Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1949 — Page 34

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The Laundry Workers Win a Ballot

WB National Labor Relations’ Board has made a step— albeit a belated one-toward justice for the 3000 men and women who work in Indianapolis’ larger laundries. <> Reversing its inexplicable earlier decision the board /this week ordered a vote in these laundries to determine what union, if any, the workers want to join. It may be too late. Early last spring the owners of these laundries let themselves be bluffed and frightened into what is probably the most vicious “labor deal” ever made around here. They signed a “union contract” with as cynical a gang of labor exploiters as we've ever seen, and ordered all their workers

Their workers had never been consulted. The. contracts, naturally, contained no benefits of any kind for the workers, and purported to bind them for the next seven years, The exploiters, however, did all right. The employers agreed to pay them some $2000 a week as what they themselves called “the price of peace,” and also agreed to some fat fees for several St. Louis promoters who engineered the deal. . # . » ~ ~ THE workers appealed to the NLRB. It stalled, and delayed, and stalled some more, and finally ruled that it had no jurisdiction over the case. Meanwhile workers were fired and threatened by union goons and otherwise driven off their jobs In undetermined numbers, ” #. The board has finally taken a step Cowal making right the wrong done to these workers nearly a year ago. It is very late. Most of those who remain on these jobs vy have been coerced into “union” membership ian will long before this. Most of those who held _. ut for the right of any American to join or not join what He wishes have long si liminated. Unless the elecon ordered is sup “a good deal more vigorously than NLRB elections customarily are the exploiters may very well win this voting—and they might even win it, after

: -proper ruling that | the board should — ery effort to make an immediate decision. With a8 clear—and the violations of law as flagrant—as were here it is hard to understand the delay.

Republicans Build a Platform

INDIANA'S Republican Advisory Committee, busy these * last few months formulating a set of principles the party might offer the voters, came out last week with proposals on four more subjects — Taxes, “Welfare,” Labor and

. The committee frankly labels its product “tentative” ‘and calls on anybody who is interested to try and improve it. «Probably it can be improved. As it stands now itis a forthright expression of the four subjects covered. But it still isn’t entirely free of compromising bids special interest votes on which the Democrats out-bid SpScial election and no doubt will again. And it still ~ fsn't in language most voters will read, much less under;

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IT CONDEMNS the Truman tax policy, and demands instead a reduction of federal spending by 20 per cent a until expenses get down “within the ability of the people to pay.” “It advocates the Hoover report program of stream. fining government agencies to cut down waste. < It blames “hidden taxes” for raising the cost of living By increasing prices, which of course they do. But it then indorses “support” of farm prices by government buying of rplus crops—which is done now directly with tax money the sole purpose of keeping prices high. And in the next it opposes “subsidies” to farmers, on the grounds they will bankrupt the nation, as they quite probably will x a" » . =» “ITS “Welfare” policy is perhaps the most clearly stated of ‘all. Here the committee would promote “public and systems for pensions and unemployment pay, and gittate’” ayst of direct relief for the needy. It flatly opposes the socialized medicine schemes. ve The labor clauses could be written in plainer language. tly the committee aims at giving union members more voice in union affairs, and breaking up labor such as more and more frequently paralyze whole industries. The committee would forbid the federal government to pass laws affecting’ “adult labor” whose job lay entirely within one state. That would, of course, clear up the foggy thinking of the last 15 years on what is or is not interstate commerce, and would definitely put the federal government out of the business of fixing wages and working hours, leaving that function, if there is such a function, to the states. This is-a proposal that will meet vigorous resistance from professional union leaders, just as the Taft-Hartley w did, but which might be just as acceptable to union ymbers as that law proved to be.

Lo. m : ” . 0 AS it stands now the method of building is probably more significant than the framework so far built. 3 The committee very likely will, and we hope does, get _# lot of $uggestions for improving its platform. It those produce a set of principles so clear cut and

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DEAR BOSS .. . By Dan Kidney Hoosier Sees

German Hatred

“Allies Look More Like Defeated Nations in War

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-—Dear Boss: ‘Fat Germans from unbombed rural districts can look at-ékinny Englishmen and the fearful French and wonder whether it is better: to win or lose a modern WAT, That was one impression brought back from nis self-financed European travels by Rep. James Noland, Bloomington Democrat. Some~ times that wondering becomes articulate, It breaks out in hostility for Americans, which 1s promptly encouraged by the Russians. It adds rome semblance of meaning to the theory. that the Germans lost two world wars, but in the first defeated the ¥rench and in the second the Hritish, Now they can choose between the U. 8. A. or the UU. 8, 8, R. ‘Both sides are bidding fer their favor, Mr. Noland, a World War II captain and Army transport commander in the Caribbean, made his trip as a member of no committee. Instead he was accompanied by his wife, who was formerly Helen Warvel of Indianapolis.

New German Hatred IN MUNICH, where Adolph Hitler launched his Nazi movement with the beer nall putsch which led him first to power and then to perdition, they met with some of this new German hatred, They were being shown about in a taxicab and the driver always made a point that bomb-

leaving the net impression that it all was done by barbarians on a poor defenseless people. At last Mrs. Noland asked what the German taxidriver thought of the Ameéricans. He scoffed: “I understand that the crime rate in the United States is decreasing. All of your gangsters are over here.” To encourage this hostile spirit, the Communist papers. play up every incident that occurs, such as a soldier getting into a saloon argument which winds up in fisticuffs as in commonplace th any American city. They make this minor police rule infraction into a major crime.

New Army Promised

IN ADDITION they cater to all the uncontriteness and self-pity which the former Nazis feel for themselves, They promise them a new united (Germany--complete with army, fuehrer and Red goose-step. _' Entering the Soviet sector of Berlin one already sees the new Fritz in his uniform now under Russian sponsorship. That 1+ why the Western zone must be integrated into the move toward a united Europe

- which the Marshall Plan and military aid is

making possible, Mr, Noland believes. He lists the gains so far on our side as being:

Defeat of Communist control over Western

“Fairopé. Establishment of an American leader

ship acting for peace as weil as just talking Providing a breathing spell to get

They join in on the economic recovery pro-

“gram with one wary eye out Tor signs of ex-

ploitation from what they like to call “the business imperialism of the U. 8. A.” They haven't found much of this, but this gives them a sense of taking dollars and keeping their pride, Mr, Noland believes,

Fear of Germans

HE THINKS the French may have a more legitimate fear of the Germans and particularly a rearmed Germany. For they might be rearmed and march against the West, with the whole Rastern part of Europe right behind them. That is why limiting the arms aid to Western Europe is proper at this point, Mr. Noland said, Talking with High Commissfoner John Mec-

* Cloy and ECA Chief Robert M. Hanes in Frank-

furt, Mr. Noland learned that “approximately 8 million German refugees have poured into the Western zone from the East and have been added to the normal population there of 33 million.” Many are unemployed and live in displaced persons camps, In the American and Allied sectors of Berlin one out of every four persons is unemployed.

Great Destruction “THE coinplete devastation of Germany's publie buildings, the chancellory, reichstag and others can hardly be imagined,” Mr. Noland

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“The Russians took enough marble from the reichstag to build a Soviet monument which is the only new structure in the entire area. The famed Tiergarten Park, or plaza, is grown up in weeds. “It is My belief that with such a great destruction as a daily reminder, the German people will abhor war in the future ,as strongly as we In this country.” Mr, Noland admits that is an American and not a German reaction, however,

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs

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SOCIAL SERVICES

It was Socialists use the words in & friendly sense to describe their system of tax-supported social services. The trouble there is that the welfare

state exists only in name; not in fact,

In the United States the term was picked

up chiefly: by opponents of “the ‘British "sthems, 3 -They felt, perhaps; that-the British-system has “failed 86 Badly that éven Hs name would become

synonymous with disaster. But the term hasn't been understood here. It fails to arouse the expected opposition, Those who want to tie everybody to the Government’'s apron strings, and dole out benefits paid at heavy cost in taxation, turned the name to their own advantage. / Well

State of Doing

THEY say that “welfare” means a state of faring or doing well—and what's bad about that? They point out that the Constitution, among other things, was created to “promote the general welfare.” And they ask: “What do you want—a state of ill fare?” Hostile use of the term boomeranged. This was indicated when it got a workout in the recent New York senatorial campaign. So it isn’t a good term to use in derision and opposition. But it is equally bad when employed in approval and support. The British have found this out. Their welfare state has become a poverty state, an austerity state, a shortage state. Instead of bringing security, it promoted insecurity. Among the British, the term “welfare state” is taking on some of the adverse qualities which Americans attribute to “get rich quick.” It is connected with the very opposite of what the words connote, The words “welfare state” just don’t work— either for or against. But the system they are intended to explain is simple, However, it

Barbs— SUCCESS and failure are just the difference between turning up your sleeves at work and turning up your nose. ® 4 ¢ i" -A VACUUM cleaner company reports increased sales. hei Busines is still picking up.

THERE are more than 7000 trotting horses in the country. We wonder how many rocking horses there are on the race tracks.

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By E. T. Leech

‘Welfare State’ Not Right Name

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Isn’t it about time to drop the term “welfare state”? It's a failure—whether used as a title of approval or one of reproach.

seldom ix discussed in its simple, down-to-earth form. It gets all cluttered up with fancy eco-nomie-theories-and high-sounding words. What it means fis that the state—that is, politicians and bureaucrats = decidex it ¢an spend the people's money better than they can spend it themseives. 8o it takes a large part

“of the money in taxes of all kinds, and in re““furn provides certain basic social services —

such as medical care; insurance, family allow“ances and pensions.

government provides—while taking 40 per cent

of the whole national income for taxes.

Compulsory Service

IN order to work, the service has to be made compulsory. Everybody in the nation has to turn his money over to the government for the things it thinks he should have. The more services, the more taxes. The lure, of course, is the hope that somebody else will pay most of the bill. But the British have reached the inevitable stage where they have used up the easy money and now must soak the general public.

In principle, this scheme is like giving a child an allowance but insisting on spending it for him—on the theory that Papa knows best, The politicians assume they know best what the public needs, and can best buy it. So they take 40 per cent of all British earnings, and they have kept prices so high and goods so scarce that there's little except absolute necessities on which to spend the remainder. This keeps the wage earner from getting into trouble by wasting his own money. Of course, the social services require a vast amount of managing and planning. So the taxpayers don’t get back nearly what they put in.

+ There is a big “brokerage for bureaucrats.”

Double Management

IN MANY Socialist services there is double management—the managers who used to run them and the new political top brass. In the nationalized industries, for example, the former private bosses largely continue to run the factories and mines and rail lines. But they now have a new top layer of political superiors. These new managers manage the old ones, Which is one big reason why British production is so costly and inadequate. And the same

general condition applies to the so-called wel-

fare activities. Whatever you call it, that's what happens when politicians get the power to spend the people’s earnings for them,

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‘Confidence in Dr. Jessup’

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By Edward H. Buehrig, 1301 Maxwell Lane,

Bloomington; Ind. - Y am writing to take exception to the recent Times editorial concerning Dr. Philip C. Jessup,

who ix at present heAding up an inquiry into our - Far Eastern policy and has a position of crucial “ responsibility as regards our. future actions in

China.

The lack of confidence In Dv.. Jessup, which -

the: editorial expressed, seems tc me unjustified, It is my opinion, based on a kaowledge of his professional accomplishments and on observa. tion-of his active role in our diplomacy in the past two years, that he has personal Integrity and political acumen of ‘the highest order. The American public has every. reason to have confidencé that Dr. Jessup brings to his present responsibility not only a keen political intelligence but also the toughness of mind and independence of- judgment which present events

, require in our policy makers.

Aside: from the innuendoes regarding Dr, Jessup personally, there is another aspect of the editorial on which I should like to comment, That is the suggestion that the American government was instrumental in the downfall of Chiang Kai-shek, There is more of recrimination than a careful regard for the record in such an assumption. The Nationalist regime has fallen apart not because of American policy but in spite of American aid which was given during and after the war on a most generous scale. It seems to me that the judgment of the State Department

white paper is the only possible one which can in “He drawn from our ‘experfence, and that it is

both undignified and futile to rely on a support which has crumbled away. The consequences for the United States of Chiang Kai-shek's tragedy are, as the editorial points out, very grave, indeed. But it detracts

_ from a realistic policy (which in this case is

certainly a choice between evils) to distort the historical record. The substantial post-war unity which has been achieved as regards the delicate and momentous questions of American foreign policy is a priceless asset. Innuendo and recrimina« tion are instruments of partisanship which de. stroy unity and which make more difficult the cool, critical appraisal of American policy which is very much needed. > & 2

‘Teenager Commendable’

By A. J. Schneider, 504 W. Dr., Woodruff Pl Wouldn't it be wonderful if all parent-read-ers read and re-read the letter signed “Teenager” just so that they will have the opportunity to learn that teenagers have something in their noggins besides dates and giggles and none sense? It is too bad that false modesty prevented Teenager from signing the letter instead of hiding behind the screen of anonymity. -Anything worth writing is worth accepting the credit or blame for. And this letter was ex~ ceptionally well written. Let us hope Teenager sends in more letters just as meaty, signed as they should be,

However, Teenager, I want to- point out to you that while your purpose is _commendable, = I believe your approach-is wrong. = ~ Of course, parents- should “set “the “example Phese_sre usta few of what-the Briti—— OF their—off

“Bit teenagers are smart enough to know that they don't. Indeed, most

parents are the kind who say “Don’t do as I-

do, just do as I say and ask no questions.” This method, too, is wrong, but you teenagers have to play the game as it is dished up to you, . The smarter way would be for you teenagers to get together and make your decisions and act in a wisdom which your parents don't give you credit for. You'll astonish them, and ine cidentally, they'll be secretly proud of you. On the question of the lecherous film diet

* being offered the public today, with a long list

of depraved actors and actresses, instead of aping your parents, why don’t you show them how wise you really are. Screen magazines carry previews so that you all know in advance, just as your parents do, what the pietures are about. Organize discussion groups and decide which films are worth your while to attend and boycott the others. Soon the theater owners will miss you at the boxoffice and will seek you out to learn what kind of films will bring you back. It is a sad fact that this great city, the crossroads of America, is the only city of its size in the country which has no organized nonpolitical youth recreation program, * which reaches into every neighborhood of the city to provide outlets for busy hands and busy minds, other than the resort to exposure to unfit movies.

What Others Say—

IN our country a woman isn't considered a woman until she can attract a man with her clothes on. — Italian actress Marina Berti, deriding Hollywood “cheesecake” publicity. *

* @ IT IS a tradition as old as this country to use the persuasion of force when necessary to protect the rights and lives of American citizens abroad.—American Legion Commander George N. Craig.

* & & I'M not in politics, I haven't been in politics

and I'm not going to be.—Dwight D. Eisenhower.

SENATOR BYRD . . . By Andrew Tully

Long

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Nobody dropped dead of surprise

Fight on Waste

that the voters of Indiana will have a genuine choice

immediately after the end of the war and. Europe today goes

deeper than the surface of physical recovery,

to sum up as follows:

It seems to me

In 1048 and '47 we were agreeably surprised to see that the

years of the war, the vigor and normality displayed were astonishing. We were quick — too quick—to conclude that the damage had been exaggerated. An easy and facile optimism was the immediate result. A few years of the Marshall Plan would put everything to rights again.

The observer who tries hon- .«

estly to see beneath the surface cannot come away now, nearly five years after the end of the European war, with any such optimism. .- The corrosio and corruption resulting not from one but from two world wars have cut deeply into the fabric of civilization in Western Europe, » LJ . THIS means, of course, that far greater patience, skill, understanding and resolution must come from the United States and Western Europe “Working In unison if the valtes of that civilization are to be conserved and extended. But in my opinion it does not necessarily follow that we should be overcome by pessimism. On a more realistic basis than two or three years ago, it even may be possible to see some smal} reason for “optimism, In 1949 American policy In Furope-~as contrasted to the Far East--has moved cautiously ‘ward,

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,. European invalid was on his feet.

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A GAIN has been recorded in Germany. The ultimate result is not guaranteed: But at least a dangerous drift toward more violent and virulent nationalism in the Nazi pattern has been checked by positive action on which the Western Allies were in general agreed. The agreement ratified by Secretary of State Dean Acheson's visit to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer covers two major points of policy to be implemented in the coming year, Point No. 1. Mr. Adenauer agreed to put into effect a carefully worked out program of decartelization grounded in new laws to be adopted by the West German government, This is in accord with a pian evolved by United States High Commissioner John J. McCloy, ” » .

IT WILL be patterned after

the system of anti-trust laws in this country. But, in addh tion, special courts would be created to umpire cartel decisions, Point No. 2. Mr. Adenauer agreed to work for a law or

laws that would forbid racial

persecution or racial diserimination. This i4 aimed at the

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threatens to. develop into a new cult of hate like that on which Hitler rose to power, The best hopes of this agreement may fall if Mr, Adenauer

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-and, even more important, his rivals for power—are encouraged to believe that a West German army is essential to Western security, » ~ ~ UNFORTUNATELY,

publicly and privately, from American and British military men of high rank. One of the unhapplest examples was the publig statement of Gen. Lu~

} such encouragement has come, both

clus D. Clay in favor of arm-

ing Western Germany. Gen. Clay should know well enough the handicap of having critics and kibitzers who shout from afar. Mr. McCloy must have a chance to try to carry through the German policy that is now advanced 'to a beginning phase. The Integration of Western Germany with Western Europé can mean a long advance In stability,

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when Sen. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia came out with his ‘demand that we cut next year's federal budget by $714 billion. The

. man's made a career out of trying to save us money.

Sen. Byrd, a Democrat who sounds like thrifty Coolidge, wanted to cut taxes in 1932 when we had a “depression on our

hands and he's never changed his mind. In 1938 he called President Roosevelt's administration the most wasteful we'd ever had and today he says the same about President Truman’s, » ~ » BOTH Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Truman have had a few words to say about Mr. Byrd, too. Mr. Roosevelt said he had a onetrack mind. Mr. Truman sald there were too many Byrds in Congress. Mr. Byrd sald harumph to both of 'em and went right ‘on demanding that the government stop acting like a drunken sailor. What with ali our hot wars and cold wars and lukewarm wars, the Senator hasn't had much luck saving our money. But he still carries a lot of weight on Capitol Hill because he's such a hot-shot businessman. He started out at 15 saving a newspaper from bankruptcy and he hasn't sippped making a profit since. ” . ' - YOUNG Byrd not only had the paper—the Winchester, Va., Star—making a profit within A year's time, he even saved $700 by working for a telephone company ‘in his spare time. Then he decided he wanted to sell apples and leased an orchard. Between times, Mr. Byrd bought another

that begame one of the biggest in the world, ran the Val. ley Turnpike Co., served in the Virginia State Senate and was elected governor of Virginia. . ” .r YOU should have seen what he did as governor. His political opponentg wanted to

float a big bond issue to build “a bunch of roads, but Mr, Byrd

got it defeated, then built the roads just the same. He also reduced taxes, boosted revenues §2 million a year and cut expenses $800,000 a year,

By this time, Virginians thought he was‘quite a boy and In 1932 the late Sen. Carter Glass nominated him for Presi. dent. He didn't make it, Mr. Roosevelt also being on hand, but in 1933 he was appointed to the Senate to fill an unexpired term: He's been re-elected ever since. »r . MR. BYRD is the political boss of Virginia, but he runs that as a kind of sideline. His big job is fighting waste, Mr. Byrd thinks waste is awful--he thinks it should be made & crime, He's attacked farm programs, labor unions, govern~ ment lending to business, old age pensions and civilian defense. When the war broke out he went along with Mr. Roose velt's foreign policy, but even yelling

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