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Friday, July 4, 1947
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ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE Editor ;
HENRY W. MANZ Business Manager
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CELEBRATION OF FREEDOMS . : MOST of us a national holiday of non-religious character is simpy a day off. Few attend any public cere-
event. And it is a safe guess that a ma give a private thought to that origin or meaning. This is particularly true of the Fourth of July. Mil-
of life and pursuit of happiness in a free-land. Many of them,. perhaps, will be vaguely thankful that they have a job to get away from today and go back to next week. But how many will give any thought to the occasion which this holiday celebrates? We are enjoying the blessings of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness today because, 171 years ago, 56 dele- a gates to the American continental congress signed a declaration, in the midst of a precarious revolution, which stated that those blessings aye the unalienable rights of
We're enjoying them because 13 years later, the government of the United States began functioning under a
guaranteed by law. Nor is that all. pursuit of happiness because millions of Americans have fought and hundreds of thousands have died to defend
energies. to protecting them and making them more in-
TWO YEARS ago millions of Americans again were threat to their continuance.
nation, passive, take the blessings of liberty for granted, or misuse them, or remain indifferent when the unalienable rights of men are denied or destroyed elsewhere. This is not to advocate making a solemn holiday of the
selves if, as citizens and individuals, we are truly deserving of our legacy of freedom, and if, as we enjoy that ~ legacy, we are doing anything to increase and insure it.
THE COAL AGREEMENT OHN L. LEWIS and the northern soft-coal mine operators have agreed ‘in principle” on a new contract. means, probably, that the country has escaped the disaster of an industry-wide coal strike, If the contract is ratified, production’ in about half of the bituminous-coal mines will be resumed after the i miners’ holiday ends next Tuesday.
operators will or can settle with Mr. Lewis on similar terms remains to be seen. ; ah Other meanings of the agreement will beconyé™tlsar It certainly means very large wage-rate increases for the northern miners, plus other - concessions to Mr. Lewis. These can hardly fail to result .in higher prices for coal, and perhaps for steel and other manufactured products.
northern miners, will ‘feel it necessary to demand large
The price of peace—or, at least, partial peace—in the
themselves and the country to payment of this price, ‘chiefly through the influence of the world's biggest steel corporation, U. S. Steel, and the world’s biggest coal company, Pittsburgh Consolidation. That's an interesting thought, in view of all the recent statements by labor-union leaders that enactment of the
start provoking strikes, slashing wages, busting unions and “enslaving” workers,
WE'VE been growling lately at the Republicans—about how they seemed to want to keep alive the issue pre- | sented to them by the President's tax-cut veto, rather than
We're happy now to apologize, We've been wrong about the Republicans’ good intentions. up the new Knutson tax bill and run with it, apparently, has | been due to their general suspicion that there really couldn't | be enough Democrats who wanted to cut taxes. .That’s an understandable suspicion after 15 years in which most Democrats in congress have voted only for bills to raise
Anyhow, senate, is lined up for a test vote on the new Knutson bill,
of help to a test. > Th . Our guess is that the new Knutson bill will pass both house and senate by more than enough votes to override
objection to the first bill, since it leaves enough surplus to make a stibstantial cut in the debt. th
REDESIGNING THE FLAG on EVER stop to think what the flag makers will do with
that extra star if Hawaii becomes the 40th state?, |. an on ii an voted to admit Hawaii to tbe union. The
_ senate still must act—maybe next year. If hawaii gets in, the stars will .remain in their square field, with seven ~ rows of them and seven stars tog row. .
would be the first time the stars
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in which those rights and blessings were We are enjoying life; liberty and the
and because there have always been Amerwho were willing to devote a part of their
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Today that danger is past. will arise again so long as Americans as a
ly. All the fun and relaxation are fitting to But at the same time we might ask our-
That
The steel industry ill be enabled to continue operations,-though reduced rate. Whether the southern mine
a lively possibility that other unions, whose gains may prove smaller than those of the
their own members. :
may prove high. The northern operators were make terms with the Lewis union, committing
law would be a signal for big corporations to
G. 0. P,
effective next Jan. 1 with the help of
Their reluctance to pick
the G. O. P. leadership, in both house and the next calendar year instead of this one the
30 per cent lower tax rates provided in the old They're ready to put the Democrats’ promises
our guess also is that Mr, Truman won't veto Why should he? It is free of his principal
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Facilities in i By 8. L. F,
Fourth of July picnics.
children.
all the year around?
vision and extra cost of upkeep of
areas, _ There are enough clubs to bring the school facilities to almost
spend much money on recreation for their kids. [his would be a partial solution. And if grown-ups were included in the program, it would provide a cheap answer for the whole family. H n ” “BEFORE YOU HOOT LOOK ABOUT YOU” By Mrs. G. R, E. 30th St, The old, old question of the “double standard” is again coming in for discussion, I notice. Folks, there just “ain't any such animal.” God is the final judge and His “standard” says simply, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” not “Thou Sister,” or “Thou Brother.” but “Thou He also says “be not deceived; God is not mocked, Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.” In other words, don't kid yourself: You are ont fooling the Almighty. You will pay, be -you man or woman. : All very old and very true. Before you hoot, look about you, then doubt it if you can. » » » “HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE NEAR TAVERN?” By E. B., City, A Letter to Our Mayor. How would you like to live across from a tavern? - Well I can tell you right now it isn't what it’s cracked up to be ~All you hear is “Hill Billy” music from early in the morning till 1 o'clock at night, just as loud as they can turn the juke box up. Right now (with today being Sunday) they play “San Antone Rose,” a very pretty piece if you enjoy that kind of music. Why don't IT move? I lived here longer than the tavern across the street. Of course you may rent me your garage. How about it? The police captain sald we could swear an affidavit against it. I wongder
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"Why Not Use School Recreation Summertime, Too?"
1 saw in your paper that all of the city parks would be open for This raised the question in mind whether we really are doing enough in providing recreational facilities for our Why wouldn't it be a good idea to throw open all the school yards and recreational equipment to the use of kids, and adults, too, for that matter? The taxpayers have a big investment there, so why not use it|the use of common sense in pulling
1 suppose the element of expense of supervisors is one drawback. | But how about these civic clubs taking the responsibility for superone such center in their respective “NEW RENT LAW
every neighborhood. i Many _families can't . afford to, mightiest democracy in the world,
if it would help, I hope, Your Honor, and be alive on the Fifth’
Side Glances—By Galbraith
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{I8 PURE HYPOCRISY” By "Robert Heller, 234 East 9th St. The U. 8. is the greatest and
|the fdeal of ‘all people who love
{democracy. Our congress is the | place where one can watch democracy at work. And, be sure, the whole world watches it. This congress passed a law which is a shame for this supreme body, for the greatest democracy and the biggest democratic peopje. The law
“POLICE SHOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH DRIVERS” By P. L. Kelley, 5869 N. Keystone ave. I feel sure that Indianapolis will reach top place in the number of auto accidents and fatalities within a short time. Only about one-fourth
of the population knows how to drive an auto with respect to safety, consideration of other drivers and
to the proper place to make turns, keeping a line of traffic instead of straddling lines, or driving center where two lanes of traffic is possible. Some places cars are compelled to drive in a single file and lines extend from one traffic light to another, such a condition is neither sensible nor safe, The city is overpopulated by about 200,000 people which of course adds to the traffic difficulties, however, if the drivers could be educated to drive in a city with a population of 500,000 instead of one of 300,000 driving would be more simple and much safer. Too much effort is put forth by the traffic. department in checking cars traveling slightly in excess of the limit and not enough
is pure hypocrisy. If it was right to increase rent for 15 per cent, congress should! have said so. If it was right to end| rent-control in December, 1948, congress should have made it law. Bul what did congress do? It pretended, to allow a “voluntary” agreement to incréase the rent and 40 prolong rent control. There is nobody in the states, let alone a clever congress[man who would believe in the voluntarity of this agreement, Everybody knows that the tenant is in no position to object to anything the landlord, wants. Not yet at least. The whole law is a farce and not worthy of the congress of the U. 8. ' The idea is clear; elections are not far away. So one has to look for an excuse for everything. If the powerful real-estate lobby will come, the good congréssman can say: “What do you want of me? The 15 per cent increase was a voluntarily one, I did not ask you to sign ran agreement. Blame yourself, good friend.” Well, it may come otherwise. But however it will come, it is a shame for the congress of the greatest democracy on earth, of our U. 8 » » » “DRIVE CAREFULLY ON FOURTH AND BE ALIVE NEXT DAY" By Cavtious Charlie, City. How about printing this on .Independence Day. I read it some place and liked it. It is: “Drive carefully on the Fourth
| ~That's good advice this week-end.
in the form of co-oper#ion with the drivers: We have no right to say who should or should not own a car, but many drivers under maturity lack reasoning and many are in dotage, robbed by the years of their acute senses. : I “believe a thorough check of streets made dangerous by parking on--either side and a co-operative plan in the form of education for those who refused to use common sense and respect for other drivers and pedestrians would be the quickest and most effective way of cutting down traffic hazards. : I believe the people could bring the city out of the “hick” class despite the efforts of the city officials. » » » “OPERATE ON UNCLE SAM TO STOP ‘ECONOMICITIS'” By L N. T., Hume-Mansur Bldg. > I see by the papers that the country is starting this fiscal year with a surplus. That is swell. But how about letting the country know where it stands on the taxes we'll have to pay next year. In the fleld of medicine, we make a diagnosis to find out what a patient's ailment is. Then we operate him if that is necessary. How about diagnosing our financial ailment and operating Uncle’Sam to remove some of those abnormal appendages he ‘has developed in the past 14 years: If we don't,“we might find him later suffering from a malignant growth called economicitis, and then we'd really have to cut. r bi BA “WISH AMERICANS WOULD THINK ABOUT OTHER
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| By D. B. B., Tipton The other day I received a letter from a girl 1 knew when 1 was stationed at Cheltenham, England. It told about how tough conditions
were in Britain, how that country
was fighting to keep alive. I don’t think we Americans appreciate what a hard time people are havling in other countries, nor how lucky we are that.the war didn't | touch us very deeply in our living | habits. I'm glad I'm an American, living as we do here. But I wish we'd think a little more about the other guy. . . »
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{ volume of given 1 human ear. Today everybody is measured all I know, © TO human ear cannot be dex of sound. to be some of the most penetrating sounds I have to put up with every day wouldnt move a decibel machine by as much as a hair breadth—for example, the tiny tickings of all the utility meters distributed around a modern house; the supressed cough affected by highbrows when I question the supremacy of T. 8. Eliot's poetry, or the almost inaudible shuffling of feet when I start telling. what I consider to be the best story of my repertoire. For sheer piling up of volume, there is nothing to compare with these sounds.
‘the human eyes plays in any appraisal of sounds. To actually see the source of noise increases its volume , a generally accepted scientific fact
immeasurably “| until the decibel took over.
The noisiest Fourth of July (in which the eye participated) was the one back in 1900. On that day, 40,000 Indianapolis citizens, with the wherewithal
WASHINGTON, July 4.—“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The “right” to pursue happiness is one of the things that makes our Declaration of Independence a unique document. It never occurred to any other people to put that in the basic charter of their freedom. : We are pursuing happiness with a fierce zeal that often endangers life and sometimes seems to threaten liberty. On a thousand and oné highways on this 171st Fourth of July, the sleek new cars are streaking past or they are snarled in traffic, trying to edge around the battered jalopies that have survived the war and the inflation. Pursuit of happiness is big business. Motor vacationists are expected to spend $6 billion this season.
America Flocks to Shrines THE NATIONAL PARK service expects more than 12 million visitors to parks and-historic shrines from Maine fo California. Attendance is running about 10 per cent- above last year. And, incidentally, the national parks will return to the treasury this year an estimated $3 million.
the pursuit of happiness goes on. It's too frantic to be entirely healthy. It sometimes seems too heedless. We snatch at happiness the way a child snatches at a Christmas tree. : There’s room for doubt whether it's happiness in the true sense or whether it's just motion, getting from one place to another by the quickest possible route. In the day:before the gasoline motor, people had more time to savor their happiness and to appreciate it. : We are almost the only country in the world today that can engage in this race for happiness. Maybe that's one reason we goat it so feverishly—because we want to forget that in Europe and Asia the measure of happiness is enough food te keep off hunger and enough fuel to keep off the cold.
REFLECTIONS . . . ByJames
PERHAPS THE MOST HOPEFUL thing that can be said about the United Nations as it begins its third year is that international relations: would be in infinitely worse shape without it. The organization has spent much time and effort in. laying a foundation. Each problem has been a new one. The United Nations has achieved some moderate successes in the economic and social fields. It has persuaded Britain and France to withdraw troops from Syria and Lebanon, and Russia to evacuate Irdn. It has taken over supervision of several trust territories. And it has begun work on several questions vital to world peace.
‘Organization for Discussion’ BUT IT IS ON the most vital matters that the least progress has been made. Atomic energy control has run into a stone wall of disagreement. Disarmament discussions have made little progress. The question of an international police force has been bogged down in dissension. ro i this delay may be traced to organizational p . But the chief troubles seem to arise from faults in structure and faults in attitude. On the basis of the United Nation's history to date it is not hard to agree with the opinion of former Supreme Court Justice Roberts, expressed to a congressiorial committee a few days ago: : “It (the United Nations) is primarily an organization for discussion and for improvement of the weaker members,” said Mr. Roberts. “In the matter of
Russia and the United States” | It is harder to agree with Mr. Roberts’ pessimistic conclusion: “When one member of an alliance turns against the others, what have you got? Well, that's what we have now. It (United Nations) will never succeed as a security organization.” There is excellent reason to believe that the United
At the beaches, in the mountains, in the cities,
security it was an alliance between Great Britain,®
what it turned out to be—the swan song of the las§ genuine Fourth of July celebration in
IN WASHINGTON . . . By Marquis Childs Pursuit of Happiness—Motor Driven
A sizable number of American vacationers will go to Europe this summer. Reservations on every boat jand almost every plane have been taken up weeks in advance. : They will be welcomed if only because tourists help to supply the desperate need for dollars. But they will not make themselves popular if they complain about the inevitable inconveniences and discomforts, They must understand that, compared to the ordinary European, they will be living in fantastie luxury. This first crop of tourists is the forerunner of what promises to be a flopd tide. If the world continues to move shakily back toward normal and if erican prosperity continues, then the tourist ess to countries abroad promises to develop on a scale far greater than before the war. Some fairly conservative students of tourism believe.that it will amount to five to six billions a year within a few years. At thas level it would be a substaptial help in redressing the balance between exports and imports. . .
The Heedless Won" Be Popular THAT MEANS Americans trotting all over Europe, the Americas and Asia, too, if there is ever any peace in Asia. We can export a lot of ill-will that way or a lot of good-will i . Heedless pleasure seekers won't be popular. Other peoples have sacrificed so much just to live in free dom. The mad- pursuit of happiness at any cost- will look “a little strange and alien to men and women
who have endured years of tyranny and privation, It has been well said that those who prize other things more than they prize liberty will lose not only their liberty but the things they valued more. The pursuit of happiness is only one of the rights that have come down to us from the men who believed that diberty was the first essential if there was to be any - freedom to pursue -the phantom of a happy life,
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United Nations’ Two First Hard Years
Nations could succeed as a security organization if i were not for one thing—the attitude of the Soviet government. The Russians cannot be held responsible for all the troubles that have beset the United Nations. But a fair-minded person is almost forced to admit that there would be no insoluble problem if the Soviet government and its satellites would abandon their consistent opposition to the rest of the world on matters involving security. . Somehow the United Nations must find a means, as yet untried, of persuading the Russian government to adopt a co-operative attitade and abide by majority decisions (relinquish the veto power). The only other course apparent is to reorganize the United Nations and continue without Russia. That would be a desperate solution. " There is some comfort and hope now in the fact that Russia is still on speaking terms with the rest of the world. Her. representatives, however stubborn, still meet with the representatives of other governments. To exclude Russias from the United Nations would be to close the iron curtain oompletely. Soadho lt Public Opinion Must Rally : THE MAJOR BURDEN in the task of persuading Russia will fall to the world’s governments. But the world's people cannot leave the job entirely to presi dents and ministers of state. If the great powers are to avoid the current.that would carry them to ane other war, the force of public opinion must be exerted in some way by those people in the world who are
allowed to express an opinion, This force.of opinion would work no miracles. But. it is one untried means of strengthening the United Nations and preventing war that is already a$ hand and capable of use.
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