Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 August 1950 — Page 12
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ET A MEMORABLE speech o one e night last week, Harold E.
Stassen asked the American people to look to Congress for leadership in this crisis. i
That was a large request of a people so in need of leadership, a large order for a Congress that had provided 80
little. enBUL Yesterda I LO Ta Tame. I acted t sponsible legiaati of its decisions may not n= bee TEbt. ut In Dogon
which were its responsibility, instead of passing the buck to the President. The votes were on the bill giving the President virtual wartime powers over the homefront economy. The Senate started with about the same bill the House had passed, which, in effect, gave the President unrestricted powers to what he wished, when, if and as he wished.. . . : The House bill passed the buck. .
» ” . : BUT when the Senate finished with the measure, it had laid down some commonsense legislative yardsticks to guide the President's actions. For illustration, the House bill authorized the President,
if he wished, to fix a price on steel. At the same time it per- -
mitted the President, if he did not so choose, to refrain from
placing a ceiling on coal or iron ore prices, or on the wages
of the workers in the ore, coal and steel industries. The Senate amended the bill so that—continuing the illustration—if the President puts a ceiling on steel prices,
he must at the same time put a ceiling on the prices of ore,"
_ coal, scrapiron, manganese and everything else that goes into the making of steel—and the Wages of the workers that produce all those things. The President's preference, as we understand him, is for the House bill, which would permit him to pick and .hoose, fixing prices and wages selectively, as he thinks the cireumatances may require,
—In-our-opinion; the President's-difficult task will be made — government
meh easier if, in this respect at least, the Senate view pre. vails.
IN some other respects, we think, the House bill is pref: erable. In particular, the Senate amendment vesting the . Commerce-Department with authority to establish priorities and allocations of scarce materials, is a serious mistake. The ’ intention is to delegate that authority to the Commerce Department. But it is a mistake
which, if he makes it, the President should be left free at
—-aiy-time-to.correct;-once-he has seen it won't work. If what has started as the “Korean police action” grows into the dimensions we fear it will, no old-line government department, or combinations thereof, will be equipped to handle it. New agencies, unencrusted by bureaucratic traditions, will have to be created and empowered to finish the Job. iia : v
Military Inveliigence.
Now that Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith has been named _ director of the Central Intelligence Agency, he should be kept in that position long enough to build the agency ‘up to what it ought to be. " That may require the rest of his active life. Rear Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter, the general's prede- > cessor, headed the agency for three years. If the director's job is to be swapped back and forth between the Army
_- and Navy at three-year Intervals, the _agency will never
be of any great. Yalve... pin
Hoover. -....Mr. Hoover entered the Department of Justice in 1917, and became deputy director of the FBI in 1921. At the time he assumed the directorship, the FBI did not enjoy its present widespread respect. Indeed, under the
————=Harding- administration, —it-had fallen to Tow repute. But
under. Mr. Hoover. it has. steadily - grown ineffectiveness: and public confidence.
THE work of the FBI and Central Intelligence are
" similar in many respects. But the CIA must be world-wide ~in its scope, which for America, is pioneering ina new field. Until the last war, this country had not recognized the need for such a service, and the orgaiization formed during the war, was allowed to fall apart during the demobilization period. : Now a sound intelligence system has become one of the most urgent needs of our defense establishment. Gen. Smith will need a free hand, plenty of money and all of his time to remedy this deficiency.
Congress and UMT
HAIRMAN MILLARD E. TYDINGS of the Senate Armed Services Committee will press for immediate action on a universal military training law, but he is afraid an “election-minded” Congress, anxious to get home for the campaign, will refuse to take up the bill at the present session. That puts the issue up to the folks at home. If they will urge their Senators and Representatives’ to approve UMT before a recess or adjournment, an “election-minded” Congress will likely stay on the job until this law has been passed. So it’s up to you, and you and you.
A SHOW of ‘American strength and unity is the best way—probably the only way—to discourage Russian aggression. Prompt approval of a UMT law will present
“the Soviets with impressive evidence that the American
people want peace badly enough to be prepared to fight for it. American might cannot be mobilized until American manpower is trained and ready. Show Stalin that we mean business by insisting that Congress act on UMT ok it goes home. ’
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aves Tax Cas U.S. Gefs Back $600 Million Tied Up in Cotton Crop WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—1f you're looking for the brighter side of things, you won't gripe
too much when you find yourself paying higher _ Prices for cotton clothes and goods.
“For the rise In cotton prices—touched off by ~
war and the prospect of a 1950 cotton crop 36 per cent smaller than 1949-—has enabled the
government to get back without loss more than -
$600 million which it had tied up in cotton. ~ That $600 million came out of your tax
money. 1t would have remained tied up in cotton : =~ cotton prices hadn't - ‘risen. It's now enough
to buy 5000 tanks or train 300,000 soldiers, for
And it’s almost certain that the government will be able to dispose of its remaining $435
million worth of cotton in inventory and under loan, at no loss,
ernment, with Interest, $435 milli in loans advanced on their 1949 crop, -Originally 3.2 mil
loans on nearly all these are expected to be repaid by Sept. 30. Meanwhile the government has sold 1,184,000 bales of the 3.8 million bales of 1948-crop cotton which it had to take ownership of. Sales are being made at market prices every other day. The government deducts cost and handling charges and distributes the profits to the _RTOWers, ¥
Colton prices now are hovering around ‘38 N
cents a pound-—about nine cents a pound above the government support price,
No Cotton Surplus COTTON fis a bright spot in the rapidly changing picture of government-owned farm surpluses. The estimate of a 1950 cotton crop of only 10.3 million, bales, now makes it appear there is no cotton surplus.
In fact, a shortage may develop a year from
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now; Had -tt not been forthe government -hotd=";
ings, agriculture officials say cotton might - be selling above 50 cents a pound-—and retail prices on cotton goods would be bringing howls of rage from consumers. War demands have caused the government owned mountains of corn and wheat also to look much smaller than they appeared only weeks ago. The government owns 325 million bushels of corn, worth $455 million, and 320 bushels of wheat, worth $640 million.
Reserves Not Excessive IT'S estimated corn stocks in private and
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million bushels when the fall harvest starts. That is only a little more than a four-month supply—not excessive in today's world situation. The total wheat carry-over was estimated
“at 400 million bushels—about a six-month sup-
ply-—when . harvesting began. Cotton, corn and wheat account for the bulk of the government millions invested in price Suppost Operation. V Up to now, wars have bailed
~The big losses have oc
groom. on the oe commodities—potatoes, “dried eggs and butter; for examples.
More and more, legislators are saying the
government should restrict its price’ support operations entirely to storable crops in view of the lessons learned since price support operations started in the mid-Thirties,
FOSTER'S FOLLIES
PARIS Christian Dior, creator of the new —took, is revamping the feminine line again— small head on frail neck; sloping shoulders and widened bust; wasp waist and rounded hips. Those stylists in Paris are at it again,
Revamping the gals’ silhouette. Ye gads, don’t those birds ever think of us men? They'll ruin our cute little pet!
But even with frail neck and shoulders that slope, That small head which tops off her blouse Is still good enough; ma cherie is no dope; She'll always bé head of the house!
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‘Economy at either end of the candle is wel-
come. On the home front a million saved here
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_ SECOND FRONT . . . By Peter Edson
New War of Nerves
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22--Convening of the United Nations -€ieneral Assembly at Flushing Meadow. New-York, Sept. 10, come. front for the Russian war of nerves agains
will open a secon the United Nations:
Number one question is whether the Russians will be there. Betting odds are that they will be. The fun will start immediately.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE .
. . By Paul R. Leach
Better Prepared Than in 1941
een WASHINGTON, Aug..22--Top._ Army, Navy: . ordered--out-of-“methballs’ since the Korean- “ and Air Force staff officers say we are far
better prepared to go into all-out war mobiliza‘tion, should we be forced to that, than we were when Pearl Harbor was attacked. They agree that we could be putting to use now a lot of the surplus military supplies, clothing, machinery, equipment and plants costing upwards of $50,000,000,000 that have been disposed of in the last five years. But they point out that when those surplus sales were ordered by Congress, especially the ‘many things from toothpicks to bulldozers that civilians were crying for, the country expected an indefinite period of peace. “Hindsight,” one ‘general said with a twisted smile, referring to criticism of .those disposals by sale, lease, gift or the junk Pile, “is always better than foresight.” How do we stack up physically in comparison to our war-making potential on Dec. 7, 1941? Here are the answers from Pentagon ‘official sources:
Stockpiles Kept
ARMY-—Except for supplies to foreign gov-
“ernments every bit of usable, imperishable stuff —of the types civilians ¢ould not use, has been
This supply of equipment is far above’ what ‘we had in 1941. Twenty divisions could be equipped fully. “There "are enough rifles; “other small arms and artillery, some of which needs repair, to fit out 40 divisions. We had 89 divisions during the last war. We have 12 regular divisions now, plus 27 of the National Guard, which have their equipment. There are “large quantities” of hold-over shells, bombs, and other ammunition. As it is being used up in Korea more is being made.
War started. : In 1941 the Navy had 325,095 officers and men. a reserve of 83,000. The Marine Corps had 66,560 officers and men. In June Navy active personnel totaled 380,000 with 74,500 Marines. In addition the reserve totaled 1,108,000 officers and men for the Navy and 128,000 Marines. In 1941 the Navy had 1747 combat airplanes and no reserve. In June its combat wings totaled 2500 planes with 6000 of ail types in reserve. In 1941 the Navy had 6206 pilots and no reserves. In June it had 10,000 with a Teserve 8 of
"all classes of 39,000 in the air wing.
21,000 Planes
THE AIR FORCE—Had in June an inventory of some 21,000 planes of all types, of
which 13,000 are active and 8000 in inactive storage.
In 1941 the Afr Force, then part of the Army, had 12,297 planes, of which nearly 8000 were trainers.
Today's active planes are modern, including
jets and B-29 and B-36 bombers, which did not exist in 1941. Procurement orders for new com-
bat planes now going out total more than $6,-
“In 1941 the Army Air Force had 4889 officers and a total personnel of 94,980. In June “the Air Force had 57,000 officers of all classes, mostly with combat experience, and a total force of 412,000. THE ATOMIC BOMB—That was something that existed only in dreams in 1941.
All-Time Peak
WAR PLANTS—War, industry, thanks to
Still-more-is “on order." We have 6000 “usable” tanks, an unstated number of which are being converted from the “medium Pershings of the last war to the more modern Patton type, to be able to meet modern Russian tanks. There are in storage ° great quantities” of vehicles, from Jeeps to half ‘tracks, many of which require repairs, new tires, and modernized equipment. In 1941 we had 1,640,000 officers and enlisted men in the Army, but virtually no reserve. This included the National Guard which had been federalized a year earlier, In June, 1950, just before hhe Korean War started, we had 591,000 regulars, a reserve of 600,000 and 332,000 in the guard. Now draft calls are being expected to add at least 100.000. THE NAVY-—At Pearl Harbor time there were 344 combat ships in the fleet, mostly elderJoa Pe fleet,
serve. of hou like ‘have ben
SIDE GLANCES
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the British and French “cash on the barrel head” program, was beginning to roll in 1941, but the big building program for all-out mobilization was yet to come. Today civilian industry is at an all-time production peak. In addition the Army, Navy and Air Force are operating 195 plants, and 194 which they own are on a stand-by basis, ready for reactivation in a few weeks for production of a wide variety of supplies and munitions. In addition 70 plants built during the war have been leased to private indus and 65 have been sold—all with the “security clause”
- which permits reactivation for war purposes
within 120 days after general mobilization calls. The airplane industry, active and standby, has been expanded greatly since 1941. -RESE
ARCH. AND. DEVELOPMENT—AIl .. .
services are, seeking to produce new weapons,
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a political issue. —-the conscience
Personally, x “would think “that fact was very obvious. Even from everyday conversation I
“ness. 1 also feel ‘that this attitude was not
_ localized in Indiana, but was nation-wide. * © %
YOU DID make attacks on the administra -
tion about our lack of preparedness—about two or three weeks after the war started. Why didn’t you and your fellow Senators make such attacks two or three years ago? Not more than one year ago Winston Churchill warned the world of Russia’s intentions. Why
—didn’t- the Senate start-then-on-action to -rearm--
~ the nation? : Were you and some of the others afraid of loss of party support by committing yourselves. to such action? Were you afraid people would call you a war-monger and that you would not be re-elected? i * o> o CAN YOU or any of your fellow Senators answer these questions without realizing that because of your lack of action American troops are dying and being wounded in Korea? the. other
tors made the statement that the blood of our men in Korea would be on the hands of Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Does this Senator realize that by such a statement he has implicated himself as an accessory? *
IT IS with regret that I must say our repre~ sentatives in Washington are masters of hindsight but are very ill-equipped with foresight. Why aren't you and your fellow Senators now urging legislation that would prohibit the -importing, for resale, of Russian manufactured products. Are you aware that we have laws now prohibiting the. importing of goods manus factured by slave labor? - Let me say in closing, Mr. Jenner, that I do not -condone the administration, but let me also remind you that I do not condone the actions of Congress. ‘When our representatives ‘put the
welfare of their party before the welfare of the
people it is disgusting. «> ob * IN TIMES of national emergency as it exists today it is necessary for both factions to work together. Let us not pull the Korean War into It seems this would bother of even a politician. If we look too much to the past for guidance we will defi-~-nitely-lose-the future. “Please. Mr. Jenner, try
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KOREA is only one small outpost of a terrible ideology of human slavery that could eventually kill the greatness of America and destroy the divine gift of. freedom to live and work where and as we choose. ~John K. Northrop, president of Northrop Aircraft, Ine. > > & you don’t give world championships away on a golden platter. If Louis can beat Charles, then he should hold the championship until he's beaten. —Jack Dempaey, former world heavyweight “champion. a Ra a “THE United States is working for peace, but it is also Striving tovbe Feady to answer the
Son, Virgil Chapman (D. Ky. )
By Galbraith EUROPEAN DEFENSE ... By Lodwell Denny
1 Rearm West Reich?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—Rearmament
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First skirmish ‘is apt to be over appointment of & credentials committee. Heretofore that has been / routine business. This time, Russia might challenge the credentials of the Chinese delegation. So there may be a scramble for places on the. credentials committee and a fight on. its report. . » » nN ELECTION of a new president will touch off another battle. Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo of the Philippines has been an effective General Assembly presiding officer in the past year. : A General Assembly president neyer has been elected
“for a sécond term, but Gen.
Romulo might be. so nominated. Nominations are made from the floor. The Communist bloc will probably have a But it won't have the votes to put him over. Adoption’ of the 63-item agenda may cause some jockeving for order in which the various items are taken up, or substitution of Russian proposals for previously accepted statements, » ” " AL I. these preliminaries are
‘pathetic’ to her point of view. But again, the Russian bloc may not Rave othe -
? APPOINTMENT of a new secretary general will be another storm center. Trygve Lie's five-year term expires on Feb. 2, 1951. He has said he wants to get out. But he may have made this statement just to make himself a “free man” to promote his 20-year peace plan. \ Secretary Lie's strong support of the United Nations’ resistance to North Korean aggression, however, has now made him persona non grata to the Russians.
» » ~ NOMINATION of the secretary general can be made only on recommendation of the Security Council. So the real election battle will come in the Council, where it will be subject to Russian veto. One way to get around this
-road. block might be for some:
one in the General Assembly to move that its rules be changed to make the term of office seven years, This might extend Lie's “present term by two years. He would no. doubt like to _hdve the choice to refuse
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Then will come a week or 10
days of general debate. Along aboyy the third week, or early October, the GA will get back on voting squabbles. First will come the election of three new, nonpermanent members of the Security Coun-
cil for 1951-2. They will oc-
cupy the seats now. held by Cuba, Egypt and Norway. This. will be a real struggle. Russia will place ® the SC countries sym-
naturally try to
this, or accept it.
o » » THESE and similar questions out of the way, the General Assembly can turn to its political headaches. All such questions are automatically re-
ferred to one or the other of
the six standing committees of the whole. So the in-fighting will be ‘in committee first, in plenary session of the General
_ Assembly later.
Political Committee One will have before it the questions of
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Palestiné, former Italian col onies, Greece, China,
rights in the Balkan: satellite
countries, and international control of Some energy.
EC ONOMIC and Financial Committee Two will deal principally with the question of
_ underdeveloped countries.
Social Committee Three will consider the draft convention on freedom of information, refugees and similar welfare problems. Trusteeship Committee Wour’s - Principal business will
be the South African question and reports from trustee ter-
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y - » . ADMINISTRATIVE Committee Five deals with the United Nations budget.
Legal Committee Six has
various matters. of interna-
* tional law.
Present hopes are to wind up the General Assembly session
- early in December: But if there
is a jot of unfinished business, the Assembly might be called back for a special session next =pring.
only-in part to Soviet aggression in Korea and the resulting
world crisis. Rapid militariza« tion of KEast Germany by Russia is the decisive factor.
~~ Intelligence reports of the West German government and
of the Allies agree that Stalin's troops in East Germany are organized for offensive operations. They are superior to his North Korea satellite army. = ” ” CHANCELLOR KONRAD ADENAUER has requested a West German force capable of coping with Stalin's Germany army. .-Allled willingness to consider that request is based on the assumption that Moscow will use in Germany the “civil war” technique employed in China and Korea. Presumably Stalin will be ready for a German “civil war” gamble sooner than for an all-
* out invasion of Western Eu-
rope by Russian forces, and American atomic bombing of Russia in retaliation. = » » “THE shift in British-Ameri-cian policy regarding German armament is influenced by France's failure to rearm as quickly as hoped, and by the limited - reinforcements -America and Britain can station in West
France is now divided on the German issue, while formerly it was almost unanimously opposed. In France military service is not popular. Neither is taxation for military budgets.
: The idea of Frenchmen fight-
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BUT if France will not sup-
. ply the bulk of ground troops
to meet and hold Red satellite or Russian armies, then the . first battleground is likely to
be France rather than Germany.
And the French don't like
“that prospect at all. The alter- —
native is to let the West Germans- help to defend them- . selves. So the French are beginning to Tace That possibility,
DESPITE all these trends toward some kind of West German rearmament, however, a full-sized German army is nof, likely any time soon. For one relson the West
German people themselves, liv- .
ing in the midst of war-devas-tated cities and towns, are less enthusiastic for militarization
than the Bonn government and
the ex-officers.: When they fight again they want to be on the winning side, and Russia looks awfully big at the moment.
” % A SECOND Paria to quick German rearmament is that
‘the German arms industry has “been largely destroyed and the
Allies are short of weapons. The Allies want to rearm ‘themselves first. The third obstacle is Allied fear that a full-sized German army might end up in an al-
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