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American Policy at Paris
ABSENCE of an imminent Russian crisis will be the most noteworthy aspect ‘of the forthcoming meeting of the
United States, Britain and France when they convene in Paris Wednesday. But the meeting may be none the less important on that account. Certain items on the tentative agenda indicate that the French and British are thinking ‘more in terms of their own national interests than of the common security problem,
now that the Soviets happen not to be making new trouble | and the continental governments is real and
Basic cayses are
“for the moment; ‘That being. the, case, our representatives must adapt themselves to this change in atmosphere. “American concern in some of the issues which will be raised will not be served by a “me too” _position on our part.
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. FRANCE and Britain, ym example, are pert turbed by |
the competitive threat to their export trade in revival of
West German industry. This qilestion should not be con- |
sive commitments to European interests impos-
fused by parading the ghost of German militarism. American taxpayers are feeding the Germans until they
can get back into business for themselves, and want to be |
relieved of this burden as soon as possible.
economic recovery. . . ” : » . . GERMANY must not be made a permanent charity ward of the United States by any program designed to protect French and British industry from legitimate competition, : Secretary Acheson also will be urged by the British to join them in recognizing Communist China.” Britain's attitude is influenced by three considerations: (1) Pressure from leftists in the British Labor Party, who have a close affinity with what they regard as nationalistic communism; (2) desire of India and Australia to placate
the Chinese Communists, if they can; (3) desire of certain
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British commercial interests to try to do business with the Chinese ‘Reds because of Britain's substantial investments in North China. : ys» . ” .
NONE OF these should have apy bearing upon Amel:
Mgqnday, Nov. 7, 1949
ald to Western Europe. | | |
American co-operation as an absolute essential We. can join our Allies in measures to prevent Ger- | many from again menacing world peace without permitting | “them to build unnecessary - “barriers -against Germany's.
| ALES... By Ludwell Denny ap ke o. Britain-Europe | ~~
HENRY W. i
Friction Grows England Is Getting Bad * Reputation on Continent
“LONDON, Nov. 7--Britain's relations with
thecFuropean nations are at a post-war low. Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin and Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps are -
trying to’ improve this. at a series of three related international conferences running in Paris ~ —the Marshall Plan sessions earlier this week, current meeting of the Council of Europe's executive body and the standing committee of the Council of Europe opening today:
Britain's bad reputation on the Continent 1s a bit difficult for the English to understand in
“view of Mr. Bevin's record. He has been-the |
most fearless and eonsiaterit Yeader AT Russian threats, - Second only to the United States, his government has given the most economic and military And his success in keeping India in the commonwealth and co-op . erating with the western world is a major stab-
flizing achievement for F Wemostany in the post-
war period,
Friction Real NEVERTHELESS, friction between Britain London ia fully aware of it.
threefold: = - Britain's decline as a major world power has
left her with economic, political and military | resporisibilities beyond her post-war strength. |
And others take advantage of that weakness.
area, Even when these three relationships do
pot conflict, as they often do, they make exclusible. That enrages the Continentals. Third cause is the Continental jealousy of the closer Anglo-American unity. This is somewhat paradoxical. Continentals welcome Anglo-
for European security and recoyery. Yet they :resent the United States’ reliance on Britain and the special treatment accorded her.
Bigg~r Gains
AT THE same time, they resent the fact that Britain with far graver problems has submitted to severer austerity and worked harder, and has bigger production gains to show for it. The French think the British are hurting them and sabotaging the proposed: United States of Western Europe by playing a lone devaluation currency hand, by refusing to join the Western European Economic Union, and by
body of separate governments rather than a semisovereign super-state, Aside from Britain's conflicting commonwealth and sterling bloc relations which pre. vent her going all-European, there are other reasons for holding back.
Fears Strong Power
TRADITIONALLY, she's always feared any one power stronger than itself controlling the Continent, and hence has sought balance rather than supremiacy -—- some hostile power might
have learned by our experience in Europe that nothing 8 |
gained by appeasement. communism in China is certain to cause future trouble ior us in Japan, the Philippines and possibly even in Hawaii. These issues and others which will be discussed at Paris point up the urgent need for a firm, long-range Amer-
* {ean foreign policy based upon our present world responsi
under attack by the reactionary group, it will turn to social-
bilities, as distinguished from the policies of expediency we have been compelled to pursue since the end of the war. We should go along with our friends when we can. ~-But-they should -not-be allowed to take unfair advantage of us and they have no right to expect us to sacrifice our interests to serve theirs. #
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Nice People, These Reds
WELL. well and well! Now Earl Browder, deposed head of the Communist Party in the United States, is accusing his successor, William Z. Foster, of that awful crime, “revisionism.” Mr, Browder makes his charge in a 70-page pamphlet, entitled “In Defense of Communism,” ‘copies of which have been distributed at United Nations Headquarters at Lake _ Success, NY. ~The pamphlet-is- a reply to a book in-which Mr. Foster undertook to defend the 11 top Communists, recently convicted in Judge Medina's court, against the charge that they conspired to teach and advocate overthrow of the -Udiited oo Stat eR i by. force and violence. ; » » LJ . IN THAT bovk Mr. Browder asserts, Mr. Foster attempted to “reshape the fundamental theories of Marxism." He offered a ‘new route to socialism.” He invented “an
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entirely ‘original’: theory, according to which the task of
introducing socialism is no longer undertaken by the Communist Party, but is handed over to the Progressive Party headed by Henry Wallace.”
And in doing these things, Mr. Browder says, Mr.
gain control 6f the well-meant super-state, Anyway. British temperament distrusts rigid
Second, though a Furopean nation, she is the L center of a world-wide commonwealth and émpire and also head of -the scattered sterling |
keeping the Council of Europe a consyltative i
political organization and written constitutions. |
Moreover, the labor government here is uneasy about the incerasing dominance of the Catholic and right-wing parties in the coalition governments of France, Belgium, Germany, Austria |" and Taly, ~ Chief friction is over Germany. Britain is in the middle. between Washington's soft policy and Paris’ tough one. But because Britain has the Ruhr in her occupation zone and must dismantle potential war factortes. “she is blamed
by the Germans for. the unpopular Allied policy |
for which France and the Pesponstble.
FOSTER'S FOLLIES
(“NEW YORK Hawai theme used in Wallpapers.) From lovely old Aloha-land, Gem of the blue Pacifig, We soon may have wallpaper grand, With motif most terrific.
U. 8, are chiefly
But just let's skip the coral sand; The moon o'er Diamond Head: And bring from ginger-blossom land Those hula gals instead!
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NEWS NOTEBOOK . ... By Douglas Larsen
«Behind -the-Scenes...
WASHINGTON, Nov. T= ‘eall at his home and sympathize. Adm lowing admonishment- ina -very- loud voice:
“G'wan outside, retary Matthews and bite him.”
“The place rocked with laughter for five minutes.
Cart Before the Horse
AT A-RECENT meeting of farm leaders in Washington a noted social scientist ‘pradicted that at the rate they were going now, U. 8. farmers-would all have radios and mechanical refrigerators before they all got running water, telephones and bathThis was attributed to the post-war buy- |
rooms in their homes. ing habits of the American farmer
' Norse Women Puzzle Architects
Foster disregarded the warning of the seventh congress of |
the Communist International “against the illusion that it is possible to bring about socialism by peaceful, legal methods.” Here, according to Mr. Browder, socialism” invented by Mr. Foster: » ” . ’ - » . THE Wallace Progressive Party "is to win control of the government by the established electoral processes and on a simple democratic platform; but once in office, and
is the
_ ism in order to survive; its decisions will be law, and opposition to them will be outlawed. Therefore, any force and "violence that appears Will be the illegal revolt of ‘the reac: tionaries and its legal suppression by the Progressives-turned-Communists.” ~ Mr. Browder insists it's certain that Mr, Foster's “new route” soon will be “rejected by Communists all over the world as a major departure from Marxism-Leninism.” But, he admits, there is no present sign of the “critical help from abroad” which he expects for his viewpoint, » r . » » . WE WOULD hesitate to believe either Mr, Foster or Mr. Browder under oath. Yet, when Communists fait out, truth sometimes comes to light.
“One thing sure: Whether by the force and violence _ which Mr. Browder holds to be the only true way of Marxism-Leninism, or by the Spa use of the Wallace Foster of Inventing in an a, Soka himself and his
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“new route to |
| Abroad, for the benefit of the Marshall Plan countries, : Cli VA wi Soon now, all but the people who read them will completely v ipping ! | “agree with the All-Amefican football choices. - AFTER CONGRESS yp it had liberalized the provisions .
. of ‘the GI bill to permit more veterans to take flight training, a Veterans Administration oficial boasted that the new provisions | could be administered in such a manner that it would actually “tighten the veteran flight training program. - And that is exactly The full month that the so-called Ub- |
: Comrades ut of Jil. the Americts people do mot x my : a. 4 Sr ee Jie of
GILBERT H. UNDERWOOD, a top government. architget, has just returned from a series of conferences with European In connection with the Marshall reparts that Norwegian public building designers are faced with A brand-new problem caused by the new Paris dress styles, It has become the fashion for Norse women to carry their dresses
architects, partly
to parties, the theater, or restaurants, and put them on aftér they arrive, : IUs 80 Old outside the women have to wear several layers of woolen undies. But these undies don't look good under the
latest style dresses 80 at their destination
when the leave, -
Problem for the architects is to provide dressing rooms for |. this new. custom. The conventional powder. rooms. Arent. large He's glad Washington has a warmer | climate; what with the new styles becoming popular here.
enough, U nderwood reports.
Lawyers’ Delight ~~
a dim view of the new It says.
“At first reading it appears that it should be labeled { 1949 lawyers’ employment act’ since, in the long run, the revised legal aspects of the law. may enrich lawyers’ coffers to «an amount | equal the estimated $300 million accruing to” workers,”
Spreading Out Tourist Trade
UNCLE SAM fis conducting a big drive to encourage Amer fcan farmers to go to Europe for their vacations, One such tour
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The night Adm. Denfeld was ousted. wc. from his joh as chief of naval operfitions many friends came-to There was confusion in the | living room and during the exc itement the admiral's _ nipped one of the guests
, Denfeld asked a servant to put | the pup outside.
The servant ‘obliged but gave the dog the -fol--.
If you must nip somebody's heel, find Seg-
they longies while they wear their dresses, and then change back
AN EDITORIAL. in the United Mine Workers’ Journal takes 75-cents-an-hour minimum wage law.
' RUSSIAN STRATEGY .
FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 7T--The evi-
little, the countries in the Russian orbit are carrying out ‘he mandate of Moscow and squeezing out all elements that.might offer even the most remote potential resistance. The conspicuous example, partly because American correspondents still in Prague report at least some of the news, is Czechoslovakia. a But in varying degrees the same thing is happening in Poland, Rumania, Hungary and
Bulgaria. All contacts with the West are being closed off in more accelerated-and ruthless {* fashion. :
American newspapermen are being. excluded. My wife and I have been denied visas for Poland ‘and Czechoslovakia, although two years ago I was permitted to visit Warsaw and wrote from there about the way in which that mostdestroyed of al' cities was being rebuilt.
Troop Movements?
WIR TERN diplomats are mote and more sequestered. Western nations have been forbidden to drive any distance east of the capital. The suspicion - exists that this is because of Russian troop movements westward from the Russian-Polish frontier. However, it may be merely part of the war of nerves! i The greatest stress is put by Moscow on Créchoslovakin. One of the Cominform’s most effective agents expressed it in a talk with me something like this:
“The example of Czéchoslovakia will ‘be most
Important. It will be a demonstration to the world that a highly organized Industrial state
also can become a Communist state. This will
mean much more than the transformation of a primarily agricultural state such as Rumania or Hungary. “You in America are making a great error In your interpretation of events in Czéchoslovakia. You listen to the protests of those who have suffered-from -the adjustment and you interpret that to mean that Czechoslovakia’s economy has been damaged whereas actually the opposite is true. The economy of Czechoslovakia has been strengthened.” According to reports trickling out ‘of Czech-
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what has happened.
Reason behind the plan is the fact that farmers don't take their vacations in the summer time. Government hopes to reduce the highly seasonal aspect of U. 8. tourists going
work on the roads.
dence grows that in every way, both big and’
In Warsaw diplomats representing ,
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loves to chase rabbits!
If anyone has any 1949 resolutions that haven't been broken,
BUTCHERS in’ an Oklahoma town held a golf tournament. And doubtless _ Watched their slices.
A MARYLAND truck driver broke a window so he'd be jalled and get a change of occupation, They'll probably put nim to
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By Marquis Childs Iron Curtain Closing Tighter
oslovakia, this is largely propaganda. For the time being at least, production has been impaired and the country ig poorer because of the
drive to squeeze out the middle class and elim-
inate the small factory and the small-shop
owner.
The small producer always has been an im- |
portant part of the Czech-eeonomy,
Results Doubtful
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WHETHER even in the long run new col~
lectivized units will be more efficient is certainly | in the United States is |
doubtful. The trend away from centralization and toward decentralization, experience having shown that the giant plant was often less efficiént than the small plant.
that certain ‘essentials have been taken off the ration. But the fact is that the moment they go off, the price goes sky high and the commodities are difficult or impossible to obtain.
Czech propaganda makes much of the fact
There is one outstanding reality about the | Czech economy today which should cause pol- |
ley-makers in Washington to give serious thought to a new approach to at least this one satellite, Without essential supplies from the West-~rubber, cotton and so on--Czech industry could not continue to produce at ven the present levels. 3 The time has come, in my opinion, to review the trade balance with Czechoslovakia. If the Czech exports sent out to Western Europe are not essential, and there is good reason to believe they are not, then it may be merely selfinterest and ordinary common sense ‘to stop the flow of essential commodities.
Central War Economy “FOR THF belief” is growing among HE
2nced observers that the real objective of Mos-
cow in each of the satellite states is to build toward a central war economy. There is every reason- why America should refuse to contribute to that process. The immediate enemy against which all this affort, the purges and the ruthless collectivization is directed may be Yugoslavia. It may be defensive rather than offensive. But if the satellites can be reduced to complete subjection, then Moscow will have achieved
in a sense be irrelevant.
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union with the tiated Klans of America. a : ville recently, with Georgia Spinks as No. 2.
If the two Kluxers are able to form ‘a national and lure all the local
_ a larger: goal and the fate of Yugoslavia will |
SUCKER’ s DOLLARS ... By James Daniel :
Klan.Taxes.Pro
; RIRMINGHAM, Nov, 1=Undie in the Ku- Klux Klan.
To the rostrum, praised her Jalléd hisband as
| Records ‘Stolen’
‘SHORTLY afterwards, Morris’ Klan records were from his housé while Mrs. Morris was absent. then appealed to-be let out on grounds he couldn’t disclose records
‘We ‘Need Housing Authority’
M. Burkett, Housing Chairman, Veterans
there was a housing -defleit of S000“Eight thousand live in houses unfit for n
Hoosier Forum
Ra will defend to the death Your
By of Foreign Wars, City "The over the housing shortage proves the need and ‘best single argument for creation of a loda¥ housing authority to eenduct an impartis} scientific housing y as its first function, America wasn't built by talk. Out of our long, historic “tradition we know theé talk without action is futile. The current do-nothing policy is unworthy of us as Americans. All previous surveys to date show that In dianapolis’ population pov Taster than i housing supply. : During 1931-39 there was a population fain of 9143 families, 4208 units built, bat 4482 demolished. (Spickelmier Report, 1940). 10.000 units,
‘habitation. a shocking social the Council of Social Agencies, on ra for public housing to relieve slum epnditions. Marion County's present population of 540. 000 requires At least 4000 new units annually ‘Just to keep pace with new needs. It leaves touched the 13,000 unit deficit reported in 6
' since building for the interim period a
fewer than the 4000 annually needed to fan needs. Demolition of older dwellings is forcing doubling up and overcrowding nothing short of barbaric; as many as 20 families (with children) crammed into a two-story frame house, Being
“fairly typical in some areas.” My offer of a $50
check to a bona fide charity for a list of 500 actual rental vacancies has never been taken up, despite wild claims of family housing avail able. ‘The time for talk is ended. City Council
has. before it now a resolution for creation of a
local housing authority. v-& 9
‘Fight for Just Rates’ By E. 8. Barber
It is indeed heartening to see one public official take up battle for the people against the street railways company. I remember that Public Counselor William BSteckler looked into the situation and pronounced the last raise in rates unjustified. Why was his advice ignored? Also; are we paying the Public Service Commission to represent us, or the street car company? It has been said that people get as good a government as they deserve. Are the working people of this town, the people who use the street cars, going to back Mayor Feney in his fight,
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our fight for just rates, or yleld and scold about
it to each other? > &
Ten Rules of Safety By H. W. (Heinie) Moesch Jr.
In Indiana last year, 11 hunters paid. with their lives and 12 other persons suffered serious injuries in freak hunting accidents. Accidents due to carelessness which could have been averted. Everyone who handles a gun should memorize the following 10 rules of safety:
Treat a gun with the respect due a loaded gun. This is the cardinal rule of gun safety. Carry only empty guns, taken down or with the action open, into your automobile, camp, and home. = Always be sure that the barrel and action are clear of obstructions. Always carry your gun so that you can control the direction of the muzzle, even if. you stumble. Be sure of your target before you pull the trigger. Never point a gun at anything you do not want to shoot, Never leave your gun unattended arifess, you unload it first, ) Never climb a tree or a fence with a loaded n. Never shoot at a flat, hard surface or the surface of water. Do not ‘mix gunpowder and alcohol.
What Others Say
“WE Have rio hard and fast ideas gbout what: form a world legislature or world police force
- should take, but we have the idea that at least
we should have them.--Cord Meyer, chairman, United World Federalists executive council.
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THE human family has reached its hour of destiny, and must now decide whether its scientific developments ‘are to be used for an age of peace and plenty or for war.—Lord Boyd Orr, 1949 Nobel Peace Prize winner,
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| Worried About heomes
EFFORTS at unifying the Klan go on all the time, problem is to persuade petty Klan leaders that they won't be unified out of thelr Incomés, jurisdictional raids as bitter as unions and twice as comical. Birmingham is still chuckling over the outwitt Hugh Morris, ‘a roofing : Ring of William white-maned spelibinder from Montgomery. Early this summer Morris, head of the Federatéd KKK of Alabama; went to jail for contempt of court. Investigating an outbreak of Klan-attributed floggings. ~ f Jurors wanted-to see Morris membership records for possible = —Morris refused, said he “would--never violate his-aacred..
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Higher Klan officials indulge in any ‘ever fought between trade
contractor, by Dr, Lycurgus Spinks, the
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‘Hardly was Morris behind bars wheh Dr. fn then anizing something called the New Knights of the sp do or irmingham to offer sympathy and take over Morris At a public meeting Dr. Spinks pulled Morris & martyr,
the KKK dame to orvie’ organiza-’ blushing wife
“stolen The jailed Kluxer
But the court held him there for mofe than two
months until he finally gave a list of Klan members from memorv, On his release, Morris found -his Federated KKK had fallen Dr. Spinks was inviting the pieces to follow him into a “Kssaciated -
Klans of Georgia, to form the AssoThis is the meng announced in KnoxKluxer Sam W. : Roper as No. 1 and organization Klans in to line, it will simplify the task of
LE the Revenue Bureau in enforcing tax laws against the Ras
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It's the fondness of Klan leaders for" raking fn suckers dole . |_lars and their casualness about reporting such gains on their ine come tax reports. The Internal Revenue Bureau fs investigating new Klan units and Klan leaders as they appear. Already liens for $17,718 in dodged taxes have been flied in Georgia. paid. Investigations are under way in other states. “Whatever impels individuals to. become Klansmen, there's no mystery about the motives of most Klan leaders. | It costs $10 to get into the Klan. the head' of that particular unit takes $5; and $2 is passed up to “the Klan leaders above. At least it would;
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