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Better Housing . . . American Style

HE decision of City Council two weeks ago to call off the much-debated “public housing” program for Indianapohs did not, of course, solve the very real housing problem we have here. ; ' Essentially that is the problem of the family that just doesn't have enough money to rent or buy a decent home at today's prices. : In our opinion the public housing plan to build new homes for these families at $10,000 to $17,000 per family wouldn't have solved it, either. For the family that can afford a $10,000 to $17,000 new home there is plenty of housing available already. For the family that cannot afford that much this public housing at best could only have been a large-scale charity project at public expense, There are, to be sure, a goodly number of families in town who must have public relief in order to live. Those families’ would not have been helped in any way by the now-abandoned public housing plan. To get in on it at all a family had to have a steady income of $150 to $250 a month. Such a family is by no means a charity case, and shouldn't be treated as one. It is in that area, though, of self-supporting, self. respecting families who require comfortable, decent housing but who can’t afford a new $10,000 or $15,000 home that the biggest housing need exists.

INDIANAPOLIS this week moved to meet that need in typically Hoosier, and typically American, fashion. Launched by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board is a new corporation formed to create the kind of homes such families require at prices they can afford to pay—but on a strictly business basis and not as a charity hand-out. It proposes to buy and modernize old houses that can be rented within the $30 to $50 a month range a family with $150 to $200 a month income can afford to pay.. It plans to build new housing to be rented at low prices. It proposes to establish credit for families which want to own their own homes within the possibly $4000 to $8000 range they can hope to pay for one. ! Instead of dipping into tax money for its program it will run on private investment, and instead: of becoming a charge on the taxpayer it will add more tax money to the eounty’s income. {And it intends to make a profit out of it. | Naturally the profit will be pretty small, since nearly all there is will go back into making prices still lower. Nobody is going to get rich out of it anyway because $500 is the limit of stock any one investor can buy. . The big point in this whole plan is that under it the famliy to be housed will be paying its own way, standing on its own feet in a home it can afford instead of being lodged on partial public relief in a home it cannot afford.

THERE IS no miracle by which the federal government, or anybody else, can build a $10,000 home for $5000. The homes that result from this program may not, indeed, be as luxurious as those contemplated under the plan to build them with federal tax money, although all the experience there is clearly shows that private builders invariably get a lot more house per dollar spent. The market here is for homes closer to the $5000 figure, which are the only kind it can absorb. The Real Estate Board, aiming to supply that market with the hest if ean buy, is making the soundest approach that has yet been made to the housing problem of the community.

Population Problems

‘THE SERIOUS. overpopulation of most of Western Europe is of great concern to the U. S. because of the tremendous investment we are. making toward European recovery—to say-nothing of humanitarian considerations. But letting down the immigration bars every election year, to allow a few hundred thousand more Europeans to settle in this country, only diverts attention from the real problem, even though it may appear to be good politics. Immediately after the war, the law was amended to allow the entry of 400,000 immigrants above the 150,000 annually permitted under the quota system. That raised false hopes among many, while serving relatively few. President Truman's proposal for admission of another 300,000 over a three-year period is another palliative of the same kind and would not make a dent in the real problem. Millions are involved—not a few hundred thousands. In West Germany and Austria, chronic overpopulation, estimated at 6 million, is intensified by the presence of 10 million more Germans from beyond the Iron Curtain. Italy's surplus population is estimated at 9,300,000. Greece, The Netherlands and Belgium have relatively similar prob"lems. And new fugitives from communism are arriving daily in areas bordering the Iron Curtain.

» ~ » ~ TO THE EXTENT that this problem can be solved by immigration, real relief can be provided only by the systematic, large-scale transfer of surplus populations to un-der-populated areas. South America and parts of Africa offer the best possibilities. encouraging selective immigration, have a decided preference for settlers from the United Kingdom. Most of the potential immigrants in Europe lack the money they would require to re-establish themselves in new homes. The problem is further complicated by the fact ‘that some governments, with plenty of surplus land at their disposal, have shown a reluctance to welcome new settlers. However, if the U. S. would assume the leadership in seeking a broad solution of this problem, such objections probably could be overcome. It would be more profitable to invest money in resettlement projects than to spend it propping up economies which are breaking down under the

burden of overpopulation. And that is what we are doing

at the present time. : But there sho yot be any more political tinkering with our own immigration laws because that would only ereate a new problem here ‘without making any real contribution to the problem in Eurdpe. :

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MILWAUKEE, Mar, 25—The key question in Wisconsin's presidential primary, Apr. 1, is whether the fire that roared high for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in Minnesota can jump the Mississippi and sweep to Lake Michigan's shores, The judgment of Wisconsin politicians, based on all the surface indications by whict®elections are supposed to be gauged, is that’ everything seems favorable to Sen. Robert A. Tafts ) The Ohioan has behind him the full power of

NATIONAL POLITICS .'. . By Charles Lucey Can lke’s High, Roaring. Fire

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E. Coleman and Harvey Higley, both former state party chairmen. He himself is conducting one of the most intensive presidential primary campaigns ever. seen. Much of the campaign organizing on the opposition side looks like something put together by Groucho Marx, " “ &

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YET ii the Eisenhower magic carries into Wisconsin, it would be a fight, Officially, Gen. Eisenhower's name isn’t even on the ballot, But delegates running. under ‘he banner. af California's Gov. Earl Warren are trumpeting their campaign as a Warren-Eisenhower combination, They're praying that the kind of lightning

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that struck in Minnesota, where 107,000 voters wrote in Gen. Eisenhower's name, may bolt as well, “@ “ IT WOULD not be a write-in effort—the state has ruled that write-in ballots - here will be thrown out—but simply a massing of Gen. Ike's strength behind the Warren slate in the knowledge that eventually Wisconsin's convention votes probably would go to Ike. In large part, the Warren slate was origi-

‘nally an Eisenhower slate anyway. The Tom ‘Dewey crowd here wanted to go for Gen. Eisen-

hower but ile wouldn't consent to formal entry of his name here. His local cheer-leaders saught to get Gov, Walter Kohler to run as a proEisenhower stand-in, but the Governer said no. 80 then someone-—ex-Gov, Phil La Follette i= among those credited--got the notion of offering the Eisenhower slate, all neatly packaged, to Gov. Warren, Some of Mr, Warren's advigers had been telling him he must show his muscles outside California, He agreed and, as the most distant campaign commuter in political history, has heen hopping here from Callin every few days to make his case for Wisconsin's 30 delegates. Gov. Warren personally

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MIDDLE EAST . . . By Ludwell Denny

Security Depends Upon Farouk

WASHINGTON, Mar. 25—Security of the ~ Middle Fast turns on the Egyptian showdown which King:Farouk {s forcing by dissolving the anti-Western WAFD parliament and setting a new eclection for May 18.

The issue is whether the King and the moderate nationalists, under the recently appointed Premier Naguib Al Hilaly Pasha, can capture public support from the corrupt and fanatical WAFD party. While virtually all vocal Egyptians want the British out of the Suez Zone and the Sudan, the Farouk-Hilaly group favors a common defense system with the Allies which the WAFDists oppose. The question is not whether the British will withdraw but under what conditions. Winston Churchill's Conservative government, like the Labor government it succeeded, has promised to turn over protection of the Suez to a joint Allied-Egyptian defense organization and to let the Sudanese determine their own status by free elections.

Defense System

THE United States, France ind Turkey joined with Britain last fall in proposing a Middle Fast defense system somewhat similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But the WAFD cabinet, instead of negotiating along those lines, illegally tore up the British treaty and stimulated the mob violence which culminated in the Cairo riots of January. Farouk’s intervention and appointment of a mew premier, and then a second new government under Hilaly, stopped the violence—temporarily. Hilaly, former leader of the moderate faction of the WAFD, was kicked out of that party last fall for opposing corruption and exposing police-state methods. Last week his government

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arrested the secretary general of the WAFD and ex-Interior Minister, Fuad Serag El-Din Pasha, after accusing WAFD leaders of stirring up sedition. .

Twin Issues

THERE is a close connection between the twin issues of corruption and. defiance of the Allies. For a generation the WAFD has been the dominant political organization of the country, in control of the government except for brief intervals when its notoriou graft, indifference to the extreme poverty of the people caused temporary upsets. In recent months it has succeeded in turning public protest against its own misgovernment into popular fanaticism against all things foreign, American as well as British. In this unholy crusade it has been aided by the example of the Iranian nationalists in kicking out the British, by the old conflict with Israel, and by the anti-Western plots and propaganda of Stalin's agents. It has had the help of the widely-organized Moslem Brotherhood backed by armed bands of rowdies.

Popular Momentum

THIS alliance of extreme nationalism and religious intolerance, abetted by Moscow, has gained tremendous popular momentum because the British were slow in offering a fair inter. national solution of the difficult defense problem and King Farouk was tardy in acting. As a result there is now a dangerous revolutionary situation. Much will depend on a quick and generous British-American offer of an international - settlement which Farouk - Hilaly moderates can accept without being dverthrown, and on the army's loyalty to the King. Even at best the WAFD and Moslem Brotherhood extremists will remain in a position to cause trouble,

WASHINGTON, am pleased {(o report there are no royal Dutch orange - colored tulips growing in. my front yard. In other gardens hereabouts are such royal posies. They were swiped from Harry 8 Truman. The ladies now boasting ahout same would be well-ad-vised to plow ‘em under before their blooms reveal the horrid truth to every passing G-Man, For a flowery and tearful tale read on: - J » » » 'WAY BACK last year when Juliana, Queen of The Netherlands, accepted an, invitation to visit Mr. Truman next month, her subjects thought hard about the proper gift to present her host. R. J, Beukenkamp, agriculture attache of The Netherlands embassy here, had a colorful idea. Why not, he asked, present orange tulips, the rarest of the rare? The Queen belongs tn the House of Orange. The tulips developed over the years to a

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pletely away from a pro-Eisenhower appeal for votes.. But not so his candidates. And proEigenhower, pro-Warren newspapers have been whooping up the idea that a vote for Warren is a vote for Ike. .

Also here, and campaigning like mad, is

* Minnesota's hardy perennial, Harold E, Stassen.

Mr. Stassen wants his share of Gen. Eisenhower’'s coat-tails and says in effect that he's Tke's boy, too. Mr. Stassen has the hatchet out’ for Sen. Taft and is hacking away at him wherever he sees a few natives gathered.

Sen. Taft's campaign here is modeled on his successful 1950 Ohio race for the Senate and makes his recent New Hampshire effort seem strictly hit-and-run. Jn previous visits and in hi: present 2-week stay, he has been rombing through each of the state's nine congrefsional districts, . w

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challenge to Gen. Eisenhower re he stood on the issues. Here he has said ony, "you do not need to accept any interpretations of my views from others because you have the opportunity of asking me directly what I think.

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“people say I can’t win but I never have lost.” . That line is gone now. ; : 80 often Mr. Taft's role has seemed that of the hell fire-and-brimstone preacher of Ameris~ can politics, an always angry man impatient of error and stupidity, damning all before him,

He seems a little friendlier here, He smiles more -

and puts out & little homely humor, If it doesn’t

lay them in the aisles, it does show all his think= _

ing isn't in decimal points and budgets. Taft leaders say they should get at least 22

of the 30 delegates. They hope for more, But, is quite sure

remembering Minnesota, nobody the Eisenhower political fire won't hurdle that state boundary. ;

GERMANY . . . By R. H. Shackford Red Somersault Poses Danger

PARIS, Mar, 25—Russia’s major somersault in tactics toward Germany poses for the entire Western world the greatest threat since Stalin and Hitler formed their unholy alliance in 1939. The Big Three Foreign Ministers, plus West Germany’s President Konrad Adenauer, are aware of this danger—Russia’s willingness to woo Germany away from the West’ at almost any price. It was uppermost in their minds when they drafted a reply to the Soviet proposal for a new conference to draw up an”**immediate” German peace treaty on Russian terms. But each Western power will be handicapped in coping with the danger as one participant outlined it: 4 First—Both East and West hold good cards in the poker game for Germany, but the Russians hold the best ones and have no scruples about perverting the rules of the game. Second—The New Soviet proposal for a unifled, neutral, independent and rearmed Germany has a tremendous appeal to German nationalists ~~ of which there are millions — with whom German Communists have no hesitation about allying themselves. .

Diabolical Trap THIRD-—Vast groups of people in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and elsewhere in Western Europe oppose Western policy of letting Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Edropean army. These people may well fall into the diabolical trap set by the Kremlin. Thus the Western reply to the Kremlin will not flatly reject the Soviet suggestion. No European government could afford such a gesture. Too many people still grasp every Kremlin move as the long-awaited genuine “peace” offer. But neither will the West accept the Kremlin offer. It will pose questions for the Kremlin, such as the Western view that free democratic elections in all Germany must come first. The Russians are unlikely to object to “free democratic elections.” They'll claim they have always been for such—remember Poland? But their definition of “free/and democratic” is a lot different from ours. The Russians won't even let a United Nations commission enter East Germany to see whether free elections are possible. That is interference in internal affairs, say the Russians and their East German stooges.

Since the Russiaris must know that the West, has not forgotten such Soviet tactics, what is the Russian objective? Certainly it is not that the Politbureau

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boys have seen the light and now want to be

good. Quite the contrary. What worries the Western powers is the fear that after years of delaying any constructive move toward Germany, Russia may now be ready to play her biggest cards for Germany—and for keeps. Here is the way Western diplomats analyze it: The short range Russian objective is to prevent Western German integration into NATO and the European army. Russia's long range objective is creation of a situation which would seem favorable for Western Germany to abandon the West, reunite with Eastern Germany and renew the historical alliance between Russia and Germany. It was done after World War I, in the mid-Twenties, and again, of course, in that tragic year of 1939. The West is at a disadvantage on scores. The French, broke and politically unstable, are scared to death of German rearmsament, even inside NATO. The French are even more afraid of the Russian proposal for all-German land, sea and alr forces, even though limited. But at the same time, the French feel Russia may likewise be offering a “last chance” because of her fear .of Western rearmamént and war.

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AT LONG range, the Russians appear to.

hold every advantage. They can offer the Germane reunifitation, independence, an end to

occupation. their own armed forces, unrestricted (

trade, especially with Russian satellites and China, new armaments industries ind no limitations on civil industry. Finally, the Russians hold the biggest and tastiest bait of all for Germans—eastern territories now held by Poland. No one doubts that the Russians, when and if the proper time comes, will offer that lure to bring the Germans into the Russian camp. They won’t worry about the Poles. The Red army, the MVD and the Polish army, now all under Marshal Rokossovsky, will take care of the Poles if need be.

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HOOSIER FORUM—‘Not Correct’

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MR. EDITOR: In response to several phone calls of criticism regarding The Times article on “Greek Youth Project Set,” I feel it is my duty as president of the local chapter of AHEPA, to send you this letter of explanation.

May I first set forth that our organization was established with the purpose of instilling the spirit of Americanism in the peoples of Hellenic descent in the United States.

The name of the organization in its long form means American Hellenic Education Progressive Association. It is a national organization with some 426 chapters located in the United States and Canada, with national offices located in Washington, D. C.

I am sure that the article was written in good faith with all good intentions for giving the Hellenic Youth Organization some good and well needed publicity. Unfortunately, however, some of the article tends to leave the impression that we are clannish and very much ojposed to the traditions which made America the melting pot of the world.

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OUR clannishness as set forth is definitely a misunderstanding, misstatement or misinterpretation by someone, for we, the Greeks, as the first generation in this country, have much to show that we have become adjusted to Amer-

« ican ideas a lot quicker than any other na-

tionality. Our church naturally promotes youth activities for the purpose of making better Christians out of its members and through its socials give its youth the opportunity of meeting so that they may become better acquainted with each other and eventually through friendship marry. By doing so, a very important factor in life is solved for the young married couples namely that of having the same faith.

AH, HA . . . By Frederick C. Othman |.

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This I believe is the important factor of holding a strong church together ne matter what the denomination might be in all churches in the United States.

Our church does not frown on outsiders, but

invites them for we are proud of our church history. :

—James A. Angell, President, Order of AHEPA

Lenten Meditation

Jesus Answers Questions

About the Kingdom

REACH FOR IT

The kingdom of God is in the midst of you. Luke 17:21, Read verses 20-23. Today the question is when will this kingdom of God come? Once more Jesus has to show its spiritual rather than its material nature. “The kingdom of God is within you.” This is the way the King James Version translates the phrase. It is good to believe that ‘within each of us there is latent a kingdom born of God. : “The kingdom of God is among you.” This is a preferred translation made. by later scholars. This good too, for it implies that Jesus, the author of the kingdom idea, was among the people showing them the kingdom in life and deed and word. But Dr. Henry J. Cadbury has recently given us a new translation of the phrase which lends to it. fresh meaning and beauty. “The kingdom of God is within your reach.” He marshals careful research to show that this is an alternative rendering of the original Greek text. And if may be the best of all three. . The kingdom of God, in our own hearts and in the world around us, is within our reach, but we shall have to reach for it, work for it, pray for it, believe in it. Let Us Pray: Help us, O God, in the light of this new day, to feel Thy presence within us, among us, and within our.reach all the day long. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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donated 15,000 of their finest, fattest orange tulip bulbs. That was last October. Well, sir, these bulbs arrived in early November at New York aboard ‘the 8. 8. Volendam. The longshoremen were nn strike. Umload the royal tulip bulbs? Haw. The entire shipment went back to Hoiland on the same boat. Then it returned to New York. Now the strike was over, but almost . 1, a late date to plant tulips. The Dutch rushed their tulips to Washington for planting in the White House

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the remodeling of. the place. Getting those tulips into the ground took time. When finally the job was done, the hour was late. Mr. Beukenkamp and hiz fellow tulip enthusiasts figured they'd never bloom in Mme for the Queen's visit on Apr. 2. Then somebody had another magnificent idea, and though I've ‘interviewed a number of tulip experts, none will take credit. There was not room in the executive mansion grounds for 15,000 tulips; by squeezing them close the gardeners managed to plant only 14,000.

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HELLO: IT DOESN'T cost a to: cent . . . to pass the time of day . . . by bidding friends a fond hello , . , as you go on Your way .. . it does a world of good to hear . . . a greeting that is fine . . . for with it goes a special thought . . . it is a welcome sign. . . . I do believe the word “hello” .", . Is ancient as the world , . . for it's the starting of true love . . . when great joys are unfurled . . . it is a sign of friendliness . .. that warms me through and through ... 1 like to give a fond hello . . . and I know you do, too ,'. . hecanse we know great happiness + « « can come ‘from just a word , . . and so we all shoaid say hello . . . loud enough to be heard. * «=By Ben Burroughs.

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Service offered to store these until next fall, but here's where the anonymous idea came in:

Why not put these surplus bulbs in pots, force them in a greenhouse, and plant them in full’ bloom, pots and all, in the dark of, the night hefors the Queen arrived? * > » » SO BE IT. The White House gardener put about 800 of these tulip bulbs in his greenhouses and tended them carefully, Mr. Beukenkamp said he even dropped over to the White House regularly to speak to those pesky bulbs in Dutch. They sneered at him. There’ll be no midnight plantings at the White House, Latest official word from the gardener is that not even the hothouse tulips will be in bloom for the Queen. Later on when she’s gone, however, the executive mansion will have so many tulips it's likely ‘to look the shade of a taxicab. What, you may ask, of the stolen tulips? They're among the 200 that couldn't he planted in the ground, or even in pots."8o0 some official folks I'll not identify here kind of helped themselves, sort of,

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