Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1949 — Page 12

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A Casualty of War RESIDENT TRUMAN spoke from his heart, and for the nation’s heart, when he said of James Forrestal that— “This able and devoted ‘public servant was as truly a casualty of the war as if he had died on the firing line.” We cannot know what last, lonely thoughts were in the mind of the man who plunged to his death from a window high in the Naval Hospital near Washington early yesterday morning.” Perhaps some clues to those thoughts are in the words of the old Greek poets, Sophocles and Euripides, on the open pages of the book he left beside his bed: “When reason’s day sets rayless—joyless—quenched in cold decay, better to die and sleep the never-waking , sleep than linger on and dare to live when the soul's life . is gone.” Bh 0 “The dead thou wilt not awaken for all thy weeping.” : But this we do know, that James Forrestal literally wore himself out in the service of his country. a » 5 » : FROM the day in 1940, when President Roosevelt . named him Under Secretary of the Navy, he drove himself without mercy. In 1044, he succeeded the late Frank Knox as wartime Secretary of the Navy. In 1947, Mr. Truman chose him to be the first Secretary of Defense. :

Handicapped by inadequate authority, harassed by cruelly unfair criticism, he toiled to carry out the direction of Congress for unification of the armed forces and to pre‘pare America’s defenses against a new danger of war. When ‘he resigned last March, his doctors said he was suffering from “operational fatigue”—a war-born term for the effects con fighting men of prolonged combat duty under constant

Monday, May 23, 1949.

Secretary Forrestal's death is all the more tragic because he had seemed, recently, to be on the road to complete recovery. The American people owe to his memory a debt ..of profound respect and gratitude.

Never Trust a Commy HILIP MURRAY and a majority of the CIO's Executive Board have taken drastic action to eliminate pro-Com-.munist leadership in their branch of organized labor. They have ordered left-wing members to resign from the board or face expulsion by the CIO convention next ‘October. The order is said to be aimed at the presidents of 12 unions which represent less than 10 per cent of the CIO's 6,500,000 members. Those unions are told, in efféct, ‘that they must oust their leftist leaders. . “This is no attempt to deny a man the right to hold office because of his political beliefs,” Mr. Murray says. ~ “A man can be a Communist and still be on the board if he adheres to the policies of the CIO.” : “In other words,” explains CIO Secretary-Treasurer James B. Carey, “he can be a Communist but he can't act like one.” : : : . jer eo . 8» WE congratulate Mr. Murray upon moving firmly, at last, to end control of unions in his organization by men who have done it great harm and who have remained much too long in positions where they could—and in many cases did—work against the country’s best interests. ' With the same objective in mind, the Taft-Hartley Act requires officers of unions which seek government protection of their rights to sign affidavits that they are not mem. bers of the Communist Party, And Mr. Murray objects violently to this and other provisions of the act. If Messrs. Murray and Carey actually believe that Communists can be to serve as union officers under any conditions, they haven't yet learned all the facts of life. For any man who is & Communist is bound to act like one,

“Whom the Gods Love Lr

It must be true that “whom the gods love dies young,” for Thomas Heggen is dead at 29 after barely touching the world with his brilliance. This, of course, was the Thomas Heggen of the boyish crew haircut who wrote the war novel, “Mister Roberts,” and then helped to weave it into a smash Broadway play. The critics had acclaimed him as belonging ‘in the top drawer of young American writers. They were awaiting his further triumphs. ° : Now he is dead, and it is as if his tradition——a tradition which says a certain kind of genius may flash only briefly across worldly skies. Young Tom Heggen meets friends and boon companions as he steps across the Styx. There is Ross Lockridge, the big, sensitive Hoosier who wrote his heart into the best. selling “Raintree County,” and died last year at 33 of monoxide poisoning in the new car his royalties bought him. There is John Keats, who lost his race with consumption at 25, and there is Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was drowned at 29. Rupert Brooke is there—he fell in the bloody Dardanelles of World War I at 28—and so is Joyce Kilmer, killed in action in France at 32. It is good to be loved by the gods, but it is tragic, too.

A Democrat Speaks

GOOD many Democrats in Congress seein to think it { “% their duty to their party to support all the Administration's spending proposals and resist all attempts to enforce . Government economies, 3 To them, we commend the words of a great Democrat: “I place economy among the first and most important ’ and debt as the greatest of danger. To preour independence, we must not let our rulers load us erpetual debt. We must make our choice between liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can ‘Government. from wasting the labors of the

prudence which in private life would foror , projects, forbids it

name? ‘Thomas Jefferson.

LABOR. . Fred W. Perkins ClO Squeezing Out Leftists

Leaders Refusing to Follow ~ Anti-Red Policy Must Resign

WASHINGTON, May 23—-Slow-moving Philip Murray at last has got the left-wing leaders of the CIO in position where he van shoot them off one by one. When Mr. Murray became president of the CIO in 1940 he found the organization saddled with a strong left-wing element. Strongly antiCommunist himself, he sought to control the leftists and Reds without sacrificing CIO membership str The issue becameé an open fight in the convention, but since then has included many indecisive moves.

This year appears to be the pay-off. The CIO leadership. slowly but determinedly tightened its vise on the leftist minority in executive board meetings which have just concliided here, The standard of beliavior set up for the leftists is that that they must follow the CIO con-

_stitytion, convention actions and policies, Which

on the record are anti-Communist.

Called Upon to Resign

EXECUTIVE Board members who refuse to do that are called upon to resign. If they do not comply or resign, the unipns they represent are called upon to replace them. That is now established policy. Beyond that, as stated by Mr. Murray, there is the possibility of action against unions which do not comply. Their charters could be revoked and they could be thrown out by the CIO.

All this leads up to the ClO convention which opens Oct. 31 in Cleveland. The convention can do anything it wishes. All pointers indicate that the Murray. forces will be in full control with the left-wingers representing 10 per cent or less of the membership. The biggest CIO union with left-wing leadership is the United Electrical Workers. The most assertive leftist is Harry Bridges, president of the Pacific Coast Longshoremen. e fur and leather workers union is headed by an avowed Communist, Ben Gold. Other CIO unions whose leaders have voted the Communist Party line against CIO policies are the Food and Tobacco Workers, Fishermen, Marine Cooks & Stewards, American Communication Association, Public Workers, Office and Professional Workers, F'arm Equipment Workers and Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.

Right-Wing Unions :

LEADING the right-wing contingent are the big United Steelworkers, headed by Mr. Murray; and Walter Reuther’'s United Automobile Workers. If the row goes so far that expulsion of certain unions will be proposed, a two-thirds vote in the convention will be necessary. Under present conditions it is believed the Murray forces could muster that easily. But the right-wing leaders hope that before the convention the leftists, or most of them, will comply or resign; or that their unions will remove them from posts of authority, The CIO policy, Mr. Murray said, “is not a purge of Communists or anybody else.” It was pointed out that a Communist can still sit in the high councils if he conforms to CIO policy. James B. Carey, CIO secretary-treasurer, explained, “he can be a Communist but he cannot act like one.” : The standards appeared clear in several votes of the CIO executive board. The division of 35 to 11 was carried through on various actions conflicting with the Communist Party line {including endorsement of the North Atlantic Pact and withdrawal of the CIO from the Com-munist-dominated World Federation of Trade Unions.

In Tune With the Times Barton Rees Pogue

BABY FINGERPRINTS

Baby fingerprints on the wall, It's the sweetest dirt of all, Leaving patterns of intricate traces, One can see them in oddest places,

I wonder if he's having fun, Leaving fingerprints, my tiny one, How can hands, like these, so small, » Hold the heartstrings of us all?

God knew and gave us Baby dear. Only love could bring him here, Thank you God, for all Your giving, Baby fingerprints make true living. «MARY HELEN ADAMS, Indianapolis. ’ ® ¢

FAST TIME, SLOW TIME Why squabble about “what time" When the present state of mind Is to get there in no time And always feel we're behind? =

1. P. M., Huntington.

TRADE TRUSTS . . . By Earl Richert

Business Monopolies

WASHINGTON, May 23—The Justice Department is waging one of the most vigorous campaigns in its history to break up

what it contends are business monopolies.

It is seeking to divorce the giant American Telephone &

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. ROME, May 23-—Italy wants American arms fast. modern military equipment. Russia already has shown an aggressive attitude toward Italy, whose membership in the Atlantic Alliance increases her exposure. |, That is the Italian story. It 1s not accepted at full value by the Western Powers. The French are sympathetic, Britons somewhat skeptical and Americans divided. Here are some of the questions asked: Can't she contribute more to internal security ‘and European peace by concentrating on economic reform, rather than scattering energies of a poor country on military preparedness Anyway would the Italians fight Russia? Could they fight effectively? Couldn't the strong Red fifth column here tie up Italy? And doesn't the peace treaty prevent her rearmament? Why waste scarce American arms on such ‘ 4 poor risk, when there are so many other Allies who can make better use of them?

Make Strong Case _

- THESE questions are considered insults by some Italians, But more intelligent officials here accept them as legitimate, and answer them. They make a fairly strong case.

markable job of converting a doubtful police force into an efficient one—some think it is even too tough. American equipment and methods have helped. Hidden arms of the Communists have been captured, reducing the size of their secret army to 40,000 or 50,000. Foreign officials here agree that the Government could win any Red battle of the barricades—though of course the present balance could change. There is much less assuramce that authorities could prevent widespread sabotage. But this gamble is no worse than in France, probably better. ‘ Coming to the larger problem of external defense, Italian officials dispose of the treaty limitation argument quickly. They don't like the inequity and-—as they see it— the humilia-

SIDE GLANCES

EUROPEAN DEFENSE . . . By Ludwell Denny Italy Wants U. S. Arms—Fast

She is on the front line, and she has no

Internal security is no longer a major problem. Interior Minister Scelba has done a re-

tion of being the only “ally” singled out for so- .

called disarmament. But this, they add, is more issue. ;

" of a political than a military

Treaty Limit TREATY revision is unlikely as long as Stalin holds a veto. But she does not'need and cannot afford larger standing forces than the treaty limit. That is 300,000—with 250,000 ground strength and 25,000 each for sea and air. That ig enough, provided they have modern arms. : With adequat® equipment Italy could have 12 divisions. Plenty lof/ men would be trained with this equipment and fed into reserves. The same applies to air and sea training. In asking for American lend-lease, she is proving her good faith by spending on defense 14 per cent of her own budget, 33 per cent if pensions #nd related items are inciuded. She is doing this despite tragic need for economic and social improvement funds. But the big question is whether the Italians would fight. And, there the answer is not so convincing. ? The Italians are peace-loving, non-militaris-tic people. They are capable of extraordinary individual heroism, but weak on tion and teamwork. They are not good fighters on foreign soil. They have lost the wars of aggression their rulers have led them into.

Faces Future Proudly ©

NOBODY disputes that-they are war-weary now. But your pro-Allied Italian intellectual official insists that his people are not too worn and disillusioned to fight for democracy. Italy was defeated but victorious, he argues. She overturned Fascism, she helped defeat the German invader, and after the war crushed the Soviet conspiracy in her midst. Today she faces future dangers proudly and courageously. But such oratory, however sincere, does not

guarantee that the Italian peasant would fight

to defend the Atlantic Alliance. : When Italians are k they usually admit reluctantly that it w be unwise to count heavily on using Italian troops abroad for joint defense, much less for a counter-offensive against Russia. Not at least until the fliiterate village-minded peasant has some education in democracy and the interdependence of free peoples. {

By Galbraith

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NATIONAL DEFENSE . . . By Peter Edson

Military Censorship

WASHINGTON, May 23—Ful House Armed Services Committee hei 8 anyone in the national military military secret or gives to the sister service. This is the latest t

Hoosier Forum

“1 do not agree with 4 werd that you sey, but | will defend to the desth your right to sey B."

Keep letters 200 words or less on any sub. used will be edited but content will be preserved, for here the People Speak in Freedom.

‘Don’t Protect Lawbreakers' Judge Joseph Howard reproved members the police force about a week ago for force upon a young tough who kicked one of this character reported to have been arrested something 10 times on charges of running gamut from auto theft to assauit and ba the Judge thought it shameful men had met force with

8 E2ge sRIFIEE:

life and property safer for good citizens by caging those who show a ¢ law wind order? Homie Waregsrd Tor e average policeman is trying hard difficult and dangerous job, with Tittle - ene Couragement in pay, and a regrettable lack of co-operation, apparently, by the bench. It has not been very long since a young hit-and-run driver killed one of our motorcycle men. The officer is dead, but that hoodlum has been free

Broken fingers, bruises and black e 3 yes are Tathes common among police officers, and cost & Sken or vicious roughnecks very few dollars . *

Anyone else feel resentful about it? * ¢ © :

‘C * ® x » Shine. Fivot of Next War

China was he Sroatent and sincerest friend

of ha United States. over , she will also swallow Japan hina, s . China bis the pivot of Wotld War III if Russia We the people know that China's a. Russia’s best generals ny an tanks tpi and soldiers, artillery, e British ships got’a taste of Russia’ and it stampeded U. 8. ships out of Een sien. Is democracy a coward, as Russia says? he built the blockade to dare democracy to move it. She waged cold war and bloody aggression against China for four years, Chiang Kai-shek pleaded with the (one man Jemecrasy) United oy ations for help when the overrunn his country, doing, ten or now. . 7, Sat Bething eto Beast of United Nations is Syersunsiug China ils her well-trained hn superior equipment. Chiang ask from Trumen and the 80th Co o wip It is not too late, Uncle 8am. With two Abomb § dropped on Russians in China, it would g n his beast is ar Hom home. OYE 100 e so-called democracies can’t stop Russia with China's help, they sure won't oe nit when she shoots and blasts the Atlantic Pact. ® ¢ ‘

® 4 . ~ 3 Fight Mosquitoes Now’ ’ By Kay Ritter Do you want to enjoy your porch this sum“mer? Then now is the time to art Took or places where mosquitos can breed. In a single tea cup of water there have been found 250 mosquito larvae. Th We should keep all trash cans covered and all containers that can ‘catch water emptied. Turn all tin cans, bottles, etc. upside down, Fill up any ditches and clean out all gutters.

You will discover how pleasant summ nings can be. P ” ove.

What Others Say—

WE should dedicate ourselves to see to it that that wicked thing, that creeping, crawling economic disease (communism) be not permitted to gain a foothold in the United States of America.—Vice resident Barkley. > ob

IF the world undergoes another wa its terrible destructiveness of life and nd and dissipation of the wealth of the world, the winner will also be the loser.—House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack.

nvestigation by the 88 over the head of establishment who leaks a press a smear attack against a wist in the past year's battle

death were in a

) pretense of caring for them, they will be

Telegraph Co, from its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, Western Electric, and to have Western Electric broken into three competing manufacturing concerns. It wants the Big Four meat packers split into 14 separate and competing companies: Armour and Swift each to be divided into five separate companies, and Cudahy and Wilson each to be divided into two separate companies. It wants the Aluminum Co, of America to be required to dispose of plants and properties under a 1945 court decision holding it to be an illegal monopoly. : It wants E. I. duPont da Nemours, Inc, to be required to sell at reasonable prices such of its cellophane plants as may be necessary to permit competitors to enter the cellophane field. It is pressing its suit to divorce the motion picture concerns of Loew's, Warner and Fox from their theater-operating affillates, having already won consent decrees on this matter from Paramount and RKO,

Sale of Plants Sought

IT WANTS the United Shoe Machinery Corp. of Boston to be ordered to sell all of its plants making shoe factory supplies and some of its plants making shoe and tanning machinery, There have been other big anti-monopoly suits in years past—Standard Oil, duPont and American Tobacco all having been taken to court. And Trust-Buster Thurman Arnold in prewar years set an all-time record in filing anti-trust. cases, but the bulk of those involved restraints of trade and price fixing. The present day trust-busters contend that never before has

the department been involved at one time in so many cases seek- *

ing to whittle down corporate business and create smaller competing companies, “Monopoly is our main goal,” says Anti-trust Chief Herbert A. Bergson, 40-year-old Harvard graduate and a government career man since 1934. He pictures his job as that of a policeman enforcing the rules of economic freedom for this country and he believes that freedom to compete is one of the major reasons for this country’s economic growth.

Horrible Example

EVERY time he gets a chance, he points to Germany as a horrible example of what cartels and monopolies do to a country, The pending break-up suits DuPont, for example, has been into making cellophane by offering moderate fee, help bulld a plant as consultant and contractor and furnish complete technical know-how, :

ave many interesting aspects. | ing to lure other companies to license its patents at a

The ew company, however, would have to have millions of

dollars of Saphal and then it would be competing with an estab-" lished

cern which has increased its production efficiency so - » . 9

"Oh, we'll be along any minute! I'm waiting for Junior's guests ‘to tell them what things | positively don't want them to break!"

much that it has been able since 1926 to reduce the price of its product from $2.65 to 45 cents a pound. Mr. Bergson says duPont did not make this offer until after suit was filed and that “once a monopolist has his entrenched one can never compete with him.” His solution is to divest duPont of some of its plants, Aluminum Co. too contends that it is no longer a ly because two other substantial producers have entered field, partly with government aid. The government contends, , that it is still so big it can freeze out its competitors whenever it wishes and it must be whittled down. In the telephone ease, Mr, Bergson said that the Bell System loped its own “very expensive’ automatic system even though expensive and more efficient automatic equipment was avail-

| able from an manufactu concern. anti-bigness drive is a major but only part of the Justice Department's anti-trust It is hitting at what-

ever looks to it like a restraint of competition.

over peacetime censorship.

Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Se rvices: ComJuitibe on Jesponatile for this latest gimmick. He made a state-

jeopardizing the national defense. Lewi Johnson has made this statement 0 i 1 an has th an order to the entire national The battle over what is a military secret has on for some time. Defense Secretary James V. oo a ne January, 1948, asked a committee of news executives to help him

set up a system of peacetime . been effective. voluntary censorship. It hasn't

Through One Office .'s

A MONTH later Mr. Forrestal ordered to nflitary establishment to clear all publi Soe on 1 the troversial subjects. through " re ro resigned, he set up the un!iaé of Public Trformation forall three services. And ne ordeved that all information on new Yeapo ne et be pit ‘ only ough his office. These orders v TS Ssuad with m Secretary Johnson, and But there have been several

mination. Many weren't sure what was meant by “propriety.” So until they found out, they decided to clam up and say nothing. The Jeauit has been considerable clamor that peacetime censorship

. A tough peacetiine censorship policy does not seem to be in the picture. Bill Was a war correspondent himself. He says that any idea he is now bureaucratically trying to impose iron-clad censorship just isn't so.

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