Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1950 — Page 10

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Chop Harder Th SENATE “meat ax” has chipped feebly at the federal

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es amendment, adopted by a 55-to-31

The Byrd.

The House “meat ax,” previously wielded, would save almost twice as much. : So would the more careful

7 ich would not even let the courageous Illinois Democrat

have roll-call votes on them. - . = The “meat ax” method is not scientific.

selective methods proposed

W » ” ~ . . : So THE only valid criticism of its present use is that it’s doing merely a fraction of the job that should be done.

ince Korea, plus other calls likely to come soon, Tan 3 total nl for appropriations this fiscal year past $60 billion. : Unless nonmilitary spending is slashed to the bone, government programs and activities not now essential will compete with absolutely necessary military programs for a limited supply of materials and manpower. Even taxation far heavier than yet has been suggested _ will not prevent an enormous federal deficit from exerting

should be reduced, not by a piffling billion or half-billion, but by at least four or five billion dollars. : That can be done. ot 2 Democrats and Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee have promised —a—prompt—resurvey of proposed “spending and a determined effort to cut out what is not essential. The Senate committee should follow suit. oo : 5 i " Let everything but what we must have to ‘win the war in Korea, and to speed all-out mobilization against even greater dangers, be slashed, not merely trimmed. ¥ rd "on ; . a 8 8 ‘ = CUT every ounce of pork out of rivers, harbors, navigation, flood-control, reclamation and highway projects, Cut ruthlessly-the outpouring of money to keep farm prices up while there is desperate need to hold food prices _ down. ok i Raise postal rates enough to eliminate that deficit Chop subsidies of every kind. ; Cut the payrolls of all nondefense agencies.

through the government. The people of America are going to have to practice rigorous economy before this country and the world are safe. Their government should set the first and best example. : i

Defense of Europe ; HAT Mr. Truman has asked, plus what he has already been given, would total $5,222,500,000 this fiscal year in aid to the rearming of our Allies, mainly in Western TEEPE eB onimins - It would be reassuring where this money is to be spent and what it will buy.

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_system it was to create, ‘European parties to the agreemen

combat forces. Studies to determine what each country will produce, and what each must obtain outside, have not been

vote, would cut about $525 million from nonmilitary spending items, and leave the bill still carrying over $34 billion.

! a conse Bat 18- justified; in-times-like these... ri ——

Sea rernm ni New-ealls. for- military and «defense. funds. by President... ent. nder

» . » GOVERNMENT spending for nonmilitary purposes

188 about the only busi

Cut out the countless extravagances and wastes all

to have some clear idea about

‘Inthe year since the North Atlantic Pact was signed

le agreement Green banners 1) * have not yet decided what each of them will contribute in

Yugoslavs Don't Eat Enough , And They're Cramped for Room

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 7—There is only one word for the atmosphere in this capital city of Marshal . national communism-—depressing. . . From the very moment you come here—and sniff wryly at the smell of human sweat and burning ¢harcoal which distinguishes Belgrade that feeling of depres

feeling of being in a city where there is no

happiness—just state-operated dis-

plays of enthusiasm. . There are two reasons for this atmosphere, One is the crushing poverty which would seem incredible to Western eyes. The other is the complete lack of hope that anything better lies

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never have enough clothes to never have any fun,

Cynical National Joke

GOVERNMENT rationing is supposd solving the food problem. Instead, 1 joke. A lawyer with.

to it's

twice last month. . “But,” he added, “we are pretty lucky. We've had plenty of bread and I've been able to buy some fresh vegetables occasionally in the black market.” z

and two children, an aunt and a friend, He's considered fortunate because he has that second room. re If you check on what peopie are ig, It doesn't sound The average family, for Instance, is promised and that word should be underlined—12 loaves of bread a week, three-and-a-half pounds of. meat, two-and-a-half-pounds of lard and oil and irregular quantities of potatoes, milk and eggs. The trouble is the promised quantities almost never are delivered. Bo the people turn to the so-called free market.

There's Not Enough Money

~~HERE 1s sold perishable produce and whatever surplus there is after the peasants have met government quotas. But the average resident of Belgrade doesn’t have the money to go there often. An average resident of Belgrade makes about 4000 dinars a month, In the free market he pays 250 dinars for a dozen of eggs, 500 dinars for a fowl and up to 800 dinars for a small roast pork or lamb,

Naturally he rarerly indulges in such luxurfes. He can't even afford to buy basic things -and—milic

—=}ike-

day's supply of .these foods would cost 500 dinars. The clothing situation is much the same. In the first place there is very little to be found

In government stores and when the stuff is '

available prices are high. In times of dire necessity—in Belgrade that means when your clothes don't cover you sufficiently to appear in public—there are second-hand stores. Here the middle class sell their possessions through the government which takes a commission for the service. It takes a lot of saving to shop in such piaces. The average unskilled worker would have to save his entire salary for three months to buy a suit of clothes. Considering all of this it is not strange that In all Belgrade there are only two night clubs.

supply is balanced by the demand. . = °

WHERE | WOULD DWELL

Once again I pause beside the fence Tost winds around the house where I would © dwell, ’

I note the flagstone walk up to the door,

The te grown post where hangs the dinner . 1;

The willow branches catch the summer breeze And bow to see reflected in the pool Their lacy greenness, as a busy squirrel. Pauses In the shadows deep and cool. I've passed this way a hundred times it seems And watched the roses blossom on the wall, I know how many lights are in each pane .

The width and depth of every room and hall; °

I know if it were mine, how I would place Each article that makes a home more dear, But I am just a passer-by who. longs

"For all the joy I might find living here.

—Opal McGuire, 814 Broadway.

ALUATION

RAR # nners ‘floating in the breeze, . ._ _ Never have flowers bloomed more sweetly Never:-more fragrance -to-appease.

Somehow we value more keenly The early dawn as- morning does appear, God's calm, broken only by bird notes Melodies so sweet and clear.

How close we then feel to God. .-.-

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ms beat OA IN SEA SR ETE A “This man lives in two rooms with his wife

‘EVIL WIND . . . By Charles Lucey

Soviet Propaganda Line To

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 7—It seems almost like a gigantic burlesque as you listen to Jacob Malik here in the United Nations Security Council—a thing so grotesque and absurd that even as phantasy it would be hooted off the stage. = : It 1s as if he were discussing the events of an ly. different world than other

Yet for days he has kept the council from -getting down to the business of what can be done about stopping the Korean war, The Soviet propaganda line is toughening. Much of Mr. Malik's abuse has been spouted at other United Nations meetings by Molotov, Vishinsky and Andrei Gromyko, and they have gone further in personal villification. Yet so

often at those times there was some lighter .

touch to give relief, Everything Mr, Malik said was cast in bitterness.

Steel-Hardened Words AT LEAST once he uttered what some here considered a threat to the Becurity Council to do things as Russia demanded or prepare for more war.

the tough, steel-hardened, one-syllable words he uses—words of probably telling effect in the Soviet's aim of propagandizing the Far East. Nobody has gone beyond merely denying the phantasy Mr. Malik builds with an Indictment tying Soviet Russia directly to the decision of the Communists to begin a war in Korea. U. 8. Ambassador Warren R. Austin came closest to #, and then it was only by indirec-

tion. “We doubt if the representative of the Soviet Union,” he said, “genuinely desires an examination by this council of the question of whose design and whose command brought about the unleashing of this new wave of tragedy and bloodshed which has overtaken the international community. Inadvertently, he might expose the villain.” : But that was after 30 minutes of bitter denunciation of the United States for being the aggressor in Korea. It was slapping back at a howitzer with a feather-duster. Maybe Mr. Austin will go further today in a speech ex-

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In complete disregard of facts Mr. Malik brazenly declared it was a confirmed fact that “the attack on Northern Korea” was prepared in advance and carried out on orders of Korean President Syngman Rhee—“who had received previous to that an order from Gen. MacArthur to prepare and to plan for the campaign against

Calls It Civil War - 0 MR. MALIK insisted the Korean affair is only civil war, and that the U. 8. is butting in only to further its imperialism. Then, Mr. Malik’s threat: : “In view of the armed aggression of the U. 8, in Korea,” he warned, “the Security

Council and the United Nations face a choice

between two paths—the path of peace and the path of war. The Security Council must make this choice. Will it take the path of the con-

* tinuation and broadening of warfare by drag-

. Union?”

ging into that warfare more and more. human forces and material resources, ‘or will it decisively swerve in the direction of peace, shifting onto the path of peaceful ‘settlement, the path toward which it is all peace-loving peoples, headed by the Soviet

Bluff or something more? Nobody at Lake

Success could tell.

“pected to be pegged on the argument that international communism can end the Korean

War if it gives the word. 7 The main Malik-Soviet propaganda line is to sh the great peace-loving

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ina Korean. trench and said that wae evidence enough that we touched off ‘the war,

Tries to Cut Out U. S.

‘ THE U. 8. seized this -provoked Korean action—so the Soviet propaganda case goes— to send its own forces into Korea as the

aggressor. Always Mr. Malik tries to cut off yg

completed. . : . Now all these countries suddenly seem eager to revive zt helr-ar i i i ital provided by Amer.

fca. But none has offered ground troops for the program, and arms won't be -much-good without men to use them:

essential. There are two vital questions as to revival of Western Europe's armament -industry:- Will there be time? Will plants put back into operation be relatively safe from enemy seizure? The need for'arms is so acute that plants now.able to operate must be used, wherever they may be. But large new investments in facilities which Russia could take over and turn against us would be foolish. Sn American will supply most of the fighter planes for the common defense program, under the President's plan. ‘The need for manpower, however, is desperately urgent. Europe should start producing ground forces for her own defense before expecting us to make final allocations of funds to a common war chest. America, with grave defense problems at home, can't.

i provide Europe with the money, the machines and the men as well. ; '

OT long ago a good many politicians in Washington were pointing to the Du Pont Co. as a horrible example of

dangerous business bigness. Now the Atomic Energy Commission has selected Du Pont to build and operate plants for production of materials needed in the government's effort to make super‘powerful hydrogen bombs. The company will undertake to do the job at cost, plus a. nominal fee of $1. ° Only a very big company could supply-the know-how, ‘the technical and scientific resources, the managerial talent required for such a huge and complex undertaking. Perhaps it's just as well that the Washington critics haven't yet succeeded in abolifigtg business bigness.

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$ KOREA has=proved that" ground troops--still are:

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His world so beautifully dressed, "Soothing, refreshing, and His power and lov Easing those hearts so oppressed: ph Unsettled strife and’ waging war -ives-such- value to-our- beautiful land; Making us realize and appreciate i The pressure of His hand. ) —Anna E. Young, 3547 DeQuincy St.

SIDE GLANCES

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* . COPR. 1960 BY NEA SERVICE.

"Nearly all the boys have gone, butdmy: parents stay on and dumb vacation resort—won't they ever

~ on at this v learn anything about life?"

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INC. T. M. REC. U. &. PAT. OFF.

~ the U. 8. from the rest of the United Nations

in charging the aggression specifically against

this country. a But he hammers, too, on the colonialism of Britain, France and the Netherlands—always

ac sensitive pont in the Far East. He charges

again and again that our aggressive designs reach out to the Philippines, Viet Nam, Formosa and other spots in the Far East.

tax increases be made to apply to all 1950 income. » » ” CONGRESS probably will accept the Oct. 1 date but may balk at making corporate increases retroactive to Jan. 1. Sen. George, chairman of the Seriate Finance Committee, says - July 1 is a more likely starting date for business tax changes.

© fair enough. Whatever the cost, we ought to meet the burden of added defense outlays on a pay-as-you-go basis, but we shouldn't have to turn back and slap extra taxes on previously earned incomes, either corporate or individual. = ” » eS THE pay-as-you-go idea was = suggested recently by Sen. Taft, leading Republican. There's no way of knowing whether the President's proposals ‘on this point coincide with Mr. Taft's by accident or design. But certain it is that Mr. Taft's views make more ‘likely a solid congressional 2 Front n vital -revenue needs.

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‘Ignoring All Signs’ By Ernest Raker, 1234 Linden St. I would like to make a few complaints in regard to our traffic problems. I am a bus driver for the Indianapolis Railways. There are signs all along Virginia and Shelby Sts.,, “No Parking from 4:30 until 6 p. m.” My complaint Is not let a few park in each block and make everyone else look for another place to park.

1 would suggest taking the signs down and

have to pay any attention to no parking signs. _If you have to pull out around two or three cars you might as well pull around a whole block full. Maryland St. has signs, “No Parking

See cars parked from Delaware to Meridian without any stickers. I get tired of people saying busses do not go to the curb, when cars park in bus zones all day.

HARSH FACT . . . By Bruce Biossat

Price Hikes Make Defense More Costly °

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All of this activity, plus Chiang's rejoicing over resumption of the American-Chinese alfiance, should not lead A “into sense of security. ~~ eR - Actually the question of quick large-scale lies for Chiang is still in the d Sage. Apnarently The oo definite: stone far is to permit Chiang to buy arms through our government, rather than directly from American manufacturers—who are tied up with government priorities. Es

Hangover Psychology

TO expect the U. 8. 7th Fleet to prevent Red

" invasion of Formosa without close co-operation

with Chinese Nationalist Forces is unfair. It is a hangover from the we-can-lick-the-Japs-in-six-weeks psychology, which afflicted too many American officials until they were humbled by the Korean experience,

That is true in Europe, in Asia and everywhere, We never can hope to match the numerical superiority of Russia and her satellites. This disparity becomes even more dangerous when the Reds manage to engage the bulk of French troops on the secondary front of IndoChina, to draw British troops from Europe to far away Malaya, and now to sidetrack our small ground forces in distant Korea. Mean~ while the vast Russian armies remain intact.

One Chance for Troops ;

IN this situation the half million Chinese Nationalist troops take on new importance for us. Formosa is one of the few places in. the entire Far East where a large native force is willing to fight on our side. -It is also one of

“the few places where American military advisers

can control the use of American supplies Chiang’s earlier losses on the mainland finally taught him that necessity. > Formosa is a better bet than many places getting the American supplies it needs. . :

Our President is the product of the Ameri. can system. Well-being Americans would we

_ want a President from any other system? Ly — B.C—Indianapolis, Ind.

‘Eliminate Red Propaganda’ By Edward F. Maddox, Indianapolis We, the people of the United States, and especially some editors and publishers had bet-

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Our worst handicap is lack of ground forces. = §

ter wake up to the fact that we are at war

with communism and should immediately elim inate Red propaganda from our press. We are reaping the whirlwind that Alger

“Hiss planed “for us” at Yalta and San Fran-

cisco. Alger Hiss is reported as having exercised -a power over former ry of State Edward Stettinius, and there seems to be ample

evidence that Hiss also exercised an uncanny D) 1 . niin DL Bon RIEL EAA

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nists with Alger. Hiss loose. still head of our State Department. i There will have to be some changes made.

‘Clean Up Police Department’ By E. 8, Indianapolis. :

The recent stories, editorials and pictures in The . Times about the police-approved beating ofa

ce Department we have.

.... We can’t help but think that a police force would better be disbanded and permit citizens

* to police their own neighborhoods than to have

their sadistic and predatory lust on citizens. While we are cleaning up the world, why can't we do a little missionary work right here on our own doorstep? -

:»-S0me police officers prowling onthe loose tosvent: vo fom

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WASHINGTON, ‘Aug. T—There is little question Congress will enact a tax increase measure closely paralleling the $5 billion boost Prefident Truman requests.

alternative if its huge new defense

Mr. Truman proposes that hikes on individual income levies be made effective Oct. 1 of this year,

The nation doesn’t have any bills are to be met.

while suggested corporate

as they come has two main advantages. The biggest is that it will drain off subétantial sums that otherwise would inevitably contribute to inflation in the period of halfmobilization we are entering. ‘With the economy already goIng full tilt, inflationary pressures are sure to be terrific when defense demands are

‘plled--ontop of ‘heavy "efvilfan

consumption. ” - - » IF THERE is any real hope of avoiding eventual rationing and price controls, it must lle in higher taxes which will reduce the level of civilian demand. : Secondly, paying out of pocket now for our added arms

will mean holding down the. public debt. That debt has long .

Since soared to astronomical heighfs. When a nation owes upwards of $250 billion, what's

_ another $10 billion or $15 bil-

lion? ~

. ” - THE answer figures of

such magnitude are almost n--

comprehensible to the average citizen, he can easily understand the $6 billion in interest that must be paid on that debt — out of taxes — every year. The larger the debt, the greater . the interest payment. And such

payments go on long after the

“debt is incurred and the money spent. The word “interim” is being

_ used to describe the President's -

tax proposals. The clear intent is to ask for more money later. An excess profits tax on cor- ~ porations is one item that may

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NO WONDER women are so successful -in machine shops. Think of all the years with kitchen gadgets. “nn : WHEN YOU see the old swimming hole, come summer, it's going to be hard to keep ‘yout shirt on.

” » - a CHEER UP, ladies! During

spring house cleaning you may

find some things that have been missing since fall house cleaning, 3

3 } ” x : Is, of course, - SOME folks play dumb— Off our defense bills that even Shotts

while others aren't playimy.

template,

BUT it's worth noting that evéh the “Interim” proposals would: put tax revenues back just about where they were at the end of World War. II in 1945. Yet that level isn’t in. tended to support full mobilization for all-out war, as in 1945, It's meant to support only mobilization and a “lit. tle” war, Nothing could illustrate better the harsh fact that the postwar rise in the U. 8. price index has made even minimum defense a vastly more expensive thing than

WE'VE all been doing it all our lives, but it's still doggone hard to get out of bed.

o - ~ ‘SPRING makes lots of folks just ache to plant a garden.

planting to ache,

we like to con.

. Little do they know they'll be

sn» : LOTS of folk don't know - -

enough to learn as much as they lead their friends to think they know. ;

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longer keep family albums—

and it was funnier when they

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