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: Give Light ana the People Will Find Their Own Way | REAL THREAT TO PEACE ; WHEN a U. 8. navy ship bearing an American oil man and two newspapermen—one of them William H. Newton, Scripps-Howard correspondent—docked = at Dairen, Manchuria, they were denied permission to land. While the American consul general vainly sought a personal interview with the Russian military commander of the port, the vessel suddenly was given 20 minutes to leave the harbor, Chinese sovereignty is recognized at Dairen. Under the Russian-Chinese treaty, signed in August, 1945, Dairen was declared a free port, open to the commerce and shipping of all nations. This agreement provided the city should be under Chinese administration, except that a Russian was to be harbor master. ! However, the Red army seized control of the city soon after Russia's belated entry into the Japanese war, and since that time has refused to restore it to the Chinese. A Soviet puppet administration was installed and the Red army controls the local police. The iron curtain shuts out the rest of the world.
» ” E have heard much noise from the Communists and fellow travelers in this country about the handful of American soldiers, sailors and marines in China, whom they loudly denounce as a threat to world peace in general and Soviet-American relations in particular. These Moscow fifth columnists never mention Russia's high-handed and illegal operations at Dairen. Yet we have not impinged upon Chinese sovereignty in any Chinese city, nor are Soviet citizens denied right of entry to any city where our troops are present. : The small force we have in China is there with the full approval of the Chinese government. The contrary is true of Russian control of Dairen, which represents a flagrant violation of the Russian-Chinese amity pact. Which then, is the real threat to peace in the Orient—the United States or Russia?
UNION LEADER THINKS STRAIGHT
OUND: A union leader who can read clearly the handwriting on the wall. And who undertakes intelligently to do something about it. Charles J. MacGowan, president of the A. F. of L. Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and _ Helpers, offers his co-operation in studying and drafting legislation designed to minimize strikes with out outlawing them. Mr. MacGowan thinks it is not smart to stand in
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angels had barely faded when the fled the forces of evil. And the flight became a symbol. It foreshad: what may happen in our time. It is sure to happen unless we discover the art of accepting. Jesus said: “My peace give I unto you.” It is for us to take the gift. The truth of this is borne out in
| the middle of the road and shout “no” to all suggestions for change in labor laws. That's something Bill ‘Green, Phil Murray and the other more vocal union leaders haven't learned. They oppose any change, even to dotting an “i” or crossing a “4.” They're trying to cling to their special privileges, just as the Wall Street operators, railroad monopolists and tycoons of industry tried to cling to theirs a few years ago. And as the Anti-Saloon League crowd tried to hold fast to prohibition long after public opinion had swung against it. If Messrs. Green and Murray persist in their defiance, the same thing will happen to them that happened to the others. They'll get run over by an oxcart. Anyone who read the election returns must know that there is going to be some kind of change in the labor laws. If the changes aren't drafted by those who are friendly to labor, the job will be done by those who are unfriendly. To denounce as “anti-labor” even such demonstrably necessary reforms as balancing the Wagner act and breaking up union monopolism can only result in exhausting the patience of the moderates in congress, driving them into the camp of those who would throw moderation to the winds. The cause of unionism will be better served if more union leaders™ollow Mr. MacGowan and co-operate with the inevitable.
OBSTACLE TO UNIFICATION IF the La Follette-Monroney congressional reorganization act had not been passed, Rep. W. S. Cole, New York Republican, would have become chairman of the house naval affairs committee next month. But the act merges that committee with the military affairs committee. Chairmanship of the combined committee will go to another New Yorker, Rep. W. G. Andrews, because he has been in tongress longer than Mr. Cole. Mr. Cole, with support from some other members of naval affairs, is fighting to have his committee exempted from the merger, His fight, if successful, would save him a chairmanship. But it also would encourage attempts to preserve many other committees, which might defeat one of the reorganization act’s most essential purposes—reduction of congressional committees. : It's no secret that quite a few house members, especially Republicans who would have been in line for committee chairmanships under the old system, would be glad ditch the law’s real reforms, and keep only its salaryg and pension provisions. They'll hardly dare to do that, yever, unless something like Mr. Cole's fight opens the and provides an excuse,
ig with the single subject of national defense, for years, if Mr. Cole should get what he wants
jons of the La Follette-Monroney act into effect d keep that promise. 4
Aside from that, national security requires a merger of the naval affairs and military affairs committees, just a it requires unification of the army and navy under one iment. The folly of the costly and sometimes dangerrivalry between the two armed services has become er And it’s just as foolish, costly and dangerous to two house committees and two senate committees
Army-navy unification doubtless would be delayed per-
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our personal relations with one another in Indianapolis. It holds also in the wider field of world citizenship. The second Christmas since the
work and heartbreak of years of conflict. Our emotions were repressed--in a suspended state, But now, we have had time to breathe freely and to ponder the deep meaning of peace. We have permitted ourselves a bit of release, emotionally. We have seized upon the thing at hand for expression. Since Thanksgiving, each day has found us pouring along the downtown streets and in and out of gayly decked shops.
hymns of praise.
men of goodwill.
peace with all that it entails.
trayal and a second crucifixion. The tragedy can be averted. I cannot happen if we will search fo and find the other half of Christ
"Do We Possess the Grace to Accept the Way of Good Will?"
By Mrs. F. F. C,, Indianapolis
Giving to others does not make Christmas. No matter what we may have been led to believe, giving to others
The Scriptures record that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son and that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea. But the glimmer of the star in the East and the song of herald
end of world war II is now here. Last year we could not compass the great thought of peace in its entirety. It was too new. And we were too numb from the grilling
The sound of our caroling has filled the frosty air as we shivered and sang on the Monument. And| cur churches have resounded to our|
Meanwhile, in the persons of our representatives, we have sat about the table of the United Nations, There the way is being charted far
But it is a question whether we possess the grace to accept the way of good will—to take Jesus’ gift of
In view of Christmas 1946, it is to be hoped that we shall do so. For if we do not, there will be another flight into Egypt, or worse, a be-
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" = = “VOTERS HAVE THE SOLE RIGHT TO CHOOSE SERVANTS” By W. 8S. Warren, Indianapolis
Would like to write a few words about the direct primary election: I have been reading about some of the objections to the direct primary. They say that Indiana has tried the dirfect pyimary and it did not work. They also say that unqualified candidates would be elected. Who has the right to say when a candidate is unqualified? I say no one but the voter has that right. They are denying the right of a democracy when they say the voters have not the right to say who is to represent them. If a candidate is a citizen of the state and complies with the laws of the state he has a right to become a candidate and no one has a right to challenge his or her qualifications except the voters. A convention system deprives the people of the right to nominate and elect the candidate of their choice, and is undemocratic. If one believes In a democracy, he can't deny the voter the right to say who shall be a candidate. When they are arguing {about it they should not forget Mr. Bilbo of Mississippi. » » » “TIME FOR CONGRESS TO SILENCE JOHN L. LEWIS” By Pat Hogan, Columbus
Open letter to the President and congress of the U. S.: Samson was a tyro; he slew only 5000 with the jaw-bone of an ass; Nero, too,’was a piker, although he fiddled while Rome burned; along comes a bigotted, bull-headed, evil genius to fiddle while America freezes and employs Samson's weapon to exterminate industry; meanwhile smaller fry jaw-bones are scrambling to the arena to strike and aid in the slaughter of the American economy. t| Gentlemen, isn’t it time for conrigress to write a funeral march to -|silence this damn foolishness forlever?
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“MAKE POLICE RESPONSIBLE FOR STOPPING GAMING” By a Reader, Indianapolis I have read a great deal about the police trying to stop gambling
cent of the American people will gamble somehow. But they can stop lots of the big gamblers. Let the mayor put it up to the precinct captain and sergeants that they will be responsible for their precinct and if it is still going on in two weeks give them a two weeks vacation without pay, then the next time give them 30 days without pay and the third time let them hunt another job. He can soon get rid of that kind of gambling. Any time you see a sign “baseball scores by innings” you know they have to gamble to pay for the tickets. There are a few places that sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets every week. )
” = n “THINK. OF VETERANS WITH NO PLACE TO LIVE” By E. C., Indianapolis ¢ I've often wondered why so many say, “Oh, a soldier can do this and get that” Why??? Because it is just a subject to talk about. Did they ever wonder where they were going to live, and have to try to rent and hear the same old story, dogs? Yes. Good, I've always liked dogs. Children? Yes. Sorry no children allowed. Did they ever think who slammed doors in their face when they were little and how many they shut out now. We went over there fighting with one thought in mind, to make this a better country in which to live. Have we? For some yes, but for ourselves, “No.” We saw our buddies killed, oh that is allright you were probably sitting home listening to a story, playing cards—have fun. We gave and we are still taking from the ones who were supposed to back us through it all. Yes, we wanted to come home, settle down in a nice little quiet home with our family, and relax and try to forget the past and try to begin our lives where they were left off, and there is another stone ready to roll in your path. Sorry, no loan, why? The same old question. Because the people are trying’ to hoard all of the money in a small length of time possible, and they raise the real estate beyond our reach. Sure, they were making the good money; of course, we were too. Fifty dollars a month! While people are enjoying their Christmas holidays, making merry, having loads of fun, think of us soldiers and our families without a
place to live. Give us that one thought that one day, will you please,
» * tJ ' “YULE GREETINGS FROM SAILOR STATIONED HERE” By Morton Silverman, Providence, K. 1 It may seem strange to send a city Christmas Greetings; but it's the only way I know of showing my gratitude to a city that certainly opened its heart and homes to the sailors of the naval armory and to all servicemen. This is my first Christmas home and it brings back memories of the wonderful Christ-
years ago, and in conclusion may I wish the wonderful and unselfish citizens of Indianapolis and the state of Indiana a very merry Christmas and many New Years. An ex-sallor.
DAILY THOUGHT
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight because the Lord is with them, horses shall be ariah 10:5,
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J” . .e Hawk Phony » $ ® 3 ): “1 am a man and you are “another.” He said again: “I liked my town, my corn fields, and the home of my people. I fought for them.” He said in retrospect: “This is the only wife I ever
had, or ever will have. She is a good woman, an teaches my boys to be brave.”
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YOU WOULD HARDLY. EXPECT a man who lives with inmost thoughts like these would scare Indiana to a point just short of hysteria. But he did. His name was Black Hawk. : What Black Hawk first said, as quoted, was said to Andrew Jackson at the White House, as the two men, meeting for the first time, stood staring icily at each other. Black Hawk had stopped at the White House especially to see President Jackson. He was on his' way to Fortress Monroe to become a prisoner of war on Aug. 26, 1833. His second statement quoted was made in a speech at a party of white men who were making a hero of him. He was forcefully defending his motives that had guided him through life. A year later he died at the home set apart for him on the Des Moines river in Davis county, Iowa, on Oct. 3, 1838, when he was 71 years old. The last statement, as above, was from his “Autobiography,” which has become his self-conceived legacy to the world. He dictated the entire 1556 pages of it from memory to an interpreter and a tran scriber, since he could neither read nor write in any language. The work, even in the details of the battles he fought, has never been contradicted by his critics. Black Hawk's war in Indiana was a brew of fear and hate. It was stirred to a boil by rumor and inference without a well-planned start based on the facts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Republican Presidential Candidate Harold E. Stassen’s frank statement that he will open a Washington office and seek to influence legislation before the next congress raises the
nice question of whether he will have to register as a “lobbyist.” The question is raised here now not in any effort to put Stassen on the spot. But it points up the fact that the lobbying regulation law in the congressional reorganization act passed by the last congress may require a little fixing.
He Fills the Bill
THUS FAR the lobbying act has apparently had the effect of making many pressure groups tell their Washington “legislative representatives” to “stay away from congress.” That's all to the good. The lobbying act was not intended, however, to curtail the right of free speech nor to prohibit lobbying by making it a crime. All that the law requires is that lobbyists register and report. The crime is failure to register and report. The act defines a lobbyist as any person whose principal purpose is to aid in the accomplishment of any of the following: “ONE: The passage or defeat of any legislation by the congress of the United States. “TWO: To influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any legislation by the congress of the United States.” The job which Stassen has cut out for himself fits all specifications. i . He says he wants to “move the Republican party along the path of true liberalism.” He says he will confer with senators and congressmen, individually and in groups. He says he wants to influence labor legislation first, housing, health, and small business legisiation secondly. There is one “out” by which Stassen might escape the ignominy of having to register as a lobbyist. The law exempts from registration political committees as
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Any pretense by the people who run professional football that the gambler in the woodpilé is something new and shocking is comparable to accusing Tommy Manville of ignorance of the facts of life. During the last week or so, in the big hurrah’snest stirred up by the attempted bribery of a couple of New York Giant players, the crisis has been presented as a fresh violation of the athletic chastity of the pros. The masher, in the form of the gamblerfixer, is leering wickedly at our Nell, while Nellie flees to Mama in high alarm. '
Passer Holds Key
FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE of years the veterans in the profession have been discussing cynically the monkey-business that goes on. There have been rumors about one big guy on one big team. There have been all sorts of attempts to nail the rumors down and they've all flopped. : y His former teammate has told me, months before this thing broke, that a number of this gent's associates got themselves traded rather than work in the same organization with their all-American boy, whom they deeply suspected of playing footie with the gamblers. Being honest Joes, if muscular, they were annoyed with a lad who, according to gossip, was increasing his riches the wise way. A lot of people went to a lot of trouble to try to hang a rap on this product of collegiate character construction, and on some of his associates who also were suspected of a wilfull search for extra-cur-ricular pinmoney. They draped dictaphones all over, but all they acquired as evidence was the indisputable fact that some athletes like girls. That, and the fact that the Sunday gladiators regarded their
Reds Chances in
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 24~—The Netherlands, unlike France, has licked her Communist problem so far. But the Reds are biding their time. This principal commercial and industrial city of The Netherlands is one-third Communist, compared with one-tenth for the entire country. The Commies’ present sugar-coated policy has drawn in some non-Communist vobers,
Avoid Touchy Issues ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE better now than in the May general election. Recent Red attempts to stage riots against the government's sending military reinforcements to the East Indies were failSince then they have quieted down.
ire. With a either to the Ca munists seldom openly attack religion. And because the queen is popular among all expedient to bend a knee. growth of comm pls, One is the extraordinary success of the governmen and the people in post-war reconstruction. Though times are hard, few are starving or freezing. The government is honest and rationing {s just. There
ill and fight God's bat beast. —Richard
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iam A. Marlow ~~ © oye under all the circumstances, Indiana's alarm over was a normal outburst. This is why: The Bak Hawk wa as it was actually fought was one’ 0 e most colorful events in Indi North America. : Misr mn Even the rumored threat of such a war righ tl; prodded Indiana into preparing for it, and this jin did. The Indian agent, Marshall, gathered all the Patawatomis in northern Indiana into Logansport. Capt. Newell of the Warren county militia, after a scouting trip into Illinois, reported no trace of the Indians and the militia was disbanded. LaPorte county built a fort stockade, determined to make a stout defense, if the Indians attacked. Gen. Jacob Walker called the militia to rendezvous in Benton county. He disbanded it when the Indians were reported quit. Gov. Noah Noble called out the Musion, ig and Hendricks counties militias and tnam coun ee ty militia to patrol the At the request of United States Senator J ohn a Dlea congress quickly passed a measure to call out rangers for frontier patrol duty. Under this measure, the rangers of Col. Lemuel Ford of Charlestown reached Indianapolis on July 28, 1832, and with the rangers of Maj. B. V. Becker of Vincennes hastened to the frontier for patrol duty. By this time Back Hawk had been defeated at the battle of the Axe on the upper Mississippi river northwest of
Madison, Wis., on Aug. 2, 1832. was over. ug The Black Hawk war
Last Big War
BLACK HAWK'S WAR was Indiana's last major Indian war scare. It left America free to become one of the great continents of the world.
Indiana will never forget Black Hawk's war that alarmed her so.
IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson Will Stassen Register as Lobbyist?
defined by the federal corrupt practices act, and duly organized state or local committees of a political party. Stassen’s backing as a Presidential candidate comes from the Minnesota Republican campaign central committee. A drive to raise $500,000 to support the Stassen candidacy has been started by State Chairman Bernhard W. Levander of St. Paul. Senatorelect Edward J. Thye and Governor-elect Luther Ww. Youngdahl are honorary co-chairmen. All contributions will be gratefully received. If Stassen can operate as Washington representative and front for the Minnesota committee, he might not have to register as a lobbyist. How he will go about disguising himself to look like a man who is not seeking to influence legislation is another matter. The whole question may be academic, legalistic and silly. It's one of those things lawyers love to argue however, and it’s causing plenty of fun. Several congressmen give an off-the-record opinion that it looks as if Stassen will have to register.
Embarrassing to Candidate IF STASSEN TAKES the easy way out and registers as a lobbyist to end the controversy before it gets started, he will have to do a number of things. Registration itself is painless—just a matter of filling out a form. But information to be supplied includes an exact accounting of all money received, names and addresses of everyone contributing more than $500, all expenditures and names and addresses of persons paid. For every expenditure of over $10 there must be a receipted bill. Reports must be filled every three months. For failing to register and report the fine is $5000 or a year in prison, or both. p Similar reports must be made under the federal corrupt practices act, so reporting under the lobbying act really involves no extra burden. None, that is, except that it would be rather embarrassing for a candidate for high public office, operating out in the open as Stassen is, to stand up and be counted with the lobbyists.
REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark Tactics on Throwing a Football Game
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WORLD AFFAIRS “ea By Ludwell Denny
all their dreams. ' In order to confront a man with popular gossip, and still live outside the libel laws, you must have something more concrete than a dark suspicion that he is pitching the right passes to the wrong guys, and vicious versa. You need that old tried evidence, like canceled checks and telephone conversations with the books. Up to now nobody has been able to heave a
*courtworthy accusation at the big target.
The unusual thing about the gambling angle to football is that it is not necessary to throw the game to keep the odds-layers happy. The good team which purposely holds down its margin over the bad team, in the current system of point-spread betting, is operating as dishonestly as if it had contrived to lose. The passer, mostly, is the man to approach, because he can flip one wide when his guys need a score, or lay one accidentally into an opponent's arms if it looks better that way. A kicker is valuable, because the toe-boys can always fluff a field goal or miscue a punt or foul up a try for extra point.
Look at Income Tax A COUPLE OF GOOD backfield men who are able to count to 20 can pretty thoroughly dominate tse point-result of a football game, if they are intent on keeping the points low. If the game gets lost in the process, that is regrettable. I hope they smoke out the offenders, and especially one guy, if guilty, but doubt if they can or will, Up to now they've accrued very little in actual evi- = dence. One thing: If the income taxers care, they i might compare the assets of questioned players with their on-record earnings for the past few years, and see if they tally.
Holland Not Good
Second factor is the strength and policy of the Ff
Labor party. The old Socialist party was reorganized as a Labor party somewhat along British lines to include more professional and middle-class progressives. The Communist party is isolated politically and has no chance to work its favorable trick of effecting a so-called Unity party in which it controls the larger Socialist party. i So now the Communists are waiting for fall of = the present Labor-Catholic government. A deal | between the Catholic party and the Protestant conservative parties, along pre-war lines, would throw the Labor party into opposition together with the & Communists. That would be the signal for large
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Stability Is Enemy of Communism THE PRESENT ECONOMIC improvement has reached a peak and soon will begin to recede unless the country can regain the German market on which it is largely dependent, Communists rn are counting on that economic recession, But if this country can maintain the present
government, transform a ‘colonial liability into a profitable partnership with, federated Indonesia, and restore essential trade with Germany, communism will not have much chance to flourish in The
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