Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1948 — Page 10

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Idealism for Only a Day? ™ spite of all the burdens, the extra work, expense and confusions, everybody likes Christmas. It makes us feel good. We forget, for a day at least, man's inhumanity to “man, We think, instead, about the good things in life, our spiritual elation behind the desire to make others happy. It's a day for contemplation of the other fellow’s troubles instead of our own and for resolutions to do, something about it. Many of month ago had‘ resolved hea going over our Heads in buying this year but we were. engulfed by an irresistible epidemic of good will, and today we are glad of it. All this is described by eynics as idealism to be indulged “in only ‘once a-year, far remo from the hard, practical reality that réquires huge standigg armies all over the world and a race to produce heinoud weapons for man to bh destroy man. A

x i . BUT | is idealism always so far away tre hw realism? The - history of civilization is full of the practich] ements of progress all born out by dreams fed by idealism. once : Sranmission of sound through ether as fan-

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air machines was only an idealistic dream once, too.

hope that the idealism of Yuletide may some day be 2 | reality the year around even though the conflicts of manifoat t are Femoped from, the ;

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gr Sevan Voit After Pearl Harbor ae HERS | has been a generally favorable congressional and | reaction to the Eberstadt Committee report to the war Reorganization Commission. Many controversial issues remain but there is broader agreement on _ heeded reforms. So it is rot- ‘inreasonable to hope that Congress will come up this time with something more effective, than- e compromise'law which. has not unified the Armed

"By and trge the now rept representa he bt sec-ond-thoughts on the subject of Defense Secretary: Forrestal and Ferdindnd Eberstadt, who were chiefly responsible for the inadequate compromise before. The report is surprisingly frank in its criticisms of waste, inefficiency and interservice rivalry in general, and of the joint chiefs of staff in particular. But the recommendations of the committee majority are much less sweeping: than i complaints,

' AFTER failures of the past year, “tow will ‘question the proposed increase in authority for the Defense Secretary over the budget and over the separate service secre--taries. It remains to be seen whether the closer teamwork. fumandod By the committee can be. achieved witha a = single chief of daft, which is too radical’s reform for the

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"The public by this time knows a lot about military vaste &nd. jeajousies, But it probably will be surprised and * ghocked by the committee's revelations of grossly inadequate intelligence services, scientific research and stock- | piling of strategic materials. It should be. These faults are inexcusable. They cannot be attributed to lack of importance, or lack of congressional appropria-

tions or lack of public support. This is not proPeart Harbor, 1041. Or is it?

Generous New Zealand TES little Commonwealth of New Zealand has SEER that she is ready to accept another 1000 displaced persons, victims of tyranny and war. And Walter Nash, min-

= fster et of external affairs, stipulates that they shall be-wid-—|

ows, orphans and elderly people.

the first “direct governmental action on behalf of those -refugees-who. cannot be. resettled on the basis of thelr &co‘nomic value alone.” : —— Other nations; including the. United States, insist that stich displaced persons as they admit must be able-bodied and capable of self-support. It is understandable, and perhaps essential, that they should be unwilling to assume un-

“seifisieofier-entitien-herla-admmirntion and Teapest....

We Wanna Pension, Too HERE'S something adventurous about communicating with the Federal Goverfiment. You never know how it's going to turn out. Take President Truman. Joseph Governale of Brooklyn, N. Y., who is not a veteran, was so moved by newspaper “reports. of ‘the tribulations of a soldier's widow trying to collect “her husband's government insurance that he sent ‘the President a protesting telegram. In it, he suggested the President bone up on the.subject by reading a book written by a former Veterans Administration medical officer. Back came a wire from the New York office of the Veterans Administration—offering non- veteran Mr. Goverpale a pension, ‘Boon as we hear from the telegram we sent Mr. Truman, we're going to quit this job and go to Florida for the { Winter. ;

Was It a Nice Lobby? JFRANCES national orchestra is suing a booking agent for “intangible” damages. It seems that during a cross- _ country . tour in the United States the orchestra members had to ride in unheated, leaky busses and once, because of _. » room shortage, they had to bed down in a hotel lobby in Se La Crosse, Wis. j . We suppose it takes time for Jortiguers to get accus- _ fomed to Series’ 8 traveling facilities.

Never the Twain Shall Meet. East and West is West, and one example of why ¢ may never understand the Japanese, so they = “request Premier Tojo -thatfidi his horn-rimmed botu-simvied glesses-—and 3 his false ‘ presgind a8 moments to Mn, Roja.

So, again this Christmas, it is not too impractical to )

This, says the International Refugee Organization, 1st

uiuvusary: relief burdens. But certainly New. Zealand's. n=

In Tune _ 4 With the Times

Barton - Rees Pogue

Nobody cries on Christmas Day, But the old rag dolly did; Everyone laughs, so happy and gay, But the old rag dolly hid, For someone had left her under a chair. And she was ashamed and lay still there Looking out at the Christmas tree And a brand new doll, pretty as could be, With a pink silk dress and curled up hair And a dimpledy face; but the rag doll there Was so unhappy-—her dress was torn

And her face was sofled and her shoes were

worn, And even part of her hair was gone And her bonnet off, and sewed back on, For she had been played with and loved all year, But now, a big, new dolly was here— So the rag dolly hid underneath a chair And looked at the beautiful dolly there!

But the engineer-on- the 'lectrie train

Saw the rag doll, thrown aside, And he rounded the track and made it.plain That on Christmas no one cried. . . . And the wind-up duck went quack, quack, quack, And the ’lectric train went clackity-clack, And a toy dog squeaked, - and a drum went boom

And Christmas joy filled the living room, i And a Realy Bear sat with its arms stretched

And enlaren ‘played and ran about; ” And the stockings were emptied and thrown aside, And the new doll went for a ride. ... But no one thought of the old rag dolly Who felt so neglected, and so un-joily! Then, at the end of this Christmas Day, Or so the story goes, The old rag dolly was happy and gay Now, what do pose

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Hoosier Forum

from the “cradle to the grave.” They either All { don’t have the statistics available which would . € disprove their ideas or they have blindly over-

¥F 20 wef sprex-4iit a word Tut you sty Bt. : Fo | «defend fo the death your right fo say i." - of < Al Koop letters 200 wards or les on ay sub : : Play V “used will be edited but contest will be pre- “On Foi + served, for here the People Speak in Freedom. ae oe q parties nex Socialism Is Warning performanc By D. 8. D. i pe 1¢ ow sepimintatives. ti Congress thls mew Civic Thea term are familiar with European history as Mrs. Jol well as U. 8. history, the very first intimation directing t of socialism in any endeavor should be a warn . be present ing to each upholder of our Constitution. each aft ~~ The United States is the outstanding nation = in the world today not because the government : At the ¢ has told us how to think, to act, to invest, to p™ Tuesday M spend, but because the ideas of the government man will e have been molded by our people and not merely her, young by figureheads who say they represent the Judy and . pebple and who have a selfish, full-power in- "fg Vontien, 1 centive behind their schemes. Nancy Zobl Those figureheads are now becoming bolder an and by passitig out propaganda, at the expense Guests. of the American people, are trying to “haze” Wii be 2a us into believing we can get “something . fi nothing.” 8¥ o Marshall. The only reason we as & nation can set an will attend example to the rest of the nations is because Jimmy, DD we have no socialism; however, if the roots * Sandra Th of this evil are planted into minds, not only of M Dayour people, but of those who represent us in y vaygovernment, we will go the way of all unsatisfied and unhappy coun ‘ if a It is true there are some representatives

looked them and have been “duped” by a powerful minority, When the first steps of socializ- } ing one particular phase of industry are taken, ; it is just a matter of time when all of industry By ELEA will fall in line with the scheme. NEW YO felt ‘When must 1 1 : Duggan’s tr: are many times more men in business I met Mr.

By.c Onl Robert M. Hondacson, lth 0. 8. Amy in German,

her tight, > y. iy Lo Sh Re meh hat fh flan | tn. hr. f_tin Boupa got. to mare and rejoicing among the dip who i 8 over here and Chamber's BEL Sb | Eo 0 ae 0 SEE pr dun of Arms | Came ak Woah vine of my dome Don Levine and old dollles shouldn't be sad, should they? policy. git be bes clear znd a THUS the military specialists are beginning Yes, I have seen these kids over here dur-, i toe ever . . B would unmistakabl ing the war and now. And I do know that the recor > oo 6 : that. Homi on gags of the past yer and reason this lett is being written to you. Ido "their comm: IT HAPPENS EACH YEAR | leave 56 ane tn say doubt an to what i ine wil be of some nelp, an “Christmas! What excites you 807 United States intended to follow not merely ~ It's true that this town of Bamberg, Ger- San— From morning to night you're on the go. during the coming Year but for the next decade. many, wasn't torn up during the war. But stin some of tl Ritoited? aves, ht ne, : oy would hess > Seterminaiion by Brel, ese kids do not have the clothes to keep House UnAno! Yo see.” Truman make consisten m warm this winter. ” Col The man of the house has his say— policy was carried out. The confusion of a: 80 if you can tell Indianapolis about it, I. I Mother just smiles and nods 0. K.- Deniagon puolicy._a Gen. Clay px Rolley, a hate know that we both will find that it has a heart Defends Ir : t pol perhaps, a White “8&8 big us the city itself. ] ; When everything is spic and span, I policy would be ended. And when they do send something, they ca Of Mr. Hi Things all working, according to plan, + The French believe that they now have won send it to my address and I will see that it is Mr. Dugg The trée’s a-glitter, our spirits glad,’ what 18, at any rate, a temporary victory. As given out in my spare time. I will acknowl insinuations Then, at the door, there's a roar from Dad . the: result. of French insistence, the British and oe Hungs that. 1 seteive, are preposte ‘Hat askew, in his eye a-twinkle, the Americans have apparently agreed to an in- I'm Doping that I receive word from you is right. A Dusted with snow the Christmas clouds | ternational force that would exereise top super- | do have a home town of which going to bel rei womens SO vision over the German management of the Y'oan be proud. So dont thre throw those old clotties tegrity until Ladened with boxes and bundles of cheer .. . | Ruhr. away; send them over here. Someon He makes his entrance . . . “it happens each R h p : I od long ® v4 AVENE = aaa Lo RUIN lan Overrv was not su —REBA KLARE, | Shelbyville, ACCORDING 10 current’ teport, 1his. has . Views on the News. young--peop been brought about with at least the tacit ab ‘By DAN KIDNEY ment servic , CHRISTMAS LETTER [ Spore of the Stat it Devartmint. ht means that REPUBLICAN lame-dudk commitsoss até This proscn Dear Santa . po o! t making recommendations to the 81st Co For my Pop will you please bring & monkey Ruhr industrial complex back to German direc- Maybe they never read anything but the pre- tation. LIE RE Th | ET REE LL ey iE candy cane. a you thesé I'm pire at played a part. There was a strong ANYTHING making -the Irish more inde which it Pappy. on Christmas Day. will be quite happy. |. against restoring the discredited past pendent must have be 0 just a bookkeeping Senge As for me, dear Santa, just bring a toy, and | ity. A lively and positive interest has grown up transaction. we have al ™ you Tote OP'S LITTLE BOY. roe to of ive Super co-operati a y pi rotast ve al- IT'8 difficult to see how “an agreem in ro ~WILLIAM WICKLIFF, New Oastle, | lance. ciple” can be reached with agreement. in : 0 Del Sw ate Secent has Sufeterios President Tru- . have none. be presume THE NOVELTY GIFT stored in German industry so long as he was CONGRESSIONAL hearings have disclosed .~ not be ma Thank you very much for the novelty gift President. But the capable commission sent to that capital and labor “hand. Am 1 agree on one ning You chose with loving care, Germany by Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. profits are not the Hants size, : ardized and L can't JU hat it is Raval is Ikovieing, Scoring to a Jeport to ® wrecked be or Ww! 's-for, : lew os, certain fields the CHRISTH y mass. roved. But. of one thing I'm sure— same old cartel structire is being put together can be; . fig ona - Production EA 3 ; ” mpm “The more I look I I shia 1 it, in. SHA a Be I WW, teres Bret SOOPER _ Because, my dear, it's from you. The truth is that without a firm policy Gov. Thomas y Dewey was was against a ge —MILDRED C- YOUNG, Indianapolis. “| resolutely laid down from the top, what you fou term, but probably, favors a fourth try. . ; Holic

ESPIONAGE RING... By. Tony. Smith.

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“WASHINGTON; “Dec: Bem ‘quiet, search for the Commus.“ton spy network for Russia béfore the war 18 ‘being pushed: by re 0

House investigators.

They believe the trail oan be traced through a secret ring | which operated in the State Department before the group named

by Whittaker Chambers started to function.

This ring was a self-contained, independent organization of | policy-making importance, according tothe information in pos“gension ‘of Un-American Activitiss-Committee; It was the earliest. = --esplonage. activity anywhere in the U. 8. and dated back to 1033,

have represented merely another ring of Soviet spies... Now there is sald to be reason for the theory that the seldom-mentioned second ring in. ‘the State--Department actually directed the entire show. This, would include the several rings -mehtioned by Miss Elizabeth’

the committee believes. a Ror a time; -it-was—felt-this-group might

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Listed as ‘Field Ring’

THE RING under renewed scrutiny is known in investigating circles as “the field ring.” This is because until recently the: congressional investigators had the name of only one person suspected of membership in it. The name was “Noel Field.” House investigators almost stumbled on the organization while examining Mr, Chambers in executive session Aug. 2% The witness then testified that he and Alger Hiss.former State Department official, also found the group by accident during the time when Mr. Chambers says §i# and Mr. Hiss worked together. 2 Staff members of the committee have worked. on this phase of alleged Soviet spying ever since. fit wasn’t until renewed questioning of Mr. Chambers by government attorneys, House spy hunters, and New York Grand Jurors in connection with the microfilm documents that additional facts came to light. ‘Mr. Chambers related on Aug. 27 that he and Mr. Hiss sometimes discussed possible recruits for their apparatus. The former magazine editor recalled that Mr. Hiss thought a man

named “Noel Field” was the most likely

across in the State Department. Mr. Chambers added: “Mr. Field was in what was then the west European branch of the State Department. I don’t know what his position was

put he may have been head of the division.

From Wealthy Family

“HISS BELIEVED that Field was already strongly Communist. He made a number of attempts to draw $heid. tn in and only to discover that' Field was connected with another

apparatus.”

Mr. ‘Chambers said his recollection of Fiéld was that he came from a wealthy family and was the only son of & widow, New details have been added to the House Com:

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+ SHIPPING GOAL...By Charles T. Lucey

| OPR. 1948 BY NEA SENIOR, 0. T. 1. SUL W. &. PAY. OFF. ™ “With all’ these gorgeous, hand oinfed silk ties you gor tor Christmas, don't tell me you're goin ol do, "wearing that old black knith

nist organization purposes.

bers when Mr. Field took a job with the League of Nations in 1936, he left his friend in charge of Miss Gumperts for Commu-

Committee sources sald the importance of the Hing can be Judged from the fact that Mr. Field was first mentioned as a member of it by Gen. Walter Krivitsky, former Russian military intelligence directigr who was found shot t6 death in a Washington hotel some yesirs ago. He was publishing a séries of magasine articles on his break with the Communists at the time of his file | death. It was in one of these articles that Mr, Field was men-

since Mr. Chambers’ memory has been jogged. One is the account | tioned of an alleged wynversafion 1h which he named the chief of AN- | bossed one of Moscow's top a jor Ritvitaky in Amarica. when Do

other geographftal division in the Staté Department A a close 8 top apy groups.

This official had nothing to d§'with thé Chambers under- | Beyrb gm

ground and the underground had orders not to bother the other

ring, g to the conversation report. _Anothef.

.plece of the. puzzle came from Mr. Chamber at another time. He is understood to have told House investigators that Mr. geld, and his influential friend were close to a girl Gumperts. According to Mr,

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{More Speed on Seas ue

Alpha Delts = WASHINGTON, Dee. 25—-The blus ribbon for the fastest ‘its holiday “North Atlantic ship crossing, not held on 'this sidé of the ocean . : Wednesday : days,-may be headed back to a U. 8. flagship. rao Pauline Ra ; From Vice Adm. William W, Smith, U. 8. “Maritime [2 ~The gues mission chairman, came disclosure that negotiations for the {> and pledge fastest luxury liner ever built appear likely to be completed early + chapters af in 1049. The project has priority In the government's goal to Universities get balance in the merchant fleet. bo Misses ] “It's time we got back supremacy on the Atlantic.” Adm. Jones and Smith said. “We're Sunvitked | the ship we'll build will be. the... b sist the hos wep fastest “on the seas=«g peacetime ‘carrier-ot 2000 Passengers PERE de Te =Alekly. Somvestbi to & trocubip-of about: 13,000 eapacity.* Rie AD ana Use for Defense Stns pe THE NAVY, which co-operated in design, is stu the - HH ; ship's defense features. When the Maritime pn. 1 sung | and Weanejay the Navy determine the amount chargeable to defense, there — Committe must be an agreement between the government and the United’ Rr Sg States line as to the cost share to be borne by each. Adm am : Smith seemed to feel no hitch would develop, iden The government provides a subsidy both for ship construc- urre a ber tion and operation to offset cheaper overseas labor and other a d costs. In the most recently granted building subsidies the dif- RDS, So ferential was about 45 per cent of the ships cost. and The low bid on the new U. B. ocean giant, regarded by ment. Maritime Commission officials as satisfactory, was about $67 : Phe Nati Omicron A The big ship would be 980 feet fong and probably require - 30 p. 1 about three years to build, To take the Norih Atlantic blue I a ribbon she would have to better the Queen Mary's west-to-east Furr, natio mark of threé¢ days, 20 hours and 42 minutes—a rate of 31.69 duct the m muon. he Britis Save Jetn Supratne on the Atantie for a s of dominance b, rman liner Bremen and France's Normandie. y, : Katha U.S. Weak in Shipping = |. ToBel SHIPPING people say that today the weakest spots in the I hc t Marine are in passenger liners and MeCl ' domestic shipping—coastwise and intercoastal, On the financial Ann Nav side, according to Adm. Smith, American ship owners with few in ihe Play exceptions “are in better condition to undértake a reasonable : gray s MoC amount of new construction than at any time in the past 50 hm 1 3 "Yet because trans-ocean shipments have dwindled since the 330 war, hundreds of vessels have been taken out of service in the sbernadle last year an thousinds at American, Seiten, thrgws on She { Horace M beach. This is a factor, of course, in the fight the industry and ; Bto-he the Maritime fon and the maritime unions are making Cord, - the to hold ont a 50 per cent share of Economie Recovery’ Admin- groom’s m

As of Dec. 1, the active Merchant Marine included 1546 . «;/Sosmer, &

vessels totaling 17,300,000 tons, as inst a 1030 fleet of 1002 vessels of 9,300,000 tons. Of the he 1930 fet 131 were pases . Rover © carrying gine 609 were were tankers, i 4 Hensler ar jobs to 12,000 officers and “Wooo s soutien.’ . Also, 'M This fleet comprises 1016 ps, 471 tankers and only ‘Ruth An: 59 passenger ships, includipg the i “austerity” type ships. Hartley, | These ships wolud carry about 19,000 passéngers as against a Jean Rob Jey Sapathy at about twice that. The Army And Navy ‘ He #S7Iun. SONORTD ABout. Our Inadeuuate “troop MY" { ey

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