Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1948 — Page 10

Indiana, $5 a year; all other 4 : : ‘Telephone RI ley 5551. 4 the People Wii Find Ther wn Way

. But their efforts are so tly inbt will be fooled by them.

Republican Congress, a Barkley, talking to Illinois farmers, gave. ‘Party full credit for the high prices producers

n a speech inserted in the Congressional Record as for GOP speakers, blames high prices on the § Stallure” to our infiatios, But like Sen. Barksection of his speech for the farmers in which

t and its high school equipped with a stadium. . Half of estate of the benefactor, Mgs. Mary Fuller Fragler, ecifically is to be used for immediate public improvements and the remainder to be held in trust to maintain them. In ‘the words of one enthusiastic resident, Perryopolis is to be-

tome a sort of taxpayers’ paradise.

' | Mrs, Frazier, who died Aug. 6, hadn't lived in Perryopolis for 50 years or more, it was said. Maybe she hadn't, ~ but we suspect har curious will points up a universal truth about small home towns: You weally never leave them.

One Victory in Greece 5,

~~ ship; but the battle for a healthy Greek democracy is still to be won. That is the significance of the victory in ‘the two-months Grammos campaign against the Communist .. The military job is not finished. There are still rebel bands elsewhere in the country. Even the government figures claim only 3800 guerrillas killed and captured in this campaign. An estimated 7000 have escaped across the border to their Albanian supply base. But the achievement of the Greek army under American guidance remains impressive nevertheless. About 1200 square miles of territory have been freed, the best rebel organizations have been broken, and Red Gen. Markos has lost prestige. Though the rebellion is not at an end, there is no longer danger«—short of a World War—of the Stalin satellites of Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria succeeding in their efforts “to organize a mass puppet army there and to establish a Communist government in Athens. For this the Greeks and the democratic world have the United States to thank, d the British who started the job. | "Though the Red revolt was foreign-inspired, foreign- ~ supplied and foreign-controlled, Greek conditions invited

The Greek von, with the large-scale relief our govern- | instability 1s traditional, "Tt has been by postwar poverty and misery. The nt is still riven with Inefficlency, despite the aged liberal Premier economic and political as well

~ AMERICAN uid has saved Greece from Soviet dictator-

k economy cannot recover completely for

too I orn MYERS .

nrest. Few countries suffered such devastation during the |

indifferen ~dué-praise to the Creator of material aids that

there is still a lang way to go.

In Tune With the .Times

‘Barton Rees Pogue

DEWS ARE NATURE'S TEARS

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FOSTER'S FOLLIES (“Was

hington - Representative Woodruff Upholds Sugar Prices.”)

First this headline seemed quite thrillin’, As we thought at last they'd found The elusive dee villain Who made sugar prices bound.

But he's merely justifying Costs that seem well nigh insane. Which may be quite edifying—

Something: Must Be Wrong in Paradise

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 21-President Truman’s cruise down the Potomac marks the final stretch of a summer that for him often has been lonely and troubled. It didn’t show at his press conference Thurs-day-—he was his chipper, friendly, natural self. But his friends say that with his wife and daughter . Margaret away and many critical problems facing him as President, Harry Truman has known plenty of solitude this summer. Frequently he is the only person in the White House except for attendants. Often he dines alone. Sometimes, save perhaps for Secret Service men or the keeping staff, he sees no one from the time leaves the executive office late In the day until he returns to his desk the following morning. 3 If he has been kept in his office by a late

A Lesson for Henry

By Peter Edson WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—The misguided

lesson to learn from Miss Elizabeth Bentley, the

spy heroine of thé House Un-American Activities Committee. + When Miss Bentley was asked why she became a courier for the Communists, she had no trouble in answering. She had looked on communism as a world movement, she answered, something idealistic. To plenty of American citizens both before and during the war, communism was looked on as a d of religion whose purpose was to raise the standard of living for the lower levels of society and to bring on Utopia, quick. Miss Bentley fell for this line. ; 80 she worked without pay, for the good of the cause. They told her she was particularly fitted to be a courier. Being what she thought was a “good” Communist, she did what she was told. 4 It was only when the Russian government began to offer her money that Miss B. got suspicious, Most of the fan mail coming to this department after several recent pieces on the Wallace movement has shown the same dreamy idealism that must have first lured Miss Bentley. A number of well-meaning and sincere peo-

because y believe that he is the only one who really believes in peace, the only one who will do anything to help Palestine, settle the Berlin crisis, stave off the threat of an atomic

But still goes against the-grain. A

DEAR BOSS . . , By Daniel M. Kidney

Charley Brags of

Spending, Economy

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Dear Boss--Hooslers here who love Charley Halleck couldn't refrain from a good guffaw this week when they found all of his old speeches in defense of the 80th Congress rolled into one--with a few new additions for the short special session—and published in the Congressional Record. Charley made this presentation as majority leader. That it obviously is intended as a campaign document was pointed out by the fact that it was released in manuscript-—-long typewritten

pages—by the Republican National Committee. The thing that caused long-time observers

political scene to have a horse-laugh about was the fact that get farm votes it isn't the same one that a skilled politician delivers to city folks,

when a speech is designed to

Praises, Condemns Spending

ALSO WHEN a Republican is cussing out

for being spendthrifts, he usually doesn’t “point with pride”

to his own huge outlays of federal funds at the But when former Governor Arthur Hachten,

in Mr. Halleck’s office but is on the National Committee payroll,

poured all thése diverse speeches into one mold

sults were indeed startling. So much so that they made material

for Bata torial writers and columnists.

a synthesis of the Halleck speeches, the House leader in one breath would be tearing President Truman apart for “New Deal spending” and in the next upholding even: greater amounts 0! ”»

\ y the “Republican Here are claimed prideful credit for the GOP:

Tells 'Em How Much GOP Spent

“AUTHORIZED $800 million in loans for rural electrification,

twice as much as any previous Congress and only $275 million less than the total amount for REA work prior to the 80th Con-

“Appropriated more than $500 million for soil conservation

activities on American farms. 1949

“Authorized $262,500,00 for soil conservation payments for

10 fiscal years 1938-47 totaling $112 million,

Congress appropriated $74 million for that purpose in fiscal 1948 and $118 million for fiscal 1949. This will make possible a federalstate secondary road program more than five times as great as

in any sipgle previous year

“Autl rized $450 million for federal participation in road

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few samples of spending for which Mr. Halleck

“Launched the greatest rural road building program ever ’ undertaken co-operatively by the federal and stzte governments: Compared with federal expenditures for secondary

war.

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MAN ‘OF SOLITUDE . . . By Charles T. bocoy Truman Spends Much Time Alone On Yacht and in White House

followers of Henry Wallace have an important .

ple are apparently following the Wallace star

Side Glances—By Galbraith

(COPR. 1548 BY NEA SERVIOE, NG. T. M,

"It's not, leaving home that bothers me, but | know my reckless sister will ruin this car—I've smashed it up twice myself!"

building during 1950 and the same amount for 1951. “This has: appropriated more money for reclama-

“We have provided more money for river and. harbor improvement than any previous Congress, $285,500,000. “For flood control we exceeded all previous congressional outlays in making $712,063,000 available. That last quoted paragraph may be entirely true, but it all adds up to the well-known fact that under the Republican-Demo-crat t y system federal government will plenty fi if you want it to cost much, much vote 1 enry A. Wallace.

conference, ‘dinner may be only a glass of milk and a sandwich. His daily habits are as simple as those of millions of Americans—as simple as when he lived in a $100-a-month apartment here.

Cruises Only With Aides

ON TWO week-ends recently he has taken overnight cruises on the presidential yacht Willlamsburg—alone except for his military aides.

It gives him a chance to think and rest,

away from telephones and a steady stream -of -

callers, so many of them with demands or pleas. Often his evenings are spent at a desk in a second-floof study, facing a window looking out toward the Potomac and the Virginia hills. Mr. Truman may spend part of the time reading voluminous reports that come to him from government agencies—he has fooled some people, he has said, because he reads reports they don’t expect him to read. Or he may be reading biography or history-recently he was deep in a volume on the Civil. War. Sometimes he reads a thriller. He doesn’t care much for radio but: may turn on a news broadcast. Movies bore him and he often walks out on them. joie : y

Frequently he writes, In longhand, to Mrs. Truman or to Margaret, who have been at the * Few families are’

family home in Missouri. more loyally or affectionately knit together. The President is immensely proud of Margaret. --. For recreation, the President has available ‘the White House swimming pool. He likes to walk, of course, but he arises so early it Gpsets Secret Service schedules. So the President for a while cut down on this exercise.

Seldom Takes a Drink

IN EARLIER DAYS, when Mr. Truman used to gather oftener with his cronies on Capitol Hill, his drinking used to be mentioned. Today he rarely drinks. Onte in a while, at the end of a long day, he may remark to a staff member that he thinks he has earned a highball before dinner. But a couple of weeks may pass without his taking a drink. Why doesn’t he ask in his old congressional associates oftener? That isn't so easy. It'is difficult to ask in everyone, and when word gets out that a group was at the White House with the President—as it always does—then those not asked may be offended. As in Sauk Center, so in Washington. : 80 Mr. Truman has spent many evenings by himself in a great house of deep rugs, heavy chandeliers and high polish—a house that can be lonely in itself, and on its vast first floor,

Hoosier Forum "1 do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your ight fo say it.”

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Priceless Learning ‘By Fredric O. Rusher, 2029 N. New Jersey St.

cation is priceless. It cannot be measaed co dollars Piles cents. It is something

education, you are letting yourself down. Very few ory will interview you unless you are

qualified. , school own. Forget the Don't leave on. your : independ your own income. You thank your lucky stars that you became a high school or college graduate: Don't make the same mistake that thousands of others have made and have your later. Perhaps you will scoff at this now is the time when everything depends on your education and how well you gare qualified. FEF i @

Why No Names? By Apartment House Owner

Why not print the auto dealer's name and the name of the finance company? Are they advertisers of The Times? 3 The Indianapolis. newspapers are quick enough fo discredit a landlord if they violate the terms of the Rent Control Act. Why not give your subscribers a little more information about the crooked automobile deals that are being put ‘across today. 4 0M ted With rising taxes and the terrific prices paid for maintenance and coal, rent control is a most unjust piece of legislation; but you never hear a word in favor of the landlord from any Indianapolis newspaper. Will The Times be the first one? °

Editor's Note: The Times does not print

the names law violators until those names are brought to the 's attention by the law enforcement a: rities. The

Times does not today, nor has it ever, willfully shielded a law violator t whom the police or prodosutor yave taken’ action.

Rout the Reds ByE F.M.

The time has come for Congress to establish a law requiring every €lected or appointed public official to guard our welfare and security by employing only faithful and loyal Americans whose record is clear of any suspicion of adherence to a foreign power. The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars shéuld picket every government department in Washington, including the White House, demanding that the Communists and fellow travelers be removed ‘from official posts, The Communists must be ousted from our Federal Government. If Mr. Truman won't do the job, we must elect a President who will

certainly more museum than home:

turn the Red saboteurs out. This is.the vital issue in the next election. :

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Now the assembly has what thes general demanded. M. yna key man of the situation, was born - cellonette, in. the French Alps. He is a mountain man, ig Bar. undersized Cordell Hull with much of Mr. Hull's tenacity. The last time he went to bat for France under critical cone ditions was in"1940, when the Nazis were at the gates of Paris.

Enemies Determine Army Size

' FRANCE, Er ee the size of their Sghting forces are. nor core ant TEL that n ge, ud og : eh parle has worked well with Socialists and Rad it a. For she is the key to Western Busopets. merancry” Li need

AFFAIRS . . . By William Philip Simms

France Again Turns To Reynaud in Crisis

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Once again in a time of growing crisis, France has turned to Paul Reynaud'to save her from the

With France's political, financial and economic future in the balance, the National Assembly has given the new Marie gov-

ernment powers unprecedented since the birth of the Fourth

Almost all member except the Communists voted to give the cabinet authority to rule the country virtually by decree. As Premier Marie's minister 6f finance and author of the pros posed financial and economic reforms, Paul Reynaud again has become France's man of the hour. M. Reynaud proposed nothing less than to balance the budget, now showing a trillion-franc deficit for the year. He has been | given the power to fire federal employees; reorganize national - ized industries and make them ‘pay their way: reorganize the national defense; levy new taxes and revise existing tax laws; introduce stricter controls over social security; increase. production 'by easing financial tontrols/over farms and factories, and

The Cordell Hull of France

.GEN. DE GAULLE has been insisting all along ‘that, under the new constitution, the -executive branch lacked the . power

. But vhen he said he would change all

govern that if elected, his critics accused him of seeking to make himself

given the government pretty much

he said, had not heeded the danger signals. She » her standar go too far too fast. not solely theirs to make,

jcal Socialists. But he is stubborn and

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