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McKinney's Short Term

“RANK E. McKINNEY, the Indianapolis financier, was made chairman of the Democratic National Committee less than five months ago. He was President Truman's

personal choice. Mr. McKinney is still the Democratic chairman — in name. But the President has bloodily stripped him of his standing and influence. * : : This is not merely interesting as a political spectacle. It is significant because it is typical of the way Mr. Truman operates—backward, forward and nowhere. ; “Mr. McKinney spent three days talking to the President at Key West. They presumably went over the political situation, and all things affecting it, by chapter and verse. : When they were done, Mr. McKinney told news reporters he was under the impression the President would not be a candidate if an honorable truce could be arranged in Korea, that he expected a decision from the President by May 15 and that if Mr, Truman did not run, the Democratic ¢onvention in July would be wide open. The very next day, with obvious wilfulness, Mr. Truman, at his own press conference, meticulously repudiated Mr. McKinney on every one of these statements. It was a rebuke few men in such a position with a President have suffered— "or stomached. If the President did not know what Mr. McKinney was going to say to the reporters, the co-ordination between the

two must be woefully amiss. :

Government Is No Help

HEN the government gets to tinkering with the ‘*" economy, without having a stable and over-all policy, it gets into trouble. : .. ‘That's what is happening in the steel wage dispute. In the first place, the government, by its stop-and-go,

on-and-off, piecemeal, never-more-than-lukewarm attack on .

inflation, gave the union steelworkers the prop on which thay rected the demands they have made on the industry.

i Not, in the showdown of the dispute between the industry and the union, the government's Wage Stabilization Hoard offers a compromise which the union eagerly accepts

and the industry just as militantly rejects.

% The Wage Board's proposal, in addition, is cluttered

up by a recommendation that the steel companies accept the union shop in the new contracts and compel all employees to join the union. That's a phase of the dispute which belongs strictly in the realm of free collective bargaining. ; ; It is outside the province of government, for if the government can force men into unions, it can force them out. » . . » » .

ON THE basic issue, wages, the union and the industry obviously are poles apart. And the Wage Board's proposal has done nothing to reconcile their differences. On the contrary. : If, now, the union does not get the full amount of the “compromise” suggested by the Wage Board, a paralyzing national strike is an immediate danger. And the whole country will suffer—union members, nonunion employees, the steel industry and all dependent on it, the defense program, the public. ~ If steel prices go up, the country will suffer in another vay. High steel prices diminish the use of steel from a vastly expanded industry, and that reduces employment. If the defense program takes the bulk of the production, at higher prices, the cost to the taxpayer leaps upward. In any case, another round of inflation is incited. And just when the cost-of-living had seemed to be leveling off. +The most that can be made of this situation is that, however it turns out, nobody can win. Largely because the government has been playing with matches when it should have been using, all along, a fire extinguisher.

The Samurai Tradition

" JAPANESE newsmen must have left Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's press conference in Tokyo yesterday in something of a quandary, after listening to the American General's detailed warning of the danger of p Russian attack. After emphasizing the ever-present threat of a Soviet

. air invasion, Gen. Ridgway told his listeners that the Japanese Communists could be expected to support such an attack by sabotage and other acts of violence. But having posed the problem, the General left it unanswered. When he was asked if the Communist Party should be outlawed, he said he felt such a step would”only drive it

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AMERICANS CAN take such puzzlements in stride ‘because of the difficulty of combating Soviet tactics within the framework of our constitutional system. But Gen. Ridgway's answer must have nonplussed a Japanese audience. - Reared in the Samurai tradition, which glorified the warrior class, the Japanese are accustomed to getting complete solutjon to all problems from their military leaders. Yet here was the great: American commander admitting

that the Russians had a powerful weapon which had him baffled. . ’ 2s - We imagine, however, that the Japanese themselves were baffled by the American mentality rather than by the question the General had left unanswered. - Because when new ways fail to serve it is natural to revert to old &nd proven ways, and in the old Japan—perhaps of more: fond

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WHITE HOUSE . .

PASADENA, Cal, Mar. 22—Gen. Omar Brad- °

ley says much of ‘this country’s foreign and

military policy can't he changed—no matter who i# in the White House. : : “We must face certain International facts of life,” he says, “There are factors beyond our control and. _in which we have no choice. The American people have reveral international commitments. In each, we have passed the point of .no return.” :

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As ane “International fact of life,” he cited

_ the North Atlantic Pact, under which we are

“committed by treaty for another 17 years.” Gen, Bradley was speaking to the Pasadena Junior Chamber of Conimerce on “the military outlook.” The speech could be called a guide book for the next President—whoéver he jg

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GERMANY . . . By Ludwell Denny

WASHINGTON, Mar. 22—The latest outcry against ex-Nazis in the West German government is significant, but it is likely to obscure the grave danger of non-Nazi nationalism. If Germany becomes a world menace again it will not be from former Hitlerites. It will be because of a wider and older form of superpatriotism. By and large Nazism is discredited —because it failed, But the traditional combination of nationalism and political immaturity, on which Hitler capitalized, is still potent. Overnight Stalin has created a situation in which that nationalist revival may be easily accelerated. In his note to the Big Three Allies, he has proposed that a United Germany be allowed a national army in return for a neutrality pledge.

German Militarism

THAT would recreate the potential of German militarism, which the Allies fought two world wars to destroy. Hitherto Stalin has been the most vocal opponent of German rearmament in any form—that is, any form which he could not control, as he now controls an East German army in the Soviet Zone. This Stalin plan is the opposite of the Allied proposal for West German rearmament within the European defense community. In the latter system Germany would have no national army. All of her armed forces would be integrated with those of her Western neighbors in a European army under Gen. Eisenhower, or his suc-

, cessor, as supreme commander of the larger

North Atlantic Treaty forces. Even this Allied device of denying to Germany a bomber force, an effective general staff, or a separate supply system would only minimize—rather than eliminate—the risk of reviving Teutonic militarism. Therefore it has been accepted by majority Allied opinion with extreme reluctance. The choice is between two dangers. One is Soviet aggression, the other is German militarism. Because the first is immediate and the second potential, the Allies must risk the future in order to save .the present, Whatever the fu-_ ture may hold, the weakened European Allies cannot now summon enough strength to prevent a Soviet attack—or to defeat one if it comes — without using German military resources. While the Allied device of German troops within a European army {is less than an automatic guarantee that Germany never will become an aggressor, The Stalin proposal for a

SIDE GLANCES

Nationalism—The Real Danger

revived national army is an invitation to German warmongering. His alleged device for preventing that menace is for Germany to remain neutral. This is a phony, and not even a plausible one. If there is another world war, Germany will bhesthe center of it—as she has been in the past. This is decreed by her geographical location in the middle of Europe, and also because the Ruhr is the biggest single industrial prize on all the continent in peace or war. Mény Germans who are not Reds have been naive enough to support the belief they could escape war by merely letting the Russians march through. But they are coming to understand that they would be on the battleground and could not escape, except by defense. Some are even beginning to realize that the only German army and German “neutrality” desired by Stalin are the kind he ‘could use for his purpose.

Lenten Meditation Jesus Answers Our

Questions About the Word

SUNDAY CHORES Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? Matthew 12:10. Read verses 1-13. It was the answer of Jesus to this question which brought him into open conflict with the Pharisees. “It is lawful to do good on the sabbath,” was too liberal an answer for those who lived by the letter of the Mosaic law rather than by the spirit of charity and human understanding. Yet that is the inescapable answer which Jesus gave. And to support his answer Jesus told a story about David who, when hungry, had eaten the hallowed shewbread given him by the priest. And Jesus added that if a sheep has fallen into a pit on the sabbath it should be lifted out. Then Jesus healed the man with the withered hand, on the sabbath. : You and | face the same problem: What is it right and what is it wrong to do on Sunday? There is no easy answer but there is a clear answer. Whatever is done in the name of Jesus is well done on Sunday. Whatever is done to heal those who are sick in body, mind, or spirit on Sunday is well done. But if all things are to be well done it is clear that we shall begin the day with worship of the Most High God and of Jesus Christ our Lord, so that there shall be o high purpose in all that is done the rest of the doy. Let Us Pray: O God, help us to remember that the issue is not so much which is the day of the Lord, as who is the Lord of the doy? Wilt thou, O Jesus, be Master of the doy, ond may all we do be done in thy name. Amen.

PARIS, Mar. 22—The days ¢ of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty army are numbered.

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no, George, no dance! When Bill left with the basketball team, he asked me to stay home and be loyal—why

It's only a matter of weeks until he sheds his uniform— probably for the last time— puts on civvies and goes home to be a full-fledged candidate for the Republican presiden tial nomination. ¢ The. Minnesota primary election results removed any lingering doubts that might have been in the General's mind as to what he should do. It is becoming more and more impossible for him to postpone the decision to leave NATO, American politics are incompatible ¢ with his international job. » - »

HIS unusual informal statement to reporters THursday, that American voters “are forcing me to re-examine my personal position and past decisions,” was the tipoff. ~ His supporters can count on him being back home to give the final push to his nomination campaign. Coinciding with this development, Gen. Eisenhower's choice , of a successor here left by plane late yesterday to testify on the foreign aid bill in Ike's place. That is Gen. Alfred Gruenther, Gen. Eisenhower's ~ chief of staff, ;

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will be the same evil face, peering over the same Iron Curtain with the same evil designs on the freedom of the world. TWO—There is little hope that the nature e less tiresome, less expensive to combat or less aggressive, We can anticipate aggression wherever he believes the timing or the ultimate results are in his [favor. 2 THREE--Any negotiations will be as complex, as difficult and 3s intérminable as the enemy can make them. . Gen. Bradley and his staff worked on the speech for weeks. Because this is an election year and Sen. Robert A, Taft has made the Joint Chiefs an issue, he was extremely careful to make no direct reference to politics or politicians. Instead, he tried to deal impersonally with the problems facing the President as Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces. He defended our military policies—which he has helped shape—as “morally right, politically and economically, feasible and spiritually wellfounded.” * In the past, he said, “Citizens of the free world have criticized themselves for lack of a positive military policy. We have accused ourselves of failing to act, and allowing ourselves only to react to the aggressor’'s moves. The situation is different today. We have positive programs for security. We.have a sound military policy. . . . “We are members of the finest collective security arrangement the world has ever known, designed for peace, getting stronger every day,”

MR. EDITOR: It has well been said that America's sons have fought and died for freedom through the years. This freedom is defined by some as freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion. It we would but look around us, we could see how we who claim above all else to be Americans are either using, .abusing or not

‘ using this freedom for which young Americans

are laying down their lives this day. Let us consider freedom of speech. We do not often speak up for our true rights. We have a habit of leaving it to the other fellow. Many criminal rackets flourish among us because we are prone to stand up for what we know in our hearts to be right. “1¢ we take a quick look at freedom of the press, we can see how it is abused and misused. Our radio and press generously inform us about the price of eggs in Greece and how much a Greek worker can earn, but we hear almost nothing about the unemployment and soup line conditions in Detroit. “o“ S »

WE also hear nothing about the billions of dollars a year the rich steal from our government in taxes, while on the other hand, if a man is unfortunate enough to be on relief and he should take about two bucks, he promptly lands in the center of Page 1. Nobody needs to look far to see how we are not even using the freedom of assembly. Just notice the vacant seats at various meetings and particularly in the church. Last but not least is freedom of religion. History tells uf that from the time our Savior was crucified to about the 16th Century and even later, a man was allowed to be a follower of Christ only at the price of his head or at the stake. Just take a quick look at the situation around you. Are you a Christian? If so, does the man next to you know the Savior? Probably not, yet his sons may die in battle for these same precious rights that he is either too selfish, too proud, too foolish or too stupid to use and cherish, —Herb Gentry, Anderson.

‘Taft Can't Get Elected’ MR. EDITOR: I like Mr. Capehart, but if he is the elected representativé of the people, why does he try to tell me who to vote for among Republicans? He predicted Taft would beat Ike in New Hampshire. How foolish can one get when even the average person knows Taft couldn't get elected? —Mrs. Harvey Anderson, City.

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY FABLE—Once upon a time, a freshman Congressman asked the voters for a second term because he flunked the first one. SG & » TIP FOR TAFT—Candidates who accept 10gallon hats should be careful not to talk through them. : » » » IT'S STILL three weeks until Easter, but that didn’t keep President Truman from pointing out that Democratic Chairman McKinney laid a few eggs.

- ” w "A TRUMAN-McKINNEY ticket would prove that the Democrats are not afraid to stand firmly for confusion.

” » - SPRING is here and even the Panmunjom negotiators agreed on a point. “o 6 Ho Be OF MICE AND MEN-—Scientists proved mice can live 80 miles up in the air. They are still working on. the problem of how men can live together here on earth,

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. Foreign Policy Can't Be.Changed

he said. . ... “If the Americans choose to look at this selfishly, they can rightfully say that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would be a miljtary shell without (US). But no American” can say that we have any more at. stake . . . than the smallest nation, for the countries of Europe are digectly under the gun. They are being pounded and. pressured every day, and still they stand resolutely with us, depending on us.” ¢

Although he mentioned fio names, the gen. |

eral struck hard at the military theories he fears most—those of Sen. Taft and former President Herbert Hoover, a The Taft-Hoover military strategy calls for relying on a strong Air Force and Navy. ° Gen. Bradley insisted “air power. and the atom bomb are not enough. . . . If an enemy wanted io disperse his forces so that soldiers walked 100 yards apart, they could march across Europe tomorrow in the face of the greatest atomic power on earth—unless.there were other men to stop them.” Gen. Bradley said the choice of war or peace is not ours—although we can “influence the decision.” He conceded that Americans have a “feeling of frustration” about Korea, but defended our policy there. “When we have to fight,” he said, “we Americans like to fight on a big scale, with plenty of elbow room. However, because we did not want to enlarge the war unnecessarily by bombing Manchuria, we have tried to fight the war in a limited area.”

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‘Fine Editorial Page’ MR. EDITOR:

The Times editorial page is the most educa--

tional and inspiring reading available today to people of this area. I really mean jt ,.. not brickbats but roses.

The issue of Mar. 17 is an example. It rings the bell. The editorial on taxes, for instance, gives an insight on this most important mat. ter to people, just we ordinary people, which should be read over again for better under‘standing. Then there is the one about the government's effort to head off a steel strike which shows that increases in wages contribute to inflation the same as do increases in prices. And the one about Walter Reuther, educated in labor matters in Russia, trying now to dislodge Communists from the UAW. 1 wonaer. Reading across from left to right we next come to Dan Kidney’s article in which he quotes Dewey as supporting the welfare state idea. This article will of course. remind us readers that Dewey was repudiated by Republicans as well as Democrats in 1948 as Truman is now being repudiated by voters in New Hampshire and prominent Democrats elsewhere, o>»

NEXT, in the Hoosier Forum is a letter signed “Irish, City.” And does this hit the nail on the head. I never read so much common

sense in so few words. Hooray for Irish, he .

knows the score and how. The principles of successful foreign policy are no different than those of successful domestic policy no matter what kind of fancy words you dress them up in. Unlimited help for those who will help themselves, that's all.

And then one about Fair Traders. The public needs some education in this matter. Fair Trade laws are merely to put a floor under the prices of retail: merchants, most of whom are struggling to keep their heads abové water.

Those who oppose such laws should in the name of consistency also oppose farm price supports and minimum wage laws. If it is wrong to support retail prices then it is likewise wrong to support fair prices and wages. But anyhow, give us more. We Americans have almost forgotten how to work and how to think. Both are necessary and The Times editorial page is one active force encouraging people to think. —R. Byers, City.

. ‘Get Behind Tech’ MR. EDITOR: Fans of Tech are really proud of our team and the wonderful showing they have made in the tournament so far. We were not expected to even win the sectionals, but we not only did that, we also won the regionals and have hopes to go all the way. But what's the matter with Indianapolis merchants? In small towns where the teams are included in the sweet 16, local merchants have plastered their windows and also put up signs praising the town team. Why can’t Indian apolis get behind the Tech team and do the same? They are a wonderful team and have fought hard to get this far in the tournament. Let's give them some backing and see them go all the way. —Bud Mohr, A Tech Student

‘Help Needed’ MR. EDITOR: os Open letter to Times reporter, Andy Olofson: After reading your article in the paper about Cpl. Dale E. Wingert, I think the citizens of Indianapolis should get up a petition or something and help this boy's parents. My husband is a shut-in and has been for two years. I can't leave home, but if there is any way I can help, 1 am certainly willing.

~Mrs. Netia Muterspaugh, City

By Galbraith POLITICAL CAMPAIGN . . . By R. H. Shackford ___How Long Before lke Sheds Uniform?

Ike's most important “past decision” was his Jan. 7 statement that he would not ask to be relieved from his North Atlantic Treaty Organization job to seek nomination for public office.

The New Hampshire and Minnesota voters helped (Ike over that hurdle by making it plain a lot of people want him for the world’s most important job. And now President Truman has further eased obstacles created by Ike's earlier statement. The President said he has no objection to Gen.

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whenever Ike considers it safe to do so. Gen. Eisenhower's “‘personal position” is a far more impor-

tant factor in his decision to return home about mid-May.

Ike's position as military commander of. the Western “Alliance must be free of any taint of domestic politicking. The Eisenhower bandwagon now has reached the size where it is an embarrassment to the General.

NATO officials privately are conceding that Ike cannot remain supreme commander and" a presidential candidate, too. Paul Hoffman reportedly left here with virtual assurances that Ike would ask to be relieved from his present job early in ‘April, to take effect about the middle of May— after the April anniversary of signing the NATO pact, and

THE SECRET

THE secret of a happy life is the ability . . , ° to give as well as take of things . . . whatever comes to be . . . for it is not the case that we + + « must love before we earn . . . the admiration and love . .. we long for in return ... to

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only gain tears .. . it's just a case of give and take . . . to merit happy years . . . in big and little things alike . . . by what we give, we rate « + « and each and everyone of us . . . is master of his fate . .. and so it is if we're to love . . . ‘or gain a little stake . . . we all must live by a

simple code . , . We all

must give and take.

after publication of Ike's report on one year of NATO, The report's due soon. Also, the NATO council will be set up permanently in Paris soon, under its new Secretary General, Lord Ismay. What remains now are some formalities. . At the request of the NATO council, Mr. Truman made Gen, Eisenhower “available” in 1950 as supreme commander. NATO then formally appointed him. Thus, Ike first will have to ask Mr. Truman to approve his relief from the NATO job, He'll probably give as his reason the fact that his political positior. is incompatible with his international duties. EJ ~ »

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ask the NATO council to re1féve him. That would be just a formality. Men around Gen. Eisenhower

expect the General to make these moves very soon—perhaps within a couple of weeks —and then to return to the U. 8. to make a few selected speeches before the Republican convention opens in July. These men are convinced Ike is over the hurdle of decision, and now it's just a matter of

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