Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1950 — Page 10

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- Good Man for Tough Job ~~ 5 PRESIDENT TRUMAN is reported to have decided to ~ 7 make Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington chairman of the Nationa! Security Resources Board, :

making the appointment. orig Ada es Mr. Symington has been secretary of the Air Force since the department was created in 1947, He has been a good one. Under his supervision, the Air Force made an orderly transition from a corps of the Army to full-fledged membership on the national defense team, Under Mr. Symington it successfully carried out its

plans and a clear vision of its role in the nation’s future. It will ‘be as hard for the Air Force to give him up as it is for Mr. Bymington to leave, ~ td ” ” # # BUT WE think the shift should be made. The National Security Resources Board has been neglected too long. For all practical purposes, it has never had a chairman. Mr. Truman's first appointee, Arthur M. Hill, was an able man, but he never had the President's support. It was all too evident that Mr, Hill and Mr, Truman did not see eye to eye on matters of industrial mobilization, When Mr. Hill retired, Mr, Truman tried to hand the chairmanship to his old Senate crony, Mon Waligren. The Senate—wisely, we believe—rejected him, Since then, Dr. John R. Steelman has been acting chairman. He tries to devote’ half of each day to the job. Under Dr, Steelman, the board seldom meets. » ” . s 8» A STRONG National Security Resources Board is vital to our national defense. It is the President's adviser on industrial and civilian mobilization and preparedness. Its chairman, in an emergency, inherits most of the wartime powers vested in 137 emergency boards and agencies in World War II. He is automatically a member of the Na-

Lilly Firm Official Argues Plan

WASHINGTON, Mar. 31 —Desr Boss — A well-reasoned plea for U. 8. approval of the

Exports Increased

“WHEREAS the normal pre-war exports of the industry were only about $18 million annually, today exports average $200 milliofi The exports of Eli Lilly & Co. have increased five times, thus contributing to the continuous high level of employment in Indianapolis and to the well-being of not only our employees but also the many professional people and tradesmen

who furnish them with goods and services. All of them have a direct stake in the continuance

of our export markets.”

Admitting that his particular business oeccuples a favored position in dollar exchange (drugs obtaining priority in various foreign countries), Mr. Teel cites the danger to all U, 8 exporting that lies in increased trade barriers. The answer, although admittedly not perfect,

is ITO, he maintained.

The ITO charter, which he wants Congress to approve, establishes an agreed code of principles for the conduct of international trade and an organiation to assist in implementing

them,

Specialized Agency

THE organization would be. a specialized

——tional-Security-Couneil,— Such a job needs a strong man, It needs a man who understands how to marshal America’s industries and re. sources, a man of drive and energy, one who will not be shoved aside, Stuart Symington is a man who gets things done. :

Leon Blum

Leon Blum was a child he once asked his father, a wealthy businessman: “How is it possible to buy an article cheap, sell it dear, and call oneself honest?” The man who was fated to become premier of France three times, each in trying moments of history, probably “never found the answer to his own satisfaction. He died yesterday at 77, a really grand old man of - of its most yespected elder statesmen. He was ever the gentle soul, the compassionate idealist blinded to the evil in men and man-made events. . Even as Hitler and Mussolini put the finishing touches on thelr war machines and as the world headed toward catastrophe, Leon Blum clung to his child-like faith in the

in 1987, he was saying: “If I were in the insurarice business underwriting the risks of war, I believe I would lower my premiums. The odds now seem to be in favor of peace.” When war came and France was betrayed, he could have escaped abroad and lived in luxury. Instead, he remained behind, as a Socialist and a Jew, he was arrested and sent to a Nazi prison. Liberated by American soldiers in 1945, he returned to France and a year later came to the United States seeking financial aid to rehabilitate his - country. ; : New York gave him a tremendous welcome, and when he tried to speak of his gratitude his voice trembled, and tears ran down his cheeks,

Food for Red China

AMINES in China are an old and familiar story to the American public and relief organizations whose contributions in the past have saved millions of lives. But the

.—from-two-standpoints. enim ok First, it is undoubtedly the worst in recent history. An estimated 50 million persons are affected with 10 million at the point of starvation. In one area it is reported that hunger-mad peasants have resorted to cannibalism. Second, China is now in the hands of a Communist ‘regime which has lowered the usual Iron Curtain and is prepared to sacrifice thousands of lives to make the Mos-cow-inspired “revolution” a success. » » . hi X 3 » ss» CHIANG KAI-SHEK has appealed for world aid to the people in Red China. He offered to do everything possible to ‘see that food reached them, and he plans an airlift from “his own hard-pressed government on Formosa. - The American public will have to make up its mind soon what to do about China relief this year. We don't see how ‘we can refuse to help. But if any widespread air program gets under way and the Reds let us move supplies into their areas, we believe America must insist on a free rein in administering the relief and see t6 it that the food goes to the starving people and does not become a political weapon in the hands of their Communist over-lords.

It Does Seem Futile - eo RS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT said that “it seems ~ futile” to support the Chinese Nationalists in, the United Nations, where the Communists are clamoring for “Most of us feel,” she said, “that the Chinese Na- | tionalist government was given every opportunity to form a government representing all the people of China.” ~~ And most of those who felt that way took every opportunity to tear down whatever government the Nationalists were trying fo form.

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honesty and good intentions of people. In an interview

.......Saminé that bas struck China this year.is. gravely different.

eign aid job. .

agency of -the- United Nations —and its —estap=— by the Senator lishment would be carrying out the pelicy laid ; down by the Congress in the concluding para- ° “graph of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act in which membership in the Bretton Woods

organizations was accepted.

The charter principles deal with the commercial policy (tariffs, preferences, nondiscrimination with regard to imported goods in internal taxation and regulations, the use of simplification of customs duties), international action for the limitation of harmful activities of international cartels, rules governing the formation of intergovernmental commodity agreements, principles affecting foreign investment, employment -and economic development,

quotas. subsidies,

Mr, Teel concludes:

“1 am in favor of ITO because it is the best available means for attacking existing trade ; t prevent restoration is important that the Habana charter obtained the agreement of 54 nations, without an agreement of such scope there is no practical possibility of dealing with

of muitiateral ace,

the problem.

All Trade Barriers

“IT IS also important that the charter covers the entire range of trade barriers, from im- . port quotas to cartels. It is important that these restrictions -are -dealt-with in detail and cover the interests ‘of all industri

trade . . .

without delay if we hope interests in foreign trade.”

'TIS SAID

We should discard the depressing news of the world and concentrate on our present luxuries. But we might add up the tax on our different luxuries and refuse to smile about that.

~B. C., Indianapolis, Ind.

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“We must deal in realities. We badly need an ITO, and only one practical charter for such an organization exists. We should approve it to advance American

letter appealing for a renewal of the bi

policy was a reminder of what has been missing

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ally abandoned.

the letter will restore it. In

4] this are the elements of both 4 personal and public tragedy.

As leader of his party on foreign policy in the Congress, Sen. Vandenberg exercised a restraining influence on the diehard Senators who wanted to restore the old isolationism. He did this h his con-

Sen. Vandenberg stant day-to-day relationships on and off the fluor of the Senate. Part of his influence was in his prestige, his seniority. Part of it was in his skill as a moderator d compromiser, The extremists condemned for his willingness to compromise. But he understood better than anyone else how to exercise his leadership in both its positive and its negative aspects, : During most of this session Sen. Vandenberg’s serious illness has kept him away from the Senate. His wife also is very ill.” The pros-

pect of his return to active leadership in the immediate future is at best uncertain, This would seem to insure that the dominant

drive.

voice on both foreign and domestic policy will be sounded by Sens. Taft, Wherry, and Bridges. Sen. Taft has publicly declared that he encouraged Sen. McCarthy to continue, in the convietion that if Sen. McCarthy missed one target he might hit. another. Sens. Bridges are openly leading the “get Acheson”

The opposition. to this triumvirate within their party has been timid and tentative, Small wonder, too! They control the party machinery

and they have shown themselves to be ruthless, Sens. Wherry and Bridges, taking their cue from Sen. McCarthy, do not bother to argue

WORLD AID, . By Peter Edson

‘Point 4' Cost Argued

WASHINGTON, Mar, 31—Opposition to President Truman's Point Four program for aid to underdeveloped countries is based

primarily on a fear that it will cost

too much. There is a feeling

issues. They merely harangue and denounce. The venerable Henry L. Stimson, a Republican elder statesman, pointed out the danger of Sen. McCarthy's tactics in blunt, strong language, But this will not give the Taft-Wherry-Bridges combine a moment's pause.

SIDE GLANCES -

that while this government is involved in a European recovery...

program; a North Atlantic Pact Military A : : 8813 billion -national defense \ry Assistance Program,. ies “would be Ynbalanced..

budget at home, —tfoolish to start’ another for-'

“program and

foreign policy has been virtu-

B® That is the fact, and there is little reason to believe that

Wherry “and

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'VANDENBERG MISSED . . » By Marquis Childs Bipartisan Foreign Policy Fades

WASHINGTON, Mar, 31—8en, Vanden s The fateful election of 1920 suggests a / an | parallel. In that year 31 distinguished Republicans signed a statement afirming their belief -in the League of Nations and the necessity for |! throughout this session of Congress, In the international co-operation. They were men of it. absence of the leadership supplied in the past

stature and integrity, in

"Taft; Ellhu Root, Herbert Hoover and Henry L. Stimson. : es

‘Normalcy of Isolation’

OTHER nolser Republicans were saying exactly the opposite. Warren Harding did a vague licans were swept into power and America returned immediately to

straddle. The

~ the “normaley” of isolation.

An opportunity exists today for an active Republican leader to try to carry on what Vandenberg so successfully initiated, Such a leader —let's say Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts or Harold Stassen--could express his

true convictions about a bi

policy and the imminent peril in quarreling over the direction of American aims beyond Ame

ica’'s shores. -I1 believe the

Tesponse. within the Republican Party to such leadership would be impressive and immediate. And such a leader would have

little to lose. 3

. His silence and his timidity at this point will not gain him the favor of the men who intend to keep the controls of the party. There is little doubt as to what the response would be

among independent voters,

Twofoid Function

THE function of such a leader, and those who would at once rally around him, would be : r ... twofold. He auld Atma at : nd of jrre- 3 maj Wor on the Truman administration for a eonstrue- Staten, president of University: of Pe “tive and active approach to try to resolve the x great unresolved issues between the United

sponbility in his own

States and the Soviet Union,

The latter function is fully as important as the first. The. outline of a program looking eventual negotiation with the Russians which peace, simply is not

can be the only basis for visible. It is possible, of course,

Wherry-Bridges “get Acheson” tactics may win an election, or help to win it. It might even win in '52. But this time such a victory wouldn't be worth very many years of peace. That is the world tragedy transcending the fate of any

individual.

By Galbraith HOME LOANS . , , By Earl Richert

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two-year technical. assistance

ACTUALLY, there is a limit

on how fast the Point Four program can grow. It is limited by the number of technicilans available for the jobs that have to be done. Point Four planners do not anticipate that their programs will be costing more than $250 million at the end of five years, Another : eriticism of Point Four is that it is just a dis-

“United Nations budget for it -

guised scheme to build TVA's

on the Jordan and give the Hottentots a quart of milk every day. It is actually intended to do neither. Point Four is not a supply program nor is it a capital grant pro-

gram. : It is merely a plan to furnish advisers to underdevel-

ing people naturally costs less than putting them on relief. - . »

program. At a meeting this May, some 19 countries ex-~ pected to. pledge a¥ol million for this work. The

this year is only $4,300,000. It will take. a. healthy U. 8, congressional appropriation before anything much happens. . " w

POINT FOUR publicity thus far has not been too good. The State Department has prepared a pamphiet on it. There

have been a number of one-

shot magazine articles, But the Point Four idea has not been sold to the extent’ that it is a popular issue with the public support that the Marshall Plan has had. A few private groups have recently begun mob support behind Point Four and ex« erting pressure on Congress to act. American Association for the United Nations has named a Technical Assistance Come mittee under Dr. Raymond B.

- Fosdick, Public Affairs Insti

n, under

: ashingto . Dewey Anderson and Stephen

Raushenbush, is this month publishing a series of eight pamphlets which deal exhaustively with every phase of Point Four possibilities. Lace. : WHILE supporting the general principles of Point Four, the Public Affairs Institute maintains that the

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wvestment of $260 billion, This is more than five times bigger ‘than Sen. Brien McMahon's $50 - billion five-year plan.

THE counter-objection to all |

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new trial, This, my mind, doesn’t make sense. The al here figures he has four chances out of five to escape arrest and, if tried,

eight out of 10 chances to escape the penalty. No wonder there is so much crime,

“Trickery in War Scare’ - By Michael Walter Rice, Longden Hall, DePauw _ University. The Army's newest war scare (war in 1952) is alarming because of the deliberate trickery behind it. Two years ago, when the Army first wanted peacetime conscription, they manufaetured an even bigger scare: “War in twe months.” Now they want an extension of the unnecessary and politically unsound draft, so there is another scare,

philosbphy—yes, there has been much talk already of drafting women. . ~The only way to achieve peace is to approach Russia without a gun in our hands, and to bargain peacefully, If there were no hope for peace, we might as well start saying prayers instead of wasting time’ and money on the Army. If Congress falls for this newest war scare (as they did for the other ope) the only thing for the peace-loving eitizen to do is to refuse to be drafted. There is neither a moral nor a military excuse for the continuation of the draft, and for allowing the Army to dictate our national policy by its war scares. :

What Others Say

is to take a risk beyond that which any trustees for the American people have a right to take. - Dr. Edwin G., Nourse, former chairman of ' President Truman's Council of Economic Ade visers. >

foreign

THE European Recovery Program not enly is being reduced according to plan, but it is showing the results promised when it was launched in 1948.—Sem. Scott W. Lucas (D.) of Illinois. - ;

I THINK the Taft-Hartley Act is no longer political issue, since Preside:

cal issu Pr nt Truman use it in the coal dispute.—Harold E.

EVEN as a subsidy program, the sfiver purchase program is defective because it grants aid to producers without any test as to whether ag » needed.—Sen. Psul Douglas (D.) of

THANKS to my father and mother, I feel I've had the soundest possible political training. —Jimmy Roosevelt, candidate for Democratio nomination for governor of Calliornia. IT'S too bad that Hollywood has made s Sompigte Jetish of the 18-year-old heroine. Anyy a age is the dullest person.—Actress Bette Davis, - ; Me

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chasing agency, the Federal National Mortgage Association, spend another A $750 ¥ L_million. a buy X ing-—these Federal Housing A : ministration and Veterans Administration insured mortgages - from private lending institu- * : tions. The House already has . #0 voted. But the additional $750 million won't last long if private lending institutions continue to dump the mortgages on the federal government at the rate of the past five months, . » IN OCTOBER, Congress increased the purchasing authorization for the Federal National M Association by - $1 billion—from $1% to $2% billion, And by Mar, 20, only five months later, the §1 billion was gone ~— either in actual pur. chases or commitments to pur-

ually will become a revolving fund — for purchase of new mortgages from institutions which need cash and for sal: of old mortgages to those seek= ing a place to invest idle mone. .

THE association buys st only mortgages en homes on Which all payments and taxes have: been met, Mortgage holders can sell to the associa-

of this mo

ing program is to maintain liquidity in the

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