Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1949 — Page 14

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: EOF W. OWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ

samy PAGE 14 Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1949

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Jong and costly strikes have énded: ONE: The Hawalian dock strike had lasted 176 days.’ The CIO Longshoremen’s Union, headed by Harry Bridges, originally demanded a wage increase of 32 cents an hour for an inerease of 14 cents an hour—the amount recommended by Gov. Stainback’s fact-finding board last June—plus an additional 7 cents an hour next March. Hawaii's losses because of this strike are estimated at more than $100 million, the stevedores’ loss of wages during the strike at over “TWO: The Missouri Pacific strike had lasted 44 days. It grew out of a controversy over interpretation of operats ing rules. Four unions claimed that some 5000 engineers, firemen, trainmen anl conductors were entitled to payment of about $3 million under these rules. Almost 20,000 other Missouri Pacific workers were laid off during the strike. Sos uf the dispited siaims have been settles bY nogoljstion .or by railroad adjustment board decisions. The rest are to be submitted to arbitration. The cost of this strike is estinated at about $12 million in wages lost to employees, $24 million in business lost to the railroad and many millions "Who won thess strikes? ~ Nobody won them. Nobody, that is, except those who hope to see America weakened by internal strife and eco-

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TWO other strikes already have caused ‘tremendous losses and are becoming more costly everyday. ~The coal strike is in its 37th day. John L. Lewis has never yet given the public & clear explanation of what it is about, His so-called negotiations with the mine operators ~The steel strike is in its 25th day. It is sbout what both sides consider a “principle” —whether the steel companies ~ should pay the entire cost of an insurance and pension plan’ | elute part of the oot,

n effects of these strikes will

Eventually, these two strikes will end—or be ended by pn. For the country cannot stand the pun. both of them, or either of them, would inflict in a test of economic strength, 1! Government intervention might seem to benefit one side or the other. But in the end both sides would risk loss of freedom. . Nobody will win these strikes. Everybody would be better off if they were settled now by reasonable compro-

Heresy in Utopia BRIT Socialist Labor government can be more realistic than you might suspect, when the chips are

Premier Attlee has made public the long-awaited details of a new economy program, the first policy announcement since the pound was devalued. It appears the government really means to save some money—to quit flinging away millions in operation of the welfare state. To our own social planners such heresy must be disillusioning—we've never yet learned to let go the spiraling wheel of govern. ment spending.

prize exhibit, the costly and glittering national health plan. From now on, patients must pay 14 cents for hitherto free prescriptions. It was estimated that would bring in $28 million a year, not to mention the saving in all those free pills the British are downing. Besides, a good many thou. sands may, in the course of a year, feel a little less in need of busy doctors’ attention if they have to dig up a shilling for each prescription. What, indeed, is coming over the British utopians? Here's Premier Attlee telling the country it's got to work harder and longer, save more and spend less! And, to cap it all, the London stock market curiously took a turn for the better.

City Welcomes Teachers JNDIANAPOLIS is glad for the opportunity to welcome + again tomorrow some 15,000 Indiana school teachers for their annual convention. Teachers have been coming here every year for nearly & century to find new and better methods of educating the State's children for citizenship. These annual conferences have provided the inspiration for many of the advancements made in Indiana's educa. tional program during the years. : _ Indianapolis is proud to have a part in it,

Senseless Test : “THREE patrolmen in Albany, N. Y., drank various quan: * ' 7 tities of liquor and then took perception and co-ordina-tion tests to see if they were fit to drive. Ey ; ts are as useless as dropping an egg out of a Anse feted - Broken bodies along our highways have given tragic testimony over the years to the folly of mixing whisky and @ ® :

EUROPE . . . By Ludwell Denny French Foreign : Trade Slipping

Nation Falls Behind On Balance of Dollars PARIS, Oct. 286 —Cutting the value of the franc has not helped Fracce's desperate for-

million deficit, HE 5 She cannot reduce her imports of fuel, machinery, raw materials and semi-finished products, which feed her export industries. The one-third of her imports which arp consumer goods should be shifted in part to productive essentials but no over-all cut is planned. So under her Plan contract she proposed to out the huge deficit and achieve a 1882 balance of international payments by the following:

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It .is not the “slave labor” Taft-Hartley Act which are causing today’s trouble; it is the unused emancipating: clauses whicn will head we 1% nationalized industry. ® ¢ J

‘Political Deception’ By Edward F. Maddox, Oty

sible but not probable. TWO: Make her overseas territories turn in a surplus instead of a deficit. That is most unlikely. THRER: Switch from a food importer to's ) This should be pos-

HABIT OF PEACE . . . By Marquis Childs

Sweden Clinging to Neutrality

Will Hays has advised the

terials and improved machinery for much - production here. But neither that nor the sired currency convertibility and customs unions, which A2e 40 Heceisary, opp provide adequate markets until France cuts uction costs. ? France is living far beyond her means. Bhe will be in a bad way when American bounty ends, unless she saves more and produces more.

POSTER'S FOLLIES

(“New York-—-Sleuths smell out flounder fiichers.”)

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 26-—The water flows under the old bridges and the fishermen in flat-bottomed boats let down their round nets, If they are not paid by the management of the Grand Hotel, they should be. They strike just the right note to convince the doubting visitor that the traditional past and the dynamic present can exist securely side by side. » The backdrop is perfect —- the palace, the opera, the solid pink granite building of the upper house of parliament. That this corner of the old Europe should have gone on its normal 'dourse, complete and intact, is Once again a surprise. “ As the pale light fades from the gray sky, all the windows in the long facade of the palace are dark except one. In that one window is a dim glow, The old, old King, Gustaf V, may be somewhere in that great pile: But that single light can be seen by Stockholmers as they hurry home in the evening traffic with the long lines of cars and trams backed

has been definitely and positively established that the Russians have built on the shores of the Baltic, where they are in control, launching sites for missiles of the wartime V-2 type, or, it may be, even larger and more powsprtul projectiles.

Don't Talk About It

NO one in high office talks about these things. Prime Minister Tage Erlander, who looks like a successful small-town American business man, speaks confidently of the eorrectness of Sweden's policy. . It is the belief in the government that in the event of a war between East and West the Russians would not move out_into the Baltic to occupy all the Scandinavian peninsula. The asserted reason for this belief is that the Soviet Union, with an inadequate navy, would not want to extend its lines of coms munication and supply, But realists are perfectly well aware that Soviet occupation of Norway, which would be a strategic necessity if it could be achieved

. Doesn't sound Yet, it is an evident fact. So let's give it to the folks straight. No matter how popular 4 Socialist is, for how many votes he can command, it borders on political treason to certify & Martist as a candidate for public office on either the Repub lican or Democrat ballots, It has been done and it must be stopped if we wish to preserve our American way of life,

|. The Socialists, as well as the Communists,

follow Marx to welfare state socialism and totalitarian slavery, : Wake up Republicans and Democrats and purge your parties of red candidates.

What Others Say—

SENSATIONAL trials are being staged, such as the recent Rajk trial in a whose Machiavellistic fantasy in its accusations against

Big surprise was the way the Laborites hung one on thee. °

0 fishy t up at the traffic For Had the: coppers quite Mader { lights. 3 " would mean almost automatic violation of But today despits their “Sounders” Sweden's neutrality, All a oe crooks are in their net: Deeply Loved The reason frequently given here for staya Kk » > ing out of the Atlantic Alliance is the necessity THE King is approaching 92. Among his 5 avoid anything that might provoke thé RusSomeone q one detective, people there is great concern over his health slans £7 move into Finland with troops, Asked How ths Jats | hag deat, and with the extraordinary length of his life. gwaden’s entry would have been the final provHe tagtisd with dome 10 : King Gustaf is deeply loved by high and low. geation. I talked with Finnish officials who

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But it seems to me to be more than that, It

were inclined to accept, in part at least, this

Yugoslavia has earned jt a leading place in the history of international provocations. One is aghast 2 the Jol of those who stage such grim and cruel farces.—Yugosiav Foreign Min. ister Edward Kardelj. a *

® * THE Soviet Union speaks to us of peace - while calling for aggression against Yugoslavia

‘smelt’!” is as though the old King had the power to yniarpretation, believing that Finland's only | and demanding the installation of a governme . t * o ¢ preserve the past that has been so kind t0 window on the West might ‘have been slammed | subservient to its wishes.—Herman ta. Oru, (“New York—Fall fashions turn to kite | Sweden, He is linked to the miraculous good ghyut if Sweden joined up with the Western | Chilean delegnte to United Nations. motif.) fortune which has kept off the ruin and decay Anjance. : $ : The iatest in the fashion shows, that Jave done their work almost everywhere > ; GOVERNMENT financial aid will be required Eo in Europe. rice of Neutra ity if we are to overtake and pass the su ed relief. This implies that there is doubt among the ; British aircraft industry in its bi «dominaThis year milatys 356 Pw clothes Swedes themselves. Beneath the disciplined EVEN when it is successful, as it was in 4 tot a

And having bought them all these years, Once more we heave a sigh. This just confirms our wildest fears Again theyll me 30 Bigh!

'TIS SAID That surgeons will soon be able to operate on the heart. Huh--marriageable young os have been doing that these many years.—B. C, Indianapolis, .

WHITE HOUSE . . . By Douglas Larsen

First Lady Ignored

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—~When they spend a lot of money to modernize an o6ld home, you'd naturally assume that they'd consult the lady of the house on such things as what kind of showers to install, how big to make the closets, or at least on what color to make the master bedroom, : It seems, however, that they've consulted almost everybody but Mrs. Truman on what they're going to do with such detalls in the White House. Rep. Frank B. Keefe (R. Wis.), a member of the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion,

admits this oversight. He explains that the six-man commission, which has been

given the authority to rum the job, has agreed to reproduce the first floor of the White House exactly as it was before, down to the most minute detail. But the second and third floors, Keefe gays, “are going to be made into the most modern and comfortable quarters which modern architectural science can produte.” Keefe is taking this job pretty seriously.

‘Didn't Ask Her'

HE SAYS that all sorts of interior decorators, architects and builders have been called in for advice on the second and third floor projéct. But when asked if the First Lady, the woman who will be in charge of making it a home for its occupants, has been approached as to her wishes, Keefe said: “By gosh, we haven't asked her about it at that.” But he still doesn't say that the commission will ask her advice in the future. Nor has Mrs. Truman been asked to give her opinion on whether or not a lead-lined, atomic bomb-proof shelter should be put under the White House or on the grounds someplace. There are some conflicting statements on this item from various officials who are working on the project, which would indicate that there may be an argument over the matter. engineer who has been associated’ with White House maintenance for many years makes this observation: “In an atomic age it would be pretty silly to build a new home for the country’s No. 1 citizen and not do something about protecting him from a possible atomic bomb explosion,”

A-Bomb Shelter

ENGINEERS and construction men have said that the $5.400,000 which has heen appropriated for the job seems like an

policy.

exterior that doubt seems to me to exist, It is doubt above all of the government's neutrality

Most Swedes subscribed to the strict neutrality that kept Sweden out of the Atlantic Pact while Norway and Denmark went in. A ready explanation is the habit of peace growing out of nearly 150 years without a war. . But the hard choice having been made, there is deep uncertainty that it may have been & wrong choice. After all, jet planes based in Russia are scarcely 20 minutes away.

psychoanalyst's study.

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

: loa SOR. 1908 WY MEA MINCE, WT. ML ROD. IA ME. OFF. "| read that children should be taught home-making in an interesting way, but all Dorothy seems to be able to learn is how to make fudgel™

the commission is what to do with the lumber and bricks which beams,

enormous sum, the relatively small size of the ‘| Will he left over from the ol structure. There are wooden project. They asimit, however, that if & lead-lined A-bomb shelter | Pieces of carved trim, decorative tlle, and bricks which are bas to come out of that figure, it isn’t too far out of line. scorched from the burning of the White House by the British in Rep. Keefe is cagey on the matter. He admits that there has | 1514. These items, Keefe says, will be of inestimable historical Deen a lot of talk on that question In the commission. But he | Value and also have a big monstary value. Recommending what says the first prime contract, soon to be let, does not include: to do with them has been his particulat assignment of the comsuch a shelter, He also says that the first contract will not in. | Mission. eR ya ak ROLY volve the whole $3,400,000, ; : Ha ta OH Be eT According to reports, there are three alternatives. A mew, | One plan was to sell it all at auction, .He says this wouldn't be second basement, between 20 and 30 feet under the ground, fs | fair because the old materials actually belong to every taxpayer. being planned. That could possibly be made A-bomb proof with | The other plan was to make as many small pieces as possible out enough lead lining and other protective features. Maybe that's | of the scrap and sell them at the White House as curios. That, -WhE I od yeasty ia te make the beub Keefe says, involves too much administration, “shelter which was built for former President Roosevelt during The idea which he is mn voring, which he thinks will World War II radiation-proot sow be be Tad. Keefe: thinks that the toughest problem

World War II, neutrality exacts a price. It can bring humiliation and feelings of guilt and resentment; a defensive attitude that all big powers are bad—conniving, scheming. It can . mean a sense of isolation and self-quesfioning that sometimes sounds like the dialogue in a

But there is no evidence of any change in the official policy that is so firmly and persistently proclaimed. For better or for worse this nation of 7 million skillful, practical, industrious managers will go down the road of neutrality.

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4 i WHEN ‘civil liberties are protected at the expense of democratic life there ceases to be civil liberty. -- President Syngman Rhee of .® & @ * THE government of the USSR attempted to get control of the interior policy and of the state, including the Yugoslav army, economy, eta, ~—Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister Ales Bebler,

FARM LEGISLATION . . . By Bruce Biossat Crops and Politics

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—Congress finall ment before it adjourned on what it terms a Mii farm bill. It accepts the principle of flexible price supports but puts off the effective date of this new system until at least 1951. Meanwhile, supports will be maintained at the same rigid 90 per cent of parity where they have been held for several years, Parity is a price plane computed to give farmers a fair purchasing power, the theory being that they should get enough for their products to be able to buy thé things they need. A 5 per ent of pang price means that the government guarantees the farmer that figure even if the o sags far below such a level. PER mathe: pricy Keeping this plan in effect can hardly be hailed as a show of good sense and courage on the part of Congress. ‘It is estimated that by July, 1950, the government will have to buy more than $2 billion worth of farm commodities at the Support levels.

Produce for Government

THE system unquestionably encourages farmers prod not for the market but for what they a to ye the government for their crops. The result is a glut of markets that can be relieved énly by government buying. Thus what was deSigned 48 a protection for farmers becomes a spur to unrestricted outpu In the face of the serious confusion and in alread disrupting the farm economy, Congress has nequty by row funny decisive action. With the known strength of the farm oc in mind, who is bold enough to say that the lawmakers will stand. by. their “compromise” and actually introduce a sliding scale ot Supgoits some two years hence? e evident fact is that Congress has made a political chol Warned by ent Truman that abandonment A rigid or might cost the Democrats the farm vote in 1950, the party leaders have done their bit to keep the farmers in the bag.

Political ch «THB to Approach political approach is no more suitable

to the present surplus crop emergency than is the action of Cone gress. Both have flouted the advice of the leading farm organiza.

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tions, and the Democrats have ignored their own platform pledge

to hliisve & better solution. \ ; : proposal would institute supports of 80 to 90 per tent in 1051 and thereafter a sliding 75-to 90 per cent on five

majdy crops.: Under the formule, supports would be low when production is high and would be raised when output is falling off. A complicated method for determining parity would be relied

Acceptance of the sliding scale prifciple represents a victory po eapiine Romig Bo fo REL : ro 3 m—— effect a 90'per tent scaly # ler result is that it may have postponed indefinitely That system called for outright subsidies to farmers on perishable with consumers getting the benefit of real market either Secretary of Agriculture Brannan, its |

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