Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1950 — Page 16

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! : . Start Fighting FIGURES just made public by the Defense Department "give the country a partial glimpse at the increasing tempo of military spending. 2 They pertain to the Army's buying plans for the current government fiscal year, which began on July 1— six days after the Red invasion of South Korea—and is now a little more than one-fourth gone. Before this fiscal year ends, the Army now expects to spend about $2 billion for such “major” equipment items -as tanks, guns, ammunition, armored vehicles and the like, That's a 500 per cent step-up since Korea. © » =» FEE TE TOTAL Army purchasing probably will reach $8 billion to $10 billion, four or five times the pre-Korea figure. Arms bought for our Atlantic Pact Allies will cost $2.5 billion, another five-fold increase. And on top of these will be much heavier buying by the Air Force and the Navy, in amounts which the Defense Department's statement does not detail. The Army figures set forth are welcome as evidence of serious intent to rebuild the nation’s military strength. The Times believes that America’s safety and the cause of world peace call for an even larger, faster effort than those figures indicate. ’ * But it is clear that in the next nine months, and probably for many months thereafter, defense orders will de-

mand a rapidly growing share of the country's industrial

capacity, materials and manpower. . » n ~ n J ALREADY the mere prospect of such orders, rather than the actual filling of them, has sent prices and wages climbing and created danger of a disastrous inflation. The Defense Department's statement does not explain

how much of the Army's increased spending this fiscal year -

will be due to higher prices instead of to greater production of weapons and other military equipment. Certainly, however, the buying power of every dollar— whether spent by the government or by private citizens— will continuefto shrink unless prompt and vigorous action is taken to halt inflation. Thus far, the government has only been shadow-boxing with that enemy. It will soon have to start fighting on the home front as bravely as our men have been fighting in Korea, or the battle will be lost.

Who's Discriminating ? > ECRETARY of Labor Tobin rebuked employers who are cautious about hiring men liable to military service. He said they were discriminating, and this was ‘manifestly unfair and unpatriotic.” We see nothing unpatriotic about industry trying hard to build up a dependable force of workers to handle the formidable volume of defense production which is in sight. In meeting what may be unprecedented demands for manpower, industry naturally will be competing with the Armed Forces, and it starts with a handicap because the military has first call on the nation’s youth. ” » . LJ ~ - DEMANDS for industrial workers had reached a five-year peak in August, as a result of the Korean War, and they are bound to go higher. production is still in low gear, the reserves of skilled labor are reported virtually exhausted. It is of course unfair to the prospective draftee or the reservist facing an early call-up if those qualifications - keep him out of a job or cause him to be fired. But the unfairness lies not so much with the employer in these times as with the draft machinery and the military who prolong the uncertainty. ; ’

A recent sample survey by the Federal Bureau of °

Employment Security in a selected group of war plants showed that one-fifth of the supervisory employees and key technicians were in the Reserve or National Guard and subject to. early “call.” One aircraft plant reported 52 per cent of ite test engineers and 56 per cent of its research analysts were in this classification. ” . » . » » THREE weeks ago a committee was established in the Defense Department under Brig. Gen. Melvin J. Maas’ to clear the picture for the reservists. It is now conducting a poll of a selected group of employers to find out what data they need for reassurance in hiring and retaining reservists. The Maas committee eventually will recommend to defense authorities a sharper pattern on call-ups and other measures to end uncertainty. It is imperative that this effort be widened—that the top military and civilian planners act promptly to guarantee the maintenance of a.reasonable balance between military needs and the civilian economy. : Until such a guide is set up, government spokesmen would do well to withhold charges of unfairness and lack of patriotism.

Shrinking Dollars N JULY 26 last, Bernard M. Baruch told a congressional committee that mobilization or the scale required for national safety would cause disastrous inflation unless the government acted promptly to control prices and wages. Among other things, he said: “No more effective move to achieve economy in government can be taken than to stop inflation—now. . . . Each day that prices rise, the real value of every dollar appropriated by Congress shrinks. More billions will have to be voted to buy the same things. The national debt will mount needlessly.” : ® x =» : 8 =» . LAST week, John McCone, Undersecretary for Air in the Defense Department, told a congressional committee that since April increased prices of essential materials have added more than $315 million to the cost of the 4428 new - aircraft which the government plans to buy by 1952. This cost increase, Mr. McCone said, has weakened defense buying power by the equivalent of 750 F-86. jet planes. ; y : Se ra

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‘The Indianapolis Times DETOUR OF WAR... . By Clyde Famsworh World Peace Offensive By Russia

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LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 11—1f the United

of its military forces there, we may witness the development of a world peace offensive by Russia, : : : It may turn out as phony as a three-dollar bill or the Stockholm peace appeal but that

should not keep us from extracting whatever. temporary advantage it offers—in time, if

nothing else—for attainment of greater se-

"purity.

Phony or not, if the peace push comes, it will mark the greatest reverse and the widest detour ever taken on the devious path of world communism, + But it would be one of those detours which in the Leninist-Stalinist dopesheet merely

changes the time element for the “inevitability”

of world revglution without-making it less inevitable in the long run. oe If you were to go dredging already for such a trend you would come up with Pravda's recent discovery that Lenin once said Communist Russia and capitalist United States could live peacerully if it weren't for American imperial- ,

DEAR BOSS ... By Dan Kidney Big Difference In Congressmen

Secretary Compares Rep. Jacobs With Louis Ludlow

WASHINGTON, Oct, 11—Dear Boss—Perhaps the best-known congressional secretary in any of the Indiana offices here is Mrs. Esther Pillen. . Before her marriage on July 22, 1036, she" was Miss Esther Rupple and it was by that name that she became widely known in Indianapolis and throughout the state during her 20 years as secretary to Rep. Louis Ludlow, She went to work for Mr. Ludlow when he first descended from the press gallery to the House floor on Mar. 4, 1929, and remained with the beloved Marion County Democratic Congressman until his voluntary retiremént two years ago. Because she knew all about the infinite minutia of the office, Mr. Ludlow’s Democratic successor, Rep. Andrew Jacobs, put her in complete charge of the staff. Thus the Marion County constituents were given the same serv‘ce they had become accustomed to receiving throughout two decades. .

Bosses Not Alike

THE comparison between “Louie” Ludlow and “Andy” Jacobs ends right there, however, and Mrs. Pillen was among the first to recognize that fact 8he thinks both her congressional bosses are tops, but in entirely different ways. Mr. Ludlow was the indefatigable errand runner for all comers from his city, county and state, ‘Many times delegations would come from other Indiana towns and cities to get him to

accompany them to this or that governmental

department and he never failed. Among his great assets was a long-time acquaintange with departmental heads which he brought with him from his years of service as Washington correspondent.

Thrifty Speeches MR. LUDLOW always talked about “making the tongue and buckle meet” in connection with government’ spending, even when, under President Roosevelt, he was chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee and handling the biggest money bills in the history of the Post Office and Treasury Departments. 3 Such thrifty speeches, combined with excel. lent office service, caused Mr. Ludlow to have constant support from some of the fop Republican manufacturers and businessmen in his bailiwick. At the same time he always was rated as a “friend of labor” and had union support, 1 No member of Congress sweated out the answer with more difficulty than he did when these elements were on opposing sides on any House roll call. No such hesitancy handicaps Mr. Ludlow’s successor. He has his own ideas on every bill and after making up his mind tells why, regardless of who.is hurt or "helped through the decision: During his two years here Mr. Jacobs has slapped down all pressure groups—right,

thought they were wrong.

Serve With Courage ; SUCH conduct came as quite a shock to Mrs. Piilen. “After a 20-year association with Mr. Ludlow, I was somewhat skeptical about working for anyone else,” she said. ‘I was only slightly acquainted with Mr. Jacobs, I soon learned that he had no notion of trying to fill anyone else's shoes but his own. His sole ambition has been to serve with courage, devotion and intelligence the people who sent him here. “Nobody can call him a rubber stamp. He has crossed party lines time and again to vote his convictions. Needless to say, he is a Democrat and believes in the Democratic thesis of government. Consequently, the majority of his votes would be with the administration. “I have known many members. of both the House and Senate during the more than 25 years I -have worked on Capitol Hill, and I say without reservation that I never -have known anyone who showed more promise or who served more capably during his first term.” ” This is high tribute from a very smart girl, even if he is her boss. .

SIDE GLANCES om By Galbraith "NATIONAL DEFENSE a ; By Douglas Larsen = i Military Effort Moving in on Private Life

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11—From now on, a¥ never before in the peacetime history of this country, the average U. 8S. citizen’ will find the military moving in on his private life. Bs Taxes are going up to finance the mobilization. The draft has become an integral part of every young man’s life. All kinds of consumer goods will ge up in price and be in short supply

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RED CHINA . . . By Ludwell Denny

Stalin May Win in Indo-China

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11—S8talin and his Red China accomplices, while failing in Korea, may succeed in Indo-China. : But this has not shaken the British and others planning to give Red China membership in the United Nations and a veto-power seat on the Security Council. Not yet, anyway. French and Indo-China troops this week suffered their most serious defeat at the hands of the Reds in four years of warfare. This rout followed the loss of six other key points within less than a month. As a result the entire frontier area bordering on China may go Yo the Communists. 4

Similar to Korea

EXCEPT that this aggression was not a surprise, its main military aspects are similar to the Korean pattern. The attack is spearheaded They are well equipped and well led, They have plenty of heavy artillery. In this latest battle—which lasted seven days ~—the Reds outnumbered the defenders 10-to-1, according to official French reports. Though the military features are similar, the

international political status is different from

that of Korea. And for that reason Stalin stands a better chance of making this aggression stick. In the case of Korea, the United Nations had

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down but will not tell. By Ben Burroughs.

.as the services stock up on this and that item. - No man with a special skill or training can consider himself a free agent any longer. He has become military prop- : erty. Ty » » ” THE degree to which defense officials can keep this encroachment of the military palatable to the civilian population will determine the nation's patience and ability to maintain an adequate defense against the threat of Russian

about a big defense. But the taxpayer is fickle.

isolated incident and not the first of a chain of such events; -as the military now considers it, the economy ax over the Pentagon. will again become a popular political symbol. This will be even more of a danger if the wily Russians pretend to ; : rence, for a

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If Korea turns out to be an -

a special responsibility. The United States, after an early post-war military occupation of South

Korea, had withdrawn and turned over its pro-

tective obligation to the United Nations. This had been accepted by the United Nations in a series of specific acts. A United Nations commission had supervised free elections— except in North Korea, where it was barred by Stalin's puppet regime. The United Nations had recognized the lawful government resulting from those democratic elections. hE So the Red a n there was a direct attack on United Nations authority, as well as on Korean freedom and sovereignty. Even the official certification that the Reds were the ag-

_..gressors came from the United Nations commission on the spot. Under those circumstances the

United Nations could not have ignored this attack and have survived.

‘No Mistake

THE good faith of the United Nations membership in general, and of the United States in particular, was so clearly at stake that nobody could mistake it. That explains the speed with which President Truman acted and with which the United Nations followed. Indo-China has no such special status. It is not a direct ward of the United Nations. It is part of the French union or empire with semiautonomy. Nevertheless, it has the same general United Nations protection from aggression that all areas have. The United Nations charter states its purpose is “to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: To take effective

moval of threats to the peace and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace.”

China Outlawed Herself

RED CHINA, by providing the military base for aggression against Indo-China and Korea,

has outlawed herself from United Nations membership under the charter. : That limits membership to “peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present charter and which in the judgment of the organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.” ur

" do nof agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."

‘Dishonest Use of Money’ By Maurice Coburn, 4117 Park Ave, Candidate Alex Campbell says that we now have stability because of the guarantee of bank deposits, credit for which he claims for his party. That is not an unmixed blessing because it weakens the restraints on unsound banking. Do we have stability when the purchase value of our deposits and our investments in government bonds is nearly cut in two and getting worse? Inflation is the dishonest use of the people’s money.

~~ The Democrats are claiming reéponsibility

for the present prosperity but it is a prosperity based largely on borrowed money and publie spending.’ Some day there will be an end to it. ” » » DO WE have stability when we are saddling our children with govérnment debts and obligations which can never be honestly met without great discomfort? Why not vote for men like Capehart, Brownson and Taft who have some. understanding of economics and who can be counted to have the courage to do what they can for soundness even though it may hurt temporarily. They are the real friends of the working man,

‘Peeved at Mud-Slingers’ By D. Adolphus, Indianapolis I am only a visitor to your beautiful cit state, but have often heard of the and practice politics in Indiana. I read in your paper an item stating that the Representative from the Sixth District, Cecil Harden, in introducing Sen. Capehart at Crawfordsville

. the Democratic administration “is making a

third world war not only possible hut probable because of its policies of the past five years.” The Representative does not state which policies she has in mind so we can only assume she refers to the policies of stopping Stalin. She may claim to ‘be a Republican but just from what I read and from where I sit she looks pretty much like a fellow-traveler herself, ~ If I were a Hoosier, and I've been accused of being one simply because I eat pie for breakfast, I don’t know who I'd vote for, but it would not be Rep. Harden, nor Sen. Capehart, simply because my pet peeve is “mud-slingers.”

‘Pray and Vote for Peace’ By Michael Bauer, 2034 8S. Delaware St. _ As most of us and at least all of us should be praying for peace (and God :knows all real Americans love peace), but still 45 per cent fail to cast their vote for peace. So I suggest all ministers of all denominations please take one minute: in the pulpit to advocate a vote for peace and continue to pray for peace. This remedy would be a good tonic for the rest of the 47 states, and God knows this grand nation of ours needs closer co-operation and better understanding and less smear, This ie my honest and sincere thoughts. 1 hope the readers of The Times share my views.

‘You Figure It Out’ \ i By H. E. M., Indianapolis

The proponents’ of competition want us to co-operate in preserving the competitive system against the competition of the advocates of cooperation, who want us to compete with the competitive system to promote a co-operative

. system. You figure it out.

What Others Say—

THOSE walls could really talk. Many’s the time a husband sat in one booth with a blonde and next to him was his wife—with a boy friend. They couldn't see each other because the booths were so high, but we had a special side door so one of them could sneak out without being caught.—Mildred Lucey, operator of a Hollywood restaurant popular with early film stars,

Either it (the United Nations) will emerge from this crisis stronger, more effective and more highly respected or it will be reduced to futility and impotence and will rapidly wither on the vine.—Brig.~Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, upon retiring as president of the United Nations General Assembly. - ?

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; a 8 8 : JUST tio years of this kind of strategic waiting by the Coniimies would probably be

ample time to have the popu-. lace screaming for military

budget cuts, and put the country again on the high road to military unpreparedness. This is why the experience of Louis Johnson is a vital influence in our military future. Unfortunately, there are too many -high brass in the Pentagon who feel that Johnson's

rude ouster is a complete repu-

diation of everything he did while in office and a mandate to them to reverse his policies. That thinking is the most

dangerous factor in the preseat

situation. ’ ” - .

NO MATTER how obnoxious

Johnson might seem to have been right now as Secretary of

_ Defense, his big goal in prac- - to make the military more

palatable to the taxpayer. His

failure, among other things,

‘was in trying to ram what he

them down the taxpayer's throat. And he ‘wasn’t very subtle about hiding the political motives behind many of his actions. ; Also, of course, he failed to comprehend the new type of co-operation with the State Department which the military must maintain in the country’s new international role.

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NEVERTHELESS, as any-

one knows who has been close

to his turbulent stay in the Pentagon, he accomplished plenty of good there. He made the people who handie the money dollar-conscious for the first time in 10 years. » ” - FOR example, one of his most eri “hatchet jobs” was cut! out half-filled milRazy around the coun-

a special barb in the sides of

‘many Congressmen. A military hospital is a nice plum for a community. But the hundreds

‘of doctors who were freed from ~

this wasteful duty in empty hospitals are now giving men in Korea better medical en.

Hon-tha n mest of the ‘receiked In World War IL -

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sea transportation, accomplished under Johnson, that is providing the marvelously efficient evacuation of the wounded, emergency air delivery of critical weapons, and the whole amazing job of supplying the Korean fight. True, some of these programs were conceived before Johnson, but if it hadn’t been for some of his “head-bumping” they

wouldn't have been ascomplished for years. » » .

THIS recitation of spme of

Johnson's positive accomplishments does not imply that he shouldn't have been removed. The fact that

making itself felt in a democratic manner, forced him out,

his stay at the Pentagon purely an academic question. The important thing is for the public not to let Johnson's

experience be interpreted by the country’s military leaders

t@at's what Johnson was trying

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