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A North Atlantic Alliance
. The need has been clear since the breakdown of the ' Moscow conference a year and a half ago. Since then Stalin has tightened his grip on Eastern Europe, tried to drive the democratic Allies out of Berlin and Germany, stepped up fifth-column penetration in Western Europe, United Nations settlement of the atomic-bomb issue and of political disputes, and generally pushed the et threat has forced democratic nations unity road in a few months than would otherwise in many years. It brought ! Netherlands, Belgium and Luxema Western union of defense. It t Truman officially to approve that Euro-
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there is no slow down the extensive negotiations which must precede drafting a treaty. we foresee certain dangers which may delay or even sidetrack the common objective. One is prolonged debate on whether the should provide a tight " or a loose “association.” If the latter can. be
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3 > x » ey danger is that manufacturing orders for military lend-lease will be held up for many months pending perfection of a treaty, A third danger is that Congress may be tempted to rob the equally necessary Marshall Plan eco‘nomic aid appropristions to pay for military help. ~The crisis is now. No paper treaty of North Atlantic military alliance or association is going to stop Stalin any more than the Western European union agreement has
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So let's look at the record. It shows that a majority of Democrats in Congress, as well as a majority of Republicans, voted to pass the TaftHartley Act over Mr. Truman's veto. In the Senate, 20 Democrats voted to override the veto, 22 Democrats voted to sustain it. In the House, 106 Demo.rats voted to override, only 71 to sustain. Thus, in both wanches combined, 126 Democratic members of Congress wupported the Taft-Hartley Act, while only 93 opposed. This was just one of the striking instances in which Mr. Truman could not lead or control his own party, either in the Republican 80th Congress or the Democratic 79th Some of the Democratic Senators and nearly all of the Democratic Representatives who supported the Taft-Hart- _ ley Law are running for re-election. Yet Mr. Truman, who in one breath denounces the law and calls for its repeal, pleads in the next breath for straight Democratic votes. .-In the light of the record, that just doesn’t make sense.
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hadn't heard much about it but we are glad to note, "7 belatedly, that a Trotskyist is running for President of the United States. His name is Farrell Dobbs, and he is the candidate of the Socialist Workers Party, nucleus of the ‘Trotskyist movement in this country. The party will be on the ballot in 11 states. The Trotskyists and Stalinists were long at odds in Russia, until the Trotskyists were given the full treatment —which means there are no Trotskyists left in Russia, or at least none running for office. It is interesting to see their feuds and factions transferred to the United States, for it is well known that the Stalinists are backing Henry Wallace. Wednesday night in New York Mr. Dobbs, following the Trotskyist line, savagely tore into Mr. Wallace, saying that Henry headed “a capitalist party”—which is about as fierce a charge as one Russian splinter party can make against another. We hope Henry replies to this and that the fur really flies. We never were quite sure which we liked least, the Stalinists or the Trotskyists, and maybe, this contest will decide something. However, it does seem to “be a curious sort of issue to put before American voters.
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When Peanuts Aren't ‘Peanuts’ LAST year the U. 8. Department of Agriculture lost almost $8 million by buying up the surplus peanut crop. Faced by a record crop this year, the government is $60 million to hold prices up. The net greatly to exceed last year’s. ‘merchants are finding it hard to sell peanut : the high prices this government policy
taxpayers will have high prices and |
LANS for a North Atlantic security pact finally are get- |
In Tune ‘With the Times
Barton Rees” Pogue
| WISH | COULD LEARN "TO LAUGH AT MYSELF
1 wish I could learn to laugh at myself, Somehow have the wisdom to see The very best joke in all of the world Is the fellow that I call me; I know I'm not Utopia’s king, 1 allow I'm a laughable joint, br But in spit of the fact that I know I'm a joke 1 never have quite seen the point.
1 wish I could learn to laugh at myself, To roar at my funny ears, » Fall in a fit at the sight of my legs And the way my big nose steers; If 1 could only laugh, like you always do, _At the whimsical things I have done, I'd start In and 1aUgH out the days of old Age And surely have lots of fun. ~~ .
1 wish 1 could learn to laugh at myself, It would save me a lot of conceit,
soul I'm not quite tha choice of the wheat; It would save me from being a Pharisee, From looking on life so sour And seriously thinking to save mankind By the strength of my own great power.
Oh, T wish I could learn to laugh at myself, For it seems that a good funny streak Would help me rejoice in the strength of the
RAPSCALLION 1 love the crow, yo he friend or foe; qo
waggish, dudish walk of him,
His gallant way, : His steadfast fondness for his family, His proud demeanor and his eyes of scorn;
-==HAZEL DANNECKER, New Castle. * © 9
THE LION AND THE MAN
© It was the dinner hour. In a too-small cage, 4 lion and a Yoness paced up and down with measured grace. In the next cage, a man and a woman sat at a narrow table, looking at each other across a white ‘ v Dinner was placed before the man and the woman, and“before the lion and the lioness.
began eating his dinner in large mouthfuls, oblivious to all save his hunger. The lion, ravenous, ing back, and not until the lioness had begun sr dinner, did he permit himself even to smell the food awaiting him. ow INIA FORTNEY, Indianapolis. ayy Ing. © ARE WE BUT FOOLISH? Are we but foolish in our youth? And only wise when we are old? *
Suppose we sternly seek the truth, If age agrees to be so bold.
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We find that youth retains the key Of conscience armed with keen insight, Knows truth that age can never see With coated conscience, dull and quiet.
If we're so wise in our old age, Why not as happy as gay youth? For happiness alone the gauge To tell if we nave Jou the truth.
CHAIN OF SMILES
iach one I meet today Wears a cheery smile, And has a pleasant word to say Every little while... = In gratitude I'm smiling, too, ) I speak kind words anon, . I hope the good cheer reaches you And travels on and on. ~—MILDRED C. YOUNG, Indianapolis.
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DEFENSE EQUIPMENT . . . By Jim G. Lucas
U. S. Has 100 Plants As ‘War Insurance’ |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Uncle Sam still has the bulk of
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs
Atom Becomes Major Political Issue First Time in History
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30—One thing about this curious presidential campaign now drawing to a close is unique. The atom has, for the first time in history, got into politics.
Four years ago hardly anyone except a few scientists knew that the atom existed. This year
both major party candidates devoted a major
speech to the force that burst on the world with such terrifying suddenness at Hiroshima three years ago. : Because candidate Dewey made the first speech, he must take the blame for bringing the atom into the campaign. Avoiding any direct criticism of the policy of the Atomic Energy Commission, Mr. Dewey used the phrase “the dead hand of government,” which obviously was intended to make political headlines. Aside from this catch phrase, what Mr. Dewey said does not differ greatly from what Chairman David Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission frequently has said. That is that government ‘cannot do the job alone. It must be a partnership between science, industry and government.
‘Should Not Be Used for Profit
N HIS speech candidate Truman said “that atomic energy should not be used to fatten the profits of big business.” This ignores the fact that one of the AEC’s problems has been to persuade business firms to take atomic development contracts. One of the biggest of big businesses said no, because of the fear of becoming involved in Just the kind of jpolitical scrap that the TrumanDewey speeches foreshadow. ' Actually from the beginning, when atomic fission was nothing but a gleam in Prof. Einstein’s eye,” business has been in partnership with government. Mr. Dewey is right when he
_ says that it could never have been done without
the vast know-how of industry. But neither could it have been done without the guiding direction of government under the spur of war. The partnership is continuing. Industrial laboratories and universities have taken reSearch contracts. + yone who looks at it without prejudice is bound to question whether atomic Seda ever can be fitted into the compgtitive free enterprise system as we have known it in the past. It is hard to imagine competing atomic power plants. Like a city-wide electric power system, it must, by its very nature, be a monopoly. Furthermore,
you begin with the fact that more than $2 billion of taxpayers’ money already has gone into atomic development. There would be few to advocate that this be turned aver to the small number of private companies that could operate and develop it. Cer+ tainly for the foreseeable future, when atomic development is almost entirely concentrated on the military phase, the business-government vartnership is the most that can be hoped for.
Change in American Policy
AS THOUGH this aspect of the atom was not sufficiently overwhelming, dwarfing most ordinary considerations, the question of international control looms even larger. A change in the American policy on atomic energy and atomic weapon control can be expected from a Dewey administration. Among the Dewey advisers, who are so highly sensitive to public opinion and world reaction, the feeling is growing that the Baruch proposal for international control’ and policing of all atomic fission is now outdated. That is to say, they believe that neither Congress nor the public would be willing, after two years of Soviet resistance and denunciation, to yield so much authority over our own development to the United Nations. Pressure has been put on Bernard M. Baruch, sponsor of the plan, to repudiate it publicly. Thus far he has refused, although it is believed that he shares the doubts qver whether it would be accepted in the present heated climate of opinion.
Willingness to Sacrifice
WITHDRAWAL of the Baruch proposal, so Mng and so persistently backed within the United Nations by all but Russia and the satellites, would leave a perilous vacuum. The Baruch plan has stood like a great sky sign advertising America’s willingness to sacrifice so much for security, Zf it is withdrawn, then another plan must be framed to replace it. That kind of vacuum will be filled in one way or another. ignored. Atomic politics on the world level is even more frighteningly futile and stupid than on the national level. If the Russians had aecepted the American plan two years ago, it would have meant an enormous stride forward toward world order. A step backward will be an equally long stride in the direction of atomic destruction.
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Hoosier Forum
“I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to. say it."
Keep letters 200 words or less on any sub-. ject with which you are familiar, Some letters used will be edited but content will be preserved, for here the People Speak in Freedom.
‘Some Pound Facts’ By Reader of the Law Dog owners of Indianapolis should know these facts: The keeper of the Indianapolis Dog Pound does NOT have to be chosen from among the members of the police. General Ordinance 121 of 1925 with amendments, now In force, says: “It is hereby made the duty of the Police Department to assist in the enforcement of all ordinances in relation to dogs.” But of the pound-keeper, it says: “The office o! pound-keeper is hereby created. Such _keeper shall be appointed by the Board of Public Safety” This makes clear that the police are intended to “assist.” It does not appoint _the police to be pound-keeper. . Under the present conditions, with the pound«keeper a policeman (generally found wearing his uniform and revolver) who jumps from the pound wagon to. accost persons whose dogs are walking beside them, or are behind fences, or on their own porches, good dog-owners have become aroused because they are treated as criminals—arrested when they dare to protest —and because thé pound has turned into a ruthless center for extermination. : Persons trying to recover their dogs, when they have been taken to the pound, should know that, according to law, the pound records are open to the public. Sec. 77 of Ordinance 121 states: “ , . . Such pound-keeper shall immediately upon receiving any dog at the pound make a complete registry of the sdme, recordIng the breed, color, sex and the name and address of the owner or keeper of such dog, and the number of the licensed dog, which record shall be made in a book to be provided for such purpose, and which shall be open to public inspection.” ’ Persons have gone to the pound, knowing their dog had been taken there, and found that within the five-day period when it is ‘supposed ‘to be ‘kept it" has disappeared. Cen Ordinance 81, now under consideration by the City Council, imposes penalties on the owners of dogs found unleashed on the street. In practice, this would be the same as requiring payment by the owner of a standard $2 fee for the release of his dog from the pound. It simply raises the price of getting one’s dog to a possible total penalty—different from a “fee”
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to court—of $100 plus a jail sentence. Tell your City Councilmen what you want them to do. And let's get the pound out of politics. : > © o
‘Left Statehouse Dirty’ By M. M. P.
Listening to Mr. Schricker talk and tell all the wonderful things “he did while -Governorof Indiana, I know that one thing he did not do was to have the Statehouse cleaned. He left it dirty. Now, after the Republicans have had a Superintendent of Buildings who knows how and has cleaned and painted inside and fixed everything outside until we can show it to visitors—Mr, Schricker wants to go back. , Don't
blame him, 4 ® © ¢ ‘Won't Vote for Dewey’
By Fred Terrell, Greencastle I am an independent voter and will return to my home election day from this city where I am employed to cast my ballot, and it will not be for Mr. Dewey; neither will it be for the Republican Congressman who is up for realection. How The Times, which claims to be Independent and liberal, can ask the voters to return to Congress those members of the 80th Republican-controlled Congress who voted for the vicious Taft-Hartley law is more than I can understand. ® ©
‘Fate Rests in Heart of Man’ By Henry Willlam Shea, §J018!; Madison Ave. When will this pagan world learn that its fate rests not in the minds of men, but in the heart of man? * We glibly speak of the “isms,” without ane alyzing their causes. Fundamentally eyery effect has a cause. : The various “isms” are but symptoms of the disease, which is a corrupt and decaying civilization, which portrays the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse of today. They're better known to us as POVERTY, HATE, GREED, and INTOLERANCE, which unfortunately are the motivating forces of our atomic age. No man who cradles in his heart thoughts of war is capable of sitting at the table of peace. No plan, Marshall or otherwise, will succeed until we are able to substitute reason for brute force. The only solution therefore is to know and Jollow the dictates of the Master. The divine counsel is “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” regardless of race, color or creed.
POLITICAL ACTION ... By Fred W. Perkins
Labor Third Party Move Seen Unlikely
‘the war industry which carried him to victory in World War IT —and will keep it as long as it's needed. As a result, today we are two years and $6 billion ahead of where we were on Pearl Harbor day.
The United States came out of the war with approximately 1200 war factories. In 1945, the munition board's most optimistic plans called for saving 250 of them—150 to be sold subject to national security clauses, under which they could be recalled within 120 days; and 100 to be kept as “war insurance.” Some plants were sold immediately. Blast furnaces and refineries could be used only for the purposes for which they were built. Uncle 8am knew they would be available.
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THE MUNITIONS board held on to as many others as it could. It asked the War Assets Administration to sell them, wherever possible, on national security contracts. War Assets did. But, under the law, if no purchaser was willing to sign such a contract, they had to be sold without it. . _ Early this year, public opinion switched. President Truman's rearmament program pointed up the need. of an industrial reserve. Congress passed laws which let Defense Secretary James Forrestal pick out plants and say, in effect, these we need for security. * Buch plants, Congress said, had to be sold subject to a national security clause. If there was no buyer, Mr. Forrestal could direct War Assets to turn them over to the Federal Works Agency. Federal Works was to hire guards, maintain equipment and hold them until Mr. Forrestal called for them. Congress appropriated $10 million for maintenance.
Avoided Costly Mistakes
“BECAUSE the public grasped the problem, we have avoided the costly mistakes of World War I when we scrapped our war industry,” says James W, Ferguson, munitions board industrial specialist. “We have the backbone of a war industry if trouble comes, We are further ahead industrially than we ever have been.” : of x Uncle Sam now has upped his industrial ante. Instead of 150 plants subject to the national security clause he has 244. He has another 150 which he hopes to release to industry on
There is still a chance ‘the remaining 114 can be sold
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those terms, or to turn over to Federal Works. So far, Federal | Works has taken 19; another 17 will be certified by the end of |
: plants could be. operating in a matter of days or weeks ; for others. all have roads, water and sewage
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systems, foundations; concrete floors. Mr. Ferguson said that's 50 per cent of the initial cost and a 75 per cent time gain. Typical is the Manteca, Cal, magnesium plant operated by the Permanente Metals Corp, during the war. The munitions board decided to keep it. Permanente officials reported it would take $81,550 to put the plant in mothballs, and another $34,000 a year to maintain it, : hy There is no market for magnesium plants. Our yearly peacetime magnesium’ consumption is 20,000 tons; during the war it was 400,000. The plants must be put in reserve or allowed to go to waste. Uncle S8am is putting them in reserve. Plants so" retained are largely gun, TNT, aluminum, mag: parts factories.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30—Politicians as well as his union associates were astounded by reported statements of Willlam . Green to the effect that the AFL plans to start a third major " party after next Tuesday's election. Mr. Green's associates in AFL headquarters here generally took the view today that his replies to questions were misinterpreted by reporters in Cincinnati, Mr. Green was out of town and could not be reached. It was evident among AFL leaders here that a strong move-
ment toward a third party in the Federation's convention, opens
ing Nov. 15 in Cincinnati, is most unlikely. Mr. Green, as AFL president, is the spokesman for but not the maker of its policies. As usual at AFL conventions, resolutions proposing a third
or labor political party are expected to be introduced by a few delegates, but according to leaders here they will get no more attention than in the past.
In Politics to Stay
AS OUTLINED by an AFL official, who declined to be named because he did not wish to appear as contradicting his chief, future AFL political activities will line up about like this: “The Federation, with eight million members, is in politics to stay, but for the foreseeable future it will work within the Democratic and Republican Parties. “The AFL's League for Political Education, founded this year, will be continued and probably strength¢ned, with the aim of working the year around in promoting registration of union members and their families and keeping informed on political developments. The first objective will be the 1950 congressional elections.” , ' The improbability of the AFL's sponsoring a third party under present conditions is shown by the record of a recent meeting of the political league's executive committee. Mr. Green was authorized to name a subcommittee to report to the convention on future political activities, The third-party subject was mentioned only casually if at all, according to men who attended, NC
New Political Alignment
IF A LABOR third party is attempted soon, the move is much more likely to originate in the CIO. Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers ‘and a rising power in the CIO, has pledged his support to a new political alignment, with the conservatives on one side and the “liberals” on the other. ; +“ Last year's ention of this union adopted as its “official political objective the formation after the 1048 elections of a
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