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: purposes. Likewise no Russian or other nation’s troops, as

. an international Palestinian constabulary, of course, Amer-

- wise probable. Neither the Jews nor the Arab neighboring

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GENTLEMEN OF FORTUNE :

When John ‘Esquemeling, ~ the .doughty old Dutchman Who- sailed the Spanish Main with Sir Henry -Morgan, sat down to chronicle the exploits of that remarkable rufan (who at one time held the sea with a force under him of 37 ships and over 2000 men) he may have irttended a history, but what he actually did was to lay the lusty foundation for a host of tales of pirates and the Sea. ¢ Esquemeling himself is little read today, for even murder palls after a certain point; but his

| fictional descendants, leavening the carnage with

Palestine and World War

OW comes the problem of enforcing the UN Assembly decision partitioning Palestine. The bloody riots in Jerusalem and elsewhere, the Arab nations’ refusal to fccept partition and the Moslem religious leaders’ call for a holy war, are sharp reminders of the enforcement problem. Particularly, it should be faced soon by the United States, whose government was influential in the Assembly vote and many of whose Jewish citizens assert a special relationship to the problem.

First it should be made clear to all American citizens that the United States itself mow has no separate obliga- | tions in Palestine, that the responsibility rests with the United Nations. Secondly it should be understood that the UN responsibility for order is of two kinds, internal and external, Part of the UN responsibility for internal order after British withdrawal is still without force. The original American proposal for a voluntary international constabulary was not accepted, except for the international zone of Jerusalem. Each of the two new states is to provide its own forces under high commands chosen by the UN commission. But with Arab boycott of partition, the UN commission if the UN is to. make good-will have no alternative except to govern and provide a police force for the new Arab state. Also it will have to be ready to preserve order inthe Jewish state, which will have a large Arab minority, if Jewish authority is inadequate, .

No American troops, as such, should be used for police

such, should be used. When the UN commission organizes

ican and Russians could be accepted as volunteers. For the same reason that no big power representative is on the UN commission, the command of the international constabulary should be chosen from citizens of small neutral nations. . ~ ¥ » ~ . IN ADDITION to internal enforcement in Palestine, the United Nations has the obligation of providing security against foreign aggression. Neither the United States nor Russia has the right to intervene on its own; such intervention would constitute foreign aggression even though it were in the name of defense. Foreign forces could not be used lawfully except under the United Nations—under Security Council order or, in event of one-power veto of Security Council action, by nations acting under their joint responsibility to uphold the UN charter and Assembly | decision. This bar to separate individual action by any foreign nation is all-important because its observance can prevent alestine strife from causing the world war which is other- |

nations are equipped for large-scale war. Neither can carry out serious aggression without the direct or secret aid or connivance of one of the big powers, The danger is that present big power vivalry in the Mideast, especially over major oil and strategic areas, will tempt some big power to use either the Jews or Arabs or | both for its own aggressive purpose. Russian propagandists | charge the United States and Britain with such designs. | And many Americans and Britons, on the basis of Russia's recent expansionist record, fear that is the Kremlin's plan. Under these explosive conditions the United States scrupulously. should avoid any interference in Palestine independent from the United Nations, and should he equally alert to see that other powers do likewise. 18 to risk arfother world wat,

The alternative and meanwhile to divide our own nation on the poisonous issue of Semitism versus antiSemitism,

‘ ’ Beep HE Federal Communications Commission has approved use of recording devices for interstate telephone conversations. It holds that they have “a useful and legitimate place in the conduct of government and private busi-

ness.”

But, the FCC concedes, parties to a conversation should be awate that what they Say is being recorded. So it tried out several attachments, each designed to make a warnIng noise. One of these sounded what is described as * shdped tone of a Bach chord.” Another gave a “startled shriek.” The FCC settled finally on a thing that goes “beep” —an electronic note, higher than the busy signal on a dial 'phone—at 15-second intervals. We object. “Beep” is inadquate. “Beep” is likely to make a fellow think that the party on the other end of the line is only trying to suppress an attack of hiccoughs. As a warning, “Beep” —mark our words—will be a washout. “Beep” won't do.

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~ » » ~ » n (GOVE RNMENT and private business got along somehow before there were devices for recording telephone conversations and, in our opinion, could get along without them now. But the FCC didn't ask for our opinion, It went ahead and authorized -use of such devices for interstate calls, and state utility commissions can approve them for calls between points within states. So, from here out, we want to be doggone sure that we're aware when a machine is recording our conversation A “pear-shaped tone” would be better than “Beep.” A Best of all would be

Qne-second inter vals,

The Audience Waits

THOUGH the Big Four foreign ministers have changed the setting of their peace conferences to London, the same old controversies have arisen that deadlocked them in Paris and Moscow, An anxious world audience would doubtless appreciate a few less changes of scenery; and a few more changes in

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romance, have, from the pillage of his store. house, produced some of the very best adventure stories to be found anywhere, Stevenson's “Treasure Island” comes first on every list; but do you know how Lhe treasure got there in the first place? It's all told in HowdenSmith's rousing “Porto Bello Goid." If you want

hair-raising narrative, you'll find none better than Farrere's “Thomas the Lambkin,” that French “gentleman of fortune” who was so incredibly unlike his name,

_Another, and perhaps my favorite, is Sabatini's “Captain Blood.” Peter Blood, equally at home with Horace or with a cutlass, Irish by birth, a doctor by education, is quite the most delightful pirate whom I have ever known. And Foresters Horatio Hornblower, captain of a King's Ship though he was, must not be forgotten, for he too belongs to the blood-brothierhood, ‘the bold fraternity of buccaneers,

Sometimes, also, I comfort myself by thinking that these tales serve a useful as well as an entertaining purpose on the theory that the man who reads about pirates is most un-apt to become one! ~FRANCIS H, INSLEY,

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HUNGRY?

The morning was rare and full of play, The hours had joyfully tripped away, And Baby forgot her appetite Till she saw the table all dressed in white; Then climbing up in her red high<chair, She looked things over with a critic's alr, And, noticing her daddy's reverent face, She quickly said, “Let's not have grace.’ ~BARNEY E. ANTROBUS, ® + Bandits held up a Michigan man in a used car

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ARE YOU GIFTED? ;

Have you often sometimes wondered If God your soul would take Would you be worth the price at all If commandments you djd break.

| lot and took his pants. Guess who got his shirt? : | | |

For when you die. God takes his book And checks your traits to see If all commandments were followed through And your conscience was it free?

If you can pass this test with God Your soul will then be lifted And be blessed with eternity You then, are classed as gifted ~ROBERT KL “RR. ¢ + >

NO PEACE

“Peace on earth, Good. will to men. Was utfered a long time ago. But they're fighting in Palestine again To prove it isn't so.

-ARTHUR 8S. + 4 &

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

("NEW YORK—WAC Rescued After Two Hours | in Ocean.”)

MELLINGER.

She is true in manner touchin' To the service of her choice, None shall soil her bright escutcheon Nor a word of censure voice,

Proving lovalty still flowers. Faithful to the Army pack, This gal—in the WAVES two hours—

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

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. By Marguls & Childs

New Frontiers Have Growing Pains

TUCSON, Ariz, Dec. 4—Among the states of the union, Arizona is a lusty adolescent of 35 years. In the current boom it is shooting up with the surprising speed of adolescence. What is happening here is typical of the phenomenal development of the entire Southwest. More or less unobserved, a population shift of major proportions is going forward. Every day thousands of newcomers are arriving in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Most of them have come with the wistful hope of finding a permanent place to live in a climate that has been successfully advertised. Tucson has tripled in size in little more than 15 years. The city today has over 100,000 population. The marks of the old frontier are fast disappearing. Tourists In pursuit of health, happiness and scenery are a major source of revenue and employment. Hundreds of dude ranches have come into being, many of them offering the comforts of civilization in a superb natural setting and the opportunity to play cowboy if you are so inclined.

Trailer " Camps Mushrooming

BUT ADOLESCENCE has Its growing pains, too. They are reflected in the housing shortage, which is more acute in the Southwest than in almost any other region. One result is the trailer camps which have sprung up in every community. Here in Tucson, several thousand families live In trailers, which in some instances house not merely father and mother but also three or four children. The trailer camps of the ' Southwest may-on the whole live up to the minimum sanitary: regulations. They cannot, however, provide anything like a satisfactory environment for stable family life. The burden on the community is heavy.= Schools must be provided for the children. Too often they are makeshift or intolerably overcrowded. ~

But what would happen in the new El Dorado of the Southwest with something less than a boom is a question which responsible citizens are beginning to think about. Arizona has.-a law requiring three years of residence before a family is eligible for relief. The reason for such a law is obvious—to discourage an influx of the indigent from the "East. What it can mean in terms of human misery is clear. Unthinking doctors sometimes recommend a “healthy climate” in the Southwest after a patient has used up all his savings in medical treatment. The pitiful families of these refugees live a pretty shabby existence even now in high prosperity.

New Appraisal, New Approach

IT WAS the hardihood and the daring of the pioneers that built this country, But the pioneer answer will no# suffice in a complex civilization with a shifting and expanding population pushing against the natural-resource barriers, Take the matter of water. The demands of large-scale irrigation for intensive farming are heavy. So are the demands of the swiftly growing cities. Sooner or later the two will come into conflict, since there is not enough water for both. Perhaps a ‘way can be found to allocate water resources - equitably. But that means a willingness to go béyond the Jeslousies of competing interests and rival states. It is time to think about these things. Arizona was the 48th state to be admitted to the Union. Now, apparenly, a 49th state, Hawaii, is to be admitted, and perhaps a 50th, Alaska. There are rumors that this will be the signal for selfish interests to try to break all national controls over resources and public lands, Exacty the opposite must occur. It must be the

. signal for a new appraisal and a new approach to

the basic wealth that remains.

‘Hoosier Forum . will. defend to. the death your right to say H"

"In Answer fo West Sider’

By Mrs. William Smith, 1305 W. 19th St. = In answer to West’ Sider on the article to keep the rent control om Frankly I want a place to rent so I won't have to buy at the high price. I do not ask for charity, neither am I so greedy, West Sider, that I want any one to let me live in their house at a bloody cost to them. Yes, I am a renter, have a take home pay of $47, with three children and a wife to feed, 50 you see I am just the average, maybe a little below, as you sound like a $2.50 An hour person to me. So for all those who want a place to live and want them so plentiful that they can move if they -have to let us write our congressman and tell him so, There are hundreds and hundreds of places that people would rent if there were not so many selfish people. Cheap rent would not hurt the landlord if he didn't have to take all the raise in coal, taxes, insurance, the waste in utilities we renters impose on him--but let's be human even if we do not have a heart. For anyone who thinks our land. lords are rolling in gold, the only answer is to buy your own home and furnish your own necess sities, and quit asking some other poor sap for charity. : Yes, let's all write our congressmen and tell them we want a place to live. Tell them we want to be free Americans again, without all this pinch biting. Yes, let us all tell them how things really are back home. :

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A Matter of Wide Opinion

By Raymond Blickenstaff, 309 Covington St., Craw. fordsville, Who is right? On one radio broadcast we hear a touching story of how the people of Europe are starving. Then we hear where an authority (and there are quite a few of them lately) who say that Europe has plenty. Not long ago we read

touching stories and pictures of how the chile _ ° dren in Greece were starving. Now an inspection 8

group of Senators comes back and tell us that

there are tractors, discs, harrows, diesel engines, °

lathes and many other items laying on Greek dumps, including new shoes that have never been taken from the boxes and they say they have pice tures to prove it.

Now they are trying to get $597 million of our . |

tax money ‘for Europe. Our taxes and prices are so high now the laborer can just afford an existe ence. I believe our high prices are caused by the government out-buying the public with their own taxes, Now they want wage controls. I believe these touching stories are paid propa ganda sponsored by Wall Street. Why? Because with everybody who disagrees with certain parties being branded Communist, no Senator is going to give a-false statement about Europe or Greece, If they are hungry why should we say they aren't? Yet the administration completely ignores these reports. * @ #

‘Adhere to State Laws’ By T. M. McGuire, 1126 Eugene St., City Some one of The Times can hit a nail on the head and I hope they are able with neither fear nor hope of favor to drive the same nail home without a bend. The nail I have reference to is just enforce ment of civil law, Thanks to my ignorance of the devious means used to thwart justice or secure

mercy by men of the law, our duty seems clear ta

me. , Obey the statutes of Indiana, plain and without deviation, as we are tired of inadequate decisions,

Let not the station of the person in life determine .

the innocence or guilt of the accused. The law is ~Jet all abide by it equally and impartially. Do we actually want what we advocate? As the publie defender now cries insufficient time to prepare a defense. May we ask why? We the inhabitants of this town, county and state are tired of quibbling. On with the task, Hew the log to the line, let the chips fall where they may, * > 4 Whose Business Is It, Anyway? By Richard E. Miller, P. O. Box 478, City. What business is it of anybody's how you vote

at any time unless you and only you choose to tell them?

Is darned glad she s still a WAC!

The present boom, with work available for every able-bodied person who wants to work, is one thing.

Any other course will be the blindest form of national suicide,

(Editor’s Note: Nobody's, Mr. Miller).

IN WASHINGTON . .~» By Peter Edson Government Planning Is Now a Science

WASHINGTON, Déc. 4-—Major criticism hurled against President Truman's anti-inflation program is that it represents a return to “planned economy." Mr. Truman himself, in one of the worst political boners of his career, admitted at a press conference month before his special

message to Congress that consumer controls were police state methods.

Republicans are rubbing that one’in till it hurts. Sen. and presidential candidate Robert A. Taft charges that the Truman administration is demanding “complete power over every-

thing and everybody Previously Mi

a regimented and planned economy.” Taft declared. “, , , we can better stand higher prices than we can stand a complete relapse to Fascist regimentation.”

Side Glances—By Galbraith

Republican National Chairman B. Carroll Reece—in what sounds |

like an attempt, to crack the first political slogan for 1948-—says Mr. Truman wants to put “a cop in every kitchen" But bless their hearts, if vou removed from Washington all the people of both parties who had plans for curing whatever it'is that's wrong with the country, this place would look deserted.

The Capital's No. 1 Business

MAKING PLANS is the biggest business in the capital. People who hate the Truman ideas the most are some of the hottest planners. The Committee for Constitutional Government--certainly one of the most anti-New Deal outfits in the country and the second biggest spender among the registered lobbyists—issues more plans and statements than Democratic and Republican National committees. National Association of Manufacturers fills many wastebaskeéts with copies of its plans on taxes, labor, high prices or what have you. Railroads, realtors, farm organizations and labor now have research staffs and representatives who do nothing but make plans. Before world depression one most of the planning was done by individual scholars, like Adam Smith. They would shut themselves

. | up and write a book.

Next stage of economic planning’ was for research organizations to “put their combined wit on some trouble and try to find the cause. Econgmiec planning really began to grow during the 1930's when everyone was worried about what had hit the country in world de-

| over in 1046 if. advance planning had not been done by George B. | Galloway for the American Political Science Association and Robert |

pression one and what might be done in case world depression two

| loomed over the horizon,

, developed by Barney Baruch for the post-war planning.

+ The New Deal of course went in for planning in a big way. That's i

where the dog got its bad name. Nevertheless, the government's National Resources Planning Board did some exceptional work.

Some Pan Out, Others Duds +

BUT OUTSIDE government a few blue ribbon private and endowed | groups have begun to take hold, Today, National Planning ‘Association,

| purely an emotional game. It is also a science—political science.

| founded in 1934, and the Committee for Economic Development, |

| started in 1943, are probably at the top of the heap among the private

organizations Interested in trying to steer the seonomy for the nr eral good. ; tt It is difficult to know Just how much good these planners do.

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"Oh, I've learned loads this semester—a simple hairdo, natural fingernail and neat shoes are preferred by nearly. ol the boys! :

Certainly, congressional reorganization could not have been put |

Heller for the National Planning Association, The National Planning Association was probably responsible for:

starting the thinking on post-war reconversion and full employment in "41-42. Committee for Economic Development, in studies by. A.D. H

Kaplan, anticipated most of the contract termination policies later

Some of their ideas have been duds and flops. Other examples of plans that panned out could be given. Those cited above illustrate the main point, which is that economic planning is now a science. Every big business firm now has its planning staff. And for the government, which is the biggest business of them all, to try to get algng without planning would be the height of folly. Only a few of the politicians have yet waked up to the fact that politics is no longer

Politicians, therefore, don't mean what they say when they talk | about doing away with . and the planned economy. The: Republican to cut taxes and let the economy run wild is just | as much a plan as Mr. Truman's proposal to ry puking on a few Site VL SiRupAine. Yo PEEVES: orig depression two. :

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WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms

Interim Aid Might

Turn Communist Tide

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Final passage by Congress of the interim

| aid measure might well turn the Red tide in Europe, now at a critical

stage, and give the Marshall Plan a chance af the job of European rehabilitation. Information in diplomatic circles here is that the situation im France and Italy particularly is growing worse hourly, That, it is observed, is because the Communists appear to be losing their once dominant held on both the labor movement and on the middle classes—the small businessman, the farmer and others, Moscow, therefore, is pressing for an early showdown—at any event not later than this fall or winter—before Russia loses her present advantage due to post-war suffering and the chaos which she has been at great pains to foster.

Civil War Shatters Economy

THAT 1S WHY every indication of assistance at this time has an importance out of all proportion fo its size. In terms of morale alone, the value of the Senate's action in passing the interim aid

| bill would be difficult to exaggerate.

Because nothing shatters the national economy quite as much

| as civil war, or more quickly, plunges the public into confusion and | despair, it is widely feared Moscow's Quislings in the key countries

of Europe will provoke hostilities before spring. The situation bedrs a certain ominous resemblance to that which confronted Europe after World War I. Then, too, the Kremlin believed the old world was ready for revolution. So its agents prodded local Communists to stage; or attempt to stage, uprisings in practically every cauntry in Central and Southern Europe. They failed, but the reaction left a Fascist-minded dictator in the saddle in almost every

| instance.

No Hitlers in Sight—Yet

THERE ARE.two big differences, however, between then and now. Today there are no Mussolinis, no Hiclers, in sight. Also, Russia is incomparably stronger than she was then, and her fifth columns are everywhere far better organized.

To save France, Italy and‘ Western Europe, two things are necese

| sary: One is to keep them, if possible, from being annexed by Russia

this fall and winter. The other is to help them get back on their

| feet economically 'in the next three or four years.

But unless the present Red advance is stopped, the Marshall Plan will never get a chance to.function. That is why interim aid

| is 50 widely regarded as vital.

So They Say

IF OUR defenses are permitted to lapse the probability is that the United States as we now know it will cease to exist, —Gen. George C. Kenney, U. §, Army, » ” ~ n ”

” ABANDONMENT of rigid, coercive schedules of baby care can

| contribute to mental health of both baby and mother.

x =D, Milton J. E. Senn, Cornell Medical College, ~ . . DISLOYAL it ribverive employees must be removed from the federal payroll but the government must ok engage in a witch hunt. x : —President Troan,

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