Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1946 — Page 20

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MAN VERSUS THE STATE IY its broader aspect the election was the return of the native. It was reversion to type, It was a revolt against stateism. "That is the theme of an address by B. Carroll Regce, Republican national chairman. His was an appeal for individualism, as contrasted with bureaucracy, as the real liberalism ;

Mr. Reece has history on his side. Such a revolt against stateism occurred in the birth of our nation. He can go back to King John and the barons, and Runnymeade and beyond; to King Charles and his cabal; to the Magna Carta; to the centuries of struggle of man versus the state. Stateism then meant the divine right of kings. The Tory of those times believed the monarch to be the delegate of heaven. Subjugation of the citizen to the ruler was the accepted order.

» » . . . . THEN there began to grow the idea that the state should .™ be the servant of the people, not the people the servants of the state. Finally came America and government by law, not by men. The creed was invoked that all law limiting the freedom of the individual should be tested by the question whether the limitation was necessary to maintain the equal freedom of others. Government was to be the policeman; its function to preserve order among men, not to manage all the affairs of men. That was the reverse of planned economy.

same bolt of cloth. Whether benign or vicious, it is totalitarian, nevertheless. In our generation we have fought two mighty wars against it. But even while fighting, we ourselves have been drifting that way. Now it's “turn, boys, turn.” And the point Mr. Reece seeks to clinch is that those who confuse stateism with liberalism, are not after ‘all, liberals, but reactionaries. Philosophically, Mr. Reece is right. But it's not that simple.

SJ r » . sn» JNDIVIDUALISM can run amok. It did. “Let the buyer beware” masqueraded as liberty. Monopolies grew under the name of free enterprise, though they are the complete opposite of free enterprise. Business grew too big for its pants. It had to be pared down to proper size. That happened finally in the 80's. And, in the process, bureaucracy claimed to be carrying the banner of true liberalism. Then bureaucracy and its pals, the pressure groups, grew too big. : So what we have had in 1946 has been a revulsion against bureaucracy comparable to the revulsion that occurred in 1932 against misused and Abhsed individualism. The pendulum has swung again. That's the story up to now. And that's where Mr. Reece and his Republicans come in. _ If they have learned from history, if they can now _reinstitute the liberty that is inherent in the individual as against the state—if they can avoid the abuses and steer their course with sufficient wisdom—then they may return our society and our economy to first principles. But to do that, they've got to watch out for the wolves.

GRASS ROOTS MEETING THE Indiana Farm Bureau convention closes today after bringing to Indianapolis a real touch of the ‘grass roots” of this agricultural state. Some 5000 farmers attended the sessions and heard discussions of two problems of basic importance. One was the advocacy of the direct primary by Hassil E. Schenck, president of the farm bureau. Joining the increasing number of influential leaders who favor selection of nominees for U, S. senate and state offices by primary election instead of in bossed convention, Mr. Schenck pointed out that Indiana was one of a “very small minority’ of states which has clung to the convention system. The convention method, he correctly asserted, was extremely undemocratic. We cannot agree with Mr. Schenck’s position regarding taxation of co-operatives and the activities of the farm bureau in that field. While there is no objection, per se, to those activities, we do not believe co-operatives should escape the same federal taxes that are assessed against the businesses with which they compete. That unfair advantage also is undemocratic.

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It seems to me that Coleman is Most doctors visit the Indiana university medical center often and it would save them much time to have their maternity cases all in one place. When time is of utmost importance, a doctor should not have to run all over the city. Certainly the mother of every baby born at Coleman hospital is grateful for the wonderful care the staff gave her and her baby. I'm convinced that the majority of these mothers would be willing to donate $10 for a new wing at Coleman. Other cities have done this, why can't Indianapolis? I'd like to know how other mothers feel about this and whether they think. the plan would be practical. In evidence of imy faith that such a plan can be successful, I am inciosing $10 to the editor.

Editor's Note: Authorities at Indiana University Medical Center, 1232 W. Michigan st., are not prepared to go ahead with any expansion plan at this time. An additional wing, as suggested, might be built in future. Mrs. L. Bs contribution has been sent to J. B. H. Martin, administrative official at the center, who will receive any other contributions—although they are not being solicited.

» » = “PUBLICATION OF C. L O. LITERATURE INSULT”

By Gens Engle, 46 N. Pennsylvania I don't know who Link-Belter is, but I knew hundreds like him during the 46 months I worked at Allisons.” He may or may not have read every word of every piece of paper he signed. He may not have

Coleman hospital where I was allowed to stay 10 days. the city’s hospitals, the new mother is sent home after five days.

signed anything the C. I. O. brought.

"Here's $10 for New Coleman Hospital Wing; Urge Others"

; By L. B,, Indianapolis The election of a new juvenile court judge proves beyond a doubt that almost anything can be done if the people are shown a definite need

Every prospective mother deplores and dreads the fact that there are not enough maternity beds in Indianapolis. With the birth rate now the highest in history, something should be done about this pitiful

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to him. But if he did sign any application Pg or petition of any kind, it was out of self-defense. And the same is most likely true of 89 per cent of the 60. per cent whose intelligence Mr. Barber so nobly des fended in the Forum of Nov. 6.

Every publication of C. I. O. literature is an insult to that intelligence, Mr. "Barber. There are only two types of subject matter in your papers. One is just piain bragging, the second hate inspiring, rabble-rousing criticism of the company. Your method of retaining control over your subjects is to keep them dissatisfied with everything the company does, You do this by exaggeration, stretching the truth, and even by leaving out the truth in some of the statements you make.

This is also the procedure of your organizers and representatives, called stewards, inside the shops. They continually criticize everything and everybody even remotely connected with supervision, Under your system a foreman doesn't have the ghost of a chance to get co-opera-tion out of all his employees. He has to “drive” his men, That is one statement you have: made that is true, : But it is true only because of you fellows. You never suggest to your fellows that they would get along better if they worked while on the job, You preach the opposite, You tell him he’s working too hard; you kid him about not getting .his raise; you sympathize with him when he starts feeling sorry for himself, and the next thing he is half peeved at the boss all the time.

Yes, you guys are clever. Clever

Side Glances—By Galbraith pa

had commented in their small weekly last March on the | conviction of three Negro workmen for violation of the | state's anti-violence-in-strikes law. They charged that the | workmen had been sent to the penitentiary by “a hand- | picked jury” in the Little Rock circuit court, and that Judge Lawrence Auten of that court had instructed the jury improperly. Judge Aufen then cited Mr. and Mrs. Bates for contempt, fined them $100 each and sentenced them to 10 days in jail. : The Arkansas supreme court's unanimous decision | was written by Chief Justice Griffin Smith, a former | newspaperman. “5 | ~~ There is, it said, “no rule of law permitting jail sen- | tences and contempt fines merely because a newspaper ~~ thinks some judge has mistakingly stated the law . .. such comment does not create a present danger to the adminisraven of justice”: «= : © We applaud that decision, not only because of its manifest rightness, but also because those who benefit directly by e Negroes whose. newspaper is published in a South.

the press is not a privilege reserved excluthy, the powerful and the spokesmen for is a right guaranteed to all American at right in such cases

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at mass psychology. When you multiply one man's attitude toward management by the number of stewards you have in each shop your answer is power. The power to add a few words to your usual chatter—a few words that would cause spontaneous combustion, or explosion, of the smoldering coals of dissension. And this explosion always results in a strike. The strike is the only weapon you have to offer your so-called brothers and sisters. You have not been schooled to preach co-operation, so you don't have the ability to practice it when you “negotiate” with supervision. All you do is increase the tension between supervisiomand labor by threats of a strike; or this and that if supervision doesn't meet every one of your demands. So until you learn to preach what we all should practice—the golden) rule—I guess Link-Belter will have] to remain anonymous. » - ” “WE NEED A MATERNIT HOSPITAL, NEED IT NOW” By Mrs. H. H. Huth, Beech Grove As the mother of two babies (4 years and 8 months, respectively), both born in overcrowded hospitals, I want to appeal to the people of Indianapolis to start plans immediately for a maternity hospital. Certainly a mother is entitled fo more than she receives under present conditions. I am ashamed at the realization that the late (and well rid of) fuehrer took better care of the unwed mothers in Nazi Germany than the average faithful wife has here. Let me enumerate, First there's the worry, the neryvous tension, the anxiety created by the shortage of hospital rooms. Secondly, the crowded iabor rooms, adding insult to injury. Next, the neglect of the patient due to the additional work placed on the nurses who are struggling cheerfully along in spite of everything And last but not least, the fears and worries of the new ‘mother who is told to take her baby and leave at the end of five days’ hospitalization, She* must find a practical nurse, a housekeeper who knows something about children,

wildered husband the intricacies of infant care, There are the scoffers who will say “Why not have babies at home?” Why not indeed? The average obstetrician has not enough time to visit his patients at their respective dwellings. Consequently he must have them all within the radius of a few city blocks so he can attend all without neglecting any. And-—as for the men who tell us dramatic tales of their great-grand-mothers who did a good day's threshing with one-day-old Junior cradled in a nearby hammock, times havé changed. We women are not what we used .to be and frankly I think the change has been for the better, The maternity .hospital we need would tontain some 160 beds and would satisfactorily relieve the crowded conditions of the existing hospitals. Let's not just say it is too bad. Let's do something about it, We need a maternity hospital and we need it now. +

DAILY THOUGHT

See now that I, even I, am He, and there i8 ‘no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; Y wound, and I, heal; neither is there any that can deliver out of My hand. Deuteronomy 32:39; - " ” ” Gods fade; but God abides and in man’s heart

“Couldn't, we just send Uncle Ned a turkey, Mom, instead of ine im here fot Thanksgiving? Then | won't have to

‘out-lie him on stories of the two world wars!" .

Speaks with the clear unconquerable cry : : Of energies and hopes that - cannotgle.

JOUR TOWN .. . By Anton Schrrer Indianapolis Social

THE “RED BOOK" was the first serious attempt to analyze Indianapolis people in terms of that curious phenomenon known as Society. The 206-page book, the work of Anna McKenzie, appeared in the fall of 1808 and, right away, one heard creaking sounds as if this old town was about to fall

apart. ) Of the 108,436 people living in Indianapolis at the time, only 2825 were polite enough to get their names in Miss McKenze's social register. With the exception of two families, all lived north of the! railroad tracks. The two South siders: William Forsyth (Fletcher ave.) and Albert Lieber (Madison ave.). Woodruff Place came through handsomely with 51 of its citizens in the book. And Irvington which up until that time had been considered mostly as a place compounded of things and notions, half legend, half experience, revealed no less than 98 human beings qualified to sit in polite society. * Crown Hill disclosed something like half a dozen. It was nothing to be alarmed about. They turned out to be people like the Chisletts, for instance, whose business it was to run the cemetery.

Top Heav With Bachelors GIVE HEPT to her hook, Miss McKenzie also combed the hotels and apartment houses for material. Five of the people residing in the Bates House made the grade. The list started off with Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Bates Br. However, only two who made English’s hotel their home got in: The Hon. William E. English and wife. On the other hand; the Denison House had no less than 28. It was top-heavy with bachelors—gay blades like Arthur V, Brown, for in stance, and Guy Haugh and Bob Martindale. Every one was considered a mighty good catch, a detail the Red Book neglected to reveal. As for the apartment houses, the Blacherne had 18 tenants respectable enough to qualify, including Mr, and Mrs, Stoughton A. Fletcher and Mr. and Mrs. Ovid Jameson. The Chalfante crashed through with seven of unimpeachable social standing including Dr. and Mrs. Lafayette Page, Floyd Woods and George Mull. The Red Book was not merely a directory of handpicked names. The most intriguing part of Miss McKenzie's summary was the chapter devoted to the “Reception Days’ of Indianapolis women,

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* Possibly you won't believe it, but it's the gospel

‘truth that, back in 1895, no less than 35 Indianapolis

women picked Wash Monday to receive their come pany. Included in the list were Mrs. Solomon Clay< pool, Mrs. Caleb B. Denny, Mrs, Eli Lilly and Mrs, Harriet Augusta Prunk who not only served society, but also ran a stylish elocution class in those days, Forty-two women picked Tuesdays (‘ironing day”). The official list included the wives belonging to Tom Taggart, Clemens Vonnegut Jr. John E. Cleland, Elias O. Atkins and Hugh Hanna. (Only one wife belonged to each husband, of course.) Only 20 picked Wednesday (“sewing and mending day”) for their afternoon “at home.” The roster récorded in the Red Book included the names.of Mrs. May Wright Sewall, Mrs, Henry D, Plerce and Mrs, Noble Butler. This group always played to full houses. Thursday (“quilting day”) was the most popular reception day. On that afternoon 43 women “received,” including Mrs. Volney T. Malott, Mrs. Astin 3 Prown, Mrs. D. P, Erwin and Mrs. Ovid B. Jamen. Among those who received on Friday (“cleaning day") were the Misses Wallick, Mrs, George R. Sullivan, Mrs. Julius ¥. Pratt, Mrs. Franklin Hays and Mrs, Jacob P. Dunn. The Red Book's complete list "ir vor ei company an Suri ly five wi com on (“baking day’). They were Mrs. F. W, Chislett, Miss Edwards, Mrs. John W. Jones, Mrs, Harry 8. New and Mrs, E. G. Wiley. Goodness only knows when they did their baking, let alone marketing for Sunday

Never Another Edition THE REST of the Red Book was devoted to “Hints on Etiquette.” “On meeting after an introduction,” said Miss Me« Kenzie, “it is the part of the lady to acknowledge the acquaintance by recognition. In Europe it is the gentleman who bows first on the street; in Indian apolis, it is the lady who enjoys this inconvenient privilege.” It appears that Miss McKenzie harbored a hope that her social register might be made an annual affair with up-to-date revisions to note progress (if any). To the best of my knowledge, however, she never again weeded Indianapolis to get another Red

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Thomas L. Stokes G.O.P. Must Gauge Protest Vote

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—In the recent election the majority spoke up, in the light of campaign issues, against excesses by some labor leaders and unions and against Communist infiltration into some labor

and other organizations. The chief problem facing the Republican party

| as it prepares to assume management of the next

congress is how to gauge the protest and translate it into action, with the proper discount for the usual fast pulse and high fever of political campaigns. The temptation is to go overboard. Some Republicans recognize the danger of going too far and are urging caution against extremism in labor legislation, not only as a wise policy for the nation, but sound politically for the party. Among these is Senator Morse (R. Ore.), who has had much experience with industrial disputes and industry-labor relations in general, Including duty as public member of the war labor board.

May Go Too Far BO LOUD was the noise of protest and so strong the public reaction that some party leaders seem to have been caught up in the emotion of the hour and influenced, at least for the moment, more than might have been expected from their previous records. Senator Ball (R. Minn.), who usually is regarded as in the progressive, or at least moderate wing, of his party, now has come out for a federal ban on the closed shop. It is true that three more states—Nebraska, Arizona and South Dakota—voted constitutional amendments outlawing the closed shop in the recent election, making a total of six with such constitutional bans. Two other states have laws apparently to-that-end but not yet tested and inter-

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have requested representation in the German peace discussions tentatively scheduled to start next week. Poland may do the same. The requests should be granted and there shouldnt be .the slightest doubt about it. The whole approach to this peace has been viclously reactionary. And Russia, whose propagandists daily lampoon the western democracies on that score, is the most reactionary.

Others Won't Protect Interest ALL ALONG, Moscow's thesis has been that to the victor belongs the spoils, that only the strong have any gight to shape the peace. The weak and the small should be grateful for such crumbs as may fall from the table of their betters. Even of the Big Five, only the Big Three really matter, in the opinion of the Kremlin, and of the Big Three, the Soviet Union should be the first served. One must go back more than 130 years to the congress of Vienna—where another Big Four sought to exclude the smaller powers—to find a parallel and even then the big powers did not entirely get away with it. . Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland should have a voice at the German peace table. Poland could contribute little, of course, because she can only echo what Russia says and Russia is one of the Big Four. Even so, she should be present if she desires. But The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, individually and collectively, contributed and suffered a great deal. And if they are not present, unlike Poland, there will be none directly and sufficiently interested to put up a fight in their behalf. Morally, yes, but there is nothing in recent history to indicate that the United States and Britain would

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—About two weeks ago, a pretty good sized flurry in the diamond market knocked 10 per cent off the sale price of medium-to-small gems, and handed the enfire luxury trade a large helping of food for thought. The diamond people don’t have to worry about too deep a recession ‘in their formerly frantic turnover, because diamonds will be good business just as long as young men and young women gaze goofily at each other. More important than love in the stabilization of that industry is the fact that the diamond trade 1s a stark monopoly, with 95 per cent of the world’s business controlled by Debeers Consolidated Mines, Ltd, and affiliates.

What Is a 'Luxury'? *

WHAT TOSSED the scare into the local market was & statement that England, idle in diamend export during the war, was going to flood the market with medium-priced stones, leaving the dealers with loaded inventories, : But whefeas the diamond monopoly can ride out any economic storm by shutting down the mines and keeping prices constant, the other purveyors of luxury ! goods are not ‘so fortunate, They are facing a unique

| situation in eommerce—the “luxury,” in the mind of

the American people has been displaced by the unavailable necessity as the more desirable possession. All through the war the people who peddled frills and frippery had afield day. In the absence of more | functional consumer goods, and with money scorching

| holes in the public pocket, the pushers of jewelry and

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gadgets, furs and*fine feathers, cashed in. 3 The, result is ironic, to say the least, ‘When

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WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms Small Nation Voice Should Be Heard

preted. South Dakota already had a state law before it voted a ban against the closed shop into its cone stitution, Though interesting, this state trend is hardly overwhelming. It does not include any industrial states. Nor does it include Senator Ball's own state of Minnesota. Nor is there a ban against the closed shop in the labor regulatory bill jointly sponsored in the last congress by Senators Ball, Hatch (D. N. M.), and former Senator - Burton, now on the supreme court. That measure, which never passed, did require as a condition to a closed shop that the union must represent 75 per cent of the workers, and it required that 60 per cent of the workers must have voted for it. ‘Hitherto, the closed shop has been a matter of negotiation between management and labor, and, if agreed to by both parties, is permitted by the

Wagner act. Probe of Communism Likely ANOTHER ISSUE in the campaign, Communist activity, was used quite effectively against labor and Democrats. Though such activity was restricted to New York and a few big cities, it was played up widely and it also is bound to have repercussions in congress, almost certainly in investigations by the house un-American activities committee. This could easily be turned into a witch-hunt against liberalism, The plague of Communism is now recognized as a real problem for liberals and progressives in a few labor unions and other organizations, . This problem is one that faces the C. I. O. at its annual convention next week in Atlantic City. How it handles it may determine how successful labor can be hereafter as a political influence.

not again abandon an unassailable moral position te placate their great wartime ally. True, there is little or nothing the Low Countries could do if the Big Four decided against them. But their mere presence would give them a better chance, At least they would be able to state their case before world opinion. And with them there, on the spot, the great powers would find it more difficult to sell them down the river than did the Big Three at previ. ous meetings to Poland and Yugoslavia, But above all, a great moral principle is involved —a principle for which many of us believed the western democracies fought world war II. That is to say we fought to prevent a powerful and unscrupulous totalitarian “axis” from imposing its will on smaller neighbors. Yet today another powerful “axis” seems to be claiming the right to shape the world. It seems to_bar the smaller nations from the peace table—even those which participated in the war, Nothing could be less democratic. ing the war it was the hope, in this country at least, that a peace based as nearly as possible on the Atlantic Charter would follow. “Peoples and provinces,” as President Wilson expressed it, in world war I, were “not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were chattels or- pawns in a game.”

Big Few Dictate Rules US FAR the Big Four—mostly the Big Three or even the Big One—have been dictating.the peace terms. Small wonder there is so much cynicism among free peoples today. It is important, therefore, that when the case of Germany comes up—and Japan— the interested small nations should be heard. The big have no monopoly on constructive thought. Jesus was born in Judea, one of the smallest of countries,

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark | ‘Rare Old Necessity’ Rides High

lady daydreams now, her head is less apt to be crammed with visions of golden gewgaws than with ceboxes, washing machines and electrical dingbats to take the curse off the kitchen chores. The gold-edged plate lacks allure if there is no red meat to slap ‘across

its surface. To occupy their correct niche in the buyer's mind,

refrigerators and electric washers today should be”

mounted chastely on velvet against crystal backs grounds, and the inexpensive white shirt is still something of a collector's item. With such unglamorous things as irons and clocks and stoves and radios and mixmasters arid toasters taking up the surviving slack in mother's purse, and with the old man's eye pinned firmly on a new car, a shotgun and a suit which costs less than an ermine

cloak, the doo-dads are bound to be in for § beating. |

Fur-Bearers Breathe Easier THE CHECKS are beginning to leap again nightclubs, and some operators are beginning to eount

the house with a fretful eagerness. That is supposed | to indicate that the large reservoir of unemployed"

cash is beginning to drain. The nation went on a fur-buying jag during the war, but I understand the underprivileged muskrats are beginning to’ breathe a little easier, We evidently have sailed through a period in which the luxury was transformed into the category of the necessity, and it 1s no more than fair, now, to allow the necessity a couple of cuts at the plate. ; Sd ! In at least one house I can name, we are going to take it easy on the silverblue mink for a moment, and start laying in a supply of rare old bedsheets.

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