Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1948 — Page 12

courage for-that-job.—And-there is some comfort. in the.

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Give L4oMt end the People Will Find 1'hetr Own wey

Keep Them ‘On the Shelf’

THE Federal Work Agency reports that $1,601, 000,000 in state and local public works contracts were awarded in the first nine months of 1947. That was a 35 per cent increase from the same period in 1946. Some of those public projects—schools, highways, water and sewer systems, etc.—doubtless are urgently needed. But all that are not should have been deferred. For what Bernard M. Baruch and John M. Hancock said four years ago, in their fine report on “Post-war Adjustment Policies,” still applies. When that report was written many government offi‘cials and union leaders were contending that only a huge public works program and other drastic federal measures could prevent vast unemployment, suffering and chaos right after the war, Messrs. Baruch and Hancock took a calmer, sounder

position: That, with reasonable competence in the adjust- |

ment, there would be no post-war depression, but instead, full employment and “an adventure in prosperity.” urged: immediate planning of plenty of worth-while public works, but said the projects should be “put on the shelf for - use if needed.” The period of high employment they foresaw. would be no.time for public construction. A great | backlog of deferred housing and industrial building, repair

and maintenance should be tackled first. There was “no |’ “likelihood” that enough materials and manpower would be |

available for a nation-wide program of public works. The Baruch-Hancock report was correct. The state and local projects awarded at a $2 billion a year rate in 1947 are competing with private projects for scarce materials and manpower; and running up the costs of both pubilfeand private construction, - : States and localities ought to think carefully before

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- -they let construction contracts ir 1948; ought to start no

projects they can safely get along without. The shelf still is the best place for all public works plans that aren't clearly and Wigently essential.

don and the Kings Depart’

To fall of ‘the Romanian “monarchy” caused only a small, dull thud. People may have wondered idly why Generalissimo Stalin let young Michael keep the title of t king as long as he did. But it is evident that the Moscowcontrolled regime in Bucharest now considers itself securely in the saddle. So Michael follows: Peter, Semeon, Zog and - Regent Horthy into the limbo reserved for the former mon- _ archial ‘heads of the Soviet satellites.

_About-the only other interesting thing about Michael's

abdichtion is the added reminder of the low estate to which |-

‘the job of being a king has fallen. Before World War I there were kings in Europe who possessed what approached absolute power over their subjects. Today more than half the kings are gone—some by war, some by election, most of them strong-armed off the throne. Their removal, however, has not removed the ancient evils of monarchy that they symbolized. Absolutism, once

the “divine right of kings,” remains. It isn now v the early; : ——or perhaps devilish; right-of dictators.- rr

Meanwhile, through a long and rather. sirius political evolution, Europe’s remaining monarchies have become the strongest citadels of real democracy there. Greece is a

_possible exception, but even so the trend seems to be toward -more representative government. And however imperfect

the present Greek government may. be, it is certainly pref- | erable to what the Communists promise that unhappy

- country.

The last few years nave proved that the royalty of

«{hose-constitutional-monarchies--really--personify-the- peo-- ~ ple’s loyalty to their country. Even in Belgium, where the |

king’s personal loyalty was questioned, the crown remains | to attract and unite the people above the level of political differences. Elsewhere, in England, Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands, the reigning monarchs played their wartime parts with admirable courage.

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THE HISTORY BOOKS may say that that fight was

The Indianapolis Times

Most people, 1 presume, ‘ate frosted in the migration of birds, while J with characteristic

igued by’ their non- , I have been interested remain over winter, thus causing some le to believe that spring is at hand in the last week of January. Accordingly, I have costlted naturalists, woodsmen, poets, roman and even some. plain tellers of tall tales, and have come up with the following information, near-information (and probably misinformation): “" Robins that remain over winter do not do so because they like it better in the North, are lazy, or anything like that. They are super-annuated robins, The migratory instinct is closely associated with the homemaking instinct, and when the one wanes so does the other. Their dingy color is not due, as you may have supposed, to their hovering in. chimneys: for warmth, but to natural fading. Their food problem is terrific. Robins have no instinct for hoarding food, nor is their appetite nearly so versatile as that of the .. sparrow or pigeon. ‘Add to this the lassitude of approaching senility. and you will understand why thé grandpappy robins who manage. to survive their first northern winter, rarely survive the second. :

perversity, have been migration. : Particular) in why some rob

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No more in lone and leafless groves, With ruffled wing and faded breast, \ His frienidless, homeless spirit roves; - : Gone to the world where birds are blessed). Where never a cat glides o'er the green, Or schoolboy’s glant form is seen.

The verse, as you have already guessed, is. not

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mine. It is part of a poem, “The Robin's Grave,” by Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), And that is all I know about him. Or them. : —CLAUDE BRADDICK. * o o There are too many motorists who never take sides. They go right down the mdidle.

A CHRISTMAS CARD PICTURE

I see from my window, A 50 lovely sight, A “Christmas Card” picture

Hoosier Forum “| do not agree with wwerd that you say, but] will defend to the death your right to say ji

Tp ——— ‘No Party Can Ignore People’ By Oscar Houston, Ellettsville, ] The reaction of the adn leaders pr no il Meviicns ices control to protect the people against un!

Whatever we may think about their action . will have to admit they are i _|s clear, They Sought pres eoutzol in the last Oo gress until they got it repealed with | leveling lower prices. Instead. prices have :| advanced. Of course, we expected the the Republican Party to shout te dictator, socialistic and so forth at the for suggesting price control to protect the from advancing prices. That is always their answer to proposed laws f protect the people against greed. Mr. Lando, | Republican candidate for President in 1036, de. ~ nounced the social security jaw as being socialistis, un-American and contrary to our way of life, and

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publican Party demonstrate that if a law is pro. posed to relieve the public and promote the general welfare of the masses, conflicts” with the wishes ‘of big business, it’s a 100 to 1 shot that big busi.

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and control prices. If t they give the President what he asked for? ously they didn't because they knew he intended to carry it out and give the public a break. This kind of action and thinking has _Republican Party out of the White House for years.” They persist in their party obso Why don’t they dissolve their partnership with big people? No party can

Peathery flakes falling,

— ~~ By Anton ‘Scherrer

a? Vaudeville Was Born

money for Europe. The President seems very de termined. to*give away what's left of our country, Greece needs more eggs and canned milk, te . paint their houses and get building wire, meat to hang around and spoil, more grain for beer, and

The light from -my window - ~~ ? Shines out on the snow, Crystalline loveliness = With faint, rosy glow. A painting in silver, A world clean and new, A “Christmas Card” picture From “King Winter” to you -~MARY R. WHITE.

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When a girl keeps a fellow guessing she usually

Keeps him.

And the beauty of a star;

Appreciation when birds sing. And the knowledge that ‘twas spring. "Twas you whom taught, the spell | That sweet summers’ moons display Revealed Loves’ beauties hidden lie; But now you've taught me How Yo cry. - ~DR, H. LATELLE- GREGORY. = PS @ : Now ‘is the time for all apartment janitors to make warm friends of their tenants.

> ¢ @ : They had had some experience doing a black-face te i : act in some of the saloons around town. At that time, FOSTER'S FOLLIES there were a number of saloons equipped with small

("NEW YORK—84 per cent of mew cars sold

last year had radios.”)

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UNREQUITED LOVE

You have taught me laughter

Frohman's partner came from Indianapolis. the Civil War there used to be a livery stable at the northeast corner of Court St. back of where the Security Trust building now stands. . Sometime in 1868 (or, maybe, a year later) this barn was converted into a “concert hall,” and it was here that “variety” (a medieval form of entertainment) got its start in Indianapolis—at any rate, in a big way. Also connected with the place (with a separate entrance from the alley) was the first “wine room” known around here where cocktails, mint juleps, brandy smashes, wine san@arees, cider, champagne and even lager beer were served at exorbitant prices. The stiff prices, however, granted the privilege of drinking in company with the lady perform-’ ers attired: in tights and spangles. Sam Denin was. the originator and manager of the Court St. concert hall, the specific name of which has been lost. The performance

the two end men were girls.

‘Show Backed With $76 Poke

THE TWO end men were Bowman and Harris,

stages, just big enough to put on a little act. The acts were big enough, however, to show that the American stage was experiencing a revolution. His~

Every sombre. cloud’s bright lining § torical perspective now pérmits us to guess that. the

© In some way comes shining through; Here's good reason to stop pining. . For an aulo that is new.

For at least you need not listen, | As you drive the old jalop’, >» To wild tales of teeth that glisten Just from drinking soda pop!

early saloon entertainments indicated the approach of vaudeville. . The Court St. concert hall was drawing immense

ager, and Billie Harris, the star, had a quarrel about something. Like as not about a participation in the profits. It caused a split in the Sumpany and a withdrawal of the principals.

T'LL BET you youngsters never knew that Charles rs

included a minstrel act in which all the performers, with the exception of

-houses- when; all of -a-sudden;- Sam -Denin;-the-man~-.

“Bowman and Harris thumbed their noses in the direction of their old boss and started an opposition show. They had $78 with which to do it. On May 24, 1869, Exchange Theater was opened under the ma ent of Bowman, Harris and Gebert with Sol Yewell acting as treasurer. They did an enormous business, $2000. It wasn't only because of the show they put on. They had the foresight to locate on N.. Illinois St. in the heart of the old Levee (opposite Block's present store),

Indianapolis / Gets the Brush-Off THREE MO: morning to find /the new theater closed. Just what happéned' nobody seems to remember. One version has it that the house was padlocked by the police because of questionable performances. Another ver.

sion, mere magnanimous, reveals that the sudierte ‘in. its enthusiasm stood up yelling itself hoarse, break-

ing up chairs and creating a hubbub which Sam

Bushy and Prair Duval, the two policemen on the

beat could not handle. Whatever the reason, the fact remains that almost tmmedjately after ringing down the curtain, Bowman and Harris left Indianapolis never’to return as a doyble song and: dance team. wenty-five years later—it was to the day, on May 24, 1894—Blllie Harris, the senior member of the old/ variety team, stood on the stage of the Boston Theater, the biggest in New England, and with tears in. his eyes accepted a purse of $14,000, the box office receipts of a benefit performance. It was given

/as a token of public. esteem and to commemorate an / event whieh had its start, a quarter of a century

before, on thé Levee of Indianaplis. Almost immediately after his retirement as a song

and - dance -artist.- Billie - Harris was invited tobe

a member of the firm of Rich & Charles Frohman. It was the syndicate that managed Julia Marlow, John Drew and Maude Adams, the like of which _ you poor denied youngsters are never going to see.

some weeks aggregating

HS later, Jndianapélis woke up one

figures more money for ‘about everybody in Washs

ington and black market operators in Europe, Good for our lawmakers to speculate with, The Marshall Plan is just andther excuse for s no-tax reduction for our own people. The whole foreign policy is just a plain case of rotten politics, Washifigton and especially our State Department are a disgrace to our country,

The discredited, all out 6f joint New Deal face ~

tion with its policies of scarcity, high taxes, high spending, high wasting has gone too far, much too far. Every person in this country who believes in our

_competitive free enterprise government should de-

mand of our lawmakers in Washington something

for the benefit and relief of our own citizens and

let Mr. Truman and Secretary Marshall peddle their “gimme” stuff to someone else. The American people Ore 511.18 up and wise So

‘Orchids fo Radio ‘Stations’ By Jud Haggerty, R. R. 6. Indianapolis broadcasting stations are to be congratulated! No one can now accuse them of being Communists, liberals, radicals or anything. else. They have effectively muzzled Henry Wals lace—they didn’t air his speech even though it was’ carried by a national network. So ‘again, orchids to the stanchly patriotis

~ radio. stations of our town. Freedom of speech

is all right as long as it does not conflict with- Jours own. views, ® & o

‘If We Feel Sorry Enough’ By A. A. Bullard, 1333 N. Tuxedo St.

That picture, published in The Times Jan L of Miss France of 1948 must be pure propaganda.

“i that they foun

all pre-adolescent

_ such experience, cl

age of 10 and ad “Having nce » rted, “the a over into more than half o among three-quart of the lower educ Varies With He said that incidence figures for different ed Among the males lege, he said, the ‘marital sex exper per gent; among 1 high school, but percentage 1s abo those boys who grade school the cent. “There are ev among the lower said, “where’ it a possible to find a had-not had expe! he had reached h Less Among The interviews ¢ sey said, that at pre-marital sex’ e much less frequer who are devoutly they .be Protestar “Conversely,” hi ES ———

France selected sucha skinny woman so we

would feel sorry to think that could be the best they have to offer. If we feel sorry enough, well hurry up the Marshall Plan, See? ® © o

won.” But absolute dictatorship and aggression. remain tday, almost as strong as in the days of Hitler and Musso- |

lini. The empire of Soviet dictatorship Sirelches from the Pacific to the middle of Europe. Dictators rule Spain, Portugal and several Latin- American countries. . Chiang Kai-shek has been called a “benevolent despot” whose dictatorship i is necessary, but the fact .remains that China’s government is undemocratic. So World War II may prove to be only a violent, terrible crisis in mankind's long struggle for liberty, self-govern-ment and individual dignity. Some battles in that struggle have been won by war and revolution; others have been won by reason. It is the world's first job, for a long time to come, to see that further battles are won by reason rather than by bloodshed.

There are examples from the past to lend the world |

thought that, as the pasts despotic kings have departed, so | the present’s despotic dictators may one day travel the] same road;

Freedom of Dress

CIVIL liberties have. triumphed i in the village of Camden, | N. Y., where the local school board gave in, after a self-sustaining. © | three-week stand, and allowed a 14-year-old girl to Gi that it can ay. cash for ita imports. ++ to school in slacks.

that a garb that is all right for mother is wrong for daughter. We rejoice in the defeat of the idea that non-conform-

pl ity in dress is a punishable sin. And since Camden winters

cold, we applaud the good sense and good taste of this lady's pare:

IN WASHINGTON <..By Peter Edson

Marshall Plan Biggest

Project-Ever Conceived]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—Anyone ‘wanting to heckle “ean ask .

| number of questions about the' Marshall Plan which are practically |

unanswerable. For instance: .

What guarantee is there that the Marshall Plan will work? There | t

is none. . It is a calculated risk the U. 8: must take if 1t goes through with the idea of trying to help Europe recover. ° "This whole idea of one continent trying to help another is the biggest project ever conceived. The job is to build a brand hew.set of trade patterns for conducting the world’s business. It will take heroic measures, such as the Marshall Plan, to make up for the contraction ‘of “the “British Empire and the disruption of Japanese; ‘Chinese and Indonesian trade in the Pacific. :

It may then-be asked if the Marshall Plan isn't doomed to failure |

because it ignores the historic trade relations, in which Western Europe exchanged manufactured goods for Eastern Europe's. food. Possibly. But Marshall planners believe that, in a short time, this traditional trade between Eastern and Western Europe will come back. Theré have been big changes in boundary lines, land ownership and the movement of peoples in Eastern Europe. As this area settles down and starts growing a surplus of. food, it will necessarily seek markets in Western Europe. this tryde grows, demands on the Americas for food can be cut down..

Riddle of Why U. S. Pays South America

AS TO WHY the U. 8: should now be called on ta pay dollars for Argentine beef and wheat, South American coffee and West Indian sugar for Western Europe, there is no satisfactory answer. It is just the only solution thought of thus far, U. 8. agriculture can't grow all the food Europe needs. ‘Before the war, there was a triangular’ tfade pattern in which, for. example, Europe got dollars from U, 8. tourists, used the money to buy Latine American food surpluses. This then enabled the Latin-American countries to buy manufactured goods from the U. 8. With the possible exception of the Argentine, Latin-American countries cannot now afford to. finance extra<heavy relief food

shipments--t0- Europe.-.So..the solution. suggested la for. the U. 8. %0 |

finance the exports of food to Europe. To prevent such deals from getting out of hand, there are certain |

| safeguards, such as: Congress recently applied to stop-gap aid. First,

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| self-sufficient.

- We hail this triumph over a discrimination whish i | deb

ts, who apparently decided that slacks

limit to 10 per cent of the total, the amount of food purchased outside

| the U. 8. at higher than U. 8. prices. Second, to authorize the purchase

in othéf Countries of relief supplies Whenevey the prices are below U, 8. levels, It is frequently asked what use ‘here is in trying to make up Western Europe's trade balance deficits, since this area has never been There is no intent now to make Western Europe The idea is to make it merely self-supporting—so

Over Half of Aid Will Not Be Repaid

WHEN IT 18 pofted out that Europe has defaulted on most of ‘its ts in the past, this eannot be denied. When it is asked how much” of the Marshall Plan funds will be repaid, it must be admitted that over: half will not pe- repaid. ' Outright grants are - scheduled for’ expendable relief supplies—food, fuel and fertilizer, Money spent for

‘machinery and other capital goods will be In the form of owt, and will |

be repayable. It fsn't all charity.

Side Glances—by Galbraith

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"My folks are getting particular, too—last. night Dad said if I

sneaked into bed again without a bath, he was going _40.phone the. city. health department!” :

Plan will fail to stop communism?—the honest answer is: ~~ it may. In spite of Marshall Plan aid, a number of Western European countries | may go Soclalist and further nationalize their industries. But if these | countries do eventually make this swing to the left, they will do it by | free cholce—not because they were forced into it by despair or coercion, | or because they had no other hope but to, deal with Russia. There is only one safeguard against this. —It is to apthorize the | ‘President to stop further aid to any country at any time he ny it no longer in harmony with the U, 8. hational interest.

So They Say

vr WE ARE to have a world government based on justice, we as the, most’ prospetas and powerful nation shall have to give up ‘many economic ‘and political advantages,

| Ta leben M. Hutchins, chancellor, University. of Chicago,

ee 0 the economy of our

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_|WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms. 1

\De Gaulle May Upset |

French Applecart

" WASHINGTON, Jan, 7—Although Premier Robert Schuman wom a dramatic tax-reform victory in’ the French assembly, Frans?

| difficulties’ are far from ended,

Gen. Charles De Gaulle has made a new bid for power. And a8 Premier Schuman’s majorities in the five confidence polls taken oR his tax measures averaged about 35 votes of a total of some 680, &

switch of 20 ballots would: have overthrown his cabinet.

In his St, Etienne speech, Gen: De Gaulle insisted that economis recovery in France was impossible without a change of regime and demanded early elections to put a new government in power, - Not did he leave in any doubt that he expects to head such a government, Gen. De Gaulle’s program, according to private information from France, would be based upon greater national production no less than increased taxation. To bring about a bigger output, he would call for drastic changes in the relationship between employers and employees and between these and the national government. ;

How Sweden Is Organized

AS DESCRIBED to the writer, De Gaitille would not abolish labor unions, as charged by his political opponents, but rather “take them out of politics.” At present perhaps the largest section of French labor is dominated by the Communists. Another is anti-Communist. A third group is Catho , and so on. The general would reform the whole: movement somew. { ‘along Swedish lines.

Labor in Sweden is. practically 100 per cent organized. S¢ . Swedish industry. There is. a Confederation of Trades Unions and a Federation of Employers, ‘Together these form a sort of industrisl parliament, the two branches having eGial Pihts and* powers. This “parliament,” through joint committees, works out labof

nd production problems, functioning not unlike dur-Congress: Strikes -}-lockouts, sitdowns, featherbedding and 50 forth, herefore, are almost

unknown, 0 “HR In this Swedish labor-industry “parliament” are threshed out questions of wages and hours, working conditions, job-security, pen* sions, apprenticeships, occupational accidents; safety committees, Pro* | duction costs, business slumps and sale§ programs.

Government Acted 15 Years Ago

‘SWEDISH EMPLOYERS and employees did not always work tor gether like this. On the contrary, there were many strikes of ® most serious nature. It was that which led the government somé 15 years ago to act. War between labor and management, it helds not only hurt both ides, but the nation and the public, So it called for an inquiry concerning measures to avoid such strife. : ’ In practice; the Swedish government does not interfere betyeed employers and workers. But both- sides are aware that'it would do so if the public interests required. 5 Gen. De Gaulle, this writer is informed, has some such idea i mind for France. At any rate, he called for “associations” of work" ers and Snployers which, in tur, would be h