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FOR A BETTER HOME CITY LAST night, a Community Relations Council was formed *¥ under leadership of the Church Federation of Indianapolis, and with representatives of all branches of the city's religious life particiapting. The understanding created by such a co-operative attack on community problems will remove muéh of the possible misunderstanding among those elements. It also should offset the work of hate groups. Many of the participants in the meeting also took part| in the community-wide race clinic last year. The clinic's study resulted in formation of the new council Monday night, with the purpose of promoting “better understanding ‘and relations among people of various racial, religious, social, economic and national backgrounds” in Marion county. Jog The program includes urging representation of minority groups in all movements related to community activities and planning. Projected fields in which the council will work include education, housing, employment, recreation and health, Every right-thinking citizen will wish the council well, and will co-operate with its objectives of making Indianapslis a better place for everyone to live. |

CLARIFY CHINA POLICY FP HERE is immediate need for a clean-cut, authoritative statement on the official American attitude toward China. It should be made by no one less than President Truman or Secretary Brynes, as requested by the American China Policy association. . A loyal, heroic wartime ally is being undermined at a crucial moment in its history by such speeches as that made in New York recently by John Carter Vincent, director of Far Eastern affairs in the state department. It was this speech which was the basis for the association's statement that Mr. Vincent showed a hostile attitude toward a traditional friend and ally. : \ By inference, Mr. Vincent indicated China could expect po further financial assistance from the United States as long as so much of China’s income is devoted to military purposes. He neglected to-explain that China is forced to spend so mugh money for military purposes because Chiang Kaishek is defending his country against Communist attack. He did say that the Chinese people could not stand much more adversity, which was another way of saying that China might be on the verge of collapse—a warning Mr. Vincent's assistants have been sounding for many years. This kind of innuendo and double-talk by our official ~ spokesmen cannot help resulting in further deterioration of the Chinese situation. It reflects a form of “duplomacy” most certainly not to our credit. : . » " F our government is planning to walk out on Chiang Kai-shek, we ought to have the courage to say so, and Mr. Truman or his secretary of state, not one of the second lieutenants, should do the talking. As it is, we are weakening the Chinese government by slow poison, which is as cowardly as it is unwise, Whether we deliberately kick the props from under Chiang Kai-shek, or merely slip out by the back door and leave him holding the bag, the effect will be the same, and we should face up to the issue and be sure the inevitable consequences are what we want, If American withdrawal from China brought collapse of the Nationalist government, as it probably would, the door would be thrown wide open to the Communists, That would add 450 million people to the ever-expand-Ing Russian orbit and give the Kremlin a pool of manpower dwarfing anything the world has ever known. The implications are staggering, We have every reason, not the least of which is selfInterest, for keeping faith with China, and we have no reason to be apologetic about it. We should back our faith with our money, and if it is necessary to keep our handful of marines there to discourage the Russians from coming in, why should it be denied? Our civilization is fighting for survival, and the contest won't be won by backing and filling. . But the decision about our course is of such tremendous gravity .that it should not be delayed. It should be announced at the highest policy level, where responsibility is vested and where we have a right to look for leadership and guidance, Mr. President, the issue is up to you, Where do we stand ?

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CRUEL, INHUMAN—AND SILLY

BY actual count, 1477 press and radio guests shook the hand of the President of the United States Friday night, Dec. 6, 1946. And that was just one of those social events which fall to the lot of the world’s most harassed man— others being diplomatic receptions, state dinners, monument dedications or what have you. The press and radio affair chanced to happen on the eve of the greatest crisis the nation has faced since Pearl Harbor. But President Truman took it, smiling, though the hand which was then scheduled to write an address to ‘the nation must have-ended up aching. : There has been considerable talk recently about cruel and inhuman punishments, involuntary servitude, ete. by lawyers sobbing about injunctions, ete. While consid. ering cruel and inhuman punishments, why not give the President a thought ? - ; These White House social affairs, through the years, have become a cumulative burden on top of what even without them i a man-killing job, In the days of Jimmy Walker, the New York World said what New York City needed was both a day mayor and a night mayor.

might it not be possible to work out some sort mtial-greeter scheme—some super Grover Whalen would relieve our chief executive of the social ‘which must be a terrible task to him and neces. bet from what he can give to his job? , he has met people. That's no novelty to him lar how gallantly he maintains his

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"250,000 Conservationists of : State Against Political Abuse"

By Lester Holman, Anderson ‘i: The conservationists, sportsmen, hunters and fishermen are well aware the fire still smoulders in the state conservation department, Just because one political boss has appointed another politician aid as head of the state conservation department: to succeed Mr. fire still smoulders and will soon blaze anew. Mr. Matter's letter of resignation to Governor Gates was not surprising to many of us who formerly were connected with the state department. Mr. Matter did the best he could with his hands tied by a political boss. He was conservation-minded and I realized his good intentions when I visited him two weeks after taking the office when he said, “I am pleased with my BIG FACTOR IN STRIFE” personnel if only those men ACross| Mrs. ¥. C., 8. State ave. the street will leave me alone.” Two months later he began to feel the!Frankfort are at least part right, tighten about his neck and | John L. Lewis and his Governor Gates and State Repub- | smells, and if they think the farm- | a 401¢ tried to control. the Ger-. lican Chairman Sprini ing until they chok their high-powered politics.

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Another such instance was due to Mr. Harrell Mosebaugh's resigna-|after controls tion as’ assistant director of the|prices went sky high I notice the department and director of the|farmers found plenty of hogs and division of fish and game. He Was cattle, The same thing happened respected by all conservationists quring the war with grain. The! throughout the state because he government had to pay the farmers!" : knew his job, performed it and u ponus to get the grain. That has 'YN8 to do. Nor do I think the mingled with the clubs and was|the “earmarks” of a strike, or does €8lon is truly representative of honored as a definite authority on g strike have to be called by = conservation. He was well-qualified |Jghor union before it's called a Dn few who control each post set for director of the department, but he too could read the writing on has the wall with the election of Gov-|came home, but what can you ex- about as much chance of being] Made His Fortune and Retired ernor Gates. He was too smart for | pect from a world of people where | heard as one of John L. Lewis’ men | them and resigned before the iron-| money seems to be the most imclad political grip could be felt portant about his neck. He accepted a posi- seems to matter but how much | ©- counetl tion with the National Pederation money they have. I wonder what's President). | of Wildlife in Montana, and Iridi-| become of the real aims of the | ana well became aware of the Joss. | If they had been smart and played pursuit of happiness? If you haven't danger of any impending wave of| their hands-off policy as did former Governor Henry Schricker, there is no-doubt the department would over the mad scramble to make present trend toward Republican-

I do not blame any one politica party, rather, I blame both parties for permitting either to make our |’ conservation department a destmuc- | tive political machine;

The battle is on once the rights mit that they've made more of the sportsmen, hunters and fish- in the last 12 years than ever be-| ermen of the state of Indiana are fore so let's not blame all the counmolested. They want politics kept !try's strife on John L., and strikes, out of our eonservation depart-| Why not just say it's the greed for the 250,000 conservationists besides {more and more money that has ment. It will take the good will of [been the greatest’ contributing facthe good will of two politieal bosses. [tor to the country’s strife.

Carnival —By Dick Turner

Mr. held back cattle, hogs and grain Matter was a personal friend of|'til the prices went sky high? No,| mine and I hated to see this hap- they didn't call it a strike, pen. I worked with him four years | What else was it? They held back | When pe Served wy Secretary of the, fred then the markets were flood- | ie sna ons ng, ou me 3. 0 cate 13d gets. wre st ‘ed, he Logon time did I ever hear him mention poiitics.

“RED SCARE IS CLOAK TO HIDE OTHER ISSUES”

By Ronald F. Fauceit, 834 Wright st. The front page of The Times Tuesday, Dec. 3, carried an article concerning the “demand” of the American Legion for a “Red probe” into the activities of three Indiana university faculty members because Matter is proof thelthe three signed a petition asking that the Communist party be allowed to have a place on the past election ballots. Not being communistically inclined and not being |a veteran, I can take an unbiased position in the matter. It seems to me that the Legion officials raising the issue, are taking a very narrow view and a not “too” intelligent one. Even the Legion heads should know that suppression of an idea does not kill that idea. That was the way

58 “GREED FOR MORE MONEY

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dictatorship ers haven't already had thelr own |... people and everyone knows | |the outcome of that. It seems to! me that the Legion could do far but | OTe for the veterans if the Le-| Uli gion would try to remember that d its first duty was to the veteran products ‘til the OPA controls were | o, not to embryonic politicians supposed to be. non-exishent, The | After time to further their own ere did EOE wet both | AIMS: From the trend of affairs in pac £ men the past few years, one would think

blamed for the meat shortage, but), = ° So objective of the Legion were lifted and] {was to become the greatest factor in national and state politics. I do [not think the Legion represents | enough men to control either (or!

{ both), parties as it seems to be

| the opinions of . its membership.

girie? T apres that the. GO. 1s | the ideas and ideals of the group have had a raw deal since -they|and the common member

as in a miners’ union meeting | factor in life. Nothing! (and I was a member of the C. I when John was the

I think the main issue involved |constitution, life, liberty and the{in the Communist scare is not the: a pot full of money you cease to Communism, but it- is & cloak to be important. Will people ever get| hide the true issues involved in the

another nickel? Wouldn't 8 small|ism. (I am NOT a Republican). | depression help to joit us all back | Communism is an unknown idea to [to normalcy? Even the government (the American people and the wise {seems to be one that thinks in men of the Republican party have terms 6f money, not of, for, and hy Played on the ignorance of the peo|the people, The farmers haven't{Ple to win an election. I did not {done bad, either. Parm people ad-|think the Legion would be taken in| money bY this line, but apparently I had over-estimated the intelligence of the Legionnaires. It would be more in keeping with the Legion to ask that the newspapérs of Indiana cooperate in informing the public about communism and then trust to the far greater appeal of our own democratic form of government, to allay the threat of any am”... As far as the legality of the Com-

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munist party being allowed on the ballot; according to existing laws in Indiana the Communist party could not be kept off the ballot . , . and any attempt to do so would be an infraction of the law. ” ” uo “A WEE BIT OF HUMOR

IN MIDST OF ADVERSITY

David P. Gosser, Indianapolis Just a wee bit of humor in the bleakness of our coal shortage may be a good thing, for if we ean laugh in the midst of adversity we have already triumphed over the gloom. I'm wondering when the governs ment is going to put on this striptease show for John L. Lewis. Like 80 many shows bearing that “hushhush” title there are a lot of spectators anxiously waiting for admittance, but some of the emotional’ fervor may be found wanting, and & few of us may tum away cold because the output may not be what we expect,

DAILY THOUGHT

And ‘He said, take heed that ve be not deceived: for many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.-—Luke 21:8.

MAN is certainly stark mad; h cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.

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IT'S OUR BUSINESS . . .. By Donald D. Hoover = Lid Don't Milk the Federal Government |

TOO MUCH OF A TENDENCY to try to get federal funds for purposes that should be financed by states and other subordinate units of government is

‘apparent throughout the nation today. =

‘Indiana has sufficient’ money in its treasury and has methods of raising money other than by begging it from the national government. And much of its contribution in federal taxes goes to help other less

How About Federal interference?

IT'S WASHINGTON MEDDLING if the federal governnient wants to do something the state doesn't want , . . but it's “federal aid” when it comes to grabbing tax dollars out of the nation's treasury. And, incidentally, our state is in a better financial condition than the nation . ., . and should finance’ its own projects, whether they be surveys or construction programs. ) ' This last election was supposed to indicate, among other things, a revolt, against paternalism. And that's what federal support of non-federal projects implies. If the Republican congress lives up to the implications of its program now in the planning, a lot of this federal aid to the states will be discontinued. These observations are impelled by the action of

| the Indiana Township Trustees association last Fri-

day in opposing the proposed federal aid for public schools, Such grants, said a resolution adopted at the trustees’ convention, would be contrary to the . + & principle dulled by the dominance of the national government of all affair since the earliest days of the New Deal. ; ‘ The more federal aid a state receives, the less independence it has . . , and the more money is drained from the state in federal taxes, part of Indiana certainly doesn't

“its ‘schools,

have to milk the national 4reasury to finance activities that are of purely Hoosier nature , . . such as

oI -Mike the attitude toward federal aid that was expressed to. me one time by an” Oregon rancher, who said: : “Out here we ride herd on our own cattle and

~mend our own fences. We don't want the federal

government trying to run any of our business and will pay our own way. If the government wants to help on a national conservation program, that's one, thing. But if it wants to run our schools, that's another; and one where it ain't welcome.” Thee sharp. division between the executive and

legislative branches of the government resulting from . |

the November elections should have a‘ beneficial effect in cutting down “state sid” which really ties

“states closer to the national apron strings.

When government is divided evenly . . . and this is closer to being a fact nationflly now than in many years , , , the taxpayer and citizen should come off first best.. Of course there is no such check and balance in Indiana, with the G. O. P. having complete ‘control of the state administration and legislative machinery. The state administration seems to feel that so long as the state pays in large sums to the federal treasury, it should accept federal “aid.”

Republican Economy Pledge ‘

REDUCING FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS to state projects would be one way in which the Republicans could carry out their national economy promise, The Republicans have nearly two years in which to eliminate bureaucracy . .. and President Truman has over a year in which to effect economies. It will be for the good of the country if each tries to get the job done at once, Cutting down on state aid is a good place to start,

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Charles T. Lucey

Mr. Truman Won

WABHINGTON, Dec. 10.—National leaders agree that President Truman's resolute direction of the government's battle against John L. Lewis had given his political stock the first important boost it, has had in many months.

Congressional Democrats hailed capitulation of Mr. Lewis and the end of the coal strike as “clearly the President's victory,” and proclaimed he had “done what Mr. Roosevelt never was able to do.”

Roosevelt Yielded to Pressure

ONE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR said President Truman had “upheld the majesty of the government and the people against concentrated labor power,” and that his action had all the more force because he had demonstrated so many times that he is a friend of labor. This senator recalled that Mr. Roosevelt had yielded in the sitdown strikes and in the critical strike in the captive coal mines a few years ago. But by standing firmly ‘in critical national emergencies Mr. Truman had “stopped A. F. Whitney of the railway trainmen in the rail strike last summer and now Lewis in the coal strike.” ~ The victory was seen as having greater force because of wide acceptance of. Mr. Truman as “the average man” in the White House. Lacking the Roosevelt flair for dramatics and use of words, in this case Mr. Truman buckled down and showed he had “plenty of Missouri spunk” in a tough national situation. Democratic banners have been dragging since the Republican electionl sweep, but the show of strength at the White House seemed to have the effect of perking up some party leaders here. - They seemed to

Where FDR. Failed

feel the toboggan, so long on a steep downgrade, at last might have hit a level stretch. Mr. Truman has been pushed about unmercifully on some occasions in recent months and often lampooned bitterly. He foresook his role as party leader in the election campaign and failed either to take ~the stump or to go on the radio. Some in the party have been convinced they could not win with Truman in 1948, and there has been much speculation whether he might be happy to call it a day and let someone else take over at the end of this term. Rejection of a President in office by his own party and refusal to give him renomination obviously would be interpreted as s confession of party weakness not likely to make votes. Some Democrats are hoping that the low point had been reached, and that arresting the tidg. by the handling of the coal strike might be beginning of better days. ® + So wise a political leader as James_A. Farley came home from a round-the-world trip to express he Jew that Mr. Truman would be the nominee n :

Truman Might Grab Ball

ON CAPITOL HILL, reaction of Republicans showed plainly that there would be no letup in the drive for amendment of labor laws. They say that what Mr. Lewis tried this time, he or someone else might try again; that thére must be adequate federal law to meet these situations. Here, too, there have been reports that leadership might come from the White House. Some Democratic leaders are urging that Mr. Truman, rather than waiting for the G. O. P., send his own recommendations to congress for amendment of the Wagner act.

SAGA OF INDIANA . . . By William A. Marlow New Harmony Enriches State Heritage

IN THE PERSPECTIVE of 100 odd years the outstanding contribution to Indiana of the community experiment at New Harmony was made by William Maclure. This includes the Harmonie of

George Rapp, and the New Harmony of Robert Owen. "This also includes the long look ahead down the centuries, as well as the short glance back since William Maclure died at San Angel, a suburb of Mexico City, March 23, 1840. Mr. Maclure was a Scotsman of good breed. He was born at Ayr, Scotland, the town of Robert Burns, Oct. 27, 1163, when Mr. Burns was four years old. A Mr. Douglass, a classical and mathematical scholar, tutored him at Ayr in his youth.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER the Revolutionary war, when Maciure was 19, he made a trip to New York for a mercantile house. On that trip, he combined business and a Scotsman’s keen look at America. AS a partner. in Miller, Hare & Co. London, he soon made a fortune, and at once retired. He was about 30. He came to American in 1796, and in 1803 became an American citizen. For several years he was a member of 8 committee to settle a dispute between the United States and France over spoliation claims. He made his report in 1807. Thus at 44, with 33 years still to go, Mr. Maclure squared away to make his major contribution to his generation, He chose science, i He traveled and studied in Europe. He made a geological map of the United States, the first such map made inthe history of geology. It was an outstanding job. In 1817, the American Philosophical society published a complete revision of it with explanations. In 1812, Maclure became a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, one of the dis~ tinguished scientific bodies in America. He was president of the society for 23 years, beginning in 1817. He

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. — Russia's right-about-face on armaments control is widely regarded here as laden with peril for the United States—that is, if we take it at face value. . Experienced diplomats—especially those in wha might be called the “purnt-child” category—say it is merely a tactical maneuver whereby Soviet militarists hope to gain their ends (in this case the dissrmatment of the United States) by indirect instead of direc approach,

Fundamental Russian Policy ONE OF GENERALISSIMO STALIN'S favorite quotations from Lenin is this: “In the difficult ascent of an unexplored and heretofore inac ssible moun~

tain, we might have to go in zigzag mes retracing our steps, sometimes giving up the course once selected and trying various others,’ Hence, Mr. Stalin adds, “It is obvious that it is not a question of reforms or compromises and agreements, as such, but of the use that is made of reforms and compromises,” It i8 in Priprion of this fundamental of Russian policy that recent Soviet “concessions” at Lake Success must be examined, A week ago, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov told the United Nations that, “in principle,” he favored making disarmament—including the atomic homb— subject to “contrsl” and “inspection. This was heralded as a change of heart on the part of the Kremlin. ; v : - Next day, however, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky blasted the hopes of the day before. He made it plain that no sueh poll change Was ‘contemplated. Any system of inspection, he said,

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‘WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms U.S. Peril Seen in Russ Arms Shift

contributed more than $20,000 for a building as a home for the society. After some 10 years of scientific work, in. the United States, Mr. Maclure made three important contacts in Europe, which were to set his course definitely for the rest of his life: ONE: He bought 18,000 acres of land near Alicante, in southeastern Spain. Here he founded an agricultural school, a combination of labor and instruction. Through a counter-revolution in Spain, he lost his school and his Jand. TWO: He visited Pestalozzi’s school at Yverdon, Switzerland. As a result, he selected, supported and established Joseph Neef as the first Pestalozzian trained teacher in America. THREE: He inspected Robert Owen's. factory and school at New Lanark, Scotland, 36, miles from Ayr, where he was born. He was impressed with Mr. Owen's siren call to his “New Moral World,” and yielded. . This was in 182%. On Jan. 18, 1824, Mr. Maclure landed in New Harmony. With him came the famed “Boat Load of Knowledge'—famous scienists, teachers, reformers and lesser ones that Mr. Maclure had picked up in Europe and America.

New Harmony Colony Records Preserved

OUT OF THIS New Harmony venture came Mr. Maclure's one great contribution that has earried over into modern times—his Working Men's Institute and Library. In its modern form, it is the only going concern in modern times of the Harmonie of George Rapp and the New Harmony of Robert Owen. Housed in a modern building and well endowed, its crowning service is the cqllection and preservation of records from all over the world of the New Harmony colony, the greatest social experiment: ever attempted in the western hemisphere.

This becomes William Maclure's lasting monument -

in Indiana. As he honors Indiana and enriches her heritage, Indiana will long remember and honor him.

atomic bomb would have to be outlawed as 8 prerequisite to general disarmament. Irked and disillusioned, its patience at an end, the United States then made plain its stand. So far as we are concerned, our spokesman said bluntly, there was nothing doing on the Russian plan. We stood four square and eager for world disarmament. But inspection would have to be fool-proof and every"body would have to disarm—not just ourselves—and until some such plan was agreed upon we would remain armed, atomic weapons and all, Faced with this unequivocal stand, Mr, Molotov recognized it for what it was: Lenin and Mr, Stalin's “inaccessible mountain” cow, apparently he was instructed to ‘zigzag’ to “give up the course once selected” and try another to achieve the desired objective, namely American disarmament. Such, say those in a position to know Russia best, is the meaning of her latest “coneession.”

‘America Key to Future SPEAKING BEFORE a luncheon in New York this week, the Columbia Broadcasting company’s for-

mer chief representative in Moscow, George Moorad, sald “the principal target of the Russian delegation attending the United Nations meetings here is American disarmament.” Nor, he went on to say, does it

matter to Mr. Stalin how that is accomplished —

whether by the sharp bargaining of his delegates at Lake Buccess, or by the Americans themselves taxslashing at the expense of our national defense.

But, concluded Mr. Moorad, “you may be sure of |

one thing: When American disarmament comes, the Russians will have no further use for the United Nations. They can walk out on any pretext—not im-

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