Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1950 — Page 11

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some \p-hanger. os’

‘mow by House Armed Services Committee.” It approves” purchase of B-36s; recommends . bomber forces; asks again for 70 air groups; clears Secre-

Hauke oti to Fein Toward ~ Air Force Side of Argument

The Scripps-Howard N. wspapers ! WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—Report. on Yod-hot. B36

Boing, du soon, will lan toward Air Foros, side of -rgument,

For Navy diehards, it way be. counted on getting ammuniti - Defense Department

ot haut. {em Mig sours ia heliig weltion

ion of heavy

taries Symington and Johnson of. charges they were in-

volved in B-36 buying.

Naval air will get some kind’ words, not much else. Report

mot voting more naval air funds. Big winner in ruckus is Committee Chairman Carl Vinson. He wanted junior partnership with Defense Secretary Johnson

"going,

in running military. - And he figures Mr. Johnson

' caught idea, knows now that

Mr. Vinson must not be ignored . when high defense

* policy is made.

Mr. Vinson stormed at department during hearings. Now he argued it would be bad te Joop éontroversy t committee’ oat dle In palicy, that even if Adm. Denfeld

nothing committee can. do, ‘that more hearings would - “jeopardize harmonious relations. we've established at the Pentagon.” . There may be minority re-

- ports; though "Mr. Vitison

de om ob ai NR in sxold- them. Se Wopes REA FAR. SAA lo compromide by, ja% R.A pee AE ’ Hew Warnings, demanding all : > services bury hatchets. F than four. He's likely to have his way, SE though Rep. W. Sterling Cole epAraonD: (R. N. Y.), still talks of writ- . ing a pro-Navy report, and Air'frce men like Rep. Paul is. tax are J. Kilday of Texas and Mr. ine * Brooks of Louisiana want to id 3ekion rap Navy's attempt to belittle something atom warldre test to the

ate Departe e going to xr t the world.

e, says the untries how he Departs ts proposed “public ade eral stafise

|, the State | support of iy

ugh a counit's already" spending a ountry’s oil coming out

nd two and ted with the sfem. ra railroad nt is having oingy its to spend atistics, the { the places else about

ied in Latin Lt Asia, only ome was or .. Only four paid out in 7 how many

nt suggests bankers in be spent in the problem

s some help { nething. Ane { 8 about fore

n is the bigited cost of bm, says the ietically imto get really

it's going to blic officials reet cleaners broom and

U. ‘S—would in all three jes to train Ks over here, be approved rk from the fast, though,

‘80 Sure.

Trade Outlook Bright

BOTH BUSINESS and gov-

ernment predict good busienss

‘conditions in first half of 1950, It's first time economic forecasts have been unanimous. One economist says, “When all the experts agree, I Set scared.”

The Brannon Plan LONG-RANGE outlook for Brannan Farm Plan from lobbyist for big farm Co-ops (who are against it): Farmers now worry about declining income. After the: ‘war they thought. they could get. along without -sauch government aid Now they're not If income declines much more, they'll welcome ~ Brannan Plan, controls and all, Talk of “regimentation” won't frighten them When the pinch comes, ” r »

In Governor Race REP. ALBERT J. ENGEL will seek GOP nomination for governor of sm Michigan next «

committee on military establishment in 80th Congress. He says RBepublican governors win in his state in off years; believes he can unseat Gov. Mennen Williams, Fair Deal Democrat.

Mme. cl hi : n g Kai-shek leaves soon for Formosa. She'll_rejoin her husband, the generalissimo. Air Force has decided not to talk about airplanes as airplanes in its report, for security reasons. It's still willing to tell you how many

Mr. Engel

ere

* pounds of planes, it buys a

year,’ Total for 1949 ‘was ‘25.1 million pounds. NOTE on door of ex-Rep. J. Parnell Thomas’ office “last week: - “Be back at 11:30." What Year, Congressman?

Liquor: Fight Due WETS AND DRYS gird for hot battle Jan. 12 when hearings start before Senate Interstate Commerce. Committee on banning liquor advertising from newspapers, magazines, radio.. ‘Wets contend drys are pushing the bid - for nation-wide publicity, know it won't get anywhere. Drys have alcohol

far from well;

"is expected to laud its record in Pacific war, criticize House for

tax unit on their side. on radio.

ban, at least.

Note: Liquor industry expects price wars to break out in areas which don't have fair trade laws now that day buying is over. Industry

* had only 33 million gallons of

four-year-old whisky on hand July 1. Since then 62 million gallons have ome of age.

Bond Battle Shaping DRIVE TO abolish or reduce surety bond premiums for fed- . eral employees will be renewed by Rep. Frank M. Karsten (D. Mo.) when Congress gets uns ~der way. ;

NOP fadann). grmprges: oa

"Against Russ if Co

Ever-Swelling Population

Only Western Technolo By GORDON CUMMING, Oomnipil The 20th century, which open

ue paid $2 million to pri- . PRESS ENP ENTEE > 75 bonds. Losses totaled only $50,000. Rep Karsten thinks government should.run its own bonding business at cost. He'll have help in this from half dozen colleagues. Secretary of Labor Maurice

Sen.

that's a presidential yegr—so Tobin may try it then

” » * SEN. Arthur Vanhdenberg's ill have to some Senate reports ‘of his

stay away fro sessions.

bad condition since Teturning

here are exaggerated, his office says.

r » » Arms Supply Split . STATE and Defense Departments disagree on methods of shipping military supplies to Western Erope. Statewritten rules will be rewritten by military. Delays may re- * sult. State wants each ship loaded with just what it takes to equip a division for field. Military says only practical widy to do it is to ship a load of jeeps, another of tanks, parcel them out from distribution centers. Rufus stirred up when Maj. Gen. Vaughan, Truman’s aide, was involved in 5 percenter probe hasn't died down yet, While hearings were going on, Brig. Gen. L. A. Evans, executive secretary of Reserve Officers Association, solicited testimonials for Gen. Vaughan on ROA stationery. He was publicly reprimanded by John Bracken, “ROA president and a Navy man. Now, ROA’'s Army Affairs Committee has publicly reprimanded Mr. Bracken. Issue may be fought out on « straight Navy-Army lines in next ROA Hectionia.

Seek Rules Change THOSE LATEST N30 in. by National Committee for Strengthening Congress, won't get anywhere, either, Reason is—Congress.

Committee wants overhaul 6

rules under which legislative branch functions, - But Congress, under both Republican and Democratic leadership, has flouted legislative budget reform and other provisions of LaFollette-Monroney act. And latest attempt to checiy-filibuse ters wound up with no gain-— Perhaps a loss.

holi~

certain advantages. ‘Democrats, for example, have the. state administration and ‘most of the big cities. That means they control the election machinery. in the

places where control counts a

‘most.

Republicans,- on the other™*

_ hand, have an incumbent, Sen. .

Homer Capehart, who prob. ably will head their ticket. An incumbent always has an advantage over a lesser-known opponent. : » = = “ ADDED to this, 1950 is an off-year. Past experience indi-

‘cates the Republicans do better .

in off-years. In other parts of the country, the popularity of the New Deal-Fair Deal administration does not seem to have dimmed. Democrats; it seems, still have what it takes with voters. Yet, no matter Bow thin you sitve it, even in the Democratic upset of 1948 Indiana gave its 13 electoral votes to the Republican presidential candidate, Thomas E. Dewey. - President Truman still did amazingly weil, Gov. Schricker

World Report—

“Nationalism Fanned-

EO <

bellion ‘against foreign interven bulent in the 4000-odd-year The new Communist

| the standpoint of pos N formulas, both Demolino and ReBublicans have

tory of the * : vernment in power today at Peking

advantages, remains the o. 2 target in the whole U, 8. °

poli

* might

are reluctant change. Most of us live pretty much where the pocketbook is, and unless we're ‘hurt there we're satisfied to let things

go along. But the 1950 election looks too close to be left to chance,

and Republicians are desperate.

. Democrats know their limita- ~ tions in an off year in Indiana.

So 1950's chance for political

_ immortality lies inthe possi-

bility that both parties may

issues. That isn't golag to be snap out of their self hypnosis

much help. The bald truth is that there aren't any issues. : . = OH, BOTH sides haye done a little work trying. to whip up a few. So far they're just trying to pat public sentiment into a shape that will fit their own molds. They haven't yet tapped those cagey rascals, the voters, to see what they think.

There lies the nub of our

statement that it's at least pPos-~ sible for 1950 to go down as a revolutionary year in political history. : Looking back, it seems pretty obvious that there haven't been any real campaign issues since 1932. That year the things on the voters’ minds were hunger, poverty, ness failures, unemployment.

financial ruin, busi

and get down to where people lve, \ That means the political parties aren't going to be able to make theissues. Théy will have to recognize that the {ssues are already there, in the voters’ minds. They will have to take sides and battle it out on planks that are real, not synthetic. From here it looks so close that it seems “safe to predict

- victory for the first party that

+ and campaigns on thém.

One exception may have

ANS RY Ce

éses Problem

Seems to Meet from the Wire Services in China with the Boxer Re-

wnists Fail fc-Solve B

n, so far has been the most tur-

‘middle kingdom.”

is the third revolutionary regime to achieve power on the main-

land of China in the The first big question of the next 50 years is shether the Communists: :

ct of modern technology and ideas, or

TWO: Will be the founders

+ of a new dynasty successfully:

applying science and “‘people’s democratic dictatprship” to China.

The Communists, who combined nationalism with social revolution to attain power, now face the enormously difficult job of paying off on their promises. Must Raise Standards To do so they must raise the

‘standard of Hving in a country

with too many people to feed ofl too Httie land. .They musi also prove they are better it solving China's basic ills than was thé Kuomintang. Predictions on Communist success of failure in China are at best speculations. But the Communists may- bé€ embarrassed by the nationalism they

themselves helped generate *

and use; ’ To the exient that they deni onstrate their ability to improve the livelihood of thé ordinary Chinese, the new government may be able tp make their Russian association palatable to the people. But unless the Communists can devise a working solution for the . present serious economic difficulties, Chinese nationalism may backfire on them. = Fifty years ago China was

.~aboil with reaction to the West,

A succession of foreign mili. tary interventions, beginning with the Chinese-Brittsh Opium War of 1842 and“ending.with the Cfiinese-Japanese War in 1895, had cost the Chinese em-’

. pire its control over Burma,

Indo-China, Korea, Motivating Force Intense nationalism became China's principal motivating force. Nationalism strengthened by western ideas, science and democracy, helped Dr. Sun Yatsen overthrow the Manchu Dynasty in 1911. The first Chi.nese republic degenerated into

Formosa and

* a collection of warlord states.

‘But with the “May 4th " Movement” of students, begun in 1919 as a reaction against the Versailles Treaty, a new nasonalism crystallized. Soviet advice and assistance

f-century just ended.

helped the Nationalists and Communists put Chiang Kaishek to power’ in 1927, Then his Kuomintang .(Nationalist Party) expeiled and attempted to exterminate the Communists. For 10 years the Kuomintang sought .to unite and Modernize China, ‘Reds Gain Strength Topan s attack in 1937, more than five years after grabbing Manchuria, drove the Chinese government to Chungking. In organizing behind enemy lines a national

Japan the Chinese Commu-

nists built Red armies, devel-

oped their revolutionary tactics and consolidated power, - The Nationalists, who on V-J Day appeared outwardly strong, . were actually during the war weakened internally by corruption, by failire to tackle successfully China's basic problems, and by Kuomin-. tang leaders’ growing old ‘and stale, A by- -product of the war was . an end to the ties” and western concessions. But the Communists captured the mantle-of national leadership, branding the Kuomintang as “running dogs of American imperialism” and won the

mainland civil war, - = - ”

Formosa CHIANG KAI - SHEK ac-/ cused Russia today of thé “greatest crime in human history.” He swore he would fight “as long as the Soviet aggressor occupies one inch’ of our territory.” He appealed to (Chinese on the mainland to” harass the Communists whérever possible and reported hat guerrilla activities behind the enemy lines are being gkpanded rapidly because “tide war is not ended until thé last shot is fired.” Chjgng warned the world thay’ ‘end of resistance against th€ Communists “will inevitalead to collapse of the and

“unequal trea-

struggle against

Chinese people who will ;. .

said. he would continue his

fight from the strong sea fortress of Formosa till the democracies triumph. Chiang's New Year message

was in a spirit of humility in :

which he assumed all blame for China's past failures. Premier Hsi-shan also admitted the Nationalists’ mistakes in a New Year's message and said the Communists would * ‘ruthlessly. sacrifice us all for uncontrolled world aggression.” Chiang accused Russia of overrunning China through its “fifth Slgrinists” — Commu-

The Lion That Stuck His Head in Our, Position in China Remains * : the Trainer's Mouth we

Unchanged

finds out what the issues are It neither party succeeds in this, it will be just another catch-as-catch-can election year, And what we catch we'll probably wish we could throw back. 4 While we're having a‘look at the prospects for the coming

v Chinese Reds Could Backfire Tn

= Heo SA

nist Leader Mao Tze- tung and Chu Teh, head of the Communist armed forces. He called Russia's ‘laggressive” policy similar to that of Japan but even more malicious and likened it to that of the. Czarist regime. But, he said,

““the methods used by the Com‘munist Internationale are far

more treacherous.” . “In addition to the autocracy

“and cruelty of the Czarist re-

gime,” he said, “Soviet Russia has modern weapons and technique is well as the cunning of Communist ideology at her disposal. “‘Moscow’s aggression, therefore, represents the greatest

crime in human history.” . »

China THE Gomounist New China News” Agency accused the United States today of plotting to help the Nationalist government” hold Formosa for an

eventful counterattack against

the mainland. An earlier Communist broadcast said one of the main tasks of the Red Armies in 1950 will be to prevent the “aggressive forces of ‘American imperialism” from gaining any foot-

- hold on the Nationalists’ island

refuge. The news agency said Kuomintang (national party) and American secret service-organ-izations have “hatched counterrevolutionary schemes” and . were prepared to send secret agents into the “peoples democratic camp and engage in varipy disruptive activities.’ The broadcast called SinoSoviet friendship “one of the most precious assests of the

intensify their efforts in learning from the Soviet Union.” . | The agency reported the greatest difficulties facing the Peking regime in 1950 were in the field of economics. During 1949, it said, “the Chinese people overcame the difficulties caused by enemy destruction and blockade and serious floods and drought,” but admitted the costs Tot waging war had made it 'difficult to balance the budget and had brought inflation and rising prices. »

. . Britain BRITAIN achieved record ~ industrial production” in 194% thanks largely to help frém the United States and Carada, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps reported

* ” $5

last night. He commented, however, thay itain’s most pressing

problem is the balancing of trade between the sterling area and the dollar area as the end of Marshall Aid approaches. He said the first effects of devaluation of the pound from $4.03 to $2.80—<had been “encouraging” in ‘this respect. “Since the devaluation of the, pound there has been a marked

Man of the Month

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- issues in the coming campaign, - | 4s

_one important thing, whether 0 HON a rok

- years in prison.

SE BA

ONE OF the prefabrioatsd. NG

‘though. not necessarily one that's close to the people, prob

ably is. going to be socialism, he The GOP is pumping it up, re- |e Ft. cently sent Stephen C. Noland, ; ; former editor of the News, to - Ri ‘England for an on-the-scene ae AA study. : BI Cd Ww What he: brought back was not new. But he crystallized

. the topic under discussion is socialism or something ales. y } Mr. Noland related on his re- 3 an turn that he was amazed at ‘the meekness with which the English” people had accepted full government control of their lives. What caused him to stop and consider, he said, was an Englishman's reminder that the American people have sub mitted themselves every bit an meekly to the economic power of John L. Lewis, A little more serious thinking by voters, a little more attention to politics, can make more contribution to 1950 than all the efforts of both political parties, It's up-to the voters to decide for. themselves what they want. It’s up to them, too, to decide the most intelligent, long range method of getting

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Our Fair City—

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‘Mayor Chants Old

the important thing 1s that Indian Song, b $oap

each eligible individual vote accordingly, one way or the ° - other, It takes no courage and. littie effort to cast a ballot. Failure to take interest; failure to cast a ballot, may prove in the years to come to be the nation's fatal meekness.

Smoke, No Fire’

Feeney Says Rumors Going ‘Around About Police Shakeup Are Wrong

Smoke’s thick about big shakeup in police department, but is there any fire?

Various versiohs are

asic

rise in the volume of -Britain's exports to the United States and Canada + . .".Mr. Cripps said. : . » France PREMIER Georges Bidault last night demanded thre more votes . of confidence from the Frepch National Assembly in his efforts to rush through a balancéd budget for 1950. He already has called for—

no fire’

of whack.”

recess as locksmiths,

and won-three confidence votes, putting the fate of his . . government at stake each Wrong Number : time. One came Christmas DR. LAWRENCE KNAP-

PEN, dignified public utility consultant from Washington, D. C, had his composure Juffled over the week-end. After listening to SSR - in Indiana Bell Telephone

Eve and two yesterday. ”

West Germany

THE Western Allles today

gave their blessing to a German amnesty law opening the Tate case, he went to his mt doors of prisons: to many po- In & downtown hotel. 3

A ‘young good looking girl , but a stranger to Dr. Knappen —-was waiting in the room. She apologized for using the room, said she was waiting - for a friend and left.

litical offenders. Neither German not Weétern Allied legal experts, however, could define now the type of offender, or how many, .

will benefit, ~ ‘Dr. Kna n, who described The formal wording of the the girl Aappen. i upholste law made. it appear broad red,”

said he was going to ask Mrs. Knappen to accompany him on all future trips to Indianapolis. ” » ” N Announcement is expected momentarily on plans for

enough to .free former Nazis and Germans whe -openly opposed the Allied occupation. ” 5

» LJ . > Soviet Union THE sificial Russian lion toll bridge across Ohlg” ernment newspaper Izvestia to- River bed . day devoted four and a half y ow W Olhcines, J of its six pages to reports of

the conviction and sentencing ° Old Storm Center

” WaRhho snr nay of wag NOBODY official will admit, All of the defendants, in- Yi story a hat Police Sgt. ¢luding five former generals, - ¥ C nport's recent were - found guilty yesterday rip to California was for purand sentenced to two to 25 pose of collecting evidence in the cagé of Patrolman Jacques Durham, now awaiting Safety Board hearing. ” Durham, long a storm center / in P. D. and once detective sergeant, is under suspension, accused by Chief Rouls of pagsing up opportunity to arrest persons wanted by police. Rumor is that Sgt. Davenport went to Coast to interview man under arrest there,

(The trial apparently was timed to-coincide with and offset the propaganda effect of Allied efforts to obtain the re.” lease of thousands. of Japanese reported still held as war prisoneérs by oy Russians, ’

| Yugoslavia

THE government released 7304 prisoners yesterday in a mass amesfy. i Those freed included prisoners cofivicted of all. types of crimés, whose prison attitude, it was believed, qualified them Aor release,” There was no information on the number of political prisoners Jreeq.

Czechoslovakia

THE government today removed shoes, soap powder and gasoline from the _ration list and announced an increased textile ration. Interior Minister Frantisek .Krajcir also said in a broad: cast that free market meat and $10.95's In size 347" one clothing prices would be cut: , ®sked franctically. But he warned that the govern- wl.

ent” might- not give the in- Gifts Were Used

creased textile ration to persons who oppose the Commun- THE 400 persons who last week responded to Red. Cross

ist government. “And It Wasn't Don With an : ~ Umbrella

to bolster case against Durham. Chief of Detectives Jack O'Neal declines to discuss Davenport's trek “until” proper time.” » . " Fabien Sevitzky visited downtown men's clothing store Friday for spécial fitting. Removing hat and coat at rear of sale-crowded section,” the Indianapolis Symphony maestro was standing

en table, waiting for department head, when two women customers rushed up. “Have you got any more of the

hoping for facts and Tigures-

patiently heside trouser lad-

are going rounds, of rumor fao- . tories. One is that Chief Rouls will step down: agfhther... NY SNA aaa Sha ls. IESE that he will be be demoted t captain, C FyaeemST take job In an n fndianapolis industry. Boys who claim they're in the know have two ine spectors and a detective in pole places for chief's job. Chief himself says he has no plans as outlined in rumors. Mayor Feeney advises anyone to bet against any of so-called

contenders sitting in chief's chair during his administration. In other words, both chief and mayor. say “heap big amok,

Criminal Court Judge Saul I. Rabb laid aside gavel and law books, took up hammer and screw driver ome day last week. Seems locks on jury room and lavatory doors were “slightly out

Complaints to courthouse maintenance crew falled to get: results so Judge Rabb and Bailiff John MacGregor ‘spent noon

appeal for O-positive blood for an ex-GI in Veterans Hospital did. not make the gesture in vain, even though patient lost his fight for life. Following death of the 1 servioe, Earl Hicks, Veterans rushed portion of the blood that

was left to General Hospital where it was urgently needed <

for another O- -type, Pfc. Jame) d'Aoust, critically hurt in Christmas traffic t in which two former: h school buddies died. It's re than “enough to His c of transfusions 0 Idler, who's listed as

Others of To 400 who volun teered will’ be Invited to give blood in future emergencies: Nd . = = Restroom Bill VISITORS to Indiagapolis Federal building may be al’ lowed “use of restrooms ' next year it bill introduced in Cone gress by Rep. Andy Jacobs last session is passed. . Andy acted on suggestion from Postmaster George J. Ress, whose sympathy toward visitors with ne place to go, was not entirely unselfish. Mr, Ress will be gratified when he no longer has to listen to com+ plaints against nation-wide policy of keeping post office restrooms locked, Issuing keys to employees. ~ . > Traffic death toll in Indie ana far surpassed state police estimates at first of year. Guess -was- around 1070, same as in '48, but at year's end total had passed

“1T20-mark. Police admit ree

ord wasn't “what we hoped for;” say picture is dark. compared" to rest of nation. FC :

Firemen on Fire

INDIANAPOLIS firemen are “burned up’ dver outcome of recent recognition awards made

by U. 8. and Canadian. judges of fire prevention week activi="

ties throughout country. Despite year-round work by fire department personnel and huge drop in property fire losses this year, Indianapolis wasn't included in top honor citations, Awards are largely on basis of fire prevention week pube licity, as’ evidencdd by photographs, statements and news paper clippings, Year around success in prevention doesn't count. Firemen complain “It ain't right.”

What ire You Kickin

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