Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1949 — Page 18

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's Doing It R as he knows, says New Jersey's Gov. Driscoll, state budget in the country this year that new taxes. If there are others, they must

Since 1047, however, state cpendiiares have been ¢ overrevenues, and this year governor after governor has ted still bigger budgets and asked for new or in-

IN New York, Gov. Dewey proposes to balance his record $926,000,000 budget by raising rates on personal income, corporation franchise, gasoline and harness-racing

In California, where tremendous recent Population has created extraordinary demands on the state government, Gov. Warren's $1,061,000,000 budget is the first of any any state's to exceed a billion dollars. He askh higher taxes taxes on personal and corporate incomes, bank i Stanton, Cigarets Hauer 41a es gc wo: Duff also has a billion-dollar 5. Hé hopes to get by with Gov.

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control in Hungary. Only indi y subservient to Moscow are tolerated in the Red

states. : ‘The farcical “trial” in Budapest served only to dramatize the ruthless brutality of the organized forces ‘which seek to destroy Christianity and. the basic freedoms

can the sentence of if In prison be viewed us any would have been more merciful

held incommunicado must be left to the imagination. But experiences related by. the few who have survived such ordeals do not invite such mental exploration. - c of the Red terror has joined Archbishop Stepinatz of Yugoslavia in the martyrdom of living death. His suffering will not be in vain if his fate brings home to the free world Sg rea meaning of Somupmism.

ANY MAN or woman who opposes communism can, ~gxpect death; or worse, anywhere communism is successful.On the other side of the world, in China, the Communists are demanding that President Chiang Kai-shek, who | -Jed his nation’s forces in eight years of war against a foreign invader, be delivered to them for trial as a “war criminal.” And what is his offense? Only that he opposed 1 communism. : Thousands have died for that in Russia, and in every other country behind -the iron curtain. - Thousands upon ~ thousands more languish in prison for the same reason. But if the men of the Kremlin think they can intimidate the rest of mankind by such barbarism, they do not know the stuff of which free men are made. On the day Cardinal Mindszenty faced his inquisition at Budapest, the new Archbishop of Warsaw was being installed in nearby Poland. Thousands of Poles, massed before the cathedral, sang “God give us back our freedom.” Where such a spirit is found, there will be no abject surrender to Red tyranny.

Spell Them Out

NR that President Truman says there is no objection to spelling out in law his powers to protect the public : from national-emergency strikes, that ought to settle the question, Congress should proceed to spell them out. Power to seek court injunctions against such strikes "is spel 2 out in the Taft-Hartley Act, and Mr. Truman has used it jedly, But it is omitted from the administration's. bill lo. repeal the Taft-Hartley Act and restore the Wagner Act \ h “improvements.” Or aman says ft was omitted because his powers 48 pikick the yuble dou need to be spelled out in iow. This, however, is hotly disputed. CIO lawyers, for

a factory worker, a carpenter, a housewife or a ditch not one of the above mentioned distinctions, may be a far more success ful person than any of the above mentioned world characters, Why? Because he or she may have contributed what it takes to establish and

THE WOMEN: IN THE KITCHEN

The “Aid” has served the banquet-meal, And now they are retreating To sanctum of the soap and suds, While we stay in the

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A GOOD SIGN O' RAIN

"(Written when we wuz havin’ rain in January) Ma had a ol’ rooster, when I was a kid,

A rain wuz a-comin’, I'd bet m' last dime.

Prog-nos-tic, they call it—I knowed what it wuz, But my words don't name it like that'n there

gin! Lord o' mercy, thet rooster wuz Ho beat any darn thing ever T seen.

A-pick ‘ his feathers, he'd keep raisin’ cain: Ma thet wuz allus a good sign o’ rain. He'd cock his ol’ eye, jes’ as nachrul as sin; An’ blame, ‘fore ye knowed it, the rain'd begin.

He sort o' took pride in his forcastin’, though, A-pickin’ his feathers an’ struttin’, ye know; Well, if that ol’ devil wuz livin’ ‘He'd have a sweet time of it, I'm here to say!

WORLD AFFAIRS . . .

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~MARVIN THEODORE JOLLY, Seymour.

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Labor Link With Reds Severed

WASHINGTON, Feb, 10 — Almost without

Dutch Unions pulled out of the World Federa-

* tion of Trade Unions, an era came to an end.

Denounced Russians

THEREFORE, at the recent Paris meeting, the British, the American and the Dutch deleIn a stirring speech Mr, Carey denounced the Russians for perverting what had been intended to be a world organization of labor unions into a device to further Soviet aims, The reply came from V. V. Kuznetsov, president of the All-Union Central Council of Trade The shrill indignation directed at Mr. Carey and the British delegates, Arthur Deakin and Vincent Tewson, showed plainly that Kuznetsov was on the defensive, “Carey says that the Soviet Trade Unions are subordinated to the Soviet state and the cominform,” Kuznetsov shouted. “This is a wheer lie. “The Soviet Trade Unions are an important and influential organization in Soviet society, but the government has never been in command of the trade unions. “The Soviet government is glad to help the trade unions and duly considers their opinions. “Carey does not like it because there are no strikes in the U. 8, 8. R. Yes, there are no strikes in the U.'S. 8. R. and not because they

are prohibited by law, for on the contrary our law permits strikes. But there are no strikes. Why? Because we have no exploitation—and Carey should finally understand this,

Controlled by State

THE TRADE unions in Russia are, of course, completely subordinate to the all-dominant state. This has been obvious for a long time to all but the blindest fellow travelers. The CIO has been criticized for staying in the WFTU when it became apparent that Communists dominated its - operation.—~But ae Carey, long a foe of Communist Communist tactics at home and abroad, nd ahead with the backing of CIO President Philip Murray in the hope that through a world labor organization a common meeting ground with the Russians could be found.

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mee failed and the Soviet Unions and the C10 could not get along together, then it would be generally agreed in the United States that nobody there could get along with the Russians. He pointed out to Kuznetsov how the CIO had helped to shape the Marshall Plan, par-

. ticipating in its work at every stage. Kuznet-

sov's reply was to repeat all the.old charges of American imperialism. . The partnership between Mr. - Carey, who Jouks Th: Yuungur. than nis 39 yeas, avid Mir. Murray has brought significant Tesul

Fights Red Influence

WHILE MR. MURRAY has been: working with Mr. Carey on the international front, being in frequent telephonic conversation with TUC executives in London, he has at the same time been warring against Communist influence in the CIO. The past year has seen Comimunist intriguers removed from virtually all posts of influence in the CIO and its affiliates. It can be argued that they never should have been allowed to rise to positions of influence. But that is history and so now is the quiet revolution that has thrown them out.

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should have a hearing {f he wishes, before being discharged, before. a board consisting of, Jlabor and management members, There should be no hiring while union men bers are on strike,

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mite carrier (ouch!). » The stories of this incident are a shining example of how men will always “cover up” or even glorify the shortcomings of men drivers, even to the point of the “hero” angle. If this

gets to turn off ignition before gassing up.” > 4 4 y

‘Not Master of Property’ By W. H. 8, Oity I read an article last week about rent control from a reader on College Ave, She states she has a good -If so, why gripe? -1 am one of those so-called property owners, not a landlord because Webster's dictionary says a landlord is a person who leases property or is master of same, Not since the OPA began ms anyone been able to say he is a master of property. Ral ID eh A es Yes, I have three children and a dog, and I don’t object to my tenant having same. Recently I had to hire an attorney, go to court and pay hard-earned money to get possession of something which is already mine, to ' save -it from ruin. I have begged the OPA for the small amount of rent I am getting and hope my house will hold up until rent control is abandoned. If and when it is abandoned, I don't think any tenant who has treated his landlord

fair and square before, will have to worry about being evicted afterward.

NATIONAL DEFENSE . ... By Jim G. Lucas

Army Cut Expected

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—A committee headed by former

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RUSSIA, RELIGION . . . By William Philip Simms

Cardinal Doomed

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—There is no hope . whatever for

Secretary of State James Byrnes is prepared to tell the Army it must reduce its M-Day forces still further—because it has neither the money nor the laws to maintain them. The 12-man civilian-military committee was named by Army “Secretary Kenneth Royall last month to learn whether the National Guard and organized Reserve were “adequate in light of national defense needs.” The Byrnes committee met all last week. It studied three of the Army's six secret M-Day plans. It has reached a unanimous decision and recessed for three weeks to write its report. That report will: ONE: . Accept the President's reduction of the Army M-Day force from 837,000 to 667,000 men—from 12 to 10 divisions—as a working basis. "TWO: Recommend a reduction of the the National Guard's 610,000-man M-Day force to. 525,000 or 550,000. THREE: Ask that the Reserve clear its rolls of deadwood go there can be a realistic appraisal of its limitations and capaflities.

Steady Growth Charted

THE SIGNIFICANCE of the Byrnes report is that it halts preparedness plans ich a rr ago charted a steady growth for all ground forces through 1952 Uncle S8am’s M-Day approved in 1045, called for a regular Army of 12 divisions of 837,000 men; a 610,000-man National Guard to furnish six divisions at the start and 13 divisions later; supporting Reserve units of 620,000 men. That was the Army's 18-to-25 division plan, which has now been scrapped. It would have created 18 divisions (six National Guard and 12 Army) by 1952, and 25 (13 National Guard and 12 Army) when the nation could support them. Y Those plaris were approved, however, on ihe assumption Congress would provide universal military training which, in

Thus, the Byrnes committee is prepared to reductions for both, in line with the cut in the regular M-Day force they would support anid Congress’ refusal to provide a pump primer.

Smaller Striking Force

WAR DEPARTMENT plans in 1945 called for an over-all Army-Air Corps strength of 4,500,000 men, but a much smaller

striking: force by 1952 to match the Alr Force, The Vinson ‘now before Congress, authorizes an 837,000-

~~ example, maintain that the President bas no inherent jpamen o chia fajunetions aginat stiken of any od

is going to let the economy of the United States its knees in a great national emergency.” It)

Mr. Truman would use whatever powers he

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Secretary of Labor Tobin admits that “no Presi:

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stant war of nerves."

The reductions are in line with Mr. Truman's military at its present level for the “foreseeable future.” Bradley recently said that “the danger of conflict appears to have slackened, partly becausé we are chewing sedatives. in this con- : He. conceded that a peacetime budget " “eanhot--and will not—provide for the Army's wartime mission.”

committee proposes to reduce “in the light of national defense needs.”

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Cardinal Mindszenty, according to a high-placed personage here who has known the primate intimately for years, ' First, it was pointed out, the Kremlin itself was behind his arrest’ and trial. Second, having gone through with it, it would

not dare give him his freedom now. 50_he could go-abroad. and

tell his experiences. -

So he is doomed. And whether death comes by the coms’

paratively merciful method of hanging or by degrees in a cone centration camp, makes little difference to Moscow, Liquidation of the Cardinal, said the authority, had become desirable from the moment Soviet Russia seized control of the Balkans and adjoining countries, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Taty and Austria are deéply réligious. There, ds elsewhere, popular be« Jot 48 G4 Dey 44tk Rute 10. DAtle Moscow" RAR Any. vibir oily thing.

Reducing Influence of Church

MOREOVER, Moscow is anxious to neutralize the Roman

~Catholic Church in Romania and Elovenia, and to minimize its

influence in Austria before the evacuation of the Red army. A dramatic, highly publicized blow at the church, ‘therefore, had become necessary in order to help silence it and “teach it a lesson.” | The decision to arrest Cardinal Mindszenty, it is said, was made at Moscow in October after the Kremlin had received a ‘secret report from the political division of the cominform. Among other things, the report said the Sovietization of Hungary would be difficult or impossible as long as the Cardinal remained free. The feeling here among informed diplomats, ecclesiastics and Jayenen: $itep 13 thai the trial Will prove to be ons of the biggest boomerangs ever engineered by Moscow.

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