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

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Give Light end the People Will Fins Thr Ub Wey

[HE stuvits good tiifs sii § A Det few will read them. They Are fiuich too partisa. : ; presentation of

circumstances : issues is taken for granted in & campaign mahifésto. But these are not normal times. the nation ia fot at war, it i8 deep if a world erisis which could lead to armed conflict. Therefore any ny play now for party advantage in foreign affairs is ‘President Truman's el in diplomacy and defense js—with a few glaring excéptio The Demotratie ie nea pom Wri pide 10 the Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, unification And strength of the armed services, and American loyalty and ie hen inn thé United Nations. +. Moreover, it i8 the right—and indéed duty—of warning ton wrecking tactics of Republican isolationists in

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BUT FOR, the Democratic convention to Lake exclusive credit for Marshall Plan, United Nations and défense pre which were jointly "Bathocratie-Republ oe Applcato, is petty trickery. It insults thé public intel-

pense to picture the present Republican leadership 4s inciAtionist {8 to ignore the record deliberately. The Republican convention licked its isolationist minority, adopted a andénbérg platfort, Ad offéred constructive international leaderihip through the Dewey-Warren ticket. We fervently Hope that Cindiddté Truman and CandiDewey will Advancé the bi-partisan method in forsign policy, which they hitherto have used with such honor to themsélvés and with Such advantage to world pees. Should fundamental later develop, they

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Bit to the extent they agree on it is thelr patriotic duty to uaité Asterica above party in.

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a 114 Deu he suggest wheré governmetit Gal Ee ee et Yet the goveriment's 40-to-80-billion-dollar budgét did the fart pricé-aupport polieiéh wortiibute in a large sénse to the responsibility for high living: costs. The Republicans are charged with being guilty. of not A EE DE eon: pots 1h to db sitive they Wbh control of Congress. But in the the Democrats controlled both branches of Con-

ney dlp do thos things dgher. The Pang of the ‘Solid South’

“QTATES RIGHTS” hat ith second Appomattox Wednésday =}

thi) voted ted 025 {6 309 ot to put that corners th" itl their 1048 platform. Then they

pa dfn to sds. Rt a Atrongér civil rights plank than the harmonizers on the Democratic

oma votéd against “states rights” the Sts wit Sesr: The issue was dead.

© i Tndréher oh! The last reason "fot the one-party gystemh in the South has been dissolved. The revifed civil rightd plank, adopted as an amendment to the platform, highly commended President Truman for his “courageous stand” on the racial issue which led to thé Southern révolt against his candidacy. It demanded congressional support of the right of full and equal political participation, the right of equal oppor-

tunity of employment, the right of security of person and

the right of equal tredtment in the service and defense of the nation for all persons. Speeches in support of the amendment lauded the Truman civil rights doctrine as a secotid Emancipatiof Procla-

mation. .

WHEN the revised platform was adopted, all the Mississippians and half of Alabama's delegation walked out of the convention. On the roll call for President, Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia, the protest candidate, received 263 votes from the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. It remains to be seeh how these ktates will vote ifi November. But with “states rights” a dead duck in the 1948 campaign, the South has become fertile soil for two-party cultivation. When the Démocrats joined the Republicans on the racial issue, a bond was shattered which had existed between the Democratic Party and the Southern states since the Civil War.

Temperance Tax

BARTENDERS i in several states have started a movement called the Song of the Whisky Rebellion. Their stated purpose is to promote moderation and reduce thé present tax on spirits. Somehow we can’t think of a greater spur to moderamn than that very tax, which accousts for something like per cent of the sky-high price that the purchaser of

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In Tune | With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue

ANATHESIA Brolifet l te s e! Sht,

ly, m-—voices, To nothingness, and then oblivion’s land Was mine in which to loiter for a though I brought #0 memory 3 1 pack, And yet it must have béen # éléansin, With naught of any trotible—any

T woke as one who for a brief | dm terval fad kiown a 82ath-like trance; Ad wis as 4 cia spain dif go. Jorld was fair and &v me Was good,— once I Knew the therhood. New Castle.

~MARGARET k B RUNE

FEMININE REASONING | rou. on a recent mows, th my

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0 suppose, Be reasoning, that és would cover th p HUGH it YREESE, Upland.

DENOUMENT

Awift lightning split the sky last night And I could see it there “Thé thunder rolled. lke drum of doom, 1 hedrd it everywhere;

Wis a yeas afterward

$11 sane. It el ound me as I sat Too stunned for word or Moan—

All this was when you said goodbye © And walked ad awiy alone

NEWMAN, Oakland, Oity.

RENDEZVOUS

Tonight T'll keep a réndesv Perhaps, in thought, you'll etn. it too. You can’t be there to hear thé beat Of my Heart—dnce tossed at your feet.

Or have you found ways to forget— 1s there no longing, no regret? Perhaps you're happy with someone new, But she can't share our rendezvous. .

OR, yes, tonight I'll dream of you— While, mémory keeps a rendesvous.

~VIRGINIA A POTTER, Indianapolis.

WORLD AFFAIRS — Kremlin Drama

By William Philip Simms is HASHING TON, Juig 16-Ths Sov Soviet, Po érican, and Fren

- BE the blockade of Berlin fr t i St great tension—within the walls o

a wl the next ftw days—or at most Od od provide a

wr ———- or 0 - al EE ining hand? Bon Chae ine cryptic reference

ng the upper it Wissen the 1 mi riding hérd oe 225 million it Ra 0 ahd her satelis borne out ataliigence pont here, talln, accord ag to th to these repo; # chroh fea) " flex, man. But he is up ar from senile. He weil the end of the War fore and he politburo.

Watch Each Othet Day and Night

STALIN'S word is still supreme, it is said— and. when he chooses to lay down the law. ut as hé gradudlly loosens the reins those about him are qiiick to take up the slack. One of theké avs pithage not long, ni wa one of his Saks over, A or e combihAtié thereof, will take over om. is at prin haste ore, these men of the Kremlin dre watch. n, and each other, diy and night. rdiig to the latést available reports, : “A, Zhdanov would sé te have the edge relgh Minister Molotov and Lavrenty P. Beria, 8 Jopatime, 1 favorite of Stalin's. It this is trie, proshesct fot an early and peacttul re, East-West aisputs would seérh rioné too favorable. Zhdanoy is’ Negardes as one of the most ruthless and fanatical men in Moscow. He is sald tb be even more ighorant of the outside world than Stalin himself.

Isolation Leads to oat

MOLOTOV is no ter 2 posed toward thé west than Zhdanov. traveled. abroad mahy ties, it 18 Rh out, but his 4% have thught hii virtually nothing, Althd was provided with identical §uariers as of the Américan, British and French those instars at the waldorf in New York, prefe {ive out on Long SA ed only ussians. When She showed up for meetings, he came with a fying wedge of guards and he left the same way. He made no contacts save with officials at formal funttions, He has nb more deh of what makes América and the West tick than those who have néver iefi Red Square. "The danger of war today, therefore, arises from h Situation similar to that created by Hitler and Naz! Germany in 1939. Hitler's first dct after he cane to power was to surround Germany by a wall, Personally ignorant of foreign countries, he scorned information that was not in line with what he wanted to hear. Freedom of speecch Ahd press. Was killed. His ambassadors abroad—who, unlike Soviet diplomats, did mix with other nationals

oy doing. However, singe fé has been slowini, down, leavin

" —neverthéléss were Afraid to report thé truth

because he might not like it. So Hitler launched his war without being aware of its consequences.

AMERICANS AS . . .

Russ Hostages?

By William H. Newton

BERLIN, July 18—THhe presence of Bundré . of American women and children in Berlin wil seriously handicap U, §. military authdrities if Russia forces the issue here to'a Showdown. Berlin is the front line of the cold war between the Russian and the western powers. But the United States government is pérmittin Amerfean families to live here as though it wer & quiet section of main street in any American

ty, “there are 1720 American dépéndents in Ber. lin of whom 744 are children. Any last-minutg attempt t6 evacuate wives, children, babies and personil belongings would put an enormous strain on thé limited military force here and probably would be dodied to failure. In April, Gen. Lucius Clay, Américah comméander in Germany, offered 8e passige to the United States to all dependents who wanted to leave Berlin. Several hundred took advantage of the offer. If Russia decides to use armed force in Berlin—and she's used about everything short of

force—all. the: Americans here would be hostages.

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OOPS!

RE THREW ME

OUR TOWN .

. By Anton Scherrer

They Advertised for Return Of Borrovred Books i in 1823

THRE OTHER DAY when I revealed the habits of Calvin and Fletcher, t have the time or apace to say that the ks wéré part of their personal property w he they came to Indianapolis. No doubt you a8 much without my telling you. : earliest families to nave collections of non-profeés-slorial books that. might be £n fibrdrtes were two 0 lake

hes weré the ve. 'Heads.. .Chrono-

gically considered, Col. 4 e's library was the older of the two. ht

the foresight to come to Indianapolis in th pring of 1821, whereas Mr, Fletcher wai the fall of the same year to make up Rib

Legend has it that the Blake collection embraced two prize itéms—a finely ill edition. of Spismith's “Animated Nature” and ly bo copy. of “Abrabian N n nt,” the cohténts of which teric Batuge

J t only adits vi of k one dja ia ok icy the comb pen two stérling silver buckled ith Which the

covers of the book were provi for th itéms ag “the Fletohdr coélléction, ae ee vealéd last Wednesday. If you muffed it at the time, it serves you right. Someday you will learn that the willingness” or falliite to 1ét go of a nickel ofi.the Appbinted ay may Spell the difference between keeping a me -or com pletely severing whatever of continfilty {hese pieces of Mine may have. I have spoken. Had 2700 Books in Library AND NOW. for the inflated nickel's warth of today's piece: Compared with the profesglopal or “office” 1brries su 8 upgorted by lawyers the 1ike, the “home” lib: es wete probably of a4 much smallér size, Certainly nothing near as big as the 2700 volumes brought to Indian apolis in 1821 by Attorney Harvey Gregg, .. . The enermous size of . Gregg's collection rerhained a secret until the morning of May 21, 1928, whén he advertised in the Western Cen“I Have loaned to some person the 3d and an volunies of ‘Josephus’ Works’ and I cannot fécollect to whom. I would be glad if the person who borrowed them would return them to me immediately upon seeing this advertisement.” That advertising pays is supported by the fact thdt six months later, Mr, Gregg's law partner (C. J. Johnston) inserted a similar ad in thé same paper. On that eccasioh (Nov. 24, 1823), Mr. Johhston sdid: “Many of my books have been taken out of my office without leave or license.” After that he called attention to a number of sets which had been broken: Johnson's “Works” (22 and 12th vols.) Bingleys “Useful Knowledge” (3d vol.), “Gil Blas” (1st vol.) and the

first volumé of “Univéréal Knowledge. fojoston closed with ‘the SPI urd as broken. ot « of ih wasn't

i Sa in the foi 10IRIAg—aRA thus put o> on a cash basis—was a ru 3

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who «(ih 182%) PE BAN der the unbelievable ga o. Mier Jt Jute with the Simin. 1 {{aentinsd His 48 Fh Toliy Ex adh hav Abin LE d gt 0 TG iy rk on evel ahs

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ci a A bua cop; he tiny. ne a ith Ioan into buying A % > i

srims Fromrets. boui bound 4.40 hh be iB e, 100 rs - : ticed double 0. - Ar Back. Se id

First Book Shop Here in 1833 Gatette angotinted ile. frst Book ty vat

the door of Washington Hall between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock p. m.” On Jam: 13. A Mr Monifort appears to have beén fdentified with the enterprise. However, nothing more i8 known about him, éxcept that ont this . occasion he worked himself into a lather plugging the merits of Cooper’ novels. . Four years later {in 1820 the first. Ameri-can-pirated edition of ; Addison's “Spectator” (in two vols.) was &0ld over the counter of McCarty & Willams’ General Storé along with picklés and tobacco-twist. There is nothing whatever to support the fanciful contention that its purveyor was a Not until 1833 did Indianapolid have a real for-suré bookshop. It was thie one operatéd by Hubbard, Edmands & Co. “near the P.: 0. (sald the ads). And, in case you have to be told,

the P. O. at that timé was located on the nérth

side of Washington St. between Meridian and Nlinols. And that réminds me that McCarty & Williams’ General Store was on the southwest

+ tornér of Washington and Pénnsylvania Sts.

which has to bé read back to put it into its proper place. The néw venture was khown as thé Indianapolis Book Store, probably because it walk 4 Braneh of thé ond run By Hubbard & Edmands in Cincinnati. W. E. Dunbar, a smart tall Yankee, who e¢ame to Indianapélis by way of Keene, N. H,, was the man in charge. The first book 80ld by Mr. Dunbar was 4 copy ‘of ‘Mrs. Trollope's “Domestic Manners of the Americans,” the equivalent of the Kinsey report At the time. It was picked up immediately by He most modern-minded lady living on the cle. No-—positively-no. The code of ethics goverhing my profession precludés any possibility of revealing her identity.

FRANCE FEARS . . .

Red Move

By PAUL GHALI

PARIS, July 16 — The attitude of the Frénch Commuists has distinctly hardened inéé news of the attempted Assassination of Italian Communist . chief, Palmiro Tagliatl, reached here. he fact that the Reds, if they are to keep a strong position in western Europe, must théck the growing trend toward anti-Communist crystal{zed by the Italian incident, is all too obvious.

® 3 = THE FEAR 18 general now that one of thé first Commie Moves here will be for the Communist-led General Confederation of Labor to call the general strike in government services it has threatened. Up until Wednesday it had been hoped that the government decision ta split 32 billion francs ($149,532,710) among state employees and immedidistribute 3500 francs ($16.35) to all categories would od a S00thing. effect.

By Tuebda aight the walkout ih administrative offices had spread to many ithportant provinces to the courts, and to important public health and interior ministry—~depart-' ments, Both. fon - Communist and Workers’ strength unions and the CGT remained non-com-mittal as to the future.

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Stee eA SE We. . 000.0. 8 Aug, OR. “I passed up & perfect trout strsam to Bring you 8irls to this ritzy resort for a vacation! Where are all the young fellows—gone on fishing trips?"

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ply this bountry wi of life and war. netitr posted fees to hl affairs fore she points | £ scorn and hatréa betars she bouts the ger Sar chums od

American Women). Statistical reports on World War II will bear out my statement on American woman. hood, in all walks 3 He. .

‘It's a Man's Wore Ba Mrs. ACE, f se oe in a MANE piri

as fADey hel i Within them lives the spifit of thls ARRURE grandmothers. ‘They. are always at the head gt Sib, as # i and nal pasional movements for the

may take Another céntury fae. ten 9 ma io Win true equality th med, an longer maybe for then: to (Hat sq means. Certainly it is not merely & pa¥tn of privileges.

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WAY UP NORTH—

A Yukon Paris

By Stephen Trumbull

. WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory, yh After 918. miles of strictly bucolic bed Alaska highway widens here for a metrog

—DBy local standards. Paris of the Yukon. . Whitehorse actually has sidewalks, four blocks of them, the first seen It had a hotel, tod—whirs you can preka 4 button in your room and—after a pellboy: will. pring ice. There are evel Striving hard. to. cling to, its ro gold rush days, this metropolis has past, located in the basement of the joovik theater. There's one table of of ace-awdy, 4 Echoes of Gold Siampeels dé ONLY the ‘tourist “wer! ‘against .a. time As the shipping center for three interesting side trips utder okt Least expensive of these is the 1idmile trip Skagway, a Jumping-oft- piace “for the stam peders of "98,

Here is the New York, the Chicago and the in more than 1400 miles. Bere, three of them. The popula A bat £ blag hall, Its a sort of a puny little replic that three«dice variation of craps. schedule wil pase. fire. with uo sopra of the British Yukon Navigation down the narrow-gaugé railway » thé port of For the traveler with tens therh-anothet

Many travelers shorten this Jus ant back via Canadian Pacific airlines. Jaan 7 i re

than the round-trip by steamer. The third side trip is a COMDINSE Ril sad lak steamer deal that Iddb to Caroroas; 4 miles away, then BY DOAL Sver. a mountain flanked lake and dewn % the West rake Ams

_was at Dawson Creek for the initial g¢id strike, tells the tourists all about it. The little gathéring then moves on to Skagway by rail.

Lost Cook in Game

. hes N FOR THE tourist thuck-Fill 6b: A now who just wants to rest for a few

img. hotel the ‘Whitehorse. Tan; 4 #0 oi i

double. A ood Qinner can be had for $150. ) super duper for $2.: Very modest menus:

ty at lo hat Wh analy a, :

is ly free til ro stn ER yi prime

Every I cial sessio tics. Beth with an voting. Li cial secur every issu licans by vide amm both part paign. All foul tickets "ar paigners. Presider trip in Ju dence into is intimi speech ma in his acc an uttera known a speech—hi in dealing the cuff. In his si Truman te July 26 w souri. The old gone — h change of how to mi curves. Cn Mr. Tru has been 1 but he bel this elect plain he in paign tha All thre mid-summ he kept pr back late cal oppon showed he day sched do it muck

of fine old is expert al to size. Not. mu about Mr. with the ] bushes so are likely t D Gov. De hand this of diligent paigning. enough tir

tip’ tne combined Manner sos 25. mort

$3.30 double. - cig HG vo 1% There's a rumor on the ; » that. T: Richar ds, owner of the inn. won jt. dows at 1 ;