Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1949 — Page 10

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~*V coal-haullng lines face two weeks without work and

wages because John L. Lewis has shut down the coal mines east of the Mississippi. i But this latest arbitrary Lewis move should produce two public benefits, not intended by him, : It should convince Congress and the country that such safeguards as the Taft-Hartley Act provides against union leaders’ abuse of monopoly power must be kept and

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’ i . .And it should bring quick Senate confirmation of President Truman's nominee, Dr. James Boyd, for director of the federal Bureau of Mines For Mr. Lewis has done something else he didn't intend, He has forced to public attention the fact that his bitter objections to Dr. Boyd are as completely phony as the reasons he gives for the mine shutdown. :

SEN. MICLIKIN of Colorado; Dr. Boyd's home staté,

has blocked the confirmation since 1947. At the President's request, Dr. Boyd has served without pay as the bureau's acting head since January, 1048. Mr. Lewis says the mine

~ shutdown is a protest and a mourning peried for “the

unpecessary slaughter of 55115 men killed and injured

“in the calendar year, 1948, during Boyd's incumbepcy of

his usurped office.” ~The truth is that coal-mining accidents in 1048 killed ‘1115 mena smaller number than in all but one of the previous years for which records are available. o The further truth is that John L. Lewis has power, which Dr. Boyd has not, to enforce mine safety. The bureau director can only recommend safety measures; never given him authority to order them under Mr. Lewis’ contract with the mine union safety committee at each mine can close dangerous, and keep it closed

‘Molotov, the Favorit J¥ THERE was any doubt a week ago that Molotov was still the No. 2 Mr. Big in Moscow—and we didn’t think there was much—it is now as clear as anything can be in that realm of the unpredictable that he retains his im‘Those wishful thinkers who interpreted his “release” from the foreign office as a demotion presaging change in Soviet policy were wrong, or at least premature. Every Russian move in the past week has been in line with the tough Molotov technique. In Berlin the Russians have been more provocative. In London they have been more adamant in the Austrian treaty negotiations. In Finland they have increased pressure on that small helpless neighbor, In the United Nations they have challenged the West across the board. And in Italy for the first time in many months thelr Communist lackeys have revived the threat of a general strike—this time to block Italian mem-

®. » on 0» © OF COURSE, it would be possible for Stalin to continue Molotoy’s ruthless foreign methods without keeping . him personally next to the throne. Possible, but not probable, when Molotov's own hatchet-man, Vishinsky, was given the foreign office job. But the best evidence that Molotov is in high favor comes directly from the Kremlin, At the formal opening. of the Supreme Soviet, Molotov walked in with Stalin and sat at his right hand—and heirarchical precedence in the Red dictatorship is as rigid as that of the Czars, Molotov was given a big ovation by the Supreme Soviet or puppet parliament. Those members cannot afford to guess wrong about the favorite. They keep their jobs, even their lives, by knowing who's who in the all-powerful Politburo. Like the political henchmen, the controlled Mos cow editors also are kowtowing to Molotov. : Until .and unless Molotov mysteriously disappears or dies suddénly—a Kremlin occupational hazard—it can be assumed he is next to Stalin in power.

A Well-Timed Debut

THAT new streak of healthy pink in the business. sky is the first flush of television coming over the Hoosier horizon. In about two and a half months Central Indiana will get its first full taste of sustained see-and-hear enter. - tainment. The television industry has refrained from selling TV sets in volume in the Indianapolis area until there are reliable programs. Distributors steered clear of disap- . pointed owners. : ; But the day is now coming, and swiftly, when this long-incubated infant of communication will join Indian. apolis homes by the hundreds. .. This week television dealers brought their receiving sets out of back rooms and offered them for sale for the first time. And next Saturday the Electric League will show both the curious and the anxious everything television has to offer for a week in the Electric Living Show at the State Fairgrounds. We are glad television waited, for now, with sets both less expensive and better, it should produce something worth while.

Closer Contest A FRENCH Communist is said to have confessed that he “7 gave information on French armaments to officials of a ple’s democracy.” With all the “confessions” that have and Bulgaria lately, it is a little um this side of the fron curtain,

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RAIL FENCE PHILOSOPHIES I'm convinced that the greatest undeveloped in the world lies under our hats , . . most f will believe anything if it is whispered to them. . , . A bore is a man (or woman) who ' deprives you of solitude ‘without providing you with company, ; . . No one is exempt { talk Ing nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly.

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gets most of the blanket. , . . I knew a buy who has gradually wormed his out of my confidence, ~THE BROWN COUNTY SAGE. Lalas Ae 9

NEWCOMERS

Oh, Terre Haute's a friendly place! Already there's a friendly face Next door, to smile or nod or say 'hello’ to, And ‘how are you's’ are most profuse Fron tradesmen .. . I can scarcely choose The dairy or the grocery store to go to!

No one inquired if I'm a crank Or if we mean to rob a bank, And no one asks us for our family tree— Like magic, friendly folks appear And simply say ‘We're glad you're here’ And we're inclined, with gladness, to agree!

1-hepe I-can remember when Somebody new moves in again The pattern of my neighbors to retrace, friendly view I can renew So they can feel as I now do . That Terre Haute's a friendly, friendly place! ESTHER KEM THOMAS, Terre Haute, ¢® ¢ 9

. "MERRY-MO:-OF-MARCH

Oh, March brings us famous March weather, More vibrant, more thrilling, than Nov; together, And a youth, so they say, of love. When first it is clear, and then clammy By far, March is ranker than Dee.; When people come back from Miami, Along with the robins and geese. The month when Spring fashions are played up, While passions for ice-skating ebb And March is the month when you're laid up With the flu you contracted in Feb, HARLAN LEACH, Fowlerton, * ¢ ¢

’ PERHAPS Perhaps when life's, Ji is ended And the gates to the West, All poor broken hearts will be mended

That we plan for so bravely each day, Sans strife, parting, heartache or sorrow, Will be well worth the price that we pay. ~LOUISE MAE HOGAN, Indianapolis.

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IRRETRIEVABLE Dream-filled days that now have gone Into the land of oblivion. So carelessly we let them pass For brighter days, we thought, alas! To them back we now would deign-— And relive our yesterdays again. ~MARY R. WHITE, Indianapolis. * 4 -

REQUEST The reason I'm writing this letter to you, My dear little southern friend, ‘ 1 left behind me several things, Which I'm asking vou to send— A very large patch of bright blue sky, And if it's no trouble to you, A barrel of Florida's healing sunshing You can send along with it teo,

Send me the song of the mocking bird, And the soft little hreeze That hung all day in the tops of the pines, nd also the tall palm trees. sure, if you look, you can find these things, know that I left them there, end them y, C. 0. D, In our Heavenly Father's care.

«N, BROWNING, Batesville. * +

, IF If I could be a little star, I'd shine my little light Into the window where you are And wink at you all night. ~WALTER NEWTON REED, Indianapolis.

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WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs Future U. S. Program in Germany

WASHINGTON, Mar, 15-For at least two years, the State Department has been planning to take over administration of the American zone of occupied Germany, The State Department planners have so lo been on the outside looking in they can bring themselves to believe this miracle will come to pass, Yet once again they are dusting off and republishing the organization charts and the detailed plans. And this time there is some reason to hope that civilians may ultimately determine and administer German policy, which has up until now been largely determined by the military. : : One reason for the new hope is the presence in the State Department of Robert Murphy at the head of a Division of German and Austrian Affairs. Mr, Murphy has been sitting for four years at Gen. Clay's right hand in Berlin, He knows the problem thoroughly and he has the confidence of military men who would, of course, continue to have an important role in the oc cupation, .

Move fo Reverse ‘Trend

WHETHER Mr. Murphy in Washington and a civilian administrator in Berlin could reverse the trend of the past year is a question, Decisions have been taken by former Undersecretary of Army William Draper in the Pentagon building and Gen. Clay in Berlin that seem to

4 scommit this country for a long way into the

future. There is a growing and unhappy conviction in this country that U, 8. policy means the return of German industry to former Nazi owners. This seemed to be confirmed in the recent announcement of the 12 Germans nominated to supervise the great industrial complex of the Ruhr.

Several of these men served the Nazis as managers of German steel and coal when Hitler was pushing every blast furnace to the ytmost limit for resrmament. It may be argued that ‘they are not technically the former “owners” of German industry. Nor are they members-of the Krupp family. But often, in a large corporate structure, management exerts more influence than ownership. The answer of Gen. Clay and his advisers is that only men with managemegt and technical skill can restore Ruhr production. What is little known in this country, how-

ever, is tha the German trade unions sent in

their own list of nominees who were comparatively free of the taint of having worked for

the Nazis. There are indications that the State .

Department fayored this list. It is-a significant fact that the 12 men nominated by the bi-zonal-eeenomie council have not yet been approved by the three military governors—Gen, Clay and his opposite British and French administrators.

Democratic Policy

THE LOUD opposition from the U, 8. may have something to do with the delay since Gen. Clay announced on Feb, 26 that the decision would be taken in a week or 10 days. The time has come, it seems to me, to organize American public opinion behind a really - democratic policy for Germany; a policy that would win the allegiance of the German people and not just a few managers at the top. There

are signs that Secretary of State Dean Acheson

wants to Institute such a policy. A nation-wide conference on foreign policy would be extremely useful to Mr. Acheson amd to the country. Such & conference would bring together representatives of labor, the farm organizations, the co-operatives -and a wide band of independent groups representing important sections of public opinion. The first move before such a gathering would be to review the steps that have led to the present impasse, Then it would be the duty of the conference to formulate a positive approach to the German problem. Mr. Acheson himself would in all probability want io come and address such a representative assembly.

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THE conference would not necessarily be restricted to Germany. The whole course of U, 8. foreign policy could be reviewed and appraised. The educational value of such a meeting, in terms of public opinion and understanding, could not be estimated, ' : Too long we have been put off with guesses and half answers. What is more, no policymaker, however strong his intentions, can move much beyond public opinion. The kind of gathering proposed here could be expected to back Acheson in a new approach to Germany. As is all too apparent in Congress today, the promises and counter-promises of a cams paign are quickly forgotten. A little reminder, spelled out in terms of popular conviction, is in order.

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publicly as agents of a foreign power, the Soviet Union, committed to opposition of our nation in ease of war, We face Red revolution at home and Red aggression abroad. The Red strategy is to organize American workers, regiment them under Red Union com. missars a this nation industrially in case we are forced to fight Russia. The wave of pronouncements by Communist leaders offer ing support te-the Soviets in case of War is “intended to be a show of Stalin's power and a form of intimidation, We had better take warn Ing. “Every proletarian a dictator” is the new Red slogan, so that may exp! the attempts to dictate to Congress and state legislatures our left-wing radicals. Remember that Socialists and Communists follow Marx and the Red flag in their fanatical war against ine dividual liberty. They intend to regiment every.

body. It is a little peculiar how a organised

radicals gained contrel of American

labor. The -Marxists-hate our. : and are sworn is davrel 1 so if we - reserve our pol an pres independence we must drive the Reds from all positions of power in organized labor, from

' tederal and state government posts, from teach. ing positions in our educational system, i The Reds are seditionists, saboteurs and potential traitors, We must organize a counter revolution and drive the Red agents of Moscow from the temples of our Republic or they will enslave all of us.

*. 9% * AVC Opposes Pension Plan

By Jack Hayes, Indiana State Counell, American Veterans Committee d The American Veterans Committee, since its organization five years ago, has fought for the principle that veterans are citizens first. While we have recognized certain legitimate veterans’ problems, our constant aim and intent has been to function as citizens in our respective come

munities. : i farsighted We have recognized what less farveterans’ Re Ee have not — that the. veteran can have frpedom and security only if freedom and security are had by all Americans, That has been our basis for support of civil liberties, for public health insurance for all, not just veterans, for public housing for any whe peed it. That is the basis for our objection to the Rankin pension plan for veterans, H.R. 2681. We recognize the need for social security payments to increased mumbers of people at increased rates, but we also know that need for these payments is not based on World War status but on past and present real income. Ninety dolars a month to veterans over 65 is a wasteful and grandiose scheme started a vote-grabbing politician, We of the AV! condemn this scheme and encourage a compre hensive and adequate social security plan which and non-veteran alike, That is democracy. . will meet the needs of all our citizens, veter

What Others Say—

' SLOGANS are useful to salesmen and during a war, but they are a bad basis for policy, There are many different ideas about what democracy

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means, Both Russia and the United States say

they are democracies, and both accuse the other of being imperialist, — John Duncan Miller, . Washington correspondent, The London Times.

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THE youth of today want toe much and they are adopting the “laissez-faire” philosophy of life. They should have a good objective in order to get a real sense of responsibility.—Dr. Wile liam H. Coleman, dean of Bucknell University.

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WHEN we talk about planning the things we want to do economically we are with being Communists and fellow-travelers, I think that the difficulty is that... the people who find fault with us . . . are. thinking about controlled economy, not planned economy, — President Truman.

NATIONAL ECONOMY ...By Earl

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Big Spending PI WASHINGTON, Mar, 15-=Main reason for the Truman administration’'s continued optimism over the general economic out-

look this year is the knowledge that federal, state and local governments are going to pour record peacetime mountains of cash

The President's council of economic advisers estimates all branches of government will spend $0 billion more this year . than last, increasing total government spending from $52 to $61 |

If the national income remains at $224.5 billion—what it was in 1948—total government spending of $61 billion will mean that 27 cents out of every $1 of income will go for government. Last year goverment cost 23 cents of every $1 of income. : The extra $9 billion, it is thought, will offset the decline in purchases by consumers who already have their post-war needs fairly well filled or are so much in debt they can't buy new high-

GOVERNMENT-FINANCED construction of roads and schools, for example, is expected to increase miore than enough to offset the drop in construction of private homes whose would-be are priced out of the An, Also, the administration's program approved by Conbress, give private builders millions of dollars worth of business. A bill r approved by the Senate Banking Committee calls for construction units a year for the next six

Only a part of this increased spending will be paid for by more taxes taken out of the pockets of consumers. Much will be spent, particularly in respect to public schools, by borrowing via bond issues. This will be paid out of later taxes, of course. Wartime accumulated surpluses also will provide the money for needed projects. Tennessee, for example, is financing a twoyear. $22 million road-building program from its $33 million gen-

Ohio has a $70 million surplus which is earmarked for capital

improvements and Colorado's $10 million surplus is expected to be building program and rehabilitation of

TEXAS HAS a $600 million accumulated surplus and already enough spending bills have been introduced in the Texas legis-

California has about $500 million set aside in reserves for

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accumulated life insurance dividends to World War An increase of about $2 Billion is expected this year over last in direct payments by the federal government to business.

Most of this will be due to expanded payments in support of national security, especially for the aircraft

Most of the increased spending will be vy the federal governbudget

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IN THE last few days, however, there are indications Bwedes are becoming concerned about thelr position. There is still not enough alarm to cause for admission to the Atlantic alliance. decision to stay out is being questioned by some. The Swedes thought a “Scandinavian pact” to No pact would have been almost from joining any other defensive important, it made no provision for military staff conferences among

ALLIED DEFENSE ...By William H. Newton

Sweden’s Neutrality

STOCKHOLM, Mar. 15—Although the Swedes are staying out of the Atlantic alliance, they want and expect American help in case they are invaded. Almost 140 years of neutrality has deeply affected the way the average Swede looks upon the world, He just cannot believe, for example, that the Red army would ever occupy his beautiful city of Stockholm, or that it would ever be bombed. Nor can he imagine that the entire Western world would not spring to arms the moment this unthinkable thing happened.

With tha exception of some army and air force leaders, the Swedes have almost no conception of the rapidity with whi recent world events have occurred. ;

‘Increase Our Risk’

IF YOU ask a Swedish politician why his country did not join the Atlantic Pact, he will give you a stock answer in two sentences: “It would increase our risk without increasing our security, and if we are attacked, Britain and America will immediately come to our aid anyway.” The Swedes’ idea of an ‘alliance which would give them _ Security would be one which put thousands of American troops in Bweden, all stationed along the border, facing Russia. They know this is impossible, And they have little interest in a pact which could not defend the borders of every involved, but which would pool a common- effort to sell every inch as dearly as possible. .. The Swedes and they have no other plans in the event that should become They just don’t want to think about it. , Back of their attitude is the age-old ingrained ides that

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