Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1948 — Page 16

A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER Ae HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ

16 Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1948" ~~ Owned and published dally by Indianapolis Publ Co., 214. W. Maryland 8t

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je for the Future .

C struggles of the farming industry during the “30's and the subsequent speed-up race for all-time high "production during the war years, have reduced the productivity of millions of acres of Indiana farmlands. Conservation programs, sponsored by both federal and state governments, have been operating with some effectiveness in scattered areas among the ‘hore progresfive farmers. But the results of these efforts are far short ) the job that must be accomplished in the next few years Hoosier land, which®includes some of the richest in the "is to continue feeding adequately the increasing SESE

Sen - a.n. n= - ‘yesult of years of neglect in conservation work and needless soil erosion, a million and a half acres of Indiana land already has been forced out of production and, according to surveys made by experts, 15 million acres | more will need immediate attention if it is to remain productive. : are So far, only 41 of Indiana's 92 counties, have been organized into soil conservation districts under a special | .. state law supporting the program. ; Unless the remaining 51 counties are organized under “program for a state-wide campaign to save the soil, ¥ er of slipping far below its present aT PROBMOSH. AHy "drop “Th ‘crop production would mean a corresponding sacrifice in economic. standards for everybody since agriculture is one of In- -_ The.machinery for soil conservation is available. Let's use it before it’s too late.

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UNHITCH AND GO. HOME A while back I-acquired possession: of some Jand and very old buildings. This property had been in litigation for several years, and ‘the allowed to deteriorate “}. beyond economical repair. Atop one building was a very old and rusty dinner bbl Its tone, however, was. still ‘clear, and, to me, sounded like a reverberating echo out of the past. The

stder. “But, béfore wrecking the last. building, I carefully removed the bell. "Much scrap iron was collected on the premise, but I could not add the dinner bell to this collection, although I had no “earthly” use for it. So there the old bell lies beneath a snowball bush in quiet.retrospect. a” : _ Each time 1 pass this bell my thoughts travel back. back, back to my boyhood days on the farm. Each farmer owned a dinner beil. I say “dinner Bell” for that was the only time it was rung, except in case of fire, This rule for. meal ‘time and fire was carefully observed, and not -allowed to be violated even by pranksters. BA > al The first call to dinner in our neighborhood rang at 10:30 a. m. Only one family extended ‘that privilege to its “hired help”--but they were “early risers.” Most of the bells rang at 11 a.m. and a few at 11:30 a, m.. Those that quit at 11:00 a. m. were generally back in the field before 1 p. m. This gave the horses a full noén to consume their hay and get winks.” , yes, horses sleep, but they do not always ds vga Ci gg 5

a. m. dinner bell was like music from heaven. y knew that after two or three more furrows around the field I, too, could unhitch and go home to a spread of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, cream gravy, a glass of cold butfermilk, a piece of cherry pie, and then a “cgt-nap” on a straw mat, £2 .

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under the bush, wheré, methinks, many a young bride, anxious to please her husband, has picked a handful of June snowballs to decorate - her table, after she rang the dinner bell. I will leave it for another generation, that never knew its clarion tones, to “scrap,” long after I have “unhitched and gone home.” an ‘GEORGE 8. BILLMAN, -Anderson.. .

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2. The poetic beauty of landscape : . A robin in sudden flight, a . A sunset blue and golden : ‘Settling in to a perfect night.

‘ “I'he moon a veritable orange peel Hovering low in the eastern sky, A myriad of stars shining brightly ; A loon’s low lonesome cry.

he National Defense Budget ~~ AST year the armed services entered the first phase of Ea designed to meet minimum ~ “M-day”needs for defense of the nation at the beginning of a war. : :

e goals were: Army, 18 divisions and 837,000 -offi-- ~~ cers and men; Navy, 14,500 modern planes, a fleet of fast submarines, and 16 carriers; plus, it ‘hoped, a number of ~ super-carriers; Air Force, 70 modern groups. ite beyond

. Howeyer, this M-day program has moved little

F President Truman has directed the Defense _to limit next year's military budget to $15 billion. $600 million would be earmarked i metals and other raw materials, leaving $14.4 billion for the

~ Army, Navy and Air Force.

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Ci a : ane = THIS year's budget—$13.7 billion—is little more than meeting costs for current supplies and operations. The joint chiefs of staff say that, because of higher prices, $14.4 billion would buy less next year than $13.7 billion bought this year, so that almost nothing would be left for the | M-day program.:¢l =X ae ~. - They estimate that $21 billion budget would give the {three services all they need to get the program up to schedule next year; that a $17.5 billion budget would enable them go. forward with it on an austerity basis without taking

timates of what each” the M-day program, have been pre-

ould provide toward the M-day pared for Congress to consider: The $14.4 billion budget—Army: Six, instead of 18, ~ divisions. Air‘ Ferce: 50 groups—seven less than at pres- | _ent—instead of 70. Navy: 8000, instead of 14,500, planes; "eight, instead of 16, carriers; no super-carriers. a The $17.5 billion budget—Army: 12 divisions. Air

THE BECKONING GLEAM

for stockpiling strategic |

‘Writer Links Red With Zionist Drive

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The new Jewish state of Israel is one but the conflict still goes on over’ the as ‘voted by the United Nations. Yesterday the

Force: 66 groups. Navy: 12,000 planes; 12 carriers, =~ | Jewish side of the controversy, yas Froseliot by Aubrey Eban;

. peace with the Arabs, Today's article gives the Arab side) e- O -

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Wild ducks along the lake front Honking in sudden fright, = ‘The beating of wings in the darkness -—- Breaking the stillness of night.

Nature = breath-taking beauty — - Its soul laid bare to see, v And God in all His goodness ; Gave these wonders to you and me, MILDRED E. KOLLER, Coal City. S&S

Ever, anon, does the road still wind, - . With an ever-beckoning hand

The traveler tires, but he walks, and walks, Exploring with joy unktiown land.

There is ever a beckoning gleam That bids me rise to my own intent, : Intrepidly daring to dream. ! 7 JUNE WINONA SNYDER, Indianapolis.

Foe» a - BECAUSE Because, my friend, in doing things Folk find it very true

That in the most intrinsic ‘things You never . , . think of you.

And oftime tis the smaller things Which mount so high and tallThe little acts of Kindness May be greatest after all. hr

Because .. . you think of someone else, No thought in selfish trend, That's why, my dear, you justly hold The titled role . . . of friend! ANNA E. YOUNG, yIndianapolis.

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| ent in general staff planning coricepts {s being

| so that they can all live within this budget and

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—Something differ-

considered for the new, unified National Defense establishment. “ It has grown out of the, _current Pentagon battle of the budget bulge. “President Truman has set a $10,000000;000 top on what the three armed services and the stockpiling program can spend next ygar. A three-man General Staff committee—Gen, Joseph T. McNarney for: the Air Force, Gen, George J. Richards for the Army and Vice Adm, R. B. Carney for ‘the Navy—has just reconciled differences between the three services

remain reasonably. happy. Gen. McNarney has admitted that his experience on this committee has taught him an awful lot about the Navy he never knew before. Coming from an Air Force general who was deputy chief of staff to Gen. Marshall during the war, this is quite a confession. “It suggests that much of the sniping which the three services have been aiming at each other has been based on lack of information. : Lm

Don’t Mind the Expense IN THE past, almost the only concern of the General Staff was strategic planning and training. It didn’t'bother much about having a strong civilian economy behind the military to support it in peace as well as in war. The idea dominant in the military mind was that the job of civilian economy was to give the military everything it needed, in a hurry, and never mind the expense. That attitude led to some pretty nasty battles \in Washington during the last. war.

$15 billion limit.

was bad. As a result, General Staff planning financing. is now being directed along four main lines, instead of just one. : ; “The four are: Strategic planning and opera tions of military forces. International politics —meaning a better understanding and a better carrying out of U. 8. foreign policy objectives. nomic facts.

partition of.

Jews wanted

= presumption that the $17.5 billion budget is essential to meet minimum defense needs. Unfortunately, in the ab- , -sence of a more determined effort to eliminate costly and ~—yasteful duplications among the services, we cannot accept all the “austerity” estimates of the chiefs of staff at face’ value. Thus far, the savings under unification have been disappointing. Congress should find why. RE .. . But it'is known that Russia has 150 divisions in the old, 35 of them reported ready to fight. Today, we have one and one-third divisions ready to fight. We are “dan y unprepared for war. And, in the world's present state, we cannot afford that. “The military budget. of course, must be considered in jon to the government's general budget and to eur + extraordinary expenditures in Europe and Asia. The Times frankly does not know how all the demands

on self-denial by the American people. We do know that if the government's total budget, military and general, is to be kept within the people’s ability to bear, each item in it must be scrutinized with extraordinaty care.

Let Nothing Us Dismay i THE world does move and, we suppose, Santa Claus must ©" move with it." Thus it comes #¥'no great surprise that a _. school for Santa Clauses is operating in upstate New York. Department stores send men to the school. ; : iskered, middle-aged farmer who teaches in the parlor | of his family" homestead. Classes are kept small—never more than 10 me) altogether about 175 St. Nicks

been graduated since 1937.

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t can be met without great sacrifice and :

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; PARISI Dec. 1—What i$ taking place now through the marshaling of all Zionist forces the lawful people of that land—is a defiance

tions and. to the world at large. ; staring helplessly, Tor the moment atleast -at the shameful sight of three-fourths of the whole Arab popula-

The UN is

tion of Palestine being driven away from their

were driven away or days before froin abroad and especially from of Eastern Europe. ; The Arab armies marched sent and at the invitation of the lawful people of

Crux of World Realism There was a direct menace to us.

manitarian way. The touches the crux of world realism. The peace a

on. Once again the orders of the’ By the Zion

ts. : It should be clear " all cohcerned that we

This support, even if logical from the Sqviet

pects of peace and stability in the Middle East. tens of thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe

those countries are permitted to leave. p

Peace Being Disrupted ?

I AM NOT trying to read

“one cannot help noticing two 8: “= First, especially because of Soviet help to the is being disrupted, while the interest of the Middle and their friends lies in maintaining peace.

mined ‘and countries and their friends lies

if maintenance order: ¢

we run iff a Senta Claus with &

somd 0 yew] sal toe 30 ebionist tivuat".., 7 ald sideratjons of world peace and maintenance of the traditional | = Russia's manpower ‘ . same | a moral, no say a sentimental, | frien vhich has always inspired fhe relationg between the | and will be 36 per cent greater in 1950; 55 per cent greater in 197 side to t le question. Throughout the ages the Arab world | igove nt and peoples of the U, 8. and the ents and || —'We might lose ale etlcotive use is made of poy has been the best havens to which Jews took refuge | peoples of the Middle East. i ‘person, assuming the armed-farces will require only 13.5 million. ia oi * : 3 2 | Th { AY A PE 3 i : si Ma o% 7 i AE 2 FR Yi 4 2 Ax 7 5 oe A ‘ Sites i "i A ! pi ; f x . ; fa Yay 4 Aen , or op % Hu ARN i Kx f / . nc. inti 5 oh LT ; i 4 aR By

By MAHMOUD FAWZI BEY, Representative of Egypt at the UN

ot-the world against “£6 the United Na-

: by people most of whom arrived a few hours

into Palestine with the full con-

A HOUSE among our houses was buffing and thé fire was | . spreading. \ not only in a military sense but in a political, soelal and hu-

whole question 1s” not one of fancy -or-idealism but

lands in and around Palestine are involved. The very existence | | of the United Nations as.an effective apd respected. orld body | i. ! ] y Council

a mere matter of a handful of Jews living in Palestine. We are facing all the forces of world Zionism, greatly and increasingly | supported by the Soviet bloc. S

{s most subversive and is disruptive fh the ‘extreme to all prosThousands and

couraged to go to Palestine, while almost no other citizens of

what goes on in the minds of the “Soviet leaders, but looking objectively at what is taking ‘place

Second, the social order in the Middle East is being underendangered while the interest of: the Middle East |

"Nobody ‘who wishes to be fair can really blame the Arabs tor opposing the Zionist thrust in the Middle East—which we

in Palestine—-

homes. They

the countries

the country. This was ‘true nd stability of

are Mot’ facing : 12:1

took away the checkerboard!" :

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L By Peter Edson Ta Budget Bulge Battle Changing ‘Don’t Mind Cost’ Defense Idea

Fiscal policy—meaning an ability to operate the military establishment within a budget that the .country can maintain without hardship. Domestic economy-—meaning operation within the limits of civilian productive capacity to ‘both-+he-military-dnd-the-home If this four-way approach to military problems is carried to its logical conclusion, it could mean that the General Staff of the future must have at top levels not only professional sol~diers and sailors, but also diplomats and economists who are just as expert in their fields as the fightin’ fellers are in theirs, ;

Trimmed to $15 Billion THIS specific problem which the McNarney-Carney-Richards General Staff sub-committee has had to wrestle with has been the paring down and division of estimated defense needs from an original $30 billion to the President's

This latter figure does not include estimates for helping arm a Western European Union ___nor for more military aid to China. When Secretary Forrestal was in Europe “recently, he-discussed the possibility of deficit financing with military leaders there. ‘Walter B. Smith, ambassador to Moscow, was of the opinion that deficit financing should make no differ#nice—that whatever had to be spent for adequate defense had to be spent. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. 8.. military governor in Berlin, who has serious economic and political problems of his own in running the German econbmy, took the other view. - Gen. Clay's position was that it would be bad for the country as a whole if the budget ‘were unbalanced and the country yesorted to deficit This difference in approach to this year's military budget question illustrates the change that must-come over General Staff thinKing. The “shoot the works and never mind the cost” has to be replaced by consideration for eco-

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; COPR. 1948 BY. NEA SERVICE, ING. T. M. REO. U. 8. PAT. OFF. "I thimk Charlie's lost & lot of business since he got sore and

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. summer, Sresges and a market basket on our arm. = - stores could not hive become a land-

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

. erg : ‘More Laughter Than Crying By Mrs, A. H.,, Rushville, nd. % “Reply to Mrs, J.D, DD. who objects to Farm Bureau Co-operatives, thereby taxes: —— Do these co-operatives-bring a little more happiness of better living to anyone who does not deserve it? She says: “The city lv are donating in the form of taxes to Uncle Sam ‘to help keep the farmers. in luxury; to rural electrification, soil conservation, school Jinch programs, betterment of homes: programs, price supports, and other benefits too numerous to mention.” This is only to mention in a humble way that the greatest co-operative enterprise in this world is the one that includes God, man and his fellowmen. In and there is more laughter than crying. Let us pe aware that it takes both God &nd man to ~make the most of life. Pc gd Man must till’ the soil and prepare the food for our consumption. He must cut the trées to build for his needs, make the bricks, etc. Let us thank God for.the chance to share in humanity, to do our part in this co-operative

By Jeanne Seymour, City To the fashion critic: “Silently I've sat with. fingers - crossed since the appearance of the fashion critic, thivking that the- en here would not answer her attack since ‘we are all sure she has an ax to grind for: someone. Indianapolis women on the whole are homemakers and when out on business they dress for that. Had the fashion critic appeared in she would have seen ug in neat wash

mark had the women not been smart dressers, causing the stores here to equal any on Fifth in New York, Should the fashion critic Appear in ‘a store here, she'll find her model as materfal right in the store where she , J N

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quickly and inexpen tary Park, which has recreation area, into a king lot? 5-cent-fare busses from the park tothe midtown shopping area... $o This needed ‘improvement would increase _ property values in its neighborhood rough “increased hs sul |Ssessments the pro , liquidating. Profits from bus operit and parking fees should be earmarked for the construction of off-street parking facilities in other

compete with private industry, then the eity

oY. > “2 ‘No Chance for Safety’ = By Southsider : as Seems to me I saw in the paper that pas-

sengers on the busses and street cars were . going to have to stand back of a White line for safety measures. If you could see the English Ave. busses around five o'clock as people are packed in like sardines, even standing down on the steps, you certainly would wonder where anything was being done for safety. With holiday crowds for the next month, I think something should certainly be done. On the English line we have a railroad crossing to go over and the driver never can see out. Call that safety? Well, I have another name for it. !

What Others Say— Leave us us face it. Television is still in its

infancy, and when that screen starts to/shake, my beautiful models come out like quivering

fashion designer. > : ’

® * All women, like all men in the United States, want to prevent war, but they do not want America to be weak.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-

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point of view,

could be given than the fact that and -prosperously so, in Arab countries. Arabs getting In exchange?

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Zionists, peace East countries | their ho

Palestine.

Palestine, ‘we stijl hope the

of that social ) \ realities of the kituation,

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entanglements in" local political

when they were persecuted elsewhere. No clearer proof of this two, million Jews are living, Now what are the

Some. people have raised doubts as to the Zionists’ ability to obtain more and more arms. Of course, when the Zionists do buy arms neither they nor the people who supply them come and provide the Arabs with the necessary documents to prove it, But proof is not lacking. ~The best proof is fact. And the fact is that for no mysterious reason and only through arms superiority, the Zionists have beén able to drive away from s hundreds of thousands of the Arab population of

In spite of certain mistakes which we considér those responsible for American*policy to have ‘made in connection with United States will wake up to ‘the

We hope the United Stites will takeéja stand based, not on tuations but on worthy con-

ment offices.

waste.”

Manpower

recommendation

AMONG the disclosures were: ‘ : A war emérgency would necessitate an immediate job freeze on every American in essential industry; a ban on wage increases as an incentive for recruiting labor (to avoid raiding among industries); compulsion, if n including Uncle Sam, recruit all his help through local employ-

~~ Only 10 ‘per cent would continue in “Pr would go for war purposes. Mistakes made in conversion of industry in the past war might have been fatal. manpower and material shortages and created “tremendous A program for balancing civilian and war production from thé outset of any future conflict is being mapped by the National Munitions Board. . ; would be short by 3.1 million of the work foree— | required by 1950. it war came. tomorrow pti nd oot cerning manpower in Worl War IL, if appliedragain, would leave only 88.5 milion against a-minimum need for 71.6 mi INGER

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| NATIONAL DEFENSE... By Tony Smith. .~ \nother War Wou

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$540 Billion -

WASHINGTON, Dec..1—Another-war would cost the United __ States $540 billion, command 90 per cent of its total industrial capacity and require 72 ‘million: civilian workers, the nation’s. |” military leaders estimate. a : : : ' (It would bring rigid, price, wage and export controls; rationing higher taxes and a

compulsory war-savings program, they

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‘mobilization—of war. Present plans call

of the master plan for mobilizing the country is

being given to reserve officers.and leading industrialists in -selected key cities by two teams of experts from the armed forces’ Industrial college. ; :

Used as Textbook ; : ' THESE instructors are using the first draft of the Security “Board's 20-pound program as a textbook for a twosweeks series of lectures in Philadelphia and Boston. hy The six-man :lecture teams alternate one week each in each city they brief. During their time back here they take refresher

In the léctures, mugh of the Security Board's report is

instructor's “personal view” because the final have not yet been submitted, g concluded in laid out the mili-

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Philadelphia tary's thinking with startling reality. Great stress: was put on the mistakes of the past war; comparison of our resources against the world’s; buying methods; technological deyglopments; military and political strategy.

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ary, to make every employer,

The estimated cost was $540 billion minimum,

of everything produced in the U. 8. today uction if war comes. The 90 per cent ra |

As it was, they greatly aggravated

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“Little Egypts."-—Estetle Allardale, Hollywood : ue

This stark ca’s mili- 3 tary high command. These leaders hope it will be transiated — imo—a broad program-for—immediate—economioc-r the nation’s resources-in- the event. of for makmg it public after Christmas, when the National Security Resources Board sends its recommendations to President Truman for stand-by war powers. heck

NEW YO! for radio, and Fred Alle “I don’t in ‘comedians tol . “I'm goin |. ~going to hap vision,” he sai write. -I have | do books.” ¥ “His announces : says is “definite

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enterprise. Let it be & humble thanks for, | homes, schools, churches, for freedom and losin g Jas | security—one of love, good will and helpfulness ‘+ after the first o | to‘each other everywhere: i The year. as gv 4 is His announce ih = i rsp ga A a SDF A ii n : Rr RN ES

"Benny's depart “Yes, I'll be after Benny le “1 can use the my town house. —*7'1l work of then, becuse ¢ sure, I'll .quit least.

EN - ”» t “WHATS G to radio, any “One big exper two years, with ¥ along, radio Ww but small bu music. “When & Bu) come along wil and put people it’s ridiculous. “And when

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_ stead of two it’s a silly busi way 2 FRED “ALS( tax laws aren't thé Treasury said. “You can ch

areas. rs < ee SGT tion on a bu “If this plan is objectionable because it would

o “MR. ALLEN Senator Bri £ against, actor: setups. j “Why should to keep some gives a damn til they want 1}