Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1950 — Page 16

> HENRY W. MANZ Business Manager

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EE Keep the Promise Ca THREE measures have been listed by President Truman as our essential primary defense against inflation, because they strike that menace at its source: Continued credit controls. Still higher taxes. Reduction - of non-military government spending. — “The third is as vitally important as the other two. Mili- * tary spending must be tremendously increased. The American people, realizing their danger, should be willing to pay for defense expansion as they go, thus curbing the inflationary impact of mounting government deficits on living -.costs and armament costs alike, - But they-should not be-asked to carry, in addition, a burden of inefficiency, extravagance and waste in ordinary > governmental activities. "

. LJ ” » THOSE activities should not go on “as usual.” . i So it is well that Mr. Truman has told his budget di- + * réctor to reduce non-military expenditures in the new fed- . eral budget “td the minimum required to give effective support to the defense effort.” . “This is the budget, now being prepared for submission to Congress in January, of proposed spending in the 12. months beginning next July 1. ; Promises by the President and by Congress to cut non-military spending are not new. But results achiéved by such’ efforts as were made to carry out those promises have been small and in many cases negative. Failure to keep Mr. Truman's new promise would be inexcusable. - One fertile field for sound and sensible economy has keen worked partially—but only partially. Seventeen months have passed since the Hoover Com- . mission submitted the last of its carefully considered - reports ‘on how' money might be saved and effectiveness of government departments and agencies increased by thorough-going reorganization. } i 2 . a BUT, says the citizens committee for the Hoover report in a summary just issued, laws and reorganization * plans thus far have made effective less than half of the + commission's recommendstion dl ; The more than half rem Wing include many which - relate most directly to the success of an all-out defense program and to the fight against inflation. Among them are:

Revision of the federal government's personnel policies. Reorganization of the Veterans Administration. Unification of federal and hospital and medical facilities to insure full

. functions of the Army Engineers and the Interior Depart- - ‘ments Reclamation Bureau, Modernization of, and elimination of politics from, the postal service, complete over- + hauling of the Agriculture Department. Fast and determined action on these recommendations © Is needed. “In times like these,” as the committee says, . “the nation simply cannot afford to waste human effort on misdirected or duplicatory projects.”

- Russian Aims THE Russians mean to conquer us. : They have been announcing that intention in their writings for a long time, just as Hitler did in his book, “Mein Kampf.” Unhappily, too many of us have not wanted to face this brutal truth. Now, events in Korea and elsewhere in the world are compelling us to accept it as the great cardinal fact governing our lives, Russian talk of peace is meaningless. It is contradicted by Communist action in Korea and the Communist action in the United Nations. When the chips were down on a United Nations resolution that would have promoted early peace in Korea, Russia voted “no.” “The Kremlin “has no idea of negotiating a lasting peace or any other kind of settlement that would hamper its plan for global conquest. Russian leaders believe Communist society -represents- the - “wave of the future” and that we in the West are a dying civilization. So fervently are they convinced of this that they are never troubled for long by individual reverses. They believe time works for them.

” o ~ OBVIOUSLY that doesn't mean they're content to sit, back passively and wait for us to crumble. They exert a constant pressure against us, probing for weak spots. That's why they went into Korea in the first place, It should be abundantly plain. to every American, furthermore, that every Soviet success emboldens Moscow to more daring adventures. Most important of all, it brings nearer the day when’ Soviet rulers may be willing to undertake a decisive phase in their struggle with the West. No men undertake a war unless they think they have a good charice to win it. Knowing all this about the Russians, what must we do? First, we must divest ourselves once and for all of a wishful thinking about the likelihood Russia will change its objectives. The Kremlin's purpose is unalterable-—to destroy us—and everything it does serves that end and no other. We must then resolve to do everything possible to compel Russia to postpone the decision that means general war, That means a high state of military preparedness for ourselves and our Allies, real protection both for America and the crucial industry of Western Europe. It means accepting controls, sacrifices, hardships at home.

Intuition PERLE MESTA, the United States Minister to Luxem- . ~~ bourg, believes that feminine intuition qualifies women to do just as well as men in diplomatic posts, “Many people,” she said in a radio interview, “make light of woman's intuition, but personally I think there's alot to be said for it. I think it fits in well with diplomacy, and I'm glad that more and more women are applying for

least surely can be said for Mrs. intuition could hardly do worse

Chat Fell Flat

use of scarce medical personnel. Merger of the Civil Works

world seems like a big imaginary sea .

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Before Rep. James E. Noland, defeated Seventh District Democratic Congressman left for Indianapolis to practice law last week, he called on President Truman at the White House, . After discussing the 1950 campaign in Indiana, which knocked five of the six Democratic freshmen out of their seat, Mr. Noland expressed the view that people generally were not familiar with the facts of ‘éur situation in

Korea and elsewhere and suggested that the President should adopt FDR's fireside chat

method of reporting to the country.

Truman Agreed

RADIO time for just such a report already had been arranged for Friday night, after which the proclamation of the emergency, was issued. The President agreed that he should make such reports more often. Mr. Noland left town before the Friday night broadcast, but some of his

Democratic colleagues remaining here are J

dubious about his advice, - ' Contrasted with the well-remembered fireside _ chats of the late President Roosevelt, the Harry 8, Truman technique falls flat. In ‘addition to his delivery, which was both serious and a little sad, the President failed to tell an

aroused people what to do, except in such

general terms that they felt let-down, Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R Ind), who has been away ahead of the administration in urging all out price control, summed it up by saying: “There wasn't a new idea in it. He only asked the country to do what we already have been doing. He merely put it in writing as background for the proclamation. It is good to know that after six months we do have it in writing that we are in real war and an emer. Zency does exist.”

Housewives Furious

IRATE housewives, including those of Congressmen, were furious at the failure to announce that soaring prices were not to be ‘curbed now, after a six month do-nothing delay. One of them suggested that if the administration machinery wasn't. ready a freeze could be announced and the women themselves would police their own food stores, clothing purchases and all the other necessaries that are gradually moving out of reach eof the fixed-income buyers,

“Wait and see” remains the policy and it is plenty unpopular; No member of the Indiana

delegation in ‘Congress has had a word of praisé for it from the home front.” What the

fighters in Korea would write [ikely would be unprintable. :

As one cynic summed up the situation after listening to the President's speech:

“We have a Dunkirk, but no Churchhiff*

Outside of a moving speech by Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D Tex) the lame-duck session of Congress hasn't provided any more stirring leadership. * Urging all-out controls and mabilization as the chairman of the Senate “watchdog” committee which Truman headed in World War 11, Sen. Johnson had this to say: “Is this the hour of our’ nation's twilight, the last fading hour of light before an endless night shall envelop us and all the Western World? ra

Darkness and Defeat-

“THAT is a question which we &till have in our power to answer, If we delay longer we can expect nothing but darkness and defeat and desolation. If we answer the challenge with

courage and confidence, and with the ability

of which we are capable, we can, I am sure, triumph over our foes.” . Senate and House Republicans made the dubious contribution of condemning Secretary of State Acheson in formal resolutions as he took off to represent the United States at the Atlantic Pact conferencé in Brussels,

Our democracy may demand that the people

themselves find the answers to all the complex problems which will permit us to survive. In that case, President Truman's fireside chat provided a standard for individual soul searching when he said: .

‘Each of us should measure his own efforts, his own sacrifices, by the standard of our heroic men in Korea.” .

IN REVERIE

TONIGHT is such a lonely night . . . the mist is closing in . . . the mist of memory and you ... of goodness and of sin ... tonight the vo Pm running dear with arms outstretched . , . but you don't come to me . , , tonight is moonglow night for me , , . it's set aside for dreams so great .., but something way down deep inside . . cries out, too late, too late , , . and though tonight above all of the rest ... we two could be as one .... I know this will be but a dream + «when tonight is done; : wp .

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- WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Any lady who owns an electric refrigerator with a magnetic door should treat it tenderly; she has a col-

lector’s item such as no neighbor can achieve.

This isn’t important, maybe, but in a small way it is historic. The magnetic refrigerator door isthe Te

first. item in the civilian § economy to b) disappear in ARMY this is-it-or- gms isn’t-it ‘World ’ War Ill Makes kind of an interesting tale, too. You know about Charles E. Wilson, the in du strialist who was appointed the other day by President. Truman as Defense Pro- .: duction Chief. . = He's also head of the General Electric Co, So:

Way back last spring some of of his associ~

ates were telling me off-the-record and in deepest secrecy that the firm was about to hit the market with a refrigerator that had no latch on the dovr. Instead, it would contain a small alnico magnet, which would hold the door shut. The idea seemed to be that the latch is about the only thing that ever wears out on a modern refrigerator. Furthermore it costs around 65 cents to build and install, The magnet, said they, was permanent and it never would get out of order. And also it cost around a dime, Fifty-five cents per bow particularly when it made the merchandise better, was no unimportant saving. Making the change took time. The engineers had to figure out the details; the production men had to get in a stock of magnets and the advertising agents had to figure out the best way to tell the housewives of this improvement. Well,

samples of the magnetic boxes reached the dealers. Then, blooie. It turned out that the Army needed small sorts -of - devices, including radar sets, loud-speakers and other

PRODUCTION +++ By Charles Lucey SIDE GLANCES No Job's Impossible *| | For Charlie Wilson

WASHINGTON, Dec.

mocracy, usually resort to physical terms, jawed, two-fisted, strapping and so on.

All such terms are accurate. But they do scant justice to

the fact that the man Harry Truman has tupned to now, ‘ike Franklin Roosevelt before him, is a brainy, efficient,

him:

18—Men who set out Charles Edward Wilson, agaih the head man in the gigantic task of whipping today’s America into a 1950-model arsenal of de-. Raw-boned, square-

go Franklin Roosevelt wrote

“At a critical time in our

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sir, the first ads appeared in the: “magazines and: the newspapers “and the “first

OFF-THE-RECORD . . . By Frederick C. Othman Magnetic Refrigerator Door Joins Army in Defense Drive

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items much too secret to talk about. Simultaneously it developed that alnico magnets depénd on cobalt as their principal ingredient and the only source of that is a single firm in South Africa. :

Not Enough Cobalt

THE government slapped down hard on the use of cobalt in civilian goods and there was Wilson’s General Electric Co. badly in peed of magnets for war use, It had not nearly enough. Then somebody thought of those thousands upon thousands of refrigerators with magnetic lids in the warehouses and the production lines. All these doors were taken apart and the magnets removed at an expense my man refused to estimate, Then the boilers in the old latch department were fired up again and each door got an old fashioned closer-upper. Only a few magnetic refrigerators ever did reach the public; no telling when they'll be available again. No telling, either, what pext will leave the market. After all, Wilson—who first was hit by the war emergency—has got to help make the decisions. He’s an able man and his regulations undoubtedly will be the best possible;*he's as anxious as anybody el b get this war business over with so he can back to making magnetic doors.

What Others Say—

I HOPE my victory will inspire youth, It could only happen in this wonderful free country of ours.—Ezzard Charles, newly crowned heavyweight boxing champion.

WE HAVE no adequate defense against such (atomic) attack. Civilian defense might well

“ mean the difference between winning a war and

losing it.—Mobilization Chief W, Stuart Symington.

THIS will be the first time I've ever been to a banker's home, though I havé been in several of their banks.—“Big Jim” Morton, reformed bank robber.

THE UNITED NATIONS will steadily grow

in strength and capacity to fulfill its eternal

function... . ..the. preservation. of international

peace and security. —Cordell- Hull,

OUR POLICY of democratic socialism is the only dynamic alternative to totalitarian com-

munism.-It's the. only. way .we can -get peace -

and social justice.~Clement Atlee.

By Galbraith

Korea,

Lill defend fo the ‘We Need U

a life

om His words

¥ > : ; but to the death ihn

agree with a word thet 3 G5 WE ARE hearing a lot of howls from Repub.

lican leaders and the press because up to now President Truman has failed to call in some of

tation on our foreign policy. I don't know why they would ° President to show them any respect after what

the t the only thing to do was to get, tough even if it caused a fight. President got tough and this fall, while

campaign issue out of it, ; Truman; through his fumbling he has got us into war. ana 3 ® & & EVEN Gen. Marshall, past 70, who has given

time of service to-his-country, friend. to the President, had his character bitterly assailed by Bill Jenner calling the General a traitor and a lving liar. I would think just as little .of afhy man who would be small enough to attack Gen. MacArthur, These Gens serving their country while Bill Jénner ‘was still. wearing three-cognered pants, After this nasty, untrue attack by Jenner, no

issued any public repudiation of his treacherous attack. : These are some of the facts to keep in mind

-as human beings and under the same treatment .- and insults they have handed him what would

be your reaction toward them. The leaders of the Republican Party must accept a full share of the blame for this senseless political bickering. It's time to side track politics and all get, together as Americans and face a world crisis that could destroy our way of life,

‘Who's Going to Fight? By Charles E. Phillips, W. Beecher St. I READ an article in The Times about let« ters pouring to our Congressmen about re. servists who were in the last war, One about

one who had 3% years and he had a wife and

three children dependent upon him, : : 1 wonder ee wants to fight for his wife and children. High school boys with four weeks training? ; I am the dad of one of those boys, in the 1st Marines, who only had four weeks’ training before going into that trap in Korea, and I also

. had a son in the war for four years and two

sons-in-law, all of them with little ones. Now if everyone who was in the last war felt the same way those reservists feel, all I can say is God save America.

FOSTER'S FOLLIES . . . By Ben Foster Ma, It’s No Soap Us Kids Hope

CHICAGO, Il.—-Dr, Clyde Cummer says that people take too many baths. He says that too much soap and water isn't good for some people. rig rook g

A fabulous man is the good Doctor Cummer, He fears not the ire or the wrath Ss Of parents undone, or the unemployed plumber} He warns us to stay out of the bath.

He sure is no hero to Poppy and Mommy, | ed prove rather a blight To be quoted by every young Susie and Tommy, Forever on Satunday ight! :

AND a dollar will get you two that the Dos won't receive any | ering offers. from the soap companies for testimonials. But at least he comes clean when the chips are down! mr Se Ad NOW we hear that storm conditions over the country the past few weeks are going to skyrocket the price of eggs to a dollar a dozen. That sounds all wet to us, Unless the chickens didn’t Have sense enough to come in out of the rain. And lay afownd we hen house! THIS inflation business seems really to have come to a head, with haircuts going to a buck and a quarter all over. ‘ But a gent who's really taking a trimming is barber Nelson H. Beach. He charges fifty cents for a haircut in his shop in Brewster, Mass. Then when he goes to nearby Hyannis to get his own locks shorn, he has to pay a dollar. ‘ And the heck of it is, he’s probably bald. So there's -no-way anyone can-take his part! © > @ A HAIRCUT never is a bargain .....To one who has a shiny noggin. - They clip the edges slick and trim, But all the while they're trimming him! ® 4 ¢

WASHINGTON headline: “Top jobs vacant

in- State Department truth program.” No come

ment!

BIG TASK . . . By Andrew Tully Britain Garrisoning World Hot Spots

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18--The violence in Singapore brings Into sharp focus the role Great Britain still plays in garrisoning the trouble spots of the world. In doing so, she is making the most of her manpower, The United Kingdom—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ire. land—has 846,000 men under arms, and seven-eighths of them —m@l@ Serving overseas. { of course,

has the Navy. There are also 137,800

and a close.

driving industrial genius who nas few equals in his field. The career of Charlie Wiljon outdoes Horatio Alger. Fifty-one years ago, a 13-year-old boy in.New York's crowded lower. East Side, he quit school and took a $3-a-week job to help his family. In 40 years he rose to the §175,000-a-year presidency of General Electric. Twice he has had the grace and the courage to push this

success aside’ when his coun-

try called him.

Ld - » THEY'RE calling Mr. Wilson in earlier this time. Three or four war production agencies had been tried and found wanting the last time, when he stepped into the snarled War Production Board as vice chairman. There had been good and able men in the war job before him—William 8S. Knudsen, John D. Biggers, Donald M. Nelson, Ferdinand Eberstadt, ¢

By the time Charlie Wilson

left Washington—in August,

1944, when the production battle had been won but final

military victory still was 3

year away-—everyone knew he had contributed tremendously

times he had When at last

. Church ‘and there,

war effort your expert knowledge of mass production methods contributed to the success of vital programs which today are reflected by our successes on many battlefronts . . . you have rendered outstanding service to your country.”

» » » CHARLES WILSON was only 3 when his father died and in all his early years he had to scramble.” On top. of his grade school education he piled engineering and accounting study at night and, job by job, rose to the top. His mother guided and prodded and encouraged him; the day he was raised to $8 a week he told her she would not have to work any longer as a practical nurse. At 21 he was making $20 a week and that, he figured, was enough to get married on. Mrs, Wilson converted Her . young man to the Baptist 1 in New York City, he became a deacon. He still drops past a church now and then on his

discon

way to work to say a few "8 8 In 1922. when Swope ferred to rt, and

COP 1900 BY NEA SERVICE, WNC. 7. M. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF,

"It happens every time he runs out without his rubbers—he

still thinks he's a cave man!"

‘tendent. ' Charlie squired him Swope: Just three years later. on a thorough plant tour. The prom his desk he ran next word he heard was that the Maspeth plant was being tinued. he .

dustry stretching from to coast and

an in-

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lion's share of these forces. Counting ground troops, Royal Air. Force personnel and Naval Forces, Britain now has nearly 25,000 men involved in the Korean War, This includes 12,000 ground troops, two Alf Force squadrons, and a Naval force comprising an aircraft carrier, four cruisers, seven destroyers and eight frigates manned by a total of 9000 men. to the roughly

men in the auxiliary forces. On a population basis, the total of these forces is comparable to an armed force here in the United States of 2.5 million, since we have thrice the United Kingdom's population, » - » to GET these men: for its services, Britain operates under a universal military training program under which every young man in the country is

140,000 men contributed by- “ drafted when he reaches the

Uncle Sam, Britain's = total

age of 18 years and four months. Since the end of World War II, more than one million British youth have received military training, most of them in the British Army. After training the men serve parte

_ time for three to four years in

.the auxiliary forces.

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