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‘Camp Atterbury Stays in Service “J. is good news to Indianapolis that Camp Atterbury is to “* be activated again, and its excellent facilities used for ‘training 12,000 or more men inducted under the new draft law, about six months hence. : {Soldiers have always been welcome, around here—so welcome that our town is known far and wide throughout the Army as a “good army post.” Many thousands of men of several famous outfits, among them the 106th Division, got their World War II training at Atterbury, shared the Hoosier hospitality of central Indiana and went off to battle as “adopted sons” of Indianapolis. It will be good to see the

uniforms back again. But there's still another reason why the decision of the War Department to use Camp Atterbury is welcome news. away beyond the borders of Indiana. It shows, it seems to us, that the War Department is not inclined to “play politics” with the new military training program. r . » =n » . THERE was plenty of purely political reason for ignoring the Indiana installation in favor of one elsewhere—Kentucky, for instance. There is, after all, a Democratic administration in charge of the War Department—and Indiana has gone solidly Republican for the last 10 years. Indiana's delegation to Congress voted almost solidly against the War Department’s project for universal military training, and gave little support to its substitute peace-time draft law. "On the other hand, Camp Atterbury has many assets for training troops that other locations under consideration _ do not have. It is ideally located, near enough a major city to use its advantages, far enough away to escape its disadvantages. It is easily accessible over the finest roads and railways. Its physical equipment is good, its terrain well suited for training purposes, and its climate in every way suitable. Quite obviously the War Department was guided by these factors, and made its decision on the basis of efficiency and the welfare of the men the Army proposes to train rather than on any cheap partisan or political grounds.

oy Union Members DO Have Rights

ACK in April, 1946, something more than two years ago, the Carpenters’ union national convention expelled one Gotthard Hanson, a member of its Baltimore, Md., local union, who had incurred the displeasure of William L. Hutchinson and the ruling clique of .the United Brotherhood. ; Last week, in a decision that is likely to be mych quéted in future, Marion County Superior Court Judge John Niblack ordered Mr. Hanson reinstated as a union member. This action had nothing to do with the Taft-Hartley Law which has a clause intended to prevent arbitrary expelling of members from unions and hence from jobs at the whim of union bosses. Even if it works as its quthors meant it to work, that law can do very little for the casual, temporary, kind of employment most carpenters, and other building trades workers have. If they are not members in good standing chances are they never even hear about job openings in the first place. So, as Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis attorney and nominee for Congress, who represented Mr. Hanson argued, the expulsion of Mr. Hanson barred him from working at the only job he knew how to do. The court agreed, ruled in effect that his membership in the union was property in which he had legal rights and that it had been taken away from him without due process of law. ‘ » . . . ” THAT, it seems to us, is sound justice. Mr. Jacobs, who is unenthusiastic about the Taft-Hartley Law and believes it ought to be revised, contends that this remedy was available to any union member thus kicked around by a union boss and has been right along, without any TaftHartley legislation. And, no doubt, it has. But for two years and a couple of months, Mr. Hanson has been “out,” and deprived of his rights as a union member. It took nearly a.year of costly litigation to establish his rights in court and get them restored to him. Mr. Hanson, like thousands of union members who have found themselves in the same spot, couldn’t afford any such defense of his rights, and was able to defend them only because Mr. Jacobs was willing to carry the case through, without fees and largely at his own expense, in the interest of seeing justice done. Not every man who needs such help will be able to get it. Judge Niblack’s ruling does establish and re-affirm the basic right of a union member to his membership. It is a right that no union which seeks to control jobs or the opportunity to get jobs can properly deny. And Mr. Jacobs has performed a useful service to all labor in raising the point and in carrying the issue through to a conclusion.

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Bishop Lowe's Valedictory

ERSONS of all walks of life are personally voicing best wishes to Bishop Titus Lowe of the Indianapolis Methodist Area. The tall, vigorous clergyman retires this week as a member of the episcopacy. Meetings of the North Central Jurisdictional Confer‘ence offer a suitable setting for his valedictory. service as 4 an active bishop. Titus Lowe looks every inch the able administrator that he is.. He has made his home and worked among. us £ for the last nine years. Many love him just as the Apostle Paul loved his friend, Titus, whose name the bishop bears. Even the dogs in his neighborhood on N. Pennsylvania _ Bt. are devoted to Bishop Lowe. We join his many “fans” in extending warm good to the retiring bishop. And we join him in welcom our city the conference representing 2 million ts of the North states.

In Tune With the Times Barton Rees Pogue NIGHT DRIVE

We skim through the night in a long low car and we cannot see where the fences are and we cannot tell - above below » the light of stars from the fire-flies glow for a million stars are in the skies and the dark fields gleam with fire-fiies .

SUMMER GLORY .

Amid the tilth and pasture of the fields Where little houses lie serene and doze Beneath a tangled mass of branch and bloom, Here summer’s glory in profusion glows.

The eye may rest, the weary senses soothed, Where leafy lanes wind ‘round the brambled

mead; Mile after mile of scented loveliness ' Stretches out to where the haunting rivers dead. . :

Here solitude is safe, unless it be A flitting bird or some wild, timid thing Will rustle for a moment, then be gone And leave secure the mind's meandering. JUNE WINONA SNYDER, Indianapolis. © 4 e

BROWN BROWSINGS

Bill Exner from Belmont wins the leather medal on his fish story about his pet cat having lugged home a 47-pound catfish from Sait Creek last Saturday when he was wondering what they'd have for thgir Sunday dinner. Many a fool feller who keeps his big mouth shut gets credit for being a wise man, Grand‘pappy Withers tells us. There's such a thing as being “pound foolish” when a goof pays $1.25 for a pound of tough round steak these days, Lib Smith opines. When a city guy wore his hat in the Methodist Church and et with it on at the Nashville House, some of the folks here in town thought he was a newspaper reporter. When Dunk White wuz bragging about his fine family-tree, Ezra Wolf, 92 years old, told Dunk that he was only a mildewed twig from a Brown County slippery-elm. Any presidential candidate who pledges us voters he'll put a sirloin steak in every skillet at a decent price can git somewhere, Hoggy Potters avers. .

feller could get a dollar's worth of hamburger for a dime, he sez. Lige Walters puts Communists in America in the same class as taterbugs and he sez we ought to give emi the same treatment, too. THE SAGE OF BROWN COUNTY. * © @

DEATH OF A SONG

I'm dancing to the music of rolling drums, Tolling the death of a song, The song of, love that you wrote on my heart, But the words and the music were wrong. The words told a story of love undying Of one who would ever be true, But you set the wrong music to heavenly words, Now I dance on a sea of blue! SUE ALLEN, 1. U, Medical Center.

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WE NEED THE POETS

The world moves so rapidly, people are in’ ‘such a terrible rush, there is such a little bit of

‘ time for quiet moments of meditation, so the

poet has been by-passed for the dollar-making demands of business, and the crush of social

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We might go so far as to say that the poet has fallen into disrepute with the majority of today’s citizens. Some of that disregard may have been born in the wealth of poor writing

. that has been done by so many.

A little rhyming doesn’t make a poet: and shiftless rhyming makes it difficult for the careful workman to impress othe already skeptical public. Good poetry is a boon to society, and there seems to be a growing interest in reading the work of the bettér authors. We do need the poets, and there is a goodly group in our state that is capable of retrieving beauty from the welter of our complex living. William Hankins Chitwood, long a member of Hoosier Poetry Societies, once poet laureate for the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs, and an exacting workman, joins us in our defense of poetry writers.

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THE POET

Though bound to earth by life’s material bars, In meditation pe is always free; His vision penetrates beyond the stars To where astronomy can never see. His soul, in harmony with nature, looks Upon the Bource from which all blessings spring; “Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” Through him the truth is better understood

For, who can see the beautiful and good In such a world of bitter hate and strife. Can also look into the soul of Man And see—what psychic science never can. WILLIAM HANKINS CHITWOOD, Indianapolis,

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IN EUROPE—

U. S. Can Lose Battle for Berlin

By William H. Newton

BERLIN, July 7—The United States is in danger of losing the battle for Berlin. x Both American and British air forces are doing a magnificent job of flying food into the Soviet-blockaded city. But on the propaganda front, the Communists are on the attack and the United States, as always, on the defensive. ° The Communists fill the newspapers and the air waves with charges and demands. The _ American and British come along a day or two later with answers and explanations. LE

RUSSIAN plans to do away with the elected government of Berlin and substitute policestate controls are clearly revealed by a sudden new . Soviet propaganda offensive against the City Council. hg Everyone familiar with Soviet methods in Europe knows what the next steps are likely to be. But no one calls the turn. No effort is made to build public resistance to the move. Instead, U. 8. and British spokesmen here will wait until the Soviet coup is accomplished and then issue statements deploring it. Here in blockaded Berlin as well as everywhere else in Europe where East-West intefests meet, the American effort to counter Communist propaganda is weak-kneed, wishy-washy

and Inetfgetive.

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MOST ENCOURAGING of all signs that is old world still moves with a certain predici tability is the recent behavior of animals—cats mothering canaries; dogs notifying their own-

ing with pigeons in Uni- f versity Park, apparently unmindful of _the fact that modern ats entertain a belief tha ns practice monogamy. It won’t be long now until somebody springs a story of a horse as smart as the one Charlie Miller had when I was akid « . Fifty or so years ago, Charlie was a traveling salesman for the Murphy-Hibben people down on 8. Meridian St. And, as was the custom back in those days, he collected cash on the barrel with every sale he made. On one occasion, he combed Brown County with such good resuits that he had $2000 in his pocket when he started for home. Right here I might add parenthetically that it won't do a bit of good tos send me letters with the news that Brown County was never known to have that much money. I know exactly how Charlie told the story. Indeed, I

share my faith in Charlie.

Whistled an Improvised Tune

ALL RIGHT, then: At one place where he collected money. Charlie noticed two suspi-cious-looking men eyeing him closely, but inasmuch as they disappeared almost immediately, he paid no more attention to them. Later that same day, however, he saw the same two men and, rightaway, he got the idea that, maybe, they were up to something. Charlie stopped at Nineveh to get a bite to eat. That done, he drove toward Edinburg on a circuitous’ way home. About 9 o'clock that night, the moon showed up; but a heavy fog shut out the light occasionally with the result that the semi-darkness invested everything along the road with a ghostly appearance. Near

Japs Like Sad Movies

TOKYO, July 7—Hollywoods film story of returning veterans of World War II, “The Best Years of Our Lives,” is a smash hit with Japanese audiences. Currently playing. at a local theater, the academy award winner is drawing capacity crowds. Japs weep copiously at the picture's skillfully etched pathos. But then Japanese like sad things. ’ Most of the customers seem reluctant to discuss their reaction to the film. They apparently are unwilling to air painful memories of the late war. But one woman said that Myrna Loy portrays the ideal wife, “All Japanese women should learn to be like her,” she added. ’

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‘Share My Faith in Charlie— Read About a Very Smart Horse’

the bridge over Blue River, a grove of denselybunched trees bordered the road shutting out every ray of light. 2 «Charlie started whistling an improvised tune Jin the hope that it might strengthen him and was just beginning to think that, maybe, his fears were unfounded when two figures, one on either side of the road, loomed up in the darkness. ' Both men started for the horse’s head and the animal reared and plunged like‘anything. This gave Charlie a chance to collect his thoughts—or so he said—and, quick as a flash, he nade up his mind to try a typical Hoosier uff. . He stood up in the buggy and threw his hand behind him as if about to draw a gun. Of course, he didn’t have a gun, but he worked it so slick that the robbers took to their heels. After which, Charlie whipped up his horse and drove on, reaching the bridge a few minutes ater.

A Terrifying Experience WHEN HALF over the bridge, the horse stopped and although Charlie used his whip freely, the animal positively refused to move an inch. It was a terrible fix for Chaflie to be in. He knew he had left the robbers behind him and—to judge by the behavior of the horse—he now had reason to believe that they were in front of him. He begged, pleaded, beat and cussed the horse, but everything he tried failed to budge the beast. In desperation, Charlie dismounted and groping his way, finally found the horse's head. At this moment, the moon which had been hiding all this time, obligingly made its appearance. Transfixed with terror, Charlie saw what had caused the horse to stop. Directly in front of the animal two planks had Veen removed. Had the horse taken another step, Charlie's entire outfit (including the $2000) would have been pitched into the river below. In telling the story, Charlie never left any doubt that removal of the planks was more of the robbers’ dirty work. After a search (with the help of the moon) Charlie found the removed planks, replaced them, and drove on as fast as he could. In bed at Edinburg that night, Charlie was conscience striken that he had licked his horse so unmercifully. He even got to -wondering whether he would have acted as he did had his eyes been better. Next day when he continued his trip home, the horse again came to a dead stop—this time at Shelbyville. Try as he would Charlie couldn’t get the beast to move notwithstanding the fact that on this occasion it was broad daylight. Bewildered, Charlie looked around and disodvered that the horse had taken {its stance in front of a drugstore, the show window of which carried a sign reading: Spectacles & Opera Glasses. There was no holding the horse when Charlie came out of the drug store wearing his first pair of glasses.

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Russ Army Is Biggest

WASHINGTON, July 7-

showdown in Kurope comes when the United States is weaker than at any time since the war.

And Russia is the strongest power in the world in terms of armies ready to march. Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall says we may have a mobile striking force of 18 infantry and armored divisions by the end of 1949. That means about a year and a half from now. Only 12 of these, he said, would be regular army divisions. The other six would be National Guard.

RUSSIA has approximately four million men under arms, according to allied intelligence sources. Of these, 212 | divisions, divided into six | armies, are already on a war | footing. In addition, the Nazi general, Von Paulus, is reliably reported to have a German | army of 14 divisions of 10,000 men .each. Gen. Von Paulus, one of Hitler's favorites, surrendered at 8 Afterward he cast his lot with the Russians. >

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this man and in November will elect next Governor of Indiana. BE the ® © President Truman and Prices { By Dan Dalton, City

In Mr. C. D. C's letter to the Fo | said that Mr. removed, Re under a Democratic Congress. Anyone who will look up the facts knows that is not true. I heard President Truman in a nation-wide radio broadcoast say that he tried for months

And it was this same Republican Congres: . Bow have. In fagt their propaganda was that ere never should have been any pri in Die first place. ¥ Pree Soativ) or the ones of us who do not like to $15 qr $18 per ton for coal and these nigh prices for food and clothing it is a blessing for us they were not in power during the war. And here in Juaiana since the GOP has been .in power the property taxes on our hom just doubled. 28 Have After they have a chance to re-appraise property next year we won’t be er Ry have a home. They will wait until next year to re-appraise as this is election year. In 1946 their slogan was “Have you had enough?” I wonder when the people now will have enough of these high prices. SL ©

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle By Mrs. Elsie B. Y.,-City x

More women belong to clubs than ever before. And there's hard! an organization which does not take up some civic, state or national project. tf Women no longer meet merely to entertain themselves. When we consider the vast numbers who also work in church groups, we realize what a part women have in the shaping of public policies. . Those who believe women's influence is slight because so many more men hold office, forget that the offices belong to the men’ only so long as women vote to keep them there. Our power at the ballot box is great and growing. If we voted as a body we could always get what we wanted for we outnumber male voters. The old time politician used to toss compliments at us, while denying the right of franchise, by saying, “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” Today the statement is true, literally. Politically speaking, women are coming of age. Perhaps our grandchildren will sée a new world order in which women will share authority and responsibility equally with men. Ji Sa ab

irked About Margarine

By Joseph Kilraine ; .

Yes, we can buy margarine, here in Indianapolis. But it costs more than the manufacturers of it want it to cost. And you have to stir it up in a bowl to color it. : You Congressmen are responsible. All you want to do is to sit in your well-padded chairs and pocket your weli-padded pay envelopes. At those two jobs you're good. > . At representing the people—who provide those chairs and fill those pay checks, you're no good. : You let us down.

WORLD AFFAIRS ... Grave Decision

Faced in Japan

By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, July 7—The United States again faces a grave decision in the western Pacific—one which seriously affects the national defense. i Emperor Hirohito, according to Chinese sources, is considering abdicating in favor of his 15-year-old son, Crown Prince Akihito. On its face there is nothing alarming about that. Hirohito previously had been reported about to step down. What now makes it serious is the fact that Moscow-directed Communists are working for his abdication. It would be the first in a series of moves to abolish the national religion around which nearly everything in Japan revolves. > ©

THE EMPEROR'S influence is spiritual and religious. Because of this, the strictly materialistic Reds are up against the one thing they find it hardest to combat—religion. Remove that influence, they believe, and Japan would be a pushover for Moscow. Russia could then become the domifiant power in the western Pacific instead of the United States. After V-J Day, Communists made a concerted drive to overthrow Hirohito. Gen. MacArthur was convinced that Hirohito had had little or nothing to do with bringing on the war. The government in power—then dominated by militarists—made the decisions. Gen. MacArthur insisted that the spiritual influence exercised by Hirohito could be usea for good as well as for evil. es ® & © IN SOME quarters the view has been that Hirohito's worth to Gen. MacArthur has been equal to 20 divisions, : It was Hirohito who prevailed upon the Japanese to surrender without further bloodshed.

When the occupation began’ there was perfect order throughout the islands. The emperor's religious influence over his people is: what made the difference. Today all Asia is aflame. Red agents or Red armies are on the march throughout Manchuria, Korea, China, Indo-China, Malaya and Indonesia. One-half the population of the globe out there is being subjected to increased pressure from Moscow. . Anything can happen. . 3 But as long as Japan—and the Philippines— can be kept free fromr Bolshevism, the United States oyght to be able to hold its own in the Pacific. —_ v

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