Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1947 — Page 8

(¥en and compels waste, confusion and inefficiency,

to supervise or for congress to control ee EE et andl over. of authority are baffling obstacles to wise economy. Rep. R. B. Wigglesworth of Massachusetts cites the U. S. ler general was authority for the statement that

recently—

ment ‘funds, three insuring deposits, 34 “agencies in the acquisition of land, 36 in wildlife preservation, nine i eredit

materials and comstraction; 28 in wilfore matters, 14 in ~- forestry matters, four in bank examinations and 65 in , gathering statistics.” v The executive branch of the Pvacment spread out. in all directions before the war and mushroomed during the war. In'1982, according to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of ‘Massachusetts, there were 521 agencies ranking as bureaus or the equivalent. By 1944, that number had grown to 1141. Presidential plans for reorganization, drawn up by authority of congress, have not simplified the structure or made it less expensive. Senator Lodge and Rep. Clarence J. Brown of Ohio now have introduced companion bills that should get better results. : = »

» " E J #” pau propose a bipartisan commission to make a thor-

H HB Bag ssw tecture of the fees Worse |

“There were no less than 29 agericies lending govern- |

Hoosier

“| do not

Forum

say, but | will defend to the So your right to say it." — Voltaire,

agres with a word that you

ough study of the executive branch—“to go through the government with a fine-tooth comb and throw light into all the musty old corners,” as Senator Lodge puts it—and then to recommend ways and means of substituting modern management methods for the disorder. The commission would have 12 members: Two officials of executive agencies appointed by President Truman, two senators, two representatives and six private citizens, who

It would be required to report back to congress in January, 1949. Thus it would have a year and a half or more to do ~ its work, if the Lodge-Brown proposal were adopted promptly, and that much time will be required for a careful job. Congress, through the La Follette-Monroney act, has. gone far toward bringing its own methods up to date. Need for similar improvement of government's executive machinery is equally great. ‘

FREEDOM OF ENTERPRISE RESIDENT TRUMAN'S appeal at Waco for bipartishn _ support of an economic as well political “foreign policy, rightly linked peace and freedom with a third objec-tive—re-establishment of world trade. Peace cannot long prevail in a world one half of which lacks the necessities of life. Political road-blocks must’ be removed so that goods may move from country to country in response to demand. It is with this objective that 18 nations will meet at Geneva in April to complete drafting of a charter for the international trade organization, which is designed to” become a code of good conduct for world business. Our attitude toward this program will be decisive, as the President has emphasized, because we<have become the giant of the economic world. Other nations, knowing this, ! are waiting to see the direction-we take. Our choice is between international co-operation and economic isolation. Most of the world is-headed toward economic regimentation and controls. “That course, logically pursued, leads to communism.” We have failed to arrest this trend by political measures. But we may succeed by leading the world toward economic co-operation. So, to freedom of speech and of worship, Mr, Truman joins freedom of enterprise. This principle, the foundation of our own economy and way of life, he would offer to the world. Freedom of enterprise does not mean free trade. Our government does not intend, in the coming negotiations, to eliminate tariffs. All that is sought is the reduction of tariffs, the removal of .discriminations, “not free trade but freer trade.” : : : It is to our interest to seek freer trade.

svat ean -sell,for-years to come. because“ their Gin produc ‘tive plants have been crippled by war. At the same time we will be able to obtain commodities which are in short supply, for which there is keen competition on the world market, Finally, we cannot expect the rest of the world to cooperate with us in the political field if we are unwilling to "join other nations in ‘working for economic peace. As the

i - President has said, “Peace, freedom and world trade are : inseparable.”

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i. OUR PEACETIME ARMY 3a J PRESIDENT TRUMAN has asked congress to let the draft law expire March 31, He believes the army and , Navy can maintain necessary strength by voluntary enlistments. This belief is based in part on the- assumption that congress will approve a system of universal military traini : ing, which Mr, Truman will urge in a later message. i \ The training plan to be submitted will not call for act8 “unl service in the armed forces. But it is hoped that many young men will enlist in the regular establishment at the end of their training period. In any event, such a program is essential if we are to have the trained manpower reserves i security demands.

al steps should be taken which. will cut the army’s

forces for a year was less than $2000, inSlate ice and equipment. Today the average 000, taking into consideration subsequent er as a veteran under the G. L bill

“I od 95 Per Cent

If I were a

“war worker,”

bonus in world war I. We don't begrudge the veteran of twentyeight years ago ‘a bonus—mayhe were helping pay for it—glad to] ‘|help. I notice the state didn't pay a bonus in 1918. Let's break that precedent. We will have our ter-

in 1950 or 1952. Let's see if the

Efi tore 1953. =.

“LEGALIZE ‘GAMBLING FINANCE A GENUINE BONUS”

By D.

oa Sots a year for life! The

minal leave pay—pay, no bonus— cla

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Need a Bonus—Right ay

By Al Daunoras, Lawrence Hooda o rous businessman or a - ex-major the iin the army, I'd write and say “common sense Says no bonus.” But Lapa 20d against me 95 per cent of the others need a bonus—and now, Why do you see cheap furniture, ramshackle houses, etc. advertised ! should be recognized authorities in the management field. as “Veterans Specials,” insulting the Veteran, knowing that only he is| the one who'll buy because the veteran doesn’t have the money. He wasn't making much during the war, the veteran was another sort of

“It's agreed that the veteran himself will pay for the bonus. welll {we're. paying for most everything else, Yelife Sia to Day ourselVes The federal government paid a

“GIVE BONUS 7

TO FIGHTING MEN" AT

It's fantastic it's too

simple, top fa

use

‘and too easy.

ture can take action op the [bé he cessitate “{state tax or would necessitate the

borrowing of large sums of money. But my plan would be simple, could probably be paid out of present funds, and would create no new

{interest the arguments in the Forum

[this time as being very | Those who have dared voice an

Mother, Indianapolis Oo a.l a aoe te hatin dos

; n the transition from a war to a peacetime footing, ad-.

: world war I, the.cost of maintaining a goldier in.

| service rendered under the. 18-

pockets.

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vets asked fof a bonus and not a tip. How is the state to finance a decent bonus? How are other states raising the necessary money? Since the beginning of time people | have gambled. People will always | ie in one form or another, so | only about three or 3'3 million. men, I know how tough it is when the let's legalize gambling and pay the 3nd would be a gesture of gratitude coal bin is empty, the cupboard veterans a decent bonus. Not only |

will this large state incom the necessary bonus funds/but will Who really suffered all the horrors, {the depression.

also furnish an excess amount to Of battle—the noise, the heat, the, help reduce other taxes. Let's put ¢0ld, the stench, the sleeplessness, |e gambling rake-offs into common Cold rations, no baths, no - shaves,

state funds instead of politicians’ Jungle rot,

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“NOW FIGURE ON PAYING THOSE YHo PAY US $10”

; The nations '«caLL MEETING OF G. L's that will do the most business with us must buy more than |WHO FAVOR BONUS”

Now since

burdensome taxes. I propose that a veterans’ bonus) be paid to all veterans who ggtually, | during the war engaged in | with the enemy. That would mean |

on the part of the public, a small |

cover | measure of repayment to those men it happened to my family during

frozen feet, foxholes, bombings, bullets, torpedoes, sepa~- | ration from families, machine gun | fire, capture, imprisonment, torture, | starvation, illness, battle fatigue, and the many other forms of dis-

Well, ‘tolks, I want to express My comfort and hell that battered at thanks for your efforts in trying the minds and bodies of fighting to get us boys a bonus and I assure men Ernie Pyle's brave nien. you we appreciate it. it has been done we will have to| figure’ out a way we can pay the! individuals who will operate this| new office. I hope that the people! who get the office will be satisfled | with" their pay and not feel as| North Africa and then Europe for though they are taking the full | + {$10 from the vet. I thank you all. |

Marines were in the southwest | Pacific for more than three years with no state-side leave; sailors were at sea-for 29 months with no state-side leave; soldiers were in

{endless months with no relief. Please don't misunderstand me. 'I am. not ii any sense brushing |aside without due acknowledgment

« ithe time and energy which was. FY BORNE FI NTS 6 YE, “Trans wepuNsr Sven - RY --thoos,mbmbers of dhe: Why -don't-one-of--you tnav-want' servieesfwho served--im— the states: a bonus call a meeting of all ex-G. and ‘at. non-battle duties overseas. I's who want a bonus. Someone Far from it. with edueation’ and backbone. will be the first there, through the Forum.

Ii - So let's give credit where credit

Call it|is due, and give a bonus to the real

honest-to-goodness fighting men,

Side Glances—By Galbraith =r L=) & - ~ 4

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is due to the veterans, why not {make it one that will benefit the (veteran

week. i

' [By ‘A. W. L, Indianapolis

|| Louis ‘Packham ‘in The Times Feb.

| otherwise for his letter, especially | concerning the color bf his son. Is

“I AM VERY DEFINITELY AGAINST A BONUS" :

By J. M., Indiana University, Bloomington I have followed with considerable

jeran bonus. I want to come rely | ‘against such a bonus. _

bonus have, in

take advantgo to school better living

I know some of it bese are hard , with persistance deserying a I can usually get It’s a fact that we are the t provided for group of ex-serv-n to date. Don't forget that, use some extra cash, too. an elisted man I certainly didn't thave an opportunity to accumulate! any while in service. But I don't {want any if it has to come from a {bonus at this time,

hi , od

pis

|bare, and the house rent unpaid.

There will always be those type of cases, and among ex-servicemen, too. A bonus bill can't be passed every time they're in need. Honestly, I don't pretend to know the answer. ‘But I say that & bonus isn't it. - Maybe we need an agency for veteran hardship cases. ; As for being “deserving,” sure were deserving. If it hadn't been for us there wouldn't be a free U. 8. A. today. Surely no one argues against that. But are any benefits we happen to demand to be forever granted just on the strength of that contention? We don’t deserve that much. . If the country gives us that much it will be to the detriment of all of us, including service men. There is a real danger that we twelve million or 80 ex's will force harmful legislation. I feel that Uncle Sam has already. been pretty generous. I also edi” that, legally, €nough has already been “provided for me. That is enough to give me a better chance to make good than I would have otherwise have had. All I need now is world peace and a stable economy. Let that be my bonus. I'll 0 Ye rest, os “‘BONUS’ WOULDN'T BUY FOOD FOR JUST ONE WEEK” By C. 0. C. The present bonus bill is very insufficient for its purpose. If our representatives feel that a bonus

and not one that will benefit the représentatives, which is practically all this one did. With the present buying power of the dollar, the “bonus” which has so generously been awarded would not buy food for the veteran for one

oy a “WON'T TAKE SIDES, NOT MY BUSINESS”

Regarding segregation: letter by a

28. Tt seems that Mr, Packham is stirring up racial differences more than The Times. . I see no reason

his son any better than the son of other people living in Indianapolis, or anywhere else for that matter?

take sides because that is not my business. DAILY THOUGHT An inheritance may be gotten hasty at ihe ‘veginning; but

Regarding segregation, I will not|

Few Strong City.

CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION for mayor, city clerk and the six councilmanic places on each of the two major tickets have until April 8 to file +++ 80d so far the situation has not jelled sufficiently $0 give much Inclioation of the Sirensth of the ticksta which will be placed in the field, ' k ~ On the Republican side, Frank J. Noll. Jr, incumbent city elerk, has filed and appears as the probable nominee tb succeed himself. The city clerk is the only elected municipal official who can succeed

Earl R. Buchanan, west side businessman, ‘appears to be the strongest candidate for the mayor's post at this time and offers a bid for organization support as well as that of groups which place the welfare of the community above partisan politics.

Buchanan Looks Best’ Now

IF MR. BUCHANAN GETS that support and can hold it, the G. O. P. primary race could well be between him and Roy Hickman, city controller, ‘who will have the backing of the city hall anti-organization faction. The other aspirant taken seriously . although less so than either Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Hickman , , . is Ceril 8. Ober, local businessman and former member of the city board-of safety. Of the other candidates, avowed and undeclared, none now mentioned appears able to. gather enough strength to make an impressive primary rue, But May §, slection day, stil) is & Jong way off. . ‘Six candidates. or city cobnell will be selected by

: yp; SY te Wa Yeleiving the highest Voiuy

DEAR BOSS ¢ on by Daniel M.

WASHINGTON, March 8.—There is a Hoosier here who heads a business which just has reached: billion! dollar mark. He is & real dirt farmer ffom Camden. But he also is a Purdue aggie grad and an pes ex-cabinet official. I am writing, of course, about Claude R. Wickard,

former secretary of agriculture and now head of the rural electrification

He reports that REA figure. While that a rather’ sizable sum Mr, Wickard quickly that the Job of bringing electricity to American farms still is only a little more than rn Ano i

ond dave hit the billion

$500 Million in Loans

_~ HERE ARE SOME of the statistics:

Since REA began May 11, 1835, loans have been made to 1011 borrowers. These include 931 co-operatives, 40 public power districts, 20 other public bodies and 20 power companies, Of the ‘billion dollars in loans approved: by REA, 89 per cent has been for electrie distribution systems, 9.6 per tent for generation and transmission facilities, and 14 per cent to finance wiring and plumbing in homes of consumers and for elegtrically operated appliances and equipment. Nearly $500,000,000 in REA loans have been approved since VE day. Despite shortages of materials, REA borrowers added an average of 21,000 new consumers & month in the last half of 1946. The present rate is about 25,000 a month. More than 500,000 miles of REA power lines now

UNITED NATIONS. NEWS

sia issued a vigorous counter reply to the U. S. atomic proposal. © He stated that the U. 8. plan would destroy the independence of other peoples and he insisted that the bitterly contested veto is not an obstacle to control of atomic energy. He addressed the security council's members in English for more than an hour. He made it clear that the U. S. S. R. is not changing its position. His prepared statement contained four major items. These included the contention that Russia would not urn its national economy over to international control. One country—by inference, the United States—

Editor's Note—Mr. Eldridge, Midwest field director of the American Association for the United Nations, contributes a weekly column on the aetivities of the week in U. N.

was trying to hold the atomic monopoly. He further argued that unlimited control of atomic energy by an international agency would mean domestic -interference in the affairs of any country. He concluded by pointing out that the veto in the security council was on the initiative of the U. 8. He blamged the late President Roosevelt for taking the lead in the establishment of the Big Five veto power. *

May Be Completed This Year.

IN CHICAGO THIS WEEK the American .delegate to the general assembly, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, re ~on the: work -of- the human rights commis-

‘sion. AY ¢rarimian of LAY codtission, she Gatlin Er a meeting - of the Chicago Codncil on Foreign Rela- .

tions the work that has béen done to date. The December session of the economic and social council instructed the human rights commission to begin the preliminary work of . Stalting an international bill of Hgha, J

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ITs OUR BUSINESS . Bee “hd Donald D. Hoovsr

Hoosier Heads Bill iondollar S ystem

. By William A. Marlow

Candidates ey

comprising the council, Ali voters of a party vole ob all party candidates for city councliman in the primary, selecting six. In the fall general election, all voters may vote for nine. The minority party thus will have three representatives on the council. There is less discussion of potential candidates on the Democratic ticket. Indications so far.do not

Howard Caughran, United States attorney, to enter the mayor's race. Mr, Caughran would make a colorful candidate and a strong campaigner if he were to run, In a race between him and a candidate of the caliber of Mr. Buchanan, the voters would be in a position of getting a good top executive for the city whoever won,

new and

jeadership will be found for the critical four to come.

Platforms Will Be Scrutinized

THE BASIS ON WHICH each candidate ateln election should be the basis of the voters’ Judgment

the find out just what each pledges for his +++ 80d to analyse SETI EEE Kidney ay serve almost 1,700,000

Alaska and | Sas Sen

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he is out to get cheap power to U. 8. farms and nog just to harass the private power companies. 1d But the billion mark statistics show that REA did stimulate them into action also. Only about 750,000 farms, or approximately 11 per cent of all farms in the nation, received power line electricity when REA was created in 1935.

Real American, Standard Is Goal REA’s LATEST ESTIMATES showed that on last July 1, 3,106,775 farms, or 53 per cent, were connected to rural power lines. That is a fine record of progress, Mr. Wickard admits, but he maintains that until all farm homes have access to electricity they are not measuring up to what is called the American standard of living.

—DAN KIDNEY.

By Jarhes A. Eldridge -

Framing International Bill of Rights

AT LAKE SOCCESS Andrei A. Gromyko of Rus-

Mrs. Roosevelt said: she believed that the. drafting of the bill can be completed this year. She made it clear, however, that we will be accepting a. bill of rights that will contain guarantees of freedom that have different meanings for individual nations, She expressed confidence that with the years, our mutual areas of agreement would expand and, that in time, the actual practice.of these freedoms would be alike in each country. In conjunction with Mrs. Roosevelt's Chicago appearance, the commission to study the organization of peace issued a tentative draft of an international bill of rights. It is a purely unofficial statement prepared by a group of American citizens led by Dr. James F, Shotwell. It is believed that this fact gives it a special validity in view of the nature of the problems with which it deals and also of the nature of the United Nations itself. Tt will be recalled that in the opening words of the charter and in the text, there is a clear indication that it is intended to represent not only the governments but through them, the people themselves. ‘ It seems fitting and right that the expression of matured opinions by private citizens should - be: made available to the commission on human rights,

U.S. Takes Lead

THE DRAFTING of this tentative international bill of rights is a direct continuation of the work of the consultants ‘of the {U. 8. delegation at San Francisco, a body of unofficial character, but recog nized as representative. of a very large section of : Americar public: OPATOMF —at ae

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strongly upon. the insertion into the text of the charter the definite provision in the organization of the U. N, for the study of the problem of human rights and measures for their realization, culminating in the creation of the human rights commission. °

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“State's Educational System Grows Up

DAVID STARR JORDAN put it substantially so: “The fool, the dude, and the shirk dive deep in the Pierian springs of knowledge, as the duck dives in the pond, and they come up as dry as the duck does. You can put a 50-cent education on-a thousanddollar boy, but you.can't put a thousand-dollar edu-

cation on a 50-cent boy.” American democracy, that of Indiana for the moment especially included, cannot indefinitely sur-

8th or 12th grade. To so limit it and- expect survival and success would be like expecting an army to win battles and a war without trained officers and great leaders.

School System Was Working in 1870

“BY 1873, in sketchy outline and about, three quarters of a century after Indiana had stepped out

of the shell as Indian territory in 1800, the educa-'

tional system of the state was complete.

1876, 49 high schools had been organized _ There were five universities: The two state {nstitutions, Indiana university, and the so-called land grant college, Purdue university, and three denominational schools, Indiana (now DePauw) university, Le University Notre Dame and Butler

vive or thrive with a citizenship educated but to the

"A system of common schools was working. By -

ville, Sf. Meinard’s at St. Meinard, and Curicotat, at Ft. Wayne. . The most fundamental thing about this entire educational setup is that it comes from the heart of American democracy, as typically represented by late pioneer and modern Indiana. It hag’ all the earmarks of. this “defocracy’s ane bitions,” imperfections, and hopes. In it are touches of its philanthrophy, as when John Purdue gave 100 acres of land ‘at Lafayette, and $150,000 in cash to locate in-Indiana one of the land grant colleges of the United States, including one in Puerto Rico, = ._ It also has the redeeming: touch of American democracy’s tolerance in religidn as applied to education in its 12 denominational colleges, two Presbyterian, two Methodist, two Catholic, one Baptist, one Friends, one Lutheran, one United Bretnret, one New Light, and one Christian. :

A Priceless Thing

. NO MATTER what ’ the shortcomings of these colleges may be ‘with democracy's sanction; no matter, within due bounds, what their defects are, or how painful their struggle, they are free. To an Ameri-

can, and to them, that is a priceless thing, rid

A careful appraisal of all Ws reveals that the

colleges and universities of Indiana reflect the America, the last

strength and the weakness of democracy No. x ighat Now hakingly Sey *

erners, cans or Democr to be so anxious "tax and slash th et. They will c slashes may me:

conservation, in the West. abate by one io anywhere in the

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they have time t their beliefs and to understand ti co-operation.

“ I THINK that whether

Our armed f

speak up and their appropriati we are not heal what the cuts ° services.

We cannot af eit A,

We cannot af]

but add largely funds, both fede people of this ni est asset and we ucated people, | economic intere abroad, and be: for peace in the

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health program economize on r

I am more th try to run ou greater efficienc am more than out ‘the luxuri come to think i But I hope congress will h tax us on luxur continue doing which mean pi being in the fut

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