Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1950 — Page 16

HENRY W. MANZ Business Manager

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On the Record OW that the members of Congress are home on the ' hustings, that fascinating publication, the Congressional Record, will cease to appear for a while. ‘But constant readers will need a little time to scan the last few mammoth pre-adjournment issues. The Record’s appendix—catch-all repository for countless “speeches never delivered on the floors of Congress—has been especially swollen of late, to dimensions which in a human appendix would be alarming. ; The issue of Sept. 23, for instance, contains two long discussions of the legislative history of the Democratic 81st Congress, as contrasted with that of the Republican 80th.

THE FIRST, by Mr. Lucas of Illinois, the Senate's Democratic leader, points with pride to “a tremendous difference between a Congress with Democratic leadership and a Congress controlled by reactionary Republicans.” The Democrats, according to Mr. Lucas, have put “the people” first, have done truly wonderful things for them despite obstructive Republican tactics, and failed to do more only because those tactics could not always be overcome, The other statement, by Mr. Wherry of Nebraska, Senate Republican leader, asserts that the history of the 81st Congress “indicts the Democratic administration and its leadership in House and Senate for insincerity, lack of direction, extravagance, mismanagement conduct of foreign affairs.”

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ANY worth-while achievements, Mr. Wherry implies, were made possible only by wise and patriotic Republican co-operation. Well, you can take your choice, since certainly you have paid, and must continue to pay, your money. . : And, speaking of money, printing the Congressional Record and its appendix costs the taxpayers about $82 a A args . : ag? that rate, Mr. Lucas’ statement, filling nine and two-thirds pages, ran to some $792. Mr. Wherry’s, three pages shorter, nicked the public purse for only about $546. er this proves that Republicans are more economical, or that Democrats have more to brag about, may be something else for the gentlemen to debate at taypayers’ expense when the Record resumes publication.

Be Calm, We Think TOTAL eclipse of the moon capped a period of curious coincidental and it’s something of a relief to note that the world is safely back on an, even keel with nothing more serious going on than war and threats of war. * First, summer ended precipitately at 10:44 a. m. Saturday. Then at 5:23 p. m., same day, Congress adjourned, and at 2 a. m. Sunday daylight time, wherever effective, reverted to standard time, setting the clocks back one hour. But, most curious of all, during most of Sunday an unearthly blanket of smoke from a Canadian forest fire settled without warning over a good portion of the north-

quite a few people. » ” ” » . = THE sun turned an awesome variety of hues and at times was altogether obscured. Chickens went to roost, lights were turned on in cities and at ball parks, and some worried folks were sure either that the world was ending or that there had been an atomic explosion, or both. Prayers were said privately, and publicly in a few instar ces, beseeching deliverance and proclaiming repentance. It all points up to the fact that people are pretty jittery, and small wonder. But now that the eerie days are behind us, from a relatively safe beachhead and vantage point of hindsight, we counsel calmness. At least that is the way it looks now. ; Prayers, of course, will not come amiss at any time, but as yet there is no conclusive evidence that we face any supernatural terrors. For what it's worth, let us be consoled that all our troubles still appear to be man-made, hence explainable and eradicable.

Even to the Worst

N ruling that the 10 top Communist Party leaders may continue free on bail pending final decision on their case, Supreme Court Justice Jackson admirably expressed the very essence of democratic justice and sanctity of civil liberties—even to the worst enemies of those principles. « “My task,” he said, “would be simple if a judge were free to order persons imprisoned because he thinks their opinions are obnoxious, their motives evil and that free society would be bettered by their absence.”

» ” = ” » - BUT the right of every American to endl treatment before the law, he added, “is wrapped up in the same constitutional bundle with the rights of these Communists. If in anger or disgust we throw out the bundle, we also cast aside protection for the liberties ‘of “more worthy critics who may be in opposition to the government of some future day.” That should be a convincing answer to our left-wingers and Reds who constantly aré shrilling abqut the “growth of hysteria” in America. ig At the same time it pinpoints the hypocrisy of the Commie leaders who base their pleas for bail on the very doctrine they would be first to deny to others if they should ever come to power in this country. : Experts yy - Wy in South ‘Korea, Yugoslavia ducked the © Now that the Communists are being driven back, Marshal Tito’s representative at the United Nations wants.

and irresponsible _

the United Nations took up arms against Red

® 5 by Fiery Speec McCarthy Expected to Cut Loose Hot Tirade Here Oct. 7

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 — Dear Boss—

in like the raw, red meat

“of political discussion such as is served up in the

stump speeches of Sen. Willlam E. Jenner (R. Ind.), will not be disappointed at the Indiana Republican Editorial Association banquet at the Claypool Hotel Oct. 7. Principal speaker will be Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R. Wis.) and he intends to pour it on. Democratic senatorial candidate, Alex Campbell, Ft. Wayne, will get no praise for having prosecuted the Reds in government, but probably will be castigated for alleged orig-

case against Alger Hiss. . Sen. Homer E, Capehart (R. Ind.), who is seeking a second Seti; MeCarthy term against the Campbell candidacy, will be on hand to put his perpetual question: : . “Why were the Reds in a Democratic administsation ia such numbers that Mr, Campbell had to prosecute them.” It will be Sen. McCarthy's job to tell why and he will do so with the greatest of gusto. For until the fighting started in Korea, Sen. McCarthy’s charges of Reds in the State Depart- . ment were the hottest thing in Washington... And until Sen. Jenner made his personal attack on the reputation of Gen. George C. Marshall, Sen. McCarthy and his methods were among the most controversial in modern Senate history. iol

Whitewash Charge HE demanded and got a Senate armed services subcommittee investigation and then charged that it was a whitewash job carried out on behalf of the administration by Chairman Millard Tydings (D. Md.), Sen, Scott Lucas (D. 111.), Senate Majority Leader, and Sen. Brien McMahon (D, Conn.). A preview of the type of campaign Sen. McCarthy will conduct was a speech made at nearby Hyattsville, Md., where he cited the signi-. ficance of Sen. Tydings running more than 100,000 votes behind Gov. William Preston Lane in the Democratic primary last week. Sen, Tydings was seeking a fifth term and got renominated. But here is what Sen. MecCarthy had to say of those Democrats who refused to support him: “As we all know, there are two Democratic groups. There are the millions of loyal Americans who have long voted the Democratic ticket and there is the administration Democratic Party which is no longer an American Party.

Pay High Tribute “IN THIS connection, I'd like to pay high tribute to the over 100,000 Democrats who helped to nominate a Democrat governor but refused to take part in the Democrat senatorial primary (something unheard of in American politics). : “They, of course, were fully acquainted with Tydings record and wouldn't vote for him--and they didn’t know enough about the two fine men who were opposing Tydings to make a decision between them—and, therefore, didn’t vote. “This type of intelligent action is a good omen for America. It is also a good omen that well over half of those who voted in the Maryland primary, refused to vote for Tydings, chairman of the whitewash committee.” Sen. McCarthy always passes photostatic documents. among his GOP audience to prove this or that administration man was closely tiedin with the Comniunist Party, or followed the Red line to the detriment of the U. B. A.

Dangerous Coddling : “IF YOU approve of this dangerous coddling, hiding and protecting of Communists, dupes and fellow travelers in government, then vote the Democratic ticket,” he teld the Marylanders in urging the defeat of Sen. Tydings this fall. “That is what every Democrat present in the Senate voted to approve. (The Tydings report). Every Republican voted against it. . . . “The fight against communism should not be a politfcal fight. It should be a fight between the roughly 150,000,000 honest, loyal Americans

against the forces of atheistic communism, for ™

certainly if communism wins there will be neither a Democrat or Republican Party. “Unfortunately, the men of little minds who

on es, literally scaring the daylights out of control the administration Democrats, and who eastern United States, : wg i loyal American

“do Democrats, have placed themselves on of the Communists, traitors, and dupes in order to gain a short-term political advantage.

‘Saving Face”

“APPARENTLY, the Tydings, the Mec-

Mahons and the Lucases do not realize that they

cannot save the face of the Democrat Party if the face of America is lost. . “I do not ask the Democrats in this country to desert their party. I do ask them in the name of America to realize that at long last the administration Democrat Party has deserted them and has made it a party which protects Communists and hides corruption.” And that is a fair sample of the hot tobasco sauce that will be served by Sen. McCarthy at the GOP clambake,

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

SAN RAFAEL, Cal.—Eighteen years after her husband slapped her and.left when she served a meal of pigs feet and beans, a wife filed suit for divorce. Jt seems he didn't like pigs feet Or-bedns, so he departed, And just to make the break complete, He slapped her ere he started.

Full eighteen years have -since gone by, No love was ever stronger;

But now that food grows cold and dry— And she can wait no longer!

SIDE GLANCE

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THE BIG QUESTION . . . By Earl Richert Price Control On Cotton Goods?

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—The price of a pound of cotton is now within a shade of being the highest in 30 years. The current price of around 41 cents a pound is only one cent short of the 20th Century high

set in 1920. It is 43 per cent above the price of a year ago and 21 per cent above the pre-Korean

rice. - Will these prices, caused by high demand and this fall's short cotton crop, force the govern: ment to put price controls on cotton, from the raw material to the finished products? ’ That is a question being asked with increasing frequency here. And there have been reports that price controls are inevitable if the next crop estimate shows a crop smaller than the 9.7 million bales now forecast.

Argue Controls

SIGNIFICANTLY, Seymour J; Phillips, president of the company that makes Van Heusen shirts, is advocating price controls on everything; including cotton and cotton products. But high Agriculture Department officials, who would have a major say in imposition of price controls on cotton, think the situation can be handled without price controls. Their course is: (1) To limit cotton exports tight export controls, thus keeping for

through i domestic use a lot of cotton that has been go-

ing abroad; (2) to persuade the Armed Services to space their purchases of cotton goods so as not to flood the market with big orders. “In cotton today, we're in a situation where everyone is running from one side of the hoat to the other,” said Frank P. Woolley, vice president of the Commodity Credit Corp.

‘Cold Facts’

“A LOT of hard, cold facts are being lost sight of.” He said the world cotton carry-gver on Aug. 1 was two million bales above a year ago. This carry-over, he said, should make it posa cut down © - lon exports without caus serious damag abroad. ing age Of the 51% million bales which the U. 8. ex-

ported during the past year, 2.7 million bales Plan funds.

were Jota for with Marshall “The situation domestically can be prett well handled by intelligent purchases on the part of the military and by holding down on exports of ‘gift’ cotton,” Mr. Woolley said. Prices would be even higher had it not been for the government's cotton stocks. The government has been selling and will continue to sell to try to keep prices down. Government stocks are now down to about one million bales. Here briefly is the cotton situation: The cur-

rent estimated crop of 9.7 million bales plus the carry-over of 6.7 million bales of old cotton provides a cotton supply of 16.4 million bales for the coming year. Domestic consumption is running at the rate of 10.5 million bales annually. This would leave 5.9 million bales for export and carry-over. If we export as much during the coming year as we did last, our cotton stocks late next summer will be virtually exhausted. But Agriculture Department officials say exports can be held down. They also are confident that cotton production next year easily can be boosted by as much as 73 per cent—to the 16.8 million bales recom-

‘Taking Us Into War’

By C. D. C., Terre Haute.

I was very much interested in the diatribe of E. W. Urfer who tells us that a President can’t take us into war without the consent of Congress because another Fair Dealer made the same statement a few days before the President sent our boys to Korea. Well, if" we are not at war over there, let's bring the boys back home and not send any more over, because the matter has certainly never yet been voted on in Congress. Mr. Urfer then goes on to say that Wilson tried to keep us out of war. Well, his Secretary of State, who was a Democrat by the name of William Jennings Bryan, had other ideas about that and on June 9, 1915, he sent his resignation

- to Woodrow Wilson because he believed Wilson

was taking us into war. Furthermore, he issued a public statement to the New York Times on Feb. 19, 1916, in which he said that Wilson was “joyriding with the Jingoes.” I am also glad Mr, Urfer brought the matter up about Teddy Roosevelt and the sinking of the Lusitania. As far as Teddy was concerned, he was just another war making Roosevelt, at least to me, who once said that we needed a war and I certainly never voted for him. As to the sinking of the Lusitania, it was violating both our national laws and “international laws as well, and Wilson made every effort to suppress that fact. There was a threat to expel Sen. LaFollette from the Senate be-

CITY FOLK cause he stated the Lusitania was carrying munitions of war. However, Dudley Field Malone, ) Collector of the Port of New York, confirmed To those of us whose life is spent amid 2 : J . J A spent... this the city's gate . . . to hustle on a streetcar for NUS Sharpe op true so the charges were dropped . . . the fear of being late . . , T dedicate this 1

little sketch . . . to show that after all “.. We are really lucky when , .. we hear its daily call - « « for we have opportunity . . . to spread a lot of cheer . . . to all our fellow citizens . . . who come from far and near... then too there is a thrill we get... something I can’t explain . « while walking on a crowded street . then SCUrFYIng- home again . . . and so it is each one of us... must play our dail cen to make the city live again . ‘a. ay the city’s heart, - —By Ben Burroughs.

that this lag was responsible for the famous quote from a young lieutenant about the Korean fighting being a “damned useless war! at the start of the conflict, ~ ” ~

BUT, they say, The T. I. and E. program is wiping out that kind of thinking in Korea already. And further, they hope, it will quickly change the at-

men being called back to active duty, who have expressed various stages of bitterness at being put in uniform while the

of T. I. and -E. in" the peacetime Army is the “E,” educa‘tion. Its goals are to give every man at least a fifth-grade ed.ucation, non-coms a seventh-

DOWN TO EARTH . . . By Douglas Larsen Army To Stir Up Gl Interest In Korea

Yes, Mx. Urfer, we will have to admit that it is quite a coincidence that in the last half century that we have had three Democrat Presidents and each time when our economy goes on the rocks that we are threatened from some foreign aggressor and have to go to war to defend ourselves, Neither do I know whether a: Republican could have gotten along with these foreign scoundrels or not. I4imagine, though, it would depend mostly on who happened to be the Republican President. : :

“I do not agree with a word that you say, but |

“KOREA . . . By Andrew Tully

Russ Can't Veto Crossing of 38th

Decision for General Assembly To Make, Truman Asserts

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—When the United Nations faces up shortly to the question of whether its forces should cross the-38th Parallel in Korea it won't have to worry about a Soviet veto. ” The decision, which President Truman says is strictly a United Nations one, can be made in the United Nations Assembly, where there is no veto power. The right of the Assembly so to act is contained in Article 11 of the United Nations char. ter, which-says: " “The General Assembly may discuss any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security . .. and may make recommendations with regard to any such ques

"tions to the state or states concerned or to the

Security Council, or both , . .” Another part of the article notes that the Assembly may make recommendations concern

ing the maintenance of international peace “to

the members of the United Nations . .

Charter Offers Choice

THUS the Assembly members would be given their choice of sending a decision concerning the crossing of the 38th Parallel to the Security Council, where it might be vetoed, or to the United Nations members taking part in the Korean War. This means the Assembly could vote in favor of crossing the 38th Parallel and then simply direct United Nations forces in Korea to do so, without the matter even being brought before the Security Council. In light of the United Nations repeated policy favoring a unified Korea, a decision to cross the 38th Parallel would be an obvious move. Its objective would be to preserve peace by occupying all of Korea in order to set up a free election. by Another move informed .sources say the Assembly probably will make is to set up a newer and stronger United Nations commission in Korea to direct the free election. The present commission has done good work but, being made up of representatives of smaller coMffitries, it has not carried the international weight which a commission composed of greater powers might.

Seek Unified Korea

IT IS also considered a good bet that the Assembly will set in motion machinery for the rehabilitation of all Korea, once the fighting has ended. This would take the form of a United Nations recovery force—suggested last week by Secretary of State Dean Acheson— whose job it ‘would be to solicit ‘contributions from member nations and direct rehabilitation work in devastated areas. Despite President Truman’s repeated assertions that the question is up to the United Nations, a State Department official sald today the department’s policy still favored a unified Korea. And it goes without saying that a unified Korea would be impossible

. unless the 38th Parallel were crossed and a

nationwide election held.

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‘Gutter Politics’

" By Oscar Houston, Ellettsville, Ind.

Sen, Jenner's libelous and shameful attack on Gen. Marshall is no surprise to people who have followed him during his political career. In Jenner's accusations against the general, calling him a traitor and a liar, shows how deep his depraved mind has sunk in gutter politics and lack of common decency. Bill entered politics when he was young and hardly dry behind the ears and if he has ever done anything to recommend him as a statesman I don't know what it could be. Of course; the New Deal haters in his party greatly enjoy his snake eating performances. I think Bill has definitely demonstrated that he is unfit to repreHe has put the “hex” on Sen. Capehart for

re-election and greatly embarrassed his colleagues in the Senate. Instead of an asset, Bill has proved to be a painful liability to his party and when he comes up for re-election I predict’ his party will retire him back to Bedford where he can blow off his steam.

‘Soviet Type Propaganda’ By E. Bowman, 2831 Station St. : E. W. Urfer’s article in the Forum addressed to C. D. C. is very good and to the point. But he put himself to time and trouble by writing

such a long and comprehensive article to state what most persons interested in public affairs already know.

E. W. U, just about put the whole thing in a -

nutshell when he said: “I, for one, believe that you are resorting to the Soviet type of propaganda.”

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C. D. C. keeps repeating his mud slinging -

propaganda, thinking eventually some will believe it. He, being self hypnotized, believes it. But he averlooks the fact that if the Democrats are always at fault, the Republicans that he is always lauding as “deep in the mud as some of the Democrats are in the mire,” for they formed an anti-administration coalition, a you scratch

" my back and I'll scratch yours proposition.”

So kettle is just about as black as pot.

titude of the drafted men and

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—A big “Troop Information and Education” program is being rushed into expansion by the Army to whip up some enthusiasm among the men for the fight in Korea, and for the mobilization against Red aggression. Like a lot of the Army's modernization programs this one had lagged seriously until Korea. An Army spokesman admits

for combat and keeping up the *

morale of the men who are doing the fighting. That's what is being done now. » » ” MAIN tools of the program are the Armed Forces Radio Network, various ‘publications - like Stars and Stripes, record- . ings and the “Armed Forces Talk.” 2 : The “talk” is the most important thing. It is prepared in the office of the Secretary of Defense and lays down policy and high level thinking on

special subjects for the infor-

mation of the troops. They are

rest of the country enjoys life prepared in pamphlets of a ' as usual. 5 al dozen pages with instructions The most-important function . to the officers on how best to

basis for discussion periods, ‘over the radio nétwork. edi-

THE Karean action caught the program flatfooted. There

was no information or policy

available on- Korea less than four years old. But they quick1y whipped up talk No. 334, called “Our Stand in Korea,” which answered some of the : questions the troops were asking. : Anticipating other Koreantype actions they quickly published talks on Formosa, the Philippines, Yugoslavia, IndoChina and Iran. And then they got back to Korea with No. 340, called “The Issues at Stake in Korea.” : ® = = HERE'S a typical example of the information it contains: “ ‘Why Am I Fighting in Ko‘You are

tion of democracy as its most

~important single goal, started

is among the fighting men, Officers working on the pro-

gram are trying to make it’

more ‘down to earth” for the men.

line troops to find out what the most important questions are that need-officilal answer ing. The full list hg brought back is classified but here are a few for which they are now trying to produce answers: “Where are troops from the other United Nations countries?” . “Do we stop at the 38th Pare allel—if we ever get there?” “Why haven't we used the atomic bomb?”

. » 0» THE responsibility of pass-

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