Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1948 — Page 10

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* President Truman has called on’ the Justice Depart- . and other agencies to investigate last week's hike in "The Joint Congressional Economic Committee, headed by : several steel leaders next Tuesday and then decide whether it also will embark on a full-scale investigation. - -

Sen. Ralph E. Flanders, Vermont Republican, said that |

unless the public got a better break on steel prices, the industry would face government supervision as a public utility. > Sen. Joseph C.' O'Mahoney, Wyoming Democrat,

“charged that U. 8. Steel stood revealed as a “virtusl mo-

nopoly.” of the price increases, he plans bills to reimpose an excess-profits tax and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to make public the pricing methods of

These official moves followed widespread private witicism of the steel increases, much of it from businessnen. y ® > : $ - ; : v v en» yuri. eo. ' THE TARGET is only one industry—or, to be more accurate, chiefly the U. 8. Steel Corp., which seems to dominate the industry.

If the inquiries hit only one company there would be |

osely termed the steel industry. Many of them are on its mote fringes. Their labor and ther costs have been demined for them-—without consultation or discussion—

7 U. 8. Steel. Now they may be hit by government regu- |

tions which they had no part in inspiring. There are many thousands of other firms dependent 3} steel for their ‘ Me : Sl It is next to impossible to control or make a utility of

1at will affect all these companies. To attempt it would be » plunge the government deep into the realm of private . . 8 » ¢ = » IT COULD be the first great step in this country to‘ard doing away with our traditional system of free enter- _ rise, under which we have done so well. ’ Steel virtually has forced the government to do smething. Investigation undoubtedly is in order. It should » full and fair, Then, on the basis of the facts, a remedy 10uld be considered and applied carefully. But if the coun‘y i8 to escape a Pandora's box of planned economy, the slution will have to be not in the direction of government smership or elaborate contrgls, but toward re-establish-

ient of real competition in the steebindnstry.

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\ction on Margarine HANCES are improving for action by Congress to repeal the unfair federal taxes and license fees on rargarine. : The House Agricultural Committee headed by Rep. “lifford Hope (R. Kas.) Mar. 8 will begin hearings on 16 “ype! bills. A new and hopeful element here is that seven . these bills were introduced by Republican Congressmen. We are glad to see Republicans getting smart on this "sue. Never before has even one Republican sponsored a roposal to get'rid of the anti-margarine laws. Instead, >r more than 60 years Republicans in Congress have

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“ought all efforts to remove the levies that make this whole- |

ome food needlessly costly and troublesome to use. And ven now no Republican Senator so far has ventured to ut his name on a repeal measure. There is no good n for maintaining what amounts ‘5 a special domestic p#otective tariff in favor of butter. There is no decent reason why the millions of house‘vives who use margarine should not be able to buy it in slored form, instead of having to mix the yellow coloring

Sen. Robert A. Taft, already had moved. It will hear |

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'mposed for the alleged benefit of dairy farmer are grossly ‘mjust to other farmers—producers of cotton seed and oy-bean oils used in the making of margarine. . We believe Chairman Hope intends to see that the 1earings before his committee are fair and thorough. He nd other Republicans.are intelligent enough to know their party no longer can afford to carry a burden of definitely liseriminatory laws to which a vast number of voters itrongly and rightly object. The hearings, however, will serve no purpose unless, when they are-concluded, a repeal

measure is sent before the House—and, after that, the

Senate—for-debate and a vote on its ierits. ; Now isa good time to let your Representative and Senators know that you want action on the margarine issue.

Lost Sheep

RECENT meetings of Southern governors and “old New . Deal” liberals indicate that both groups, for different reasons, aren't enthusiastic about President Truman, Henry Wallace, or any presidential candidate the Repubossible cure for this political homelessness might see poor little lambs who have gone astray to get Henne of Party.” \ ’

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(Oh, Til visit great valleys, cit~ and subway, | Ge ween a San American How do ‘you expect me And Belts of Wheat waving—where gold and hE AL AFFAIRS Ey B is Childs or 41y normal person {0 fest Turoped Peace : ; $ Times. policy has changed. 2 Ana S Biting sn wor wins armen | NATION tx x By Magi CIS Be ow i ocam's e rainbow, : : ofe . 3 : Though today’s sun reflects on a cushion of D | | } p | t i America? No, I get a little sick when I sum ho === | Delay Intensinies Palestine Issue. |i Cast =" Oh, give me an hour when I silently drift WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—“The fog comes on before the defiant Arabs, there would be more Lo 1 On a cloud consisting of musical mist! little cat feet” —Carl Sandburg. That is the poet's than enough blame to go around. - Whether the February—Woman's Month When the air is filled with a haunting refrain, | description of a foggy night in Chicago. .But it United Nations could survive at all would be the By Mrs. Walter Haggerty, City. Why not drift along with me down memory also seems to me to describe the way in which - is On the 24 lane? —AVOLYN YOUNG BLAKE United States policy on Palestine is being laid Perhaps these tions do an justice to he puary 2 beautitdl moth on hs 24 $v Oa yoo a uttered by Delegate DE ura thar Tora ean: one the. Ground and take us to forget spring. for a Henry Wallace wants a change of faces in We RE ore lon. Berariy Come ot can hear echoes of the arguments of those who | While. But we already are thinking about a the White House. And we can guess whose | ;,., guccess, ‘it is difficult to find the shape of say that the dictates of Real-Polittk make it Baw Dt Wi Sowers Sd A aw Spring oid, face he would like to see framed In the White | ing positive. The fog of procedure, of rules impossible for the United States to go through February 1s the month of fresom. and op. Homsemtranen, © = & - | and regulations settles down. The mist of words with partition. : portunities fof ee $ Suk 8 Febroary - “| 1s Hike a curtain between the United Nations and being a month birth of great men the terrible reality of Palestine, Keeping Reds Out, Real Problem February 15 is the date of the birth of Susan B, LITTLE THINGS : It is not surprising that, in this fog, deep THEY ARGUE that the ofl of the Middle East | forony may Ae 0 Hh a bi Dean, "Tis little things that help to make this life | suspicions should persist. The fear is that the ., ,..ential to the needs of Western Europe mov- life ape worthwhile, Ss-<1 stage has been set for repudiation, either by the. 1g toward revival the Marshall Plan. Far Rus ot ee Frying Jo atch thase igh A bit of praise, a kindly word, a friendly smile. Seculity ountll or bY the Geisral Asembly, of more important they say it is vital to keep & | oy 2nd’ that the right of a citizen to vots No one can tell how much they help until in esting Partition Ay 2d oorectly. by strategie foothold in a he ne. this | ®hall not be denied because of sex, giving her O them, and then they value much each help- | ® MAJOTIty vote, with the United States ULtering view seems to have serious flaws. Once the deci. | ‘he HERE of suffrage. ba : ful deed. P" | a formal protest. This would be the kind of gion was made for partition, it is hard to believe pie omen hav sone 4 long way The . i and try formula so welcome to U. 8. military and State that the favor of the Arabs could be won by haz a Jon ay to go if she isto They Ieatise then Whar trial means, an Department sxparts who have been: looking for a retreat from that position. They have their own a ng Eons huvpttia $5: Sei py Nod 84 a, omer | | ne Fi, ne nt fe Snknd Shs ar ony sng, i aac ep When things are running. smooth for them, Council should decide it is necessary to use armed of Be in object to 5 keep the Russissis up the Hight track and-Jast but not Jegst se hire folks oft’ forget force to maintain international peace in connec- -gonment of the Jewish State would seem to be | 'n February a That God rules, and suffering and want are | tion with Palestine,” he said, “the United States (ie surest way to bring them fn. With fine moral | '® Very four When she can speak for round them yet. would. be ready to consult under the charter with j3qignation the Soviets could say that they were | = FeOruary is lovely! s «-~MAUD SPAHR. 3 View 1b Suth Solin aa Bay NC ; x :

Gerald L. K. Smith says Gen. MacArthur : , tn dope to 0: “ » At HE Neiage: thing POE elt Vion c learned that we could not beat a dictatorship at | dent says this coun game. unless Congress FOSTER'S FOLLIES Soviet Union Is the Thorn What may be hoped for from Delegate Austin’s | prices. “A RA, w to Run t IN THAT last, the other—the Russian—horn statement of American policy is quick action. The Well, why don go Ro m- omen | Town of the dilemma is held up to view, Because of most damaging thing of all is the disastrous drift | more stuff, and pay more » Mark Leap Year.”) { the persistent ism of the Soviet Union of recent weeks. it can get so we won - Sweet young ladies, cute and cunning. through months and months.of delay, it has been If partition is to be repudiated, then let the | be nothing to buy, ‘the government Each a vision of sheer joy, Wjositia 0 agies un & United Nations force, machinery be quickly set in motion. Like any a : As a Leap Year stunt are running after these lengthy “consultations” piece of brital surgery: instance, a surgery ve soaked This staid town in Illinois. curity Council might find that no force existed to of the conscience—it had better be done quickly | my tears thinking of the heart- ; : enforce peace :n Palestine and therefore partition and with as few flourishes as possible. - If parti- the high prices are causing the But we'll steer clear of Aurora, was impossible. At least part of the blame could tion is to stand, then it must be implemented | notice everytime prices drop, the While these lovely lassies rule; be put onto Russia. © with United States ald, and that too should be starts to buying right and Comes one year in every four, a $ But since the integrity of the United Nations done quickly. Each day that goes by makes hope | soaring again. Man must emulate the mule! would be all but destroyed by this legalized retreat Of success that muth more remote. prices down .or

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-—Death n'a house makes its presence felt in small doors, shut-off rooms, drawn curtains. An alr of grief tempered by haste to make necessary arrangements. © Subdued" voices. wT There is an air of death at the greystone Czechslovak embassy on Washington's Avenue of the Embassies. Twice in recent history Czechoslovakia has been overrun. Once by the Nazis, now more insidiously by the Communists. On Embassy Row the old, dreadful question recurs. Whose turn will it be next? T You approach the Czech Embassy from the Massachusetts Ave. side. Over the marquee is a coat of arms. A small sign below directs visitors to the chancery entrance on a side street.

Either Crying or Had a Bad Cold

YOU RING. There is a buzz and a click, and the door is unlocked. You enter a hall decorated with old engravings and then a reception room. ~ The operator at the switchboard, who is also receptionist has ‘sither been crying or she has a bad cold. She is so or so.

Side Glances—By Galbraith

"Yes, it is large, madam==but in these days of inflation, isn't it & comfort to know you can get that much hat for your money!"

Stills Embassy !

CLOSED DOORS, DRAWN CURTAINS . . . By James Daniel

Hush of Death

She is polite, speaking English with an accent, but non-informa-tive. The press attache is not in. ‘The ambassador is in a meeting. Everybody, in fact, is in a meeting. - As you stand there wondering how people offer condolences on the death of ‘freedom, doors open and close. People come and 80, their faces grave. The phone rings constantly,

Czech Word for Truth is ‘Pravda’

THE WALLS of the room are decorated with posters and pictures. Over there is one that looks familiar. It is the original of a full page drawing and poem that appeared in a weekly magazine while Czechoslovakia was under Hitler. : The slogan on the picture translates as “Truth Will Prevail.” Oddly, the Czech word for truth is the same as the Russian— ““pravda.” p The poem relates the slaughter of Prague students by Hitlerites. Successors to these students massed the other night in numbed protest against the Moscow sympathizers, counterpart of the Sudetenland traitors of 1939. Some of the lines have ‘a fresher meaning than the poet “You were the blood-bright spur to prick

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could have foreseen. the languid conscience of this age . . Or this one, addressed to Hitler: “Break the head of every stubborn hostage; shoot him ‘dead until the earth runs: red; others will stand in his stead.” A gaily colored travel poster invites: “For a complete rest, for cheerful company and above all for a healthy holiday, come to Czechoslovakia.” That ought to bring some laughs in Moscow now. One poster deals with the restoration of coal production. Even though it’s in Czech it Is possible to make out that coal output there reached 100.7 per cent of normal only last September, A. third poster is even more up to date. It invites entries in the 1948 International Fair at Pragus, to be held in March. Finally you leave, closing the doors behind you with care. Down the street as you come out, two black French poodles are frolicking on a mansion lawn. Propped against the grill of a basement window of the Danish embassy across the street is a half-consumed bottle of milk. Life goes on. The funeral comes later, after grief has yielded to decorum. You wonder idly whether the present ambassador will hold out against the Commies, as his predecessor kept the embassy from the Nazis.

LITTLE QUOTES From Big People

We shall have to face and solve the necessity of bringing wages into equilibrium with the rising cost of living and stabiliz-

ing them at that level.—Paul Porter, former OPA Administrator.

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We have not reached the stage of push-button warfare and the best estimates are that we are not likely to for at least 10 years.—Owen J. Roberts, former Supreme Court justice. * & 9

Since V-E Ddy Russia has taken much more in territories and spheres of influence . , . than she had Hoped to get as a (prewar) ally of Hitler's.—Sen. Millard Tydings (D) of Maryland. * 9»

' The last three years have been the only period when my judgment convinced me that prices could go only one way: up. Edwin Pauley, Tormer assistant to fhe Secretary of the Army,

We've got to get Germany back on her feet. It's not only the decent thing to do, but it's & matter of po pri: i $d Nancy Astor, former member of British Parliament.

DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney i Harness Reads Ewing

~ WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Dear Boss. . ; ; A minor miracle k.

most partisan persons in the entire House of Representatives, publicly agreed with an administration Democrat from : The Democrat is a native Hoosier, but that has nothing to Federal Security

do with it. He is Oscar R (Jack) Ewing, Administrator. As you know. Jack was born.at G -educated at Indiana University in the same class with Paul V. Mc-

Nutt and the late Wendell L. Willkie, long was connected with the

tice to head the Federal Security Agency. The reason Mr. Harness sided in with him was because the

tion's reorganization plan No. 1. °°

» Unemployment Pay Part of Security THAT LETTER was written by Mr. Ewing to Budget Director James KE. Webb back in November, 1947. Mr. Webb had asked for reasons why unemployment eompensation should be kept in FSA. And Mr, Ewing, citing the stand of his predecessors in office, Mr. McNutt and Watson Miller, both Hoosiers, also stated unemployment compensation is part of the whole security program over which FSA has jurisdiction. President Truman didn't think so, however. His plan one for 1048 called not only for keeping the U. 8. Employment Service in the Labor Department but for transferring the Bureau of Employ« ment: Security and UnempBloyment Compensation there from FSA.

Harness Read the Old Ewing Letter

ONCE: THIS plan was sent to Congress, Mr, Ewing took no active part in opposing it. But Mr. Harness, who helped defeat it in the House on Wednesday, had the old Ewing letter, read it in full and then concluded. . . . “I thoroughly agree with the conlusion reached by the administrator in opposing the transfer of these services to the Labor Department.” 0 The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce and the Republican state administration helped Mr. Harness oppose Plan 1 as a member of the House Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments. It was supported by both the AFL and CIO. The House rejected it by a voice vote.

under FSA. . . Chia Rep. 8am Hobbs (D. Ala.) who fought for the President's plan termed the GOP alternative “a resolution to destroy the Labor Department and to create the largest bureau that could be built by congressional folly.” . Plan 1 mist also be rejected by the Senate by Mar, 19, or it becomes a law, i wii Mr, Harness is preparing a bill to fake the whole business away from the federal government and giving it to the states.

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