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Se OF Secretary of State Acheson's testimony in the ‘MacArthur hearings is difficult to reconcile with the report on China policy published in the department's White Paper of July, 1049. Mr. Acheson this week told the Senate committee that the Nationalists had lost no battles for lack of ammunition. But the White Paper says Ambassador John Leighton Stuart reported on July 1, 1947, that “persons in direct contact with the Nationalist troops in rural areas state there are insufficient small arms and ammunition to arm all combatant troops now in the field.” Two weeks later the U. S. Consul at Tientsin reported that Fu Tso-yi has raised 100,000 local militia but that “they have no arms.” The Consul was told that if arms could be supplied, “North China can be held against the Communists.”

” » ” A “GENERAL depreciation and depletion of Nationalist equipment and supplies, both ground and air,” was reported on Sept. 19, 1047, by Lt. Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer who had retu to the United States after an on-the-spot survey.. Cabli from China the next day, Ambassador Stuart said there was a “feeling of desperation” in government circles because the Nationalists couldn't get ammunition from the United States. On Feb. 5, 1948, Mr. Stuart told the department that “if American aid should materialize in adequate measure and palatable form, the tide may turn quickly in our favor.” A month later he recorded that “political and military disintegration is now rapidly approaching the long-expected climax,” and that “in their despair, all groups blame America . . . which still delays the long-promised aid upon which the survival of democratic institutions depends.” : On another point: By saying that Chiang Kai-shek “ sought a “political settlement” with the Chinese Communists, Mr. Acheson has created an impression that the idea of a coalition with the Reds originated with Chiang. Yet, the White Paper has Chiang telling Ambassador Clarence Gauss in August, 1944, that the Amercian request that China meet Communist demands “is equivalent to asking China's unconditional surrender to a party known to be under a foreign power’s influence” (the Soviet Union). Similarly, Chiang told Henry Wallace the Communists were “not men of good faith” and that their signature would be “no good.” » - » THE COALITION idea appears to have been the brainchild of the anti-Chiang clique among the U. S. Foreign Service Officers in China. John P. Davies Jr., then in China and now on the State Department's high policy board, told the. department on Nov. 15, 1944, that “a coglition Chinese government, in which the Communists find a satisfactory place, is the solution of this impasse most desirable to us.” fy Mr. Davies added in a subsequent report, “the Generalissimo realizes that if he accedes to the Communist terms for a coalition government, they will sooner or later dispossess him and his Kuomintang of power.” From this it, would appear that Chiang not only opposed the idea of a coalition, but saw in it a device to undermine his government. However, it was Mr. Davies’ theory that once the Communists were in power, the United States could “eapture” them politically, This hardly squares with Mr. Acheson's testimony

the character of the Chinese Communists or the fact that they were Moscow-inspired.”

Rabies Let's Kill It

THE FIRST real move toward unifying the city, county and state drive against rabies was undertaken this week. Government and Chamber of Commerce officials sat down to an off the record session where the boys let down their hair and took a hard look at the facts. It's doubtful they liked what they saw. _. Unfortunately a handful of government officials did not attend. Why, we do not know. But we sincerely hope they will attend future meetings. This is everybody's problem. No one can afford to forget it. It’s been around too long . . . it’s been the shame of the city too long . . . it has cost too many lives . . . too much pain and suffering. It will cost more lives unless we can establish a finified Jolley: . lives that are lost to a disease that need not

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mW TION takes our money and leaves us Pothing to " show for it.” t Army Secretary Frank Pace thus summed up one “of the principal reasons for the leaping costs of rearming. With other defense officials, he was testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee which is trying to find out where the taxpayers’ dollars are going in the defense program. Mr. Pace gave some examples. Price of a pair of combat boots has risen from $6.20 to $11.63 since World War IL An artillery shell, from $12.39 to $29.59. * Navy Secretary Francis Matthews cited blankets, up 134 cent in cost. And wages of unskilled workers $iapioyed on Navy contracts have risen 73 per cent since

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* Under Secretary of Air John A. McCone produced even startling figures. A new B.17 bomber today costs compared with $402,000 for the war-time B-17, get a Norden bombsight for $8000. Today, . part of the new computing and tracking n ‘modern bomber costs $50,000; and the entire im, for a single plane, around $250,000. ‘whure our defense dollars are going and why » show for it. Also why, as defense offiation’s request for $60 billion year is is only ‘a “minimum”

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have organized for monthly sleight-of-hand get - togethers of their own. The ladies, God bless 'em, are

at it again, And, brother, are we in a fix. The darlings are taking up ' legerdomaln To add t6 their numerous tricks. They need no new magic to keep them in style, For this much has always been clear: A gal with a pout that turns _ into a smile-— Can soon make our dough disappear.

” . § - ALTHOUGH nowadays we'll admit her cause is lost. At the paymaster’s “window. Uncle Sam gets there first and the Old Man gets paid off in withholdings receipt§. Even when the hand is quicker than the eye, the real trick these days is for his ever-lovin’ to pick a pocket that has something in it besides unpaid bills. It's getting so that the head of the house (hah!) doesn’t even bother .to line his wallet with barbs any more. In one respect he's lost his old allure. But that doesn’t mean the poor fish isn't hooked. For good. For one reason or another, a lot of ladies still are in favor of husbands. Like that English gal who wrote an American mayor asking him to help her find one. But she may have scratched her chances with one unfortunate clause. Said her man must be ong, who loves cats. Meow.

. UNDER any circumstances, it pays to be careful about what you say in a letter. And where you send it. In President Truman's case, however, it wasn’t the messages that were misdirected. Not until last Saturday, anyway. Then his note to British Prime Minister Attlee was given to Iranian Premier Mohammed Mossadegh by mistake. Fortunately, the one intended for Mohammed was almost identical, so no damage ‘was done. But think of the possible consequences had the two epistles run something like this: “Dear Mo: You need never be skittish About threats being made by the British. Just let the situation jell, And you'll soon find that oil is well.” (and) “Dear Clem: Those poor Irans are tirin’, Your arguments are most inaspirin’, They may get Mossadegh in Duteh, But you'll be well oiled—in the clutch!”

» ” ~ YET WE manage to struggle along. A Supreme Court ruling seems to assure us of color television in the reason‘ably near future. That's not entirely new, however. ‘A lot of folks always saw red whenever the commercials ran over five seconds. * And it shouldn't surprise us if, after some of those recent pShamplonsuips fights, a few like to see es Et ‘wnd razor blade

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EDITOR'S NOTES .

THE CLAMOR about the beef shortage these days sounds quite a lot like the summer of 1946. Radio oracles and columnists, including some who were surprised when the beef disappeared from the shops in 1946, are surprised again. And often

indignant. ON - Just why they should be surCHE prised isn’t quite clear. There

could have been no other conceivable result from the price roll-back order. Price fixing has been tried by almost every government that ever has exmuch as 3000 cient China, in Egy pt, In Greece, in Rome, and on down

France, in Nazi Germany, in Communist Russia and in So-

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exception it has always worked exactly the same way. As soon as price is fixed below the natural, uncontrolled, ‘market price, the commodity in question has disappeared from the market. Folks who produce it just don't offer it for sale. yo" 8

LAW-ABIDING citizens hold on to their supplies, or go out of business of producing more, Others peddle it through black markets. So consumers either

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can get none at all, or can get it at illegal prices that are higher than they were before it was “controlled.” It has never worked any other way, and there is no reason to beleve that it ever will work any other way. A few union spokesmen who consider a strike a completely proper weapon in economic disputes have written us charging that the beef shortage is

L. Shibler

Problems of Youth Present Real Challenge to Our Citizens

THE GREAT importance of helping the youth of Indianapolis to meet their problems through the co-operation of all youth agencies, the public schools and the citizens generally, has been most effectively highlighted by the series of ex-

cellent articles carried by The Indianapolis Times. Calling these problems to the at- = tention of the public } is a real contribution § to the betterment of the city. What is to be done about the situation is a real challenge to all thinking persons and particu larly to the health and welfare agencies, the civil city. and the T school city. a The public schools are planning a def- §= inite program of a 4 comprehensive long- Dr. H. L. Shibler... range nature in what i ols. na Superintendent of scho ventive mental illness measures. The old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure can well be applied to the juvenile delinquency and mental health problems ‘of children. If effective preventive measures can be developed, the saving to society in human lives and in the cost of correctional institutions will be tremendous.

3-Phase Program

THE public schools’ program may be considered a three-phase effort: ONE—The in-service training of all teaching personnel to develop a higher sensitivity to the mental and emotional problems of children so

that psychological disturbances may be detected early and in order that such disturbances may be more intelligently handled throughout the child's school life,

TWO--Adding to the schools’ staff an adequate number of clinical psychologists and home visitors and the establishing of psychological service centers in four areas of the city. THREE-—Developing teamwork among the psychologists, the home visitors and the teachers, enlisting the help of parents, and utilizing the services of mental hygiene clinical personnel and the services of co-operating health and welfare agencies. A basic concept underlying the attack on youth problems is that a mentally healthy individual is a good citizen and that, conversely, a mentally sick person cannot be a good citizen. There are greatly varying degrees of mental iilness, ranging from minor emotional upsets to the seriously maladjusted who border on the lunatic fringe. The seeds of mental illness and of mental

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health are sown early in the child's life. To create the conditions necessary for mental health is a gigantic task which all of society must attempt. It involves better home conditions and improved economic and social standards for everyone. It is not true, however, that wealth is a cure for mental illness or that poverty is the cause of it. Character, integrity and love of the members of the family for each other are mare important than any other factors. The begin-

ning of many delinquencies is found in the child's feeling that he is not wanted and is not loved.

The need of adequate recreational facilities for children is great. As children grow and pass through the adolescent stage, they need physical activity, a chance to stretch their muscles, work off their competitive instincts, and acquire a feeling of physical well-being. Cur program of competitive athletics for junior high school pupils, including basketball, track and football, is based upon this fundamental principle. Adolescence is a crucial time in the child's physical and emotional life. The development of the psychological service centers will mean adding four clinical psychologists and five home visitors to our staff. The team-work of the psychologists, the home visitors,” the teachers, and the parents is the keynote to the success of the program. This attack on the psychological problems of youth is in line with the best thinking on the subject today. The in-service training of our teaching staff has already begun. During the past few months we have had 419 teachers and principals enrolled in a course in mental hygiene for teachers.

Expanding Classes

WE ARE expanding our classes in special education to help the mentally retarded and physically handicapped children. In August we will have a series of special meetings during the Pre-Opening Conference Week prior to the opening of schools. Some of these meetings will be devoted to pupil personnel problems and the plans for co-ordinating our various services together for the benefit of the child. The ParentTeacher Associations are alert to and are attacking mental hygiene problems.

The use of public school buildings as community centers will be greatly facilitated under a new statement of policy and plans approved by the Board of School Commissioners and recently published in booklet form. Under this policy the use of the public school facilities outside of school hours will be granted for worthwhile educational, recreational, civic, and cultural activities. The ground-work has been laid for the publie schools to improve their effectiveness in dealing with the problems of youth. The cooperation of all educational and cultural agencies and of citizens who have the welfare of youth’ at ‘heart is earnestly sought.

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a “strike” by the farmers. . Flssentially they probably are right, The farmers last week began to ‘withhold what they have for sale at the prices offered, very much as organized workers often withhold what they have to sell, in. their cose labor, when the price offered is lower than they wish to accept. Most farmers are in better position to carry on such a maneuver, however, than are most workers.

When a day's work that day is gone forever and with it the income he might have received for it. But beef cattle on a farm can

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stay there, growing heavier and more valuable every day, and when the dispute is over the farmer usually has lost nothing, and may have gained out of it, no matter who wins the argument,

» » ~ FAR FROM reducing beef prices, OPS regulations in Indianapolis so far have raised the price to some thousands of consumers. Those are the folk who for years have been buying their beef direct from slaughterers and storing it in their own deep freezers at home, at prices substantially below the retail shops. The regulations have forced most of those slaughterers out of business, and compelled the others to raise their prices, It has, in fact, been pretty well demonstrated, again, that prices cannot be controlled by decree. It is likely that they could be controlled to some degree if “demand” and “supply” —the two factors that normally regulate prices—could be controlled. Bernard Baruch, ablest of our elder statesmen, has been quoted widely, these last few days, in support of the price-control plan. Those who auoted him, however, usually did not quote #11 he said. Mr. Baruch says flatly that prices cannot be controlled without rationing. Rationing is a means of controlling the “demand.” To control the supply, too, the government would have to have power to seize beef cattle on the farms, and force them to market. No one seriously expects Congress to take any such step as that, and the administration says it has no plans for rationing, either. Indiana Congressmen told their constituents this past week that they saw little liklihood of any change in the price-wage controls program ahead. Other Washington gossip, however,

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worked. There is, of course, a simple and effective way by ach Jue vernment can largely con bein whenever the admin istration decidesdit really wants to control it. To use it, however, would be to offend many pressure groups, and that so far, has been considered politi cally too touchy, » w LJ

OSCAR EWING, whose

_ argument” with the Indiana State Medical Association over

propaganda for socialized medicine issued by his Federal Security Administration at taxpayers expense, was described on this page by Dan Kidney yesterday, may have another one coming up. The current Saturday BEvening Post cites Mr. Ewing's agency as one of the principal propaganda organizations operating out of Washington. It tells how federal employees, paid out of our taxes and working under Mr. Ewing, have been used to set up “shadow” associations, and organize dubious pressure groups to bombard Congress with demands for compulsory health insurance, The Buchanan committee on expenditures, it reports, asked the Department of Justice to prosecute, but it has not done s0. Quizzed by the committee, Mr. Ewing said these activities had been stopped. Quotations from official reports of his regional directors for 1950, however, indicate that a large, if not a major part of their jobs is simply propaganda for socialized medicine. FSA, of course, is only one flagrant offender along that line. A speaker in Indianapolis this week charged that 46,000 federal employees, at a cost of $75 million a year, are engaged solely in putting out propaganda in favor of the present féderal administration and its often highly controversial policles, His figures are really too low. These 46,000 are only the ones you can find, An old law, still on the sta tute books, forbids the employment of any “publicity ex« pert” by the federal government unless his duties and his job are fully and plainly desoribed in the bill to appropriate the money out of which he is paid.

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‘Tired Arms’

MR. EDITOR: With the coming of warm weather, an extremely irritating point has appeared. Most motorists drive with their car windows rolled down. However, most motorists are either too lazy or too indifferent to take the trouble to give a hand signal (as required by state law) when making a turn. It is such a simple -thing to do and takes so little energy it seems there must be something wrong with this type person. Possibly when they were young they were frightened by a low flying helicopter and are afraid of losing their arms when giving a hand signal. Or it could be they have some

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strange malady that causes them to lose their strength as soon as they get behind a steering wheel. Or, just possibly, they don’t care if To do get rammed by the car behind them while executing an unannounced turn. The police should include this seemingly minor, but dane gerous violation in their ‘ane nual crackdown which is une derway at the present time. —Disgruntled Motorist, City,

‘Register Firearms?’ MR. EDITOR: There seems to be in this area much well-meaning but muddled and vicious notions about firearms. Some persons have told me that federal law requires all firearms to be registered. As far as I know, this simply isn’t true. In police states, such as Hit. ler's Germany, Franco's Spain, Peron's Argentina, and elsewhere, yes. People there are not free, not citizens. In the U. 8, we never have had registration of firearms. We've done pretty well. If this country should be overrun such records would furnish a perfect jailbird list of people to be jailed, tortured, killed. King George never got such a list from the American colonists at Lexington. Why begin now? Criminals? They get firearms anyway, and often types that ordinary citizens don’t have and don't want, —~Theodore Kain, Morgantown

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THE WHISPERS of Dan Cupid say . . . that I have found the one . . . who'll make my every wish come true , , and bring me joy and fun... I do believe it's true because « + « Since first I held her tight + + « I feel as though I'm in a daze . .. my head feels rather light . . . it's funny ‘and to say the least . . . I never thought that I . ., . could fall head-over-heels in love .. . . without even a try . . . but it has happened and I'm glad . , . the I I cause of her my lonely ously oaks

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