Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1947 — Page 12

Nobody, of course, expected support for the bill in the| Margin required was only two to one, the vote was 68 to 25.

tors who hitherto had favored the bil. But, having taken “ part in the months of consideration and debate that pre-

a and the union leaders tried to make it appear. And "they knew that its final enactment would at least, and at

“methods employed against the Taft-Hartley bill. . . “pat; to do nothing; to deny the plain evidences of gross for corrective legislation; to denounce all advocates of such

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tics, union leaders’ threats and White House sure did not change enough votes to prevent the senate from overriding President Truman's veto.

“‘senate to be almost four to one, as it was in the house.

“The furious campaign to block this legislation continued to the last minute. Heat was concentrated on a few sena-

‘and attended its passage by congress, they knew was in it. They knew it was not the evil thing Mr.

.-long last, get the country off a dangerous dead center. : ® = 8 See many years, beginning soon after passage of the ‘Wagner in 1985, there has been great antl growing public demand that the government, require responsibility r use of the tremendous power it was giving organized This demand has been thwarted by the same

The strategy of the union leaders has been to stand * abuses in the labor movement ; to say “no” to every proposal

‘legislation as enemies of labor; to bluff and bluster and hurl “threats of political retribution in defense of their own grasp

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+ on unrestrained power. ; Even during the Roosevelt administration, the house— ‘that branch of congress always closest and most responsive to public sentiment— twice passed by large majorities bills intended to correct the unfair bias of the Wagner act. These “were never permitted to come to a vote in the sehate. White "House pressure condemned them to death in a committee . ‘pigeonhole, A year ago both branches did pass the Case’ bill but Mr. Truman vetoed that.

draft strikers into the army in order to break one strike ~ that threatened national disaster, the President who used a federal court injunction to break another—helped the union leaders this time in an effort to kill a bill passed by overwhelming majorities in both branches of congress. Success ; for that effort would have been an affront to public opinion, would have resulted surely and soon, in enactment of far i Certainly the Taft-Hartley law is not perfect. But its supporters, unlike the obdurate defenders of the Wag- . ner act, did not contend that it is the final, unalterable word. The law itself provides for a careful congressional study of its operation as law. If in some respects it proves unworkable, unjust or destructive to labor's essential rights, it can and should be corrected promptly. THE AIR SAFETY BOARD : A GRAVE responsibility rests upon the five aviation o authorities named by President Truman as a special board of inquiry on air tramsport safety and now engaged | in investigation. ‘ Public confidence was terribly shaken by the three civilian plane crashes which, within 15 days, killed 146 persons on domestic airlines in the United States. No investigation can undo that damage. And no measures recommended by any board of inquiry can assure removal of all hazard from commercial aviation. But searching study of the disasters at La Guardia field, N. Y., near Port Deposit, Md., and near Hillsboro, Va., may-—and we hope will—enable the President's board to determine whether any or all of them were due to human faults, mechanical failures or both. And the knowledge thus gained should help the board + in doing the even more important part of its duty. That is to propose ways and means of preventing disasters, apd of achieving and maintaining the highest possible degree of air transport safety hereafter. What is at stake is not merely the future of a rapid means of civilian transpertation. This country needs successful commercial airlines to provide peacetime markets for, and incentive to development of, constantly improved planes and equipment. They are eksential to aviation progress, and so to America’s military security, The board’s members are experienced men, qualified for a thorough, fearless job of fact-finding and recommending. Nothing less than that will be the sort of service i+ they should do to air transportation and to the country. There was an ironical coincidence about the latest disaster that somehow lingers with us. The crash occurred only five miles from the little town of Hillsboro, Va.,-which was the birthplace of Susan Koerner—mother of Wilbur and Orville Wright. * " The months of May and June also have been one of the brightest periods in aviation history, despite the cloud cast « by the fatal crashes. In that period the first round-the-

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I TWA planes were equipped with radar collision avoiding 3 devices, an Allison-powered jet plane set a new world speed record and other advancements were made,

100 LOCAL TRAFFIC DEATHS? THE 1947 toll of traffic casualties in Marion county will exceed 100 (deaths and 8000 serious injpries unless ¢ action is taken to curb accidents. is the conclusion reached by the police department,

be the worst traffic season in history. New s of enced drivers mean more care-

world flight was inaugurated by Pan-American Airways,

iff and Indianapolis Safety Council in predicting | |

before the vacation period started accidents on Indianapolis.

Bossy Wife Is a Cle

By H. Seaford,

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things, including masculinity. Be-

courtesies as lifting the hat, feminist whispers to feminist that men are dumb; but no man is dumb enough to believe that men are

rule were followed a nuisance (the nuisance of feminism) would be on the dump heap. But you know how feminists are, and no matter what it violates we probably will continue to have the National Federation of— Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (hot diggity dog).

= ~ tJ “USE LAKE GEIST FOR FISHING AND BOATING” By Merritt V. Reed, 1944 Ludlow st. I say let's have hoats on Geist Reservoir. Sixteen miles from the Circle lies| 3700 acre: of the best fishing in| Indiana, the third largest lake in the state, yet there are no boats allowed on it. The people of Indianapolis spend thousands of dollars every year traveling to Freeman and Shaffer lakes to fish when they could spend it here at home and have a much better time, if the Indianapolis Water Co. would allow boats on this lake, with certain restrictions, such as: (a) No minors allowed in boats without parents; (b) no boats allowed without outboard motors; (¢) no motors over 5'2 horsepower allowed; (d) no racing allowed; (e) every boat must be registered with the water company guards and carry a number plainly visible on the bow; (f) every boat pilot must respect people fishing from the shore and must not run. motors within 25 feet of any fishing lines or steér boats closer than 15 feet of fishermen, Anyone violating these rules will forfeit their right to put a boat on the lake for a period of one year. It would be simple for the water

"Bossy Husband Is Tyrant, but

Bquality—feminist brapd—it's wonderful! If a husband bosses his wife around he's an unspeakable tyrant, but if a wife bosses her husband, either brasenly or by subterfuge, she's

Emerson, to deter men from improper behavior, chided, “We would . % be-no better than women,” and the propriety of male domination is Mr. Truman—the President who asked authority to| written on many, many pages of the Bible, but the fact that women in politics and such spheres are plain usurpers does not

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hills of the uneven bottom near the surface. » » » - x “FILIBUSTERING ALL-TIME LOW FOR SENATE PRACTICE” By P. R. O’B,, Central ave. This business of congressional filibustering struck an all-time low in my mind. I have read The Times since the days when it was the Sun, about 30 years ago, and this is my first letter to the editor. However, I want to say my piece about these delaying tactics. It was an attempt to exert pressure on the senators, and an improper one. They had their minds made up and are presumed to have made a thorough investigation before they voted in the first place. If I was a senator, I'd be plenty mad at the obvious purpose of those who wanted to force |delay—that of putting the heat on ‘me and my associates.

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God's law says, wine or strohg drinks,” Leviticus 10:8, 9, and 10 verses; Proverbs 23:31, Isaiah 5:22, Isaiah 28:7 and First Trinity 3:3. God's church and God's ministers were forbidden to use wine and strong drinks; only for medical purposes, or as a drink offering for sacred uses. My stand as a minister, IT am against it when the Bible is against it, and when the Bible is for it I am

for it. % - » ” “CIRCLE SHOULD NOT BE CHEAPENED IN BUILDING” By R. 8. FP, Indianapolis It will be too bad if the city fathers permit erection of any building on Monument Circle which would detract from the present beauty of that heart of Indianapolis. I was glad to see that the executive board of the Indiana Society of Architects has become interested in the question, and fully agree with the man who said that the monument was a setting

for a partially developed picturesque group of small units of

| | beauty and dignity. Most of the

structures now on the Circle do not

"| detract from that beauty, and it is

the hope of many of us who have lived here a long time that any new construction will be in harmony with the dignity of Christ the Columbia club, the Circle; Tower, Circle theater, and the other attractive buildings there. The Circle should not be cheapened.

{| “WHY REVERSE COLORS | |OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS?”

By W. H. Richards, 127 E. New York sf. The new lights being put up in

| |the downtown distriet look very fine,

but a oat of paint on the old ones would look just as good and save a lot of the taxpayers’ money But, when all over the city the green light is at the top, why should they turn these upside-down to the confusion of the 20 thousands persons in Indianapolis who are color blind, and to whom red and green look alike? Ah me!

DAILY THOUGHT

For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. ‘Therefore their days did He consume in vanity, and their years in trouble—~Psalms 78:32 Then let the good Thy mighty name revere, wy g

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“1 HAVE NOTHING to leave you, my son, except my good name. Guard it and your mother’s honor,

’| and live as I have lived. Pay all my debts, if my estate will warrant it without leaving your mother oorgtic candidate for congress from the New Albany

pennyless. Otherwise, pay what you can, and then g0 to my creditors and tell them the truth, and pledge your honor to wipe out the indebtedness.” “His name will be remembered with pride and with affection ii Indiana. He was one of her most highly praised and gifted sons, and it gives me satisfaction to bear testimony to his patriotism. . . . He was regarded by men of all parties in Indiana as an honest man, an able man, a patriotic man, and his death was mourned by all his neighbors, and by all who knew him; Without distinction of psprty.”

Character Revealed . THE TWO QUOTED statements reveal the innate character and solid worth of Michael Crawford Kerr as a private citizen and as a public man of Indiana, The first statement is his own, made to his son and only child on his death bed. The second statement is by Oliver P. Morton, a politically two-fisted Hoosier who could maul to near extinction any good Democrat, as Kerr was, crossing his path going the wrong way. Michael C. Kerr was the epitome of a man of solid worth. ~ He was like the hickory trunk that makes the handle for an ax to fell a tree, as Abraham Lincoln could lay one blow. As a citizen of Indiana and as one of its werthy public men, his solid makeup was the unwavering thing that took him to high political station in both the state and the nation. His death bed statement to his son, and Morton's ungruding tribute to him that followed, both attest to that. A revealing instance of this was Kerr's reaction

LONDON, June 24.—Responsible circles here say that Russia will not be allowed to nullify efforts to unify Europe and to implement Secretary of State George Marshall's proposals for American aid to Europe. Like French officials, the British feel that Russia's co-operation is desirable but Britain and France must proceed without her if she stalls too much because world recovery has become a race against time. A year or even six months hence may be too late. Russia will be represented here at a meeting Friday to discuss the program.

How Nations Line Up THE BRITISH count on the support of 10 other European nations even if Russia remains on the sidelines, These are: France, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Greece and

Bulgaria, The position Germany and Austria will depend on the Big Four conference in November. ‘Not many of these countries are presently in a position to.eontribute much more than moral support, valuable as that would be. In Britain as in France there is considerable anxiety concerning Russia's real intentions. She may hesitate to go directly counter to world opinion, which seldom has been as enthusiastic about anything~as it

Marshall's proposal to speed Euro--

In his fair and : “The reason for the of large basic core porations is not dus to monopolistie squeeses; on the s ti because the technolo~ gles invdlved require capital. There are exe

must polling their membership, the last wage offer of “each employer” and not the industry as & whole. Some experts believe this could be interpreted to forbid industrywide bargaining in most industries. \ There are evils in Industrywide bargaining. But whether these evils can be cured by law is certainly

SAGA OF INDIANA + « . By William A. Marlow Statements Attest Man's Character

in a tight spot. It was the summer of 1864, at a critical point in the Civil war, with Grant at grips with Lee in Virginia, and Sherman in Georgia maneuvering to march to the sea. Kerr was a Dem-

district of Indiana. On night of Aug. 4, Kerr, who had hurriedly. come to Indianapolis, went to the home of Joseph E. McDonald, awoke him, and told him of a treasonable plan of the Sons of Liberty to overthrowsthe United States government, Next morning, at a meeting of prominent Indiana Democrats at McDonald's office, the leaders of the order were warned to abandon their plans, and McDonald personally. notified Governor Morton of the entire situation. ”

Runs True to Form IN ALL THIS, Kerr was consistently running true ta form. He was born at Titusville, Pa., March 5, 1827, of pareiits of moderate means. At 18, he graduated from Erie (Pa) Academy; married #on after; went west to Kentucky; taught school, read widely, and got a bachelor. of law degree from Louisville university; moved over fo New Albany, Ind. in 1852, and with studied precision began to practice law and serve his niche in the world. Once settled in New Albany, he became its city attorney; prosecuting attorney of Floyd county; member of the Indiana legislature in 1856; reporter of the supreme court by appointment in 1862; congressman 1864-1872; defeated for .congressman-at-large 1872, and elected from his district 1874; speaker of the house in 1875, with John W. Davis and Schuyler Colfax being one of the three men ever so elected from Indiana. While speaker, he died at Rockbridge, Alum Springs, Va., Aug. 19, 1876.

WORLD AFFAIRS . . .:By William Philip Simms Europe May Plan Without Russians

sia knows that if Europe haggles too long or uses a microscope to look a gift horse in the mouth, congress and American opinion is likely to say, “Let's” tdtget the whole thing.” Should that happen, Communist propaganda might be expected to say that the United States never intended to go through with it anyhow. Britain is determined to proceed promptly, An analysis of figures given out by Herbert Morrison Indicates that by July (1 Britain's adverse trade bal ance will amount to nearly. $1,400,000,000, Previously it had been announced that this would be the maximum deficit Britain safely could bear for the entire Car. * 8 x 3 y France's economic plight is far worse. : This week France's national assembly will debate all manner of devices for parrying the economic #nd financial ‘crisis. The first of these extreme measures will be to raise 100 billion francs (nearly $1 billion), the lega}-limit which the treasury can borrow from the” Bank of France,

Britain and France Must Lead

THE SECOND is to release 250 million francs worth of gold reserves to meet exchange requirements, This would cut by more than a third the total gold reserves which already are below the safety level, Another roufid of higher wages and higher prices and ° other inflationary moves seems imminent and Thus it is imperative that Britain dnd France act at once, for Europe as a whole than . Secretary Marshall's statement that the

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