Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1950 — Page 14
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Fair Employment in Indiana TE yon
program started this week by the Indiana Citizens dvisory Committee on Fair Employment to eliminate
fob ior) Son and promote management-labor harmony
a a common sense approach to the problem,
“ 1g bi or any attempt to sw the penilties of some law on fair
smploymes.,
employment practices in Indiana. Where any
of both.
committee plans a program of counseling employers and _ labor unions to eliminate unfair job- policies for the ‘benefit
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is found the
The over-all job of the committee will be an education
program designed as a guide to all employers and unions
{in the promotion of harmonious industrial relations. It will take a lot of understanding and good will and
tolerance to make this program succeed. one But-it-1y itil 16 the Welfare of everyone
in Indiana—
and not just the folks in the “minority” groups—that there
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_.be no racial bar to man’s right to earn & living: -
THE various attempts to dictate by law that members ‘of racial or other “minority” groups shall have an equal chance at jobs have all failed, and in our opinion will always
“fail to produce what they promise. >. You can't repeal prejudice by law.
hope this fair employment program based upon the comtiton sense approach of co-operation and education continues. to get the sincere support of employers, of unions and of the misOrLy groups who can make it succeed by
working together, I ing. Cutops..
COMPETENT observer just back from Western Europe says there is an increasing tendency over there to take ~ to take sidelines,
The thought is developing, he says, that the East-West struggle is narrowing down to an inevitable war between Russia and the United States; and European public opinion i wondering about the possibilities of sitting this one out.
This disturbing threat to the unity of
the Western
democracies was emphasized recently by the influential and
, reliable London Economist. It blamed much of this current : European thinking, including serious newspaper discussions — of “the right” to remain neutral in & Russian: “American war, on our constant use of the term cold war
BY stressing, in pleas to'Congress, Russia’ 8 great mili
tary strength and the consequent vital need of arming however, that no one claims we have ~——jourope; it is argued, we have played directly into Moscow's
hands, enabling them to pose as champions
of “peace. ”
Similar warnings are said to have beén uttered unoffi. cially at the London foreign ministers’ meeting last month. Both Secretary Acheson and President Truman have responded promptly to these danger signals. Mr. Acheson has agreed that the phrase, “cold war,” should be dropped, and in his two most recent speeches. Mr. Truman pounded at the theme that America’s policy was otie of peace, rather
than of war. » ”
AT St. Louis, Mr. Truman said: “Above all, I wish to emphasize that the objective of our efforts is peace, not con-
flict. What we seek is not domination over any
other nation
or people, but simply the creation of a just international
order.”
. Though this may sound platitudinous to Americans, ap-
world, including our European friends.
- parently it cannot be reiterated too often to a forgetful
And, if necessary, it could and should be further spelled
. out to Western European nations that, instead
of our using
them to our own ends in any elaborate anti-Soyiet cam-
paign, our present policy has triumphed over
isolationism
only because of their own desperate need for aid. >
Dust-Bowl Remedy
THE U. 8. Agriculture Department fears that another “dust bowl” may develop in the Great Plains area next
winter and spring.
' A department press release has warned farmers to take steps against this danger. And, the United Press reports,
ary Brannan has put hig staff to work. can be done.
to.see what...
Since the dry weather of the Thirties nature has been kind to the area. Huge crops of wheat have been harvested “on the plains, helping to satisfy an extraordinary wartime
need for grain. » rl » BUT ‘this Year's story has been ominously
different. In
the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, in southwest Kansas and southeast Colorado, more topsoil has blown away than at any other time in a decade. About one-fourth of the wheat acreage seeded last fall has had to be abandoned.
Unless there is a lot of rainfall in the next six months the
“dust bowl” threat will become. far more serious-in 1951.
"So the government's experts have been urging fatwmors = - to plant their wheatlands to grass and cover
crops which
would anchor the soil. But many farmers are said to be disagreeing with this advice, gambling on the hope that their Jegion wil escape another cycle of dry Weather.
ITISa perilous gamble. Past There is compe
the farmer to
‘be withdrawn
: o subsiding the farmer to plant’ wheat” And what seems a sensible remedy:
does not justify it. A to believe that what was widely truthiin the Thirties is still true—that conrow wheat on the soil of that region will ® du st-bow] conditions in dry years. gazine has pointed out, the farmers are © blame, “for the same government that
from wheat
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SOMEBODY TALKED .
WASHINGTON, June 13-—The congressional
Atomic Energy Committee thinks the Defense:
Department has been talking too much: It may call on someone for an explanation. Actually, it now is pretty generally known that the U. 8. has—or can produce—baby atom bombs. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson said as much in his semiannual report recently. Mr, Johnson has refused further comment, but he's not denying anything. The use of small A-bombs and the employment of other kinds of atomic warheads has beens part of the Army's new tactical doctrine
for some {ime. Recent amphibious maneuvers—
although the umpires ruled out the A-bomb--— “of ‘Assembly areas offshore a8 a passive defense measure. Similar precautions were taken in other maneuvers. Atomic secrecy, however, has served to prevent maneu-
vers in which opposing forces simulate the use
of atomic weapons,
Anti-Troop A-Bombs
DESPITE denials, Uncle Sam now apparently knows how to produce small atom bombs which can be carried in two-engined planes and dropped on relatively small troop concen trations. This if one of the most revolutionary developments. in warfare. There can be little doubt the armed forces are rewriting battle doctrine to take it into account. Pentagon
sources say it would —be foolish to. ~AS8Ume
"Russia has closed her eyes to that fact. Deputy Defense Secretary Stéphen T. Early has labeled stories that we have developed atomic artillery as 100 per cent wrong as far as he knows. It is important to remember, such
“weapons. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, the Army =
chief of staff who first mentioned atomic artillery last Sunday, said merely that they “can be developed.” Gen. Collins said that we were “working on systems, methods and weapons by which—if it should be decided to use the atomic bomb-—we could use it by Army troops in support of Army operations.” He sald the Army was “doing a great deal of work in the field of developing weapons that can use atomic fissionable material”; that it is “entirely possible to develop an artillery piece that would fire an
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Atom Weapon Ee is Due
atomic weapon.” He said there were “great potentialities in this field.”
Only Two References
MR, JOHNSON has made only two references to atomic weapons. The first came
when he and Adm, Forrest P. Sherman asked"
for authority to go ahead with plans for an atomic-powered submarine. There are indications that was forced on the Defense Department prematurely by Congressmen who felt it would help get appropriation bills through Congress. Both Mr. Johnson and Adm. Sherman stressed that it “Was several —perhaps five
The ttond came i. ‘nis semiannual report. The secretary alluded to baby A-bombs but his reference was confined to one sentence. Pentagon sources say that was all that remained of several paragraphs submitted by
Mr. Early to the Atomic Enérgy Commission
for clearance. They say it was cleared. If that is true Mr, Johnson has rio reason to be worried.
Ground A-Weapons
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GEN, COLLINS and Army Secretary Frank Pace Jr. both have referred to ground force
"use of atomic weapons recently. Gen. Collins
said the Army is perhaps better equipped to use them because “there are bound to be certain errors in the dropping of bombs from al-
titudes:" On the other hand, he said, “since the
Army is in immediate contact with the enemy, we feel that if we can develop weapons sus ceptible of firing atomic Weapons, we can get specific accuracy , . . that will make tactical use of the atomic bomb practical.” - Mr... Pace. told the - West Point- graduating class that atomic weapons, among other things, might make tanks obsolete. He hinted that
A high Pentagon source said Gen. Collins and Mr. Pace now must “explain what they said without. saying anything new.”
What Others Say—
WHEN our Atlantic community contains a European union, the western world will be strong.—Maj.-Gen, William (Wild Bill) Dono-
van. Rd
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IAM confident that Alaska and Hawaii, like our present states, will grow with statehood
‘we were close to having atomic anti-tank guns,
and because of statehood.—President Truman. %
> ¢ WE cannot stand and weep forlornly over
. the corpse of a dead policy. ~~Navy Undersecre-
tary Dan A, Kimball, on’ Communist conquest of China. * & ¢ THE Russians. know that any direct interference in Persia (Iran) would mean war. Bahram Shahrokh, government information chief of Iran. > > & EUROPE is the greatest bulwark of our ideas, and our greatest hope rests there.—John Sherman Cooper, Republican consultant to State Department, > HIGH production per man and well-dis-tributed income is more important for farm prosperity than government aid. — Alen B. Kline, preside nt, American Farm Bureau,
into state after state to try to elect
to the House and Senate. » Ld ”
before the 1948 Democratic _convention and. pushed - Gen. - Dwight Eisenhower, the odds are Mr. Truman will give
his fight against Earl Warren for the California governorship. But here as in many states thé President's main pitch will be for Democratic senatorial and House candidates. He probably will swing the full length of the state trying to elect Rep. Helen Douglas over Rep. Richard Nixon for the Senate seat now held by Sheri dan Downey. In e congressional district he visits he will turn on the oratory for Democratic House JSandidates,
Democratic candidatés —¥air Deal. platfo EVEN though James Rowse _ him tgAtctory. It is his greatveit ran out on the President strength as a politician. for. pes-Ja-the President's
Jimmy a pat on the back in and House Candidates?
ELECTION. TIME.
T-H Action Unlikely This Year
APARTMENTS ONLY .
ON, Jine 18" — — in big apartment projects have little to worry about in the way of rent increases
sven if_Congress_lets_tent controls dis at-the end of this month.
These are the people who live in FHA-in-sured apartments of more than eight units in size. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) maintains maximum rent ceilings on practically all apartment projects on which it has insured the mortgages. In nearly all instances, these are the current rents. End of federal rent control would have no effect on these ceilings according to Donald M. Alstrup, assistant to the FHA commissioner.
One Way for Hikes.
ONLY way the rent on these apartments can go up is for the owners to show increased’ operating costs, including Bighas taxes. Any
cover the increased costs, Mr. Alstrup said. Most of the apartments involved have been built since the war and have no rent ceilings as far as the federal rent control law is concerned. The FHA-fixed maximum rents on these apartments are figured to return the owner 61%
..per cent net on his investment, based on a 7
per cent ‘vacancy allowance. Because of high post-war ‘building costs, rent on these apart. ments is in most cases, much higher than on older apartments subject to the federal rent control law. FHA Commissioner Franklin D. Richards =
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WASHINGTON, June 13—Change in chair-
manship of the House Labor Comumitiss io one. SL | a Ap ADpAY
of the most important shifts of influence in the 81st Congress—but results will not be Rep. Graham A. Barden (D. N. C.); conservative Southerner who succeeded to the post through the death of Rep. John Lesinski (D. Mich.), consistent Truman and union supporter, has a job on his hands to unite four jealous factions of the committee into a smoothworking group. These 25 members are divided almost equally in their outlook on labor-indus-trial relations.
Cautious Reputation
MR. BARDEN has a reputation for moving cautiously. He has the physique and when necessary the voice to remind you of a bull, but nobody expects him to begin throwing his weight around at first. But next year is likely to be different—assuming that the Democrats retain control of the House. Mr. Barden is a member of the two-party coalition that for nearly a dozen years has controlled the house on legislation , affecting’ labor unions. The Labor Committee has in one of its pigeonholes a bill known as the “Taft Amendments” to the Taft-Hartley Act. These amendments were aimed toward removing some of the kinks in that controversial statute—including the current row over union-shop ; elections in the building trades.
‘Some Rent Lids Fixed by FHA
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"room, two bedrooms,
By Earl Richert
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Rea:
Feported vevently-tiat-the typtest apartment-in a oon project insured last year was four rooms and rented for about $82.50 a month. apartment contained. a lving yms, kitchen and bath—with
I in either the living room or kitchen,
dining r Old Ceilings Would Stand ON the FHA-insured apartments which are subject to the federal rent control law, the rent ceiling fixed under the rent control law is deemed by FHA to be the fair rent. If Congress lets rent control die, the FHA maximum: ceilings will be the same as the old ones and the owners will have to prove their need to get, rent increases. 4 The FHA always has maintained maximum’ rents on apartment projects on which it insures the mortgages. But most of the pre-war built apartments are out from under FHA jurisdiction because the mortgages either have been paid off or have been refinanced without gov-
1 t be. ved. in Washington and. ernment 1 insurance Only 7755 of these pe War ““would be only enough to
‘apartment units are still tnder FILA infu There are 312,000 war-time and Span. apartment units carrying FHA-insured mort gages. And commitments are outstanding for 113,000 more units which also will have maximum rents fixed by FHA.
FHA Insure 60 Pct. TENANTS can find out whether they are living in FHA-insured apartments by calling their local FHA offices. : Between 60 and 75 per cent of all apartments built since thé war have FHA-insured mortgages.
The FHA does not maintain maximum rent
" ceilings for FHA-insured single. houses,
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But the -pro-union members of the House :
committee were unwilling to make the TaftHartley Act more palatable to organized labor by accepting the Taft amendments. The apparent object is to preserve the Tatt-Hartley issue for this year’s congressional campaign.
By Galbraith FROM THE BACK PLATFORM . —+ Democrats took to Tram for Vote Help
WASHINGTON, June 13—It's up to Harry Truman. That's the way it looks to Democratic strategists today as they survey 1950 across-the-country primary election results up to now and try to figure how to beat the Republicans in November. The California and Iowa results last week have strengthened anti-Communist issue out of the Democratic conviction that the President will. have to go
ment
Congress that. will support ‘the country. In 1948 it was this backstumping that took
But the question this year will folksiness convertible - into TM. votes for down-the-line Senate
. - -
MOST of the Democratic candidates think so. Even if he does no more than come into their states and stir up some exgitement among the natives; with the result of getting out a larger vote in November; most Democrats believe this will be helpful. The Iowa results, which showed Republican Sen.
“taking Mr
‘one agrees Sen. Francis
strongly, was a jolt to
‘vania, Ohio, Illinois, Towa right on to the West aa it
IN NEW YORK, Penney.
him an easy, target. The ox (x
Jumsing : great help if he ii fy
publicans are saying that Mr. Hickenlooper’'s easy in the GOP primary shows that-—regardless of at tempts to laugh or scorn the
court here in Was a sign it is catching on in the
sw NOR was there much Brannan Plan cheer for the Democrats in the Albert Loveland nomination in Iowa to oppose . SoM FRICREBIOSpEr- Inthe Loveland, pro-Brannan, won his race something less than spectacularly. The politicians say that Mr. Truman, and maybe Secretary of Agri- =» culture Charles Brannan, too. are going to have to do a lot of Iowa campaigning this fall . to do Mr. Loveland much good. rN It isn’t set yet, but a trip ' . Truman into Pennsylvania, and possibly New York, may be the next White House political move. Everythat Democratic
chance against Gov. James H. had hoped his Duff, the GOP nominee, Some Y Democrats here already are writing off Mr. Myers.
DEMOCRATS say they believe Senate Majority Leader Lucas has the edge over P Rep. Everett Dirksen Ing.
By Fred W-- Perkins
Mr. Barden won't attempt at Shee to bring out these amendments, which he apparently .
be a bad start toward promoting peace in his committee. And also, all House members are impatient to get home to campaign.” They don’t want any big and troublesome issues that can be delayed and that might affect their elections. So it is reasonably certain that no more will be heard this year of revising the labor law. Next year, if the issue is presented in a new Congress in the same way, the Taft amendments again would have to be passed by the Senate.
Veteran, Lawyer MR. BARDEN, 56, is a lawyer from the University of North Carolina, a World War I Navy veteran, former high school teacher, three-term judge of a county court, and member- of his state's legislature. He was first elected to the House in 1935 and has been reelected seven times, twice without opposition. Labor organizations view his accession to the chairmanship with misgivings.
Memo to Congress: Emplgyees of private life insu ance companies each handle four times as many comparable transactions as a Veterans Administration employee. > > & More business-like efficjency could save
many thousands of dollars in government bureaus.
By Charles Lucey
in the Illinois Senate race, but
indorse- they want the President to do
where the odds seem to be with Sen. Robert A. Taft, the Democrats want some personal appearances by the President to help boost the cause of = Democratic candidate Joseph Ferguson.
Barbs
AN Tlinols man “sald he turned robber because he lost his health. He now is confined to his room for eight years,
n—is
The fall
CAN you imagine some waiters trying to help their kids in arithmetic?
TWENTY « FIVE stitches were taken in: the scalp of a careless auto driver. Now may- . be he can use his head.
GIVE the folks who ows they ars Hiely $0 ship, OH, for the lite of an usher Bail to tell people ‘where to BO
MANY a us girl hat hes ) and her cl
everything -he can in Chicago _ to help ‘Mr, Lucas. In Ohio,
you Honey too much rope
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