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: #5 well open up their pocketbooks and get that Much and no matter, what this thing done. ; A : ‘anybody tries to tell you. most With or without a bonus, “operation Indiana” is going to Of those requests were based cost a lot more money or it's going to keel right over and On Sheer desperate necessity.

; , oe . = “ {lation bubble burst, this legis- tion have been offered. One is: to a a is Sung Ae yd . "THE STORY the budget lature certainly will be called to find some wealthy phllan. ne Eo, 8, Parr i, Indien, smal HUH 10 SABE ety tls lo story of mor Back 1 40 What ft hou do (Brolt who wld be wing budget submitted to the legisia- gations that have to be met, years of delay in making mental now: - to pay off the state's obligation ture last week. Hoosiers are PUdSet or np budget. institutions adequate for the But legislators dream, to its veterans. py going to have to sacrifice some It’ doesn’t include, either, & need. Even the two mew ones Often. of future elections. "Whey py, piper i; for the Republi of their state-provided services, Srand total of $25 million for dread angry reperouss can Senate to refuse all methods

now being constructed will only or else they're going to have and 80} of institutions and universities.

Amenament to che of THE BOHN tion. : ® . . A NOW LET'S go clear back to that budget business again and

have a look at what this sales tax might mean to the" little

sales tax would certainly

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| WAles ax ever get & tow hold through ‘by.

“in Indiana, it state’s basic tax structure from

“ability to pay” to a tax on the

low income brackets.

This is a very real possibility, ' It is one many Democrat legis-

lators. have

state -they will never go for a -

sales tax. Right there is the

d shift the

to more mone, ki § them going, Y 10 Keep‘ pehabilitation is the term used of course, to the cost of goy- PY: If possible. to reject all t plans of- ® » : in polite government circles for ernment. ? IN FACT they inl are trying fered by the Republican Senate HARD AS WE try, we just Patching up rickety bulldings [ngiana’s highways, like her : a the That way they could just blame . never seem to get to the eng 20d Junky machinery to get bY jngtitutions, are on the verge '0 figure a way pay each other and it would be a of the money problem. The until another legislature comes of falling apart. A $205 million soldiers’ bonus. More and more standoff come the 1950 election ealled budget calls for 50- along. : budget makes only a fraction of them are coming to believe’ In the offing there still is mie for $205 mil- = Incidentally, that last $25 'of the additional provision this that the bonus should mot be the sales tax idea. If it isn't run state government million is drop in the bucket situation really demands, passed, that the state just can’t Introduced as a bill by the’

for two years. That doesn't in- to what is really needed. Re- ' clude $77 million worth of obll- quests amounted to three times

Washington ‘Calling— Fe Supporters of T-H Law Gain Strength as First Week of Hearings End

Taft Expected to Win Senate Floor Fight—if; Vote in House Seen Less Certain By Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—First week of Taft-Hartley hearings ends with law’s backers gaining strength. Taft is in there fighting. He'll be outvoted in committee, even though his friends think he’s scoring on points. But his chances of winning labor bill vote on Senate floor| are improving. He may win: If he keeps support of “liberal” Republicans Morse and Aiken; If he plays ball with Ives of New York:

If he comes to understanding with Byrd of Virginia who marshals southern Democrats. > Republican and southern coalition is less certain of carrying House. But if it does, result will I —————— d be new labor law with so much

when he makes his Lincoln Day

of Taft-Hartley that unign lead-|speech here Tuesday. ers may ask ¢ Senators and Representatives) President to were prepared to walk out of din-| veto it. ner at the first slur of 80th. { As of today, Meanwhile, Republican ‘lead- | style

ft looks ay if Senate’s bill will

ers in both Houses have been taunting Democrats with following footsteps of the 80th by voluntary allocafnjunctions tions bill, again¥t big emergency among Republicans, but all agree on no third: try for Dewey. | » . » !

Internal Revenue Bureau is get-|

and secondary Mr. Taft ting ready to crack down on one| boycotts stricter than White of biggest racketeers in country. House asked. It'll be .income-tax fraud case.

Non-Communist oath applying

This cannot be stalled much

longer, If this legislature gets

Flee From Nanking As Red War Machi

‘All but riding the rods—when the Chinese want to go, they set up shop at Canton, war refugees, fearful of victorious Commuthe former capital, piled onto this out-bound

want to go. And they are not at

Around the World—

=i ne oo « UN Affords Escape-Hatch for Stalin-Truman Talks Sina stts, wo wn mor © |

Russ Delegates af Par

For Resolution on Big By GORDON

Compiled from the Wire Services The United Nations door is already open—wide open—for Racketeer is said to have fabulous peace settlement talks by the big powers.

afford it. But the number who

So, when the Nationalist Government - » -

déadline tomorrow it still

would be willing to take the -tan be introduced later as an

producer than the gross income first step in our second bonus No mat , particularly if a business . problem “solution.” = Next step or the political parties fare, the recession should appear on the is to see how Republicans react budget picture is clear enough. scene. But the cost of govern. to the newest Democratic solu- Taxes are going up or ? ment won't be going down. tion amending the constitution are going down. Tre ay : : When the time came that the and floating ‘a bonus ‘bond to really, except the . 4 bonus was paid off, there would issue. citizens for insisting that pole i bé some discussion as to which x = ticians keep them happy. If vo 4 of the two big taxes to keep THAT, TOO, has a neat little it will make them happier, gross income or sales. political gimmick. Under the they can decide for n ot The answer, in a tight situa- Democrat plan currently being where to lay the blame at the 3 tion. such as is developing, studied to pay the bonus, the polis a year from next Novem= § would be obvious. Should the amendment could be pushed ber. D

ne Rolls Down

From Peiping

Our Fair City—

County Republicans : = |

all picayunish about traveling in nists overrunning

fled from Nanking to train. If was a real rush hour.

is Even Voted

Power Parleys CUMMING

majority vote. {

‘European nations as possible to |join in this project. Italy has in{dicated her desire to take part,

legislative or constituent powers. what is being whispered around United as a starter. {Its decisions weuld be made by a many a Latin capital these days:|

France, Britain and the Bene- was behind the overthrow of the) lux Nations want as many other elected governmentts of Peru and!

Seek to Determine ~~ © What's Ailing GOP ri

Special Group Plans Study on Global Basis; Traffic Sticker Collectors Having Troubles MAJOR political development here last week was formation of GOP group to find out what's wrong with '° GOP, Group isn't confining its search to county or state. It’s surveying nation and world situation, too. ) ‘ Chairman James W. Ingles outlined program toward solving party's difficulties, restoring enterprise and swatting . ;

communism. He named 24 Republicans to help find out whats = =

local GOP is going to get its three battling factions in the county

to employers as well as unions, | income from mary sources, and| As simply as it can be stated in five languages, Premier Stalin

but Italian Communists have

and to an added number of employees of unions. . -kparticularly in New York. - ”

Free Speech for Bosses Increase Oil Exports . SIGNS OF times: With Con-|

BARS AGAINST “coercion” by both union and employers. gressmen and processors on its| “Free speech” for ‘employers. doorstep, Agriculture Department

“ raca nt. PAS allocations of 105 million pounds|

Independent status for Federal °f edible fats and oils for export| Mediation and Conciliation Servdee. Continued requirement for financial reports: by unions.: Restrictions on- featherbedding. Continued exemption of employers from - bargaining with unions of foremen or supervisors. This adds up to about 75 per

market. It didn’t. Wholesale prices of lard, soybean and cottonseed oil are now below OPA levels and some soap companies again are cut-. | ting prices. . Agriculture officials say that) year ago cattle losses such as

to have great political influence, and President Truman have a United Nations resolution that {offers them exactly the avenue for consultations that both leaders have been discussing so avidly, by remote control, this week.

They have only to turn to their United Nations files—to document No. A-694. There it is, the only political measure that received both Rus-

this week announced additional|sian and American joint approval Karlstad conference last month, North Atlantic Pact, which ie de-

at Paris,

President Truman, possibly,

{before Mar. 31. This was sup- had this resolution in mind when plan. {posed to bolster sagging domestic|he asserted Thursday that any But one price for entering such]

consultations with Russia must be within the framework of the United Nations. Vishinsky OK'd It What is known here as “The Mexican Resolution™ says in effect: - The United Nations should be

icalled for “concrete action” to block such a move. } - {7 |" The council will supplement |port—an automatically function- other western organizations such |ing three-way protection alliance.|as the Marshal Plan Organiza. | Sweden told its Danish andition, the Brussels Pact, or WestNorwegian ~ colleagues, at the ern European Union, and the

“There is today a reactionary) Sorsiitavinniom in talon which, ] roots in Peron’s ntina,” said the chief of the Vene.| = World Inflation zuelan majority party in his first! LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Feb. § public statement since the fall of| (UP)— Postwar inflationary preshis government. He was Inter-| sures will hold at current levels viewed at Havana, Cuba. |during 1949, and may even taper

UN Analyzes

{that the Swedes would heartily | signed to link the United States {pack a localized Nordic military and Canada with Europe for purposes of defense. l ”

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a pact would have to be Nor-| Japan way's refusal to join the North| [Atlantic Defense Pact, the pro-| JAPAN'S. purged -ultra-nation-|posed military alliance of the |alists, down but by no means out, United States, Canada and the are hoping they will be. turned

Eun Ini coun-/1eose on the Communists. peern uropean Union uni They await only the faintest

This offer of a watertight plan |Si8n of encouragement to start

En route to the United States off in some countries, a United Mr. Betancourt accused the Ar-/Nations survey predicted today, gentine ambassador in Caracus| However, largely . because of of having boasted that he prodded barriers thrown up by the cold Venezuelan Army Chief of Staff war, there are no signs yet of Perez Jimenez into executing the|a cure for the fundamentally uncoup. - ) healthy condition of the world's : Rw economy, the report added. =~ Italy : | The b52-page document, pre~ : : pared by experts of the United ON the thickly populated island Nation's Department of Economie jof Sardinia the government is Affairs, based hopes for easing {struggling to carry out a program |

{inflationary pressures on the

cent of Taft-Hartley. we've had in the western biiz-|@ Center for harmonizing the ac: of military co-operation by Swe- Wor k.

Though Taft will fight for them, these provisions are doubtful: Continued ban on closed shop. Assignment of some NLRB powers to its general counsel. . . »

Purge Benes’ Friends MMU se of friends! per cent since September. of x nderway in Czecho-| Midwestern farmers who sell slovakia. their milk for manufactured dairy Gen. Heliodor Pika, deputy|products today get only $2.45 to chief- of general staff under $2.75 per 100 pounds. And this Benes, has been is season of short production, too.

sentent io Price last June was $4.20 & “ : sia” in| , 20. death “for “opposing Russia” in| ine Was

1940 and 1942. Pika was personal emissary of Benes, was one New War Strategy

of top leaders of Caech resist! SHUTTLE BOMBING will be ance : part of Air Force strategy in Ironically, he is being executed any new world war. It was tried for having opposed f trien 4. in World War II with 80 per cent time Soviets BA teensy Cad just l08ses.. but Alr Foree mys this ’ ‘was due largely sia’s| ori miei Ye hts cnc” convicted and executed on same

zards would have sent prices leap-| ing upward. Public psychology | was different then. Now, though

threatened further reduction has| caused no reaction.

range, could take off from New- . tt foundland, drop bombs, and fly Vishinsky’s surprise visi %on to almost any spot on other

tions of nations in the attainment den will be explained in detail of peace and security. The General Assembly rec- ment and the men mapping the

Their chief political instrument

|next week to the State Depart-|iS, a8 In pre-war years, intimida-|

tion followed by murder. t- They are scattered far and

at increasing cattle herds greatly improved food situstion. people will eat better. | It described 1948 bumper har- | Sardinia, off Ttaly’s west coast, vests, promising increased sup/in the Mediterranean, has Italy’siplies of foodstuffs in 1949, as {fastest-growing population—a n d!“perhaps the most important

aimed 80 the

While Ingles group was planroots restoration of

ning grass Republicanism, two other groups ‘|were busy building their fences

for a showdown in coming battle for power ingide county. They. are Republican Precinct Committeemen's A ssociation which was formed to United, ano group aiming to oust both. » . »

STATE ACCOUNTANTS have

trafic sticker window at Police Headquarters. A new system is being devised. It will” be more efficient, also will ‘prevent slip+ ups. ;

been called in to City Hall to help +.»

”

4 A reorganization is pending to solve loeal {od —— 2" Droblems of tzat 2 That Peron’s fine maary hand Ol] War Looks as though Chairman 3 108 {Ingles and associates have by-oil-rich Venezuela, and the cur-| . 7 their critics believe will one day rent squeeze on pro - americas BATTIOT to Trade unseat them. Chile.

It figures B-36, with 10,000-mile|

beef wupply was aiready small, jommends the (major) powers to Atlantic pact.

redouble their efforts, in a spirit

mand for meat has dropped 10 standing, to secure in the briefest their traditional neutrality stand, possible time the final settlement/far beyond earlier policies, could of the war and the conclusion of not deter Norway from its intent]

all the peace settlements. The important point is that An-

!drei Vishinsky voted for this reso-

lution. Mr. Truman made it clear he won't get involved in two-way) talks with the USSR and thus antagonize his British and French partners by leaving them out in! the cold. . © This “peace talk” resolution introduced by Mexico is the founda-| tion. under the United Nations| framework which Mr. Truman) well can cite to Mr: Stalin... | Up to Kremlin Echoing the latest assertion by the president, the: American Asso-

Carlsbad this week, where he 18,4, o¢ world. With several shuttle|phasizes:

supposed to have goné to recOVer|y, qq, gygilable, enemy would from “nervous breakdown,” actu-|,,ver know where to attack in ally was to fron out serious GUAT |oyort to trap bombers on field. rels - within Czech Communist, pag or another plane with Party, particularly . between Ru-l.,mnarable range, is out front dolf Slansky, Secretary General,igs our major strategic air weapon. and Minister President Anothony| air Force decision to add four jet Zapotocky. {engines for takeoff and combat

“The United States should do everything possible through the United Nations to come to -an understanding with the Soviet Union. “Obviously any negotiations with Russia at present would have to be within the framework of the United Nations.

: =. = oe {overcomes earlier lack of speed. Cabinet Reshuftling

And it carries 16 cannon, is most / {heavily armed ship in air. ~~ HERE'S LATEST rumor on y ar

1 - ing of Truman Cab- . goring reshuing or 7 Talk on Inflation Army Secretary Royall to be) pEFLATION NOTE: Leon Keyreplaced by Ed seriing, vice chairman of Council

nia oil man, address Conference on

of Navy. Teasury Sec-|“inflation.” retary Sn yder| out, possibly re- laying plans to “steal the rooster’

Secretary - Sullivan ‘who once been held here was Treasuryby W. W. Wright

Sec. Royall Undersecretary. Or Sullivan may of Jackson, Miss.

Pauley, Califor-|of Economic Advisers, invited to| Soctal

“This would cover any. Truthan{Stalin meeting, whether or not {the possibility exists for one.” The next move, it would appear, |is up to the Kremlin. Russia and [its five obedient satellites approved the Mexican resolution. It is here today waiting. ” ~ »

once ‘unsuccess- Legislation here next week, was; . i . fully nominated slated to talk on “inflation ana Soviet Union by Truman to be price controls.” Now words “and| RADIO MOSCOW said today Undersecretary price controls” haye been marked that the Soviet Union has loft programs. Hel talk only on|formally proposed a nonaggres-

sion pact with Norway, and

States-Righters from South are charged that the western powers,

'| want to draw Norway into -the |

plans,

Atlantic pact in order to estab-| |

The. Swedes are disappointed

Retail de- Of solidarity and mutual under- that their willingness to soften (devotion to the emperor awd to]

{Shinto and a passionate {of Communism. {To them the emperor is Japan's

‘hatred

to join ‘the Atlantic pact. jonly hope for survival. .Says| Mary Sardinians refusee fo sub- President Truman's projected] Accountants believe they can » ww Masaharu Kageyama, unrecon-imit their cows to artificialinsemi- “Global Fair Deal,” which will be|0Ive mathematical of Council of Europe structed ultra-nationalist: |nation. They say it is “unnatural aimed at pumping economic stim.| Speeding col They _.

“Only the Tenno (emperor) can PRELIMINARY plans for a save Japan. If the emperor tells proposed - council of Europe —-a us to go to war, we will. If he “little United Nations of Europe” tells. us to stop war, we will.” were completed today by dele-] Kageyama.a pre-war nationalgates from Britain, France, Bel-|ist leader who in 1940 was argium, the Netherlands, and Lux- rested for hatching a plot to overembourg. : throw the government by assas They called for an early con- sination. ference with other European na-| .. J tions for drawing up a charter. 2 According to these preliminary Latin America the Council of Europe’ would include a Committee of emerging. currently, in the eyes Ministers empowered to discuss'of many observers, as the in-

ciation for the United Nations em. | 20ything of concern to Europe spiration behind the recent wave

{“with the excepifon of questions of military coups in Latin Amerirelating to nationa) defense.” can republics. An assembly would make rec-! - The outspoken Romulo Betanommendations to the Committee court, exiled Venezuelan leader,

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wide. But they are united in their]

ARGENTINA'S Juan. Peron &itarmppy that the government: pro- Tan points:

of Ministérs, but would have no'satd in almost so many words

I {

{ | “escaping.”

{Italy has the fastest in Europe. economic development during the Standards of living are low and|past year and, for that matter, |diets are often meager. Neverthe- since the end of the war.” {less, the program is meeting stub-/ It apparently was completed

{born resistance. too early to take into account|

up {and improper.” A bitter ar ent developed areas DYOW up their hands at trying ] lis in progress. Sum ulayits Be den evelope figure out how to get more space % | To break down objections to (at much-remodeled h SN {scientific cattle-breeding methods, Await Truman Plan Only solution to space, officials farm agents are using political, The United States is expected hint, is new Jing. religious and economic arguments, t0 lay before the Economic and "oo. Newspapers are being asked to Social Council some time during {print articles justifying modern the session the first concrete ideas Problem Not Solved —e processes. > jon how it proposes to carry out, THREE YEARS of Indianapo- - ) themes 11 Tempo is among those Mr. Truman's “bold new Pro-jy, Railways, Inc, rate hearings t have entered the campaign to|gram.” : [nave not solved utility's finan ~~ convince / |" The UN. survey made these! + | skeptical Sardinian no. ACUI. NOWOSE RORTING. LoL

gram is not evil, ONE Optimism prompted by, to boost fare three cents will be - Right ‘at the moment farm the improved food situation must agents are feeling a bit more hope-|be tempered by réalization that ful for Sardinia. In the “much of the current year's admonth a number, of the island vance in production is to be| farmers have accepted the pro-'ascribed- to a favorable season gram. and not entirely to permanent

’ recovery.” : ‘China

TWO: Increased industrial out- . put in 1948 also helped matérialCHINESE peace possibilities|ly to retard the inflationary

nose-dived today when the Com-|spiral. But industrial production munist radio calied the govern-|appéared to be leveling off. ment of acting President Lil THREE: Trade. and Toung-jen i “trouble:making tok- restrictions. many of then stem-{ ¥ik. is. en regime” and Li canceled theming from East-West political flight of a peace delegation to|rivalry, is choking up interna|Peiping. |tional economic arteries. Li's administration came to] FOUR: Most countries have| {power when Generalissimo|/run into ever-increasing difficul-|cerned Chiang Kai-shek went into retire. t1e8 financing their unfavorable ment. The Red radio also de. /MPOrt-heavy balance of trade. manded ‘that Li prevent Chiang| The Marshall Plan eased the |and ‘other “war criminals” from Problem for Western European

ori dp

iwashed out fills

and sporadic |countries, but ERP funds prob- freezes have cracked pavements . . {ably will provide no permanent paqly, “Works Board is looking . . .

|demands that the Nationalists “0looon: over budget to determine whether prevent the escape of government | FIVE: BRP was pi -

The broadcast said Communist

“ ” tl umption that there would|enough money is available to war criminals” and punish Japa-!pe Tale revival of East ladded tr Criminals could now be| west trade, but this has failed to [added » We eight peace demands materialize. Tae-tung. Thoss ander Mao grX: “The central problem of streets, - : wl |amounted to unconditional sur. 1349 continues to be the necessity bon Pel

reply to a Norwegian statement

render. b

{for expanding the world supply

which the Soviet Union had re-

’ Horace Wilkintake diplomatic job. | quested régarding NoMvay's at-

Interior Secretary Krug to be son of Birming-

+ ,0f,_goods for the growing world

population,”

penditure to grade . nN

replaced by Undersecretary Oscar ham; and LeandChapman. er Perez of New ECA Administrator Hoffman Orleans. to resign. | They'll .open Louis Johnson, big fund raiser W ashington In Truman campaign, former As- headquarters and sistant Secretary of War, due for{tub-thump for some top job. things ThurNote: If Truman nominates mOnd - Wright ny Thurmond Pauley for any officé, confirma- for

tion fight like that

1 in/it within framework of him in 1946 will take place ATI .

assured that Dewey will not m his 1948 defeat on them possible,

Wh AN a Sl

rid {yin =

it waged against|in 1948. ° But they'll try to do

{titude toward the Atlantic paet.

sive policy of certain powers.” } ~ » ~

Scandinavia

Radio Moscow said. the Norwegian statement on the Atlantic

pact was “insufficient.” — The Soviet said the Atlantic pact “circumvents the United _.

{Nations and serves the aggres-

THE inside story of the Nordic

¥ 1 { ad | | |

~ Philippines MAYBE the Chinesé Communists are more like the Russian {Communists than gome folks give them credit for. That is, maybe they're not just interested [ir taking over their own country. | Anyway, they are certainly eyeing these islands if the story told by a recently escaped prisoner . the Hukbalghaps (dissi-

dent Wilipino peasants) can be believed.

SEVEN: War-devastated coun: tries now financing imports {through external grants even [tually must find other ways to

raw materials in 1948 “seems to have been edequate, on the whole, to meet requirements.” NINE: Significant deflationary elements were evidenced In the United States in 1948. The most

pay. EIGHT: The world supply of|’

STOCKYARDS lieve western blizzards

Democrats probably will start wed publishing full text of Senate Sec-|alter its strict neutrality policy ~ | iretary’s report again, including

defense alliance reveals an astonishing readiness by Sweden to

within the Scandinavian orbit. Before the fense pact talks ended in failure | Sweden actually put down a firm offer to enter—and thereby sup- ; Ay ; A

We BL od la

3 La Their ‘mission was to spread|dfopped considerably below the / ooh Communist doctrines in the cen-|10947 figures, and still 1s @ . ‘lral part of the island. ling. : 2

important was the decline in the export balance. ' TEN! The average price level in Russia appears to have

| Twenty Chinése Reds recently {infiltrated _Aparrl in Cagayan Province, Luzon, the ex Agayan says a Huk commander told him.

- } ' So p yw