Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1948 — Page 14
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The Lest Mile S THE 1948 presidential campalisn enters what pertinently may be called the last mile, a Gallup poll reports that about two to one of the citizens questioned expect a Dewey victory. Most political authorities also expect that. , Seldom have we seen a contest for the Presidency in ‘which the final outcome appeared from the start so foreordained. But, in fairness, we want to say a few words for Mr, Harry 8S. Truman. While he has made mistakes, some of them major, he has struggled bravely in what he must have known all along has been a losing effort. And by no means has he done all the damage to himself. His own party gave him the curse in the Philadelphia convention and before. And, when his place in history is recordéd, that will stand-out. Never was there such an exhibition of mismanagement ‘wor disloyalty. The Eisenhower affair was the worst. The ditech-Truman plotters trotted out the general for the nomination without knowing whether he would take it. What
the weary road and the i would énd. : Remember that hot July night of the sodinating and the seconding speeches, when all those political punks felt , it their God-given privilege to strut their stuff and sound their lungs, though the man they reluctantly and at long last were going to nominate waited four sweaty, sticky. “hours to be received? ‘Then at about 2 a. m., with most of the nation's audience gone to bed, came the acceptance speech—the ‘only ennobling incident in the whole sorry and sordid week. After that Mr. Truman took to the hustings. Driven to desperation by the treatment he had received from his own double-crossing associates, he felt that he had to dig out all the old shopworn cliches ever employed, from William Jennings Bryan down to date.
“don't put all the blamé on that game and very-likable per- - son, who, despite everything, has been doing the best he can.
Red Shadow Over China R EPUBLICAN China may collapse under the Red attack in three to six months, according to neutral military observers. If that happens, half the world will be under Communist control. Sympathetic. and determined American assistance as late as a year ago might have averted the present crisis. It .was not given, and there is now no prospect of a sincere effort to save China unless and until there is a change in the White House and the State Department. The story of our relations with China, a wartime ally, since the fateful Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin agreement at Yalta in 1945, was reviewed yesterday in Parker La Moore's article in The Times. It is not a history of which any American can be proud. But it helps to explain why .all Asia today is menaced by Communism. Our contrasting treatment of Greece and Turkey on one hand, and of China on the other, in dealing with worldwide Communism, is an inexplicable chapter in American foreign policy. Future historians will ponder long on how President Truman and Secretary Marshall, who acted real. istically and courageously to halt the spread of Communism ‘in Europe and the Middle East, could have been so blind to the same threat in the larger theater of the Far East. Gov. Dewey's speeches have indicated that he is keenly aware of the seriousness, as well as the vital importance, of the Chinese situation. We can only hope that it will not have passed beyond repair by the timé he is in a position to do something about it.
One-Way Traffic to Freedom ‘WO Russian air officers managed to fly over the top of _.the iron curtain and land at an American air base in Austria. They wanted to get out of Russia, even at the risk of leaving their families behind to face possible punishment. The two men have been granted the status of political refugees under protection of the American flag. U. 8. Army officials in Vienna, however, are said to be worried lest their handling of the case be resented by Rus-. sia, and they hope the Soviets will not “retaliate” against American airmen who may be forced to land in Russianheld territory. It is not likely that any American fliers making” a forced landing in Russia would ask political asylum, but if they should and want to become Russian’ citizens we sincerely. hope Russia will “retaliate” by keeping them. And we wouldn't be in favor of sending repre-
back-—as Russia did in this case. Facet is, we're in favor of providing plenty of airlift to any Americans who admire Russia so much that they want to go there to stay—but WSlortunately all the traffic wems the other way these days.
Boon to ‘Bookleg ers’ A’ FOUR-TO-FOUR ed of the U, 8. Supreme Court has upheld New York State's ban on a hook called “Memoirs of Hecate County.” ~~" 'The vote being a tie, no opinion was written and no-4n-nouncement was made as to how the individual justices stood, except that Justice Frankfurter took no part in the case. So, probably, we'll never know which four of the learned men in. black robes agreed with the New York courts that the volume violated a state law against publi cation or sale of “any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent or disgusting book.” ‘But we're sure that thousands of people, who never have heard of “Memoirs of Heeate County" if it : ught into the courts, will now bé deterony | it thay we to hy: it at fancy
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Barton Rees Pogue += DAY. AND NIGHT
By day: The houses in my town quite madden me They are ugly and sordid Filled with people who sadden me © Cause me to rage and fume, become word,
Sloven mothers sit and shrilly call To. children playing with their toys, Their own dear little girls and boys. The bables cry, and fathers curse . , . Can anythihg ever ‘be much” worse?
That ong should slight the beauty Of a tree so mild. Or fail tn» kneel at the wonder “ In the eyes of a little child.
By night:
The houses in my town are all forgot, Such silver beauty of mysterious silence Covers all the lot. No sign of ugly human violence To mar the wonder of it all, The houses are deep wells of black mystery, Walls of silver canyons mounting high. Blue green the trees, the reeking street A road of silver invitation To wander and explore the beauty of a new land near by. «CORA SHIRLEY, Terre Haute. * oo @
MONO-RHYME OF A MARRIED MAN
Me? ’ Free? Tee Hee! —RHYMING RUFUS, Trevlac.
THE PLOWMAN (IFTS HIS HEAD
CARRIER a sla «tailed y "From dawn till dark a paiat the sun that ‘Brofied “And bowed his head. His back bent weazlly - “Beneath the task of tiling
: dearly. when HT That ve tiight-reap. But hunger. hasbiad Bil
The stark necessities of life were grim As death. No time to think, to live, to be, To touch the stars, or feel the ecstasy That mingling with one’s fellowmen can bring, And all the while he yearned for time to sing.
But now the plowman lives in changing fields; His team is hitched. His scanty acre yields Its share of comfort and of luxury At urge of modern tools of industry. For every man has now a hundred hands To do his will, the while his life expands To broader service in his country’s need. - (If only he might heal the world of greed.) And so his hope, which lived throughout the
years, Will triumph further over all his fears. ~JUNE WINONA SNYDER, Indianapolis. ch
TRANSITION
The people wait; the kingdoms shake, . For chaos broods throughout all lands. But faith and hope will overtake Confusion’s idle, helpless hands.
Awake! Arise! Have cheer! And banish foolish fear! For systems. donot long abide, Since progress will not be denied. “CASPER BUTLER, Kokomo. ®
A FLAME oF SCARLET
The maple boughs have blazing scarlet hues As veils of blue have fashioned autumn's sky A limped pool is mirrored by the dews To tint the fountains-as they laugh—and I— Am captive, charmed by nature's color scheme That blends the blossoms yellow, pink and jade,
" But life awakens from a summer dream
A world where .autumn’'s beauty does not fade.
The gowns of scarlet trail along the hilis To blend with dainty violet and brown, The Master Artist paints as beauty spills— And autumn claims it for her very own. The fallen leaves are like a paisley shawl A crispy tang pervades the air of fall. ~—GRACE PORTERFIELD POLK, t Greenwood. . LJ
RINGING WELKIN
I agtee that this is a good old world For 1 am one of a great crowd Greatly blessed with enough children To share in happiness good and loud
—F. P. M., Indianapolis.
AUTUMN
The calendar says it's autumn. Leaves are flying everywhere, And we smell the spiced aroma Of pickles in the air. The birds are winging on their way, We hear the killdear call, Our summer days have passed away — We say “howdy” to the fall. LAURA THELMA COMSTOCK, McCordsville.
POLL IN DIXIE... By Peter Edson
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‘Why Did They Elect FDR?’ By Edward L. DeJournett, 3520 E. Fall Creek Pkwy. Why did the people elect the Democrats in such a landslide three times? Someone please tell me. I would like to know why, If they ars so bad, why did they elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as President three times, now why? ¢ & o
‘A Credit to Indiana Politics’ By Bill Holmes, 120 Walnut St, Shelbyville, In the past weeks I have written several letters to this column. I deeply appreciate the publishing of those letters. This column, in which all people can freely express their opinions is an ‘outstanding example of American freedom. In my letters I urged the support and election of Henry F. Schricker as the next Governor of Indiana. We voters know that an efficient state administration is as essential to Indiana as a strong Federal government is to the entire nation, I have supported Henry Schricker not because of his political affiliation but entirely upon his past and present record as a governor and citizen of this state. In serving as our governor from 1940-44, he gave the people an administration they could speak of with just pride. His respect for his political opponents is a credit to Indiana politics and an asset to good government. o * g
+o ‘Another President Harding?’
By William: E. Deardorfl, Lebanon, Ind.
, Choose Dewey as Leader.” L respect the ders oy Si anny ion, but’ why you n porn more defnite’ ge | Tor Sa WN Norewerry ToL STR 1920 We had a 3 "candidate for " President who gave life service during the cam- | pain ¢ to supporting a permanent peace plan.
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Harding was Dewey. will.not be another Harding? : "Mr. Dewey poses as. an internationalist now.
OUR TOWN . . . By Anton Scherrer Gay 90's Romances Linked To Bicycles Built for Two
THE FEW who pooh-poohed the “safety” bicycle when it was introduced in Indianapolis included Carl Fisher, “Rabbit” York, George M. Dickson and Jack Zimmerman. All four con-
riding of bicycles.
to learn that the dignity of the high office into which they had been lifted didn't permit the
Parking Problem in 1896
Yet, when it was politically popular to do so, Mr. Dewey was an isolationist. How do we know he will not return to his old isolationist policies when elected President? Mr. Dewey, when confronted with a minor error by a railroad engineer in Southern Indiana, responded with a fit of temper. How do. You suppose a man with such a short temper would deal with the very provoking Mr. Molotov. ® © o
‘So Much Cheap—-Politics’ By Lesley L. Dudley, Kennard, Ind.
I see where Ralph F. (Futile?) Gates iz out to defend his record and at the same time,
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New Political Setups In South Forecast
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 Biggest political problem facing the South after election will obviously be reorganization of the Torn by split-offs of Mr. Wallace and Mr. - Thurmond left and right factions, the once-solid South is in a
To get a line on Southern thinking about this matter, editors of 150 daily newspapers in and below the states of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and Oklahoma were asked this “What steps do you think necessary before the Democratic Party can be reunited and the two-party system re-estab-
Answers ran the full scale of political opinion, but these Ten editors say the party
tinued riding their high wheels as late as 1895 when evérybody else had accepted the safety ‘as an accomplished fact. Indeed, the “Giraffe” appeared on the streets of Indianapolis in 1805. It was designed on the pattern of the old “ordinary” of British origin except that, in this case, the high front wheel had a dimeter of nothing“ less than 108 inches—nine feet, mind you. Compared with which, the diameter of the English wheel measured no more than 60 inches. Figured by Euclid's inexorable law, the Giraffe's circumtersnce ran to more than 28 feet. The monstrosity was designed, owned and operated by Carl Fisher, the first man anywhere around here to expound the doctrine of “bigger and better” things. The Giraffe was mounted by way of three successive steps on the. “backbone” (frame), lugged into today’s piece to reveal why Mr.
< Fisher deseived the sobriquet of “Crip” at the
time. For “cripple’—see?
Big Demand for Bicycles
MR. FISHER’'S Giraffe didn't impress the people worth a cent. They went right on buying safeties—provided they could get them. In 1895, the demand for safety bicycles was so great, and the shortage so acute, that Harry Hearsey (daddy of bicycle dealers in Indianapolis) made a special trip to Chicago to see what he could pick up in the way of wheels When he left, Mr. Hearsey carried a banner embroidered with the single word “Excelsior!” He yelled “Bicycles or bust,” as he waved everybody goodby from the rear platform of his train. Mr. Hearsey returned empty-handed, and the less said about it the better. In 1896, Indianapolis issued 7000 bicycle licenses (4000 more than the year before), a condition which left comparatively few people walking. Everybody was on wheels including women, children and even priests, When Father Alerding (8t. Joseph's parish) and Father O'Donaghue (St. Patrick's parish) were made bishops (in the one case, of the diocese of Ft. Wayne; and in the other of the diocese of Lonivitle), it almost broke their hearts
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Side Glances—By Galbraith
ABOUT this time, Indianapolis was confronted with a parking problem. The Indiana Trust people (more specifically, John P. Frenzel) were the first to d» something about it. In 1896, Mr. Frenzel allocated a vault in the nasement and fixed it up with a series of racks to serve the hundred or more bicyclists in his bank building; which was all the more remarkable when you consider that Mr. Frenzel was an ardent advocate of walking. Access to the first “bicycle stable” (a connotation ¢ * Mr. Frenzel’s invention) was by way of an area stairway on Washington St. just off Virginia Ave. Incorporated in the stairway was an inclined trough, a slick contrivance designed to slide wheels from the street pavement down into the basement. The enly thing like it left in Indianapolis is the bicycle stairway in the Athenaeum, the one leading from the Michigan St. entrance down into the rathskeller (another cultural survival of the glorious 90's). By this time, “Daisy Bell” had turned up.
‘It was a revolutionary sentiment set to music:
“Daisy. Daisy. give me your answer true, T'm half crazy. all for the love of you! It won't be a stylish marriage, 1 can't afford a carriage, But you'll look sweet Upon a seat Of a bicycle built for two!’
The “bicycle built for two” was, of course, the “tandem.” It was introduced in Indianapolis on May 13, 1885 by Cant” Fisher, who, I believe, was still a bachelor at the time.
Three's a Crowd on a Bicycle
IT WAS the same Mr. Fisher. too. who startled Indianapolis with the “triplet,” a safety designed on the order of a dachshund. The first trio to ride Mr. Fisher's triplet (in a race) comprised Harry Finehout, Otis Lowe and Harry Griffith. They were picked not only for their poise, out also fer their avoirdupois. Mr. Finehout, who weighed only 109 pounds sat over the triplet's attenuated and precarious belly. Sometimes. but not very often, the triplet carried two men and a wisp of a girl between them. It did nothing to promote matrimony. probably for the reason that two is company and three's a crowd.
youth.
promote the candidacy of his political stepson, Hobart Creighton. As for his awn record, Ralph need have no fear. No four-year period in Hoosier higtory can’ span so little worthwhile accomplishnjént; 80 much cheap inter-party politics; so much retrogression in the Highway and Conservation departments; so much increase in taxation and a corresponding decrease in apparent results. As for Hobart Creighton, we can expect a continuance of these policies. If not, how can we explain the close affinity of these two political bedfellows? On one side we have an admittedly weak candidate backed by Indiana’s weakest ‘execulive. Arraved against him and cloaked in a brilliant previous four-year period as our greatest and most beloved governor is Henry Schricker. fn our own lifetime; we may never be able to ¢thoose a man as typically Hoosier as Henry, and for courage, honesty, fairness and efficiency he stands alone and unmatched. > 2
What Others Say—
I'm supporting President Truman for election because he is a piano player.—James C. Petrillo, president, American Federation of Musiclans. } > The hour has come when we should kick out of schools and colleges everyone who does not believe in the Constitution, and does not pledge allegiance to the flag.—Sen. John W. 3ricker (R.) of Ohio. eS The high cost of eggs is not the result of the hen laying for the dealer; it's the dealer laying for the public. ~<Cormdiag Garry Moore. * *
If we get the necessary funds each fiscal year . .. four years from now we will have an up-to- date minimum Air Force.—Lt. Gen. Benjamin W. Chidlaw, deputy commanding general, Air Materiel Command, U. S. Air Force. ee & Any dictatorial satrap anywhere in the world can raise the cry that he is afraid of Communists in his midst and he will hit the American Treasury jackpot.—Henry A. Wallace.
JUVENILE PROBLEM . . . By E. T. Leech
Comic Book Fears Mav Be Exaggerated
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26— The vounger generation has been always a source of distress to its elders. The “juvenile problem” is about the oldest of record. The miracle is that mankind survived. For, hefore each elder generation could attain the judgment and wisdom of which it was confident, it first had to go throygh the hopelessness of
Strangely enough, elders never have blamed themselves for the faults of the youngsters. on some pernicious outside influence. Right now it is popular to blame comic books and crime
Responsibility always has rested
sentatives to make a nine-hour plea to get them to come |
needs new and stronger leaders—not Mr. Truman and not the “one-man” rule of Mr. Roosevelt. Nine editors emphasize the need of purging the radicals. Nine editors insist the party will have to abandon its present policy on civil rights and let the South regain control of the Democratic organization.
‘Common Foe Out of Defeat
THAT reorganization of the Democratic Party will come more or less automatically, without any planning or direct action, Is the opinion held by another large group of Dixie papers. Defeat of the Democratic Party in November will create a common foe which Democrats from all over will unite to defeat, say a dozen editors, - Aside from these broad generalities, suggestions are scatjones all over the map. But they Present many constructive eas “Abandon centralization of government and get back to Con Ala., Journal, support: Thurmond and. ht. “Kick out the racehaiters,” says the ce, Ala, Times. Better understanding of the South by the North, better treat.
form aceeptable to the South are calied for by a number of editors. They put the blame for the. present split on the Northern Democrats. “The North should learn that the Democratic Party is dead without the South." says the Kingsport, Tenn., Times. Louis NordyKke of the.Amarillo, Tex., Globe- New, feels this ‘is nothing to worry about. “If the GOP wins,” he says, ‘‘the Northern Demos will be wooing the South again.” On the other d, says the Nevada, Mo.,, Mail, “The South
' Should forget its ha red of the Republican Party and encourage ts growth in the South." On. this point the Lexington, Ky.
stitutional principles,” demands C. M, Stanley of the Montgomery,
ment of the South, letting the South aloné, adoption of a plats
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Leader warns that, “The Republican Party must devel nationwide integrity.” The St, Petersburg, Fla., Independent believes there must be a “general housecleaning of both extreme rightists and extreme radicals.” This theme is echoed by a Rymber-of editors who want the Democratic Party kept I NEXT: Prospects for a
| two-party system In the South.
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broadcasts for what seems to us elders the failings of another rising generation. This writer's living room long has been cluttered with discarded comic books and made hideous by blasts of gunfire and groans of the dying. But he does not want to appear as a defender of or apologist for either type of nuisance, He merely wonders if we aren 't overdoing our agitation about them.
Addicted to Comic Books
SOME TOWNS are enacting censorship laws against comic
books. It is standard practice in reports of juvenile crime to mention that the accused was addicted to comic books. A current account of the trial of a young holdup and killer includes this testimony of his father: “He read comic books and listened to gangster stories on the radio all tha time he was home.” Granting the undesirability of both diversions, one can't help thinking that untold millions of American kids do the same thing. And doubting that they will all end in the same way.
Days of ‘Nick Carter’
FOR we were part of a great youth underground which secretly and ceaselessly traded the latest issues of “Nick Curter,” “Old King Brady," “The James Boys" and other weekly favorites. America partly was settled by Puritans and other frostbitten sects long,on deploring arid restraining the actions of the young. Jt all thése charges about comics and radio thrillers are true, couldn't we elders also be Infected? How easier to explain some of the things we fall for—especially in campaign years? For example, who but yictims of comic influences would ateful for high prices and unions to vote right because they gained high wages; and at the same time blame somebody else for the high cost of living?
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