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PAGE 16 Friday, July 9, 1948 A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER ie Owned and published daily (except Sunday) by Indianapolis Times Publishing Co, 214 W. Maryland St. Postal Zone 9. . "Member of United Press, Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, NEA Service, and Audit Bureau of Circulations. $ Price in Marion County, 5 cents a copy; delivered by carrier, 25¢ a week.

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Give Light ond the People Will Find Thewr Own Way

They Hate Stalin

OSE spontaneous popular demonstrations in Prague against the Red dictatorship were not needed to prove the Czech contempt for tyranny. But they do show a daring disregard of policestate reprisals which is new. The Czechs are a super-cautious people—otherwise the Reds could not have seized the country without a bloody challenge. The fact that Czechs are now openly flaunting their defiance—even to the point of demonstrations in front of the dictator's reviewing stand—is significant of the changing temper in eastern Europe. The Prague protests followed the Communist defeat by the Finnish voters: That in turn followed the Yugoslav defiance of the Cominform, the first crack in the new Communist International. And before that the Reds had failed in their attempts to gain control of government in France and in Italy. If nothing suceeds like success, the reverse is also true. The bandwagon psychology, when the going is good, is matched by the panicky sinking-ship contagion in stormy weather.

» . » = 2 WE ARE not suggesting that the satellite ships are sinking, much. less the Soviet ship. That would be premature. But the slave ships are leaking, and their cut-throat crews and unwilling passengers know it. That is not conducive to pleasant cruising. It can lead to mutiny by the pirates, as in the case of Tito, or to the ominous clanking of chains in the hell hole, as in Prague. : In all the Soviet satellite states there is trouble. : In all there is hatred of the Russian master. This does not yet show as openly in the countries where Russian troops are quartered as in the unoccupied lands of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. But it is there just the same, and the larger the number of Russian troops the deeper the hatred of the patriotic inhabitants. If Stalin should actually start the war which he periodically threatens, as in Berlin today, his slave states would be ripe for revolt. : We would like to think that this, if nothing else, would But so far there is no sign of sanity in the Kremlin.

Dr. Poling on the Draft

DANIEL A. POLING, editor of the Christian Herald has publicly rebuked a handful of misgiiided religious leaders who urge the nation’s youth to refuse to register for the dfaft or, if they already are in uniform, to resign. DE, Poling is on sound ground. The draft is not his choice. As a member of the President's commission studying the subject he favored universal military training. He reached that conclusion reluctantly. - When he accepted membership on the commission he was not among the UMT

He has opposed conscription from the start, because he sees in it a threat to American ideals, because he thinks it violates the principles which he hoped would be established by universal military training. » sn . s = = ‘ THROUGH the efforts of some organized minorities which now seek to promote resistance to the law, universal military training legislation was sabotaged in the last Congress. Ignoring the preponderance of public support, the convictions of a majority of the Senate and House, the considered judgment of our military leaders, these men—and those they control—forced the country to accept conscription instead. As a minister—"to keep faith with myself and the parents of America”—Dr. Poling fought against anything less than universal military training as it was developed and practiced at Ft. Knox. But he warned, months ago, delay in accepting that plan would mean “some form of conscription, and should that come, we shall all know the difference.” ¥ ' It has come to that. Selective service—by a vote of the people through their elected representatives—is law. Resistance, even when counseled by members of the clergy, is anarchy. In warning that they follow a dangerous course, Dr. Poling speaks for a vast majority of Americans.

Isinglass Greetings

SUPPORTERS of the draft-Eisenhower movement have

been circulating crude paraphrases of: wartime selective service induction orders. ey Superimposed at the top is the message: ‘Dear Ike: We couldn't refuse the draft! You can't refuse ours! It's the same deal!” \ 3 But is it the same deal? The draft that “we” couldn't refuse in a national emergency was one set up on authorization of a Congress of legally elected representatives of our people and under due process of the Constitution, But what's authoritative about the ‘“draft” for Gen. Eisenhower in the name of the Democratic Party? It doesn’t even have a thin veneer of unity—what with such _ “leaders” as Sen. Pepper, Bosses Hague of Jersey and Arvey of Chicago, the dissident Southerners and Jimmy Roosevelt, Tommy the Cork, Leon Henderson behind the movement. For added effectiveness those phony “greetings” to Ike ought to be printed on isinglass, so you could see through them.

In Tune ‘With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue WHAT CAN | SAY ABOUT RAM?

The rain! What can I say about the rain? I know that it has washed away-the pain That comes of feeling. It has filled My heart with essence of its joy and stilled The voice of loneliness within my soul. When I was broken, it has made “me whole. When I was restless, it has brought me sleep. was tearless, it has made ae weep:

When 1 When I was thirsty, it has been a When I was thoughtless, it has made me think. When I was friendless, it has been a friend. When I was wandering, it has been an end.

HERE EEER

—VIRGINIA JORTNEY, , Indianapolis. *

SUMMER AFTERNOON RAIN

There's a solace to the soul of man when

water through their tiny rootlets , . . the heat is dissipated by the downpour and fresh ozone is added to fill the lungs . . . the rush of wind through the trees is like the subtle tones from the reeds of'a symphony orchestra . . . in the alchemy of the Almighty, the lightning does its work of purifying the gases about the earth . . . and the gardens grow after a good summer rain. . . ank God for the thrill of a rainy summer afternoon!

SOzZARE IKE, Belmont. FRIENDSHIP GARDEN

I have a garden friendship grew, For every plant that grows and blooms therein, And lifts its head in summer sun and rain Has been a gift from neighbor, friend or kin.

A passerby might ile to hear me say To honeysuckle, hiding my stone wall, “Leila is spreading far too much this year; Bring me ‘the clippers from the lower hall.

I call the iris Laura, Leatha, Nell, And daffodils called Ivy may seem queer, But as I water, weed, and tend them all, I feel the spirit of the donors near.

The wisteria was brought from Blanché’s porch When we observed our wedding dates together; The bergamot brings memories of Grace Who brought this minty gift in hottest weather,

The peonies were dug one fine fall day From an old home where only timbers stood roses and an old neglected wall— . The echo of a home in saddened mood.

The mountain asters were a gift from Wayne; They'd spread across his city lot until ‘It was a purple thicket in the fall— He brought a load of roots to dot our hill

My flowers are much more than blooming plants; They are a link in friendship’s golden chain, A fragrant, growing joy that holds . The. present, past, and future ints train. -~RUTH WILLIAMS BRIGHT, Nashville. ’ fd

HE KNOWS

Look, baby, let's have a little chat. You say Mom spanked you where you sat, But you didn’t say just-what you'd done, To merit that payment for your fun.

Now let's be fair about this thing. Didn't Mom tell you not to swing Upon the old, broken gate out there, Or you'd get hurt?—now, let's be fair.

And so I reason desperately, With our child, who is only three, Then I turn and face the man who had, Forever, been the best—my dad.

A sly understanding little grin, Lights up his face when I begin, “You were so right, Sir. Now I know, . But Please don’t say “I told you so!” --MARIAN N. WISE, Indianapolis.

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WILD HONEYSUCKLE Honeysuckle vines with bloomin’ radiance Climbin’ up a post or clingin’ to a fence. Such a lingerin’ . . . smelly atmosphere

here. Forgotten is the city’s hustle . . . bustle . . . v stew, ‘ Out here in the country you can just be... you.

Shady spot to fish in or just loaf around, Nicest place in all the world you have ever found. Biwi .+ eatin’ . . . fishin’ . , . nothin’ else

o do, Baskin’ in that honeysuckle’s sweet aroma too! 3 —ANNA E. YOUNG. ® oS & e

HUH?

Money talks, they say; could be, If so, I wonder why That all it ever says to me Is just one word, GOODBY. HAZEL 1. DANNECKER, New Castle, Ind.

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OUR TOWN . . . By Anton Scherrer Strange Case of the Treasure And Vanishing Woman Ghost

IRISH HILL represented a ‘mathematical

" shape unknown and unsuspected by Euclid, It

was bounded on the west by Noble St.; on the east by Shelby St.; on the north and south respectively, by the wavy undulating line of the old CH&D and Big Four railroad tracks. I bring up the subject of its geographical limits at this time for two reasons: First, because of a fuzzy notion nursed by moderns that Irish Hill extended as far west as Delaware St., and second, because, of a fear that pursues me : my dreams. My fear has its roots in something 1 said the other day when I tossed off the causal lamp on the Irish Hill lamplighter’s route was “at” Dr. Bobbs’ orchard. 1 haven't had any kicks yet, but I live in m dread that maybe some of you slip-shod readers got it into your heads that the doctor's vast integral part of Irish Hi. i Nothing of the sort. Bobbs' orchard ‘(its colloquial name) was éntirely outside of Irish Hill—as a matter of fact, on the east side of Shelby St. The last gas light was therefore) on the Irish Hill side of Shelby St. (just as 1 said) and not on the orchard side of the street as some of you may have thought. oo Which brings me to the point of y's pide—namely, the historical fact that Bobbs' orchard was of a size and importance to be treated as a distinct nd separate geographical unit. It embraced tHe equivalent of four city blocks and included a huge and handsome brick mansion, several smaller houses for servants and the like, and a flock of barns, one of which was the biggest of any around here. ; Dr. John Stough Bobbs, the son of poor parents in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, came to Indianapolis in 1835 when he was 26 years old, and stayed until the day of his death in 1870. In_the course of those 35 years, he not only built his awe-inspiring manor, but achieved for himself both national and international fame.

First Operation for Gallstones

DR. BOBBY’ national fame came to him ve years after he arrived in Indianapolis when (in 1840) he married Catherine, sister of - Simon Cameron, a powerful Pennsylvania politician. It grew in stature when, five years later, Mr. Cameron was lifted into a seat of the U. S. Senate—and still more in 1861 when President Lincoln picked Mrs. Bobbs’ brother to be his Secretary of War. As for Dr. Bobbs' international fame, it goes back to the day in 1867 when he startled the world with the t cholecystotomy, a slick example of medical quipedalianism which, when unwrapped, turns out to mean a surgical operation involving the removal of gall stones, Mary Wiggins, an Indianapolis girl, was the beneficiary of Dr. Bobbs’ skill. The exact num-

Hill spent day after day playing hookey (8chool

ber of gall stones extracted on that occasion remains a mystery. Seems that the six doctors invited to attend the premiere lost count after the 40th gall stone was removed. Mary lived 46 years after her operation. Dr. Bobbs, who didn’t have the luck to be bothered with gall stones, died three years after the performance that made him famous the world over.

Tw. Tramps Found the Treasure

AFTER Dr. Bobbs’ death (at the age of 61), the distinguished manor was taken over by a succession of families, some of which, I suspect, had the blood of the Camerons coursing their veins. And gradually, but relentlessly, the Orchards began tc show tie signs of wear and tear. ‘ 3 Eventually, as is so often the case when a house no longer reveals the pride of ownership, the fabulous old place approached a state of ruin. And, finally, it became the haunt of two tramps known to all the kids of Irish Hill as Curly and Dusty. 3 wr - . It was during this period that all Kind of stories of hidden treasure turned up. One ‘version had it that the secreted wealth was hidden behind the walnut paneling of the mansion; another, that it was tucked away under the fruit trees. 1lndeed, the excitement was so great in the late 80's that every kid of Irish

7) in the hope that his explorations might uncover something worthwhile. The Irish Hill kids finally stopped digging when it was learned that Curly and Dusty had found the treasure, pulled up stakes, and left for parts unknown. : : : The kids wept when they learned bf the hoboes departure, for they were the only ones to be on speaking terms with the woman ghosts who lived in the ruins of Dr. Bobbs' old house She. appeared every night on the stroke of 12— so said the two tramps ‘and spent-an hour wringing her hands and lamenting the death of Abraham Lincoln. After which she'd let out a terrifying scream and disappear as suddenly as she came. . Nobody heard of the ghost after the two tramps left, so I guess it's perfectly safe to assume that she was part of the treasure Curly and Dusty took with them when they left the environs of Irish Hill.

Views on News

By Daniel M. Kidney

GOV. DEWEY didn't say anything when Gen. Eisenhower turned down the Democrats. It is hard to talk after you have been holding your breath.

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Those Roosevelt boys must figure they are smarter at picking Presidents than their father was Vice Presidents.

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By Fredric O. Rusher, 2020 N. New Jersey St. One of the oldest and most. widely known in Indianapolis

Complete road troupes and many individually high talented artists have given performances to spell-bound audiences in this theater. ‘The old timers will well remember such plays as “The Student Prince” and “Ziegfeld Follies,” not to mention countless others. ‘Modern artists such as Eddie Cantor, who have given from one to three or more days scheduled performances here, now will have to pass us by. . “a Many stage play lovers will view with awe, when workmen start to dismantle this famous old landmark. Nb What we will need then, will be a modern § enjoy these artists

a satisfied public. Jazz bands, symphony orchestras, grand opera and many others. Where will they meet when English’ Opera House is disposed of? y . : oe ® : ‘Labor Should Obey the Law’ By Rank and File Union Member. Daniel J. Tobin, president of the International Teamsters Union, deplores labor leaders for not signing the non-Communist affidavit required. by the new labor control law. Mr. Tobin says that they are unwise leaders. I have followed for the last six years, labor organizations and labor leaders and have noticed various unwise acts statements. All labor leaders should obey the law. Law is not a terror to the righteous but to the law breaker. Of all the great labor leaders that I have read of and have been associated with, Mr. Tobin rates the best in my opinion as. a labor

strife rather than peace. All of them are bitterly opposed to’the Taft-Hartley Law—but only" one of them has ever p ‘using the law thereby finding out just what really is in it Only Daniel J. Tobin. : PAE I exhort all labor loaders to obey the law, * © :

Indianapolis Nights "By John Jordam, City + - v3 } Well, it’s almost 9 a. mi; no sleep all night. Maybe an hour: ‘Why didn’t I and a few more neighbors sleep? Well, I'll tell you why. Some of our ifeighbors undertook to slam screen doors all night and play. their radio loud while some sat in cars carrying on and slam-

Some had visitors ‘til the wee hours of the morning and some blew. their horns on their ‘cars from one block to other. I didn’t mind the drunks at al that came by. It was amusing to see them hold, each other up. I don’t guess they got picked up as there wasn't a sign of a policeman around, s0 . I guess they got along all right. Everyone seemed to do pretty good, only for the children who couldn’t sleep and the older folks and the ones who were too tired or too weak to celebrate. Well, here is hoping we sleép tonight. I'm pretty tired. * © ¢

Urges Freedom of Health = By William L. Jordan Sr. he I have read all your artitles in the Hoosier Forum for and against licenses for chiropractors. x Freedom of Health should be assured just as the freedom of the press, speech and religion ‘are, as laid down in the national Constitution. . "I know a chiropractor in this city, who is an unlicensed man, who grew up in afamily of chiropractors. He has practiced in the state for 10 years, and keeps up to date in his pro- . fession, returning to school each year for their latest findings. He has a license to practice chiropratic in the “State of Michigan,” by examination and schooling qualifications: Also he can obtain a license in 42 other states. He has been a benefit to his community. Do we want to run him and 400 others out of the state because he can not legally practice here? : AS

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tions get the better of him.

Wheels of Justice

T has taken.two years for a special investigating commission in Siam to reach the conclusion that King Ananda . -Mahidel was assassinated, and not the accidental victim of his own pistol. These Siamese must be as backward as we are, at

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IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson

That Halleck ‘Deal’

WASHINGTON. July 9—How Congressman Charlie Halleck of Indiana didn’t get the vice presidential nomination he thought he was going to get at the Philadelphia GOP convention is now explained by Indiana ex;Sen. Jim Watson, who was go-between.

Mr, Dewey called up Mr. Watson at Philadelphia and asked if anything could be done to bring the Indiana delegation into the explained that the big question among alleck, who had vice presidential am-

Mr. Dewey was asked if he would take Mr. Halleck as running mate and is supposed to have answered that if the convention nominated Mr. Halleck, Mr. Dewey would take him. This was relayed to the Indiana delegation. Mr. Halleck immediately jumped to the conclusion that he had the nod. He swung the whole Indiana delegation into the Dewey camp, overcoming - opposition from ex-Sen. Willis and others who were for Mr. Taft. And the word got out that Mr, Halleck! was to be vice president with Mr. Dewey. When this got back to Mr. Dewey, he was

He called up Mr. Watson and asked him if he had misrepresented the situation to Mr. Halleck. Mr. Watson said that he hadn’t, and put all the blame on Halleck for letting his ambi-

On the last dy of the convention, when Mr. Dewey and his advisers were trying to decide on who the vice presidential candidate should be, Mr. Halleck was hanging around in the halls of Dewey's headquarters, wearing the longest face in the convention. He thought he had been double-crossed and let down.

HERE'S SIZE-UP by one American official who has been working on U. 8. relief projects in Europe for past year: \ “I'm sure the United States would get along better in its international dealings if Americans realized we can't judge other

“My argument is that most Americans expect an overnight transformation to American social and moral standards from people who are still highly illiterate and terribly backward. I agree that American influence must push for moral progress. But I think it's going to be a long, hard pull, and we shouldn't heckle people while they're making a good try.” : : .

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"Now don't propose to her tonight! | said yes to your father on a beautiful July night like this, and he was never as handsome as you!"

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WORLD AFFAIRS . ." By William Philip Simms

Unlimited Blessing?

WASHINGTON, July 9—It may surprise the thancin the street—but many leaders in England regard the American gift of more than $1 billion during the next 12 months as anything but an unmixed blessing. - - The agreement: qualifying Britain for Amereican aid under the European Recovery Program 409-to 12° Speaker after speaker qualified the terms ingly generous. But 215 members of Parliament

Two things First is this belief: If it weren't for American Minister Attlee and his Labor government almost certainly would fall ‘within the next three or four months. * And the Conservatives probably would come in under. Winston Churchill. Secondly, an increasing industrialists and economists

herself by her own efforts. . “Once you begin to borrow,” said Lord Beaverbrook's Daily, Express, “ is much easier to continue than to stop.”

Many, like Lord Beaverbrook, are afraid the British will be softened by American generosity. Foreign Minister Bevin promised result in a spending spree. ' ” - ”

THERE ARE signs of a growing British demand for & new empire. Some of the elder tories are still thinking, in terms of the old empire and how to put it back together again. Some of the younger ones are waging a serious fight to tart, particularly in Africa. If you count the British-Egyptian Soudan and exclude South Africa, the British flag flies over African territory larger than the United States. y : wy There are approximately 3,300,000 square miles of it With .' | about 60 million population. Kenya Colony (British East Africa) has a 200,000 square miles. It has been called an African California. Southern Rhodesia is similarly blessed. Tt fs three times the size of England. : . : ian of Critics of the present system say it is not a question backward native po : “of crea living conditions for all concerned.

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