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The Governor Deals With a Strike

GY SCHRICKER, it seemed to us, handled firmly and with utmost fairness the nasty situation that grew out of the Allis-Chalmers strike in Terre Haute thig past week. It seemed so to the responsible leaders of organized labor in Indiana, too. J CIO and AFL officials, both on the local level at Terre Haute and on the state level, whose men had clashed with

each other on the picket line Monday, praised the action he took, and indorsed the course he followed. So did the elected authorities responsible for maintaining order in the city most concerned. It is small wonder, then, that the Governor was indignant at what he called “vicious falsehoods’ and charges

that he acted as “a tool” of one union faction for political reasons. : » . . . » w WE DON'T KNOW what else you could call therg. .

The union officials to whom such accusations were ? attributed all flatly said they had made no'such statements, but on the contrary had stated exactly the opposite. One minor worker in the Eisenhower campaign apparently-did-make some thoughtless and wholly uninformed charges that were immediately repudiated by the responsible leaders of his own organization. Not one single fact-supported the wild accusation that the Governor showed favoritism or. in any degree tried to play union politics in this unfortunate affair.

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IT IS TRUE THAT Gov. Schricker 1s a candidate for public office, and as such he can expect to have any aistakes he may make spotlighted and emphasized by political

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opponents. Even in politics, though . , . yes, even in Indiana politics +» » there has never been much political gain out of charges so plainly untrue-that everybody concerned knows they are untrue. Such attacks have an.ironic way of kicking back on those who make them and actually helping the man they were designed to hurt. We consider it very likely that will be the ultimate result this time,

Dubious Alliances

HEN THE British Parliament ratified the Allied peace contract with Western Germany, the Socialists voted solidly against an agreement they helped initiate when they were in control of the government. The British ‘Socialists also are opposing the rearmament program, which they ‘supported when they were in power. This “‘un-English” attitude of the British Socialists is of concern to us because Britain is regarded as our most dependable Ally. Would this continue to be true if the So‘vialists should return to power? The question is pertinent because approximately half of the British electorate supports the Labor Party—the label under which the Socialists operate in Britain. » » » 5 n » MOREOVER, this problem is more than a British problem because. socialism is becoming a third force throughout Western Europe. It is assuming what its advocates regard as middle ground between Russian communism and American capitalism. That so-called middle ground is much closer to the Soviet position on foreign policy than to ours, however. One of the immediate purposes of this movement is to delay Western Germany's rearmament. But its general position is one of appeasement and it is working to undermine the North Atlantic Pact. : An affinity bordering on an informal alliance exists between the Socialists of Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries and Western Germany. Where they are not in control, they hold a balance of power in most of those contries.

THIS THREAT to the American position in Europe and to the general collective security program has had altogether too little consideration in this country. As far as the State Department is concerned, there appears to be a conspiracy of silence against any mention of the problem. In Britain, however, the threat has’ become too real to be ignored. e ; Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the British ‘Socialists that their refusal to follow through on the negotiations they started themselves could only have these results: (1) to give aid and comfort to the Kremlin; (2) to encourage the German Socialists to obstruct ratification; (3) to give French doubters still another excuse for putting: off accepting Germany on terms of near equality; (4) to raise doubts in the U. S. as to whether America's Allies really know what they want. In the face of that admonition, the vote to ratify the treaty was 293 to 253, which shows the precarious state of the basket in which we ‘are putting most of our eggs— with ratification still uncertain both in France and Germany.

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or OFFICIALS, apparently for lack of anything better to do, have issued an amazing ruling.

“ They have decided that the price of mint juleps may be

raised at the Kentucky Derby, the Cheyenne frontier celebration and a few other special occasions on condition the prices revert to normal ceilings after the celebrations are . over. rh - This is one of the few times a Government ‘agency has openly indorsed price-gouging. Luckily, it is probable that before the next Kentucky Derby comes around a new Administration in Washington will have HE agencies from sucking such hone bla i . en

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ONE MORE TRY . . . By R. H. Shackford

Britain Gives Reluctant OK 'To Rearming of Germany

LLONDON, Aug. 2 — Britain has okayed going ahead with German rearmament—but only over the objections of the Parliamentary representatives of

more than half the British people. The British Socialists, who polled more votes but won fewer Commons seats than the Tories in the last election, tried vainly to get Churchill's government to postpone ratification of the German treaties. Ironically, the Socialists were in office when negotiations began on the German treaty and the European army, which is to include German units, But today, Right-Wing Socialists argued the time was “inopportune” and Left-Wing Bevanites objected even to the principle of German rearmament before “another last try with Stalin.”

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THE SOCIALISTS ignored Forekgn Minister Anthony Eden's warning that a. vote against ratification would “encourage our enemies and depress our friends” and give the Kremlin another victory. Mr. Eden even tried to josh the Socialists, divided between the Attleeites and the Bevanites. Their motion to defer ratification, said Mr. Eden, was only a compromise between “eating one's own words and being wagged by one's own tail,” designed more to unite the Socialist Party than to unite the country's foreign. policy. But he had no effect on the Socialists, who followed the line of all European Socialists against German rearmament, The British Socialists’ reluctance to follow through on the negotiations they started themselves can. only have these results: First, to give aid and comfort to the Kremlin, whose major objective is to stop German rearmament ana end good relations between West Germany and the Western Allies. Second; to encourage the German Socialists to obstruct ratification of the treaties. Third, to give French doubters still another. excuse for

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putting off the evil day of accepting Germany on terms of near equality. .g Fourth, to raise doubts in the U. 8S. as to whether America’s Allies really know what they want.

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THE BRITISH Socialists are among the leading critics of American foreign policy — especially America's tendency to change its mind. Now it is they who have changed their minds. The bitter pill they helped mould is in their mouths, but they don't want to swallow it. Truly, no one—not even the Germans themselves—are very happy about German rearmament. But no one has produced satisfactory alternative. : The French and Britis can't provide the manpower or the arms to defend Europe. They're even going to default their 1952 goals. The best the Socialists can do is blame the United States. Mr. Bevan claims the United States’ share of NATO rearmament program is ‘unreason-ably-small,” even though we're furnishing more than 80 per cent of the total. The National Executive British Socialist Party claims the U. S. should “furnish the French army

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arms and equipment promised” before proceeding with German rearmament.

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one theme — let's have one more shot at a talk with Stalin. The West already has éex-

pressed willingness to meet the

Russians and discuss free elections for all Germany, but the Russians have not replied to . the last note. Thus .the issue boils down to whether Western plans ‘should be brought to a standstill to await the Kremlin’s pleasure. - Mr. Eden warned, ‘The Soviets warmly welcome delay and it-would be profound error to think the Russians will be more amenable to negotiations if we delay ratification.” Neither Mr. Eden nor the Socialists made another obvious point—does anyoné think the Russians would call off their campaign started in June of sealing off Fastern Germany from the West? Is there any sign the ‘Russians would abolish that. 3-mile-wide no man’s land along the KEastWest German border or reorganize East Germany into a full-fladged Communist satellite state?

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HOOSIER FORUM—Tax Upheld

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

SEATS of STAKE . . . By’ Charles Lucey B Both Parties Gird for Battle For Control of U. S. Senate y

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—Voters in nearly a dozen states square off in the next few weeks

for a nation-wide battle in November involving control of the United States Senate, Because of the influence the presidential nominee has on the rest of the ticket, the indications are Gen. Dwight Eisenhower will have to win big—maybe very big—to give the Republicans majority Senate control. Thirty-five Senate seats will be on the block —20 Republican, 15 Democratic. The Senate lineup now—with Sen. Brien McMahon's death —is 49 Democrats, 46 Republicans. The GOP would have to hold all its present seats—a difficult assignment—and corral another three to organize the Senate and win the power ard patronage that goes with this.

But at least a half-dozen Senate seats at stake are in states where Democratic victory is bahits In Virginia, for example, Harry Flood Byrd right now can flex his arm for next January’s swearing-in. Others include Texas, where Price Daniel is succeeding the veteran Tom Connally; Florida, where Spessard Holland is a cinch to repeat; Tennessee, where it could be the aging Kenneth McKellar or the young Rep. Albert: Gore, and Mississippi, where John C. Stennis is sure to he returned.

Republicans Best Chances

THE Republicans’ best chances to gain, by most reckoning, come in these states: Connecticut, where the seat of Sen. William Benton, and now that of Sen. McMahon, who died this week, are at stake. It's close to a touch-and-go state; it elected Democratic Senators in 1950 but Republican John Lodge beat Chester Bowles for the governorship. West - Virginia, where ex-Sen., Chapman Revercomb is battling Sen. Harley Kilgore. Michigan, where a GOP candidate to be chosen Tuesday will take on Sen. Blair Moody. Maryland, where Republican Glenn:Beall and Democrat George Mahoney are contesting for the seat now held by Sen. Herbert O’Conor. Wyoming, where Republican Gov. Frank Barrett takes onthe -veteran-Sen. Joseph C;O'Mahoney.

New Mexico, where Patrick J. Hurley marches against Sen. Dennis Chavez. Out of this group the GOP might pluck enough for Senate control—but it is by no means sure it can hold all the seats it has. ~

Democrats’ Best Chances

HERE ARE states where Democratic leaders thinkethey. have a chance for gains:

Missouri, where Democrats next week choose

whether Attorney General J. E. (Buck) Taylor, backed by President Truman, or Stuart Symington will oppose GOP Sen. James Kem in November. 1 Washington, where Rep. Henry Jackson opposes Sen. Harry P. Cain. Ohio, where Michael DiSalle opposes Sen, John Bricker. Most seers give it to Mr. Bricker, but Mr. DiSalle figures all champs get licked sometime. : Pennsylvania, where Judge Guy Bard will

oppose Sen. Edward Martin. Mr. Martin has been around a long time as Governor and Senator.

Montana, where Rep. Mike Mansfield goes against Sen. Zales Ection. Indiana, where. Gov. Henry Schricker, always a top vote-getter, opposes Sen. William

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There are other states where the result might go either way. New York, where Sen, Irving Ives is up for re-election, could be close. Young Rep. John F. Kennedy is ready to put up a terrific fight against Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge in Massachusetts. # Such Republican Senators as Ralph Flanders in Vermont, Hugh Butler in Nebraska, Ed Thye in Minnesota and John Williams in .Delaware appear in good shape. There's a fair possibility that in border-state Kentucky, with Alben Barkley off the Democratic ticket, Republican John Sherman Cooper might give Sen. Tom Underwood a hard run. Democrats will pick a man Sept. 9 to go against Sen. Joe McCarthy in Wisconsin. A McCarthy defeat would be an upset. Whatever Dwight Eisenhower or Adlai Stevenson accomplishes as President will depend in good part on the party lineup in the Senate. Both parties are -preparing-to-pour-everything they have into the battle for Senate control, too,

TOTIN' WATER . . . By Frederick C. Othman Home Sweet Home in OI’ Virginia Where Sun Shines (Too) Bright

McLEAN, Va, Aug. 2— What we've got in Fairfax

County is a No. 1, Grade A, searing drouth. Suits me fine. The grass has stopped growing. 1 haven't had to fouch a lawnmower in two weeks and this, I guess, is just as well. That $199.50 super-duper rotary lawnmower, about which 1 was so enthusiastic a ‘year ago, is on the fritz. The man who sold it to me now says it wasn’t so hot in the first place. Bum motor. Says as a special favor he'll give me a $50 allowance in trade on a new, improved model, price $236.75. My own feeling is that a small squad of Guatemalans armed with machetes would be more efficient. That, or an indefinite drouth. The lack of rain is paining Mrs. O. What she's got is 100 small Canadian hemlocks planted in a row to shield our dusty acres

froma rapidly approaching subdivision: She's watering them con-

scientiously with the hose (this is putting an awful strain on the water pump), but the new houses seem to be growing a good deal faster than the

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MR. EDITOR: One of Gov. Schricker's campaign promises in 1948 was to repeal the cigaret tax law in Indiana which was instigated under the adminis-

tration of Gov. Gates. At the time that Gov. Schricker made the above promise he was misinformed, as was everyone else, by the Republicans. The Republicans told the people they had placed the state in a sound financial condition. Nothing could be farther .from the truth, as Gov. Schricker discovered when he took office. The fact was that Indiana needed all the revenue it could collect in order to function properly and have a sound financial basis. Therefore, Gov. Schricker did not repeal this much needed sdurce of ‘revenue for the general fund of Indiana. The cigaret tax is a fair one since only those who use tobacco have to pay it, A non-

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smoker does not have to pay anything. Gov. Schricker believed it was better to have a fair tax and sound government than to have no cigaret tax and a shaky, unstable government, —Jack Wood, Shelbyville.

'MY RESERVOIR’

I have a magic reservoir . . . that's full of joyful dreams . . . a pool that's running over with . . . my most intriguing schemes . within my reservoir there is . . . real laughter and a smile . . . and many other noble things . that really are worthwhile . . .'its banks are covered with true love . . . that forms a perfect frame . . . for all the wondrous things therein. . . of long endearing fame . . . and just so long as I can tap . . . this reservoir I own . . . I will be equal to all things . . . for I am not alone. —Ben Burroughs

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trees.. These builders scrape off a piece of topsoil with a bulldozer anda couple of days later, seems like, they've got what they call a ranch house. Meaning six smallish rooms ona comnrete slab. Price, $25,000. = ” » OUR CREEK HAS run dry; the ferns on its banks are turning yellow and I guess we sold our horse in the nick. There’s nothing tougher than carrying water in a bucket to a horse. Under these circumstances he takes delight in being extra thirsty. Some of my neighbors’ wells are starting to pump air and a little sand; my own is 120 feet deep and still producers water. The chickens are taking dust baths, while the poodles are carving hollows in the lawn in" search of cool places to park. Our vegetable garden is a goner. All that labor in the springtime went up the flue and unless we get some rain soon we'll have nothing but tomatoes and those the size of ball bearings. Almost as hard, too. - My theory is that vegetable gardens are a delusion, even when it rains. Better potatoes and finer turnips always come cheaper for cash at the grocer’s. My bride disagrees. Says it would be criminal for farmers like us not to attempt production of their own rutabagas.

Deep - summer otherwise in

our part of the country is fine, None of our local moonshiners . has been knocked off in weeks. The county smoothed the road in front of our place. The Japanese beetles didn’t amount te much, Neither did the ticks. » = » THE PAINTING job deluxe, with the superpaint the make ers claim needs only one coat, finally is finished. Our house looks like a wedding cake with the icing still fresh and the trimming (on the shutters) a shade which Hilda says is turquoise. She ought to know; she spent three days mixing it. The job turned out so well, in fact, that a number of our neighbors -are standing in line for the services of our paint-

ers. They're still living upe -

stairs over our garage and I'm thinking about charging them rent. On the other hand, they're sober citizens and they proms ise to keep an eye on the establishment when we leave it for a while in favor of Another part of the world where we understand it still rains. What I want to do is squish my bare toes in some mud again. So we're packing for a jaunt into the Caribbean. Not only will there be rain, but no politicians. Should be what the Farm Bureau calls a welcome relief.

ALLIED FORCES . . . By Ludwell Denny

Mid-East Defense Needs U.S. Chief

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 — The Iranian and Egyptian crises have exposed the Allied right flank to Soviet attack, and highlighted the lack of a unified Mediterranean command. For the first time long Anglo-American = deadlock: over that issue, some Britons are joining in Washington demands that Prime Minister Winston Churchill agree to an American Commander in Chief there. The Manchester Guardian and the Economist, two of England's most influential publications, now urge such a settlement, But no way has yet been found to save Mr. Churchill's face. This is of more than ordinary importance because the Prime Minister, who has prided himself for a generation as the special ‘champien of the British navy, is losing popularity on other grounds. His position in this dispute fs hard to defend because he started out as a bold advocate of American supreme command in the Meriterranean on the basis of the larger U. S. fleet and stronger air power. But when he lost his long fight for British supreme command

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of the North Atlantic, he de-

manded British control of the Mediterranean as a matter of compensation and prestige.

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command of the British Mediterranean fleet in hopes that Mountbatten glamour and senfority, plus Churchillian stubbornness, would win the overall Allied command. Instead,

“this only embittered the dead-

loek. 2 In- fairness it must be said that the British Admiralty has a_stronger case than Churchill. It never agreed with him in the * first place that an American should command, and ‘there-. fore is not now in the embar-

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The Admiralty argues strategic principles instead of na= tionalities. It challenges the entire American concept of the Mediterranean as the south= ern flank of Europe. It insists that the Mediterranean is essentially a lifeline between the West ‘and the Far East, and therefore should be the heart of a unified Allied Mid-East command—rather than merely part of the southern command of the North Atlantic’ Treaty Organization (NATO) defense system. If the Mediterranean is to be treated first as a MidEdstern line and base, the supreme command would properly go to the British who have wider = interests and longer strategic experience there. In theory at least the British have the better of the argue ment. But their theory is wrecked on some very practi. cal rocks, as follows: EJ = FJ . THE CHANCES of an ine clusiye Mid-East defense sys , tem are slighter than ever now that extreme Nationalist dictatorships have taken over Iran and Egypt. Meanwhile the Allies must make the best of what they have in that area by close co-ordination with

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Neither the Turks, Greeks, Italians nor French will accept a British supreme commander of the Mediterranean. A TurkGreek army group command “has just been created with an American general in charge, as requested by them, under U. 8. Adm. Robert B. Carney,

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That leaves the British Meds iterranean fleet as the only large unco - ordinated Allied force in that.region outside the NATO unified defense. The ob--vious solution—and apparently the qnly possible ong now—is for the able Earl tbaffen to become Commander fn Chief Carney’s Naval Come mander, yer

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