Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1949 — Page 16

The Indianapolis Times

HENRY W: MANZ Business Manager

PAGE 16 Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1949

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— pe— Good News for Taxpayers A REDUCTION in the property tax rate for most Iridiany apolis citizens next year rather than another big jump * as budget requests had indicated earlier, comes as welcome news to hard-pressed taxpayers. The reduction was made possible in part by thorough studies of all budget requests by the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board and the City and County Councils. Also contributing to the tax rate relief was the increase in assessed property valuations on the books for next year.

IF the reduction was made without impairing seriously any of the vital functions of local government, the actions of the rate-fixing agencies are a commendable step toward curbing a runaway tax structure. : : A few. administrators already have complained that "some cutg in their budgets will hamper operations next year, ‘This may.turn.out to be true in some instances but experimental economy won't hurt public seryices in the long run if it is applied with common sense and efficiency, . A We all know that long-established tradition throug the years has burdened the taxpayers with unnecessary frills and padded payrolls maintained mostly for political reasons. - - . . . _ Elimination of these is the first step on the road to sound economy.

‘Our Two-World Policy

THE 12 North Atlantic Pact nations have set up a con. |

tinuing" organization for their common defense, under a steering committee headed by the United. States, Britain ' At the same time, the State’ Depar{ment has.announced that Britsin and France have thrown their support behind , “American” decision to abandon China to the Com“munists. : : . Having deliberately placed itself in this paradoxical position, the State Department this week will urge Congress ‘to vote funds to oppose communism in ‘Western Europe. ‘But it will oppose voting money to be used against com-munism-in China. : 5) This double-dealing program will not make sense to many people. And it will not strengthen our foreign-policy position in Congress, which represents the people. But that factor does not appear to be a matter of great concern to Jur professional foreign-policy “experts.” 2 a mo. . » gq ~~ FUNDS should be voted for the defense of Western Europe, because we cannot afford to abandon any part of the world to Communist aggression. But American prestige © .i8 being undermined by the stupidity of our Far East policy, and ft should be no surprise if the Arms-for-Europe pro"gram gets fewer votes than the North Atlantic Treaty got.

Members of Congress sometimes have to explain their

votes to their constituents. How could anyone explain why we have an anti-Communist position in Europe and a pro- *. Communist attitude toward the situation in China?

Wooing the West GOOD part of the Truman administration is in San Francisco to “hear about Western problems.” The occasion is the second Democratic conference in preparation for the 1050 congressional elections. hw Ruth Finney, staff writer for The Times and other Scripps-Howard newspapers, reports that the objective is to. build in the West a Democratic stronghold, such as the _ solid South has been, thus answering the Republican-Dixie-crat coalition which has blocked so much of the Truman program. = : It's the biggest pow-wow of Democrats on the Pacific Coast since the San Francisco National Convention in 1920, Party leaders from 11 statés are there in force. Agriculture Secretary Brannan is listening attentively to suggestions for making his celebrated farm plan more atractive to the West Coast. ® =» : LI THIS western courtship, of course, is only part of a larger, grander design which has been taking shape since the first Democratic conference in Iowa last spring. Section by section the industrial North and East, the Midwest farm belt and the wide spaces between the Rockies and the Pacific are to be wooed, won and welded to the Democratic Party by the cohesive power of government spending. Thereafter election not only of Democrati¢ Presidents, but also of Congresses which will obey their orders, will be a cinch, That's the big idea. And what's to keep it from becoming a reality we aren't sure—unless the Republicans get a lot smarter than they have been lately or the government runs out of money for the Democrats to spend.

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‘School Bus Safety

POLITICS . .. By Ruth Finney ~~ Warren Facing GOP Opposition "Party Split in West Seen +

As Big Aid to Democrats

BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21 Gov. Earl Warren may make a dignified withdrawal from public life before long, many of his friends believe, “If he does not, he faces stiff oppostilon in the Republican gubernatorial primaries next year. California's Lt, Gov. Goodwin J. Knight says he is a candidate whether Mr, Warren runs or not, He has broken with Mr. Warren on a number of policies and is getting support from the right wing of the party. This situation, though not on the agenda of

the Democratic regional conference here, is de- |

: Ughting California Democrats, : As one party leader put it, “Gov. Warren could probably lick Knight, but the fight would split the Republican Party so badly .that we could step in and take over.” He added one qualification—"unless we get in a bigger row ourselves.” .

James Roosevelt Leads

JAMES ROOSEVELT seems to be far out ahead for the Democratic nomination, but E. George Luckey, former state senator and vice president of the state central committee, is still talking about “Increasing pressure” on him to make the race. He is still demanding that the Democrats neminate a “sound” candidate, and one who has “no hidden commitments to Communist fellow travelers or power-seeking special interests.” : Mr; Luckey has become known as a crony of President Truman since tfie last election. Mr. Roosevelt, on the other hand, Ted a movement to nominate Gen. Dwight Eisenhower before the convention. Party leaders in California, many of whom dislike Mr. Roosevelt, seem to be convinced that he has the nomination pretty well sewed up, and has the best chance of winning the govprnorship away from the Republicans. : He has a statewide Sunday night radio program, and is using it to preach liberal doctrine. He makes frequent speaking trips and has = “brain trust” at work.

Pension Group

80 FAR, neither he nor Mr. Luckey has been promised support of the powerful old-age pension group operating under direction: of George McLain. Mr. Luckey said his “sound Democrat” group is composed of some labor and farm organiza«Mons, .cattiemen; veterans; :businessmen- and meat packers. Not very well known in the state, Mr. Luckey also Is sounding out other stop-Roosevelt possibilities. - . If Mr. Roosevelt is the candidate, he will make much of recent disclosures ahout Artie “Samish, master lobbyist, who boasts that he holds the California Jegjslature in: his hand--and of Gov. Warren's admission that in matters affecting his clients Mr. Samish has more power than the Governor. His friends indicate Mr. Roosevelf will crossfire and attempt to capture some Republican and independent votes as well as the three million registered Democrats. The main event in the Democrat primary next year may turn out to be a contest between Sen. Sheridan Downey and Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas. Party leaders, who assumed earlier that Sen. Downey would be nominated, are not 50 sure after witnessing several recent demonstrations for Mrs. Douglas, and after sounding out opinion at the conference here. 5 Mr. Downey defeated William Gibbs McAdoo in a Democratic primary in spite of strong White House support for Mr. McAdoo. The Senator would not have that kind of support in A primary ‘contest next year, but he counts Reavy on: the old-age vote. to keep “hfm in office. ; :

| WANT TO

I'll do what I want to, I heard someone say, But feel he will live to regret that day. To do what one wants to. is not always the best, And I fear he will only fall into a test.

To do what one should is a much better way, And will always make sunshine on any dark day. Someone who does only what he wishes to do, . Is selfish indeed and his friends they are few, . Josephine Buck, Westfield, Ind. * > —

'TIS SAID

That many an influential man has been reached via his wife but it is usually for a step up instead of an ig :Gminious skid down to the frozen depths.

—B. C.,, Indianapolis

WORLD OF TOMORROW

«+ tional Science Foundation.

Some time ago, a group of scientists working on a project sponsored by Johns Hopkins University produced a

guided missile. At the proving anticipation to send this through the air faster than the speed of sound.

As it reached this fantastic speed, the operator at the controls sent out an impulse to turn the rudders in such a way that | But, to the chagrin of the Scientists follqwing the test, the missile veered in Just the opposite

the missile would roll to the left.

direction.

What thew had not known was that across the super-sonic barrier, directidnal impulses hive an effect opposite that on the Consequently, much of this

accustomed side of that barrier. costly experiment had to be done over again,

' Concentrate on Science

STATE ‘police action in ordering out of service school | b

usses that fail to measure up to minimum standards |

of safety is welcome news to parents of 250,000 pupils who ride these vehicles every day. .

Precautionary ineasures in operation of school busses |

cannot be too strict because 20 to 30 lives. b + Arthur M. Thurston, state police superintendent, is sending troopers into the field this week to check every - school bus in Indiana as to its safety. He has ordered officers to condemn unsafe vehicles and take them out of service until they are brought up to minimum regulations,

a single accident may involve

. 5» ho “ALT THIS, of course, will involve additional outlays in the budgets of many school corporations but economy at the sacrifice of safety where a tragic waste. » : . . If the state police safety program on school bu.ses eliminates the chances of only one accident during the

n __tpresent school

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school children are concerned is |

‘THOSE who are urging establishment of the science foundation—and this includes most of the nation's leading scientists say that such expensive miscalculations could be avoided. Backed by $15,000,000 a year of gov ernment money, the foundation would concentrate on pure science, which is the base of all eéxperimenta-

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' «In this group approach they would get at fundamentals that work or necessitate involved

now hold up experimental lengthy testing

While the bill creating a science foundation has been passed by the Senate, it has long been bottled up in the House Rules Committee. A group of Republicans and Southern Democrats on | the committee believe that this is an easy place to save some

money,

President Truman invited one of the group, Rep. James W. York, down to the White House to‘try to convince him that the foundation would actually save money. The President made the argument given to him by his | top military advisers—the fact that thé vast program of applied research financed especially by the Department of Defense is becoming more expensive and relatively less productive as it exhausts the available fundamental knowledge of natural phe-

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| Lobby Work

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defeat the Science Foundation bill.

is John W. Anderson.

An effective lobbyist for the patent council is former Con. | t | Mr. Lanham got into. the record of the hearings an extraordinary attack on the hackers

gressman Frits Lanham of Texas

| PEDDLER’S PASSAGE . . . By John Loveland

Tips on Indiana’s Beauty Spots -

: .. By Marquis Childs | SIDE GLANCES Science and Politics

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—While the politicians debate the issues of the past, the scientists are going right ahead creating the world of day after tomorrow. There could hardly be a better {llustration of this than the controversy over the proposed Na-

grounds, they gathered with great new accurately-guided

US far there has been no indication that the opponents hanged their stand. As a result, the likelihood is that when the House returns to work a motion will be made, under the rule | adopted in January, to discharge the Rules Committee and there- | by get the bill up for a vote. Part of the opposition may be ex- | plained by the -work of a lobby that has assiduously sought to The lobby is the National Patent Council and Productive Inventions, Inc., and

of the foundation taken from the Chicage Tribune.

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example of the attack by smear

THIS I8 the kind of weather and time of year that makes’ a lot of people want to get out in the car and go to Brown County to see the foliage. It's never a cut and dried certainty when things ‘will be just right, and the people in Nashville who plan their annual fall festival have _had quite a time hitting it on the nose. : how or other when the colors are in their greatest glory, however, the word gets around and all your friends and a lot more people you never met pack up and start for the hills, And such a congestion! Luckily, business took me down that way last week and gave me a preview of what is to come. The trees and the countryside were gen< erally still in their summer's green with. only a slight mutation toward drab shades brought

on by the lateness of the season. ®

A Sneak Preview HERE and there, however, was a maple or some other leafy plant that reminded me of a youngster at Christmas, or a little girl with a new dress, or a Jittle boy whose permit to ride his bike to school has just been ‘issued. They just couldn't wait, but: had to get on With the brightness—part of the way, at least, so that every once-in-a while along the way Was _an over-anxious bough flaming in red and yellow. Sort of a sneak preview, and from what was there I'm sure you'll like the show again this year. The funny thing is, however, that if it weren't for the great build-up that has been given to Brown County, you might be traipsing off to other spots that haven't benefited by the press agent touch. If you really want to see something, go to Greensburg on Highway 29, and then east to Batesville. Poke around the town for a few minutes, looking it aver for its‘pléeasant houses, and wonder at the furniture factories that make fine things for your homes. ' Consider, too, that it is swayed by two chief influences—the church, and the families of the founders of the chief industries in the town. If you'll look at a few names, you'll note that they're mostly of German origin. Don't spend too much time .in Batesville, though, because there is a real treat four miles

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to the morth oh Highway 229,-where after winding and dipping, you'll rise to the cap of. a “hill .and be confronted with the spires. of the convent at Oldenburg. :

Road Breaks Sharply

IF YOU'RE the one who will be driving, be

| ‘Roads Being Destroyed’

' cause this towering investment, representing |

careful that you're not so taken in by the view |

that you fail to notice thHat the road breaks sharply to the left and down hill just as you begin to say to the rest of the family: “Now, there's a real old country view. Don't you just feel the grandeur and solemnity of a great devotion in those steeples, the aging red brick, and the gray slate gabled roofs as they preak through the matting -of those red and golden maples?” Or maybe you won't be able to say a word. . Take some time in Oldénburg. From then on you'll drive through the glories of nature. You'll have to watch your twists and turns on the highway, but traffi¢ probably won't begin to be as heavy as it would have been had you decided to go to the Abe Martin country, Wind on down to U. 8. 52 and eastward again, If you're interested in the old canals, there are some good remnants in Metamora. “

Towering Hillsides

CONTINUE along U. 8S. 52 down the Whitewater River valley to Brookville, The towering hillsides and sweep of the valley are wonders to see at any time of the year. Brookville is another old town you'll enjoy looking over. Leave it when you've seen enough and follow Highway 101 to Liberty. By that time you'll know it's time to head for home, and you'll want to take one of two roads. First,. and more scenic, is to follow No. 44 to Connersville and Rushville before hitting U. 8. 52 again and on into Indianapolis. The second will be to head »north on U. 8. 27 to Richmond, and then into “Indianapolis over the National Road super-high-way. By the time you reach home, you'll have seen just about everything you'd have seen in Brown County, and you'll have been able to choose your own pace. There are a lot of places to go in Indiana on an Indian summer day if you've already-seen Brown County.

By Galbraith |

ly defended,

with Alaska.

Shapley was identified t General as subversive. | {

If: Dr. Shapley is for the bill, it must be Communistic and therefore all who support it are also Communists or fellowtravelers. By this interesting process of logic, bers of Congress would become subversive, as tional Association of, Manufacturers, which has supported the

science bill,

its proprietor backing, and to medicine.

: Congress is appropriating 14 billion dollars for the Depart. ment of Defense. A substantial share of it will go to create the planes that are part of the eerie scene world. How much of this amount could be saved by concentrated research in with accuracy. But it would not be small,

“missiles And the super-sonic _ being set for tomorrow's

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We'll be seeing you more often for a while; Joe—the family is tarving on my wife's diet!" }

The article pointed out that among the numerous advocates of the foundation is Dr. Harlow ‘Shapley of Harvard University. with organizations listed by the Attorney

The benefits of the pure research carried out foundation would not. of course, be confined to the ‘military. Ther would be of great value to industry, which is the reason for NA™

freee

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pure science no one can say

Alaskan Weakness

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—The joint, chiefs of staff recently sent to Defense Secretary Louis Johnson from Alaska “the hot test secret message he has yet received,” it was learned today. The joint chiefs returned Friday-from a twa weeks Alaskan inspection trip. Their dispatch preceded them, Sources close to Mr. Johnson said it was not a scare méssage, but a- cold, sober - appraisal of our weaknesses in the Far North, It stressed the necessity of adequate bases if the Alaskan outpost—56 miles across the Bering Strait from Russian Siberia—Iis to be adequate.

Base for Attacks

“POTENTIALLY, "he said, “Alaska provides a base for re. taliatory attacks against a possible enemy and for the protec tion of Canada and the United States. But a base is something more than a piece of strategic terrain or a pool of critical fight. ing machines ‘and equipment. It serves as a home for those Americans who must live there and keep it in a perpetual state’ of readiness. By American standards, the facilities for American troops. who must serve in Alaska are hardly homes.” Mr. Johnson said he may lift Alaskan projects out of a $800odd million armed forces public works bill and introduce it as special” legislation, He pointed out that the bill included $138 million to complete Alaskan defenses already under way,

He warned that delay “even until January will be expen. sive. If relief IS:hot immediately forthcoming, part of the forces we have sent to Alaska to do the job will be dissipated. The construction season is short. It takes time and it is expensive to haul materials to Alaska . . housing for the construction crews.” ’

Urged Immediate Action

HIS determination to force action on Alaskan defenses may bring a clash with Chairman Carl Vinson (D;'Ga.) of the House Armed Services Committee. Mr. Vinson's committee approved Alaskan projects as among those “which must be initiated ime mediately.” But Mr. Vinson says the legislation won't pass it this

Hoosier Forum|

“I do not agree with a word that vou say, but |

wil ‘defend fo the death your right te say i

By John C. Conover a ‘ Our country has the finest system of tional, state and local highways in the worldfor the moment. I say “for the moment"

erally billions of dollars of tax money, is wilfully destroyed by an increasing num truck operators who heap on pay loads far excess of legal highway maximums. This practice is shunned by legitimate opera tors, but the fact remains that there are many violators who are willing to destroy our ways, Samuel C. Hadden, Highway Commission; warned recently, greatly augmented and still increasing number of heavy trucks and trailers, operating for long distances, is destroying our roads faster than we can find money to replace them.” Thomas MacDonald, U. 8. Commissioner of Public Roads, estimates: that this year alone it will cost taxpayers around $2.5 billion to reconstruct, patch up and maintain highways bate tered beyond the point of safe use. : All of this cannot be blamed on heavier. than-legal trucks, but whatever their share, the damage they cause isa form of larceny of your tax maney. When a trucker deliberately over loads, he is a law violator. When he our highways because of this illegality, he is stealing money out of my pocket and out of the pockets of every taxpayer in your community, Your state and in the nation, It appears to me that, like the liguor industy which found self-regulation a long-range bless~ ing, it might be a wise step for reputable truckers to crack down on those shabby colleagues who are giving the industry a bad reputation, highway engineers a headache and taxpayers a reason to demand sharp-toothed legislation to limit weight loads of these boxcars on rubber, * 9

Urges Safe School Busses

By Arthur M. Thurston, State Police Superintendent

The Indiana state police are making sure that school busses comply with state safety requirements, We cannot afford to trifie with the safety and welfare of thousands of school chil. dren. : : In the period of the war, and immediately after the war, modern school busses were not

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available. But now busses with all-steel bodies, .

safety glass, warning devices and other up-to< date equipment are on hand to meet Indiana -safety requirements. Vehicles found unsafe or

___ obsolete will_be condemned by the troopers and ‘ordered from service until ‘the school’ unit.pro-

vides a conveyance meeting state standards, The drivers also must show themselves to be physically sound and with the proper permit. to operate a bus. T Indiana, with its 5500 school busses to transport 250,000 pupils, has had few children injured in transit. Credit for this is due the good bus drivers, the law-makers and the state school bus safety committee, which establishes bus specifi cations. Credit is also due to the state, county and city police officers, who are alert against bad driving by bus drivers and by motorists approaching or passing a school bus filled with happy young Americans.

What Others Say

I AM firm in my belief that there shall be no peessure brought to bear. by any chureh against the proper operations of the government and that there shall be recognition of the fact that all citizens may express their views freely on questions of public interest.—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelf. 'y - 5 > & % YOU (Americans) switched from subsidies to credits and business as usual, but we.are get ting neither credits nor business. . . . If you do not give us credit or orders, you must give us up. And if you give up Berlin, you give up more than us.—Mayor Ernst Reuter of Berlin, . * 2 ¢ . THE major decisions of our foreign policy since the war have been made on the basis of an informed public opinion and overwhelming public. support. Those who rule by arbitrary power , . . do not realize the strength behind our foreign policy.—President Truman. * %

IT'S a personal thing between me and the channei.-— Shirley May France, 17-year-old schoolgirl, reflecting on her attempt to swim across the English Channel. * 2 WE WILL defeat Taft (in the 1850 congressional elections) at any cost.—AFL President William Green. .

HOT MESSAGE . . . By Jim G. Lucas

It reached Mr. Johnson when he was in Los Angeles ade dressing a convention of motion picture producers. In his pre pared speech, he talked about military aid for Europe. In a press conference that followed, ‘however, he dealt almost exclusively

. mobilize labor, machinery and

Alaskan projects include a pipeline, petroleum storage terminals, hospitals, warehouses, heat and power plants, barracks, family quarters, recreation rooms, theaters, communications facilities, runways, warm-up shelters, refrigeration plants, telephone exchanges, garages, ahd utilities. " Defense experts say much more is needed. still is a serious bottleneck. The number of “island airfields” ‘in the Alaska ares which could be taken by an airborne aggressor would depend, . say, on the strength of the ground : field. Mr. Johnson feels that a housing program is the first step

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