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Not Nearly Good Enough’

TE HoH praise for the home-building dwteys comes from

arid Loan League. According to Mr. Bodfish, new homes built for American families in 1948 will more than double the number of + new families established. His estimates: about 950,000 new homes; about 400,000 new families. The figure on families probably is too low, but let that point pass. “Mr. Bodfish predicts the present volume of production will continue for several years. He says the excess of new homes over new families will be about 500,000 a year, or 3,000,000 in the next six years, “to be applied-against the backlog of demand accumulated during the war period.” And this, he says, “will provide for doubled-up families,

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. elimination of slum housing.” Mr. Bodfish's statement i is typical of many by men who would have the public believe the private home-building industry is doing such a wonderful job that there's no need either for a government housing program or for reforming the Industry's Wasetul, antiquated prastices,

: THE BUILDING of 950,000 new homes in 1948 can be considered a good job only by comparison with the bad jobs done in many, many past years. It’s a little better than the all-time record—937, 000 new homes away back in 1925. It is much better than the annual average of 300,000 new homes ni the 10 depression years, 1930 through 1939. : But, as Gov. Dewey said in New York City last week, “it is not nearly good enoug That “backlog of ——t which Mr. Bodfish disposes “of so casually is far bigger than his statement implies. Gov. Dewey put it this way:

_jca’s families and the homes we are building cost too much : + . in 1937, two of the nation’s leading housing experts estimated that nearly 1,200,000 new homes should have been built every year during the latter part of the 1930's just to keep pace with the demand. They were not built, . , , “Today, therefore, we are up against a gigantic housing deficit. . . . As many as a million and a half of our veterans and their families have had to double up with other families

--our-families have had to do the same.” ;

specific. But at least he doesn't fall for the Bodfish line “that there isn’t much of a problem and that the homebuilding industry is solving it in a hurry.

Ow Slow-Motion Economies ARY of Defense Forrestal has directed the three

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_eral administrative operations as the beginning of a “far“reaching” program for economy and eficiency under the unification act. The ‘order has-been sent to Gen. Mark Clark, head of the Sixth Army, and was in fact the secretary's approval of fecotnendations made to him by the general after a “field study. - Gen. Clark is to be commended for his initiative, and Secretary Forrestal for his prompt approval of the proposals. But must all economy programs take such a roundabout course before obvious waste and lost motion can be stopped? We need to slash through the red tape and get + going. Mr. Forrestal's order calls for merger of the three _ services’ public information facilities, the pooling of their recruiting operations, the consolidation of ammunition “depots and a single management for such joint facilities. . Could not the commanders of the three services in the area have been directed to accomplish such logical consolidations without a lot of back-and-forth correspondence and formalities between the Pentagon and San Francisco headquarters?

AND should not all of this, and | sore, Save been dose months ago? The unification act is more than a year old. We are informed that if the above-mentioned measures prove successful they will be applied to all military activities _in the country. But why not now? There is no temporizing with such situations during’ ‘a war. That should be the policy now. Finally we are told that in “various stages of consideration” are projects for the joint use of reserve training

facilities and ship repair yards. More of the same red tape, and another place to use the meat-ax...

est military budget in our peacetime history, now and within the foreseeable future. But the terrific burden we must assume makes it" mandatory that we.get.a. doliar’s. worth of value for every dollar expended.

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ey a ar De Freal kick, and never mind the smell. * In a country that gets wine out of rice and beer out of millett, we are not surprised. Boy! Fetch us a tall, frostanion julep—and make sure the hamburger is bruised, yt crushed.

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current world problems. He did not read r audience, but it may be recalled that is Tm which Chrigt said, among other things: “No man : for either he will hate the one, and ) elas lie. stl ald, to the ve, 314 dope +

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Morton Bodfish, chairman of the United States Savings

restore normal vacancy ratios and still provide for the -

“There ‘are not nearly enough Poor homes Tor Aner |

or live in rooming houses. Another million and a half of

As to a solution.for that problem, Mr. Dewey isnot too ,|

‘armed forces in nine western states to consolidate sev:" te

facilities, procurement offices, automotive maintenance

- National security demands that we maintain the Tig:

the Seman on the Mount offered the only prac-.

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In Tune With the Times

‘Barton Rees Pogue A ——————— A eines WHICH IS THE WEAKER SEX?

Which is the weaker sex? The anatomist would seem to he the person to answer this question; he does not quibble about the answer, He proceeds to tell you these (1). Males come into the world with more organic weakness and more malformations, (2) The male chemistry never functions as adequately as the female, the male gets out of order more easily. The male ‘excels only in muscular development. He ‘kids himself by saying: “Well, perhaps men do not live so long as women, but that is because they have to take the brunt of

things and the women are protected from the’

‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,” The anatomist says: “Phooey, the truth of the matter is that the poor guy just can't take it like a woman.” High school boys shiver and shake in their woolies while the girls, with one quarter the weight of clothing, seem oblivious to the vagaries of the weather. If you are a man don't ask the anatomist which is the weaker sex; he will let you down. GEORGE B/GRLER, New Castle. *

HOPE

Some day I hope to be a pleasant memory, When all that's left of me. Is what folks say. I hope they'll somehow find that'T was always kind And keep me in their mind That way. —DOROTHY, M. PARKE, Indianapolis. ® &

MISSING ELEMENTS

For want of your faith a courage was lost For want of your love a hope was lost For want of your arms an embrace was lost For want of a smile a laugh was lost For want of your love my heart is lost. -D. D. on Indianapolis. * o

THE FAN. ~

Around and around the fan goes in the same old rele, but it does a lot of good just the

pie TU SENSEWORTH, Indianapolis. ® 4 ¢

AVARICE

I have all the money I'll ever need, But since I always want a lot more, I think .I will become a middleman Between the farmer and the store. re P. He Indianapolis.

| LOVE YOU

I knew from the beginning it could only mean pain, __And 1 tried so hard not to care, But: my Feart wouldn't Nstén to the aavice or my head,

‘Dear, my cross is so heavy to bear.

I thought T was immune to affairs of the heart, 1 was oh, so smug and supreme,

Then came the day when you opened my door |

And walked straight into my dream.

Your eyes say so much, your lips not a thing. Do you know, dear, what I'm going thru? It would lighten the load and ease the pain, Just to know that you love me too. i =JaNIE, Indianapolis,

I'™M USED to GRIEF -

I'm used to grief, It has no sting: 'Tis joy I fear r . Will take a wing. —JUNE WINONA SNYDER, Indianapolis.

THE RUNNER-UP

To see the longed-for prize slip threugn- your hand, To Tose by “Iiches, be the Runner-up; wo To fail, success almost at your command— These form the bitter dregs within the cup. —LEONA BOLT MARTIN, Kokomo.

GANGSTER

Conceived by lust and ignorance, born into poverty, nurtured on the milk of fear, disciplined with the whip of selfishness, taught

from the book of envy, inspired with hatred,

tempted with blood-dripping gold, stumbling through the night with gun or knife clutched in a hand that knows not what it does, following a light, or what appears to be a light, that will lead him on and on to the greater darkness of destruction and death. = VIRGINIA FORTNEY, Indianapolis.

Armageddon?

NATIONAL AL AFFAIRS .

. By Marquis Childs

Official U. S. Policy Confused By Conflicts in Statements

WASHINGTON, Oct: 12-—-In the confusion currently prevailing in Washington, it is difficult to tell who is making policy and what

: policy is from day to day. This is true in mat“ters both large and Sma’

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The latest and most ohvibus ample is the proposal to send Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson as a peace emissary to Stalin- in Moscow. This seems to have gone so far that free radio time was requested for a broadcast announcing the move, at which point Secretary of State Marshall persuaded President Truman to call it off. Such’ # move would. have been worse than futile. It would have cut directly across the whole position of the United States delegation at the United Nation meeting in Paris. And our partners, the British and the French, would certainly have been outraged by such a surprise maneuver.

One -reason--for- the confusion. ix ‘that so. many voices are raised, often with conflicting: -

views, at a time of gravest peril. The public can hardly be expected to discriminate between official policy and the personal views of officials who criticize or seek to Persusde -¢ opinion to go in another direction.

Policy on Atomic War iN. THIS column recently, attention was

called to the argument advanced by two Air

Force colonels {ii & ‘téchnieat pubtication-of the USAF that a war can be won by a small fleet of planes dropping atomic bombs on the enemy’s strategic centers. - BY this means, so the argument went, a war could be brought to a victorious conclusion in from one to three months. This happens to coincide, more or less, with aggressive and sensational claims made usually off the record. but sometimes on the record, by Air Force officers of a much higher rank than colonel. It seemed to me that this had become official policy. I am assured now that it’ is not official policy. Such a view can contribute to an increasingly dangerous attitude that i= taking hold in this country. The best expression of it is, “Well, let's

GOP POLICIES . . . By Peter Edson

Dewey's Talks Leave | Issues Unexplained

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—Careful reading of Gov. Thomas

Side Glances—By Galbraith

go and drop the bomb on those so-and- sos and |

get it over with. ¥

Quick End to War

GEN. HOY 8. VANDENBERG, for the Air

Army, are in agreement that an-atomic attack might paralyze the enemy and pring a war to a relatively swift conclusion. But they also agree that in the event of failure it is essential to plan for a war that might last 10 years or even, as Gen. Bradley has said, 30 years. They also Know, as does anyone with the slightest imagination or understanding, that a total war—and all war in the’ atomic age must be - total—lasting many years would utterly transform the American economy and in all

probability the American political system. We -

would almost be forced to accept a totalitarian pattern: Loose talk about “dropping the ‘bomb on those so-and-sos” does not come from men of responsibility who have soberly considered these possibilities. Mr. Vandenberg's difficulty is that 80 many propagandists for a super-duper, blitz

type Air Force, both in uniform and out of uni- -

form, have filled the air with their claims.

Feel Army Overshadowed

GEN. BRADLEY'S difficulty is that the per-

-‘suasiveness-of the. air..argument—hoth of, the

limited official side and the extravagant unofficial side—appeals to Congress and the public. It confirms a longing that war can be easily won by the Buck Rogers, push-button technique. And there are men serving ‘under Gen. Bradley and deeply loyal to him who feel that the A my has been so overshadowed as to damage morale. One point in the policy debate involves the right of men in uniform to express themselves freely on differences of strategy and tactics. On the technical level. this seems to me highly desirable. But when it impinges on top policy, and newspaper headlines about a three months atomic war certainly get close to policy, then restraint becomes necessary.

Fortés,. and “Geil. Omar S.“Bradley, for -the—{- Ae a labor relations act that would bring

Hoosier Forum

“1 do not agree with a word that you sey, but |

will ‘defend to the death your right to say it."

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

Status of the Closed Shor.

By John Alvah Dilworth Now that the Roosevelt-Wagner closed-shop union leaders find themselves holding the Taft« Hartley trade union end of the stick they must take it standing. Afterward they can live without memories. It is they who are denouncing both Democrats and Republican Congress people who voted tor the Taft-Hartley labor act, and worrying about the union's we-can'te separate-employee-from-employer safety. For the record, it would be interesting, indeed, to know more about these rank and file members who were hounded &nd expelled out of closed-shop unions for exercising the right of free speech. What are their names? How many were expelled”. How many of them left the closed-shop unions because they could not endure what Messrs. Roosevelt, Wagner, Truman and some Congress people called the “right to suppress freedom of thought climate of totalitarian unions. in a free country” by Commue-nistic-like union leaders and politicab witch

hunters under ‘the Wagner Labor Relations,

Act? Lacking this information, and it is not likely to be forthcoming from the government, the country must console itself with this thought: Yesteryears you and I lived lives under a closed-shop union suppression of speech. Is the Constitution and Bill of Rights guarantee of: freedom of speech to be destroyed, enforced or laughed at? ¢ & 4

‘In Spirit of Revenge’ By a Hoosier. All candidates for President and Vice Presi.

dent want the people to believe that they are"

middle-of-the-roaders. These candidates are either following platforms and policies of serve ing all the -people for their general welfare or trying hard to make people believe this. We have two candidates for President and Vice President tkat have been speaking in generalities most of the time and refuse to see or are blinded for one reason or another and cannot see the real causes that are blocking the progress and welfare of the people as a whole, One of these candidates made the remark that one of these obstructions should be improved.

. Our wisdom tells us we cannot build on sand ‘and the Taft-Hartley Labor Relations Act was

built on sand. We are not sure just what this candidate's ideas are to improve this bill. -This Taft-Hartley Act enacted in the spirit be revenge, enacted by Americans that we paid to serve all the people, has really obstructed the freedom and welfare of - our. people. ericans had ‘a real opportunity then to unity and service to the people as a whole. But “hey were thinking in terms of some of the people with revenge in their hearts. There are several obstructions to our unity, progress and freedom that have not been mentioned by these two candidates, Mr. Dewey and Mr. Warren. Perhaps they will bring these up later after they find out that they must. It will be no need then because these obstructions to our general welfare have been completely defined and analized by two able Democratic candidates for President and Vice President. eo &

What About ‘New Look’?

H.W, City.

Just want to put in my two cents worth about the women being molested nightly. There have been such silly letters recently about women inviting trouble by their indecent dress. Where have these people been hiding? - The “new look” is definitely long. Who nowadays wears short dresses or provocative styles? The skirts are longer than they have been in years. It seems to me some people can never be pleased. Then

too, these molesters work in the dark, so it doesn’t’ matter what you wear-or-what-age. you...

are, 8 to 80, you still are not safe from these depraved monsters who prey on Jone ‘women. These letter writers are evidently in sympathy with these degenerates and possibly are

- jealous.

What about the woman who last week just stepped out her back door doing her nightly chores and was grabbed and had her sweater torn off. Was she indecently dressed? It's too chilly nowadays to go without a lot of clothes, so I think these letters and opinions are silly and uncalled for. The modern miss of today wears long’ skirts and is fully clothed so you old timers still screaming about indecent dress are several years behind the time.

| CAPO Labor Press Using Funds in Politics

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—A Supreme Court decision last

TACTICS ...By Fred Perkins:

These

E. Dewey's campaign speeches thus far leaves many things to be axplained. It is still impossible to tell just where the Republican candidate stands on most domestic issues, what policies he will pursue when he becomes President. This thought is apparently bothering a number of people. The serious literature analyzing Mr. Dewey's mind is becoming voluminous and important. Oren Root Jr., in Harper's magazine, identifies Dewey with the progressive wing of the Republican Party and prays he will stay that way. Mr. Root was one of Wendell Willkie's original backers. Elmer Davis, in the.same publication, has discovered that Mr. Dewey is a real leader, but fears that the reactionary congressmen will cause him trouble. Robert T. Elson, In the current Fortune magazine, goes be-

yond these two analyses by trying to forecast Mr. Dewey's policies. much from the candidate himself as from his braintrusters.

Dewey ‘Team’ Outdoes FDR Braintrust

THIS Dewey “team.” as it's called, is rapidly assuming proportions to make Franklin D. Roosevelt's braintrust of Howe, Hopkins, Tugwell, Moley and McIntyre look like a bunch of rank amateurs. The FDR five-was thrown together after Roosevelt's nomination. more. The lineup: John Foster Dulles on foreign policy, Elliott V. Bell on finance, John E. Burton on budget, Charles D. Breitel on law, Paul Lockwood and James C. Hagerty as personal aids.

wine T0,. difference between the FDR braintrust and Dewey's | ' seems to be this’ Roosevelt's ‘braintrusters did a lot.of.

thinking. and independent acting. Dewey wants his team merely 10 bring alm facia, He is to do the thinking. Then his policies out and decided upon in full conference of all ad-

; visers, All jstmates pass Dewey the ball, and he Stouts he

ic AE basic retreat from the Taft-Hartley Act. This

ents, later on. What ney might

prec! be is not stated. In his Mont., speech Dewey prom-

ised to tell where he stood on labor, later in the campaign. —be brought out to stimulate business. Dewey's 1944 statement

Carry-Over From 1944

DEWEY wants to strengthen the Department of Labor. This is a carry-over from his 1944 campaign. The last Congress, it will be remembered, pretty well shot the Department of Labor to pieces, Farm Policy—Continue price supports, crop loans and federal subsidies for soil conservation, More 4 ald for co-operatives. High Prices and Inflation—Dewey has made two speeches on this subject, at Albuquerque and San Francisco. His program is: 1--Bring able and honest men and women to Washington. 2-Cut government spending. 3—Pay off the national debt. 4—Stop grain speculation by government employees, 5 Bring to. Washington men and women of integrity. , 6—Start the Be system of free opportunity. Fortune says Dewey favors postponing all public works pending.-excepi, of ‘course, for reclamation projects

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—he probably has heard us mention the town where we spent our vacation!"

win the West. In case of recession, public works projects would "that, “Whether we like it or not, government is committed to some degree of economic direction,” is still said to stand. Fiscal—Dewey is for, balancing the budget and reducing the national debt. He is for continuing curbs on consumer credit. He wants to keep the federal interest rate low and stabilize government securities. These last two policies will come as a severe blow to bankers, who want interest rates up, bond prices down. Taxes Fortune says: “Obviously, no one in Mr. Dewey's camp is going out on a limb for high taxes befote election day. It is equally obvious that substantial reductions in corporate and income taxes should not be anticipated.” At Albuquerque Dewey said: “National income is now at such high levéls that- we can build up our military strength, reduce our debt, and still see to it that taxes are less of a burden on our people.” If Dewey can do all these things at the same time and Tectnelle;all ‘these. differences, he he will be a miracle man indeed.

June 21 left some doubt about the legality of a labor unjon's use of its members’ dues to publish praise or censure of candi dates for national political office, but the “labor press” in this campaign shows no sign of being worried about it. Casual examination of almost ‘any labor paper shows it is supporting its political friends and lambasting its foes. And a “survey made public today confirms that the practice is general. The survey is by “GM Digest” of New York, which keeps track of what the 600 union papers in this country are telling their readers, In an analysis of what was published in August by 100 selected union papers, the survey found that one-fourth related to current political issues. This was almost exactly equal to the attention given to economic issues.

' Condemned Record of Congress

LEADING political topics included encouragement of union political action, condemnation of all Congressmen who voted for the Taft-Hartley law, the record of Congress, praise of President Truman, c#Mticism of Gov. Dewey, a generally cynical view of Henry Wallace, a tolerant but unfavorahle attitude toward Socialist Norman Thomas, condemnation of the “Dixiecrats,” support of the Civil-Rights program and opposition to racial discrimination and “Red-baiting.” . Economic issues were discussed in articles on. bargaining: with 1 “free enterprise,” and the daily press, { by much attention to the cost of living, real earnings of workers, wage and other union demands, concentration of wealth and corporate profits.. Labor-management co-operatio and worker

productivity were among’ the” iinor subjects." Doubt Raised on Law

THE SUPREME COURT decision was in a case resulting from a challenge by CIO President Philip Murray to a section of the Taft-Hartley law prohibiting use of union funds, as well ad corporation funds, to influence national elections. Mr. Murray embodied his challenge in a statement in the “CIO News” in support of a congressional candidate in Baltimore. The court’s opinion stated: ‘We are unwilling to say that Congress by its prohibition against corporations or labor organizations making an expenditure.in connection with any election of candidates for federal office Intended to outlaw such a publication.” ‘ However-—and this is where the doubt as to the tui applica

- tioge comes inthe decision added, "we express no opinion as

to the scope of this section where different circumstances eis) , .and none upon the constitutionality of the section.” Another case involving this Taft-Hartley section is on I way to the Supreme Court from a federal court in Connecticat which held a local AFL painters’ union guilty of a violation “because it spent union money for advertising space to ‘condame certain political candidates.

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