Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1949 — Page 27
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i A - a. 8 3 AS A MATTER of fact, it looks &s though Mr. Schricker's opening message Tuesday will have to be ‘conservative. ' He's. going to have te ask for more money for some things, of course. This time, he's also going to have to offer some sugIgestion as to what can be elthinated to save an equivalent .|amount elsewhere, ~About the only political com
didn't win the election for the
idered the sales tax for a | go broke, There is one alterna-/in many respects, in 1947, even when there was noftive. 4 very inflation they bonus in prospect as there is now.| The legislature. can pick" out for in |
They talked of a luxury nally, passed the
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ndefinitely. : » » 8 - NOW. THE Republicans have
{ing is just that much closer.
cheeking of his own, Indiana will
tax, only what is strictly best. Then
elieving thit the state's income hat "some Si Sgrvices santot couldn't t .on pyramiding continued on 'oundation ts have In the Just’ go F of 4 badly worn-bubble, and eliminate those services.
used up four years of grace. It's/the ones who lose their pet state
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It seems safe to say that if they
and Held the things the retiring Repub-| on lican: Governor = recommended,| Gq drop|probably doing a little tongue-in-con~ time
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Washington Calling—
‘State Department Faces Overdue Shaking Up Under Truman’s Whip
Preident to Execute Broad Powers; Foreign Policy Change Unlikely Under Acheson Rule
WASHINGTON, Jan.'8—No. change in foreign policy with Acheson succeeding’ Marshall. But change in the
State Department, probably. ,
Long over-due housecleaning seems about to take place. Acheson has been second man in Hoover Commission studying reorganization. And Webb, picked for undersecretary, is equipped to do clean-up, administrative job.
President Truman is making it plain he’s shaping policy from now on, that State Department will execute it. But Truman and
Sun Yat-se
Acheson see eye to eye. They've
had many private meetings re-|ties Committee unless he steps _ |out of Veterans Committee chairPolicy will not be less “hard”|manship, which »
cently,
or less “soft” toward Russia. Truman's long been convinced
won't work. But i he'll try any reasonable
peace, thinks it has
back of proposed Vinson mission to Moscow. Truman had reason to believe; Russian policy was baséd on false information that U. 8. was heading for economic collapse,
Mr. Acheson
make sure Kremlin didn't act under misapprehension. ES
that it has informed idea what to expect from us. : ’ Truman's Missouri remarks
split in Soviet politburo were notinerts aren't gloomy about iron without some basis. Our central| curtain dropping across China. ' intelligence reports have indi-iThey think that even with Comcated this for some time. But itinunists in control, trade between isn’t necessarily significant. Polit-iyy, 8. and China probably will inburo tolerates no dissent, ‘once{crease If end of civil war brings stability. Trades almost now. We want tung oil, tungsten, tin and antimony from China. China wants lots of things from us. .
decision is made.
"Await Pact OK NO CHANGE in administration
emphasis on North Atlantic se-
curity arrangement being negotiated by State Department. It
should reach Senate late this|
month for ratification. With it, Congress will receive bill to authorize miiltary aid—Ilend-lease—|
request for appropriation over and above new budget. No change, either, in plan for, asking high priority for these foreign-policy matters: Repeal of Republican trade agreements act, “extension of program for three years without crippling amendments. Ratification of international trade organization charter. Enactment of inter-American military co-operation bill, introduced in 1947 and not acted on by 80th Congress. i Extension of Greek-Turkish aid program, and more money for European recovery, Pro for economic aid, perhaps military aid, to Korea, Liberalization of displaced persons law, Senate ratification of charter for new organization of American states, agreed to at Bogota. » n ~ May Head U. S. Forces AN AMERICAN-—Gen. Lawton Collins—may = be: supreme commander of western union de-
alliance. | ; Field Marshal! ‘ Montgomery heads general staff now. But Collins, recently named vice chief of staff to Omar Bradley, accompanied Army Secretary Royall to Europe, conferred with Monty and his staff, on Westérn Europe defense. Bulk of army and
Gen. Collins
munitions, and considerable part|Sairs, moved into area where Gon-
of manpower and industrial ‘potential for project will come from ‘this country, Change to American commander may wait enly on Senate ratification of agreement.
Business "Holds Firm " THERE'S
Study Titos’ Actions
he includes U. 8. when talking about increasing trade with west. State Department has beén expecting concrete proposal,
to resume ¥ that Wallace vote would show|Europe, chief pre-war market for country far to left. He wanted to| Yugoslay products, most of which
are . things there’s one straw in wind pointing No similar mission's proposed other way. Yugoslav commercial
\ "8. will to make|attaches’s office is being moved ire, through channels, that So- {rom here to New York, dentar of
‘viet concept is straightened out,/business-in this country.
Seek China
program in Labor and Public Welfare ComFederal
promise.” Ranking minority mem-
memo on satellite planets stamped
major Iindustry—aviation—is alsiready wi “under tight eco regarding use of the guns, pre-| c|nomic controls, though Congress never sanctioned them.
he
won’t do. . -
TITO’S SAID nothing to us, if
has
Yugoslavia, but total is far under pre-wai years. And last vear we sent her only a sixth as much as she got from us in 1047. yr Belief here is that Tito plans trade with Western
we don’t need. But
Trade
STATE DEPARTMENT ax-
‘Set for Compromise’ SEN. JAMES E. MURRAY (D.
Mont.), who'll handle administration’s health . insurance
mittee, has let it be known that Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing is “ready to com-
ber Taft may try to push his health plan, with its local and state control, instead. And Hoover Commission substitute plan may have some backers. I . . .
Asks Security Laws
SEC. FORRESTAL asked new security legislation, with $10,000 fines and 10-year prison terms, 24 hours after Congress. convened, but critics said Mr. Forrestal himself has violated defense establishment’s present security regulations. - Research and Development Board sent Secretary inter-office
“secret.” Next thing they knew it was being published in Mr. Forrestal's annual report. Board's still muttering.
Tight Aviation Controls YOU MAY not realize, but one
The military—aviation’s biggest customer-has duplicated many wartime control agencles; now has a wage stabilization board, price control board, allocations board. Industry doesn’t have to accept their decisions—unless it wants to continue doing busihess with Uncle Sam. It does.
Wage Stabilization Board alJeady bas saved U. 8. considera cash. Incident started when Chance-Vought, which makes Cor- down after two separate RAF
ted was already making airl,, ; . me strafed Israeli positions. wages on Hart-l, oot said the RAF planes were
. . . and started to lose its work-(, The EUS £00
ers, Consolidated told Air Force it would have to up fits cont ¢| Council to protest immediately. in| SnOther 310 million to meet com-
possibility of Big Four aid in set-
tling the Chinese civil war, it was
reported today at Nanking. . Identical notes were sent to the
Informed quarters said.the notes did not include a direct reguest for mediation, but that they sought to determine Big Four views on the government's policy of seeking a peaceful settlement with the Communists. Whether the government will ask for Big Four mediation will depend upon the replies, according to the reports. A reliable source, meanwhile, said that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek plans to leave, possibly within three days, for-an “indefini
China's na'onal affairs during his vacation, and will turn over the government to Vice President Li Tsung-jen. This report coincided with information - that progressive elements in Chiang’s Kuomintang Party are organizing a move ment to force his resignation and install Mme Sun Yat-sen in his place. : : - Mme. Sun, widow of the founder of the Chmese republic,
Mme. Chiang’s sister, and has
It was’ not known ‘whether Chiang intends to resign before, he begins his vacation, but reli-| able sources said a house in Formosa was .being renovated tor|
Active in Rear
are busy putting out peace feelers the Chinese Communists are busy stepping up their infiltration south of the Yangtze River, in the Nationalists’ rear.
on each side will decide how loud the peace negotiators can talk.
determined to quickly weld an
argument. If the Nationalists fail to offer |
umns from the north. Palestine A BRITISH pilot, when Jewish fighters shot down four RAF planes, yesterday admitted that his Spitfire’s guns were loaded, an Israeli government spokesman said at Tel Aviy today: (The British air ministry said the Israeli fighters shot down five RAF planes. near the Palestine border battle area yesterday.) But, said the spokesman; RAF flying officer Timothy John Mc-|
his guns. Officer McElhaw said |
he had received no instructions;
umably because it was believed fe would meet no opposition. the spokesman reported. Another RAF plane. which crashed in flames near the Jew-| ish colony of Nirim, 12 miles southeast of Rafa on the Pal-| estine side of the Palestine-| Egyptian border, also had loaded guns, the spokesman said. The | pilot's charred body was found in the wreckage. The Israeli government said all four British planes were shot
formations invaded southern Palestine on armed reconnaissance
At London the British govern-
on the United Nations Becurity)
At Lake Success, N. Y. last night Arthur Lourie, Israell retive at the Security Coun-
properly Coincidentally, announced that it has sent troops to Akaba in Trans-Jordan, just pcross the , border from both Palestine and to forestall ony Israeli attack on TransJordan. Britain is bound both to Trans-Jordan and Egypt by mil-
ambassadors of the United States,
is living in Shanghai. (She is|W
presenta cil, refused to transmit a “sharp| British protest to his government. addressed
GOP. But using it up probably
Chiang Reported Querying Big 4 on Peace With Reds; 1 Widow Discussed as Head of Interim Regime
While yictorious Communist armies are miles on miles away from Nanking, capitol of Chiang Kai-shek's tottering government,
refugees already are fleeing. A Nanking crowd is sho
Wn on a
Yangtze River boat in the hope that safety can be found elsewhere.
eek in Karlstad, Sweden.
bogs, appears to be
Overtures to Scandinavia con-/farther te the west politically.
cerning military alliances have His New Year's Day declara-|
French Morocco
. and Italian colonial regimes or to bring about home rule, which is|8
"
Communists Filter South of Yangtze
million. oi “Many employees came to the| office only to claim their pay . checks,” he writes. “The govern;
sometimes more; private business)
THE future of North Africa depends on the United States. It is within our power either to prolong the French, Spanish
what North Africans want.
A weak post-war France has| been able to maintain its control]
rocco only by resorting to in-
tion to rule themselves, ~ The colonial administration of the war if it had not been for the vast sums that American taxpayers have spent to resuscitate metropolitan France. = The French have used such aid| to stifle revolutionary uprisings in| Indo-China, Madagascar, Algeria! and Morocco. :
The British have done the same|
now tions hastily met together this|strategically located although yn-in Burma and Malaya. | {important as fighting potentials. The soundings were taken by Bulgaria, which adjoins Yugo-|tration in northern Morocco hasimediately.
been a frequent critic of Kuomin- | the Uhited States, prime mover in/slavia, Greece and Turkey, would survived as a by-product of the makers are carrying out their
tang icies the idea to pot ital to the safety of North Amer-
The Spanish colonial adminis-|
¢ {
BRITISH commonwealth roe
been handled with the greatest tion reaffirms his faith in Marxist sentatives at London today
tic
delicacy and informality these Communism.
lof pressure would be raised.
Lenin
become Yugoslav.
The roundabout gesture amounts
[tion. From sources close to Scandiacceptable veace terms, the Com-|navia, it is known that Norway is munists will have a powerful an-|most anxious to join the Atlantic|declares vil against which to crush the pact and Denmark is something stration Review, hammer more than lukewarm. Natiupalists Ny me _] Sweden, however, makes it no secret that it desires to continue its century-old policy of ostensible writes. neutrality,
captured The Balkans STALIN Communism is more than casually worried over Yugoslavia’s political rebellion. So contend American State De-
estimated 350,000 armed anti-;, extending an invitation but it Greece Chiang Kal-snek guerrillas south yaq the virtue of avoiding emof the Yangtze into a powerfuliparrassment in case of a rejec-/nightmare of payroll padding, red tape and generally harrowing inefficiency, a former high-rank-ing American adviser in Athens in the Public Adminipublished in
Washington.
director of the Council of
Greek government.
employed in Greece,
the official Soviet propaganda ma-|lagher writes.
chine.
Ir Yugostavia slips completely | service rolls in July, 1847; an ad-| out of the Russian orbit, Albania ditional 60,000 were employed by may’ go next, they say: 2
“There were 80,000 on the civil
t- agencies, .m
That would give the western ties and villages.
|Elhaw insisted he had not fired ors 4 Mediterranean bloc in-|
“Thus,
ar But he draws athe British government to fake [few months, Tor Tear that criessharp line of distinction betweenithe initiative in creating some ’ {Sammunism as volved by Stalin form of eastern union to prevent While Chin lists| + Thus, the recent move fromand Communism as it was conthe ge Nationa Washington is in the nature of a/ceived by Marx, preliminary sounding rather than| a formal invitation to join the At- resemblance between the two. pact. Yugoslavia is involved in makt is known at Lake Success, ing a trade treaty with Britain.|government has proposed to the/name Mr. In the of China's stall ea! Y., on good authority that/It proposes to trade more ex-iUnited States that a conference/Waiting for the state administrapuzzle Norway and Denmark were ap-/tensively with Italy. Tito has civil war, the number of divisions... ,, neq informally and asked laxed, at least temporarily, hifbe called to strengthen anti-|cAn J. how they would react if a. invi- often repeated statement that the Communist defenses tation should happen to ex-/free territory of Trieste should Apparently, the Communists are, . ..4 to them. :
re-lof all “Interested nations” should
THE Greek government is a|
American efforts at reforms have had only limited success, he
Hubert R. Gallagher, associate tate Governments from July 1947 to {July 1948, he was in charge of American efforts to reform the
The civil service has been a {partment officials at Rome watch- refuge for thousands of the un- Java |
ing the apoplectic gyrations of Mr. Gal-|
approximately 140,0001 cluding Italy, Greece and Turkey were employed to carry out na-' as well as the other two. All are/tional "and local governmental
London today. It is understood that the British
in Asiatic countries.
land and Ceylon conferred with
and Commonwealth Relations Minister Philip Noel Baker. They were said ‘0 have .presented accumulated evidence from their respective countries showing how Russia is exploiting postwar nationalist uprising in south east Asia for its own ends. i They are also reported to have ‘urged the British goverment to take a more sympathetic attitude toward Indonesian republic whose good will they said was needed in the fight to prevent, communism from spreading] 'southwards from China. !
| DUTCH officials today made]
{| public letters which they they sald were from three top repub|lican leaders including President’ {Bukarno, expressing gratitude for!
‘the treatment ‘given them during written in. Bera-|
‘their internment. stagi, 30 milés south of Medan in|
This May Hurt A Little
Wt
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The letters, northern Bumatra, were signed) by Sukarno, former premier Sui-| {tan Sjarir, and Foreign Minister] |Hadji Agus Salim. Premier Mohammed Hatta's name was conspicuously absent. The letters quoted all three internees as saying. that they had| “nothing but praise and gratitude for the housing, food and general care during their detention. They sald the guards always treated them “with utmost politeness.”
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N Japan HIGH American circles at Tokyo, commenting. on the re-| signation of Becretary of State] George Marshall and the appoint-| ment of Dean Acheson as his successor, sald they hoped it might signal a change in United States policy toward the far east, partucularly China. It is no secret that Mr. Marshall's policy toward Asia been extremely unpopular in high American quarters here. They have felt that his determination to concentrate United States re-
in Europe has created the danger that China and the remainder of! Asia would be sacrificed to Soviet
7% § | domination. {
There was no comment from “1Gen. Douglas MacArthur's chief advisers, but is was recalled that Gen. MacArthur stated his views lon the China question in a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee in March 1948, -He sald at that time that he!
up to the Democrats to face theiservices and favors. The public
Our Fair City— — Constant Headaches Over Sewer System Juhof varie To Worsen by Spring
Illinois, with a population of 7!’
. Antiquated Lines Need Repairs; Complaints to Courthouse Ignored *
American observers in this area |g over Tunisia, Algeria and Mo- Burned Up
might have collapsed at the end!top.
‘commissioners hope to The high commissioners of In-/Republican Ray Mendenhall, out|dia, Pakistan, Australia, New Zea- going commissioner.
believed it was as important towhat to prevent Russian domination in| “Send through the Chinese Com-|“Why
FLOODING this week is
ment-observes 30 holidays a year. for city and county property owners. Worse is expected has 50 per cent fewer holidays.” before spring. City’s antiquated sewer system which has {never undergone major repairs since the WPA days cannot lcarry off the water. In county, drainage is so poor nearly every low-lying area gets high water after.more than an ° inch of rainfall. Residents of southwest Indianapolis are organizing
to tackle County Commissioners on problem. They say they are tired of being ignored when they call Courthouse to complain.
LEGISLATORS already are!
creasingly dictatorial methods of finding some bugs in new streamgovernment. Its reforms, instead lined chambers. Rep. David J. of mollifying the Arabs, have Deets (D. Indianapolis) came to only increased their determina- work second day of session to
find ‘inch long ¢ t burn on brand new blond finished desk He blew his top and demanded that desks be covered with glass. House has taken it under advisement. Another house member, Carrol Dennis (D.. Beech Grove) complains the house is beginning to look like a “pig pen.” That, he says, is because nobody gave the legislators any waste baskets, It's another matter legislative leaders have promised to attend to imMeanwhile, law
tighten defense areas be in a difficult economic position, artificial respiration applied tolown waste paper, of which there Marshal Tito, the Yugoslav France. |
iy British Commonwealth -
is plenty even at this early date.
. » ” Legion Board Sparring POLITICOES are sparring around over upcoming county liquor board appointments. Vacancy on the board was
County Commissioners who will Ober's successor are
tion possibly to replace RepubliRoland. Duvall on the board with a Democrat. Then appoint
- Other members on the board
Foreign—Secretary- Ernest Bevin|are Democrat J. Clifford Court-
ney, Mayor Feeney’'s appointment, and Republican George Kincaid, County Council: appointee who will succeed Bob Smith, whose term expires Jan. 15. | Attorney Smith would like job back but insiders say Mendenhall is the leading contender. If Governor BShricker shakes up Alcoholic Beverages Comission, Democrats hope for ABC appointment on county board. Demo dspirants are reported to be City Prosecutor Milton Craig, Attorney Joe Mazelin and Attorney Tom Quinn.
” ” How green can our Monument Circle get? Many observing citizens, who appreciated volunteer work done In decorating the Circle for the holidays, are asking the question. Yuletide greens still adorn the base of our famous landmark. iE With grass getting green and mild weather making it tough to think of sleigh bells, they're also wondering if the administration coulde’t do something
about hauling away last ves- |
tige of a dead season. Who dropped the green stuff and ran, anyway? Or are we still dreaming of that White Christ-
mas?
~ ~ Hunt Is On EX - TEAMSTER Handyman Lester Hunt's offensive against the big international union got underway this week with filing of $45,000 suit against the brotherhood. Always on hot seat in turbulent union affairs as editor of The Teamster, Mr. Hunt often Jokingly threatened, “Fire me and I'll get a job on a newspaper. Then watch out . , »
Now on a newspaper, Hunt's
has! campaign (no joke) started with
filing of suit, asking for pay he said was due him for being listed on payrolls as “general organizer,"” although main job was to
fk |sources to containing communism ®4!t mAgAZne, rolble Shoot.”
Gross Error HUNDREDS of wage earners are puzzling over. receipt of two gross through malls.
Gross income officials apolo-
getically explained that unac-|
counted for error results in no Serial numbers being éarried on blanks in first Several persons
«
only beginning of headaches
would not be completed by the end of May, the contract date, are becoming as bright as the
bridge. ; Motorists, bus and trolley-rid-ers viewing construction from the
W. New York St. detour were surprised last week to see beams already “half-spanning White River, More surprising was the bright, eye-catching orange color of ‘the
beams, Who's Who? in
around. Even : ot the regular a acadee now, :
the spread of communist in Asia,[CaUsed recently by resignation of|tempted the other t when a and similar to the proposed western|Attorney George Ober, who be- of on : Engels. He says there is little union, it was learned reliably in/came judge of Speedway Magistrate’s’ Court. - LB
{ney general, said it was organ-
Joining in announcement was Hi. Dale Brown, Seventh Ward chairman and defeated GOP candidate for State Treasurer,
neither was James {headed a powerful faction of the regulars
last 5 80, party workers and some of the leaders themselves are wone dering who's going to take over the leadership, when and how, if any.
Marshall Silent On Report About Vinson Mission
PINEHURST, N. C, Jan. 8 (UP)—George C. Marshall had no comment today when asked about {a report that he blamed President {Truman's ‘ political advisors for ithe proposed Vinson mission to | Moscow, | Newsmen asked the retiring iBecretary of State to confirm or ideny the report. His only answer |was, “no comment.” » ” » THE Vinson mission ‘was proposed during the last days of the Presidential campaign last fall, |while the United Nations Security Council in Paris was struggl! with the cold war. :
Korean Accuses Russian Navy
SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 8 (UP) Emergency Guard's Tactics Chief, Chol Chi Whan, sald today that three Russian submarines sure faced off South Korea four days ago and signalled Commmunist to launch an attack on provisional_capital of Chol sald the Soviet subs surfaced off Cheju island on Jan. 4 rebels
the city, causing numerous deaths and extensive damage, he said, There is the first report of trouble on the island.
were killed in the Ce amun! sault. More than 50 were said to have been the
of C