Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1948 — Page 10

Democratic convention he expressed great for a 10-gallon sombrero worn by a Texas delegate dropping in for a meal. The Texan said as soon as he got back home he'd send him such a hat.

hat. The package bore & Texas postmark, but inside the

The Controversy in Tokyo

| Ja 8. KILLEN, chief of the Allied headquarters’ ‘Jaber am in Tokyo, is esiging because he he

to His statement followed letter written by Gen. Mac- - Arthur recommending that Japan's public service law be amended to ban strikes by. government employees. If Mr. Killen objects to that, he should resign. If he doegn’t re- , Sign, he ought to be fired. : ~ Btrikes against the government should not be tolerated, _and certainly should not be encouraged by members of the American occupational staff. We are feeding our defeated ‘enemies until they can get on their economic feet. The

they can do in ret is. to maintain public order

ere bas been some uo dicelision in the Japof cancelling existing collective bargaining a ayy siplayess-- which goes far be. hur proposal. general's letter was written when a orisia had Beth strikes againat the SOvrBmE and the sit-

~itself ? an ShgAniEation in Japes has etn bidgued pate and do-gooders, whd have the horse. The Killen 4 careful investigation of our

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TRUTH

Truth is the heauty of 3

Truth is each season that lingers, « Soft gliding from one to another; Truth is the knowledge eternal That each man is a brother,

Everything kindly, all beauty, rine age, wheat harvest, or youth, Starlight and snowstorm—each heralds In beauty a song-burst of truth, ~PAUL K, McAFEE, Trafalgar. * %

BABY DOLLS

Dolls are for children, so do not of your child! Everywhere I go 1

expected Mothers couldn't possibly use gifts received. It is a racket pre pocketbooks. 2 Mothers used

is for our Re n of today— of concentration on tt matirs ‘Women grow up with dolls, =JOSEPHINE BUCK, ‘Westfield,

REVERSIBLE ANGELS

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ELECTING PRESIDENT—

It's Expensive

‘By Paul R. Leach

(First of Three Articles)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2~Running for Presi. dent, under our Sombination primary and convention system; is expensive if not complicated * and sometimes mysterious business, Federal laws compel accounting only = used in national elections, not in the

ta is said to in his year-long the country.

worthy of a President Truman, If the total Democratic account, including what was spent for Gen. Bisenhower and others, runs over $300,000, even the Republicans . will “be surprised ‘ Henry A. Wallace's left-wing third party gr said to have raised between $250,000 and $1 million, mainly by passing the hat rallies, the correct is probably nearer $500,000. Some large and mysterious individual contributions are rumored to be included in that.

What About Promises al

GOV, DEWEY said in his acceptance speech that he was going into the election campaign “without commitments or promises. ‘ Whether the cynics believe him or not, prac. tical politicians are inclined to take him at his word,

% There was a time when national candidates

were owned or controlled by “the interests.” Big contributions were made to preconvention and election funds, The Sqn Ihtons expected the candidates to deliver : Practical politicians say that no candidate or manager of any experience makes promises today in return for ‘campaign contributions. The Federal corrupt practices act forbids it. * Even if it did not, the practical ones ask what private promises Mr. Dewey could give with any assurance of making good. They could be made to “the interests’--bankers, manufacturers, railroads, merchants, They could be made to individuals—for appointment to the cabinet, the courts, other public office, or as ‘ambassadors to foreign countries. As for “tiie interests” a President proposes ‘legislation. The Congress enacts it. Congress operates in a goldfish bowl of publicity in its committee hearings and floor aebate, Any presidential candidate would be a plain fool to make promises to “the-interests” in a-campaign: The party platform makes promises. The nominees elaborate on them in their public campaigning. All presidential nominations for public appointments have, to be confirmed by the Senate.

Some Actually Altruistic

" BUT THERE'S a more important reason ‘than that for a minimum of appointment promises: A man given a promise in April or July might be wholly impossible for any office. next

January, There are, of course, persons who contribute to preconvention and election funds in ‘the hope of getting an honor for themselves or an edge for their special interest. There are contributors who believe their candidate more nearly matches their own philos-

\ There are levies on office holders, such as the old Indiana “two per cent chub,” or the $100-a-plate Jefferson-Jackson dinners the Democrats stage annually. The dinners are a way of getting around federal laws prohibiting solicitation from government employees. And then there are really altruistic donors who give to campaign funds, because they beHeve in the man or his party and want to ; 90 him nominated and elected.

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OUR TOWN "one

By Anton Sherrer

The Story of Joseville—The Clan Ate Together in Co-Op Style

THE BOUTH BIDE, wherg I spent my form ative years, always gives me a strangely mixed feeling; it is in my mind compounded of so many things and notions; half legend, half ex-

8S Jot copper kettle a to identity ‘thelr estate. ; = ‘The entrance to the place was by way of a little gate on the corner of what is now Orange

Bt. . stop to think of it, was quite a.distanoe from Indianapolis at the time. Indeed, to reach it from the heart of town, : one. had to have, first of all, the wherewithal b pay the toll gate keeper stationed at South The payment of this debt permitted one to a the nameless road which was the continuation of Virginia Ave. After that, the horse was allowed to have his own way.

. Maennerchor Is Born

ISOLATED as he was, and busy within his ‘own affairs, ‘Nicholas Jose didn't have much time for gadding about. One day In 1854, however, he made a special trip to town to call on Edouard Longerich, Gottfried Recker and Adolph Schellschmidt who, apparently, knew of his coming. The four men shared the same dream. And on that occasion, the Indianapolis Maennerchor was born, Subsequently, Mr. Jose nursed a dream of ence—ndthing less, this time, than the creation of a community the population of which was to be limited to members of the Jose family, Accordingly, he divided the property facing Orange St. into large lots—

one for each of his nine children (four boys and five girls). When the plan was finally consummated, Orange St. was saturated with Jose blood. Fact

~ is, it was called Joseville,

By fhis time, the five Jose girls had different names and numbers like Mrs. Charles Adam (1815), for-instance, and Mrs. John Rhodehamel (1730), Mrs. Julius Frick (1802), Mrs, Peter Balz

* (1810) and Mrs. Barnard Stokegberry (1814)—

and Btate Ave, a location which, when you -

the parenthetical numbers serving, in every case, as a connofation for their Orange St. address, As for the Jose males, they answered to the names of Victor, Gustave, He: J, and Oscar. hn 1905 (or’ thereabotits) when I first beimplications of the ose families staged a iike of which had never ‘been seen. And, Ayr as ee will Dever be geen again, Believe it or not, it was the spectacle of nine families of the same blood eating harmoniously under the same roof, By this time, the

"~, combined Jose families comprised 41 human

beings, Ain't nature grand?

Meals on Co-operative Basis

APPARENTLY it had occurred to one of the Joses—possibly the one who had inherited his father’s imagination—that a great saving of labor and money éould be effected if the 41 Joses could be persuaded to eat together, In this way, groceries could be bought in wholesale lots and the servant problem reduced to its minimum. Atcordingly, an ample dining room was built in ‘the rear of the Rhodehamel! home (1730), the geographical center of Joseville. It was part of Mrs, R's business to ring the big dinner bell to call the clan together Each family had its own table. The meals were run on a strictly co-operative basis. One cook (instead of nine) presided ever the kitchen assisted by the necessary dishwashers and waiters. The menus were plotted by the nine Jose wives, each lady serving a month. After

“which there was an eight-months-long vaca-

tion before her turn came again. Jt was the slickest labor-saving device ever invented. And, what's more, it worked. Indeed, it lasted seven years—the equivalent of 7668 meals (not counting midnight snacks and the -innumerable Kaffee-kiatsches stagéd by the Jose women). The old dining room is still in existence, but not in its original location; It was changed into a residence and moved back of the old Vigtor Jose home (1820) which, by the way, is the site of Nicholas and Johanna's homestead, the two who started the Indianapolis dynasty of Joses, I don’t know why the social experiment fold-

ed up after seven successful years any more _

than I know why family relations, the world over, are in the deplorable shape they are today. I'll bet, though, the omniscent Henry A. Wallace knows the answer.

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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things till the first of the month!”

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| WHY REDS LIE .

Like Reds

| By WILLIAM H. NEWTON BERLIN, Aug. 2 —~ If you want to understand why the Russians act the way they do here in Berlin, you must first forget all the morality you've ever been taught. Both the Soviets and their ‘Communist followers frequently make statements which are contrary to facts and, even, premeditated lies. They take actions which flout the rights of others, which violate existing laws and which make a travesty of justice.

888 . BUT TO the Soviets and » Communist followers, there is . nothing wrong in this. 3 To them the justification for any statement or act hinges on - one question—“Will it help or hurt the Soviet Union?” If a certain charge against the Americans here will serve Soviet propaganda purposes either in Germany or in the United States, the charge is made.” If you confront a Soviet official, for example, with refutation of the charge, he will smile at you. But it will not

be a smile of triumph. Whether you've proved the

$-2 | charge to be false is of no im-

pose—it helped Russia.

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bunch of public paid servants, known as Sena- -- tors, were in Washington engaged in a filibuster -

to keep from giving the very rights that some of the documents that are being exhibited

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Lincoln made the most gravest

mistake of his time, when he caused the war

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United States of America, when forty-aight :

states have the right to make and break their | own laws? >

Pravention of Crime By W. H. Richards, R. R. 6, Indianapolis For the past three weeks I have listened to . the Thursday night radio program sponsored by The Society for the Prevention of Crime, Three weeks ago it had a convicted criminal | tell of his childhood and how he began childhood and how he began his career of crime - and near the close he was asked how many he had pulled off. His answer was a hundred.” And never got caught until last? No, never. his voice a tone of pride that he had smart or so lucky. Last week another criminal told of his sue- .. cessful exploits with a swagger of pride. This week still another told the story of his well paying robberies with marvelous , escapes. As before, he was asked how holdups he had .gotten away with and I ANd With s , at least 75, And how many other thefts 3d smaller Fonhierien® A great any. possibl If this kind of broadcasts is Sy crime, it is certain that ie effect on | youngsters is the reverse. Also the stories told.in our ‘newspapers of crimes committed, stealing large sums (often grossly exaggerated) that were taken and no clues to who were the perpetrators is an open invitation to crooks to come to Indianapo Where you can getaway with mulder and go‘ get caught.

IN ALASKA—

A Fighting Word * |

By Stephen Trumbull

SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 2—Top fighting wu. in Alaska today is “statehood.” From the brave microphone words of Alaskan delegates at the Republican Natiopal Convention, many Americans believe that this statehood fight is in the bag—that this vast territory*is a cinch to. become our 49th state. Travel the Alaska highways and byways for a couple of weeks talking to the innkeepers,

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walks, and some doubts arise. «The very powerful opponents of statehood have done quite a job with the stuff that they - call “education,” and which the pro-statehood crowd calls “propagan They're doing it with a simple but effective tool, the bugaboo of higher taxes for all if, as and when Alaska ‘becomes a state. The topflight and highly organized opponents of statehood are, of course, “the interes the moguls of the $80 million salmon canning business, the $7 million-a-year goldmining bust ness, and the steamship companies which ta’ an estimated $400 a year from every Alar family on food shipping charges alone.

Enjoy Sweet Tax Deal

UNDER the present territorial setup t... enjoy the sweetest tax deal under the America flag. They pay not one penny in. Property ta: The goldmining interests pay a mere 3 pe cent of their net—not their gross take, The territorial tax on salmon ganners Zarges from 3 cents to 24 cents per case, according t grade. The federal tax is 4 cents. A case. Sot tains 48 one-pound .cans., Alaskans do, of course, pay the customs federal income taxes, but there is no tersitomr: Hivos tax, and no troublesome territoridl fegs ns This lack of troublesome territorial regul’ tion is very important. California, for example, has required | ° gold miners to level down the mountains « earth tossed up after a dredging goldmining o eration. . Here the countryside for miles around ce be left scarred and forever ruined by steril gravel mounds and holes. State regulations have banned the salmo. traps around Puget Sound. The mers expedien of a potent lobby in Washington on the part o the amon industry has kept that from bap pen Quite definitely the “interests, * the . absent landlords, do not want And qui’ dskailely they're putting on a _bangup job !

Alaska Isn't Ready~Now

IN 1946 Alaska voted nearly two to one favor of statehood. So rather than to L directly into the face of that, the most voual | t the opponents say they are not actually agai “statehood. They gre just agaist suis Alaska, they say, isn’t ready yet. The Juneau Chamber of Commence, some times called “the most conservative group i the world,” brought out an elaborate publishe survey on the increased cost of -governin Alaska as a state. Then, when the Ketchikan Onronicle liste the Chamber among the statehood foes th Chamber waxed quite indignant. It said | really favored statehood, but not just now. . Ranking high, perhaps highest, among th statehood foes is Austin ’E. “Cap” Lathrop, th" top mogul: of Fair Anchorage whose

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