Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1946 — Page 8

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Give Light and the People Wil Find Their Own Way

. PREVENTIVE PREPAREDNESS | IT was hardly necessary for the secretaries of war and [ * navy to issue their joint statement repudiating Henry | Wallace's assertion that “a %chool of military thinking” | advocates a “preventive. war’ against Russia before the Russians learn to make atomic bombs. : i) Mr. Wallace tossed in that woolly charge to bolster his complete case for appeasement of Russia, and it would have been just as well not to dignify it by serious notice. But the nonsense about a preventive war should not divert attention from the real and immediate need for measures of preventive preparedness to maintain peace. We were attacked in two world conflicts because we were so ill-prepared that would-be world conquerors thought they could push us around with impunity. That can happen again, if we ask for it. And, by adopting the Wallace policy, we would ask for it. National security, in the now foreseeable future, demands that our army, navy and air force be made ready and kept ready to deal with any eventuality, at any time. That will cost money, and lots of it. But the money will be well spent if it buys peace. It should be possible for America to live in the same world with the Soviet Union if the Russians can be made to understand two things—that we mean what we say, and that we are fully able to defepd ourselves against any aggressive action,’ $ In this period of international differences and frictions, our diplomacy must be supported by renewed and unmistakable evidence of strength and national unity if the right of free men to live in a free world is to be preserved. Michievous or careless utterances by public figures tay creat superficial appearances of internal dissension. But the harm done will be of passing importance, if only we defeat the efforts of backseat drivers and fellow travelers to sabotage measures for national security. :

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~ SHADOWS OF OLD MEN Das “NW ITHIN their ranks are too many old men who cannot ; emerge from the shadows of the past, and too many young men who cannot emerge from the shadows of the old’ men.” . * Those words are the definition of the Republican party given by Governor Robert S. Kerr, Democratic head of | Oklahoma's government, who spoke in Indiana yesterday. _...The$ constitute a significant. statement that can be | applied to Democrats as well as Republicans in Indiana. There has been little real change in the dominant forces in the years we have been watching politics here. That phrase “too many young men who cannot’emerge

| men and women to whom the nation and the state is looking ¢ for revitalizing leadership. . Let’s hope that the shadows of the old will be dispelled in the near future by aggressive leadership of the young,

voicing the practical idealism that this war has taught them.

“ENDS” OF COMMUNISM THE American Communists—fronting for Russia, of course—have announced a program for the Philippines: ONE: “Withdrawal of all American troops and arms’ from the Philippines.” ~ TWO: “And end to American assistance to the Fascist. minded Roxas administration.” THREE: “An end to imperialist intervention against the Filipino people and their democratic aspirations for réal independence.” The party line is identical to the one for China, now being pushed so strenuously by various “front” organiza+ © tions, if the word “China” is substituted for “the Philippines” in No. 1. “Chiang Kai-shek” for “Roxas” in No, 2, and “Chinese” for “Filipino” in No, 3. It can be applied to the Greek program by making similar, appropriate changes and substituting the- word “British” for “American.” blank forms for their mounting demands. No troops should be in any foreign land, unless they are Soviet troops, and any government not Russiandominated is Fascist-minded and imperialist, according to the Communist doctrine. China, Greece and the Philippines are on the list- for iron-curtain treatment at the moment, but all of Germany and all of Austria will be added almost any day now. : In the case of the Philippines, it means nothing to the - Red Fascists that Manuel Roxas was elected president by j ‘a majority of his people, at a free election, for free elec- . tions are as vicious an institution as free enterprise, in the eyes of the Kremlin: i The Filipinos having shown no inclination to embrace Russian totalitarianism, the fifth columnists would starve ~ them into submission by “an end to American assistance.”

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@in in the Philippines, China, Japan, Korea, Trieste, any and Austria, the red and pinko fifth column in Squtzy will whip itself into a lather of indignant tration.

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from the shadows of the old men” strikes us as particularly apt in its application to veterans of world war II. There has been too much “integration” and absorption of these

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. For, when a totalitarian uses the words “democratic aspirations for real independence,” he is thinking not of the - people concerned but of the aspirations of himself and his

.. But “withdrawal of American troops” is the No. 1 Just™ on all the Red programs. And, so long as our troops

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"Governor Should Investigate Present Severe Housing Shortage”

“An open letter to Governor Gates. Representing the state of Indiana, would you as a service to the people of Indiana investigate the severe housing shortage which has arisen within a period of four years’

“If you would read the advertisements classified in our three gaily papers under ‘Houses Jor Rent,’ I am sure you will understand ‘how grave the situation is for us, the middle class of people, who are unable

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tries, without regard to the desires of the people. If such a policy were adopted by the United States, our Constitution would be, of no value to the people who follow our conception of democracy. The United States representatives at the Paris Peace Conference have been struggling to show the people of the world that democracy can be better than a ‘dictatorship. Now if the United States would do as Wallace suggested in loaning money and food, then this is contradicting our conception of democracy. As to Wallace's other ideas about

Gates, for your help in this serious

winter months unless some drastic |emergency, not only for myself and

changes are forthcoming soon.

“We have rented the present|diana who is-in the same situation crossed in -the process.

house for a period of seven years and were compelled to do all the redecorating at our expense the past four years. At this time, our house has been sold at a figure twice the amount paid for it by the former owner six years ago, and we have received an eviction notice from the OPA effective Nov, 1, 1946. . . “We are a family of four. My husband, two children, ages 6 and 9 years old, and myself. During the past three years we were unfortunate enough to have the responsibility of seven operations. I know this will be of no interest to you. However, I think this in itself is explanation enough for our not being in a position to make a $2000 to $5000 down payment on, a house that in normal times would sell for the price of the present down payment alone. “To any person, Governor Gates,

but can you imagine a frantic mother seeing her children being put out in the streets? “I for one can see no reason for treatment such as this taking -place in America today when there are enough houses vacant that could easily relieve this shortage if it were not for the owners holding them vacant so as to make a quick sale. Neither can I understand the reason for an owner being allowed to sell a property for as much as two and three times its original cost. “It is the middle class of people, Governor Gates, who are suffering from this treatment, but being of the middle class they know of nothing they can do to remedy the situation without help of some kind. Myself, IT cannot and will not see my children treated in such a manner, Neither will I be force {to buy a home for three times its worth without a fight. :

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4s we are. “We will appreciate any help and advice you might give us as to what we can and should do to break p this very grave and unfair situation. > * “Thank you for your kind consideration.” : “ # 5 u “VOTERS SHOULD RECALL CONDITIONS WHEN VOTING” By Taxpayer, City What's wrong with the Indianapolis police farce, I mean force? Just when they get a bunch of un-

solved brutal murders on their hands, they decide to have a gaming crackdown. In normal times they sit around on their reputations and let gamblers run “hog wild.” Is the gaming crackdown their way of rationalizing their own laxity . . . or inefficiency? The prosecutor's office also is partly responsible. With a. little real justice to criminals, such shocking ' killings wouldn't happen so often. Voters should remember these things when they go to the polls in the next election. = » » “WALLACE PUT BYRNES IN RIDICULOUS ROLE”

By Raymond Medsker Jr, 212 Schaff st, Beech Grove

I have read with considerable interest the speech made by Secretary of. Commerce Wallace at Madison Square Garden, and it is with shame that a distinguished American like Mr. Wallace would put our Secretary. of States Byrnes in such a ridiculous position at the Paris Peace Conference. Wallace in his speech said that the United States should get together with the other big two, Great Britain and Russia, and share the spoils, when they loan money and food to the other coun-

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two worlds, it is utterly impossible [to do as he suggested. In 1939, Rus|sia tried to join Germany in her {world conquest, but she was doubleAt the! moment China is fighting a civil | war in which the Communists have | a policy of combining democracy and communism. This is an example of two worlds, in one counjtry, and as you see, two different policies of communism and democracy could not work. A country as the United States, with freedom it has, could not allow the world to be thrown in a slavery of Communists, z A world divided can not stand, or stated more plainly, there can never be a policy of democracy and dictatorship working together. » » ” “VETERAN OLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT, BUT NOT TO BUY” | By A Navy Veteran, E. Washington st. | This episode happened to an exservice man who wears two battle stars and two campaign bars for service: at Saipan, Iwo Jima, China and Japan, though lacking only a few weeks of being 21 years old. Accompanying my mother to a grocery on E. Michigan st. last | week to purchase groceries for a sick aunt and mother buying for herself, we selected all the items we wanted and each of us included a 10c roll of toilet paper in our list, mother buying for herself and myself buying for the aunt who was very ill, What happened when we got to the cashier's counter? The cashier laid my roll aside and when we questioned the manager as to the reason we were curtly told that, I, an ex-gob with more than a year’s duty in the battle zones, could not buy this roll of toilet paper because I was not 21 years old or the head of a house. ” 5 ~ “TACOMA VILLAGE LOOKS GOOD TO HOMELESS G.1'S By Ex-8. Sgt, Carmel I am a disabled veteran and I also -would like to beef a little on this Tacoma Village situation. If the people who are crabbing |about the river shanties that are |being set up at their door had to [live as some of, us fellows had to |during the war, they would think {that a “shanty” was a palace. What did they do during the war? !Grab someone's home when they {went into service; or make big money while we were fighting for {$50 a month to keep their classy | homes for them. » » ~ | “TACOMA VILLAGE RENT | FREE. TILL OTHERS BUILT” {By Roy Perkins, BR. R, 12

«0 bet the builder would not live ;n one of them, let alone buy one. 11 these places are the best that can be given the boys who fought for us, we should all hang our heads in shame. Now if you were putting up these places rent free for them until they could find a decent place, then it might mean something. And I will contribute to the cause, $500, and teel happy. -

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VIEWS OF BOTH CANDIDATES for U. 8. senator on American foreign policy have been presented in this column this week. Tami °F ' An increasing number of local folk is interested in world affairs . , . realizing victory in war is but first step to victory in peace. Therefore, the positions of these nominees . . . one of whom will be the only senator we elect until 1950 . . . are of especial interest. Let’s examine what they stand for, when their statements are stripped of rhetoric.

Agree on United Nations IN THE TWO CONTESTANTS, we find sharp personality contrast. gor Willfam E. Jenner, G. O. P. nominee, is an overseas ~ veteran of the second world war with several weeks in the senate following death of Senator Van Nuys. He is young (38), aggressive, and speaks along the for-ward-looking lines of practical world co-operation voiced by his party's leadership. M. Clifford Townsend, former gavernor who is the Democratic candidate, is older (62), more phlegmatic, is a consistent New Dealer who has P. A. C. support, and could be expected to follow party leadership exactly. ' Disregarding Mr. Jenner's obviously true charge that the U. 8. has not met its obligations to the world and Mr. Townsend's reiteration that the Republicans scuttled the league of nations, both candidates favor pretty mych the same things. They're for “firmness” in foreign relations, for one. Mr. Townsend describes this as a “firmly independent foreign policy which should always seek to build a strong foundation for peace.” Mr. Jenner asks for a policy “governed by what is best for America— by a primary interest in the freedom and well-being of the American people, and peace throughout the world to insure that freedom.” \ Both candidates support United Nations, believe the atomic bomb secret should remain the sole property of America until there is real co-operation for lasting peace and a UN organization strong enough to protect the secret. And both are against entangling ourselyes in any bloc, whether it be Russian or British,

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Daniel M. Kidney

After Mr. Truman

DEAR BOSS: AS YOU KNOW, tousle-haired ex-Secretary Wallace will not be ‘1 Kokomo for his speech next month as billed since Mr. Truman forced his resignation. Having been one of the swarm of newspaper and radio men who went to the White House for the’ Wallace-Truman meeting, thought perhaps you would be interested in some of the detail. When it was announced that Wallace would appear there at 3:30 p.m. a crowd began to gather at the White House gates.

Wallace Was Smiling ‘ THE SECRETARY SHOWED UP promptly, and dashed in so fast that the dozens of cameramen had to catch him on_the fly. Then the heel-cooling of the news and cameramen began in the outer office. Every now and then .someone would emerge from one of the series of inner sanctums and the whole gathering would- spring to the alert. After the first two hours of this it became a little monotonous. We sitters began to speculate on what Henry and Harry were doing all this time. Someone suggested a peek into the back lawn to see if they were pitching horseshoes. % Finally Henry emerged. He was smiling broadly and carried the communiqué from this joint meeting in his hand. He looked as happy as though he had just got President Truman to sign up the White House on his milk route. ' He read the statement with the newsmen shouting louder, louder.” As usual, the wire servicemen rushed for phones and only injured a few of the rest of us en route. Then we had a chance to talk to him. .Since everything he said has been printed, I'll not go into that. But once otitside, the news-reeimen demanded that he talk for them. Smet “But I promised not to talk,” he told them, still | grinning.

“THERE SHALL BE NEITHER slavery nor involuntary ' servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crime, whereof the party

shall have been duly convicted”: These are the first 27 words of the sixth article of the ordinance of 1787 as passed by the Continental Congress, covering slavery in the Northwest territory. The remaining 44 words cover reclaiming fugitive

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Cause of Early Controversy, THE 71 WORDS OF THIS ARTICLE are a little more than one-fourth of the 267 words that Lincoln used on slavery in his Gettysburg address Nov. 19, 1863. These 267 words by Lincoln immortalized the struggle in America to wipe slavery from its map. The first 27 words of the slavery proviso of the ordinance of 1787 admittedly helped America to do this through its free militant section of. the Northwest territory in those four bloody Civil war years. However, this slavery article of the ordinance of 1787 caused much angry and anxious controversy in Indiana, as a territory and as a state, before the whole matter was finally settled. There were many angles to this controversy—among territorial and state officials, judges of the courts, and intellimilitant citizens. : oy Turner, for example, of the Northwest territorial court, engaged in a long, bitter controversy over the whole matter with Henry Vanderburgh, probate judge and justice of the peace in Knox county. Judge Turner, maneuvered into a position where he might free vanderburgh's slaves, was balked aping of the slaves. by Jie may 8 on 20 years. of this under-cover, bitter dissension over slavery in the Northwest and Indiana territories, the entire matter came to &

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Two members of the Truman cabinet—Secretaries Krug and Patterson— are convinced the future of Alaska depends in the

long run on its civilian population. The secretary of interior is concerned primarily with Alaska’s commercial and economic advancement. The secretary of war has in mind the defense of p ern frontiers. In an age of longling iy weapons, Mr. Patterson Sees Alaska as “our most important bastion of defense.

Few Farmers Live There THE 1940 CENSUS GAVE Alaska a population of 72,000. About half are Eskimos, Aleuts and nomad Indians, without property or permanent homes. The others are concentrated in the major cities—Anchorage (7500), Fairbanks (7000), Juneau (6000). Nome, perhaps the best-known. city in the territory, has less than 1000 residents. During the ‘war, army and navy personnel in Alaska. numbered approximately 500,000. A year after VJ-day, all but a handful have left. Today, Alaska's population is not more than 80,000. “Only a small percentage of that 80,000 are farmers. Hunting. fishing, trapping and gold mining are Alaska’s principal industries. The territory cafinot support even its present population. The bulk of its food still must be imported from the outside.

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In other words,"on the basic prineiples of foreign policy, both Mr. Jenner and Mr. Townsend agree, although they. may use different words to say so. Mr. Jenner takés a justified pot-shot at the sorry part played by both President, Truman and ex-Secretary of Commerce Wallace in the recent fiasco when Wallace presumed to outline a new Russian policy: Mr, Town send avoids any reference to this or to the secret deals: made by Mr, Roosevelt which handicap the country so much now in its seeking for a just peace. Whoever is elected November 5, he still stands ° pledged to basie principles which are alike. These are, primarily: Support of United Nations, protection of the atomic bomb secret until we are sure it will not be abused, living up to our national and international responsibilities, and adoption -of a really firm American foreign policy. So, no real issue on world affairs is before the voter. I prefer Mr. Jenner's way of stating what he believes . . . but still there isn't much difference. . . In the last analysis, it will be the party leadership which will make the momentous decisions on foreign policy. : The Democrats succeeded in obscuring many domestic issues just before and after the war because so many Republicans and independent voters took the position that. while they might oppose Mr, Roosevelt's handling of internal problems, the cowrtry must present a united front to the rest of the world.

Republicans Might Do Better MR. TRUMAN'S DEMAND for resignation of Secretary Wallace for undermining U. 8. foreign policy was a step toward. firmness . . . but it came after the President had’ ineptly indorsed, in advance, Mr. Wallace’s be-soft-to-Russia speech which weakened” the ps of Secretary of State Byrnes at Paris. And r Byrnes, hard as he is working, is no great shucks in foreign affairs ... his background contains nothing which especially qualifies him to guide the country there. . The spirit of co-operation shown by the Republicans and the vision of many of their top-level policy makers leads to the conclusion that our foreign policy might be safer in their hands.

Talked to Wallace

They were insistent. So he said: “I'll go in and ask Charley Ross (Truman's press secretary) if it's all right.” Back he went into Ross’ office and promptly got the okay. Earlier he had explained that Ross had joined in the presidential conference and the trio had drafted the statement “because we knew we had to have something for this pack of hungry wolves.” “We recognize the power of the press,” he said. At that point the press around him was so great that you couldn't get a pencil out of your pocket. It sure seemed powerful. That night I went to the NBC studios here to witness the Joe Louis-Tami Mauriello fight via television. ; # Throughout the preliminaries the audience kept wondering whether Mauriello would be in the ring long enough to get a focus on him. The announcer said Mauriello entered the ring and wasn’t nervous. He must have been looking the other way. For the pictures showed him dancing around in a sort of last waltz. As soon as the gong rang, he ran over and poked Joe. The big Negro looked up as though to say: “Why he hit me!”

Looks Like Wallace

FROM THEN ON the battle was between The Champ and The Chump. : There was never any doubt as to who was what. I am writing all this, not to horn in on"the sports department, but because there was so much speculating here regarding that White House meeting. In the three-cornered bout between Truman-Wal-lace and. the Secretary of State Byrnes the decision as to who is the Champ and who is something else has been made. It looks like Wallace. . . DAN KIDNEY.

SAGA OF INDIANA . . . By William A. Marlow Anti-Slavery Clause in First Laws

head in the constitutional convention that assembled at Corydon on June 10, 1816. : This convention was composed of farmer folk who knew very clearly, in a general way, what they wanted from the convention, and a small coterie of shrewd political leaders who knew how to give it to them. And it worked, Jonathan Jennings, as president of the convention, and William Hendricks, its secretary, were the guiding spirits in the entire matter. The first vote on the controversial slavery clause of the constitution that was being framed came on June 20, just 10 days after the convention opened. When it adjourned on June 29, 1816, the slavery clause was part of the constitution. It was-definite, clean cut, anti-slavery. It said: “There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this state, otherwise than for the punishment of crime, whefeof the party shall have been convicted.” There was a clause added, stating that an indenture of any Negro made and executed out of the state was invalid. That was all—definite, positive, final.

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that clause. Every lawyer in the state understood. Every court not only understood it, but respected it. The majority of the citizens of that Indiana, and of every Indiana since their day have approved it. Not even the dissenting minorities of any Indiana have ever been loud or strong against this slavery clause. According to the United States census of 1840, there were then but three slaves in Indiana—a girl in Putnam county, and a man and a girl in Rush county. They were all held . illegally. They were simply considered unimportant and left unnoticed. That was the “End of the Trail” for slavery in

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REFLECTIONS . . . By Jim G. Luces Alaska Badly Needs More Manpowe

chorage and Palmer, but elsewhere in Alaska fresh fruits and vegetables sell at a premium. “Our greatest need in Alaska is a bigger civilian population,” said Secretary Patterson. “We need a non-military population to support the military. Until Alaska is able to contribute at least a major part of our subsistence, the size of our military establishment in the territory necessarily will be limited.” Troops stationed in Alaska by the end of the year will be adequate to maintain a peacetime garrison. They will provide the nucleus for mobilization. The majority are air force personnel, since Mr, Patterson says Alaska is primarily an air theater. : Mr, Krug wants more manpower in . Alaska to lower the cost of living—now all but prohibitive and thus to attract more settlers. He says it is “ridiculous” that only 80, peoplé occupy so large an area. Once the migration starts, he is convinced that roads will be built, new areas opened up.

Not Ready for New People ALASKA TODAY HAS only three highways. Much farming land remains untouched. The only agricultural settlements are at Matanuska and on the Kenai peninsula, around Homer. Total farming acreage in Alaska is slightly less than that of Wisconsin. Before farmers can be sent to Alaska, the terri tory must be ready to .receive them. Migration is discouraged today .because new arrivals would lack housing and food, Mr. Krug would like to send 10,000 construction workers ahead of the first settlers to prepare she way. ;

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