Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1948 — Page 22
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Good Credit
ernment wis withholding the compensation checks of
Times made an investigation in Indiana Region. of the Veterans Administration, -
the report indicated, and more important, we found that the Indiana war veteran is a good loan risk. The figures show it.’ Only 31, per cent of the loans are in default. and for the most part Indiana veterans who took advantage of |
payments off with commendable regularity. rm rin 400,000 sons and daughters into the war. Make Unification Real -
43 SEN. LISTER HILL of Alabama says he intends to “raise cain” until there is real unification of the armed serv-
heads off.” : Right! The unification law thus far has been a flop. | There has been no determined effort to save money by . elininating overlapping and duplication of Army, Navy and Air Force activities, Yet they are asking for the largest | = e budget in history. ~~ "The three services have not been welded into one team. A year has passed without any firm agreement among’ them as to their respective roles and functions. Bickering between the Navy and the Air Force has become a public dis-
Part of ‘the failure is due to weak administration of the Instead Mr. Forrestal has been
BUT the Jaw, itself, is seriously deficient. It tends to make the Defense Secretary a mere co-ordinator rather
with authority to enforce his decisions.
Failure to consolidate such functions as purchasing, budget-
Ing, legislative dealings with Congress and public information has perpetuated division and obstriicted unity. ~+ ~~ "It would be interesting,” says Sen. Hill, “to know" Baw muck of the money. we give the armed services is used in their fights against each other rather than in building a : team to give us the type of defense which the unification
_ act intended.” It would, indeed. And we hope the Senator will try to find wt, More thas that, we hope that as an influential men of the Senate Armed Services Committee he will
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Telephone RI ley 5551 i El ee LAGKS aka the People Will Fina Thew Own Way
EN the howl went up a few Sov ago that the gov- |
disabled veterans who have defaulted on GI loans, The |
We found out that Uncle Sam was not beitig gra as |
Uncle Sam's guarantee of their GI loans are ticking the |
And in the whole state, exclusive of the Calumet’ area, there are only three disabled veterans who have had thelr } TR NR
ghar oy dying standards. esa
‘opinion | is pretty good, considering that Indiana kent some | yesterday — but
jces. Defense Secretary Forrestal, he asserts, “should | knock some heads together or, if need. be, knock some |
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Barton ‘Rees Pogue EE WHEN SOMEBODY CARES
Just a little bit of sunshine, , " Just a little thoughtfulness, Just a little word of comfort Toa fellow in distress, Just a little bit of sympathy For human grief or pain, Oh, how much it means to someone Who is walking in the rain!
y Just a little bit of patience For the feet that go astray, Just a little bit of helping them To turn the other way; A gentle touch tipon the hand - A whisper In the ear— There's nothing quité like kindness When temptation hovers near,
Just a littfe bit of tolerance, Toward the faults of men, May provide the inspiration That will set them right again; Just a little kind affection May fulfill their secret prayers, For it lifts a soul toward Heaven © Just to know somebody cares,
~ —THURMAN GEISE, Connersville. * % 4
WRENS! WRINKLES Jim Flick says he voted for Truman because he didn’t want Dewey's majority to be too big. . It isn't hard to rstimate the value of good-
will when it gets down to zero, . .. There may be a limit to higher living standards but_not to
fruits of today X Eo is often found unrecognized. . . . The common man is not so common once ‘he “gots ahead of the Joneses. . . . The operation in co-operation is necessary to remove obstinacy. . . . And solution is found in resolution. , . . It's a rare bird that hever lost more than one feather from his
" do not agres with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right fo say it."
Keep letters 200 words of less on any sube ject with which you are familiar.” Some ieiters
served, for here the People Speak in Freedom.
‘Proud of Navy’ Ft.
By Mary E. Fortner SR and Shipmates, Great Lakes, Illinois
I just finished reading the article on the
Lakes. As the first (and in the first two companies, the only) ‘WAVE recruit in the regular Navy from Indianapolis, I want to comment, This is also a general response from my shipmates In Co, 2. -That was on the whole a shipshape article, But I thought maybe you'd like the inside views point. In the first place, we're mighty proud of being in the Navy. We feel it's a great honor to be able to serve in the Regular Navy. It's the toughest job any of us have ever had, but
ing moment. The men sailors here at the base have some sort of foolish idea that we have a very éasy life. Ha! And I imagine the general publie- probably shares that opinion, but they're badly mistaken, as the article pointed out. -Our life is really rugged but not one of us ean say we're not having the time of our life. That, brings to light the character of the girls, wha have been selected. The standards .are high and you can see just how high by looking at your bunkmate. It really makes you {feel lucky to" be here, So, we feel that the general publie can Test Assdred-that the WAVES of to-
public's mind: “We know we ‘Tg in for a pure pose, and just you watch our stuff, We also want it known that the WAVES in charge of our training couldn't be any finer. " Where I'm finding. time. to write this must remain a military secret. i ® © o
‘Not That Much Profit’
By I. Kroot, 628 W. Washington St.
topknot. —LUIS B. WRENS, Indianapolis. * CONVOY “All is well , . , all is well”
+ Calls the voice of the leader As onward and onward, They fly through the night . In a quivering line ~-0f ethereal beauty, “Wild geese are charting Their first Autumn flight. “Away from the cold, Away from the Northland, The call of the leader . New courage imparts . , . And the silvery moonlight Resounds with the echo That drifts to the earth Into listening hearts!
‘«=RUTH or Crawlordavitia,
or METHODS
VOICE OF UNION .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-—Operation of a national labor daily newspaper was indorsed at the recent AFL convention. Newspaper publishers would welcome the competition, It could do a lot of good within our own business. There are some‘15 ‘million union members in
‘did another?
contract?
. By E. T. Leech New National Labor Newspaper Seen as ‘Welcome Competition’ | Eiri iil aii:
How, for. example, would the’ paper report a | jurisdictional fight between rival unions? |
What would it say about wildcat strikes, in | which officers ordered ope thing. and members
How would it repért. strikes in Vislation of
Haw would it report or comment when John
‘Referring to the article “Junk, $10 Million Baby,” by Harold Hartley, business editor, and to his informant, Louis Leffler, I, as a dealer for ‘approximately 40 years, wonder “what type of pipes they were smoking. I admit there is no exaggeration in regard to dealers having large investments in equipment and being well prepared to handle the incoming merchandise, but it certainly was a
collectors on the wagons are making from $100 to $125 per week. These peddiers are not making that much profit, as merchandise they bring into the yards will not sell for that amount. } As for the pies and cake they insinuate are
that they are not only eating ordinary foods, but are getting by on a very scant and minis mum. income. ;
Hooter Forum used will be edited but content will be pre«
training of the WAVES recruits here at Great
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being eaten regularly by peddlers, I assure -you
One of the fascinating myths that comes down to us from the ancient world revolves about Orpheus and Ulysses. Ulysses and his ‘men were forced to sail by the rocks on which the sirens sat. The seductive songs of these maidens had always lured men to their doom. Ulysses stuffed the ears of his crew so they could not hear and had himself lashed to the mast. He wanted to hear the dangerous music, but knew that if he were free he could not
"resist it. Orpheus tried another way when he had to”
pass the dangerous ladies, : He "took his lyre and played so well and sang 8b loud that his men could not hear the sirens. They kept time
to his music with the oars, and went zipping
past the rocks like a university boat-crew. Orpheus was a better. psychologist than Ulysses. -
" scribers. We would like them to get a chance to compare their own daily paper with the ones which they now read.
" value and service, this union paper should go after readers on the same basis as any other— thé voluntary demand of paid subscribers. Une less good enough so readers would want to buy it, thé paper would be qf little value tothe unions or to anybody else.
“that heavy and soaring expenses have sharply cut the number of daily newspapers. More viewpoints in the newspaper business would be valuable, . And, since unions are especially critical of
the press, it would be most desirable for them to gain first-hand know
h Amendments to ‘make the law, 'h oroughly effective.
Stalin Splits Berlin STALIN has completed the East-West split of Berlin by illegal puppet munisipal government in the ‘Soviet zone. This makes the lengthy efforts of the Western powers and of the United Nations to get a compromise Agreement. with Russia all the more’ diffieult, if not impossible. = e The timing of this latest Soviet sabotage of the Potsdam Pact is significant. Stalin had been waiting for the vy meeting in Paris to adjourn before making his next =it is easier-for him-to-put the blame Allies when the UN spotlight is not fixed upon him. But the legal Berlin election is to be held- ‘next. a ao and. he
revealing their lack of public support.
THIS RED technique is not new. "The Communists never permit free elections anywhere if they can help it, because they are a hated ‘minority, They can gain power + only by force. Whether the election form is dispensed with . altogether, or a fake election is staged, the result is dic- , tated by Stalin.’ In Berlin the easiest way was simply to hold a meeting of the Russian party in the Soviet zone and call that the city government. “In this case, as in virtually all others, Stalin resorts to
on the Wastarn
_ legal Berlin assembly of 130.members to boycott the legal - body. When the regular assembly proceeds with its functions, including the holding of an election, he calls it a rump government bent on. splitting the city. With that black-is-white justification, he then quickly creates his own rump government and splits the city. : It is now up to the Western Allies to decide whether -to play a wilting game, or to retaliate by isolating eastern Berlin.
WE had nq idea there was such a thing as a gnathodynanometer. It comes presumably from the Greek word “gnathos,” meaning jaw, and it measures a man's ability to chew. Well, the Navy is going to use a gnathodynanompter In a research project which will reveal how well sailors ‘can
piece. of flank steak, an. electric. wire. from the teeth will. record the pressure in pounds on a dial. The average person can bring 90 pounds’ pressure to bear. on a single tooth, if it’s his own, but with a full set of false teeth he can't elamp down more than 20 pounds worth, The Navy wants a ~ tull dial reading on its ordinary service chow to. see how gailors’ teeth might be expected to bd up., Now the Navy has long enjoyed the reputation ‘of eat- ~ Ing higher on the hog than the Army. It has come a long ~ way from thé days of hardtack and stuffed seabag. If the : ometer reveals that sailors are coasting along . with plenty of reserve jaw-power, we hope for their sakes the Navy ag alter its celebrated cuisine, As for us, we : inometer to tell us we haven't 3%
—~GEORGE D. GREER, New Castle. . ! ® ¢ 9 4
WHEN YOU WERE THREE
You're growing big, ah me, "Tis but a day since you were three, And does he like all girls and boys?” You hugged me tightly ere the lightWent out, ahd Th Vour bed You questioned me, your touseled head Upon my arm. “When will it be My Santa Ciaus will come to me? = Will he bring me lots of toys, And does he like all girls and boys?" You're growing big, oh dear, ‘I felt the t¥ickle of a tear,
in a business they so freely censure.
Many Circulated Free - MOST UNION publications — estimated to
ently senses this: fact in proposing a new national journalistic voice. - The present union papers are mostly y-eiron
lated free, or as,an automatic part of union membership. Like everything else which doesn’t have to meet the supreme test of consumer de-
“the United States—a great field of potential sub ""]
We have only one reservation: To be of real
We. believe in competition. It is regrettable.
the problems
‘number from 800 to 1000 — are pretty poor, "|. measured by-any-standard. The. AFL appar-
L. Lewis heaves back and hurls a verbal brick=" bdt at Bill Green or Phil Murray? Or when rival -factions come in with conflicting statements which they claim are the only officis 1
‘ones? Or when unions boycott goods made by
other unions? Or when a union meeting or election ends in a riot
What Editorial Positions?
IN THE case of a labor controversy; would the union paper try to get statements from both sides—union and employer—as most of the present papers do? .
Would it cover business conventions as the |
newspapers and press services now cover labor
meetings—for example, the recent AFL and CIO |
conventions?
What editorial position would the paper take | in political campaigns when rival labor leaders | __were-on different sides of the fence?
Would it accept advertising=and; if-s0, be
able to Sonvines, the members that this was doné as an honest Sgrvice having nothing to do with editorial policy? . Would it reject advertising from firms -which “right have been subjected to union pressure as, a wrinkle, of Sales-
“manship®
Long List of Problems ~~. =
WOULD IT print statements critical of B unions by business and financial leaders as fully | as most present daily papers print statements
A large per cent “of “these coilectors are 1 to hold good jobs because of their age and various physical handicaps: For this reason the public should not be left with the impression that each worn-out household: item they choose to discard ‘will make a John D. Rockefeller out of a hard-working junk dealer. Neither the housewife nor the peddler is
" being robbed.- The true prices that scrap will
bring are available to All and’ the dreamed up amounts. published should 'not>:be accepted per se, ;
Editor's Note: All the sources were quoted and why, if he can afford it, shouldn't a junk peddler eat cake? Nearly everyone ose does these days.
What Others Say—
If every pusiness head in this country will fT
say “yes” oftener than he ‘says “no” to the de-
“velopment of novel, arresting and exciting new
things, we can view the future with confidence, . & higher
~Hiving standard actually-exists.in this. ‘country. se.
Robert L. Huffins Jr; president, Burlington Milla Corp. * * ® Our potatoes aren't the small, almost inconspicuous, objects grown in some states. Idaho potatoe are potatoes. They have a character’ all their own. Idaho is proud of its potatoes,
COR hae YwWEStera —
the vain and foolish ones.
WORLD AFFAIRS ++ By William Philip — ‘Western Unity Seen As ols Peace Hope
“an old trick. He accuses his opponents of the crime he is |
‘abut to commit. So now he orders his 32 henchmen fr the | Pee to FE
Where The Bite Is Sah
‘chew: tough meat. When the subject puts ‘the bite on a _of them.
Tit may 46" what the United Nations apparently is Paweciess to do
For you were 86 much fun for me, When you were just a tot of three.
wopaL McGUIRE, Dupont. rN
WARNING
—MABLE K. STABLER, Indianapolis.
mand, they suffer thereby. Our indorsemeut is based frankly on a desire o to see how union leaders would run a paper in oY AL ~~ | frea competition With other papers. We'd like to paper? "|" see them buying In the current newsprint market and. at least
meeting some of rt which we bump into,
leaders?
a Tren wih sucha po
of osuch- a union paper: pews and editorial problems aily.
on even terms.
critical of business and industry by union
But why prolong this list of. problems certain | to beset the staff of a national labor daily news- | oe &
Our point is that we'd be glad to compete and a to try. to. 0 Jgarn 1x0 from it,
| ahead AVS TS own | he good pr econ -” nd oul Nid 06 wh Re to isk the * Prt UE Aen loss of Fs any “utiton a competing. 1 Toi further develop ent SI ww _
| | knowing that the economic basis for . | i ES
and the potatoes reflect that pride. They grow bigger, better. and far tastier.—Gov. C. A. RobIns of Idaho.
ahead with construction. The first plant. won't 1, But’ it WT He ‘basis
CH COUP reserenss Pri Charles «Ar- Thomas, Xs. | ecutive vice president, Mymanto Chemical Co.
PARIS, Dec. 2--The United Nations is beginning to pack up|. for home after fang down again, It is scheduled to Sdjouss
This has been the UN's most revealing session because: Phe debates-here, together with events in Berlin, have proved that the world’s hope for peacé must depend on a western alliance strong enough to stave off aggression, rather than on the UN.” The organization is just as impotent and wordy as. the old League of Nations, and it will continue to be merely a debating society as long as Russia keeps hammering at world mastery by using the cold war and fifth columns. : Russia has split the world into two camps. The delegates | here admit that for all major purposes the UN will never function | as it was intended so long as the split continues.
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Ended by Red Veto ca tr.
THE ASSEMBLY’S one ‘‘success” was a unanimous vote on Mexico's proposal committing all members to favor early peace. Like President Coolidge's preacher, they're all against sin. The -Sesyrity’ Council's. #ttetipt.to solve the Berlin blockade | was ended by a Soviet veto, Efforts of other nations to settle the row. came to nothing. In the propaganda battle over Berlin, Rasa " gt at least a draw, General Assembly session provided Russia's deputy fore Eulnistey, Andrei Vishinsky, and other Soviet spokesmen with tempting propaganda opportunities and they made the most |
Their speeches got much space behind the tron curtain and throlighout the western countries. On crucial days Vishinsky's snarling attacks on the western democracies drew front-page headlines and pushed back to inside pages the appeals of Western countriés for reason and order: ty
Gloom Thicker Than Fog
AMONG the UN delegates the gloom today is thicker than the - fog that-has practically stopped traffic over most of Europe. A standing joke here is that the fog is coming from the UN. meeting.
Has been done here, It is based on the knowledge that until there is a radical change in the thinking of the Russians, 1 no improyement is in sight, 1 ‘About .the only ray of sunshine comes from the West's apparent determination to force an alliance binding.both sides of the Atlantic. This is in line with the UN charter—and fortunately Russia, can't veto it. delegates believe, if the West acts without defay
=saye the peace.
Side GlanceiBy Galbraith
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the World Series?”
Barbs—
{ A British scientist predicts the world will some day go The reason for the gloom is not merely that nothing much | payed Sorhe folks are already living on bare necessities.
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A lot of men who worked up from the bottom have sons
who are Working Soy from the top. ~
People who i Pr and Brow fat one think te anything to laugh at.”
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A live wire has a chanee fo live brightly, says a banker,
Especially when he has good connections.
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LOW-COST HOUSING Re By James Daniel
WASHH GTON, Dec. 2Tha New York “Lite Tmatce: Coy :
one of the country's biggest, has thrown its weight behind the government's pi am toget new homes built in the $6000 class, Its action is e gage Interests which have been holding DA from participating In the low-cost housing field. -An-exeeutive of the company said today. his “firm had agreed to buy mortgages contracted by the Boyle Investment Co. of Memphis with a builder who has just gone into the $6000 class, These houses will sell for $300 down. Last August the special session of Congress approved an amendment to the Federal Housing Administration statute which allowed that agency, under certain conditions, to guarantee 95 . per cent of the value of a house for sale at $6000 or under.
"Hoped to Lure Builders
THERE WERE’ practically no such Hote : betig built, but the government hoped, by assuming such risk, to lure hullders and mortgagors into the low-priced field. As an additional aid to such buyers, the term of. Fepayment was extended from 25 to 30. years...» Congress also passed an amendment permitting the housing agency to guarantee 90 .per cent of the first $7000 of a new house's cost, but only 80 per cent of the next. $4000. This was to encourage houses selling below $11,000 with a maximum down payment fo $700 to $1500. These building incentives were largely pullified by the reluc-
tance of many contractors to tackle houses in the lower-profit
(class. Also, pnortgage money was being tightened and lenders were seeking higher rates than the FHA's 4% per cent and shorter repayment periods, Bh
B. 'ders Changing Minds wd THE DRYING UP of the market for houses of $12,000 and up has ehanged the minds of many builders. Yesterday, for example, one housing organization here got 132 letters from builders over the country who wanted to get into the lower-cost field. West Memphis Ho Inc, said it would build 100 homes “sell for\$6000. American Home Builders of .Corpus Christi, Ter announ 668 houses at ‘that price. FE. J, Burke & Sons of San Antonio, Tex., scheduled 1032 houses from $4950 to $7950 and» said it would take a lower profit. From some of the letters it was apparent the builders ine tended to produce cheaper houses by making them still smaller.
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One firm disclosed plans for a house of only 320 square feet of '
floor area, about the space that would be covered by three 9x12 A New York Life says it will have nothing to do ‘with that sort
of thing. “We have our péople out rround the country making .
ul estate loans all of the time,” said an Saesutive. ‘ a look ok at bv : from the pei lew ot people-who ven if we are sure we'll get our money bac ata n make is we won't insure a house that is py live in, hs prot,
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