Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1949 — Page 14

CAPEHART'S effort to get Congress to find ouf ‘what happened to miners’ pension funds in Indiana is a step toward helping Indiana miners get an old-age pension they can count on when they are old. Once all the facts are officially known about the weaknesses of the plan that didn't work, a proper plan could be setup on a sound basis that will work. 3 ; © To work at all, any pension system has to have certain essentials, such as: ah ys "A CLOSELY accurate estimate of how much money is going to be out of it; ; B to De paid Olt or Eaing in thal imueh money; snd “ REAL safeguards against reckless waste or misuse of the money in the administration. The coal miners’ pension plan that has just collapsed in Indiana appears to have lacked most of those essentials,

AS THE TIMES revealed last Sunday there were + major flaws in administration of the funds In Indiana. Because of them, no doubt, the money ran out sooner than it would have with more careful spending. It seems fairly clear, though, that not even the best of administration could have kept this fund solvent perma. nently. The money was simply going out faster than it came in--so much faster that in 14 months the backlog it had taken three whole years to pile up was all gone. : Today the pension plan is approximately back where it was three years ago before the fund was started at all. ~ There is no rese.ve from which to pay either pensions or

When they do start again most bona fide miners want ym set up on a sound, sure basis. They don't want to get and then find out there's no mohey to pay their pensions. A good many of them express a desire to put in part of the : : .

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| For months May pleaded ill health as a reason why he ? should not be required to explain his dealings with the Garssons to a federal grand jury in Washington, Meanwhile, he unsuccessfully sought re-election to Congress in November, ie. 8 . on» ON JAN. 23, 1047, the grand jury indicted May on charges of receiving, and the Garssons on charges of giving, bribes of $53,000 in various forms. A District of Columbia "federal court. jury found them guilty on July 3 that year _ after a trial that had lasted 11 weeks. They were sentenced to jail terms of eight months to two years. “~~ Since then, at liberty on $2000 bonds, they have carried appeals to the Supreme Court, which now has finally upheld courts its mandate that they must serve their terms. Andrew J. May is 74. He has been honored and trusted . by the American people. It is sad to see this old man’s long career end in downfall and disgrace. But he dishonored himself and betrayed his trust, and few will feel that the slow course of justice has brought him to sterner punish‘ment than he deserves.

India’s Wishful Thinking WANTS a million tons of American wheat, which has a market value of approximately $80 million. This country has offéred to supply the wheat in exchange for

Indian manganese and mica, which we need. ‘

+, He wants to sell us the manganese and mica for cash get our wheat on a lend-lease arrangement, for free, or some deferred-payment plan. ’. Dr. Matthai recalled a wartime deal, in which the United | States supplied a large amount of silver to India, as an example of what he had in mind. The silver was to be paid for under arrangements to be worked out after the war "emergency ended, More than four years have passed since the last shot was fired in World War II, but the emergency’s end has not been officially declared, so there has been no

"NATURALLY, the Indians would like to keep on doing

The Indians aren't wholly to blame for thinking that

‘Have We Failed | German Test? |

Grow More Resentf

FRANKFURT, ‘Germany, Nov. 16—In the bare. brown fields men and women are out working together, digging the root vegetables that will provide fodder for cattle and for humans in the winter months. The oxen or the milk Siwy rarely horses the carts—plod slowly along. pune patient labor of these farm families has scarcely changed in a thousands years. Their deliberate movements seem as old as man

one of the reasons Germany has recovered with such amazing rapidity, You A many after a brief visit with the most mixed reactions, Democratization, fecartelization, de-Nazification—the big and ambitious words hardly seem to fit the present stage of occupation, The Allied position here is, indeed, not so much an occupation as a redoubt, a garrison set down in the midst of a warlike people who are growing more resentful and sullen as their deep-rooted chauvinism rises once again, y

Lessons to Learn

IN THE face of this attitude, not only Americans but Germans who had hoped for a truly democratic Germany are inclined to take a hopeless view. In their pessimism they frequently add that this is America’s failure in the, first major test of American responsibility. While any conclusions based on such brief observation may have little worth, I shall never theless venture to say that this view seems to me too gloomy. If Germany can be integrated into the family of Western European nations, then there is still hope that the rising tide of

nationalism can. be stemmed.

Granted this is a big If. Integration would necessarily mean, for example, that a Western German police or para-military force would become part of a Western European force. But above all if there is still time to learn,

1 and if we are capable of learning, then there

are lessons of the utmost importance to be had from the American experience in occupying Germany. \ One of the most knowledgeable and percepof the-occupation, expressed what seemed to me the truest insight into the effort that has been made here by the United States—at a cost that ‘is roughly computed at $2300 million since 1945, exclusive of present ECA expenditures,

Too Little Un IT SHOULD be said, first, that America has not really failed a test because we never came to grips with the challenge. That challenge lay in the relationstip to the German people in

A ormumption that the uld be was y co started off in a new direction, on toad to

supation in its various phases: “We tended at the outset te see it all in black and white. Or most Americans saw it that way. “All Germans were bad because they were Germans, We falled to understand that there were many who had in spite of everything continued to believe in what we believe in. Failing to enlist their help, we put ourselves under an almost impossible handicap. “Now once again it is all black and white, But this time the values are reversed. Any

There is, 1. am afraid, a great deal of truth in that analysis, oversimplified though it is.

Spread Too Thin

SOME AMERICANS have brought exceptional equipment to the task. James L. Riddleberger, for example, head of the State Depart. .ment and chief pulitical adviser to - American High Commissioner John J. McCloy, has a broad knowledge of Germany, the people and their grim history. But too often these men have had to spread themselves too thin and their recommendations have been shortcircuited or ignored. Some have gone home in disgust and dismay after having struggled long and in vain to try ' to help the German people on the democratic path, They have been largely responsible for 8] the conviction that all is lost, But to pull back from the German responsibility at this stage is to risk defeat not alone here but in all of Western Europe. For no matter what anyone may think of what has happened In the last four years, whether well

CONSENT

THE COAL

want security at the cost of freedom?” asks the headline over an advertisement. Unfortunately, the answer is, “Yes.” Not with everybody. But with a very great many, perhaps a majority. This choice is worldwide. It is even stronger in most countries than in the United States, which has more freeup. . There is a global passion for security. It motivates most politics. Compared to it, nothing else seems to matter. Not even liberty, This is natural. The world has just lived through over three decades of the utmost insecurity. Two great wars were separated by a troubled truce, and now we have an uncertain peace that is not peaceful. People have become tired and afraid. Nothing seems so sweet as security —an assured future at any price. This is especially trye with the aging, who steadily are becoming a bigger part of the population. This feeling plays into the hands of politicians, selfish Schemers and unselfish, but impractical,’ do-gooders. They know that the best bait to catch votes and gain supporters is to promise security. :

The Bait Looks Tempting

HITLER and Mussolini used that bait. So do the Commies. It is what won for the British Socialists. It's the stock in trade of those who want a planned state in America—with themselves as planners. The most tempting feature of this bait jis the promise that security can be provided by somebody else—for free. Man is to be taken care of by his employer or the state or both. All that is peeded is to change the laws of economics. The planners propose to do this ‘by legislation and contract. To do it. of course, means giving up some individual rights and privileges. A degree of personal freedom must be yielded to the state, As the plans progress, this amount of lost 1liberty steadily grows. But it is preached that the worthy end justifies the sacrifice. And it is hard to answer the preachers. They always accuse critics of opposing the benefits which are promised

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OPERATORS. ~—JOHN

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GLOBAL PASSION . . . By E. T. Leech .

Liberty Foundation of Security

The only way to combat these false theories and empty pledges is to make it understood that security cannot ‘exist without liberty. Any sacrifice of personal freedom actually promotes insecurity. It ought to be easy to prove this. The wars and the threats of war under which we have suffered all were promoted by countries where persorial freedom did not exist. Regimented, planned states were to blame. None of the Utopian schemes which have swept the world has worked. ‘After the temporary impetus caused by artificial spending and state purchases, conditions in every case got worse.. Security faded as restraints and regulations increased.

“reedom Behind Progress IN GERMANY and Italy, the plans which were to bring security and a new world destroyed freedom and ended in. brutality, war and disaster, In Russia—which never was free —the Socialist revolution led to a tyranny worse than before. In Britain, as spending and planning for the welfare state increased, living standards and security declined. Judge them by their works. The one nation where business and workers are most free to run their own affairs, choose their own jobs, spend their own money and make their own future is the hope and envy of the world, Self-reliance, personal attainment and individual freedom of action give Americans the greatest abundance both for themselves and to help others, Freedom is the reason for our progress. Lack of it is the cause of strife and failure elsewhere. All of mankind's gains have been due to the efforts and creations of individuals, working under their own steam. Personal incentives based on individual freedom drove America forward. These can exist only in a country which is not controlled and regulated by official planning-—that is, by political business bosses, The proof of it les all around us--in our country as contrasted with others. The greatest security belongs to those who are free. It comes not from legislation but by personal ef-

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However, from the number of no survivors : of wrecked planes, might it not be a good idea to pause and evaluate the safety-belt ruling?

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Isn't it time for a public re-examination of all the rules and factors involved in today's ‘commercial aviation.

What Others Say

I THINK we must ruthlessly eliminate any. one from the National Military Establishment

Who does not believe in unification, and will not

accept decisions to unify when they are made.— Gen. Mark Clark, chief of Army field forces. °

% A Sis Songress differs from his (True lan’s osophy just as much as did the 80th. —Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. 0.). ! A ONG vo i 3 aroun STR , Vigo year: d organiza tion, based on the precincts, is the only formula

"T know for political success.—Guy Gabrielson,

Republican national chairman. * > I DON'T want a bunch of yes-men around me. If you don’t agree with me, I want you to say so—even if it costs you your job.—Mike Curtiz, Hollywood director. yy ¢ oo on SHIA never tells in advance what it is go 0.—Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky. Aor h "IT 18 minitely better to wiz thi better to avoid a war ' to win one.—Gen. Jimmy Doolittle. dab ® ¢ oo WE CAN establish an income level in the country of $4000 per family per year. That is not a pipe dream. It can be done. Truman. cB INDIA is going to maintain an independent foreign policy. India does not fear Communist

The story goes like this:

Willow Run, Mich., war plant, built by the U, 8. at a cost of $36 million.

The Kaiser interests bought at & price of $15 miilion the self is listed at $35 million to

or ill, the’ German people are inextricably a whereas what the critics actually are ainst fort. It just can’t be had as something for aggression from outside at. present. part of this continent. is the phony nature of the promises, ag nothing. ister Jawaharlsl Nehru of india, Prime ine GOVERNMENT BUSINESS . . . By Charles Lucey .- SIDE GLANCES. By Galbraith | LABOR... By Fred Perkins T * 7 SF : ° * Ve ‘o he New Kaiser Deal i @ | Conflicting Theories ASHINGTON, Nov. 16—8tudy of Henry J. ‘Kaiser's new : TAS WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—Two contradi 3% million lap on the government discloses that one of the big- ] _ 7 2 € | far union responsibility goes are upvicmpn digg had ETC arty he 1s. pu HRK..40 la ote. government. mms erm ACI ws IO brio Frm er i

The AFL insists that responsibility stops with the local union, The CIO holds that it extends beyond the local to the general , national organization. , The AFL's argument is in connection with a recent deci-

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$44 million. The deal was with the War Assets Administra. tion. Kaliser-Frazer cars are made there. r In the process of turning out cars, Mr. Kaiser decides he

" must have more financing to

engineer and bulld a new lowpriced car. The banks appar. - oritly aren't interested and he goes to the Reconstruction Finance Corp. for a loan. What have you got for security, asks the The security presented Ine cludes the Willow Run plant, plus its equipment, An appraisal is made by Coverdale and Colpits New York Engineers,

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“GOING concern

Jion—of which the plant by it-

The “piece by Pplece” or liquidation value is set at $35% million and in that valuation the Willow Run plant itself is set down for $21 million to $22 million. Thus, in the liquidation val-

uation, the plant as sécurity

with one government agency Is given a value of $6 to*$7 milliori more than the government got for it when Mr. Kaiser bought it from War Assets, . In the “going concern” valuation, the figure placed on plant alpne was more than twice what Mr. Kaiser paid the government for it. But Mr, Kaiser attually hasn't paid that $15 million. He still owes War Assets $13,590,000, The Kaiser. contract with War Assets provides that he is to pay for Willow Run over 20 years, in annual installments of $679. 500 plus interest at four per cen

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sion of the National Labor Relations: Board which held the International raphical Union equally liable with the Chicago Typographical local Union No. 16 for refusing to bargain with employers. The CIO's stand grows out of its expulsion of the leftish United Electrical Workers and its attempt to replace that international union with a new one, The CIO's claim is that the ousted union's contracts

with ‘employers are the propety of the CIO and not of the’

docal unions or the United Eleetrical, >

members between the old and new unions of electrical workers. The NLRB and probably the courts are expected to have

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ance, and conserving the strength and co-ordinating the program of all the locals.”

May Rule Again ACTS OF the international officers, the minority members sald, had as their main purpose “aiding the local in reaching an advantageous settlement,

. and at the same time protects:

ing the funds of the internas tional from depletion by une necessary strikes.” NLRB spokesmen say the ITU decision was not neces sarily a precedent for further decisions concerning intraunion relationships and that rulings on future cases will depend largely on facts developed in the proceedings. Nod However, it is the view of exLaw:

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