Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1949 — Page 10

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4 BLE Ltt Et, iui, AR “ice and Audit Burean of Circulations, Price in Marion County, § cents a 1 y only, 2c, Sunday only, Sc. Mail rates in Thdlans. nily and Sunday, $7.50 a year, daily, $5.00 a AL nia only, $2.50; all other .states, U. 8, possessions, Canada a Mexico, daily, $1.10 a month, Sunday, bo 's copy.

. Telephone RI ley 5551 "Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Woy

Too Much Pressure IF PRESIDENT TRUMAN wants, to insure defeat of his legislative program in the Democratic Congress, he is going about it the right way. That would seem a curious thing for him to want. But - . some cynical Washington observers believe Mr. Truman, knowing that all those sky’s-the-limit promises he made in his campaign last fall cannot and should not be kept in full, is trying to make Congress the goat for failure to keep them. It may be grossly unfair to suspect the President of such a motive. - It’s certainly true, however, that his all-or-nothing demands on Congress are not only stiffening Republican opposition but also weakening Democratic support of many of his proposals. He must-know, for example, that his .administiation bil to repeal.the Taft-Hartley Act and restore the old Wagner Act with a few inadequate “improvements” can't ustibly be Shasta unless it is changed in Many respects.

rere SAT Democrats responsive to Mr. "Truman's wishes, who control the Senate Labor Committee, have just reported hat bill, without altering 80 uth as a A condunds after wi Ancther example: Mr. Truman himself has undercut the efforts of his own Senate leader, Lucas of Illinois, to prevent a southern filibuster from blocking consideration of the administration's civil-rights bills, Sen. Lucas had been fighting, with fair prospect of ‘success, for a moderate change in the Senate's rules. But the President suddenly demanded a change so drastic that even Sen. Lucas rebels at it. The result is stronger opposition, Democratic and Republican, to any * change in the rules, and increased doubt whether the civilrights bills can get before the Senate. Time after time in this country’s history, Presidents have found that unyielding pressure on Congress for more than Congress considers it wise to give only produces gary and good in his legislative program to become law, he - unyielding resistance, If Mr, Truman wants what is necesis going about. it the Wrong way.

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Our ‘Norwegian Ally Fi 2 | gTAL 8 intimidating effort to keep Norway out of the Atlantic pact shows how important he considers that ~ proposed Democratic defensive union. He does not exaggerate, It is the answer to Soviet aggression. . And Norway is the key to its effectiveness. ; The readiness of little Norway to defy threats of the Russian giant—three million population against 200 million —is one encouraging aspect of a black international situation. The illusion that a small democracy has no stake in this struggle of the great powers, and can remain neutral, is very tempting to those looking into a Soviet gun. -Thefact that Norway, unlike stronger Sweden, refuses to be caught in this snare is evidence both of her realism and her unusual courage. a Siem, Moreover, it is proof that she trusts the United States. This is significant because of the general fear in Western Europe that American aid may be followed by isolationist reaction, that at the showdown we may withdraw and leave our Allies to their fate of Russian enslavement. ’

ticipation in the Atlantic pact—is to offer her a Soviet non-aggression treaty.- The Norwegian. foreign. minister's reply to that is to fly to Washington to hasten the Western negotiations. Such a Soviet treaty is a kiss of death for a small neighbor, as learned by the destroyed Baltic republics by the communized satellite states of Eastern Europe. Norway's importance is three fold. Her decision will influence Denrhark, which controls strategic Greenland, and will have some weight at least with Sweden. Norway has minerals needed by Russia. Stalin's best chanee of winning a war at sea with his large fleet of German-developed submarines would be from the hundreds of Norwegian fjords, the most deadly submarine nests dominating the North Atlantic, The United States does not request Norwegian bases © now, as charged by Stalin. But our security does demand the Yéquested redrming of Norway ‘with Ameritan ald and co-ordination with the larger Atlantic defense system, Stalin cannot stop that.

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~ Don’t Waste This Good Work

HE Hoover Commission, having worked diligently for 19 months on plans for reorganization of the federal government's executive branch, has now held its final scheduled meeting. “ It -has completed the most thorough study of the government ever made. Its reports point the way to vast improvement of governmental efficiency and great savings

American people. A Republican Congress: established this commission, The Democratic President approved its creation, named four of its 12 members and has given it loyal and effective support. The Commission's, membership labored together with. - out regard to party lines, and at the final meeting Democrats and Republicans joined in a vote of appreciation to Chairman Hoover, Now ‘President Truman needs adequate authority to put reorganization plans into effect. bid : It would be tragic for the work of the Hoover Com. ] mission to be wasted, as it may be if Congress exempts pet agencies from reorganization, encourages others to fight ‘ for exemption, and so ties Mr. Truman's hands that little or no real gain in government efficiency and economy can “be achieved.

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Barton Rees Pogue ONE RHYMESTER TO ANOTHER

(Letter written to George E. Erdmann; Los An “Beles poet; s former Hoouter, ‘Who 18 now’ In” PR || Beat.)

Do the doctors take their own dope’ As their victims have to do? Maybe try it on each other? Well, then, here's a dose for you.

This is brewed from herbs and blossoms, It is safe for man or beast; . And it gives no benefit . It'll do no harm at least.

The herbs were sere and withered, The blossoms crap and grey. They were gathered on the hillsides Of a dear old simple day.

They are meter (quite old fashioned), And some phrases (nat in style), And rhymes so trite they would have made Jim Riley's grandpa smile,

These I gathered fust as you've done As I sauntered along the way That leads from-childhood’s meadows. where the carefree fancies play.

; I found no cynicism, : All the irony was gone, But there were gobs of sugar “When I put that brew pot on.

80 you take this dope of mine, Doc, And down it while it's warm, _. Though it may not help your liver, Yet it can’t do any harm. 7 MLR FOWLER, Greensburg.

WINTER'S CHILL

The wintry sun is pale and cold T

porns ABRIL IN CTR BY GERRY ETRE

The wintry wind is sharp and chill, A solemn stillness fills the day. O’er field and wood, the signs of life Are hidden from our view; —Yet soon, we know, from soil and boughs,

—ATHA A. PINNICK, Bloomington. AN ESSAYETTE ON WORDS

Words . . . words . . . words; We say them; we write them; we read them; we hear them, Tools they are for all of us to do “business” with each other, crude as they are. Words are but symbols of varioys human ideas we have, and so words are mere comparative values and meanings to each of us. We fumble a lot of good words; we mutter too many of them; we often them. crazily; we. os most of them; we fail to emphasize the RIGHT

ties, however, that we cannot adequately express or appreciate, neither apprehend nor comprehend fully through mere words. So, let us fashion our words on the anvil of study, thrust: ing our ideas into the forge-fire of inspiration and prayer until they are cherry-red with misunderstanding, and then weld them into links of experience and purpose that will serve our -

1 tellowmen and dursélves,

~THE BROWN 00. PHILOSOPHER, iat

NOT N VOGUE

It may not be in good taste— 1 care not what folk do— I have pictures mounted .. *® - Secure so I can view. Portraits on the piano, Som autographed in frames The bright smiles on the mantel, * Above the fire-grate’'s flames. . If I am blue and lonely “These amiles help me.along Though not in vogue, I'm happy— - Photographs are my son, ~CAROL B. WEINBERS, North Vernon.

STATION

He sat there, waiting for his train, His thoughts on other things intent. - He didn’t know his train came in, Nor did he know it also “went!”

80 do we sit and “lolligaze,” The while the train of happiness Comes in life's station, and goes again. But there is still the slow express! wYIRoINIA FORTNIY Indianapolis.

“BEAUTY HINT

It is said that a frown

Making wrinkles : you can not erase— - 80 hereisa tip. Watch the curve of your lip, If you don’t want to muss up your face. FLORENCE HINCHMAN, North Vernon.

Life's cycle will unfold anew. >

words too frequently, There are eternal reali--

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WORLD AFFAIRS .

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y,, Mar. 7 -— Whatever the reason, it portends a Russian tactical shift

United Nations delegates to the wholly unexpected “release” of V. M. Molotov as Boyiet foreign minister and the promotion of Andrei Y. Vishinsky to fill the post.» Why? What seething volcano, ir any, lurks behind the dramatic news sprung so prosaically upon the world by the Moscow radio Friday night? Is a promotion, a demotion, or-what?

by the situation in Moscow. These delegates probably know both Molotov and Vishinsky better than other groups outside

mostly fought—with both men in United Nations session in London, New York and Paris.

with the warning of course it is only speculation until the Kremlin shows its hand more clearly. Some, after catching their breath at the strange news, see it as a Russian admission of policy failure. Molotov, never friendly to the West whatever lip service he may have given, represented a policy that clearly has run hard into trouble.

Molotov Failures

THE Molotov ‘policy has failed inapreventing the Tito defection in Yugoslavia, fh knotking down the airlift in Berlin, in hamstringing the Marshall Plan for western Europe’s recovery. And Friday, after spurning a Soviet bid for a’ non-aggression pact, little Norway gave the Kremlin a resounding slap by agreeing to negotiate an Atlantic Defense Pact. Denmark helped lower Sowiet prestige by moving also far westward toward the first steps in Atlantic Pact negotiations, ° The actual hard decision by Norway may --well-have had significant. bearing on the

here think. T found two top-ranking observers here who

“| thought that Molotov is in line for a promotion

bait this was an isolated opinion: Others asked why, if Molotov had been promoted, did the Moscow radio announce the news 80 curtly, so bluntly, -

ot Jumense Amportance to Soviet relations with That is the immediate reaction ot astonished

- Western delegates here are utterly perpleexed :

Russia. They've worked and debated and fought -

Their speculation, then, is worth recording— -

tov-out, Vishinsky-in drama, some delegates |

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v. s. MOTOR FLEET . «.. By Peter Edson

Cost Data on Cars

Mar. 7—In addition to being the world's | biggest spender, fender and giver-awayer, your Uncle 8am is also the biggest owner and operator of motor cars, trucks and buses. This is revealed by a new Buage Bureau motor yehicle reU. 8, government's fleet of

| SIDE GLANCES

By Nat Barrows

Big Change in Red Strategy?

It recalled Maxim M, Litvinov's dismissal as foreign minister in favor of Molotov in 1939. That too was curt and blunt.

——Most-qualified experts here felt it signifies a | drastic shift in Russian tactics in the so-called

cold war with the W It does not mean, of course, any change in the long-term objectives of the men who run the politburo—and«thereby run all Russia. Those objectives have always been. clear and irm for anybody who has read the pronouncements of Lenin and Stalin. The eventual aim is world domination by the Communists, - The fact that the foreign affairs ministry shift was coupled with a housecleaning in another department dealing with the cold war is not overlooked by those who see a shift in tactics. Anastas I. Mikoyan is out as foreign trade minister; He, too, was dealing with the fight to kill off the Marshall Plan. He, too, was closely associated with Molotov's unsuccessful attempt to hait ECA for western Europe.

Peace Offensive?

DOES IT all mean that Vishinsky is going to try a new plan in what is loce-ly called the Soviet “peace offensive”? Time only will tell. Molotov, in his dealings at the United Nations, was a cold, calculating debater with an

aloofness that was often as biting as his pelemfcs. Yet it was Vishinsky, the deadly skillful one-time purge-trial lawyer, who poured out the most insidious tirades at the United Nations. His rantings and abuses against westerners were like rockets, He could run his speeches up and

‘down like a musical score—now soft and beguiling, now flaming with invective.

But as a good servant of the Kremlin he has always followed the familiar pattern of Soviet

“grators here by repeating -his: basic arguments

over and over until the listeners no longer listened and the effect was lost. } Vishinaky; as this. correspondent has seen him here and in Europe, is a disarmingly warm man when it so pleases him. He has a grace of social manner that Molotov

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“Keep letters 200 words or less on —— Joct with which you are familiar, Sens h used will be edited but content will be pry.’ ‘served, for here the People Spun Frovdum, +

‘Freedom of “Religion” : By Mrs. Frederick Scott, Oity ; An open’ letter to the ministers in our community: Your individual churches are financially supporting a religious education program in our public schools’. whieh is viola the First Amendment to the Constitution. of this program is to inculcate bbs and religious values in the minds of impressionable

~ children, it is my considered judgment that -

continuing this program, which under fire because of its unconstitutionality, reflects on the dignity of our religious leaders, and should not be supported by those who believe in the basic principles. of our democracy, one of the most potent being freedom of religion. Release time for Shildon to study Jeligion, as it is set. up, is only the beginning to a

* future of a confusion and misunderstanding as

whet the Ie ahould or church and state. To gain a momentary advantage, do churches want to imperil their own immunity and: independence? Is this the first crumbling of the barrier raised so firmly by

| Thomas Jefferson in 1786 when our forefathers

fought to establish this principle of separation of church and state- and under which churches in America have flourished without interference? This program has had the protection of the Enabling Act for five years, If it is as valuable as its proponents claim, surely parents have awakened by this tfimé to the advantages of week-day religious education and would support

it i ane school instead of the Such using

the ‘compulsory education law to promote sec~ tarian teaching on public dw time,

We Know of a number of individual mine

isters who have privately come to the Sonclusion

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seetavian: LoRINg 40. OF public carries with it disadvantages more detrimen to the cause of brotherhood and religion than are gained by its continuation «nd, as indi. viduals, would like to see an end to the program. ; : Ea 7 Only by putting citizenship above organization can this be corrected. Individuals must be free to express their convictions without fear of condemnation, “ If your convictions have led you to question the value of release time, as citizens you must let it be known. Jesus had the courage to throw the money changers out of the temple. Likewise, ministers must decide whether temporary as vantages to sectarian teaching can equal the complete religious freedom we have all enjoyed in this country. Instead of the sectarian approach to religion in-our-publié¢ schools we need a course to promote the basic values found in all religions in order to unite all children in the knowledge that there is a fundamental moral

and religious code under which our democracy .

can flourish, Churches should prove their leadership in our. community by voluntarily withdrawing a program that is violating the traditional American principle of separation of church and

- state, and support Senate Bill 248 which repeals

the Enabling Act making such religious educa~ tion possible in our public schools.

All ministers and all citizens who believe

in this fundamental principle of separation of church and state and the freedom of religion amendment in our United States Constitution should petition the education committee of the Senate to bring this bill to the floor for passage. ‘Act now. ; Time is Shop » ‘

eglect by Public’

N By H. Shufiebarger, Martinsville, Ind.

The Times’ editorial, “Indiana's. Snake-Pits,”

.. rightly emphasizes that it" is your and my neglect that is basically responsible for ap-

palling conditions in mental institutions. Recent publicity can serve a useful purpose if it is directed :to. pin the blame on the real culprits, which are_you and I—the public. More money for mental institutions is not a fundamental solution of the problem, but it is an immediate necessity. If you-and I have & proper sense of repentance for our own guilt, we will see to it that our General Assembly provides the money.

What Others Sy

TRYING to build the brotherhood of man

Without the Fatherhood of God is like trying “to ‘make a wheel ‘without “the hub.—-Actress

Irene Dunne. y Se. 2% 2 THE President spends most of his time kisse ing people on the cheek--first on one cheek, then on the other-trying to get them to do what they ought to do without being kissed.— President Truman.

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AIR FORCE PROGRAM ..«+ By Max B. Cook

Long-Range Flights

NEW YORK, Mar. 7 — Long-ran g! flights of a group of 15 to 18 B-50 bombers is rw the Hs Force program as the result of the successful ‘round-the-world 94-hour non-stop flights of the Lucky Lady II, it was revealed today. “The number of long-range bombers which can be serviced

of the taxpayers’ money. It deserves the gratitude of the |

motor vehicles for the facal year 104K. “While the TAport gives | no breakdown by make of car or truck, it does provide good figures by which ‘commercial fleet operators and even the owners of family jalopies can compare cost and upkeep data. Ta Uncle Sam's credit, it should be said that he doesn’t now own or operate as many motor vehicles as he did during the war, or even as many as last year. And any time the gov'ment cuts down on anything, it's worth mentioning. If all government-owned motor vehicles from jeeps to tanks were counted, the humber would be close to a million, Apparently nobody knows the exacét number, Best guess of the number of military vehicles’ ‘of all types is close to 750,000. Not counting combat vehicles, but including the noncombat vehicles of the military services, the government | operated 237,000 vehicles last year. Of this number, roughly 180, 000 were in the continental U. 8,, 57,000 overseas.

. Impossible to Keep Books COST data in the Budget Bureau report don't cover all these vehicles because it is impossible to keep books-on military vehicles and trucks which do a lot of backing up, making speedometer mileage figurse meaningless, So the statisticlans have concen trated on uniform cost accounting for some 80,000 vehicles operated by nonmilitary agencies in the United States. This represents about a third of the noncombat vehicles and breaks down the 20,000 passenger cars, 4000° station wagons and carryalls, 15,000 buses, 41,000 trucks. : By ‘government departments the biggest operators were:

Biggest single agency on wheels is Bureau of Reclamation, which covers the west in 1300 cars and 3300 trucks. In Washington, D. C., there are 477 government passenger cars and 1127 trucks. To operate the 80,000 cars and trucks a year took 45 million gallons of gas. Total operating costs were nearly $40 million for the year, for gas, oil, tires and repair but not depreciation. The average was $318 for the passenger cars, $628 for the trucks. | Average annual mileage for cars reported on a mileage instead of ‘an, hourly basis was 8900 for the cars and from 2500 for the five-ton trucks to 5500 for the light trucks.

14.4 Miles per Gallon = ap Gi

AVERAG mileage ‘per; gallon” of gas was 144 fo

plies in

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out of its cars, Department of

Agriculture, 4000 cars and 15,000 trucks. Interior, 4000 cars and ? y 12,000 trucks. Post Office, 54 cars and 11,000 trucks. Treasury, 4 ‘ xi 2300 ars and 1800 trucks. Justice, 3000 cars and T00 trucks. lhe 7 j v5

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“I wish you wouldn't humiliate your father by asking him such

intelligent questions!” the Treasury 4844 passenger cars, 5465 light trucks, 4374

heavy trucks and 1395 other vehicies. Total acquisition cost was $28 million, but these figures should not be averaged. Typical average costs to the government were $1106 for a coupe, $1292 ‘for a four-door sedan, $1384 for a carryall. * All these 16,000 new vehicles were peplacements for the 6300 passenger cars and 16,200 trucks the government disposed. of "last year. Average mileage on the vehicles traded in or sold on the ned car market was just under 60,000 on the passenger cars

20,000 to 56,000 for the trucks’ TVA got 91,000 miles Commerce over: 100,000, Average

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«~4n-4he air. depends. only. upon. the. number. of. .tankes. ~plamps. avails...

able,” sald Lt. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, commanding general of the strategic. air command. The Air Force has hundreds of B-29 Superfortresses which can be converted into tankers, just as were those used in the Lucky Lady II flight. Secrecy veiled the flight until just before the Lucky Lady II. landed. At. Ft. Worth it was said one reason for the secrecy was the fact that the Air ,Force had heard the Navy was putting plane carriers at various spots around the-world, apparently for a similar global flight by a Navy plane.

Quick Action

THE NAVY, the rumor went, was going to use the carriers in refueling operations.

The Air Force, proud of its aerial refueling’ technique, was

quick to go into action. Only a few days passed between the tims

the flight decision was made and a B-50's take-off. Crews were ordered to make ready on Feb. 21. The first B-50 left Ft. Worth at noon, Feb. 25. But it had to land at the Azores because of fire in one engine. Without waiting to install & barograph in the second B-50 (the Lucky Lady II) the Air Force ordered it to take off the fol lowing noon. Lack of that barograph made impossible an accurate log of the entire flight. Other similar longrange flights are to be made so that added data may be obtained.

Using its “truculent turtle” type of twin-engined patrol

bomber, the Navy could make the round the world flight using -only three or four carriers. It was the truculent turtle which last year flew non-stop from Australia to Columbus, 0., a distance of more. than 11,000 miles. The longest leg of the B-50 flight was less than half of that.

IN DISCUSSING its future long-range aerial ‘Tetueling pro gram the Air Force did not give total number of B-29 tankers Row Svallabie, It used about eight'on the Lucky Lady flight, with f others standing by in case of emergency. It is known that some 1500 tankers could be made available, sufficient to: refuel more than 500 "bombers at one time.

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