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Our Honor at Stake

THE UNITED STATES cannot go back on its word. It cannot make promises and break them. It cannot forfeit the respect and confidence of the free world. +“ "mor that reason, the issue of involuntary repatriation of war prisoners in the Korean peace talks is basic. Far more is at stake than the lives of 20,000 Oriental POW's who have renounced communism-—though that should be enough. It is a question of international morality. In defense of that principle, we have elected to oppose communism—international immorality. If our word is not good, we might as well quit now. “7 Thousands of enemy soldiers have come into our lines carrying surrender pamphlets promising food, clothing and fair treatment. It is not enough to say we did not promise them permanent sanctuary. That is legalistic hairsplitting. It is not what the world expects from a nation which has elected to lead the fight for world freedom. The average POW thought we did promise sanctuary, We encouraged him to think so. We encouraged him te renounce communism. He would not have surrendered if he had thought otherwise, ’ At least 20,000 have renounced communism. They know what awaits them at home. The bloody purges on the Chinese mainland—purges which have wiped out countless thousands who also thought they could make a “desl” with tommunism-—is all the proof they need. They face certain liquidation as deserters—because they were foolish enough to believe our word was good.

HE NOW BELATEDLY, the Communists promise amnesty to all POW's in our hands—even those who have tattooed anti-Red slogans on their bodies. This has all the earmarks of a buildup for a phony deal. pt Chairman Richard Russell (D. Ga.) of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is one who isn't fooled. Such a promise, he says “isn’t worth a damm.” Rep. Walter Judd (R. Minn.) a former medical misglonary in China, says to accept the Communist offer would be “an admission that a Communist's wed is good and ours i¥ worth nothing.” If we buy that, Mr. Judd says, “no one in Asia ever again will—or ought to—trust the United

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Asnssdur sons, husbands, neighbors and friends—are held in North Korea and China. We are desperately tired of the Korean War. We want it over—now. __ But peace without honor is no peace at’ all. And there is no honor in a peace which breaks our word, sells a trust, sends other men to certain death and torture. It is a tough Jgcision~-but there is only one choice. ; ii We cannot buy peace with treachery. We only buy our h destruction. As Mr, Judd warns, “every life saved with tHat kind of deal will be paid for with a great many more.” \ The people of the U. 8.—decent, right thinking people must make this crystal clear to the befuddled minds in # State and Defense Departments. Lives and morality inscend everything—including military ‘necessity, The lemn word of the United States cannot be dishonored.

lolleges Need Business Help

THE crisis on American college campuses is deepening. ' The schools are caught between mounting costs and indling revenues. The GI Bill of Rights attendance boom "id jover, and the draft is cutting heavily into what enrollpnt is left. i The small schools naturally, are worst hit, since their gources are thinner. Probably half the country’s colleges operating at or near a deficit. Few if any are in robust cial condition. ¢ Up to now the colleges, for the most part, have been abe to muddle along with a variety of devices to fill the peach. They have upped tuitions. They have beat the ghes hard for new scholarship money. They have tailored special research projects to government demands so they culd get defense funds. : i: But all these havetheir limits. It is a serious question whether ‘tuitions can be boosted much higher without phicing many students right out ‘of the education market. All téo many students canhot make the financial grade today without some kind of assistance.

SOME OF the scholarship drives have been rewarding but some have not. With so many other chunks already being taken out of the earner’s dollar, he is not enthusiastic about alloting a large piece of it to an educational institution. And the really big grants are rare nowadays. . Many of the smaller schools simply are not equipped to take on Naval or Army scientific research. The big universities that do advance this type of work wish they had the funds and could devote their staffs’ time to more basic research, unrelated to specific objectives. Where do they go from here? | With a lot of schools it now is or soon will be a matter of finding new revenue sources or shutting down. There are only two large reservoirs to which they may turn, government or business. ! Business already finances much college research through grants for specific projects, scholarships, and the like. But it has barely scratched the surface.

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| THE alternative, plainly, is government help. Many educators believe that even if other segments of society fan carry the biggest part of the load there is still some ‘place for government. For instance, a carefully appli®d system of federal scholarships to assist needy students

dence. . : Yet more thoughtful school administrators fear too much government in education. They see school independence, and perhaps free scholarship, ultimately disappearing

their fears. . i It is time for all forward-looking business leaders to tttend to this great necessity—and opportunity. If they 0 not move into the crisis with firm purpose, the govern-

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Korea And Indo-China Bust

WASHINGTON, Apr. 8—-There is another rash of “peace” rumors—of & truce in Korea and Indo-China, and a cooling off of the not-so-cold war in Europe. These rumors come and go. But this time they are taken somewhat more seriously here than usual. Not that anyone in authority supposes Stalin will change his long-term objective of world control through Red fifth columns, conquest by satellite proxies and world war irPeventually necessary. But there is a growing belief that he may be making one of those shifts in tactics for which he is famous--this time from the methods of the bear to the ways of the fox.

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IN THE past month he has put out several “peace” feelers, whatever the rcal purpose may be. Equally significant, Britain and France are keeping the door open for negotiation. And American officials, though more cautious, are attentive,

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MR. EDITOR: In the Mar. 31 Forum, there appeared a letter written by James J. Cullings. I take no issue with Mr. Cullings’ views or opinions, but it is evident that the gentleman is sadly in need of a little accurate information. There may algo be others who have drawn erroneous conclusions ahout the traffic direction on Thursday evenings by the civilian defense police. These ‘ex-soldler punks,” as Mr, Cullings terms them, and who are not all, by any means, former members of the Armed Forces, are citizens from all walks of life. They have voluntarily taken the time to obtain training In limited police and first-aid work, because they felt that it might possibly at some time result in the saving of a number of lives that would otherwise be lost, . + & IN THE event of an enemy bombing a lot of people are going to need help, It will take trained men to do the. job, and we could not

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY HEADLINE-—McGranery spurns outside aid. His job will be strictly an “inside job.” LR WASHINGTON will miss Newbold Morris. He only worked a few full _. days but he built up a staff of 50. : Lov . WARNING to the new Attorney General--quick ‘“‘cleanups” are the basic cause for all these congressional -investigations, LE THE SENATE has been working on a bill providing a uniform system of bankruptey throughout the United States. Probably part of our preparedness program.

Mr. McGranery «so NO help?

SIDE GLANCES

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HOOSIER FORUM—‘Defense’

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

possibly support a large enough police force to be adequate. Some volunteer organization is the only answer. It is obvious that Mr. Cullings has never undergone the terror of a bombing raid, or he would be happy to have someone around to help him save his skin. Neither, as he infers, is the civilian defense police organization a brainchild of local government. It is state wide and nation wide, and the only connection with government it has is the connection that every citizen has. The traffic control that seemed to raise the fre of Mr, Cullings has a triple purpose. While affording training in traffic control, it serves to assist our undermanned Police Department with the traffic problem caused by Thursday evening business hours, and under police supervision, these ‘‘ex-soldier punks” are only attempting to help protect the citizens of Indianapolis.

~Donald J. Bugbee, Plainfield.

‘C. D. C. Speechless?’ MR. EDITOR:

Looks like I was premature in saying that C. D. C. was speechless. The very next night he came out with a magnificent mud-sheet against Harry 8. T. He seems to have a remarkable talent for finding fault with others. I presume he is perfect himself. I would like to make myself clear with the readers of this letter that I have no personal animosity against C. D. C. However, since 1926 when I carried my first Indianapolis Times route, up to today, when three of my five sons sell The Indianapolis Times at a local plant gate, I have been partial to this paper. “1 have read, and occasionally contributed to the Hoosler Forum. In this column I have read many readers’ gripes and praises but never have 1 seen one person write so many times to say nothing but evil about whomever his letter concerns. : ~Clarence ¥. Goodyear, 2275 N. Edmundson Ave.

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You'd never guess from looking at him that Frank Nathan used to clop-clop down the streets with horse and wagon, yodeling ‘cabbages for sale to -the housewives of Pittsburgh. Now he's a well-barbered man of influence in our marble halls. He looks the part, too, in his beautifully tailored blue suit and his $10 cravat of muted red and gray. Such an exceedingly impressive character is he that he made three phone calls one year and collected as his share of govern‘ment surplus sales $82,000. ~ Only when the suave Nathan gets excited does he talk like a huckster argueing with a lady about a cantaloupe. Such a moment came while some Senators were inquiring into his vast success as a businessman who shared in the profits, - blit never in the losses. What other enterprises, wondered Sen. Clyde R. Hoey (D.N.C.), did - he promote in - governmental temples? “lI was always tryin’ to get some deals,” shrilled Nathan,

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ut In ‘Peace’ Rumors Again

GERMANY: There is widespread pressure in West Germany—including that of the proAllied Adenauer group in the coalition cabinet for a big power “peace” conference, proposed by the Russian note of Mar, 10 BRITAIN: Prime Minister Winston Churchill wants an Allled-Russian conference whenever the U. B. will agree. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden thinks progress can be made in relaxing East-West tension by eliminating smaller points of friction even if no complete settlement is achieved. In Washington some influential officials have been won over to the Eden approach. Such is the international setting of Stalin’s latest “peace” maneuvers. These include, in addition to the Korean truce ‘progress’ and his proposal for a big power conference on a German treaty, the following* His cabled interview with a group of American editors, hinting at a live-and-let-live policy. The quick follow-up by the official Moscow press, avowing Russia's readiness to solve all

ENGLAND . . . By R. H. Shackford

international questions by peaceful means on a basi§ of co-operation, equality and mutual

interests. The “friendly” atmosphere at the’

Moscow East-West trade “conference,” where the customary propaganda attacks on the West are missing so far. Also in some Allied capitals usually Insulting Soviet diplomats are turning on the charm. Ti ly

OF COURSE the fact that Stalin is putting out feelers does not prove anything regarding his immediate purpose, Maybe he thinks he can get more results, or at least more cheaply, by easing the tension for awhile. But maybe it is simply a ruse, preparatory to a Korean offensive and bigger military commitments in Germany.

In either case, he has timed his “peace”

moves to prevent, if possible, the pending in. clusion of West Germany as a partner in Allleq ‘defense, and to influence the American Congress and Allied parliaments now considering military appropriations and mutual aid.

Tories Lashed by Local Vote

LONDON, Apr. 8—Churchill’s Tories, smarting under defeats by Socialists in local elec tions, have been sharply reminded that the majority of Britons don't like them or their pollcles. ‘ . Local elections are taking place all over the country. Results show a decided swing to the Social ists. Even the conservative London Times concedes “a remarkable victory for the Labor Party.” The Tories took a terrific shellacking in the London County Council, which rules the world’s largest city, Publicly the Tories are

months after the general elections, on “local issues.” But that is not convincing. They know the voters are protesting measures the Tories have taken to try to prevent national bankruptey, such as drastic cuts fn food subsidies. A consequent sharp increase in the cost of living, Socialist charges ot broken election pledges, and substantial increases in rail and bus fares are other factors. ¢ . And all of this has been fopped off by serious unemployment in the textile industries. British workers fear unemployment almost as much as war, They haven't forgotten the dark 20's, when millions were jobless and the dole seemed a permanent part of British society. Any sign of a return to such conditions stiffens the backs of Britons, the same as a threat of invasion. During the war there was no unemployment. After the war, the Socialist government was able during its six-year rule to maintain full employment and to convince most workers that socialism kept them employed. Right now there shouldn't be any unemployment. There is actually a serious manpower shortage—in the ~oal mines, railroads and especially in rearmament industries, where semi-

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skilled and skilled workers are in great demand, But that doesn’t solve the textile problem, British workers do not like to move from familiar surroundings. Nor do they like switching to unfamiliar work, any more than a New England textile mill hand would like to become 3a Pennsylvania coal miner. > Thus the depressed Lancashire areas are not soothed by promises of jobs in “faraway” Cove ‘entry, Sheffield, etc. So, at the first sign of unemployment anywhere, voters seem to be rush. ing back to the Socialists—considered exponents of full employment. Tory politicians are studying local election results very careful. It isn’t comforting them to lose control of local administrations, especial ly with no solution to the textile depression in sight. :

Outstanding Example

LONDON is the outstanding example of Socialist gains. The Boclalists first won control of the London County Council in 1834. In 1949 the Socialist majority was cut to one. In the rceent vote, the Socialists won 92 seats to the Tories’ 37. More serious for the Tories, however, was loss of their majority in Essex County and the cut in their majority in Middlesex, one of London’s suburban home counties, from 40 to five. This unpleasant turn, reminded the Tories vividly that although they won the most Come mons seats last October, more people actually voted: for Labor, Labor polled 13,911,000 votes against 13,709,000 for the Tories. Rs Mr, Churchill's major problem now, with such direct evidence of a swing toward the Socialists, is whether he can hold to his austerity program and budget for putting Britain back on its feet. Much of his success will depend on workers going easy in wage demands despite the rising cost of living. Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard A. Butler has had no luck yet in trying to get such agreements, and the local elections are not very encouraging for him.

AIR POWER . . . By Jim G. Lucas ith is More U. S. Carriers in Action?

WASHINGTON, Apr. 8—Both Gen, Dwight Eisenhower and Gen. Matthew Ridgway would like to have a lot more large aireraft carriers in their areas. But they aren't likely to get them.

Since last fall, Gen. Eisenhower has asked at least three times for carriers to back up his North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces. And Gen. Ridgway has made an urgent plea to double the number of carriers assigned to the Seventh Fleet to fight the Korean War. The Joint Chiefs of Staff turned thumbs down in all cases, The Pentagon ruled: ONE—There isn't enough money in the defense budget to put that many carriers into operation. TWO-—To. shift the amount needed to the Navy would unbalance the budget. THREE—Necessary trained manpower wouldn't be available without heavy call-up of naval reservists. Pentagon policy is to limit

call-ups to replacements for men leaving serv-

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Ike's Request

GEN. EISENHOWER first opened the subject last fall in a talk with Navy Secretary Dan Kimball at SHAPE headquarters. Tke was assured the Navy had the carriers and was enthusiastic about using them, so he put his request in writing. The Joint Chiefs turned him down. He prepared it at least twice more with the same result. ’ Ike's request was based at least partially on these considerations: ONE— Aircraft carriers would provide bases while air fields in England, Europe and North Africa are being built, TWO-—They would be insurance against the possibility that land bases might be knocked out by enemy action, sabotage or political opposition. The. Bevan wing of the British Labor Party strongly opposes using U. 8. bases

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similiar sentiment in France. THREE—They would deter Russian aggression. The carriers could go directly to trouble spots. Their mere presence would be a stfong argument against: Russia's starting anything. Gen. Eisenhower asked that eight big carriers—of the Midway and Essex classes—be assigned to European waters permanently, with more on call. Those on call would be stationed elsewhere in the Atlantic, but could reach Ike's command in a matter of days or hours.

By Galbraith CLOP-CLOP . .. By Frederick C. Othman Senate Puts Heat on Ex-Vegetable Peddler

The number of carriers off Korea is secret. All are off the east coast. Gen. Ridgway has asked that the number be doubled, so naval avi-

ation can join the Air Force in the fight for _

MIG Alley off the west coast. Stung by criticism that its men avoid combat with the Red MIG's, the Navy repeatedly has asked to send a carriep to the west coast. Permission once was granted. But the carrier involved—the USS Essex was put out of action by an on-deck collision and fire. By the time a replacement arrived, all carriers were needed on the east coast and permission was withdrawn.

13 In Mothballs

THE Navy now has 14 large carriers in operation and 13 in mothballs. Until recently, it had 12 operating and two in reserve. The two reserve carriers took the place of any of the 12 brought home for repairs and overhaul. Recently, the Joint Chiefs authorized putting the two reserve carriers in full commission. President Truman approved, but said they must go back into reserve when the Korean War ends. A supercarrier—the 65,000-ton USS Forrestal —is in its second year of construction at Newport News, Va. It will cost an estimated $208 million. Funds for a second super-carrier have been eliminated from the Defense Department budget by the House Appropriations Committee,

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Holy Week Prayer— O DIVINE SAVIOUR, laden with the = cross, grant that my own personal afflictions may never make me selfish and indifferent toward others. Teach me on the contrary to remain unassuming, considerate toward others and faithful to duty, even if a heavy cross presses upon my shoulders. To all increase the grace they

have. From sinners purge their guilt away. Amen. ¢

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the Mayflower Hotel. When in New. York he puts up -at the Waldorf-Astoria. At this latter hostelry he once provided a room for Jess Larson; then the War Asséts Administrator, who couldn't find a bed anywhere in New York.

Mr. Larson later reimbursed

him the $19 room charge and then spent a good part of his time trying to keep Nathan out of his hair. Mr. Larson charged that the little man from Pittsburgh kept telling folks in the capital's more

fashionable bars that they .were pals. Other witnesses agreed

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deals had they not considered him a man of influence. “A very potent connection,” one of them said. So Nathan did get $57,000 as his share of the profits from the sale of equipment in a goverriment aluminum plant at Torrence, Cal. He was outraged that people should accuse him of dropping names. Could he help it if his associates thought he could tell federal officials which papers to sign? Was it his fault they believed he could block a surplus sale unless he were cut in? 'Course not, said Nathan. One of the men who was bitter about Nathan getting a

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IN THIS world of strife and sorrow :~. there's one name that stands above . ”. for it signifies great kindness . . . and it typifies true love .'. . it's a name that dwarfs all others . . . and puts other names to shame . . . for it's truly let from heaven . . . knowing ‘sverlasting fame . . . young and old revere each letter . . . that spells out the wondrous word . . . for it means a real salvation . . . to all people who have heard ... yes, it is the name of Jesus . . . Son of God and Saviour

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slice of the aluminum profits was Louis Dulien, president of Dulien Bteel Products, Ine. of Los Angeles. Yet this same Dulien slipped Nathan $30,000 in connection with the sale of a gasoline refinery at Cotton Valley, La.

A New York junk dealer gave him $5000 for spotting some merchandise in a federal warehouse in Canonsburg, Pa., but, as Nathan said, his luck lately as a percentage man has not been so good. The Congressmen are worried about his ‘operations, if any, as an alleged tax fixer. He denies all these charges and particularly is he incensed over accusations that he had any part in an attempted $500,000 shakedown of Abraham Teitelbaum, the lawyer for the late Al Capone, who found himself in ‘the toils of the tax collectors. Stuff like this takes so much time that Nathan hasn't had much chance lately to earn a living.

He could always get another horse and wagon. Peddling

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