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aging enough to acquire the know! : wisdom and experience to lead
young to a better way of life according to Dr. William F. King;
State Health Board. But the community is
losing most of the benefits of this “wealth” through a snowballing
trend toward retirement at a fixed number of years. Gain In Relief Rolls Further, the notion that when #& man has reached a certain number of calendar years in life he is “through” is sending public relief rolls and oon Jy rapidly toward 'the point o eventual taxation bankruptcy. Problems incident to the waste of wisdom and experience of the elder population are growing more serious every year here in Indianapolis as well as everywhere else in the country. The number of Marion County residents over 65 years of age has increased more than 10,000 in the last 10 years—from 33,087 in 1940 to 43,400 this year, 31 per cent. Meanwhile, the general population Increased 20 per cent. This trend, projected over the 30 years, would nearly douthe number of aged persons. 43,400 Now Aided 43,400 here now over 85 of age, 21970 either are
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Surveys ducted A large ity of the rest/ — = of the 43, s over 65 here are on privates in-
comes or private pensions. ; surveys being made by the Geriatrics (study of the aed) ‘Division of the Indiana
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BIPARTISAN AFFAIR—Rival mayoralty candidates Mayor Bayt, Democrat, and Judge Alex Clark, Republican, back the PAL Club circus. Ticket seller is Det. Sgt. Bill O'Rourke.
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ithe Russians half of Korea to
keep them from taking it all, It is true that the Russians had the manpower to overrun Korea before American troops could arrive. But they could have overrun
ing Berlin, And it is a fact that we had just exploded two atomic bombs, which more than made up for our disadvantage in manpower, I can find no evidence that the State Department was formally consulted as to the effect of partitioning Korea on the hope for that country’s eventual recovery. Oue of the possible conclusions is that there was in the War Departments group which found out what the Russians wanted and then put it forward as the American proposal, so that there could be an appear~ ance of unanimity.
This is a serious charge, I know,
ury, Commerce and State Departments. »” » » ACTUALLY, THE fate of Ko(rea was largely determined by the Yalta agreement to give control
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less to Greece or Italy. “The government of Greece took our ald and fought for freedom. But many of the generals of Nation alist China took our aid and surrendered.” to NRENGTH: Mr. Truman cited e up o e free world's strength in the United Nations, the organization of American states, North Atlantic Treaty, and the setting up of collective security arrangements in the Pacific. . “Never before has an aggressor been confronted with such a series of positive measures to keep the Never before in history have there been such deterrents to the outbreak of world war.” RUSSIA: “We tried to settle postwar problems with the Soviet Union on a decent and honorable basis. But they broke after another.” APPEASEMENT: “When the Soviet Uniont began its campaign of undermining and destroying other free nations, we did not sit idly by.” Mad Truman said we went to the aid of Greece, Turkey,
tarily in Korea.
King, show tha ont Undes ie ‘France and Italy and then milithe
h t 30,000 or more “retired” here could be “rehafor more valuable serv-
the aging population, Dr. King warned, the problems of early retirement will
"become a' major destructive force in society.
When Is Person Old? So when is a person old? The American attitude has been
reasoning older workbe bad financial risks
under present fixed-age pension’
systems. . During World War II, however, when industries were forced to employ older persons, their value was discovered for the first time. Dr. King. whole new readjustment undertaken if our remain sound.” in the number of elderly persons in recent years is attributed to the progress in medcontinually of better
Due to these factors, the official life expectancy has risen to about 69 yeéars, compared to a Hie SXpeciancyof only. 47. years
population of Indianapolis will be
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cepting American ald, then surrendering to the Communists. “We gave the (the Nationalists) more help t we gave Greece or Italy or Flin,” he explained. “The government of Greece took our ‘aid*and fought for freedom. ut many of the generals of Nationalist China took our aid and surrendered.” Then he added a plain-spoken message to critics of his China
“We can investigate the situation in China from now until doomsday, but the facts will always remain the same: China ‘was taken over by the Communists because of ‘the failure of the Nationalist government to mobilize the strength of China to maintain its freedom” “After all,” “he said, "our aid {can be effective only when people ‘help themselves. We are continuing to give aid to the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa, and that jald will be effective if they are willing to do their part.”
Mrs. Octavia Stewart
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! Funeral for Mrs, Octavia Stew-
‘art will be at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the Patton Funeral Home. Mrs, £tewart, who formerly {lived here, died Thursday in Deitroit, Burial will be in Crown lm Cemetery. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Etta Brown and Mrs. Eva Sweatt, both of Indianapolis,
Abraham Falk has been ap-
over 45 years of age” Dr. King Pointed casework supervisor of)
estimated. “You can readily see the changes that will have to next few years” The slow process of this change, said, has been handicapped by! false emphasis on youth in American’ society Actually, geriatrics professors Teported recently a person of 70 learn as readily as a child |
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drink. Would he have one? I hoped he would so we could talk, I didn't care about what,
YES, he would have a drink. Were you on this ship at the time of the invasion? The bartender sald he wasn't, but he
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plant alone, for yinstance, was longer than the Empire State Building is tall. “They had some very modern industry out there, not generally] known; but they had a good steel] and coal and iron business; they) had well - developed chemical plants and fertilizer plants.
“We completely destroyed the la¥ge fertilizer combine at Konan, and 1 am sure that the loss of that fertilizer will certainly be felt by the farmers in Manchuria and| North Chiha during the coming]
years? & ; Conimittee Chairmhan Richard) B. Russell (D. Ga.) questioned
Gen. O'Donnell, how commander of the 15th Air Force, about a disputed ban on bombing Rashin in North Korea. Rashin lies only 17 miles from the Russian-Siberian border. Other witnesses testified that bombing of this Red supply center was prohibited after two attempted strikes because the Russian border might be violated. Gen. O'Donnell strongly disagreed with this. He said the raliroad freight yard at Rashin was the “focal point through which most of the supplies coming from Russia had to go.” He said that “we don't make that kind of errors,” in referring to fears that Russian territory would be violated. { Rashin's raliroad yard, he said, {was a “perfect radar target’ could {have been “knocked out of business.” He contended that his {planes should have ' been per{mitted to hit Rashin until the facilities were destroyed.
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was with a Canadian force that went in for demolition purposeas. He was on a ship that took the demolition squads over. Brave lads.
Never in his life had he seen such an armada. Never in his life was he so scared. He didn't know about the Canadians, but he ‘was scared, How were you to know that you were going to have a comparatively easy time of it? No one knew what they were going to run into. The Jerry was there. The Allies were committed to get him out. If a man lived to see the dawn, he would know what it was going to be like. Dawn was several hours away. The bartender said he didn't want to think about the dawn, but he did. When there was something to do, when the action started a man relt better. He had a job to do. There wasn't time to think the same thoughts over and over. He made many trips across the Channel. The others weren't as frightful as the first but still no. picnic cruise. And then the Jerry planes became scarce. Shipping began to move on schedule and the men who rode
‘the ships relaxed.
® 8 = A CROSSING such as he was making tonight was routine.
| de seldom thought of the war
except when someone like myself” brought the subject up. War is a terrible subject for men to talk about. The bartender suggested we consider Paris, We did while we finished our drinks. I stepped out on deck again and he followed. We watched the bow of the boat dip slightly in the water for several minutes without speaking. “The Channel is peaceful to-
night, isn’t it?” I was startled | at his words. Yes, it was peace- |
ful. “Do the Americans think there will be another war?” he asked. :
«| “I wish I knew what to tell |
you,” was my answer. “Who : can say? My opinion is worth- | Jess.” i
“Let me shake the hand of | We shook | hands and he returned to his |
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of Manchuria tb Russia and subsequent decisions by our government not to give effective assistance to tie Free Chinese who were defending their country. Korea is a mere appendage on the Asiatic mainland. When I came back to this country in November, 1947 from a tour of Asia, I reported that |{the Communists would take {China unless we changed our negative. policies, and if they got China they would get Korea, too. I did not like it, but it seemed to me clearly inevitable, [e | I told my fellow Con-~ | gressmen of a long econ- | versation I had with a great Korean patriot, Mr. Kim Koo. He had been head of the Korean Provisional Government in exile | in China until it was able | | | {
to get back to Korea after the Japanese surrender in 1945. Mr. Kim has since been assas-| sinated. The following .is from ny 1947 report: i 2 = =» i “I SAID te him, ‘what should America do now? We have delayed two years hoping we could get an agreement with the Russians that would reunite Korea, but co-operation with them hasn’t worked here any better than any-! where else. Should we delay longer, waiting for the United {Nations Commission to see what' {It can do? Should we go ahead in {South Korea anyway, hold elections, set up a defense force, and {try to get the country on its feet
a great many other places, includ-|
but we have since learned that | i [such groups existed in the Treas-|
and withdraw our forces? Or | what? : “He studied .a minute and then said, ‘It doesn't make any {difference what you. do now. There isn't any way to get Korea
so that she can be independent
{and secure and self-sustaining, until you solve the Communist {Er onlem across the border in
Manchuria.”
When the United Nations finally decided that Russian agreement to unification of Korea was impossible and supervised the election of the South Korean. government, almost its first act was to ask that American troops remain until it could establish a defense force. The North Korean puppets already had their army. But American and Russian troops were withdrawn simultaneously, leaving the unarmed South Koreans facing a powerful
military force north of their border.
| Subsequently, our foreign policy {toward Korea was based upon ex{tending economic aid. We thought, {or claimed to think, that by mak|ing South Korea more prosperous than North Korea, we could stand off an invasion. As of last June, when the North Koreans invaded, the standard of living in South Korea was much better than in North Korea, despite an influx of
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for South Korea as being better than no aid at all, and as that country’s due from us since we had placed them in their predicament. But I was sure then, as I am sure now, that we Americans will never have security in our international relations so long as we can be persuaded that improved living standards, in themselves, are an adequate defense against armed aggression.
While we Americans were persuading ourselves that Communist economics rather than Communist guns was our foe, the Kremlin moved to fill the void left by our withdrawal from South Korea. [Secretary Acheson drew an “American defense perimeter” which excluded both South Korea land Formosa, and the Communists took him at his word.
| The North Koreans in- | vaded and suddenly the United States reversed its | five-year policy in Asia and resisted. So far as I ean find out, that is the only time our policy makers | have ever double - crossed The Reds
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