Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 June 1950 — Page 14

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iency Can Save You Money APPOINTMENT of a personnel consultant to improve the city job situation is a big start in the right direction. ~~ There have been one or two half-hearted attempts along this line in years past, but none has ever gone far enough es, “to give Indianapolis anything remotely resembling the per-

necessity. a Perhaps the new consultant won't succeed in that either , , . certainly not all in one Jump. The problem is too big for an overnight solution.

MAYOR ¥ FEENEY, however, has one about it in a * eareful and intelligent manner, first creating a committee

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_ tions of the able authority on the subject the committee brought ‘in to help, and now moving to put some of the needed improvements into actual practice, . We hope it works, and we see no reason why it whould yor. Indianapolis as’ a municipality has become big business. Methods, that might have been satisfactory when this was a village where the mayor could know personally every one of the handful of city employees won't do any longer. What the committee, and the new consultant and Mayor Feeney are aiming for is better and more efficient employees in more stable and more attractive jobs... and that adds up to better public-service at less cost to the taxpayer, .

Delay on Formosa? + | ATEST report is that, on Russian advice, the Chinese Reds’ invasion of Formosa will be put off until next spring. An “independent” Chinese newspaper in Hongkong, which has a pipeline into Red China, says the Rusisans have ~ decided the Communist forces don't yet have enough ship-

How to evaluate this report is the responsibility of Chinese Nationalist intelligence officers. They aren't likely to be lulled into a false sense of security. 4 . » . . 8 . POSTPONEMENT of the invasion attempt would prove : dsappointing to one school of thought among the Nationalists. They are convinced they can throw off and defeat the first landing force, however large. They believe such an initial 1 would go far. toward winning the now withs.. held military aid from America. : (Secretary Acheson said that our course in the Far Ln East “cannot be charted with- precision,” but must be flex--shifting situations—for whatever jonalist side.)

ible and energetic to that's worth to the Na It is interesting to note that the alleged Russian advice

is said to have been given to Red Gen. Chen Yi. He com: mands the Communists’ third field army which has been assigned to take Formosa. According to background information, Gen. Chen is -on a spot. He has been picked to be the fall guy of the in- _ vasion, Though a competent military man, he is said to be in bad with the Russians for speaking out in one instance, against “foreign interference” in China. - His army is made up mostly of Nationalist troops who deserted to the Red side. _If the first invasion waves are overwhelmed, or if there are wholesale desertions back - to the Natibuala side, Gen. Chen will take the rap. y TH oN » . ® THEN, rth both Chen and his untested troops sacrificed, and the island softened a bit, a more favored géneral commanding trustworthy Communist troops would go in for the kill and the credit. This sqfiares with Nationalist hopes for. preliminary gains which might net them vitally needed American - assistance.

lessness of the Russian masters of Red China ‘who would outdo the Kremlin in making a purge pay off.

oil Under Water OUR Uncle Sam has established his title to all the oil lands that lie under water in the three-mile belts along this country’s seacoasts. Texas and Louisiana have now lost—as California did three years ago—their legal battles against the federal government's claim to ownership of and control ¢ over r:the And the U. 8. Supréme Court's decisions in the Texas and Louisiana cases apparently leave no basis upon which any othér state cofild win a similar battle.

» ” ” o v ” Se : CONGRESS, it's true, might overrule the Supreme Court and give the submerged lands back to the states. Legislation for ‘that purpose has been introduced, but chances for its adoption are far from bright, So even the great and proud state of Texas, which had what to many a layman and to three of the seven justices

probably will have to concede~defeat. ~~ Texas cited historical records unlike those of other ~ states. She contended that, before she entered the Union in 1845 she was a sovereign republic in her own right, having won her independence from Mexico” and having established ownership of the under-water lands. This ownership, Texas maintained, was reserved to her when she joined the United States. was not disputed. a NN 3» un

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"on the Supreme Court bench. “The important question now is whether the federal

government. will ‘control development of the lands wisely.

~~ waters.” Comparatively little of this oil has been taken out a thus far. LEC ~ ;

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n and conserved carefully for the nation’s defense

1 coast the Kids ars running wild. ~ #port for youngsters fo beat up innocent people,

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~* to study tie sttuation; ‘hen weeepting” major “recommenda —.- oe nominated on the first ballot at

from Ft. doo jis seemed far more disturbed by Drew

give him its support in the convention, Frank

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And it also points up the diabolical strategy and ruth-

‘SIDE GLANCES

who took part in the decision seemed a very strong casey

And, for a century, her claim

tention failed to impress enough of the black-robed: men

Vast reservoirs of oil are known to lie below the Gulf Coast

All that remains should be protected against reckless of all the people of the United States.

WASHINGTON, Tone 7 goals From “const to It's high

to shoot and even kill each “other in wellgeneraled gang wars, to fill city streets with terror “and violence, From the remedies offered by iaw enforcement officials certain definite ideas emerge: Youngsters need companionship and organized, disciplined group activity in healthful surroundDelinquency can spring up when any of the elements basic to he growth } 1am anng. «That crowded city slums ar ers 0 Hime 1° SACRpO Fh PHY tor

Saket (0% End pan ie ements and endless All of chéerless pavement don't: encourage the rounded life “for urban youth, “But you can't put all the blame on the slums, Many a poor lad has licked his bad

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DEAR BOSS-. . . By Dan Kidney

Not Daunted

down’ NOE, Plenty of youngsters ‘grow “to

adulthood in a mean setting without rng

amok.

Modern. eity family Yife trequ ntl Wn a

at fault.—Gopd parental discipline is no longer a common commodity, Parents may be preoccupied with grubbipg a living, or perhaps merely with enjoying themselves. Whatever the reason, they're indifferent to their children’s normal needs. — - Bome psychologists see the city family sot up as wholly artifigial. from thé youngsters stanpoint, - Livin nts in cramped apart-

( As na oe adventure, excitement, Movies and radio, welcomed by parents as outlets for youthful enthusiasm, unfortunately tend to warp those impulses Into unhealthy channels. be : Better housing, real play space, green grass

the. crowded. dren in a crante © streets is shirking their duty.. At sacrifice to

schools centers and fraternal halls should be 1 made available fo kids tor a wide range of organized activities. - ; The parents have ‘a double responsibility in ‘this problem. They must face up to their basic task of disciplining their children wisely and continuously. Outside activities need the touch of parental supervision. Buf perhaps even more . parents have fot to- make a real place for their chil. iy. home.

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themselves, mothers and fathers have got to” find as many home outlets as possible for their youngsters’ normal * Home is not much of a child's world right now; it ought to be a better one.

"No Tickee—No Washee'

By Jacobs’ Bid

Alex Campbell Expects

To Win Senate Nomination .

WASHINGTON, June 7—Dear Boss—Entrance of Rep, Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis

Democrat, into the senatorial race hasn't af ASK Oo Seall

the Democratic state convention, June 27,” Mr, Campbell said in a long distance telephone talk Wayne to Washington.

Pearson's deposition disclosing that he was the source of information for statements in the Washington Merry-Go-Round which resulted in Indianapolis-born Norman M: Littell filing a

$300,000 libel suit against the columnist,

Mr. Littell intends to have Mr. Campbell make a deposition as to just what he told Mr,

+ Pearson when he (Mr. Campbell) was head of

the criminal division in the Justice Department here. He may sue him, as well as Mr, Pearson, Mr, Littell has indicated.

‘Shouldn't Affect Nomination’ "MR, CAMPBELL said he doesn't think such a sult would have any effect on his senatorial nomination, Asked about the report that Gov, Henry F. Schricker is opposed to him and supporting Mr, Jacobs, Mr, Campbell said: “There is nothing to that. Gov, Schricker told me self that he is neutral and not” backing any candidate for the Senate, I do not think he will change his position. “In fact when my fellow-townsman, Sam Jackson, called on him with Mr, Jacobs last week he came out and reported that the Governor was neutral.”

Because Mr. Jacob, 18 the Marion County ~District is 40

McKinney, Democratic state committee treasurer, and Frank M. McHale, Democratic national committeeman, both are among the Jacobs constituents, Mr. Campbell has claimed “the “support of both the prominent Indianapolis banker and baseball magnate, Mr, McKinney, and the leading Indiana corporation lawyer, Mr. McHale, since he launched his senatorial campaign. “Frank McKinney has been for me more than Bs year and you can quote me as saying r, bell "a,

© “I HAVE BEEN keeping quiet and working throughout Indiana {or-convention delegates. “ “When the roll is called, Campbell will be nomi-

nated on that first ballot.”

Informed of this tall talk, Mr. Jacobs took a long tug at his undersiung pipe and said: “In my opinion, both Gov, Schricker and

Mank McKinney are competent to speak for

themselves, “IT am willing to wait until that first ballot is counted before announcing the convention results, Years of experience in Indiana politics have convinced me that this is a very wise course to pursue, It seema to me it is sufficiently wise so that anyone seeking such an office as Senator of the United States should recognize it." Mr. Jacobs’ discounted stories of Howard“ Caughran, former U, 8 -attorney for southern Indiana, refusing to become hig senatorial campaign manager. Saying Mr. Caughran did not turn down such an offer, hé emphatically declared and attributed the stories to the Campbell camp.

Walsh, Noland Active DEMOCRATIC Reps, John R. Walsh, Anderson, and James E. Noland, Bloomington, are the most active supporiers of the Jacobs candidacy among his fellow Congressmen from the ‘state. The latter's father has long been a sort of unofficial campaign manager for the Marion County Congressman. Rep. Winfield X. Denton, Evansville, will probably not over exert himself in the matter, as Mr. Jacobs was not his supporter when he sought appointment as federal Judge for the

_-gouthern Indiana district.

Memo to ‘Congress:

It costs your government $10 to process an order for a 50-cent type‘writer ribbon. Loa

Lop alation to eliminate needless red tape could save tha taxpayers’ money.

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SPARTANBURG, 8.C., June 7—The noblest Spartan of them all, James Francis Byrnes, Is headed for the stately old mansion ringed by oak and palm and magnolia down at Columbia. He's running for governor and, the folks say, is a shoo-in. At 70, Jimmy Byrnes is a man with the togas of Senator, Supreme Court justice, Secretary of State and war mobilization director hanging on the halltree, Maybe he thought that was enough

" when he hung the last of them there in 1947.

But now he's ready to go again. It isn’t that Jimmy Byrnes needs the money or the honors, He's fixed all right both ways. People here accept at face value his statement that he’s running because he believes he can

serve South Carolina as governor. But they also

know a man who has given his while life to public service doesn't quit easily.

Disowns Dixiecrats

THERE'S been some talk this wiry little mam, ‘lively and vigorous and showing no such age as the calendar charges, may head a big Dixiecrat movement in 1952. Jimmy Byrnes says he will be a candidate for no presidential nomination — Dixiecrat, Democrat, Republican. He says he's not mad at anybody. He has strong states’ rights views but he's no Dixiecrat, Bo now he's stumping the state in a. two-a-day stand, debating face-to-face the other three governorship candidates, after the fashion of campaigning in South Carolina. One candidate, Lester Bates, demands to knowin an obvious reference to Mr. Byrnes when the governor's seat became a rocking chair; “Never before,” he warns his audiences, “has a professional politician be¢n sg bold as to de-

mand that the people furnish hivh the governor's ~ chair for his retirement.”

Candidate Marcus ‘Stone said the newspapers

“PLAYING PALSY .

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with Peron ‘these days.

Export - Import Bank, with some gentle urging by the U, 8S. State Department, Effect of this loan has not been good in other parts of -—Latin-America, - It has created the impression that the way to get a loan from Uncle 8am is to go bankrupt. It may cause political upsets in Ecuador and Uruguay. And the Chileanos, who have been the real solid co-operators with the United States, are openly expressing their disgust. ~ > » : ABOUT "this U. 8.-Argen. _ tne big deal, however, there "is considerable misunderstanding. President Peron once said; several “years ago, that he would cut off his right arm before he asked for a loan. He still bas his right arm.

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loan. © He got around this dif-

of banks’ They are twins, but ‘the latter Seems to be tonfer,

By Chiles lutey ‘Byrnes Back in Political Arena

eeaclictiEangihopt.l San..be.. : with it so they can hold their present political

tell of the offices Mr, Byrnes has held but little about what he did. He said he recalled no Byrnes bill or Byrnes plan or Byrnes decision, He says “our boys had about won the war when Byrnes came along and lost it.” Jimmy is needled for the communism of China, the division of Germany and the dis-

Curtain, There are allusions to the man “frus-

trated because he could not obtain national

office.”

Against Centralization

BUT Jimmy turns away wrathful talk easily and tells what he believes. “1 will work to stop the trend of centralization of government in Washington,” he says. “As much as 1 helped to bring about such ad-

vances as social security, that does not give an

excuse for embarking on socialistic experiments costing billions. Big government is bad government,” Mr, Byrnes wants the state to co-operate with Washington without going hat-in-hand to Washington. He warns that spending federal billions makes some little men think they are big men.

Recalls Old Names

CAMPAIGNING about the state these hot June days i8 hard work. But James Francis Byrnes is getting a lot of pleasure out of seeing old friends he knew when he was beating the

bushes for votes 20 or 30 years ago. He still

knows ail the places and the old family names.

The other day in Chester a lawyer who said

hi$ name was McTeer approached Jimmy and introduced himself.

“You don't belong here,” said Jimmy. —

“No,” said lawyer McTeer, y come from Camden, »

That satisfied Mr. Byrnes, After all his years away he still Knows his people and state.

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‘Take Gas Trucks Off | Roads’ A

Argentine on credit,

These people the An fcan ‘way of life and embrace public. power, th Brannan farm plan, socialized medicine an of

ite Tatu, Subtitor: ures and still leave the people in any doubt of their not being Socialists. Mr. Truman says, of course, this messurs is not “socialism that one is not socialism. The intelligent wing of the American , and that is a majority, know by this time that Truman is a Socialist. It is no use for him to try and hide this fact longer, Mr.. Truman's political party's leadership

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; consists for the most part of those persons who - are not capable of thinking things through, or

rsons thoroughly aware that his brand of

are | %lism will not solve our national problems,

positions, This kind of socialism has a wide scope, but won't stand intelligent investigation and won't

- endure long unless the people are compelled to

put up with it under dictatorship. The President tells us that his administration isn't traveling the last mile to socibliam. Fo rity of the le will agree bt id hi hie President's admints=" tration has already traveled that last mile and only Congress is standing between them and Truman's narrow-minded brand of socialism, Mr, Truman challenges the Republican Party to meet our present problems with better plans. The . Republicans have offered many better plans, and better again because they were within the framework of our way of life. I am not a Socialist nor a Republican, I am of the party that Mr, Truman should no longer have a claim on. I am sure I could write out better plans than the President all within the framework of our way of life. The trouble now is the President is stuck with his way of life, We can thank God we are still stuck with ours and can still, and had better, make the most of it in this coming election,

‘We Need Rent Control’ By. Samuel A, Bellin Extension of rent control for at least anoth-

_ er year or until new building construction wilt

actually meet the needs-wiil enable the vast majority of our citizenry to live Tespectably In our economy. Wherever rental decontrols have occurred the increases have been stupendous and In some cases have resulted in recontrol, Threats that rent control has a tendency to dikcourage new construction are not eonvineing to me.-New apartment construction free

of. new. control has. given. Ma. some. very exorbis.

tant schedules. After all, the bulk of our citizens are wage earners and mostly of modest means. They have certain limited incomes and generally budget their salaries to meet their expected expenditures. Unjust increases in rent will reduce the consumer's ability to purchase food, clothing

and so many other necessities, to say nothing

oF“less essential products. Under the present law the landlords are given adjustments where they can satisfactorily prove the necessity and fairness of such demand. It 1s really the tenants who need and 1 wo Tet us fair-minded ine

By H. L. 8. City. rl That disaster in Chicago in which so many people were killed when a trolley and gasoline __truck collided is a shame. To think that the law will allow those big trucks on the highways. They are ruining the roads. Why don't all people who have cars help elect honest men to office who will pass a law and take gasoline trucks off the highways. The railroads can handle all of that freight. When there is a tank of gasoline inthe train, it has to be at least five cars from the ‘engine. That is for safety of the men, Yet these trucks are allowed to go right through the city and if one breaks open there will be hundreds of people endangered.

‘What Others Say—

WE face not a European threat, but a world= .wide threat which diready dominates Eastern Europe and most of Asia outside of India and te Near East.—Navy Secretary Francis P. Mat ews.

RU ISSIA hopes to conquer America by make ing’ us overspend ourselves on national defense until our economy is wrecked and our fertile soil is ready for Communists to take over. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson.

THE President now has three left fielders on the team to advise him on economic affairs,

—=Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. O.), on the appoint

ment of Dr. Roy Blough te the Council of Economie Advisers.

NO shooting war in history has ever brought 80 much territory or so many people under the yoke of a conqueror as these cold wars have won for Russia within five years.—ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman. ~ BUSINESS must recognize the necessity for continually lowering prices or faces hostile ree action from the rest of the community, nial President William Green, :

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U. S. Loans $125 Million to Argentine Banks

WASHINGTON, June 7—Washington jis getting awfully palsy

fs owed to U. 8. big business

And he has the promise of a

ficulty, not by “asking for a loan,” but by having a group “accept a credit.”

The group of ot Argentine ;

A group of Argentine journalist visiting the U. 8. The Argentine chief of staff, id Gen. ol Jamie Majo, is touring the country at U. 8. government expense. * And then there was this matter of $125 million credit, granted to a combination of Argentine banks by the U, 8.

pretty much of a front. All banks in the Argentine are Just the same as nationalized and under tight government control. The $125 million U,.8. credit they are .accepting is

guaranteed by the Central

Bank of Argentina.

» » ~ HOW much of a guarantee that is may be questionable. It recalls American official who was asked to cable to his headquarters a copy of the Bank of Argentina's statement. His reply was that it wasn't worth the cable tolls. Ce But the biggest catch m the ‘Argentine loan—or credit—is that not a cent of the money is going to leave the United States. This point has not been clearly understood. = What the Export - Import Bank has really done is not. to bail out the Argentine, but to bail out a number of U. 8.

“Banks and big and little business firms who have tried to

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~ 19 U_S. banks.

and have. never been paid for

them. So the moral question

* here is net whether now is the time for the U, 8S. government to come to the ald of Peron and his party. It is whether the U. 8. government should come to the aid of American business firtns who have not been very smart in their deals with Peron. Best estimates in Washing-

“fon are that the Argentine has

$108 - million worth of com:

mercial debits in the United Biafes. In addition, there are about $30 million worth of

Argentine government debts in

this country. Nobody has a very clear idea of what these Argentine government are for. [SJ .

THERE is a somewhat better idea of who has been holding the bag for the $108 million worth of private debts. Bougnly one-third is owed to Four are big banks. National City Bank of . New York and First National

of Boston are on the hook for

about $7 million apiece. The New York agencies of Bank of

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firms. Most of the well-known names are represented—Inter. national General Electric, Westinghouse, Ford, General Motors Export and so on. o.oo. THE other third is owed to over 300 smaller U, 8, export. - ers apd manufacturers who

"have been. stuck for varying

sums of $100,000 or _under, There is no known list of these creditors in the U, 8. now. ” » » THE Argentine government witt he told to pay these itself, But all legitimate transactions -~guch as for farm machinery, locomotives and other man-

ufactures—will be eous‘dered «=

— for payment. The big question which this

—deal raises is whether it will . merely set the Peron govern- -

ment up .to pile on another

indebtedness. Opinion Is divided on the answer, 3 The. small business firms

probably wordt let themselves J get. burnt again. And the big banks probably ‘won't let them selves get s0 deeply involved, But the big manufactiring exers will probably be right ick fn there, doing business at the ‘same oid stand and in fhe nme old way, L yery

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