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’ Give IAoht ana the People Will Fina Thete Own Way

Far From Licked . I THE first time since Korea, the climb of the “cost of living" ‘has almost stopped. The government's official index rose ply a tenth of one per cent in the month ending Apr’ 15 and later figures, not,yet made public, are said to indicate no marked trend since.

Several factors can be thanked for this welcome devel-

opment. The belated effort to enforce price-wage controls has helped to curb the buy-now-before-prices-go-higher rush. Restraints on credit buying have played a useful role. Federal Reserve System policies have made commercial credit somewhat tighter. And, most important, the government has been living within its income.

ALL THAT is to the good—but it doesn’t mean that inflation has been licked. Far from it.

The federal budget is temporarily balanced only because

defense spending still is a long way below the heights it will reach in the near future. Armament production soon will require vastly more manpower and materials, leaving less to produce goods for civilians. And, unless the American people and their government act wisely, the cost of living will resume and speed up its climb. ~ It is not wise to demand that price and wage controls be relaxed or abolished; not wise to seek removal of credit restraints; not wise to oppose tax increases adequate to keep the federal budget in balance; not wise to resist deep cuts in government spending for any purpose that isn't essential. For the fact is that inflation has hardly begun to fight. Tf the people and their government don’t fight back with every available weapon, inflation will win the battle.

Na Occasion for War

THE Iranian government has given officials of the Britishowned Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. until Tuesday to appoint a committee to arrange for transfer of its properties to government control. - If the company ignores this ultimatum, the government asserts, It will take immediate possession of the properties. Britain has replied by sending a parachute brigade of 4000 men to the island of Cyprus, within easy striking d ~tance of the oil concession. Iranian officials have warned that the first shot fired will touch off a “holy war” between the West and the Moslem world, and the Russians have hinted that if British troops invade Iran they will be met by Soviet troops.

» » ” ATTEMPTS fo mediate this dispute have failed because, in the present state of Iranian public opinion, the country’s weak government is not a free agent. Britain should recognize this obvious fact and make the best deal it can with the Iranians, for the issue is not one on which Britain's Allies would choose to go to war. The Iranians cannot operate this huge enterprise without much technical assistance, which the Anglo-Iranian Company can most readily supply. A temporary arrangement now might result in a a later partnership agreement and resolve difficulties which now seem unsurmountable. The United States should use its influence with the British to bring about an amicable settlement on some such basis. The State Department's warning notes to Iran have only made a bad matter worse, and there should be no more of them.

Our Military Leaders MERICA has a right to be deeply proud of the character and caliber of its top military men. Not only are they of high soldierly attainment, but they are firmly devoted to the belief that great military power is best used to prevent war—not to wage it. When Gen. MacArthur returned home in April after long years on foreign soil, he was fittingly honored for his achievements. Yet it must not be forgotten he was only one member of the bright galaxy of generals and admirals who fashioned victory for America and its allies in World War II If there was any supreme architect of victory, it is the consensus of military analysts that it was Gen. Marshall, then Army Chief of Staff and now Secretary of Defense. Marshall first gained stature in World War I as a great military organizer. He has always been that, and in World War II he put that talent to work to weld into shape the biggest and most effective fighting force the nation ever fielded. He is a striking example of the selfless public servant, totally dedicated to the service of his country. Gen. Bradley is another of the same stripe. The present head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was regarded as our ablest field commander in the European theater in World War II. He is a true professional, a soldier's soldier, admired for his ability and as a humble human being. New words can't add to the wartime accomplishments of Gen. Eisenhower, the soldier-statesman who whipped into a fine fighting team the forces of diverse nations allied against the Nazis in Europe. In the light of their record, their abilities and their aims, we can and must trust these men to steer a wise course for us in this all-out struggle against communism. They have earned our confidence by performance.

Great Dane ENMARK'S big handsome King Frederik posed for pictures the other day with his shirt off to display two unpublicized facts about himself; he has a 45-inch chest and he is beautifully tattooed with dragons, anchors and stars. There's a man with a future, if he ever steps down from his throne: Wrestling on television.

Near Miss

WE DON'T pretend fo expertness in the. pronunciation of Chinese names. But for clarity, and even geographical accuracy, we would strive to come a little nearer the target than Sen. Capehart of Indiana. According to Washington advices about the great debate, Sen. Capehart persists in calling the head of the

Nationalist government Shanghai Check.

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Times _HE WILL, HE WON'T .

4 By Charles ‘Lucey

Pity The Poor Daisy—Harry’ s Got The Demos In A Fluster

WASHINGTON, May 26-—The . he-will-he-won't daisy plucking over whether President Truman will be a 1952 candidate, enlivened by his puzzling sallles Thursday, is catalogued as follow§ by his political friends: By those who say yes— ONE: No man, especially the one holding the world's biggest job, ever gives up power willingly. It s heady stuff even for modest men. TWO: Lack of a ready White House heir. Nobody knows for sure whether Gen, Dwight

Eisenhower will decide he's a Democrat or Republican, and there's no burst of enthusiasm for Supreme Court Justice Fred Vinson or most others. THREE: The boys in the manifested by the

back room, as ‘draft Truman” talk from

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the Democratic National Committee meeting In Denver, are beginning to whoop it up for. the man they think might win again over great odds. FOUR: Mr. Truman's own confidence of his ability to get on the back platform of a transcontinental train and pull the country to his side again. FIVE: Mr. Truman's own interest in trying to ‘complete the job of winning the peace.” Democratic leaders would argue that Republican victory, especially if Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio is the GOP nominee, would turn the country away from co-operation with the rest of the world. SIX: His statement Thursday that he considers himset now serving his first and not his

By Frederick C. Othman

Broker Tries to Arrange Quiet Funeral for Rent Controls

WASHINGTON, May 26—Alexander Summer of Teaneck is one of New Jersey's leading realty agents; a large pink-cheeked, jovial individual in a handsome gray suit. Like real estate salesmen in general, he proved to be a very persuasive fellow. My guess is that he just about talked the Senate Banking and Currency Committee into allowing national rent control to die, unmourned, in one month and five

days more. None too soon, either, said Mr.

Summer, speaking as president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Rent Controller Tighe Woods, he said, has cried wolf once too often. Tighe predicted a while back when rents were put on the decontrol (I wish I could think of a better word) list in 1400 cities that there'd be mass exictions and riots. No such horrid things happened, Mr. Summer said. Rents went up 19 per cent on the average and nobady can complain about that in times like these. The trouble, Mr. Summer continued, is that too many people picture landlords as wearing high silk hats, riding in Cadillac sedans, and smoking 50-cent cigars. Fact is, he said, 73 per cent of landlords are poor. Some poorer than their tenants, “Many wealthy tenants are living in the homes of many poor landlords,” was the way he nut it. It turned out that Mr. commuting -to Washington since 1942 on the subject of rent control. During the war he tried

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to persuade the masterminds to be a little more sensible in their decisions. Some of these, you may remember, were lulus. After the armistice, Mr. Summer devoted his time here to getting the rental bureaucrats abolished. Now that he looks back on the fight, he's not at all sure— from his own, personal, selfish viewpoint—that he should have bothered. “We real estate brokers were very foolish to oppose rent control” he explained. “We earned a lot of commissions selling houses to renters who were forced to buy.” He went on to say that if everybody's rent

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was reduced to zero, it still would have no effect.

on inflation because the people simply would spend their rent money somewhere else. Even as it is, he said, Americans spend more for drinking liquor than they do for rents. “What?” demanded the incredulous Sen. Homer Capehart (R. Ind.) “Yes, sir.” said Mr. Summer. ‘Seven billion dollars are spent annually-.for rents—and $9 billion for alcoholic beverages.”

The Black Line

THIS super salesman (and I do not intend to be sarcastic) then got out the clincher. He put upon an easel a large chart. The red line showed rents going up a little. The green line indicated that clothing was soaring, while the blue line showed food climbing even higher. But the black line went off the top of the chart and Mr. Summer had a piece of black ribbon attached to a pointer to show the statesmen how much higher than the chart, even, salaries had soared. The questioning indicated that most of the Senators, including a majority of the Democrats, were on his side. His logic practically sold me, though I'm still willing to hear what Tighe has to say Salesman Summer fortunately did not go to work on me with a house for sale. Otherwise, I'm sure I'd have left with title to a bungalow and a 20-year mortgage in my pocket.

WASHINGTON, May 26— ~ It's too bad the late Gen. George 8S. Patton Jr. couldn’t have been around this week. He'd have taken a delight in lifting a flagon to the appointment of Lt. Gen Otto Paul Weyland as commander of the Far East Air Forces. Georgie Patton probably would have seen no reason for revising a toast he proposed to Gen. Weyland in the spring of 1945, shortly after the Patton-led Third Army—brilliantly supported by Gen. Weyland's 18th Tactical Air Command-—had dashed to the Rhine. It was simple: “To the best damned gen- . eral in thes Air Corps.” Such admiration on the part of a ground forces officer for a fly boy was rare in World War II. Usually, indeed, your foot soldier could be found ~ cursing the airplane "drivers for not being around when needed, for living too high, or Just for being too Handsome.

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By Galbraith A FLAGON TO OPIE . . . . ‘To the Best Damn General in the Air Corps’

second term. Also, his obvious hope that he can get away from Waghington soon to tell the people about his foreign and domestic policies. *

THE TALLY of those who argue Mr, Tru-

man will not run— + ONE: The President belieyes his place in history now is secure. He tells his visitors of the fact that he has had to make more major decisions than any President before him, If the Korean War can be brought to an end without giving away everything to the Communists, and if the North Atlantic treaty grofip can build up a Western European defense, Mr. Truman ‘would be able to step out of the Presidency as the man who led the world in stopping Soviet expansion. TWO: The chances are good that, retiring in 1952, Mr. Truman would leave the White House with the country still at a high rate of prosperity. But nobody could guarantee that a serious Ea dip-would not come along ha a subsear term,

to his remaining in public life.

dency from his shoulders almost certainly would mean-a longer life. Mr. Truman will leave the White House financially better off than he ever was before. FOUR: Mr. Truman is weary of having trouble getting good men to come into government service. Even some of his close friends saying he's playing with his third team now and has no replacements in sight. FIVE: Despite his defense of his administration, he's reported fed up with charges of petty graft and influence leveled against the men working for him, and would be glad to be rid of the whole thing. President Truman has said that he has made up his mind what his decision will be. But it's a cinch his war of nerves on the question will continue—because, if he had decided against run-

GOAN ERRARRNNY,

‘Outmoded Jury System’ MR. EDITOR:

The digust at the findings of the juries, as expressed by Judges Chamberlin and Johnson, truly justifies the refharks of Mark Twain in his “Roughing It.” The great humorist said, “The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.” And yet, in this enlightened age, we still cling to the outmoded jury system, when many of the nation’s leading jurists decry its usage. - But what can the lawyers expect, when our Congress and state legislatures are so attorneyridden, constantly making up new laws which obviously are loopholes to enable crooks to slip through the clutches of the law by the employment of slick lawyers, It is a joke, a tragic joke, that high-minded attorneys throughout every state in the Union, do not start cleaning up of the law from within their own ranks. Is it any wonder that lawyers are always jokingly referred to? I refer only to the shysters, not the decent, ethical attorneys.

—Disgusted, City.

‘More Playgrounds?’ MR. EDITOR:

Sometimes we wonder why there is so much “child death” due to the lack of public playgrounds. Most of the deaths are caused by children playing in the streets when they should have a supervised playground. In the past few weeks, Indianapolis has been putting in a new street in front of police headquarters and from 224 St. north on Delaware St. You taxpayers are of course paying for those new streets, yet the officials of Indianapolis think only of making our city a showplace. Seven weeks ago, a little boy of West Indianapolis was put in the hospital after being hit by a car. He is still carrying a cast around his body, all because of the lack of playgrounds where his mother could take him for the day. So, what do you think? Do we need more playgrounds? - —G. E. Palmer, 2121 Barrett Ave.

‘Unfair Attack’ MR. EDITOR:

Mrs. Walter Haggerty's letter leaves a doubt in my mind. Is it an outburst at Gen. MacArthur or a belated tribute for Mother's Day to the hands which rock the cradle? Even the General's enemies can't deny his achievements are noteworthy. He has said no “ugly words” regarding Truman. Such namecalling as “Great Fizzie Wig” is as childish as it is unwarranted. As for good mothers, few desire recognition for a job so willingly sought. There is ample repayment in the pride a mother takes in her child’s every accomplishment, her deep pleasure in every happiness her child enjoys. So paraphrase an old saying, “Motherhood is its own reward.” And with another birthday close at hand, I can just feel this mother ‘beginning to fade away. —Mrs. Glenn Dickerson, 1850 Norfolk St.

Take a Bow, Donna MR. EDITOR:

Miss Mikels’ story in Monday's Times on the little boy who was hit by a car, was one of the best newspaper stories I've ever read in my life. It was magnificent eye-witness coverage, excellently written. Heartiest, ‘sincerest congratulations to her. : —Mark Gross, City

By Andrew Tully

But between Gen. Patton and Gen. Weyland—then a brigadier—it was different.

The President's family is “opposed He will be 68 , +» next year and lifting the burdens of the Presi<

HOOSIER FORUM—‘Poor Law’

“I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."

word of gratitude for sending us Opie Weyland.” A temporary lieutenant-gen-

ning, to say so flatly would pull the rug from under the leadership he wishes to continue to exercise at home and abroad. There is strong feeling among those who know the Trumans as a family that the President will go along with Mrs. Truman's wish that 1e retire. But he said in all good humor Thurs-

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day Mrs. Truman had opposed his holding public office for 30 years but that he had gone right on office-holding. The statement that he considers he is serving his first term because it is the first term to which he was elected, was seen as an indication that he wants to leave his “eligibility” fully established. Actually, of course, the new Constitutional Amendment barring a third elected term exempts Mr. Truman. Yet those who think he'll not run again say he would do nothing to violate the spi behind this basic law.

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‘School Probe’ MR. EDITOR:

It is interesting to observe the alacrity with which the Indiana State Teachers Association has taken up the defense of the teachers who were recently discharged in Spencer County. Perhaps this investigation will bring to light injustice that exists in other schools, those administered by superintendents and school boards as well as those managed by township trustees. In some schools the Indiana State Teachers Association continues to condone the administrations by which teachers are tyrannized. Many teachers fail to recall that the schools do not exist for their benefit but that the schools belong to their pupils. Much of the disrespect for teachers in general that I have encountered among my pupils in 11 years is justified. Pupils can complete 12 years of schooling now days without studying under a teacher whose chief interest is in gaining knowledge and in imparting the results of his learning to the pupils in his charge. The effectiveness of the public schools of Indiana would be more far reaching if teachers were as interested in continuing their own personal learning as they are in improving their financial status. —Francis Allan Fay, 1114 Franklin St.

“MacArthur Issue’

MR. EDITOR:

Mrs. Walter Haggerty, inan attempt to smear Gen. MacArthur, says, I ‘doubt if there is a single mother living who would vote for a military man for President.”

I do not wish to argue the question although I presume there are quite a few who would vote for almost any one in preference to Harry Truman. However, in view of the fact that we never had a war when a military man was President the mothers might do a lot worse than to vote for one. —C. D. C., Terre Haute.

Views on News

By DAN KIDNEY

IF President Truman does decide to run again, the Democrats will have a made-to-order campaign song—Keep the Home Fires Burning. © & SEN. SPARKMAN says he thinks the MacArthur matter is “water over the dam.” That leaves everything as settled as a whirlpool. ° & oS IF HALF of what our-statesmen say about each other is true, it is no wonder 80 many citizens fail to vote. ® & ¢ ANTI-SOCIAL NOTE — Secretary of State Acheson will not accept any “invitation out” unless it comes from the - 7 White House. © ¢ :

STATESMAN 1951 — A talking machine politician. S 4 o PROGRESS NOTE—Civilized flamethrowers are more efficient than the old savage burnings at the stake. S » ¢

SOME Iranians seem to want a Holy War, with oil in the holes.

half a month last year. The average ground soldier in Korea probably won't get

From the day the Third Army went into action in Normandy, George . Patton—a hard man to please—never missed an opportunity to lay on lavish praise for Gen. Weyland’s 19th TAC. Consistantly, he emphasized the importance of air support. And time after time he would conclude a report with the acknowledgement that the feats of the ground troops described therein would have been impossible without the assistance of “Opie” Weyland's 19th TAC.

o ” ” THERE were, naturally, times when the famous Patton temper flared between the two

men. But Opie Wayland's coolness and logic generally were equal to such crisis, “I get along with Opie,” Gen. Patton once told an aide, “because he's not always trying to convince me a thiffg is impossible just hecanee it can't he done.” Another time when Gen. Patton was being congratulated by some correspondents on the speed of his dash to the Rhine, he grinned and cracked, “Yep, but when I thank God for success I always get in a

eral—his permanent rank Is major general—Opie Weyland at 49 is a good example of the career Air Force man who climbed slowly to the top. After graduating from Texas A. and M. College in 1923; he joined the Air Service of the regular Army and was a second lieutenant from 1924 to 1930. Eleven years later—just two days before Pear! Harbor —he was promoted to the tem-

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onel. - n & AFTER his return to the U. 8. in September, 1945, he served as assistant commandant of the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kas.; as assistant chief of Air Staff for Plans and as deputy commandant of the National War College. Then, in July, 1950, he got his big job—commanding general of the Tactical Air Command. Several days later, he lost it—to take over the job of vice commander for operations of the Far Fast Air Forces. He had returned to the U. 8. only a month ago to serve as deputy commander of the Tactical Air Command ~—the outfit he'd bossed for a

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excited about the naming of a new air general out there. He's probably never even heard of Otto Paul Weyland. But it might be some comfort to him to know that the new man comes highly recommended as a fly boy who knows how to support the infantry—and that even Georgie Paiion thought he was hot stuff,

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