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"Here's That Man Again ; ; "FOR two weeks nearly all coal mines east of the Mississippi Fare to be closed down by order of John L. Lewis. ~ Mr. Lewis says the miners want & “period of inaction” ifi order to protest against James Boyd, President Truman's nominee for director of the Federal Bureau of Mines, and te : ers killed or injured in 1048, LE Mr. Boyd is “incompetent and un“quarrel, however, is with the President Krug, who picked Mr. Boyd to head 's never forgiven them for obtaining a fedorder against a 1946 coal strike and for causing his union to be fined when the order was defied. “Mk. Lewis says he is exercising his union's “contractual iptions.” That means he is taking advantage of the clause | in his present contract with the mine owners which requires the miners to work only when they are “willing and able.” » » » LJ » Ww OF course, nearly 400,000 miners haven't suddenly, _ and simultaneously, become unable to work. And most of them probably aien't exactly willing to lose two weeks’ pay. | Their wishes weren't consulted before Mr. Lewis issued his order. But they'll obey it. A two-week mine shutdown will cause no immediate hardship to anyone’ except the miners. However, it will considerably reduce the large stockpiles of coal which have

accumulated during this mild eastern winter. After that a

prolonged coal strike could do.a lot of damage. If Congress repeals the Taft-Martley act before Mr, Lewis starts nego-

strong position to “bargain” for whatever he demands. i Suppose all the mine owners east of the Mississippi got together and decided to close their mines for two weeks, get rid of surplus coal stocks, and then boost prices. The t would prosecute them under the anti trust laws, and fine or jail them for conspiring to restrain trade. $ v ®n » re . a» “BUT Mr. Lewis can shut down all the coal mines, in « furtherance of a scheme to boost wages, and the anti trust laws can't touch him. Those laws don't apply to labor unions. That's why Mr. Lewis and other union leaders have far greater monopoly power than any combination of industrial magnates over the supply of coal and other vital materials, ph Mr. Lewis is so smart that he has-even been known to : himself. It might just turn out that he's done that again. His latest move could convince a lot of Congressrien that, instead of the Taft-Hartley act, they'd better keep 'it on the books and give it some new teeth to

protect the country against monopolistic union bosses.

Ways Not fo Spend It.

[NN EWSCASTER ED MURROW suggested in a broadcast the other night that a blank sheet of paper be included with the income tax form, on which taxpayers could write to Uncle Sam their ideas of how they want their money spent. : : We would use our space to tell-how we don't want our tax spent. We don't want any of it spent to pay $8000 or $10,000 a year to government press agents who wouldn't be worth half that much on a newspaper. ; We don’t want any of our money spent by the Navy | and Air Force on fighting each other. We don't want it spent paying salaries to the Rube Goldberg experts who think up those complicated tax forms. We don't want it | spent for travel expense of those government officials who _always manage to find Florida business to attend to in * winter and Maine business in summertime. We don't want | it spent for automobiles to haul officials places where they | can go by streetcar or taxicab. We don't want it spent on | economists who think economy and thrift are two different | things. : We have a lot of other ideas. But we can't list them all here becausé newsprint is expensive, and the government uses so much of it the cost i§ not likely to go down soon.

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. Salvage Successful Operation AT last the United States has found somiething in the dismal Chinese picture to which our officials can point with pride. We're proud, it seems, of the speed with which we got __out of there. | An Army press release commends our troops for the | successful evacuation of areas “threatened by the Communist invasion.” “The Department of the Army takes pleasure,” the commendation reads, “in noting the completion of a task performed with the highest degree of efficiency.” It requires talent, imagination and much-cynicism to "find a face-saver in a record otherwise full to overflowing with Amekican blunders, failures and breaches of trust. ' "We*can't be proud of the way we've abandoned our friends. We can't be proud of the way the China military ald program was mis-managed, if not sabotaged, first by the exorbitant prices charged for our arms and ammunition, then by our delays in delivery. We can't be happy that the “open door” to China is being replaced by a ‘Soviet’ iron : We've lost face in the Far East. But the record is so . bad possibly there is some small satisfaction for some people in the fact we got out of there without losing the seat of our pants.

Reprieve of a Repeal -

A CCORDING to the Army Ordnance people, that rocket * which sped out into space for 250 miles at 5000 miles -an hour didn't burn up like a meteorite, as some had supposed. It fell back to earth, they say, and is buried some- ~ Bo for a time longer we may postpone repeal of that | alk law which says that what goes up

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Those kin by blood were as they used to be, Ambitious, gay—I saw them all appear Just as I kept them in my memory. Life's springtime was no lo vague, remote, Even lines from those who have journeyed Were tinged with &n sternal, youthful note— The ‘ones who wrote them seemed not really gone. ¥ : 5 4 ~~MARGARET E, BRUNER, New Castle. * ¢

RAIN

. 1love to hear the patter : And the pounding of the rain’ As it strikes against the roof-top “And against my window pane.

I love to hear it's singing As it patters on and on Into the evening darkness And through the coming dawn.

I love its dulcet melody + Its rhythm and its rhyme. But I always thrill to see The sun begin to shine. ‘ «JEAN SUTTON, Indianapolis. ® o ¢ ;

THE NAME OF BILL

She's named him Rello Percival T hain't objectin’--still 1 kinda wish she'd called him by I don't go much fer fancy things, - Odd notions and sich like, And I like good, old-fashioned names Like Bill and Sam and Ike.

Our country had them solid names— - George, Tom and Jim and John; Them names wus the foundation rock She built her glory on. Wa-a-], he'll be Rollo Percival I hain't objectin’, still ses ‘There's somethin’ so dependable About the name of Bill, :

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Favors Daylight Time By A. W. Theil, 1488 Maynard Drive i + To Mayor Feeney: .I have noted with interest your stand on "| Daylight Saving Time for Indianapolis as well | as what other large Indiana cities are doing or ’ intend to do about it, Repro { Daylight Saving Time in the summer is very beneficial to the city dweller as well as the thousands of suburbanites in Marion County.

One big advantage of Daylight | ving Time, Ag Of DATagt Saving Time: cy because

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tend, to decrease juvenile delinquen of the added daylight in the If we do not have Daylight Saving undreds of

boys and girls and young men would be denied the privilege of playing baseball, ‘You are aware of the fact that we had dozens of ht leagues all through the summer the last several years, and even more are contemplated this year, :

dayligh garden; also the city dweller would enjoy a refreshing ride in the country an a hot summer evening, which ride would not be taken if it were dark, By ; J. . If Daylight Saving Time worked to advan. tage in time of war, why should it not work equally well in time of peace? If large cities such as Chicago and New York

Jt seems to me that the legislature could. - have spent the time used iv arguing thisbill- 40.0 much better advantage and, furthermore, why

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. A TIP TO SPEEDERS

It pays, don't you know, To slow down a bit; The faster you go The harder you hit, ~-WILLIAM H. CHITWOOD, Indianapolis. ¢ oo

TRI-CORNERED- REFORM

More than half a million babies May soon wail their noes or maybes i As they test the latest fad in streamline pants.

Through this sparkling innovation Te It's the sponsor's aspiration «© - i To transform the infants’ cries to happy chants.

The promoter now divuiges There'll be no baggy bulges In the didies with the hour-glass design.

But one need he failed to alter On the infant's lower halter Are the safety pins to keep the tot in line. wd. M. M., Indianapolis. * ¢ * ;

SOME THINGS, SOME FOLKS Some things that we have seen, We would not see again! Some things that we have heard— We would forget! :

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Some folks that we have known, We love them to the bone, But there's other folks we wish We'd never met! - —C, EARL EAST, Bloomington. ® ¢ 9

PSALM TO THE EARTH

Barth, I've loved you long and well— Far more than feeble words can tell. Each fragile flower, each massive tree Has bowed my head, but rev-rently. In you I find a recompense For fickle friend; a sustenance If I but have the will to toil And reap a bounty from your soil. At half-past summer, I can rest Upon the velvet of your breast And find a sancutuary there That moves my humble heart to prayer. Though Man is but the dust of you To which he turns when life is thru’, He finids that in his love of sod In his way, he has worshipped God! «BUDDY LAWSON, Terre Haute.

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| MILITARY GOVERNMENT . . . By Peter Edson

[U. S. Weak in Overseas Jobs

WASHINGTON, Mar. 14 — The threatened resignation of Gen. Lucius D. Clay as American military governor in’ Germany points up what seems to be a great weakness in U. 8. govern-

It has no adequate system for training good men for overseas administration jobs under the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine for Greece and Turkey, and the military governments in Germany, Japan and Korea. This lack of system for training administrators is to be covered in one of the last reports from ex-President Herbert Hoover's Commission on Organization of the Government. It will deal with “overseas affairs” of the U, 8. governIt will point out that—like it or not—the United States now seems committed to p . an important role in world affairs for y years to come. It will put up to the State and

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the occupation first began. He has stuck with it, which most of the military government officers have not done, He hassgiven Hesse an excellent administration. Being an ex-educator, he has concentrated particularly on teaching the people what democracy means and how it works.

Doctrine of Good Living

IN BAVARIA the land director is Murray D. Van Wagoner, ex-governor of Michigan, An American politician, he has concentrated on rebuilding Munich and the other war-damaged cities. His doctrine has been that if the people , ly housed and fed, their ideas will be all right and will take care of themselves. . In Wuerttemberg-Baden there has been a mE cession of governors which has naturally a= it difficult to provide continuity of pol sent governor is the retired Maj.-Gen. P. Gross, former New York City trans

‘Truman as Politicign’ By C. D. C., Terre Haute, Ind. A Times editorial said, “If Mr. Truman wants to insure defeat of his legislative program in the Democratic Congress, he is going about it in the right way.” So let's look at the thing in perspective. One question is the Taft-Hartley law which Mr. Truman has used to end strikes. Mr. Truman and all of his family were farmers, and farmers are only lukewarm toward union labor.

#1 do not agree with a werd that you sey, but I

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enjoy it, and all radio networks operate under in the Dearbor it, why wouldn't it be good for Indianapolis entertained the also? Indianapolis is very near the eastern a dinner and c 1 border of Central Standard Time, and does not, HAR therefore, enjoy the longer daylight in the eve- Mra. Robert nings as do cities farther ‘west. Take Cincinnati mond St., will -» | only a few miles east of us which enjoys Bast. Alpha Chapter ern Standard Time. Therefore, they have an Sorority, at 8 hour more of daylight in the evening the year Zeta Cha phen - round than does Indianapolis. Sorority, will Why should the farmers complain? They Wednesday in work, from sun-up to sundown in the summer Keith W. Cos time, regirdless of the hour, ) Drive.

should legislators removed hundreds of miles Sorority, will | =} from -Indianapolis-tell us. what we should or of Mrs. Walte | should not do? Delaware St. | Please, therefore, see to it that the majority assist the of the people who elected you are pleased and dg, A’ business all you can so that we may enjoy Daylight Save held at 8 p. ing Time in Indianapolis. : Hotel Washing "0 Chapter, Lam Sorority.

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. Today Gen, Clay comes as close to being an indispensable man as the United States ever had. A8 a soldier he has been able to meet Russiad's Lard-boiled generals on even terms. As an organizer he has been able to direct the reconstruction of Germany's war-torn economy. As an administrator he has made a start at setting up a democratic German government.

No Prospects in Sight THE mere thought of sending someone to replace Gen. Clay has given both the State Department and the Army cold chills. They haven't a Hkely candidate to succeed him. This ‘one fact has been a principal drawback to turning over the government of Germany from military to civilian hands. General Clay's military government staff of 2400 is now about 85 per cent civilian. As Germans qualify to take back more of their own affairs, the military contingent is being further reduced in

official, ‘and before that in command of the Army Transportation Corps during the war. General Gross. speaks German, which is an advantage. But Genera] Gross had considerable labor difficulty in handling New York's transit problems. In Germany he succeeded ex-Con-gressman Charles M. LaFollette of Indiana. LaFollette has always been interested in labor affairs, and in Germany he followed a policy of

democracy. These widely varying policies in the three provinces of the American zone have no doubt added to the confusion of the German people. This kind of trial-and-error administration can get by in an established democracy like the - United States, where the people can withstand an awful lot of bad local government.

Rule Has to Be Good

IN OVERSEAS administration, chances of this kind can't be taken. Government has to be good, and it has to be right the first time more often than not. It must have consistent policy.

working through the labor unions to promote

- And the men assigned to it must be trained to .|.

He has never been a member of any labor union The Story-A ‘| nor have any of his close relatives. and there is meet at 7:30 ' nothing to indicate he is extremely sympathetic in the Rauh Li to the labor movement, except as a politician. Vandivier will i We could go through the whole category of president. harles | pis campaign oratory which sounded extremely Other office: rtation | ragical, if space permitted, yet his past record include Mrs, shows he was never extremely radical, nor : Mrs extremely conservative. ; shaw, treasure The most significant thing to me is that he libra recelved his political education in the old Pen- Mesdames | dergast political school of thought. Their motto La Rue Davis was to win an election by either fair méans or and Miss Gret foul, but the important thing was to win. The new program quesMon is—does Mr. Truman want his cam- Mrs. Wendel paign oratory enacted into laws? Well, your bership chai guess is as good as mine, ; Alan Hovlan : Ci city. i \ 3 : Mrs. Vernc What Others Say— Haute, Mrs. V - . , Winders will

problems. Ori; by the memb Mrs. Everett G a club member

THERE is a kind of dictatorship that can come about through a creeping paralysis of thought, readiness to accept paternalistic measures by the government and along with (them)

the U. 8. zone. This is no great problemg. The real problem is in finding qualified men for

The cases of the three “land directors” or sta® governors to serve in the American zone under General Clay provide excellent examples of what this problem is, In Hesse the director is Dr. James R.. Newman, a former school administrator in New York. He has been in military government since

know -what they're doing.

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training school of the same kind.

During the war the Army ran a school of . military government at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, It trained, hundreds of officers for the specific job of moving into liberated | « territory behind the fighting forces fo restore men did an excellent Job till they were released on points and sent home. What seems to be needed now is another

HELSINKI, Mar. 14—Thousands of Americans are being tricked into sending financial support to the Communist Party of Finland. - 3 ; "This ald is being used to finance Communist political cam.paigns and to train Finnish youth to despise “imperialist” United States and all that American democracy stands for. This is how it is done: _...Finland has serio us shortages of certain food items, such as coffee, dried fruits, and juices. ers. The nation does not have enough foreign exchange to buy these luxury items, So the government allows Finnish welfare organizations to receive gift parcels of these items from America, sell them

through the Tegular retail grocery stores for high prices, and use

the proceeds for welfare work.

Reds Move In - THE Communists have moved inte this system. They have founded a so-called “welfare” organisation, “Sirola Saatio™ or Sirola Foundation. : . This organization receives thousands of dollars worth of gift parcels each month from the U. 8.

The items are sold in grocery stores at high prices. And the |

proceds go to finance the- Sirola Foundation's Communist Party schools. The principal one of these schools is in a huge villa 60 miles north of Helsinki. + In America, the Communist complexion of the Sirola Foundition is soft-pedaled or concealed. Large ambunts heve been collected in New York for the Sirola Foundation, informed sources here sald, ‘

The Communist Party and “a few Finn-Americans who are

gympathetic to the Communist Party and its aims” are doing the collecting in America, my informants said, ! , : Coffee, dried fruits and juices are a real luxury here, so the Communists’ use of the American products to raise money is a lucrative political racket. .

Big Profit in Coffee

A POUND of cheap grade American coffee, for instance, can be bought in the U. 8. and sent here for a total cost of about 30 cents, if purchased in volume. Then it can be sold in any Finnish grocery for 1000 Finnish marks, : : The legal rate is 136 marks to the dollar. So for the invest.

ment in America of 30 cents, the Communist Party in Finland .

‘receives a pound of coffee worth $7.35 at the legal rate of exshakge, It can well afford to pay the usual fees and sales commissions. : : % =

The “helped finance their election campaign In Finland last J by ied

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SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

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"Towser won't perform any tricks today—do you want to hear .. grandpa do his funay imitation of you giving a sermon?"

Many Finns in Helsinki refuse to buy goods brought in by the foundation. : . oN "80 in Helsinki stores the name of the foundation is ether concealed or the goods identified in small letters as being put “up for sale by the “8 Foundation." ey rood aware that American products are welfare

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legitimate groups and Foundation. ‘So far no steps have been

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came. I see the palm trées. What else?— Robert Rossellini, Italian movie’ director. ‘ - . ® @ ® WE are making the same mistakes today that were made before every depression in our

Two New States?

WASHINGTON, Mar, 14—Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii is before Congress again this year, and although fights are fn prospect for .both, proponents believe their chances are better than ever. or . Net since 1912, when Arizona and New Mexico were ade mitted, has a new star been added to the flag. But the Alaskans

. and Hawaiians have gained many converts with their argument

that their territories have gone through a sufficient period of

The House Public Lands Committee has just recommended

statehood for both. The Senate Committee expects to act soon. Last year a Hawaii statehood bill passed the House and. died in the Senate. Neither House acted on the Alaska bill,

Some Opposed to -Hawali

POPULATION estimates are 425,000 for Hawait and 100,000 ~~

for Alaska. A majority of Alaskans are white Americans and their descendants—but Hawall is.about two-thirds oriental, a fact that threatens its chances despite its. superior economic situation. 3s NG Southerners in Congress express no particular opposition to Alaska statehood, but some are-apposed to admitting Hawaii because they fear the. possibility of more “colo:

of Congress. Hawali would have two Senators ahd perhaps

two Representatives, Alaska two Senators and one Representa y tiv Pus *

Hawaii ‘contends its orlentals are largely Americans by birth and in spirit, that they proved their loyalty in the war, and that its good racial relations are a model for the world. The non-white population of Alaska is Irfilan and Eskimo: Both are protected by law against discrimination but most of’ them choose to live in separate’ settlements and therefore pres sent no social problem, Ries, This territory other problems are. much greater: Its vast distances and the population limit communication.

Easier to Defend : STATEHOOD proponents expect forces, particularly in Alaska's case, because the territories are strategically important and would be emsier to defend if they had peitenurgaaima governments--and in the case of Alaska, ore people. : Statehood advocates describe their strength roughly this way: Most Senators and Cogresguen from, the Western states are actively for it, Some Southerners will’ mission, and some will find-it dificult to

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coming a surrender of our own responsibilities and, therefore, a surrender of eur own thought Sey mour over our own lives.—Gen. Dwight I. Eisenhower. Engaged ¢ & ¢ , Times | HOLLYWOOD is a great place. It is like WHITING, a sausage factory that turns out fine sausages. and ‘Mrs. Jam I go back to Italy. There I have freedom. I this city ann

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* history. We never learn from the mistakes of The weddin others. Every generation has to get its eco June. The fut: nomic thumping, it seems to me.—Reoger Bab- ing Indiana } son, economist. Heymann is i Re ; pr” Massachusetts ALASKA-HAWAII ...By Douglas Smith nology, Camb.

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President. Truman repeated the pledge In Congress. ad * a message to wad Tlic 3 record for statehood, but dop't Wpacity | 29 WEST ; te : : warn! Ey i ih : ! he - :