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Price in Marion County, 5 cents a copy: dellvered ‘hy. carrier, 20 a week. Mail rates in Indians, $5 a year; all other states, U. S. possessions, Canada and Mexico, 87 cents a month. » RI1-55651. REED ice Light end the People Will Fins Their Own Woy THE THINNING RANKS WELCOME back to Indianapolis, veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, for your national encampment in the city where your first meeting was held back in 66. The Civil war was only just ended. Three years before, _ Morgan's raiders had crossed the Ohio into Indiana. Excitement over Lincoln's assassination and the honor paid to his body by Hoosiers in their state house the year before was still alive in conversation. Our first horsecars were still a novelty. ' Indianapolis was on the verge of expansion. The few remaining veterans of the war between the states have geen its growth as they attended subsequent encampments here in 1893, 1920 and 1921, and again in 1942. And | Indianapolis has been saddened by the thinning ranks of ! its honored guests. This year, the members of the auxiliaries of the G. A. | R. far outnumber the veterans who founded it. They have kept aljve the tradition of service to country and community and of the unity of America. Indianapolis is proud that it again was chosen as host

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NEW GLOBAL WAR OF NERVES

WHATEVER the immediate intent behind the recent > attacks on our planes over Yugoslavia, the incidents fit into a world-wide pattern of studied pressure and hostility, directed against free nations everywhere by the Russian-dominated Communist bloc. Unknowingly, and against our will, we have become fnvolved in a new form of war, of which we are in fact the principal target. : In its present stage, this war is much like the war of nesves Hitler waged against Austria and Czechoslokavia, before he provoked the shooting war by his invasion of Poland. : Stalin’s campaign of conquest has been better planned and more carefully conducted, and it has yielded much richer dividends without invoking any penalties. Munich gave Hitler only a slice of Czechoslovakia, but Stalin, at Yalta and Potsdam, under one form of control or another, collected Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, Outer Mongolia, substantial sections of Germany and Austria, and half of Korea. History records no more extensive conquests by concession.

. ” . » » ”. NEW immediate objectives are Trieste and the Dardanelles, apparently to be followed by the subjection, if possible, of Turkey, Greece, the Middle East and China, all of which are currently getting Russian attention. - But just as Hitler saw France and Great Britain standing in his path in 1939, Russia recognizes the United States and the British commonwealth of nations as the only real obstacles to her new imperialism. * We appear to have put appeasement behind us, but that is not enough, Wars are not won by rear-guard action, yet we are fighting that kind of an action everywhere in the world except in Japan, where Gen. MacArthur has had the sense of realism and courage to assume an offensive on his own initiative. New and better strategy and tactics must be evolved for dealing with this situation, both at home and abroad, if Russian expansionism is to be contained within its present boundaries. Further ground will be lost if we continue to deal with a world problem in piecemeal, haphazard fashion, following one policy in Greece, another in Korea, and a third in China. Here is a problem which the President and congress must face in its entirety, and in regard to which the cabinet and all agencies of government must be co-ordinated, beginning of course with the state department.

WE STILL DON'T LIKE IT

HE federal communications commission has decided, with a rare flash of good judgment, that when a telephone conversation is being recorded both parties should know it. } It has ruled, tentatively, that recording machines must be equipped to give out automatic tone warnings at regular intervals, and that stars must be printed in phone directories beside the names of subscribers who use such machines. We hope anyone with ideas for further circumscribing operations of the mechanical eavesdropper will send them along promptly to the FCC. The humane thing, of course, would be to outlaw the infernal apparatus. But the gods of efficiency and scientific progress are in the saddle, and the recording gadget probably is here to stay. Any time

doing business, you may be sure most government agencies and some corporations will adopt it.

Hoosier

"I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." — VYoltaire.

Forum

By B. L. R,,

"Politicians Afraid to Vote Money For Welfare Because Public Objects"

Even to the casual observer, the poignant story of the Michigan me statements and resolutions in| City lad who died after 17 days in an Indiana mental institution should their recent state convention seem

“LEGION NOT TURNING OVER TO YOUNGER MEN" 7 | By Robert M. Long, 1526 Temple ave. I am not a member of the Amer-

Indianapolis . Jean Legion but, as a veteran, to

precious son of a gun, don't you know that only young men have

n p IN: 7 \A/ "He RAL LE 0. a TE 3 a ¥ APREE TaL To Sor (OUR TOWN . . . .By Anton Scherrer Cdl : pi

Poor Tiff's Sad

THEOPHILIUS, THE BARTENDER who permits"

me to call him Tiff, was doubled up, jack-knife fash fon, with his spectacled nose flat on the highly polished mahogany counter when I dropped into his

place of business. “Tiff, Tiff,” says I, “what in the world has happened? Don't tell me that you, , are a victim of coronary occlusion. Tiff, you

such symptomé§? Shame on you.” “Leave me to myself,” says Tiff kinda miserably. “I am pe- | rusing the latest number of Vogue and have just reached, after 109 pages of lurid advertising, the first of its articles

labeled ‘Forecast for Autumn.” . "I'm all ears” says I, hardly able to contain myself.

“The caption reads: ‘New Lines Forming,” says Tiff, stressing each word lest I muff the import of their meaning.

What Do Those Words Medan

“SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING by Drew Pearson,” says I, betraying my disappointment. “Precisely,” says Tiff, “but this is much more serious than anything Mr. Pearson has thought up lately. This one is straight out of the lion's mouth.” And Tiff proceeds to read, preserving the staccato style of Vogue: “Pigures are the fashion. A fashion that has been on the way forthe last three seasons. Now it has arrived. A small waist is money in the bank— rounded hips are an asset—good shoulders and bosom are jpwels—the flat midriff. worth a ransom.” “Takes care of everything except the feet,” says I. “What about the feet, Tiff?" “The feet,” says Tiff, “will be re-designed to do the Castle Walk.” “Whatcha mean,” says I, not unmindful of Tiff's predilection for cryptic metaphors. “I mean,” say Tiff, “that our angels will appear in absurdly high heels this fall.” ” “How do you know,” says I, somehow confident that Tiff has the answer. “By the process of elimination,” says Tiff, “a lady equipped with low heels can’t possibly do the Castle Walk; ergo. . .." Suddenly Tiff's face goes white and, for a moment, it looks as if he might keel over. When he comes to, Tiff lets out a blood-curdling yell and shrieks: “By the Lord Harry it's a euphemism.”

Euphemism Troubl “A euphemism,” says I inquiringly, utterly bewildered by Tiff's strange behavior. ! “Precisely,” says Tiff, "it's as plain as daylight; the Castle Walk is a euphemism thought up by the Vogue people to overcome the prejudice against high heels.” “And-crowd low heels off the sidewalk,” says I. “It's a pleasure to serve one of your perception,” says Tiff. “Perhaps another of the same?” “The same,” says I. When Tiff sets the refill before me, he casually remarks: “Have you perchance ever heard the reason for my antipathy to euphemisms.” : “Not to my knowledge,” says I, kno that I wouldn't deprive Tiff of a vine Su vel anything. : “It's as nice an example of cause and effect ak you'll find anywhate,” says Tiff, “and goes back to my childhood; as a matter of fact to the earliest of my formative years when my mother tried to interest me in Bh Soncoelipn known as milk gravy at the time.” “It ‘sounds. exactly as if " ay ; y you said milk gravy, “Milk gravy,” says Tiff succinctly. * " stomach the dish, which must not Rad : reflection on my mother's cooking. Mother was a cook. par excellence. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam.” 1 rose to my feet and, for a moment, the two of ‘us paid tribute to Tiff's mother of blessed memory. “There must have been a lot of people with my kind of stomach,” continues Tiff, “for I distinetly remember that when I grew in stature and soul, some crusader who thought he had our welfare at heart changed the name of milk gravy into that of white sauce.” “For the purpose of fooling the masses, of course.” says I. “Ad captandum wvulgus,” says Tiff, fon Phi Beta Kappa key on his white jacket. Sis ‘he

It's Still Gravy

TIFF ACKNOWLEDGED my admiration with a nod and continues: “Nor was that the end,” he says. “When I acquired the romantic habit of taking girls to restaurants, I ran across Sauce Bechamel and, believe it or not, it was the same old milk gravy, the same old white sauce, too; with the result that Sauce Bechamel is now an accredited euphemism with which to fool the innocent. “After such a ghastly experience, you have every reason to he sore,” says 1 sympathetically, “Thank you,” says Tiff. “I can smell a euphemism a mile off and nobody, not even Vogue, can fool me anymore.”

REFLECTIONS . .. By Robert C. Ruark \ / . Now It's Doctor, Lawyer, Tax Expert

NEW YORK, Aug. 26—I am in the market for a nice, tame sawbones, who will come when you call and is gentle with the children, because a man never knows when He'll be hauled up to testify somewhere and there is nothing like a house-broken

be jolting proof that something must be done—soon. We have read the report made to Governor Gates and the mental health council. We interpret it, not as a satisfactory explanation, but as a bitter

to be in need of an explanatio®.

A group which fought for de-

It is not enough to argue over

were warned of the overcrowded, condition at the Ft, Wayne school for feeble minded. State authorities admit frankly three damning points—(1) the at« tendant charged with caring for Jackie was lame from a sprained ankle and worked on because no one was available to relieve her; (2) that attendant cared for as many as 55 mentally ill children at a time, and (3) she was not a qualified nurse or even an experienced attendant; for the simple reason that if she were, Ft. Wayne never could have hired her with the salary scale provided. But before you start laying abuses on the "politicians, Mr, and Mrs. Hoosier, just think this over, Politiclans are afraid to vote more money to institutions. They are afraid of you, afraid you will bite back at them and hurl them out of office for increasing the cost of government, The fact is, bitter experience has shown them you are likely to do just that, I think it's time Hoosiers let their government officials, particularly their legislators know, they are willing to kick in a few bucks

indictment of the penuriousness of a great and rich state.

in good physical condition when he was admitted to the institution. | It is not enough to point out that the county clerk and the family

mocracy should certainly have, enough faith in it as a way of life | that they would let it prevail at| their own gathering. However, I; need refer only to the words of the] newly elected leader .of the Amer-| ican Legion, W. I. Brunton, Scottsburg, to show how little of it ex- | ists today in the American Legion. In a newspaper interview Mr. Brunton said: “World war II vet-

BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY erans aren't yet ready to take con-

1810} th : y , th A revolutionary method of cutting| ne legion DoRever bi down automobile accidents has been| and it shouldnt be too long Soyeloped BY aineion, ou ‘before they are ready to assume p : x y NE the responsibilities of the organithe traffic laws. zation.”

» I do not doubt for one moment] Since printing Searetary Byrnes’ the sincerity of Mr. Biunton, I-am| speech, Russian newspapers seem to sure he spoke in,good faith. But to be getting more like ours. Pravda ime it seems he made an out and carried a story complaining about|{out admission that the old guard the Moscow housing shortage and|still retains control of the Legion. blaming bureaucratic red-tape. They retain control despite the fact #2 that 6% per cent .of the Legion membership is reported to he members of world war II. They retain control also, despite the fact that it would be utterly impossible for Seems lke the present-day seace] EE: Brunton to say when or where should satisfy the most war-lke control would be turned over—if a , * |vibrant, democratic way prevailed in i the Legion. Senator McKellar was right wher.| According to a newspaper account, he said that President Truman's the American Legion also voted

whether or not Jackie Storey was

VIEWS ON THE NEWS

Paris peace commissioners fake! turns confessing they are wasting | time. Ld

croaker to, get you out of the grease. There might have been a time when the guy who was afoul of the law, or who was caught with his claws in the cash box, set up_a great yell for his mouthpiece. Now they seem to holler for the doctor first and the lawyer can take his time on his way down to see the bail-bond boys.

Mr. May Too Sick to Testify * '

JUDGING FROM THE RECENT hocus-pocus over whether Rep. Andy May was physically fit to tell what he knew about the Mead committee's investigations into the Garsson munitions combine, I gather that a man with a really determined set of medicos can fend off the witness stand’ indefinitely. A heart murmur is a hard thing to herd into the corner, for purposes of weight and measurement, Such is the mystic wall around medical knowledge that when a licensed pulse-feeler says a guy is trembling on the brink, and dresses it up with medical double-talk, - the most learned legal mind can't say him nay. .And if the doc says his patient is took down too bad to come to cburt and tell why he is innocent as a babe, why, he is just too sick to come to court—until such time as public resentment has died down, or a couple of vital witnesses have suddenly decided to dwell forever in Sumatra. I have never understood how a guy can be strong enough to fight six cops and bust up the furniture on one day, and then come down with the botts, pernicious anemia, varicose veins and myocarditis ot the skinnis as soon as the deputies haul out the cuffs and the clerk clears his throat for the first “Oyes.” But generally, after the recess from an immediate

attempt to save money amounts to

to take care of the insane, the feeble minded, the epileptic. And | do it now!

a change in our form of government, ” 2 Tennessee veterans have decided to set up a political decontrol board. They will nds stump for Boss Crump.

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“STREETCAR COMPANY IS BEING HIGH-HANDED” By V. L. Johnston, 1110 Linden st. Where are our police department at to allow the streetcar company to have a bunch in cars to go to put People off the car when they offer metal tokens for a ride. They bought them for that. These gangs the car company have are inclined | to excite a riot, There is a law By A. J. Wagensellar, Indianapolis against that act. Strong-arm act| Well, I see Raymond Willis finally has caused all riots I have eVer oot his free trip to Europe as a

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Looks like Tito was caught redhanded.

“WILLIS WAITED UNTIL AFTER CONGRESS FOR TRIP”

down a motion that Negro veterans be admitted to the 40 and 8 society, the fun organization of the Legion Why? Are they not Americans? Are they not veterans? Are they not capable of having “fun”? I find it impossible to find how an organization with the expression “American” in its name could honestly justify such discrimination, especially when that “American” organization had recognized the right and duty of those Negroes to fight for the United States of America. ; There are several other actions taken by the Legion, such as the cry for a bonus, all of which I'am at odds with. However, I am willing

there's an invention to make possible a lazier method of

heard of. Maybe the car company is above the law, It goes to show the car company is stronger than the state law of the P. 8. C, This high-handed way of the car company has cost them a lot of money. If they had all the money they have spent to get this car raise they would not have needed a raise.

to concede that those might be differences that evolve out of a different political philosophy. (And I'm not a Communist, fellas.) Therefore, I will not rant and rave about them. But to me, those above examples indicate a lethargy and prejudice which have no part in a, veteran's

| parting gift from the President.

That makes it about 100 per cent] {for Indiana congressional delega|tion overseas trips, and what have | we to show for them? Anyhow, Senator Willis did not |take his trip while congress was in

session.

organization designed to perpetuate democracy. » ” ”

into other people’s affairs.

embalmed in recording wax.

| JUSTICE McREYNOLDS

ey general.

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rn " r » » » 3 RE tapping is a handy trick for catching crooks. But a thoughtful congress has ruled wire-tapped evidence inadmissible in the courts, on, the sound theory that it is an even handier way for busybodies and blackmailers to pry | } Privacy, a right cherished by free Americans, is getting harder and harder to protect. | And now the unpleasant prospect is that—unless you re- | member to listen carefully for that “tone warning” and to | took for those stars in the phone book—you'll shoot off your | mouth or discuss personal matters and have your words

- JUSTICE JAMES C. McREYNOLDS' first government service ‘was a8 a vigorous trust-buster in the justice

cal at the time of his elevation to

the N Deal among the “nine was assailed as a reactionary. Justice McReynolds’ views on ‘changed little if} at all. Times changed. prove that how a‘ man is labeled depends

Side Glances—By Galbraith

COPR. 1946 BY NEA SERVIOL. ING. 1. .

“HOW ABOUT MATERIALS FOR EXPENSIVE HOMES?”

By George J. 613 E. 9lst Chicago

Some time ago there was supposed to be an investigation as to how ‘well-to-do’s from Chicago were able to buy land at the Sand Dunes and build “$40 to $50 thousand |dollar homes. How did they get material? The factories have priorities over the G. 1.’s. These “big businessmen” have the materials shipped to the.factory. It is reshipped to the site of their play- | houses, So you can see where the | priority goes. A G. I, is told “Sorry we can’t build you a house as we {have too many unfinished already and we can't get material.” In the same breath they say “we have some under construction that cost $10,750, but you will have to have at least $2000 over the G. I, loan.” They are not what you want in the first place and are built away from transportation and shopping districts,. Why doesn't the Legion do something about these conditions?

DAILY THOUGHT

--Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: Thy blessing is upon Thy people. —Psalms 3:8. » »

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the deist rave,

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"It's the same way every summer! When it's near time for school [There and there only, is the power again, | wish I'd never been born—but then | think about foatballl’ | to save.~Cowper,

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| And atheist, if Earth bears so base

{ BRUSSELS, Aug. 26.—Proposed economic union of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg cannot be regarded as an end in itself. It would lead on to much greater things. Jigsaw puzzles are popular toys in the western world. probably get more fun out of them themselves, for there is a great Yascination to be had from reconstructing a broken picture. But no one, child or adult, | attempts to solve a puzzle by hurling all the pieces on the ground in the hope that, by good luck, they will fall into a coherent pattern.

Russia Is Obstacle THIS SEEMS TO BE the rather optimistic technique of the United Nations. It also seems to be the technique of the 21 nations now meeting in Paris. But a sensible man wishing td put a jigsaw puzzle together starts off bit by bit. If the puzzle is a difficult one, it takes time and patience. We must seek the ideal of Wendell Willkie. “One World” must be our aim, for nothing less than that will ever allow mankind to exist in peace and prosperity. The solving of the world puzzle will take time and patience.. The process has begun in Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, and from their proposed union we should draw encouragement. It will be a slow process, but the so hurry. The world certainly has 20 years, if not of peace, at least, of uneasy armistice, ahead of it. And mergers of nations built slowly one by one will prosper better than the more universal but possibly half-hearted agreements from bickerings at the peace conference. Greatest obstacle in the way of this idea is Soviet Russia. At the merest mention of co-operation between two western countries, Foreign Minister Vv. M. Molotov, in accordance with instructions from the Kremlin, starts screaming about a “western bloc.” At the same time, Russia goes quietly and efficiently ahead with her absorption of eastern Europe. But

Paris Peace

PARIS, Aug. 26—That the Paris conference must either close a failure or promptly move into compromise waters appears to be the consensus among

| most observers here today. The speech which Secretary of States Byrnes made vigorously repudiating earlier accusations by Foreign Minister Molotov that U. 8. policy in Europe was motivated by self-interest was generally viewed as the turning point. +

Smaller Discussion Groups TIME IS THE INDICATOR. The conference is starting its fifth week of debate. Only preliminary approach to the task which it met to accomplish—the peace treaties drafted by the Big Four foreign ministers’ conference—has yet been made. The United Nations general assembly will convene Sept. 23 and the Russian delegates have made it clear that they intend to be there, as have those of a number of other countries. Though conference experts have professed to

Parents who buy them for their children

appearance in the dock, they are not too sick to hop that plane for their own bailiwick, where an even tamer set of stethoscope benders will pronounce them pregnant, persecuted, and possessed of devils—with a positive injunction against travel. By and large our average American doctor is a benign Arrowsmith with a full set of ethics and a sensitive conscience, who does his best by the clients and loses lots of sleep and money curing up the tmpecunious sick. But somewhere on the fringes are occasional gentlemen who can close one eye and translate a 12-day binge into a case of intestinal flu, or magnify a mild frailty into an excuse for the patient to duck an issue. Any guy who has just been caught with his fingers in the jam can always scare up enough sudden symptoms to provide a diagnosis of indisposition. I got a tough sinus, myself. Conflicting testimony on Rep. May by his Washington doctor and the doctors in Prestonsburg, Ky., hasn't done the medical profession as: a whole any lasting good. While the Washington doctor says May shoved off without his knowledge, when the congressman accused of bribe-taking was reported almost physically ready to testify—the Prestonsburg medicos were prescribing an -indefinite rest. ?

It's a Complicated Life tl

THE TRICK OF GETTING TIME via det indisposition is not new, and has been used by defense lawyers from the time of William Fallon as a valuable weapon, with physicians serving as either aware or unwitting dupes. Truth is that anybody accused of something serious is a sick man, but whether he is sick enough to die if he testifies is a matter that has been frequently juggled. Business is getting awfully complicated. In addition to a lawyer and a good tax man, seems & friendly physician is a vital investment. Doctor, "dear, is that my heart actihg up, or is it merely something I et?

TODAY IN EUROPE . « « By Randolph Churchill U.S. of Western Europe Is Envisaged

the union of eastern European countries with ‘Boviet Russia is a different story from possible union of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. There is all the difference between f{riendly agreement among mutually respecting countries and economic and political blackmail of weaker neighbors by a greedy, powerful state. The world is frightened of Russia. But a United States of western Europe could be far more powerful than Russia, especially if allied to the British empire and working in amity with the United States. Population of Russia is 185,000,000. To that, at least for the present, must be added Europeans east of the “iron curtain” probably numbering 95,000,000. ‘That makes a grand total of about 280,000,000 for Russian-dominated powers. A United States of western Europe might ultimatelv comprehend Scandinavia, the Low Countries, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, western Austria and, last but not least, southern and western Germany. These populations amount roughly to 246,000.000, all highly civilized Europeans. Bulk of Russia's 185,000,000 are fairly primitive Asiatics. Moreover. to the numbers of the western bloc might well be added another 20,000,000 highly civilized Europeans inhabiting the British dominions, ‘plus the native populations of British, French, Dutch, Belgian, Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires amounting to 322,000,000. The grand total would be 30 per cent population.

Low Countries Point the Path IT'S IDLE TO ASSERT that gradual formation of such a merger would alarm Russia. They must realize all the western world desires is peace, and a federation designed for security and prosperity of the world as a whole, not for crippling and disastrous war. Holland and Belgium have shown us the way. We should learn from them and go ahead with the Jdea of one world in our minds.

of the world’s

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Paul Ghali Conference Is Faltering

glimpse a ray of hope in the decision to divide the conference work among seven commissions which, boasting less membership and being less publicized than the plepary sessions, will naturally be less raucous, only the French retain much optimism. In this spirit as conference host, France continues seeking compromise solutions. Its efforts were concentrated on seeking a way to breach the differences between the United States and Britain and the Soviet on the equality of economic rights in the Balkans between the United Nations’ members.

Bring Differences Into Open ANY OPEN CLASH in the two camps between which it still hesitates is extremely embarrassing for France. For that reason, the U. 8. secretary of states speech was not exactly hailed here. But, on the other hand, as intelligent French-

men admit, rancor when openly expressed is less

dangerous than when bitterly swallowed. Better to “spit it out right away” as one observer put it, and clear the air,

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