Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1949 — Page 38

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Recognize Red China? What It Would Mean

THE State Department has informed other governments

when there no longer is any effective, organized resistance by the Nationalists on “the mainland of China.” That may be soon, for the Nationalists are retreating {0 the islands of Formosa and Hainan. But other factors should be weighed with respect to recognizing Red China, quite apart from the military situation. Mistreatment of American diplomats and consular officials at Nanking, Shanghai, Peking and Mukdgn does not indicate that the Chinese Communists have any desire to establish friendly relations with the United States, - . So our government could be placing itself in the awkward position of offering them something they do not want and may not accept. And, even if they want our official recognition, it does not follow that it would be to our-in-terest to give it

RECOGNITION of the Chinese Reds as the legal government of China would mean giving them China's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council and China's ‘voice in the Japanese peace settlement.

: ala gt Prince igh. put the United States in a minority. -such a situation.

ta:Chinshs Rede, where they choos Io do 00. To be sure; ___ they are doing business at their own risk, but that would be 5 In any ease. Present trade is largely on a barter basis.

THERE can be no substantial improvement in China's economy without extensive industrialization. But machin‘ery; rolling stock, steel and other raw materials supplied by America, also would build up the Communist war potential. ‘This would Be insanity at a time when there are armed Communist revolts against legal governments in Burma, ~ Indo-China and the Philippines and Communist influence growing throughout Asia. In Asia, as in Europe, we are confronted by a single, Moscowlirorted. movement. If we are going to support that movement with our money in Asia, then we have been wasting our money opposing it in Europe.

Dr. Bush Speaks Out D* VANNEVAR BUSH, one of America’s foremost authorities on atomic energy and military weapons, has clibsen to speak out on another, though related, topic. The greatest peril to this nation, he said, is not Russian armament but an internal trend toward government. provided “soft security.” We ¢an meet the threat of Russia's formidable military machine without war, if we are strong, Dr. Bush told a convocation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “for those in the Kremlin recognize strength, if they rec- . ognize nothing else, - “But we cannot meet it if we turn this country into a wishy-washy imitation of totalitarianism, where every man’s hand it out for pablum and virile creativeness has given place to the patronizing favor of swollen bureaucracy + + « & people bent on soft security, surrendering their birthright of individual self-reliance for favors, voting themselves in to Eden from a supposedly inexhaustible public ‘purse, supporting everyone by soaking the fast-disappear-ing rich, scrambling for subsidy, learning the arts of political log-rolling and forgetting the rugged virtues of the pioneer, will not measure up to competition with a tough dictator.” 2 » » THOSE are strong words, and Dr, Bush must have realized, when he said them, what he was risking.: For uttering somewhat similar sentiments, Gen. Eisenhower is being ridiculed and berated by “liberals” who accuse him of discussing matters a professional soldier is not qualified to understand, of benighted reaction and of that heinous crime, political ambition. Yet Gen. Eisenhower and Dr. Bush have served their country unselfishly and well. One was supreme commander in the victory of Europe. The other directed the war-time - mobilization of scientific knowledge and techniques which insured and speeded victory. Specialists, they are—and America can be thankful for that. But what specialist in professional politics, in union “leading, in the disputable science of economics or in “liberal” column writing has better earned the right to speak what be believes: to be-the truth?

For Labor's Freedom BEST: wishes to the new International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, now being established at a London meeting of delegates from the labor movements of 81 western nations and colonies, ~~ This organization's specific purpose is to challenge the Communist-dominated World Federation of Trade Unions. (+ Its opportunities for defending the rights of workers ~everywheref for protecting them against exploitation, for Opposing totalitarianism, will be many. el

and the United Mine Workers are nh the JCFTU and their representatives

I reatne I. UMW, to their credit, recognized the

to affiliate with it., American labor organ-

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that it will consider recognizing the Chinese Communists

Where Nationalist China has supported ‘the United - States; Communist China would support Russia. With rec. ~ognition of the Peking regime, the Big Five would be made. of two Communist - governments plus Socialist Britain, - certain France and America, A swing to the left in Brit- ==

7 American usinessmen are now trading with

RECOVERY... by Et Richer Big Population Hampers Japan

Need for Lower Birth Rate Seen bY Experts

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Japan must slow down on producing children if it is ever to get back on its economic feet, says two U, 8. experts who recently studied Japanese population problems for Gen. MacArthur. : me In fact, may wreck all our plans to get the country back on something like an even keel, they warn. The meri making the study were Warren 8. Thompson and P, K. Whelpton of the Scripps Foundaiion for Research in: Population Problems at Miami University, Oxford, O, Mr. Thompson found that Japan already has more people than can be supported on a desirable living standard even though the national economy is expanded substantially, He concluded that It is questionable whether Jipan's production ever could be expanded enough to provide for the Increasing population, Too, he said, emigration on a large scale is out of the question for a few years at least. ’ . . » * a Population "Rising . EVEN with the loss of 1% million men and a low birth rate during and after the war, Japan's population has grown from 73 million to an estimated 83 million. By 1954, Mr. Thompson estimated, the population will be 87 to 88 milllon and by 1960, 92 to 93 milllon—if the people are provided with food. Mr, Whelpton sald the Japanese people are becoming aware of the birth rate problem and that some progress has been made toward a solution, The Japanese government has amended its laws to make it possible to establish marriage consultation offices in each of Japan's 700 health centers and to train physicians and public health nurses to advise on contraception. Although a program for training doctors in contraceptive methods has been instituted, little has been done to get married couples into the

" marriage consultation offices.

Contraceptives Urged

IN" his report, Mr. Whelpton urged that contraceptives be made available at below the

market price, or free of charge, to couples in, -

the low income group,

He said the budgetary situation in Japan )

may make it difficult to finance gn adequate prégram to lower the birth rate. . Mr. Whelpton sald -that newspaper polls ‘In

TY how that bet _— We would risk much ad stand to gain nothing by in. An Faw ind 50. per cont of

married couples believe that three children is the ideal number, but the remainder indicate that four or more children are wanted. If future families average 3.8 children apiece; the Japa-

““nésé population will gorover 100 million in less

than 20 years, he said. Mr. Thompson pointed out that the U. 8. has helped the Japanese government to improve its health services and thus had a direct hand in greatly reducing the Japanese death rate. “I believe that our tampering with the death rate makes it necessary also to tamper with the birth rate,” he said.

MY LOVE IS COMING HOME

The sun 1s majestic and beaming today,

. The flowers are all blooming in rainbow array,

My heart is rapturous and carefree and gay; My love is coming home. .

The wind knows it too and is frolicking free,

The children are _watching the hours pass with glee, And my heart is almost to prance out of me; My love is coming ‘home. ab

The dog’s sniffing 'round- with a questioning air, Your pipe and your. slippers are placed by your chair, I've lost every worry, T haven't a care; My love is coming home.

—Dorothy Mae Parke, 15 N. Edgehill St.

FRUSTRATION

When comes the day you go away, To keep my heart from showing; There's only one thing i can say . .. And that? I'm glad you're going. Dorothy M. Parke, 15 N. Edgehill St,

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

PRAGUE-The latest in Czechoslovakia's voluntary working brigades has been an-nounced-—barbers who spend holidays shearing sheep.

They spend free time In jolly ways. Instead of snaring sleep, They utilize their holidays By gaily paring sheep.

Which proves the wool is in their eyes, And someday when it's slipped, These guys may come to realize That they themselves got clipped!

U.S. CONTROLS . . . By Bruce Biossat

End of Rent Curbs?

_ WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Present prospects are that federal rent controls will not ba extemded beyond the expiration date of

June 30, 1050, set forth if the existing law,

The tip-off comes from Sen. Sparkman of Alabama, who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee which has charge of such legislation. He says there will be no further extension

of controls.

the population increase in Japan :

The Class of '52

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FOREIGN. BUSINESS...

+ By Peter Edson

U.S. Trade Worries i in Indonesia

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — How American .

business interests are going t6 fit into the new Netherlands-Indonesian union set- -up is now a subject for special study in Washington.

This is no obscure problem of remote for

eign-commiérce. The American economy needs Indonesian. supplies of tin, natural rubber, quinine and spices, particularly pepper. Indonesian petroleum products, produced and refined by American oil companies, fuel much Pacific transportation. The problem applies equally to British, Belgian and Scandinavian interests, which have investments in Indonesia roughly comparable to the American stake. Under the round-table agreement recently concluded with the Dutch at The Hague, the new United States of Indonesia government 2ssumes all previous trade and treaty cements made by The Netherlands with other foreign countries. From this it has been deduced that U. 8. business would have the same privileges

under the new U. 8, I. government as under "the Dutch colonial system. : , .

All Speculation

BUT, so far, this is all in the realm of speculation. Full English translations of all agreements made at The Hague are just now being made available, so there has been a delay in reducing’ the issues involved to simple problems of arithmetic. There is a general hope that‘taxes on American business under the new U. 8. I. government will be no higher than they were under the Dutch. The infant nation will operate as a fully equal partner in The Netherlands-Indo-nesian Union, so it will not have the financial burden of colonial administration. If run with a modicum of efficlency, its budget should be no greater. The ‘expense of maintaining the colonial army, navy and alr force ir Indonesia was borne by the islands in the past, so there is no new item of expense there. The Indonesian government has agreed to assume the old $1,130,000,000 internal debt of the Dutch colonial government, however, and some military items have been found there. Just what the costs of Dutch overhead have been in Indonesia has been concealed in a colonlal bookkeeping system that few outsiders have been able to fathom. So the new Indonesian government will have to start from scratch in setting its financial house in order. Whether or not the Indonesians will undertake some radical program of social ‘reforms has yet to be revealed. A U. 8. I. constitution has been drafted, but not adopted. This bothers American investors as much as any other factor. All old rights of private property are to be respected. If a program of widespread nationalization of Indonesian industry is adopted,

SIDE GILANCES

the new 1.8. 1. government is committed by The Hague agreements to give fgir warning and just compensation to foreign investors.

Need Foreign Aid THE general impression is that the Indonesians are going to need all the foreign assistance they can get in launching their ship of

state on the stormy international waters of 1950.

Marshall Plan aid to Indonesia“ will have to be sawed off soon unless Congress passes special legislation. Under the Economic Co-opera-tion Administration law as it now stands, aid to a non-European dependency can be exténded only through one of the member-nations- of the Organization for European Economic Recovery. When the U. 8. I. becomes an independent country, it will no longer be eligible for ECA aid. Practically, this may not be as serious as it sounds. During the next few gveeks before tha scheduled Dec. 27 transfer of sovereignty from the Dutch to the Indonesians, all of the roughly $40,000,000 aid earmarked for The Netherlands East Indies can be allocated for delivery to the U. 8. I. in 1950. This will give the infant nation a goed start on its first year.

New Marshall Plan

THE idea of a new Marshall Plan for Southeast Asia has been talked about somewhat in

Washington, but there is nothing definite on it.'*

If and when it comes, it is apt to be much smaller than the European program. It could conceivably be not much more than an extension of President Truman's “Point Four” program of giving technical assistance to underdeveloped countries, to help them combat communism.

Barbs—

A WRITER says driving will be done at 100 miles per hour in a few years. Drivers apparently are going to slow down a bit. ’ ¢ o IN a contest held by youngsters, a cocker spaniel got a blue ribbon for having the most fleas. The. dog probably started from scratch. @* + @ AN Illinois woman filed damages charging a real estate man had jilted her. She likely expected a lot from him. LC AN "English hotel keeper barred blond waitresses because they “ran after men.” Did the men object? . > * o WE'RE coming to the days when it's a chill wind that blows—but good!

By Galbraith

Hoosier Forum “Ido not agree with a word that you say, but | “will defend to the deeth your right fo say #.”

‘Study Past Lessons’ By C. D. O., Terre Haute

There are several shades of liberalism from slightly pink to. deep red and the styles are *. always changing so the reactionary of today

may be a great -liberal-of tomorrow or vice versa, I would say however that the most surprising thing to me after watching the parade of self. styled liberals for more than half a century is how seldom their theories work right when put into actual practice, The first one I recall was Willlam Jennings Bryan who convinced quite a few people that we could solve all our economic ills by going off the gold standard and adopting prohibition. We tried prohibition and it proved a flop and six years after we went off the gold standard there was more unemployment than ever, I don’t believe Teddy Roosevelt was ever called a liberal although he was called a progressive, The next great Liberal in the White House was Woodrow Wilson, He took us into a war to end all wars and to make the world safe for democracy. We also had a flair of lberalism during Calvin Coolidge’s administration. It was an invisible government in which the lib. erals wore hoods and masks and called theme selves the Ku Klux Klan. The price of their liberalism was abuse of minorities. The next so-called Liberal in the White House was Franklin D. Roosevelt. : It started off with the NRA and ended up with a war in which we built the" Communists up into the most powerful enemy we have ever had. In between times the crackpots danced so many tunes of liberalism that no one book could describe it all. Sufficient it is to say however, by ‘early 1941 a man’s liberalism was measured largely by his praise of the Communists and his abuse bf the Fascists and his ability to help get us into war. Now in 1949 to be a real liberal, you must be a red baiter, hate states rights, believe we should keep Europe on the dole and believe we should have a powerful government in

. Washington to dish out our medicine, build us. __ a house, feed and clothe us and tell us what.

we can work for. In fact, the liberals of today want to take care of us “from” the cradle fo the grave. I mention these things because I do not believe any leader ever led his.country to destruetion without first advertising himself as a great - liberal; - Hitler ‘was one and so was Mussolini “and Stalin is another. Before we believe that our great liberals can force their ideologies on All Americans and the rest of the world as well, we might do well to study our past lessons a little -bit -and try to profit-by their examptes. eo 9

‘Hoping to Hit Jackpot’ By A. J. S¢hneider, 504 W. Dr., Woodruff PL

It probably is too much to hope that the “something-for-nothing” gang who are clamoring so loudly for socialistic-communistic “se curity,” received any awakening from the Richard Lewis report of poor relief—paralleling as + it does John L. Lewis’ giveaway program at the expense of coal consumers. People hoping to hit a jackpot at the expense of their fellowman, cannot understand that all the powers of our combined legislatures and Congresses, cannot legislate a new pattern for human actions. Man was endowed with greed and no laws ever conceived can curb it in some people. . . . Just look at many of our governmental agencies already. Yet, those who cannat think for themselves, want to give more and greater temptation to the growing threat to our Constitution and what it stands for. It is difficult for me to understand how anyone who professes to be a Christian can look at his own face in the mirror, after advocating socialism, alism is as much an enemy of Christianity as is communism. Indeed, both isms are inspired by the idea that they are

> {smarter than the God who created them—which

is the exact opposite of Christianity. Christians who have fallen for the false creeds have a tremendous burden to carry to "the day of judgment. For many it still is not too late to mend their ways. For others, especially the leaders, the time was yesterday,

What Others Say—

RESPECT for human rights, promotion of economic development, and a system for control of weapons are requigites to the kind of world we seek —President Truman. eo oO I BELIEVE the time has now come, or is

.. rapidly approaching, when we could call for a.

convention to revise the charter of the United Nations.—Sen. Robert Taft. «0S COLONIAL exploitation of the South and West must be ended, with fair economic treatment accorded all sections of our country. —Ellig Arnall, former governor of Georgia. . eb oO

AT my age, young man, you are either well or dead.—93-year-old George Bernard Shaw, when asked if he was well,

PRESCRIPTIONS . . . By Douglas Smith

Drug Refills Probed

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—1It is against the law for a druggist to refill any prescription unless the physician authorizes it, but the Food and Drug Administration is using its authority only in situations where violation creates a problem,” a spokesman said today. Food and Drug inspectors are checking drug stores all over

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Nothing definite on the subject has been heard from Rep. Brent Spence. of Kentucky,

chairman of the House Bank- ~

ing Committee where control

proposals fre considered in the

lower chamber. But Sen. Sparkman’s opposition is enough.

” " . PRESIDENT TRUMAN is pretty sure to ask Congress for a renewal of federal rent ceilings, on the ground ‘that the housing shortage is not et ended. Still, he cannot ope to win his point unless he has the active support of thé congressional leaders who must drive the program to passage. Ever since World War II was over, rent control extenslon has been just squeaking by in Congress. The law has been progressively weakened each. year, The current version contains a provision al“state .and local action

— fo wipe out controls, and many

have availed themselves of the oppartahity,

REPUBLICANS oy spe headed the opposition ie io be ed to maintain this

xpect . attitude. Only the defection of

big city party members kept the lid on when the GOP ruled

Gig 1947 and 18,

doubtedly will

“on. the other side, more and

more Democrats have come Bo over to the opposition with Pinch

the passing years. Loyal administration backers and big city lawmakers formed the

hard core that helped presérve’

federal restrictions. - » - BUT Sen. Sparkman's statement indicates that next year even the Democratic faithful for the most part will be found in the opposing camp. If he does not choose to pilot a rent control bill to the Senate floor, it is virtually a foregone conclusion that federal regulation of rents will die when the

“present, deadline arrives. The clincher in the minds of many Congressmen has been

the huge volume of home

building in the last two years, ; plus the outlook

for only slightly reduced construction activity in 1950. . » . THE government expects ‘this year’s bullding to surpass the record of 937,000 private dwelling units erected in 1925.

Next year a drop of about 7

per cent is looked for, but the total is forecast at a substantial $13.1 billion, This situation probably has convinced most on Capitol Hill that the housing shortage is over, though somé may have strong reservations about eonditions In particular localities. But state and lesser ‘authori-

ties will be counted upon to eal with remaining critical

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“ity new- steady just finished with football and he's: center on the basketball taam—| won't see much of him till v after the baseball season next + spring!”

wr the temper of Congress that Of the. immediate post-war i have to be eliminated’

period! be¢h relieved. ‘And ng a fut riod- Jugal | Baa te tk constructio uestiona + possible ren Will Justhes ease problem. next pa on, His EE

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the country because in some cities there has been indiscriminate refilling of prescriptions for potent drugs. At the same time the agency is working with medical“and pharmacist organizations to educate doctors and druggists to conform with the law, » - ” NEVIS COOK, ‘assistant to Commissioner George P. Larrick sald the number of illegal sleeping pill sales is an example of conditions which the government is trying .to stamp. out. But “as a matter

min

of practical fact we don't jump

on people, because there are emergency situations which justify a druggist in furnish. ing medicine directly to a patient, such as when his doctor is out of town or unreachable, Mr. Cook said. The unauthorized refilling of prescriptions is a-greater problem now thah over-the-counter sales of powerful drugs, Mr, Cook said, but practically

speaking it is the same thing, .

because it means that a petson is “acting as his own physt-

IT IS the Job of the druggist to furnish what-the doctor ordered and no more, Mr. Cook ‘said, aug, Phyaiciins have re-

Ew 2 prescription ther It may or-may not be - ‘refilled ‘and if so how often - and over how long period.

“We have found cases where prescriptions were refilled for years,” Mr, Cook sald. “In one case a prescription was handed down from one generation to another and was still being refilled after both the doctor and the original patient had’ died.”

The authority of the Food"

and Drug Administration to police drug sales was upheld by the Supreme Court in the “Sullivan decision” \ recently, involving the over-the-counter sale of sulfa drugs. ” » “ THE court held that the food and drug laws apply to any drug or preparation which has at any time moved in interstate commerce, which includes virtually every item in a pharmacy, The labeling laws are the basis of the situation because pre cription drugs--are exempt

“them. This exemption is

Tamed. upon the fact that the medicine was prescribed by a physician. If g setond order is filled without .the physician's knowledge it is the same as if the druggist sold the medicine

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