Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1951 — Page 26

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= Lovett’'s Good Start

JDEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT A. .LOVETT has been in office less than a month but already he has stormed and conquered one heartbreak ridge of the Pentagon. - It’s the old unwritten rule that no one service, Army, Navy or Air Force, could be built without seeing to it that the others got theirs in proportion. Which is sometimes needlessly costly business for the taxpayer. : Several months ago the Air Force began a campaign to seek congressional and public support for a vast expansion beyond its presently authorized strength of 95 groups. Some set the goal as high as 180 groups, and the indications were this figure would have strong ‘backing in Congress. The question of how the Army and Navy would fare if these air expansion goals were adopted started bitter controversy within the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At one point the service heads were reported to have been in almost continuous session for 10 days. The issue threatened to explode outside the Pentagon and revive smouldering feuds over unification.

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BUT Secretary Lovett, wielding a firm hand, got the

"Air Force to scale down to 140 groups and won agreement —

. from the other two services by which air power is to be considered as a whole and not a matter for inter-service rivalry. The emphasis is on air power now, not only for the need of a long-range force of strategic bombers, but because the Army has been pressing for increases in tactical aviation, or plane support of ground troops. * As Sen. Lodge of Massachusetts pointed out, at some other stage of the defense build-up the emphasis might be on the Army or the Navy. But the main thing achieved is a principle within the military establishment that the American people are to be called upon to pay only for what is most needed—rather than being forced to ante up a proportionate outlay for two other services every time the third spurts a little ahead in allocations. : It is, as Sen. Lodge said, “very auspicious” that so soon in the Lovett administration such a new and sensible atmosphere should come into existence.

Time to Stop Inflation : —Always Now

T the Gatlinburg Conference of State Governors Monday occurred the following interesting exchange: Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina: “Don't ‘you think the only way you can stop inflation is to establish a line and hold it regardless of inequities that it may cause? War always brings inequities.” Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson: “I think that is the only hope for economic salvation of the country.” Mr. Byrnes: “The experience of the last war proved that until you do that there is no way to stop the spiral of inflation.” Mr. Wilson: “I agree.”

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WHICH RECALLS a Senate committee hearing in July, 1950. The Korean War had broken out a few weeks earlier. Prices were rising. President Truman had asked for a mobilization law, but had said he did not want price and wage controls. Bernard Baruch was on the witness stand, telling Congress it should vote price-and-wage control authority to the President whether he wanted it or not— for the President would be sure to need that authority. Said Mr. Baruch: “The time to stop inflation is always Congress passed the kind of law Mr. Baruch recommended. But the President didn't begin to try to use the controls until several months later and prices and wages and living costs were several notches higher. “ nN ~ ~ ~

MR. WILSON was not appointed mobilizer until December, and it was last January when he tried to fix a ceiling. But immediately the political pressure of labor unions ran their escalators through the new ceiling, and prices climbed apace. Congress, dissatisfied with the way its good law had been administered, passed a law which is much weaker. But Mr. Truman and Mr. Wilson could do better than they are doing, even with the present weak law. And they would have a much better chance of getting a stronger law from Congress if they would show determination ‘to establish a line and hold it regardless.” Although many months and billions late, it is still true that the time to stop inflation is now.

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Our Only Recourse

WO YEARS ago when President Truman first announced Russia had the A-bomb, the first reaction of Americans was that there must be some international agreement which would prevent a mad race for atomic weapons. Voicing this sentiment, the President promptly!went before the United Nations and sought to rally world opinion to compel Russia to adopt the Baruch plan. This proposal, first submitted by Bernard M. Baruch in June, 1946, called for an international body to control atomic energy activities dangerous to the very existence of civilization. The control body would have the power to inspect and license all atomic activities. Russia has consistently rejected any such plan from the outset. Now we know, from,Wednesday’s announcement, that Russia has been stockpiling A-bombs for at least two years. ~ And now we know, from her other acts of aggression over the past two years, that it is useless ever again to appeal to any sense of decency or humanitarian impulse -in the Kremlin, i © It is dreadful to contemplate, but we have no other recourse than to continue our own atomic build-up as the one remaining hope that our strength will be the ultimate deterrent to the atomic war that only Russia would start. ob : 1 z

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DEAR BOSS : By Dun Kidney Jenner Lauds Jap Intentions

Congratulates Nation on Understanding of Democracy

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5-In his Cleveland speech on the Japanese peace treaty, Gen Douglas MacArthur said that it may turn out that the country he ruled after the World War I! surrender may stick to democracy betfer than we have done.

That speech was made during the San Fran-

cisco signing of the Jap peace treaty, where the General was conspicuous by his absence,

Before the signing of the treaty, Sen. William E. Jenner (R. Ind,). made a Senate speech in which he predicted that the Russians were sure to sign because the whole thing was part of a world plot by Communist conspirators, When

they didn’t sign, Sen. Jenner refused to be

moved. He still considers that just part of the act in the great world drama which, unless the United States changes its Lcourse in foreign relations, will result in the whole world turning Red.

. This week, Sen. Jenner found some support for the MacArthur theory of Japanese democracy. He placed into the Congressional Récord a New York Times dispatch from Tokyo reporting that the U. 8.-Jap mutual aid treaty may meet with some trouble in the new Jan parliament.

Hopes for Opposition

SINCE THE Jap peace treaty will not be taken up by the Senate for ratification until the. next session of Congress, which will start in January, Sen. Jenner hopes that opposition to it will develop here. He intends to fight ratification, he -said. And his fight will be along the same lines as reported developing in Tokyo— failure of the administration to take Congress into its confidence regarding mutual aid.

“Opposition leaders in the Japanese Diet are

showing considerable resistance to the approval -

of the mutual aid treaty between the United States and Japan,” Sen. Jenner said,

“They object because the Japanese government has not yet published the details of the

informed, “They are protesting also an attempt by the Japanese government to take ‘over full control of the press and other information media. “I congratulate the members of the Japanese Diet on this adherence to the principle of representative government,” The New York Times dispatch reported that some Tokyo circles express the opinion that ‘the agreement to keep a United States armed garrison here, even after the nation becomes officially sovereign and independent, will not be approved by next month's session of the Diet.”

Faces Big Problem

PREMIER SHIGERU YOSHIDA mav have far greater difficulities than he anticipated when in San Francisco and, the reports continues— “The principal point raised by the opposition leaders in regard to the security pact is that, though many detailed negotiations would be required to determine just what Japan would grant or withhold, no details had been published by the Yoshida government concerning what it had in mind.”

The same situation prevails here in regard to the Congress Sen. Jenner contends. And he sees in President Truman's security order to the bureaucracy something of the same effort at ‘press control” that the present Japanese government proposes. Here is what the New York Times reported on that point

“The original proposal was to enact into law

‘the occupations press code—a military measure put into effect in 1945—which allowed head--

quarters to punish newspapers and other publications for failure to adhere to what it deemed to be ‘truth’ or for the publication of anything supposed to be troublesome to public peace. “After a bitter complaint by the Japanese editors and publishers association, Attorpey General Takeo Ahashi announced yesterday the government now has decided to abandon this plan, at least temporarily.” Sen. Jenner said he hopes the editors will be equally as successful with the Truman administration.

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

BERKELEY, Cal.—While a husband and wife slept, a burglar stole the bedside clock, clothing, electric appliances, and the car keys. He even slipped the wife's wedding ring from her finger.

This guy who filched their bedside clock " Took almost everything. In fact, while they slept like a rock, He even swiped her ring.

When crooks like this get out of hand, They mar a husband's life. They'll make off with the wedding band--

TTT BUt Hever take the wife.

SOWING HAPPINESS

WHEN ‘analyzing folks I've known . . . their failures and success . . . I've found that one thing holds quite true . . . not merely more or less . . . and it is this... that even though... the mean and cruel at heart . . . seem to gain the greatest heights . . . it's only true in part + « « for with their winnings comes unrest... and never peace of mind . . . and though their gain seems rather great... I'm sure you'll always find + +» » that they're not really happy for . . . their conscience will not sleep . . . which proves the ancient saying that . . . as you will sow you'll reap, —By Ben Burroughs.

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INDIANA en ARSE NEES

[DURING the last legislative session we heard quite a bit about economy from Republican members of the House. Too much spending by bureaucrats. That's fine. We agree, there is too much spending by bureaucrats. During the special session Wednesday Rep. Thomas Hasbrook attempted to put the economy shoe on the House foot. He wanted to amend the $15 a day expense bill to pay only those members

of the Legislature who were good enough .

to be present. : It didn’t work. The shoe hurt too much. Rep. Hasbrook sat down among indignant shouting.

Le A RENRERERNRRRAARRNERS

IR. EDITOR: v

The action of Secretary of State Smith turning up his toes to Senate Bill 86 (Welfare antisecrecy law) causes his classification to be changed to “me-too.” It is a shame the politics that has béen connected with this law. To my memory Gov. Schricker never said anything against Oscar Ewing or the welfare chiselers unti] Senate Bill 86 began tc be- popular. And he has never at any time I know of criticized regimentation of the people under this administration's military and socialistic philosophy of government by Democrats. 1 say while the legislature is in session don't stop only with Bill 86 but destroy all this Dem-

ocratic regimentation that clutters the law books of Indiana. This bill is the first showing of the real

American spirit of a fighting Republican Party. And the quicker the Republican Party starts to fight the Democratic Party the quicker the independent voter will find the difference and begin to vote again. With the Democrats in power and the ‘“metoo” Republicans backing them it is and has ‘been easy to regiment the people and the Repub-

~Hean-Party-ean-stop-that-by.showing a little

backbone. —James J. Cullings, 107 8. Capitol Ave.

‘Postpone Welfare Law’

MR. EDITOR: Many taxpayers, regardless of party affiliation, believe that the present welfare law should be modified to make public the lists of recipients in 1953 and by doing ‘this our state would receive the $20 million federal allotment. If the legislature rejects the federal allotment by enacting the proposed new welfare law the state would have to pay‘'75 per cent of the welfare load. Taxes are already high and the proposal to place welfare under county control can only mean higher taxes and it is absurd for any

WASHINGTON, Oe¢t. 5—The Treasury booted its boss tax collectors out of St. Louis, San Francisco and Boston, you may remember, on charges of assorted skulduggeries. It also fired the collector in the third New York district not so much for crookedness, but for downright stupidity. "Then came tales of some revenue agents accepting hams, plane rides, World Series ducats, and cash from their reluctant customers. This pained the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes the laws that are supposed to bring in the billions. And what good are income taxes, if the smart boys don’t pay ‘em? Makes the rest of us look like suckers. So the committee hurried up with an Investigation in the hope of regaining the public's respect for the tax collector. It called into its gold-draped room with the plaster eagles in the corners the new commissioner of internal revenue, John B. Dunlap, to see what he was doing, He said he was strug-

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tive, Jey WELL, sir, it turned out that the Congressmen had been do- _ ing a ‘little snooping in New

Members of the House want to be paid whether they are present or not. : There are a lot of people who are being paid for doing nothing in government . . . especially in Washington. But that's no reason it should happen here. Members of the Legislature have already been paid their annual wages. And they're asking $2235 more for daily expenses during this special session. And they've voted $50,000 for expenses within the Legislature, i. e. clerk wages, printing expenses, etc. Seems to us this little special session has cost the taxpayer a great deal already. Without. “expenses” for those who ‘staved away.

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Hoosier Forum-—-‘Me, Too, GOP’

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

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legislator to say it will not increase taxation. It is for the best interest of every taxpayer and organization in Indiana and their duty to vigorously oppose and prevent the enactment of any such legislation.

—Edward Carson, Greencastle, Ind.

oiL DISPUTE ns By Lidwall Danny Iran Strains © Allied Unity British May Not Change

Present China Policy

WASHINGTOYN, Oct. 5~The strain on Brits ish-American relations is one of the most serious results of the Iranian oil dispute. Our government's vote to delay for 10 days the United Nations Security Council hearing-—while British oll men were expelled from Iran-—is deeply re.

sented by Britons regardless of party. . Aside from ‘rights or wrongs in this matter—and both British and Americans have arguments for their conflicting tactics—failure of the State Department and Foreign Office to get closer together will have baneful effects elsewhere. © Paradoxically, there is a fair chance of British-Amer-ican agreement yet on meth-

ods of handling the Iranian Stalin dispute while the case is before the Security Council. e+ + the cat

They have the same fundamental aim of preventing Mideast chaos helpful to Stalin. But the current British-American misunderstanding in this case carries over to other situations in which concerted policy may be even harder to achieve. : These include the British-Egyptian dispute over the Suez base, which could become more destructive of Allied defense interests in the Mideast than is Iran, as well as British-Amer-ican disagreement over Red China and thas larger issue of the United Nations role as = law enforcement agency.

Public Pressure

PERHAPS the biggest single obstacle te united British-American policy in any of these cases iz public pressure in both countries. While there is a general public demand for British-American unity in principle, as an es-

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and press of both countries are extremely suspicious in each specific case of one government dominating the other. Thus the State Department is ‘blamed for ‘getting sucked Into Britain's mess in Iran,” while Downing Street is damned for “letting Washington dictate a British policy of retreat in Iran.”

Now that British diplomats and party leaders think the United States ran out on England in voting for Security Council delay on Iran, there will be less disposition to reverse British policy on China. This can be grave. Bombing of Manchurian bases -— hitherto opposed by Britain—will be essential to winning the Korean War if the truce negotiations fail as expected.

A Matter of Faith

THE decisive factor in both China and Iran is the role of the United Nations. But, while America wants more United Nations action in China and Britain applies the brakes, America is slowing down United Nations action in Iran desired by Britain. Over-all consequences of this are more serious for America not onlwv because Red China i= a worse immediate threat, but also because America has more falth in the United Nations than has Britain or any European country. American failure to give prompt all-out support to the British resolution—for the Security Council to direct Iran to obey the world court's ruling that the British retail oil management pending a settlement—seems to betray America’s basic United Nations policy. American officials deny this, and explain they are simply trying to keep the door open for a compromise settlement. That, of course, is the same excuse used by the British in delaying United Nations action on Red China.

FAIR DEAL . . . By Earl Richert Bowles Faces a Tough Senate

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5—Chester Bowles, the big advertising man who dedicated his life to public service after making a fortune. may soon be hunting some new service to perform. His latest proposed service, that of Ambassador to India, looks decidedly shaky. -The Senate may reject his appointment by the President. The Senate Republican Policy Committee, in an unusual move, has decided to make a party fight against Mr. Bowles’ nomination. And enough conservative Democrats are expected to Jom the almost unanimous Republicans to make Mr. Bowles’ chances anything bu bright. s “It doesn’t look good for

Bowles,” said one high-rank- Mr. Bowles ing Democrat.. All ‘sorts of cross-currents are involved in . ambassador

the Bowles’ situation. In the first place, the administration threw down the gauntlet to the Republicans by. nominating Dr. Philip C. Jessup, a chief target of Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R. Wis.), as a United Nations delegate, - Administration leaders think they can push the Jessup nomination through the Senate—which would constitute a sort of

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HOUSE PROBE . . . By Frederick C. Othman | Treasury Boys Like Those Free Hams, Too

The defeat of Fair Dealer Bowles, however, would provide a tit-for-tat offset. . : Mr. Bowles is the former partner of Ben, William Benton (D. Conn.). And it was Mr, Bowles who, while serving as governor of Con-

necticut, first sent Mr. Benton to the Senate. ‘Inflated Product’ SEN. BENTON holds anything but a high

popularity rating with most of his colleagues, And some Democrats say there will be votes cast against Mr, Bowles that really are slaps at Sen. Benton. And some votes. will be cast against Mr. Bowles because of dislike of him formed back in

World War II days when he was OPS boss. Said the influential Sen. Walter George (D.

Ga.) of Mr. Bowles in a Senate speech back in

OPA days: “Mr. President, while I do not want to be critical of Mr, Bowles, I should like to make the statement for.the record that he is the most inflated product and commodity that I know of at all.” Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. O.) said the GOP fight against Mr. Bowles will be based on the contention that he is in no way qualified to be Ambassador to India; that he is not a diplomat and, in fact, antagonizes people; that his appointment was merely one to take care of a “lame duck’ governor (Bowles was defeated for re-election as governor in Connecticut last fall)

tions of the agents who labored inn the office of the collector. “Very disturbing were the results,” said Chairman Cecil R. King (D. Gal.) of the investigators. The big, bald and blunt commissioner said what did he mean? Rep. King turned the reply over to his attorney, Adrian Dewind, who got the rebuffs in New York. Dewind sald he asked these federal officials how much money they had and where they got it. Some of ’em never did answer. One refused a reply on the grounds he might incriminate himself. ” - - “ANOTHER reported very great skill in bridge and poker, which resulted in a steady annual income,” said Dewind. “Still another had an infallible method of betting on horse races.” Commissioner Dunlap sald he was doing his dead-levelest to clean out the monkeyshiners from among the tax collectors. The great majority of them were strictly honest, he 'continued, but a few were making it tough on the rest. - It Congress only would give

a better job. That pained Rep. Robert W. Kean (R. N.- J.)

u " ~ “THE answer to all your troubles in your mind seems to be lack of funds,” the gentleman from New Jersey said. “There may be something to this, but every time the present administration is criticized for anything, it’ comes running to us to ask for more and more and

. more money. There is a limit

to what the taxpayer can take.” - y . Dunlap said the trouble was that the steeper the Congressmen made the taxes, the harder people would think about

ways to get out of paying ‘same. Some legal; some

other-

He is a veteran tax man. For 18 years now he's been extracting blood from us turnips. I got the idea, without him ever saying so, that this experience had caused him to trust us less and less. What he wants is more cops to keep us honest. Plus cops to watch the cops. This may or may.not be the correct approach. Congress will decide, after a long look at the high jinks with the public funds in -the California, Missouri, New York and Massachusetts internal revenue offices. This won't make pleasant reading, but I'l} try to give-you a fill-in, on the theory that what a taxpayer doesn't know sometimes can hurt him something awful.

Barbs—

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