Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1951 — Page 14

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“transferring Formosa to the Chinese Reds or«seating®’ them in the United Nations has narrowed the area of disagreement between himself and Gen. MacArthur. The fact that a United States military mission is now in Formosa, advising the Chinese Nationalists on measures for defense of that island against Communist attack, also

is reassuring.

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However, the State Department has not yet been brought around to the attitude toward Formosa which is shared by these two distinguished soldiers. Secrétary Marshall told the Senate committee he would oppose seating the Chinese Reds in the United Nations, even to the point of using the veto to keep them out, if that were necessary. But Ambassador Austin, principal U. 8. delegate to the United Nations, promptly replied that the veto would not apply on a question of this kind.

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THE issue, Mr.

Austin said, was one which would have

to be decided by a two-thirds vote of the 60 members of the United Nations General Assembly.” That is the British view, which our State Department heretofore has accepted. 80 the official American position will remain in doubt until Secretary of State Acheson has been heard by the

committee. ,

Since Formosa would be recognized as the praperty of the legal government of China, the unseating of the Nationalist delegation in the United Nations and its replacement by the Red claimants would give Communist China clear title to that strategic island and domination

over eight million more people.

Waiving all technicalities, the State Department could settle this question simply by letting it be known that the moment the Chinese Reds walked into the United Nations

the United States would walk out.

Without American support, the United Nations would collapse. And no nation understands that better than Britain, which is leading the appeasement bloc. both Britain and France need to be told that the United States will countenance no more abject surrenders to Com-

Moreover,

EUROPEAN DEFENSE .

. By Ludwell Denny

Red Troop Movements Draw Allies Closer To The U. S. Outlook

LONDON, May 15 Global military conferences are being held by the Allies as Russia steps up troop movements both in Asia and Europe. : While the Allies guess that Russia is not ready for the next. attack, they xnow they don’t’ know. So, European cabinets which only recently thought they had plenty of time now agree with U. 8. Defense Secretary Geonge C

Marshall that Russia might strike “at..any moment.” Reports received here of Premier Stalin's

latest military moves include: Concentration of a large satellite army ol Asiatics and Europeans in Manchuria, with an estimated strength of more than 700,000 troops, eompikte with its own air force. This interna 4

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tional Red army including Japanese is reported additional to the Chinese and Russian forces

,massed in Manchuria, Siberia and Sakhalin.

Stalin also for the past several months ‘has keen Increasing his strength near the Persian

and Turkish frontiers. In East Germany about 30 Soviet divisions are maneuvering, with much larger forces to their rear in Poland. Though it is. unkhown whether the total number in Geérmany have been ircreased, the proportion of armored gdivisions has been stepped up to two thirds of the infantry strength and the Red jet fighter force has been greatly expanded. In the Balkans, Soviet armored divisions dre reported moving from Russia through Romania

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on, in Asia or in Europe.

It is apparent from the testimony thus far in the hearings on, the MacArthur ouster that sound military consid-

erations have been sacrificed to political expediency.

In

the main, these political concessions led to the misunderstanding between Gen. MacArthur and the State and Defense Departments. Now this area of disagreement is being narrowed as secret diplomaey comes under the spotlight of

publicity.

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SINCE Gen. MacArthur's triumphant return to this country the United Nations has been goaded into moving toward an arms embargo against Red China. That falls far short of a complete economic blockade, such as our Navy could enforce, but it is a move in the right

direction.

It also seems to be understood that our Air Force will be released from its shackles if Communist air power is used

inst us in force.

*® This is real progress toward unity in this country at feast, even though the administration may be accused of backing into the MacArthur position on some of these issues. But unity is essential, and we must have it at home before we can expect to form a united front with our Allies abroad. Our greatest weakness in this present crisis is in the

leadership of the State Department.

It is floundering in

the morass of its past mistakes, and apparently is further handicapped by secret commitments which have been with-

held froin the American people.

President Truman could correct this situation by simply picking up a telephone and asking Secretary Acheson for his resignation. Mr. Truman will have to do that eventually,

and he ought to do it now.

It Can Be Cut

VEN many of the firmest advocates of government economy assume that one big item in President Truman's $71.6 budget-—the $5.9 billion labeled for interest on the

national debt—can’t possibly be cut. They appear to be mistaken. researcher for Tax Foundation, Inec., this item.

represents “hidden subsidies”

William Barnhard, a has heen studying He concludes that more than $200 million of it that can be reduced or

eliminated without in any way affecting the interest paid to individuals and private institutions which have invested

in government bonds.

Only $4.8 billion will be paid to such bond holders,

Mr. Barnard writes in “Tax Outlook,” publication. The other $1.3. billion ments at ‘‘excessive rates’

federal corporations-

chiefly

the foundation's | interest to government trust funds and _contains fhe subsidies.

pay-

we. THE. government, for.instance,pays-interest-rates—of-

3 to 4 per cent to a number of its own trust funds. Treasury Secretary Snyder has estimated that it could save $145

NO STRINGS

million a year by paying these funds only the average 2.2 per cent interest received by private holders of U. S. bonds. The government borrows money from the public and supplies it, without charging interest, to various government corporations. These invest their idlé funds in U. 8. securities, at interest. In effect, the government pays interest twice on the same money, first to. private investors then to. its own

corporations.

The Treasury pays 6 per cent interest on tax refunds, That makes it possible for taxpayers deliberately to pay more than they owe and get a handsome guaranteed return on the amount of overpayments. Mr. Barnhard's article cites other examples, Congress

“would do ‘well to study

it carefully. Many members of

Congress may be reluctant to trim those ‘ ‘hidden subsidies,” but they can't leave them uncut on the theory that the whole $5.9 billion budget item for interest on the Ration]

debt W utguctiaiis,

By Frederick C. Othman

Uncle Will Take Your Cash, But—

WASHINGTON, May 15--If you want to make a gift to your-Uncle Samuel, you may do so. But you've got to trust him not to waste it. Try to send Uncle some money to buy a battleship, or even a piano for a soldiers’ canteen, and he’ll send it back with a polite note saying it is against the law for him to accept any presents with strings attached. This pains Mr. Moneybags, Secretary of Treasury John Snyder. He wants a law permitting Uncle to receive with thanks anything you kindly citizens care to donate and for whatever purpose. So Congress has before it such a bill, Senate No. 1230, authorizing gifts to the government for specific purposes, It undoubtedly will become law. This is because there are so many people clamoring now for the right to make specific bequests to their government. If they aren't permitted to do so, according to Sen. John I. McClellan (D. Ark), they'll probably get sore, And when a taxpayer wants to give Uncle something extra, the gentleman from Arkansas figures it is well to keep him in good humor. During the last war. there was emergency legislation which let the generous ones make such gifts, and the totals are surprising. Of their .own free will and without any thought of repayment they sent Uncle checks, small change, and money orders ranging in values from 15 cents to $320,000. They sent him $3.285,175.79 to build extra flying machines; $100,76845 earmarked for battleships; $136,933.37 for guns and bullets; $455,807.60 for entertainment of troops; $166.663.36 for medicines, and $1,120,437.52 for what the treasury called vehicles, Mostly the generous ones meant ambulances, though some said their money was to be spent for tanks. Not one included any donations for sedans for the military brass In one war year alone they

SIDE GLANCES

also shipped

2.8 million packages of cigarets; 527 large bundles of books; 200,000 decks of playing cards: 56,000 phonograph records, and one spinet piano. They gave the .government 2000 dogs; 2000 bathrobes, 2118 pairs of slippers, and numerous other items like movie projectors, game Kits,

and reels of movie film. One thoughtful soul.

presented Uncle a used wheel chair in first-

class condition.

Just a Drizzle

WHEN the shooting ended, the old rules about unconditional gifts went into effect again and the shower for Uncle turned into a drizzle. Who'd give him money to build an atom bomb when maybe he'd use it to redecorate the private dining room of a cabinet officer? So during the vear ending Apr. 25, Mr. Snyder had to report that the people had given their government only $38.000 in cash to use as it sees fit. The Treasury also received $1600 which the donors wanted used for specific purposes. Mr. Snyder hates to send this back. He's hanging on to it, while waiting to see what Congress does. That's the story. The total amount of gifts probably won't mean much in these days of multi-billion-dollar budgets, but as Sen. MeClellan says, every little bit helps. And, furthermore, it makes the donors feel happy. This proves that it is better to give than receive and as soon as Uncle decides he can accept it, I have a gift for him, too. One package of red tape.

THE DREAMER'S WAY

THE same old thing from day to day ... the same old way of going ... to my work and back again .. . the same old thoughts are flowing . . . the same old sun to welcome me . . . and guide me on my way . .. the same old stars that fleece the blue . . . when night time follows day . . . the same heartaches and worry . . . nothing's ever really’ new . . . for life follows a pattern . . . of a never changing view . . . but although this is a true look , . . at this world where people scheme . . . I ean make it ever changing . . . all that I must do is dream. —By Ben Burroughs

By Galbraith CONTROLS

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Everybody agrees that rising prices have been checked, for the time being at least. But who gets the credit? Price Administrator Michael DiSalle?” Gen, Matthew Ridgway in Korea? Joe Stalin? Or . of supply and demand? There is no - -unanimity on that.

The anti-price-control crowd claims that Mr. DiSalle cannot sit back and proclaim that he was the one who lajd tock robin low. The chubby price administrator, they say, just happened to be lucky emough to get In with his general price-freeze order on Jan, 26 at a time when the military and supply-demand factors were beginning to generate a leveling-off process. As proof, they point out that Mr. DiSalle himself, soon after issuing the freeze order, predicted a- further general rise of six per cent in prices by

summer .hefore the controls could really take effect. » nun

THAT — barring some new move by Stalin or his satellite bviously isn’t going to happen. Thus, they say, Mr. DiSalle cannot claim credit for

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into Hungary and Bulgaria toward the Turkish, Greek and Yugoslav frontiers. The Allies are holding their strategy meetings from Singapore to Paris to Washington. The Southeast Asia and Pacific Defense Con-

+ ference opens ‘in Singapore today with the ar-

rival of U. 8. Vice Adm. Arthur D. Struble and military staffs including Army and Air officers. Gen. De Lattre De Tassigny, French high commissioner to-Indo-China and a staff of 15 are representing France. Sir John Harding, British commander of the Far East land forces and commander-designate of the Allied army of the Rhine, will be assisted in the Singapore talks by British naval and air Far East commanders. Australia and New Zealand also will be represented.

Preparatory to the Big ‘Three sessions in. Washington on the Mediterranean and Middle.

fast, the British and French have just com-. iin REY BRIA AER TU TOPERE SANE onip AH Cy a sepa PR (Britis - A METI dgedmené dred

in the Mediterranean or the Middle East. The want French command of the Mediterranean aq account of their North African colonies. In the Eastern Mediterranean the French prefer American to a British command, and they oppose a separate Middle East defense pact including the Arab states. Purpose of the discussions and related current negotiations in Washington between the State Department and British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks and Deputy Undersecretary of the Foreign Office Sir Roger Makin, is to remove political barriers to a military agreement. Despite the fact long indecision has left Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's southern flank exposed and Turkey and the Middle East unprotected, both political and military disputes are still holding up action. But Persian nationalization of- the British oil concession, which supplies most of the British naval and air forces, and Egypt's threat to oust the British from the Suez Zone base make London more amendable to speed. A trade of better American support for the British in the Middle East in exchange for closer British co-operation on American-China policy is being explored. Although the British as well as the Scandinavians still object, the guess here is that the U. 8S. will insist on extending the North Atlantic

NATIONAL DEFENSE .

Pact to include Turkey and Greece, as those allies desire. 1f so, the Mediterranean-Middle East defense deadlock probably will be broken by eliminating proposals for a separate Middle East pact and by dividing the Mediterranean. The Eastern area, including Turkey, probably would be under American command. The French probably

would get the West Mediterranean command and the British Gibraltar, which would leave any other over-all Mediterranean command--whether British or American—only a big title with little operational control. “West European officials are not panicky over current Soviet troop movements which they hope are partly usual spring maneuvers and partly bluff. They doubt that Stalin would dare risk war under the present insecure political conditions in the .satellite countries, especially Czechoslovakia and Hungary. . Officials feel the.urgency of strategic planning on a global scale much more than a few weeks ago. But actual speedup in arms production is unlikely in France until after the June 17 election and in Britain until after the election which may not come until autumn.

. By Robert Crater

U. S. Worries About Road System

WASHINGTON, May 15-A surprise attack by enemy bombers, which Defense Secretary (George C. Marshall says could get through our defenses, would be aimed at vital rail centers as well as industrial areas. Military leaders realize railroad yards in Chicago, St. Louis or New York could be knocked out in a surprise attack. The Pentagon has plans of action to follow if this happens.

These secret plans rely on the use of the nation's 40.000 miles of strategic intérstate high-

ways. Trucks would help fill the gap until trains .

could move again. The catch is. we're not spending enough money on our strategic highway system to carry such a load. according to Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, - administrator of the Federal Works Agency.

Not Spending Enough GEN. FLEMING cited a year-old survey showing that $11.2 billion should be spent to put the highway network into first-class condition. Inflationary trends since the survey was made have increased this to $11.4 billion, it was es-

timated. Since 1945, the nation has spent only $500 million on 40,000 vitally important highways. Projects now under construction amount to $350 miliion, and an additional $233 million worth of projects are still on the drawing board.

Highway officials in Washington say we

aren't even spending enough to keep the strategic highway system in its present condition, that we're actually losing ground. Maj. Gen. Frank A. Heileman, chief of transportation for the Army, is a veteran of both World Wars. He

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‘Prayer and War’

MR. EDITOR: The greed for money and power has turned this world inte turmoil and unrest. Parents go against their children and children against their parents. Since the blind leaders of the blind have brought this all about they ask prayers of the people only to heap upon their own lust for power. How can they expect help from God, the Maker of heaven and Earth, until they humble themselves. My prayers go up for the boys who are fighting bloody battles every where. May they look to one who is merciful for help in the time for need . . . Jesus Christ. ; —Mrs. Pearl Coffman, City.

‘The Cyclorama’

MR. EDITOR: Mr. Earl McKee is probably correct in his pelief that the famous cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta once was located in Indianapolis. The cyclorama was completed in a Milwaukee studio in 1887 at a cost of $40,000. It

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has seen thy effect of bombing on railroads and has coped with the transportation problems resulting from damaged rail centers.

Remembers Taxpayer

“WE CAN do wonders in getting bombed rail yards back into operation,” he said. “But there would be a period when we would have to depend upon our highways to meet transportation needs.” Despite the military urgency of a good highway system Gen. Heileman is not unmindful of the taxpayer. He is willing to accept less than a perfect highway system to ease the tax burden. But he knows those 40,000 miles of roads should be in better condition. Any portion of the highway system could be affected by enemy bombing, too, the military planners point out.” But it is easier, they say, to ‘reroute truck traffic than trains. Bridges

“are primary targets, and there are more high=——

way than railroad bridges.

One Bright Spot

GEN. HEILEMAN says the bright spot in our transportation system, in the event of global war, is that we have far more railroads and highways than any SREY Bridges are weak in all land transportation, and the military is carrying on experiments in ey The pontoon-type bridge is the best for wide streams, but rapid strides are being made in developing prefabricated, portable metal structures. Military transportation planners are not

sold on the theory that the United States should ..

be laced by four and six-lane super highways. “They're fine where they're needed,” said one officer. “But in many sections of the nation a good two-lane highway is plenty good enough.”

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wag exhibited in a number of cities, .and sometime between 1887 and 1880 was acquired by the Indianapolis Art Exhibit Co. In 1880 it was old to Paul M. Atkinson, of Madison, Ga., for 2500. After two more salés to Atlantans it was presented to the City of Atlanta and became a part of the municipal park system. William I. Ray Jr, Managing Editor, The Atlanta Jeurnal

‘Same Old Line’

MR. EDITOR: So our Secretary of Defense has answered Gen. MacArthur, en? That's what he thinks. He is just advocating following the same old ap-

peasing, cowardly course that the administra« tion has followed all along. It just won't do. Sen. Jenner hit the nail on the head in his address before the Benate, opposing Marshall's confirmation, He got bis five stars by being a political pet of FDR and he never has seen the front-line service like Gen. MacArthur has, He's just an over-advertised fake. Gen. Marshall and Gen. Vaughan are in the same league, Both are presidential boot lickers .

—FE. C. Everett, City

the Credit for Price Check?

{oday's. stabilization when he knew himself that his controls were so loose they would bend under pressure to permit at least a further six per cent climb. The current stability, argue the anti-price-controllers, is due

buying panic by giving the people confidence that the government wasn’t going to let prices go higher. Thus, “have to rush out and buy something they didn’t immediately . 2 need because of the fear that would be up

controls, the American Farm Bureau - Federation and allied groups are urging higher taxes, tougher credit controls, etc., as the way to stop inflation rather than price-wage controls.

they didn't

next ROGER FLEMING of the

tos factors-.completely. outside. the price Mr. DiSalle’s jurisdiction—the week. successful resistance to the

Chinese Communists in Korea

“I sincerely feel,” Mr. DiSalle

price-wage controls to stop in-

Farm Bureau says the use of

_ by Gen. Ridgway’s forces, no new moves by Stalin & Co, existence of a still good-sized federal surplus produced by tax laws voted by Congress, government controls on credit and the Federal Reserve Board's withdrawal of support of government bonds at par —and-above. But Mr. DiSalle, though not a boastful man, is buying none of this argument. He has said from the start that he well knew that price controls alone were not sufficient to do the job —that higher taxes, credit controls, government economy and such were just as necessary, and some even more so to check rising prices. #” - » HOWEVER, he insists it was + the Impositiof of the general

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told the House Banking Committee, “that the buying race would be continuing to this day if the government hadn't taken action. “If (Office of Price Stabilization) action was not solely responsible, it surely was of crucial importance in getting consumers and business back into & more normal frame of mind — giving merchants time to think of merchandising instead of scrambling for goods.” The anti-price-control people point out in rebuttal that each of the two post-Korea buying waves ended after the military situation there had been stabilized. This shows, they say,

that the public was influenced

by happenings abroad rather

than by what the goysroment

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flation is like putting a lid on

2 kettle of boiling water instead of turning down the flame. The bureau's program, he says, would be a tough one because it really would get at the basic causes of inflation.

The administration’s answer is that the flame must be turned down, but not out. “You certainly could stop inflation by raising taxes so high no one would have any money left,” said Chairman Leon Keyserling of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, “But then you wouldn’t have the incentive to get the increased production we must have.” He sald the same was true of, credit controls and that it was necessary to use a balanced controls program, including

price-wage controls, in a time _ such as the present.’ ’

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