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Give Light and- the People Wili'Fina Their Own Way

The Dangers of Secrecy

PRESIDENT TRUMAN hae refused to let a Senate committee review reports made to the State Department by its representatives abroad. - The President based his refusal on the theory that under such a policy, foreign service . officers would be afraid to deal objectively with interna-

tional problems.

The nation's safety will be endangered, Mr. Truman - said, unless these officers feel free 10 express their views “without fear or favor, completely and honestly” and not “in anticipation of the possible reaction of some future investigating committee which might hold opposing views." This is the same Harry S. Truman who shouted “red herring” when a congressional committee was turning the spotlight on Alger Hiss, which brought to public attention one of the ugliest and most dangerous situations in the

country’s history.

EVERY PUBLIC official, whatever his position, should be accountable. That is the Yery essence of representative government. The State Department did not hesitate to use secret and confidential reports from i when it was attempting to defend its betrayal of Nationalist China. However, in that case it selected those reports it felt would uphold its position. appears.to regard as holy are those which tend to reflect Communist sympathies on the part of its agents abroad.

This is not a question of the nation’s safety—that already has been placed in Jeopardy by our policy makers, who have been influenced in some degree at least by the What the department seeks now is to protect the individuals involved from the Sone ues of

reports at issue.

their own follies.

. Quite apart from the patriotism of any of thoes con‘cerned in these investigations is the question of their . competency as political experts in their respective fields. Few of the State Department's foreign service officers who have testified during the current investigations could be - rated very high on that score. Their own testimony should exclude some of them from any position requiring good

judgment,

for relief.

That persons of established Communist sympathies have had an important part in influencing American foreign policy cannot be denied. But if the government is purged of all of these elements, the job-will be only half done as long as key positions are held by persons too stupid or too

ee 8, » ” » -- WHEN THE department itself is blind to this aitastion, Congress is the only agency to which the people can turn

naive to be at large without a guardian.

That is why an independent review of the behind-the-scenes operations of the State Department is all-important.

Rights fered Obligations

(CONGRESS is going to need some stiffening of the backbone, it appears, if a Universal Military Training pro--

gram is to be votéd in an election year. The program has been approved in theory.

enactment of a specific law. And already in the new session,

there is talk in Congress about compromises.

Twice in the last 10 years we've had vivid illustrations _ of the fact that war always puts a huge and unfair burden on the men in one particular age group. We saw that inevitable result both in World War II and the Korean War. There is perhaps no way to avoid that unfairness. In any war, our young men are our best hope of defense. But Universal Military Training is the best way to spread the,

i of duty as far as is possible.

EACH MAN, “in his turn, takes the training that will him for defense of his country. He then takes his place

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in the reserve for any future call to duty.

And by that means, the nation has always on call a trained force. That way we can avoid the chaos and confusion of preparing for a war after it's already under way. We may also avoid some of the high cost, in lives-and

dollars.

.. Never again will we get the chance to prepare, while other nations are bearing the onslaught.

first line of defense, now.

Reds Out-Produce Us

HE United Nations lost 52 planes in Korea during

January, while destroying only 31 Red jets.

That was the greatest month's loss in the 20-month war. Needless to say, mdst of the Allied planes ‘lost were

American.

News from Me Jive {front is even more disheartening.

Not only are the Reds out-shooting us, but they are

out-prbducing us in turning out jet planes.

‘Russia. is producing jet-powered medium bombers at ‘an estimated rate of 750 a year. The U. 8. produced 50

last year.

The Russians are out-producing ue in jet-fighter planes,

too—by 6 to 1.

American production used to be our main reliance Again, enemy attack. But that was B. T.—before Truman.

Ale ¥

The People Say Yes

. TEE American people favor statehood for Alaska by a margin of nine to one, and statehood for Hawaii by six,

ol k Pollster Goorge Gailttp reports.

; , new poll comes at a time when g debate on the Alaska bill, with the Hawaii bill

s-1950 polls showed similar attitudes,

foreign service officers

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‘enemies.

We're our own

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the Senate is fust

the Senate £6 piss them both by ey acre Obviously the Boss

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FOLLIES

NEW YORK-—-The third an-

nual Children’s Dental Health Week: will be observed from Feb. 4th to 8th.

Youngsters this week will be full of contrition, Forswearing Pe t'e’s Pistache Pagoda, Which helped put their teeth in such sorry condition.

' With sundaes and candy

and soda.

But all their repentance will soon be mock'ry, And Judy and Bobble and Dinah . Will once again polish the sweet-laden crock’ry— Despite what it does to their

china, " td »

YES, indeed, this is the week

when everyone clamps down on Junior. The poor kid is hauled off to the old drill-mas-ter, who counts off. the injured incisors, busted bicuspids and cracked canines. In cases where the young man has really taken care of his teeth, the count rarely exceeds thir-ty-two. Even when his canines have gone completely » the dogs. It's always a good wen, though, to have a look-see at the youngster’s china now afd again—just to determine how the young man chews. One of the first extensive operations of this sort took root about 1643, when the orig-

inal Manchus sought to de-

fend Old China against its In those days China was continually harassed by the Tatars. (These should not be confused with ’taters. Even that far back the Chinese pre-

ferred rice. )

‘BUT Vietory finally smiled on the Manchus (Victory always went to the dentist regularly—and she hada real pretty smile) and the Ta-Ts'-i or “Great Pure,” Dynasty

7 oy “established ~ Th Peking.

Since that time there is no record of the Chinese having been greatly worried by ‘pink toothbrush.” Their crowning concern at the moment has to do with another menace. The

‘Red brush.

Even so, it doesn't take much Peking for any modernday dental student to see that a lot of havoc can still be wrought by a tartar invasion. There is also some little havoc when the dentist says ‘“ta-ta.” Which happens on these very rare occasions when pop finally extracts his wallet and pays the “bill, > . » » . DESPITE the fabulous claims of some of the toothpaste companies, there is sure to be a certain element of deterioration. Muinly in the old boy’s lower right, or money, pocket. One way and another he's the gent on whom every-

_ one finally puts the bite.

Thar's gold in them thar bills, " .

= ~ NOW, Junior, we were only kidding. Go along like a good boy. Chances are all your teeth “will need is a good si-

. monizing, anyway. » 2 8 5 . AUNTY COMMY SAYS: “See

where them Chinese Red music lovers is smuggling in recordings of ‘decadent reactionary’ songs -like ‘Tennessee Waltz’ and ‘Back Home

- Again in Indiana’ at fabulous prices. - Guess Mao jist ain't

been able to put. across his own theme song, wy Heart ‘Cries for You M .

HEH + HEH HEABLINES: “Argentines told their slightly:

thuddy drinking water is bet-,

ter than that dispensed in USA.” Here's mud in your eyes, Amigos. “BRITISH IMPRESSED BY TRUMAN BUDGET.”

To say nothing of 150-004 million Americans. @

BEREIINATRETINNSANES Y)

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MR. EDITOR:

Economy in government spending seems to

be the word in Congress at present. It is elec- -

tion year and candidates must have something

to base their campaigns on.

If they can get back in their congressional seats, taxes will be cut, the budget balanced, prices controlled and what have you. Well, they have had four or more years to do just that, but the records show they have done just

the opposite.

They made a playhouse out of Congress. Raised their salaries and expense accounts, many of them took trips over most of the world,

at public expense.

Many put in as much time

taking care of private business as they did

public business.

Absenteeism among workers during emer-

gencies is considered unpatriotic. When there is important -

with Congressmen.

But, not so

legislation to be acted upon, there may be only seven or eight Congressmen present. That's why photographers are barred from taking pictures of Congress while in session.

Too many empty seats.

Why not dock Con-

gressmen when absent from their jobs the same

as other job-holders in industrial jobs?

Pay

them for services rendered only. Too many of

them,

it seems, think their private business is

more than the. public's business and they give

it priority. "ol ob

WHEN they get their campaigning o over and go back to Washington the lobbyists will be in Washington to gréet them and tell them what

_ bills their sponsors want passed.

After the lobbyists and the Congressmen e to an understanding, then business begins. “Committees are appointed to pigeon-hole bilis

not wanted and revamp others to fit some

special interest’s liking.

That's democracy in action, streamlined de-

mocracy.

That's why only 50 per cent of the -voters-vote-<Fhey-know the lobbyist and special

interest will keep everything under control. So,

why worry about voting?

A wave of happiness and contentment will spread over the land of the free and the brave, for which we all shall be very thankful, maybe.

‘You Know John?" MR. EDITOR:

Do you know John? I'll wager you do, or if :

~—E. Bowman, 2821 Station St.

you are not personally acquainted with him,

friend. escape him.

__you'll have come in ctose contact with him - through some member of your family or close ‘His acquaintances are" many.

Few

He calls himself their friends, but really he

is their ruler. and. wily. little,

They are his slaves. You come into his power little by So gradually you seldom realize his

He is sly

great power over you until you are his com-

plete slave.

He is aggressive, ever on the move

keeping company with his old pals, making the acquaintance of new ones by the score. He claims the friendship of rich men, poor

men, beggars, thieves, chants, chiefs.

He invades the home.

doctors, lawyers, mer-

Mothers

of little children will neglect their offsprings to keep his company. He attends all the parties for

HOOSIER SKETCHBOOK

BREAKING INT rT A |

Cl ENCE TALE

Re 71% amen

TALENT _ x...

CONGRESS ROUNDUP .

‘Senate rs Cheese Back

By Charles Egger

On Shelf-Little Too Strong?

WASHIN GTON, Feb,

to 39. President Truman had asked

Defense Production Act last summer be lifted. The restrictfons ‘prevent friepdly

countriés from getting needed *

dollars by sending their products to this country. The President also had warned that the countries affected might retaliate against U. 8. products: However, seven Democrats joined Republicans to pigeonhole the proposal.

Taft-Lewis SEN. ROBERT A. TAFT (R. 0.) and John L. Lewis, presi-

"dent of the United Mine Work-

ers, traded verbal punches over the Taft-Hartley Act. The exchange came at a la-

"hor subcommittee hearing on

a bill to establish federal control over coal mine safety. The argument was over a TaftHartley Act ‘provision -which lets employers sue unions for preach of contract. Mr. Lewis sald the provision restrains local miners’ unions from using their contractual right to walk out of dangerous mines, Sen. Taft insisted Mr. Lewis was all

FWrong.

After 30 minutes of heated, {indecisive debate, the two shook hands with no apparent

bad feelings.

Greece-Turkey WITH ONLY six members present, - the Senate approved

admission of< Greece and"

Turkey o the Norm, Atlantic

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HOOSIER FORUM—Economy’

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

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there would be no fun without John. He goes for joyrides with thousands each year for he is a jolly good fellow.’ ‘He has no feeling of guilt when, because of his presence, the joy-ride ends

in death.

John is a nation-wide rover. He has hundreds of titles.

abroad.

He travels Yet when

you trace him to his real origin, he is just Pain John Barley-Corn or Old Man Booze.

—M. L. Snodgrass, City.

‘Kick 'em Out, Now’

MR. EDITOR:

I take your daily paper py mail and still enjoy reading it as much as when I lived in

Indianapolis. ’

I have debated in my mind why the good people of Indiana returned Homer Capehart to

the Senate.

There is a man who can’t speak

intelligently, much less think for himself. Those of you that have heard and seen him on ‘television know what I mean. I have seen him on the Senate floor and was honestly ashamed when I pointed him out, while he was making a speech, to friends I have met while here. He votes, yes, but usually it is because it is to help his party along, not being a man

“ capable of deciding for himself.

Capehart is a man with money to back him, and money .can do wonders, but if the people who put out for his being in Washington would dig around and find out what good he has done

to benefit them, I'm sure they would think twice

before voting for him. One example alone is price control which he was in favor of lifting «. +» how is that affecting you? Wake up, don't sit by and criticize President

- Truman for high taxes, etc. He is only one pea

in the pod and recommends items in the budget. Sen. Jenner is up for re-election. Study his record, which isn’t much better than Capehart’s.

A good thing is worth fightin back there have two Senators

for, and you hat need to ope

ousted; but quick. I might add that I'm from Indiana and love the dear stdte, but can’t say that I'm proud of

"its people for-not choosing better representa-

tives for its people. —Mrs. T. Valentine, Silver Spring, Md,

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TO ONE | LOVE

TO YOU my sweet go roses that . , . are waft in sweet perfume . . . to you I send the stars above . . . to shine right in your room , ..

~to—you-¥-give-agi- joyful -

things +a -kiss,-a

foving smile . . . because I want to fill your life

+ + «+ With everything worthwhile . give a summer day . . . a bird upon the wing

«s to youl

.. + to you I send a soft sonata .. . so your heart will sing . .. I give to you my heart and

soul . . . my dreams, my deepest love . . you go all the prayers of life . .. "high above . . . I give these things to you my . because you've given me, . . a paradise

dear . .

. to so-good and

beyond compare . . . by loving tenderly.

—-By Ben Burroughs.

(You can obtain 100 of Mr. Burrough’s poems in a handy, pocket-size book. Send 25c

. for Mr. Burrough’s “Sketches” to

“Sketches,”

Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland st)

“esnsngednnnanananndan

2—This week in the Senate a bill to repeal restrictions on imports of cheese ay other dairy and agricultural products was shelved,

Treaty Organization. Later, it was agreéd to call the bill back and vote again so that it could - be demonstrated the Senate 1% solidly behind the move.

Boyle-Gabrielson THE INVESTIGATING committee scolded former National Democratic Chairman William M. Boyle Jr. and Republican Chairman Guy Gabrielson for their activities with the Reconstruction Finance Corp. The committee emphasized that neither had done anything illegal. But it criticized Mr. Boyle who had heen an attorney for the American Lithofold Corp. of St. Louis: at the same’ time he was the Democrats’ non -paid acting chairman.. THe Lithofold concern got an RFC loan three days after Mr. Boyle arranged for Lithofold representatives to}

meet with RFC ‘officials. .

William M. Boyle . another scolding

. Mr. Gabrielson’s’ activities, the committee said, “are bound to lead to. charges of impropriety.” Mr. Gabrielson is general counsel for the Carthage Hydrocol, Inc. of New York, another RFC borrower.

Debate Curb

THE RULES COMMITTEE

approval by two-thirds of the elected membership is neceéssary. Joker in the présent site uation, however, is the existing rule which allows unlimited debate on any proposed changes in ‘the rules. Thus, Southerners can filibuster indefinitely on the recommended change itself.

Internal Security : JOQHN GARTER VINCENT of the State Department swore before: the Internal Security Subcommittee, that he had never been a Communist or pro-Communist. He said Louis Budenz, former editor of the Communist Dally Worker, was lying when he said he (Vine cent) had been a Communist,

‘Military Pay

A 10 PER CENT military . pay increase is “long overdue,”

Defense Secretary Robert A,

Lovett told the Armed Serve ices Committee, He .safd the increase was necessary to assure “equitable treatment” of military personnel. Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, as. sistant secretary, said the men

# she talked with while in Korea

approved a resolution to allow ~

two-thirds of ‘Senators present to shut off debate. At present

recently were concerned with the high prices their families back home had to pay. But the Senators weren't ene ipely Jeceptive. They said they wante 0 take a at the bill. long Toole

House .

AN INVESTIGATION of the Justice Department was ordered by the Judiciary Committee. The committee sald it would limit the jivesugazion to specific’ complaints,

Tax Reorganization "PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S reorganization plan for the Bureau of Internal Revenue was approved. It calls for replacement of politically ape pointed district tax collectors with career employees.

President

PRESIDENT TRUMAN again urged congressional ap--proval of the St. Lawrence seaway project. He warned that Canada plans to go ahead on her own if the United States doesn’t agree to pare ticipate this year. This would mean sole Canadian control over toll charges. Chairman Tom Connally of the Foreign Relations Committee,. which will handle the proposal, has emphatically opposed it.

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

Denton Elated Over Party’s Enthusiasm

Wht A, Feb. 2-—When Rep. Winfield R. Denton, Evansville Democrat, returned from the 15-state meeting of party leaders at Kansas City, he was elated at the enthusiasm shown there.

Far from showing any signs

of wear and tear, the Democrats are in fine fettle he reported. And — ; he took part in some panel discussions designed to lay down the campaign line this fall with the keynotes— peace and prosperity. Despite the fact that the 8 ght ng in Rep. Denton orea has gone on long-""" old “stand-bys er than in World War I.and that “prosperity” now includes such things as the return of soup-kitchens in “Detroit, the.

‘Democrats can make out a

good case for themselves under the stewardship of the Truman administration Mr. Denton maintains, President stressed the “prosperity and peace” theme in a meéssage to the Kansas City meeting... He pledged that Democrats would never “play politics” with national defense. Earlier his state-of the union message to Congress had outlined world peace as: the ultimate goal of the preparedness program which he is fostering with an $85 billion budget— largest in peacetime history. “This year, 1952, is a crucial

By J. Hugh O'Donnell

Truman himself

year in the defense effort of the free world,” President Tru« man said. “If we falter, we can lose all the gains we have made. If we drive ahead with

courage and vigor and deter-

mination, we can by the end of 1952 be in a position of much greater security.” "

” » » * HOOSIER . REPUBLICANS in Congress were as well pleased with the Truman pregram for making “peace and prosperity” the issues as was Mr. Denton and other Democrafts. Rep. Cecil M. Harden, Covington,” Republican natjonal committeewoman from Indie ana, commented: “I note with interest that the Democrats plan to base their 1952 campaign on those two old stand-bys, peace and pros. perity. The ‘peace’ slogan is of particular interest, partice ularly in the cold light of hise

-—tory which records the followe

ing: “American war casualties under Republican administrae tions during the past 50 years total exactly zero. Not a sine gle American was wounded or died in battle during the feb arate administrations of. Th odore Roosevelt, William H, Taft, Warren G. Harding, Cale vin. Coolidge or Herbert Hoover.

wag “THE DEMOCRATIC rece ord during this same period is something else again. Amer. ican casualties under President Woodrow Wilson (first ‘World War), totaled 334,734f World

War II, most of which was * , »

waged during the presidency of F. D. Roosevelt, cost Amer= ica 994,803 killed or wounded, Truman, in addition to share ing some of the World War IT

' total, had added 104,383 Amer-

ican casualties in the Korean “police action” as of Jan. 18, 1952. And the list fis still growing. . “Yet, despite the record, the Democrats will make a powse erful plea for votes on the basis that they are the party of “peace. rn . Freshman Republican Rep, William G. Bray, Martinsville, used the $85 billion budget to demonstrate how the GOP try and .assail the so-cal peace issue.

. «ig gg ; . . “THE LARGEST single re.

quest is for - $51 billion for military expenditurés,” Mr, Bray pointed out. “This is the first time in American history where y segment- of the governm

. has been given almost a rr

check to fill in for itself:

“I have the highest resectl for most of our military 1 a

ers, who have led us to victo

~ in the past and stand ready

protect us in the future. They are sometimes prone, however,

to have an insatiable appetite

for more guns, more money, more men and- more

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