Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1947 — Page 14

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ENT OF A HERO

T month, Indianapolis loses a distinguished adopted

4 son when Brig. Gen. Clifford Bluemel, commanding gneral at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, retires after 38 years in regular army. . / Gen. Blueme! was on duty at Ft. Harrison from 1923 to 1925, again in 1935-36, and since last July has been in ; ‘command at the local army post which soon is scheduled ~ to be abandoned. The children of Gen. and Mrs. Bluemel were educated in Indianapolis schools for much of their academic years,

# and the family has made a place for itself in thisy’

fg community. # Gen. Bluemel commanded the 81st division of the Phil2 fppine army in the battle of Bataan and, in the last days of fighting, the of the second Philippine corps. His

B was the last outfit to give up the struggle on the bitter day |’

of surrender, April 9, 1942. The next three and one-half years were spent in various Japanese prisoner-of-war & camps. In August of 1945, he was liberated at Mukden, { Manchuria, and returned to the states after more than five # years absence. % In addition to the cherished combat infantryman badge, this West Pointer wears the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal and other ‘decorations © and service awards. The citation for the DSC said, among other details, that Gen. Bluemel's conduct under hopeless i odds “epitomized all the splendid American military tradi- “* tions displayed by the defenders of Bataan.” Indianapolis wishes the Bluemels well in whatever ths they may follow in the future, and pays tribute to this professional soldier who is such an excellent example of the traditions of the army.

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~ SAVING THE SHADES HROUGH the public-spirited intercession of an Indianapolis philanthropist, The Shades will become a state

the well-known old western Indiana park near Turun, and lease it to the conservation department until

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Success at Hitch-hiking"

By John O, Dudley, DePauw University - Ed Sovola’s article in this;week’s Times on hitch-hiking greatly. I'm an old exponent of the thumb-and-pray method myself.

tough luck sounded typical, for a big city, that is.

would like to offer a firm defense for the hitch-hiking

agree with a‘word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire.

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“DON'T MIND MORE TAX

THERE ARE three United States interstate and two Indiana state highway routes that run more or less directly from Indianapolis to Chicago. Unlike these established routes from Indianapolis to Chicago, the tot's road to an education in Indiana is often but a.slab of hope. Beyond grammar school at least the tot is ena net of uncertainty. The dilemma is what,

college a$ the little one reaches 14. Then: the Road Widens

lengthens and the horizon broadens. The pupil and the student face the whole body of knéwiedge. Boiled down, the problem presses comparably as to which y to take to Chicago. to say, what to study, or conversely what ay pupils, roughly 150, hool brushed every good Hoosier who is proud. of the state.

is no passing thing In Indiana. Rather, it is an educational battle ax, with a sharp

blade, & heavy point, and a spearhead that sinks

deep into the vitals of the state, Indiana cannot ignore it, escape it nor very well forget it. Starting from scratch: Why is an education from kindergarten through college vital? Andrew Jackson with a meager, mast-fed schooling Stull ith at least four second-string presidents of the United States. ‘ : "Abraham Lincoln, with a pioneer slab-school foundation, joins Washington to become one of the

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LEWISBURG, Pa, May 20.—At considerable personal sacrifice, including a 30-buck cab ride, I have dropped in here to visit a man of great prominence.

"11 wanted to see if he was comfortable—if the new

furniture had arrived, and if the service was commensurate with his social status. Unfortunately, he either Nad not returned from a holiday, or maybe he just didn't care to see me. Anyhow, the man ‘at the door sald scram, bum, and don't come back unless you're wearing cuffs.

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SAGA oF INDIANA. . <b Witan A Marow : i Road to Education Real Problem

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tion's history. moa “Andrew Jackson's wife taught him how to read

practically no education from the schools of his generation. : education of | Ignore the 16 years, ong etime, that some of them spend in getting it. ‘the urge and the necessity for it sinks deep into

Indiana. Tae core of what to teach in Indiana DO) fixed in the laws of March 6, 1885, and May §, In 1865, thé foundation was spelling, reading, ing, arithmetic, and English grammar. The law ¢ 1880, added geography, psysiology and history.

Program Broadens Slowly FOR A LITTLE over three

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quarters after 1869, the matter of what to teach in Indiana

schools, like Topsy, just grew. German, provisionally - included in the law of

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark . + ’ ‘Dodge Draft, Recuperate in Nice Pen

gate half an hour later, while 1 was immured, and were greeted as old friends by guards, who subjected them frisk and let them in.

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: Indiana is fortunate in having Mr. Baxter step in © and save this forest for future generations. The 1452-acre « tact is a logical addition to Turkey Run park, seven miles away, and will be operated in conjunction with that state park this summer.

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many housing programs, President Truman asks congress to speed legislation aimed at providing “a decent home ' 4 and a suitable living environment for every American Be family.” 4 The bill Mr. Truman wants passed is sponsored by . = Republican Senator Taft and Democratic Senators Ellender and Wagner. Spokesmen for private building and real estate interests are fighting it. They say that, especially in its public-housing provisions, it’s “socialistic.” That cry won't frighten the millions of families who i want decent homes, at prices or rents within their means, «. and who rapidly are losing faith in the ability of private enterprise to supply them. #% ® ° The home-building industry is failing miserably to a live up to the greatest opportunity it ever had. Even if 4 ‘present costs for material and labor were lower, it would

_ On Memorial day we will display!

the flag of our country with re-

spect and pride, but let us be sure ang

for $119, will be spent the 12th st. bridge

that {t is done correctly. Here are canal will cost $30,000.

ia few rules that will insure the

proper and fitting displays. _ (1) On public buildings, industrial plants, etc., or where full poles are erected; fly at half mast from sun-up to noon, fly full mast from

4.8 8 . “SPEEDWAY RACE AGAIN SHOWS TRAFFIC FLAWS”

more than out of date. It is a disgrace and a threat to the lives of pedestrians and motorists alike.

NATIONAL POLITICS . . .

ALBANY, N.Y. May 20—Under Governor Thomas E. Dewey, this state is experimenting with a new law that has the broadest’ political and social meaning. That is the anti-discrimination law passed in 1945. It is aimed at religious and racial discrimination in employment. Even Dewey's severest critics say that this law has already had a considerable effect in breaking down barriers that have kept Negroes out of many kinds of jobs. The teleplione company, for example, is employing Negroes in jobs from which they were formerly excluded. Some of the large banks in New York City have employed Negro tellers

By Marquis Childs

New N.Y. Law Broad Experiment

got down to making recommendations. From the beginning it was Ives’ belief that a punitive law, relying on fines and jail sentences to get equal economic justice for all, was wrong. He believed that any lasting change would have to come about through a process of education of which a law would be a part.

That Is the basis of the approach to discrimination | It provides misdemeanor | and a year in jail. But thus far

under the New York law.

penalties of those penalties have not been invoked. No one claims, of course, that the law has ended discrimination overnight. No law could do that. Ives and others who framed the investigating commission's

3 hl who ualified. Slowly the old economic barriers still be failing. The fact is that this industry never has Even though our streets are becom- | gpg bic way, and the pew law is one of the recommendations clearly recognised that a repressive : 192 geared itself to do th kind of job th ing more and more ‘jammed with important reasons. law repressively administered might have an effect designed e kind of job the country requires. It sutos the city clings to the anti- | . rung M. Ives is as responsible as any single exactly opposite to that desired. Tommy

i is fettered by ancient traditions, archaic methods and re2 ‘strictive practices which compel waste and needless exi pense. In all its branches--management, labor, finance, land © and tax systems, building codes—it operates against the interests of those whose incomes are small but whose need Yi 3) for homes ix great. ‘4. Unless this industry is reformed from within and & brought up to date, the demand for government measures— call them “socialistic” or what you choose—will become 2 irresistible. ‘And government efforts to provide housing % will be increasingly costly so long as home-building methods *- and practices remain in their present state of inefficiency and extravagance.

__ _% VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE

; L£ L recognition of the community service of a group ~~ of volunteer workers will be made in a public ceremony /# in the world war memorial building the evening of June 11

and opening the door for you. He may have cause to regret it later but you've gotten your ride. However, one of the first laws of good hitch-hiking is to keep up a good conversation with the driver if he 80. desires, for thumbing is just

from two directions. This rule seldom applies, and should generall be disregarded. .

Side Glances—By Galbraith

quated system. Even people from small Indiana towns are confused by our pokey system. Why can't we have a completely new systein that would provide oneway streets during rush -hours, elimination of corner-by-corner stops of trollies and busses -downtown, streetcar turns at main intersection, a traffic light system that snarls up traffic, perhaps even elimination of traffic on awkward angle streets downtown. No wonder Speedway visitors leave here every year after the race thinking’ that Indianapolis is a hick town. o # #

“GIVE, TERMINAL LEAVE PAY TO ENLISTED MEN” By pS ombnt Infantry Veteran, Crawfords-

Is it a good policy to lend the next door neighbor money when we owe people in our own home? How

individual for its passage. Ives, now in the senate of the United States, was then majority leader of the upper chamber of the New York legislature,

Problem Peculiarly Acute

IN 1944, DEWEY made him chairman of a commission to study the whole problem of discrimination. It is a peculiarly acute problem in this state. New York City is the most polyglot city in the world. The forces that beat against the barriers of discrimination in that vast Babylon are intense and very real. On the commission that set out to examine the facts were eight members of the legislature — four Democrats and four Republicans, The commission of investigation is a familihr Dewey technique, and the governor's practice is to make the political appointments to such commissions on a non-partisan basis. In addition to the legislators, 15 additional members represented various sides of the state's civic life. After taking a mass of evidence, the commission

Law Brings Changes BUT THE LAW has brought changes. For example, the A. F. of L. Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Olerks, at its recent convention, was forced to change & provision of its constitution which had barred Negroes from the full rights of membership. In this state the union faced abolition unless it granted all citizens equal rights without respect to race or creed. Above all, the law has helped to focus attention on the kind of economic discrimination that creates frustration and hostility. As wé are gradually coming to realize, it is among those who feel that they cannot, by reason of their race or religion, get a break under our systém that communism is likely to thrive. In Washington Senator Ives is one of the sponsors of a federal law aimed at discrimination which follows the New York state pattern. As the Dewey team knows very well, this is a national issue almost as much as it is an issue in this state.

WORLD AFFAIRS .-. . By Paul S. Katibak

oh ' the U. 8. government saving ofe * ., ++ in the first peacetime step of this nature. iy a couple of million to k G A b ] Ch f ‘The volunteer service committee of the. Council of So-° oR Jalil eave bond to x. Roxas Ma eS OO! as P PPI ne wr 433 , cial Agencies, which is affiliated with the national advisory a ond ott of what | MANILA, P. I, May Manuel Roxas, first for & hroad economic and educational soolal program | pint-size

“committee on volunteer service of Community Chests and ‘Councils, Inc., is sponsoring the observance. One surprising conclusion reached by the local com‘mittee was that the war did not bring about any particular Mn in the number of citizefis participating in commu_mity activities. It merely brought about an awareness of

nething that had been going on for years. The same re- |

“wheel-horses” who could be counted on in peacetime ort. any effort for betterment of the community 8 those who continued to carry the brunt » ibility. : people—many

of whom will not be recog-

tinue to be the backbone of community | cial Agencies has attempted, however,

ing so much fixing this old car. we ought to buy a

en we could save enough to buy some new

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left. Or do we get what the govel t owes us when they get ready to pay us. We ex-enlisted men can see a great example of equality in the U. 8, paying the officers ‘in cash and us in flve-year bonds! Why should the brass get paid when we got stalled off for five years? Could it be they were afraid it might give the average

American more buying power than

| they think we should have? Who

gave them permission to keep the money? We didn't. Did anybody?

DAILY THOUGHT Only they would that we should remember the poor.—Calatians

A poor man served by thee, shall make thee rich;

president of the Philippine republic, has not been found wanting. This is the consensus here today as 18,000,000 Filipinos add up the accomplishments of their chief executive's first year at the helm of the new ship of. state, and signify approval. May 28 might well be called Roxas day as political friends and foes alike devoted themselves to paying the president tribute on his first anniversary. Although the republic itself was not inaugurated until July 4 of last year, Manuel Roxas took over the reins of the commonwealth on May 28, 1946.

Period of Accomplishment ROXAS ENDS THIS first year of his four-year term: on ,a keynote of hopeful optimism for the future. a Ta - He can point with justifiable pride to such highlights. of achievement ast - ;

and organization of a workable government structure, despite lack of funds and experienced personnel. : ; 3 Pa er

| TWO: Almost complete

ONE: Clean-up of all governmental machinery

designed to put the country—including Manila, one . of the most war-devastated capital cities of the |

world—on its feet. FOUR: Acquisition of church and landed esthies

Hows foreign editor who writes the dally column

will be resumed from there on his arrival in Paris. -

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for distribution among tenants and poorer classes | and introduction of the 70-30 crop-sharing system to

solve agrarian problems. w FIVE: Establishment of diplomatic relations with

restoration of communi- . cations and peace and order throughout the islands. a