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bill veto message, and in his speech last night, Truman used strong words to bolster feeble

{ the message impress the house of repre- ; its members promptly voted 381 to 83— f ‘one—to override. Support for the bill was + than on its original passage. \e house had heard all Mr. Truman's arguments, even tnore vehemently stated, from union leadets trying to thwart this effort by congress to protect workers, employers and the general public against reckless, tyrannical use of _ organized labor's power. “{ The President’ made many assertions that evil conse- " huences would follow enactment of the bill." It would, he aid, go far to weaken unions and destroy national unity; . tause more strikes; encourage distrust, suspicion, arbitrary "Attitudes; prove unworkable and unfair; be ineffective in {* Qealing with strikes affecting public health and safety; “ fnject political considerations into normal economic deci- .-- gions; inject the government into private economic affairs “bn an unprecedented scale, and be a dangerous stride toward . & totally managed economy. ’ We think the dangers Mr. Truman professes to fear are highly improbable, most of them impossible. * We are sure, however, that success of the violent ¢ampaign to defeat this measure would encourage the labor 4. movement's most irresponsible elements to new and greater +» excesses, and result eventually in far more drastic # + legislation. : " . .

. = . JT seems a little late in the day for Mr. Truman to start 7 shuddering about injection of the government into “private economic affairs—that is, into relations between “workers and employers, ~~! That process, began long before the New Deal, was . carried farthest and fastest, and wholly on the side of organized jabor, by the President’s own party in the 1930s. . * We fought for the pro-labor laws enacted then and , earlier. Labor was weak and at a disadvantage in bar- «. gaining with powerful employers. Be believed—and still an do—that the government should guarantee the right of "4+. workers to belong to unions of their own free choice, should

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group must be balanced by responsibilities and protected +. privileges by required duties. Otherwise, grave abuses #* ape certain to follow, as they have. Mr. Truman condemns these abuses, he says. is ++ Yet he does not condemn their cause, which is the one"way injection of government into economic affairs. In‘stead, he denounces a measure, approved after long consid-

As to injecting political considerations— sp: Union spokesmen, while applauding the veto, in¥4 gist that the President won't be doing his full duty unless he gets it sustained by the senate. Issuing “must” orders to some Presidents would have - been risky business, even for aC. I. 0.-P. A. C. director. But Mr. Truman seems to be inl there pitching., How it will come out remains to be seen. But with , 1948 in the offing; and Henry Wallace making third-party in ‘threats, it’s understandable if Mr. Truman deesn’t want to +o be accused of “a political maneuver.” Accused, that is, by ¥:: Wmion bosses.

? 2 = » es = = ib E'VE had occasion before to admire the relatively high #>"V¥ character of the leadership ‘of .our unions in Indiana, "nd especially in Indianapolis, a point we believe was pretty --.well illustrated by the story Robert Bloem wrote, this week, — ‘about their attitude toward the Taft-Hartley bill. Wome, Like most leaders of most unions everywhere, they : “have been against it. But in general Mr. Bloem found .. them looking much farther ahead than the final action that will take place in Washington. Most of the responsible

“" Bppraisal of the effects this legislation may have on their pective unions, and rather carefully charted their course «of action within the law, when, as and if it becomes law. On the whole they appear to be much better prepared 145. for whatever change in labor relations this bill-may produce Ad than employers were for the much more drastic changes produced by the Wagner act a dozen or so years ago. And o: ‘while there may be some small confusion initially, there can "hardly be as much as the Wagner act brought in its wake, ond hardly any that can’t be worked out in negotiation with a fair measure of good-will on both sides. . ¥ In fact, for most unions and most employers here we * believe those changes are going to be not nearly so sweeping 8 some opponents of the bill have indicated. Quite a number of unions we know pretty well are going to find that , they are already in full compliance with all the provisions #4 of this bill, and have been right along. Their members cer- " Xainly have not considered themsélves “enslaved,” and we § ieve the members of other unions which may now it necessary to adopt those same policies will be “env » either. ®

i g nsible leaders of organized labor in’ Indianapolis do not share any panicky view that this is the ‘of unions: And we don’t believe it is, either.

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dying of a strong poison is not a pleasant sight. Our dog was poisoned and died within an hour's tithe so it must have been a very deadly poison. We valued this dog because of its gentleness to our small daughter, who misses the dog. We also hated to lose her because I brought her

home with’ me from Tacoma, Wash., when I was discharged from the army.

In my opinion, anyone who maliciously and deliberately poisons dogs is low enough to do-anything, even beat their grandmother. It had to be someone in the very near vicinity as our dog very seldom even crossed the road. She had no reason to stray as she had five acres to roam over and was well cared for. If our dog had been annoying someone, why couldn't that person have been decent enough to notify us of it. Or if they were too shy

have called us on the phone. In tlosing let me again express

hoping to find him out.

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tailored to the “average mentality.”. But it is no excuse for offensive

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88 8 “WANT TO RECORD VISION OF STILL UNENDED WAR" By Edward F. Maddox, Indianapolis In 1927 I saw a vision of a great

marching it also seemed that the Japanese took part in the war on. Russia. I saw American® fighting in the

{region of Yugoslavia or Hungary.

Then at the end of the vision and of the war it seemed that a great city in Russia was surrounded and finally conquered! 2 When the war was over, I went into the city and saw a great street lined, in ranks, lying in the street as far as I could see, where the skeletons of people and horses, a scene of utter destruction and desolation. {That ended the vision, which has been published in The Times, before world war II began. The war is not ended. This vision was from the, Lord and I want to record it as I saw it. ‘Today's events point to its fulfillment. That is why I believe Russia will force a coalition of nations to fight her, in self-de-fense. The Lord showed it to me!

8 8:9 “KEEP UP CAMPAIGN FOR {PAYING FURLOUGH BONDS”

1 By R. Blickenstafl, Crawfordsville Thanks, fellows, for the support {

jon cashing terminal leave bonds. I believe if we all stick together and | write to our congressmen and the President, as I have done, we can and will get that terminal leave pay.- We should have been. paid in cash to start with instead of get-

+ Chiefs of unions here have made an intelligent and calm [or cowardly to face us, they could ting an I. O. U. with a 2%% in-

|terest. Why should we be forced | to lend the government part of our

half a loan for us?

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“CALL SHERIFF ABOUT ABANDONED ANIMALS” By Jay W. Winget, 108 B. Washington st. I heard the inclosed article on the radio and believing that it contains valuable information that the public should know about, I sent for a copy. . : I feel that everyone of your readers should have this information. Would you please print it in your Hoosier Form. “One of the disturbing matters confronting Sheriff Magenheimer's office is the small animal problem.

An average of 10 calls each day are received, including, among others, complaints of persons moving or going on vacation without making proper arrangements for the care of’ their dogs® and cats; persons abandoning animals to shift for themselves; persons or stealing animals; persons permitting their female dogs to run at large while in season. Penalties for these offenses just enumerated range in fines up to $1000 and up to six months imprisonment or both, yet these violations of law and cruelty to animals continues. It is little wonder that we frequently find dogs running -ih packs, destroying property, Keeping people from sleeping and even on occasion attacking persons. Many dogs are being injured, killed or lost as a further vesult. “The Marion county sheriff's office had been advised by the Indiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that it has posted a standing reward of $5 in each case for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons abandoning or dumping animals to shift for themselves, or poisoning, or stealing animis. If you now have, or in the future are able to furnish reliable information, please write full details, including names, addresses “and correct license numbers, if possible, to Otto Ray, Humane Office, Marion County Sheriff's Office. The information will be kept confidential if at all possible.” . » . . “TIMES WRONG ON TAXING FARM INSURANCE COMPANY” H. Ringer, general manager,

By Marie Hoosier Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co., Indianapelis

I read with interest the editorial which appeared in the Tuesday, June 17, issue of The Times entitled “The Co-ops Grow Up.” As manager of Hoosier Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. I question the source information of the edf-

my contempt for this low creature! army pay at 2'2% when it costs us| torial writer when he placed the of a dog poisoner, and I'm still|4% just to get them to back up!

Farm Bureau Insurance companies of Indiana, namely, Hoosier Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Indiana, Inc, and Farm Bureau Fire and Tornado Insurance Co. in the category of agricultural cooperatives, for these insurance coms« panies—all of which are mutual companies organized under the laws of the state of Indiana—offering the same type of insurance coverages as other insurers in the same fields, are subject to the same taxes on their business as are such other insurers. In/view of this mis-statement.in the editorial mentioned, I think it is only just that you should correct the mis-stated fact that appeared in your June 17 editorial regarding the Farm Bureau Insurance companies of Indiana.

: ss 8.» | “CITY SHOULD INCREASE [| PAY OF SCHOOL NURSES”

By Mrs. Densel Dearinger, 336 N. Hamil. ton ave. :

Recently my attention has been

|:|called to the underpayment of our !|publie school nurses, ‘

The city council should consider an increase in the saldry pald to the guardians of the health of hundreds of school children.

DAILY THOUGHT

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IN OF 8 OF the United Nations, in Moscow,

{Paris and in London . . . as well as in this country . .. | increasing interest is being shown in the freedom and

responsibilities of the press and other channels of in+ formation to the public. ' \ One of the controversial measures now before conis the Mundt bill ‘to authorize the department to propagandize other countries on the prin. ciples of American living. There is considerable opposition to that part of thy bill which would authorize fovernifien t news service. A committee on world freedom of information, which includes the heads of three major news services . . . and of which I & member , , , recently went on record opposing part of the measure with the statement that:. “Bxperiencé has shown that all ‘news services’ operated by governments are propaganda agencies which distort the news and impair the free flow of factual information.”

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year, . In Britain, a‘royal commission now is holding hearings on freedom of the press, as the result of

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poet . . . headed by the ubiquitous the University of Chicago... a preds, radio and-motion picnd with generalities. Russian sources said this month, in elaboration of Stalin's official viewpoint, that the Reds exercised censorship to “safeguard the public of all countries from and misinformation about our country” and to the peace and security of the world. The old that “vested interests” controlled the press . + . and similarly they were hinted at good Dr. Hutchins’ report, without supporting

The Moscow radio, quoting the official Communist organ Pravda, declared yesterday that freedom of the press had become “one of the most important prob-

WASHINGTON, June 21—Once a cynic coined a syllogism. Its major premise was “Wars are caused by bad governments” and minor “All governments are bad.” From that came this conclusion: “Therefore, we will always have wars.” Perhaps that migratory Church of the Brethren farmer from North Manchester, Ind, Charles C. Rohrer, never heard of formal logic. But his trips to postwar Poland with cattle to rebuild the war-wrecked herds and his work: there as an UNRRA official has put him on the brink of embracing the cynic's syllogism. But being a devout man, he still has hope.

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HIS PRESENT FEELINGS in regard to war and peace he put down in writing and turned over to the house armed services committee this week. They more closely parallel - the policies which Henry A. Wallace is trying to make clear, in his own inimitable fuzzy-minded manner, than those of the so-called Truman doctrine. ain Briefly, Mr. Rohrer believes that if we continue our present policies we will be trading A-bombs with Russia sooner than we think and both Washington and Moscow may both become just a “Tale of Two Cities.” He doesn't want that and so he says' “We are being propagandized into believing war is a long way off. They say we do not want war. True, we common people who do the fighting, suffering and dying positively do not want war. But how about those who issue the draft cards? “Again, they say Russia is too weak to wage war. Well, she was going pretty strong when world war II wound up. . . . “I'm afraid President Truman {is playing with dynamite and fire by bribing foreign governments to oust Commies from their governments. This will lead quite likely to internal strife, strikes and eventual civil wars. We avowedly will help the government forces and Russia dare not withhold help from her Communist friends. If she does, she loses face and prestige.” .

NEW YORK, June 21.—After the fashion of the travel-talk people, I am loathe to sail off into the sunset without taking one last look at the natives and their odd customs. It is a sort of mental candy bar to nibble on until you get back. , So, the ship pulls away, and the throbbing of the jukeboxes grows faint. We will always remember America, the land where pigeons perch in hotel lobbies (Hotel Pennsylvania) and spring comes so violently to the citizens that a 96-year-old man down in South Carolina is being held on a charge of attempted assault. ! Farewell, oh land of wishful thinking, where florist’s assistants dream up $8000 worth of bogus flower orders in ortler to keep the boss happy. There is your picture of the eternal salesman. He works not so much for money as for medals.

Service for Expectant Mother ADIEU, NATION of the downtrodden Brooklyn Dodger and tHe crumpled Cardinal, of the risen Giant and the rampant Tiger. It is nice to reflect that a .330 hitter packs more power than a congressman, and uses it better, if we are to judge from the recent May-Garsson trials in Washington, Not even in the Cannibal Isles, where the science of artistically preserving a neighbor’s noggin is handed down from father to son, has specialization reached such a peak as in thee, my native shore. What other land would breed Storklines, Inc., a special limousine service for expectant mothers? Appointment or emergency, it makes no difference to Storklines, Inc. You provide the incipience and Storklines does the rest.

A SENIOR in a southern Indiana high school, class of 1883, chose as the subject of his graduation talk commencement night: “New Times Demand New Measures and New Men.” The father of the boy was a banker of the town. The boy became one of its successful businessmen. Both father and son were réd hot Democrats in a county that has been Democratic for many years. : No wonder that boy was alert to catch the drift of politics in his day. Even ag a high school lad he could get the feel of Indiana politics as the state sloughed off the tag ends of Civil war days to begin a tug of war over the tariff through at least his first four presideptial elections. This shift in the politics of the state came at the beginning of a new era in Indiana amd the nation. The storm of the Civil war that had been gathering for three-quarters of a century had broken and passed away by the early 1880's. - : Planned Government Reform : THE GREENBACK party in Indiana is an illustration, The first state convention was held in Indianapolis June 9 and 10, 1874. Judge David Kilgore, a rare type among the politicians of Indiana, presided. He declared that the Greenbackers were going | to reform the government from “tail to snout.” At ( year the party polled 16,000 votes; in 1876, 13,213; in 1880, 14,881; in 1884, 8716.

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point from newsmen of England, Venezuela, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland and, on ‘some points, France, Palestine and Holland. . At the forthcoming conference on freedom of information, the Americans will advance a program for discussion which includes guarantees of freedom of travel and equal access to news for reporters, elimination of censorship and discrimination in rates for transmitting news dispatches (the Russians have just doubled their rates), formal recognition of freedom of press and speech, promotion of training for correspondents, standardization of libel laws and inJestigation, ot Sistorted Stories. “Moral suasion” rather penalties probably would nee periaitien p y : be adopted in the orts will be made to obtain a - ment, or perhaps a treaty, within arorking serve framework of the United Nations. The Russians, as usual, are expected to provide the stumbling blocks. Te hose, Czechoslovakia, tried to get those now wor! on the program to include false mews and defamatory campaigns among the objectionable practices, but this was rejected for the time being as beTn neon a ritish t is to be found | the charge of Foreign Minister Bevin that the full press coverage given the Big Four conference in Moscow was one of the greatest handicaps in writing the German peace treaty. That is Just so much puncombe Su news of joe conference was given out by esmen of the British foreign the department of state. . oes aud

Preface to Peace

AN INFORMED PUBLIC in every country would be a powerful instrument of peace. . becca Lo eS Sndersianding Aud where ‘Wr | for A - Smeg likelihood of war. Pte, i 2 \n level of accuracy of American reporti high, and all sides of public questions are oy regardless ot the editorial policies of the n + + «+ 88 witness the space given to allace and his utterances. Bows W many other countries,

DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney ) \ Full U.N. Support Is Peace Answer’

Instead of this we should be feeding Europe other starvation areas as much as we oy and and then implement the United Nations with a police

force to handle the world" contend 8 trouble spots, Mr. Rohrer

“Was not our bipartisan fo Satan tee and insure the ign Polley Srwaind » Nhtions?” he asked. Via the da * “Now'we have the spectacle of this coalition used to pervert and defeat the United Nations. being only another beautiful dream for which our young men fought and died? “Even if we succeeded in defeating Russia, what will we have? Won't it be another vastly larger task of policing and feeding miserable, starving, ‘quarreling peoples? How long will our natural resources last? One thing I'm sure of, it will completely wreck our own economy and will likely end up either Fascist or, who knows, maybe Communist ourselves, for wars breed Commies. “No one has long ever been able to conquer a thought or an idea with a bayonet. The Czars of Russia tried by military might, prison and torture to conquer communism and failed.

Peace or Civilization's End “EUROPE NEEDS BUTTER instead of bayonets. Wars have brought them to their sad state. e only sure cure for communism is something better. If there is peace and prosperity, progressive democracy, free speech, a truly free press and a prosperous stabilized economy, then men will be willing to follow democracy.” Perhaps Mr. Rohrer should have been a preacher. In fact perhaps he is, for he wound up his testimony with this one: “In the fullness of time, the atomic age has come upon mankind. We simply must have peace or it is the end of civilization as we know it.”

DAN KIDNEY.

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Rustk America—Not Perfect but Unique

Where else, I ask, do they hold special surveys to learn what percentage of ladies go to bed to think? Can the Russians produce a survey to prove conclusively that some ladies will snap on brassieres only while they are in the kitchen? Do the Japanese have any idea about how many of their women would like to sleep raw, but don't because of inhibition? We know, though. The John Pierce foundation, collecting American, living data for an architectural firm, tells us all these things. We have the most-forward looking country in the world. Free moving pictures in the supermarkets soon will spur our housewives to more lavish buying. The old lady will go to market for a pound of hamburger and, excited by two technicolor shorts and a snappy commercial, will come home loaded. With provisions, of course.

Classes in Charm-Building

THE SERIAL technique, which so ‘successfully

binds the hausfrau to the soap opera, will be employed here. Ma will pantingly await next week's visit to the butcher, in order to find out what happened to the heroine, last seen hanging by her neck from the cretonne curtains in the decoration short. America, the beautiful, which now has classes in charm-building for gentlemen who feel inadequate in the presence of ladies. In Philadelphia, they are teaching bruisers with sandpaper whiskers to bow from the hips and pick up a dropped kerchief with the maximum of old-world courtesy. So long, America. You may not be perfect, but by cracky you're unique.

SAGA OF INDIANA . . . By Wiliam A. Marlow State Politics Shifted in Early 1880's

Indianapolis, who joined the party in 1896, was national chairman from 1023 to 1041. In 1940, Mr. Zahnd was nominated by a national referendum vote of the members of the party for President of the United States. Under the Bland-Allison law of 1878, which put gold, silver, bank notes and greenbacks in “ecirculation, the money question of Indiana faded out as a dominant political issue in state politics. In the four presidential campaigns from 1880 to 1893, inclusive, the political leaders of the state shifted to the protective tariff as a political battleground. In the retrospect, it seems a strange coincidence that in the 12-year stretch covering these four presidential elections, Indiana tipped to the crest and sank to the trough of the wave in politics,

Politics Rough and Dirt THE CAMPAIGN of 1884 on the presidential-

- candidate level of Cleveland and Blaine was normal

presidential candidate; States senator from Texas; A. 0. Rankin, Knight of Labor leader from Pittsburgh, Pa. are instances. But in 1884 and in 1888, politics at the bottom ‘were rough and dirty in Indiana, In 1888,

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