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sense that a Yugoslavian attack en %s & Soviet atiac 3 : F ; hatsdustoiccatink, NE war against to determine how the other great power will react. 1f so, it is in-the same

and France. But, taken together, these developments add tai pressive threat of an all-out war to come.te ‘Mussolini and the Jap war lords pushed their too far and found desth for themselvel and broight

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fanchuria in 1931 as the aetual : \ i a Bbionia a Ortber 1985, a the.

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tion to the brink of destruction.

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¢ a repetition of that catastrophe by pursing the

upon “Which they Have enibafked. Bit

ough it is late, it is not too late-for Russia to seek and an answer to all her legitimate -needs- by peaceful |

[IE sion, can be found in Preis Trumar's sae

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| “io seek 8 pscef word, & prosper word, 4 fre

il and mutual respect, as Canada and the United

lived for The

bers, li of equality % tig hr ni States have

of tomorrow must be such a world if civilisa-

tion i8 to survive and move on to better things. Canada and the United States have found happiness and security in that |

kind of world. And, as the President said, “we intend to

expend our energies 98d iavest ods Austr in

who are able and |

yore ol course, arprise to id the affeeryof Wea ‘ not; i 8 :

“s businéss enterprises - in’

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i" should pay taxes and they. Beligve Shey

ok dh Goss, an editor of Farm Publications, Tne, |

ore of those’ who disagrees, has asked for a statement of our policy of this whole subject. THat is a reasofiable re-

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quest and ane with. which we are happy to comply ‘This

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Complefefequslity in taxation, ; A : Every fndividual, and every business, should pay taxol

on exactly ‘every other government, of no other

bi. same basis as every other .individual’ and iness. All share alike in the benefits of

he all should share alike in its cost. ‘We know | thing

way to levy taxes: justly and fairly under a

democratic form 8f government. It is proper that a church, for instance; Yo-Sxempt from |} taxes, but only if all other churches are likewise exempt. But if a church should decide to buy and operate a depart-

ment store,

we do not believe the store should he exempt

from any tax that is paid by any other department store.

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ineiple, it seems to us, should apply to busi-#eg-operative” or “mutyal benefit”. groups. #84 in such 4 way that their customers pre are, ‘and thus share in whatever profit 8 have no criticism. What ‘is manifestly

unfair is that “owners” should get what amounts to ‘a government subsidy in the form of exemption from 8 tax that a competing busigess, owned by someone he i hits

io pay.

In Indiana co-opératives operate hardware stores, gon

cery stores, filling stations, and a long list of other busifiesses that are in direst competition with other hardware

. stores, and so on, not Owned by “co-op” groups. Why should

one store pay a tax abd the other pay none?

i) PILGRIMAGES oF HISTORY 5 JVB she lat»

k-end, the series of Hoosigr historical ath / the four state colleges last year, s at Marion, Peru and Wabash. nday, a camp fire meeting and Harmotiy and the area known

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“HOPE BETTER WEATHER BRINGS FORUM UPSWING” By 0. T. C., N. Oxford st. I wonder if the complaining tone {of Porum letters will change now that the rainy spell is over and the sun is shining, I hope so. There are plenty of things to write about Basia damning somebody or someall the time. I may even write a “rosy” letter myself some ‘day. I'm too busy playing with my Kids and enjoying my home hours now. *

Bevin and Bidault have agreed on

the Marshall plan for réconsiruetion of Eure Now all we need is to get the U. 8. io do se. » = »

Another way to tell democracy from ‘dictatorship is whether government officials are public servants or public masters. » 2 . Under the new rent control law it will be nice to be a landlord and have tenants pleading for a 15 per cent increase.

“PINT-SIZED WOMEN HAVE TROUBLE WITH CLOTHES, T00” By M. A. Henning, 1305 Kemtucky ave. To M. L. of Concord st. Perhaps the average-sized woman is from size 38 to 44, and perhaps it is difficult for such a sized person to buy clothes to fit. But what about the

all over town for a dress, goes home without having been able to make a purchase? The number of dresses which a dress department has in size 7 may | be counted generally on one hand | and it is with great embarrassment that one goes into oné of thé smaller shops just to be told that they aré sorry but they do not carry children’s clothes. Seems to me that if a new store should open and

“FINANCIAL INTERESTS DON'T SOLVE HOUSING” By Dd Musde, CNy Reference your editorial entitled “Decent Homes,” Mr. Truman Says he wants “a decent home and a

frain from doing these things in order to keép on bleéding the publie. The people “rapidly are losing faith in the ability of private enterprise to supply them,” you say. This is absolutely true. “It is right here on this point where the greed hogs of Machiavelliaa capitalism are pulling our democratic form of govrnment down into the cesspool of Marxian communism. And the plutocratic fools sitiing en top of the money bags haven't sense to see and understand this. And, at the

pint-sized person who after tryinge . time, the stupid politicians

lack sufficient intellect to understand the lack of understanding of the ones on top of the money bags.

= = = “CAN'T. GET GOVERNMENT ECONOMY WITHOUT DEMAND”

{By B. G. B., Primrose sh

Hasn't the time come for the Republicans to crash through with some - results on all this’ economy talk we heard at election time last fall? Since they control both houses,

cater to small sizes that business [for them would pay well

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6-23

"Your, ther made so much fuss about the high price of wisners,

OF fevers ute wrath and Heh

why don’t they appoint a real commission, for once, to recommend streamlining the government and cutting the number of féderal em« ployees and bureaus? The only way we can cut our expenses fs & nae tion is to spend less money. There are too many extras in our federal government. Let's do withqut some of them for a while until we can afford to have them once again, if we ever can. I don’t understand why we Americans are so subservient to our public servants. If we don't demand economy, we won't get economy. And that goes for city and state government, too.

. » » “SEND FRENCH GIRL WHO SAID ‘NON’ BACK HOME” By’ Grouchy Spinster, Speedwiy ; 1 see where the French girl who came over here to Indiana to marry a Hoosier @. 1. but turned down the bargain once she got into the U, 8. and saw that her future husband’s home living wasn't what she thought it was has had several of» fers of marriage. I think this woman ought to be deported back to France. She apparently didn't really love that soldier or else she would have gone through with her end of the bargain, I believe any man who marries her 18 a sap. Who is she to have a choice of men? '

DAILY THOUGHT That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treaSure.—Job 3:21.

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conscience is & wonderful and a fearful thing. It has

Senator Charlés W. Tobey of New Hampshire. Like s0 many other New Englanders before him who have fought thé battles of conscience, Mr. Tobey doés not hesitaté to champion unpopular causes. ey Raciicans and the only senator from the industrial East to oppose sctively the Reed-Bulwinkle bill. He Spposed it be- “ cause hé believes it gives to the railroads the kind of economic power that no private company or group of companies should possess. In pérmitting the roads 3 gutside he sSope of the & anti-trust

Not Tobey's Fight \ HIS PRESENCE in the senate would, of course, have made no difference in the outcdne. The vote

freight rates in the south are part of a pattern of discrimination that holds their region and the west in colonial dependence.

him take on fights even though they may ‘not im-

. | mediatély serve the special interests of his own state.

By Peter Edson

REFLECTIONS

time father left town to make s busindss trip. In his absence mother moved all the marblé-topped tatiey

up nto the stile. By that time, of course, éverye

body in in Indianapolis had got rid of theirs, 100, ¢ by way of the attic or the junkman.

bh Lm SRN, missed the marble-topped tables.

As 8 matter of

fact, he never mentioned the subject again—not even, i

when two weeks later, we kids went chickenpox in a room that didn’t marble-topped table in it. ; "As for thé tomato controversy, I i to that, toe, some day, and tell you about

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He stepped ino another SfBL in the sme 99 ThAt Was whet be Siapied sme of the: 8 friend, Bdwin W. Pauley, to be Breiifenly tie. 2a Mr. Tobey believed: that Mr, Pauley was disqualified by his efforts to ‘get the vast tideland ofl reserves turned over to the statey Sad: phereny | takén sway front the fedetal governs. men There was no political anfmus tn this. Mr. Tobey had fought in behalf of Democratic nominées he thought théy werd being unfairly sitsckéd. ‘One’ of them was Néw Dealer Aubrey Williams, whose nomination to a government Buresu Brought familisr charge of Communist. Mr. Tobey went Back to & Democratic hero, Grover Clévelind, to find & Bouetiul Staten: 14 rebeke. tile Who vere Nify

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sidiously undermines the justice | free institutions, is not less dangérous than the communism of oppressed poverfy and toil w exasperated by injustice and discontent, attacks wild disorder (he citadel of rule.”

Is Deeply Religious

MR. TOBEY, the blunt-spoken New Hampshire

Stir Bobby-Sox Interest in Polifics

WASHINGTON; June 23. capital has just been treated to visits from "a couple of youth delegations—with a capital Y. The difference betweén capital Y Youth and stnall y youth is more than you'd think. Small y youth comes here in & bus to take snapshots of itself on the Capitol stéps, gawk through the White House, take in the other sights, buy a few soft drinks and Hamburgers, pair off for daylight handholding, thén get on thé bus and go back where they came from. It's Capital Y Youth, however, comes hete with a Purpose.

Contrast in Background THE ™G Youth-With-a-Purposé outfits that showed up here were as different as day and night —as different as Youth and youth. One was the national éncampment of 4-H clubs, 183 strong—at least two boys, two girls and 4 couple of 4-H leaders from every state and territory. All were country or rural town youngsters. The other outfit was thé National Youth Lobby, 449 strong, from only 16 states and mostly big city and university youngsters. The Youth Lobby was sallow as to complexion, a little on the frowsy side but awfully sophisticated,

awfully cocky, and with a high disdain for things

a8 they are. They knew all the answers in advance, The 4-H youngstérs wére healthy as all outdoors, ¢lean and neat, a little on the shy side and awfully practical. The boys had raised livestock or done other farm projects. The girls were specialists in

home economics. They were brought here as prize-winning leaders ng“ rural young people in

The 4-H club members came hére to listen and learn. They heard talks from cabinet mémbers and other government officials. They saw congressional

FOREIGN AFFAIRS . . . By European Recovery

PARIS, June 23.—Russia’s yes or no, it is agreed here, will make or break the Marshall plan for European recovery. France and Britain can and will go ahead if Russia stays out. But the best they can accomplish alone will be patchwork. That full recovery is impossible without Soviet collaboration is evident in the broad statement of Burope’'s needs eontained in the report of Prof. Gunnar Myrdal, executive secretary of the United Nations economic commission for Europe. According to this report, four bottlenecks are now blocking Europe's recovery: (1) the coal shortage, 2) the dearth of electric power to supplement éoal, (3) lack of lumber for housing and other building, and (4) the famine in fertilizer withdut which Europe never will be able to feed herself.

World's Largest Reserves SINGLE-HANDEDLY, the Soviet Union holds the key to all four. With her okay central Europe's coal soon would start pouring from the mines. Within her domains are the world’s largest reserves of uncut timber. With her consent, plus American aid, abundant and cheap hydroelectric power could be made available to the entire continent. And with a nod from Russia, her hydroelectricity could produce

| nitrogen for synthetic fertilizers ample to insure two * | blades of wheat where even 6né is only partly assured

Flow & loruer meer of wid iswrastiend Danubian commission, now defunct, this writer has

obtained details revealing the scope of what the Dnes; transport and every other eo-opefative agresDanhe valley alone mips 3 for Xutape if ft Seis

developed undée She 8 Setretary Masha Lilienthal and other claim it wo dl region for the TVA sort of Sroject. miles long. T direly afc

congressmen fold their youthful constituents to go on back home and quit bothering them. Some shéved the lobbyists off on their secretaries. These young

stérs came away bitter and disgustéd. ' What kind of

citizens they'll make, gosh only knows. The Young Democrats claim only 400,000 members now, but have started a drive to get a million members by September. The Young Democrats will hold their biennial convention later in the summer, at & place and time to be selected by the national committee, Both the Young Republican and Young Démocratie organizations are used to develop party leddérs and workers who will get out the vote on election days, Such effort is all to the good. The only trouble is that there isn’t enough of it.

Their World Soon

IN MANY FOREIGN OCOUNTRIES it's the students who take the leadership in political reform movements. That's because they form the oné Iafgest element of literate, thinking people. They usually get shot up and down for their trouble, but in the U. 8. it isn’t necessary to pay that penalty. All the more reason to get the bobby-sox se§ interested in politics and off on the right foot. It ille behooves any old codger to scoff dt Youth-Thate Takes-1tsélf-Seriously. It was Youth that won the war and Youth that figured out how to make the bomb. It's going to be their world in. a few yéars, What do they want out of it? ?

William Philip Simms

Up to Russia

the lives of every man, woman and child in central Europe and the Balkans. Indirectly it affects every inhabifant of Europe. For a century the nations along the Danube have been trying to harness Yt. But nitions sharing its waters refused to co-operate, Piécemeal attempts are not suMcient. ‘Today the Dantibe remains an untamed and at timés dangerous waterway. The power within its watershed is still undeveélopéd. Navigation is interrupted seasonably. Crops fail in otherwise fertile areas for lack of irrigation. Many homes are lighted by candles ~ while waterfalls spend their force unproductively. Some improvements were carried out by the Danubian commission, which the treaty of Versailles indorsed and tried to reinforce. "But rivalries and wars nullified even these. However, the commission's blueprints, traced by some of the world's greatest enginests, remain available—if onlv Russia, western Europe and America can agree on how to use them, Today, therefore, Russia is thé big question mark in such plans. Not only the Danube and its vital tributaries, but the Vistula and other might potential sources of power aré undér Russia's domination,

It's All Up to Moscow THE MYRDAL report makes 1t plain that t Buropen

economic bottlenecks aré impossible of solution pieces meal. International agreement is necessary even te

achieve first-aid solutions — like temporary power transmission

. plants operated on low-grade coal. For ment runs into frontiers every few miles.

This is just’ one illustration of what > be dane if Europe s lo be salvaged. one a ma theretors, to wo Mo : Sue news Sorts

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