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Three Hours at the Cross MORROW all Christendom is called to the altar of ‘worship. From noon until three, churches will be open, and millions will pray for their own rebirth as it took place in the life of Jesus of Nazareth on Calvary Hill. In a world seething with distrust and turmoil it is hard for an individual to keep his religious compass on the true north of Christianity. Yet these same millions will tell you gladly that it is the only thing to which they can cling with confidence. All else withers and dies. Today those same millions will repledge their faith, adjust their personal lives in an effort to travel a straighter line. Many will fail as they always have, but the effort, if it lasts only a few days is worth while. Jesus Christ proved conclusively to the world the power of simple goodness. He had no armies, no tanks, no airplanes, no atom bombs, yet He was so big spiritually that nothing could end His life. Countless Christians from that day to this will gladly tell you from their personal experience that He lives today far more powerfully than He did on that solemn march to Calvary Hill. Go to church today, any church of your choosing, worship a few minutes or the full three hours, but go and worship in your own way. You'll notice the difference when you leave the church. Something will have happened inside the church—and inside you.

Secretary Marshall Today TOWARD the close of his speech in Berkeley, Cal., Secretary Marshall departed from his prepared text and told of a recent experience which had impressed him greatly. = A committee of Cub Scouts had called on him. They had proffered their support for the Marshall Plan. As we have heard from others, the Secretary greeted them with great dignity and respect. In Berkeley he described his impression. In effect, he said, the visit symbolized the global change that has occurred since he was 12 years old—the maximum age of a Cub Scout.” At 12 he had never been that many miles away from home. Now 12-year-olds are world conscious. To them, Korea, Shanghai, Kamchatka, Trieste, Prague, Helsinki, Oslo, Moscow mean much—a part of their lives, full of potentialities and possible perils. Secretary Marshall is 68. In his lifetime the world has so shrunk that what happens on the other side of the earth means more than anything that could have happened in his boyhood in the Pennsylvania county where he was born. That's why isolationism has gone with the wind that was generated, may we say, by the propeller; why those two oceans no longer function to make isolationism possible; why we are international, like it or not. The British navy, once master of the seven seas, ceased to be master

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tion. It wasn’t the military leaders or the statesmen who changed the scene. It was the inventors.

LJ ” » ‘ # ss nN THEREFORE, we have the boy of 12 grown older— George Marshall. ~~ : Untraveled as a kid, his schedule in less than a week has taken him from an address to the Overseas Club in Washington, an appearance before the Armed Service Committee on the same day, to a flight to San Francisco, an address at the Univesity of California, a luncheon meeting with the university faculty, a visit with the military command of the bdy region, a university alumni banquet, a flight to Los Angeles for a similar program with the University of California, L. A., a flight back to Washington Sunday to appear before another committee hearing Monday—another busy week with accumulated affairs, and then on to Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday next. We'd say that the Secretary who, as boys of 12 are wont to do, yearned for travel, prayed for rain and got a cloudburst. : It's a grueling job for anyone—especially a man of 68. The nation can rejoice that he’s taking it in his stride, that he is looking and feeling fit—as fit, in fact, according to all appearances, as a Cub Scout.

Who—Us? AN opinion column in the Louisville Courier-Journal " brings up the question of how much isolationism there is in Indiana. What brought up the question was the Senate vote on the Marshall Plan. Both Sens. Capehart and Jenner voted against it. And in doing this we think they missed the target a mile if they are trying honestly to reflect the wishes and sentiment of the people back home. Indiana is no more isolationist than any other state _and jf anyone asks us we'll tell them to look below the Mason-Dixon Line if they want to find real isolationism. Kentucky, for instance. We may be blinded with state loyalty and inoculated with Hoosierism until we jump out of our chair at the

slightest tinge of criticism but we'd like to tell the rest of

the world that when the selfish germs of isolationism

spread through the land before the last war, Indiana got

rid of them in a hurry. And we wonder if all the other states did as well. se

Sunrise Choral Service FOR 25 years citizens of Indianapolis have been gatherin at Monument Circle at sunrise on Easter for a choral service. In growing numbers they've come, first a few hundred, then more and more until last year more than 50 thousand clustered about the Monument to take part in one of the most warming religious experiences of the year. The sunrise choral service is an institution which has not grown without encouragement and leadership. It was founded by Mrs. James M. Ogden as a living memorial to her small son. It has long outgrown being a personal affair. Now it is a community event. | The time is 6:30. The service lasts an hour.

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ARE LOVERS

The wind and the rain are lovers, Darling, the same as you and IL They quarrel, But love never passes them by.

The rain is stopping in the tree tops Now the wind is ceasing to blow. Gently they are beginning to make up. They are lovers, darling, making up just so.

The wind has chang As tears slowly fall roi the SP of §reed The leaves begin to whisper as pass by They are happy, darling,

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—MRS. ROBERT WILSON. ¢ 4 ¢

A man pinched for window peeping said he was looking for his car. There ‘are a lot of those midgets around these days. > © %

WHO IS JULIETTA?

Discussing a recent edition of The Times’ with a friend, I asked him if he had read about Julietta. Believing it to be a woman he asked, “No, what has she done?” * ~JOSEPHINE BUCK. ¢ © 9% More than 651,000 wheelbarrows were shipped from factories last year. Just what this country needs—more push! ! ped

TAKE A DAY OFF

If you're getting in a rut ’ Take a day off. There's no why—or if—or but— Take a day off. There is always work to do, I know surely this it true But just so much, for me, or you— Take a day off.

When you're ‘most too tired to smile— Take a day off. If in doubt, give it a trial, Take a day off. Fishing’s fun, and hunting, too. Hikes or picnics—it's up to you, But no matter which you do— Take a day off,

If you're grouchy and kick the cat, Take a day off. And your friends—you tell them flat— Take a day off. There's no us to say “Tut, Tut" There's no if, no and, no but— Take your wife, your friend, your mutt— Take a day off. i » —By MARY R. WHITE, 854 N. Sherman Drive. > © @ A scientist says ants live riotously. And western farmers will tell you that grasshoppers are a couple of jumps ahead of them.

eo Oo % ’ MEMO TO AMERICANS Bot leds. Toa Joop legs Or buckle down and produce! Aa JAE BRADDICK.

A ‘16-year-old Oklahoma girl as being 18. And most girls don’t do that until they are about 30. ; > & @

FOR ESTHER

I've had your birthday present here . For agas, so it seems, And as I take it out, my dear, The silv'ry wrapping gleams.

Though nicely wrapped, it seems all wrong, The tinsel out of place; Elaborate ribbons don’t belong; Gone is its special grace.

I take the paper tied so neat, And tear it all apart; Unwrapped, I place before your feet, My poor, unworthy heart. ~—BESSIE CLARK. oe oO Politicians soon will be clouding the issues -mainly because they're in the dark them-

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WASHINGTON, Mar. 25—One sure sign of the rising and falling tide of political fortune is the crop of Vice Presidential candidates, The severe frost that blighted President Truman's prospects of re-election has withered a whole hotbed full of Democratic hopefuls. ‘ It is hard to realize that only a few weeks ago the public-opinion polls showed Mr. Truman's chances to be better than even with all but one or two of the. then available Republican candi- , dates. As was said in that dim and distant day, you could not gwing a cat on® the Senate floor without hitting a Vice® Presidential candidate. That is also true today. But now the hopefuls are aspiring for the Republican nomination for Viee President. In order to get a candidate for second place on the Democratic ticket, one cynic remarked, Congress will have to pass a draft act. ‘At least six Republicans in the Senate are looking bright. and eager and ready. A list of those willing to say yes would probably include all Republican Senators under 80. That would eliminate only Sen, Arthur Capper. of Kansas and there is no guarantee that, if pressed gufficiently, he would not in the end consent to ‘accept the honor. ; > ¢ The active candidates most frequently named are Sen. Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut, Sen. Harry P. Cain’ of Washington; Sen. William E. Jenner of Indiana, Sen. William F. Knowland of California, and Senators Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts.

Ran Gamut From A to B

ONE DEMOCRATIC Senator remarked wryly, paraphrasing a Dorothy Parker wisecrack, ‘that this list ran the political gamut from A to B. This is grossly unfair. Sens. Lodge and Saltonstall, for example, have worked hard for a bipartisan foreign ‘policy—particularly the former who has been one of Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg's most able backers in presenting the case for European - recovery. Sen. Jenner, on the other hand, has derided and ridiculed the program both in and out of the Senate. Sen. Baldwin has taken a far more realistic point of view on the need for the party to support liberal measures here at home than

FOREIGN AFFAIRS . . . By Paul R. Leach

U. S. Soon to Decide On Exports to Russia

WASHINGTON, Mar. 25—Official American policies on permitting exports to the Russians are on a thin edge between _continuing to let them have what they want and shutting down on

Operating on a Mar. 1 order requiring export licenses for &ll shipments regardless of character, the State and Commerce Departments are today permitting virtually unlimited business. That policy, however, is being watched closely—with one eye on Russia's cold war conquests. How long will it continue? Sen. Homer Ferguson (R. Mich.) announced Tuesday that his Senate Special Investigating Committee is going into export licenses, with special reference to the Soviets.

THAT IS IN RESPONSE to rumors in Congress that Russian sympathizers in the State and Commerce Departments are allowing licenses for war materials, and to demands, such as that of Rep. Cole (R. Mo.), that President Truman shut down on

Both House and Senate versions of the European RErOVESY Plan contain clauses permitting refusal of licenses for exports to "Russia and satedlite countries, ‘without naming’ them. The Senate Act, passed last week, lets the Secretary of Commerce determine whether exports are in the national interest, and if_goods ordered are too scarce to be supplied both to Marshall

The House Bill, now being debated, goes further. It would direct the European Recovery Plan administrator to refuse to deliver to participating countries materials which would go into their exports to “any, country which has announced its intention to attempt to prevent the success” of the European Recovery

has Sen. Cain of Washington.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . . By

GOP Weighs No. 2 Spot Carefully

Side Glances—By Galbraith 7

Marquis Childs

The House also has its candidate for Vice President. Conspicuous among them is Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana, who is majority leader. As one of the half-dozen men who tell the House what it can and cannet do under Republican control, Rep. Halleck exercises a power commensurate with his ambition. It is just possible that this year the Republicans may give more serious attention to the selection of a Vice Presidential nominee. Traditionally the second-place candidate is found under a sofa in a smoke-filled hotel room as the professionals rush to wind up the convention. But that method has its hazards, as American

history .and contemporary events abundantly

prove.

Second GOP Spot Important

TWO OF THE MEN frequently mentioned for the GOP nomination for President are no longer young. Sen. Vandenberg would be 65 less than three months after inauguration. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, whose nomination at this point seems highly improbable, would be pushing 70. Public attention would, therefore, tend to focus on the second place more than it normally does. In the past, geography has been an important factor in selecting the man for second place. If thé Presidential candidate is from the Eastern Seaboard, then the Middle West gets the nod. As a result, we often get two utterly incongruous men linked on the same ticket. And the last-minute political deal is likely to produce the same result, as was demonstrated at the Democratic convention in 1932 when Franklin Roosevelt and John Nance Garner were nominated. The GOP combination being discussed with increasing seriousness is that of Sen. Vandenberg for the No. 1 place and Harold Stassen for No. 2. That would be a powerful and harmonious ticket. Mr. Stassen is only a little more than half of Sen. Vandenberg’s age. On the essentials of foreign policy they are in complete agreement. Mr. Stassen has several times praised Sen. Vandenberg for his leadership in the Senate. This is the kind of ticket which the independent voter will expect from the convention at Philadelphia. No half-man half-alligator combination, conjured up at the last minute, will do

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New Houses Control Free By Maria Burkett, 1428 Park Ave, City On Feb. 12 a very misinformed “Miss Whites" wrote criticizing rent’ controls, implying that people with money to invest were deterred from building rental property because they couldn't get their money back. There are no controls on new rentals Owners can judge the proper rent level on new property by estimating their costs and oper ating expenses; beyond that it's a matter of wise management, checking care fully in order to avoid expensive turnover of undesirable tenants. ow = I fail to see how controls’ on old housing can possibly affect those to whom it doesn’t apply. The trouble is that owners of old dilapidated rentals now want to charge “new” rents based on current construction costs, be fore they spend a penny to restore them to habitable condition, much as if the baker charged the same for last week's stale bread as for tomorrow's fresh loaf. » The 1940 property survey reported a total of 37,041 substandard dwelling units here. In many cases the owners’ neglect of the property

we reward these irresponsible landlords for their neglect by permitting them increased rentals to equal those received by owners of properly maintained rentals? If several thousand dollars have been spent for reconstruction a commensurate. rent fn crease is justified, but when. a door is papered over and a second-hand hot-plate turns a hall bedroom overnight.into an “apartment” there's no reason for an increase. ® @ 9

Public Debts

By Charles W. Burton, 911 E. Maryland St, City. ' It is said the total debt of. Jan. 1, wa nearly $400 billion. 'A staggering figure. It averaged $2050 for every American.

- federal debt and $72 is owed by state and local governments. All must be paid in taxes. The $781 remainder is private debt. Private debt increased last year and according to the Commérce Department is rising this year. The total debt will increase unless public debt comes down. At least as much as private debt goes up. Interest is finally paid by the producers.

this year.

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cause of this tremendous burden.

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson

Stoppage Effort

To Test Labor Law

WASHINGTON, Mar. 25—Now that John L. Lewis for the United Mine Workers and Ezra Van Horn for the coal operators have exchanged their annual tokens of love, the public has 8 little better chance to judge this work stoppage in the soft coal mines on its merits. The result is not pretty. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Van Horn acets each other of failing to negotiate in the good faith the public has a right to expect. Their contract of last July calls for setting up health and welfare fund payments. T weeks of which Mr. Lewis spent on vacation—they have got 10 lace. It's no wonder the third trustee for the fund, Thomas E urray of New York, quit in disgust. Mr. Van Horn accuses Mr. Lewis of refusing to let their he 2 1lion fund be put at interest. Of refusing to consider insuranc® risk studies made by private actuaries and Social Security Board.

After eight months—many

discuss anything except pensions. Of trying to

make the coal operators violate the Taft-Hartley Law. Of refusing to allow the issue to be settled by the courts. Basic charge which Mr. Lewis makes against the operators is that they are being high-pressured by other industries not 0 approve any health or welfare payments. Mr. Lewis cites the fact that UAW and other unions are now asking for health and welfar® benefits in their new third-round wage increase negotiations.

Stoppage Shapes Up

4. showdown on an issue that has n building up since the first Social Security laws were a It o whi the government should provide adequate health and retl ] insurance for everyone, or whether the government shall contin® to provide only minimum social- security, leaving the responsibility to each employer or industry and its employees’ Congress has thus far beaten down. every attempt to in

payments and benefits, except for railroad worker contends that since the coal industry has

Eight | ndred children’s voices will be heard and the parents will be there to hear them. We are assured, in spite of the largcentury, there will he room for |

Amtorg Busy Placing Orders

AMTORG, the official Russian government export-import monopoly agency in New York, has been placing orders for all sorts of machinery and materials. American businessmen have been undecided what to do about them because of the war scare in Europe, and confusion of policies at home. Many Amtorg purchases of farm machinery and surplus warplane parts, including motors, were shipped freely because the goods were en route to. New Jersey ports before the Mar. 1 license order was issued. War assets officials, when criticized for these sales, replied that they have no authority to withhold sales after goods have been declared surplus. <i According to the WAA, no aircraft parts have been bought this year. Purchases late in 1947 were of parts*declared scrap by the Army, but evidently considered usable by Russia. The Mar. 1 license order was established so the State and

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but at the moment there is no oflicial intention of doing so. Secretary of Commerce Harriman said that if we stop shipments to Russia and her satellites we will slow down trade between Eastern and Western Europe. : - That would call for greater U. 8, expenditures for shipments of American goods to Western Europe, he said. What are exports that can be considered potentially for war use? ,

The answer of military men is. just about anything you can |

think of from food to finished machines. Another reason given for continuing exports to Russia is that the United States needs imports from Russia, especially of chrome and manganese ores to make our own’ munition steels. Shutting down exports would stop imports. Forty-seven per cent of all our chrome imports and a third of our manganese from other lands came from Russia last year. Russian trade figures for the first three months-of this year have not been compiled. During 1947 our. exports to Russia totalled $149,500,000 and our imports from Russia $77,100,000.

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hazards not found in other industries, mine owners should providé greater insurance. .

Issues May Go to the Courts

BUT ALL this is contrary to the Taft-Hartley Law¥ Drovidss Jat no benefits may be paid to employees OF Ho, ents when either empl aying es employer or employee is not pay In the contract signed by Mr. Lewis and the operators lost July it was provided that the employer should pay into the 10 cents a ton royalty on every ton of coal mined. Emplo Yere to Sontiihute nothing. What this amounts to is a ax on coal, levied by the mi . It must be onto xe price of coal. y TRE Operators 2 » : t he r. Lewis has never come right out and said just Wh& demanded in the way of benefits. He will not say what trustees or

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wanted by Chairman John L. Lewis of the UMW welfare The present work stoppage in the mines looks like an to test the Taft-Hartley Law. The issue will probably

decided by the courts.

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ON THE basis of this exchange, the s " present work stoppage the coal mines shapes up as two things: 1—An effort by Mf. Lewis to evade or break the welfare fund sections of the Taft-Hartled

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