Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1947 — Page 16

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Let's Take No Chances on Rabies

WE have no epidemic of rabies—commonly if incorrectly described as “mad dogs” or “hydrophobia”—in Indianapolis, although there have been a few cases. a But it is a menace that could spread swiftly if it got started. . It seems entirely possible to keep it from getting started. City Health Director Kempf has announced that he will call a conference’on preventive measures, find out all there is to know about stopping this dread disease before adopting any of the proposals that have already been offered. That, it seems to us, is the sound and effective way to go about it. The proposal to compel all owners to have their dogs vaccinated is to be shelved until the study is made. And that, too, sounds like good sense.

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ABIES vaccination is not entirely .effective—many vaccinated dogs can still contract the ‘disease. And while owners of valuable dogs or cherished pets would comply with such a law’ it would leave untouched thé large number of stray dogs, which are the greatest source of danger from rabies. Cleveland has virtually eliminated rabies by a quarantine law but without compulsory vaccination. Atlanta adopted compulsory vaccination in 1940, now has three times as many rabies cases as before the law was passed. Detroit has had success with a combination of the vaccination and quarantine. + It may be possible to work out here a plan requiring vaccination of dogs that are allowed to run at large, away from their homes and out of the control of their owners, a round-up of stray dogs, which appear to be with us in greater numbers than ever this summer, coupled, perhaps with a vigorous city-wide campaign to eliminate rats, which are also possible carriers of rabies along with a good many other diseases humans can contract.

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A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER

Fitting, Proper and Practical

UCH is being said in the public prints about Johnny Meyer, press agent and check picker-upper, of Howard Hughes aircraft investigation fame. ' But he who sprinkled good cheer from Coconut Grove to Copacabana is a piker compared with Uncle Sam. . It is therefore fitting and proper that a house committee has been appointed to look into the question of how far we can go in bailing out a busted Britain and a broken world. For under our Constitution, all spending measures must originate in the house. Therefore, knowl-

edge of what the check is likely to be and whether we can |

afford to pick it up without going broke ourselves is vital » » » ¥ ¥ . »

O this 19-man committee, 11 Republicans and eight Democrats, has been named by Speaker Martin. The selection seems to be a careful one, drawn from 15 important house committees, and“the plan of procedure has been thought out. It doesn’t have the aspects of a good-time junket, but rather of a hard-working, on-the-spot survey

of what the Marshall plan implies, and how far we can go |

in backing it up. Too, it promises to be a really practical application. of the bipartisan principle in dealing with foreign affairs. In the meanwhile we are in already for $400 million onthe Greek and Turkish fronts, and we are confronted with such fresh headlines as “Britain may reduce army to save

* “cash.” Which, being interpreted, indicates more military

responsibility passed over to us. Also Britain's dollar situation is fading fast and is expected to be exhausted by December. So—there is every reason for that authority in our government, in which is imposed the responsibility for deciding appropriations, to learn first-hand what the check is likely to be and whether we can afford all or just part of it.

Keep It Good, but Make It Work

MONG the many investigations scheduled during congress’ recess is one which will deal with immigration and the displaced-persons problem. It will be conducted by a senate judiciary subcommittee. Nothing could be more important. We hope it will be thorough and come out with an answer. Ugo Carusi a few days ago said, “the system is good but it doesn't work.” Mr. *Carusi is head of the federal bureau of immigration and naturalization. He was. referring especially to the case of Lady Iris Mountbatten, the mint-gum and rubber-check visitor who was finally ‘“‘discovered” and ordered deported. But, as Mr. Carusi put it, “only when an alien does something she shouldn't and ‘it comes to our attention, we begin to check up on our records.” The good system that doesn’t work should be the key to the senatorial investigation, This country is full of alien visitors, here on permits which are unchecked and unpoliced. Many of the visitors are fine people. But many are racketeers, tax avoiders or evaders, or those who just ive by their wits. Under the law, permits can be renewed after six months, But only on application and sufficient proof. That is, theoretically, as the system now operates. As in the Iris Mountbatten incident, the bureau of immigration is alerted only when something wrong shows up conspicuously. But not until. , - ’

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R. CARUSI says the reason is that he has only 186 + © agents to check up on thousands of permit holders. so. But what about shifting the burden of proof

: te the visitor--with a penalty? Why should not he or she

e compelled to report when the permit is about to expire? Vhy not, under some such penalty as is imposed on a e ‘of our own country when an income-tax payer fails u icy might save us from having to expand ition inspection department in order to

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Our Help? . .. THE Netherlands government, which ~ chose to wage an all-out war against the Indonesians rather than submit the dispute to British arbitration, now seeks

Britain's intervention in the East Indies. But on two conditions:

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ONE: That Dutch sovereignty is recognized over Java, Sumatra and Madura —the areas involved.

TWO: That the Indonesians, now defending themselves against attack, order their troops to cease fire immediately. That does not mean mediation is ac‘cepted. It is a demand for unconditional surrender, with Britain invited to put the stamp of approval en Dutch rule by the bayonet. Are the British foolish enough to become a catspaw in this atrocious proposal? Yes, and that isn't all-—we are in the act of joining them. : Australia and India have brought the case against the Netherlands before the United Nations’ security council. Instead of supporting Australia and India, what are we doing? In concert with the British we are reported to be “considering a way

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and set up a republic.. resorted to arms to re-establish their im-. perialist control. Yet rather than call a spade a spade we are preparing to compromise with wrong. If the United States representative in the security council straddles this issue, it will be in order for ‘the Australian or Indian delegate to rise and read the American Declaration of Independence.

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action aimed particularly at

the Dutch, but one which would permit United Nations action to stop the Indonesian, fighting,” according to the United

N brief, if this report is correct, we are * out to whitewash the Dutch who #tarted the fighting. Why? : Have we, too, forgotten the pledge made in the Atlanti¢ charter to “respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will

When the Indonesians were liberated from the Japs with no help from the

declared their independence The Dutch have

Shades of 1776!

Hoosier Forum

"I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."—Voltaire.

1 We Don't Have to Have Another . » Big Depression to Combat By John M. Jones, 1447 N. Delaware St. In 1046 employment was at an all-time high of 57,370,000 and has been steadily climbing ever since. “Inevitable” is a most cowardly and menacing word. Why should we accept human misery and appalling things as “inevitable” when we have the vast resources, technological “know how,” and vast sources of capital to exploit those resources for the benefit of mankind. “Inevitable" is a state of mind unworthy of our bold and ingenious people. In the past 100 years we have had 26 depressions, big ones and little ones. Does it follow that we must forever be foolish? I fay no. I say that we can begin to combat the causes of depression. ” This appeal is to the rank and . file of our people, not simply to|are soundly profitable investments. those holding high national offices. | Excess money is a spur to runaway No one in Washington can save us|prices and inflation. It is common from the consequences of our own sense for the consumer to save now, economic misdeeds. This is a free|later when he redeems his bonds country in which all must exercise and when money may be scarcer, he wide liberties in buying, selling, sav- may be able to spend. ing, investing, borrowing and specu-| 3 Capital Expenditures. Over any lating if Americans are to be saved long term of years our business men by all Americans together, from | spend gigantic sums on bigger and future depressions. better structures and machines.

These capital expenditures are in a degree postponable. They could make a great contribution to the stability of our economy by postponing exorbitant plant expansion now in order to be able to spend later, when our whole economy may need expansion. 4. Wages and Prices. Here again the watchword is restraint. Business men should not grasp at every opportunity to hike their prices higher, Wage workers should not insist on wage increases which necessitate additional price increases. It is fun spiraling up on a roller coaster, but it ends in steep chute that may take the breath out of you. 5. Unemployment Compensation. In good times we should glady build up unemployment insurance against bad times. 8. Public Works. The government should be mindful and discreet of the future, Public works may be needed when construction is slack.

Let us then memorize a simple] basic economic principal, the Phrase “market demand.” All commodities and services are produced in re-

Side Glances=By Galbraith

sponse to “market demand.” If market demand is steady— | production and our whole economy— | is steady. If market demand is er-! ratic, now way up, now way down, our whole economy will soar to inflated hysterical highs and then drop to depressed lows. Our problem is to make our market demand less erratic and more stable. It 1s an urgent problem. Ne Americans have always had the most dynamic and creative economy in the world, the most productive of prosperity, But it has been prosperity in spurts. Our urgent and great task is to introduce regularity and stability into our economy ed as to produce the “continuousness of | human eéconomic happiness.” No “foreign collectivist ec * could then hope to rival us in any particular, Largely our problem is not to fall from the peak into a pit. I suggest certhin actions appropriate

1. Consumer Expenditures. Every-' body is an ultimate consumer of es- | sential goods and services. He also, in mass, buys enormous quantities of items which in any other country

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Hill (now identified with radio), Horace Lancaster, Kin Hubbard, FP. Tarkington Baker, Bill Herschel and Robley D. Stevenson. And sometimes, Indeed, this group would be joined by a real-for-sure book author in the persen of James Whitcomb Riley, Booth Tarkington or Meredith NichQlson. As a rule, these men always sat up in front Where everybody could see them. : . The way things worked out, it was Mr. Stevenson

Tourists Find Travel

ALGIERS, Algeria, Aug. 1~The thing that keeps striking me sharply, as we push along, is how easy it was to travel during the war, and how tough it is today. The world, I venture, is not yet ripe for the tourist. : Travel today in this neck-of the woods is almost perpetual frustration, and so uncertain that no man, demi-god or genius can plot an itinerary with surety, You get to one place, somehow, and then you start worrying about how you're going to get to the next place. You stay where you are until the whims of transport allow you to move . . . maybe a few days, maybe a month. Connections help, but not much. You travel by bus, train, airplane, hired car or camel caravan, according to what you can get. Airplane reservations are next to impossible to arrange without waiting weeks, unless ;you can get -to« somebody up top with a bribe.

Slow Train Through Africa

I RECENTLY came, in desperation, from Casablanca to Algiers by train. Second-class accommodations was the best I could wangle. We used three different trains, including a sort of Toonerville ‘trolley called an autorail. It was a voyage I. won't forget very soon. 4 There was no food abpard and no water, and the desert sand blew in until it was drifted in dunes down the back of your neck. The corridors were full of sleeping Arabs and dogs and children. We shared a’ coffin-sized cogpartment with four adult and two young Frenchmen and I know now what the expression “a starving Frenchman” means. It means any Frenchman who hasn't dined within the hour. » These people had paper parcéls containing salami, fish paste, eggs, cantaloupes, brown bread, bottles of red wine, bottles of coffee, apples, pears, plums, grapes, dates, cake, sardines, chicken, ham and candy. The orgy lasted 24 hours and the floor was ankle

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Congress, in adopting the GI bill of rights, had the best intentions in the world. The basic idea was to make" it up to every young American, insofar as that was possible, for the years he spent fighting for his country. He was to get a free education if he wanted it. Or if heqgwanted technical training on the job or.on the farm, then he was to get that and be paid while * he. learned. But as Gen, Omar N, Bradley has discovered, even the best intentions are not enough. As director of the Veterans’ administration, he has struggled for two years to keep the benefits within the framework laid down by congress. He has not always succeeded.

Gravy . .. Down on the Farm. ON-THE-FARM TRAINING is one phase of the VA program. The veteran back on the farm has been able to go to school four hours a week, take two hours of “personal counselling” from a vocational agricultural teacher, and draw $65 a month if single and $90 a month if married. Gen. B became convinced that this program was in large part a perversion of the intention of congress. Veterans who grew up on the farm, and learned about all there was to know of farming before they went to war, came back to the family farm and went through the motions of on-the-farm training in order to draw their monthly allowance. To bring “this down to a fair and reasonable. basis, A

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Federal court in Boston

* The case may set an important precedent. If the United States should ever get into a-war with a certain other power, the number of treason charges against fifth columnists will probably be tremendous. And what can be done with them, under present laws, may be determined by the outcome of the Chandler There have been few treason cases in U. 8, history. Burr's trial for conspiracy to overthrow

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Olga on Road to Fame

who had the mpst to do with Olgs's phenomenal climb to stardom: : Robley D. Stevenson was born somewhere in the of Terre Haute and started out as a

‘matter of fact, he received his creden doctor. As a and | ai-

Sometime around 1890, when he was 33 years dld, Dr. Stevenson blew into und got 4 Job writing paragraphs and wise ' signed wire” the old Journal. When Indianapolis

REFLECTIONS . . . By Robert C. Ruark

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the entire century I- spent in her company.

What with changing trains, fighting off hunger, thirst, dirt

tured heifer, and who never quit watching me for Ar

pilgrimage I ever take, from anywhere to anywhere. If I am not a good boy and do not go to heaven, I know what conveyance will be used to transport me to Gehenna. I've already had a trial run on it.

Reservations? Ha, ha, M'sieur

WHEN YOU mention hotel reservations in these parts, your listener always gives you a hollow laugh. The hotels view a prearranged room allotment much as Mr. Hitler used to regard a treaty. I have been dumped out at 1 a. m. in the morning, in Casablanca, with a weary wife and a mountain o and no roof to our heads. The only thing to do is take a handful of franc notes and wave them until some charitable eolonial comes along lieve you of their irksome weight. I don't believe you can operate in many places abroad today without frequent, unabashed bribery. If you offer the little present, you could smuggl a dead elephant through customs. Fish-eyed managers of hotels suddenly discover princely apartments that had slipped their mind—until you jogged their memory with a mille note. If your straitlaced conscience forbids bribery, stay home. can't move with a dry palm. hg You must be all-knowing, richer than Croesus,

-and equipped with the luck of Alger's heroes to

travel abroad today, and even.so you hit snags. When I remember how simple it was for the army to shoot you off to the end of the world, I wonder if all this peacetime pother about travel is necessary.

IN WASHINGTON « +» « By Marquis Childs Learn to Farm---At $90 a Month

Gen. Bradley a year ago issued an order which would grant the allowance in proportion to the number of hours spent in training. The objective was to compensate the veteran on the farm for the actual time

he spent in study. It was felt that a full subsistence ' ’

allowance, such as is granted to students in college, would in reality be a pension for the veteran on the farm. r Shortly after the order was issued, the farm bloc descended on the White House. Representing the' most potent political group in the county, farm-bloc leaders demanded that the full allowance for on-the-farm training be restored. As a result of this pressure, Gen. Bradley rescinded the order. He let it be known that he was retreating, provisionally, until congress decided whether the full allowance was to be paid.

Program Appeals to Veterans SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER, when the Bradley ors ~ der was rescinded, the number of on-the-farm trainees has expanded three times. As of a month

ments up to $200,000,000 a year, which is not small even when meggured against the vastness of the VA over-all program. Congress appropriated for vete erans for the coming fiscal year $6,964,457,000. Farm-bloc congressmen resent the suggestion that

on-the-farm training is an abuse of the GI bill

BACKGROUND. . . . By Peter Edson

What We Can Do About Treason

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