Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1948 — Page 18

aggression,

We must not let ty.

Issue converts among people who are well Toned, and protected in

it Truman shout that. It does

‘and unprotected It is true that many Republicans in Congress—and many Democrats—declined to rubber-stamp Mr. Truman's proposals for ‘dealing with inflation, housing, medical care and other problems, But it doesn’t follow that his proposals were sound or would have achieved the results he promised. ‘Mr. Truman's administration deserves much credit for what has been done to meet Russian communism’s threat to the world through American aid to other democratic nations. But, in fairness, he might have said that much credit also belongs to Republican leaders in Congress who mada it possible for the European Recovery Program and measures to have loyal, effective bi-partisan sup-

Fran when he that the Republican Congress aa the Comniunist Party by impeding the governmefit's efforts to cope with Communist intrigue and espionsgein this Sountry, we think he evaded the Tul issue.

THAT "ISSUE is whether the Democratic administration has been sufficiently vigorous and determined in efforts to ‘protect this country by detecting and punishing spies, traitors and potential Fifth Columnists in the service of Soviet Russia. ° “I charge,” said Mr. Truman, “that they (the Republicans) have not produced any significant information about Communist espionage which the FBI did not already have.” “If the FBI has had all along such information as has just been made public by the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities, why have there been no arrests, no prosecutions? If Mr. Truman is as concerned as he says ~ about preserving the constitutional function of federal grand juries and courts, why shouldn't the government put all the facts it has about Communist espionage before a federal grand jury? That is what the House Committee

“And that, we believe, is what the American people want, Mr. Truman isn't likely to make them stop wanting it by denouncing Republicans or talking about “red herrings” and “smoke screens.”

Just One More ™ negotiations with Moscow over the blockade of Berlin remind us of some poker games. "Along toward the end of the evening you play the “last round.” ‘After that you play “one more hand.” Then you play “the last hand.” Then you play the “final hand.” ‘Then you play the “absolutely last hand.” The next one is “positively the last one.” Then somebody starts dealing showdown Showdown and there's no telling when that will end.

ig ‘Em E way Candidate Truman is aiising up the metaphors

~—“gluttons of privilege, pitchforks, economic tapeS us of the deathless utterance of a y supervisor in San Francisco some years back. Rising to denounce a project advocated by one of his political opponents, he exclaimed: "Ihis thing Jia# ull the

In Tune With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue

HAULIN' SAWLOGS TO THE MILL

Recollect when just a youngster Thing that gave me quite a thrill, Hear my Dad say, “Now in the mornin’ We'll haul sawlogs to the mill.”

Roust me out at four next morhin’, Thaw the pump, then up the hill To the barn to feed the horses, Then the sawlogs, and the mill .

Neer Jonget the way we did it, The fine teamwork of Tom and Bill, Rolled 'sid/on Shen chained the baompels , . » Haulin’ savlogs, to the Br BARBIGER, Indianapolis. ® © o

ON SOUNDS

Sounds help round out mortal living . . . the gurgle of a baby . . . the crooning of a loving mother as she cares for her offspring . . . the laughter of happy children . . . the sobbing of a sorrowing person . . . the ring of school bells and the tolling of church bells , , . the splash of a diving boy . . . the ripple of a brook . . . the breath of the wind through the trees ,. . the rumble of thunder , . . crackle of burning wood in the fireplace . , . the ring of the alarm clock . . . the crowing of the roosters . . . the roar of cannon . . . march of feet in military ) es . . . the patter of little shoes in the e . . . the hiss of steam , . . the sound of boiling coffee . . . the voice of a loved one... the rustle of fallen leaves . . , the songs of the birds . . . and the thud of clods in an open grave + « all fit into the mosaic of mortal living and live in human memories. ~THE BROWN COUNTY SAGE.

ALWAYS ALIENS

How many men were born and died Who lived great lives, exemplified; Who gave us vision, few knew before, And opened vistas thru life's great door!

How many souls with giant eyes, Have searched the vast unknown skies; Or delved beneath the cavern earth And gave the world intrinsic worth!

How, many minds have strained to see The consequences that would be e future, from his windowed seat, he all the glories of his feat!

How many victims, from the start, Were left to die of broken heart? How many men were held in fear To gather flowers on their bier? ¢ w=8. B. TOKOPF, Indianapolis.

Gay Paris— Deep in Gloom

By Williom Philip Simms

a PARIS, Sept. 30—This conference is steeped

tional conferences since the time hi Versailles can remember many which began peasippiam, But this one tops rf all for ba

is asking, ‘even if a happens and there is an agreement over Berlin, how long would the Kremlin honor its word?” The tragedy of the situation is that nobody here feels that he can take Russia's word for anything. This is unprecedented in modern international relations, especially in dealings among the great powers Many speak openly of what appears to have become an unbridgeable gulf between the basic beliefs of the East and West—their conflicting ideas of right and wrong, truth and falsehood, the importance of honoring tHe pledged word,

- of individual freedom and serfdom.

Bevin Put It Into Words EVERY MAJOR speech since the United Nations met has either touched upon or emphasized this disheartening situation. Foreign Minister Bevin was the most outspoken of those who say it is difficult if not impossible to reach an understanding with the Soviet Union. He put into blunt words—as blunt as any used by Mr. Vishinsky—what others had been whisper-

What does it matter, delegates are asking each other, if Mr. Vishinsky calls on the rest of the world to disarm when Marx, Lenin and Stalin have sald that the “ruling class,” that is, the proletariat, must prove it can “dominate the world militarily.” Or gho can take Mr. Vishinsky seriously when he talks of world co-operation while the Kremlin still clings to the doctrine that agreement between Communist and non-Communist states is “unthinkable?” There is a rumor that Foreign Minister Molotov may fly here from Moscow when the debate before the United Nations begins. Best information is that it will be Monday before the Security Council gives the green light to the Berlin discussion. Secretary ‘Marshall, Foreign Minister Bevin and ex-Premier Schuman will lead the fight for their respective countries. I am reliably informed that they have no intention to roughhouse with the Soviets and will cite chapter and verse and then sit down. = A decision by Moscow to honor her past promises and to live up to future ones would quickly alter the picture here—if there were some way she could erase the memory of all the promises she has made and broken before.

pessimism. Persons here who have attended interna-

The chief reason is that, deep down, everyone

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30—Federal plans for civilian defense if war comes are two months overdue, but will come out in October, officials promised today. Russell J. Hopley who was named in March “by Defense Secretary James Forrestal as direc-

presidency of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. at Omaha, He aimed originally for a late

stages, near enough ‘scheme could mesa Ba” operating on a hurry-up

basis if need organization is in complete

MUCH WORK must be done. The plang will require national legislation, which cannot be provided until comes back, There must be state legislation also, and there must be an integration of effort all the way down through big cities and industrial centers to smaller communities that might be targets of an enemy attack. One task for Congress will be establishment of an agency, probably separate from-the military establishment, for organization and con-

«tion was set up, without

GEARED FOR EMERGENCY — ;

Civilian Defense Nearly Ready

By Fred W. Perkins

Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

duct of civilian defense, The Hopley organizaspecific authority from Congress, only to devise plans, prepares the necessary legislation, and help establish a peacetime civil-defense office that could be quickly in time of war and also start working at the first alarm. This year’s meeting of the Governors’ Conference of the 48 states resolved gn the vital need for such a program, pledged its support, but stated: . “The conference wishes to emphasize—and experience with civilian defense during the last war has amply demonstrated—that efficient operation cannot be achieved unless the federal government will work with and through the state governinems ~ >it

THE U. 8. Conference of Mayors and the American Municipal Association, both with of-_ fices here, have been busy on*the project. Mr. Hopley has been conferring with spokesmen for the state and local agencies, The care with which he has been going into the entire subject produced the promise today that the eventual outcome will be “the most comprehensive civil defense plan ever formulated by any government.”

The Road Back?

BR - ER AAT —

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept, 30-—Here in Oklahoma, which is half southern and half northern, they are having an old-fashioned political cone test. It is politics in the accepted American tradition, with no modern gadgets, That is to say, neither the Dixiecrats nor the Wallaceites are on the ballot, The race is between Republicans and Democrats, which is why this is one of the few really doubtful states. While Democratic leaders are purposely not making any claims, the Truman-Barkley ticket may even have a slight edge as of the present with 21 stops on his two-day schedule; President Truman has campaigned across this state like a candidate for sheriff, trying to increase what may be a small advantage. If the Dixiecrats and the llace Party were on the ballot, Democratic defeat would have been certain. Expert observers believe Wallace might have polled 40,000 or 50,000 votes, virtually all of them taken from the

Democrats.

WHERE POLITICS IS ROUGH . . . Truman, Barkley May Get Edge In Teetering, Oil-Mad Oklahoma

TODAY'S— Quotes

We must stamp out segregation and other forms of discrimination. We remove the voting limitations imposed by the poll tax. We can give real meaning to the civil rights provisions written into our Constitution. —CIO President Philip Murray. # » . ‘ It is as important to prevent another war as to make certain of victory should one come. Luckily the means to both ends are the same. That is, we. must make ourselves strong.—~Gen. Dwight D. Eisendower.

8» We shall be in internal controversy over many phases of foreign policy, but we shall not be in controversy over the basic fact that America is united st aggression and against 8s of freedom.—Sen. Arthur A, Vandenberg (R.) of Michigan.

The people of the United States had better do some tall thinking. Too many people are talking. Nobody has a right to think of anything but of

, our own country’s interests ° first—~Rernard M.

(COPR. 1948 BY NEA SERVICE, MC. T. 0. REO. U. 8. PAT. OFF. "Junior keeps his books on top of the icebox now so they'll always be at his fingertips—school certainly is improving him!"

Side Glances—By Galbraith

By Marquis Childs

IN THE southern part of the state, settled largely from Texas, Arkansas and the deep South, the Dixiecrats would have taken Democratic votes from the other end of the political scale, In the Democratic primary Gomer Smith, veteran rabble-rouser, violently harangued the southern counties on the race issue, painting a lurid picture of the races forced to mingle in public places as a result of the President's civil rights program. Although he was defeated by former Gov. Robert 8. Kerr, Mr. Smith got a sizable vote. All the Dixiecrats can do in protest is stay home on election day. If they stay home in numbers, it could have a decisive effect, since the Democrats’ best hope is a large turnout Nov. 2. A shrewd and resourceful politician, Mr. Kerr is taking a neutral stand on civil rights. He has said, that, if elected to the Senate, he will not vote for any law contrary to OklaHoma’s state schools. The real states-righter and opponent of federal enforcement of civil rights is the Republican Senatorial candidate, Rep. Ross Rizley. Mr. Rizley is running in place of Sen. Ed Moore, a wealthy Republican oil man who decided to retire. Mr. House to abolish the poll tax in the southern states where it is still a prerequisite for voting. Both on the domestic and the internatiogal side his record is largely reactionary, and err and the Democrats will use it against him. This may help to offset the appeal of his genial, hearty personality. Mr, Rizley is, in short, an unreconstructed Republican of the pre-dawn, pre-Herbert Hoover era. If Gov. Thomas E. Dewey means to reshape the party and give it a new direction, as his speeches indicate, he will sooner or later have to come to grips with the Rizleys, and particularly if they show up in numbers in the new Congress.

Un:aconstructed Republicanism

TULSA is a hotbed of unreconstructed Republicanism. Repudiated in the rest of the state, the hard core of isolationist diehards survives there, promoting an organization called ProAmerica, successor to America First. They are Roosevelt-haters who believe “that man” deliberately brought on the war with all its evil consequences. As in certain other states, the weight of both ability and appeal is on the Democratic side when one examines the congressional candidates. Thus, Oklahomans are properly proud of the national reputation won by Rep. Mike Monroney of Oklahoma City for his constructive record in the House. With only weak opposition, Mr. Monroney seems fairly sure of reelection. Late in October Gov. Déwey will invade this state, and even if he should succeed in carrying it himself it is highly doubtful that ne San yun GOP congressional candidates along

Rizley voted against the bill in the

Board” report, submitted to Secretary Forrestal by Maj. Gen. Harold R. Bull last February,

stated: “Of the 1400 OCD employees, about 80 per cent were engaged in the promotion of Victory Gardens, War Bond drives, child welfare, consumer interest, nutrition study, salvage, education, rationing and the like. The most unanimous opinion of witnesses before the board was that a civil defense organization should confine

THIS REPORT suggested also that an effective program would require a high degree of * local control, with emphasis on “self-help.” In the Hopley work records have studied from Great Britain, Germany and Japan, and also the reports of American use and tests of the atomic bomb. Among the important phases of the subject are radiological (atomic) defense, maintenance of communications, emergency transportation, industrial plant protection, police and fire department functions, air warnings, medical serve ices, and engineering.

Hoosier Forum

“1 do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say i."

Keep letters 200 words or less on any subject with which you are familiar. Some letters used will be edited but content will be preserved, for here the People Speak in Freedom.

Temptation By Carl and Nella Goodwing, Hampton Dr. This is not in defense of sex criminals, prowlers and the like. However, to discourage such crimes, would it not be a good idea for the daily papers and the police department to run articles as follows: Do not appear in public almost nude, that is, in play suits and shorts, and the like, and expect that you will not be offended. Do not bother reporting to the Police Department, for looking the matter squarely in the face, you are asking for it. If you are so stupid as to get in a car with a stranger, don't complain if you get insulted. Again, you asked for it. You are as guilty as the prowler if you don’t keep your window blinds down when you are dressing and undressing. If it's too hot to have the blinds down, then for heaven's sake, turn out the lights and do your dressing and undressing. Believe me, it is up to the women to be modest if they wish to go unharmed. ® ¢ ©

Since When? By Marion D. Ellis’ * So the recent “petting party” held at Ritter Ave. qpd 16th St, wherein there were 17-year-old girls and 18-year-old boys did not constitute “delinquency”? Since when? Drinking beer bought on Sunday, an offense punishable in other cases with stiff fines and jail sentences and yet in this case it was merely a youthful prank, so the arresting officer seemed to think. Wonder why? Kids, if you live on the South or West sides, do move over on the East or North sides, and then anything you do will be construed as anything but “juvenile delinquency.” You may be sure if this happened around Military Park or some other place on the West or Bouth sides, the children would have been immediately placed under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Aid Division of the Police Department. For shame that this was not done in this case.

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Register and Vote By David W. Deets Justice Brandeis said, “The greatest menace to freedorg is an inert peop! If only pecple realized the truthfulness of this statement, they would go register and vote, Registration is taking place in the neighborhoods and at the Courthouse. It is the duty of every citizen to exercise his or her right of franchise by choosing public servants. To perpetuate a truly representative government, registration and voting are paramount requisites, Beftater before Oct. 4. Be sure to vote Nov. 2

Trail Smoother—

‘Smiling Man’ By Douglas Larsen

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30—President Truman’s current political junkets around the country are now pretty efficient operations as far as arrangements and management go. They are in sharp contrast to the one he made out West last June which featured an address to an almost empty auditorium in Omaha, Neb. Thg man mostly responsible for the differ. ence is Oscar Chapman, undersecretary of ine terior and called the “smilingest man in Washe ington.” When the June junket started Oscar was sent straight to the West to start making plans for the President's arrival there. He had done the same thing for Roosevelt in 1940, The White House had asked local politicians along the way to handle the arrangements in the various cities through which the President was to pass. Right from the start this didn’t work out very well. The local big shot who was asked to do the job would ignore other important Democrats in the city and make great Jromises that the President would show up at ctions which he obvicusly would never be able to “attend. The President became increasingly disgusted with the way things were going and the Omaha incident capped it. He immediately ordered that Mr. Chapman be made the exclusive “advance man” for the trip with sole authority to make arrangements. Mr. Chapman proved up to the job. From then on, all along the journey, the crowds got bigger, ending up with a million people seeing the President in Los Angeles. Efficient arrangements apparently produce the biggest crowds. Mr. Chapman has found that exactly five days ahead of the President is the best timetable. When it's longer, the careful schedules he plans get fouled up. When it's shorter, the local politicians don’t have time to handle their part of the arrangements. In one city where Mr. Chapman only happened to be three days ahead, the mayor hit the ceiling because he said the President's arrival didn’t give hiri time to get his swallow-tail coat back from the cleaners. Even the seeming imprompta stops in the

. small cities along the way have to be

arranged. Mr. Chapman has to determine just who of the local big shots will be asked insides the parlor car for a quick:chat with the President and who will be limited to a handshake outside. And then that list has to be checked and approved by the Secret Service. It quently requires some delicate decisions. About the highest favor which can be stowed on a politician 3 to be asked to the train and ride through his state on i man who is thus honored is expected to on the back platform each time the train 3a the President to say a few words. pman usually decides who a this person

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