Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1949 — Page 10

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HE City of Indianapolis, we feel,owes an apology to We doubt if he ever gets ome, though, and we hope, out sry good reason for hoping so, that he doesn’t Hoosier homeland is too much like the

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justice before the Jaw, and so on. wallet in his car, parked outside, to go get it and pay his fine.

at the Record Says x; best of memoides is fallible. This was proved again 4% when President Truman told his news conference this - week that he had never used the Taft-Hartley Act against i When a reporter insisted that Mr. Truman had used the Taft-Hartley Act against a John L. Lewis coal strike, the “President said that, if so, he had forgotten about that. i“ ‘The record, however, speaks for itself. It shows that ‘In 1048 Mr. Truman used the Taft-Hartley Act, not once, but seven times—and, at least some of those times, in situ‘tions which to many observers seemed less in the nature grave tational emergencies than the current coal and ‘strikes. Here is the record: : | © Mar, 5, 1948—Mr. Truman named a Taft-Hartley FactIFinding Joard in a ‘strike threat by AFL atomic energy workers at Oak Ridge, Tenn. The board reported that the ‘strike would gravely endanger national safety. On Mar. ), Mr. Truman had the Justice Department obtain an 80ry injunction against the strike from Federal Judge Taylor ‘Knoxville. - The labor controversy was settled by agree- ; shortly after the injunction expired. 5 dole ee ¥ 5 8.» $Y MAR 15, 1948Mr. Truman named a Taft-Hurtley oard in a strike by 100,000 C10 packinghouse workers inst the big four mest packers. The hoard held there & no national emergency, so no injunction was sought. also held, however, that the employers had made a ‘subgantial” settlement offer, Mr. Truman urged renewed riegotions, and the strike was settled in April. “Mar. 24, 1948—Mr. Truman named a Taft-Hartley itd in a. 10-day-old Lewis coal strike. On the basis of board's findings, he had the Justice Department obtain fh injunction against the strike from Federal Judge McGuire h Washington. The strike ‘continued. Mr. Lewis and his fon. were cited for contempt of court, On Apr. 12 he fered the miners back to work, but Federal Judge Goldsough. later found him and the union guilty on the confempt charge and fined them a total of $1,400,000. ¥° May 18, 1948—Mr. Truman named a Taft-Hartley . Board in & threatened strike of 25,000 CIO long-distance 7 pe workers. The board had not reported when the labor controversy was settled on June 4. EU et el ON a) . JUNE 38, 1048—Mr. Truman named a Taft-Hartley Board, and later had the Justice Department obtain injunctions, in strike threats by CIO and AFL maritime unions on coasts. Injunctions were issued by Federal Judges Clancy in New York, Freed in Cleveland and Harris in San 'rancisco. In some cases, strikes began after the injunc-

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fled Austris to escape. BUT tbe national deficit, the Truman deatt a violinist with Indianapolis mand for more taxes and the Teport last week a violinist with the Symphony by the Burean of Internal Revenue that nearly last week committed a crime against the sover- | ,0,000 tax-exempt organizations did an $8 bilty of this munic y . . . unintentionally it is | uon business in 1946, together, may change Cone, nevertheless. He let his dog slip out of the | Srese’ attitude.

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u S. DEFICIT .... By James Danie} Nation Facing Higher Taxes? Congress May Have fo Vote Gn om Sows Bint

of Congress is going to face three big problems 1n the field of national finance; : A

is shown erative holding company, the Consumers Co-Op-erative Association, Inc., of North Kansas City, Mo.

1936. earnings, on which it paid no federal taxes, amounted to $1,665,208. At the ordinary corporate tax rate, this would have returned $630,000 to the Federal Treasury.

11,668 $3000-a-year family men (wife and two children) to make up to the Treasury the amount which the Consumers Co-operative Association does not pay.

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

(“Tokyo—Japs to drop year from age under new system.) -« In Dal Nippon a -wise old sage Suggests a brand new system. He'd take a year from each Jap’s age; He claims they'd never miss them.

Now, we don't know about the males, Or how they may feel toward it, But if Jap gals are like our fralls— They've always under-scored it! ¢ & o

‘TIS SAID

That the heads of the labor unions are czars in their own organizations. If so, then the mem-

‘successful national government is the election

paratively high cost rates with resulting h

bership should remember that the secret of our

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31—The real reason why both political parties have been wooing the farm vote with such ardor is now revealed. An official report of the Department of Agriculture proves that 1949 has been a major turning point in ~war farm prosperity, 0 violent downswing is predicted.’ But all reliable indications point to a general downward trend. As a result it is believed that the farm vote is now sitting on the fence, shrewdly waiting to see which pasture looks most fertile for the future, The following statements tell the story: “In 1949 land values declined for the first time in more than a decade, led by greater declines in prices of farm products and in net incomes, : “The index (1935-39 equals 100) of prices received for farm products averaged 239 during the first nine months of 1949 compared with 273 for the same period a year earlier. In other words, from 1948 to 1949 the index of prices of farm products declined 34 points, while the farm cost rate went down only seven points,

Net Returns Down : “LOWER prices of farm products and comhig operating costs in 1949 are definitely lowering farmers’ net returns, - “Farm wage rates are averaging less in 1949 than a year ago. This is the first decline

Barbs— . SKATING romances this com winter will

bring a reversal of the usual form of courtship. Tha girl will have to break the ice.

® © + . IDLE rumors about hard times are nothing to speak of —so don’t.

® © 9 INDIANS passed a cake instead of a pipe at a council meeting in Arizona. Much better than some of those banquet cigars. * © 9»

RAILROAD porters are called one of our healthiest classes. Despite the number of times they have the grip. > : * ®

MEN need more color in clothes, says a writer. Some of that green currency. * * ¢

. THERE are said to be more than 10,000 empty skulls in the Natural History Museum in Washington. Some of them seem to drift over into Congress at Humes, 4

®* o THERE'S plenty of beef in connection with the high cost of meat but none of it is edible. <>

¢ YOU CAN probably guess whose fault it is if

every four years.—B. C., Indianapolis.

CONDITIONS IN AGRICULTURE . . .. By Douglas Larsen Reason Behind Farm Vote Drive

in average wage rates since the big increases In the war and post-war years. “Farm income in 1850 is expected to decline

A study of areas and types of farms gives varying reasons for expected drops in farm incomes. The drought in the Northeast this summer will cause high feed costs for the dairy farmers there. The report estimates that this year will wind up with net cash returns “on commercial family-operated dairy farms in this area an average of $700 less than in 1948." Grain farmers, it predicts, will have lower net returns because “of lower crop yields and grain prices and continued high costs of operation, maintenance and depreciation.” Average net return on family-operated wheat farms is expected to be down around $2500 less for '49 than it was in "48,

No Hard Times Seen

BY no means do any of these indicators point to hard times for the American farmer, the report stresses. It says that even with the drops in income “the farmers’ net returns are expected to average around three times the prewar.” In spite of this, and the fact that the average rate earned on farm real estate investments in 1949 are considerably higher than the interest rate on farm mortgages, the report offers a word of warning to U. 8. farmers. It says, “while farm returns continue high, substantial payments on principal are advisable in order to be in the best possible position if refinancing becomes necessary.” Many good signs for the farmer are also revealed in the report. It says that this year the supply of farm labor was generally adequate enough to do all farm jobs well and on time. With one exception this condition is expected to continue through the rest of the fall harvest and the remainder of the year. The exception is the western part of the cotton belt “where another bumper crop is being gathered and farmers may encounter difficulty in obtaining all the experienced cotton pickers they would like to have.”

Better Labor Supply

AND with industrial employment expected to be leveling off in 1850, it is predicted “that the supply of workers available for both seasonal and year-round farm jobs will be greater than for this year.” : : There is encouragement given to the farmer on the prospect of farm machinery prices. This year they were highest on record. Production next year is expected to catch up with demand and it should see the end of the sellers’ market. And with this dealers are expected to offer bet-

and call it home? ' The $80 didn’t even include bed linen or dishes and, of course, children were not allowed. We did see some ary — poor-looking, laces with “apartment” signs. manager Ba too independent to answer the door. There was simply a sign on the outside stating number of rooms, no children allowed, even as vis

. ftors, and not even the price. The “no children,

even as visitors” was enough. What sort of people would they be as landlords? Unpainted, unkempt-looking; pretty sad, even for a night or so. In the last three months we've gone through 29 states, including Canada. We've paid reasonable prices for nice places in large cities and small. Indianapolis not only discourages toure ists with its complete lack of decent accommodas tions, but certainly discourages ordinary, aver-age-salaried folks from wanting to call it home. We are returning, rather going through, Ine dianapolis the first of November, and I just would like to see any list of available living quarters that you mention having. ® & * “Twirp Season Heresy’ By Teen-ager, City . Bryant, in his very learned “Mythology” mentions an analogous source of error when he says that “although the Pagan tales are not believed, yet we forget ourselves cpntinually and make inferences from them as existing realities”; and of this error we find a remarkable instance in the “Twirp Season” heresy. | It is not, however, to be understood that I oppose the essence of this theory—whether or not it is a good thing for teen-agers is of no consequence to me, and I imagine very little to them; that is to say, if they know themselves as well as I know them. What I object to is that the idea was instigated in a comic strip—they actually had so much faith in one of these “bobberies” as to make the author's brainstorms a national insti. tution. In a word, they were too stupid to, think it up themselves. . And it is this never thinking, this constant fantasy of comics, movies and the like which will finally prove to be the downfall of this generation. It is all just another example of the greatest and most true words Edgar Allan Poe ever wrote: “But yet, if denied mouth, some persons . , . would contrive to chatter on—as they do now--through the nose.”

What Others Say

THERE {is no reasonable basis for these bedevilments. Coal miners are better off in wages and earnings—when the unions permit them to work-—better off in hours at work, better off in so-called welfare »ayments cone tributed by the emiployers than any other ine dustrial workers in the United States.—Charles A. Owen, president of the National Coal Association. : : ® o @

THE key to western development is electrie power, and regardless of what anybody may say ++ « there is a scarcity of power, not only in the West, but throughout the United States as a

your boss has to crank to get things started.

ter prices for trade-ins than in recent years.

whole.—Vice President Barkley.

REGIONAL HABITS . . . By Bruce Biossat

Standardized Life?

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31—America is a land of 3. million square miles, with probably more variety of climate, terrain and resources than any area of similar size anywhere. Yet life in this country is cast into an amazingly standardized mold.

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PRICE CRISIS . . . By Ludwell Denny

Jitters in England

Oct. 31—England’s Joe Doakes and his Mrs, can't

find out yet whether they're going to be hit by rising prices from the government's new austerity program. Officials themselves really don’t know because details and

For this we can thank the movies, the radio, the automobile, the railroad, the airplane and now television—all the influences that draw us together and tend to level out our differences. Insofar as this still-widening contact among Americans leads to deeper understanding and greater tolerance of people, it i= a healthy gain, No nation as big in territory as the United States has the unity of spirit we have. Most of us think and aact as Americans first, and only-secondly as people of a particular region or state or city. : This unity, this mutual understanding make for the free flow of people, of ideas, of resources and goods across state lines. The result is the general enrichment of the whole country. Contacts beget more common understanding.

Difference Blotted Out

BUT there is another side. Many potentially rich ingredients of American life are blotted out by the uniformity that spreads ftself through our entertainment, our social activity, our daily habits. The high school girl in Vermont too often has the same basic tastes and interests as the -high school girl in Texas or ; Minnesota. : Now we can’t throw all our modern inventions into the discard and go back to living in ignorance of each other's problems and interests. These powerful influences for unity—and standardization—are here for good. ? Still, a lot of social scientists think the American people ought not to succumb completely to a process that could rod their lives of all real social individuality. These seholars beHeve that what they call regionalism is a strong and necessary counteracting force which should be developed further if we are to avoid a barren sameness in our living.

Bond in Habits

habits and ideas that exists among people of particular sections ~ of the country.

REGIONALISM is a term meant to express the bond of |

10-34 COPR. 1949 BY NEA SEEVICE, WC. V. I REO. 0. & PAT. OF

"Oh, | haven't any prejudices—I'd vote for a: woman for President, if her husband was the right kind of man!"

}iming still are undecided. And there are many unpredictable ctors. It looks like the Doakes won't notice much change until after the spring election. Even then, they won't feel the pinch much if the Attlee plan works. Of course, this program for cutting domestic consumption to save more for dollar exports, without pinching the Doakes, may not work. Most experts say it won't. If not, then the Doakes may end up without much of anything. Food Slightly Higher BUT, ACCORDING to plan, this is all that’s to the Mais going to happen Food prices may be slightly higher in the spring, but maybe not. Fish price controls and subsidies will cease at the season whenacatches increase. Merchants say increased competition in a free market will provide more and a better variety and perhaps lower prices. Cakes and desserts will be a trifle more expensive after Christmas when raisins and dried eggs go up. The only food price certainty is that junior’s school meals will cost about 6 cents more weekly. There will be fewer schoo busses and new buildings.

Housing No Better

IF THE DOAKES are waiting for a better house there will be one-eighth fewer new ones in 1950 and that much less chance of getting any. All family medical care and health services will continue to be “free” except a token fee of 14 cents for prescriptions. Grand324 Joes’ have to puy that &na will go on getting his old-age pension. : Reasons the Doakes are going to get off so lightly, if the works, are SHIA

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