Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1947 — Page 12

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Page it of Queensberry

HE power of congress to investigate is as old as our nation. It is vital and necessary. Before we were a nation it was exercised by the British house of commons—as far back as the 16th century. To be effective the power must carry the right to issue gubpenas and punish for contempt. We always have thought that the rules of evidence and procedure which prevail in our courts should be made to prevail in these congressional inquiries. But they haven't, and they don't. Therefore, unless the proceedings are conducted by wise and skillful men—like Tom Walsh and Burt Wheeler of Teapot Dome days, or Senator Harry S. Truman, of world war Il, they are likely to go haywire, as has the Hughes aircraft investigation, to date. We have followed many congressional investigations in which the have-you-stopped-beating-your-wife type of questions predominated; when the irrelevant, incompetent and immaterial have occupied at least 90 per cent of the time; when congressmen or senators have used their committee positions for Political purposes and personal publicity ; when logic was out the window; when brow-beating and abuse of witnesses shamed the “show”; when that which was being probed had nothing to do with the case— and when the citizen on the stand had to sit and take it. And we have followed others where pertinence prevailed and show-off and demagogery were not present.

yw 8 . wo» AS is, it's a matter of management, Harry Truman was head of the same committe during wartime which for two weeks now has been putting on a you're-a-liar and you're-another display but hasn't yet come to the real point. But while it's the same committee, it's under”a different management. When Mr. Truman was presiding over the war investigating committee he directed the job with dignity and effectiveness. It put him in tine for the high office he now occupies. The present chairtnan, Senator Brewster, has merely succeeded in wangling himself into the role of the investigator investigated. Without trying tb adjudicate the ultimate merits of the present affair, the sort of performance we have been watching could have been avoided by some sort of Marquis of Queensberry rules. The fact that Howard Hughes has been cheered and the prosecution in one case hissed, by the large audience which has been attending the hearings, doesn’t absolve Mr. Hughes from any wrong about his contracts or his conduct. The demonstrations from the audience have been merely an expression of that thing which runs so deep in the American spirit—the sporting instinet which quickly takes up for the person who is being bullyragged. In the interest of maintaining public respect for an afgonETeyapiial finstion we suggest thak oofuagg Aa 3 ry res = mw tha Peer What's agkew’s PHA his inestgatsrs technique he dn correc it.-

Another Broken Agreement USSIA'S action in barring U. S. navy vessels from the Soviet-occupied port of Dairen is important chiefly because it is symptomatic of the widening breach between the Soviet Union and the United States. Access to Dairen is not vital to our navy. Our vessels have been calling there to maintain direct communications between the American consul there and our government. Now our consul can reach Washington only through Soviet channels. This is ironic bec ause it was through American intervention that the Soviets obtained a foothold in Dairen in the first place. v The Russians lost their naval base at Port Arthur, which is adjacent to Dairen, and their other privileges in Manchuria when they were defeated in thé Russian-Jap-anese war in 1905. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Yalta in 1944 agreed to let Russia have these concessions again as part of the inducement to get her in the war against Japan. China was not represented at the Yalta meeting. - But under pressure from the United States and Britain, the Chinese ratified the agreement. Under a treaty between Russia and nationalist China in 1945, it was agreed that the port of Dairen should be open to world commerce and be under Chinese administration. But it was stipulated that the Soviet military could garrison the port in the event of war between Russia and Japan. Since this treaty was signed aftér the Japs had surrendered, this provision obviously contemplated a future war with the Japs. But freely interpreting the treaty, as they so frequently do, the Russians say they can retain military control at Dairen until a Jap peace treaty has been signed. On that theory, of course, Russia could remain in perpetual control there simply by refusing to sign a Japanese settlement. In this same treaty, the Soviets agreed to support Chiang Kai-shek's government, another pledge which has been observed only in the breach. The Russians are openly supporting Chiang’s enemies, the Chinese Communists, and are using Dairen as one of their bases of operations.

Senseless Censorship

HE state department is holding up publication of a report said to be critical of British management of the Ruhr coal properties in Germany, fearing that its release might injure Anglo-American relations. » i. : This suppression of a Public document is as teriielons as it is futile. "The report in question was prepared for the War department by Robert Moses, New York's (City planner, who went to Germany to report on economic conditions. members

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

about Brown county.

Brown county. vails in the minds of the general

taint so.” is the case.

When the state of Indiana opened up the three state highways in Brown county, roads 135, 46 and 465, they “did something” for Brown county, and the smart-boys have been cashing in splendidly. When the state and federal governments began to buy up land for parks and various preserves, they helped boost land prices. Today, the state and federal governments own more than Svo- -fifths of the entire county,

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‘are es gy ne a <i nb care ‘what they. pay for land, it is true,

the price being asked for other land |

Chicken-raisers and. deners are being dismayed by prices being asked for land in Brown county. It's a trend that no one knows accurately what will ultimately end. » ~

| Security Counc Ends Indies War

By Joseph W, Graves, 3834 Paris ave. September 25, 1945 fifty nations of the world met on the West coast for the common purpose of maintaining international peace and security. A magnificient document was written by the nations united.

Under provisions of this document the security council, the social and economic council and the secretariat were formed. "The security council was empowered to investigate, make studies, media and settle disputes threatening international peace and’ security. Where settlement could not be achieved by such actions and armed aggression was in progress which threatened world armed conflict, the security council was empowered to issue an order to cease and desist the use of such armed force

and thas fact has helped to * ‘up” | ON

Land Inflation Is Striking. Hard Down in Brown County

By Lester C. Nagley Sr, Nashville Something should be done to tell the cock-eyed public the truth |

There can be no doubt that there is a “land inflation” now in| Prices havé skyrocketed in land deals. There pre- |

Hoosier public the fanciful notion |

that there is plenty of $2.50 an acre of land here—"Taint so, brother— Ask any “native” here about it, and he will deny that such

Much of this condition is due to “land speculators” and “smart operators.” In some instances the sale of Brown county land approaches the practices of slick oll-salesmen and promoters of blue-sky stock.

Views on

The News

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Those velts revolve too fast for Republicans to ride into office on. . . oo . 8.n The second anniversary of Hiro-

conflict existed between Indonesia and.the Dutch. Indonesia appealed to the United Nations, the United States offered to mediate. The security council, after considerable debate on August 1, 1947, ordered

| the armed conflict to be terminated.

\Ruark Dispatches Tell Real Story

By John N. Clouse, TY ie I wish to thank the editors of The Indianapolis Times for carrying the Robert Ruark dispatches from North Africa that are currently running on this page. I hope they are continued until the entire series is finished and Mr. Ruark returns home. It is my understanding, according to Editor and Publisher magazine of several weeks back, that Ruark plans to follow, generally, the routes taken by American forces who landed in North Africa in November, 1942, and on through into Sicily and Italy. With: this itinefary he

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Seriator Taft taking a train] his cross- country inquiry into| rices.

consumer A . stratosphere

that used to be $2.50 an acre land. | plane would soapy ory appropriate. Don’t miss a single one. amateur gar-3

‘White hei Kecpé Mississip- | pi safe for mock elections, lynchings and mock trials, 3 2.0.8 That United Nations “cease fire” order worked so well, maybe they should try a “cease veto.” » » » Junketing ‘congressmen are Tresolved to take their trips seriously.

That should help citizens to take|g

congressmen more so.

and failure of the contesting nations to abide by the order, the security council could call on all signatory nations for contribution to an armed force to put an end to such hostilities.

Since the inception, various disputes have been referred to the United Nations. For a time, it has seemed the United Nations lost its prestige. The security council has become a debate body. At one time the United States, in an effort to uphold the prestige of the United Nations, threatened to refer a dispute to it and on that threat the dispute was satisfactorily settled. That raised the prestige for a while, but it finally settled back. For two months or more, armed

Side Glances=By Galbraith

Lwill bring the. ex-G. 1's umgio-date on netia has happerien. over there

BOF: ACeUFRIGTY and tel Stark truth of what he -sg does. Thanks for rumning-th

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| Lie- Defector Is

No Sure Check-Up

[ny Miss Fimie Jernukian, 32 P Chester st. This is in answer to James J. Culling's denunciation of current court. and police practices and his suggestion that a lie detector be attached to those holding the floor in court in addition to the required oath, Such a law is inadvisable and impracticable as can readily be seen

Jwhen one understands the function-

ing of a lie detector or polygraph, which is not a magical, electric-eye mind-reader, but simply a multiple instrument which commonly records at least three physiological processes: Blood pressure or pulse beat, skin sensitivity due to increased sweat gland functioning, and the in-spiration-expiration rate. A trained operator must work with the individual undergoing a test in strict privacy to prevent his becoming excited by the surroundings. The operator then has to study the recordings carefully to come to any conclusion about whether or not the suspect showed a decided reaction to any one question. A court room

of people cannot watch a lie detec~

tor and see that the man is lying any more than they can watch his bearing on the witness stand or elsewhere and judge his truthfulness. Furthermore, the suspect or individual taking the test must be willing to undergo it; non-co-operation on his part can make the records worthless. Therefore, it is usually the innocent man, anxious to so prove himself, who will agree to the polygraph test. In this connection, one can make use of Mr. Culling’s second suggestion: “. , , each certain length of time all police aid officials in respondlble positions should be given a lie detector examination and asked if they beat up anyone, if they

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d industry sufficient for national Security a ‘minimum

WORLD AFFAIRS 2 Japs Don't Comptehend ‘Democracy’.

Contrary to gederal belief, thé Kids of my gens

|eration never aspired to become policemen, firemen

or locomotive engineers, Deep down in their hearts they nursed a hope. that, make, things Would work around i the pein that they could step into the shoes of Pirik Hall, the genius

by beating the “small” drum of the old When band. (The “small” drum, in case my nomenclature be--wilders you youngsters, is the same that now travels under the not inappropriate name of “snare” drum), » " : Maybe 1 left the impression last Priday that the When bend, which John T. Brush, orgapized around Pink Hall, did all of its playing sitting down. In that case, let me hasten to add that the When band was the greatest outfit that ever marched the streets of Indianapolis.

Wore Gaudy Uniforms AS NEARLY as I recall, the uniforms consisted of a tight-fisting white coat and sky-blue pants with red stripes and gold brald running dowr the sides. The shoes were always incased in puttees. As for the headgear, it was of the pattern which, 60 years ago, was generally recognized as a ‘“‘buzzer.” In the case of the When band; the buzzer had a hairy, wooly and curly pempon plastered on its front. The drum major wore an enormous “shako” and to enhance the military appearance still more, the music racks were carried on the sides like swords. Boy, it was some turnout! °° When the When band got going good, something like 24 men‘and a drum major.

it ‘had I pride

~| myself that my atrophied brain still recalls the

names of some. Joe Cameron, a floor walker in Mr. Brush's clothing store and as good a tooter (cornet) as. Indianapolis ever had, was the band's leader. Bill Manson was the drum major. (In a pinch, Bill could also handle the D major alto.)

[Roster of the When Band

ED TIMMONS PLAYED the flute and piecolo. The clarinets were fingered by Densted (E flat),

IN WASHINGTON .

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—They had Air force day

| in the Soviet Union recently which, by coincidence, fell

close td the day on which we in this country paraded our air power. Pravda boastfully proclaiméd that Russia had pioneered the theory of jet propulsion and hinted that the Soviet Union “was far in the lead in the new super-speed aircraft. This last may be no idle boast. It is a suspicion which top U, 8. air force officers have long held.

Real Credit to Germéns

ON MOSCOW'S air force day, the public was told for the first time about new types of jet planes developed, so it was claimed in Pravda, by Russian designers. The belief in informed quarters here is that the real credit must go'to German designers and technicians who were taken as part of the

_|spoils of war,

While the formal unveiling of the new Russian Jet models took place only the other day, our own military planners have known for some time about certain of the more spectacular Soviet achievements, Most startling and most hush-hush of all is a jet bomber with a range of 800 miles. This is believed to exceed anything yet developed in’ this country. It may even be an advance over U. 8. jet types that are still in the experimental construction stage. For the coming fiscal year, congress appropriated funds for 1700 planes for both the navy and the army air forces. This was a considerable advance over the amount requested by the bureau of the budget. For aviation researcl, congress granted $145 million for the AAF and $75 millibn for-the navy, which were the amounts requested in the budget. This must be compared, hoWever, “with the minimum set jn ,1945 by the air co-ordinating

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‘in aviation, found that to maintain an.

TOKYO, Aug. 11.—Any appraisal of the two-year occupation. of Japan that did not point to the major accomplishments of Gen. MacArthur's regime, would be grossly unfair. : Visitors to Japan go away impressed with the orderliness of the occupation. - They comment on the ease and lack of incident with which Japan's army was demobilized; on the amazing lack of resentment toward the conqueror; on the apparent ready acceptance of democracy. "re Told

Merely Do As The MUCH OF THE CREDIT for these and other achievements belongs to MacArthur. But, perhaps a greater share belongs to the Japanese people. So long as they were fed—and no one is more appreciative of the political value of food than MacArthuricthiey were ready to do as they were told. And, with few exceptions, they have been doing as they were told since American troops landed on Japanese soil Aug. 30, 1945. # Under MacArthur's benevolent guidance, the Japanese have been given -a new constitution under which, in theory at least; all men are equal. This constitution, among other things, forever renounces war as an instrument of national policy. But it is pure hypocrisy to say, as some high occupation officials do, that the Japanese diet welcomed this constitution or had any real volee in writing it. In effect, SCAP went to the diet with the constitution in one hand and a paddle in the other and said: “Take this or papa will spanks »

REFLECTIONS . Ey Hal O'

Rising above the scene of increasing distress in Great Britain are clouds that contain a greater threat than even war brought to a courageous nation. They are the clouds of socialism bearing the deep conviction of British intellectuals that, in order for the state to prosper, the individual and the private company must come under restraffit. Men and women of the United Kingdom .can endure the austerities that have come as an aftermath of war. They. have proved, their fortitude a

. By Anton Scherrer @ FLL Le TAL, O

Pink Hall Lent Lustre to When

SomeHow familiar.

. By Keyes Beech

Socialism: Merisce to Great Bifain

Ed Lentiox, B Schumacher and ‘Rte (father ard don). Ax'alippery as Joey coms, were handled by Louls Vogt and Ernest Clark, who was so good thas. aly Walter -Damrosch picked ‘him up. ‘Frank:

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cornets. To this day Bert leads & big Los Angeles band. Charlie Barr was good for the B brass, and Joseph Cain (an Englisiman) for the double bell euphonium - (baritone to: you illiterates). Jud Hall

“(Pink's brother) and- Louis Ostendorf pimyed the

altos. And George Mills took up the room of two men, handling his tuba and himself. - Which leaves ‘ the ‘last row -of - the marching»

. formation to be accounted for. -It consisted of

Otto Pfaffiin (bass drum) and, of course, the InSompatable Bink Hall wid his smal dram: Sullowiug Pink came all the kids of Indianapolis. ' Pink, whose real name was W > Elwood

Hall, was born in Rising Sun, of all places." He knew - °

how to handle the drum right from the start, such* are the ways of genius. Indeed, he handled it so well tht, heWes age the 'dromme of the: Wing: Sun band at the tender age of :

Mr. Platz . Dis pears : WELL, IN when Pink was 13 years, old, the Hall family andy .to Indianapolis. The so-called Exposition on the old state fair. grounds .was going

big at the time and, of course, it bad s band—,

Bradshaw's band with Charlie directing. A Mr. Platz handled the drums, For some, inscrutable reason (possibly of divine origin) Mr... Platz was indisposed when the Hall family, arrived.

Sure, Pink Hall got Mr. Plats’s job and it un the Exposition folded up. After that came e Great Western band with Joe Cameron as its’ and,”

of course, Pink Hall playing the drum,’ was followed by the golden period idefitified by John r. Brush’'s When band. Mr. Platz was ‘newer heard’ of again ; Pink Hall lived to be an octogenarian.” ‘The last time I saw him was about seven years ago. You can - always tell how good a drummer is, said ‘Pink, by the way pedestrians keep step by his beat.’ And by’ the Lord Harry, it was the truth’ for I am’ one of the kids who still remembers ‘how’ his feet” hehaveg™ when Pink Hall beat the drum.

. By Marquis Childs

Russ Air Power Boast Isn't Idle Talk

of 3000 planes a year should be manufactured. Mereover, this: was the minimum after peace should be secured throughout the world and some degree of disarmament achieved. Anyone who thinks we have arrived at ‘that State” today “had better ~ see.a good psychiatrist. The gap between 1700 planes and 3000 is s& big one. The figure of 3000 presupposed research and development. on new typey which’ would ‘make it possible to go into quick production of those: types in the event of a war. Plainly, then, the administration would have to ask, and congress would have to grant; nearly twice the amount made “avallable ‘ for the current year. In American aircraft plants, experiential models” of jet bombers are being built ‘and they ‘are uridergoing tests. A number of types are being pioneered, which is costly. But, from the point- of * view of eventual mass production, it is highly desirable, ? Only one type of jet ah brite P<80—i% ‘in present use in USAAF squadrons. We lite used lagged” considerably behind in this field. Two the P-81 ‘and the P-85, are in a construction. Ey vey

Buck ck Ro ers’ Planes = super-sonic planes get into, the ‘Buck Rory range. Bell Toe Kor ay constructing the X-81 and the X-82. flown Sa mentally. It is a aL ie ha gen, foun & B-29 bomber and Tn at 30,000 eg ei The X-81 carries rockets as. offensive Weapons. Its flying time is so shorf, however, that it musi still be considered as merely a tool for experiment. All this has the quality of a newsreel that is

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Japanese cynics read the constitufion and aid? “It's not a very good translation.” MacArthur has given. the Japanese civil liberties, Bui few Japanese know what civil liberties mean, al-. though perhaps in time they will. ; MacArthur has liberalized Japanese schools, initiated land reform, emancipated Japanese women. He has laid the framework of democracy as. Amercans know it. But, if the deaeratin skeleton is here, there is.. as yet very little meat on it, Oné has only to go. among the Japanese people. and talk with them to realize this. A Jspanese bride decided she wouldn't have a baby for at least three years because “it wouldn't. be democratic.” A Japanese school teacher, when asked why she didn't dis-. cipline half-a-dozen young hoodlums who were ters rorizing her classroom, said: “It wouldn't be democratic.” Multiply these incidents by thousands: and you.

. have some idea of the average Japandse conception

of democracy.

Process Tokes Years THE MARKS OF WAR are still fresh on'tbe’ face of Japan and its people. Its economy is shot, its productivity prostrate: The black market is thriving and primary concern of the people is food: In one of his more conservative moments, Maow, Arthur phrased it best when he said: “I don't mean that this thing called demoRraRy’ has been accomplished. The process of democrhtization is one of cqntinual flux. It takes Jeary?

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