Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1950 — Page 22
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Give Light and the People
“Misdirected Griping much of the nation-wide griping about reduced ~ postal service has been misdirected. Too many people have been puttipg all the blame on
Postmaster General Donaldson. : He ordered the cuts. But he did it because an appro-
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_ already passed by the House, orders him to educe the half-billion-dollar annual yostal deficit by more than $20 ‘million in the fiscal year beginning July 1. ; Mr. Donaldson can’t maintain the old.service standards "and save even a respectable fraction of that much money, Not without a lot of help from Congress. y wn FE a IT HAS been costing over $2.2 billion a year to operate the Postoffice Department, 96 cents of each doliar "for wages, salaries and transportation. Congress, not Mr, Donaldson, fixes postal pay, and wage costs are up $740 million since 1945. Congress gives authority to fix transportation payments, not to Mr. Donaldson, but to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Civil Aeronautics Board. And transportation costs are up $150 million since 1945. Postal revenues also are up, but only about $100 million, as a result of heavier volume and an inadequate “rate increase in 1049, Congress, not Mr. Donaldson, fixes
postal rates.
a .-» > AT PRESENT RATES, revenue from second-class mail—newspapers and magazines—falls over $200 million
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\ third-class mail—circulars and advertising matter—over $135 million short; revenue from fourth class mail—parcel " post—over $100 million a year short. : The department gets no pay for delivering mail of government departments and bureaus at a cost of nearly
members of Congress at a cost of $1,200,000 a year—an average of $2260 worth of free postal service for each Senator and Representative. - The Postoffice shouldn't necessarily make a profit But it certainly shouldn't operate at a big and growing’ deficit every year. If the deficit is to be cut down, and if postal service is not to stay cut down, a lot of things will have “to be done. And they'll have to be done, not by Mr. Donaldson, but by Congress. Ty 7 - wi “ » . » g ._CONGRESS-will-have to vote an adequate increase ~ of postal rates. Users of postal services; including newspapers and magazines, should pay a fair and accurately ~ determined charge that will cover the costs. Congress will have to allocate various subsidies, now hidden in the postal deficit, to the agencies and interests which benefit by them. : Congress will have to adopt the Hoover Commission's ~~ program for taking the Postoffice out of politics, bringing its outmoded methods, equipment, controls and accounting _ procedures up to date and putting it on a modern business basis. ; Most of these things are strongly advocated by Mr. Donaldson,- who has no power to do them. But Congress, which does have. power, balks and boggles.
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How to Grow ~~ Your Own Criminals
: THE theory that poor boys steal and rich boys destroy isn’t entirely true. Rich boys steal, too. The gang of youths in Tipton who stole automobile parts while stockpiling an arsenal of rifles, pistols and knives is a case in point. All the youths come from moderate to wealthy families. Leader of the gang that preyed upoffi the community and surrounding towns was the grandson of a leading and highly respected county official. When the boys were placed on probation, this county official turned to his grandson with tears in his eyes and said: : “I never want to see you again. Maybe if you become a real man I will change my mind.” . ~ » » ~ » WHETHER “probation” - brings that desired result, though, is still a question. It won't unless the parents concerned take on the responsibilities they clearly haven't met
feeling that they've ‘‘beat the rap” and escaped punishment. It won't, in-brief, if probation works in Tipton the way it has in hundreds of cases in Indianapolis in past years.
to know what they were doing . . . but not too old to spank.
More Harmony
pristion. bill, now. on the way. through Congress and
| a year short of meeting handling costs; revenue from
~ $100 million «a year: i And wep carries % franked.. mail nn for aia Jmities examin Ing. BFC lending BO | icles
“Wo Tar. Tt won't if these kids go out of court with the hidden
They were willing . . . even eager . . . to accept discipline. There being no other offered they accepted gang discipline. All they need in Tipton now is a lot of coddling for these brats . . . and no penalty for their crimes . . . to start as fine a crop of home-grown criminals as ever adorned a reform school.
- Cold War Jitters Cure
S easy to stay cool in the cold war, says H. A. Overstreet,
the psychologist, in the latest issue of the magazine,
United Nations World. The average person can adjust and live happily despite . today’s jittery world. How?
Think eonstructively instead of destructively. Create
~ friends instead of enemies. Try to understand the other fellow’s point of view. os : :
©. uase sound like good-ideas, worth a whirl.
Bo fais RE
‘WASHINGTON, June 17—Secretary of to seg if the lawmakers want to meet with Wm regularly to discuss foreign affairs, in the
Acheson is sald to be sounding out Congress lav manner of their recent get-together in the i“ "capital, ; Ee
This seems an excellent plan, provided a . sides do their utmost to break down the form
able barrier that, still exists between them. Not . much- headway was made toward a better une derstanding in their. first meeting. 2 Next time out the participants will benefit if their conference is less of a performance. The noise and glare of newsreel and television. equipment made the discussion itself at
“incidental the last time,
For his part, Mr. Acheson fn the future m
DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney
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-Capehart Host
To Gabrielson
‘Meeting to Be 1st Since Senator
Spanked Chair
WASHINGTON, June 17—Dear Boss: ing taken a crack at Republican National Chair~ man Guy Gabrielson for being president of a company with a Reconstruction Finance Corp. loan, Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.) has Invited him to dinner Monday night. Sen. Capehart will be host to all GOP nominees for Congress at the Congressional Hotel on Capitol Hill, The occasion is a sort of “skull practice” trip arranged by those already here for the seven Republicans they hope will join them, if they come back themselves, next year. Those coming from Indiana to attend are
“PR Cyr 1 Distriet nominee Bepard foots oe
Crumpacker, 24 District: E. Ross Adair, 3d; John V. Beamer, 5th; William G. Bray, Tth; Herman L, McCray, 8th, and Charles Brownson; 11th, Those present, besides Sen, Capehart, are Sen. William KE. Jenner and Reps. Charles A. Halleck, 2d District; Cecil M, Harden, 6th; Earl Wilson, 9th, and Ralph Harvey, 10th. Mr. Halleck will be their host at a luncheon Monday nvon In the minority leader's dining room of the House of Representatives Restaurant. They are all expected to be here on Mon-
- dav--morning,-spend -the day. Jearning -how-tHe oven
House 15 run, and then hold a press conference before the Capehart dinner, ! Campaign ideas will be expounded to them by Robert Humphreys, formerly of Indianapolis and one-time national affairs editor of Newsweek, who now heads the congressional campalgn committee publicity staff.
‘Blast Made Headlines
THE CAPEHART dinner will bring the GOP national chairman and the senlor senator from Indiana into personal contact for the first time since the Senator made newspaper headlines by criticizing him, As a member of the Senate banking subcomSe Capehart bridled at the fact that Mr. Gabrielpon is president of the Carthage Hydrocol Corp, which borrowed $18.5 million from RFC. ~ “1 don’t care whether the name is Smith, Jones or Gabrielson,” he said. “They ought to practice what they preach. Do they believe in the free enterprise system? Or do they believe in government control and interference?” Maybe Chairman Gabrielson will say at the dinner, if he attends and is called on to talk. He refused to comment when the Capehart remarks first were relayed to him. In New York, Frank M. Dawson, vice president of the company, issued a statement, however, It explained that the corporation was organ{zed to manufacture synthetic high-octane gasoline and certain by-products important to national defense by a new process utilizing natural gas.
‘No Gabrielson Money In It’ “MR. GABRIELSON is president and general counsel of this corporation, but he has no financial interest in the company,” Mr. Dawson declared. He went on to explain that “interested private companies invested $21.5 million” and
the RFC loan then was made to complete the
financing. Chairman J, William Fulbright (D. Ark.) of the investigating committee said he questioned whether the RFC should lend money in “highly speculative businesses” and felt sure the Gabrielson company “could have gotten the money elsewhere.” ’ RFC Chairman Harley Hise testified that it is not the policy of the agency to lend venture capital, but often it in difficuit to draw the Jine: : The seven Republican congressional nominees probably will not be here long enough to find out about RFC or even understand Sen, Capehart's attitude regarding it. At one time he wanted to extend it to European countries, instead of the Marshall Plan, and later went on record for its domestic abolition. : There may be time, however, for Mr. Halleck to tell these hopeful novices how he handles the conservative Republican-Dixiecrat coalition in the House. He has done so well with it that there was some merit In the wisecrack which went the rounds saying: “Halleck was the majority leader in the Republican 80th Congress and now he is the leader of the majority in the Democratic 81st)’
IT ALL DEPENDS
There are heights to climb There are sights to see There are bridges to cross Into Eternity.
There are crosses to bear There are ills to endure The world is uncertain But Eternity's sure.
There's much to gain There's much to lose It all depends On the path we choose. —Frances Richmond, Columbus, Tad.
The Magic Carpet
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COMPETITION . . . By Earl Richert -
Margarine Price
WASHINGTON, June 17—The oil's a-boiling 4n the margarine industry as jubilee day approaches—July 1 when all federal taxes on margarine go off. 2 Instead of being one big happy family, a price war is on as margarine manufacturers jockey to get their brands in favorable market positions, Some of the smaller companies complain that they are being squeezed by the price competition of the larger concerns. Many-of-the. ) th rine tax repeal bill through Congress express deep concern over the developments.
‘Dog-Eat-Dog’ THEY fear that the result will be to force many concerns to raise prices to make up their losses—soon after tax repeal becomes effective. This, they say, will make it appear that the dairy forces were right,
Dalry spokesmen contended that the margarine makers would raise prices after taxes were.
repealed and the consumer would get little, if any, benefit, : Sen. J. William Fulbright (D. Ark.), who led the margarine fight in the Senate, said that
from what he could learn “a dog-eat-dog” situa- '
tion exists within the margarine industry. He said he had been told that some concerns are using one-cent sales to sell extra pounds. Others have started offering premiums, and some have arranged to rebate to grocers the federal taxes paid on margarine delivered be-
fore July 1. ; : 5 - He also said many fi‘ms apparently had not raised margarine prices in line with the recent increase in the prices of cottonseed and soybean olls, which are ingredients of margarine. Some smaller firms which do not have large financial
Memo to Congress: Federal debt keeps going up. Cost of operating: the government this year'is more than a billion and a half dollars in. excess of tax collections. cA Ae
Ways to reduce spending will have to be found, The Hoover Report contains
who pushed the marga-.
recommendations On. BCOTOIMIY mass
‘NOT OUR BUSINESS’ . . . By Parker La Moore ~~ Less War Talk, Concern in Western Euro
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heard is that rearmament “ust not be allowed to delay recovery. And - when they
speak of recovery most Euro-
and more consumers’ goods. . . » SECRETARY OF STATE ACHESON has made several speeches in this country on the agreements made at the recent secret conferences in London, and has explained their general purport in some detail. But the foreign ministers who represented the European , participants in the London meetings have not been so forthright. with their people. 5 In drafting a common defense program for the Atlantic ‘pact nations, the principle of establishing “balanced colleetive forces” was approved at
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War Develops
reserves cannot withstand such competition, he said. “I deplore this situation,” Sen, Fulbright sald. “It’s a very bad thing fo have happened. “What will happen is that many of these companies which now are apparently selling at a loss will eventually have to raise prices. Prices of margarine should have been adjusted upward along with the price of oil.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows there has been an over-all increase since February of
‘margarine. But margarine spokesmen in Congress say this is not enough to cover the increased price of the oil ingredients,
Probe Asked
THEY fear, too, that the current situation will put steam behind a resolution introduced by Sen. Herbert Lehman (D. N.Y.) to investigate the margarine industry from a monopoly stand- - If the price war continues long enough, it is sald, many small manufacturers will be forced out of business and the field will be left to the large concerns. .
The Lehman resolution is now pénding in the:
Senate Judiciary Committee. k The New York Senator also is sponsaring a resolution to have the Agriculture Department investigate the effects of margarine tax repeal on agriculture,
What Others Say—
TOwdmit Chinese Communists into the UN would be adding the finishing touch to Soviet aggression in China. , . . After such an act, the peoples of the world will find the chances of peace much less than now.—Dr. Pingfu F. Tsiang, Nationalist Chinese delegate to the UN,
THE world does not stand still. It is up fo us whether we go forward of fall back, risk-
ing not only all the progress we have made’
but total
failure.—Secretary of State Dean Acheson. :
IF you think Japan is (now) becoming a democracy, you are mistaken. Japan is getting
worse.—Yukio Ozaki, member of every Japanese
" Diet since 1890.
THE food . , . is barbaric. They just pour
on the salt and pour on the tomato ecatsup.—
“RiiFrealist artist Salvador Dal, on visiting U, S.
“way of life is the fi
sma SPE ORE OT IER
about 1 cent a pound in the retail price of white
: * o> * 4 (Editor's Note: The article about the Perry County Poorhouse was published in The Times to call the citizens’ attention to conditions in their institutions. It is a public service to provide information in order that improve ments can be made.)
‘Wake Up to Dangers’ i
By E. F. Maddox, Indianapolis
One of the greatest dangers to our American 3
es that ‘Communists Christian
seemingly intelligent people and other Marxist enemies of our
principles should be given full freedom to pub-
lish and teach our people their poisonous doetrines of hatred. . Aare That is exactly what the Socialists and Communists co teach—contempt for religion and morality, hatred of our political and economic philosophy of government. . Yes, some of our teachers, professors, lawyers, judges, editors and publishers, even min-
~~ stéts of the EOSPel are, 1 fact, the apostles of §
Karl Marx, Lenin and Joe Stalin. 1 am convinced that our schools, colleges and youth organizations are the central point of the Communist infiltration. Until we wake up to this dangerous Communist sapping “of the morals, patriotism and 4 principles and character from our
; young people this nation’s security from Com-
munist slavery is in dire jeopardy. Let me warn our people now, that if we go on blindly permitting Communists to teach our children to mock at God, decency, morality, honesty and patriotism, and go on filling our papers, books and magazines with Communist propaganda, we are on the road to defeat, and freedom
‘Taxpayer is Prize Sucker’ By Mrs. West Chester : Yo
With Secretary Acheson's statement that the United States will continue to help Western Europe maintain and increase its military strength one can find no fault, But when it is a question of continuing to help the Europeans indefinitely, despite the billions of dollars already given them by our taxpayers, one can only say it is high time they
learned to stand on their own feet. They have
had five years in which to do so,
(“We have learned to our own dismay that giv“jpg away something for nothing not only lowers. “the thorale of people, but it has gotten to such a
pass that those thousands who live on. relief and unemployment insurance have lowered their sights and fully expect to continues on a depressed scale of living from here on out. They have lost ambition, pride and initiative. Our charitable government is now going to export its particular brand of giveaways to Eu-
rope and once again the American taxpayer be-
comes the prize sticker,
‘Not Prepared for Gas’ By Jno. W. Swanson, 1726 N. Penn.
This, writer is not convinced that the Gas Company intends to pipe natural gas to this: city as they are not making any preparations for its introduction. A "It has cost other utilities in the middle states
- many millions of dollars to make the necessary
apparatus and connections, but the local company, thus far, has not prepared for these, Last fall we were to have the gas by spring;
then another promise for the coming fall, and after another profitable winter selling coke at:
$18 per ton, they will promise it about the year 1956, when all ‘the gas will have been up by far sighted communities who were yed for suckers. er
Few here know it, or care, that the progres- v
sive city of St. Louis is being supplied with unadulterated natural gas of 1000 B.T.U, heating value, while poor old apathetic Indianapolis is Promised a mixed gas of but half that heating value. 3 ;
‘Close to Ernie Pyle’s Column’ By E. C. Latta, R. R. 18, Indianapolis.
For many years The Times has been my favorite newspaper. During the years of Ernie Pyle’'s writings The Times was a must on my list. I, and millions of others, lost our Ernie Pyle there would never be another who would be qualified to write a column as Ernie did. No one will ever come closer to that accomplishment than did Ed Sovola when he did the plece from Washington, D. C. on the Lincoln Memorial, dated June 12. After reading that article, one could easily imagine that it came — from the battered keys of Ernie Pyles’ own typewriter,
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(to our, great sorrow) and we all said .
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(Editor's Note: Mr. LaMoore has just returned from a tour of the principal capitals of Western Europe.) ik THERE is less war talk, and seemingly less concern about the probability of war, in Western Europe than there is in the
There also is a general reluctance to accept. the burdens’ of adequate defense measures to discourage an enemy attack or to deal with one if it should be made, A frequent comment
London. To-military men- this
means a division of responsibilities to avoid duplication of effort. Certain nations would be expected to provide air power for the common defense organization; certain others the ground troops, etc. The principle also means that certain nations would build planes, others tanks, others small arms. 2 2 8a ow
CERTAIN French critics of
this arrangement say that this
“would mean France would provide the fighting men, and the United States the machines and ammunition. The Communists put it more bluntly. They say that imperialistic _America expects to use Euro-
pean manpower as cannon fodder. : > 2
British opinion is more re-
served on the issue. But it is
questioned whether the “balanced collective forces” theory
would work out in practice. -
>? | egy Rey SUCH questions indicate the difficulty of converting paper
agreements into such things as
divisions of ground troops, bombing planes and tanks in
adequate numbers and quan- —
tity. The London program. is understood to provide for 20 divisions of ground troops from France by 1953. Some French commentators say that France
_cannot and will not even ap-
proximate that figure. They also repudiate the theory that each nation in the Atlantic
group should contribute the
same ratio of its national income to the common defense
establishment. Since Europe
suffered great physical damage,"which we did not, they say
THE UNITED STATES Is supplying our European partners a biilion dollars this year for rearmament, and is pledged to contribute a like amount for 1951. That last is a reasonably firm commitment. But it re-
“mains to be seen whether any
of the European members of the Atlantic bloc will meet
-their obligations. However, if
we balk on our part of the deal, they are certain to do so. ‘Then the Atlantic pact would
be little more than a scrap of
paper. : A great many people In Europe regard the cold war as an issue between the U. 8. and the Soviet Union. Those who
view the situation in that light
‘would like te sit out any next war, if they can, Some would do that even at the risk of in- : invasion, Ex-
~~ army march through than to make their territory a battle‘ground. igh = fd) : >
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