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Can't We Be Big AND Free? REVIEWING the recent meeting of the Republican national committee, our able columnist, Marquis Childs,

that we have to have “big government” planning everybody’s private life because we now have airplanes and Te radio and all sorts of gadgets unknown to our simpler past. Fr Republicans, he suggests, would get along ‘a lot better if they'd quit opposing the concentration of power in Wash"ington, and “point. out a reasonable middle course,” which, we take it, means to do what the Democrats want only not so fast. We'd thought all along that's what the Republicans "did do last November. without notable success. And we a a es by Toh Tn antl: if the cans are to adopt the platform of the Democrats : on this, the biggest single issue In the goumry,

ANYWAY it is encouraging to Tote that Marion

A Tribute to Chinese Justice

NATIONALIST China so frequently has been maligned for its alleged corruption in government that it is noteworthy when the administration of. Chinese- justice wins “+. high praise from a respected figure in American jurisprudence who has first-hand knowledge of the subject. Dean Emeritus Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School, who has just returned after two years in China, says: “In making a personal survey of the administration of justice in eastern China, I couldn't find any substantial evidence of corruption in the Chinese law courts. The

to any bench anywhere.” That tribute would be treasured by many state and unmicipal judges in our own country.

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Robert Ww. Lyons

W. Lyons, attorney, lobbyist and international businessman, in Washington yesterday. His power behind the scenes of Republican politics in Indiana and the nation was so influential at times that he became known as the “mystery man of the GOP.” .. Although he spent most of his time ‘during recent years at his elaborate offices in Washington, he maintained & residence ih Judianapolis at all times and was gn integral pr 0 of Indiana's politics and civic affairs. The Republican Party in Indiana will not be able to replace Boh Lyons Son with a successor of his’ stature in’ polities.

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C'mon; Hans—Pretty Please? FEATS ton had about Hans Kilian, the German bobsled champion. He turned down an invitation to race in the world’s championships here because we were 80 “cold” d Walter Gieseking and Wilhelm Furtwsengler, the musicians with Nazi overtones. Says he doesn’t

over, Hans. We Yow all-thone ‘consents;

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president of the high court of Shanghai would do credit |

JDiARA has lost a colorful figure inthe death of Robert

‘sent to Ellis Island by “some crazy Americans.” |

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‘Even o'er glad hallelujahs of the choiring seraph host, By their kind eyes’ tender dreaming, laughing lips and lovely . i | By the humasness over angelhood sd they wear, © 0 BAS a

—OLLAH ELOISE TOPH, Indianapolis. YOUR DEAR FACE

How precious to me is your dear face, With wrinkles that laughter traced there, And lines for care and for days that are sad Only make:it most wond'rously fair.’

The twinkle is still in your eyes of blue As. you come smiling The years fell 3} Neatly and left no trace Of aught. but beauty on your dear face.. ’ ~MARIETTA KEM, New Castle.

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OUR TOWN .

FOR SOME reason (probably because of the relation of the world's wealth to the world’s needs, a science known as economics), the South Side never had many Negroes when I was a kid. Which is to say that most of them were employed on the North Side, the inhabitants whereof had the necessary wherewithal to hire them as stablemen, “housemien” and the like. In- ; I can’t remember ever | going to school (No. 6) with a 1 colored boy. Nor did I ever have the luck of seeing a Negro barber plying his profession in the bailiwick of my boyhood. As for a Negro church, there wasn't a sign of one in my old neighb@rhood—not even when my horizons widened wo include more’ South Side terri. tory. However, I distinctly recall that some 60 years ago (when I was a kid), a group of Negro women invaded the South Side once a week to do the family washings. That's what it looked like on the surface. What they actually did

to the status of an all-the-year-'round institution,

Cold Weather Problems

IT WASN'T as easy as you think. For one thing, there was the matter of the winter months when it was impossible net to have the clothes freeze on the washline. too, there was the problem of numbed hands which completely upset the summer technique of hanging out clothes. Any way you look at it, the wash-Mondays of 60 years ago—considered as an all-the-year-'round operation—were something to sharpén the wits of women. .- 1 still remember how the Negro laundresses triumphed over their aggravations. In our household the problems were licked by Jemima (Gem), Henrietta and Columbine, who, following one another, were the washwomen 1 remember best. What happened in our household ocall over town, I guess, with the result that eventually wash-Monday not only became an all-the-year-"round institution, but also the accepted best way of starting every week of the Year. Gem, I remember, came fo our house circa 1886, and was in many respects our most resourcefyl laundress. At any rate,. the clothes never. froze on. her washline, no. matter how cold it was outside, For a long time she kept the

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—~An

of ‘peace or war. Rather it would settie; or at The Western Union and the Atlantic Pact

force the issue,

Western governmerits can hardly afford to

fish or cut bait, By its endless drumfire over the radio and

for peace while the West refuses to listen.

Security Pact Ready

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and Italy are mentioned. Europe into staying out of the pact and (3) to

and “aggressive.”

"and Potsdam. It was Rubsia that prevented

Hymn of Hate

WORLD AFFAIRS . | . By William Philp Simms | Showdown Nears

‘East-West showdown, most likely before summer, is expected by well-posted diplomats here. Such a showdown would not involve the outright question

peacetime relations between Russia and the Western powers.

What needs to be settled, or clarified, is: Does Russia really want peace as her propagandists insist, and as Stalin himself suggested last Sunday?, Or is it merely propagan

off, the Kremlin's “peace offensive.” Moscow must be asked to

Kremlin in thé end may convince many that Russia is begging

SOON-—perhaps next: month—the Atlantic Becurity Pact Britain, - France, The Netherlands, algium, ‘Luxembourg, Canada and the United States will be bound togéther in a treaty of mutual defense. may. join the pact. The Scandinavian countries, Eire, Portugal

.. Russia is working night and day (1) to convince everybody that the United States seeks world domination,

only seeks peace, hence the pact is uncalled for, “uhperialistic™

Russia's real intentions, thérefore, need to be brought out from behind the propaganda smoke screen raised by the Kremlin so that the peoples of the West can see them for what they are. It was Russia that defaulted on her commitments of Yalta

peace by insisting on a Sovietized Germany, It was Russia that blocked a free Austria. It was Russia that broke up the Big Four foreign ministers’ conference. It was Russia that walked out of the Berlin Coungll and imposed a blockade. It was Russia that stymied international control of atomic energy.

AND Russia, despite all her peace talk, has never ceased

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her hymn of hate against the United States and the West, It is STUDENTS gain little hy burping the candle at Stalin who continues to insist the world is too small for Soviet says a professor. Well, it certainly doesn’t make the o any Russia and the free West to live in it side by side Pe brighter, : ie an that, it is pointed out, mary in the West seemed ¢ & 0 to take quite. seriously Stalin's “Pence’ statement. Some are HE a erage- Iite of coins is ears. Well, ‘they reall again asking why President Truman doésh’t hurry to- Moscow av fut these Gaye Aly oir gud a EE a Prone Re ai hot oy fant tat $9 A ‘times an ! crossed the tic to give ; Stalin something for. nothing but proqises which Stalin almost pir thing to get and the hardest thing to git rid of ls ea a aL uaage. Siu misuars oft 248 SSIOR:. |. tr and common decenc res ident” standing invitation Fy . If, that is, ary MOTHER and daughter have more trouble Nerping their what he says about peace. ‘ wf Eta cor are mre

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Family Wash Days 60 Years Ago

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was to lift wash-Monday from a seasonal affair |

‘lary of which is, of course, that when a trade

And, then, “was the first to think up a way of checking the

in borax water and, without putting them first through a wringer, hung

suspended blankets. - Sure, by: that time father had equipped

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‘Failed the People’ 3 By Mrs. Walter Haggerty, City.

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secret to herself, but eventually it leaked out. Indeed, it is with considerable pride that I point to the historical fact that it was I, a shaver still in short pants, who one day dis-

covered ‘Gem in the act of dropping a handful -| lish this Constitution of the United States of

of salt in her rinse water, It was as simple as America.” that. Which, of course, left the problem of : * * » numbed hands still to be solved. Opposes Tax for Music

IT REMAINED for Henrietta oir: 1893) to get around to that. She moistened her fingers with vinegar and let them dry before hanging out the clothes. And it was Henrietta, too, I recall, who warmed the clothespins in the oven before using them to hold up things on the washline. She never had chapped nor numbed

Due to the stated fact: “We heard | hands, not even in weather of the kind suffered have

much gbout what a fine symphony orchestra we have, but unfortunately only a rather small group has been able to benefit by ft.” I imagine many taxpayers know that admission by

Columbine came to us some time ground the juss of the century, by which time the Negro aundresses were a mighty sophisticatéd lot. At | without cost are all distributed any rate, she knew ail the tricks of the trade | those least deserving of shmetid le thought up by Gem and Henrietta. However, | g¢ the taxpayer's expense. Columbine contributed some pretty good ones of ® © ¢

her own; all of which, strangely enough, had to do. with subtleties and refinements—the corol- | ‘Leiter to the Governor’ By Jack Warner, 214 N. Temple.

An open letter to Gov. Henry Schricker: Don’t you think you should have the white hat cleaned? Spot No. een pay the bonus and will Pay it" the ‘way the people want it paid” fading of delicate colors. To every gallon of Spot No. 2—“We will repeal the Spare tax.” rinsing water (or some such ratio), she added Spot No. 3—“We will repéal the property a teaspoonful of Epsom salts. tax.”

Science of H~- _ing Clothes What Others Say—

COLUMBINE also knew much more about the scientific hanging of clothes on the washline than her predecessors. When washing the delicate (and unmentionable) things ‘women wore 60 years ago, she always hung the stock ings by way of the toes, the nightgowns by the shoulders and the petticoats by the hems, She said it prevented their sagging out of shape. 1

reaches that stage, it's headed for the exalted state of art. It was Columbine, I recall, who always put a tablespoon of pepper into the first suds to prevent the colors from running. Moreover, she

asked her. pain and sickness—Sen. J. Howard MoGrath Columbine’s most spectacular trick, however; | (D) of Rhode Island. was the washing of blankets. She washed them ¢ oo 0

ON international questions, questions, them immediately on whether we shall live and remain

the washline. . Then she turned the hose on the our household with a sprinkling

outfit, 4 ren HOMES FOR POOR + +» By Earl Richert

U. S. Housing Pushed

te WASHINGTON: Feb. 4-It is almost government soon will be spending millions to. Build new homes for the nation's poorest families. These homes, as were the prewar low-rent public housing projects, will be rented at nominal rates suitable t othe family's income. Uncle Sam will kick in’ whatever is needed above rent Tevenue 10 pay-off the cost of the home or apartment in 40

to 45. years. session. because. both the

By Galbraith

Buch Action_seems sure at. this administration o large bloc of Republicans in both hoes are supporting the principle that. the should provide decent homes for those too poor to afford them otherwise.

Opponents Out of Power

: HOUSE blican leaders who barely ‘managed to block low-rent public ing in the last session are now out of power and in their place are strong public-housing Democrats. The

housing pwegram which called for construction of 500,000 low rent public housing units, Its composition is even more stroggly disposed to public housing today. What seems to be left to argue over is the number of houses the government should build plus minor details. oe oh une Truman, administration wants to build 1080000 of thess . a houses at the rate of 150,000 a year for the next seven

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