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| ie rect to label ussian program for the subfu- ' independent European states as a counter to doctrine, for the Soviet campaign began to months before Mr. Truman became President. infamous Yalta agreement gave the Soviets the , light, and their operations to communize liberated urope began in Poland and Yugoslavia. Soviet seizure of the Hungarian government is a logical sequel to similar ents throughout the Balkans. Matyas Rakosi simply has become the Hungarian Tito. Mr. Truman's program to coniain the new Soviet em- * pire within its present boundaries is not applicable to areas held by the Red army, such as Hungary. Nothing short of military force can prevent the Russians from setting ups puppet governments in territory occupied by their troops, and of course the use of force is not contemplated. ~The report that notice has been served upon Austria that the Soviet Union will not sign a peace treaty with that country until it has installed a pro-Russian government, if confirmed, is in the same pattern as the Hungarian "offensive. Of much more concern to us, however, is the growing belief in European circles that, while we are being diverted by the German and Austrian problems, the Boviets are preparing to by-pass Germany and Austria and seize control of France and Italy. t J . = » . = E are wasting our time and substance by waiting on the Soviets to meet us halfway on a peace settlement if they are merely holding out that hope to us while they press on toward new objectives. The defensive position + we have accepted is playing into their hands. By thestime they dre prepared to teil us they no longer are interested in German and Austrian agreements, those countries may have lost their strategic importance as potential outposts for democracy. That would be the situation if, by then, the American and British zones of Ger5) many are bounded on the west as well as the east by Rus-

EXPERT TESTIMONY

THE Taft-Hartley labor bill, approved by a three-to-one vote of the senate and a four-to-one vote of the house, went to President Truman yesterday. Among all the statements that this is a good and moderate measure, and that. it deserves to become federal law, none seems to us more impressive than the one by Harold E. Stassen. "In 1989, as the liberal Republican governor of Minnesota, Mr. Stassen sponsored state labor legislation which— ' before its enactment—was denounced by labor union leaders in terms as violent as those they now apply to the Taft- : The Minnesota law, of course, has not enslaved work- ® ers, or weakened unions, or destroyed labor’s rights. Under ‘it, there has been less industrial turmoil and ‘more indus-

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ments citing good labor-management relations as an inducement to employers to locate in that state. : So Mr. Stassen speaks from successful practical experience and as a student of labor relations here and abroad, i when he asserts that the Taft-Hartley bill fairly admini istered, “will not injure sound, strong unions, will promote _industrial peace and will advance the general welfare of the * workers and the people of America as a whole.” The bill, he points out, contains none of the seven “undesirable” proposals he urged congress to avoid. It does not provide compulsory arbitration of disputes over future working conditions; or compulsory labor courts with final power to decide such disputes. It does not deny the ultimate right to strike to any workers in private employment; or ban maintenance-of-membership contracts; or prohibit in-dustry-wide bargaining; or permit labor injunctions by private petition; or authorize the drafting of strikes into the armed services. The Taft-Hartley bill, Mr. Stassen adds, does carry out in substantial measure nine of the 10 “positive” proposals he recommended, to congress—among them, provisions against jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts; for financial reports by unions and secret ballots by workers; for free speech fy employers; and for an improved federal § . mediation service under a separate division, with time to : mediate before a strike. .

. STRENGTH FOR PEACE

j PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S. Kansas City speech was an impressive statement of the truth that hope for world peace depends largely upon the military and economic strength of the United States. “We can fulfill our gbligation of service in the cause % | of peace only by maintaining our strength,” the President } maid. “The will for peace without the strength for peace is of no avail.” As to details of Mr. Truman's economic proposals there i is room for legitimate differences of opinion. But “the | o disintegration of our military forces since the surrender of Germany and Japan,” of which he spoke, is an undeniable fact. And it is, as he said, an encouragement to nations which regard weakness on the part of peace-loving people as an invitation to aggression. It does give countries that look to us for leadership cause to doubt our ability to support the principles for which we stand. , : ‘It is important, the Scripps-Howard newspapers believe, that the American people should know how dangerously far this disintegration has gone. Jim G. Lucas one of our Washington correspondents, has been exploring that question. His reports, which will be published in the - hear future, do not make pleasant reading. He has learned . some shocking things about what has happened to ou strength in the last two years. ' we hope youl will read Mr. Lucas’ articles. And ing res you will better understand the of 's warning that our army, navy in an efficient single military ed by reserves of well-trained d “in effective readiness for rg : .

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to cross in front of autos. Take the police department clear out of politics, put each man out on his own. \ ; Put the street cleaning depart-

departments, garages under the control of one head and cut all unnecessary garages down. Do away with whistle blowers at all corners downtown and put them on beats where they can get some of this gambling that is going. on without revenue for the city and state. Let's take the paint off the curbing and put driving lanes in the street for the motorists to go by.

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“SPEEDWAY CHAMPION WAS HIT BELOW BELT” By U. M. Bisckwood, 2418 Mars Hill I saw the 500-mile race. It was a race until the champion was hit below the belt and knocked out. But that foul blow was felt around the world; and there is not the slightest doubt in anyone's mind but that the real winner was robbed of his winner's share of purse, honors and all the rest that goes with the winner. : : : y Poor public. They were forgotten also. They cheered themselves hoarse at the great show of one driver passing his teammate to win the greatest speed classic in the world in the last few laps. Few of them, if any, knew that the man who did come in first was practically passing a parked car. But what's the difference? It was all within the rules of the game, and the guy with the investment protected his money with a cinch play. He couldn't lose now. So he called off the race (within the rules) and played it safe. Perhaps there was no other way. If there was, it wasn't worth the timé to think about. This was the easiest way, the sure way, without bothering to consider the man who risked his neck for this chance of a lifetime.

What of the race? What of the

"Another Recipe for Making This Better Place to Live"

By Chester J. Leppert, 1102 Newman st. To make Indianapolis the outstanding city in this good old U. S. A. Have the downtown businessmen let the street railway company

people so they don’t have to go through the center of town to get from _Brightwood to Beech Grove, and other sections. Do not allow any parking on any street that a streetcar or bus runs on. Make the busses run next to the curb so people won't have

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By DANIEL M. KIDNEY We are going to up the FBI appropriations a few millions to keep down people who favor a police

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public who paid good money to see a race, expecting to see, above all, the best driver with the best car win? Phooey on them. Let Barnum be right. I heard the announcement that Holland was leading Rose by seven seconds. It sounded exciting. I verified the count. I also verified the next announcement of his leading by 56 seconds. I saw him pull still farther away and counted over one minute of difference, And then he seemed to slow to a snail's pace in comparison with other cars. And then I smelled a rat that began to decay and stink as I left Speedway. And then the n quoted Bill Holland, repeating what I had said to myself before I saw it in print. It was a natural deduction, but it stinks. And I haven't been able to find anyone who thinks differently.

I say above all, fair competition in sports in the good old American way was denied; that the public was cheated and misled; that the, rightful winner could have had his just dues through the same medium of instructions that. struck him down s0 dastardly; and all this done without losing Lou Moore one penny. Proper instructions and one lap would have been sufficient, and this also “within the rules.”

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“TELL US HOW GERMANS LEARNED DEMOCRACY” AM By A Veleran, Bicemingion : I read with interest Mr, Ruark's little endorsement of UMT in The Times. Although I long ago became immune to The Times’ all-out propagandising for UMT, I am moved to comment.when my favorite columnist endorses it. Maybe if I'd spent my three vears in this “military prep school” as an officer like Mr. Ruark was, I'd take a brighter view of UMT. However, my three years in the army as just an ordinary enlisted man convinced me it wouldn't be a good place for the boys. The main trouble is that although they get plenty of exercise, there's nothing to keep their minds occupied. Mr. Ruark says the boys will learn democracy in the army. Maybe next week he'll tell us how the Germans learned democracy in the Nazi army or the Russians in the Soviet army. If Mr. Ruark can show how any army contributed to democracy, I'll send you a year's subscription to The Times. Many governments before have tlaimed that the only place young people could get proper training was in the army, but they haven't been the Kind of governments I want to see here and I don't think Mr. Ruark does, either. Mr. Ruark says the Ft. Knox experiment is an example of what UMT would be like. It ain't so, sir! Pt. Knox has 560 officers and men, the pick of the army, to train 864 boys. A” semiliar ratio of in. structors for UMT (if they were available and they arén’'t) would cost $6 billion a year. The boys down at Ft. Knox are volunteers who like the army. Under UMT they would be draftees. There's a difference. FJ ” . “DEAR OLD HOOSIER STATE KEEPS CALLING” By Mrs. Earl Leisure, 1981 Houston si. I've been an awful lot of places, I've covered lots of miles, I've met an awful lot of people, I've seen a Jot of things worth while. But in my heart I'm just a Hoosier and no matter where I go that dear old Hoosier state keeps calling me back, and there's one thing sure I know, I'm going back to Indianapolis, where everybody's friendly and gay. I'm going back to Indianapolis, the crossroads of the U. 8. A. I wanna stroll around the Circle and See those fountains white with foam and take a trip out to the Speedway to hear those famous autos groan. Oh for a ball game out at Victory field, to see the Hoosier Indians play, or just a trolley ride to Riverside will cure

_ {the blues just any old day. Down

on the Claypool corner some of the gang is sure to be, I'm going back to Indianapolis for it's home, sweet home to me. . . . - “WHIP TRAFFIC PROBLEM OR RESIGN AS MAYOR” By J. Feld, 115 KE. New York st, If I were mayor of Indianapolis and falled to give sthe motorists enough room to drive in comfort (at no extra expense to the taxpayer), I'd resign. At least if I had an engineer who would refuse to widen out driving lanes so people could drive, I'd fire the engineer. All the engineer has to do is allow six feet for parking on one side of the street (24 hours a day) and divide the rest of the street into four wide driving lanes (at no extra cost to the taxpayer). And if I were mayor of Indianapolis

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and couldn't get a simple thing like that done, I'd resign. Yep, that's me, and there are thousands that feel as I do. This also goes for the next mayor to be elected. At least I'd try one street and see how it works. : a DAILY THOUGHT Lord, 1 belteve;’ help thou mine _ unbelief. —Mark 9:24,

FAITH has to do with things that

are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand, :

: son of Joseph Albert Wright, the tenth governor of In diana for seven years from Dec. §, 1M0, to Jan. 13, 1887. ‘ ‘ ‘Peak of Mediocrity’

THE .MOST, distinguishing thing about Joseph A.

Indianapolis Datly Herald of May 18, 1867. Of Wright, who had died four days before on May 11, 1867, in

or policy, but aptly he could appropriate and wdapt to a situation the suggestions of activities of others.”

WASHINGTON, June 10.—“Political passion and prejudice should have no part. With foresight and a willingness on the part of our people to face up to the vast “responsibility which history has clearly placed upon our country, the difficulties I have outlined can and will be overcome.” These were the concluding wonds of the historic speech Secretary of State Marshall made at Harvard university, The date of June § is likely to be triplestarred in history books because of that speech, even though the American people fall short of the: willingness and the foresight the crisis calls for,

Taft-Truman Views Confusing EVEN THE CASUAL newspaper reader eannot have missed the meaning of the coincidence of events on that day. ‘Almost at the same hour that Secretary Marshall spoke, President Truman issued his attack on Senator Robert A. Taft Taft had said that the Truman program of foreign aid was keeping up prices here at home, contrary to the expressed intention of the President to bring prices down. The Taft statement was polities. It was provacatively aimed at a sensitive point of national policy. .- Whether he intended it or not, the President's statemen

many as the opening round in next year's political contest. Certainly it foreshadows the kind of arguments we shall hear in 1948. TRNose argumerits will grow increasingly bitter, ; The Taft-Truman exchange illuminates the dilemma of the coming months in a startling way. In the simplest terms, it is this: National and international policy are so linked together that it is difficult or impossible to have a bipartisan foreign policy and a partisan domestic policy. : What Mr. Truman might have pointed out was that Senator Taft gets most of the credit or the blame—depending on the political slant you take—

NEW YORK, June 10—The Jumpsteady club is meeting in Chicago this week, and I sure am glad I am going to miss the meeting. Papa's getting old and stiff in the jints, and he isn't up to the jump‘steady standard anymore. . : The Jumpsteady club is composed—I hate to say it—of the rag, tag and bobtail of the war, and I am one of the charter members, When the nayy went into business after Pearl Harbor, it took a horrified look around and discovered that it was studded with square pegs. There were lawyers and: newspaperthen and teachers and insurance salesmen, and they didn't know how to do nothin’,

Where ‘Club’ Got Name 80 THE NAVY something called the armed guard. The AG "was shoved aboard mefchant ships, to annoy the merchant seamen and encourage the guns to rust. It was better than going out to die in a lousy’ LOI, but not much better. We were very probably the most raggedy-seated heroes ever put to sea. We didn’t know a binnacle from a barnacle, Or port from starboard. Out of the survivors of the tough year came the Jumpsteady club. It started in Algiers, La. in January of 1044. The name was supplied by It. Meredith Powell, otherwise known as Mate, of Norfolk, Va. The Mate claimed he had bumped into a sort of foreign beverage which gained its title from the fact that after a man had one drink, he began to jump, steady. Because some of us— and for no other reason, I assure you—were a little tetchy from being involuntary heroes, we christened outselves the Jumpsteady club. If I ever saw an ignobje bunch of men, we were it. The only planes we had ever shot down turned out to

ATHENS, June 10-~The Truman doctrine has relieved the Qreeks temporarily of their fear of a Soviet satellite invasion from the north, They think an open attack now would mean a world war and that Russia is not yet ready for that. But promise of American aid has increased rather than restrained the Communist campaign to weaken and finally eapture Greece through civil war. § If the Reds can keep the present civil war going for andther year economic chaos in Greece probably would be so complete, political disunity so disastrous and personal feuds so deep-seated that the Communists would have a good chance of taking over.

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friction rather than outright seisure which they tried in the revolution of December, 1044, but failed, thanks largely to the British. Numerically the Communists are not strong here —about 10 per cent of the population. They would hardly be a major factor without help from Moscow

After reporting conditions in Russia and Turkey for readers of The Times, Ludwell Denny went to | ‘Greece to complete the Scripps-Howard newspapers’ current investigation of that explosive triangle. Mr. Denny, a former editor of The Times, has séen earlier Greek revolutions come and go. He was the first American correspondent te report the overthrow - of King Constantine, and later watched Dictator Metaxas rule with a revived monarchy. This is the first of several articles based on personal observation and talks with peasants and villagers, government and opposition leaders, and British and American officials.

and without supply and recruiting bases in Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria. In that sense “civil war” is a misnomer. More

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WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Ludwall Denny Truman Doctrine Eases Greek Fear

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for destroying price controls, It ls true thet the controls had been gravely weakened hy action of the Truman administration. before congress & year ago scuttled price control. Without any eontrols, however, the tremendous pressures at home and

State department planners are working em the outline of a program for support of a unified Burope which would cost upwards of six billions a year for five or six’ years. Secretary Marshall told us why such a program is essential both ‘to Buropean astability and American prosperity in light of the fact that roughly one-sixth ‘of what the United States makes or grows is sent abroad. Out even a part of those exports and the effect would be felt immediately. . To send five or six billions of our goods te Europe in some form of lend-lease, we should need a minimum of regulation and control here. Otherwise we would risk feeding inflation at home. Anyone who looks candidly at the present political scene must realize that the trend is in exactly the opposite direction. Some export controls have been taken

off. The pressure is to throw them all overboard.

Foreign and Domestic Policies Related “TT'IS HARD TO SEE how the nation ean the responsibility of its overwhelming economic power with an untraimmeled boom at home and eontrolled expenditure of billions abroad. Boom at home and directed spending for peace abroad do not go One man could do a great deal to make us under= stand that domestic and foreign policies are tied together. That man is Governor Thomas B. Dewey. A responsible speech on foreign policy. by Dewey, recognising the fearful realities of the moment, would clear the murky air of Washington like a thundershower. It is an opportunity such as few

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark Nursemaids to Merchant Marine Meet

ing. One of our men, a self-confessed gunnery expert, was writing a book on anti-aircraft fire control He called it “Flak From the Sack.” According to him, he hadn’t been out of bed in a year. "Lt. Powell was the hero of our group. He sank 13 submarines once, in less than half an merchant skipper aboard Powell's bucket was who liked to mix aspirin with whisky, ahd was therefore a somewhat unreliable witness, Mate says, though, while they were sitting at anchor one night, the old man saw 13 submarines simultaneously, and turned in the alarm. The lieutenant mounted the bridge, inquired as to the trouble, and was told by the skipper, through a rich reek of bourbon, that they were surrounded, Naturaly there was nothing for Powell to do but sink the submarines, He said that after the 13th salvo--gvery one a hit the old man went to bed happy.

Action Later, and Now WE HAD ANOTHER HERO, name of Giff Irion, of Alexandria, Va. Giff was in the Normandie invasion, and a mine blew the bow off his ship. Giff was reading a copy of the “Ladies’ Home Journal” at the time. Said he had read everything else on the ship. ~ Irion is the only man I ever knew in the navy who

came back with a formal log which contained only.’ one entry. M said, starkly: “Easter Sunday. Put

stuffed rabbit on captiin's table.” Lt. Irion was awakened once by his bosun's mate. “I beg your pardon, sir,” the bosun said. “But the ship just broke in two.” ‘ “Sure enough,” Irion said later, “it had.” Yes, sir, the Jumpsteady club is meeting again this week, and by now the lies will have thickened like ancient soup.

If there had been no rightists bands indulging terror campaign to avenge the Raed terror, peasants would have been lured or drivem in rebel camp. If government troops and dispenséd less revenge and more justice would not now be looking te the security. And if the Athens regime h get better results in the form of f : work with the $1 billion foreign money it the past two and a half years, the present desperation would not be winning ‘so many Communist side. i For that reason it's not sufficient to Moscow-led rebels on a military front. Politioal economic battles are more important and they eannot be won with dollars alone. Unless , profiteering and terrorism of the right are etrbed, U. 8.

peace and prosperity to COreecoe than was British aid in the past. ' i wl The purely military problem could be solved. If the United Nations, through continued border “inspection, can prevent major participation by the three Soviet satellite neighbors and the Reds’ so-called international brigade, it is possible to isolate and Nduce ihe Drastut guerilla bands, recently out from

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Question Use for Army IT 1S QUESTIONABLE whether the U. 8. should allocate half of the $300 million total te the military, as planned. If the army's quality is improved there should be no need for a large numerical increase beyond the present 120,000 troops and 30,000 gen-darmes-~certainly not the 200,000 troops desired by the Athens militarists, ad One of the worst weaknesses of the present Athens regime is its inability to grasp that secure jobs oan be more effective weapons than guns in reducing

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