Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1948 — Page 22

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Stop This ‘Rider’ Racket 2 RESIDENT TRUMAN was on solid ground when he vetoed the $975,914,700 appropriations bill for the Federal Security Agency because it carried a rider transferring the United States Employment Service from the Labor Department to the FSA. - It is too bad his veto was overridden. Without arguing the merits or demerits of the agency's transfer, we contend legislation such as this should be required to stand on its own feet. It should ndt be tacked onto an appropriations bill. : : : An appropriations bill should be only that—a m making certain funds available for some governmental CHR sy» ; # ss § THE USE of legislative riders has reached a new peak of absurdity in this Congress. That odd product of North Dakota, Sen. Langer, tried to tie the Civil Rights Bill measure to the repealing taxes on margarine, The subjects, of course, had nothing in common. The Interior Department appropriations bill as it passed the House, carried five pages of riders—some of which amended laws in effect since 1902. 3 ~All of these were eliminated in the Senate except the most objectionable one. This was an amendment, sponsored by Sen, Sheridan Downey (D. Cal), designed to oust two government officials, Michael Straus, Federal Reclamation Commissioner, and Richard Boke, a regional director of the Reclamation Bureau. It provided that the commissioner, assistant commissioner and regional directors must be engineers, with at least: five years of engineering experience. This was an “irrelevant requirements, introduced to punish the two officials because the) H&d applied acreage-limitation provi gions of the reclamation law to the Central Valley of California. > This unfair measure, too, is a fit subject for a presidential veto, But more than the possibility of a President's veto which may not be sustained, is needed to protect the public from the. rider racket.

ss 8» se = ¥ : GRESSIONAL procedure should be revised so as t each piece of legislation to one subject and to prohibit legislation of any kind in an appropriations bill. Without these safeguards, it has been demonstrated that a single member of Co can attach vital legislation to a pending measure in the closing days of a session— simply by threatening to filibuster against all other bills on _ {fie ‘calendar until his individual demands are satisfied. } That isn’t majority rule. It is one-man government, of dangerous and irresponsible kind.

. STALIN'S acceptance of the American proposal to hold a Danubian conference this summer has been by wishful thinkers as a sign he is shifting to a cobperative policy. : 1 Maybe so. But the concessions as usual are all on side to date. Washington has made the compromise, t Moscow. Ha SEL atom: 0% The Western powers had insisted from the begining at Austria, the most vitally affected of all Danubian tates, be included in the conference with the other river tries and the Big Four. Mr. Stalin refused. Finally Washington gave in, and said it would be satfied if Austria were admitted as a consultant rather than voting member. This is what Mr. Stalin has accepted— which is what he was willing to take all along and which posts him nothing. o : ie By this device Mr. Stalin assures in advance not only a Soviet 7-to-3 majority vote in the conference, but a unanimous Soviet vote by all of the Danubian states participating, for they are his satellites. Pons . 8» $=» THIS of course is in violation of the spirit of earlier allied agreements. Under the Big Four New York agreement of December, 1946, Austria was to participate in the Danubian conference in March, 1948, “after the question of a treaty with Austria has been settled.” ; Meanwhile Stalin, for this and other obstructionist reasons, has blocked and continues to prevent an Austrian treaty. Freedom of navigation on the Danube is ‘essential to European recovery and stability. That river is the continental lifeline, the trade artery between East and West. But it should be clear to the American public, in the midst of Stalin's ‘“‘peace” propaganda, that the United States and not Russia is “opening the door” for these negotiations.

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-Senators Should Be Ashamed

THE Senate Armed Services Committee seems to be unable to get together long enough to take action on a . bill permitting three ct generals and three four-star admirals to retain the rank they earned in wartime. For several days Chairman Gurney couldn’t muster a quorum. When finally he did get a majority into one room in the Capitol yesterday, they started arguing about something else—and adjourned without taking up the bill which had been passed by the House unanimously. If this bill dies of inattention, six men who won their stars leading our country in war will be demoted July 1. Most of them are due to retire a few months thereafter. It would be a needless, senseless, callous and almost indecent humiliation of Gens. Hodges, Handy and Clark, and Adms. Kinkaid, Spruance and Hewitt. : - We wonder what would have been the reaction of the Senate if, when the war was on, these fine fighting men had been 80 distracted with their private affairs and fencebuilding that they hadn't attended to their duty. ‘ask that question of the members of the Armed mniittee—Sens. Gurney, Bridges, Robertson, Wil-

In Tune

Barton Rees Pogue FRAGMENTS

I am a man of flesh and blood and mind, Yet brooding inner urges screen Moments filled with music, vibrant, kind, Beautiful and deathless, fragments heard and seen; All ungathered—Ilike the perfumed rose— Honey in the clover bloom-—unmined gold; Waiting, pent-up, as I willfully chose, ~~ Bargaining with what I catch and hold.

Be it golden rivets, stars in sky— Pale white crested moons that sheath the land And swing with beam chains from the sun on

high Hidden past the curtained folds of sea and sand; Be it choristers of wood and dells— Cataracts of foaming, plunging seas— Be it cities wrought with magic spells— Love and mood find joys in blending these.

Be it storm and war and dying men— Groans of pain and thundering shout and boom-— 5 * Be it rancor, hate or child in pen— Terror stalking in a cataclysmic doom; Be it love and laughter, song or sin— Fierce adventure—prayer or mystic whim— Be it characters that work and win— Somewhere wafts a spark, that comes from 1 Bim —8. B. TAKOFF, Indianapolis. ¢ © o

AN OLD FRIEND WRITES

“Dear Pogue: I have heard you say inh several of your recitals and radio broadcasts these words: ‘There is always a tomorrow’ . .. and so I ask you, ‘Is that statement literally true?’ . « + No, Pogue, ‘tomorrow NEVER comes—it is always TODAY. Poets may dream of ‘tomorrow,’ or of ‘yesterdays’ but the DOERS of TODAY must catch the inspiration of their dreams and put them into practice TODAY. I believe that each of us must realize that we are smiths at the forge of TODAY and NOW, and that, as we take the hot iron from the coals of inspiration, we must strike with our hammers of goodwill and fashion it into the good deeds of NOW and TODAY, thus ving ourselves and humanity.” : LES NAGLEY Sr., Nashville,

® & oy . AFRAID TO DIE ; Afraid to die? I wonder This fear's so universal? 1 man be weak In that’s mortal, Yet most will seek To claim immortal— We ask the how, why, and where Of life man accepts with breath And fears he loses with death, It may be controversial If all will equally share In eternity... still we must be fools to shout : In fear of death if of Divinity there is no doubt! oi «VIVIAN WOOTEN PIERSON. a WOMEN AND JESUS In the Bible there is no account of a woman ever saying Jesus. Pilate’s

gro of men. . ‘omen bewailed Him as He was led away to be crucified. LA woman first saw Him after His resurrection. Women first to} the Resurrection story. If there were any women against Him, the Bible hangs a gurtain of charity over the fact. ~BARNEY-ANTROBUS, Crawfordsville.

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SUNDAY

I'm always glad when Sunday comes. Here's why I like it best: ™ When we get home from church; I pile Upon the cot and rest.

My wife takes off her Sunday things, She dons her working clothes And fixes dinner while I lie In blissful, sweet repose.

Then when she gets the table spread, Each one eats all he wishes; Then I pile on the cot again While she does all the dishes.

Yes, I like Sunday much the best, It’s better far than Monday,

/ And in the world to come I hope That ev; day is Sunday. ® _WALTER NEWTON REED,

Indianapolis.

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U. S. AFFAIRS . . , By Marquis Childs Reluctant Mr. Vandenberg Refuses to Seek Nomination

WASHINGTON, June 18-— The massive achievement of Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg in the 80th Congress is likely to loom even larger with the passage of time. With his able staff on the Foreign Relations Committee he has led his party, sometimes balky and surly, from oae historic milestone to . another. . ; P On the record he deserves the highest honor the GOP can offer. But as Mr. Vandenberg has often pointed out, that honor has never gone to the man who waits to be drafted. He has consistently been the first choice of millions of voters in the event of a deadlock at Philadelphia. But he has just as consistently refuséd to help in any way to gain the nomination. . Ardent admirers and friends have pleaded with him ‘in vain, to be allowed to take the steps necessary to crystalize the vast latent support in the party and in the country. " Unless such steps are taken—with floor man-

' agers ready to seize the strategic opportunity—

Mr, Vandenberg's admirers fear the convention may pass him by. Enthusiastic friends are working, but without co-ordination, Two factors are back of Mr. Vandenberg's reluctance, One is a kind of pride that restrains him from seeking the office and being repaid with a rebuff.

Fears Some in Own Party

THE OTHER, and far more important, reason, is his genuine hesitation before the crushing burden of the presidency. This has little to do with his health, which he and.his. doctors believe to be good. Nevertheless he is 64 years old. Moving into the White House, he would break thé rhythm of his Senate life, and he cherishes that rhythm. 4 : As President, he would be faced with complicated administrative decisions. He would be taking on duties alien and strange because of his long concentration on foreign affairs. it This is why some who want Mr. Vandenberg have suggested the possibility of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey accepting the vice presidential nomination. As Vice President, Mr. Dewey would take broad administrative responsibility. There seems little likelihood of this outcome at Philadelphia, however. Still another element is involved in Mr, Vandenberg’s hesitation. It is his fear of how far the narrow obstructionists in his own party would go in thwarting him—if he were in the White House. They will be back in January—the Tabers, the Martins, the Hallecks—with the expected Republican sweep. And their power will be greater than ever,

Speaks for Stability, Peace

THEY ARE jealous of Mr. Vandenberg, deeply resentful of his prestige and influence. ~ Certain of his fellow Republicans in the

WHO'LL BE NEXT—

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By PAUL R. LEACH | PHILADELPHIA, June 18— { They're talking alt kinds of politics as Philadelphia takes on-a hoorah blend of Fourth of July and New Year's Eve for Monday's Republican National Convention opener. From my place on the fence four men appear most visible for the presidential tap. Mr. Dewey, in his third try, is the

one they've all got to lick. Mr, Taft comes second, with Mr. Stassen at his heels. If a compromise is compelled, Mr. Vandenberg—only one of the fot who has not publicly lifted | a finger or uttered a word to | get it—probably will be the man,

» s . YOU CAN put Speaker Martin and Sen. Bricker next in - line on that compromise list. Then the eight favorite sons. Keep an eye on those eight who will get their state votes on the first roll call, How they decide to jump on the second or third ballot, with a total of more than 300 votes involved, will begin to tell the story. There is one sure prediction. The next President of the United States will be nominated in Philadelphia. This city is host to all the national conventions that count this year,

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Side Glances—By Galbraith

"Junior certainly is growing up! He used to have grease and ice cream spots on his coat—now it's face powder

1948 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M, REG. U. §. PAT. OFF,

Senate already have gone beyond common decency in spreading vicious slanders about the man who towers so far above them. This is a grim forecast of what these same jealous minds might do. A Republican President might be almost as much a prisoner of Congress as the Demoerat, Mr. Truman, has n. Even though he has done nothing to gain the nomination, the convention could turn to Mr. Vandenberg. He has the support of such forward-looking Republicans as Gov. Duff of Pennsylvania and Gov. Driscoll of New Jersey, who know the fatal consequences of a refreat to Hardingism. : Ever since the end of war, both at home and abroad, Mr, Vandenberg hag spoken for stability and peace through the United Nations. «Again and again, his has been the voice of leadership, ’ ; Skeptics point to the newness of his conversion from old-fashioned isolationism. But millions underwent the same conversion in the ordeal of a global war. That may be why. today they have such a fellow f for a leader with the courage and the ability to strike out in a new direction.

* ’ ° Behind the Iron Curtain BY PETER EDSON WASHINGTON, June 18—One of the frankest reports on conditions behind the Iron Curtain has just been made public by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The report indicates that Polish agriculture is in a pretty deplorable state. Cattle are tubercular and milk distribution is unsanitary, Eighty per cent of the children showed a positive reaction to tuberculin tests. Too many women are forced to do farm

field work. Housing is still inadequate. Many of the privately-owned farms are too small to support one family. The privately-owned farms are overtaxed.” Farm workers are not represented in the government. The farmers have no means of remedying their plight. All this and more is topped by a vicious double-wage scale and two-price system. o

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‘Better Child Training Needed

conception of how spiration and encouragement is n, Bich persuade a mother to take a new step in char. acter bullding for her children—for her own

flesh and my Pa on the eli ory dian n side of In And wealthy mothers—who would thifk: os. ing of spending hundreds of dollars for clothes —would argue for an hour and refuse to invest a few dollars in child training when their neeq was as conspicuous. as comic books hated by the police and enlightened spiritual leaders. anes look, it You will, at the adult r. newsstand. Cou any ewan How did our not make every effort to 4 hands of children the good taste Eoin the dition them for the best and the finest and the highest when they are” adults? ® ©

‘Defeat’ in Abundance By Gaylord Yost.

Mr. Truman started his political trail-b ing, cross-country tour with a speech as abundance as a sure way of defeating communism in the United States. It also is a sure way of defeating the price system and inflation and improving our educational systems and health programs, Let us look at our present economic way

United States has a yearly income of less than $5000; 50 per cent of the population must live on $2000 or less and one-third of the people ve a8 annual Jeome of $1000 or less. i ere mu be, proud o recor? p! f in such a e beat the drum about freedom, but freedoms have their basis in SD aenie Hh dom, and Mr. Truman knows that there fsn't the ‘slightest chance of effecting abundance for the 90 per cent of our population: he is simply electioneering and making .an attempt to satisfy his itch to remain at the head of the gravy, wagon. ® © o

| Liked Mr. Schricker’s Speech By Mary E. Studebaker, 1882 Central Ave.

Anyone hearing Mr. Bchricker's acceptance speech at the Democratic State Convention must have been impressed with the real essence of this man’s makeup which is, I believe, combined of true humility and an actual concern about gll people—people as folks. His ability as a governor has already been shown: And when we hear Republicans and independent voters speak of their preference for him in the fall election, it confirms the feeling . among the majority of folks that Mr, Schricker is not a politician but rather is a real states- ~ man and public servant. I cannot help but feel that Indiana is tunate in having former: Gov. Schricker con gent to serve at just this time. He impresses’ many thinking voters as being a man who will ably represent, not a close-knit, political unit seeking selfish’ attainments, but rather, will represent all Indiana citizens, impartially. This is the difference between a politician and a true statesman, -

‘Spare the Rod and—' By Mrs. W. F.

Bums are usually made by adults who have been too good to them. Let it sink into his head that it is possible to ignore parents’ orders and get away with it, a youngster is apt to get the upper hand at home. He may make big promises, nag for what he wants, slip out of reasonable arguments to think up excuses. Nothing but the voice of authority can master him. And since a good many parents are too lazy to make their orders stick, he seldom hears that voice. Maybe Solomon knew what he was talking about after all, when he said, “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” I believe we must stop let-

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AFTER FIGHTING my way into Santa Fe —the only state capital without a railroad--I encountered the ghost of Lew Wallace, the Brookville (Ind.) born boy who (when he was alive) spent his formative years in Indianapolis, Gen. Lew Wallace was 51 years old when, in 187% President Hayes appointed him to the office of Governor of New Mexico. Except for a hell-raising act staged by “Billy the Kid,” the Governor enjoyed the four years of his administration. No bandit—not even Jesse James—had the nerve of Billy the Kid. Certainly no other outlaw excited more terror along the frontier or gave better ground for the dread in which he was held. He had perpetrated murder after murder and there were few crimes of which he was not guilty. Indeed, he openly boasted that he enjoyed snootingdown a man just for the “fun of seeing him kick.” In support of which Billy pointed to the 50 notches on his gun. Gen. Wallace was determined to put an end to the scourge. His offer of a big reward for the capture of the bandit created a sensation throughout the Territory and served as tempting bait for the sharpshoote¥s and officers of the law. With the result that after a most exciting chase, participated in by hundreds of law-abiding citizens, Billy the Kid was finally cornered and compelled to surrender at the point of 50 guns. It turned out, though, that Billy had plugged three of his pursuers before they got him. Every plug was good for another notch on his gun. :

Gen. \Wc!!~ze Starts Practicing

BILLY was taken to Lincoln County, a place way up in the country, and locked up with two jailers whose business it was to guard him, He was wildly enraged at having been trapped and swore that, when he made his escape, he'd pick up a pony, gallop clear across the Territory to Santa Fe, and get Gov. Wallace. After that, he . didn’t care whether they hanged him or not. Gen. Wallace had reason to believe that the Kid meant what he said. At any rate, he figured that it might be well to be on the safe side. Accordingly, he bought a brace of pistols and

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OUR TOWN ee By Anton Scherrer Lew Wallace—And His ‘Almost’ Gun Duel With Billy the Kid

back of the Governor's Mansion, a. building which, by the way, is still standing. ‘ Finally he got to be so good that he coul hit any part of the figure of a man traced on the wall every time he tried—at 20 paces I was - told. It didn't make any difference who called the shots. : :

news filtered through that Billy the Kid had murdered his two jailers. What's more, that he had started for Santa Fe with the open threat: “Now for the Governor.” Whereupon Gen. Wallace began practicing like everything—as a mate ter of fact, three hours a day.

A Prize Understatement

PAT GARRETT was the sheriff to whose charge the bandit had been entrusted. When he learned of the Kid's escape, he started in hot pursuit. However, the Kid had a 30 minute's edge on him. For weeks there was unbroken suspense. Everybody knew that both men were gi shots and that something just had ad ADDER vo tne SOME ER e outlaw. ; ; Finally, one day, a travel-stained six-footer, with an arsenal of pistols strapped to his person, arrived at the Governor's Mansion. He got off his pony and walked deliberately up the path. He didn't stop to tie his pony, a circumstance which to the casual looker-on had the appearance that, maybe, the rider was prepared to make a quick getaway. —— Gen, Wallace; a pistol in each hand, met the stranger on the front step. Asking him the nature of his errand, the heavily armed man delivered one of the. prize understatements of all time. : : “I am Pat Garrett, sheriff of Lincoln County,” he said, “I have just shot Billy the Kid over here at Ft. Sumner.” ’ Pat, it appears, had come up with the desperado, got the drop on him, and without another word shot him through the heart. After Billy was out of the way, Gen. Wallace kept right on with his pistol practice. with this minor difference, however: Instead of practicnig three hours every day, he reduced the time to something around 30 minutes. Today's piece—the material for which was gathered at its source—is submitted for no other reason than to challenge (and, possibly, confound) those local patriots who insist that the Indianapolis. schools equipped Lew Wallace with his intimate knowledge of small firearms.

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