Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1950 — Page 12

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WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ Business Manager

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1950

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* ROY W. HOWARD President Editor

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< THE Council of ‘Foreign Ministers—the so-called Big Three, composed of Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Foreign Ministers Bevin of Britain and Schuman of France—have met without reaching agreement on the major problems vital to western security. Decisions on most important issues have been laid aside for further consideration at a future meeting. This has been the pattern the Council has followed since its creation at Potsdam in 1945, when it included Russia and was known - as the Big Four. The Big Four was inoperative because Russia would not work in harmony with the West. Since the Soviets quit attending Council meetings, the British and French ministers’ hands have been tied by domestic political considerations. . » » - » . AT THE meetings last week, Messrs. Bevin and Schuman would not agree to rearm the West Germans now, as Mr. Acheson proposed, even while admitting that German troops would be needed if Western Europe is attacked. . Both also balked at expanding their own rearmament programs, Secretary Acheson urged them to agree on measures which would make them strong enough to fight by 1952, if possible, and by 1953 at the latest. The British and French said they couldn't rearm on the scale proposed before 1955 at the earliest. The thought that Russia might not be willing to wait that long was not their immediate concern. Both the British and French ministers are thinking of their next home elections, just as the party in power here is doing. : But the French and British statesmen appear to forget that Americans also vote. Unwilling to risk the displeasure of their own constituencies by urging larger expenditures for armament, Messrs. Bevin and Schuman confidently expect continuing American financial assistance in what little their respective countries are doing. More than that, both “countries want more American money than they have been

getting.

THE Economic Co-operation Administration has just cut its aid program to Greece on the grounds that the Athens government has not shown sufficient progress in its own recovery efforts. Britain and France may need a dose of the same medicine to speed their rearmament. "When the ministers failed to agree on anything at their meeting in London last May, Secretary Acheson made the mistake of promising that some new form of assistance would be forthcoming at the end of the Marshall Plan. i On the eve of the current meeting, President Truman _ tossed away more of our bargaining power by promising more American troops for Europe. Certain conditions were attached to the pledge, to be sure. But Europeans have come to believe that all such con- . ditions will be waived if they find them too onerous—as " they always do. : Our generosity is defeating our own purposes. It is high time to insist on something to show for our money. We ~ get nowhere by helping people who refuse to help themselves. So

That Blue-Ribbon List

PRESIDENT TRUMAN frequently has complained of his difficulty in persuading desirable and well-qualified men to accept top administrative jobs in the government. . Now he faces the necessity of filling a number of important mobilization posts. Last April the President directed a committee of his “little cabinet” to draw up an elaborate blue-ribbon roster of men and women fitted to take any of the important jobs he fills every year by appointment. = °

" ” ~ THE list was to be strictly “unpartisan,” specialized knowledge rather than political background was to be the chief requisite for getting on it. ‘ Information about the potential appointees was to come from regional government offices, state and local governments, college, professional and trade groups and from Congressmen. Little or Ying has been heard about that master list since the plan as announced. But we hope that by now it is well filled and kept in a handy place at the White House.

” = ~ - . AS Secretary of Commerce Sawyer has observed, the administration will not be staging a popularity contest in developing the varlous new agencies forced upon the country by the present emergency. Though the posts may offer comparatively small pay, and the honor for those who take them may be dubious and fleeting, more-often tian not a high sense of patriotic duty goes hand in hand with eminent qualifications. If such a catalogue of talent was drawn up, it should be a providential answer to Mr. Truman's present difficulties in this quarter.

‘MacArthur at the Front

THE 70-year-old Gen. MacArthur, now leading his 11th invasion, appears just as full of gusto and invigorating d¥ive as he was five years ago at the crest of victory over Japan, reports Hugh Baillie of the United Press from Korea. The General went ashore from his flagship, jeeping up

much punch as ever. Age truly cannot wither him, nor custom stale his in-

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TRADE... By Roger Stvart . Tariff Cut Parley Pushed

U.S. to Negotiate With - 24 Other Countries

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—The United States is going ahead with plans to negotiate with 24 countries ‘on tariff cuts soon at Torquay, England, despite demands by several American groups that the conference be called off. ° Willard L. Thorp, Assistant Secretary of State for economic affairs, who will head the American delegation, said that “nothing now on the horizon” could change this Government's intention to enter the negotiations. Only a sudden major war or the immediate imposition of ‘drastic economic controls including consumer rationing, he indicated, could alter this decision. The Torquay conference; scheduled to begin Sept. 28, may continue for as long as six months, Mr. Thorp salds The State Department already has prepared a list of nearly 3000

items on which the United States is willing to.

grant tariff concessions. These include wool, tobacco, chemicals, olls, cotton goods, metal and glassware. The assistant secretary coneeded that *“‘several” protests concerning the impending conference have been received. But none of them has impressed State and Commerce Department planners to the point of action,

‘Trade Unpredictable’

ONE of the most fecent groups to protest was the Textile Industry Committee on Foreign Trade, which represents the Textile Export Association of the United States, the Association of Cotton Textile Manufacturers and the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute. Asserting that events in Korea “make the future of our own economy and that of world trade completely unpredictable,” the committee advised that “now is not the time to be negotiating further tariff reductions.” Recent developments, the group argued, have combined “to create the most favorable circumstances possible for ‘the encouragement of increased imports into the United States under existing tariff rates.” Mr. Thorp and his advisors and consultants, totaling nearly 100, do not go along with this point of view. To postpone the long-planned Torquay conference at this late stage, they insist, would cause great damage to the whole reciprocal trade program and would necessitate “starting all over agaln—and from scratch,” at a later period.

24 Other Nations

THE negotiations at Torquay will be con-_

ducted with the 24 other nations under provisions of the Trade Agreements Act of 1934. The fact that the United States intended to take part in the conference was first revealed by the State Department on Nov. 10 of last

ar. In its initial stages, the negotiations with regard to concessions on specified products will be carried on between pairs of countries. Later on, however, the concessions will be considered by all the countries represented at the confepence, If accepted, they will then become part of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which was concluded at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1947. Ordinarily the initial life of trade agreements negotiated by the United States under the Trade Agreements Act of 1934 has been three years, after which period they have been subject to termination on six months’ notice. The Torquay conference, however, will consider recommendations that original concessions be modified and made more flexible.

European Nations

THE 24 countries with which the United States will deal include these European nations: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Turkey. - The remaining- countries represented at the conference will be Australia. Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Korea, New Zealand, Peru and the Union of South Africa.

AUTUMN FROLIC

The Marigolds and Asters Arrayed in gorgeous gowns Were putting on a party At Missus Thistledown's.

They asked the Morning Glories To come all dressed in blue And all the purple Pansies And every other hue.

They sent out invitations To Zinnias and to Phlox Also the stately Foxglove And scented Four o'Clocks.

The €lads all came in color And stood so straight and tall, The Coxcomb were so radiant The deepest red of all.

1 saw them in their glory And paused to smile and nod— Then I saw a new arrival It was . .. Miss Goldenrod! . ~Anna E. Young 3547 N. DeQuincy St.

‘TIS SAID

The one thing most of us like about the farm is the way the farmer eats. It costs plenty to live in the city and eat like a farmer. - —B. C., Indianapolis

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38TH PARALLEL . . . By Parker LaMoore

War Hinges on Chinese Reds

IF THE United Nations forces succeed in cutting off the Red invaders in the TaeguPohang sector in South Korea from their home supply bases north of the 38th Parallel, the time may be opportune for a drive across the 38th Parallel. That will depend, of course, to some extent upon the attitude of the Chinese Communists. If they pour reinforcements across the Yalu river te support the sagging Red regime in Korea, we may not have the force to sustain our present operations. ; At present the United Nations forces have Security Council suthority only to drive the Reds back into their own territory. Secretary of State Acheson has declared our troops will not go beyond that line without further instructions from the Security Council or the General Assembly. : Officials of the Korean republic want the 38th Parallel eliminated as a political and military barrier which has divided the country since its liberation from Japan in 1945. But that is a large order, involving both political and military action. .

Big Power Veto RUSSIA can block such a move in the Security Council by using the big power veto. So the issue is expected to come before the forthcoming meeting of the General Assembly. The veto cannot be exercised in that body, but the Soviets may be able to raise other legal obstacles to effective action. The Security Council was designed to be the large organization's operating committee in matters of this kind, and the assembly itself may lack the power to intervene directly in such .a situation. Foreign Minister B. C. Limb .of South Korea is now on his way to this country to discuss If the United Nations forces stop at the 38th Parallel, he said in Tokyo, it will be a useless war, and “war will come again.” There is little disposition to disagree with this view. If the Reds are allowed to set up shop again behind the 38th Parallel, they will be free to renew the war at their convenience. Then the situation would be right back where it was June 25. However, Moscow can make such a contingency possible and there wouldn't be much the Western powers could do about it. If the Kremlin isn't prepared to make the Korean War a bigger war, Communist China may not intervene at this time. But with much less risk, and perhaps with no risk at all, Russia could re-occupy North Korea. Few members of the United Nations would be in the mood to go to war about it, it is believed, because the non-Communist nations are not ready to fight Russia, particularly in Korea.

Oppose Land War . A'WAR with the Chinese Communists would be even less inviting. The experience in Korea thus far has convinced Western military leaders that they want no part of a major land war on the Asiatic mainland. It would be too much like invading Russia itself with foot soldiers, Ieasons left to posterity both by Napoleon and ftler. To the extent that circumstances permit, our future operations in Asia will be based upon sea and air power. The island areas of most concern to us can be defended without inviting disaster by driving.into the interior of Asia. . However, in the absence of Russian or Chinese Communist intervention, the United Na-

LABOR VOTES . .

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tions may be able to find a solution to the Korean problem after order has been restored. President Syngman Rhee hopes to have the authority of the Republic of Korea extended to include the north half of the country which was not allowed to participate in the elections when the government was reorganized.

Headaches Ahead

NEW elections may be held, however, and

the establishment of an interim government is being’ considered, pending the time when conditions would permit the formation of a government truly representative of both the north and south. ; In this event, the United Nations probably would have to police the country during this formative period, a chore the United Nations forces there might not welcome. Indeed, the problem of bringing Korea to a state of political stability may produce as many headaches as the war itself, which at this point may be far from a successful conclusion.

MANPOWER. .. By John W. love Earlier Labor

Shortage Seen

Older Employees Are * Retiring on Pensions

SCARCITY of labor in the last war led to many odd and unusual conditions. The short. age comes on us earlier in this war, and the absurdities commence. : ‘For example, a number of employers are adding inducements for their older skilled men to leave. them. The multiply the incentives for quitting. . ; This they are doing by carrying out pension - agreements, As they lose young men to the Armed Forces they will retire their seniors at a lower age than they formerly let them go, Their labor force will be clipped at both ends, and they will hire inexperienced people to replace them.

Two Incomes

BUT THE men who “retire” on pensions will not, in a considerable number of cases, be lost to the labor force, After a while they will look for jobs with other employers and draw - two incomes, or perhaps in some instances go back to work for the same employers. Industrial workers have been shopping around lately for jobs in defense industries, or the type of industry which will be in defense work, and these concerns may find the labor supply loosened up a bit. Of the people inquiring for such jobs probably a third are already employed. They come from occupations where the pay is not so good, or they are men in the 30s or under who would like the draft deferment which such jobs might give them.

Boom Time Jobs

THUS “job hopping” is commencing again, It never ceases, of course, but there is much more of it in boom times than in slack. There are several reasons why the shortage of labor comes on us earlier in the cycle. The chief one is that only about two million are unemployed in the labor force today, compared with nine million in’ 1940. This means the military forces will have to draft most of their 1,500,000 additional men out of production; they were not doing this until along in the middle of the last war. :

Population Older

OTHER reasons for the earlier shortage of labor this time: The number of young people 14 to 24 is smaller than it was in 1940-—by two million. This is on account of the drop in the marriage and birth rate in the long depression. There are more women of 20 to 30 this time who cannot readily leave their homes on account of having small children. The population as a whole is older—employers are having to take more men of 50 and older,

What Others Say—

IF we are going to lay down rules for decent Americans, it is perfectly fitting . . . we should impose rules on the disloyal Americans of the Communist party.—Karl E. Mundt (R.

. 8. D.), U. 8. Senator.

* > 9» THE first nation to use the atomic bomb will bring down on her head hatred of hundreds of millions for a hundred years to come.—Henry A. Wallace, former vice president of U. 8.

"| do not agree with a word that you say, but | to say it."

will defend to the death your rig ‘Why Take Risks?’

By Mrs. Harry L. Sielken, 5220" Central Ave. Was sorry and surprised to read your article in your paper. I.certainly state the Lions Club is absolutely correct. Why take further risks? We already: have risked too far when we have not been able for 18 or 20 years to control our rights at the polls. They already. are in full command of every walk of life in our American nations. What more do you want to destroy in our America? Do you think they will take away our free speech, combined with the rest of our American freedoms? To be slaves under their command until Christ returns? Wake up Americans. God gave us good common sense. For the love of our good America, and those dear boys forced to give their lives for you and me and their country—please use the good sense God gave you. The Communists wormed their evil influences through our “Church Federation,” supposed to be the vital spot of all our religious organizations, to make the quickest clean sweep of God's word. .

‘Protect Free Speech’ By Mrs. T. F. Snyder, 608 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place The ministers and other serious minded groups should protest: when we are deprived of free speech in America. The people should be given the right to judge for themselvés. It is very wrong to condemn people without proof. I hope those who condemned Louis Dolivet will be made to give proof of their statements. I heard him speak at Antioch College several times. Everyone was charmed by him and felt he was well-informed about the United Nations as he had attended every meeting of the United Nations since it was begun. I hope he will speak here.

. By Robert M. Lewin

‘We Don’t Want to Go Back’ By IL L. D., Indianapolis C. D. C. and others of his party who do nothing but criticize the New Deal and the Fair Deal would like to take us back to 1932 when, after 12 years of the GOP, people had lost their life savings in bank failures all over the United States. : Just where did all that money go? It did not drop through the floor, and it only took FDR two days to stop that. Te S$ PEOPLE lost their farms and their jobs. Others were glad to find any job even at 75 cents and $1 per day. I am so glad that for the last 18 years the majority of the people © whe can remember back to 1932 have shown by their vote that they do not want to go back to those days. The GOP got control in Congress in 1946 and removed price controls and we all know how much we have had to pay for everything ever since. Think it over.

‘Making War Inevitable’ By Clarence Love, Marshall There are. those in the United States who would risk re-arming Fascist Germany to cut the cost of policing the world. Churchill, a reactionary conservative, discarded by the majority of the English people, is in full accord with the reactionaries of this country. This only makes a delicate situation worse

. and war more inevitable. Any person knows the

labor unions in England and France have voted not to support any more European wars and have agreed to go on strike if their respective governments insist on war. Re-arming Germany, is what the German Nazis want. ) Is there any evidence that Hitler is dead? There are the Fascist countries of Spain, Portugal and Argentina which would permit Hitler to live in comfort in their countries #ntil he could return to Germany and lead them into World War III.

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AFL Falls Short of $1 Million Campaign Fund

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AFL members have kicked in $362,055 to their political" --unit, Labor's League for Political Education, since the million1949,

dollar drive began Nov. 1, Contributions had been set at $2 a head for politics. Joseph D. Keenan, Chicago, national director of the League, made the report to the AFL's executive Council as the union opened its annual convention at the city auditorium, :

» ~ ~ THE AFL'S 69th convention has drawn some 700 delegates who represent about 8 million members in 107 international unions / ? 2

Keenan said that the League

was depending supon -getting voters registered and to the polls election -day—not on money-—to assure victory for AFL-backed candidates. “We don’t have a chance to °

win if it's money we have to depend-upon,” he added. “The :

money drive is secondary now. Our drive is to register voters, get them out to vote and set

.up organizations in the states . to see that they get out.” :

Sept. 19—The American Federation of Labor has fallen far short of its goal of $1 million for the Nov..

~—contributions tothe League.

n said Keenan.Y “We just want vice pre

issues of the day. We believe in self-preservation.” ’ Sens, Morse (R. Ore.), and Neely (D. W. Va.), will speak at the convention Friday or Saturday, when ‘the delegates will devote the whole day to the money had been raised-—to politics. ; help run the state campaigns. * 8 = The League has sent $11,000 ALL industrial manpower to. Ohio for the campaign and required resources must be against Republican Sen. Taft. turned over to rebuilding U. 8. Ohio has 50,000 AFL: mem- military strength, the AFL’ Exbers. They contributed $22,000 ecutive Council said. to the League. : The U. 8. must take the - “greatest responsibility” im the . Keenan said that all told the free world’s fight against ComLeague ‘would. spend $25,000 to munist aggression everywhere $30,000 in the Defeat Taft - pecause our nation has the campaign, “greatest production facilities,” Keenen added that the AFL

the Council added. -in Illinois leads the nation in Besides rebuilding our mili3 “tary strength; the;council said ® & = that the U. 8. must: Help our THERE are 800,000 Allies rearm; prepare to trans-

.. members in Illinois. They have. - POT Weapons great distances.

contributed $83,000. The state * on

rules onebranch of the League will get “RUSSIA now. _.a total of some $40,000 from = fourth of the globe, with part

of the land virtually impregthe collections. nable against attack,” the Reuben G. Soderstrom, Council warned. Streator, president of the Illi- “Only adequate preparation nois State Federation of La- further

bor, heads the League in Illi- in Europe and ar terested In tak gent: Geo . . “We're not in in tak- president; George - , Secover any political party” ° surer, and 13 AFL

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mended that AFL unions kick out all Communists and co-op-erate with union officials in protecting industries in mili. tary areas from Communist in filtration or control. = - ” : THE Council urged voluntary manpower controls, instead of government regimentation, to assure best efficiency and production. Green said that the AFT, now has more than 8,000,000 members. However, the report on which unions pay per capita

taxes to the AFL shows cure _

rent membership at 7,142,603— a decrease of 98,687 as come pared with 1949. Irwin E. Klass, Chicago, edi< tor of the Federation News,

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