Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1950 — Page 12
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Telephone RI ley 5551 . Give Light and the People Will Find Their Von Wap. >
’ $4 Billion - AAty Er at Traman estimated that the gov" x nt would wind up its current fiscal year with a ~~ budget deficit of $5.5 billion. A revised estimate by the President's budget bureau m Apr. 20 placed the probable deficit at $5.4 billion. And now, with less than a month to go before the fiscal - year ends on June 30, the United Press reports that “officlals having excellent information” believe the red ink ne ~ WE WEY DEVEOW SF Hon a
. GOVERNMENT spending, it appears, is "running © con- _ glderably behind expectations. Tax collections, on the other hand, are somewhat heavier than they seemed likely to be a few weeks ago. * The deficit estimators, ceftainly, hdve been miaking
their revisions in an encouraging direction—downward, . g have detected a definite trend, which can be expected to continue in the new fiscal year, is quite a different question. ~ But if the officials with “excellent information” are correct—if, that is, thé government actually spends only about $4 billion moré than its income in the current year— that will provide reason for moderate rejoicing. Only te, however. For it will still mean a spendng total of almost 41 billion dollars. And a deficit of four so for 12 months can hardly be described as in-
oS AS RECENTLY as fiscal 1931, just 19 years ago, the “~ total cost of operating the federal government was. only $3.5 billion. That cost rose to $4 billion in fiscal year 1932, the national debt climbed .to-almost 20 billions, and Franklin _D, ‘Roosevelt, running for his first term as President on a platform promising drastic economy, denounced “Herbert
3 wer for reckless extravagance. 3 Since then the federal budget has been balanced in only’ _ two fiscal years, and the national debt now stands above
7 aio : r on FBI ? ; : ON. KNO D has asked Atty Gen. McGrath to let FBI Chief Hoover testify. freely on the Amerasia case. ; “In the interest of clearing up some of the mystery of ‘ the case, we should like to see that permission granted. But we doubt that it will be, in view of the one-sided way which the Justice Department and the Tydings Committee have so far tried to present this case to the public. Former Department of Justice Attorney Hitchcock, who did such a poor job as the Amerasia prosecutor, ap- _ peared before the Tydings Committee with. lengthy prepared... statement justifying his conduct. The burden of his justification was the FBI's evidence was so tainted with il-
~~ jegality that he couldn't go info ‘court and get convictions. Sen, Tydings released to the press Mr. Hitchcock's testi. ‘mony, but refused to release the committee's cross-examina-tion, which presumably touched on the validity of Mr.
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: LATER, When FBI “officials Milton Ladd and Louis ‘Nichols appeared before the committee, Sen. Tydings the rules and refused to release their testimony.. Meanwhile, Asst. Atty. Gen. McInerney, in answer to newspaper reporters’ questions, has elaborated on the Hitchoock alibi of illegal entries and tainted evidence. But always when reporters have questioned the FBI, the answer has been “no comment.” Sen. Knowland wrote a letter to Mr. Hoover, asking the obvious questions about the FBI's alleged mishandling of the case. All the Senator got for his pains was a reply from Mr. Hoover saying he was referring the letter to his boss, gince it raised questions of “interpretations of law." Now Mr. Knowland has asked Mr. McGrath to take the muffler off Mr. Hoover and let him talk. We wish Mr. McGrath would do just that. It is high time the public was given an opportunity to hear the FBI's side of the story.
Red Setback in » Japan GEN MacARTHUR legalized the Japanese ' Communist Party in 1945, at the very beginning, rof the occupation. This yas in accord with American traditions of political tolerance, and in sharp contrast with the attitude of the Japanese government which had long outlawed the Reds and made life miserable for them. Unrestricted, the Reds went to work on Japan—and “got nowhere. Last January their leader, Sanzo Nosaka, was sharply reprimanded for dragging his feet and failing to stir up the customary chaos and revolution. Then recently . ‘Moscow recalled her top hatchet man from Tokyo and speculation was that he would get a sound spanking for. losing. a five-year battle with MacArthur.
EVIDENTLY these two developments needled the JapE anese Commiies’ inte action. On Memorial Day, they stoned and kicked five American soldiers—the first overt and violent atfick on Americans in uniform and on duty since the occupation began. : When eight of the hoodlums were given a quick military trial, the Reds called a general strike. It was a huge flop. So, too, was their plan for widespread demonstrations ‘during Japan's general elections. ~The polls had hardly closed—with a government. vietory indicated—when it was announced that the Japanese Communist Party ght soon be outlawed. This undoubtedly “has the sanction of Gen. MacArthur, and if the step is taken ~~ it will complete a cycle of sorts. However ineffective, the Communists in Japan at least ‘measured up to their counterparts everywhere else—to the . best of their ability they bit the hand that gave them legal
— life and full rights as a political party.
On the Shelf _—-
Ta Navy is pretty ingenious when it comes to devising exile for officers in disfavor.
waters Is the Siberia meted out to Capt. W, D. Brown, the skipper who took the battleship Missouri aground. Appartly this wraps Capt. Brown's’ promotion chances up in
anfly by ol abiiahs Newspaper Ei gery thy 8 or ang 0a Ie y: irs | pases ‘in eld : par stalse Bow a on :
seat the Chine
Command of a “mothball” submarine. fleet in Florida.”
STALEMATE .
U.S.
* WASHINGTON, June 6—First showdown on U. 8. relations with the Chinese—both Nationalists and Communists—may come in September ‘when United Nations General Assembly and Security Council meet again, An initial test may come on a move to un-
gto to the General Assembly. Since the heat is now on from the Russian bloc to have the Na-
tionalist. government expelled from. the United . a
Nations, this will be an important vote, ‘Expulsion of any member from the United Nations must first be recommended to the Assembly by the Security Council. The United States has taken the position that it recognizes only the Nationalist government and will continue to recognize it. In the Security Council, the U, 8. will take the position that it will vote against admission of the Communists’ so-called Chinese People’s “Republic, But will not consider this a veto. That means the question could be decided in the Se-
France Changes Vote
LAST YEAR the Russians might have had such a majority, since France and Egypt were about to recognize the Chinese Communist government, along with Britain, Yugoslavia, Norway, India and Russia. At the inopportune moment, however, the Russians recognized the Ho~ Chi-Minh movement in French Indo-China. That made France decide to switch its vote and it
raised the interesting question of whether / the
Russians really want Communist China in the United Nations, The United Nations Charter established China as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council. The possibility of a ! major power becoming so weak that it could not hold its own as a permanent member of the Security Council was not envisaged by the United Nations founding fathers.
Dr. T. F. Tsiang, the Chinese Nationalist”
United Nations delegate, has said that he will veto any move to unseat his government, which he apparently has the right to do as long as it exists, Anyway, assuming that expulsion of the Nationalists and admission of _ths ommunists could be recommended by the Sos ity Council majority to the General Assembly, it would require a two-thirds majority of those present and - voting in the G. A. to carry these actions Here an interesting parliamentary situation might develop. Curiously enough, most of the pressure on the U. 8. from other countries is that It should change its position. The fact that it is the Russians who have caused these strained relations in the United Nations by their walkouts and boycotts is ignored. But getting the Russians to change their position on anything seems to be considered hopeless. So those who fear that the present stalemate might wreck the United Nations believe
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“My doctor gdve me this marvelous diet that makes it positively - simple to keep your—weight down, my dear—the
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-U. S. in No Hurry
Nationalist government's dele- . . offend either the 1: 8
_sutty Council by a majority, or-seven-of-the tH
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SLRURTS /
—By Peter Edson
a ir Showdown Due] in UN
that the U. 8. should find some new ground upon which to stand.
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BUT THE U. 8. delegation is expecta to sit tight. It is in no hurry to yecognize the Chinese “Communists. So- countries that do not wish to “Soviet “Russia might abstain from voting. Ix this event, there is no telling what the results of the votes might be. “There are somewhat plausible reasons why pone of the existing Chinese governments should represent ‘the Chinese people in the Unit‘ed Nations. ‘The, Nationalist government now controls only the island of Formosa. The Communist government in Peking does not control all of old China. Manchuria, Mongolia and Sinkiang seem /to be in the process of being detached by the Russians, And there are appar. ently considerable areas under guerrilla or war
: lord control,
“Phe possibility of the U. 8. faking the Solicy line that there is no representative Chinese gov-
_ernment has been-suggested- It would be a
counter-offéensive measure to the Russian campaigns in China. But there are good reasons why the U. 8. should not adopt this policy. Re-. vision of the United Nations charter, to exclude China as a permanent member of the Security
/ Council, would probably lead to wrecking the
whole organization.
Downfall Not Likely THE COMPLETE Ya of the Nationalist government is not considered likely, The possibility of a Communist assault on Formosa is not-considered immediate. But the ultimate possibility of an assault by the Communists after prearranged defections by some of the top
“Nationalists on Formosa is not to be ruled out.
That has been the pattern of many Communist advances in the past. : Any improvement of the situation ‘with respect to the Peking government is not apparent. There is no evidence that the Cémmunists want U. 8. recognition. They have passed up many chances to ask for it, to obtain famine relief, But they are deliberately driving out as many Americans as they can. How long this stalemate can drag on before a showdown is an open question. It could be one “or two years, or 10,
Memo to Congress: It takes five times as long for the Veterans’ Administration to pay insurance claims as it does a private company and it uses four times as much manpower per policy. ” a » » - Waste could be eliminated by proper legislation to streamline government func-
tions. The Hoover Report contains some valuable suggestions on this subject.
~ By Galbraith WAR OR PEACE . Pa : _ Senate Debate Set on Disarmament Proposal
WASHINGTON, June 6—The issue of war or peace is about to be debated on a new level. The Senate will be urged to consider a resolution embodying positive proposals for peace and
disarmament.
speech made by Sen. Brien ‘McMahon (D. Conn.) last February appealing for. atomic peace. It proposes a special session of the General Assembly of the United Nations to take up disarmament of both conventional and atomic va WERPONS,. « rg
done on a realistic basis and verified by some agreed-upon method of inspection. If such an agreement could be reached, Congress would pledge itself to spend money saved in-disarma-ment on a plan for worldwide rehabilitation, including Soviet Russia and the satellite countries. : In his February speech Sen. McMahon pointed out that the United States was spending rotighly $15 billion annually on ‘armaments and the: development of future arms, He sug-
or $10 billion annually, spent for five years on the Point Four program, on converting atomic energy to peace-
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utocracy. : ‘Such attitudes betray the tentative novelty of our emergence from the “dark and reveal us as tottering on on’ the brink of the pit of social regression. .
“More Mail Deliveries Abroad’
By Joseph Thomas In a récent report from the National Association of Letter Carriers, it has been revealed that England gets three mail deliveries a ay. So do the French, and wind you, Belgium gets
tail our deliveries to one a day. What are we doing, reverting back to the days of the pony express? Sure, in the minds of a lot of people, especially the suburbanites, this curtailment of deliveries doesn’t make any difference to them,
* SCHUMAN PLAN
“Here, they Want 10 ¢lif-"
By Ludwell Denny
should see that gambling injures personality; does great harm to families; and uses money in ways which prevents the growth and development of production of our American economy, We want to thank you for this service.
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WASHINGTON, June 6—The United States governmefit Is chieering the idea of a ‘West Euro-
"pean cdal-steel pool without first finding ‘out
what At will cost the American taxpayer and how/much it will help rearm Russia. /By this advance approval of the so-called Schuman Plan in. principle, Washington gets public credit for supporting peace and progress.
/ The more cautious London government, in look-
ing before it leaps, is cursed for obstruction, Granted that the general idea of combining West European heavy industry under. international control is an excellent one, still its power for good or evil depends on how it is applied. This is a case in which the * "details will make ~or-bregk -the- plan. pe 3
VU. §. Overlooks Jokers % a
BECAUSE the United States ovErament
was carried away with enthusiasm for highsounding generalities at Yalta and Potsdam and ‘in organizing the United Nations at San Fran- - cisco, it overlooked a lot of jokers which have ‘been causing serious trouble ever since. The same thing can happen now unless the United States is more careful than in the past. ¥ondon to take an objective view. The plan seems to be in line with our policy for Euro-
pean unification, while the British traditionally
are suspicious of that approach. As to the need of taking a long close look, it is too easy to sneer off British suspicion as solely socialist fear for the fate of British planned economy in a combine with the freer enterprise on the continent, Winston Churchill
‘FOR DEFENSE’ .
Fish, ‘Freight Car P
xa oron June 6—Congress is being . urged to enact price support plans for fish and freight cars.
The drives are not related, but both are
currently under way. West Coast Congressmen want pricé supports for fish because they claim the industry is being | ruined by imports. The CIO United Steel Workers says the government must start ordering and buying freight cars to assure an adequate supply for
- national defense and -to keep akilled railway
car builders from having to take other jobs.
Like Farm Program
THE fish program would resemble the current farm price support program. The government would buy surplus fish to maintain 90 per cent of parity prices to fishermen. Disposal of government fish stocks would be the same too selling if possible and giving away, if necessary. vaiills to set up the fish support have been introduced by Washington gfate Democrats, Sen. Warren Magnuson and Rep. Henry M. Jackson. The railway car program- would have the government set production goals and then buy the cars which the railroads didn't order. The
government cars would be available for lease:
or sale to the railroads. The steelworkers program, submitted to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, is designed to have 1,920,000 freight cars available
for use in 1953—the goal fixed recently by
Chairman J. Monroe Johnson of the Interstate Commerce Commission as what the nation needs. Jack Steiber, research expert for the Steelworkers, proposed a goal of 85,000 freight cars this year and 160,000 cars each for 1951, 1952, and 1953 to meet Chairman Johnson's goal.
At the rate of delivery for the first four
months of 1950, only 21,372 freight cars will be delivered to railroads this year. If the proposed 85,000 goal were in effect, the government would order and take possession of 63,628
. By Marquis Childs
“U.S. Approves Coal-Steel Pool
- is in far. better position ‘than
and many British Conservatives are Just as anxious as Laborites to avoid blind action. The fact that the Schuman Plan was sprung as a surprise, and that Paris refuses to permit an exploratory conference before formal negoti« ations of those who have accepted it sight unseen, is not reassuring. That is a strange way to launch such a revolutionary project—and it is revolutionary, as both advocates and eritics agree. . Here are some of the isues which cannot be settled ‘simply by naive cheers for European unity: German advocates of the plan (and its unofficial - originators) openly favor using the Franco-German-Benelux-Italian combine as a “third force,” or neutral balance between Amerfca and Russia. They also want to market the
combine’s heavy industry products in Russia ...>
and Her sateflife states. All of which would make for war--and Red victory. :
German Production Cheapest
GERMAN production is not only the largest - but cheapest, because of longér hours and lower wages. Some Frenchmen hope the Schuman Plan will mean indirect Marshall Plan subsidies for French industries which may otherwise be driven out of business. Both French and German industrialists favor a giant cartél, and hope to use Schuman’s avowedly anti-cartel scheme for that purpose. This is a game of big stakes and expert players, in which amateurs will lose their shirts if not their lives. America will be sitting in at the final round if not before. To win the demo-~ cratic. players will have to have more than good intentions. -y
. By Earl Sey nt
‘freight cars this year at an estimated ‘cost of about $320 million. Mr. Steiber explained the proposed program this way: “If during the first three months of the program, the goal is 30,000 cars and orders ‘are received for only 25,000, the government would be expected to place orders for an additional 5000 freight cars.”
Employment in the railway car manufacturing industry, he said, has dropped 51 per cent since Feb. 1949, from 53,100 to 27,200. r “If immediate steps are taken to assure continued orders for needed railway cars, the nation’s car builders are apt to find themselves beating the bushes for experienced men when orders do start coming in,” he said.
At Mercy of Market
THE fish price supports, if enacted, would almost certainly raise prices of fillet-type fish to consumers. - Sponsofs claim that the consumers would benefit because the program would keep fish prices from soaring and then dropping to low levels. “The fisherman is completely at the mercy of sharply fluctuating market conditions,” said Sen. Magnuson. “He should have the same protection as the farmer.” Pro-fish legislators say their proposed proe gram wouldn't cost much if the government limited imports as their bill envisions.
What Others Say—
WE don't ask -for what the executives get but we can build bit by bit so that in 10 years we can get the type. of pension we are entitled to and the industry can afford.—Wnited Auto Workers President Walter Reuther,
I DON"T think that in our present financial situation we should be spending millions of tax dollars building houses which could be built by private industry.—Chairman Carl Vinson of House Armed Services Committee,
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gested that two-thirds of this, be
Hijpe uses and on,a general pro-
With the backing of both Republicans and Democrats, the resolution in effect incorporates the substance of the impressive
gram on economic rehabilita- :
tion, = There can be no doubt that such a plan embodies the hopes of pedples in every part of the world. If its meaning could be
projected through a greatly’
stepped - up information pro-.
sn = gran, it might have powerful 2
In spite ‘of the protestations of President Truman and his Secretary of State, the impression is apparently sutside the United States that
the policy of this country
points to war. The Senate resolution should go a long way to counteract this impres: Sion. z
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iT MIGHT also counteract
the growing belief within this —country that an inevitable war is coming. At the very least it would be proof that ‘America still has the underlying will to
seek peace. by any and. all
means. _ But with respect to the reaction here at. home the doubts 2nd the Tne alnties begin ‘arise
spreading”
‘ would also our friends, such as Prime : Minister Nehru of India, who
Arn andthe State « Depa
ment oppose, any, such move at this time and it seems to me important to understand what is back of the official viewpoint; particularly since that viewpoint appears sometimes to. be merely a reiteration of one monotonous theme. In the view of responsible policy-makers, the Russians would at the outset refuse to send representatives to a special session of the United Nations General Assembly. They would refuse if only for the
same reason that they have ..
—walked out of every other
United Nations body in récent
months—the presence of repre-
sentatives of Nationalist instead of Communist China. Then if a special session without the Russians and the
satellites should pass a dis-°
armament resolution, it would beconie in Soviet props
# merely another ‘device of the
warmongers “to --put the Communist halt of the world on the spot. * Such an attempt, as seen from- the "State Department, embarrass some of
do not want to be forced openly into sither camp, ;
BUT AN even more impo r= tant reason for official of any move to talk
viewpoint.
disarma-
conference table concerns pubHe - opinion nere at: home. Anfericans have a deepseated
- belief that no controversy is
so stubborn that it eventually cannot be talked out. This goes counter to the State Department view ‘that dealing with the Russians is possible only ‘when the ‘relative military strength of the two sides is more nearly. equal. The present, in view of the State Department, must be
used by the West to catch up, frm
“oF at least partly catch up, with Soviet rearmament of the past five years. Disarmament now, even on an equally matched and carefully inspected basis can only. mean greater weakness for the West in relation to communism, There is great R logie in this 4t overlooks a whole host of nh human _and economic, that cannot be ignored. For one thing, Western rearmament, defloits financed by the United States risks an economic. smash. If the official viewpoint. is the correct one, then the American people must accept the Trealities and be prepared to make
~ far greater sacrifices.
a Is, 3bove all, here that ose are supportin, the Senate resolution have a the Salis of ae and put us greatly In their debt.
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