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Foreign Policy Scapegoats : . CLAY, our commander in Germany, deries that he is dictating n foreign policy. It may seem rather startling that the considered any such denial i necessary. Yet there are those in Washington who are i: convinced he is the policy-maker. i We believe most major policy decisions are made by the President and Secretary of State, as they should be. Nevertheless, some go by default and others are unduly in- : fluenced by persons outside the State Department, in our 2 judgment. This is not an efficient system or lack of system. 7 ~ In times of crisis it can be dangerous. ¢ “But those who are trying to make Gen. Clay the goat are on the wrong track. - He is the victim of an almost impossi. situation, which he dia not create and cannot

He under the Department of the Army instead of t of State, and so has two bosses in fact—

> On the record the general has been an exceedingly able j military governor, with a rare combination of patience and firmness in dealing with the Soviet double-cross. t of the Army is not for the ‘But it cannot be blamed fairly, because repeatedly to turn over that function to the State Departis the proper authority. always beg off an the ground that i Is ven logs

who are. ‘We are faced with a powerful Ewio breaks diplomatic agree.

B Ere: Eile: Tor calcd Sor, member of oo rao bo ® remember their patriotic tradition and be ready to serve the |. country in any war to come. : “We are urging our boys to join the draft and follow the flag, even h we Ke Tay not have been given the best break in'the past,” | That is sound, ml advice, in the true spirit of Americanism. The problems of the Negro group must be solved within the framework of the Constitution, on the principle of equality before the law. Yet a few misguided Negroes have advifed their people to violate the law by refusing to register for the draft. "That is dangerous counsel and a disservice to the race by placing its members in a false position. And it could do great injury to the country. It must be understood that any evidence of disunity in the United States is seized upon and blown up out of all proportion to its true importance by Communist propa- - gandists. This is being done by men who talk peace but ‘who want war, because they hope to profit by the chaos which might accompany war. The way to defeat that propaganda is to demonstrate that all Americans are * standing together for the right, without regard to race or. galor, as Mr. Wilson is doing.

A New 7-Cent Piece

gr old standby of yesteryears, the 5-cent nickel, can’t do the work it used to do. should be replaced by a 7-cent piece, in the opinion of Rep. John W. McCormack - (D. Mass.). He has introduced =. bill authorizing the new sol. Pea of *

"dios many nickel ftems any more. So they have had tr. : n the product or raise the price to a dime, and either Nay th GonsumIng WURMic loses ob the desl it is pointed out. ~~ We believe the gentleman has something. Where nickel prices haven't been boosted to a dime, the es in active. circulation have multiplied until they have become a nuisance because of the number of odd-priced items on the market. Reinforced pants pockets are needed with this increase in copper change, oJ Congress oatinol. restate the traditional purchasing i a We have a right to expect : \ § out of this special sespjon besides a flibuster.

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In Tune With the Times |

Barton Rees Pogue WHEN THE RAIN FALLS

When the rain Falls gently on my face I feel The touch of tender little hands Caressing me ., . clean cooling bands “That hold my faith to God and heal’ Inner pain. Were there but sunshine could I know How sweet it is to sense the lift From grievance to the gracious gift Of peace and its imperial glow? «-ELSIE PEARL OLIVER, Greenwood. * % o

CHURCH ~

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The old_ people are shadows Nodding in soft sleepy pews, The bumblebee is Satan The sleeping babe an angel, The children are bright spots

~PEARL BUTCHERS WESTFALL. °

OR LOVE'S SWEET RECOMPENSE

‘Someone asked what poetry 1s, I really do not know; Is it a shadow of things unseen Like music over snow?

Or is it an echo from ‘the wind That leaps the highest femce? It must be love the wide world over - Or love's sweet recompense,

‘—=DAISY MOORE BYNUM, Lyons. * oo 9

IN INDIANA

Did Jou meet & man with a 8 Sheery smile, Ready to go the “second m! Or lend a hand, if a ue worth while? He's a man from Indiana.

Did you travel roads that are smooth and wide, Grain fields smiling on every side, THE Sm homes, lifting their heads with o You traveled through Indiana. Would you live where your friends are staunch and true

Where life is good and skies are blue,

Where God's brightest smile will welcome you?

Then come, live in INDIANA.

—BINA T. SARVER. > % ¢

DOGS AND KIDS .

A dog under control ‘Is worth two that roam, And the next best thing Is kids that stay at home.

~F. P. M., Indianapolis.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS—

Thimble-Rigging

By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—Reports rom the ¥ | Danubian conference at Belgrade indicate that

Russia soon may chalk up several more violations of her pledged word in order to gain con-

trol of Europe's greatest traffic artery. Counting Austria, which has no § and the Ukraine which is no more a nation’ than New York or California, 11 countries are represented at Belgrade. The others are Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Albania, the United States, Britain and France. This gives Russia seven votes to the Western Allies’ three. Thus wher the French envoy got up to announce that reserved the right position on the Danube, Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky could and did snap back that those who did not like the “majority's” decision could take a walk.

Serves Notice Who's the Boss

IN THIS TYPICALLY harsh manner Russia served notice on the meeting that she was running the show and that what she sald went, At least half a dozen treaties and obligations are on record pledging Russia to a wholly different course of action. Part VII, Article 36, of the Romanian peace treaty bearing Russia's signature, reads: “Navigation on the Danube shall be free and open for the nationals, vessels of commerce and goods of all states on the footing of equality in regard to port and navigation charges and conditions of merchant shipping" Part VII, Article 34, of the Bulgarian Peace treaty, and Part VII, Article 38, of the Hungarian treaty are identical. Under the United Nations charter, Russia is bound to “respect” her “obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law.” And the Yalta, Potsdam and other wartime agreements commit Russia in common with all the big powers to act jointly in liberated Europe in line with the principles laid down in the Atlantic Charter,

Flows Through Many Countries

NOW RUSSIA seems bent on keeping the West from having any voice in the control of what has long been an internationalized trade route. The Danube is no ordinary river. Unlike the Mississippi, Volga and similar water highPF ways, it borders or flows through many ceuntries. The principle of free and equal navigation was clearly established in 1856 when an European commission was set up to control it from Braila to the Black Sea. After World War I, a similar commission applied the principle to the rest of its navigable course. 8ince World War II, Russia has opposed any such control. Sh® has sought to monopolize it herself. . So she introduced a draft resolution at Belgrade to exclude the West from any future administration and keep control in the hands of the riparian states which happen to be her stooges. To control the Belgrade conference she has thimble-rigged the voting procedure. First, she

claims two votes for herself-=that is to say,

one vote for Russi and one for the Ukraine. Her puppet, Albania, also gets a vote despite the fact that ‘Albania is on the other side of the mountains from the Danube. And Austria, through whose capital and chief oy. Vienna, emains voteless. =

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Freedom to Trade Is Only Stake

THUS THE Uhited States, Britain "and France are outvoted 7 to 3. And that is why Vishinsky was able to thump the table and tell them to get out if they didn’t like the procédure. Freedom to trade is the only stake the Allies claim alohg the Danube. In this, the ries under Russia's thumb have gain themselves than the outsiders. Their need to export is far more important than the West's need to sell its products to the Balkans. Europe as a whole, however, stands to profit by a just and proper control. Recovery - already has been crippled by Russian opposition. What Russia seems to want is to plug up a possible nk in her Iron Curtain; to keep ideas as as goods from seeping through.

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Why Mr. O. Gee Is Fit as Fiddle And the Yellow Chinese Paper

I SPENT A BREATHLESS half-hour the other day listening to an octogenarian in pink of condition. He had come all the way to my home to show me a little piece of yellow paper decorated with what looked like Chinese caligraphy. He said he picked it

some 50 years ago. And ever since that day, he has been blessed with nothing but good luck.

Only once in all that time has he had anything that felt like a pain. He attributes it to the fact that, one day (in 1902), he changed his pants ° i without removing the talisman. On that occasion he had a rheumatic ache in his left big Sc toe, He never made the same mistake again wi

“Ne result that he is now 89 years old, i

fit as a fiddle. Fact is, he arrived at the houss

driving his ninth automobile (vintage 1937).

They See Man About a Horse

THE HEALTHY OLD GENT said he didn’t

"mind my revealing the whole story, provided I

wouldn’t publish his name and address. Once upon a time (in 1894) his name and heuse number got into a newspaper, he said, and. it caused hint no end of ethbarrassment. That was the day he advertised that he was in the market for a house. When the ad appeared, the paper had it that he wanted to buy a horse. Everybody, for miles around, who had a nag to sell brought it to his home to have him look it over. Since that experience, he pre-

fers to remain anonymoys. Which is why, be-

ginning with the next paragraph, my informant Gee (for Old Gent— see?). Well, that removes all obstacles to get to the point of today's piece—namely, the day in 1900 (or thereabouts) when Mr. O. Gee was passing Charlie Kregelo's undertaking establishment in the 200 block of N. Delaware St. A big erowd was assembled in front of the mortuary and, from the looks of things on tre outside, something mighty . mysterious was going on inside. To learn what it.-was all about, Mr. O. Gee went in search of Mr. Kregelo. It was a perfectly proper procedure because, to hear O. Gee tell it, he and Mr. Kregelo were the best of friends. Indeed, they were lodge brothers; and there wasn't - anything one wouldn't do for the other. When Mr. O. Gee found Mr. Kregelo, he learned that all the excitement was about Moy ! Yon Chong, a Muncie Chinese laundryman, whose body had been brought to Indianapolis for burial in Crown Hill. As a matter of fact, the services had already started. The Chinese of Muncie and Indianapolis had bought the finest coffin money could buy, and in it\lay the body of Moy Yon Chong looking as natural as life. Mr. Kregelo was among the first in Indianapolis to learn the secret of this technical trick. At any rate, that is what Mr.

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0. Gee sald the afternoon he visited me. The foot of the casket was decorated with plates of fruit, & roast pig, a baked chicken, bowls of rice and cranberries, and a three-layer coconut cake. And what room was left covered with curious symbols elaborately constructed of chrysanthemums. The religious services were conducted by a Chinese priest brought from Chicago. The sermon was a chant with a weird kind of tune in which all the mourners participated. Mr. O. Gee also observed that the mourners moved

their lips in unison which was so contrary to

nay practice that he couldn't Help notic-

. It's Got Me Guessing Too

THE FUNERAL -CORTEGE comprised a hearse and six hacks. On the seat with the driver of the hearse sat an Oriental dressed in magnificent silks, All the way Pout to Crown Hill he scattered little pieces of yellow paper upon which curious Chinese characters were painted. They were supposed to be signs warning evil spirits not to trespass; the genéral idea being, said O. Gee, that no demon would dare to cross the path of the yellow tickets—let alone, step on one. 8ure, it was one of these papers I had the luck to see the other day. At the grave, the ceremony was even more complicated. The food for the dead man was placed beside the mound. On top of the food was placed a pair of chopsticks within éasy reach of the deceased. The reason I know so much about Moy Yon Chong's burial is because Mr. Kregelo took Mr. O. Gee with him to’'Crown Hill that day. Nobody will ever know the boundlessness of Mr. Kregelo's kindness, said Mr. O. Gee. Two days after the funeral, Mr. O. Gee learned in a round about way that most of the funeral ,feast had disappeared. Only the carcasses of the roast pig and baked chicken remained to decorate the grave. You're not the only one—it's got me guessing too.

More | Money, Personnel—

Spy Defenses

By WALLACE R. DEUEL WASHINGTON Aug. 4—Intelligence, coun-ter-intelligence and other “security” officials are working out plans for improving America’s deTenis against enemy spies, it was reported toay Officials will probably ask Congress for more money and personnel and for greater authority for this purpose. At least three major agencies and departments are reviewing their counter-intelligence methods and personnel, it is belieyed—the State and Defense departments and the Central Intelligence Agency. Charges by Elizabeth T. Bentley that she got secret information for the Soviets from high officials during the war are indpiring these new attempts to tighten up government “security.”

o Railroad Needed—

Alaska

By JIM: G. LUCAS WASHINGTON, Aug. 4— Homer Jones (R. Wash.) says Congress is ready to “do something basic” for the defense of Alaska-—the nation’s strategic northern frontier. . For years, military men have heen convinced Alaska's defense depends upon linking it to the rest of the United States. Transportation to and from the terri- - tory is--hardly -sufficient -to sustain its 90,000 population. ” er . IN 1946 former Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson warned that “the size of our military establishment in

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Alaska is able to contribute a major part of its subsistence.” His forecast has been borne out. An estimated 12,000 combat troops sent there from Hawaii and the West Coast — this summer now are being withdrawn because there is no housing for them this winter, Rep. Jones, a Navy Reserve captain who spent five years in Alaska during

8-4 World War II, predicts Congress soon will take steps to wait tll fall,

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* oe “Mr. President, You Must Insist”

By C. D. C., Terre Haute, Ind. Dear Mr. President: You have now Salled uta sep Session our r worst Congress. Since this your opportunity, I hope you will not think it ote to try to make a few of the New Dealers’ day dreams come true. First we must have cheap food and meats. At the same time we must guarantee the farmsers" a high price for their products and should raise the wages of packinghouse workers, grocery clerks, meat cutters and etc., who are really underpaid. Second, we must have low cost housing. However, we must at the same time let none of the transportation workers, timber workers, stéelworkers, bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers or electricians who get 85 per cent of the cost ‘of a house, lose any of the gains made in wages under the New Deal. , Third we need cheap cars, trucks and trace tors. At the same time it would be political sui cide. to allow ‘coal miners, auto workers, steelworkers or anyone to lose any gains labor has already made. We also need lower taxes, Mr. President. I know it is something the New-Dealers have all shied away from, However, we must take care of Europe, feed the aged and infirm which is right and just, broaden the social security, have socialized medicine and lef the government do most of the things we should do for ourselves. In fact, Mr. President, you must insist that this Congress pass laws so that we can all have high wages and big incomes and buy everything at ‘low prices. If you can't get these things done, Mr. President, woe be unto you, you can go straight to Missouri, There is an election just around the cormer and Henry Wallace will give us all these things besides shorter ows, less work and more pay.

FINANCIAL ‘ANGELS’—

Wallace Cash

By Charles T. Lucey

WASHINGTON, Aug. cial “angels” who are laying cash on Henry aL thirdparty barrelhead were disclosed today to include numerous active Communists and fellow-trav-elers who have followed the Moscow line in this country. Although the big play of the Wallace move-

, ment has been to the proletariat, the records

show that he and his followers have been able to tap many well-to-do leftists for amounts from $500 to $5000 At the recent Philadelphia convention which founded the new Progressive Party, and which nominated Mr. Wallace and his running mate, Sen. Glen Taylor (D. Ida.), Communists and their supporters had a dominant part in runhing the show and framing the new party’s course. Its ‘platform, in many respects, paralleled the Communist Party's own program.

Some Contributors Named

HERE ARE SOME of those who, according to the party fund reports to Congress, have tossed sizable amounts into the third-party kitty: Frederick V. Field, New York City, contributed $5000. Mr. Field is a Communist Party member, has written authoritatively for the Daily Worker on matters of policy, and was a leader of the American Peace Mobilization which picketed the White House in “1941. The picket line was called off when Germany went to war against the Soviet Union. Mr. Field has been an angel of various Communist movements, Abraham Pomerantz, New York City, contributed $1000. He served for a time as a U. 8. government official in Germany after the war, and was a co-chairman of the American Council for a democratic Greece. This was lasted by Atty. Gen. Clark as a Communist-front orgdnization. Mrs. Alfred K. Stern, New York, gave $500. She was formerly Martha Dodd, daughter of the late U. 8. ambassador to Germany in the Roosevelt administration, and has been a supporter of Communist undertakings. Her husband was chairman of the New York Emergency Committee on Rent and Heusing, which served as a Communist-front group. He was a sponsor of the American Peace Mobilization and a Juuiber of the Harry Bridges Defense Com-

‘Wife of Night Club Owner Donates

MRS. BARNEY JOSEPHSON, New York, gave $600. She is the wife of the owner of Cafe Society, New York night club, which regularly furnished its entertainers to Communist gatherings. A brother-in-law, Leon Josephson, was sent to jail for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was a Communist Party member and has been charged with party activities in Europe. Louise Bransten, New York, contributed $1000. Her name has appeared in testimony before a Congress committee, and she was connected with the Communist magazine, “Mainstream.” which merged with the Communist “New Masses.” Bernard Ades, New York, gave $5000. He has been an -accountant for Communist-led unions. Libby Holman Reynolds, Stamford, Conn., gave §200. She's the former cafe singer, who married a cigaret fortune, and her name has appeared as a sponsor df the annual May Day celebrations led by the Communists.

Wife of 5-and-10 Heir

MRS. FRAZIER McCANN, New York City, gave $2500. Her husband is one of the heirs of the Woolworth five-and-ten fortune. He contributed to the American-Russian institute and was an angel of the civil rights Congress, deSCH 2s the lagal defense arm of the Comm Louis Adamic, the writer, was down for $100. He has been a chief apologist for the proCommunist Tito government in Yugoslavia. The Wallace people know the art of putting the touch on for small amounts, too. They raised about $50,000 in a collection at Shibe

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