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The Middle East

AMERICAN support for Britain in the Middle East, with emphasis on Iran and Egypt, is listed as a topic for discussion when Winston Churchill visits Washington next week. no If the extremely complicated and highly explosive problem of the Middle East is approached on that basis it will be a very serious mistake. Because of its vast oil resources and its vital sea and air lanes, the Middle East's defense against Soviet conquest is a matter-of genuine concern to this country, as it is to the whole free world. But the United States should make it clear from the outset of next week's discussion that ‘this Russian threat cannot be used to win American support for British and French colonialism. Colonial imperialism had its day, but that day is past. We do not want to buy any of its dead horses. » ® n » » . GOVERNMENTS of the Middle Eastern countries are too weak, collectively as well as singly, to defend themselves against foreign attack. Indeed, most of them do not appear strong enough to maintain order on their own streets. But in any Middle East defense program to which this: country is a party, it should be understood from the beginning that that program is not to be linked or confused in any way with the British Empire's economic interests. The United States has no business becoming involved in the oil dispute between Britain and Iran. It will become of concern to us only if, as a result of it, Iranian sovereignty becomes threatened by Soviet intervention. Even then there would not be much we could do about it until our military position has been materially improved. Nor is the United States a party to the controversy between Britain and Egypt over the Sudan. That involves issues which should be settled by Britain, Egypt and the Sudanese themselves—if not by them, then by the United Nations. But it is not an American problem. Defense of the Suez Canal, and the general defense of the whole Middl€ East against foreign aggressioh, is quite another matter. The integrity of the canal is vital to the entire free world. We have legitimate commercial interests in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. American interests with investments in that area did not obtain their concessions by gunboat diplomacy and do not ask for gunboat diplomacy to support them. But they should be given such protection as we can give them against Soviet piracy. Their oil fields and pipelines are essential to world commerce. :

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THERE is every reason why the United States should support Britain on the Suez Canal issue, if Britain will accept the fact. that there must be a new deal in the Middle East. But if Britain has any idea that her imperial interests can get a new lease on life under the guise of Middle Eastern defense. that idea must be abandoned. Only then can we hope to secure the support of the Middle East itself in a collective defense program, which should be the ultimate American objective. When this problem is discussed with Britain's Prime Minister, the emphasis should not be on Egypt or Iran, but upon defense, and how to win Middle Eastern support for

“such a program.

Outlook in Korea

HERE is still hope that an armistice agreement may yet be reached between the United Nations and the Communists. , Despite their exasperating. quibbling and stalling during the original 30-day truce period, the Reds apparently want an agreement of some kind. And if that proves to be the case, they'll probably get one. : Otherwise, the presumption is that the war will be renewed on an expanded scale and with the wraps off. It cannot-be overemphasized, however, that the United Nations representatives now are seeking a stalemate acceptable to both sides. It will not be a victory for either side, if it is achieved, and it will carry no guarantee of peace, even in Korea. In any relations with the Reds, we must be prepared for a double-cross. If they agree to an eventual armistige, it will be because they think it is to their interests to do so. It could mean that they are playing for time, to rebuild their forces to renew the war in Korea itself. 8 ud LW A. OR IT could mean a withdrawal from Korea to concentrate upon another objective elsewhere in the Far East, such as Indo-China, Burma or the Philippines, Only events will tell. In any case, we must keep our powder dry and be prepared for the worst. : : No general settlement withrscommunism is in sight. The most we can expect from an armistice ig an early exthange of prisoners-—and that, of course, has become a niatter of great concern to the American people. “ Meanwhile, whatever the enemy's plans may be, our own course should be clear. South Korea, Japan, Formosa apd the Philippines must be strengthened so that the native forces in those areas can defend themselves against future attacks. Measures toward this end must not be delayed.

Relativity in Grub __

A TRAVELER back from Buenos Aires reports that when : he was served a steak at a banquet he polished it off like any American and was prepared for the speech-making. But next came chicken, which was the main course— because it js more expensive than beef down there, and hence more fashionable! 0 Si des . Before you decide to emigrate to Argentina, however,

_.people in Eatontown,

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WASHINGTON — According

to the government, U, 8. dietary levels were above average in 1951, ana next year folks will eat still better—at slightly higher prices,

Maybe the level is high, like they say

On everyone's everyday diet. We haven't found it exactly that way, But; maybe next year we can try it.

No more will we suffer’ from hunger and thirst,

The future, like fried eggs, is sunny. ? The past has been sad, but we're over the wurst; That is—if we have any money. ~ ~ o AT LEAST it's nice to know someone figures 1952 holds something more in store. Certainly, 1951 wasn’t particularly nourishing. But, as was to be expected, N. J. fared somewhat better than most: Especially that day when a station wagon loaded with 11,160 -eggs overturned. After which, naturally, there was a mad scramble. Here and there others were able to grab a quick snack, too. In Utica, N. Y., a hungry burglar broke into a diner and made oft with seven pounds of hamburger and five pounds of pork sausage. Being a smart fellow, he had sense enough to ignore the brimming cash register. Mrs. Joe Humble of Ithaca was miffed when her police-man-husband went hunting without her. She grabbed her own gun and came back with an eight-point, 175-pound deer. Joe returned empty-handed. But he ate. Humble pie. » ~ » DOWN in Georgia, everything is just peachy. As a revigion of the old file-in-a-cake roitine, a lady visited her husband in Léwndes County jail and brought him a bag of doughnuts loaded with pistol But for our dough, those were not the first bride's doughnuts which ever had lead centers, In Brooklyn, N, Y., a chemi¢al company has announced a new commercial method of using synthetic milk for baby pigs. The system may result in lower piglet mortality, larger and more frequent litters, bigger pigs--and, we suppose, contented Sows. All of which could mean more meat for the American table — unless the government manages to make some kind of a political football out of this one, too. Meantime, all folks have to do is develop a new taste in meat and everything will be just hunky-dory. Mink has really hit bottom. » - » AUNTY COMMY says: “Sce where the -‘“Voice of America’ beamed a series of traditional Yule music into the Russian zone of Germany on Christmas Day. Now, ain't that jist like them capitalists, spoiling everything with a #ouch of real Christmas spirit?” » # “ HEH -HEH HEADLINES: “Guests Who Stay Too Late Tire Wife.”, Funny, they never seem to bother the Old Boy, who just starts to get warmed up about midnight. “Project to Tell How Democgacy Works.” That's easy: Take one deep freeze, one mink coat, think up a new tax bill... “Mother Should Follow Her Son’s Daily Rituals.” Maybe so, but she’s sure gonna look silly in a Hopalong Cassidy get-up, shooting her Axum at the “bad guys” on the TV

" screen. .

“Japanese ‘Influence. Enters _Fashion Picture.” . The gues-

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MR. EDITOR: Every day shows us more clearly that the New Deal is incapable of handling any kind of business. The press should take the Oatis case in its own hands, now. Tell the Czech am-

bassador he is having a conference at a given hour on a certain date. Get this straight ... tell him, don’t ask him. Communist press agents could be invited or informed. At this conference, all formalities should be ignored. Tell this fellow bluntly: You have enjoyed freedom of every nature here; we as newspaper people expect the same courtesy toward all our members regardless of where they are. You have Bill Oatis in prison as a, “spy.” Please tell us just what Oatis or any other sane person would want to see in your country? What is there for any outsider to see? ‘How .could any enlightened person profit by anything or everything you have? Don’t you know that we would not accept your entire nation as a gift? What could we do with it? Hh. BD

YOU understand now how trangparent your schemes are to us as" a progressive, free, enlightened nation And you have been here long

‘ enough to know something about the might of

this nation. You must know’ that we could blow . your little cow pasture off the map if driven to do it. ; : : Also you must know that the American ‘people are getting very angry about your holding Oatis. Now, if you have good health and want to keep it, go home and bring Oatis back with you. We will even pay your plane’ fare going and coming. Get going. We'll be seeing you back in less than ‘two weeks. Goodbye, and good luck. : After this conference, the State Department should be informed and Advised to have passage and passport ready in less than 24 hours. If every newspaper in the nation gets back of this idea, the New Deal will quickly learn what the power of the press means. It is high time it should know. —Pat Hogan, Columbus.

» ‘Where's the Spirit?’ MR. EDITOR: > Perhaps I am not able to understand events of the past year. Perhaps I have become old and cynical, and digillusioned. Perhaps I have lost faith in the goodness of man and in.his intelligence. Perhaps events of my lifetime have caused me to become confused. I read the newspapers. I listen to the radio. I watch television. I drive an automobile and observe .others driving their “instruments of destruction. I see women at sales, pushing and pawing like hungry animals. 'T am a salgman, at least that is the method by which I make a living. I meet a various assortment of individuals in my line . . . grouchy, proud, egotistical, kind, religious, intelligent and just everyday people. 1 hear speeches, and, if the speaker is of a glib ‘tongue, I believe about one half of what

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HOOSIER FORUM—'Oatis Case’

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

HOOSIER SKETCHBOOK

WASHINGTON, Dec. Loss of that “great sense of Jurgency” regarding readiness for. a possible war with Russia appears to be the outstanding characteristic of the many

from Europe. 2 It poses a problem for the "impending visit of Prime Min{ster Winston Churchill. Unlike his great war days, the ng Premier may do little to “restore any ‘present danger” theory. . Reports are that he too has lost the spark which, immedi‘ately following World War II, made him a leader in the United Europe and Unified Armaments Programs. He is holding aloof, now that he has. reassumed the mantle of office. Such an attitude, so different from his years of great war and. post-war leadership, - may do little to re-enkindle the flame of great urgency here. : : » » » * SO FAR as the Hoosier Congressmen who visited Eu-

exception, they -had very little to begin with and mostly the trip merely reinforced their prejudices. * The exception was Rep. Charles B. Brownson, Indianapolis Republican. Both he and Rep. Cecil Harden, Covington Republican, circled the globe as members of the House committee on executive®ekpenditures subcommittee on waste, Their trip included visits to all the principal European countries. Mr. Brownson came back convinced that the Europeans are far less worried and con-

he has to say. I think of old friends, and old times. I remember school days, and other, more pleasant times. I dream of the day when our country was completely American, and that is when I blow my top. : >

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I READ in the paper, people trying to defend their particular brand of politics by quoting the Bible. I also read that another country is blackmailing the United States, and, I also read that some of our so-called leaders are in favor of paying the blackmail. What has. happened to the pride our fathers had in being honest Americans, who would pay their just debts, but would not pay one penny for tribute. .

Why not notify the blackmailing country that éither our four fellow’ Americans are released within 48 hours, or we are coming after them with every force we can muster. I firmly believe that every American, I am excluding the pinks and minks in Washington, regardless of his political philosophy, will agree with me. I think we have been thoroughly slapped on both cheeks, and, I, for one, do not feel like exposing any more of my anatomy, unless the other fellow wants to make a real issue out of it. If he does, then I am ready to let him have the chance to punch my nose, if he thinks he can successfully do the job. —Joseph L. Jones, 1202 E. Kelly St.

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i : ‘Wonderful Job’ : MR. EDITOR: I wish to take this opportunity to compliment you and The Indianapolis Times and especially Mr. Art Wright for the wonderful job you did with the Clothe-A-Child. : I am a member of the Kirshbaum Men's Club, and I was the chairman of a committee

to clothe six children, and witnessed what a

wonderful job: The Times «is doing. We also wish to thank the Leader Store, who assisted us in the clothing ‘of our six children and also gave us a generous discount on everything we

bought. —Al Morris, Kirshbaum Men's Club.

LOVE GOD ALWAYS

TALK with God when you are happy . . . think of Him when you are gay . .. let Him, share your joy and gladness . . . as you go along the way . . . pray to Him when skies are brightest . . . not just when the sun won’t shine . . . speak with Him when you are happy . and He'll listen when you pine . . . learn to share your joys with Jesus . .. thank Him for the things you own . . . then when bad luck frowns upom you . . . you will never he alone . ... for the good Lord will remember . + . and He never will forget . . . that you are a soul ‘who loves Him . . . all the time without regret. —By Ben Burroughs.

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Congressmen returning here »

rope are concerned, with one

By J. Hugh O'Donnell

EAR Boss ... By Dan Kidney ann y Hoosier Congressmen L | ‘Sense of Urgency’ in Europe

: . voting. Mr.

Mr. Churchill «+ « lost the spark

cerned about war with Russia than we were when voting them aid in both the economic and arms fields.

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HE EXPRESSED .the belief that .the closer one got to the Russians the less fear there seemed to be of them—citing Turkey as the prime example of a people unafraid. “I still am for continuing our international efforts, but want to see them far less costly and better directed,” Mr. Brownson said in summing up his reactions, With his mind made up in that manner, the Marion County Congressman should have no trouble at all following the thrifty leadership of Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer Republican, dean of all Hoosiers on Capitol Hill.

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MRS. HARDEN, who also is Republican national committeewomans never has had much difficulty following Mr, Halleck. Some of her colleagues coined the wry wisecrack. “If Mr. Halleck’s name didn’t come first on the roll call, Mrs. Harden wouldn't know how to vote.” ; There may have been a bit of male bias in that, however, as nearly all of the Republican Hoosiers in the House, with the exception of Rep. Earl Wilson, Bedford, usually follow

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the Halleck leadership. when Wilson - votes against everything almost automatically. His reaction seems to be that ‘it saves thinking about weighty matters. As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, hi§ outstanding record there has been for absen-

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+ HE DID junket to Europe to study the Coast Guard there, including the one coastguardsman in Rome. His folk-

- gy approach, which has kept < him in Congress from a nor-

mally.Democratic district, may have been useful in catching some rank-and-file viewpoints during his trip abroad. He thinks the people there are pretty apathetic about the “fussin’ and feudin” we are

having with the Stalinists. .

And many of the workers and peasants are so poor they do not have time to worry much about anything except where their next meal is coming from. 1 : During his six terms here,

Mr. Brownson » +» let's cut costs

Mr. Wilson has been to Europe several times. He always returns thanking the Lord he lives in Indiana. And that “return of the native” attitude is generally reflected by numerous colleagues who have been traveling the globe during the congressional recess, They re-

turn so delighted at being.

Americans, that it is going to be more difficult to interest them in foreign affairs than if they never had made the trips.

NEWS NOTEBOOK . . . By Peter Edson Will the Broom Sweep To Top in Showdown?

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—The showdown for Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy—or whoever is really put in charge of President Truman's cleanup campaign—will come if and when he gets to investigating activities on

the White House level. If anything critical is found on the activities of Donald Dawson, in connection with the RFC cases, or Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan, in connection with the five percenter 'investigation, will a frank report be made to the 3 , President? = Will the Gen. Vaughan President act +o. a report? accordingly, or will he con-

tinue to stand up for his of-.

ficial family, regardless of what accusations are made against them? Washington observers _believe that may be the real test case which will show how sincere the Truman administration is in efforts to clean up its own house before: the election.

+ lie, nor has any use been made of the file beyond the an-

nouncement that the RFC had

been asked to turn over copies of all correspondence from «ongressnien. _ Only a few people have made a detailed study of the letters. But the word that leaked out is that they contain plenty of examples of undue congressional influence, such as Alabama Rep. Frank Boykin’s, to get government favors for constituents.

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INSIDE story of ex-Secre-tary of Interior “Honest” Harold Ickes’ blast at his successor, Oscar Chapman, and his public power policies is that Ickes was doing a little publicity chore for his old friend and New Deal cohort, Thomas G. “The Cork” Corcoran. Mr. Corcoran is Washington attorney for Olin Industries. Olin wanted to get into primary aluminum production.

$n First step was. to get assuro se may h ances that government power THE White House 2 iE avould De: available. one ace in the hole for Secretary Chapman wouldn't

case Congressional criticism of the Truman administration continues hot and heavy. This is in the file of letters written by members of Congress to the

RFC. The White House has never made any of these letters pub-

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give this commitment till Olin met certain other requirements, such as raising the necessary capital for plant construction. When Chapman didn't give with the power, a campaign was started against his public power policies. Washington was then treated to the spectacle of Ickes turning. against his former under secretary and loyal supporter, in a bitter letter to the White - House. But, the campaign did not work. ” » »

a NAVY Secretary Dan Kimball has now found an answer to the amateur strategists who try to tell they professionals how to run a war. He quotes Lucius Paulus, a Roman consul who in 168 B. C. had this to say to self-appointed military experts: =. “If . .. anyone thinks himself qualified to give advice respecting the war . , . let him not refuse his assistance to the state.

“He shall be furnished with

a ship, a horse, a tent . . . But if he thinks this too much trouble, let him not, on land, assume the office of a pilot.”

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