Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1948 — Page 12

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‘The Eisenhower Secret

| ; EL THE frenzy of political speculation following Gen. Eisen-

. candidate, avowed or still coy, has been helped most?

“and important: What was the secret of the Eisenhower

_ lican or a Democrat. The one thing now plain is that he

to draft him.

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risk by his silence. . =» AS MR. BEVIN reminded

Commons, the record “re-

“ With the Times Ra " gt _— a » 1 THE CROSSROAD GRAPEVINE Bady Morgan” sellin’ his hawg an’ took 10 punches on the {: punch Gramp : wantin’ the Sag of Life 'thout first gettin’ th

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walk’d into the store after

board 'thout battin’ an eye. ! Miller mez, “To many folks air

Though age and duty bid it close

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were in school

Europe and, as it now appears, in the West as well.” If We Zot *. Tong tm pom ation of Bae ots, | aT BAC LEFT | it Ywill ‘Jead again to another World War.” wheat cakes. he job yal Those who think there is no danger of war for five or re * +4 nim.

10 years, or until Russia perfects an atom bomb, are kid- a Ere n e ding themselves. The immediate danger of Stalin's ef- ® oo MF. A. could have forts to get much for little in Greece, Trieste, Korea and LITTLE DAVID blunder into another World War—just as the Kaiser and Happy all day long, level may be even

Hitler thought they were playing with safe little wars The Union of Western Europe—even step-by-step union if it starts soon emough—with assured American

economic and military support can stop Stalin.

hower’s statement that he could not accept a presidential nomination has centered about this question: Which

- Another question seems to us even more interesting

boom? Hasty ed wa ‘Here is a professional soldier, never active in politics, whose views on domestic issues are virtually unknown. It is not even certain whether he considers himself a Repub-

Yet many opinion polls indicated that this man, ‘if nominated, would have a better chance to be elected President than any other in either party so far seriously considered as a candidate. ; / 25 This, certainly, was one of the great political mysteries times. It can’t be explained fully by the general's personality, for most of those who hoped to vote for him had never seen him; or by his war record, for he is by no ‘means the only successful military leader.

» . ® . » » WE THINK the probable explanation is in the fact that Gen. Eisenhower was not identified with politics or party. If he had the phenomenal potential following indicated by the polls, perhaps that was because millions of citizens believed he could be a President free to put the country’s welfare above partisan advantage—a President who would not be handicapped by past associations in trying to serve all the United States impartially and fairly, instead of catering to blocs and groups. : And thé candidate who profits most by the general's decision could well prove to be the one who from now on shows most clearly that he would strive earnestly to be the kind of President these millions of Americans hoped to find in Gen. Eisenhower.

“(WN the last day of this month, seven members of the ~~" American Legion's emblem committee will go into a three-day huddle. High on the committee's agenda is the problem of a suitable uniform for the 300,000 women members of the Legion who lave qualified since World War IL The seven on the committee are men, and each admits

he knows little about women's styles. Yet the laws of the

back.

Life is so enchanting To baby boy at play, Something new unfolding Each minute of the day. . Night time curly ringlets Nodding in a chair, Baby sleeping sweetly— : Mother breathes a prayer! - , Board ~—ANNA E. YOUNG:

FOREIGN POLITICS ... By E. T. Leech

Gen. Laurence 8.

A LOT of people oppose communism. But its most violent | -and effective enemy is a man named Stalin. ) |

“§§ ‘out. Thousands of political ‘enemies have been: lions of Russians imprisoned and enslaved in Stalin's war against

It has been a successful war. It has wiped out, in all but name. the classless society which Karl Marx envisioned—a society In which all property would be held as a common trust and the profits of all labor would be devoted to the common good.

complete system of Russians work -for—Stalin crats who actually compose. the state. They are the new aristocrats and capitalists of Russia—spiritual and material heirs ot the czars. The people own all industry and all agriculture—in name only. The state runs

and get all the rewards.

Class Lines Sharply Cut

that nowhere else are class lines more sharply defined or standards of living snore extreme.

and own great estates. At the top of the pyramid, a little apex of men five in luxury and wield dictatorial power. Below them comes a small level of bureaucrats, managers and professionals, with fncomes and privileges far above the average — even including such inestimable favors as the right to own an auto, buy the scarcer foods, eal in the better restaurants and have an apartment or-house for their sole occupancy. ’ The huge bulk of the consists of great masses of Russian people, existing on a subsistence level and doing as they are told—or else. They cannot own their homes, pick their jobs, farm thétr own soil or even go where they want to live, choose “their own schools, read their own books or speak their own ts

slavery such us the world has not seen since the Middle Ages— millions of imprisoned and impressed peoplé working and dying under condftions previously associated only with the worst of the old barbarian despots. era,

Only the American Revolution Sicceeded THE WORLD, through force of habit, still calls it “commu4 nism,” but actually it is amuhing entirely differerit, and worse.

Marx would never The Russian revolution went the way so many other revolu-

Legion have dropped the job of uniform selection in their |

It is a job no man should dare to tackle. ‘Take our Advice, boys, and let the girls appoint their own committee. ‘Then let their committee make its recommendation to the

tions have gone down through the ages. New leaders overthrow the old and set up a new and more absolute leadership. There have been three: great revolutions in modern times-— the American, French and Russian: Only the American brought freedom. 7 Thin ,

Stalin. The aristocracies were wn were followed by dictatorships more absolute and ruthless than those that had

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oa revolutions. or J The use, in; Doth cases, was that the people were not

from $60,000 to $10,000. No. 2—The cost of mainestablished family residence where the children 1—$20,000. The balance of the loss was made 1p by the fact that, as a government official with no active connection with his several businesses, he could no longer deduct certain expenses from bis income for tax purposes.

bably would have stayed on in the govern"But this case does illustrate, it séems to me, the penalty that a Washington job exacts. While a year in Washington, as a responsible. official he could not hide out in a hall bedroom. The kind

ing dp a private job to come to. Washington with \ no assurance that he will*be able to get the job

General Kuter and the CAB

| THE PRESIDENT has been criticized for put- | ting military then in civilian positions. The latest | case in the headlines is that of Air Forces Ma)

down a second time by a Senate Committee for the post of chairman of the Civil Aeronautics

i Side Glances—By Galbraith No Foe of Communism — —— As Bad as Uncle Joe | TT BAD we er |

state capitalism, since extended by Stalin. Under it all | and-small-minority of favored bureau-~

and controls everything. And the-state, ac- | tually is a little minority of politicians who make all the decisions |

EVERY BIT of evidehce and information from Russia reveals |

Marshal Stalin, Mr. Molotov and few others occupy palaces .

And “clear down at the pyramid’s bottom is a foundation of |

The French revolution ded to Napoleon and the Russian to | whieh

Washington in addition to the

$10,000 for a $12,000

as another. 2 When the act creating anos had aot been whetted for B0ard-was- passed in : persistently. refused to make —year-available, thus cutting small enough salary lived for a lot less than $20,000 that such a position implies,

by a man on a lower income In the face of four rejections

greater, since it may mean giv-

law exempting him. Before in’ history the military

way out. The fumbling Roman It is an ominous sign.

Kuter, who has now been turned fall.

tions that seamed to disqualify them.

AFTER MUCH combing over, several men seemed to have the proper qualifications and no serious disqualifications. Four of these qualifiers —all civilians—were sounded out. They al de-

% lary as one reason. They Now, obviously, Mr. A. is a wealthy man—self- clined. They gave sa made, it happens. This is not to enlist sympathy gave abuse by Congress and the aviation dusty for Mr. A. nor was he seeking sympathy. In fact, the. Civil Aerona Lg 1938, .the salary of board members was fixed at $12,000. But Congress has more than $10,000

dustry he would-get-not-less-than President felt he had no alternative but to turn to a capable soldier-flier who would accept orders, Because he feit he could not ask Gen. Kuter to" sacrifice his military status, with flying pay, etc, the President asked Congress to pass a to be the only way out or at any rate the easy strong military men in the days of the decline and

The Civil Aeronautics Board, with still another resignation, is on the point of breakdown. That

~4:|.neac. future, almost certainly this year.

SE Jie Shugse sez, “Hit's no wonder there's Es A rn “ch. a uy te of human kindVaR ba | : : ness, fer.ever'’budy’s: tented.” A Western European Union | ** Constable Fogg bi THE 1 for union of Western Europe coming | ide’ 108 F RO T00 owt week. cr British Foreign Secretary was ‘a historic The boys wus discussint, Bott on horse fun “.. event. Mr. Bevin backed his statement that “the time is races when Willie Shuggs horn'd. with, ¢ “ pil mein ger Boge | Jima Frames sivaty hid ngs segvintiss with Belgie ake end Ro ws ok E “The Netherlands and Luxembourg—which rations have led Watch the scenery instead of the road and that were returned to them. Three and twowith’ théir Benelux Customs Union. 2 woot 1 Yuu have a fine chance of Decoming spart-of | tenths per cent is not excessive. During the tims "Not even the Soviet threat can force the miracle of bath, ie Induttsy was oper Hong a L : immediate’ complete union for survival. - Nationalistic bar- The easiest place for a man to acquire a Yneie Bam, ; riers are too high, and too deep, for that. But the long | vocabulary is at the altar. “Paper” 1 ma started Wi. 2 Tew thou. "labor of “Count Coudenhove-Kalergi and his associates of ..e sand were doing near a hundred-million-dollar the European Parliamentary Union, the support of Win- THE NORTH WIND business. ¢ cannot happen 10.80 SROFt 4 time ‘ston Churchill in England and of such men as Bernard ‘The North Wind steels his cohorts strong on 8 3.2 per cent Prof de, which Actually ‘Baruch and John Foster Dulles in this country, have pre- Against the Southern clime; Oe ts. for 60 per cent ofall cash dividends ; aay The daunted stand a craven throng paid. . Bi PN : pared the way for the leadership Mr. Bevin is now as- Nor match his lusty rhyme. he opialo rotlis’ are suming. : He flecks a speck of human gore a con both Stockhalagry and European recovery and security will be measured by With indifference grim, labor to keep the | f 3 Lig {a = larger . the degree of economic, political and defense consolidation’ Bars me within behind my door cut. And from pu m Y "which the 16 Marshall Plan nations can achieve. That plan oe mortal knowledge. dim. sawing. ie concealment of profits is acfo is based on their pledge to help themselves through close I stand alert to shunt his drive ‘ complished Systm ns Sharing ging | co-operation. Those. pledges involve reduction of trade ran Bir archive, a a of but upon the new cost of | barriers, currency stabilization and regional economic in- Bluffed by catarrhal fears. : " and On propetiios ig 4+ tegration to an skjaut Which RoSepsaiily means sacrifice of Ho. Horror wind, with icy breath, a —— as... : no Jnllated ada 4 ws 20 ok 2 Stoo aa | many vileges separa soverei . Ty our horde of Arctic breezes-— ioe oh TAI ——— Ae. in September ’ RET 55 ] pel . on oy . no» : Curse be your arive for Zephyr's death, ra, A es a =A Pe Executives Who proanly are large stocko IT IS a race between the forces of disintegration, which our spread of coughs and sneezes! rR = 7 | holders can raise their ows salaries When profits ! "have been winning so far, and the forces of union now as- : r29sonaE 5 BILLMAN. NATIONAL AFFAIRS -. . . By Marquis Childs {408 High 30 ign hop. dwn taza Fo i tha sud a ] Ls : x -e « 5 : 3 3 > these salaries from 0,000 hy ~serting themselves... .... ik An THlinols night. club charges 75 cents f. = 2 . 4 . Leech includes the exorbitaning lbomisay evn in| » nme se ze Why Mr. A. Avoids Washington | Sati snes of Europe's prewar sickness, which spawned fascism, and | tented. ee — ; x Se BES SIDA de dP | Salaries. After the salaries for executives are Dee I oo ati on ue | AE of, Se tPF OF gia So, 205 em Pot TF Base ; am e. case 0 . A, ; y stepping in to take advantage of that weakness and to | will put the Torro ands x =» eat "who came to Was to a ality posta Re Seasons it yas ? decide met. to = rd 80 wel aa Me: Leech wishes you to Bbetieve bludgeon Europe acceptance Communist dicta : vernmen! " some respons or p- int Chairmi me: , Ss. r But nh . Leech anyone 8 ints o hor $80 ing policy, at $10,000 a year. nd Sorin: a list ot an of possible candidates | the know enough to give out authentic figures ship, the danger has become much more acute. YOUTHS' DIARY After taking a pretty severe kicking-around was prepared. : on actual profits of industry. If Mr. Leech had . ain danger Mr. Bevin spoke 7 so Toom. within. my_heort. | from from eager beavers in his own This list was carefully studied. Most of the income for -194% it would with even greater frankness than President Truman and AAP So ¢ ¢ I i department and from a part of the press, Mr. A. names were crossed off for .one or the other of | raise -3.2--per-cent— figure. Farmers’ | og Sah flowers got out. In the relaxed mood that followed, en- two reasons. The men who would have qualified | net income for 1947 was $18 billions compared ‘Secretary Marshall have done. This required rare cour- A lady plays and sings to me, joying his first real vacation in a long time, Mr. A. as disinterested administrators had no pack- | to $14% billions in 1946 and $4% billions in “age because Britain is weaker and more exposed than the slysian are ths dreamy tried to figure out what his venture into the gov- ground in aviation. It would have taken them | ,940. United States, and the pro-Soviet minority is larger there | Ah! Youths perfumed diary of dreams eruibeut ad vost BR 00 a year, gure out Sac ol ae 3 Jearn the Job. 30 Ue . 00 ) ; y ’ was . » Never will it close, it seems, as follows. No. 1—An outright cut in salary on th an pig background had connect- | A Word to Truck Drivers

By D. L. Watson, Montezuma, Ind. In answer to a letter written by Mrs. L. G. Indianapolis, Ind.

Job

what was already a but they do need your co-operation and mi for a man with the capacities and the other fellows, too, in ‘heeding what sigIn the aviation in- nals the railroads have installed and using the $25,000 a year. two good eyes and ears and our mind that God nt

gave us. If we don’t have same, any business driving a ar

_ Those Naughty Bathing Suits By R. E. Stahl, City : .I have been reading your paper for several years now, which I have enjoyed very much. But I also have a grievance, that being pictures of various- girls attired in bathing suits. Some of these I will not complain about, but others 1 feel are very indecent and should not be - printed since these enter our homes. n It someone wishes to look at such “trash. | they can see enough of it in magazines or a burlesque show. :

by civilians, the

man has seemed Senate turned to

shotild be a cause of genuine concern to the air’

lines, since public confidence is

involved.

WORLD AFFAIRS +. By William Philip Simms Fall of Franc Signals Money Parley Soon

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—Devaluation of the French foreign:

trade franc Sunday from 119 to 214 to the dollar means that an international monetary conference will have to be called in the

Already the currencies of most of the 16 Marshall Plan cous” tries of Western Europe are chaotic. Black markets are ram pant and the situation is rapidly growing worse. Unless some: | thing is done, and soon, the plan's effectivenéss will be gravely | undermined. co é Britain fought the franc's devaluation desperately. She con | tended, and with reason, that it would put the pound sterling on | the spot. The pound, too, is greatly over-vglued. As pegged I Tis worth a little more than $4. On the DICK market, fn Francs {, and elsewhere, it can be had for $2. . _. w! 1 France, however, had no option. While devaluation will cer | tainly inconvenience the British, it might well have been suicidal for the French if they had not acted.

| French Exports at Zero

FOR TWO months French exports have been almost zero: Importers have known for some time that the franc would have | to be devalued at least to one-half or one-third its recent official quotation. ? As long ago as last summer when this writer was in exports were at a low ebb, With francs at 119 to the dollar. and prices on a basis of 300 or more to the dollar, buyers were few and growing scarcer every day. Tourists—one of France's best

France.

country where their money would buy something.

| “HW serves you right—you could have fed a family in Europe with what you're taking off there!"

| ready, had to be guided, had to surrender liberty temporarily in | Half Official, Half on Open Mart

order to assure it eventually. Washington and other American leaders were open to the

same temptation.

Conditions were favorable for dictatorship after our revolution. Two things saved us: The rare forbearance and honor of | Washington and his associates, and the long tradition of self-gov-

| ernment among the colonists.

Whenever somebody wants us to give up freedom temporarily | the open. wi fas to gain a future benefit, let's remember the loss will last; the |

benefit won't arrive. '

So They Say

. IF EUROPE FAILS to recover, the peoples of the continent | might be driven to surrender theif basic rights to totalitarian . controls. This . . . might well bring about a change in the Ameri-

.¢an way of life.—=President Truman. id ¢ % than you'd think. All that do without the ng

1 LIFE 18 easier to take | is to the Im | tbe

The first will be the r will

ket.

There will now be two kinds of francs. official variety now down to approximately 214. The othe bring whatever buyers are. willing to pay for it in the free mar Of late this has been around 350 to the dollar, °

{ | | | paying businesses—took one look and hurried off to some other |

at his

THE FRENCH exporter can now offer his goods somewhere between. He will be obliged to sell half currency at the official rate but the other ha where he wills. At 214 and 350 francs and free markets, his net, of course, Tourists, it is understood, would be

Former Premier. Ed Herriot once remarked writer that “you can’t do business with a rubber was urging an international monetary “stabilization Foreign trade, he insisted, must know. how much its money buy not only today but tomorrow. Uncertainty, he said tradé-—and France is now finding that out. : The test for determining when currency

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