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Oatis Still in Jail ON AUG. 31, 1951, President Truman declared he was determined to take whatever measures were necessary to free. Associated Press Reporter William Oatis from his Czech prison cell. That was almost six months ago. And William Oatis-is still in jail. of page.) ve He has been in jail 0 on A phony espionage charges for nine ménths. Arrested by Communist police last Apr. 23, he was held incommunicado until his “trial” in July, when he was sentenced to 10 years.. In its efforts fo obtain Mr. Oatis’ release, the State Department has relied chiefly on economic pressure. Trade between the U. S. and Czechoslovakia has been reduced to a trickle. In co-operation with Great Britain and France, we also have banned Czech airline flights over Allied-occu-pied Germany and Austria. It is estimated these measures will cost the Czechs $40 million a year in hard currency. But Mr: Oss is still in jail.

SEVERAL months ago, the State Department asked newspaper co-operation in the case. It ‘suggested too many headlines might hamper negotiations for Mr. Oatis’ release. Since that time, most newspapers have. gone along with the State Department, sitting still for Secretary of State Acheson's frequent assertions that he ‘couldn't discuss the case for fear of hurting Mr. Oatis’ chances. But William Oatis is still in jail. It is time for Mr. Truman to make good his promise

of Aug. 31. The time has come to break off diplomatic relations

with Czechoslovakia. Diplomacy is the means of intercourse between civilized nations. But civilized nations do not kidnap foreign nationals and railroad them to prison. The Communist regime in Prague kidnaped William Oatis. The United States should show the world that it does not sit down at the same table with kidnapers.

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‘Don’t Overlook the Dorns

RZ WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN DORN, a young farmer and war veteran from South Carolina, has returned from a world tour convinced that American foreign policy is on the point of bankruptcy. His report to the House was received with respect on "both sides of the chamber and the comments by other mem‘bers during his remarks indicated an unusual concurrence, with his views. It would have been a very wholesome thing if the complacent gentlemen meeting at Lisbon in the name of pe North Atlantic Treaty Organization could have heard speech and the attendant remarks. It would have to ‘them an insight into current American thinking, and might give them pause before they destroy themselves on the rocks : of their own empty platitudes. : American money is all that is holding them together. * That money isn't going to be as easy to get as it has been. ‘Mr. Dorn and many of his colleagues have come to believe : that our defense effort has been converted into a vast { “share-the-wealth” program, without any other real pur- , pose. It may take more than new promises to convince “them to the contrary, ‘Rep. Dorn doesn’t have a Ph. D. He was an enlisted man in the recent war, so he may not rate as a master - strategist. But he has done enough reading to know that “the Soviets are proceeding according to plan. And his ~servations have convinced him that we have been going “nd, on the bland assumption that our money could buy - hing—inciuding friendship and sacar: : ; . = IN HIS House speech, the young Demioerat recalled a "visit to the White House in 1947, and he gave his colleagues the benefit of his version of presidential thinking at that time. ‘Mr, Truman had een asked if he was Worried about ‘Russia, and “instantly replied in substance, that Russia was # too backward and we need not be alarmed about any threat on the part of the Soviet Union. He took several minutes .of his time to point out on the map places in Russia which

iwere devastated, and where tanks and planes were rusting’

‘because of the lack of skilled mechanics and operators. He .seemed to.think communism was no threat in this generation,” Mr. Dorn added.

He left the White House on that occasion “alarmed ;

about the security of America.” He is more alarmed now by what he has seen in Korea. He cannot understand why . France should be allowed to keep Germany from rearming. .Or why Spain's 30 divisions are being spurned. Or why ‘Japan is unarmed. _ > Rep. Dorn and his colleagues do not believe in appeasement, and their views apply to the British and French “Socialists, as well as the Russian Communists. .~ Mr. Dorn would like to see more of the money we are ‘spending used ’in Alaska, so Russid cannot use Alaska as a bombing base to attack American cities.. The diplomats are going to have to deal with the Dorns ‘before they get any more money for their grand alliances. If the gentlemen meeting at Lisbon overlook the Dorns, “they are asking for trouble.

‘Seeds of Good Will “THE COMMITTEE for a free Asia, a private American 2 organization, has a practical, simple program to help “people feed themselves, It.asks for donations of vegetable “seeds: Seeds cannot be grown in the tropics and importing them is too expensive for most Orientals.

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“Seeds for Democracy,” 596 Clay St. San Francisco

“11, will fo seed donations to the Philippines where ‘they will be distributed to farmers and gardeners—along Ez message of greeting from. people of the United “Sta 3 Seeds wanted are: Green string béans; green pepper, ustard, | plant, chinese cabbage, cucumber, collard, : .and loose-leaf lettuce. this

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HE'S STILL IN A CZECH JAIL

By Andrew Tully ©

Who Can Blame Oatis If He

(See editorial, Oatis “Still in Jail)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 — Reporter Bill Oatis can be forgiven if he concludes the United States has forgotten him. For Bill Oatis has been in his Pragus prison cell for 10 months. And it's just as uncomfortable now as it. was last summer, when the air was filled with protests over his conviction on phony spy charges.

Boab

IN CASE you've forgotten the details, Bill Oatis is Willtami N., Oatis from Marion, and an Associated Press correspondent. He is 37 years old, a slight bookish looking man whose poor eyesight is bolstered by strong-lensed glasses. On Apr. 23, 1951, Bill Oatis left the AP bureau in Prague for an appointment with Rudolph Popper, foreign press section chief of the Czech Ministry of Infor-

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mation. Far 72 hours, nothing was heard from him. Then the Czech government announced he had been arrested for ‘espionage and “hostility.” For more than two months, Bill Oatis held! incommunicado.. On July 4 he was sentenced to 10 years after reciting a “confession” which revealed only routine activities as an American reporter on’ the prowl for news. : oo» FN * THERE was a great roar of protest from the ‘American people. The State Department called the trial a travesty and ordered Ambassador Walter O. Briggs to press for Mr. Oatis’ release. Congress erupted in a series of speeches demanding that the U. S. retaliate. President Truman said the jailing of Bill Oatis was an outrage,

Not Blind—Just Doesn't Give a Darn

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MR. EDITOR: Regarding article, “Fare High Enough, Transit Riders Say,” in The Times, Feb. 14. I agree with this, since I am a high school pupil. The proposed fare for high school pupils 18 extremely unfair. I ask the Transit Company, is it fair to make us pay 100 per cent more than we are paying now? Why are we getting nicked? The cash fare won't go up, ‘tokens will only go up, about 2 cents, grade school pupils will pa} the same, and yet we. who go to high school, will have to pay double what we're paying now. Is it fair to the hundreds of boys and girls who have to ride the street cars. and busses twice a day, five days a week? In my opinion it isn’t. : If the Transit Company has to hike the fare, why do they have to raise ours so much

and the rest so little or none? —P. H., City, ‘Congratulations’ MR. EDITOR: 8

Congratulations to The Indianapolis ‘Times for accurate reporting. Last Thursday both evening papers gave information regarding the IU-ILL basketball game originating from WTTV, Bloomington. The News report stated the signal would be “piped in.” To my way of thinking this would imply the signal would be received by coaxial cable and not from an antenna atop the Indiana Theater. This report was wrong. The Times was right. + —TV Fan, City

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

‘Now, Charley’ MR.- EDITOR: Charles Bell just doesn’t think the GOP has accomplished very much in passing the welfare secrecy law, He doesn’t think any money has been saved because chiselers were taken off the payrolls but because a lot of old people have died and a lot of children have become 18 years old. Now, Charley, since you can explain all this so easily, maybe you can give us some exact figures since you. claim only $100,000 has been "saved. In fact, maybe you could explain to us why welfare costs have dropped in Indiana and increased in all adjoining states that haven't opened up their welfare books to the - public. Possibly you could explain why

the federal government is paying out about - three times as much for welfare as it cost to

run the entire government before the days of the New Deal and Fair Deal. Maybe Charles could go even farther and explain to us what Roosevelt's man Friday, Harry Hopkins meant when he said, “We will spend and spend and elect and elect.” Maybe Charles is one of the Fair Dealers who enjoys paying taxes, but some of us just don’t like to pay taxes and th

—C. D. C., Terre Haute.

WASHINGTON, Feb, 23. Rep. Fred E. Busbey. the Chicago Republican, is a hard man to get along with, He doesn't need any government psychiatrist, experimenting with brides and grooms, to tell him so. He knows’ it.

Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, the surgeon general of the U. 8, ‘knows it, too. There was Dr. Scheele appealing to the House Appropriations Committee for the annual millions to run the public health service. And there was the difficult Mr. Busbey asking questions about the federally subsidized study “at Northwestern University of what the government calls “factors governing courtship and mate selection. 4 = - »

SEEMS that Dr. Scheele's agency turned over $12,096 to. Dr, Robert F. Winch, the university psychologist, to study .2ome young married couples -and to discover, if he could,. how they haggiened to choose ° each other what we romanticists call. the journey through. life. Hard man Bushey | wanted to know, how came? Dr. 8. said some fun had’ heen poked at Dr. Winch's research in 1. She Whytores, of.

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Bill Oatis remained in jail. Under prodding by Congress and the : press, the. State Department moved against the Czechs’ pocketbook. Trade between Czechoslovakia and the U. S. was brought to a virtual standstill by delays

. in the issuance of import and export doc-

Tariff concessions were . suspended. The state-owned Czech airline was prohibited from flying over Alliedoccupied Germany and Austria. President Trumén said he would take whatever measures are necessary to set Bill Oatis

free. S&S bob BUT THE MONTHS went by, and he remained in jail, Meanwhile, the State Department rad

a suggestion for the press: Perhaps all

REVIVED HOPE .

Thinks U.S. Has Forgotten?

the headlines were gumming up negotiations to free Bill Oatis, and would the

newsmen lay off for a while and leave

things up to the diplomats? The newsmen did. And Bill

Oatis stayed in ‘jail.

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HE STAYED in jail while the U.

“indicted” the "Czech government i

the United Nations General Assembly. He stayed in jail while Sen. Herbert R. O'Conor—only a few days ago—introduced a resolution to break off diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia. The State Department says “not a day has gone by” without efforts to get Bill Oatis out. Sitting in the grayness of his Com: munist cell, Bill Oatis must have his doubts. ° :

. By Ludwell Denny

Middle East Tension Easing Off

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Middle East tengion is easing off a little—not much, but enough to revive Western hope that compromises may be reached before Stalin can cash in on more chaos there. These are ‘current hopeful Turkey and Greece, after long and impatient waiting, have been taken into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Negotiations of the Iranfan oil dispute have been resumed. Egypt and Britain this week-end will start reconciliation talks—after months of deadlock leading to the re- _ cent military action in Suez and the bloody riots in Cairo. Turkish and Greek membership in NATO is of more than symbolic value. Both nations are in the Allied first line of defense against Communist aggression. Both have proved their fearlessness in exposed positions. Evén so, they were being given -the brush-off by some legs-courageous west European states,

developments:

Mossadegh

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which did not want. to share the mutual risk’

of Russfai. attacki or to share. American aid against that threat Thus, the Allies were in danger of losing some of their few defense assets in the Middle East. There are still serious problems relating to the role of Turkey and Greece—they welcome American higher command but oppose British or Italian. But now, for the first time, there is a solid base on which to build. In Iran, so many hopes have proved false during the past year, there is no temptation now to be optimistic. Premier Mohammed Mossa-Gegh-=Wio Fpons sored the éxtreme nationaliza-

INDO-CHINA

* on some points.

tion laws, broke the British oil contracts and defied the World Court—holds more power than ever. The long-drawn elections are going in his favor, and there is no opposition from Parliament which has expired for the present. Nevertheless, that wily and unpredictable zealot has retreated a little. After blocking compromise efforts of two world bank missions— az he had wrecked earlier negotiations with the British and with the Americans-—he revived the World Bank talks and consented to “agreement S80 there is at. least activity where nonas existed before. Apparently Mossadegh is begine ning to feel the pinch of national bankruptcy and the failure of his nationalization. edicts tn replace the oil revenues he kicked out with the British. a

Fair Compromise

IN EGYPT a more responsible government is trying to repair the damage of its. predeces.

sor.—whieh broke the British treaties on the

Suez and ‘the ‘Sudan, and which was at least indirectly responsible for the mob rule which destroved part of Cairo. Unofficial exploratory talks indicate that both the new Cairo regime and the Churchill government want a fair compromise in negotiations beginning this week-end. : That should not he too difficult—in theory, The . British - recognize the right of self determination in the Sudan, and they are anxjous to turn over their guardianship of the strategic Suez Canal and zone to a joint AlliedEgyptian defense system. But the question is not so much whether the two governments can agree. It is whether tha extremist WAFD Party majority in Parliament, and the fanatical Moslem Brotherhood, will allow King Farouk and Premier Aly Maher Pasha to make peace with the hated West.

By R. H. Shackford

Schuman Gives NATO Warning

" LISBON; Feb. 23—France's Robert Schuman is warning his North Atlantic Treaty Organization colleagues not to count too much on French armed -might in Europe during the coming months—unless they want to take over the war in Indo-China. He’s blunt about it. France can't continue in Indo-China and at the same time muster the desired 20 divisions to help stand guard in Western Europe. Mr. Schuman’s position is unenviable.

forces in Europe. But France was unable to fulfill her 1951 commitments to NATO. At the same time, France is the major obstacle to inclusion of the second biggest manpower pool for NATO—the Germans. Mr. Schuman discussed the critical French situation in Indo-China Thursday at a secret meeting of foreign ministers. Mr. Schuman had to tell his colleagues that, regardless: of paper goals set for NAT® —or France—the bulk of France's military men, money and war materials still must go to IndoChina. The alternatives, he reportedly said, were for France to throw in the sponge in Indo-China, or for other powers to shoulder some part of the burden there.

U. S. Stays Clear

NEITHER the U. 8. nor Britain want any part of the Indo-Chinese business, This frank discussion of Southeast Asia and Middle East problems came as NATO men who deal in papers and figures prepared to announce publicly. the goal of 5Q.divisions—both ready to fight and partially equipped reserve divisions— for Western Europe by the end of 1952. Those would be in addition to 40 new topnotch American-trained and equipped divisions acquired iy NATO this week with the formal admission of Greece and Turkey to membership. Greece can put 10 crack divisions in the field tomorrow. Turkey has 30 of the best fighting divisions in the world. But neither country’s divisions could be used to defend the Elbe in Germany. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower now ‘has about 20 But even they are only about 75 per cent equipped

He.’ represents the biggest potential pool of ground -

and trained. *At least 10 or 15 of the estimated 50 divisions due this year would be in less ready-to-fight stages.

There is some evidence that the determina- -

tion to announce the 50-division goal is pri marily psychological, in view of NATO’s recent slump in prestige, - resulting from the Frenche German row, Such a paper goal is unlikely to impress Gen. Eisenhower, who is looking only" for flesh and blood fighting divisions.

Financial Crisis FRANCE is in the throes of a great financial crisis—she is nearly broke, lke Britain. The previous Pleven government in France fell on an attempt to pay for greatly increased

expenditures, especially for military use in both NATO and Indo-China.

ing a 10 per cent boost in income taxes. It was against this background that Mr, Schuman was forced to give the grim picture here, where every effort—especially by State Secretary Dean Acheson and his aids-—is being devoted to giving: NATO a shot in the arm * on the eve of U, 8. congressional hearings on foreign aid.

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY. THE* TROUBLE with this country is that too many Fair Dealers turned out to he faro dealers.

TOP Grotto officials gaxe President Truman a new ‘fez. Maybe it will help with the Middle East muddle, °

CHURCHILL and Truss man both have learned that rearmament goals are even harder to meet than an ‘easy payment.”

MAKES of

; TN ALL autos . 4 seem to have that ‘long Mr. Churchill look” when you try to park «+. big bill. between two of them.

PRINCIPAL reason our Middle West doesn't have the poverty of the Middle East is because -it has moré pastures and no pashas.”

. By Frederick C. Othman

Knows He's Hard to Live With

Parliament refused - to vote 165 million francs in new taxes, includ-

Rep. Bushey said ‘maybe not, but what were the docs trying to prove? “If they find out a certain thing, what effect is that going to have on people getting married, or anything else in the mental health

field?” he demanded. Dr. Scheele sighed. He said that Dr. Winch really wasn't interested in love, as such. He wanted to find out why people

in groups sometimes got along.

perfectly and sometimes fell to fighting among themselves. . So ‘the doc at Northwestern figured he'd have to get a group of people for his studies. The smaller the group, the easier it would be to handle. The smallest group of al, he- figured,

would be a man and nis wife, Dr. Scheele explained all’this

at length, Love had nothing to

do with it, “The military dervices are

very much interested in this .

sort of thing,” he‘ continued. “They are very much interested in problems they have in submarine crews, men who.are going to live close together.” “You mean the problem of what love is?” inquired the grumpy Rep. Busbey. | Dr. Scheele! said no, he meant in the problems of people living in tight places, happily. He "said Dr. Winch “selected newlyweds to study like other scientists chose for their studies .a- mouse, or a test “tube 9%, SHEIgYL

MAKING HAPPINESS

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= , happiness -on the way . . . for the man who “has learned . . . the true values of life . . .

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“Some people are easy to get along with and some people ate hard to get along with,” retorted Rep. Busbey. “Now, I am hard to get along with, As Socrates once said, ‘Know thyself.’ I know I am hard to get along with.” It developed "that Dr. Scheele had 122 mental health studies in the works of universities across the’ land, including the ‘one. about the briied and grooms, one about

life among the Hutterites, and

one about the chewing by Ine dians of a weed called peyote, The statesman wanted the details of these, too.

” WELL, sir,

ical. The public health service wants reached this happy state.

As for the peyote chewers, nobody knows about them for sure. Some claim the weed

gives them a narcotic lift; oth--

ers insist that its use has religibus significance. Dr. Scheels

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