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

economic power and Russian military might are comparable - 'menaces is absurd. American dollars are being used to save the freedom of Western Efirope, while Soviet troops and

Good From Evil HEN Alfred Bernard Nobel discovered dynamite, in 1867, he was seeking a blasting substance that would save men’s backs by moving dirt and rock. He was troubled “in soul at the use of his explosives for military purposes, hence the Nobel peace priges. . ; .- Atomie fission, on the other hand, was discovered in a frantic search for a devastating military weapon. . Now one of the by-products of this search is being used increasingly for humanitarian purposes. Radio-iodine + from Oak Ridge is a promising remedy for at least some types of cancer. : “This substance is being used experimentally with increasing assurance. If optimistic hopes are realized radioiodine may eventually save more lives than the bomb took at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1 ee . Thik’ we think, should hearten the scientists who, like Nobel, question their own wisdom and ethics in loosing a terrible destructive force upon the world.

Progress in Palestine ‘THE chances of & compromise settlement in Palestine are 7 still not good, hut they fre getting better. ~All friends of peace and international order will be encouraged by the statesmanship of Foreign Minister Shertok of Israel in taking the initiative. He has asked Count * Folke Bernadotte, United Nations mediator, to arrange for ~ negotiations with the Arabs for a lasting settlement. 8 Shertok’s move followed an informal press feeler by King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. He is the key Arab be‘cause he has the biggest stake in Palestine and the best ‘Arsh army. He said no compromise proposals should be _reject ‘that there should be full joint discussions : were slammed. This is the first time any _ #80 far as we can recall, has had the col to talk so openly of the necessity of the basis for any permanent agreement. e of Shertok and Abdullah to start best Palestine news in a long time.

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eral housing

In Tune ‘With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue

STORMY For each lovely, inspiring flower that blooms in fragrant . + + there are 99 dozen,

profusion fat-greedy-cut-worms waiting, willing and able, That fact is what gives me the Donald Duck tantrums, soooooo if you hear thunder ‘neath clear skies . , . it’s just me over in Madison County, feeling ducky, : DOROTHY ANN of Andérson. Z * 4 NOTE

NO JOKE

Said a husband to his wife

She. bit her Angernalls : And purne ar amibee wos “1 surely a ly When 1 took you!" GEORGE s BILLMAN, Anderson.

REACHING FOR A STAR

He had a tricycle of his own, but he wanted Fids the soe halonging to Ria “big brothers which his little feet could not reach the MI TU SENTSWORTH, Indianapolis. ¢ & 4

NIGHT - PORTRAIT

to on

MARY HAGLER 1eNASTERS, Franklin.

THIS MOMENT

Often; 8 mynit fretting over de-

‘once expressed: my dear, is the only moment that you can be SURE of, perhaps put it to better advantage.”

DOROTHY ANN of Anderson.

NE rhe 4 - » » : . 7 eral Aid ‘By x PETER EDSON WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—-Washington real

DEWEY

4 Thor i Dewey's ideas on housing

“There are two clues. One is contained In Republican platform adopted at Philadel-

can beat be supplied and financed jy private enterprise, but government can and 10 shesurage y the of better homes cost. We recommend Federal aid to the focal slum clearance and low-rental ly where there is a need that cannot either private enterprise or by states

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Foresee Naming Stichman ONE OF THE principal things Gov. Dewey takes credit for is the work of his New York State Division of Housing headed by Commissioper Herman T. Stichman. If Gov. Dewey is elected President, It Is expected that Mr. Stitchman would be appointed to head up fedactivities, ° The best exposition of the Stichman and Dewey views on housing is contained in a talk the commissioner recently gave before the American Legion National Economic Council, in this speech, Mr. Stichman suggested that other states should follow New York's lead and set up their own housing authorities to cooperate with the private building industry and federal government housing agencies. : New York state's housing law really goes back to the 1820's. It authorized creation of tax-exempt housing ‘companies to be supervised by & State Board of Housing. Kleven of these companies have built developments in New York Oity. ‘In 1939, the law was amended to empower the state of New York to pay cash subsidies for public housing Projects accommodating lowincome families. As of last April, the state was ready to lend up to $435 million for con-

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subsidies on some 40 projects built and building to house 160,000 persons. Families with total income up to $3600 and $4500 a year can qualify for tenancy in these developments.

State Mu:t Clear Slums TO THE CHARGE that the New York plan

bullding, Mr. Stichman says that private en- © terprise never has cleared a slum and never can clear a slum to provide low-rent housing that will show a profit. This job must therefore be done by state and local housing authorities. The role of the federal goveram Mr. Stichman, should be largely one of making financial grants to.the states. Payments to the states should match subsidies that the states pay to keep down rents. ‘Matching payments should also be made to states that set aside grants for slum clearance. | . Aside trom this giving away of federal funds to the states--without any federal controls or administration, it will be noted--Mr. _ Btichman says the role of the federal government should be confined to research on improved building methods and the providing of loan funds. to private builders who will take care of middle-income family housing needs, There are parts of this New York housing plan which the private building industry won't like any better than the T-E-W bill. But, if

worth studying. There never has been any legislation introduced in Congress to authorize the federal government to make financial grants to the states for housing. This, however, is the formula proposed by Sen. Taft in his bills to aid education and health, And, since a big item in the Republican platform is decentralization of the federal governfnent and the return of many powers to state and local governments, it could

We need not worry about their objections.

‘Why Don't We Follow Suit?

struction and pay $13 million a year rental

is socialized housing that competes with private .

ent, says |

"this is to be the Dewey housing program, it's:

easily be extended to the housing program.

WHY HAVE SPY HUNTS? . . . By E. T. Leech

Let Congress Smoke Out Reds -

Until We Find a Better Way

WHAT ABOUT THESE congressional spy This is an inescapable question investigations? Are they right or wrong? ing the American spy charges. Naturally the Commies and fellow-travelers-

are denouncing them with customary violence. records of ‘government employees.

Most of the charges now But some sincere and patriotic Americans who have no use for Communism are also worried. Theirs is a double worry: First, that there obviously is some truth to charges that Commies have infiltrated into our government; and, second, that traditional methods of American legal proceduré have not been used to expose them. Congressional committees do not follow normal rules of evidence. Admittedly it is repugnant to the spirit of our laws that men should publicly be accused of crime before the evidence is in. . X .

considerable evidence. But time

ignored by government officials.

THE PROPER PROCEDURE, as some eritics have pointed out, would be through grand jury indictments and subsequent trials, or through such an investigation as was made in Canada. ; When the Russian code clerk, Igor Gouzenko, exposed the Soviet spy ring, in Canada, that nation named a royal commission to make a full and secret investigation. Why, it is asked, doesn’t America do the same? It should be noted, incidentally, that the famous report of Canada’s Royal Commission ~despite the great care which it took to sift all the evidence—contained names of nine persons who were acquitted in criminal trials, Nine others were convicted and two disappeared. i ; But suppose that the Canadian government had not wanted to expose thé fact that Soviet spies had gotten into oficial jobs—including one member of Parliament?

Administration Refuses Help

SUPPOSE THERE HAD BEEN a spirit of covering up, rather than of exposure? Would Canada then have permitted the spy ring to continue unchecked and undetected? Or would some other action, such as Congress is now taking, have become necessary?

of the Russian secret police. His

warnings.

so many indications that normal

national safety?

Only Way to Do the Job

up. - But nothing happened.

devised to do this type of work.

What, then, is to be done when

So finally Congress has stepped in. sirable as the present investigations may oe from certain ethical and legal angles, it seems that this is the only way the job would ever ‘get done, until new and better machinery is

in consider-

The administration has refused to co-operate with congressional efforts to check the loyalty

being made in Washington are old ones--lofg supported by

and” again

they have been bitterly ridiguled and stubbornly

President Truman has referred to the inquiries as “red herrings” intended to divert public attention from his program for the special session. Granted that this may partially true, that does not answer the startling information which has come to light.

Picked Up Mrs. FDR's Term

MRS. ROOSEVELT, in her newspaper column, was quick to brand the ex-spy, Elizabeth T. Bentley, as an “evidently neurotic lady.” It is interesting to.note that Nathan G. Silvermaster. picked up Mrs. Roosevelt’ called Miss Bentley a “neurotic liar.’ master is the man she charged is a member

8s term and Bilver-

loyalty was

questioned by both Navy intelligence and the Civil Service Commission. He refused to testify whether he is a Communist. But he did testify that he got White House help in holding an important job after the Navy and Civil Service

there are methods of

legal procedure haven't worked—and won't be permitted to work-—in a situation involving the

THESE CHARGES about Commies in government aren't new, They have been made for years, and there has been much evidence and many suspicious circumstances to back them

Unde-

IS IT SAFE FOR—

A Visit From Stork at 40?

By ARTHUR J. SNIDER was undertaken at Lying in . Hospital by Dr. : war CHICAGO, Auf. Jp uh Pate Davis and Dr. Arthur Seski in versity of Chicago study o an effort to find an answer to 4000 maternity cases of wom the increasingly-asked quesen 40 to 45 shows child-bear- tion: “I am nearing 40 years ing in the twilight of the re-

of 48 gave birth In the current

old. Do you think it is safe to have a baby?” :

productive periods is more hy fly be- The profession is coming Rusarqaus shan Fenerghy : acutely interested in age be- + ment.

cause of the ever-increasing length of lifé has thrust upon us new problems,” the doctors said. There are few authentic records of childbirth:in the first decade of life. In over 50,000

‘One out of 10 have a chance of leaving the hospital without their babies. One out of four, three times the normal number, develop a toxemia of pregnancy, such as high: blood pressure, kidney

however, were

youth.”

ing 1927 to 1944, gators could find no greater maternal mortality than average because of medical advances in obstetric manage-

deliveries at Lying-in Hospital, only two women of 46 and two

to children. study, cover the investi

But the older women, 168 of whom were having their first child, recovered slower. Some,

“transformed

bys.childbirth into women with a zest and sparkle that is

trouble, nausea and vomiting. About five per cent of preg-

nancies ended in abortion. Side Glances—By Galbrait Circulatory diseases were three |- : a times as common as in the x5 Lasers 1

general hospital group. Almost three out of 10 babies were delivered by Caesarian section as against § general incidence of Tess than | 5 per 100.

Premature Increase

NUMBER of premature births is 9.6 per cent in contrast with 6.1 per cent generally. The probability that a moth er will give birth to a mentally ' abnormal baby more than doubles for every five years after age of 25. The study, reported to the American College of Congress,

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Black Gas

PARIS, Aug. 10-You're entitled to 40 gallons of gasoline when you come to France. But it has developed into a racket pan ce's newest black mar. et. S It works like this: The tourist goes to a French bank with his Passport: He pays the bank $21, and gets 6300 francs. He also gets 200 liters (abont 40 gallons) worth of gasoliné coupons, The tourist sells them (> & black marketeer for 13,000 francs.

OOPR. 1980 BY NEA BERVICE. WC. 7. W. R80. U. §. PAY. toy,

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Russians have Berlin? In my opinion it is the only way to stay out: of war at the present time and if we give the -u Commies enotigh rope they may in time hang. . themselves. + : + >

What About City Conditions?

By Georgia Randarr 1f I remember correctly (and I am sure I. do) The Indianapolis Times came out in glow- _.. ing terms in favor of our Mayor Al Feeney... He was going to clean “Our Fair City” up. No .. more women being attacked, no more bad .- streets, no more high taxes. . hn At this time I would like to ask the editor. of The Times, just what he thinks about the situation now. Three attacks made last night taxes to go higher than ever before—and as for the street conditions, have they ever been worse? eries, gambling, ail the inings we were to have no more—running full blast. You blasted the Republicans every minute’ they were in power. Now" that you have your' Democrats, are you justly proud of the record they are making? Why don’t you print the things the Democrats are doing and not doing just as you did the Republicans? 3

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Editor's Note—You do not remember cor * rectly. We agree the Democrats aren't pers " fect, either. We 4o print the things they do. *

Suggests War Profits for Taxes. The By. Radical, City . ii I have two or three brief statements to make. and would like to hear a couple of good argu-., ments for or against. “wi Don’t you believe that if a law were passed, that would fi all the profit that is made, during a war be turned in for taxes, to feed. our starving enemies, that the chances of & ..: war would drop 90 per cent. ; ‘oe How about allowing no one to hold publie .; office after reaching 65? Let the younger generation be represented by one-half the holders of those offices. If 100 men were to be picked for the job only 50 could be above 45 and 50% below. ek ; ‘~ Remember when you went to school and they taught you that if Europe was under one government that the chance of war would be

lene? Jan't that what the Russians are trying? ° 07 : ow

Thanks for Your Help’

By Amiel O. Inman, Secrelary, Hoosier City . Branch No. 89, National Association of Letter Carriers, City. As Becretary of Hoosier City Branch, No, . 30 of the National Association of Letter Car-.. riers I wish to extend the sincere thanks and... appreciation of our organiaztion for all of the. past favors that your paper has extended to our: organization and its membership in publishing :. editorials in our behalf to secure a living wage for postal employees. We fully. realize that... these benefits and courtesies have come to us; . at time and expense by your paper. We feel sure that they played an impgrtant part in our securing a raise in our pay. ¥

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Branch No. 39 of Indianapolis. av TEN YEARS LATER— = ; ° hs Another Munich, By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS :

Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor HS WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—The Western. Allies today stand precisely where they were 10; years ago this month: On the eve of another! : Munich, 43 That is the almost unanimous conviction" of everybody in the know—in Washington, Lon- “ don, Paris and Berlin. a By this they do not mean that the United'® States, Great Britain and France will knuckle" to Joseph Stalin the way the British and French®did to Adolf Hitler. What they do mean is that'™® demands will be--or are now being made—and'® a similarly momentous decision must be forth > coming, dh

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. Few informed diplomats believe any Big . Four meeting resulting from current Moscow, negotiations is likely to get very far. he If the Berlin blockade is lifted, it will be to reopen the whole German, if not the entireq European, peace question. And while that is precisely what the United States, Britain andg; France more than anything else wish to see, settled, .agreement seems out of the question... Tt is, in fact, completely hopeless unless one. side or the other does a somersault.

All’Europe This Time —

AND THAT WOULD be a miracle which nos body expects from Moscow as long as the pres-o: ent regime holds down the lid—or abject sursc render on the part of Washington, London and «r= Paris. 3 is Instead of turning over Austria and Czechoslovakia to Hitler, the Allies would now bet: selling Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Po<™ land, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Finland,®' Albania, Hungary and eventually all Europe’ down the river to Stalin, &

‘Might Halt Trade 4

IF RUSSIA continues to try to starve he 2,500,000 people of western Berlin, the United ,.

' Nations might authorize the United States,

Britain, France and other members to halt trade with Russia. This could be done by closing foreign ports to Soviet ships. - ar True, Russia is fairly self-contained. PBut,. she is not wholly so. Nor would the moral effect of ‘the action be altogether lost on the. Kremlin, If the United Nations went that far,--ta would walk out—But it is also remarked, gone heed unanimous

Big that intelligence reports confirm Russia's deter- : mination to unify Germany under her control x

This means a Soviet Germany, if she gets away with it, and eventually 8 Sovietized

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