Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1952 — Page 12

81G WHEEL... By Samuel Lubell Taking Over In Romania

EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Lubell, author eof

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PAGE 12 Tuesday, June 3, 1952 | "01 phe Future of American Politics” is a free-lance writer who traveled several dally oy * months in Europe’s Iron Curtain countries ingd Ee SE Ey shortly after the end of World War IL Gen. Emil Bodnaras, who is réported to be - I gindar” She 3 emerging as Romania's “strong man” followET fo pant ing the shakeup of Communist leadership there Bg eens, 8 with the dropping of Ana Pauker, has the rs ails #1 x . n stocky build of an athlete. His close-cropped

Tans Fos To Give Light and the People Will Find Thelr Own Way 40's, he smokes specially imported nicotinev free cigarettes, using a cigarete holder. Although he commands the Romanian secret Checks Sustained, Balances Preserved police. he ia not without a sense of humor and UR SYSTEM of representative government, of govern- Dt in the fall of 1946, T spent two ment by checks and balances, of government by law - hours With, Gen. Sotaaras m ‘ome of the Jew and not by men, has been reinforced and vindicated. elections were not far off. I remarked that all In the steel case, the Supreme Court read the plain reports indicated Romanians would vote against English in the Constitution and, by its decision, made the the. Soutnaniat Sd dates. Gen. Bodnaras Constitution live. “You can’t trust such reports. In your own The high court fulfilled its constitutional duty to check country the Gallup Poll always underestimated ‘ms headstrong President gone rampant beyond the limi- Mr. Roosevelt’s strength.” tations prescribed for him by both Constitution and law. Steps Were Taken The court preserved what Mr. Justice Jackson, in his HE ASSURED me in quiet, tarse tones that strong concurring opinion, called “the balance power struc- “all the necessary steps will be en to see ture of our republic.” It sustained the all-inclusive author- that Hie Hecte 8 nealls pe ® ihe a ity of Congress to make the laws, followed, all the “nocessary. steps” were taken Had the court done otherwise, as Mr, Justices Douglas to au a Com TOMY: i Poll. Gen pointed out in his concurring opinion, it would have been ' podnaras—who has never been up of the sanetioning the power of the President not only to execute Dae River, A 2 ne Years in the laws, but to “make some.” fi ; : “Such a step,” said Justice Douglas, “would most as- State: mn en wn : a Tete, Those suredly alter the pattern of the Constitution.” darkened glasses of Eoviel propaganda, Almost 5 Mr. Truman, in seizing the steel industry last April 9, Be In a icipaing oe E Ioreiie said he acted by virtue of the authority vested in me by ° “Romania, with her economy tied to the the Constitution and the laws of the United States.” But the Soviet Union, will not suffer from this depres- " court said neither the Constitution nor the law gaye him

sion as we did in 1929.” He foreshadowed for us a “grave crisis of

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"Mr. Truman “tried to abe his 0 own fy 1 e words of Justice Jackson, he tried to “invest himself with undefined emergency powers.” To uphold him, as Justice Douglas said, the court would have had to expand and rewrite the Constitution “to suit the political conveniences of the present emergency.”

. What Comes Next? hin ge Once again’ the steel industry grinds to a halt.

would come begging Tor markets and invests ments outlets in Eastern Europe. The Soviets and their satellites he believed would be able to “exploit the depression to their own telling advantage. 5 “. .

Predicts About-Face GEN. BODNARAS -conceded that the Soviets were exacting heavy reparations from Romania but predicted, “In three years Russia will be putting more- into Romania than she is fak- . ing out.” The way he said.it made me wonder _" ‘whether the Kremlin had actually. made some

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= wren mr AWOL. Deen apt rea wre Always a good deal of a “reystery man.” .. Once again the economy is Ramsiring aid weakened - gen, Bodnaras was eager to correct reports that by the stubborn inability of ambitious union leaders and he was . Soviet Huon or of Pialme. ‘par- . entage. e Insis is father ha een a adamant management executives to reconcile their differ- peasant in Yasoviets, In Bukoulna, now a Rus‘ences. sian province, but then part of "Austria-Hun- _ Once again government muddling has produced a situ- gary. His Hohe? waa the daughter of a rail“ation inimical to the public welfare. aa goed a Sesame + Communist. Ye The danger of a steel strike, which was: the pretext for smiled, replying, “that is a very interesting Mr. Truman's impetuous and now countermanded seizure, Story, but a long one” but gave no details. alized The best information around Bucharest was has materia ised. ~~. : that he had joined the Communist Party after The administration now has only two choices: being graduated From artillery opel Btatiossd 3 . along the Dniester River, Gen. naras woul ONE--To let the strike go on, and trust to the collec swim across at night to rendezvous with the tive bargaining the government interrupted to end it in Russians. He is reported to have deserted in time—a serious risk to defense production and economic - 1932, taking with him some secret military stability. papers, and Ihrawing his Slotisg in he river to have it appear he ha en drowned, TWO—Or to invoke the disdained Taft-Hartley Law Es . : as a means of resuming production and by this means to Guilty in Absentia i 1 empl her than their union leaders, GEN. BODNARAS was tried and found give the Stee p oyees, rat 3 . . ws guilty in absentia. In 1934, returning to Bucharthe right to decide the terms of employment they will Jo) "os recognized by a former classmate, accept. arrested and imprisoned. The story is that he escaped to Russia a year or two later. But The strike was called by CIO President Philip Murray £aPe os said that he spent eight years Jess than an hour after Mr. Justice'Black began reading i, prison, after which he escaped and remained the Supreme Court decision. And, obviously, long before Mr. in the Romanian Jnderground Snider ; an 2 Murray could learn of the portentious summation of Justice JT0 AUTRE "5 Jllia Gen. Bodnaras Douglas’ concurring opinion which said: engineered the escape from prison of Gheorghe “Today a kindly President uses the seizure power to - pg So Age Ri ong 10 be the new effect a wage increase and to keep the furnaces in produc- When I interviewed Bodnaras, he had not tion. . , yet been named defense minister—his official “Yet tomorrow another President might use the same power to prevent a wage increase, to curb trade unionists, to regiment labor as oppressively as industry thinks it has been regimented in this seizure.” There is no way of long preserving free government, as Justice Jackson said, ‘except that the executive be under the law, and that the law be made by parliamentary deliberations.” The steel crisis is a threat to the nation. But it is far

title was secretary-general to the prime minister —but he was described as “the coming man of less sinister than the constitutional crisis now safely resolved.

power” by some of the keenest diplomatic obWe Need Planes Now

servers. He was reputed to be in real command of the secret police, to pass on all applications SENATOR TAFT'S foreign policy speech was a major contribition "to better understanding of the basic issue .

for exit visas and to be the “one man in the government who always does what he says he confronting the American people—the need for immediate » preparedness.

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By Frederick C. Othman:

Bare Chests and Bum Jokes Due

WASHINGTON. June 3—I1 have staked ‘oiit

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They're supposed to be investigating Li provoking taik on the television and the radio; it would be unseemly if they, themselves, uttered

anything unfit to appear in this family news-

paper. I'm beginning. to fear they may. The question simply is whether our statesmen have any business functioning as arbiters of good taste. Are they to be judges of how much female epidermis is to appear on the 20inch screen? Are they the ones to decide whether a joke is funny, or merely blue? In my day I have listened to some congressional jokes. So, of course, have the Congressmen. Their opinion in general is that purifying the public mifd is one thing they should skip. There are exceptions, of course, such as Ezekiel Candler Gathings. He's the Democratic Representative from West Memphis, Ark., an attorney, churchman, member of three fraternities and long-time Congressthan, What he’s been seeing on TV and hearing on the radio make him cringe. That's fair enough. Some people aré more sensitive than others and Rep. Gathings has full right to his opinions on the caliber of public entertainment.

Sea of Leather Chairs

IT ALSO was proper for him to introduce a resolution calling for an official investigation of the morals of the air waves. Such resolutions have been offered before and invariably they have died quietly. Only this time the House of Representatives was a sea of brown leather chairs. Hardly any of our statesmen were on the job when the clerk read Rep. Gathings’' resolution. By actual count, 33 were in their chairs; 432 were someplace else. Most of the 33 were easy blushers, like Rep. Gathings and me; with a minimum of legislative mumbo-jumbo they adopted his resolution

ordering the Interstate Commerce Committee.

to make the inquiry. Ooops! When their missing brethren heard about this, there was the deuce (I almost. said, hell) to pay..Some of ‘em really were sore; said Congress had been euchred into becoming a board of censorship. There was nothing they could do; the investigation went ahead. Appointed as chairman was Oren Harris (D. Ark.), who maybe has been bored by tele-

SIDE GLANCES ‘Obsolete’ Planes May -

Reserve Force

“The airpower race with

& 3-8 congressional tempers _ in. bound.

Bum Jokes on Tap * i "FIRST WITNESS is Rep. Gathings, hii:

‘At ICC Probe of TV and Radio

_Vinion, ‘but never has. felt impelled to call the - a pont row sent; in the sanctum of the Interstaté - police. So” his prablem fan't: sasy. ee do.

self. I understand he’s made a collection of the "things he’s seen and heard; mostly tch-tch-tchy,

and I don't want to miss a word., Bare chests.

and bum jokes seem to be the subject for the next few days. Then there is the matter of beer advertising. The committee will have ‘to delve into this, in connection with charges that it is teaching the young to drink. 1 can’t be too sure of this, but I will testify it is making the young thirsty. For the last week there's been a youngster in my house and nightly he’s been glued to the TV set, except when “the beer ads come on. The ladies and gentlemen gulping the cooling suds automatically send him down to the refrigerator for a peaker of milk. One night he fooled the beery thirst producers; he mixed himself a pitcher of lemonade ahead of time. You see what T mean. For hot weather entertainment, the investigation should be perfect. So long as the gentlemen keep it clean, that is.

What Others Say—

Ir is the Yalu River that has forced ... .an air war that is predominantly tactical. Less than 3 per cent of the entire Far East Air

Forces’ effort (was) required to paralyze North.

Korean industry ‘by neutralizing 18 strategic targets.—Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey, US AF. >

WE (Republicans) have our problems because we have extremists of the right—those who would freeze our nation into the status “quo with whatever inequalities that go with it. —Gov, Earl Warren. dD THERE is not an ounce of metooism in Bob Taft.—David Ingalls, Taft's Sampaign manager, * WHAT we must do is convince the people that they will not be exchanging one group of thieves for another if they elect a Republican administration—Sen. Richard Nixon (R. Cal.).

By Galbraith

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MR. EDITOR: Our

sun. reverse their thinking, if they think,

They would have up believe thet It's In thy aftr. est of good government to grant of L increases for themselves and deny the same thing to the people they are supposed to represent. About the same time all this was taking place Congress passed a bill allowing veterans,

pa because of age or other physical defects

ars unable to sustain themselves and families, the munificent sum of $3 per month increase in

was returned to the committee without recommendation. It will probably die there. Unless my power to reason logically is greatly impaired, all this clearly indicates the attitude of our gentlemen in Congress.

Everything for the rich and greedy, nothing for the poor

and needy. One day during the Civil War, President Linéoln picked up a dispatch reporting the loss of six mules and a Brigadier General. He replied, replace the General, but mules cost $125." It’s time the people use the same reasohing ° in connection with Congressmen. ~—Theo. B. Marshall, 1114 Tecumseh St., City.

An Eastern Plot? MR. EDITOR: & One cannot. help but hold suspect the influx

.of pro-Eisenhower speakers from the East, such

as “Wild Bill” Donovon of New York, and ask the question: Since when has Indiana found need to be indoctrinated with Eastern Seaboard political philosophy? The old solid Indiana Midwest politics and thought should satisfy the rank and file of Indiana voters, be they Republicans or Democrats. -A little quiet study of pro-Eisenhower backers is quite interesting.” One cannot help but come to the=conclusion that on the national level those spear-heading the Eisenhower boom are largely ‘prompted by" jealously of Sen. Taft. most casual glance at the. FisehRoWer_ bnokers: AEA ery dette Hs “_pressiohi the support cames chiefly from those

_*who are .on the outer fringe of’ political influ-

énce, and, chafing under their relative unimportance politically, and desperately intent on gaining top political influence, are grabbing onto the Eisenhower coattails. oy ? sJohn c Johnson, Bridgeport.

Medical Information MR. EDITOR: Indianapolis and Marion- County are grow-

.ing rapidly and one of the things which new

families moving into this community want and

have a right to expect is good medical care.

This area is fortunate in having an excellently trained group of -physicians, but many times newcomers are not acquainted with doctors and don’t know where to turn to find out. This information service is something which the Indianapolis Medical Society is equipped for and is eager to provide. If new residents will only’ call the Medical Society the names of physicians in the neighborhood will be given to them. It would seem a wise thing to become acquainted, with the neighborhood doctor before illness strikes to let him know that you want to be his patient when the need arises. - The Medical Society is ready and willing to give advice regarding physicians, their office hours and specialties. This includes not only newcomers but “old” families as well. —dJoseph E. Palmer, Executive Secy.

Thanks for Pup MR EDITOR: I am writing this letter to thank with all my heart, all the people who were so nice to my little girl (Jan Ann) in regdrds to her little puppy. I received many calls from people offering their puppies and also their pets they have had for many years. She now has a puppy five weeks old which is as cute as can be. We received this puppy from Mrs. Florence Evans at 4414 E. Michigan St. So, again I sincerely thank all who calle

and bffered their pets.

~Mrs. James Reinert, City. %

STEP FORWARD . . . By Ludwell Denny

Allies Waking Up In Propaganda War

WASHINGTON, June 3 —

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“too bad about the mules, I can easily .

op what was Gen. Bodnaras's real job, one diplomat replied, “To do whatever is necessary to see that Soviet power in Romania is not dislodged.” If Gen. Bodnaras does become the Kremlin's new right arm in Romania, that is likely to remain his job. AIR POWER... By Jim G. Lucas He said that a strong American foreign policy must be bullt around air power potent enough to protect this continent from attack and capable of bombing’ Russia's mobilization and production centers. "This we do not have, and as long as Russia retains air superiority it goes without saying that our own nerve and production centers, such. as New York, Chicago, Detroit, Plttsburgh and Cleveland, will remain in deadly peril. Hence it is ridiculous, as the Senator remarked, to + spend $10.5 billion next. year for aid to foreign countries when we do not have the Air Force in being to protect either Europe or the U. 8. . A lot of excuses have been offered in attempts to explain away-.the breakdown in defense production, but glib explanations are no substitute tor armor. However, passing over past blunders, surely something can be done now to improve the. situation, if the will is present to do it. When ‘we know that the U. 8S. produced 96,369 planes

- That is where Senator Taft comes in, it seems to us. Congress is in session and he is a respected leader of the Republicans in Congress. When the executive branch of the * government fails its duty, the public must look to Congress for corrective action. Congressional committees have assembled a great mass of information on this subject, and it is'time we had some answers on what can be done now -to build more planes fast. We cannot’ risk waiting until 1957 to gain air parity with Russia. : be If more money is needed for air power, Congress should yote it—and do the “stretching eut” on some less of } commitments. Sen. Taft's leadership in Corigress jon is issue could help force a showdown. No one needs to be told that the biggest bottleneck in : pipeline is in the White House. Accepting

in 1944, we cannot accept the administration's contention’ that the, best it will be able to do this year is 7500 planes.

One reason we aren't building more “airplanes is simply that we always figure we can build a better one tomorrow, is That's part of the “calculated risk” President Truman took when he set our defense production -goals back three years. He and his advisers decided it wasn't wise to build too many planes now, with prospects that they'd be obsolete before they could be used. It's a question that bothers all military branches. For instance, it applies to the Navy's submarine planners. As ‘part of his calculated risk, Mr. Truman decided it was hetter to build productive capacity than planes. A going. healthy production line, he ruled, is worth more to us than mass production now, followed by a letdown which might collapse the booming aircraft industry. “The addition of productive capacity has been the printipal objective of the (mobilization) program.” the Aireraft Industries Association says, “This contrasts with our efforts during World War II, when delivery was of primary concern.” There is sométhing to be said for this. » . | “AN AIRPLANE that can achieve air superiority is a

good investment” J H.

(Dutch) Kindleberger, board

‘chairman of North American

Aviation, Inc, says. “An air-

Soviet Russia is the damnedest race we ever got in,” he says.. “We don't know when or where the finish tape will be located. It may be halfway around the first lap, of it may be at any number of turns around. the track. It's tough to run that kind of a race, especially when the fellow in the red shirt not only knows how long the race will last, but has many red and pink brothers scattered around the track

throwing blocks into us and

luring us into detours.” ” ” n BERNARD BARUCH the Senate Preparedness Investigating Committee last week that this country needs “a clear cut point of decision to determine ‘when designs

should be frozen and weapons put into production . . changes , in design are costly. Some

“clearly designated person must

decide when to stop improving and start producing. , . ." Mr. Baruch is convinced we should. produce weapons—not blueprints—now. He is convinced we are too quick to declare weapons obsolete. In other words, we may be a bit too finnicky. “All sorts of reasons are raised against putting weapons into production,” he told the committee. “Consider the

much talked of matter of ob-

solescence. What is obsolete

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"If you know that umpire is a bum and a robber, why don't

you tell the management and have him dismissed? ™

The Allies are beginning to win propaganda battles, Until now they have been weaker in psychological warfare even than in military buildup.

Although American don’t know it, many millions of nonCommunists in Europe — as well as in Asia—think we are a worse menace to peace than the Russians, Some suspect our motives. More of them fear we, with our undisciplined power, fabulous wealth and provocative impatience, will blunder the world into war.

This lack of ‘trust in our

leadership is as much a factor as envy and wedriness in the faflufée of Western Europe to go all-out for joint defense. 4 ~ ” . STALIN has been clever in capitalizing on this. He knows that the most potent European force today is fear of war. Therefore, his propaganda, in a hundred different ways, focuses on this obsession. And his constant reiteration of the peace cry and his continuous use of the dove symbol have paid off. He was able to get away with the big lie partly because the Allies mistakenly assamed

Europeans that the “Ameri can bomb mania” was thei: gravest menace. And while he

provoked the arms race with

the biggest “peacetime” mili: tary force in history, he convinced ‘many of his innocence by proposing a flat one-third cut in armaments—which ‘we rejected. It would freeze his lead, and at less cost to him. Now at last the Allies have proposed in the United Nations a genuine arms reduction plan, which is simple enough to enlighten the European rank-and-file and” to expose Stalin’s masquerade, It in effect would cut armaments by half, instead of by a third. But not in a way to leave Russia supreme, and not until Stalin allows real ‘internation-

_ al atomic control and lifts the Iron Curtain to permit United .

Nations inspection and ‘en {forcement of arms agreements "

» AT THE Allies have nailed Stalin's proposal for German rearmament without controls, which West-

armament he had a big propaganda advantage: Now his plan for an unfettéred German national army seems far more even . to many

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