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Give IAght and the People Willi Find Thew Uwn way

Are They Evading the Issue?

JOR some reason not quite clear Mayor Feeney and Chief Rouls seem to want to tie the case of the brutal beating

of a police prisoner into the Municipal Court trial of the {

victim of the beating. There is no connection ‘whatever. This man may or may ‘not be guilty of any crime. Whether he is or isn't has no bearing on the actions of the two patrolmen after they had him under arrest. Mayor Feeney and Chief Rouls should knowsithat . . if they are capable of being mayor and chief of police. We believe they do know it. Why, then, have they delayed, and stalled, and tried to whitewash this disgraceful and flagrant and public instance

of police brutality? ¥ mn on nn nu

WE have courts to decide whether anyone is guilty of a crime, and to give the guilty legal punishment. These two patrolmen didn’t bother about courts. They arrested this man, then Ayrned him over to a couple of their friends to adminidfer ‘punishment’... + vicious, savage, illegal punishment. No court had decided he. was guilty of, anything. No court decision now or later that he was guilty of any offense will in the’ slightest degree exonerate these two policemen. The patrolmen thems selves have appeared a little vague about what crime, if any, the victim might have committed. They first accused him of trying to steal an automobile, and then of vagrancy. Then they dropped both of those charges and filed a charge of “assault and battery” ... against the man who got beaten. A whole week later, with serious charges against themselves, they brought out a new charge of “disorderly conduct” . . . which looks to us more like an attempt to harass and intimidate the victim than a bona fide complaint, else why wasn’t it filed when he was arrested? ” n n ” " . IT HAS now been 14 days since this arrest and beating. The two patrolmen are still on duty. Why?

Hands in Our Pockels

THE so-called “common defense fund” Premier Rene Pleven of France wants to set up for the North Atlantic defense system is another case of asking Uncle Sam to pick up the check. We would put up the money for the fund. It would be common only in the sense that other parties to-the pact would have the right to reach into it forywhat they want. Premier Pleven made this clear when he said the initial contribution to it would “necessarily devolve upon the United States” which alone has the “financial power re-

quired.” ou ” ” ” " » NOR is Mr. Pleven content to have a free ride in

Europe. He has asked that the fund be broadened so France can use it to finance her operations in French Indo-China. That would be putting a lot of elasticity into a North Atlantic program,’ France has made no move to supply the ground troops under the North Atlantic defense program, though without them the program won't be worth the paper it's written on. On the contrary, Mr. Pleven said recently the United States should send additional troops to Europe to support the parties to this so-called alliance, which is kept alive today only by the money we are putting into it. Must we supply the manpower too? - The trouble is that neither the present French government nor any of its recent predecessors has had the courage to tax its own people for their own defense needs. And it is evident that no French government will do this as long as there is any prospect of getting the money from the United

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IN presenting his “completely new method of finance” to the member nations meeting in Paris, Mr. Pleven said the division of the burden he had proposed had been discussed with American and British officials, who favored it. Congress should be interested in finding out just what this agreement is before dumping any more money into what may become a bottomless pit. It looks very much like a scheme to buy votes for Mr. Pleven's party at the next French election. But it won't buy any votes for any party in this country.

Promises to Keep" CONGRESS soon will send for Pr# Truman's eignature a bill to make Guam an ‘unincorporated territary’ and its people citizens of the United States. When this bill becomes law, Guam will achieve civil governmentiand a large degree of self-government. That remote Pacific Island's affgirs,” “administered” for more than half a century by the Navy Department, thereafter w “supervised” by the Interior Department. It will rs oo ates legislature, a civilian governor appointed by the President and a civil judicial system. » ” » ® 'n ” - THESE changes have been promised ever since Guam came under American rule. It is well that the promise at last is to be fulfilled. And its fulfillment now will be a timely answer to enemies of freedom and democracy who are challenging the sincerity of our adherence to the principle that governments must derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

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Two other kindred promises remain to be kept. They

_are the promises of statehood to the people of Alaska and Hawaii.

Bills to admit those territories to the union have passed

the House, have been approved by a Senate committee and are ready for passage by the Senate. Their final enactment would be evidence to the world, including Soviet Russia, of — America’s firm determination to uphold freedom and the

enue of peace in the Pacific. Z a , » shir a MEA EH es

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"Just As Soon As We Finish This Game’

‘GIVE 'EM HELL’

WASHINGTON, July 31--When Harry Truman climbed aboard his campaign train in 1948 and announced he was going out “to give ‘em hell” ing for Candiddtes the

he apparently set the style for campaignsome time to come,

country over have been

copying him this year when the country is

going through its first general set of elections

since Mr. Truman pulled his surprising victory. In most instances, the .copycats have been winning. ? Result is that the country already this vear - has.seen some of the. most free-swinging, fightingest state campaigns in history. And more

are to come. Youthful Congressman George Smathers of Miami, Fla., started off this season's “give ‘em hell” series with -his_ blistering attack which knocked Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida out of the Senate after 14 years’ tenure,

Tactics Opposed

MR. SMATHERS' decision to use the “give ‘em hell’ technique was viewed with grave misgiving by many of his supporters. After all, this wis 1050 and the people might not like an allout attack on the opponent.

Several of Mr, Smathers’ supporters brought,

up the matter at a Sunday afternoon campaign meeting in Jacksonville, two weeks before the Florida Democratic primary. They thought the people were beginning to resent Rep. Smathers’ constant attacks on Sen. Pepper and that Mr.

‘Smathers should take a more constructive ap-

proach, stressing more .what he would do as ‘- Senator. “No sir,” said Rep. Smathers. “Harry Truman didn't win that wav. He Kept on attacking right up to the end. And we're! going to, ton)” Rep. Smathers’ landslide victory cast the die for his colleague, Rep. Mike Monroney- of Oklahoma City, who was out to unseat Okla-

Thomas. most surprised

homa's veteran Sen. Elmer And the Thomas forces were

when Mr. Monroney came out of his corner swinging with an all-out attack, hitting" Sen. Thomas in every vulnerable spot —and hard The Thomas forces had expected the affable, personable Monroney to conduct a “'statesman- ' FOSTER'S FOLLIES HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Recently

suspended, the local police chief is being sued tor $20,000 for “elbowing” his way through a crowd. What do they want of a copper Out there in Ohio today? It hardly seems fitting and proper To treat a police chief this way. We give them both pistcd and billy To be real efficient gendarmes, So isn't {t just a bit silly To say that a cop shan't use’

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“You're my very favori fe niece, I'm leaving all my beautiful fyeniture to you and ail my oney to your college!”

By Earl Richert Candidates Use Truman's Style

like” campaign. Rep. Monroney kept pummeling Sen. Thomas to the end and Thomas suffered his first defeat in a Democratic primary in 43 years, Sen. Thomas said he had never been through such a campaign.

Led First Primary

IN North incumbent Sen. Frank Graham led in the first primary by what looked like an unsurmountable lead of 53,000 votes. It took the No. 2 candidate, Willis Smith, 11 days to make up his mind on whether to force a runoff. But when he did decide to make the race the state saw a runoff unprecedented in 50 years for its bitterness and all-out attacks on

Sen. Graham. And Mr. Smith won by 20,000 votes.

Carolina,

No personal charges were involved in the North Dakota Republican Senate contest which saw veteran Sen. Chan Gurney lose his seat to Rep. Francis Case, But Rep. Case maintained a program of constant attack on 8en. Gurney’s spending policies, etc., keeping Sen. Gurney on the defensive. Rep. Case won easily. Fiery Gov. Jim Duff of Pennsylvania, probably didn't need any examples from anyone on how to campaign. But he put on a hell-fire and brimstone campaign against the old guard Grundy forces which was unmatched in recent Pennsylvania history. And he walked off with the GOP Senate nomination.

Mudslinging Campaign IN the Oklahoma Democratic governorship Johnston Murray, son of old “Alfalfa Bill” Murray, came within a hair of getting a majority ‘of all votes cast in the first primary. He led the No. 2 man, William O. Coe by 88,000 votes. Mr. Coe hurled the book at Mr. Murray in the runoff. In newspaper advertisements and - radio speeches he charged Mr. Murray with being a child deserter and a draft dodger. ‘And Coe came within 887 votes of beating Murray. A recount is scheduled. ’ To the losers, this type of campaigning is known as mudslinging. To the winners, it is simply calling a spade a spade. The people seem to like it.

What Others Say—

OUR schools have already produced too many highly trained political and social illiterates.—Presidenf William Green of AFL. > @ 1 WISH to emphasize that the objective of our efforts is peace, not conflict.—President Truman, reassuring Europeans: J eo @ IT MAY be that tank warfare as we have known it will. soon be obsolete.—Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Jr.

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i Secretary- Treasurer John Owens.

GuaTonios of Domeeraey’ By Paul 8S. Weber Sr., 623 S. West St.

I wish to congratulate The Times’ stand on the recent drive concerning the tactics used by police in an incident of brutality.

Also, the editorial comments following up the case to get a just and truthful report. Newspapers with an editor and staff such ad The Times are a bona fide guarantee of democracy which some of our police and their superiors would let develop Into gestapo government. Sb ‘High Prices Cut Savings’. By H. E. Martz, City . The published statements of an Indiana industrialist on current issues provide an" example of a-common trend to work backward from .a conclusion instead of forward from a premise, as the rules of logic demand. This departure is largely responsible for public confusion on vital issues. Such confusion is less a reflection on public discrimination than on the sources of this confusing barrage, much of it deliberate. The facts in the particular case referred to belie the contentions contained in the argument. The high level of public fmmediately after the war were dissipated not by income taxes, but by prices going through

DEAR BOSS . Ewing Gives the

WASHINGTON, July 31 -Dear Boss Military strategists maintain that “the best defense is an offense” but Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. (Jack) Ewing has demonstrated how defense itself can be the “best"defense” for bureaucratic spending on the home front. Summoned before the House lobbying investigating committee to explain "his part In pressuring Congress for administration measures under his department, Mr. Ewing charged up Capitol Hill all wrapped up in the flag. He had a lengthy prepared statement to prove that the principal reason he and five assistants made that six weeks tour of Europe last Decemher and January was to study civilian defense There were other reasons, of course, but that was No. 1.

Working for a Year WITH THE KOREAN fighting going on, what could have been a more perfect answer? “For more than a year,” Mr. Ewing sald, “the Federal Security Agency had been working on plans for civilian defense, first at the request of thre Department of Defense. and

later . for the National Security Resources Board. . “We knew that in the United Kingdom the

Health and the Homé Office had done a great deal of planning in this field. The time had come when it was necessary for us to have . face-to-face discussions on this subject. “In the course of our own work, we had come to the point where we were very anxious to have more detailed information about specific problems. Certain of this information, for security reasons, could only be obtained by oral discussions. “The deputy

Health Service, Dr. W. Palmer Dearing, had

previously been in London and had had some.

preliminary talks with officials of the Ministry of Health on this subject. These talks had indicated not only the desirability, but, in fact, the necessity of more extended discussions.

Covered Wide Field : “AFTER OUR ARRIVAL in England, our first conference was on civilian defense problems with the chief officer of the Ministry of Health and the principal medical officer detailed from the Ministry of Health to the Home Office. Our talks covered plans for distribution of medical and related manpower as between civil and military activities in wartime: recruitment, traihing and assignment of medical per-

FORGOTTEN: MAN? ry Lewis ‘Left Out’

WASHINGTON, July 31--John IL. Lewis’ fellow union leaders are trying to put a damper on him in war as well as peace matters. He could be—but probably won't be-—-the “forgotten man” in big developments now under way. One is the organization of a committee to advise W. Stuart: Symington, chairman of the National Security Resources Board (NSRB), on industrial mobilization. . The other {3 the apparently serinus move toward peaceful unity between the AFL and CIO.

More Recognition

MR. SYMINGTON'S committee of 12 will have equal representation from agriculture, industry, labor and the public. This is the main result of meetings in which top labor spokesmen asked for. considerably more recognition. Only the labor members of the committee have been named—William Green and Philip Murray, presidents respectively of the AFL and CIO; and Al Hayes, president of the International Association of Machinists, which is not affiliated but closely in sympathy with the AFL. Mr. Lewis was proposed for the committee by his colleague in the United Mine Workers, But objection was raised that Green and Murray are former coal miners, and that miners should not hold all three labor seats.

. By Peter Edson

savings during and

surgeon general of the Publie-

the ceiling. All the smoke screens in the world cannot disguise that fact. As for corporation profits, it is difficult to understand why this is made an issue in view of the fact that such profits, even after heavy tax payments, are at an all-time dollar high as a matter of public record.

¢ & ¢ ‘Keep City Clean’ By Marion Ruffan, City y

THE CITY of Indianapolis advertised the Rose Festival and backyard beautifying proje ects. Some citizens are taking an interest and trying to help keep the city clean. Tirges editor, in your spare time, go south on Meridian St. to 416-418, one block from the Union Station, and see the ash tubs, baskets, filled or emptied, left on the sidewalks and scattered along the alley. You will find trash and cans accumulated for rats and flies. South on Meridian, in the business district and alleys around all the streets you can see rats on the run day and night, and what an odor. You wonder how the people live around flies, etc. It is a wonder more children are not bitten by rats, We have just located in this vicinity and would like to see it cleaned up. I was told it takes The Indianapolis Times to do it. Adver=tisements are on the streets of all kinds except circulars stating “keep city clean” and it can be done. Thanks to you.

. By Dan Kidney -

Right Answer

sonnel for defense operations; organization of the nation for civil defense; and organization of other health-related services.” After the statement was finished, there fole lowed sharp questioning from the two Republi can members of the committee, Reps. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana, and Clarence Brown of ~Ohio. Both had demanded government heads be examined after the committee chairman, Frank Bushanan (D. Penn.) and his staff gave prive ate lobbies a hard time, particularly Edward Rumley, La Porte, Ind.,, and his Committee for Constitutional Government. Since both Mr. Ewing and Mr. Halleck are Hoosier-born and Indiana University law school graduates, the latter's questioning was some. what more temperate than that of Mr. Brown. Mr. Ewing said that the European trip was no junket but mostly hard work and no play. Mrs. Ewing accompanied him, but not at gove ernment expense. They stopped at London, Dube lin, Edinburg, Stockholm, Bern, Geneva, Rome, Athens and several cities in Israel"Most of the trip was made by plane and they returned by boat ) Throughout the trip dispatches came from press conferences with Mr. Ewing abroad. Mr, Halleck had a few samples and read them aloud. Here is one: “The President’s sound and forward-looking social program will set the tone for the work of Congress this year. And such partisan and selfish opposition as may develop will receive its full comeuppance when the voters select an 82d Congress next fall.”

Plan Misrepresented IN LONDON, Mr. Ewing said the British health program had been misrepresented in this country. Citing this and other statements, Mr. Halleck charged that since his return Mr, Ewing had been using data from the trip to boost the Truman health program which the American Medical Association has labelled “socialized medicine.” Mr. Ewing didn't deny that. That was also home front defense—for the Democrats. But the shooting war has put it into the past tense. Mr. Halleck defeated the . Ewing forces

» earlier this month when he helped get the

House to turn down as FSA reorganization plan which would have made Mr. Ewing a cabinet member.

Last year a somewhat similar plan met the same fate in the Senate.

By Fred W. Perkins of Labor Moves

The AFL-CIO peace proceedings are going along without much reference to Mr. Lewis, even though he was the first important union leader to reply favorably to a feeler put out several weeks ago by Mr. Murray. ~The plan now is for the AFL and CIO to “see what they can do to produce organic unity. If they are successful there will be an effort to bring in the big independents, including the Mine Workers and the Machinists. Unionists explain Mr. Lewis has been left out of leadership in both these moves because of his reputation for trying to dominate any enterprise in which he takes part. He has pulled his big union out of the AFL twice, and he founded the CIO and then withdrew from it after a bitter quarrel.

Labor Appointments THE labor group got from Mr. Symington the appointments of two men as assistants to the NSRB chairman. Other officials are to ba named later from management, agriculture and the public. One of the Jabot assistants is Eli L. Oliver, who did a similar job in World War II as an aid to Sidney Hillman, labor co-chairman of the War Production Board.

The other labor assistant is Everett Kassa- ~

low, associate director of the CIO research department and director of the: CIO Full Employment Committee.

Baruch Influence Showing in Congress

8 WASHINGTON, -July 31-

haired, white linen - suited Baruch. Earlier, it looked as though the Republican sena-

tors were about to gum up the act by opposing mobilization plans.

Ld ” o MR. BARUCH came “to Washington to testify on President Truman's proposed “Defense Production Act of 1950.” Mr. Baruch has“ been demanding adequate defense preparedness and stand-by legislation for over 30 years—ever since he was mobilization director in World War I. This time it was different. He testified to the effect that the President's plan is too little and too late. “It seems like. my hearing aid is out of order and I'm hearing things I heard before,” he said, in referring to objections to all-out mobilization at this time. They were raised oddly enough, by the Democratic senators Paul Douglas of Illinois, J. Allen Frear of Delaware and Willis Robertson of Virginia. They thought the country wasn't ready to accept all-out mobilization. Baruch's idea was that the

~-FElder statesman Bernard Baruch came to Washington to shove a ramrod down the back gress, and darn near worked a miracle, He made all-out mobilization converts of Republican senators like Homer Capehart of the Indiana, John Bricker of Ohio and Ralph Flanders of Vermont. They found themselves agreeing in principle with the white-

w ashington on this score.

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people, were way ahead of » = ” “IS CONGRESS behind in its thinking?” asked Republican Sen. Irving M. Ives of New York. “I think so,” repliad Baruch. “Rome was a great power,” he told Sen. Douglas, “but the people were softened by circuses. Whwn they rebelled, they cut off the heads of their senators. : 2 . “We should make taxes higher than a cat's back,” said ) AND Sen.

THE reaction of the Republicans to this prescription was something! to behold. They hit sawdust trail one after

Sen. Bricker called it ‘‘complete regimentation,” “I agree that ought to be done because they | Ited weren't done in the last war, and we had inflation.” ; “The thing I fear,” said Sen. Bricker, “is mediocrity.” “The only vote I ever regret,” said Sen. Flanders, “was a party measure to ftaxes in the 80th Congress.” “If you have only one thing to regret,” said Mr. Baruch, “you're lucky.”

port, delayed just a month by the . Korean crisis, went to Congress on the same day that Mr. Baruch lestitiod.

THE President's recommens dations for voluntary allocations, credit control and lime tax Increase were milk and water when compared to the rich brew of blood and guts concocted by Mr. Baruch. But still other swift kicks in ‘the pants will apparently have to be applied if the Congressional spine is stiffened enough to do what has to be done. This is to get strong enough to prevent a third world war.

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Baruch. Other points Mr.'Baruch advocated were: General price and wage controls, rolled back to June 25. Continued rent controls, which he called, “grabbing a porcupine by the tail.” A single mobilizing agency of government Control over industrial production as there is now control over

- manpower through the draft

law. Postponement of less essential spending. Strengthening of the United Nations, More rearmament assistance ‘to foreign countries. :

hasn’t liked this idea” of controlling industry a little bit, finally came around to the conclusion: “I agree with you. I don't think we can have rationing without price control, or vice-versa. “So you think we should tear up this bill and write it over?’ Sen. Capehart finally asked. “Don’t tear it up. Just . add to it those sections we've

THIS country needs more people who get behind their work and fewer people who just get behind. = = » THE answer to over-stuffing on the good things that come from your own garden i§ the old home groan. » ” - WITH all the kids playing out in the yard, it won't be

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