Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1948 — Page 22

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matter of higher pay for the federal government's civilian employees. There is a good case for substantial increases. Government workers, like everybody else and more

costs. Their wages and salaries have risen much legs than wages and salaries in private industry, Government jobs have some compensating advantages, and plenty of people usually seers eager to take them. But those who hold them can't strike for more money, Congress, which fixes their pay rates, should treat them fairly. There is also, however, the matter of fairness to the taxpayers who have to meet the government's payroll. Along with any boost of pay, we think, should go a sharp reduction of the number on the roll.

that number, reports that it reached 2,030,000 civilian employees at the end of March, having grown at a rate of more than 500 a day during the month, 1t grow in Janu.

seus Shan 300.1 4 i Dl There were ahout 2,900,000 elvilians on the federal

Hn numbers came off each month until last October. Then the pruning stopped anid - 4 new era of expansion set in.

with only 572,000 civilian employees, as it did in 1033. Or, perhaps, even with less than a million, as in 1939. . . But over two million certainly seems excessive. In fact, we believe that if a lot of people doing paper work in federal offices were told to get out and seek private Jobs, those remaining could better earn higher pay. For a long time, Republicans accused Democrats of

“sons. Well, the Republicans now control Congress, have

What's stopping them? : Could it be the thought that, after the next election, an ghersufed parol might bo tuned into 2 Repiblenn

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naman is now concerned, and rightly so, with the |

~~ painfully than-many ethers, feel the pinch for high. living

Sen. Byrd of Virginia, who keeps a vigilant eye. on |

Not soon, if ever, is the government likely to get along

uffing the government payroll for vote-getting rea-| to cutand obviously aren't doing much with it. |

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gains,

had not been made by éhe United Btates

the exchange before interpreting it. THE AMERICAN

sion.

There are men who tail And make their pile; There are others who idly wall, Awaiting their ship In the after-a-while, Blown by a fortunate gale.

There are those who have, Who arise withe the dawn; There are those who only shirk And drowse in the shade Till night comes on, Afraid of the act called “work”

Now take from the man Who has gained by thrift, And leave him devoid of gold; Give it to the man hess the po 3 shift

& Lo 7% yaar Sh: long, pacing proves gt: =a

To the thinking land,

© While the worthless guy Will be holding sand, “And back where he was before, ~—OSCAR RAISOR. * ¢

Gardens.are swell examples—if you expect te make anything out of them you have to get out and dig,

IN MEMORY

Blood red poppies bloom in May O'er those graves so far away; Let us think of them today, Bend our heads and gently pray.

we cannot see the sun. SI ‘Shin where the poppies sway, “Pager poppy, please buy one, And remember in that way. ga Aen " m, SCHEFFLER.

It helps & lot in these mighty hard and

: Real Cure for Inflation

o's organised asker carla to town Tor advice %his week, They came to hear the experts on their look down the long road of the the future and right answers. of the speakers, Dr. Claude L. Brenner, vice president of a Wilmington, Del, life insurance company, brought figures which took a lot of fire out of the current in.

up 52 per cent over prewar levels. And that is a little more goods than we can afford to buy. What he was getting at was that aay soon will over-

_ post-World War II inflation scare. ~~ Ina way, we feel he is right. By the onl of 1948 ine SBustry will have completed 85 per cent of its post-war This accounts for the shortage of “steel. Once plant expansions are completed, steel should “ease up and flow faster into other metal fabrication lines, It is then that capacity production should the back “of the Inflation price stIIGtURe TW Matter of months. We hope &his is true because it means cheaper goods, _& higher living standard, and should remove for years the threat of a consuming inflation now sweeping like a prairie

| The Air Force Wins

destinies have their orders.

want==and intend" to have=the world's greatest sir force; |- “The overwhelming decision of ‘thing it asked—even over the objection of the President and his Secretary of National Defense—setties the argument, Only “rive Puen in both Houses of Congress voted against the 70-group Air Force program which Air Secretary Symington says is a minimum essential for national "security and world peace. On few issues in recent years have the people, through their elected representatives, spoken so convincingly. Now it’s up to the Air Force. It told the nation, “give us the planes and we will do the job” It now has the money to buy those ‘planes. The sooner they are in the air--ready for whatever the future may bring-—the safer will be the future of free people everywhere. For the young department of the Air Force—autonomous less than a year—it is a serious challenge. It musn't lose time in getting under way. Yet it must spend prudently the $1.9 billion Congress has given it for new planes. And it must safeguard the nation's economy. We look to Secretary Symington, Undersecretary Barrows and the able aviators who serve with them to face _ their new, voluntarily assumed responsibilities soberly and. courageously.

‘The Girl Queen’ So Wilhélmina of The Netherlands, oppressed by “utter tiredness” and “advancing years,” is to abdicate in September. We share her hope that her daughter, the Crqwn Pringess Juliana, will prove a wise and energeti siccessor to the throne. ‘ But it seems no liftle time since, when Wilhelmina was mentioned; it was almost always as “the girl queen.” Actually, it was around the turn of the century that we accustomed to thinking of her so. “The announcent of her abdication, more than most events, has made

WINE tities to have sveryhady trying mighty hard Ea ; MY WISH

id |Your words of

1girie Make faces pa rae SAM'S Alr Force and the men wha control its “Hire Tio 10REF Can be aiiy OUD Vhs American people

ss to give it every-|

Wate 130 be given 2 single wish And assurance it would come t a Tee of doubt should de.

I'd wish for that which would most insure The happiness I would find, I'd wish that my future be ever blest With glorious peace of mind.

=H. E. DROLL. * ¢

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THANKFUL

At night, when the shadows have fallen, and the chlidren have gone to bed, It gives me time to think of the day, and the things which you have said; “Ua bird's sweet song, are here where we helong. ~RUTHANNE HUFF. * ¢ 9

Among the good reasons for keeping your temper is that Robady oie was any part of it.

BRIDGE

High-flung arch of 3E. Sane and 8.stenl

over impassable a

It is by the Bridge of Hope That I travel from yesterday to yesterday Across untraversable depths of’ de ~VIRGINIA FOR EY.

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For the once ajmighty Soller

By LUDWELL DENNY, Seripps-Howard Stall Writer ASHINGTON, May 14-—The American peace move is being messed up by Soviet propaganda and some naive public reactions in this and other democracies. this confusion is a small price to pay for the the definite

The Soviet trick of publishing a confidential ex-

change and hinting acceptance of a conference invitation’ -which ‘Would not have created such confusion If commentators had troubled to read

peace move consisted of two steps.

FIRST: Ambassador Smith warned Foreign Minister Molotov that the United States would continue its firm policy for world recovery and national security-—now jeopardized by Soviet aggres-

SECOND; Ambassador Smith invited the Soviet government 10 “alleviate” the war-breeding situations it has caused and w.

In Tune With the Times

SURVIVAL OF FITTEST |

And I'm thankful to the God above that we |

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The whole American

But ful discussion and

emphasis by Mr. Smtin.

AB FOR the Bitter dismay of the Americon d “Britian governments over Mr. Molotov's violation of diplomatic Stirgette in publishing the confidential exchange, we cannot take that too

seriously.

‘peace agreements,

She Kremlin will Jormit Peace,

‘Let's Be Pals’ -In The R

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, May. 14--A world peace con-

ference similar to that which followed World War 1 is feasible--pessibly within the next 12 meonths—if Russia really wants it and will give

adequate proof of her sincerity, But, in the opinion of those who have listened to Secretary of State Marshall since the now famous Smith- -Molotov conversations in Moscow,

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~ time for mere talk and more nd pledges is past. Tha! Ei peaceful Soviet deeds can savé the situation and permit the fruit. ment so sincerely desived by . States. The Truman and Marshall statements merely put this,

This typical Commie {trickery is inconsequential compared with the Soviet enslavement of neighboring states, infiltration ut democracies, sabotage of the United Nations and violation of

Actually, Mr, Molotov has outsmarted himself. He has given the censor-ridden Russians and satellite peoples a rare chance to read the official American indictment of Soviet aggression and war-mongering. And to learn of the American yr for peace, if

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the United

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so doing to make possible International peace. ngatiatigng.__ atl Ls: taneously is is hopeful information from hope A CANS. 1 por or this fs an additional warning to the Kremlin that its dally propaganda campaign to poison the minds of the Russian

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peop inst the United States has not been entirely successful hig not fully accept the Stalin line of inevitable con.

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the “if” as applied to Rusaia constitutes a * monumental proviso, A world conference to make peace with Ger-

many, Austria and Japan, it is said, could well take piace under auspices of the United Nations :

«with all interested powers present. After World War 1, a formal peace confer ence assembled in Paris on Jan. 18, 1919. Seventy delegates from 32 states were present. Each of the allied and associated nations was represented. Thus, on June 28, at Versailles — less than

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GOP Politic—And the Atom

WASHINGTON, May 14 Controversy over President Truman's nomination- of David E. Lilienthal for a full five-year B

In Washington - Peter Edson

adelphia convention next month, and that the delegates will then turn to Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan as

Energy Commission has raised some interesting speculation. The Republican excuse for not wanting to confirm Mr. Lillenthal for a five-year term is that it would lead to a bitter fight in the Senate. Trying to figure what that fight might be is a Tittle dificult. « "nw . THE BEST axplanation thus far is that what the Republie-

“Mr, Lilienthal's No. 1 RepubJican ‘enemy in the Senate is

Taft called Mr. Lilienthal “too

Robert A. Taft of Ohio. In the: original confirmation Nght, Mr, ~

ik. ANS really fear Is a in their Ans really fo fight i

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THE NEW factor in the situation is that this is an election

year, Sen. Taft fancies he might be the next President.

The mere thought of having Lilienthal as hia AEC chairman would naturaily be nt to Mr, Taft. ‘This may explain why Mr, Taft now says - the commission should. be Treappointed for only one y r

count chickens before he him-

‘SIL 18 hatehed out of ‘the egg.

There is plenty of betting

the nomination, it is perhaps natural that Mr. Vandenberg would net want to make Mr.

. » . INSTEAD of supporting Mr. Taft on the one-year extended appointments for the Atomic Energy Commission, however, Mr. Vandenberg “has notified Dr. J. H. Rush, president of the Federation of American Scien

extension for all five commissloners.

......Abelr. first choice. Whoever. gets. .

"Taft his enemy, The two have - "already disagreed frequently.

TOY That HE TAVOTrE & tWoiveR” ‘ON THIS, many people feel “that Mr. Taft may be trying te

‘Mr. Vandenberg's stand is a

tittle: hidrd: to explain,” however:

He took. the lead, as much as -

anyone else, in fighting for

In some disrépute ‘must stand, “When ‘they never even Holler’ In spite of ‘this; yr Lilienthal’ ————Though- they've lost a hundred grand! | was confirmed, 50-

soft” on Russian issues,

around Washington that Mr,

LONG: RANGE— {Side Glances—By Galbraith

Bombers

WASHINGTON, May 14— | Approval of the 70-Group Afr Force will mean a considerable inerease in the overseas striking power of the U. 8. More than one-half of the | additional groups to be added to the present 55 will be longrange bombers, in the B-29 and B-50 class. They will be able to go on quite extended mis- | sions, according to Air Sec-| retary Symington's aides. ‘Eight of the added 15 groups | will be in these classes. Two | more will be huge reconnalssance ships, equipped as flying

photo laboratories, .

DEFENSE of the U. 8. main- | land and its outlying bases is a chief concern of the present 55 groups. The Air Force will have | a much greater opportunity to | train with the long-range craft ! 4 with its adidtional groups. The Alr Force will permit the military air transport service recently” organized under Maj, | Gen Laurence Kuter fo experi- | ment with the larger experi- | mental craft under construction or on the drafting boards. It will use its ready cash to build up an hh Maguate medium

gust Shat the Yessy ate, indend, ave. | le? bomber training pro-

gram, ‘ graduating larger stipe aa evelopment warrants :

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mm rimee 54] “You're getting well, Mr, Bivins—we don't need a thermometer ‘when fhe patients start asking the nurses if they're marriedl™

“Paft and Mr. Dewey will stale Mr, Lilienthal's confirmation mate each other at the Phil last Year. UN AIDS FIGHT ON—

Dope Smuggling

By NAT A. BARROWS. LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., May 14—Isolated valleys in northern Mexico—far from civilization —are the target for a joint United NationsMexican campaign to uce opium smuggling into the United States, . . In these remote valleys, opfum traffickers grow poppy plants, They process clandestine drugs in hidden laboratories. The prepared opium is often smuggled across the Rio Grande by airplane, The United Nations Commission on Narcotie Drugs, now in session here, long has been worried about this well-organized smuggling ring. It is satisfied, however, that the Mexican government is doing its best to co-operate with the United Nations, Saturnine Guasman, chief of the Health and Welfare Department of Mexico City, tells the commission that the opium traffickers are be-

ing fought with new legislation and with inten-

sive explorations by fed airplanes.

* ¢ o MR. GUZMAN'S statement follows a report

eral troops and army

‘ll of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs which

sald: “Information received by the commission reflects that the growing of opium poppy and preparation of prepared opium for but one mar. ket—the United States—has expanded from but two Mexican states, Sovora and Sinaloa, to - numeroud other Mexican states, . “Small airstrips are constructed in {be hilly : These

: all source of contraband drugs early =. when the Far East I oh Tn * ; opOY Durros ce to atpiane

is Readly serious in its firm policy, » . IF THIS saniat tur Russia away breeds war, and western powers and the United Nations, probably nothing can, Certainly there is some hope in the fact that our government is not fatalistically acgepting war as inevitable. It is Paiting wis the door for friendship whenever Russia is willing to

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eight months from the Armistice—peacs was

» ih the use of her veto, Russia has de.

layed the making of peace with Germany for “fore THEN “three years-——and with Japan for § = nearly “three years. And no informed ‘official

here, American or foreign, sees much hope for a change—short of a miracle in Moscow, Analysts who have studied Boviet Foreign Minister Molotov's memo to Ambassador Smith seem to be-even more pessimistie-than- those who have simply fead the Hagin, WHAT MOLOTOV seems to be doing, these observers declare, “is offering to the United States the same sort of deal he made with Naz Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop

“Relations between Russia and Germany, back in those days, it is recalled, were tense. There was J of ‘'war—more, Joven, than there is

But the two countries quickly got together on a basis of dividing Europe, Asia and Africa

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THE WORD of the Molotov memorandum leaves little doubt today that the United States and the Soviet Union could become pals in short order if the United States would leave western Europe—and other areas in which the Kremlin is interested, to Russia. This, say those who have made a close study of the document, is clearly the meaning, if not the intent, of the memo. The people of Europe, Mr. Molotov says in effect, love Russia and the Communists, This they have proved time and again in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, ‘Hungary and elsewhere. They mitting small Communist minorities to over

turned to Moscow for guidance.

x So. 0 ineomiiomesomes : WESTERN EUROPE, the Russian document

seems to imply, might well do the same if it weren't for American interference, The United States is stirring up hostility toward Russia, # charges. The U..8. 12.asedling

~western— ances against Russia. And so on, ' It is this, observes Mr. Molotov, that is engering the peace—not Russia. If the United States would only leave Europe to Russia and the Communists, Soviet-American relations would quickly neal * o

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THAT the United States infends to do anything of the kind, according to Secretary Marshall, is out of the question. And he made it quite emphatic—which, unfortunately, it was necessary for him to do.. For western Europe has net forgotten how Poland and Yugoslavia were sold down the rivee at Yalta. And when they first got the Moscow version of the Smith-Molotov exchange they feared it might happen to them,

Hoosier Forum

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A Tip to Folks Back Home

C. A. E,, Colorado Springs, Cele. If you contemplate a vacation in Colorado Springs this summer, read the below clipping from the Colorado Springs Free Preas, and get out your silk hat and dress suit. And by all means bring an extra traveling bag full of fold.

and are twice what the winter rates were,

NO!—GO! _.8irs:. On. vacation. in. Colorado. - Springs I stopped in at.one of the hotel bars for a short beer. The one thing happened to me that I didn't think could, The bartender says, “Sir, you will “have to be dressed better Ta “that before I can serve you.” . Do.you have a superior race Colorado Springs? It's the only place dye found in all my traveling Lo couldn't go Te without being @ Javed ha like mad. 1 had on a pair of $12.50 slacks, $10 shoes, $3 white shirt, $19 - -sport jacket, clean shave, and ise in my pocket, Now, just what do they want up there? Phoenix, Ariz. - .. J.B. 8 , *W ik? The Greatest American By James White, 625 Lexington Ave. | Since the’ average man pays $1000 per year taxes ever since F. D, R., instéad of 5100 as heretofore, he shoyld certainly have the privlege to express himself. - But when Jud Haggerty, Andrews and other Roosevelt ‘hero worshipers who will be paying terrific taxes the rest of their lives say Roose velt was the greatest American that's going too far, George Washington served elght years as general to free our land and never accepted a nickel, He gave golden advice of not meddling in foreign affairs, which, if heeded, would have saved us from three wars and we would be solvent. George Rodgers Clark gave his entire fortune to wrest this part of the country from the British, He received nary a penny for his services and a gratefyl nation never repaid this investment, There are a& lot of men who de serve consideration as a candidate for the “greatent American,”

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Chiropractor Licenses By Mrs. Ward Fisk, 2518 N. Talbot St. __, It seems to me that the rights of the pattie of Indiana are being trampled on by the Indiana Medical Board. They have consistently refused to Lo aminations to chiropractors so that they can practice here legally, Then when the chiropractor sets up business the Medical Board prosecutes him for not having a license, Eventually Indiana citizens will have to em

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