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Five Minutes to Twelve QR government publicly warns that the international situation is grave. This is not news to the American people, who have followed press reports of the growing crisis with deepest concern. Properly the President and Secretary of State admonish the public to remain calm. The gravity of the situation created by Russia's open and disguised aggressions is attested on all sides. . Secretary of State Marshall, who never exaggerates, calls it “very, very serious.” President Truman said the same thing Thursday in different words. He told the press hig confidence in world peace had been somewhat shaken by recent European events—meaning the rape of Czechoslovakia and grab for Finland. In asking Congress to rush through an emergency grant for France, Italy and Austria, he said recent European developments “do not permit us with safety or prudence to risk a break in the supply flow at this critical moment.” : Chairman Vandenberg of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in appealing for a quick voté on the Marshall Plan, said: “We cannot wait much longer, for the hour of 12 is about to strike.” ++ The emergency is reflected among those responsible for our military security. After hearing secret testimony by Secretary of Defense Forrestal and the secretaries and chiefs of staff for Army, Navy and Air Force, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted unanimously for hearings on hitherto delayed defense measures, including Universl Military Training. I . 1 s 8» * MEANWHILE, Secretary Forrestal has given the joint chiefs of staff until Monday to settle their disagreements over the roles of the three services in co-ordinated defense planning which has been blocked since their nominal unification last September, If they fail to agree this time he will make the decisions, he says. : In Western Europe the governments and peoples are even more disturbed by the Red threat, because they are closer to it. More significant than the warnings issued by their statesmen are their acts. At the Brussels Conference yesterday Britain, France and the three countries of the

Benehik Custonis“Union—Belgium, The Netherlands and |

Luxenibourg—Safifisiinced agreement in principle on alt points of a 50-year economic and military alliance againét Communist aggression and penetration. That promises an unprecedented peacetime security unification of Western Europe. . i Miho SA i * THE TIMES shares the opinion of responsible officials in Washington and in Western Europe as to the extreme seriousness of the world crisis. Though we doubt that

Stalin 1s d for or desires a world war soon, never: theless” we vethat his continued efforts to conquer | Europe, the ast and the Far East by Read fifth columns

and satellite forces can lead to war at any time, His present moves in Italy and France, if successful, almost certainly would result in world war, - American hysteria now would be fatal. We need sober but quick action,

| CONGRESS should speed the delayed European Re- |

covery Program and military aid for Greece, Turkey and China; and turn at once to our dangerously neglected defense establishment. As soon as the five-power Western European Alliance is formed, the United States should pledge its military support under the United Nations Charter provisions for regional security pacts. Without Amer. ican support that alliance is futile. We do not believe war is inevitable. : A prompt and firm show of force by the United States in support of a democratic European Security Union has a good chance of stopping Stalin short of war.

A Good Man for a Big Job WE

campaign. ;

. Mr. Noland is editor of the Indianapolis News, and In that capacity we have found him able, fair, ethical, public-spirited, imbued with a keen sense of the best interests of his community—in short, just

hence our competitor.

a first-class good citizen of this city.

It isn't any easy job he has undertaken. In the next few months he will be-assembling a ‘sales force” of 7000 or 8000 people, building the machinery that in a couple of short weeks will raise the fund that must be raised to keep all of our most essential public welfare agencies in operation for another year, directing and co-ordinating

their work.

The Community Fund, and its component agencies, and the people of Indianapolis are fortunate that a man of Mr. Noland's capacities and ability has accepted this

vital assignment. -

To carry it through to success he will need the support and co-operation and the help of the whole community —a support that we bespeak for him now, even as we

pledge our own.

Really, Mr. Lewis—

ATE yesterday afternoon scowly John L. Lewis demanded publicly that soft coal operators agree immediately to pay pensions to his United Mine Workers and

appealed to “the Ameritan people” to back him up.

Coming from Mr, Lewis, we can understand his “demand.” Mr. Lewis has been demanding things for many

long years, and has been getting quite a few of them.

But he may be stretching his imagination a little when he expects the American people to back him up. They

won't understand why.

. They will remember how many times he has tied up the nation by his failure to keep us warm and keep our factories running, and how many times he has embarrassed

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LONELINESS

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AFTERGLOW

The sun sank low in the western sky,

Was a beautiful golden afterglow. The logs in my fireplace toasted the chill,

did fi. dreams I saw flicker and go);

afterglow,

As T sat in mx arm chair pondering on day of thé past and to be,

for me, Won't my days some time be ended, won't leave this old world and its woe;

cast a colorful afterglow? ~MEREDITH R. HASKETT,

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p “MIRAGE IN ALGIERS

I kiss your curl, my dear And 'kerchief by rose perfumed, With yearning I hold these close, My treasure of dreams exhumed.

The curl becomes a lovely head The 'kerchief a gorgeous gown The spray of roses now entwine With gold to make thy crown,

The gay blue sky at dawn I use for your unique eyes; Lips, two flery red meteors oised in the desert skies.

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BECAUSE

Not because you're beautiful, Not because you're gay; But because you're loveable In such a joyous way.

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Not because of your caress, Nor kisses that enthrall me; But because that you are you, And are the whole world to me.

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WANDERING Life

1s A wandering through dark forests, Peopled with the ghosts of yesterday: Invisible, intangible, voiceless, Pointing out the hidden path; Smiling, Silent. ’ . --By VIRGINIA FORTNEY.

With the Times

Bo radiantly it shone, I saddened to see it dle; But there where the sun shone a short while ago

And _a soul-stirring warmth the whole room Blazing logs turned to ember (reminiscent of But there on the hearth I beheld 4 warm rosy

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms Five-Power Alliance

NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs

Condon Red Charge May Be Dud

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13<The Joint BenateHeuse Atomic Energy Committee the other day went over the material which the House Un-Amer-

lean Activities Committee had assembled against Dr. Edward U. Condon and had used as the basis of a public charge that the head of the National Bureau of Standards was the “weakest link” in the chain of atomic security. One of the Senators, when the session was ended, said privately: ; ! “I wouldn't convict a mongrel dog on the basis of what was shown to us.” The “evidence” consisted of a mass of hearsay gossip, second-hand reports of Dr. Condon’s association with alleged foreign agents, and accounts of political opinions expressed by Dr. and Mrs. Condon. Part of it was dredged out of that bane of Washington life, the cocktail party. Most of the members present at the session of the joint committee seemed to agree that the “case” was pretty flimsy, What it got down to was that the Condon# are people with unconvenfiona) opinions. Some might consider them radi-

+ .Ben. John W, Bricker of Ohio was one of two or three committee members to be upset by the “evidence.” Why, he wanted to know, couldn't scientists be found who were “loyal” beyond any question? What he seemed to be asking for was scientists who would forswear opinion and dedicate themselves to their work with a morehah huinan consecratidn, PR is, another committed member suggested that perhaps it might be a. good idea to turn all the atpmic scientific work over to the Wome en's Christian Temperance Union since no one Soud Suéstion thei loyalty. Sen. Bricker was amused. Another nervous member was Rep. Charles H. Elston of Ohio. P

Committee Agrees to Check

ONE TANGIBLE gain came out of the session. The chaifman, Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa, obtained a pledge from the Une American Activities Committee that in future anything pertaining to atomic ene would be checked in advance with the Sehate-House group set up to deal with that subject. This might not save individual scientists from the persecution to which Dr. Condon has been subjected, but it could possibly check the kind of mass attack on scientists, as such, which serves to alienate and intimidate the very men on whom the future security of this country depends. Anyone doubting the effect of the Condon

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case on science has only to note the mass meetings at which scientists are rallying to his detense. A meéting is being held in New York this week, and one is planned for Washington in the near future. An interesting question now is wheather Dr, Condon will be allowed t8 face his accusers in an open hearing. Thus far, he has had no word

whatsoever about a hearing which he ested nearly a year ago. That was after Rep. J. Parnell Thomas 6f New Jersey, Un-American chair

man, had published two magazine articles making the same charges released eight months later by his committee,

Will the Dud Be Forgotten

AT THAT TIME—The daté was July 7, 1047 —Dr. Condon wrote to Rep. Th asking to be heard. He received no reply. Shortly afterward, he sent copies of that letter to All members of the Un-American Commit The only answer he received was from Rep. Karl Mun of South Dakota, who said he: Condon should have an opportunity to answer the accusations. . Inquirers at the Un-American Committee are told that there is no news about a public hearing. The suspicion is growing that intention is to let this dud be forgotten. But this is not the attitude of those who believe that the Bureau of Standards chief has been subjected to a thoroughly un-American persecuRep. Chet Holifield of California, who in a speech on the floor of the House answered the “charges” in detail, will press for a public hearing. A member of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee, Rep. Holifield would prefer that the hearing be held before that group, since the accused would presumably have a better chance to present his story there than before a body hich has tried him in absentia and found him y. A sad commentary is the House vote of 337 to 37 giving the Un-American Committee $200,000 —more than éver before. Surely, now that this has been done, responsible leadership will see that procedures are in accord with elementary rules of justice. Most disturbing sign—and most un-American —i8 this business of guilt by association. Perhaps that explains Sen. Bricker’'s nervousness. At a dinner in Pittsburgh two and a half years ago, Dr, Condon was given an award by the dae Chane ot Comimerce. Sen. Bricker was speaker at the dinner by side with the subject. and #01 Sule

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By Mrs. Sidney W. Ass; Loda, TiL Several times the past years I have heard of cases where Times has given mi. raculous assistance when people were desperate, 3 hope, there is a possible sdlution to our prob. m.

On Sept. 26, 1047, we were evicted from our home at 917 W, 20th St, Indianapolis. We put our furniture in storage at the New State Storage and the family was forced to separate. My husband and two older children found ' rooms with strangers. I had to take my three small children, ages 3, 7 and 10 to Illinois to stay with my parents. Our storage bill is eating up all we can get and restaurant eating is very expensive, room rent high and everyone

is unhappy. My husband had been sick with pneumonia here in Illinois and found work in Indianapolis while we were preparing to move there our home here was destroyed by fire. We lost everything. We were just getting a good start when my husband slipped on the ice, loading a truck at work, and injured his back. In several months the insurance company paid damages; but later the injury caused permanent trouble, Three years ago he had a spinal operation, was better for a time and then it flared up again, he was an out patient at City Hospital all winter in 1048-47 and spent most of the time in cast. In the summer of 47 he tried to work again, We were getting along very well. We were all so happy that at last we were going to get a break. Then we were evicted: Now I am supposed to have aid for de pendent children and cannot get it because I am out of the state. Our expenses with the storage $12.75 a month is about $150 a month. Our 18-year-old daughter is rdoming at 47 N. Warman, Indianapolis, and the boy, 19, is ; Mary works at the Farm ' egg-grading department, on Kentucky Ave. and Gene works at the Mid-State Poultry & Egg Co. on N. Clifton St. ‘ The 18- -0ld daughter is 80 homesick and fonely. In ADril, 1047, she was attacked and robbed by a colored man it has left her in an‘ awful mental and nervous condition. She still has horrible nightmares, I know the housing situation is awful but I know too of vacant Apartments and houses where the owner will not rent. I make a trip to Indianapolis when possible and look around for a place. : If we can’t find something soon, we will lose our furniture. Miss McHugh at the Catholic Charities Bureau, 1004 N. Pennsylvania, will verify all I have said. She has helped and said she would do all she could. As I have said, I've known cases where The Times readers have helped people. We have furniture for six rooms but will take anything livable so I can get the children together again and have a home, o's :

+ Thank You, We'll Clean ‘em U By Edgar S. Thompson, 5101 N. Illinols. A Let Richard Lewis “crack reporting™ on .our “dirtiest city” first turn to The Times wrappers sailing about in the wind at 54th St. and Illinois. The Times, too, contributes

to our city’s inimical repute.

Side Glances—By Galbraith

DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney": Indiana’s Republicans

congratulate the Indianapolis Community Fund on its selection of Stephen C. Noland to head its 1048

‘a good bet that the average American doesn't owes Mr. Lewis much, unless it is a long-delayed

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13—-The United States is’ whistling past a graveyard if it expects the proposed five-power alliance within the 16 Marshall Man nations to be much of a military rk inst Russia any time soon. iE eastern Germany, which she is organizing militarily, and her European satellites, Russia can mobilize the manpower of 300 million people as against a problematical 11 0! the proposed alliance. BH oe nations are the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Noe way, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Austria an Iceland with a total population of 270 million, But Norway, Sweden, Denmark and SwitzerlAnd can be counted out of any western European military alliance. Ireland almost certainly would remain neutral. Turkey and Greece already have their hands full. Besides they are not in western Europe. Iceland and Austria could offer little or no help. Italy is paralyzed by her fifth column and Portugal is separated from the rest of Europe by ostracized Spain.

Two Broke; Others Too Small THAT LEAVES the Brussels-pact five—France, Britain, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg—with about 110 lion population. True, these five seem about to conclude a detensive alliance, but Britain and France are broke and the other three Benelux countries are too small to count for much in the event of an early Soviet aggression. Nor have all five of ‘them, for that matter, any appreciable military force, For the moment their strength is mostly moral, Russia, on the other hand, could send 2,500,000 disciplined, well-armed fanatics crashing across western Europe within 24 hours. . Several London newspapers, according to cabled resumes received by the writer, are criticizing what the financial times calls “the slow progress of the European Recovery Program through the United States Congress.” And not entirely without reason.

Press Reveals British Indecision

AT THE same time, however, the British press reveals disquieting indecision on the part of Britain and the other recovery program countries regarding the role, both economic and military, which they are to play in the new Europe. Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express, for example, doubts the wisdom of Britain's entering into military commitments on the continent. It says she should look for strength in the empire instead. "And the total population of the empire, aside from natives, hardly reaches 35 million as against the United Kingdom's 48 million. ; Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail, on the other hand, urges inclusion of Austria, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia and even Spain in any western defense pact. But Scandinavia would hardly dare come in. And there are still qualms in London and Paris against making a partner of Spain, even after publication of proof that Stalin was as much a collaborator with Hitler as Franco, : Gen. De Gaulle's appeal to the United States for arms is widely regarded as a close approach to the practical. He insists on forming the Free States of Europe into an economic, diplomatic and strategic group backed by the financial and industrial might of Am Such a

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Do Their Own Bungling

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13—Dear Boss: Republicans long have rankled under Democratic rule and one of their principal complaints always has been that a Democratic administration is rife with confusion and bungling. : There may be some merit to their complaint. At any rate, the Indiana congressional delegation can argue that when Hoosier Republicans make the point it certainly comes from authority. To illustrate, I want to point out how the GOP Hoosiers in the House got confused and took two weeks to get out a press release and then bungled it. Although the members had been enjoined to secrecy by Majority Leader Halleck, they promptly talked to anyone asking them about it. Rep. Earl Wilson went so far as to put it out in his own weekly press release three days before the agreed timing.

Denounced $258,000 Slush Fund

IT DENOUNCED a $258,000 slush fund being raised to defeat the Indiana Congressmen because they supported the TaftHartley law. State President Carl Mullen of the American Federation of Labor is heading up the drive for the funds, the con gressmen said, although they didn’t name him, They merely referred to the organization as a labor league for political education in Indiana. And they want no part of the kind of education that would unseat any of them, particularly since they say Mr. Mullen is a Democrat and held office under Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Timing of the press release was so badly bungled that, when it finally arrived, it was greeted with as little enthusiasm as the Capehart Plan received this week when the senior senator offered it as a substitute for the Marshall Plan from the Senate floor.

Bent on Destroying Each Other : : THIS SORT of Republican “bungling” seems small, however, when compared with the party's situation back home, For theré the various factions seem bent on destroying each other and the Republican editors gave them all a public spanking. Indiana Secretary of State Tom Bath was down here this week and Rep. Robert A. Grant gave a party for him in the new

troops. Economic assistance, plus military equipment, would be enough. Yet even the De Gaulle Plan would require two to three years if all western Europe could agree on it immediately, which is unlikely. Militarily speaking, therefore, only the United States stands between Russia and the conquest of Europe now and for several years to come.

House Office Building. There was much talk of Walter E Helmke having entered the GOP governor's race, and kidding of Sen. William E. Jenner's unannounced candidacy. Someone suggested & “Draft for Bath,” because he beat Harry B. McLain for the secretaryship, and McLain seems to have the inside track for the Democratic nomination for the governor: ship. : But when Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York talks about

LITTLE QUOTES From Big People

I cannot accept the argument that war powers last as long as the effect and consequences of war, for if so they are permanent —as permanent as the war debts.—Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson. ¢ So

{ The Soviet Union and the Communist allies have been seeking to exploit the crisis . . . to gain controlling influence over all Europe.—Secretary of State Marshall, ! <* »

It just doesn’t make sense for the administration to seek

billions fo® western Europe while it neglects the Far East. Sen. Rober¢ A. Taft (R.) of Ohio. 2

“Democratic bungling and confusion,” he must be viewing the Republican party outside of Indiana.-~DAN KIDNEY.

$ 2 » - . Public Opinion on Margarine WASHINGTON, Mar. 13—The 30 members of the House Agriculture Committee soon will decide whether to let Congress consider repeal of the special federal taxes and license fees on margarine. . There is a Gallup Poll report, just made public. Adults ‘throughout the country were asked whether they tavored or opposed repeal of the anti-margarine taxes and fees. 8 e per cent of osé questioned—including 71 per cent of the women and 87 nt of the men—were for repeal. - Only 18 per cent were opposed. The rest had no opinion.

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