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» ing for him under a so-called reparation agreement which

° dominated government becomes risky. For on the record it

+ Finns into quick defeat in event of trouble. But he cannot

» comes to defying mighty Russia—as two Finnish-Russian . wars in a decade show. -. 3

35% W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ a ee ” wr Business Manager

The Indianapolis Times]

In Tune With the Times

Wayward I've been, a poor misguided souse—

Hold Your Hats,

He's Off Again a = oe,

Hoosier Forum | "1 do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend fo the death your right to say i."

A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER “Er E— Wilts what you think on aay Sublect of 3 Ea a RED CROSS NURSE publi asus. plainly and clearly. *Eiaciive Couple | by Times Publishing Co., 214 W. : (To Lt. D. KE) - ° letters ate brief. We do Sot FN Jotiers | : Maryland St. Postal Zone 9. You ask how I came to be a nurse; Write what you wiletor hare ho Hu. Mr. Bya Member of United Press, Scripps - Howard A nurse with a cross of red? bidet; people Newspaper Alliance, NEA Service, and Audit | Humanity called and I answered; . i Nancy ‘Bureau of Circulations. ' I knew how her poor heart bled. oes Phils : Price in Marion County, 5 cents a copy; de- You ask, if the long night watch More Civics in Schools } livered. by carrier, 250 a week. Through some soldier's crisis I'm tired? By A. J. Schueider, 504 W. Dr. Woodruff Place, Mise Marive * Mafl rates in Indiana, $5 a year; all other | 1 say my body is sore and weak, : linen shows: [12 states, U. 8. Canada and Mexico, | But my soul is never tired. It has not always been easy to Richards, Se $1.30 a month. Telephone R1ley 851.1 1 mv Ne the writings of Mr. Floyd MoGuire, but his ro. Tat, 5526 Kenwor Give LAGAS and the People Will Pins Their Own Woy o8 ask Why ud Eh Rr the ie iy hig e- Eat, Sg Ww en who'd have filled God's will aD itising vale. | «oka, A » % * ’ v A Surv . Red War Move in Finland - Yn LTE GREGORY. fe Sorry Pugh 44 which we find ourseves Ag will be : 3 . ue laxity “complacency regard to Other guests § QTALIN is speeding up his schedule for & world show-| L o> states id Iie: tooroualug knowing what makes our goverament tick. william L. Barr, : . 0 : { down. He acts like an aggressor getting ready for a | because of lack of food. Or maybe if's the a I Howe saLitely Mr. and Ea : war in a hurry dver 0:0 matics, for I have also seen the disappointments Lewis, Patricia E i : * : resulting from insufficient or inadequately jer and Betsy Har £ Finland and Czechoslovakia are not the only evidences O, WORLD learned mathematics, English Te Miss Kiger an £3 of this. In Germany he has stopped stalling and is con- | I'm scared to death in Life's ghostly spinney, three factors with which each individual tn this aaron Mar. 3 solidating his military and political position. In the Medi- Where mad bulla. paw. the dist sad biubbes country will have to deal until his dying day— of Miss Eg, Le terranean he has brought his Yugoslav puppets und the eS young mua Gud phen 2ug important. vid Fn more dames Ent, Richar Italian Communists together, and reversed his former op- And all first limbs are far above my head. po uh Io Serta: Slew our Jounger Ra ay position to return of Italian colonies as a bid for Htalian Fis at night-upon Tv-hod Of TOURS, tion of the intricacies of government Fares: rop, Misses Ent, favor in the April elections. In the Far East his Chinese | A harsh coarse wind whips all my covers eal 1 atinstions, 3 why Je iki ot govern. Rodecker, Fessler ; 4 + u| more dreamed of, ! Reds are racing to mop up strategic Manchuria. The dead Tavade my sleep. in phosphor frocks, the professional corruptionists who are in the ye. and Mes 3 The case of Finland is enlightening because Stalin | Water sprays my spine from an ley cup, A aunts thefsives Ih kthete ABE % needs nothing more from the Finns than he already has Where, oh, where is my Father's well built toboggan just as did the I Roman, the Babylon- Fae of their da : B 1 - ’ ’ ean, F . taken, unless he is preparing for war. They are now work Tha use: are and the soft feather bed? aren Sn ts ou L. Stafford, son of

5 ou , ; couple will " amounts to economic slavery. They are disarmed. He has Take me home, O, World, ere you find me 5 I have been conducting a small-scale crusade The coupe WS x 7 . : : : . . . ward this end myself—but ‘inter 4:30 p. m. on . annexed slices of their territory, and established Soviet —GEQRGE 8. BILLMAN. has been negligible. I have sxgsested that an Broadway Baptist

' bases at the door of Helsinki and elsewhere to leave the * Finns helpless whenever the Russians want to move in. Any need Stalin may have for a mutual defense treaty

Science has gone far, but a lot of husbands WH) Sell You that the Drums door 4IE ayussls at2 am

DEALS WITHIN DEALS . .

of our local high schools

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Miss Helen Kins maid of honor, and is to be the best m ss =

: : : Constitutional t be placed on the re Miss Martha Jane with little disarmed Finland against a now divided and oc- oy 9 By E. T. Leech Yulia ter of Mr. and Mrs cupied Germany is certainly not urgent. So the excuse DESPAIR y ure Oe ation Jour years of high school 151 Norwaldo Ave

" Stalin gives for his latest move is a phony. But if he is "counting on a war against the Western democracies, then even the semi-| allowed the Finns under a Red-

"is the most self-reliant small nation in Europe when it

Tw . 5% 8 o r HAVING Setached Finland from the Western World ' and from the Marshall Plan, he can starve and bleed the

always known that someday I would have to let you go, And if my heart is heavy It's because I love you so. ve

had to sever all the ties That held you close to me, use from here, you'll walk alone, The way of man, you see.

I think of all the years ahead Of knowledge and of strife Before you as you journey down * The winding road of life.

IF OUR American system of free enterprise ever is upset, the motive force need not necessarfly come from the left. It. just as easily could come from the right. The sudden increase in steel prices offers a prize example of how those who are considered conservative and respectable might pull down the very system which gives them their life and freedom of enterprise.

The Communists and their helpers are trying hard to do this. But those who pose as the best

If Business and Unions Team Up—

may not have reached the stage described in these suppositions. But it has already come to the point where it is disquieting, even alarming.

For example, on the business side take the

case of a few gigantic steel corporations, particularly U. 8. Steel. : \

And on the union side, such immense monopo-

listic labor bodies as the United Mine Werkers and United Steel Wonkers.

There are others who might qualify for men-

tion. But these are sufficient to make the point,

our way of life during

Where Does the Trouble Lie? By Grandpa Red Leg.

I joined the Indiana National Guard in 1902 when Battery A drilled at the old Curtis Armory at 16th and Senate. I recall the days whén we turned over our drill pay of 20 cents per drill to buy the coal and pay the water bills. We had excellent outfits and a waiting list,

ried to Edward A. Mr. and Mrs. Fra 3336 N. Wallace Av in the North Metho "The matron of h Mrs, Glenn Furro ond R. Brush Maple will be brid roll Forrest will be and Harold L. and sey will be ushers. « -Miss Fear is a gre ler University and Delta Delta Delta 2 td

And now my tears flow freely because they dominate the business and labor of Miss Lois Lic! friends of our system may turn out to be more : Never before has Indiana been at the bot- > now assure complete Finni sh co-operation or victory of the | Waugh 1 know 12m 3 oo boys dangerous than the leftwingers, : The SWo: 108 t Basic industries in modern life—coal | yom of the list of all the states in connection Suey St. wll Fri “ unpopular Communists in the coming elections. Not, that | A ymin pen Brg nd Until this disturbing condition began to arise, ©. ©. . ; . with the Guard. The boys of Indiana are just eV trod Jenn - is, unless he tightens the screws. : : —~BETTY ABBETT. capped by the amazing action of Big Steel, thers How Immunity Can Be Shared as-loval aa those 4t Tilinols, Kentucky, otc. day night. pA 3 : * oa hadn't seemed to be much of a rightwing menace IT IS becoming evident that corporations, also, Where does the trouble lie? Ask the men The prospective || Not the least of his motives in this Finnish move would } ia’ da in America. The Communists seemed to be the can ghare some of this immunity by “joining up” | 2nd they will tell you. WLLL, ng appear to be its effect on Sweden, Norway and Denmark. sige Judie sutes a fs brealfasy, | O71) destructive force that was really danger- _gg to speak—with the unions. The government For a small employer with one or two men all of 8 's tie ny ah are ngs ous. has encouraged what 4s inaccurately known as | tO 8rant two weeks and then two weeks more Clut Despite talin’s past pressures and the frantic desire nder 's day hoary begin theirs. But elements which are hostile, or intentional, «yngustry-wide '—as when Philip Mur- | for Camp is out of the question. The Guard

“of the Scandinavian nations to remain neutral, they are being pulled economically toward the West. Stalin in Fin- | ‘land is closer to them and can wield a bigger stick. ! Whether Finland is to be the front door for a Soviet offensive across Northern Europe in event of war, or a back door to be bolted while the Reds advance across Central and Southern Europe, is anybody's guess. The latter would seem more likely: “ But in either case Stalin's urgent itch to “complete the subjugation of Finlan § of | 8]

A mist hung deep o'er the river's edge; The moon was wan. . I stood in awe, For, there beamed at me above a hedge, You, my unwinged joy, the fairest face I ever saw-— Then faded fast from view. - Anon, like gray clouds soft oma mountain he! t, Cpe alii i 0 the moon points pierce them thngpugh, he broach my soul for love of you; a valley breeze o’er daisies fresh and white,

or foreign-inspired, as is the Communist attack, may not be the only menace to our institutions. Forces which are greedy and blind and self-seek-ing can be equally menacing. For example, big business and labor interests which place sslfish ends above the national welfare. Suppose, for example, that big corporations and big unions should team up to take the public for a ride. They would not need to do so by open “and fctive collusion; they could do it by tacitun‘derstdnding that both sides would grab all the talc Would bear--and”let. the Jublic-1eot the

bargaining’ ray and U. 8. Steel reached theif famous wage agreement under White House auspices. Or when U. 8. Steel and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. give John L. Lewis practically every demand he had been able to think of.

That was “industry-wide bargaining” only in

the sense that the deals applied to the entire steel and coal industries. Thousands of small iron and steel plants and marginal coal companies had to go along in every detail, without even a chance

- for discussion. - $

One company and two unions were thus able

to establish wages and conditions for thousands

thrived and made a fine record with men who gave up all vacations except the Guard Camp, Have our people gone soft—I think not. It is about time that our leaders got busy and produted results instead of making a lot of very poor excuses. My grandson is in the Guard now. It took over three trips on his part to enlist and get sworn in. If I had not insisted—the boy would have given it up. In my day--you enlisted, were examined sworn: in the same night<also orm (somewhat worn—but wear-

received a 1 able) and were mighty proud to be in A Bat.

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Plans for the ai card party will be di the Welfare Club ha meeting at 12:30 p. in the 38th Street } chants National Bazi

= A a SRA ERR —is obviously connected with his preparations for war. of companies—and to set competitive standards | tery. Auditorium and pro hgrerndion i Shad hands Jad me 00 400 00 dawn | a ROSS Sorin corporations were so VE for oiner business They could do to becausé ff | Y served 12 years in the Batis and missed | tot fr the clu pr . 3 In search of you. , which the whole country is dependent. That they yas all in Po Ty Bale 0 Te omy y 30d 80 C2113 10 Guy up cama, Ae Sawiy_Lusiang

The Great Debate Begins

SEN. ‘VANDENBERG" in opening the historic congressional debate on the European Recovery Plan stated the issue which the United States faces. Either we help to “head off aggressive communism now or our own freedom will be imperiled. “Stop World War III before it starts,”

Broad day; now I shall linger by a well, Till the whippoorwill, till the evening bell. LiKe the kiss of a rose—or its afterglow— The heart of a rdse, the. songs I know, My darling, my unwinged joy, I love you so! Cronk 8. BILLMAN,

* Two-pants sults. are reported more plentiful—and they're mighty handy for the family..

could so control prices and practices and labor relations that their private decisions would come te be bigger than public policy. Suppose certain unions were so big that they monopolized the labor in some basic industry without which the rest of the nation could not function. :

More Important Than Government

tive bargaining.

As a result of these deals, prices were in-

Record-breaking wages and record-breaking.

profits went hand in hand.

And now Big Steel's price increases, which

practically assure wage boosts for steel workers presage another round of inflation—jeopardizing our whole economy. .

I was in during the days of Hez Clark. Let's get Indlana out of the cellar on this tal ;

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Congratulates Judge By the Howard Family, Park Ave, City. Through the column of the Hoosier: Forum

Mrs, E, L, Baker Jr. of arrangements. Mrs, W. R. Hat chairman for the lu

; George William Mitchener Cashon,

: vik These latter statements are .not suppositions, | we wish to congratulate the jury and judge of Mrs. E. E. Though Eastern Europe is gone, Western Europe still ¢ * © UNDER such conditions the acts and decisions but facts based on recent QeouTIAnORS, They lead Shelby County on their decision in the notorious at a 1:40 p. Martin stands—unsteadily. ' of these. giant business firms and labor unions quite logically to the supposition that. se cor- | ‘Watts case. . when officers + y: There is yet time, if we act. quickly, : FOSTER S FOLLIES would become more important than those of the porations and selfish unions might find this an In spite of the fact that the lawyers defend-. yo wi » to save those 16 non-Communist countries. The Marshall- | (“MOSCOW—Look for U. 8. Spies Soviet | government. Particularly would this be true if - easy way to attain-their ends—at public expense. | Ing a most vicious criminal, violated their oath Mayor Feeney v Vandenberg Plan has the best chance of helping them to Army Told.") openly or passively they began to act together. 1f it happens, America then would have a form | as the defenders of law and order and employed Oy” at a Be help themsel ul “on their feet economically. That, add- Red Star warns all Russian forces Obviously such power, under any conditions, of fascism—which is a system of economic con- | every possible lie and dirty scheme to free 2 Club luncheon tomo, p themselves get on. : 3 To be smart. alert-and wise, would be dangerous. Unless used with great wis- trol based on corporate-labor domination of the | dangerous criminal who has no right to be at In Athle ed to the Western European Union proposed by Britain, And watch the sneaky courses dom and restraint, it would soon become intoler- state. ‘ large, for political reasons or to gain money or Approximately 250 and a defensive military alliance with the United States Of some mystic U. 8. spies able. This could lead the government to equip itself | the business.of other criminals. .- and guests will . ng : with drastic powers over enterprise to protect. This jury had the fortitude and sense of duty :

under the United Nations Charter, can provide security.

Passage of the Marshall-Vandenberg Plan now seems assured in some form. With unanimous committee .in-

Should these wild quixotic “vultilles.” (Who are stalking them, they claim) Plant the seed of “bourgeois culture” — Joe might never be the same.

In the end, the government would have to step in and assert itself, in self-defense. For government cannot play second fiddle. It cannot exist under the shadow of a greater power.

Getting down to cases, the current situation

its own domination.

The alternative to these. possibilities, it

would seem, would be the revival of real competition in the basic industries. :

as American citizens to see that justice is done. We hope we might have more juries of its kind to help break up the growing crime wave

in our city.

event. Mrs. Marie } introduce the speak

A tia Covered dish sy held at 7 p. m. tome

d ent it is expected to pass the Senate by Mar. 15. But = Clifto Jomo the House is slow in ting the bill out of committee and is [NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs Side Glances—By Galbraith IN WASHINGTON . .. By Peter Edson : Cb "The vn wy tempted to chisel it below the safety point. : ® 3 od “Bag rten, and w tous mittee asso 0 HOW tO Elect Truman io Anything the Reds Do | =x fee combine it with other foreign aid. The Times considers C ———

the Greek and Turkish programs imperative. We look to Congress to supply to China the military materials urged by Gens. Wedemeyer and Chennault, but so far withheld by " our fumbling administration. The McGovern report just received by the House committee from its special investigator recommends such aid, because: “If China falls into

in theory, they see two major objections. No. 1 is the difficulty of getting agreement wings of the party on a substitute.

Communist hands in all probability the rest of the Far East also will be engulfed and the effect of our victory in the Pacific war will be nullified.” . It would be disastrous if the needs of Western Europe on one side and of Greece, Turkey and China on the other were allowed to block each other. There should be no such rivalry for priority. With Stalin moving on a global front, we must help provide the materials for self-defense.in the Far East and Mediterranean no less than in Western

as Mr. Truman. No, 2 is the unanswerable objection.

tically nil.

Build Hope on Vice Presidency

Has Party Puzzled

.~ WASHINGTON, Mar. 3—The talk about substituting another candidate fof Harry S. Truman is regarded by most realists in the Democratic Party as just talk. However desirable it might be

A liberal, backing the civil rights program and thereby appealing to the mass vote in the cities of the North, would be rejected by the South as vehemently

By the very act of selecting another candidate, the Democrats would be confessing failure so publicly as to make the chances of the substitute prac-

Therefore, even though new handicaps seem to pile up each day, realists in the party are thinking in terms of a revised Win-With-Truman strategy. They advocate at the outset a frank recognition that New York State is hopelessly lost.

between the two

ted were:

Is Jake With Henry

WASHINGTON, Mar. 3—Henry Wallace left out a whole lot of paragraphs when he appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to read his 12,000 word statement against the Euros pean Recovery Program. Perhaps the most important lines omits

“While the Russians felt that they had reasons to doubt the sincerity of the invitation to them, I think they made a mistake by withdrawing from the Paris meeting.” . This sentence is notable because it is almost the only comment Mr. Wallace made that was at all critical of Soviet Russia. Aside from that one thing—withdrawing from the Paris Conference at which the 16 European nations drew up their-requirements for a four-year recovery plan—everyth ently Jake with Henry. The fault is all with the U. 8.—the Amer ican imperialists who want to intervene in Europe.

Still Living in a Dream World

the Russians do is appare

- THIS most recent Washington a rance of Mr. Wallace's Europe. THEY would build confidence around two factors—the West was one of the strangest a na memory. All the 23 Engay Whether or not the separate measures for this purpose ag a Vie ' Jrasidential; exnttidate who is a Sophias big of Congressmen on the committee gave the man credit for being sr ; ntegrity. On points the answer they come 3 cere. Not one accused him of dem ery, of playing to . should be combined by Congress is a question of speed. In | gen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming. grandstand or making a political yy Ea to under At this case the fastest method is the best. tos Sen. O'Mahoney has a long and appentive eo Li inutte stand him. Yet what he had to say was completely bafing. He Rin + small-business man and against mono seemed to be living in a dream world in which the only rea The rape of Czechoslovakia, Soviet pressure on Fin- of power. His vigorous demand for action when the steel com- were what he EET to believe. He was a good bit like Walter land, and the Communist sweep in Manchuria did not wait paties raised el phich ie Sther day was 3 line With What he Mitty in the movies. * : ist sh a ih = as n pre or a ‘decade or more. ere wou no “What is the diff tween your plan and the Commun _on Congress. Nor will Stalin's next moves, © question of the Communist or fellow-traveler taint. Sen. 0’Maho- plan?" Sol Bloom (D. N. ¥) asked Mr. Wallace ney is a Roman Catholic who believes passionately in free enter- He said he wasn't familiar with the Communist plan. All he A ; 3 Airf Id prise, seeing in monopoly the real threat to freedom. knew was that the countries of eastern Europe were being shut bric . . off from western E . ; : uperior Airrie : Might Claim Votes in East HE E have BRIG GEN. HOWARD MAXWELL, state adjutant gen- i ASHE REALISTS believe the fact he is a Catholic would add | Seite NED 2.3 World Saving at Bargain Rate : Chas t n n o his appeal. e Senator was born in Chelsea, Mass,, and has a —COPR. 1948 BY NEA SERVICE NC. TM Ee AT eed | THE fact that Moscow had compelled Poland and Czechosio® eral, reveals plans to extend the runways at Stouti ciaim on. loyalties in that state with ita high proportion of Catho- | "Oh, | don't think good-looking people are conceited—I know | vakia to stay out of the Marshall Plan, Mr. Wallace seemed Field from 4495 feet to 5000 feet, and to 7000 feet later. | le voters. ; Sv Vw notte but of anv ir” ignore. ERP, Mr. Wallace told Congressman Karl Mundt (R. & Wo As soon as this is done, a new portable lighting sys-| — Sushomy 1» Lari ep PE you Lome ry P y sys : Dak.), was American intervention in the affairs of countries over tem will be installed, giving Indianapolis one of the most | are depressingly small. Sen. O’'Mahoney’s own state of Wyoming LITTLE QUOTES From Ri Poo le Mr. Wallace's own plan is for a UN Recovery Program rut Fin practical National Guard airfields in the country. cast Ass Slesiora) votes In ou. Colorae.. Tiaho. Moptata, g p like UNRRA. Every country should contribute. Mr. Watjace J . - . : * ’ » . e 1t is wise to keep the air arm of the National Guard | Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, you get a total of 32. Profiteering in peace can be as dangerous to the economy | the cost at $5 billion a year for 10 years The U. & VFS * tt : : Co to N \k as is profiteering in war. The nation needs protection now from | cen e UNRRA total. Mr. ace hopes it woul strong. We have learned in the last two World Wars that | Compared to New York's 47, this looks like small potatoes. profiteering.—Rep. J. D. Dingell (D.) of Michigan, calling for | Pay only 50 per cent of the UN recovery bill. This is world-saving Reptste National is th ir £ he fed £ Assuming that the South does not go all the way with {ts ” NE a & at a bargain. the National Guard is the reservoir for the federal forces, | revoit—a dangerous assumption at this moment—you add 32 to | Teimposition of excess profits tax on corporations. Po a. svives. ah thes figures he doesn’t explain. The fact and that all future wars will be fought in the air. . the South's 127 and come out with 159. The remaining 107 neces- | > yr ; | that many of the 32 leisy supporting UNRRA are now broke C It gives us a feeling of satisfaction to know we shall | sary ne elect would have to be found elsewhere. ! You don’t stop inflation by “lip service.” If you can halt the and asking for more credit, Mr. Wallace ignores. it har le. h ad te airfield. And hall h hile this sounds like the logic of despair, there is neverthe- | rising wage cycle, you will see the start of a lower price cycie. The fact that four-power control of Germany and Austria ist 2 ave an adequal hi na we s ave a greater | less a certain logic in it. It is the logic of concentrating on those | Competition and efficiency will work to decrease prices.—E. G. | working, Mr. Wallace ignores. He wants the German Ruhr Tun 29 \ sense of security in the knowledge that our National A 2reas where the rewards promise to be greatest rather than dis- | by America, Britain, France and Russia, even though they have

Grace, chairman, Bethlehem Steel Corp. ® © & We have pussyfooted too much in our public attitude on the Russian question. It is time for a showdown.—James Farley, former Postmaster General. .

sipating money and energy in a shotgun attack. In making official appointments, President Truman has given more recognition to the West than any President in a long time. So, the argument of the realists goes, concentrate in the area where there is something to build on.

thus far failed at making a go of Germany and Austria. . ott Through page after page of his statement runs this same I of unreality. He's an optimist, he says. He thinks both capitalist and communism can survive in the same world. There doest/ have to be a showdown. Th's is a religious war, like in the 1500%

Guards have had the benefit of superior training facilities should the hour come when they would be called into the service of their country. :

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