Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1947 — Page 14

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IF YOU HAVE THAT “all-gone” feeling it's probs , . , a record of added . op pationags, ably because of the federal income tax { + + unless greater cost to the public, and continued expansion. withholding procedure took care of your payment to alton Ss heula be danger signs to every citizen . . . ; ‘ Uncle Sam. In any event, you've cast your eye over of the few Jenared op oat, Say po pugh, ong be For 1 the proportion of your last year's income that went ously is an organization of government workers them- n. : 4 to the government and perhaps wondered a bit about selves. The long-established and conservative National i why taxes are so heavy. Federation of Federal Employees, in a statement Part of There is little argument against the excellent and’ issued this month, warned against abuses which invite Beli somewhat less painless method of collecting taxes “meat-ax curtailments at the hands of congress,” eve by withholding them from income. It's almost a pay-. abuses by those who determine how many folk shall By WILLA as-you-go plan that appeals to the average person, be employed and what they shall do, : A Pres Administrators who refuse to face “the stark : Federal Workers See Danger realities of the situation” are endangering the jobs or 2 Lu . EVER, THE SIZE of federal and other taxes of those who are serving a useful purpose, the fed- the Pacific tc becoming » pe that many people view with eration warned. That is true . . . once the people in a search fc seam) jo alarm the vast extent of the sprawling struc a5 a whole realise the situation they will demand abandoned ti three weeks rémaining Ww aspiran or the dosh hee . Mais or Jedersl ployees of all agencies of government, ‘may be more The navy

YY jobs of mayor, city clerk and city councilmen may file their declarations of candidacy for the May 6 primary, the lines of probable contest now are fairly well drawn in the

Just one structure, they're scattered everywhere . . .

(offices as a reporter. Of course government has grown + + « and offers many more services . . . especially

I can't help recalling the days when I covered these .

concerned with totals cut than what damage a general and unscientific cut might wreak.

Pledges of Economy THE NATIONAL AND STATE G. O. P. are pledged

cruiser Tuesc were assignec biggest in tl war, It was

mayor's race. since the early days of the New Deal. But has it to economy. SI She search the extent that it over-taxes our ability © And “economy” undoubtedly will be a pledge of : On the G. 0. P. side of the fence, principal contenders grown to SE . |ta support it? And do we need all these new services, the candidates for mayor of Indianapolis and for the who have announced are Earl Buchanan, West side business |added employees? city council in the May primary. asmplioh 2 ~ Jeader, and John A. Schumacher, president of the city coun- Once an agency is created, it seldom is discon- Any candidate who pledged a real economy pro-* ’ CO pared cil, both of whom have formidable support. The city hall inked, Witness ne Just that as of the isk “ She Stam hand Sue tha Nod determine what services was Capt. L. " i ted to be Roy Hickman, city ak. ob 8 ule Decessary and would be Tucson, ‘who faction’s candidate is expec federal government. Back in 1939, there were 730,000 eliminated . . .

controller. A fourth name given serious .consideration is that of William H. Wemmer, president of the Indianapolis © Bar association, who is being urged by a substantial group of fellow veterans to seek the Republican nomination. Perry ‘B. Ward also has entered the race and one or more others

may do so. .

So far, only one Democrat announced a declaration of candidacy. He is George S. Dailey, widely known attorney * who has the support of many party leaders. One major

Democratic victory in the fall. A similar situation. pre-

. and in the 1935 hey-dey of the New Deal beneficence of the government's civilian payroll carries ‘There have been similarly large jumps in the number of employees of other units of Sovernmant

genuine advantage. Studies should be made in all levels of government to determine what could be done toward living within income . , . avoiding deficit spending and reducing the burden of taxation.

; IN WASHINGTON .". . By Marquis Childs *

Use UN. to Get Greece Back on Track

ried out by a United Nations advisory mission made

would start his campaign witha -.

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faction which 2 far has not c : itted 1 a t go WASHINGTON, March 18.—It is not surprising ground can go together and acquire modern ma- a SHON along on the Dailey candidacy, so it appears pro that that some less responsible members of congress Chinery. amphibious there may be at least one more strong contender for the -— should have reacted to President Truman's proposal TYde 154. inguityy ist etly . expanded tn rado was wd ————— ‘ y - ” Democzatie nomination as the Picture shapes up, at this to Greece ay Turkey with a slight touch of nyRena. port. points to possiiiie in tour a of ruin Mate Norma e. eir cries “This means war” are not are rel resort cen created. Greece The Ft. De © Splitting the Republican vote in the primary among a : the present moment of tension. 3 a land of Wnexkmpled beaty; Jags Lccamible in the midst ¢ number of candidates could well mean that the best man . "| do not agres with 5 word that you . Fortunately there has just been released the re- Wom Ws primitive. nature of the 100 wiles nos would not be nominated, which might pave the way for Hoosier Foru m say, but | will defend to the death Ja of — heal Valtad Nauges mission 3 Groton The report recommends that these steps be car- , beer; tamper

vailed in the primary race for the G. O. P. nomination for judge of juvenile court last year. Although the combined

-your right to say it." — Voltaire.

"Working People Want West Side

“SCHOOL OFFICIALS SHOULD TAKE MORE INTEREST”

prosperity, not more strife leading to war. It is the report of a group of experts, most of them Americans, sent to Greece by the U. N. food and agricul-

up of representatives of various U. N. groups including the international bank, which could conceivably

advance part of the necessary funds. Here the report ’

A brief repc said that the at 12 noon (I

vote of the two opponents of the machine candidate was oh fare 4 tia is at variance i fecommendation hat Preston * “Pirst man : By Former Teacher, Indianapolis rganiza Truman made to congress. Presiden : “The tries to drop f greater than the latter received, the split of the anti {Underpass Constructed; Need It The most controversial tople of | Start Has Been Made United Nations and its related organizations are not the boat,” th machine vote enabled the then judge to be renominated. lan educational nature these days ; in a position to extend help of the kind that is re- jumped and ; .. By Working Man and Taxpayer, Indianapolis i to . THAT REPORT IS homework for every member uired.” . His defeat came in the fall, at the hands of the inde- In the matter of an improvement to eliminate the delays and hazard Nataly ror nets Juluris of congress. It shows how Greek agriculture can be q A commission named by the United Nations se- jockess a 5 ‘pendent voters and of Republicans who crossed party lines |of tne railroad crossings at Holmes and Warman aves. and W. Michi-| oon on “per oo © elses, the way | F€Vived and industries established to make the COUN- cuit council is now investigating conditions in gan oh to support his Democratic opponent. gan st. I have been a resident of the West side for over 30 years| = oo . ° 5 Y | try self-sustaining and prosperous. northern Greece. News reports of the work of that uw a J and nearly everyone who must use that crossing either at Warman or d While it is non-political, you can see the choices h ld how R Y : . Thus the Republicans run the risk of nominating a ber rendered and teachers are no ex- commission have to ussian, Yugoslav and ’ The navy s candidate who might not appeal to the ind dent voters, 5 4%, have found Shat ail thefe years We oui here have lseption, bul this Hite dissertation VC Dave It G are istakably clear. If the pojgh members of that commission have differed search for mi not a e epenaent vo longed for the day when someone would so something to remedy the lari major emphasis is on the military side of our assist- _ pio : a the balan f Indianapolis, to their situation. We must wait as long as seven or eight minutes at a goes 1k pertain 10 higher ®8. lance, then we are likely merely to clamp a lid tem- » y on questions of act With British, Amer probably wou who hold the ce of power in polis, or eir ODE BS even XT muuss This is not a hypothetical case R " Y. la sa) Ha can and French members. So perhaps in view of the Oahu after t own party members who have demonstrated that they |" BE nis ant 1 Lente that, oily of the Debus pooplo UU A brief Tesume of an actual to- (WISP, 73 Eis JEURY Tew Ugh a, Grom Che $A SL yu Se xX. dn kei Sul) 'W Jandie 3 Was Calculates tance ‘ ' complicated tangle t scrutinize qualification as well as political affiliation. on Michigan st. naturally are opposed to the dead-end streets that ea 2h aa hog ie 1 : of the blame: Persdnnel A able > Ciresst: to Nawal 1a ’ a fit to re er ET I I i Tl re ps Rorsions] ATIbl i sains Explosive t. But they Vv! mately 30 years and had ’ ding flood instrume TRENGTH of the Democrats could well lie in united sup- iam their drances y y SANGHA S port of one strong candidate in the primary, and a hard- |for EE ae in the; Views On the ng hicks of I at moth: ny eo jo eludire Srainage, This track ent Ses In he am Twenty-six ct hitting constructive appeal to independent voters in the [lng run be a ot better. Anyway, News years. Inasmuch as my residence |\nE-term prvsfass night Sake 1 yours © Somplcte. fun, ome from ayteide U. Doe Stine 1 electi : how can a few people stop such a was 6000 east, I did not drive, and en completed, about one of the farm land gen on, h wh . fine improvement that will not only} ‘By D ANIEL M. KIDNEY transportation of any nature was |°f Greece would be irrigated, an area equivalent to Keeling, a i Chinese news _ One of the strongest appeals to those o realize that |benefit Hielsands of ua = dere Since its only two miles from the|diMcult to obtain during the war |P0US * ig of tw rrigates lan i» bt sane o : ¥. ul CHIT , this is an extremely critical election would be a council- |as well as folks from Moscow peace meeting to the Krem- | (With gasoline rationing, etc.), I de- | California. organization itself could ssiat of the town who drive across these | cided to ask for a change i volume of hydro-electric power equivalent to that give invaluable aid. The members of the mission to manic ticket composed of men and women of proved lead- |, , vs Then too, with a way to|ln. Molotov should be able to id gino nee 3 a from Hoover dain. Greece would now where to start immediately. ership. eliminate waiting at these streets, |Take some Sui genleions by Joe! ty request did not specify a-par- | NEW methods, more research, are essential to In doing this, we would make plain that our action ‘a . : 1 | Michigan st. could be a through =. : ticular buil nor a particular | Pring Greek agriculture up to something like modern in Greece was not a personal and private adventure. ¢ The candidate for mayor whe ras oh a ficket Which street from the west to the east| If congress outlaws Communists, grade for asne willing Pe accept standards. The report recommends use of co-opera- We would answer those who say -we have harmed also includes capable candidates for the city council will part of the city and could take maybe union labor leadership ean gn. transfer which - was east of tives so that farmers on the average tiny plots of the U. N. in bypassing its help on Greece. draw heavy support from those who realize that we need |some of the heavy traffic off |unicad outlaws. Meridian st. good councilmen if the administration of any mayor is to [heavily traveled Washington st. I * 1 was quile elated 16 Jeceive 4 Jot. S AGA OF INDIANA .

be successful.

ATLANTIC CHARTER—TRUMAN POLICY

THE Wallace-Pepper ‘“Russia-can-do-no-wrong”

school

holds that President Truman's Greek-Turkish policy is breaking with the Roosevelt foreign policy and by-passing the United Nations.

The Moscow press takes the same line. Let's see about that.

know that thousands of us working people who live out here want to see the underpass installed for the; benefit of the greatest number of

people and taxpayers. » . .

“LIFE WITH IN-LAWS TESTS STANDARDS OF MARRIAGE”

By Wife of Veterans Hospital Worker, Indianapolis

In reading the news pf current events, I have had such mixed thoughts of anger and amusement that I wonder what the civilized

J. Edgar Hoover reported an FBI checkup showed 1.685203 major crimes committed in the U. S. A. in 1946. Always bragging. »” sn - Senator Taft blames the Demo-" crats for the slowness of the senate to act. Maybe he should quit following the leadership of Senator McKellar, ® » » A senate Republican caucus de-| cided to let two freshmen play “Find the Leader” with the seniors.

ter from the superintendent's office stating my request was under’ consideration. Several ‘weeks later when I went to his office to learn {about my transfer, my elation was | irudely shattered. I was to be changed to an assignment in the | transportation was even more dif- | {transportation was even mode difficult than the. building from which | 1 was asking to‘be changed. There |was nothing for me to do but re!sign as it was impossible for me to | commute between either of the lo-

By William A. Marlow

Gov. Whitcomb, Intellectual Giant

| “THE MOST DIFFICULT national question can be understood by any man who Is able to attend to | his own business without the aid of a guardian and {if he will think for himself.” This is a statement by James Whitcomb, who was | Inaugurated the 8th governor of Indiana, Dec. 6, 1843, and who resigned in 1848 after his election to the Li 8S. senate.

He married Mrs. Martha Ann (Renwick) Hurst March 24, 1846, who died in 1847. Their daughter, Martha Renwick Whitcomb, on Jan. 1, 1868, married Claude Matthews, inaugurated governor of Indiana, Jan. 9, 1893. Mr. Whitcomb’'s outstanding achievement as governor of Indiana was cleaning up the canal mess, started by the passage of the Mammoth Internal Improvement Bill passed by the legislature Jan. 26,

people of the United States are cations and my home. Presumably Intellectual Giant

1836.

HE Roosevelt-Churchill meeting on the Atlantic ocean in August, 1941, has been called the birthplace of the United Nations. The eight principles agreed upon at. that meeting, given to the world as the Atlantic charter, became the rallying cry of the allies. The United Nations subscribed to those principles in a ringing preamble to its initial declaration, Jan. 1, 1942. The Soviet Union signed that declaration, and subsequently indorsed the same principles at Tehran and Yalta. Point 3 of the Atlantic charter recognized “the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live.” The Greek people made their choice a year ago by an overwhelming vote, at an election regarded fair by official American, British and French observers. Russia was asked to send observers, but declined for reasons now

apparent.

jority rule.

We also support point 2 of the charter which opposes territorial changes “that do not accord with the freely ex-

We do.

thinking of besides themselves and their egotistical goals. First, I read an article on housing requests where a fellow says he lives in his mother’s home and sleeps in the dining room. Another woman said surely she and her husband would get a divorce if they didn’t find living quarters other than those of her in-laws. This seemed amusing to me because their love isn't very strong to survive their in-laws with just themselves to think of. What of people who have children and because of politics and economical basis and conditions such as they may be are forced to live with our in-laws. Think of what these go through to

ee | test the standards. of their marriage. Tie Soviets Bs Hob SubseHsd 6 “%" the Principle of ma- |:

“Then I read where a navy veteran’s wife in-Shelbyville said she thought the veterans of this last

war are asking for too much, that 15 years ago they started on nothing and have a home now. Did they have high costs of living, higher tax brackets, no housing facilities, red tape and rationing? Surely anyone must know within their hearts the veterafis deserve all consideration in view of conditions as they are now. Did the veterans stop to say, “Why should I save my brother's life?” 8 8.» & “REMARKABLE HOW QUICKLY DELINQUENTS CAN CHANGE” By Percy Vere, Indianapolis After defying parents, teachers, juvenile * court - authorities and ‘everybody else for years, it is remarkable hew quickly juvenile delinquents become model young men and women under the ‘tutelage of

good defense lawyers.

pressed wishes of the people concerned.” In seeking Turkish | territory by intimidation, Russia is violating that principle, as well as point 6 of the charter. That point dedicated the allies to a place which would afford all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries in “freedom from fear and want.” 8 The Greek and Turkish situations should be presented to the United Nations. So should Russia's breach of faith |

with Chi

and the strongarm methods by which she is

‘undermining majority rule in Hungary. World opinion |

‘must be mobilized against aggression everywhere, seh -

But until the issues in the Greek and Turkish cases | properly can be debated, some power must act before the | ~ conquests of those countries become accomplished facts. - Otherwise, when these cases are called for hearing, -Greece and Turkey would be represented by Moscow stooges, ap- | pointed by the Kremlin to sell them down the river. That | et happened in Iran. It did happen in the case of Por | |

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PRESIDENT TRUMAN is keeping faith with the letter * and the spirit of the Atlantic charter, the cornerstone “of the Roosevelt foreign policy, by urging the course he has jee for Greece and Turkey.

v ily, he also has recognized that only big can halt Russian aggression, whether in- |

the United Nations. For Russia, by her | eto power, has prevented that organization ightful position as the arbiter among 8 change heir whole attitude, the

Side Glances—By Galbraith

{the superintendent's decision upon | a location was made to “teach me a lesson” for having the audacity to ask for a transfer, regardless of my | reason therefor, My sole purpose in detailing my | experience is to bring out the fact that the almighty dollar 1s not everything, and I sincerely believe | that if a concerted effort was made | by school officials (from superintendent to, principal) to become, or at least appear, interested in the {personal problems of the teachers las well as the professional, there

over within the school system, and probably a decided decrease in the continuous oy for ‘higher salaries. » ., “THINKS ROOMING HOUSES SHOULD. BE INSPECTED” By Alms Turner, Jamestown ; In regards to your paper of March 11 I read of poor, humble men living in deplorable conditions in Indianapolis which is a shame to the health officers of your fair city, I

, think rooming. houses as well as | | restaurants should be inspected for : 'health of employees, and beds for {bugs and lice.

Last August I went to eight

I was in bed 30 minutes when bedbugs by the thou-

| sands appeared. When I got up the {clerk asked me if I had my rest. I

told him about the bugs and he let

“fon like I had bro {{I cleaned my clo {| could and went to the bus terminal | '|as I was going to Anderson. The

ght them there, es the best I

bugs crawled out of my clothes onto a newspaper I was reading. After all this if you go to the bus terminal the police will shove you out in the cold if you haven't all it takes to identify yourself. I am for anyone like your Times

who will investigate those condi-

tions in any city, but I don't feel like the law should run people out on the street, then arrest ihnocent ‘| people because they have no reom.

DAILY THOUGHT

Ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. ~Numbers 9:14.

WHEN friends are ‘are at your hearth-.-side ‘met,

: ifs not the gy cots for tickets that inches’ s the vo soto | sitter to wa homel'"

tch the kids at

Sweet courtesy ‘has done its most (It you have made each guest

ol re pe

would be far less personnel turn- |

{| THE STATEMENT was made in “Facts for the | People,” a pamphlet written by Whitcomb, and considered by men best competent to judge to be one {of the best grguments ever written against the pro- | tective tariff. ! The Indianapolis Sentinel reproduced the pamphlet in the campaign of 1882, and commented in an edi(torial that it was written “by one of the most remarkable men ever connected with public affairs in fa Gov. Whitcomb was an intellectual giant.” Governor Whitcomb was rooted early and deep in | America. His first Americin ancestor was John Whitcomb, who anchored in Dorchester, a pan of | Boston, in 1635. Mr. Whitcomb was worn at Rochester, on White river in the Green mountains of Vermont, Dec. 1, | 1795. When he was 11, in 1806, the family moved to a farm near Cincinnati, O. There Mr. Whitcomb grew up into an indifferent farmer. He graduated from Transylvania . university at - Lexington, Ky. in 1819, when -he was 24, He was admitted to the’ bar in Fayette county,. Ky. in 1822... Hh When he was 29, he moved to Govingion, Ind. where he settled down ) bé a Hoosier. . He died Oct. 4, 1852, at New York, where he had gone for a surgical operation.

WORLD AFFAIRS .

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WASHINGTON, March 18.—A poll of some of the most experienced American, British and European diplomats here strongly suggests that while immediate aid to Greece and Turkey is imperative, the United States should demand international co-opera-tion in enforcing the Truman ‘doctrine as a per‘manent proposition. One shrewd diplomat put it this way: “The little Dutch boy saved his country by sticking his finger in the dyke. He did not try to repair the dyke permanently, however, all by himself. He held back the flood until the rest of the community came to his support.”

Complacency Now Is Attitude THE COMMUNIST TIDE is rising. There is a

other places as well, Popular government everywhere is imperiled. But while Uncle Sam courageously plugs as many holes as he can, he should on the promptest support of the world community to repair and police danger spots in the future. Admitted danger of war growing out of the clash

support of the Atlantic charter would be enhanced if the United States allowed itself to be isolated while Moscow * went ahead building ‘up its Communist coalition. ' Thus, most diplomat§ with whom I talked called in immediately to help out.

troubles to Lake Success just as Austria took hers to U.

serious leak in the dyke—in Greece, Turkey and in -

between Soviet imperialism and the U, 8. over our

were convinced that the United Nations should be" Athens and Ankara should be pressed to take their

On the roll call of this bill, Mr. Whitcomb was the leading one of nine men who voted against the passage of the bill. He did more than any other man in the state against the futility of the bill Under his plan, the Butler bill was passed. This bill cancelled one-half the canal debt by the transfer of the Wabash and Erie canal to the bondholders. Bonds at low interest took care of the other half. When, the financial fog of the state cleared up, both the bondholders and the people of Tralee were satisfied. That was an achievement.

Started Reforms MR. WHITCOMB led the state in Sanna and benevolent reforms. In 1843, he backed the creation of the office of superintendent of common schools; in

1844, .a school for the deaf and dumb; in 1845, astate hospital for the insane; in 1847, an institute for the education of the blind.

In the midst of all this, he led the state eMclently’ ws

and loyally through the Mexican war in 1846, “Mr.- Whitcomb *was a big, handsome fellow=-dark complexion, black curly. hair, a natty dresser; economical of money "and time—chiding a friend for’ using a match instead of the fire to and reading as he walked the street to save time.

. By William Philip Simms

United Nations Should Call Red Hand

emergency job, and a permanent job, to be done on the dyke holding back the Communist tide, and free

‘peoples éverywhere owe it to, themselves and to us

to move in with their picks and shovels. 1t is not enough to say that U. N. is “not” prepared” to do anything now, these experienced observers remark. No doubt that is true. But it can, and should be, prodded out of its complacency without delay. The general assembly can be called into special session at any time. The security council is supposed to function continually. That the United Nations is not ready today for its first big job is due largely to the ceaseless stalling of that member whose expansionist policy is now menacing the world. Unless the United States and the other free nations force the issue, Russia will continue to paralyze United Nations. . The United States cannot forever police the world alone. To try to do so eventually would spell bank ruptcy or war, or both, Possible way of avoiding War is unity of all nations which value their freedom and independence.

Ahead Without Russia

THE UNITED STATES at Lake Success should get as tough as may be necessary to get action. If Russia persists in sabotaging United Nations action, the other members should proceed without her, World peace is at stake. Imperialist Russia already has absorbed most of Europe .and much of Asta; and is reaching out for more. As expected, Soviet fiopagania is is "accusing the United states of “imperialism.” re

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light a cigar,

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