Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1948 — Page 20

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Palestine and the UN THE United Nations Palestine Commission has now put j the issue to the Security Council in such a way that it no i ‘| longer can be ignored. That issue is whether the United Nahy tions is to provide international force to carry out its partition decision, If it fails to do so mere than Palestine will suffer. The United Nations itself may not survive such a deliberate default of authority, and a now localized conflict may spread into eventual world war. ji This desperate situation has been created by the compo pounded folly of all the interested parties. The U. 8. dele1 gation to United Nations partly for domestic political reaI sons, forced the partition decision without counting the in-

ternational consequences and without pressing on for adequate enforcement machinery. The Arabs have ‘defied international authority. Law- : less organizations among Palestinian Jews have contrib- } ‘uted to the terrorism. The British government as the re-. tiring mandate power has been most unco-operative with the United Nations Commission.

ob THE UNITED Nations Assembly, by its failure last | i : November to specify an international force to make its de- £ cision effective, invited the bloodshed which has resulted. ; And the Security Council has ignored its duty to deal with ] the growing crisis. ie The wisdom of partition is now secondary to the consideration of saving the United Nations. We never have liked the three-way division of that small country into a Jewish state, an Arab state and an internationalized Jerusalem zone. To our mind it became a lesser evil, than the alternative of a civil war of extermination, only after both Arab | and Jewish fanaticism had made a peaceful united Pales- : tine impossible. With the same doubts the United Nations Assembly overwhelmingly voted for pértition because it had little actual choice. But it carried its reluctance to the fatal point of failing to provide enforcement. ‘That failure must now be made good by the Security Council. The task will be far harder than several months

ai ago. It probably would be impossible after more delay. i . . £0! THE TIMES from the beginning has favored an in-

ternational constabulary of volunteers. We oppose the use of American military units and of Russian military units. Such joint military occupation has been a failure in Germany, Austria, Korea, and wherever tried. We believe that sending American forces to Palestine would: create even more anti-Semitism in the United States than the death of

wif preferrably limited to citizens of small nations. If not a ql volunteer constabulary, then a joint force of armed units from neutral small nations under a neutral commander,

area where the big powers already have conflicting strategic and oil interests would invite more serious trouble. We are not impressed by the alibi that there is not enough time left in which to organize a volunteer constabulary, any more than we are awed by British insistence ; on withdrawing initially May 15. - J The British can continue to carry the responsibility until Oct. 1, their final evacuation date under the present _< schedule; or until Jan. 1, if it takes that long to put an international police force into Palestine.

Challenge to Democracy OFSTINA refusal of the rules committee majority to House vote on Universal Military Training is a pb al Hy. government, 3 Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts points it up in his open letter to Rules Committee Chairman Leo Allen (R., III), which appears in ‘The Times today. Justice Roberts tells Mr. Allen—iii language the congressman’ from Galena, Ill, cannot misunderstand—that his voting record on national defense since 1940 is not one to inspire con- _ fidence. Four months before Pearl Harbor, Mr. Allen—and six of his Rules Committee. colleagues—voted against extension of Selective Service. In the critical 12 months preceding our entry in the war, Mr. Allen voted “no” on 10 national security measures. On the 11th he didn't-bother to vote: z Justice Roberts says Mr. Allen and his committee have usurped powers to which they have no legal or moral right. Because a willful band of not more than six or seven congressmen—out of a total House membership of 435— & iho do.not want Universal Military Training, they have decided there shall be no public debate, no vote, no settlement of

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IN GRATITUDE NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . . B, Marquis Childs Youve always been #0 sweet and dear, » by [ of T S J aaderund t wr pe mito | A-Bomb Sti Rate as Top Secre Sn Dd WASHINGTON, Feb. 18-In & vost spsch {hey an make ntaligent decisions which wl ou | me v Chairman David Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy a A D0 Tacs Heo 1 came; o tssion told a st about Orville and Wilbur SBETEY WL bY or peacatful puspou glumes . You gave to me the same. Wright. : Work 38 Secret Ad She Whole 'OPEretion Ja sus. z The two brothers left their successful bicycle a rigid security network. When you A A TE it. business in Dayton, O., some 40-0dd years ago to on one of the commissioners, ‘you must credit that observe the kind of regulations that prevailed 1 find it hard to let you know try out their home-made airplane in North Caro- during the war at the highest military levels How truly much I think of you. Jos ip Bi Ble BI DT 2 ey At the door of the Public Health Service : egram reading: “First today. Building, where AEC .its offices, a check is ALA as the Yeaty axtract tell on, 59 seconds. Very happy. Home by Christmas.” Ee

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answer to that question.” wl asked; “Were you not the author of th Mr. Schwellenbach: “The joint author.” Due Satu J asked: “You mean you cannot tell usa By Uni single commodity at the moment that yuu Unless heavy } Would roll Back the price Gf oF control the pis dana, little da of?” ~.. ji ‘from the gradua Mr. Schwellenbach: “No, nobody can” -. Ji River on the 1] I asked: “Would you control the price.stflj border, the wea meats?” day. The stream re

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an issue on which the future security of the United States may pend.

EIGHT months after the Towe Bill "for Universal Military Training reached his committee, Mr. Allen blandly 1 tells the American people it cannot become law because he, . Congressman Allen, does not want it to become law. Justicé Roberts says that is not the American way. About that, there can be-no argument. "We cannot believe that House membership will tolerate stich a condition for long. We are convinced their faith in the democratic processes of government is as strong as that of Justice Roberts and Mr. Grew. We expect them to : overrule the little dictators on the Rules Committee and § ST .give Congress a chance to express its approval—or its dis- . approval-—on a matter in which the American people already have expressed themselves in overwhelming numbers.

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Nations to enforce respect for its laws rapidly is leading to a point where Jt will have to reorganize and strengthen itself, or fold up as a peace agency. Its authority now is being flouted in the case of the Falkland Islands, 250 miles east of -Cape Horn, Argentina and Chile

are disputing British sovereignty there, and all three powers are -. - rushing up their warships.

London already has proposed to let the United Nations’ World Court decide the dispute, Argentina and Chile have refused. Either they seem to fear their case is weak or believe the might of Britain has shrunk to such an extent that it.will pay them to have a try at force or the threat of force.

B+**<h Cruiser Standing By LONDON charges that voth Y austin and Chile have warships. now in Falkland waters. Accordingly Britain has sent the cruiser Nigeria to stand by John Bull's governor there. Coming on top of the United Nations’ other troubles, the Falklands affair strikes an unpleasant note. It indicates that the two South American members feel that neither Britain nor the United Nations is strong enough to stop them. The Falklands dispute is an old one. The British navigator, John Davis, seems to have been there first, in 1502. He was followed, in 1690, by another Briton, Capt. Strong, who gave the islands their name. Next, the French appeared on the scene, In 1763, ouly to cede the Archipelago four years later to Spain, thus bringing Britain and Spain to the verge of war. They settled things, however, but Argentina, as an heir to Spain, laid claim to the islands despite possession by England.

Who'd Want the Islands? RARE visitors to the islands marvel that anybody should want them. Only two of them are of any size and the weather is dismal, It is chilly and salhy the year round, and the wind blows so hard trees won't grow. 80 there is only grass, and sheepraising is the only business. . As for the people, there ‘were 2000 there in 1880 and only about 2400 now. Stanley, the principal city and port, had 900 half a century ‘ago and is still reported as barely holding its own, The entire island trade is less than $1,800,000 a year; two-thirds of which derives from the export of wool, tallow, frozen mutton and bones. hen why all the shouting? When England “ruled the world” the Falklands were a handy

base from which to police shipping around the Horn. But. that is

a thing of the past, » Today, there is talk of mineral deposits under the Antartica icecap. Some say there could be. uranium or other sources of atomic energy. Even so, both Argentina and Chile already have _ bases just as close to the Antartic as the Falklands. And, in the Sandwich group and the South Orkneys, the British are even closer.” ' But in any event, United Nations circles point out. there Is no,

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Actually, Mr. Truman stuck his hand out of the window to | signal a left turn, waved to a few. pedestrian progressives, but didn't turn left.—Henry A. Wallace, referring to the gesture the | President made to liberals and organized labor ‘in his state of

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a year for federal aid to public schools at last seems to have 8 being kicked around for 20 years. A bipartisan bill, backéd by four Republicans and four Demo crats, will probably come up for vote in the Senate soon. A com: panion bill in the House may be delayed until A Speaker Joe Martin and Republican Floor Leader Charlie Halleck haven't yet decided to give the bill priority. The National Education Association, which is pushing the "proposal, believes it has enough votes to ensure passage. Opposi: tion. has been-narrowed-down {o-two-principal chial schools, which would get no help from the the people who believe that elementary and high school education is the responsibility of the states—not the federal government. The National Education Association has just announced tht results of a new national survey, intended to show the need fof federal aid.to public school systems, and the inability of many of the poorer states to meet what are considered adequate educs tional standards.

| 107,000 Teachers Still Unlicensed THE TEACHER shortage isn't so bad. Out of nearly 900.000 teachers, the number unlicensed is still 107,000-—a drop of onl 13,000 from the 120,000 in 1945. Pay scales have been raised from an average of $1846 a year, at the end of the war, to current school year. That's an average increase 37 per cent. It's approximately parallel to the cost of living index for the same period. The trouble is that ther are many rural school districts where the teachers’ $600-a-year level.

1044-45 it was $2,600,000,000. This yea education has not been doubled; he » A or dollar. just buys }

American public schools up to the standards they “says the National Education Association, total €*° penditures should be raised to $6 billions a year. This would vide an average expenditure of $240 Jer, pup! pupil per year. would be from a minimum of $200 towns to $400 in the cities where everything costs more.

Best Basis Estimated Cost Per Pupil = °

GETTING this issue down to the amount of money ge each pupil is the only basis on which it can be Jaasinsed. n’ this average expenditure per pupil was $60 for | The range was from $15 in Mississippi to $150 year the average was $09 per pupil for the U.

1 only pray that I may be She rushed to a local newspaper office with the appo 30 feet this mors intment. After fill out a fi 3 The kind of mother to fy sons Cla nating Sere that Tah for the Ores Hae Be ony, Tot wot Bon Samy "Mr. Bator, the Secretary af Laborant level crest of 4 Jou hay pion pA had made a flight in a heavier-than-air machine. and then a guard escorts you to the proper office. | Author of the price control and, ening bls cast for Saturdy ; x ihe “The next day, in the personal columns, the follow- You cannot leave that office without another to pass this feet were expec % > eo ing g bicycle escort. Everywhere are signs, such as: “Have you t tion on the basis of that kisi} 2nd New Alban Autos are what run 15 to 20 miles to the | merchants home for ho locked your safe?” Or “The doors and windows | Of information to the people whose very dally Madison ihe © gallon and 60 to 70 miles to the pint. Mr. Lilienthal told this story, which may well in this room must be locked and checked each | lives he would like to control. ent 31 17 font ¢ oo be legendary, to illustrate how a discovery mean- evening.” 300 a ing revolutionary change can be ignored, or so : WHICH ONE? little understood as to be almost disregarded. LOyalty of Employees Insured Where Our Money Goes White Ry Little girls are sweet and dainty * | When the Wright brothers took their contraption PROBLEM under these circumtsances is | A Taxpayer, City, 5 i eral Never rowdy or unkind off the sands at Kitty Hawk, N. C., the destruction 5 insure the loyalty of the thousands of men and A few lines for the People's Forum, havi An ot ods And Jou peter eo thm sculling of S144} ditisn by mame bomber stacks became Ue OT DY ATC 1 Su Ridge, Teun. 3t read (hy eoond ticle waftlen bY Ms ; wardsport and lways good refin possi Hanf , in New York, Chicago, and here " ft still The members of the AEC are to make oppor "| Lewis regarding conditions and methods a Tistt Little bose Oh goodness gracious! - the American people understand what a revolution In tne pponents ‘being debated that 4 | ‘handling our affairs at the City Hall rng sig Shag) __ Slam the door 'til Mamma i has been by atomic fission. It began commission such as AEC “could not nd ask. “where are we drifting?" X Fetenty. 0 e Pound each other in their a Seu with a talk. by Mr. Lilienthal last September at security. ~ When I read of the investigations in W 3 Shirt-talls out and baggy jeans, Crawfordsville, Ind. He assailed the idea that At least one attempt Yad Gets made—appar- | ington, I don’t think so much about it-as-i “In ws also Little girls are always lovely | atomic _sicence was so_difficult, g_remote, 80_ently planted by interested persons—to show that | {Ar away from home but when it comes to OFSY said, the lt Yo Ay a oy awesome, that only a little priesthood could security was lax. This backfired badly when jt | [font door steps and we see the way the CUS falling ya Yes oF Sani oh. % understand it. The American people, said Mr. wags established that the incident occurred under | Officers carelessly handle the taxpayers’ mo Haute and Me ae lo ny lye Lilienthal, must know and understand this new military control prior to AEC. The AEC has a | I think it's rotten, I have been a resident abil it rose a little. ; ‘a forse; They must know because they, rather than satisfactory working relationship with J. Edgar | taxpayer in this City the past 42 years ad [NY Sa TBE Y ABBETT a. priesthood of scientists and men in uniform, Hoover and the FBI, which is directly responsible | have seen our city tax rate cl mb to the . __Tpust decide how this force is to be used. for checking on security—a huge undertaking. all-time high of about $4.16 on th So many babies seem to be swallowing Commissioners W. W. Waymack and Sumner . The commission took a further step in per- | Seems the higher it climbs then or loosely the safety pins, it would be a good idea if some- T. Pike, as well as Mr. Lilienthal, have repeatedly retired Justice Owen J. Roberts of the | money is handled, with a tax budget body Would tavent une. striae Smp these The goal is to overcome the Supreme Court to head a Sve-man. Lovalty Review lion to run the City per year it seems if pop shadow of fear and mystery cast over the whole This board differs from the one set up by | erly. handled and wisely spent, our sires ) FOSTER'S FOLLIES subject in the wake of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. President Truman for all government employees | Seneral would look, and be salts ag 3 f : n e five distinguished citizens comprising elimina (“NEW YORK-—Shoemaker and Glasier Trying to Inform Public it will make their own rules. In conducting its | Would be’ less griping about ash and garb: Held on $600 Rent Bonus Charge.”) WHETHER this effort will succeed, only time review cases, the board will see to it “that the | collections and etc. Last, but not least, the c There must always be some onus will tell. But in every way, thfough traveling national security is protected to the maximum | officials wouldn't have to worry about how they Come to men of greedy bent; exhibits, through discussion and debate, the AEC extent, while at the same time affording protec- | could meet the next 1k ” Ask these two who charged a. bonus, is doing all in its power to stir active, constructive tion from unfounded accusations to employees of I can't see how a can come around ask Which they added to the rent. public interest in the force that can spell life or the commission, to employees of its contractors | ing for your support and vote and then go in death. Recently when he put one of Mr. Te and licensees, and to applicants for employment.” the office and be so careless or indifferen For the cobbler’s: soul needs heeling, thal's talks in the Congressional Record, Rep. W. Thus both security and the right of the indi- | about handling the taxpayers’ money. Let u For they count their ill-miade gains, Sterling Cole of New York, vice chairman of the vidual to oie play will be sat The | hope under the leadership of our new M ~And the glazier knows the feeling Joint. Senate-House Atomic ~( commission is as proud of this achiévement as it | Al Feeney conditions will improve aithougn Of a lifetime filled with panes! AEC for working to inform Americans so that Is of the material progress during the past year. | has a stiff grade to pull. . fe - . 3 ‘eo ” WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms Side Glances—By Galbraith IN WASHINGTON . ... By Peter Edson : $ New UN Trouble Spot or [Federal Aid for School Falkland | ‘2 Due for Vote S rm. In Falkland Islands || § IDue for Vote Soon de WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Persistent failure of the United WASHINGTON, Feb. 19— Legislation to provide $300 million al day le

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