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; mi Naja eart attack. That strenuous schedule may have meat his untimely death. A diplomat as well as a fighting seaman in both world wars, Admiral Sherman served America ably on many difficult assignments. It is fitting he should have ended his fine career as chief of the world's most powerful fleet. His ~ passing is a sad loss to his country; but others will find it easier to eany on in his place beesuge he did his job. so well.

Pressure the Reds a

HW can we prevent Russia and. its satellites from continuing to seize innocent Americans on false spy charges? Nobody but a few irresponsible Senators has sugested ‘we should use or even threaten force. Force may evoke more force, with war the end result. Destruction and the ‘death of possibly millions are a steep price to pay for the freedom of a few men. We can’t be sure we shall not have war some day with the Communist world. But we are not likely to let . it commence over the trial of a William Oatis or a Robert Vogeler on fake grounds of espionage. A more common proposal is that we should sever diplomatic relations with any country which thus mistreats or threatens to mistreat our citizens. Suppose, though, that we decided now to cut ties wtih Hungary, which held Vogeler but later let him go. Hungary's diplomats in America would, of course, have to go home,

we have a sizable staff and can. observe—one way ob sagtlier-wwhat fhe Communists are doing.

o # WITH Western reporters behind the "Iron Curtain down L ‘ to a handful, we're getting a scanty enough portrait of Lor life there. : ‘What about economic sanctions? We've already imposed many trade restrictions. We can do more to strangle , satellite trade with us, and influence other Western powers to follow suit. Reports filtering out from behind the Curtain indicate that these trade limits really do hurt. This certainly does not exhaust the possibilities. But economic measures definitely can strike a painful blow, and we ought to look to them hopefully if the need arises.

This ‘Experiment’ Worked

Tus Wednesday the nation's greatest single educational project will, in effect, come to an end. % It is the GI school and training program, made possible by the so-called GI Bill of Rights passed by Congress before World War II ended. Veterans already enrolled in the program will continue their studies but Wednesday is the deadline for new applicanta. This program had its abuses, wastes and inefficiencies. It spawned such unlovely offshoots as the “52-20 club” and “schools” to teach ballroom dancing. It was victimized by fly-by-night schools and chiselers. But Veterans' Affairs Administrator Gray reports it ’ produced half a million engineers, a quarter of a million teachers, some 200,000 men with medical training and 117,000 metal workers—to cite top examples. More than 715 million veterans have reeeived either formal education or job training which helped them take their places in business, industry, agriculture and the professions. Without this program, a vast majority of the veterans would have found it difficult, if not impossible, to obtain such education or training. It has enabled a great number to become useful. and independent citizens of their country, at the same time helping to compensate them for going to its defense and losing their normal opportunities for study and training. All in all, it is one of Uncle Sam's most worthwhile investments and it will pay dividends for years to come.

| Surprise for J. Smith

(GOVERNMENT press agentry hits a peak of something or other in a “news release” received from the Census ; Bureau in the Commerce Department, i The release—an extended account of agricultural prosperity disclosed by census returns from James City County, Va.—begins as follows: : “Washington, D. C.—The land surrounding Jamestown, : Va., where the first English settlement in the United States was made in 1607 by Capt. John Smith and his 105 cavaliers who arrived in three ships, has been farmed for 342 years and its 1049 crop was probably the best in its | history, according to Roy V. Peel, director of the Census fi Bureau. ... :. “Capt. John Smith could hardly have anticipated that some day 188 out of the 256 farms in that area would : urved with electricity with an average monthly bill of ~~ The combined efforts of the whole army of government press agents could hardly have Feoduced a more cautious tatement.

We would also lose a listening post in Hungary, where -

. Denton declared.

So today, Rep. Winfield K. Denton, Evansville, one of the two Hoosier Democrats in the House, said he thought that the

Rep. Denton’

. final result when the conferees are through

will “be about as good as we can expect.”

Seek Stronger Bill PRESIDENT TRUMAN, Defense Mobilizer

Charles Wilson, Economic Stabilizer Eric Johns-

ton and Price Boss Michael DiSalle were busy arousing public support for a stronger bill. "At one point even the lethargic Democratic National Commitee under the comatose leaders ship ‘of William D. Boyle Jr. bestirred itself to try and enlist support from the states. How much support they got from the Indiana Democratic organization was dramatized when State Chairman Ira Haymaker came to Washington in the midst of the hottest part of the price control fight and didn’t even bother to

visit the Capitol. Neither Mr. Denton nor the other Democrat, Rep. Ray Madden, Gary, knew that he was in town. He didn’t even call them up.

Echoes of 1950

IT WAS SUGGESTED that maybe he had forgotten that these two actually pulled through and were elected in 1950 under his leadership. Five freshmen Democrats elected to the 81st Congress were replaced by five Republicans. And the hand-picked candidate of Democratic National Committeeman Frank M. McHale— Alex Campbell of Ft. Wayne—went down for the count also, giving Republican Sen. Homer E. Capehart a | ‘easy win for a second time. Neither of ‘the two Democratic Congressmen

who survived heard a word from Mr. McHale on the price control issue either, He came to town at one point, accompanied by another Democratic bigwig, Frank McKinney, Indianapolis banker and they called on the two Republican Senators. That was the day that Sen. William BE. Jenner (R. Ind.) drafted the first Jenner amendment to legalize the publicity provisions of the Indian Welfare law.

A Business Parley

THEY CALLED on business—pipeline business—Sen. Jenner sald some time afterwards. Neither of the two leaders, who led the party to such a brilliant defeat in 1950, interested themselves in the price control matter on the administration side, so fAr as the two Democratic Congressmen are concerned. Such apathy--or worse reportedly cried by leading Democrats who called at the White House upon invitation of President Truman recently. They dealt with the national committee, but the Indiana situation is’ similar. “We did get some letters from county chairmen and precinct workers asking us to support the President's price control program,” Mr. “Maybe the state organization was working at the grass roots.” Maybe they are too busy preparing for the big midwest Democratic officials conference to be held with the Democratic State Editorial Association meeting at French Lick, Aug. 23-25. They want President Truman and his top officials to attend. If he does, he might well say to Frank and Ira: “Thanks for nothing.”

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OIL DISPUTE . . . By Clyde Farnsworth

Harriman Picks His Target in Iran

TEHRAN, July 23—The British refusal thus far to enter into a temporary arrangemeiit to restore the flow

of Iranian oil to world markets and oil revenues to the Iranian treasury was understood to be the immediate

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Little Doubt Sam’s a Crook, But He Hit One Nail on Head

WASHINGTON, July 23—I guess everybody, including Sam, agrees that Sam D. Mason is a crook. I'll give him a break and call him a fabulous crook. He is the peg- tegged individual with the gay ‘haberdashery, who, by his own admission, talked

some credulous. citizens’ out of $100,000 for bribing government officials into leasing them federal | buildings at $1 a | year. 5 He couldn’t deliver. Didn't even try. So there was the Senate Executive Expenditures Committee investigating Sam. He was amazed. He's had plenty of tangles with cops and prosecuting attorneys in his day, but ner before with Senators. He couldn’t resist asking the big question, “Don’t be angry with me, Senator,” said the pudgy Sam, whose gray and yellow cravat glistened in the floodlights. “You can call me names. I don’t care. But will you tell me why this subcommittee is investigating/me here in Washington?” That was what a politician calls a good question. Sen. Clyde Hoey (D. N. C.) answered it by saying the purpose of the inquiry was to warn citizens not to be taken in by the likes of Sam.

Turned out that back in 1929, before Sam went to jail for a little bucket-shop brokerage operation in Massachusetts, he paid some income taxes. 8ince then he hasn't bothered. Hasn't even made out any returns.

SIDE GLANCES

The Senators were surprised. They were inclined to wonder where the Bureau of Internal Revenue had been all these years. Sam said not to worry about the tax collectors.

He took in the money fast, but he spent it the same way at the race track and in the fancy hotels. Result was that he had no profits. So why pester the Treasury Department?

And another thing, he continued. There'd been a lot said about him stuffing money he'd collected from a couple of New York Greek Catholic Priests into his hollow leg. This simply wasn't so. He put in in his pockets, all $63,000 of it. “Only time I ever used my leg to hold money was way back in 1925 when I used it to hold $68,000,” he said. “And a yery good thing. Only you let this be known by one other person and you have no leg and you have no money.” Sen. Hoey said this sounded reasonable to him. Sam went on to say that who could sneer at his scheme to lease government buildings at large profits

‘Vince Got the Cash’

“HAPPENS all the time,” he said. “You read about it in the papers. The government leases a warehouse for $5000 and then rents it back for $50,000.”

Touche. That actually happened not long ago in Minneapolis. Trouble was that Sam knew no federal officials, nor tried to make any leases. He said he turned the troublesome details over to a Mr. Vince Eungart. He wasn't sure about Vince's first name, had several dif-ferent-spellings for the second, never did know where he lived, and was of the opinion that ! he now was in Australia.

Anyhow, said Sam, Vince got most of the money. Sen, Hoey said he would suggest that the revenue agents decide that. I'm surprised, myself, that the latter hadn't thought of this idea themselves.

By Galbraith

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I don't kiow who wrote the editorial entitled . t Pay” in your paper dated July 189, but. readily see the il {s very unfamilidr with the problems of Civil Service employees. To be exact, in reading this item, I would say the only federal employees this party is familiar with is the political appointee who obtains his job by knowing Joe, The postal employee who does the work, distribution and delivery of the mail, must take an examination and take his or her chances according to his grade, After receiving an appointment as a substitute he must start studying and continue to study and must make grades of not

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* less than 97% perfect. If the appointee fails to

maintain a grade of 97% he is discharged. * Oo ¢ +. THESE exams cover postal laws and regula-

tions and distribution of state and city and cover the assignment he will work. He must

memorize and be able to distribute at least 16°

pieces of mail per minute, allowing for only 3

- errors in 100 letters dsitributed.

The state of Indiana contains approximately 967 post offices; Ohio, approximately 1700 offices; Kentucky, 2750, and Illinois, 2000. Just try and memorize these offices and you'll find out what we have t6 handle. This work is not done by sitting at a desk nor by writing on a

‘typewriter, but by standing upon your feet 8

hours a day on a floor that jumps and bucks like a colt; taking chances of getting your head knocked off in making exchanges on the run, or train wrecks, or auto drivers who drink. ® THE cost of living has risen 137.5% since 1939 and our salaries have been raised about 80%. The Civil Service Commission admits that we are now being paid 28% below private ine dustries but suggests that postal employees should not receive more than 6.9% because it might lead to inflation. I guess we don’t know what the meaning of inflation is but we do know that we are not political parasites. Why not cut the real parasites out and use their salaries as defense money. Our salaries do not hit the taxpayer one-half as hard as some of the non-essential office holders. If your suggestion is followed to reduce the postal employees you will cut your own postal service. You are yelling for better service. Why don’t you boost us instead of attempting to cut our throats. —N. E. Davis, Air Mail Field, City.

‘Let 'Em Take Credit’

MR. EDITOR:

Theo. B. Marshall, in a tirade against those of us who do not approve of the Fair Deal, says, “I don't give all the credit to the Democrats for our present prosperity. I know as well as anyone that it's false and cannot continue indefinitely without some reforms in our system.” Now, I for one, cannot see why the Democrats shouldn't have fill credit for this false prosperity. In fact, in various letters of mine published in the forum, I have tried to give

.. Wilson, Roosevelt and Truman full credit: for

titis false prosperity. . " It is a false prosperity created by taking us into war for the reason their philosophy of government hasn't “worked as a peace-time economy. Mr. Marshall is right. ’ > Sb IT CANNOT continue indefinitely without some reforms in our system. Because if it continues long enough we are not going to have anyone left to fight these .useless, futile wars the Democrats have been taking us into. Mr. Marshall also tells of a large scale force which is employed to tell of the “great danger to our way of life which the Democrats have created.” Personally, I don't know about this and it could possibly be true. However, I do know the latest figures given out by the government shows there are over 45000 propagandists, known by sweeter names, of course, who are paid for with the taxpayers’ money whose duties are to tell the people the many blessings bestowed upon them by the Fair Deal and to sell the idea to them of other socialist schemes such as socialized medicine, the Brannan Farm Plan, ete. C. D. C,, Terre Haute

What Others Say—

i : GENERAL price control is nothing but generalized injustice (and) corporate profit squeezing.—Robert C. Tyson, vice president U. S. Steel Corp.

WE say to those who belleve in force, do

not mistake our desire for peace as a lack of determination to preserve our freedoms.— Gen. Lucius Clay.

PEACE without appeasement. That is the victory we seek. —Warren R. Austin,

DEFENSE .. . By Ludwell Denny Dispute Over Spain Is Not Irreconcilable

WASHINGTON, July 23—The Allied dispute over Spain is genuine, but not as irreconcilable as the bitter London and Paris protests indicate.

target of Presidential Envoy W. Averell Harriman's troubleshooting. . This is the plan upon which U. 8. A m b assador Henry F. Grady is reported to have gained Premier Mohammed Mosgadegh'ss approval Before Mr. Harriman was sent here

by President Mr. Grady Truman, How- triumph ever, it en- ' countered sflent treatment

from Washington and London when the Ambassador sought support and agreement, ~Ambassador Grady’'s greatest triumph as a peacemaker was Prémier Mossadegh's agreement that the Irarnjan National Oil Co. would accept

« tanker receipts indorsed, as the

British had insisted, “without prejudice to the rights of the (British) © Anglo-Iranian Ofl Co.,” provided Iran got paid for such exports. : Mr. Grady had contended that the British ought to go along on this at least to the extent of $11,200,000, which the

British company recognized as.

its. moral obligation tg Iran under a 1949 agreement signed

by the Iranjan nent but XY

ratified by

renewed exports might be offget, If necessary, against the amounts admittedly owed by the British company. Meanwhile, the industry would be running and the possibilities enhanced for a permanent working arrangement within the nationalization law, Mr, Grady argued.

n . ~ NOW THIS proposition either has Been canvassed in greater detail by Walter J Levy, Mr. Harriman's oil consultant, in talks with Iranian experts, or it's already reached the stage of renewed overture to the British government and London officials of the British company. Mr. Harriman, who so far has nothing “substantive” to report from his five-day round of conferences, referred hopefully but ® vaguely to expert consultations in his most recent press statement, “This exchange of technical «is of very great value and will, I hope, form the basis upon which constructive results may ‘be achieved.” Mr. Levy has been meeting with Engineer Kazem Hassibi, the ‘brain of Iranian Oil nationalization,” and Allahyar

Saleh, chairman of the Par-

llamentary Oil Commission. Mr. Fred by a program was a Meeting with Hf aneibi

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‘The hot weather isn't bad enough—w#'ve got to read a Tot of postcards from people at cool resorts!"

Mr, Harriman has seen Premier Mossadegh three times and British Ambassador Sir Francis Shepherd and Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlevi, Iran's 31-year-old monarch, each twice so far, Although publicly producing

no results yet, Mr. Harriman

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In his visits with the Shah iz a faint suggestion of a State Department belief that - the Shah can wave his imperial wand over this crisis and settle it. This is very doubtful, Mohammed Reza Shah Pah-

‘levi is no chip off .the au- - thoritarian block of his late

and abdicated father. Even if he were he would Wisely Tecog-

Domestic.;politics is involyed both in the American

negotiations for a Spanish defense deal and in the European objections to this. That tends to exaggerate the disagreement. On the diplomatic level also the issue is thrown out of perspective, because the United States has been forced to use a possible Spanish alliance as a prod to better European defense co-operation. This already has worked to the extent of getting‘ belated British agreement to full membership of Turkey and Greece in the North Atlantic Pact organiza. tion. On the military level there is little, if any dispute. European generals and admirals, like their American opposite

_ numbers, think Spanish naval

and air bases could be developed into good auxiliary.assets and that properly equipped Spanish divisions

‘could be-of great value.

~ » - THE domestic political aspect of the dispute is not necessarily permanent. Socialists are last-ditch opponents of Spain. But in France the Socialists may have less influenice in the next cabinet than in the last, and in Britain a general election in the fall or

* winter may unseat the Labor

time in the ~ United States there will be less

government. At the same

tal, and objects to minimum American supervision of economic and military aid to prevent inefficiency and graft. So there is a fair probability that necessity will bring the three parties closer together. The United States is likely to insist on getting tangible results for its investment in Spanish recovery and defense, Franco is’ apt to modify his bankrupt totalitarian system, because he can't save himself otherwise. And the European

(Allies In the end cannot refuse

Spanish divisions unless they

make up the shortage—which they are unable to do. » ” -

THE MORAL objection to associating with a dictatorship for defense purposes turns on the emergency. The democracies—under leadership of the longtime anti-Red, Winston

Churchill—aided Soviet Russia

against the common enemy, Hitler, as a matter of military expediency. and the primary right of self-survival. Now they are aiding the avowed Communist Tito for a similar reason. To swallow Tito and gag at Franco is neither sensible nor sincere. The real question is more practical — can American rearmament of Spain help to prevent war, or to win the war it Stalin attacks.

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