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re GY John 8. Fine of Pennsylvania, who talked with Gen. Eisenhower Sunday, found himself “in general agreement” with Ike in most respects. But the Governor added that he was not “entirely satisfied” with the General's views on some key issues. We suspect that Gov. Fine is not alone in this re-

gard. While the Pennsylvanian did not indicate the points upon which he was not wholly satisfied; it is known that most of their discussion had to do with foreign affairs. We believe that some clarification of the General's views in this field would be welcomed by a great many people. Most of Gen. Eisenhower's experience in recent years has been in Europe, and he would not be expected to be as well informed on matters in the Far East. It is in that area, however, where we are actually fighting now, and where indeed, the crucial battle with communism may be fought. The General was honest and forthright in saying he had no immediate answer for the Korean situation and we honor him for his frankness. We join with him, too, in deploring the China tragedy. But we should like to hear him discuss the Asian outlook in general, in the hope that he may have some constructive substitute for the wholly negative policy the U. 8. is pursuing in that ‘area. We respect Gen. Eisenhower for his desire not to deal in personalities, He can clarify his attitude toward the State Department without abandoning that position. Many people want to be assured that the General fully understands what caused the China debacle, and that he is determined to clean out of the State Department all the men who were responsible for what happened—some of whom are

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But No Appeasement

HE London magazine, The Economist, in commenting upon the current political campaign in this country, remarks that observers have discerned a new mood in the United States which should occasion deep concern.

This mood is not a “rejection of the objects of Ameri: can foreign policy,” but one of “skepticism about the progress being made in attaining them and of impatience with the burdens it imposes.” More discriminating than some of its American critics, The Economist regards Sen. Taft's recent foreign policy speech as a reflection of this mood rather than “isolationism in the old sense.” But it warns that the idea of a permanent Atlantic community “is not so firmly based in American public opinion that Europe can take it for granted or run any risks with it.”

This London magazine feels that European opposition politicians who have been using the American alliance as a convenient means 6f embarrassing their own governments are playing “a very dangerous game.” It wonders if such persons “reflect sufficiently on the Europe that they would inherit if the American shield were to be withdrawn." For, The Economist remarks, ‘‘The Stalinist empire has not changed its character because, in the West, some phases of rearmament are found to hurt.”

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THIS PERTINENT observation is food for thought in this country as well as Europe.

Secretary Acheson's devious diplomacy and President Truman's hot-then-cold handling of rearmaments do not lessen in any degree the threat confronting us. If we become indifferent to that problem, we do so at our own peril. And if some of our Allies do not appear to be keeping faith with us it does not follow that all of our alliances should

be scrapped.

Of one thing, however, all Americans may be justly proud. We may be impatient, and we may view some of our overseas relationships with skepticism. A But despite the wide disparity of views held in this country on many subjects, not -a single U. S. political figure of any significance has espoused an appeasement policy toward the Soviet Union in the present political campaign. If the same could be said of each of our Allies, the future of the North Atlantic community could not be questioned.

Exercise—Ugh

BERNARR MACFADDEN, who was eating roughage and beating his chest before Gaylord Hauser could say yogurt, has made a proposal guaranteed to give spasticity of the alimentary tract to every manjack of us who survived the physical training programs of World War IIL Briefly—in fact, the less said about it the better— health faddist MacFadden told a House committee he wanted the government to sponsor a program of calisthenics. For everybody, mind you. We're in pretty seedy shape, Mr. M. contends, and what we-need is a federal push-up administration to snap us out of it. Rep. E. H. Hedrick (D. W, V&.), who was a doctor before his patients sent him to Congress, has introduced a bill to carry out Mr, MacFadden's scheme. ; After testifying, Mr. MacFadden told reporters he would be happy to celebrate his 84th birthday Aug. 16 by making a parachute jump into the Potomac River. The: way our muscles feel now, after just a small

experience with hoe-and-spade calisthenics in the garden;

Mr, MacFadden and his exercise plan can do just that—go jumpin the river. POLITICAL SCIENCE MYSTERIES North Carolina Democrats decided to send an uninstructed delegation in

favor of Sen. Russell (D. Ga.) to the national convention. Sen, Aiken (R. Vt.) claims the farmers voted for Mr.

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WAR AND PEACE . . . By R. H. Shackford

The World Powder Keg Waits On

LONDON, June 11—Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden predicted about a month ago that prospects of world peace seemed ‘a little brighter.” More recently, Mr. Churchill has declared the general situation ‘very grave” because of the threats and dangers in Korea, and President Truman has described the world situation “diffi cult and dangerous in. the extreme,”

War of Nerves

WHAT 18 the reason for this change of view? The Kremlin seemed--for it—peaceful as a lamb a month ago. It was still pursuing its spring “peace offensive,’ trying to inveigle the West

into another four-power conference on Russia's

terma. : When the West refused to “fall” for it, the Kremlin turned it off and started another kind of offensive, Now the Kremlin i= engaged in

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another full-fledged renewal of its periodical war of nerves. Western diplomats Agsee: The outlook for peace is less favorable just a few weeks ago; the future months look extremely difficult and will call for steady nerves; western unity faces its greatest test to date. Having failed to stop the signing of the West German and European Army treaties, the Kremlin appears ready to make it a hot summer in an effort to scare the parliaments of Germany and France out of ratifying those documents. The great unknown quantity is: How high a price is the Kremlin prepared to pay to stop ratification and, thus, German rearmament? That it is probably a high price, no one denies. That it would include steps that might precipitate another war, is hard to believe in this atomic ‘age. But, the reasoning of“the men in the Kremlin has often seemed hard to believe, 7

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Dr. McHale Called Good ‘Judge’

WASHINGTON, June 11—When the Communist Party started its big parade of prisoner witnesses hefdre the Subversives Activities Control Board this week, Dr. Kathryn McHale and Chairman Peter Campbell Brown were on the bench to pass judgment on their case. They are the two remaining meémbers of the original panel set-up to consider the Communist Party case at its inception. Hearings on the Justice Department petition to require the C.P. to register under the McCarran law began last April. The defense has just started. Meanwhile the term of office of Dr. McHale expires and President Truman has sent her name to the Senate for a new three-year term.

Logansport Native BORN at Logansport and the sister of Frank M. McHale. recently ousted long-time Democratic National committeeman from Indiana, Dr. McHale's career never has been in the active partisan political field. Thus her ‘whole background has fitted her for the position of judge, rather than advocate, When the third original panel member and then panel chairman, former Republican Rep. Charles A. LaFollette, Evansville, failed of confirmation by the Senate, he retired from the board. But Mr. LaFollette was full of high

praise for Dr. McHale's completely judicial conduct. She has seldom missed a sitting of this

quasi-court. Nor has she missed a point made by the perpetually arguing lawyers on either the government or Communist side. She lets Chairman Brown handle the legal points, as he is himself a lawyer. Witnesses receive the utmost courtesy and fair treatment from her. This is even admitted by former Rep. Vito Marcantonio (L. P.), New York, the C. P. lawyer in the case with cocounsel John J. Abt.

U. S. Case Took Year

ON APR. 23, 1952, one year to the day from the inception 6f the hearing, the Justice Department completed its presentation, It had presented 22 witnesses, mostly ex-Comunists and FBI undercover agents. Their testimony was intended to show that the C. P. is under Soviet control and, therefore, all its activities must bear the Red label and its officers, dues-paying membership and other data be registered. Any name on such a list bars the person from federal employment or jobs in defense plants,

Among the better known ex-Communists to

- testify for the government was Benjamin Gitlow

and Louis F. Budenz. The latter, like Mr. LaFollette, Dr. McHale and new board member Watson B. Miller, is a native Hoosier. He was born in Indianapolis and Mr. Miller in

Rensselaer. : Before joining the’ board, Dr McHale was for 21 years General Director of the American Association of University Women, with headquarters here. ‘Through her sustained initiative, which she has shown-by her daily presence and patience on the hearing panel, the AAUW mem-

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bership increased from 33,000 to 115400 during her directorship. Before taking that office, Dr. McHale held professorships in psychology and education at Goucher College, Baltimore, Md. and taught summer classes at the University of Minnesota and her alma mater, Columbia University.

Was Purdue Trustee

SHE HAS been a member of the Board of Trustees at Purdue University, chairman of the Citizens Federal Advisory Committee of the U. 8S. Office of Education, member of the U. 8. Commission for UNESCO, and a member of several executive committees of national educational organizations. During the war, Dr. McHale directed her efforts on developing programs for drawing qualified women into scientific-indust-rial work. Reappointment of David J. Coddaire, Republican lawyer from Massachusetts and also an original member of the board, was sent to the Senate at the same time asx that of Dr. McHale. Their present terms expire Aug. 9. Both are for three-year appointments.

BUCKS HIS OLD BOSS. . . Symington Slaps

| % Major's trusted lieutenants: Cas: being ‘an after-hours black market auto dealer. The heavy-jowled Major, clad in white and

The most hopeful thing is Kremlin done this kind of thing before _ the whole way when the West lutely. In fact, such Soviet tactics in have helped unite the West more determinedly. Previous cases included: : 2; The Marshall Plan—After walking out the generous American offer, the Soviets egged the Communists in France and Italy to stage a long series of political strikes. But in the end, the governments won. ; Creationy of the West German Federal Republic in 1948—The Russians blockaded Berlin, a challenge the West met with an airlift. Creation of NATO-—Aggression in Korea.

Not the First Time

NOW THAT the Western powers have decided to take another step toward German rearmamefit, the Russians, after failing to get the West into a phony conference, are:

ONE-—Widening the Iron Curtain between Fast and West Germany, and threatening conversion of the paramilitary East German forces into an East German army. -

TWO-—Calling out Communist shock troops -~street fighters and riot provocateurs—in Paris and Tokyo to defy law and order.

THREE—Starting what looks like a “creeping blockade” of Berlin,

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FOUR-—Continuiug the Stalsmate In an forces in North Korea. ° So Ho ore All this coincides with efforts oF ro governments to get popular for their’ new policies. Ratification of the treaties just. signed, for example, is doubtful in France ; Germany. : But threats and violence in the streets by . Communist thugs may do more to win waverers and doubters to the side of the West than debate. :

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IN THE WINTER of 1947-48, the French ' public finally got fed up with the Communist ine - spired general strike—the last successful politi£al strike in France. The government had overwhelming support when it broke that strike, It. was unquestionably easier. in the f te months to get support for the decision to set.’ up a separate West German government at Bonn in the face of Communist screams. fod That could happen again—that is, provided. .. the Russians haven't decided to raise the price they're ready to pay to prevent further unification of the West. np The Kremlin price already is perilously close to war. As Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has . warned, one of the great dangers iz an unforeseen incident somewhere along the Iron Curtain * which might touch it off, A

STANDING ROOM ONLY . .. By Frederick C. Othman

Pies Loaded With ‘Horseshoes’ Smack Kapital Kops in the Face

WASHINGTON, June 11-—Folks attended the movies in the long ago to enjoy the suffering of the Keystone Kops. Now we've got the Kapital Kop#: in charge of law and order in the world's greatest seat of government, taking in the face custard pies (loaded with horseshoes) from the Senate District Crime Committee.

This also is a standing-room-only performance. And I must say it's kind of a satisfaction at that to see a really tough cop like Maj. Robert J. Barrett, until a few weeks ago our upstanding chief, in utter flounderation flushing scarlet. ; While the Major was boss kop, the chief of his narcotics squad was said to have delivered dope to the peddlers he was supposed to catch. One of Maj. Barrett's top inspectors, charged with being a pal of big-time gamblers, couldn't —or wouldn't—explain where got thousands of dollars in cash he stashed in his bank account. Another inspector was an unofficial money lender for the flat-feet, while one"of the with

black shoes and a zephyr-weight summer suit of policeman blue, blushed. He also sweated, though the chamber was air-conditioned.

Quotes Browning's Poetry THEN Sen. Matthew M. Neely (D, W. Va.)

made the Major cringe by paraphrasing some

Robert Browning poetry at him. Maj. Barrett's pain was something that not even Mack Sennett could have reproduced on film. The Major said he'd done the best he could. He said it in a soft voice with a Southern accent. And if his kops were pulling phonies under his nose he never knew it. “You just took it for granted that God was in his Heaven and all was right with law enforcement in the District of Columbia?” inquired the Senator. * “Uh,” began the Major, thinking hard. “I wasn't talking about God.”

“Regardless of what you were talking about, you did nothing about enforcement of the nare cotics laws,” snapped Sen. Neely.

The statesmen went into detail about the activities of Lt. Hjalmar Carper, the chief of the narcotics detail, who drove his own Cadillac, joined one of the town’s most exclusive country clubs and took vacations in California. They had sworn evidence that Lt. Carper confiscated dope from other peddlers and handed it to Jim Yellow Roberts, that once he drove a consignment of cocaine in from the airport because Jim Yellow was afraid to go after it, himself,

Police Chief Amazed

THEY HAD further evidence that Jim Yel« low slipped Lt. Carper a monthly fee ind that,. in effect, the head of the narcotics squad was not-so-silent partner in the retail dope business. LtpCarper meantime had been indicted, but has not yet been tried. ws

Nobody was s8 amaged as the chief of polis when this information became public, the chief

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“But were you not suspicious about the Cadillac and the country club?” insisted Sen. Neely. 2 “I had information that he had an income from one of the richest farms in Fairfax County, Va.” the Major replied. “I would have trusted Lt. Carper to the end of the world, I am a surprised and disappointed man.”

Then the Senators took 'up the subject of Maj. Barrett's own finances. “What about that $2500 in cash he said his mother gave him in 1948?” :

The Major clammed up. Said he was stand. ° ing- on his constitutional rights. Refused to testify against himself.

Kops. The Keystone bluecoats never got in a mess like this one. The audience filed out, even as of old, with a pleased expression on its collective face.

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Hoosier Forum—'‘Serious Matter’

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MR. EDITOR: I am not in the postal service, but I am a citizen who is interested in seeing those in civil service receive a decent break. Therefor, I consider it a serious matter when the people in our postal service who, “with few exceptions, are hard-working, conscientious individuals, do’ not receive the pay which they have earned by serving you and me. The fact that no provisions have been made Thus far to meet their payroll will force many of them to go into debt. The postman who

By James Helbert

the Fair Deal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. June Gen. MacArthur not been from the recent Democratic 11-~Compared with the good fired. : state convention, there is some old days of party harmony, # x = pid doubt as to whether Mr. Symy party y MR. SYMINGTON is also ington need worry about that.

Democrats here in President Truman's home state are cutting up something scandalous. Whereas the Pendergast machine was once all-power-ful, it now bumps along on a flat tire. Several cylinders seem to be missing, too. And whereas leading Democrats here once spoke only highly of Mr. Truman, one of his former chief lieutenants now is kicking the Fair Deal all over the place. The man with the boot is W. Stuart Symington, once a top man in Mr, Truman's estimation and now seeking the Democratic nomination U. 8. Senator from Missouri. » » ” MR. TRUMAN is backing the state attorney general, J. FE. (Buck) Taylor, has Pendergast support. ” » » Mr. Symington, a St. Louis manufacturer, took over the scandal-ridden Reconstruction Finance Corp. last year to help the President out of a hot spot. Earlier, Mr, Symington had

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performed other top-flight jobs for the administratiom, But when he resigned as RFC administrator this year and announced for the Senate, he didn't get White. House backing. Instead. Mr. Truman went along with hig old friends in Kansas City—the remains of the Pendergast organization--and came out for Atty, Gen. “Taylor. ; Now, Mr. Symington is charging that the Fair Deal has spent the taxpayers’ money like the proverbial drunken sailor, and with lit. tle more to show for the spree. Also rubbing the Truman followers the wrong way is the Symington plea for Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Mr. Symington is telling Missouri Democrats that the war would have gone a lot better in Korea had

bucking Jim Pendergast, political® heir of the (late Tom Pendergast, who bossed Missouri Democracy for years and twice helped elect Harry 8S. Truman to the Senate. Mr. Symington insists that a victory for his opponent, Mr. Taylor, would be a sign for the Pendergasts to start throwing their weight around. Judging

SIDE GLANCES

The Pendergast forces took a drubbing in the convention over the election of a Democratic. national committeeman. wever, nobody is writing off Jim Pendergast. Politicians 0 say his organization is or from 20,000 to 30,000 votés“on primary day, Aug. 5. That might be enough to sink Mr. Symington.

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serves my home was forced to buy a home three months ago because the house in which he was living was sold. He used all his savings as a. down payment and, because his salary has not been forthcoming, he cannot meet the current payment. Hiz goroblem undoubtedly .is the problem of many postal workers throughout the country. Like many more competent and experienced people in the postal service, he will be forced to seek employment elsewhere unless his pay i= forthcoming. In that event we will be the losers, Eo oe Ti SOME POSTAL workers are having to rely on their savings. I see no justification for any civil employee having to utilize his savings and

lose interest on it simply because no provisions have been made to pay him the salary he has earned. Many postal employees, out of patriatic motive, buy U. 8. Defense Bonds through the payroll savings plan. It is probable some already have been forced to cash in bonds. Others undoubtedly will be forced to .do so. ne

The ‘postman works for all of us whethér the weather is 20 degrees below zero or 100 de grees in the shade. The Postal Transport clerks continue to werk around the clock on the trains which~earry our mail despite thé fact they are receiving neither pay nor per diem to cover their expenses. a

This js an appalling situation which ol to be remedied immediately. Not only is it working a serious hardship on postal employees,

but it is seriously affecting the morale in the

postal service.

—M. B., City. Harry Told Them? . MR. EDITOR: :

One important fact both parties should bear in mind this election:

The people no longer vote the same as their grandfathers did or the way the parties tell us to. Instead we watch and listen and vote for whom we consider the best man.

In 1948 the people wanted Sen. Taft, HST told the GOP they couldn't win with Mr. Taft, s0 they nominated Tom Dewey and lost the election. :

In 1952 the people still want Sen. Taft. HST again said the GOP couldn’t win with Mr, Taft, Ike is the man. If the GOP is stupid enough to nominate Ike in July, they ought to be defeated in November, A cat is.supposed to open its eyes In nine days. One would think an elephant could open its eyes in 20 years. I am told you are fair-minded about both parties. I think both sides should be heard. —B. J, City Implication? ‘MR. EDITOR: Isn't it also true that when one has no very Sound reason he may create doubt or suspicion by implying this in a question? ° Isn't it also true that when you have no factual evidence to support your belief that Gen. Eisenhower or any other man gained fame through patronage you may cast reflections on the character of the man by asking

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