Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1947 — Page 14

of United States foreign policy, Under Acheson said at Cleveland, Miss.

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Reconstruction of Japan's economy cannot begin until ons claims are adjusted. A peace conference should be convened, to dispose of that and other problems resulting n't deal with the German problem as a whole beof Russia’s unreasonable demands, but we can prowith the economic rebuilding of western Germany. played a relatively unimportant part in the Pacific war and should not be a major factor in the Japanese setHement. The Soviets’ loot carried out of Manchuria should ‘more than satisfy any legitimate demands they may have for war damages, and their territorigl aspirations were adjusted at Yalta and by the subsequent Russian-Chinese

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0 THER ation involved in the Pacific war—the United A States, China, Britain, The Netherlands, Australia, Zealand, India, the Philippines, Canada and France t=should Rave little difficulty agreeing on the terms to be |. to the Japanese government. i . Logically, the Japanese peace ‘conference should be rae seat a fifst= hand. But it should be called for an early date, and not sidetracked longer by the apparently endless Russian obstruction of the German and Austrian settlements. 2 As for Germany, once we have our own house in order there we should be in a stronger position to bargain with the Soviets on unification of the entire country. t since it seems so probable that the present division of Germany between Russia and the western powers will continue indefinitely, our plaza must be made accordingly.

: HAROLD, THE JUDGE-MAKER

BAX IN the days when that upright man, the Hon. Har- : old Ickes, was secretary of the interior, the Hon. Jed

Johnson was always in his hair. ~~ Mr. Johnson, then a congressman from Oklahoma, headed the house sub-committee that handled interior de-

ing to Mr. Ickes, that the department had to grant “improper” requests by Mr. Johnson. Still Mr. Johnson never would let Mr. Ickes have all the money he wanted. So the Hon. Harold undertook to have the Hon. Jed removed from congress by persuading President Roosevelt to appoint him to a. federal judgeship on the U. S. customs court. Mr. Johnson was nominated in March, 1945. The senate confirmed the nomination. Mr. Johnson, however, declined the honor, decided to stay in congress, and did stay until the voters retired him to private life last year. This interesting episode might have been lost to memory, except that President Truman recently renominated Mr. Johnson for that same federal judgeship. And that Mr. Ickes, himself a private citizen now, has just appeared before a senate committee to protest. « Mr. Ickes testified that Mr. Johnson “lacks the qualities a federal judge should have. I don’t think he had them in 1945, either. I never thought he was qualified to be a congressman. But in 1945 it was a case of shifting him where he would do the least harm. Now that he’s a private citizen, this proposal to put him on the bench is an entirely different matter.” - The distinction here is not as clear to us it is to Mr. Ickes. We agree with Senator Revercomb of West Virginia, ~ who observed that Mr. Ickes’ 1945 reason for wanting to make a judge of a man he held in such low esteem was “most unusual.” But: we-suspect that a good many men were made federal judges for no better reasons under the’ administration of which Honest Harold was a shining ornament.

SURE-ENOUGH “BY-PASSING”

displaced persons in Austria.

Communist-dominated areas under Russia's control.

partment appropriation bills. He so handled them, accord- |i

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“MANY FREEDOM DREAMS LAND IN IDEAL'S GRAVE”

By Dr. Harry H. Nagle, Chairman, UnAmerican Activities, 11th Distriet, Amer. fean Legion

In response to the letter from Mr. Elmer Johnson in The Times of May 5th, referring to himself and others as “we Communists,” he asks The American Légion to define the meaning of Americanism here in Indianapolis,"the following facts are

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gles. It's a constant worry wondering if those separate trucks. can possibly hold together at the pace they are travelling down the street. - If one of them should break loose it would result in a horrible thing. Would you readers like this going on in front of your house week after week? We don't mind our share of it but think it's asking too much for us to {ake it all Why they can’t make their runs on a less occupied thoroughfare I don’t know—but it seems they can't. Euclid is so muh nicer. Oyme out next Friday and see—and feel —for yourselves. o = » “BOSSES HAPPY OVER DEFEAT OF PRIMARY”

» Jud Ha Haggerty, R. BR. 6, Box 404, n

The gt session of our general assembly! was somewhat like

a striking resemblance G. O. P. elephant in this case. Most “pressing”

week and about 50 or 60 times a day, big city dump trucks rush up and down the street scattering their debris— picked up all over the East side of | Indianapolis—on their way to the dump. AS they pase by they chake Views on the the foundations of our houses : a picture News

the month of March, which’ comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Both animals however bore to the

of its problems was the direct primary, or so we .were-told... This was an idea, now proven to bes a futile one, that the

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Daylight savings gives city folks an extra hour to not find an apart-| ment, . " » »

together in Palestine—and fast, ® 2» " Those congressmen who =~ are ‘against appropriations for - “The Voice of America” broadcasts must] have been listening to their colleagues’ radio debates. ss = = Stalin told Stassen that he !thought the USSR and USA can the |8€t - along together, but he didn’ say when. » ” #w . President Aleman visiting TVA said he would like such a setup in Mexico. We hope he can get one without the McKellar damns. » " . Gael Sullivan, the Democratic master mind, figures there are a lot of 1948 votes in a 1947 veto.

people would chose their candidates for the United States senate. Politicians in general, Democrats and Republicans, viewed this proposal ‘with alarm. This was an

control of their government—such a revolutionary procedure could not be viewed with complacency. So what did your chosen representatives do? Nothing . ., or something so close to nothing that it could not correctly be called either. Political bosses were happy. They still. had control as long as they could send their own delegates to

vote that way? . , , political suicide.

would now be in order. amendment to that

representing. the states chosen by the people thereof.”

That Acre jail break proved that | the Jews and Arabs can go along,

attempt by the people to “wrest”

the state convention and tell them who to vote for. And if they didn’t

Perhaps a refresher course in the Constitution of the United States The 17th : frequently ignored document says the senators “shall be

set down: The Legion concept of true Americanism is the same in Indianapolis as it is in every hamlet of the United States. You may find within the preamble to the Legion constition, a copy of which all Legioh | members carry on the backs of their membership cards, 10 statements which may be best summed up in the opening sentence “For God and country we associate ourselves together.” You will note that the true Legionnaire places a love for God ead of his love for country.” We f that America’s republic was

divine providence and that when the way of the 10 commandments is unswervingly followed, this Ameri. canism will afford s still greater example for the rest of the world. The-golden rule is:our Americanism. Mr. Johnson, your request for cooperation with the Communist party to put over many of the fine proSams which You mention and which ve

Legion, would indeed be strange did we not know that your interest in such causes was motivated solely by your desire to enlist for Moscow the less fortunate citizens of Indianapolis and Indiana. In the words of Lenin your patron saint “World communism will be consummated . through using non-Com-munistic individuals and non-Com-munistic funds.” Veterans of America, with the exception.of a small “lunatic . fringe,” know too ‘well the conditions that prevail in the home of communism to either subscribe to any part of your pro gram, or, in fact, to have anything to do with communism. ' For years we have had the parades of the front organizations which play their part upon the heart-stage of public

been accomplished or they are exposed for what they are in reality. Too many nations already have seen their dreams of freedom proceed to the cemetery of ideals, there interred ‘after their tragic “cooperation”. proposed. by infiltrating Communists.

Side Glances=- By Galbraith

HONY “do-gooders” who give lip-service to the United | Nations, while pushing Soviet propaganda at home and | ‘abroad, are invited to discuss the morals involved in the | Russian-American dispute at Moscow over treatment of |

There are 500,000 of these unfortunates in Austrian camps. Most of them are fugitives from persecution in | To Russia, which has tried for months to get custody’ of them, | these people represent just so much more fodder for their jslaverator camps. We insist that they be treated as Hwan

M bound to turn these people out of the country six months after the peace treaty becomes effective. shall wants Austria to respect a United | on which jrovides for their protection by

s that Russia is not bound by ion, because the Soviets voted te Marshall reminded him that by a Pwo-thirds vote, but that -

Homy Wallace on this inthe United Nations.” And 3? Sell them into slay- ; they can live

The American Legion, larger than all other, veterans’ organizations combined, and builded upon democratic (American not Russian style) principles, will continue to go its way for God and country without the help of you or other like groups, with our books and membership lists always open for all to observe. . . » #

“HERE'S PRAYER FOR GRADUATION CLASSES” By Edward L. DelJournett, 3520 E. Fall Creek bivd.

For the eighth grade graduation classes: ‘ ; | Let's first be men and women of character seeking. Oh, God, help | us pray to find a place in the world. Can it be found? Yes, if we have faith and work to that end. We of the eighth grade are going to the top class, and we hope all others will follow. First, we must be men and women of character and ‘intellect, and personally depends in part upon the training

{talents and interests and thoughtul investigation. Occupation is | very important to our community as well as to ourselves. It may de. mand at the beginning persever | ance and good judgment in De

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IT WAS PRETTY LITTLE

apparent: that little Kathleen had usurped the prerogative of Indi anapolis boys to speak up and make themselves heard when the occasion called for it; the alarming corollary of which was, course, that anything might happen it the boys didn't do some-

THUS FAR THE BOYS had everything their own way. At any rate, the girls didn't participate in the reception at the railroad siding, let alone escorting the bell through the streets of Indianapolis. Goodness knows, what the girls were doing all this time.

+4The truth is that they didn't show up until § o'clock

by which time the crowds were so densesaround the Terminal building that they extended all the way to Ohio street. For some reason, however, little Kathleen who had come all the way from Agnes st. managed to be

IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, May 12.—The President's commit~ tee to study universal military training is completing a report soon to be made public. . They have heard many witnesses, for. and against, and their report will reflect a careful and thorough review of an issue that stirs intense feeling. Some of the military witnesses were frank in their appraisal of the value of military training. They conceded that, under conditions of modern warfare, its value was debatable. But they almost always added that it wis necessary to impress the world, particularly Soviet Russia, with our intention to keep order and live up to our international commitments. ° The program would cost a minimum of $2 billion & year, If the value of mass armies is debatable, then this conceivably becomes a very costly gesture to impress the peoples of the world. Yet it is contemplated and it may be adopted. At the same time the house appropriations coms= . mittee, with the house promising to follow suit, cuts out the entire state department information program for reasons of economy. In that way they save $31 million,

Truth About America

THE INFORMATION program is a modest at to tell the world the truth about this country. Iv 18

reas Tadio Phase Wioun 84 the Voc of Amerisd, the state

department has asked for $16,100,000. Of this

been savagely attacked by Ilya Ehrenburg, propagan-dist-in-chief in the Soviet corps of intellectuals. The hope is that the senate, on mature consideration, will restore all or part of the fund for this information program. Apologists for Chairman John Taber and his axemen on. the holise appropriations

committee are using the following excuse. They say that we can cut out the broadcasting program now,

No Way to Figure

NEW YORK, May 12.—Pure_untarnished art has been taking an awful cuffing around here lately. Seems as if nobody appreciates nothin’, no more. Little Charlie Chaplin came tq town to tear the

covers off a picture he had ‘made all by himself, and found out nobody much was interested in the movie.

They didn't care to know about why «his film, which concerned itself with the premise that murder is sort of cute, was in reality’ a deep message that little people everywhere were little people, right on. No sir. They just got up and asked him if he was a Communist, dnd then they asked him why he wasn't funny anymore, and then about that time Konrad Bercovici hit him with a lawsuit for about $5 million, or maybe it was six. Charles, as he now is billed, might just as well have left “Monsieur Verdoux” in Hollywood.

The Sculpture Was Kidnaped AND NOW we have the case of the "Kidnaped sculpture, This is a clear instance of interference with the free, untrammeled soul of the artist, and should be roundly condemned by somebody. Miss Mitzi Solomon carves herself a statue which looked; to me, something like a. cowpoke rassling with a Brahma bull. It was called “The Lovers.” It won a prize from the National Association of Women Artists. But when the ladies’ annual show opened the other day, the statue was gone. The same people who had given it the prize had carted it off the floor, on the grounds that it was

FOREIGN AFFAIRS . . . By Past U.S. Deeds Be

. WASHINGTON, May 12.—The American visit of Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Elpidio Quirino, of the Philippines, has no direct bearing on the state department's fight for $31 million propaganda money. But to some in congress it does point a moral and a rathet bitter one. For 49 years the Phill es have been in the world spotlight as the -ground for American democracy and good faith. Occidentals and Orientals alike have said that our national reputation would stand or fall on whether we kept our promises to the Filipinos. r Mr. Quirino’s visit \here points up the fact that we have kept the faith. To do so cost us thousands of lives and billions of dollars. But we did everything we said we would do, and more. We freed the Philippines from the Spanish, from the Japs and lastly from ourselves. Yet in Asia, Europe and elsewhere folks are saying that we can't be trusted; that we are bent on wallowing the earth.

How Gould Broadcasts Help?

AND S80, competent observers are asking, if our relations with the Philippines, Canada, Mexico, Cuba and other small nations have made no impression on peoples abroad, what do we expect to accomplish by a few broadcasts? If granting independence to the beautiful, rich, strategically-placed Philippines failed to convince the world of our decent intentions, how far would a mere $31 million go? The Philippine lesson cost us $25 billion, if they cost us a cent.

‘Those who attended the

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watch—big bunches of chrysanthem for jnstance,

Well, when - the shesches were over, the mayor or somebody equally important dressed in a Prince

Albert coat and a plug hat to match, got \t into his

head to distribute some of the flowers to wohosen few of his friends—mostly Republicans I remember.

Besides being a patriot interested in kids, Mr: W liams was also secretary of the board of public works at the time.

Boys Don't Meet Challenge . pe

THIS, OF COURSE, was the big moment for’ some boy around here to speak up and Soy the suf le was made of. Nothing of the sort happe it or not, there wasn't an Indiana hs boy with sholigh guts to do what was expected of him." Ine, , little Kathleen Dauch, a mere ‘girl, stepped

Bead, Bite utiles prize. What made matters even worse for the boys was the fact that she came pre pared for anything that might happen, a a of little girls which apparently takes on ddeg Sign signifi« cance when it has the support of their proud mothers, That her proud mother was in cahoots on: this

occasion was revealed when little Kathleen, Yan ent in a red, white and blue dress, stepped forth tb accept the flowers with a cute little curtsy, Nothing succeeds like excess, a trick every little girl knows, but which, «for some reason, Indianapolis boys *

have to learn, Sh

. By Marquis Childs oa ‘Foolish to Suspend Voice of America’

and then 4f there seems to bes need for it; un revive it later. There is a major flaw in this excuse. “The Velce of America is at present broadcasting on 56 'inter-

national frequencies. It was very hard to get: those

frequencies. Thirty-four nations are now broadcaste

ing and they all have legitimate claims to ‘the: less than 200 wave-lengths available. If the United States gives up her frequencies, they will ‘be snapped up at ogce. And the possibility of our ever getting them back will be extremely remote. This is the test that determines whether we shall or shall not have a voice on the world air-waves, ' Before 1939, international . frejuencies were ase

signed under an international convention. A total of .

233 frequencies were registered at Berrie, Switzerland, but 40 per cent were unusable for one reason or an-

result was chaos in the ether.

Seek to Untangle Snarl TWO PRELIMINARY international conferences have sought to untangle the snarl. A third is to be held at Atlantic City in July. If we have surrendered our frequencies at that time, the conference is likely to confirm their allocation elsewhere.’ The Voice of America will be silenced. It is impossible, too, to hold together & competent information staf! with the axe always hovering in the air. That has been difficult enough in any event.

With public servants treated as though they were & '

species of criminal, the scramble to get out of govern ment and back into private business is not surprising, The Tabers could, of course, \go much further, They ‘could cut out the postal system. That would save a great deal of money. In the distant past, there have been Tabers who considered rural free delivery as a wicked device to communize the country, The Voice of America delivers news and informa. tion to people who live on no postal route that we can reach. As the nation, that hai developed radio technically to a greater degree than any other, we shall “jook pretty foolish if we decide to mute the. small voice. that is ours today.

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark

Taste In “Art

“objectionable”—maybe even “vulgar” or “Indecent” How they can tell is beyond me. If the part of the thing that I took to be the lady part actually is the lady part, then I suppose you could condemn her for being a ‘little heavy in the haunch. But since all female figures in the modern sculpting dodge—I almost said racket—look like lady wrestlers striving in the mud, I-fall to see that being overweight below the equator constitutes a crime. As a youth 1 mastered fractions. My eyes are reasonably sharp and I know how to read and write, ‘1 was the recipient of a college education. But I never was able to make any sense out of the writings of James Joyce or Gertrude Stein. The pictures of Salvador Dali and Pabloc Picasso are so much gibberish to me—the first deftly done, the second the sidewalk scrawlings of an untalented child.

Maybe It's All a Gag AND THE older I get the more I wonder if the whole business of modern art is not ,an elaborate joke, with its perpetrators giggling evilly behind our gullible backs. S80 1 will come again to the condemnation of the removal of Miss Solomon's “Lovers’ from the exhibit.

It should have been left right there, because unless

there was somebody standing around to explain that this was, the depiction of two people enamored of each other, the casual passerby would have been just as happy to regard it as a baseball player sliding into third.

William Philip Simms

t ‘Propaganda’ recently at Delhi where, 26.Asiatic countries were represented, report a somewhat Hostile feeling against the United States. The Asiatics, it is said “feared” U. 8. “economic penetration” and suspected our moe tives in Greece and: Turkey. Yet these same Asiatics, more closely perhaps than anybody else, watched the “Philippine experiment,” as they called it, and were in the best possible position to know its happy outcome. 8o if they suspect us of imperialist designs against them after we volun« tarily gave up the Philippines, they would seem to be hopeless prospects for our brand of propaganda,

Chinese Owe Us Much

AS FOR the Chinese they have almost as much to ‘the Filipinos. Traditionally the United

thank us for as

States has been China's’ friend; fought her battles and

won them, too. “What is going on in Asia as well as elsewhere, of course, is red propaganda directed from Moscow. Tt has become imperative for Russia to hide her own territorial grabs. and puppet governments under a fog of falsehoods. Admittedly something needs to be done to keep our aims straight before the world, but what? Moon= light-and-Roses recordings over the ailwaves are no - match against bombs. | . The indications are that few members of congress are really best foot foremost in the way of propaganda abroad. But there seems to be a good many who feel that, under the present set-up, we haven; been doing 80 or anything Hike it.

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