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Give TAghs ans the People Wili Find Thetr Own Way

Teaching by the Hour? ‘JNDIANAPOLIS public school teachers, who just got their pay raised, also got a slightly longer working schedule ~ for next year. It amotints to around 35 minutes a day, plus about 10 ‘extra days, more “working time" for next year than for his year. 8 « Being people of naturally keen and logical minds it didn't take them long to figure out that in some cases, at Jeast, teachers will actually get less per hour next year— even at the higher annual salary, + First reports were that some teachers were indignant ~ #bout that, ~ But we doubt if very many teachers are really very indignant. iv yn . 8» + THE fact is school teachers don’t work by the hour— and never have. : The hours they spend “on duty” . . . actually in the school room . . . are by no means all of their working day. Most of the teachers we know spend many an hour at “home work” . . . grading pupils’ work, preparing next day's lesgons, doing all the hundred and one other things that are Somehow expected of a public school teacher. Even their yacations often enough are spent in school, preparing them- ~ pelves to do their own jobs better. Like any other profes#ional work, it can’t be measured with a clock, in spite of e efforts of a sizable lot of dreamy theorists in government and elsewhere to put all human enterprise on such a

3 ‘We're glad Indianapolis teachers are getting a pay in- + «+ « which will average about $170 each next year, We wish it could have been a bigger one.

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: And we're not going to worry . . . any more than we lieve the teachers are . . . about what it would amount loin hourly wages. Much more to the point is that we don’t Jose sight of the fact that Indianapolis top pay for teachers still well below the top pay for such cities as Evansville, ~ Pouth Bend, Ft. Wayne and East Chicago, right here in our * pwn state . . , and that we don't stop trying to bring it up | atleast to the level current in Indiana.

Hoover Commission for Indiana THE recent Hoover Commission survey for reorganization i of the Federal government for economy and efficiency. i8:a project that should be undertaken in Indiana as a step to ¢drrect our costly, overlapping government services. © i, Indiana's present government structure, from the State ~~ House on down through the counties, townships, cities and towns, unchanged jn basic operation for a hundred years, is becoming increasingly expensivé and cumbersome. ~~ % In short, Indiana has outgrown its government designed , ‘oviginally to serve a much smaller population of the horse- ~ #nd-buggy days two or three generations ago. $ ov ilamUn Me

i sx » . i A HOOVER COMMISSION survey in Indiana would

aw, for example, that governmental services are being duplicated three ways in many of the larger counties.

; We now have a city government, township government a county government all providing duplicated services for Indianapolis. 4. It means that taxpayers are pouring money into three nits of government for a service that could be supplied at nich less cost by one operation. 4 | Creation of a commission similar to the one headed by former President Herbert Hoover to provide the facts for some consolidations in Indiana's cumbersome government $s a step the people cannot afford to postpone for very long.

ake a Fresh Start HIS session of Congress will not substitute for the Taft- ~ &% Hartley Act the kind of labor law which the Truman ad: Hninistration and the union leaders have tried—and failed— #$o bull through, : The votes in the House have made that clear, This session still can pass a new labor law based on n and justice—one designed to protect the essential - Fights of workers and employers alike, to give neither labor ‘hor management unfair advantage and to serve the para“mount public interest. 4° That is what it should do. § But if that is to be done, the administration and Conwill have to back away from their present stalemate, acquire wisdom and make a fresh start. Mr, Truman will have to tell the union leaders that he eaunot deliver a law completely satisfactory to them, \ He will have to tell them that, if they want the Taftartley Act repealed, they must accept an adequate degree legal responsibility to the public for what they do with nized labor's power; they must, that is, accept some «Hartley principles in any new legislation.

” " N » » » bs EXTREMISTS in Coporgge-~n, both sides of thevissue, have to develop a willingness to meet on sensible middle ound. . ~The present situation is ripe for constructive efforts reach a reasonable compromise. In the House, Republicans and Southern Democrats sroved their ability to defeat the administrations bill, but gould not muster enough support to pass their proposed ubstitute, the Wood Bill. So the House has dumped the whole question of labor legislation back on its Labor Com- © Snittee, which has announced that it will try to write a satis- ' Hactory new measure, {The Senate's Labor Committee has rubber;stamped he original administration bill, but passage of that bill by s Senate seems as unlikely as it proved to be in the House. ~ Many the Taft-Hartley Act's supporters acknowlSdee that it is ‘mot perfect and are willing to accept new oglalation meeting valid objections by labor and the admin. though not to scrap certain Taft-Hartley princi

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consider sound and essential. ‘§t Mr. Truman, the union leaders and their ongress want to keep the Taft-Hartley Act ical: issue, they can do that by mainattitude. But we are convinced people want is a determined politics by settling it fairly.

ASIA. By Clyde Farmwonki Shanghai Now Nightmare City Crackup of People Could Beat ——Reds to Knockout Punch =~

SHANGHAI, May 6-—-Shanghal today is less a city than a disordered state of mind—somewhere between the screaming meemies and collective insanity, This mental state, populated by more than five million people, consists of a nightmarish conflict between inertia and the will to flée, of dull complacency and paralyzing fear, of fateful resignation and shrill hysteria—all bordered on the west by the Communist threat and un certainty. : Shanghai thus far is unable ‘to make out ‘the Reds’ intentions except isolation of the city from its overland connéction with the rest of China, The ¢ity is becoming an island surrounded by water and Communists, There's no telling when the Reds will put on the heat--if they do. A nervous crackup of the people and Shanghai's economic death

. could beat the Communists to the knockout

punch. The Reds may be counting on that,

Controlled by Military

THE city is firmly in the grip pf police and Nationalist military power, This now includes censorship which the few remaining foreign correspondents are trying on for size, Rumor spreading is now a capital offense, but there is a plentiful and unpunished crop. One bit of unconfirmed talk is that the “secret plan” of the Communists call for complete dispersal of 8Bhanghai’s Chinese population, The idea is that Shanghal’s five million people are considered too troublesome for Red management and therefore they are to be transported to some sparsely populated hinterland region su¢h as Manchuria or Sinkiang where they would be moré easily managed. Everybody. is wondering how the Communists could feed Shanghai when the city’s present three months’ supply of rice has been consumed and no more is forthcoming from ECA, Shanghai's population may indeed be given the choice between dispersal and starvation under the Reds. The lower Yangtze rice erop wouldn't have been sufficient to feed Shanghai even without the Communist offensive that's being pressed south of the river,

Currency Worthless

BUT the way things are going the people are likely to lack money with which to buy rice long before there's no rice to buy. The gold yuan currency of the National government is

holding a bundle of gold yuans as big as a shoe box, With that money last August he could have bought the building In front of which he was begging. The price of rice is being controlled, but other food such as meat is getting out of reach of most Shanghal citizens. Yesterday a pound of bean sprouts cost 54,000 gold yuan, . Gendarmerie and police have been delegated to’ handle the internal security of the city rather than the garrison regulars. Both the gendarmerie and the soldiers have been making themselves at home in S8hanghal's leading hotels, > The two questions among foreigners today in Shanghai are: “Any plans?” “Any planes?’

In Tune With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue : RENDEZYOUS “Phere is & secret meating place,” I'd often heard folks say,

“Where we may walk and talk with God And kriow his blessed way!"

“A secret meeting place!” 1 said, “I'll hunt for it, and find A sacred Rendezvous with HIM, The Father of Mankind!”

And so I searched for many years For some secluded spot; O'er countless weary miles I walked To find—I knew not what!

Then journey’s end-—and what I should Have known right at the start,

I searched the world for one small place, And found it in my heart!

~-SUE ALLEN, Indianapolis.

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Wood Bill Mystery

WASHINGTON, May 8—The mystery of who wrote the socalled “Wood" bill as a substitute for the Taft-Hartley labor law Is pretty thick, But it isn’t really as mysterious as has been

Democratic Congressman John 8, Wood of Canton, Ga. whose name is on the bill, is himself largely responsible for what«

His first answer to the question, “Who wrote the Wood bill?” is; “It was not written by the Department of Labor.”

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FARM PROBLEMS . . . By Marquis Childs Brannan Seen in Tight Spot

~ WASHINGTON, May 6-—Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan is tall, balding, looking a little like an overworked college professor. On his high-domed head in recent weeks has poured a delugé of criticism that seems to be growing rather than decreasing in volume, The reason, of course, is the Brannan plan to support farm prices with government subsidies that are intended to make it possible at the same time for consumers to eat more at lower prices. Not since the beginning of the New Deal have so many dead cats and over-ripe tomatoes been aimed at one target. 3 A lot of the attack comes from sideline critics who take it for granted that the Brannan plan is a gimmick dreamed up by its author for one sinister purpose or another. Mr, Brannan is deliberately trying to undermine the free enterprise system. Or, he is putting over.a plan to catch the farm vote. This type of criticism is, in my opinion, essentially unfair, It is unfair because it fails to take into account the very difficult spot in which Mr. Brannan finds himself.

Huge Surplus . WHEAT farmers in the equntry will produce this year twice as much wheat as the American public can consume. That is a fact which has

staggering implications, With the price of hogs

hovering close to the support level of $16.50, Mr. Brannan thinks that any day now he may have to go into the market to buy hog products. Not so long ago hogs were $30. If a Republican were sitting in the chair of Secretary of Agriculture, he would be faced with exactly the same problems that confront Mr. Brannan. The Republican secretary would be under pressure from farmers all over the country to come up with a “solution” just as Mr. Brannan has been under unremitting pressure since the first day Congress met, That is a fact which his critics largely ignore, Another basic fact is overlooked by the attackers. That is the remarkable increase in productivity per acre in most crops. New hybrid seeds, new fertilizers, new insecticides, new and improved farm techniques—all these things produce two ears of corn where only one grew before. The potato is an interesting example. On large-scale factory farms, notably on irrigated land in Kern County, California, potato produetion is being pushed right out of this world.

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The catch is that Uncle 8am pays the bill The estimated cost of supporting last year's potato crop is $225 million. That is the bill for potatoes which were largely destroyed, since the cost of processing them and sending them t hungry people overseas is so high. .

Checks to Large Growers

A CERTAIN amount of the $225 million will go in five-figure and six-figure checks to large potato growers. Incidentally, the Department of Agriculture says that it does not have the information about the large growers and the amounts paid to them, which seems to me a pretty careless omission. One feature of the Brannan plan would restrict subsidy payments

that farm, to $26,000 as measured in current. commodity prices. What to do about this flood of production? The farmers have not forgotten that they went through a ruinous period after World War I when farm prices dropped disastrously. The climax came in 1932-33 as farm foreclosures were prevented by embattled farmers with shotguns, For years Republican farm leaders had been urging some scheme of government protection, That came with the New Deal. So-called surplus commodities: were taken off the market and stored and they would probably be rotting away today if the war had not come along. Mr. Brannan believes that the farmers out in the country will go for his plan in spite of the complaints of the heads of most farm organizations. Certainly, the farmers are looking to government to prevent a repetition of the disaster that came in the aftermath of the other War.

The Real Question

IT REMAINED for a dry-speaking New Englander, Sen. George Aiken of Vermont, to ask the real question: “If government undertakes to guarantee a satisfactory income to the producers of farm commodities, can we, with a clear conscience, deny the same guarantee of satisfactory income to other groups of our population? Where can we stop?” To attack the author of the Brannan plan is not enough, The critics should feel an obligation to supply some of the answers. To say that supply and demand must run its course even though it means ruin is not enough, either.

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‘Way to Prevent Wars' = By P. DeMar a

From the earliest times human beings have. been fighting and killing one another. And now we are told that a third World War may come, which may prove to be the self-destruction of

What is it that brings this about in our enlightened present time? There are various reasons, particularly these two: } NE In some industrial nations the perfection df, machinery creates an abundance of merchandise and not equivalent consumption of the fin--ished products within the boundary of these nations. So they must look for foreign markets to dispose of their surplus products. : In other nations it's the over-population — more people living in those mations than the * country can support, so they have to go somewhere else in order to survive. ; *t These two reasons are thé primary ones which bring about unrest among the péoples of, the world and consequently the wars, 4 But, thank God, today with our wonderful knowledge in all branches of. science and mechanical industrial development, I do. not think it is necessary to resort to wars to remedy these conditions. 3 : And here is a wonderful opportunity: . Many years ago French Army engineers were working on a project to dig a canal from the Mediterranean sea to the Sahara desert and make that great desert an inland sea. But the first World War came and the project was sis tracked. So it seems to me that if that great undertaking would be taken up by the great world powers of Europe and the United States under the framework of the United Nations, that great so-called Dark Continent of Africa could be developed to meet world needs, This development, I believe, would bring: not only peace in our time, but perhaps permanent peace. The cost, could be met easily with ‘money aw going into war purposes.

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‘Sunshine for the Sick’

By Virginia Elman, Elwood, Ind, - After reading the article “Welter of Loneliness” by Donna Mikels in the Sunday Times, I am writing for a little club some of us ladies started a little more than a year ago. We call ourselves the Friendly Sunshine Club. We try to make sick and lonely people happy. We send cards, make calls and sing songs to those who need some happiness. : We started with eight members one year ago “Jast February. Now we have 25 members. We think maybe we could make some of these old folks in the Ft. Harrison Colony see a little sunshine. How can we get in touch with them?

(Editor's Note: Persons or groups wishing to help or present any projects at Ft. Harrison Mental Colony may obtain information by writing director Faye Hall, at the center.) 4 . > ‘Down a Manhole?’ By Samuel Maxfield, 4388 N. Chester Ave. What has become of Ed Sovola? Did he fall down one of those manholes he was always writing about? If he's lost, you ought to. Sah somebody out to look for him, don’t you think? (Editors Note: Mr. Sovola Is. on vacation for two weeks.) a

What Others Say—

THE greatest enemy of communism is peace and boy We, in America, have the capacity to bring both, to the world. We must provide the leadership.—~Former Postmaster-Gen-eral James A. Farley.

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> & THEY (the great bulk of Americans) are being ground down into the dust with taxes that ultimately will destroy the foundation of free government.—Sen. John W. Bricker (R) of Ohlo > * 1 THINK sometimes that it might Be better if we made it more difficult for people to get married.—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, urging uniform national divorce laws. : > % THE military burden today added to our other expenditures, is serfously imperiling the economy of the country, There are great savings to be made in the (military) department.—Former President Herbert Hoover.

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Russian ‘Inventions’

WASHINGTON, May 8—Soviet propagandists, who have laid claim to all those inventions on behalf of their countrymen, have at last invented something themselves. It is an explanation of

discoveries have been credited to non-Russians The Navy publication

When the question is repeated, he gives a second answer of: “The bill was written in my office with the help of a few Republicans on the House Committee on Education and Labor.” When asked, “Who?” he replies with a nasty, “What business Is It of yours?” and walks away. : The answer to that one is simple. Who wrote the Wood bill may not be the personal business of any reporter. But it most certainly Is public. business who writes these tricky pieces of legizlation. And in the public interest, every reporter has the right to ask any question he chooses with the expectation that he'll get a civil answer,

Credit for Himself

CONGRESSMAN WOOD'S reluctance to come clean on this one may be due to several factors. One is that he wants all the , credit for himself. The other is that he doesn’t want it known how the bill was written, what deals it represents, or who supplied the brains, ' Congressman Wood, who is also chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, comes from a northeast Georgia district which up to now hasn't had too many organized labor problems to worry about. Congressman Wood's emergence as author of and authority on labor legislation has therefore come as considerable of a shock to labor union lobbyists in Washington, . They accuse him of having let all kinds of people wrile his labor bill for him-- including Republican House Leaders Joe Mar tin and Charli Halleck, with Senators Taft .and Donnell advising on strategy. When tracked down, most of these rumors were found to be untrue, Willlam Ingles, organizer and front for the Committee to Save the Taft-Hartley Law, says he didn't write the Wood bill but he knows how it was written. Mr, Ingles says Congressman Wood's unwillingness to discuss the subject seals the mouths of those who had anything to do with writing it.

Denies Hand in Bill oy

GERALD D. MORGAN, who got $7500 from the Republican National Committee for helping write the Taft-Hartley bill, says he had no hand in writing the Wood bill and knows nothing about it: ; : Gerard D, Reilly, former NLRB counsel now retained as labor lawyer for a number of employers, says he had no hand in writing the Wood bill, Mr. Reilly gives much credit for putting it over to North Carolina Democrat Graham A. Barden, in the House Labor Committee, Union labor lawyers in Washington have charged openly that some of the language in the Wood bill is unmistakably Mr, Reilly's, Mr, Reilly had chnaiderable to do with writing the TaftHartley act. His influence on the Taft-Hartfey law ‘“Watch-dog”

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discernible, And the real key to the Wood bill is to be found in this report. . : Pennsylvania Congressman Samuel K. McConnell Jr., ranking Republican on the House Labor Committee, offers what at least has the merit of being the frankest explanation of how the Wood bill came about. He says it didn't take any brains to write

the Wood bill, and there is no mystery about it.

"I could have written the Wood bill myselr,” says McCognell, “and I'm no lawyer.” He adds that the original bill was simply the Taft-Hartley law with the Watch-dog Committee Republican majority’s recommended amendments, Writing the Wood bill therefore required only scissors and paste, not genius. Just before the House Labor Committee was to take final action on labor legislation, Congressman McConnell says he decided not to give up and just let the Democrats report out only Chairman John Lesinski's Taft-Hartley repealer, Looking through all the measures that had heen offered, Mr. McConnell ays he hit on the Wood bill ax offering the best sub-

stitute for the Lesinski bill, The committee wouldn't give him

a chance to submit any amendments to the Lesinski bill. But Congressman Wood was agreeable to having his bill amended. 5 ¥ ‘ 3 A

into a struggle to ascribe as many scientific discoveries as possible to the scholars of one’s own nationality and'race at the expense of other nationalities and races. The more rapacious and piratic the imperialism of the given country the more insoJent and crude is the ‘spiritual expansion’ of its historians of science.” * There you have it, neat as a mathematical formula. False claims of achievement for a country's “scientists are in direct

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Wrong Impression

SILLY as that sounds, the propagandists must have thought it necessary to come up with some story. For a lot of Russians probably have wondered how it was, even {f their propagandists spoke the truth, that this wrong impression about electric lights and airplanes and such had been so persistent for so many years. Now it's all clear, The discrepancy fits right in with the West's pattern of “imperialism.” Further, the Western countries had ‘been telling these imperialistic lies for a couple of hundred years. . But it may be that a few of the more: logical-minded Russians are still wondering as they read the honor roll of their unsung inventors. There was the remarkable Lomonossov, for instance. According to Soviet propaganda, he discovered the secrets of atomic energy and cosmic rays and also made a clockwork model of a helicopter back in the 1750s,

‘Inventions’ Listed

IT WAS Ivan Polzunov, not James Watt, who invented the steam engine, ‘Russians gave the world the caterpillar tractor before 1850, and several types of tractor motors in the second half of the 19th Century. One Ladygin beat Edison to the electric light by six years. A. 8. Popov was sending and receiving radio messages before Marconl. And so on. “s Reading claims and perhaps believing them, the logicalminded Russian must wonder why it was that other countries not only took these discoveries but also developed them. Czarist Russia, he knows, was’ bad. But how could this scientific gress have flourished in the monarcho-monopoly capitalist

pro ‘ countries, which he knows were just as bad?

And why is it that none of these wonderful Russian achievements were made after the revolution? Assuming the genius of Russian scientists, our logical-minded friend may ask why this genius, growing in the ideal soil of communism, has not produced a bumper crop of inventions. Why didn't some of his Soviet comrades come forth with such things as radar, synthetic rubber, nylon, the jet plane and the atomic bomb? =

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