Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1949 — Page 22

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Friday, Nov. 25, 1040

The Debate Has Started Already haven't even hired a hall yet for the Capehart- * Jacobs debates, but the debate was well under way this week, nevertheless. "This preliminary debate is about what the debate is about. As we rather expected, Mr. Jacobs found himself not too would now like to change it to something else, like Republi can policies vs. Democratic policies, for instance. Well, that's a good subject, and we'd like to hear these two titans of the rostrum clash on it, but it isn’t the subject which Mr, Capehart offered and Mr. Jacobs accepted.

” MR. CAPRHART'S original challenge, a8 Mr. Jacobs concedes 4n some correspondence he made public the other day, Was! “I here and now challenge Truman, Schricker and Jacobs to come to Indiana and debate the British socialism against our greatest asset , , . our American form of government.” : y Mr. Jacobs accepted the challenge and wrote that he assumed this meant a debate on their divergent political Mr, Capehart replied that it didn’t mean any such thing, it meant just what it said and do you want to debate it or don’t you? Mr. Jacobs said sure he wanted to debate, and he'd debate whether the Democratic Party to which he belongs was trying to substitute British socialism for the American form of government. That's a good subject, too. But it still isn’t the subject Mr. Capehart proposed and Mr. Jacobs accepted.

8 8 8 ANYWAY, that's where it stands right now. Unless Mr. Capehart agrees to change the subject, ‘which we doubt he'll do, or Mr. Jacobs backs out completeiy, which he isn't prone to doing, the Representative in Congréas from the 11th District of Indiana is going to take the platform to argue American form of nt. we can hardly wait to hear how he's going

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the the As for us, to do it.

Loyalty Oaths : STRON LY opposing loyalty oaths, the American Civil Liberties Union naturally lauds the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court for finding unconstitutional and invalid a loyalty oath law passed earlier this year by the New Jersey legislature without & dissenting vote. :

In other words, though clumsy in framing their law, these legislators were unanimously of the opinion that loyal Amerloans who electéd them aré begining to demand more and better safeguards against public officers and candidates for public offices whose first allegiance distinctly is not to this eountry.

it, zealous defenders of civil liberties appear anxious to .preserve these liberties chiefly for the protection of those ‘who plot to destroy them. $ Hence warnings against loyalty oaths. Hénce also the avowed purpose of the Civil Liberties Union to have declared unconstitutional thé Smith Act, under which 11 top Communists have just been convicted and sentenced for having conspired to teach and“advocate Ube of force and violence to overthrow the government. To which the Civil Liberties Union objects that “no overt criminal acts were proved(!)” As to oaths, many Americans have long admiréd the simple one the federal Constitution requires from the President of the United States: Co “1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully will to the best of my ability, preserve, protéct and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

SUPPOSE some day the Civil Liberties Union should pounce on this oath and seek to get rid of it on the plea it is old-fashioned, illogical and commits a liberty<loving President to far too much. it's a queer kind of logic that finds in loyalty oaths only fetters on freedom. But leaning over backward to spare and serve Commies has been teaching us just that kind.

Exchange Education Duteh are a sturdy and industrious people. They have the green thumb, the ability to make things grow, : The Economie Co-opération Administration, as a little réversé Marshall Plan aid, last spring brought over 30 of these young Dutch farmers, They are on their way home now. It was a profitable deal both ways. They are taking home some progressive American agricultural ideas and left some of their own in return. For example, they showed Maine farmers how to in. erease their potato yield. That will enable the Maine farmers to collect more in potato subsidies from Uncle 8am. They taught Washington fruit farmers how to train their young trees to increase the crop. They showed Illinois farmers how to stretch wire fence with a tractor.

8 8 THEY were impressed with the sanitation on our dairy

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~~ They were impressed with how hard .our farmers work every day, much longer hours than the Duteh, and the fact that ours work on Sundays and holidays in harvest season,

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boys ay they like thelr own girls best in 0 r rosy, natural complexions. #h! They'll take these same American

with ‘the subject he so hastily accepted, and

This publie demand is by no means confined to New

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m §. TRADE L By Earl Richert Sound Trend in Business Seen But Deflation Pressures " Expected by Next Summer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25-<Business condi.

tions look good for the period just ahead, but deflationary pressures are still dominant and likely will be felt by late spring or early sums mer. a at This seems ‘o be the prevailing view of top government economists who spend the last six weeks of every year guessing the economic outlook for the year ahead. Most of them express their opinions only on an off-the-record basis, some hardy soul lets go for the record, Such was the case with Marriner C. Eccles, for 15 years a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bystem and for 12 years thé chairman. : Mr. Eceles told a congressional subcommite tee that present signs point to some inflation ary developments, He sald thé cufrent eco nomic movement could be described as “re. filationary.” :

Deflationary Pressures “BUT the longer range problem is not one of inflation but of deflationary pressures due to over-production and due to inability to dis tribute our abundant production among the people,” he said. “That is our problem and, I think, we must meet it before long.” Here Mr, Eccles expressed the viewpoint that seemingly prevails « with variations -- among top government economists, Leon H. Keyserling and John D, Clark of the President's council of economic advisers also are reported to believe that long-range, deflationary pressures still overshadow the eurrent bright picture,

‘Re-flation’ Factors PROMOTING the present “re-flation” aecording to Mr. Beccles, are the “excessively rapid growth” of consumer credit, the “great growth” of housing erédit on small down payments, the “very rapid” growth of state and municipal debt, the “very substantial” national deficit of .about $5 billion, the fortheoming GI insurance dividends of $2.8 billion, the farm price support program which “tends te sustain the inflationary level in the field of agriculture.” the present labor-wage policy which “indicates a further Increase in wages which must, In

most cases, reMect itself in prices” and the

private dorporation pension programs which likewise will tend to hold up prices. Mr. Eccles said he thought such private pension programs a8 that in the steel industry were “A big mistake.”

High Price Tendency “THIS terids to hold up prices which Are paid by 140 million people, most of whom have no pensions provided for them and whose insome now is less than that of the organised workers who get the pensions,” he said. “Mini mum pensions should be provided by the government for all people.” "/ But all the “re-flationary” factors, Mr, focls indicated won't tip the soalés more than

that British socialism is better than. _Jigntly against the fact that our industrial

machine is able to produce more than we can consume and export, “Phat’'s a chronic characteristic of our sys tem.” he said. Other economists who hold that deflationary pressures still are dominant from a long-range standpoint eite the faet that thére have been noné of only token price eutd in the all-im-‘poftant steel and auto industries.

Price ‘Shake-Down’ THEY céonténd there will have to be a price “shake-down” in. these industries before the country will find itself on a sound economic footing. One thinks that by spring the auto industry, will have to cut prices sizably if it is to keep selling cars full-tilt,

FRIENDS YOU LEFT BEHIND

No matter where you travel No matter What you see, There's always something missing Just takeé a tip froth me, The silver sand and palm treéés The oranges in their grove, Although they'ré very prétty Are not a treasure trove, -

The mountains in their greatnéss WIth forests on their side, Thé eApital's grand buildings Or ¢60l lakes blue and wide, Can never stop the longing When you dream about your home That All8 your lonely mind, And friends yoy left behind. —Opal MéGuire, 814 Broadway.

¢ © FOSTER'S FOLLIES {(“Washington—U. 8. going $22,000,000 in red every day.”) L#t us not talk about nebulous things, For these are the fabulous Forties, When government singes the taxpayers’ wings, With high, wild and mad fiscal sorties,

Let ug try to avoid the dull and humdrum, Let's talk about notHing but 2illidns, Why waste our timé on & trifling sum Like a mere, paltry 22 millions!

WAR CLAIMS . . . By Peter Edson

Huge U. S. Pay-Off

WARHINGTON, Nov. 25—The path will soon be clearéd for an avilanche of ¢laims fof World Wat II damages sustained by. American citizénd dvérseas. They may total over $250 million. They may cover all kinds of cases, Big oll companies whose plants were seized or destroyed by the Japs; American traders and agénts whose small businesses in the Ofiént were wiped out

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WORLD ECONOMY . ..

By Marquis Childs

Missing Links Mar Europe’s Trade

PARIS, France, Nov, 25—Trying te reconstruet the economy of Europe is like trying to put together a very complicated puzsie, What makes it all more difficult is that some of the pleces aré missing. A confidential study has just been made which shows Western Burope's deficiencies in trade with the rest of the world. The biggest hole is in trade with Eastern Europe. Imports from Eastern Burope havé béén ruffling at a rate more than two billion dollars a year less than the prewar level, This means that grain, wood, petroleum, coal are not coming from thé normal aféa of supply in anything like the pre-1939 volume. As a consequence, Western Europe uses dollars to buy these essential commodities in North America. The issue of East-West tradé rises constantly to plague both Americans and Europeans in this strange era when the world is neither at péacé nor war. The French entered into lengthy tradé negotiations with the Russians seeking certain raw materials, among them petroleum, in return for manufactured goods.

Tankers on Secret List

THE deal fell through, according to one report, because thé Russians wanted .tankers in réturn for which they would deliver several million tons of petroleum. But tankérs aré high up on the secret list of articles whieh are not to bé sent through the Iron Curtain. Quité apart from the secrét list, which Is short but detailed, there are doubts whether the “curtain” countries can supply thé commodities sought in the West, The political upheaval taking placé behind the barrier has caused serious economic dislocation, . In spite of the prohibition enforced by the list” some forbidden items are getting through. Théy are sent to firms in Switzerland, Sweden, Bgypt, or wherever, and then after they are trans-shippéd two or three timés they end up in Soviet Russia or a satellite. This is true especially of ball bearings and diamond dies. How large the volume 6f these leaks is no ohé seéms to know. Rumors are constantly circulated and dow and thén they are proved Atithentic. But this seems to me to point up one of the

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major deficienciés in the American approach to the world. We are woefully weak on ecanomic intelligence and, even more important, what to do with that intelligenté wheh we get it. While the raw matérial. of economic intelli- . gence may flow into Washington, it is not properly co-ordinated. Or, to put it anothér Way no

one with sufficient authority appraises the es-

gential decisions.

May Need Economic Board WHAT may Bé nécessary is a sort of économic general headquartérs. Such a group or board might well be attached to the Security Council. It would have broad powers to act within the scope of American policy and to make recomméndations where Ameérican authority ended. ; No one today, for example, has any very sure knowledge about the net effect of trade between thé satellites and the West. An econofiiic GHQ with proper authority should be able to answer that question. And if it were found that a particular curtain country was actually gaining more, then steps would be taken to révisé thé térins of this trade. Admittedly, this would be difficult sihce a great many sensitive toes would be stéppéd on. But without it wé aré opérating in thé dark. Last winter when the eounter-blockade was imposed on East Germany, a shipmént of 22,000 tong”of iron pyrites from Norway into the Russidn Zone was approved. This was done so that potash eould be purchased cheaply in East Geérmany to sénd to Southérn Koréa. I doubt if any économic GHQ would have approved sich a deal, since the pyrites were essential 16 keep even a low level of industry going in Russia's section of Germany.

Survey Secret List

SUCH an economic GHQ would constantly resurvey the secret list. Perhaps it doesn’t make sense to prohibit certain items on the list when the West Buropean countries that make those

items canhot sell them elsewhere and when the commodities tb bé gotten in éxchange must be purchased with scarce or nonexistent dollars. If through a firm resolute use of our economié power we can help tos keep the peace, then it's high timé we Started using it with all possible skill and capacity.

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S. Meridian St. pro and con talk the controversial question of pensions. dal it is all talk. Up to a point that is good. . few, through self-sufficiency, selfishness, of pute ignorance of the ultimate benefit a pension plan would be fof all people, say, Many more are in favor of pensions. Statistics show that each decade our life ' span is longer and more and more fhdustries and industrial firms refuse to hire help over 45 and even as young as 35 years of age, even though they be skilled workmen. Industrial pensions is one answer to that. And If you are laid off, quit or are fired, you lose your pension and all monies paid in for it As I see it, this pénsion question must be settled but soon, preferably on a national re-

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‘ tirement insurance basis And thus eliminate

much unrest on the patt of labor. Fair retirement pensions (not doles) would lesaén, if not eliminate, the major reasons Communists put forth for becoming a “Commie” —poverty and want. The miners, steelworkers, auto workers and big industries eithet have a plan or are strive ing for a bigger and better pension plan, Their future security idea is good but think of it for a moment. Who receives the benefits from such plans and who pays for them? Selected groups of citizens receive thé benefits which are paid for by all citizens in higher costs of products manufactured or produced. The C10, which is spearheading the pension drive, claims only 6 million members. But there are nearly 60 million persons working today. Thus, if the C10 is completely Successful, it will still offer protection to 10 per eeént

- of the total working public.

I understand that there are as many as 16 different pension plans for government eémployees. Judges, high public officers, top key industrial officers and Congressmeén all believe pensions are good for themselves, yet deny the little man and small businessmen equal security. They need it. If the United States government adminis tered a fair, national retirement insufance pro‘gram we would not have so much unrest among orgariised labor who aré merely striving for security in their later days of lifé when they are no longer able to produce a full day's work with their customary efficiency: : One government department administering such a program would greatly réduce thé overlapping and duplicating costs with hundréds and perhaps thousands less manpower needed, Up to now there: has not been much but talk from the people, newspaper editors and columnists, radio and almost every source and very little done actively. The truth is that

"labor has 108t™faith in the Social Security Act,

And giving it up as hopeless, it is out to create A pension plan of its own. EF also, am greatly ju favor of doing something about this ques< on. You cannot expect your Congressman or Senatof to do too much, unlefs hé knows his constituénts want and demand hi8 favorable action. 80 let's write to him, or let's form a delegation to call on thé Hon, Andréw Jaéobs, get RIR views And try to Induce him to commit himself for or against. * ¢ 9

‘Roosevelts in Politics’

By C. D. C., Terre Haute, Ind. California is a land of great natural resources and a wonderful ¢limaté. On ofé hand is extremeé wealth and the other éxtrémé poverty, So it is 4 natural fof crackpot’ te hatch their scréwball political &chémeés, Old Dec Townsend's plan f6r pensions forcéd the pénsions to become so high, the state is almost broke, . Upton Sinclair, thé Socialist in the Democratic Party, would probably have béén elected governor on a plan té “end povérty in California” if he had been given a nod by F. D. Roosévelt. There were others including the ham and eggers who put Sen. Downey in office. None of these plans, however, were any worse than the New Deal, or any other of the erackpot schemes worked out by the bright young men sent from Harvard by Felix Frankfufter to the White House to plan for all of us a more abundant life. It is, of course, the éxact setting for Jimmy Roosevelt, whose chief claim for greatness is the Roosevelt name, to become governor and

‘éveéntually put the whole Robdsevelt clan back

in the White House. Since Jimmy has announced hi8 candidacy, the whole tribe of New Dealers in California are said to os pawing and bowing along with the younger generation who never knew anything except the Roosevelts and are hailing their new hero something like thé English Limeys hail their beloved king. However, Jimmy did go places with his million dollar insurance business while his fathér was in the White House. While F, D. R. was out berating the foyal economists, the malifactors of great wealth, young Jimmy was tight in theré pitching for more insurance business, Howéver, the political stage for Jimmy is being carefully set and California is the exact setting. The politicians know the name Roosevelt carries a lot of votes and the betting odds gre in favor of him becoming governor of Caliornia.

By Galbraith FINANCIALPINCH ...By Bruce Biossat

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* * A=2X Crisis of Colleges . WASHINGTON, Nov. 25—The privately endowed colleges and “ yt - univérsitiés generally Are feeling A financial pinch, Their costs have soared and though théir income has mounted it has not kept Many educators in leading institutions are veicing serious concern over the futufe of the private schools. They fear the

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farms; our efficient packing and handling methods; our One ving machinery and our new yarieties of fruits and

by the Japanese Invasion. Foreigh missionary organizations whose churches, schools or hospitals may have been damaged. Missionaries who gave ald to war refugees, for which they have never been paid, Employees of American business firms caught overseas by the -outbréak of the war. Survivors or dependents of prisoners of war, Congress has passéd laws to pay war damages to only the prisoners of war and interned civilians, But Congress has rédognized that others may hive valid claims against the government for war damages. 86 it has det up A War Claims Commission which only now. four years after the end of the WAr--{8 in business to receive and process all these claims, s = :

BY Mar. 31, 1050, the com-

‘mission must make recommendations to Congress on what

. Ahould: be done to settles all

damage ¢laims. The Congress may decide to do nothing for many claimants, But that is unlikely. The reason is that it is believed & way has been found to for all claims without itional cost to the U. 8. tAXpAyer. ‘This has been done by Apecifying that receipts from the

sale of all captured enemy asspecial ;

S814 Be put in a al fund for yment, of war dams eitiRow

\ By held by the U. 8. Alien Property Custodian. Property sold thus far has put about $28 million in the U. 8B. Treasury for payment of claims. But the final total may be $275 million, : . » * BEST estimates now are that under existing legislation, 130,000 ex-prisoners of war and their survivors will be Able to get 885 million, 8omeé 7000 civilian Interneés may get ane other 518 million. Fifty religfous organisations may be eligible to receive $2 million, Additional payments to claimAnta already reimbursed in part may require another $20 milllon<possibly more. This accounts for a total of

« wpprosimately” $195 Million, Tt

leavés another $150 million for other claimants to fight over. The claims case lawyers are niteady eyeing the fund, Pres

sures aré therefors being put and the War

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pressure for funds may force dozens of schools either to go out of existence or accept goverameént bounty, The layman might Ask: “Why should it make any difrference whére the money comes from 86 lohg As péople have schools to atténa?” Robert M. Hutchins, chancellor. of the University of Chicago, has an answer to the question. He also strikes a ringing note of ‘hope for the

* years ahead. '

IN A statement on his 20th anniversary as the top University of Chicago executive, he said: “I believe that the principal service that éan be pérformed By ‘iidepéndent universities is to set standards. -This means showing hospitality to good men who are pursuing unconventional work, ofganhising in accordance with common sense rather than academie tradi-

tion, pioneering in the development. of educatioh programs

and méthods and maintaining:

housed ‘and had inadequate passed sanitary and medical Aten: on the ast day Ar Sou cademic tréedoms.” . Many never fully res ® » = cover, For thelr just claims CONSTeSS, DUL NO money WAS gy university Mr. Hutching there must be Aympathetic ~~ Appropriated for its work. Thé jeads is a perfect 0 will be ons of the prin. © 000 16 start it and President with the notion that it would : i ? # , 1 i commission. 5 ge A fs a the \ - We \\ iy fn i ny fis ed Ea ; % A

Educators acknowledge that it has been just that. The great state universities in Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and Ohio are all better institutions because of Chicago's bold éxperiments and high standards. : In the same way, Harvard, Yale- and Columbia have providéd leadership for eastern schools and others throughout the nation,

«07 WERE the private uhiversities not free (6 ploneér as they wished, to pursue &ll sorts of special research tasks withOut worry aver their immediate practical value, they could not show the way to others, It is plainly up to these fchools themselves whether” they can survive. To spurn government money means treestos fiers will have to e turn funds from pricy Afeguate Right now many energetic fund-raising programs are under way and early reports indicate some success in élosing the gap.

. ” RAYS Mr. Hutchins:

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