Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1949 — Page 10

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some credit to Congressmen when they make things right. They get plenty of blame when things go wrong, whether or not they planned it that way. "The case in point is the Atomic Energy Commission vs. the people who pay the bills. The AEC, operating in a rarefied atmosphere of “papa knows best,” had granted scholarships of $1600 to $3600 to several hundred budding scientists, including one Hans Friestadt, an avowed Communist who said he would defend the U. 8. in war against Russia only if he, himself, believed Russia the aggressor. The Senate Appropriations Committee, considering the AEC billion-dollar appropriation, made it clear it wanted no double talk. None of the money voted was to be used to train Commies to work with the atom. a. 8» 2 &8 =» ; AEC Chairman Lilienthal quibbled. He wanted selection of scholarship candidates left to the National Research Council, composed of educators and scientists. Trust them, he said.- They wouldn't make the same mis. take again. Sen. O'Mahoney, a new and “fair” dealer, would have none of that evasion. The newspapers had revealed what the Research Council and the AEC had permitted when there was no legal restriction. So the Senate committee, with Sen. O'Mahoney pressing the issue, has written it into the appropriation law, a provision that government subsidies for the training of atomic energy scientists shall go only to students of unquestioned loyalty to the U, 8. Mr. Lilienthal made a great record as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. He started out well as head of the AEC. He is sincere, intelligent, resourceful, patriotic. But he has acted foolishly in this controversy. Now that he has been pushed into sensible position, let's hope he stays

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WELFARE . . . By James Daniel

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Changing Trend In Relief Seen

Social Security Plans Moving Away From Insurance Idea

WASHINGTON, May 21—The Right Rev. Msgr, John O'Grady is an Irish priest who is secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Charities. .

He is proud of the record made by the private charities which for a hundred years have been taking care of the poor and forsaken especially in our large cities. His pride covers the Protestant and Jewish charities as well as those of his own church. Msgr. O'Grady was up before the House Ways and Means Committee recently to give his analysis of the Federal Security Agency's pending relief bill. It was a scorching statement, After he finished, some of the officials who work for the Federal Security Agency pooh..poohed the priest's fears. He was seeing a bugaboo of government competition, they said. This is part of what Msgr. O'Grady had to say about one of the central features of the agency's relief—bill--a proposal that public welfare workers take over the budgeting ofall U. 8. families who can’t buy.themselves the “essentials of living” and then give them enough relief money to make the difference.

Budget Basis

“LET us think for a minute,” said Msgr. O'Grady, “what this basic responsibility for supplying all the needs of American families on a budget basis would mean for the government and for the people of the United States. “It would mean an analysis of the resources and needs of every family that needed assistance. Several million wage-earning families would have to be included. It would require an army of workers to carry out the principles of

“As a,matter of fact, at the present time many families getting aid to dependent children are getting more than their neighbors who work for wages.” : Msgr. O'Grady said the country should get away from direct relief and go back to the philosophy of the original Bocial Security act, which promised the people insurance against the “basic hazards of life.”

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* ‘Proud to Live in Your City’ By Sylvia Rutherford, 406 N. Hamilton. I know full well that this letter is a bit pre - mature in face of the fact that we have been residents of your city for not quite two months, : However, I can’t just sit back and see all this. friendliness, good will and progressiveness all about me without saying something about it, We were in your city only two weeks, after being transferred from another state, and were fortunate in finding a very satisfactory place : to live. In addition to that, our landlord and; his wife are the most charming, kind people.’ we've encountered for some time. Hardly had: our furniture been taken off the van when a*

Relief Instead of Insurance

“WHEN the Social Security act was passed, grants-in-aid were provided to the states for certain well-defined areas of public assistance, including the aged, dependent children and the blind. It was assumed that as the insurances developed, the need for these categories would

EUROPEAN RECOVERY . . . By Ludwell Denny Red Defeat in Trieste Forecast

¥ city hostess called to acquaint us with various aspects of your city. For the next week we had; callers from various business places and “good » neighbor” agencies—all welcoming us to your city and» bursting with friendliness. If these gestures are interpreted by some as “good busi." ness,” then I'd say you people in Indianapolis

_. Behind Berlin Headlines ALTHOUGH the Berlin blockade has been lifted, Berlin remains in the headlines. It will be that way for a

But minor disagreements over traffic regulations ‘do no the same obstacles that the Russian road blocks’ did. They merely emphasize that Ivan is the same difficult person to live with that he was before the blockade. . Which should bring Russian-Western relations into better perspective than they were the first few days after Moscow's peace” overtures.. The Soviets were willing to lift the blockade because it was costing them money, too... And they are not given to sending good money after bad. But a. disposition for.

£1 i $ ¥ i 8 8 2 wu» THE RUSSIANS don’t like us a bit better than they did. Our basic objectives in Germany are almost diametrically opposed to theirs. We are on speaking terms again, it is true. But that only puts us back where we were two years ago, when negotiations broke down because we were in fundamental disagreement. Possibly the most that can be expected from the forthcoming talks will be in agreement to disagree, and be good-natured about it. Call it an armistice, a truce or what you will. It isn’t peace and it isn't war. At least we can be thankful for that. And it's weil to keep that in mind, for it may be a

long siege.

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Fugitive From Justice

VWHEN Gerhart Eisler was arrested in Southampton on a U. 8. warrant, he screamed that the “old British tradition” of political asylum was being violated. The New York Daily Worker, Communist newspaper, charged that Eisler was denied his “civil rights” —that “this devoted anti-Fascist who seeks only the right to go home to his native land” had been “framed and persecuted.” The same shrill protests are voiced daily by and in behalf of the Communists on trial in New York, where every tradition and principle of American justice is being scrupulously observed. 2 88 CIN eh OF COURSE, when these advocates of the totalitarian police state and the concentration camp for all dissenters talk of civil rights and political asylum, they draw a sharp if silent distinction between Communists and non-Com-munists. ; Such rights go out the window when communism takes over, as any fugitive from political or religious persecution in Poland, Hungary or Russia itself will testify. ' Eisler entered this country as the agent of a foreign power, under a fraudulent passport. He was tried in court and convicted of contempt of Congress. Released on bail, he jumped his bond—taking full advantage of our “civil rights.” He is being treated now exactly like any other

wants. ota When a Communist demands justice he really means that he wants immunity from arrest while practicing fraud, subversion and sabotage in the areas the Kremlin seeks to fm i op . re

~ Confusing WE NEVER could understand-those foreign ideologies. -¥¥ In Czechoslovakia, Gen. Kutlvasr, hero of the Prague uprising which drove the Germans out in 1945, has been sentenced by a Communist court to life imprisonment on a charge of spying for “foreign reaction,” whatever that may

the Soviet zone of Germany, the Russians set aside fazification laws and invited former Hitlerites to g for a unified, totalitarian Germany. country, the movement's particular hero of rk Daily Worker, Communist paper, is Gerhart it lauds as “an anti-Fascist.” confusing, "

frugality should not Ye mistaken IF SOA of: 8, hangs.

decrease, Nobody envisioned the expanding program that has developed, especially through years of full employment. : : “From the way in which the program is developing now, it ‘is beginning to look as If the Federal Security Agency wants -to change the entire pattern, that it wants to give us a relief program rather than an insurance. pro-

gram. “SBome of the advisers of the Federal Security Agency on the outside do not make any secret of their desire to substitute a complete public assistance program for a social insurance program. This indeed would be a great tragedy for the American wage earner and for the American people as a whole.” ?

In Tune With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue

b- SMILES

«Je are told, we can make others happy and glad +i By lighting their paths with a smile; ..The motto, Smiling,” pays off, it is said, If only we'll give it a trial.

But alas! When a speaker or singer or leader Looks out at his friends, of a sudden, to see A smile unexpected, Its cause undetected, . A smile between two persons, maybe, or three, A queer knowing smile of complete mystery, It does not elate him, But tends to deflate him; He wonders at once what the matter can be.

Is his speech a bit trite? Is it smug? Does it shock? . Did he hit a sour note? Did he scold? Did he knock? Do they think he is not well informed? Do they doubt? Or is it his manner? He'll never find out!

Yes, the theory of smiling is mostly all right; There are smiles that can make you feel grand, But the one little smileThat can hamper your style

TRIESTE, May 21—The people of strategic Trieste next month will have their first free election in 27 years. They are expected to vote against the rival Stalin and Tito parties, and for Italian union with continued Allied protection. ' : Nominally .they will ballot merely for local officials, on June 12 in the city and on June 19 in the five neighboring village areas which complete the American-British occupation zone of the international territory. Actually, however, all 10 parties in their campaigning make clear this is an unofficial plebiscite on future sovereignty. . -.This is a continuation of the centuries-old struggle of rival powers for mastery over the harbor and heights which' dominate the upper Adriatic and trade route to the Danubian basin and Eastern Europe. After Austria lost it to Italy. In World War II Hitler gained and lost it. Then Tito, with Stalin's help, tried to grab it as the western base for the expanding Soviet Slav empire. !

Free Territory

THE ALLIES wanted it returned to: Italy. But at the 1946 Panis peace conference they compromised for a free territory under the United Nations. Then Stalin stalled selection of a United Nations goverrgir, while his Reds in the American-British zone agitated for Tito, and Yugoslavia violated the treaty by convertug its trust zone into part of its own police 8 e. ¢ : Therefore the Allies, on the eve of the Italfan election last year, proposed revision of the violated treaty to permit Trieste reunion with Italy. B8talin objected. Finally, last February, he suggested for governor a Swiss originally nominated by Britain. ” But the Allies refused, on the ground that Stalin and Tito already had destroyed the possibility of successful international administration. They repeated their reunion proposal. Now that the inhabitants are to have their say, fear of communism is a potent factor. If the majority here could decree the future they probably would choose indefinite continuation of the present status—which is impossible

World War I:

They have more local self-rule under Allied military government than they are likely to get under Rome, plus American and Italian subsidies they would not receive under the United Nations. They do not dislike the American and British troops, who spend much money here while preventing Red revolution and Yugoslay invasion. :

Don't Trust UN

A UNITED NATIONS territory status might work in a peaceful world. But the people here" do not trust United Nations security and dare not count on ‘speedy lifting of the Iron Curtain.

Union with Yugoslavia is impossible, because

““the Itallan-speaking majority here will never

consent to rule by a Slav minority. The majority want reunion with Italy. They desire, however, as much American security and subsidy as possible and for as long as possible. And they don’t want politicians sent from Rome or Naples or Venice to take their top jobs as before. Since the Italian-speaking part of the 300,000 people in the zone is 82 per cent, compared with 12 per cent Slovene and 6% iin should not be much doubt about the plebiscite. But it may be closer than supposed. The Italian Reds of course will cut down the pro-Italy vote. Local predictions give the pro-Italian parties an election majority of 65 to 75 per cent. ‘Even though they lose, the Reds will claim victory for propaganda purposes, and they may get away with it. :

Ignore Popular Vote

ALL THEY have to do is talk seats and ignore the popular vote. All the electoral law, giving the almost solidly" Titoist rural communes a disproportionately high number of councillors, makes it fairly easy for the total Tito country seats and the minority Stalin city seats to outnumber the others. The city population of 275,000, which is 86 per cent Italian, will have 60 councillors; while the 25,000 of the Slovene villages have 40. The city councillor will represent 3305 potential voters, the rural only 156. Of course for plebiscite purposes the num-

are extremely smart business people and definitely “on the ball” We have lived in and about several large cities gnd never have we encountered suchj good-neighbor _ spirit as demonstrated to us.’ This is a far cry from the spirit exhibited in~ one large city where a large manufacturing" firm. is moving out for lack of co-operation from the Chamber of Commerce, after ha been éstablished there for 53 years and cons . sequently leaving thousands jobless. And while I'm handing out laurels, I might as well say something good about your state, too. You have wonderful roads, and we find’ it a pleasure to drive on them. All this and no’ state sales tax. We can't believe it. : : My sincere good wishes to you and fellow citizens of Indianapolis for the progressive: spirit demonstrated. We're proud and happy to live in your city. 3

Barbs—

BEING always on: time, but not always buye ing things that way: Wakes, for a happier life, : * ) “THERE are more than 5000 stars visible to {

the naked eye. Doubters are privileged to count them. . ¥ ¢ ¢ _ ¢

GREAT success is a doubtful prize. To get it you either work too much or too many. ’ a ¢ ©

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AMONG the seasonal sports are basketball, } bowling, hockey and those who are already step- ; ping out in new spring clothes. ; e 4 ! IT'S not wise to cash a check for a person | who lacks balance. : i ¢ & ¢ { ~ IT WOULD be just like a perfect nuisance to ' get a kick out of being perfect. y e & 4 IT WON'T be long until a man will be boss . in his own home—if he can get the family to go away on vacation.

¢ ¢ o x FIRST comes a touching family scene—then ; a touch! ’

fugitive from justice. But justice is the last thing Eisler

Is the smile that you don't understand. MILDRED M. SHARTLE, Danville.

—rather than control by Rome, Belgrad: United Nations, y grade of the

the popular vote is important.

ber of local councillors is meaningless and only

® & o s A WRITER says that women who think no" man is good enough for them is probably right. And likely left, too!

NEWS NOTEBOOK . . . By Peter Edson

Behind The Scenes

WASHINGTON, May 21—Pentagon reporters say they have now identifed five kinds of “off the record” remarks by Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. 1. ‘Completely off the record. You can't use anything. Okay boys?” 2. “Off the record, but you can use it if you don't attribute to any official source.” 3. “Off the record, but you can say you got. it from a high authority.” 4. “Off the record, but you can say you learned it from me.” 5. “Off the record!” Mr. Johnson is having plenty of trouble with his press relations in spite of his efforts to get to know every reporter by name and a series of luncheons with Washington bureau chiefs, “ On the stopping of construction of Navy super-aircraft carrier, he didn't say enough and could easily have made a statement, On appointment of Curtis Calder as secretary of the Army, Mr. Johnson said too much, Mr. Calder next day denied he had accepted the job. One cause of trouble is that before Mr. Johnson's appointment there was heavy press editorial criticism against too much service rivalry and not enough unification. Now that Mr. Johnson has moved to end this bickering, reporters don't like it because officers are afraid to talk.

Rank Injustice?

WASHINGTON hostesses are all confused for lack of a ruling on who ranks whom in the Armed Forces. Before unificatioh, an Army ofifcer had precedence over a Naval officer of equal rank. After unification, it was assumed that Army, Navy and Air Force officers of same rank would have more or less equal status, with the social honors going to the one who had seniority. But protocol experts have refused to decide the issue. © ¢

Health Insurance Fight

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION apparently isn't doing as well as expected on getting $25 from every doctor to fight health insurance. It hoped to raise $4,000,000. First quarter collections were only a little over & million. In Washington, col+ lections ran into a snag when invitations were sent to Negro doctors, who aren't admitted to District of Columbia Medical Society. One piece of AMA literature now being left in doctors’ offices misses no bets. It claims health insurance was invented by Bismarck, who was a German, was introduced into America by .Communists, will lead to sosialitm. .

® Comes the Dawn

WHY reclamation associations fight public power develop ment has always beeh something of a mystery, since the power generated at dams pays the major cost of irrigation projects. Partial explanation is given by published financial statement of Washington State Reclamation Association. It shows receipts of $3000 dues from, its own members and $5250 received from three big private power companies. . + *

Headed for Little Black Book

LABOR union lobbyists in Washington have been checking

up on’ the votes against rent control and the votes against send-

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ing the Wood labor bill back to committee for redrafting. They find much similarity between the two votes. Against rent control were 61 Republicans and 52 Democrats. Against recommittal of the Wood bill were 148 Republicans and 71 Democrats. Names on both lists are being checked and will be watched on future im- , portant votes for compiling a list of Congressmen against whom

the unions will campaign in Jon ‘ Keep "Em After School, Sam

AS Speaker Sam Rayburn was leaving the House chamber after the bitter fight over labor legislation, he ran into Republican J. Harry McGregor of Ohio. Mr. McGregor was formerly speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. Mr. burn called him over. “Mac,” he sald, “what would you do.

‘with that bunch if you had 'em?” Mr, McGregor just laughed.

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U.S. AUTHORITY ... By Fred W. Perkins |

Mine Safety Action

WASHINGTON, May 21—For the fourth time in six years Congress is studying proposals to give more authority to federal inspectors in promoting safety in coal mines. i Spokesmen for the United Mine Workers say. the prospects ' look better this time, but they are not certain what impression : the opposition will make when it appears next week in hearings just started by the Senate Labor Committee. i The opponents always have taken the stand that the Cone stitution reserves to the states the “police powers” involved in ene forcing coal-mine safety. This argument has been reinforced by ! claims of the mining departments in important coal mining states, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. However, their arguments took a setback in the great Cen: tralia mining disaster of two years ago, when 111 men were killed | in a blast. The Illinois State Mining Department received a large ) share of the blame for falling to enforce regulations against accumulations of explosive coal dust.

Police Power Argument

A DIFFERENT approach is being used this year in an effort to meet the “police power” argument. Under bills introduced by |

Sen. Matthew M. Neeley (D. W.-Va.) and Rep. Melvin Price (D, |

IL), the inspectors of the U. 8. Bureau of Mines would not be. given authority to close mines they find unsafe, as under previous proposals. ’ Their new authority would be restricted. to ordering the withe/ drawal of all miners from mine areas in which they find “frente | nent danger.” Mine operators or managers who refused to obey such an order could be fined or jailed. . 3 Federal inspectors, under existing laws, may make mine’ inspections, but their-recommendations do not have to be carried out. Enforcement is left up to the states, p John J. Forbes, chief of the health and safety branch of the Bureau of Mines, told the Senate Committee the situation was ime proving and mine operators were complying more readily with safety recommendations, but “more incentive is needed to elimi. nate unsafe conditions and practices existing in coal mines.” :

Limited Authority

HE pointed out that the pending bills would : SIBTRY 10 Be 5e ders] men, “they would Seon uly Huited) on in wi e inspector has to walk helplessly a: from an imminently dangerous condition.” . y away i oF vy pd rg Fhe Mine fold. LW , safety of the United Workers, : Oe vt tofu an bined . of Congress to pass such legislation has h largely on statements of coal operators and various State De. partments of Mines that laws now In existence were : protect the life and limb of coal possible. However, students of this

from 85 to 90 per cent of all accidents could be prevented if

knowledge which we npw possess were put into practice.”

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