Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1948 — Page 12

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Hail to the '48 Champs

JNDIANAPOLIS is host today to the four finalists in the 37th annual Indiana High School Athletic Association basketball tourney and the thousands of loyal followers of the doughty quartet. : Not since 1045 has the Hoosier capital had a contender in the “Big Four,” and our city never has ruled as a champion. Some say it is too big, that it does not generate the enthusiasm of the smaller communities. But all of the four are from bigger Indiana: cities this year, so this wonld tend to disprove the theory that the best in basketball is from the crossroads town and the barnyard shooters. Actually, basketball is as democratic as America itself. All of the 779 teams entered in the tourney had their chance. Fortune favored the four here today and will continue to smile on one more through tonight. Whether it be Evansville Central, Muncie Central, Lafayette Jefferson or Anderson—all hail the 1848 champ. And may an Indianapolis team win it in 1949.

Blessed Are the Givers

WHEN the ‘spiritual refreshment of Easter dawns, we Y feel the urge to do something for others. The problem of what to #lo is not difficult. Everywhere there is need, ranging from a pleasant word -to the srice of a life-saving operation. Many persons make extra gifts to their churches. thers send flowers or pay a call to the sick. And others— ~ aany others—help the crippled by buying Easter Seals. Easter Seals are only six years old in Indianapolis. Sut in that brief time our charitable citizens have estabshed the Crossroads Rehabilitation Center with its vocaonal training, and its every other help, from recreation , serious work, for the crippled of the community. Let there be no doubt as to what to give this Easter \agon. Give to the churches, of course, but don’t forget \e crippled children who are trying to adjust themselves. If you have not received Easter Seals in the mail, ‘one the Marion County Society for the Crippled, Inc., 01 N. New Jersey St. (TAlbot 2482) and you will be ailed as many seals as you wish for as much as you ant to give. ;

sw—Even for Wallace |

[ENRY WALLACE has a genius for being wrong, but even he has rarely managed to stoop so low as in arging American Ambassador Steinhardt with provok- + the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia. Mr. Wallace peddled this Commie line though Ambasfor Steinhardt was not in that country when the Soviet :sch began. The non-Communist members walked out the Cabinet two days before the American envoy rened to Prague Feb. 19 from a three-month trip to the ited States. ’ When the State Department and thé ambassador pointout his fantastic inaccuracy, Mr. Wallace lacked the de\cy to apologize. Instead, he fell back on the lame exse that Mr. Steinhardt on Feb. 20 spoke favorably of the .rshall Plan. That, of course, is a crime in the Bolshevik sk, though the Czech Cabinet including the Communists oroved the Marshall Plan until Stalin ordered a reversal. It is not news that Red is usually white to Mr. Wallace i white is black. Even so, we never expected any Amer-

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en cleared of active Fascists and militarists.

ates and Britain) they “will not escape justice.” The western zones haven't done nearly as well as th

» pursuing a policy so like Hitler's that both the Kremli

Jemocracy” must seem just like old times.

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market are little more than memories.

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With the Times

The blustering winds of March are raging sky. Loosening the grasp of a lone leaf’s clinging March—with his snows and his squalls and his

But March is a welcome month, for soon comes

Cunningly lacing it tight with bits of old string

the west Shake it in fury—then ceases to bully and sham-— For March, coming in like a lon, goes’ out like a lamb!

Oh, were it possible to lattice this sdrrowful

Ribbons of honor, measured for service and

Weathering the worth of the storms that nature

Just by

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WINDS OF MARCH |

Sweeping ‘the smoke-grey cobwebs out of the

stem And whirling it up in the air with an anguished cry.

sleet— Nothing about him ever is dainty or sweet!

spring. The robin again in the maple tree fashions his nest, ’

Holding it fast, though blustering winds from

earth With threadings of love—stretching from sea to the land, :

worth And held by each nation’s friendly and welcoming hand—

can bringy’ And know the full promise of wonderful, blossoming spring! -RUTH M. COFFIN, 1801 N. Emerson Ave. ® 9% o

MAN AND OTHER FAUNA

Maybe the larger animals have an instinctive fear of man. I wouldn't know about that. But anyone who has the patience—or perhaps the indolence—to sit motionless in their haunts will learn that the smaller ones have no such fear. They fear only man in motion. Motionless, he is an object of

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I am a disabled veteran trying fo through life by hard, honest work, save because of high prices and illness in family. I, too, belong to that unfortunate class, “those little tenants” although I waste money. 1 am young. Maybe am as old as Margaret, I can own home. . Listen to what Margaret says, “As far I am concerned the housing situation can re. main as it is now.” Did you ever hear any statement as silly, selfish, or thoughtless ag that? Evidently she, as well as many others, already have forgotten Dec. 7, 1841, and the many months that followed when -several of “little tenants”

from stepping in and taking over; yes, even Margaret's property. If I felt the way she : does, I'd sell out.

curiosity, which draws them nearer and nearer, until presently they are swarming all about him. Once on a moonlit ht a half-gro opossum walked ot pt» n log we which I was sitting until only inches away. Looking up, he gave some half-audible

NATIONAL

AFFAIRS _ . . By Marquis Childs

Is Wallace a Visionary or.Crackpot?

Now I believe in a fair return on an investment, and even though some landlords aren't actually getting enough, others I know are getting over twice as much as the property is

the landlords like Margaret feel they are being

worth—with a few, if any, repairs. If some of’

grunts and hisses, which comprise his lan-

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There are so many subjects

We may start out on our burions

The party dress that Mary has - Any...Maybe now we mention Kate

Or the neighbors’ cats who always pick To sit ensconsed upon our ste

The boy next door who always runs The Kelly twins... who never fail

But honest now...if I were you I'd give a party and proclaim

People who don't pay as they go have a hard time coming back. ¢ ©

MY BIRTHDAY THOUGHT

WASHINGTON, Mar. 20 — Henry Wallace is pretty well known in this country. Among his following he is a hero with overtones of martyrdom. For most Americans he is something between a well-meaning visionary and a dangerous crackpot. But his recent press conference in New York surprised even those who have watched him at close range through the years. In this interview he suggested that the American ambassador in Czechoslovakia, Laurence A. Steinhardt, had tried to bring about a rightist assault on the coalition government in Prague. This plot, Mr. Wallace plainly intimated, justified the Communists in seizing power and savagely repressing every kind of dissent and protest. { Anything further from the truth would be hard to imagine. Mr. Steinhardt left Czechoslovakia Nov. 24, 1947, and was in the United States until shortly before he returned to Prague Feb. 19, 1948. The Communists started their grab tor power Feb. 17. Quite apart, however, from this matter of dates is the fact that Mr. Steinhardt was so little aware of what was happening in Czechoslovakia. Even on the boat returning to Europe a few days before the crisis, he said that the Communists would never be able to take power by force because the roots of democracy were too deep in Czechoslovakia. This is a sad commentary on the Czech crisis— that our own government was so poorly informed on what was happening beneath the surface. The concept of the well-meaning Steinhardt engineering a coup is so absurd that his official denial in Prague was superfluous. Mr. Wallace's strange behavior might be put down to the prompting of the Communists and fellow-travelers at his elbow, and therefore might be ignored if it were not for the real harm that he does abroad. Another example of this mischief has just come to hand.

Mr. Wallace's Latest Maneuver

JENNIE LEE of the British Labor Party, wife of Aneurin Bevan, minister of health, and herself a member of Parliament for many years, is one of the left-wingers whom Mr. Wallace hoped

turned, and unhurriedly retraced his

—By CLAUDE BRODDICK, * oo

APPENDECTOMY

Touched upon in conversation,

End up on...no sugar ration!

Or the color of Sue's eyes,

With a view...to criticize!

The stillest hour... at night And howl... with deep delight!

Across our well kept lawn,

To awaken us...at dawn!

I would 80 happy be—

My... Appendectomy! —ANNA E. YOUNG. ® © ¢

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Orchids to my Mother, Cigars to my Dad, It's my birthday.

The honors go to parents Who gave life to us to live; And the cost is quite apparent They give all they have to. give.

Thanks, Mother, for my living. Thanks, Dad, for cost to you. I hope I keep the giving, And prove my love that's due. ~JOSEPHINE BUCK.

of Europe a year ago. A recent letter from Miss Lee to the office of Americans for Democratic Action here in Washington tells of Mr. Wallace's latest maneuver.

to win when he went on his barnstorming tour ’

“The British press,’ Miss Lee wrote, “is featuring today a statement by Henry Wallace to the effect that ‘capitalift American pressure has compelled the labor government of Britain indefinitely to postpone the nationalization of steel. “This is a lie. Where does Mr. Wallace zet that sort of story? I am taking time off to write this “note from the Committee (of Parliament) dealing with the nationalization of gas. After coal, gas and electricity, comes steel. “At the last trade-union conference, a definite and public understanding was given by this government that steel would be nationalized by this Parliament, which means, in terms of parliamentary procedure, that a beginning will have to be made next session. “This Wallace statemént shocks me. Maybe he has been misquoted, but if not, what can be made of a man of reputedly high moral character deliberately bearing false witness?”

Purpose Behind Wallace's Words .

THIS LAST is a question a great many people are beginning to ask. The motive. of the Wallace statement in the British press is obvious enough. It was to try to persuade the rank and file of the Labor Party, especially the left wing, that the U. 8. was dictating British internal policy. By this. means they would be brought to reject the Marshall Plan, But British Laborites are not quite so gullible. On Mr. Wallace's tour of Britain, when he praised England's social democracy and forgot the denunciations of British imperialism that he had used on audiences in America, he made few converts. When Jennie Lee came to this country last November, she addressed a series of “meetings arranged by ADA in a dozen cities. ADA is the liberal-labor organization opposed to Wallace and his third-party adventure. Mr. Wallace professes to be the apostle. of peace. That is the chief basis of his appeal for votes. Yet, by providing the Communists with justification for such power grabs as the one that occurred in Prague, he is probably contributing as much as any single individual toward making war with Russia inevitable, ; The charitable assumption is that Mr. Walla is blinded, either by his own emotions of ambition and revenge or by the Communist delusion. But to follow him, even in a vote of protest, one must

cheated on rent, why

are more unfortunate class of “those little

maneuvering to ‘split

Also Mr. Truman

the Murat Theater,

- national affairs all

well-known fact that women, if, and when

also be blind and deaf and dumb.

profession.

don’t they sell out while

real estate is high? I don't think people who look down their noses at others because they

and belong to that large tenants” have any busi-

ness renting property to honest, decent, hardworking people anyway. ® ©

* Don't Discount Wallace By E. F. Maddox, City. p President Truman . should look closely at some of his left-wing advisers and consider well the possibility that he may have a pro. Henry Wallace fifth column in his inner circle

the Democrat Party and

throw a strong left-wing following to Wallace.

and the Republicans had

better take this pro-Communist Wallace-Taylor movement a little more seriously. It's a danger. ous, secret, subtle, subversive and seditious Red revolutionary attempt to muscle in to power by any and all means and is the vehicle for flooding one nation with pro-Communist propaganda. World-wide communism is behind Wallace and Taylor as well as the financial backing of the Soviet Union and all Reds. The states should refuse to place any forgign-backed political party on the ballot. Wake up America!

Out of the Kitchen, Ladies By Ivan C. Clearwater, City. : page 20 of Times Tuesday, Feb. 24, I noticed photograph of two women members of the “Country Women of the World” taken at

the occasion apparently

being a meeting of the Indiana Farm Bureau The reading matter under the photograph stat- - ed that the president of the CWW women to get out of the kitchen and take an interest in international affairs.” Personally, I think this a very good idea. The men have made a ‘‘sorry mess” of inter-

“urged

through the history of

mankind, so why not give the women a chance to untangle the present complicated state of affairs? On the other hand let the men take their place in the kitchen for after all it is 8

men are better cooks than they choosg to follow that

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS . . n to alibi the Soviet rape and murder of Czech democ- t

. By William Philip Simms [Side Glances—By

Galbraith

ould Be Hard to Tell

DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney

Halleck Issues Belated

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LL DENAZIFICATION units in the Russian zone of L Germany have been abolished because, according to

military governor, Marshal Sokolovsky, the zone has All are urned, however, that if they have anything in common th the “imitators of the Hitler regime” (the United

- .gsians in rooting out the remnants of nazism. But our - rmer ally has made it easier for its Germans to reform

1d the former Nazis must have trouble in telling the two sart. To Hitler's former followers, observing the fate of sechoslovakia and surrounded by secret police, Russian

N ELL, the country seems to have survived one of the severest winters in recent years with few ill effects, | the recent discomforts will soon be forgotten. Already 8 bitter blizzards and February's mild recession in

Whereto Draw Red Line

WASHINGTON, Mar. 20—Britain, France and other members of the Western European bloc are pressing the United States to tell them where Rusia will be told to stop or fight. Thus far, according to indications, Washington has shied away from drawing the line. But now that Britain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have signed a mutualdefense pact and left it open for other signatories, the U. 8. may be less reluctant to take a stand. After the Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia and Memel were seized, Britain and France told Hitler to halt. When he marched into Poland, they declared war. Now Western Europe wants to know what deadline the United States will specify. Norway may be next on the list, after Finland: Would we fight to keep that country from being sucked | in behind the Ironfiurtain?

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German Communists Expect Coup

WOULD WE fight if Russia's fifth column took over Trieste? Or Italy? Or France? Or the Low Countries? Or Austria? Or Greece? Or if the Soviet army moved into Turkey?

Rumors keep coming out of Berlin that German Communists seem to be expecting some sort of Soviet coup in that area, perhaps this spring or summer. Russia is known to ‘have organized a powerful German army under Von Paulus, Nazi “hero” of Stalingrad who lent himself to the Kremlin after his capture. It is also reliably reported that Russia is feeding these Germans on the idea that if and when they drive out the Americans, British and French, a strong and “independent” United Germany will be set up.

Comment on Message

WASHINGTON, Mar. 20—Dear Boss: Being a believer in “critical loyalty,” I want to point out a long-standing technique of our craft here which sometimes results in rather blatant superficialities. When the President delivers a message to Congress in person, there is a rush from the nress galleries to the Senate and House : floors, reporters demanding comment. The more partisan members, both Democrat and Republican, often prepare comment in advance, praising.the President if he i8 a member of their party, condemning him if he isn’t. Such comment is without merit. Since in these decades of crises, presidential messages often deal with such matters of deep concern 28 war and peace, life and death, plenty or poverty, more thou should be given to responsible reaction in Congress.

Should Have Known in Advance

I WAS impressed this week by Majority Leader Charles A Halleck’s comment on the President’s message. : As Republican leader in the House, he should have been apprised of the President's plan to ask for a draft, as well 2 Universal Military Training, before the message was read. BU he obtained a copy only a short time before delivery, as did the press and members of the House and Senate. President Truman has been criticized for this. . When the news services asked Rep. Halleck for comment, he was unwilling to give an “off-the-cuff” opinion. As a result, he was quoted as having declined comment. As soon as possible he did prepare a thoughtful statement

(aided by his own and the party's brain-trusters). But the “ech niques” were against him. His comment largely was lost in thé shuffle.

Will We Finally Have to Shoot?

WOULD THE United States start shooting if that happened?

COPR. 1948 BY NEA SERVICE, WC. 7. M. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF,

—r— 20 “I'"go with you steady only on condition that you change your name to Joe—Montmorency won't fit in my diary!’

Rightly or wrongly, the widespread opinion is that somewhere along the line—depending on circumstances—we would have no alternative save ignominious surrender the effect of which, in the long run, would be worse and costlier than war. Because, in the end, it would not save us from war but only postpone it.

Complicating the picture is the fact that Russia herself may seek to stay out of any actual fighting. Poland, Czechoslovaki, 7 Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania are puppet states, pure and simple. As such, Russia regards them as entirely expendable.

Thus Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania—or any one of them | —might trump up a war with Greece and plant a Communist regime at Athens. Yugoslavia could be used to take over Italy. A “people’s republic” could be set up in the Soviet Zone of Germany and Von Paulus’ army—backed by the Poles and the Czechs— might be used to drive the British, Americans and French into the North Sea. If Italy goes Communist she and the. Yugoslavs might join hands with Moscow's fifth column in France to seize power at Paris, ‘ ; Russia's army would not necessarily need to come out in the : open unless her expendables had been used up. This has been Soviet policy from the beginning. Ever since the Bolshevist revolution in 1947, Russia has sought to make others fight her battles for her. . For Washington to lay a finger on the map, therefore, and say “thus far and no farther” is not easy. .

LITTLE QUOTES From Big People

I expect to arrive at some place and talk about one thing when the group is talking about another. That is going to happen to me, I am certain.—-Secretary of State Marshall, stating world confusion may lead him to make wrong speech. ec > 2

Good business management will lower prices when conditions’ and circumstances justify it.—T. J. Wood, vice president, Proctor & Gamble Co. : ew ;

> & @ We must get it quite firmly-in our minds that if we pursue the will-o’'-the-wisp of increasing personal incomes when we haven't got and can't get the goods to match the income, are courting disaster in a very real way.—Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain's minister of economics. « <> : 1 know communities where (Communists) are prominently active . . . but no one dares publicly to pin that label on them. —Adm. William Standley, former U. S. ambassador to Russia.

Loyalty to America is something that cannot be imposed

by laws prohibiting a list of specified acts. It'comes from within, -

and sprints from a sense of decency.—J. Edgar Hoover, Director,

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Promised ERP by Apr. 1

MR. HALLECK promised to see the European Recovery Plan passed by Apr.1. That is extremely important. It was No. 1 the President's three-point program. Mr. Halleck also expects to see a Selective Service law enacted, but not Universal Military Training. ‘ He maintains that the bipartisanship in foreign affairs ns largely been a matter of GOP co-operation. Here are some of conclusions: r direct re* during

“Undoubtedly much of our difficulty abroad is the sult of the terrible mismanagement of our foreign affairs | and after the war. . t “Had our strength, position and power been properly used & Teheran, Quebec, Yalta ard. Potsdam, I do not think Mr. Trumad would have found it necessary to make this speech. ¢ “The administration moves from crisis to crisis, from o% emergency to another. These emergencies would not occur if the administration were competent. : of “The President belatedly looks Into national defense. F' | months congressional committees have been prodding the arm | services to unite. ut | .. “The Congressional Aviation Policy Board Mar. 1 pointed all | 1

that the armed fo-ces were in disagreement on a unified, over defense plan, ; ' ob “Secretary of Défense Forrestal has grappled with the Pr lem and I am hopeful that his conference with top-ranking i’ tary and naval officers at Key West, Florida, last week,

sulted in agreement. Fl 5 the “The Republican Lor having a majority, now as in past, stands ready to do what is necessary.” i

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