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Give Light end the People Will Find Thew Own Way

The Forgotten Candidate THE Republicans will nominate an able man for the presidency, unless all signs fail. Gov. Dewey goes into the first ballot at the Philadelphia convention today far in the lead. If he fails to win, he at least should be strong enough to crowd out any dark horse isolationist or hack. The likely nominee would be either Vandenberg, Stassen or Warren—all good men. An able candidate will run on an above-average platform. There are some weak planks among those adopted by convention, especially on the domestic side. But on the all-important issues of foreign policy and national security, the party program is a courageously progressive commitment. It represents the Vandenberg bipartisan pledge for collective security through a strengthened United Nations and adequate national defense—and for foreign economic aid, based on self-help, to protect free peoples against Communist aggression and penetration.

LJ » " WHAT MORE could apy party ask than a good presidential candidate running on an appealing platform? There is something more, It is that little matter of the second plage on the ticket. But “little,” only because stereotyped eutmoded thinking has seemed to make it so. Throttlebottoms are no longer funny—the joke is on the American people. That corny concept, however, is still very useful to party leaders when the time comes for convention trading. Knowing that public interest is naturally centered on the hot race of colorful candidates in the big event, leaders feel safe in making shady deals in the anti-climax contest. This is what some politicians in Philadelphia are trying to pull off now. Some are not content with the legitimate effort of joining a strong vice presidential possibility hb and his delegates with those e 8 their presidential candidate. They will take a weak or discredited vice presidential aspirant—even one whose policies are the opposite of their own—if it will buy a presidential nomination.

SUCH ‘an ‘odorous deal is usually perfumed later with sanctimonious assurances that this was necessary for minority representation or geographical belance on the ticket—and to unite the party. There is just enough truth in this to make it plausible. * § We don't know how much the voters have awak- | ened to the importance of the vice presidency. But we suspect many of them need no reminder, after recent experience, that the presidency can be a killing job. With only a heart-beat between the Vice President and the White House, in this time of world crisis the best man can be none too good for that relief post. eS If the Republican convention is intelligent, it ‘will not risk teaming an isolationist with’ a presidential candidate of international caliber running on a good platform. The delegates will not accept a second-rater for second place on the ticket unless they conveniently forget that fate can make him first—first in power, first in responsibility, in the first among nations. ; “ats

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OST appealing of the convention speakers to date is | Ralph Becker, head of the Young Republicans. He had a dandy piece to speak yesterday and he was, going at it with both fists fanning the breeze when suddenly four pages of the text blew away. He ducked after them, disappearing from sight for a while, then came up red-faced only to face a new calamity. ‘He had forgotten te*number his pages and they were

Still undaunted, he read excerpts to a triumphant nearmiss finish, and, waving both fists again shouted “Thank you, fellow delegates, thank you, thank you,” as thousands cheered. : ~~ We hope the fellow delegates will in no way penalize Mr. Becker for his fumble. Better than most he picked up the ‘pieces and ran on down the field in an exciting burst of speed. It was more thrilling than a keynote.

Buy U.S. Security Bonds UY a Security Bond tomorrow. It's a patriotic thing to do, and thrifty, too, Invest for your own future and the welfare of your country. : For tomorrow is Security Bond Day in Indianapolis and Indiana. It has been designated by proclamations issued by Gov. Gates and Mayor Feeney. Volunteer workers throughout Indiana will attempt to put the state over its $67,500,000 quota th the national Security Bond drive. Until June 12 Indiana citizens had purchased only 45 per cent of its quota. Indiana never has failed to do its full share in a bond drive. This time of prosperity is no time for our first failure. In all the world there is no better investment than Treasury E Bonds. They are backed by the full resources of the United States government. Security Bonds are a safe buy. They are a moneymaking buy; $37.50 invested in a bond tomorrow will increase in value to $50 when the bond matures in 10 years. Invest $75 in a bond tomorrow; in 10 years you can cash it in for $100. You help build your own individual security when you invest in U. 8. Security Bonds. Later on, you'll need money to buy a home, to educate your children, to provide for yourself in your own old age. If you don’t buy a bond tomorrow, you probably will spend the money for some scarce commodity; that will help to push high prices higher. So, for your own good, help the fight on inflation— buy Security Bonds tomorrow, and as. often as you can. They're sold at all banks and at your local post office.

Look Who's Talking THE Soviet government, which is doing its best to drive the Allies out of Berlin and split Germany in two, has denounced the six-power agreement on western Germany as violation of the Potsdam Declaration. This is a case of the pot smearing the kettle with its

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In Tune With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue HAPPINESS

True happiness is where you are, It's not on some far-distant star,

Nor marching round a great white throne

And singing songs you've never known, But happiness is bringing cheer To those who live in pain or fear.

Real happiness is not concealed, But comes to light in every field, It plays a role in daily toil And fills the tiller of the soil With hope, when Springtime rolls around, And ears are tuned to Nature's sound.

Real joy is not some future state Where man must go to learn his fate, Unless he has begun it here In kindliness to one’s most dear, And carrying some other's load Along life's uphill, one-way road.

A useful life mist never be A bid for notoriety. What matters if we're never known Outside our narrow little zone? What matters it to you or me If we are busy as can be?

We cling not to beliefs, or creeds, Those hazy substitutes for deeds, They wind, and wind, and bear no fruit... An empty life must follow suit, True happiness will never be A product of church bigotry.

True happiness is what we are, And when we reach the land afar, The book will show what we have done And how the race of life we've run, How many we have helped along With willing hands, and cheery song.

Real happiness cannot be far Upon some distant, shining star, But lies within the human mind * To help the poor, the lame, the blind. Tho men seek long, they'll never find A substitute for being kind.

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HOME NEWS

When a feller gets a letter From the old folks, Ma and Pa, It brings back old dim memories When a hickory stick was law. You can read the lines so wrinkly, Like with weight they went and fell, And you see Pa when he writes it Askin’ Ma the way to spell. He tells us how his orchard -- Went to bloomin’ over-night; + He makes it all so very clear You kin smell the blossoms; white. He sez Old Daisy's had a calf, And Bowser ran away, dian And all the hens deserted nests— Went layin’ in the hay. : And Ma, she’s up and took a cold And’s dosin’-up with “vicks.’™ That old man Brown, who lives next door, Has got into a fix— He put a mortgage on his house To buy a darned fool car, And now the mortgage pas fell due And Brown can’t pay so far. And the old maid, Deborah Smith, Has took herself a man. He's got about a dozen kids And lots of good rich land. ie And then Pa says he guesses how He's out o’ things to write about Exceptin’ that his foot is lame— We guess he has the gout. But anyway to “write real soon And tell us all the news; Your very lovin’ Ma and Pa, Mirinda and Silas Carews.”

; ~yILDRED E. KOLLER. Cee é * THE STREAM Gleam, gleam, silver stream, Laughing between your banks of green;

Down, down, to the southward flow, ; Away from the breath of the ice and snow.

Sing, sing, child of spring! Merrily sound your music around; ' On, on,.in your tireless way, Holding my heart in your rhythmic sway.

Flow, flow, softly and slow, Gently beguiling the hours of my whiling; Hear, hear, my lilting today, ‘ For now I must bid you good-bye, and for aye.

~—BARNEY ANTROBUS, Crawfordsville.

WHAT ARE THEY—

By PAUL GHALI

PARIS, June 24—“Where are they meeting and what are they planning?” * That old Hitler-Mussolin tryst-days question is back again, worrying Western Europe's politicians. This time it's the cominform leaders who are holding a secret con fab—somewhere in Eastern Europe according to reports here today. » » .

FROM Rome comes word the meeting place is. Czechoslovakia. The purpose in calling its nine members to their first formal meeting since the Communist Information Bureau was organized in Belgrade last fall is to “map Red strategy in light of Italian elections and other recent events.” No astute interpreter of Communist strategy envisages a Communist assault on democracy by force of arms at |X this stage. It is generally conceded, however, that an assault by

And They Call This the Month of Roses

PHILADELPHIA, June 24—Political platforms never mean much, but there's a whale "of a difference between the GOP_ principles of 1044 and 1948—on paper. . Foreign policy planks this year are far broader. Four years ago .the big idea was to secure peace, but “not by joining a world state.” -/ Pia year’s platform calls for strengthening United Nations. It says, “The United Nations should progressively establish international law, be freed of any veto ... and be provided with armed services.” vx : ye That's giving the despised world governmiént idea quite a lift. It also calls for “universal limitation of arms.” . ‘ The 1944 GOP platform called for bringing the boys home ‘at the eatliekt possible moment. The. 1948 platform calls for stPengthehing the ‘armed services, even to the extent ‘of “recognizing the principle that every citizen has an obligation of service to his country.” ‘That could mean both the draft and universal military training—though neither is mentioned by name. vo in The emphasis four years ago was on building up the National Guard to get “adequate

defense to insure security,”

Changes on Domestic Policies

FOREIGN co-operation on a basis of mutual aid and self-help is promised this year. There is even a plug for reciprocal trade agreements, after safeguarding American industry and agriculture. In 1944 the Republicans came out flat for return to protective tariffs. Oh domestic policies the GOP also has changed. In 1944 it said the Secretary of Labor should: be a representative of labor. There's no such statement in 1948. The 80th Congress cut the department way down. In 1944, as before when Republicans’ were ‘claiming they could run New Deal reforms

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better than Democrats, the GOP platform ac-

Side Glances—By Galbraith

6-24 "| heard his father is a millionaire, but my father says, shucks, that's chickenfeed nowadays!"

way of a fifth column; spread like a blanket over this part of the world, might be just as disastrous. » os .

TO DISGUST the United States with Europe and Europe with the United States i§ the principal Soviet aim—at least form. until the White House gets its - next incumbent-—as seen here. The way to do that as seen through the Red glass is to show France and Italy desperately disunited and incapable of appreciating American aid, rather than_to paint them to the American voter as on the verge of being ‘“Czechized.” The ghost of dollar diplo-

structions,

tatives’ vote,

macy and political isolationism is the propaganda key. Undoubtedly, the Communist leaders of both France and Italy—Duclos and Togliatti— are due for a thorough briefing along that line by the comi-

» = THE Communist boys in Western Europe haven't exactly waited for comiform inof course. American House of Represen-

» pean Recovery Program credits and the conditions put by the Washington administra.

tion on bilateral treaties, haven't helped American propaganda in Europe. Right now the Communists are playing up the “political and economic motives behind Marshall aid.” Here in France they are tooting the nationalistic tune— the threat to France's independence. Moreover, from well-in-formed Swiss sources here come indications that the same tactic is being followed in neutral countries where all disagreements between local governments and Washington— ‘however small—are being underscored.

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IN PHILADELPHIA . . . By Peter Edson hE There’s Big Difference, on Paper, Between GOP of '44.and '48

cepted the purposes of the Wagner Act, Wage |

and Hour Law, Social Security and all other statutes aimed to promote the welfare of American workmen. a Match that against Taft-Hartley act passage last year and the 1948 platform which says labor has a right to strike if itvdoesn’t interfere with public health and safety, and that when the government intervenes it should be to prevent violence and force ohedience to law.

Bigger social security payments are prom- |

ised, but broader coverage is ducked in promises to promote prosperity so people won't need it. oiadigt ‘High Prices’ Recognized . ' THE TWO housing planks are about alike, calling for federal aid to states where private enterprise can't meet the need, and mean little. The long farm plank of 1944 has been shortened to one shingle in 1948. .They're pretty much the same, except that four, years ago the platform builders were worried: about surpluses and against subsidies. out for price supports and soil conservation. Inflation was no worry in 1944, The GOP platform then promised only to. get rid of controls. Ant ne Bra oh This year the existence of “cruelly high prices” is recognized, but the best the’ Repub-

licans can promise to bring them- down is by: cutting the cost of government-and stimulat- .

ing production, while reducing the public debt and providing sound money. 3r There was no anti-Communist plank in 1944, but there is in 1948. Civil Rights planks are about the same and so are the old standbys of sop for the West, Latin-America, vets, small business and equal rights. : :

But there are new planks for: development:

of water power, return of tidelands to the states and revision of procedure for election of President and Vice President to reflect more exactly the popular vote. If they just put over that one it will be worth" the price. f

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—_——————————— Urges Gambling Law Changes. By A. J. Schaelder, 504 W. Dr, Woodruff pig,

Now we are hgaded into the home Stretch of an election campaign to elect, among o Senators and Representatives for the nex Legislature to convene in January, That makes the time ripe now to start ty, ball rolling to purge our statute books of som, very unpopular legislation—which is. holding this state up to nation-wide ridicule. All the arguments used for repeal of the Prohibition Act, can be reused to urge Tepes] of all legislation born-in the * ignorance that gambling for a dollar is a cri while gambling for food, or for furniture, or for automobiles, or for real estate, or for stocky and bonds, is not crime. If all such legislation were repealed, ang gambling were made a front-door business. instead of a back-alley business—with Tiles gove » the method of pay-off, the oper. ator’s “take,” with a large cut for license ang tax, the gangsters and racketeers woulq leave our city and state like rats from a sinking 5 Our politicians would be kept from temptation and a large part of the policing facilities woulg be freed for real police duty. Meanwhile, it's time we learned why tn, big operators are not molested in their opers. tions, while the little fellows are caught present enforcement attempts, ' ® ©

‘Me’ Is Good English Word By Former Vermonter

Can you Hoosiers who have produced go many authors and who count strongly on edu. cation take a criticism of your spoken English? I'm a Vermont Yankee who has lived ang worked among you for five years now. In not trying to be superior, but my section really does lay great stress upon grammar. Every day my ears positively ache from hearing your incorrect use of personal pronouns, It is more prevalent here than in. any place I ever have been. I hear Indianapolis people—some graduates of Purdue or Indiana University—make such remarks as these: : “They asked John and I to dinner” or “Hy took she and I for a long ride in the car.” Looking at this in print, you will deny th charge perhaps. But if you will make a point of listening carefully with my statement fn mind, you will hear your neighbors and perhaps

~ yourself make just such blunders. :

Stop shunning ‘the pronoun, “me” It is 1 good English words But Hoosiers seem to feel

it is more “elegant” always to say “I” even

‘when “me” is the correct pronoun. Remember the old saw?

“Her ain't calling we Us don’t belong to. she.” ¢ © ©

Arain Our Future Voters

By Mrs. W. C. J., City

In many states every sort of four-flusher can file for public office. And be elected—if he is enough of a demagog to promise everything to everybody. x Our future .voters ought to be trained to recognize propaganda when they see it; to weigh

. facts against banalities. They should under

stand that good government always begins fn the home precinct. We maintain a system which works tragedy

"In times like these—a President from one party,

a Congress of another. We talk about how bad it is and do nothing about it, Only during the past few years has any effort been made to train young people in the diplomatic arts. We thought Americans wer naturally so ‘bright they could outsmart everyone else. | That idea is absurd,

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“Show Husbands More Respect

'By Anna E. E., City Usually the woman who eats most talks

- most about why she shouldn’t. And the one

who loves her husband least is always assuring You of her devotion to him. Surely we assume too much importaricé when we imagine that outsiders are concerned over our weight or our domestic bliss, A luncheon companion may be entertained by your plans to keep a husband under control but she will not care about the depth of your affection. But don’t get me wrong, friends, I love s good dish of gossip. How dull life would be without it. But maybe sometime women will . grow enough intelligence and dignity so they will not speak of husband as if they were laboratory specimens. :

U. S. AFFAIRS . .'. By Marquis Childs 5% Tells How Deals for. Delegates Can Hogtie a New President

PHILADELPHIA, June 24—The chief defects of our system of choosing a President are not those which immediately assault the casual observer. » ' The blaring bands, the gaudy headquarters, the pretty girls passing out buttons, the general circus atmosphere—all this seems ill-matched with the solemnity of the decision to be taken, But most of it must be put down to sheer exuberance and part of it is staged for the benefit of those who want to get their money's worth out of a trip to the convention. It has very little to do with the selection -of a nominee. What goes on behind the noisy sideshow is the: serious business of making deals for delegates. It is this backstairs dealing that can hogtie the new President, committing his administration to men and even to policies that may prove a crippling handicap. Thus thé ambitious candidate takes on a long-term mortgage on his future in the White House. i Take a minor example of how it works. The chairman of the delegation from the grand old state of Mishawauka (the names are fictitious but the case is a real one) is a very rich and somewhat pompous gentleman with showy ambitions, named Ponsonby Tolliver, All through the famine years while the Democrats were in power Ponsonby and his equally rich wife have been helping to pay th Republican bills. ; They have worked faithfully, going to grubby local meetings, attending all state an national conventions. Now this is the year of victory and Ponsonby and his determined wife are expecting some of the fruits thereof. In fact, they have come to Philadelphia glowing with anticipation.

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BACK HOME their friends say, enviously, that the Tollivers already have their trunks packed for London. It is Ponsonby’s not-so-secret ambition to be ambassador to Britain. And if Mr. T. doesn’t get that prize, Mrs. T's outraged cries. will be heard from Nome to

Miami. The practical political fact is that Tolliver

pretty much controls the Mishawauka

tion. The manager for Candidate X gets to him

first and there is a solemn, handshaking prom-

ise ‘that come Jan. 23 the name of Ponsonby _

Tolliver will go to the Senate as the new Ambassador to the Court of St. James’. : In the older, simpler days—often known as

‘the White House.

the good old days— there were quite a few random plums that could be promised to the fat cats by discreet delegate brokers. Ambas sadorial posts came under that-classification. But today an ambassador to Britain should be a man of skill, understanding and broad knowledge, who is aware of the supreme importance of a workable relationship between the two countries. While Ponsqnby. would have been a handsome ambassador in the good old days, it is highly doubtful that he possesses the qualifications for the present responsibility.

An Open Convention, Ha, Ha

SUCH is the kind of brokerage that has been going on in the scramble for delegates among the competing candidates in what 18 laughingly called an open convention. These deals are occurring in a frantic atmosphere in which it seems almost impossible to complete a telephone call or get above the street level in a hotel elevator, so terrific are the demands on the physical facilities of this jam-packed city—and on the nerves and skill of the mgn trying to build up. the necessary delegate ength. Sen good old Ponsonby to London may too much harm. But there are other of deals that can play hob with matters more vital to the nation. When he was campaigning in Oregon omas E. Dewey urged that the next Secre tary of Interior be named from the West. In theory, this could be dandy since the West is most immediately and directly concerned with the problems of conservation. ey It is not difficult, however, to imagine a dea! for the interiorship going to a westerner com: mitted to the powerful grazing interests. The broker for the eager candidate might pause and say: “If we promise you the interior post in the Cabinet, will you agree to carry out sound conservation policies?” : But he is not likely to do that. Waiting just outside the door is another delegate broker fof another eager candidate. ’ : One of Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg's, chief handicaps is that he has had no managers ‘making delegate deals for him. He has persist: ently refused to allow volunteer brokers to act for him, ot or It is also true, of course, that this would greatly strengthen his position once he was in

But that fact is not likely to impress the dealers in this frenetic Philadelphia.game.

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