Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1947 — Page 14

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Attlee's Weakness

RIME MINISTER ATTLEE'S victory in the Labor party caucus is shaky. This. was indicated by the narrow margin of four votes by which the caucus upheld the cabinet's decision to postpone nationalization of the steel industry, Indeed the fact that more than 100 labor members abstained from voting shows that the large middle group within the party is on the fence. This is. the main reason for the weakness in Labor leadership, The huge party is divided a dozen ways. The cabinet is representative of major factions, more like an uneasy coalition of moderates, radicals and-extreme left ists than a unified team. 'So what the party gains in size, it loses in discipline and decisiveness. The prime minister tends to become a party compronfiser rather than leader. Actually that was why the colorless ‘and cautious Clem

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Attlee, a man of character but lacking the drive of a Bevin |

or Morrison, was picked to head the party in the first place. Riu .

* ~ r s * » ~ THE upshot is that the party has been held together at * the sacrifice of vigorous and effective action to meet Britain's growing crisis, All the elements of that crisis have heen-¢lear for more than a year, and have heen magnified since 4he calamitous winter. And: yet the Labor govern“ment during all these months has failed to act promptly and decisively, usually because it was hamstrung by {his faction or that or was afraid to fire a cabinet officer who | was a flop, N The easy retort of Laborites that the Tories have dis played even less leadership is accurate, but immaterial, It is the job of the government—not of the opposition— to govern; and too often the Labor cabinet has failed. an . n= DESPITE this, a majority of the British people still have more faith in a Labor government.than any present alternative—as shown in by-elections. Whether that faith is justified will be tested in the coming weeks. = Mr. Attlee and his colleagues this week have made a good start by postponing nationalization of steel which would delay desperately needed production. But that is only a start. If they have a definite plan to save the British economy they have yet to present it. Their request for potential dictatorial powers in peacetime looks suspiciously like a helpless cover-up for lack of specific remedial measures—that rather than any deliberate desire for dictatorship by such genuine democrats at Attlee, Bevin and Morrison. : Mr. Attlee in his recent speeches has admitted the extreme gravity of the situation. And he has listed four ‘steps as “absolutely vital”; increased production of food, and of coal and steel, better transport, and more exports.

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‘HE Hughes investigation ends as it began—in a mixture of politics and corny eomedy. It folded abruptly without even getting close to the real issue. That, if we understood the purpose correctly, involved whether there was fraud or improper influence in the award of $40 million worth of war contracts to Hughes companies. It folded with Mr, Hughes still demanding - that he be ‘investigated and charging the senate committee with a run-out.

and party-thrower. Granting that Johnny always-was good for a laugh, it's hard to believe he could have cleared up whether the public got what it paid for under the Hughes contracts. It's hard to believe, too, that the committee would admit defeat so readily over such a minor obstacle as finding Johnny. We can’t recall when a senate committee has surrendered so lightly the dignity of its subpena power. Tv It's easier to believe that Senators Brewster and Ferguson, in the words of

It folded with the public still in doubt their party's campaign slogan, “had over who was lying in Mr. Hughes’ charge enough.” - If public reaction is sour, they —and Senator Brewster's denial—that. have themselves to blame. They served

up the dessert course—the Elliott Roosevelt, Johnny Meyer and girlie dishes— without ever getting around to the meat. If there's a lesson in the Hughes case, it gets back to what we've said earlier— that congressional investigating committees need some standard rules of practice to keep them on their course.

the senator tried to engineer an overseas air merger by blackmail. Those who followed the proceedings will detect the obvious weakness in subcommittee Chairman Ferguson's explanation that the inquiry was-called. off because of his inability to locate good time Johnny Meyer, the Hughes press agent

Everybody agrees with that hope. But how is Me going to fulfill it? ] He answers: By “longer hours of work for some, al change of jobs for many, harder work for all; others may be -asked to postpone claims for higher wages.” Quite 80. But he has made this appeal before, and British unions have not responded. Too many of them are still insisting on more pay for shorter hours, still cuytailing the production which alone can save their country. To demand harder work and more self-denial from the heroic but weary British people, who have given so much and suffered so much during the past seven years, sounds inhuman. But it is the only out. To demand of the. government leadership to help them do the impossible, sounds | unreasonable, But nothing less will do. :

. . . . Liquidating Shirts VVHEN Radio Moscow started accepting advertising, the local laundry trust was one of the first businesses to buy time. It promptly made claims remindful of laundries in a capitalistic society: That it would render courteous service, wash clothes clean and return them-in a hurry. Batting average to date, gccording to a Moscow paper, is zero, When patrons’ clothes came back a month or so later they were still dirty, and those who complained were given the uncomradely retort, We suspect Russia is tackling something pretty formidable even to a Utopian state. |

We mean -the laundry hegemony which probably is more | powerful than the comintern itself. After vears in the shadow of the mangles, we can only advise that, whether under free enterprise or extreme

statism, when vou deal with laundries you are liable to] lose your shirt,

This Makes Sense ;

ABOUT half of the members of congress will deploy over the United States and the world this summer on all kinds of official missions, We want no guarrel over the benefits of travel. We think most congressmen see too ~ much of Washington and their home districts. : But we think the official travelers would do well to adopt the instructions just given the 19 who compose the special house committee going to Europe and the Far East to study relief needs. : Acting Chairman Christian A. Herter (R, Mdss.) has laid down these rules: (1) Leave evening clothes at home; (2) Leave wives at home; (3) Don't expect a trans-Atlantic cocktail party. : ro y These directions may be gloomy to any jolly junketeers who have become accustomed to running up big expense accounts for vacations at public expense. But it's popular advice with the rest of us who pay the check.

Encore for Sevitzky | FABIEN SEVITZKY has made another important contribution to local progress. His summer symphony concerts at Butler Bowl, the ~ ‘last of which will be played tonight, and his production of “Aida,” attended by more than 10,000 persons, have shown that Indianapolis can tival much larger cities. evitzky has put us on the sumniér-music map. : Patrons of this season's musical events at the Bowl nly join with Dr. Sevitzky in hoping and working

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sier Forum Indianapolis Should Own Electric System By Wm. Cody and C. P. Club, City

By H. W, Daacke, 2146’; N. Illinois st. We would like to know As to what There are 3021 cities, towns and villages in the U. 8. A that own we have as a police force in our fair their own electric light and power systems. Why, not Indianapolis? [city of Indianapolis, They show a profit of a few thousand dollars to over $10 million,;, We have noticed at times, young depending on the size of the city, town or village. Why doesn't Indian-|lads around the age of 20, not apolis share in these profits? . {dressed in uniform, driving police These municipally owped plants have lower rates than those served cars that we, the tax payers, must by private companies. Why not get these advantages for the home city? buy and service. Municipal ownership retires its bonds and eventually establishes, It is getting to a point where ownership. Private companies, quite the opposite, don't return the cap- people can't tell the strong arm of ital account, ‘but instead increase .t| . rz x the law from a novice, and thereby increase the interest Let s Drive Out What we really would like to

burden, thus necessitating higher 1} Booze Joints ROOW Jf) M0 ith Anup lads

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tariff rates. some of our ) " By W. D., Prospect st, I politicians? } Municipal ownership, with its, ; po lower rates, attracts industries,| I wonder just how much longer . ree {the good people of this city are go-| Editor's Note: Police officials say

which help to enlarge and expand the industrial and commercial life of the city

ing to let this booze drenched city these are civillan garage employees continue. Probably most people on official duty. ‘don't know how bad things are, but! . These are just a few of the MARY tq "would listen to The pole DAILY THOUGHT advantages that accrue hii a © radio on Friday and Saturday Lay up for yourselves treasures Habis she Senora) welidte of nights, they would see how these ;, neayen, where neither moth citizens in min, bY ndopiing We booze joints are fast sending a great nor rust doth coftupt, and where muniCipel swnership plan part of the city to hell. Sober people | thieves do not break through nor A word to he wise is sufficient. |. .0 1g longer safe in an automobile tonkecM : =» . ~Matthew 8:19, - or on the streets. So to make our - Suit Your Styles city and highways safe again, let's FROM toil he wins his spirits light, To Your Purse drive these booze joints and all their From busy day the peaceful night; associates out. It doesn’t make sense| Rich, from the very want of wealth, By Clara Cheadle, 620 Division st {that booze” joints get a license to|In heaven's best treasures, peace and The trend -of changing styles sell dope to make people crazy, causes real concern for well-dressed, Think it over. women. a

: health. This is America and we have a Side Glances =By Galbraith right to dictate the popular trend 2 of our own group instead of being

mannequins for the fadists. Three | basic rules for’ éhgQosing clothing help make.our decisions: (1) For work—practical, comfortable, pretty. | (2) For sports—comfortable, prae-| tical, pretty. (3) For dress-up--pret- | ty. practical, comfortable. , | Any desigfer that does ‘not give! these features their right propor. tion should not have the support of American women, ' For buying now, insist on’ dresses that.caver the knees or haye deep hems”. Be- | ware of materials that are not straight. Choose large enough at all ts, on lines that follow the curves Suit your styles to your figure and purse. Accessories are important: and expensive if not chosen for] adaptability to your wardrobe, .

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OUR TOWN... SylidonSalorar ~~ © ise TH he National League

Once We Were in t 1C vver YOU AIN'T heard nothing yet. Not only did John T. Brush provide Indianapolis with an up-to-date clothing store and a bang-up band, but he was the guardian spirit that put our baseball club back into the National league. ; : My first pair of pants (outside of those mother made) was bought at the When and with it, I remember, I received” a gift in the shape of a baseball presented with the compliments of Mr. Brush. Kids lucky enough to have parents with the wherewithal to buy them a complete . suit-of clothes received not only s ball, but & bat besides. rea ; I inject my'first pair of pants into today’s piecé

to settle, once .and for all, the mad contention of .af some old-timers that Mr. Brush's intérest in base- . ball started sometime around 1887. Nohsense. The

vivid memory of my, first ‘pair of pants (and that ball) is sufficient proof that Mr" Brush's love for the national game “started considerably earlier than - that Mr, Brush

had a stake in the old Noland-Flint battery.

Known As 'Only Nolan' THE NOLAN-FLINT battery identified the pen-nant-winning team of 1877 when Indianapolis belonged to the International association (the name of which may be t to the fact that one or hore Canadian clubs bel to it). The regularity swith which Eddie Nolan mowed down the opposition that year moved a lot of people to wonder what he had on the ball, All sorts of whispered reports were afloat and among the most fanstastic was a rumor that Eddie had a curve ball in his repertoire, What's ‘more, that he had learned to control it after establishing residence here. Eddie christened his curve the “inshoot.” And because he was the only one, anywhere in the world, to know its secret, the Indianapolis pitcher came to be known as the “Only Nolan,” a moniker that stuck tp him the rest of his life, Largely because of Eddie Nolan and his mysterious inshoot, Indianapolis got to be & member of the

IN WASHINGTON . a By Marquis Childs

4 n How to Get" Along WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—If the average citizen still has any faith in the United Nations, it is be-

‘cause hope dies hard in the human breast. People

cannot bring themselves to believe the only end is

another war that will this time bring destruction to .

our own shores. . 7 In recent months the feeling has grown, and particularly in congress, that a showdows on the United Nations is long overdue. . ~ Influential men have been saying that the United States should call for an-end to the U..N. veto. Some have said the same thing pubjicly: ‘They believe the moment has come to -decide whether the U. N. is to be anythihg more than a sparring ring. If the Russians refuse to surrender the veto, then they will have no choice but to resign and form a U. N. with new and far broader powers,

What Are Russia's Aims?

BUT OUR government has another obligation before this happens. That is to make an honest effort to determine what are Russia's security requirements. We could put the question almost as bluntly as this: “You talk about security. All right, what is it you require for security?” Through the U. N. we would ask each member

‘nation to state “from the vantage point of its own

security” what it considers to ‘be the requirements of a workable peace, If such an inventory could be obtained on a basis of frankness and honesty, it would go a long way toward relieving the fears and suspicions that today ride both rulers and peoples in There is another possibility which should not be ruled out. That is the possibility of a meeting at the highest level—a meeting between Stalin and Truman. Stalin and Truman have tdlked together only

CAPITOL NOTES . . . By Peter Edson Uncle Sam's Good Jobs Are Few

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—There are now about 180 jobs in the government which are worth having —if you exclude the Presidency, membership in con-’ gress, the federal judges, the generals, the admirals and the ambassadors. Some people may even feel that these jobs aren't worth having.

Anyway, these 180 top, positions are. the $10,000-a-year-and-better spots held by the heads of departments, commissions and administrative agencies. - Sixty-five of these are cabinet or little cabinet offices —secretaries, under- and assistant-secretaries. The secretaries: now get $15000 a year. The chairman of the Export-Import bank, William McC. Martin Jr, gets $15,000. Only one official gets more, Chairman David E. Lilienthal of the atomic energy commission, who gets $17,500. The four members of his commission get $15,000. Of .the non-cabinet rank jobs, less than 20 pay $12,000. The majority get $10,000. That used to be a lot of money, though today it will buy about what $7500 did before the war. Still, if it takes only 180 $10,000-a-year men to run the vast federal machinery at the top, you might think there would be no particular problem in filling that many jobs. But the turnover in these jobs is terrific. '

Bill Would Raise Pay

IN THE last congress, freshman Republican Senators Ralph E Flanders of Vermont and Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut teamed up on a bill to raise the pay of these top administrators to salaries that would attract and Kéep the best grade of executives. Flanders and Baldwin estimated that the total cost of the increases would run a little under $700,000 a year. Total present payroll for these top men now runs about $1,900,000. It's around a 36 per cent increase. “If it sounds like a lot, bear in mind that congress gave itself the equivalent of a 50 per cent increase last year, and.the pay of federal judges was alsd raised we

DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney i Politics (Chicago Style) s Easy

RIDING DOWN: from the Capitol in Washington to ‘the Washington hotel, the man and woman fell to discussing politics. He was a New Dealer and he never made a dime out of it. She was a high-ranking Republican oficial back in hér*home state. “You women haven't kept all those fine promises to clean up politics which you made when you got the suffrage amendment passed,” he chided. ~“Well,” she came back, “in my town the polls are much cleaner since we started to vote. With women there the don't get drunk and spit ‘tobac-

| co juice around the place like they used to do.”

‘Politics Is No Work' PRETTY BOON the cab driver horned into the “Politics,” he shouted above the screech of his brakes at a stoplight “Politics is just a way of mak-

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National league in 1878. The six clubs that year fine ished in this order: Boston, Cincinnati, Providence, Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee. Except for the delight of looking down on Milwaukee, the season proved a flasco. It ended $5000 in the red with noth.

‘ing left to pay the players. The mismanagement

or whatever it was that contributed to the failure, a lot of to ‘associate baseball with crookedness; with the result that, almost for a dec ade, Indianapolis had to get along with nothing bet In 1887, Indianapolis was back in the National league, largely because of the vision of John Brush who could look farther into the any man living at the time. In there is the historic fact that in 1884, Louis was up for sale (because of internal strife, usual), a group of Indianapolis men, led by Mr. Brush

wonder of the world at the and bought the Missouri outfit lock, stock apd 1 including not only its franchise but all its players as well. This was the foundation. of the club that lasted from 1887 to and through 'W9, a period sometimes

fact that the Brush team finished last in '87 and next to Jast in '88 and ‘89.

Picture Becomes Expensive THE STARS of the Brush team, which played its, games on the site of the present Methodist hos

(ss), Jerry Denny (3b), Bassett (2b), (¢), Emmet Seery (If), Paul Hines (cf), and Henry Boyle (p), probably the most colorful aggregation of solo players Indianapolis ever had. ! Back in those days a kid was rated by the size of his collection of miniature photographs of ball play ers and actresses, The pictures came wrapped in the packages of Sweet Caporal cigarets. Up until the day of the triple play, it was no trick at all to swap a picture of Pauline Hall for one of Paul After the triple play, however, Paul's picture commanded & trading value not only of Pauline Hall's photograph (this time in tights), but also one of Lillian Russell plus a cash outlay of at Jeagt a dime,

With Russi once. That was at Potsdam two years ago. The Press dent had only a short time before come into his high office. The background of the previous Stalin-Roose-velt conferences was new to him.. He felt himseif

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bound by the commitments his predecessor had made, |

In any meeting today, all that would be changed. The President would be acting in the light of hia own policy of the past two years. He no longer be a proxy for another man’s will. In a face to’ face conversation he could make it unmistakably clear that our policy is not bluff but sober determination,

The Russians Said 'No' :

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a now famous document to Foreign Minister Molotov ! some time ago. It listed 30 attempts by the American | governnieht to promote -a better understanding be-‘

tween the two nations. Among them were proposals |

for an exchange of professors, for exchanging groups i of artists and actors, for relaxation of the barriers | to the free movement of ideas, In each of those 30 in. |

stances the Russians said no. A few private citizens have managed to. get into Russia since the war. It has taken months of patient effort to obtaim the desired visa from Moscow. One was Prof. Percy E. Corbett of Yale university, who went with the expressed desire of expanding the field of knowledge between the two ‘countries. The sober, tactual account of his experience, prepared for the Yale Institute of International Studies, is a record of rebuff and frustration more revealing than tons of Si Russian fulmination from professional Soviet aters. It is too easy to admit defeat before the door that Moscow has 30 often slammed. The only alter. native to defeat is unrergitting pressure that explores every avenue of hope, both through. the U. N. and otherwise, .

- » But money isn’t the.only thing that difficult for the government to hire good It's the public whipping these people have to particularly from congress itself—that jobs hard to fill. 3 Congress went home without confirming five-member national. labor relations board new. general counsel, among the most important im Washington today. Congress created them, Republican senators let the word out that they are on trial. Who

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months from now. for purely politica] reasons? For nine months, the United States was withou$ a solicitor general because the senate held up eone firmation on President Truman's nomination of Philly B. Perlman for that job.

For about half that time members of the atomie energy commission spent most of their day in senste |

hearing themselves personally, abused while they were up for confirmation. -

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Cause for Resignation ;

EDGAR L WARREN of the conciliation servive had the experience of having congress consider refusal | o SHplopiate money for his salary. When the ap. | pripriation was confirmed, Warren resigned, and nobody could blame him. Promptly ‘The.only other type that can stick out a govern. | ment job is the independently wealthy like Defense Secretary James Fortestal, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Nicholas Brown or Assistant Secretary of State William Benton. \ If anybody in government has taken a beating these past two years it is Benton, has had fight to salvage something for the U. 8. fi formation program. Yet he is sticking it men would have given up and gone home The wonder is that more don't,

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