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Gener Marshall

GEN. GEORGE C. MARSHALL retires now for the third time, at the age of 70, to a richly deserved rest and easement from the cares of state and global defense. With him go the best wishes of The Times and, we believe, a deeply grateful American public. : We hope it will not be found necessary again to disturb or interrupt the relaxation he has vainly sought at his Leesburg, Va., home since the end of the war. We hope he will not again be called back to bolster the prestige-of the Truman administration. For, in all truth, it must be said that Gen. Marshall achieved no such solid success as a diplomat or cabinet member as he did in the office of Chief of Staff.

AS HEAD of our Army in 1941, he organized the most stupendous military effort this or any other country has ever known. He did this with brilliance, and is properly credited with the military leadership that brought us victory over Germany and Japan. But he was not destined to rest on these laurels. Soon after his first retirement at the peak of his career, President Truman drafted Gen. Marshall for a fateful and unsuccessful mission to,end the civil war in China. ; Whether he was acting by presidential or State Department directive, or on his own as a hard-headed negotiator more accustomed to having his military orders promptly carried out, is still an unreconciled and controversial question. a But by cutting off American aid to the Nationalist government of China, he forced our wartime ally to make a truce. This gave the Chinese Reds time to be regrouped and rearmed by Soviet Russia, which opened the way to their conquest of all China. For this, Gen. Marshall cannot escape some measure of responsibility. . 5» oo. 8 # IN JANUARY, 1947, following the Democratic setback in the 1946 congressional elections, the general was appointed Secretary of State. On the credit side, he fathered the Marshall Plan of aid to Europe. On the debit side is the fact that under Secretary Marshall, with the pro-Red clique riding high in the State Department, the Chinese Communists went on to overrun all China and eventually drive the legal government to Formosa. Once more Gen. Marshall retired—in 1949. Then came Korea, a logical consequence of our default in China. The public was shocked by our military and diplomatic unpreparedness. Conflict mounted between Secretary of State Deant Acheson and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson— largely over our China policy. President Truman again called in Gen, Marshall. . » . . » ”.

THIS TIME he was made Defense Secretary. His tenure of that job was marked by the Korean War, the Mac‘Arthur ouster and revelation of the opposing viewpoints of the two generals. Gen. MacArthur favored an aggressive offense to drive the Chinese Communists out of Korea while Gen. Marshall, in line with administration policy, held out for a defensive strategy even at the risk of the stalemate which eventually developed. ; The integrity, patriotism and sincerity of Gen. Marshall has always been unchallengeable. As a soldier and military leader he will always hold his special place in Amerjcan esteem. But as a trouble-shooter for a political administration his record was less than lustrous. And not

even Gen. George Washington, another great American, -

was called back more than twice before he was finally retired to his home in Fairfax County, Virginia, where Gen.

Marshall now goes.

Secretary Lovett

THE CHOICE of Robert A. Lovett to be the new Defense

*, Secretary is a particularly happy one. As Assistant Secretary of War, then Under Secretary

of State and lately as Deputy Defense Secretary, Mr. Lovett

has amply demonstrated enormous capacity for crucial jobs."

By general agreement he is regarded as both brilliant and level headed. His speeches and reports have revealed him as possssed with a keen and far-seeing eye on world problems as well as our pressing defense requirements. And he has never been the dupe of fellow travelers, even at the height of their influence in government. : Under him the Defense Department in the trying days ahead will be competently guided and administered.

A Brave Engineer

THOUSANDS of Czechs have escaped across the border to freedom since the Communists have taken over their homeland. Most have made the hazardous trip on foot,

‘some by autos, some by planes.

But it remained for Frazek Jarda, a railroad engineeer, to devise the most daring and dramatic mass flight yet made from behind the Iron Curtain. : He switched his passenger train to a less frequently used freight track, threw on the coal and boiled her down the line. Twenty-five miles later he was across the frontier in occupied Germany where he gave himself up, along with his wife and two children and 21 other passengers.

“WE PID IT.” he said, “because it is no longer bearable to live in an east European state.” Now, it is officially hinted that the Czechs won't get their train back until they give a little more positive thought to releasing American Reporter William Oatis. And if Mr. Oatis is ever freed from his Communist prison, it would be fitting indeed to send the historic freedom train into Czechoslovakia for him-—with Jarda at the ‘throttle. Making plenty sure, of course, that they both get

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~ DEAR BOSS... By Dan Kidney

The Indianapolis Times

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—Dear Boss—When

~ Charles M. LaFollette was a Republican Con-

gressman from the Evansville district he waa a

“non-conformist,” so far as the .Hoosier GOP

party line was concerned. : He was a “progressive” in the sense of his namesake, Robert Marion LaFollette, the late great U. 8. Senator from Wisconsin. He often voted for New Deal measures which he considered right. ’ Now he is daily engaged in

line (definitely not following it) as the presiding officer of the Subversives ‘Activities Control Board Panel conducting - the CP inquiry under the McCarran law. His present status is that of what might be called “nonFor the redhaired Hoosier is the only mem-

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ber of the panel that has not yet obtained

Senate approval of his appointment by President Truman. Dr. Kathryn McHale, sister of Frank M. McHale, Democratic National committeeman from Indiana, and Peter Campbell Brown, New York, are the other panel members. They and a third colleague, David J. Coddaire of Massachusetts were appointed at the same time as Mr. LaFollette. But they have been confirmed by the Senate.

Name Not Sent to Senate

A FOURTH Truman appointee, when the board was created, was Seth" W. Richardson, veteran Republican attorney, who resigned without’ confirmation. He was chairman. Now Mr. LaFollette has been assigned to that post as acting chairman, ‘Yet his name was never sent to the Senate by Sen. Pat McCarran (D. Nev.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and author of the law which created the board. Sen. William E. Jenner (R. Ind.), whom Mr. LaFollette opposed for the nomination in the 1948 state convention and was defeated, is a judiciary committee member. He has said repeatedly that he has raised no objection to the LaFollette appointment. : Still it has not been forthcoming, nor any hearing on it set. . Since last April, the panel presided over by Mr. LaFollette has been hearing the case against the Communist Party in which the Justice Department seeks to prove that Communists here are taking orders from the Kremlin and there-

fore all party members must register as agents of a foreign power under the McCarran Act.

Row in Committee

AT ONE point in the hearings last spring, Mr. LaFollette stalked out after a row with government attorneys and Mr. Brown of the board. It was over procedure and soon patched up. The panel then proceeded until midsummer, when a recess was tak¥n to study the massive evidence in the case. This week the hearings resumed. Former Labor Party Rep. Vito Marcantonio of New York City and John Abt are the Communists attorneys. They had long raised the point that since the board members had not been confirmed the case had no standing. With the approval of the three Democrats that no longer applies. Before the recess of the hearings; the Attorney General's Office had presented five witnesses, Thy were Benjamin Gitlow, Joseph Kornfeder, William O'Dell Howell, Paul Crouch and Nathanial Honig. All were former Communist leaders, who traced the history of the party to the Kremlin and cited the close association and devotion to the Moscow party line ever since. i

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Authority on Soviet ns

FIRST witness this week was Dr. Philip Mosely of Columbia University, an authority on Soviet policy throughout the world. He identifled document after document, which were put into the record to try and show how slavishly 8. A. follow the Kremlin party line.

Meanwhile the FBI and U. 8. District Attorneys have been arresting, trying and sentencing Communist leaders as traitors who advocate the overthrow of the government by violence. The board is charged with proving the direct Moscow link and making every last Communist register as what amaunts to being an alien-enemy.

CHOOL DAYS

VACATION days are over... and school days have begun... it's time to put your mind to work . . . and forget all your fun... it’s time to sharpen up your wits . . .-and show some real

concern . . . to-the lectures you will hear ... so that you all can learn . . . school days mean lots of pluck . . . and stacks of homework too . . .

but your reward will surely come . . . when promotion time is due . . . and by your keen attention you . . . will gain a wealth of knowledge . . » 80 you may educate yourself . . . in prep school or in college . . . so perk your ears and watch the clock . . . for when the school bells

ring . . . you will be on the go until . . . vacation

is in swing. -—By Ben Burroughs.

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“Playing Stains Game 1 You Complain’

BLOOD AND SAND . . . By Frederick C. Othman

Afternoon at the Bullfights Has Some Exciting Moments

MADRID, Sept. 14—Ernest Hemingway, the man who made an industry of writing lyrically about bullfights, can go sit on a tack. Me, I can’t help feeling sorry for the bulls. Here is the Plaza de Toros de Madrid, world lar arena of sand come the best bulls, the great toreadors. So this afternoon the audience of nearly 25,000 included Hilda and me. We had seats about halfway up on the shady side. Directly in front of us were a couple of English girls, one pretty. More about her in a minute. The opening parade was a spectacle I'll not soon forget. While the band tooted, the three toreadores of the day, their picadores, their banderilleros, plus horses and some officials in black-velvet suits and hats with orange-col-ored ostrich feathers marched solemnly around the ring. Then in rushed the first bull, to be slain 20 minutes later by Gitanello de Camas. I've got to admit that Gitanello in pink pants much too tight for sitting-down purposes, was a graceful figure. I also think he was scared. No wonder. That bull had banderillas sticking in its shoulder and it was mad. It chased Gitanello’s cape; it attacked the heavily-padded and blindfolded

horses.

Pretty Girl Faints - BY THE time Gitanello sank his sword into the. bull, blood was streaming down its flanks and the pretty girl in front had her face buried in her hands. : Navarrito, the star of the afternoon, took on the second bull. He did the job with neatness and dispatch. The pretty Britisher chose the most exciting moment to peek through her

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

1.OS ANGELES—A woman sued for divorce ‘because her husband left in 1923 to buy a morning paper and she hasn’t seen him since. . He went for a paper 'way back in the past; He said he’d be back in a twinkling. The gal didn’t press him, until at long last, Of something all wet she'd an ink-ling.

This form of delay should leave one quite composed, Just picture the fellow's position’ The erudite type, it must be pre-supposed, Who must have the latest edition!

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14— Stalin's latest campaign to frighten the Allies out of their plan for West German rearmament is only stiffening their determination.

There is some difference of opinion among experts at the Big Three conference here as to whether German contribution to Western defense would be as “provocative” as Stalin tries to make it appear. But, provocative or not, the Allies plan is going forward and can be blocked only by the West Germans themselves —hot by Moscow threats. - ” ” A FEW Allied experts who “think Stalin 1s more afraid of ‘West German rearmament than anything else—and therefore likely to react accordingly—stress the undisputed fact of West Germany's superior military potential. Once fully rearmed she .would hold the military balance of power in Europe. fe :

that this is all true enough in Itself but

fingers. She saw the sword enter the bull's neck. She also saw the blood gush out. The bull died promptly, to the cheers of the multitude, but the young lady from London knew nothing about this. She keeled over quietly in a dead faint. A lady farther down the row, who had come prepared, used a sodapop salesman to pass up a bottle of smelling salts. The pretty Britisher staggered out of there. :

The crowd had gone wlid, but not over her. .

Nobody much even noticed her. All hands were cheering Navarrito. Men threw their hats into the ring. Ladies tossed in their pocketbooks. The judge held up his hand. He conferred a great honor on Navarrito; awarded him an ear from the bull

Ear Hacked Off

AN UNDERLING hacked off the ear and Navarrito walked the whole circumference of the ring, holding it high. "Hats and purses showered down upon him. His banderilleros marching behind picked up the merchandise and tossed it back into the stands.

Alfonso Acuna faced the third bull. This was Alfonso's bad day. Everything seemed to go wrong. The banderillas fell out of the bull's ghoulder. The lance of one of the horsemen caught there and poor Alfonso made a try with his sword and dropped it. The bull chased him. The crowd whistled and that is the Spanish version of the raspberry. sword. But for a while the bull was winning. Alfonso managed finally ‘to slay the animal. A team of

mules galloped in to drag out the body and then ,

a touching thing happened.

Knelt Over Body

ALFONSO stopped the mules. He kneit in the sand beside the bull and took off his tricornered hat. This was his admission that the bull was a greater fighter than he was and to do such a thing, I believe, took more courage than anything else that happened all afternoon. The fighters took on three more bulls, but I'll not describe any more of the art and or slaughter. After all, it is not for me to criticize another nation's customs, or even another man's fun. All I do know is that when the proceedings were over, I ordered up a double slug of cognac. For medicinal purposes,

What Others Say—

THE mutual security program represents the most effective method by which we can make sure that time remains our firm ally. Time is on our side, provided we are willing to co-operate with time.—Thomas D. Cabot, director, State Department’s International Security Affairs. :

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MR. EDITOR: I am filled with deep compassion after reading the article in The Times about Sen, Paul Douglas and his outburst in the Senate, It is true that anyone who dares question the necessity for any expenditure by some branch of the government is sure to be called-unpatriotic or pro-Communist, There are too few real patriots in government today. Instead we are being pushed around by unethical, selfish minorities who squander on’ trivialities the hard-earned income of the pri‘vate citizen as if it was their right, As if we were so dumb it could go on forever. r I am glad fo hear a public official ery aloud in shame for those who try to panic us into accepting emergency appropriations for this and that, usually things which would saddle us with purden and debt while we try to be everything to all ations. Waste in every branch of government cannot be eliminated overnight, but there must be’

. a beginning, a turning back to honor and moral

conduct befitting a nation for which our fore«fathers gave so much, The men in service deserve every praise and honor we can give; but the arm-chair “soldiers” in all branches of service seek mainly to tie: things up in such a way that their cushy jobs will last and last, Once a man was proud of giving full value for what he received in earning his living. Now we are all hunting good jobs with short hours, little work, and a big pay check, The thousands who work for our government have jobs like that. Why shouldn't those of us who foot the bills get off as easily? There is little satisfaction in a job which does not offer a man an opportunity to feel his worth. The old saying, “a laborer worthy of his hire” is definitely passe. Only recently I talked with a man whose work has kept him abroad for 17 of the past 30 years. He said that ours was the most disliked nation in the Far East today, even worse

than Britain. Considering all the shenanigans -

and give-aways we have staged throughout the world, there must be some reason for such a statement. : As I see it the integrity of our government fan’'t worth a thin dime in any market place today. I could remind the readers of the way the propaganda-makers had us liking Marshal Tito. Then in a few months we mustn't like him. Now we do. The same thing happened with China, Generalissimo Chiank Kai-shek was a good boy, he was a bad boy—we never knew from one day to the next what we were supposed to think. The liberty which has cost us so much in the last 200 years is almost a thing of the past. I urge citizens to assert themselves. Let us show our true patriotism by insisting that those who manage this country’s finances not bleed her people white for their own selfish interests. If ever morality and Christian ethics were needed in our public life, now is the hour.

—Mrs. David Harker, Centerton, Ind.

‘Why Pay Taxes’ : MR. EDITOR:

One of the busiest east-west streets In the city, the condition of Kessler Blvd. is a disgrace. Every year a lot of money is being spent for filling in holes, patching up, ete, which doesn’t do a bit of good. . How long do we, out there, have to wait before this street, particularly between College and Keystone, gets resurfaced? bo Have you guys from the City hall been out that way and taken a good look? We suggest you take a bus. It'll shake your insides until you get seasick. And now in addition that whole section was torn up for laying of gas pipes. When it rains

it's muddy. When it's dry it's dusty. Is that

what we pay our taxes for? Go on out there and put a new layer on that street and make it passable, won't you? And do it now.. We are getting tired of paying high taxes without getting a return. 7 . —Mrs. Marion Elbert, City.

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By DAN KIDNEY JUDGING from his recent speech, President Truman thinks “liberal” and “wastrel” are synonymous. ; LH S IF IT wasn't “butterfly statistics” that made the butter fly off so many U. 8. tables—who done it? > o& & EVITA PERON is going to get a medal for not running for vice president. Truman and Taft could collaborate on . something similar for Gen. Ike. ® 2 HEADLINE “England badly needs dollars.” Sounds 100 per cent American. 3 “ & ob ONE THING about the two world wars—they stopped channel swimming. > & 9% “MISS AMERICA of 1952" announced that she is no cook. Although she is under contract not to marry for a year, it is unlikely she will spend that time learning.

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GERMAN REARMAMENT . . . By Ludwell Denny

Stalin's Fright Campaign Spurs Allies

Hence the speed-up of the American and Allied rearma-

West German defense contribution during the coming ecritical 12 to 24 months will be.

Most Allied experts argue ignores the decisive

ALL OF those conditions are lacking now. The Soviet-made division between West and East Germany continues to cripple her. West Germany exists partly. on American doles and cannot finance giant rearmament. The only West German

’ “militarization” which the Al-

lies plan—or will permit in their own interest—is small compared with the huge potential of which she is theoretically capable.

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unlimited capital, if the German people were anxious to fight and ready to accept still lower living standards for full - scale starting from seratch five to 10 years would be required to make Germany a dominant military power again, = ” ” o ae NOT many Allied military men or diplomats think the Allied-Soviet showdown will come five or 10

remilitarization,

ment progrims—which would be self-defeating if they were a decade premature.

IF THIS Allied judgment as to the timing of the danger is as sound as it seems to be, then what Stalin fears most is definitely not a distant German military potential which may never fully materialize, but an actual, present, Amer-ican-led Allied defense which 1s developing fast,

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