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Bidding for Germany THE United States, Britain and France are preparing to sign a partial peace agreement with Western Germany, as well as a companion measure providing for a European Army made up of the merged forces of West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. But these documents will represent so much wasted effort unless the agreements are ratified by the parliaments of the nations concerned—and ratification is by no means assured. The Soviet propaganda machine is shooting the works in an all-out effort to defeat both agreements. Approval of the treaties will be bitterly opposed in both Germany and France. Even the British Socialists have walked out on their Allies on the issue of German rearma-

ment.

" ” » » . » GERMAN rearmament, of course, is the very heart of the problem. 3

It has become apparent that Western Europe cannot muster a force adequate to defend itself against Soviet aggression without the inclusion of German manpower. On the other hand, should a reunited Germany cast its lot with Rusofa, the outlook for Western Europe would become almost hopeless. / : Bo signing the two treaties is- only the kickoff in a bitter political campaign which can be expected to divide céntinental Europe for many months. The outcome may be crucial in the continuing struggle between communism and the West. ” While this issue remains in doubt, first and urgent priority should be given to American rearmament. For if this crucial battle in the cold war is lost, we may find ourselves holding the fort alone.

Back ‘in Business

THERE was an unusual derobing in the nation yesterday. Seven s took off their Army uniforms and became private citizens again. The railroads were back in business under private management. t . . Of course, never really were away from priva management. Progdent Truman “seized” the rails 21 months ago to head off a strike, But it was a paper seizure, accompanied by the mere process of running up the flag in front of railroad offices and inducting the seven presidents—as regional directors—into the Army, which tech: nically ran the trains. © = «© a id All this came about because the Rapa) Labor Act, which for many years was an effective, satisfactory means of adjusting disputes between management and employees, ‘had broken down. It broke down in 1941 because of White House interference. ;

THE DISPUTE now settled, which began more than two years ago, finally was ended by the only logical means for ending a labor dispute—by bargaining and mediation. The seven-week Western Union strike also has been settled, subject to ratification by the union membership and permission for a rate raise to cover the wage increases. This likewise was accomplished by bargaining and mediation—without benefit of seizure. Despite the current steel situation, this country may yet get back to settling labor disputes without the use of a government club,

Generals Can't Fail

THE profession of arms is a tough business and those who’ canmot measure up to its demands should stand aside. : . Thus the demotion of Brig. Gens. Francis T. Dodd and Charles F. Colson to the rank of colonel for their parts in ‘the Koje Island mess in Korea was in order in both cases. Gen. Dodd should not have put himself in a position where he could be captured by his own prisoners. He made himself expendable when he did so and Gen. Colson should have rescued him whatever the consequences. Finally, the disgraceful agreement Gen. Colson made with the Red prisoners was a reflection upon the Army and his country which did vast injury to the cause he served. , There may be those who will hold that mere demotion by a single rank was not severe enough treatment in these cases. However, neither officer can look forward to a profitable military future, :

It's a Free Country. of meditation, a special subcommittees of the House Judiciary Committee has come up with a report of historic significance. - “The subcommittee has concluded that the baseball industry is capable of running itself, that it needs no . regulation by the government, nor any laws to control it. e that. Imagine being able to signal a hit-and-

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‘Marines Frown On New Status

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DEFENSE... By Jim G. lucas

WASHINGTON, May 24—8ome thoughtful Marines aren't breaking out. the champagne to celebrate the new status Congress has proferred them. : The House and Senate have passed legisla. tion’ making the Marine commandant a member of the joint chiefs of staff. In addition, both houses passed laws fixing the corps’ mini. mum _strengtn. The matters now are in cone ference committee, : % There is a good chance, of course, that Presi. dent Truman will exercise his veto. The Defense Department, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Army—on whom he relies for advice—opposed both steps. But even if the President goes along, some Marines now think of themselves as small boys who insisted they wanted to leave home and now wonder if it was such a ‘good idea. As a matter of fact, most of the whooping-it up was or by rine friends on the outside.

On Their Own

THE LEGISLATION, in effect, makes the Marines a favored service. In the past, they have relied on the Navy to represent them. Now they will be on their own. Marines, in the past, sometimes said harsh things about the admirals, The way the Marines tell it, they've never gotten a square deal on anything—from the dis-, tribution of thumbtacks on up. But thése have always been family quarrels. If the corps should suddenly find “itself diverced from eld mother Navy it would be hard up, responsible Marines admit. And the legislation passed last

week, they say, is a big step in that direction.

Even with a fixed minimum strength-—which makes it difficult to maintain Marine quality— the corps will still be a little guy in a big man’s league, these officers say. Thus, If it ever

breaks completely away from the Navy, it .

might be gobbled up by the Army. The Marines may not like the Navy, but they prefer it to the Army, .

Not Too Sure

PROPONENTS of the change apparently are convinced that putting the commandant on the joint chiefs of staff solves everything. But there are responsible Marines not so sure. The Navy and the Marine Corps will still be a minfrity. Moreover, the Navy's attitude from here on out may well be, “speak for yourself, 0 n."” . Sponsors argued that the commandant should be on the Joint Chiefs of Staff to explain and advance Marine concepts of amphibious warfare. But there is little to show the other services are easily persuaded. The Navy has been trying for years to explain naval aviation. It's usually a dissenting minority. Now that they're about to get what they've always wanted, some Marines wonder if théy don't face more frustrations. The addition of a fifth member to the Joint Chiefs of Staff will make it that much more unwieldy. Prompt decisions will be difficult.

Committees on Everything

THE COMMITTEE system never has been particularly adaptable to military planning. But it has taken firm root dn the Pentagon under unification. There are committees on everything. It's not only at the top, where generals and admirals sit at green-topped tables and agree to disagree. It extends all the way down to captains and leutenants in obscure cubbyhole offices. J There are subcommittees and sub-subcom-mittees. Marine representatives will go on each of those; That may mean bringing more officers in from {troops—where Marines traditionally like to be—and stationing them in the Pentagon.

"TAXIS"

When raindrops fall from out the blue . . . and I must make a date . . . I hail a gaily colored cab . . . to keep from being late . . . or when someone is sick or hurt . . . and time is rather short . . . I always telephone a cab . . . it is my first resort . . . it costs enough I will confess . . . but then again you see . . . it is a life saver at times . . . when needed hurriedfy « + « I've seen them used for moving vans + « + for packages and corn . . . in fact they have been known to serve . . . an infant being born . . . and whether they are old or new + » « los cold or rather warm . . , one thing I know we all agree . . . they're a good port in a storm. ~=By Ben Burroughs.

GRAIN SCANDAL . . . By James Daniel

New U. S. Warehouse Charge Is Studied

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FACING CRISES . . .

By Ludwell Denny ¢

Trouble Piles Up for Acheson

In His European

WASHINGTON, May 24—Half a dozen accumulated crises confront Secretary of State Dean Acheson as he begins in Germany the first of a series of European, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern negotiations.

He will confer with all the key figures in world affairs except Stalin—and within a week Mr. Acheson probably will be faced with new Soviet moves to block the agreements he is seeking among the Allies themselves and between the Allies and West Germany.

In addition to the twin problems of an

Allied-German peace contract and a European army pact, which the secretary hopes to handle in Bonn and Paris, are the explosive FrenchTunisian and British-Egyptian disputes, the Iranian oil deadlock, and the major policy issues of Korea, China and Indo-China.

More Trouble

WHICHEVER way the week-end Bonn negotiations go, there will be more trouble and lots of it. If Acheson, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and French Minister Robert Schuman are unable to confirm last-minute concessions made by their high commissioners to German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, the Allled-German partnership plan will collapse and Germany may swing toward Russia. But if Mr. Acheson is as successful as he expects to be in ing a Bonn contract, that will start a hotter fight on three fronts: Stalin will make his moves from Moscow, from his East German satellite state and from Berlin to<destroy the Allied-German contract before it can become effective. At the same time powerful non-Communist forces in Bonn and Paris will play into Stalin's hand by trying to prevent contract ratification by the West German and French parliaments. In Bonn this wrecking crew will include the opposition Socialist Party, a faction of the free Democratic party within the Adenauer coalition government, other right wing parties, and active Protestant “neutralist” groups. In France, besides the Communists, the wreckers include

SIDE GLANCES

Negotiations

Socialists from the left and Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s party from the right. xii W Meanwhile the six-nation European army agreement, which was to have been signed next Monday in Paris, is falling apart. In Strasbourg representatives of France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg -— under the friendly but urgent prodding of Britain and the U. 8., who are not members—will try to save the pact. Gen. Eisenhower calls it the cor-

nerstone of European defense.

France is holding out for a 50-year pact, while the Dutch and others would limit it to the 17-year period remaining for the North Atlantic Treaty and American guarantees.

More Negotiations

IF AND WHEN the German peace contract and European army pact are signed, and ratifi. cation strategy planned, Secretaries Acheson, Eden and Schuman will turn to’ separate informal negotiations regarding North Africa, the Middle East and the Far East. That is, unless a Berlin blockade, formation of an East German satellite army, or some other sudden

Stalin move ties them down to the German

crisis. : . In any case, what happens in Bonn, Paris, London, Berlin and Moscow will be influenced by what Congress does here with the foreign aid bill, \

Barbs—

ANN ARBOR, MICH, City Council said ice cream vendors must peddle their wares In

silence. How can they, with kids hanging

around? ® ¢ o EISENHOWER men see the popularity polls as “straws in the wind.” But Taft supporters still insist they are just winds in the straw. * 2 &

A RESOLUTION to investigate comie books has been introduced in the House. It could result in improving the humor in the Congressional Record.

By Galbraith

Rts" Hoosier Forum “1 do not agree with a word that you

say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." ;

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‘Isn't It True? MR. EDITOR: The issues for the state and national Republican conventions are far greater than the candi.

dates themselves. and pro-world government via the United Nations or some other vehicle. It is my belief that the Indianapolis newspapers have committed a grave injustice to their readers by .nat keeping them informed of the issues and their probable consequences. Isn't it true that all Gen. Eisenhower is or, hopes to be he owes to the New Deal and the Fair Deal? Isn't it true that President Truman expressed his willingness to give Gen. Eisenhower anything he wants including help to become Presi. dent of the United States? Isn’t it true that for 27 years Gen. Eilsenhower was an obscure army officer, and for the past nine years, after he was picked up by the New Deal and carried along by the present administration, he has become a world figure? Isn't it true that internationalists, who dominate the Columbia Board of Trustees, picked Gen. Eisenhower for his post as president of Columbia University? Isn't it true that ‘the very un-American UNESCO books are published at Columbia Uni-

versity? 7 Isn't it true that Gen. Eisenhower won his

personal fortune from the New Deal because of a special ruling handed down by Joseph D, Nunan, the former Collector of Internal Revenue, whose former actions are under investigation? _ Isn't it true that Gen. Eisenhower was permitted to realize $750,000 from the sale of his book and had he paid the regular income tax he could have received only $150,000? tig Isn't it true that Gen. Eisenhower became a general after he impressed Mr. Roosevelt and Gen. Marshall at some Louisiana army maneuvers? Isn't it true that both the General and his brother, Milton, held high places in the New Deal, his brother with Henry Wallace? Isn't it true that the widow of Gen. Patton has threatened to publish her husband's diary if Gen. Eisenhower becomes a presidential candidate? Isn't it true that Gen. Eisenhower's politics are a mystery, and up until two years ago no one knew whether he was a Republican or Democrat? Isn't it true that there is a very good chance of the Democratic National Convention nominating Gen. Eisenhower as that party's choice for President? Isn't it true that the Eisenhower Republican National Campaign is beginning to come apart at the seams and that one of the national campaigners has wired the General that he is getting the headlines and Mr. Taft is getting the

* delegates?

Why doesn’t one of the Indianapolis newspapers get behind Gen. MacArthur's brand of Americanism and come all out for America, and quit toying around with a world super state?

—Harold A” Wilson, 1917 Fisher St., City.

Suggests Traffic Improvements

MR. EDITOR: Something must be done to improve our handling of traffic. It was all right when we were traveling at the dazzling speed of 25 miles per hour and had about one-third the number of cars we now have, and had plenty of time to look right or left. But, those days are gone for-

- ever. If you drive a car today you have to be on

the “beam” 125 per cent of the time—it takes that much time to read the signs which are generally posted where semi-trucks or. other large vehicles are parked, and are thus hard to read even by people who have 20-20 vision. All traffic lights should be installed to hang suspended in the middle of the street. All the driver would have to do would be to look straight ahead instead of to his right or left. His side vision would be mors concentrated on cars pulling out from the curb or on children running between parked cars. He would be more alert and aware of pedestrians. Although many people drive their cars as if they were operating hot rods on a racetrack, wise drivers know that it is foolish to clip a couple of minutes off a “record” or try to stop on a dime. Most people want to obey the law, but find it nearly impossible due to the placement of law-enforcement signs. All signs, stoplights, 4-way stops, school speed, patking—all these should be overhead in the center of the street and in letters large enough to read. This would definitely decrease accidents,

~L. H. Britton, City.

‘GOOFY. CITY’ . . . By Andrew Tully

Who Gets Trieste? Old Scrap Renewed

. WASHINGTON,

May 24— for $25. This is bargain stuff

The issues are pro-American §

Imagine being able to decide to bunt

The Agriculture Department is waiting more details before replying to a charge by Sen, Clinton Anderson (D. N, M.) that the head of its new warehouse inspection service for the southwest is an official named. in a congressiopal report as accepting “gratuities.” The chief inspector's job would -be to prevent further thieving in the grain storage program. r » . SEN. ANDERSON made the charge as the Senate Agriculture Committee was dozing through a tedious argument between Sen. James P. Kem

(R. Mo.) and ture Secretary Charles nan over Mr, Brannan's responsibility in

. charge of the new inspection

service... First, they said, the Dallas office would have. to obtain Washington approval of any reorganization.

® =» 8 SEN. ence to the Baton Rouge case dragged out one of the Agriculture Department's well-worn skeletons. N In the fall of 1049, five Texas promoters — friends of Jack Cowart, a top agriculture “contact man” on Capitol Hill—bid $205,000 for a World War II military warehouse built to serve New Orleans port at a cost of more than $2 million. Mr, .Cowart's mother-in-law received a block of stock later redeemed for $22,000. Jess Lar.

ANDERSON'S Tefer-

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"You're always reading about rocketing around in Proamin

stead of : : a ONE OF THESE character why don't you go to the moon a snowy white toupee, special- : toll ¥ a on the Baton Rouge cass. ment, Mr. Campbell became a gag, Riki Department lawyers Mr. Cowast's attorney for ol- to get me a visa for Cuechothe evidence un lecting a portion of the $22,000 slovakia. ‘ this , after a House According to Senate testimony, ir atid Mik. “But it ines. : Mr. ; hy Jook ie pay % have it ready untfl tomorrow "mm didn 4 TO uy afternoon.” e reason they 't get made ou y "vn a fll4n was that rE ry Mike was in an overcrowded

World War II a former as-

Italy and Yugoslavia are scrapping again over who's going to get Trieste. If you're a screw-ball-fancier, you can’t help hoping nobody wins. Nothing should happen that might alter that town's delightful goofiness. Trieste, the city, now is governed under a United Nations trusteeship by the U. 8. and Great Britain and thus is a kind of international city, It's also strategically located at the gateway to Communist Eu-

rope. . »

» AS A RESULT, the town is crawling with spies.

you to : ing lunch in the Cafe Unita. ”

. r THE last government favor done to the Texans in the warehouse deal was to defer Committee

Public. hearings on the Chas Mike. reterring Hs. he until after the Army had re- leagues. “They a wo hone 10 Di Bad Be ware. at on oe? + could for up to : a document from a hotel room

and any day now you'll probably hear about ‘the Trieste agents provocateur union striking for a minimum wage, a 40-hour week and free cloaks and daggers.

In . Trieste, moreover, the strangest people turn out to be spies. One pointed out to me by an intelligence officer was

a woman with the build of a ,

Sherman tank, who had 11 children. But she'd lived all over the Middle East and could

speak a dozen la ; dialects, nguages and » - . THERE ARE, also, some beautiful dames spying for a living. Trieste is famous for good-looking dolls and they flirt with vigor. and enterprise. But the guys they pick up enjoy their company for free so long as they have in< formation to leak; the dames collect from the agents they're working for. . They're a zany lot. A blueeyed blond sidled up to my table one night and indicated she'd accept a drink. After quenching her thirst, she made her pitch. I said I was fresh out of etchings and, besides, the boss didn’t ‘like me to buy information, ” ~ » THE DOLL sighed and got up to go, but not until she'd delivered what she probably ured would be the rohatly 2 “Okie-dokie,” she said. “But I am a good cook, too.”

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