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—— SEVEN. ‘Respect for the sovereignty of individual sountries and non-interference in their domestic: affairs. Chat is precisely what Stalin agreed to in the Allied pacts and in the United Nations. Stalin has prevented the United Vations from acting on continued Soviet violations. Molotov n the Soviet reply to American Ambassador Smith has just lenied that Russia has interfered in any of the Eastern _.2ountries which she has.enslaved. . If. Stalin desires to-honor - those violated pledges, he can do so today by permitting "he promised free elections and civil liberties. Non-interfer-ence in other countries would involve disbanding the Com-

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cal Stalin's Bluff

negotiating a Soviet-American ‘agreement is a clever

png move. It may gain some votes for Wallace. It will confuse many Western Europeans, and quiet some of the rising fear of Stalin's war policies in his enslaved: satel- | lite states and in Russia,

This dust-in-the-eye diplomatic offensive to ‘make

- America appear the warmonger and Russia the purest paci- | ist is not a surprise, It was generally predicted that, if

“talin lost his bid for dictatorship of France and Italy and ‘ailed to block the European recovery and formation of a

Vest European Defense Union, he would try a diplomatic ¥

riftverson while preparing for more territorial petiotrtiop

and aggression. This is it. Our government by silence or defensive stitade shoul not fall into this trap set by Stalin and obliging] ~ Wallace. ' We hope our government will chs to make good at once on every one of the seven points he so glibly “accepts”!

pited by nge Stalin

ONE. Arms reduction and prohibition of atomic weap-

-ons; ~This is in the hands of the United Nations where it belongs, and all members of the committee except Russia and its stooges have ag ~onter-this- agreement t

wh atomic control.

TWO. Resumption of orn trade. Stalin monopoly discriminations in Russia and cease his obstruction of world trade agreethe United States has urged all along.

Resumption of free movement of students,

citis , journalists, and free exchange of scientific information. We have that with all nations except dictatorships " a=d have tried repeatedly to achieve it with Russia. But of course there is no “free movement” in Russia for anybody and cannot be until the dictatorship.is abolished...

-FOUR. Aid to war-damaged nations within the. frames.

work of the United Nations. That was tried with American dollars, which. Stalin's puppet- regimes-perverted -for- their: Communist purposes. ‘The European Recovery Plan, formulated by 16 nations and financed by the United States, is now a.going concern which Stalin's satellites wanted to ‘~~ onter; - They can enter today on equal terns with the other nations if Stalin will allow them.

FIVE. peace treaties for Germany and Japan.

Those must be written by the allies to which Stalin objects. 'f Stalin will cease to violate the Paris conference satellite reaties and the Potsdam agreement, doubtless the Allies ~¢ would be more willing to trust Russia in another peace -onference,

the better, - of American and Russian troops from

“hina and Korea. There are no American combat troops n China, Stalin must honor his treaty of friendship with Jhina by ceasing to support and supply the Red rebel wmies. Korean settlement is in the hands of the United Nations, whose decision Stalin has defied and whose elec‘oral commission he has poyectied, He can discontinue

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| WASHINGTON, May 19—There is reason ‘to’ believe ‘he United States is contemplating another Russian move-~this time with the Tull knowledge and approval of Britain and France. Such a move, in the view of Washington, London and Paris, has become imperative if there is to be any further progress in the direction of a settlement between the East and the West. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov's betrayal of a vital diplo-~ matic exchange, 101s felt, created a situation which must be cleared up before any further dealing with Moscow can be undertaken, British Foreign Secretary Bevin is understood to have stated the case clearly for the Want when he told Commons: e* & “IF AN AMBASSADOR cannot go to a foreign minister in another country and flacuts quite aed and ask questions, and then send his governinent the opinions of the Bn a “wi then the situation 1s not only intolerable but peace is impossible.” ; That was the tip-off what the next American move may be. Washington is expected to inquire (1) why Mr. Molotov doublecrossed Ambassador Smith last week and (2) whether such handling of confidential communications is to be Kremlin policy in the future,

"it is observed, for “secret diplomacy.”

"i y William Philip Simms By William, Foreign Editor

Ambassador Smith is known to feel keenly the cavalier treatment he received at the hands of the Soviet foreign minister. ’ 3 Usually he is obliged to wait for weeks before getting to see Mr. Molotov, Then, when he does see him, judging from the latest episode, like as not he will get his answer by worldwide radio with everything distorted to make him look ny and’ Mr. Molotov look good. + ® ©

INEVITABLY the next time the two plots + meet, Mr. __ Molotov will be thinking: “This is the man on whom I played “KAY tHCK ANd Th the American's mind will be thé thought: “I can't trust this fellow. I'd better confine my remarks to the. weather and be careful about that.” There is no desire either in Washington, London or Piris, Nowadays, It is cus-

tomary for foreign envoys to exchange the frankest views every day with the governments to which they are accredited. If the

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Moblie' phiseent B16 be Tollbwed, bong tion vy would be broken. European foreign offices do not regard the " Smith-Mbiotoy incident as an American blunder. They admit a few hours o | uneasiness following the Russian broadcast, but that, they be. lMeve, was one of Moscow's principal alms, , once they ‘learned the truth, the aspeét changed. 2 Bevin assured C mons that the American approach had been Altogether “norm

proper. "The real harm, it is agreed, was done by Moscow. Sarety. ¢ oo TE

“QNE WOULD LIKE to know whether the politburs ig | «now repyovi

ng ig foreign affairs commissar Yor a 8 diplomatiy Aor or congritulating him on a brilliant # of politica) warfare . . ..if any progress toward negotiation ‘ settlefiient is now “to be made, this dangerous publi¢ diplommey should

“IE Ts Bo §66d MF. Marshall's polatitig 16 te UIT Naijons™ Council table. That method has been tried with the Rust and lias failed too often, - There should be negotiations througy diplomatic channels.” . . - . But, it is felt on both sides of the Atlantic, & few mony “Molotov cocktails” like the last definitely will put an end tg negotiations,

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THE CITY SLEEPS

The city sleeps , . . So softly sleeping, we hear no sighs, Peacefully sleeping with shuttered eyes,

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“I do not agree witha word: thet you say, butt | will defend to the death your right fo say it" ———————————————————

‘People Oft... Believe Wrong’

By Walter Smithers, City I agree with C. D. C. when he says Sincety, . people often believe wrong. Merely because. Denby H. Byrnes or any other New Dealer believes that FDR wis the greatest American that ever lived does not in any way constitute a fact. Many sincers people believed the same thing: about Woodrow Wilson after the First World War. Others be. lieved the same thing about Herbert Hoover. Denby says he ‘spent four years in the ny {war Aghting for men TKé CT, D. Cy

fighting for until you told us.

time and change and how events can change” | Neither did Roosevelt's logic take thes things into consideration. Hitler in his hey-day before hie Went to war had acquired control of 100,000 neighboring square miles and 28 million people. - During and since World War IT Communist rule has spread over 680,000 square miles and’ 110 million people. Denby tells us te forget the past and look to the 42 oles ~|- something constructive and- . “fully suggest to be constructive we ust asner no more pigs, calves or crops, stay out of war <.|. and .make it impossible for any.President to. "spend and spend and elect’ rg elect himself into office for more tan we terms. *

Playing With Matches

By W. H. Richards, Box 201, City STE Recently. there was a news aout of thres children being burned to death—Dbecause, it wis believed, they were playing with matches. This accident could not haye happened if all parents instructed their children in the use danger of the match. I took my boy on my lap at the age of three,

to 10. Then, as he seemed to be tired of the lesson, I turned then to information about the match I lit one, holding it so the stick broke. Then!

While she sleeps, time-goes on, and on, Until the dawn— The city sleeps.

The city sleeps . . . No sold of life, or living thing. No human voice, no birds that sing— Where chatter and clatter, yesterday rose All silent now, in sweet repose— a

munist Parties operating for Stalin in’ all countries.

—World peace-and security cannot be imposed by Russia “and the United States even though Russia suddenly began acting for peace. But peace and security can be provided by Allied treaties and by the United Nations Just a as soon. (BB SABUD DELI, .....ciciciisiesssmsmssgasmsemsas on memes

“Win the Margarine Battle Now

EN. TAFT, who favors repeal of the federal taxes and ‘license fees on margarine, says restaurants should be

forbidden to palm it off as butter.

. Few will disagree, although plenty of people share the opinion on Fred Allen's show Sunday night that the chief difference between margarine and butter is about 45 cents

a pound.

But many will be disturbed by a further statement atThat the Senate, having many highpriority measures to deal with, may’ not find time to act on the margarine tax repeal bill before Congress adjourns

tributed to Mr. Taft.

next month.

The bill has passed the House by a huge majority, after Senate Finance Committee hearings were practically concludel yesterday. There is no reason the committee can't get it ready for early considera« tion by the Senate. And, since a. majority of Senators have already indicated that they will vote for it, there is no rea-

a long and bitter fight,

son for a long, time-wasting debate.

There's a very big chance that, unless the Senate acts before next month’s adjournment, this bill will not become In that event, it will be as

law in the present Congress. dead as King Tut.

Sen. Taft, being Republican leader of the-Senate, can make certain that the margarine bill is brought up for action before adjournment. We hope earnestly that he will. Millions of housewives and wage earners want the taxes and fees that discriminate unfairly against margarine —and against them—repealed now, and no mistake about

that,

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whisky of the future will probably be made from sawdust, scientists tell us. New science had better get to work on fading a | Sr, material to sprinkle on

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PRICE OF TRUTH . Death Stills Courageous Tongue

WASHINGTON, May 19—The murder of George Polk. of the Columbia Broadcasting

+ By Marquis Childs

derstand that it is too easy.

the regime in Athens should be made to un-

showed how the match could be lit by ‘holding it close to the match head; I showed him he must not be frightened when it flared up, but to move his fingers back so his fingers would not be burned. After lighting four or five, I handed the box and a match to him and told to light it. I let him light several—until he lost all fear and could do It as well as I eould without

>Thanks, Denby; I was in Roosevelt's war | three years, too, and didn't know Who we were Denby says in regard to our helping Russia:: *‘This man's ° logic doesn’t take into’ account the process of |

and, dumping a small box of matches on the 8 table, began to teach him to count, He handled | the matches and readily learned to count W

The city sleeps , . «

The city sleeps . . . Around each little home, each nest, Night's soft, cool blanket closely pressed— Stars—twinkle but faintly, in the skies AS if they too, would close their eyes— While—The city sleeps.

The city sleeps . . . a No howling winds, that Tage us Jat; wo JK, SOMA. lost soul.

will cease And to all the world, will come, “Bweet ace.’ Tonight—The city sleeps . . . —By MARY R. WHITE, 854 N. Sherman Dr, City. $ ® ¢ The happiest people are less for getting and more alt “

Display Ignited by Sun.”) That great advocate of thrift ‘Would have found this story ranklin’; » He'd have been most sorely mitted, Nothing could more surely floor him,

Steady saving was his goal. Yet they've gone and minted for him

We, pray for the day, when an Re”

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. in Greece is like a sudden lightning

flash in- the murky atmosphere of that troubled country. It deserves the fullest investigation, which should have the backing of the government of the United States. 1 saw George Polk in Athens last fall. He

. was one of three or four really able correspon-

dents in Greece. Both in the war, as a Navy combat flyer, and then on his beat in the striferidden Middle East, Mr. Polk had repeatedly

proved his saurage, his initiative, his determing- | . ton.

Because he wanted to get the story ‘behind the surface of the news, he was not content to take government handouts and government fa-

| vors. In the midst of the intrigues of Athens,

he kept his eyes on the main goal—to give the American people the whole story regardless of who might be hurt or offended.

Resented in High Places

AS A CONSEQUENCE, he was resented in high places in the Athens government. He told me last September of the effort to smear him CREE CREE OF RTPI Sy favorite”

of the extreme rightists who dominate the Ath-

ens. regime... While Mr. . Polk. did. not. too seriously, he realized ‘that he had made enemies because of his criticisms of the faliures and stupidities of the Athens government. -

That is one reason why the first attempt to:

put the blame on the Communists, with: whom he

was supposed to, be trying to make 4 contact

in order to interview Gen, Markos. must not be

This comes at a time when rumors persist of a new build-up to be launched from Athens and Washington—a “build-up -of the need for American troops in Greece. What George Polk might have said and written when he returned to the United States—as he planned to do— could have interfered with that build-up. ‘ It is because of such reporters as Mr. Polk and others that the network has achieved its high standard of news coverage. Edward Murrow of CBS, in several able discussions of the

We need more than eyer today the kind of reporting. George Polk was doing in Greece. What is really taking place there is far ftom clear as the headlines tell of a series of mass executions in Athens, .

Was an Adventurous Reporter

IT IS POSSIBLE that Mr. Polk was killed in an effort to establish contact with the Communists and to get an interview With the mys TREE 18 tHe“ KIRE of an-"

venturous reporter ‘he was.. But the éircums-

unding his. death, .as-reparted -from-

stances. surro! Salonika, do not make it. sound that way.

~-I-have-10st- a friend," a -galant “and loyal

friend. I last saw him-at a wedding when he was about to marry a charming young Greek girl. He was gay and very happy. We have all lost & man who believed in

“freedom and Tn truth, and it hs A loss we can.

{ll afford.

-..Greek. tangle in-recent months; gave ful credit to Mr. Polk for digging out the background and ‘the facts,

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danger. Then 1 told him there had been many ob dren ‘burned to death by playing with matehes because they hadn’t been shown how to use them safely. That child Is now 55 vears old. He has itt thousands of matches. But he has never for gotten that lesson he received at the age of three. I might add that since then he has learned to count money in the hundreds ” thousands. ....

matches; the natural impulse is to do tht

~dren are taught at s" early oe. *

Don't Forget “Heroes : By R. D, Wangelin, City ; Until recently The 1ogians Tim fittingly. honored our. po oh + Day: Asser: This wes" 3) has: oy for race news.. Now the city of anapolls joins the teful TUSTHE “a Parade’ Fata es oss who. in ns to pay some. measure of sincere respect to thol to whose valor we owe pow very existence, | Is the consideration of the race crowd f | important to Indianapolis than a few m spent each year in honor of these dead? Oram these just two concrete examples of Americad gratitude to these boys.

It is useless to tell a child not to play with | which has béen forbidden, One such lesson, ™ |

hero- dead ‘on it's” froft-

A new coin that burns a hole.

TAFT REPORT —

Dig in Your ’ By PETER EDSON - Times Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 19—If Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio can't- do a better job of running the United States than he “has done in running the Joint Congressional Committee on the Economic Report, it doesn't look as though he'd make a very hot President. Under Sen. Taft's system of operation, nobody has been permitted to do anything while he was out of town. And he has been out of town frequently, campaigning. Politics before business, every time. The Taft Committee report on the President's economic message to Congress was due last Feb, 15. It isn't in sight even yet Bu ut maybe that's just as well. Last summer, aymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut needled Taft into nd his committeé look into the high cost of living. Three subcommittees weré appointed to hold hear- , ings during vacation time in the East, Midwest and West. Sen. Arthur V. Watkins of Utah ran the Western show. He completed his report early in March with some red-hot recommendations. The Eastern subcommittee, under Sen. Ralph Flanders. of Vermont, filed a report, also pretty good. The Midwestern group, under Sen. Joe Ball of Minnesota, hasn't been heard from. ‘But the full committee has, at long last, gotten around to making a full report of last summer's work. - And it is not only too late, ‘but too little.

Victory Gardens Urged to Lick HCL

MOST OF THE recommendations are lifted from the Westrn subcommittee report: But the guts of this Watkins report --such as the recommendation to restore excess profits taxes has been eliminated by the full committee. What's left is pretty thin stuff, As ‘a solution for the high cost of living, the committee recommends Victory Gardens. That might have been all right in March, but it's pretty-late to get started now In all but the Northern tier of states. ! “To mitigate the effect of Tigh prices,” the committee Fecoms

med 1s, more farmers’ markets shopld be sotaplianed, and con-

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Own Garden to Stop Inflation

sumers should shop more intelligently and use substitutes. Doing anything about thé high prices themselves isn't even mentioned. Oh, yes. ‘Therp is one item about cutting excise taxes which directly inérease the prices of essential cost-of-living items, particularly for low-income groups. What they probably mean here is lipstick and whisky. There are no excise taxes on meat, potatoes, spinach, nor even applesauce. For the Inflationary danger of too much expansion of credit, the committee has another dandy suggestion, “It is to give the matter more study. Then if things get any worse, something might be done about them. The committee doesn't say when. -- They must mean next year. The committee recommends making more money available to educate people on meal planning. What this seems to imply is that there should be more of this stuff like the recent flasco of sending government cook books to the Pennsylvania Dutch, and telling them to eat more cabbage,

Savings Bonds, Not Cash, for Tax Cuts

AS FOR WHAT to do with the tax cuts you're now beginning to enjoy, the committee says you shouldn't have these. Instead, the government should give them to you in the form of savings bonds, cashable only when the danger of inflation is past. * For management and labor, the committee offers some startling advice, and labor adopt reasonable wage attitudes. body ‘thought of this before? The report also says there should be mutual efforts by management’ and labor to avoid any curtailment of production through labor disputes, There's another original idea for you. But to give them their due, there are a few sound recom- - mendations in the repajt. One is that the Bufeau of Internal Revenue be given enough money to catch tak dodgers. It was the GOP that cut this: A second ‘is to defer unnecessary public works until costs come down. A third is to complete reclamation projects that will in crease food-producing’ acreage. A fourth is to remove

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