Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 August 1951 — Page 21

By LUDWELL DENNY WASHINGTON, Aug: 10 —Many Allied experts are less pessimistic than Chairman George H. Mahon of the House Subcommittee on

administration, 1 The Marshall Plan was supposed to go out of busiriess it year. The military-aid program is to be spread over j period of three or four years, or perhaps longer. By saddling itself upon the military-aid program, the hall Plan bureaucracy obviously hopés to ride out @ storm on the new vehicle—and then “gradually absorb 3 Thas it would realize its aspirations to become a perma-

But why should the proponents of military aid be a ity to the plot? 5 § a... » » = Hi CONGRESS appears to be in the mood to put an drer-all limit on the amount to be spent abroad. The more ey approved for economic assistance the less there be for rearmament. Every government which obtains

in, the economic assistance fund. + 4 If the two funds are pooled, the demands upon them dso will be pooled. In theory, military needs ‘are to have big priority. But if the allocations are to be made out Ethe same till, the demands for economic aid may exhaust t source long before the larger military-aid fund has jen distributed. Then the Marshall Plan organization can 8 expected to come back to Congress for more money. i % The vital rearmament program should not be jeopapdized by this one-package arrangement. A single adminidfration might make for more efficiency, but it also will fle it easier to tap te till. - : ss

The IPR Inquiry :

EN. McCARRAN'S committee is performing a genuine public service in exposing the extent to which Communists and their sympathizers used the Institute of Pacific

This organization was supported by contributions from big business and it included on its directorate—as well as its letterheads—the names of miany distinguished Americans. It was a natural target for Communist penetration. But it is astounding that such an operation could enjoy the success it did under the very noses of intelligent people who were supposed to be giving some attention to the affairs of the organization. Publications of the IPR were used as a medium for Communist propaganda. Their identity with the organization also enabled the Reds to extend their influence into the State Department and our various wartime agenciedunder the guise of experts on Pacific affairs. It may be impossible at this late day to separate the dupes from the redhots.. But as the story of IPR’s penetration is unfolded, there should de some red faces among the innocents who were taken on this Moscow merry-go-round ride in the name of objective research.

Aid for Formosa

IF THE United States intends to take a firm stand against communism anywhere in Asia, then President Truman. is right in asking for a modest aid program for the: Chinese Nationalist forces on Formosa. The appropriation requested, $307 million is less than ve are spending on some countries which do not have anything like Formosa's potentialities. There is little point in giving arms to a country until it ‘has troops to use them. Chiang Kai-shek has. at least 400,000 troops in need of equipment. This is the largest anti-Communist military force in Asia. The policy of waiting until an area is under attack oefore going in its rescue is exhausting and self-défeating. Americans can't do all the fighting, They should not be doing any tighting at all when there are natives willing to fight in their own defense if given ‘he weapons. We waited until it was too late adequately to arm the South Koreans, and have paid for that mistake by a fearful toll in American blood. The mistake should not be repeated in Formosa.

n ~ » » ~ - RUSSIA is on the march and the West is on the defensive. This permits the Soviets to se2k out the soft spots and limit their adventures to areas where they are most likely to succeed. This situation will prevail as long as we are content merely to repek aggression. And wars aren't won that way. The Communists will retain the initiative in the present struggle until the free nations are strong enough not only

‘move against it if that becomes necessary. : Communism will begin to lose its dynamic force when ‘it ‘can no longer advance. All its successes have been ‘achieved by force or intimidation and i has shown little {capacity to consolidate its gains by winning popular support. {Once the Reds have been checked, revolts can be expected iin their rear, because the areas under their control are seeth{ing with Aiscontent. The constant purges are evidence of ‘that. : : If Formosa is armed, it can defend itself against a ‘Communist, attack. ' It also can be in readiness to support revolts against the Communists which may oceur on the mainland, That threat should tend !o lessen pressure on iother areas. Aggression will not be so inviting when it is confronted by the prospect of a strong counterattack.

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otion Picture Note | CCORDING to the, Prague radio, the Communists held

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ilitary “assistance can be expected also to ask a share

Relations as one of their operational bases during the war.

to. challenge communism anywhere and everywhere, but to

an met nsyonal” film festival in Czechoslovakia.

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The notion that an

; Joe atomic conStalin fict would be 3 terrible but Is it war .. a little if any expert support. Only a few

small, highly industrialized nations could be destroyed quickiy by atom bombs. Among all 'world powers, Russia is least vulnerable with its vast spices and widely dispersed strategic points. - . This is not to deny that the

pomb is a major weapon.

American atomic superiority doubtless has been. the chief deterrent to Soviet attack so far. But that superiority could be . diminishing as Stalin increases his stockpile and the number of bombers capable of delivering them.

RRR THE other main Allied assets, are America's incomparable productive capacity and the North Atlantic Pact forces, Both of these, htiwever, in defense terms sfe only potentials which require time for development. Stalin would have a better chance of winning a war which he started this fall, than if he waited until American factories were producing the required tanks and planes and until Gen. Eisenhower's forces had grown.

Likewise, internal weakness

. of the Red satellite empire en-

courages prompt .. action— if any. Although Stalin's slave states in Eastern Europe lack the capacity of effective revolt they are more of a military liability now than a year ago and probably will become less reliable for him with every pass-

ing month. sn »

- WHEN all these Tactors: are

taken together, the pessimists who expect a world war soon have: much fo. support their fears. z Nevertheless, the ma jority of American and Allied experts if not optimistic. and that is too sirong a word for any realist until we lL.ave Trearmed Are at least less pessimistic, For' two rea-

sons: oo

“One is helief Stalin missed his best . op- | portunity last’ year before Allied pre Oen Eisenhower _ arg Hen: had ...in the fall? that by this fall his chances of a quick vie tory will be too small to be tempting, A long war would be too risky for him. The second reason is that he is now profiting so much by small proxy wars, with a minimum of risk and expense of Russia, he would be crazy te gamble all on a world war. The real danger, as this group sees it, is not that Stalin delibérately will start a world war but one of his proxy wars mav get out of hand. That could easily happen in the Middle East, or in_Yugoslavia, or in Korea. So even the least pessimistic are very much on the alert.

Barbs—

WHY is it vour front vard is always better than your neigh-

bor's — for the neighbor's Kids to play in? ANYONE who claimeg to have no bad-habits 1s just too good to be true.

SIDE GLANCES

60 Sue I remember you! You're. the no-butter-on-the-ham-sand-

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‘A Bitter Foe' . MR. EDITOR: You are a bitter foe of the old age pensioners and their worthless kin. This is the reason and sole reason for your senseless and inconsistent This is ‘not «charity. These people have as much right to pensions as U. 8. Senators, city, county, state employees or any person and the important thing is they secure it in a respectable way. That a civilized people would naturally do. But there are a lot of people who would have them crawl through a sewer to get it.

Let us be nr know just how

township and cit The politician

We all know this secret clause had been to publish all all law for 15 years, observed and J Thestiored out and to whom ‘paid. until dirty politics broke in. ou know the: nd that law, as

people have access to the amount paid. The papers want the names so they can plaster their front pages with these dirty Donna Mikel-type slander stories. You cause more strife and make more Communists than Stalin's ‘nen. Clean up your paper. The old people are not organized. That's why they can't defend themselves." We hope the day will come when these peopie will have to walk in the path of the aged. Take a stand for these old people and I believe vou will feel better. They are human and probably have done as much for their country as you will'eyer do Don’t take material things too seriously. : —One of the Aged, City

‘Take Care of the Poor’

MR. EDITOR: The welfare publicity law. was not passed by the people of Indiana. It was passed by a

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‘How Much Do They Get?’

DEAR EDITOR:

easonable. It would be taxpayers if they much money every person is

very could

getting when it comes cut of the state, county,

y treasury. s want to keep the taxpayer in

the dark as regards the amount he or she is getting and what service has been rendered. one time the law required the county auditors

owances and the amounts paid

The tax spenders have regards salaries of the officers, they just publish 'what is paid supplies other than what the

It would he a surprise to the taxpayers if they knew just the exact amount paid

Now the members of our legislature, at least

k it is a crime not to publish

to all the gossipers all the details of just what some poor unforturtate citizen is receiving. The Bible tells us not to publish ou the left hand know what th Shamé on those who

alms, not to let ight hand does. would try to humiliate e citizens.

welfare- money, the county’ auaitor, county recorder

When you get all this

the hands of politicians it is

elfare hoards try to be fair and

just and to do their duiy as regards the needy.

publicans and i believe it was passed in order So let us be reasonable and consistent. to cause a 1ot of people to go off relief and to Compel all receiving money be made public. keep others from going on, even though in need: —One Who Believes in a Fair Deal, City

They would rather do than have their

names made public. I have never known of any one on relief that got as much as they should. I am glad Mr. Ewing made the decision he did. We need human laws. not laws that will cause the old. the blind. sick and needy to feel degraded. I am sure.there are a lot of people in both camps that think the same as I do about this, Why always be yelling about the taxes? You don't pay taxes unless you have something and most of vou have good salaries and wages with exemptions enough to live on besides the extra vou have $ Just try living on the amount the people on welfare get, . I don't believe there are many chiselers among the poor: A few, but many more among peonle with money, The legislature should. be

this ‘Children an MR. EDITOR I read in th . the lady driver

her for these ch of ‘nowhere. Su weeks ago. my car. stop so that min Ag I reflect or providence took th

automobile accident

A 4-vear-old. boy Luckily Iwas driving about an hour and, having good brakes,

d Drivers’

e Sunday Times the plight of who killed a little boy in an and sympathize with ildren do seemingly appear out ich my few

can was experience a ran in front of 15 miles was able to or bruises were the only result, 1 the ificident now, it seems that over in the second that spelled

ifference between the life and death of a precious little boy.

called in session again and this law repealed. I hope every driver reads these lines and There is another law, too, that is a disgrace to realms if he drives faster than his ability this state. The one that forces old people to to stop his car within the length of itself, it sign away their property in order to get the is a potential kitler, for children will continue old-age pension to dart out in. front of you so long as there —Mrs. Elvin Creamer, Elwood. are streets to play in. R. B.,, New Castle,

By Galbraith TARZAN AND HO

WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 know where there's a job i healthful, open-air work for a fellow who's light on his feet, at $825 per week. If I were better at shinnying up trees with a large telescope under my arm, I'd apply for it myself. The trick is to climb to the top of a tall oak adjacent to a hoss race track, train your glass on the score board’ jot down the results and phone ‘em in to Harry Bilson, the Baltimore Racing News boss. Then the portly Harry relavs this info to bookies, some of whom interspersé the news with soothing waltz music. This is profitable to all concerned. Or at least it was un$5) the Senate Crime Commit. tee started &n®bping around this nation’s bookmaking parlors. Since then Harry's bhusiness has fallen off something awful. ” = » - STILL and all, he told the Senators, he's been in this line of work for the last 40 years. He's trying to hang on. Who _ knows” People may still be “interested in putting down a small bet on the ponies after. the Crime Committee is no

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$825-per-week job. Last winter Florida passed a law against bookies getting the results . direct from the tracks. This left Harry in his office in Baltimore biting his wellmanicured finger nails. Not only did he sell the news to his customers in these precincts, but he got $400 per day from the Continental News Service, the nation-wide race service, for the same dope. At the crucial moment, Harry's phone rang. Long distance from Florida. A voice said Al Gorman was on the line, Al added that he could ile Harry the rece results for that $825 weekly fee, provided Harry sent him some assistants.

"= n HARRY did. And< Al delivered. If he couldn't find a

tree, he'd settle for a room in the nearest tall building. If not that, he'd take a perch on a nearby barn. He'd get the results through his spyglass, wigag them to a helper on the ground and the latter would phone ‘em to Baltimore.

Al did so well that Harry -

sent him along to Bowie when that track opened in Mary-

Aad and then ardeted him to

Monmouth, N. I. Al kept on

The Welfare Board nas a tis" Ball personswho are getting the county and the township trustee all have a list of those receiving welfare funds.

DEAR BOSS... . By Dan Kidney

Red-Hot fas Row

{ To Face Cool Judge

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10— Something new will be added in the Indiana welfare row whan the state's injunction suit against FSA Administrator Oscar R. Ewing is heard in Federal District Court here Aug. 20.

That new thing will be a first rate judicial temperament. With Hoosier politicians fanning the matter to white heat, the calmness. of Judge Walter Bastion, a Republican, may be effective in reducing the fevers and ferreting out the truth. As a highly respected member of bench and bar, Judge Bastion will decide without rancor whether or not “Jack” Ewing was wrong in ruling that the 1951 Indiana welfare publicity statute violates the secrecy provisions of the "Social Security Law. Asst. Indiana Atty. Gen. Clyde Jones and two young attorneys from the Hogan and Hartson law firm here filed the Indiana case yesterday. They then went into Judge Bastion’s court to get the date for an injunction hearing. They asked that Mr. Ewing's Federal Security Administration order cutting off Indiana funds for the aged, blind and dependent children be temporarily stayed and the whole matter given judicial review.

~ ” ” HOWARD BOYD and C. Frank Reifsnyder were the attorneys assisting Mr. Jones. The former told the judge that FSA attorneys were well versed in the merits of the case, since a hearing had been held before the administrator, and asked that the matter be set as soon as possible to “save 75.000 citizens of Indiana from suffering the Toss of some $2 million a year.” The date of Aug. 14 Was Suggested by Mr. Boyd, but Judge Bastion said he had such a crowded “docket that he could not set it for hearing before Aug. 20. Mr. Jones said he

-would be back at that time.

So will Justice Department

ANOTHER DATE . ., By Earl Richert Ly

“coalition leader.

lawyers who will defend Mr. Ewing. Meanwhile the Hoosier political firaworks will continue to blaze.

Democratic National Committeeman Frank M. McHale, Indianapolis, wrote Mr. Ewing a very friendly letter after he sawed Indiana off, it was learned. Since the measure eausing the loss of funds was passed after the Social Security Agency had pointed out it would mean the loss of grants-in-aid, the Democrats are hoping the voters will blame the Republican legislature for the impasse. Democratic Gov, Henry F. Schricker vetoed the

bill and it was promptly passed |

over his veto.

» » ” ON THE Republican side, , Sen. William E. Jenner has

twice gotten Senate approval for - changing the federal law go that the Indiana statute will not conflict with it. Each time he has had the support of his Republican . colleague, Sen. Homer E. Capehart. That puts the matter squarely up to the House members and varticularly their. dean Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer Republican, a long-time He had the eight Hoosier Republicans meet with him at luncheon in his private dining room in the Capitol building and discuss the matter.

How partisan the thing has become for maybe always has been pointed up by the fact that the two Indiana Demo~ crats, Reps. Ray Madden,

Gary, and Winfield K. Denton, Evansville, were not invited to the Halleck luncheon.

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Treasury Boys Flirt . With Dame Inflation

WASHINGTON, .Aug. 10—The U. S. Treasury is

‘tinkering with the thermostat of inflation again—even

as the economic stabilizers work to maintain today's

moderated price temperatures.

Since July 1, the Treasury has borrowed $1.2 billion in “new money” to meet the current government deficit and to maintain an adequate cash balance in anticipation of larger deficits to come. The borrowing was accomplished by selling 91-day Treasury bills at varying interest rates. Mr. Snyder . .. it ws gov dire prediction erhment deficit financing. It is. highly when the money

inflationary borrowed comes because then it works to expand the money supply. So far. however, Treasury and Federal Reserve officials say that most of the borrowed money has come from corporations and trust funds—a type of borrowing that ig not inflationary since it does not expand the money supply. But the corporations can, if they need money, sell the Treasury bills to the banks. And when these bills get in the banking system the inflationary process of creating more monéy begins to work. So the government borrowing, deemed necessary by the Treasury. tends to be inflationary. Bank holdings of government securities may well show an increase in the near future, officials say. n » n IT WAS the government's healthy: financial situation that put one of the biggest dampers on the post-Korean inflation. Not many people realize it, but Uncle Sam was so prosperous in the fiscal year just ended, even though fighting a war

. By Frederick C. Othman

Climb a Tree and Earn Yourself $875 a Week

Then, no phone calls. Harry's. most expensive emplovee disappeared. Harry isn't sure, but he thinks Al vanished on account of those snooping Senators. S80 what Harry needs now is a new man with good eyesight and a Tarzan-like way with trees. This line of endeavor is illegal” but there doesn't seem to be much chance of getting caught. Al proved that.

= ” ” > NOT even Harry, his boss,

Friday.

ever saw him. Al just got the race results phoned, collect, to . ‘Baltimore.

And Harry merely mailed him his $825 every ‘week, care of general delivery in whatever town he“happened We bu hut aitting, Pi

from banks

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feel .,.

in Korea, that the national debt was reduced $2.1 billion, from $257.3 to $255.2 billion And $1.8 billion was added to the Treasury's cash balance as a result of the government surplus. This situation was anti-infla-tionary. But the picture has changed now. Since July 1, the government has run $2.5 billion in the red that much’ more being spent than was. taken in. The cash

balance has gone down nearly:

$2 billion to $5.4 -billion. And the national debt has been increased by nearly one-half billion.

=” ” ” JULY and August, of course,

‘are always the periods of low=

est tax revenues. The Treasury position should improve somewhat with the September qifarterly payments by individ uals and corporations. And many economists think that the government's financial picture won't really look bleak until after the December-through-March period of heavy income tax revenues. ; Treasury Secretary John Snyder has estimated a government deficit of about $10 billion this year and, to avoid it, has asked Congress to vote that amount in new taxes. Congress, however, has shown no indication of voting that much. And it has done little so far to cut government spending. It won't be possible to get any near-accurate sizeup of the government's financial <situation until Congress passes the new tax and appropriations bills. And any move greatly to expand the Air Force, as suggested by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R. Mass.) and Rep. Carl Vinson (D. Ga.), would give the already-existing inflationary tendencies.a hig shove sending federal. expenditures soaring and making a huge federal deficit certain.

Harry went on to say that he not only was being pestered by Sénators, but also by raaio moguls. Some of these latter, he added, broadcast race re= sults quicker than his.own tele« Scope man could deliver. Sev= eral of his best clients have dropped off his wire in favor of tuning in their radios for free. This Harry regards as’ unfair competition and also restraints of trade. If Congrcss could do something about ity he'd be grateful.

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