Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1950 — Page 10

'W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W, MANZ

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= Judicial Appeasement = x GUBITCHEYV, a spy, was sent to this country -by the Russian government to use the United Nations ~~ as a cover to, pick up whatever American secrets he could buy or beguile from local dupes and traitors. : . He found an-easy mark in Judith Coplon and was carrying but his mission per instructions until the FBI cut him down. : : o ; rr a lengthy trial, during which he was free to con-

“=, counsel of his own choice, he was convicted of espionage and |... sentenced to 15 years in prison... o.com + Immediately Secretary of State Acheson and Attorney General- McGrath personally requested the court to suspend sentence and permit this Gubitchev to be sefit back to Russia (At the American taxpayers’ expense, of course.)

» » WE FRANKLY fail to understand why. The State Department indicated the move was to prevent Soviet retal@tion against American citizens in Russia and the satellites. : - “Which seems a negative and conciliatory approach to the fruitless business of trying to get along with Russia. - Weéappear to be saying to the Kremlin, look how nice we ~ aré treating this guilty Gubitchev—now won't you quit harfssing innocent American businessmen and officials? ~ Certainly such a proffer of leniency can’t apply to the case of Robert A. Vogeler, the American who has been sentenged to a 15-year term in Hungary. It would be accepting asa fact that Mr. Vogeler was a spy like Gubitchev and therefore a fair trade was in order. . The State Department has already denounced the Vogeler’ drial as “devoid of justice, inadequate as to evidence and replete with falsehoods.” : : ~~ We think it would have been better to give Gubitchev the! works—and let Russia be the first to make an offer.

as a warning to-others-in-this eountry ‘who have seemed so bend=upon betraying their country:

What Housewives Expect PAESIDENT TRUMAN'S confidently anticipated approval + 80on will complete repeal of the unfair federal margarine t ; “The taxes, however, won't come off until next July 1, when the government's new fiscal year begins. of 1 cents a pound on manufacturers of yellow margarine. “When the taxes are repealed, housewives in the states whose own laws permit sale of yellow margarine will look

~~ for"Rs price to drop at least 10 cents a pound.

=During the long congressional battle, defenders of buttersgharged repeatedly that the margarine industry intended ~to tick the housewifes. They charged that, if the taxes were repealed, margarine prices would go up, not down. :

» ” REPLYING to such charges, Sen. Fulbright of Arkansassead into the record last Jan. 13 telegrams from Armour & Cg, Swift & Co., Best Foods, Ing., and other large margafime manufacturers. 0 ; : * “Each company said that. if the taxes were repealed, it would lower its price for yellow margarine by 10 cents a pound. : : : We believe those promises were made in good faith. : We believe, furthermore, that wholesale distributors and retailers—since they no longer will have to pay federal license fees for the privilege of selling margarine—can well afford to' pass along to consumers at least the full saving ".of a dime a pound on yellow margarine. oo “That's what millions of housewives will expect next July i, ~~ That's what they have a right to expect. And they'd “better not be disappointed. : .

—Tr@lining Tomorrow's Leaders ERVANCE of 4-H Club Week in Indiana rural com_munities points up the rentarkable progress made by ~thes# organizations in preparing Hoosier youth for future ™ leadership in agriculture. - \.- : a “Che 4-H program has advanced a long way during the 46 years it has been training Indiana’s youth of the seil in methods of conservation and scientific production. . «For many years enrollment in these clubs has increased shalply until a new high was reached with 68,151 boys and girly participating during 1949. On the basis of these continded enrollment increases, the training program in Indiana 18 expected to reach 75,000 members this year. ~ “Bince Indiana's basic industry is agriculture, the advance of youth training projects is forming a solid foundatiogfor enlightened farm leadership the state will need in = Ue gears ahead. =

-— German Elections VERE glad to see U. 8. High Commissioner McCloy take ~ the initiative in urging free elections on the question of aMnified government for all Germany. : Having picked up that ball, he should keep running with it. = : The Russians have made a lot of undeserved capital outgpf their lip-service to German unity. The Western Powers should now push the issue until the Soviets put up or shut up. : : ; : 88. ® = =» : =) terms Mr. McCloy outlined for a German plebescife”ought to appeal to all fair-minded people: That all : be allowed to present candidates, propose programs ==~and compete for votes in complete freedom, without dis-- ~ crigiina or official favoritism, and that assurances be ~ given that all persons can vote as they choose. without fear

quence

conditions should be repeated until it is made all Germans that the Russians are afraid to permit

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sult with his Russian mentors here and enjoy the benefit of -

- Biggest and most obnoxious of these taxes is the one .

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by outshouting Sen. McCarthy. All this, of course, obscures those

pouTics + By Ludwell Denny King Question

‘Shakes Belgium’

¢ Showdown on Leopold ing May Be Self-Defeating . WASHINGTON, Mar. 11—The Belgian election tomorrow on the king question can settle nothing, but the campaign has shaken the already dangerously divided country. ] Ifthe justification for monarchy in a democracy is to unife otherwise separate racial, linguistic, religious and social groups, this show-

* "down between the pro-Leopold and anti-Leopold

Is proving self-defeating. It might be worth the price of increased bitterness temporarily if the election disposed of

the issue. But the popular referendum on '

whether the exiled Leopold should or should not return to power is only advisory, and without constitutional basis. Only parliament can repeal the ban, and only the king can abdicafe,

Decisive Vote

EVEN any advisory benefit of the election is nullified by refusal of the parties to agree on what would be a decisive-vote. Obviously a king with almost half the country against him would make a mockery of constitutional monarchy. Leopold has said he will quit unless at least 55 per cent vote for him. But the Social-Christian (Catholic) Party, which is making the fight for him, has bound itself to no figure, Some Social-Christian leaders think a two-thirds majority would be a minimum for safety. The Socialists and other antiLeopoildists say the figure should be higher. Actually the proportion of the.national vote is less important than the regional lineup. Even a 70 per cent pro-Leopold majority in the country as a whole would be inadequate for national

unity if it were chiefly among the Dutch-speake .

ing Flemings, and if the French-speaking Wal-

loons were overwhelmingly opposed.

* As for Judith Coplin, it is, as Judge Ryan said, about Divided on Issue < ime. “Let her 15 years, and more, in federal prison stand THEREFORE the Liberal Party, which is =

the coalition government with the Social-Chris- . tlans but divided over this issue, insists that the

king should should not return without ma jority support in all-threeé regions. That is in Wallonia and in the mixed Brussels area, as well as in the Flemish region. : The monarchy, as such, is not the issue. Many of Leopold's bitterest opponents believe his abdication in favor of the crown prince is necessary to increase respect for the monarchy, as well as to restore national unity, Nominally the dispute over Leopold turns on the question whether he was pro-Nazi. Did he desert the Allies, as Churchill and others

charged? Why did hie refuse to form a Belgium.

government-in-exile to carry on the fight, and instead remain as a favored.“prisoner” of Hitler? The truth is by no means clear.

Woman Question ; ACTUALLY, the deepest opposition to Leopold is for two other reasons. One is the fear he is too ambitions for a constitutional monarch, The other is that, while Hitler's prisoner, he married a beautiful and rich Beigian commoner who is widely distrusted. ! More than anything else the king question Is a woman question. And that makes it all the harder to settle, especially because the woman of Belgium are divided on it.

, LINCOLN

A man whose face was homely yet Kindness shows there too: His name is long remembered for Men like him are few.

A tall, thin, awkward man, Yet wise and good was he; He was. what many men, who follow him Have ever hoped to be. "

He placed his trust in God all through His great life now gone by “ Because God made him what he was Now his name shall never die.

—Patricla Keegan, Indianapolis.

Can I feel that a day is a failure Because the sun somehow does hide, ruined. -

Can I feel that a night is By no stars at eventide—

When I've known many beautiful days Born with radiant light at dawn, + Many lovely scenes of the twilight When night's starry crown was on.

My memory must outshine the dimness = And make. up to me if oppressed. Let. me live today as I find it And class it along with the best,

~—Anna E. Young, 3541 N. DeQuincy St.

“LABOR RECORD . . . By Peter Edson

ClO’s Purge of Reds

WASHINGTON, Mar. 11—CIO’s

tional unions have been expelled. pending. . Results in the six General Motors

Workers over the expelled United Electrical Workers. The California CIO Council has been completely reorganized. . This is the last “of the major ClO. Councils to be purged. Communist leadership is now a factor in only a few

and

city councils. on the West Coast; and finally

oF 8 - the THIS CIO cleanup drive be-

tion last November when two internationals were expelled forthwith. One was the UEW, ° the other the Farm Equipment Workers’ Union. At the end of the convention

board was instance,” the old Mine, Mill - ro ee trials on 0d Smelter Workers has 10 other international unions. -STOWn into'a kind of CIO “Dis"8 trict 50,” with “locals in many THE four unions that have industries. Some of the

pelled - in mid-February are: Mine, Mill and Smelter Work-

Workers, 12,000 members; Public Workers, 14. 000 members; Food, Tobacco Ad Agricultural Workers, 22.¢

Unions still to be tried are: | American Commurdications

Communist purge has hun up a remarkable record over the past four months. Six ne

The trials of six others are

plant elections were a 10-to-one victory for the new International Union of Electrical

Leather Workers: the Allied Fishermen with 25,000 members; . the Marine Cooks and Stewards with 7000 members,

44,000 members scattered all over the country, * =»

Life-and-Death Fight

THIS biggest and most powerful of all farm’ organizations has pledged itself to what amounts to a life-and-death fight against the proposal. Brannan Plan supporters said at first, and still say, that this opposition comes only from the leaders, whom they picture as spokes-

men for the big commercial-type farmer.

©" But Farm Bureau leaders won overwhelming endorsement of their stand at the organization's national convention in December. ‘ With this situation; “Democratic politicians in strong Farm Bureau arid Grange states naturally duck support of the Brannan Plan. Take thercase of Sen. Lucas, for example. He's up for re-election in Illinois, a state in

which. the Farm. Bureau-is-exceptionally- strong-----

and which is always tough for Democrats in off-year elections. In a race with a strong Republican opponent, former Rep. Everett Dirksen, Sen. Lucas cannot afford to do anything to arouse the ire of the Farm Bureau. And he hasn't. “lo } : Lo “I'm the one who has to run for the Senate

And when alternatives are discussed — and the Secretary of Agriculture is consulted—there is Mr. Brannan with his remedy. Because the Brannan Plan was offered nearly a year ago, the Agriculture Department now can “wash its hands” of responsibility for the dumping of millions of bushels of potatoes and the mounting piles of other perishable foods. Regiment Farmers . THE Farm Bureau argues that the Brannan Plan would regiment American farmers. and make them dependent on Government checks for the bulk of their income. Mr. Brannan says that no controls are proposed other than those now in the law—acreage allotments and marketing quotas.

fall to free market levels, with the consumers

benefitting by cheaper prices. He would pay

farmers the difference between the price at which they sold their commodities and the Government support price. Secretary Brannan says ‘it wouldn't cost more than the present program.

‘His-plan would “let the price of périshabies

IT SEEMS impossible to draft a law to keep John L. Lewis from showing contempt for his country:

IF THINGS keep up the way they have been

going, a man who gets a State Department job will be ashamed to 80 home.

PRIZE FIGHT. trainers should be able to Bet good jobs in France developing mien’ for Parliament. " PURPOSE of the new anti-Red program of the Progressive Party is’ to.run -Heary-Wallace

—as-a-dark-horse of another color.

FARMING is so essential that evéry taxpayer hopes we can continue to afford it,

NOTHING booms ‘home washing machines

‘like a laundry. 5 ' ABOUT THE best way to start a fight these days is to take a strong stand for peace. - NATIONALIST China dents and no country.

TELEVISION will keep children home when they see what goes on ‘outside. *

now has two presi-

By Galbraith AMERICAN ‘SPORT’ . . . By Bruce Biossat

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WASHINGTON, Mar. 11-—-Somewhere in robust history we Americans decided t Se Suse ot sus stealing were just good sport. It's happy lark is costing us millions of dollars, not to mi People don’t like to be lectured on this sort of uy Yves, . else can they be made to understand what's happening? The magazine Survey recently looked into vandalism, concentrating on highway, roadside and park damage and

: ; ‘same way * = = rE 8. a ‘Greatest ive Body on E ‘Greatest ative Body on \ 5 : : Bs alae of dF : : permission would be granted for the lad to eat. +4 Found haa ‘I for one do not wish to enter another war just. because_some peopl os Jaunot_ ve. oisrant :, Dug. ~ enough to live up to ) na spra professes. I believe a little education of our ie spr © ow ~~ people would go a lot further in stopping the edical a spread of communism than ail our propaganda its wings t« © -we spread with billions in food and relief, I think Foundatic + ‘ this duty lies in the hands of the press. Jrej- a new thre udice will never produce a solid America. ing facilitie L.A + ; ' antibiotics, MQ ‘Afraid to Let People Talk antiviotcs. By Oscar Banks, 966 Hosbrook St. SE third. A. J. Schneider who comments on the secre- Lilly offic tary of the Civil Rights Congress for griticizing to. the. pres . the City Council, is undoubtedly misinformed, P like many Americans. - 8. Alabam: . : Mr. Schneider asked if the Civil Rights Con- . will be com gress has used its power and influence to defend . Although patriotic Americans. How did the Civil Rights ‘“wwere not it Congress know Cohen, the Communist, was go- Seto | —— ing to make an unpatriotic speech before the ' \ a $700,000. - - City Council on rent control? He was refused ’ the right to talk and po one had a chance to Building | hear what he had to say. Le 000 were | Has ‘Mr. Schneider heard about Mrs. Rosa Leslie. Colv : Ingram? She is a patriotic American, a Negro structure, f who defended her honor against a southern oratory ar share-cropper and was sentenced to death Tas desig with her two sons. If it were not for the Civil agge 1am, \ Rights Congress she would have been executed th ench Ag by now, and the CRC is still leading the fight ; a ora for her release from prison. oT TR ph oe Has he heard of the frame-up charges in Ras ot Trenton, N. J, against six Negro men, also WA a. patriotic Americans? They would be dead by by McCarty { now if the CRC hadn't hired good defense at- wood and 4 ' torneys for them and led in the nation-wide protest their case aroused. . From the report I get as to how Councilman Rites T Seidensticker corfducted the meeting I can only : conclude he is afraid to let everyone talk, I’ For Jai guess, from his letter, Mr. Schneider is, too. . | Not many years ago there was another guy who _ Services f ! * was afraid to let people talk, His name was ____E. Washing ros Adolph Hitler. He started out on the Commu- > ~ at 2 p.‘m,. Bisse = = ] ~Ruben funer ‘What Is the Answer?’ iho Sn By A Reader yesterday in I note there is a move to thwart the trend of Russia, h Les Sie ALAUR — to socialized medicine. Personally I would hate store at 43 . the routine and impersonal treatments that for 25 yea FARM PROGRAM By Earl Richert welfare medicine would bring but if our medical ment 15 ye ote : hon needs continue to mount we will be minus home member of | drei ® and even bare necessities. : gation and Brannan Plan as Campaign Issue >: Si se cm or im + nian ! . . ' care but Mink a small salary not quite enough © Mr. Singe: An. Tlliriois,” .he - is. said to z 10. pay-.the fee asked -by most doctors: -If my “daughters, 1 wr SABHIIO PON. Mar. 11—Whither. the Bran- ia . he to sua io het Ad “Presiaent family took care of the immediate medical Ca G Slapped down by a Democratic Congress last Plan, 5 ; : needs it would take almost three months salary Indianapolis year and snubbed by the same Congress so far Republicans, almost to a man, say they wel- jo say pothing of incidentals. I wonder what Levey, Chic: this year, the controversial farm proposal seems come the Brannan Plan as an issue in the fall the answer 8 other than government control of Singer, St. ] to-have only one immediate destination: The elections. With the two biggest farm organ. Medicine Singer, Mar campaign platforms this fall. izations against it, they figure they can battle "8 M be e children. And there its espousal by Democratic orators it safely and, in fact, pick up farm votes by ay He Is an Indian Charl will be limited. pointing out that the Brannan Plan is indorsed By A Reader aries - President - Truman, Agriculture Secretary by the CIO. A § Services | Charles Brannan and minor orators sent out S b i di . Ci C ; . Another 2 op Pele of Baal: American Talbert, 336 by the Democratic National Committee will be vbsidizing City Consumer . - Indian origin. If not, he t00 18 of foreign extras. be who died ye arguing for it—as will such Fair Deal legis- THEY will argue that the Brannan Plan is tion and may be more fortunate in having had { Wilhe at!) lators as Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D. Minn.) really a plan for subsidizing the big city con nis family living in the United States a genera- Ber & Buchs and Rep. Cecil White (D. Cal). sumer, with the farmer getting no more from ‘tion or so longer than some of the so-called Wii be In C But there’ll be no supporting speeches from the Government than at present. “foreigners” whom he claims are working in the 3a: Talte such Democrats as Senate Majority Leader Why hasn't the Brannan Plan died quietly mines of our country, - auditor of t Scott Lucas. (D. Ill.) and Sen. Clinton P. Ander- 55 a result of ali this strong opposition? chinery & S son (D. N. M.), former Secretary of Agriculture. One reason is that it is supported. whole- . _ Indianapolis and-chairman of -the Senate Democratic cam- heartedly by two. strong-willed. men, President Views on th e N ews - with-the-eor ,paign committee. Truman and Secretary Brannan. - ry poration in 1 Why hasn't the Brannan Pian gotien any Another reason is the present farm mess. By DAN KIDNEY a place—wha all-ou ministration suppor As long as caves are full of Government- 0 , . r $i 0a and a heavy Democratic majority in Congress? purchased dried eggs and potatoes have: to be 18n't Re CWA CITT Chaivber of Comuiares . Tex., SUEY There are many reasons, but one over- gumped, etc. Congress and the Administration wall. He went to town for three days and then LBs thadows all others: ‘the American Farm Bureau must concern_themselves with better, methods hurried back to the 200 to commit suicide Notice 13 her Federation. of solving the farm problem. .

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pe successful bidde ecute contract amount of such

wr A toh x es upon fail % do. " e Boi Jocerves jhe, ri s received. BOARD OF 1 . E. WW. | MRS. A PAUL 1 C. B. K City of

hat vandalism and petty about time we realize this

people continually deface the area's scenic wonders, carving their undistinguished

| ex-

ample, California puts damage Aas. to highway signs alone at $60,-