Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1950 — Page 10

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a 10-day restraining order against the coal strike. This is the first step toward the full 80-day injunction sought by President Truman under the Taft-Hartley Act. John L. Lewis has instructed the members of his union to obey Judge Eeech's order and return to work. We hope earnestly that they will do just that.

right—guaranteed to them and aii other Americans =v the U. 8. Constitution and specificially recognized in the Taft- Harley Act Jselt=to refuse to work.

defying the restraining order or even a full injunction. Mr. Lewis’ instructions to the miners may protect him, as an individual, from punishment if they defy Judge Keech'’s order. But the miners’ union probably could be punished by heavy fines for concerted action by its members to continue the strike. The, American people, .in our opinion, have no desire - {to see this or any union so punished. Certainly we lave no such desire, Fines might empty the union's treasury; but there is no assurance that they would fill the nation's coal bins or

AND COAL presents a problem that is real and great Tdnd of vital importance to all of us—not merely to the miners or the mine owners. This country cannot get along, and many of its basic industries cannot operate, without an adequate and dependable supply of coal, Yet there is no presently visible ~ peace-time market for anything like as much coal as would “be produced if all ‘the miners worked steadily five days a week, Mr. Lewis for years has been attacking this problem, in his own way, with constant strikes, with three-day ' weeks, with drives to push hourly wage rates ever higher, ' with his “able-and-willing” clause, with pension and welfare plans over which he wants full control. _His tactics have only made the problem worse. They have made the price of coal so high, and the + supply so undependable, that home owners and industries have been driven to the use of other fuels and other sources of energy. They have reduced coal's market. They have angered the public, alienated sympathy from the miners | and distracted publie Attention from the problem,

WE BELIEVE that determined co-operative effort by

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senting all the people, can solve this problem—can develop new uses and new markets for an abundant natural resource ~can help a greater number of miners to achieve and maintain high earning power—can give them and their dependents more security.

enlisted now.

and avoid appearing to defy their government, it is idle to hope that such an effort will be made or could succeed.

We're Not Wanted

THE government of Red China has announced, through a Peking Foreign Office spokesman, that it would “like to hear” that all American officials are leaving its country. Only two American officials have applied for exit per-

government secretly regrets its decision to close its consular offices in China and shows “once again that United States Amperialism is outwardly strong but inwardly Weal. ".

THIS goading ought’ to get under the hides ‘of even the

_ officials were left in Red China because these elements expected thus to bring about a back-door recognition of the Communist regime, and their confidence apparently hasn't been jarred by repeated insults and injuries. : So now we have been bluntly told to get out. Well, what are we waiting for? The delay, according to the State Department, is be- . cause of property arrangements and transportation dif-

t plain that they want to leave just Y soon as they possibly can ‘by applying for exit permits now.

Student Revival

HE remarkable thing about that religious demonstration at Wheaton College in Illinois is that it wasn’t started by any shouting evangelist or fiery exhorter. It was touched off by no more than the brief remarks of the college president introducing the main speaker of an evening service. Then it ran for more than 38 hours, closing down largely because it was getting too much publicity.

about glib explanations in terms of ‘‘suggestibility” and “mass hysteria.” And the cynics will note that whatever it was, it succeeded in getting classes cancelled for most of two days. —- ; It is a school that obviously pays much attention to the religious side of life. A teacher there has said of the demonstration that he thought it was indicative of heart hunger for a deeper life; that, while the human element ~ was present, he thought there also had been an irresistible spiritual element. That is what we would like to believe, too.

Stop These Leaks

T= Russians apparently are not the only ones getting advance tips on our scientific secrets. For some time it has been known that flies, mosquitoes - and bedbugs have become increasingly immune to DDT. i Now the flies have gone a step further. An Agriculture

resistance to the very latest type of killer, a chlorinated hydrocarbon which isn’t even on the market yet. Obviously © an insect fifth column must be operating in the Agriculture : x :

EDERAL JUDGE KEECH, in Washington, has issued

The miners have, as individuals, an unquestionable J

THEY “cannot, as individuals, be punished " aw tor

contribute to the. solution of any problem... Te

“the union, the coal industry and the government, repre- .

- We believe that such an effort is imperatively needed now, and that public support for such an effort can be :

--But-we know that, unless the miners go back to work -

mits, the spokesman said. This, he added, suggests that our

«most leftist elements inthe State Department. Our consular

~~ ficulties. But at least all our officials in Red China can make

DEAR BOSS... . By Di Kidney Hoosier i To Head Census

Dr. Roy V. Peel's Book on State Failures Recolled

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Dear Boss—Job's Iamentation = “My desire 1s . that mine

adversaries of Dr. Roy Victor Peel, if any show up to oppose his appointment && “the new head of the U. 8. Census Bureau. __. - For Dr. Peel has written plenty of books. As Indiana Uni-

fessor and director of

of Politics at the Bloomington school, he authored slim volume entitled “State Gov-

day'' in 1048, It was —published by

’ sity of Mex- : fco Press Dr. Peel and is chockfull of criticism of the faflure of states to properly co-operate with the federal government. The problem of the “states rights” South is particularly dealt with in the book. He doesn’t neglect the other states, however, There are several references to Indiana, including this quotation from Harold Zink's book “Government and Politics in the United States:” “The Indiana General Assembly of 1937 had enough grafters among its members that a

to those who sought improper favors.” To this Dr. Peel added: “But even Zink thought that on the whole the state solons were able and conscientious men. Perhaps the more representative they are, the less experienced. Af any rate the turnover is high, and not many state legislators have had previous law-making experience.’ In a footnote the author says: “Zink would probably agree that conditions > have improved in the past 10 years.” Democrats were in control of that 1937 legis. lature and Democratic Gov, Paul V. McNutt that year was succeeded by his hand-picked Democratic successor, Gov, M. Clifford Townsend, Dr. Peel's Democratic credentials for his new post are in complete .order, however. He was approved by Indiana National Committeeman - Frank M. McHale and State Chairman Ira Haymaker, as well as Democratic National Chairman William M. Boyle Jr.

No Census Experience

-IT WAS reported that Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer had protested on the grounds that Dr. Peel had no census experience and this is the year of the decennial census taking. If so, his objections were overruled. In any case, reading Dr. Peel's book you get the feeling that here is a professor who fsn’t afraid to speak his mind. In the- final chapter, entitled “conclusions and proposass,” he said: “In the opinion of the reactionaries, every assumption of new duties by the federal government {8 unwise. Thus, they do all in their power to restrain the yge of federal funds to sustain agriculture. Many a farmer who was saved from bankruptcy by Wallace's ‘corn-hog’ program denounced his benefactor in no une certain terms.

Same Sentiments

“EVEN John L. Lewis, who has incurred the displeasure ‘of the business group, has expressed sentiments perfectly in tune with those of the United Btates Chamber 6f Commerce, The leadIng defender of capitalism today, he is adamant

ernment To-

the “Untvers

BRAT

—egdversary had Written & HOOK Heed not bother

the Institute .

~reguiRir scale of prices-was drafted for-quotation—

in his resistance to federal encroachment and

his defense of the rights of labor to retain its competitive position vis-a-vis the employers. “Thus we see that the ‘reactionaries’ are people of all classes who believe like most of ‘us that our competitive-capitalistic democracy is fundamentally sound, but who are frightened about the growth of ‘big government,’ and who like to leave the conduct of public affairs in the hands of those who Sain powar through tradi-

«tional means.

“All the opinions expressed and acts proposed by the reactionaries have in common the

belief in laissez-faire, the hostility to effective

government control of social, economic, and political life. They are hostile, that is, when they are denied the power to set the standards, establish the procedures, and, in general, use government as their nrivata organization, “It is otherwise with the evolutionists” Sounds like the early New Deal days when the professors were: jeliing- off the politicians.

FOREIGN TRADE . .". “By Earl Richert

U. S. Exports Drop

WASHINGTON, Feb, 13-—It's now nearly five months since Britain and other foreign countries dévalued their currency and no startling changes in 1 8. exports or imports are noticeable, “The whole business is running according to form and about as we expected,” said one Commerce Department official. “Dea ation abroad is havin some effect on our, fore trad i: aa 81 fow ndjustment, on len.

ing dramatic.” ~_

complaints from numerous U.

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ARMY ENGINEERS .

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ol do not agree with & word that y say, but : wil defend to the death to say

. By James Daniel *

High Pressure Lobby at Work

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—One of the most potent pressure groups operating here is the Army Corps of Engineers, Next year, the engineers are budgeted to spend two-thirds of a billion dollars on flood control and navigation projects.

Within the past month, more than 100 members of Congress appeared before a House Appropriations Bubcommittee in support of additional projects. They would add an estimated $4 to $6 billion to the $8 billion to $10 billion worth of projects the taxpayers are now committed to. One of the Hoover Commission recommendations which has aroused formidable opposition deals with the Army Engineers. It proposes that the civil functions part of the engineers’ duties be transferred to the Interior DepartJpent and there merged with the Reclamation ureau,

Claimed Benefits

ALL water resources projects then would be reviewed by an independent board to check claimed benefits and costs with the provable facts. Former Gov. Leslie A. Miller of Wyoming headed the Hoover Commission Natural Resources Committee which originated the suggestion. He called the Army Engineers “une doubtedly the most powerful lobbying and pres-

“The great public fallacy concerning the engineers,” he said, “is an impression that the Corps is a peacetime group of Army officers and soldiers gaining valuable experience for war

while working..on construction projects. That

is a lot of brass-encased baloney. The truth

“of the matter is that only some 215 Army of-'

ficers are assigned to this inland water-develop-ment program. They are the brass who supervise the tasks of more than 40,000 civilian govefnment employees.” Mr. Miller spared neither Congress nor the engineers, nor the engineers’ outside lobbying groups, the Mississippi Valley Association and the national Rivers and Harbors Congress. He said: “Theoretically, the Corps is responsible to the Secretary of the Army and, through him, to the President. In practice, it has worked out that the engineers deal directly with Congress itself, often arrogantly ignoring the wishes of the Commander in Chief.

‘Who is Master?’

the Corps. of

SIDE GLANCES

“IT HAS become hard to tell now who is the

» » . : » » » THE psychiatrists should have a field day now, tossing

The internafional monetary fund reports that the changes

in foreign money values have '

tended to make: U. 8. geods about 18 per cent more costly.

to foreign.customers, and have

cut the cost of foreign goods

to U. 8. importers an average of about 13 cent. . » »

THIS shift has been accompanied by rising U. 8. imports and declining exports—the goal to which the post-war U. 8. foreign trade policy has been directed. But it's impossible to’ tell just how much of this is due to currency devaluation abroad. Commerce Department officials say declining U. 8. exports are due more to decreased foreign "aid spending and restrictions on dollar purchases than to the fact that U. 8, goods have + been made more costly abroad by foreign currency devalua-.

. by these Department experts says they have already developed a .

tion, Kenneth Campbell, manager of the Foreign Commerce branch of the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce, said that U. 8. exporters aren't complaining of -loss of sales ause U, 8, goods cost more in relation to those produced in the currencydevalued countries. Most complaints, such as those on oil; deal with restrictions ordered ’ countries te hold down dollar Pukchases,

ON THE import alle. govern‘ment officials say there are few ts traceable directly . to the results: of currency de-

are many Isles.

To av have Any Booth e @ . whisky, the Sg am gxpored to HE

S. industries. A large number of these were being voiced before devaluation, however, and are directed chiefly at low tariffs. Imports from Britain and the whole sterling area have been increasing since the cur rency devaluation in September but on a dollar basis they are still running behind aver.

age monthly imports for 1948. .

Considering, however, that the British pound is now worth only $2.80 where previously it

was worth $4.03, this means,

there is a large movement of goods to the U. 8.-British sources say the volume increase is about 30 per cent: ; sna

IN NOVEMBER, U. 8. im- '

ports from the entire sterling area amounted to $106.7 million

as compared with 1948 average

monthly of $115% million. For

Britain alone, November im- -

~ ports totaled $22.7 million against an average of $24 million in 1948. . Devaluation has reduced considerably the prices of British

autos, fancy food items and some textiles. Tin prices are.

down, too, but that's said to

- be due to increased supply. Increasing world wool prices -

have more thah wiped out. the

effects of devaluation and im-

ported wool now: costs more

than it did last September. The British also refused to let de-t-on

- sell all the «

“We can't put ‘em to bed yoi—lat's wait till thoy Find a de-

for, though Congress provides the appropriations the Corps provides the method of opera-

tion and the excuse for spending billions on projects that bring such joy to the home Fri tricts of the ‘Tivers-and- -harbors-bloc Congress.men.” Currently the Mississippi Valley Association and the Rivers and Harbors Congress are leading the attack in the home districts on the Hoover Commission plans. Mr. Miller said these had “achieved an almost incestuous relationship with the members of Congress. ‘Many of the Representatives and Senators who pdss on the bill that these groups lobby for are members of the lobby itself, along with the contractors, Chambers of Commerce and other special interests that make up the membership. “It is an especially ironic note that the incumbent, president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress is none other than U. 8. Senator John McClellan, of Arkansas, who also was a member of the Hoover Commission.

Opposed Proposals “AB A member of the Commission, Sen. McClellan fought to block. certain recommendations of our task force that were anathema to the Corps of Engineers, darling of the Rivers and Harbors Congress.” Sen. McClellan today sald he was opposed to adopting Hoover Commission recommendations affecting the engineers, He is chairman of the Senate Executive Expenditures Committee wiileh has jurisdiction. over reorganization plans,

A HEART'S CORE

Deep in the heart : Of everyone's breast Lie numerous wishes «In gentle rest. Seek when you will, And take at your ease Of the cherished rapture, I'm sure it will please.

There is secret hunger In each heart todo A kindness for someone, It can be you. Look as you may; And long as you will; Taste of this sweetness And eat to your fill.

er reaedosephine Buck; ‘Westfield; Ind.

By Galbraith

_.achool building. The Fathers’ . Association, PTA, Compton St. residents, and school officials have constantly

think likewise. _It you want to your ‘phone, you must Ty line, and at that, Bathe ground. while you walt for” somes finish their sip. Then Ay is the four-party line ‘which is usually the line used by parties with large famiHes and you are lucky if you ever get In on them. Then if you are lucky enough to get through, if you are calling someone who also has a four-party line, you are Just more than

lucky if their line is open.

Now I think the telephoné company is really “giving “so little for so much.” I think we should have a reduction in rate,

‘Violating Economic Laws’ By Clarence Love, Marshall, Ind. ; A recent cartoon in The Times showing the pyramids of surplus eggs and potatoes is actual proof that man cannot violate natural laws of economics. Thess laws state that the three factors in the production of wealth are land, labor and capital, And that all three must receive their just compensation for a sound economy. This picture shows that labor, regardless of high wages, has been unable to buy and keep down these surpluses. It is also evident that many a child and the _aged have suffered from the lack of these foods and other grain crops that have been stored in cribs on the-farms for two years, an unsound experiment in stabilization. The pyramids are like a large river that has been dammed up and in time will break from pressure and tear down our whole economic system.

‘Stephenson Got Dirty Deal’ By A Reader . 1 read the article about D. C. Stephenson by Philip Clifford and I for one could have done very well without reading it. I think that case has been hashed up enough. I think Stephenson got a dirty deal and should be freed right away. There are always two sides to every story, and there never has been to that oné. D, C. Stephenson never had a chance, but there are

others much worse that are running around -

free right now. I sincerely hope that Mr. Stephenson gets his freedom and soon, and he should have a public apology right along with it.

WHAT DO WE NEED IN 1950? Better Streets

' By Dick Madden, Broad Ripple High School Pupil.

the next few years, Indianapolis

~ should put into effect a new long-range program

which would improve the condition of the city streets. The city street department says that it does not have sufficient money to repair all of the chuckholes causéd by the thousands of cars that travel the streets each day. But the situation continues to grow worse. Every motorist ¢an point out examples of bad streets. Broad Ripple High School's pet peeve is Compton St. that is. located just west of the

pestered the Department of Streets in an effort to get the street repaved. The Keystone Ave, bridge over Fall Creek at the Allisonville Road, and the “washboard” stretches of West Washington St. are two more

“of the many bad road conditions that have been

neglected too long. What's the answer? I don't know. Few people do. But unless a new program is put into effect soon, these conditions will grow steadily worse. » If the “Crossroads of America” is to remain one of the top cities in the nation, then it's time we had good streets for the roads of America to cross.

What are your ead on ways to improve In-

dianapolis during 1950? Send your suggestions to:

NEWS NOTEBOOK ... By Peter Edson

Behind the Scenes

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Congress, in the month of January, didn’t enact a single law. This, despite the fact that the Sen ate was in session 19 days for 94 hours, the House was in session 17 days for 54 hours, and the debate Congressional Record.

1 the. Senate and 672.in.the House; the: Senate passed: ‘only: hres ills and he House one. ie

filled 1280 pages of the Though 243 new measures were introduced

live elephants, lions and rhi-

TINO Bttens The Times, 24 W. Maryland §'

ranking Navy officer's wife to stump the admirals. In the in- .- terest of promoting harmony, Navy put-out an order that all officers and men should discontinue referring to the Annapolis Naval Academy as “the Canoe Club,” or “the Small Boat and Barge School.” ". It also suggested that service personnel discontinue referring to Annapolis graduates as “trade school. boys” or “ring twisters.” And it frowned officially on naval air personnel

Navy as “the black shoe Navy.” No sooner had this memorandum gone out than the un‘named officer's wife called up

plied to the Navy's women. She

sorted island to land on after that shipwreck!" . 8T e

THE British, ‘sald a Commerce Department official, still

have packaging and produc.

tion ‘problems which limit their

“exports to the U, 8. For ex-

re continuing to iinaware they can

ample, they

been to halt the drain on Britain’s dollar reserves. These

IT HAS remained for a low-

referring to the non-flying.

to inquire if this ban also ap-

: noceroses,

WITH $268 million more Mare shall Plan aid for Formosa now. practically assured, atten- - tion has been called to what Economic Co-operation Administration has done so far on this last stronghold of Nationalist China. About $14 million worth of fertilizer, flour, oil and cotton have béen sent to Formosa in" the past two years, or are en route there, In addition, ECA officials and the Chinese have put over a Joint Commission for Rural Rehabilitation program on Formosa. It's similar to JCRR work done on: the China mainland. Under it, For-

valuation was ordered, and

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