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It's Not Our Private Fight; - It’s for All Free Peoples T= is a time of crisis. e dictionary defines crisis as “that change in a disJ de ‘which indicates whether the result is tc be recovery or death.” The world has suffered from a discain 1 for a generation. That disease is the insecurity of nations. minding its own business has not been sure it would not be attacked by an aggressor nation seeking to advance its national interests and some ideology such as fascism or communism. Crisis is further defined as “the decisive moment, the turning point.” The crisis has come in the attack by Communists on the independent republic of South Korea. The Security Council of the United Nations “recommends that the members’ of the United Nations furnish such assistance to the republic of Korea as may be necessary to repel the armed attack and to restore international

peace and security in the area.” » » - » » »

CRISIS IS further defined, in a saying, as “both danger and opportunity.”

may set off a third worl d wat. "The opportunity hat, if the nonaggressive nations really act unitedly to enforce the decision of the United Nations Security Council, the world will win freedom from fear and real security. Let us do all we can to remove the danger and make the most of the opportunity. Every American citizen can have a part in the present yobs First, by standing behind ‘our President and doing everything possible to make America’s contribution to the United Nations military effort large, powerful and effective.

we are doing. Let us at all times know and say that this is not the

cause of the United States alone, or even principally. It Ms the fight of all free nations who wish to remain free. It is just as much the fight of Great Britain and Ecuador, of Italy and Siam, of France and Chile, of Canada and Luxem- + bong, of of every free nation. Their independence, their freedom, is endangered just as much as ours. We just happen to be the biggest and

strongest of them.

40 this effort in proportion to their strength on the same Vasis as we do.

5 8» - " ” i. . HOW CAN WE do this? oy Let statesmen and military men, whenever they men“ition American forces, allude to them as “acting for the United Nations” or some similar qualification. Let newspapermen and radio reporters do likewise in writing and editing copy. ; But this is not just a job for public men. : It is a job for every citizen of the United States. the average American thinks and says will get across to the whole world. Let's think it straight and say it straight:

Nations to stop aggression, to enforce world peace, and establish the rule of law.” If this were our private fight we could never win it.

‘enough or strong enough to act alone. When we show that we realize this, the rest of the free world will respond, stand against aggression as positively 28 we are standing, and fight as vigorously as we are fighting. It will be difficult, then, for Communist propaganda to misrepresent what the United Nations is doing as “Ameri- ‘ can imperialism.” All together, the free nations will not fail

pe Smellier and Smellier GENS. TYDINGS, McMahon and Green are trying to get away with a fast one. Apparently they think it's smart Democratic politics to close up the Amerasia investigation in a hurry while public attention is on the awesome developments of the Korean war, ; By a vote of 3 to 2 they have overridden Republican committeemen Sens. Lodge and Hickenlooper, and ordered the committee staff to draft what they call an “interim re- . port”—though it is obvious that Sens. Tydings, McMahon and Green do not intend to call any more witnesses or uncover any more yHsavory facts in the Amerdsia mess.

the Senate floor, as we trust they will. From the start.of this sorry imitation of an investigation, Sens. Tydings, McMahon and Green have acted like men trying to keep the truth of the Amerasia affair from being brought out into the broad light of day. In our opinion, they-have been all too clever. Neither the Congress nor théfuiblic can have any confidence in any report they sign. THey have played hide-and-seek, opening

ing committee doors to prevent the pubic from hearing the . other side.

examining” witnesses accused of improper conduct, has acted like a defense attorney—following somewhat the same pattern as the original Justice Department prosecutor on the Amerasia defendants. They muzzled the Republican counsel, Robert Morris, when he tried to ask the right questions. - And now Messrs. Tydings, McMahon and Green are trying to shut off proceedings without salling the most important witnesses. ~~ Among the important uncalled witbésses are Laughlin : Thomas Corcorgn, Ben Cohen, Supreme Court Jusge k, and J e James M. Proctor.

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% The danger is that thipse 1 measures to stop aggression

Second, by straight thinking and speaking about what

Let us show that we expect each of them to contribute :

“American forces are'acting only in behalf of the United -

a isn’t, and let's never forget that. Wo one nation is big

SENS. LODGE and ‘Hickenlooper pave a “right to be indignant, as they are. They have a right to denounce the committee majority's outrageous steamroller tactics from

+ committee hearings to present one side of the picture, clos-

THEIR CHIFF counsel, Edward Morgan, in “cross- -

COVERED BRIDGES .

. By Peter Edson

Parke County Has Distinction

ROCKEVILLE, June 30—Parke County, Ind. of which Rockville (pop. 2000), is the seat, boasts more old-fashioned wooden, covered bridges than any other county in the Hoosler state. They number 41, There were 42 but one burned in 1943, All 41, however, are in daily use and give evidence that they will continue in regular service f some years to come, So this is covered bridge fan’ paradise. Parke County can't claim more covered bridges than any other county in the U. 8. Parke County ranks third in this respect. Noble County, Ohio, has 54. It is in southeastern Ohlo. Tyler County, Pennsylvania, just across the Ohio River from Noble County, Ohio, ranks second. Parke County, Indiana, does, however, claim to have the longest single-span covered bridge in the country. It is the Jackson bridge, across Sugar Creek, just a few miles above where. jt

flows into the Wabash River, and a few miles "below. beautiful Turkey Run State Park. :

The Jackson span is a full 200 feet long. It was built in 186i, and it has given continuous service ever since, on the same foundation. The oldest covered bridge in these parts is Crooks bridge, bulit in 1858, which would make it 94 years old. The newest was built in 1920,

Retired Teacher is Authority

LOCAL historian and authority on covered bridges in Parke County is a retired Hoosier schoolmaster, J. G. Hirsbrunner of Rockville. He is a relative by marriage of J. A, Britton, who built 16 of the Parke County bridges, The other big covered bridge builder was J. J. Daniels, with 11 spans to his credit.

Neither Britton nor Daniels was an engineer,

Both ‘were practical carpenters and contractors. But they built well, and the monument to their

skill and to their successors’ skill is found in

their spans still standing across Big Raccon, _ Little Raccon and Sugar Creeks. The old bridge builders had no power tools and only the most primitive cranes and hand or horse-powered winches. Some of the timbers

‘What Others Say—

‘BACH new generation has made some contribution to progress—regardless of its failures and despite the lamentations of its prophets. — Clarence Francis; chairman, General Foods Corporation.

I WOULD gladly give up the proposal for national health insurance . . . if someone would come along with a better way to do the job.— President Truman.

AS LONG as the seeds of hatred and tyranny and aggression are sprouting anywhere, freedom everywhere is endangered--Gov. Earl Warren of California.

. DETERMINATION to support and sustain the freedom of the individual does not make us hide-bound reacticnaries.—Gen. Dwight Eisenhower,

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OUR best brains have been going ‘into busi-

ness and science when they should be going into politics, ~~ Arthur Vanderbilt, chief justice of ~sNaw eryny Supreme Court,

SIDE GLANCES

“What do you mean, you can't go back to him now?’ Your fa; we were. separating nine times,

tyr and | vow =hnaly getfred of ruming in and out!”

By Galbraith

"HOBM. 1860 BY MEA SHAME. me. Tv. MMO. 5. 8. oar ore.

were, of course, cut by steam mill power saws. But mostly they were built by hand, the bridges built by main strength and awkwardness. Mr. Hirsbrunner tells one story about the

“ old Mansfield covered bridge which was built in

1867 for a 14-ton load limit. Most of them are rated at only eight or 10 tons’ capacity today. . Anyway, three trucks came down the road with heavy loads. The first truck stalled before it got across the span. The other two trucks, not knowing that the first was stalled, and not being able to see it because of the cover and siding, followed it out over the water,

Took Big Risk

IT WASN'T till after the first truck was Fepaired and all three had cleared the bridge that the drivers. figured they had taken a pretty big risk. When they added up their combined loaded weights, they found the total came to 51 tons.

* In other words, the bridge had been built with

a safety factor of at least three. Most of the bridges have 8x8-inch oak for their main timbers. The posts are doubled, and in a few cases tapered -at the ends to reduce weight yet give greatest strength in the center, Sills are also doubled on many bridges. The siding in the older bridges was mostly yellow poplar, which- grows in Indiana. But a few of the more recently built bridges have pine siding, which was evidently shipped in. Flooring has, of course, been replaced many

times. But the contracts for reflooring. still

carry the old specifications for three-inch oak planks, Only one of the bridges—the Jackson bridge of 1861--now has a corrugated metal roof, which was put over the original covering. All the others have wooden shingles. All the Parke County bridges are built on what is known as, the Burr truss design. Theodore Burr was an engineer from the east, and he built many 6f the covered bridges in New York state.

‘Mind Your Business, Reverend’

BURR was quite a handy man with the bottle and there is a legend that a Scotch preacher in New York once complained because one of Burr's jobs wasn't progressing fast enough. The preacher called divine services on the banks of the stream to protest. Burr then sought out the domine and told him, “Your business is to preach the Gospel and mine is to build bridges. You mind your business and I'll mind mine.” Most famous, or best known of the Parke County covered bridges is the Narrows bridge over Sugar Creek, short but scenic hike in this famous and wellrun Hoosier resort,

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Memo to Congress: After two government agencies made separate, costly investigations and reports, Congress authorized each

-to. construct the same pine flat project. voip Sie ul It's another example of duplicating services in government.

CRUCIAL PERIOD

by an American President.

Here is the background, as yet untold, of what led up to that decision. It goes back in reality considerably before the

on the Soutn Korean Republic.

WHEN Gen. ‘Omar N N. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of fsand Secretary of Defense: Louis; ferred with Geb. Arthur in Tokyo last week, they heard some pretty strong talk. * Gen. MacArthur expressed the view that American policy up to this point in Asia had been a disaster. On the basis of this talk, plus wl they had alread learned in the Philippines and

ican bombers, including the newest and largest types, was ordered to the Far East.”

s - ” 2 ) THIS was prior to the re- ’ 6-30 and the Defense Secretary. They reached Washington in

end han 12 hours before the Kooo “San attack began.

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in Turkey Run Park. It's a

attack by the North Koreans -

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Korea, Gen. Bradley and Mr. Johnson took some preliminary, .- precautions. A detail of Amer- '

turn of the JCS chairman

thely own plane Seturiey. Jes © Joint Chiefs of Staff ommendations

: great advantage against any invading force.

‘Postal Bill Veto Wrong’ By an Independent Voter

"This 1s to express my thought on the veto Mr. Truman gave the Veterans Credit Bill for postal workers. In his reasons for the veto he

. By Dan Kidney

State May Get Smear Campaign

DEAR BOSSY — Unless war pushes politics almost completely out of the picture, Hoosiers may witness one of the greatest smear campaigns of the century this fall. . Tipoff on the type of campaigning that will be uncorked was the keynote speech of Sen. William -E. Jenner (R. Ind.) at the GOP state convention today. With smear and snarl he called the Truman administration a total failure and the men who are manning it he accused of such high crimes and misdemeanors as to make them seem guilty of near total depravity. Long anticipating the nomination of Alex

' Campbell, Ft. Wayne, for the U.S. Senate seat

held by Sen. Homer E, Capéhart (R. Ind.), who was to be renominated today, the State Committee has been pointing scornfully to the fact that the 43-year-old Democratic senatorial nominee is not a veteran. They expect this to count heavily in a state where all vet organizations are thriving and where the capital city is national headquarters of the American Legion.

Pre-Nomination Leaflet

AS LONG ago as last February, when Mr. Campbell had resigned as head of the criminal division in the Justice Department in Washington to return home and launch his successful senatorial campaign, Herb Hill, GOP publicity man, wrote in the state headquarters leaflet called “Facts to the Foiks” the following: “Who shortened the tape measure, Capt. Mc-

.Hale?—S8ince Alex Campbell has asked for reclassification by the Democratic political draft

, and has been duly ordered back to In-

diana (temporarily) by Commander-in-Chief Truman, ns are arising everywhere as to who shorten - capt. Frank McHale's tape measure

“Formerly A big procurement officer of Hoosier Democrats would accept no less a person than a state commander of the American Legion for first-line combat. But now ‘the man who made McNutt’ has placed his once-conclu-sive support behind an attorney who, throughout the last war, was content to hold the fort at Ft. Wayne. Strange stuff, this Democrat draft

DISEASE TRIAL .

business. How times have changed! ub Woks Was Adjutant General Hitcheock cone

THE Republican State Committee. also bought an advertisement in the convention program of the Disabled American Veterans early this month to point out that Mr. Campbell, whom they seemed to know would be nominated by the Democrats last Tuesday, is not a veteran while Sen. Capehart served in World War I The ad reads: “Which do you prefer for U. 8. Senator? ce Record-—Enlisted

er BE. 1917 in U, 8.. Army. ret 1 enlins Tom Daviess County. Discharged two years sergeant first class. Joined American in 1920, Record-—Has consistently supported every genuine piece of veterans legisiatio passed during his 6 years in the U. 8B. Senate, as well as voting for veterans legislation which failed to pass. : “Sponsor in 1950 Campaign—Republican veterans.” Opposite this and under the same headings Mr. ‘Campbell is cited as being & non-veteran

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. with no voting record and sponsored by Frank

M. McHale, Democratic National Committeeman from Indiana.

Legion Angle Played

CHARLES B. BROWNSON, who was nominated by the Republicans to try and‘ ‘unseat Democratic Rep. Andrew Jacobs, is an active ex-serviceman, which his opponent is mot. He resigned as district commander of the American Legion after being nominated in the primary election. He has surrounded himself with young lieutenants in his congressional campaign who are active American Legionnaires. So the Republicans will mount the hustings

this fall wrapped in the flag. They also will be armed with plenty of smear buckets. Since such

things are contagious, it will be only natural

for the Democrats to reply in kind. If the cold

war continues to get hot, however, less energy is likely to be spent on ugh! nonsense.

. By Jane Stafford

Germ Warfare Korean Possibility

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30—Germ warfare may get a trial very soon, if the fighting in

Korea continues. The situation might be _.con-:

sidered by the Soviets as a good one in which to stage a trial of such a weapon, ‘if they have developed a satisfactory method of using it. B. W., short for biological, or germ, warfare was mentioned here today as a possibility “in

_the event of future wars” in a report by Dr.

Joseph E. Smadek of the Army Medical School,

"at the second Military Medical session at the

American Medical Association meeting.

Possible Germ Weapons : DR. SMADEL did not refer to the Korean

situation in his formal ‘paper. But he did say, discussing germ diseases of future wars, “that

~these include those human infections caused by

microbial agents or their products which might be disseminated artificially by willful intent.” In other words, germs used as: weapons. “This ‘last subject is certainly not one to bé dismissed casually, neither is it one to strike

hopeless terror into the minds of civilian-and

military personnel,” he stated. The risks associated with the limited geographic use “of such methods are no more hazardous to persons directly exposed than are the effects of high explosives or nuclear weapons. “There is no reason to believe that a large scale man-made episode, provided: it could be accomplished; would spread and begeme an epidemic among the unexposed, " i added reassuringly. ® “Small scale episodes, which are undoubtedly possible, could be delimited -and controlled b,

health and civilian and military medical personnel.”

> By Marquis Childs

ger points:

- munist China. They brought with them =

top-secret document of the highest significance. It was a “ memorandum prepared by Gen, MacArthur for the President. MacArthur reported directly to the President what he had told Gen. Bradley and Mr, Johnson. But. the dynamic general went éven further, He told the President there was a clear and present danger of a new ) . Communist outbreak at one of :

ernment. THREE:

Mr. Johnson themselves had, however, been given a detailed picure of Communist strength and its potentialities in North a

that time involved three dan-

ONE: Formosa and the need to, deploy, units of the Ameri‘can fleet in order to prevent capture of that island by Com-

TWO: Philippines where the JCS were convinced of the urgent necessity for increasing American strength in the bases granted the U. 8. under treat rights with the Philippine gov- .

Indo-China where the hardpressed French were threatened by the rebels under Com-munist-trained Ho Chi-minh.

time had not yet come for such all-out measures. Both Gen. Bradley and Mr.

Even without germ warfare, there are a number of diseases that may for the first time become military problems. Infantfle paralysis is one of these which Dr. Smadel mentioned. Polio “does not at present constitute a military problem but the recent outbreaks of this disease among the Eskimo populations point to a need for considering this malady in troops operating in the Arctic where ordinary sanitation is essentially impossible to maintain,” he stated. One of the numerous viruses discovered in Africa and South America in recent years by members of the Rockefeller Foundation during their studies of yellow fever might be the cause of a “new” disease of military significance, he continued. —Among the old diseases which plagued armies in World War II, the following may be expected to appear again in future wars: Diarrhea, dysentery, influenza and pneumonia, and, even though they were relatively well controlled, typhus, typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, plague, cholera, smallpox, epidomic meningitis, Scarlet fever ard streptococcus throat infections and wound ine fections.

Wounded Evacuated by Air

ANY American fighting man wounded in Korea is being evacuated by air, if Armed Forces plans revealed to the American Medical Association here today are being followed. Hospital trains and hospital ships are out, in military medical planning. As long ago as last August (1949), air evacuation was adopted as

y ‘the Sele method v patient movement for the Arm rces, replacing hospital shi - the present methods available to the public ol. A os

pital trains,” Lieut. Col. B. A. Strickland, director of the Military Medicine Division of the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine, announced.

Background on Truman Action in Asia

4 WASHINGTON, June 30—President Truman's order sending . American sea and air forces into action in Asia will go down in history as one of the most extraordinary steps ever taken It can be comprehended only in the framework of a world divided into two pewer complexes with nothing, or almost nothing, standing between. them.

testing point. Success there, they told the President, would embolden tHe Russians to move into every area where a partial vacuum of power existed. . » . oe ab ERionciNg their argument - was the MacArthur memorandum. Gen. MacArthur had hinted to his visitors that if some action did not result,

them. In this setting the specific decision on helping the South Koreans seemed of almost - minor importance. So much more was at stake *as the Presidéat prepared to, take the fateful decision,

FINALLY—and “perhaps inevitably—the President came down on the side pf action. The order to Gen. MacArthur bn the use of American planes went out 10 hours in advance of the President's announce-

Johnson had returned con- ~ the need for the steps that had. ment. vinced that a new activist been agreed to by the three ‘So the die was cast. Those policy was essential unless the services. who urged far-reaching action United States was prepared to When the Korean attack did so realizing full well it see all of Asia go Communist. broke, Gen. Bradley Mr, could mean war. But they Were Such a decision had been taken Johnson both pleaded for im- convinced that a unanimous of the mediate all-out action in peasement in the Pacific would as long. . + ago as last January, The récthe JCS at -

he might feel compelled to re- - turn to America and give the Military aid to - Public the facts as he saw

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