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Give. Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way
THE HOUSING shortage in Europe is often deplored by
travelers.
The National Association of Home Builders
decided to find out why it exists, and sent a committee to Europe under the chairmanship of Joe Driskell of Ft. Worth. The committee has issued an informative report. It found that the average workingman in most European cities can never hope to own his home, because the everyday cost of the bare necessities makes it virtually impossible for hint to save the money. eth Only Switzerland and the Netherlands have realistic
rent control laws such as we have here.
France and
Italy in particular have rents fixed at the rates which prevailed, many years ago, before their currencies became inflated. Thus the landlord has no incentive to improve
his property or to build more housing, because he does’
not receive enough rent even to maintain it. In all France only 67,000 family housing units were built in 1950. That many were built here in the cities of New York and Los Angeles combined. Ninety per cent of the housing in the city of Paris is more than 34 years
old.
IN ITALY, the committee found the overcrowding in working-class sections almost incredible, often running 12 persons to a two-room apartment, and little or no low-
cost housing being constructed.
The American builders found that unreasonable government controls over housing was the cause of much of the trouble, and that only in Great Britain was the gov- » ernment actually building any considerable amount of
housing for the working people.
~The greatest progress was found, significantly, in Germany, Holland and Switzerland, where private builders and co-operatives have been able to operate with comparative
freedom from government restraints.
There is not much we can do about this except—as the committee suggests—bring European builders over here and teach them our methods. But we can learn from it the lesson that too much government interference can be worse
than too little.
Indianapolis Greets Israel
JNDIANAPOLIS for a long while has taken a deep and friendly interest in the young nation of Israel, and shared in large measure in the aid and encouragement that has
gone from the United States to tha
Today the city has an opportunity to greet one of the leaders of that nation—and one of the world’s outstanding
women—in person.
Mrs. Golda Myerson, minister of labor in the Israel cabinet, will be the guest of honor at a dinner this evening, at which she will give a first-hand report on the amazing progress that has been made there.
t new state.
Her own career,
closely linked with the founding and the rise of Israel, is no less interesting. Once a Milwaukee teacher, she has devoted some 30 years to the unselfish service of the new nation, and her contribution to it assures her of an honored place
in its history.
Indianapolis is proud to join in honoring this distinguished guest—and through her to express again its good wishes toward the nation she so ably represents.
Air Base Program Must Go On
THs country’s North African air base program is under
justifiable suspicion.
Two separate investigations, one
by the House and another by the Senate, have dredged up ample evidence of waste, mishandling of money and in-
ordinate delays.
An Army auditor who inspected the whole effort reported to a Senate committee that something like a conspiracy of graft is operating in North Africa. From others have come accounts of organized cheating on work hours, mass loafing, widespread firings and eveh drunkenness. The Army Engineers, handed the job in haste by the Air Force, turned over actual construction to a group of private contractors. Signs indicate'that original cost estimates of $300 million for the entire project may be doubled by the time the bases are finished. Costs have soared steadily, and delays have aggravated that problem.
CONFRONTED with this story, top d might naturally be moved to cancel the whole business in disgust. It is sickening to realize that work of this nature cannot apparently be carried on without running afoul of
the worst imaginable pitfalls.
Calling a halt is exactly what was proposed by Sen. Lyndon Johnson's preparedness committee. the strong impulse in this direction, it must be resisted. The
North African bases are too important.
They are part of a big global network of airfields whose aim is to extend the reach of American air power, and, most particularly, our atomic strength. The great long-range bomber is not our chief reliance as a transporter of the
» efense officials
But despite
A-bomb. We are putting heavy dependence upon fast medium jet bombers capable of doing effective battle with enemy jet fighters. And those medium planes need bases closer than America to a potential enemy—the Soviet
Union.
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of Europe, in North Africa and on the Middle Eastern fringe. Without them, the A-bomb could in reality prove
to be a weapon of limited usefulness.
For we would have
no reasonable assurance that we could deliver the bomb
in any great volume. e
If these are the military realities, no spund case can be made out for abandoning the North African project. In launching a clean-up of the program, Secretary. of the Army Pace is following a proper course. A taxpayer, looking at the report of how his money has been wasted, might not be satisfied with this solution. But it would be no economy to leave the United States without one vital link in its growing chain of forward air bases.” .. The job must be done. Investigation has now put the ‘Pentagon on test to get it accomplished efficiently. There the sordid events thus
can be no excuse for repetition of far recorded in North Africa.
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ajrways word-alphabet code will be changed Apr. 1 to serve international aviation needs and avoid linguistic difficulties. “Able,” “Baker,” ‘Charlie “Dog,” “Easy,” etc., are out. “J” is now ‘Juliett,” instead of “Jig,” and the well-known “Roger” for “R"” is replaced by “Romeo.”
The old “Dog” is dead in this new-fangled code, And “Easy” has gone the hard way. They're trying to lighten the linguistic load
With “Delta” and today.
“Echo”
Which seems a strange thing
on the present world scene, Other words with more
rhythym might flow, With everyone's mind on the U.S. long green—
They'd sure understand “Easy” “Dough.”
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THERE {is no special significance — we hope — in the fact that the date on which our airmen will begin using a universally understood code just happens to be All Fool’s Day.
Despite its elimination from the word-alphabet, the jig may
not yet be up. Entirely.
Besides, it would be most unfair to send our bombers to
dispense a little “what-for” on:
some foreign land which had attacked us—and then make it dificult for their listening posts to crack our code. After all, we, should give them some kind of a break. Preferably in the head.
THE ONLY old code word remaining in the new alphabet Is “Victor.” Naturally, none of the take-it.all nations would think of giving that one up.
The designation for “Y"” has us floored. Used to be “Yoke.” With which most people in a lot of countries have long been too familiar. But they've changed it to “Yankee.” Which is a very bad word in a lot of languages these days.
Even so, they have not entirely overlooked the spirit of love. Romeo and Juliet did manage to get into the picture. Probably because some cutie once heard that “love conquers all.” n uo =» THE code spells it “Juliett,” because certain ‘non-English-speaking nations simply can't pronounce it otherwise. We've
stripped it of one “T"” for sim- .
plicity. This, however, is not to say we favor the strip tease. Not uni-quiver-cally, at least.
Wait till a pilot acknowledges an order--now that the familiar “Roger” eliminated. He's going to sound like Juliet's papa when the old gent found young Montague laddering up to Julie's balcony:
“Romeo. Over—and OUT.” » » »
AUNTY COMMY SAYS: “See where them Rooshians is issuing a stamp in honor of Victor Hugo's birth. No need aiming to take over the great writer, boys, Russia's already got plenty of ‘Les Miserables’ of its own.” ” . -
-HEH-HEH HEADLINES:
' “Model Apartment Has Eight-
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eenth-Century Air.” Sounds like the “smoke-filled room” trade had already moved in.
“Dentist Shortage Predicted in New York State.” Well, they shouldn't have any difficulty filling it.
“United Nations Experts Say Prosperity Will Last for Years.” Starting when? “Ticket Brokers’ Fee Rolled Back to 75 Cents by OPS.” It's high time we got a show for our money,
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MR. EDITOR: > One of the finest, most understanding, and most helpful series of articles written about Korea is the series on our armed forces which was written by Mr. Jim Lucas and featured in all the Scripps-Howard newspapers. I want you to know how deeply we appreciate what you have done. You have rendered a high and important service not only to Korea but also to the general cause of world freedom. It is my deep conviction that communism cannot be contained by appeasement or compromise. From what I have seen of the world struggle (and we in Korea have been in the front line of that battle for years), Communist imperialism will continue its inexorable advance until freedom has been strangled all over the world—unless the democracies develop both the strength and the will to defeat this aggression decisively and to break down the source from which it springs. > ©
THE Korean people, sorely as we have suffered and much as we have already paid the tragic cost of maintaining democracy, have no desire whatever to see the global battle carried on by others whil¢ we remain aside from the continuation of the conflict. It is, rather, our determination to continue to pour our very lifeblood into the struggle for freedom until the goal of peace and security with justice shall be attained. For this reason we are determined to build the strongest armed forces possible. We have the manpower, the strength of will, and the readiness to sacrifice ourselves for the common cause. We need arms, equipment, and assistance
Lenten Meditation
Jesus Answers Questions About Our Troubles
HOUSEWORK OR HOMEWORK?
Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Luke 10:41-42. Read verses 38-42, Martha asked Jesus the question which you may hear at your house tonight, “Why can’t my sister help me with the dishes?” Sometimes the dishes should wait, if there is something important being said. Martha was troubled about too many things which crowded out the one thing needful. | yield my comment today to Mr. Emerson, who said it better first: : “I pray you, O excellent wife, not to cumber yourself and me to get a rich dinner for this man or this woman who has alighted at our gate, nor a bedchamber made ready at too great a cost. But let this stranger, in your accent and behavior, read your heart and earnestness, your thought and will, which he cannot buy at any price.” Are we housekeeping or homekeeping? Let Us Pray: Help us, O God, even in the midst of our daily uftairs, to so dwell upon Thy presence that we shall not be troubled about too many things, but shall keep room and time for love, the one thing needful to Jesus and to us. Amen.
*From The Complete Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Copyright by Houshton Mifflin Co., publishers.
By J. Hugh O’Donne
HOOSIER FORUM— ‘Fine Series’
"I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."
] } IN INDIANAPOLIS a couple -of elections ago, thousands of _radio fans were rather startled to hear an announcer say: “Next Tuesday, election day, ‘We, the People,’ will not be heard.” This ironic announcement, though unintentional on the radio program, has been the /political theme song down through the years of reformers, professors, civic leaders and newspapers. Many changes have been proposed to remedy this condition and perhaps give the “people” a bigger voice in their government. It has been suggested, for example, we have (1) a direct primary election where the voters could choose who they want to run for President, Senator and Governor rather than have them selected by politicians in state and national conventions, (2) a plan to make it almost compulsory for every citizen to vote and (3) a program to stress greater citizen participation in government.
os » ” IN THE rabsence of any of these plans, many politicians and pressure groups are urging voters to disregard candidates and vote for the party. This purely poilitical appeal has been rejected by independent voters who have demonstrated rather convincingly in recent years they don’t like machine politics or candidates. Now, however, there is a movement growing in Indiana which would have the voters support their own “principles.” This appeal to the voter's intelligence, rather than his prejudice, 1s being made by
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in training our forces. For the last half century, the Americans, believing what Japanese diplomats and propagandists said about the Koreans, underestimated their ability and the value of their loyal friendship for America. Now these Koreans, at least the people of South Korea, have come into their own, and the world has come to know them better than ever. We know the Japanese people and know how to handle them better than any other people in. the world. If the Americans would give us a helping hand in building equal strength, economically and militarily, it would be of a tremendous advantage to the interest of the U. 8. and the safeguarding of the peace of the Pacific. * oS &
WE hope that the American people will soon come to understand the wisdom of such a policy. Even now, all the high-level authorities of the U. 8. Army, Navy and Air Forces, who have beef in contact with the Koreans, are in favor of building up Korea, instead of giving Japan a preponderant position in the Pacific. It is my great hope that you and your powerful newspaper organization will continue in the campaign you have launched until American public opinion and governmental policy are swung solidly behind the goals for which you are so effectively fighting. —Syngman Rhee, president, Republic of Korea.
‘Vote This Year’ MR. EDITOR:
A plea for votes , , . not votes for myself. I am not a candidate, and am not interested in politics, but I am interested in good public officials. In a free country, every voter should register and cast a ballot each election day. In most of our recent primaries and elections, local and national, only about half the voters take advantage of the right of franchise, and this results usually in deciding the elections by a minority of the people. This is supposed. to be a government of majorities, so please vote and get others to do so. It is none of my business how you vote . ... but vote. And let the decision’ be a real majority decision. -B. E. Myers, Connersville.
MAKE-BELIEVE
THERE is a land called make-believe . where candy flowers grow . . . a land where sweet perfume is waft . . . as gentle breezes blow . . . a place where skies are always blue « « +» and people never cry . . . a haven made of happiness . . . and dreams that float on high « «+ + 8 land where everyone can be . . . or do the things they choose . . . where golden coin does not exist . . . and thus you've naught to lose . . . now all a person has'to do . . . to enter in this land . . . is make believe and let your wish . . . come take you by the hand . . and you will soon become a. part . . . of where the children play . . . and without warning you will have . . . a heart that's light and gay. —By Ben Burroughs.
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such organizations as the State Champer of Commerce. These groups have distributed gver the state pamphlets and bookFets describing the big issues in the coming session of the legislature so that voters could get acquainted with the
political facts. of life before they vote. ] . = 2 o HERE ARE some of the
vital issues almost sure to crop up when the state legislature meets here in January: ? Anti - Gambling — Revelations of widespread corruption in cities and towns over. the nation will probably mean an anti-gambling law will be introduced in 1953. Such a law was defeated in the last session. Since the Kefauver Senate Crime Committee linked hoodlums and public officials, however, there is a good chance the lawmakers will be afraid not to pass it next time. Gasoline Tax—County Commissioners Association already is on record in favor of a 2cent increase in the gasoline tax. This came up in 1951 but was defeated the very last day of the session. New State Tax—The last legislature adopted a General Fund expenditure budget of $261 million for the two-year period July, 1951, to June, 1953 . . . which the State Budget Committee estimated would exceed state revenues by $44 million. No new taxes were enacted. There is some sentiment for a new tax next time. Aid for Schools—State support for local schools was increased about $12 million over the amount of state funds provided during the previous two
years. Total state aid for schools was $118 million. The trend in state support for
schools has been constantly upward for many years primarily because the teachers’ lobby is vigorous and effective. Demands in 1953 will be for a still further increase in, state aid. : Withhholding Gross Tax— Several bills to require employers to withhold gross income tax from pay of workers were defeated. State officials believe an additional $3 million could be collected each year if employers were allowed to withhhold state gross income tax from workers’ pay, as federal income tax already is withheld. There is strong opposition to this. : City Income Tax—For years cities in Indiana have been trying to get a law passed which would allow them to levy local income taxes on
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salaries, wages and business profits. Each time it was de feated. In 1951, the bill pro. po¥ed a limit of 1 per cent on all such taxes and required approval of a public refer endum. ’ : Merit Sstem—Every session, the lawmakers talk about a merit system for the Revenue Department, Conservation Dee partment and Highway Department with the same ree sult—it never happens. There will be a flurry of merit system bills introduced, again in 1953. But politicians appare ently still aren't too happy about taking anything out of politics. . Compulsory FEPC — A bill to replace Indiana's present ‘voluntary” Fair Employment Practice Commission law with a “compulsory” law was passed by the House in the + 1951 session, but it failed in the Senate. Constant progress has been noted in elimination of discrimination in employ« ment through the voluntary law, but pressure groups cone tinue to demand a ‘“compule sory” law. Most Hoosier lawe makers favor the “voluntary” FEPC because they feel it is impossible “to legislate feel ings.” J. Unemployment Compensae tion — The legislature ine creased benefits under the state's unemployment compensation law to $27 weekly. Ore ganized labor is dissatisfied with this amount and hopes to get increased benefits. Standard Time—No session of the legislature is complete without a big fuss over the issue of whether the atate should adopt Cefitral Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time during the summer months. The cities are in favor of the Eastern Time and rural area favor the Standard Time. Welfare—In 1951, the state legislature amended Indiana's Public Welfare Law to require that each County Welfare Board make public the lists of names and addresses and amounts paid to welfare recipients. The lawmakers will have an opportunity to examine the new law to deter. mine if it accomplished what it attempted to do—taking wele fare chiselers off the rolls. With the May 6 primary election less than six weeks away, Indiana voters can, if they wish, poll the legislative candidates on the big issues. That's one practical way to find out in advance what mease ures the candidates would support—or oppose—if they are nominated and elected.
DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney Demos Seemed Blue At Annual Whingding
WASHINGTON, Mar.
29—Indiana’s $100-dinner
Democrats seemed somewhat dejected at the annual Jefferson-Jackson day whingding.
They were mighty proud
Frank E. McKinney being the Democratic national chairman. But they seemed to have no great confidence that they will carry the state ! this year. Under the leadership of National Committeeman Frank Mec- § Hale, who was the most prominent ? ay among those : present, they Mr. McHale haven't done ... poor job so since 1936. The Hoosier state was one of the first to go back to the Republican side on the national ticket after depression days. Only Gov. Henry F. Schricker’s taking a second term, after the four-year respite required by the Indiana Constitution, gave the Democrats a majority of
* congressional seats since early
FDR days. At the next off-year election, these freshmen Democratic
Congressmen, with the exception of Rep. Winfield K. Denton, Evansville, were replaced by Republicans., Mr. Denton and Rep. Ray Madden, Gary, now serving his
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fifth term, were the only two Indiana Democrats left on Capitol Hill to attend the din ner. Nevertheless, the Hoosiers filled four tables, with 10 at a table, which meant $4000 for
McKinney's campaign Kkitty—,
minus the cost of the meal, 2 t 4 2 THEY were either office holders, mostly by appoint ment, professional Democratie organization men, lawyers or friends in the liquor or cone tracting business.
Twenty of them came here on the same train with Mr, McHale. All are for him stay. ing on as national committee~ man—unless he wants to quit, “And when I do that I'll tell the Democrats before I tell the newspapers,” Mr. McHale commented. Chairman Ira Haymaker of the Democratic State Come mittee said it is too early to tell how Indiana ‘will 80. At the present moment he hopes
to hold the two Democratic seats in Congress and maybe |
pick up a few more, He men. tioned as “most hopeful” the Third and Sixth Districts IN ” o - N THE Third Charles C. Price, Divi, Notre Dame professor who ene tered politics by running for the U. 8. Senate, wil) try and unseat freshman Republican Rep. Shepard J. Crumpacker, South Rend attorney and farmer. Jack H. Mankin, now a Terre Haute attorney, who made an unsuccessful race against Republican Rep. Cecil M. Harden, Covington, two years ago, will try again. Mr, Haymaker thinks he can make it. But two sharp Democratio Politicians from Terre Haute were not so certain, They were Carl Werneke, Terre Haute liquor wholesaler and former Evansville automobile dealer, and Atty. Len hard T. Bauer, Mr, Werneke is a brother to the late Dick Werneke, long-time Terre Haute Democratic boss. He said Mr. Mankin faces stiff op position, outside Terre Haute in trying to unseat Mrs. Hare den, who is the Republican national committeewoman. He carried Terre Haute last time, but lost in the rural counties,
” ” 8. VICE CHAIRMAN Ruby Ware and Secretary John Hurt of the State Committee were
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