Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1952 — Page 8

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TEN YEARS older than when he made his historic ad-

dress to the joint session of Congress shortly after

«Pearl Harbor, and showing the toll of those years, Winston

Churchill was cast in a more difficult role when he faced Congress. again Thursday. . : “Aid to Europe” programs have become an old story, and in many respects the American effort in that direction has been disillusioning. This is an election year, with Congress looking apprehensively over its shoulder at an electorate which is beming increasingly tax-conscious. Yet here was that man again—talking about responsi[ities our country and his must face up to. Despite this inauspicious atmosphere, Britain's prime minister acquitted himself. well, and his speech should pay, dividends in better understanding. Ld = un o - »

HE TALKED as a friend among friends, and as an equal to equals, quick to praise but as quick to uphold the importance of his own country’s contributions in building firm foundations of law and security. He asked for steel, not gold, for equipment, not favors. He said it was for us to judge to what extent American interests are involved with Britain's interests. And he added, “Whether you aid us much or little we shall continue to do our utmost in the common cause.’ If all of our Allies would say as much, and mean it, and had his same resolute and positive approach, there could be ho complaint. Winston Churchill's words carry weight, because Britain is making contributions to world security second only to our own, and at a much greater sacrifice. oo When he praised the United States for not permitting the massacre of the anti-Communists on Formosa, the British prime minister practically closed the gap between American and British policy in the Far East. "It was not so long ago that the British government was willing to sell Formosa down the river to buy a meaningless truce with the Peiping Reds. If the Churchill government follows through on this line—and brings its foreign office up to that line—a united front in Asia should not be far distant.

LESS PALATABLE to most Americans was Mr. Churchill's bold bid for American assistance in the Middle East. But our interest in that area is very real, and .if Britain is prepared to adapt her policies to the new attitude which is asserting itself there, a common policy is as desirable in the Middle East as it, is in the Far East.

All in all we should say that Winston Churchill had laid a pattern for future British-American relations which will command increasing support the longer and closer it is studied. Some of the demands upon us may involve hardships but these must be weighed against the much more unhappy alternatives. Sh We aren't at the barricades—yet. But there may have to be sweat in order to escape blood and tears.

Eating Our Own Fat

M to Congress, of the great gain in the economic strength

of the United States. In his summary, based on a review of the year 1951 by his council of economic advisers, the President says:

“The past year has been marked by great gains in our basic ecomomic strength.” : Mark the word “basic,” which to us means the founda-

_ tions have been strengthened. Have they?

~e 8 § #8 TWO OTHER statements in the President's summary refute this. “Government outlays for national security programs,” he says, “almost doubled during 1951.” There, then, is the reason the economy looks so good. Production is up, employment is improved, plant expansion has been rapid, more. money in circulation. Because ‘the government is spending at an abnormal rate—and for no ther reason. : a But, in another part of the report, it is pointed out that, despite inflation, the volume of personal buying was slumping off at the end of the year. And this in the face of the fact that consumer supplies were “extraordinarily abundant.” 2 = ” ” = = IT DOESN'T take an economic expert to figure out that an economy pumped up by vast government expenditures for instruments of war is not an economy on a permanently solid foundation. artificial. You can't get fat feeding on your own torso.

The “great gains” are largely

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No Favor to Them

J whisking through that 10 per cent pay raise for the Armed Forces, and others, the House of Representatives didn’t do fighting men any favor. - : It was called a cost-of-living increase, but it is no such thing. Most of those in the Armed Services get their main.

tenance; they don't pay out of their pockets. For those

who do provide their own living costs, Congress properly could have raised allowances, ; Ji The $7.50 a month additional pay which will go to privates, if the Senate and President Truman approve this’ House bill, will mean little or nothing. They will pay it

<back, with interest, when they get back into civilian life. -

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—The balance sheet .on Prime Minister Churchill's visit shows a definite gain for American-Brit-. ish relations despite his failure to wow Congress or com- ERR pletely to convert 2 a the American mil-

He has suecceeded in his main purpose of establishing closer working contacts. The ull effect of that will be clearer after the critical economic and financial negotiations between the two governments within a month or so.

Meanwhile, he got the immediate economic concessions he came for—more American steel for Britain, and the sale of more British tin and other materials to the United States.

In addition to these genuine large achievements, both tangible and intangible, the prime minister has scored a propaganda victory at home by the,.hoary political trick of setting up. and knocking down a stfaw-man. That phony issue— created in part by the leftwing Bevanites and in part by Mr. Churchill himself

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MR. EDITOR; How .abouf easing a pet burn that I have

at this particular time of the year? It burns -

worse as each year repeats. Since withholding taxes were forced upon an unwilling public it has been my pet peeve that I’ must pay a tax upon this money that was withheld. I have never had the use of this withheld money, never* have seen it except as figures on a check stub, am not willing to have it handled

the way it is, and yet I must pay a substantial amount of state taxe§ on this money that the government has taken and used before it was due. . If there is any justice in this I would like to have it explained to me, and if not, let's find some way to stop this practice. ideas of other people on what I consider a gyp.

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CHURCHILL BALANCE SHEET . . . By Ludwell Denny

U. S.-British Teamwork

in‘ the recent election campaign—was whether the *United States could suse the bomber bases in. England without consent of the London government. > Lr THE PRIME MINISTER is now acclaimed at home for getting an agreement that our government will consult London in such an emergency. This has salved British pride. At the same time it has modified British fears of irresponsible American use of the bases to provoke war and retaliatory Soviet bombing of England. . : Actually, nothing has been changed. The Churchill-Trtman agreement merely

publicly confirms the earlier Attlee-Tru-

man agreement to the same effect. On the actual atomic issue—which was the British demand for a wider exchange of technical information—the prime minister got nothing more than a committee

to study the question. A aS 2 HE MADE two major blunders here.

One was his continued opposition to the

Allied decision for a supreme naval command of the North Atlantic under an ‘American admiral. te American military men respect his right to a minority opinion and to use that for trading purposes. But they expected him in the end to accept what was unanimous Allied opinion until he shifted

‘We Need Mail’ MR. EDITOR: In. this country of war, a chance to read

a newspaper comes very seldom. But on a few

occasions I have obtained a copy of your paper and enjoyed it very much. Because I hold your

paper in such high regard, I have chosen you

to ask a favor of, I have no family and therefore receive no mail except from a few friends. I Would deeply appreciate it if you would put my name and address and the names of a couple of buddies in your paper with a request for mail. You shall have my gratitude always, if you can help me, —Cpl. Robert W. Burke; 1027855, C. Co. 3d pit. 1st Btn., 1st Marines, 1st Marine Div., c/o P, M., San Francisco, Cal. EDITOR'S NOTE: Glad to help in any way. Here are, the other names Cpl. Burke wishes us to print: ‘Pfc. “Valter Kopplin, 1181615, Pfc. Herbert Foss, 663882. The address are the same.

WASHINGTON, Jan. My subject today is bafflegab, which is a fine new word -for an old, capital evil. What brings this up is an official order that my conscientious spy at the Pentagon sneaked out of the files; on its margin he scribbled: “The war ain't over yet.” It sure ain't. With no further intro-

duction let's look at this memorandum for: »

,- “The Assistant Secretaries of Defense; the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; the Chairmen Councils and- Committees, ofp; the Directors ‘of Offices,

dite,’ ‘urgent,’ and ‘rush’ tags. “ONE—The. procedure set forth below ‘applies to the processing of correspondence directly to or from the execu-

does not apply to internal ar-. rangements established by ad-

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the British position. Though he may block an Atlantic supreme naval command, he will be destroying thereby some of the military co-operation both sides desire, : : ee . THE OTHER big blunder was his congressional address suggestion that the United States send token forces to aid the British in the Suez Canal Zone. At best this was a carelessly phrased request for advancing the Allied Middle East security system proposal to which ‘the United States is already committed. At worst it appeared to suspicious Congressmen as a brazen move to implicate American forces under British command. in British imperialism.

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_Of course ‘the prime minister had no such purpése. His blunder was in for. getting that the subject of British bases in the Mid East is as heavily charged with emotionalism in this country as the sub-

ject of American bomber bases in England

invites misunderstanding in that country. Itpwas a case of the wrong man making a proposal in the wrong place at the wrong time. : oo BUT THESE debits on the balance sheet are not gg important as the approach to American-British unity against Red aggression in the Far East, including Fors mosa, the agreements regarding European defense, and the closer over-all harmony between the two governments and peoples,

PROPAGANDA-WISE . . . By Oland D. Russell Red ‘Peace’ Play Puzzles Japan

~ TOKYO, Jan: 19—Russia is making a spectacular peace play which has the Japanese staring in their teacups for the #nswers.

Technically, Russia is still at war with Ja-¢ pan. Russia didn't sign the peace treaty at San Francisco. Because of the recent strange peace overtures, a press conference called by the Russian ambassy is something that draws a full house from the Japanese and foreign press, A king-sized red flag with hammer and sickle was flying over the Soviet embassy as we approached the gates. The gates were wide open but the Japanese taxi driver wouldn't go in. “This is far enough for me,” he said. : Inside the gates, three barrel-chested Russians in double-breasted blue suits stood in line, with their hands in their pockets and their hats pulled low on their foreheads. One pointed with a shoulder‘to the embassy entrance. Through a -peephole in the embassy front door, another operative challenged, “What newspaper?” and then apparently signaled for the door to be opened. The reception noom soon was jammed with 50 Japanese newsmen and photographers and a couple dozen foreigners, mostly Americans. The usual huge picture of Stalin dominated the room. There was a small photograph of Mblotov on an imitation marble mantle. A half dozen Russians! some wearing hats and smoking cigarets, kept bringing in more chairs.

Like Napoleon

PRETTY SOON a spokesman came in. He was flanked by two Red army officers, one wearing an olive drab blouse, dark blue riding pants and black puttees. The spokesman was introduced by an English-speaking lieutenant as Feodor Rulov, acting political adviser to the Russian mission here. Mr. Rulov, smoothfaced and handsome with carefully brushed hair, assumed a Napoleonic stance and started reading. It was translated a paragraph at a time by an officer who afterward passed out typewritten statements. Mr. Rulov didn't have much to say. He was repeating a question Russia had posed to the

Allied Council only an hour before. He wanted to know ,why the United States was calling on Japan to appropriate $700 million for defense under the mutual security pact. He said that was unwarranted, would cause food prices to rise, wages to drop and taxes to go up in Japan. He appeared to be pleading for the Japanese people, echoing a line already widely expressed by the Communists and lefte wing Socialists who oppose Japanese rearmae ment.

They Know Propaganda : BUT IT 1S good propaganda and Russia knows how to get it over. Not content with using the Allied Council as a sounding board, the Russians were smart enough to call a big press conference to get their statement repeated throughout Japan as well as over the worldwide news services. : At the conclusion of Mr. Rulov's statement a Russian officer abruptly announced, “that's all.” Mr. Rulov slipped out before any questions could be put. ' As a further gesture to the Japanese, it was announced that the Kyodo mews agency would be permitted to station a man in Moscow— this on the heels of Russia's invitations to Japan fo send trade representatives there. Transparent as all this is, it's not lost on the Japanese, who now wonder what Russia will do next to get in Japan's good graces— and what lies ahead if Japan doesn't respond. As the correspondents left, those three Rus« sian huskies were still standing abreast at the gate, inscrutable, unsmiling. They looked so much like a movie version of a gangster’s bodyguard that a photographer stepped up to take their picture. “No,” said one, with a hard look. The photographer snapped. “No,” said the Russian again. The photographer snapped again and there were more noes hut the Muscovite hood never took his hands from his pockets. The photographer walked on past the other two, who stared straight ahead. . You got the impression, though, that they would remember him.

NATION IN PERIL . . : By James Daniel

It's Time We Faced the Facts

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—Americans who tear freedom and survival are imperiled because the nation’s elected leaders are unwilling to face the ugly facts of the world situation—today have persuasive company. - The White House has made available a report submitted to President Truman last Mar. 31 by the National Security Resources Board (NSRB). The report is (1) an eloquent statement of the dangers facing the U. S. on the eve of the Korean War, dangers which have magnified since then; (2) a plea for more truth-tell-ing to the public, and (3) a program for strengthening the nation and the free world. It was prepared by W. Stuart Symington, who had been eased out as secretary of the Air Force after advocating 70 air groups—when the President's economy-in-defense program called for 48 (the now accepted goal is 143). On May 1, 1950, the President appointed Mr. Symington chairman of the reorganized NSRB —with an assignment of planning defense measures adequate for the atomic age.

Symington Eased Out

BUT IN the spring of 1951 Mr. Symington was cased out of that job too. He had tried to sell the administration the unpopular idea that war was nearer than the politicians realized, that the U. S. was unprepared and that the politicians’ were keeping facts from the public. After he left the NSRB, Mr. Symington took

' over the dirty chore of cleaning up the Recon-

struction Finance Corp. Now he is on the point of leaving the RFC and Washington, apparently for good. - : The report was- released to newspapermen yesterday on their request. “© In some places it steps on sensitive toes. Of the foreign aid program, it says humanitarianism {s commendable and necessary and eventually will help the humanitarian. But the report adds: ° “We cannot lose sight, however, of the vital importance of maintaining the economy of this country on a stable and secure basis. If in alloting help to others we create weaknesses in our own economy, then all ofir aims and objectives will be lost. Such an occurrence here will act as a negative catalytic agent throughout the free world.”

WORDS . . . By Frederick C. Othman

More About Bafflegab and

Of Allies who want U. 8. aid but no ceiling on the prices of their raw materials: s “Our policy should be a two-way street. If that is not so, then in the long run it will be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain the resources necessary to sustain our economy: and those materials we do obtain will come in at such exorbitant prices as to seriously affect that economy.”

~ Wealth Going Down

“OF . THE government debt and dwindling U. 8. natural resources, which belie the appear= ance of prosperity, the report says: “In the past we had an abundance of resources and an abundance of credit. Today it is the reverse. The United States is using much more of its credit, and very rapidly reducing its real wealth.” + Of the policy followed by the administration of having as much consumer goods production as before the Korean War: “Any study of our national resources will show that it will be very difficult to have cer tain materials in a quantity which would justify plenty of butter along with plenty of guns. If we are to remain free, therefore, a more Spartan existence would seem inevitable.” Detailed chapters of the report cover U. 8, production, manpower, economic stabilization, civil defense and war mobilization plans. Special attention is given to what Mr. Symington sees as a major mobilization weakness—the fact that Gen. Omar Bradley, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has no real authority. Only Gen. Bradley's personality is credited with the co-ordination of defense policies that has been achieved. Months before President Truman's security “gag” order was applied—but while it was in preparation—Mr. Symington was saying: “Too often the information which would help the American people understand these problems is unnecessarily classified, In any democsracy, in order that they can make the right decisions, it is essential-for the people to know all the facts which will not aid a possible aggressor. Care must be taken, therefore, not to withhold information through unnecessary security classification... “Every American will support whatever he believes is essential to remain free. If the facts are' fully understood the necessary teamwork will be provided by the people.”

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use only by the OSD correspondence control section in expediting correspondence from that section to action agencies.

“THREE—These tags will no longer be used to expedite the processing of outgoing correspondence from action agencies. Where a special urgency of handling is required, the action officer or his representative will hand-carry the correspondence from point to point until actual dispatch from OSD has been accomplished. If a representative is used, he should be capable of justifying the action.

“FOUR~—The. purpose of the above procedure is to correct the present practice wherein ‘expedite,’ ‘urgent’ and ‘rush’ tags are attached to "more than one-half the outgoing correspondence. . As a result of this practice, it is manifestly impossible to expedite effectively that correspondence deserving of special handling. Bn Ri ah Defense, (Signed) Ma 18.

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