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' SUNDAY, APR. 16, 1950
Washington’ Calling— | Indicate Senate | Crime Probe to Get Slow Start
GOP Seeks to Link Rackets, =a
Democrat Political Machines By. The ‘Seripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, ‘Apr. 15—Look for Senate investi
under way slowly.
gation of interstate gambling, crime syndicates to get
_ Organization of committee—when it's voted—may be stalled. It's political dynamite in election ‘year. Republicans will try hard to show connection between rack-
ets and Democratic political machines in big cities.
——— smothered : And Sen. Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.) probable chairman, talks of many closed door sessions, no headlines.
-
~ gerated,
Later, committee may visit 17 cities. ~ New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago,
Boston, Kansas City,
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _
STATE POLITICS v.o'e "By Robert Bloem =
Politicos Learn
pv
Platform Builders Hear Spokesmen for Many Groups; Still Wind Up Guessing
stand against murder?
Well, it isn't a gag any more. State Rep. Klein of Gary has
done it. He wants a specific law against “mercy” killing. That way, he belives, juries can’t let people go because they feel mercy killing isn’t exactly murder. Under his plan, the ques-
tion before the jury would not be is the defendant guilty of murder, but is he mefey killings? So crying is the need or such a law, Mr. Klein feels, that
it should be in the Democratic
Party's state platform, this year. He made the suggestion
to the party's platform advis“Democratic answer may be delays of the sort which
ory committee.
guilty of of
groups with about the same demands will confront the SOP platform advisory committee. Both. committees, of course, will wind up to some extent trying to please as many of _ these groups as possible without treading’ on the toes of .other groups. It isn't going .to be easy. The only consoling
“EVER HEAR the gag-about the politician who- took a firm ——
What Some People Want, But It's Always What Somebody Else Doesn’ + Biddin
gested the money might come from. Just as casually, Mr. Wyatt replied that there wera
a_ “thousand ways to get
money.” He did not accept the legislator's challenge to “name one.” The platform advisors, then, were left in this shape. Teach-
© ers know what they want—
as teachers. As taxpaying citizens they decline, or at least their official spokesman declines, to discuss the tax question which invariably accompanies new ways to spend money. Nor did the 25,000 teachers, through Mr. Wyatt, shed any
“Hight on how they felt about ] compulsory
ation,’
On its list:
Investigations already made by state” “and city authorities indicate Senators will ‘find bookmaking and dope are strings that tie national syndicates together, Dope because it can't be obtained locally. It's shipped into the country, requires organization for national distribution. Bookmaking for two reasons:
ONE: Race results must be supplied quickly, accurately, to
bookies. That calls for people in many cities to gather infosmation and use of telegraph wires to transmit .it, TWO: Bookmakers need working relationships with other bookies so they can spread the risks—as insurance companies do, A $10,000 bet, for instance, may be spread among other bookies or sent to the track where an agent puts it into the mutuels. To spread a big bet fast, bookies have a telegraph wire connecting all big cities. Profits are huge, profit-shar-
. ing by murder is routine.
Syndicates also control slot machines, Merchants are forced, by threats of violence, to install certain type of machine. Syndicates get a big cut of profits, “Organized, corruption of lo-
cal enforcement officidts is part of the picture. » #» ”
Thrift Drive Ended
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT economy drive is over. Costs will go up from now on. Turning point. was discovery that Russia had the A-bomb, though administration didn't admit it then. President Truman and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson once intended to cut defense budget to $10 billion. Start was the $2 billion they slashed off $15 billion budget. After Russia got the bomb they dropped idea of further cuts. Now they're fighting to
‘hold the line at $15 billion,
may not succeed on that. Johnson will -ma‘te first major concession when joint chiefs of staff finish facesaving “review” of $1.3 billion plane-buying program. Joint chiefs are likely to recommend release of $500
million of $800 million pro-
curement funds already approved by Congress. Air Force is at crucial point:
“IN MioAernIZAYOn program. Tt
has enough B-36s to start integrating them into day-to-day activities, doesn’t have maintenance crews or equipment.
It needs bigger training pro-
gram. Big ships call for newtype pilots skilled as engineers. o n o
Agree to Aid Pact
FRANCE AND England have agreed ‘to carry out obligations under North Atlantic Pact, Defense Secretary Johnson says. Before recent Hague meeting. Johnson and Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of joint chiefs of staff,. were openly critical of French and British efforts, suspected this country would” have to carry load alone. Feeling’s better, now. x & =
Cool to Coal Bill
KILGORE BILL to stabilize bituminous coal no enthusiasm from operators or from miners’ union. Operators think plan will not cure industry's problems; that only return of markets
taken away by fuel oil and
natural gas will do this. Rumor -that present production rate will soon force shut. down of many..mines is exagindustry officials say.
Only small, high-cost mines
-arelikely to. close as stockpiles...
mount. mo.
Blow to Statehood
HOUSE PROBE of Reds in Hawaii hurts chances for statehood this. year whether fit turns up many Commies or not. backers fear. Bad publicity comes just before start of Senate committee hearings, gives opponents a chance to view with alarm. Hawaijan leaders say the islands have no greater. percentage of Reds than mainland coastal states, but concede Reds’ strategic power is great in islands because of Harry Bridges’ strong Ildngshoremen’s union. They argue Hawaii could better cope with this as a state,
. s ”
Boosts Navy Morale
NAVY MORALE {is way up.Credit goes to Adm. Forrest
Sherman, Louis E. Denfeld's successor. Sherman’s recent announcement of improvements in sub-
marine and anti-submarine,
Weapons was shot In the arm
+ for most Navy men. §
No improvement in Navy Secretary Francis Matthews’ stock among the admirals,
‘developing new plane.
nrices draws
but his resignation has not been asked, won't be. - Agriculture Department officials aren't worrying about those dust storms and pests now damaging winter wheat crops. Government owned surpluses total $4 billion. Big crops would send total up still farther. ” ” ~
Oppose Capehart AMERICANS FOR Democratic Action (ADA) have just cut loose from Democratic Party, but will back anyone Indiana Democrats name to defeat Sen. Homer E. Cape-
-hart. This despite “fact that
National ADA Director Charles La Follette was once a .
Republican, Congressman from
Indiana. Capehart has taken Senate floor to denounce fellow Senators who belong to ADA.
Push Airliner Plan
BIG AIRLINES are still pushing drive for government underwriting of jet airliners though President Truman says no. Aviation big shots say Britain is far ahead in commercial aviation, that’ private industry. can't afford cest. of Fact seems to be that there are three sources ready to finance work, but that industry prefers government subsidy. » . =
Urged for Key Post PRESIDENT TRUMAN has approved John A. McCone, California businessman, to be Under Secretary of Air Force if he’ll take the job. Air Secretary Thomas K. Finletter is flying west to try to persuade him. McCone was Finletter's right-hand man on President's Air Policy Commission which first brought out 70-group- Air Force Plan, Discount reports. that Ken: neth Johnson, former National Security Resources Board general counsel, will be the next Army Under Secretary. He's on the list of prospects, but Defense Secretary Johnson
‘hints the decision is far from
being’ made. ”
Tragedies of War
CIVIL DEFENSE planners say one old-fashioned atom bomb exploded over a city would leave from 40,000 to 50,000 severely burned persons, and that ideal care of one severely burned patient would require: Three nurses, 42 tanks of oxygen, 2.7 miles of gauze, 36 pints of blood plasma, 40 pints of whole blood, 100 pints of other fluids plus morphine, antibiotics and other drugs. “Isoiationist Republican Albion Beveridge, defeated in Maine primary by Sen. Margaret Chage Smith, is source of many Senate speeches of type Gov. Thos. E. Dewey has criticized. Beveridge is now researcher for Sen. Willlam Jenner (R. Ind.). Before that he was on _ payrolls of Sen, William Langer, (R. N. D.), and Sen. Kenneth Wherry, of Nebraska, Republican floor leader.
Saved-by the Bell
WHETHER it is a serious problem or. not, it seems as good an {illustration as any of what political parties are up against in trying to offer representatation to the voters. - The committee spent two days hearing a wide variety of proposals. Presumably the purpose was to find out what the voters want—a good thing to know in politics for obvious reasons. The catch in it is that while they received plenty of food for thought, it's doubtful that they are any wiser about what the voters want. Mr. Klein was the only one to submit ideas during the twoday public hearings who didn’t represent some ‘pressure’ group. Whether it considers his suggestions or the others, the’ committee obviously still is confronted with the question: “Now we know what these groups (and Mr. Klein) want, but what do the voters want?”
5 o o THE PROBLEM is not the exclusive property of the Democrats. Experience indicates that substantially the same
World Report—
feature is wat VOLES In 1ndiana seem to have -accepted platforms as something candidates run on but seldom ‘stand on.
There doesn't seem to be ’
anything un-American about both parties trying to find out how they can best please the
most voters. Since platform committees obviously can't contact everybody, it seems
reasonable that spokesmen for various groups should make the actual contact—groups such as teachers, farmers, labor unions, doctors, the League of Women Yoters and others, But Jook_ at Fria happens.
ROBERT WYATT, spokesfor the Indiana State Teachers Association, appeared. He suggested five planks on “education.” They - included which would be fairly expensive, such as more funds for school support, for buildings, for teachers pay and pensions. One legislator, who knows what happens when these ideas get into the legislature, asked casually where Mr. Wyatt sug-
some |
health insurance, farm subsidies, the compulsory arbitration law or other issues. This leaves the politicians, wonders ing whether teachers will vote as teachers who want Mr, Wyatt's planks or as taxpayers
‘who are going to have to pay
for them. . » - - ~ ~ THEN TAKE the case of the doctors and the chiropractors. The chiropractors say they don't want to interfere with “medics. If people don’t believe that almost everything can be treated by spinal manipulation and want to mess with such foolishness as penicillin and streptomycin, let 'em. All the chiropractors want is to be licensed by their own board under their own standards to practice as chiropraetors. The doctors, however, do not
"share this view. They seem to
feel that it takes just so much
:» time and study to learn what
curing illness is all about, and that it should go for everybody. They offered the Democrats a plank which would amount
_plan ‘dump the Brannan Plan, they
to leaving the chiropractors on the outside looking in. Here, then, the Democrats
_Aalready have a situation where
they certainly -aren’t going to satisfy both. Yet neither the chiropractors nor the doctors gave out with any views on how they could be represented as voters and taxpayers on other questions. The doctors did add a plank
- suggesting that Democrats
back away from any government health insu plan but that is already an issue between the two parties--the Democrats for and the Repub-
licans against.
ignored the Brannan Plan ar-
gument and offered the Democrats an 18-point farm program of their own. It still included. price supports but
- played down the emphasis.
Again it was only a farm program, a farmers’ farm program, in fact. Even if the committee should adopt the farm bag and baggage and
still would not be sure of giving all-around representation to farmers. Because farmers, too, are citizens and taxpayers
and probably concerned with
many other matters, When it’s all said and done, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to the voters if both parties wind up making some bum. platform guesses, Our guess {= that if any voter wants to see if he can do better in either political party, the parties will be glad to give him a crack at it. Meanwhile, the prospects of a government that will be downright pleasing to nearly everybody are not bright.
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Chiang Thinks Fate of UN Hangs on Its Decision
Charges Soviets Repeated Boycotts
_ Are Designed to Bolster Aggression
By GORDON CUMMING mpiled From the Ser
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek aay believed that the *
‘life
or death of the United Nations” hinges upon the handling of Nationalist China's case against the Soviets and warned Pacifie
countries they must have a
communism,
“clear common objective” te fight
Chiang, in an exclusive interview granted to Arthur H. Goul
of the United Press, talked for an hour and fifteen minutes on topics. ranging from the fate of the United Nations to the plight of more than 450 million
“of his countrymen under Com-
munist ‘rule on the mainland. It was his first interview since he resumed the presidency Mar, 1. Chiang said he “thinks and hopes” the Nationalists will be able to hold Formosa against any Chinese invasion attempt and said that Chinese. Communist Leader Mao Tze-tung will never turn against the Soviets and become another Marshal Tito. The Nationalist president was vigorous and emphatic in his comments, which were
~punetuated---at—momentsby-.
hearty laughs and at other, with biting scorn. Deepest Conviction Asked about the prospects of charges made by China in the United Nations against Russia, he said: } “The United Nations has not yet made any final decision concerning the case. Recent Soviet moves such as her recognition of the Chinese Communist regime and her boycott of the United Nations all attempt to prevent action from the United Nations against her aggressive activities. “It is my deepest conviction the future of the United Nations itself and even the future of world peace depend on the case presented by the Chinese government against Russia.” Chiang said that “we must never forget why the League of Nations collapsed and why World War II broke out.” He said that Japanese aggression against China's northeastern provinces in 1931 should have brought sanctions against them by the League, but the leading powers. were
© “reluctant to fulfill their obli-
gations under the League Covenant and repeatedly refused to apply Article 16 of the Cove-
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“nant to check Japanese expansion.’ “Such shirking of responsibility and appeasement by the leading powers actually caused the death of the League of Nations and encouraged Japan to take further aggressive steps against China” he added. “Such appeasement was a fundamental cause of World War IL.” Encouraged Japan Chiang likened Russia's aggression against China to that of Japan. ._ “The only difference is their tactics,” he said. “Iam, therefore, deeply convinced that the life or death of
~the. United Natiens-hinges upon.
handling China's case against Russia,” he declared. In discussing the possibility of a Pacific Union against Communism, Chiang did not mention either the United States or India by name, but he implied
they would be the key countries...
should such a group be set up. He did not elaborate. Chiang said ‘that although Nationalist China was willing and able .to continue fighting alone, it would be difficult to predict a safe way out for other nations.
Was Not a Tito
“I find it difficult to find a way to avert a large scale catastrophe for Asia,” he said. He also said he was “quite sure the British will never be able to gain any commercial interests in dealing with the Chinese Communists.” He said the British people now living in Communist China are “trying desperately” to get out. He laughed heartily when asked whether Chinese Communist leader Mao was likely to become another Tito. “The Kremlin has learned a great lesson in Tito,” he said. “There are only two alternaetives for Mao—to be complete-
ly subservient t to the. . Russians
. Or-to.die..
Japan OFFICIALS from Washington and U. 8S. embassies throughout Asia will meet in Tokyo. tomorrow to begin secret talks on a proposed economie program to meet the challenge of communism in the Far East. Any effective economic setup would almost have to be bankrolled by the . United States, and some observers here are already predicting the creation of some
kind of “Asian Marshall Plan.” Rumors said that some well. known Ameérican business
man would be selected to overs see the Fair Eastern economic
program, probably along the -
lines used by Paul G. Hoffman to administer the Marshall Plan. The fact that the conference is to be held in Tokyo was taken-as an indication that Japan will play an important role. * A reliable source said the conference would discuss measures which could be applied to all of Asia, rather
certainly .
than the continent's non.
- communist countries alone.
In Nationalist China's Complaint Against Russia
Formosa
THE Nationalist air force blasted the. South China coast in a day-long shuttle-bombing attack Friday to break up Communist preparations for a new attack on strategic Hainan Island, an air force communique._said last. night. Reports to Hong Kong from the Communist mainland hinted the famine situation might be seriously worsened by a crop failure and new disease epidemics. South China’s rice crop normally should have been planted gps e past two weeks, but iderable part of the so has been hit by drought, and hungry farmers have been eating seeds which the government distributed for planting.
The Peking government
ordered all local administrations . to take anti-cholera measures in preparation for
the cholera season, which normally begins in May.
. Belgium JKING. LEOPOLD JII offered yesterday to yield his royal powers at least temporarily to his son, Baudouin, if Parliament will recall hum to. the throne. The king, addressing his people for the first time in nearly 10 years in a recorded radio speech, asked Parliament to approve a compromise. solution forthe royal crisis which has left Belgium without a government for four weeks. It was reported last night that Belgium’s three major political parties’ — the Social Christians, Socialists and Liberals—all were ready to support the compromise, and it seemed virtually certain that the plan would be adopted. © The King said, however, that he would consent to the compromise only if it was accepted calmly by most of the Belgian people.
Germany
A 19-YEAR-OLD Air Force intelligence student, ‘who insisted he was caught in his own trap for Red spies, was sentenced to five years at hard labor yesterday for trying to give U. 8. secrets to Russia. Cpl. Gustav A. Mueller, St. Paul, Minn., sobbed dejectedly after the seven-man military tribunal:-at Garmisch delivered its verdict and sentence.
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had sent a telegram to the Soviet embassy in Berne, Switzerland, offering to provide top secret documents to Russia. Mueller was born in Rangoon, Burma, of a Swiss father and British mother. His mother, now an American citizen, is Mrs. Edward James of St. Paul.
Poland
THE Polish News Agency PAP announced last night-theat Poland and ' the Catholic Church had signed a major agreement under which the church recognizes authority of the state in all but purely religious matters, said reports from Frankfurt, Germany. The announcement said the agreement was signed in Warsaw,
. Trieste ITALIAN sources charged that Yugoslav soldiers are
using bullets and bombs to terrorize pro-Italians in the Yugoslav zone of Trieste who are boycotting today’s zonal elections. The Italians said. Yugoslavs
“éxXploded “hand grérades ih
public squares and fired pistols and machine guns at houses in the predominantly Italian town of Isola d'Istria,
France
EIGHT HUNDRED police battled for three hours yesterday to evacuate 200 workers ‘barricaded inside the Kellerman Airplane Engine factory at Paris. . The workers, protesting against lay-offs in the nationalized plant, hurled tear gas bombs, bricks, ball-bearings and small engine parts at police. Several hundred workers
also harassed police from the
outside. At the end of the siege two policemen were in a hospital and 150 workers were arrested.
Spain
WELL - INFORMED sources said today that the Spanish government will charge the Duchess of Valencia. red haired Franco opponent and two collaborators with anti-state activities, Police confirmed that .the Duchess. had been released provisionally from the women’s penitentiary at Ventas because of ill health, but would have to stand trial when the charges
are formally made, They did | not say how soon that would be. Tis Ben Ce,
Alert for possible attempts by Communists in Eastern Berlin to seize the Western Zone of the city, British, French and American military authorities have arranged to support Western Berlin police in a showdown. Troops from the I6th U. S.:Infantry are shown at the right acting as rioters with U, S. Constabulary treops at the left blocking them with sheathed bayonets. Soviet reports that the threatened * putsch has been canceled are taken with
grain of salt.
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week in the wake of
Our Fair Cily—_
- Reforms in County g Scheduled
To Start May 15
‘Hope to Knock Out System
Allowing Firms to Overcharge FIRST REFORMS in-Marion County's obsolete bidding system will get under way May 15, County Commis- -
sioner Fred Nordsiek says.
Mr. Nordsick and other commissioners will visit all county’ institutions, go over purchase lists for food and supplies for past six months. Items rarely or never used will be eliminated from lists upon which firms can bid § in.
“third-quarter. me tete ie to-koni-out-ttrivic bidding
items on which companies can ‘offer ridiculously low price because they're never purchased anyway. Same companies then put in higher prices for items regularly
used and net result is overcharging although total of
all items
appears on surface to be a fair bid. First reform in county's 50-year-old bidding system was launched by Mr. Nordsiek following expose in The Sunday Times
recently.
Comparisons showed county paying outrageous prices
for supplies while Sunnyside Sanitarium, operating under open market systempurchased same supplies (often from same firm)
at much lower price.
Dead Pigeon! s)
“MAYOR FEENEY isn't sure whether he wants to do business with a local firm that says it has the answer to the pigeon
(winged variety) Problem. Simmons Industries,
229 Shelby St.,
says a chemical “Roost
No-More” won't harm birds and thus won't offend animal lovers. But it will drive them away, firm says. Mayor Feeney demurred ‘over any hasty experiments. Said he “wonders if it's wise to eradicate what Mother Nature put
here.”
Postmaster George Ress whose federal bailiwick is graphie
proof of undesirability of downtown pigeons, said he deg was interested in tests but that action would have
nitely come
through Washington. By that time birds may be dead of old age,
JUST LIKE a woman who'll ditch her new hat if she spots another gal walking in with one just like it, Prosecutor Dailey refused to put up his campaign signs when he found they were identical - to those of Charles Burkett, Democratic candidate for
sherift.
" The same guy made the luminous- -type, very expensive signs
for both.
Mr. Burkett, until recently chief investigator for Mr. Dailey,
has his sigris up all over the county, Mr. Dailey, fearful of look= “-»-
alike implications, has his resting in his office.
= " ’ ABC’s Ace VFW DEMANDS that liquor license moratorium be lifted for new veteran posts poses possible new threat. From time
to time Alcoholic Beverages
Commission has been urged to clamp down on slot machines in licensed clubs, Reluctance. stems from feeling fraternal and veterans’ organizations would object and might express objections at ballot box. Actually ABC has no power
~to-enforee gaming: -taws: But
it can require that ‘licensed places observe all laws, gambling included, or lose license, If veteran pressure for new club licenses gets hot, it may be cooled by suggestion that they'll get liquor licenses if willing to guarantee all posts
. will lose-post charter ag well as
license if they “break the law.” One law a number of posts reportedly violate is the one agaipst slot machines, even more lucrative sources of revenue than sale of liquor.
Ax Fails ’
‘THREATENED political purges were under way last “loyalty” probes by both Democrats and Republicans. GOP regulars began ousting Glenn Funk's rebel American Way Republican Committee members with the battle cry: “You're sunk with Funk.” First to get the ax for opposing the Jack Innis-James Bradford GOP machine was John Theman, 11th Ward Chaitman of the American Way'ers.| He was fired by*Elmer P!-Warren, chief “deputy- under Centér Township Assessor Roy T.
Combs and machine choice for °
Republican Assessor nomination, who said: “We're not anybody
to have who
going working here
“doesn't: belong-to-the opganis~zation."
= un "HERE'S recipe job, in State Department, from the weekly 9th District Republican Congressman Earl Wilson sends home.
“Go to Harvard Law School ° .—and torn left.”
Lesson Learned LOCAL CLUB ‘man found out the other day why they call slot machines “one-armed bandits.” When he picked up his bank statement for last morith, he found checks cashed at his elub totaled $900.
All ‘he'd cashed them for :
was to: feed slots. for him, he says. ”
No more
“More Meters
Look for presentation to City Council of ordinances authorizing purchase o of parking meters now being’ “tested” here. And additional orders for more meters may- follow adoption of ordinance, Meters Were put in on “pay as you go” plan with part of income. payed out as rentals for device. If City decides to buy, rental goes toward purchasing price. City legal depar already turned spade
ent his work on
" for getting
ordinances, expected to go to council in ® aye.
Halfway. A Ride
MAN abou parking’s been a rom here for years. But for the first time he notes widespread coming to town on the installment plan. Motorists who live out drive -as far as Fall Creek to 16th St, park there and ride the trolley or streetcar in town. “Says the other evening found five people on one trolley, all of whom had parked out to avoid downtown congestion. . 2 s ~ Early Saucers A Bible reader calls in to «ay fifth chapter of book of Zachariah explains “flying saucers.” Chapter reads in part: “Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and benold a flying roll. . . “Then said He unto me, this is the curse that goeth . forth over the face of the whole earth: . . .” The Bible reader says further description in the Bible convinces her saucers
are fulfilment of the prophecy. [J o -
of the however, came from Times Drama Critic Henry Butler. Quipped he: “Wonder how many flying saucer observers are in their cups?”
n » - - . Sign Battle THERE'S a full fledged “sign war” around the county, -with one faction tearing down campaign signs as soon as other side gets them tacked up, That's what a guy in a truck
‘SAUCER “crack
week.”
ai he wo
was- doing .out near Beech
Grove the other night. Systematically pulling down “Cunningham for ‘SBheriff" signs. About that time a car pulled along side. Truck drive er recognized motorist as an ardent-Cunninghamite about ' the same time as driver recognized fellow Democrat driver as an anti—, Truck driver, who knew temper of the other guy, left
the truck, motor running, and
" took out on foot across field, story goes. Unconfirmable but rumored end is that when he returned he found wires in ene gine fastened to thin air and keys gone. In case he's still looking they're supposed to be up the road a piece, in ’ _