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

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Exile of Angus Ward THE State Department could hardly have picked a more out-of-the-way place to exile Angus Ward—in Nairobi, British crown colony of Kenya, East Africa, 330 miles inIng from the port of Mombasa, which belongs to the Sultan - of Zanzibar. " Hastily reading up on this remote but pleasant. deepfreeze, we note that “in the afternoons, after office work ends in: Nairobi, many persons hop in their cars and ride out to watch the wild game feed,” and that hippos waddle from the lakes at night to roam nearby golf courses. What a spot, and in what a time, to hide away an Amerjean consul general who has served the last 25 years in or near Communist Russia. “ It would be surpassingly incredible, even for a State Department decision, if you did not recall the story behind Angus Ward who was held prisoner for 13 months by the Chinese Reds at Mukden last year. With the Communist armies closing in on Manchuria, the State Department had ordered Mr. Ward to stay on with his wife and staff, in the high hope of our establishing diplomatic relations with Stalin's puppet hordes. - . ” ~ » vy WHEN that design for appeasement backfired and the intonsiderate Commies threw Mr. Ward in jail on a diet of bread and water, the State Department sat on its hands mouthing “deep concern” and vowing as month after month went by that it was “taking all possible steps.” Eventually nation-wide public indignation, roused by The Times and other Scripps-Howard newspapers, pressured the State Department into a semblance of action. It appealed to 30 nations (including Russia) for a concerted formal protest to the Peking government. Nothing happened, of course, until the Communists, taking their own sweet time about it, finally released Mr. Ward and his staff last December and brusquely ordered them out of Red China. ; .- Returning home, Mr. Ward said little publicly beyond commenting on the “atrocious conditions” and “perversions of justice” under the Chinese Reds. But you may be fairly certain of what he said privately to friends, and even to his superiors in the Far Eastern division, where the staunchest admirers of Russia and Red China have at various times been concentrated. i ” » . ” . . “THAT did it for Mr. Ward. And if you think the appeasers, still smarting under the frustration of their plans for recognizing Red China, are weakened in numbers or

Angus Ward from now until his retirement. Mr. Ward is 57 years old and this probably will be his last post. **” His qualifications as a diplomat and competent counsel on trying to get along with Soviet Russia are outstanding. He tame by them the hard way. He was a vice consul in Mukden back in 1925. Then, after eight years at Tientsin, China, he became a secretary of embassy at Moscow: starting soon after the Roosevelt-Litvinov agreement of 1934 which brought U. 8. recognition of the Soviet government. sets s ¥ x ~s ER 7 HIS next position was consul general at Vladivostok, Siberia; then counselor of embassy at Tehran, Iran, a foremost trouble spot in the current cold war—and finally, in 1946, back as consul general in Manchuria just as the Red conquest of China went into high gear with all the help our State Department Reds could slyly or openly furnish. - + Obviously Mr. Ward has no desire to go to an innocuous African post. As a 25-year student and expert on communism, his services there plainly will be wasted. But ¢ Angus Ward and his first-hand experiences with communism, plus a fine and brave independence, are running counter to a deep-living and hard-set opinion still sheltered in the State Department. thing. Don’t Hurry It THE socialistic British Labor Party is clearly féeling its

" oats since its recent parliament victory on the issue of gtéel nationalization.

fn‘England, Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison said the time had come when it must be “exported” for the benefit: of two-thirds of the world's population still living in poverty. : : +#« No radical.left-winger, but rather an exponent of mod- , eration, Mr. Morrison grew expansive as he addressed the Labor Party’s annual convention at Margate. He said the’

and social justice to Britain, and he conveyed the impression that the Laborites would be selfish indeed if they withbeld their good fortunes from the rest of the world. . 5.8 nN an. BY CONTRAST, American capitalism came in for a severe stomping, since it was recognized that this terrible * old outmoded system stood somewhat in the way of British labor's gratuitous offer to help others. :- “American capitalism is hated in the colonial world today,” paid Delegate T. G. Healey. “It is the most barbaric imperialism in history. It is losing us millions of {riends among the colonial people. We've got to break con€lusively with American capitalism.” ; Not too precipitately, probably, for such a break with our barbaric system might cut off some of the generous American bounty which has proved life blood to British socialism sincé‘the war. Only recently came reports that Britain for some time had been putting money received

foi Ruture use. In the quarter jusi ended Britain got $147 fillion from ‘the European recovery plan, that tawdry brainchild of American capitalism. : a. = : . AS FOR : i : Russia has been peddling Marxian socialism for years ‘mow to quite a few corners of the world, with such success that British and American forces are fighting side by side In atleast one area tounpeddiejt. , .

at Future CLL

— determination, reflect on-this amazing decision to rack up —

It is a dreadful and frightening

... Taking a rosy new look at the blessings of socialism

party’s socialistic planning had brought full employment .

from the United States into its reserves and banking it

: exporting socialism, the British planners Fight be reminded they would face some stiff competition.

ustria Weak Spot in Europe

Police Not Effective in Handling Red Demonstrations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7—Stalin, in probing the Allied line in Europe, shows that Austria is the weakest spot. That is not surprising. But the Vienna government and police are even less effective in handling violent Red demonstrations than su c Failure of the Communist-led general strike is not a setback for Stalin. To the extent that his purpose is to slow down Austrian recovery and to intfmidate local authorities, he is succeeding. j If he can provoke emough disorder to force intervention by the Allied occupation forces, that will be an excuse for rough stuff by the Red army there. At best that probably would result in splitting Vienna like Berlin. At worst it could lead to war,

Trying to Oust Allies

THERE is no doubt that Stalin is trying to drive the Allies out of Vienna. But it is not yet clear how far he is ready to go to achieve that purpose, or how grave a risk he will run. Like Berlin, Viennd is- an isolated international island in a Boviet zone of occupation. Unlike Berlin, Vienna's government still has nominal sway over the country and Russia still sits on the four-power control commission.

Political Asset

LIKE Berlin, Vienna is a military lability but important political asset to the Allies. Unlike Berlin, Vienna until now has not really been tested by Stalin to see what the Austrian government and the Allies wiii do under pressure. So-far the pressure which Stalin began apply-

. ing with the Vienna demonstrations last week,

and resumed with the general strike riots this

week, has 1 a test of the Austrian authorities and people rather than of the Allies.

More Courage

THE government nd police showed somewhat more courage this week than last week. But compared with the “gquthorities of West Berlin, Paris and Rome-—who have dealt with similar demonstrations—they are very soft. There is an alibi for that, wh the government has been quick to use in its protests to the high commission. It charges—and

dating Austrian police in the Russian of the capital and in the Russian zone of country. Unfortunately, the Russians are ting away with it,

Better Job

BUT the Austrian people are doing a better job than their authorities. - Anti-Red organized labor not only refused to be lured into the trick general strike. Factory and transportation workers met Red violence with violence. In rural areas, the farmers rallied to guard public buildings and communication points, \ The Austrian people are capable of dealing with the 5 per cent Red minority in their midst, but they can’t cope with the Soviet army.

FALL STORY

My dream cloud blew over And I was lost In a carpet of autumn Brown leaf embossed.

A smoke scented wind came To swirl me away

— Where —the-gray squirrel was scolding ———

And hickory nuts lay.

_ Then my dream cloud exploded And cleared my head; So I washed the dishes And made the bed. ~—By Bettee Killion, Reelsville, Ind.

DUTY

Forbid me to play in a garden fair Unmindful of sorrow everywhere. 1 pray for courage and a dauntless will To comfort the weak, the lonely, the ill Give me strength and valor to fight on and on Through the black night and the cold gray dawn! : ‘Until victory is won and all conflicts cease, Let mé not grow weary in the struggle for . peace! : «Charlotte Brunker Kinney, 4060 Graceland

Ave. FOSTER'S FOLLIES

NEW YORK—A local woman was sentenced

‘to five days in- the workhouse for hitting a

welfare investigator who said her relief payments had been suspended. ™

The investigator told her All her payments had been stopped. Then, although he tried to hold her, J He was most expertly bopped.

Just one saving grace remains now ‘ In this tale of her deep grief, As his aching face explains how He's the one who needs—relief!

COST OF LIVING . . . By Earl Richert

Inflation Hardships

WASHINGTON, Oct. T—The real knocks of the inflation now under way will be taken, as usual, by the so-called fixed-income groups—schoolteachers, firemen, policemen, retired persons and the great mass of people in the white-collar class. It takes them much longer. than organized labor to get .pay or pension increases to keep abreast. Some never do.

back to the 1939. purchasingpower level and raised slight-

late in the last inflation period before the government raised pensions. enough to offset partially the effects of “higher living costs . for-retired federal workers and disabled veterans. Persons who retired several years ago on fixed incomes from bonds have never been able to cafch up.

8.8 8 THE well-organized factory workers have, so far at least, kept pace with the rising cost of living, according to the Bu- - reau of Labor Statistics, The bureau reports that the gross weekly income of factory workers rose to an average of $60.28 in August, the latest month for which figures are available. . »

ly above. ~

» . THIS was a 2.6 per cent increase over pre-Korea average weekly earnings of $58.70, enough to more than offset the 1.6 per cent increase in the cost of lving that occurred during that period. The factory workers worked

worker.

gets

And it was

IN the matter of staying ‘ahead of both taxes and imcreased cost of living, -the organized factory workers have been able to do much better “than the average white-collar

FAR EAST POLICY . . . By Clyde Farnsworth Urges UN Solve Formosa Issue

Sear SUCCESS, Oct. 7—Secretary of State “Acheson believes a new United Nations should make an on-the-spot attempt to find a solution to the Formosa problem. Mr. Acheson has in mind a commission with

+ no worries other than what ought to be done

about Formosa, the island stronghold of the Chinese Nationalists. The Secretary of State believes the commission should assemble all the facts, listen to all ideas, talk to all involved and then report to the United Nations. \ He says the commission should China if the Communists will let it. to think that Chiang Kai-shek, Chin

into Red seemed Na-

tionalist leader, would not object to a Uhited

Nations commission on Formosa.

Not U. S. Policy

~ MR. ACHESON discussed his views with me

, A State Department ald cautioned

informally. of 18 that the secretary's opinions did not necessarily represent United States policy. But Mr. Acheson said he had passed his idea to people here at the United Nations. He sald he hoped the United Nations General Assembly would do something about it. : The kind of commission Mr. Acheson favors would have no strings attached, except as to the subject matter for study. He says it should go anywhere and inquire into anything that would contribute to a solution, Mr. Acheson ‘is convinced that there is a peaceful answer to the Formosa problem if it

Barbs— =i 1 START tooting your own horn if you want everybody to get out of your way when you approach. : WHEN Alaska becomes a state, perhaps. some future President of the U. 8. will be born in ar igloo.

IT WOULD be nice if being snowed under

with work would keep us cool during the hot

days. :

SHORTLY now the little kids will be able to blame cigaret stains on black walnuts.

THE favors given at a party aren’t the only ones with strings attached to them.

FOLKS who _aren’t letting the grass grow under their feet are most likely to be in clover.

SIDE GLANCES

only can be found. And he is thinking of some kind of solution before the Chinese Reds try to invade the strategic island, or before Chiang Kai-shek can strike at the Communist-held mainland. . ’ . The question was raised as to why the United Nations Security Council had passed up the commission idea and, with the passive consent of the United States, had invited the Chinese Communists to testify on charges of American aggression in Formosa.

Two Levels SECRETARY ACHEBON said that was dif-

“ferént. He sald you've got to hold in mind that

the Formosa case is developing oa two levels— in the Security Council, where the Reds have

_beén invited, and in the General Assembly,

ere the future of Formosa must be decided. course, he said, a United Nations commissioh to Formosa would be a good way of the world whether there had been aggression there. ty Council, he said, the Reds And since that’s what they they're going to get. He | “States welcomed an opportunity of exposing Communist charges there. :

Possible Obstacle

THE Cairo declaration, in wh we said that Formosa should be returned to China as territory stolen by the Japanese, was citéd as a possible obstacle to any idea of a trustéeship’ over Formosa. But Mr. Acheson indicated that he wouldn't let the declaration interfere with a peaceful

solution of Formosa's future, whether that was

to be a trusteeship or whatever.

LONELY

“The hours since you went away . . . seem just like endless years . . . the happy days I spent with you . .. are now dimmed with my tears . . . and now a heart that sang with joy . . . because you were its own . . . beats sadly with’ an aching pain . . . so blue and all alone

* ..oh I have tried so very hard . . . to shut you

from my dreams . .. but each and everything I do .. . brings memories it seems . . . so I suppose till you come back ... and say you love me 80... I'll live in reverie of you... and the loneliness I know. —By Ben Burroughs.

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has happened. The last elec-

i receding ; tion found people afraid to change. Let us not

be afraid again. Let us trust in God and future. Foreign influence of corruption finds access to the government itself through the channel of party passion. We, the people, at all times should keep check upon the administration of government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty, : * * o

THE POLITICIAN, along with the pious man should respect and cherish religious principles. . But no, virtue and morals are being thrown away and that lust for power can destroy us. While I cannot see quite eye-to-eye with the Republican Party, we must have a changd. Wa do not want socialism in America.’ There is only a thread of difference between communism and socialism. Beware—communism is only a step down from socialism.

‘Our Wasted Surplus’ By Pau) omy French, Executive Director,

The cold war has heated up into a clash of ideologies that keeps the world in constant turmoil. Yet while we strive to demonstrate the meaning of democracy, we continue to waste one of the most convincing facts at our command— the tons of farm surplus now lying im our warehouses. - ; As Executive Director of CARE, I have witnessed conditions in more than 50 countries during the past four years and I am convinced that hunger is one of the factors that is undermining the freedoms we hold precious. The widespread need for food is one of the basic factors the Soviet propagandists have used so effectively. 3 : <* * TWICE I testified before the House Agriculture Committee and urged that our farm surpluses, after we use what we can for school

lunches and relief here at home, be made avail- .

able to American private relief agencies for

distribution overseas.

A bill has been reported out by the committee, but it was stripped of the appropriations authorization to cover ocean freight to those countries unable to pay for it. S80 it serves no purpose in really using our surplus to help those most in need of it. Our warehouses remain full with food that will spoil unless it is used. How can the true meaning of democracy

and the po! —fresdoms we feel are funda-

mental penelrate to a person who knows only one truth—that he cannot be sure of tomorrow’'s meal? ; More than words or troops or guns, our food can speak for us. By emptying our warehouses we ¢an reach the hearts of people we are trying to win as our friends. :

What Others Say—

QUITE unexpectedly, a new jmoral judgment that war is barbarous has arisen among the scientists whose discoveries, to their profound regret, have been used to make war more devil ish than ever.—Bishop Ernest William Barnes, Church of England. :

LET us remind those who would make aggressive war of the . , . trials when those ‘who . » » had committed crimes against humanity were adjudged guilty and were hanged by the neck in the cold dawn of a dreary day. —Sem. Claude Pepper (D. Florida).

THERE is no use trying to compare today's musical shows with those of the past. They were good in their time just as (some) are good now.—Al Goodman, music conductor.

WE'VE got permanent peace within our grasp. We should put up with a little incon veniénce and sacrifice to avoid World War IIL ~Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R. -Mass.).

YOU don’t make anything much being a Miss America.—Jacque Mercer, Miss America of 1948,

‘By Galbraith INDIA’ POSITION... By Bruce Biossat

colonialism.

. The Nehru Puzzle 2

‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 7—No Asiatic leader matches the influ. ence Prime Minister Nehru of India carries in the Far East. Yet Nehitu unfortunately seems the hardest man in the world to con- - vince of the evil of Russian communism. He persists in viewing the U. 8. and other Western nations almost as ‘an equal menace. Since Western colonial empires are but frail shadows of their former selves, this attitude is - extremely puzzling. For the plain record of imperialistic — Russian communism in Europe -and Asia is grimmer and more brutal by far than the worst — sins committed in the name of

= » "Ing mission and didn't care BECAUSE Nehru either can’t ) -or won’t see this, it might be

sands of other suspected or actual anti-Reds were thrown into jail. They've never “been seen or heard from since . . .

three months. . be to legalize Nehru, of course, would These North Korean never take the West's word for who represent no one but themwhat happened there. But the selves and their Russian mas-

a slightly longer work week Sek : } oF in August, however—41.2 hours The average Yactory work, - ple Nehru wants to syve from feels should have been allowed as against 40.4 hours in June. 1 wey @ of $59.21 in foreign oppression. He ought to retire safely behind the arti- : = . =» ARTEL 3 - Cr in of $3204 in of 1039 dol- 10 believe their story firs fetal J3th Parallel 10 plot Hew most, cases, have ut es Jet Min gr ot . .£. 0 These are the men he fancies ved pay increases to off- 8djusting for. 01 3 : THEY'D tell him that when are involved in a “dispute” set the 4 per cent increase living. co SRA SHE SIE the North Korean Reds swept = with the South Koreans. in cost of living that has taken , by cone aes into Seoul they made their first There is no dispute and thers place since early spring. And THIS amounted to an in- h + order of business the killing of are no issues—except the overfor many of them, the pay crease of nearly 40 per cent Our name's Botts! Do you suppose the Clan Cameron might = actual or suspected anti-Com- riding one whether the Korean likely will be a long over the factory worker's real isch to his wearing thet f plaid?" munists. Red troops and young . people are to be left alone or time in coming. . : weekly earnings of $23.62 in ~objec Is wearing r pattern of plai Communist groups seized men are to be ground under the heel At the start of the present 1939. ‘os a, : : and women on the streets. of Red dictatorship. inflationary movement, most Estimated real purchasing sult of the tax increase which creases made effective sinée A mob would always gather le eae groups had caught up in terms power of school teachers’ in- went into effect Oct. 1—-upping August work = when they grabbed a partic- THESE North Korean Reds of actual purchasing power ~ comes, by contrast, has gone taxes about 20 per cert for the would provide almost enough ular person. The crowd was are n whom Nehru finds

with their 1939 incomes,

BUT many had waited years. of the a retail trade em- the tax increase the least beIt is only this week, in fact, ployee's has gone up only cause of higher wage rates andthat the purchasing power of between § and 10 per cent. overtime. : ries i Ae Whe ll ATL groups : going eA ABOR Department off : of is are a AL epartn . of persons depend, was brought - cut. in take-home pay as a re- cial said he believed wage in-

average worker. > But factory workers will feel

income for the aver-

age factory worker to offset of the people?” If the answer

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the tax increase. ; ‘was yes, he was shot on the Nations fighting forces who : 3 not so for the fixed- spot. .. = went into Korea to halt Rusuch time a : hea * sian aggression. i much more for him . ALTOGETHER : Cg : much t a about 4000 . ° Yes, indeed, in Nehru’s case,

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