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Probe of Lee Was Farce, Ruark Says

Notes Several Abuses Corrected; ‘Satisfied With Results’

Editorial, Page 12 By ROBERT C. RUARK, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer i NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Possibly I was naive to expect anything other that an attempted whitewash of the investigation of Gen. Courthouse Lee’s Mediterranean theater. No mouse, to my knowledge, ever successfully investigated a cat. But there was a slight backfire in the farce—and by farce I am referring to Maj. En Ira Wythes steged of. joins! ut the eese wade Ie fort to find truth. land fled to sanctuary. He left his

Theré was so much stuff [command, at the very beginning of |

: cuation from Italy, to kicking around that even the 8 Simedl, evas A y general's best efforts to be! And finally, there was so much blind couldn’t hide it all. He tripped justified fuss made over my charges and fell flat over enough unburied —so much confirmation both withevidence to force Gen. Eisenhower in and outside the papers I write to take action on several marked for, by hundreds of people—that abuses, everywhere today the Army's soliciOther abuses, in the frantic ef- tude for its hired help has greatly forts of Gen. Lee and his roadshow increased, And I would imagine that of pet colonels to bury the bone be- it won't be too long before sdme fore the press and the inspector|of the ridiculous inefficiencies in the

general's snoopers showed up, were inspector general system will have|’

corrected in self-defense. Gen. Lee been remodeled.

‘They Know Why | Am Laughing’ 1 AM, THEN, reasonably satisfied, and exaggeration and out of focus

f the Lee presentations, the gentlemen will with $hs loverall result o pardon me if 'I am momentarily

thing. I possess a fairly tough hide. overcome with mirth. I don't mind being called a ligr.| Just for the record, I would now an inefficient reporter and some like to interject a fact which up to of the other choice names that I/now I have not introduced. have been wearing lately. , Three weeks before the publica-| 1 don’t mind, because Gen. Leeition of the first series of articles and Gen. Wyche and everybody elselon Gen. Lee's command, I informed, concerned know, uneasily, why I his own public relations staff of the I. spent two whom I'm snickering. As for lies hours cross-checking the facts.

‘They Knew What | Intended to Do’ GEN. LEE'S OWN “responsible”, I SAID enlisted men had been officers knew fully what I had. They blackjacked into joining a purely knew what I intended to do with | political organization. So does Gen. ft and were unable to refute the Eisenhower. truth of my material. That, I think,| I SAID that the Army had broken] takes care of the guff about my many of its post-war promises to “irresponsible” witnesses. Gen. Wyche's report said my Eisenhower. stuff presented “a wholly false pic- 1 CHARGED unfairness and inture of conditions in the theater.” stability in bringing service depend1 SAID that things were pretty ents to Italy. Gen. Eisenhower awful in the disciplinary training agrees. camp at Pisa. So does Gen. Eisen-| I charged abuse of enlisted chaufhower. feurs. Gen. Eisenhower admits it.

What Independent Reports Say THE NEW YORK TIMES, The Less emphasis on “chicken” had New York Herald-Tribune, the New| been tactitly ordered. York Post, Time Magazine, and the Wives had ceased using govern-

the enlisted men. So does Gen.| Communist Parties of nine Euro-

BN # Visald a ol Fad

LIFE A GAMBLE—Th

ago during a Cathedral High School football practice.

Reds Organize

Against U. 3.

World Split, They Declare Openly

By JOSEPH W. GRIGG United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Oct. 6.—Russia headed a closely meshed organization of the

After Serious Spleen By VICTOR

playing varsity quarterback.

pean nations today. Avowed purpose ganization was to wreck the Marshall and Truman plans and stop American and British-style democracy in its tracks. In seven of the nations—Russia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslo-

f 3 _| nausea. of the of : St Vincent’sshospital, doctors|

shook their heads in doibt on fin-| ishing the examination. Tom's spleen had been mashed and he| was bleeding rapidly internally. Six Transfusions Needed

“government.” The two exceptions sary to keep him alive, are the Communist parties of| But Tom is plenty alive teday.

United Press, as well as the Scripps- ment transport for personal shopHoward newspapers have carried ping trips. -

independent stories saying that since] Gen. Lee had mislaid six personal izations in nations within the Mar-

my first pieces appeared: sedans and was driving his own

Food for enlisted men had im-| jeep. proved 100 per cent. A dayroom for the boys in headItalians had replaced American quarters company had hurriedly MP's for traffic duty. : been knocked together. Viareggio, formerly off limits tol Gen. Lee's private street had been all personnel except residents, had put on limits to other transport. | been placed on limits. MP's, used as doormen, hatcheck~gtaff officers had stopped using ers and car-lot attendants, had government transportation for pri- been pulled off the general's hotel |

vate commuting. in Viareggio.

Enough Material for 17 Columns

1 CITED a long list of complaints other three weeks reaffirming my|“to organize and exchange ex- | early stuff. All told I collected perience and in case of Besson) fg urn dy B , enough documented material for 17/to co-ordinate activity of the Com-| Gen. Wyche's report says that the) = =. + an average 700 words munist parties on foundations of

by the men of the 503 MP battalion.

commanding officer has been Te-ioacn 1 don’t believe even a genius lieved of command—for cause. can haul that much copy out of| The inspector general makes a thin air. great point of the allegation that Lefthandedly, "in Gen. Wyche's| I breezed into Italy and right out pitiful effort to sidestep the truth, | again, while he proudly spent three all the charges have stood up. Gen. | weeks there. He even says, child- Eisenhower's separate report knocks {shly, that he talked to more people the Gen. Wyche report cranksided. than I did. What this proves I| Even if that had not occurred, | don’t know, Gen. Wyche’s own report unwill1 spent three weeks in Italy in the ingly bore me out. As far as I'm

France and Italy, powerful organi-{ Home from the hospital, he now

shall plan zone. The formation of this group in|classroom as a senior by mid-Octo- | an “information bureau” was an-|ber. nounced yesterday in Moscow. Andrei A. Zhdanov and Georgi. M. changed his mind about football. Malenkov, members of the all-pow. | t : erful Soviet Politburo, met with the world,” he said. Communist leaders from the other eight nations late last month in! right now. Poland.

Headquarters in Yugoslavia Summer Makes They agreed to set up a head-

lquarters in Belgrade, Yugoslavia,

LOCAL TEMPERATURES mutual agreement.” 6am ....58 10am... 7 What these words seemed tomean| 7a. m. .,.. $1 Ham... was: Communist parties have uot{ 8a. m. .... 65 12 noon ... 79 been getting daily, or even regular, 9am. .... 70 ipm... 0 directions from Moscow. They have eens Summer weather is scheduled

been trying to carry out broad ideas for a return engagement to In-|

in their own fashion, and’ there has been a lot of wasted motion. |dianpolis and vicinity today and

A 1300-word resolution adopted YOmOrTOW. : by the Communist leaders in their| The temperature, the weather) conference in Poland reeked with/bureau predicts, will mount to 84|

process of my first series, and an- {concerned the case rests. |such words as “American imperial- today and tomorrow it is expected |

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Train Leaves Tracks’ |p: : At 68 MPH: One Dead Richard Strauss

NICHOLS JUNCTION, Mo., Oct. Ends Exile, Gefs 8 (U. P)—Officials of the rrisco [ ondon Applause

railroad said today that a passenger train engine which plunged off the tracks near here, killing one gq gtrauss—old, tired and broke, man and injuring another, Was pui gtill one of the greatest living traveling 68 miles per hour in # composers—celebrated his return

~hour zone. 0-mile ah Wright, 32,|from exile last night at a London

Fireman Leroy A. Muskogee, Okla., was killed instant- concert featuring his “Don Quix-

when the oil-burning engine and | ote. be ol tender skidded down a 25-foot| A Wearing a battered brown hat, embankment dragging a refrigera- and a worn raincoat, the Austriantion car with it. born Strauss, who is 83, sat in the The nine passenger cars, Six of/royal box at the Drury Lane which were empty, remained up- Theater, right on the tracks. There were no injuries to the passengers. The train, en route from Dallas|conduct a performance of his mu-

» ” ” HE HEARD Sir Thomas Beecham

hour late, Frisco officials said.

As the concert ended, applause thundered through the theater “on anners. 2 continued until Mr. Strauss apMang 8 peared on the stags, saying in French: “Thank you, thank you. ****'y| Wonderful.”

Times Index

Bridg Henry Butler. . Carnival oun inact Sled . BE, Q Sxtwnan uy HE HAS been living in SwitzerCrossword .... 8 Radio {land for the last two years on bor12 Scherrer rowed money. Since he was classed as an enemy alien, all his royalties 3 oi 3 ip Britain, totalling possibly $400,- | : 16-17 000, were impounded as reparations. Sports He came to Britain at Mr. Beech-

ers Meta Given... 15 Teen Talk... 15 0 invitation. Mr. Beecham had Don Hoover. 12 (Teen Topics. .15 cor aded for him at the treas-

Inside Indpls..11 Wom. News...15 ury, and officials were reported Johnson .....11|Word-A-Day 11 laooomapivv disposed to let 1

Ohio.~Adv,

Fiiots go FAMOUS JOR FIRE FOOB. take Some of his money out of the » Ws KE country.

ism,” “economic and political en-|to go even higher. | slavement,” “blackmail and extor-| Yesterday's sunshine and mild | tion,” “pacifist mask” and “threats temperatures sen thousands of | of a new war.” | Hoosiers into the country to view! It said openly that the world their favorite autumn scenic spots, had been split into two spheres. just beginning to take on color. Foresees ‘Enslavement’ In agricultural areas farmers’ “Two opposite political lines brows were becoming smoother as

of Russia and the dempcratic turity under favorable conditions. countries directed toward under-| Bs, mining imperialism and strength- CHIANG CALLS ARMY CHIEFS ening democracy; on the other side, PEIPING, Oct. 6 lis the policy of the United States land England, strengthening im [strangling democracy.” {

Mrs. FDR Leads UN Fight

On Red Move to Gag Press ai, "votes waren”

omas Schlofz, 3310 W. Michigan + almost is feet again after doctors gave him a 50-50 chance to live when injured a month

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1947

Local Grid Player Scores [im wu ii sen In Battle for Life .

Cathedral Quarterback Is Recovering

Injury in Practice PETERSON

The chips are down when a person is given a 50-50 charice to live. Thomas Schiotz, 17-year-old Cathedral High School football player, hander complained of a sore shoulgambled his life on the right 50 and won. er. A week before the season's opener with Crispus Attucks, Tom was

He threw a body block in practice. He felt no pain, only sickening

on his

COP Senator Says Rationing To Be Studied Shea, Gregg Eat No Meat

Get Call In On Tuesdays, Series Finale Truman Urges

One-Hit Bevens President Also Asks Has Sore Shoulder Eggless Thursdays

. By UNITED PRESS With the strictest food conservation drive in American Surweise 2b peacetime history already Bens, 1 : under way, consideration was McQuinn, ib being given anew today to the A Robliwon, o possibility of rationing. Umpires—Rommel — Hela! Goetz | ' Ben: Rai = Biaudets &. 9) i, ik Moorman lh. eons; in| prvenised Ht Ge’ joa CoRgeSe Boyer (AL), foul lines. 4 sional Economic Committee will give i 3 “serious consideration” to the pos- : sible return of some form of price control or rationing as a brake on {rising living costs. “The committee is headed by

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THE LINEUPS YANKEES

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (U. P).~ Manager Bucky Harris of the New York Yankees made a last minute switch in pitching plans today, | He named Frank (Spec) Shea, a rookie right-hander who won the first and fifth games, to oppose Hal |

Eastern price subcommittee. President Truman appealed to in the seventh and -deciding game g= of the first $2 million World Series! {in history. i Harris first named Floyd (Almost No-Hit) Bevens, to start on the firing line for the Yankees, but he changed his mind after a brief warmup In which the big right-

self-denial each week to help hun- _ , gry people. : < ABI A.1 _ Save a Slice a Day ANSWERS CRITICS — Maj. Unies’ all. Anericans eo ts, Gen, Paul Hawley, chief sur- |My. Truman sald in an extraordigeon of the Veterans Admini. nary atl siti last night, they ‘ Vet. [MAY any hope Vag. stration, talks about the Vet of OT xo jrennt chaoHe world situation. He earnestly urged the public to: ONE: Use no meat on Tuesdays. TWO: Use no poultry or eggs on

erans Hospital program.

Hawley Defends

“I may use Bevens, but he's in no condition to start,” Harris said,

Shea Pitched Saturday

Gets Reports From Pals

Shea, going with only 24 hours ™ ho Save a slice of bread

ee oh a THREE: a $55 throug i A Tight rest, pitched and won the filthy ¥ Cita every day, : ing to play ball again,” he sald. game Saturday, 2tol, yielding only } W A { FOUR: Co-operate with public

four hits in that encounter at Eb- eating places which were asked fo

bets Field. i Meanwhile, though saddened by | Replies to Legion On serve bread and butter only ont

his team’s poor showing, he has [followed their progress carefully./games for the Yankees during the During the operation to remove squad members constantly are call- [regular season. He was sidelined in| vakia—“Communist party” is syn- the spleen, and on following days, ing on him. After games they come August with a sore arm, but he| onymous, or practically so, With six blood transfusions (were neces-|to his home at 3310 W. Michigan worked the soreness out last month! [8t. to give him a block-by-block, (and became |tackle-by-tackle report. “I just had a feeling I was going Series opening game. manages to get up and around the to get hurt this season, and I sure house and hopes to be back in the did,” Tom said. ’ It's no fun lying in bed, but ascigion on his record. He won only subject.

long as I'm down I've got one con-| | S & Yandehalke with dedth Hantis to g {four games while losing five during] Gen. Hawley is pushing a VA dent Truman's frank demand that

Fire Chief Fulmer

Says—

In Indianapolis each year, fires |\u.ivor Henrich flied to Herman-

request. IU Center Location Grain prices slumped on the ma By RICHARD LEWIS ° [jor exchanges as the first dollarsMaj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley, ehiet a1d-cents Yeastion to the food con the first American® the Veterans Administration, After any off sharply at the league rookie ever to win a World Was in Indianapolis today to talk opening—some of them as much as about the Veterans Hospital pro- they could go in a day's trading— Gregg also has faced the Yankees gram and took time to answer his|the prices started to recover. twice in the series, but has no de-| American Legion critics on the Margin Hike Asked The loss was attributed to Presi.

Shea won 14 and lost only five

{the regular season. program to integrate Veterans Hos- margins be hiked in trading of First Inning | pitals with medical centers all over grain futures, and his warning that DODGERS—Stanky lined a single the country. he might limit the amount of trad That is the reason, he said, the ing. out trying to steal second, A. Romn-| VA decided to locate the new 500-| Mr. Truman thanked distillers for gon to Stirnweiss. Reese walked, J. Ped hospital here at the Indiana their voluntary offer to reduce the Robinson lined to Henrich. Reese University Medical Center campus, use of grain. But he said what was out trying to’ steal second. No! Instead of on the grounds of the really is needed is a 60-day shut runs, one hit. | present Vetérans Hospital on Cold down of the entire industry. YANKEES—8tirnweiss jFpring. Rel Primarily, Mr. Truman sid,

flied to : ‘Loose With Facts’ every individual American must

takes the unholy toll of $800,000. |i. Bors grounded out. No run, The campus location drew fire! Join in the grim campaign to save

This loss is tragic when we

of the shovfage of homes and

business space. Every Indianapolis citizen should accept appointment as a member of the volunteer Fire Fighters of

Indianapolis to

stop this loss. TO PREVENT FIRES IN YOUR HOME, CLEAN FLUES,

Chief Fulmer SMOKE PIPES, AND THE FUR- (third. Gregg grounded to Rizzuto, .. w Michigan St. site will raise

last week from John Samulowitz,®n extra 100 million bushels of state chairman of the Legion's hos- [¥heat between now and next July.

: ! This would enable this country to DODGERS—Walker fouled to|Pital committee, at a meeting of ME etoou Solthe Eieventis Distriet. Mr,” Sam- SSF: about 919° miliea asbels the right-feld corner. Hermanski/Ulowits charged that locating, the o gan 1 P slid in on his stomach to beat the 3 Mages throw to third. Edwards singled | Backing up the President in his down the left-field line, Hermanski| hard-hitting bid for public co-oper=-scoring, Furillo lined a single tol, Like many with a bill of. goodsiation in the food drive were Sec. center. Shea was taken out and to-sell » ihe public,” said retary of State George C. Marshall, replaced by Bevens. Jorgensen got Hawley, “this gentleman is loose Secretary of Agriculture Clinton a ground rule double when his with his facts. I don't regard this Pp, Anderson, Secretary of Combase Jit. to right bounced into the | Attitude as typical of the Legion in|merce W. Averell Harriman and lower stands, Edwards scoring and Indians br in the country as & Charles Luckman, head of Mr. Parillo being 1 {whole. Truman's new citizens food comng forced to hold up at| o... pagley admitted choice of | mittee. Mr. Marshall, in a sober analysis

no hits. Second Inning

proposed hospital at the I U, “cen was a waste of taxpayers’ money.

NACE. REPLACE DEFECTIVE (Who threw to the plate to get truction costs about $250,000 of the ffiipact of h th - PARTS NOW, DURIN Purillo, Gregg being safe .at Arst| pow CHupact of unger on the deb D G FIRE egg 8 e at first opove the Cold Spring Rd. site be-|cate world situation, said every

| PREVENTION WEEK.

on a flelder’s choi er's choice and Jorgensen ..,..o foundation pilings have to!man, woman and child will exert a

Oklahoma to Copy

LONDON, Oct. 8 (U. P.)—Rich-|formed: On one side is the policy the year's corn crop sped to ma- Pa. Turnpike Plan

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 6 |P.) —Oklahoma's Governor, Roy J. walked. Rizzuto lined a single past| This increased expenditure, he (U. Pp). Tumer (D) was scheduled for a Jorgensen into’ left field. McQuinn asserted, will be more than offset + FJ) ™ltour of the Pennsylvania turnpike scoring. Bevens was called out on/by the advantages of being able to| First reaction to the program

Generalissimo -Shek | | directed toward called top et A |loday to Gather ideas on u similar strikes. One run, one hit \ {super highway proposed for his

perialism and ferences today on the precarious gate Gov. Turner was slated also {government position in Manchuria. | for a meeting with Gov, James H

t going lo ae Banks Popbed Y driven into the soft ground at the direct personal effect on the course YANKEE west edge of the medical center of international affairs this winter. reril: bia — DiMaggio flied to campus. J “Our foreign policy,” he said, “has rillo. McQuinn walked. . Johnson Calls Plan ‘Wasteful’ entered the American home and (U.jpopped to Stanky. A. Robinson taken a seat at the family table.”

Question Plan's Value

co-ordinate medical, laboratory, came from the American Meat Inoperative and research with the stitute at Chicago, representing Medical Center proper. most of the nation’s big packing

Third Inning a In services of physicians from the plants. It sald it would co-operate

DODGERS—Reese struck out. J.

Duff to discuss turnpike construc. | 2° Pinson also struck out. Walker center, he said, the Veterans Ad-|but questioned the value of meat-

tion.

walked, Hermanski lined to John-

son. No yums, no hit. less, poultryless and eggless days.

Mr. Luckman said the baking industry already is overhauling its

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GE Cs EE EIR SO Re Se a Ha ARE 7 i

the public to observe two days of -

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. Oct. 6/Nations conference on ‘freedom of, CHICAGO, Oct, 6 (U. P.) ~The

" was more than an “ to St. Louls, sic. Sir Thomas introduced “Doni . on" wr. mranklini D. Roosevelt|information “postulates” wh’ oh International Harvester Oo. -m Threaten to Stay Closed

mongering” charges. | She served notice that the United "ar among the press.

“We believe the fundamental

|States will oppose any attempt 0! function of the press is to gather, |

(make elimination of warmongering process and disseminate news witha duty of the United Nations as- fetters,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. sembly. Netherlands Delegate L. J. Mrs. Roosevelt—assigned by 8ec- Beaufort appealed for steps to reretary of State George C. Marshall move the world press from the

Quixote” to Britain 40 years 889. {oday opened her long-awaited would call for exposure of “War-|gamgelled a scheduled wage nego-

attack on Soviet Russia's “war- mongers” and organizations of an|tfation meeting with union repre“effective” fight against inciters to) sentatives because of mass picketing A six-column advertisement in the

by the union of the company’s Terre Haute Star this morning 'told

| Louisville plant.

Company officials contended the. {picketing was in violation of an in c | Junction.

“|county seat would remain closed 'indefinitely.

Ask Mrs. Manners:

to play a leading role in the defense hands of “profit makers.” He op-| @ Hundreds .of readers are

of the United States against the posed a government sponsored or writing to Mrs.

Soviet charges—presented a spirited controlled press, but added: | eulogy of a free press. She bitterly denounced a controlled press. in the hands of non-profit making “A controlled press is like an egg,” institutions. Elimination of profit |

Manners about their problems . . .

“We believe the press should be and getting intelligent an-

swers each day, ® Mrs. Manners’ column

|Mrs. Roosevelt said. “If any part is Would be a step in the right di-| n't only for the lovelorn

bad, the whole is bad.” {rection because then ‘it will abstain | The debate was over the Soviet from printing all things which are |Union’s attempt to write into the|likely to disturb the spirit of co-

penta for the Jor coming Dio opecation: ; = : ¥

. +. it's for EVERY type of problem or question. Turn to Page Two.

Thirty-five stores have been closed here since early Friday, after

tiations.

strike Friday morning. The other 34 stores, affiliated with Schultz’ in the Terre Haute Merchants’ union negotiating committee, promptly

Terre Haute Retail Stores

{said the closing was a “lockout.”

production and distribution arrangements which will save up to 10 per cent of their normal use of ‘lwheat. This would add up to about 3 million bushels of grain a month.

TERRE HAUTE, Oct. 6 (U. P.) —|Association of Retail Clerks (AFL) | He did not go into details. This,

| presumably, will involve a 10 per

A few stores, mostly nationally | reduction in the size of bread

owned chain stores, remained open. ltesidents of this western Indiana gi.tements issued by the open, loaves and rolls and the elimina- : tion of consignment selling.

i ity that retail stores in the Vigo chants’ committee said “negotia- | Mr

Truman said the White

tions . . . are now deadlocked OVer| gr,.ce is going on the new austerity sacrifices

{the issue of the union shop. The|g...4 that the same

asked

union is asking for a comtract of the public are being imposed on

which viglates the ow.

One store, Schuitz department | dispute in the contract negotiastore, was closed as a result of ations.

The clerks’

the (merchants contend gi pranches of government, include

ling the army, navy and air forces,

a breakdown in new contract nego- Unjon spokesmen said the strike land lockouts were caused by a wage, RAMADIER ENDANGERED

PARIS, Oct. 6 (U. P.)~Premier

and that the merchants had offered a sliding increase,” with ‘a ‘top raise

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