Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1949 — Page 1
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In Islands Goes By EDWIN
_ Story. of Red. Peiietration’
Back to 1935
C. NEINKE
et ea a ‘Indianapolis Times
“HONOLULU; ‘Aug. 3—Harry Bridges, boss of the International , Longshoremen's and = Warehousemen's
Union, says the strike which
has virtually isolated Hawaii
was called solely because of a wage issue. 0 “Thé strike isn’t over wages,” a former member of
Hawaii's tightly knit Communist Party set-up fold me “It’s"a political fight and the Com- mmmwiewns
here: munists are winning it.”
Asis
/ great experiment of the Communist Party will go on. Hawaii is being jiggled in the
test tube and “the perfect
for conquest is being carefully studied.
I visited Ichiro Izuka
farm on the Island of Kauai, 100 miles =
from Honolulu. Izuka is a worker and was one of the
The strike could end today, but the |
experiment” at his small
former dock first recruits
Mr. Helnké
of the Communist Party's organization drive in Hawall
in 1938.
He was serit to a Cémnfunist training school at San
Francisco.
Among his classmates, Izuka told me, were
two of the six top leaders of the current longshorémen’s
- strike. - He named them as
Jack Hall and Robert Mec-
Elrath. Hall is the regional ILWU director and McElrath is ILWU public relations chief who broadcasts dally over
a big radio network here. -
Considers: Pamphlet Important “We were taught,” said Izuka, “that in Hawaii we should apply the Marxist theory to local conditions! All ° earnest. - -
GOP Woos Ruckelshaus
~ Attorney U To. TO
“fy ROBERT BLOEM i
A number of 11th District Republigans are quietly trying to
coax John Ruckelshaus, widely}.
a Indianapolis attorney, into next year's conrace to oppose - Rep. Andrew Jacobs. While mention of Mr. Ruckels~
tial ta AE
nomination isn’t new, several lending Toei he
“Me. Rucketshaus i *° Jogical -
didate to run against Mr. Jacobs; it was learned today. Talk that he was being “groomed”. for the race was gommon among Hoosier Republicans in Washington. The 11th District race is considered a key congressional contest in the state. Mr. Jacobs, al-
though only in his first term in} -
Congress, has built _an unusual record of action and prominence
A major stumbling block in the “grooming” process so far ap-| peared to be an initial lack of interest on the part of Mr, Ruckelshaus himself. His- only comment for the record today was that he considered his entry into the congressional race as not probable.” He confirmed reports, Bowed.) that he had been approached by
__—u number of Republican politi-}’ cians seeking to interest him In|. L.Charles.V. Butler, awaiting. a
making the. .race...Organization) politicians made it “clear that while such a development woufd] be acceptable, candidates in the] primary would have to be “on their own.” ‘Organization leaders have been burned in the past for
Religion is Factor oo A major factor in consideration]
gress potential is the fact that he is- Catholic. Mr. Jacobs, too; 4s Catholic but has argused the opposition of many church lead- .. erg because of his stand that federal aid to ‘education should not be extended to parochial schools, regardless of religious affiliation. Some Republican strategists regard Mr. Ruckelshaus’ religious faith as a strong asset in the drive for the important Catholic vote in. Marion county, AShuming, they say, that they could use a _gandidate who 18 both a widely wn Republican in the commu~ “nity and at the ‘same time a Catholic, Mr, Ruckelshaus is the
“logical man."
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trial Th the New ¥ear's Day, 1948, “triangle” slaying of Robert Popp, was arrested today on af charge of assault and battery]
signed by his wife. Butler, free on’ $3000 bond,
at his home at 1522 Shelby St, ion an affidavit signed by His wife, Genevieve, yesterday. | In. jail Butler angrily denied his ‘'wife’s charge that he "beat” her and said: “I didn't even know she was in town until they arrested me. I theught she wal in Versailles, | Ry. Appearance Ordered
Butler “was released’ on his| own recognizance by Judge Alex Clark, shortly after his. arrest. He was scheduled to appear tomorrow in Judge Clark’s court Vi the 38 Aatault Charge. : 2 { Butler, a central figure In a slaying, filed the - -affidavit|
(Continged on n Page ! 8—Col. 8)
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was arrested shortly after 9 4. m.|{eigners, Pedro ‘Cala, a Havana
il al om
: convineed that Communists
hk Sortie
of the workers. A trade unionist at heart, Izuka wro a pamphlet, “The Truth About Communism in Hawaii,”
which the FBI and intelligence operatives in the islands at its height. - Management was occupied with problems f the war. Led by Jack Kawano, the: Communist-listed
consider of the utmost importance, : The Hawalian Communist Party is a subdivision District 13, Communist Party of the U. 8. A., with head-
quarters in San Francisco.
It has 11 branches through-.
out the islands, nine of them on Oahu (Honolulu).
- paternalistic system. More
~ sent to Hawaii. They had a fertile field for their work. Wages were low. Plantations were run on a feudal, union's" “secretary-treasurer, Louis-Goldblatt; also identi
often than not the workers’
pay envelopes contained little or nothing, after deductions had been made for groceries, doctor bills, ete.
The owners used every
device to resist unionization
and Srgahiuation of the workers was slow. Then Jack came on the scene and the big push startin 1987. An 1LWU organizer, widdly identified 253 hands-—had been taken as Communist, he went to the island of Kauai, organized - the workers of the McBryde Sugar Co., and received a charter from the United Cannery, Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America, CIO. He won a contract from the company for his union—the first time in planta-
tion history of Hawaii,
“Little Headway Before Pearl Harbor
no
~ Meanwhile Harry Bridges was organizing the waterfront, but had made little headway by the time of Pearl
Harbor.
In 1945, however, strict military government
was “modified” and union organizers went to work in
en
Language diffi culties. solved " ast ‘stranded Cubans enjoy chow o ot Evelyn
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~/-Two-bus-loads.of. Cubans stood bewildered and donfused on the {eotnier of Indiana and Ceara Aves. Not one in their group
could speak English. The police arrived to help but | they couldn't speak Spanish. A| | crowd gathered. Leader Comes Forward Finally the leader of the for-
journalist, came ‘forward. ' His
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The Indianapolis attorney has been--active-in- Republican . poli-; Ses in the county and in th& te for many years although never has been a. candida
City Attorney in the late: 1920's and ‘was- a deputy Attorney General dhder former Attorney General9@rthur Gilliom. Party wise, he served .as head ®f the Young Republican organi-
the. executive committed of the GOP state committee under for-
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Crisis Called for a Spanish-Speaking Palleomen
Fine Foods, Indiar jana a Ave.
4 | | i i
ian, . of The ed ode bY Today’
of America's second "Pearl Harbor''—how trained “commerce”
nthe Hawaiian islands —
C. Heinke, assistant managing ‘editor
's article is the second of a series.
\ The following year saw the ILWU organization drive
= president - of -the -longshoremen who are striking now, -
wu squads of organizers roamed the. outer islands
doing “missionary wo!
: _ They carried small catds boldly titled “this is’ the “The story of Communist penetration in the islands law.” Underneath was set forth the provisions of the
starts in 1935 when “labor organizers” of the ILWU were “Wagner Act. To. prod them on to greater: activity, Bridges sent his
fied as a Communist Party member, to the islands. Jack Hall had done good spadework. By 1946 more than 30,000 dues-paying union members, including sugar, * pineapple and dock workers, were signed up in one big
union.
Hall himself, a former Coast, became a prominent ¢ he was named a member of
Twenty thousand plantation workers—mill and
in within 12 months. dock worker on the West itizen of Honolulu. Ironically, the Honolulu police commis-
sion—a post he held until Gov. Ingram Stainback dropped him two years ago in a purge of officials Sspeited of
‘Communist sympathies.
Curious Prophecy Becomes Fact
~~ Though the percentage
runs as high in Hawaii's JLWU set-up as it does in labor ;-the leadership itself undeniably ed with Marxists and agents of the MosInternational.
“unions on the m was heavily Ic cow-Commun
Pronto
Seize 3 Slots
Trail Patrons Into Basement Game Room’
A. buzzer was police officers’ a | “Open, slot ' machine room on Massachusetts Ave. early today, where | they arrested {wo men Ana con- a» fiscated three slgis. Police Vice Squad Officefs John!
‘and that they had the necessary|gyllivan and John Glenn were
ham and eggs weré cooking Wil«
{lard B. Ransom, representative
for
e. C. J. Walker's Manufact A
ng Co., arrived. Cosmetic Inspection It developed that the Cubans
‘|were tourists. They had come to
Indianapolis from Miam{ in busses to inspect the Mme. ‘Walker's establishment which is internationally known for cosmetic preparations. 1 After.a trip {Building the foreign visitors were |going on _fo- Chicago and‘ the Great Lakes, Mr, Ransom was sorry that there had been no one to meet the giroup—that there had ‘been no Spanish-speaking persons on Indiana Ave. this ‘morning to greet the situation. City ‘police, however; pinch-hit with finesse.
to. Gary Gambler ill Self
GARY, Aug. 3 (UP) — Erwin (Izzy) Kirsch, 57, Polonia us Gary gambling Sure 4 in the lgte ‘30s, committed Kirséh, who once oy the “us Clup
through the Walker, =
[American dollars to pay for heir | watching a door in the rear of|
548 Massachusetts Ave, after]
f The police made an’ informal they "heard the whirring and chow lirie and escorted the group ciicking of one-armed bandits] to Evelyn's. Fine Foods, a nearby | {from within. restaurant. Eighty-three unex- | pected patrons was uite a load | two ‘wo! went t for the short order.place. As the | pushed men on thet Jack and,
‘As they waited, three men and
When the door swung open and the gquintet| entered, the policemen unobtru-| sively fell in behind the fivesome. | Inside the basement they found three slot: machinés, two in .op-] eration. Jollife, 44, of 420 E. Market St. and Harry “Bud” Sowders, 39, of | 324 Harlan. St. on charges of| violation of the 1935 Slot Ma-| chine Act. : The raided room was in the ent of the P. & M, . Cigar]
Store and is neafby the Winter-|
garden, 538 Massachus.tts Ave. popular night spot where Sow-| ders is employed as bartender.
Walkout to Idle 4000 LOUISVILLE, Ky. 2009 3 (UP)~-The Intérnational Harvester Co, plant hére was expected to close sometime today; idling 4000, as the result of walkout of 166 members of International ‘Association of Ma: olilnists, an Andepéndent. union.
POPE RECEIVES DOUGLAS "VATICAN "CITY, Aug: 8 (UP)
F Pius XII received U. 8, Supreme Court Justice William O. in private audience yes-
Sharpe, | terday. Justice Douglas isto | Burope, | ON _
.
Sesame” to a basement]
of loyal Americans probally
“The stage was being set
Hew ps
t and the time was rapidly.
_approaching when a ‘curious prophecy of 1938 was to ,
np
become an unpleasant fact of 19040, The prophecy was voiced by a University of Hawaii professor, since identi. . fied as a Communist. At an informal gathering of uni-
versity faculty members, he
said:
“Has it ever occurred to you that Hawaii presents a perfect proving ground for the Marxist action? The way, | to confrol Hawaii is to control the ships that import its necessities and export. its wealth. One doesn’t have to
control the vessels at sei. Bu the ships in port: . commerce,
Ar mount and support a blockade
t suppose one can immobilize
i
“Simply organize the longshoremen and call tem out |
periment. meng note the speed or slown
on strike. As long as they stay out, Hawaii js’in a test
tube and those controlling the strike can control the ex+ . «» They can watch the spread of civil resent
ess of its progress. They can
watch the collapse of business, and determine where the
‘foundations are most rotten.
They can perform a perfect
experiment and leave an important body of results and conclusions for those who might want to conduct the ex. periment on an even larger scale in the years to come.” This conversation is quoted by Steve Woods, a resident of Honoluld, in an article, “How to Capture an Island” in the current issue of Plain Talk. Since 1946 the Communists have prepared-to bring that prophecy into reality. Between 1946 and May 1, 1049,
there have been 42 strikes i
in the islands. A high point
of ‘economic disorder, strife and confusion—under which
‘communism thrives most efficiently—has been achieved. i
i
Tomorrow—The Commies Move in on ‘Democratie |
Party.
Minimize Polio
Threat Here
But Mayor Wants Health Rules Followed
"Mayer Feeney emerged
R. from. a polio conference with “City “Health Of fice rR, “Gerald Kempf today and pro-| 1
nounced Indianapolis “still on|
“ithe safe side,” in the state-|
wide epidemic.
He tempered his statement,
and to take every precaution to curb the spread of polio. “If polio was as prevalent here; as in the hardest hit counties]
on a population basis, we’d have
2000 cases; compared to-our-pres-‘ent record of 21,” the mayor said. | “Therefore, while 21 cases is serious, we're still on the safe] | sige Conference Precautionary The Mayor called the “precau- | conference” | Marion County reported its first | {polio déath of the year.
|" The county's first victim, '42-|from Ismaili faithful and to have
|year-old Lela Marie Radar, died’ yesterday in . Général Hospital] lafter-five days’ illness, The Mayor-said the city health! {department is ‘conducting checks twice weekly on city swimming pools, supplemented] by ‘State Health “Board checks, {All pools ‘were given satisfactory] {ratings. The Mayor also said he as|signed a. city detective to. check city recreational units and that all were reported maintaining a {good degree of sanitation, Keep 1m Children Home .- “Right now. we finden hecessity for -a_ drastic cuttailment of | {public activities because of polio,” {the Mayor stated, “However, we ido ask that parents keep at home | a child that complains of any ailment and that they seek Tmme-| diate medical attention if the |
|
They arrested Ernestiaiiment is pFohiotinced.”
| Hé also sald individual spray-| {ing of garbage cans, and breeding places was recommended] as a sanitary precaution, In the state today the pumber | {of polio cases since Jan. 1 st at 280 with™28 deaths. Latest vic: tims were the Marion County| {girl and 15-year-old Barbara Jean Meredith, who died yes-| |terday in Ft. Wayne, Allen Coun ty's third polio fatality. Fourth In Number
Marion County stood fourth in the state in. the State Health
¢ases since the first of the year, 15 of which were reported: in
the Joly aloné,
Stricken. Thursday at her home t- 1801 F- Epler Ave, the 12-year-6ld, ‘Marfon County victim died yesterday in General Hospital where she was admitted for treatment on Friday. Daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Adlat Vv, Rader, she attended Edge-
(Continued on Page 2~CoL, 0
{jewel [ry Valued Ka “HIgh us” $6001;
degree murder indictment
however, with a warning to the, “lcity to observe health regulations |
Board's polio lstings with = 20]
Bandits Take
$600,000 of Aga's Gems
| NICE, France, Aug. 3 (UP)— {Four masked bandits today ambushed the Aga Khan, one of the {richest men in, the world, shot ‘out the tires of his car. with tomimy 3 and robbed his wife of;
The “bandits laid. in walt: for the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of 12,000,000 Ismaili Moslems and father-in-law of Rita Hayworth, | {just outside his fabulous Riviera {villa-near here. Shoot Out Tires When the Aga Khan's car {pulled out. of . the villa gateway {shortly after noon, they shot out {the tires of his car, then forced {the chauffeur at- pistol point--to hand over the ‘Begum Khan's jewel case. “They: pointed machine guns at jour hearts and threatened to kill jus,” the Aga Khan told police, “There was nothing we could do.” We raised our hands and the ban-
Indict Edwards, Wife In Death of Baby
First Degree Charge Filed
Heavy Blows Called Cause of Death
The Marion County Grand Jury today returned a first
against Billy Burke Edwards, 26, and his British war bride,
Brenda, 27, for the death of
their infant daughter, Beryl June, The indictment charged the seven-month-old child died as a result of being “struck. heavy blows on its face and body.” Edwards and his wife are now in the Marion County jail without
bond. Hearing Aug. 6 At the suggestion of the prose-
set Aug. 6 for a hearing on the prosecutor's petition to have the couple examined by a psychia-
|dits took all my wife's jewels. The. size of .the Aga Khan's!
today as/fortune has never been disclosed.
{but he is reported to receive an | allowance of $900,000 a year]
more. gold cached d&way in India| {than the Bank of England has| {in its reserves.
The technique of the _—_ closely paralleled that of four|
{masked bandits who yesterday robbed. the smart Van Cleef and
{Arpels jewelry store at Deauville, | Striking his
trist. The: indictment today was the second time Edwards, a totally disabled veteran, had been charged in the death of an infant child, He was charged with the murder of a 6-month-old infant daughter in Trowbridge, England, in January, 1948, but the charge was dismissed for lack of evidence the following month. Admitted Striking Child At that time Edwards admitted striking his baby daughter "be-
avis
baby {Atlantic ¢oast resort more than CAUSE she cried” and said he tater
1500 miles across France from (Nice, of $600,000 worth of jew-
}
oe Die, Son Hurt In Crash Near Gary .
GARY; Aug. 3 (UP)--A woman |and her husband were, killed and {their son injured today in #n, auto-truck collision at the intersection of highway routes 12 and | {20 near here. Mrs. Catherine Wirsum, i, died {on arrival at a hospital, Her husband, August, 48, who was ‘driv-
yi ing, suffered a possible skull frac-
{ture, and died shortly afterward. Carl Wirsum, 9, was only slightly |injured. Arthur: M. Lee, driver. of an! auto-transport trailer, told police that the Wirsum car darted out from Route 12 and that he was “unable to avoid hitting it.
!
Hit-Run Driver Flees’ ‘After Striking Boy - Police this afternoon were seeking the driver of a black automobile which knocked a boy from
bis bicycle im the 500 block .of N. Tacoma Ave, and falled to
son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ban-
| carried her body
sto The boy, “Tommy Batijers; 13, 12,]
ders, 554 N, Tacoma Ave. was|
to. the woods and left it in a cafdboard box. However, the British courts were | unable- t0 establish cause of death {or even identity of the child after (it. was - found decomposed six’ | months after {ts death, His’ wife ~Wa¥ -questioned but {was not - ‘charged in the first death case, Edwards was defended by Ine |dianapolis attorney James Dawe son, sent overseas by a fund cone tributed by West side
he and his wife and son Billy returned to Indianapolis to. make their home at 2105 Gent.
-, Police Ctitled to Home It was to this home that police were called at 6 a. m. July 20 to find the 7-month-old infant dead, its . face and body covered by bruises,
Edwards and his wife admitted “slapping” the baby. sald their blows were
cutor’s office, Judge Saul I. Rabb
At the. time, polite said, both