tribes on the Pacific coast, in the United States. But all of them, in the widest view, were the same. Thus they appeared, in all essential ways, to the common man, to ths scientific man, to all men everywhere. Undoubtedly, in broad race outlines, the prehistoric men of this race were the same kind of men as were the historic men who belonged to it. Observations of other men, of various races, in other Evidence based on the known facts, gathered from widely separate points in the western hemisphere, also confirms it.
Hoosier Ancestors
THIS IS A FUNDAMENTALLY important. thing in the proper understanding of the first Hoosiers. Only in this way is it now possible to get the fullest, freest, truest picture of them. For in the blood of their remote descendants, whom we in America know well, runs the blood and the breeding and the broad outline of the whole race, the first Hoosiers, who were of it, included.
POLITICAL REPORT . . . By Thomas L. Stokes La Follette Fighting as Independent
MADISON, June 24.—The political independence and lack of strict party regularity for which Wisconsin has been famous for many years because of the La PFollette influence is still prevalent. From all present signs, it should pay dividends in the Aug. 13 primary. Translated, this indicates that Bob La Follette, who has served 21 years in the senate, will be renominated which is tantamount to election. The senator, still among the younger members of the senate at 51, dissolved his all but disintegrated Progressive party and espoused the Republican label this year as a matter of political expediency for himself and , his followers.
International Issue Not Clear-Cut
BUT THE REGULAR REPUBLICAN organization at its convention refused to accept him as a Republican and nominated its owh candidate. So the
| senator is running independently and as an irregulal
Ir. The regular Republican convention likewise, in the second place, refused renominaiton to 83-year-old Governor Walter S. Goodland. But this elder statesman also seems the likely winner over two other candidates because of support among the rank and file for his independence. Senator La Follette is assured no easy victory because of the attractive figure selected by the regulars to oppose him, 35-year-old ex-marine captain and circuit court judge, Joseph R. McCarthy. ~ Joe McCarthy came up the hard way that appeals to the sturdy citizenry of this state. He was born on a farm, worked his way through college and law school and won a circuit judgeship at an unusually young age. He was in the marine air corps 30 months. He resigned his judgeship, which Governor Goodland held open for him, and enlisted as a private. He is an energetic campaigner, on the road constantly. He has met criticism for retaining his judgeship while running for public office by personally interpreting the ban against this in the state constitution to apply to state rather than federal offices. He is fighting Mr. La Follette straight through on
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 24.—United States government officials are keeping a close check on the political complexion of news sent into Latin America by the recently-established French press agency
(L'Agence France-Presse). The A. FP. P. successor to the pre-war Havas agency, is subsidized by the French government. It is competing with the United Press, Associated Press and International News Service throughout the continent.
Service Provided Free U.S. EMBASSY AND consular officials have been reading A.F.P. reports daily, and keeping clippings of stories that show definite Communist sympathies. They say that there is no doubt but that a Soviet Union tinge shows up frequently. Consular officials at Sao Paulo, Brazil, have found that A.F.P. frequently assumes a pro-Communist
British undertones. In Santiago, Chile, the editor of the Communist newspaper El Siglo told me that he uses the French service on Page 1 almost daily in place of U.S. press association stories because he likes its political coloration, “I consider,” said Editor Ricardo Foseca, “that the French press service has a more liberal viewpoint. It comes closer to writing world news from the viewpoint favored by the Communists.” Because the French started giving their service free to hundreds of newspapers, A.F.P. has gained wide circulation in both large and small newspapers. In one case in Brazil, the publisher cancelled the U.S. press service he was getting for $550 monthly. Now he is getting British news for $200, and French news free.
WASHINGTON, June 24.—During the war we en-
By Ada Mary Caldwell, Indianapolis My grandfather's collection of early Indiana newspapers has always given me, a shut-in, a great deal of entertainment. The other day, just after I had read in your paper of the fabulous yearly salaries paid some of our movie and industrial darlings, I gleaned this from an 80-year-old issue of the Indianapolis Daily Journal: “The New
columns.” Poor old Boz—born 80, not just 30 years too soon!
DAILY THOUGHT Then sald I, Wisdom is better
poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. — Ecclesiastes 9:16. ” ” ~ Some men never spake a wise word, yet doe wisely; some on the _|other side doe. never a wise deed, and yet speake wisely.—Sir Thomas
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than strength; nevertheless the
joyed the distinction of having the best dressed army in the world. ’ But any prestige which might have accrued from that fact has been kicked away by promiscuous dis-
tribution of our uniforms among foreign troops and American and foreign civilians.
Universal Uniform OUR G. I. FIELD DRESS is worn by the French army in Germany, many of Chiang, Kai-shek’'s troops | in China, by “London” Poles and Balkan refugees. In Paris, an American soldier can discard his headgear and lose himself in the confusion of olive drab on the streets and in the cafes. Recently, two bank robbers in England turned out to be German prisoners of war in U. 8. uniforms. High headquarters are making feverish but belated efforts to correct the situation. They aren’t getting anywhere. The G. I. sees no reason why he should have any particular pride in a uniform everyone is wearing. And there has been so much black-market
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ing of the uniform is beyond control, A new dress or “going-out” uniform for street wear would do wonders for the morale of the U. 8. army. It probably would boost enlistments even more than the projected pay hike. Variations for the several branchés and services would be particularly favored.
attitude, and often has distinct’ anti-U.8. and anti-
trafic in U. 8. army clothing abroad that illegal wear’
the senator's New Deal record, blaming New Deal policies for the situation in the country today and demanding that labor be made responsible with management. This strikes a response in this predominantly agricultural state. On international affairs, he is urging full support for United Nations as the hope for preventing another war, Here the issue is not as clear-cut as in some other states—for example, Minnesota. Senator La Follette, who before the war followed the stanch isolationist tradition of his father, has voted for United Nations, the Bretton Woods financial agreements, the reciprocal tariff program, and for appropriations for the import-export bank for foreign loans. He voted against the British loan, most recent test. But Judge McCarthy has failed to make this a direct issue, as did Governor Griswold in Nebraska. In answer questions, Judge McCarthy says this country must make loans to other nations, but he is critical of the provision in the British loan legislation waiving interest for a few years. He says, too, that Britain should not be permitted to use proceeds of the loan to make purchases in this country for a time as it would promote inflation. On one occasion he replied to a questioner that he would have voted against the loan had he been in the senate. In this state, with its large German and Polish population, there is much anti-British as well as antiRussian sentiment. The senator's vote against the British loan and the La Follette isolationist tradition of the past are helpful. He also is condemning Communist activity in this country in weekly broadcasts from Washington.
La Follette Name Symbol of Reform
THE SENATOR'S STRENGTH lies in the labor vote in Milwaukee and smaller industrial cities in the southeastern part of the state and the La Follette tradition of public service. The La Follette name still seems to carry magic after 46 years, since the senator's father first became governor and started a series of social and economic reforms. They were carried forward in- Wisconsin by his son, Philip, formerly governor, and in the senate ‘by Bob.
WORLD AFFAIRS « « . By Ernie Hill French Providing Red-Tinged News
Organized after the liberation of Paris, the French agency is crowding its news into newspapers in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and other Latin American countries. Leftwing papers make the most use of it, while the better-established dailies use a great deal of nonpolitical material dealing with French culture. A. F. P. naturally has the other news services worried. While it has been given away free, its business representatives are now trying to get some payment. When newspapers show no inclination to buy, however, they usually continue to get the service {ree. U. 8. government officials have been trying to check on the rumor that part of the subsidy to support A.F.P, was donated by the Soviet Union. A.F.P. representatives deny this, and say that they are free from all political interference, despite its government subsidies, A. F. P. bounced into the limelight several days ago throughout Latin America with a story from Washington. It stated that Gen. Carlos von Der Becke, Argentina's former army chief of staff, was proposing to Washington that hemispheric defense be divided into three spheres—Canadian, United States, and Argentina.
Check Being Made WHILE THE STORY HAS been denied generally, Brazilian newspapers have made much of it. They contend that Brazil did a good job patrolling the south Atlantic during the last war, while Argentina was neutral, A complete report on French press activities is being assembled in Washington. Some analysis of A.P.P. news coverage and the tinge of its reporting is expected to be released from Washington eventually.
REFLECTIONS . x By Parker La Moore Snappy Garb Would Pep Up Army
The marine corps learned years ago that a soldier likes to wear a distinctive, colorful uniform. A more casual recognition of the same point is evidenced by the air forces’ disposition to let its members wear their uniform as they see fit. Some of the results are heartbreaking to a West Pointer. But no one 18 likely to confuse a combat pilot with a Red Cross man. Some initiative is being shown in Austria where our G.1.'s are blossoming out in varicolored scarves. But by and large the foot soldier is the forgotten man. And he is the man most needed in our armies of occupation. ? No one denies that our field uniform, with its adaptations for various conditions, is ideal for com=« bat wear. It need not be junked. It is suitable for garrison duty, training and service under field con» ditions. But the time has passed when it can be considered a dress outfit.
Officers Better Off Now
THE OFFICER, with his pinks, green shirts and light serge for summer wear is in a better spot than the enlisted man at least until the new provision that all soldiers dress alike becomes effective. The officer lost one badge of distinction when the Sam Browne belt was discarded. But there isn't much wrong with officer morale or there wouldn't-be more officer volunteers than are required. = 4 Possibly if we dressed up our enlisted men there would be more than enough volunteers there, 00.
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