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The: Stalwarls

J EADLINERS at the Democratic National Coaveptioh

will be old familiar faces and old familiar voices. ‘Temporary chpirman and keynoter will be Sen. Alben

* Barkley of Kentucky. ‘He performed in the same role in "the conventions of 1932 and 1936. “manent chairman; in -1944 -he was chosen - to. nominate * Franklin Roosevelt. years in power, lungs than those of the old warhorse from Kentucky. But he's still the champ.

In 1940 he was the per-

You would think that in nearly 16 the party could develop a better set of

Permanent chairman, will be Speaker Sam Rayburn.

It's a new role for Sam, but his too are a face and voice seen and heard at Democratic conventions since the heyday of William Jennings Bryan. In the last few conventions Sam has been rather disqualified for a chairmanship for he has showed up with a lightning rod on each shoulder—and by

ancient. tradition a candidate is not handed a gavel.

‘Now,

Sam’s ambition has joined Alben’s—in the past tense. Selection of Messrs. Barkley and Rayburn as the pre-

siding officers and main functionaries of the Philadelphia has happened to the Democratic

“Party in its years at-the feeding trough. - These two were high in party councils when Mr. Roosevelt and his bright

Pow-Wow reflects what

young men took over. Through the years they have remained regular, seated generally firm in the saddle, though

meanwhile those who have fallen by the wayside haye num®

bered legion. And young men have not come up in the party. You could not, for the life of you, name two other Democrats who would at ‘this time be acceptable to the ex-New Dealers, to the Truman Tegulers a and to the unre

dena wi the Western Union 5

THE London Conference on Western Gérmany should not adjourn without a settlement. : As usual, attest. arguments. aig Gver security. — None of the Western democracies wants: a loophole future German aggression. That seems simple, but it isn’t. Disarmament alone was not effective before, and cannot be this time. Political and economic factors within Germany, and the in nal East-West split, make the problem far more complicated. : Political forms will effect. Germany's , future power. A highly centralized Reich is more likely to be a menace.

‘Stalin wants a. centralized government because the Reds France favors the: other ex-

“In our judgment anything less than a unified West Germany, including the French as well as the U, S.-British Zone, cannot be effective.

On the economic side, Ruhr production is the key to Europe alike in war and in peace. Here again, while the |

‘Fast-West break has excluded Russia from. joint control,

the Western Powers wrangle among themselves. France . asked for a separate nterniationalized Ruhr, but is not

likely to-achieve that. : e

A RUHR AGREEMENT should aim at maximum proPeak production _requires German management. Danger that Ruhr production may ‘be misused for German recovery “at the expense of Western European recovery today, and for German military. preparedness tomorrow, can be prevented

duction with the minimum of German control.

by international control of coal, coke and steel allocations. "The six Western Powers—DBritain, France, The Netherlands,

- Belgium and Lusembourg—shotld constitute that control

board.

As long as the United States is footing the bill 1 for West . German recovery, and is financing West European recovicarooeryy repayment: of-ocoupation costs should be. a. first charge. .- on Ruhr profits. een In general, “a solution of. the German problem is to “be found in making that country an-integrated part; politically. and economically, of a federated democratic Europe.

A Worse Hole for the GOP

R EPUBLICAN leaders in the House of Representatives are trying to put President Truman in a bad hole on | the issue of extending the Reciprocal Trade Agreements

Act.

Next week they will ask the House to pass a bill, written after secret committee hearings, to renew the act for a | single year with amefidments that would almost abolish the | President's authority to make trade-promoting agreements |

with other nations.

Mr. Truman objects strongly to this bill, and with good reason. He wants and should be given a three-year exten-. sion of the Reciprocal Trade Act without crippling amendBut if House and Senate pass the bill in its present form, and he vetoes it, the act will die on June 12. That They would realize next month, instead of next year, their hope to destroy the trade program which is a cornerstone of American And they would tell the country that Mr. Truman's veto caused

ments.

would suit the high-tariff Republicans fine.

foreign policy and of the European Recovery Plan.

its destruction.

However, we don't believe they could fool the American

people. Their scheme js too transparent. If the reciprocal trade pfogram is hamstrung or butch-

ered, next month or pext year—if America's face is turned _ backward toward economic isolation and log-rolled high tariffs—if mounting barriers to international trade defeat progress toward peace and prosperity, here and abroad— | |

y will place it on the Republican leaders of Conpidéd men, we think, are digging for il dike had

2 Why Not

left for |

Is a cry like that of the wretched hearts

-.of $50,108,000 for the government year Seginning July 1. the Budget reviewed -the-

»¥ The day. I don't know when, .

| USE MR. . HOOVER'S ‘BLACK 500K"

WASHINGTON, May 22—The ciffrent alarm over commu« nism in the United States and in the world has meant a greatly increased burden for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the agency responsibile under law for internal security. President Truman's loyalty order alone meant a new load of sizable proportions. FBI Director J, Edgar Hoover réquested an Sys The Bureau of - and cut it’ $43,900,000. There séemiiito have been little or no disposition in Senate

: or House to restore this cut, even though Mr. Hoover in his

testimony made clear what it would mean. After July 1; 1800

positions will be abolished, including a reduction in“the number

of FBI agents.

May Close Territory Offices MR. HOOVER has said privately that it may be necessary to close down FBI offices in the territories. ‘The seriousness of this does not need emphasizing in view of the vulfierability of Hawaii and Alaska and of the explosive potentialities in Puerto Rico, with its dire poverty and fearful In the . period immediately preceding Pearl Harbor, the FBI in Hono-

lulu developed vital information about Jap intentions that the

Army and Navy ignored. Both House and Senate have approved the FBI appropriation as cut by the Bureau of the Budget. Yet at the same time, by an overwhelming to bring communism into the open and thereby make it harmJess. This is & beautiful example of our tendency to rely on the magic of law,

In Tune With the Times

“ WHY? God, why did’ you take my daddy? wYouw-took my- mother about. a. year. 4g0,. ..

There's nobody ‘left but Laddie, And we have no place to go.

God, I was awful sad, I tried not to A But _daddy*was all I had. TTC WES Yuet ALL Dr

“1 suppose I'll go to an orphan hcis And they'll take my doggie’ away, I know.I won't be alone, . rs But somehow I'll hate to stay.

God, take care of mommie and daddy, And tell them I'll be And watch over my doggie, Laddie, He doesn’t always behave as he should.

I am going to Keép in mind, That someddy we will meet, Then I'll thank you for béing kind. ~And keeping me strong, not weak.

_ Witk 1'go to Heaven

‘Bit now tHat T am ohly seven i - I am sure I'll meet mommie and daddy again. 1 i ~ROBERT F. MAPLE. 601 National Re W.. Richmond, Ind. ¢ ©

An agency says married men make the collectors. Perhaps because they know @o 0

DIFFUSION

The cold, dead gray of the rain drenched walls Reflects my heart today; I'm sick of the world, it's "greed and lust, Its selfishness and decay.

The darkened sky, like the souls of men, Is a dull, depressing view-— oo While the brilliant sun of a loving God - Is struggling—to shine through.

The wind that sighs through the barren trees— ~—With a cry for their neglect==——- do

"Whose visions have all been checked.

But the saddened heart must not lose hope, Though darkness with darker blend:

majority, the House passed a law intended

‘General

NATIONAL AFFAIRS By Marquis Childs Sen. Robert A. Taft says the Mundt Bill must be given

serious study before the Senate can consider action. It 1 hoped the study will include a- thorough survey of present

‘measures, with a view of determining whether they can be more effectively employed within’ the framework of the Constitution .

and present law, ‘Rep. Chet Holifield put in a bill calling on the Attorney to submit a detailed report on the efforts being carried out under present laws, with conclusions on whether these laws should be strengthened or new laws adopted. The Holifield measure has the same preamble as the Mundt Bill, setting out a “clear and present danger,” but significantly it includes the from fascism as well as communism.

Should Include Security Survey

* _ POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS of all this are clear in an election year. It took real courage for genuine liberals of the type of

. Rep. Holifield, Rep. John Carroll of Colorado and Rep. Jacob

Pavits of New York to go against the Mundt Bill. These men, who have no Communist taint whatsoever, realized that they would have to stand up and be counted alongside the

demagogic ia Marcantonio, who Sazetully treads the Communist Party

been only partly employed or employed crudely and in such a

The New Look Te Te

‘There are available weapons against communism that have :

Hoover Has a ‘Black Book’ : EXAMPLE, the FBI" has prepared, under Mr. Hoover's a “Black Book” of American communism, d, activities, and 80 on; of the

Wé in this country, with its great forward ‘move in living standards, in well-being, in individualisnt; should 'understanq

Above all ig peoples that there can be no absolute security

A healthy, progressive society provides increasing re. and satisfactions for an ever greater number of people, These are not material rewards alone. They include, above all,

a sense of participating in and belonging to the society. With effective precautions for security, communism will not flourish in that kind of free society. The attempt to legislate commu. nism put ot existence may end the freedoms at the root of our way of life.

Hoosier Forum

"I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."

‘What's Wrong With the UN?

By James A. Eldridge, American Associatios for the United Nations, Inc.

which promotes understanding of the United Nations and is trying to-develop an enlightened public opinion, I am Interested in the letters

ing revision of the United Nations. The relations between nations are tense, We ask ourselves how effectively the United Nations is functioning. It can be said for four of the major bodies, that the Secretariat, the Economic and Social Council and the Trustee. ship Council have accomplished the difficult task of organization and are growing and developing; that the General Assembly has shown greatest vitality and long-range possibilities, It is when we examine the Security Council

that creates confusion, uncertainty and fear, This- deadlock is reflected in the tense re“ations that exist between thé West and the

Russia has invoked the veto to. blogk action. | > But-is the world’s difficulty the veto? Is the . major difficulty of the United Nations a con-

far deeper. The flagrant use of the veto is a symptom, It indicates difficulties that underlie the establishment of a durable peace between the East and the West.

Charter, regional arrangements can be pa, taken; the precedent has been established b Chapultepec and the py of Bogota. Collec. tive ‘security can achieved through the United Nations if we have the will to do it.

Useless Parades

By an Ex-Sallor

_ There has been quite a bit of comment lately on the refusal of our city administration (due to trafic congestion) to allow parades on Memorial Day. Those who favor these.

-member its war dead.” war dead. I have lived with them day after

day, and I believe I know where they'd stand on this question. The average GI hated parades

For, no matter how long or how strong the storm, . Somewhere it comes to ah end.

Then, how. welcome will be the warming sun, When the darker, skies are past; And the conquering love of Christ, God's gift, Invades men’s hearts at last. —PETE J. CARR. ¢ & @

Each little hurt that life gives you Each disappointment you bear Just adds _for you one stepping stone Of marble rich and rare.

When you've finished . . . quite . . Looking backward you will see That it's just your walk of Life ... my child. Planned ... as your life . . . should be. --ANNA E. YOUNG. eo @ School the year around has been proposed hy.» Tennessee teacher. Other crime news is... on page one. ¢ * &

DID YOU? It still is a mystery Safe under the lid, As to. who in. our history Wrote “When I Was a Kid." —THE EDITOR.

. the pathway

but that.

stride.

WASHINGTON, Yesterday British Ambassador

Probably no envoy ever as-’ signed to this country was better fitted for the job at hand. For, just as Secretary. of State Marshall fathered the European Recovery Program over here, Sir Oliver was its’ chief draftsman over there. The new ambassador is only 43 years old. He is a college professor, an Oxford provost. df DIS. makes him sound “stuffy or impractical, it gives the wrong idea. He's anything I-first saw him in Paris last year, on. one of the. hottest July days the French can remember, yet he was taking his numerous jobs in his He was head of the | team which was drawing up

DREW ERP BLUEPRINT

Sir Oliver Hand- Picked for U. S.

of the chairmanship of United Instead he re-

May 22 — States Steel.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Likes Teaching

SIR OLIVER likes teaching. Left to himself that is probably what he would do. But the British government won't let him. In 1939, after teaching in Britain and Chicago, he was put to work in the Ministry of Supply. He was barely 34. But he was considered so 700d by Herbert Morrison that wpe rose rapidly to an assistant secretaryship in charge of manpower... trade unions and labor relations. THe war Wo, hé could Have had his pick of Britain's top industrial or production berths. . * He could have become, for instance, the British counterpart

cushy.

Europe to devise a program to help herself and the young Oxford professor was put to work on that at Paris.

Had to Sell It

HIS PARIS assignment completed, Sir Oliver was sent on to Washington. Over here he had to fit his Paris’ blueprint into the American idea. He had to explain Hteand Sell’ it madd along the line = And unless this country is | Satisfied... that. Britain. ..and.. Europe are in _there. trying. next -year-it may tighten up: So John Bull's 8ir. Oliver won't find his new job exactly But if "anybody can do. it, he probably can. :

and everything else dominated by military pomp. Enlisted men in the Navy, Marines and Army detested parades, remembering how they stood. in blistering heat. or. pouring rain. for hours—waiting for a few swaggering Generals or Admirals. No, dear reader. These same brave men who died for you would not request or even desire that their memory be consecrated by a useless

There are people who won't be satisfied Lord Inverchapel, retired, turned to Oxford. Semignesration, piney would rather be remenpe can save enough daylight to last | 504 for home. Next week By Marquis Childs He was there when Secre- | (oor They would prefer. 2 Beatie ent " So : BE JE ‘& “his youthful successor, 8ir —— P—————————— tt tary Marshall made his his- and effort spent on parades be used to build . STEPPING STONES Oliver Franks, will arrive in the ERP blueprint for the 18 OE a arery Pa Rig veterans’ houses—so that in the land of the free, SIE \ JINED Washingtom +. * ) oo nations of Western Europe. Marshail Plan... called on. | there would be homes for. the brave. They

would prefer that resqurees wasted by parades; be used to improve the life of that nearly forgotten man, the wounded veteran. eo ¢

One-Way Streets By A. William, City

Why don't this city grow up and act like a big town? They send out and get someone to tell. them how to adjust traffic and still can’t make up their minds. Why not make Capitol Ave, 80

rom 38th

trafic. Then make Michigan west bound and

Blvd: -

less trolleys on these streets with busses. ‘The same could apply going east since street cars have already been replaced with busses on E. Michigan:

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.Side Glances—By Galbraith

GOPR. 1948 BY NEA SERVIOE, NE. T. M. REQ. U. 8. PAT. OFF.

"I don't CL my

se why we can't afford to get married—or. one ut or has a brand-new washing machine and doesn't + know what. fo do with the old one!”

A HOME- GROWN REFORMER PASSES Radicals Lost a Great Leader in Jim McGill

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“%“The People’s Lobby”

DEAR BOSS . ..By Daniel M. Kidney -

WASHINGTON, May 22—Dear Boss: Ben Marsh, who runs here in Washington, is only one of the many home-grown American radicals who are mourning the loss of 79-year-old James H. McGill who died recently at his home in Valparaiso, Ind. For this wealthy Hoosier manufacturer was active in nearly all the “reform” movements of our time—except prohibition, He was “an economic royalist” who devoted vast amounts of both his time and money in trying to abolish such royalty. ) He confessed he hadn't been very successful when the 80th Congress rejected all the New Deal measures which he supported and passed some he hated-—such as the Taft-Hartley Act.

So, In desperate protest, he joined the Wallace-for-President

movement, despite the Commie infiltration which he didn't care about .. . for “Jim” McGill's radicalism was 100 per cent American. He had no more use for a dictator in Moscow than he would for one in Memphis. He believed in democracy with a small “d.”

Lists Successes and Radicalism-

THIS WAS REFLECTED in & Christmas card he sent out a few years-ago with a quotation to some Jesuit father. It said: “Only two things keep us from having democracy here in America—the belief of the poor that we do and the fear of the rich that we will,” In “Who's Who,” Mr, McGill proudly listed his business successes and his ‘hobby of radicalism side by side. He was born near Hebron, Ind., Nov. 13, 1860 and attended Valparaiso University. An early entrepreneur, he owned and operated the students supply store back in 1888.91. Leaving®school, he became a traveling salesman for electrical supplies and in 1805 organized the Northwestern’ Independent Telephone Co. at Valparaiso of ‘which he was president until Jo28. when it was sold to the American Telephone and Telegraph Co In 1905 he organized the McGill Manufacturing Co, and was president v ‘until 1940 when he became-board chairman. ..

ch man with a family of five, he found time to be adive ; Jam) About the only » wage.

tor: Public dent of the latter at t his. +r hod

and the PAC National Popular Govermment heresies ovvy. Ho was pres

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In 1944, Jim was the oldest, but most lively, delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He wanted Henly A. Wallace kept on the fourth term ticket as vice president." he set about to help. He got Pleas Greenlee and some others to go with him to Wallace headquarters. They were left cooling their heels outside and finally Mr. Wallace's campaign manager --Harold Young—came out to entertain them until the “Great Man” could be seen. . Mr. Young asked if they ‘wanted a drink. They aud. There were six in the party. Mr, Young returned with a -bottle of scotch and a single glass. He was told that Hoosiers prefer bourbon. So he disappeared with the scotch and came: back shortly, “without even the.glass, to tell the Indiana delegation that there was no bourbon. Mr. McGill was hopping mad about such poor arrangements and promptly lectured Mr. Young on the courtesy required at conventions. He thought the Wallace arrangements were miserable and sald so. If Wallace won, it would be In spite of his is arrangements

he predicted. Of course, he didn't’ win.

Why Radicals Are Poor Managers

IT WAS THIS very misman ent among so-called re: formers that the efficient Mr. McGill had the most difficulty with. He hated it. Once Ben Marsh asked him: “Jim, what do you think makes radicals such poor managers’ Wi same thing that makes them radicals,” Mr. McGilt re Pp He loved them, nevertheless, and one of the finest: “tributes to him was that of venerable fellow-radfcal—Charles W. Ervin in the current issue of “The National Union Farmer.” He “This country lost a truly great man when Jim McGill * te good! in’ the eyes of the business world.

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