Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1947 — Page 16

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‘The Indianapol.s Times PAGE 16 Friday, July 18,1947 * | ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ President HEdfvor . Business Manager

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FAIR DEAL FOR SCHOOL NURSES THE city council will receive a recommendation that the pay of school nurses be increased when the 1948 budget is presented, : This is one increase which most certainly should be made, as is asserted by the Indianapolis P.-T. A. Additional hospital facilities costing around $25 million have been authorized in Indiana, and there already is a short. age of nurses. Unless the present top salary of $160 is raised—and the budget proposal increases it $65 per month. ~rthese women cannot be blamed for seeking more lucrative posts. ~~ Grade school custodians receive $185-$215 a month, policewomen receive $2256—and the nurses, with all their training, cannot now earn more than $160, Despite low

A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER

* salaries, their job here is rated among the top ten of the

country. If the pay raise is defeated, many of them undoubtedly will quit—and the health program in the schools will be retarded.

NEW AMERICAN INITIATIVE HE realistic new policy toward Germany, the Marshall plan for European recovery, the projected peace settlement with Japan, and the expected end of fruitless Korean negotiations with Russia form the pattern for a sound, consistent American position in world affairs. The Wedemeyer mission to CHina offers promise of a constructive substitute for our policy of drift there.

By taking the initiative in these several fields, we |

are recognizing that the living men in the Kremlin are a greater threat to world peace and stability than the ghosts of Hitler, Goebbels and Goering. : The program for revival of Germany as a peaceful but productive nation is a belated #cceptance of the facts of European economic life. Germany is the industrial heart of Europe. Rehabilitation must begin there. A sound German economy is even more vital to success of the Marshall plan than American financial aid. : Two years have been wasted as we dallied with the stupidities of the “Morgenthau plan.” But, having scrapped Mr. Morgenthau’s scheme to turn Germany's “Pittsburgh” into a farming community, perhaps now we can avoid similar blunders in Japan and South Korea. Russia apparently is not going to have the veto power in the Japanese settlement, which is a substantial gain. The other nations should have no great difficulty in reaching agreement. The stalemate in Korea suggests that we shall have to go it alone there, as we are in Germany, The situation in China is largely of our own making.

It grew from President Roosevelt's policy of treating Chi-

nese Communists as honest reformers, and from misplaced {faith in Russian agreements. Consequently most of Manchuria and half of Korea are in Soviet or Chinese Communist hands. There's nothing we can do about that now. The present question is how much of China itself can be salvaged from red revolution and civil war.

STRAIGHT-THINKING CARPENTERS : N unusual decision is reported in a dispatch from Mount Vernon, Wash. Carpenters of three counties in that area, through their A. F. of L. union, refused a. wage increase, A clause in their contract with employers entitled them to an increase because of the rise in living costs. They declined to take advantage of it, giving this reason: Building has slowed down in their communities because of the high cost of materials. A wage increase would make building costs still higher, there would be still less building, and they would have had still less work. So, a wage increase at this time wouldn't be good for them. The self-control and statesmanship of these carpenters is recommended to other labor unions and to businessmen. Somebody must break the vicious circle of increased wages followed by increased prices, and increased prices followed by increased wages. In particular, the building industry needs to learn this lesson, for its high prices are hurting itself and keeping the country from getting the homes so greatly needed. Those straight-thinking carpenters in state have pointed a better way.

Washington

VOTE FLOOD-CONTROL FUNDS RESIDENT TRUMAN has asked congress for $250 million with which to make an immediate start on a 10-year program of flood control and water-resources development in the Mississippi river basin. We believe the request should be granted promptly. A single season's floods, like those which recently have done such damage in the Missouri and upper Mississipp valleys, can cost this country far more than the amount Mr. Truman wants for preventive work this year. In 10 years, as he said, flood losses in the Mississippi basin have totaled more than $2 billion, . Like Mr. Truman, we hope eventually to see development of the great river systems-—their possibilities for navigation, irrigation, power and other uses—entrusted to regional authorities modeled after the successful TVA. But we agree with him that the most immediate, the “desperately urgent,” problem is flood control. The attack on that problem can, and should, begin now and go forward while theadministrative pattern of new regional authorities is being determined and adapted to conditions much different from those in the Tennessee valley.

a Congress, Mr. Truman pointed out, already has approved comprehensive flood-control plans for each of the

Mississippi's five major river basins. It has authorized the spending of $314 billion to $4 billion on projects directly or closely related to flood control, but so far actually has only a small part of that money, ah Given the $250 million appropriation he now asks, President said, government agencies were ready to with projects that would give the Missisnieasure of flood protection. We / to provide, the funds

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in the hope that a snail's pace may

attentive motorist who is in a hurry or is talking instead of looking or has crossed the same crossing many

seen a train approaching . that crossing. Slowing the trains won't stop the accidents, and anyone who thinks| it will ought to trade his useless grey matter to the nearest bird for a brain that at least has some good instincts. Just ask the rallroads How many people kill’ themselves and others by running iftto the side of a train either already going through the crossing (on a right of way owned by the railroad, not the motorist) or by running into a train just standing at a crossing, even with automatic warning signals operating. And they do it almost as frequently in daylight as in the dark. 4 No, slowing the trains won't do it, nor will the enforcing of snail's pace auto speeds. Not so long as the only requirement for driving an automobile is the ability to make a down payment on one, drivers license laws notwithstanding. Until thé operation of these high-powered, fourwheeled, deadly weapons is regulated on the basis of intelligence (not knowledge~~there is a tremendous difference) we will continue to kill and mdim ourselves at a rate that in the comparatively short history of motor vehicles has already exceeded the killed and wounded in all the wars this country has fought. Nice going, America. Blame everyone buf yourselves, and going along in your selfish, stupid, greedy, numbskulled way just remember — you may be next. » - » “HERE'S DEFINITION OF WHAT MAKES POLICE STATE” By H. V. Day, Alpena, Mich.

"Cut Crossing Deaths b Making It Hard to Get Drivers’

By Richard M. Hubbell, 28 W. 54th st. A recent fatal grade crossing accident has evidently aroused “the authorities,” who, as ussal, seem to be approaching the problem of preventing such occurrences from the wrong direction. That is, they

through the city, sald ordinance, judging from the prescribed speeds, having been enacted about the time Mr. Haynes was experimenting with If they begin the enforcement of that law, why don't they dust off the old ones’governing the speed ‘of automobiles

Let's give the railroads a break. enforcing an asinine speed limit won't stop such occurrences, and, if my map is correct, the crossing in question is outside the city limits, 80 the speed limit could hardly apply there. Such accidents are not the fault of railroads in most instances;. they are the fault of an in-

times before without ever having |By E. 8. Barber, City

Countries which make health, identification and military service| compulsory are police states.

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stop ‘automobile accidents? Regrettable as the accident was,

a. -8 “WHO ARE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SERVICE BODY?”

I want to congratulate you on your good editorials and beg a little information. Who are the members of the Public Service Commission, by whom appointed (or, elected?), at what salary and] length of term? — .

Editor's Note: Chairman LeRoy E.- Yoder of Goshen and. Lawrence| E. Carlson of Huntington are the Republican members and Lawrence W. Cannon of Michigan City is the Democrat member. They -are Governor Ralph F. Gates’ ap-

pointess, serve for four years from

January, 1945, and draw $6000 annual salary each. 8-8 “TRUMAN BACK-FLOPS IN POSITION TOWARD LABOR” By Richard A. Calkins, Indianapolis Gymnastics = frequently become necessary in politics? Often they can be justified. But the back-fiip performed, by President Truman in vetoing the Taft-Hartley bill must be hard to justify. Not so long ago the President, when he tangled with a defiant strike of railroad workers, wanted jail sentences for the union leaders and army conscription for the men on strike. Now he thinks the requirement that all union leaders sign an affidavit stating they are not Communists is “disruptive.” Any patriotic union’ man can tell you which is the most disruptive—the affidavit or conscription. Mr. Truman also -says that the Taft-Hartley measure is “unworkable.” Assuming he really thinks 80, it would be smart politics for him to appoint Republicans to the two additional posts on the NLRB. Even a Republican, as general counsel for the board, a post vacated by a leftist when the measure passed,

“SOME OF BEST TEACHERS CAN'T AFFORD MORE SCHOOL” By A Long-Time Subscriber, City ‘Too many educators are placed in their high positions through politics. It is to their advantage, therefore, that they make their state appear higher in educational ranking in comparison with her adjacent states. But sometimes bragging causes ill-will between states. That is the trouble with the loudmouthed Americans who never learned tact and did too much

bragging while in the European countries, It has caysed a lot of misunderstanding. :

Indiana need not be so afraid that she will draw teachers from other states because of her raise in salaries. Most of the adjacent states have raised their salaries, too. As far as requirements are concerned, teachers are going to be judged by their classroom work— degree or no degree. As a taxpayer 1 am pretty tired of this degree business. Some of the best teachers can't afford to go. to school.

All they can afford is the minimum requirements. Some of the adjacent states consider experience in teaching more than does Indiana. I'd rather have my child go to a teacher who is mentally, physically, morally and spiritually well-balanced. Then I need not worry about the output of good American ‘citizens.

In 1026, Indiana was ranked fourth in education by one group of educators; in 1937 she was ranked 18th. In the American magazine in 1937, a Mr. Studebaker 4ivided the states into four groups. Indiana ranked -above average, Tllinois ranked in the superior group and Kentucky in the poorest. But one must take into consideration the points upon which this judgment was made. We are all Americans together with one common to- see that our children are ught real American standards for good womanhood and manhood. A good teacher is the best of examples. The state from which she comes doesn't change that. When We speak of teachers’ requirements we must understand that each state stresses certain subjects.

~ » ” “LEGALIZE GAMBLING, FREE POLICE TO DETECT CRIME” By George M. Binger, 3320 Park ave. An open letter to Mayor George Denny:

would put it squarely up to Truman's opponents.

Side Glances=By Galbraith

think | buses and get|

Almost daily the newspapers are carrying a story about your determination to detroy gambling, ban pool tickets, ete. To me, a taxpayer, all this commtion seems somewhat ludicrous in view of the sluggings (even in the heart of our fair city, the Circle), the murders, and the robberies which are daily occurrences. Why try so desperately to stamp out gambling, (No, I never gamble, but no one needs to unless one wants to) when murder, rape and robbery run rampant simply because our meager police force Is insuffitient to handle both phases of crime. Which is more important to the average decent citizen—murder and mayhem—or peddling’ pool tickets? . =» “SHORT GIRLS APPEAR SLOPPY IN LONG SKIRTS” By Violet Roth, 3434 Prospect at. Maybe they would look quite sleek on a taller slim girl. But T am only four feet eleven inches. Now imag-

sloppy and look sloppy. stick to the skirts period.

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IP THERE IS any one thing that sets old men

triumph over the of conventions. ich I cite the all too evident fac that Indianapolis octogendrisns never punish themisagreeable pes ; sake of being they ever go .way to meet the right people—for the reason that th always turn out most tiresome. 3

mental soundness that mars the vast difference between old age and youth, I suspect that the kind of sanity old men achieve is nothing more than their ability to isolate illusions and remove them entirely from the department of love. It manifests itself in their determination to be let alone. They want to remain outside of things— outside of crowds and groups, even those they like (if such a thing is imaginable) ; outside of centuries, cultures and countries (including their own). Indeed, the older they grow, the more determined they are to remain evén outside of themselves,

Standards Don't Bother 'Em TO JUDGE by the smug satisfaction of Indianapolis octogenarians, the compensations of growing old ( objectively) are many. Placed in a state of isolation, they aren't bothered by standards. They aren't even bothered with comparative values, the way the youngsters are. It doesn't excite old men, for instance, to learn (by way of the youngsters) that Henry Agar Wallace is another Sir Galahad in quest of the Holy Grail; or that El Greco was a piker compared with the contemporary painter, Thomas Benton. Men who have lived long enough accept Sir Galahad for the noble knight he was, and let it go at that. As for Mr. Wallace, they willingly concede that he helped to improve the quality of corn, Beyond that they refuse to go, a detachment that spares them the predicament of having to ciassify Sir Galahad as a mystical farmer. By the same token, they keep Tom Benton and El Greco apart. It simplifies everything. Art predicated on such an outlook immediate-

WASHINGTON, July 18.—Congress is in the home stretch, racing toward adjournment. The next two weeks will be full of sound and fury signifying chiefly the clamor and confusion that go along with this last-

minute gallop. Measures of vital importance are still to be approved. They involve, in certain instances, commitments already made in Europe. A host of bills with wide support will be brushed into the wastebasket. In the midst of this flurry, members of house and senate have had to take time out to consider the problem of that curious stepchild of the federal government, the District of Columbia. Here is the only community in the United States—a city of nearly a million people—which has nothing to say about its own destiny. Authority over Washington is exercised py members of the senate and house committees for the District of Columbia. They are stirred up just now by the wholesale concealment of crimes occurring in the district.

Buckpassing Consequences Bad WHAT THIS amounts to is a two-way system of justice. Six hundred crimes went unrecorded in a single category—robbery. Soldiers, sailors, transients passing through town, and others with little influNence or prestige, discovered that nothing happened when they reported their losses. For one thing, there is a serious distortion of the official crime statistics that are reported to the FBI. But, far more important, it is a shocking example to the rest of the country of what can happen in the

TANGIER, Morocco, July 18.—The curly-headed lady in the slacks looked up from the hunk of rock she was worrying. “Oh, goody, goody gum drop!” she said. “Come quick, Paw—I think I've found a tooth!” ! 2 You know the war is over, because the archeologists are back at the hoe again, ferretting into the earth in order # find out how things were in the Gloccamorra of 100,000 years ago. The curly-headed lady is the wife of Dr. Carleton Coon of Harvard. Dr. Coon and Dr. Hugh Hencken, director of the American school of prehistoric research, are halfway to China in the caves of Hercules, near Cape Spartel, a few miles from Tangier. It is near the site of the ancient Roman city of Cotta.

100,000-Year-Old Civilization DR. HENCKEN, a big, pleasant man, crawled up out of the hole long enough to fill us in- on the project. It seems they are finding out all sorts of startling things. For instance, they dug up a giraffe pone the other day. That does not indicate that some dog buried his breakfast and forgot the location, 10,000 years ago. It means that away back in the past this temperate, desert-y hunk of coastal Africa was lushly tropical, for how else could a giraffe be loitering around the premises? They are about to upset ail sorts of anthropological dicta. They have shown that the Neanderthal man, or somebody pretty close to him, was living primitively in the area at about the same time as the Romans, because they have found relics of both culturés in the same levels. The various ages by which scientists mark types of culture are, in order of recentness, the Roman, iron, bronze and Neolithic, or stone. A later stone age is the Aterian. It was contemporary with the last glacial movements in Europe, and is something like 25,000 vears ago. Well, Dr. Hencken has been spying on the love life of the Aterian man, and now

PARIS, July 18.—As'the committee for European economic co-operation prepares to buckle down to the job, reports from Washington that congress may blast the whole works by refusing necessary appropriations chill western Europeans to the marrow. It is not too much to say that if that were to happen after the incredible build-up the Marshall has had over here, governments throughout western Europe would topple like nine-pins. They would be supplanted by dictatorships of the left or right, probably left.

raised their heads again in hope. 1 have been traveling in Europe since Secretary Marshall first launched his plan in a speech at Harvard. many years of experience

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ancients produced babies. : The greatest difference between old age and youth, however, is the matter of taste. Indeed, from the looks of things around here, it’s irreconcilable. To tell the worst at once, old men, it appears, live for flavors and not for vitamins. Give them an unwatered soup, a jigger of old bourbon, an honest piece of tobacco, a pair of shoes that don’t pinch, an out-of-print book, a contented woman, the softness of a spring morning, the lilt of a Schubert song give them any one of these things and they can

capture the very essence of living. As a matter of

fact, old men are the only mortals capable of enJoying a good song for its own sake,

She Sang Songs Better

YOUTH CAN'T do it because youth, for some inhibition, always tempers its appreciation: with the

kind of dress the singer wears. I know whereof I

speak because I remember Elena Gerhardt, who, some 25 years ago, used to come to the Maennerchor pretty regularly. She sang the German songs better than anybody eise and she did it in the goshawfulest get-up ever conceived by dressmakers. The old men didn’t mind it a bit, but the youngsters couldn't take it—with the result that the last time Prau Gerhardt sang in Indianapolis, her audience of something like 600 represented a collective age of , not-less than 50,000 years. More recently I have noticed a change for the better—not on the part of the youngsters to be sure, but on the part of the middle-aged. Confronted with the dilemma of a beautiful voice dressed atrociously, the middle-aged simply close, their eyes. Give them another 30 or 40 years and they'll keep their eyes wide open and discover that it doesn’t hurt at all

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Marquis Childs Nations Capital Should Grow Up

nation’s capital, where buckpassing seems to be the rule. : It is hatd to jar Washington's complacence. There Is remarkably little concern over what in most cities would stir angry demands for reforms. Maybe it} because Washington’s voiceless citizens have so long felt a sense of frustration and futility. : But other American cities have at least a chance te turn the rascals out now and then. When govern-- | ve or too corrupt or too indif-

ferent, an uphed urs.

More Streamlining Needed ee fe IN WASHINGTON no such upheaval can’ occur. The result is that a little clique tends to wield power year after year. And néthing happens. until congress

‘gets excited about its overgrown ward. >

The senate district committee has asked for a ful) investigation of the Washington police system, This was sponsored by Senators J. Howard McGrath (D. R. 1), Joseph H. Ball (R. Minn.), and John Sherman Cooper (R. Ky.). ; it Thesé men all have many other demands on their time. They should not have to play -foster-father to a city with which” they have no direct political connection, The humblest of their constituents back home has a ¢laim on them, while the citizen of the district is a mere petitioner. The La Follette-Monraoney reorganization act brought some changes that have made congress mors efficient, Other steps are needed, and one. of the first is to get rid of the burden of governing—or trying to govern in spare moments—the nation’s capital,

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark Archeologists Dig When War Stops

it seems that the. expedition is on the verge of snoop= ing into an even ‘earlier period—maybe something 100,000 years old. It is a fascinating game—sort of like trying to make sense of a Broadway column. You dig out a hunk of rock and then chip it and brush it and fiddle with it, and suddenly you come upon something that tells you: “Here lies John Smith, 32,000 years old, who owned six wives whom he, used. to beat, fought saber-toothed jackasses barehanded, and was impatiént with taxes and little children.” For instance, they had just about used up the Aterian layer of stone when Dr. Coon dug & deep hole and found a perfectly chipped flint. Oho, they said, and began to dig some more. “Only today we found a human thigh,” says Dr. Hencken, proudly. “No telling what we'll run into.” This particular excavaffon has been going since 1938. It has been established that the Neanderthal man, regarded as a pretty dumb Joe, was smarter than we thought. They've found hunks of him in Spain, Gibraltar, Casablanca and Palestine. It’s’ rather definitely proven that he had boats and knew how to use them. Morocco, it seems, is the home of the Aterian culture, which spreads into Egypt and into Europe. That would show that people have been getting seasick crossing the straits for over 100,000 years.

Delving for Evidence . \ "THE 10-MAN EXPEDITION becomes more, and more excited as they dig deeper into the caves of Hercules, Having exhausted the Aterians, they are knocking now on the door of an enormously ancient, mysterious race. Dr. Hencken says nobody knows anything: about them, as yet. For all he can say right now, they may turn out to be the inventors of an earlier atomic bomb. Something must have started all that ice running loose in Europe.

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms ‘Congress Must Not Fai

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