Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1949 — Page 24

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Na ent Lending GovERmT policies of lending to business and in-

‘should, and probably will, ‘get a thorough examination by the coming session of Congress. Partial exploration of this subject, in hearings conducted by Sen. Douglas of. Illinois, has created demands for fuller information, Harvey J. Gunderson, an RFC director, testified that banks won't make the sort of loans business con-

asked why such concerns don't finance themselves by stock ‘or bond issue, “the normal recourse for longer term capital,” Mr. Gunderson replied: “It is otir opinion that the equity market is almost nonexistent, regardless of the soundness of the enterprise, particularly with regard to small business. Since the beginning of the war, under our preserit system of income taxation, it ‘jt not attractive for a person with money to invest in small business, because it is unremunerative to him in proportion to the risk.” Lid,

SET pe Nk HE ADDED that 90 per cent by number of RFC busi- ~ mess loans are in amounts léss than $100,000. He also testi- ~ fled; however, that borrowing in amounts upwards of about $5 million by nine companies accounts for $256 million of the $433 million in RFC business loans now outstanding. Among these are $05,865,000 to Kaiser Inc. (steel); ‘$44 million to Kaiser-Fraser (autos); $37,486,000 to the Lustron (steel-enamel houses), and $30,700,000 to the Reynolds Metals Co.

; En have been more than

taxpayers consider, under the present syst m fof insoams vamations *unsemnorative in proportion to ¢ the

* "lt srt 0 pine investors 41S. Diy 8 says, the normal recourse of such enterprises. Stud nm ratte of rch xr dy 1 do something about a tax system which not ¢ investors in stocks and bonds to assume all the S10 yey the gwvernmant & Hig share of say

yminforn Unmasks : n itu 1 Spal station, as called on all

to join in the overthrow of Sepia ib in order to return a ay y brm te minology. of course, “the camp of de8 d socisliam” means control. Er cum aves. Tor th a8. official affirmation that Communists everywhere are agents of Russian imperialiom and. subject to the Cominform's orders.

Marshal Tito, the resolution charged, ds carrying out the will of the “American imperialists.” Hence, it said, it "was “the international duty of all Communists and workers io " to fight against Tito's regime. Thus the Comin. Ed declaration of war against Yugoslavia also waa directed against the United States. 3 Ta 8 -. wy . » »

MosT people know by n now that the terms international

; that all Communists owe first allegiance to the Soviet Union. But those who have had any doubt on the subject, now have it straight from headquarters, for the tergs of the res- ~ olution were given to the public through the columns of Pravda, official publisation of the Contmunist Party in Moscow.

Many have been prone to regard communism in the United States as a political party when it is in fact 8 eriminal conspiracy dedicated to the single.purpose of advancing Russian imperialism. Now that the Cominform, the mouthpiece of interfia‘tional communism, has unmasked itself, there should be no further misunderstanding as to the nature and purpose of this organization.

After Every Crash

~ ANOTHER airliner has crashed, this time in Texas. As CT we ared the story for publication, we were imd by the slowness with which the victims’ identities ware established and by the almost fantastic incompleteness of the names and A4iressns when ta tletyps did begin to ropa

kof persons who ght wrecked planes. Texa list a8 it first came over the ing with no address. That gave poten. : n to everyone who knows someone Ee “D."

eerns need to carry out expansion plans. When Sen. Douglas

. Mr. Gunderson justified such lending on the ground : that it helps maintain employment by the borrowing com. - >

h REO Toten bo 17 years; have been less than three

dustry through the Reconstruction: Finance Corp.

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CONQUEST. By Parker Lo Moars The

Reds Use China

“a Loo —— As New Base

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Seen Planning Operations Against Rest of Asia

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1--The Communists are losing no time: in using China as a base for their operations against the rest of Asia.

A Communist-sponsoréd ‘Trade Union con-.

ference has just Zen held in Pelping, capital of Red China, which was attended by 117 delegates from 13 countries. The Soviet Union, Mongolia, Kotea, India, Viet Nam, Burma, Siam, Indonesia, Ceylon, the Philippines, Malaya and Iran were represented at the meeting.

Moscow itself has Indicated the areas marked

out for immediate atiack, Pravda has launched a campaign against the Nehrir administration in India which follows the line previously..pursued Against Chiang Kai-shek's China. Trud, the Soviet trade union publication, is

directing Its fire against: Burma and Japan. The Philippines and Malaya have heen fargets (of

other attacks,

‘Liberation Army’

IN Red €hina, the Communists are organizing: & “libefation” army to invade Tibet, an area long claimed by Chinese governments but which has been able to maintain a large degree of independence for many centuries. The exiled boy lama, one of Tibet's “living gods,” has fallen into Communist hands and is being used as a stooge by the Red leadefs. Since Tibet lies between China proper-4nd India, the ‘latter country is profoundly concerned by this manuever, On the China mainland, the Nationalists are apparently making a last stand against uncon querable odds: A first-hand report on the fighting has’ been made by Irving Short, a U. 8. World War II lieutenant. » “1 have never seen soldiers before in my 1ife that have such spirit and determination to carry on under almost hopeless conditions,” he sajd, -

Handicapped Fighting

“THE more I see of the Chinese soldier the madder 1 gét. The suffering they are under going, the lack of equipment, ammunition, food; shoes, medicine and all the: basic things of a military operation, is something to pull your heart out. Yet under all this they hia fight and fight well if they are praperly led by young, ene ie and determined officers.”

nai

oft of the Nationalists’ reverses have been

due to general officers going over to the enemy, according to Lieut. Short, Chiang Kai-shek understands the situation hut unable to cope with it or correct it, he sal The British authorities in Hong Kong are Nationalists the igé of re fueling ne #hivs and planes thére, adding to their difficulties, The republic will make its {inal stand on Formosa, in Lieut. Short's opinion, and it is his belief that that island may be held. Chiang has alr, naval and military forces thére capable of giving a4 good account of themselves. But Ameriean ald is needed, he said.

Resistance Near End

ON THE mainland, fighting continues in Yunnan and Szechwan provinces, where Ch Kai-shek successfully rallied his forces against the Japs. However, lack of supplies and ammunition is expected to end the Nationalists there within a matter of weeks. The

to Mf. Gunderson, many of loss of two airlines which went over to the

Communists will prevent the Nationalists from SvAcusting many of the mainland troops to

“While the Reds are continuing their mopping

ho arati 8, other areas marked out for disturbed by a Tokyo been ' learned from the

Te Repatriation Council that virtually the entire general staff of Japan's erack Kwantung army, which surrendered to the Russians in Manchuria, is being held as & unit in Siberia. ‘With these army officers are former top of ficlals of the puppet state of Manchukuo.

None of these officers have beeh tried As war

eriminals and they obviousi $ hr 1’ y are being held

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Worn by the spouse of the night NL Knowing that soon they must die When the late hoirs have sped And morn Spreads her light o'er the sky.

Boon in the valley the jewels Wil gleam in the morning's tirst hours, Reflecting the splendor of night In. the dewy hearts of the flowers. «OPAL McGUIRE, 814 Broadway.

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DEFINITIONS

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By Jim G. Lucas

What Is Meaning of ‘Statism’?

WASHINGTON, Déc. 1--The word “statism”

has been used with Increasing frequency In

political discussions in the past several months. Opponents of President Truman's administration use it to describe policies. which they at other times call “socialism” or “regimentation.” Mr. Truman says he can’t define the word because the dictionaries don't agree. In his

‘opinion, it's simply & scare word.

Webster's New International Dictionary

“doesn’t help much. The 1949 edition says

statism is “a belief in a state government, as tn a republic, i contrast with the belief in communism or a Soviet government.” That, obviously, 18 not how Mr. Truman's critics intend to use it. Seripps-Howdrd Newspapers recently wrote prominent Americans asking what they think the word means. - Mra, Eleanor Roosevelt said it means “the supremacy of the state over the individual.” Gov, James H. Duff of Pennsylvania: “To rhe, statism describes a situation where the government continues to encroach upon the

rights and privileges which historically have . been those of individual citizens.”

Man's Conceit

FORMER Sen. John Foster Dulles (RN Y.): “Statism represents man’s conceit that he can build better thas God. God -created men and

women with great moral possibilities—industry,

thrift, creativeness, self-control, compassion, love of God and fellowman. These qualities are the foundation of avery good society, and government should be a way to give these But sometimes thosd in power lose faith in their fellowmen. 80 they take more and more the fruits of human labor so that they may, as they think, do more and more for human welfare,

“That process destroys the individual's incentive

to produce and destroys his sense of social responsibility. mere cogs in A man-made machine.” : Rép. Joseph W. Martin (R. Mass.) “Btatism is a police system which slowly takes complete céontrol over the individual lives of human beings by the insidious process of taxing them at an ever-increasing rate into total dependence upon government for livelihood, food, clothing and shelter. The formula is deadly; as taxes take more and more of the paycheck, the wage earner has less and less for himself and his family, and in the end he is forced to give up

VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT . . . By Fred W. Perkins SIDE GLANCES

Key to Arbitration N

WASHINGTON," Dec. 1—Arbitration 18 a hard word that jangles the nerves of many labor and business leaders. To-thém it means dictatorial power vested in one man from whom there

is no appeal, and they are essentially right.

But a definition with cushioning is given by the principal promoter of the idea in this country, the American Arbitration

It makes human beings into

all liberty and personal dignity for the false security which the state always promises but never delivers.’

‘Control of Lives’ SENATE Minority Leader Kenneth Wherry “.(R. Neb.): “Statism is control of the affairs, ‘wetivities and lives of the people by government bosses, In contrast with the principles of our republican government under which government Is the servant-and not the master of the people.” Gov, Henry F Schricker of Indiana: another bit of Republican propaganda.” William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor: “I interpret the word ‘statism’ to’ mean state and government control of the economic, business, commercial and industrial 1ifé of the nation.” Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing: “I have always understood ‘statism’ to medh exactly what Webster's New International Dictionary says it means. Sen. Dulles recently sald ‘1 believe that the trend to statisns needs to be stopped here and now.’ Similar Téemarks have been made by other Republican politicians, Thesé gentlemen either do not know the meaning of the word ‘statism’ or else they are opposed 10 a republican form of government.”

“Power of the State’ : PROF. ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR. of Harvard University: “Statism means the gradual extension of thé power of the state until it suffocates the initiative of the individual; in other words, the expansion .of the state until-ff becomes identical with society. As used in current political controversy, how‘ever, statism seems to be a new version of the old right-wing cry against any kind of social reform. I can hear the spiritual ancestors of John Foster Dulles and Herbert Hoover crying “their equivalent of statism when it was proposed to have public schools and a national postoffice ~gystem, “One should never forget that totalitarianism arises from the failure of democratic government to meet urgent social needs, that often the best way to insure that failure is to deny the democratic government sufficient power to do what must be done.” Gov, Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois: “Beforg I looked it up, T would have defined ‘statism’ as referring to a self-imposed system in which the stgte regulates and influences &Il phases of the individual's life.”

“Just

By Galbraith

@ =

91 do och agree with 8 word hat you say, kf wil defend fo the death your ight fo say it"

The Panama’ Story’

By C. D. C, Tetre Haute, Ind. The article in The Times by Andrew Tully | ‘about ths revolt in Panama is a splendid on although it leaves much to thie imagination. The true story is something like this, In 1903 we wanted a concession from Coloth"bia to dig the Panama Canal, which we couldn't get because, as Mr. Tully said, they wanted more dough. A revolution fostered by a mysterious American, whose name I cannot recall, wag fanned into a flame overnight. The American

Marines were quite handily on the spot to land

and put down the ‘revolution and: protect the Hves and property of American citizens, Teddy Roosevelt, who was then President, immediately resognized the new government of the Panama Republic or, as Mr. Tully says, “He had the first minister from Panama in. te lunch just’ four days after the revolution.” Mr, Tully mentions that the leaders of the revolution seemed. amazingly well armed for such pooor fellows -and, in this connection, it might be said that the mysterious American I mentioned moved to France and lived the rest of his natural life in’ more splendor and luxury than any kingly potentate, As, Mr. Tully stated, a few years later we paid Colombians $25,000,000, not that we owed them. anything, bt because we happened to ' have it lying around loose and ‘thought they needed it. I suppose that washed our conscience, as it did with Mexico onve upon a time, i; The reason I mention all this is that our historymakers always forget to drag any skeletons out of the closet. * o i

‘Lewis Power Dangerous’ By Michael PP. Yaconis To respect one’s superior is Christian; te comply with his instructions is advantageous; to admire his ability and initiative and

indisputably natural. But to become puppet-like -

and dangle from his power and authority is dangerous. And right now I believe John 1: Lewis is forcing the entire population of the United States info jeopardy. Don’t the miners realize this? Certainly they're hurting themselves as much, if not more than the other people: of the country, What's: John L. losing from any strike? What's happened to the miners’ self-respect? Self-preservation? Let alone the other affected milllons? I'm for the miner. I'm for labor and unions 100 per cent. Because in unity there certainly is strength. But only rarely if ever could I agree with a strike, Yet John L. seems to be making an annual spectacle of his strikes . . . or would farce be the appropriate word? 7 I can't say the miners don’t deserve sation. They definitely do, fér their work is hase ardolis, vigorous, often resulting in fatigue. But arbitration is the answer, if only the great John L. would give It Half & chance to prove itself. And since we're on labor and wages, when are the people, the state, going to compensate the teachers for their ¢ontribution to our coin try? Theirs is hazardous, too—a priceless Jlask for which they could never be overpaid, for ‘they endure many hardships and selt-sacrifices.

® ¢ 9 ‘Heavier Penalties Needed’

By Daniel B. Hart _ i We've reached a new high in crime. The epidemic 8f sex ¢rimes now sweeping our country, which must be stopped, is due to the leniéncy of the punishment exacted heretofore. The punishment must fit.the crime, without which justice cannot be satisfied and society Is cheated of its just protection. This must be said td our discredit: Neves have we been so beset by such a crime wave, Parents a grandparents have no peace of ind when they think of the insecurity of their Must this go on? 1 think not! I know I'l be told that capital punishment is no deterrent to crime—but it is! That is the reason re is ne erime in countries where justice fs swift and sure. Our daily papers tell us these stories of American miscarriage of justice that stalks our land in the guise of justice and the result is hideous crime of the worst kind against defenseless little children that brings horrible. nights marish sorrow upon parents and grandparents, J. Edgar Hoover proposes psychiatric treats ment for these monsters, and if beyond that help, they be put away for life in jail surely is not sufficient penalty but it is a warranted tax burden upon our eitizen world ‘is far better off to rid itself of and justice must be satisfied. : Let us amend our laws, which jt too lax, for these sex fiends.

What Others Say—

A NAVY that does not go to sea 1s not & navy to our way cf thinking. We fully realize, however, that the national economy can support ; only so much—Adm. Louis Denfeld, formes Chief of Naval Operations. IF a modern, push-button war, with the drops ping of atom bombs, should occur, _thére is no preparation or understanding of what citizens to help or protect themselves mien an Bernard Baruch.

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SOCIALISM . ve By Broce Bossa ?

| Warnings Unheeded?

‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 1-—There is no cvidence the American ‘people want socialism. Nor is there any convincing sign they believe the country is heading that way. © Indications are numerous that they do not take seriously repeated warnings from many quarters that the all-powerful

“Hoosier Forum

Association of New York. This less forbidding defini. tion is: “Arbitration is a simple pro: ceeding voluntarily ‘chosen by thé parties to a dispute who want it settled by an impartial Judge of their own mutual selection whose decision, based on the merits of the case, they Agree to accept In advance as final and binding.” . . . , ’ THE key word in this defini tion 18 “voluntarily.” Compulsory arbitration, which some legislators have tried to write into our. labor laws, 1s some thing éise. - The association says it is

Py to any form of com pulsory arbitration, as ocom-

parties have absolute

confidence in iid only in “his impartiality, but in his ‘ability to the problem competently. association

maintains a panel of about 1600 men who it says meet all

The record shows that ar: bitrators sometimes’ find com- _ pletely for one party and some. times for the other in labor. men t controversies.

THERE is a contrast between voluntary arbitration

and the fact-finding board President Truman named to help settle the pension argument in the steel industry. The steel board drew violent objections from management.

But nobody knows whether the.

steel industry could ever have been induced to agree to an arbitrator, and there 1s some question whether a dispute in volving that many men and such basic issues would be submitted to one-man decision. One advantage of arbitration Is. speed. take months or years to go

Board and the courts can be

settled by an arbitrator in the,

fame number of days or weeks, » . . .

LABOR Department records

show that nearly evefy big col-

lective bargaining contract now contains a clause providing for voluntary. arbitration of disagreements over what

. the contract means. But at the same time it is reported that ‘the need for use of these

there are fewer. 4 of this nature, The American

Clauses is lessenihg because isagreements

Arbitration

Atdotiation works in nother

te or erates business con-

cerns and individuals, Here another Advantage is added tq

through : «the National Tabor 1 Relations

COPA. 190 BY WEA SERRE, WL 7. 40 ABS. 6. 8. BAT. OY. “I couldnt ‘arouse. the babysitter, but everything must be dhoy =the police and fire Suparipipe; haven't had any callsI” Ww } ’ “thy

that of pied, It is protection trom unfavorable Publicity which may come from ing unsavory details on the | “records of a Iaw eourt, Ma wn op aute 8 w a problems of bukiness, op

nan arbitration as : "qulek,

‘cheap ana fair.” and says that commercial concerns are * ‘surignorant of its value.”

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state Is just around the cofrier, election; in whieh big government was the issue, affords the latest example. — That election, in the view of seasoned observérs, suggested strongly that there is little po-

-Htical capital in these warn-

ings #f a rush toward social-

ism, Earlier this year some.

conservatives in and out of the Republican Party seized upon thé word “statism” to express. what they deemed to be the philosophy of big govern ment. But now the Gallup poll reports that more than ‘twothirds of th> people have no idea what the term is supposed to mean. + % we

THE voting majority may

or may not be right in choos-

ing to ignore the alarms. After all, no one really knows where the nation is heading, And that is not a condition peculiar to our time, although admittedly trends may be more diffi-

cult. to measure accurately in . "this confusing age.

‘But suppose there is real

.- danger to freedom in the pres-

ent course of govertiment. How could the peril be made understandable to the people? . They have Hsfened so long and so often ta cries of doom

. that their resistance is. high,

Terms like “socialism,” “regi-

J mentation,” “dictatorship.”

with’, “pig “and “state in” fal ‘on dont ear: rake,

“ anything about {it untir f suffered iy

.The recent New York senatorial

the second time this year he has spoken out Mh opposition

to what he considers the ruin- .

ous trend of present-day government, Yet there is slim likelihood Mr. Byrnes will win many cof verts. Those who will hail his speech ate those who agreed with ‘him before K8 made it. Mr. Byrnes said some pretty

"strong things. Examples: “Too

many -people are thinking of security instead of opportunity,

They Seem more afraid of lite’

than. of death. . . . Big government is more "dangerous than big business. Little gove ernment can regulate big busi. ness . . . but it is dificult te regulate big government,”

” » . YET, even at best, his words have a too familiar ring. They carry an echo of speeches long dead and forgotten,

Imagine yourself possessed ¥

of the power to foresee the fu

‘ture and predict perhaps that

we ard indeed moving toward hn - What could you say the American. people that ght turn them into another

R i Ee Svinte up to Dow Jobde.

“one to believe that no words

will do the trick. If the United States is really Beeoming 50clalistie, it begins to that the pvople are ys note of the

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