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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

Morale-Killers and Money Wasters (COURTMARTIAL proceedings have been started bythe Army against a Toledo ordnance officer for “highly irregular conduct.” i Several high-ranking officers have been tailed .out of their jobs inrecent weeks on similar charges. ; These cues were turned up by a House investigating committee, In each isstance, the Army took prompt action, although not always real punitive action. Question: Why do these things always have to be turned up by cogressional watchdogs? Never, it seems, by the Army itself. In the latesttase, the accused officer, was in command of the ordnance dpot near Toledo. The court-martial proceedings, if this cdonel’s guilt is established, probably would lead to dismissal.

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FH BUT another ordnance officer, Brig. Gen. David J. Crawford, after confessing to similar charges, was ordered to make restitution forthe Army materials he said he swiped and transferred to amwther joRr=m«= ~ : If it had not beenfor a protest by Sen. Byrd of Virginia, Crawford wouldlave been sent to a new assignment in Germany. After theSenator’s complaint, he was shifted, instead, to the -Aberden Proving Grounds in Maryland. Army Secretary Pace sad he would not be entrusted with any “procurement responsibilities.” But, up to now, he still has his rank, pay and per~quisites. : Se z ” ” oo. RE : ” 2 2 THERE has been a series of such “incidents.” Like the general who gave confidential information to one of the most conspicuous ‘“‘five-percenters” on the Washington scene but who still has his job. : These things provided the background for Sen. Douglas of Illinois the other day when he attacked “soft spots” in the Army administration and said, appropriately: “I do not think we should let the impression get abroad that enlisted men who do wrong are court-martialed and gent to prison for long terms, that cadets who cheat on their examinations are dismissed, but that generals who err are slapped lightly on the wrist and reprimanded, and frequently advanced . . . : “That is not the way to get 100 eents worth of value for the dollar. That sort of practice leads to waste—waste of men and waste of material—and it tends to break down the morale of the fighting forces themselves.”

Verily!

Butterflies in the Budget : AFTER weeks of labor, the Senate Finance Committee has produced a new tax bill. : . There is no accurate estimate of how much revenue this bill will be good for. But the yield will be far short of the $10 billion President Truman, Secretary of the Treasury Snyder and other administration spokesmen have said is necessary. hae Le Mr. Truman says a pay-as-we-go system of financing defense and other government functions is necessary to keep the country on a “sound financial basis” and to hold

. down inflation.

8 = o » » = BUT THERE are two ways to make the budget balance. One is to levy enough taxes to foot the bills. Another is to cut government spending, especially nou-defense spending. The President is ardent in espousing a “pay-as-we-ge" tax program. He is adamant against pruning the budget, ‘nocking out waste and curbing extravagance. People-who tak about such things, he says, are indulging in “butterfly staistics.” : 5 2 =»

"8 . . SIN. PAUL DOUGLAS of Illinois, in his masterful

analysis of the $61 billion military budget the other day, .

~ pointed ot an item of $215 million to buy 95 new planes. for the Navy, all to be used purely for administrative purposes. Is that a “butterfly” statistic? For the fiscal year ending June 30, the civilian payroll of the government was more than $7,719,000,000—17 per cent more than ir. 1950. Is that a “butterfly” statistic? » » a " bd =» ADEQUATE taxfition is essential to a balanced hudget. But there might be more heart in the Senate for an ample tax program if there were fewer butterflies in government spending.

Further UMT Fumbling

ONGRESS apparently is going rough still another gegsion without setting up a realiniversal military training program, so vitally needed and “weistakably desired by this country. "The went) The law passed last June provided only the framework of a UMT program. The product of much compromising and juggling, it merely directed that a five-man commisgion work out a detailed plan and report to Congress wh months, «The commission has until Oct. 29 to complete its job. But Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee says now he sees no possibility of congressional action this year in view of present plans for adjournment Oct. 1. : v 5 2 uw = " un un . IF THE commission's recommendations are turned in before adjournment, UMT hasn't a ghost of a. chance of going through inthe final legislative rush. And if the report comes after adjournment, it can only be relegated to the future-business file. :

That is the chief defect of the watered-down law ag it now stands. UMT was adopted only in ‘principle and with

such inexcusable buck-passing as to require virtually 8 ~ brahd-new law before it can become effective.

oy. n = : 4 a a DESPITE the lessons of the Korean War when we were caught with poorly trained troops and nb reserve strength; _.nothwithstanding the nation-wide endorsement of UMT the weighty testimony in its favor, this urgently need glation has had a miserable kicking arourid in Congry other black mark to set against

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MR. EDITOR: As one contract brige enthusiast (when I can dodge canasta hounds) I wish you'd take your Mr. Blackwood in hand’ or fist and straighten him out. I.am more than fed up with his treatment of Mr. Muzzy, whom he now, on top of everything else, accuses of being a liar. : : Most of us are brothers or cousins of Muzzy, and .will admit it readily, knowing we are not exact scientists in the game. But we are not lars, and resent having him so classified. Beyond that, let me say to your Mr. Black-

. Wood that when we want a game, we look for more Muzzys, not for any stuffed-shirt, bigoted,’

never-wrong champions. 1{ he can’t give Mr. Muzzy at least a bit of a break, just once in awhile, and saw off Champion sometimes, a lot of us will go on strike against this otherwise good feature; and, so help us, degenerate to canasta for gosh sake. John C. Mellett, City.

‘Pass Me a Comic Book’ MR. EDITOR: . I have known for some 40-odd years all about the birds and the bees, but what I'd like to know is: Where do the State Fair Art “judges” come from? ! They're not kidding anyone but themselves. Art loving people know what they like in the way of painting and sculpture and refuse to have this modern art, so called, rammed down their necks. >

Why not put voting boxes in the Woman's

- building and let the Fair visitors pick the win-

ners, and pin the ribbons where they belong? If what the judges picked is “art,” please pass me another comic book—I'll stick to Joe Palooka.

—Disgusted, Noblesville, Ind.

Letter Challenged

DEAR EDITOR:

It seems to me that Edward Castle's letter in the Forum recently might stand a little scrutiny. First, he tells us of Gen. MacArthur's backing down with the Army behind him and leaving his men to take the brunt of the attack to save his own neck. Now as it happened, Gen. MacArthur was merely following the orders of his commander in chief, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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THEN, the letter went on and asked us if we remember Herbert Hoover, saying “$1 a day and a lantern was good enodgh for a working man.” . I never voted for Mr. Hoover but I don't recall that=he ever said anything of that Kind. Neither do I believe any politician who’ ever

expected to run for office would say that even

if he believed it. After all a poor man’s vote counts just as much as a millionaire's apd a politician never tries to discourage a poor man voting for him.

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HOOSIER FORUM—‘I'm Fed Up’

"| do not agree with a word that you say, but-1 will defend to the death your right to say it."

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I do, however, have a certain amount of respect for Hoover, not for what he did but, for one thing, that he didn’t do. He didn’t try to cure his depression by taking us into war as the last three Democratic Presidents have done. Mr. Castle wants to know what Sen. Taft ever did for the working class. That is quite simple. He sponsored the Taft-Hartley labor law and got rid of a lot of Communists that were running various labor unions which allowed working men to throw off their Red shackles and become free men. The copper strike shows what could happen without the Taft-Hartley law. —C. D. C., Terre Haute

‘Fight Game in Disfavor’ MR. EDITOR: I wonder how many saw the long line of people trying to get into the Lyric Theater to see the Robinson-Turpin fight picture the othef night? I wonder how many of them have radio and television sets at home? Is this going to be the procedure from now?

Are all important events, especially athletic, ultimately to be banned from users of individual television and radio sets in order that promoters and theaters can dip into the gravy?

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THE fight game is getting in disfavor anyway, not only with the religious groups but with the public in general. It is becoming more and more something like legalized murder. Scientific and well-conditioned boxers of the

Corbett-Fitzsimmons era are becoming extinct.

Today alleged boxers in no condition to “go” three rounds are sent into the ring when some of them have no business being in the street, But the almighty dollar beckons.

If prize-fighting is becoming so all-fired important that it can do without television and radio broadcasting, then let us do without prize-fighting. I think we can survive without it, —George F. Lee, 4050 Cornelius Ave,

MY MASTER

THOUGH my eyes have never seen You «+. still I feel You by my side . always ever present « + in my heart where You abide . .. You are in the stars above me + + « and in flowers that I see . . . everything that's good and holy , . . is a living proof of Thee . * . You invade the darkest corner ,.° . with Your great and brilliant light . . . and Your Kindness paved the universe -, . . with rilles of ‘truth and right . . . everywhere that . it is You disguised in Joy . . . and You work in_boundless mystery + «+ « Your wonders to deploy . my every action .. all strife ,

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+ + You control ..and You guide me through . . for You're truly God abgve me «os » and the Master of my life. —By Ben Burroughs.

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DEAR BOSS . : . By Dan Kidney * Hoosier Letives for Thailah As Sen. Jenner Blasts Trips

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15— Dear Boss: An Indianapolis girl left for Thailand Friday about the time that Sen. William E. Jenner (R. Ind.) was addressing, the Chicago Execu:, tives Club condemning such trips as futile and foolish € Xp enditures part of the U.S. govern- i ment. Miss Irene V. Mason is a native of Indianapolis and a 1941 graduate. of Butler Univer sity. Later she received a de- S J - gree in library en, enner see science fro mBigger spending. the Univergity of North Carolina. She served in the Canton, O., public library system and was regional librarian’ for the Illinois State Library. In 1947 she became executive secretary and librarian of the Arkansas Library Commission. ’ ‘Now the State Department

Foster's Follies

CLEVELAND, Ohio—A pro-

~gpective bridegroom, short. of

honeymoon cash, started a friendly dice game, with the bride-to-be as lookout. He and five other players wound up in jail. The date of the wedding

is uncertain.

The wedding bells are silenced for the moment, Those nuptial joys just for the nonce are laggin’. Indeed the bride and groom are in a foment,

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on the wagon.

It seems the groom was short in his finances, And so he rolled the dice to make somé money. A ‘ benedict-to-be can’t such chances— He's mooning true—but not with rice or honey.

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Poor guy was just a bit premature. Marriage may be a gamble, but not until-the die is really cast. : And - just imagine anyone asking a bride to watch the door. After the'knot is tied, that's the best thing the little lovely does. Especially once hubby gets that first happy idea that he'd like to spend an evening at cards or dice with the boys. - As any married man can tell

vou, husbands never fade, They simply buy. = on »

ONE exception was a gent named Vittorio Jannitti Piromallo, who made headlines in Italy last October when he said’ “no” at the altar. He faded from the picture for a while, but finally announced he was marrying the gal. In the chapel of the prison where he was held for stealing three radios and a station wagon. Probably figured he might as well take the leap, because he wasn't going anywhere for a while anyway. : But at the very last moment he rejoined the ranks of the really brave. Said “no” again. Even so, marrying a guy

“with a name like that, we'd say

the young lady would have been taking the real gamble!

The saddest word of tongue or pen May ‘oft be uttered by young men. . Who, overwhelmed with love so true, : Are led to softly purr, “I do.” Though marriages are “made” in heaven, On earth folks often throw a seven! , os ” ” HEH - HEH HEADLINES: “Lie's Report Says Some in U. S. Are Getting Impatient Some are, indeed. The other three Americans, poor fellows, have had sleeping

- sickness’ since 1945.

“Senate Votes to Permit Income Tax Deductions of Medical Expenses of Persons Over 65.” At least that gives us all something to look forward to.”

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has awarded her a grant, under the exchange of persons program, for nine months in Thailand where she will serve as library science specialist for rural libraries in that country. Sen. Jenner probably didn’t know a thing about Miss Mason's trip. But here is the dim view , he takes of such programs from the text of his

. Chicago speech: -

“The administration has thousands of men and women

at work today with nothing to do but create an artificial pub-

lic sentiment for bigger and better spending next year. They may be writing what is called economic reports or going te Afghanistan to study conditions or speaking before your women’s clubs in Chicago, Detroit, Omaha and Dallas.

“Or they may be going to religious conferences on foreign missions and+ explaining that Point Four is really just a continuation of the foreign missionary society, Or they may be thinking up ways to spend money that can be called or defense or child welfare. “Whatever it is, they are at work, they are being directed by men of great skill and they do not need to worry about how much things cost, because You and I are paying for it.” Sen. Jenner then proceeded to belabor the internationalists in both the Democratic and Republican parties who ‘support such types of world cooperation and cultural exchange. :

He blamed the whole business on an “oligarchy” of which he obviously is not a member. « “Do you know how the agents of our one-party government operate at the grass roots?”

Sen. Jenner asked himself and tien answered: : “They have a simple formula. They go into every primary. And they make sure that pro< Fair Deal Democrats are nominated in the Democratic primary, and ‘that ‘“me-too” Republicans are nominated in the Republican primaries wherever they can put it over, and each year the power of the Fair Deal Democrats and the ‘“metoo” Republicans in party councils goes higher and higher. . “Meanwhile, the opponents of one-party government wait until election day, decide they do not like the choice offered them between tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee and decide to go fishing. : “I keep hearing that we need a leader to lead us out of the wilderness. But who do you think is going to pick your leader for you who controls a large and growing section of press, radio and publishing, who has its agents in. your lodges, your women’s clubs, your veterans organizations even your religious discussion groups. Of one thing we can be sure. Except for the gross error they made in dismissing Gen, MacArthur, the one-party

oligarchy has never let anyone

get nation-wide publicity in any field unless he was serve ing their interests.” This revelation by the junior Senator from Indiana came as surprising news to the Trumanites here. They had thought that the ‘oligarchy” was against the Fair Deal and led in the House by Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R.: Ind.) Dixiecrat Rep. Gene Cox (D, Ga.), and in the Senate by Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. 0.) and such conservative Demo« crats as Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D. Va.) and Walter F. George (D. Ga.).

ANCIENT LUXURY . ... By Frederick C. Othman

Old Castle Hints Medieval Ghosts

LA GARTERA, Spain, Sept. 15—Hilda finally got her wish; she now is at home in a genuine Castle in Spain, complete with

turrets, battlements, and walls Our castle is Oropesa, built

22 feet thick. . by Henry III of Castile in 14Q2,

exactly 90 years before Christopher Columbus discovered America. Its ancient walls rise sheer on top of a small mountain dominat-

ing “the rolling Castilian plain, as in a child's picture book. My bride thinks it's wonderful; I'm taking it kind of big myself, :

8B 2 I MEAN let my enemies beware. Should they try to storm the gate, I've got a special hole in the stonework far above through which to pour boiling oil on their heads. I also have a dungeon in which to keep 'em while they repent. That's only the beginning. I have grana-

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my courtyard in the center has been designed for use during peaceful times as a bull ring.

The great hall must be 150 feet long; it's furnished with leather chairs of the 15th century, tapestries, and oil paintings, with a number of big chests: stuck in the corners. Our bedroom-is 30-feet square, It has inner-spring mattresses, electric lights, steam heat and hot and cold water. The adjoining tiled bath is at least as large as the living room of the average Washington, D. C,, apartment. You get the idea, Some changes have been made since the days of King Henry., ~ » 5 TURNS out that Spain is littered with castles“of ancient times. Many have fallen into ruins. So the Spanish State Tourist Department’ took over 10 of these princely abodés in as many strategic locations and remodeled them as hotels de luxe for travelers. They are exactly as they were five centuries ago, except for the modern improvements. Even these

have been sneaked in unobtrusively. 8 = ” ONLY thing that bothers her are ghosts. She's pretty sure they're tromping around the ancient stone corridors. At night she keeps her door locked. I told her that would not bother ghosts and she listens to them wailing. I insisted this was only the wind whistling through the battlements. She said please not disturb her; she preferred

to think they were wraiths from long ago. So I kept quiet. Anything to please a

princess in a castle. = Ld 2 THE SERVICE ‘around here is in princely style, too, while the food as served by the Castilian maids in their blacksatin uniforms is something to write home about, "In fact; I think I shall: For lunch today we had an appetizer of fish, cold lamb, ham, tomatoes, cucumbers and potato pancakes. Then we had chicken soup. Next, the girl brought us pimento omelets and then we were ready to start eating. The main course was veal chops and fried potatoes. Then came custards, cakes, cheeses, fruits, and coffee, = ” » WHAT pleased her most about the medieval life luxurious, however, was its price, With exchange rates the way they are, a turista’'s dollar will buy nearly 40 pesetas. This means that a fellow can live in our castle for $1.60 per day. Three’ meals, including wines, brandies and whatever, will add up to. $1.60 more. Of course, if he expects to spend a week or more in Orgpesa, he gets a substantial dizscount. There: are no movies in a Spanish: castle, nor television, either. The newspapers are © last week's, while the magazines are older than those of a dentist, My ‘princess said this was fire with her; when a lidy’s living in the middle ages, with a handmaiden waiting at her door, the fewer modern distraetions the better, :

MYSTERY MONEY . . . By Bruce Biosiat Questions Raised on Huge Defense Bill

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15—There may be a v _reason why the Senate Appropriations subcommitte mysteriously ‘added $5 billion to the military to make a staggering $61 billion total for the

The extra money is labeled naval aviation. It was affixed to

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room, the money was for “fan-; of the sort President Truman and

others have recently hinted at,

In the absence of more specific information, it is impossible .safely to criticize this proposed outlay. Yet the manner

_in which ‘it has been handled

points up sharply the weakness of present appropriations bill procedure, ih ® a nn i “THE strict necessities of se-. com-

ery important e suddenly and appropriations bill current fiscal year. a reserve fund for military and the bill after a last-minute closed

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THE '$5 billion at issue in this case represents almost five-sevenths of the total voted this year for all foreign aid, including military assistance.

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