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persons or things to be seized.” (Fourth ‘to the constitution.) . supreme court, to our way of thinking, stuck its

tha particular part of thebill of rights, in os Sea week. It was another of

i Mario, hh small-bore crook in Oklahoma City, was on a charge of trying to defraud an oil company chick forgery. FBI agents had an arrest warrant,

er his apartment, and proceeded to search the ‘ premises. For five hours they ransacked the place. They vere looking for a couple of cancelled checks for evidence. They didn’t find what they sought, but they did find in the bottom. of a dresser drawer an envelope containing a ‘numbe of draft: cards and registration forms, possession f which is illegal under the selective service act. It was on. this latter crime that Harris was tried, convicted and The case was carried to the supreme court on’ the ‘question of whether the fourth amendment had been violated. Chief Justice Vinson, for the majority, ruled that the shah was at “unreasonable,” since it was confined to the “the arrest “occurred: And that the avis dence was valid, since it was discovered in the course of that search, although it related to a crime at the time unsuspected by the arresting officers. JisrR Te ss = = = four. minority justices denounced that end-justifies-the-miéans line of reasoning—and we think what they ‘said makes sense. We haven't space here to repeat their eloquent and vehement lanuage. The gist of their dissents ‘was that the arresting officers, if they had good: reason to believe incriminating evi- » was hidden in the man’s apartmeny, could have gone a judge and obtained a search warrant “particularly oe to be searched, and . . . things to be seized.” Not circumscribed by such due process, any arrestig officer might feel free to ransack from cellar to garret home, or to rifle all the desks and safes and files of any ah whenever an arrest is made—even though the arrest be for a misdemeanor. And the arresting officer would be rgel free to choose. the premises to be searched, among

to arrest a the mayor's opponents on a minor charge, then go through his effects. to try to pin something on him. i. that should happen to a respectable citizen, instead i of a penny-ante crinfinal like Harris, we are sure that the majority justices— Vinson, Burton, Reed, Black and Douglas—would hold the search “unreasonable.” But before any such other test case resches them, much damage is likely to be done. «The minority justices—Jackson, Rutledge, Murphy ‘and’ Frankfurter—probably don’t love‘the fourth amendment more than the majority does. But they seem to have 8 efter understanding of how cops act on a raid.

» . . 5 = = TE most moderate of the dissents was that of Mr. Jus-

tice Jackson, from which we quote:

“In view of the long history of abuse of search and seizure which led to the fourth amendment, I do not think it ‘was intended to leave open an easy way to circumvent the protection it extended to the privacy of individual life. In view of the readiness of zealots to ride rough-shod over claims of privacy for any ends that impress them as socially {esirable, we should not make inroads on the rights pro‘ected by this amendment. . . . “Of course, this, like each of our constitutional guaranlies, often may afford a shelter for criminals. But the fore- — fathers thought this was not too great a price to pay for that decent privacy of home, papers and effects which is indispensable to individual dignity and self-respect. They may have overvalued privacy, but I am not disposed to set their commands at naught.” :

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ADM KING is opposed to the President’s plan for a secretary of national defense with top jurisdiction over | the army, the navy and air forces. Instead, he suggests a | national security ‘council, plus a national security cabinet, a

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Much as we admire the admiral, we can’t agree with him here. His idea, we think, would confound the existing | confusion. It recalls the days when, if one commission was in trouble with a problem, the. usual remedy was to , appoint another commission, and then séveral more. Unification’ of the armed forces, it seems to us, calls for |

g, for a centering of regbonsibility, not for a | “Who's got the button?”

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Hoosier Forum

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

"Will Times Recommend Slate =Of Candidates Again in Fall?* =

- By Skeptic, Indianapolis I have been watching the primary campaign with a great deal of interest. It sure has been a good, old-fashioned fight. I want to compliment The Times for having guts enough te pick a slaté in both parties. But I'm just wondering what you are going to do for the | Personally real campaign in the fall? Are you going to back both parties then or are you going to have guts enough to pick one party and stick

national security committee and a national security confer-

: says Mr. Barth, In dishes made at such low, prices that; after one | the garbage pail. _— is,

with it? I'd sure like to see sémeone in this town back the Demo-~ cratic party. The Republicans have been in too long. :

Editor's Note: Ti The Times will make recommendations to the voters again in the fall, on a nonpartisan basis. ” . = y “COMMUNIST AGAIN PROVED HYPOCRITICAL” By Maria Burkett, 1428 Park Ave. The Communist party's advertisement concerning current labor legislation is further evidence of the party's hypocritical and inconsistent

‘| position, if any ‘such proof ‘fs still

needed. In Russia unions are run by leaders not elected by the members but appointed by the government. The bill would put labor in precisely the strait-jacket that it wears in the Soviet, and that is ‘exactly why Communist “defense” of American labor js inconsistent ‘and insincere. ‘American liberals find themselves constantly harassed and . handicapped by the unsought and unwelcome “support” of the Marxist coattail riders, who have a way of “adopting” progressive movements once they are well started, to the disgust - and annoyance of active workers who have - invested their time, money and personal reputations. Since there is np surer way to doom a movement than by the Communists’ “blessing” it is a pity that labor and other constructive groups have no way to protect themselves, Elmer Johnson's defense of the prospective evictees from the West side- must have dismayéd. and angered those good people. Property ownership was forever abolished in Russia immediately after the revolution. (But obviously our local revolutionaries don’t read Karl Marx nor the official history of Soviet Russia.) Where were the Communists when the slum clearance bill was before ‘the legislature and groups of those genuinely concerned about evictees tried to introduce an amendment guaranteeing their rehousing? The Communist party was conspicuously absent; we hope it stays that way, permanently.

” t J . “COMMUNIST ‘RED HERRING’ IS GETTING WORKOUT” By W. H. Edwards, Gosport The editorial in The Times of Saturday, May 3, was a surprise to myself and others who had become saturated with the belief that most newspapers .and magazines hat become so ultraconservative as to be near reactionary. That “Red Herring” of communism or fellow traveler is getting a big workout against anyone who advocates a fairer, more just alignment of government, a real government of, by and for the people, a nearer. approach .to a real democratic form of government. We, the people, can have a fairer, more equitable form of government without abandoning the constitution or without adopting any portion of the Communist ideology. But woe to ary. citizen who attempts to point out the selfish greed that is costing not millions but billions of dollars annually to the ‘people, a cost that falls more heavily on the low-income group because they have -no resources through which to get higher incomes with which to meet outrageous living costs. » ” » “CITY OUGHT TO ACT ON FILLING CHUCKHOLES” By West-Sider I suppose by the time this gets into print—if it does—the primary

campaign will be over and we poor taxpayers who didn’t get our streets fixed up when the city hall boys started out on their own campaign are just going to be out of luck’ I don’t get sore at the garbage and trash collectors. They've got a pretty tough life and don't get much for it. Besides, I think a lot of people expect too much out of them, overloading waste containers and piling up junk on their curbs to be taken away. But I sure do get sore about the big chuckholes in my street and the gutter-full of dirt in front of my house. I didn’t put the dirt there and I think the city ought to do ‘something about it. Especially after. the hopping big tax bill I just paid.

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“LIVING IN BEST AGE EVER EXPERIENCED” By Harry E. Dorsey, Indianapolis Occasionally one hears some elderly person talk of the “good old days” disparagingly comparing present times with those. As-a matter of fact, we are now living in the best Dent ever, experienced. Having through some of the period referred to, I feel that I am in a position to sit in judgment. I know what it is to roast your shins and freeze your back. Also to ride over corduroy - roads. My father’s farm was seven miles from Prankfort, Ind. It required an hour and a half to make the trip each way. This was a rough, cold ride in winter, hot in summer. Now in 20 or 30 minutes the same trip can be made with ease and pleasure. We have so many things today that make for enjoyment and comfort of which we knew nothing 50 years ago. The radio, talkies, phonographs, automobiles, airplanes and numerous other inventions. In fact, science and inventive genius

have done much in the last half |

century to make this a better place in which to live. I do not doubt but what the next 50 years will see as great or perhaps greater strides in inventions. Atomic energy with its wonderful possibilities challenges the imagination. Social security wil} most likely be brought down to a more practical basis. In fact, all that makes for a more abundant life seems to be on the threshold of attainment. 3 In comparing this age with former ones, I say we have better food, better clothing, better entertainments, better roads, better transportation, better homes, better furniture, better books, better newspapers. In fact everything that contributes to :the well-being and pleasure of mam The reason times past seem so wonderful to some folks is because they were young then, full of pep, no dyspepsia nor insomnia. Life was before them with all of its promise and glamour,

” » “FORGIVE US FOR CRITICIZING RURAL FOLK” By F. L. Colfax Prayer of the city cousin. Dear God, we ask you to forgive us for feeling as we do about our country cousins. Perhaps we do think they have too much prestige as we feel they do. Dear God do not let them go on this strike and starve us as our boys were starved in concentration camps as it must have been férrible. Do not let them plow under all small grain or shake the fruit from the rees and destroy it as they have planned on doing. We feel they are wrong in it. They sold their hogs in world war I for $2 to $3 per hundred, corn from 9 to 15 cents per bushel and paid off that war debt. Oh God forgive us for standing around in the factories killing time like we did, but our bosses made us do it. Perhaps

|we were wrong in wanting the time

scrambled for our benefit [and pleasures while they had to ‘work early and late, while we have one hour nore for golf. We never thought what a sacrifice it was to the farmers or stores would be closed when they would get there to shop. Also, if they needed machinery every so badly and came in early, they would find the stores closed also for it would not be time to open. Please forgive.

#.a 8 “CONGRATULATIONS TO

SATIRICAL LOCAL ARTIST” By A Mother, Indianapolis

Donovan Peters is ‘to be con~ gratulated. Not many men would have the courage to paint such a picture. Let alone offer it for a public exhibition. What is the matter? Can't Indianapolis face the truth? Indisnapolis was Jever like this B. T. (Before Tyndall), or was it?

DAILY THOUGHT As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you. —Numbers 14:28.

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| Hoosier School System Well Founde

' THE STATE SCHOOL system of Indiana grew from a sound idea in'a wilderneds of fact and of hope. The core of the pian Was Public Shinian.

section 3, article 9, of the first constitution completed Under 1ha 08k" Yes at OUMISH. 0B. SALUNAY. JURE 29, 18186. This Froclamation is something fundamental that goes to the heart of a matter. As such, it bears frequent repetition. Tt says: “It shall be the duty of the general assembly, as soon as circumstances will permit, to provide by law for a general system of education, ascending in regular gradation from township schools to a state , Wherein tuition shall

to all” . Intricately Complex Sa IN NO OTHER state in the union was the basis of tion so soundly laid in public opinion.” In

cately complex thing. It had in it the touch of New England that was dour and substantial with a religious bent. There was a middle Atlantic stretch tinged with the solid Dutch of New York and the solemn sincerity of Wiliam Penn's Quakers in Pennsylvania. Down South were the pioneering breed of them all in old Virginia. The escaped Huguenots from France gathered in large numbers in the Carblinas a

_The proclamation of the system was mad made in -Sration rolled west over ihe The state was the first. focal point In the new prom«

52,5 sta en 8 vey tw, England. BAI res si a ae gration rolled west over the Allegheny mountains,

preponderantly into Indiana. This was the r

ising Northwest territory readily accessible =a hel to all of them. Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness rd. Kentucky siphoned them through Kentucky to

Ohio river and the promising Indiana that awaited “them. Most of them stuck in Indiana.

Through Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh they came from Virginia, New Jersey and eastern Pehnsylvamia down the Ohio past lurking Indians to sou and central Indiana. They were hardy,

‘Down the years there was sturdy opposition stout support of a system of schools in Indians. the support increased, the opposition stiffened.

Longest Issue at Polls ;

AT THE STATE election in August, 1840, they -

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squared away to fight it out at the polls. The fight

was rough and bitter, roused to. action. Bod fo geton. os of New HermoHIS

Barnabas CO. Hobbs, for 16 years principal of the’ academy; Judge Willlamson Dunn, who

Bloomingdale led the fight to establish the Wabash Manual Labor

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college and Teachers’ college at Crawfordsville, were

leaders in the fight for free schools. The result as the election of 1840 was: Total vote ;

142,301, with 86,963 favoring free schools. Of the 90. counties: 50 counties favored, 31 counties Spoiled

them. Public opinion in Indiana was closing the rank behind free schools,

DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney r Long Hoosier Author List Grows

THIS WEBK I was reminded of one of Governor Gates” stories. You know that one about the authorlecturer who asked a Hoosier audience how many were writers and they all up. For two new names were added to the long list

of writers with an Indiana background. They are Tris Coffin and Walter Myers. Since both are Wash-

.|ingtonians now and presented me with autographed

copies of their books, I want to write about them, but not in the sense of a critical review. _Since Sexson E. Humphries handled the Coffin book so well in The Times book page, I shall not attempt to gild that lily. But reading both books toether, I was impressed with the difference between e¢ old and the new:

Story Is Factual Account WE CAN BE proud of Tris as a Times alumnus. He writes exceedingly well. And his story of President Truman's first year under the title “Missouri Compromise” is a factual account, tinged only now and then with fictions in the form of judgments on men and measures. Walter Myers, who has been fourth assistant postmaster general since the Jim Farley days, titled his book “The Guv.” It is purportedly fiction, but anyone familiar with the political history of Indianapalis

and Indiana during the last three decades might be

able to ferret out some analogies which follow rather closely on the facts. The Myers volume is a nostalgic masterpiece by a man who within a few years will have earned the title “elder statesman.” The book looks back patiently on life and love, on war and politics. By comparison the Coffin volume is like jet propulsion. To a generation brought up to worship the very word “realist,” Myers’ romantic account of things may

UNITED NATIONS NEWS .

MOST ACUTE PROBLEM before the United Nations today is concerned with the most tragic and pathetic situation growing out of the destruction wrought by world war IL William 8S. Bernard, chairman. of the citizens committee on displaced persons, has issued a report that sets forth the plight of these persons, the proposed United Nations relief program and the tentative American plan of action. Today over 1,000,000 displaced persons remain confined in camps scattered throughout Germany, Austria and Italy. According to UNRRA estimates, about 850,000 of these D. P.'s cannot be returned to

Editor's Note: Mr. Eldridge is Midwest field director for the American Association for the United Nations.

their own homes, despite all efforts at repatriation. Rep. William G. Stratton, congressman at large from Ilinois, has introduced emergency legislation to admit 400,000 D. P's into the United States at a rate of 100,000 a year for the next four years. That figure is less than half of the American immigration quotas— numbering over 900,000—which were unused during the war years. :

Regular Rules Would Apply : SPECIAL LEGISLATION for D. P.’s is essential because present immigration quotas, established on the national origins of ‘the U. 8. population in 1920 would give only about 15600 “quotas” a year to the major nationalities represented by the D. P's. The Stratton bill provides for no nationality allocation. About 400,000 of the D. P.’s are Poles and they, with the Baltic peoples, some Czechs, Slovaks, and Yugoslavs, make up about 85 per cent. The other 15 per cent represent scattered nationalities.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS .

read like make-believe, Not unlike the several slightly fictional books of Rep, Louis Ludlow of Indianapolis, the Myers volume dishes up lessons for life that only can be learned by living. Maybe it could have been called “Aging Success

fully,” but some psychiatrist already had grabbed that

title. At times the book uses real names and political historical data. It contains a particular lesson for newspapermen,

For throughout its middle chapters it repeatedly drame

atizes what happens in a city where a great newspaper chooses the path of playing politics rather than printing political news. Time and again the author reverts to this theme,

He shows how good men can be made to appear bad .

and bad men good through the columns of a metro= politan newspaper. How facts can be fitted to behinde the-scene purposes so that the whole community bee comes a puppet show with the man behind the newspaper manipulating the strings,

Other Types Not Portrayed

THIS ANTI-JOURNALISTIC etching is not relieved by any account of how a paper with an honest

purpose can win respect by being respectable. That is

too bad for the way lies open wherever men wield such power.

Surely’ Mr. Myers postoffice department must

handle daily millions of copies of newspapers, large and small, which are exercising a power for good instead of evil. But he raises a point in his book as

to whether any newspaper should be used -for purely:

persona] power of either editor or owner. And he sort of proves, in his half-masked fiction,

in a democracy are more deleterious than those who poison wells. « DAN KIDNEX,

. « By James A. Eldridge

Study Broader Immigration Program

Approximately 80 per cent of the D. P's are

portion, followed by Protestants, ” others. . About 20 per cent are Jews, Under. the Stratton bill, all regular migration safeguards wo to the D. P.'s, such as sound ‘moral - character, democratic “politi and ability to support oneself. Since the “war only 8000 D. P.’s have been admitted Each one of these has been supported by from an individual or organization guaranteeing

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he will not become a public charge. To date, nome of

these affidavits have had to be exercised for each

" D..P. has found a job and supported himself.

The D. P’s would not represent a “housing probe

lem” in the ordinary sense. A large number would’

be housed in connection with their jobs as agricultural *

workers or domestics. The remainder would be housed by the person or agencies providing the affidavits’ for their entrance, The major portion of the D. P.’s are farm workers, household servants and some artisans— all skills badly needed in American economy,

Prospects Are Sturdy ! SUPPORT TO temporary legislation to admit D. P's is being given by major religious bodies, the Federal Council of Churches, the National Catholie Welfare conference, major Jewish organizations and American labor organizations, The supporters of the Stratton bill argue that in

addition to humanitarian considerations, the displaced

persons represent immigrants who are assets to ‘any country because of their stanch belief in liberty

embodied in their steady resistance to fascism over

the years, and the fact that they are the “fittest who have survived” years of concentfation camps and slave labor. ia

. By William Philip Simms

Merchant Fleet Situation Critical

WASHINGTON, May 10.—In view of our vast and expanding overseas commitments and of the vicious competition ahead, our whole merchant fleet situation has become a critical one. According to experts, the merchant marine in war is as important as the battle fleet. Less glamorous, maybe, but as vital. Yet no single department of our national defense has suffered such drastic postwar shrinkage. Unless properly and promptly remedied,

‘this could prove costly if not disastrous.

At the outbreak of world war II, we had 162 passenger vessels with a total capacity of 56,515 passengers. One third were already over-age. Today the total is only 91 and a bare 21 of these, with only 4359 passenger-capacity, are in operation. The remaining vessels are laid up because they can’t meet present safety requirements. Britain's two “queen” ships can carry more passengers than our 21 put together. : : Of our prewar fleet, 37 were sunk under U. 8. operation during hostilities. Twenty-seven were transferred to our allies and 13 of these were sent to the bottom. :

7 Passenger. Vessels

AT PRESENT not a single keel is scheduled to be laid in this .country for an ocean-going passenger liner. Only seven passenger vessels are now under construction. Two of these are the P2 types for the American President lines, carrying 550 passengers; - three are contbination ships for Alcoa, each of 97

phssenger acity, and two are combination C3's for the ippi Shipping Co, carrying 98 pas- ‘| sengers_each.

Thirteen cargo vessels, with accommodations for 12 passengers each, complete the roster of ships of 2000 tons or over currently under construction in American r¥arts-wot counting. 14 us; or Brau

and eight for American concerns, all for ore or stmie lar bulk cargo. The America, recently reconverted after war-time use, is our. sole vessel in the so-called luxury-liner cldss. She has about one-third the tonnage of Brite ain’s queens,

The maritime commission admits the situation is.

bad. It explains that it is highly important to maintain sufficient passenger vessels, not .merely to cope with increasingly strong competition but for national security purposes. Not only does. lack of shipping prolong wars but emergency construction is expensive, The maintenance of shipbuilding skills is of ‘the utmost importance in peacetime. If we had not been operating on a long-range construction program under the merchant ‘marine act of 1936, the commission points out, “it is doubtfh if sufcient ships needed to

,win the war could have been built.”

Committee Is Appointed

HOWEVER, the picture is not all black. In ree sponse to appeals from # great many trade and civie groups, chambers of commerce, the Amreican Legion and others, President Truman has appointed an ade

, Visory committee composed of leading industrialists

and shipping experts. It meets with representatives of the navy department, the U. S. maritime come

mission and the leading authorities in ship operation. :

and construction. The second of these conferences was held Bete this ~week: More will follow. The committee report, # is said, will be “very extensive,” and will not be ready for “some months.” In 1939 our merchant fleet aggregated 12 million “tons in ships of 1400 tons and over, At the end of the war we had nearly 57 million tons. But the extra tonnage cost us some $15 billion. Wartime rush jens never come cheap. Moreover, after another Pearl Hatvor we ight » not have time to build.

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