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A Policy for These Times GEN. KENOWLAND of California has introduced this con‘current resolution in the Senate: ~ “That it is the sense of Congress that the government of the United States shall extend such courtesies and privileges to, and impose such restrictions upon, representatives and citizens of any foreign country as may be equivalent to those extended to or imposed upon representatives and citizens of the United States by such country.” | That's it, exactly. Maybe not the golden rule, but we've \ tried that. We have done unto Russia as we would have . the Russians do unto us—but it hasn't worked. So now, for a change, as the resolution suggests, let us do unto Russia precisely what she’s doing to us. ' That's reciprocity—give and take—the soundest of

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| RUSSIA and her. stooge-puppets have been denying privileges to and imposing restrictions upon American citizens for no other reason than the fact they're American cif i! To name just three, Robert Vogeler, Angus ‘Ward and flliam Oatis. One a businessman, one a representative of p United States government, and one a newspaperman. it each an American, carrying out the normal duties of § job—until he was thrown into a Communist jail, withPr trial. : i" We should treat Communist governments, their : tatives and citizens in this country, exactly as they us. We should have no relations at all, diplomatic or with countries that discriminate against American

Fo 8 ®» = yy 8 =n. : CALL IT reciprocity, or retaliation—it is. the only ny that cracks the crust of Communist indecency. 6 Angus Ward and Robert Vogeler are out of jail beaise the American people and their Congressmen talked h, while the State Department wrung its hands and sly protested. William Oatis is still in a Communist cell, but the Czechs have shown that our trade reprisals ® beginning to hurt. So they're bidding for a deal, which § as. ss » » _ {i LET'S HAVE no deal on other than the ground rules i And that goes, too, for the Tass “news” men in this olintry. The few American reporters in Moscow are severeyiipestricted in their movements, their stories drastically red. We give the Tass people, who are agen rament and not necessarily reporters, every ~ freedom to spy and distort American news as they see fit. Sen. Knowland's resolution would take care of that, ] ~ President Truman said the other day it was necessary |, for this country to rely on force rather than diplomacy in | future relations with Russia. Congress could, and should, put a clincher on that by adopting the Knowland resolution.

Atomic ‘Magic Wand’

QUR NEW defense secretary, experienced, conservative ~ ‘steady-headed Robert A. Lovett, has issued a state. ment intended to offset wi sin op impression” that atomic weapons offer a “magic way” to win wars or fend off aggression. 2% > fy SUA guided missile on the drawing board or at the proving’ ud wt win heartbreak ridge in Korea tomorrow “¥In some quarters, the secretary's statement was taken as a rebuttal to a Pevent Soph by Sen. McMahon of Conchairman t co nal Atomi Recticut, oh : ngressio c Energy ® » » ® 0» BUT Sen. McMahon wasn't talking about any “magic way” to win wars, He simply reported that the time was at hand for a switch in emphasis from “conventional” wea- _ pons of war to atomic weapons, He said if we spent enough, fast enough, on atomic developments we'd be able to deter aggression, and at the same time save ourselves many billions on other weapons. The McMahon speech, whatever the Senator's motive, was

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ing out of the past into the future, : And whatever Secretary Lovett's motive, his statement

more aptly could be regarded as an offset to mysterious, vague, statements about “fantastic weapons.”

Know What We Pay

ENATE approval of a bill to separate airline subsidies from the cost of transporting air mail was long overdue, although the bill doesn't go far enough. : If the government is to continue the policy of paying part of the bill for air transportation, fhe public is entitled to know what that policy is costing. As long as the airline subsidies are hidden in payments for air mail, the taxpayers will never get rid of them.

a fF =» ¥y® 2 =» : THIS policy was established to help get air “travel started. But the taxpayers can't be expected to kick in rever. One of these days, if the time hasn't already arived, the industry ought to be healthy enough to stand on And if, as the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce said, “the national defense of the country ® it advisable to augment civil aviation facilities and beyond their natural economic level, this objective recognized as a proper security cost.” $00 eee dy has been a part of the annual and that, by any

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NO CONTRACT . .

. By Frederick C. Othman.

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‘Lawyers Don’t Always Follow

‘Own Advice on

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—You've heard about the shoemaker’s kids with their toes And how a -doctor never can cure his own head cold. Well, sir, some lawyers are no better. They pass out good advice for fancy fees to their clients, but they don’t bother

18 folow it, them- No CONTRACT That's why the Bar MN ; 7%

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torneys, Max Biskin and Bill Boyle, never got around to sign- 3 ing any contracts when Bill became Democratic National Chairman and Max took over the business. Z Max agreed to pay ===(7 Bill $150,000 for his == share of their co- = operative law suits

after the latter became boss Democrat: So’far

he’s slipped Bill $99,268.78 on account and intends to pass on the remaining $50,731.22 as soon as the customers pay up for the good advice. * Only trouble was that when some suspicious Senators tried to check up on these financial details they find no records; a couple of scrabs of paper wich nobody signed. Or even

Big Time Deals

“I'M just a country lawyer,” suggested Sen. John L. McClellan (D. Ark.) who wants to know whether Democrat sachem Boyle still is doing business with the government. “The biggest fee I ever got was $1000, so I guess I don’t know

< Views on News

By DAN KIDNEY AS a “security measure,” President Truman has ordered all government departments to appoint censors and avoid censorship. > 4

ABOUT the fastest way to get in bad at the White House is to call a crooked Democrat a crook. : ¢ & ¢ UTOPIA will be here when the Amerfcan Meat Institute furnishes a course in making price controls work. ¢ & o ALL the CIO needs to do to back up that AFL merger resolution is back down. ¢ & 2 REP. JOHN RANKIN prevented a 3-, : year-old, half-Japanese child from coming here, although adopted by the Air Force. He is against “un-American elements” that aren't from Mississippi.

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

Their Dealings’

about these really big-time deals. But didn't you even give Mr, Boyle a note?” : Max, who was clad in a $200 suit, gold cuff links and a scowl, said he did not. Neither did he sign a contract with Boyle. The Senator said, yes, but what if Max had died? Max said he hadn't contemplated that, “Neither you nor Mr, Boyle did the normal

- thing that you'd advise your clients, did you?”

Sen. McClellan insisted. : ; “The answer is, no,” replied Max.

their business in any such fashion.” continued the gentleman from Arkansas. “No, sir,” Max said. What interested the statesmen most was the $500-a-month retainer fee that had been paid by the American Lithofold Corp. of St. Louis to Boyle until he became a paid Democrat in 1949. The check then began going to Max. He was at great pains to tell the Senators exactly what he did not do to earn it. So far he’s received nearly $15,000 from this embattied corporation, but he’s hardly turned his hand to earn it. Furthermore, he said, he didn’t buy this nice piece of business from Boyle. He just inherited it, kind of. y All the other law cases, numbering 23 and mostly involving actions against the government, Max said he paid for,

Hams and TV Sets

THE Lithofold-Corp., which borrowed money from the RFC to go into business and then sold the government an estimated $14 million worth of printing, is the outfit celebrated for passing out everything sets to an assortment of federal officials, Boyle now gets his chance to tell exactly what his relations were with this generous ccrporation. I'll report on what he had to say, and especially how he said it, but what I'm looking for now is a good lawyer in case I need any contracts written. There must be plenty of attorneys who know about such documents and, more important, believe in using them. One other thing: After I hire my man, I don’t want

him selling my trade to somebody else.

ELEVATOR. MAN

HE DOESN'T scowl or wear a frown . . . for people whom he greets . . . and always has 8 goodly word . . . for those of us he meets

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pleasing way . . . that always radiates true joy «+ « however blue the day ... his job is not an easy one . . . it has its ups and downs . . .

but to this chap it’s just a means . . . till pay-

day makes its rounds .. . now I have met with many men . .. who never wear a smile . . . but when 1 take my morning ride . . . my life seems so worthwhile , , . for a morning never passes + « . Or a day never goes by ... I don’t have my spirit lifted . . . by this elevator guy.

--By Ben Burroughs

. WASHINGTON, Bept. 28— Two weeks ago there were few clouds in the personal sky of Republican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson. His job seemed as secure as it is possible for such jobs to be. But today, Mr. Gabrielson appears to be living on borrowed

‘from hams to television

IN LINE OF FIRE .

GOP Leaders Think Gabrielson Must Resign

ter which got him in trouble.) Sen. Williams felt that since he also had been shooting at Democratic National Chairman Willlam Boyle for his alleged use of influence with the RFC he must make public facts on Mr. Gabrielson as soon as he ‘confirmed them. ” 8 8» HOW does Sen. Williams get the facts which have enabled him to rock the Boston, New

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DEAR BOSS . : . By Dan Kidney ~~.

Ewing's Opposition to Measure Seen as Help Toward Passage

WASHINGTON, Sept, 28 — Dear Boss — Should Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Republican leader from Rensselaer, get the secrecy clauses stricken from the Social Security Law, he can

give some of the credit to another Hoosler— -

Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. (Jack) Ewing. For nothing helps a bill to pass on Capitol Hill more than to.tell Senators and Congressmen that Jack Ewing i against it. He seems to have fewer friends and defenders among congressional Democrats than any member of the Truman administration. One Indiana Democratic Congressman, Rep. Ray Madden, Gary, attributed the de- Pw feat of the five Democratic : . freshmen in the state last Mr. Ewing year to Mr. Ewing. He sald ... credit that he personally had asked the Democratic National Committee to keep him out of his district during the campaign. And later he told Democratic National Chairman William Boyle Jr., to tell President Truman to fire Mr. Ewing as too great a handicap for the Democrats to carry. : :

‘Running for Governor

MR. EWING, a native of Greensburg and an. Indiana University graduate, remains unperturbed. He is busy' running for governor in New York and has been for years, He came to the administration, through the Democratic National Committee, after abandoning a lucrative law practice in New York City, with such multi-million dollar clients as the Aluminum Company of America. Twice President Truman has sent reorganization measures to the hill to have the welfare, education and public health business raised to cabinet rank. Each time they were defeated by opponents taking the floor and just shouting— 3 “Jack Ewing.” ?

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MR. EDITOR: Now that a special session of the legislature is in session, the lawmakers should look straight

and deep into facts. And if they are honest and ' earnest, willing to forget politics and friends, there is one sure way to crush .the welfare evil for all time. At present we are sending $3 to Washington and get $2 back in federal aid. Can any sane person believe this dollar that stays in Washington (for bureaucrats) do our needy old folks any good? How about the hundreds of directors, visitors, clerks, stenographers, all drawing salaries from the fund that should go to

those who deserve help?

“Township trustees know all the needy in their community, and they also know whether they have relatives who should-and can help. They require no battery of files, visitors or investigators to learn the truth, In most cases they have lived with these people all their lives, and will welcome the opportunity to help them. They can do this with no extra expense— except in large townships where thé trustee can easily get the right person for the job. So while the legislators are considering facts, instead of repealing the law which they say conflicts with the federal law which shut off Indiana’s share of funds, why not repeal the mistake that put the welfare of needy folks in the hands of bureaucrats. Abolish the whole welfare system and turn the matter over to the township trustee who originally handled it. We can help deserving folks more by saving the salaries of the Welfare outfit.

' ==Pat Hogan, Columbus

GERMAN PEACE OFFER . .

HOOSIER FORUM—Welfare Evil

His ruling that the 1051 Indiana welfare publicity law violates the federal statutes and the state must forfeit its $20 million yearly grants-in-aid has been upheld in Federal District - Court “here. It forced Gov. Henry F, Schricker to call the _present special session, But even if it is approved by the U. 8. Supreme Court, which would appear quite likely, it will not change Mr. Ewing's standing with the legislators. : Arguing for House action on his anti-secrecy amendment, which is similar to one introduced by Rep. Charles B. Brownson, Indianapolis Re publican, Rep. Burr Harrison (D. Va.) cone tended that such secrecy actually is uncon-

stitutional. ;

More Dangerous

THEN he continued— ; “A violation of this constitutional principle, the principle of sound government, becomes much more dangerous when the secret and concealed spending of billions of dollars a year is entrusted to a bureaucratic monstrosity headed by Oscar Ewing, who openly espouses total gov ernment control of social welfare and publie health.” Mr. Halleck was spurring Mr. Harrison on by citing the Indiana situation, But there were many Democrats on the floor at the time—not the two from Indiana, Reps. Madden and Wine fleld K. Denton, Evansville—including Rep, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr, from Mr. Ewing's adopted state of New York. And not a peep was made in his defense. There never is. The underlying feeling among most party men on the Democratic side about matches that of Mr, Madden. They would like to see him go. Mr. Denton lost normally Democratie Vanderburgh County in 1950, He attributed it to the organization work done by the doctors, who are opposed to the Ewing plan of what they call “socialized medicine.” .- But just like on Capitol Hill, all the doctors or their wives had to do was say “Jack Ewing”

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‘Live and Let Live’

MR. EDITOR:

I have noticed lots of ranting from folks about the welfare recipients in this state. No doubt they have nice homes and cars in their garages. What kind of people are they that

they would deny help to those who need it. I

certainly would not care to know them, of this I am very sure. Granted that there are a few cases (and I say “few” when you consider the total number of such cases) where the persons are chiselers, that's still no reason to condemn everyone else who is worthy of such help. Also since I have seen some “big fish” take a tumble, I urge the uncharitable ones to bee ware lest they find themselves on the welfare rolls some day. It could happen, you know, as I have seen case after case of people once well ol w & a heap Sue 1o sleinéss. faulty vestments, ravagan the like. I believe this state ns

needy, and especially would this be true if I had plenty of this world’s goods. : Just what is socialism that you are always berating? I just wonder what it is. Seems to me that everything that is of benefit to the poor people is socialism. You condemn social security, old age .pensigns, welfare, anything that benefits those who need it. Live and let live is my motto. Try it, you'll be much happier.

~Ralph V. Winters, City.

. By Ludwell Denny

Stalin Gains in Cold War Seen

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—Stalin’s new drive to split the Allies and block West German defense is making headway. He has made more progress in the past week than in the last six months.

This occurs on the heels of the Big Three foreign ministers’ agréement here, and their offer of a peace tontract to West Germany. It is all the more remarkable because the trick Stalin is working is an old one, repeatedly exposed—a Red proposal for unification of West and East Germany, now divided by the cold war.

Willing to Pay NATURALLY all Germans want national unity. "They are willing to pay a ‘high price to get it. They are moved by more than pride and patriotism. The two parts of the country, artificially divided by Stalin's sabotage of the Potsdam Pact, are completely interdeperident economically, In the early postwar period Germans were suckers for Soviet promises of unity. But, after the experience in Berlin and Stalin's enslavement of his Fast German occupation zone, West Germans generally became more cautious. Each time Stalin's Red puppet regime proposed a unity conference, they exposed it as a Soviet plot to get control of the rest of Germany. That happened last spring, when only a minor-

... By Earl Richert

When Sen. Williams had finished, Mr. Gabrielson was toppling on his throne. Senators and newspapermen long ago learned of Sen. Williams’ deadly accuracy. After his Gabrielson speech, several Republican Senators complimented Sen. Williams for his forthrightness ‘but suggested judgment should be withheld until all the facts were known. » ” ” WITHIN 24 hours, however, Mr. Gabrie himself confacts — defending himself on the ground that as chairman of the party out of power he could not be accused of having inflgence with the RFC, a part of the Truman administration. But that's not the way Sen.

ity — the Protestant “neutralist” group — taken in by it. ? was Why, after all his past flops, is Stalin able to get attention now for this phony? It is not because the West Germans want Red rule or the Allies trust Russia, It is be-: cause: ONE-—West German politicians ean use this as a bargaining weapon to get better terms from the Allies in the peace contract-rearmament negotiations now beginning in Bonn. TWO-—Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s oppone ents—the Free Democrats in his coalition cabe inet and the Socialists outside it—can use this in their political power grab, THREE-—Washington and London are dis vided on tactics—the State Department wants Bonn to reject the Stalin bid outright, while the British want to “call his bluff” by dickering. FOUR-—Some French would deal on Gere many if Stalin would stop the Indo-China war,

Grave Danger \ THERE is probably little danger of Stalin getting control of West Germany short of war, or of permanently preventing West German cooperation in European defense. But there is grave danger that his latest “unification” maneliver will delay the Allled-German settlement far beyond the December deadline and force jess favorable terms on the Allies, :

liams as a “one-man FBI” goes back to the days shortly after he entered the Senate in 1047. He and his wife received a bill from the Wilmington Internal Revenue office for unpaid taxes, But the Senator had paid them, So he started a personal investigation which ended with a deputy tax collector being ime prisoned for embezzlement.

o » ” AFTER that, the tips started coming in. And they're coming now in large volume. + The Senator says he has ons major rule: He always checks with officials of the government agency involved to give them a chance to show him where he’s wrong before he lets £0. Result is that after a Wils

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