Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1947 — Page 10

The Indianapolis Times PAGE 10 Saturday, Sept. 27, 1947 ROY W. HOWARD WALTERM LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ President wr Editor Business Manager

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A Test for Americans .

PRESIDENT TRUMAN asks the American people to practice voluntary rationing of food. He does not use those words, but that is what the words he does use mean, He asks this because: ONE-—Hungry people in other countries need more American-grown food—especially grain—than we sent them last year. ; TWO-—We cannot send them even as much, without making prices here higher rather than lower, unless the American people reduce their buying of food—especially grain, and meat which it takes grain to produce, We could, of course, tell the hungry people in other countries to get along as best they can on what food they have and what we can spare without inconveniencing ourselves, But that would involve the grave risk of turning over wide areas of the world to starvation and communism.

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The words Mr,” Truman uses for what he asks the American people to practice are “food conservation,” He has named a citizens’ committee, headed by an able and truly liberal businessman, Charles Luckman, to plan and direct the conservation effort. He is to confer next week

with congressional leaders of both parties about legislation which may be necessary, though he has not yet decided whether to call a special session of congress. » » " w » »

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daughters proudly. In this period of general feadjustment one must permit American women to express their opinions, even as to the length of

AN ESSAY BY. -. INDIANA'S DEAN -OF LETTERS

AN ABUNDANT LITERATURE the true way - of life has been discussed. How many of the human race have seized upon solutions of the prob- - lems that daily beset those who try to see .life steadily, as in Matthew Arnold's suggestive sen« tence, that “we see life steadily and see-it whole?” It was Arnoid who back in his day (he died in 1888) spoke of “this strange disease of modern What he and the intellectual English and nericans of that period would think of the rush in which we of the present are living is something

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to strain the imagination,

A difficult thing about modern life is that it continues to go on to modernize itself, Ideas come fluttering upon us from somewhere as the days go It they are good, wholesome or beautiful enough to be incorporated in the cultural life of the nation this will make itself known. Time is a subject that has appealed to both

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of theology, representat by signposts pointing into many directions. Walt Whitman, & genius. of delightful contradictions, who sounded what he called his “barbaric yawp” over the roofs of the world, in certain moods wished that he could turn and live with the animals—they are so placid and self-contained. Alexander Pope, if not reckoned among the greater songsters, uttered a true line when he wrote that the proper study of mankind is man. bard has sald with considerable truth that Time, which drops the heaviest things that weight his pack, will carry diamonds long. A poet of opulent imagination, may venture safely into the field of the indnswerable, Our American Whitman in his “Song of Myself” demanded: “The clock indicates the moment but what does eternity indicate?” Old Walt took advantage of poetic license to launch

an inanswerable question, Man has, no matter how honest his self-exam-

ination, a great number of difMiculties to overcome,

Ancestry and the atmosphere of the home into masking, k . whizh he is born are not to be overlooked. But infinitely more is mine the masquerade: A true way of life is not easily or safely pre- A witch riding on a broomstick, screaming,

scribed for the average American. easily acquired in nearly every field of activity; markedly in our political, social and economic life, Discussion of life and conduct should not be restricted to members of the male sex. The judgment of a woman is formed from inferences and assumptions that may be largely instinctive but not to be rejected for that reason,

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of the night? Do you know how the dark is, really, You who can walk in the lght?

screaming, A witch who is lonely, cold, afraid. , ~DOROTHY LYON. * & o >

Prejudices are

The American should have a short course in slavery,

* Are young women in better luck to be endowed - with beauty of person or, if denied that, is there A compensating blessing in that combination of

It is well to have in mind, when perplexed by some problem, the writing of Jonathan Swift, who left this pithy saying to posterity in his “Battle of the Books"—"The two noblest things, which are sweetness and light.” These words are susceptible of endless interpretations, all calculated to cheer, comfort and enlighten the poor struggling human

rney General Jim Emmert is looking for a When he accompanied Governor to Crawfordsville to hear David Lilienthal’s

to the governor. As Mr. Lilienthal shivered in the cold night air at the Wabash college sports field, Governor Gates insisted ‘he, as the speaker take the coat. Now, jests Mr, Emmert, he'd like to have . & device that detects radioactilty , , ‘before he wears the coat again. Mr. Lilienthal, you'll recall, is head of the U. 8. atomie

De you know what it's like to be cold, lonely, Forced to be part of the night, yet frightened

You think that you are very clever with your

Russia just drafted another 500,000 boys and girls for labor battalions, bringing this year's total to 1,200,000. Maybe our Communist Youth schools

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What I want most , Is a stone-flagged garden - .

of The walls about it Should be old and crumbly; The door at the end of the path Should be green; There must be wicker chairs And old stone benches, . And grasses growing the flags between.

There should be room ' To’hold the silence, (A few rods either way My garden should run.) Room for the stars to shine above it, Room for the passing Of cloud and sun.

t Two gnarled trees Should guard the doorway, Giving their play Of shade and light, Marking the circling sky With their branches, * Horologes of the day and night.

The house behind them 8hould be low and cozy. (One must take shelter From frost and rain.) Warm meals when wanted, And books and pictures Till we are out in the garden again!

, The pool and the trees Should sleep When we slumbered; The stars should watch All the long night through. Till we should wake to dawn in the garden, The morning light, = And the glistening dew.

What I want most Is this mythic garden With its flowers in pots, Its pool (or its fountain), Its view of far hills,

HERE are many who say that voluntar{ methods can-

not serve the purpose——that those who do buy less food Oh-Oh | Elea nor K ENS

would only be leaving more for the greedy and selfish to grab—that the situation calls for nothing less than bringing back compulsory rationing and price control, It is true that under any rationing system, voluntary or compulsory, there will always be s6me human hogs con-. triving to get more than their share. It is true, too, that many Americans are now victims of involuntary rationing. Their incomes have not kept pace with living costs. But with full employment, with wages, profits and farm

incomes at all-time peaks, the American people are buying |

unis of food. Their per capita purchases of meats Are far above the pre-war levels, despite the 5. Not all of them could buy less; eat less or waste ‘less. But the great majority can de these things without hardsip. And, by doing these things, they can help to lower PHices and make more food available to the hungry. The President's appeal is a challenging test for Americans to meet as individuals, each consulting his own conscience, each being his own judge of ability to respond. "Will they rise to this test? Will they save food, not because the government compels them to, but because it is in the true best interest of their country, of humanity and of themselvesgy We hapegand believe they will, Ww ,

Tactics That Hurt Labor

THE rowdy and insulting picketing of Senator Taft on the Pacific coast plainly g has backfired. Instead of harming its object, it has created nation-wide sympathy and respect for a man who could meet such tactics with calm good humor. is equally plain that, though carried on in the name ized labor, these tactics did not spring from the desires of American unionists, The 15 million union members are in the vast majority just as decent and fair-minded as any other American citizens, Indianapolis union leaders, it seemed to us, did a far better job for their membership when Rep. Hartley, coauthor of the new labor law, came to town this week. It is true that one-half-organized minor local sent a few halfhearted pickets up to the Athletic club Were he spoke. But the United Labor Committee, representing all major organized labor in town, firmly turned down suggestions for picketing or demonstrations of any kind. On the contrary, the committee invited Mr. Hartley to address 4 and offered a courteous hearing for his views. And while that particular session didn’t come off, the union leaders-do

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ganized labor's proper and lawful weapons. It is inspired Vote on Daylight Saving Time Nov. 4

and engineered by Capamunists and theirfellow-travelers—

| : , the same sort of people who picketed the White House in And Settle the Issue Once for All By B. M. Tyler, 4158 College ave. I'm glad daylight saying time ends this week. It never was adopted {in a democratic way and the citizens of Indianapolis were neither considered nor consulted. Inasmuch as time affects everyone, any change should be for the The same spirit benefit of the majority, with the

behalf of Hitler up to the day Hitler turned on his ally and| attackéd Russia. > vr These growing abuses of picketing are part of the Spirit which, in certain European countries, makes a dissenting vote a matter-of peril of violence or death.

which permits only one party in Russia. The same spirit | have their say.

which, in Bulgaria, has just led to the hanging of the leader of the opposition political party. taste of what the Communists have

in mind for America— | “come the revolution.” :

They should emphasize.to American labor the fact that | ™isnom union men and women, above all other citizens, are being r,s

injured by Communist infiltration.

It is wrong ta allow a few politicians to appease selfish wishes.

They are just a little Mainly those that favor fast time are those that open businesses at | > (8:30 a. m. and later, thereby necessitating many to get up at 3:30 or

labor has miore to gain than anv other group through stop- Used in a zone, : g ps Why any place of business with a PUllt up Hitler hoping that he would seek pleasure, not always the right

York st. Child delinquency happens when home life is destroyed. Children |need deep seated roots of sympathy, love, understanding and happiness. God made mothers % provide a citizens all being given a chance to healthy environment. Modern fathers go to the club {showing no interest in home life {and mother goes to her social whirl

[8 A. m, depending upon duties at home and distance to travel to| and the children go to hell. I've work. An extra hour in bed is worth three in the hot afternoon. A /Seen er to call a waste of time “saving time.” Not only our population is con-|— ed, also the traveling public is © , ting party And that organized confused. Only zone time should be Was love, justice and honesty. In- OF I's hier club Meeting, bridge

modern children beg for parties or home gatherings but f pl enty. All the problem required mother can't have the house dirty

stead of using common sense, we or something else. Then the children

ping the misuse of its name and its institutions by people whose sole interest in unionism is as a tool to do the work of a foreign master.

A Moving Topic HE U. 8. census bureau is preparing to conduct, in a number of cities, a survey among families who moved between Jan. 1,'1946, and June 80, 1947. The object is to find out “why people move.” This ‘information doubtless will be interesting and instructive, but if the census bureau really wants to make a hit it ought to find out and tell the. public how people can discover places to move to.

Making It Official oe RRRD, by the way, we see that William Z. Foster, national rman of the Communist party in the United States,

majority favoring an earlier opening | ¢StroY the Justice that is so offenand closing time cannot do so is SiV® '0 our selfishness and ignothelr own solution. L. 8. Ayres rance. But the law of sowing and found Saturday is a better business reaping still functioned. We stepped day than Monday. [Into the trap we set for our neigh-

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Jopier fast time is for years ahead.| now we are confronted with the ould get & mandate from the , jem" of defeating communism voters on this time, at the city Nov. |? ing . y in a long race. 4 election. Railroads and busses to learn that there is no substitute

cannot use it. One time in our city is enough. Don't allow the tail TOF love, justice and truth. Each

{time we try to solve our problem to wag the dog any longer. Any candidate for mayor that will an- | Using a substitute, Ye sti wilh nounce he will refuse tosproclaim a >°™¢ greater proplem unting { if you will, how much time for adoption of fast time until Think, the voters say it is wanted, will get/STéater our problem is today than a | support. . = will, our contempt for truth and our arrogance in snubbing its deNo Substitute ; for Truth. votees. We can ignore the truth, but By Hiram Lackey, Martinsville we can't ignore the results of our Since 1031 when I left Indiana ignorance. : 2 university, we Americans have had If We take the right attitude, we

it was in 1931, Remember, if you

kind, where ever they can.

Years ago the cop on the beat!

{was the young people's best friend {and knew every child in his district. {Many times saving them trouble and humiliation. ‘Teen-age boys {had their guartets and serenaded {the neighborhood girls, Mother in|vited them in and served cake and

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GROWING OLD WISELY

AB WE APPROACH the Psalmist's term of life.

our thoughts take on a sober cast. We see our«selves lost to all resiliency; weak in limb, dim of sight, dull of ear; hobbling along with a cane, Our thoughts are unhappy. :

.~Now comes a book by George Lawton published =

by the Columbia University Press, “Aging Successfully.” It gives us the hope of postponing the inevitable. The writer tells us that, first of all, we must not cease our activity. If we have retired from our vocation, we must find a new interest— fostering some social advance, finding a new hobby, scientific research, even stamp collecting. i Of greater importance, to my mind, is the attitude of Expectancy—the thought that tomorrow, next year, something pleasant is going to happen; some fresh turn of events, some new -inspiring friendship, a continued love of children. Well does Meredith Nicholson write: “May I never cease to be Wooed daily by Expectancy.” More than all else, a reasonable religion will give us faith, hope, peace, and the thought of cone

tinued life. , [RANK 5. C. WICKS. SCREEN DOORS SCREEN doors

Are the mean doors; In... bang! Out... bang! For nerves’ Sake! I wish houses could be built Without, LUNA CARAWAY. * 4 ¢&

~~. ORIGIN OF A DITTY WRITTEN in longhand on the inside cover of a book in my library, published in 1800 in Lexington, Ky., is this inscription presumably penned by a former owner: “John Davidson, his hand and pen, He will write well—but God knows when.” That little ditty must have had its origin in Kentucky, or southern Indiana, because I well remember another version of it when I was a boy down in Washington, Ind., and Bryan was running for’ President the third time. My Republican playmates sang it as follows: : “William Jennings Bryan, his hand and pen, He will be President, but God knows when,” ~—JOSEPH G. WOOD,

Of a lake, or the sea! . Senator Taft st . Boe hunting—White -—GRACE SHOUP. House, that is. DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney ;

3d Army Won the War—Bob Allen

. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Sherman’s saying that

“war is hell” would be loudly seconded by Col. Robert For “Bob” has been through two wars.

|S. Allen. This last one literally cost him a good right arm. But if you are a world war I veteran and read Allen’s new book “Lucky Forward” you, are quite apt to feel like an old firehorse at the sound of an alarm. =n

Sympathetic Patton Story : BOB ALLEN WAS A RETREAD. But he has more bounce than a full set of new inner tubes. When he became the combat intelligence executive officer of Gen. George S. Patton's 3d army it was like Robert Ingersoll's description of the meeting of John Knox and John Calvin—"a block and an ax.” Patton couldn't have left a better legacy for huilding a myth around his own strengths and weaknesses than to have Col. Allen for a biographer. For Bob fights, writes and talks in the best Patton manner —never using a rapier when he thinks a bludgeon would be better and more bloody. With the stacatth style of a Tommy-gun, Col. Allen builds his case of how the 3d army won the war depite SHAEF and Gen. Montgomery, to say nothing of the nonco-operation of the Nazis. . Having an arm shot off, being a German captive and returning to duty in 10 days are part of the personal history written in Col. Allen's own combat record. He hates war and with great reason. For he spent months undergoing repairs at Walter Reeds hospital here. His own plight gave him an intimate knowledge of what all amputees know and he

in the veterans administration and on the research board. . One day this week Bob and his publisher (Van-

Red Fear Behind

A POOR LAWYER, arguing before a jury, usually loses his case when he resorts to personalities, gets into a rage and throws facts to the winds. Andrel Vishinsky, pleading the cause of communism before the jury of world opinion, is about to hedr an adverse verdict. He has committed the error of the inept, lawyer. His villification of opposing counsel and his perversion of truth have turned the tide against him. He may be a good advocate in Russia where the juries are packed, but he can't get away with the same methods in a free world.

False Premise—False Conclusions WHAT VISHINSKY DID was to create an ate mosphere of hostility coupled with doubt as to his integrity. Above the din he created, calm voices, pinned down his indictments, analyzed them and proved them false. The economic structure of the United States which

he asserted was about to collapse, continued to stand What's Become of Home? ,, Any conspiracy between Britain and the United By Mrs. W. A. Collins, 1402 E. New States to enslave Europe remains a figment of Rus-

sian imagination. The war-mongering which Vishin{sky revealed has turned out to be a reasoned esti|mate of his own country's aggressive acts. | Underneath Vishinsky’s attacks is Russia's fear of exposure. The whole fabric of Communist belief lls bagpd wpon the ludicrous thesis of Karl Marx lembodied in “Das Kapital,” the Russian economic bible. It is about to be put to a finaj test in central Europe. Vishinsky himself has foretold its failure. No doubt- exists as to the ability of the United States to help Europe through this winter and en-

LAKE SUCCESS, Sept, 27.—The betting here is that events abroad will force President Truman to call congress into special session before Christmas. . : | Not only are many delegates skeptical regarding the chances for a German peace this fall but they think that unless western Europe gets quick relief the “Marshall plan” may never get & chance to function. “ As it now stands, the plan is based upon a gam=ble.- Full European recovery without’ Soviet partici- | pation would require at least a decade instead of the

We would do well sometimes wine. - Then they sang four years mentioned in the 16-nation report from

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|around the piano or danced And; Paris. And no informed person with whom this

{planned another get-to-gether. The ice cream social,” the box suppess. Yes, grandmother got out the old iron pot with the three legs and {cooked taffy. Soup plates were (greased and the taffy pulled until |white and brittle Corn was popped {and balls made with hickory or 'walniits gathered in thé autumn, = | ‘What has become of the home? In my opinion, it's moved into clubs and social meetings where there is {nk place for children or teen-agers.

d to a meeting in Portland, Ore,, that Mr. party's choice among prospective candidates

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one problem after another, In 1981, VoL See that the competition is a What brings more happiness than a

good thing. ‘much power cor- group of satisfied children? What

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writer has talked, either here or abroad, expects any such help.

Inter-Dependence Weakening AID FROM MOSCOW to make the Marshall

the Red dictatotship holds, “ (thinking of the organization and development of a world economy.” : .

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WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Hal O'Flaherty

guard) spent several hours at Brentano's where Col. Allen autographed copies of the $5 volume. He did it left-handed, a new skill acquired since the shooting stopped. Among the buyers were such diverse persons as a mother who lost a son at St. Lo. Reading the book she ‘will feel that he couldn't have fought with a better outfit nor died for a greater cause. There was a brother and sister who were appearing next door on the stage of a movie theater. She told Col Allen that they had, played for 3d army in E. T. O, and so she felt that they belonged. No 3d army men can miss liking it. -But it may make a lot "of other soldiers plenty sore—particularly top-rankers like Bb Ruark’s regent pet peeve, whom Allen calls Gen. “God Almighty” Lee. I world war I, Col. Allen was a cavalry officer. So was Gen. Patton. Both brought the basic bluster of the cavalry to 3d army and helped blow dt up to the top. A captain in the Wisconsin national guard, Allen brought his cavalryman tactics to the task of Washington correspondent. Teaming with Drew Pearson he launched their famous Washington Merry-Go-Round which has taken many bigwigs for a ride and left them with saddle-sores,

Cavalry Style : PRESS CONFERENCES missed Bob Allen during wartime. For it was he who used to ask the questions while other reporters were pondering the propriety of them. He’ influenced people—particularly officials—and he won and kept the friends he wanted, His book &bout Patton is part of the same pattern. Reading it, may make other than 3d army men fall out and cuss like Trooper Allen. : J DAN KIDNEY.

Attacks on U. S.

suing winters. ‘We have the goods and will .deliver; Russia hasn't the goods and wouldn't deliver even if. it had absolute control over the European continent: Vishinsky’s charge that the U. 8. wants another war and aims at world domination: is just as much a perversion of the truth as Karl Marx’s equation: Value equals work-hours. The Russian thesis that the U. 8. must crack up evolves from this crackpot law laid down by Marx on which he based his belief. in the inevitable death of capitalism, Only a feeling of failure could have inspired Vishinsky’s outrageous diatribes before the general assembly. He and the leaders of the Kremlin have correctly judged this particular stage of the world’s affairs as the most ‘critical in the 30 years that have passed since Marxism triumphed in Russia. The time for judging between communism and capitalism is here.

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‘ Comparison Is Ridiculous

THE KREMLIN SEES in the Marshall plan a new birth for western Europe directly adjoining a rotting economy and dying freedom in the eastern part of the continent. That deadly parallel must be. avoided, and the means of avoiding it can be seen in the frantic speeches of the Soviet. representatives, We cannot lose in this contest with communism if we remain true to the principles that have guided us through past difficulties. Our help to those who are calling for it should be given immediately and generously. If we give them also the four freedoms which we already possess, we need not fear they will abandon them for the restraints and controls offered by the Soviets. :

BACKGROUND . . . By William Philip Simms

Europe’s Split. Makes Outlook Dim

eastern and western Europe are zestored, outlook for full recovery will be black for many years to come, . * Western Europe traditionally has depended on eastern Europe for much of its food and raw materials. Today it can do so no longer. Western Germany is separated even from eastern Germany. If it is true, as the 16-nation report claims, that eastern and western Europe's economies are inter dependent, and that more food .for miners means more coal, more coal means more steel, and that more steel means more exports, and so on, the reverse of the picture is also true. Less food means less “Coal, less coal Means less steel, and less steel means fewer exports. : Generalissimo Stalin is quoted as saying that the

world is now divided into two camps, one headed by

the Anglo-Americans, the other by the Soviet Union. Russia Doesn't Want Unity

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