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The Rules Committee j the past, we haye had a lot to say sbout the House Rules Committee, and particularly its chairman, Rep. Leo Allen (R. Tl). Its refusal to permit a vote on the Towe Universal Military Training Bill—now winding up its

108th day in a committee pigeonhole— 1s undemocratic and

unfair. We do not believe any group of men has a right under our form of government to set themselves up as

Now we learn the Rules Committee is blocking another piece of legislation, also vital to our national security, For the same number of deys—108—it has refused to permit

a vote on legislation which, among other things, would

speed the guided missiles program and strengthen our Alagkan defenses. ~~ . This blockade; like the embargo on UMT, cannot be justified. It has prevented construction of a new jet fighter base at Ft. Yukon, improvement of the big long-range bomber base near Fairbanks, expansion of our garrisons at Anchorage, Fairbanks and Adak.

If we thought it would do any good, we might point

.out ta Mr, Allen and his committee that Alaska is 26 miles

at its nearest point from Russian Siberia. We might argue that Russia has jet fighters in the Bering ared and submarines based only 550 miles from American térritory. ‘But we don't think it would do any good. We know Rules Committee, We can only wonder how long the American people will tolerate this sort of one-man rule. i fe 5 :

Harriman as ERP Ambassador

[PRESIDENT TRUMAN has named Secretary of Commerce Harriman as roving ambassador fof the EuroRecovery Progam ,. It is a good choice, Pe his is one of those ‘difficult and thankless jobs for which the perfect man is never available, if indeed 0 he exists. Though Mr. Harriman has fewer critics than mo officials of comparable tenure in public service, there Some Republicatis, oppose any administration official for the post. 1f they can't have a GOP politician, they want an outside businessman. Others want someone more hard-boiled than the rather. quiet, soft-spoken Secretary of h : : nly the

ERP concerns business. For that: rea- , Paul Hoffman of Indiana, was named administrator. Mr: Harriman is also sinessman, which was held against him by some Pri mh! politicians and diplonidts when he first yes named to political office and foreign service. The ERP ambassador, in addition to business knowlatic experience and skill, Mr, Harri-

a h distinction in Moscow when that was our

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most difficult foreign post, and he was our able ambassador

in London during.a crucial period. .To be effective the ERP envoy must be known abroad as having the personal confidence of the President-—another Harriman qualification.

As for hard-boiled qualities, if Stalin could not push

him ground we are not worried about his holding his own elsewhere. Actually, ERP will succeed or fail not by ulti-

matum but co-operation. A persuader will get far more

done that a tablethumper.

Mr. Harriman also has more specific qualifications.

more | Manly little fellow, years of six and four,

“In Tune With the Times

THE DOCTOR AND THE DI. K

In days of golden memory, - Dwelt a.doctor and a dick. The former's name was Watson, Who saw every Sherlock trick.

He knew the “V. R.”* on the wall, The needle in the arm (7); The slipper Persian, the 'baccy shag, The gown upon lean form.

He saw the ladies moan and weep, Saw Sherlock's heart wide open, : He knew that Holmes would never leap, Would never ever rope ‘em.

He saw the cases come and ge, And forgot to tell us many; What we wouldn't give for them Would be a million times a penny.

And so, with story, treatise, quip, Plus quiz and illustration, We study them: The doe, the dick, Sherlockians of the nation.

~J, N. WILLIAMSON,

*Victoria Regina, whose initials Holmes patriotically shot with a revolver onto the

wall, ¢ ¢ A California girl speaks 17 languages. How does she ever keep » secret in all of them? * ¢ ¢

HOW ABOUT IT, NEIGHBOR?

In the ledger, of the ages, writ by Futher Time Is the record of your labors, your every deed and mine, Will you be ashamed, my neighbor, at what's written there of thine? Remember, you can't alter, neither jot, mer change a line But you can amend the ledger, by acts and deeds sublime Will we be ashamed, my peighbor, when eyes . that are divine, Shall read the record of the ages, of your deeds and mine? : ~MARSHALL E. HELLER. ¢ + *

How do the bands in a parade know they have passed us on thay. a start playing?

LITTLE FELLOW

Shabby little fellow, with your hungry eyes, God is looking on you from the farther skies; Large this world and kindly, if you only know Who it is that's brother and who it is that's foe. Button up your jacket, son, keep your face

aglow Toward the crowds about you as you come and go; Keep Your heart-fires glowing, they will burn a ho ; : Through the world's tough cuticle, right inte its soul, Pucker up your lips, son, cut loose on a tune, It keeps your face a-shining like the month ‘of June; You are worth a million, then some dollars

~~BARNEY E. ANTROBUS, * + ¢

COPY CATS

Copy cats strutting down the avenue. Cats with claws, but two legs, On the hunt to woo, ie

Women cats flufing out their curly hair. Cats jealous of their prestige, Knowing what they wear. :

Cats following a pattern, To fashion's slavery sold.

Women, much like cats, as everyone will say, Soft, sweet, and purring, . But with claws tucked neat away.

| ~JOSEPHINE BUCK, ® ¢ ¢

Rubber bathing suits are showing agsin. Ah, twill be nice to Shwan ut on the beach.

* FOSTER'S FOLLIES

(“BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.~~Too Much Decor Driving Husbands Wild”). “Darling, bring me out my slippers, “And my old, well-seasoned pipe, “And my housecoat with the zippers, “While I tell you of my gripe: “Burn those doo-dads to an ember, “Throw that bric-a-brac away, “And I'll Bve you in December,

Funny cats ‘bothering to keep within a mold. i

Two-Ring Circus

campaign headquarters in the last surviving mansion of the days of 8 us wealth on lower Park Ave, Because Mr. Wallace is the No, 1 political enigma of our day, this brownstone foriress— it is said to be bullet-proof—is the focus ef the hopes and the fears of millions of Americans, Mr, Wallace's private office is in what was once a smallish bedroom on the second floor of the old mansion. At the windows back of his desk are brick-red draperies He sits facing a marble fireplace. Over the fireplace is a print of Grant Wood's portrait of hir mother, an angular

woman painted against an expanse of Middle

Western sky. \ Both Mr, Wallace and the portrait look out of place in this eity environment, with the thunder of trafic just outside. He sits hunched down in his chair, the familiar look of inwardness, of selfcontemplation, on his face. It is hard to realize that for some this man is saint, endowed with all the virtues, and for others devil, prophet of evil, determined to destroy the the safe, the secure. What impresses the ashington visitor, seeing Mr. Wallace in this new setting, is how little he has changed since the old days, ! © 7 Qutwardly yes. His hair; is nearly white, The wrinkles around his eyes have deepened. He ~has gained weight. But in spite of these changes, he even looks the same. His carelessly tied necktie goes off in different directions. He talks exactly as he talked when he was Vice President and when he was Secretary of Commerce—the same slow formulation of ideas and sentiments, painted generously with a broad sweap.

‘Sister Mary' and ‘Brother John'

THE 8XME HOMELY expressions come into his talk. He refers to what “the folks out West” are thinking. (Or what he thinks they're thinking.) He speaks of, memhers of his family as “Sister Mary” and “Brother John.” Questions and issues that annoy or disturb him he brushes aside, as a hard-working man would brush away a gnal buzzing around him. The influence of the Communists on his cam-

“As Idid way back in May."

paign, the intentions of Russia in the world, these are extraneous to the stream of his talk, which

NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs Wallace Criticizes Russia in Book

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starts and stops and starts again. Above all, Mr. Wallace is a symbol. To the clever men around him who are directing his campaign for the presidency, he is an extremely useful symbol. ; : The question that arises is to what degree he lends himself-—consciously and deliberately—to their purposes, To put it another way, how much of him is calculating politician and how much ig home-spun idealist unconcerned with clever shifts in strategy? .

Heart of the Enigma THAT 18 a question always with any man of vaulting ambition. But with Mr, Wallace it is the heart of the enigma, : While he gets a lot of assistance from the able, determined men around him, it is clear that Mr. Wallace is a shrewder and more calculating politician than he appears to be on the surface. Dwight McDonald, who made a thorough study” of Mr. Wallace's writings and speeches before writing ‘a book on the third party candidate, found that he had said almost everything on every side of every question. Expediency counts for much more than is at first apparent. In his new book, “Toward World Peace,” Mr. Wallace criticizes some things about Soviet Russia. He did the same at the $100-a-plate fund-raising dinner here when he stressed the importance of a middle way between communism and fascism. ; §'3 This is distinctly a new tack. It contrasts sharply with Mr. Wallace's refusal during the past two years to voice any criticism of Russia or even to listen to criticism. . ' He says what he has said often before—that he is in the race to stay. The nomination of Justice William O. Douglas or Gen. Eisenhower instead of President Truman would make no differ ence because, as he puts it, the Democratic Party is committed to war. , Soon he will leave to speak in Iowa and Kansas. Next month he will make a strenuous tour of the West Coast. Mr. Wallace, the dedicated man, the symbol, the shrewd politician, is on his way.

“Toward World Peace” by Henry A. Wallace

Greatest American : Sm © Kr By A. B. Brown, 1116 N. Capitol Ave, City

will and the hope that the Un lead the way to a universal peace that could make a dream of “one world” inte a living reality. i 3 The voice that could rekindle the dying fires of hope and eourage in the heavy hearts of untold millions of depressed, distressed and op. pressed people here and dll over the world, and could by the “turn of phrase” confound his critics, rout his enemies and swing a. matiop te his way ef thinking all in ope friendly 15, minute “fireside chat,” is forever .stilled. Ry the great soul of him still marches on and years after the names of the cowardly jackals whe dared not attack his good name while he lived but now try to besmear and besmirch his mem. ory has passed into the limbe of le fore gotten things the memory of “ Delano Roosevelt” will still be a living force for good in the hearts of decent men. I doubt that his like will ever pass this way again. 3 ¢ + ¢

Spring Overflow By Mrs. Foy N. Wade, R. R. 3, Box 482-H, City Several years ago J. K, Lilly Jr, built a leves along the “east bank of Eagle Creek, near Traders Point. Every spring the waters of Creek back up, because of this levee, into homes of people in Traders Point causing damage, We want to know why he could de this, I thought a law forbade any one building a levee or dam causing water to back up onte other peoplé’s property. We have all protested but it does no good. «Nature intended for the waters of streams to spread out ever the low lands in this time of floods, and if this leves was not there the water would spread eut inte Mr. Lilly's fields, It would not do any damage to the fields. A few years ago the levee broke and he had it rebuilt higher, Why is one man permitted to do such a thing te us? I know we could file suit in civil eourts but that would cost a lot of money. \ ) iid 2 Every spring we must clean mud and trash oyt of our homes, . : +

The Big Bird

By Jeanne Seymour Again the sky is causing us to look upward for a large mysterious shaped bird seen in Belvidere, Ill. Last year it was the saucers,

of the paper that we had a far-reaching and searching light to detect any object in the sky, Use it, keep it in use. > Let's reason with ourselves. Let's ask our selves a few questions, From where did this bird come? Do the zoos have such a bird? Is one missing? How long could it thrive in this country? Let's wonder a little. Wonder if a plane couldn’t be designed with wings to flap and feet droop like a bird coasting. Americans let's not forget the statement made by Russia, and I quote: “We have the stuff to make the atomic bomb and brains to make it. Wake up, America, the bird-like plane may be seeking the vital places of our Sxistnge to destroy.

< Make It Legal -

Why do we have to be back number in the licensing of chiropractors? We are one of fiyg states in the union who won't grant them. Could it be possible all the other ones are wrong. We are losing good citizens to other states because they believe in constitutional rights. My husband and I got relief from a chiro. practor after our M. D. said he could do ne more for us. ’ : Now if it comes to this we are going fo make a good fight. You know we have a way of doing things also. If other states have made it a legal permit why not ours. $$ ¢

Yes, You May : By Leanna Mitchell, 708 Spruce, City

Here is one for your paper, I haven't read it and I don't think IT miss any of them.

will be reviewed on The Times Book Page tomorrow.

“Drive carefully—you may meet a fool." How true it is.

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will defend to the death your right Je sey jb»

California announced through the columns

By Mrs. Iva Arbuckle, 2816 N. Olney St. City | |

§ "*"™ He saw the need ‘for sucha constructive program even

before it was proposed officially ‘by Secretary Marshall,

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson

Side Glances—By Galbraith’

FOREIGN AFFAIRS . . .By William Philip Simms

and his Harriman Committee—on which Mr. Hoffman served« made the best study of it: Finally he understands 4" “the Russian. issue, being one of the first officials to face | ’ the facts when appeasement was still the popular policy. |

2 As Others See Us AS cities grow old, they begin to puff a little climbing | the stairs of time, They grow neavier with popula- | tion, too. Their burdens accumulate, They get to the | point where they need exercise of the imagination. They start in a center and grow, for one rcason or another, in almost any direction. Sometimes the direction, changes. Sometimes it is the mode of transporiation or a shift in e industrial districts. But they do change, ry city's problem is to make its changes in the right'direction. There is seldom full agreement on what the right direction is. All sorts of ideas are thrown together, and out of them there must come decision, step-by-step. : While the decisions for city changes are and must be made on the home grounds, it is well to give the experts a hearing, * Decision to make a survey of Indianapolis May 15, 16 and 17 by a panel of national. authorities on community development was reached at a meeting sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and attended by Mayor Feeney, city department heads and businessmen. It means three days of intensive study both by examining the city and its. problems and by weighing tne reports and ideas of the city's department heads. The city is in ho way obligated tc adopt any of the proposals of the Central Business District Council of the Urban Land Institute which will make the survey. But there is nothing to lose and possibly a great deal to gain by looking af another architect's blueprints.

A New Civic Theater

= 'S good news to learn that one of our foremost com- © “munity assets, the Civic Theater, 1s to be rebuilt next

‘Off-Record’ Muzzled Truman's Best Speech

WASHINGTCN, Apr. 23—There's altogether too much good news around this town being put “off the record.” For instance: The best speech President Harry 8. Truman ever made in his life was an “off the record” talk of some 15 minutes before the closing session of the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention here in Washington. More than 200 editors were present, 100 Washington correspondents and 500 other guests. They all know about it and are telling their friends about it. But not one line of the subject matter has so far busted into print or on the air. Mr. Truman had previously been on the record and on the air in a short, set speech to the editors about the need for his santi-inflation program. He read from a manuscript somebody else had written, It was cold headcheese without pickles or mustard— important, but flat, dull and nothing you could sink your teeth into. When the President went “off the record” he dropped his leeturing attitude, He talked slowly and naturally. He had poise, pause and emphasis. He made sense. His audience applauded him

wildly half a dozen times. Everybody left the big banquet room not only impressed but enthusiastic.

Could Well Have Been Released

wasn't anything the President said ‘off the record” that couldn't

Voice of America broadcasts to Communist as well as non-Com-munist countries. It would have made bigger headlines than the President got for his anti-inflation talk. It would have done Harry Truman a lot of good, personally and politically. But under the unwritten rules of newspapers and radio business, “off the record” remarks of an official are not printed or broadcast in any way. The real purpose of “off the record” statements is to keep writers or commentators from putting out incorrect information, If “off the record” statements were used, they might embarrass congressional or official relations, might reveal information of value to a potential enemy, or might ball up some delicate diplomatic negotiations not yet completed.

Used to Brief Correspondents

“OFF THE RECORD" press conferences are also called to brief correspondents on news coming up for future release. This provides background so reporters can write intelligent pieces. “Information for background” can in general be used, with or with. out being credited to the source, as specified. “Off the record” remarks therefore do have a real usefulness at times. Where the system goes wrong is that much of the material given “off the record” might just as well be put “on the

year. And it is still better news to learn that it is to be dedicated to the late Booth Tarkington, one of Indiana's most illustrious names in the world of arts. ~The Indianapolis Civi¢ Theater, founded as the Little 1915, is the oldest community theater in the ry, more than adequate testimony to the place it has the hearts of at least two generations.

record.” In the first place, as in all other businesses, there are a few | bad actors in press and radio work who make a specialty of breaking the rules by disclosing ‘‘off the record” information. In one form or another, most “off the record" dope gets printed eventually. Vi Secondly, the "off the record” practice operates as a kind of peacetime censorship. It was never meant for that. It.was intended to provide a gentlemen's agreement undar which go

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have been put on the record. It would have done the American | people good to hear it. It would have made perfect material for |

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“I'm worried since your father took up interior decorating as a hobby—he wants to paper the house himself, and he can't even put on his own necktie straight!”

radio in mutual respect and confidence.

public would be a lot better off.

cials and private citizens as well could operate with the press and

Finally, the truth hurts only criminals, and if the tradition of a free press means anything, it is that there should be full access to all sources of information and freedom to print it. President Truman's “off the record” speech to the news paper editors was the perfect example of this system gone wrong. Dealing with American peace objectives, the defense program and relations with Russia, it was a frank statement of principles that the American public and the world is entitled to know about. It isn’t too late yet to put such remarks on the record, The editors had two other demonstrations of this same thing at their Washington convention. In luncheon meetings, they heard Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal and Undersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett talk “off the record” on national defense policies and relations with Russia. There wasn't anything they said that couldn’t have been put on the record, either. . If most of the restrictions now placed on “off the record” material were completely done away with, the press, radio and the

Defense Intelligence Needed in Hemisphere

WASHINGTON, Apr. 23—An Inter-American Intelligence organization to safeguard hemisphere defense, this writer wad told in Bogota, will probably emerge as the most useful single achievement of the Pan-American Conference. The need for such action was emphasized by the Colombian revolution which, on Apr. 9, exploded in the conference's fact Practically every delegation ‘present admitted foreknowledge of something afoot, yet nobody had done anything about it. Had there been a competent, well-organized general stail functioning either in Washington or in one of the other American capitals, and had the information already in the hands of the

various foreign offices been pooled, the revolution at least might have been less costly.

Millions Have Little to Lose

THE TOTAL NUMBER of card-carrying members of the Communist Party in Latin America, this writer was told by oné of the best-informed delegates at Bogota, actually is not large But south of the Rio Grande there are millions of people who have little to lose beyond their shirts and are ready to take fire at the first spark. Since 1942, however, when the late Constantine Oumansky —former Soviet ambassador to Washington—was sent to Mexic® City, Moscow is said to have built up an extremely dangerows Fifth Column general staff in the Americas. Chileans—who have considerable information on the subject—say there are about 2000 such leaders plus 12,000 to 15,000 “volunteers” ready to do the dirty. work when given the signal. ’ Only a few of the leaders ars Russians. Many, however, cam originally from the Slav states but mostly the rank and file self-styled Spanish “republicans”’—Reds who fled Spain after the collapse of the Soviet-backed regime in that country.

Networks Directed From Chile

THIS ARMY of imported Communists is scattered throughout Latin America. Directed from Soviet and Soviet satellite em” bassies in Chile, one group came close to plunging that coun into civil war last fall. The situation became tranquil, howe Re after the Santiago government severed relations with Rus of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, and ordered their envoys out the country. ne “These were the only Soviet:bloc states recognized by us, ve Chilean delegate told this writer, “We made a clean sweep had to because they were all working under Moscow.” asually These Fifth Columnists all seem to be employed and od. are difficult to detect. The majority merely show up when Even so, they merge with the mob, The top men are free to pa on from one country to another and are equipped with sate col country passports bearing different names. The huge Slav onies in Latin America, estimated at well over a million mem are a big help, sa con® The point now made at Bogota ‘is that international at munism is well entrenched in the hemisphere and well organ down to Cape Horn. The only adequate answer is an equally

organized hemispheric defense. Bogota is expected to do something about it.

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