Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1950 — Page 12

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E weeks ago today two patrolmen in Indianapolis "7 police arrested a man, took him to a parking lot oifine an these stood by and let parking lot attendants E savagely beat him, knock him down, kick him and trample

- The difference: between this and a ching is that the man didn’t die. : y . Instead, the policemen eventually took their victim to FE police headquarters where he was held in jail for two whole SE weeks while they made rand: then-dropped: ws ChArER. after charge against him. os "In court, after two weeks, they failed to produce a ~~ single shred of evidence that the man was guilty of any a crime a : The court found him not gully 0 of the trumped up charge they finally brought.

or peatey id Police CHIE Rout for weeks:

They have sworn, written statements from reputable

‘witnesses who saw it happen in broad daylight. They have sworn testimony given in court by other witnesses that corroborates those affidavits. The two patrolmen are still in uniform, still on duty. They have not been fired. They have not / been wusponged.

AFTER weeks of delay and stalling and § dios Chief Rouls, under heavy public pressure, now announces that the two patrolmen will be given a “trial” et, a police trial board next Thursday. We hope it is a trial. Presiding at the trial will be Chief Rouls. himself, who has already exonerated the two men in a réport to Mayor Feeney that deliberately excluded evidengé he knew was available, who has already said he didn’t consider what the

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PEAK THIS MONTH ...By Jim G. Lucas is War Transportation Picks Up

WASHINGTON, Aug. £—The chief of the Army Transportation Corps says delivery of war supplies to Korea will reach a peak this month. Maj. Gen, Frank A./Heileman says 1 million measurement tons will be moved during August. Another million will ‘go in September, Thereafter, deliveries will taper off at slightly less than that figure for at Jeast three months. (A meas-

sonoeded that at the worst maybe the wo patrolmen were “a little slow” in protecting the helpless prisoner they "arrested and then turned over to a couple of tin-horn “tough guys” for vicious, illegal “punishm nt.” The rest of the trial board will be four police cap ains directly under the orders of heir inumediate superior,’ Police Chief Rouls,

THE victim of this brutal beating and doubtful ailing meanwhile has fled town in obyious terror of further “attentions” from police. 7

Witnesses, some of them low out of town, may or may Jot. be available to testify.

ing pretty well. us i Grit Rouls who has been “a little

ne its very | ww ng to 1, a the whole disgraceful af- : fair and cover up the two patrolmen . . . and that Mayor

Feeney has laxly let him go on doing it. In any properly administered police departmiat in America policemen under charges such as this would have been suspended immediately, tried quickly, and if the charges were substantiated, removed permanently from police work. / The stubborn refusal to take proper action, and the extraordinary efforts to exonerate these twd policemen in the face of the plain facts, can point only tg the conclusion that what they did has the approval of their superiors . .. “that this is the way they want Indianapolis policemen to behave. Until they «¢ can bring. themselves tg “deal with this case, what happened to this victim can’ hafipen a any day to any man or woman in Indianapolis. ; NE A

THE dariger of another world war is undeniable. In such a war, the enemy doubtless would attempt to destroy some American cities with atomic bombs. So: preparation for civilian defense is necessary. This time, let's try to be sensible about it.

_ Let's have none of the eurythmic dancers, the co.

ordinators of horseshoe pitching, the other absurdities that squandered time and money in the early days of the World War II civilian defensé program.

And let's recognize, as calmly, as we can, that com.

plete protection for everybody in the country simply i8

not possible. . : At least 99 per cent of the communities in the United

States probably are in greater danger from cyclones, floods, earthquakes and other acts of nature than they will ever be from atom bombs. For A-bombs are so costly that an enemy surely would "not waste his limited stock of them on unimportant targets.

HE would try to wipe out big industrial cities, ports, and railroad centers, and perhaps to paralyze our government by bombing Washington. These, then, are the places where precautionary measures should be concentrated. And even in these places security for all their people can’t be guaranteed. New York's Mayor O'Dwyer, for imstarice, has just made public a proposal by city planners to construct combination bomb shelters and parking garages under buildings, a parks and playgrounds. But $450 million obviously would not build enough shelters even for the 4,500,000 residents of New York's

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urement ton oc es 40 cubic feet © can be anything from feather pillows to steel). Meanwhile, the Joint Military Transportation Committee, an agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has sét up delivery schedules for six months after Sept. 1. * Those facts, taken together, indicate (1) the U. 8. high/ command is confident that Gen. MacArthur ¢an hold a beachhead and eventually

faunch &n offensive, but (27 it will not be easy

and the job will not be completed before next spring. Deliveries are scheduled at least until Mar: 1. :

War of Supply

/ THE Korean War is essentially one of sup-

Joy. Pusan is 4649 miles from Seattle. Each man

"for the first 30 days

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‘of the bord overland supply routes reached far back into Manchuria.“ The bulk of their war materiel

came from Russia, with which they have direct.

rail connections. The United States, on the other hand, was caught off guard. Our troops had been pulled out of Korea. The military had been told that Korea was not their responsibility. - Administration spokesmen repeatedly stated that Korea could not be defended if China fell-to the Communists. When President Truman decided on a “police action,” the military had to start from scratch. The first troops to leave Japan took only what they could carry. Much of their heavy equipment was left behind. Since then, logistics and transportation men have worked overtime, during the first three weeks of July, they moved.221,000.tons.of muni-~

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hed Perhaps some are there . , . the house on the hil. Maybe the timber of ships out at sea, Some very smzll, others huge as can be, A barn and a bridge. Yes, numerous things. The harp and piano with hundreds of strings. A cradle for baby. What a chord that does touch,

Awakening memories of childhood and such.

And deep down within me, a thought with a

prayer, An altar where mankind seeks God's presence there. simesAmna Ei Young: 35471 N.. DeQuiney. St...

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%........most. congested areas, Many other cities would consider

IT themselves. entitled to similar shelters. .The total federal cost could run to billions.

h aw oF THE only sure defense against atomic bombs is to prevent them from being delivered to their targets. . One way to prevent their delivery is to develop at top speed such military strength that Russfiin communism might be deterréd from forcing us to fight again. ‘The other way, if we mist fight, is to surround the Argets an enemy would try to hit with defensive weapons— adar screens, antiaircraft guns, fast fighter planes. ;

y y shelters that would take years to build and that, built, would be adver.

"I wish those Communists would stay in their own back yard—

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tions, that's being used now. Gen. Helleman says we now have a “darn good pipeline,” and the initial trickle soon will reach flood stage. Since the first of the year the Joint Chiefs of-Staff have planned to take over direction of all military land transport. The Korean War has speeded up these plans. The Army Transportation Corps will be the operating agent, as the

yf Space. It Navy is for sea shipments and the Air Force for

any airlift. A directive is expected in the next two weeks.

Reports Still Meager

REPORTS from the war zone. still are meager. “Transportation officers of the 8th Army are too busy for much paper work. Gen. Heileman says he has sent “what we think they need, and

-they need everything we can send.” Among other

things, he recently shipped 50 heavy flat cars— designed to move tanks. He has sent locomotives from both Japan and the United States. He has _sent_a prominent eastern railroad executive—a Reserve Corps transportation colonel—to Korea as his representative, Now that his organization is moving at full speed, he expects detailed reports on all transportation activity He wants to-be-able-to fur--nish an answer immediately as to “what hap-

pened to that shipment of potato mashers last

ces require. The number of freighters so far taken out of mothballs is not enough for our supply lines. As in other fields, we underestimated what would be needed. Thus, the ships which leave in Aungust will not return in time to carry the September load. But Gen. Heileman says other ships will be de:mothballed and will be ready. The Military Sea Transport Service, operated by the Navy, has co-operated magnificently.-

Sees. No Bottlenecks HE expects no bottlenecks in this country, and foresees no restriction on civilian travel or freight, either here or in Japan. In says, bottlenecks depend on what we manage to hold. Gen. Heileman thinks the North Koreans will retire with tHeir rolling stock and destroy roadbeds.-But-he will-have-men-and equipment on hand to put Korea's railroads back in operating condition. Supplies, once they reach

Korea, “will get to the front,” he promises.

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THE fighting in Korea will not “settle any of the issues existing between the Communist and democratic worlds regardless of which way it goes. A victory for either the Communists or the United Nations will lead to a crisis of major proportions.—Gov. K. C. Wu of Formosa. ¢ °° 2

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FOUR out of 1000 cigaret smokers, might

be expected to develop larynx cancer as com-

pared with 1.4 per 1000 non-smokers, and seven lip cancers would occur among each 1000 pipe smokers as compared with three per 1000 nonsmokers. —Dr. Morton L. Jem, American scien-

don’t ask for more money.

with raised eyebushes, wrinkled domes and amazed expressions of, “What! Only 10 billions?" - ~The inference sky is now the limit and the soldier, sailor and fly-boy can hase anything their . little hearts desire.” Things weren't like that last year. ” os 8 THERE is, for instance, the sad story of the AmericanCanadian radar fence. This, you may recall, was to be the

tion stations. The stations were to be built all around the edge of the,U, 8. but particularly to the north. So that if any Russian planes streaked across the North Pole with an A-bomb or two, the radar pick-ups would catch them in the act and fighter planes would streak up to stop them before they reached vital targets. Be ; Well, the truth of the matter is that this radar fence. " hasn't been built yet, although

over a year and a half ago. A start has been made. But

TV. Ss. CONFUSION .

, Far East. Policy y Still

NE WASHINGTON: A EOlCY ro Korea has‘ help the : suddenly joined up" pr ihy Reds of Indo<China,

‘NO RADAR SCREEN . Congress Wants More for Defense?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—Congressional Military Appropriations subcommittees are showing off a lot of righteous huff and puff these days, upbraiding the Pentagon brass hats because they

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positive. American Far East .policy. Kore forced some improvised decisions, ‘But if “anoth- _ er Korea” were sprung tomorrow morning by the Reds, there would be almost as much confusion in Washington as before. There is the same old division between those who insist the Far East is unimportant compared with Europe and those who say Asia is grossly neglected by the Truman administration. There is the same unwillingness to face up .t0 Red threats in the Far Pacific. There is the

‘same wishful thinking that the Korean conflict trouble-shooter, W. Averell. can be isolated, just as it was earlier supposed to brief the

that the China war would keep the Reds too busy for other adventures.

More Protection :

KOREAN defense has caused a much larger American military commitment in the Far East than the State Department, the Defense De-

. By Ludwell Denny

as they threaten to do, there is no clear arrangement with the French or the anti-Com-munist Indo-Chinese as to our role there. Even for Formosa, where we presumably would be prepared to take the consequences of the recent Truman warning to the Reds not to invade, there is no adequate plan. At this late date there is no close co-ordina-tion between Washington and Gen, MacArthur, The President has sent his new international man, to Tokyo Far Eastern commander-in-chief on Formosan ‘‘policy” after the general has been making policy on his trip to that island. It is hinted here that the general went to Formosa without Washington orders, It is admitted that he could not be held responsible for such defenses without an inspection trip. But there is fear that his conferences with Chiang Kai-shek may be “misunderstood” in

partment or the Joint Chiefs of Staff ever in- — 44, ag an American alliance with the Chi-

tended. It has forced the President to extend naval protection to Formosan waters, and to renew assurances to the Philippines, Most important, it has prodded the administration somewhat nearer the all-out preparedness program which the public demands. . But these unrelated decisions and half-plans have left us dangerously exposed. We need a co-ordinated foreign policy and global defense. “plan.

If Hong Kong were attacked tomorrow, there-

is no clear decision as to what our government

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' THIS fantastic situation is a sample of the floundering which has been going on so long, and which is bound to continue until there is a definite policy clearly understood by both State and Defense Departments. And until such a policy is incorporated into a Pacific Pact.

One -of many unlearned lessons from Korea

is that improvising after the event—however quick and courageous—is neither cheap nor safe.

ANTI-U. S. FEELING . . . By Parker La Moore Threat to American Solidarity

“DISTURBING developments “are reported = from Argentina and Brazil at a time when the solidarity of the Western Hemisphere has become a matter of vital concern to us. When President Juan D. Peron indicated he might support the United States in the Korean situation in a recent speech, the public reaction was so unfavorable that he has been backing away from that position ever since. Now he is saying that any decision on intervention must be made by the people themselves. Available evidence suggests that the. people want strict neutrality. The outlook in Brazil isn’t any better, it as good. President Eurico Gaspar Dutra is very friendly to the United States. But his term expires this year and he is not a candidate t# succeed himself at the forthcoming October election. His likely successor is. Dr: Getulio Vargas, who is considered an anti-American candidate.

Long, Colorful Career

DR. VARGAS has had a long and colierel career in Brazilian politics. Defeated by fraud in 1929 when a candidate for the presidency, hi

them because of the alleged danger of a Communist uprising. He had the active support of Hitler's agents and Fascist organizations in the country in that situation. As a candidate this year he is expected to have Communist support.

This is the background of a political oppornotin

—tunist, and Dr. Vargas is that, and any sense a Communist. However, as the’ self-styled “father of the poor,” he is appealing for mob support, much as Gen.. Peron has done in Argentina. Indeed, Peron has been called a Vargas pupil. But he is an exceptionally

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.i tions, Dr.

Roaevoat despotism, Having no respect for democratic instituVargas remained aloof from party politics while he headed the government. But he is running now as the candidate of the Labor Party, which he helped to organize and which represents a personal machine.

Communist Underground THE Communists, who have been forced underground since their party was declared illegal, are expected to be attracted to his banner, both because of his leftist leanings, and because he is regarded as anti-American. This latter position possibly is due as much to American policy as it is to any change in Dr. Vargas' own views, « Although supported by pro-German and pro-Italian elements in 1937, he refused to bow to their dictation and they attempted his

overthrow in 1938. Brazil joined the United - Nations under his leadership, and sent an expeditionary force to Italy to join the Allies in 1944." However, his dictatorial regime was frowned upon by the United States, and the. return to nominal - constitutional government this r-

under President Dutra was hailed in ountry. PAG for Aa; deals,

the United States and Russia, as Argentina did in the war between the Axis and the Western Allies.

Dr. Vargas ‘Best Bet’

-able.man, and. his 15-year administration. of --

. By Peter Edson

DR. VARGAS looks like the best bet to.

win, not only because he is the most colorful —in—the field; but because the oppo=—

‘sition is divided. The Social Democrats and

the Catholic church are supporting Brigadier Eduardo Gomes, whom Gen. Dutra defeated in 1945; and the other constitutional party,

the National Demoerats, are backing Cristiano

Machado: a politician of little reputation.

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President - Truman's request for $10 billion additional de< fense money this year has in general been greeted in Congress

the Air Force, which is in charge of construction and operation, doesn’t like to. say how much or how little has been done, for obvious reasons of security. §

THE reason for the delay is’

simply that Congress failed

to appropriate the necessary

money to finish the job. The last $31 million is just now being appropriated by Con-

- gress as part of this year's

; “regul network -of-radar-plane-detecs.....roney. $13 Dillon military

‘money act.” The original plan for the radar fence was first presented to Congress in January, 1949. The Air Force had been

, developing plans for it some

the project was first proposed

months before that. Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Lau-

rent came to Washington and’

made an agreement with President Truman. The fence was to extend all the way across

the arctic frontier from the

“Aleutians and Alaska to Newfoundiand and beyond, via sea patrols. : ep. Carl T. Durham of rth Carolina introduced the bill to authorize construction.

It whizzed through both.

Houses of Congress and be= came law in March, 1849. Total cost was to be $161 million. The only catch was that Congress never did appropriate any money to do the job. In fact, Congress told the Air Force that if it built the radar warning. system at all, it would have to pay for it by diverting money from other projects already approved. ” s n GOING even farther than that, Congress specified that not more than $50 million was to be spent on the project for the fiscal year ending June 30,

- 1950.

By dint of canceling other contracts, Gen. Hoyt S. Van-nberg,--Air- Force -Chief--of Staff, managed to ‘scrape together $350 million that he could divert to the radar fence

job. Then he had to get another

act of Congress authorizing

him to make the switch. He was finally ready to go ahead with the project only at the end of last December

A LITTLE over "542 million worth of existing radar equip-

material —was transferred to the — fence job. - The Navy kicked in with four picket vessels, which were to be reequipped at a cost of $7 mil-

lion. But that still left some $26 million worth of new equipment to be procured. And there was no money for it, unless that, too, was taken out of other funds.

~The original bill authorized - - something over $85 million for

acquisition of sites and construction of buildings to house equipment and operating personnel. Gen. original $50 million diversion went foward that. Defense

Secretary Louls Johnson's of-

fice kicked in with another $4 million from its special funds. But that still left the Air Force $31 million short of money to finish the fence. » » . THIS {s the money which

..Congress.is. just now getting. § |...

around to appropriating. In the meantime, it has been found that building costs and radar equipment have both ad:vanced in price. So that instead of costing about $31 million to finish the job, it may cost close to $40 million. By monkeying around in this manner and economizing, Congress has.managed to run _ up the costs by about $9 ‘mil.

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