Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1949 — Page 16

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The Aushion Peace Treaty ; B¢ FOUR negotiations for a peace settlement with Rito y tria have bogged down again, and as usual the deadlock is due to a reversal of instructions from Moscow. This has been going on for three years. It is high time “we washed our hands of the whole business. Any Big Four agreement with Austria, to which Russia is a party, will be so one-sided that the United States can“not afford also to be a party to it. "The present draft, with which the Soviets aren't satisfied, is so bad from our standpoint, and from Austria's, that we would stultify ourselves by accepting it. Under its terms Austria's economic freedom would be curtailed by Soviet control of its oil and shipping industries almost to the point of serfdom. With such a stranglehold on Austria's economy, it would be a short step to ultimate political control by the Soviets.

~ so” ~ LJ ” | THE UnitedsStates has a chance to recover the initiative in this situation which we lost at Yalta and Potsdam, by withdrawing from the Big Four discussions and opening new negotiations between Austria, Britain, France and ourselves. Then, if Austria is willing to sell her soul to the Soviets _ by separate agreement, in order to end the Russian military occupation, it will be her own business and no affair of ours. El This is not a case of deserting an ally in time of war but of insisting upon resuming normal relationships with nations with which we are at peace.

. . » : [J ” ” WE are on friendly terms with Austria, which is ~ decidedly not true of our relations with Russia. We should proceed on that basis, meeting future problems in the American, not the Russian, way. - We want no war booty from Austria, and if Russia insists upon raping that little country at the point of a gun, the Soviets have no ft to expect us to legalize the out-

countries. . A strong advocate of compulsory health insurance, the n administration will try to push through

- anyth in Europe that should shake my faith in national health insurance, I will so report.” -» LE. » HE arrived in England on Dec. 2. On Dov, 5, he told reporters England's health plan was a good thing. : ° On Dec. 9, he held a press conference and said that what he had seen in England convinced him a national health program would be good for America. On Dec. 13, moving over to Edinburgh, he told re‘porters: “My statement last week in London stands.” ~. On Dec. 18, leaving London for Stockholm, he said: =" ‘adhere to my opinion that the national heats scheme is a good thing.” He could have said he was adhering to the opinion he held on his arrival. Mr. Ewing now has two weeks left for a concentrated study of national health insurance in. Sweden, Ireland, Switzerland, Italy and Israel. Wonder what he'll find?

Reds Against Reds

ITOISM” seems ‘to have international shaking in its Russian boots. Hungary has hanged Laszlo Rajk; “former minister of the interior and once that country’s No. 2 Communist, for treason. Bulgaria executed Traicho Kostov, a former Member of its Politburo, on similar charges. Poland is preparing to try Wladyslaw Gomulka, former premier and high ranking Communist. In a year, 354 persons there have been arrested as alleged spies and 23 have been executed. Czechoslovakia has had 319 arrests and 44 executions. The latest purge there caught Euzen Loebl, veteran Communist official and head last year of an economic mission to the United States. Yugoslavia, Marshal Tito's “free” Communist state, has staged a trial of its own, convicting 10 Russians accused of spying for Moscow. Communists used to liquidate capitalists. Now they" re "working out on each other.

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Keeping a Promise THE Defense Department reports that 116,000 persons have been removed from the federal payroll since last ' summer. ' When the economy campaign was announced, Secretary of Defense Johnson said 135,000 would ultimately feel the axe. We'd say that results so far are commendable. They amount to substantial fulfillment of a promise, for there seems no reason to doubt that the lay-offs will continue until the original goal is attained. It is refreshing to observe one economy drive.in Washington that wasn't forgotten a fow weeks after it was

Vacation Variety | 1 JRERORTS from Key West, Fla, are that President Truman is in the pink—slacks, that is. While members of his staff cavort in old denim or tattered duck trousers,

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FUEL crisis ...By y Fred Poking

' Delay Seen i in

Coal Action

Truman Expected to. Wait Until First of Yeor. = WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-It's an excellent guess that President Truman will not move into the coal situation before the first of the year, officials close to the matter said today.

That is despite appeals by. coal producers

and dealers, being relayed to Key West for a‘‘tention af the President and his adviser on labor matters, John R. Steelman.

As the situation is viewed by one oficial, there are two principal classes of sufferers in the present stalemate between John L. Lewis and the producers, One class is composed of the large operators with tremendous Investments and continuing overhead. The other is composed of the nearly half-million miners under discipline of their strong union, the United Mine Workers.

Personal Hardship

"BOTH are losing money from three day operation of the mines. Among the miners, already hit by repeated strikes this year, there is considerable personal privation and hardship. But there does not appear to be much suffer ing among the public, the consumers of coal. The forecast of rio presidential action be‘fore January takes into account the fact that Congress will be back in town and many calls for action are expected from members, particularly from the administration's critica and from those—a majority in both branches—who have shown a disposition to take a crack at Lewis,

Same Objective

NORTHERN and Midwestern coal operators are expected to join in statements with the same objective as those just made by the Southern Coal Producers Association and by the American Retail Coal Association, Both detailed the history of this year's long conflict with Lewis and both asked for intervention by the President, This could be done by invoking the injunctive procedure of the Taft-Hartley law against the union and its leader, In addition, the Southern Producers’ organization, in a long letter signed by its president, Joseph E. Moody, asked that the Justice Department be placed on Lewis’ trail to see if there pasn't been a violation of federal anti-trust aws,

Anti-Trust Procedure

THIS request continued: “And if he (the Attorney General) finds there is rio basis under existing law for prosecution of the uriion, that you send a message to the Congreéss upon its return in January, requesting amendment of the statutes to make labor unions properly subject to the anti-trust laws.” ) The dealers’ telegram to the President, signed by their association president, J. Atlee Schafer, declared that at the present rate of production under the three-day week, cities and towns throughout the country witl begin to run out of coal by the end of this month. OMeial figures indicate the country's Stock ‘pile 1s now less than enough for 30 days. on the

—AVOrage.- of. all -consumers; but- “thistis not-sveniy “distributed

“glectrie’ a BS utifties i IRdUSIFIR) usets are better off than most. etall iW -SUBPIY Hoiiseholds are shown, as ale J “the Temst amount of céal for the nearly months of cold Waathar. ahead.

THE CHRIST CHILD

The Savior, humble, meek and mild, : Was born to show the way; = For on this earth the Christ Child Appeared on Christmas Day.

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He came to bless the world we know, With tidings from above; And be our guiding light to show,

The power of all his love. yd

Within our hearts now we can share,” The precious Lord so near ~~ And realize Him everywhere.” Extending Christmas cheer.

—By Robert 0. Lovell, New Castle, Ind.

7” - FOSTERS FOLLIES MOSCOW Birthday gifts for prime minister Stalin arriving from China, include banners pledging etérnal Soviet-Chinese friendship. In these happy days of yuletide. With its holly, ice and snow, For an unexpected sleighride Russia's new-found friend may go.

From this friendship so “eternal” They may every quickly drift, As they find it's just external — With the Kremlin that's a gift!

NEWS NOTEBOOK . . . By Peter Edson

? His Christmas Sock

DEFENSE BLUEPRINTS

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. By Jim G. Lucas

Mobilizing U. S. Transportation

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — Sweeping plans for, mobilization of the nation's transportation industry in event of war are being drafted by

" President Truman's top civillan war plans agency. The National Security Resources Board's

blueprints will. include every phase from taxis, busses and private cars to the biggest ocean liners and commercial airlines. In addition to operating details, they will include inventories of what we have on hand, what we will need for war and what can be produced in an emergency. } Blueprints are being drawn by Capt. Granvillé ‘Conway, former war shipping admints-

trate. now director qf the Resources. Board's

transportation office. - Capt. Conway, however, “HOTVeR- primarily asa co-ordinator: “Petatied

plans are being drafted in other government: nog peees: *

“Four Major Surveys —

“FOR INSTANCE, the sea tr] > mobilization survey has been farmed” out to Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, Mariijnie Commission chairman. Air transportatién Joseph J. O'Connell, Aeronautics Beard. Chairman J. Monroe Johnson of Interstate Commerce Commission is directing a study of rall, Hus, truck and inland waterway -transporta tion. “Gen. Robert H. Wylie, San Francisco port director, is heading a survey of port facilities and their wartime use. Mr. Johnson's work is well under way. Reports and recommendations already have been subriitted to Capt. Conway on wartime use of trains, busses, highways, alternate detour routes and trucks. A report on our inland waterway system is expected in the next 30 days. Gen. Fleming has extended his survey to include .the. sea-going - transport of our. Allies... Barbs— A COLD snap in Florida cdused $5 million damage to crops. more about it later. <> > o> DRUMS, horns and earmuffs were displayed in the same store window. Mother knows how well they go together o> o> <& AN EX-FIGHTEF was arrested on a worthless check charge. From diving to bouncing.

SIDE GLANCES

is being surveyed by chairman of the Civil

Behind the Scenes <p

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—Political dopesters now think Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential prospects will improve if and as the international situation gets worse. If danger of war Gen. Eisenhower's chances pected to pick up. The reasoning is that ander a préwar chology, there will be popular demand for a military leader “to

is really imminent in 1951,

nite the country.” If, on the . vther hand, there are good

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Maritime representatives of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom met with him in the Resources Board's staff room to discuss creation of an international shipping pool. “These talks,” Capt. Conway said, “were exploratory and subject to final arrangements: later. They follow informal discussions which have been under way during the past year. “Most of those participating had experience in the handling of allied shipping pools in World War II, and thus have practical knowledge of shipping problems under war conditions. They considered questions to be faced if an emérgeéncy should arise again.”

Jiriventory of Ships

“ON'A RECENT trip 16 Europe, Capt. Conway asked North Atlantic Treaty nations for. an... “inventory of available ship bottoms. England

“has comphed. Capt. Conway believes we will have to draw heavily on fleets of our Allies if

war- comes soon: Gen. Fleming emphasizes the

necessity of “taking into account the resources of all countries concerned.” In addition to shipping, the international pool’s records will include the estimated tonnage

in food, munitions and other cargoes needed to

sustain our Allies in the first year of war. The board is expected to recommend against requisition of private autos except as a last resort. It feels the alternative of creating more bus and streetcar lines would be too heavy a drain on our military manpower. If is planning, however, for creation of additional public transport lines in war industry centers.

Eliminate Bottlenecks

GEN. WYLIE'S job is to plan orderly operation of all the nation’s major ports. In World War II there were few bottlenecks. In World War I, however, the port of New York was badly jammed, with military supplies backed up as far as Chicago. Gen. Wylie's plans inchide allocation of port space so that no port will have more freight on hand than can be put aboard ships. No oversea cargo—if there is a World War ITII—wi{ll be sent to port until it has been assigned ship space. Ships and cargo would’ arrive at a port simuitaneously. Capt. Conway says his job is to “draw on our World War 11 experiences and improve on them.’ Eventually, he says, detailed plans for mobili~ zation of all American transport will be submitted to the SRB and to the National Security Council.

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will defend to the death your right fo say i." ‘Dangerous Fifth Column’

Samaritan Baptist Church.

Our great republic, which was conceived and dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal, is spending thousands of dollars

of taxpayers’ money investigating American aeof locating and driving

tivities for the pur out any fifth column that may exist within -our shores, . America's most dangerous fifth column does

“nat operate like a prairie fire. It is like termites

working silently in a basement undermining the foundation of a great building. It is like weasels, sneaking noiselessly into the chicken ‘coop in the dead of the night. America’s most dangerous fifth coluran may not be the German sympathizers, nor the Come munists, who have attempted to overthrow the American form of government. America’s most dangerous fifth column may be found any day on our streets, in many of our homes, in. our institutions of learning and even in the halls of Congress. This fifth column is carrying out a merciless blitzkrieg against Bible Christianity, teaching

the youth of the land that the old- fashioned -

faith of the fathers will never suit in a streamlined scientific age. . The departure from the teaching of Christ is the most dangerous fifth column, menacing the well-being of the United States and its people. It is the progenitor of such children as desecration of the Sabbath, disobedience, infle delity, racial hatred, atheism and deceit. Une Godliness was the fifth column that overthrew Babylon and the great Roman Empire, and it will eventually overthrow America unless there is a return to God. “Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach unto any people.”

‘Gossip Gets No Place’ By Mrs. Walter Haggerty, R. R. 6, B. 396, City,

The average readers do not take an une named writer very seriously, Ordinary gossip gets no place. The first thing people want to know is “Who said that?” If this cannot be traced to some reliable source, it is debunked. Many readers ignore un-named writers entirely, C. D. C. gives reasons why he does not pube lish a name, one of which is that “The New Deal ‘gestapo’ would close your shop if they found you differed with them politically.” Some of our bookie joints and shady businesses should be closed. What business are you in? The propaganda business? Those who live in fear of their own government have a lot of explaining to do. So C. D. C, you're afraid. Is it your conscience or just your shadow following you? Well, you can't run away from either one. The New Deal or Fair Deal and all the “isms” you can throw in for good measure is a “New Era” or an "Era of good feeling” toward our neighbors throughout the world. One-third of the nation’s families live far below the min« imum necessary for health and decency. The average families which comprise nearly all the remainder of the population would be

stranded financially if the breadwinner. should

suddenly be hospitalized -for only a brief stay. Our Senators can bunk up in a hospital for the snifffes free bf tharge but it's unlawful 16¢

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good, honest, hard-working Americans to have...

‘the same care unless they pay when they can't afford it. The way, L.fesl. “What's. sauce {or the... ~ Roose ix sauce for. the Aander.” .

‘Con’ t Find a Home'

By A Mother.

1 have been looking for a home to rent for the past month. The same old story, no on® wants children. No doubt most of these landlords belong to some church—to pray for more money—and no children? I have looked at a few homes where landJords will take children but they were sc high —$80 a month and up. I wouldn't have enough money left to feed my children, much less fll the coal! bin and the rest of the utilities. My boys are 11 and 12 years old, very wellbehaved. I have lived at this same address for eight years and we can give a good reference. The only reason we must move is that our landlady is converting our house into apartments and I can’t live in three rooms with two boys.

What Others Say

THERE is no intention or plan for rearming

Germany. "That statement is full and complete. " —no hedging, no dodging—and that's it—De-

fense Secretary Louls Johnsen, * + REAL prayer always does one of two things: It either frees us from the trouble we fear of else it gives us the strength and courage to meet the trouble when it comes—Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, New York churchman. +

THE ‘most powerful rac for the survival of democracy is strong and sincere co-operation between the English-speaking peoples of the world. —Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery.

THE COLD WAR ...By Bruce Biossat

Ghost of Hitler?

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—During the height of World War IT Hitler tried again and again to drive a wedge between Russia and the western powers. contended that Hitler was a powerful contributor to the cold war that has developed since. How could that be. when we know Hitler died before. the

He failed then. But it might fairly be

~ the President blossoms out in spring’s most delicate colors.

prospects for continued peace, with domesfic issues the primary concern of the voters,

Gen. Eisenhower's political ap-

peal will be greatly lessened.

~ . . MAKINGS of another bitter unification feud are now kicking around in the joint chiefs

of staff. It grows out of last vear's Key West agreement, under which various roles were assigned to the Army, Navy and Air Force One of the primary assignments given naval aviation was the flying of anti-sub-

marine patrols. This was also made a colleteral assignment for Air Force, The question which now arises is whether Navy flyers will assume command over Air Force units assigned to this duty, or whether they will operate independently. Anti-sub-marine specialists are pressing for a decision on this matter, It's a a0t potato.

» . ”. LOUIS H. BEAN, author of last year's controversial book on “How to Predict Elections,” Asoawriting » sequel, It will analyze 1948 election returns. Mr. Bean says he doubts if

many people correctly under- .

stand what happened in that eventful year. In addition, the book will analyze factors influencing the 1950 elections. Title for the new work has not been selected. “Winning Without Coattails,” and “You, Too, Can Predict Elections,” have been suggested. Author Bean's regular job is that of Depart-

an econgist in the

ment of Agriculture. Collecting and analyzing election

- statistics as been his hobby.

TALK of rearming western Germany is being officially played down for the simple reason that any such move

would probably result in the fall of the French governmept. That would mean a swing to communism or DeGaulleism Either is considered worse than leaving western Germany unarmed Field Marshal Montgomery's recent visit to the United States is now believed to have been a lobbying mission to convince American officials on the neec for rearming Germany, If tha* was the mission,

it failed. German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’'s retraction of remarks attributed to him, calling for rearmament of western Germany, leaves the issue very officially dead, for the time being at least. But watch for revival v » » MEANTIME, there is growing pressure on the U. 8. State Department to relax its opfon to bringing Franco Spain into “the western European defense setup. The big drawback is believed to be injection of the religious issue into the dispute, Agitation’ by prominent American Catholic laymen who favor Franco recognition stirs up the antiCatholics and makes any solu tion of the probléem difficult. Quieting this religious argument would help solve the political and military issues

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involved. Also, the Spanish government has not helped its own cause, through its failure to submit exact estimates of its economic needs on a sound, repayable loan basis, ». » ” ONE of Major Hoople's craziest inventions 1s now proving practical—at least in part. Nearly 20 years ago, the rotund nero of the “Our Boarding House” cartoon rubber wept to when tires wore

t to.

COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T. M. REQ. W. 8. PAT. OFF,

out. He finally decided that some day the roads would be paved with rubber and autos could bounce around on solid steel wheels which wouldn't wear out. Now, after six months" tests,

the Virginia State Highway - announced

Commission has that incorporating a small amount of natural rubber in asphalt pavements materially

lessens skidding. Hoople's rub--

ber highways may be.in the

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this, tragic East-West conflict was this: To once powerful nations like Britain, France and Italy he brought economic chaos, a wasting. of material and human resources, a physical exhaustion and sapping of morale among the populace,

on top of great destruction and ’

blood-letting. . » . IN other wdrds, though Hitler lost the war, he left most of Europe nearly prostrate when he went down. Naturally his satellites were flattened. But the irony was that all but two of the victors came off but slightly better. Those two, &f course, were the United States and the Soviet Union. Russia, to be sure, suffered heavily, more heavily perhaps than any country in the war. Yet its population is so large and its lands and resources so great that jt was somehow still strong at the finish. Or at

- least able to convince the rest

of the world it was strong. . » . THERE was no question in anyone's mind about U., 8. strength. Alone of the major warring powers, America kept its land untouched by enemy forces, Our great reservoir of

‘resources was lowered, but it

was still came. "In these relative positions of America, Russia and the rest

deep when peace

their prewar strength, the poste war power struggle would have been vastly different. These nations could have used their weight to balance that exerted by Russia and the U. 8. In that event, the division between the latter two might not have sharpened to its pres ent extremity. . # WHAT happened, then, was that Europe after 1945 continued to be a battleground-—of a different sort. Both Russia and America reached out for France, for Italy, And above all, for defeated Germany ite self, With power concentrated in the two big victors, this tontest we call the cold war may well have been inevitable. For neither could sit idly by and watch the other grasp for advantage. . . . SOME Europeans who understood this called for a

. “third force”—a joining of

of Europe. lie. the ‘elements that f

have played so big a role In shaping.the cold war. Had France, Britain, and Italy enjoyed anything like

western European countries to act as a buffer between Russia and the U. 8. But they were dreaming foolishly because it was too late. Thanks to Hitler, there was little “force” left in ‘this group. 80 the competition developed as Hitler had hoped. Up to now this country has more than held its own in the bidding for support in Europe. But our success has been costly and will continue to be. When

wé pay for the Marshall Plan,

the foreign arms program and other aid, we are paying a

price dictated partly by Hitler.

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