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unsubstantiated’ hearsay : rules in order to grind its own ax or to hog headlines. So ih - oo. 5 : 4. g + NOW come Chairman Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy ~ Commission"and Chairman McMahon of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy with a proposal

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to rely on the method proposed in the Truman administrathe President to call for a voluntary 30during which, Mr. Tobin contends, pubpeaceful settlements of man. in “vital industries which affect However, much hard experience indicates, and many members of and millions of citizens fear, that this method would not adequately protect the public. Ee 7 yw . eR” ~~ 80 now Attorney General Clark says that, if the ad“ministratioff bill becomes law, it won't prevent the gov« t ernment from using injunctions. Even without specific “authority from Congress, he asserts, the President has “exceedingly great” power to act in emergencies and the ___. government would have access to the courts in any national That makes Secretary Tobin's position look pretty silly. He has been telling union leaders that the administration wants to give up the power to use injunctions : against unions, even in emergencies. - But; according - to the Attorney General, the administration's bill would not give up that power. And, in our opinion, the public does not want that power given up. The power should remain, but the conditions and manner of its use should not be vague and uncertain. Congress “ should give the President specific ‘authority to use it, and . whould write specific rules for its use into law, so that labor, ~ management and the public may know what the rules are. That, in fact, is just what Congress did in the Taft-Hartley act, under which President Truman has repeatedly used inJunctions to protect the public against strikes in vital in-

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Contagious J OBBLEDEGOOK must be catching. A new Citizens’ Anti-Crime Committee in Washington, D. C., an- _ . “Becure, analyze, interpret and validate statistical data. _ ws + Determine the socio-economic factors which contribute to’ anti-social behavior. . , . Study the efficiency and im- ', partiality of the operation of municipal government correctional institutions,” and “Ascertain the agencies working in the community, their programs and how best they © might be co-ordinated in an effort to combat the incidence if anti-sociil behavior.” PA

j~crime eg are a good idea. But more peoht understand what the one in Washington intends if, instead of talking like a government bureaucrat, it

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~~MABLE K. STABLER, Indianapolis. that, and I spoke of the people who trudged * 0°. 0 about galleries and churches, admiring this and be pretending to be impressed by that, and while CANDLE-FLAME some of i was eal 1 thought that much of i . . pl Yo : was done persons no n * My candle-flame is burning low— painting or sculpture soever, and would not

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LIFE'S GREATEST GIFTS These are the as s love, a loyal To guard them well until the end. ~~GEORGE ZEBROWSKI, Pekin.

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MAKIN'ME LOOK BETTER EVERY DAY.

LAST NIGHT I resumed my reading of Franklin P. Adams’ anachronistic diary, cunningly wrought in the literary style of Samuel Pepys, when my one good eye picked up the entry of June 23, 1925. It appears that on that day F. P. A. went to call on . Bernard Be

gifts from Life:

“So to B. Berenson for luncheon in the loveliest house

and gar dens that might be. And we talked of this and

walk a block in New York to go to the Metropolitan Museum or to see a picture exhibition. ‘Lord,’ quoth I, ‘a New Yorker will come here and say of this or that third-rate painting, “Is not that wonderful?” and if I should say, ‘Was it not sad that George Bellows died?’ they will say, ‘Who was George Bellows?’ “ ‘Well,’ quoth Mr. Berenson, ‘who was . 2 - dread the night. First Pair of Spectacles SOMEHOW, F., P, A.'s predicament reminded

rl "| me of Dr. J. L. Thompson who, some 60 years OPINION ago when I was a kid, enjoyed an enviable repu~ tation around here not only as a physician Ten little fingers, specializing in the treatment of eyes, but of the Ten little toes, more fact that it was he who

And a turned up tiny nose!

Chubby little arms, The cutest little feet,

"I'm thinking that your baby hurry fHce amous oculist who, Can't be one-half as sweet! 1 » that adhe et eS mau Seuss Wieo, Do Jou hear that da-da? tion and, for all I know, deserved it.

Do you hear that coo? Don't you feel like melting When she looks at you?

If to this other mother I had said all this out loud She would've turned Her nose ap, And said I was too proud. ~DOROTHY M. COOK, Indianapolis.

even conspicuays prescribed the first pair of spectacles for me. In the course of one of his trips to Europe, Dr. Thompson landed in Vienna and, simultane ously with the landing, a splinter of Tyrolean origin lodged in his eye. It annoyed him enough

For some reason (probably because specialists hadn't yet learned to equip their offices with

Viennese oculist removed the splinter In a Jiffy and 414 1t with such ski ‘that Dr: Thompson told him he was pretty good. “Yes,” sald the foreign specialist, “it's an

OUR TOWN . . . By Anion Scharrer Some Observations of the Past

.the hand, the actor opened a conversation with

American trick. I learned of it by way of a book written by a Dr... ."” “Possibly Dr. J. LT of -Indiahapolis,” said the patient prodding the memory of his colleague. 3 “Précisely,” said the Viennese, “but how in the world did you know his name?”

First Test at Opera House

AS FOR the first pair of spectacles Dr. Thompson prescribed for me, they received their initial test by way of “Old Innocence,” a play brought to.the Grand Opera House some 50 years ago by Tim Murphy, an actor of sticky sentimental parts. It happened right around

Christmas week, I recall. At any rate; that was—| $8

the reason given for the small attendance. that night. And it accounted, too, for the kind of curtain speech Mr. Murphy delivered that night. On that occasion Mr. Murphy said that, once

, uponi a time, a company of actors Yound them-

selves stranded in Hot Springs, Ark. Seems the manager had skipped with all the box office receipts. It looked pretty bad for the troupe and there's no telling what might have happened had not the manager of the opera house at Little Rock turned up with a proposition. He suggested that if the company could scrape up enough money to carry it to Little Rock he would tender the use of his theater free for one

would, no doubt, he enough to take the whole company back to New York. The proposition was immediately accepted and by pawning their jewelry and most of their wardrobe, the stranded troupe raised enough money to buy the necessary railroad tickets to Little Rock.

Tragic ‘Sunset’ ARRIVING there and assured of success, the troupe piled into the bus at the station feeling entirely too prosperous to walk to the hotel. The bus was just big enough to accommodate the entire company except one, leaving

the player of “heavy” parts to sit on the seat with the driver. With a condescénding wave of

his neighbor-—something like ‘this: “This is the first visit I have ever paid to Little Rock, but'I think I shall come, to like it. That magnificent sunset over there-<I've never

seen anything like it in my life” (pointing to a Kanna Fo ig

great ball of firé outlined a A = “Sunset,” hissed the disgusted driver. “Hell, that's the opry house burning down.”

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What Others Say—

THE recognition of aging is perhaps the most profound shock of our life span—next to dying.—Dr. Martin Gumpert, New York geriatrist, | ® ¢

I BELIEVE that, subject to accident or stupidity, there will be a gradual lessening of tension (between U. 8. and Russia), primarily because the Communist tactics of aggression are becoming less potent. . . . Secondly, because the. internal problems of the Communist states require urgently more attention—John Foster Dulles; U. 8, Selegiie 1 ery Nations. THE supreme need of our time is for men

|" to learn to live together in peace and harmony.

«+ « Our allies are the millions who hunger and

thirst after righteousness.—President Truman. © ® o <

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tween Taft and Hartley.~~Comedienne Joan Davis.

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DISPUTE. .By Tony Smith

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ROOM FOR CONGRESS ...By Andrew Tully

Tax Hike Delay Seen |

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—Taxpayers won't see their paychecks shrink from increased federal income witholdings before midsummer—and maybe not at all this year. ¥

That's the opinion of an administration tax leader in Congress who says the outlook is clouded by a bitter battle among the President's advisers.

The policy differences involving at least two federal agencies

already have made it impossible for Congress to begin work on Mr. Truman's request for four billion more revenue from general taxes. The House Ways and Means Committee was forced to. revise its original plan for taking up taxes right after the reciprocal trade bill, which cleared the committee last week.

Instead, the revenue-raisers will start hearings on the long, complicated task of revising the federal social security laws. This could take all the remaining time this session because it involves the controversial proposal for a national health insurance program.’ : ,

Results of Delay - THE DEMOCRATIC leaders are particularly concerned; the

“tax leader sald, over what the delay ‘might do to the tax bill's

chance of enactment. He said that if the hold-up continues long enough, Congress might wind up voting a reduction in taxes insted of a boost. Considered significant is the growing agitation

for wiping out wartime excise levies on fur, jewelry and other “luxury items.” . Latest pro for selective removal of excise taxes came rom Rep. Jo Dingell (D. Mich), one of the staunchest rters of administration tax policies in the Ways and Means Committee. ‘He sponsored a bill to eliminate the wartime Ihcrease on liquor, reducing the federal tax to $6 a proof gallon, and urged the states not to seek further revenue from this source, Mr. Dingell sald the tax on liguor now was estimated to yield $2,419,000,000 in federal revenue during fiscal 1950. , Further inroads by the states in the same field would be certain to discourage production and reduce the ‘revenue, he warned.

Administration Policy A

THE TAX controversy involves the President's Council of Economic Advisers and the Treasury Department. The so-called

liberals on the council, such as Economist Leon Keyserifng, are

‘sald to have usurped the Treasury's former code of formulating administration tax policy. But the Treasury still has the job of presenting and defending it in congress. Lh Treasury Secretary John Snyder is’ inclined to banker's conservative views on federal tax proposals. -

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will freezes risk capital at a time when further business expansion is needed, . Opposing it is the opinion of the Keyserling advocates that ‘the“only way to attack inflation and permit a heavy government program of expenditures is to tax off the excess purchasing power in the hands of the consumer, Some administration supporters in Congress think’ the delay should be continued, now that it's gone this far, until a clearer

He thinks™ understanding of the behavior of the employment market émerges.

_ Apparently discarded is the original tax strategy of the which called for pi the 's early¥o take advantage of Mr. Truman's post popularity

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New Capitol Wing?

WASHINGTON, Feb, 8—It probably will come ss a shock to most taxpayers, but the country never has got around to finishing the Capitol, even though we've spent $18 million on the place since we started building it in 1793. . Truman has asked Congress for $6 million Tor

“the extension and completion of the United States Capitol.”

The money would be spent to make the main, central section, big enough for its dome. It isn't now because the front part of the dome’s base hangs over the portico by about 15 feet. Sensitive architects writhe every time they look at it. For six million bucks, says Capitol Architect David Lyna,

they could tear down the front of the centril portion of the “butiding and push it forward “about 40 feet “86 ths dome will

have plenty of room to stand on, The project,also will provide a lot more offic space and as everybody knows, office space is a fine thing to have more of in this town.

Finished Product

THIS job is expected to make the Capitol a. finished product,

-but the country had better not be too sure. We've always mane

aged to find some tinkering around to do to it since the day in 1793 when George Washington laid its cornerstone, after first protecting his breeches by donning an embroidered apron

made by Mme, Lafayette.

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