Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1949 — Page 14

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Give TAghE and the People Will Ping Ihe Own Woy

Can Congress Be Thrifty? i Congress are straggling back to Washing- ~™"% ton for the session which begins next Tuesday. "They've been talking to the folks back home. Many of them say they've never before found those folks so stirred

economy, “

most determined effort yet made to balance the budget by drastic cuts in spending. | + Congress has strong incentive to “be thrifty in 1950.” It doesn’t want to boost taxes in an election year—in fact, © jt would like to repeal the wartime excise taxes. But neither “does it want to bear, or share, the blame for another whopping federal deficit. Two things are sure: ONE: Congress has a special duty, under the Constitution, to exercise firm control over the government's purse strings. TWO: If Congress is to perform that duty to the extent budget balancing would require, at present tax rates and without the wartime excises, its methods of control will have to be vastly improved. pak ; ¥ yn» THE 1946 La Follette-Monroney Act provided that Congress should adopt, early in each annual session, a legislaThis tas to be its guide in keeping spending line with revenue. The legislative-budget idea is $aid to have proved impractical. The fact is that it has never been fairly tried.

a * . A somewhat different idea is to be tested in the comsion. By general agreement in both House and Sen-

plying these ds. The burden of producing such e , for which nothing is received in return, is impairing her whole economy. . On the other hand, the nations to whom Britain is in-

open market. The goods Britain sends them form the bulk of the economic aid they are receiving from the West, If shipments are halted and not replaced from other sources the new governments in southeast Asia might find themselves in serious difficulties. _ . . "The only source of potential relief is Uncle Sam. So rection, waiting for us to bail them out. Which overlooks the point that Uncle Sam, himself, is deep in the red. Nor is that the whole story. » . . . . r BRITAIN doesn’t want to open the Indian market to us. She wants us to refinance her obligations so that India can continue to buy from Britain, but for cash.

Pakistan are at the point of war over Kashmir. Both na-. tions are investing heavily in armament, Pakistan, it is reported, up to 68 per cent of gurrent income. Money sent to these two nations might be used to fihance both sides in a war which could become another global conflagration, 9 - This is something we should not buy into. ag oe

Meanings

"THE word “tun” has 832 meanings in the American version of the English language. For this information we are -to Dr. Irving Lorge of Columbia University, who has just completed the 15-year job of editing a book entitled “The Semantic Count of the 570 Commonest Words.” Maybe that book can help to settle an argument, remini“seent of the days of Calvin Coolidge and now revived in con- ~ nection with the president of Columbia University, to wit: Whether the words “I do not choose to run” have more © than one meaning in the American version of the English

‘Doing Well : A ‘Rita Hayworth finally had her baby. No gov- _ ernments toppled. The stock market stayed calm. nt Truman didn't call a Cabinet meeting. On

up about federal spending and high taxes or so insistent on i Some of them predict that the new session will see the

* all concerned are looking over their shoulders in this di-

Then there is the matter of world peace. India and

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Saving Bipartisan Method . Up 10 President Truman

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 President Truman probably is the only person who can save the “bipartisan method in foreign policy, which Sen, Wherry, Republican floor leader, has repudiated, Ben. Vandenberg, Republican foreign policy leader, can’t do it alone; though his help will be important, Nor can Chairman Connally of the: Foreign Relations Committee, who has worked with Mr. Vandenberg to elevate diplomatic policy above partisan levels. Mr. Wherry and his isolationist colleagues could not kill a healthy and popular bipartisan

ship. But'they can bury a phony one. It has not Jeacned that state yet. But that ig the trend. sda :

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One-Sided Device

THE President is chiefly responsible. More

and more he has misused this two-way method

as a one-sided device to get a Republican rub-ber-stamp on administration policy without prior consultation. : Joint maturing of major policy is the justification of bipartisanship, Without advance cooperation it becomes a trick to evade the democratic process of opposition debate. . © "The administration never has lived up fully to its obligations under the bipartisan method. From the beginning, Far Eastern policy—if the State Department's naive blundering in China can be called a policy-—has been set apart as too sacred and secret for Sen, Vandenberg and mere Republicans to consider. Even when a Democratic Congress voted ald to China, the administration falled to use the money as intended.

‘In-and-Out Policy

IN Middle Eastern policy the record has been in-and-out, though Sen. Vandenberg rescued the original Truman doctrine for Greece and Turkey after. the’ President botched ft, Likewise in the Latin-American field, where the bipartisan method started, the administration's record has been uneven. Only in European policy has the method operated, and then mainly in the field of Marshall ald. But there the President had no choice. This was in one of the few realms where Congress has an immediate and absolute check ontoreign Joticy- 4uppiying money. And there e ra on occasion managed to divert funds. hi

Dangerous Tactics THE President's fear of isolationist wrecking tactics is understandable. These tactics are dangerous not only to the European Recovery Plan in particular. They also involve an attempt at congrassional usurpation of foreign policy Jawine which the Constitution gives to the

. But our constitutional system of checks and

balances cannot work without mutual co-opera- ..

tion. In foreign affairs especially, unless the President co-operates fully with those in Conian who rise above partisanship the system

Unless Truman statesmanship matches Vandenberg statesmanship, the result will be stale- : mate or worse.

GRANDMOTHER'S ANGEL

“Grandmother's angel,” oft’ she said, Patting his weeping baby head, Grandmother's angel 80 he grew, Named by the relative she knew.

- Grandmother knew the things he did, But all of the naughty ones she hid, He was her greatest pride and joy, Growing into a sturdy boy.

I'll wait for you til war is done.”

True and true these words she spoke Never a promise had she broke, Back from the shelling and the blast, Grandmother's angel came at last, Only to be clasped to her breast, For 10 sweet days, before her rest.

~Opal McGuire, 814 Broadway

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

CALCUTTA —A 16-year-old Hindu girl, who believes she is the reincarnation of a goddess, is living on @ diet of flower petals and leaves.

One need not be reincarnated To thrive on plain petals and leaves, But somehow we can't advocate it— Not even for Adams and Eves,

It may work all right in the summer, When flowers and saplings grow tall, But what does she do in days glummer? Eat snowballs in winter and fall?

WAR STRATEGY . . . By Jim G. Lucas

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OUTLOOK ON LIFE . . . By Peter Edson

Vandenberg’s Views on Future

. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—Three months and one serious operation after his last big public statement, Republican Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan returned to Washington and promptly called a press conference.

His old fire still gleamed in his eyes, but he

showed that he had been through an ordeal. He has lost weight, he has not regained his color, _ his eyes seemed deeper set. He admitted frankly

that he would have to take it easy ‘for a few weeks more, till he got his strength back. It is not just coincidence that these two appearances, before and after his operation, produced statements to the press. Last September it was a short speech before 50 visiting European journalists and the Washington Overseas Writers. Sen. Vandenbwg was not too sure this might not be his last speech. He wanted it to be good,

Without being at all morbid about it, this speech was in the nature of a testament from the Senator who had been the principal Republican architect of bi-partisan foreign policy.

Speech in September THE highlights of his remarks of Sept. 19 are worth repeating as background for what he has to say now. He said then: “Wherever printer's ink flows freely—to reg-

“ister the aspirations of free men—lberty will

never perish. . . . Our free and independent nations are winning the cold war.” The Senator then spelled out the Senate's bi-partisan foreign policy record in voting overwhelmingly for the UN Charter, Marshall Plan, North Atlantic Pact and arms aid bill “Qur relentless purpose must be to stop another war before it starts,” he said. “The task is well begun—but, gentlemen, it is only just begun. . . . The testing time must now be met. .. . Successive stop-gaps will not do. “There are definite limits to the American re-

sources. which we can safely invest in foreign!

aid... . You who come to us tonight from brave nations overseas will be the first to recognize this fact. “There are critically vital things which .rest exclusively in your hands. . . . Our partnership is based on self-help and mutual aid. . . . That requires the earliest possible self-sufficiency within each of your magnificent nations by your own courageously effective work, : ° “We are joined together in a crusade for an honorable peace. . . . S80 long:as we preserve and strengthen and expand this fraternity, we labor

‘SIDE GI'ANCES

U. S. Naval Power | :

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—Who does the Navy expect to fight? The question is asked so frequently—and so critically—that

naval strategists are beginning to be annoyed.

It implies, they say, that since no potential enemy has a navy of any size, ours is surplus baggage. It implies further, they fear, that the Navy won't be used offensively in any possible World

War III; that, at best, it will

in the vineyard of the Lord and . bless our dedications.”

Given Rising Ovation

MUCH applause followed and a rising ovadon. The chairman of the meeting, Paul Wootfi of overseas writers said, “This is a speech .that will live.” ‘ Sen. Vandenberg then went to the hospital for a major operation which he describes as “something like war.” He survives it and returns to Washington for a new session of Con-

gress. How has it affected his high idealism of _

last September? He calls a press conference, opens by saying

. that he does not know what the press will want

to talk to him about, then pulls from his pocket four prepared statements which he himself has typed out that very morning, He says there are no specific events which have inspired these statements. He is just making them for the press. Here are three of the highlights which reveal his new outlook on life: ONE: “I expect foreign ald to be sharply reduced in 1950. . . . It is time for self-help abroad. « + + Our own, budget pressure requires total economy all along the line. Let us never forget that so-called foreign aid is dictated by our own self-interest.” 3

TWO: “The bi-partisan foreign policy . . .’

does not involve the remotest surrender of fiee debate in determining our position. .. . I would expect that Republicans in the next Congress will generally continue to support such a concept. But I want to reiterate that there has been and is no legitimate element of secrecy or gag

“in such a process.”

Safe Foundations

THREE: “What the Republican Party ought to: stand for: To restore the American system to safe foundations before it is too late, and to gear dependable progress with national solvency and individual freedom.” Sen. Vandenberg admitted that this last was a generality. He refused to go into details of any of his new policy statements, saying this was no time for snap judgments, in a state of flux. He would not define what “The American system” was. When a reporter asked if this business about “restoring” the American system didn’t sound too much like going backwards, the Sefator smiled and said he also talked about “progress,” which was going forward.

By Galbraith

do not agree with word that you say, but

«+ He will

vill defoid tothe death your jot te say bn." ‘Fear of Fair Deal’ ~~ _ By C.D. C., Terre a ¥ L208 Mrs. Walter Haggerty tells us through the

Forum that average readers do not take an un. named writer very seriously, Assuming she 1s an average reader her ac. tions belie that statement because she does take unnamed writers seriously if they happen to show up the New Deal and the Fair Deal, She then goes on to say “those who live in fear of their own Government have a lot of explaining to do.” mT That of course should be comparatively easy for any one of ordinary intelligence, Our whole government structure for the past several years his been literally honey-combed with Communists and Communist sympathizers who had access to state secrets that we ordi. nary Americans were not allowed to know about, Naturally, since their allegiance was to Stalin they gave him all the information he needed and there is good reasons to believe they learned how to make the atom bomb from this source, Not only that but Communists became boarders at the White House while F.D.R. was President, Furthermore he built a great: political machine through the labor unions and many unions were at that time and still are being run by Communists. Yes, Mrs. Haggerty we fear a government when the President promises the mothers of "America that he wouldn't send their sons to fight on foreign soll in order to become Presi. dent of the U. 8. for a third term. . . Likewise, we fear a Fair Deal Governor who in ofder to be elected promises the people he will repeal the cigaret tax, do away with property taxes and pay the veterans a bonus withe out increasing taxes and not only fails to do sé t now tells us our taxes will have to be increased. yt ; Unfortunately, of course for the New Deal and: Fair Deal there are a few outcasts known as businessmen who still believe in honesty and integrity and that a man’s word is a sacred trust that should be as good as a gold banknote, Mrs, Haggerty then goes on to tell us that the New Deal and the Fair Deal is a “new era” or an era of good feeling toward our neighbors throughout the world. It is highly probable of course that loyal Nazis believed this same kind of hogwash about their respective Governments. . Our own foreign policy has become a Frankenstein. In some parts of the world we are only tolerated because we are playing Santa Claus and if we should step out Russia will step in, Where is this era of good feeling? Mrs. Haggerty then tells us that one third of the Nations’ families live far below the minimum necessary for health’ and decency; Possibly ‘so, It was Hitler who raised thé standard of living in Germany and Mussolini who did the same thing for the Italians and in spite of these les sons we still have political planners who believe that an all powerful government in Washington should tax two-thirds of the people to maintain one-third in a sort of luxury they cannot afford and will not provide for themselves,

‘Another Awakening’ By nce Love, Marshall, Ind.

The Renaissance was a gréat revival of learning and classical art in Europe from the 14th to 16th Centuries. It marked the period of a great awakening from medieval to modern methods of thought, study and reasoning on both economics and religion. Men's minds were ready to receive new impressions and a new impetus was given, and a great desire for learning was created. This learning was sought in a freer broader spirit, unrestricted by: the narrow limits previously imposed by the clergy and conventionality, + One of the vital elements in the great move-

‘ment was the preception of man’s dignity as a |

knowing being. * i The world today is on the threshhold of another awakening and will soon demand to know why he must have one war after another in a world of unlimited natural resources, mass production know-how, technicians and the atom that can be turned into an unlimited supply of power for production, instead of destruction, Why should. we have periods of boom and bust, poverty and misery with half of the people inadequately housed, clothed, educated and fed?

What Others Say

THIS is a very testing time . . .I believe

that the world is going through one of its vast.

secular revolutions . . .a switchover in human affairs such as the world has not seen since Roman days.—Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery.

AMERICANS now spend $8.8 billion a year .

to drink 2,928,000,000 gallons of liquor, wine and beer, as compared with $2 billion for 1,331,000,000 gallons in 1934, the first completely wet year after prohibition.—Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the Women's Christian Témperance Union.

RESERVES WASTED . . . By Ruth Finney

Water Supply Fades

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—Most of the states east of the Mississippl will wake up some day to find their water supplies almost gone—as New York has this winter, Michael W. Straus, Reclamation Commissioner, says Geological Survey records have indicated for 10 years that this condition has been developing.

be relegated to convoy duty. Navy men insist such reasoning is shallow. But they are not always able to answer In language laymen understand. Now apparently they have found persuasive advocates, . »

IN “Victory in the Pacific” ~-the last of five volumes of authorized Navy Battle Reports—Capt. Walter Karig, a reserve officer on active duty

and his competent staff pre-,

er did what few of the taxpayers who supported it had deemed possible. It stood up under the full wrath of enemy alr power and, against incredible odds, beat and destroyed land-based enemy “air forces less than two hours flying time fram their home fields.” » w » CAPT. KARIG says only the “fanatical pride of a few, but well nigh dominant, Japanese generals prevented a peace that

sent the Navy viewpoint as. ™ight well have been signed

tellingly as it ever has been expressed. Capt. Karig, already well established as an author, is a Navy partisan. But his parti-

nship, in the past, has always

to his inherent sense of values and honest reporting. It

_does_ in “Victory in the Pa-

cific.” : Capt. Karig writes that it is no paradox that “the greatest

single demonstration of sea.

power —air-sea power—saw no fleets engaged. . ~

. “AMERICAN sea power whittled Japan down to its

original size. It destroyed the

Japanese fleets of wir and commerce. It made possible the devastating - B-29 raids that leveled Japan's cities; first by capture’ of Mariands and the Bonin Islands as bomber bases: second, by attrition of. the Japanese fighter plane forces with carrier by transporting the fuel and bombs that powered and armed the Flying Fortresses,

States‘over the long, hard road

from Guaddlcanal to Okinawa.

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aviation; third,”

on July 4." The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he says, “were welcomed by them, for the appalling destruction of those epoch making missiles wrought on tens of thousands of women and children saved face for the generals.” in Capt. Karig's foreword, Hisatsume Sakomizu, chief Japanese cabinet secretary, calls the A-bomb “the Kamikaze that saved Japan--it was a “good excuse” to quit. . . ” “FOR almost three uninterrupted months the Fast Carrier Task Force operated no farther than 350 miles from the main Japanese islands, often much closer, without losing a single ship,” Capt. Karig sald. “No carrier, no battleship, no cruiser—no destroyer, even--of that long arm of sea-alr power was sunk. Six carriers were damaged, four in the first 30 days, each to be immediate-

“ly replaced. It was attacked by

more than 3000 planes in those

80 days, and destroyed 2336.

“(They) did this while on the defensive, while

being deliberately used as bait to attract

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"How can | help worrying when they're home from college— always wondering where they are!"

suiciders from ground operations, and -made this unorthodox employment profitable.” » ” .

BUT Capt. Karig, with other naval men, does not think carriers should be used defensively: They are, primarily, offensive weapons, and, in the view of Navy men, to use them in any other way is wasteful and foolish, 3 a ““The big carriers could have been used for fast strikes

against the enemy's homeland, disrupti his movement of aircraft forward areas and destroying his aircraft industry, but for one thing,” he says, “They were needed wliere the: were. (off Okinawa) until landfighters in _suMcient

“sevengt to protect the 10th

Army and it$ supply lines could be established, Result: “The carriers had to remain at Okinawa as live bait for Kamikazes almost until the end.” \

The New. England states, New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio, are already feeling the pinch, as well as New York. And this is not due, he says to drought conditions. Over the time when the falling water levels have been showing up in the records, the decline in rainfall has been negligible. . » ¥ IT'S due, Mr, Straus says, to waste and failyre to “plan JAdequate water supplies in a period when use of water has been increasing y. : The result is that ground water supplies—the pools You draw on when you pump-—-have been depleted twice as fast in the past 15 years as in earlier periods. Mr. Straus says there's no danger of the United States being “desertized” if it acts

promptly. Asia Minor and Babylon had

' good water control works and

even some protection of their watersheds, and went back to desert anyway. Ceylon had a

well-worked out water system .

some 1200 years ago: lost it, and lost a economy that went with it. "on BUT Mr. Straus believes the sort of planning 17 western states have had for years under Reclamation can assure the rest of the countty of all the water the states will ever need. The trick Is to get started, and put an end to daily waste of 1,300,000,000

controlled streams.

cubic feet of water from unThe West learned, long ago,

how to move water over long distances to cities where pop-out-stripped easily

available supplies. In California, water is moved 500 miles to some of the southern cities, and the Reclamation Bureau is working out plans’ that would allow transfer of water all the y from the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon, to Los Angeles, a thousand miles away, ~ » . THEY also are working on plans to transfer Missouri basin water to parts of Texas. Congressional action would be needed to authorize either the Reclamation Bureau or the Army Engineers to start planning conservation of water in the East and Midwest. The engineers may try to get it, as part of their drive to prevent transfer of their civil functions to , Interior, as the Hoover Commission has recommended. - » mean billions of

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dollars to the taxpayers if a '

conflict develops in Congress as to whether the Army Engineers or Reclamation shall

Plan for eastern water works,

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