Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1949 — Page 20

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Vaughan Di Himself GE. "VAUGHAN'S testimony before the Senate Commit‘tee ‘strengthens our opinion that he should be fired out of the White House and out of the Army. Even if we could believe everything he says, give full ‘faith to his convenient lapses in memory and accept the general’s own account of how he handles his job, the conclusion

which should be. required of a military aide of the President. WX Only thing new in the testimony was Gen. Viiighan's *._ admission that he accepted, from men for whom he had done favors, campaign contributions in behalf of the Democratic Party of Missouri. The general apparently saw nothing wrong. in acting as the wn -between” in handling this political money. : To hear him testify, you would think he had never heard of U. 8. Army regulations forbidding officers to engage in political activity. And that it never crosséd his mind there was anything improper in having such money pass through the hands of a presidential aide.

: THAT 1S “understandable of a man who saw nothing wrong in obtaining vy! himself and high administration. officials £2600- worth-of ; gifts from one who was asking favors of thegovernmeht.: And who thought it not out of line to intercede with the housing expediter’s office to get scarce building materials for a race track. + Any man who has the free run of the White House and holds a confidential relationship with the President sifould so conduct himself as to be always above suspicion. The “ kindest thing to say about Gen, Vaughan is that he doesn't ‘understand what constitutes suspicious conduct,

Indiana's Challenge to Youth THE opening session of the State Fair here today i is prop-, erly dedicated to the preparation of youth to assume ‘the responsibilities of Indiana’s bountiful heritage of the land. Hundreds of*4-H Club members, filling the Fairgrounds today, will hold the spotlight of exhibits as a symbol of progress in Hoosier agriculture—the leaders Indiana must depend upon for community development in the future.

: » . ty TODAY the Fair pays special tribute to the citizenry of tomorrow by opening the gates free to children under 12 years that they might be encouraged to absorb more of the full meaning of the exposition as a new ilespont § toward better living and the part they can take in it. : “Thus, the State Fair becomes more than a mere tradition of display. It provides incentive and inspiration for youths Shalienge to the future.

Fiscal Impotence EXACTLY half of the U. 8. Senate's members have voted for an amendment which would have directed President Truman to cut government spending 5 to 10 per eent below the amounts appropriated by Congress for the current fiscal year. © The 48-to-20 vote, however, was not enough to adopt the amendment. That would have required a ‘two-thirds majority of the Senators present. So fails an economy move. "It was never a very admir“able move. It amounted to a confession of fiscal impotence by at least ane branch of €bngress., Although half of the ‘Senate now signifies its opinion that appropriations can and should be cut 5'to 10 per cent, the cuts are not made in the ‘Senate. Instead, the Senate has voted more money than at least 50 per cent of its members believe ought to be spent,

has proven futile. - © ‘What the President might have done with that buck we don't know. But we'd Have liked to see hifi “tirn the * cutting assignment over to someone like Defense Secretary ‘Johnson, who has made a fine start toward slashing extravagance and waste out of the armed services. « One thing certain: If Congress is to retain any SOL . of control over the federal purse strings it. will have to do much better than it has this year. It will have to learn to adopt; and to live within, a legislative budget. It was supposed, by its own law, to do that this year. op

Second the Nomination ~ ONGRESSMAN SABATH of Illinois, chairman of the “House Rules Committee, nominates ‘the Army Engi: neers as “No. 1 target” for a proposed investigation of lob- * _bying. We second the nomination. Of course, Mr. Sabath doesn't propose to neglect the . “big-business, special-interest lobbies" denounced by President Truman in last year's. campaign. He says they're

~ he's for exposing any and all skulduggery by them. But the House has included lobbying by government agencies in the proposed investigation's scope. the bureaucratic lobbies operating to protect ind increase the appropriations and powers of such agencies, the Army ‘Engineers seem to have the most potent. “They influence Congress as nobody else does,” Mr. Sabath asserts. Because they supervise civilian flood-control and rivers and harbors work the Army Engineers can push or hold up projects dear to the hearts of Senators and Repieuentativés.

.THE Hoover Commission has recommended taking flood-control and rivers and harbors juridfliction away from the Army. Engineers and consolidating it, under the Interiof Department, with other related activities now scattered among several agencies.: It says that would cut outa lot of foolish, wasteful -eompetition for funds, save a lot of taxpayers’ money and get much better results. Similar proposals made by President Hoover in 1932, and by President Roosevelt in 1937, were beaten: by “the “opposition of the Army Engineers and their friends. This ~_game- opposition has been mobilized and working hard for months to block the Hoover Commission's plan. If it succeeds in doing that, other federal agencies will be encouraged to use similar tactics, and hope for efficient and economical government reorganization will suffer : © a serious it not fatalblow, A thorough investigation of the “Amy Engineers’ lobby is very much in order The sooner ! Sugden; way the better.

inescapably would be that he lacks the sense of prepriety

“major objective is likely to be lost sight of.

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and now an effort to pass the economy buck to Mr, Truman | "Bring back

using more people and more money than ever before and |

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DEFENSE ..... By Marquis Childs

-$1,180,000,000 for the Atlantic nations would

| armed with’ obsolete weapons. They are being

- represent

Fearing another Dunkirk, Britain has been re-

many of the statements that are made,

“the West. -

‘Token Defense

| Staff has tried to Keep this goal in view.

“announced,

Issues Behind Arms Aid Plan

Russia's Forces.Far Greater .Than Western Europe

! WASHINGTON, Sept. ‘1-86 many words already have heen spilled in argument over the arms ald program and so many more will flow in the course of ‘the Senaté debate that the |

It is the, familiar ‘business ‘of the forest .and the trees, This is an effort to put the program in the perspective of those who have drafted it and worked for its acceptance. It is based on talks with both civilians and military men responsible for inception of arms aid for Europe and for carrying out the program if and. when If is: finally approved by Congress. ' The primary goal insofar as the Atlantie Pact nations are concerned Is to rearm the nine divisions that France has in being. Most of the’

go for that purpose.

Need Modern Weapons

THOSE divisions are today. inadequately trained under new and. rigorous methods that’ a. radical departure from French military. tradition. Foreign milijgsy observers have been impressed with this training. But no matter how thorough the training, these troops could not fight in a modern war without modern weapons. This is considered basic since the French divisions would be the core of -the initial holding operation should the Russians decide on war. To strengthen "the French divisions would greatly increase the confidence of the British.

luctant to make a commitment to send any substantial forces to the continent. The British commitment fs at present a small one. What few seem to realize, judging from is the continuing fantastic unbalance between the military strength of Eastern Europe and Western Europe. The Soviet Union today has an estimated 170 divisiofis under arms. While they are not at full strength, this is approximately 4 million men.

Russia's Huge Force - A

THIS huge force with its modern armaments is distributed around the perimeter of Russia which is by far the greatest concentration In Russia’s satellites have an estimated | 50. divisions. These vary greatly in their potentiality ranging down to the untrustworthy and the worthless. But it doesn't take a military genlus to see that use to Which these divisions could be put in connection with Stalin's effort to overthrow the Tito regime in Yugosla¥ia. If Russia became involved with the West, or feared Imminent involvement, the satellite divisions. could at least be employed to contain Tito’s military forces. Such a plan for containment is believed to have been the subject of the well-advertised meeting of cominform political and military bosses in Bulgaria last week, : In addition to arms aid spent to equip the _ French divisions, a smaller amount would go to start French armament production. The idea is to enable France to manufacture ammunition

and spare parts for equipment furnished from the United States, Eventually, the French would be self-sustaining. :

A SMALL part of the fund would go for warning equipment in Northern Europe and for other more or less token beginnings of defensive armaments. But the creation of a bulwark in Western Europe is the essential target. Firmly and resolutely, Gen, Omar N. Bradley, the newly named chairman of ‘the Joint Chiefs of

There were those in high position doubtful of the wisdom of pushing the arming of Europe 80 soon after the Atlantic Pact. The fear was that this might lead the Russians to conclude | that they had no choice except immediate war | if they ‘were to prevent the use of American | resources in filling the defense void in the West... But once the decision had been taken and | then: the doubters put aside any | lingering uncertainty. United States must now .go through with the program that has been rovaiined.

They believe that the

THE DREAMER

Sing to me a song: ionight, my dear Sing to me now, as of old For forfight And the night wind sighs, and Is cold,

the memories, of when we were

young

Far the moments, of vomth are far flung Bring back In words, the ofd “ofa theme r

Love and ppmance, a dreamers’ dream.

And as she sang, the vears rolled away As if a veil’ had hid them from view | And the tired lines, from his face were lifted | As the music in volume grew,

To him, the moments were precious Like a prayer, the words to him clung And only the angels knew the meaning When the final words had been sung.

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And the soul of him, who had loved and won Arose, with the dreams of his youth. But =t{IT there remains, the old, old theme When we, have done with life and its dream.

wdané RK. -Schmutte; 3347/N. Gladstone Ave. |

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OUR TOWN .

I GREW up in thesexperimental ‘period when fnanimate objélts had a perverserpss of their own-—the days of bicycle blowouts and obstinate lawnmowers. . The stubborn behavior of our

sprinkling outfits was something to reckon with,

too. Even our umbrellas had & way of Yolding up

periodical visits of a professional mender, a factotum practically extinct today. It seems to me that a real peril lexists for the youngster of ‘today in the smooth - operation of his mechanical adjuncts. These

highly perfecied - contrivances. tend

to exait and soothe, rather than challenge and humble him. And I can't imagine what can possibly

take the place, in a modern boy's life, of the marvelous discipline which ‘we kids received from the .ill-tempered behavior of an umbrella

or the recalcitrance of a' pair of dull scissors.

Held in High Esteem

THAT's why some 60 ‘years ago we Kids held the old sels grinder in suck high esteem. More TL proved ‘our, savior and imparted lessons of ity, the absence of which today accounts for much of the. modern boy's insufferable pride and arrogance.. As nearly as. I recall, the old scissors-grinder always had his machine strapped to "his back, a trade trick which left his right hand free to operate a bell. a horn. but for what reason I was never able to determine. 1 never saw him. use it, On the other hand, the bell’ was very much in evidence. It was somewhat smaller than the bell our milkman used to announce his arrival. It was pitched alittle higher, too. Somewhere

between the pitch of the two bells was that of

the junkman. Once vou had your ear trained, it was easy to differentiate the three trades. Anyway, the junkman-and the scissors-grinder never turned up as early as the miikman.

Sometimes, too, the old-time scissors-grinder ’

carried a bundle of umbrellas: under his left arm. The one operating on the South Side always did. Perhaps the horn he carried signified that he was master of two trades. The handling of two such different trades looks like an anomaly. That's the way ‘t struck me, 100, the first time I saw |t. It turned out, though, that our bit as good mending our emotional umbrellas as he was restoping the dull edges of steel. Somehow, though, I liked him best in the role of scissors-griner. fair-sized’ eight-spoked wheel placed inside of what“to the naked eye looked like a tripod. A microscopic examination revealed, however, that it had four legs. A leather belt ran around the wheel which, in turn, operated an emery wheel of much smaller size. A treadle kept both wheels SPinhinR Mmereiry.

Made Sparks Fly

WHEN old dull knives came in contact with the fast: “moving emery wheel, the sparks flew in all directions not unlike the fitful behavior of a Sputtering Roman candle. The sight als

LONDON, Sept. 1

quality goods, for

behind on their orders.

Lack of Skilled Labor

help increase production. American standards, ’

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haps 12 months’ delay.

able to hold up a ‘project.

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wales abroad.

In his left hand he carried:

scissors: grinder’ ‘Was every

His machine was a |.

England makes some of the world's finest which there is great demand in the United States, Canada and the other so-called “dollar countries.” I made a trip to the Staffordshire district, where some of the world's fimest china and glass products are manufactured. The trouble is that shortage of labor is so .great that the makers of the best known china and pottery wares are twa Years. | Moreover, many of the workers are -advanced in years, coming from families which have been china and _ glass craftsmen ‘for generations. younger generation in the trade.

ONE of England's most popular dollar exports is thus crippled by inability to get enough. skilled help. ’ Also, red tape holds up operations, eyen when Here is a chance to gb out and get some of the dollars for which British politicians are constantly pleading. At one plant I saw plans for a small addition, which would | It was a rather .trivial project, by |

After some months it’ had cleared the local council and the . Regional ‘Town and County Planning Board, Now it ‘was working its way toward London, to clear a whole series of hurdles there. In all, it Inviflved approval of at least six bureaus, and perBusiness men complain that it is. impossible to get fast action from bureaus, any one of which may be |

“In this instance, export goods were bettig delayed at a time | when every paper was filled with ‘stories about the need for more f

The bottom has been falling out of British government seeurities "especially those with Which owners in the nationalized

. By Fron Scherrer

Modern Gadgets Peril to Youth?

ways scared me, a fear shared by the other kids too, I remember. In my own case, it was

-the painful &pprehension” that the sparks might

be an indication that the grinder had lost control of his monstrous machine. "At this“ stage, T-recall; the old scissors-grind=

“er always spit on the grindstone Immediately, -the-sparks-turned blue, and -you have no idea..

how it restored my confidence in the old man.

I can't recall exactly when the old’ scissors- 1

grinder went out of business, ‘but I happen to know who put him out of business. It was Charlie Lagier, a Swiss who came to Indianapolis sometime around 1876. By trade he was a wood-turner. What's more; a Swiss wood-turnes-than which, I guess, there is none better. Anyway, Mr. Lagler was so good that he never had any trouble finding: work.

Put Business on Wheels

THERE was a catch to Charlie's business, however. .The harder he worked, the more

"sawdust he swallowed. Finally, he had to see

a doctor about it. The doctor prescribed outdoor work for him, and that's when Mr. Lagler conéeived the idea of hiring a horse and putting the grinding business on wheels, It completely revolutionized the industry. “In the interest of historical accuracy, ‘it behooves me: to add that after Mr, Lagler got the: sawdust out of his system, he returned to his first love—that of wood-turning. However, Mr. Lagler’s restored health contributed nothing

to bringing back the old-fashioned pedestrain _ scissors-grinder,

Professional mender hers, 0 years ago.

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“Hoosier Forum

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‘What Is Done With Money? : ’

: . By A. J. Schneider, 504 W. Drive,

Woodruff PL I have not always agreed with the views of Mrs. Walter Haggerty as expounded in the Forum but her most recent letter surely points up a different angle in relation to ‘my exchange

of letters with William E. Kuhn of ‘the Come

munity Fund. Although Mrs. Haggerty does’ not say so Jn cific: words, ap many people make their contributions to established agencies without giving a thought to what becomes of their mohey-—whether any« thing constructive is accomplished. Indeed, I make the assertion that too many ‘people con= tribute arge sums of‘ money to established agencies solely because of the income tax dee duction benefits and not what can be accom plished with that money. And after they have had the income - tax deduction, they -are no longer concerned with whether it is used for the _purvoses intended, or merely to provide life-time “jobs for professional do-gooders. ; Just as Mrs. Haggerty says, we will always have the poor with us—just as we also will have

e ‘“‘professionnl r with us. It is our duty -- tor din pe poor from the’ profess “sional pefore distributing any largesse. And be done solely i

to distinguish the-real

then, what ald rendered should from the point of: view of making those aided entirely self-supporting. Just. teasing along seve eral instead of making one entirely self-sup« porting has accomplished exactly nothing and has made disgrurited and disappointed candidates for communism of all. While making one completely self-supporting, it is at the same. time relieving the tax burden and making one happy and SppretiAtive citiven:

Ygeclouding Socialism Issue’ ‘o

By H:-W:-Daacke, 3818 8. Olney St. In reply to your footnote following my cone tribution under your caption “Public May Be Gullible,” I must say that the note in itself évades the main issue of the subject matter: Is the present critical situation In England due to socialism?” ! My contention is that it is not, and I defi nitely charge that you and Mr. Leech are using ; devious methods. to becloud the issue and place

~the blame on socialism. To be fair your foot -

note should at least have made an attempt ta - refute my clear charges. The sum and substance of the note pertains

‘to the “leeches™ I mentioned in my article,

You say. that from British goverriment reports of last year 70 persons only, of the aristocracy, had net incomes of as much as $24,000 and that sum divided equally would #dd eight cents ‘per year jojevery: British taxpayer. S80 what?— to use slang expression. You are probably as familiar with the 8ocialist philosophy as I am, so please quote some of it that would justify any individual that does not sow, to reap eight cents per year off: the man that does all the growing. Eight cents would justify my expression ‘leeches” Just as ‘much as a-fhillisa dollars, The only philosophy that would justify the foregoing is the much ded system of free enterprise you so Meartily indorse, proof of which is evident all your éfforts to use misrepresentation to discredit socialism and sustain the present system of free enterprise,

Editor's Note: Gladly. F Basic aim of socialism is to make all income equal regardless of individual's work or contribution, to establish

“a society in Which there is'no reward for toll

and thrift, and no penalty for sloth. Idea is as old as human history, has been tried many, times for past 4000 years, has always falled, most recently in Germany, Italy and Russia. British system, still far from full Socialist goal, is alceady by taxation removing incentives to work, production and eapital investment on all levels, faces necessity: of making taxes still higher to provide welfare services, tools, ete. It prevents private initia-

tive from earning, thus decreasing incentive J

still further, and so on to full Socialist, and of necéssity totalitarian, state. The 70 per-

. sons (out of Britain's 21 million taxpayers)

who had top incomes after taxes last year included not only aristocrats, mobility and land-owners, but high-income workers, man‘agement experts, even Labor government bureaucrats. | Most Britons (17 million) had less than $40 a week, showed same reluctance to sow without prospect of reaping as thom with higher incomes.

‘What Others Say

I AGREE explicitly with Mr, Honore that the country is moving to the left. I think the issue that the Republican Party should stand on is opposing the welfare state. —Semn. Kenpéth SF

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S. Wherry (R), Nebraska. <> <* * .. ~~ FM not- worried over a probable depression, but I am worried at times. because too many “Americans “forget that ouf High standard “of living increases as we become more and more industrialized. — Harry A. Bullis, board chair man, Gesieral Mills. Se N 9 <i WE are in the underground behind the 700 Curtain, We have a strong labor movement in the three occupied zones in Germany-—Ameri-can, British and French.—-Matthew Woll, first vice president of the AFL. > LS 9 COSTA RICA must not be at the mercy of. a social clique, It must not be committed to a feudal system: with a puppet congress manipue lated for political purposes’ by a reactionary group.—Jase Figueres, president of Costa Rica's ruling junta,

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CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND ...By ET. Leech

Labor Shortage, Red Tape Hamper Britain

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a column of items left over in the notes of E. T. Leech, who has just completed a series of | | articles on conditions in Britain.) |

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But it is hard to keep the British goods.

industries were paid off These are referred to in the London financial pages as “gilt edge sto¢ks.”

Securities Drop

GOVERNMENT securities fell recently to the lowest point since Dunkirk. The financial crisis and labor troubles-—chiefly the dock strike and the threatened general railroad strike—were given as a cause.

Britain talks a lot about the help she hax recefved from the Commonwealth. And undoubtedly she got a lot. Commonwealth looked after its own interests, for free as has been the case with most U,

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But; also, the Its help was not 8. aid. .

Bernard Baruch, on his recent visit to London, pointed this matter out quite frankly. Commonwealth nations, he said, have war. credits of about $14 billion, against whith they are buying In return, Britain gets nothing. This is draining

. : off British goods which she cannot afford to provide.

business.

{ The old British class prejudices against education in pube licly supported schools, and against technical and business traine ing, still run strong. ~~ Middle-class families struggle to send their children to paid schools, and train their sons in the arts and professions. Engl. neering, business administration and other technical and come | mercial training which is highly popular and advariced in the United States, has made far less progress in England.

Tough for Architects : wi AN EDUCATOR told me that, so far 4s endowments are cons cerned, theology’ is the most popular univ ergity subject.

An architect has a tough time in England, There is almost no call for his services, Jeople do not have the-money, build private homes.

nor are they permitted, to Commercial building —except for export -

| ~1s largely confined to répair or.reconstruction of bomb- | damaged structures.’ Jo The public Housing projects are on a mass-construction basts, Virtually all houses look alike; how Sngbody | finds his own house, at night isa mystery, -

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