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ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANE President Editor Business Manager

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Russia and the Bom PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S annguncement that there has been an atomic explosion in Russia indicates that if the Soviets do not have a suc ul bomb now they are well ‘on their way toward getting one. This disturbing probability means that we must assume the worst and make our plans accordingly, Our most dangerous mistake would be to let ourselves be stampeded into an agreement with Russia on atomic ~ energy controls—an agreement which we could not be sure Russia would keep. ) The United States submitted a fair plan for effective control of atomic weapons to the United Nations three years ago. That nroposition still stands, It is based on a system of international controls and inspection which Russia has refused to accept. If the Soviets now have the secret of

the bomb, they are not likely to be more reasonable than

they have been before.

NO*AGREEMENT with the Russians based on an assumption of mutual good faith could be acceptable to us

unless it included the unquestionable right to international.

inspection of their facilities. We know from experience and observation that the Soviet word is not enough. The best way we can discourage Russian aggression is to be too strong to invite attack. To that end we must have ‘more bombs and better bombs than they have. And we

must have what it takes to deliver-the bombs.

This is not how we should like to have it. But we must live in that kind of world until all nations are willing to live according to law. - Alaska is vulnerable to air attack. In enemy hands it

could be used as a bombing base for operations against the |

heart of this country.’

» . we ALASKA "is only 56 miles from Russian Siberia. Fairbanks is only 1525 air miles from Seattle, only 1780 air miles from Chicago. From Alaska an enemy could establish “advance bases in the Canadian Northwest which would be even nearer our production centers. Our military posts in Alaska are dangerously, undermanned and under-supplied. Housing is inadequate. Storage facilities and utilities are needed. The legislation pending in Congress to remedy these deficiencies should be passed at once so the work can begin on essential construction. We must not have another Pearl Harbor at Dutch Harbor. i

Indiana and the Coal Strike

ROBABLY for the first time in history, Indiana citizens

Are not worrying too much right, at the moment about | the effects of a coal strike’ - enough to last us comfortably for two to three months.

There aré reserve supplies

More significant in this year's coal strike situation than an ample reserve supply is the trend toward installation of heating equipment for the use of other fuels, such as oil and . gas, as pointed out in Times Business 8 Editor Harold Hartley’s column today. It is a strong indication that more and more of the pub-

“lic is losing hope for any real solution of the coal production

problem as long as John L. Lewis dictates it by complete, one-man monopoly of labor. The fact that last week's mine walkouts caused only a

- small ripple of anxiety in Indiana may mean-the beginning

of a trend that will eventually circumvent Lewis’ power over the people.

Tech's Personality Clinic MORE often than not the key to personal unhappiness and even failure on a job or in business can be traced to some personality defect that sometimes causes a warped attitude. In a worthwhile effort to provide some guidance in this important field, Technical High School has undertaken again this year to conduct a personality clinic four nights a week, starting Oct. 5. It will provide an opportunity for many citizens who feel they are not getting the most out of their lives and work to find ways to readjust their personalities for more harmonious living. If given proper public support, it could mean more than helping a few maladjusted individuals. It could mean invaluable cofitributjons to the whole community through improved human relations, fewer divorces and less crime, . The community should support Technical High School's new venture in personality guidance.

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We Want Peace and Decency

SECRETARY OF STATE ACHESON, addressing the

fourth annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, bluntly told the Russian bloc that the United States considered the Soviet Union's aggressive policies a threat to peace. Such defensive arrangements as the treaty of Rio de Janeiro and the North Atlantic Pact, he said, were motivated by the “profound sense of insecurity in the world” for which the Soviets were responsible,

He emphasized that these regional agreements called |

for collective action in resisting acts of aggression—a plain warning that the nations so allied would fight. That was stating the case as it is, and as it should be understood.

Mr. Acheson cited specific situations i in which the Soviet

bloc is violating international law and morals. These matters are familiar points of conflict between the Soviet bloc and the nations committed to a peace policy. But this is the first time a detailed, balanced indictment against Russia has been presented to the United Nations assembly in quite such direct terms. . Americans cannot match- Soviet Foreign Minister -_ ¥ishinsky in name calling. But we can adopt the Russian - practice of constant repetition. We have the best case, and ‘we can win in the court of world opinion if we keep on spelling out these ugly situations and calling, the turn on the opie respousibis for them.

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Public Ignored In Steel Row

Consumers Helpless in Battle of Industry Giants

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24—-While the steel companies and the steel union prosecute their dispute over who gets what, we the public sit on the sidelines nervously looking on. We know that the outcome will affect all of us and yet we know, too, that there is little or nothing we can do about it, Because steel is so basic, the present conflict

between the big employer and the big-union |

{llustrates dramatically the power of organized minoritiés. It is a power that often seems to ignore the welfare of the great unorganized mass of consumers,

This is reflected in a phase of the report

of the President's steel fact-finding board that has been generally ignored. The report pointed to the extraordinary profits of the steel companies in 1948 and the first half of this year, For the first quarter of 1949 the annual rate of” profit after taxes was 157 per cent above the two pre-war years of comparable activity, 1940 and '41. At the same time the board pointed out that the steel companies were quite properly plowing back a considerable-part of this profit in modernizing ‘and expanding present plants,

‘Seems Desirable’

“GIVEN the country's peacetime and pos

sible wartime needs for larger steelmaking ca~ pacity,” the board reported, “The program seems entirely desirable, But there is a question as to whether a larger part of the financing of such long-term assets should not have been through long-term debt instead of recent profits, thus leaving more of the current profits for dividends to stockholders and for social insurance and for setting up reserves for pensions.” One of the results of modernization will be to reduce the cost of making a ton of steel and “with no great decrease in the demand for steel, there should be continued and higher profits.” The board raised a question of who is to get the benefit of these higher profits: “If these profits do not result in benefit to the consumer in the form of lower prices, there would be justification for the union to renew its demand for increase of wage rates in order better to participate In the industry's prosperity.” Lower prices would benefit all the public and not just. organized workers or organized employers. But the question is: How to get lower

prices? Price Cuts Unlikely THERE js no organized group of consumers

to work for jower prices. In the absence of such organization. and the pressure that goes with it, a reduction seems very unlikely. In fact, new stories inspired by the steel companies have indicated that theré will be no drop in the foreseeable future. If the dispute is seitled peaceably and if after a few months or a year of still higher profits Mth relatively high production, what is. the next move? Well, if the union follows the reccommendation of the fact-finding board, a new wage demand will be made. There are economists who go even further, Not only will such a raise be justified, they say, but it would be essential if the national economy is to kept on an even keel. This is in accord with the general theory of the late Lord Keynes, Britain's wizard on economics and finance, that purchasing power must be kept flowing into the pockets of the many who will spend and not concentrated in the bank balances of the few who will hoard.

Contest of Giants

BUT the steel companies would not be likely

to ‘grant-a wage increase without ‘another-con-test. Therefore, we on the sidelines would once again watch & contest between the giants and wonder what the outcome would mean to our own personal destiny. For the present we are left to wonder when, if ever, steel prices will come down. In the past the price of this basic commodity has shown a tendency to stay up even when other prices, and particularly farm prices, were tumbling down. That was true in the depression years leading to the breakdown of 1932-33. If prices are reduced only in the later phase of a severe depression, it is likely to be too late

to cause anything but a further general decline. |

To sit idly by while two contending powers dispute an issue that touches everyone so immediately is bound to produce a sense of frustration and resentment. It certainly doesn’t contribute to a belief in the democratic process and the right of the individual to a free choice;

CRUISING T

Crulsing round the Circle On a Thursday afternoon. Have one little errand; I should be home quite, soon. Parking lots are crowded,’ Parked cars seem marooned, Cruising round the Circle On a Thursday afternoon.

Cruising round the Circle, Wondering what-to do. Drove up to Lfbrary, Down to Depot, too. Shall I try East Market, Or take the Avenue? Cruising round the Circle Wondering. what to do.

Buick's tired and weary, Feels all out of gear; Driver's getting nettled, Craves the highway clear. Heading for the country, Errand still undone Cruising round the Circle Isn't any fun MARGARET PADDOCK, Greenwood. ¢*

| WONDER!

I have said and still I say, The man is little good Who waits until another day To do the things he should; * The man who argues, pro and con, As long as he is heard; And any subject dwells upon Tho' pointless and absurd. The man, respected in the town, Who brags about his deeds; Who says the world is falling down And knows just what it needs; Who says the church is full of sin And thereby stays away, When Heaven's gates won't let him in, I wonder what he'll say? ~RBU pbY LAW SON, Terre Haute.

NAZI IDEALS . «+. By Ludwell Denny

Germans Seeking Ways To Restore

MUNICH, Sept. 24—-Though ex-Nazis are flocking back into German government, police, schools, press and industrial positions | of importance, pro-Hitlerism is insignificant COMPATRE® witn the |

“respectable” nationalism,

The nationalism sweeping this country and the efforts to revive. Nazilsm are different movements. ‘Sometimes they overlap | ~-both oppose de-Nasification and both demand return of the

lost provinces, Nevertheless

which most Germans want to ‘forget.

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IT WAS ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT, of blessed memory, who once observed that “nothing ¢an 80 poignantly evoke the flavor of the receding past as some remembéred tune, some melody that has caught up and woven into its own unconscious fabric the very color and fragrance of a day gone by.” . Charmingly put and, no doubt, true in the case of people endowed with emotions as precious as those As for the rest of us, the sight of an old-fashioned dog works much better. : The other day, for instance, I caught a glimpse of a Newfoundland, the first I had seen in, goodness knows, how many years. And you have no idea how it ing~—back—back to the days of my childhood when no porch in Indianapolis was considered complete without a dog of that noble breed dozing on its fleor. Today we have neither Newfoundlands nor porches. Times change, and we change with them-—tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in {llis, as the articulate Romans observed, Which brings me to the point of today's piece —namely, the suggestion that it might be

the better part of wisdom to consider history -

in terms of dog periods instead of epochs identified .by inconsequential JPresidents, politicians

and poets as is the present practice.

“Newfoundland Era’

FOR EXAMPLE, it would be much more to the point to call the period of my childhood the “Era of the Newfoundland” instead of leadIng the youngsters astray with silly connotations like the “Naughty Nineties,” the “Yellow Nineties” or the “Mounting Nineties,” a label (and libel) thought up by a Princeton professor. The truth is that my formative years reflected the virtues and markings of the noble Newfoundland —— gentleness, modesty, saintly patience and an unbelievable power of reserve constantly kept under complete control unless the occasion warranted a more formidable behavior. It is not necessary to elaborate on this, Evidence of Newfoundland traits is still apparent in Indianapolis people 70 years old or more, I can’t remember just what year it was, but sometime toward the end of the 19th century a new order of things elbowed the Newfoundland out of his well-earned place. The bulldog was shoved into the ‘picture, along. with Theodore Roosevelt, the doctrine of imperialism and a shocking creation known as the “peek-a-boo”

Shirtwalst which was the tip-off that we were

the two have different: sources, different methods, different ultimate goals and different leaders. One is an Attempt to restore a disgraced system that destroyed itself, and The other recalls the ancient dream of German glory, which Germans want to

to’see more of women. The vogue of the bulldog came to an end when Richard Harding Davis, the dude war correspondent, returned from the Boxer Rebellion - (1900). On that occasion, he brought with him a scientifically (and biologically) selected pair of Chinese chows. The exotic animals gave a good account of themselves, with the result that almost immediately the entire landscape took on an entirely new complexion. Subsequently, the American Scene changed every few years and in such rapid succession, indeed, that I, for one; can’'t- recall the exact sequence of dog periods. However, they left a

lasting, if confused, impression. Today I can't look at any breed of dog without recalling “the fragrance of a day gone by.” Especially fragrant is the memory of Don,

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idea” In Nazism was German unity-order- | In brief, it was traditional militant nationalism. | "Hitler made the ancient dream come true-—for a while. and his system. became symbols of - disgrace and defeat, nationalism had to find a new symbol of Germanic superiority

The new symbol is a very old one—the Teutonic warrior. The | general is the representative of national unity above parties, as | Hitler claimed to be but was not. But’ the problem is to make the general ’ symbol of nationalistic victory, when he has just lost & war” It 18 not a new problem in Germany. After World War I Ludendorff told Hitler how to solve it with the stab-in-the-back myth — the German army was not defeated but betrayed by craven German

. By Anion Scherrer Past in Terms of ‘Dog Periods’

a bdrindle-colored pup who, for me, identified the St. Bernard period. He belonged to the Rev, Oscar McCulloch. And like his master, he too had a deeply religious nature. At any rate, he liked to attend church with the result that too often he “attracted more attention than. the preachér. The lack of concenration on the part McCulloch

‘#f the parishioners finally moved the

family to lock up the dog on Sunday mornings. As time went on, however, Don figured out A strategy of his own by disappearing the evening before, thus permitting him to have his own way on Sunday mornings. He kept track of the calendar by observing that his master's upstairs bathroom was always lighted on Saturday nights.

Helped Church Songs THEN on Sunday he would wait until the service was well under way, meander down the aisle of Plymouth Church, jump up on the rostrum and lie down to drink in the great truths expounded from the pulpit. This wasn’t so bad and might have been tolerated except for the fact that when the organ started up, Don also deemed it his duty to participate in the singing. At this precise moment, it was always the humiliating task _of the pastor’s little son, later known as Dr. Carleton B, McCulloch, to drag Don back up the aisle in the face of the suppressed giggles of his father’s congregation. The Llewelyn sétter period sticks in my mind

because of Philip Zapf's dpg, Duke, who was

as naughty as the McCulldch’'s dog was good. When. Duke was only six months old. some rine thatthe behavior of dogs is not unlike that of human beings gave him a drink of beer. To the surprise of everybody (except, of course, the champion of dog behavior) Duke gulped it down and whined for more. It's the honest-to-God truth that he lapped up seven glasses on that occasion. And T hope I don’t have to labor the fact that back in the Llewelyn period beer glasses were a heap sight bigger than they are today. An advanced state of Intoxication was the result, of course, When the jag was over, Duke was a confirmed toper. Subsequently, he contracted the shocking habit of leaving his Virginia Ave. home every morning and not returning until late at night. In the course of his daily debauches, he visited every one. qf the 150 saloons which, at that time, infested the downtown district of Indianapolis.

Tail Amputated ONE DAY, however, Duke laid. his tired body on a streetcar track to sléepr off his accumulated load. It required 25 stiches to get Philip Zapf’'s dog back on his feet. The consequences were even worse, gangrene set in and Duke's tail had to be amputated. After that, there was no mistaking Duke—even when he was sober, The sight of a pointer moves me deeply, too. Immediately I am reminded of Spot, an unregistered dog of that breed who enjoyed the udusual distinction of having two owners— at the same time, mind you. Legend has it that the Rev. Myron Reed and William Pinckney Fishback were walking down Meridian St. one day when they spied a hungry, pathetic little creature of a dog lying in the gutter. Right then and there, they decided to share their find. To determine which part of the property. each should get, they. tossed a coin— possibly the first case in the history of such transactions where “heads or tails” had a definite and literal connotation.

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Hoosier Forum

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‘Don’t Blame Old Cars’ _ By Oarlena Ferrin, City In a recent Forum letter, Z 2. Guefoyle urged passage of a law to take vehicles over a vin off the roads, ¢ por Na ted cars on the

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Here are some of the causes of wrecks) Speeding, reckless driving, intoxication, shoved off the road by trucks and busses which are congesting the highways nowadays, slippery roads, chuckholes, failure to stop at tions and use hand signals, careless ped: livestock on the highway, Yet, all of these could be eased if it weren't for the old speed demon. We travel 35 to 40 m. p. h. and haven't had a wreck or been the cause of one yet, We there isn't too much hurry about getting noe where,

* 4 0 ‘Walking Backwards’ By Robert L. Stinner

Getting into a rut is known In the more effete circles as following in the footsteps of tradi tion. The most unproductive and poverty-stricken nations in the world today are those addicted to ancestor worship—who refuse to let the sands of time cover the traces of those who have gone before them. ; China is one of the most glaring modern examples of nations guilty of this cultural hindsight of walking backwards into ‘the future, ¢

* ‘Parking Meters a Mess’

By Nell Merrick Thomas, 3045 N. Meridian

I understand that policemen are to mark all cars that are parked in the parking meter sone, 80 that feeding the meter has no use as far as parking more than the limited time is con cerned. Then, in heaven's name, what is the use of the meter? The cops will give a sticker anyway if one overparks. Streets will be overcrowded with cars trying to find another place to park for another 12 minutes, What a mess!

without being held up for driving into a parking garage. The poor motorist gets one swat after another, Decentralization is bound to come. Most of us are welcoming the time when we won't have to go downtown, ® ¢

‘Would Disitey Unions’ By M. A. Youngblood There are some people in this eoun would like to destroy our unions, and a ing very hard toward that end. They know ie ch. £200 the wnins are doing for _the little man. And that is just why they want to destroy them, Capital wants to rule—in other words—have In days gone capital did have all the power, yr labor oy fered. But I am glad to say those days are gone forever. Capital and labor must meet each other half way. One must say to the other, you do this, and

~1 will 46 THAt, and TeCs share the profits, For

one without the other cannot survive. ®* * 9

Warns of Humus Peddlers By Anthony Ulach Do not buy humus from itinerant peddlers. They come around with a truckload of riche looking stuff they call humus and offer to put it on at what seems a low price. At best it is worthless, worn-out muck, It may be toxic or polluted with weed seeds. Shun these sharpsters. Their tricks put the old-time medicine man te shame. He got a dollar for a bit of colored water. They Bet hundreds of dollars for something of less’ value,

What Others Say

IN troubled times like these a drat law is absolutely essential for quick mobilization and the nation’s safety—Lt.-Gen. Edward H, Brooks, Army's director of personmel and administration. * oo 9

WE are not here to blame anybody, but we are not going to let anybody blame us—Ernest ‘Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, In the U, 8. for dollar conferences. - , *

. * WHATEVER happened to, stomic-age edu cation? Jt was here only a moment ago—Dr, Henry G. Doyle of George Washington Univer-

sity * * : THEIR situation is terrible and they must have sympathy, but we must realize that we are not a bottomless pit—Dwight Eisenhower, on British crises, ® 4 o HE sat up like a little man when IT went at it with the scissors. Didn't even squirm, Laughed when I tickled his ear with a comb Felix West, barber, on cutting Prince Charles’ hair, * oo

AMERICAN film industry is: very fine, but -

I DO not see how our free society can survive if those who have deep convictions reject the opportunities to carry those convictions inte public life. Sen. John Foster Dulles, announce Ing his candidacy for the Senate. i 4. ’ DEMOCRACY :.. must contemplate some division of opinion among Judges . for une varying unanimity can result only trom some power that directs the judges to decide cases one way rather than another.—Chief Justice Fred Vinson, U. 8, Supreme Court. * ¢ ¢ WE fylly realize that the level of our earn ings depends In the first instance upon our own efforts.—Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of British Exchequer, * ¢ 9» : _. GEN. VAUGHAN should have been dis.

ised Jong ago.—Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. Ohle),

National Glory’ of Country

Now the myth is being given a new twist, and Is working again. The old form Is useless — the Allles, by foreing | unconditional surrender and by postwar military occupation, have ruined that one. | This time it Is turned against Hitler——the general staff would | have won World War. II Sxgopt for Hitler's interference and bad

Actually there 2 a \ war of myth-makers . here‘loday. Some ex-Nazis are trying hard to create cn the martyr.” But for every German who swallows that one, there are thousands who make Hitler the scapegoat of Germany's defeat fahertan Ok to the martyred army and air force to, redeem the

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