Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1950 — Page 27
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Straight Repeal of Taxes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—Odds are that margarine will win, butter lose, in crucial vote Tuesday.
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repeal of margarine taxes. Substitute would repéal the ban interstate shipment of colored
taxes, but would margarine,
close. Results may depend on Senate Test comes on dairy-sponsored substitute for straight
] This would leave 31 states with no colored margarine unless plants were built within their borders. Some of them don't have big enough markets to justify. con-
on.
If margarine forces defext substitute, battle is over. They
claim 49 votes. Dairy leadérs say they have 40 votes, expect
to pick up more. Margarine forces expect no trouble in knocking down dairy effort to ald general excise-tax reduction to bill, Same is true of civil-rights rider, : Margarine tax-repeal bill passed ‘- House last session, but minor Senate amendments will force it to conference before it goes to White House, if it survives next week’s Senate battle.
President Truman has promised to sign the bill if it gets to
Coal Stocks Low
WEATHER MAY tip balance in coal dispute. Government officials advising President Truman on whether there's enough coal above ground have fingers crossed so tight they hurt.
% They're safe for present. But
if bitter winter weather comes crisis might build up rapidly. Also, government figures on industrial and retail coal sup-
plies differ widely from those
of coal operators. Operators say there's less coal on hand now than on two occasiong when - irfunction ~ was ° used.
Blizzard ‘might show which -
figures are right. Note: Senate drive to put big unions under anti-trust laws has hit snag. Problem is how to clip John L. Lewis without hitting other unions. Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D. Va.) Is trying to write legislation under rules prescribed by Senate Judiciary Committee, which would handle it. r - .
Bill Faces Stiff Fight
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LOOK FOR administration to come up with new bill to clarity basing - point muddie and still prevent infringement of anti-monopoly laws, ; Sen. Joseph O. Mahoney, chairman of Joint Committee on the Economic Report, is working on problem with Justice Department and President’s Board of Economic Advisers.
Effort will be made to substitute new bill for conference report now set for Senate vote Jan. 20. Conference report faces long fight; vote will be delayed if new bill is not completed next week. . n ”
Gets University’ Offer ARMY SECRETARY Gor-
‘don Gray, one of ablest top
been impaired by Washing- 1 67 ton grind; he'd like to return to his home state. But he's also devoted to Army, wants to stick with it as long as he’s needed. » - »
Decontrol Orders Seen
LOOK FOR flock of rentdecontrol orders for 50,000ation: cities. population Expediter Tighe Woods wants to clear decks . for battle over renewing rent controls by getting all fringe com - munities out from under. Administration thinks important thing is to keep controls in large cities. They've lifted ceilings in most 25,000 population communities, are now surveying next larger group. Woods is also gathering statistics on rent increases in decontrolled areas, = These all had fairly adequate housing when ceilings went. off. He argues increases will be greater where supply is still short. During past year, more than one-seventh of nation’s rental
Mr. Woods
units have been decontrolled
through federal or state action. Texas and Nebraska removed all controls. Housing
expediter dropped controls in
Utah and Arizona. Alabama has voted decontrol effective in May. Wisconsin has substituted state control for federal. Real estate men argue that
* there'll soon be oversupply of
housing, that, no more controls are needed.
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. . » British Sub Safety Lags BRITISH submarine disaster this week highlights fact. our rescue machinery is superior to theirs. British don’t use rescue chamber which has saved crews on several U. 8. submarines, still use rescue lung which lets out only one man at time,
» . d Bid for Farm Vote DEMOCRATS worry over effect on farm voce of new “‘clearit - with - Brannan” policy at White House. Worry stems from ° story that when Allan B. Kline, head of American Bureau
Feder ation,
Peesident that
of Agriculture : : Brannan first, Mr. Brannan and be accompanied by Brannan to White House. Brannan and Kline are at swords points over Brannan farm plan. Kline is said to have written Connelly that in view of matters he wanted to discuss with President, it might be more appropriate to be accompanied by Secretaries of State or Defense. The conference never took place. Congressmen think it looks like good way to lose farm bureau votes; criticize new policy as “not very bright.” - » »
Maps Annual Report DEFENSE Secretary Johnson will tell Congress next month in annual report that no :#more big savings are in sight though he’ll continue to chip away at extravagance in his department. Report will tell Congress it's not necessary to vote $400 milliow supplemental appropriatiox it promised when it rai military pay. John-so-Will absorb pay Fise by shifting funds. He'll also save enough that way to close books on Berlin airlift. New definitions of expert white collar workers under wage-hour law become effective Jan. 25, along with new minimum wage rate of 75 cents. Exempt executive employees must now get $55 a week instead of $30; administrative and professional employees $75 a week instead of $200 a month. There are no salary tests for local retail employee exemptions or outside salesmen.
= » o Fight Over Judgeship HREE-STATE fight over new vacancy on Third Circuit Court of Appeals threatens to complicate confirmation of Judge William H. Hastle, named to earlier vacancy and now serving under recess appointment. Delaware Democrats want new post for Josiah Marvel Jr., former ambassador to Denmark, and threaten to .fight Judge Hastie unless they get it. Western Pennsylvania and New Jersey also want it. Vacancy was left by death of Judge John J. O'Connell of Pennsylvania.
» "n Baffled by Probe STRANGE ANNOUNCEMENTS this week from Chalirman Vinson of House Armed Services Committee that he would start anothér probe into national defense baffled committee members and staff, Mr. Vin.son refused to discuss it with any of them, It also confused Pentagon, which figured it had made peace
Mr. Vinson with Mr, Vinson.
Next: day, when Secretary Johnson had committee over for lunch, Mr. Vinson confided his announcement didn't mean a thing. Said he only wanted progress report before Congress adjourns. Real story probably is that Mr. Vinson intends to remain unpredictable to insure being included in all strategy talks. bills least MHkely to i : One by
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» » ” WE PRESUME he was aware of the fact that one of those laws, the soldiers’ bonus, was
to tell a co-equa} branch of government, tne Legislature, how to do its job. His opinion, summed up, was: “Tsk, tsk!" The Supreme Court, in a four-to-one decision, concurred with another “Tsk, tsk,” After all, what are a few little violations of the Constitution bes
tween co-equal branches of
government? Then Mr. Cline asked the high court to reconsider and
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' at midnight, automatically. The fraud came when the members went on legislating without power to do so and then used a “false and fraudulent” method ‘of predating the action. He added that the high court “apologetically approves this’ conduct and attempts to validate these spurious acts.” That's tdlling them. No longer citing Judge Gilkerson’s views but returning to our own, it becomes obvious that the majority was not seeking to remedy anything. It was expending its legal efforts to escape remedying it. There are plenty of precedents in other courts to support belief that they would take the same attitude in the continuing reapportionment fraud. That one is perpetrated year after year. Since 1921 the General Assembly has failed to reapportion representation on the basis of population. The constitution says it shall cause such a reapportionment to be made every six years, As a result of their fgilure, a majority of the >
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voters be more careful in their selection of legislators. As Judge Gilkerson pointed out, this would not correct past
evils, but it might help prevent -
future ones. G . It might: have suggested also that voters-have a good close look when they vote for judges, particularly those who will deal with constitutional questions. »
n ” IT APPEARS that gressman Andrew Jacobs has opened his mouth and put his foot in it again. This time it
- was when he told newsmen in
Washington that weeks ago he had urged President Truman
to use the Taft-Hartley law on
John L. Lewis. Regional - Director Raymond Berndt of the UAW-CIO took a dim view of the announcement. He failed to appreciate the idea that Mr. Jacobs is the union leaders’ friend on TaftHartley matters and at” the same time advocates use of the measure. Mr. Berndt wrote the Con-
eet to Fill
be Mr. Jacobs doesn’t care. But
. obviously Mr, Berndt is taking
for his UAW and the TaftHartley “issue a substantial share of the credit for electing Mr, Jacobs to Congress, A check around, however, indicates maybe Mr. Berndt's
reaction isn't entirely typical. ‘Some union members seem to
have noticed they get just as cold without coal as other people, More to the point, they
. realize if the place they work
shuts down for lack of coal, they'll be worse off than the three-days-f-weerk miners, ’
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THOUSANDS employeés the nation over have found this out the hard way.
"Take the auto-workers, them-
selves, If coal shortages cut into steel production, steel shortages will cut into automobile production. Guess what happens to auto workers. All of which goes to show that the Taft-Hartley repeal issue may not be all it's cracked up to be by certain - Democrats. After two years of talk about slave labor, it would be hard to find even one union member with shackle marks on his legs. In fact, if the President acted on it, Mr. Jacobs’ suggestion might turn out to be a good one from the standpoint of a number of union rank-and-filers. Pending later developments, it's a little hard to say whether
it was Mr. Jacobs or M. Berndt -
who talked too much.
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MacArthur's Plea That U. S. Bolster Pacific Front
Army Lacks Manpower to Respond; Air Force Waits Until Trouble Starts
By GORDON CUMMING, Compiled From the Wire Services
Gen, Douglas MacArthur's
plea for help in the Pacific so
far ‘has fallen on deaf ears in the Pentagon, as of today. Only the Navy has responded. Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations, who fought in the Pacific in World War II, has sent the carrier Boxer, two cruisers and two destroyers. He plans to send more submarines,
But Defense Secretary Louis Johnson says he'll have to take them from his Atlantic Fleet. He can't operate more ships than the budget permits. The Army, which Gen. Mac- ~ Arthur once commanded, says it's impossible to do what he asks. weeks, Gen. MacArthur has pleaded for a substantial new allotment of troops. Under Secretary Tracy Vorhees and Lt. Gen. A. M. Gruenther, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, recently came home from Japan with his personal plea. Lacks the Men Unfortunately, the Army says, it doesn't have the men, Gen. MacArthur now commands four of the 10 divisions which make up our present Army. He has 120,000 of its 630,000 officers and men. Only in the United States where we have five divisions and approximately 400,000 men, are there more soldiers. This year's budget cuts the Army from 667,000 to 630,000 men. ; That has reduced what Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, calls our “mobilization force.” To cut further in an attempt to strengthen our Far Eastern garrison might destroy the force. Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington says he knows of no plan to strengthen the Far Eastern Air Force under Lt. Gen. George Stratemeyer. He points out that the Air Force —unlike the Army and Navy —doesn’t move in until trouble is about to start. The Pacific Fleet, under, Adm. Arthur Radford at Pearl Harbor, includes two large carriers, one escort carrier, three heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, 44 destroyers and 31 submarines.
LJ » ~ Hong Kong THE Hong Kong government today prohibited the slaughter of dogs and cats for food to halt the spread of rabies which set an all time high last year of 20 deaths. Dog meat long has been a Cantonese delicacy known as “sweet flesh.”
» . China CHINESE Communists Invaded and seized the U. 8. Consulate at Peking today and the United States moved at top speed to get all remaining Americans out of Red China. The consulate general seized by the Reds was formerly an American military barracks. It was the only one of four compounds used by the consulate staff that the Communists took over, Two of the most outspoken GOP critics of administration China policy-—Sen. William F. Knowland (R. Cal.) and Sen. Styles: Bridges (R. N. H.)— upon hearing of the Peking seizure demanded that BSetretary of State Dean Acheson resign, wi ’ ; 2 The State Department announced that it is closing our
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partment said, and the same repatriation offer will be made to the 3000 American private citizens still in Communist China.
Formosa
EVEN without American aid to the Chinese Nationalists, Formosa would be no pushover for the Communists, Clyde Farnsworth, - Scripps - Howard staff writer reported today from Taipeh. That's one of the first impressions you get after landing at this refugee capital of the Chinese government, Mr. Farnsworth says. One thing unusual, he finds, is enthusiasm of a local population for its own defense. Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, arriving at Taipeh Friday, ran into widespread demonstrations not of welcome to her (her “homecoming” was quiet and unostentatious) but rather of Formosan support for the. Nationalist government's first Formosa conscription campaign. It's supposed to add 35.000 men to the island’s defense forces. The first 1950 quota—4500 by Jan. 15—is likely to be oversubscribed. Amazed officials tell of Formosans who failed to make the conscription lists petitioning to be accepted as volunteers. There has been no blackout on the bad news from Wash- + ington but Formosa’'s enthusiasm {is undampened. If the United States were still looking for will to fight among the Chinese, it could find plenty in Formosa, Mr. Farnsworth says. For a Chinese conscription program this is unheard of,
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Mr. Farnsworth Chinese conscript too often has been a man who has to be peeled of his civvies, but quick, to keep him from going back home at the first chance. .
» » . * * Vatican City THE Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano said today that members of the Protestant mission of the Church of Christ in Italy had “gathered around themselves some elements among the local Communists.”
says. The
The newspaper reviewed the
Church of Christ's activities at
Frascati, south of Rome, and"
said it took in some elements among the local Communists “with the motive then of giving stability to their church and of forming a group of pastors in the zone.” Osservatore charged that the Protestants . frequented the house of Communist chiefs and that Communist elements offered places for their meetings.
Italy "2
ECONOMIST Premier Alcide de Gasperi today had outmaneuvered his Communist antagonists today by capping their crisis riots with an artificial crisis of his own. He did it simply by resigning. A short walkout as a housecleaning measure has long been foreseen. By yanking his ministers from their seats the premier left the Communists attacking the government for bloody riots in northern Italy to spend their blows on head-
less ministries. Even the Reds’
most hated enemy, Minister of Interior Mario Scelba, walked out but only as a maneuver. Mr. de Gasperi decided that his fifth successive cabinet, though unshaken, should submerge temporarily and allow the Red wave to pass overhead. Mr. de Gasperi as the leader of the majority party, the Christian Democrats, automatically got the presidential order to resume the reins. He was expected to spin out
the formation of a new government until the fervor of the Communist crisis spends itself.
France
THE workers of France today were turning more and more away from communism
and looking for leadership else- i
where.
Anti-Communist unions now claim a membership of 2 million as against the erstwhile all - powerful Communist-led General Confederation of Labor’'s 2.5 million. These non-Communist unions again demonstrated their influence Wednesday by refusing to allow their workers to follow the CGT order to cease loading ships for Indo-China. The CGT, they said, was trying to make political issue out of strikes whereas they should be limited strictly to purely professional issues. } The workers should logically find their leadership among the Socialists. However, the increasing weakness of that group and its current policy of, yessing the decisions of Popular Republican Premier Bidauilt lends little chance of that
Iran hr
SOVIET frontier guards shot dead an Iranian sentry on the Aras River frontier Tuesday, an Iranian general staff spokesman said today. He said the foreign office had sent a
strong protest to Moscow.
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Yugoslavia
YUGOSLAVIA soon will make a new bid for an American loan as a result of the reported U. 8. decision to aid Premier Marshal Tito’s government' with arms if this country is attacked, it was reported today. Official confirmation is lacking on the dercisicn, said to have been reached by the National Security Council in Washington, but Yugoslav and foreign observers, had little doubt of the authenticity -of the report. Doubt was wiped out by the strong statements of George Allen, new U. 8. ambassador to Belgrade, who is expected here Jan. 19.
Since he left Washington in mid-December on his way here, Mr. Allen has issued a series of blunt statements which add up to this: the United States will not stand by in the event of an armed attack on Yugoslavia, and it would even con-
" sider as aggression an armed
revolt. aided by a “certain foreign power.” Yugoslavia, realigning its entire air transport system with a view to ending flights over the countdy by planes of the Soviet Union and its satellites, LJ ~ ”
li - : Bolivia A state of siege, or modified martial law, was proclaimed today by President Mamerto Ur-
riolagoitia to forestall a revolt by a Fascist group. Several persons were arrested. They appeared to be connected with the disbanded Radepa Lodge of Nationalist army officers as well as members of the National Revolutionary Moyement. The NRM is organized along Nazi lines,
Police patrolled La Paz
| ptreets but the capital was
. ‘quiet, too.
calm. Government advices said . the rest of
ar.
‘meanwhile, is
judge appointment are mounting. Among many peculi~ arities of situation is almost complete ignorance state politicians of what goes on.
Curtis Shake's Name Advan County Politicos in Florida ELEVENTH-HOUR jitters over federal district
Calls to Washington produce little information. Sus-
pense is getting almost unbearable in some quarters. An. nouncement by President Truman will come as a blow. -
to somebody in any event,
Even funerals aren't free from speculation. At last sites of prominent jurist recently, name of Curtis Shake, former state supreme court judge from Vincennes, got a going over. Legal minds present gave him nod of approval, thought he might be answer to factional fighting over successor to retiring Judge
Robert C. Baltzell,
the country was
Three Marion County GOP big wheels have deserted smokefilled hotel room to do politicking on sun-drenched sands of Miami
Beach.
Sam Blum, Indianapolis attorney, is motoring down to winter spot with H. Dale Brown, one of county’s foremost “kingmakers.” Mr. Brown Is sald to have arranged rendezvous with James L. Bradford, man-behind-the-scenes in county politics. Mr. Bradford, already enjoying the sunny clime, Is expected to have isolated spot reserved on beach so boys can engage in horse trading for coming primaries without fear of eavesdroppers. = ” '
» Nickel, "Nickel IF YOU "use parking meter space, even for hauling ‘mateSlals to new building, you pay parking fee.” Rate is $2.50 a week, average
“meter intake.
City doesn’t lose nickel, even while million dollar building goes up. Building firm must pay the weekly rate, says Deputy Controller L. D. Hehrent. rs = WHO SAID new letter and “all low license number combination would cut down special requests for auto tags? ¥ Now politicians, VIP's, and guy with drag, are trying to get not only low numbers but his initials to go with it. Harry Gasper, manager of Marion County Auto License branches, says he has from 2000 to 3000 requests for “speclals”—initials, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, union badges, and even number of a horse that came through Even had a request from one of Alcoholics Anonymous, who wanted low AA series for mem- . bers.’ : » » ”
Suicide Surtax?
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Sharp fight may be near on what amounts to surtax on suicide. Residents along old road 37 fear for road's future now that. newer, safer highway is finished. They recently proposed to Conservation Department that it be made scenic drive, Argument was that it runs through Morgan-Monroe state forest, would make ideal and beautiful parkway. Conserva-. tion Chief Kenneth Kunkel
* sald no—sounded expensive to
him.
More recently Highway Chief |
Sam Hadden talked up idea before Indiana Roadside Council. "It has been amended now to call for slight charge, except to residents along stretch who would get free passes. Reaction so far is that idea would simply be adding toll on tall. Stretch has outstanding ‘death toll, formerly was one of leading killers in state highway system. To this would be added cash toll for privilege. Residents, however, continue more concerned with own future than that of screwball drivers. Latest reports are they are set to appeal to Gov. Schricker to overrule Mr, Kunkel.
” » ” Phil Willkie is paying the price of airing his political views on a national scale, Collier's sale was up sharply here week the magazine featured his article. In Rushville, Phil's home town, the issue sold three-to-one over normal, All of which, Mr. Willkie says, Is very gratifying, BUT: “Every guy who has some plan for saving the country is mailing me a copy of his plan. I've had to start a file.” n . ”
Political Lament
REP. JOHN R. WALSH, Anderson Democrat, in weekly letter to Fifth district constituents, laments withdrawal of former Republican Rep. Forest A. Harness, Kokomo, from congressio
~ anticipated running against Mr. Harness once more.” =
» » = 3 _ | 0 2 € . =a Leaflet Bliziard ' LAUNDRY, dry cleaning workers were in a tizzy at turn
‘of week, snowed under by AFL
and CIO leaflets as they left city’s 41 plants. . Handbill shower was prelude to big jurisdictional elec tion which starts Tuesday, runs three days. :
~ i} City Hall is badly in need of new elevators. Load limit sign reads “not to exceed 10 persons,” but south side up-and-downer can’t handle even that
© many.
With capacity load, an operator recently made three futile tries to reach fourth floor. Each time ‘he missed by six inches and couldn't open door to discharge passengers. Target was hit after three patrons got off on third for the walkup. .
» » . Deficit Stuff REP. CECIL HARDEN (R. Ind.) returned to her home in Covington right after big budg- - et went to Capitol Hill from White House. She said she wanted to take care of ‘some unfinished business. But she doesn’t expect to find any change in stand of her Sixth district constituents for less spending, lower taxes, After the long recess, she reported she found “no farmer who favored Brannan Plan, no voter for socialized medicine, only union officials for Taft-Hartley repeal, and little interest in continued rent cone trol.” But Mrs. Harden should be familiar with deficit financing, Republican National Commit« tee just reported its income last year was $260,422, and expend« tures $770,231. ” » . Surprise is in store for in dividual contractors and utile ities for leaving Indianapolis streets in bad repair after ine stalling: sewer connections, plumbing or doing other work requiring street excavation. « Prosecutor's office has been studying law on subject. Next week affidavits and warrants may be issued.
Flack fo Run ;
FROM * DEMOCRATIC side of political scene comes néws another office aspirant soon will toss his hat into ring. Toney Flack, West Side pub lisher and political leader, is expected to make strong hid for Democratic nomination for county auditor, It will not be anything new for industrious Mr. Flack. He tried for post at polls in 1038 and turned up loser again in
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