Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1951 — Page 22

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~ NEARLY all Congressmen who have been quoted on the ~~ issue agree that something ghould be done to get William N. Oatis, the Associated Press correspondent, out of hig prison in Communist Czechoslovakia. But Mr. Oatis won't be freed until some forthright action is taken. Why not act now? ‘It has been suggested that committee hearings be held in order to let the Communists abroad know how Americans feel about this mistreatment of one of their fellow countrymen.

would make that clearer than words could do. And it would hit the Red overlords in Prague where it would hurt them most—in their pocketbooks. They love nur dollars, even if they don't like us. 5 . - s ” ~ THERE COULD be only one excuse for committee hearings. That would be to force the State Department to come out in the open with its objections to a policy of treating the Red satellites the same way they are treating us. But that can wait until Mr, Oatis is out of jail. There are many things wrong with the State Department which won't be corrected until there is another election, and William Oatis shouldn't be left in his hell hole until then. : Let the Reds know that the American market is closed to their goods until this innocent man has been released.

Congress can do that. . It should do it now.

Edward A. Evans

IN THE death last night of Edward A. Evans, the ScrippsHoward Newspapers and the newspaper world at large lost one of its wisest counselors and one of its finest gentlemen. Ed Evans had been a member of the general editorial board of the Scripps-Howard concern for 15 years. He brought to that board an experience as varied and as distinctive as any journalist in the profession. For Mr. Evans not only was a versatile newspaperman. He was a scholarly journalist, an eager and assiduous reader, a considerate yet penetrating thinker. He had a rare talent for clear, direct phrases and was widely regarded as one of the cleanest users of English in the writing business. ms B td B u . uo MR. EVANS didn’t compose his daily editorials merely for the casual reader. He studied and weighed each gentence, each word, as though one day it surely would come back to bedevil him if he did not represent the precise shade of his exacting thought. He believed, with all the earnestness at his command, in every phrase he ever wrote—for Mr. Evans was one who did not traffic with his integrity. Because of his great industry and because he was literally incapable of an unkind or unjust act, Ted Evans richly earned the unusual respect and devotion of the fellow workers who now mourn his passing.

Unethical Is Unethical

ECRETARY of Commerce Sawyer has taken long and hair-splitting exception to a bill before Congress which proposes to make ordinary ethics more universally acceptable in government. Mr. Sawyer makes some obvious points in his comments, which were solicited by Sen. Douglas of Illinois— chairman of a committee holding hearings on the bill.

The Secretary disapproves of mink coats, deep freezes, free hotel rooms and other gifts to officials in a position to pay back such favors. He does not think it proper for government employees to take jobs from firms with which they have had recent official dealings. And he believes any government official who has to consult a code of ethics to learn the difference between right and wrong ‘is too innocent to be around Washington.” Most taxpayers will agree with these points—though probably not that it was merely “innocence” which has led some officials into improper conduct. ” LJ ” n ” ” AND it seems logical that, as Mr. Sawyer argues, “the very man who would be most likely to do the unethical thing will be the least influenced by the fact that the code says he shouldn't.” The Secretary also suggests that any guide to ethical conduct should apply to Congress. So it should. But two wrongs don't make a right. And it seems shameful that it should be necessary for Congress to congider this kind of legislation for any branch of ‘the government. Yet recent disclosures, mainly by congressional committees, indicate need for some sort of action. It may be, as Mr. Sawyer suggests, that a code of ethics, “while harmless, will do little good.”

virtue of further spotlighting those who fail to understand that unethical conduct is unethical. The probability that it would be violated, even as the common proprieties have been violated, does not argue against it. . The Ten Commandments are not universally respected, either. But few would advocate their repeal.

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United States dollars are flowing to Czechoslovakia, in payment for goods bought there by American business, at a rate which takes no note of Red insults to the United States or Red mistreatment of American’ citizens, such

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man imprisoned in Prague on a framed-up charge of spying.

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War. i y In 1949, United States trade with Czechoslovakia was almost evenly balanced—we sold them a little more than we bought. ; Last year, mainly because of a government

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MOOOO0O0O . .. By Frederick C. Othman A Cow Is a Cow Is a Cow— But When Is a Cow Good?

WASHINGTON, July 26—When does a cow outlive her usefulness? And how can you make a profit on a non-useful cow? And who is to decide in what ways a cow is useful? And... Take it easy, bossy. I hope I'm not in trouble with my Uncle Samuel. He's now tangling with his rural nephews across the land on the subject of Cows mame = as capital gains. Or /———— 4 are they normal in- == comes? All I know = is that I sold.a cow the other day. I think A = she still was useful, because she was giv- 9 @ ing 14 quarts of milk

per day. That was the trouble. My hands got tired. . So I sold her for £175, which was 85 more than 1 paid for her, and I'd be pleased if Secretary of Treasury John Snyder stayed out of my barn. If she was a useful cow under the law that $5 was income, and Honest John

gets most of it. On the other hand, if my cow was a non-useful cow, my $5 was a capital gain, and Mr. Moneybags deserves only $1.25. I fed this cow expensive corn, however, and I think I can prove to the satisfaction of the Treasury Department that I lost money on the

deal. I hope. It is no fun arguing with tax collectors over cows, Frank 8. Beice, the big cattleman from

Sanoita, Cal, knows about this. As chairman of the National Livestock Tax Committee, he's in town trying to get the Treasury to take what he considers a reasonable stand on cows. Or at least one that cow men can understand. So he dropped up to the Senate Finance

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riplets to meet other triplets, bethey're a little peculiar, n Maloney, president, as it should be. We already

Committee, which is trying to write a new and costly tax -¥ill, to explain about cows. The situation’s enough to give us cow tycoons the shivers. The way Boice and Co. figured it, a cow that gave milk, or produced calves at regular intervals, was a capital asset, like maybe a brewery or even a soda pop plant. So when they sold one of these productive cows they reported the profits as capital gains and paid a 25 per cent tax. Nay, nay, cried the tax collectors. A cow is a cow is a cow, they sald. Profits from cattle raised as beef always have to be reported as normal income, which pays a higher tax rate. The tax boys said the other cows that gave milk and calves were the same kind of critter and hence had te pay the same kind of tax. With one exception, that is.

Sympathetic Senators THEY RULED, according to Mr. Boice, that when a cow no longer is useful, then profits on her sale are capital gains. But as the cow men lamented, who ever heard of selling a non-useful cow, or a non-useful anything else, at a profit? Mr. Boice said that as a result of this stand by Uncle's helpers, cattlemen everywhere are in a jam with the tax collector. He sald it probably would be years before some of them untangled the red tape and got square with the government. He asked the Senators, please, to tell the Treasury Department some of the facts of life regarding cows, He said, please, * do the te'ling in the form of a law that the city fellers among the tax collectors can’t misunderstand. He meant the law should say that a productive cow, held on the farm for breeding purposes, is just as much a capital asset as a factory that turns out paperweights. Maybe more so. The Senators were sympathetic. Was I? My 85 is involved.

INDIANA {is fast losing a potential source of doctors. There is little doubt we could use more in this state. We now have 4200 licensed for a population of almost 4 million. On the face of it this would appear adequate, but actually it isn't. As in most states, Indiana doctors have concentrated in the cities, where the money is. That means rural and suburban areas have become step-children. The Indiana medical society is trying to attract young doctors into these areas by offering special scholarships. But that will take time and meet with only partial success since most men want to work where they can make the most money. . “Fhe - potential ...source.. "that. has not been properly tapped is the DP doctor. . . - IN 1038 the State Medical Board passed a ruling that allows foreign doctors to practice in Indiana. If: ONE: Their credentials are approved by the state board. TWO: They repeat their senfor year in a U. 8. medical . School approvéd by the board. THREE: They pas$ the State Medical Board examination. It is clear these requirements have been set up to protect Indiana citizens from the foreign quack, and that is

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to $10% million. fin But we still bought $26,606,000 worth of Suols Hom that country—$6 million more than Here's what we've been buying—right up to now-—from Communist Czechoslovakia in large quantities: LE LLC lp A FLAX, HEMP and ramie (a fiber) and products made from these materials; glass products, including Christmas tree bulbs and ornaments; hops, worsteds and woolens, jewelry and metal articles, burlap, beads, coal-tar products (mostly naphthalene), paprika and poppyseed. In lesser quantities we have been buying leather goods, including women's and children’s

-ghoes and gloves; a variety of cordials and

liqueurs, artificial flowers, machinery, motorcycles, firearms and band instruments. So far this year, exports to Czechoslovakia gradually have been whittled down to a negligible quantity. In June, for instance, licenses issued for shipments to Czechoslovakia totaled only $109,578. Most of this was covered by one company, which proposed to ship $100,000 worth of cedar pencil slats to Czechoslovakia. The Czechs put the lead in the pencils and send them back to the United States. (These licenses are good for six months—so the shipments would not pecessarily be made in June.) ¢ © ¢ . IN APRIL, the last month for which official figures are available, American shippers sent only $135,000 worth of goods to Czechoslovakia. This included $80,000 worth of hops—used in beer brewing—although in the same month American brewers bought $175,200 worth of hops from the Czechs, Based on the statistics for the first four months of the year, United States sales to Czechoslovakia have slowed down to a rate of about $2% million annually. But official estimates forecast a rapidly decreasing volume

Hoosier Forum--They're Back’

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

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CERIrTIAsIIRRRRRIRIIIRY ‘Little Boy Stuff’ MR. EDITOR: Newspaper accounts inform us that we are to be again subjected to the gang of hoodlums who go by the name of the Indiana Department of the American Legion. Starting on Saturday, July 28, Indianapolis citizens will be harassed and molested, endangered by junker autos driven on the sidewalks, drenched by pails of water emptied on them from the upper hotel windows of the Claypool Hotel, squirted by water pistols in the hands of half-witted morons to mention just a few indignities. This gang always holds a convention in Indianapolis because they know from past experience that they can get by with anything, law violation or not. Previously, do-nothing city administrations and chiefs of police have seen these things happen and have done nothing. Lawlessness is actually encouraged by the hands-off policy of city officials. It's about time to change that policy or will the same old policy protect these marauders this year? eS Sb

PROBABLY so since the AL now uses the ruse of white helmeted MPs to police the convention. MPs who may as well be stone blind fn so far as seeing any wrong doing going on is concerned. Last year I observed men and women walking by the Claypool get drenched by two huge pailsful of water emptied on them from the top floor of the hotel. They protested to two policemen in a squad car across the street but the officers brushed their complaints aside and drove off leaving these two people, their clothes ruined, standing there at the further mercies of these hoodlums. After the convention was over the local papers called it one of the best behaved in years, What a laugh. It may well be better this year since many people. with whom I've talked have vowed to take matters in their own hands since the police won't. Until a few years ago this writer had been a member for one year, However, being unable to stomach this sort of conduct, I am and will remain an... —FEx-Member of American Legion

‘Dog Quarantine’

MR. EDITOR: I see where 31 dog owners have demanded a trial by jury to determine whether or not they are guilty of violating the dog quarantine. What is there for a jury to decide? Either their dogs were running around or they were not. 1 wish to heaven I were the court in this case. They would all go-to jail . . . all 31 of them . . . and their lawyer too if I could just find the slightest reason for sending him there. How any sane person, with complete knowledge of why we have this dog quarantine; can deliberately make this attempt to obstruct a law,

defies all human comprehension. —F. M,, City.

OUR DP PROBLEM . . . By Ed Wilson : Indiana Is Losing Good Source of Doctors

uble-Cross of sales as the strict licensing system takes

effect. Shipment of strategic and scarce materials was barred soon after the Communists invaded South Korea. But it was not until Mar, 2 that the Commerce Department demanded specifio permits for the shipment of all merchandise to Czechoslovakia. When the Mar, ® order was lssued, it is explained; it was not the purpose to stop the shipment of non-strategic, non-scarce materials to Czechoslovakia. The order, nevertheless, did put a severe crimp in these shipments. Here is one official's explanation of what happened: “We asked for specific licensing of these shipments,” he said, “just to get a look at it. But when our licensing agents in the fleld saw some of this stuff, they said to themselves, ‘Do we want those Commies to get this kind of stuff?’ Their answer was ‘no.’ So they stopped it. “I think the fact that they were getting fed up with the Communists and things like the Oatis case, has reflected itself in their decisions. They weren't giving them the benefit of the doubt.” ¢ & o

R. OC. MILLER, director of the Office of International Trade, said the general policy was to “cut down on exports to Iron Curtain countries So in April we shipped the Czechs some hops, some assorted inedible animal products (not specified) and a few sewing machine parts. By this time, we had cut them off from the large shipments of industrial machinery, in dustrial chemicals, textile fibers and manufactures, tobacco and other stuffs we were send= ing in 1949. But we bought from them—in April alone— a large quantity of textiles—$671,000 worth. In this class was $481,000 worth of cotton cloth, more of this item than we bought from the Czechs in all of 1949. In the same month, we bought from the Czechs more than a quarter-million dollars’ worth of imitation stones, used mainly in cheap costume jewelry.

TARNARRN NER ICRANANY

‘Don’t Wait for Sam’ MR. EDITOR: When I was first married I lived in a log house and worked as a railroad section hand for $1.25 for a 10-hour day. I do not recall what we had to eat only on one occasion, although I know we never went hungry. That time a U. 8. Congressman who was a friend, stopped to see us just at noon and I invited him in for dinner. My wife had been washing and the dinner she had was cornbread, beans cooked with jowl bacon. She did manage to find some cake that was left over and opened a can of fruit she had canned, The Congressman ate heartily and said he enjoyed the dinner very much and I believe he did. I also recall that when our first baby

came we had saved enough money to pay all -

expenses. I have kept in touch with one other man who worked with me. He lived in a shack, had poor health and a family of four children, and was having a harder time than I did. Later he had to go to the hospital for 11 months and several operations. His wife went to work washing and cleaning and had a neighbor look after the children. ; ¢ 4 ° LATER he paid the entire hospital and doctor bills in full. Two years ago my wife and I had the great pleasure of spending a couple of weeks as their guests at their summer home on a lake. He is now in semiretirement with an income of over $1000 per month. I don’t wish to bore anyone with my life's history but I mention these things because a writer, signing the initials E. M., complains about eating jowl bacon and bologna and would like to throw out all the people, including me, who can't have so much given to them. Now as it happens, E. M., there are very few of the people I know that had anything given to them on a silver platter. Most of them who did, have lost it. They didn’t wait for the government to build them a nice house to live in, neither did they wait for the price of beefsteak to be rolled back so they could eat it. The reason they can live in a fine home and eat anything they want is because they were ambitious enough to get busy and start helping themgelves, E. M. also mentions some people living west of 5th St. in Terre Haute not having a home or plenty to eat, which is probably true. But is that the fault of the people who happen to have money or is it the fault of these people themselves?—C. D. C., Terre Haute,

COURTSY

ONE TYPE of folk that make this world... a better place to live...are those who practice courtesy ...and of some kindness give...the ones who do not hesitate... to pass the time of day...or give a helping hand to those... who may have lost their way... the people who without restraint...will do a kindly deed.. to make a deep impression on... the one who was in need...wse all should practice courtesy...at home or on the road...and by its use we'll grow to find... it eases life’s great load. —By Ben Burroughs

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tive quacks without adding more from the outside. We attract a number of foreign doctors here because Indiana is one of the few states that does not require citizenship prior to practice. Unfortunately, many of these doctors are deeply impressed by this liberal attitude and come to our state without checking the other and more

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WHEN they arrive here they are faced with the truth. They have to scout up enough money to take their senior year over again. Of course some of them are able to do this but a great many are not. Those unable to raise the money move on to other states with more liberal laws. If they are able to raise the money they are faced withthe problem of getting into IU Medital School. That is ‘not as easy as it might sound for an experienced foreign doctor. IU recently increased its enrollment but it still is not great enough to take care of all the American citizens waiting to get in. If IU admits a foreign doctor it means an American citizen will have to wait. This puts the university on a hot spot with public opinion and probably would provoke disapproval in the American Medical Association. :

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cause of language difficulties. It is not fair to slow down the progress of other students because one or two students cannot clearly understand the English language. This does not mean IU throws out foreign applications without giving them fair examination. The university makes every effort to take care of these people. Another unfortunate aspect of this whole picture is the DP doctor who was graduated from a medical school which now lies behind the Iron Curtain. It has been past practice of most medical schools, IU included, to refuse entrance to doctors who received their training in schools which hdve not been approved by the AMA, This is another check

_against the foreign medical

quack. AMA has a number of medical teams in Europe now, visiting medical schools and evaluating their courses and systems, It is impossible for these teams to get behind the Iron Curtain to do their work.

” ” ~ MANY foreign schools do’ not meet with American standards and their graduates should not be allowed to practice in this country.

But there is a way for the

state of Indiana to bypass all or most of these difficulties an set up a closer check on fo

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Ohio, the foreign doctor is allowed to practice when je

takes out citizenship papers, serves one year internship in a hospital approved by the AMA, and passes his state board examination, Indiana could very well toss out the requirement of one year in a U. 8. medical school and’ replace it with the internship system while retaining the remaining provisions of the law. This would allow the foreign doctor to bypass his money

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IT WOULD allow the state board to make a closer check on his actual skills and weaknesses and would allow them to demand concentration on areas of skill that are lacking. If necessary, the state board could demand a second year of internship.

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great load off Indiana University and would provide hospitals with experienced and badly needed help. aturally for the first few months these interns would require very close attention and they would work a hardship on the hospital staff. But after the hospital was satisfied with the quality of their work, it would gain a qualified. physiclan working at the wages of an intern. ; Adoption of this system by

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