Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1949 — Page 29
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Welfare fund trustees will hold their first meeting since appointment of Charles I. Dawson to succeed Ezra Van Horn in Washington Monday. They'll discuss Indianapolis Sunday Times story about the wastage of $8,250,000 from the fund in Indiana.
Sen. Homer Capehart’s been
tion, but by some other committee than banking and cur-
rency, which conducted a welfare fund investigation last spring. Committee has made no. report.
Guard B-29 Data
undergone engine modernization, yet tells reporters safety record of the force is none of their business. Four B-20s went down this week. There were other recent losses. Air Force planes were involved in nearbardment of questions. Only answer: Safety records are
top secret.
Air Force security officers
under Maj. Gen. C. P.
Cabell, Director of Intelligence, say the enemy could figure out our air strength from accident figures. But the enemy knows our air strength. Tass correspondents
cover congressional hearings, cable detailed figures. Personnel officers under It, Gen. 1dwal Edwards fear pub-
lication might affect recruiting. J Inspector General Craig and Air Inspector Old are responsible for maintenance, so they don’t like publicity. Even Steve Leo, public relations director and a member of Air Secretary Symington's personal staff, can't see the records. He's tried to crack the censorship before this, is trying again.
= - . Estimates '51 Budget BUDGET FOR fiscal 1951 will be between $40 and $42 billions. This year we're. spending around $43.5 billion. Administration expects to save at least $2 billion from overhaul of defense establishment and operations of general service agency, new over-all Ing and property management branch. There'll still be a deficit, unless taxes are raised or present rates produce more revenue. We're taking in only $38 billion this year. Fiscal 1948, last year before Republican tax cut, was also the last without a deficit. We took in $42.2 'billion that year. . . » Coffee to Level OH
COFFEE PRICES won't go
caught up with green coffee prices, may still announce boosts, but industry thinks hoarding scare is over; that prices will stay where they are
due to increased production. . They won't come ‘all the way down. [It may take five or six years for production to catch up with demand. Some industry leaders think increases have been higher than were justified by Brazillan drought. .Brazilian firms charged all the trafic would bear, they say; took into account our coffee habits and fact that during present high income period Americans aren't likely to cut consumption because of increase in cost of a cup of cofféé made at home from 1 cent to 2 cents.
» » n Study Atomic Use ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, working with nine aviation companies, is trying to learn how to move aircraft with atomic. energy. Air Force and Navy are in on it, too, Looks as if it will be “many months” before they get results. But they're trying for ways to operate turbines, turbo-jets, ram-jets and rocket devices on nuclear fission,
% “ ¥ Chambers Used Alias ALGER HISS, whose attorneys got permission to search State Department files, will find that Whittaker Chambers obtained a passport in 1935
under alias David Breen, but.
Co-op l¢gaders who will push it think idea has a good chance because 1 committees which inspected European housing co-ops seemed favoranly Hupresstd, .
groups. House investigation into lobbying will not reach stage until first of the year. Meanwhile, committee investigators are canvassing House membership on their experiences with They'll ask they know about unregistered pressure groups, fund collections and expenditures to influence legislation; what practices they think should be corrected. = a .
Due for Big Job VICE ADM. OSCAR BADGER, retired member oi Asiatic ficet command, is slated to di-
ng Foundation should remain tax free :
This is the fund set up by : Armstrong Sr., rich
Foundation now gets tax exem; as an educational and philanthropic institution. . .
» Race Deadline NAVY SECRETARY MATTHEWS and Adm. Sherman, his new chief of naval operations, are working against a January deadline. They know they're due for a
“They've got to put Navy's house in order, whip the rebels back into line, and present
fication
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himself very well. However, is opposed to Mr, Jacobs’ suggestion that the show hit the road and be all over the state.
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socialism as a political issue. That's exactly what the GOP wants. In the final analysis they don’t care who
the Senate. It seems doubt-
contention that the American form of government -is tops. Knowing that Mr. Jacobs will, of course, avoid any support of socialism as such, many Republicans are not comforted by their starting advantage, They themselves, have been pointing out GOP failures for mbnths. They're going to feel a little uncomfortable to have a prominent Democrat = “ling these failures into * + teeth of their
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Fears Chinese Reds Might Open Ports; Western Food Might Prove Poiltical Weapon
GORDON id China hands
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York espionage conspiracy case. A secondary purpose inwhat is known as “face” ‘in the Orient. <In Mr. Ward's arrest Russia’ gained face at the expense of the United States with the Chinese. Needling U, S. The third motive and perhaps the most complicated, is
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needle the United States into refusing to recognize the Red regime in China. The uninitiated might believe that Russia would welcome that. But a stronger case can be made out for Soviet fears that . recognition would open - the ports for a tremendous rush of goods into China. Moreover, the docks at Shanghai. and Tientsin are piled with goods the United States could use.
Once trade with the West was freed, its economic effects would be felt up and down the coast of China, Food alone, for example, can be and has been used as a political weapon. By feeding the hungry masses with West-
from Russia would be magnifled. Nor can Russia offer Red China the economic aid it so
"badly needs. But the West
has helped and it can help more. Once the Red is recognized, the stream of supplfes would pour in.
This is what Russia wants
University law professor, is shortly to leave for the Far East. He will visit of course. iy will
CUMMING, Compiled 0! in Washington today the better part of valor as well ] ie of U. 8. Consul Angus Ward
counseled patience wisdom.
Comm have in feeding China's starving millions. Russia can’t help feed them. The West has helped feed them. And it can again. TWO: We would run the risk of starting World War IIT if we should help rehabilitate, train and lead the remnants of Chiang - Kai-shek’'s Nationalist army. y Gen. Claire Chennault, wartime commander of the Flying Tigers, wants us to do just that. But old China hands among our diplomats say any
“form of intervention wouid be
resented by free as well as Communist Chinese.
Philippines DISSIDENTS in Batangas Providence, stronghold of unsuccessful presidential - candidate Jose P. Laurel, raided three armories and opened fire on a police barracks and hospital yesterday. : The band, whose number was
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nor is unhappy : political heat in his present office. He didn’t have it ast
political martyr. things are different. ~ . . STILL ANOTHER reason advanced to support the
field is that he doesn’t want
to see National Committeeman Frank McHale's candidate win the nomination. That candidate reportedly is Alex Campbell of Ft. Wayne. The Governor's own choice is generally regarded as being Sam Jackson, also of Ft Wayne. ih Many who support the lief the Governor is a candidate say he now knows Mr. Jackson can't beat Mr. Gov. 8chricker will
have to do it himself if he
wants it done.
estimated at close to 100, broke of their
China . ROBERT ©. STRONG of Beloit, Wis. U. C. Charge
d’Affaires, at Chunking, and: his two embassy assistants, Robert Rinden of Oskaloosa, Towa, and Lawrence Norton of Wauwatosa, Wis, planned to fly to Hong Kong today. Thus will come to an end American diplomatic funetions in Chunking. The consulate in Chungking was closed Thursday and the American flag was hauled down. - Word was sent to the “consulate in Kunming to close whenever necessary. The Kunming consulate is the last U. 8.
“outpost in Nationalist CHifk""
outside of Formosa.
4 American affairs were I“"fiirned over to the British who ~ planned to maintain a diplo-
matic staff at Hong Kong should the Nationalists flee Chungking. Maj. Gen, Chiang Chingkuo, son of the generalissimo, reported after a jeep trip to the Penghsui front now fewer - than 80 airplane miles from
Sending Dollars Abroad Tough Arms Aid Problem
Europe Needs U. S. Finances fo Tool
Plants for Making of Armaments Munitions board and the Army have been working on the ‘allocations of arms, dollars and munitions factory equipment to Europe which President Tritman is expected soon to start rolling. Congress allowed $1,315,000,000, plus about $450 million worth of surplus Army, Navy and Air Force material, Something like $70 million, will be spent here on putting the tanks, planes, guns,
rifies and so on in good con-
Netherlands transfer authority to the island government Dec. 31. i ” - .
FOR the first time Brazilians are looking down their noses at Argentina. They claim 4a sounder currency, better navy, infinitely superior airlines, more diversified economy, stronger dollar position and the continent's largest steel
would climb back into the trees. »
. ” . SOME political assassinations are ex in Greece as an aftermath of the rebel defeat. The British foreign office is receiving letters from Greek citizens asking that British troops be kept in Balonika. . » ” “ GREEK sources in Belgrade would not be surprised to see Constantin Tsaldaris, Greek
foreign minister, visit Tito to
a He “ : ” HUNGARY is tightening its: border control to prevent Titoists crossing into Yugoslavia, several have been shot recently. .
* » = SAY the proud Yugoslavs:
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criticism of ‘Sen. Willlam E, Jenner last year when the tor sought the
Gov, Schricker also pointed out recently that the voters elected him Governor, presumably for four years. He says he doesn’t see how he can use that offic, in the midst of a term, to seek another,
So obviously he remembers the criticism of + Sen. Jenner. He is fully aware that the Republicans will throw it back at him if he runs, even if he were to do what the Senator did not do and resign one office before seeking another. Most realistic bet seems to be to string along with those who think the Governor is not going to run, pressure Or no - pressure, draft or no draft. That means the Democrats had best quit dreaming of riding to another victory on the “white hat” platform and face the music. They're just going to have to make up their minds on another candidate. That's all .
pected of Helping Engineer Ward's Arrest / and Stave Off American XY
: sgn Recognition Chungking that the Nationalist troops were fighting valfantly in the mountain cold in light summer uniforms. Many
were ut shoes. The Com-< munists, however, are warmly clad. Formosa
last outposts of faded authority, should regain its independence from China, great credit will accrue to, an Americaneducated revolutionary, Thomas Liao.
4 man of the Formosan League
for Re-emancipation, wants Philippine help toward his goal —a new, non-Nationalist, nonCommunist deal for his cap tive homeland. A footloose exile who shuttiles between Manila, and Hong Kong, 64-year-old “mere rubbish His
entire stalf as and a mess of pottage.”
- hatred of the Nationalists is’
boundless. Mr. Liao has no special love for communism, however, and believes that most Chinese are not tainted by it.
Italy
ITALY was on the way back today, thanks to Marshall Plan aid and thanks to the Italian peoples themselves. But Italy still has a long way to go to meet her own needs. The growth in.-Italy's financial stability has ‘surprised everyone, including the: Italfans. Total value of Italian exports is now 50. per. cent mors than it was in 1938. More than 3 million people will yisit Italy this year, and 4 million are expected next year. And tourists mean money in the pocketbook. Electric power output is onethird greater than in 1938; crude steel production is now equal; about 70,000 automobiles and trucks will be produced this year. Marshall Plan propaganda has been so effective that even the Communists will not risk popular disfavor by speaking against it. Recently, the Communist mayors in their respective cities of Ravenna, Bologna, Ferrara and Modena presided at civic receptions for James D. Zellerbach, EAC chief in Italy, and reluctantly praised him
and it because the results were
all around them. People Need Land
But Italy is in real trouble,
nevertheless. Even
Liao denounces Chiang and his... yy
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Sr Fair City— & ried Looks Like Something! New Coming Up in Robert Watts Trial
- Pauper Atorneys Decline Case and He |
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May Not Have Right to Take Venue Change NOW WHAT with Robert Austin Watts trial? Ine - siders say Watts elected to go back to Shelbyville :
because he wanted same two pauper attorneys, Warren n Brown and Emerson Brunner. He credited them with winning his second trial ap-
peal. Now they've declined case, say two years they've devoted fulfills duty, and their other work suffers.
This leaves Watts in Shelbyville without at he wanted and possibly without right to take change of is at when he's arraigned.
Things will shape up tomorrow,
driving me nuts.” Grapevine Talk
A & P thinks of its em- . ployees . . . ; Only “important” Item saved from damage in Ala-
cards of store's workers. They'll get their pay. » yo» New-Fangled THE TIMES" Dan Kidney phoned FSA Administrator - Oscar R. Ewing the other day - in Washington. Oscar's secretary told Dan boss was in con-
ference, asked if he had anything particular he wanted to 2
talk to him about. - - blind “Nope,” squelched Dan. W. Wa “Just wanted to see If this In i new-fangled telephone really hand Wi works.” : said "an . walked on, ' into No Comment HOW. ut at WHAT'S behind all the B-29 Spirit of football : crashes. has caught on in Presecutor Air Force brass here last Dailey’s office. Deputy Prose~ week for aviation conference cutor Edwin J. Ryan ound kept zippered lips when quer- memo on desk from fed on Superfort disasters. Marie
“No reports on accidents. No comment,” said Lt. Gen, “Rah Rah Rah,
Curtis E. LeMay, commanding “Ziss Boom Bah, general of stfategic air com- “Please Launck « o& mand.
U.S. Risks Lone Role Making Peace With Japs
Loses Dominant Position in Far East With ‘Wait Until Dust Settles’
By PARKER LaMOORE, Scripps-Howard Staff ¥ WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-—Matters have
minority position, rl I RT SR Partly because of the State Department's “wait until the dust settles” \policy in the Far East, we have the nant position we held there ; RY Te at the end of the war want full