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

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Fair Trade for Whom? ™ charges filed this week by the Federal Trade Com- |

_the-spotlight Bn one of those remarkable federal laws the

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We have a feeling that if they did know about it they wouldn't like it. This statiute—the so-called “Fair Trade Act'—is one of those artificial schemes ta keep prices from coming down. It is enacted and it is administered and enforced by-a federal administration that has had a good deal to say about : Phices being too high, and that has repeatedly demanded The Indianapolis grocers distributed coupons, millions | of\them, which were stceptad in lieu of cash on purchasenin the stores last fall At the time it was estimated that altogether some $2 million in such coupons were in the bands of Indianapolis families which would be the equiva: lent a $2 mijion cut in grocery prices, e don't recall, at the time. anv consumers complain. - ing prices of Yood were too low. and in’ fact ‘the saving of $2 million, w¢ whatever the figure was, &p- |. peared to be very welcome: 3 Comes now the governmiact of He United States to charge that it wasnt fair for ghe grocery to sell an | article for less than another grocery was asking.

carnal illie h g . » 3 THE law apuies not only to groceries s but to about any “you could name. Under it a mahufacturer of! an item such as a cake of soap or a tube of toothpaste for instance, is allowed to set the price at which a retailer may sell the item, and the retailer is forbidden to sell it tran

leas than that.

+, . 806 it wipes out competition so far as s selling price is concerned on such items, although competition’ is the one effective regulator of prices that ever has been discovered and is the biggest single factor that has made American . living standards the highest in the world. Anyway, there's the law. So while the Federal. Trade Commission prosecutes some grocers for lowering the price of groceries, and the Federal Department of Agriculture « ‘spends billions to keep the price of potatoes and eggs and pork and so on from coming down, we can listen with: whatever respect the situation justifies to the plea of the federal’ government for more authority to reduce prices by decree.

City's Prayer for Peace, Good will

The turn-out of many thousands of Indianapolis resi. dents for Good Friday services all over the city today emphasizes again the mass hope of all mankind for peace and good will in a troubled world. The thousands who took time off from their busy, work-a-day-world to take part personally in solemn services, commemorating the crucifixion of Christ, gave added impetus to the world-wide struggle to place spiritual values of right over might. 5 By proclamation of Mayor Feeney: the city pauses this afternoon for one minute of prayer in tribute to the crucifixion and the symbol of faith and hope in immortality. spectacular climax Sunday ‘when “40,000 to 50,000 worshipers will crowd Monument Circle to attend the Easter Sunrise Service. » © There the voices of the city's church choirs will dramatize a message of good will, while children heap flowers at the base of a huge white eross—the essence of Easter—the new. Hifemthe Resurrection.

Big 7 Timer in the Big Time

IT MAY be that Joe DiMaggio, crippled by an injured heel ‘that just won't seem to mend, has played his last game. If 80, it’s too bad for baseball. It is not important how many records Joe has set since he first stepped to the plate in New York's awesome Yankee Stadium, although they are many. It is irrelevant that Ted Williams probably can out-hit him. Joe DiMaggio's stature rests in the fact that he is one of the few major leaguers today who look, and act, the part. ‘It is becoming hackneyed to refer to him as the “old pro,” ‘but: that is just what he is, He looks big-time. He looks big-time when he is hitting a home run, or striking out. He looks big-time when he is merely jogging back to the bench after going out on a ground ball, He looks big-time when

girl to a Broadway opening. In short, Joe DiMaggio is everything every kid has ever . imagined a major league ball player should be. The Ted

ers, all—look like plowboys alongside him. If he is forced out now, they can stow away the “old pro” term in moth- = balls forthe Jos Di¥aggios are few and far between.

Thomes and Toft Lore

ING Robert A. Taft of Ohio. as “the ablest of our present-day Senators,” Norman Thomas, six times Socialist candidate for President, said Mr. Taft's housing bill had been called socialism.

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ASIA. By Clyde Formwork:

S Chinese Reds Jolt ‘Friends’

“New Regime Not Turning Out "As Some Americans Expected SHANGHAI, Apr, 15--The mounting hostility of the Chinese Communists toward the United States und the fresh outpouring of their “devotion to the Boviet Union have jolted many

of their American well-wishers in China, But’ 4t hasn't jolted them loose from the

fdea that the United States should soméhow -!-

get in-there quick and try to beat Russia's time with the Chinese Reds. : These worried Americans include some rep“reseptatives of the State Department, some Fusinessmen, some missiondries, and some correspondents, numbering not a few of that old group which used to call the Chinese Communist movement &n agrarian uprising. Presumably a declaration of American support for the Chinese people, whatever their form of povernment, would be welcomed by the appeasers and —they hope-by the Chinese Communists, Failing that, Washington ought to do nothing to make the Reds more mad at us than they are already. " 5 rn

Embarrassed Friends

« CHINESE Communist words and deeds: of recent weks especially as the Atlantic Pact emerged and Communists around -the world

sounded off against it, have embarrassed their

American friends. varving degrees of wishful | the well-wishers had figured something like 1

That the Chinese Communists, while inclined toward communism, would somehow be “different” principally because they were Chinese. That they would honor their old pledges of respect for basic freedoms and their promises of normal trade relations, That the “homegrown” character of the Chinese Communist Party might contain enough Chinese “nationalism” to make Mao Tse-tung another Tito and China another Yugoslavia, thumbing their nose at the Kremlin. : That with such a deviation from the world party line, the Chinese Communists might win leadership of all Asiatic people who presumably would go Communist also and thumb their noses at the Kremlin. Then, with this great hloc of Asiatic Communist states the United States

'equld ‘seals a beautiful ®md Hiutually advanta-

geous friendship, Economie Self-Interest « THAT, as a last resort, ali other possibilities failing, the Chinese Commimists, crying for industrialization of; China, would just have to go along with the United States as a matter of

economic self-interest. So the argument went. Now with the Communist victory in North

“China, things are turning out differently.

“Far from welcoming American ald, the Communists have: Deciazed the ECA is “American imperial-

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Gonfiscated American-owned ECA supplies in Tientsin and Peiping. 2

extent of ‘barring. réligious Instruction in missionary institutions, My

In Tune With the. Ti imes

Barton Rees Pogue

EASTER BONNET oN

It was a chic creation, The label read: “Lilly Dache,” But when I saw the price tag, It took my breath away. 1 thought of all the many things Which I had planned to buy, 80 I put it back upon the shelf, (But not without a sigh...) For this was the hat I'd dreamed of, And sad it is to relate, - I'm wearing last year's headpiece I purchased for three ninety-eight. ~FLORENCE HINCHMAN, North Vernon. + & @

~ THE CROSS

I thought my cross almost too great to bear— I wondered why it had been given me; . It was another's too, I needs must share, And though I tried to share it valiantly, I sometimes failed, not knowing it-to be A means whereby I would be cleansed--set free Of grievous faults , . , did God so greatly care, He chastened but to prove me? Though my prayer It seemed He heard not, now, at last I see That for the needs of each He is aware. ~~MARGARET E, BRUNER, New Csustle. J oH / - EASTER /1 © sprightly pot of tulip plants, ‘Yeu tell the Easter story---Spring's triumph over winter death — In all your rosepink glory! -*=FLORENCE MARIE TAYLOR, - “indianapolis:

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“figures out phone bills. charges,

play gin rummy.

and there it is, right in the living room.

by sound waves,

that is beyond the average comprehension.

“Certainly Taft is advocating something he wasn't taught whén he was young,” Mr. Thomas observed. That he can pay such tribute to a Middle-Western RePublican also shows that Mr. Thomas, himself, doesn’t wear ¢ wool over his eyes. Neither Tafts nor Thomases would flou h in areas w re every id pot found in the books of Marko or Lenin; is condemned. .

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pitand read the statement. of two psychia- | AT] Siilak ghergien in children that the triale and feibils. Bobbing to be sucesed at. :

and atomic.

There are a lot of normal, intelligent human beings who are baffled by any mechanism much more coggplicated than a screw- |. . driver. They are mystified enough by things as they are today. We worry sometimes at what will happen to their egos in a future where invisible, incomprehensible forces wait on them hand

and foot. Human Behavior and Science

THE adjustment isn’t going to be quick or easy. human race must get human behavior to keep pace with scientific Po : achievement if it 18 to survive. Then will come the problem of | his phone bill with the electrical accountant that totted up the | figures. He'll shy away from a friendly game of gin with a box of tubes and wires that can beat him any time he wants to pick up

"reconciling average, human ingenuity - with Specialized human

genius,

Until the adjustment i= made we foresee a rough time for ah horse-and-buggy—or at least “Model-T"—minds while they are learning to live surrounded: by mysterious, wonder-working “Interfority complexes, we fear, will_be thicker than

ets, evision antennae.

That man with the “Model- T" mind won't be able to discuss

Curtailed religtaus freedom at least to the

PEOPLE vs. SCIENCE «++ By James Yheosher

World of Gadgets -

WASHINGTON, -Apr. 15—Every now and then we get an uncomfortable feeling. that the robots are after us. That’is oldfogyism, and silly to boot, People have been complaining about over-mechanization since the day when some speed-mad genius Invented the wheel and started the whole thing rolling. . But we still get that feeling. The latest twinge came after reading about a new device that-answers the phone for you when A wire recorder permits the callers to leave a message, and also informs them of the obvious fact that you aren't We never did figure out what lifts the phone off the

there is now an electric brain that The folks who use it say it never overOccasionally charges you too little, though.

fis Williamses, the Stan Musials, the Bob Fellers—great play~ | ‘Electric Brain for Chess THERE is also an electric brain that plays chess. If that is -| too deep for the ineraly human opponent, it will condescend to

Chicagoans -with television sets can choose from a selection of movies, call the phone company and announce their choice —

They're now bolling water, washing clothes and lighting pipes Highway cops are pinching speeders with the -*help.of radar. More and more everyday activities are graduating to the**“look-no-hands” category where things work .in a way

. No doubt this is all for the best. At least the people who invented all these things must have been trying to make life easier for their fellow man as well as make money for themselves, But we wonder what Is going to happen to the subconscious lives of a lot of people as their everyday world Brows more electronic

WORLD AFFAIRS .

prominent member of the Senate. In the course of tHeir private talk the Senator, who is one of the most earnest advocates‘of international co-operation, was oppressed by some disquieting doubts about the future of the pact. It was a curious conversation. different set of beliefs. The foreign minister was full of confidence. He ‘seemed to feel that everything had been settled, including the certainty of a generous allotment of lend-lease arms for his country and . other nations of the pact where the need is “great, The Benator was not nearly so sure. tried to put in a little caution so that the distinguish visitor would return to "his homeJand with at least the understanding that it would take time to ratify and implement the Agreement. nh

At Cross Purposes

THIS note of caution made the ambassador most unhappy. Obviously, he~did not want his minister to return with any doubts. So in the end the three talked more or less at cross purposes. Now that the pact is before the Senate, there is an object lesson in this conversation for the days ahead. Many Senators are fearfiil that the promises made to the European nations signing the pact have been ‘too glib and too generous, They see trouble ahead .in this connection, > The No. 1 consideration is time. Given the present temper of the Senate, quick action simply is not possible. Approval of the pact is likely to take many weeks, Hearings before the Foreign Relations Committee have not yet been scheduled. They prob- - ably will begin toward the last of this month or the first part of May. They are certain to be lengthy. The question in many senatorial minds is whether ratification of the pact is also a commitment to provide arms. Secretary of State Dean Acheson will be called on’ to answer that one, and. it will not be easy. Directly related are doubts as to the internal stability and strength of certain of the signa- - tory powers. The fear is that arms sent from

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‘Hoosier Forum

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

‘Keynote of Progress’ By James Bartle Jr., Greenficld, Ind. Never before have I taken the UUme nog had the incentive to sit down and write to the Hoosier Forum, But, after reading A. J. Schneider's epistle concerning Daylight Saving Time and’ Mayor Feeney's stand on the subject, 1 could restrain myself no longer. Mr. Schneider is of the opinion that intels ligent adults are merely deluding themselves by reverting to Daylight Saving Time during the summer months, . “Pretending” he calls it, Pretending in my “book ‘is pretty close to imagination, and imagination is the keynote of progress. Without millions of hours of pre=tending, dreaming and highly imaginative minds

1 Indianapolis would never have become the ime:

portant metropolis it is today. So I can't see anything wrong with people pretending. If it helps it certainly isn't any sin. In every day there are 24 hours, portions of which are used for sleeping, working, eating, recreation and the other normal activities. Ac cording to some people, nothing is being taken into consideration except the hours spent works

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. By Marquis Childs

Trouble Ahead for Allied Pact?

WASHINGTON, Apr. 15-—At the time of the signing of the Atlantic Pact one of the ambassadors took his foreign minister tp call on a

* this country may fall into the hands of political adventurers of the right or the left. When it comes t6 debate on the Senate floor, no one would be rash enough to prophesy the

number of weeks‘that will be devoted to speech-.

making. Both in the heafings and in the floor

- debate it appears certain that the pact and the

arms to implement it will be linked together.

Validity of Pact

SOME sincere opponents, such as Sen. Forrest C. Donnell of Missouri, will take hours if not days to expound their uncertainty as to whether the pact violates fundamental provisions of the Constitution. Old-fashioned isolationlsts of the type of Sen. Willlam Langer of North Dakota will exploit the familiar theme of a decadent Europe leaning on the United States, Much of this oratory will be tailor-made for the Soviet propaganda radio beamed at Western ‘European peoples. Secretary Acheson has made an effort to prepare the signatory powers for this performance, But whether, in view of his delicate role as negotiator and mainstay of strength and en-

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couragement, he has been able to do this is |

questionable. .

Some Senators have been disturbed by State |

Department announcement of European arma-

. ment requests released while the debate on Eu-

ropean aid was still on. They are fearful of implied promises of arms and, back of that, the hint that the number of American troops in Europe will be greatly increased, There is no reason why all these doubts cannot be honestly resolved in frank discussion. If the foreign ministers returned with an impression of quick action, they will have to adjust to the cirrent reality.

Grave Risks

AT THE same time jt is important for the Senate to understand the viewpoint of the Europeans who signed the pact. They came here realizing the grave risks they took for their respective: countries in defying Soviet threats, They: could not, politically speaking, have taken those risks without the hope and even the assurance of tangible help toward greater security. What must be avoided on both sides of the Atlantic is mutual disillusion and the bitter recrimination that would go with it. The moral of ail this is Patience aug Li and then more Patience

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The normat indbvidual operates nie using the clock as his gauge of the time. it it's easier to set it up an hour during .the summer months, why not? = As to staggering the rush hour to avoid traffic and other problems to be taken care of if we didn't change time, why not change thé clocks and get the traffic situation solved? Then when we changed back the problem would remain solved.

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. . y ‘Congrotulations to The Times By John Alvah Dilworth, 816!; Broadway. My heartiest congratulations to The Times for its fine and timely “How's your goose step?” article. It was more than good journalism. It was no ism but Americanism. It should serve as a handwriting on the wall to all Communists and

bo feilow- travelers, be. they. selihstyled Americans .

or otherwise. I wish to quote one paragraph: - “A free press 4s the bedrock under democ= trodes vulval yo tes re papers or to the government. You are an owner. It includes your right to write letters and circularize them. And your right to read what you want to. “To forget that is to invite trouble.” Yes, there are those in Indianapolis who have forgotten it and the Bill of Rights and Constitution. Some have, others will, belatedly recognize this situation, for the Taft-Hartley Act has reduced the margin of attempts to stifle freedom of speech. They drink the cup whose suppression of a free press, freedom of religion, speech and ‘thought potion -is the sin of the Communists and their fellow travelers, Millions of decent Americans have long forgotten the basic truth that human beings get fundamental rights from God and the U. 8. Constitution and Bill of Rights and not from closed or union shops-- hot from Ahe politicians.

‘Gambling Should Fool No One’ By Hiram Lackey, Martinsville, Ind. Gambling is wrong because it conflicts with moral’ law. Gam encourages dishonesty, invites murder, breal# up homes by poverty, goes hand in hand yfith profdnity and corrupts public officials. It makes for lawlessness. In gambling you seek to get something for nothing. it is the opposite of production and Christian civilization. Gambling is so old and discredited it should fool no one. <>

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‘Police Uniforms Confusing’ By Paris H. Horney, 523 N. Pine St. Let's keep our municipal police force in blue uniforms and put other colors on special police such as factory guards. Or else we should have more positive identification on them. . Just think what confusion results if citizens are not sure whether they are talking to a qualified city police officer or a special guard from a factory or some office. 4

What Others Say—

You (Americans) are too soft with us. Hite

ler would not have let us indulge in nationalistic -

whinis. Stalin will not do so, if the collapse of Europe gives him the chance. -—Max Meert, Belgian industrialist. — * ¢ 9 I'M going to stay home nights with my mother for at least two years. 1 have a job te d6, but I'm keeping that a secret.—Actress Lilg~ Leeds, as she was released from jail. j * oo

IF the totalitarian methods of .., , presents -

day Moscow triumph, individual human heings all over the world will lose their liberties. —

| Gearge V. Allen, assistant secretary of state fop

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FARM SUBSIDY oss By Earl Richert 3

Pork Price Trouble

WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 For the first time in history, the Agriculture Department expects soon. to be buying millions of pounds of pork for the sole purpose of holding up hog. prices,“We're scared to death,” said Ralph 8. Trigg, president of the Commodity Credit Corp., the government agency which will “We can't guess how much we'll have to spend.” . Hog prices at Chicago now are less than $2 above the government support price of $16.75 per 100-—the 90 per cent of parity price which the Agriculture Department is ordered by law to maintain. And department officials, from Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan down, think that prices will sag to the floor within the next few weeks with the peak movement to. market of last fall's pig crop.

Demand for Pork Less

REASON for their certainty is that three million more coming - to market this spring than demand for pork products by consumers. is less than last year, Departinent officials say they don't know what they'll do with the pork once they get it, only outlet and some difficulty may be encountered in getting European countries to use their funds for such a high-priced The school-lunch program cannot be used bécause few schools are equipped to handle such products as pork. Agriculture officials talk freely about the. coming porke purchase program, citing it as an example of why Congress should permit them to pay direct subsidies to farmers—as proposed under the new farm program-—rather than ‘having to buy such perishable commodities as is now the. case, Department officials say that to hold hog prices to farmers at $16.75 per 100 pounds they will have to pay packers at least $25 per 100 for pork. Under the new subsidy scheme, they would simply let hog prices fall to ‘whatever the free market would. support and pay the” hig 1armers the difference between the prices Teceived amg the $16.75 SUppOpt, price.

Lower Prices

“EVEN presuming the subsidies would cost as much as the actual pork buying, the subsidies at least would let" the cons sumers have lower pork prices.” : Secretary Brannan has asked Congress to grant him the authority to use the subsidy payments this year on pork and milk. “Fhe Test of Nis Progra ie stehs to have made aftacHve,

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