Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1948 — Page 12
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Second Taste of Justice MERICAN justice has spoken again to John L. Lewis
ond conviction on the same charge. So Federal Judge T. down twice as hard with the
government didn't want to put him in jail! Wheit1 axa locked Wp Salo Sway ‘This morning’s fine of $20,000 against Mr. Lewis and I'll shake the bars an’ answer in— $1,400,000 against his United Mine Workers should go a | TWeno-ive words TI pry long way to serve notice on the UMW that the courts of The soles ot ¥ BS the country still support the will of the people. of hb Juice St Riineuly Its came Who Liorest
_ Judge Goldsborough wisely followed the government's recommendation as to penalty. Of course Mr. Lewis may appeal right up to the U. 8. Supreme Court as he did in 1946. And the Supreme Court may melt the fines down to peanuts as it did in 1046, but Judge Guldsborough followed the law and his own best interpretation of American justice in this instance of accumulative offenses. And whatever the Supreme Court chooses to do, if the contempt charges are appealed, does not alter Judge Goldsborough’s courage in enforcing the law. : ON FRIDAY Mr. Lewis and UMW officials will hear the rest of the penalty. It is then that Judge Goldsborough will set the penalty for civil contempt. And in this he has considerable latitude. He may lay it on a little thicker or he may rule that the criminal penalty has been enough. Although if he does not intend to add to the penalty Friday he w would have said so this morning. ~~ 1t should be kept in mind that Judge Goldsborough is the Taft-Hartley Act or any other labor law. He is defending the inflexible authority of the federal court
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We commend the fearlessness of Judge Goldsborough in levying king-size fines. We commend him for his assuring concept that nothing stands above our system of justice. And we commend him for going to bat for the millions of Americans whose wages have been repeatedly éndangered by John L. Lewis’ irresistible urge to create a chain of
Where the Cold War Is Hot EN. BRADLEY told Congress last week that the ¥ cold war was likely to last a long time. “We can't conceive of Russia calling it off within the next few years,” ¥ + While s cold war is preferred to a shooting war, let |
it not be overjadked that there is one place on the globe THE ay. “Todiy" Vay ep on your toes
where the cold-war is hot. There is-one nation that h been firing bullets at Communist forces, and has been doing it for more than two years. It is China. Chiang Kai-ghek, reporting to China's National Assembly last week on the military situation, said both sides had suffered more than three million casualties in the past two years. He acknowledged Nationalist losses of 820,000 in killed, wounded and captured, but he put the Communist losses at the high figure of 2,200,000. Communism is our acknowledged enemy, but we are not helping China beyond the nominal figure of $570 million “to help retard the present.rapid rate of economic deterioration and thus provide a breathing space.” About a ffth of that we will let Chiang use for munitions during the coming year. ‘If there is to be no more financtal aid for China, there is another way we can help, probably even more effective. Chiang is instituting a new strategy, he reports, designed to free a maximum number of troops for offense against the Communists. We can furnish instructors and military advisers to the Nationalist side—an urgent need, according to Gens. Wedemeyer aid Chennault. An American military mission of 1000 is already in China, sitting in enforced idleness. They could lend a valuable tactical hand in the forthcoming campaign.
Enlist Your Dollars | T'S hard for men and women to get excited about cancer until it strikes home. When symptoms appear or a member of a family is stricken, then it becomes important. Too often this is a little late. Dramatizing the fight against cancer has been a prob- | lem. It started only a few years ago. Newspapers, radio, | outdoor advertising, direct mail, streetcar posters, pam- | phlets all enlisted. But the problem is big and costly. \ This month the Indiana Cancer Society is raising $77,000 in Marion County. That's just a little contribution | to the over-all national effort. But il is something. It | helps inform people about cancer aud its tell-tale symp- | toms. And, as a result, many a case Jf incipient, curable cancer has been detected in time to save a life. Raising the Cancer Fund isn't easy. It isn't a job for the rich. It is a task for the many. It strikes everywhere with frightening regularity and persisteace. To do nothing about it leaves this No. 2 killer free to lay waste our population at the rate of one death every three minutes. The Marion County Cancer Fund drive now stands around $12,000, or 16 per cent of the goal. By May 3 the remainder must be raised if metropolitan Indianapolis is to do its share in the front line fight. ;
Cradle Security MULTIPLE baby-sitting has been introduced at Shanks Village, N. Y. A resourceful radio expert—an Army officer studying to take charge of a chain of radio stations in Japan—has rigged up a device enabling one sitter to take care of several babies from one communications center. a . “ A microphone is placed near the crib of each child and connected with an amplifier in the sitter's home. Each ; then can be heard, even to the slightest whimper,
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MEMORIES
doors, : Balls and bats, skates and toys and Dolls and dresses, teacups and da
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tomorrow your heart.” But with all these little memories how can
they start? : HEMLOCK. eo 4 Some of the summer styles are so sensible, how do the experts extest them 19 last long? ®
PICTURE FRAME
Life is a picture frame upon the wall; Within it scenes of summer, winter, fall. . Or maybe there is nothing there at all. =VIRGINIA FORTNEY.
FOSTER'S FOLLIES
(“Vancouver, Wash, — Klondike Kate, 68, Weds Third Husband, 71.”) Long years ago this queen of hearts, A gracious Yukon belle, First felt the sting ox Cupid's darts, The charm of love's sweet spell.
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IN WASHINGTON «+ By Peter Edson : Changing View Gives | Defense New Outlook
WASHINGTON, Apr. 20—Worsening world political conditions plus changing sentiment on Capitol Hill may require a completely new look at basic U. 8. defense pians. Universal military training appears to be licked. But in its place may be substituted what some UMT opponents will consider far worse—a permanent | peacetime draft. Postwar American military policy has been built on the belief reason the armed gervices wanted a UMT program outside the regular military establishment was that they did not believe American traditions would ever permit the U. 8. to have conscription in time of peace. As originally conceived, UMT was to give a full year's training for all able-bodied 18-year-olds. But when congressional leaders convinced former Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson that a full year's training bill could never be passed, the plan was cut
that UMT was an essential foundation. The
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It was revised to provide only six months of basic training. After that was to come an optional enlistment in the Regular Army, Navy or Air Force, or an equivalent—meaning a longer period—in specialized training, in the National Guard or Reserves. That's the way the plan is now before Congress, gathering dust.
Voluntary Enlistments Too Slow
listments.
look wholly inadequate.
public opinion polis.
Congressional majorities,
favor of peacetime conscription.
The new draft bill drawn up by Chairman Walter G. Andrews
HISTORICALLY, the U. 8. has maintained its armed forces by voluntary enlistments, when not at war. In the past year or 80, however, it has become apparent that Army, Navy and Air Force could not maintain minimum peacetime strength by voluntary en-
General staff studies show that the science or art of war has developed so rapidly that it now takes 3000 hours of training— over a year—to make a good foot soldier or able seaman. If this man is made into a specialist—a paratrooper, an aircraft mechanic or a naval technician—another 3000 hours are required. On the somewhat fancy 40-hour-week schedule worked out in A the pilot Umtee camp at Fort Knox, Ky., a trainee would get only 1000 hours of military training in six months, On a one:night-a-week's additional drill in National Guard or Reserve, the trainee would get an additional 500 or 600 hours-—in two years. So at the end of that time he would have half as much training as is required to make a good soldier, sailor or airman. In the light of these findings; six months of basic military training begins to
Poll Shows 77 Per Cent Favors UMT
{ THESE ARE SOME of the facts which should make military planners take another look-at their hand. The need for some new thinking on military manpower policies is heightened by changing | sentiment in Congress and by changing sentiment as revealed in
never too enthusiastic about UMT, now seem inclined to support peacetime draft, The latest Gallup poll shows 77 per cent in favor of UMT, 63 per cent in
NATIONAL AFFAIRS . Wy Mak ow AD Inflation Flames Still Unchecked
WASHINGTON, Apr. 20—Ten days ago the President's Council of Economic Advisers issued a report that was almost lost sight of in the swirl of headlines over Colombia, Russia, Berlin and other. distant danger points. But that neglected report called attention to some danger points right here at home. While economists are inclined to use judicious language, avoiding any suggestions of the" sensation, it is not necessary to read between the lines of this report to understand the deep conit expresses. Essentially it is another warning of the threat of the blaze of inflation. " “Because the Council's warning was ignored,
* President Trumai decided to make inflation, with its
s imminent peril to the nation’s economy, the theme of his speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He used much more blunt language than the cautious economic councillors. Congress, the report points out in a strictly actual way, is engaged in putting more fuel on e inflation bonfire. A large part of this spending is rated as essential by the Administration
as part of the defense program. But it all stokes
the fire. " On top of the $5,300,000,000 Foreign Recovery Progr; the House has approved an expanded aviation program to cost $3,200,000, On
"top of this will be the cost of an expanded Army
and Navy, the manpower to be provided renewal of selective service. At the same time, Congress voted a tax cut. In their earlier reports, the Council points out, they had assumed that this would not happen. Apparently no one has told the learned doctors that it is an election year. 3
Basic Thing Are Going Up S80 THE FLAME of inflation flares out and it sears millions who are caught within its reach. The average householder is discovering that the basic things at the bottom of the pyramid are going up. His tax bill is higher and likewise his electric light bill. What to do about it? The Council proposes certain controls which would help to check the wildest scramble for scarce commodities. “ , . « Ordinary prudence,” says the Report, “requires that increased attention be given to perfecting a system of allocations, priorities and export and domestic use - limitations which would build up adequate stockpiles and safeguard production under the defense plan against bottlenecks and breakdowns,” ; In other words, we must be willing to accept
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a minor degree of self-discipline in. order vo ® keep the house from being burned down. Ihe : key to control is above all in metals, and eéspe- A Gl Buys a Home
cially steel, which today brings in the gray or thy L. B., Highland Ave. black market two or three times the list price. BY Dorgihy Li B, A touchy question in an election year, the way in which such controls should be applied has been anxiously debated inside the Administration. A first step would probably be to prevent any more steel from going into the manufacture of oil and gas furnaces, The burden on the country’s natural gas and ofl supply is already strained to the breaking point.
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The next step might be to restrict the use of loan company steel for natural gas pipe lines. Consumers BO controls. Xe went to all the labor Ry ent would not directly feel such restrictions. Fairly Spent the cash for what he had to have, fur-
soon, however, it would be necessary to get down to the automobile industry, which consumes vast quantities of steel. Then you would hear a yell from the public.
Hoffman Has a Big ‘Stake
ONE MAN WHO has a direct stake in this had to talk loud to hear each other. The landcontroversy is Paul G, Hoffman, newly appointed lord said little about until he began reSRE of the Jutopean Recovery Fre. gaiving gas bills of $12 sud $15 a month. ae am. e success or failure of . “he 18 .|. extra furnace upstairs e about fo try: to do—get Europe s toward | gas a i
economic well-being—may well depend on this very ‘question. The act he was named to administer gives Mr. Hoffman no prior claim on the goods necessary to ship to Europe. He and his aides must go into the market and try to locate the tractors, the fertilizer, the food that they decide the various European need. :
apartment was not under rent control; so he It is not hard to imagine the difficulty that : :
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may arise. The ERP Administrator authorizes The Netherlands to buy 1000 tractors at Fac-
“tory X. The Netherlands purchasing mission
hopefully places the order. But Factory X has an order from the War Department for tanks and a backlog of domestic orders. Factory X is not interested in the foreign order. Consistently President Truman has argued the need for a minimum of controls. When he
appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, Bernard M. Baruch presented a comprehensive program which incl prehelialy gr: uded controls here There is no sign that Congress inten take the minimum steps Tes to’ fends the fire in check. No one likes to put on those curbs, especially at a time when the voters are conscious of what Government is doing. But doing nothing also has its risks, and in this
Then the rent control board sent a man to ask questions. The landlord received another letter, this'time saying the apartment was under rent controls. © ; “3 I wish I were in their place, someone would
ex-GI. will have to give up his home for he can never pay it.out. ® *
Agrees on Manual By Heine Moesch Jr., Class of January, 1916
Emmerich Manual Training High School, I feel strongly about the very issues ‘which The Times has Drought out with ‘such force in recent cles. ! 3 :
pay and plenty. My mind is certainly clear . why people can't find a place to live. This
As an alumnus’ and a loyal supporter of ’
Side Glances—By Galbraith
x \ The Indianapolis Times should be coms mended for its attitude.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS . . . By Lee Hills
instance, very great risks.
COPR. 1948 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF.
Gold, Not Gems; Tops Export of South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr. 20—Great fortunes have been made in South Africa. There are probably more zillionnaires in Johannesburg than any other city. Most fabulous of these is Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, the diamond king. Since 1924 he has been chairman of the famous De Beers Co., keystone of the world diamond cartel. He also has a big finger in gold, coal, platinum and copper. “Diamonds,”—like gold, lions and other African products that fascinate people—seems to be a word that drops into the mind in childhood and forevermore excites the imagination. Here in South Africa, new diamond fields are still being dis covered, and they say a gold rush is mild compared with the feverish madness of a diamond rush. - But, in general diamond production :today pretty much cens ters around one big firm, Mr. De Beers’, which treats 100,000 tons of blue earth to get 1114 pounds of uncut diamonds.
Biggest Hole on Earth : ;
GREATEST DIAMOND mines in the world are clustered in a small, three-mile radius around Kimberley. ; E There, also, is the big hole, biggest man-made ‘hole ‘in the world, now abandoned. At one time, 12,000 men dug feverishly there, searching for the bright little stone in’ the blue-gray earth that would make them, in one lucky moment, rich for a lifetime. Before coming to South Africa I had considered diamonds its biggest industry. However, now I “know better. It:is & small industry compared with gold in the Union. : ; The head of a large diamond cutting firm in Johannesburg told me the annual output averages only about $30 million while gold mines yield $440 million. : >
Diamond Prices Are Controlled : ONE REASON, perhaps; 1s the controlled and limited produc
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tion. A virtual world-wide diamond cartel keeps the price stable ~—and up. 4 J i : If the industry can’t control it by buying up new
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of such. a force,
of the House Armed Services Committee calls for drafting 550.000 - mien in tHe next two years. It is presented as an emergency measure. The impression is that such a bill would not have to be rethe international situation quieted down. But no one can predict when that might be. If war is avoided, it will be only because the U, 8. maintains armed forces strong enough to keep Russia from open military aggression, And there is no indication that the Communist threat against the U. 8. will | subside in the foreseeable future. / If the war of nerves comes to a shooting showdown, U. 8. disarmament would be possible only after Russian military might was destroyed. If Russian occupation were required, it couldn't
The only other hope would be through international agreement to build up a United Nations police force stronger than the armed force of any single nation. And the Russians are blocking creation
discoveries, the government helps. When a fabulous new diamond field was discovered in Cape Province, near Southwest Africa, the govern" ment stepped in and opened state mines to prevent the collapse. of the diamond market. Government “diamond planes” Were Soo reported carrying ‘$1 million worth of uncut stones at a me. = Diamonds are released for sale only at a rate which the mar ket will absorb at steady prices, Thus, in 1946, when Americans went on a diamond-buying spree, they bought $71,380,000 WO from South Africa. . ; pear . This was seven times as much as we bought in 1938—half of everything imported from the Union in 1946. Next year, Amer” ican buying of diamonds dropped way off. i ¥ ‘ ; "One businessman, imbued with the American idea: of mass production at low prices, told me the diamond: industry might well follow it. 4 kins 8 Ba a * ‘However; let me hasten to add, there seems‘to be no immed!=. 2 © ate danger'of this new chapter in the drama of diamonds. .
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Betty Westf ty Wilson, d nes Garau, Agnes Birst The Youn en's Club is and Miss M: general -chs are to be x Apr. 28,
The Butle: Faculty Clu day meeting in the Recnr M. Bail, C dean and U rector, will | Higher Edw Laut will pr The non made up of | Mrs. John ° Esther Renf Paul Iske, will be ass Karl V. Am Niles, Virgl Alice B. We Heitz, Grace Cantrall In the re Mrs. Rosan president; M Ray C. Fri Edward H, M. G. Bri Peeling, Br and Bail a Ward.
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