Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1946 — Page 20

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Give [AONE andthe People Will Find Thor Own Woy

MAMMA’S GOT A JOB AGAIN ‘I AST summer, in that period between the June 80 death i of the old OPA and the Aug. 23 restoration of socalled meat controls, we mentioned in our editorial column a character we called Mamma, personification of the col-

jective consumer. a Those were exciting days for Mamma, market basket on her arm and Papa's paycheck in hand. Prices were spiraling, and it was Mamma's responsibility to spread that pay: check over a week's requirements of the family dining table. She didn't have any. help from Paul Porter's OPA to | tell her how much sive could pay and how much the butcher “and grocer could charge. Mamma was on her own. The record is she gave a good account of herself, Price of butter headed for $1 a pound; ‘she quit buying and butter dropped back into’ the 70's. The livestock market boomed, butchers displayed abundant choice cuts at fancy prices; Mamma sniffed at them, chose cheaper cuts, and beef prices settled back. So with other commodi-

les, ! | bs Then OPA was retired, It told Mamma how much she could pay, how. uch the butcher and grocer could charge for certain things. Result: Those things disappeared | from the Ate Prices of other things, such as chickens and fish arid butter and eggs, went up, and there wasn’t anything Mamma could do about it. Prices of meat were held down, but Mamma had no choice. She had to take shatever the butcher offered. She stood in line, She was pushed around. . - » PA'S intentions were good, but it didn't. make it any easier for Mamma to feed the family. Then came President Truman's order lifting all meat controls—and soon to be lifting.all controls. Again Mamma is on her own. Her armament is the same—market basket, Papa's paycheck, her own hard sense and a determination they'll not make a fool of. her. She can’t pay prices that ‘\ won't fit into the budget, and she won't pay prices that “don’t make sense. ; For the next few weeks, while livestock is being moved 1 from pastures te feed lots to packing houses, and meat is | being moved from processing plants through storage houses to retail counters, Mamma will have a hard time of it, |

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established, Mamma will start shopping around again. She

she's willing to pay—or she won't buy at all. In the end Mamma will regulate prices. She'll be her own OPA. She's our one best hope against runaway inflation, G

f PEACE POSTPONED THE end of the Paris peace conference finds Soviet-Amer- = ican: relations at their lowest level since Pearl Harbor. The Yugoslave boycotted the final session; as a protest be- " ‘cause-the American viewpoint had prevailed against them, and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov's last speach was a bitter attack on the United States. But even though peace has been postponed, it does not follow that nothing has been gained by the frank exthanges between the two powers. » Secretary Byrnes experimented with an appeasement - policy in his earlier contacts with the Russians in the council of foreign ministers, and he found it didn’t work. The Soviet demands mounted with each concession Tie ‘made. The point was reached where further appeasement would have broken faith with American war objectives,

‘American principles of justiceand fair play, was maintained by our delegation. This was not pleasing to the Russians, for it is all or nothing with them, and they seem to want the whole world. In consequence, Mr. Molotov an-

recommendations, even when adopted by a two-thirds vote, if the Soviets disagreed with them. But this threat is not as serious ag it may seem, Nor does the fact that peace has been delayed mean that war is any nearer than it was. : We understand Russia better than we did, and if the Russians have not found out that we are not the soft toukh

hity to make that discovery in the days to come. ..

AMEN! XCERPT from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's column, “My Day,” which appeared in yesterday's paper:

ing that I no longer have any direct responsibility for help: ing to run the world.”

"HORSE AND BUGGY REPRESENTATION

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| “horse and buggy style.” : 8 Marion county now does not have the number of sena

The same is true of other urban counties. Succeeding legisla

reapportionment.

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THREE WEEKS FROM. TODAY, the community will know whether there wis sufficient local interest in its government to bring independent voters to the polls Nov. § . . . the voters who-ean decide any election if they're aroused. Neither thé ‘general caliber of candidates nor issues ‘involved is such as to stimulate wide interest, except the fight of a bi-partisan citizens group ooncerned over operation of juvenile court and attempting to oust the Republican incumbent, The present apathy, therefore, is not difficult to understand. ‘ :

May Be Some Scratching FEW OF THE OANDIDATES in the May pri- | mary, when the fall ticket was chosen, were of outstanding ability. In some instances, it was dificult to find candidates for certain positions. . . in others, machine candidates were defeated in a ;bitter G. O. P. fight which resulted in repudiation ‘| of the party's leadership. fo There, undoubtedly will be widespread crossing of party lines, as well as the exercise of independent judgment by voters who cast their ballot on the basis of qualifications instead of party affiliation. Pre-election discussion contempiates that this will be heaviest in the cases of those who oppose Juvenile Comrt Judge Mark Rhoads and Albert J, Beveridge Jr., ‘who seeks Rep. Ludlow's seat. There is little that is outstanding at this time about their Democratic opponents, Joseph O. Hoffmann and Congressman Ludlow . . . but many votes will be cast in the old Hoosier custom of voting against a man rather than for his opponent as well as on the merits of Mr. Hoffmann and Rep. Ludlow. " "There is considerable opposition to Oriminal Court Judge William D. Bain and County Olerk Jack Tilson,

“SHil It's Better Than Nothing ~~ |S OUR BUSINESS . . . by Donald. Hoover ee “| “Independents Could

Prices will go crazy. But once an adequate supply is re- | |

will pick and choose. She will buy what she wants at prices

‘IBy R. KE, Newion ave

~ward-to-that-date, 100. hte The next promise was for July 1. believe in democracy—or on the And in closing; I hope the people;

. {hope for that day, too. But when |

At Paris, a firm live-and-let-live policy, predicated upon |

aounced that Russia would pay no attention to conference

we appeared to be, they will have ample time and opportd |

. “One thing which gives me great pleasure is the feel-

INING the ranks of those demanding that the next legis- | Jature reapportion representation in that body as required by the state constitution, the magazine of the Apart- | I - ment Owners’ of Indianapolis dubs the present system as |

tors and representatives to which its population entitled it.

tures dominated by both parties have failed to order the

i LPR u 2 “A situation never corrected;” observes the magazine, “it : existed ever since the forward surge of the indus‘sections 1 population growth over the rural and small |

: to giving Indianapolis and other larger com-

rer representation haa come successfully from would lose as these gained in influence in the

“must” on the 1947 legis- |

“| do net agree with a word that yousay, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." = Voltaire.

Hoosier Forum

"GC. 0. P. Record Bolies Its

Position on Veteran Bonus" . articles condemning Judge Rhoads

By Thomas Leonard and Joseph Wallace, Indianapolis | for what you call leniency toward We would like to be granted space in your valuable paper to de- | juvenile defendants. But have you bunk the bunk being put out by some Republican leaders that they are gpent any time trying to be a big in favor of a state bonus. It is very plain that these leaders, sensing the brother to an Indianapolis boy? overwhelming sentiment in favor of & bonus in Indiana, have missed | Have you ever done anything to the boat. Back in 1946 when many were sacrificing their lives on the | help such a boy grow into a self battlefields of the European and Pacific theaters of war, here at home| respecting, law «abiding citizen as in the legislature it was & Democrat state senator who introduced a! judge Rhoads has tried to do? state cashm bonus bill and it was Governor Gates who opposed and & Too much newspaper space Is Republican-controlled legislature which defeated it. This same legisla- | spent publishing the crimes and ture enacted laws increasing their own salaries, and. granted a $3000 just how each crime is committed, yearly pension to the governors’ ‘thereby teaching boys and girls how widows which amounts to $260 relatives could bear it no longer we to get their names, or at least a monthlf, or more in one month | were positively forced to make other record of their acts, in the newsthan many deserving old age pen- arrangements, room where we could | paper. sioners receive in a year. They als0 keep the baby but not the boy. | 1 believe Judge Rhoads is trying bought the governor a new mansion | So now, citizens, our little bgy 1s to help American boys be American although the old one was good boarding elsewhere, and we are citizens, Let's help them. enough for all our former governors. spending $12 per week for a room 8 4 8 The Republican state ticket does and eating most of our meals in “PEOPLE SHOULD GET RID | not deserve the vote of any veteran restaurants, We still make our reg- oF C. L O., P. A. C. AND ILK” | or any fair-minded citizen who be- ular oalls to City Hall, and in the |p oo | yedianapolis. lieves in justice. _ meantime, the long-awaited soil| \ gimer Johnson: If the C. I. a 8 8 pipe has arrived, but it's still the .;q4 p. A. C. and what you stand Saisie a ‘possibly some- (nod not spent all the money 4 which you could get to t OPA Look, all we want is that little back on meats, we would Tou meat

: four-room shack with a cogl stove . 1 have never before aired my per- , =. uv on—just some place where Bo 20a Tombs a lot of other

{sorial gripes to the general publie, | but peer if everyone knows We $8l 8) pe gener and. Ne, I suppose it is not true that the how all of us G. I families haye . oR 'P. A. C. 18 trying to get the governhad to bank all our hopes for a “LABOR OVER BOUNDS IN ment to take over everything so it| {home on {alse promises from the FIGHTING LOCAL OPTION” ; can tell everyone what to do and | city hall, By Warley Francis Legg, 2318 W. Me- what not to do. My husband and I with our little | Carty st. The sooner the people of these boy moved in with relatives last! 1 believe that labor has over- United States wake up and get rid | February, and immediately regis- stepped ite bounds. Labor has of the C. I. O. and P. A. C. the} tered with Homes Registry for one pledged itself to oppose any: legis- better off they will be. of the units at Stout Field." At that latitve candidates that favor local And another thing, I believe the| ‘time, June 'I was the date given option. péople of Indiana will back me 100 for possible completion. In the| The A. P. of L. is openly spear- per cent when I say we don’t want | meantime we had another little heading this drive. The C. 1. O.- any of Henry Wallace or Claude | member added to our family. We P. A. C, has also pledged its sup- Pepper in this state so the Demo- | {naturally informed our anxious port to the “wets.” I thought that crats can keep them out of this | {relatives that they could look for- |abor unions were ultra-democratic. state and keep them in New York | i re Certainly on this issue they do not

“JUDGE RHOADS TRYING TO HELP LOCAL YOUTH” By Mrs. Bryee Ham, 1507 Broadway. You have been publishing some

| “HOMES REGISTRY HAS FAILED VETERAN NEED” |

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where maybe they are wanted. i

of these United States wipe the slate clean and send all the Elmer | Johnsons and his followers into pri-| vate life forever in this country, i " » s “MEAT PRICES TOO HIGH, SO ARE OTHER COSTS” By Mra. V. I, K, Indianapohs, I would like to point out my version on the meat shortage. We

We were silly enough to plan and election of their top officials. Since only one Republican, that day rolled around, Aug. 1 was Wayne Adams, was endorsed by | mentioned. We weren't quite so both the drys and labor, and was {optimistic this time, but we still nominated — and one Democrat, hoped and prayed: feeling like liars Thomas Mulrine, who 12 a wedk {when we passed the glad word on sister on the dry Issue, labor can to our by then weary but hopeful ‘afford to become wet. | relatives, I have been for labor in Its] All this time we were also having fights for decent standards of {houses appraised for & G. I. loan living. But I also have some are in the soup, aren't we? I am {to no Avail and watehing the papers Christian principles that I. refuse one of many women who left their] [avery day for a miracle—a home to prostitute for material gain, 80 children in others’ care to work and | where two children would be ale |T shall ‘vote only for those candi- in that way help on the home front, [lowed, By that time when we made ‘dates that will give you and the so I have a right to wonder. To me, {our weekly call to the Oity Mall we rest of us the right to vote wet or no meat means unhealthiness for | were told about the great “soil pipe dry in Indiana, me and my three children. You can | catastrophe,” and September was| The union has hurt itself more eat substitutes, O. K. First eggs, the month we could pin our hopes on its stand on this issue than on at 67 and 73 cents per dozen. How lon, any other, Next it will tell me that raany of those at that price will a When, by the middie of Septem- I cannot attend the church of my limited budget allow? Second, beans. ber, our patient but over-crowded choice. No beans. I for one am very lucky 3 ! S—— i I find any at all. What shall I {cook in them—no meat, butter then. The price out here is 87 to 90 cents a pound, Pretty expensive cooking I'd say. ‘Third thing is soap. No meat, no Shortening, means no waste fat to turn into help on the shortage. Anyone know an idea I can use on how to keep clean and healthy. The way prices are I'll have to repeat myself and go to ywork. I certainly hope not, » ~ . “RATIONING 18 ANSWER TO FOOD SHORTAGES” By Mes, ©. F., Bosart ave, Indianapolis, I wish to remind W. H, Egdwards, Gosport, that it was not only OPA that helped the poor people have things in food but rationing too. If all meat and certain things were still rationed we would have enough,

Carnival —By Dick Turner | . )

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get more than the rest of us, OPA is good in some things but not in all alone. The people next door couldn't get two steaks to my

steak too, .

| DAILY THOUGHT

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself bvér wise; | why shouldest thou destroy thyJ | selt?—FEcclesiastes 7:16, :

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People” with money to burn couldn't

one at rationing, even if we both had to pay one dollar-a pound. for it’. 1 cowid "have a steak orice in a while and give up my chance at another time if 1 didn't have the money for it all the time. The meat men would still get the money 80 some other poor people could get a

The wise through excess of wis

Swing Electi the latter being generally held responsible for the flasco at the last general election when thousands of Marion county voters were deprived of their vote by the bungling handling of registration records, How ever, it is doubtful if their Democratic opponents could be elected in the face of the general Repube lioan trend, ‘ Most voters know little , . .'and seem to care less . . . about the various candidates. and ‘the the authority and responsibility these men and women have in running government. This applies especially to township offices, in which hundreds of thoupands of dollars of tax money is spent, and to county Gouncil members, who likewise play an important role in public spending. The spectacular ‘isgue in the primary” was the seemingly losing battle of Judge Judson L. Stark against Osttom-Bradford machine domination of the Republican y. Stark won the nomination for prosecuting attorney with little political support . . , apparently with the aid of voters who agreed with his fight against bossism, Stark's Democratic opponent is an attorney with an excellent reputation, but there is no particular Republican vs, Democratie {issue except that of partisan politics,

Little Campaigning So Far STRATEGY OF BOTH PARTIES seems bo ba to wait until the last minute for their campaigning, To date, there have been few meetings except smal and meaningless gatherings of political workers te hear candidates make the same old speeches, Nothing new has been said, nor will much new be said before election day. Oreatest reliance ja placed on organization. And it would be a reasonable guess that the Democrats aren't placing muck reliance on that,

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POLITICAL REPORT . .'. By Thomas L. Stokes California Fall Campaign Not Lively

1.08 ANGELES, Oct. 17.—Georgia has her county

unit system which gave her Gene Talmadge again

by a minority of votes. California has her cross-filing system. It has not served her that badly. But it has caused some developments interesting beyond her borders, affect ing, as they do, congressional as well as state contests, and also Governor Earl Warren, again being mentioned prominently as a possible Republican

_| presidential or vice presidential candidate.

Warren ‘Pulls Punches THERE 18 INCREASING AGITATION now for doing away with cross-filing, -and putting politics back on a strict party basis to increase party responsibility. v Under the cross-filing system, a candidate may file in the primaries of both parties. He may win both nominations, so that there is” no contest in the ‘general elections. “That has happened, for example, in 10 of California's 23 congressional districts. But, most importantly, it occurred also in the case of Governor Warren. He triumphed surprisingly by winning the Democratic as well as his own Repubfican nomination for a second term. So there is no real contest in November. This makes for a situation where Jimmy Roosevelt, state Democratic chairman, has announced he will vote in November for Republican Governor Warren. There is nothing else for him to do, unless he doesn't vote, or votes for the Communist candidate, Since Warren in effect already is re-elected, there is no inducement for him to get out and campaign actively. Republicans are anxious that he dg so. They need his influence And prestige, now so high, to whip up their campaigns, notably that for young Senator William F. Knowland, who is having a hard fight with the Democratic candidate, Will Rogers Jr.

Mr. Rogers, incidentally, got 203,436 registered Repube

lican votes among the 705070 he received In hie |

primary victery over Rep. Ellis Patterson. It is being pointed out in the case of the contest for Heutenant governor that there is a‘ chance that John F. Shelley, the Democratic candidate, will win, If so, and if Governor Warren two years from now shotld be nominated and win either the presidency or vice presidency; then the state would be left im the hands of a Democratic governor, The cross-filling system also works ia elections for legislature, Warren has had considerable trouble with his legislature, for which the lack of party responsibility is partly te blame, It makes it hard to crack the whip. He has to rely on those not members of his party, as, for example, Mr, Shelley in the state senate.

Democrats Can't Get Up Steam BUT HE HAS BEEN holding back, and nobody knows whether he intends to pitch in and stump vigorously. Republicans, as well as Democrats, have their party feuds in this state. There is a division between old-line conservatives, and the younger, more progressive element. This has made money-raising somewhat difficult. Both sides seem to be waiting to see who is to get control Democrats, likewise, are handicapped by lack of a candidate for governor to head up the ticket and the campaign. There, too, was an interesting cross

party situation. Mr, Kenny, formerly a Republican,

has worked closely with Warren, being chief law officer in the Warren administration, and the two were good friends. That was a handicap to a lively primary campaign, and Mr. Kenny ‘took it all toe lightly. to suit some of his fellow Democrats. Democratic registration still is 8 to 5 over Republicans, but that does not necessarily mean anything for November, either,

SAGA OF INDIANA . . . By Wiliam A. Marlow Territory Head Beaten for Governor

IF YOU HAD QUIPPED to Thomas Posey: “A rolling stone gathers no moss,” he might have squared the score in reply by sdying: “But the bee gets its honey from many flowers.” For Thomas Posey saw

his America in intimate ways from many angles, and much of it from the driver's seat. He was born in Fairfax county, Va, on July 9, 1750. When! a lad of 19, he made his first trek to the West of his day on Virginia's frontier, He started life with little schooling but great hope.

Backed by Harrison Faction IN POBEY’'S8 GENERATION, the lure of life centered in Indians and war. His first venture was a combination of thése in the war in which Lord Dunmore, governor of Virginia, clashed with the Shawnee Indians on the Great Kanawah river on Virginia's frontier, and on the plains of the Scioto river of modern Ohio made peace with them. This was a great adventure for a lad of 19 in the waning days of the 19th century. Posey never forgot it.” But the Revolutionary war was Posey's big thrill These were the days that carried him to the crest of things in his America. They pointed him to the West and Indiana even though his coming was to be some 30 odd years later. . He was, however, with Anthony Wayne at least till near the battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. This was the great Indian battle that subdued Indiana's Indians. and paved the way for the first greAt wave of immigration into the state in the 1820's. Posey resigned on Feb. 28, 1704, as brigadiergeneral of the American army, and settled in Kentucky. He became state senator, and when elected speaker, he automatically became lientenant-governor, He lived in Kentucky about six years, Perhaps the supreme moment of Posey's life came at this time, when fate tapped him to settle in the

NEW YORK, Oct, 17-~When the congressmen quit kissing constituents and go back to work-—those who still have jobs, that is—they will be asked to authorize the country’s first major excursion into the

spy business. We hive had some unofficial gum-shoeing, such as is currently being quietly handled by the state department.. Mr, Hoover's FBI has served in parttime espionage’ not wholly related to shootin’ and

fine colorful time operating on the edge of the Mata Hari circuit,

Not a Simple Task Now BUT WHAT WE WANT NOW is a special department, labelled “spy,” to send around the world to peek and peer over other folks’ transoms. We will have espionage and counter-espionage abroad. Counter-espionage is roughly translatable shooyng competing, spies, or stealing better blueprints than the other fellow hooked from your factory, or 168%ing: through twice ag many keyholes on & given day as the opposition. zl

tary affairs committee, as a preface to legislation, a need to protect atomic and other military secrels is stressed AS the reason for our new super-sieuth department. Somebody swipes a formula from us, our global housedicks will go awipe it right back, with a recipe for germ gases and the orested silverware to You oan stir up a fine argument any old day by questioning the value of spies t6 a government, Oertainly the Germans had a lot of people stewing

whether it brought them very much is doubtful. The saboteurs didn’t sabotage enough to do us any

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other sordid law infractions, and the OS8 had a

In the six-month survey made by the house mili- ;

around before and during the war in this gountry, but

Teche country of southwestern Louisiana. This was the land of Longfellow’s Gabriel and Evangeline, to whieh the Acadians came when they were driven from Canada by the British in 1755. To this typically. beautiful spot of the old South came Thomas Posey some 50 years later. Here he was fated to catch the tragedy of the war that came to his own country in 1812 with these same British, Also, he was here, on Oct. 18, 1812, appointed United States senator from Louisiana. Then, as if to sweeten the kitty, he was appointed governor of Indiana Territory by President Madison on Feb. 4, 1818, to succeed William Henry Harrison, Here he served till Indiana became a state Dec. 11, 18186. While he was governor of Indiana Territory, backed by the Harrison crowd at Vincennes, he was defeated for governor of Indiana in 1816 by Jonathan Jennings, The vote was: Jennings, 5211; Posey, 3934. In 1817, in a spirited contest, he was defeated for representa« tion in congress by William Hendricks. Prom 1816 till his death at Shawneetown, Ill, on March 3, 1818, hé was Indian agent for Illinois Ter= ritory. . He wae twice married: To Martha Matthews of Augusta county, Virginia, where President Wilson was born at Staunton; and to Mary (Alexander) Thornton, He had 10 children, eight sons and two daughters.

Moved on After Defeat

THREE TYPES OF MEN barged over the Alles gheny mountains to settle America's West: The plod« der, wha. came, picked his spot, and stuck: the drifter, who bubbled out, and blubbered back: the wise ons, like Thomas Posey, who gathered his honey abundant ly from the promising spots. Benjamin Parke and John T. Hay appraised his estate at $957.75. But Posey had lived a million dol« larg in rich experience. »

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark .Super-Snooping Is Up to Congress

serious harm: the disappearing-ink-and-carrier« pigeon boys filed a lot of reports, but anybody whoa has seen Berlin recently may wonder how much good it did Hitler. 1 personally am very fond of spies, especially when they are directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I used to hang around a certain bar in Casablanca, in the early days, because everybody in it was a spy but me, and all the other spies thought I was & spy, too. Gibraltar was another place that waa full of spies during the war, because it was so easy to walk in from Spain. Anytime you saw a guy who looked a little more undernourished than usual, chances were he was a spy. Bples run to sallow complexions and tend ‘to anemia because they get ulcers from worrying about the opposition, and spy pay has never been very heavy, : If we are going In the business, the boys hetter run up a quick union. Overtime for night work and the right to. spill their information to the enemy in .the event of management trouble should be Immediately incorporated in the by-laws

Need Peeper Department WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE special. schools for our spies, because spying nowadays, calls for much more (Han handineas with invisible ink and a sinister ‘expression, In the new, atomic world, the competent

peeper will have to know ajl about physica, rockets,

jet-propulsion, germs, electronics and:the other oon=tributions to international coffee-nerves. " _ Time was when your spy could whisper: “This is X-9. I just got the plans for that néw turbine the Italians are whipping up,” and be hailed wa a suecess all over the league. Na :

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