Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1950 — Page 42
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“Fair Trade’ for Lotteries?
HERE'S an odd, to say the least, angle to the police crack-down on that football game lottery the other day. Police who did it keep saying they got “suspicious” ‘when they saw what long odds the two young operators were offering the suckers. None of the other lotteries, it seems, offer any such cut-rate bargains in gambling, (None of the others, as far as we've heard, have been arrested.) These two amateurs were. But for what? Running a lottery? Or cutting prices? (Not that it matters, much. A deputy prosecutor has got them out, already.) ;
A Nation Rededicated
OUR SCORE and seven years ago today, a tall, homely its opening words “Four score
man wrote a speech . . . and seven years ago ...; He was a President of the United States . . . sick and tired . . . but still willing to address a gathering at Gettysburg and honor the dead of his nation. : His speech was written on a piece of brown butcher’s paper . . . and delivered in soft, sincere words . . . words that have since been engraved in gold, bronze and marble * throughout the nation . . . that have been enshrined with their author . . . Abraham Lincoln. These same words ring. out of the dim past . ... marked by civil war . . . to rededicate a nation of peoples “to the proposition that all men are created equal.” = » ~ » » » AMERICA once again stands at the crossroads . . . one road, open and clear, upon which few nations now tread . . . the other, dark and indistinct, down which many nations have traveled and have been lost. Which way will Lincoln's people go? All of us... journalists, laborers, bankers, teachers ~... all-of us have busied ourselves with personal gain... and just now are aware the threat aggression facing our nation is fact . . . hard and undeniable. Lincoln's people have been caught in a whirligig of security . . . momentarily casting aside those factors that made their nation great .. . rugged individualism, hardhitting initiative, faith in God and a fiery, uncompromising jealousy of their freedom.
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BUT THERE is a stirring in the land. A quiet gathering in of the loose ends . . . a demand for sound foreign policy . . . a demand for a more stable economy .. .a demand to stop aggression against freedom loving peoples. Printed elsewhere on this page is the text of Lincoln's Gettysburg address . . . a few simple words containing an undying and timeless element of truth. It is hoped that everybody reading it will study it and apply it to this troubled age.
France Needs Us, But— GEN BRADLEY, addressing a meeting of American editors at Atlanta, was really talking to France when he said— - L “It is a bruising and shocking fact that, when we Americans were committed in Korea, we were left without an adequate margin of military strength with which to face an enemy at any other specific point. Certainly, we were left s without the strength to meet a general attack. In the mili- : tary sense, the free world was left without adequate reserves except for the atomie bomb.” Most Americans realize the truth of those statements. What they do not understand is why progress toward adequate defense strength is so slow. ! Gen. Bradley's speech provides a partial explanation. For almost a year action on plans for defense of Western : Europe has ‘been delayed while efforts were made to convince France that use of German troops is essential to suc- : cess of such plans. oo . ~MEANWHILE, Russia has been building a strong German Communist army in Eastern Germany. r “= Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands and Norway as well “as the United States recognize the futility of trying, to defend Europe against a Russian attack without German participation in the defense effort. Germany formerly held the balance of power in Europe. Now that she has been defeated and disarmed, there is nothing but open, virtually undefended territory between the Soviet Army and the French, Belgian dnd Dutch * frontiers. : : France, Belgium and the Netherlands are even less prepared to protect themselves than they were in 1940, when Hitler blitzed them all gut of the War in less than six weeks. It is absurd to suppose that they could defend themselves and an unarmed Germany, too, against a Russian attack. a ” » . » ” J FRANCE and Western Germany, confronted by a common menace, should stand together. If they do not, there is grave danger that they will go down together before a Red assault. : : Se However, the United States cannot afford to waste more time on fruitless efforts to persuade France to a realistic course. We must get busy, with France ag a partner, if possible, without her if necessary. West German participation is iridispensable to a sound European defense program, and we can’t afford to settle for less than that. Gen. Bradley's reminder that we do have the atom’ bomb may help to bring the French to their senses. By using. “the bomb in the right places, America can defend herself from attack without French aid. But, without American-aid, France would be wide open to a Red invasion, Cas If our kid-gloved statesmen would spell out the situation to the French politicians in just those terms, the haggling might stop and an adequate defo Voogiam might
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“FOUR score and seven years ago our fathers brought
forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in
Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are
created equal.
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived, and so dedicated, can lorig endure. We are met here on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate aportion of it as u final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. “But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—ice cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have con-
COMEBACK... By Clyde Farnsworth Will Red China Win United Nations Seats?
__ FLUSHING MEADOW, Nov. 18—The move to appease the Chinese Communists by seating them in the United Nations and kicking out the Chinese Nationalists is under way again. This
time“ it’s stronger than ever.
Instead of diminishing their chances by intervening against the United Nations in Korea, the Chinese Reds may have in-
creased them. For now an effort will be made to justify the United Nations concession on ‘the ground of m a i ntaining world peace. United Na-
tary - General Trygve Lie, for whom the United States only recently fronted in a fight to pro-
in office, is once more
Mr. Lie
+.» more Reds?
the Red: recognition move. He fitted that-scheme prominently into a revived discussion yesterday of his 10-point, 20-year program for ‘“achieving peace through the United
Nations.” He first made the proposal before the start of the Korean War. Addressing
the General Assembly, he recalled the circumstances of last April which led to his initial effort: “The deadlock over the representation of China game 1 the end of that had progressively “weak ened faith throughout world over a period of three Dangerous conflicts and. ideclogy wer HERI A Gr Ga he prisoners Victous :
a chain f event
YEArs
interest.
Circe OF oh and countercharge.” » . = ONE OF Mi Lie's ways of breaking that ¢ircié ‘was to ad-
Truth—The Light
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long: his time
s.pearheading :
mit Red China to the United Nations. He personally handed a memorandum to President Truman, Prime Minister Clement Attlee of Great Britain, Premier- George Bidault-of-France and ‘Generalissimo Stalin. He discussed it with them and others like Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin of Britain and Foreign Minister. Andrei Vishinsky of Russia. He didn't get to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. ! Mr. Lie was still working at
this thing in June, when, with Russian help, the North Koreans invaded. South Korea.
Mr. Lie's No. 1 measure calls for periodic meetings of the Security Council, attended by foreign ministers or heads or other members of governments, for negotiation and conciliation of interna tional disputes. z Pd LJ “IN THIS. connection,” he =aid without - making very ear the connection, “I hope the Security Council and + (General Assembly ‘will be le to settle the question of
the representation of China in
Lhe pear future.
TWH SEER HE MERRY THAT the -Securitv-Couneil whieh in
soon to receive _a Chinese Communist delegation, should attempt to ‘‘negotiate” the
Reds Into the United Nations.
» Co.,
secrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The
world will little note, nor long remember, what we say
here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the Living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which .they have, thus far, so nobly carried on. It 18 rather for us to be here ‘dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain: that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the "people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” —Abraham Lincoln
HOOSIER FORUM -
“| do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."
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‘Kartons for Korea’ By A Taxpayer . I SEE the drive is going to start to pressure the people to help the Koreans. I knew it wouldn't be long until the slogan would be “Kartons for Korea.” Why? What abotit our Indians that are dying and are destitute? They say charity begins at home. Does it? What about our voung boys doomed to spend the best years of their lives in a hospital, forgotten like a lot of them are now, from World War I? We can’t forever continue to take the whole world upon our shoulders and forget those here at home. Or can we? We seem ta be doihg it... :
un » . NOW WE see our boys killed by Red China with materials we gave them. What a lot of dumb clucks run this government of ours. Tuesday proved.the people think it is about time for a change. Well, what about ‘“Kartons for Korea”? Why doesn’t the United Nations rebuild Korea? ‘Why, because we will go ahead and do it. We are building things all over
the world for people.who never had it so good,
And we can’t afford flood control for our country. But we can build dams and bridges all over the world and good roads where there néver were any before. Have we all gone crazy, do you think?
‘Why Support Franco?’ By Ned Rosen, 2827 Sutherland Ave. tr IN YOUR editorial of Nov. 11, 1950, you gave me, and undoubtedly: many other readers, the impression that the United States should support Franco Spain. I quote.you: “Not that they (the Indiana voters) like Franco especially, but he seems to have the best anti-Communist army in Europe and he wants to be on our side..." . Need I remind you. gentlemen, of the black and murderous history of Franca's despicable fascistic government? Do you mean to imply that. we, free Americans, should sink to the low °
" level"of having ourselves identified with Franco, let alone lending
him money to strengthen his corrupt regime? . i x n » REGARDLESS of ‘his military strength and desire “to be on our. side,” I would not have Franco as an-ally. If we were to be attacked tomorrow I would scorn Franco's “friendship.”. His government :is the type that thinking Americans have despised since-the days-of George Washiigton, EE
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this tyrant was disgraceful: Is it any wonder that people throughSgt world question the American posifion in international politics? ; HE Let us show some fortitude and respeet for ‘the ideals: upon which our. government was founded even in these troubled times.
EMERALDS AND WOMEN . . . By Frederick C. Othman
and House clerks. Many statements filed thus far cover only
. incomplete. Persenal expenses report ($870) of Taft's opponent, Joe Ferguson, is obviously preliminary. This does not include state and local committee expenditures. Taft, whose personal expenses totaled $1529, reported his final campaign expenses as $232,088.80. ’ ‘ Illinois senatorial race reports of $55,000 for defeated Democrat Scott Lucas and $51,000 for winning Republican Everett Dirksen may come closer to telling the full story. But the great riddle is always why or how candidates for $15,000-a-year jobs can afford to spend three or four times . that amount just to get élected. States in which specific probes have already been asked include New York, Pennsylvania, Jowa and Kansas. Subject of campaign expenditures is always hot just before election. But by 30 days after election, when final reports are in, most of the steal has. died
”
» ‘down. M's only onde in a blue
moon—as in. the old Newberry
scandals in Michigan—that a’
campaign expenditures investi-
gating committee digs up.
enough dirt to kick anyone out of office. » » = THERE has been rigid tightening of security on all information about guided missiles. Several new missiles which have recently been described -in detail in magazines, with pictures, are fiow classified top secret. Manufacturers have even been forbidden to mention them by name. : This action coincides with speed-up in missile development and revamping of the secret weapon program by K. T. Keller, Chrysler Corp. board chairman. Keller has wrapped his office in a tight security blanket at the Pentagon. He won't talk about his program with anyone who isn’t a “government official or a manufacturer connected with missile production.
» = » NATIONAL Production Authority's new order cutting back aluminum for civilians to 65 per cent of first six months’ use may be just the first of a: series of such limitation orders. NPA will soon order controls on copper, nickel and zinc. Under close scrutiny is the supply situation on cobalt, tungsten, cadmium and manganese. In short, all materials for which U. 8. depends largely on imports are . being watched closely. This would in.*clude principally copper and
FOSTER’S FOLLIES
| period between primaries and October 20 and are obviously
tin, to a lesser extent lead and zinc. ; - » » ri NEW KOREAN recovery program begins to look like an
UNRRA type operation.
It may meet opposition in Congress for just that reason. Top agency wil be UNCURK — United Nations Commission for Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea. It will have representatives of seven nations as members. They will . constitute “policy makers and board of directors. Secretary will be Constanin Stavroupoulos, a Greek. ' Operating agency which does the work will be UNKRA— United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency. It will be headed by an Agent General, Col. Alfred G. Katzin of South Africa, who ‘has just left Lake Success for Korea. He will
have to make a survey of re-
quirements, get supplies moving, disperse them and report to United Nations General Assembly. He will have a five-man advisory committee, one from each of the five nations that contribute the most money. U, 8. officials want the reconstruction job in Korea done under the name of the United Nations, even though the old UNRRA did have its faults. UNRRA’s biggest trouble came from Communist dissipation of aid for political propa‘ganda purposes. Commies won't have a hand in UNKRA operations.
~ w w BEFORE Navy Secretary Francis Matthews left for his extended tour of the Pacific, he invited several newspaper men to accompany him. For some unexplained reason, however, the secretary took a great rush, leaving the expectant newspaper men behind. Even most of the high Navy braid was not informed on the boss’ departure.
- —— ” o o ON JULY 25, 1951, all vets of World War II who haven't started GI training will lose further education rights. Dead-. line will automatically disqualify veterans called to active duty, if they had not previously enrolled in some training course. To. avoid this cut-off, Veterans’ Administration attorneys are advising men on active duty to start some night school course in any town near their camps. This takes advantage of loo hole in GI Bill of Rights which permits vets to continue courses after the. deadline, if they had started courses but - been. forced to stop them for reasons beyond their control.
. - » By Ben Foster
Can the ‘Eye’ Uncover A Quiet Star Brother?
MT. PALOMAR, Cal.—The mirror of the world's largest
telescope is expected to be
back in. service by Jan. 1. Astronomers
believe the 200-inch “eye” will give them their first look at solar
systems beyond-our- 0Wh:—
When they repair the telescope Upon the peak of Palomar, "Twill be our fond and fervent "hope They'll find a bright and lucky star.
They seek a solar system new Outside our sorry firmament, We hope to gosh they'll find it too—Our poor old planet's badly bent. = = = AND NO wonder, with the shellacking we've been taking’ ‘over the past couple of decades with cockeyed ideologies designed to “save” the world, While everybody goes broke! hd » EJ a ! ANYWAY, we'd sure like to meet up with the man who did the trucking job a couple of
_ years ago, bringing that 200-
“tnch-tens up Mt-Palomar. We want- him to give our lovely lady a few tips on how to carry her compact. 7 That gal busts a lot of mir=rors. .
Compacts have been with us a long time. Egyptian ladies in 900 B. C. carried vanity cases made of iron, almost a precious. metal in those days. Well, if a beauty kit wasn’t - otherwise effective, a gal could always bop her boy friend - over the head with it. ' We don’t know much about the vanity cases of Cleopatra, who came along a few centuries later. But she had a few compacts in her day, too. And don’t think she didn’t make her Mark with them,
Upon a brave Egyptian ark, Sweet Cleopatra did embark, The moon was low, the Nile © was dark— Antony was an easy Mark. x = LJ g FOLKS in Maine do their voting. in September. That's -because in the old days travel" to the polls was difficult; often
“impossible, once bad weather
set in. So. they established
To prepare the Democrats up there for an early falll 4
Lush Living Seems to Bring Less Taxes |
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—We now will consider free emerald necklaces for prominent ladies, champagne parties for prospective customers, and de luxe hotel suites on the ‘cuff for visiting firemen. What this has to do with taxes I hope to showin a minute, but the way it works out, the tougher the tax collector, the lusher the life for his victims. 2 : mT This amazed the statesmten of the House Ways and Means Committee, who were trying to write an excess profits tax such as we had during the war, but some of the hardestheaded businessmen in America assured ‘em it was so. Take Robert C. Tait, the president of Stromberg Casson of Rochéster, N. Y., who sald that he and his fellow industrialists were prepared to kick In with all the taxes the government thinks it needs, but who. regarded the excess profits tax demanded by President Truman as inflationary and destructive, ‘
The trouble is, said he. that
- when a businessman is faced
with giving most of his profits to tha-sgovernment he's in clined to spend mere dollars like water. The more he spends the less: taxes he pays. © “He'll hire two ‘men instead
of one,” explained. Mr. Tait.
go into experi programs and do many things with these cheap dollars that he ordinarily would not do.” That's where the emeralds come in, though Mr. Tait was too diplomatic to. mention them,” . :
The wives and daughters of some of the most prominent men in America today are wearing necklaces, diamond bracelets, and jeweled brooches which cost them not one cent. They received these expensive baubles as their fees for christening an assortment of ships built during the war. Only outlay. by the ladies was for dry cleaning the dresses they splashed with champagne. Nor did these jewels cost the ship builders anything. They went down on the books asconstruction expenses and if the tax collector acted suspicious, there were the bills from the jewelers to prove ‘the money was spent. So it was deducted from the excess profits columns and riobody Jost, except the rest of us taxpayers. The champagne and the hotel suites come un- .
der the same heading.
~ » - YOU MAY remember the case of the Garsson brothers and their ordnance company. They went to jail, along with Rep. Andy May of Kentuéky
for general skullduggery with
i
the books, but they tossed one memorable party in New York, . to which numerous Army officers were invited. The gentlemen with the gold ‘braid even had their railroad tickets’ bought by the Garssons, as well as their hotel rooms, their food and their drinks. The entire charge went down to advertising. Or, why not have fun with
' the money that the govern-
ment’s going to take if don’t?
= ~ . REP. JOHN D. DINGELL (D. Mich.) “was aghast. He said there ought to be a law. Mr. Tait sdid, yes, but a lot of high-minded ' businéssmen did not do these things to squander excess profits. Yet when they found * themselves with free dollars to spénd, they couldn't help feeling generous. He urged that the gentlemen merely raise the regular corporation tax rate high enough to take #II the money they think they need. That sounds fair enough to me; in fact no-
you
‘body ought to kick except pos- °. ‘sibly the ladies. on the make
for some more fres emeralds. A Vinh
es Campaigns Cost More | Than Job’s Worth:
. Examination of Political Expenses * Scheduled 30 Pays After Election
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—Investigation of alleged campaign expense irregularities will lag until Dec. 7. This is the deadline, 30 days after election, by which time all candidates for national . office must file statements of campaign expenditures with Senate
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