Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1951 — Page 14
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Indiana’s Arbitration Law THE reasoning of the United States Supreme Court on the right of states to protect their gitizens against shutdowns of public utilities services seems somewhat obscure. The court yesterday knocked out a Wisconsin law, modeled on the Indiana law which forbids strikes of public utility employees and provides a system of mediation and arbitration instead. It held that since federal law does not prohibit such strikes states have no authority to forbid them.
The owners of a public utility are forbidden to shut it down without permission of the state. No one apparently questions the right of a state to protect its people against the whim of a utilities operator who might suddenly decide to shut off their lights, or their water supply, or their transportation or communications. The nation’s highest court, however, now holds in effect that a union may do so, and
that a state has no power to prevent it. n » ” ” » »
IN four years Indiana, under this law, has not had a single utility strike. In that period 29 disputes that otherwise would have become strikes have been settled by the mediation-arbitra-tion machinery the law created. In most of thése cases it was the labor union, not the employer, who sought the help of the law. In every case but one the union's members received a pay increase and settlement which they have considered satisfactory. Countless millions of dollars have been saved for union members, and the Indiana citizens who depend on utility services by its operation. ” ” » Se ” ” ” THE federal law successfully cited by the two labor unions which appealed this case to the Supreme Court, by the way, is the Taft-Hartley law, so widely denounced by union leaders as a “slave labor law.” It permits the government to delay strikes by injunction for 80 days if they threaten the “national welfare.” It makes no reference to a strike that ‘might affect local or state welfare. As Justices Minton, Frankfurter and Burton pointed out in their dissenting opinion, the ruling leaves the states helpless in local emergencies. It is extremely doubtful if Congress had any such intention when it enacted the statute now invoked to that end. Correction of that statute to restore to the states their inherent powers to protect their ¢* ens from suffering, loss and danger, already under consi: “ation by Sen. Taft, appears to be the only solution to the problem this decision
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A Proper Amendment
THIRTY-SIX states have now ratified the 22d Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. That amendment says future Presidents shall be limited to two consecutive elected terms. In the past it was a mere tradition—broken by President Roosevelt and susceptible of being broken again by any President who has captured popular imagination as an “indispensable man,” and has built up a strong political machine. The proposal went to the country as a nonpartisan issue, since President Truman was specifically exempted. The people have made known their feeling on the matter in unmistakable terms. In little more than a month 12 states have voted their approval. The last two were Utah and Nevada. An obviously essential safeguard against over-long tenure of the presidency is now in the Constitution in obedience to the dictates and good sense of the American public.
Dangerous Gambling
“OUR basic problem in manpower is this: We must, with fewer men, do more than our enemy does with abundant men. “America’s manpower pool is shallow; our enemy's pool is deep. From this fact there is no relief. We must stand or fall, succeed or fail, with what we have . . . “Obviously, we can gamble on getting by for a few more months without making additional manpower eligible for military service. But the gamble is dangerous. Under present circumstances, it could be fatal.” That is the cogent warning of the able Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in reporting out the Universal Military Training and Service Bill. The measure goes before the Senate for debate today.
n » » " = ” » THE SENATE bill authorizes the drafting of men at 18, but only after local boards have exhausted their pool of eligibles in the present 19-26 bracket, including nonveterans with not more than one dependent. The House Armed Services Committee is still trying for a compromise on the age issue. A bill introduced by Chairman Vinson puts the draft age at 1814. And the committee has started another long series of hearings to listen to the arguments of Defense Secretary Marshall, Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, Gen. Bradley and the Chiefs of Staff on the administration program—particularly on the eligibility age. We believe a clear and strong case has been made for drafting the 18-year-olds and for universal training and service in general. We gamble against time as we quibble and search for compromise. Congress should act with all speed possible to equalize the odds.
‘Former Naval Person’
VW INSTON Churchill kicked up quite a fuss over the plan
to name an American as Supreme Commander of the Atlantic Pact Naval Forces.
He said that Britain with her long and honorable navy
- tradition had been “brushed out of the way.” He's won a - partial victory—the deputy commander will be a Briton
who'll control the British home fleet. During the war Mr. Churchill, in his communications with President Roosevelt, went by a code name of “Fomer Naval Person.” Obviously thg “former” was a little prema‘turefnd, just as obviously, Bs not going to let Britain in any future war be reférred to as “former naval power.”
SUBSIDIES . . : By Earl Richert
Floorless Eggs
Are Still Happy
Agriculture Department Says Market Holding Them Up
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-—The first farm price support program to be discarded—that on eggs—has been in the ash can for two months now. And there have been no complaints.
The times, of course, aré mainly responsible, say Agriculture Department officials who are
happy about the way things have worked out, .
They were far from sure of such a result when they announced last fall that the government would drop its price floors under eggs on Jan. 1. In fact, they were certain that egg prices at times would get so low in some areas that the government would have to step in with a limited buying program to bolster prices to farmers.
But egg prices, operating in a completely free market, have been doing very well from the farmer's standpoint. Prices currently are about 15 cents a dozen above what they were at: this time last year when the government was buying eggs to hold up prices to farmers.
Working Upward
“THE ONLY kicks we've had,” said one official, “have been from poultrymen who complained about the high price of feed grains.”
From their high point in December when eggs got close to a $1 a dozen in many cities, eggr prices dropped about 38 cents a dozen to a low in early January. Since then, egg prices have been working upward, being about 10 cents a dozen now above the January low.
A number of factors have worked to send up egg prices at this period when they are traditionally low. The Army has been buying sizable quantities of both shell and dried eggs and civilian consumpiion has been greater than usual. People eat more eggs when meat prices are high.
Egg production ‘is running at about the same rate as last year.—-when, during January and February, the government had to spend nearly $2 million buying dried eggs in the Midwest to hold up prices to farmers.
Even though they've gone up recently, egg prices are still below parity and thus are free of government price ceilings. Agriculture Department experts had believed it most unlikely that egg prices would ever, short of a global war, get up to full parity where they would be subject to price control,
Experts Not Sure
BUT THE experts aren’t so sure now-—the way egg prices have been climbing recently. The egg price support program, along with potatoes, has been chiefly responsible for the huge government losses on its price support operations in recent years. Congress last summer canceled the potato price support program on the 1951 crop. But potato price supports are operating on the 1950 crop of potatoes which still is coming oh the market.
WHEN? . . . By Jim G. Lucas
War and Home
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—To the average GI in Korea, nothing's more important than rotation.
He wants to know when he can expect to be taken out of the line. He wants a goal—a date which grows 24 hours nearer each day. He's not insisting that it be next week or next month, although that'd tickle him to death. He just wants to know when. Many of our boys have been fighting since June. They've heard talk about a rotation policy-—always to be announced later—but no one's told them what it is.
Because they're soldiers, too, Defense Secretary George Marshall and Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, probably understand that more than the next man. Talk to either and you get the impression it worries them..
The trouble so far is that we're so desperately short of men in Korea we haven't been able to do anything about rotation except think, talk and fret. Occasionally, a division can be pulled out and put in reserve. But even then, it usually goes back much sooner than planned. The Army has a plan called “R and R” frest and rehabilitation) in Japan. A few men are flown back for five days leave, which they usually spend sleeping. But most GIs jn Korea aren’t too interested in that.
Stumbling Block
A GENUINE rotation must be planned in advance and supported by a steady flow of new men from the states. We had trouble finding 12,000 casualty replacements this month.
A major stumbling block has been finding replacements for top-grade non-commissioned officers. Generals Marshall and Bradley believe they have a workable plan. At least, the idea has been passed on to Gen. MacArthur. He'll try it out on the troops. They'll decide whether it works. The idea is this: We've got thousands of battle-tested privates in Korea. They've got plenty of savvy and they'd make good non-coms. Most of them want to be. So—if they're willing to stick it out a while longer—the Army may offer them spot promotions in lieu of refurn-to the United States or Japan. They'll become first sergeants, platoon sergeants, etc, and take over. The top grade non-coms they replace can be brought home. And fresh privates and corporals can be sent out to replace those who get promoted.
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SOUTH AMERICA . . . By Frederick C. Othman Ahhhh-February Sunstroke, Evita Peron, 10-Cent Beefsteaks
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—-Buying a pair of seersucker pants and shoes with holes punched in ’em is no easy thing in the midst of a small blizzard. The merchandise is in mothballs and the man thinks you are nuts. But I persevered and by the timé you read this I should be en route to the lands of the Incas, Llamas, 10 - cent Dbeefsteaks, February sunstrokes, and Evita Peron, a lady with whom I hope to have a chat before many more days have passed. It is now midsummer in South America and the been made that I am going down there to take my ease with a pisco sour under a striped umbrella, This I deny. I intend to investigate conditions.
My experience with South America so far consists of reading the newspapers, which seem to print stories from there mostly about earthquakes, avalanches, and two-headed babies. Dispatches on what South Americans do for a living, what they think about Communists and how they spend their evenings are few and far between. This I propose to do something about on the theory that since they are people, they are bound to be interesting.
The rumor persists that Adolph Hitler never was killed and that he now lives in the wilds of Southern Chile. I'll be there soon and take a look around for him.
I'm flying direct from Miami via Pan Amer-ican-Grace Airlines to Santiago, with Ilegstretching stops at Panama, and Lima, Peru. If I don’t locate Der Fuehrer, I'll surely have a report for Sen. Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.) on what I hear tell is the lushest gambling joint, bar none, in the world. It’s on the seashore, south of Santiago.
From there I'm flying across the Andes to Buenos Aires, where the blonde Evita is perhaps the globe's most powerful lady and where everybody eats filet mignon, because it's the cheapest food there is. I'll drop in on Monte-
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There have been many poets who . ... put all their thoughts in words . . . to tell of all that's wonderful . . . of nature and the birds . . . and I have tried to do the same . . . and have succeeded too , . . but sad alas I've been a failure . « when I write of you . . . my thoughts can paint a picture of . . . your gorgeous face and hair . . . but when I come te write them down . + « the words just aren’t there . . . I do suppose it’s just because . . . your beauty is so .great . + » that feeble words from such as I . . . can never ‘ustly state . . . and that is why each time that 1. . try to sing your praises ... I am lost beyond all help . . . lost with Inadequate phrases. —By Ben Burroughs.
video, where an international film festival is In progress; there I intend, if I am able, to see no movies, but to interview some Hollywoodians. They'll have their hair down; I'll bet they'll be surprised. : I'm droping in then on Lima for a few days for a look at the gent who's been imprisoned in the Colombian Embassy for the last couple of years and to buy a chicken that lays blue eggs; that is, if Panagra doesn’t mind hauling this fowl in my baggage.
American Passport IN BOLIVIA I don’t know what I'll find, or Uruguay, either. If for a day or two my piece does not appear in the papers, you can presume I found nothing, but this is not likely. People live there, too. All the places I'm dropping in on, except Peru, now ask for only an .American passport, Peru still insists on a visa, but that wasn’t much trouble, once the Peruvian in charge got back from lunch. Hasta la vista.
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Views on News
By DAN KIDNEY
\ LEFT and Right — The Progressive Party and the DAR both opposed sending troops to Europe before a Senate committee. SoS FINDING those spears in the Korean trenches seems to indicate the Chinese Reds are preparing for World War IV. oo < oe DR. HEWLITT JOHNSON, the Red Dean of Canterbury, continues to use Pravda for his prayer book. 3 oe “ TIMES are so trying that heart specialists are advising people to relax and enjoy their high blood pressure. dS DD PRICE Stabilization Director DiSalle says things will “level off” by next summer. Problem is to live that long under the American plan viz. three meals a day. > PS PRESIDENT TRUMAN took a trip to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, An ideal week-end away from Washington where nobody seems able to prove anything. OW oo TURKEY has Democrat and Republican politicians now, each calling the other names. It would be 100 per cent American, except they don’t drink. > S SOVIET satellite citizens don’t have to believe Stalin's peace offensive—they know it. eal hl s THE 38TH has no parallel in U. 8S. history and we hope it never will.
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y ‘t's Tough on $11,000 MR. EDITOR: ; ; Thanks for printing my letter regarding the pay raise for police and firemen. I see why the Star hasn't printed it. They are supporting a bill to increase judges’ salaries. As per Rep, James 8. Hunter in the Star today (Feb. 20). “This is the first time the Indianapolis Star has supported a good piece of legislation in the 1851 General Assembly.” In times like these--this is good legislation? . : Rr eg state judges ‘are only making $11,000 per year. I can understand, with prices rising, that new Cadillac is going to cost more, I don't know how many thousand a year increase they're asking but let's say $2500. ; , ¢ * @ PO YOU know that’s more than the mini. mum yearly salary for police and firemen? That's why so many of them have extra jobs and their wives are working. You know police and firemen are not allowed to strike, but they can resign, and many of them are doing it. They can make more money in almost any other form of work, and only work 40 hours per week and spend Christmas and other holidays with their families. And maybe even go to see the 500-mile race instead of working 12 hours on race day, directing
trafic and protecting the lives of the white
collar boys, to whom this is a must every year. Let’s hear from some of you taxpayers in
the Hoosier Forum. Write your Senator, Con=\.
gressman, etc. before this bill goes to the Senate and our taxes will go higher and higher. Do you think $11,000 a year is being underpaid? —Mrs. P. E. M,, a policeman’s wife
‘How Can We Live?’ MR. EDITOR: 1 am another policeman’s wife, writing in regards to the raise the police were refused. Senator Kendall says we should re-examine our budgets. Does he realize the average officer makes approximately $1.10 per hour? They
° work 56 hours per week—no 1% for overtime
or Sunday—no bonus for night work. When they go to court, working 3-11 and 11-7, they go on their own time. Would the liberal Senator like to work all night, then go to court and sit, perhaps a couple of hours, waiting for his case to be called? Then maybe have it continued to another day, with no bonus or pay for those lost hours? All this for $1.10 per hour? ; > + 4 COULD he pay for rent, insurance, utilities, groceries, fuel, taxes, clothing, school books, etc. on $1.10 per hour? Our cost of living has increased also, but we haven't been paid accordingly. But our husbands can’t strike and hold out for higher pay. We don’t expect to live as highly as the state officials, but we would like to have a few extra dollars in the bank for emergencies, Our husbands risk their lives everyday to protect and help others. Would you do it for $1.10 per hour, Senator Kendall? 1 The public demands an honest police force— which they should have. We need reliable, trained men. Why not give them a sufficient salary to keep the standards and give the police an incentive. ~—City Policeman's Wife
‘Keep the Force Up’ MR. EDITOR:
So the police and firemen were denied a much needed raise because the taxpayers wouldn't approve. I noticed the legislators gave themselves one though. How about the two bills to increase salaries of elected state officials from 3 to 10 thousand dollars. If the taxpayer will balk at giving police and firemen a raise they most certainly will not favor an increase for the top state officials. Indianapolis has one of the finest police and fire departments in the country, but if something isn't done soon to keep the men from quitting to enter private employment, we will be without adequate police and fire protection. Everything considered, the police and firemen make less money than the garbage collectors. s ~—Policeman’s Wife, City
‘Bread and Butter’ MR. EDITOR:
This is a letter in defense of our own bread and butter. We are wondering what good reason the State Legislature and City Council have in refusing us our first pay increase in tour years. Every day there seems to be a bill passed in our State Legislature giving raises to judges and other politicians of $1000 and up. How muchsdo these lawmakers receive for their time spent in trying to pass bills for their own interest? It's too bad that we even have to go to the State Legislature for aid in trying to get a decent living. How many of these men would have been willing to be out with us for hours at a time during the last two months for the wages that we receive? ® od THE Fire Department is seriously undermanned now and if aid is not given us soon the situation will be acute, thanks to the shortsightedeness of our city fathers. We ask only for a decent standard of living that they themselves are enjoying. It was a bit ironical to see in last Thursday's Star the article that the legislature had killed our pay increase, especially since this article was right next to a picture of an injured fire. man. We hope this article will be printed so that everyone may read fit. A Group of City Firemen,
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 — British Prime Minister Ernest Bevin's insistence on United Nations approval for re-crossing the 38th Parallel in Korea caught Washington by surprise. It was a little bit like Sen. Robert A. Taft's insistence that the United States should get out of Korea and his opposition to sending
military strategists no end of trouble in their staff planning.
United Nations representatives in Washington have been kept fully briefed by State Department and Pentagon on Korean developments. Every nation that has sent troops to Korea has been informed how its contingent was being used, and how it fitted in with broader strategy.
State Department has met with ambassadors from the Allied countries twice a week. Pentagon has briefed military attaches at the embassies and the combined chiefs of staff representatives in Washington almost daily. Both have agreed on policies and approved moves made by Gen. MacArthur in the field.
thing was rolling as smoothly as could be expected. Prime Minister Bevin's balk upset the apgecart. It has dumped inMacArthur's lap a political question he was trying to
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destroy the Communist armies first, without reference to defending any cities or holding
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IN ANNOUNCING Assistant Secretary of State Edward G. Miller's latest trip around South ‘America, Secretary: of State Dean Acheson mentioned that Secretary Miller, as head of Latin - American affairs, would be in Buenos Aires during the Pan-American games. They're modeled after the Olympic games, and will be held every four years in a different Western Hemisphere country. “But,” sald Secretary Acheson at the end of his formal announcement, ‘Secretary Miller is not entering the games himself.”
” o n DEPARTMENT of Defense Procurements officers are giving Price bilizer Michael DiSalle plenty of headaches by
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tions from price ceiling regulations, The Armed Services justify their requests by statements they can't get manufacturers to take contracts under ceiling prices. Flexible, unfrozen prices on raw materials like wool and hides are what make fixedprice contracts hard to negotiate. So Defense officials shoot over to the Office of Price Stabilization requests for exemptions that will permit contracts for uniforms and shoes at above ceiling prices.. Reluctantly, OPS has to agree to the exemptions so that the Armed Services can get what they say they need when they need it. And with every exemption, there goes into the economy some more government built in inflation. : i 2 = - = BIG, tired Cyrus Ching, chairman of the Wage Stabilization Board, sighed wearily after weeks and weeks of long days and longer nights of conferences and arguments, trying to get agreement on a wage freeze policy. “If I ever get out of this mess,” he said with a weary smile, “I'll never love another country) Of course he didn’t mean it.
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and more persistently to bring industrial peace to the United States than this patient and understanding ex-streetcar man
who rose to become head of a.
rubber company and one of
“(America’s greatest experts on
labor relations. 2 He has been criticized by capitalist-baiters among the rowdier elements of the labor
unions, as being too old. He is 75 and was born poor on Prince Edward Island. But nobody can be too old or too wise in this relatively new science of industrial relations, That's what it takes—experience—to get hot-heads and sore-heads to work out their differences like grown men instead of walking out of conferences like spoiled brats when they can't have their way in everything, in a time of national crisis. The job of the peace-maker is always filled with ‘trial and tribulation. Sometimes the game may. seem to be not worth the candle. Cy Ching has earned retirement, if that's what he wants. But nobody has served this country more
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