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Are Greece and Turkey Next?

(GREECE and Turkey cannot maintain “their freedom | against Russian threats and penetration without more | American military supplies. Secretary of State Marshall and Secretary of Defense Forrestal explained on Wednesday to the House Foreign Affairs Committee why Congress should vote $200 million for Greece and $75 million for Turkey. There is some dissatisfaction in Congress over the meager results achieved by American aid to Greece during the past year, - That is understandable. Political factional{mand inefficiency in Athens are a drag. They cannot be cured quickly, though progress has been made. The main barrier to recovery is the guerrilla revolt. Rehabilitation and civil war don't go together. Until order and security are restored it is futile to expect economic stability. : , Therefore the American mission in Athens has’ been forced to use for defense purposes some funds originally intended for rehabilitation. Now more military/supplies are needed to equip Greek forces for an effective’ campaign | 3 against the Red rebels. Th Those rebels are largely equipped and trained on the F. soil of Soviet satellites. When pursued by the Greek army they are able to take refuge in Albania, Yugoslavia or Bulgaria, until it is safe to strike again. / The job of wiping out Stalin's guerrillas is neither easy nor, quick. But it is a job that must bé done if Greece is to escape the fate that has enslaved the rest of Eastern If it had not been for American aid in recent months, Greece would be a totalitarian police state today. That is sufficient reason for continuing aid another year. :

And Now Peanut Butter

ONE thing leads to another, and now the peanut-products industry is in trouble and wanting the federal taxpayers to come to its rescue. == Peanuts are among the farm products which the govEi ernment supports at 90 per cent of parity. The govern- + -ment buys enough peanuts from growers to keep the law of supply and demand from forcing prices below that level. It paid $172 a ton last year, is paying about $200 now, and the support price is expected to rise to $216 by July. ; ent is fine for the peanut growers, who production. But makers of peanut products that high prices are ruining them. Housewives jams and jellies—their prices not being governported—instead of peanut butter. Imported nuts are hurting the sale of salted peanuts. Pea-

/ What to do? The peanut-products industry could be : - helped, and the taxpayers would save some money, if the government support price were lowered. But industry

an election year, aren't proposing such action, Instead, | / they plan to ask for a government subsidy to consumers of their products. . ! The government would pay part of everybody's bill for peanut butter, salted peanuts, peanut candy, etc. The cost would be several million dollars a year. That cost eventually would be paid by the taxpayers, including the consumers.of peanut products. So the taxpayers, now paying one subsidy to keep peanut prices up and encourage farmers to grow more peanuts, would pay another subsidy to savé the industry that uses peanuts from being destroyed by high prices. What we can’t help wondering when we contemplate schemes like this is, who's going to subsidize the taxpayers when they finally go broke?

Man of Achievement

WE have given expression before of our high opinion of the statesmanship of Sen. Vandenberg. But this peems to us a propitious time to underline again the achievements of the man from Michigan. The European Recovery Program is one of the most controversial Congress has ever considered. Yet, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Vandenberg brought the measure to the Senate floor with the unanimous vote of the committee. This is an election year, yet largely because of Sen. Vandenberg's leadership, we are hammering out a bipartisan foreign policy and program. A splinter faction of Republicans, seeking retreat to isolation, will not go along. Nor will the splinter-party adherents of Henry Wallace, seeking appeasement of Russia. But the rising applause of the Senators in the chamber and spectators. in the gallery, after Sen. Vandenberg’s great speech Monday, reflected the true sentiment and essential unity of the country.

Thanks, Seriator Lodge

EN. LODGE of Massachusetts was urging action long before most other officials woke up to the fact that our country had run short of many critical' materials needed for defense. He waged a determined and successful fight to give top priority to the nation’s strategic stockpiles. In the European Recovery Bill now before the Senate are provisions, which he helped to write, that make it possible for our government to plan and carry out a long-range stockpiling gram with reserve materials from abroad. ~The day may come when we will be doubly thankful.

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ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ |

In Tune With the Times

SILENT DRAMA

In deep meditation I pause At the edge of a dead, lifeless wood. And I gaze at the trees, now so barren Through long wintry days they have stood— As tall and as stately, as when Wild life was pulsating there, The birds, the bees and the squirrels "Midst flowers in bloom everywhere.

The song of the oriole, as vivid As the patter of rain in the trees, And the falling of nuts in the autumn With each little bit of a breeze! The sound of children at play In the leaves, which come tumbling down. Ah! IT wouldn't exchange one wee moment With a queen anywhere, and her crown!

I see 80 many such pictures In this woodland of mine today. New scenes are unfolding each minute Every hour that comes in a day. And I fancy while listening, closely, Faint rustling of fairy wings, Telling that beneath all this coldness There's warmth and beauty, that sings.

Of the coming of April and the May ‘time, The feel of refreshing spring rain; Of the sunshine and green leaflets budding And of birds that will sing here again! Mother Earth seems cold, ufiresponsive, Yet clasped to her bosom, secure: /Are spring flowers, violets and bluebells That later will breathe their allure, —ANNA E YOUNG. ® © ¢

A scientist has traced man back to a fish. Pay one week’s grocery bill and you won't argue. ® o o

MY GIFT TO YOU

What would I give to you, dear little son If the choice of the Gods were mine Of the truly magnificent gifts that are, To make your contentment sublime?

Would I give to you fame and fortune, The achievement of glorious heights, Would I have you the leader of fellow men To help ascertain their rights?

Would I give you the deep satisfaction Of knowing each task well done,

Or the deep, clear insight of knowing God, Which would it be, little son?

Ah, if they were mine to give dear, Instead from the hand of Fate, But if you know tolerance, love, and peace— Then you shall be truly great. --BETTY ABBETT. ® ©

Considering the amount of powder some wives use, you can’t blame hubby for blowing

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Money don't always talk, For none has been found That ever said anything When assessors came around. : -F. P. M. * & 9 According to a New York doctor, nobody really is lazy. As soon as spring arrives we'll give him an argument, TON

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PASS IT ON Have you a kindness shown? Pass it on; "Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears— Pass iton. ~-REV. HENRY BURTON. ® & o . The majority of men who really can’t grow mustauches seem to be the ones who have them. ; & dB

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

("ELIZABETH, N. J.—Not Her Husband Says Sued Broker.”)

Here's a man near desperation, ‘He is in a spot unique, Being sued for separation, He is mad enough to shriek.

Lots of men by wives are harried, __ Lots are sued, and judgment-bled, But at least they all were married, This chap says he never wed!

POLITICS . . . By Charles T. Lucey

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Wants No Early Commitments

anyone’s candidacy at this point. But he likes Sen. Arthur H. Vandenbérg.

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L congressional passion for investigation continues | Go ; - unabated. Now Democratic Senator Lucas wants to Investigate how a Repabliggs- controlled committee intends

met Mr. Vandenberg only twice.

Keystone Governor I Leans to Vandenberg

HARRISBURG, Mar. 5—Hard by the Susquehanna here is a close-cropped red-haired six-footer—Pennsylvania’s Gov. James H. Duff—who will have much to say about what the nation's second largest delegation does at the Republican convention in Philadel-

For years the politicians have looked to oil millionaire Joseph Pew and to Joseph Grundy, Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Assn. head, to call the turn for this commonwealth when it comes to picking presidential nominees among the Republicans. But'in the governor's office today is a man who calls his own | } turn. He talks a political philosophy that certainly isn't PewGrundyism. Gov. Duff will not control all 73 of this state's delegates but he'll certainly have a large bloc of them.

THE governor believes Pennsylvania should make no commitments until it's about time for roll call at Philadelphia. He wants the choice then to be completely free. He is not knocking down

The forces of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Sen. Robert A. Taft and Harold E. Stassen have been courting Pennsylvania because it is the largest delegation still footloose and fancy free. It may

1 Sen, Edward H. Martin will get a favorite son's complimentary vote for a ballot or two. After that will come the real decision as to where Pennsylvania goes. There's talk that Mr. Pew would like to support Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin. Gov. | Duff likes Speaker Martin in a friendly way, also; and under some circumstances in the convention might swing to his side.

Leans Strongly Toward Vandenberg

BUT the governor's personal inclination is toward Mr, Vandenberg. The governor has come out strongly for the Marshall Plan. He believes the United States must show spiritual leadership in the world; that aid must not be given as an inadequate handout. If a democratic Europe is to be preserved, he says, aid must be

Mr. Vandenberg's thinking comes closest to specifications. Gov. Duff believes that in today’s critical international situation— Sen. Vandenberg is the man with the experience and world point of view."The governor's friends say he takes this stand as a matter of conviction and not personal acquaintanceship—that he has

Pennsylvania's delegates are being chosen now, and while Vv. Duff is a man who can think in terms of spiritual leadership in the world, he also is a practical politician who knows how to get things done his way. He's the boss-man of a state organization built on 40,000 employees—and many of them are county tigation of how the executive | leaders who help choose delegates. e 1 eae The governor hopes to be chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation. He'll be making a- welcoming speech and that will get

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs

Flimsy Case Against Dr. Condon

WASHINGTON, Mar, 5—The current loyalty witch-hunt is shown in its shabbiest and meanest form in the attack on Dr. Edward U. Condon by a subcommittee of the House Un-American Activ. ities Committee. The subcommittee’s report is about as un-American as anything could be. It relies almost entirely on guilt by association, Because Dr. Condon, head of the National Bureau of Standards, talked to the wife of the Polish ambassador and to two or three employees of the Soviet and satellite embassies, the committee demands his discharge. » “It is known,” said a letter quoted by the committee and purportedly from the FBI, “that in February, 1947, Zlotowski (former counselor of the Polish embassy) purchased 270 books on atomic energy which had been published by the Department of Commerce.” The childishness of this would be funny if it were not so tragic. Repeatedly scientists have said

that, with publication of the SmytH report on"

atomic fission five days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the essential “secret” of atomic energy was released to the world. That report was published on the:specific authorization of Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, wartime head of the atomic bomb project. | Most recently, Chancellor Robert Hutchins of the University of Chicago, in an article in the American Magazine, said that after the Smyth report even a set of bomb-making blueprints would be of little additional help. The Smyth report has been on sale in every book store for two years. So much for the childish assumption that there is a “secret” which an Ailielican scientist could hand to a foreign scien

Records Examined by Loyalty Board

IN CONNECTION with Dr. Condon’s personal

loyalty, some background is revealing, His record:

was carefully and thoroughly examined by the Loyalty Board created in the Department of Comsmerce under President Truman's executive order on the loyalty of government employees.

Chairman of that three-man board was.

Adrian. 8, Fisher, who was then solicitor of the Commerce Department, The board had all the material available to the House Committee, including the FBI reports on Dr. Condon’s and his wife’s associates. But unlike the House Committee, which never once gave Dr. Condon a chance to answer the vague accusations made against him, ‘the board let him appear in his own behalf, Dr. Condon

Side Glances—By Galbraith

presented evidence bearing on his background and on the associations held against him. That was last September, After detailed consideration of all the evidence, the board found no question concerning Dr. Condon’s loyalty, This meant that they found he was not in thrall to any allen ideology or any foreign power, In other words, he is an American with a belief in the basic principles of the American government. :

Often Speaks His Mind Freely

THE BOARD found, in the course of its. inquiry, that Dr, Condon is a thorough-going maverick. That is to say, he believes in speaking his mind even though the opinion he expresses may not be popular or in accord with the view of the majority at the moment. Often he has spoken bluntly, with what many would consider indiscretion, in a time of insecurity. and hysteria such as the present—not about scientific matters but about his political beliefs, which are certainly not those of Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, chairman of the Un-American Activities Committee. His wife has also spoken freely and sometimes, by current interpretation, jndiscreetly. This raisés a pretty basic question, is an American citizen, whether in government or out, to be deniéd the right to any views other than those of the most narrow orthodoxy? To answer yes is to g0 against the broadest and deepest tradition of American freedom. A postscript on the Commerce Department loyalty check is significant. Mr. Fisher, chairman of the Loyalty Board, was brought into the Department to be solicitor by the present Secretary, W. Averell Harriman. A week ago, Mr. Fisher resigned that post to become general counsel of the Atomic Energy Commission. Approval for the latter position ime plies. a most searching FBI examination, which is a further assurance of the validity of the report clearing Dr. Condon which was prepared by Mr. Fisher. To fair-minded Americans it will seem clear that Dr. Condon is being persecuted because he was appointed head of the Bureau of Standards by Henry Wallace when Mr. Wallace was Secretary of Commerce, A second reason is the smear campaign conducted against him in a small section of the press! The FBI report leans on the word of a “selfconfessed Soviet espionage agent.” This is a dubious source since self-confession seems to be a sure way to gain acceptance. To make such vague

and tenuous accusations without giving the victim

a chance to state his own case is to make our‘selves into the enemy we profess to despise.

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letters are ‘brief. We do mot return letters lans Write what you will—for here the peopl 2 . Mental Health and Politics : institutions seems to indicate that the taxpay. o Writer Re ers are saving money the hard way. Thery . must be some better and easier Way to econo. Win Cold mia then on institutions and care for the mep. By HAL y , AN One can’t help but think that if the same iy EE as oe, saaubs ts tis 3 ff a2 Siaii’s foes mon was t : uar Di “Save the Shades” campaign the staty g President in Ki would be better off. Trees and parks are excel. now raging lent, but when we forge: u the Juan dstuont of Rudolf Slan: recreation and start saving fi 235 sake of having them, something's Dre he siding over Cze If the legislature wouldn't give enough purge of “react

money to build northern Indiana mental hospital at Westville all at once, what would have ° been. wrong with a popular subscription drive for that? Certainly Indiana needs. fast action on it a lot more than we need another 1400 acres of trees a dozen miles from an existing

the same soft-s munist leader Czechs, into belie their nation, as I

state park, Turkey Run. civil liberties It’s about time, Hoosiers, that you started : talking cold turkey with the men and women simultaneously who soon will be running for seats in the legis- domination. lature. They'll listen to you if you'll make it Slansky once

clear that you want action for everyone snd not just the "action that pleases the =_ Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce and other ° watchdogs of the treasury balance.

the opposition par chiefs as ‘“reliak with whom we Co

Just let your legislators know that you, the faithfully €0-0 average citizen, are aware that you pay all the. erate. Beaty taxes, not just some of them, ALL of them. In his oa y Every producer figures his taxes into his cost of ded dn production, and the only guy who really shells head guars ie out is the guy who earns a salary or wages this game 5 one and spends them to keep himself and his family, man tol hi lh Next time a candidate for office, legislative emnly t ot or otherwise, harangues you about the evils of Communists h the other party or of his opponents, ask him Cx eposioval : what he intends to do about the mental hos- stood who

dedicated to the “preservation of democracy.” | He defined “democracy,” not the Moscow dictic “the democracy of uard Benes and-( Masaryk, founders vak freedom.” He pledged * the fervently to “the ¢ friendliest relatio Anglo-Saxon power He categorically was a single Fasei ership of the other Makes Earl

And he vowed could break the pat tween the Commur non-Communist col democratic coalitio Listing them by efically acknowled; cratic “unimpeacha men as Jan Srame People’s Party; § cratic Party Lead terich, president « National Council,

pitals, about supporting: the mental If he hasn't nerve enough to answer, save your vote for someone who will answer, the way you want him to answer. And then use that vote, next May and next November, -

: Nee Mechanics and Morals 2

By Claude Braddick What would you say was the most important step in the advancement of man? Invention of the wheel? Discovery of fire? The flint arrowhead? Or would you say it was some purely: intellectual conception? If the latter, then surely it must be ascribed to the ancient Jews: for giving to the world a one-God religion. Out . of this conception grew two other great relis gions, embracing the bulk of the civilized globe, The early Jewish prophets foretold a Messiah or Savior, and to the Christian world he appeared in Jesus. Islam accepted Mohammet as such in the middle of the seventh century. To the Jews he is yet to come. The important thing, however, is the underlying conception of the creation” of man in God's image, only a little lower than the angels, and the moral obligations thus imposed upon him of doing unto others as he would be done by. And since these three great religions have influenced hundreds of millions, we must set down the Jewish conception ‘of an all-wise, all-powerful Creator

as even more important than invention of the Socialist Pi 3 2 } wheel or the discovery of fire, For without Drtina, 2% a mor

moral and Spiritual advancement, mechanical advancement is meaningless. Indeed, there is evidengé that most of the turmoil, fear and want in the world today can be traced directly to the failure of man to match” his material progress with a corresponding moral and spiritual progress.

the Communists wi tious start of tk tional” climb to pc Today the non-C ties, despite their cratic reliability, a Their leaders h nounced as “cons; the western powers was war-time pr Czechoslovak gov fle, has resigned Parliament,

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Reply to a Renter By Wesley Boyer Jr., City. " I wish to reply to Margaret White concerning her ‘letter of Feb. 11. I think it is about™ the most unintelligent letter written to the Forum I have ever seen. No one forced her to buy property. No law forced her to rent her property. And if tenants § a have it so easy, why doesn’t she sell her property and become a tenant? She can sell it § easily if she doesn't ask three prices. We ungrateful tenants as she calls us likely would have had a home of our own if we had stayed home during the war and made big money as this landlord no doubt did. We GIs are not complaining or asking for pity or charity, nor do we want such unqualified people as Margaret White calling us ungrateful

When all the testimony is in, Federal Communications Come missioners under Chairman Wayne Coy will retire to write their decision. It should be ready long before November elections. If FCC reverses present policy and allows stations to editorialize, | the air waves will be opened to the many abuses of partisanship in the ¢oming eléction campaigns,

Not Responsible for Political Libel

A MONTH ago FCC ruled that radio stations could not censor and could not be held responsible for libelous matter in political speeches. According to President Justin Miller of National Asso ciation ‘of Broadcasters,’ this ruling has caused “consternation and confusion.” But to give broadcasters further liberty to take

tenants as we know what living in mud, sleet, snow and foxholes is.

IN WASHINGTON «+ « By Peter Edson Radio’s Freedom Plea May Be Smoke Screen

WASHINGTON, Mar. 5—The biggest “freedom of speech” fight in a long time is now before Federal Communications Come mission. The broad question is whether radio stations should be permitted to ‘“editorialize”—to take sides on public issues and to support or oppose candidates from any particular party. Sixty different witnesses are now presenting their views at hearings in Washington. They range all the way from the heads of the big networks to representatives of a dozen individual stations. Practically no small- station operators are being heard. Christian and Jewish organizations, veterans’ outfits, educational institutions, political societies—1like American Civil Liberties Union and PCA ahd nearly a score of labor unions in radio are spéaking

sides on controversial issues could conceivably take all the brakes The Fi off radio and allow it to run wild. This is apparently what some of the broadcasters want. « BLOL ; Under the present law radio stations are required to operate #8 on a non-partisan basis. If any station allows one candidate for political office time on the air, equal time must be offered opposing b candidates, Here are om 3-5 Seven years ago FCC handed down what has since become . SPECIAL. - . ' | known as the Mayflower Decision. It contained the policy states | "The lady across the street heard | had the flu and brought me a | ment that “Freedom of speech on the radio must be broad enough : kissed loo bowl of soup today, George—I'm afraid we've moved into an to provide full and equal opportunity for the presentation to the 4 : old-fashioned neighborhood!" public of all sides of public issues.” Sera : : Ruling Grew Out of Mayflower Case misty. she LITTLE QUOTES From Big People : THE CASE grew out of an application by Yankee Newark » : r 0 ied If ever ‘there was a need to provide relief to the Individual | by Mayfower Broadcasting Corn toma. a hie ores Joh High's income taxpayer from the oppressive war income taxes which are Shepard III, who was deeply involved in Massachusetts politics : stifling initiative and preventing business expansion, it is today.— During 1937 and 1938 it was WAAB policy to broadcast editorials Rep. Harold Knutson (R. Minn.). : - 8 in support of Shepard policies. : , ples FC 7 clip him before the convention. His friends say he is not interested | When i decided thls was HOY Spelating oN non partisan prim non A. Cross in being on the national ticket, yet he has obvious qualities of | partisan principles, its license was renewed. But the findings iB jewel pirecnaiily spa leadership which might turn the party's eyes in | this case have been basic radio policy ever since. 5t sieev . Why broadcasters are so intent on brin p the issue Gov. Duff has urged a joint labor-industry-agriculture con- | this time is something of a puzzle, There is ine belie that it i8 ference to attack the inflation danger and has said business must | a smoke screen. The radio industry is on the pan for scheduling B. Daint; be told: “Our first need is a price rollback. Everyone is going to | too many commercials, too many.recordings, too many soap operas tiny ¢ have to sacrifice. But the initiative must be taken by the group in | and too many ¢hild- ‘righteners. If the radio business can put over . She bast Position to afford the risk involved. That group is busi- | the idea that it is being censored and persecuted by too much in

government regulation, it might take off some of the heat.

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