Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1947 — Page 12

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Home to Rest

QEAMAN SECOND CLASS LEE has come home. : Mr. Lee came back to the city where he was born, in a flag-draped casket. He was the first of the heroic dead of World War II to be returned to Indianapolis—the advance detail of those who gave their lives in the fight for a peaceful world. | Today he rests in Crown Hill Cemetery, after having been honored in ceremonies last night at the memorial erected to those who lost their lives in that first World War which was fought to end all wars. The return of these men who gave their lives for their rountry can well serve as a timely reminder to us all that as the victors we have paid a heavy price. But our job is not vet done. A penalty of victory is new world responsibilities, greater burdens to use our power for peace. Throughout the country, other communities are honorfng their symbolic sons who stand for sacrifice. Let that sacrifice not be forgotten,

The ‘Little Assembly”

SECRETARY OF STATE MARSHALL'S proposal for a year-round “Little Assembly” of the United Nations is getting rough treatment in committee. Probably some, if not all, of its teeth will be pulled before it is accepted by the General Assembly, ' Russian opposition of course was expected. The chief purpose of creating the new body is to permit the United Nations to function despite Russia's ability to paralyze the Security Council through misuse of her veto power. But objection is not limited to the Soviet bloc. Even with Russia and her Czechoslovak satellite boycotting the

EL subcommittee debating the question, a large majority al-

yeady has indicated its fear of going too far, ; Although some of this may be attributed to other reasons—especially apprehension over what a “Little Assembly” might do to their own sacred cows—most of the subcommittee members are frankly trying to appease Rus- | pia. If they retain the form but remaye the substance they hope Stalin can be induced to go along with the harmless thing. | The so-called compromises are of two kinds. One would | require a two-thirds vote, instead of a simple majority, in | the “Little Assembly” before a subject could get on its agenda. The other would bar it from considering all “disputes” and all subjects requiring “urgent measures.” With Britain joining the subcommittee majority for a two-thirds rule, and only Australia so far supporting the United States, that form of compromise seems highly probable. This would set a bad precedent for other United Nations subsidiary bodies which act by simple majority vote, force double debate on each subject (once to get it on the agenda), and set aside the usual democratic voting pro- | cedure. It would enable Russia to exercise almost as effective a veto—thanks to her three seats plus her satellite bloc—as in the Security Council, The other compromise is worse. If the new body cannot discuss disputes there is little excuse for it. But France and China, as well as some of the smaller nations, want it that way. Fortunately Britain is insisting that the new body have substantially the same jurisdiction as the parent assembly of which it would, be an interim stand. ing committee. So there is some chance of defeating that | appeasement move,

Nothing before the assembly is more important than this Marshall proposal. Brave talk and pious hopes will not save the United Nations from Soviet strangulation. Unless some way is found for the assembly to move in time of need, when Russia holds the Security Council prostrate, the United Nations is not likely to guard either peace pr security,

Candidate Taft

SEN. ROBERT A. TAFT'S announcement that he will be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination purprised no one. But it was well timed, on a rise in the Taft political stock. ; : Couple of months ago the dopesters were saying Mr. Taft hadn't a chance. He was too uncompromising: In other words, he wouldn't “play politics.” .. The Taft-Hartley act, they said, had alienated the entire labor vote. So Mr. Taft went on a speaking tour across the country, continued not to compromise, continued not to “play politics,” walked | gmilingly through hostile picket lines and stoutly championed the Taft-Hartley act reforms. And, made many “friends. It would be something of a surprise, wouldn't it, if Ben. Taft should prove that the best politics is no politics?

Risky Business

ENMARK conferred its highest decoration on Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower when it made him a Knight of the Elephant at a dinner in Washington. Afterwards the chief ‘of staff had his picture taken with the decoration, which consists of a star and a broad ribbon, from which hangs a small statuette of an elephant.

If Gap. Tke still wants to present himself to the coun-

picture taken while wearing an elephant—even though the symbol happens to be Scandinavian, not GOP,

Ripe for a Cut i “BREWERS will cut use of corn by 25 per cent, says a newspaper headline. Se : And now, if it isn’t being too obvious, may we suggest that Mr, Luckman approach the gag writers and comedians

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Donald D. Hoover

OCTOBER'S GOLD Today has been too beautiful fo lose; The sky Is clear and gentle winds do blow The breast-feathered clouds across the deep blues, Of bright October's sky. A haze hangs low er yonder wood, and leaves are tinged with red, Which tells us that the Autumn days are here. Ripe apples cling to branches overhead, "Tis the golden harvest time of the year. Oh! surely there Is some means or some way To keep within our secret heart of hearts, All the gold and beauty of this day we To give us hove when Autumn time departs, ~ROBERT J. HEATH. BE : An Oklahoma man who turned in a false alarm told police he had no home. Guess where he's living now, :

> o 4 v Pumpkins, as usual, will play & part in the Halloween fun. They haven't the face to let the kids down, * & 4

WHY LET DELINQUENCY EXIST?

WE, as American citizens, cannot deny the fact that juvenile delinquency has intensified since World War II. Neither can we deny the fact that we now have an excellent opportunity to-plan for diminution of this great problem that has harassed society down through the ages. Experts tell us that this menace to our nation should produce civic action, We are also told that environment plays an important part in the prevention of juvenile crime. There are many community and church organizations making an effort to offer programs to provide proper guidance for our youngsters. Buch programs are wonderful but unless the homes from which these youngsters come have dealt with character building these agencies alone have a vast problem; Since a community is made up of the people who live In it, parents should join with their community in helping to eradicate all disreputable places of entertainment that are inviting to eriminal activity. The influence of religion is one of the greatest assets to social life, and community churches are forever ready and willing to help parents and youth cope with their problems. The home should be placed first in the study of criminal behavior, If we can convince ourselves that the foundation of character is laid in the home we will then be able to join with the community in promoting programs which will enable our youth to grow in character, Wouldn't our nation profit if our youth knew that sich a strong force was behind them forever pushing them forward? ~-W. V. MINOR. > % +4 Hunters have been warned against stalking their quarry on the campus of a western school. Too many little dears running around? * % 9

HALLOWEEN JOYS

Jolly old pumpkin face, Shining fat and round, Laughing with your toothless grin, Making not a sound,

How the children love you, See them clap their hands, For they know you're happy, As your grin expands. ALICE M. SCHEFFLER. ® ¢ ¢ People who think before they speak ¢an back up what they say, says a professor... Others can just back up. * ¢ The only trouble with any of the solutions offered for saving Europe is that everyone wants the U. 8. to foot the bill. They say reflection is good for the soul, but how about the one that greets you as, you look in the mirror! Wonder what became of all those fountain pens that used wet ink? WALT CRESS, ¢® % 4 It's a wonder reformers don't get disgusted and let the world go where they think it will * % ¢

1947 MARCHES ON

October with her colors bright, November with her breezes, December, all dressed up in white Brings Christmas gift that pleases, «IMA RHYMESTER. * &

gown these days is right in style but sometimes very much out of it.

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IN WASHINGTON . . . By

Peter Edson

Some Communist Case Histories

WABHINGTON, Oct. 28—If representatives of

Soviet Russia, now in the United States, can read

American newspapers, or are having them translated and analyzed, they should have no doubts about the wave of anti-Communist sentiment now sweeping this ‘country. . There is the President's call for a special session to implement the Marshall plan to aid Europe. There is the firm resiStance to the Communist bloc in the United Nations. There is the determination to keep watch on the Balkans. There is the new impetus to strengthen national defenses and make America safe against any threat of foreign aggression,

Committee Spotlights One Field

THESE THINGS ARE on the higher, international

level, but the feeling runs deeper, down to the individual and personal level, too. The government's loyalty probe on every one of its employees exemplifies it. The Hollywood investigation by the House Un-American - Activities Committee is merely the show-window for all this business. The crowds in the hearing rooms are definitely with the witnesses who are castigating the Communists. - Maybe it is the glamor of Menjou, Cooper, Taylor and Montgomery that draws the crowds, but the things they applaud and demonstrate about are the expressions of opposition to communism. !

What the Thomas Committee is publicizing is exactly what has happened in every field of activity ingvhich Communists have been allowed to infiltrate under cover—in labor organizations, in the armed service, in government. There are hundreds of cases, but these three, which can be fully documented, may be taken as typical: ONE: In a union, there is the case of & 40-year-old Clevelander, recognized as one of the most influential labor leaders in his area. He joined the Communist Party when he was 30 as a protest against his own failure to make more headway in life. He was then an unspectacular field organizer for his union. s Carefully coached by Communist Party leaders, he began to take more interest in union activities. He reported everything that went on in the union to the party leaders.

He became not only a leader in his local union, but in the Cleveland City Union Council and in Ohio labor circles as well. All this time he kept his membership in the Communist Party a secret, denouncing anyone who accused him of being a Red as a “Redbaiter” or “anti-unionist.”. Working under-cover in this way, he has for five years been one of the most valuable tools of the Communist Party in the Midwest.

TWO: In March, 1946, Gen, Douglas -MdcArthur removed from the staff of the Tokyo “Stars and Stripes” an Army sergeant whose writings were said to be flavored with Communist thought. The sergeant protested loudly that he was not a Communist. He said he was being persecuted. Less than a year later, after his discharge, he was a by-line writer on the New York Daily Worker, Communist Party organ in the U. 8S. Check-up on this man’s record showed he had been a top Red leader in Reading, Pa. In 1940, he tried to get his name on the ballot'as Communist candidate for Congress.. In election irregularities he was charged with perjury, found guilty, sentenced to a year in jail. Defended by Communist Party lawyers, he was able to avoid serving sentence. He moved to Waterbury, Conn., and there became a Communist Party leader until he was inducted into the Army in 1944, .

Limit on Trust

THREE: IN FEBRUARY, 1942, a government employee was investigated on a tip that he belonged to Communist organizations. He denied, under oath,

that he was a party member. A month later, a report

was sent to the head of the agency employing this man, proving that he was a member of the party working out of the national offices. In 1044 he was elected to the National Committee of the Communist Political Association, which, in 1945, became again the Communist Party. The party constitution requires that members of the National Committee must have been party members in good standing for four years. So he must have been a member of the party when he took a government oath that he was not. . You can’t trust em any farther than you can spit.

Philippines Offer Investment Opportunity

THE PHILIPPINES OFFER TODAY the best opportunity for the

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vill defend to the death your right to say it."

‘No Help From Me’ By Betsy Gray, Indianapolis Wanta know some'pin? I'm not going to save my waste fat any more,’ I'm going to throw it in the garbage can. Wanta know why? I heard

wiih. there' be more shortages than ever. before, Looks like the U, 8. is inviting war. The big men in Washington talk in billions while, I, well, I think in dollars and cents, I cbnsider my-

self an old-fashioned American ghat once believed in the principles for what this country stood. I think the youth of our counfry today has more brains than all the political war-mongers in Wash-

ington put together including the newspaper reporters and commentators and I would like to see the young people take over the government and put these stirrer-uppers ina nice quiet space underground where their lips would be sealed for Tell me some'pin, do these old politicians retire at the age of 50 or 65 like the working man?

Some of you who read this will say: there is a young squirt who thinks she knows what she ig talking about.” Well, I'm 42 and I've

Wanta know some’pin? I don't think 1 want to survive the next war. : * ¢ &

‘Headed for World War III’ By Mrs. C., City

Mrs. M. H. Wiseman, didn't you lay that “Christian Spirit” on a little heavy? I say you used the heavy hand on that man. The Royal Princess will have beer brewed ‘out of American grain for her wedding. She also gets from her poor subjects $600,000 a year. Why don’t she forfeit that and feed her people. It would 80 a long way. ’ America is still asleep because we are headed into the third war right ‘now. Remember, Mrs. Wiseman, we sold all our scrap iron to Japan to kill our sons. We fed those hungry people before only to be called suckers. Do, you for one moment think those countries would feed us if we were defeated? NO, a thousand times No, They would walk in and take over and you too would live under the iron heel. I don't want ‘to see anyone hungry but at present prices an American family has all they can do to break even. Besides as long as we give they will set with folded hands and take. Believe me when I say you are barking up the wrong tree. You ought to talk to nine-tenths of the housewives. I'm afraid there would be a free-for-all on yours and many other streets. + 5 9

Good Word for Bus Operators By Bud Kaesel, City 5 There is ‘always criticism against the Indianapolis Railway Co. How bad the service is and the fare too high. But the operators who get the blame just because they drive the busses, The public forgets they do what they are told to do. I know three of the most courteous operators and I found out their names because I wanted to put it in the Forum. So the company would know of their fine work. As operators and servants to the public. They are as follows Joe Dwyer, Paul Jenkins, Gene Stearns. The latter two are on the Central line and the first one is on Pennsylvania line. I for.one believe the operators should be mentioned. If they are of service to the public. Dwyer says “Thank you” and “Good Evening” to every person that gets on his trolley and always a Smile with it and the other two are courteous to blind and give out information to the public. * & ¢

Question for Candidates By A Property Owner Mr. Candidate: Will a sewer be placed on Sangster Ave. between 25th and 30th Sts.? | During the rainy season, water stands, in the street, over the sidewalks in the yards and in some basements.

Persons: living in this section are compelled to walk blocks out of the way to reach home.

This section is very unhealthy due to stagnant water.

Frank A. Waring

rights with Philippine citizens in the development of natural re- | and to ald in the restoration of vital public services.

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investment of private American capital abroad. Seven major favorable conditions are present in the Philippines which as a group do not exist elsewhere, ONE: The people of the Philippines are fortunate in having at the head of their government an able statesman, leader, and administrator. In addition, President Roxas is a firm believer .in the prin-

advantages that can accrue to both countries through the wise investment of American capital. TWO: The Philippine War Damage Commission and the other rehabilitation agencies will pay into thie Philippine economy within the next four years $520,000,000. In addition, the Army and Navy will be making expenditures upon their bases, and there will be substantial funds distributed by the Veterans’ Administration. It is conservative to say that in the next five years agencies of the United States government will spend in the Philippines between 750 million and one billion dollars. These funds will aid tremendously in the rehabilitation of the Philippine economy. They will provide a great stimulus to industry and trade. Thus, opportunities will be created for the profitable investment of capital—investmehts that will be beneficial not only to the investor but also to the Philippine people. THREE: The Philippines gre rich in naural resources—agricul-

only by the imagination, ability, and capital resources of its people.

the United States for the next 27 years. Under these conditions it should be possible to restore and expand the pre-war volume of trade between the two countries. FIVE: The Philippines have a sound currency backed 100 per cent by United States dollars, with convertibility guaranteed by treaty at a ratio of two to one. " SIX: The United States Army and Navy will maintain bases in Philippines for the mutual protection of the two nations. Thus, in addition to the armed forces of the ppines, Philippine capital of United States forces.

voted to amend their Constitution to grant equal rights to United States citisens in. the development of the natural resources of the

Not Common fo Other Countries

ALL OF THESE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS exist today in the Philippines. In no other foreign country. can all of them be found. Thus it is possible to say, “The Philippines today have a sound, able leadership dedicated to the principles of democracy and friendly to the United States. They will be the recipients from the government of the United States of approximately one billion dol in the next five years. The land 18 rich in natural resources. For the next 27 years preferential trade relations will exist between the ‘United States and the Philippines. The currency is sound, with the rate of convertibility and Navy bases will afford added

guaranteed. United States

tural, forest and mineral. In that country products are grown for | which there is a ready market not only in the United States but in | the world as a whole. A number of products native to the Philippines | can be processed there, not only for local consumption but also for | export. The economic future of the Philippines appears to be limited

FOUR: The Philippines will have preferential trade relations with |

sources.” # But the Philipbine people have rot waited for foreign aid. Acting on‘their behalf, they have made rapid strides toward recovery.

In general, peace and order now prevail in a land occupied by the enemy for more than three years and restored to freedom only 18 months ago. Governmental revenues which were non-existent in

ciples of democracy and a staunch supporter of those principles. | March, 1945 have risen rapidly until in the fiscal year 1946-47 t ey Finally, he is a friend of the United States and realizes the mutual |

amounted to $85 million, the largest in Philippine history. Early | receipts for this fiscal year (1947-48) indicate that revenues will substantially exceed the previous record, These increased revenues, | however, are necessary to support the new indeperident government

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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COPR. 1947 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. ¥. M,

U, & PAY. OFF.

.- when you were working for $12 a week! What . ~~ did you do with it?"

10-28 | | “This is the first | ever knew you saved money back in the days |

Philippine industry. is busy in its program of reconstruction and expansion. Imports, which, for a considerable time, were necessarily large in response to 3 years’ unfilled demand, have started to decline, although there is still a great need for structural steel, building hardware, and machinery and equipment. Yet imports continue substantially in excess’ of exports. Exports of copra exceeded pre-war quantities and values in 1946 and have maintained their volume in 1947. Coconut-ofl mills (copracrushing plants) are being reconstructed. Gold and chrome mines are reopening; production in the first six months of 1947 was valued at $1,542,000. The sugar industry is resuming operations as rapidly as the reconstruction of mills and replanting of cane will permit, Based on these conditions, private American capital has an unexcelled opportunity to aid in the rehabilitation of the Philippines,

| assist in the development of its natural resources, expand trade be- | tween the two countries, help provide jobs for citizens of the Philip- ] pines, and do all these things on a basis that should prove beneficial

to all concerned. » Editor's Note: Mr. Waring is chairman of the United Stales

| Philippines War Damage Commission. He has written this article for | The Indianapolis Times and other Seripps-Howard newspapers.

| WORLD AFPAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 28—An increasing number of delegates here’ are convinced that it is merely a question of time before the United Nations will have to take Russia to task for endangering the peace. ’

Under the smoke screen of charges trying to start a world war, it is pointed out, Russia has been and still is seeking to expand in every quarter of the globe.

Estonia, part of half of Poland, part of t Prussia, Hungary, the entire Balkans with the exception of Greece and Turkey, Outer Mongolia and other areas, Russia still is reaching out.

& Red army in

equipping | Northern Korea to take over all that country when Russia thinks the time is ripe. =

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