Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1948 — Page 15
him additional votes,
ulated replies: thing to do about the Taft-Hart-
last year?"
agree?”
dling the housing situation. Which do you think. is best?”
FRIDAY, OCT: 1, eh oe es i Toon Stand on Vital Issues Held * Unlikely to Win Additional ‘Votes
Survey Finds Public Sentiment at No
~ Great Variance With
Dewey's Position
NEW YORK, Oct. .1—Fortune Magazine's last pre-election sur-
; yey. which reports Gov. Dewey 1
“almost unbeatable margin of 44% ‘campaign issues and finds that
many issues reflects majority opinion. ed
Seti CRE Teud ing issuestly Lahor legislation, prices, housing, enl rights and special session:
shining did the survey find Mr. TH Joh HKETy ts win msell start _bullding lows...
Replics Tabulated The questions follow, with tab-
“What do. you think is the. Pest ley labor law passed by Congress,
Repeal it entirely vere vee 18% Change it so that it is °° “ more ‘favorable to labor : unions ....ieeeenenien 11
Leave it pretty much as it is, except for minor improvements . ........ 24° Strengthen it to keep labor unions more firml) } in check .......... . Express no opinion .. a Total 54% “With which of these statements about prices {do you
It is better to let the laws" of supply and demand y take care of prices.... 28% The government should Jao what it can about -- “prices, but without using ‘any system of price controls ....,.... 24 The - government should
o
set up a control - system of some kind. 4 in Express fio.
opinion... “Here. are three ways orem:
Let it work out naturally without the government .-+ doing anything about it 23% Try to get miore low-cost
eading President Truman: by ‘the
- to 31%.” also examines leading] “Both Dewey and ‘Truman
Goy.: Dewey's expected stand on
ing Industry iivieooiiw Have the the government. it-
cost houses .....iiiie. N on e_ of these (volum-: teered) ....iciienenans 2 Express so opinion ersten ‘8 Law Queries “What ould you like to see done. about legislation that. prohibits employers—when they are hiring people—from turning them down solely because of their race or religion?”. : Would you" like to ‘see laws passed by Con-
Would you like to see it left up to each state tq pass. its own laws If it wants them? .......... 29 Do you think it would be better not to have any laws at all of this kind and - work the peoblem out some other way?... 37 Express no opinion ...... 9 “Regardless of politics, do you think Congress should have been called back into session,” or do you think. it. was unnecessary?” Should hayé been called’
BACK ov iiirnirinennes 48% It was unnecessary ..... » Express no opinion ......
Pointing out that 43% of ei man voters want ‘the Taft-Hart-ley law left as it is or strengthened; while only 34% want it repealed: or amended in the unions Favor, Fortufie” ghatrves: = smn “The obvious conclusion is that while Mr. Truman’s stand on the Taft-Hartley . Act may consolidate his support among union members, it gains. him no significant added support.” ’ Although “everybody is* against
"housing by having the government help f-
rene seg aan re se et
high | prices, . . Fortune's survey
Truman's Special Assistant “Is Acting White House Boss
By RADFORD MOBLEY.
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have a non-political - President in| the White House these days. But! he is only. “acting” president. He is John R. Steélman, special
assistant to Mr. Truman, whol
finds himself the number one
*man at 1600: { Pennsylvania Ave.,
while the rest of the shop, including the top boss, is "out cam-| paigning. * “I thought I might be able to|
“get in a little golf,” said affable
John, “but it certainly doesn’t] look like it now.’ His schedule begins early and! ends late. He must perform on the luncheon and dinder circuits; at those affairs where the White House is supposed’. to" be’ repre
- sented.
Sometimes’ Calls Train He also faces an endless chain
“of meetings, conferences, and!
intra-office” sessions . that run
_throughont the day, .and must|
make the routine executive de-'
cisions, sometimes after’ ison n_ lk the fast-moying Presi-| entls
Ain. NCA Ra Bor Ri PA Fist
|d
} AE Steelman fas regarded thimself as a career’ man in the |Federak-Goveriment since he di{rected the Federal Conciliation Service, and refuses to play party { politics, He had this understandling with President Truman when "| he wy t to the White House. The! {President readily . agreed John {shéuld act as an expert in other elds and leave politics to others: “That's -what I'm doing now,” Ihe said, “but there certainly isn’t any time for golf.”
|Copyright, 1948, by The Indianapolis Times and Chicago - Dully. News, Inc.
‘Boston Stone’ | The so-called “Boston Stone? recently rededicated in Massa|chusetts, is a stone two-barrel trough brought from England
{late in the 17th century and used for grinding oil and pigments for {paint by means of Jarge stone ball. .
|
; discrimination - cause of race
".|that “a great many. people appar-
shows less than a majority (42%) standing with Mr. Truman in his desire to re-establish price controls. +
Urge Housing Ald
voters would-like to see the govJernment give - some assistance to Du
over the whole job,” Fortune con-
aki a more courageous stand than ‘om the question of civil rights,” Fortune comments: “But here, as so often happens, when the has been most right morally the President has been: -Vrong politically. y “There is as yet, unfortunately, no unity of American” opinion in favor of federal legislation either on voting laws or against job!
and religion.” . | On the Auestion of .the special session, ~however, Fortune finds,
ently’ did think that Congress, still had some work to do when it adjourned just before the June) and July conventions. ‘Even| among Dewey voters, 38% held | the President's summons: justi-| fied. The Republicans, it would seem, might well think twice before attacking the President's call to a a speciay session.”
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The former park director ha held the position for 13 years up to 1943 when the late Mayor Robert” Tyndall and the Repub-|
City’ Hall. . He succeeds Paul V.| Brown, who has become Seattle, {Wash., park director. ¥ As one of his first acts back on-the-job, Me. Salles struck. out | at ""beer-parties ‘and arinking Th me pares, v.
or Crackd
ber of complaints lately of drinking in the parks, especially Garfield Park and\he called for a‘ crackdown in enforcement of. the ban against the use of alcoholic beverages in the recreation spots. !
send their children to the\parks,” Mr. Sallee said. x | OK: Home Site Xx In other action yesterday, t! Park Board approved plans for). a new 127-home subdivision at the northwest corner of 30th St. and Kessler Blvd. The development has been |
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ham’s Riding Stables. The development is scheduled to begin late - this fall, according to Herbert Bloemker, project engincor. Mr. Bonham plans to build a number of single family homes on | lots 80 by 150 ft. He intends to| interest other builders in the] project. |
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Park Department The Army awarded its finallo..voq World War II medal of honor to-{**" co" "MOrm:
A.C. je) Sallee took day to a sergeant who. killed 24 . ta jrecti (ary el Sal on a bbl Germans-.and.captured 23 others ‘Ship * Movements direction 0 anapolis y,, 5 single engagement before he| PEK “Departament today: atten a ritled bya land. mine. Ye FurkAn cus ag om 3 five years and nine months * ‘feave’ The nation’s highest - military rT HC ry cas Parmer m Fleas lease is dow te. of absence.” f ‘honor went to Staff Sgt. John W.!Eimira Halla s down to hat the 1946 |
an enemy minefield near ‘Hurtgen, es. Buenaventura; Germany, Nov. 21, 1944. Bermuda: Santa Casaitna. Pi er SE will be impaired unless it ‘meets
The Army said there are NO Aruba; Veragua, Havana. ‘la critical shortage of doctors.
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“NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH TO OPEN—Our Savior Lutheran Church on the point 6f land at 25th St. and Capitol Ave., will be dedicated Sunday. ‘The Indiana limestone structure cost $100, 000 and will seat-300. -
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AND—
W When it comes to discussing the financing of the Gas Utility, it will interest you, no
-doubt, that YOU didn’t sign the dotted line and
~ that there isn’t any mortgage.
The’ Citizens Gas Company and the Indianapolis Gas Company properties were acquired with révenue bonds. These revenue bonds are not
an obligation of the taxpayers. Not a single penny
of tax money was used to acquire the gas proper-
ties, nor can a single penny of tax money be used
to pay off bondholders. The revenue bonds are
not a mortgage against property, but a legal
claim Bgaing; the income of the Gas Utility, and
%,
can be paid only from that income. -
One issue of revenue bonds in June, 1935, for
: 8 million dollars, was used to take over the Citizens Gas Company property. Another revenue bond issue for 6 million dollars in May, 1942, was used to buy the property of the Indianapolis Gas
dovelp=New
DIAMOND DUETTE ~
BOTH RINGS for
Army Sickness Rate
The medal has gone to 292 men Lowest in Peace History In dosh Wel Oct. 1 (UP)—|of the more than 10 million who WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UP)—
The Army sald today its sickness
14-Kt, veliow gold engagement ring with matching 14-Kt, wedding ring. A real
< (and mortality rates - —— "lowest in peacetime history. Army Secretary Kenneth C. “Royall said this is true, “despite ithe fact of world- wide ~deploy-
4h | Common colds are he 4 Minick of Carnegie; Pa. He won! {iverpoor: Che SBouth record, - | t it for leading his platoon throughistar. = Piraeu ug eho Oodiapers Mr. Royall cautioned, ewever
te: that the Army's health record
has been increased to $341,822,
‘Indianapolis gas users.
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Company: a total of 14 million dollars Payments on these bonds, totaling almost 4 million dollars; have been made right on schedule. Actually, what’s happening is this: the Gas Utility is buying itself for the citizens of Indianapolis out of the Sones it makes, without obli- " gating taxpayers and without spending o'single penny of tax money. Further than that, at the - special request of the | Gas Utility's Board of Directors, Indiana law was changed to permit. the. payment of sums to the City in lieu of taxes. Since 1937, over $1,400,000 was paid to the Civil
—and School City. This annual payment in 1948
Step by step, the Gas Utility is paying for * itself, buying a valuable property for the publi¢
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