Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1948 — Page 10

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What Is Normal?

HE and industries are fond of -graphs and curves. Their experts gather the figures, plot the "course of sales or expenses, or taxes, and set up a chart showing exactly what's what. | It is our humble belief that the chart-makers are out of date. The particular chart we have in mind is the one used in the Nation’s Business. Last week’s Nation's Business index carefully plotted by the graph experts of this magazine showed the economy had passed the 200 per cent mark if December. But we ask, “Two hundred per cent of what?” And there the chart makers reply Jeisldly, “wo hundred per cent of normal.” But what is normal? The chart makers have accepted th: averages between the years 1923-25 as the basis. This they grade as 100. Everything else ol up or down: from that point.

WE wonder ether the chart makers: are "aot alittle like the insurance statisticians who were basing rates on 50-year-old actuarial figures until someone made a fuss about it. Then they brought their figures up to date. ~ We doubt if 1923 to 1925 truly represents normal for the United States. And we wonder why the statisticians stick to those moss-covered figures. Actually the country has grown about 25 million in population since that time. It is a bigger market and a vastly bigger producer. And: we should never go back to the 1923-1925 level again. We respectfully submit that the chart experts take the years 1936 to 1946 for a better basis of calculations. ‘These figures would come nearer the population level and the market potential. They would allow for both depression _and war years. And they certainly would not show us with a 200 per cent rating today. Normal is the average level of living or business, or else. And it seems to us that the 1923 to 1925 period is a normal we, and the statisticians, can very well

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White House Herrings

ALTHOUGH a grand jury has indicted a former high State Department official for perjury in the spy investi~gation, the President repeats his partisan political crack ~~ about red herrings. Whether Alger Hiss is innocent or’ guilty will be de-_ termined by fair trial But no further legal process is required to establish the fact that somebody in the State “Department stole secret documents. And that should be 3 more: profound. concern to.the President than. bis sour

vidicule y iz 1 “08 Tt is unfortiinate that the repo. oa i aT 3 : such a slapdash body as the A NG

American Activities to spur action in these security mat. ters. If the Department of Justice had been on its toes, and’had received proper co-operation from the White House State

~ Under the circumstances, however, the President's atti-

tude has made it more difficult to get the better joint congressional committee which is needed as a prod to the De-" = partment of Justice. ~The public will not be satisfied until there is full proseevtion in the spy cases and until the espionage laws are tightened to make possible conviction of the guilty. In view of the earlier Canadian and British revelations of

"While China Totters

ue, State Department denies that Aiibgssader: Stuart rE taking part in Chinese maneuvers for a Red coalition ¥: or that it authorized Administrator Hoffman’ s statement

% encourage such a regime. Acting Secretary of olicy, toward Chiang

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- the Red armies ‘sweep forward and our Chinese ally totters. Chiang, a and his wife who flew to Washington for the

' ngress, remains unchan

statement of American policy in support of the Natiopalist government. They are not getting that. If Chiang falls our government will share the blame. Rightly or wrongly the Chinese and foreign governments think the U. S. wants to get rid of him. Washington can. not change that opinion, which is se -rapidly ‘destroying Chinese morale, without vigorous words and action in favor of the legal Chinese government and against the Communist

There is not much time left.

Move Over, Al

8 too bad about Al Jolson. He's quitting radio because he says he’s’in a rut. Says he works too hard and -n 2 only keep about 10 per cent of his $5500-a-week take. Says he won't return unless his network will let him record his shows when and where he pleases, If there is any justice for the proletariat, people like Mr. Jolson eventually will be permitted to do their work ‘while lolling on a couch and. chewing a cud of caviar. at Wu Springs. Meanwhile, if he will kindly move over we should like to get down there with him in that plush-lined rut of his. »

. British House of Commons is about to give final # approval to a bill permitting the government to own. and operate saloons, ] States, ver here it could mean that the ordering : soda would require filling out a lengthy in Seiglisate.

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Soviet espionage, this reform job in Washington is long

faster aid. They are not getting it. They ask for a Sil;

We hope that kind of thing does not spread to the |.

“In Tune With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue MY FAVORITE DAY

Christmas holds the greatest joy That any day can bring With holly wreaths and caroling As sleighbells gally ring, And twinkling little stars bend low To hear the angels sing.

The prétty lights and mistletoe And trimmings on the tree The little children gathered ‘round Their faces fair to see; , And Christmas bells the whole world o'er All ringing merrily.

"In every little star that shines The bells that ring so gay There moves a soundless whisper That seems to softly say: The Reverent Holy Son of God Was born on Christmas Day!

~SUE ALLEN, Indianapolis. ® 4. %

DECEMBER NIGHT

Mist against the windowpane, Now the snowflakes, now the rain . , . i. Dark gray clouds roll swiftly by Beneath sn bleak and lowering sky. Shrill winds blow an icy blast, ‘Cold ghosts creep from out of the past , , , Lost spirits are heard intoning, Some howling; moaning, screaming, groaning, Like fierce demons taking flight On this wild December night.

—CLARE BROW, Indianapolis.

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THAT. LGHT

As I listened I heard swéet music, The music of the spheres, And it said the Christ was Born, And I need have no more fears.

As I looked I saw the star, Then my night as. passed away, And I heard the ———— | I will follow Him rd day.

That shall pierce our chaos, The dark will disappear, For the message of the angels Every listening ear will hear. -~-ROSE BOUSE, Indianapolis. ¢ o o

HOLY NIGHT

O Holy Night that gave to earth ; This precious gift: The.Christ-Child’s birth; This gift of Love! Who brought release From doubt and fear, the Prince of Peace; The passing years will ever hold The promise that His birth foretold— His star still glows, a guiding light To all the world, this Holy Night, _ —FLORENCE HINCHMAN, North Vernon, ® o ¢ =

BILL \

Such a jolly-little fellow, .. . Twice a week or maybe more, ‘Comes a-rolling down our-driveway, —Shouting “Bread Man” at door,

He's a4 gay, persistent fellow, Selling cookies, pies and bread; He is sure each hungry mortal By his products must be fed.

And he hasn't any temper, -— For in sunshine and in shower ; He 1s cheery.as ean be.

There are tome days I don't buy much, But he smiles still just the same, And I seem to feel much better - ~As he whistles down the lane.

May the future with its bounty Every dream of his fulfill, —— And may fortune's brightest promise - Bring success and joy to Bill : ~—MYRL G. NEW, Pendleton. ® &¢ ©

LITTLE STABLE

O little shelter for th¥ kine, How proud you must have been : That night of nights in When your manger cradled Him. s

You must have scorned the crowded inn When angels hung a star High above you in the heavens, And Wise Men traveled far.

- When shepherds quite forgot their flocks, “And: heard hosannas:

you. How proud you. must have been to be The birthplace of ‘a King. MARY LOCKE JOHNSTON, ‘Winchester. *.o ©

DISCOVERY IN THE STARS

There were bright little stars shining above, | Each a reminder of a former love. One shone brighter than all the rest, This, your love, 1 found to be best. SOTA

oA CHILD WATCHES THE RAIN.

- The tinkle of the rain drops } Falls on my. ear, “The” spatter in the rain spout ~ But I am. inside of the house, The rain can’t get in here!

‘mas on Dec. 18, 1815. —f{of -New Jersey-

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‘==DOLORES BRUNER, Indianapolis.

Side Glances 5

By Galbraith

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OUR TOWN .

By Anton Scherrer

A Romcats of Literary Talents

WHILE the rest of you were running yourselves ragged trying to find suitable and, like as not, outlandish presents for Aunt Mehetable and Uncle Zachariah, I spent the time getting myself prepared to celebrate the 133d anniversary of the birth of the first Poet Laureate to practice in Indianapolis. Sarah Tittle Barrett,..our first gift to literature, was born a week ahead of ChristShe was _.a small child when her parents -and-Pennsyl~ vania stock) moved west to Indiana; eventually settling on a farm near Vernon. Later her father moved to Madison to give his children more schooling. It was the luckiest thing he ever did for it was in the cultural circles of the river town that the 7{Retocious. Sarah met the dashing Nathaniel n.

It was a match made in Heaven. AL USN

time of thé courtship when she was some around 16 years old, Sar was already an acclaimed poet. Which is to say that she had been writing first rate verse ever since she was 14. As for Nathaniel, he had been the editor "of the-Gaszette, the first Rewspaper to be started in Tadianapolss,

Two Literary Talents

THE TEAMING up of the two literary talents was celebrated Oct. 15, 1831. After the marriage, Nathaniel brought his bride to Indianapolis. They lived two years at Mt. Jackson, on the Bolton farm which is now identi. fled as the land of the Central Hospital on ° W. Washington St. The next three years were spent in town at which time Nathaniel edited the Democrat. During all this period Sarah's heart bubbled over with poetry, not unlike the behavior of a ceaselessly performing fountain. Then, as it must to all newspapermen, Nathaniel suffered financial difficulties. To save what they had, the Boltons returned to their farm and a-tavern where for the next

nine years they labored to Improve their conF dition,

In the course of this “period; the Bolton av: ern became the rendezvous of “society,” a curious euphemism which at that time was posited on an intellectual basis and not on the amount of money a man has as is the, present practice. In less time than it takes to tell, the “Bolton farm -achleved the stature of an insti tution; to such a degree, indeed, that even the “intettectuais-of- the-Legislature held their sym- * posiums’ there. Because of hep brilliant participation (both ah. Bolton won the

. in Indiana with the result that she received two votes when it came time, in 1851, to elect

a state librarian. As for the rest of the votes, they all went to her husband. “Paddle Your Own Canoe’ ~~~

= NATHANIEL Bolton's elevation to. the office of state librarian carried with it th responsi-

‘bility of keeping the Capitol in apple pie order.

Indeed, at that time the state librarian was

them all.

thrust upon him.

make final decisions.

More Authority Needed

squabbling among themselves,

that authority.

"question:

THYPO FLERE MIE SENN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—At the end of nearly every working: day, Defense Secretary James V. Forrestal sits at his Pentagon desk-before a pile of papers fiearly a foot high. He has to sign This is one of the faults of the “National Security Act of 1947,” commonly known as the Armed Services Unification Act. The secretary has no undersecrefary to handle all the administrative detail which merger of the Army, Navy and Air Force has

At the other extreme, hon the joint chiefs of staff for the three services reach a stalemate in settling thelr differences of opinion, Defense Secretary Forrestal has no authority uhder the law to move in on the situation, erack their heads together and

Or, if the three service oesrotaries-Rovall for the Army, Sullivan for the Navy, Symington for the Ajr Force—want to appeal seme matter to the President, over the head of Sceretary Forrestal, they are at liberty to do so under the law.

THESE and other similar situations are the natural results of the first 15 months of operation under unification, When this law was approved in September, 1947, after more than two years of d bate in Congress, the great faap was that too much authesity The interesting thing to note or that the principal “criticisms now hurled at the secretary are because he hasn’t thrown his weight around enough to keep Army, Navy and Air Force from The obvious m merger law must be changed by the next Congress to give him

About Dec. 31, Becrétary Forrestal will send to Congress his own report on his first year's administration under the merger law, He probably will make his own recommendations for amending the law, Then early in January will come the State of the

also the official custodian of the building. Mrs. Bolton helped in all departments, And so it came to pass quite in the nature of things that she sewed the carpets for the House and Senate Chambers when they were refitted In 1851." It was during this week ‘of sewing that Sarah Bolton composed her greatest poem: “Paddle Your Own Canoe.” Two years later, in 1853, Nathaniel Bolton was appointed 'U. 8. Consul to Geneva, Switzerland, whence his wife wrote a series of letters to the Journal. Measured by any stdndards, they were quite extraordinary.

~The Boltons' returned four years later, but

only because of Nathaniel’s failing health. He " died a few months after their return. For

the greater part of the next 36 years, Sarah continued to officiate as the Poet Laureate of Indianapolis. No building was dedicated, no blessing bestowed, without a poem by Sarah.

"Bolton especially composed for the occasion.

Her prize poem; “Paddle Your Own Canoe,”

probably had more to do with developing the .

moral fiber of Indianapolis kids than anything else that ever happened around here. “Indeed, it had international implications. One example will suffice. When Fanny Vandegrift (the In-

“dianapolis girl who eventually married Robert ‘Louis Stevenson) attended School 3 on W. New

York St. she received city-wide renown because of her convincing recitation of that poem, Fanny’s trick consisted simply of emphasizing the moral. 5 This gift of pointing the moral stayed with Fanny all her life and found its fullest expression when it came time for her husband to write “The Strange Case of Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Fanny didn't like the drift of it when Stevenson read the first draft to her. She left the room and wrote a detailed criticism pointing out her chief objection—that it was really an allegory according to Indianapolis standards whereas he had treated it as nothing more lofty than a rattling good story.

Burned Manuscript FANNY took the written criticism to her husband and left the room. In the fourse of

an- hour he. called for her. pointing a long denunciatory finger to a pile of ashes in the fireplace. Stevenson had burned the entire manuscript. . It was written again in three days, this time more ‘to Fanny's liking. Whether Fanny bettered or butchered the book is a debatable Less debatable -is the suspicion that “Dr. Jekyll and Mr, Hyde,” as finally written, Tevedlsd the moralistic-training of -the Indianapolis Third Ward School which, in turn, was fundamentally based: on the ethical values of BSR Redden Na

Sarah Bolton died on Ang: € 1893,

at age of 78. Joseph A. Milburn, the British-born

parson of the Second Presbyterian Church, preached the funeral sermon. On that occa-

- sion “he sald that when he was a little boy in “farsoft England, he “too "had learned 10

“Paddle Your: Own: Canoe,’ and never. ONGe... suspecting that the time would ever come when he ‘would meet its American author—let alone, preach her funeral sermon.

ARMED SERVICES . . . By Peter Edson

Changes in Defense Setup Forecast

Union and Budget messages to Congress, which will give the President's views on the subject. Finally, Congress will act on all these proposals in the Spring or summer. :

Bickering Exaggerated THERE has been a certain amount of exaggeration in reports about the bickering of the brass this past year. Such in-fighting has been principally between 'Air, Force and’ Navy. been pretty well out of it, stuck in the mud as usual by the

glamour boys.

sources.

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Hoosier Forum:

“| do nét agree with a word that you say, but | will dofond fo the death your: right to say i."

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

. Iv ‘Democratic Party Changed By John L. Julian, 821 8, Norfolk St. In stating that Sen. Taylor deserted the Democratic Party, The Times editorial had the cart before the horse. Mr. Wallace and Mr, Taylor campaigned on the same principles they hive always advocated. It was the Democratic Party which had changed. In Sen. Taylor's own words, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, It left me.” Since the election; Sen. Taylor has chosen to continue with the Progressive Party, with the full realization that it will cost him the Democratic nomination in 1950. Your statement that Sen. Taylor 4s now trying to obtain “forgive. ness” from the Democrats just isn't consistent with the facts. Both Mr. Wallace and Mr. Taylor virtually committed political suicide in order to speak out against ‘the Truman administration’s betrayal of the people on both foreign and domestie programs. Such unselfish action merits them the respect of every loyal American, regardless of his political’ affiliation or convictions. Time will _tell whether the people were right in believing that Mr. Truman has had a change of heart and is now a New Dealer, or whether Mr. Wallace and Mr. Taylor were right in saying that the Democratic Party has ceased to be the people's party.

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‘Taxpayers to Blame’ | By Lester C. Nagley Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to bask in the sunshine as a leading politician, gets

ting my picture in the papers because of my party loyalty and political leadership. It must be a life of milk and honey—paid for, it is true, by the taxpayers who elect Joliticians to Public office. ~ A lot of men and women wwpork” at politics —with the expectation, of course, of being duly rewarded by political appointments. A lot of them have been on the public pay roll since they were 21 years old. Year after: year, we have heard the various promises of office-seekers, pledging to become faithful stewards of the. citizens and taxpayers, but, after SEtiiog themselves elected they adopt as their private slogan: “The public be damned —I'm going to get mine.” But, having hired these men and women to serve us in public offices, perhaps most of us taxpayers—we who actually pay their salaries— are to blame, after all, for all too few of us pay much attention to what they do—or don’t do. * > 9

‘Inductee Stories Interesting’ By Marie K. Parker, Clerk of Draft Board. It has been with a great deal of interest that I have followed The Times articles con--cerning the Indiana inductees since }gst Sun“day's edition, Especially so since three of these men were inducted from our board and you have mientioned them in each article, They. are Gambold, Ellison and Malicote. (Ellison formerly lived at ‘Lizton, which is in Hendicks

~ County.)

Most of these boys I feel that [ know quite well inasmuch as I served for five and onehalf years as a local board clerk during the World War II draft. Also I have been chair-

man of the Hendricks County Chapter for the

past 12 years, so I feel that I-have been very much concerned with the . Sefvjpamen, veterans and their families. ~ 4

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"Price supports are not the whole answer to a good farm program. They can result in a

“bad system of land-use and might even crowd

small farmers out satirly. —Secretary of Agriculture. Brannan. : * =: * = —5

A £ - od Give me the good old days when dctresses could act, and they didn't need a press to land in the headlines, Today the stars all have noses alike, hairdos alike and figures alike.~—Gloria Swansen, star of the silent screen.

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It would be unpardonable to allow the Ruhr arserfal to fall into the hands of Hitler's ac-

complices or a German group capable of using.

it against the. peace of the -world.—President Vincent Auriol of France. }

Views on the News |

By DAN KIDNEY

RUSSIAN diplomats claimed a perfect propaganda record at the UN meeting in Paris—

“always against ‘majority rule and silent on

human rights. SS. ‘NOBODY can say Uncle Sam doesn't believe in-equality.- We oenly-asked the reciprocal recall

of -twé. Romarians. after. Romania tossed out

two Americans. LI

CIPI HOUSE ommending a non-secrét State Department. $0 *

“A PAY increase bill for "“top- fiight” Governe ment officials should carry an. Amendment | ree

gr gr Ka AGERE For > MAYBE the Reds split Berlin Dae they can't split the atom,

Army has

Such differences as have arisen come, from two principal One is on division of money available for the services, The other is on the concept of fighting 10 or 20 years hence, when all the push-button weapons, reund-the-world bombers and super-aircraft carriers now being planned by the research and development boards come into use.’

On the question of how the services would function in case «. war should break out tomorrow, the service chiefs say there is no basic difference. Unification has been effected in the field far

more effectively than it has been in the Pentagon planning staffs.

1 is that the

Secretary Forrestal, though without authority to do so, has by grace and tactful persuasion brought the chiefs of staff for Navy and Air into agreement on responsibility for strategic bombing and anti-submarine warfare. “Key West: conference-last March. to cheat a little on this agreement, Mr. Forrestal again brought them together at Newport in August, for a clearer understanding. Each service Somewhat naturally wants niorée money to pres pare for and carry out'the strategic defense missions assign But next January, for the first time in American history, the

This was done first at the When. the two. services.

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three services will present to Congress a Snited Buiget | and a

unified legislative program. What's : agreed not to lobby for special favors above the unified p: 3 been made during the first year under unification.

services have jo Site Ser over and This is the real progress that has

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UinvAmariesn: | could... niake a real contribution to the-country by recs -

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