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WED LIKE to add our own signature to that petition the men at the Allison plant are sending to Congress. The $73 million our government spent last year to buy _peanuts (80 t the price would go up)’ would have trained “£0,000 fre $200 miftion spent tasty

year to buy potatoes, you can't even give away now, would

_have.-put-a-crack division like the First-Marines-in the field...

fully armed and equipped with the best of everything. The hundreds of -millions of dollars that have gone to buy butter now turning rancid and eggs now spoiling in storage, and the hundreds of millions more that are going to dig harbors in the town creeks in some Congressmen’'s home districts aren’t worth as much as a cap pistol to our

hard-pressed men in Korea. ~ ” “ > ~ ~ »

THERE are billions ©. . more in the budget of the government of the United States for this year that are worth no more to the security of this nation than a bag of peanuts. Harold Stassen last week proposed a cut of $6 billion in that kind of useless spending. He was being very conservative. Many observers put the figure nearer $10 billion, That much we have, right now, before we begin to bor-

‘row money and to add new taxes that could, and should,

be spent to make us safe from attack. That's what this petition, and the men who signed. it, are saying to Congress. ; Please quit wasting our money on frills. Don’t be buying lace curtains for the windows while the house is on fire. We need soldiers more than we need peanuts, To us that makes sound sense.

Noise and Weddings Inconsistent

WEVE had an anti-noise ordinance on the City's statute books for nine years but it hasn't stopped much of the noise. Our ears and our nerves are assaulted constantly night and day with the needless blowing of automobile horns, explosive car mufflers rigged up to sound like a 500-mile race car and a wide range of other nondescript

"Probably the wort of mntisnoise violators are the overzealous celebrators of eddinga who drive" crigly around Monument Circle, blasting horn tributes to some hapless couple. - Marriage is an institution that should be entered - thoughtfully, prayerfully and with full cognizance of its responsibilities. Most of these cars with maniacs leaning on the horns; brakes screeching and weaving in and out of traffic, are a menace to life and limb and an attack on the nerves and peace and dignity of all who see and hear, Isn't it about time that such sideshows are banned with strict enforcement of our anti-noise ordinance?

Toward Central Intelligence

LT GEN. WALTER BEDELL SMITH should make a good director of the Central Iutelligence Agency. CIA was established three years ago to co-ordinate the

intelligence activities of the Army, Navy and State Depart-

nent

Sec re-

es bh tary of State Acheson Xeon on Miss da Spr

estate, was evidence that the co- ordination was not — CI oa : I :

CIA’'S LATER defense—that it merely transmitted items of information and was not supposed to evaluate them-—may have been correct. It's known that the Army, Navy and State Department intelligence units never relished channeling their data through CIA, and their displeasure

«P0s#ibly, circumscribed, CIA's interpretive. function... Smith will replace Rear

In announcing that “Beetle” Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter, the White House has moved to insure that the Central Intelligence Agency lives up to its name,

As Gen. Eisenhower’ schief of staff and as our post-war

ambassador to Moscow, Gen. weight for his new job, } His level-headed handling of the Moscow assignment should also give him the right feel for the information he will be assessing.

The Gls Can't Adjourn

RESIDENT TRUMAN would like to have a ‘universal military training law. But he does not wish to press the issue at this Congress session ‘because of the greater

Smith has the necessary

urgency of other legislation more immediately related to

the fighting in Korea and the limited time for its -consideration. Z What limited time? And which is of more concern to the American people: National defense or the. forthcoming congressional elections?

The boys in Korea are fighting in temperatures. of -

100 degrees—not working in air-conditioned chambers and offices, ax members of Congress are, recess or adjourn at will—as Congressmen can,

CONGRESS can ‘well afford to ie in continuous session until every bit of essential legislation has been enacted. Any Congressman who doesn't like the work under those circumstances can quit, which is more than our GIs in Korea can do. Our troops can't even get the rest they need between battles because we do not have replacements to relieve them.

Universal military training will provide replacements if

there are any more “Korean” may be. =~1t isn't. ‘asking too much of Congress to make sure of that by staying on the job until this legislation has

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| “BEEDLE® SMITH, who Ah hs has a new job today. . From what we've seen of him he lodks like the. man who ean 4a Xt. ow he does it may very well depend on - long the United States of America con-

tinues to be a free nation and Americans con-~tinue-to-be free and In a good many cases

alive, If we know when, and where, and how the attack most thinking Americans expect is coming we have at least a chance to defeat it. Gen. Smith is supposed to find that out. That's what the Central Intelligence Agency he now heads is for.

* * “INTELLIGENCE” about any enemy, any ree LI, rg effoctive use-of-what information.

20d. efoctive. we had. . , . has long been a U. 8. weak spot. "There was, for example, complete advance information about the Jap attack in 1941, , . some of it weeks in advance, all of it 24 hours before the attack. But there was no system for acting on ft, so that attack became our greatest naval defeat, x There was, it now appears, a lot of information about the plans for the North Korean + but nobody paid much attention to it.

“DEAR BOSS... By Dan Kidney

Jacobs Debates Capehart Again

Toke Opposite Sides

Of Korean War Issues “WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 — DEAR BOSS:

Sen, Homer E.-Capehart-(R. Ind) and Rep:

Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis Democrat, are debating again. This time it is by remote control, Press releases from their offices here, covering week-end speeches, show they are taking different views of the same subject, as they did in the debates last winter when they stumped the state together. That subject is no longer British socialism, but the Korean War and President Truman's part in it. As a candidate for a second Senate

term, Sen. Capehart pours. it on the President. . .....

Tipton, Noblesville and Seymour are on his

, week-end speaking: schedule.

Mr. Jacobs put his speech on a platter for broadcasting over Indianapolis Station WISH. Both conclude that God's help is.needed to bring about a peace based on Christian principles. Neither seems optimistic as to.when this is to come about.

Blames Truman “PEACE will never come to the American people as long as the present administration is in power,” Sen. Capehart prophesied in his Noblesville address to.a Republican rally. Citing some of the difficulties on the long road to peace, Mr. Jacobs termed them “difficulties which dwarf into insignificance the problems of either Washington or Lincoln.” “These difficulties,” the Marion: County Congressman continued, “may "make peace impossible in our day. For, while two billion people yearn for peace, there are still dictators men who resent being restrained by law--or governed by the facts. : In Russia such men have control of the gov-

ernment, in America they covet, but they do

not possess the power to rule.

A Opiticism-is-good-in-a-democraecy, if it isn't blind criticism. But the man who sees only

sotivat wieh-is vile and debasing soon "PCO u isi

fii force for evil. “This administration was elected by the people. To say it never does anything right is an insult to the American people. Such an argu- _ ment is against free and self government.”

Belabors New Deal

SEN. CAPEHART takes no stock in such argument. He beiabored the New Deal administrations from the day they recognized Russia to

- the present battles in Korea.

“Administration leaders since 1934 have had every means by which to deal properly with Russia,” the senior Senator said. “The responsibility for the failure of those relations rests entirely with-those administration leaders who have obviously lacked the foresight required in this modern world of tricky international politics.” ” " Taking issue with those who criticize President Truman, Mr. Jacobs cited even more caustie criticism aimed at Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln in their day. His research produced these quotations from the period of their

“Ir ever deceived by a man, been debauched and deceived by. Washington.” ANT TENE then Mr. Lincoln is not honest.” “So great.-a change accomplished in so short a time is unexampled in the history of a weak and ‘unfaithful administration,”

Accused of Fraud

THE last quote was a reference to Thomas Jefferson. Mr, Jacobs pointed out that Jefferson was accused of “obtaining his property hy fraud and robbery defrauding a widow and fatherleas children.”

VOR RN Sdn Frafndivco speach of President

Truman on Sept. 22, 19048, Sen. Capehart offered this quote from-it: “I am so firmly convinced that all the plain people in the world want peace, “that I have never regarded the Soviet Union's present policies as insuperable obstacles to peace.” Then Sen. Capehart commented: “In-that statement Mr. Truman proved that he had failed to realize that the Godless people of communism are not the same kind of plain people to whom he was referring and who live God-fearing lives.”

Coming His Way

Cation naw ‘been RTL “and the American nation has

free Sia % RTL TER

“they might have had.

~ Now we need it a agaln . . . and * %

088, of course, ie or hn. sily. vital tes fense bastion that was torn down when the Japanese surrendered, f Our Army bf 12 million men, the best and biggest Army on earth, was dismantled as fast as possible . . . hurried on by the outcries of Communist ‘spies inside the Army itself and

.» strategically spotted inside this country.

Harrison , . post worth $20 million from being sold (and junked) for $500,000. Millions upon millions of dollars worth of costly equipment was sold . . . often, as recent eourt ulators who made big profits on them. Five years ago no nation in the world wouid have dared to challenge the United States, with test war machine in history. We didn’t

the grea ‘war ended, and | 08S was Day ouidated_ sav mach of it. a we have 10. build another

one , . . at fabulous cost. There isn't even a reasonable guess at what that cost may be. 3 SET THE “cost” of war is_aiways hard to determine anyway, The First World War “cost” +++ Or at least

we spent while it was going on . . . about $30 ° billion. For that wea an armed force of

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FORMOSA THREAT

British-U. S. Relations Periled

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.--British-American relations are endangered by the Formosan split when unity is required to stop Soviet aggression. An effective compromise agreement is possible. - But it is blocked by domestic politics in Washington and London, Such an agreement would— Acknowledge the mutual rights of the United

. States and Britain governments to recognize

different Chinese regimes without. prejudice to the Formosan question, as London now recognizes the Reds and Washington recognizes the Nationalists.

Postpone decision on the. future status of

Formosa for international determination by-the Japanese treaty-making powers or the United Nations, whi ia 4 clared American policy. Cae, 7 PAK FB

"UNDER international aw the island remains Japanese pending a new treaty, Neither Washington nor London has made a final commitment. = Though the Roosevelt-Stalin secret agreement gave Formosa to Nationalist China, the hasic conditions have changed. The China Reds by denouncing agreements of the Nationalist government, have sacrificed any legal claim

Acknowledge the temporary need for inter

w national protection: of Formosa to:localize the.

Korean War and to prevent Red seizure of a strategic Pacific base, which probably would precipitate World War III. By the President's order the U. 8. Seventh. Fleet is now guarding Formosa for that purpose. Though the China Reds proclaim their inténtion to seize Formosa, neither Britain nor the United Nations ‘has accepted any defense responsibility, Accept the fact that the defense of Korea, Japan, Formosa, Hong Kong and the Philippines iz indivisible; that aggression against one threatens the others,

DEFENSE FIRST .

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19

- 48 groups to 58. Then the full program which should be completed by 1953. The number of groups does not include the transport planes, alr rescue service and similar auxiliaries which are organized by squadrons. Nor does it include some 27 groups and tactical support planes. expected to remain at 27 groups throughout this twoyear period.

COST of "the * expansion program: will be. something over $6 billion for the planes alone, After the planes are built the Alr Force may need additional ground facilities at which to hase them for proper dispersal and operations. It i=. no longer considered advisable to go into public discussion of specific plane numhers in the expansion program, though much ‘hasic information has heen previously released. n 70-group plan was

cree TT

By O'Donnell.

By Ludwell Denny

Postpone the issue of seating Red China in the United Nations. Such a British-American pact would prevent the disagreement over Chinese recognition which cannot be removed quickly--from creating a Formosan issue over which there is no genuine or necessary dispute between Washington and London. -

identical Interests

THE intérests of America and, Britain in Formosa are not -in conflict but identical. Neither can settle its ultimate status, .which “inthe legal-prerogative of-an-international-body-=

‘either the treaty powers or the United Nations.

Both Ameficap and British policies ay

riding interests of both is to prevent a Eraen war and resuiting world war, : The British government is afraid Washington is trying to. commit it to a Nationalist invasion of the China mainland, which is not true “and a patent military absurdity at this time. Prime Minister Attlee has just proclaimed publicly again that Britain is not committed to

protecting —Formesa—which— is good domestic

politics~but dangerous international I ponities,

“Brifain “Would Fight

ACTUALL Y Britain wotild fight if Formosa were attacked, not because she wanted to but {8r the sake of Hong Kong and her over-all interest in the British-America alliance. By intimating that she would not fight, she is unwit=

tingly deceiving the Reds and inviting the war -

she hopes thereby to prevent, Meanwhile, temporary defense of Formosa is poisoning British-American relations to the profit of Stalin. - :

By Peter Edson’

_proceedings here reveal “the hands of unscrupulous spec-

“or troops TH

this artificial dispute over the,

up to the highest standards of that time, and BS a war all over the world that lasted in

actual fighting, 46 months.

But since that war ended, in five years we

- have spent $69 billion on military departments

alone . . . more than twice the whole cost of the First World War . . . and find ourselves suddenly able to put only a comparative handful

i : ament The first small beginnings of rearm apparently will cost about $25 billion this year. The first year of actual war would cost a mini-

. mum of $50 billion. The cost in money alone

of a full scale defensive war that might be ahead cannot even be estimated. . But whatever its cost . , . it will be cheaper

THe Aeld and most of “those not

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will defend to the death your right fo say it ‘Stalin Surprised’

By Harrison White, City Joe Stalin appears to be surprised at the -stand the United States is taking in Korea.

He should be surprised at the way Mri-Tros—=

man has changed his foreign policy, leaving all ¢he “pinks” and Reds out on a limb that has been supporting the last two administrations in this country. He is surprised, because no other administration in Washington would have per~ mitted such cold war actions in Germany without showing resentment by force. Now Joe is surprised that Mr. Truman’ s ade

"ministration is actually fighting a hot war not

against any nation, but against communism in Korea and that means all the Communists in ~Manchuria;-

China; and all over the world including those represented by the United Nations, who will give their all to win this war for Joe. 8 * $+ 9 IF THIS is not the third world war, there will never be one and don't mistake this. If we want to prevent our posterity from being en-

slaved for the next thousand years hy excess

taxation and if we want to win the peace to follow this war, it is well to understand now,

that it cannot be won by the pinks of this

administration with the Reds at the 38th Parallel in Korea. There should be only one more national emergency and that is for some new adminis< tration to put the American people and the country back to balance again.

‘No Time for Maybes' By Mrs. J. Gilak Your recent editorial, “Korea Is Not the Main Event,” is part of an answer to a prayer, The other part is all out action at home, Russia is already armed to the teeth and

certainly “is speeding along in all respects now

that their cold war has become their killing ‘war. Immense numbers of efficient ruthlessly trained puppets stand Jeady some day to “match with us, 1 ONLY Tore that alt eovle Who read that editorial are entirely in agreement or not having read it are strongly aware of its stated facts, This is not the time to quibble . over “maybes’ or “maybe hots”! The odds are too great by far, I only know that I and my children will not live under Communistic slave rule, their minds schooled to slimy distortions, And I am not in panic. I am only aware of pos. sibilities.

‘Sure Way to Destruction’ By H. E. M, City One of the most insidious “lines” developed by on-the-make politicians is that designed to make the people fear or distrust the government they have elected by their vote. It is a wholly dishonest,-or at least a misguided or misemphasized effort, since the people are the government in a representative democracy.

Of course, it is a healthy thing for the peos:

ple to assess the acts of the government they have elected, but they should be able to do so

: at y 2 coun] ‘their elected officials; and

they have a right to the honest and objective information which will enable them to perform this function intelligently, To attempt to drive a wedge between the people and their duly elected government for partisan advantage is the surest way to national destruction, particularly in these critical times, siring more?

IT appears that wm considerable -number of speculators are intent upon ‘cashing in” on the opportunity afforded by .the emergency situation which now faces the nation. —Charles F. Bran“nan, Secretary of Agriculture, SP : LIBERTY could not survive without twe

parties, It has heen proved that a party that remained dominant or a one-party system al- -

ways has led to a country's downfall. Herber$

“ Hoover, former President.

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70-Group Air Force Goal Two Years Away

Can_you imagine _an_ Arey enemy. des.

Fetting the U, 8 approximately 70 groups.is slightly more than a two-year job, It involves a build-up in all four branches—strategic bombers, air defense, tactical support for troops and transport. 4 This expansion will be in two stages. First, from the present This should be completed by the end of 1951,

of Air National Guard defense

* National Guard air strength is’

"the best plane of

~ultimate perfection,

. Air Force up to

fully discussed with Congress when it was previoiisly proposed. The Korean War has made little change in this planning. But to play it safe, Air Force expansion is now discussed only in general terms.

THE expansion program includes a 50 per cent increase

in heavy strategic bombers of

the B-36 type. Decision to build more of these heavy

bombers is perhaps the best

answer to frequently heard criticisms that the planes are no good. The B-36 is still considered its type But no afrplane is Sooner or later the B-36 is bound to become obsolete. It will then be

available.

replaced by other types now

on drawing boards and under development. Russia has no B-36 equivalent.

THERE Wil be a 30 per cent

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increase in medium bombers of the. B-29 and B-50 class. The B-29 was the heavy bomber of the last war. It is now down-graded to medium status, but jt is by no means an obsolete plane. As has now been announced, some of these planes have been transferred to England. - A 50 tactical air strength .is called for. These will be planes to

support ground troops, as the

Air Force has been doing so effectively in Korea. Tactical air ‘power is, of course, essential for any long war, but it has to be built up only in relation to the increased strength of the Army. If ground troop strength is increased beyond present plans, tactical air support will have to be upped proportionately.

» » - FOR the time being, tactical ‘air power can be sacrificed somewhat to build up air defense. That is why an increase of perhaps 75 per cent is planned in interceptor planes, Their mission will be to shoot down enemy bombers and pro-

+ tect national defense and stra-

production centers.

per cent increa%e in |

The increase in transport

planes and-troop- carriers will

greatly” multiply load capacity, The important factor is that the newer transports can carry greater tonnage and fly far. ther and faster than the DC-3s which were the work hordes of the last war,

” » » THERE has been much fan

tastic talk about the idea of

having enough transport planes available to fly two or three divisions of troops to block®off any outbreak, any where in the world. It is an impossible task, in Spite of the Berlin airlift accomplishments, There is today no plane big enough to carry a heavy tank. Light tanks, yes. But not heavies. Time and supply fac-

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tors are also important. It -

took nine days to fly two

groups of B-29s to Korea last

month, from the time they

were alerted to time of arrival.

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And it is taking 100 planes to : =

support these two groups and supply them. Some of them had to be borrowed from privais airlines, ere are today only about 1000 big transports iF whole United States. 2 ir

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CONGRESS another mont! if no new cris publican Sen: helping: major meet Sept, 2 never make it Here's outlo Senate is sl: mestie control and House-Se

committees wil

for final app end. Tax bill will Senate Tuesd day. There'll b over including tax, Debate 1 (Looks as if e will not go in, may be made year, Admini pushing it no Next up in troversial inter Sen. Langer ( opposed to ju tee version, ti on civil rights

_ anything can

House Appr mittee is worl lion supplem: ation bill req man after K started. Hou ferees on re appropriation through for

will act on family benefit

Fate of state and Hawaii t how long sess has passed th too, if- Congres fall. When most through, Con will take thr transact no. t able to rush b: develops.

» Mexico A: APPOINTM York's Mayor bassador to M approval, soor ernment loan oil developmen bassador Thu State Departm opposed loan. man favors it, Dwyer. has ~ pros and cons loan’s pide, =

SE sents’ credenti State Depa over replace: diplomat Thu dtician. Hov American en\ with O’'Dwye They argue t

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try, that his cgpo-tea Lath ital is high ~ friendship. , Hard politi ‘appointment: alty election 1

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wanted to br vote and help for governor

candidates. ”

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WHO'LL RI Az of now, Herbert Lehn posed by Eda publican state missjoner. If first intention lieutenant gov

—ate candidate

wild Bill D Pavenport, M former War | Patterson. Republicans to name Lt. for governor. ‘Boss Ed Fly rts Oscar mocratie n Franklin D. receptive, but try to block tt _. Candidate ~ will be Pro

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