Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1945 — Page 22

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"THE SHERIFF GETS HIS MAN e AS we've had occasion to observe before, Sheriff Petit E has been conspicuously unable to find any evidence of ® gambling going on around Marion county during the three L years he has been in office. 5 But don’t let that give you the impression that the \ sheriff isn't alert and vigorous and fully able to detect | & crime, misdemeanors and other offenses against the public welfare. Not at all. For instance, just look at Enoch Shriner—if you can find him. : No sooner had Mr. Shriner filed a suit asking the impeachment of Sheriff Petit than charges and warrants fairly rained down on him, with posses of deputies in full hue and cry on his trail. True, somé of the acts of which he is accused seem to date back quite a while, but, obviously, "a sheriff can’t be everywhere at once, and it does take "time to get evidence of wrong-doing, as we've seen in the case of the gambling houses. So.much time, indeed, that Governor Gates a few weeks ago grew impatient about it, and sent the siste Jolicé oot to close up the county's gambling joints, which they did in ; : a matter of 24 hours. Sheriff Petit has never been an im- gwd rao va electing 10 oon her. Mis s tangir : tient man, in such matters. . hurriedly turned west and landed Ln) r w Bot we repent, don’t underestimate our sheriff because _ Jus the Yast: Yossie Shing pro Could hate Ay & he may sometimes seem to exercise great deliberation in| 44:¢ xnow how to get out. She went round and suppressing erime. He can move swiftly and implacably | round completely bewildered, and there's no telling Ho

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* : “l wholly disagree with what ; i what might have happened had not a gallant plug- F 3 against men who violate the law—or anyway against men ted at BE A re oSsler orum you say, ne wil defend to the by the hand and escorted her back jo the Denison. : After Miss Tangy Jel Fndiatuspolis thee 3 Was Ho “MY HUSBAND GONE TOO, (Times readers are invited |“POUGHBOY ONE OF OUR BEST p around here . : E tw TAKE TIME TO BE RIGHT ) A Langtry Labyrinth.” The ides ws BUT LET'S NOT COMPLAIN their n [AMBASSADORS OF GOOD WiLL NGRESS will do well to confine immediate labor legis- | plausible enough because back in the Eighties when Coe to President Truman's one specific request, and | LAY Was 8on¢ good, everyting pladey ho 3m 8 to repeal of the Smith-Connally act. ! with a goose quill stuck through it was dubbed a

: - | “Langtry hat” and “Langtry shoes” became a stand- « -~ What Mr. Truman asked is statutory authority for fact oe we In the trade. Why, there was even &

finding boards which, he hopes, will be effective in dealing “Langtry bustie” the coils of which were made of blue with the immediate menace of great and disastrous strikes | tempered watch-spring steel. It's the gospel truth. during the critical reconversion period. Bustles Came in ‘Decker’ Styles ' He did not propose that congress enact this single THE REASON I know something about the struc. Jaw and do nothing more. His message suggested that : be ~ “well-reasoned and workable legislation be passed at the an ~ earliest possible moment to provide adequate means for | *" settling industrial disputes and avoiding industrial strife.” | That leaves it up to congress to decide what means are | "adequate. A The country greatly needs a program of “well-reasoned * and workable legislation” for the purpose Mr. Truman

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named. Of such & program, we believe, his fact-finding procedure can form only one part, at best, But developing ~ such a program is not a job to be done properly in a few days or a few weeks, y >

« » » : g . » a TRUMAN has let down the administration barrier ' 80 long maintained against any legislation opposed by ~ the powerful labor leaders and lobbyists. Many members of |

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| congress are eager to rush through measures that have not been well reasoned, that are of dubious workability, and © that in some cases are so savagely punitive as to justify — vigorous protests by labor. That would be a grave mistake, | RS Mr. Truman's request can be granted by enacting one | §§ WORLD AFFAI comparatively simple bill. : | : 5 A og The Smith-Connally act can be repealed by another bil| JB Soviet Recor : or 20 words. This wartime law, which requires thé : government. to conduct strike votes for i and so By William Philip Simms appears to give government sanction to strikes, has become a costly absurdity, ; x These two bills passed, we believe congress should order a thorough study of the measures required to correct a situation which has steadily worsened since 1985, when the one-sided Wagner act was passed with its asserted aim ~how ironical it sounds now !—“to diminish the causes of labor disputes.” Given the benefit of such a law, made by an able spe- |; i cial committed if the regular labor commiftees still insist |: : on doing only what the labor leaders want, congress can * adopt further legislation wisely, safely and beneficially.

OUR PURIFIED SENATE E other day Senator Connally, in the heat-of debate, said a naughty word in the United States senate, A |* Republican colleague reproved him, and Texas Tom took At back. The word began with a “d” and ended with a “n.” 4 Well, now, Tennessee's Senator McKellar, in & speech bs denouncing -anyone who would make counterfeit money while in government employ, has exclaimed: “Under certain ; eS circumstances, I might tell him where I thought he should ” : pS eh i £0. . o £ i f “ fr iY + A sagacious fellow, McKellar. He knows that, if Texas Side Glances—By Galbraith

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i iE (CHAIRMAN HAROLD J. LASKI of the British Labor : party returned to London yesterday, after a flying . visit to the United States, and said he was convinced steps | i should be taken to promote a‘-better understanding of Britain in _America—"especially in the Middlewest.” i This is the Prof, Laski who told a New York audience last Monday that the atomic age makes it necessary for the United States to abandon free enterprise and adopt Planiied international socialism, e professor has taken one step to promote better understanding. He's gone home. He can take another by} "staying there and keeping to himself his opinions about what America ought to do. ; :

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