Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1948 — Page 16

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The High Cost of Spuds Foop prices are high, and they may go higher. Why? : One reason is that our tax dollars are used to pay farm£rs to raise more food--at prices so high many people’ can“fiot afford to supply their actual needs, xe That is also one reason why taxes are so high. i* © Take potatoes, for example. : In 1030, before there was & government price-support program for them, only 33,000 acres of early potatoes were planted in California. ©° © About 10 million bushels were produced that year and one million remained in the ground because the market price to growers was only 51 cents a bushel. ‘But the consumer benefited by this surplus; through reasonably low prices. Not today, owever.

«THIS YEAR the government set a ‘goal “of 52, 000 acres of potatoes for California. But 75,000 acres were planted. So the government is expected to have to buy the surplus—at ‘the rate of $1.53 a bushel for a $1.23 net to the grower. The government buys surplus potatoes by hundredWeight, gt an average price of $2.55 which includes grading, sacking and loading. “It is selling some to distillers to be made into intel “alcohol at ag little as 3 cents a hundred——and the govern‘ment pays the freight. ‘Many other carloads are being dumped on abandoned air strips. There they are crushed by a road roller, dried “4nd sold as cattle feed "at almost give-away prices. .. Officials admit they would save money if the spuds “could be left in the ground to rot. Not all of the nonsense “went out of government when Henry Wallace resigned. .. If you agree with us that this is sheer stupidity, it's Jtomething you might talk over with your Congressman “when he asks for your vote this year. Because the pricey support prograift ves set up by act of Congress.

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‘We Will Remain’

FCRETARY OF STATE MARSHALL and Foreigh Min. | a ister Bevifi have repeated that the Western Allies | “would stay in Berlin: despite Soviet efforts to force them out. This is final confirmation by higher authority of the as taken on the spot by the American and British ‘military conimanders. .. There is really no choice. We are in Berlin by Russian *four-power agreement. If Stalin can force us out of there “by. blockade, by starvation, by blackmail or by military “intimidation, ‘he likewise ean force us out of all Europe. Clearly that is his purpose. If, after all our pledges, we desert our allies and leave

them to the mercies of the Red aggressor and his terrorists, .

we shall be without friends or any to trust us. But it is not enough for our authorities merely to repeat that we are in"Berlin to stay. We have to feed our" troops there, and the two and a half million Berliners who are our charge. That cannot be done indefinitely by: air, which simply postpones the day. Either Stalin's illegal and brutal blockade must be Lift ed or the gravest Situation ‘will result.

"8 SECRETARY MARSHALL says these ire “basic ques: tions of serious import with which we expect to deal prompis, ly.” ‘He doés not say how, - Presumably the three Western Powers are about to dispatch a stiff protest to Moscow, which may have been delayed by. the go-slow mood in Paris. ‘Presumably if that fails, they will take the case to the United Nations—though they have just rejected such a suggestion by United Nations Secretary Genera) Lie as premature. “We think the key word in Secretary Marshall's promise. to act should be “promptly.” This deadlock has been allowed to exist too long without challenge. This is working against us in Berlin. “Though there is no way to prevent Stalin from starting the shooting if he is determined, he is less likely to do so if his responsibility is made clear to the world in advance.

Better Sign AEC Bill

RESIDENT TRUMAN will choose the wise course if he signs the bill extending for two years the terms of the Atomic Energy Commissioners. The bill, passed just before adjournment, is the answer of the Republican majority in Congress to Mr. Truman's demand that the commissioners be confirmed for terms ranging from one to five years. The question of confirmation now is an academic one. The practical problem confronting the President is. real. If piqued by refusal of the Senate to confirm his nominees, he could veto the two-year bill. He then could give Chairman David E, Lilienthal and his colleagues recess appointments. These could last only until ‘the first week of January. A result reasonably to be expected from "this course would be disruption of the continuity of the: commission’s operations, so vital now. Mr. Truman should not take that risk. He could, on the other hand, pursue the wiser course and sign the bill. This would assure two more years ih office for those now successfully directing our atomic energy enterprises. Mr. Truman has shown his appreciation of the importance of civilian control or our atomic energy program. If he were to insist now that his way is the only way, one result might be to endanger civilian control.

L 2 D Bud, Can You Spare a Diamond? OGER W. BABSON, business statistician, is urging his subscribers to lay aside collections of diamonds, in asSorted sizes, for use as currency in case of some: future 1 The size assortment is for ¢

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. Barton Rees Pogue i BOB GURT.

“A strange little boy!” some are wont to say, Thelr lips up curved in a quirk of & smile: ~“ Aloud little chap, who cares not a rap For the peace he disturbs all’ the while!”

But they little dream of the wonderful things That he sees in the midst of his noise, For he's a cowboy who's riding the range In a dream-world, belonging to boys.

prope And he's well on his way up to Mars; While folks are complaining of noise that he's

making He plays hide and seek with the stars.

When night comes at last, he does not sleep, But dances with Pan on the lawn; Cheeks, rosy, eyes merry, and laughing with

glee, He starts in again with the dawn. ~DOROTHY M. PARKE, Indianapolis. ® © $ :

An Ohio man arrested for beating Bas wife was sentenced to kiss her every morning ‘for six months. The man pays and mys.

DO NOT: REMEMBER

Do not remember, Love, when I Beyond the ever-rolling seas of shall gu

Or even lingered in thy love-lit ‘Do not embrace one hour of’ turning bliss Nor hold to that which ne'er shall be again; Grieve not that I should leave a world like this, Nor rouse thy foolish heart with longing, “vain, For life is fleet, and death may not be far As, one by one, we cross the writhing foam Until, at last, thou art one gleaming star And, When thy night comes, sleep may take thee me; ‘Nay, Love, look not upon the ways I trod, But, if thou wilt, look up and thank thy God. «MARVIN THEODORE JOLLY, Seymour. * & ¢ ’ The average man s about 12 million words a year, says a sist. There must be more bachelors Aha, 3. “thoug oid *

ht. THE THING 1 Love

The things I love sre the simple things of life, And these will bring more happiness to each Than the many larger things we do adore, For which we might stregeh forth our arms to reach.

Tie things I love are the little thitigs of ‘life, They are found in unexpected places; The moist blond curl on a baby's sweet neck, The lovelight that rests on mother’s faces.

I love the common things that come each day; . The odor of a roast of beef so brown, I love a jest that ia) ade in fun, The Hghts at Bight 4 rkaoar a town.

iy The’ fhings 1 ove’ ar th little things of life, “The dew on the lawn of a morning so mild, The smell of wet clothese that blow in the wind, The pride of a father in his first born child.

I love the rain in its dance on the roof, A small child’s joy at a new plaything, The blaze of red glowing in the sunset, A star-sprinkled sky that makes the heart sing.

The things I love are the little things of life. Why look or greater joys than these we've

Plled high for us each day? Let's take our share fe pleasures which daily abound. [#%5»: ~—MARIETTA KEM, New Castle. Thee 8 Work seems to come easiest to the folks who work hard. ® & o

GROWING OLD.» We say we grow old, but that isn't true, Our eyes become dim, our face wrinkles, tov, Our plepl become slow, and: our hair turns

wh But that Ie us, you see in the light.

God is our life and He dwells within, What you see is the surface of each kith end kin. . God never grows old, 80, as wé ve day by day, . ‘We're not growing old, it’ 8 only material wearing away. —~WINIFRED KALER SCOTT, oe : a TA Snapolis.

MY, ACHIN' BACK

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Much rather sit a boak or crochet row on row,

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U. S. AFFAIRS

tightened.

the corral of the party itself.

testing delegations.

Or he's Scanning the skies, in a plane, jet1 .

That I, poor wretch, have ever loved Jou 20,

3 end’s in sight; . I'm glad my mother made me ‘learn to do the ironing right. —MARY BACON, Indtanapolis. NR

. “. . By Marquis Childs U. S. Reds Trying to. Seize Wallace Party

WASHINGTON, July 2—At the same time that Marshal

Tito in distant Yugoslavia is feeling the crackdown of the Kremlin, the Communist line in the United States is being drastically

Evidence is mounting that the uneasy zealots who guidé the party's destiny in this country are about to launch a new crusade for a ‘mass base” for their strange organization. . The repercussions of this new drive are being felt particularly within Henry Wallace's Third Party. The determination of the Communists to take over lock, stock and barrel has produced a series of shocks that may split the loose confederation so violently that Mr. Wallace would be compelled to withdraw. The contest between the Communists and the sincere nonCommunist liberals who have followed Mr, Wallace is com to ‘the surface in the selection of delegates for the Third-Party convention scheduled to open in Philadelphia on July 23. The Communist leadership is determined to control that convention as part of the plan to lasso the Wallace following within

IN COLORADO and Wisconsin the contest has become so bitter and the Communist tactics so arbitrary that the nonCommunists are pulling out in disgust, There even may be an open break on the floor of the convention over the rights of con-

As for Mr. Wallace, he has succeeded until very recently in closing his eyes to the Communist influence within his own organization. Tn spite of earnest pleading from members of his own family, he has refused to say anything because, as he put it, he

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OUR TOWN . . . ByAnton

Yes, Dear Lady,

Scherrer

It Has—Garlic

HAS Invaded Our Fair City

LIKE ALL MAGPIES, columnists collect a lot of queer stuff in their nests: Yesterday's mail, for instance, brought ‘a letter from .a lady who signs herself “Fright ened.” (The caligraphy betrayed the sex.) The reason for the lady's letter may be traced to a re cent piece of mine in the course of which I reported the wan- ° ton use of garlic in California, Her fright, it appears, was occasioned by a fear on my part that, maybe, the threat was headed East. What the lady wants to know is whether garlic has invaded Indianapolis and, if so, to what extent. Dear Lady: It has, and how! The immediate places to watch ate (1), the basement of the Propylaeum where the Portfolio people stage their fortnightly suppers; (2), the neighborhood of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, and (3), the Indianapolis dog pound which, upon closer investigation, may include all clinics operated by wyeterinarians. Up until 10. years ago, nobody in his right senses would have dared to predict that a cloge of garlic could ever find its way into a Portfolio supper. Today, it is a red-letter Thursday when some dish isn't tinctured with the stuff. The menace lies in the discovery that the youngsters admitted to the club in the last four years are the worst offenders. The tip-off will come when Mrs. Meta Lieber (admitted some 50 years ago) starts using garlic to flavor her sauerbraten. When that day arrives, you may be sure that Indianapolis has surrendered, The situation at.the Jordan is even worse. Instead of confining garlic to suppers, as. the Portfolio crowd has the decency to do, the musiclans over on Delaware St. use the stuff to « poison all three meals. At breakfast, - for instance, they rub their toast with garlic. It's supposed to be good for the voice. Maybe 80, but in that case Indianapolis will have to reckon with the inexorability of mathematical laws, for as the population of singers grows s6 will the use of garlic. Therg’s no escape.

You Can't Lead Double Life Here

AS FOR the “Indianapolis dog pound, the folks down there use garlic only to rid puppies of their worms. Superficial observers may dismiss it as something of no consequence. But not me. To me, the discovery that garlic is, used both in healing and cooking is the most hopeful

sign of any around here. You can’t lead a double life in Indianapolis and get away with it. My littered nest also includes a complaint submitted by a gentlemen who introduced him-

Side Glances—By

/ self (via telephone) as a ‘‘bellicose Hibernian. » He took me to task for not revealing the identity of the lamplighter who watched over the lights of Irish Hill. My failure to do so was an act of deliberate omission. I wanted to spare the Irish of Indianapolis the humiliatibn of learning that it was a kid of German extraction. Chris Bernloehr (the umlaut, please) began “his career in 1875 when he was 9 years old. His first route started with the lamp back of Banker Stoughton Fletcher's home at Alabama and Ohio Sts., and ended with the one at the State Ditch neat the entrance of the old Fairgrounds It’s about where the €ivic Theater is today. Shortly before his death, a couple of years ago, Chris admitted to me that he sometimes

skipped the last lamp because of the mean- -

looking tramps that used to hang around the old ditch. He never got away with it, he said, because Jerry Graydon always discovered the unlit lamp. Mr. Graydon was Chris’ boss and used to go around in a horse and buggy to inspect the work of the lamplighters. Nothing got by Mr. Graydon, said Chris ruefully.

The Irish Hill Lamplighter

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CHRIS’ second route was down S. Meridian

St. all the way to Palmer St. and around the ©0ld Sacred Heart Church heighborhood. After which came the classic Irish Hill route. By this time it was 1878, In other words, Chris was three years older. The Irish Hill route started at State Ave.

where the old school for the Deaf and Mute

used to be, and ran west on Washington St., south on Noble to Bates St., by which time the lamplighter was right-in the heart of the Hill. At this point, Chris turned back to Georgia St. on Noble, and then out Meek St. (now Maryland) to the last lamp at Dr. John S. Bobbs’ big orchard which was about where Shelby St. now fis, Measured topographically, Chris’ Irish Hill route was about 15 miles long counting the two trips every right. Measured another way, it consisted of 103 staggered lamps. He received 15 cents a month for every lamp or a total of '$15.45—more than enough to keep him in shoes the year around. Chris said he never skipped a lamp on the Irish Hill route because by the time he was 12 years old, he wasn't scared of anything-—not even Mr. Stacy, president of the Gas Co. at the time. In support of which Chris told of the day he was called to the ‘office of the president. “Chris,” said Mr. Stacy, “you're the best lamplighter we ever had.” Nothing in today’s piece shall be construed as detracting from the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael

W. Lyons’ record as a lamplighter. At the time

of Chris’ citation, Mike was only 6 years old.

Galbraith

refused to partidipate in “red-baiting." . Oo raw ya» . ! ). | THIS WAS true even when the Commimist Party officially | claimed credit for the Third-Party movement. But the other day | 4 in his New England tour Mr. Wallace spoke out, The corre- | spondent of the Baltimore Sun reported him as follows: | COPR. 1948 BY NEA NG. T. M. REC. U. 8. PAT. OFF. 7-2

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poses, “Al right, boy, gimme a good shine. Here's a dia‘mond. Keep the change. It would just get lost in the

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“If the Communists would run a ticket of their own. this year we might lose 100,000 votes, but we would gain three million. “I know if the Communists really wanted to help us, they would run their own ticket this year and let us get those extra

"| can tell by your expression you don't like the new wallpaper, Henry—you'd be satisfied to live with that old stuff with the. faded;

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will defend to the death your right to say i.

They say they will keep down the profits In

the next war. A boat-load of dividends just came in the

{ other day. They were in bronze caskets. ® & 0

How He'd Regulate Autoists | By O’Hagen, City

What this country needs is not a good §-cent

cigar, but to go bankrupt and start all over

kids driving cars. Revise the whole driver's license law all over the United States. {Inspr ance companies take notice.) - umpanies tale wis oir there would be only driver's license issued to the one to whom the title is made out to and only he or she could drive that car and no one Do not\give five ort x ds v's Hoenses: in one family. Trucks, taxis, freight, city truck: drivers for stores, shops and manufacturing companies could only get chauffeurs pins for driving said trucks (not good for passenger cars with excep-

tion of certified chauffeurs who drive for pri.

vate homes). No insurance claims would be ‘paid to anyone

involved in an accident, if they are driving

someone else's car regardless age. The women who own the cars, OK. Put the women who drive the an’s car to go oPping downtown and to clubs, Shows. , ride the streetcars like thé rest of the women. (No, I don’t work for the car company). 1 live right downtown and have for 27 years Mayor Feeney when that happens as I stated above, then you won't have any traffic bottle Hk, Srumkes driving, hit and runs. And there w plenty of room and park ce for all. Thank God, I dog’t own a ns oP

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And It's Only July— By M. L. Peterson, City

In the better and purer days of the republic, : | a great leader said, “The flowers that bloom |

over the garden wall of party po! ; sweetest and most fragrant that bloom gardens of the world.” But this great and good man lived in the horse and buggy days. We live in the age of jet planes, mass production and cannot wait for the flowers to grow, let alone bloom. But we can throw more over the wall than the old times could grow. To date the GOP, the great-on-promise-party and the more. abundant-life-party have thrown the wall at each other. “The worst Congress, worst President,

3 the the

' Pendergast, Warren G. Harding, fellow-travel-

ers, suckers, low cost housing, lower prices, reciprocal ‘trade, oleo legislation, road to the jungles, hincompoop and colossal flop.” . And here it is, ey rr -$

Worth Waiting For By D. Alan Gold, City

President Truman has signed the bill to admit displaced persons into the United States. Starting in August we will welcome to our shores many who- have -undergone great hardships in Europe. It will be hard for these people to comé to a strange country. Nothing but our best in our treatment of them will do. © We must show’ thém America was’ worth waiting for. ‘> &

‘Vinegar—Not Honey’ By Miss C. J. I, Columbus, Ind. It is a pity that Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce did not follow Bernard Baruch's advice in Fegard to speech making. He referred to the old ‘saying, “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” Mrs: Luce poured enough vin fato her

Republican convention speech to ‘sour all the

milk of human kindness. :

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms

Full Break With Tito Could Be Russ Disaster

WASHINGTON, July 2—A complete break between Stalin and Tito, according to European intelligence sources, might have disastrous consequences not only in satellite. nations but. inside

Becguse of that, it is predicted Moscow will go to almost any length to hold Yugoslavia in line—even if Tito and other top Communists there have to be liquidated. - “Moscow might even - provoke civil war, For the past two years reports of unrest in ‘Russia- have been leaking past the iron curtain. Since V-E Day, Soviet con centration sampa have been growing Sealy. :

IT HAS been necessary to increase the strength of the MVD (the old NKVD, or secret police) by thousands. This organ tion has charge of the slave-labor camps. It is also responsible for policing. the border to prevent people from escaping to for0 eign countries. . The frontier guard forces are described as composed mostly of specially trained young fanatics who stop at nothing .to pre: vent both information and human beings from getting past the border. The stories of the few who do manage to escape sound like something from Ivan the Terrible. Postwar purges | in Russia have added » = aifcontent,

" NO SECTION of the population seems % nave escaped the Kremlin's ax. As a result, the writer is informed, a vague fear grips the entire country. On top of this, there is. wi resentment over the new Russian aristocracy, the Soviet's new \ bosses—whao live high and enjoy a degree of power over life and | death unknown even in the days of the later cza Both domestic and foreign difficulties make it ¢ highly important for communism to maintain at least thé appearance of unity. Moscow has been counting on Tito and Georg Dimitrov, 15 Bulgarian hatchetman, to keep the Bafiayns in line and also t0 scoop up Greece as well.

under the Communist guns. And from France a course was set to Spain, Portugal and North oy Tito and Yugoslavia are ‘vital ‘reaction.

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