Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1950 — Page 18
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No Enorgorcy?
PRESIDENT TRUMAN told his news conference yester-
day that there still is no national coal emergency.
Well, we haven't heard of anybody freezing to death
-yet.
But a lot of people are running out of coal, and don't
« know how or whether they can get any more.
The government has ordered the railroads to take off
a lot of trains because there isn't enough coal to run them. A good many industries are afraid“they’ll soon have to curtail production for lack of coal. And two or three months of winter are still ahead. “Mr. Truman doubtless hopes there is no emergency.
He doesn’t wan
t to have to use the Taft-Hartley Act.
Banker Bell Knows
USUALLY, w
hen a bapker advocates government economy
and budget balancing, it's news of the “dog bites man”
variety.
When banker Daniel W. Bell does it, that's different. He was President Roosevelt's budget director for five
years.
Then for six more years, he served Mr. Roosevelt /
and President Truman as Undersecretary of the Treasury.
He started
in the Treasury Department as a stepog-
rapher and bookkeeper, back in 1911, and worked hx way
up through the ranks.
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So Mr. Bell, now president of a Washington, Bank, gan
HR woul ne, Joker Br Lect EUAHLY™ esa
THE Tax Foundation, Inc., recent speech by Mr: Bell on that 2
x a a oH
RIERA E pe 5) die . r . is distri HA copies of a In it he said:
That, for two years, Congress should enact no law to create any new government function or to expand any present function,
That, during the two trate on finding whether all 1a the last quarter-Zentury
years, Congress should concenernment functions taken on ve been soundly conceived and
financed, and whether economy can afford them. And that Congress ghould then devote another period
to correcting past
For many ment not only guarantee the
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r pol tical pressure and is "Huntly destructive of our mic §1d social order.” —— * Mr. Delierged immediate oconoffios to balance the new
nt
ways.
now, Mr. Bell asserted, our governaccepted the philosophy that it should are of individuals. It also has encouraged for benefits and subsidies. Te a.
OF i Ta added, a eared oo TF
€ But, he said, if “the long road back to sanity in gov-
" is to be followed, businessmen as
well as other pressure groups will have to change thei
_ Business will have to do more than shout for economy.
It will have to rely more on its own ingenuity and stop fooking to Washington for constant help in solving business
problems.
It will have to stop protesting whenever Congress tries to cut down a subsidy or project of special benefit to some . business groupe or busineny interest. -
MR. BELL is ; certainly right about that,
And about
this—that what the country needs today is general recog.
nition of these f
acts:
ONE: “The taxpayer, the fellow who makes the free enterprise system tick, is the one who is short of dollars.”
TWO:
“We have now reached the point where it is
essential to deny, in the best interests of all citizens, the lavish outpouring of dollars to all special-interest groups.”
John Bull
to the Polls
RITAIN'S general elections, called for Feb. 23, may mark a turning péint in English history and will decide the immediate future of British socialism.
“If the Con
gervatives win, they won't return the coal
mines, the public utilities and the Bank of England to private
ownership. But they will halt further nationalization of
industry.
Nationalization of steel and iron is now held in abeyce, pending the election's outcome.
od Many obse
by
rvers believe,” however, that large numbers
. of voters are less concerned about socialism than about such things as food supply, government controls, taxes and pay
envelopes.
THE Labor Party holds 390 of the 640 seats in the present House of Commons. The Conservatives, or Tories,
hold 194; the Liberals 12; Independents the rest.
apportionment 625.
A rewill reduce seats in the next parliament to
A shift away from Labor of 6 per cent of the vote at
the last general elections, in 1945, would give the Tories a
4 per cent edge
in the total vote—enough for a comfortable
majority in the new parliament.Betting odds forecast another Labor victory, although ~ Labor's 1945 leads may be reduced. Statisticians estimate that, since 1045, some 2,500,000 voters have died and about
3,500,000 new voters have come of age.
‘Thousands more
have moved to new homes in dominions and colonies.
ONLY the
elections can tell whether these changes in
# 2 electorate will help the Laborites or thé Conservatives. One thing sure: The vote will be much heavier than ‘national election ever brings cut.
8 presidential election, only about half of ble to vote went to the polls. ‘In Britain's acon 75 o 17 yr oust of he agile
HENRY W, W. MANS
“Friday, Jan. 13, 1950
STEERER
mg
Port Authority, that of operation.
in Collier's
world of today. But Mr.
at Albany, N. Y.
The authority opefates Hudson River crossings, including the’ George Washington bridge and the Lincoln, 4nd Holland tunnels, as well as airports and ééveral other enterprises in New York City and northern New Jersey,
‘Super State’
CRITICAL legislators are calling Jt a “sovwant to know about alleged super-salaries being paid its manSome contend the tolls are too high ahd that the authority is subject to no court
ereign/ super-state” and they agement,
appeals.
. Republican Assemblyman Samuel Rosman of Manhattan assailed the contract-awarding poli~ cies of the authority. He wants a seven-mem-
ber investigating committee.
Democratic Assemblyman Nathan Lashin of the Bronx wants a committee of six to “revise the framework of the authority in the light ot
its present operations.”
State Sen. John M. Braidted Jr. and Assemwr Bawar®V, Curie; BEmoeraty; rh ow
super-state.”
No Answer Given
THEY are seeking ‘to have the New ero legislature also act in the matter. N. J., said that Gov. Driscoll's inquiry into salaries had received no answer
from Trenton,
from the authority as yet.
The contract charges are that an award for the union bus terminal in New York City went for $9,104,759, although Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. sub-
to Turner Construction Co.
mitted a low bid of $8,638, 617.
Calling the authority “a creature removed from all local or state supervision," Mr. Lashin sald administrative salaries are out of line. cited the authority director, Austin J. Tobin, being paid $45,000 a year, while Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York gets $25,000 and Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York City $40,000, in-
cluding his recent raise.
‘Sword Rather Than Shield’
MR. LASHIN said that the authority had used its immunity from suit as "a sword rather than a shield,” despite the fact that it had branched out into the operation of airports and bus and freight terminals not contemplated when it was set up by interstate compact. in
1921.
Howard 8. Cullman, chairman of the authority, sald he had no comment on the Albany
charges and added:
“I will be delighted, as will.my fellow commissioners and the staff, to give any and ‘full information regarding the activities of this public bistate body to any appropriate committee.” No doubt young Mr. Willkie will be interested
in the answers also.
FOSTER'S FOLLIES
BUFFALO — The Nationa! Council of Teachers of English has been told the influence of television may results in networks solely for
schools.
EF nquiry Pushed Philip Willkie May Be Interested in the Answers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-—Dear Boss-—Maybe. it is because he is a member of the Indiana Jegisiature, not one of the states forming the compact which makes possible the New York causes Philip Willkie, Rushville Republican, to he so high on that type
At Town Hall, New York, magazine, in Evansville and elsewhere t Indiana, the son of. the late Wendell L. Willkie has urged that the authority form of setup be used by the GOP to counteract the governmientowned and operated TVA-type of development. The port autharity and Federal Reserve system are Mr. Willkie the two types of things, be contends, which could preserve the initiatjve of private enterprise in carrying out a public policy demanded by Austigana in the
Willkie's friend, Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll, for whom he campaighed for re-elec-tion in New Jersey, is skepticdl enough to have launched his own inquiry Anto port authority salaries, and both Democratic and Republican legislators are clamoring for an Investigation .
Tp Bo rg MR ER aeRO ny and attacked the Laci suthority- a8 “a-sovereign
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New Rai
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—First big Treasury
Dispatches:
mitted.
He nition.
raid of the new session is being organized by the cotton bloc—even as the clamor for government “- gconomy is still rising. Being considered in near-record time behind closed doors of the House Agriculture Committee is a resolution which Agriculture Department officials say would let cotton farmers plant 1,400,000 more acres to cotton than now per-
This extra planting would produce an estimated 750,000 bales—of which, Agriculture Department officials estimate, 600,000 would go to the government at a cost of $150 a bale, or. $90
Ninety million is enough to use up all that Uncle 8am collects in a year from his 20 per cent luxury tax on toilet preparations—such items as baby powder, baby oil, cosmetics, etc,
Taxes Paid by 440,000
IT8 enough to take ait the federal-income————Cotton-farmers-ha paid in a year by 440,000 family men (wife and two children) earning $4000 annual salaries. The resolution was offered by Chairman Harold Cooley (D. N, C.) of the House Agricul- . ture Committee, In addition, 11 other proposals from cotton
state Congressmen are under consideration to
ease the acreage restrictions made under the law passed by Congress last year when it set
the 1950 cotton acreage at 21 million acres.
Some would not add as many acres as would Rep. Cooley's, but all would let more cotton be grown. And we already have too much cotton. The government now owns 3,700,000 bales in which it has about And it has 2,300,000 bales under loan now to
$505 million invested.
cotton farmers on which it can get caught for
ment,
more than an additional $300 million if the farmers turn their cotton over to the govern-
Frank K. Wooley, vice president of the Commodity Credit Corp., says the present allotment, without any increases will produce 3,000,000
more bajes of cotton than we can use or see an
outlet for.
This will be a happy nation,
All the kids will yell with glee, As they get their education Through this simple A-B-see.
And to mom and pop, now moody, Life will be a lot more fun, Hopalong and howdy-doody Should help get that homework done!
NATIONAL DEFENSE . . . By Jim G. Lucas
Air Force ‘Frozen’?
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—Where the security of the United
States is involved, Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington heads the
administration's loyal opposition,
Mr. Symington makes no secret of his disagreement with his bosses, Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and President Truman. ‘The President says his defense plans “provide an increasing meas-
ure of security.” Mr. Johnson says we are buying “the most effective defense posse’. M», Syme. ington, on the
. positive the Air Force has ' been frozen far below . “what is neceg Cessary for the minimum peacetime .security of the United States.” Basis of their disagreement is the T0- - group Air Force. President Truman says we can't afford it; that 48 groups is all we can fit into a “balanced (military) structure which can be maintained over a period of years.” Mr. Johnson concurs. Moreover, he says, a military machine Including 48 air groups gives us “sufficiency of defense for the hour. Mr. Symington this week again came up with a loud dissent. He told Mr. Johnson's budget news conference that he agreed to 48 groups only on the theory that "Economic dis< aster might be the equivalent to military disaster.” But he added: “This does not change the conviction of the Air Force
Mr.
Symington
"that from a purely military
standpoint 70 groups. is nec
cessary for the minimum peacetime SeEary of the United nate." . »
other hand, is’
two
in the congressional B-36 hear- . ings; Secretaries Johnson and”
Symington were effectively amiable about their differences. Mr. Johnson said Mr. Symington was entitled to his opin fon; was "saying exactly what he thinks.". By the same token, yhe said, the Secretary of Defense is entitied to his, Only the Becretary of Defense wins the argument. Without 70 groups Mr. S8ymington said we are unprepared to meet an enemy attack. If Congress asks him, that's what he'll say. He's been saying it for four years, and he sees no reason to change. In view of the President's decision, ‘he said, he wouldn't ask Congress to revolt—as it has done the last yvears—and appropriate more than the President asks.
» w » BUT, he added, he'll never turn down more money for more airplanes, Mr. Johnson said he wasn't surprised. If all the services got all they wanted, he said, next year's $13.5 billion military budget would be $20.5 billion, “It is my opinion,” he said, “that this country cannot, in time of peace, afford to support a military establishment of the size that military considerations alone might call for,
“Obviously, if we were to sub-
“mit to Congress & budget which simply represented the totals of their estimates, we would materially affect the stability of the national economy.
. »w : a “WITH the funds available,
Acreage Cuts
: " REP. COOLEY and his supporters say that the present law has resulted in acreage cuts of as much as 75 per cent for some cotton farmers, that these farmers will suffer a unless the law is changed. They argue that their amendment will not
real hardship
SIDE GLLANCES
bok V5 NE Ric EY aA
id.on aay Started
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boost total cotton plantings above the 21 million acres set by Congress since by historical experience only about 19 million of the 21 million acres actually would have been planted, They admit though that their: proposed change would produce more cotton than would be grown under the present law. Some- cotton-state Congressmen blame the Agriculture Department for faulty administration of the new law—for permitting some farmers to get too many acres for cotton while iy Ing others huge “unjustified” slashes. ;
Strict Controls. ALL THIS results from the fact that the
“government supports the price of cotton.
With huge stocks on hand and in prospect, the government last fall proclaimed acreage allotments and marketing quotas for the 1950 cotton crop—striet controls to reduce produc , Hom. ~by-&-vote-of-more “than 66 per cent; had they not, their crop wauld not have been eligible for support at 80 per cent of parity.
It was when the government, through coun-
ty agricultural committees, started cutting acreage that the howls started which ngw are spurring the cotton-state Congressmen.
Barbs—
ENGLAND has a post office on wheels, but the letter paper Britons use continues to be stationery.
GERMAN dentists make cavity fillings out
of artificial silk. What the world needs is a
drill made out of it.
A COUPLE in North Carolina got married on a locomotive. Now, isn't that Just choo, choo clever? .
A PSYCHOLOGIST says most people are habitually poor guessers. At the race track most habitual guessers are poor people,
MARRIAGE is a civil contract—and some-
times the contract is the only thing civil about it.
SURVEY shows there are more than 7000 trotting horses in this country-—and at least that many rocking horses on the race tracks.
A STRIKE in a tannery has ended and all of the workers have gone back into hiding.
4 Some more support?
. Secretary Charles Brannan.
‘Threat to Citizens’ ; ‘By Frank F. Mitchell, 525 E. 17th St,
I am writing to call your attention to a very serious threat to the citizens of Indianapolis in the form of an ever-increasing fare boost given
- by the Public Service Commissioners to the
Indianapolis Railways, Inc. Patrons of the Indianapolis Railways, The. are you content paying these ever-increasing fare rates? If so, just remain silent, which will" help this firm go to limits far beyond your expectations, But if you, like myself, are not satisfied with them, and neither with the Public Service Commissioners, then let's get doing something about this situation. Ask yourself this question: Is it worth sdme time and a few cents to write to the officials, or let this go unattended and continue to pay the higher rates? I have made the first move, How about The question will be an-
_ swer#d by the cards and letters sent. Now, not ome other time.
sy
eontroversy about when socialism, came into being. One writer says the Socialist Labbr Party has had a presidential candidate in each election since 1802, He is in error. It nominated a candidate for President in 1892 and 1016. Then in 1920 the party temporarily disappeared. But in 1024 it entered the presidential list again. The Socialist Party came into being after 1900. It was a continuation of the Social Democratic Party. Eugene V. Debs received the nomination for President in 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920. One Forum writer defies anyone to show that Marxism meant anything other than that the production should go to the producer instead of for profit. That was only Marx's idea put out to influence the poor and ignorant, But his ultimate purpose was just what Russia is practicing today—100 per cent dictatorship, and share nothing. Just take what the dictators give and like if, or elise.
What Others Say
that it would be a catastrophe — eS isastrous to cut ECA below what is
required to
ed the Marshall Plan and we can’t turn back now.—Chairman John Kee (D), West Virginia, of House Foreign airs Committee,
IF farmers stay experience of the past every reason to believe t with their more compulsi be needed in 1951 or later. stake in making allotments
hin their allotments, our ould indicate there Is t marketing quotas— features—will not armers have a big rk.—-Agriculture
the Russian bomb.—~National Municipal® dent Charles Edison.
SOME contemporary cynics deride as visi ary Japan's constitutional renunciation of th concept of belligerency and armed security. Be not overly concerned by such detractors . .-. This provision is based upon the highest of moral ideals.—Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
MORALS of young people today are about. like they have been in the past—neither better nor worse.—Dr. Marion 8, Smith, marriage relations teacher at Louisiana State,
By Gal braith COAL CRISIS . . . By Fred W. Perkins
last June.
stalemates,
‘downs, but
ferences time:
There have been many previous conflicts and quarrels,
and slowthere are significant dif - this
Never be-
Guessing Lewis’ Move
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—Is John L. Lewis trying to prod the government into court action that would get him out of the tightest box of his turbulent career? Such a theory is gaining acceptance among coal operators and others unable otherwise to explain the maneuvers of the United Mine Worker boss since the present coal row started
position. to his control of the big union, » » » TWICE in the past three years Mr. Lewis has felt this strong hand when he refused or hesitated to obey. His union has paid $2.1 million in fines, and he has been assessed an additional $30,000.
I note recently in the Forum quite a bit of ca
OPN, 1980 BY NEA SERVIOL, INO, T. WM. REG. WB. PAT, OFF. l
"| don't think a little dieting is going to hurt any of us!”
we are securing the most ef. fective defense possible. The effectiveness of the military is substantially improved -compared with a year or two years Mr. Johnson insisted that the military budget does not merely “divide up” thé dollar. Instead, he ‘said, “it is a'trans-
pletely satisfied. for the first time there appeared to be no real bitterness about the division of next year's money. Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval operations called the budget “ and about in- (line) with able
(Army, Navy and Air Force)
responsibilities in the current world strategic situation.”
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faced by such solid operator opposition for long a and
J. L. Lewis
time,
' never before has he been un-
able to find a soft spot where he could drive a wedge between large competitive groups. » Ne a
. - AND never before have so many signs of disaffection shown up among the coal min-
‘ers. They have nothing but
short pay envelopes to show for a succession of strikes and curtailed work weeks, These circumstances: lead
or NLRB General
The ‘prod theory" gained strength from a statement just issued by Mr. Lewis, directed primarily against Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. O0.), identified as “flamboyant oppressor of the poor,” and Mr. Truman, labeled “hatchetman for the high-profit tong.” Mr. Taft is among those urging President Truman to get an emergency injunction under the Taft-Hartley Law. ~ » »
MR. DENHAM is studying another kind of action under the same statute, demanded by most important groups of operators as a means of forcing Mr. Lewis to the bargaining table on a new contract and to call off the three-day weeks
“opinion that either President . g.4 on and off strikes that ¥ n that ac~
company them.
Asia Policy UNLESS . . . there is a drastic reversal of policy In Asia
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