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THE House of Representatives soon will be asked to vote its committee on un-American activities a 1948 appro: priation of $200,000—double last year's amount. Before granting this request, we believe, the House should strengthen and improve the committee. Investigation of un-American activities is a proper and essential function of Congress, more now than ever before. The task is difficult. It calls for first-rate men; men of wisdom, fairness and sound judgment; men soberly interested in finding facts rather than in creating sensations for personal publicity. Too few such men have served on this committee. For that reason, the committee has not commanded the public confidence it needs, and often has laid itself open to critiMost recent case is that of Dr. Edward U. Condon, scientist and director of the government’s Bureau of Standards. Hg was accused this week by the committee's chief investigator of being “one of the weakest links in our atomic security.” The report actually was that of a threemember subcommittee. It had not yet been considered by the full committee,

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” » J “IF DR. CONDON is a loyal public servant, this charge has done him unjust and irreparable injury. It was based on incomplete investigation and partial evidence. Little or no effort apparently was made to get the full facts, or to give Dr. Condon an opportunity to defend himself before being publicly accused. "Both Dr. Condon and the public are entitled to an investigation which will bring out the truth and determine whether he is or is not a trustworthy guardian of atomic information. .But, just as clearly, the committee on UnAmerican Activities disqualified itself for such an investi. gation when some of its members prejudged the case without getting all the evidence. ‘ The remedy is not, as Communists and others say, to abolish the committee. The remedy is to renovate the committee, improve its membership and make it more effective.

Corigress Should Aid China

AFTER the testimony of Lt. Gen. Albert C. W

to the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday there can no longer be any reasonable doubt of the neces-

sity and wisdom of sending American military supplies and advisers to aid China, ‘Secretary of State Marshall has failed to make a case for withholding such help. He admits that the Chinese Reds are taking Manchuria and that its loss will undermine our own position in Korea and Japan. - He proposes $570 million" civilian aid, and claims we are now selling military:

being the case, Secretary Marshall by his own acts has

tenable. Gen. Wedemeyer's testimony is all the more remarkable because of his natural hesitancy to take issue with his commander in chief, President Truman, and with his former commander and still deeply respected friend, Gen. Marshall. . No one questions Gen. Wedemeyer’s standing as our leading military expert on China—least of all the President and Secretary of State, who picked him to make their special investigation last summer. As former American commander there and adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, he knows the score. “a. : Nor can anyone accuse him of being an uncritical partisan of the Nanking government. He not only admits its faults, he would not even give it civilian aid without a check on expenditures and without military supplies to protect that relief. He admits that Chinese officials are sometimes difficult. Finally, Gen. Wedemeyer cannot be suspected of concentrating on China's needs to the exclusion of Europe and the Middle East. He must think in global terms by the very nature of his job, which is planning chief of the U. S. Army. Therefore Gen. Wedemeyer's opinion—because of his Chinese experience, his objectivity, and his overall planning position— should and does carry more weight on this subject than that of any other man. ’ His opinion is flat and unqualified. He says: “I predict that if we don’t take appropriate steps to stop this Communist conflagration, we are going to pay in blood.” By sending supplies now we may not have to send troops later. Congress should act.

When Beauty Slips N a woman cuts her budget on cleansing creams, - ©" nail polish, rouge and hair-dos, it is an acceptable sign that money is getting-a little tight. . Beauty is big business. If Mayor Al Feeney could . spend to run the city what Indianapolis women spend on their faces, hands and figures, we probably could repave every street in town, replace all of the street signs, build a new City Hall and have a fat treasury left over. Last year the nation’s beauty budget fell off 2.6 per cent. This means that one woman in 40 has given up her beauty aids entirely, which isn’t probable. But 2.6 per cent cut in the beauty budget means that most women have given up a small part of their priceless heritage—the right to be lovely to look at. When that happens, there is no doubt. that other fields of the nation’s economy are also feeling the pinch.

No Competition JR USSIA’S Delegate Gromyko at Lake Success Monday accused the United States and Britain of blocking any efforts toward world-wide reduction of armaments. * Each day, as you read over what the Russians say, you get to thinking there's positively nothing left in the field of absurdity they can say the next day.

If we should be failing we'll not be the first,

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‘THE COMMON WEED"

The other day a friend of mine Asked me to write about The so-called “common weed” — The kind we'd rather live without; To sing it's praises, and to give A reason for it's being— ‘ The “common weed”—a thing we claim Is hardly worthwhile seeing.

So let's begin comparing And to size it up a bit, And start figuring a reason J As to why we're “doomed” with it; For it must have been ° That it originated for a reason, Else it wouldn't so out-number All it's rivals every season, .

It’s the last to leave in winter And the first to come in spring, And we always can depend upon it Being there to sing The opening song of life again Amongst the dry and dead— God made it so— What could we mortals substitute instead? ~~ROBERT O. REYNOLDS. 1225 S. Belmont Ave. PL. @

Scientists find that persons under the influence of liquor sunburn more easily than sober people. Maybe that explains that “offcolor” look the next day. ® © ¢

YOU SHALL HAVE FAITH

Faith as the faith of a little child, Faith in the Son of man, Faith in our prayers for eternal life, Throughout a long life’s span.

Hope that sustains us through the dark night. Hope that is ever true. Hope is the promise the master giv Always to me and you. .

"Now if 1 Can Stay Out-of the, Rough!"

Love of our brothers is a command, . Love ye the least of these. Love for thy neighbors; family and frien If thy God you would please. '

And so it is and ever shall be, Thy light shall shine above, Secure in Hope of the Master's word, Blessed in the faith of love. -—MARION N. WISE. Le So 9 When a traveling man eats crackers and milk you can’t tell whether he’s on a diet or an expense account, * 4

WHY NOT TRY

We're apt to be saying, “It's no use to try, Someone else might do it, I'd never get by.” If we just sit idle, afraid to be trying, Success will not come by wishing and sighing, *

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Western Europe.

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(“WASHINGTON~-U. 8. Will Do Something About the Weather.”)

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‘We could use some real improvement Over what fate's had in store; Let's just hope this latést movement Doesn't make old Jupe Pluve sore!

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DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney

Fleming Sounds Out. Hoosiers in Congress

WASHINGTON, Mar. 6—Dear Boss . . . Democratic State Sen. Charles Fleming came here from Hammond this week and crossexamined all available members of the Indiana Congressional delegation. :

As a member of the CIO State Executive Board, Sen. Fleming decided that this canvass would bring a whole lot better results than any merely mailed questionnaire. 3

So he saw both Hoosier Senators and all but two Congressmen. The absentees were Rep. Louis Ludlow, Inidanapolis Democrat, and Rep. Earl Wilson, Bedford Republican, both of whom yere ill and away from their offices. *

None of the ‘Commie’ Technique

ONCE IN A legislator’s office, Sen. Fleming unrolled a large scroll upon which he kept tabs on their replies to his dozen questions. Senator was quite lenient in his demands. There was none of the “Commie” technique or “We demand this” and “We demand that.” For Sen. Fleming doesn’t believe that democracy made in the U. 8S. A. demands the bad-manners of the USSR. He is an official of the Oil Workers CIO Union in Hammond and a World War II veteran. Also a native of Jasonville and a one-time basketball star. To the union’s $64 question, the delegation’s reply was a resounding “No.” with the exception of Democrat Rep. Ray Madden of Gary, who depends for re-election upon union labor support. That question, of course, is “should the Taft-Hartley

‘Because he is an old legislative hand himself, the’

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms UN, as It Stands, Is Powerless

WASHINGTON, Mar. 6—It has become tragically clear, as the Soviet steamroller smashes its way across Eastern and Western Europe, that the United Nations, as it stands, is powerless to

That fact is now delaying the European Recovery Program in the U.S. Senate. The Senate “iis in favor of the European Recovery Plan in some {form or other, but every informed member is convinced that, if Russian aggression continues, the whole program will become meaningless. . This led Sen. Ball (R. Minn.), to propose a vetoless, 11-nation “supreme council,” outside the United Nations, to halt “naked aggression” in

Sen. Vandenberg, leader of the ERP fight, opposed the resolution largely .because there isn’t “Every day now,” he warned, “is pretty important in the life of the world,” \ country wouldn't understand it didn’t buckle down and meet “the utterly desper-. ate “situation whith we confront. Vandenberg-Ball hardly be the last Congress will witness along It is highly important, therefore, that something be done, and soon, to ease the growing fear that American billions may be poured into a Europe fated to be swallowed by the Soviet Union.

Vandenberg Pins Hope on UN

SEN. VANDENBERG hopes a remedy still can be found inside the United Nations. He spoke of expanding “existing instrumentalities” insead of trying to create new ones for which there simply He would eliminate the Security Council veto, for example, on all questions save the ultimate one of the use of force. But that would not only take time. Short of a miracle, it would be impossible. It would need an amendment’ to the United "Nations charter and

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that requires not only two-thirds of the General Assembly but the affirmative vote of all the Big Five, Which means that Russia almost certainly would kill it with her veto. There is one “existing instrumentality” which might prove quickly effective. And Sen. Vandenberg may have had that in mind. The other specifically authorizes ‘regional arrangements... for dealing with... matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security.”

Western Bloc Would Be Legal

BRITAIN, France and other countries are now discussing some such security arrangement for Western Europe. Russia, of course, will fight it. Despite the fact that she already has organized a huge Eastern European and Balkan alliance of her own, she opposes the slightest suggestion of a bloc outside her area. ' It is certain that a Western European “arrangement” for peace and security purposes would be legal. : Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, secretary general of the European Parliamentary Union, told this writer that in his opinion such an arrangement should be made as quickly as possible. A “commonwealth” of Western Germany, he feels too, should be integrated with it. Ignoring Soviet opposition, Count CoudenhoveKalergi said the United States, Britain and France - should set up a commonwealth composed of Bavaria, Swabia, Rhineland, Nether-Saxony, Saxony and Brandenburg as Sovereign States. Saxony

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because they are under Soviet occupation, but Ameri¢a, France and Britain should proceed without them. Because, he said, without the speedy integration of Western Germany, the European Recovery Plan can hardly be successful. Such a Germany, he added, is needed within the framework of the Europesin Federation which almost all leading Western statesmen now strongly favor. va : ‘ "»

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law be repealed?”

. On a dollar-an-hour minimum wage, the answer was also “No,” nlthought all favored upping of the present 40 cents, he said.

seasonal exemptions. Should a depression come, Reps. Madden and Republicans Gerald W. Landis, Linton, and George W. Gillie, Ft. Wayne, agreed they would vote to spread the work by cutting down to a 36-hour week.

Harness Opposes Co-op Tax

ALL BUT Rep. Forest A. Harnes, Kokomo Republican, favored extension of rent control. But Mr. Harness, according to the Fleming figures, was the only one against levying any tax on co-operatives. . Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.) said he would have no objection to a roll-back of prices to the 1946 level, but Sen. William E. Jenner (R. Ind.) said “No.” Mr. Landis said “It can’t be done,” but Republican Reps. Edward A. Mitchell, Evansville, and Dr. Gillie declared themselves for it ‘if wages are rolled-back too.” Rep. Madden was for it. These un-named were not.

Only Mr. Madden was for restoration of price control and abolition of the House Un-American Activities Committee. The GOP members were for poll-tax repeal and anti-lynching, but hedged on FEPC, Sen. Fleming reported. Two exceptions were Mr. Harness and Rep. Ralph Harvey, New Castle, the freshman Republican, who were put down as opposed to the anti-lynching bill. Dr. Gillie joined with Rep. Madden in favoring restoration of excess profits taxes. And all but Mr. Harness were for increasing tax exemptions from $500 to $700. He is for the Knutson tax cutting bill as written. It has passed the House, but will be whittled down in the Senate.

All the HoGsiers seemed to be for a big air force and research program, but against Universal Military Training. Both Senators and Mr. Madden are for the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Housing Bill. But Majority Leader Charles A. Halleck summed up the House situation by saying “some sort of housing bill will be passed this season.” Dr. Gillie said he was against TEW. The Murray-Wagher-Dingell Health Bill got no GOP support. All but Mr. Harvey were for reducing the time of old-age pension payments from 65 to 60. All are against the Capper Bill to make liquor advertising illegal. So is CIO. Sen. Fleming was so successful with his questioning, that he was invited by Allan Swim, editor of the CIO News here, to give them a complete report on it. He “will do.” It may become a

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LITTLE QUOTES From Big People

The state of Texas went Republican on one occasion on a religious issue. It could happen again.—Gov, Beauford Jester (D.) of Texas, blasting President Truman's civil

Hitler, of seizing control, state by state.—Arthur Bliss Lane, former U. S. ambassador to Poland.

No candidate would be nominated if it were known that he would not'receive the South's electoral votes. The machines of the North which control the party are not crazy.—Sen. James O. Eastland (D.) of Mississippi.

high, and now it looks like they might go down again they are’ wronging them all over again, or unwringing them; I don’t know

nations it will be a continuing invitation for any aggressor. But,

t, Wallace, but giving lip service to Jeffersonian Democrats.—Sen. Kenneth Wherry (R.) of Nebraska.

rights program. “oh ° . proceed on the policy, which was also that of

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Help the Bishops’ Fund By F. J. Schoettle. \ Perhaps your readers will be interested in a letter received the other day from a friend of mine recently returned from Europe. He writes: . “When I was in Poland, I saw some of the cities hardest hit by the war. Every. where are empty shells of homes. The people seem to consist mostly of old men and little, thin-bodied children. The winter has been unusually cold and their ragged cloth. ing and makeshift shoes are no match for the bitter weather, I was thrilled beyond words to see gifts of American food and clothing being distributed to long lines of these poor people by the Polish Catholic Charities organization. I don’t think I have ever seen a more touching sight than the grateful faces of parents as they received American tins of meat and vegetables and warm coats and shoes for thet Shildres, J Say one truck loaded with y an m badly needed. .» : oy that Most Americans have contributed drives for foreign relief and have aay our gifts were received overseas and if they really were needed. The letter I have just quo reassures us. It should Want to help more. ao aks w unday, Mar. 7, there will be an a $5 million by the Bishops’ Relief Opes for Contributions will be welcomed at any Catholic church. Here is a chance for all of us to stretch a helping hand across the seas and befriend the sick, the aged, the children and all who are victims of man’s greatest blight—war,

/ * & o Where Are Those Gifts? By Mrs. Lucille Lipp i Well, I see (Heartthrob) Sovola Has reneged and backed out of his agreement. I always heard the custom of Leap Year was if a girl proposed to a man and he refused he was supposed to buy the girl & box of candy. Well, girls, why don't you collect? ~ Bovola is a screwball but I guess screwballs do have fun. Wonder what he will try next?

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson Truman's Housing Plea {To Congress a Fizzle

* WASHINGTON, Mar. 6—President Truman's special message to Congress on housing was one of his more spectacular fizzles. It was gent to the Hill while the President was touting the Caribbean. In Congress it was greeted with supreme indifference. It wasn't that there was anything wrong in what the President set for his goals. They were a million housing units a year for 10 years, plus slum elimination, more rural housing, more rental housing, tighter rent controls till the housing shortage is relieved, allocation of scarcé materials like nails and plumbing fixtures, more research and some new financial ntent of the message was to get the government's housing business out of the post-war emergency status and to start looking at it on a long-range permanent basis. The trouble was that the message had to be read by a lawyer and a housing expert to understand what it was all about.

Breaking Some New Ground

WHERE the President broke new ground was in some of his fancy government financing proposals. They were six in number. ONE: ‘Put the government into the business of guaranteeing construction loans. before the house was completed and ready for a mortage loan. | Some government construction loans may be obtained from Reconstruction Finance Corp. under restricted conditions. President apparently wants this authority broadened and possibly transferred to the housing agencies, though he doesn’t specify

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TWO: On prefabricated housing, the President proposes that the government's present power to guarantee mortgage loans be extended to cover construction, right from the time assembly begins in the factory.

Wants Preference for Rental Homes

THREE: Th® President wants the government's present, so- | called “Title VI” insured mortgage loan authority extended by another $2 billion to top of the $3.5 hillion authorization granted since the war. Half of the new authority should be earmarked for rental housing, says the President. He wants this rental housing to get preference through more liberal terms. He doesn’t say what these terms should be. lower down payments or lower interest might be required. FOUR: The President then calls for the government to provide a “secondary market” for home morigage loans. tricky. Since the war the government has guaranteed a lot of GI and Title VI loans. all the loose money. People wanting to borrow under such conditions have to pay higher interest. President says the government should be authorized to buy up a lot of these mortgages in areas where there are still acute housing shortages. The people who sold the mortgages would then have fresh money with which to make new loans. es FIVE: Tr: President proposes that the government provide an incentive for private enterprise to build large-scale housing projects. He wdiild do it by insuring them an adequate return on their investment. This idea is lifted from the Taft-Ellender housing bill. What it means is that the government would guarantee that the builder made, say, 2 per cent. But if net returns on his project went above 4 or 5 per cent, rents would have to go down. SIX: Finally, the President wants the public housing act of 1937 revised to allow for today’s higher construction costs. This would enable more low-rent housing to be built for the lowest income families. The government would subsidize the rent. The present law authorizes subsidies of up to $45,000,000 a year for 60 years, though only $28,000,000 is being expended on 170,000 units. The Taft-Wagner-Ellender Bill would authorize fdr 45 years subsidies of up to $105,000,000 on 500,000 public housing units built in the next four years. * What all this amounts to is that the President is for the Taft-Wagner-Ellender Bill, plus rent control, plus secondary market for mortgages, plus more government aid. The President's message didn't mention the Senate housing trio by name even once, though the last two of the authors are Democrats and it’s supposed to be a bipartisan measure The main trouble over doing anything about it's bogged down in the political slums.

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