Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1951 — Page 14

The Indianapolis Times

HENRY W. MANZ Business Manager

Suiday; Sep. 2, 1951

: ROY Ww. HOWARD ' WALTER LECKRONE. + President ' Editor

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Money Well Spent x HILE IT has lacked the theater and the headline hogging of some other congressional investigating committees, the Senate Committee on Internal Security has been doing a painstaking, well- documented job on Communist influence and skulduggery. It is true the committee has retraced some well-worn tracks. But they needed to be retraced. If has overlapped some of the ground covered by the Tydings Committee inquiring into the Amerasia case. But what a difference —it has indulged in none of the cover up of that whitewash. Communism is a continuing. problem with us. It will Communism is devious, insidious ‘ard ‘malignant. Cut it out in one place and it reappears in another. a peril to be reduced or dispersed by casual probing.

every quarter.

THE COMMITTEE, which is ‘headed “by "Sen. McCarran of Nevada, has concerned itself particularly with Communist influence, direct and abstruse, in the government. That is useful work of the highest urgency. : The committee is laying the groundwork, among other things, for new immigration laws, in the interest of national security. The purpose. not only is to reduce the willy-nilly freedom with -which Communists and Communist sympa"thizers seem to infest themselves on tlus nation. It also is designed to bring about a more effective curb on the influx of criminals who also are a considerable danger to national security. Sen. McCarran has asked an additional appropriation for his committee—$195,000. Which is cheap enough in fo the face of the work to be done.

Pipe Braums Die Hard . ACK IN the ’Thirties, when the New Deal was in full flower, it was hard to find an idea so fantastic that it _couldn’t get a few millions out of the Federal Treasury. ° - One of those, right out of Major Roople's scrap-book was the Passamaqueddy Project, on which the federal government actually did spend a few miilions—about 20 as we recall it—of relief funds. - It was romantic enough, and simple enough, at that. You just went up toward the north end of Maine where the tides are the highest in the world, and built some dams in the ocean. Dams with gates in them. Then when the tide came in you shut the gates, made the water turn power generators when it went back out, and thus got electricity. Main bugs in it were that nobody was quite sure it would work, everybody was pretty sure that if it did it would cost moré than making electric power out of coal, for - instance, and it was well known that Passamaquoddy was away out in the wilderness where nobody could use the power if you had it.

® 8 = ® [a 2 THAT WAS too much, even for the rubber stamp Congress that was sitting in 1936, and it forbade the spending of any more money on Passamaquocdy. Most f us figured that was that. But here, just this week, is good old Passamaquoddy back in the news again. Seems the Army and the Navy and the U.S. Geological Survey have been up there this summer looking at the Bay with some new gadgets. °° ® The story we saw said it cost “oniy $50, 000” to make this survey, against some $2 millions for the old one which wasn't so good, back in 1935. “Only” $50,000 is the total |. federal income tax of about 200 average Indiana families for the whole year of 1051. It said it would take about $3,900,000 to determine whether you could do that to the tides at Passamaquoddy. Or, all the income taxes for all ~ of 1951 from about 15,000 Indiana families. It didn't say anything about what you'd do with the electricity to be produced in this almost uninhabited area;: ~~ 1000 miles from either factories or workers who might have use for the power, if any.

Lock the Barn Door First

‘SEN. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY (D. Wyo.) has come up with what looks like.a solid frontal attack on the shoddy and shameless concept of public morality revealed in the mink coat-deep freeze scandals. : Mr. O'Mahoney -is chairman’ ‘of the Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee, which presently will report to the Senate a $56 billion defense bill on which his group has worked many weeks. The Senator has offered an amendment to—“. . . .. penalize any contractor who, in order to secure a contract or favorable treatment under a contract for military supplies, directly or indirectly offers any gratuity, gift or entertainment to any officer or employee of the government.” * Penalties would include the right to terminate a contract and liability for damages in connection therewith: The provision would be written right into each war contract and would put the contractor on clear notice that any nonsense about a couple cases of scotch on the side could be very painful if he's caught. Mr. O'Mahoney points out some fruitless investigations of corruption might might be made unnecessary by his amendment. Le pu Congress Fopld oy the Senator's idea. " .

WHEN that new Czech Airbasssdor said his government “will not yield to any pressure,” he qualified as Stalin's - Court Jester.

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remain a problem until it is bottled and cerked. .

ITALY Public Health Commissioner charges o, 8.

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It is not: - It is. _ sufficiently sinister to command a full-dress attack from

AS LONG as there are little boys, state fair will be a success.

And every parent who takes a little boy to the fair will be reduced to a foot-aching wreck

before the day is half done.

There is no other creature on earth who can

consumie so great an amount of refreshments in so short a time ‘and still feel capable of putting moresaway if offered. No one can walk so much, talk so much and

« become as excited as a little boy spending his

first day at the fair . .. a day planned for weeks and talked about over every meal. Like Keith Leon Apple, age 8, Anderson. Keith is ip the third grade at Lindbergh School. He's a city boy, but has every intention of becoming a farmer.

Animal Friends

HE LIKES animals and like any little boy .

who likes anything he insisted upon introducing his mothér and father, Mr. and Mrs. Naaman Apple, to each and every cow, pig, sheep, otc. Every cow was mooed at, the sheep bahhed at, the pigs grunted at and the chickens crowed at. Every wild animal exhibited -in the new Conservation Building was effectively roared at. . Like any other little boy, Keith Apple likes high places, low places and no matter where he goes he’s going to find one or the other. At the fair he found a high place . . . the forest ranger's tower, 80 feet high, or to’ put it ancther way, about 170 steps high. Up he went like a shot, his father running a poor second. When he reached the top he turned around and said, “Let's go down.”

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MR. EDITOR: : I think the records will show that Rep. Madden and some of the union speakers were way off base. In Bill Folger’s story, Mr. Madden told how skillfully the Republicans evaded the home front. It seems to me the Républicans did pretty well on the home front while the Democrats failed on the Korean front.

We are yet being pushed around by the Reds and only the Democrats know when we will

quit or win that war. Mr. Madden is also wrong; .° very wrong on war profiteering and price °

controls.

It was the Democrats who provoked and started World War II. It was under your Demo-

" eratic Mr. Roosevelt that w: ges were tied and

on t—Reserved for lmmigrants,., Ni i

prices allowed to go wild.

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IT ‘IS this military and socialist philosophy of the Democrats that has the American people

regimented and under such police state contro] .

that we have very few freedoms left, In our

home town here we are so regimented by traffic

control that these local Democrats think they have a right to regulate. my God-given brain and body to an electric robot, All this regimentation heaped on the American citizen sums up to one thing, police state control. Mr. Maddén says

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‘CO-OPERATION on the part of the “old man” ended immediately. Keith waited patiently while-his father panted his way toward his second wind.

Like any other little boy, Keith had to ve a ride on everything on the midway. His fa went along on most of them but was so shaken

by this experience he feared he could not last _

much longer.

As far as a little boy is concerned, WEE ‘with feminine attraction is strictly out. So all -girlie shows and home economic displays were promptly put in the untouchable category; ° ‘sissy stuff.”

Good manners were shoved aside, a stand was taken on the issue and Keith became “truth with dirt on its face.” His mother went alone to the home economics display and nobody“went

.. to.the girlie shows.

‘A Big Fat Cow’

KEITH plans to come to the Fair some day with a “big fat cow,” or a pig or better still, flock of chickens. He already has a few Hieker in his back yard and he’s of the opinion his rooster is better than all the roosters shown at the Fair.’ He can crow louder. A boy at the Fair is a bothersome thing. He talks too much, eats too much, gets too dirty, and wants to stay too late. ; But we can’t deny him because we know that he's “the hope of the future with ‘a frog in its pocket.” —E. W.

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Hoosier Forum—'Way Off Base"

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

even Russia admits that American production won the war and Mr. Madden should have told’ the Federation of Labor that Democratic blundering and love for Communists lost the I-am very strictly in favor of the Taft- -Hartley law and I.give three cheers for Sen. Taft for.President.

—James J. Cullings, 107 S. Capitol Ave. ‘Ideal Candidate’ MR. EDITOR:

In this country anyone can speak his mind on any subject short of treason. For the next

presidential election we have the right to expect

the nomination of a candidate who can act decisively and with the firmness of a person who has the confidence of the peoplé behind him. One who. is not afraid of man, devil, public opinion or political pressure. if he ‘is right. One who insists upon returning to a nation. as far as it is possible to do so, the equivalent of all that is taken out of it. One who can give and take dipomatically at home and abroad,

——always firm in what he and the people know to

be right. We shall not find that kind of a candidate, but let us seek such .a person and then strive to nominate and elect him.

—B. C., City.

J. Hugh O'Donnell Is on vacation

" job this week in a

“was in recess.

‘aid,

- $8.5 billion.

refused. to re-

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CONGRESS ROUNDUP. .

Fy Charles Egger

President Didn't Get All He ‘Wanted in Foreign Aid Bill

WASHINGTON, "Sept. 1 — The Senate remained- on the effort to

catch up with the Hotise Which

billion for for- ny eign: economic and military passed, 61 to 5. President Truman had requested

The Senate.

store reductions of about , $1 billion ordered by the Foreign Relations Committee," despite a last-minute appeal from - the President, and then voted an additional cut of $250 million in economic aid. The $250 million reduction

Sen. Dirksen . . progress?

- was ordered after administra-

tion forces succeeded in turn-

Foster's Follies

SACRAMENTO — This ‘capital city of California has hired a Tampa, Fla, man to run its Chamber of Commerce.

In the beautiful west where the

. golden sun sets

(Except when perchance it might rain),

Chamber of Commerce has coppered some bets

With a sort of a capital gain.

The

" But ‘as Mark Twain remarked,

you can talk all you please _. *. s Of weather, but words just fall flat.

When that “heavy dew” settles, or citrus fruits freeze— There's no one can Tampa with that!’

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MAYBE those Floridians never should have let that Tampa trouble-shooter get outside the boundaries of the Everglade State. Evidently the gent is already tossing his superlatives far and wide. Anyway, grets that she could not accept

_an invitation to visit Lakeland,

Fla., were addresséd to “City Clerk and Comptroller of the City of Lakeland, Florida, CALIFORNIA.” But to get batk to Mark Twain: The great American humorist was born in Florida himself. Florida, Missouri, that is. Of course he didn’t have to be shown the humor in that.

-So it wasn’t long beforé he

to San Francisco. disputing Rudyard

moved Thereby

Kipling’s contention that “East ° » is East and West is West and

never the twain shall meet.” Although some folks claim at Kip slipped a lisp on that one. They say he was really referring to the connecting twains on some of those railroads in India.

IN ANY case, Twain certainly made his mark on the literature of America. To say nothing of the white-washing industry. Which; for fences at least, had just about the lowest wage scale (n history for a while. But certain Washington investigations of recent months put an end to all that. They not only produced a marvelous whitewashing job, but some new. records for fence-strad-dling as well.

= . = HEH - HEH HEADLINES:

“New Tax Burdens Working Mothers.”

lift. “Models Speed Super Flattops.” Don’t get excited, fellows, that has to-do with airplane catriers, not next year’s

fashions. “Teachers . Vacations Criticized as Too Long.” The faculty and student body will. debate that any time — at length.

. “What. Makes Sally Run to Work?” Generally, a who gets in on time.

By Gene Feingold | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE

JOHN TAX SAYER

“Major actions included a bill. authorizing $7.2

Princess - Elizabeth's re-

limitations on

Even the old ones ’ -didrit. give the old. man..any.

.. boss

IE back an attempt to slash $500 millien from the economic aid money. . > ‘Both reductions were - proHet by Sen. Everett Dirksen (R. Ill.) ‘who argued that Eu-

* rope — which would get the butk of economic aid —_had -

made enough progress to warrant a smaller authorization.

But Sen. Brien McMahon (D.

- Conn.) said the reduction was

a “stab in the back” to our Allies in Western Europe.

. The bill now goes to a con-.

ference committee to iron out .differences in the bills passed by the two Houses. The House . version authorizes a total of $7.4 billion.

‘Red Trade Curb

THE BILL to cut off aid to

nations selling. war materials in Communist-centrolled countries was passed, 55 to 16. However, President Truman

was authorized to continue aid -

when other items of primary importance to armament production -are sold, if.in his discretion the goods received are of greater strategic-value than those sold, "The bill, already passed by .the House, replaces the strict: er Kem amendment which ordered an automatic cut-off of aid ta countries shipping any strategic materials to the Soviet blac.

Controls

ADMINISTRATION leaders told the Banking and Currency Committee that prices will go

Sen. John Bricker + «+ quit belly-aching

up again. And they warned that part of the increase will ‘result from the new controls law, now only one month old. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston -said he would “put

the responsibility . squarely where it belongs—on. ongress.” His remark came after

Sen. John W. Bricker (R. 0.) “told Mr.

Johnston to “quit belly-aching” and enforce the law Congress had passed. However, some committee members indicated’ they might try -to tighten the law. President Truman has asked for three major changes, including the restoration of slaughtering quotas, repeal of a. provision permitting the inclusion of cost Increases since the

- Kgrean War in manufacturers’

markups and repeal of another provigion ‘which guarantees distributors their customary

percentage markups.

Taxes

THE FINANCE Committee approved a. $2.2 billion increase in corporate taxes, $760 million less than voted by the House. The committee also voted to tax building and loan’ assocjations, mutual savings banks and some co-operatives, Additional revenue was esti-

“mated at $145 million a year.

Increases in excise - taxes also were approved. Included

were hikes in present taxes on .

cigarets, gasoline, liquor and automobiles. The committee also recommended -a 10 per cent manufacturer's tax on 14 types of household appliances, including vacuum cleaners, washing machines and garbage disposal units,

‘Crime Committee

THE CRIME Investigating Committee called for a citi. zens’ drive to stamp out crime warned that mobsters wilt try to take over

the narcotics racket as their:

other sources of revenue are shut off. The committee said the narcotics traffic was “organized it: *"”, It urged stronger penalties fo

«violators of the narcotics laws.

Among the committee's rec-

- ommendations was a proposal

for a “national crime co-ordi-nating council.” It would set up local . crime commissions and serve as a clearing house for exchange of information among them.

‘Military Construction

THE Armed Services Com-

mittee approved a bill appro- °

priating’ $5.8 billion ‘for military construction. That's $95 million more than the House has voteq.

FOREIGN TRADE . . . By Earl Richert

Does the U. S. Practice ‘What It Preaches?

WASHINGTON; Sept. 1—In tne polite language of diplomacy, seven friendly nations have told the United States it is not living up to its own preachings on remov-

ing trade barriers.

Canada, Italy, Denmark, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and France have vigorously protested as a violation of our international trade agreements our virtual embargo on imports of peanuts, peanut oil, butter and butter oil and the sharp

Mr. Thorp . a big loss

cheese imports. The Truman - administration agrees with the foreign countries and has sent State and Agriculture Depart-

“pent officials to Capito Hitt

to ask repeal of the law which “forces this action.

This law, a broadening and -

tightening of a wartime act, , was pressured -through Congress by the dairy bloc as a part of the new Defense Production Act. Primary purpose was to keep out imporfs of foreign butter and cheese which would compete with our own products. Assistant Secretary of State Willard L. Thorp pointed out before the Senate Banking Committee that the Economiic Co-operation Administration (‘Marshall Plan) has worked vigorously abroad to encourage the production and export of many items to the American market, including cheese,

Noéw, under the new law, our governemnt must restrict imports of foreign cheese to one-half the rate we imported in 1939.

This, said Mr. Thorp, means a’ loss of $2 million a year in dollar earnings for Denmark and 1 million for the Netherlands: Italy, he said, will lose -about $1 million a ‘year in cheese sales to the U. 8. and

‘the loss will’ be heavily concentrated in Sardinia, an area

already desperately poor and politically unstable. # 8 =» HE SAID the restriction on cheese imports alone meant an annual loss of $14 to $20 million for “the ‘countries nvolved.”

‘Mr, Thorp said the import restrictions ‘also would ‘result

in retaliation by the foreign

countries against our own agricultural exports. Total cheese imports in 1950;

he said, amounted to less than

5 per cent of total domestic

amount to only 1l; per cent of our own chees® production. He pointed out that the U. S. has been working to eliminate trade barriers ever since.1934 and that the current act is in sharp contradiction to our government’s policy. .

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CLARENCE J. McCORMICK, Under Secretary of Agriculture, testified there are provisions in other laws which would enable the government to restrict agricultural imports whenever they threatened to wreck our own markets. He said that under one of these laws import controls Were being used on rice and rice products, flaxséed and lin-

. seed oil—with complete agree-

ment with—-foreign--producing-countries. He stressed possible retaliation, Canada, he said, buys fruits and vegetables from us many times the value of the cheese they have been buying here. much more of our agricultural products than we buy of hers. And France is an important buyer of American citrus

fruit and tobacco.

“In any exchange of retaliatory curbs on foreign trade.” he said, “the American farmer is apt to be the heaviest loser.” Chairman Burnet Maybank (D. 8. C.) of the Senate Bankink Committee said he ‘favored repeal of the law which forces the curbs. But prospects for repeal are not bright since both Houses only recently voted overwhelmingly for the import curb provision.

OF MY HEART

IN ‘EVERY blooming flower .

that . . . bestows. the world with bliss . . . I see your face and loveliness . . , thelr petals are your kiss . .. you're in each star that lights the sky “ee

, You are the clouds above . . .

your voice is music to 'my ears + «+ like cooing of a dove . . . the trees and grass of summertime . . . are you, my sweet heart dear... you are the snows of wintertime... a song of “Joy and cheer... when breezes blow you are’ the breath . . that sends them on

their way . . . you're In each ocean wave that rolls. «+ you're

everything that's gay . . . my darling, oh my darling one . . . ~ You are the answer to . . . my

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