Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 June 1947 — Page 8

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bill was approved by the house of representatives ie house vote in April for the original Hartley bill

too-drastic Hartley bill. “ w ~The Taft-Hartley bill is milder and fairer. It follows| ; Closely the senate’s ideas as to what corrective labor legis- ~~ lation should contain. The fact that the house—the branch of congress most sensitive to public opinion—has given it more than four-to-one indorsement, indicates that the ~ Trenzied campaign of union leaders who denounce it as “vie- ~. « lous slave legislation” just didn’t carry conviction.

TRUMAN, TAFT AND PRICES

ITs EASY to understand, and to sympathize with, some + of the heat in President Truman's ol and the economic philosophy of Senator Taft. It wasn't fair for Mr. Taft to say that the President apparently is “abandoning talk of keeping prices down in favor of heavy spending abroad that will keep them up.” foreign-aid programs do tend to keep domestic prices up. Mr. Truman concedes that they “place some strain upon-the American economy.” But they can’t be Judged on that basis, since their purpose is, help starving millions and to set up a bulwark against totalitarian aggression. The fact that domestic economy problems, he says correctly, makes it all the more important to handle those problems with vigor and common sense. ; : The President asserts that he still is as’strong as ever

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i - . » 8 AS TO these charges, Mr. Taft can, and speak for himself. The country would be interested in, and perhaps enlightened by, a debate between the President and a Republican senator who would like to succeed him in the White House a year and a half hence. And we think some of Mr. Truman's own could bear further exposition. His statement notes, as one substantial result of his / drive for voluntary price reductions, the fact that some major industries have .ing price advances. Yet he still seems to put most of the pressure for price cuts on these and other industries whose | 2and with them. It takes co-opera-costs are being and will be raised by wage increases. In . the recent moderate decline of prices, he observes, industrial prices have not come down as m farm products and food.

Well, industrial prices never went up nearly as far as farm and food prices.

MAN NOW

‘we believe, sign it into law without delay. vote ‘on the proposal was 54 in favor, 17 against.

an 16 107. We said at that time that a considerable number of congressmen who gladly would have supported a milder, fairer measure had been among the opponents of the

tement-on prices

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raised wages without correspond-

rt labor bill was approved by the senate and by the house of representatives on

ire now goes to the President and Mr. Tru-

council,

all of them,

his finger on all the intricacies in-

volved in running a big city. So, I would choose men I think capable as department heads and delegate my responsibility to them. These men would have the job of

me at monthly meetings. If they were doing a good job I would let them alone.

I should work hand

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tion to accomplish anything. I would attend council meetings,

I would adhere strictly to the

: duties I would be empowered to uch as the prices of Parton a3 the Chis? FREES Stirs officer of the city.

I would throw every resource at

And most of the business fore- |my command into the operation of casters say that the wage boosts of 15 cents an hour or more will go far to deflate’ industrial profits. We agree with Mr. Truman that anyone who can reduce prices should

clean, honest, moral government—

devoid of corruption and political

chicanery.

My police chief would be in com-

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Hoosier Forum "What Would | Do if | Were The Mayor of Indianapolis?”

Politically all I have done is vote regularly; yet I think I sould do for voluntary price reductions, wherever possible. He |: or = Jo han anyone else has done to date—if I were mayor of

s tor Taft as an advocate of the doctrine that “the only way to bring prices down is to reduce the demand for goods”—as an exponent of thé “old boom-and-bust

ideal that “prices should seek as high a level as the traffic This administration and those preceding it have got city govern-

ment al] snarled up. No one knows who is responsible for what. There are a bunch of inadequates at the helm. : I realize no one man can keep

do so now. But we wonder whether he, himself, is entirely fair in putting industry so much on the spot,’

BUILDING ON SAND

JSTVAN RIES, Hungarian minister of justice. has announced plans to revise the country’s election laws, now that the new Russian puppet government is firmly in the saddle. “All who without a doubt are enemies of democracy must be excluded from the franchise,” he said. ‘“Democratic rights can be given only to democrats.” When Mr, Ries says “democratic” and “democrats,”

“mies” are those who do not vote the Red ticket. The Communists were found to be in the minority at the last election in Hungary. Now it appears they are

munists to vote at future elections.

ulated elections works out after withdrawal of the RusSian army of occupation. Hungarians never have. enjoyed

rights in America, obtain them under varying forms of oppression. In all

probability that fight will continue under the new Red dictatorship.

UU. 8, MILITARY MISSIONS

(CONGRESS should not hesitate . authorizing the President, at

of course, he means communistic and Communists. “Eneto be made the majority party by forbidding all but ComIt will be interesting to see how this system of manip-

the political freedoms which are accepted as inalienable but they have fought courageously to

fo approve legislation his discretion, to send

~ military and naval missions to assist friendly foreign governments, when such assistance has been requested. These missions would not be military units, but small advisory groups with no operational functions, as SecreEA tary Marshall pointed out in urging the legislation. . It is to our national interest to maintain friendly, cooperative relations with as many nations as possible. Our military missions would not be given intelligence functions, but they would establish useful contacts between our mil. \ #nother war. Such relationships would have been in4s in the recent war, when we found ourselves

of prospective allies in the event

nd in conducting operations in various

t send missions to cotintries requesting es, notably the Soviet Union, will be We should take full advantage of

plete charge of the police department. It would be up to him to produce an efficient organization—free from graft. d He would answer, not to me, but to the president of the board of safety, to which is assigned the power to hire and fire police. In event of any police difficulties I would consult with the board of safety before making any decisions. This board would not be s token group. It would have the limit of its legal power. A capable financer would be made city controller. He would be charged with revising the antiquated bookkeeping and auditing methods now in use. His would be the job of straightening out the books. I would wipe out the present street commissioner's department

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What this town needs is someone who could apply sim e logic to the operation of municipal government. -I'm that guy. are those who have a different idea. If so, I would like to hear from

and start all over again. Now it is nothing more than a political organization which contributes nothing material to the city. ; department should and could

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Editor's Note:. Despite the fact the letter from “Disappointed Ideal-

” . - “HERE ARE SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT MAYOR COULD DO” By M. Saleba, 1243 Lawton of. ...... .. .. Thanks for your inivitation, M. B. S.! As “one of the local experts who criticizes everything from garbage collection to the way the police department is run,” I've been waiting for someone to ask what I would do if I were mayor. I have noticed that any worthy project, given publicity, will find the public co-operative. So here goes: 1. In the downtown area at frequent intervals, I would have large trash containers with signs

Side Glances—Bv Galbraith

that trash be disposed of therein

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The {first thing would be to raise

the chuckholes in the city streets

have ‘em fixed.

» “CHILDREN OF MOTHERS WHO DRINK ARE PITIED” By M. H., Indianapolis

of Indianapolis had in the Hoosier Forum. I sure do agree for ‘chile

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instead of in the streets. Give this publicity. 3. See that there is .a city ordinance against disposing of paper, trash, ashes, garbage, etc., by throwing in streets, alleys or vacant lots. Give this publicity and enforce it. 3. Make it mandatory that every householder and businessman be responsible for cleanliness of sidewalks in front and beside, and the area behind his home or business place. This includes removing snow and ice in winter. (This isn't too hard, and doesn’t take too much time.) 4. To enforce paragraph 3, have’ each policeman remind viclators in his territory that there is a penalty if he must be told again. (If half the effort spent in catching traffic violators is expended on this duty, a good job will be done.) This must be given publicity from time to time.

up the citizens’ efforts by increased efficiency of street cleaning, garbage and trash collecting departments. This will require more money. 6. Expense of the above program to be met by increased taxation of the streetcar company. They can now well afford to pay it. Would you like to hear my ideas on smoke abatement and the stray dog situation? No sarcasm, please! w - w “FD PROVIDE MORE FUN FACILITIES FOR KIDS” By 8. A. W,, Southeastern ave. You asked for comments on what individuals would do if they were mayor. Well, I don't know anything about municipal government, but there are two projects that would stand high on my list’ of priorities. I'd-build a civic auditorium where there’ would be room for large conventions, concerts and entertainments, if it could be built without increasing taxes and put on a self-supporting basis. Then I'd pay more attention to recreational facilities for young people, particularly teen-agers, so they would have some place to dance and have inexpensive fun in the evenings. My sons tell me it takes all of their allowance to have one date if they want to go Perhaps parties could be held in that auditorium if it is ever built. In the meantime, “if I were mayor” I'd provide greater facilities for the kids to have fun. » » ” “REPAIR CHUCKHOLES IN CITY'S STREETS FIRST” By Civie Club, Member, City What would I do if I were mayor?

hell with whoever is responsible for and for the generally poor conditions of so many of the thoroughfares in Indianapolis. Then I'd

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WASHINGTON, June 7.—This letter is to be a little history lesson and will contain some praise for

the zenith of his possibilities, but who has taken triumph and defeat in his stride and is now starting a new career outside the political arena, He is, of course, Paul V. McNujt. His Indiana backgrotind as dean af Indiana university law school, Democratic governor and the native-son candidate for President, who could well have been in the White House today instead of Harry Truman, is all too well known to retell here. Also his wartime service as federal security administrator and manpower commissioner. . But the bit of history that is not so well known, nor I believe so appreciated by his countrymen, is the definite contribution Mr. McNutt has made to the Philippines both before and after world war II.

Made Record in Philippines

BACK IN 1037-40, Mr. McNutt succeeded Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy as high commissioner to the Philippines. Justice Murphy left the islands shortly aftér his dppointment, so Mr. McNutt was really the first and last to actually serve in the high commissionership. In 1945, he returned as high commissioner to serve until July 4 when the Philippines became an independent republic and the former Hoosier governor the first U. S. ambassador there. Back in 1938, he startled the islands by proposing a re-examination of independence, but the war came and the Philippines were taken by the Japs before that debate had ended. With the Japs defeated, however, Mr. McNutt in 1945 became a fervent advocate of Philippine independence, pointing out that the conditions which had caused him to oppose independence in 1938 had been removed. : In the pre-war days there, Mr. McNutt forbade German nationals to hold a plebiscite on whether the Saar should be annexed. On another occasion he publicly reprimanded the Japanese counsulgeneral for failing to toast the President of the United States.

REFLECTIONS . . .

NEW YORK, June 7.—This is a labor story, but please hold still. I am no soothsayer and I do not intend to expert you off into the liver pills. This is a story about a capitalist who had just one short

strike. What makes it newsworthy is that this strike occurred when the capitalist quit. Thirteen hundred employees just couldn't bear to see him go. All those men stayed out until their ex-president flew back and told them that everything was going to be all right; that the new owners wouldn't change the old policy. So the workers unstruck and returned to the lathes, whistling “Money Is the Root of All This touching exhibition of true devotion is why Reginald Trubee, a scrappy little guy who says he never had a tub bath before he was 22, has just hit the sawdust trail to preach the gospel of what he calls a “profit-sharing union.” Mr, Trubee claims to have the answer to employer-employee strife. “The only way to keep a man from being a Communist,” he says, “is to make a capitalist out of him.”

Has Used Plan || Years

I HEARD ABOUT MR. TRUBEE when I was out in Ohio. He has been cutting his help in on the fake for 11 years. As the head of five—now four— companies which porcelainize steel for table tops and refrigerators, washing machines and bathroom floors, he has never had any labor trouble. He has also racked up 20 million bucks for himself. Like Bernard Baruch, Mr. Trubee claims that production is the answer to the wage-price problem, and offers an example to prove it. His plant at Clyde, O,, knocks out 2000 Bendix washing machines a day, for $11 each over the cost of materials, and everybody makes money. A rival firm, with a $19 margin on each machine, dropped $45,000 in the first quarter of this year. : 3 + Mr. Trubee says that the difference is, his men are eager to work. This eagerness is based on a plan whereby the

ANKARA, Turkey, June 7.—Turkey is a political and financial risk for America, but a better, risk than most. countries needing help. Unlike others, she escaped the ravages of war. The only reason she requires aid now is that she is

unlucky enough to be directly in front of the Red cannon. Anything that strengthens Turkey for world peace is a good investment, almost regardless of the price in dollars, The outlay needed here is less than in Greece, and the chances for repayment are better. Turkey is relatively sound economically and stable politically. Moreover, she is too proud and too wise to accept entangling gifts when self-liquidating loans are possible. It so happens loans will serve her main purpose—even in the military field. ‘ Turkey is sensitive to the faintest sign of any out-

side control. She would never allow the same sort

of American supervision ‘ over the expenditure of American funds which Greece will have to have and actuslly has invited.

Arms Likely to Be a Gift THIS WOULD CREATE an Impossible deadlock

if Turkey were so unsound she could not get straight loans. That is not the case, however, She probably

‘can get all the credit needed for constructive, profit- -

able economic projects from the international bank. The $100 million which 1s her share of the Greek-

Turkish ald probably will go chiefly for “American

military supplies, Because those are unproductive and serve world defense, they probably will be gifts and acceptable to the Turks as such. Any control required by Washington can be exercised at the source’ through allocation machinery, rather than by a large group of American inspectors. y

cated by recent

Basis for Turkey's ability to. repay loans is indi-

“By William . Ma

EDUCATION'S VITAL SPOT in, Indiana is the ; school. tI : shapes democ- . : igh Lighthbe i igoien .- Poll Discloses Mass Ignorance ‘the masses and a ‘strong arm of the classes, It covers youth's era, that critical

That gives the wise educator his golden opportunity. It challenges his skill to combine shop work

Shakespedre and his very kind with history

Tex not forget the golden touch of music, the breezy zest for athletics, or youth's flair

DEAR BOSS ... By Daniel M. Kidney McNutt Carves Career of Achievement

a man whose political fortunes never quite reached °

‘ costs have quadrupled. The poor

d at Indiana Education = world ceases for dramatios. While these are not confined to school both plants high school is the critical educational spot

States census, the population of the state was 3,247,796 Whether a cup of coffee is one-sixth part castoi oil or one-sixth pure cream--you get the idea. It makes a [ot of difference. to the state of Indiana which means every Hoosier, whether the two-hundred-odd-thousand annual crop of high school youngsters

in the state each year gets a castor oil cup of ° yesterday's education or a pure cream cup from tha!

of tomorrow.

A RECENT POLL of a voting section of the population of the United States gives s revealing touch to any look ahead at education in Indiana, -

thought the Democrats control the 1047 house of representatives; 46 per cent didn't know which party controlled it. As to the senate: Nine per cent of those of college, high school, or grammar school education thought the Democrats were in econtrol and 9 per cent, 27 per cent tively, of grammar school, rank didn't know what party is in control

During his final stay in Manila, Ambassador McNutt was made a highly controversial] figure in the fight- over post-independence trade relations between the Philippines and the United States. Some of the Philippine press accused him of serving “selfish “interests" while others hailed. him as “friend of the tao,” the common term for the Filipino peasant, The latter because he became a sin. cere and powerful spokesman in America for aid and at the same time advocated an end to “economic feudalism” in the islands.

The Filipino Veterans Legion gave McNutt the Distinguished Service Medal and the Philippine government gave him the Distinguished Service Star. (A world war I officer, he was one-time national commander of the American Legion.) As ambassador, he negotiated all the basic agreements between the two countries, including the controversial military bases agreement. On his departure the Manila Times wrote: “A great personality passes, temporarily, it is to be hoped, from the Philippine stage. He has fought a good fight. . Major General Wood, who was one-time goveenorgeneral) and McNutt—and like Quezon (the first Philippine president, who fought them both and admired them both, that make the kind of history people are inspired to read.”

Now Practices Law

THE MANILA TRIBUNE praised editorially McNutt's service to both America and the Philippines. It concluded: : “If Mr. McNutt has served well the interests of the Philippines, he has also served no less well people in the government in his own country, the United States, who will benefit for years to come in the knowledge of a firm foundation of friendliness between the two countries.” President Truman a letter of regret and high praise for his many performances for the federal government. So Mr. MeNutt retires with honors to the private practice of law, DAN KIDNEY.

By Robert C. Ruark Sawdust Trail to Industrial Peace

company plunks in $3 for every dollar the worker invests in the profit-sharing fund. Twenty-five per cent of that money is Sowed in the business, the other 75 per cent going into outside investments. A man is eligible to retire at 50, at 60, or after 20 years. If he quits or is fired he gets all his own dough back, plus half of the company’s donation. The company absorbs half a worker's medical liability. At retirement, the employee can take his money in cash or work out a graduated payment to suit himself. Under such a plan, a sweeper, recently retired after 17 years in the Joselyn Manufacturing Co., on which Mr. Trubee's' system is based, collected $27,000. The sweeper had never made more than $60 a week. His contribution had been $1100. The company had pitched in $3300. Out of $4400 invested, for a man of modest circumstance, came a clear profit of $22,600.

Plans to Outsell Unions

THAT, BAYS MR. TRUBEE, spells security, and security is what the unions gre peddling. He thinks that he can sell security better than unions, and so has gone into the business of hawking it. Together with Joseph Roeder, an engineer of profit-share organization, Mr. Trubee ‘is now a consultant at cost for anybody who wants to take a erack at what Mr. Trubee thinks is the cure for industrial illness. Statistically there is something to say for Mr. Trubee's ardent campaign. There are about 1200 companies which operate on a profit-sharing basis in America today, and it's my understanding they haven't had a strike for five years. Mr. Roeder, who organized over 70 corporations in 18 years, says that only one out of the 70 has abandoned the plan. And finally, Mr. Trubee has made $20 millions for himself, which offhand is a pretty good wage for a capitalist. At 51, Mr. Trubee sees himself as the new Messiah of labor relations, and as far as I know, will riot make a nickel in his new career of setting up the share-the-wealth ideal.

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Ludwell Denny Turkey Is Good Risk for U.S. Loan

of her young men are in the army instead of in production, last year she trebled her exports and more than doubled her favorable trade balance. Her budget deficit is only $40 million. She has a gold reserve and a sterling balance. : Her products are in world demand-—foodstuffs, minerals, tobacco. Meanwhile, her surplus grain rots for lack of storage space, coal r in the ground for lack of machinery, textile factories lack equipment. There is little oll exploration and trade is limited by a shortage of trucks and railroad cars.

Poor Management a Liability SOME LIABILITIES offset her assets of natural resources and a frugal, steady industrious population. Too much of her management is inefficient, too much of her labor unskilled. . : Much of her trade is operated under a government monopoly. - The government contends this has been necessary to modernize a backward country lacking private capital and industrial enterprise. It says it is ready to turn industries over to properly regulated domestic and foreign capital when such’capital shows it can produce more efficiently than state enterprises. Meanwhile, state bureaucracy, often inefficient at best and corrupt at worst, is unable to bridge the gap between the people’s income and e Wages have doubled since the start of the war but living people of Turkey won't take that for long. ; " If this is the situation In the midst of an export trade boom, there could be serious ‘trouble In -a depression, ) Nevertheless, if her economy is freed of part

of the huge defense burden, if industrialization loans

are gra and ‘American technical knowledge is

utilized by the bureaucracy, Turkey should be 8 prosperous country. If, of course, she can have pesca.’

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