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Evening star., 1950-05-09
On the Other Hand
Auto Strike Illuminates Social
Security Bill Now Before Senate

the new Senate committee bill /!
an increase in monthly benefits
from an average of $40 a month
for workers already retired and g
slightly greater increase for work
ers who retire in the future. An
other is the liberalizing of eligi.
bility requirements so that elderly
workers may qualify more easily
for retirement benefits.
Weaknesses Left i'm Law.
Among the weaknesses left In
the law are these: Millions OF
farmers, perfectly good citizens
still are excluded; no benefits are
provided for workers who become
totally disabled prior to retire
ment age, and in calculating bene-
fits no account is taken of earn
ings above $4,000 a year.
On the last point, the admin
iStration has asked for a maxi
mum of $4,000, in view of the rise
in wage levels since the $4,000
figure was set in 1899. Under the
administration proposal a worker
taking a loss of $400 a month
on retirement would receive a
monthly benefit of $95-pretty
close to the figure over which
Chrysler and the workers fought
instead of the present $72.50.
The attitude of the insurance
companies on some of these ques-
tions has been curious. They have
opposed an increase in the maxi
mum wage base, any recognition
for years of contribution and the
inclusion of total disability. They
appear to fear some inroads or
their business, although they ac'
tually write very little old-agt
annuity insurance and very little
permanent total disability insur'
ance. Their objection may b
largely psychological. The same
may be true for their opposition
to giving credit for years of con
tribution. If their opposition con
tinues to be successful, the!
should not in later years maxi
propaganda against the Govern
ment because of the manifest in
equity they have helped per
petuate.
The American Medical Associa
ton has joined in the opposition
to permanent disability benefits
It's SocialiZed medicine, says th'
ANA. Yet the AMA's House o
Delegates in 1888 Endorsed pay
ments of benefits for wage losse
due to physical disability and ha
never rescinded that action.
Some of the weaknesses her
suggested could be corrected dur
ing the Senate's consideration o
the bill. The imminence of tn
General Motors showdown, will
a possible long drawn-out conflict
should stimulate the Senators
thinking.
Evening star., 1950-05-09

innate Ao"eh "Ae"''''
In the offing is another such
struggle, a battle between General
Motors and it's workers over the
same issue. 1t may be settled more
quickly. 1t may last longer and
prove more costly to everybody
concerned.
Report Made to Senate.
The United States Senate has
received from the Finance Com
mittee a report proposing real i'm
provementS in the contributory
insurance features Of the Social
Security Act, as we'll as an in
crease by about eight millions in
the number OF citizens covered.
There is a close relationship be-
tween what the Government is
doing in this field and what is
being done by private industry
The 500 pensions provided by
the Chrysler plan means $10C
minus whatever a retired worker
may receive through the Federal
system. Beyond this, however
there is more-namely, the grow
ing conviction that the private
agreements negotiated between
labor and management must
some day be supplanted by ar
overall Federal system. This is
because industry, or individual in
dustries, may not always be able
to carry the load and because in
dividual workers, broadly speak
ing, have company retirement in
surance only so long as they work
for the same company.
Among the good features ir
Evening star., 1950-05-09
This Changing World
1000 Soviet Officers Now Engaged
In Directing South Asia Operations
sia Operations

Since 1948 no air or naval equip
ment to speak of has been pro-
vided by the United States. The
Nationalists' losses, particularly
during the last few months, have
not been replaced. The Commu-
nists only recently have been
provided with a naval and air
force by the Russians. Under
these circumstances the National
ist resistance in Formosa is bound
to be short-lived.
Red Gains In Indo- China.
In Indo-C China the Communist
leader Ho Chi Mini also is gain
ing strength. The quantity of war
material he receives from Red
China for his well-organized guer-
rillas Is not we'll known. But it
is definitely known that Russian
officers now are in high advisory
positions with the Moscow puppet.
The French feel that a showdown
is certain in Indo- China this sum-
mer.
The French forces are not
strong enough to resist a major
offensive. And unless the United
States comes forth with a sub
stantial quantity Of equipment, to
assist the French and native troops
to take the offensive before it is
too late. Paris is convinced that
it is likely to lose ndo-China.
This prompted Secretary Acheson
to announce last Monday in Paris
that American military equipment
will be rushed forthwith to 1ndo-
China.
The American Government,
which has recognized Bao Dai as
the head of the Wet Nam govern
ment sponsored by France, would
like to see the French give the
Indo-C Chinese republic the. same
amount of freedom and RESPONSE
bility the Dutch have given the
Indonesians. American and other
Western observers in that republic
say that since the Indonesians
themselves have been given full
responsibility for the administra-
ton of their country, without any
active interferences from their
former rulers, conditions have i'm
proved greatly.
Suggestions have been made to
the French government that it
make Bao Dai not a mere figure
head. as he is today. but the
real head of Indo-C China. 1t will
be only then, the State Depart
ment says, that he can expect
the full cooperation and loyalty
of the millions in his country. We
would then be willing to offer
him any assistance he might wish.
Evening star., 1950-05-09

more, all aQ- DoF"'hs Anomps""'
vanced chronological societies are
capitalist. One may have state
capitalism in which capital is
forcibly collected for the economy
in taxes or the withholding of part
of the product of labor. Another
may have private or cooperative
capitalism, in which capital is
secured by voluntary loans and
the purchase Of stock, or Is set
aside from industrial earnings. In
most countries there Is a combin-
alton Of both.
Issue Not Acute to Masses.
For the majority of people who
live only on wages the issue OF
state versus private capitalism is
not acute and the experience OF
the Soviet Union demonstrates no
revolutionary change in their
status. They remain proletarians
as propertyless as before. while
under the fiction that they '''own''
the means of production" they
ere deprived of the right to ne
gotiate for the sale of their labor
or to withhold 1t If conditions are
unacceptable.
The cold war does not arise
from this issue, as such. 1t arises
from the determination OF up
tholders of the Communist system
to entertain no alternatives any,
where, whatever those might be:
and to sabotage within all coun-
tries every possibility Of maintain
ting any other type Of stable
society.
But that. again, would not Gre
ate a cold war If international
communism were a movement in
dependent of a powerful state. 1t
Is the conjunction OF the two:
an international society acting as
Evening star., 1950-05-09

GdCIlcQ w CIlC
Chinese Red army units which in
vaded Hainan Island. Soviet
planes, including jets, now are
operating at the side of the Chi
nese Communists. 1t is assumed
that the pilots are Russian. since
the Communists do not have suf-
ficiently experienced flyers to
handle modern planes.
At present important concen-
trating and regrouping Of Pei
ping forces is going on in the
Foochow- Shanghai area. in prep
aration for a major assault against
the Nationalists' last stronghold
-Formosa. Soviet bomber and
fighter planes, together with land
ing craft and some naval units,
are reported to be gathered there.
Big Attack Seen Soon.
The big attack is expected to
come sometime within the next
six or eight weeks. Chiang's forces
in the fortress island are getting
ready for that fight. But the Ma
tionalists' air and naval forces,
which are superior to those of
the Communists, are beginning to
show signs of fatigue.
Until very recently, when Mos
cow began sending planes and
landing craft to its puppets,
Chiang's air and sea forces were
far stronger than those of their
enemy. The Communists soon will
have superiority, however.
There are few, if any, replace
ments for the NationalistS, who are
using material they saved from the
mainland and that which was
sent from the United States to
to China late in 1948 but was di-
verted to Formosa when the Ma
tionalists were losing the war on
the mainland.
Evening star., 1950-05-09
On the Record
Trygve Lies Mission to End Cold War
Unlikely to Overcome World Crisis

the agent Of powerful state, and
a highly chauvinistic one, Or
ganized with sovereign powers, in
cluding vast armies, that makes
the cold war-that is to say, re-
sistance to a state and culture
destroying plan-inevitable.
No Unity of Concept.
There is, in fact, no United"
Nations. because there is no unity
of concept orgpurpose within. The
United Nations envisaged by the
Soviets is a world union of peo-
pies democracies, with Moscow as
it's capital: and with one single
world army, not to enforce laws
governing relations between states
of various types and cultures,
but to suppress rebellions and de-.
viations.
Soviet policy is not "revolu-
tionary." It's policy is to end revo-
luton for all time, by creating
one uniform, centrally directed,
and centrally and forcibly con-
trolled Russian dominated world
imperium.
President Roosevelt knew that
continued cooperation with the
Soviet Union would be impossible
If the SovietS persisted in this
plan. Hence, his demand (and
Russia's verbal acceptance) for
the dissolution of the Comintern.
The cold war has been due to re-
sistance against its revival. There
is no way to end this conflict. no
matter what temporary .truces
may be reached, except for Rus
STA to abandon her notion of
peace by means of a single, uni
form world imperium. or for the
rest of the world to abandon its
resistance and accomplish there
with the suicide Of every other
way of life on the planet.
And none of Trygve Lies
efforts will. therefore, in my es-
timation, overcome the world
crisis precipitated by the Russian
ambition. Peace, today-the abb
sence of armed hostilities-is not
being kept by the United Nations.
but by the balance of power and
the fear of either side to start a
conflict which it might lose.
tRelessed By The Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1950-05-09

gro a n S a n q '
means all but drown out the
sweet cackle of the robins when
they are asked to move all the
furniture to another place so it
will look out of place.
Calls for Mental Work.
But spring housecleaning. in our
tavern, always entails quite a bit
of mental work on my part. That's
when break down and slip on the
old Ounce cap used to wear when
starring with Sells Floto.
Both Jean and I are savers,
Not money savers, but savers Of
things that money couldn't buy
because no one would pay a cent
for them. Spring housecleaning
naturally brings all these odds and
ends into view. and we are forced,
year after year. to decide whether
to keep them or throw them away.
There's that chafing dish that
I am going to see again in a few
days. It's rockety-legged. and the
alcohol burner part we've never
seen, but every year, after being
busted of and talked over. 1t is
carefully replaced in a back cor
ner of the top shelf of the kitchen
closet.
Back again, right by the chatting
dish, go two brass candle sticks
which don't match.
Why do we keep these things?
Our Attic Is Alive.
Do we think that they are an
tique? No. Do we think that
sometime in the near future we
are going to give a midnight
chaflng dish supper, using a
chaf1ng dish that teeters and has
no burner, and lighted by a
gangrenous. mismatched pair of
candlesticks? No.
Our attic is alive with things
that should be killed.
There is an umbrella that once
must have belonged to doorman.
1t is an enormous thing that could
shelter family of ten if 1t could
be raised. Then there is a big
old mailbox holder which is a
wooden Uncle Sam holding a mail
box in his outstretched hands.
'Tain't pretty. but we can't bear
to part with it somehow.
There are curtains which we
had in our first New York apart
ment in the Village, and a Mar
quette football hood which must
have given nourishment to mil
lions of moths.
But this year is going to be diff
ferent. For once I am going to
be a man Of steel in the head as
we'll as the back.
I am tired of living in a rum
mage sale.
Distributed by McNaughc Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1950-05-09

preserve the family-size farm.
and conserve the soil with
the production payment Bran
nan plan). AS he heads west to
the great dams, the Presidents
theme is land, water and jobs
which will enable that vast region
to compete with the industrialized
sections of the country.
Running like a scarlet thread
through all of President Truman
speeches is the warning: Remem-
Der the depression.
In one way or another, in his
inimitably homely language, he
repeats the story: Isolation, politi-
cal and economic, threw us back
upon ourselves, the bottom fell out
of agriculture. depression fol-
lowed and paved the way for the
Second World War.
The Truman Government will
act to avoid these calamities, the
President keeps saying. That
promise to act, act, act is the
heart of the Truman philosophy
which Harold Stassen says bitterly
makes him the best politician and
the worst President the country
has ever had. ll...
81st on Probation.
If the people think the Govern
ment can save them, Harry Tru-
man is their man. If they would
like to work out their own saliva
ton alone, they should start look
ing around.
The President, of course, can
hardly treat the Democratic 8lsr
Congress as he did the Republican
80th, but he indicated very firm
ly in Iowa that the 81st was on
probation. It's better than the
Both, he said. and it's going to do
a lot more before IL ooeS hoyoe
Evening star., 1950-05-09
Correction

Two recent inaccuracies in Miss
Fleeson's columns are herewith
acknowledged: In a column of
April 6, the date Of the forthcom-
ing North Carolina primary was
given as September. The primary
will be held May q.
In a column of May 4, reference
was made to the fact that the
third contender" in the North
Carolina senatorial contest is a
respectable banker" The third
contender, Willis Smith, is a for
mer president of the American
Bar Association, and is a lawyer.
Evening star., 1950-05-09

important part
Of the world,
W h ich is ex-
pected to be-
come the prin-
cipal theater of
a shooting war
sometime thi S
summer.
Definite in
formation h a S
reached Wash
ington indicat-
ing that Rus
sian staff Off
GERS were at
Evening star., 1950-05-09

u n + or t u nate
title cold war"
is not trivial
nor the work of
groups willfully
determined not
70 cooperate.
1t is not even a
conflict between
capitalist and
private enter
prise countries,
as the position
of M a r S h a !
Tito m a k e S
clear. Further
Evening star., 1950-05-09

ment TO which
they could put
their joint sig
natures t h e y
fought for one
hundred days.
This cost them,
in wages and
profits, upward
of a billion and
a half dollars.
What it cost
in m u t u a !
good will and
morale would
be hard to eS-
t.innatp
Evening star., 1950-05-09

put as a give
'em = everything
crusade.
The pc eopl e
of Am erica
can have peace
t hroug h in
ternational CO.
o p e r a t ! o n
a n d interna-
tional trade, the
President prom
ised, the farm
erS can have a
stable income
with justice to
the consumer,
Evening star., 1950-05-09

why I don't suf-
fer in the same
way most hus-
bands do dur
n G sprin G
houSecleaning.
When t h e ir
wives turn their
homes into a
turmoil m os t
husbands COM
plain about the
a m cunt of
physical labor
they are called
on to do. Their
rrnanS an d
Evening star., 1950-05-09
By Dorothy Thomson

Trygve Lies mission TO end the
cold war is commendable, but it
is difficult to see what he can &C
complish.
For the conflict which takes the
Evening star., 1950-05-09
By Constantine Br0tcn

More than 1000 Soviet officers
now are engaged either in direct
operations in Southern Asia or in
planning coming events in that
Evening star., 1950-05-09
Bv LoweH MeHen

The issue between the Chrysler
Corp. and the workers was social
Security-Specif1cally, pensions. In
the process of reaching an agree
Evening star., 1950-05-09
b. Doris EieeS0n

ABOARD THE PRESIDENTS
SPECIAL TRAIN. May 9.-This
foray of President Truman's has
begun not as a give 'em-hell trip
Evening star., 1950-05-09

Tired Of Living
In q Rummoee Sole
By Henry McLemore

BY HenFp WcLenl0rF
I have a strong back and q weak
mind.
This isn't said in any spirit of
braggadocio, but simply to explain
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19

husband ~ hcsSe' : Ch'>in SAID
y hen asked ss>oa, rs recently
completed novel
I 90 hope that ny old read
ers will oros again gave me
their news tips and surrcrf nay
new column in the New Detroii
Tribune chis1i said last week.
am h,sppy - Come out OF
~. csneat and agSsn y.Ss the
Nrcl1c silly 10 RSUnS ano.
ne. ard gsS~cs ny o,i .;:ends
I've m.SssG .he.n AL The bar
..,A.>;s. eas;crGssS. MUSIC note
readers. entertainers and he fun
loving Young men ana women
WHOM, used 70 meet
Gators note: Read Ramhlin
Wits Larry" On the theatrical
page
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19

=. t,,;rtv pace opinion hand
"A down last Wednesday by
W. Chancellor Collins J.
S~,.x ~ the Court of Chancery.
~. esur. upheld the NAACP
contention that the facilities Of
tered 81 Delaware State Col
lece Negro institution are
grossly inferior 10 those al me
University Of Delaware.
The ccag; ruled that Negro
students MILO are cliizens OF Dela-
" are mast re aonluSu - u'S
university On the same basis as
hise students
All az the ten plaintiffs in the
l. 4 -. -
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19
Edward Jackson,
'Charioteer' , Dies

NV loRk -t>;lchSlN r.
wSti Jackson. s.. hsSSc ~ the
..sn,uS Singers kncwn IS The
>hsv'N.svrS. died here last
week after n short lines cue -
IS &, hh>d pressure
FSdlc" IS he Was sXm.hA.ss
Nncwn ~ his irnnaSteS Was ore
~ 'hc MSS; popular ~ he greap
~ Cs'iN ,adS MO formed :hsH
MuSstS. tavcc. Mh.le students ..
W,lsN'ytorre University
he WAS the husband az N.NlAr
Tnc ~ the noted dancing team
ne SN'~n Twins They hS1e 4
Young SOn 10 wears old
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19
Army Denies Japan
JimCrow;NAACP?

NEW YORK - Roy Will
kins. NAACP administrator,
today renewed his request
that the Department of the
Army take steps to correct
ported discrimination
against Negro troops in ia
pan.
Responding 10 Mr. wilkins
earlier complaint about racial
discrimination. Frank Page. IT.
Secretary OF the Army. cited
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19

the Presidents Executive Order
1891 and the Department of the
Arrays regulation on equality
OF freafment and opportunity.
He also expressed the opinion
that Mr.. wilkins letter mention
ed only "generalities. which
should not be regrded indica-
tive OF fragrant racial discrimin&-
ton
Secretary Pace gave assus.
ancs that prompt corrective
..ZsESse ssIEEE3s.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19

~ ~ 'tA> ~ -
Mr.. Chism will write n week
ly theatrical column. Rambiin'
With Larry" spicy. sparkling
gossip column about nifelifcrs.
musicians. entertainers and fun
lovers In and about me City OF
Detroit.
During II Years spent rs =
ncw~papcrn,an GOVERNS the mite
atc WM,l and the police and court
beat. (hlSm gained much cNpcr-
cncc. moSt Of which provided
the substance ef his novel Mag
nNlia Rs>'e Daughter ot the
Stunts. Which. ACCORDING q the
.uthn. is romantic story ot The
lie loves ana struggles ot :
Young hastings Street prostitute
Its y case history III hcf stiug
Al 10 achieve security for her
ihycc small children and Win y
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19
Court Orders Delaware j.
to Admit Negro Undergrads
First Ruling Of It's Kind

Counsel Counsel Jack Greenberx
of the NAACP national office n
New York. Attorney General AL
bert James and Deputy Attorney
General William Bennethum A.
gued the case for the State of
Delaware.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19

WILMINGTON Del-victory in the r.s sun aeu
~, institution Of higher learning hailed TO-DAY oy
TAAp attorneys as preparations were made Tor the az
mission Of Negro undergraduates TO the University u p
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-08-19
The .Vpsr Tribune
SATURDAY. AUGUST ie, 1850
LARRY CHISM JOINS
new TRIBUNE STAFF

comn,-sout az retirement after wrltihH lvVvVV
word romantic move ell Larry Chsm. dean OF pero' ms
trlca writers and columnst has joined the theatl'A'
inn nf the nnw Detroit Tribune.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-07-21
Veteran Prison
Officer Re+ires

Peter A. Lenox, Springfield Rd.,
a London Prison Farm officer,
many years, has retired after
being employed by the state 80
years. He was in state penal work
26 of the 80 years.
A native of Ross County, he
and Mrs. Lenox, the former Miss
Clara Flee of Chillicothe, will
celebrate their 46th wedding an
niversary Aug. "a.
Mr.. Lenox taught school in
Ross County six years prior to
accepting position in January,
1904, as teacher in the Mans
field Reformatory. He later was
made supervisor of the Mansfield
Reformatory school and a store
keeper at the institution.
In 1918 he returned to private
industry and was employed by the
Humphrey Manufacturing Corp.
Mansfield. He was an active mem
ber and grand knight of the
Knights of Columbus while in
Mansfield.
In February, 1888, he went to
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-07-21
IT'S LATER THAN YOU Think

1925-TWENTY-FTVE YEARS AGO-1925
July 14V. Deane Reese Reese Columbus formerly
London break Ohio Casting
Ohio fairgrounds.
14West
shaves, Is 20 AEGa.A
July 5Haryey B. Edwards madison county
elected to position of clerk of
K oWdy Greene decision
brought by w R. Wfiten Republican, be dismissed
Lowry Citv wins
Weekly for letter Why Men Won't
July l6-Chautauqua in London.
July 6Robert l. Clancy of
Ter Lodge M fourth generation family hold membership
in lodge raised o Mason. an LH gssF
July lAgtahon started for Community Swimming pool
don
Ohio
test sponsored by Ohio University
July l9Saf a Plum Lilly Chapel
Otto Schling farm reports 30 bushel pounds
July 20Dstrict Epvorh League meeting
thodst Church attended by 100 delegates.
1940-TEN YEARS AGO-194O
July l3Madison
senaves Richard Hume Paul Butcher
treeday trip to Cedar Point for high production
July l4P G. Gaynard retired
knight of London Council Knights of Columbus.
by Bureau of Aeronauics.
July ]6Geoge Stephenson
contest of Perceon
July Iettrows Truckers Quarters
AZ dedicated. = -
July 18Pau " Miller jefferson head of Mad-
en Congressional
non accompanied by O. K. Sroupe q ~
July county spend 38 for Aid
during July
july 10rldgettes club
from benefit given home of Mrs. D. E. Downing