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few rambling remarks about the 8. 0. B. issue!

‘Office Building. That's definite. Secondly, President TRAGIAR Ns boing pelt. He was just doin’ what comes

"Rt pe x brant, a mped into the guv'ment. The President

vi ‘guv'ment regulations, Accordingly, the remark a is still referred to over the air as a.”so-and-50.” Which is it wasn't. One news peddler classified

Fn Sree Yrs ot. 30, the vary pious Federal Communications Comsion won ' Jot you say hell or damn. over the air. As for 8B. B,, pouitiosy no dice. Newspapers, as distinct | trom the radio, operate under Article Ons of the Bill of . limited to the of the Elsie Dinsmore era. Hence, in the spirit of ius Dauieis: we say that what the "President said was 8. O. B.~not so-and-so. Josephus’ Tmo somath being in effect that what God would let ‘he'd print, It's merely a matter of type versus

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» » » ONE OF he high-up clergy is already out to make the President recant. There will be others. The first to speak declared that 8. O. B. was degrading to American youth. Maybe some youths. But we've seen language chalked on

the sidewalk—by youths—that would pale the purple of pod t. There are youths -and

pronouncemen bs 'e trust the good reverend doesn't lose too much Ais, too, will pass. And it should be borne in mind : didn't get himself elected with mid-

After Mr, Truman disgorged lusty one, a toned-down official transcript ite House secretariat. It substituted

ae the eI wasn't referring 8 of how the one on the receiving Jl, there's one conclusion to be drawn from the 1 has een heard in recent times about security 8, now, that a cinch way to be ar job get on the President's staff, and e’ ways means by which you, and he, can or a pollster. That, brother,

State Department's weaknesses have long been $0 jt=is not surprising that the Hoover eo in its findings and sweeping in its proposals for reform. port carries the authority of such experts as SecreAcheson, ex-Secretary Stimson and former it Secretaries Bundy and Rogers, as well as

be low ficiency in the recent past of & department ad grown so fast in size and responsibilities was It lacked the tested organization, the trained personnel; the perfected techniques for the job

BUT the fui cannot be ibid. Either we develop complicated. relations of the mightiest nation on earth may collapse under Soviet war pressures. .. ‘The Hoover Commission proposals include: : Concentration of the department on policy functions, putting off various administrative tasks on other agencies. ‘ Centralizing many policy functions now scattered over 46 major agencies, and co-ordinating more carefully the relation of the Cabinet and interdepartmental boards with .the. State. Department, to prevent. potential domination.

. undersecretaries, one for policy, the other for administration; four assistant secretaries for regional areas, and four for congressional liaison, international organizations, economic affairs a public relations.

8 acs mne HOME. ‘and. field staffs would be merged | into a single : foreign service of career status to improve morale and efficiency, and the now weak intelligence branch would be strengthened. « These technical recommendations, coming from such expert authorities, should be applied promptly—indeed the reforms already have begun. But it is even more important for the President to keep one Secretary of State in office for a while, and let him-—rather than party fixers or the Pentagon—conduct our extremely delicate foreign relations.

What Genius APP the caterpillar tractor to the imposing list of ; Russian inventions. That's the latest claim, It must be kinda comforting when you can claim and get away with it—or else. You just tell "people behind the iron curtain who never hear thing from anybody but you. You téll 'em!. You don't

‘the torture chamber or Siberia for them. So! To the million faceless, docile, dumb and driven—the popula. of Soviet Russia—the automobile, the washing‘the steam engine and penicillin were the creations Soviet State.

plane? As Arthur Golfrey puts it, a guy “First name Joe. And who hung the ‘Strangely—but on second thought not so work 1 You can po

‘the first place, 8. O. B., as used, does not mean’

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pot ee In Tune A With the Times 20 Thursday, Feb. 24, 1940 Barton Rees. Pogue - ig is ign A LIGHT IN THE DISTANCE : AT NIGHT

A light shines afar on the darkened horizon. It Jinn and glows through the distance beween. Dispelling aloneness of present environ, Which is dark and foreboding and far from

as to its distance, its crown;

sistence, PI arger, then smaller, then almost “dies

It could be a campfire, about which are sleeping Some wayfarers weary with travel and grind; Or it might be a headlight, speeding a meeting With another one coming in darkness behind,

It could be a lamp in a window for guiding The feet of a loved one, returning at night; Or for one long expected, its flame is A beacon, assuring his feet are set right,

But whatever the source, it is a feeling, Replacing aloneness with pros e cheer; From wherever it comes, it is surely Appealing That a light can dispell all foreboding and fear.

, «=-CASPER BUTLER, § ® 9 9

SOCIAL ACTION GROUPS

Social action groups.in the United States are not new, They began when the Sons of Liberty met in shops and taverns and fomented rebel. lion against England for her unjust taxation of the American Colonies. Later, in what is now the Middle West, companies of Regulators organized to quell violent outbursts of crime. The Vigilantes, and other gun-toting orders, swept across the far western frontier to help establish Jaw. and order. The Ku Klux Klan was a social action group. ‘Social action groups may be roughly classified three ways; as necessary, as nécessary a svil_History. has proven. that sacial ce, or may more realistically termed rabble justice, or mob law, is not always right. Such groups are frequently governed by emotion rather than common sense. Murders, lynchings, and other human atrocities, have resued from so-called social justice, tern of national behavior is Clearly in current activities of “social action While collective action

BOP or “ groups. ” evident that the American people are again becoming too dependent on group thinking and

Individuals—not by organizations.

~RUBY STAINBROOK BUTLER, Franklin, * + 9

SOUR APPLE JUICE

In a dudty street in a country town, ~ Trudged a gloomy boy with cap iid do He kicked up dust with fidgety toes, While scowling brow reflected woes, His mother, cajoling with kiss and hug, Had sent him off with the old brown jug— And this the cause ol his abject pain— Oh, shameful fault—to not talk plain! |

Vinegar she wan That terrible word he could not say. At the big frame box, the village store, Doomed, he édged through the old screen door. He tried twice to say ft, became confused, Bl hed ™4d at the clerk so much amused; ‘ 3 en upped the jug with a little snort , - itis oy an’ e a quart!”

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GRATITUDE

We should take the time in our life of hurry ‘grateful

know, Surely we would have more good and know more of the truth of things in our world,

Genuine gratitude draws prosperity and hap-

Helen Keller once said: “I have learned it is possible to create happiness within ourselves, no matter what the calamity may befall us in our outer world,” She should know, Emerson, on dismissing his students for their vacations, never failed to wish them many difficulties, understanding that it made each one stronger when they overcame the Problems of living, and were grateful.

A friend of mine, a teacher, traveled in different countries in her sum told how she learned to say “thank you” in different languages. With a smile and the “thank you” she

enjoyed her travels so much, /She was grateful everyone and expressed: | ratitude is certainly the law of progress, not only materially, but in knowledge,

~JESSIE WILKINSON, Noblesville,

accomplishes many worthwhile tr pon it is

group power. The United States is governed by

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ARMED SERVICES .

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-—Flashing across the Washington sky these days are all sorts of mysterious shapes, Flying wings, super-duper jet jobs, round-the-world bombers streak across the capital and the Siping Co Congressman has a feeling of being whirled of the air age. It doesn’t matter, of course, if there is only one of these spectacular jobs straight off the designing board of a poetic designer. Wrapped up in a press release or a speech telling how

one makes as big a jolt as a hundred. In the rivalry between the three services for “funds and favor from Congress, the ability of the Air Force to startle and surprise is the subject of bitter recrimination from both the Navy and the Army. That rivalry rarely has been more acute than it is today, 19 months after

a nis is the real significance behind the draftIng of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as a

that separate the three branches of our national defense, The hope is that Gen. Eisenhower will estdblish the pattern of an impartial chairman of the joint chiefs of staff,

Urgent Task

ONLY on the urgent iy of Becretary of - Defense James Forrestal did Gen. Eisenhower finally consent to come to i on this

self as the practical, working head of Columbia University and gradually he was freeing himself of the constant demand for public speeches and appearances. But the urgency of the task outweighed an personal desires. The hope is that Gen. Eisen. hower can make the difficult and often unpleasant decisions that have long been postponed. Because vital decisions have been postponed, increasing uncertainty and uneasiness have grown up within the services, The effect of delay and of evel more acute competition for congressional and public favor has been hardest on the department of the Army. A foot soldier slogs through the mud; he doesn’t flash across the sky in a guided missle aimed at the moon: Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chief of staff of the Army, had come to feel himself pretty much boxed in by the spectacular competition. According to his friends, he had begun seriously to wonder whether he could continue to serve effectively as chief of staff,

in the revolution

much faster than the speed of light it can travel,

kind of umpire over the disputes and differences

_assignment. He had begun to establish him-

-conscientious soldier,

. By Marquis Childs Fancy Air Power Stirs Capital

In a speech delivered in Boston on Feb. 4 Gen. Bradley spoke his mind with exceptional frankness. As has been previously reported in this column, what he said then was what he often has said with the utmost earnestness in joint chiefs .of staff sessions: _ i

Danger of Fantasy

“BECAUSE too many Americans are searching for an easy and popular way to armed security through top-heavy trust in air power at the sacrifice of our remaining arms-—we are in danger of reckoning our safety on fantasy rather than fact. (Good gosh, did you see that flying wing? It nearly clipped the dome off the capitol!) “I do.not deprecate the vast capabilities of air power as a priority weapon for attack against any aggressor state. Nor do I deny

———-that-the-threat of instant retaliation through | an air offensive is our greatest deterrent to

war today. “But I must part company with those enthusiasts who ascribe to air power limitless capabilities in winning an instant decision. Air power, like every other weapon, has gaping limitations for war as we shall know it for many years to come, However crippling air attack can be, I am convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that should this nation be forced into still another conflict, we shall once more be forced to gain the inevitable victory over our dead bodies-—those of the soldiers on

the. ground.”

To show off their ‘newest surprises the Alr Force recently put on a big show at Andrews Field near here. President Truman and influential members of the Senate and House were honored guests.

Dizzying Influence

SEN. MILLARD TYDINGS, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, gave a remarkable demonstration of the dizzying influence of such potent propaganda. Getting his planes mixed up, Sen. Tydings, in an interview

made claims for the B:36 bomber which apply -

to a new bomber scarcely off the drawing board.

Continuing research and development in the alr are essential to national security. But-it is also essential to realize that promise is not performance and to confuse fantasy and fact is extremely dangerous, To equip every Congressman with a jet-propelled broomstick and a jetpropelled imagination is hardly the way to get balanced rearmament.

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

Favors Withholding Tax

By John Alvah Dilworth, 8161; Broadway Most Indianians are interested their fair share of taxes and hope cent withholding tax bill passes, they think it will fail, That, I think, is a good

will make it succeed, Et oe Boriiuat the WIL requiring employers to withhold one per cent of the RE ty payroll of employees and send it to the State Gross Income Tax Division will be passed. While this bill would make gross income tax paying less painful, I imagine it would, if prope erly written or amended, cnable the state to collect tax from floaters, Furthermore, it could be used as a check to snare past tax dodgers, As- written, the two per cent allowed the employer for expense incurred by the bill would bring a net return of perhaps $10 million extra tax money into the state general fund. There is no way of telling how much money the state loses each year by tax evasions, I figure the state can collect $17 in taxes, which would not otherwise be paid, for every $1 it spends on the check-off system of paying state gross income tax. I would guess the figure at: $18 million. That amount, if collected, would soon be more than. enough to rebuild and re model the schools and state institutions, Although ‘state needs for money are impors tant, it is .even more important to assure hone est taxpayers that the evaders would not hences forth be permitted to make them look like saps,

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‘Indiana May Gain’

By Jasper B. Smith Jr, Charlestown, Ind. It is mighty important to wa the federal census to be taken and the official Tesults made known to the public. Some states, like Indiana, stand to gain one or more U. 8. Representatives. States like New York, Pennsylvania, and others stand to lose one or more U. 8, Representatives, if the trend in population is the same when next year's census is taken, as it now appears to be. The law definitely states that there will only be 435 U. 8. Representatives, regardless of the number of states. Should the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska become states in the meantime, then these states would also share in the number of U, 8. Representatives like all other states. ‘Eyery state is by law allowed one U, 8, Representative. The rest of the 387 U. 8. Rep« resentatives go by population in each state, “being reapportioned every 10 years after each federal census. The next reapportiogment of U. 8. Repre: sentatives is due in 1952. - The change will be at the beginning of the 83d Corigress. Considering our national population to be 150,000,000 next year, and with Hawali and Alaska admit ted as states this year, then it will be: mighty interesting to see how the remaining 385 U. 8, Representatives are divided among the 50 states. With New York destined to lose and California surely to gain, with Hawaii and Alaska a chance to gain over their present territorial status, maybe our election for. will take on more political weight in some states, while losing in other states,

What Others Say—

WHEN he (George Bernard Shaw) was asked if he feared death, he replied: “Not in the least; I have good friends on both sides.” 80 have I. ke «Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer. * %

....JE CONGRESS should pass a law compelling me to dig a ditch for the Internal Revenue Department and, adding insult to injury, compel me to buy the shovel with which to dig, I doubt it (they) would enforce the law. Under our Constitution there is absolutely no difference between forcing me to buy a shovel and dig a ditch, and forcing me to collect taxes and to pay for collecting them. ~Vivien Kellems, Connecticut industrialist. * oo

I'M A character. No wonder I'm popular. People keep inviting me back to their parties because they can’t beileve it's true. —~Ed (Archie) Gardner, radio ‘comedian. ®* oo o¢

BELF-PRESERVATION is one of the prine ciples of Christianity, With divine guidance we shall turn back the invaders of the soil—but _ we also need machine guns. —Father Benjamin Nunez, U, 8. - educated

priest and Costa Rican minister of labor.

COMMUNIST MARCH . . . By Clyde Farnsworth

Red Purge in China

SHANGHAI Feb, 24—A Communis® purge is reliably re-

SIDE GLANCES

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MINE STOCK SCHEME . . . By Andrew Tully

Chance to Get Rich?

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-"Those CARMAN Stock ~ Swindlers

Within the department the secretary and his under- | ~eommand.—There- would-be two. deputy |

argue; ‘If your subjects doubt, shrug, or raise the eyebrow,

10 discovered Antarctica? Russia. And who

of non-Communists are sald to have been rounded up or spirited away for a “reckoning of accounts.” Sources here sald “disappearances” In Peiping had attracted such wide attention there that the Communist radio found it necessary to announce that some people had been taken to “places of safety” in order to account for their absence. Estimates of the number of persons involved in the “reckoning” have ranged from 2000 to 40,000,

to minor officials and other persons previously connected or associated with the Chinese Nationalist government, including members of military or semi-military organizations. This news reaching Shanghal and Nanking through the , underground — they call it “bamboo telegraph” —threatened td loose a new wave of evacuees to Formosa and South China.

Vague News Whispered

me a few days ago of sucessfully interceding by telegraph for a Pelping friend, and who himself expected to stay on in Shanghal Witsloned suddenly that he would he leaving as soon as possible. Vague news of the purge w over Bhanatial, purg as being whispered all If true, this word from the north is bound to have a new and disturbing effect on acting President Li Tsung-jen’s “peace gifensive. " ahs has Down stalled from the outset over Commumands for arrest of a few scor “ " headed by Chiang Kai-shek, ’ apecitied WAF GEipninals Also, it may mean that Communist leaders themselves have given up any ldeas—if they ever had them-of a kind of coalition settlement with the Kuomintang. The Kuomintang, the party of China's distressed Nationalist government, numbers within itself many thousands of persons whose administrative and technical talent would be valuable to any real government in China.

‘Red Honeymoon’ Over

IF THE reports from North China are true, it means that the Communist “honeymoon” .is over, if indeed it ever started. Perspective on the future course of the Reds has been distorted by the wishful and selective way ‘in: which Nationalist editors have sorted out and emphasized tolerant utterances of the Communists, Shanghal editors once vilioment in saying there could be no Soupramise with the Communists have recently found that “peace” is an overwhelm demand” of the nese le. Editorial inclination wens compromise a are | ea 10, direct. tatio $0 the Communit, miliary threat to The cloger Co mumiinist soldiers gt to the Yangtas River the nicer people the Communist became. :

True or not, reports of the Communist fitted into the” pattern of other ‘developments in ures fitted neatly

_|_ported to have been launched in Peiping and -Tientsin. Thousands |

AW Tar ak’ could be earned the dragnet extended principally”

ONE former Nationalist government official who had told

now harvesting the 1949 American sucker crop have added the

tu OM. 194 BY WEA WEVIOL NG. T. B. REG. 8. 8. PAT. OFF, “Since I've got a maid full time, | have more opportunities to think about my symptoms!”

the occupation of Tientsin and Peiping, the Reds have Increased thelr anti-American propaganda and, in the case of the seizure of rélief supplies have accompanied their words with Sgnitioant 8. They have crefted a single-voiced press in Tientsin and Pelping which offers marked contrast with the new press freedom established by acting President Li's reforms in Shanghal. New publications have mushroomed in Shanghai whose pitch is to attack Kuomintang reactionaries and American * In had their first real contact ‘with representa a. two lead American news agencies. The Reds’ first reaction was it criticism of their reports on forces 0¢ ha public wsicoms given To aseupying Communist

ultimate TREUTT J5 OW Wounds of “their victims=—some of “em make you stand in line to get robbed, * No matter whit your name is, they won't take your money —yet. All they'll do is put you down:=on the “privileged list” of those who'll be allowed to buy stock when eperations are started. “Send no money,” says the postcard in such authoritative

looking type that none but the bravest would Sisobey. Just send --the reservation card and then, when

enough people have pledged the necessary money to get things started, they'll be glad to see your check.

Fabulous Tale

THIS kind of approach makes a lot of .people — They just can't wait to hand over those life savings to an outfit that plays so hard to get and therefore must have something right out of the horse’ ’ mouth. Also, their Yeads are buzzing with the brochure’s romantic tale of a fabulous land in the Klondike district of the Yukon, where two “old. irvers” have “selected claims” and started a mine which will make Ft. Knox look like a piggy bank. “Bill” Bime, as the folksy brochure calls the great man, was graduated as a mining engineer in '98 and “immediately trekked into the Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush. He has been in that territory ever since!” OI' Bill knows a pile of money when he sees it, too—as assayer “for a big bank in Dawson City, he personally converted dust and nuggets into gold bricks worth $125 million.” Then there's E. Miles Flynn, OI Bill's pardner, A character, the Flynn, Brought in the first mine in the “famous porcupine camp, which has since produced ovet a billion dollars in gold and was on the board of directors of the famous McIntyre Porcupine mine, which has paid $44 million in dividends.” Naturally, says the brochure, he used to chum around with the big shots like John Hays Hammond; the famous mining engineer,

Breaking Their Hearts

TAKE it from Sime and Flynn, those Yukon Galena. Hil mines “can be brought to profitable production in quick time,” But, of course, “to cover property commitments, to reopen and retimber shafts, etc, and put these mines in sha ttion will take at least $75,000.” De for produ Obviously, it's breaking the boys’ hearts to Jet anybody. else In on something so hot—but they've got to have that 75 grand. ‘Another outfit, Westbertha Olls Ltd, is just as genteel except that you can.send them some money right off as long as you don't try to be hoggish. The mit with Westberta is 500 shares at & buck per, on &6count of the shares carry with them “A valuable rights privi)

|_ege,” which lets you buy up to three times your original sub

Aiiigtion at, the same same low price once the well starts gushing over the place. ta : A -.

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