Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1948 — Page 24

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ALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ > . Business Manager

A Boost for the National Guard A LETTER in the Hoosier Forum the other day spoke ‘with feeling, and with some pride, of the “old days when Indiana’s National Guard was a snappy outfit in which membership was so highly prized that many units had waiting lists of applicants who wanted to join, It couldn’t have been for money. In the days he writes about Guardsmen got paid 20 cents a day—or $1 a month for the standard five monthly drills. And generally kicked that back into the company. fund to pay for coal or other

necessities around the armory. It was like that in the days right after the First World

War, too, when the National Guard was reorganized. Pay was higher then—up to $1 a day or $5 a month for the standard five drills. Most outfits had waiting lists of men who wanted to get in then, too, and we recall that about the toughest punishment that could be handed out to an erring member was discharge from his unit. hn IT WASN'T the money then, either. The Guard had other attractions. Good fellowship, maybe. A strong esprit de corps, pride in company and regiment, and division. Officers who were natural leaders. Athletic teams. Social affairs. Something of the same feeling that holds men together in a club or a lodge or a fraternity. In fact, it has been that way since the National Guard began. Up to right now. Just now enlistménts in Indiana's guard units, for some reason, are lagging. Yet National Guard service ought, by every yardstick you can imagine, to be more attractive today than it ever has been. There are thrilling new weapons and fascinating new equipment to be learned and used. Everya unit does, these days, is vastly more interesting than in the days of close order infantry drill. Pay is higher: Opportunity for advancement is greater.

THE BLEA of some Indians guard officials for employers to subsidize enlistment by granting extra vacations and extra pay to men who join seems to us not only improper, but ineffective. Soldiers who have demanded a bonus or & handout for enlistment, down through the ages, * haven't generally been very good soldiers. Seems to us it is going to take more than a featherbed to attract to our National Guard the kind of men we hope to see in it—and the kind we used to see in it in times past. We'd suggest that Indiana’s Natiorial Guard officers

give some thought to the factors that made service attractive in 1000—or 1012—or 1925—or even 1038. It could be the answer to their whole problem lies right there.

Korea Could Blow Up Asia

0 in Korea which “may be the beginning of a according to the United Nations ‘Commission report to the Little Assembly. The United Nations is the last hope in the judgment of the commission and of Korean leaders. :

This {8 as alarming as it sounds. It is based on an objective investigation in Korea by the commission, whose chairman has flown to Lake Success to deliver the report. The commission has been unable to carry out United Nations instructions to hold national elections begause Russia has barred it from Soviet-occupied North Korea. In the long list of Russian. violations of international commitments it would be hard to find one more cold-blood-edly brazen. Stalin went into Korea on a free ticket from the United " States, whose forces overthrew the Jap empire. He was allowed to share responsibilities of temporary occupation with the United States on the pledge that Korean independence and representative government would be restored. #"

. . . . INSTEAD, Stalin betrayed his protector’s role by organizing a puppet government and a puppet Red army to take over the Soviet dictatorship when ready. At the same ‘time ha sent his agents into the American-occupied zone to prepare insurrection against rule there and to arrange for a Red minority police state as soon as American troops were forced out. :

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responsibility for Korean independence, and & United Nations a was sent out to hold free elections, Russia boycotted the commission. Russia and her satellites also are boycotting the Little Assembly to which the commission is reporting.

- . » J . os “HERE THEN is a clear case of across-the-board Soviet usurpation and defiance of world authority. Stalin intends to add Korea and Manchuria to Mongolia and his string of puppet states across Asia, just as he has enslaved Eastern Europe. That is why a Korean explosion could shake all Asia and draw the United States into war. . Whether it is now possible or wise to hold elections in the American zone of South Korea, which contains a majority of the total population of the country, is for the Little Assembly to decide. ; In any event it is essential for the Little Assembly to reaffirm United Nations responsibility for Korea, and to keep the record clear by citing Russia for Salles of international agreements and contempt of international authority.

38th and Illinois

EN cities grow large and push over their boundaries, as has Indianapolis, they become a cluster of outlying business centers. Shopping districts spring up and organize. It is the only way they can make their presence felt. All cities are the same, And it is by this method that they ‘grow and prosper. The business owners of 38th and Illinois have organ-

ized their own group to see that their district both con- |

tributes and gets its share of community benefits. They will have their cleanup drives, their anniversary celebrations, their campaigns for improvements. The 38th and Illinois business owners are going to do _.. their share in a business area which is filling in and spreading perhaps more than any other in town.

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THOUGHTS IN THE STILLNESS

Life is a wintry thing. Laden with sadness, possessed of a sting . « » You are not near me; I am alone. Life is a wintry thing.

Life is a glorious thing. Filled with beauty: a swallow awing. You're here, my darling; I am complete , . Life is a glorious thing.

Life is a wondrous thing!

| My sorrows, my joys, the heart songs I sing

You hold in your hands, my beloved .. . Life is a wondrous thing. ~—MRS, R. F. CHAMBERLIN. ® & ¢

An investigator says the blond is on her way out. And that scraping noise is the men guests getting up » 1ollow Ber.

CITY

Tall, brave, beautiful being of steel and stone! Seeing with the eyes of those Who visioned you in wakeful dreams. Hearing with the ears of thos . Who heard the echo of your far-approaching footsteps. Breathing with the breath of those Who dedicated their souls to your creation. Smiling with the lips of those Who smiled in contemplation of your awakening. Tall, brave, beautiful being of steel and stone! ~VIRGINIA FORTNEY. ¢ © o

With parts of the world still needing food, a good spring motto for us is, “Watch Us Grow.” 9

A LOVELY ONE DIVINE

APPLICATION and skill in music add much to the beauty of womanhood. In enhancing the charm of girls, music ranks with Christianity and motherhood. What on earth is more angelic than a girl entertaining her boy friend with music that appeals to the soul? Sitting at the piano she radiates a spiritual quality that is sublimely beautiful. Music makes a plain girl pretty and

a lovely one divine. ~—HIRAM LACKEY. ® © oo Doctors are folks who advise people not oy worry about anything—and then send a

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Dust of a star,

Get's in one’s nose.

Spring’s high fever— Passions or throes, - Left us at twilight When the moon ‘rose.

Why should we dwell For a moment with woes— Life's a day, dear, Eternity grows. ’ + «=DR, ® JATELLE GREGORY. Look at the bright side! An astronomer S4Ys we'll nave sunshizie n 307 88 million years,

DRY LEAVES

A tree that through the winter holds Its withered leaves, Reminds me of a woman when

©” She grieves— And holds so futilely to all The ways of youth That she has long outgrown, and lost, The truth. «MAUD COURTNEY WADELL, 1014 W. 28th St. ® ¢ ¢ Driving your car fast doesn't help a bit toward keeping wp wie payments.

'TOO LATE"

A cross to bear The Heart—a weight When understanding Comes, too late.

~—MARY R. WHITE,

854 N. Sherman Dr.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . .

B, Marquis Childs

Where to Draw the Soviet Line?

WASHINGTON, Mar, 4—Until the disaster to Czechoslovakia, there was a comfortable feeling here in Washington that the danger of war was

.something fairly remote—a matter of five to

seven years. This was based largely on the assurance, which one heard over and over from those in authority, that Russia did not want a shooting war. ( The comfortable assurance has vanished. It is not that the Soviet Union has come to want a war. But the attitude of the rulers in the Kremlin is now seen to make the possibility—yes, even the likelihood—of war far more imminent. This is so because of the fact that within the ruling clique in Moscow there is the conviction that the United States does not want a war. What is more, the Russians seem to believe that this country will be so divided during an election year that decisive action from the U. 8. is impossible. Therefore they can, without too great a risk, move to get what they want short of war. The danger is as acute as after the other Czechoslovak disaster of 10 years ago. Then a year intervened and the end was am open declaration of war. While the sequence of events is likely to be of a different nature, the time span is even shorter. The next critical date is Apr. 18, when the Italians go to the polis. If the Communists in Italy win close to a majority, then the same kind of grab for power will be started there that is today being carried to completion in Czechoslovakia. If Italy goes down, France can scarce ly survive. Western Europe will be finished, The Soviets will have taken a decisive step toward their major goal, which is to isolate North America in every way from the rest of the world.

Food Pipeline Goes Dry Apr. 1

CONSIDER the timing. Secretary of State George C. Marshall has said that the European Recovery Program should be passed by Apr, 1. If money is not available by that date, then the pipeline of food and supplies to Italy and France will begin to empty. Perhaps the Senate, which has begun debate, will have adopted the bill 'by that deadline. But if the past is any precedent, in the House purblind men of the type of Rep. John Taber of New York will be repeating endlessly the shibboleths of the

past. Meanwhile, Henry Wallace will be going up and down the country denouncing the recovery program and pleading the Russian cause. What is doubly significant is the interpretation that the Kremlin puts on the Taber-Wallace noise. It is regarded as representative of American opinion, ~~ When Saqviet representatives in this country send repo to Moscow, they apparently feel they must report what the Kremlin wants to hear. There is some reason to believe that those who don't send such reports find themselves quickly in disfavor. That is to say, if they report that the great mass of opinion is behind the recovery program, is for Universal Military Training and is aware of America’s vital interests in Western Europe, they are speedily demoted. Just that is reported to have happened to one individual in the Soviet Embassy in Washington.

Communism Will Go Too Far HERE, then, is the danger. Communism, with the aid and expert direction of the Russians, will step beyond the line of America’s vital interests. Only after that happens will Americans wake up to what it means. Then war will come.

That is why Western diplomats in Washing- |

ton are urging—pleading is a better word—for an unequivocal statement how of where the vital line lies, this to be coupled with a clear warning that Communist seizure of power by force beyond that line would mean war. This might be done in a joint British-U. 8.-French statement. But first and foremost it is essential that America’s position be made clear beyond any doubt. If the machinery existed under our system, this would be the moment to form a coalition government of Democrats, Republicans and aggressive Liberals who oppose the Communists. Short of that, nothing less than a dramatic declaration to the world will suffice. In a meeting at the White House or before a joint session of Congress, the leaders of the two major parties should state that it is America’s vital interest to preserve the independence of Western Europe. All the Republican candidates for the presidency should be present at the meeting, and perhaps also the leaders of organized labor and organized industry. Nothing less is likely to halt the drift toward catastrophe.

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the paper, I have heard so many nice comments about it and I do think your editor of that does good. I contribute to it and I enjoy reading the different things in it. His bits of philosophy are good. I often wonder... where he finds it + « +» €VEry day! Catfish Pete I never do miss. And the new one that was in tonight , . | from Ternip Hill also, the paper just seems to be . . , part of us, We have been here 22 years and it has been with us always. + 0

In Defense of Dogs

ByR. 8. T. . 1 have been reading ‘your stories about dog ks roaming the town. 1 have seen relatively few dogs and none of They were interested in other dogs, not in biting people. T think dog owners should be responsible for their pets. But all dogs are not going around biting children and chewing the legs off mall men. Most of them are docile house pets and companions. | There is danger in your attitude. The first thing you know you will have turned people

against dogs and what a tragedy that would be,

Be fair-about it. Be sure a dog is a nuisance to a lot of people, not just one, before you criticize. Dogs are loyal companions for children. They are good police about the house, And they deserve credit for their good points as well as their bad ones, real or imaginary.

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For Decent Shaving By Hiram Lackey, Winchester, Ind. When a ‘manufacturer of safety razor blades changes your bathroom from a chamber of horrors into a place that is pleasant, should not the rescued victim of the torture chamber sing the praises of his deliverer? Should a manufacturer of razor blades be permitted to forever use advertising as a substitute for the quality of blades that will cut whiskers? In the name of decent shaving, in honor of the humane society and for the prevention of swearing, will you allow me to say

FOREIGN AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms

Can the West Hold

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4—Whether the West will be able to hold the line in Russia's cold war against the democracies may be indicated, though not decided, within the next 30 days

brilliantly opened the\d¢bate on European recovery; in London where the future of Western Germany is being discussed by the British, French and Americans, and in Paris, where the 16 Marshall Plan beneficiaries will meet about Mar. 15 to discuss Western European unity. Failure on any of these fronts, it is widely agreed, will leave a through which Stalin's hordes might overrun the West like Hitler's did in 1940 after the break-through at Sedan.

Europe Seldom Able to Co-operate

AGREEMENT, however, will not be easy. For the Senate and House to appropriate the billions necessary to save Europe and China, will require rare statesmanship. The problems of Germany admittedly are well-nigh insurmountable. » Yet in some respects Washington is more hopeful than it has been for some time. The Kremlin's thrusts in Czechoslovakia and Finland have opened many eyes to the imminence of a peril which beforehand had seemed remote. And most of the 16 countries seem

inclined at last to consider the forest instead of haggling over the trees

Action in West Paralyzed by Hope

UP TO NOW, action in the West has been paralyzed by the hope of eventual co-operation with the Soviet Union. World unrest has almost got out of hand while waiting on Russia's nod. Since Czechoslovakia, that hope has ail but disappeared. It has now become clear that Russia will agree to no federal or national regime in Germany unless the Communists enjoy the same free hand as the democratic parties. Whereupon, as soon as the ground could be prepared, what happened to Czechoslovakia would happen to Germany. This would bring Russia to the Rhine and the North Sea. France, mortally afraid of a resurrected Germany, then would have to fear not merely Germany but a Soviet-German alliance and the entire Eastern European and Balkan coalition. Belgium, The Netherlands and others would face the same peril. At present, France and *‘o some extent Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg are not wholly in accord with ‘the BritishAmerican Economic Council set up in Frankfort. The Western Allies differ regarding the degree of German unification, control of the Ruhr, the amount and nature of reparations, minor territorial changes and so on. But these are merely the trees of the European forest. Now Washington, London and Paris are showing signs of getting around

them, for the time being, at least, and tackling the larger issue— self-preservation.

Watch the Grain Flow In

SECRETARY of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson says the government is going to “feel” its way back into the grain market by buying flour for export. The government has been out of the grain market since prices broke sharply four .weeks ago. Mr. Anderson invited flour millers to submit offers to sell flour to the government to meet April export allocations. Offers will be accepted up to noon tomorrow, : And don't think they won't sell it—the overproduction of Nhtat peng Whe Hilarie greatest iu any peacstime Yur Jy . :

The Red Line 30 Days?

The test will come |in Washington where Sen. Vandenberg

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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IN WASHINGTON . .. By Earl Richert

Honey, Walnuts Added To U. S. Shopping List

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4—Add honey and walnuts to the long list of commodities—grapefruit juice, raisins, prunes, potatoes, dried peaches, dried apples, etc.—which the government is buying to help out the growers. The 10 to 12 million pounds of honey to be bought by the Agriculture Department will be mostly dark -and strong flavored, the kind most housewives won’t buy. It will be used by the Army for relief feeding in the occupied zones of FKurope where the people are said to like strong flavored honey.

Most of the two million pounds of shelled walnuts which the department expects to buy will be second and third quality, the kind hard to sell. These nuts will be given to the school lunch program. T

450,000 Pounds of Filberts

IN ADDITION to the shelled walnuts, the Agriculture Department also is. going to buy 450,000 pounds of surplus shelled filberts for use in the school-lunch program. The department expects to lose about $900,000 on:its honey purchase program and to spend about $1,280,000 getting the surplus walnuts and filberts fed to school children. : The Army will pay the Agriculture Department for the honey but only at a price comparable to the lower per-calorie unit cost of ‘wheat. The total paid by the Army will be about $800,000 less than agriculture paid to get the honey.

Too Much Honey, Too Many Walnuts

HAROLD CLAY, department honey expert, said the pro-, longed autumn resulted in production of a large amount of honey. Department experts also said that the long, hot fall was responsible for the large amount of poor-quality walnuts. The walnut and filbert purchases will be made in West Coast states. Of the present department purchase programs to support prices to growers, only the potato program is required by law. The others are permitted—the Agriculture Department can buy if it wants to.

LITTLE QUOTES From Big People

If Europe is to be saved, the European must act vigorously to bring inflation under control in ways that are well understood, but far from painless. Nothing the United States can do will be effective unless Europeans do more.—Former Stn. Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin. ‘4 .

‘The word “isolation” means short pants for a grown-up United States.—Henry Wallace. : o > > ® Everyone wonders what a man who never says anything

.|_ sounds like.—Oscar Levant, Sonar} Banist.

The first thing not to do when trying to get on the air is to plan something that will catch the ear of the public.—George Jessel, radio and film star. } OS 3 I don’t like them (Communists) and T feel that measures should be taken to counter them.—Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. 8S. Military Governor in Sermaly. > + )

There are very grave dangers of letting everything pile up until - some! Happens,—Winston Churchill urging efforts be made to reach settlement with Russia. : :

Department officials defend these “permissive” purchase programs en the ground that no food should be allowed to go to waste at ‘his time and that without government purchases this would happen. ‘Some admit, however, that political pressure brought by Congressmen from the growing areas has been instrumental in getting the department to buy. These officials also say there is no doubt that government purchase of a crop surplus means some higher prices on what is left to reach the grocery shelves.

Must Austria Learn, Too?

VIENNA, Mar. 4—Secretary of Interior Ferdimand Graf warned Austrian Communists that the government will smash any attempts to use force to bring about political changes. Mr. Graf said Austria insisted military clauses in its treaty should permit “full protection of our national frontiers by a sufficient number of Austrian troops.” - Addressing a people's party rally at Kapfenberg, in the Brit ish occupation zone, he warned that Russian demands for “extraterritorial” supervision over Austrian oil and shipping assets would “neither help Austria nor world peace.” And so another grab for precious ofl, another threat, and

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