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identity of the devil. On that occasion, he wore a long Prince Albert coat and a highly polished
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ONE AFTERNOON back 1 the 90's, the Rev. Fr. Herman Alerding, in response to a knock, went to the door and discovered the devil standing on his threshold. It is one of the many stories still told about the beloved priest who came to Indianapolis in
1874 to help organize St. Joseph's church, and lived to see it grow from & mere handful of worshipers to one of the powerful parishes of the city. There was no mistaking the
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‘MR. LIE'S QUESTIONABLE CONDUCT
/IHE speech by Secretary General Trygve Lie of the United Nations has been widely interpreted as an indirect criticism of President Truman's Greek-Turkish policy. If that was jts intent—and Mr. Lie seems to have inspired such an advance billing—the secretary general's speech should have been more to the point. Words should be used to express their purposes, not to conceal them, If this country is at fault in any respect, ‘Mr. Lie should spell it out. In its essence, all the speech did was to urge a willing ness among nations to seek agreement, with “a readiness to resort to the United Nations, even when the most vital
national interests are at stake.” If Mr. Lie intended to imply that the United States has
not shown a sincere desire to get along with the Soviet Union, the shoe doesn't fit and we decline to put it on. And if he implied that we have any selfish national interest in the Mediterranean area, a slur doesn’t make a fact.
» 8 = 8-8 f ugly implication should be supported by evidence | or Mr. Lie should be called upon to withdraw it. Our interest in the Greek-Turkish situation stems
hi gs Saeftats Maio Tacs and prevent two | \ ‘small nations from being pushed arourid by a bully. Mr. Lie’s concern should be the same as ours, if he is as thor
Hoosier Forum
"I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire.
oughly dedicated to- the purposes of the United Nations as a man in his position ought to be. The Greek situation has been before the security council, which Mr. Lie heads, since last December. The slowness with which an investigation got under way, even after it was ordered, suggests that Mr. Lie himself may be partly to blame for the extent to which conditions have deteriorated. We might not have become involved in the case at all, had it been handled with expedition.
sonal initiative was when he urged security council action against Franco Spain—after that issue had been warmly debated by. the council itself.
. EJ 8 ¥ » M*. LIE has yet to point an accusing finger at Russia or any of its satellites, although numerous opportunities have provided him. That he has seemed to front the Soviet viewpoint in the only two instances in which he has spoken out may be quite coincidental, but it is recalled that he was Russia’s candidate for the position he now holds. It would be easier to dismiss a suspicion of bias, however, had his comment on American policy been withheld until he had heard the statement by the United States, which he knew was to be made today. A member state would seem to be entitled to such courtesy.
PROTECTION FOR MINERS
THE shocking coal mine disaster at Centralia, Ill, emphasizes a fact which the American people never should let themselves forget. Men who do the hard and hazardous work of mining coal need and deserve every protection that can be given them by the best possible system of mine inspection and the most vigorous enforcement of safety codes. The Centralia mine, where an explosion cost many lives, is one of those now under federal government operation. At present, federal authorities are responsible both for in“spection and for safety enforcement in such mines. W. K. Hopkins, attorney for the United Mine Workers, charged in Washington that safety violations reported at Centralia as long ago as November never had been corrected. Whatever the truth about this serious charge, federal ; linspection and enforcement did not prevent a great tragedy. When the mines go back to private operation, federal enforcement power will end. The U. S. bureau of mines will continue to make inspections and to recommend correction of unsafe conditions. But only the various states can enforce such recommendations, and the effectiveness of their enforcement will depend largely upon the vigor with which the bureau of mines presses and publicizes the need
: .n - , .. a8 FEW days ago John L Lewis, head of the coal miners’ uriion, went before the senate public lands committee
ong ‘mines—a 42-year-old mining engineer named - James Boyd. Mr. Boyd's principal experience has been as a teacher - in the Colorado school of mines and as an army officer. ' Mr. Lewis raised no question as to his character, but asserted that the miners bitterly resented Mr. Boyd's nomination because they considered him not qualified for the job of guarding their safety. Often as we have disagreed with John L. Lewis, we would be inclined to give weight to what he says on this subject. We do not want to see any injustice done to Mr. Boyd. But we think the senate committee should be careful to make certain that the objection to him is un- " founded, if it is, before approving him for this particular duty. It is vitally Hnportant that the chief of the bureau of mines should be a man who can win the miners’ complete confidence in his ability and will to fight for their protection.
HELPING SMALL BUSINESS
ot THE Indiana State Chamber of Commerce is taking a constructive step to make business research facilities available to small businesses which otherwise would have to do without the benefit of much background information. The U. 8. department of commerce and Indiana university are co-operating in the program, in which execu-
with see letters from the ladies.
The one prior incident in which Mr. Lie assumed per- | said “prices will level off.”
housewives were pushing and pulling at eath other to get soap until efforts toward doing away with graft it was shameful. When OPA went and rottenness and padded payrolls out the ‘price of soap went up 10 oriin politics, as they do in whether 12c per box and it magically reap- women should wear slacks on.the peared on the shelves. Shortening street or drink a glass of beer in a used to sell at 23c per pound, but|tavern, we might then get something now, it is plentiful at 42c. ‘There | done. are so many other instances of this ss = = that as a housewife it makes me | “LABOR SHOULD UNITE sick at being hooked every time I AGAINST TAFT, GATES”
| By A. J. Johnsen, 3128 E., Washington st.
go to the store. Now is the time for the C. I.-O..|I had the chance to weed them out
During the war we “had payroll | deductions and drives to buy war A. P. of L. and all other unions | Loo" to it that they would go bonds to win the war, and people pegin to get together, for in the were glad to buy them for that pur-| ion, of November, 1948, you will pose. Now the war is over and the| "0 otis not to | Senator Taft is playing a smooth on this project and . ge intends to run for Pres- ' lining up certain Republican representatives that he can "control and if he is President, no union need expect any justice from I believe in income tax, but I do/him because he is not in sympathy i, that the exemption for the) |for such things. small salaried worker should be]
terest to start a movement for a age or juvenile for action. [clean administration. Why let|chance. George do it?
If the people would get as ‘riled” | crimes. about the condition of our city,|handled as adults, and not as K state and national governments as|juveniles. A Ap. protest tha nominatigneof my: pergrivertor-of theJagmman (hex. do. about the git Som Kop . tucky -.saging our men are not courteous,
"If People Get 'Riled' Over Government, Might Get Action”
By Elsie A. Bruhn, 914 Berwyn St.
I read much interest
{1 Washington news in The Times
terest the views of different people but seldom Since statistics say women spend most of
money today, it seems that we should have a voice in the cost of
ving “gripes” that are so frequently sent in by the men. ths ago OPA prices were abandoned and the wise ones But they did not say how high that level } be. Now with a price predicted in wheat and wheat products, rk products with chops Predicied to 80 to $1.25 per pound, it seems the Po is the limit.
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I went into. a chain store this week and they had so much soap
and soap powder that the aisles were filled. Six months ago we
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The old aristrocrats and highraised to $1000. If the government prows will be in office and of course expects people to eat regular and their favors will go to the money | live half way decent they should have enough left to live on. Look at the newspapers and you will see hats at $35, $159.50, negligees $35. Why not put a tax on these things, as the little ynite and be ready. sglaried worker cannot afford to buy these things? I was interested in the letter by/ Joe Doakes.
class and not to the workers. You, also have another to watch and be in Hawaii who had an island he
sure he is not elected —GOVernor | giyqq up at a cost of half a on sults Gates. He possibly will seek the, P mill
{senate job. But whatever you do, | reation center for self and friends.
Your bread | Your. correspondent bewailed the and butter is more important to you | fact that so much money was spent
{than politics. Don’t lose all labor | oy that purpose when there are so has gained up to now, but improve
There are thousandsop it, and a united vote will be the who feel the same way in this city, pest to keep out undesirables. but we neither know the men who ss = would be able to take Indianapolis “TREAT YOUNG OFFENDERS out of the cesspool of rotten politics.{AS ADULT CRIMINALS” or how to get them to do it. we can do is vote for the men who are on the tickets, choosing between | ..c of articles, the two parties. knows the qualifications o men and knows the need of our | looks like the U. 8. is off to'a good | city it is just as much in his in-|start. I believe in giving the teenevery - possible | They know right from | Fl
All By Times Customer, Indianapolis Some time ago The Times ran a | bothers to answer, and gradually
“How to Grow class consciousness and hatred is it | built up.
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“HATE COMMUNISTS AND ALL THEIR SYMPATHIZERS" By Mrs. Lillie McCarty, 1543 Udell st. I noticed an article datei March
where Robert Buse, president of Local 248 United Automobile Workers (C. I. O) denied before house labor committee that he was a Communist or a Communist sympathizer. Now I want to add my opinion in regards to him. I don’t see how he can expect people to believe him when he admits that he signed a Communist petition in 1946 for a
ways told when you lay down with the dogs, you get up with fleas. I have been a subscriber of The Times for a number of years-and I think it. reveals news that no other local newspaper does. You read so much and also heaf different ones interviewed on the radio in regards to Communist affiliations, and they all deny ite If communism is so grand then why deny it. I am sure if
ino matter what it would take, I back to where communism was bred. I, just can’t understand our government in regards to these Reds. We have a fine bunch of soldiers just back from the foxholes that would and should take the place of these Communists in our factories. I for one do hate communism or anyone who leans that way. - ” » 2 “REDS BERATE THE RICH | TO ROUSE CLASS HATRED” By Veteran of ’18, Indianapolis Some time ago a contributor to your column told about a rich man
|dollars as a garden spot and rec-
{many poor people in the world. This ‘is a familiar attack on men of wealth, and such propaganda is continually poured upon the public by the Communist party through letters to the editor as well as by other means. - As a rule, no one
Suppose the. man spent half a million dollars as said, who got the {money? It could only be spent for | mixing concrete, building build{ings, leveling ground, painting, |electric wiring, laying tile floors, building a swimming pool and in | buying equipment which has been \manufactured., for sdle in"some facTry? Iv Would Bppear i wot of employment has been created and a lot ‘of money put back in circula-
Side Glances—By Galbraith
tion. I think that the person who had the money and spent it thus should be commended instead of
berated. » » “HELP JEWS TAKE OVER
PALESTINE HOMELAND”
By E. Haupt, 2541 N. Delaware st. My plan to settle the Palestine
question may back-fire on me but I think that as most people the
world over know from authority ef the best book ever written that Palestine belonged to the Jews back as far as we know history, and if they want to all go back there to live they ‘should not be interfered with. I think the Jews should be furnished with the best of arms and {ammunition® and without interference from any large nation rid their land of all but Jews; then live there in peace all of the Jews that wish to go there. This may sound wrong, but what did we do when we wanted the country here in North America? We just killed the Indians and put what were left on reservations where we wanted them. And in the Civil war we killed our own brothers in the South fighting for a principle. And don't you think the Jews also have a principle to fight for-—their homeland and a Jewish state recognized as such by the United Nations,
DAILY THOUGHT The Lord upholdéth all that
fall, and raiseth up all that
“| have to buy a birtheay iw neglect him while ir decided’ ght the stom bomb!"
present for the Butcher's son—} can't’ United Natians still aren ¥
be bowed down.—Psalms 145:14.
pected it ‘might have been Fa his bag of tricks with him. And that's
IN WASHINGTON . . . By Marquis Childs
silk plug hat, Together with his luxuriantly waxed mustache and aggressive goatee it was the kind of get-up you'd expect the devil to wear when he was out making calls.
Very Much at Ease
THE PRIEST asked the devil to come in and have a seat. Immediately, he noticed that the devil felt very much at ease in a pastor's study. As a matter of fact, whenever the priest told the story, he always made it a point to say that the devil appeared to feel “very much at home," With the light falling on his face, it also occurred to the priest that the devil looked exactly like the pictures of Herrmann the Great. He couldn't help noticing the resemblance .because, that very week,’ all the billboards of Indianapolis were decorated with posters of the famous magician. Well, that's exactly who it was. Herrmann, the world-acclaimed magician, said he had come because, once upon a time, a priest in Terre Haute had shown him an unusual courtesy. He had never seen the priest, much less know him, he said. But from what he had learned in the meantime he rather susAlerding. To show his gratitude, the magician had brought how it hap-
Russ Have Snubbed
WASHINGTON, March 28.—In the argument over the proposed program for Greece and Turkey, a lot
—+4s made of the fact that the United States by-passed
the United Nations. Those opposing the program try to make it sound as though this country had deliberately set out to knife the United Nations. A little tact might have prevented this phase of the argument. In early conferences on the proposal, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg argued that we could do two things: ONE: Notify the United Nations what we intended to do and why we were going to do it; and TWO: Ask the United Nations to keep jurisdiction over the border dispute while we supplied aid for the rehabilitation of Greece.
Don't Blame Us Too Much
WHEN IT comes to giving the United Nations the cold shoulder, it would be well to look at the record before too much blame is heaped on the United States. The record shows that the Soviet Union has ignored or turned down most of the United Nations specialized agencies, This, briefly, is the record: World bank and international monetary fund--Russia accepted invitation to Bretton Woods conference in 1944 and took active part. In reply to a question whether she intended to become a member of the fund, Russia replied the following year that the decision was under consideration. Through 1946 a place was left open for the Soviet Union. In August of that year, Moscow was asked whether or not a Russian delegate would like to sit in on the board meetings as an observer. No reply was received. United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization—while Russia originally, agreed to discuss such an organization, she turned down an invita. tion to attend a -conference called to implement it. When the executive committee was set up, a place was left for the U. 8. 8. R. Last July the committee met, with Russia not present. An agreement between
NEW YORK, March 28.—Man's longtime dream of rockets to the moon has crouched behind many an excuse, such as the determination of life, or the lack of.it, up there—such as the scientific itch to peep into the transoms of those spheres which whirl about us,
in the interest of vaster knowledge. It remained, however, for a German scientific writer, Willy Ley, to drop a finger on the most fundamental American urge to visit the moon. In his recently updated book, “Rockets and Space Travel,” Herr Lay says that such a voyage is eminently possible, An unmanned space ship cold be followed swiftly by a manned ship, which would pay for the trip by bringing back lunar souvenirs for sale, says Ley, without cracking a smile. In one short sentence, Mr: Ley has neatly summed us up. We are the folk of whom it was said: “The Germans fight for Hitler, the Japanese fight for the emperor, and the British fight for the king. But as far as I can make out, the Yanks are fighting for souvenirs.”™
Memento i Amorican Mania
Which is possibly uriequalled by any other nationality. our closets are cluttered with mementos, starting from the trip to Coney Island and ending with Tokyo and Berlin. We are passionate worshipers of the short-snort-er bill, and our dignitaries sign historic. documents
".| with a dozen pens, in order that the spectators may.
carry away tangible proof of their presence. Our attics are stacked with Japanese gold-teeth, German pot helmets; pieces of machine guns, daggers,
WORLD AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, March 28.-—Russia’s expressed preference for a Weimar type German republic is understandable. It would provide the best possible stepping-stone to a Soviet regime, Polish or Yugo-
slay. style. In the early 20's, the Communists were close to taking over in Berlin, They failed only because, few at world revolution, they made the usual beginners’ blunders. Next time-—-with 30 years’ experience and gtronger organizations — they are determined to succeed. The Weimar constitution of 1919 set up a federal stafe headed by’ a president elected for seven years with wide powers. His ministers could be ousted at will by the unicameral natiorial assembly.
No Freedom in Election Plan ELECTIONS WERE by proportional representation, a system which gave considerable scope to party ‘manipulations while restricting freedom of chdice by individual voters, When the successes of the’ Communist-led popular front .in- Spain and France in the 30's are remembered, there is little room to wonder why Moscow hopes for better; luck under the: present far more fa-
AND . from . which grave, and | vorable conditions in Germany.
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pened that on a certain afternoon in the 90's a yirlony and a prestidigitator got together in the study of 8s. Joseph's rectory. They turned the place into a mad. house with cards disappearing in midair and rabbits Jumping out of the vases on the mantel piece. Father Alerding said he wouldn't have missed it for the world. Indeed, he used the prerogative of his office to point the moral and said it always pays to be polite, even. when you think you're entertaining the. ; devil. On another occasion, Father Alerding went to the door and, this time he found a young man with hat in hand standing on the threshold: He recognized him immediately as Paul Dresser, the boy who lived in Sullivan back in the 60's when Father Alerding was stationed at Terre Haute and used to run over te say mass in Sullivan,
Builds Circus Menagerie
ONE DAY THE LITTLE BOY came 0 the priest and told him he had a great treat for him. It turned out that he had built a circus menagerie out of dry goods boxes with slats to represent the iron bars. Inside the cages he had imprisoned his little brothers and sisters and when Father Alerding
showed up, the improvised animals howled like & - .
pack of wild cats for the benefit of the priest. Father Alerding used to say that Paul Dresser was the most original kid he ever knew. Of course, you know without my Telling you that Paul Dresser ended up writing the song “On. the Banks of the Wabash.” Father Alerding ended up as Bishop of Ft. Wayne. When he left Indianapolis to take up his new post, the priest took with him a big portfolio containing every song Paul Dresser had written, many of them in manuscript. At any rate, so runs the legend. As for Herrmann the Great, he was succeeded by Herrmann II and finally by Herrmann III. However, they didn't measure up to Herrmann the Great who fooled Father Alerding into believing that he was the devil
UN More Than U.S.
United Nations and UNESCO was ratified last Dee cember, with the Soviets not voting.
Food and agriculture organization—Russia ate °
tended original conference at Hot Springs and ape proved the plan of organization... By May of 1945, 22 countries had accepted. In October of that year, the Soviets said further study of the organization was required, and after that nothing was heard from Moscow. International civil aeronautics organigation—A seat was held for Russia, but in spite of repeated coaxing, the Soviets declined. International labor organization—Russia was at one point listed as a member of this- League of Nae tions inheritance but withdrew in 1940. The U. 8. 8. R. was invited to conference in Paris, but declined.
International refugee organization—Russia voted
against constituting TRO when the constitution was adopted by the general assembly. Soviets have taken the stand, vigorously opposed by Mrs. Eleanor Roose« velt as a United States delegate, that refugees should be compelled to return to the nations of their origin,
World health organization—As in the case of seve :
eral other of the specialized agencies, Soviet delegates took part in drafting the charter in June of 1946 and
“have attended meetings of an.interim commission.
But if and when who is ratified, it will be the first specialized agency Russia has joined.
UN Held Up .
AB THE record shows, repeated efforts were made without success to draw the Soviet Union into this specialized work of the United Nations. Soviet refusal to join in has held up United Nations organization on_several fronts, As a debating society between two rival teams, the United Nations cannot be very effective. Too often that is what it seems to be at the level of the assembly and the security council. To wait for lengthy debate to decide whether United Nations relief would go to Greece would be to wait for Greece's downfall,
REFLECTIONS . .. By Robert C. Ruark ~~ Real Goal of Moon Trip—Souvenirs
grass skirts, native art, samurai swords—forged painstakingly by Seabees—ashtrays from the pistons of crashed airplanes, ST of crystallized earth from the atom test at Alarhegbdrdo, battle flags, old dance
programs, college pennants, worthless coins, rags and
bits and pieces of everything, Our passion for writing names on washroom walls is a kindred thing; Kilroy couldn't bring it back-te the States with him so he wrote his name on it, and felt, thereby, that his visit was official. The opening up of the moon as a new and fertile field for the souvenir presents so many possibilities that a few should be listed, by way of warning.
May Blast for Souvenirs
I FORESEE GREAT landing parties spilling onto the moon's surfaces, equipped with picks and dynamite, there to hack and blast at the planet's face until it eventually will become more lopsided than it currently appears. Our already overcrowded coat-closets wil bulge with samples of volcanic rock. Opportunists ‘will be
selling specimens of granite from Vermont and quarts - from Colorado as, :gen-u-wine slag from the .moon,
and making a nice thing out of it.
souveri®“hurrier; Me will not have his pants taken in a trade by the natives, since the best authorities ine ae that nobody is living away up yonder. Most important of all, the.entire song-writing ine dustry will be wrecked, as that battered synonym for June, croon, and spoon is betrayed pictorially as a frozen wasteland of weary grayness. In the best interests of radio crooners and harassed housewives, I hope we procede cautiously on this moon business.
By William Philip Simms Russians Wait ‘Break’ in Germany
1919 until somewhere around 1924, Moscow worked feverishly to undermine the saddle-maker, President
Friedrich Ebert, of the Weimar Tepubie, and start
a new war to destroy France. "The colorful Karl Radek was Moscow's first underground agent in Berlin. Able, shrewd, a brilliant conspirator, he almost brought off an alliance between Communists and Count Reventlow's Fascist organization largely composed of bitter and disillusioned ex-service men.
Blood Uprising Is Failure ; BELA KUN, tried it next—after Radek, Sinoviev and others had been expelled. though this ex-dictator of the short-lived Hungarian
' Soviet was, he might have succeeded had he not. flouted Germany's cultured Paul Levi and tried to.
hog the glory himself. In disguise and under an alias, he attempted to overthrow Ebert and start a war against France,
- There was an uprising—bloody and .abortive— then he fled back to Mother Moscow leaving behind
him a badly split Communist party. Today the indications are that Moscow is about to make yet another try. v Under Ebert and the Weimar. republic, German
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