Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1947 — Page 12

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an it to understand the genesis of the fight over confirmation of Hoosier-born David E. Lilienthal

the atomic energy ‘commission.

Mr. Lilionthals ancient enemy, Democratic Senator Me- _ Kellar of Tennessee. But the origin is clear and simple whe the fog is blown away and the light let in. Roose oT s 8 = OLITICS and patronage versus home rule and decen- \ tralization | is the issue at the source. Other things are "The Tennessee Valley authority was designed to keep politics out of its administration. There was a long fight in congress itself about that. As finally decided, politics was excluded. That is explicit in the TVA act. “A river has no politics. Whether an engineer is a Democrat or 3 Republican, a conservative or a liberal, is entirely unrelated to his ability to design a dam,” Mr. Lilienthal wrote. And the language of the law creating TVA ‘was forthright—“No political test or qualification shall be permitted or ‘given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency.” That barred the cousins,

county workers and the ward heelers. Had TVA been operated on a spoils basis it would have been a different and sorry and sordid story, not a thrilling story. " But that's where Senator McKellar came in. It went against his grain. It rubbed his life the wrong way. It : \[itated ‘him no end. It became his 14-year itch. He's een scratching ever since

In the meanwhile, TVA has been built. It has been accepted as a blessing by a valley that was hostile at first, by the utilities which so bitterly opposed it, by the cham‘bers of commerce—and the folks. . It has become the great experiment in grassroots democracy, governmentally directed under a philosophy of home rule. Kt has not been government ownership in the commonly accepted sense, but government and community eo-operation ‘in the finest sénse—a decentralized administration of centralized authority. Remote control and absenteeism have been:excluded. And one of the most important reasons for its success is the elimination of patron-

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BUT Seiler McKellar is still scratching. Along came atomic energy. Mr. Lilienthal’s appointment to the pew.and greatest of all power projects gave the senator hope of relief. So he went to work with the same old salve, with which he is now anoinfing some of his important Republican colleagues. : That's the real story up to now. The rest is scenery.

RISKY BUSINESS FOUR months or so from now it may have been proved _ possible, safe and desirable for congress to cut as much as $6 billion from President Truman's proposed $3714 billion budget for the 12 months beginning next July. . Opportunities’ for wise economy throughout the government, not excepting its military branches, are great. But congress does not yet know how, where or whether that much money can be saved in fiscal 1948 without serious, and perhaps disastrous, consequences. It has not had time for the detailed study required to gain such knowledge. That's why the so-called legislative budget which goes before house and senate this week is only a guess—and, under the circumstances, a dangerous guess. The legisla-tive-budget idea is thoroughly sound. It provides for a spending ceiling and pledges congress morally, though not legally or with binding effect, to keep total appropriations below that ceiling. : a 5 = . = 3 REPUBLICAN leaders will make a grave mistake if they succeed in fixing the ceiling so low that they can’t - live under it. Or so low that, in order to live under it, they would have to cripple the military services which are our present best insurance of national security and world peace. The reason why. some of them want so low a ceiling is obvious. They yearn to be able to say: “Now we've decided to save $6 billion, and the way is clear to keep our campaign promise of lower taxes.” Cutting taxes on the basis of a mere guess about how far it may be safe to cut spending would be terribly risky

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

By M. W. Brown, I have written a letter to Rep.

way until the last election, when I

fare of that greatest of American letter to Mr. Huff says further: “Now you want to slap on a 20 per cent tax on cigarets, add a surtax to an already predatory gross income tax, and give cities permission to levy further graft taxes for their own ‘gravy’ As much money these political chiselers have to squander, you want to further burden and harass the

taxpayer. you going to concoct the next time you meet? “Haven't you given any thought to improving your methods, operating the government efficiently, stop listening to these “special interests,” the pressure group, and the cheap politician who has a friend? In this modern day can’t you conform, in government operation, to modern business methods? eliminate the hand-down from a bygone age, the township, and all its attendent payrollers we have to support. What good is it to have a set of six township officials with overlapping, doubling-up = duties, and expense to the lowly taxpayer? The township is horse-and-buggy, now we can cover a state in an hour or more, and telephone in a matter of minutes. Did you know that? “If you have any regard and interest for the many plain, ordinary taxpayers, why not start a move to economize in government operation? I don’t think I have yet heard of any such economy broached in the assemiiy. It's time to start. Until you do, I don’t believe that our elected representatives give one iota for the welfare of the taxpaying public. Do not vote for any cigaret tax, no surtax on gross income, and don't allow cities to further load us duwn; and I mean down, with more taxes. If you do, I can tell you right now that, come election day from now on, I'll vote for any party except Republican or Democrat. They both have become so bad they smell.”

"Legislature Should Improve Its Methods; Be Deaf to Special Pleas"

stating “that the present methods pursued by the political powers domineering our good state are conducive to widespread protests by us, the lowly taxpayer. And I'm an old-line Republican, having voted that

in electing officials responsive to the wishes and considerate of the wel-

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\ " ® » “I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FACTS AND FIGURES” , B. RB. 6 Bex InBy Jud Haggerty s 4,

' Governor Gates in last Monday's

tax increase in these ways: ONE: Our state colleges and universities need more money for construction and operating expenses. TWO: Our civil authorities (including the governor) need a raise due to the increased cost of living. THREE: Our highways and roads are in need of money for repair purposes. *I would like to ask these questions: ONE: Does not the swelled enrollment (basis for his argument) mean an increased income for these schools?

TWO: Does the honorable gov{ernor sincerely believe that the cost of living will go up, or even remain the same? If so, his beliefs are not consistent with ‘the Republican reactionary platform which urges a return to normalcy. But suppose the cost of living continues to rise; are the salarie® of these public servants inadequate as they now stand? I would like to see facts and figures.

THREE: Granted, our road system is in need of repair. The reason given is that mmterial and help could not be obtained during the war. Just the same, the money for these services was paid by the people in taxes; they have a right to know where that money is.

governor would take on the bonus for veterans bill. I can say frankly that it was not a stand; it looked more like the old run-around. Being a veteran myself, but aiso a human,

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“BETTER, FASTER SIGNALS SHOULD BE INSTALLED"

IT's. OUR BUSINESS .* . § By Dina D. Hoover =. “Brotherhood as a Rule 5 Living’

EMPHASIS 18 BEING PLACED this week on the

of understanding and tolerance . + + an importance that should be ever-present . . . during brotherhood week. ent Truman ‘is honorary’ chairman and John G. Winant, former ambassador to Great Britain, is general chairman of the national observance spon- - sored annually by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Mesting in Indiana polis GHT OF OBSERVANCE here will be a meeting next Sunday at the world war memorial auditorium, with Dr. Thomas Elsa Jones, president of Earlham college, as the speaker. Dr. Jones, a native of Indiana, was president of Fisk university for Negroes, and has lived much abroad. A tolerant and sage person, his address deserves to be well-attended. Throughout this month, Indianapolis churches are emphasizing the need for world brotherhood and for better race relations . . . a need which every individual can help meet.. During the same period, national security week is being observed, likewise by Presidential proclamation, and the congress is faced with the quesiion of maintaining our armed forces at a strength sufficient to meet commitments to the cause of enforcing the peace and establishing greater world brotherhood. It is significant that many of our leaders realize that ideals and talk of brotherhood of man will not alone keep the peace. America always has been willing to fight for its ideals, but never has it been prepared. “Our land can make no greater contribution to this troubled world than to establish brotherhood as a rule of living among. all our citizens of every religion,, race and national origin,” said Mr. Truman

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throughout, the nation are even us they are the requirements of brot! . The specific theme this year is erhood, living and supporting it. Major 3 5 to mobilize a vast public opinion against all prejud which divide one American: against another, :

the ku klux klan . . . didn't do when. attempted to get started again in Indiana, And & significant straw in the wind is the unanimous pass

sage by the state légisiature last week of the ants hate bill . . . a measure supported by a group of public-spirited citizens known as the provisional council ‘for unity and dedicated to bringing. about understanding by education. The anti-hate bill is an official declaration of tate policy . . . and is a forward step.

Segre egation Is Test of Sincerit COMES POSITIVE ACTION to implement this state policy of tolerance and frowning on diserimination. That opportunity is presented by the bill, pending in the house, to end ‘segregation in the schools. Indianapolis is one of the few places in the state where such segregation is practiced . . . due to the school board's refusal to return to the old policy of non-segregation. Under ‘the proposed law, the board would not have that discretion. Whether it is passed will be a test of determination of the legislators to live up to their official state ments of bratherhoed and tolerance.

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Marquis Childs Budget Must Be Considered Carefully

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—In the dispute over how much the federal government shall spend next year, neither. side has talked about how the cutting is to be done. If you use a scalpel with patience, skill and intelligence, you get one result. Using’an axe, you get quite a different result, Impetuous economizers of the type of Chairman John Taber of the house appropriations committee are brandishing the axe. They are ready to hack away no matter what the consequences to the government of America's position before the world.

By Times Reader, Indianapolis | Your newspaper's motto is: “Give | light and the people will find their | own way.” Will you assert your | influence that better railway signal equipment might be installed at) the Shelby st. Pennsylvania salitoad crossing that people might see the! lights from all directions and find | their way. According to your newspaper | | account of the train and automobile wreck at University Heights, where Mrs. Rooker was killed, you said Mr. John Deever, deputy coroner, said, “the snowfall apparently obscured flasher signals at the crossing and masked the approach of the train” I am not doubting Mr. Deever’s sincerity in making such a statement. Many people praise his ability as a doctor. What he said has probably” been repeated many times since the wreck by other people. Mrs. Rooker entered Shelby st. from Windermire st. and then onto the tracks. When you enter Shelby st. from Windermire st. (the first street south of the tracks) with the intention of turning north, you must watch both lanes of traffic on Shelby st. and also watch for trains as you have no signal to show you

You cannot see the signal from Windermire st. because the signal on the south side of the tracks on Shelby st. extends beyond Windermire st. I did not know Mrs. Rooker personally although my mother did. Mrs. Rooker was always active as a P.-T. A. worker in the University Heights elementary school. Her son and I were in the same class at grade school ‘some time ago. May the accident that took place Feb. 1, taking Mrs. Rooker’s life, lead to a better system of flasher signals being installed at the Shelby st. Pennsylvania crossing, that a similar accideht might not happen

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“COMMUNITY MORALE WILL {RISE WITH TEACHER PAY” By 25-Year Teacher, City

Foreign Policy ls Involved AL ID BUDGET DISPUTE are the $11 billion requested by army and navy. Those who know operation of government from long experience believe that with patience and persistence these requests might he trimmed without doing damage to either service. "But no one shows any sign of using pati ence and persistence. The arbitrary use of an axe will inevitably do great damage. That is why responsible Republicans such as Senator Gurney and Senator | Vandenberg are determined to prevent a flat reduction in the appropriation for defense. They will have (a hard fight, particularly when it comes to standing up to the Republican steamroller in the house. There is a special sanctity about the $11 billion for defense. Even the axe-wielders pause when they realize that to slash the defense budget may radically after the precarious balance now prevailing in world affairs. But nc such sanctity hangs over the items in the budget that cover normal expenditures for government. To use an axe can be nearly as disastrous when it comes to regular functions of government. Rep. Clarence J. Brown, of Ohio, one of the most influential Republicans in the house, went back to his native state not long age and made a rousing, old-fashioned economy speech. It conveniently ignores two monumental facts. Number one is that we are only just slowly emerging from the greatest up-

HE WAS a big fellow, six feet tall, and well put together. His hair was red, bordering on a Van Dyke brown. His eyes were blue, and his complexion was lively reddish. He was free and easy in the manner

of a well-bred gentleman. * This was William Hendricks, one of a small coterie of men who molded Indiana into the second state of the Northwest Territory, and the fifth state west of the Allegheny mountains. In the fullest sense, he was an Indiana pioneer. i

Trustee at Indiana University HIS FIRST ancestor in America was Hendrick Harrison, a French Huguenot who came to New Jersey in 1683, almost 100 years before Hendricks was born at Ligonier, Pa., Nov. 12, 1732. A revealing slant on Hendricks is that he never had his picture taken. he died at Madison, May 16, 1850, a portrait of his was added to the state house collection of the portraits of Indiana governors. This became possible only after a long search to get a picture of him. The portrait was painted by 8. Burtis Baker, a portrait painter and instructor at the Corcoran art school, Washington, D. C. His portrait is an en- | larged replica of a diminutive figure of Hendricks in a group picture of 86 congressmen, painted in 1822

the teacher-is given to the boys and

I am naturally interested in the {bonus bill. With only three weeks left in the current session, our assembly has enacted very few laws. Will the lobbyists perform a ‘~ush' act” during the closing days?”

Side Glances—By Galbraith

business. _ If the ceiling on appropriations is set higher, congress Will not have to appropriate all that such action would permit. All the opportunities for wise economy will still be there. But if the promise of tax reduction is kept now, based on a legislative-budget guess that might prove too for actual needs and national safety, the Republicans may find themselves compelled to break their far more important promise to end deficit spending and get the government back to living within its income. If they're smart, they will not take that chance.

GOOD FEELING? _ THE national house labor comritiites is informed by Earl J. Gratz, Philadelphia attorney, that: » ohh Philadelphia local 929 of the A. F. of L. Teamsters’ Union has sought a contract which would require: An employer to get permission from the union to enter | place of business on a Saturday. Permission would i ked in ring 10 days in advance.

Jou Gratz said, might. compel an ‘own place of business.

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girls. | During the depression, salaries were cut so that beginning teachers were hired at $1000 a year (that was below the current wage for labor at the time). For years the | salary remained so low that teacher jmorale fell to rock bottom. There 'was no opportunity for travel nor advanced study. In the years before the old salary schedule was re|stored, these teachers were hopelessly lost in a Jow salar group, | with an aggregate loss of ousands | of dollars. It's almost 20 years now, Isince this group cameé in ‘and they are still $500 below maximum. Contrast that with my group who | entered the profession just before | |ties. “Increases up to $1000 were given. We were able to advance professienally, enrich our own lives by travel and benefit from which immediately flowed back into the ,community through the superior service given to the children. The maximum could the be reached within 10 years... Grant ‘a beginning salary big enough to attract superior college graduates, and large enough increases to encourage professional growth and future financial security, and the morale and consequent service to the community will be immensely increased. The niggardly practice in the last 20 years hag immeasurably impoverished the community's children.

“DAILY THOUGHT

+ For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his § Prisonetie Psalms 69:33.

And Satan ‘trembles when he sees ~ weakest saint upon his knees. x , | =William Cowper.

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Samuel F. B. Morse, and owned by the Corcoran | Art Gallery at Washington. | Hendricks was educated at Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pa., where he was a classmate of An-

drew Wylie, the first president of Indiana university.’

He had an honorary degree from Washington college, in Pennsylvania, granted in 1833, and was a trustee | of Indiana university from 1829 to 1840. i Hendricks came west in 1810, at 28. He taught

‘WORLD AFFAIRS .

In 1926, about 76 years after *

heaval in history of the human race. As a part of that upheaval, we are witnessing liquidation of the British empire. That means the end of 150 years of order-keeping in the world. It means a political and military vacuum’ Hae will not long remain a vacuum. To shut our eyes to what is happening acrolls the seas is to invite final disaster. Number two is our economic and technological supremacy over every other nation. Power means responsibility. If we shirk responsibility, we shall certainly lose the power. The axe-wielders seem determined to close their eyes to these facts. They assume we can snap back to normal as easily as we did, say, after the SpanishAmerican war. . You get little idea from the political debate of how important and how delicate is this matter of the budget. If the slashes are too deep, they may contribute to the deflation that has set in as an inevitable reaction to the inflation of 19046. What is essential is to maintain national income as a level of $150 billion a year. Should we fall substantially below that level, hope of balancing the budget would be out the window, We should then face a struggle to meet the $5 billion of debt service and keep afloat some $80 billion of short-term indebtedness, Talking about “back to normal” at this point is dangerous moonshine. Next year’s budget will be nearer to normal. Some six to eight billions, cons nected with termination of war, will be eliminated.

G. O.P. P. Should Watch Its Step WHEN THE BACK-TO-NORMAL drive is ques-' tioned, old-line Republican says: “Don’t you know the people voted out the New Deal and all that spending on November 5?” In part, at least, that is true. There was a revolt last November against someghing known vaguely as the New Deal. But one thing is certain. The voters did not vote for a return to the Old Deal of pre-1933, Republicans who think they did may be badly fooled in-1948. ;

SAGA OF INDIANA . . . By William A. Marlow Paving the Way for a Great Indiana

school and studied law three years in’ Cincinnati; moved to Madison in 1813; married Ann Parker Paul May 19, 1816 to become the son-in-law of Col. John Paul, the founder of Madison and one of the elect cf the town. Hendricks was now all set to go. With shrewd foresight, he had brought to Madison from Cincinnati a printing outfit. With Seth M. Leavenworth as a partner, he had founded the West ern Eagle, with the first issue on May 26, 1813. This was the second newspaper in Indiana. First was the Western Sun, established at Vincennes in 1804. These two newspapers became the spearhead of attack of the two political factions that came out of territorial Indiana—the Harrison crowd at Vincennes, and the Harrison-Jennings-Whitewater valley crowd. of southeastern Indiana. ne For about a quarter of a century from 1813 to 1837, Hendricks played a conspicuolls part in laying the foundation for making Indiana a great state, For three years beginning in 1813, he was a member of the territorial legislature, and its speaker part of the time. Here, and as secretary of the constitu= tional convention of 1816, he conspicuously helped to pave the way for a great Indiana. In these two’ key - spots, he was in a position to do this, and it is to his credit that he made the most of the opportunity.

Too Big to Be Little

FOR 21 YEARS after Indiana became a state ‘n, 1816, Hendricks served six years in the national house of representatives; three years as governor of Indiana, x and 12 years as United States senator. Willlam Hendricks was the average American. He was too little to be great, and too big to be little. The wisdom of America is that she lets such men guide the nation. in

. By William Philip Simms

U.S. Delay Puzzles Latin Nations.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—South American diplomats are wondering when the United States intends t-to-proceed with implementation of the act of Chapul. | tepec calling for hemisphere defense. The fact that Canada ha joined in thé system of joint security for this part of the world has given new impetus to the question. It strikes Latin Americans as ironical that the Truman arms plan, originally designed for them!, should be applied first to Canada, which is not even a signatory to the act of Chapulte-

Not that Canada’s collaboration isn’t welcome. It is—100 per cent. Figuratively speaking, there is a vacant chair at every inter-American conference with Canada’s name on it. What hurts is, the 20 republics to the south have been waiting vainly for nearly two years to join with the United States in implementing hemisphere defense.

Pigeonholed for Year NEARLY A YEAR ago, President Truman submitted to congress a bill entitled “The Inter-American Military Co-Operation Act.” It called for a program of military collaboration with the rest of the Americas. Its purpose was to standardize weapons, training and defense tactics. Primarily, the President explained, the measure would enable the American nations-to carry out their hemisphere obligations arising under the United Ndtions charter and the act of Chapultepec. Canada was not present in Mexico City in March, 1945, when the pact was signéd, but spokesmen made it plain that she would be welcome. - The President told congress: “The collaboration authorized by the bill could be extended also to Canada, whose co-operation with the United States in matters fo antou their common ge.

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Now Canada has come in. The announcement was hailed throughout American circles, Many, however, ' find it strange that Washington continues to hold up the bandwagon when it comes to applying the Tru- . man plan to those for whom it was originally p=. tended. The roadblock is in the state department: A al group there refuses to meet with Argentina. The president of Argentina is Col. Juan D, Peron, a man seemingly impressed by totalitarianism. Some of his methods smack of Berlin, some of Moscow, some of the labor governent of London—especially his program of nationalization of railways and key industries by purchase. He also is charged with harboring a number of Nazis within his borders. Col. Peron, however, is the duly elected head Py his country. Not even his political opponents claim the -elections were dishonest. As for the Nazi charge, the Big Four are using Nazis when and where they find them useful. The it. wholesale,

Back to Big Stick? BE THAT, as it may, Washington's attitude tor ward Argentina is causing misgivings in Latin-Amer-ican circles. Does the United States, it is asked, claim the right to pass upon the duly elected governments of its sister republics? And does it intend to try to oust such-governments as may not measure up to its .own ideas? That, they remind, would be turning back the clock to the old American policy of intervention and the big stick. It would be the end of the policy of the good neighbor. . If, they add, one American republic charges that another American republic has failed to live up to its Shapuliepse ltages, Shu ‘that should pvp n matter . for all * 4

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