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Britain's Election
@ one in Britain or in any country friendly to Britain Zan find great satisfaction in the outcome of yester-
day'g election.
The Labor government was returned to office, but by a mgrgin so scant that another election seems likely to be
forced within a year.
The Conservatives and Liberals polled an actual ma-
jority of the votes. j and especially the further nationalization fered a moga! setback.
of jf
So it may be argued that socialism, ustry, sufAs a practical matter, however,
this may not deter the Laborites from proceeding to nation-
alize steel and iron.
The election's indecisive result may be felt more pro:
foundly in the field of foreign affairs.
The Labor government's 148 majority in the previous House of Commons was- cut to less than 20—far below-a
safe working margin: si
” : \ | 5 English authorities say thaka mi jority of 100 normally is enough to last out the five-yeailfe of a British Parlia-
ment
An edge of less than 60 is considered precarious.
This because of the temptation offered obstreperous groups within the party in power to oust it from office by joining
the opposition in a vote of “no confidence.
Prime Minister Attlee's reduced majority is, in fact,
$0 slim that a few deaths of Labor members in close districts and consequent by-elections might wipe it out al-
together.
“The threat of these possibilities may deprive the Labor Party of any real stability, at a time when a stable British
.. government is a vital necessity to the wes
tern world.
THIS ELECTION, by contrast with the Labor landslidé of 1945, indicated a decided Conservative trend in Britain, That; following the recent defeat of Labor governmenfs in New Zealand and Australia may seem encouraging to American opponents of some of President Truman's
policies.”
However, victory for Winston Churchill's party wouid
have, given them much” more tangible comfort. ~ And it
“might have improved the prospect, especially in our Congress, for continued helpful and friendly relations with
Britain,
‘But, since the British Labor Party won, it is regrettable from: any thoughtful American viewpoint that it did not
win by a safe working majority.
“As it is, the outlook seems even more dubious because ill health may force the early retirement of Foreign Minister Bevin. He is no Churchill —ghere is only one Church-
ill—but Mr. Bevin has at least given British policy a drive,
a tegacity, which may be lacking if the ferred to othe hands.
reins are trans-
Then, too, there is cause of apprehension in the presence; within the British Labor Party, of a left-wing minority which in the past has favored a softer attitude toward Russia and a less close relationship with the United States. Labor's slim margin may increase the dangerous influence
of this minority. : )
‘Happily, the British people have a way of closing ranks
resolution and courage.
to present. .a united front in moments. of. emergency. ' We hope, and believe, that, whatever results from their election, . they will continue to live up to their great traditions of
Lewis Demolishes Green's Position ILLIAM GREEN, president of the American Federa-
tion of Labor, is Sen. Robertson (D. Va.).
“unalterably opposed” to a bill by
The bill would apply the federal anti-trust laws to labor unions which “unreasonably” restrain trade in commodities or services essential to the nation's health, safety and eco-
nomic life.
Congress;—aceording to Mr. Green, should stick to the principle of the 1914 Clayton act that “the labor of human
_ beings is not an article or commodity of commerce.”
Mr. Green's position is not new. And his restatement I
of it, at this particular time, isnot. likely. citizens as wise or sound or. ) - ” x ” » JOHN L. argument look absurd.
to impress mast. even reasonable. a
LEWIS and the coal crisis make Mr. Green's
Mr. Lewis is giving the American people the most pain-
“ful of many demonstrations that a union holding a monopoly over the labor of certain human beings can so completely
restrain trade in-an essential-commodity as-to-inflict upon
the nation suffering, industrial paralysis and threat of utter:
disaster,
Mr. Lewis and his union are immune to the anti-trust
laws-which long ago would have cracked down on any combination of mine owners that dared to deprive the country
of coal. © ” ” ” “ ”
THEY are immune because of a 1941 decision by the U. 8. Supreme Court. This decision held that Congress, in the 1932 Norris-La Guardia anti-injunction act, intended that nothing a labor union might do—so long as the union acted in self-interest, and not in combination with non-labor’
groups—should be considered a violation laws:
of the anti-trust
"Sen. Robertson's bill would overrule that Supreme Court decision. It may not offer the best possible safeguard on the dangerous monopoly power of induatry-wide unions. “But _certaintly there is urgent need for some positive protection against ruthless, dictatorial abuse of such power. And. certainly Mr. Green, “unalterably opposed” to the Rob-
ertson bill, suggests nothing as good. ; en ” ”
a
ne . : » . 2 = ” JF THE country must have coal, Mr. Green says, the govérnment should seize the mines. Then, presumably, he
_ would have the government confiscate all profits from the
mines while they are under seizure and make a deal to give Mr. Lewis whatever it is he wants in a new contract.
That, at least, is what Mr. Lewis obviously hopes the 0. One effect ‘of doing it might be to leave
govérnment wi
many of the min®s, permanently in government possession. Angther effect sirely would be to preserve and enhance the
uriion's monopoly power for Mr. Lewis to abuse in the future
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INCOME . .. By James Daniel
| The Indianapolis Times
- Bureau Says Units Should ‘Pay on Part of Profits
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 — The American . f Farm Bureau Federation favors federal taxation of part of the profits of farm co-operatives.
Breaking ranks with other farm organiza- ___#
tions, the powerful Farm Bureau told ®he taxwriting House Ways and Mean Committee that it believed co-ops should pay income taxes on profits which they did not return or assign to their patrons. ’ Such a policy would affect approximately half of .the nation’s 10,000 farm co-operatives, These are the ~o-ops which claim full statutory tax exemption, including the privilege of building up cash reserves not treated as the property of patrons.
Opposed to Profits Tax
DONALD KIRKPATRICK, chief counsel for the Farya Bureau, said his organization was “unalterably and aggressively” opposed, however, to applying the federal corporation tax to profits which were distributed or “clearly”
assigned to patrons. Such profits, he sald, were
really rebates and belonged to the patrons. The Farm Bureau's testimony caused a stir among witnesses gathered here to oppose a drive by the National Tax Equality Association to have all co-op profits taxed at the same rate as ordinary ‘corporation earnings. This rate is 38 per cent after $50,000.
Mr. Kirkpatrick told the Ways ‘and Means
~Committes that thére was some dispute as to who represented co-op patrons, the regular farm organizations or the associations established by co-op managements. He said the Farm Bureau had encouraged its members to organize hundreds of co-ops and consequently felt entitled to speak for co-op patrons as Farm Bureaii members.
Sided With Co-ops
THE Farmers Union. meanwhile, sided with the co-op leadership in opposing any federal tax_ation of co-operatives. A National Grange representative said that elimination of the ‘ax exemption would yield little federal revenue, All co-op and farm orgshization witnesses contended that co-op. profits paid out in cash or some form of script, such as stock or cer---tificates - of -indebtedness- should not be taxed while in the possession of the Co-Ops. Ordinary corporations pay federal income taxes before dividends are paid to stockholders. “Stockholders then pay an additional tax on their dividends as personal income.
Single-Owner Business
BUT farm witnesses said co-ops primarily were In competition with partnerships and sin-
gle-owner businesses, which escape the so-called
double taxation of corporation profits, . Rep. Wilbur M. Mills (D. Ark.) said he had -heard that many farmers didn't report. co-op dividends on their personal income tax returns. ~ He suggested co-ops might withhold 10 per
sald, farmers-could apply the tax withheld to their own income tax payment, or claim a rebate if the amount of their income-tax liability didn’t require the full eredit. ‘
WHAT IS EASTER?
" What is Easter? Oh, my son, Long ago and far away, On a cross on Calvary Hung our Saviour one dark day.
Guiltless of a, sin or crime Branded by the falsehoods. sworn, Cut His brow by crown of thorns Pierced with nails, His hands were torn.
«Then they-laid Him in a tomb Sealed it safely, so they thought, But when Mary Magdalene Came with spices that she brought —
Lo, the stone that sealed the door Had been rolled away, and now, Where ‘the Saviour had been laid Sat an angel, and his brow-—
Shone like lightning, as he told Mary and the ones who came, With _her. to the sepulchre or -- Searching for their Lord In vain—
That the Jesus, whom they sought "Was arisen from the grave, Death and darkness of a tomb Could not make of Christ a slave,
So we have our Easter, son, . Day of song and church and prayer, Praising Him who suffered death— That we might find living there, —Opal McGuire, 814 Broadway.
TIS SAID
This has been the wettest winter in the Middle West for many years. Truly there has
been a lot of water over the dam: B.C; ndl=
anapolis, Ind.
FARM SUBSIDY . .. By Peter Edson
politics. by the time the last of this And the end is not yet.
President Truman holds Congress to blame.
Congressmen say Department
Favors U, S. Tax OnFarm Co-Ops
cent of each dividend. At the end of a vear he ..-
‘no agreement.
of 1917.
Hot Potato Politics
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-— Potato politics now being played | in .Wdighington are even rougher than the proverbial peanut It will have cost the taxpayers Half a billion dollars year’s potato crop is disposed of. !
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FOREIGN POLICY 2 . By Marquis Childs Price of Peace Going Higher?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25--1If President Truman had been more candid in his Washington's birthday address, it might have been easier to understand ‘the limitations. of that speech. To have’ stated the reasons behind his refusal to recognize the growing demand jn his country
for a new approach to the Soviet Union might
have clarified the administration's stand.
Acheson are convinced that any new overture
to the Soviet Union could only do more harm _
than good. They believe that any agreement between the two countries would be worse than Their reasoning is as follows: The Russians are just now in the ascendancy. Beginning with the successful atomic explosion of last September, their stock has been steadily rising. The victory of the Chinese Communists has convinced the Russians that, as a recent dispatch out of Moscow put it, their pesition is stronger than at any time since the revolution
New Agreement THEREFORE, if the United States moved at this point for negotiations looking to a new agreement, Moscow would be certain to demand a high price. The price would, in fact, be so high that Washington could not possibly afford to pay it. ; Failure of the negotiations would lead to deep illusionment. More serious, it would give the advocates of a preventive war the opportunity they have been seeking. They could argue. that the United States having made every effort for peace, nothing remained but to take the first pretext to
—destroy-a force obviously bent on destroying us. In a mood of disillusionment, this logic might
have a forceful appeal. -
Mr. Acheson and the President feel the
futility of -a new conference even more strongly
from the viewpoint of the stipulations which this government would feel compelled to make on Moscow. Nothing less than the basic elements of the Baruch plan for atomic control would-be acceptable to Washington. Yet acceptance of these elements by Moscow would mean a virtual transformation of the Soviet system and such a transformation is inconceivable. Still another obstacle, as viewed from the White House and the State Department, is the determination of the Soviets to build-a chain-of #dtomic power stations for peacetime use. In this way, leaping over the age of steam and elec-
_SIDE GLANCES
Potato state
~~ The-President-and- Secretary of ‘State Dean
tricity, they propose at one bound to surpass the West. They would consent, at the very most, to nothing more than periodic or token United Nations inspection of such power stations. And “these stations could, of course, be transformed overnight from a peaceful purpose to the making of atomic explosives.
Therefore, the determination of the Presi-
dent and the Secretary 18 to accept the present situation. It is to recognize that both sides are stockpiling atomic bombs and to believe that Russia will not suddenly use this force so long as the United States has the power to retaliate in kind. : Keeping Door Open THE President seemed to be attempting in his talk to try to keep the door open at least a crack: But his meaning was not altogether clear. He sald that the plan for control of atomic energy approved by all but the Soviets. and their satellites in the United Nations “has ‘our sup“port not because of its form or its words but because we believe it would achieve effective control.” : Then, however, he went on to deny any “pride of authorship” and to “ask only for a plan that provides an effective workable system.” That is so small a sign of intention that it is not likely to impress opinion either at home or abroad. Even within the framework of the determination to hold the present status the President could have said more. This is not an answer to those who feel that an affirmation of America’'s desire for peace is at the very least called for from the President. Nor is it likely to quiet
the demand for a new effort to come to an
agreement with the Soviet Union.
Politica! Motivation PARTLY, of course; this demand has a poli“tical motivation. But, as the response to Harold Stassen’s concrete proposal for a meeting in some neutral capital indicates, it is effective politics, It brings a response from the hearts and minds of millions of Americans. Powerful as is the argument for sitting tight and holding to the status quo, such a policy has a cold and precarious sound. } The risks in it, as the President and his Secretary of State well know, are very great. They lie in an untoward and irrational act in, say, Berlin or Yugoslavia. But to those who
—-complain of the cold comfort in this stand the =
President would reply that almost any kind of peace is better than total war in the atomic era,
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taking shape.
_..the finished: product.
Hoosier Forum
“l do not agree with a word that you say, but | . will defend to the death your right to say it."
—
By Theo. B. Marshall, 1114 Tecumseh St.
The least observing, most shallow thinker surely sees a revolution taking place all over the world today among the peoples of all the agvanced countries, Like all other great changes in political powers, this has
effect and be of tremendous benefit to the lower classes of the people of all nations, there can belittle doubt. However, during the time taken for a full consummation, rough times can be expected. . ‘ ~~ From earlier history the working class has been exploited by the powerful class. In the intervening years the powerful classes have been forced to make concessions and right some
much more than they can possibly use while others have scarcely enough to keep body and soul together is proof that too much of the fruits of labor are going into the tills of a few,
the sweat and toil of labor. That money alone contributes nothing. The brain dreams, executes the plans, figures costs and profits, but cannot and does not produce a single dollar unless a worker with ingenuity and traiming gives his sweat. ‘ These being facts, then isn’t it a fact that the men who do the actual labor should share ‘equally in the wealth which they create? Of course we all know that no two people are created equal and that some will “with ease” perform tasks which are difficult if not impos-. “8iblé Tor others, “That these able men should receive more than the others goes without question, but all should sharé equally for’ his contribution to the world, the goods, commodities and machines which he produces. Capitalism has and always will be opposed to workers’ rights to fair share of the fruits of his labor. It's also contrary to the principals on which our government was founded. Primarily the. reason for the founding of our government was freedom from the tyrannical impositions of a more powerful group and, 80 Tar as “possible, to establish equality among’ the people. : ‘Dried Eggs Highly Valued’ By Stanleigh B. McDonald, Director School Lunch Division, Dept, Public Instruction In The Times recently, I read an editorial entitled “Federal Omelet.” In view of the fact that I am the Indiana director of the school ‘lunch program, I have had an opportunity to v work with cooks and program supervisors of school lunch programs throughout the state where dried eggs are being used in preparing school lunches for children. Many hundreds of pounds of dried eggs have been distributed to school lunch programs in the state of Indiana by the State Department of Public Welfare. This commodity has- been highly valued by the school lunch programs in this state. : : x I wish to take exception to a sentence in
this editorial which infers that people will. not ; eat dried eggs if they can help it. I.have re-—— —f&
ceived many letters which indicate the success school lunch program supervisors had utilizing dried eggs. The school lunch programs in this state consume many hundreds of pounds of United ‘States Department of Agriculture commodities and have utilized these commodities to a good advantage, : If you are of the opinion that dried eggs are not palatable, may I extend to you an invitation to accompany me to any school lunch program in Indiana and there witness the preparation of food containing dried eggs and sample
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‘Scare Talk’ By Mrs. Walter Haggerty, City. If I did not say what I intended to say in a recent letter about “hurning bonds,” I humbly beg of you to read it again. As I remember the article, I did not tell you to burn your bonds, but instead I said, or I intended to say to all of those who are so concerned about our government going broke, we could burn our bonds and never cash them in and keep on buying and burning so long as we keep buying. It would be a waste to nobody but your own individual self and would help our government ~ if you would burn your bonds. There's no law “against burning bonds and if you don’t need them your government could use them. You old tightwads are not so afraid of our government “going broke” as you try to infer. - If, and when it does, the dollars you have hidden away won't be worth a pewter penny and you know it. This scare talk is worse than subversive ace tivities, if you were talking to simple people. The 60 million honest hard-working American bond buyers know you are worried about “future
elections.” Some of our Republican leaders are
afraid their grandchildren will never make the White House. They must change leadership or they will never make it. These old nonunion, reactionary, anti this, anti that do not represent the majority of the people. The 60 million hard-_ “working Americans are not going to see the government go broke and they are also going to take care of “future elections.”
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—A University of Chicago professer declares that half of all American adults are misplaced persons —in their work, that is, He thinks the unfortunate - have a .good deal . to do with
job choices-so-many ‘people make our high rates of divorce and
of Agriculture is to blame. Sec-
F. Brannan has now proposed “to dump an estimated 25 mil= lion bushels to save from $15 million to $20 million in transportation charges which he says the Gore-Anderson farm bill does not authorize him to spend. ~ » ” AND for this economy the Secretary is being charged with playing politics himself-—want-ing to make the present farm bill look- bad so as to-advance the cause of his own farm plan. : To get at the bottom of this whole disgraceful chapter of bad government and bad legislation, it is only necessary to go back and look at the record. It begins with the so-called Steagall amendment to the 1942 farm bill. It prov that for the war and two years after, farm products on which the government wanteda=jncreased production should be’ protected by 90 per cent of parity price supports. Among
. these Steagall amendment crops
was potatoes.
- 8 8... . FOR the 1942-45 potato crop, this: 80 per cent price support cost the government $40 million. If the thing had stopped
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million. So the total may be
.$009...million,...all..of...which-.
was foreseen and forewarned against, | . On Nov. 29, 1946, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton B. Anderson wrote the Congressional Committees on Agriculture, telling them this potato problem was coming up, and that the whole question of price supports needed prompt consideration. 8 ‘® = ON Jan. 22, 1947, Mr. Anderson conferred with the committees. He made a long statement on the problem, but was careful not to tell Congress what it should do. On Feb. 26, 1948, Mr. Anderson again wrote Congress that,
* “unfortunately, no legal action
there, it might -not have been-
so bad. But President Truman did not declare the emergency over till the end of -1946.
The cost was ‘$91 million for"
1948, $54 miilion for 1947, $224 million for 1948. For the 1949
has as yet been taken.” But in June, 1948, on the last day of the session, the Republican Congress did pass the HopeAlken farm bill. It authorized flexible price supports of from 60 to 90 per cent of parity. Mr, Anderson was elected to the Senate from New Mexico that fall. Charles F. Brannan became Secretary of Agriculture. Nov. 17, 1948, Secretary
Brannan cut 1949 potato acre- .
age goals by 1714 per cent and cut potato price supports to 60 per cent of parity, ” - = : THIS was the first step in the right direction, though it was two years late and it was inadequate, Potato farmers be-
. gan to plant their rows: closer
* together and apply more ferti-
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the average of 111 bushels apn, .
acre in 1928-39 to 211 bushe an acre in 1949, . : - In. October, 1949, Congress
passed the Gore-Anderson farm
bill. . It kept potato price sup-
« ports at 60-90 per cent of par-
ity.
oe *. win " THE Gore-Anderson bill provided that freight costs on po- “ private
recipient. Congress may not
have intended to slow down potato distribution in that way, but that’s what it did. And ex-Secretary, now Sen,
* Anderson, ‘though he still be-
lieves “the primary responsibility rests, on Congress, takes the position that the ‘decision
-of . whether to dump or not to
dump potatoes is an administrative matter for his succes-
mental illness. Why do they wander into the
such great numbers?
~--One-reason-seems to be that until the last decade or two very few ever exercised much
care in picking a job. It often
~ could be said that a man gave
more real thought to choosing a new car or radio than to deciding his life's work. ® ~ ~ A BIG part of the trouble was that as modern life grew increasingly complex it became harder for a man both to meassure his own talents and to size up the suitability of various. jobs. The tendency of too many
"has been to drift into whatever
work appeared handy. Once set in a particular groove, and saddled with family responsibilities, people have little chance but to_stick. Tr * = =»
THERE'S a second big rea- -
son: Industrial civilization, founded on machines in both office and factory, inevitably: invokes many tasks that are monotonous, routine and dull, They're broken down into such small segments that an indjvidual worker seldom sees or ¢an-. understand the. whole operation. : : Like a soldier in battle, the worker never knows how the war is going. He just knows ‘what's happening to Hill 605.
And that knowledge isn’t very -
satisfying. Not like the deep pleasure and pride the craftsman of old gained when he
wrong paths in o » =
oping answers to these prob-~ lems. Vocational guidance is
‘winning -a-bigger and bigger
place in our schools. Job couns sellors try to tell us what we're fit for, what talents various tasks demand, and what opportunities lie in those fields. Sometimes a man has to settle for his second -or third choice ‘because there's simply no room for him in the fields he likes most.
~ ” » FURTHERMORE, business ‘and industry are growing
steadily more aware they must
somehow make dull JQbs pala- -
table. Either by reminding workers constantly of the rounded picture into which their work fits, and thus giving them a solid sense of achievement; or by helping them develop side interests that provide real compensation for the satisfaction missed on the job. : i . = =
MOST social scientists probably would agree with the Chi-
* cago professor that these prob‘lems go right to the root of
our modern day social unrest. You don’t make happy men or build happy homes and families when so many people spend most of their waking hours at: chores ‘which either ‘bore them
or actually upset them. ~ =
A good start has been made, = bit we need much more attenfen in schools and in industry the problem of
real -
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5 crop the cost”is now estimated lizer. This, plus .good potato - charity or to convert into aléo- sor, Secretary Brannan, . to : turned out a well-made boot. human fadiacien 'into the 8 now and in the past. vy - SE between &80 million and $100. weather, jumped the-yield from . _ hol’ must be paid for by the handle. Loa Se or . workaday world. y ho es | nt - fs . = A ; > . A ; 5 - wie - ; . \ = Rel . : a i : 38. i. © . 2 lr i = \ : ai hi