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JOLTS, FOR GAMBLERS | DGE ALEX CLARK; of municipal court, has the slickers of the local gambling fraternity perturbed by the jail

sentences he is handing out to those convicted in his court. "These operators are not used to rough treatment. In-

deed, they resent it. Said one of them: : Wh the cops put eight of us in one cell, just as if

we were common criminals.”

Many of

those men who make good livings off their

fllegal operations are in fact common criminals, but they have been getting away with sneering at the law too long. If more of them received jail sentences, there wouldn t be so much enthusiasm about the $9,000,000 gambling racket in Indianapolis, a racket that still theoretically is being “investigated” by Prosecutor Judson L. Stark, More power to Judge Clark. The public will support

his firm handling of these law violators.

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UN-CIVIL SERVICE

E hadn't just expected it to come to blows, but other-

wise we're not really very much surprised over what

longh ed dut on South Randolph st. yesterday when a ie householder tried to get the city's rubbish col-

Jectors to collect his rubbish.

It seems to us the people of Indianapo

lis have endured

with remarkable patience an almost incredibly bad system of refusescollection. When garbage, rubbish and the like are collected at all, it is done in a sloppy and careless way that Jeaves the alleys littered and filthy. A good part of the time, in a good many sections of town, it seems not to be done at all. The collection department appears to work under a complicated set of rules of its own, which permits collectors to ignore any refuse that isn’t packaged in exactly the right way, set in exactly the right spot at exactly the correct angle—and, for all we know, tied in bows of baby blue ribbon on Tuesdays and pastel pink on altérnate Thursdays besides. We know the equipment that is being used is old and ought to be replaced, and to some extent is being replaced this summer. But it isn’t equipment, entirely, that causes the difficulty. There are still the city's employees whose job it is to see that this trash does get on the wagons to be hauled away—and unfortunately a good many of them appear to be almost aggressive in their determination not

to take it.

It isn’t pleasant when some visiting observer remarks in a widely circulated book that he has traveled all over North America and that Indianapolis is the dirtiest city he has seen, but we've got to admit our alleys after the collectors have just passed do little to refute what he says.

MORE THAN THREE TO ONE

VWHEN the Taft-Hartley labor bill came up for final approval, 525 members of congress 430 representatives,

95 senators) were eligible to vote on it.

Those who voted for it numbered 374, and 21 others

sent word that they favored it.

So this bill went to President Truman with the support of 395 members of congress—more than 75 per cent of the

total present membership.

Incidentally, 55 per cent of the Democrats in congress either voted for or otherwise signified that they favored it. These figures are worth remembering when you read

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or hear the charges of labor-union officials that the TaftHartley bill is “designed” to enslave workers and destroy

freedom in America.

You may be sure that more than three-fourths of all the members of congress, and more than half of the Democrats, have not lent themselves to such a plot. The truth is that the overwhelming support of this bill in congress is due to an overwhelming demand throughout the country for correction of the labor movement’s abuses and excesses. The Taft-Hartley bill is not a perfect answer to this demand, Some of its provisions may, in practice, prove unfair or unwise, and if so congress should set them right.

"But in the main it is a good measure, and could have been

a better one if labor's so-called leaders who howl against it had been wise—if, conceding the force of public opinion, they had been willing to help congress write sound cor-

rective legislation.

Instead, they flouted public opinion, tried to intimidate congress, insisted there must be no restraint on their own power, and opposed the mildest suggestions for legislation as violently as they now oppose the Taft-Hartley bill. If by any chance they should succeed in their effort to prevent this bill from becoming law they would, we are convinced,

pursue the same blind tactics in the future. And the in- ' evitable consequence, not long delayed, would be enactment

of a far more drastic law.

{ _ ' WPTIMISTIC MR. JONES SAYS Jesse Jones: “I see no possibility of a depression in the near future. I do not believe we can talk ourselves

into a depression.”

© «Mr. Jones has been called various things. But—whether as banker, publisher, big owner of real estate, secretary + of commerce, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. or whatever—nobody, to our knowledge, ever has accused him of letting emotion sway his judgment on matters business and financial, And he didn’t get as rich as he is by

making bad guesses,

So, when he becomes almost lyrical about this country’s future, as he did in his letter to the house banking committee, maybe the rest of us can afford to cheer up a trifle. Of course, said Mr. Jones, some reduction in the price necessities is highly desirable, and some international ipments could affect our economy. But he cited many

| for expecting continued prosperity: Urgent need section work of all kinds, public and private; public oad and industrial plant and equipment to be 3 banks in excellent condition and no vate sources for most purposes. Altodone, which necessarily has dozen years, that busi-

Hoosier

Forum

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

The Times asks for ideas from

police department and other sound

which I understand was dissolved “because its job was done.” If the job was done, the initial assignment wasn't very comprehensive, . If I were mayor of Indianapolis, I'd name a committee representing the builders and contractors, labor unions, banks, chamber of com-

veteran groups. Then I'd ask that committee to be a fact-finding body which not only would inform me accurately of the problem—that is, the need for housing—but also would draw a plan for solving it. Then I'd make that plan public, enlist Support for it, and go to work. Sure, it’s easy to say “go to work.” But unless we do it, this’ serious problem will not be solved, discontent with the ability to private enterprise to-meet the need will grow and well find governmen: taking over a job the community and its citizens should be doing. ” # ” “CASH AL LEAVE BONDS FOR VETERANS" By Raymond Blickenstaff, Crawfordsville It seems as though the President was pretty free with $350 million for-*war devastated countries.” I believe he could squeeze out $2 million to veterans for the purpose of cashing terminal leave bonds. Come on, veterans, back me up. It won't be long before congress goes home for a vacation. : ” - » “HAVE WE FORGOTTEN MEMORIAL DAY'S AIM?” By A Disabled Veteran, Indianapelis " Memorial Day was created for the purpose of stopping and paying tribute and thanks to the boys who on the battle field had given their last full measure of devotion that this country might live. In our modern way of life I wonder if many have not forgotten the purpose of this day. As I stood on the

"Housing Is Biggest Challenge

Now to Mayor of Indianapolis" By M. ER. A, Washington blvd.

its readers on what they would do

if they were mayor of Indianapolis. I have noted several excellent discussions of proper delegation of responsibility to heads >f boards and bureaus, improvement of the traffic system, added recreation facilities, a review of health and sanitation measures, reform of the

suggestions.

# No one, however; has touched on the housing problem so far. To me, that is the most single serious problem we have in Indianapolis. I say it is serious because so little has been done about it and because the need for housing is so dangerously acute. The mayor appointed a committee (and I for one cannot see that it accomplished very much)

raised in salute while the bugle sounded taps for dies who gave their

I don't know whether or not the dead can see what happens back here, but if they can I imagine the boys would say, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” w - . “WRAP GARBAGE IN HEAVY NEWSPAPER” By Mrs. Eleanor Fechiman, 310 E. North'st, There is no use in squirting around DDT until you have all garbage wrapped in heavy newspaper and tied with a string before placing it into the garbage pail. This does away with soiled cans, odor and a breeding place for fliess If New York and Cincinnati have such a law, why don’t we? It is up to the doctors of this city to see that such a law is passed inl ‘a very short time and that the officers of our fair city see tha} it is enforced.

Editor's Note: City health authorities say that while wrapping garbage in paper would be sanitary and easy for many persons, the paper interferes with the process of reducing garbage at the sanitation plant, where it is made into fertilizer, stock feed and other by-products. DDT is effective in keeping down the fly population, as is keeping garbage cans as clean as possible and

steps of the Monument with my hand covered tightly.

Side Glances—Bv Galbraith [mr .

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“UNIVERSAL TRAINING HELD -. OUTMODED AND USELESS”

wise and prudent investment in Americari security, liberty and prosperity.” These words are noth-

clusion of an argument or a worthless policy in order to give it much-

ed and useless. It is futile to assume that a million rifle-bearing American soldiers could offer any adequate defense to a country that is being showered with atomic bombs and radar-directed bigh explosive missiles. Of course, the fundamental axiom of grand warfare, that it is the foot soldier who wins the final victory, will perbaps always remain. But would not this victory that they win be“a victory? What difference does it make who is the victor if all the belligerent populations have been annihilated? An army of foot soldiers, that would be the main product of this plan, would hardly have time to find shelter for themselves, much less mobilize in a matter of hours. We have entered the atonfic age and history and common sense have proven that we cannot turn back. The value of a program of universal military training would be about as much in the atomic age as the sword was when gunpowder was invented. : The second glaring example of faulty reasoning and weak logic is the belief that this program would generate world co-operation and in turn promote world peace. These short-sighted individuals claim “that UMT would reassure the peace-loving countries and enhance the influence and suthority of the United Nations.” Without a doubt if this undemocratic program were to be approved by the United States government ould be the greatest blow to the already tottering foundation of the United Natidns that could possibly be delivered. For hundreds of years we have attempted to build our peace hopes on

weak and suspicious promises’ and quickly resort to the “power of the sword” if there was any indication of failure of the peace organization that we tried to perfect. When will we realize tab no peace program can ever succee it is built upon hate, greed and the doctrine of might over right. Universal ‘armament projects nothing but that very hate and greed which

we are trying to overcome. This

has been proven throughout history. Our only hope for world

| peace les solely within the council {halls of the United Nations. It is

up to us to’ make it strong end not tear it down. There is not a nation in the United Nations that really wants to engage in the third and -final world war. Most important, the people of these zountries do not desine to wage another conflict. They have had enough. When will our military men learn where their . jurisdiction ends? When will they learn that a program of universal military training would be wholly inade~

DAILY THOUGHT - . Who against hope believed in hope—Romans 4:18, .

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| HOPE Is like the sun which if | through the same

sidering mtegtation of the army, navy and air force

-} an election year,

Halleck in Ke Spot : ‘ ITIS A Y SPECTACLE when congressmen agree that they should not adjourn July 31 without providing that congress be subject to recall as it was during: the war years . . . put still refuse to face military training. World peace decisions. :

members is on either the forces committee, but Rep. of the house, for ‘advancing er, as & world war II also will §wing considerable weight among where the majority of those who saw vor the war department's training proposal. citizens owe it to their representatives in ashington to let them know how they feel about this important measure, whether they are for it or The groups favoring it will be active in support .". . as a case in point members of the Indiana department of the Reserve Officers association are being requested this week to write to congressmen advocating passage of the bill. C pressure to bring the subject out of committee, it is doubtful whether sny action will be taken at this session. And that despite the support of the President, the army, the state

NEW YORK, June 12—A visiting fire lady, in from Oklahoma, has been out to watch the United Nations security council at ‘work, and has come back muttering. She says theyll never get the world arranged neatly until they do something about thé cafeteria. \ > “The lunch was awful,” she says. “I paid a dollar and five cents for a little dab of pot roast, two slices of cold lightbread, a limp salad afid a glass of milk.

eating glamorous food and what do I get? A bottle ‘of milk with “two straws stuck in the top. No glass, even.” ~ . : Our corréspondent was considerably let down by the conclave at Lake Success. She says that the delegates looked like a lot of Middlewestern busingssmen at a Kiwanis lunch. . ei ,-“The only foreign looking person I saw was the

“| Chinese member,” she said, “and he didn’t look like

a native Chinese. He looked like the successful owner of a chop suey joint .. . a pleasant 'little man who had become an officer on the board of trade or the chamber of commerce. I went out there expecting robes and uniforms and such, and I walk into a businessmen’s Tunch.”

She Speaks Brooklynese ; THE VISITOR said one of the Chinese girls, reasonably romantic in a split skirt and a high neck, walked up to one of the newspapermen, a “Hya, kid,” said the celestial flower, with a raffish wave of her hand. Our correspondent said it was definitely a jarring note. A remarkably fine reporter, the visitor from Oklahoma said she was impressed by the following

‘things:

The Russians, as a whole, are the prettiest. Mr. Gromyko's voice is sexier than anybody else’s. = Paris El Khouri of Syria is the handsomest individual. Only two kinds of salad dressing are served-—mayon-naise and Russian. There is a separate dining room

TRADITION SAYS A MAN can't eat a quail a day for 30 consecutive days. Advice-to-the-lovelorn columnists say that a husband and wife, however happily married, should vacation apart now and then. Concededly, men and women do better work with a vacation once a year. . Came the time when Indiana gagged at the thought of another bite of political quail. She just forgot her happy marriage with politics. She wandered off to play with paper money, foreswearing as an instance. Her eloquent Daniel W. Voorwas telling her: , “The same official stamp on silver or on paper at once ennobles them to an equality with gold in purchasing power, no matter how debased, how degraded; or how valueless the silver or the paper may ‘have become as commodities bf sinister and unwise legislation.”

Fell for His Eloquence SO IN THE SPIRIT of melodrama and a political vacation, they cheered their orator over on the Wabash as they hissed the villain of gold in the spirit of folks on a two-week layoff. Note this: “The house of representatives was a body of somewhat curious composition. From a source of influence unknown, a universal protest in all parties had swept over the state against the return

the membership not more than 10 lawyers, and not more than that number had seen any service (in the legislature).”

ATHENS, June 12.—America is on a hot spot here. Conditions are unbelievably bad. Though the situation

is not hopeless, only the utmost American skill and determination can save it. And even t will be futile unless the Greek government ws statesmanship and co-operation hitherto lacking. We cannot afford to fail here. The importance of Greece as,such Is often exaggerated. But the cost of our failure here in its effect on the Near East, Italy, Germany, - France, even on England, cannot be over-estimated. ' All the world is watching this as a test between the Truman Doctrine and Stalinist penetration, The test cannot be avoided. Russian control is the alternative if America falls, or pulls out. As long as the British and Americans can keep the United Nations alerted on the frontier war, the immediate Greek miiltary problem should be relatively simple. Guerrillas can be isolated and reduged tothe status J pests. -

Main Battle Is Economic diy THE REAL WAR for Greek independence at this stage therefore is on economic and political battleflelds—precisely where Greece is the weakest. Unless the Athens government with our help can give the from want and freedom from fear, 0 per cent Communist minority here have to do is to take over from the corpsq of

* The and her satellites are so cocky about i ato ad the Democrats here so dised—is, that Britain's failure in the past year s to presage American failure, We are to spend money than the British and we have less Moreover, apparently we have to work

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military. department, and the Compton conim

and law .°.

I went out there expecting. t6 see glamorous people

of lawyers to the general assembly. There were in

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recently completed a six-month study of we ques-

* tion. The Compton commision is composed

in the feld of science, education, religion, diplomacy . a well-rounded group which attacked the problem without prejudice. The sensitivity of congressmen fo publi bpinion’ sometimes causes them to refrain from taking action which they know is for the public good. Results of various polls taken over the courtry, however, show that the majority of the persons polled in .every section favored some form of universal pailitary training. This’ also was reflected in a Survey made by the mayor's army advisory committee in Indians apolig, where the majority was not large, but was Seat + + » and those polled included all economic vels, / 3 Latest Hoosler group to go on record in favor of UMT is the Disabled American Veterans, whieh held

. Its state convention at Evansville and indorsed the

program formally. These men certainly can't ‘be’

. accused of being militaristic, Latest organization 16

oppose UMT is the Indianapolis Church Federation; which today issued a statement against it.

A ts Against UMT "PAE COMPTON COMMISION. enscivly ts

posed of the principal arguments usually advanced: against universal military training, 43 These are that it is un-democratic and un-Ameris’ can, that adoption by this country would encourage’ other nations to do likewise, that military prepargdness leads to war, that what the country needs for security Is full production and full employment and’ lower taxes rather than the war-risk insurance of UMT, and that such training will make this a militaristic nation. ’

The report should be required reading for our.”

representatives in Washington . . . if their cofistituents had any power of requirement except that exercised so lackadaisically at the polls, :

REFLECTIONS . . ._ By Robert C. Ruark SAT Visits UN and Finds Cafeteria ‘Awful’

with a $2 table d'héte for the delegates who crave more privacy at lunch, ‘Same food as in the cafeteria. Our girl says the audience appears to have been ‘conceived by Helen Hokinson—that it appears to have leaped straightway from a meeting of the Norwalk Dahlia and Free Verse club. Women of the comfortable, family type comprise 90 per cent of the audience—apart, that is, from Gromyko's bobbysox following. The bobbysoxers are but definitely sent by Mr. Gromyko. To them he is out of this world. The bar is more lavishly equipped with variegated booze than the average city saloon, but the most popular drinks are orange juice, Dubohnet and Cinzano vermouth, in that order, Even in the press bar, Coca-Cola is the heaviest seller, “Coca-Cola,” says our informant, “is very big in the United Nations."

Too Many Languages

ONE THING our girl can't understand is why, although everybody out there speaks perfect French, there still must be a translation into English by the interpreters. In Gromyko's case, he speaks in Russian, and then had to stand by while the Russian is translated into French, and then the French m be converted into English. ‘ “It may be diplomatic courtesy or something, but it wastes a hell of a lot of time,” says the western visitor. “If théy're all so smart why don't they get together and work out a common sign language or something?” : The bulletin board is a very impressive international symbol, she says. She saw a for-sale sign advertising a bed with a red leather headboard, and one of the female UN’ers was looking for a roommate. The first secretariat dance is soon to be held, and every three minutes the bullhorn broke into the global solemnity, advising everyone to hurry up and buy tickets. I asked the lady whom she liked best. “Trygve Lie” she replied. “He's cute. He looks just like Harold Stassen.*

SAGA OF INDIANA . .. By Wiliam A. Marlow

Hoosiers Once Quit Gold Standard

This is David Turpie speaking, then one of the prominent Democrats of the state. He was commenting on the Indiana legislature of 1874. The house of this legislature had elected him as its speaker. He had been a United States senator from Indiana. When the full force of the panic of 1873 struck Indiana, the political leaders and the party wheelhorses ducked for cover. They waited till the political storm blew over. In this ruid-channel political drift, s political convention held in Indianapolis on Feb. 17, 1876, is revealing. It was called by thé Greenback clubs of Indiana, the “Capital” club of Indianapolis with 250 members acting as host, and the Terre Haute club with 600 members strongly backing it up.

Drew Wide Press Notice - THE CONVENTION at once attracted national attention. Special correspondents from the newspapers covered it—O. J. Smith of the Terre Haute Express; Jere Keenly, Crawfordsville Star; E. OC. Crapsey, New York Times; F. E. Graham, Cleveland Leader; C. W. Sanders, Chicago Times; William Mitchell, Greenfleld Democrat; D. Alexander, Cincinnati Gazette. The convention nominated Franklin Landers, Morgan county, for governor. When James D., Williams later that year beat him for the Democratic nomination for governor, he ducked politics for the campaign. Over a 10-year stretch to 1880, this con‘Vention is typical of Indiana's political drifting years.

WORLD AFFAIRS .'. . By Ludwell Denny Two 'Musts” in Greek Aid Program

Not unless this Athens regime. or some other, by just conciliation, can reunite the fueding nonCommunist Greek majority. And not unless the U, 8. government and experts have extehsive control over expenditures, and over agreed economic and administrative reforms—powers which the British lacked, That's why the Porter report emphasized the necessity of reasonable American control, why congress wrote it into the ald law and why President Truman has reaffirmed it. The emergency surgical operation on the governmental body and economic system is going to hurt. Civil service reform is fine until a thousand Royalist henchmen are separated from the trough and corrupt party lieutenants kicked out. Tax reforms and cracking down on profiteers and black markets are okay until political angels are touched®and party moneybags are endangered. Then is the payoff.

Smear Danger Faces U.S.

THE DANGER is not only that the Americans might be sabotaged gs the British were, but that the Americans also might be smeared as imperialists interfering with domestic affairs, Two minimum safeguards are required to prevent the flasco of American ald. One is 8 co-operative attitude by both the Athens government and the American mission. The other is immediate and continuing full publicity. ' iy The. first involves willingness of Greek government leaders to help in plugging ratholes gh which a billion dollars has been poured in the past two and a half years. - iy ; : The second safeguard. involves making cl the Greek, American and world publics that

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