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. eral of thy services of supply. As such he demonstrated 9°

ing the war department it was off to a bad start in its in- conversation would be worth saying

A MERICAN-RUSSIAN relations, after dated by her veto, though clearly only the # going from bad to worse steadily dur- security council which created it can disi th t ; ha : y n ab e commission, ily this mech. Today they are at an ar. These provocative Soviet moves fol lowed hard ‘upon Moscow's propaganda time low. offensive to wreck the inter-American The area of hitter disagreement now defense conference in Brazil, and Ameriencircles the globe. From Lake Success can-Russian policy clashes in Austria, to Latin America to Europe and the Mid- Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary. In all of dle East, and on to the Far East, the con-

these countries, the issue is the right of . ; representative government and civil libflict of policy and purpose grows sharper. Russia, with two vetoes in the United

erties guaranteed by Russia in the Yalta pact and the peace treaties. Nations security council, has brought her cases—as edrlier in Poland, Yugoslavia total for the week of seven—18 vetoes al- and elsewhere—Reds maintain a minority together: In two cases Thursday she re- dictatorship. Austria's western provinces fused to permit the general assembly to are still safe for the moment, thanks to pass upon membership applications of British-American military occupation; but Italy and Austria. On Tuesday, Delegate Gromyko twice

Russia in her zone is breaking the Potsdam agreement, and blocking a peate vetoed security council efforts to stop the undeclared way Russia is waging against

treaty, in hope of taking over Austria, Greece through Balkan satellites.» Russia

insists that the United Nations Balkan investigating commission has been liqui-

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ROY W HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE President Editor

A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER

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Sila | voked the Russo-Chinese agreement of

1945 to try to force Russia to reopen the morth China port of Dairen to inter-

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Give (Aoht and the People Willi Pind Thew Own Way

Give It a Fair Trial LL provisions of the Taft-Hartley labor law became effective vesterday, legally speaking. It would be a fine! thing now if all employers and all unions joined in good faith to try to prove that it is a workable law. Some union | leaders are saying the law is spinach and to hell with it. Which is exactly the way some employers talked 12 years ago about the Wagner act—and later learned to their. sor- | row that they had made a mistake in heeding advice of . Liberty League lawyers. !

prevent the Ar - British - French conference on west Germany's produc-

cided to open that London meeting yesterday as scheduled, regardless of Russia. The issue there is whether Russia can continue to force disintegration and chaos

FOLLOWING the latest disputes over Korean occupation and a Japanese peace treaty, the state department in-

tion. Washington and London grimly de-

a oir svn An Edifor tion going? , Unless the rich Ruhr can be converted from an American subsidized liability -into an asset for Europe, the

’ . ® =» a E 5 conflict between Russia and the Western powers — especially the United States as the leader and powerhouse ‘of the west—is spreading so fast for an obvious reason. Time is short. The

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The Taft-Hartley act has been called “anti-labor"” and a “slave” law and a lot of other names, but no one has yet || | b+ [ proved that it will deprive either workers or their unions of IS t ot nou hard-earned legitimate rights. The law does attempt to exact of unions, and especially of union leadership, a meas- . ure of responsibility corresponding to the great power they have gained in the last several years. This balancing of power with responsibility is in the tradition of past progresgive legislation which brought the railroads, banks, utilities and stock market operators under laws to protect the pub-| a. lic interest. | One chief silent gripe of some union leaders, who have x been loudest in denouncing the Taft-Hartley act on other, grounds, is that it gives to union members—-those who So the work and pay the dues—greater control than they have had before over their union's officers, activities and treasuries, The bosses’ reluctance to surrender free-swinging power is understandable, human nature being what it is. That's the way the railroad tycoons felt about laws to pro-

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WASHINGTON; Aug. 23.—~When Oscar R. Ewing takes his interim oath of office shortly as administrator of the federal security agency he will be up{holding a uradition which, while far from venerable should suit Indiana just fine. It is that so far only Hoosiers have held the top FSA job. : For Mr. Ewing, who was born in Greensburg

March 8, 1899. succeeds another Indianan—Watson B. Miller.’ Mr. Miller was moved by President Truman into the post of commissioner of immigration and naturalization in_the justice department.

A Indiana Chief Since Organization

| aE HE CAME TO FSA when former Governor Paul = | V. McNutt of Indiana was administrator. And Mr. McNutt was the first man ever appointed to head the agency which was created under the reorganiza-

tect passengers and freight shippers, the way some bank- : tion powers given the late President Franklin. D ers felt about legislation to protect depositors, the way N% | Roosevelt. io i felt about protection of stock-| # > | With the advent of world war II, PSA duties were some corporation officials p \ overshadowed by the job of manpower commissioner

| which was handed to Mr. McNutt, So it may well be | advisable to recall just what the PSA is in its peacetime capacity. To quote the official description: “The federal security agency was established to | carry out the purposes of the reorganization act >f | 1930 which were: (1) to reduce expenditures; (2) to {increase efficiency; (3) to consolidate agencies ac- | cording to major purposes; (4) to reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having similar | functions and by abolishing such as may not be necessary; (5) to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort | “Grouped in FSA are those agencies of the gov- | ernment, the major purposes of which are to promote | social and economic security, educational opportunity {and the health of the citizens of the nation.” While the first part of this description may sound like something out of the Republican platform FSA

holders, the same way stock-market manipulators felt about 7 safeguarding investors. But on the whole those progressive laws have worked for the public good, yy 50 . | WHATEVER else may be said about the Taft-Hartley act, it was not passed in haste. It came after long public debate, and in response to overwhelming public opin-| jon. After an election in which the need to curb ‘industrial warfare was a primary issue. After extensive hearings in| which those who objected were given ample opportunity | a to testify. And by a better-than-2-to-1 vote in both houses of the newly elected congress, overriding a presidential veto. r The Taft-Hartley act is an omnibus measure—containing many unrelated provisions. Even its authors do not claim the law is perfect. Time and trial doubtless will prove that some sections of the law are unwise and should be

amended. President Truman disapproved the law, but he has — BK Li. —H ordered its administratoFs to try to make it work. Others iL { affected by it should also strive to that end. Their co-

operation will make it all the easier to amend the law, when -

it is shown changes are needed. Hoosier Forum

Gen. Harbord In the ust “My Wife Is So Good-Natured, Just try and drive through the . .'\.iile casualties of the United States in world

AMES G. HARBORD won fame in two. fields. And Noisy, Tkat | Can't Sleep" {bunch of half brains, without hit-!wer 11

25 years of his life, he was a great industrial leader, | 08] ‘hairman of the Radio Corp. of president and later board chairm f rp Bs: Hoh and oh. Our pus R % 5 a wo 5 This is what is known as a “gripe” concerning my family. I'm a : Jou 40, give! These sre two glimpses the problem of atto-

America. He was even better known as a gallant world war 1] working man making a good if modest living. I get up at 5 a. m. py an A-plus mark as a driver BORlS avcidenia in Indians stwte and vations) | Hans . hi sf the army in|¥inter and summer, rain or shine. The only way I can keep it up e Hoosier Motor club, along general, and as popular deputy chief of staff of ATTY I es Bh oa sated OF JEL FOUN por gle had faded out in the quarter of a century between

: ho 4 \with the P.-T. A. school officials,| hard : the early post-war period. Even before Gen. Pershing took But if I get four or five hours, I'm lucky. My wife is a night police and safety groups really want a3) of Judge Pritchard's $50 Jiue. 4nd the mace tan him to Europe as his chief of staff in 1917, his outstanding hawk. She says her energy comes up after 9 p. m. that her mind to promote safety, here in the high joss on. Hyle whe de alties ES ets aan AiR netbd aT : . dp i _|works then and her nerves are calm. She turns on the radio in the schools is the place to instill the } qualifications were recognized. After Srgunising the sul (kitchen, pulls out the ironing board and starts doing the family meaning of the word safety. Some Uon of roads apd. public Righways fn the word. eral stall abroad, he commanded the marines in the bloody |yressing at night. are already driving and vihers Classification of Roads Joe

" bis ro . ive back the Ger-| While she works, she sings whistles She sour is W . Belleau woods engagement, helping to drive back the Ger 1le she works. she sings or sties to -the radio. She sour is will be. ON JAN. 1, 1936, the world had 9,600,000 miles of

, . 9 . : arhi ‘cheerful as the. dickens, I hate to —— If you will carry out a strict - : : , . 2 y 5 wed. p | ¢ . 3 3 strict pro vi mans from the farthest advanced line they achieved. - He be always fussing with her about Place 10 start, teach the little ones gram of safety practice in high highways. This is the officially published report of

._ Traffic Deaths Pose

“JUDGE WALTER PRITCHARD of the city court {read a lecture to three automobilists that should be {kept in mind by every car user in Indianapolis, He "I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will (fined each one of them $50. They had driven ‘past defend to the death your right to say it. —Voltaire. |streetcirs while passengers were alighting. Their excuse was that they were driving slowly.” “Spooks” (incompetent, crazy-driving motorists)

{of the street to hitch a ride home, Were the major factor in killing 33,500 people in the United States and injuring 1.000,000 more—exceeding

and then stand almost in the middle

was promoted to major general and again distinguished i; But occasionally, I can't help their responsibility to walk right and schools of walking right. driving “N° Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. These himself at Soissons |doing it. 1 got to get my sleep. cross streets at intersections and right, obeying traffic lights and "CdS Were classified ga. follows: Asphalt, bituminous ; , : : |concrete, bituminous macadam, cement concrete and

i sti a big row. about th Then Gen. Pershing picked him for what was consid- ol NT RA hd sieht oF oo not play catcher on the sidewalks hey Meaiing 2 weil = ees, ered the hardest job in France, that of commanding gen- and then she starts all over again But why | should not be too long when we ing something else more noisy. 80 to all this trouble in teaching wii] have a public that knows how 7 don't know how our kids sleep these children this? to walk and drive safely. But Af But they do | When they leave grade school for we continue to open the doors of

water-bound macadam. There were also gravel roads, and earth roads—of these 314,405 miles This passing glimpse at the roads of the world highlights the problem and the importance of roads in Indiana. So when the ‘first state highway commission met in the executive offices of Governor

and run out in the street

his capacity -for organization. through it

' p mls w ac > antag i ‘68 Last night it was hot as « « « « , high school all is cast out the winh- - i Unifke generals Who. had Pu SdvATiAze of q West My wife Re lemonade just as I — If you want ‘to lg nt 9 high sctivois and Jet Ju%e So. James P. Got rich, June 3. 1917, it was an. occasion Point stirt, he came up the hard way. ‘When this Kansas oo Ss turn in . 1 mean just watch .at any highito mold. run helter skelter in all'® JMOT® than passing importance. L. H. Wright farm boy could not get the coveted appointment to the| she called a whole bunch of the school when it lets out You would directions over the streets and block OT I

After less than nreighbors over on our porch and think these kids never heard of them to boot.: Well what hope is

miliary academy, he enlisted in the ranks. resident. The other members were Louis Taylor, y “a3 served them the lemonade. It was the word safety before. They leave there that we will have any thing P : y . AMAR . ARF a "oh g Newbury, term i in 1918; David C. Jenkins, three years, in which he went through the non-com grades, |, generous thing to do, I know.|the school in all. directions, cross else but an irfesponsible, careless, Vr. expiting 198

he got his commission; and before the Spanish war was But the crowd laughed and talked the street any place at any angle reckless bunch of future citizens? over he was a major. ‘land clinked the ice in the glasses. | =~ — - pa so - - ae; : : [ got madder than heck trying to| Sid Few of our military leaders have had such wide inter- go to sleep and thinking how hard ae ests and diversified talents. Among his other gifts were iy woul Je fo work today. ; : : reitd 1: : ri ell, “for better or for worse” those of public speaking and writing. His A. E. F. history, always try to remind. myself. “The American Army in France,” was as scintillating as it was authoritative. Gen. Harbord died \Wednesday beloved.

Glances—By Galbraith | | of) — Germans Hope for or

BERLIN, Aug. 23.—War between Russia and the United States is the Germans’ greatest desire. That's their main hope and expectation. One of the best-informed allied officials in Germany told me this—a diplomat with many years’ experience in prewar Europe. When I asked why the Germans felt that way—especially when they know their country might be a battlefield—he replied: “You've had a look at Germany. It's an indescribable shambles. Its pauperized population lives largely in cellars on less than half the needed calories of food. They say they already are as badly off as they possibly could be. ; “Hence they have nothing to Jose by war and everything to gain even if the war were fought on their soil. They say the allied agreement made their future hopeless when it arbitrarily ruled their standard

Free Speech Has Too at 81, honored and Many Restrictions

Mrs. Walter Haggerty,

» Yirdianapoils “Congress shall make no law,

\ abridging the freedom of speech, or Amvets on Lee i [of the press,” but when the framers AY SAWYER, national commander of the American of the Constitution added this right

r ’ r : little did they think that over 150 Veterans of World War Il, pulled no punches in WAIN" [wears later only 98 per cent of the

vestigation of Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee's regime in Italy, [Of that only 1 per cent worth print-, y ing, Abuse of this right has been

Mr. Sawyer says the way things are shaping up the |i, restricted by laws that people Lee inquiry may be discredited before it begins as a case seldom say what they think and in-

of “army general investigating army general.” He de- dulge in small talk to make conver- of living must not rise above the level of peasants. mands that Gen. Lee be brought home pending a full and Jatin, lest: yey be for Hoel Hope to Escape Serfdom impartial hearing. : This freedom of speech, that we “THE GERMANS ARGUE hat if the Ameticans a wver ik wi i . ; . had in the first place, may as well were victorious, Germany would permitted h Fo Sawyer is worried. He and Amvets have worked (ba erased from the books. For in-| up a democracy similar to the United States, although ard in support of the national defense program. stance, the word “louse” 1s not per- || u; safeguards. Th the people might hope Mr. Sawyer says that, unless there is a full and im- mitted over the air. NO this Sor Something better Tn bused serfdom. Even : : : . : w were not permitted to be writ Russians won say Kremlin soon partial investigation of charges by Scripps-Howard Colum-1 0, "ws could draw a plete. On! would realize it safe and also to its interest to permit nist Robert 8. Ruark against Gen. Lee, his organization will {the other hand “sound” is permit- | a decent standard of living. In the event of a draw, react. He warns'that unless the Lee mess is cleared up, |ted. but who knows how & louse the great powers all would be prostrate and out of a and promptly, Amvets will withdraw its support of uni- sounds. Of oy ’ | = hole world In Ivins Mersel] would have a versal military training. : |High School Pupils | Allied policy, , thus far has been a We don’t want that to happen, and neither does Mr. Bad Safety Violators | : | complete . : a A Ee I. Sawyer. Gen. Eisenhower will do well to heed the counsels, & w. ace. 5. & 1, sriagepens - 1} : ‘| honored ‘both in Washington and London, Gefmany of y ; young veteran, who speaks for millions of As Mr. Todd Stoops of the Hooster LL __ ~ i +. hob. was 8-23] will continue to be an economic, financial, military He speaks also as an American Who ‘wants 4; Molo Club avs. he hopes that the}... "0. Leer TT (ARG motel drain on ; on Ged x al a Bg "safety campaign will be directed! ' "Why couldn't yoy have got your reise when prices weren't years » fl li ha SL he rete aclioui: CTHMS daa Conch UL SG RSE fo

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AY SAGA OF INDIANA . .. By Wiliam A. Marlow

'WORLD AFFAIRS . . : By William Philip Simms

In all these by blocking Ruhr coal and steel produc- west is losing the battle against economic tion upon. which European recovery is collapse and political chaos in Europe and Fixed Mon dependent. For two years, she has been ~~ Asia—collapse and chaos which would “Pry creating revolutionary conditions by give the remnants to the Reds by default. Sat = sabotaging the Potsdam pact for German But that economic and political battle Ons oN None economic unity. need not be ‘lost if the western powers grams to curb juve Now the question is whether the West- stop abetting Soviet sabotage by their is ‘adequate ald to ern powers will continue to be paralyzed futile waiting for Red co-operation. To Sin shy Masich = by the Potsdam pact which Moscow the extent that the democracies have be- This was the con scrapped two years ago? Or will they gun to act during the past week—in the munity Surveys, In accept as a fact the division of Germany security council, in the Balkans, at Rio, in’ Ms recent report © long-since created by Russia, and them- the Far East, and Friday in the London oqRaitions ete. selves hasten to get west German produc- conference on Germany—there is hope. Be wip hw Dn of ch DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney ee le : : . : Hon of relief proge Ewing Continues Hoosier Role in FSA ont ca | The report point

hasn't suffered from any decrease of bureaucratic responsibilities since its inception. + As presently constituted the agency consists of the food and drug administration, office of education,

office jof vocational rehabilitation, public health serv- tional child. vice lincluding PFreedmen’'s hospital). social security “Investigation sh aaministration. bureau of employees’ compensation, fitth of the famili employees compensation appeals board and St. Eliza. sistance which, whe: beth’s hospital : all their other in In his spare time, Mr. Ewing also will have some_ sources, met less th duties conneeted with the American printing house needs,” the report for the blind Columbia institution for the deaf and fr. Howard university. All of this business is prescribed Gna halt of all by law. of course, and Mr. Ewing is one of the coun~ eelved Joes thas 89 try's prominent lawyers. * sistance . It was he who won the convictions of both Wil: ont of the families lism Dudley Pelley and Douglas Chandler on treason’ met in full. charges pressed by the government. He quit a post Reasonable S with the Democratic national committee each time to The report stated take on thes2 cases as special counsel working under, ard of basic “need” the justice department. : the county welfare Mr. Ewing was an Indiana university classmate “reasonable subsist: of both Mr. McNutt and the late Wendell L. Willkie.. with decency and He lone has been a member of the New York law Since the survey firm of which former Chief Justice Charles Evans spring, however, n Hughes and his son also are members. Their offices, were increased on are at 1 Wall Street, New York. . month for the fir Wall St. ‘Barefoot Boy' 0 ater Tho AS ONE TIME counsel for the Aluminum Com- mum, two-thirds of pany of America. Mr. Ewing was reported to have ilies with children obtained one of the fattest fees for fighting mo- than minimum ne nopoly charges The description that former Interior. estimated. Secretary Harold L. Ickes once used for Mr. Willkie “It is not surpr when the latter was the Republican nominee for that our investigati President might equally apply to “Jack” Ewing: ily deterioration ar “A simple barefoot Wall Street lawyer.” ; on a large scale. I But Mr. Ewing has been around in Democratic. of stout fiber to | nolitics a long time. And his backers would not be. such adverse ecc surprised if he doesn’t obtain cabinet rank for his stances.” PSA post. It already carries a $12,000 salary, which Breakdown i S$ $2000 more than Mr. Miller will get in his new assignment. DAN KIDNEY, The od bls pu childre: Key Problen : ey Problem Kokomo, his term expiring in 1919, and Haines Egbert, hm Goshen, his term expiring in 1021. A commissioner's sults in delinquency

salary was $600 a year. : As the horse still switched his tail in Indiana in the state’s early highway days, and the state switching its transportation from mud roads to highways, there was much mixing of mud,

» of the effect of his iron-shod hoofs on the highways” gives itself Egyptians Built First Road en the benef "THE PERSPECTIVE of the highways of Indiana eine. ink

first that we do know, was the road an early Egyptian in family king built in order to construct the pyramids. It took 100,000 men 10 years to build it, and was 10 survey expel feet thick in places. It was built of massive stone. county put blocks. Great roads radiated from Babylon, 2000 phasis on aid to B. C, 40 centuries ago. Persians, Assyrians, Carth.. dren” as a means agenians, Chinese, Peruvians and especially the. care needs, © = Romans were great road builders. % “The conclusion The state highway commission of Indiana, started. was inescapable th with a skeleton force of employees and 3221 miles relief needs is one of state highways, according to M. A. Newlin, office. sons for the pro manager of the commission. For the fiscal year. heavy expenditures ending June 30, 1945, it had over 3000 employees and. dren in foster ‘ho: 10431 miles of highways. This was about 13% per. stated. ! cent of the entire road system in Indiana. It carried about 50 per cent of the local and through state 2 Dogs Giv

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at Casablanca when Roosevelt and Churchill adopted the “unconditional surrender” policy. ‘This meant the Germans would continue the war long after they were soundly beaten; that Germany would be pulverized; that the Germans would be unable to feed themselves for a generation: that American taxpayefs would have to fork over billions to maintain their ex-enemies. ’

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Americans over here who talk like this are not in motivated by love for the Germans. They admit: places in Germans in deféit always pull long faces. “They do: to the comn argue, however, that we made our own task incredibly’ The proposal woul ‘more difficult. J a to the shri

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People Live in Caves WHEN ONE SEES people living in caves and’ rubble ‘spread ovér great areas, it is not hard to understand that bitterness or even hate exists us ‘instead of the desire to emulate us. The seéond handicap is that while the allies

doctrines like the Atlantie Charter but they abandon’ ) them when Moscow scowls. In trying: - lquifier, to “be This is les

centration camps and to earn livings for their r the point w ilies the same as millions now are doing in ‘no heat. 2 Soviet Union. us 458 is