Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1950 — Page 12

: € Indianapolis ROY Ht ‘HOWARD WALTER LECERONE HENRY Vala ey

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Where Are We Going?

N THE next two weeks Indianapolis’ Zoning Board will be faced with the complicated task of ruling on petitions for 26 variances in our zoning code; . That means that commercial and other non-residential

i construction is rapidly spilling out of the original boundary "limits fixed for the various types of building projects,

i ” 88 nN WHAT general plan or rules will the Zoning Board follow in granting or rejecting these petitions? The answer: The city has none. = The Board will merely continue the hit-or-miss pro-

--¢éedure -that-has in-the past-resulted ina hodge-podge of -

developments during the last few years. This kind of blind, piece-meal rezoning can only lead to a jig-saw puzzle .of expansions that probably can't be remedied later. It means that nobody is certain just where we are going in the future growth of Indianapolis. It points up the pressing need for an over-all, master

-plan- as-a guiding base for future expansions and annexa-

tions of new areas in an orderly manner. Without such a guide, Indianapolis is in danger of becoming a patch-work of blind streets, sewerless districts and newly made slums. ;

Score Another for the FBI

ARREST of top- ranking British scientist on charges of giving atom bomb secrets to Russia may explain why the Soviets are able to produce the bomb, as they claim to be doing. Unexplained is why this man with a questionable baick- : ground was trusted with the most dangerous secrets in the possession of the American and British governments. Karl Fuchs was born in Germany and lived there until he went to England to attend college in 1933. That was at the beginning of the Nazi period. He became a naturalized ‘British citizen in 1943, while his native land was at war with Britain and the United States.

“LATE that same year he was sent with & group of : "British scientists to the United States, where he worked on ~ the A-bomb project for three years and, according to the

Atomic Energy Commission, had access to “a wide area of, the most vital weapons information.” . Fuchs’ father lives in the 'Russian-ocou ccupied zone of Germany where, since the war, he has been subject to

- Soviet pressure. . fn

It was criminal carelessness to trust such a person to the extent that he was trusted. “"Native-born Germans who enlisted or were drafted for

the American armed. services during the war were subject .

to the closest kind of surveillance by military intelligence agencies. They were allowed no accéss to any kind of classified information until théy had been checked and double-checked, and had passed through a long period of probation.

SINCE the war it has been a matter ‘of common knowledge that it is the Russian practice to enlist intelligence

“agents from the families of persons under Soviet control.

But during and since the war Fuchs was allowed to see everything we had. Apparently, but for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fuchs wouldn't have been caught at all.

one Small wonder that the Soviet ffth coburn thie sess. £ ~*TIS- SAID

That we do not practice what we preach, Christianity and Democracy. Yet—privilege to

country wants to destroy the FBI It seems to be the one agency we have which they haven't been able to penetrate.

A Friend in Need E are a business-minded people. Even when we give to charity we like to get the added satisfaction that

. comes when we think we are helping - people to help > themselves. ;

“Richard FE. Byrd, Chairman ‘of the Tron Curtain ‘Refuges - ‘Campaign conducted by the International Rescue Commit-

_tee satisfies our reasons for giving when he says:

“The future freedom in Europe rests with people willing to endure anything to hold back totalitarian darkness. To extend aid to, Iron Curtain escapees now is not only our

Zh “humanitarian duty-—it-is-political wisdom. Americans ean--

not==will- mot==desert their stanchest- allies in-the battle ot

freedom in their hour of need.”

f to ‘rehabilitate — A gift of $200 will enable one refugee to RE ATKIN. THe

"himself. A check for $10 will provide a CARE package fora

refugee. A smaller donation will do a proportionate. good. It is good humanitarianism and good business for the future of the world—the future of our children and grandchildren to write-a check to: .. Richard E. Byrd, Chairman, Iron Curtain Refugee Campaign, 103 Park Ave., New York 17, N. Y. 2 Perhaps John Bunyan thought. of satisfaction rather than money when he wrote: He who bestows his goods upon the poor, Shall have as much again and ten times more.

Fiscal Clarity

T THE outset,” Secretary of the Treasury Shyder told the House Ways and Means Committee, “I should like to make one point clear beyond the possibility of doubt. As chief fiscal officer of the nation, I: do not look lightly on federal deficits.” - Further along, he testified: “Analysis of the. ‘budget: expenditures makes it clear that our best hope of reducing the deficit and working to%ard a balanced budget at this time is the adoption of measures which will i increase federal revenues.” Still ‘another point, clear beyond the possibility of a doubt, is this: The federal budget could be balanced by reducing expenditures to the amount of the expected Tevenue, as 18.

, Talk Is Cheap 2

T=. State Department has threatened “Sounier mess ures” if the Russians do not stop, interfering ‘with “trafic between Berlin and Western Germany. = oe :_The Russians - ‘might be more impressed if we: adopted * a eagles messives 4 and Jet fem Speak. for themselves,

.Democrat, were expressed’ this week-end by. . Hoosier Congressmen.

“that the law needs modification to permit settle- ~~. .

" worked to strengthen American democracy.

ney rar Views ; A OnT-Hlaw

Jacobs, Harvey Voice Divergent Opinions

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—Two views of the - Taft-Hartley law, pro and con, Republican and

“OH WELL1 CAN REMEMBER “WHEN WE ONLY AAD APPLES

Rep. Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis. Democrat, - used the .cqal strike to point up his contention .

ments on 4 state or regional basis,

Rep. Ralph Harvey, New Castle Republican, listed five points in which he says the law has

Mr. Jacobs dealt with the matter in his weekly broadcast to Marion County constituents. As long-time labor lawyer he developed ag

~~ Haosier Forum’ mei

nt Le “I do not agree with a word 4 al

. % "wil defend fo the death your right to six A-Bomb Facts’ iy By Richard H. Shufflebarger, Martinsvilie, Ind. : President Truman's announcement on the development of atomic weapons recalls the state ment issued by the Emergency Committee of ™ Atomic Scientists, headed by Albert Einstein, on Nov. 17, 1946. They proposed to educate. the : American people to six facts which they stated ~-were accepted -by all scientists. These facts are: ee “ONE. Atomic bombs can now be made S

cheaply and in large numbers. They will become > ‘more destructive, “TWO. There is no military defense against oT oT a a “THREE. Other nations can Yediscover © our secret processes by themselves. As i

‘a

“the total,

: is cypented ww pu’ tie wet,

the background of unionization of coal. “The coal operators,” Mr. Jacobs said, “who

were first unionized by the mine workers union, insisted that the union proceed to organize the :

noryunion mines.

"This the unionized operators formed their © own organization. These facts are recorded in

the history of the coal industry. They are facts to which reference is seldom made when this

problem is discussed.

“You recall that recently the miners union offered to negotiate with the Indiana and Illinois operators separately from operators elsewhere a

If the country.

“This proposal was rejected. The Indiana operators announced that they would continue to present a united front with operators all over

the country.

‘Most Strikes Help Operators’ “REMEMBER both sides are organized industry-wide. I am of the opinion that Mr. LéWis (John L.) and the operators are neglectful of their responsibilities to the public:

“But the fact is pretty well known that Mr. Lewis’ strikes have, in most instances, been

—~—

tion.

By a Reader.

The pigeons “and downtown arity aren't the major ilis of Indianapolis.

structure of our social order.

“FIVE. It war breaks out, atomic bombs wif be used and they will surely destroy our civiliza« =

“SIX. There is no solution to this problem ex- . .cept international control of atomic energy, and ultimately, the elimination of war.” ad * The first and third facts have been denon strated. The second and fourth statements apparently not accepted by many as ac £ fifth and sixth are probably gtherally ok Boy have suggested i the con build weapons of mass destruction we ha freedom of choice, therefore, no moral résfion. ° sibility, Obviously, if we have no moral ne * + sibility for our action$, then we can ut”: , any qualms destroy the earth itself, interests of “security.” =

gto ho -

in the

Sidewalks Not Kept Clean’ i + ie

Ia ipntlY ASHIASIOFY to the operators because p———r, © quot of all is the slovenly attitude ot jig? C 8 production n supply over-rides ‘ ot b aalls produc hett 4 pply nen] Jos ALBURT— Walk down any street, long after a snowfall’ 28

“Furthermore, the problem cannot be solved

merely by designating a villain in the plot. The problem arose out of economic forces and circumstances, the solution of which still presents

an almost insoluable question,

“However difficult it may be, it seems quite ‘ clear to me that we must abandon the TaftHartley concept of a total injunction against — such a strike ang substitute a law requiring thé parties to bargain in smaller units and to ~ Stagger the expiration dates of contracts in order that strikes, which are inevitable in a free economy, will be, smaller in size and thus not paralyze our national economy.”

Harvey Likes Law

MR. HARVEY, in his weekly letter to Tenth District constituents, quoted President Truman's test for a good ldbor law: “Whether it would

tion,

strengthen or weaken American democracy in three years.

the present critical ho

Taft-Hartley passes that test for these rea-

sons, Mr. Harvey writes

“ONE. Unions are stronger. Total membership has gone up from 15 million to 16 million,

an all-time record.

“TWO. Wages are higher, When Taft-Hart-ley was enacted, the average factory worker received $1.24 an hour. Now, according to the latest official government figure (November, 1949) he receives $1.39 an hour. For a man working a 40-hour week, that comes to a wage

boost of $6.00 a week.

“THREE. Jobs are more plentiful. In 1048, _the first full year under. Taft-Hartley, employ ment set a record. Last year was the second highest in history, with 2.5 million more jobs

than before Taft-Hartley.

FOUR.’ Pension dnd welfare plans have spread rapidly, An American Federation of Labor economist estimated at the end of 1949 that 4 million union members, or one-quarter of were covered by private pension programs, and the number is increasing. : “FIVE. Strikes have lessend. In 1948, strikes -.cost $000 million. less in wages.

the coal and steel shutdowns, were less than one

half of 1946.”

Whoever is right, you can bet that the law will remain “as is” this session.

practice or not to practice, is that not what we Alamos, in which fission energies above several hundred thousand electron volts are created.

preach?

aan

B. C., Indianapolis

In addition to this $190 million total, there should be added research costs of $87 million from fiscal 1949 through 1951. This brief summary of America’s atomic energy “plant” is revealed for the first time in complete form in the seventh semi-annual report of the Atomic Energy Commission, just

PROGRESS IN SCIENCE .

U.S. Far Ahead | in Atomic Work

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—The United States “now has at-least nine atomic reactors in operaIt has five more under construction and is doing research on four more. 18 reactors planned, building and in operation represents America’s lead in the peacetime development of atomic energy. : The American battery of 18 reactors should be completed and in operation by 1953. It represents an expenditure of $45 million up to last June 30, with a planned program for $145 million to complete construction within the next

- By Peter Edson

places.

It is.in the nine new reactors in various Stages of research, design and -actual construc- Us _tion that the dreams of harnessing. atomic energy for useful power gevelopmient are beginning to unfold.

Breeder Reactor

LATE last year construction was begun on an experimental breeder reactor at the AEC's new testing station, near Arco, Id. It is scheduled for completion this year, This reactor is: designed to test the feasibility of transmuting non- -fissionable material into fissionable ma-— terial. In this process, it is believed that the reactor can be made to produce*more fissionable material than it consumes. It will be in the fast neutron range. — It will also experiment with the use of mercury and other liquid metals as the coolant in

This total of «

atomic bomb.

than in. 1046.

reactor,

DIPLOMACY . . . By Bruce Biossat

‘Search for

WASHINGTON, . Feb, 6--Having. the. hydrogen. bomb. BR ce 3 “fot keep us out ‘of war, but we cannot risk not having it.

Peace’

sent to Congress; Report on Development

THE figures given above do not include op- . erating costs nor complete installations at Hanford, Wash., where Plutonium is made for the

The Smyth Report published in 1945 revealed is that three reactors were in operation at Han“ford. The seventh report reveals only that a new reactor to produce plutonium was completed at Hanford last year. This would bring the Hanford units to four in operation. Total cost of the Hanford development has been estimated at $338 million as of last June 30. . The other reactors listed as in operation include two at Argonne Laboratory, Chicago, one at Oak Ridge, Tenn. and one at Los Alamos, Last year the wages lost by strikes, including "N. M. All these reactors have what is known as slow, or thermal neutron energy range. They are in effect water boilers, are kept cool by circulating water through the The neutrons in these reactors are slowed down by graphite moderators. eee enersnenines tie WaT these installations were. called. piles, but... : the name reactor is in more general use now. In addition to these slow reactors, there is one fast neutron plutonium reactor at Los

the high temperatures generated in this type of “reactor, Another materials testing reactor in the slow neutron range is also being put under construction this year at the Idaho testing center. It will be of particular use in testing materials for the design of aircraft propulsion reactors. At West Milton, N. Y., construction will be begun this year on the first intermediate range reactor. It will be a combined power and breeder reactor, producing fissionable material and then using the heat to drive electric generators of conventional design. But this reactor will also use a molten metal coolant.

Ship Propulsion THE fourth reactor to be started this year ~Will-be-a-slow neutron; land-based model suitable for propelling a ship or a submarine. Under research are plans for still another Navy reactor for ship propulsion. It will be an intermediate energy, liquid metal-cooled reactor.

ter use of it.

less waste,

meaning that they

During = planned for what is described as a homogeneous

process blast furnace for the production of. iron or glass. In this reactor, instead of the fuel, moderator and’ coolant being, separated, as at present, they would be mixed for continuous

production of a fissionable material. alarm.

SIDE GILANCES

, S80 President Truman has made the fearful yet unavoidable -

choice. We are going to build a weapon of almost incredible destructive power, -

and put them out of service.

The decision was inevitable because the basic information

needed for the making of the H-bomb is well known to our great potential enemy, the Soviet Union. No moral considerations could averndle: that

“fact:

#H J - WE should understand “What

no scientific ceiling on the. ferocity of this bomb; it could be possibly 1000 times more

lest part of the. H-bomb project.

Wednesday. t Company and union officials know that exchanges can be

Nevertheless our scientists

confidently hope they can make

—an H-bomb. within a-year. And.

they doubt the ability of the

A a - IT WOULD fe a grave mistake, however, for us to pin too much faith on this new device of déstruction—fright-

powerful than the A-bomb. ening as it may be to the Harrison Brown, atomic sci- world. : entist, says the weapon might A cruclal issue, still unde-

destroy an area of 300 square

miles. Dropped over New York

“cided, “1s facing the rations military efperts: Is this the

or Chicago, ft could ‘kill 2 best way to spend our defense million people. dollars? By these measures, the A- - The answer won't be known bomb - is. now antiquated, until the H-bomb project has though it is less than five proceeded far enough to give years old. us an accurate idea how much

ys 0.9 OF course, most experts. do not expect the H-bomb to be built to its maximum. They're

“talking of a weapon 10 to 100

times more powerful than the

-A-bomb, For certain practical

limits do exist. . One is the size of the planes that can be constructed to deliver_the bomb over a target.

It may not be feasible to en-

large bombers much more. Another question is whether plane crews could get safely away from the sh waves produced by. a real super-bomb. n » - FURTHERMORE, despite its name, the proposed new bomb is not actually a hydrogen explosive, Its chief ingredient

. would ‘be a chemical called

tritium; a sort of twin of hydrogen. |

Joris, But getting enough of =

Ins, X od

money and manpower will be involved. Then we will have to measure the bomb’s probable worth against other ways. of using ‘our resources. 2.8 8 FOR example, there's a question now whether lightning jet fighter planes may not have the upper hand over even the fastest bombers. If military men decided - there was real doubt about our chances of de-

- livering the H-bomb to enemy

targets, they might think twice before committing too much money and effort to a highly expensive project. Furthermore, we cannot rely

on this bomb as a substitute , Are. twenty-five. Maybe because it takes them so long to reach for diplomacy. Haviig it wil that age.

not justify avoiding the hard work of searching for enduring

~peace, for a plan to .control this and a other. destructive out of the mess,

that will: make its use ladys;

. Tritium is not plentiful. | Tt Sy weapons a" ode Tuc i Tr * * A s found in ordinary water x. ’ contrary, we moat Christmas been sapped _ very minute amounts, and ft oot develop the’ H-bomb on - Te nr ot he i awe has ‘been. produced synthetic- it will only increase our P : * * en ay ally in atomic energy labora- sponsibility in the tireiess quest | ; i ad 3

rarily paralyzed because it has

not connected with strikes. It OAR, Whenever: more telephone calls are made simultaneously through an exchange than the exchange can handle. » " - WHAT happens? It is pretty technical, but in the layman's language fuses blow and switches get -stuc Kk. Trained personnel must be on hand to locate the trouble, put in new fuses and get the switches cleared. * Exchanges were overloaded and ‘out of service when President T rum a n announced the first atom bomb had been dropped and when he an- . nounced the surrender of Japan "in 1945. Some radio prize programs cause dangerous overloads. Breakdowns were reported 5 oor. 100 ov mek SERIE. me. WRG U. & PAT. OFF.

“If you want popcorn, get it on the way in—you know how cross your father-is when you wake him up!” wen

ACCORDING to #tatistics half the women marry before they

AL A 7

GARIAN tailor pleaded insanity ‘for proposing to 18

ry holm sctepted. He likely west tay Living ww

GOLD rics bave come back —juiging trom, some of the

or a siege of ice and sleet. A clean sidewalk and __ safe steps are novelties, Home and apartment owners care little if citizens, like themselves, = walk safely, with dry feet, in front of thelr, .

If any considerable number of Indianapolis citizens really cared’ about their community we would have more: of the things we need such as: More equitable taxes and

Improved streets. An adequate hotel. Fewer grogg houses, dives. and dumps. . -Fewer-traffic-deaths; less congestion, More attention to schools and play, in neglected portions of our city, ' A civic auditorium-—self supporting. : Less need for charity and handouts. “ Still further advance In design is being Less migration 1o suburban Jabiis business,

reactor... It will in. effect: be Hke a continuous: gen. We. were a. af bat 450008 Basrpers

everyone knew what was interested. The influx of new people ;the tepid loyalty of the masses of 1950 brought us to our present state. A Paul Revere —1950 model—is sorely needed to spread-the, ca

By Galbraith STRIKE THREAT . .. By Fred W. Perkins

~ Phone Paralysis?

WASHINGTON, “Feb. 6-—Tele

A threat to do:that has been ‘made by Joseph A. ~ dent of the Communications Workers of America (CIO), #17 cofr= = . nection with ‘a nationwide strike his union has scheduled foro:

~ jammed and at least tempo-

happened ‘before on “occasions

Rarely you se¢ a man busy with the shovel, ”” Seldom do you see changing friendly greetings with neighbors and 3 _passers-by, as they clean the sidewalks of their home town. 3 ~The good citizens you do see, making Todi napolis neat and its sidewalks safe, are usually oq elderly gentlemen with civic pride and: stooped ~~ little old ladies wanting the outside of their house as neat ‘as the inside, . Has home eome to mean only a place to eat and Sleep-—-not to regard with pride?

busy fathers and sons a

sidewalks — the

a not

a desing.

WHAT DO WE NEED IN 1950? _. ..

‘Alert to Needs”:

"By Earl B. Teckemeyer, 130 N. Delaware - bP

Indianapolis needs more people who actually. - care enough about their city to become mentally. -- alert to its needs and do something about them; the reactor. Water can’t be used because of Indianapolis has grown tremendousiy-and + growth almost always seems to promote indif= +: ference, We have improved means but no. fm si} proved ends. We have better ways of getting there but: hon- ; sstly, no better places to go -in--our city. - We save more time but make very little bet-

Mr. Teckemeyer:= wher ee

PR ee

ha gn bs

was going on and... and’ have 8

A ARE - A -3 ane is aly ers & sie que

: EE a phone experts sald here : $8 FF tt striking employees easily could overload telephone cxchangon

six weeks and becaine bitten,

cal dial service Pa at th "ends 14 claimed that long-die or

—Service -had -been 80 per cents f supers 3

of normal. Executives, ..-ViSOrs. and other: personnel worked on the. “aly: That will be done again fed there is a strike, according to>3

~~ company officials, Assignments

to emergency duties alreadys® are being made. oT ee ® as = yas MR. BEIRNE has announced ‘that . the’ union’ will permit emergency service for hospitals, physicians and fire departe ments. However, company offi clals say emergency calls cane - not be identified until the calls are completed,

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