Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1950 — Page 20

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Palitcs i in the Courtroom

‘the spotlight on one of the most grievous ills of Indiana

w olitics. Judge Hamill, one of the ablest orists this county: has had is quitting the bench because he feels that partisan political pressures interfere with impartial administration of the courts. That they should is inherent in our system of electing judges. A man who wants to-be a judge must be nominated * by a political party in a primary, sometimes after a hard

J yon.

HE OWES a * litical debt, whether or "Hot he is ever

und another election; -if he hopes to stay-in-e Times for years has advocated removal of all courts

: from the pressures of partisan politics. Most lawyers have

agreed with us. A good many other states have found means

Indiana can find such means, too. 2 Judge Hamill has performed another peat service to te by pointing the way.

Joo Many Citizens Don't Vote 7 MORE Indiana citizens would go to the polls and cast ballots with a full knowledge of the issues and candidates, they could contribute greatly to solving somie of jolitical ills. an effort to get more people interested in local and state politics, the State Chamber of Commerce has issued

_a publication called, “Citizenship Participation Handbook.”

It outlines the issues likely to dominate the 1950 elections and urges more eligible voters to take part in ‘public affairs.

VOTING Statistics in Indiana show ‘that only one out of three eligible voters go to the polls in the May primaries to nominate party candidates. This means that thé candidates for public office on the ballots in the November election are selected by only one-third of the voters, - Even in the vitally important November election when the officials who serve the public for four years are chosen, ~ only two-thirds of the eligible voters cast ballots. "In the 1948 election, the number of voters who stayed @ exceeded the number who voted for any winning cansNept in the Governor race.

THIS trend, if continued, would eave he "selection of

h _ didy

~ tes to a small-group of orgenized voters dominated by professional politicians. ; ~The campaign of the State Chamber of Commerce-to. get more citizens participating in public affairs deserves tHe dupport of all citizens for more progress in practical democracy.

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ERIOR Court. Judge Ralph Hamill yesterday turned

campaign, and then elected to. the office after another hard... aign. He goes into office, of necessity, owing his nomito a party faction, and his election to; a party

asked for payment. And he does have to face another party =:

’ “pi officials from the Governor down to township trus- =

LOG-ROLLING : Lan By Eorl Richt i Special Groups Seek U. S. Aid

Vote-Trading Detls Seen On Price Support Bills

"WASHINGTON, Feb. 2--An old, old story—

Special ‘groups and log-rolling—once more is :

* getting a workout in the halls of Congress.

One special group goes to Congress for gov- > Other special groups gee the

‘ernment aid.

first “getting theirs” and quickly get in line,

—_Z préelaiming loudly that there 15 just as much —

Justice in their cause.

Then come votestrade deals, the special bills : -of all are passed, and the only loser is Hie ;

deficit-ridden Federal Tresaury.

The Southern cottonpeanut bloc js now on

the floor of the House with a bill to get more acreage for cotton and peanut planters, although the government already has surpluses and the Agriculture Department estimates that the present acreage law will praduce more cotton and peanuts than we can use for export. Estimated cost of the cotton-peanut bill to * the government: $80 million to $130 million.

Wheat Bloc > : S

WAITING in line behind the cotton= «peanut bloc are fhe wheat-state Congressmen. The House Agricilturé Cormimittee, which approved

the cotton: "peanut bill, is now holding hearings.

to determine whether to renew

which this year added about four million acres’ of wheat to what would have been planted

loge gimmick: dey the-elirrent-taw Nr tt"

And in the Meantime— | a Talburt “Sl

TETUT= WE'LL GET IT

AS WE PATCH

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otherwise. All this produces more surpluses for the governmént to buy. Rep. Clifford Hope Kas.), leader of the

(R, House

cotton- ~-peanut bill, v And the .corn-area Congressmen have declared themselves in.”

“Rep. Hope

; They don’t know yet that they will need spe1at leave 10 indebtedness to any Par- ou pein. But they've got the record “straight.

If they do need aid. they'll get it. Corn-area Republicans Leslie Arends of IIlinois and Charles B, Hoeven of Iowa got a promise from pro-cotton Chairman Harold Cooley (D. N. C.) that his House Agricultiire Committee would give quick attention to any complaints that come from the corn belt concerning acreage reductions,

Soma Injustices

CORN farmers aren't complaining yet be--cause the 20 per cent national reduction has not been translated into specific acreages for their farms, Rep. Hoeven said he just wanted to Bet into- position for any eventuality,

All this was almost too much for Rep. -

Walter Granger (D, Utah) who wants Congress to-aHot $80 million a year to aid distressed lead; copper and zinc mines. “What kind of justice is this?” he stormed on

the House floor, after pointing out that the

mining subsidy bill had been “slumbering” in

the House Rules Committee while the commit-

“tee, dominated by Southern Congressmen, had

approved the cotton-peanut bill.

He said many ore miners were out of jobs

and had used up ‘their unemployment compen- °

sation while no one in the cotton belt had yet been hurt, _ Getting Into. Position GEL

REP. GRANGER said though that he would vote for. the cotton-peanut bill because he be-

- leved some Injustices had been done to Texas

growers under the present acredge allotment system.

“But some day, we're going to have to stand

—up-and face the facts and not be

every time we get & letter from someone who doesn't like hiz acr allotment.” Rep. Reid Murray (R. Wis.) sald the whole business wa# another {Illustration of the domination by the cotton, wheat and corn interests over the government's farm program and available Treasury dollars.

YOUNG MAN. OF MANHATTAN

: Nighy John iL + =

IGHTY John L. Lewis has successfully resisted all the

ent has called for resumption: of “normal” coal production for at least 70 days, beginning Monday, and has given Mr. Lewis and the operators until noon Saturday to agree to that. If they couldn't, he has given them until 5 p. m. Saturday for acceptance of a fact-finding board . Which would make recommendations for settlement of their controversy.

THE PRESIDENT is still withholding his most effec-" tive measure—the Taft-Hartley Law. Not because he fears it would be ineffective, but because he made repeal of that “of “the chief issues of His election campaign. a He mildly asks that John L. Lewis agree to a 70-day ph of production, which would carry the country

under the injunctive progress of the Taft- Harlley Lay “he could compel 80 days of production. ” 22.2Though we hope for the best, we predict sotiing will

ns come of the newest Truman device: If John LI: Lewis is to bé& pried loose; it will I sake a depth charge of Taft-Hartley -

TNT.

* Another World's First

T Tuesday the vast Glidden food and paint empire

ill formally dedicate its greatest gift to Indiana, a $3 Billion soybean processing plant on W. 18th St.. * It is the world’s largest soybean processing plant. with a cRpacity of 250 tons of beans a day. Its magnificent towers reach up 190 feet toward the peaceful Hoosier clouds. In this structure I we see a glowing dollars-and- cents expression of confidence in Indiana's stability, and Hoosier ability to produce wealth from the riches of its fertile soil. ". So it is with an abiding sense of gratitude that we,

- along with the rest of the community, accept this industrial gift, which will surely carry the name of Indiana: to hungry

mouths and man and beast the world around.

~ Serves ‘em Right TRONOMERS, both amateurs and pro, have their spy

Rr, a

-® glasses trained on the northwest skies where a new Star, called Bertaud's Nova, has flashed into sudden bril- -

-~ = Fhe star, hitherto annoticed, is in the constellation of °

Lacerta, the lizard. It's the third time within 40 years that such an apparent cosmic explosion has been noted in the ~ same constellation. san. Astronomers do not know the cause of these flareups. * For this we take the word of Science Service, lacking time fora Gallup Poll around the observatories. We don't know /shther, but we'll give them an idea to work on. .

-Itisan interesting and perhaps significant coin¢idence |

there have been so many “novas” inithe same general

a . Maybe the Lacertites, too, have been Mugging v

soe of a ag a kam bom

: ar “gentle tugs of President Truman to budge him. The

“present emergency into warm weather, whereas

There was a young man of Manhattan Who conversed just, in Sanskrit and Latin. Of friends he had few, For very few knew What he tajked about when he was chattin’,

—Myra Ahler 'TIS SAID There are no water meters in New York City and engineers warned of the water short-

age 25 years ago; but na one did anything about it. Oh well, think of the happy children on

bathless Fridays. B.C, Indianapolis.

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BEHIND THE SCENES .'+ . By Peter Edson

Dinner

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SAMMDAN

OFF YOUR NECK: JUST AS SOON

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MILITARY RESEARCH. +. By Jim G. Lucas pe

U. S. Seen Lagging i in Science

WASHINGTON, Feb, 2—World War IIT— -

“At least in {ts research and Sevelopment stages’ started in 1045, according to Dr. B. H

received Nobel prizes, while the same prize went to 115 Europeans. Since 1048, the picture has improved. Nevertheless, the post-1948 score still

* Williams, a teacher at the Armed Forces Indus- N is 16 to 12 in favor of Europeans.

trial College in Washington.

What's more, he says, the Boviets “have a

* realistic understanding of that grim fact,” if the United States does not. Dr. Williams, writing in the current Issue of the-Army Command-and General-Staff College's “Military Review,” is not happy about our ability to fight a scientific war. - He warns that the United States has always “been something of a laggard in the field of pure science.” Our scientists have gone into industry rather than the laboratory. Even though we were first to develop the atom bomb, he —says, the real story is“ -because general foreign origin of the basic theory behind the bomb.”

Critical Phase

even

of the

op Dr. Williams finds little comfort in the fact first developed the A-bomb. He says all the. ework was done by British, French, German, Russian, Swiss, Danish and Italian scientists, It is significant, he says, that when we } that the Germana-had split the-uranium-atom in 1939 we were told by “foreign-born and foreign-educated scholars residing in the United States.”

Prospects “Not Bright “IF WE do not speedily reach a position of leadership in this work,” he warns, “the prospects for our mato security are anything but bright.” ~ If ancther war came—“it is essential that this country. be prepared in advance with such advances in technology. as will permit victory

“A HUGE, scientific battle is being fought realistically—although to an extent secretly— writes,

‘quest for the atom bomb exerted far greater pressure upon its people to obtain results than is customary in peacetime A ica. The necessity for greater effort in this country to win the

initial and critical phase of oe a conflict is »

obvious.” In the past, Dr. Williams avs, we have de

pended upon Yankee ingenuity to make the most

of basic discoveries by European scientists.

~the principal nations” Re ~~ “The Soviet government, for instance, in its

without catastrophic losses. With countries which are much more ulous and have a States,

would be suicidal folly to trade man for man

or even one man for two or three men.”

“If one assumes that war is to occur, the -

present becomes a time of . great importance, since the research and development part of the conflict is being fought out at this moment. (We) cannot wait for the beginning of the shooting war.” Dr. Williams is disturbed by a “perennial shortage” of high class scientists in this coun-

“try. Moreover, he is critical of the way ‘the mili:

we no longer can count on that. For, he believes, tary handles scientists,

“the future belongs to that nation which has “the imagination and foresight to take the lead

in science and technology.” He continues:

“In the past the rapidly developing industries of the United States have bid successfully for a large portion of the best scientific. and engineer-

ing manpower, They have taken talented men . away from the basic sciences, while in. Europe

the great attractions connected with scholarship have inducted men of a very high order of ability to remain in this field.” : Until 1948, he points out, only 28 Americans

SIDE GLANCES

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containers. It's over three miles

" WAS INGTON, Feb. 2--Democrats’ Jeftérson-Jackson Day dinner here Feb. 16 is being billed as “the largest group ever to “dine together under one 2001." “Tables will be set for 5000 “guests : at $100 each—in the District of Columbia National Guard Armory, way out east of the Capitol. Food will be prepared in two down-town hotels and rushed to the Armory in truck-borne heated

nts National Foundation

‘dealt ance,” he {

as an ordinary command performists. “A successful direction of scientists req an appreciation of scholarship and an under ing of the methods by which scholarly results are obtained.” {He believes a national science foundation is

the answer, But he points out that “several years have passed and the “foundation ‘has not J

been established thus far.” 7 4

By Galbraith ECONOMIC CLOUDS . . . By John W. Love

ment is high

guilty of besause he has hot had the answers

the outstanding reasons why any kind of Marx-

2 various nations, and we read it in_newspapers

‘of the greedy groups of political opportunists

= ‘discovery of new knowledge cannot be"

Trouble in (

FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb. 2—It is true, as every visitor

to Germany reports, that retafl stores’ are full of merchandise, more than one sees in E

It is aso true, as ir camer discovers, that unemploy-

How do these facts fit together? The answer is they don't,

Haosier Forom;

"1 do not agree , with a word that you say, but | oA dfnd fo the dot your ih fo sy 1°

e , 504 W. Dr., Wooruff Place. -

Reataty, Chafieh Giusbusg, im, runs true to type and is

of it is a deliberate attempt to confuse those * who see the trap he led himself into. ; —— In the first place, this only proves one of

ism, regardless of its phony name, can be. niu by Americans, because Marxism does not tolerate the individual speaking for him. self. His words have to be spoon:fed into his mouth. We see it in the United Nations, we see it in every conference of representatives of

and magazines, . Contrary to Mr, Ginsburg's . misleading ase sertion, I did answer him.” All Marxism ideolo- - gles must be fundamentally alike—things equal to the same thing are equal to each other—or they would not be Marxism. Although I did not specifically stafe that-an “industrial republic of ‘ labor had ever been tried anywhere, I did assert” that all the totalitarian dictatorships in history, even before Marx and Engel, have claimed to be exactly that, even the most recent ones, That's what I said. And I also said that the fine hair-gplitting to_ differentiate between the were ~merely the inner machinations

_ who are too mediocre to gain control of 'a ma__Jor political party, so they start one of their own. They would rather be big: fish in a small pound than little fish in an ocean. : I could perhaps surprise Mr. Ginsburg on how much I know about the Marx and Engel theories because they have never been practiced But I know too much about them to be duped. Unfortunately I still recognize that we have human beings to deal with, not machines. And the limitations beyond which mass humanity can be expected to be pushed, is not great. No ‘® Marxian theory ever takes into account human nature and thé fact that no two people are alike. That, and that alone, is the keystone on which all Marxian schemes are doomed in advance, :

‘Homes in Flood Ares’ _ By Clara Cheadle, City.

| Why are we permitting all these projects of Rew homes in localities we know are flood haz ards? Furthermore, if they must be built there, >» why do they have basements and low houses instead of something that would be safe from storm flood? - The promise that a storm sewer will be built is a questionable problem for Indianapolis, ‘Storm _water.from the North and East rushed into sewers that must traverse the length of Indianapolis, will produce geysers downtown, Where is our planning committee?

What Do We Need in- 19507

“City Manager’

By Leo M. Rappaport, attorney

; What Indianapolis needs most is a’ City Mane ager form of government, and if this can be i attained, many of the evils which People now _ Somplain of will be remedied.

So far as management is concerned, a municipal cor. poration is no different from a private corporation, and fits manager and employees should

not depend for their selection upon political choice: In the meantime, the fol“lowing should be accomplished: x ONE: More one-way streets’ to avoid traffic congestion. TWO: Cleaner streets. - THREE: Elimination of ple geons and starlings which ef Mr. Rappaport face our downtown buildings.

tion, but are not directly connected with the

City government, are: dn ps

. ONE: A greater interest in the Community Fund resulting in larger subscriptions by persong who well can afford thém TWO: Combining the drives for donations to organizations not belonging to the Community ~ Fund one single drive, and eliminating those ‘which are not worthy of support. 2 “a8 What. are your ideas on ways to improve Indianapolis in 1950? Send -your suggestions tos “1950 editor,” The Times, 214 W. Maryland St.

yermany.

ngland.

‘and rising in Germany.

— Other -matters- which should receive attenv— Efi

~ probably another record.

—from kitchen to-table, which is

States “plus sterling debts — oa

othe other countries-. maxe her fi

EL UNCLE SAM is getting out

of the ne 0 Guam. After liberation of this Pacific slang from the Japs, the U. 8. Navy started a news-

paper for service personnel and:

éiviltans on the Marianas. It became the Guam - News, an eight-page daily with a ecirculation of about 15,000 today. . But because it ‘was edited by Navy persohnel, the citizenry complained they could never write letters to the editor, criticizing the naval government. Now Navy is turning over government of the islands to Department of Interior, and has ‘decided to sell the paper. with

Interior's blessing. When “a

buyer is found, the Guaman“fans will have a free press and they can pan their government as much as they please. SG £4 » o

OUTLOOK for ‘European ‘Tecovery after Marshall Plan runs out in 1952 is now; regarded as good every place except England. Four of the European: countries — Sweden, ' Switzerland, Belgium and ‘Portugal—are even now not dependent on Marshall Plan aid. French outlook is improv ing. Italy and perhaps Western ‘Gérmany are the soft spots in the - European economy. But rationing of foodstuffd,on the continent ‘has virtually disappeared and free market conditions have.returned. This in

itself is regarded as a great

stimulus to trade.

The British, however; still :

“Fration meat, eggs, cheese but-

ter, lard, margarine, tea, -sugar and soap. And” British dollar debts

to the United

rippin

nancial position’ for 1952 and

after dubious. — 5.8 ~ PRESIDENT ‘marked his seventh stand on

this issue. In May, 1945, just after taking the presidency, he

* said taxes could not be cut till the war was aver. Nevertheless, - .on Aug 4 he signed a bill which

increased excess profits tax exemption from $10,000 to $25,000. In Novetiiber, “1046, the Pres. ident approved another bill ‘which cut normal: corporate stock .income taxes 5 per cent and repealed corperate stock -excess profits tax thus saving business $3.000,000.000 a year,

IN 1047 the President vetoed

the first Knutson tax eut bill -°

and was sustained. Next year ‘the President proposed cutting everyone's tax bill $40. Con-

gress paid no attention and ““Knutson’s second tax cut bill

was passed over hig veto. Undaunted by this rebuff, “the President came back in his 1949 message to Congress with a request for a $4 billion increase in corporate taxes. Now he proposes various reforms to balance cuts on excise taxes, and an increase gf estate, gift and corporate income

._taxes' to yield $1 billion more,

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EVEN the: news vendors at

the State Department have to

be up on their “diplomatic | protocol.

Any customer who can show a diplomatic pass doesn’ t have to pay District of «Columbia sales tax on ‘ure chases. of over 25 cents,

TRUMAN'S lax message to Congress.

a good licking. 2

oom, 1980 BY WEA SERVE, WE. "Ao US. MA. ore

“Trouble is, we've got so many labor-saving aUONTE gadgets, - Fm sways working overtime fo laep them going!”

Barbs

DIVORCE statistics indicate ‘a, lot of affections are being stolen because they are not kept where they belong. fee ~ nF A MASSACHUSETTS woman sued a hotel for $5000 be:cause she was ‘injured in a ‘powder-room rush. No wonder she blew uh.

“THE Inter people turn in at ao the less “they turn out ning the Jay. EE

FLU M p tor rola Give. the’ - spoon. ‘that holds bad medicine

THAT little ol’ dime ¢an put up a-great fight if you turn it

wanting happiness, why not . try enjoying the things. you think you dislike?

“NEXT Spring will bring the -

4 _ usual number of optimists—

‘folks who believe everything . 1 Aey read n seed Satalogs,

A ‘COLORADO “soda tonne ino

clerk inherited $10,000.

obody is going to call him a. Pa iy

"There A

many people have been saying the Germans are fecovering faster than

theynot moving as ‘they should: The unemployment is. both: cause and effect. ! » =»

AFTER the stabilization of the currency in 1948, confidence picked up rapidly and industrial production ‘with it. Merchants bought goods. and ‘sold them -rapidly. Then Ye-

cession overtook them. Clearly - they have overdone it. 80 they _ become discouraged, The man-

ufacturers, lacking reorders from the merchants, are slow-

~ .ing down their output and lay-

ing off men. “Nobody knows how far the decline will go, and the .concern of German business spreads to the two principal

"WU. 8. agencies working for

restoration of the German

.-economy as a bulwark against These are the -

communism: - High Commissioner's office and that of the Economic Co~ operation Administation. ~~ = - ” -

LOYMENT in the

UNEMP " Federal Republic of Germany,

which includes the U. 8, British and French z0nes- ‘and their

running 175,000 a month—a high rate anywhere. 3 The unemployment can be’ i

—trouble ahead, —éven

dents,

~ Western Ge out the

Ng and other depen=

is finishe cushions.

SAA » Ne * ahr “par 5 the tinPION ‘temporary but

—important, is made up of the ldiers .

returning German from the Russian p

camps. More than '200,000-have -

“come back since June, Colllecs

tively they form a “aluable

labor force, even if untrained or rusty in’ skill after 10 years, and yet the job openings for them diminish. . These two groups together account for about a third of . the increase in unemployment, The story would be even more somber in employment. if large employers like the railroads, the railroad suppliers and the steel, electrical and other large industries were not keeping on the payrolls more men than they really need.

- This has the effect of making

“production costs and prices higner, :

; none, anyway none clearly.’

- The personnel of the ECA is devotedly doing what it can to - provide means of German recovery, always with the aim of

‘buttressing a democratic and

accounted for in part by the r~ &ia)

immigration, forced ‘or (volun: tary, of a thousand persons a

. day from the Russian zoné. Aripy manages io. ; only one in four or: suspicion is rising

. The U. 8. _turn back five. The - that the Russians are seeking to oyerioad Alte Sogumy of

ay)

. Somp Paint i y struction