Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1948 — Page 10

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“Price in Marion County, § “cents a copy ‘tor or Bunday; delivered by carrier-daily and

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: Telephone RI ley 8551 . glow LAG ‘and the Piavie Will Ping Thew Own Way

Try It Here WEE Mayor Feeney returned from the opening of-the International Merchandise Mart in New Orleans he "had been impressed by the civic pride of the delta metropolis.

ee wan not a case, he assured, of . people being nice for ra Price Commerce had nothing to do with it. He said

Sunday, a week, ‘dally only, 28¢, Sunday | only, be. | rates in Indiana, daily and Sunday, $750 8 y y, $5.00 a year, Bunday only, ‘$2.50; all other states, U. 8. possessions, 5 Canada and Mexico, dally, $1.10 a month, Sunday, bo

In Tune With the Timed

SHORT SHOTS.

From ‘the complaints, it seems to be the Indiagapolis Gag and Choke Co. VT used te fume and race and fuss, And never did get done; ’ Now that-T'm-old-and calm. and-siow, he I've time for work and fim. : The way most of-us reflect Him, it's pretty hard to belleve God created man in His own image. Burn me up: Cigaret ads: Quintéssant assi-ninity--answering phone with number instead of name; orchestra or accompanist making so much noise you can't hear the singer or soloist.

8ign on a truck: Left, passing side. Right, suicide, She admired his purse-anality. "The making of balms, lotions, rouges, rouges, lips: He

stick, face and nail paints'is a major skindustry; I like this: Said a lady, “They were peoplé we friended with.” Bpeaking of a neighbor's church record: | They are very regular in their hon-attendance. When we get old, the progress procession keeps moving ahead, but we oldsters, crippling slowly along at the rear, get our eyes full of

citizens of New Orleans liked their town and wanted others to. like, it too. - . One of the most ‘effective methods of getting over the | idea. that New Orleans’is a great city was through the use of axl + drivers who extolled the virtues: of their city to ; «THEY did a good Job of wing ‘their town to |

civic contribution from the ca hoe a the especially those who haul passengers to and from the terminal points, of publié transportation. Some Indianapolis cab company should: try it

Helping Ex-Ndzi Publishers

- JRORMER Nazi owners, have a good chance of regaining “ebntrol of the newspapers of western Gernfany. If that ns the future of democracy there, which is none too Cu anyway, will bs ‘dark indeed. -#-The American military government in Germany issued the tion under which “denazified” publishérs who pleased Hitler can get back their newspapers by 1850; or1952 at the latest: The only explanation offered is that a policy has been -fixed-on reclaiming property in general .and, because presses are physical property, newspapers come under it. Siich an excuse is bureaucratic thinking at - its worst. 7% Two kinds of propérty at least must be differentiated from the general fn handling the German problem. One "is & war plant. The other is any kind of property which cafi be misused to control the German mind—as these presses were misused by the Hitler-Goshbels publishers.

] ey » ”’ gu OUR government was most careful in Neensing the 54 .new German ‘to whom it leased newspaper plants

captured from the Nazis. The licenses were issued to proved anti-Nazis whom. Hitler had put in concentgation camps or Vv government promised that those who ean pea i pte i Poa ao, ‘atthe end of which: time they could buy the old Plants or new ones, | Under th» mew alin esses run only fe year wit

mination of this

Giving. of Gommunish. Ea A hor the notion will not die that the free world can buy off totalitarianism by practicing’ ajphasement

That. theory was. Pr — at Munich. It failed to buy peace with Fascism. i 5 failed to buy a live-and-let-live understanding with Communism. Yet -there are those who would keep on trying. Among them is Pear] Buck, who hails the dawn of a" “new day" in Chia as. the Red tide sweeps toward the

hg tis Wold; ~ we throw our support betind the Communists, ir and. ‘when “they take over. ~~. “Short-sighted and’ 'yeluctant persons ‘may say, “Why not let the new government fail, especially if -it should be Communist?” she remarks. “Because, if it is. Communist, others will not let it fail. If it is not supported and thereby _shaped by American aid, it will be’ supported and shaped by p from Soviet Russia.” : Cam bo ll THAT, in our opinion, is nonsense. " How much policy-shaping did our money do in “Yugodlavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary or Albania? It was ~ used to make Communism a going concern... Why should. + we repeat that experience in China? Mao Tse-Tung, leader of the Chinese Commis; HI nis position clear the other day. He pledged his followers to complete solidarity with Russia as a “bulwark” against “American imperialists.” He rejected any middle-of-the-road compromise as “utter hypoerisy and bankruptcy,” which it is. Is Miss Buck kidding herself, or trying to kid the American people?

“A Better Diplomatic Force -

MOST of the preview reports on the work of the o Hoover Bipartisan Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch of Government are promising. None of them more so than reported proposals of the Commission's subcommittee on the State Department, which deserve careful consideration by President Truman and Congress. Most persons familiar with that much-reorganized department recognize tWo. paramount needs. One is to simplify and decrease its functions. The other is‘ to-increase the efficiency of its personnel. Both needs are tackled headon by tie Rogers-Bundy Stimson study. » ~

; THESE experts would solve the first Forks of the problem by limiting the department chiefly to its original and still primary function : of. a policy organization. : ~* The second proposal.is to combine and strengthen in one professional corps the present foreign and departmental ~~ services, More and Beftér diplomats-~which means better training, better pay and better professional status to get and to keep better men—are urgently required. oF Aa 1 the greatest world power the United States can afford the best ¢ force. It cannot afford to entrust ts “"'g eye amateurs or abound riers § in a game where

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men in the Senate on Pinay law.

dust and think disaster. has. overtaken the world. ~FRANK B. FLANNER, Indianapolis.

‘GOODBYE Pride bade you farewell; My hegrt denied it. — - -. , Pride, vowed to Jorget;

yh = For- your return: --ETHEL ey SVIT™, Indianapolis. : &

YOUTH, THE * ARTIST

The leaden blue of stormy skies and want's dull, fevered red : May blend to purple on youth's Where some old hopé has bled, Youth waits : impatiently to find the first - bright tube of green. Youth's eyes detect no greys of sombre ruins

hills,

in the scene.

Where walls of faith have tumbled down a mist of glamour lies, And happy creatures fill the ABelds, the woods : and seas and skies,

Let white ‘sails gleam on scarlet lakes—yolith_ sees them from afar; Let dawn hues linger th youth's eyes~must truth so quickly mar . ’ The happiness of ignorance? if the bold, Free brush paint varlets heroes? wretched truth be told— And art rebuked? Far better art should err and youth should learn * From years, not blows, For all too quickly, as the bright tints turn To greys and browns. does life reveal some ugliness in truth. And after all, perhaps, true art will yield to none but youth. '

~SMILEY FOWLER, Greensburg, *® Oo ©

SAFETY JINGLES

Windshield was icy, Driver couldn't see, Now the windshield is gone, And so Is he,

When you’ re driving, . Watch your talking; _ Trains are running,

What matter Must the

than that.

of business.

He stopped, ' But only looked one way— Insurance checks Are due today!

—RUSSELL YOUNG, Indianapolis. 8 * 4 © y

~~ THE NEEDLE

Sometimes when I am tired or overwrought By fretful tasks, or with a mind distraught By wusy thoughts that vex, and crowd, and

300 per cent.

cling, ~ I sit and sew. That simple act will bring A certain solace. The needle, strong and fine, things right into line. Like soldiers moving with a rhythmic pace, My weary aches go marching off in space; .... And with the needle’s measured steps to guide em; My petty cares go trudging off beside them = 1 ~MINA MORRIS SCOTT, Columbus.

NATIONAL POLIT :

wk By Charles ¥ Lucey.

On GOP Leadership

WASHINGTON, Dee. 4-—Storm warnings - on “the Omi

struggle over new Republican Pariy lead ¥ rable opal y ership ‘are going up

Some Republicans thought it sounded too ' much: liké the

‘same line the party has been following for years--and which '. hasn't worked so well, ®

$550 MILLION LOSS .

‘Santa's Pack will Bring Worst Postal Jam in Nation's History

- WASHINGTON, early for Christmas” meaning this: year. for the next few months, reaching a peak in the holidays, is going to be the worst in history. Last year's Christmas rush was about a third heavier than any year before. rush is expected to be 25 to 30 per cent heavier It comes on top of six months in * which the volume of mail handled each month has been greater than last year's Christmas business, which set an all-time record. ; Two things in particular have happened to throw this exfra burden in the packs of Uncle Sam’s mailmen. Pn First is that Railway Express agency, hav- ” ing upped its rates three times in the last 18 months, has now practically priced itself out Postal officials say that it now. costs about 15 times as much to ship by express as by parcel post. the business that Railway Express has lost has gone to the postoffice. 3 : Second point is that the volume of all other ——— They're not walking. _ ———1 ‘classes of mail has —up-st

the last 15 years, the increase has been over

No Expansion Since 1938

. POSTAL facilities have been given no eomparable increase to take care of this business. There has been virtually no expansion since 1938. Today the department could use about 300 more buildings for postoffices; "annexes and increased terminal facilities. What all this adds up to is that the U. 8. ostoffice Department stands to lose over $550, 000 in the year ending next June 30. This is just a beginning. The railroads, to which the. Interstate Commerce’ Commission last February gave a temporary 25 per cent increase for carrying the for a permanent 65 per cent raise. And foreign and domestic airlines have asked Civil Aeronautics Authority for a 160 per cent increase in’ = thelr pay tor fying the mail.

statemerit by National Chairman: H. Beott Jr, | pieuthing fire at Democratic “denagogues” and ‘radion spend- :

Some said &o publicly. Others said so privately and stressed

~the need for new fates in the party leadership—including the ~Chairmanship into which Mr. Scott was tossed by the Thomas

E. Dewey forces after‘the Philadelphia convention:

» Numerous names have been mentioned as possible successors to Mr. Scott, perhaps the newest among them Rep, Everett Dirksen of Illinois, who is resigning his Congressional teat because of eye trouble. His geographical background is right to help the Republicans win back the Midwest. He has been an able Congressman, is an outstanding orator and has heen friendly with Gov. Dewey, +

Demand for ‘New Face’

DEMAND FOR a “new fave” also will be a factor in’ election of new leaders by the Républicans in the Senate.. Two cnief Jobs are to be filled--the minority leader's post vacated by Sen. Wallace White of Maine and the chairmansaip of the Republican Policy Committee. That chairmanship” hug been held by: Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio but unless Senate Republicans change their rules, he no longer will be eligible for it. The so-called younger “progressive” GOP. Senate group is expected to oppose any fdove hy Mr, Taft to take over the minority leadership or fo help put Sen. Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska in that place, for Sen. William F. Knowland of California as leader. ¢ Mr. Knowland is comparatively young, has demonstrated ability as a debater and has become oné of the bestiinformed

Forced Co Seen

SEN. HENRY CABOT LODGE of Massachusetts als could be put forward for the leadership by the progressive group. Some believe the younger Republican senators will have to aceept a compromise and this could bring into the picture Sen. Eugene D. Millikin of Colorado for one or the cther of the top positions. Whether serious conflict develops over selection of Senate . Republican leaders may depend upon Mr. Taft, who is now in Europe. He has given no indication that he wishes the minority leadership for himself, and he might not wish to tie himself to its often tedious duties. Mr. Taft's voting record is not as conservative as that of some other Republicans, but proposals thet

“new faces” idea. Still another solution to the conflict between. the so-called GOP conservative and liberal Senate ‘fictions is mentioned by some—an agreement on Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg as leader. He would have support from both sides but it is believed entirely “unlikely he would #ccept the job. /| Sang Flanders was one who took issue with parts of the GOP Chawuan Scott's statement.’ He thought it was wrong to impute tate te socialism to the opposition, as a, Scott did, but he sald

Sen. Ralph Flanders of Vermont today came out

1-he Should. retire -in- favor of gomocone. younger are part. of the:

" parents to point up the moral that pranks were dangerous. Parents. then found the air let out of their auto tires.

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. By Peter Edson

Dec. 4—The annual “mail warnings have extra

<Thé’ jam in the postoffice -

Next Jan. 1 there will be slight increases in postage rates on all except first and second - class mail—letters, newspapers and magazines. ’ These increases are expected to bring in to the government another $120 million a year, but it's only about a fifth of what's neéded to make up the deficits.

Huge Losses on Mail

ONLY two classes of postal service now pay their own way. One is letter mail, the other is interest on postal savings. . New estimates show that losses on handling parcel post will be $80 million this year. Losses on third class advertising matter will be $129 million, -on second class $207 million. Other losses adding up to $134 miHion includé $18 on special delivery and $32 million on money. orders. In connection with the high second-class mail deficit, 65 per cent of the loss comes in

This year's

From 90 to ‘95 per cent of

* What this amounts to is a subsidy, paid by the la taxpayers. _~ cayeer-man Postmaster = General - Jesse M. = : Donaldson will go befére the next Congress asking for considerable rate increases and a big building program.

For Benefit of Public

~~ TO suggestions from ex-President Herbert Hoover's commission for redrganizing the government—that the postoffice cut expenses by reducing services—Mr. Donaldson objects. It is a service agency for the benefit of the public, he maintains. To frequent congressional suggestions that his department modernize or streamline. fits _Operations by mechanization, Donaldson also "burns. ing costs are for personnel and transportation. And so far, no robot has been invented that Will deliver all those Christmas cards you're ‘going to 1088 Ir the” WH Within the next 30 days.

mail, has now asked

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industry.

. “80 great as now.

r / 4 ’ & TOP. 1940 BY NEA SERVIGE, I. T. M. WC. U4 8. PAT. OFF, - ind "Your father has his first winter cold and he won't stay in bed— |" he, always knows just what to do about snyihing

until it happen; to him!"

the GOP should oppose anything: tending in that direction. Th regard ‘to Mr. Scott's criticism of administration-produced monetary inflation, Mr. Flanders said it was not a simple thing to ‘check inflation without risking unemployment. And, /sald the Senator, the nccessity for a “change in the temper of Republican leadership” should be apparent now to everyone. ’ i

Barbs—

Pupils of a Binghamton, N. Y.

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school held a party for The kids

let 'em down. i ” ” » ” ” Lo One hard think about being poor is the danger of getting shot instead of being sued for breach of promise. ” " » . » . - ” It's funny how.a man will bawl out his stenographer because he hejped with tlie dishes before coming to wor

living aud _ Our dea of 2 bad insurance’ risk i# the. inpocént bys,

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handling magazines, 35 per cent on newspapers.

— Inthe face of crazy conditions like these, |

Ninety-five per cent of postal operat- |:

: 000 Cabinet Pay Seen Far Too Low :

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4— President Truman's ‘proposal Ho boost cabinet members’ salaries from $15,000 to $25,000 a year would leave them still far behinds their counterparts in %

ustries: American Telephone and Telegraph- Co with 27,000 « ployees and yearly expendityres of Around $150 million, its president $209,000. \ .+ + Radio Corp, of America; spending $250. million and 40,000. employees, pays. $137,000. Bethlehem Steel Co., “4pendirig $900 million and employees, pays $293,000. American Tobacco Co., spending $150 million and “with 15702 employees, pays $215,000.

Influence on National Wealth’ = +

" OF EQUAL importance with, size, however, are the ordinary responsibilities and functions of the departments and the Influence they exert on the nation’s wealth, Take Agriculture, - the $122 billion farming industry. Intrior's revenues run well over $100, million a year and it has jurisdiction over such. national resources as ofl, minerals; timber, public power, fish and g Treasury collects $42" billion a year in taxes and manages $252 billion public debt. industries producing some $180 billion worth of goods. Of the present cabinet members, only Secretary Mars who has a $15,000 Army pension—and Commerce Secretary yer have independent ipcomes.

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Hoosier Forum

BS ———— 4 1 do not prem ih ord tht you say, Bi

will defend “to the death your right +

a corn ject with which you are familiar. Some letters used will be edited but content will be pre- + served, for here fhe People Speak jn Fragen.

‘End Postal Subsidies’ : By Carl R. Davis, State, Vice President, NALS. * Your recent - editorial entitled “End That Press Subsidy,” was of great interest to: postal employees, and should interest many : others outside ‘the department. It was an example of clear; honest thinking which was refreshing, Every time a Postal’ Appropriation Bil

of last "year's deficit—and then economy As the cry. Where then economize? 4 Cut down on costs for man power and- ye placement thereof.. True, ‘we havé received ‘wage incredises in recent years, but not:fn ratio’ to the “increased cost of living, and the result is plainly evident in inadequate persomnel, inability to replace these leaving the: serv. ice, and refusal of competent persons, many times, to even accept employment. :. © ‘Cut down on: equipment allowances, : résulting in antiquated truc , costly to operate, costly ‘to repair-inability "to obtain even sorting cases or straps. for Confrast this with subsidies of various kinds being taken from Post Office funds. The: Press is" only one of these. 'There are many others These are never pared becguse “they: are n the interest of development of nia Tmeeknos be public welfare,” Holders of stock in £on«

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be done with it is conjecture, gE. However, ‘let no one lose sight of the” fact that the Post Office is a’publie servant.” There may be a small loss, even if subsidies Were deducted; such loss ‘would come through’ increasing wages to a point’ where competent personnel could be kept or obtained, and de- - pleted supplies replaced, and in giving to the public the service they expect and deserve. If such were the case, our public would not:complain at any small increase, to offset the cont, provided they receive proper service. * We agree with you on the subject of press subsidies; but want to ‘go a step further ‘in charging off to the proper agencies their true - proportion of subsidies—or ‘better still; divoreing these subsidies entirely from’ the Post Office | Department. SE

‘Abuse of Streets’ By 8 Resident, City Ever since Indianapolis acquired a: - “Safety Engineer,” we the people on Riverview Dr., between Kessler Blvd. and College Ave. have been trying to get aid from the traffic department at police headquarters, to stop the th dering -gravel trucks, cement mixing truc heavy trucks in general, that speed down Rivérview Dr. I mean from 50 to 70 miles per-hour, coming and going. Also*the - cars that make up lost time on this stretch of boulevard. For more than 2 year we. chave. tried but to no avail. o There are a lot ot small children. on: this drive—16 in our block alone. Must. we Wait until one ~f them™is killéd or injured, before something is done? Then, of®course, there will be plenty of. action, with pictures and. publicity. The writer speaking for all the parents, I think, would rather have some “SLOW,” “WATCH OUR. CHILDREN” gigns now. Also.an otcasional motorcycle policeman to catch sofe of these offenders. Finally, Rivierview. . bro is listed as a boulevard which prohibits vehicles for more than. one block. This abuse certainly can be corrected.

Views On the News By DAN KIDNEY If the Chiang Kai-sheks are look Madame is. just

for a house to rent, the sher time coming to Washington. A pri v8 RE 8ir John Boyd Hr wants the. West fo win Russia over by compliments. Maybe ‘he can suggest something that: the Communists: fan be complimented about. a e % » ~ Twe city ‘governments seems an excessive war penalty even for Berliners. La a The way stotks have been sagging, Wal ‘Street must be trying to live up to President, o ‘Truman's low opinion of it. X. TE “u.-Have recognized In touchables, " the new government will now put the touch on them for taxes. -

By Andrew Tully

. The contrast between High-level government salaries. 1 d. ‘those paid. the hation’s top business. executives. has never.

The biggest businessman. in the. ‘country ‘today is not the 1 tad.ors private industry—he is Defense Secretary. | _restal, who runs an organization worth more than $100 billion, spends nearly $12 billion a Year, and has hearly a million and | a half employees. Yet his salary is only a: meager fraction of that paid to the president of General Motors, who gets $337,193 for running an organization which has only 300,000 employees and. Which spends only $3 billion a year. i

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The Department of Agriculture, for instance, a 9 more than $1 ‘billion a year, and has 57,000 employées. | Department spends $527 million and has 47,000 hi ‘ The Treasury has a budget of $12 million and 9,000--em-a. the Commerce. Department a $193 million budget’ and 4Q:000 employees; Post Office a budget of neatly $2 billion, and a half-million employees; State a |-employees; Justice a budget of $1¥.m : und Tabor a-$i4 whiion “budget aj “employ ; Compare the $15,000 salaries of those cabinet Bod ! thé Bize of their ‘businesses—with those paid heads of private

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