Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1949 — Page 10
AAR NEWSPAPER _ - HOWARD WALTER R_LECKRONE: HENRY. W. MANZ
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Deification of a Man :
Pe TH Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—official pame of ©. the present government of Russia—suggests a govern. ment of, PS nd for the peaple. ; A “soviet™is a body representing the workers, soldiers ‘and peasants of a village or town; in other words, the “common people” as dist] ished from ‘the bankers, landlords. and factory owners. < ~The theory of socialism is based on the collective ownership and democratic management of the essential means of producing and distributing goods. The whole Russian idea is represénted as a way of life
in which all men live and work together on a basis of equality. : So the Soviet Union is the last place son earth where, in
theory, one would expect to see a single ‘human being hailed as “the architect of Russian science and industry, a genius in war, protagonist of peace, supreme interpreter of M doctrine, sponsor of art and literature, friend of sports, a and inspirer of all progress.” That is to say, one who knew nothing of Russian his-~ tory and literature would not expect to see an individual so glorified. President Arpad Szakasito of satellite Hungary knew his Russians, however, when he stole the show at the Mos- - cow celebration of Stalin's TOth birthday anniversary by hailing the Soviet dictator as one who had attained heights from which “he can survey all humanity and all happenings “on earth.” Indeed, he added, Stalin has “soared so high human eyes can hardly follow him.”
mous to most Russians. Ivan the Terrible believed he was the natural ruler of all Christians. As late as the Napoleonic era, Alexander I believed he represented the Deity on earth. Theodore Dostoyevski, the. 19th Century Russian novelist, had one of his characters say: “There is but one truth, consequently only one nation can have the true God, even . ghould other nations have their own distinct and great gods. _ The only nation which carries God in itself is. the Russian nation.” Stalin, the Red Caar, is the “true god” in Russia today and the true god of Communists everywhere. The Communists call this throwback to medieval times
festation of the national Messianism born in the Russian “ mind during the Dark Ages.
The Cost of Strikes
I THE last 12 years more than 25 million American work5 ers have been directly involved in strikes, becausé of - " “which they spent about one-third of a billion man-days away from their jobs and forfeited about $3 billion in wages. “Those figures, from the National Industrial Conference _ Board, do not pretend to measure the total cost of strikes, which caii't be measured by available statistics. In our complex industrial system, a strike directly affecting only one industry, or even a single plant, can slow down or stop production in many other industries or plants.
EN tainly very large, iy impossible to estimate accurately.
~ » » ~" ON THE her hand, as the NICB points out, wages , directly forfeited by strikers do not necessarily represent : actually lost. Part or all of them may be recov-. by overtime work just before a strike begins or after it ends, by higher pay rates won in a settlement, or by a _combination of both. . ¢ If the total cost of strikes could be calculated, the ‘gountry probably would be shocked by the size of the bill it pays because management and labor haven't found a better way of adjusting their differences. And many people doubtless wouid place most of the blame on unions, which usually seem to play the aggressive role. $ t management has a lot to learn about getting along with its workers. Employers could spare. themselves and the country much “labor trouble” by following such wise advice as has just come from the federal mediation director, Cyrus Ching, who came to government service after a long career in industry.
ae pe pp ee eg gy gen + MR. CHING, writing in Nation's Business magazine, gays strikes would be far fewer if management avoided these eight “most common" mistakes: : Unwillingness: or reluctance to bargain. Haphazard selection of lawyers as negotiators. Lack of experience in
of leadership. Lack of confidence in unions and of under. .. mtanding of their problems. Lack of vital information. Too ‘much “emotionalism.”
Unshakable Faith
THERE has been a rising tide of criticism this year about the commercialism of Christmas. There are complaints that the widespread duplication of Santa Claus has distorted him out of any resemblance to the good saint who is the special patron of children. It must be very confusing to them, the argument runs. a Well, we think the answer to that has come, as in so many other instances on this subject, from a child, 1f's told ‘by a father, Paul C. James of Charlottesville, Va., in : letter ‘to the Washington (D. C.) Post: “Last Satuitday our 4-year-old daughter, Barbie was approached by the Santa Claus employed by: the Charlottesville merchants. As he gave her some candy, Barbara Aodked him over carefully and then, turning to me, said: “ ‘He has a mask on, daddy, but he can't fool me. I know he's, Santa Claus. "
“Certain and Final’ :
Wo YORK'S Gov. Dewey, replying to an Oregon friend who had inquired whether he plans to run for President again, said this! "© “Nothing could arise now or in the future that would d me to be the nominee of our party in 1952. My decision i this matter Is as certain and final as death and the stagNew Deal taxes.” that decision seems plenty certain and final—and fAsew Rapublicas ho it will seem far less pain: ] h and Kew Dea 4 a Ady
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For centuries, the terms God and Czar were syneny-
a form of democracy. It is in fact merely a modern mani- .
This indirect loss of output, wages and profits, though cer- -
ASIA... oy Oland D. Rosell
8 iran Reds
Hint UN Move
British Recognition May Come Within Few Weeks
WASHINGTON, Dec, - 24— Reports from Chinese Nationalist sources in Formosa indicate
British recognition of Communist China may
come soon. after Christmas, Though our State Department is committed to a policy of “consulting” Congress before a ing any such step--which means that U. 8 recognition could not be extended until some‘time in. January at the earliest—-there was
" speculation here this week that the Red regime
might speed up its drive for international recognition through the United Nationa, More than a month ago, China's Communists
formally demanded that/the United Natlofis
strip the Nationalist delegation of its authority to speak for the Chinese people. United Nations officials decided then that under the rules a non-member could not chal. lenge the credentials of a- member. But Soviet Russia, as a member; could Initiate such a step,
‘Wailing Orphan’ IN THE session just closed, Russia made no such move, but Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky told China's United Nations delegate that he was “walling like a little orphan at the edge of his grave.” Subsequently Vishinsky announced Russia no longer would recognize the right of the Nationalist government to be represented in the United Nations. Hints that Stalin China might try a backdoor entrance into the United Nations were dropped this week in the remarks of Dr, Philip Jessup, U. 8. Far East trquble-shooter, at a luncheon in San Francisco before he sailed for the Orient. Dr. Jessup pointed out that various agencies
Nof the United Nations had their own rules on “admission and conceivably any one of them
might seat & representative of the Chinese Reds, ‘He added that the U. 8. delegation would be bound to ‘semi indepenal commissions and agencies.
Red Moves: « ;
FIRST mave in. thig direction could come at a meeting of “the tnided Nations Trusteeship Council in Geneva on Jah, 24. If the Chinese Reds are successful’ in seatiig a representative there, by vote of the council~in place of a Nationalist, the venture is likely to be carried further-in United Nations bodies. Dr, Jessup, who has been a U. 8. delegate to the United Nations, was pointing -up the paradox that might-exist in the United Natlons:if one agency seated a Chinese- Red while another retained a Nationalist member. From United Nations authorities, it was
learned today that such a situation could de-
velop among the specialized agencies suchas the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, and the International Labor Organization, Each of these has its own constitution and can act independently on membership applications, The same is true for the more loosely organized regional commissions, some of which already have taken in nations not a member of the United Nations, *
Full-Dress Delegation
A MUCH | more complicated situation would be created, however, if Stalin China sought: mission of a full-dress delegation to the Unite Nations. The Genéral Assembly and the Security Council are independent of each other in jurisdiction over their respective delegates. A vote In plenary session might decide the issue of General ‘Assembly membership but the Chinese Reds would stand little chance so long as recognition was withheld by most of the members. . In the Security Council, Nationalist China is one .of the five permanent merthbers. There are six other rotating members. Ten-of the 11 mémbers could vote to recognize a Communist delegate, According to one authority, in that case Te council might oust the Nationalist delegate as no longer representative of China and therefore without the right to veto the action. 80 far no such issue has been raised. It China's Red government tries to send a delegation to the United Nations to displace the Nationalists, the tip-off would come when the Communists informed Secretary General Trygve Lie of their intention. This would be necessary in order to get UJ. 8. passport visas for the delegates. By agreement, the United States would be required to grant the visas if the Secretary General requested it.-
P PUPPET
Like a bird if | flight against the wind, Checked th his high course and then “chagrined That his wings beat and beat and beat To save his suspended soul and cheat Phe forces in his way — so today Flies Peace In the leaden-gray world affray. —M. M. DILLISTIN.
SIGHT-SEEING . . . By Peter Edson
Spying on America
WASHINGTON, Dec. - ficial sight-seeing no Persian kings and hd 4st foundrymén, French
of Life.”
onor such decision by the various
24—There’s an awful lot.of foreign ofpons. rn in this country. Everybody from prifhe ministers to Dutch farmers, BritFrenen avo: bor Tenders, and Latin American poets ...+ 7 and philosophers gets invited over to spy on “The American Way
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ARMED SERVICES .
“WASHINGTON, Dec. The issue of Navy vs. Army and Air F r what is.laughingly ealled unificationhas become so tangled in partisan politics that it is nearly impossible to get any objective picture of the nation’s defense needs. ; Clouds of controversy continue to boil up and the returning Congress can be expected to fan the quarrel. It is, however, the sworn duty of men in the uniform of the three services to try to plan the best possible defense that will be accepted by an economy-finded Congress, These top itary planners are not too dismayed by the ®uts enforced by a deficit that
18 expected to reach $5 billion in. the ‘current
fiscal year. They regard the economies being
pushed by Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson"
as both inevitable and necessary. Therefore, they face, net with any pleasurable anticipation but at least with equanimity, a cutback from the current $19 billion to $13 billion.
Cost Prohibitive
SOME careful figuring has been done on the cost of .maintaining a 70-group Air Force and a 50-group force. The cost of replacements for 70 groups was found to be prohibitive within the framework of current public spending as determined by the political-economic forces now predominant. Often, of course, partisans of one cause or another talk as though the military budget could: be expended to infinity. They also ignore the nature of the American economy and the importance in that economy of a vast and continuing flow of consumer's goods.
Top military planners are deeply concerned : ~ over the possibility that the economy axe, - sharpened in this instance by political consid-
erations, may. fall on the Selective Service System. Unless Congress acts. the selective service law will expire June 24. i By those eager to let the ‘act die, it will be pointed out that no men have been induct since last January. This is explained partly by the fact that voluntary enlistments have been sufficient to supply the services with manpower, Selective service is, of course, an inducement to young men to enlist in the service of their own
SIDE Gl.ANCES
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. By Marquis Childs ~ Feuds Snarl Nation’ s Defense
choosing. Partly the explanation is economy, which has already scaled down the size of the three forces. But the military planners will argue the need to keep Selective Service in being. for two reasons that seem to them vital, First, they contend that to dismantle Séleetive Service now would be a foolish economy for which the nation would pay dearly in event of war, It would take from three te five months of precious time to put it together again should war break out.
Red Propaganda
SECOND, they argue that the paychological effect would be bad, particularily in Europe where the United States is distributing a billion
dollars in armaments to help rebuild ‘shattered
Western European defenses. Letting the act expire would serve the Communist. propaganda line that this country intends to expend the manpower of Europe and conserye our own. Even without the unification quarrel and the economy axe, the job of the military planners would be complicated. The emphasis on the atomic bomb as a weapon has been undergoing a rapid shift in the past six months.
While some have cencluded that the mass
strategic bombing of Russian cities was a fixed part of the war plan, this has not been true. The stress now is on the importance of the bomb as a tactical weapon te be used against massed troops. With the bomb employed tactically, such an operation as the Normandy invasion may never again be possible.
Second Weapon
IN accord with Gen. Omar N. Bradley's often expressed conviction—he Has listed it as the second mest important weapon—greater stress is being put on preparation for psychological warfare. Because it is their duty te plan for a possible war, civilians sometimes conclude the generals want war, But if there is any group determined to prevent another holocaust, it is the men who have some idea of the cost of an interminable contest with weapons of total destruction.
" to.Boulevard Pl. on 38th St. at 60 miles an hob and not impair anybody's life or property, And >
Hoosier Forum +
“| do not agree with a a word that’ you. sy. but | will defend to the death your right to say i.”
‘Helpless Citizens Trapped’ By Alex Adomatis, 1560 ‘Massachusetts Ave. I would like to. see an article on speed traps
‘written this way: “Caps trap 79 helpless citizens caught going at 40-80 iniles per hour under per-
~_teet ¢ontrol in a stretch of street where it is
ectly safe at those speeds, but due to the traps, the police are able to pick up and. fleece them out’ of a great
tenance of many other suckers and can’t help the \ I think it is high time th done to put some sepse into some. ol & and safety boards. It is very-obvious
man can drive safely from Northwestern“Ave,
why shouldn't a sound, sane, sensible man with
a good car be privileged to do so. There are --
many other stretches of streets within our city that do not. have any cross traffic or cross. streets and very little traffic, such as West 16th St.; in which speeds up to 50-60. miles per. hour are not hazardous.
All you have to do is to watch the traffic 3 \
and you will find that the majority of the public, if it is forced to drive in these streets, will
step on the gas just because they know they
can do it safely. . 1. heartily agree that the - police should penalize drivers where speed is reckless, but certainly; not where it is safe.
‘Political Realignment’
By Charles W. Burton, 911 E. Maryland St. The United States is ‘still the greatest coun«
try in the world, but her greatness has been
overshadowed by economic troubles in the form of soaring prices, inadequate buying power and
i} strikes.
The root of these ills is ‘a dying economia system. It has failed to protect the right of the common American to life, liberty and the pure suit of happiness. It has, instead, burdened him with crushing depressions. The solution which will revive and invigorate the great spirit of the American people is a complete political realignment. The realignment has already begun, not in any of the major political parties, but in the minds and hearts of millions of Americans. This alignment will continue to develop until it will be in a position to sweep aside the debris of the old economic systerh and clear the way for the new,
‘Road Beauty Marred’
By Mrs. Leon H. Wallace, Chairman, Civie CGammittee of Nineteenth Century Club of Bloomington.
The State of Indiana has spent many millions of dollars in constructing the new section of Highway 37 between, Bloomington and Martinsville. As everyone knows who has driven over this road, it is not only useful, but also amazingly beautiful. Many of us would like to see this loveliness preserved, but it is threatened by all the usual onslaughts of commercialization. The number of billboards is constantly jncreasing, and each vies with the other for the privilege of obstructing the finest view possible. Something should be done to halt this process before the very great asset which naturally beautiful scenery furnishes to any area is needlessly dissipated. .
What Others Say
THE future of our nation will depend in great measure upon the wisdom and vigor with which the Department of Interior discharges its responsibility to safeguard, develop and utilize the natural resources necessary to maintain a free and thriving society. —Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman.
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> 2 THERE is no antidote to inflation — to the development of a budget surplus and the use of that surplus to retire debt.——Chairman Thomas B. McCabe of Federal Reserve Board, . * © 2 INDIA and Indonesia are absolutely vital to us. Both need food. It is foolish to talk of cutting ‘food production when we can use that food to. such advantage. —Philip Wilkie; Indians
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® oo o THE definition of a liberal has become a man in Washington who wants to play fhe Ale mighty with our money. —Gen. Dwight’ Elsenhower. * > 0 DIVORCE and separation are responsible for some of the darkest evils in our society, —Princess Elizabeth of England.
By Galbraith NATIONAL RESOURCES . .. By Bruce Biossat
New Source of Qil
WASHINGTON, Dec. cropping up now and again that we might run out of oil in 10 to 15 years? Well you can relax. There'll be plenty for “Tine tank as long ay you're around and a lot longer. At reasone able prices, too: This promise comes from a little mountain town named Rifle
24—Ever worry about these stories
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dabor relations. Use of minor officials as negotiators. Lack:
But last September American Overseas Airlines brought over 50 journalists from 10 western Enropean countries for a two weeks’ tour, The ulterior motive was to promote European travel to America. In the open” was the noble objective of prometing international good will, ;
THE journalists wrote back pieces for their papers. It is of course impossible to translate and reproduce all they wrote, It can’t even be summarized in this space. But a few random quotes from 500 different articles will highlight for us
American natives what this =
particular group of visijors got out-of theirstour; at any rate: A columnist who signs himself “Eld” of Daghens Nyheter, 8tockholm, put this in his first article, “I discover America,” written on the plane en route to Tulsh, “the Indian town where we will get off for a while to say hello to the! real Indians: “The stewardess is blond, arld most people would, after seeing her, think they had dis-
— covered enough of the U8. To our surprise we fiscover there
are three stewardesses. When
" ‘the others entered the cabin, a
French Journalist fell backs ward down “the “stairs to the bar and remained there.” # wo» VICKY, cartoonist for the
-- London News Chronicle, saw
and sketched: ‘The largest ‘nite’ club in the world at. 8an Diego . . . The Texans are the most nationalistic of all Ameri-
cans . . . Los Angeles is a city without estrians .. . . All America businessmen look
alike , . . "The hamburger chef
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at Mary Pickford's delicately wore white gloves.” ol -. William Towler, foreign editor of the London Daily Herald: “It is almost impossible to be serious in the western half of the continent. In all the newspapers I have seen, I have
~found-no-item-of international. —
news that makes any attempt to inform readery _of the world's problems. Instead you get this: Los Angeles— jilted pants presser tomahawks matron. 8an Diego—S8exy preachers in love nest scandal.”
. » » AN unsigned article in Unsl Suomi, Helsingfors, Finland;
“Ignorance is to be met here, topo. The . ordinary. citizen knows that Finland has paid its debts, and that is all. Many people: believe Finland is behind the Iron Curtain, and we have answered [ots of curious
. questions.”
Rudoiph Kuestermeler, editor Die Welt, Frankfort, Germany: “I Was mostly impressed by the women, working under equal rights with men (at the Plymouth ‘plant in Detroit): With modern shoes, nylon hose,
richly colored dresses and a: . good make-up, they do not cor-
respond to our female factory workers, They look like ladies ready for an afternoo through the town, One foreman to whom I talked pro said, ‘And they change their dresses every day!” lt, is ts JOHN HALLOWS, Tondon Daily Mail: “The Americans Jhave. more food and more Slots s than ‘they know what with, y new things they {buy must Interest and them. We (Europeans)
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SOP HP AOA BOAO, 6.3. OM 4.8, 03. ap. - "Our mailman is an odd gne! When | told him this was our little gift for him he laughed and said, ‘See you later, end marched- oft, s Tr
"that, and ‘'we' must advertise.
They want it. They will buy it. Let's make it." Ralph Pride, London Evening Post and Telegraph, after President Truman's press con-
ference in the White House:'
“The press made the President
“spell out a man's name. An
other reporter said, “You're go-
ing too fast’ Again Mr. Tru-
man obeyed. This was indeed government at work." . > »
ALFRED P. WADSWORTH,
‘editor, the Manchestér Guard-
“fan, after a trip through the
air - conditioned, windowless Consolidated aircraft plant st Fort Warth, - Tex.: “For the next few years the peace of Europe must depend on the
American B-36 bomber; To the .
European ‘the power that les behind a material triumph like the B-36¢. ., . seems more impressive than it does to Americans, But the ordinary Ameri-
can, to do him justice, is not.
bellicose, In spite of what. the
Communist a" ‘of Europe says, one meely wi
mongering.”
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in Colorado. No ofl there, just something called oil shale, a’ grayish black rock formed from the mud of ancient driedup oceans. ) . » THE first efforts to get the ofl out of impregnated shales
started back in-1926 but were:
given up when great new ofl fields were found. But World War II scared us and we had visions of being dependent on foreign sources should another conflict come. So Congress voted $30,000,000 for research in synthetic fuels.
All along the feeling was -
that even If the experiments paid off, the synthetic oil from shale. would cost. considerably
“more than regular petroleum. But now the Bureau of Mines.
says it has produced oil in its test plant at Rifle at a cost of 2.80" a barrel. That's not far from the cost of oll
~ pumped from fields in Texas.
” . . THE plant superintendent at Rifle says: “We're positive we can produce equal or better products than you get from petroleum.
If this is fndeed 80, the Unit.
ed States apparently hass oil
future wrapped up for a long. time, Geologists figure shale -
reserves could = yleld 365,000,
000,000 barrels, enough to meet’
the country’s industrial needs
for 180 years at current con-
sumption rates. ~. ~ . . YR NOT all the obstacles are out of the way. For one thing, most oil shale deposits are in Colorado, Utah and -Wyoming, an of scanty rainfall. And
. the ing process requires
billions billions of gallons of water to protus. sifeable moun! of oll
But the bureaus’ announcement is a real milestone for motorized, mechanized America. The spectér of a great nation immobilized for want of oil appears to have been pushed into the background a couple of centuries. - THE success of these jexperiments at such an early date is a tribute both to our scientists and the lawmakers whe had the foresight to plan wisely for future security and economic well-being. Americans naturally will be hopeful that success will crown another experiment—the conversion df lignite, a “low-grade brown. coal; into Hquid. syn="
; thetic oil. Lignite, of little use
as coal, occurs by the hundreds of billions of tons in several western states, A similar victory with lignite would ‘mean that the United States could just about strike oll off the list of Sminiahyng
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