Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1947 — Page 16

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td appoint a Democratic member of the

tion of the Democratic county committee for that post. This appears to us to be a wise decision, : Under the terms of the restraining order; Judge Clagcombe has until Jan. 18 to file a reply to action brought ‘on behalf of Ira Buttz, 24th ward Democratic chairman, who had been recommended by his party’ s-chairman for appointment to the board. Judge Claycombe refused to

‘too active in politics, * The supreme. court gave consideration to a state elec:

tion board opinion signed by Governor Ralph F. Gates and Edwin Steers, Republican members, and William E. Steck-

ment of political- philosophy. “If the position of Judge Claycombe is sustained by the state supreme court,” said this statement, “it. would

in'the sta This concept of the function of the board is analogous to that advanced by The Times in criticizing Judge Claycombe’s decision. We are opposed to machine rule, but we also feel that any members of bi-partisan boards should be strong party .men who would look out for the interests of their party. This would produce real arms-length scrutiny of the workings of the board and the citizenry in general “would benefit,

LATIN-AMERICAN RELATIONS THE ‘long-delayed Rio de Janeiro sessions of the PanAmerican foreign ministers’ conference now seem destined for indefinite postponement—by common consent. All 21 Latin-American republics which, at Mexico City in 1945, decided to reconvene in Rio for the purpose of | EE provisions of the acts of Chapultepec, appear to agree that | | the time is not ripe: Tt is, in fact, generally believed that such a meeting would prove a detriment to current efforts of the United Nations to reach permanesit peace accords with Soviet Russia. ~The conference might be made an excuse for charging that the United States is trying to build up an offensive military bloc in this hemisphere, it is felt. This might be used to justify other leading powers in doing likewise. Question of distribution of defensive armaments probably would lead to other difficulties.. | : For instance, Chile does not want to be forced into an arms decision at this time. Its president, Gabriel Gonzales Videla, was s_ heavily backed by Communists in his election campaign, | ‘and they are opposed to: hemispheric defense because “it is aimed ‘at Russia.” While Gonzales is not himself a’ Red,\ he4thus finds himself in a tight political position. The question, of U. S.-Argentine relations is another ‘poser. Spruille Braden, assistant secretary of state, charges that Argentina has failed to follow. through on its pledges to deport dangerous Nazis. ' ‘Argentina's neighbors—Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and even Brazil—are eager to keep off the spot. They do not want to be forced to take sides in U. S.-Argen-tine differences. Nobody wants to risk a meeting that might only produce disharmony within the. Pan-American family of nations, so it appears that the Rio de Janeiro sessions will not be held as scheduled.

~ WE NEED TRAINED MANPOWER

HE war department's plan for universal military train: ing offers the nation a sound investment in security. It will provide a reservoir of trained manpower which can be called to arms in an emergency and be ready for action | in minimum time. . By being prepared for any eventuality we may be able to avbid another war. trained civilian army could spell the difference between victory and defeat. Universal military training woilld make a large standing army unnecessary, by providing a dependable source of . manpower for the national guard and organized reserves. Such a program is in the American tradition, for it recog- | nizes “the equal responsibility of all citizens for the safety | of th the country whose protection they claim.” We are living in a dangerous age, and offer a rich | field of conquest to any gangster nation which may seek to | profit by our enterprise, as Hitler Germany sought to

tive neighbors. As a war. department spokesman says: “National affluence and and-national weakness in combination constitute an open invitation to attack. This is the - wealthiest Ration | in the world, It cannot afford to be weak.” » . ” . n ERSAL military tralatig will cost an estimated billion a year. But that is less than the cost of three “days of war, based on expenditures of 1941-45, Moreover, “it should ‘be possible to save that much or ‘more, annually, : through unification of our armed services. We are paying for too much duplicated effort by-main-taining rival army and navy establishments, and the reduc- * tion in overhead costs that unification would bring should more than support the projected civilian training program. An educational program pointing out the need for trained manpower is to be conducted in Marion county i by Mayor Robert H. Tyndall's army advisory committee.

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Judge Claycombe’s right to ignore the recommenda- |

make the appointment on the ground Mr. Buttz had been |

ler, Democratic member, which was pertinent as a state- |

in effect destroy the bi-partisan system of holding elections |

ratifying a formal hemispheric defense treaty, based on the. | ope

. | sizable profit was adopted, Indus-

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enrich itself at the expense of weaker but more construc- |

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1947 I Irs od TO aT on the sidelines and hin

Enforcement Challenges ) * POR WILLIAM H, REMY-As president of the board of safety I'll stop once and for all the reports of collusion between bondmen and policemen, Wu, BY Juin W the betiom of (be

association has the responsibility ‘of guarding the ethics of the profession, and as its president I will

.| look into somplaints about ol of attorneys in the police courts . >

. and IT wl work for Ren-golitical selticn of Tudges “ For Prosecutor Judson L. Stark—1 was elected on my pledge to keep politics-out of law enforcement . . . and I'll keep an alert eye on all law enforcement agencies. For Municipal Judge Alex M. Clark—I'll have no more sob for those who flout -the law, whether

Hit Ie criminals or persons on the edges, than I did for the Naxis.

For Sheriff Albert C. Magenheimer—I will run my tary office in such » manner that there can't be the slight-

A BABY'S LITTLE SHOE, a treasured curly lock, . & casually taken picture linger long after the going of the little one that is of them. That is part of nature's compensation for death which meticulously takes its toll as it leaves its sacred tokens behind. Bure Whl in this manner, scattered sparsely over

Tndiani, ary the mementoes and the treasured spots of the sta stirring canal days. These are Indiana's visible compensation for her, futile struggle for these

_.| canals, and for their fated death. As the state strug-

| gled hopefully to get her canals, she clings wistfully to the cherished memory of them through their linger-

Ra ing bits in modern days.

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Hoosier Forum

say, but | will Fe to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire.

"Will Labor.and Management Sit Down Together, Put Cards on Table?"

By E. Bowman, 3031 Station st. : i The public's desire for a fair and peaceful settlement of management and labor ills seems doomed to some disappointinent although the tension is easing off some. No doubt an equitable settlement could be reached

bungling has got us into this industrial strife. ; - You hear some say strikes are the prime cause of predicames Well, to some extent, yes. It's this way: After we Tad ou Peat] Harbor

attack it was plain to be seen what’ “CLEAN BIL OF HEALTH we had: to do; that was get ready yop COUNTY JAIL IS JOKE” for all-out war. Industrial plafits By Ex-5. Alabama st. “Besrder” must stop producing commercial| County health officials gave the products and go all out for war |county jail a clean bill of health. equipment. But before any such What a crock of baloney. move could” be made industry must| - Take it from a who WS, know what do we get out of it? No|and incidentally who isn't going |time to waste, Uncle Sam had to|back to that stinkin’ jail, they're all speak quick—cost plus plan, Uncle wet. Sure, sure the sheriff can talk (furnish building and guarantee a about the reforms he brought in and the ‘cleaning up he told his flunkeys to do but he's all wet, too. It's a stinkin’ heap of a jail and nobody is gonna tell me different. WHy those mattresses aren't fit for a respectable dogs let alone for [to business so far as prices and human beings. And the lousy profits’ were concerned. {persons they throw in ‘there who But when uncle refunded most | {stink up the joint, throw up and] of it to industrialists, and none to!|carry on until a decent law breaker the workers with a living wage only! ‘can't stand it.” And that slop they {as his” fortune, that was the straw call food over there isnt even worth

Hry starts. Huge profits resulted, much fraud existed and Uncie Sam got gypped plenty. The little steel formula held the {line on wages, -but gave a free hand

that broke the camel's back. Labor | {getting up off the stool for. was mad and rightly so. Strikes]

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“DRUNKEN DR 5 ARE VICTIMS OF my” By L A , Vernon

Whether ‘man is a machine, or has ‘3. free will, has never been ; but I am inclined to he is a machine. At any rate, I have ceased to blame people

for anything they do. I am some-|

times unable to control my emotion

“when soméone in pursuit of some;

fleeting pleasure commits an act which snuffs out the life of an innocent person, or cripples him for | and my intellect has a chance to function, I do not blame that

They should be punished, of course; but not because they de-

serve it—not because we want them

to suffer—but because we want to prevent other innocent people from suffering at their hands. We do not, in vindictive spirit, correct a plant that is growing crooked and ugly; we merely try to prevent it from growing: -abnormally. We should punish criminals in the same

spirit. And this punishment should {be so certain and so severe that

violations would practically cease. In my opinion it is stupidity in (the nth degree to refuse to pass

I'm not asking for napkins or fine 'and enforce a law that would large-

came, but industry had the profit! eating tools; I'm not that_stupid, ly put’ an end to’ the injustices in-

its door, so what? {there makes my stomach turn over.

‘Neither all congressmen, nor all|I wouldn't ask a self- -respecting pig employers, should be ridiculed be-|to eat some of ‘the junk they throw cause’'rof the questionable acts of out on the tin plate, “|some. But when the press or some| I'ma free citizen now and I.can congressman or the chamber of speak, so I'm doing it. A clean commerce ‘speaks of action taken bil of health makes me laugh. That by some labor group organized or [rattrap the politicians call a jail | independent they howl for labor should have been torn down long {laws to curb labor as a whole. Most ago. There's one good thing that contracts are made and kept work- happened and that was when soffielable without any serious contention body found this DDT. Whensve: by either party. {that stuff is sprayed around it If labor and management will get rid of the lige and ‘bedbugs “for sis down together, lay all their awhile but not for long. Some louse ‘cards on "the- table, hide nothing, Laiways comes in and louses the |be honest about all things con-| joint up. There should be a better cerning each of them and the na-|jaill in Indianapolis and a better | tion as a whole, an agreement system of locking us guys up. beneficial to management and labor |that asking too much? ke could be adopted. Will they my share of taxes while ‘I'm out | working for-a living.

Carnival —By Dick Turner

tax refund to keep the wolf from but some of the stuff I've eaten | flicted upon society by reckless and

drunken drivers. To be effective, the penalty must be very severe, and the law must be strictly enforced. If "the punishment is certain and severe enough, few persons will ever| have to suffer the penalty. ; But think of all the human suf fering now in progress, and all that will be caused during the next few years—because of our stupidity. » n » “LANDLORDS GIVE PLACE oes | TO LIVE WITHOUT PROFIT” By Mrs. Leona Wright, 1507 Lawndale ave. Before building a 3-room modern house last spring, I called

the OPA office and asked them if

Is, they had any jurisdiction over a; I've paid house being built now for renting They told me that they

| purposes. did not" have as long as we were

not building under priority, which!

we weére not, So we went ahead

land built the house, furnished it

' completely, ‘and water, everything furnished. We|

including lights, gas And charge $15 per week, then filled with OPA and now they

{tell us we can get only $6.50 per

And melt not.in an acid sect

week. Now we didn’t build this House for charity. We built it in order to help pay for our home. At the rate of $6.50 a week it will take us years to get back the initial cost. So how can we make even a small profit? We're not even breaking even. They say you have to stick to 1941 prices. We didn’t build the house five years ago and tonsequently "paid much more for material, labor, etc. So why shouldn't the rent prices meet

| other prices and costs. I would like

to see all the so-called profit-mak-ing landlords get together and show the people that believe in rent control that they are not profiting, but are just kind enough to give someone a place to live, with no profit at all’

DAILY THOUGHT

~-And if thy ‘brother be waxen poor and fallen in decay with | thee: then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with: thee —Leviticas 25: 35,

ALL hearts confess the saints elect, Who, twain in faith, in love agree,

"The Christish peas) of charity! pe =Whittier.

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Wabash Valley Memories

THESE MEMENTOES of Indiana's canal days are épead sparifigly over the state. They linger as casually and as quietly as the canals themselves winked out. One illustration of this was the “Side Cut City” of the Wabash and Erie canal in Warren county. Its modern name is Williamsport, so named, incidentally, for William Henry Harrison, who owned some land on its site. The canal missed the town, but the local merchants raised a $16,000 subscription to dig a spur of the canal to the town. Everything boomed for the merchants till the Wabash railroad reached the town, and Williamsport settled down to a hopeful quiet. Farther up the Wabash at Lagro the bed of the Wabash and Erie canal runs alongside the main street of the town, and the interurban station is om the site of the" toil lock. Here, too, is the old two-story brick Keller House, built by William Keller. It was Tepaiedly tne fuest Rotel etween Tojedo and Logansport in its palmy canal days. But at nearby Wabash is one of the spots high in the Memories of the entire 459-mile Wabash and Erie

Navy Looking Ah

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Navy blues are today more of a feeling than a color. Naval officials face the new congress lashed to the mast and garroted. First, they are forbidden to talk against the President's announced plan for unifying the armed

services. Second, the senate and house naval affairs committees are about to be merged into the new committees on the armed services, The admirals naturally feel that both moves are detrimental to their navy.

Can't Fight Unification

SENATE COMMITTEES ON military and naval affairs in the last congress had 18 members each, a total of 36 senators. The new committee on the armed services will have only 13 members. In the house; the two committees had 30 members each, a total of 60 congressmen. The new house committee on armed services will have only 33 members. — Since more than 30 congressmen-and 13-senstors who served on the old committees were re-elected to the new congress, there is a big fight for places. Not only will some of the older members lose their seats, but if seniority rules are observed, none of the newlyelected congressmen, including a number who are veterans of the last war, will get places on the reorganized committee. Subcommittees may be given full powers to act for Leach branch of the armed services, and smaller committees may be more efficient. But in this concentration of responsibilities maval officials fear that the case for unification will be prejudiced. There is some concern over possible slighting of all national defense issues. In the era of peace that is supposed to lie'ahead these problems may not be as

WORLD AFFAIRS .

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Early in ‘the new year a state department showdown is expected on United States policy in Latin America, and Argentina in particular. It is long overdue.

Action Should Be Co-ordinated :

SINCE 1890, the American. republics have been systematically building up a body of international law fixing the principles governing their relations with each other. - Among those principles are: ONE: Condemnation of intervention by a state in the ‘internal or external affairs of another. TWO: Recognition that every act susceptible of F disturbing the peace of the Americas effects each and every one of them and justifies the initiation of consultation. THREE: That any difference or dispute among American nations, whatever its nature or origin, shall be settled by the.methods of conciliation, arbitration, or through operation of interriational justice. FOUR: Recognition that respect for.the person-

state constitutes the essence of international order and continéntal solidarity. These principles were restated and ré-emphasized in the act of Chapultepec signed in Mexico City. Nevertheless two conflicting schools of thought, have sprung up inside the stale department, largely over Argentina. wh That Argentine President Juan Peron seems bent on creating a totalitarian state there isn't much doubt. The state department split is over what, if anything, we should dé about it. We don't like totalitarianism,

| dictatorships, police states and suppression of human

rights. Yet every day we strive to our utmost—and

ugntyto maifitain thie eloséat possible relations wi

. By William Philip Simms

ality, sovereignty and independence of each American.

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est whisper, of

who had anything to do with law) violators outside the . requirements of his job, <1 Judge Joseph O. Hoftmann-—Juvenile court will be

~ operated on a basis which differentiates between ju-

-venile will .. abused.

delinquency and juvenile crime .

For G. oO. P. >, Couly Chaifinas Beniy E Ostiommes + 1 will use my influence to. obtalia the best possible.

Republican candidate for mayor this yeéar, not sup porting anyone who is not aggressive, alert and ble of coping with the problems of this metropo| unity party wheelhorses won't do. - For Democratic County Chairman wall —I will use my. influence to obtain the best possible Democratic candidate for mayor this year, not supe porting anyone who is not aggressive, alert and capa« ble of coping with the problems of this metropolitan

Annex Suburbs, Spread Expenses

FOR WILLIAM H. BOOK, executive vice president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce—I will -

continue my fight for lower taxes and simplification of thé structure of government . .. suburbs should be brought ifito a county-wide government, should pay their share of expenses.

For Senators flomer Capéhart and Willam Jenn nner—I will support every provision of the Lae Follette-Monroney act s congress, work for unification of the armed forces, universal mili tary training, a strong in government.

SAGA OF INDIANA + « + By William A. Marlow

Still Find Trace of Old Canal Era

canal. ‘This was the scene of the fight of 600 Irishe men, all canal workers, on July 13, 1835. Of these, 300 _ Were Corkonians, and 300 Fardowns from northern Jeland. ay ole a large body of militia to to stop the which for years was the talk of Sent, hich the canal and

But the Whitewater canal is the ri memories of all Indiana canals. Bigg in sana rugged ‘in its flow for profitable canal transportation, it is rich in canal lore, and highest on ‘the list for Indiana's old canal memories. prized memento is the covered timber canal aqueduct at Metamora. This aqueduct is the only such aqueduct in the middle west, if not in the entire United States, The original aqueduct was built in 1843. It was washed out fn 1847, and rebuilt probably in 1088. — Saysied the water in the canal over Duck cree e structure is 80 feet long and 16 f. ‘the bed of Duck creek. . st Abus > What is-prebably destined to be the most important and lasting memento of Indiana’s canal days fs the Proposed state park along the Whitewater canal route between Brookville and Laurel. This is backed ace tively by the Whitewater Canal association, and sym« pathetically by all Indiana. Out of it could come the narrowest-longest state park in Indiana, and one of the outstanding pleasure and recreation spots in the entire middle west.

Memories Form Heritage

IN THE EIGHT-MILE MODERN LINK of the Central canal at Indianapolis, and in scattered spots. of the old canal ways ail over the state, are memories of Indiana's stirring canal years. These help to ease life in the raw, as we live it in modern days, back into the mellow years of Indiana’s stirring canal days. These old canal memories are Indiana's priceleés heritage.

IN WASHINGTON oi veBy Peter Edson’

ead, Is Feeling Blue

big as they were in wartime, but they may be just as many. And because of technological advances in ware fare, they may be a lot more complex. ' Naval vessel strength today is far below what it was in 1940. Then there were 400 combat ships in

commission. Today there are only 300. Seven hundred °

ships are in reserve and “in grease” on the inactive list. Concentration is still going on. Naval appropriations for this year are $4.7 billion, about a third of which will be spent next year. Next year’s requested appropriation is expected to be about the same—somewhere between $4.5 and $5 billion. Applications of rocket and cosmic-ray research to military science are two big fields of study. Use of atomic-energy-driven engines as ship propellents is also under investigation. The navy is expected to ask for additional research laboratory facilities,

Island Responsibility a Factor END OF THE WAR and expiration of wartime

powers will result in requests for authority to cone tinue certain jobs the navy is now doing—transpor$

of civilians at sea, conduct of salvage operations, une derwriting of marine insurance, acquisition and dise posal of real estate. The navy would like to have the WAVES made a permanent part of the naval reserve. Acts are wanted to make permanent the office of undersecretary of Ine navy. Pifteen million dollars more is needed to chipiols rehabilitation on Guam, for which the last congress appropriated $6 million. Whether ‘or not Guam and other islands of the Pacific remain under naval gove ernment depends on what policy congress sets by a new organic act for territorial government under United Nations trusteeship.

Showdown Nearing on Latin Policy

Russia, for example, where all those things are carried to an extreme. We do it, (1) Because we say Russia's form of government is none 6f our business and, (2) Because international unity is essential to peace. Why, then, it is asked, should we swallow the Soviet camel apd strain at the Argentine gnat, especially since unity within the Western Hemisphere is our national security's biggest single asset?’ Like it or not, some state department officials hold, Peron was fairly elected. He ‘insists he has fulfilled his commitments under the act of Chapultepec. If he hasn't, it is a matter which concerns all the American republics, not just ourselves. If the United States feels Argentina is violating -any of our international rights; or if we consider Peron a menace, potential or otherwise, to the peace of the Americas, we are bound by all sorts of cone

ventions, resolutions and declarations to consult with °

the others. Settlement of the Argentine problem will not be easy. Already we stand accused of having intervened in the Peron elections in violation of the pacts of 1933 and 1936. -Others accuse us of pussyfooting— or not making Argentina live up to hér inter American commitments. We are damned if we do and damned if we don't every time we act separately.

Avoid Hostilities of Europe ~~ - IT WOULD SEEM, therefore, that if we have a case against Argentina, we should present it, with all the evidence and exhibits we can muster, to an interes American nieeting and there work out an. undere handing upon which all could unite.

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