Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1951 — Page 28

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The Ravel in the Rope

EN. PAUL DOUGLAS of Illinois is a patient, diligent, methodical man. For many months, Sen. Douglas eoradimiondy and ably has been pecking away at waste and overspending in the federal budget. One of the few voices of restraint in a Congress which appropriates’ multi- billions with the aplomb of a schoolboy buying a popsickle, Sen. Douglas reached the climax of his “trying and disagreeable duty” this week. Before the Senate was a bill to authorize the spending of $61 billion. It was a sacred cow, the main military budget. Sen. Douglas proposed to cut it. He knew, as he began his left and fact-laden- attack, that he who questions the military often is accused of seeking to impair the country’s defenses. And even though the Senator applied his duty with a manicure scissors, relatively, instead of a meat ax, he experienced the treatment he forecast—an implication that he was reflecting on the good faith of the Armed Forces.

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THE SENATOR paid his respects to the courage, the abilities and the efficiencies of the military forces.

Thursday, Sept. 13; 1951

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For two hours, then, Sen. Douglas cited item after -

item, waste after waste, example after example of dollar leakage in the military establishment. He attacked no one, he blamed no one. He admitted a “mortal terror” lest he propose a reduction in an essential item. It was a painstaking, workmanlike job, on which the

| Senator-must-have- devoted-endless, weary hours-of labor, — — -And-Ms, Ewing-states.in his foreword how.

It was not his object, he said, to reduce military spending, but merely to see that the country was not overpaying for its defense, that a lot of money was not “going down . the drain.” Fd # n td s ” 3 AT THE end of his recital, Mr. Douglas was treated to an’ unctuous reproach by Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming, from whose committee the bill originally had . “Let no one rise on this floor,” said Mr. O'Mahoney, “and, with a broad brush, attempt to paint a picture of a lack of devotion, of crookedness, of waste on the part of our people in the Armed Forces.”

And in the course of his statement, Sen. O'Mahoney

got off this unbecoming remark: ~~ + “If I were to keep silent, I can imagine the words of the Senator from Illinois being read by some répresentatives of Tass, being broadcast behind the Iron Curtain misinterpreting his meaning to indicate a lack of faith among

members of Congress in the men who work, who fight and

who die for them.” At this point, Sen. Douglas impulsively let go a wild sound, variously described as a shriek, a scream and a piercing emotional outcry. And he fled the chamber. Later, under prodding from other Senators, Mr. O’Mahoney said he had “no intention” of implying that Sen. Douglas was intending to “give aid and comfort to the enemy.” But why did he say what he said?

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SEN. O'MAHONEY repeatedly admitted waste in the

Armed Forces. And President Truman, in another of his caustic pieties on government spending, admitted waste. Military appropriations always contain waste, but war itself is waste,” Sen. O'Mahoney benignly put it. “There are bound to be some cases of waste or extravagance,” the President expressed it. Waste is inevitable only by tolerance. To Sen. Douglas it is intolerable. However the Senator's outery may have solnded, whatever the impulse, it well could have been a cry of frustration. “I don’t want to lose a horse,” said President Tfuman, “through being too stingy to buy a strong Saough rope te tie him with!” But a rope raveled by waste will never hold a horse. The Trumans and the O’ Mahoneys ought to know that as well as Sen. Douglas.

Handy to Have Around

WHEN President Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley labor ;

bill in 1947; he said it would “prove to be unworkable,” that it would “cause more strikes, not fewer,” that it was “dangerous” and that it would “contribute neither ‘to industrial peace nor to economic ‘stability and progress.” House and Senate passed the bill over his veto. And the President thereafter began a ceaseless. campaign for its repeal. : Since Taft-Hartley became law, Mr, Truman has used it nine times in important industrial disputes. He used it in atomic energy, meat, coal, telephone, maritime and now in the copper strikes. He used it effectively, to keep production going while differences between management and labor were ironed out.

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THE copper strike lasted 11 days before the processes

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NEW ECONOMIC FRONT IER .

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~ Signing Of Jap Peace Treaty Doesn't Solve Far East Problems

SAN FRANCISCOA Sept.. 13-“Anyone ‘who imagines everything in the Far East is going to

treaty "coming. If not the worst, there is at least pienty of bad yet to come. Everything will have to go on as usual till the treaty is ratified by the governments of the countries whose foreign ministers signed it. In the case of the United States, that means the treaty has to be. ratified by the U. 8. Senate..’ There is little chance the Senate will get around to_ hearings and ratification before the scheduled Oct. 1 adjournment. That means the matter will be held over as unfinished business for the new session convening in January 1952. oe THERE is a provision in the treaty that it must be ratified within nine months by a majority of the signers. off till July, 1952. If not ratified by a majority

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney Ewing Checks ‘Label Truths’

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 .— Dear Boss—

That would put the date’

Hqosiers who think Federal Security Adminis-

trator Oscar R. Ewing isn’t interested in welfare because he cut off $20 million grants-in-aid to his home state of Indiana can be assured of the contrary-today. For Mr. Ewing [I has written the forei" word to an FSA # booklet, prepared by '¥ the Food and Drug a Administration, expressing his concern il for folks who are misled by the ‘label on tin cans. The booklet is No. 3 of “Miscellaneous Publications” put out by FSA under Mr. Ewing. It is entitled “Read the Label” and may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U. 8. Printing Office, for 15 cents—if you haven't already got one from FSA for free. . The format is mighty pretty, showing a long eyelashed dame looking at a tin can with practiced eye. It is in two colors, white and yellow. The whole book is illustrated with cartoons.

Business Manager ._ be in’good. shape because the Japanese peace has been signed ‘has another thought -

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then, individual countries may separately ratify this, or any other treaty suitable to the Japs.

Even if the San Francisco conference had blown wide open, the United States would probably have made a separate peace with Japan.

of some responsibilities as a.defeated enemy and an occupied country. The purpose of this was to help prepare Japan to stand on its own feet, economically.

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his part of the government is doing you good. “Enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is a service to protect the health and pocketbook of the consumer and the

“operations of the law-abiding industries,” Mr,

Ewing writes. “The large majority of American food, drug, device and cosmetic manufacturers are producing the safest, cleanest, most informatively labeled items ever available to the public. “Today, producers labeling their goods in conformance with the law are furnishing the consumer the information he needs to be an intelligent purchaser, the Food and Drug Administration is responsible for enforcing the law, The final and essential step to achieve the maximum benefit from these activities of industry and government is for the consumer to make practical use of the information provided on the label.”

‘Label Must Be Truthful’

THE 40-page pamphlet begins: “Back in the days of open cracker barrels in grocery stores, the purchaser could inspect the wares and often even sample them. Today we have many more types of manufactured products and almost every processed food is packaged to protect it from dust and insects and facilitate handling. “The buyer cannot examine the ‘contents and must depend upon the label as his guide to the inside of the package. First of all the label must be truthful. It is not enough to avoid untruthful statements. The label must

- tell. abqut the product in a way which will not

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set up by the Tafi-Hartley law brought it to an end. In

one week of that strike, 22,000 tons of vital copper production were lost. This was enough to equip a million automobiles, for instance. Defense Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson testified even a short copper strike would inflict “irreparable damage” on the defense program. -In election years, Mr. Truman finds the Taft-Hartley Law a politically useful issue. In times of production crisis, he. finds it a mighty. bandy law to have on the books.

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gate ous und Manores fo S00 BE of soem.

mislead the purchaser.” The latter point is {illustrated by a couple of cans showing that .olive oil and cotton seed Also there is a halo over Mr. Can as he takes an oath to swear that he will tell “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” How cute.

‘What Is Jam’

SIMILAR illustrations stress the points made throughout the text, It shows that kippered herring should come in small cans, because it is a small fish, and that boxed candy can contain too much cardboard. Just how hard the Ewing organization works to arrive at such terrific conclusions is exemplified in detail regarding strawberry jam. “What is strawberry jam?” it asks and then continues: “To find out current practices and opinions inspectors went into factories, housewives were questioned, cookbooks studied. Experimental packs of preserves, jams and jellies were made in factories and laboratories by skilled chemists and inspectors. Hundreds of samples of preserves were examined. The administrator announced to fruit preserve and jelly manufacturers, consumers, and all others interested that a public hearing would be had on this proposal to “set standards for fruit preserves and jellies.” The hearing was held and is illustrated, with a heavy-bespectacled lady Ph. D. sounding off

' .to all the men present. Then the text explains

how, after weeks of more study and work, Mr. Ewing determined what jam is, but not the kind he is in in Indiana.

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

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SPANISH MANNERS

S. had already begun to relieve Japan

“For several years, maybe ionger, this is going . to be nip and tuck. “

AMERICAN aid to Japan was ended last -June 30. In the apptoximately five years since the end of the war, this aid has amounted to

nearly $2 billion. *it was begun as a relief .

program.’ Later it was turned to industrial rehabilitation and the sending of Japanese officials, busi-

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By Frederick C. Othman

Milady Can't Wear Her Gloves— Too Much Hand Kissing in Spain

MADRID, Sept. 13—-What my bride insisted she needed, and in a hurry, was a fresh manicure. She'd hardly stepped off the flying machine before she’d had her hand kissed by three gallant caballeros, including the jefe de policia. The chief kissed twice, once on meeting her and again on saying, adios. I don't know why the boss of Madrid’s police was meeting the trans-world plane from New York (looking for emerald s mu g glers, maybe) but I must report he was the suavest heelclicker I ever saw outside of a movie. I must add also that Mrs... O. . has stopped wearing gloves in Spain; she carries 'em. If anybody else wants to kiss her hand, she’s ready. No waiting. So we moved into the Palace Hotel, which is one of the finest in the world. There was some more hand-kissing on the part of the tailcoated manager (you should have seen Hilda He The best in the place, with a view of the fountain in the plaza, would cost us 150 pesetas each. Having calculated rapidly that this added up to about $3, I shot

the works. ‘The best was barely good enough for us. : Ankle-High Rugs

THIS almost was a mistake. The rug was an ankle-tickler, hand woven, with big roses in it; Mrs. O. said it was a shame to walk on it. She looked at the beds and she gasped. The sheets and the pillowcases were of pure linen, embroidered in curlicues around the edges. She said she. hated to sleep on anything so fine. Then she inspected the bath. It was an enormous, baby-blue tile job, with towels the size of blankets. Hilda measured 'em. She could wrap herself in one like an overcoat. She rebelled. She said it was a horrendous waste to send a towel like that to the laundry after one using. She's been drying her-

TOKYO, Sept. 13—There are 10 different bugle calls in the Japanese National Police Reserve, which is the closest thing this country, now thinking of rearming, yet has approaching a military force. Reveille, a violent blast quite different from our own, sounds at 6 a. m., like a combination of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong and the 20th. Century Limited jamming on its brakes. A split second later the ‘“yobitai” (loo-bee-tie), which means - reserves, and .is -the popular nickname for the combat coppers, roll out of their double-decker bunks and hit the spotless deck, many of them clad only in a fundoshi, a white loin cloth. an. »

when they saw newsreels of \ the island campaigns of World War II. Our Marines, wor-

: stripped captured Japs down to 7. their, fundoshi.

the matter up now, for it is

as an army and not a law-en- . forcement

COMBAT PRACTICE . . | Jap ‘Police’ Use Wooden Guns in Training

long time since last I saw you

self with the palace’s face towels, which are about the size we use for bathing at home. Our first meal in Spain unfortunately was not an unqualified success. A couple of our local friends picked us up in a taxi and took us to a garden restaurant on the other side of town. This ride for four, including tip, cost 15 cents. So far so good. The gaspacho was fine, too. This was a kind of cold tomato soup, with chunks of fresh peppers, tomatoes, *and bread crumbs sprinkled on top. Hilda then ordered a mushroom omelette. The senor on her left ordered something she'd never heard of. So did the senora on her right.

. Baby Octopus Stew

THE SENORA got a dead-black stew which she ladled on rice and started eating with evident relish. Hilda wondered what it was. “Try some,” sald the senora, handing over a spoonful. “It is baby octopus, stewed in its own ink. Wonderful.” Mrs. O. went ulp, in a ladylike way. Quickly she turned to her left. The senor was using a spoon to eat small, brown, beanish-looking things from a bowl. He insisted she taste them. “A great delicacy,” he said. “Baby eels” Hilda somehow never did. finish her eggs. She said she guessed she just wasn’t hungry. Madrid, itself, was a pleasant surprise to us both. Desperately poor the Spaniards may be, but their capital is an immaculate city, with fountains spewing water in every plaza, flowers all over the place, and building projects in every direction. THe ‘Spaniards we have met, from waiter to prominent businessman, have knocked themselves out, trying to be hospitable, Mostly they can't understand why more Americans haven't visited Spain since the war and invariably they

have been pleased with our stumbling efforts.

to speak their langudge. Different Ideas

THEY also have engaged us in convesations regarding Francisco Franco, the question of loans from America, and the chances of war with Russia. They are individualists; each one has different ideas on every subject. I'll have to talk to a few more before I try to tell you what they're thinking and even then I'll probably be wrong.

By Fred Sparks

calisthenics, following the am-

plified voice of a. Tokyo radio met?”

_amounted to.

nessmen and: students to the United States for ;

eduaction in democracy. - On top of this, considerable wdirect ‘aid accrued to the Japdnese. U. occupation stationed in Japan were paid there and spent a Tot of money in that country, There are no reliable data on how much this ald

¢ % » COSTS of the military occupation were borne by the Japanese government. This was a considerable drain on the Japanese economy, This has cost the Japanese government over ,$300 millian a year, or between $1.5 billion and $2 billion since the end of the war, Effective last Aug. 2, the U. 8. cut this bill in half. The Japanese have made a pretty good thing out of the Korean War. Japan's index of industrial production has risen to 42 per cent above the pre-war 1932-36 level.

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HOW much the Korean War has helped Japan's economy is shown by the export and import figures. In June, 1950, Japan's exports were valued at $66 million. A year later they were $120 million, Imports were $75 million in 1950. A year later they were $185 million. While these figures show an unfavorable trade balance,.Japanese foreign trade for the calendir year 1951 is expected to balance off at about $1.9 billion. Imports of this volume will be offset by commercial exports of $1.5 billion plus invisible receipts of $150 million and American troop payments of $250 million. * >

IF JAPAN can maintain these levels of trade, she can at least pay her own way and get by without outside economic aid. If U. 8. troops are withdrawn, the story will be much different. Where the rub comes is that Japan's whole trade pattern has to be readjusted. Before the war, Japan sold silk to the U. 8. and bought cotton. Now the silk trade is pretty well shot by synthetics. But Japan still needs cotton. > oo :

BEFORE the war, Japan got iron ore and

“"¢oking coal from China and Manchuria. Those

sources of supply are now cut off, Japan will have to buy from Canada or the U. 8. Costs will be higher and dollar exchange will be required to make payments. The problem this presents is the same as the European trade problem. The United States

" must increase its imports from Japan, or else figure on some kind of an economic aid pro- °

gram. The peace treaty will merely make Japan a new economic frontier. Japan can't just be turned loose if it's going down the economic

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Hoosier Forum

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

RILLCTET TTT EEE TTT T@ssnnannnnagnesnnenena?

‘Emotionally Immature’ DEAR EDITOR: We should mentally project ourselves into the horrible circumstances of Bill Oatis, held in prison by the Reds. If we were in his shoes, enduring his suffering, we would learn humility, we would find God, we would really do some

sober thinking that would change us in in-

numerable ways. ) Now if we try to project ourselves into Bill Oatis’ circumstances and if we change results in our character, if we remain just as proud and ignorant as before, our remaining an impossible creature of vanity proves that we failed mentally to project ourselves into Bill Oatis’ terrible circumstances. Thus we prove that we are emotionally immature and unfit for policy making jobs in government or private business. Cases of arrested development holding government policy making positions accounts for

_ controversy over welfare. The emotionally im-

mature individual simply cannot project himself. mentally into the unfortunate circumstances of needy people. Lets give our candidates the tests of emotional maturity. -Hiram Lackey.

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY SEN. DOUGLAS showed how a fight.Ing Marine can be wounded by being hit over the head with a multi*billion-dollar grab-bag made out of the stars and stripes.

Gb THOSE rockets the Reds are now _ using in Korea must be Russian--ijiey are -80 misguided. fs BH BH

AFTER all those new White House improvements, President Truman may win over his wife to letting him try for a new four-year lease. “ 0b TALKING big about little business seems to be one way to stay in Congress.

“oO i YOUNG Republicans could win many recruits if they adopted as thelr théme song “I get ideas” and ten lived up to it. oe LJ FOR hay fever is a low pollen count from. the Weather Bureau is something not to be sneezed at.

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AMERICANS first became familiar with the fundoshi-

riéd about concealed weapons, .

Jt is hardly proper to bring : quite likely the yobitali, trained .

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‘announcer. Watching them. at Camp Utsonomeya, I noted that the average lad, although perhaps six inches shorter than a GI, is much more heavily muscled.

o u ” * OUT of 100, only six wore the traditional black spectacles, contradicting our cartoonists who insist all Japanese are so nearsighted they cannot recognize their own mothers at 10 yards. After washing in cold water troughs, the yobitai face thick bean soup, pickled® cucumbers,

rice and tea—and bring your -

own chopsticks. The platoon commanded by Lt. (Police Inspector second class) Masaru Aikawa, War II naval aviator, split up after breakfast into classes in com-

munications, map ré¥ading, mortar usage, rope tying, judo,

English and how to drive. Unlike Yanks, apparently

born with a steering wheel in.

their hands, not four out of 100 ‘young Japs) ean shift gears.

are peasants Sony with broad

“Perhaps. It has been raining before yesterday.” “Yes, how. do you feel today's weather?” “Perhaps.”

But everyone sincerely wants to learn English and many perpetually carry J apaneseEnglish dictionaries. Camp signs are in both languages. All students rare intent, take notes like courtroom stenographers. ” 5 s WALKING to viasses they begin an endless chain of salutes, an almost forgotten art in our Army. Sergeants, as well as officers, are saluted

and often privates salute each

other. I goggled as two moving bike riders exchanged snappy salutes without crashlanding. Around 11 a. m,, part of Lt.

- Alkawa’s platoon circled a scaling

confidence course, ‘walls, crossing greased logs, ‘playing monkey on ropes, jumping hurdles. Mostly «they

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at the local movie.

" un o AFTER lunch I tagged the platoon to field training. Maintaining the sham of being just policemen they practiced “riot control.” They dug foxholes, which United States police would hardly attempt, and camouflaged themselves with tree branches.

One company “attacked” and to simulate gunfire beat bamboo sticks. Still waiting for promised United States heavy machine guns, they used wooden models. Having so exercised for months, they're as bored as a strip teaser at a knitting contest. (A sergeant asked me: “Why can’t we practice on the Korean Reds?”) ] 8s 2 ” y ON RETURNING the pla-

toon raced for the bathhouse.

First they squatted on foothigh stools and, using scoops,

‘Before chow ( pickled

plant, sugar, peppers, rice tea) a few wrestled,

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