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Give Light and the People Will-Find Ther Uwn Way

Stalin and Tito R EJOICING over the split between Stalin and Tite may be premature. : They may patch it up. But even if Stalin finds it more profitable to make a temporary deal with his ambitious puppet, rather than bump him off in approved Bolshevik fashion, the inner nationalistic conflicts which weaken the Soviet empire are likely to increase. ; We don't take much stock in this as a struggle between conflicting Communist ideologies. It is a struggle for power. The immediate issue is dictation by a foreign tyrant versus dictation by a native tyrant. That in turn involves Russian versus Yugoslav interests. | ow Of course the Cominform in its charges against Tito and his aids; and the Yugosiav Communist Committee in its denial of the charges, cover this up with Red double talk about ideological deviations. At one place the accused are charged with taking a Trotsky line, at another a Bukharin

"line, and at still another a Menshevik line—which boxes the

compass of heresy.

s » » » . J] THE TRUTH is that the so-called Marxist-Lenin orthodoxy is subject to rapid change—it is whatever Stalin for of the moment sees fit to make it. He can find Tito ideologically guilty today, and tomorrow hold Tito innocent and Tito’s enemies the guilty ones. The proof that Stalin never lets a little thing like ideological difference interfere with his plans is the use he has made of ex-Nazis and Fascists as his henchmen since the war—or for that matter his deal with Hitler before But when Tito is “hateful” and “slanderous” to Russia, when he is “anti-Soviet,” when he belittles the Red army and spies on Stalin agents—he is accused of all that—then he is undermining the Stalin empire. Then the puppet is challenging the master. The one Stalinist ideological line that never changes ig that Stalin is boss.

Such being the case it may seem impossible that Stalin.

and Tito could ever get together again. But these two tyrants need each other—as the Yugo-

slay Communist Committee, in its sweeping denial of the

Comiform charges, is careful to point out. And, of the two, Stalin probably needs Tito at the moment more than the other way around. If Yugoslavia splits away from it, the Russian empire will be left dangerously exposed on both political and military levels.

2 8 = a. = - WHILE Stalin's killers may murder Tito in Yugoslavia, as they did Trotsky in Mexico and tens of thousands in ‘Russia, it is far from certain that Stalin can take over Yugo-

n's ability to his terrorist . In most satellite countries the Russian army controls, ‘either directly—or through its officers camouflaged native uniform. The Stalin agents dominate the police. But the Yugoslav army is chiefly Yugoslav and s terrorists are hand-picked Tito men. However Stalin may handle the Tito p

control through the Red army and the secret

“ breign interference—no less because its accent is Slavic and its symbol the hammer and sickle. REY The same nationalist resentment against the Russian overlord exists and grows throughout the satellite states of eastern Europe. The difference is that Poles, Czechs, Romanians, Bulgars and Hungarians—being closer to the Stalin gun—cannot show it as openly as the more distant Yugoslavs. Without ;exaggerating the immediate significance of this, much less assuming quick collapse of Stalin's empire

which is jmprobable, the Yugoslav incident reveals again ° ‘the inherent weakness of the aggressor.

In the fullness of time Russia cannot get away with it any more than’ Germany could.

Copying ‘May Be Preferable B° ING engineers have studied photographs of the Soviet’s Ilyushin four-jet bomber. They deny that it has any basic resemblance to our XB-47 Stratojet. The man in charge of designing Boeing's six-jet high-speed bomber gives evidence convincing to the layman that the Russians have not pirated it. To those who fear Moscow's designs, this brings little consolation. While the Boeing experts think their plane can outspeed the Ilyushin, they see evidence that the Russians have “some wide-awake aero-dynamicists.” If we are in an armament race with the Bolsheviki, it is more dangerous for them to prove capable of devising their own good weapons than it would be for them to rely on copying ours, which would leave them always lagging a bit hind.

Business Ain't What It Used to Be NRICO GIUDICI, sent to an Italian prison on a life sentence 54 years ago after a brief career of banditry, has returned to the world of free men and found some things not to his liking, one of which is inflation.

He complained because he had had to pay 20 lire for a

streetcar ticket. “Why,” he said, “when I went away I could buy a pair of pants and a coat and a silk shirt—all of them—for that.” Enrico may conclude that money which won't buy more than present-day currency isn’t worth stealing.

And Both Could Be Wrong

(GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER would. not refuse a “true draft” by the Democratic convention, according

to Elliott Roosevelt,

There is no possibility of a draft-Eisenhower move ‘at the convention, in the opinion of J. Howard McGrath, Demo-

tion if it isn't offered to him.

rule a country is in direct ratio to

] In Tune With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue THE BOY | USED TO BE

All I ask is a can of bait And a willow pole that's almost straight, A cornstalk cork and some cotton strings, A hook or two and the like of things; A running creek beneath a tree, And I'll be the boy I used to be.

A dog that never léaves me, sir. . A thoroughbred? No, a common cur, With all of his tail and four good feet, And hair that's everything but neat. He'll be plenty good enough for me If I'm to be the boy I used to be.

A pair of pants that fail to meet, With two big patches on the seat; A corncob pipe and a sack of “Drum” A tied-up toe and a blistered thumb; A dirty face? Why, yes sir... ee, If I'm to be the boy I used to be.

Make the time 'bout half-past two, And I'll be much obliged to you, For then the fish are bitin’ fine, They'll swallow the hook and half of the line. Ah, but it'll be fine for me, To be the boy I used to be.

When is might-nigh down, : And m g of fish most reaches the ground, Send me home with muddy feet, And more ... a great desire to eat. The dog will stop to scratch a flea, And whine at the boy I used to be:

And then I'm askin’ for one thing more, To have my mother in the door With a switch in her hand from the apple tree... Shadin’ her eyes an’ watchin’ for me. Then maybe she'll cry a little "cause she Punished the boy I used to be. ~CARL LESLIE STADER, Indianapolis. * * %

“Another mouth is another mouth, till it's a boy's mouth and then it's a bureau drawer.”

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THE TYPICAL LAD

Barefooted boy with dirty face, Hair all tousled out of place, Pants legs rolled, one high, one low, A rag tied ‘round one big stubbed toe, And then on top of all of that * A turned-up ragged-rim straw hat.

Pockets full of everything: A broken knife, some wire and string, A rubber flip-jack on a fork, Fish hooks, sinkers, line and cork... . His pockets keep his wealth in store And never too full for something more.

Up in the morning, he's up to stay, And tired at night from a busy day. Out in the country, on city street, This is the lad you're sure to meet. Courteous, happy and free from care, Typical lad of everywhere, ~0OTTIS SHIRK, Muncie. 9 2 Anybody can meet expenses if they try, says a writer. Yeah, the real trick is to avold them. . So ¢ 4

RAIN

‘Rain is one of God’s nicest gifts to mankind. How refreshing it is to watch the earth

cup. The flowers lift their thirsty mouths ax partake of the bountiful gift, afterwardyhowing gratitude with fresher colors and;tieens. The streets seem to beam ih their wetness, and each rooftop taes on a “scrubbed”

dt is as thougl” God has given the earth a thorough cleaning, and, having finished His work, Hp-gmiles, brightening the sky with

| ®oldersun,

Well, both could be right. The man can't decline the

—BESSIE CLARK. ® & 9 Some folks have already started doing & little work——so they'll be missed while they're on vacation. * > &

DAWN IN BROWN COUNTY PARK

The dawn comes in with a coppery glow Over the valley and hills; The stars, like street lamps, quickly go; The night breeze suddenly stills. Moment by moment the copper turns To paler bronze, then to gold, A last bright star still softly burns, Until the sun more bold : Shines out in brilliance making clear The contour of the heights That, studded with tall poles, appear To fade to nothingness and veer Each way in varied lights. —HAZEL I. DANNECKER, New Castle, Ind. Sb»

Advice usually can be had for nothing— which is exactly what a lot of it is worth. eS ©

MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET

Smiles are human sunshine, Good for making friends; So keep your shoes polished And shine on both ends.

-=F, P. M,, Indianapolis.

SHALL ACHILD . ..

Run Wild? |

By ARTHUR J. SNYDER MILWAUKEE, July 1=It's | OK to go along with the new | hands-off theory in child rearing. But even a modern mother should not sit idly ‘by while an anarchist yo tér throws dishes against thé wall or tubs eggs in his hair. is This is the advice of Dr. Benjamin Spock, noted child authority from Mayo Clinic. \ He was one of the first to i come out against grandmother's method of raising a child by rigid discipline. He now fears, however, that the pendulum is swinging too far to the other side. Too many child experts, he says, are trying to take all controls off —and insisting that punishment is shameful. And that problems in the child | are always caused by problems in the parent. |

“PARENTS are as mnecessary as ever,” he told the Midwest Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, meeting here. “The good parent must use good judgment, decisiveness and leadership a hundred times a day in steering, stopping and starting the average small child. “Old fashioned parental at-

titudes are more valuable than. ever.” :

eagerly drinking from the sky's over-flowing

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Anybody Want to Stick His Neck Out?

WASHINGTON, July 1—Of all the problems dumped on the White House doorstep by the departing Congress, none has caused more debate and more anxious study than the question of what to do about the Atomic Energy Commission. To begin with, of course, it was put up to the President on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. In accord with the McMahon Act, passed last year, President Truman sent to the Senate for confirmation the names of the five present members of the commission. Chairman David E. Lilienthal was named for a five-year term and the others for terms ranging from four years to one year.

basis. But Majority Laade™Hovert A. Taft promptly . 5878 totice that he would oppose L Mr. &%nthal’s confirmation as he had the year before. A prolonged and bitter fight, to come on the

| very eve of the selection of a Republican nomis

neé for President was threatened. § The Republican chairman of the joint Sen« ate-House = atomic energy committee, Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, wanted to avoid such a fight if he possibly could. So did Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, who had been largely instrumental in obtaining Mr. Lilienthal’s original confirmation for a one-year ‘test period. Together Mr. Hickenlooper and Mr. Vandenberg agreed on a strategy. They would ignore the President's appointments, which would not even be considered by the joint committee, Instead they would put through a bill amending the McMahon Act so as to extend the present terms for two more years. This is the bill now before the

Don’t Apologize By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON If you know any school teachers, you hear a lot about the sad state of public education. It's bad and getting steadily worse. Poor salaries are partly to blame. But not altogether. More important, is the apologetic attitude teachers have had to adopt. . Listen carefully, and you'll often hear parents use an apologetic tone when they explain that a son or daughter wishes to go into the ministry or teach, Instead of rushing to congratulate them, we wonder if such youngsters are not eccentric. So long as this attitude prevails we can expect & shortage of spiritual leaders and teachers. There was a time, you know, in the days when this nation’ was building that ministers and school teachers were the most important men in their communities. They were selected for their intelligence and qualities of leadership, That's the way it ought to be nowadays. The United States will be skirting disaster until’ we find some way to restore lost prestige to our two most important professions.

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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"I've heard you complain about high prices, Mrs. Brown, and | thought I'd better fell you about my uncle running for city council—he's against ‘em tool”

This was all—supposedly-+on a penRaliteT ty

U. S. AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs Can U. S. Keep Lead in Science? Loyalty Probe Methods Criticized

His advisers urged him to sign it, and that is his present intention. In fact, before this is in print he may reluctantly have put his signature to what he feels is a poor compromise and a deliberate effort by the legislature to rob him of his constitutional right of appointment.

Half a Loaf Better Than None

BUT WHAT it comes down to is half a loaf —or, in this instance, a quarter loaf—being better than none. If he vetoed the bill, all the President could do wo be to give the five commissioners interinyappo! nts that would expire Whi, CQATess returned 1 I% other words, continuity of di the vast atomic energy project would six months. The Hickenlooper-Vandenberg' measure at least gives an assurance of two years under present management, v You have only to translate this into terms of a business operation to see what it means. ' At the Hanford atomie plant in fhe state of

! | Washington one of the largest construction

projects in peacetime history is going forward under the customary secrecy as to its objective. It was initiated by the present commission. The effect of suddenly removing the whole board of directors, or announcing that their tenure was limited to a few months, can easily be imagined if this were a private business.

Will We Hold Lead in Science? THE SAME tremors of uncertainty, with resulting delay and confusion, apply to perhaps an even greater degree in government. It comes on top of the current of hostility, doubt

President. 5,4 resentment released by the loyalty investi-

gation info the background of all scientists connected with the great enterprise. As shown in a series of articles in the New York Herald-Tribune, the reports on some of the scientists were based on the flimsiest kind of gossip in the “guilt by association” technique, This in turn came on top of the campaign directed against Dr. Edward U. Condon, head of the Bureau of Standards, by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Dr. Condon was publicly charged with being the “weakest link” in the chain of atomic security. Yet he was never given an opportunity to answer the charge at a public hearing of the committee, Not long ago, the Scientists of Chicago, Inc, took a poll of the organization's 144 members, asking them what effect the Condon case would have on their own willingness to accept government positions. Sixty-three per cent answered it “made me reluctant to accept” and 12 per cent replied it “made me decide to decline any such offer.” Almost without exception, these men replied that they were well aware of the need for legitimate security provisions. This relates directly to whether American atomic science will continue to lead the world. If scientists are frightened out of government by police-state methods, this country will not long hold that lead.

mal city and people bunched together in the doorways to escape the cold summer rain, or scurrying along holding old newspapers over their heads. ay And mile after mile of great ruined buildings standing gray and silent and useless forever—so many you long to see just one that is whole and intact. 2 o And the twisted arms of ugly steel girders thrusting up through the bricks and the rubble, bent as though a buried giant were thrusting his fists at something in the sky which had destroyed him. That's the way Berlin iooks today. There was a little old man standing alone under a bridge out of the driving rain. His shabby black suit was spotted with raindrops. He was thin and unshaven. He said he lived in the Russian sector of the city. How did he feel about the fight between. Russia and the United States over the right of Americans to remain’ here - “He who has even a little bit of sense,” he said, “can see who brings and who it is that takes everything away.

Knows Food Comes Only From U. S.

“I DO NOT mean’ that the Americans bring in so much food that one can grow a belly ‘clear out to here’—his thin hands described a huge imaginary paunch. “Those days are finished for us. But what ‘they bring at, least is enough to keep us alive.” s The old man said he knew the Russians had blockaded the city and practically no more food could come in except the limited amounts being

flown here by, American transports. He said he

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Vermonter: Read This

By Jeanne Seymour To a Vermouter: Really I believe Hoosiery €an take any kind of criticisms and can giv, most any kind. Your article in the Hoosier Forum started off in a way we Hoosiers dislike by referring sarcastically to our authors, se T'd invite you to read some of the books of our : authors and see’if they have misused the per. sonal pronouns. ~~ You worked in, places here where the per. sonal pronoun was not. so important to ih

workers. - . : We are 3) aware that the Easterners an proud of their section of the. country. We are proud of our, section and we highlight all the beauty it possesses not in a boastful way, mere. ly boosting. © : 3 I'd invite you to asséciate with the English teachers of the city and see if they don't know Ye ropes se 21am me.” e the * saw” you quoted, you hav been wanting to use for some time. Don't ow know I have an “old saw,” too, that I hope - some day I can use either oral or written. It was Waced on the blackboard for us kids by our teacher some years ago. 3 We extended to a Californian to become an adopted son of our state. So we extend you the same courtesy. Maybe this Hoosier air might make you a writer. Like thé “old saw” of re. ligion: “Only accept—(believe).” ®* & ¢

Calls Vacations Archaic

By Allan Rubin, City

How long before we will give up this archaic habit of vacations? How many children's lives will be offered to this antiquated action? Haw you ever noticed the apathy of thousands of undirected and misdirected youngsters during the Saeation period? SRE : ou may state that the laygroun ds ha directed events. Pare pw" But I say that is not enough. the summer period childrén that cannot or are not permitted to work should be made to go to a schoolroom at a later hour and for a shorter period. But in place of the regular subjects they should be taught crafts, swimming, ete, or play games. When it is left to the choice of youngsters a great percentage of them wij not attend play spots. And even they that find diversion in th early weeks of the vacation period become iil tempered and at wits’ end toward the late part of the vacation. Anyone who has obServed these children will say that I know whereof I speak. Many people I know would advocate my idea. e &

Her Ticket: ‘lke—Mrs. R.’ By Josephine R., City '°

What this country needs is a pure Democratic administration, not a dilutéd one. The donkey and the elephant have been pull. ing the wagon of progress in opposite directions too long to suit most of us. To beat the Dewey-Warren ticket, I nomi nate Eisenhower and Eleanor Roosevelt. Show me two other great and popular Americans who can equal these two for administration knowledge and who can best bring about Article 5 of the Atlantic Charter: “ , .« the fullest colboration between all nations in the economic th the object of securing for all improved ndards, economic ' advancement and

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Children and Pinball Machines

TRSDAY

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By West Side Mother ;

Should children play pinball:muchines? If one should ask 100 persons he probably would get 100 “NO” answers. / : In fact a distributor of pinball machines told the New York City council recently that

“he didn’t want his children or the children of

anyone else playing pinball machines. He gave the impression. that the .industry didn’t want the patronage of youngsters. One way to prevent children from getting the gambling habit by playing pinball machines is to have no machines for them to play. ¢ © An Ex-Seaman’s Complaint By R. K. S., Logansport

I read in the paper the other day that merchant seamen who risked their. s in the last war will not be exempted from the next draft. 7 All I can say is that all young men stay out of the shipping business unless the government takes over and makes it the Merchant Navy as other countries have done. We risked our necks in the last war and did't even get hospitalization for those who were injured, nor any educational benefits for the young fellows who quit school to sail th ships. yr eo 9

‘Let 19-Year-Olds Vote' By Stephen George, City

Much has been said about drafting ow youth of 19 to 25. - If these lads dre old enough to be taught to kill, they should be given the right to vote, It seems to me our youth have no say about enjoying the freedom of our beautiful country.

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WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William H. Newton Berlin, Where Peace Is at Stake, Is Gray, Dismal City of Ruins

BERLIN, July 1—Think of a sprawling, dis-

knew there was only a 30-day supply of tod left. But he said he was not trying to hoa any against the day when stocks gave oul.

t “Where would I buy it?" he asked. “And what with?” = go There is a city council in Berlin and the council members are elected. It met Tuesday afternoon in a building in the Russian sector. On the inside the building looks about lila

public and the press sit in the balcony and tht members sit. downstairs. There's a little y platform and a microphone on it for the spesk ers. .

Hitler's Ghost Writing Speeches BACK of that there's a sort of judge bench where the representative of the four % cupying powers—Russia, Britain, France the United States—sit during meetings. don't participate in the sessions. They are as observers. The council voted to appeal to the Unite Nations against the Russian blockade of B lin. There were two Russian observers. There was a long debate. The majority * vored the appeal to the United Nations. One after another the Communists parad to the microphone and condemned the Uni States, the same shrill song of hate that is¢ every Communist radio station and in ev Communist newspaper in Germany. | They blamed the United States for the blockade, They America for the age of food, They accused America of

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Rotary Lists Sg H, Joe Letterma the. Bertermann Inc, will speak at the Riley Room of Hotel before the His topic will be “I! —the Picture of f dustry.”