Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1947 — Page 14

: ; THE LAWS y where our city council is getting its legal y, but it certainly wanders into some pow and then. ng, for instance, it refused, by unanimous in to halt the $9,000,000-a-year lottery

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have been told—by somebody — under the laws to pass an

same session and with the same members city council ordered the officers of the

! uct of that enterprise. ‘again? smbers appear to have been told—by somebody have authority under the laws to run this ‘or at least “second-guess” its operation.

: we | can’t all have access to this ‘Tysterious but t legal counsel that appears to light ‘the our municipal law-makers, and without it that all seems a bit odd to the rest of us. City council has been flatly told in decisions of courts ‘of-competent jurisdiction that it has no authority whatever ‘over the gas utility. Os the other hand city council clearly has powers to pass ordinances protecting Indianapolis citizens against suse and _It can forbid you, for instance, to keep pigs on your front lawn, to build a filling station on a residential street, to dump your garbage on the city | [7 , hall steps, to park your car by a fire hydrant or to drive it at speeds it considers dangerous. ' It can't, its members would have us believe, forbid the greater nuisance of manufacturing and selling within the city limits gambling devices which ean be used only in violation of state | avs,

MS of the decent people of Indianapolis don’t like that *Y% decision very well, and don’t believe it is sound at all. But there are some who welcome it. They are the lottery racketeers who run this huge illegal business, a business that last year took in nearly as much as it cost to run the whole city” of Indianapolis, They'd been concerned, though we suspect not very much, about the recent disclosures of their rackets, and the great public indignation against it ‘and them. But they aren't worried any longer. First thing Tuesday morning they were busy passing out thgword that “the heat’s off” and getting their rackets into full swing again. : If council'faction Monday night had any significance ated that the lottery ring is bigger and stronger than t

e municipal government of this city. If that is. tive it's high time we have a new municipal

CONFOUNDING CONFUSION AFTER all these years of Democratic congresses doing nothing about unifying the armed services, the Republicans have a chance to make a record. Something they can take home to the folks and brag about. ’ But the Republicans thus far have made little progress. Some of them are trying to prevent any action, and some _ are suggesting a setup that would be even more confused than the present army-navy split. ' Take the bill introduced by Senator Robertson of Wyoming. Instead of one department he'd mgke three. And, get a load of this—we quote from his bill: “One element of the military structure, the United States army, should be constituted as a balanced force of land, air and sea components for the exercise of land power, . . . A second element of the military structure, the naval service comprising the United States navy and the United States marine corps, should be constituted as a balanced force of sea, air and land components for the exercise of sea power. . . . A new element of the military structure, the United States air force, should be constituted as a balanced force of. air, land and sea components for the exercise of strategic ar power.”

r other words, A) would have three I armies three navies and three air forces. These three military establishments, each operating afoot, afloat and aloft, would be under no central control. But the senator from Wyoming has a plan to enable them to communicate with each other. He would have the President appoint a coordinator. : When Bill Knudsen was in Washington, helping with the pre-Pear] Harbor defense effort, he gave a good size-up - of how that type of functionary functions. When things get snarled into a mess, said Mr. Ridien; you call in a co-ordinator to mess it up some more.

LECTURE FROM ON HIGH : IGNITY of and in a court is of much importance to our

way of life. That is why we have the thrice-uttered oyez, why the audience rises when his honor appears from his chambers, why the robes and the silences, why the Joures to punish for contemptuous action in the presence of

That is all to the good. But it often tends-to build atrists and psychologists as a superiority complex. So we think it well that Justice Douglas of our highest un: spoke as he did Monday in deciding a contempt

seems that a Texas newspaper had been pretty Sommenting on a Texas judge's ruling in an

le comment was on the intemperate that, nevertheless—

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well as dish it out.

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"| do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death

up in the mind of a judge what is known among psychi- ||

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Much Time ingle Girls"

‘By Bachelor Girl, City ; Monday night's Times hed one of the most thoughtless pleces I've and the Indiana public service com-

your right to > say it." — Voltaire.

“HERE ARE SOME VIEWS ON MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS” By John Alvah Dilworth, S164 Breadway Many important conditions face { the city administration, city council

ever read. I refér to “We, the Women" and the colimn by Mrs. (or | mission. All will require fair reguMiss?) Millett. By the way, which is it? I'm willing to bet the writer lation,

wise decisions and prompt |

was married, because the whole question of “spinsters” was treated in action. “| Utilities are a major problem. an

a most smug. manner.

I want to take issue with her statement that any woman who isn't | married is a lonely failure who hasn't achieved “what all women are,

‘too many citizens dependent on

supposed to regard as the only really worthwhile career—marriage.” utilities remember, as do businessShe condescendingly suggests “let's take them into the social life of our men, capitalism and unions undercommunities.” Ho, hum, sister, where have you been all your life? {stand, the 1929 depression and they

I and the other “old maids” and RE mile of my acquaintance, have ‘plenty of social life, and plenty of fun. Nor do we feel frustrated because we don't have a

1 a. 8 8 “LET'S HAVE MORE ACTION AT SPEEDWAY TRIALS” By R. F., Indianapolis

} Faiks wi gorse tie Spectvay to)

all understand the necessity of regulations. The following seems fair (to me: *

(8) Determine amoun t, if any, of

man around all the time. I've a see cars qualify for the 500.ought to estimated deficiency in utility tax

hunch many married women would | | be glad fo get a little freedom from

that.

the Women” is just about a viewpoint. Times have Shanged; Ruthie. -

Editor's Note: It is Mrs. Millett. Beyond that, we judiciously refrain from comment. # » . “WHY RAISE COST OF ACCIDENT INSURANCE” By Safe Driver, Indianapolis Don't you think it is unfair to pass a law that motorists should buy liability and property damage insurance, and then the insurance companies raise the price almost every year because some careless ones cause death and wreck and injuries. Why raise everybody? And also the clause in the policies that if the damage is less than $50 the ones who have the wrecks pay the bill to help the insurance companies. If I remember rightly, the price “has raised about $10 since the law was passed. ‘There should be a law. Insurance is 0. k. but why make everybody suffer for the careless few? ” 8.8 ¥] LIKE COUNTY JAIL BETTER THAN CITY” Ex-Jail Resident, City

Sheriff's get so many slams I want to give one a break even though I;

had to spend time in jail not too long ago. I want to compliment Al Magenheimer for his wonderful jail, food, clean, new pairited walls and gooli general appearance. What a

contrast to the city jail where I

have speht a little time too. All I can say is that Chief Sander’s aity jail 8 stinks.

see a little more action than they get. We: don’t want to see anyone|

| payment or equivalent. (b) - Utilities must be allowed to

their helpmates now and then, at'hurt. and of course if cars aren't make a fair return on “capital in-

in shape they can't be driven. But| vested.” I respectfully suggest a net

The viewpoint expressed in “We, when folks pay a buck, which goes return of 11% with all above 11% 1905 to make up purse money, it seems 80ing, after the end of any calendar

reasonable that they should get to Year, to the treasury of the city in

see a few cars in tion between trials even if the driver doesn’t need the practice. I'm interested especially for the kids who don't get

haven't the price or their folks don't want them battling race day crowds. It's just a suggestion. } » » ou “DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CUTS CHURCH ATTENDANCE” By Reader, W. Vermont st. I just read in the paper where somebody traveling in the country saw about 18 or 20 farmers plowing at about midnight. Daylight sayoo time doesn't seem to help them much, does it? This setting up of the clocks sure makes it hard on the churches. People are not used to going to church so early in the evening so some are late coming in. I, for one, can't do much sleeping when it gets daylight in the morning so it knocks me out of some good old sleep in the morning. Let's

not wait until next year, let's change back now. » [J »

“HOW ABOUT FORUM SPACE FOR POLITICIAN LETTERS?” By B. B. B., Claremont Every now and then a politician or ‘even some business man complains that he doesn’t get newspaper space for his views, Why not encourage men in public office, particularly, to speak. their pieces from

Their letters would be as enter[taining as others that appear, and | possibly even more enlightening.

Side Glances— By Galbraith

. OOPR. 1047 BY NEA SERVICE,

INC. 7. M. RED, U. 8. PAT. OFF. 5-2 "if Junior” played hookey, ou'd better peak to him about * time—| neaked off to ball gas Ro pen

to see the rade itself because they

‘which the utility is located. In rural districts the “surplus” amount to the county treasury. (¢) Utilities’ accounting systems must éonform with Indiana law which will automatically hold rates in balance and check.

(d) Utilities must provide, when obtainable, modern equipment to insure the best and Jnost, service for rates obtained. 4

(e) Above all, fair sates must permit fair—but not exorbitant— salary and wage paymepgts and working conditions to utility em--ployees, plus, if possible, a guaranteed annual wage. The public's interest is not confined to incompetent personnel and lack of judgment nor news about babies, girls, women and what social agencies are doing, but interest also extends to the financial statement of Indianapolis, which I understand has not been released since 1943, taxes and utilities. In deciding the present case of a new wage demand of 30c an hour increase by company unions of the Indianapolis Railways, Inc, I progoose the following requirements: (a) Full co-operation with, but strict supervision of, the common carrier by both the administrative and legislative branches of the city. There must be better public relations established. (b) © Decentralization of public

time to time in the Hoosier Forum? |iransportation. More crosstown lines,

which must be patronized if they are to be Tetaisien, and less trunk lines, (c) A 10-cent A fare and free transfers which would redlice the present fare from 10%e¢ to 10c. Spe{cial rates for children. Weekly | passes should be theroughly inyestigated, (d) In view of the May 8, 1047, newspaper reported “Local Government Costs May Force Property Tax | Hike” consideration should be given to collecting $125 a year per bus and trackless trolley license fee for each vehicle operating on the streets of Indianapolis. The foregoing plus the approximate $20,000 gdsoline tax ‘the city receives on the equipment, would represent a fair share of the street upkeep. It would pave approximately 2% miles of streets, at present prices, per year. The foregoing in my perception of the need of public recognition of the need of a regulated capitalism and labor and because of the obvious

| effect on the business and industrial

community. ~ » »

“TAKE DOGS INTO HOME,

| DON'T LET THEM DIE” (| By Forrest Lee Miles, 4825 Manker st,

There has heen a piece in the paper that the municipal dog pound is slated to kill several thousand homeless dogs in 1047. The superintendent safd they are looking for dog owners to take the dogs in and “treat them decent. It isn't right to let a dog be killed just because peo‘ple.don’t pay any attention or don’t t to pay any attention tn the plea made by the dog pound. Wake up, you dog friends, remember a dog is man's best friend, so let's be dog's

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The river at W. Washington st. was the favorite place for the baptism of converts a 100 years ago. Both banks lent themselves to the purpose. On the west side the water shoaled JYery rapidly, and on the east there was a handy off” place which lessened the shock of being plunged into the water too suddenly. Almost as popular were two places in the canal-— one at Washington st.; the other at the Ken Suieky awe. bridge. Of the two, the latter had the call. It was

Story About ‘Latest Story' MR. REED had been here only a few weeks when one day he was talking to a group of men at the old post office corner (Market and Pennsylvania sts.). Then, as now, it was the best place in town for sidewalk conversation. Right in the middle of the talk, a man—a stranger to him-—broke into the gircle with what he said was the latest story. “Stop me if you've heard it,” he said. Immediately, everybody knew what was coming. After the

REFLECTIONS .

NEW YORK, May 2 ~The longer I live in New York, the more I feel I'm walking around in a dream.

seems unreal. Having delivered myself of that fine hunk of generality, I will say that I went back to the little red school house the other night. It was P. 8, 17, in the west Forties. Some ‘kids were playing volleyball as we walked through the gym, and it smelled like a x 0ol—chalk and disinfectant and that weary odor ch manufactures an automatic yawn,

Construction of a Gag WHAT WAS I DOING in school? I was going to school to attend class. What is the class? It is a weekly seminar devoted to a most important project, gag-writing. That's right-—gag-writing. Here, in a room fyll of desks and books and blackboards, sit 40 to 60 adults, all of whom dislike work. Once a week they meet to learn the intricacies of writing jokes and situations for eventual possible sale fo the alleged comics who work in the ginmills and on the radio. These people are serious. The veterans among thém are even segking recognition under the G. I.bill of rights. If they have an aim, it is to wind up writing material for radio people. To date, the most famous alumni of this citadel of higher education is one fellow who put in a little time with Phil Baker, another who is writing stuff for Goodman Ace, and a third who served a short stretch on the Bob Hope show. . I took some notes on conversation before Mr. Lewis opened the meeting, and they went like this:

IN WASHINGTON

ALBANY, N. Y, May 21.—The turmoil in Washington over the omnibus labor bill has been felt even here in tranquil Albany. The effort to push Gov. Thomas E. Dewey into declaring his views on federal labor legislation has increased as the controversy over the measure itself has increased. Part of that effort is to try to needle Mr. Dewey into saying whether he does or’ does not agree with the stand taken by Republican Senator Irving M. Ives of New York. Mr. Ives has opposed, and with considerable success, the so-called strengthening amendments urged in the senate by Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Thereby he has stirred the ire of right-wing Republicans in the state. They refer to him in in-

' dignant letters and angry conversation as “that New

Deal Republicafi.” : Now it is a fact that Mr. Dewey, after considerable jockeying, approved Mr. Ives for the senatorial nomination last fall. Mr. Ives was elected in the Dewey landslide. Is he, therefore, Mr. Dewey's man and does he speak for Mr. Dewey on labor legislation?

In Political Battles

WHEN YOU LOOK into Mr. Ives’ background, you see at once that this question is beside the point. Mr. Ives has been through the fire of political battles and he has emerged with a reputation for high integrity and great know-how in government. To several visitors, Mr. Dewey has expressed the belief that Mr. Ives is the best qualified man to enter the senate of the United States in many years.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS .

WASHINGTON, May 21.—How the Kremlin's fluence affects the daily lives of the American el and pits American worker against American worker,

labor movement. Back when John L. Lewis headed the C. I. O., which he had organized, and Philip Murray was his vice president, he proposed a merger with William Greens A. F. of L. The way to merge, he suggested —and Mr. Murray stood with him—was for the two big unions. to unite first, then iron out their differences. Mr, Green turned down the proposition. Recently, however, according to my informant, it became Mr. Green's turn to propose merger. And, it is said, his proposal took almost the same form as Mr. Lewis'-—namely, to unite first and spitle the details afterward.

Murray's Turn to: Refuse THIS TIME, Mr. Murray refused. That 1s, it was observed, he turned down what in effect was his own earlier proposal. A The reason, it was stated, was the objections on the part of Communist’ leaders within the C. I. O. A bit of history was reca recalled. The Soviet Union Has always refused to have anything ‘to do with the I I. O. (International Labor Organjzation), an integral part of the league of nations, That is because when the I L. O. was born the A. PF. of L, was the only representative labor group in the United Stafes, hence American representatives on that body usually were A. P. of, L. men. And the A. F. of L., like the! British Trade Union ess, refused to do business’ with the Soviet ns on the grounds that the Russian organizations were government-controlled—as, of course, Sey oe a

The place has a way of impressing you with the ~ ‘| casualness of the fantastic, so much that the ordinary

comes to the writer from a high officialof the U. 8.

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“Oh,” drawled the new parson, “don’t let. that worry you. When a blackguard tells me sch oes,

I forget; When a sentimen Via IL To A ber it." And to this day n how Mr. Reed had classified the THREE:

Prom here he went to Dayton and from there to the I street church in Washington, subsequently known as “Lincoln's church.” In 1850 he was made chaplain of the senate and during Lincoln's administration’ he was his honored friend. He was present at Lincoln's death preached his funersl sernfon which’: oaih without

exception, the prize example of a preacher's failure

tq rise to an historic occasiom FOUR: The Rev. Joseph A Milburn, 's Yorn¢ and bred Briton, had been in In . three years (Second Presbyterian church) when, in 1893, he was asked to.officiate at the fuheral of Sarah T Bolton, author of “Paddle Your Own wk ”

Studied d Poems in En AS ON this occasion od Dr,

told of i Mrs. Bolton's poem in his: frien. toe in England, never dreaming that one day he would

live near the author and see her face—let alone, offi-, . Later when it was learned that he ® ciate at her funeral. - t

FIVE: It was in 1803, too, that the Rev. Bessonies, the beloved French priest, lay dying in’ the vicarage of St. John's. The Indianapolis Sun, the antecedent of today’s Times, sent a young reporter to learn how the priest had passed the night. The city editor Jad impressed the reporter with the fact that it was front page news for the reason that everybody around here regarded Father Bessonies with great affection and wanted to know how he was getting along, When the priest's housekeeper came to the door in answer to the reporter's ring, she told him it was utterly impossible to see Father Bessonies. “Well, in that case, let me talk to Mrs. Bessonies,” said the insistent reporter. The. story is good just as it stands. However, it packs an additional punch when you know that the persistent Teporer | was Louis our Jruen: congressman.

. By Robert c. Ruark

Radio Humor Anatomy Is Very Naked

“That Robert Benchley's got some good stuff. I just stole some. i “How about that comic in Brookllyn? Anybody catch his act?” “He's working in a basement, a drip Jolrit. It's an upholstered sewer. He's a gum chewer.” “Any talent?” “Stinks!”

“You have to dirty up the lyrics. Danny Thomas

stuff. They're too clean now.” “You got to kid the listeners a little bit.” “A script like that wouldn't have any lsteners.” "A large, handsome fellow wearing a Hollywood

blue coat and loafers got up and began to read a dis-

mal script concerning the salty sayings of three western characters, Cockeye, Deadeye and. Eagle Eye. “You forgot ‘'pie-eyed’.” a heckler commented Other voices chimed in. “It needs a girl. It needs a sissy-type. It needs a fellow to rush in and kill off 18 guys. It needs a Frank Sinatra type.” “It needs a story,” one wise man said, sourly.

What Audiences Like on

OF ANOTHER EFFORT, involving the plight of a real estate agent who has been driven ‘mad, and now has delusions of seeing vacant houses, the comments were as follows: “More gags. More business. It's Ozzie and Harriett stuff. More action—have her scream at the mice. Have her play on a plano that ain't there” And so it went along, for a couple of hours. I left, feeling a little guilty, and have been unable to laugh at a radio program since. The anatomy of humor, turned loose in a classroom, is very naked, indeed.

By Marquis Childs

Mr. Dewey and His Ace-in-the-Hole

Mr. Ives was in politics before Mr. Dewey was heard of. He was for many years majority leader of the upper house of the state legislature, He directed several bi-partisan investigations into the ills of our time. Mr. Dewey describes himself today as to the right of Mr. Ives, ideologically speaking. Mr. Dewey is for a labor bill that can be passed, if necessary, over President Truman's veto. Here, of course, he would seem to coincide with Mr. Ives’ position, since Mr. Ives has argued repeatedly that to include a ban on industry-wide bargaining or other “tough” provisions would kill the chances for any legislation. Another question is: Did Mr. Dewey warn Mr. Taft against putting Mr. Ives on the senate labor committee? That report has frequently been printed. What Mr. Dewey actually said to Mr. Taft on this subject went more or less like this:

‘When I'm for Him'

“IF YOU WANT to have your own way in the committee you had better not appoint Mr. Ives. He is a new senator and there are other committees he is interested in. On the other hand, if he wants the assignment on labor, then I am for him.” How far Mr. Dewey would go in federal labor legislation, no one is likely to know before 1948. But talk of his repudiating Mr. Ives is a little foolish. There are those on the Dewey team acutely aware that, come '48, Mr. Ives will be a- political ace in the hole should Mr. Dewey happen once again to be the Republican nominee.

.. By William Philip Simms

Views on Reds Keep Unions Apart

ers was held. A committee was named to draw up a plan for a permanent body. This was to be called

the World Federation of Trade Unions, The A. F. of ~

L. did not attend. The C. I. O. did. Subsequently, further meetings took place in Washington and<-while the United Nations delegations met ‘across the bay in San Prancisco—in Oakland. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov gave the new W. F.' T. U. his most vigorous backing. He did his best to push through its demand for official status within the United Nations although in the end he failed. But the Soviet-sponsored W. F. T, U. by no means has dropped its fight. Recently at the meeting of the economic commission for Europe in Geneva it renewed a demand for recognition. It insisted em full participation in everything the commission did, thus raising anew the whole question of the role of nongovernmental organizations in connection with the United Nations. Yugoslavia, one of the Soviets’ vas-

"sal states, strongly. supported the W. F. T. U.

Interest Easy to Understand ~ RUSSIA'S YeToRseT in the W. P, T. U. is not difficult to understand. Russiafi workers of course have the Soviet government for boss. The unions are entirely government-controlled. - And as there are nearly 40 million members of these governmentcontrolled unions, they are in a position to dominate any world organization with which they may be affiliated. i There are only some 6 million @ I. o. members; according to published figures, and approximately 75 millions A. F. of L. members. Combined, they * would be less than one-third the Soviet membership. . Which, according to the source referred to above,

‘brings the story-back to the beginning. What kept

the C. I. O. and A. F. of L. apart recéntly, it is said, was A. F. of L.'s attitude toward the Soviet-controlled-W. F. T. U. In case of merger, Communist leaders within the C. 1 O. are said to believe, American ‘WF. T. WU.

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