Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1948 — Page 14
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FER LRORRG HENRY W- MAN Business Manager
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There was no name-calling i in it, no partisan bitterness. Gov. Dewey refrained from any attenipt to blame the present administration for all our difficulties. “It is not too important, he said, “how these conditions came about. The is that we as Americans turn our faces for‘them with stout purpose and 5, of 230 our peo-
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‘cream of the market for high-cost : impor That te. pray AGrY Crs on to the. much larger demand for low-gast
ew, we're afraid, is the accurate’ one. , afainst the need, the starting of 950,000 8 will be a miserably poor performance. And ions that 1940 will be almost as good, though not quite, provide no basis for complacency. They are forecasts of dismal failure to make the most of a great opportunity, Half the homes in the country today are more than 35 ars old, Millions of them are hardly fit to live in. A sound solution of America’s housing problem would call for . the building of a million to a million and a half new dwell ing waits each year for the next. 10 years. Lome. A & "nn “PART OF the high cost of housing is inevitable, in this period of inflation. But a large part of it is not inevitable. A large part of it is due to theufact that the building industry in all its branches has lagged far behind all other major industries in adopting ways and means of giving its customers the worth of their money. ; The Wall Street Journal, having surveyed this subject ‘carefully a few months ago, asserted that about one dollar in every five spent for new housing was being “thrown away on make-work and shirk-work labor practices, on 3 horse-and-buggy business practices and on obsolete require- © ments of building laws.” . That situation—and it is confirmed by many other investigators—has not changed. Until it is changed, the American people will not begin to get as many decent homes as they need, at prices they can afford to pay. And gov‘ernment aid to housing will be subsidies to inefficiency.
One Answer—A Good One
JN addition to all of the scientific answers to the molesting = problem, which we readily accept, there is another quick, and we believe effective, approach to restraining the criminals who beat and attack women, Judges Saul I. Rabb and William D. Bain of Criminal Courta have decided on more severe sentences, stiffer fines. . We, agree with the judges. While the root of the molesting problem lies in the lack of early psychiatric freatment, there should be at least an effort made immediately to discourage those who molest women. ‘While the perpetrators of such crimes are obviously mentay warped In the direction of their offenses, they often are men who otherwise are rational. And it is this nal thinking which, in the face of severe penalties, is the public exposure of their identities, may serve to e at least a few so inclined. commend Judges Rabb and Bain in their stand on ses and fines. Longer sentences will at least om our streets for a longer period, and discourage a few who still have their
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Barton Rees Pogue AUTUMN IS A WEAVER
Autumn is a weaver
With shuttle in her fingers ‘And threads of many hues, - Bhe weaves a dainty pattern For lovely Nature's use.
When her pattern is finished She
There she weaves a carpet Of splendor and renown, And spreads it gently over The sleepy little town.
~JUNE WINONA SNYDER, > 4 ¢
NATURE'S BOUNTY
windows Heaveri have been opened to pour out for and well-being such a great blessing land is scarcely able to a it. The fruits of Naturg-are in over-abundance everywhere ‘we look, layed in a color scheme of the Master Artist of life, that lifts our souls to the God of goodness and mercy, and helps us to visualize the never-falling hand of Providence, : I am humble 'in the thought of Heaven's ‘generosity and I hope never to lose, from an often indifferent mind, the desire to give praise to the Creator for aids at hand to help me shape
a destiny. ; CLOSING HOUR 1 like With. No pigeon, chime of bell,
Could mark the homing hour so well. * ~ALTA GRUNT SEMBOWER, *
INDEPENDENTS— It's Hard to Keep Senate in Line .
By Marquis Childs
WASINGTON, Sept. 22--In the effort fo
unequal race, a great deal is being written about the struggle for’ control of the Senate next year. Much of this speculation is mere word“age, since the fact is that neither party has
onttal Over the Sensis, in the broad: of the for many years. indi
; THE CHAIRMEN exert a powerful influence over the RacEinery of the Senate. They can block legislation or "oF push it through at high: speed if they so . ] the extent of the advan- . Party dis enforce ‘regularity in the Senate in alf of a ; , When the word control is used in that sense, as it often is by pressure groups anxious to have a Republican administration g0 down the line for their own highly specialized objectives, it is simply a fiction. . It ls when the margin between the parties is narrowest that the independents exert their test influence. What that means for the ate that will sit in January is not hard to foresee.
Independents Vote Both Sides A MORE OR LESS coherent group of
occasions defied party regularity to vote with the opposition. This group includes Sens. Wayne Morse of Oregon, George D. Aiken of Vermont, Charles W. Tobey of New Hampshire and William Langer of North Dakota. All four will return. since their terms do not expire this year. And they are not likely to have their views changed by a Republican victory. Often voting with this group is another Independent Republican, Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky. Reported to be in a close race with his Democratic opponent, Sen, Cooper has a good record and he won wide respect on both sides of the aisle for his integrity and courage.
with certain Democrats who consistently vote their own convictions than they do with standpatters in the Republican Party. Incidentally, two troglodytes from the Republican side will be absent when the roll is called in January, Sen. Albert W. Hawkes of New Jersey and Sen. Ed Moore of Oklahoma, both having decided to retire.
Pappy’s Absence to Be a Gain
ON THE Dempcratic side, the retirement of Pappy O'Daniel of Texas is a decided gain. He will be replaced by Rep. Lyndon B. Johhson, who made an excellent record in the House, The defeat in the primary of Sen. Tom Stewart of Tennessee was likewise a gain. It is probably that he will be succeeded by Rep. Estes Kefauver, who gave the first trouncing of his life to Boss Crump of Memphis, Even though the Dewey-Warren ticket should carry Tennessee, there is a good chance that enough voters will scratch the ballot to vote for Rep. Kefauver on the basis of his record. Independent Republicans and Democrats working together may be a kind of third force in the new Senate, 'A at deal will depend on the course the new ident steers. Such a third force, composed of Independents and Liberals in both parties, would certainly oppose the lobbyists now counting on a Republican sweep to get what they have long wanted. The interests that hire these Jobbyists will spend big money in the coming campaign to get a Congress they believe will be compliant.
Could Be an Empty Victory
BY POURING hundreds of thousands of dollars into a few key states they may win a technical victory and the Republicans may have a majority of one or two enabling them to organize the Senate, Mil could prove to be an empty victory. When Republican Divigs go into states other than thelr own to tell voters in those states what representatives to send to Congress; they will find themselves on delicate ground, And that goes for Thomas E. Dewey, In the West and in the South, particularly, there is a spirit of independence easily affronted by any attempt at dictation or even advice from the countryside. If they believe in a man, they will vote for him regardless of
Republican independents have on numerous *
These men have much more in common |
DO HARRYBORROW
THAT FROM HENRY WALLACE?
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OUR TOWN
LAST WEEK when everybody was. groping his way because of the doom dust in the air, an incorrigible youngster of this town had the impudence to call me a product of a secondrate generhtion. Well, I can think of things even worse than being a product of a second-rate generation—for example, a boastful bragging boy who has been led to believe that he is living in a period of perfection the like of which has never been seen.
been brought wup. more than a century since anybody had the fortitude to defend ihe seconli-rate. The confession October, 1845, issue of Punch and was “atten by somebody who hid his identity under the pseudonym “Fat Contributor,” He turned out to be, of all people, William Makepeace Thackeray.
Like Thackery, a Second-Rate Issue “I HAVE always had a taste for the secondrate in life,” sald Mr. Thackeray. ‘“Secondrate poetry, for instance, is an uncommon deal pleasanter to my fancy than your thundering first-rate epic poems. Your Miltons and Dantes are magnificent—but a‘ bore; whereas an ode of Horace or a song of Tommy Moore is always fresh, sparkling and genuine, “Second-rate claret, again, is notoriously better than first-rate wine; you get the former genuine whereas thie latter is a loaded and artificial composition that cloys the palate and bothers the reason. “Second-rate novels I also assert to be superior to the best works of fiction,” continues Mr. Thackeray. “They give you no trouble to read; excite no painful emotions; you through them with a gentle, lanquid agreeable interest. “For the same reason I like second-rate theatrical entertainments—a good little company in a provincial town acting good old stupid stock comedies and farces; where nobody comes to the theater and you may lie at ease in the pit and get a sort of intimacy of each actor and actress and know every bar of music that the three or four fiddlers of the orchestra play throughout the season. “Second-rate beauty in women is likewise, I maintain, more agreeable than first-rate charms. Your first-rate beauty is grand, severe, awful—a faultless frigid angel of ® feet 9; super | to behold at church, or in the park, or
REDS spuT hes
SHANGHAI, Sept. 22—The split reported developing among Chinese Communists in Manchuria poses a ticklish problem for the executors of Soviet Russian aims in that strategic region. The rank and file of Communist Gen. Lin Piao’s troops are reported: to be turning anti-Soviet, and it seems likely they are reflecting a change in attitude on the part of their comnrand. Fragmentary reports’ indi cate that Lin Piao, who wields military control of about 95 per cent of Manchuria, has challenged the Kremlin's agent, Li Li-San, 11 is in Manchuria now, conducting a .mysterious “Labor Union Conference” which has been in session in Harbin for two weeks. The Communist radio recently brdadcast a megs fom Moscow congratulating him on the “suc~ cess” of the Harbin meeting. "The conference is up Li's al- ' ley because it's of a civil rather than a military character, Li is “minister without port folio” for the Communists in the northeast political committee which is the closest thing to civil government the Reds have so far instituted in
party labels or slurs cast by the opposition.
Manchuria.
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VN .*. . By Anton Scherrer There's Fun in 2d-Rate Things— Wine, Women, Books or Theater
in a drawing room, but, ah, how inferior to a sweet little second-rate creature with smiling eyes and a little second-rate snub nose with which you fall in love in a minute.” I have quoted Mr. Thackeray at some length in order to establish evidence that had he pursued the subject, he might have said a good word, too, for second-rate generations. Believe me, they also had their compensations.
Take My Own Case— NOT HAVING Mr. Thackeray to lean on, permit me to submit my own case such as it is. My plight, apparently taken for granted by the youngsters, was conditioned by environment. 1 grew up in the days when nothing worked very well—the days of bicycle blowouts, of obstinate lawnmowers and recalcitrant sprinkling outfits. Even our umbrellas had a way of collapsing fortnightly. It was the age of the
° perverseness of inanimate things. And be-
cause it was just that, it produced a breed of kids whdse survival of existence‘depended entirely on the way with which they used the resources God had given them. It seems to me a real peril exists for the youngsters of today in the smooth operation
of all the mechanical adjuncts with which they
are surrounded. These highly perfected contrivances tend to exalt and soothe, rather than challenge and humble ' them. Indeed, with all the challenges removed, I can’t imagine what can possibly take the place of the marvelous discipline—let alone, humility— which we kids received from the stubborn and unexpected behavior of inanimate things in the experimental years before the turn of the century.
‘You Need a Wheel Chair, Pop’ IN SUPPORT of which I should like to cite a recent and terrifying experience. The other day I approached a modern drug store—possibly as good an example of what a first-rate generation can produce—and a ray of light process opened the door just as 1 was about to throw my weight against it. Except for my presence of mind-—another trick a second-rate generation equipped me with--I might have fallen on my face. A kid standing by shouted: “You need a wheel-chair, Pop.” ’ The only comfort I got” out of my experience was a remote hope that a door motivated by the approach of my shadow represents a state of such perfection that nothing more can be invented without revealing the utter barrenness, degeneration and decadence of the present generation. I feel better now.
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Vice Districts? By A. J. Schneider Much attention is being focused on the latest * wave of sex crimes, assaults and rapes. And '° many plans are being discussed to remedy the situation. But the big question is: Will any or all of the suggested remedies result in relieve ing the situation? All of us can remember the days before the war, when a sex crime was a rarity in the news columns—so rare, indeed. that very often it did not make the news, in the hope of
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. protecting the principals from unsavory pub= , Heity.
As the war progressed, these crimes became more and more frequent, and more and more sisters and daughters of respectable families the victims. Was that entirely war hysteria, as many tried to alibi? But since the war, the frequency of these crimes has continued. Is it still war hysteria? I have concluded, in my own mind, that that cannot be the cause. No one will deny that these individuals suffer a mental weakness. But what assurance do we have that the best psychiatrists and the best hospitals, 1 be able to eliminate the dangers? But 0 have history to show that segregated fistricts do Serve a purpose. * '
‘Living’ Wage ; »
By Murray Rosenblum In regard to the present truckmen's strik. the inference is orn ma that truckmen are ro overpaid for the “type of work which they per-’ form, and a comparison made with the wages of certain professional and white collar workers, Do two wrongs ever make a right? Is not a
True, trucking for the most part calls for more physical than mental prowess, but it is a hard, gruelling occupation and the hazards, as any insurance agent will tell you when you apply for a policy, ‘are among the highest in any industry. Nor are most of those employed in trucking in it because they like it, but rather because for various reasons they can't help themselves. I am a truckman, although not a member of any of the locals involved in the strike. I do not myself attempt to pass judgment upon the issues involved but I certainly do not think it fair to bias public opinion or to confuse the issues by irrelevant statements. * ¢ 9
Subsidized Rabbits
By Alvin Brown, 'Carmel, Ind.
Why not a subsidy for rabbit farmers? The government 1s subsidizing every other jndustry, Take off the 25 per cent luxury tax and stop Russian import and the fur farmer will not need help. Russia does not buy as much as a rabbit hide in U.'S. A. All we want is the same protection her industries get.
THEORY EXPLODES— Fancy Ideas Fail If No One Works
By E. T..lLeech-
IF PEOPLE only could do what comes nate urally, most of them wouldn't work. Despite everything said about its virtures, nobody has ever béen ablé to make work popular. This simple fact seems to be the big obstacle which has been wrecking all sorts of socialistic experiments in the last 5) years. For most people work not because they want to, but for what they can get out of it. And under socialism the opportunity for personal rewards is cut, whereupon the quantity and quality of work goes down. - ; This is contrary to what millions of people have thought would happen. The socialist theory, back in the days when I studied college economics, had a strange fascination. It always has had a partfcular appeal to young people,
How the Argument Works
THE ARGUMENT was so plausible—that people would get more joy out of work, and therefore would work better, if only they wera working for themselves. But everybody couldn't own his own business, so the logical substitute was for the people to own the means of pro duction. Hence everybody would be working for the people—including himself. It ‘sounded good as a theory. But it hasn't worked out in practice. And college students today don't have to depend on theory. For there is now a vast amount of actual experience to furnish the most conclusive of all proof. This theory of social ownership has been tried out in many countries under a variety, of conditions. Nowhere has it succeeded. Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin quickly resorted to forces to make people do the work which socialisny alone couldn't get them to do. Men and women were frozen in jobs the state selected for them, and punished if they didn’t do the ‘amount and quality of work the state prescribed.
Socialism Used Compulsion
COMPULSION, rather than the incentive of “working for themselves,” became the driving force of the two forms of socialism known as Naziism and Communism. 1 In England and France, compulsion has been . kept to a minimum.’ Theoretical socialism is being given a run for its money—<but it keeps running out of money and turning to Uncle Sam for help. Every time I ‘see a British newspaper there's at least one article—and usually more-—about falling production and the grave necessity for more efficiency’ and better output. Usually it is accompanied by at least one other article dealing with further restrictions on what the people can buy with the money they are able to earn or to keep after taxes. For years the British Labor Party preached that, if workers only owned the mines and face tories, they would happily do wonders for themselves. So England is on the verge of bankruptcy. It is kept from going over the cliff to economic chaos only by American loans and gifts.
British Aren't Any Lazier
NOW, (HE British arent’ lazy—at least, not more so than any other peoplé. It all seems to get back to the simple and basic fact that people are not naturally industrious. That they don’t work because they want to, but because of what they can get out of it.
People work for, rewards. Because they want to gain things— property, savings, power, Tity. And also enough resources so they! can afford to loaf part of the time. Sixty-one million Americans are now at work-—-most of ct m on somebody else's payroll, Aside from héavy taxes, what they make they can keep. If they work hard enough and well enough to make more than the average, they can keep more than the average and therefore own more than the average. Despite all contrary theories, they are thus working for themselves, And their returns from so doing exceed the returns of any other people anywhere else in the world.
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