Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1948 — Page 14

he Indianapolis Times

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1948

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Telephone RI ley 8551 Give Light ana the People Will Find Their Own Way

‘The Way to End Smoke . . . YOOR more than 20 years this city has taken “mild” * measures against the smoke nuisance. The net result . is more smoke than ever. Half-way measures, obviously, are not going to clean ‘up the air we breathe. Other cities have found that out, notably Pittsburgh and St. Louis. “When they quit fooling “around with half-way measures, and really went out to stop ‘the smoke nuisances they found they could stop it. Indianapolis could do the same. But we doubt if we'll ‘ever get it done with a toothless ordinance that permits all ‘of us to go on doing just what we've been doing through all the smoky past. : Effective smoke abatement has been achieved by just one regulation, rigidly enforced. It is: : “Either burn smokeless fuel or use furnace equipment that doesn’t give off smoke.” : " " . » . » » . THE figures don't bear out the theory that Indianapolis can not get smokeless fuels, or can’t burn low-grade fuels in smokeless equipment. Apparently well over three-fourths of the coal burned here now alreafly complies with the dekired regulation. Less than one-fourth of it seems to make about all' the smoke. Of the coal that is not burned in non-smoking furnaces at least half is already satisfactory smokeless fuel. A switch of 15 or 20 per cent of the city's annual fuel supply from present coal to smokeless coal probably would do the trick. Flimination of the smoke would save the people of Indianapolis as’ much: as the entire cost of that much coal in cléaning and painting bills alone. And it would mean substantial savings on fuel costs to the people who actually burn the coal. To say nothing of health. And civic beauty. Seems to us it is worth doing. But we're more and more convinced that the only way

to end smoke is to end it.

It's a Boy RINCESS ELIZABETH had wanted a boy and said she was sure she was going to have one. The King had wanted her to go to Sandringham in the country for the royal birth but the Princess said no, she wanted her baby born in Buckingham Palace which one day would be his. And so it is a boy—the first born as a direct heir to the British throne in 54 years. If Britons loved their Princess before, they must adore her now for, human nature being what it is, like the Princess they wanted a

ham Palace cheered themselves hoarse; why celebrations started at once in homes, in streets and $48tausan ts all over the country. Today the rejoicing will continue around the world wherever Britons are gathered, wherever the British flag flies, from Canada to South Africa and from Hong Kong to the Falklands. 2 . . » : co» » ,. FOR it is allegiance’ to the British throne that still holds the great democratic commonwealth of nations together. Now there is strengthened assurance that this symbolical tie will be perpetuated in the ordinary course of things. “Something steadying about it in these days of uncertainty,” as a humble Briton observed. It is something Britons feel, rather than glibly express in words. It is a feeling that most Americans, perhaps unconsciously, share. Whatever it is that holds the British commonwealth together, we are bound to respect for it works out in the same embodiment of democratic ideals that we * cherish. So we rejoice, with the British, that a Prince has

ment, “her Royal Highness and her son are both doing well.” ;

Hoover Haters Go Too Far

'good job done by the 80th Congress was the pasi sage of the Lodge-Brown resolution. It created a comlimidsion "to study the organization of the federal governfment’s executive branch and to propose ways of making it Jnore efficient and economical. “The resolution was sponsored by two Republicans, but th House and Senate passed it unanimously and Presiident Truman signed it. ° Among the commission's 12 members—four named by #Mr. Truman, four by the Senate and four by the House— fare both Republicans and Democrats. Herbert Hoover is dts chairman. The commission has been working for more %4han a year and will make its report in January. Since the recent election there have been predictions that the new 81st Congress will “defeat Herbert Hoover” by rejecting this report. These come from persons who dislike Mr. Hoover. They are spreading fumors that Mr. Hoover has tried to use his power as chairman of the commission to “abolish” government functions of which he doesn’t approve, to “repeal the New Deal,” to “destroy labor's gains” and to “substitute the dole for Social Security.” s » » . 5 = s "THIS, it seems to us, is carrying hatred of Mr. Hoover beyond the bounds of fairness and good sense. The report of the commission which he heads will speak for itself. Congress probably will find reasons, good or otherwise, for objecting to some of its recommendations. If so, Congress can turn down those recommendations, and Mr. Hoover has no power to enforce them. As he said yesterday: ; : “Our major function is to make each executive agency work, It is up to Congress to say what jobs each agency should do. We are just trying to make them work better than they are doing now.” _ There is urgent need for more efficiency and economy in the government. We believe Mr. Hoover and other members of the commission are making a sincere effort to point out many ways by which that need can be met. Efforts to discredit their whole Yepdrt befor# it has been issued—

* when such efforts inspired by no higher n a desire to see Mr. Hoover humiliated.

boy. “And that is why 6000 people massed. before Bucking: |

been born and that, in the words of the official announce- |

. InTune With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue

A DELUXE PAPERHANGER

I learned what it means to hang and found I almost hung myself. Being all keyed up, I got my equipment together methodically and cockily swabbed the paste over a long ceiling strip. Please note I kept a friend near to pick up the pieces if (of me). Balancing precariously on the ladder, I stuck the end of the first strip to the ceiling, and what a wrestle began. Instead of sticking like nice, ordinary paper, it fell all over me. Did you ever, taste wallpaper paste? Try it some time! What a beauty parlor does for one’s hair, wallpaper paste doespt! And, now I had three torn papers in of a nice one. Oh, well, I had plenty more for a fresh start. The next trial was better. I really got it stuck, but, confidentially, it was in two pieces. Of course, I did use a little help. My friend held up one end of the strip with a broom while I swished the other in place. What nice teamwork!- There was no salary involved, so why worry! Night trapped me, agd I wondered how 1 escaped dreaming of the endless trimming, pasting and swishing. Off to a fresh start next morning, still dreaming of a lovely job completed, and it was much better than you would imagine from the struggle. If I had a picture of my antics I'm sure it would outsell many a comic strip. But I dare to consider aspirations of becoming a paperhanger, or should I say interior decorator?

~JOSEPHINE BUCK, Westfield. . > 9

GRANDMA'S WELCOME

Puppy guards the doorway And Jimmy hums a tune. Dickie jabbers in his play, “Grandma’s coming, coming soon.”

Keenly heard, without a doubt, Sound of the family car, =» Excited voices ring out, “Grandma, here we are!”

Warmly cordial is the greeting Child-éyes shine with glee, As they question at the meeting, “What did you bring for me?” —MARY HELEN ADAMS, Indianapolis. ® 4

THE WORRIER

The girl who sits at the next machine, I sometimes wish for a wall between,

Worries because there's nothing to do, Worries for fear she'll never get through.

Worries about the money she’s spent, 8he worries about the next year’s rent.

Then worries 'bout the cost of meat, Worries bout what her family will eat.

«Worries 'bout weather, taxes and crops,

Truly her warrying never stops.

And when her worries are all ironed out, She worries for things to worry about. —BINA T. SARVER. ® %

THE FALLEN LEAF

Gently, O winds of the autumn! Fall tenderly o'er my grief; Summer, come fling your last roses Over the fallen leaf,

Oft have I thrilled at its dancing So lightly upon the bough; 1»; Briefly I lingen in. sadness In looking upon it now.

High from thy blossoming tower Thou flingest thy spirit below, Only to sleep with thy kindred Safe under the glistening snow. ~—MARVIN THEODORE JOLLY, Seymour. % %

AN OLD GARDEN

A tangle of tall, rank weeds and bentdown stems Across a once fair garden grows; Where bloomed an ordered loveliness, “With welcome sweetened by each rose. Now lonely stillness hovers here In broken arbors—fences gone, No cheering sound of voices blend With sparrow’s chirp or thrush's song. Here old memoriés crowd about These long departed friends of mine. All careful beauty built by man Is crumbled hy the hands of time, That grasps the work all mortals plan, + But dreams are stronger far than man!

~MAUD COURTNEY WADDELL, " Indianapolis.

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l<§ilk plug hats and replace them

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There'll Always Be an England Hm

OUR TOWN . .. By Anton Scherrer Plug Hat Fad Replaced Here By Soft Felt Gear In 1852

EXCEPT for an Indianapolis hatter whom I consider the maddest in town, I wouldn't be in a position to tell you why men around here continue to wear soft hats. Like as not you don’t know that Iedianapolis males were the first anywhere in the state to discard M

with felts. The finality with which this happened is reflected by the fact that to this day the male millinery trade ‘class-" ifies the capital of Indiana as ° a “soft hat town.” : Feb. 26, 1852, marked the day i“ tm )f desuetude. On that occasion Lajos (Louis) Kossuth turned up in Indianapolis. All the time he was here he wore a big broad-brimmed soft felt hat adorned with a brightly-colored tassel. The Hungarian patriot, accompanied by a noisy and nervous entourage, spent four days in Indianapolis dividing his time, for the most part, with the Governor, the Legislature and a sympathetic local group known as the “Friends of Hungary.” all of whom turned up in plug hats to greet and welcome him. ? Gen. Kossuth also delivered a’ lecture in Masonic Hall and found time to attend.church in Robert Chapel. Indeed, he even got around to the Sunday Schools in the afternoon. And everywhere he went, he wore his big felt hat, thus antedating Henry F. Schricker by almost a century (96 years to be exact.) '

‘Bonds’ Now Museum Pieces

THE INDIANAPOLIS adventure netted Kossuth in the neighborhood of $1000, all of which he took home with him to aid the cause of Hungarian independence. The so-called “bonds” he gave in exchange are treasured today as museum pieces. The Hungarian situation wasn't changed much by Kossuth’'s visit to Indianapolis, but he certainly left his mark on men’s fashions around here. At any rate, from the neck up. For almost . immediately after his departure, the males of Indianapolis took to wearing the “Kossuth hat,” a sartorial stratagem which gave them the appearance of looking like potential candidates for the Governor's chair on the Democratic ticket. The soft hat has been in style ever since. Which doesn’t mean that I am unmindful of the historial ‘hiatus when the derby threatened tg supplant it. That happened sometime around

with the ownership of cars,

the turn of the century, says the Mad Hatter. In the late Nineties, a well-dressed man— “fit to kill” was the colloquial designation— wore a woolen suit of dark color, like as not “navy blue.” (It's still a best skller, they tell

me.) The coat had padded shoulders and the pants were as tight and taut as sausage skins.

Fleeced-Lined Underwear

THE STARCHED white bosom shirt which was always a component part of the attire was held together with studs. The collar and cuffs were detached. The rest of the outfit comprised a pair of tooth-pick patent leather shoes, fleecelined underwear (in two pieces), and Ascot tie, heavy socks (held up perhaps with the help of garters, but more likely without any means of support), and a derby hat without which nobody could be classified as a well-dressed male. The vogue for the derby didn’t last long, measured in historial terms. At that, it was long enough—almost a quarter of a century. In 1915, it showed signs of petering out. Ten years later, the soft hat regained ascendency. At any rate, 98 per cent of all Indianapolis males took to wearink soft hats again. And that's the situation to this day, says the Mad Hatter. /

Brown Derby First Color

DURING the reign of the derby, a few Indianapolis men ventured wearing daring colors which gradually spread to other elements of their attire. In the case of hats, the revised color scheme manifested itself first in the brown derby. Despite its high and inspired origin, however, the practice never amounted to much around here. Nevertheless, the mischief’ had been done. When the brown derby appeared, the lid was off and we had everything from Corot-grays to powder-blues including the whole gamut of browns. The gray-brown survives. The Mad Hatter ,terminated the interview with telling me how we stand with respect to caps, the wearing of which apparently started with the automobile increasing in proportion Which doesn’t mean, of course, that everybody who wore a cap also owned an automobile. atistics are funny that way. The best thing is t6 have nothing to do with them, a point of view that appears to have gained conSiaerable ground in the course of the last two weeks. :

#] do not agree with a word |

will defend to the death your right fo say: ject with which you are familiar. Some

used will be edited but content will be pre served, for here the People Speak in Freedom.

‘Program for People’ ~ - By a Reader : There are millions of American citizens, myself included, who are happy over the election of President Tryman. I would like to enumerate the many good things our President is going to

do for the common people. | : First, he will ask for the repeal of the Taft-

Hartley Act.

Second, he will establish price control, but.at the same time keep prices at a high level for the farmers. ; : Third, he will increase Social Security and also raise the old-age pension for old persons. Fourth, he will establish a lower rate of. income tax for the middle class. 2 Nae Fifth, adequate housing for the veterans at a price they can afford, and also for non. veterans. Ng Sixth, he will keep us out of war. Iam con. fident that his every move will be motivated by heroic measures to keep war from our shores, just as the great President Roosevelt did. e <

® ‘Not All ° Story’

By R. W. Schaub, 580 E. Drive, Woodruff Place I refer to a front page story by Irving Leibowitz about the condition of W. Washington St. Mr. Leibowitz obviously drove into the city, satsdown to his typewriter and proceeded to grind his ax without ever investigating the facts in his story. Plans for the reconstruction of W. Washington St. have been in existence for some time, and that progress of these plans has been halted temporarily fintil the Street Railways Co. decides what to do about the tracks. The tracks east of the car barns are still in use, and until they are removed, the Highway Commission can do nothing about paving that street. If the reporter considers his choice of pic tures typical of the general condition existing on W. Washington St., he should have taken pic"tures of “portions that are under the mainten~ ance jurisdiction of thé Highway Commission. Both pictures show sections that are the responsibility of the railway company or the Belt Railroad. : > +

‘Only Way to Remain Free’ By Ray Hinchman, R. R. 1, Windsor, Cal. The outcome of the election comes as no great surprise. The Republican Party should have taken Abraham Lincoln's words more to heart many years ago when he said, “You . can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” One reason that the pollsters missed out by so wide a margin, I believe, was because they did not keep up to date in their polling. Their early polling made them think the election was in the bag for Gov. Dewey. In my opinion, the people won a great victory in ‘this election against great odds. I believe this nation can depend on the people more and more as time goes on. This is the only way we can remain free.

What Others Say

, ONE of the nation's greatest assets is its manpower from 21 to 36 years of age. ... In times of crises, such as the recent war, we suddenly wake up to the tact that we have been too busy to pay much attention to our young men until they are caled upon to defend us.—John B. Shepperd, past president, United States Junior Chantber of Commerce. ee %

HIGH prices are picking the pockets of every person in this country. The responsibility of doing something about inflation is now entirely - on the Democrats where it belongs, and wa will make an honest effort to meet iti——Rep. Brent Spénce (D) of Kentucky. ’ ry rd 1 SUPPOSE it is wrong to feel amused by it, but I can’t help getting some’ consélation out of seeing others be wrong as we were wrong.— Wilfred J. Funk, editor of the late Literary Digest which folded after forecasting defeat of of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. oN THE labor party ided is not dead. But the AFL is not ready at this time for a labor party. There would be no hope for that until there is

retary-treasurer, AFL. * 4 o THE Marshall Plan is a military expedient _and it is all right as such, but as a business project it stinke—Iit smells.—Joseph W. Frazer,

, automobile manufacturer.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS .

mum M-day goals they set a year ago.

Last year, the Army, Navy and Air Force told Congress our

M-day objective was:

“To withstand the initial shock and strike back at once to knock out the enemy’s capacity to hit us again. . mobilization of our total resources for a decisive military effort

to knock the enemy out of the war.”

If we cannot now support the size of force the joint chiefs once figured could do the job, they will be forced to make other Competent military sources say it will mean doing less

plans. and hoping it's enough.

Defense of Western Europe

THE joint chiefs will kpow more after Defense Secretary James Forrestal gets home from Europe today. Mr. Forrestal has been discussing defenses with Western Europe's military To learn what they need from us, what

chiefs. His mission: they, can do for themselves.

Upon Mr. Forrestal's report depends the size’ of next year’s Already, he and President Truman have set a $14.4 billion ceiling. That has forced sharp reductions in the There is some hope in military circles those programs can be restored. But if our contribution to Western European defenses costs too much, even

military budget.

M-day programs of all three services.

sharper curtailments will be required.

The Army, Navy and Air Force have agreed on a tentative

. . BylJimG. Lucas

U. S. Defense Plan Far Short of Godl

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—The joint chiefs of staff--whose idea if the U. 8. is attacked has been to roll with the punch, hold, and then strike back—aren’t sure today we can meet the maxi-

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' Side Glances—By Galbraith

powerless.

the UN—the concern here.

their position.

| WORLD AFFAIRS... By William Philip Simms "UN Failure Seen ® oe o In Berlin Crisis ~~

PARIS, Nov. 16—United Nations officidls here have now put the Berlin deadlock up to President Truman and Premiers Attlee and Queuille and Stalin. pi & Their action.is an admission that when it comes to ending the greatest threat to world peace, the United Nations is

Such is-the interpretation widely placed on the letter from Dr. Herbert V. Evatt and Trygve Lie which appealed to the leaders of the Big Four to enter into “immediate conversations” to end the Berlin dispute. It means the United Nations is passing the buck back to the Big Four. : : Coming from the president of the UN General Assembly and ' the General Secretary, presumably with the backing of President Bramuglia of the Security Couneil—the three highest officials in move caused considerable surprise and some

Seen as Diplomatic Blunder

SOME delegates regarded the proposal as a dfplomatic blunder—unless its sponsors have reason to believe Moscow is now prepared to reconsider its‘veto of the Security Council's threepoint Berlin proposal. - American delegations there is no indication of any reversal of

Certainly in -the British, French and

A resolution passed unanimously by the Security Council three weeks ago called for three steps. of the blockade. governors of Berlin to establish the Soviet mark as the sole currency there. ministers 10 days after a Berlin agreement. ‘ { Russia vetoed the settlement. Her puppet Ukraine voted with her. All the rest—the three Western powers and the six neutrals

First, immediate lifting Second, an immediate meeting of the military

And third, a council of the Big Four foreign

labor unity in this country.—George Meany, sec-

to restudy our M-day goals. The idea is that a $14.4 billion bud-

and, in fact, before it has been written—are unworthy.

divsiion of a $14.4 billion budget—$5.1 bill for the Air Force, $4.9 billion for the Army, $4.4 billion for the Navy. They have sent it to the budget bureau. But on the basis of Mr. Forrestal's report, a second military budget is due Dec. 15. Before then, Mr. Forrestal and President Truman may issue another directive, either restating our M-day objectives or establishing new-—less ambitious—ones. The joint chiefs, meanwhile, have ordered their joint staff

get reduced the military power we can

throw into the field on the day of attack. :

Termed Dangerous Compromises i

THE joint chiefs feel that the cuts forced on them when the reduced from $23 billion to $14.4 billion to meet a budget bureau deadline are unrealistic and represent dangerous compromises which throw the defense picture out of focus. They ask for reevaluation of the whole M-day mission. The joint staff has not made much progress. The Navy is resisting what it fears is an Army-Air Force gang-up. The Navy is particularly upset about a restatement of M-day missions pro-

posed by Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, Army deputy chief of staff,

in.

COPE. 1948 BY SEA SERVIGK. WNC. Y. M. REO"U. 8. PAY. OFF. “Oh, yes, Wilbur is the head of the house—1 can trust him to fix faucets or do any little odd jobs!"

and Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad, Air Force operations chief. The Wedemeyer-Norstad plan, now before the joint staff, would: ONE: Reduce-naval aviation’s plans to one larger carrier, three escort carriers and suspend work on.all super-carriers, transferring eliminated naval aviation functions to the Air Force. & as, TWO: Abolish the Marine Corps, transferring its functions to the Army. 4 rit Tentative allocation of a $14.4 billion budget cuts back the Navy from 18 to eight carriers. It reduces the Air Force from 70 to approximately 60 groups. The Wedemeyer-Norstad plan would restore:70 Air Force groups at the expense of the Navy. Likewise, it would enable the Army to complete its 18-diyision 837,000-man program at the expense of the Marines: 3 ; Navy opposition has kept the plan bottled up in the joint staff. If the Navy has its way, it will go no fugther. A great deal depends upon Mr, Forrestal's report.

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—voted for it. . There was some. resentment in the American and British reception of the Evaft-Lie proposal. The letter says, “every day the deadlock over Berlin continues, the danger to the peace and security of all nations continues undiminished.”

Negotiate Under Duress : DIPLOMATS point out that was precisely the point raised |, when the United States, Britain and France took the matter to the Security Council in the first place. The letter would have conformed more closely to the facts had it said, “every day ' Russia’s blockade of Berlin continues the danger to peace remains.” a In asking for “immediate conversations,” British and Amer fcan delegates see a request thatithey negotiate under duress. This would amount to a fatal reversal of their stand before the Security Council and would ignore the unanimous decision of the Couneil itself. a ‘ Neither the British nor the Americans were told of the letter until after it was released for publication. © The British, Americans and French are ready to carry out

expresses a willingness

the Security Council's Am menations« the moment Russia . : 8. : ! ?

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