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Farmer-Labor Day

Mr TRUMAN covered a lot of territory yesterday, He boarded his airplane at Washington and set forth ' to turn Labor Day into farm-labor day. His first stop was at Pittsburgh. There, before a big crowd in which industrial workers predominated, he tore into the “selfish special interests” which he accused of oppos- | ing and misrepresenting his “Fair Deal” program for labor | and agriculture, « { A few hours later he was at Des Moines, in the heart | of the farm belt. There, before another big crowd, he again | denounced the “selfish interests’—this time for blocking the |

Brannan farm-plan and its promise of perpetually high 1 incomes for farmers and cheap food for consumers.

a . ” » . THEY SOUNDED like campaign speeches. And they’ were. . Mr. Truman was opening, with all the drama-his stage managers could devise, a campaign to cement a political alliance between organized labor and agriculture for the | perpetuation in office of the Democratic Party. Or, more accurately, for perpetuation in office of that | element of the Democratic Party which thinks as Mr, Tru--| man thinks and does as he says. This campaign's first objective, he made it plain at Pittsburgh and Des Moines, will be to rid Congress of “re-. actionary Senators and Representatives.” Such reactionaries. presumably include both Democrats and Republicans: Those who don't want to repeal the Taft- {

~. Hartley Act and go back to the one-side Wagner Act. Those |

who: suspect the Brannan plan of being too good to be true. | Those who cling to Thomas Jefferson's old-fashioned notion

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| SOCIALISM ...By E. T. Leech

U.S. and British

Ideas Far Apart

Writer Says Nations Can't ‘Work Together for Free Trade

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -— Socialism and Communism are variations of the same general disease. Somewhat like different types of measles. Their main difference is In the amount of force and violence employed to establish and maintain them.

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America slowly learned that you can't do |

business with communism~— that it Is so basically hostile that it can't or won't work with our way of life, We have not yet realized that, to a slightly lesser degree, the same is true of Socialism. It just won't mesh with our system of individual enterprise and personal freedom. In its fundamental aims and theories, Socialism is as hostile to "what we have In America as Is communism. It just hasn't reached the stage where it throws its weight around as violently, This is something we will have to learn In our relations with Great Britain. So long as Britain remains a fully Socialist state,” we are idding ourselves to think dollars’ can estabish there the same sort of economic recovery we know in America.

Don't Mix

EACH country is entitled to the system fit prefers. “But on our part we must learn one basic fact: Socialism and free enterprise, rlike oll and water, just don't mix. This does not mean that we need be hostile to or refuse to work with Socialist Britain, But it does mean that we are only deluding ourselves If we fall for the much éxpressed belief that means can be found for closely merging the British and American systems.

tis a -false-hope to think that the two

countries - will work ‘together to produce a world of free trade, unhampered interchange of money, and common productive effort, Britain has lett that road to travel a different one. After a summer spent studying the British system, and a month's close observation in the British Isles, I came away with one outstanding impression. There is a vist gulf between the fdeas and methods of the British government and the way of life under which America expanded and grew strong. What is going on in England is the direct opposite of the American system,

Against Capitalism

BRITISH politicians know this, don't,

even if we Through all the speeches and state

that “if we can preven overnment from wasting the | ts and the ‘platform of .the Labor Party prevent the g: gt cate und |

labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them,” they will be happy.” . - »

» . ~ A CAMPAIGN to promote better understanding between labor and agriculture, to emphasize the basic identity of their interests, to convince them that neither can prosper long at the other's expense-—that would be well worth while, A campaign to unite two huge political pressure groups, to throw their combined voting strength behind those office | seekers who make them the most glittering promises, to - encourage éach to help both get the most they possibly can’ out of government—that will be something quite different. But that, clearly, is what Mr. Truman had in mind on farmer-labor day.

Another Handout —

HE State Department is attempting to prepare the public for another foreign-spending program by inti—mations that the United States may have to assume some. of Britain's economic ‘responsibilities in South and Southeast Asia. Why? To stop communism, of course, by eliminating unrest and bolstering democratic governments. : t In the new line now forming are India, Pakistan, Brit- - ish Malaya and Ceylon. If another “come and get it” call is sounded, we may be sure Siam, Indo-China and Indonesia ‘will join the procession. : The State Department has been talking about a new Far Eastern policy, and here is where we need one. But most Sertainly not the one that is proposed.

» » LJ LJ ALL these new governments in Asia are in the experimental stage, to say the least. Democracy has been introduced, but whether it will thrive in this climate remains to ‘be demonstrated. . However, lessons in self government and self help should be taken together. They are Siamese | twins and one cannot live without the other. Where money is needed for self liquidating projects it can be obtained at the International Bank on reasonable terms, if the projects are sound. That is where applications should be made, not to Uncle Sam. The areas concerned are rich-in natural resources and can be made attractive fields for commercial investment, But rampant nationalism and the “Asia for Asiatics” agitation now at the boiling point in most places will have to find a common sense level before the atmosphere will be conducive o that.

. "nm YOUNG ‘people and young hations both can be sspoiled by too much easy money. When they have to earn their dollars they begin to appreciate their value. The best way to help these Asiatic nations to adjust. themselves to- their new freedom is to put them on their. | own, and let them sweat it out just as we had to da in our pionéer days. If they begin life on a subsidy they'll never learn to live without one. ‘Britain owes most of these governmichits money, to be | sure. But the money was spent in the common war effort and if it is charged off to that it will serve as lesson No: 1 in the responsibilities of statehood.

Fashion Note

HE United Nations Conservation Congress, now meeting at Lake Success, N. Y., has just heard some striking support for the hardly original theory that ours is, after all, a pretty small world, John Paul Harroy of Belgium told the Congress that the sudden rage for leopard-skin coats among European and American women’ a few years ago‘has caused a serious crisis for farmers in Africa, Hunters there, it seems, killed leopards at a great rate. That upset one of nature's delicate balances. Now there aren't enough leopards to prevent their natural prey, the baboons and bushpigs,. from increasing tremendously in

¢ numbers. And the baboons and bushpigs, being exception. |

ally destructive beasts, are playing hob with the farmers’ crops. This presents quite-a problem, and we aren't sure we have the solution. But it occurs to us that the United Na-

tions Conservation Congress might adopt one effective coun- |

_ fer measure: Persuade the style authorities of Paris, New York and Hollywood to proclaim that American and Euro-

pean women who want to be in the. height of fashion must -

wear oi cota su bhp hide shows.

ds, ‘this realization is ‘made quite plain. i: They are against capitalism and all its works. = They think it is decaying and destructive, . They" are almost: as adept as the Russians in picking flaws in our system-—just less objectionable. They look almost as sharply for signs of American decay and depression. They use us ad an alibi for all their failures and busted planning. It is humiliating for any government to have to ‘take help from another nation. the British’ Socialist. leadership there is much more than normal wounded pride. It is absolutely galling to them that the aid comes from capitalism-—the system they claim won't work. z Yet, just to keep going, they continually have to come back for more assistance. Without it Socialism would collapse in England. American free enterprise has kept it alive,

Dose of Poison

THERE is no telling, of course, what might ‘have happened had Socialism collapsed. Britain might have swung further left. She has

- a violent dose of poison to get out of her

-system;—and- may be “along -time--doing it. Meanwhile we have to face the bitter truth that she cannot recover in an economic sense, dollars or no dollars, until that happens. The United States unfortunately stands as the great contradiction to British theories, just as it does in the case of Russia. The country which is still most free, in which private enterprise has the. fullest expression, also is the most productive and strongest. It has the most wealth, highest standards of living, greatest personal liberty and widest division of material goods.

“HOUSE HUNTING.

We hope you find a habitat, Fraught with nature's j@vels, With vines and flowers scattered 'round And joy reflected in its pools.

May this new home be quite the best The brightest ‘and the happiest, That He who doeth all things fair Will favor you with gracious care ‘

We hope each golden moment spent Will fill this home with sweet content, "Til then our kindliest thoughts will be Sheltered in our memory. ~— Charlotte Brunker Kinney, 3736 Kenwood. *. + ¢

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

("FLUSHING, N. Y.——Woman teller helps nab bogus check suspect.”)

Someone onetime praised the virtue Of deep silence as pure gold And it's trie ‘that tales that hurt. vou Are the ones too often told

‘But this sad and wiser feller » Has an even stricter codé: When you see a woman-teller, “It's high time to hit the road’

LABOR...By Marquis Childs

ClO Steel Showdown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. The case of the steel companies vs. | -the CIO United Steel Workers is rapidly approaching a showhas received comparatively little attention to date, ft may in the perspective of the future seem a key contest, In the lengthy record of the hearifigs before the Pregident's

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. By Ariton Scherrer’

John L. Sullivan's ‘Fight Drink’

WRINKLED old hermit, whose nerves show no signs of cracking under the strains of universal hysteria, took me aside the other day to recommend a drink gompounded of equal parts of champagne and beer. I pondered the prescription the better part of a week to the exclusion of matters that «should have had my immediate attention when, all of a sudden, it sccurred to me that, maybe, the old codger had in mind an ancient panacea brought to Indianapolis by John Lawrence Sullivan. Sure, the “one and only great John L.” John L. Sullivan picked the night of Oct, 18, 1882, to let the folks around here have their first<look at him. The place was the Grand Opera House (now Keith's) run by George Dickson at the time. Besides the pugilist then known as “the Boston Strong Boy,” the company in cluded Billy Madden, the headliner's trainer; Ed Bibby, champion wrestler; Pete McCoy, champion lightweight, and an Indian club swinging artist by the name of Hoefler whose act proved to be the best part of the performance. Labored Breathing “INDEED, the critics found only one fault with Mr. Hoefler's act. He panted a good deal in the course of his swinging exercises with the result that labored at the end. It was so apparent that an Indianapolis physician seated in the audience went on record that Mr. Hoeffer showed marked signs of hypertrophy. The doctor was so lugubrious about his diagnosis that he even ventured the opinion (loud enough for everybody around him to hear) that Mr. Hoefler might surprise an audience some night by dying right in the middle of his act. For some reason; the doctors around here always talked like that some 60 years ago when I was a kid.

As for John L.'s act-—a boxing bout with Mr. Madden — it turned out to be a dismal flop. I can explain that. too, if you give me time. Seems that just eight months before his Indianapolis debut, Mr. Sullivan had knocked out Paddy Ryan, “the pride of Troy (N. Y.)." tq Achieve for himself the title of Champion of America. (In case you youngsters have to be told; ‘the word “knockout” was thought up by Mr. Madden on that occasion. thus enriching the American branch of the science of semantics by another synthetic expression of priceless value.) :

Followed Him on Street

« THE Ryan-Sullivah fight was a terrific nineround battle fought with bare knuckles and captured the imagination of the American peothey. wouldn't let Mr. Sullivan be alone with his own thoughts, They followed him on the street and great crowds turned out at every railroad station when his train went through. Thé hero-worship finally got on the young To solve what appeared to be an unbearable situation, John L. hired “Big Steve.” an operator in Mike McDon-

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his breathing became appallingly

.ald’s Chicago gambling establishment. (“The Store”) to double for him. Big Steve. looked exactly like the real John L. and eventually, was coached to act like him, too. Planted in a crowd, Big Steve would remove his derby, tilt it on his forearm, spit over it and thump it back onto his ‘head while he growled ferociously: “Much obliged to yees, gentlemin.”, It had everybody fooled. Meanwhile, the real John L. was taking it easy elsewhere. With these historical facts to work with, it is not unreasonable to believe that Big Steve went even further and played the part of John

, L. on the stage whenever. the occasion called

for it. Atcany rate, it's one way of explaining why Mr. Sullivan displayed so little of his acclaimed skill when he boxed Billy Madden on the night of his Indianapolis debut.

Real John L.

WHAT sheds.even more light on Mr. Sullivan’'s whereabouts on the night of Oct. 18, 1882, is the established fact that it was the real John L., and not Big Steve, who entered Chapin & Gore's elegant saloon (20 N. Illinois St. where the Block people now do business) at a_time whén he was supposed to be doing his act over at the Grand Opera House. On that occasion Mr. Sullivan swaggered up to the bar and called for a magnum of champagne and the same quantity of beer, With the magnum in one hand and the pail of beer in the other (it's quite a trick), the two liquids slowly and simultaneously into a second and bigger bucket, taking infinite care not to let the mixture foam too rapidly. He lapped it up in one draught.

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drink was a sedative designed to steady the nerves; for six years later, in 1888, Mr. Sullivan defeated Charlie Mitchell in 39 rounds. In 1889, he polished off Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds. And except for the fact that 1892 was a notoriously poor vintage year for the corking of champagne, who knows but what John L. might have licked Jim Corbett, too.

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George Bellows' famous print: John L. Sullivan."

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, By Margaret

Hoosier Forum.

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‘No Signs of Fair Downtown’ | 1982 N. Alabama St, Since the Indiana State Fair has become a great Hoosier tradition, personifying all the ele ments of the state's claim to progress and fame, it seems strange that there is no manifestation of the exposition in downtown Indianapolis. Once State "Fair pennants fluttered from downtown buildings. Business firms and stores advertised the Fair with special “Welcome”

signs. v But this year there are few if any indica

in the downtown area that there is a Fair go

on out at the Fairgrounds. “J¢-seems that Indianapolis could participate more in this.annual event by calling visitors’ attention to the exposition of Hoosier progress in agriculture and Heyy. . ®

Warning to Motorists By Todd Stoops, Sec.-Mgr., Hoosier Motor Club As thousands of children troop back to class. rooms motorists should be especially watchful of child pedestrians. "A national campaign is being conducted re minding motorists that “school is open” and to be careful always, but extra cautious in school zones, now that children are back again crosse

‘Ing hazardous intersections.

While teachers will begin immediately to ade monish children to be careful crossing streets and highways and to remember safe walking rules, and though the school safety patrols will be on duty, motorists never can be sure that some child will not forget instructions or just run into the street at a playful moment. We can continue to have reduction in the number of accidents involving children going to and from school through co-operation of motore ge -parents and members, of the. school safety patrols. The Hoosier Motor Club each year furnishes the school and police authorities basic safety materials and equipment, used to organize and further develop school safety programs, AAA school safety materials start from pamphlets giving the need of safety patrols in the school community, to booklets setting out the organiza tion of patrols and standard rules for their operation. . Many people do not realize that school safety patrols have been a major factor in the decreased number of traffic fitalities and accle dents in the 5 to 14-year age group. This de crease has amounted over a 25-year period to 27 per cent, a much better record than that of the adult pedestrian, which increased over the same period, ; ® & o

‘Need Free Transfers’ : By Joy G. Stoddard, 2211 S. Meridian St,

When the Indiana Ave. bridge was out about five years ago, the Indianapolis Railways issued

‘4 free transfer from the 8S. Meridian or River-

side trolley because that trolley would naturall pass thé General Hospital if it were not for th detour. The hospital operator would give a free transfer to either of these busses but we. had to use them on certain corners. 1 have taken this up with the company, which is giving these transfers now. But some of their operators will not do so until told by

- the inspector at Washington St,

The 8. Meridian and Riverside trolley would pass the hospital if the bridge at Fall Creek and 10th St. were not out, so the company should, and does try, to give us a free transfer. The in« spector posted a notice at the trolley | barn but, I guess many did not read it.

What Others Say

OUR. real problem today centers about what we are going fo do about England. Everyone wants to know, a great deal depends upon it.— Bernard Baruch.

dpocdp ap > THE greatest problem facing the world today is that of raising the standard of living of the people, not just maintaining it ~Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug,

ev Se THE efficacy of the Bill of Rights depends upon the vigilance of the American people and the determination of each citizen to meet the

Harry 8. Truman. ’ >» & WE can hope, but no one can promise that if .war comes the. impact of our.bomhing offensive with atomic weapons can bring it about that no surface forces ever ‘have to be ene gaged. Air Begretary W. Stuart Symington. ¢

¢ IT is difficult for me to ignore heartwarmIng and friendly overtures to return to my native land for which it is only natural for me to long --Gen. Douglas MacArthur. ¢ ° IT MAY well be that the very blow which struck. the city. (Hiroshima) will make . . . the peace-loving people of the world . . . so ‘determined to prevent similar blows that they will check the rise of any aggressor before he cin gain sufficient power to plunge the world again into war.—Lt. Gen. H. C. H, Robertson, British Occupation Commander of Japan. : ¢ >

THE people of Alaska and Hawaii are Amers ican people. . . .. There is no excuse for any poe litical consideration at all in such a matter as tifs.— Rep. Thomas Burke (D. 0.), on statehood for Alaska and Hawali. eo OUR national policy for the vigorous development of atomic energy is sound... . It is important that this program continue to go fore ward with undiminished momentum and effece tiveness. — President Truman. ® %

FOREIGN TRADE... B By Peter Edson

U. S. Must Bosold

European foréign trade practices will be necessary in the next few years if U. 8. recovery payments to Marshall Plan countries are ever to be ended. This in brief is the substance of a report which Assistant

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steel board. both sides have.made it plain that a great deal is being staked on the outcome. Both sides have sald some pretty

final and positive things that would appear to rule out an easy |

compromise, Reading that record, vou get a feeling that the steel executives have said to themselves, “It's now or never, it's the union: or us’ And something like that attitude is implicit tn some of the statements made for the union by Philip Murray.

Boti. Sides Reasonable

. IT IS odd that this should he so-because there has heen considerable reasonableness on both sides in the steel industry up to ~~ this point While he pioneered industrial unionism with John 1. Lewis, Murray's emphasis always has been on practical and immediate gains for his union. He has stayed within the traditional frame-work-of American trade unionism. This has been in contrast to the determined political activity .of the extreme left-wingers who are now an embarrassment to the C10,

Fair Compromise : MR. MURRAY haf gone on the ARSTPL once the CIO

unions gained recognition, that reasonable gains could come out.

of colleétive bargaining. The showdown in steel may shake that belief. And if it goes on toa strike and emergency action by the government, a lot of other people may have their beliefs shaken, too. For the struggle in steel is being followed with absorbed. interest not alone by Mr. Muftiy and the men around him in the CIO, but within the AFL and particularly among the younger men who are moving that organization in a new direction, A prolonged and bitter struggle could give a’ tremendous new - impetus to labor's political activity. It eould, in my opinion, signal the beginning of a drive that would lead eventually to a labor

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Economic Co-operation Administrator Wayne C. Taylor will soon make after a four-month study of European business conditions. Since early this year, Mr. Taylor has-been devoting his full | time to the problem of how Europe can ‘sell more. goods to the (=U. 8. Europe's trade deficit with the United States is estimated at about $4 billion a year for the next five years. What this means is that Europe will have to sell in America goods worth that much more if it is to break even.

‘Sell’ Ideas to U. S.

| WAYNE TAYLOR is ‘a former undersec retary of commerce and ex-chairman of the U. 8. Export-Import Bank. He took a séven-man mission of the Marshall Plan and Commerce De- | partment experts to Europe with him last May. The Taylor mis‘slon is now completing a huge report, with many statistical ane | nexes and exhibits, | A vast edycational campaign to “sell” these ideas to the 8:4 | Congress, European governments, Americafi-and foreign busi- | messmen may be involved. Merely telling the American people | that they should buy more foreign merchandise won't be enough.

Revision of Custom Laws , THIS will probably bring a I6ud yell from many American business firms, But in the main it is believed that European manufacturers can produce lines of goods which American firms

| don't or won't make, and so will be non-competitive with U8"

| products, 3 In the process, U. 8. custorns laws, last revised in. 1930, may | have to be modernized. Customs regulations will also have to be changed by the U. 8. Treasury Department. { New bilateral trade agreements between the United States | and all European governments may be involved. - In return for { tariff concessions. European import quota restrictions, which are far worse than any tariffs, will have to he-acrapped to make. a. | fair trade deal. *.

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