Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1950 — Page 32

W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ

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~The People’s Voice & A RESOLUTION introduced by 20 Republican Senators cautions President Truman to undertake no commit“ments with Britain which are not subject to Senate review in treaty form. This is a pfoper assertion of the Senate's rights to a voice in the conduct of foreign relations. 3 During World War II President Roosevelt drifted into “"the bad habit of negotiating with other governments on a personal basis in a manner certainly never contemplated by the Constitution. He not only neglected to seek the “ad“yice and consent” of the Senate, but he also often by-passed ‘his own State Department as well. The agreements made at Cairo, Tehran, Yalta and ‘Potsdam included political commitments which were in no ‘sense essential to conduct of the war and were clear ‘evasions of the Senate's right to share the treaty-making power Yith the President. : ® =F #88 IS secret diplomacy has continued to operate since war, to the practical exclusion of Congress, particuarly in the Far Kast. Senator Cain of Washington, one of the sponsors of the resolution, has asked for an immediate ‘‘balance sheet” showing what. contributions of manpower and resources _fire to be made by our Allies to the common defense effort. "He urges the rearming of Germany and Japan, and the inclusion of Turkey, Greece, Spain and, if possible, Sweden in the North Atlantic Pact. ‘Most of these things suggest themselves to the average pitizen. We are losing a war. Strong measures must be taken to avert catastropMe. : We may be dealing with a question of life or death and in a representative democracy the people have a right to know what is going on. Then, if they are not satisfied ‘with the measures being taken, they can suggest alternatives. z If the President expects to have public confidence; he .must take the people into his confidence and conduct our International relations in the manner provided by the supreme law of the land.

‘Bomb Shelters

: “SENSIBLE preparation for civil defense is essential. But *.~ Congress should not be stampeded into authorizing, “without most careful consideration, the administration pro“gram now proposed, The cost of that program, over the next three years, ‘is estimated at $3.1 billion, slightly more than half of that to be provided by the federal government and the balance by the states and cities. 0 © By far the largest part of the money—$2,250,000,000 ~would go for ‘communal-type” shelters for civilians in case of enemy air raids. : Mayors of various cities have big plans for constructing combination shelters and parking garages under build“ings, parks and playgrounds. It seems obvious that the proposed expenditure could ‘not begin to provide enough such shelters for more than a “minority of the people in all the cities which might become the targets of atomic bombs. » u . . yn » AND it is certain that the building of such shelters .would require a vast amount of materials and manpower. No expenditure, however great, can give everybody .complete protection if A-bombs fall on this country. Con‘gress and the American people should face that fact. This newspaper believes that the best chance of keep“ing atomic death and destruction away from American “pities is to develop, with utmost speed, such military “strength that Communist aggression will not dare force general war upon the world. It believes that, if general war must come, only superiority in offensive weapons can offer assurance of victory for this and other free nations. ° Our country's resources of manpower and materials

vantage. Can we afford to divert a large share. of those resources from the all-important rearmament effort to construction of bomb shelters which might or might not prove adequate to protect those citizens who could get into them? That is the question Congress must decide.

Religious Interest

ONE of the more interesting developments of these trou- =~" bled times has been the great groundsurge of religion. “Millions are turning to the church for answers to problems * which nonspiritual guidanc2 has been unable to solve. It probably is no coincidence then that nine years of planning and effort is about to result in the establishment of the National Council of Churches, embracing 29 Protvestant churches with a combined membership of more than “81 million persons. .” The Council is the outgrowth of a three-day meeting “of 1200 delegates at Cleveland late in November. Some “church leaders have referred to this meeting as “the most “important gathering of non-Roman Christians in the history ‘of the American church.” i * The Rt.-Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill saw it as “proof tof the underlying spirit of co-operation among the churches “and a promise that in action together we will face the great bs and opportunities of our time.” 7% The National Council is a merger of eight national in“terdenominational agencies. They are the Federal Council “of Churches; Foreign Missions Conference of North Amer- : Home Missions Council of North America; Internaal Council of Religious Education; Missionary Educa- \ ment of the United States and Canada; National Council on Higher Education; United Council ‘omen, and United Stewardship Council. :

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PEACE OR CAPITULAT ao

the United Nations General Assembly, here are some of the conceivable ways out of the Korean crisis. : They range from full assertion of the United Nations responsibility for the maintenance or restoration of peace to outright capitulation. o-oo With these criteria in mind-‘preservation of the United Wations, extrication of United Nations forces from their present danger and avoidance or postponement of another world war, this correspondent grades the possibilities as follows: : Su

ONE: Condemn Chinese Communist aggression, but offer a withdrawal of the U. 8. Seventh

~_ Fleet from its neutralization of Formosa in

return for a Chinese Communist withdrawal from Korea, These moves would be followed

. as swiftly as possible by a withdrawal of foreign

United Nations forces, This offer, partial compliance with Chinese Communist demands, probably would be declined, but the sooner the United Nations finds out the better. i

The Falcon Hunter :

“I do not agree with a word that jou say,

Hoosier Hospitality By An Ex-WAC I HAVE just read a news-item in our local newspaper about the servicemen at Atterbury rejecting the hospitality and kindness of the fine, good people of Indianapolis and environs, and I could not resist writing to express my indignation at their unpardonable rudeness. The folks of Indianapolis, to me, and tothousands of other ex-service men and women of the war years, are the warmest, kindest most hospitable people we have ever encountered in all our travels from one end of the world to the other. : > > YOU remember the 106th, of course, Some of them were your husbands and sons and brothers, na doubt, I. shall never forget their leaving Atterbury for the port of embarkation for Europe, At dawn, one bitterly cold Sunday about this time of the year, the WACs in our barracks were awakened by men’s voices raised in song. . Platoon after platoon of marching men paraded by our barracks sifiging very softly, soodnight Ladies.”

were bursting with sorrow as though we knew what was in store for those brave men. As you know, two-thirds eof them died heroes’ deaths in the Battle of the Bulge. . So, dear, good, kind people, remember, and be comforted by the precious memories so many of you must have of your loving kindness, your unselfish sharing and your warm, generous giving in those dark, tragic war years, to those who did not return, Yours might have been the last good homecooked meal, the last warm safe bed or the last handclasp of true, Christian fellowship that the héroes of Bastogne @ver knew in an American hespe.

Answer to Ex-Wac By N. M. Goudy, Chamber of Commerce

I AM certain that I can speak for this majority of Indiandpolis residents when I say that it is ‘certainly most pleasing to us to know that you ‘and evidently many more who were assigned at Camp Atterbury and other military establishments near Indianapolis, have so many pleasant memories of your tour of duty in our community, I know, too, that those who gave so gen-

* erously received more personal pleasure than

those of you in uniform. Their work was made enjoyable because it was evident that the men and women in uniform deeply appreciated these efforts. ; ; Cl 0 HERE, at the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, we regret the unfavorable publicity that the Thanksgiving Day experience caused. We feel certain the incident does not justly reflect on those who are now stationed at Camp Atterbury, : : TEER) We hope when those now stationed at Camp Atterbury leave for other places they will have the same fond and kind memories of Indianapolis and Indiana that have remained with you.

‘Buy Christmas Seals Je By ‘a TB Patient i WILL you please buy Christmas Seals this year, jos of them? ; spent 22

ths In bed and have i more

~ ered to withdraw as he sees fit,

A will defend to the death your rig

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Formosa Strait upon re-establishment of peace

_in Korea. Chinese Nationalists are long recon-

ciled to this, and they might even approve. Neutralization of Formosa forbade their attacks on the mainland as firmly as it blocked

- Red invasion of their island base. If Chiang

Kai-shek is ever to make a mainland comeback the neutralization must be ended anyway. . TWO: Condemn Chinese Communist aggression but yield Korea as the arena of deeision, In other words, an honorable retreat in the face of superior force but at no sacrifice of the ultimate United Nations objective of a free and united Korea. ; - Gen. Douglas MacArthur should be empowThe United Nations should declare a longrange objective of punishing Communist aggression in Korea, but at a time, in a place and

-~ after a manner of its own choosing.

By Talburt

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. 4 \E ht to say it." It’s a vicious circle that can be stopped spinning with periodic chest X-rays. And, friends, your pennies invested in Christmas Seals support the mobile X-ray units of your local tuberculosis association. 0% EVERYONE in Indianapolis should have a yearly chest X-ray and if sufficient Christmas Seals are purchased this could be done. They tell me we have about 450,000 people in our city. If everyone purchased $1 worth of seals each year and then co-operated by being X-rayed by the mobile unit . . . do you see my dream? A city where we could live away from the shadow of tuberculosis which is no respecter of persons, be you doctor, lawyer, engineer, laborer or housewife-—which every year separates families from their loved ones—which takes its toll in the long hours and days and months

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and years necessary for its cure. i Tuberculosis gives no warning whistle —

when you see the smoke, the fire is well underway—and you can't be sure yourself without

~ a chest X-ray, so will you please buy Christmas

Seals this year, lots of them?

THRILLS WE KNOW

THERE are so many thrills we know . . . things that we see and feel , . , like witnessing of acrobats . . . that make our senses reel . .. the thrill of gaining knowledge that . . . makes for a better life . . . and no one ever will forget + +» the day he took a wife . . . the thrill of winning races . . . the kick in doing good . . . are thrills we will experience , . . and that are understood .-. . but to my mind the thrill of thrills . . . is greeting each new day . .. and thanking God that I can share . . . with others on the way. —By Ben Burroughs

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

econgmic restraints’ on Red China and

members continuing to recognize or deal with

. It is possible that Red China will invite further; United Nations confusion and indecision by pausing at the 38th Parallel. The United Nations must not grab that bait and be mousetrapped again in

The United Nations must recognize now that

even if victory had been won in Korea it would have been by sufferance of the Communists.

THREE: Condemn Chinese Communist” aggression and throw in the full available weight of the United Nations majority in men, weapons and moral purpose to crush Communist China— including use of the atomic bomb, if militarily advisable, : In other words, an quick knockout. There are great odds against this, including

all-out gamble for a

and the likelihood of a third world war. Use of the bomb would provoke an incalcuable public reaction not only in China but elsewhere. Bh

KOREAN CRISIS . . . By Earl Richert 2 Automobile Credit Curbs to Stay

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—The Korean crisis has ended whatever chance the country’s auto

dealers may have had to get the Federal Re-

serve Board to relax the present strict curbs on auto credit. The board will not permit any relaxation of credit controls in face of the present world situation. “It would be plain silly for us to ease up now,” said a high Federal Reserve official. Auto dealers from throughout the country are here testifying before a joint Congressional

, Committee against the credit curbs and the

Board's handling of them. -

Can’t Get Hearing ; IT IS claimed that the 15-month requirement for paying off auto loans is unduly harsh and is keeping thousands of people with low and moderate incomes from buying ears. There is little complaint about the requirement that auto purchasers must pay one-third down, The National Automobile Dealers Association attacked the board for cutting the period for paying off loans from 21 to 15 months without consulting the industry. The dealers maintained that Congress intended that the industry be consulted when changes were to be made. : ® * Willlam IL. Mallon, spokesman for the automobile dealers, said that all he was asking of the committee now was that it arrange for a full hearing before the Federal Reserve Board. He said the dealers had been unable to get such

a session,

"UP AGAINST IT . .

WASHINGTON, Dec, 8—The time has come to shed a salty tear for the poor, downtrodden

auto dealers. And maybe we'd better consider

also the 1948 model, four-door, eight-cylinder : Pontiac sedan with the built-in heater of Sen.’

A. Willis Robertson (D, Va.). The two subjects’ somehow seem p) to be twined. The motor car salesmen - these many weeks have been bom-: barding Congress with complaints that the new 15-month time- payment plan forced upon them by the Federal: Reserve Board has been ruining their business. They've got unsold sedans coming out of their ’ : ears because the average gent can't afford to pay $110 a month for a medium grade club coupe. : > So in came William L. Mallon, the whitehaired, long-time Pontiac dealer of Newark, N. J,, to protest formally in behalf of the National Automobile Dealers Association. He said if the Reserve Board only would climb down from its high (pardon the word) horse and

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persuade the government to relax the rules. After all, said he, the automobile defers proved during the last war they were patriotic citizens and all they asked now was the chance to provide safe, reliable transportation for defense workers. “What kind of cars did you say inquired--Sen.-Robertson.— -

you sold?” “Pontiacs,” replied Mr. Mallon. =

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney Lame Ducks Resent Being Kicked |

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — Kicking Congressional lame ducks is risky business, particularly if they still have a leg to stand on, President Merle T. Carte of the Lafayette, Ind., chapter of the Property Owners Association of America, Inc., can consider today that he learned that fact the hard way.

For Mr, Carte wrote personal letters to each of the five lame duck Democratic Congressmen from Indiana pointing out that their defeat was due to fallure to vote against rent control extension in the House before the election. He

must have forgotten that the short session of the expiring 81st Congress might again take up’

the matter and every lame duck could kick back at him, : They did. The House yesterday approved a three months extension from the earlier rent control expiration date of Dec. 31. One of those lame duck Democrats, who was criticized by his colleagues for voting against extension previously, Rep. Edward H. Kruse, Ft. Wayne, said

it was the gloating letter from Mr. Carte that

caused him to change his mind.

Gave Them Both Barrels

THAT CARTE LETTER let the Democratic

lame ducks have both barrels, “As one of those who were defeated, are you de why,” it began, and then provided

3 - oy P iy 1 * Ve H Id y b : Vi and lengthened odds against survival of the y free world. a! § p .. There is one other and equally dangerous 4G ‘course—Ilet things drift, 3 : 1 So far that is the only United Nations an- $ swer to Red China's challenge, js IF i L& iy

. By Frederick €. Othman Shed a Tear for Car Dealers

. replied Mr, Mallon, “but I thank you very much.”

"in 1948, I have driven

4. ertson. “That was in January, 1948, Now tell iE me; what is the same kind of car going to cost

confer with the auto men, they probably could

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XY H Chairman Burnet Maybank (D. 8. C.), of Be “8 ‘a ‘meeting” ‘would be |

the joint committee said a arranged. But it is unlikely that the dealers will get more than a mere opportunity fo state their complaints. \ : : Federal Reserve claim that the = curbs on auto credit accomplished ex-

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actly what they were intended to: Less auto $ ying. rs : X ‘Brought Down Prices’ i “THERE NO sense in having the credit

controls at all unless they slow down buying,” said one official. “We tried out the 21-month period for payment of loans and found out-it wasn't doing much good. ; “It was a matter of judgment. We could have cut down to 18 months. But we decided to be more severe and went down to 15. “And this definitely has brought down the price of used cars.” i - He said that the credit curbs had little efmore popular

fect .on sales of some of the makes of new cars. aE Federal Reserve statistics show just how drastic has been the slow-down in expanding auto credit as a result of the restrictions. Last June and July, auto credit was expanding at the rate of about $250 millon a month—that much more in new loans being taken out than was paid off. In October, the first full month of the new regulations, the rate of expansion had dropped to $22 million. . At the end of October, detk on autos in the U.S. amounted to $5.6 billion, an increass of $1.8 billion in a year.

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“A very fine car,” said the Senator. “I hadn't intended to advertise them here,”

“Yes,” the Senator went on, “I bought a four-door sedan, eight-cylinder Pontiac sedan it 32,000 miles and it is a good car. Now I ordered this car without any of those accessories except a heater, . , .” “Familiar words,” observed Mr, Mallon. “And I paid $2000 for it,” continued Sen: Rob-

in January, 1951?” $i - Mr. Mallon hemmed and he also hawed. The General Motors Corp. announced that it was raising the prices of its cars something under 5 per cent, but he didn’t know exactly what the price would be. bs “Well, what is it now?” insisted the Senator. “A car like mine, with a heater?”

‘No, No, No’

MR. MALLON said he couldn't keep figures in his head, but that he expected it would be somewhere between $2500 and $2600. From the room, pack-jammed with suffering auto dealers, went up a moan. “No, no, no,” the gentlemen cried in unison, : “Well, how much?” insisted Sen. Robertson. None of the experts seemed to know what a Pontiac today was worth. Sen, Robertson said he'd settle for $2600—and a $600 price boost in the last two years looked like a lot to him. Mr. Mallon replied that everything had gone up. The Senator said that was the trouble, It explained why the Reserve Board clamped credit controls on autos. “Did you know that the people spent $8 billion for automobiles last rt . rtson demanded. a Your! Sen. Rober “What's wrong with ". “N Hin 8 that?” retorted Mr. “And they nt " Benzo Foor Bo $214 bution ! or liquo 3" the “I didn’t know that,” Mr. Mallon repited. “I only Know what my own liquor oa ped The proceedings went on from there. They'll : ; continue tomorrow and I wouldn't be surprised d if we learned ‘soon the price of a Pontiac, the

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“You did not even consider the f th a there are millions of people in jh et still believe in Americanism and the rights ‘of the individual, and that all :

le H to freedom and liberty, I _ Tha ontitind S that we still have people like that. People, who X can realize just what I might call a sacred :

for the things

privilege to be able to cast a vote t. ¥ by the thou-

they Soo or think are “So they marched to the polls sands with the hope of the om in their hearts and a vision of the stars and stripes above them, and cast their votes for the men of their choice. Their choice was not for ones who preached compulsion and controls for the prop-

erty owner while the rest mains free.” " ot the economy re-

Kruse Reversed His Field

Kr, on a rad eile Same. Whest Mr. RN ablican fog his “held. as the roll call yesterday will show, : wo cre Ho 1 ory ot rs Dm Indianapolis, ; $=

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wrote Mr, Carte as follows an answer. It does, however, a strate your lack: of unde ;