Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1950 — Page 14
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, President Truman os asked Congress for / 1 ns totaling over $14 billion. re ethan $10 billion is to expand our own defense
rogram. About $4 ‘billion, in addition _to a billion and a quarter already voted, is to help other non-Communist nations arm. And these appropriations, probably plis more still to be asked, will be ontop of Mr. Truman's $42.5 billion pre-
a ug. 7 — wher money gone—The $90 has Sper 1 hs Armed Borces since he end of the war?
the public demanded it. Even. 80, many Americans can’t understand why the billions, we have spent haven't been enough to stop Russia's North Korean puppets. We've been able to throw only three Biles sized divisions against nine fully mdbilize Red “ones. Our tanks are badly outgunned. after day, our GIs have been forced to retpent.
DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney
Jacobs’ Blast Irks Democrats
Congressman Vofes With “GOP on Some Issues’ WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—Dear Boss—When
Democratic Congressmen heard a Washington radio broadcaster report that Rep. Andrew
i President should be given all the money necessary Cv to-wit the Korean War Ee correct: with wt aront peed our present perilous state of unpreparedness. ; But preparedness spending on the vast scale necessary will draw heavily on America’s limited resources of manowe and materials. : -.Other drafts on them. must be reduced. Other govern-: “ment spending programs must be cut down or out, for two. reasons: ONE: To save materials and ‘manpower urgent uses. TWO: To make it possible, with heavier taxes, to avoid ~ the inflationary dynamite of a hugely swollen federal deficit. And e do the cutting is the duty of Congre ess.
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VOTES soon to be cast in the Senate will reveal whether that duty is to be done with courage and intelligence. : The House had done some pruning of the mammoth - omnibus appropriations bill before Korea. It had ordered further cuts of nondefense spending by a flat 10 per cent across the boards, and some Senators want to use the same method. But spenders call that a dangerous “meat-ax” attack. Only careful “selective” suming, item by item, can be safe, “they say. ~~ 80 Sen. Paul Douglas, wide Tllinois Democrat, has been ‘making a gallant effort at selective cutting with what he calls a surgeon's scalpel. First he studied the omnibus bill thoroughly. He 5 cided for himself where safe savings could be made. Sixty-eight times he has risen in the Senate to point to a “selected” item, to move its reduction by a specific amount .—in some cases by many millions, in others by only a single dollar—and to explain why he believes it should be reduced.
ght tim voted him down, usually without debate. “Now, convinced that item-by-item “scalpel” cutting is — hopeless, Sen. Douglas proposes 1 try “a very sharp meat ax, wielded with care.” He offers one more motion—a combinaticn of the previous 68—to slash a ‘billion dollars from Selected areas of the omnibus bill. Half of the billion would come from funds for materials, supplies and manpower for rivers, harbors, navigation, floodcontrol, reclamation and highway projects, leaving: almost $1.75 billion to be spent on them. a” The other half would come from funds sought by non- ~ defense federal agencies for personnel. travel, .transportation: ‘communications; printing -and-other expenses, - leaving ion for these purposes
will reluctantly join {hose who advocate “wielding a 2 blunt, Jupscientifie meat ax with a resounding whack.”
a I BRN" THE bluntest meat- -ax "chopping would a. much net damage than failure to cut at all. . The Times, however, hopes ear nestly that Sen. Douglas’ cp-meat-ax’ motion will prevail
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considering what Korea has taught us must be done, it goes : not nearly far enough toward cutting’ down expenditures “or projects and activities which at this time are nonessential and recklessly extravagant, :
“Lewis (Cap) Johnson ~ SOME. of the outstanding law enforcement work in Indian- . apolis during the last quarter of a century was performed by Lewis (Cap) Johnson, veteran police officer and "traffic ‘expert who died yesterday. . ~ Joining the Police Department in 1914, Mr. Johnson - _ advanced rapidly through the ranks and became one of the top law enforcement executives. His record of achievements in many programs that made Indidnapolis a safer place in . which to live will stand as a. monument to his memory. v2 His nomination as a candidate for Sheriff of Marion County in two successive Democratic primaries was a re- _ flection of the confidence thousands of citizens had placed in him as an able police executive. = His death leaves a vacancy workers that will be hard to fill.
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THE Defense Department. has told Congress that it plans * to hire 237,000 civilian employees in the next’ year. Rapid preparedness on the huge scale this country requires would Justify a large increase of personnel . i that department. 237,000 civilian employees, in addition to Defense's : 754,000, can be used to good advantage in speeding le preparedness, they should be hired. But. they need not, and should not, be a net addition to . payroll. t departments and agencies, other than de- », NOW have about 1,344,000 civilian employees. Congress should ruthlessly cut spending and employby these other departments and agencies on every
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AA AXP E00. Berritacy Louis Johnson should - meet the dis hopping mad and asked Hoosier colleagues in the “how come.’ Most of them are not familiar enough with the Marjon Comnty Congréessman’s
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man who practices the free- ; ‘that. Americans geners ally preach about and sup posedly are fighting to defend, Win or lose. come this elecy tion day, freshman gressRep. Jacobs man Jacobs will have left an impression here of being a refreshing statesman, Neither his party leaders or leading lobbyists ever know just where he will stand on any given proposition. But as soon as they ask him they will be told.
Voted With GOP 2
Nearly half of W—or $42 billion—went to ~ liquidaté our World War II \ :
8 unpreparedness Fean Crisis, they
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It let the experts give full play to thelr imagi-
‘nation, Scientists, generals and admirals hesitated to build a good tank, a good plane or a good gun now when, with a little more research, they expected to develop a better one next Yea,
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ONE OF HIS first wr upon arrival here two years ago was that tickets to Presi. dent Truman's inaugural ball should be taxed, just like any other amusement. It finally was’ voted on. in the House and Mr. Jacobs, who at that time dressed more like Lincoln than he does today stood up on the Democratic side and was counted along with the Republicans, who were for taxing the show because they had lost out on providing the leading man. As one Irate Democratic colleague coms= mented: ‘crats were with him just Republicans,” Since that day, he has been found on the GOP side” whenever he thought that the minor- . ity party was right and his own wrong. Of particular interest now is his vote, like that of Pe ens Reps. Halléck, Harden, Harvey andWilson, against Korean aid. Like them he. is ready to defend that vote and thinks it sheer nonsense that the Democratic Party should try and make political capital out of it. “The administration told us that Korea was indefensible,” Mr. Jacobs said. “So why spend any money there. It didn't make sense, so I decided against doing so.”
Voted Against Arms Aid ALTHOUGH supporting the Marshall Plan, he voted against arms aid to Furope on the first round... Since the. supported it. nd Homer E. Capehart, Hoosier Republicans, who have voted almost 100 per cent against erything in _the
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his supp r : ion and De cratic Party as acobs icta took a dim view of ‘this outburst against Sec-
retary Johnson.
He also took a dia view of Mir, Jacobs opposing Alex Campbell, Ft.. Wayne, for the
senatorial nomination and as chairman of the °
state convention never called on the Indianapolis man to deliver a speech he had prepared. As dean of the Hoosier Democrats on CapiMr. Madden is the oné usually asked
by Democrats outside the state about Mr.
-Jacobs criticisms.
Fellow-rreshmen, who are fond of Mr.
, Jacobs, refused to condemn him, but at the
same time took the pro-administration view,
orather than joining in razzing. Secretary John-
son as a “wrong Wilbur.” “Whatever Mr. Johnson did about’ slashing
defense expenditures, he did with the full con- :
sent of this Congress, Republicans and DemoOPER ale and was appiguded- for- his efforts:
“by the American "opie and the ress pener- >
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g of “His Cre “I' FEEL SURE that he was thinking of his Entry White Todo not dered tis actions 1" view of what has transpired in Korea, neither do I condemn him for them.” Another World War II veteran ‘on the Democratic ‘side from Indiana is Rep. Edward H. Kruse Jr., Ft. Wayne. After long service in the
Navy's: Pacifie- fighting: Mra
tile Sécretary Johnson was ordering them, Now he says is no time to waste our energies in quarreling over what might have. been, however. ” . “I don't even intend ‘to go home and campaign for re-election,” he declared. “We need every bit of time and effort we can muster right here to see this thing through. There is no use fighting any home front wars with men dying in Korea.”
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IN SPITE OF WAR .
. By Earl Richert
Some Farm Prices Below Parity
ers, prices of many farm commodities are still well below arity, the ..Agriculture _Depart-
ment reports. Parity is the so-called “fair price” figured
out by the Agriculture Department to keep the
farmer's purchasing power even with what he had in 1909-14. Among the commodities on which the farmers: were getting legs than parity prices on July 15, the dite of the latest report, were: wheat, rice, corn. pednuts, tébacco, potatoes,
butterfat, milk. barley, flaxseed, oats, rye, sweet potatoes, chickens, eggs, lemons and - oranges. x Some ‘Well Above’
og COMMODITIES bringing farmers prices ] Cabove the sosealled “fair pri wool, beef cattle, hogs, lambs and veal
; farm I itie 28 \naofar as returns to farmers :
are. ‘concerned. The Agriculture Department
..-say8.that. the. average. price of $24.50 per 100
Ibs. received by farmers for beef. cattle on July 15 amounts to 141 per cent of parity — in other words, 4 per cent above the “fair price.” Veal calves were only slightly below, bringing farmers 137 per cent of parity. Hogs... ETE, bringing farm “Toly 4s lamba E29 pee 111 per cent and cotton; 107 per cent, Oranges were at the bottom of the list insofar as returns to farmers were ‘concerned. The average on-the-tree price of $1.22 per box received by orange growers amounted to only 34 per cent of parity. Lemons were next with their onsthe-tree price of $2.05 per box being only 85 per cent of parity. does not suppor:.orange and lemon prices.
The Agnieutute Department reported that -
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ee WASHINGTON, Atg. 2--Although the. Post... wheat. faFmers. were. receiving an Average ores price rises- are. pouring additional .mil-...$1.99 per bushel on. July. 15, a price amounting, ~Tiona of dollars nto the pockets of U.S: tarm="— “They should -
~t0-90--per..cent. of parity. y been getting $2.21 to receive full parity, the department said. The -average price of $1.44 per’ bushel received by farmers for corn also amounted to 90 per cent of parity, full parity being $1.60 per ‘bushel,
Eggs at 69 Per Cent
EGG prices recéived by farmers went up from 30.1 cents a dozen to 34.2 cents during the month from June 15 to July 15, but at the
- higher figure still were bringing egg producers
only 69 per cent of parity, the department reported. The Agriculture Department has been buying dried eggs at. a record clip to hold w prices to farmers. In contrast to other commodities, butterfat prices received by farmers have dropped slightly since the Korean outbreak, three-tenths of a cent ‘per pound--from 59-1 to BYE -eente™
below parity although they have gone up 13
cehts “per-100 ibs: since the Korean outbreak...
The average price of $3.57 received by farmers per 100 lbs. wholesale for their milk amounted to only 87 par cent of parity.
‘Contra-Seasonal’ Hikes
SRE Eat 2% that the recent’ price rises in wheat, rice, rye, cottonseed, cattle and eggs were contra-seasonal —-they usually go. down at this time. of. the year. Prices of hogs and calves, which usually go up at this time, jumped more than normal. Over-all, on all farm commodities, farmers are now. getting prices amounting to 103. per cent of parity. Only two months earlier they were getting an average of only 97 per cent of Pagity on all prices received.
. By Marquis Childs
listening to the wrong crowd and not the publics 5 mrt TRE URIOD.- leaders. are. asking. for controls...
why are we pushing it? If we did not fight
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the movemer tive commod have noticed rise when ti bad, and to Their behav tically the re dustrial sha market.
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on yrlees aud vents but 40 pot win Wages The American Home Owners, Inc, wrote
: Sroten. The x Andrew Jacobs and Sen. Homer
Capehart stating that we were 100 per cent
-additional Why are -the- radio. . commentators and newspapers yelling hoarder
(kt ie at the public? It is because they (public) do .
not want controls. In other words, they are striking against controls. The control boys do not want to recognize this fact because they will not be able to force controls on the publi under the guise of war. ’ We do not say anyone is a Communist or
- accuse anyone of being an alien or Communist
or Socialist just because they disagree with us, but we would like to say if the philosophy put out by the Communists and Socialists is wrong,
“am sure we would be controlled just like they are in England and Russia. Don't forget we are not supporting controls and have
written to our representatives in Washington.
‘No Appeasement’ 3 By W. H. Edwards, Gosport, Ind. A columnist recently stated that India and some other countries were criticising the United
States for not accepting the Chinese Communists ss the rightful representatives on the Security -Couneil-of-the United Nations...
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Whatever may ‘have been the faults of our State Department in the past, it is right in not appeasing the Kremlin any further by bowing
, to its pressure to infiltrate communism further.
If ‘Russia and its satellites choose to make “war in order to force its will-on to other na--tions, it will not listen to anything except appeasement ‘and more appeasement, If Nehru and his Indian pressure agents don’t like our mation’s foreign policies, just let them spout off all they please. We, of the Unit- > ed States, have managed so far to get along without any help from India and will continue to_do so.
‘Confidential Information?’ By a Reader “Yt seers to me" ‘you are; without realizing it; offering to publish information which should be kept confidential. I am quite sure your intentions are honorable, but Communists read The
now.
~1-do- not “have -anyone- in-service; nor: do oJ RET “have; but 1 do think of others. If did have a brother or husband I wouldn't eg to make a dead hero out of them, or contribute “in any manner just for a ete publicity. : (a8 o> &» EDITOR'S NOTE: Information as to troop
movements, ship sailings, and any other mat- .
ters affecting safety of men, plans or supplies, is published only as it is released for publication by military authorities: which, in every case, is only when it could be of no possible use to the enemy.
What Others Say—
AMERICA {is enjoying the relaxation of Indian summer rather than facing the adjustments that will have to be made before we can put the country on a sound, sustaining, highdevel. economy. Dr. Edwin , Nourse, former economic adviser to Truman.
food, health ani adneation ‘we shall be strengthening their resistance = against ex~{remism of whatever kind. Secretary. of. State... Dean Acheson, on Point Four program.
APPARENTLY Mr. Truman thinks anybody who is opposed to him is an “obstructionist.” He tales haves 2 Op government in the Unit
Ja totalitariania hw, oh FOR Ma —
THE population of the Western allied coun= tries still considers Germany of today as respons sible for the beginning of the war. The Germany nf today, however, does not feel responsible. West German Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer.
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strip mills is 100% stirrec geria and tk oil groves,
WHAT the next horror (war) would: be.is. peyond imagination.-~ECA Administrator Paul™
Hoffman.
U.S. Caught With No A
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—As the old saw" goes; for want of a nail the horse lost a shoe, the messenger failed to get through
units to Japan from where they could have been quickly ferried to Korea. = oie : WHILE it may be too Jate— of too early — to waste time
- ‘urgent tasks ahead, what this tragic lack has cost should not » be lost sight of: Fortunately in “the over-all plan submitted to Congress for - building up - Air Force to meet basic security requirements, an important section is devoted to creating an airlift capable of taking the first-8tep to meet an emergency anywhere. ;
and House committees calls for procurement by the Air
port planes, These will not necessarily be the C-54 plane -which was the standard work horse of the Air Force in World War II. The C-54 is, of ~course, the DC-4 of the commercial airline. In the presen‘tation -to Congress, the 1750 pl
- equjvalents.”
‘assessing blame in view of the
The plan presented to Senate :
of a minimum of 1750 trans-
i with word to bring up the reserves and the battle was lost. This time the messenger’s horse was missing and so were all the mounts that might haye brought up a resefve.force in time. That is to say, there was no airlift ready to take trained
» \d - THE goal is to have in readiness -an airlift sufficient to carry a division of troops any-
where in the world. That could
not be done with the fleet of 1750 planes. But, aceording to the plan, they would be supplemented by planes and crews drawn from the commercial airlines, from the Military Air Transport Service and from the regular Air Force and the reserve. With the airlift thus supplemented, a highly trained division could be picked up on short notice and taken to almost any point on the globe in ‘a matter of a few days. 2 = ” THIS is the sort of thing that a lot of high-powered
Buck Rogers commentary has :
“led most Americans to think we actually had. As Korea has now shown, it was still almost entirely in the dream stage. What has been little realized in the midst of the Korean crisis is that a new and effec-
es were put down as “C-54 + tive civilian team" is” directing
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the planning. of the Air Force.
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Secrelaty of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter had been in office only eight weeks when the Korean War began. Jong after he took over, Mr, Finletter persuaded John "A. McCone of San Francisco to be undersecretary for air. i =” - . IN 1947 Mr. Finletter was chairman and McCone a member of the president's Air Polfcy Commission. With the three
" other members, they worked Jong and hard preparing an
impressive report entitled “Survival in-the Air Age.” That report called for preparedness in
the air, including in ‘effect a
%d-group Air Force. It did not mince words in stating: _ “The Air Force as presently composed is inadequate. It is inadequate not only at the present time when we are relatively free of the dangers of sustained attack on our homeland, but it is hopelessly wanting in respect of the future Phase II period when a serious danger of atomic attack will exist” ‘- Col - ” Zz THE report did not rule out the possibility that other nations might have a few atomic bomNhs before 1952. But it was ed that no other country ve an atomic stockpile
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before 1952, which would mark the beginning of Phase II. In order to step up aircraft production, as the commission well understood, itis essential to take steps years in advance of the time when the planes should be coming off the assembly line. When W. Stuart Symington, former Secretary of the Air Force, could no longer reconcile his differences with Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson,
he submitted his resignation
and recommended Mr. Finletter for the post. Mr. Johnson approved the appointment.
on em : SO MR. FINLETTER and
‘Mr. M¢Cone are working to-
gether again. Mr. McCone, with a long range of e ce in both the shipping and aircraft industries, is
adequacies that multiplied since the report of the President's commission. From the point of view of the responsibility now on their shoulders, it must be a little like looking into the business efid of a rifle in the hands of an implacable foe. And they are buckling down to
get the job done, praying thers enough. :
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