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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way 3 TENED OUTLOOK, : \CTS of better law enforcement in Marion county after’the first of the year appeared good today, on the heels of the first genuine meeting of the men responsible for that enforcement. ’ . In a conference called by William H. Remy, president of the city board of safety, and attended by Mayor Robert H. Tyndall and the other members of the board, these officials sat around a table and discussed methods of combating the FBI-predicted increase in crime. Along with the top boss of the police department were Chief Jesse McMurtry, whose men make the arrests, and Sheriff Albert C. Magenheimer, responsible outside the city. Prosecutor-elect Judson L. Stark, who with his deputies will prepare the cases based on the evidence gathered by the was there and pledged complete co-operation. Judge William D. Bain of criminal court, Judge Joseph M. Howard of municipal court, and Juvenile Court Judgeelect Joseph O. Hoffmann were there as the jurists who decide the cases. The gathering was entirely non-political, although two of the judges are Democrats and the rest of the group were Republicans. The one interest was better law enforcement.

» o . » » ” AS a method of reducing crime, Mr. Remy suggested that | fines be increased—so that the criminal would have to reimburse the community more nearly for the cost of his crime. In general, this theory was accepted by the judges. Now, it is up to them to discourage crime by making the

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penalty commensurate with the cost to the city and county. Method must be worked out’ by them, of course, since it is their responsibility alone to impose sentence. - We are impressed with Mr. Remy’s figures showing that it costs less to commit a crime here than elsewhere, and that the cost of crime hasn't gone up for the person who commits it. As we see it, increased figes—if the increase does not force a too heavy load on the county jail ,. and other institutions because defendants can’t pay them— will do much to deter criminals.

becomes known that Indianapolis and Marion county no

that premise we agree. Biggest significance of the conference, regardless of the action taken by the judges immediately, was the obvi-_ ous spirit of co-operation indicated for the future among | all agencies charged with enforcing local and state laws

here.

KEEP THEM OUT LOYALTY to our country generally has been taken for

~ granted on the part of anyone who became an army officer or obtained an important civilian job in the war department. But the United Press reports the disquieting news that | |, the army now lacks an adequate system of checking Com- ! munists and other subversives who may filter into the service or into civilian positions. It is disquieting because in matters of defense it is not safe to take anything for granted. The oath required

because from what happened in the war and since, there is abundant evidence that some men have sought influential posts in our military establishments and other government agencies for reasons not patriotic, Americans who have knowledge of the discoveries « the army’s counter-intelligence corps and the navy's socalled “Communist desk”’—before those units were disbanded and their records disposed for reasons never ade-

the sensational disclosures last summer of Canada’s royal commission on espionage. ; American taxpayers, Willingly putting up billions for

state, war and navy departments—will take whatever precautions and show whatever vigilance necessary to make

try’s military secrets. It is trouble enough to tolerate Communist activity in our political and economic life. We cannot afford such tolerance where national security is involved. There is no place for Communists or any other than loyal Americans where foreign affairs are dealt with, nor anywhere in or near the army and navy,

A MATTER OF DOUBLE STANDARDS IN the Canal Zone, Scripps- Howard Reporter Jim G. Lucas

finds 20,000 natives employed by the United States government are members of United Public Workers Union, ful 713, a unit closely integrated with the Moscow party ne. ” : Behind their feeling against the United States, Mr. » Lucas reports, is resentment of discrimination against naJdnto gold and silver rolls. On the gold roll are American citizens, who get bonuses and good salaries to leave the

ets 36 cents.

Suuelopes may be Just what an agitator needs to convince a native worker that he might improve his lot by ing i Aa aM . y casting in with the Soviet Union. . E He The problem of wage adjustment is not simple. It involves psychological factors and wide differences in living standards between the two groups. Many natives lose

shave serious consequences for a time.

ver they have become outmoded.

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Hoosier Forum

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

Law Enforcement

JUDGES CHARGED WITH handling cases in-. volving violation of criminal law today are considering advanced by the Indianapolis board of safety to boast the cost of crime in Marion county + + «.the cost to the persons who commit the crime. ball was tossed to Oriminal Court Judge Wwilliim D. Bain, Municipal Court Judge Joseph M.

| Howard and Juvenile Court Judge-elect Joseph O.

Hoffmann at a meeting Tuesday night at the Colupbia club. And they caught it quickly with the assurance that they agreed that fines and sentences in the” county were too low. In other words, the cost of committing offenses is going up in these parts... and soon. wir

Co-operation Among Officials

WILLIAM H. REMY, president of the board of safety, fathered the new plan . . . and presented it on behalf of the board and Mayor Robert H. Tyndall, who attended the meeting. Also there were Prose-outor-elect Judson L. Stark, Sheriff Albert O. Magenheimer, Police Chief Jesse McMurtry . . . to com= plete ‘the list of the top officials charged with law enforcement in the county. It was a refreshing, no-punches-pulled, co-opera-tive discussion. No consideration was given to the fact that Judges Hoffmann and Howard were Dem jocrats and the rest were Republicans . . . the objec tive was making this community a better place to live. And for the record, each pledged complete cooperation. This working together has been missing in the past, particularly in so far as the present prosecutor, juvenile court judge and the police department were concerned. The first two came in for heavy criticism . + « the police usually were on the short end of the

Bill Remy, a former prosecutor familiar with all the ropes of politics as well as law enforcement, started the discussion with an analysis that showed

' WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Objections to expansion of social, security benefit provisions in labor union contracts are many and varied. Rugged indiviqualists say all this is babying, and that it tends to make people shiftless. Employers who have been carrying on disability

~t+and pension plans of their own are inclined to say,

"Let Forsaken People of World Know We Have Not Forgotten Them"

By E. R. EGAN, 701 Markwood Ave. : : : As we celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Peace, the Christ Mr. Remy predicts a sharp cut in violations once it [04 witn the holy festival of devotional music, gifts and song “Lord God, be with us yet lest we forget, lest we forget.” The hollow-cheeked longer deal on a cut-rate basis with law violators. With |children, one continuous line from the Atlantic to the Pacific—the war victims—who would be gladdened indeed, whose lives would be saved by the food, clothes, toys, etc, replaced by our gifts. . : The want in Europe increases as time passes,»and by this token as we see it in this country we can readily visualize its enormity.

From gday- to day we have exected another drive for clothing to be sent abroad, but it is not too|than good. late yet to send it in time for New

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tribute to the Christ Child, of a serviceman would mean little to a Communist. And [.;quor REGULATION 18 BEST FOR MAJORITY”

Oy L. A. Jacksen, Vernon A recent correspondent complains the Anti-Saloon League, the C. T. U, and those who favor option are trying to regulate her people's lives—as though that would be something {The writer does not seem to know that if no one had ever tried to HYSTERIA, DOUBLE TALK” quately explained—will not be apt to say “it can’t happen [regulate human conduct, we Would my Just Jim, Eiwoed

here.” Nor will those who have taken the trouble to read |2&'® anarchy.

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some good and some leaders harm. There is no way of accurate- through the new rotten raw deal | ly measuring the pleasure and pain administration with annual salaries We simply of $300,000 to $1 million (they will try to estimate the relative amounts be the root cause of the Communist of good and evil. The only reason | American state if we unfortunately theft, arson, murder, etc, are con- | ever get one), sidered wrong, is that, most people

resulting from an act.

octtore they result in more harm

The wets are fond of quoting the |friends. It was good propaganda for Yeat’s and which the Christmas|Bible to the effect that we should (each to call the other names. activities here would only be a|be temperate in all things. sshd Go dent ia this Meal Spay God Sanotions dome | “SOME REGIMENTATION 18 s shou a perma - lwrong so long as we are temperate | {ture of our holiday celebration, but | in wrong-doing? Many persons and | SED IN MODERN SCHOOL” started in time to let these people the number is growing) believe the By Teacher, Indianapolis : khow America /has not forgotten drinking of beer results in more, In the articles I have read about them or the politics which made harm than good, and is thérefore teachers quitting the profession or homeless, and, too often or-| wrong. We mis} take pubite Spision demanding increasingly high salas to whether any act is right or| And at this festival of the birth wrong. The fact that an individual | Fie: NOt all of the truth has been of the Prince of Peace, with the thinks the public is mistaken does, en. No mention is made of United Nations organization an ac- not give him the right to violate | handling of the very modern child complished achievement, let us pay public opinion. But it is his right, who exercises what he considers and also his duty, to try to change |“his right” to evaluate his teachpublic opinion when he thinks it is{ers and his cwriculum. He must

ng. No right-thinking person wants to take away any pleasure from But it is the duty of every person to help bring about the conditions which he believes will result in the greatest good to the greatest number.

“NEW DEAL WAS ERA OF

| I believe John L. Lewis is the People who enjoy alcoholic bever- only genuine labor leader America ages argue that prohibition is wrong has produced in the last three genbecause it takes away some of our erations.’ This present Democratic [personal liberty. This argument is raw deal administration is an In-|with recognition of the fact that the . : Lewis gave F. D. R.|schools are created out of the defense, will expect that those who are responsible for mak- |tunction of every law is to restrict $500,000 in 1936 so he could just sit|science of education which has been ing and implementing America’s foreign policy—in the [personal liberty. Instead of whining down in 1937. During 1933-40, in- : {about loss of personal liberty, they dustry sat down. According to the] should try to convince people that Roosevelt idolators, Lewis presented tion of the difficulty of maneuverthe temperate use of alcoholic bev- the third term to “We don’t want [ing a class of forty through lessons gure of the loyalty of anyone who has access to our coun- lerages results in more good than wah” by making a speech for Will- that require sustained attention and i thinking. Only obedience and some Practically every act we perform! The so-called great industrial regimentation makes it possible. The marched day is arriving when no teacher can be paid enough to strive for high standards in achievement, bampered by impudence, rudeness

The wage earner pays all expenses

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eventually. The present Lewis trial is just another grand New Deal hoax. Again Mr. and Mrs. Wage Earner is the victim. All constructive legislative gains of the New Deal were political to get more votes. Now that the absurd, irresponsible, expensive New Deal honeymoon is about over, Truman and tribe are presenting the mess to our country, The Democrats can’t forgive John L. Lewis for supporting Willkie. Roosevelt's politi- | cal strategy toward labor unions was {to divide and rule. The newspapers made a fortune because the Roosevelt baloney was always newsy. John L., Bill Green and Phil Murray have for years been very good

(see the reason for a task or he {refuses to do it. If teachers’ au[thority irks him, he flatly refuses to obey. He stays out of school (for passing whims or nonchalantly |strolls in after classes have begun work. Reproof is met with open defiance. What salary will induce a teacher to be housed up daily for six hours with even a minimum of such pupils?

Granted, that pupils and parents

have rights that must have expres-

sion, a school that does not have safety valves is inviting explosions. But can these differences not be resolved in friendly, open discussion

jaany hundreds of years in the making? There must be apprecia-

and definance from her pupils.

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tive labor, The canal’s 50,000 civilian employees are divided = ji

5A states and take jobs in the zone. On the silver roll are | a Panamanians, whose wage scale is low. An American may | be paid $2,50 an hour while a native, doing the same work, |

This double standard in anything as sensitive as pay |

in working after earning enough to buy food and a | necessities, and a sudden large boost in their pay |

a well-directed policy aimed at the two.groups., In this era of policies must be brought into |

rness, » well as consideration of security in |

ation that makes us enemies : a ion: "lt isn't much of a place but it's close to transportation.”

is our hope for world veace? . . » “COLLECTION SHOULD BE

By Thelma Lyons, Indianapolis

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DAILY THOUGHT For thus said the Lord, Ye shall

rain; yet that valley shall be 4lled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord. -I1 Kings 3:17-18. J ” rr »

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Observe this lawlessness outside the classroom, in the streetcar, in the theater, behind the steering wheel of an automobile. Observe the lack of respect for property that lies back of the landlord's edict “No children allowed.” If children are not to learn respect for others and for the law and order that makes it possible for people to live together in harmony and achievement, what

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“We. have been doing this on our own accord for a number of years. Why bother to put it into union contracts?” -

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Government or Union Plans?

EMPLOYERS WHOSE private insurance plans have been successfully administered and who have built up considerable good will with their employees as a result may he reluctant to give them up. - One of the interesting aspects of such situations, however, is that some employers most advanced in this activity have been hardest hit by their employees in recent strikes, : Employers who have done nothing about insurance for their employees frequently say, “We can't afford it. Business conditions don’t permit such expenditures” Or, “We can’t go into these things unless all our competitors agree to it, too.” Another approach is the statement that all such contributions by an employer are really concealed: wage Increases. The effect is therefore said to'be inflationary, since any increase in costs of operation must mean an increase in prices. . Principal objection from management is that an increased insurance provided by' employers on an individual company or industry-wide basis is a double tax, in conflict with the present demand for increased government social security deductions, and contrary to congressional proposals for government health insurance plans. -

THE CANAL ERA In Indiana was rooted in a fallacy comparable to these: (1) that which goes up, if left to itself, will not come down; (2) that there can be a high mountain without a valley or plain; (3) that you can have your cake and eat it, too. Basically, that fallacy of Indiana’s canal era was that the last-panic was the last one—in 1819. This was punctured by the panic of 1837, just around the | corner from the canal era. It was emphasized by the | panics that came in regular turn in 1873, 1893, the money panic of 1907, and after world war I in 1929.

High Expectations

ALSO, BEHIND ALL THAT Indiana faced in her canal era was a dilemma that was worse than her fallacy. This was the dilemma: What to do with the riches of the state that were not worth a dime. These were the yearly products of Indiana farms which existing transportation facilities could not handle.

This was no dream. Rather, it was a raw fact that affected every man, woman and child in the state. True eriough it was that boats—flat, keel, packet, and steam had come, to market the state into prosperity; ‘hat roads had been improved; that the railroad was edging in; that the state as a whole was rising with the tide of national prosperity. Granted all these. Still Indiana hankered for canals, and scratched her head to find ways and means to dig them. Finally the state shut its eyes, held its nose, and plunged in. It eame up with the Mammoth International Improvement bill, which Governor Noble signed Jan. 26, 1836. The bill carried total appropriations for $13,000,000. This was one sixth of the wealth of the state in 1836, and for about 50 years Indiana's neck was in a financial noose that almost choked her to death. :

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Organized to prevent aggression, the United Nations now faces a major test in Greece. On Nov. 30, 1939, Russia attacked Finland, cynically alleging that Finland had attacked her. Fin-

Among the many solicited con-| ng wit, less than four million inhabitants, Russia tributions to charity at this Christ-| maintained, deliberately attacked the Soviet Union, mas time, I fail to see any solicited | more than three times the size of the United States for the 8. P. C. A. If everyone who| and with a population of 190 million. could afford it would contribute just a small sum, it” would help| Geography Holds Key greatly in feeding these homeless) 1m WOULD APPEAR, Greece, 100, is threatening animals. For those who wish to| gyicide, According to Moscow, Greece with seven contribute to this worthy organiza-| mjjjjon inhabitants, is bent on provoking war with tion and do not know where to send| gy; jgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania backed by Soviet

the ‘money, I have been informed| p.ccia--a combination with a total population of 216 to mail it to the I. 8, P. C. A, care| j1jon.

of Otto Ray, 40 8. Alabama st.

’ Patently, nothing could be more ridiculous. Pov-erty-stricken and prostrate as a result of fighting the axis since long before Russia's entry into the war, | Greece 1s in no position to fight anybody. 80 the explanation must be sought elsewhere. And it is to be found, first, in Greece's geographical position and, second, in her politics. Thus far she has remained outside the Russian orbit and seriously is interfering with Moscow's plans, .

selves in their crazy craft of bamboo and cambric at Kitty Hawk, they little dreamed they were changing the current of Greek and Mediterranean history. . Bombers more than battleships, now command the Mediterranean, giving Greece added importance to

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: IT'S OUR BUSINESS : - By Donald D. Hoes 3

Men Talk Together the cost of committing crimes here not only hadn't increased in recent years, but also it was less than ia other communities. " J Those committing it usually were non-taspayers . » . and the cost of handling the violations was heavy, The judges stepped into the discussion.

Judge - Bain pointed out that the courts were loaded with -

cases, that stiffer penalties should be ime posed, felt that the judges could not determine a “schedule” of higher penalties in advance befause each case must be considered on its merits. Judge Howard concurred, pointed out how increased penalties imposed in municipal court for speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol had cut the number of these offenses, reduced the death rate. ; Judge-elect Hoffmann voiced the opinion that his court should . . . and would . . . differentiate between the stealing-an-apple type of juvenile delinquency and the stickup-with-a-gun type of juvenile crime, He indicated a stiffer attitude on such ‘crimes, withe Sul lessening the importance of a workable probation system,

Bar Association Responsibility

IT WAS AGREED that the bar association individual lawyers of high caliber had great ou munity responsibility, and that good attorneys should serve as judges pro tem, when called upon, to improve the caliber of special judges. Henry Combs, deputy prosecutor assigned to mue nicipal court, suggested that the bar association ine Yestigate certain lawyers practicing there. e meeting concluded with a pledge by Ju Stark, who becomes prosecutor the first of the Nudge to co-operate with the courts and the police 100 per cent . . . to keep political influences out of law ene

forcement,

It was a heartening gathering, one that may ing A Ws. Kemps prediction that if crime is made COS! e offender more, then crime will decrease radically. !

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson Opposition to Union Security Plan

This argument was heard particularly when the OC. 1. O. steelworkers put in thei* demand for a come prehensive health and welfare plan during the war, In effect, the steel companies said, “Wait a minute, Which way are we going? Are we going to have more state and federal government social security, covering all the people? Or shall there be a return of social security planning for employees by their employers? Let congress determine a national] policy on this, then go on from there.” Congress, however, has not yet seen fit to decide which way social security should grow. The issue may be prominent in thé new congress. In general, the need for legislation controlling individual industry or individual concern social ine surance plans has not yet been made clear, There is a mass of "state legislation regulating trusteeships, fraternal benefit organizations and- ine surance companies. All such laws would broadly cover administration of social security plans now being requested by steel, auto, electrical and other unions.

Federal or State Regulation?

ONE REAL LEGAL TANGLE that may have to be cleared by congress before “much further advance is made in non-governmental social security plans. is whether insurance is interstate commerce. If more national agreements are to be made, as in the coal industry, it will be necessary to know whether this kind of insurance is to be under federal or state legislation. Need for government regulation of union-private industry social Insurance will come only if there is a multiplication of abuses under the various trustee systems set up to control funds set aside for sickness, disability or retirement insurance in labor contracts.

SAGA OF INDIANA . . . By Wiliam A. Marlow Whitewater Canal—Another Failure

Of the eight sections of this internal improvement bill, the first one appropriated. $1,400,000 to build the Whitewater canal. Three days later they celebrated the event in Brookville. About six months later, contracts had been let to build the canal. The first boat from Lawrenceburg reached Brookville in 1839, and in 1843 the canal was finished to. Brookville, At this point, the Whitewater canal was in the position of the man who fell out of a 20th-story window, and yelled to a friend as he passed the 10th floor: “I'm all straight so far.”

On Dec. 5, 1865, C. C. Binkley, president of the Whitewater Canal Co., which then owned the canal, sold it to H. C. Lord, president of the Whitewater Railroad Co. for $137,348.12. This was the emd of the canal as a going concern in Indiana's own canal development plans. The inherent defect of the Whitewater canal was this: The lay of the land in its scope was too small, and its fall was to great—an average of 77 inches per mile. This was comparable to the 8.8 inches per mile of the Wabash and Erie canal for its first 28

miles from the Maumee river to the mouth of Little:

river.

Floods Whipped Project :

AS A RESULT of its fall, the Whitewater can had 55 locks and seven dams. Yet in 1847, a flood did $90,000 damage to its aqueducts and dams. A later flood that year did $110,000 damage, with $30,000 of {t unrepaired. It could not make the grade— physically or financially, All it could do. was wink out, which it did. All this aside, the Whitewater canal was an in. spiring vision and a lasting inspiration to its valley and to Indiana.

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms Greece Is in Middle of Power Fight

The Mediterranean is 2400 miles long. Since Tra-

falgar—save for a brief period during world war II ]

—there has never been the slightest question what power was master there. Britain's ‘bowerful fleet dominated fit. Now the picture is greatly changed. Russia is in

control of Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary fl

and Albania. She is bringing steady pressure to bear against Turkey. Italy is in the balance. If Russia can add Greece to her sphere, that will, at one stroke, project her two-thirds across Britain's Medi« terrafiean short-cut to the Orient. This she almost did soon after V-E day. In a carefully timed uprising, Greek Communists came close to seizing the power as they had done elsewhere in the Balkans. They failed largely because of the presence of British troops; in Athens to help maintain order and feed the hungry after liberation. Subsequently at a free election held under British and American supervision, Russia backed out after pledging to help. The Communists were soundly defeated at the polls. Ny

Fate of Finland?- ° SINCE THAT TIME, “partisans” from

Yugoslavia and Albania have been crossing the : border and working with Greek Communists to stir up

trouble, There has been considerable bloodshed.

plead his case before the security coundll. As a sort

"of counter-attack, his Communist neighbors claim || Greece is the aggressor. It is up to the gouncil to | name a commission of genuine neutrals, or as nearly 50 as possible, to make a thorough investigation on the spot. Otherwise Greece may be overwhelmed like

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