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HE MAJOR agreements made by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have been opencd to reconsideration—if not invalidated —by refusal of the French General Assembly to vote increased taxes for rearmament, and the subsequent resignation of Premier kKdgar Faure's govern ment." : ; 3 The prospects that a new government can succeed where the Faure government has failed appear remote in

the light of recent French history.

It was the understanding at Lisbon that 1 rance would require an additional $457 million to-carry her share of the common defense burden. The United States agreed to contribute $300 million of this. France was to raise the.rest hy new taxes. The Faure government fell when the General Assembly refused to approve its plan to raise this money by a 15 per cent tax increase. The State Department professes to be optimistic about the outlook, finding comfort in the point that the French government fell not over the question of whether the money should be raised, but how it should be raised. But whether the issue was “whether” or “how,” until the $157 million is raised it is expecting too much to assume that Congress will vote to give France the $300 million, which presumably was contingent upon France doing her part. ~ - » » ~ ~ ALL OF the Lisbon arrangements are subject to reconsideration because France became the “anchor man” in the program—after the French had vetoed Germany's immediate inclusion in the -projected Kuropean army, Now with most of the eggs in the French basket, its hottom has fallen out. * a \. The Faure government was in power for 40 days, which is about par for French governments since the war. Obviously, until this situation can be stabilized by a new election if it can be stabilized—no arrangement with France can Ye regarded as dependable. It will be unnecessarily costly, as well as extremely dangerous, for the United States to proceed on any other assumption. We should put our defense money where it can do some good—in countries where the will to survive is strong enough to make the sacrifices which survival demands. tain, under Churchill, meets this test. So do Greece, . Turkey and Portugal. Spain can qualify. Western Germany can be offered the opportunity. Yugoslavia has a certain nuisance value, at least. But our own strength is our best insurance and the mobilization of our own might should have first priority. - ...Too. much Wish{il (hinkineykas led us up ft, dead end," street Sat His more pote fo ae Jedi. of it and start over again if too much time isn't wasted trying to prove that black is white,

Scholarships Aplenty

GENERATION ago-a scholarship was the only hope many young people had for a college education, or for even a year of college. There was much competition for them. : Now every year 17,000 college scholarships go begging, because no one tries for them or because no one can qualify, according to U.S. Education Commissioner Earl J. McGrath.

He estimates that one in every 20 college students has, or can get, a scholarship. To encourage them the government has issued a bulletin listing the scholarships available.

It is true that some people write peculiar wills; and in order to qualify for some of these funds a student has to be a former caddy, or a displaced person, or the child of an Elk, But for most scholarships, the requirements are reasonable, : Many American parents can afford to send their. children to college, but college ought to be within the reach of everyone. This government agency has done a service in helping inform young people of these opportunities.

Has Silence Hurt Harry? .

RESIDENT TRUMAN now has put off for at least another month any public statement whether or not he intends to seek re-election. While this further delay is unlikely to affect his own chances, it might well weaken his power to influence. the choice of a successor, shotiid the President decide not to run. No.one doubts that if Me. Truman wants the nomination he can get it, even if he doesn't speak until the lagt moment before the convention. But this business of selecting a suc"cessor suitable to the White House is more difficult.

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SEN. Kefauver of Tennessee has upset all hopes, if such do indeed exist, that plans for a successor could be worked out without serious interference. Sen. Kefauver is: an earnest and energetic campaigner. His TV fame and his. simple, direct manner of meeting people combine to assist his candidacy: . In New Hampshire, for instance, the professional Democrats not long ago were saying Sen. Kefauver would not poll more than 30 per cent of the popular vote in. the coming Mar. 11 primary. Now, after some heavy work by the Senator in that state, the professionals are not so sure. The situation in Wisconsin is even more irksome to the Truman regulars. Since a candidate's formal consent is required for entry into the primary (set for Apr. 1), Mr. Truman's name will not appear. Sen. Kefauver has entered, and his only competition will be two “favorite son” slates * standing in for the President. ") But neither of the “sons” slated for the Democratic ballot is well known, and the conviction is strong -that Kefauver will win over them handily. A victory there anda geod popular showing in New, . “Hampshire might build toward a fairly impressive vote for Kefauver in the Illinois primary Apr. 8. If that should “happen, he would be a factor to be reckoned. ith J in the event the Presideit bowed out.

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NEW YORK --~lLakshmanasandra Srikanti Rao, a hathavogl (teacher of Yoga) from Mysore, India, eats glass tumblers, nails, phonograph records— and -needles, and drinks nitric acid. His food bill, he” says, totals 40 cents a day.

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But let. us not needle fhe good hatha-yogi, Nor point to his ways with misgiving. least he's not haunted by our horrid bogy The high coat of eating and’ living.

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iron will. iron stomachs, Prospective

Yogis in America should have

no difficulty in acquiring the necessary metal pantry. Especially if they have to continue to stomach some of the things

that have been going on in Washington. There .are eight stages in

the attainment of the full concentration of Yoga. (In the old. vaudeville days our friend Mr. .Rao could have made every stage on the Pantages, lL.oew and Keith circuits. Without half trying.)

” n - ~ THE FIRST step is known a3 yama or self-control. (In Yama Yama l.and they didn't have too much faith in their novice Yogis., So they inzisted on dual control.) Among other things, yam&simposes veracity and mpen-acceptance of gifts. Which may be one reason we , have so few Yogis in govern“ment office here. We now skip mercifully the. eighth and final (samadhi) under which of our politicians qudlify ter. Samadhi is devoid thought. This could go on forever and be more painful than Yogi Rao's diet, Those nails he eats cause us no great anguish, however. If the guy is bent on a staple diet, that's all right with-us. Funny part of if is, he's virtually immune from indigestion, The last time he hiccuped was shortly after he'd be-bop platter. After -that he waxed wiser, Now confines himself to much” simpler fare. Like recordings . of + ‘Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee,” and “Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy.” Even so, he continues to Rao-ar down the stretchw breaking a few “diet records every now and again?

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AUNTY *coymy SA YS JH “One of them editorial writers claims dog, horse and other livestock shows plays a tremendous part in improving the * breed. Guess a Red show wouldn't "dé the. world any harm, then: If them other coyotes has no objection.”

~ ~ LJ HEH -HEH HEADLINES: “Wife Entitled to have Own Home and Run It.” Why not’ The old boy is generally in the dog-house anyway. s. N ” “France Wants the Facts for 1933 to 1945.” Wouldn't hurt a bit"if someone told them the facts of lite for 1953, either,

Proper Names Department: In Rock Springs, Wyo... police arrested Tom Collins. On- a drunken driving charge. Progress Report of the Week: Sen: Kerr says that when ‘he was Governor of Oklahoma, “we conducted a number of. surveys to determine: the

things most needed for future .

progress:” It was almost unan-. imously agreed reports the-ex-governor, that highway devel» - opment constituted the great. est single need. And, he adds, “Today, that problem is even

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MR. EDITOR:

To be specific: To the writer of the flabby-

“~wordet-articte in—Saturdays—Fimes about the

cage flare-up in the Washington-Spartan tilt, I most ‘certainly agree, it should not happen, but most of the flare-ups in any game should

“.not happen, but they seem to be- more notice-

able, especially a team from the West Side, shal we say, Washington. How about the Tech-Kokomo. game? Jimmie Angelopolous gave a good aceount of the game and very fair in his remarks about the two teams and they weren't playing “Drop the Handkerchief’ either. It was a rough game, and by the way I heard it on the radio, believe it or not. Alsp, how about -the Attucks-Cathe-dral fracas? : . You didn mention about either team maybe to face suspehsion or being barred from tournament play. No, that's” different. 1 guess it just depend« on who it is. Remember this, there is always the question of which team or which officials are 28s Hploppmriow, paint: aunt, Shp neyd Sn “at fault. E You also will find rabid. Sin: crazed fan:

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all: the schools and the playing rough, ‘some fouls intentional and most of them not, but all trying to win. ,

Your half-pint headlines in The Times didn't.

help the paper at all, but remember this, the people on the West Side believe in clean sports. They are no different than folks east, north or south. So let's be fair to all the schools in your remarks about any cage flare-ups. It makes a better paper to read for all concerned —Guy Perry Sr, 50 N. Belleview. ¥

‘Highway Murder’ MR. EDITOR ‘Being a little sick and discouraged of having the good people of my home town listen to a sensible solution to their murderous traffic de-control, in Indiana, and mostly in the capital

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city, IT am now encouraged to -make a strategic attack at long range. Was a little comforted by a New York City cross-country trucker the other day going over to St. Louis. Our home paper, the daily Times, rates the srecord as murder on. the highways. ‘1. will be a little conservative and say in all truth that old man sldughter frequents all of our highways, country, town and city. The reason for this lies in the attitude of city and state

overprotectihg the motorists and not protecting

the voung. the old and those in distress. In. comparisdn, St. Louis has enough old, reliable sense and enterprise to use it. That, I am compelled to say it has the best traffic.

control and the’smoothest pulse-like move of traffic of ‘any city of any size I have. visited in‘the five years just past." ie One gery: good reason I find in this fast survey, is the good use of common sense. by the “city of St.- Louis. Too much dépendence is. not placed on automatic signals. Too much

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By 2 Hoh 0’ Donnell STATE POLITICS

ORGANIZED labor has “gone steady” with. the Democratic Party in Indiana ever since the late President Frank-

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V. McNutt gave beginnings of a 193! But the engagement is about over, to hear some of the labor i talk." Now CIO, AFL and Railroad Brotherhood -leaders want to

the Deal in

dates like a housewife shopping for potatoes. . . The- housewife” usually doesn’t care if the potatoes are Idaho or Maine just as long as they suit her baking or frying purposes. And the labor boys now say they don't care if the candidate is Republican or Democratic just so long as he suits’ their tastes or purposes.

» n » THE big question, of course, Is whether the Republican Parey happens to have any cdandidates who suit organized lahor.s tastes or purposes. The labor boys say “yes.” although some are rather hesitant in admitting it. There are some who view labor's . turn-about with ‘a. great deal of skepticism. They think it more than coincidence that labor seems to be turning from the Democrats just when the Republicans are a good bet to sweep the state. —€ould-it-be the politicos ask, that labor just naturally wants to be on the winning team? | I.aboreleaders say this is not true. They claim organized labor has never beén beholden ‘to the Democratic Party, but went along with the party be-

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HOQSIER SKETCHBOOK

laws, A goodly number of peace officers are found everywhere. Kind inducement to respect law \s embodied by a -man in uniform, \

—Tom M. McGuire, 3228 N - Kenwood Ave.

MY CLASSBOOK

THE PAGES of my classbook . . and*are fuite old . . Jeaves . . . great memories unfold the things I see bring to my mind . . . the days when I was young . . . the carefree days of yesteryear . ... when joyful hymns were sung . .. 1 view the. faces of friends . .. 1 knew while there at. school . . and wonder how they weathered life . . . and if they won its duel . . . then for a moment 1 was young . 1 lived again the time . when happy dais were plenty and . . . I thought I solved life's rhyme . . . I closed the hook and when I did 1 closed each memory . .

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—By (You can obtain 100 of Mr. Burrough's poems in a handy, .pocket-size book. Send 25¢ for Mr. Burrough's “Sketches” to “Sketches,” Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St.)

Ben Burroughs.

Lenten Meditation

Jesus Answers Our Questions About God.

ALL KNEELING

You shall love the Lord your God with all your héart: and with all your soul, and with all .your mind. Matthew 22 37. Read verses 34-40.

The question was just as natural then qs it is ‘how. “Master , . , which is the great commandment?”

Or, as we might say, What is most important in life? We ask it, in effect, before every decision and before every action. And. the answer of Jesus rings like a bell down the centuries, “You shall love the Lord your God.” Many of us love other things first: ourselves, our money, our house in the country, our social standing in the community. Unless we love God first, all other loves will be out of order

In the Museum of Natural History in New York some’

while ogo, there was a statue labeled, “This is a statue of the average man. ThE measurements of 100,000 men were taken and a composite statute was made.” He was no Apollo. He was round-shouldered, tlat-chested. Yet he represents the “average man” whom millions idealize be cause they have never come face to face with the God above them.

Let Us Pray: O God, who art above us, yet within us and even around us, grant us to kneel before thee in adoration and praise and to love thee with all our heart and soul ond mind. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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By Irving: Leibowitz.

i Will Labor End Courtship With New Deal-Fair Deal?

the Pethiccrats thized with labor,

" r ” RAY GILBERT, who repregents more than 100,000 union members. of. the, Railroad Brotherhood in Indiana, says that for many years the Democrats have given labor a great deal of consideration. Gilbert has noticed a change. “There has been some seri ous switching areund,’’ he re‘ported. “The Démocratic Party no longer is the party of the common man. The party has too much dead wood to drag around, like McKinney and Me« Hale.” (Mr. Gilbert. was Treferring to Democratic National Chairman Frank McKinney and Democratic National Committeeman Frank McHale.) Mr. Gilbert, a former Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, said the Railroad Brotherhood has grown bitter“at many Democrats, particularly = President Truman. However, since the Brotherhood dislikes Ohio's lepublican Sen. Robert Taft with-equal. vigor, Mr. Cilbert gays if Taft and Truman are the cahdidates, the union will not support either man but will concentrate instead on elec ting a “friendly” Congress.

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” a a . “OUR UNION has many friends in the Republican Party, éspecially in the state

legisiature,” Mr. Gilbert noted. “We. also have many Democratic friends. But this year we are going to be more selective®in endorsing candidates. We ‘aim to pick the man, not the party.” . The C10, which some Republicans once labeled the -labor arm of the Democratic Party, served notice on the Democrats at thé French: Lick Midwest i Conference last year. that it

would bolt thé party unless labor gets the ‘fair deal” the Democrats keep promising.

CIO officials were quoted as saying a purge was necessary in the Democratic high command before labor could support .the party. Carl Mullen, president of the Indiana Federation of Labor AFLY, has told Republicans that the AFL would indorse a Republican. . . ; “If the Republicans nominate a man we can support.” The AFL leader said thre were a number of politicians in the GOP union men coyld actively support. " » ” ON A number of occasions, Republican State Chairman

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"Cale J. Holder hag sald the Democrats have’ ‘captured’ the

labor leaders, but the Republican Party has “its skhre of the workers.” Few labor leaders in the

AFL or independent. have ever openly supported Republican Sen. William E. Jenner, although a few top labor leaders have openly tosied Republic an Sen. Homer Capehart.. is the fall of - 1950, when Sen. Capehart was sitting in his suite at the Claypool Hotel listening to the election results that returned him to thé” Senate, ‘he was surrounded by labor officials, mostly CIO men,

n 5 = SEN."JENNER has had no such open labor support. It is doubtful that he will receive

_any such support this year, no

matter whe © the Democratic according .to union men. However, politicians feel Sen. Jenner's’ popularity with farm and rural folks will elect him. , Few union men have taken =ies in the race for Governor as yet, although one independent labor man reported his organization would probably support John A. Watkins. The AFL's Carl Mullen has informed top GOP politicans: “Nominate Dick James and see how fast we indorse him.”

” ” = MULLEN was refers ring, of course, to Richard James, former lieutenant governor, who has told intimates he is not seeking the nomination for Governor. Strangely enough, Mr. James also has strong support in business associations, banking circles and educational groups. There are some labor men known to favor Republican Secretary of State. Leland Smith for Governor. One labor man. has expressed support for

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Republican businessman Sam .

Harrell. Still another would like to see former Legion commander George Craig take over control of the state. Two politicians who command a lot of respect from laborsgroups are Democrats, State ‘Sen. Leo Stemle of Jasper and State Rep. S. Hugh Dillin of Petersburg. Whatever organized labor's motives for picking a more in« dependent - political course-= and no matter in whose political house they finally wind up it is evident that the.labor bosses are at least talking independent.

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

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conceal thoughts,”

A Hoosier with leng experience in dealing with €Congressmen, Jack K. McFall, Gary, was made Assistant Secretary of State § to deal with just such matters. As longtime clerk of the House | Appropriations Committee, Mr. McFall had learned to “speak the Congress- _. just words men's language.” But after he ‘left Hill, to go .into the Navy in World War II and then shifted to the diplomatic front, both his manners and methods changed. As assistant secretary he follows more of the pattern of ramrod stiff Secretary of State Dean Acheson than any of the back-slapping Congressmen. The latter con-

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sider such stiffness silly. When Mr, McFall —donned his striped . pants, he lost

something of his former touch, so-far—-as Capitol Hilt ts con= cerned. Nowhere is this “new look’ reflecting more than in letters- which Mr. McFall answers in his role of congres-

By J J. Hugh O'Donnell

Mr. McFall -

is one of the causés for foreign policy road blocks on Capitol Hill.

sional liason man for the Stafe, Department. yy » IT WAS one of these McFall letters,” accompanied- by longe winded “communiques” which didn’t communicate much that caused the administration to take a beating from a freshman Republican from South Dakota, Rep. E. Berry. Of course Mr. siderable help from the GOP leadership of Rep. Charles A, Halleck, Rensselaer. two Democrats from Indiana failed to side with him. Mr. Berry read the State Department ‘‘communiques’” concerning the conferences here between Prime Minister Churchill ‘and President Truman and he wanted to know what —if anything-— was promised.” A letter of Mr. Mc+ Fall to Chairman Richards (D, S. C.) of the House Foreign Affairs: Committee only added to the murkiness. It opposed a resolutioh of Mr. Berry's which asked whether Mr, Churchill - and: Mr, Truman “actually entered into any agreements which would involve the sending of our troops

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not already committed.” ” n = AFTER heating the. efforts of the majority of the Foreign Affairs Committee to prevent bringing the matter. to" the House Floor, Mr, Berry. read excerpts from the McFall lets ter as follows: “Although the department understands and sympathizes with the wish of. members” of Congress to be as. fully ine formed as possible on the conduct of United States foreign relations-—the department does not believe that the passage of House Resolution (Berry resolution) is either necessary to achieve this goal or in the interests of the successful” - conduct of United States foreign relations. ‘ The talks were not in any sense negotiations toward final and binding decisions on the part of either government partici-

pating. “That a jt.” o ” MR. BERRY told his colleagues that “he” wanted “to

know what was behind Mr, Churchill's telling the gress that U. S. troops, might serve in Suez. Then. he took. Mr. McFall's letter apart. “1 contend,” he said, “that this statement in this report

gook. It does not give the information that the Congress is entitled to have.” The house voted 1897to 143 in favor of the Berry resolu-. tion. Mr. Halleck called it a ‘vote of no confidence.” That night President True man cleared up" the whole business by simply, saying—no there were no agreements with Churchill to send. troops

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