Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1949 — Page 10
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Annexation Program Needed
OY E OF THE most pressing problems facing Indianapolis is the orderly annexation of rapidly growing suburban areas'to the City corporation. Yet little if any real study has been made by City officials of the many complications involved | in expansion of the metropolitan Mayor Feeney has called a belated conference of his City Hall staff to de e some kind of a’'program on annexations but talk will amount to little unless a comprehensive.survey is made of alkthe sprawling communities for some orderly Plan that will guid {uture growth.
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THESE communities already a politan district in about everything supervision and taxes.
» advantages of the City of Indianapolis but pay no taxes to support the municipal government. Also they will face many years’ delay in getting sewers and other City services unless a definite program of annexation is established for every suburban community. - Under a long-range annexation program residents of these areas would know what to expect with regard to their future annexation to the City and the government could plan a future tax structure to cope with the problems of a bigger city.
» » » ” . . THERE can be no hope for any orderly expansion of i the City’s limits so long as officials continue their present i haphazard method of considering annexations on a piecemeal basis—if and when residents of some area ask to be taken into the City. > We have been proposing establishment of a metropolftan district to include all of Marion County government in one unit of government operation, but until this can be accomplished, orderly annexation of suburbs will serve as a step toward the ultimate goal of more efficient and less costly : local government.
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AMERICA . By dys Smith A Briton Looks At U.S. Welfare
Writer's Impression Is That ‘Pot Calls Kettle Black’
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ist Britain, Denys Smith, Washington correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, Was the following article.)
WASHINGTON) Sept, 2-- Let us suppose a Britisher arrived here for a brief visit knowing nothing of America. Perhaps, since he would undoubtedly have seen a few American movies and read the headlines of his pint-sized British paper, we should modify this and say “knowing less than nothing.” He is prefty proud of his welfare state and is ready to have his worst fears realized about this strange land where they still talk of free enterprise. . He soon starts having shocks. For example, after buying cigarets at a price which makes them almost a gift, he gets a free book of matches. He finds he can get free matches almost anywhere. for the asking. This is a free service ‘his own government never thought of. He finds that his hotel gives him free pats of soap. It will take him a long time before he gets out of the habit of packing his own pat wherever he goes.
People Well Off
HE NOTICES that nearly everybody is re~ markably well dressed and drives about in cars. Here is a welfare society, though not a welfare state, It begins to dawn on him that the wel-
what comes from the government. It is no doubt very necessary and praiseworthy for a government to protect people against economic misfortune, but it is better still for them to have as little misfortune as possible. Since this Britisher is only going to be here for a brief visit, he is undoubtedly going to write a book. This discovery that you don’t have to depend upon a government for welfare is something worth writing about. _80 he begins to inquire further and learns to his horror that his surface impressions are wrong. This happy era may be passing. There is a trend toward the welfare state with a capital W, Rugged individualism, he hears, went out with Herbert Hoover, What worries our visitor, however, is that there is perhaps something about the atmos-
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Of course Norman Thomas could be expected to come to the defense of British socialism. Mr, Thomas is an ardent Socialist and he knows {Hat iT socialisin fails and is. discredited In England it will receive a cold stare from the 2 mers ican people, so he Imanfully epmes to the aefense ‘of socialism British or otherwis He doesn't ljke the efforts to “discredit soclalism.” Well, what is socialism? The naked truth is that both socialism and communism are well laid plans to rob—by legal means in the case of socialism; by force and violence in the case of communism, Socialism is in the final analysis legalized robbery of every individual citizen of not only his private” property but eventually his freedom, Of course the'Socialists will evade the facts and point to the wonderful benefits of ' ‘social serve ices,” “health programs” and other “gifts” which the Soclalist government officials dangle ‘in front of their victims while they rifle their pocks« ets and withhold too much of their wages to pay the great army of Socialist bureaucrats. The glittering promises of “the Soclalists sound good to a Jot of people. But a lot of people will get an eyeful of British socialism in these United States for the reason that our governs ment is using part of our own tax money to bolster and pay the bills of the British Socialist experiments. We Americans are taxed too high for the New. Deal welfare state program which Norman Thomas long ago admitted was of So-
Socialists to rob any people is high income and inheritance taxes, plus excess profits taxes. Cone fiscatory taxes is the method by which the Socialists intend to bring Great Britain, the Uhited ‘States and the rest of the World to complete subservience to the Socialist state, * +
‘Articles Not Convincing’ By Mrs. E. B, Bender, Zionsville, Ind. Just a line in protest against the series of articles against British socialism. I don't feel competent to refute individual statements, but the general tone and assumptions seem to be unfair, The minimizing of facts like the heavy damage of the bombings of two wars, the depletion of reserve capital by two wars, the fatigue and wear on both men and machines making extra heavy production extra difficult, make it possible to blame everything on socialism, but not at all convincing. And the same
phere or climate of the New World which, however hard men struggle against it, will lead them to accept the welfare state concept, He begins to find a number of things which just don’t make sense. America is the only couniry in the world which is so rich that it could only have a depression by werrying itself into one — and very nearly did.
Industry Protected
IT 18 a country of free enterprise which. be-
PEDDLER’S PASSAGE
.By John Loveland
it's a good idea to for his phone calls
ville.
of the organization. The mugs out front were coffeé mugs and not for shaving. Between 9:30 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. the dally ritual of “stepping-out-for-a-cippa-coffee iz solemnly observed up and down the street in Dan-
country; its freedom from war damage, etc, and credit everything to “free enterprise’ must be equally unconvineing to outeiders.
So far .they are keeping
“without much trouble—at least free speech ‘doesn’t suffer, can be done under socialism. We are not faced here with the choice between a capitalist state and a socialist state so much as with a choice between domination of business by government and domination of the majority of businessmen
‘Legalized Robbery: ii. vein T ward F. Maddox A .
=| -gtalist character. The entering wedge of the:
tendency to ignore the natural resources of this -
fair-minded study” of British socialism -
Danville’s Tall Tale Coffee Club | imi ms i tows
USUALLY, when you stop off in Danville'to . have lunch with Jim Hill, : get there about 10:30 a. m., and customers sometimes detain him a bit. Today was not much worse than other times
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There's No Financial Panacea WHEN Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Staf-
ford Cripps and Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin em-
barked for the United States, Mr. Bevin remarked that they were going on “probably one of the most important missions in history.” 2
To put that statement in proper perspective, it must be.
‘ considered against the’ background of the forthcoming British elections and Britain’ s acute need for more American
- dollars, i
‘Unfortunately, however, the problem.is too deep-seated
- to be easily solved, despite Britain's hopes and America’s sympathy. —
The Washifigton conference has been called to discuss
Britain's financial predicament. But there isn't really very ‘much the conferees can do about that, beyond a frank and .- searching exploration«of the subject. ment this study may suggest would be subject to the approval of our Congress and the British Parliament and hence - could promise i myeliate relief.
Almost any agree-’
” MOST of “the things which can be done to bring our . trade relations into better balance must be accomplished by independent action, and cannot be settled at this conference.
On that score, President Truman is moving in the right
direction by insisting upon re-enactment of the reciprocal trade agreements law by the present session of Congress.
“The British Empire produces-basic.minerals which this.
country could well afford to buy and stock against future needs. The more we buy from Britain, the more the British can buy from us.
lieves competition Is much better than seeking - security and safety, but. this free enterprise society has protected its industry by a quite high tariff,
It is a country which has -a most curious kind of food subsidy. British food subsidies cost over $2 billion yearly, but are used to keep prices down. American food subsidies this year will be at least as high, and next year possibly $3.5 billion, but they are used to keep prices up. He will discover one cheap kind of food oleomargarine—which costs more if it is not left white. This looks very welfare with a capital W. Austerity margarine with no color allowed! But most remarkable of all” wili-be his dis-
try in the world can't make ends meet and is operating in the red.
High Income Tax
THE, British government he finds criticized for taking 40 per cent of the national income. But the federal, local and pay roll taxes in America take nearly 30 per cent of the American national income. America with a. higher ‘income per person can afford to give up a greater amount to the ‘government than Britain. Forty per cent of a dollar would only. leave you with 60 cents, while “40 per cent of $10 would leave you with $6. America has only a mote in its own eye, 80 can perhaps be allowed to criticize the beam in its neighbor's eye. But when our British traveler sits down to write his piece, he will undoubtedly give it some such title. as ‘“How-the Pot ‘Calls the Kettle | Black.” f
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* except that the street fair was just getting under way, so that we walked into Kenny Beards OK Restaurant promptiy at 2 p. m. - It was evident that the place was being operated as a cafeteria, and by the time we reached the end of the line, I wasn't quite prepared for the sight that faced me behind the cashier's counter, .. . . : There, just as there used to be in Windy Moss’ bdrber shop in long gone days, was a rack on whose shelves paraded row on row of gleaming white mugs, each with its owner's name emblazoned thereon with gold. What is this? I wondered. There hadn't been a striped pole on the front, and it didn't seem quite conceivable that the board of health regulations had been relaxed to permit shaving chins and ham with the same razor; (Just spoofing. of course—there was plenty of ham in my serving.)
Guarded by Mugs
JAMES soon dispelled my doubts when he took his tray into the lead and I followed him behind the partition guarded by the mugs. Not one, two, or a-few, but innumerable signs indicated that we had entered into the ceremonial halls of the OK" Coffee Club. Its furnishings were simple and very much to the point. A plaque on the wall bore the stuffed carcass
The table cloths were of the checked gingham variety. At one side stood a neatly polished heating stove —the kind that used. to get redbellied about Thanksgiving and stayed that way in the old general store all winter, Atop said stove is. a trophy--and what a trophy. It depicts a young athlete, posed in every correct detail as a champion golfer in — perfect form at the top of his back-swing.— Neatly engraved: in the. place below iz: the notation: Ferdinand the first , .. Brewer Hadley. There are otner indications ‘of the club's activities ‘such as’ a cardboard sigh denoting that the voting for Ugliest Man ended in a four-
of a whopping- big fish: of the pickerel family. -
way tie. Jim gave me some of the other high-*
When Brewer Hadley, Glen Tharp, Leon Baylies (sheriff) and a few of the others are all set,
‘the ceremonies start—they also startle.
Often these sessions are spent in planning the real. spell-downs which take place promptu of an evening.
Best One last
YOU DON'T dare start out with your best story, but you must have one strong enough to survive the first round, and then on to the next, and the next, and so on until you can reach the finals and spring your best one.
There was a stack of pictures of the club in action, and I trust that the gentlemen involved will forgive me .for filching one (below) that caught Ferdinand B. Hadley stretching a point. ‘Grouped around the table “with “him are shown Lester Worrell, George Moore, Ed Stevenson, and Glen Tharp who, rather than get reckless with the truth, often ignores it completely. Others standing by were Hap Beaver, Sheriff Leon Bayliss, Porter Money. and another chap I couldn't identify. Kenny Beard stands behind the arm waver, perhaps wondering when he’s going to need another cup of coffee. "Charlie Fetheringill took the picture. ~* Although there are service clubs in the town, these sessions often develop into good community building movements.’ They started the drive that raited $4000 for lights for the park.
Host to College Boys
THEY entertained all the athletes from Canterbury College, and found that the college boys could spin a few, too. They even encouraged Jim Hill to take up golf. He played his first game in a tournament and won a golf bag that first time out. In making the presentation on that occasion
the master. of ceremonies. said something. to the
effect that “any so-and-such who had the nerve to play his first game of golf in a tournament deserved a prize of some kind.” Of course James was somewhat handicapped in that no one would tell him a single rule of the game, or ad-
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by the biggest concern in their own lines. Some of them are going to think socialization is the only answer to the greed of the big fellows, The rest of us ought to find out if it would work. $ $¢ »
‘Mother Needs Help’ By Bud Kaesel, 524 Rochester Ave. i . I want to commend Edwin Heinke’s concise story of the woman who threw a flower pot at her little son, Mike. Who wouldn't lose his head it he had to go through what she did for 14 years trying to make ends meet? I know and believe her when she said, “I didn't mean to do it.” If it had been someone else, they would - have given up before they started. I would like to meet and shake the hand of that woman. ~1 hope there is a Good Samaritan in the city who has a heart of love and will give this woman a better place to live in, and also an employer who will give her a job so she can support her Siijsen 80 ‘they may grow up and have a chance n life * & 9
‘Reward for Useful Work’
By Charles W. Burton, 911 E. Maryland St. / You don’t have to preach honesty to men Ls with a. creative purpose. Let a human being | i throw his energies into making something with : his workmanship and that will take care of his honesty. It is right and necesdary that all men physically able should have work to do which _ shall, be worth doing and be of itself pleasant to-do, and which-shall be done under such-con«-
ditions as make it neither over-wearisonie nor. over-anxious. When men are doing work useful to others and pleasant to themselves, and get- . ting due reward for their energies, no serious harm ¢an happen to a society.” .
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‘Bus Windows Too Small’ YRBY Mrs, JF. The , Times’ editorial busses Was -fine. Tr . However, one of the important causes for . . the.number of deaths in "bus acgidents is the
on the Greyhound
There are things Britain can do to bring about a freer exchange of goods with this country. But these involve de- . cisions the British must make for themselves, without pressure from us.
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would be improper, and acceptance of our suggestions would ~~ carry implied obligations we might not care to assume. _ Britdin andthe United States have many common probtems and responsibilities, involving gradual ad justments.and " long-range objectives. More frequent consultations between the two governments should lead to new and mutually beneficial relationships. But no good, can come from placing undue importance upon the outcome of any one conference on a subject as complex as the balarfce of trade between the world's two greatest producing areas. ’ z
Calm Down, Missouri
! CHARMING young woman, soon to start on a concert tour of 25 cities, told St. Louis reporters this week that in none of them does she intend to sing “The Missouri - Waltz™ “I don't care if I never hear it again,’ garet Truman. stop during the campaign last fall.” Her remarks seem to have spread consternation among certain Missurians. Fur they have Just succeeded, after a
said Miss Mar-
__by the legislature as their state’ s official song. And, as they say, it is widely reputed to be Miss Margaret's distinguished father's favorite tune, oF Let the Show-Me state calm down. Miss Margaret was only being admirably frank. Repeated too often, as radio listeners. know all too well, the sweetest strains soon cease to charm and begin to cloy. vial? A conservative. estimate would be’ that Miss Margaret has hear “The Missouri Waltz” played or sung at least 2000 times in recent years, and has been urged to sing it no fewer than 500 timek. Indeed the President Nimaslt. ¢ould he afford to disregard pplitical repercussions, probably would be glad to make
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"AMERICAN lerfersae. in Br {tains “domestic “Hai! =
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Goodbye to dreams. Nello to life! ts
I waken from my dreams to see You'in_overalls and grime. And know that love like ours a key
To living that's sublime, . »
With your smile and tender charm; That make me for vour kisses sigh, And loving arms so warm. Pe
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~A.printed dress. ll. seek... . . And in a cottage be vour wife So gentle and so meek. —Josephine Buck, Westfield, Ind.
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FOSTER’ S FOLLIES
Bigs Nanas: ( y—~C aught himself, he prines speed trap.” In that park he suprintended There were shrubs where roadways wind, And the cops his speeding ended, As one plant they hid behind.
But"he's found "a brand new wrinkle Pruned the bush and made things clear, As he tells'em with a twinkle Can't have drivers’ hazards here!"
RISE FROM SLUMS .
lights of the ¥nore or less informal activities
vise him of any infractions.
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. By Harold Hartley
size of the windows in the bus. They are too small for the average adult to climb through. They are also too high. Only the heads of Pas. senyers are visible,
even think of the back emergency door? There -shotiid -be side. emergen: cy doors, on
| What Others Say
"“A_PERSON drives home from a modern office building in a 1949 car into a fairy-tale garage with artificially caved-in‘raftérs-—a hut of the wjitch inthe woods where ithe babes get lost! Is there nothing wrong with it, this archi« tectural schizophrenia ?--Architect Richard Neue tra, discussing modérn design, > > I AM a confirmed optimist regarding the future of America. I firmly believe that the - basic characteristics of our economy are expan
man Thomas B, McCabe. «oS WE can surely anticipate that any aggressor will alternately press and quell the crises, hoping to hold the (North Atlantic Treaty) powers in perpetual irresolution.—U. 8, Chief of Staff Omar Bradley.
Charles Wilson’s Career Example Of Office Boy's Climb To The Top
THE FELLOW who climbed on the soap box and began wav. Ing his arms and ranting about the lords of industry hogging the
wealth and running the whole show forgot something—or sorneone.
He forgot Charles E. Wilson, the boss of the General Electric
Corp. It is pretty. easy to convinge a ‘nasibeen that all of the wealth ought to be piled up in Washington and handed out again on an even basis to everybody. “It Is likewise pretty easy to! convince the boys who have slipped into the shadow of the economié erght_ball” that you don't Have a chance, | averito the govhrnment then passed it out let's get back té Charlie Wilson. ps
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was born in one of the toughest slums in the Mr. Wilson .. country, Hell's Kitchén in New York City. ! He didn’t waste his time standing around street: corners in those days listening to someone fan the air about the virtues of the IWW, the ‘age of 12 for General Electric Corp. “ Yesterday he spent & quiet 50th anniversary of his first day
yi iheusompany He'd grown a dot trom a knockabout he to
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president of a company with 100 plants, the biggest of its kind in the word. The truth is both Charles Wilson and ‘the company grew together. When he joined forces with GE it had only three plants, Today it touches the power, lighting. communications, entertainment, manufacturing, transportation, heating and refrigeration industries on every side. GE swept ahead with Charlie Wilson working his way through the chairs from office boy to his-quarters 45 floors above the turmoil of New York's Lexington Ave, . : Charlie Wilson steered his Soinpany through { the electric age, producing more for less.”
joined forces with General Electric Ty He-took-a course” fn electrical engineering, and another in
-accounting. He worked his. way through the shipping room®to
factory accountant, production manager, and finally assistant factory superintendent.
-He took his route step by step as a sales manager, managing : _ engineer,
With his prizefighter’'s build he could take it (and still loves prizefights). He conducted a young men’s forum of dis-
cussion of public topics and taught a Sunday school class in the ° ‘first. Baptist Church while at the Bridgeport, Conn. . works. In 8
1939 he was elected presiqen, Sucieeding
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His life has not all been devoted to profits for GE. He's broader than that, In 1942 he became executive vice chairman
“of the War Production Board at the request of President Roose=
velt: In addition to heading GE, he is a director of the International GE Co; -chairman-of the board and director of the GH Supply Co. and director of the Guarantee Trust Co.—this kid who rough-and-tumbled his way out of Hell's Kitchen. “ He serves on 17 national boards for public welfdre of one kind or another. He has nine honorary degrees, but he quit formal school at-the age of 12. He'll tell you that no government or politician can make a more abundant life, a direct refutation of President Roosevelt's first inauguration speech. He'll also tell you that while we may not bé able to keep the world from going on the rocks, our obligation is to try. He believes that people are inherently good, fair, unselfish and generous, and he believes in prayer. He'll also tell you that industries ‘are built in the minds of men “over back fences, at kitchen tables and on stools at lunch counters.” unreal approach to the economic facts of life.” He's the Kind of a person that fellow in the dirty shirt and long hair is ranting about on his 8 Soaphos; the American kid who
sion and growth.— Federal Reserve Board Chair.
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