Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1950 — Page 12
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JN LESS than four years the Committee for Constitu- = tional Government has mailed out 8 million to 10 million pitces of literature, “postage free, under the franks of “various members of Congress. The figures are those of the organization's executive secretary, Dr. Edward A. Rumely. He denied before a « House committee headed by Rep. Frank Buchanan (D. Pa.), which is investigating lobbying. activities, that the . number of mailings might have been 40 million to 50 million.
DR. RUMELY’ S otganizstion paid the cost of prifting it saved $240,000 to $300,000 in postage for distributing it. The motives of the Committee for Constitutional Government in mailing out propaganda for its cause may have been good. ; Its use of the congressional franking privilege was bad. - No private organization should be permitted to distribute propaganda at the expense of the taxpayers. .
» ” » ~ ” THE Post Office Department carries franked mail for r-. members of Congress at a cost of about $1,200,000 a year—an average of $2260 in free postal service for each Senator and Representative. t, Perhaps it's too much to expect, but it would be a healthy thing if some committee of Congress would explore and make public the facts about how much of that free postal service is used, not in connection with necessary public business, but to spread propaganda for ~ private organizations and campaign material for members of Congress,
A High Price : | [GHTEEN pages of the House bill which proposed to make the Brannan Plan of farm price supports effective were devoted to describing the penalties a farmer could incur for failure to comply. This was revealed by Rep. Clifford R. Hope of Kansas, former chairman of the House Agricultural. Committee, in “a recent radio address. No only does the Brannan proposal call for penalties for noncompliance with acreage and marketing restrictions, but it calls for penalties for failure to observe con-
Agriculture, at
. ~ » 8 " . = TO make sure that all practices are followed, the plan calls for every farmer to keep records of all activities under penalty of a fine, and then adds a greater fine for any mistakes or omissions that may be made. “Does the American farmer want the same regulations ‘as have been forced upon the British farmer, who must plant what he is told, when he is told and in the quantity “he is told or have his land given to another?” Rep. Hope asks. Mr. Hope concluded his discussion with the suggestion that if the Brannan Plan of high prices to the farmer and low prices to the consumer with the government paying a, the difference is good, then such a plan is good for all ‘things. PT. » i; » ” . WHY not let automobiles, refrigerators, gasoline or sewing machines sell for whatever price the consumer would ~ like to pay? Why nof let the government guarantee the: manufacturer a profit in spite of high wages, taxes, etc.? All the American farmer and worker and consumer
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Decline of Front Porch %*
—that-it once did. Harry Truman, ‘who {sold enough to remember when Warren G. Harding successfully campaigned for the pres~idency from the front porch of his home, did something to restore. the porch’s s declining prestige. That was when he
that, alas, seems 5 but ¢ a Cl EMpOraTy victory. - out in the suburbs on one of these long July evenings and “note the number of low one-story ranch-type houses that have been Built or are going up.
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must have been evident for ‘some time that the front ‘porch no longer occupies the position in the Social life i
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WASHINGTON, July 5-The Korean war
means the end—temporarily at least ~of DeLouis Johnson
fense Secretary Louis ‘s economy pro
‘the $15 billion mark. Our experts don’t know yet how much it will cost to drive the North Korean Communists TO We don’t know
now how much it will cost to keep them there— ge
for the Pentagon has no intention of pulling its troops off the Asiatic mainland again. But whatever it costs, the Pentagon is prepared to pay. Already, the Joint Chiefs have abandoned hopes for an edsy victory. Through this week, at least, they are prepared to fight defensively. They also have given up the idea that we can win without spending extra money. “At one time, President Truman hoped Planes and naval guns: were enough. But Gen, Arthur's reports have changed that. Selo Truman committed troops, he was prepared for 4 long—and castly—bandit suppression camRaign,
DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney i
Hoosiers Back Korean Stand
All Hope Wor Action
WASHINGTON, July 5—Dear Boss—Ré-
_turning here after (pearly two weeks in Indi-
ana, I found the same question uppermost here as was being asked back in the state: “Does the Korean fighting mean the start of World War 111?" Here as there, the answers were the same— yes. no and maybe. Estimates of Hooslefs in the government here range from 20,000 to 40.000 and you certainly do meet them in every building you enter. Like the folks back home, everyone here feels that just what we don’t need now is another global war, They are for a free democratic world, as against Communist ‘dictatorship, and like Americans in Indiana and everywhere they cherish freedom to the point where they are
. willing to fight for it.
For United Nations
THEREFORE, they .feel that our Korean stand is one to stop further Communist aggression and Kremlin appeasement and we are
doing it on behalf of the United Nations, which
the Boviet has done its beét to sabotage. Chinese Communist radio broadeasts ealling Uncle 8am “a paper dragon gone berserk,” and the Moscow radio saying our armed forces are “beasts.” will only strengthen U. 8. determination to see that a self- determining free United Nations survives. The only Indiana member of the “House Armed Services Committee, skipped attending the Democratic state convention last week to be on hand here when the Korean action started. He is Rep. John R. Walsh, Anderson, and here is what -he had to-say-about-it+—— “The world was shocked by the news that war had broken out in Korea. This information was no surprise to many of us, as we had expected a conflict at some point in the Far East. “I feel that this {s a test by the Soviet as to just how far it can go with America. For several years the American government has fought the spread of communism and has spent American dollars to stop aggression.
‘Must Stand Firm’ :
“AMERICA must now stand firm and show the world, friend and foe alike, that our commitments mean something. If we fail in this acid test’ then all our promises and all the money we spend for ECA and foreign aid means nothing. “It is time for Amira to act; act now, not tomorrow when it may be too. late. “Russia does not wish to have war with Ameriéa. T urged the President to stand firm and fight back with all our resources. if the need arises. The action of the puppet Communist Korean government could be the Manchuria or the Ethiopia of a third world war. “Firm, quick and decisive action now, not next year, can assure the world of a peaceful tomorrow. The decision is today.” Rep. Winfield K. Denton, Evansville Democrat, who alse missed the state convention to be on hand here, stressed the fact that United Nations found that Communist troops were the invaders and that, their attack was premedi-
“tated.
‘Diverting Attention?”
“EVERYONE I have talked with Is wonder— Ing whether Russia is staging this to divert at-
tention from Iran and Formosa,” Mr. Denton said. “Korea is of no military importance. The other two countries, however, are rich in oil and other natural resources badly needed by the Russians;
~In-prdering-armed- action-by-the 1-8 Pres
ident Truman acted as the vast majority of the
—Members of Congress hoped and prayed. Ind
vidually and collectively, they declared that it was a calculated risk that the United States was taking, but sla's hand was even greater. “Up to now,- Russia has stopped its ARRres-
sive activities when we have called her hand. - } Cqu evidenced In Gress; Turkey and the Berlin
blockade.
=Hespointed-out-that-for: the- first time: sinoe it met there is unity in the Democratic Siat
Congress.
SIDE GLANCES
THERE is a , breezeway connecting the & garage and the
~~ front porch or side veranda and usually not even a stoop to protect the front door. Mighty pleasing houses they are, to be sure, and designed to save the steps of the wife who wants all of the house on one floor. But where can a man sit to smoke his pipe after he has finished the evening chores? And where®is young” daughter and her boy friend? Out in a convertible with > the top down and driving like mad maybe. © © Mother and dad in a more regtful era carried on their courtship on the porch. If th ung folks now have to . take to the open road, put the ‘blame where it belongs. * There are not enough porches to go around.
Berries ‘Gone—Cherries on Way
Ti news that the home-grown: strawberry season is _hearing an end is not nearly as upsetting now as it was a few years ago. ~~ While it does mark the close of a-delightful period, i to improved methods of transportation and changes the methods of handling berries, a shortcake treat can ‘ enjoyed at most any time of the year. is still on the ground When the first berries from
Seaton shod not bo allowed to depart
house proper and often a big picture window. But no big
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— gram. Conceivably—if the fighting lasts long enough—it could push military spending over
the risk in not calling Rus-
Assistant ‘ense Secretary W. | tan Dee scrtary cel
‘money But - this week's necessary clues. Mr. McNeil's already is at work. The first supplemental (appropriation request to go to Congress probably will call for a few hundred million extra. It probably will be for fuel. bombs, rifles, ete, to replace those used battlefront. Mr. McNeil said fiscal plans for. A such an emergency were ready six months ago. That ‘is not because he expected trouble in Korea, out because it's his job to know in advance what.
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REPERCUSSIONS POSSIBLE . . .
Why Refuse Chiang’s Troops?
WASHINGTON, July 5-—America's rary rejection of the Chinese Nationalist offer of combat troops for Korean defense will have bad political repercussions at home. Only time can tell whether it is good-United Nations politics, and whether it is justified By future military plans, Taken at face value. it appears that Presi. dent Truman has let his old discredited China policy handicap his new positive Far Eastern
policy. Several Good Reasons
THERE were several good reasons for ac-
_ cepting Chiang Kai-shek’s offer to help Korea:
y "ONE: Because this is a United Nations defense of international treaties and peace, the Security Council under American leadership requested United Nations members to participate according to their ability. To exclude Nationalist China, a Security Council member, is to vio-
late the letter and spirit of the council's resolution. : ‘ TWO: Allied ground troops are needed in
Korea. The United States does not have many in the Far East and cannot wisely strip its
Japan occupation army. Britiin and France
Memo to Congress: Henry Heimann of the National Association of Credit Men says: “If _you had been born at the time of Christ and had put a dollar in the | bank each second for the 1950 years since, you would just about have en“ough to pay one vear's cost of gov- ¢ ¢ o T The
_ duce the cost of government. :
here are: and go to one of those famous Washington cocktail parties. ® Rea . AS FAR as seeing Mr. Truman's place, this means Blair House, due to the fact the Whité Hotise is. being torn apart to Keep it from falling. And you're going to .be kind of disappointed in it. Not the inside-—because you won't get in. r It's just an ordinary house, really. the Kind you'd see on any fairly fashionable street in any city. It isn't even a detached house, but is tacked onto one next door called the Bhair-Lee House, which is used to catch the overflow whehever the President forgets and irfvites too mahy people in to dinner.. On the other side is an an alley Nearby, >
beat-up brownstone. jrs~ two
on opposite gorners, drugstores. i ” »
BLAIR nolse is diagonal: ly across. Pennsylvania Ave.
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Hoover Commission has recom-—}v 4~“mended economy measures that would Te |
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Stalin, which is probable, then we will have lost _ = the. Jump.
: Military Justification
By Galbraith TIPS 10 TOURISTS . a ‘Blair House Caiches Visiting Public's Fahey:
WASHINGTON, July 5—Now that the tourist season is upon _-us and people are Hocking to the nation’s Capital to see the Lincoln Memorial, stock up on hotel linen and get heat prostration, it is timely to hand out a few hints about the town. Judging from Jetters, the things most Americans want to do See where the President lives, visit their Congressman
- marquees in front of it—kind
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the. elimination of By air Tore Diites out of gtate fairs, races, ete, he saved $57 million. By unnecessary flying, he salvaged another million. He saved $6.6 million in cables, telegrams and long distance calls; $156 million by firing 130,000 civiliane, All told, he cut $1.5
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By Ludwell Denny
tempo-: © cannot spare ground forces already committed
elsewhere in southeast Asia. So Chiang’s troops would come in very handy in-Korea.
+ THREE: Republican support of the new Truman Far Eastern policy could have been cemented by accepting Chiang’'s offer, Rejection may strain bipartisan unity,
FOUR: American mothers and fathers may
“find it difficult to understand why their sons
must die for Korea while neighboring Chinese
~opponents of Red -aggression-are not allowed -
to do so. But, as is usually the case in international affairs, there are counter-considerations which make the decision less simple than that. For instance: ~ Britain and some other nations have crossed off Chiang and recognized Red China. Red aggression against South Korea is forcing them to reconsider their attitude toward Red China and its application for United Nations membership. Rejection of Chiang's troops may be dic-' tated by Britain and this group, as part of an informal agreement under which they will withdraw recognition from Red China. But if so, a Security ®6uncil majority—rather than Washington should have made the open decision; it 18 said here that use_nf Chinesg, Nationalist troops would invite retaliation in Korea by miich larger, nearer and better armed Red Chinese armies. But if Red Chinese troops are sent into Korea anyway by
A BETTER military eatin for keeping Chiang’'s army intact on Formosa is that it is needed to defend that strategic island in case
Red China aggréssors break through the Amer-
ican sea and air screen there, or that it is being
saved for later use-against the Reds in indo=
China or the. China ‘mainland: But -the -risk—of China Reds plereing the -American-screen of Formosa is not great; and there is no hint as vet of any plans to use part of Chang's. forces on the mainland.
. By Andrews Tully
you. It’s got one of those long will party. of an awning that runs from by yourself, the front stoop down to the sidewalk,
On both sides are little white
booths with a policeman in - each to stop people from drop- clusively ping in on the Trumans unex- wolfed at pectedly. The house hasn't got drinking bouts.
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-is in committees and such. It's
any lawn in.front, the stoop is too small to sit on and the backyard isn't worth 2 cents for Iplling around in.
ledger, much sa the §13 billion now being spent on
programs. So far, Gen. MacArthur has operated with
. the men and supplies available to him in Japan
and elsewhere in the Pacific. That can't céntinue indefinitely, Some West Coast shipments
probably will start this week.
A sustained campaign will mean shipments from the Midwest and the East Coast, And the Pentagon—intent on converting fat ‘into military muscle—hasn’t much margin on Which to operate. - . Presently, there are no plans for big spendIng. But that could change overnight. Serious reverses, for instance, might mean mobilization
of the National Guard and the Reserves.
; . Sn Hoosier Forum “I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." ‘Get Rid of Acheson’ By C. D. C., Terre Haute, Ind. July Fourth was the 175th birthday of our
—country. We have always prided ourselves on
being a great peace loving nation." In spite of
-the fact that we have a strategic location for
peace, being flanked on two sides by great oceans, we are now starting our 15th war which is more wars than any other nation on the face of the earth has had in the same time. This does not include Indian wars, either, as it would hardly be possible to tell where one left off and another began.
Mr. Truman evidently does not consider the
Korean .affair a war, since he did not bother
. to ask members of Congress to- declare war,
So it might be pertinent to ask” when is a war not a war. Nevertheless, he seems to be quite critical of some of the Senators who have questioned his authority for taking the sole responsibility of plunging 140 million Americans into war. No doubt this war is the brain child of Jos Stalin as he has nothing to lose. If we win a military victory we can wash his hands clean by pointing out his traditional aloofness from meddling in the affairs of other countries. On the other hand, our own economy will be weakened by war and we will have an additional 60 million more people to. fed after the war to weaken ft still more, Furthermore, it is more than probable that eventually there will be millions of Chinese to feed from Formosa and the mainland of China. In any event we are going to lose and if Stalin can weaken us enough he can eventually grab the oil in Iran and possibly a year round use of the Dardanelles, which is probably the two things that he really needs to consolidate his dynasty. If he can get those two things and weaken us enough he can probably have his Communist world without firing a shot. I do not claim that we could have -avoided going to war in Korea at this late date, although Truman assured us less than a month ago that we were closer to peace than at any time since 1946. However, there is one man we can get rid of who has been, to say the least, responsible for a great deal of our trouble in Korea as well as other parts of the world. His name is Dean Acheson and Congress should refuse to appropriate any money until he steps out. He is part and parcel of the old Roosevelt crowd and part of the clique that allowed Communists to infiltrate our Rovernment and steal our military secrets. For the good of the whole country, Dean Acheson should go.
What Others Say—
POWER is the only thing that talks to Russia. Every time we have been tough or Suggested that we could get. along without Ruse “sia in the United Nations they have backed down and come along.—Mrs. Hiram C. Hough-
ton, president-elect, Senpra) Federation of Women’s Clubs. UNDER present egislation we are not.-eme-powered to insist that poultrymeén reduce proe duction, but must confine our activities to pure chasing the market surplus—Knox T. Hutchine
Jak, Agriculture Department's’ assistant secre’ ary.
IT'S better for a wife to lose a domestia - argument than the. happiness of her marriage. When there is an impasse, the wise wife will give in—Mrs. Lauritz Melchior, wife of. the
opera star.
seem to you that the few lawmakers in attendance are all ~ reading newspapers. They are.
.WHEN it gets to be about 5 P.-m, maybe your Congressman take you to a cocktail Actually, you could go because nobody ever asks anybody for his invitation and there is a legend that an impoverished reporter once lived for three weeks exon hors assorted, daily
At any rate, you to take it in stride. get panicky just because the floor ‘Is made out of glass or
/ sity of Pennsylvania.
AT this mid- -century point there is vital need of rekindling and revitalizing the spirit of stewardship in the churches of all six faiths in America.——Harold Stassen, ‘president, Untver-
WHEN it (Russian government) starts to
topple ‘it comes down with a crash. I see no.
———probahility of ta toppling now. But-thers 15 al-
ways. a possibility of its toppling —G C. Marshall. 5 " - Gerge
Ir AN atomic bomb were dropped. _on_ one “of our cities tomorrow, nobody would know what to do, where to BO or even who to see
about what -to-do=Re John Fo Ke “Massachusetts. i anedy (D),
“IT is by no means -im “artillery piece that would fireana —Gen, J. Lawton Collins, U. 8. staff,
tomic weapon.
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with mustache voices and ma some sashes wrapped around their stome i achs. These birds probably
will think you're important, too.
"8 = YOU'LL get your choice of drinks. but be careful. Whisky has just.as much kick here as anywhere else. And as for the food, be like everybody else act like you're always eating vittles like grape leaves stuffed = with newt’s eyebrows. If you get to talking to somebody, it's
d'oeuvres
; considered gracious to say let me advise something like, “Oh. these Don't hummingbirds’ toes are just
like the ones my aunt in To-peka-—-the one with the atod]-
Sa Win platinum or Something and the teeth—serves at her Monday NOW, on to your Congress- joint is crawling with people club. : man. You'll find he looks 3. pretty. much like the local banker or insurance .agent, Barbs— pity ws RS yas SN 8 THE amount of street pay- AS SOON as a political cam.
ate and tossed salads, with dry toast. His office consists of either three or two rooms, depending on how important he
America worst.
air-conditioned. ° A Congressman doesn’ t spend much time on.the floor of Congress unless he's going ~ a ae a speech, but maybe
first.
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THE man whe. gets. 10.18 3 {op is the same fellow who got lo the bottom of a ot of things
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