Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1951 — Page 10

The Indianapolis Times A SORIFPS HOWARD NEWSPAPER at ROY W. HOWARD ‘WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ

Editor Business Manager

{ PAGE 10 Monday, Mar. 5, 1951

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Hiring 3, Drafting 4

THE JOINT congressional committee on reduction of nonessential federal expenditures, headed by Sen. Byrd of Virginia, has madé public some more startling figures on an federal 11. ; Se SXpundine | the ni establishment hired three civiljan employees for every four men drafted into the Armed Forces. The January draft quota was 80,000: Total number of civilians signed up for government jobs by all the federal agencies that month was 60,504. Of these, the military employed 58,388. To be sure, most of “ them were taken on for unquestionably essential work in shipyards, arsenals, construction projects and the like. But 19,655—almost a third—were white-collar workers who : " “have a way of cluttering up buresucracy when the fiood- - . gates of government hiring are opened. $7 Biggest slice of the preparedness program of course. : lies with the defense establishment. But there's been plenty of evidence lately that the military can be as wasteful of manpower as any other branch of government.

r ” » » ” " FOR that reason, it's reassuring to see the Byrd

watchdog committee on nonessentials aiming the, spotlight on defense hiring. " If the military keeps on drafting four and hiring three it's easy to understand how, as their own experts like to put it, we'll soon be scraping the bottom of the manpower barrel. Total civilian employment by the government, incidentally, amounted to 2,245,275 at the end-of January, according to the Byrd report. The military had nearly half, or 1,046, 929, on the roster but not in uniform. It would be interesting

* pince 1046—cauld be put into unifori. ny 7 | The Defense Depirtment is not sacrosanct. “Is this job necessary?” should be the test applied just as vigorously to it as any other government agency. That much at least is due the taxpayers who are supporting the growing multi-

tude of federal employees.

Too High a Price DESPITE the contrary opinion President Truman stated the top labor-union officials’ boycott of the defense mobilization program is a very serious matter, ; It means that a self-appointed committee, assuming to speak for about one-fourth of the country’s wage earners, further assumes to dictate terms for American labor's co-operation with that program. & The committee's members—Mr. Green of the AFL, Mr. Murray of the CIO and others — have every right to seek full and fair consideration for the interests and welfare of labor. They have legitimate cause, and so have all the rest of us, to criticize and seek correction of the mistakes bound to be made in pushing forward a program so vast and complex, © But they go a great deal farther. They demand, as the price of organized labor's future co-operation, that Mr. Truman reorganize the whole program in line with their ideas. yi on 8 « =» =» THEY demand in effect the firing of Charles E. Wilson, whom the President chose as director of defense mobilization and in whom he has just reaffirmed his complete confidence. And, in an effort to enforce these demands, they have withdrawn themselves and all representatives of their unions from-positions in government defense agencies. "Here is something new and, in our opinion, dangerously wrong, - It is sadly true that not all businessmen brought into government service in times of great emergency are faithful to their public trust—that some try to protect or promote the special interests of their own industries or companies.

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» » w . AND IF businessmen in the program walked out in a body, threatening never to return unless the President reorganizes the program to suit them, the voices of Mr. Green, Mr. Murray and other union officials would lead a nation-wide roar of condemnation. 7 Organized labor's loyal co-operation in this program is urgently essential. : But the program will be impossibly handicapped if representatives of organized labor who. take part in it constantly threaten to walk ‘out unless they have their way.

The Loafers We Support

THE federal payroll for civilian workers now numbers more than two million, and it's going up by thousands each month. : ty wc Dallar-wise, the payroll in the government's executive: branch is well above $8 billion a year, and, of course, it's soaring, , The taxpayers, who support these growing multitudes of federal jobholders, have heard about the small army of

of justifying bigger salaries for themselves.

v entrenched straw bosses who build up their staffs in hopes Just Common Sense MR. EDITOR: :

INTERNATIONAL HOT SPOT . . . By Ludwell Denny

Germany—An Incorrect Evaluation Can Plunge

FRANKFURT, Mar. 5—-Germany’s attitude

is sour,

Arrogance is replacing the post-war

for them. Rather, they were despised for making a mess of what might have been German

servility, The familiar mixture of inferiority victory. Many wanted them executed complex and master-race myth Is coming back.

Of course there are exceptions.

Probably

the ratio of healthy reaction to others is high-

er than it used to be.

But by and large there are too many signs

to ignore. seen as evidence of Allled weakness.

The lifting ‘of foreign .controls is Germans

believe Russia has us on the run, that we are begging for their help, that they owe us nothing, and that they are going to make us nay

plenty.

If an outstretched hand of friendship is a

symbol of present American policy here, the

typical German response is a sly sneer,

Against U. S. Authority

BUT, emotional responses apart, what disturbs the foreigner observer here most is the intellectual incapacity and appalling political

immaturity of too. many Germans.

Take the current wave of moral indignation in connection with the convicted war criminals.

Not against the crimes or the criminals, as might be supposed, but against the American And not

authority which granted clemency.

Decajise clemency was granted to so many, hut becatife

guilty.

The American authority receives Nttle unFew pee

derstanding, appreciation or respect.

‘It was withheld from a few of the

that the American decision—whether wise or unwise—was part of a judicial process of review, rather than an incomplete political sop. Few appreciate that clemency was granted over.

Allied opposition and in the face of Soviet

propaganda.

Instead, it was assumed that clemency was the. result. of German nationalist pressure on a

cowardly American authbrity..

« This startling exhibitjon of the German mentality—and again there were splendid exceptions—was not a case of perverted emotionAs between the criminals and the U. 8. High Commissioner, there was probably more love for the latter, At least Commissioner McCloy had .béen the Germans’ benefactor, while of the criminals it

alism so much as stupidity.

was widely said: “Why weren't they shot at once instead of being tried?” That was the general attitude in 1948 toward the Nurenberg trial of Goering and the arch-criminals, There was no love or loyaity

‘BIG PROFITS . . . By Earl Richert Business Eyes ‘Golden Year’

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Ee “A WASHINGTUN, ‘Mar, 5-=The year just past

likely will be misorded for: a&-{6y{ time to come

as the ‘golden year” of American business. Company after company has been reporting the highest sdles and profits on record. And

more are yet to come, such as the report from

General Motors, which likely will show the largest total profits ever earned by any corporation in one year, As a result of.all this, the price of stocks generally are at the highest levels in two decades. And the rosy reports would be sending them sky-high if it were not for the wide-spread belief that higher taxes and production cutbacks In many lines will produce much lower profits in the year ahead.

A Beautiful Sight

AS THINGS stand now, government officials think businessmen generally will be looking back for many years at the profit peaks achieved in 1950. ’ Let's look at some of them. Giant American Telephone and Telegraph (your telephone company) had the greatest profits in its 66-year history—a total of $358 million, equivalent to $12.58 a share. A. T. & T., which has been paying its stockholders $9 a share in dividends for many years, had been having trouble in recent years in keeping its profits above the established dividend rate. In 1049, its profits amounted to $9.70 a share; in 1948, $9.52, and in 1947, $7.50. As a group, it is hard to find anything to beat the rubber companies in their improvement over 1949. Of course, 1949 was not too good for the rubber companies. B. F. Goodrich earned $24.19 per share on its common stock In 1950 as compared with $14.36 In 1949, the highest profits in its 80Yous history. Firestone's profits nearly doubled, 00

$1 Billion Mark

IN OTHER fields, Bigelow-Sanford (the carpet maker) earned the largest profits in its 125year history. American Airlines, which in the first quarter of 1950 was in the red, pulled out of the year with a profit of $10 million. Profits of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. trebled over 1949 and Westinghouse Electric had its biggest year, going over the $1 billion mark in sales for the first time. Steel companies did well. U. 8. Steel's profits went up 30 per cent, from $165 million in 1949 to $215 million in 1950. Many of the smaller steel companies did better percentagewise. The profits of Jones & Laughlin, for. example, jumped 77 per cent over 1949. In the utility field, the Columbia Gas System, Inc.—the largest gas distributing network in the world—enjoyed the greatest year in its quarter-century history, profits jumping 41 per cent over 1949, AVCO Corp. (maker of Crosley refrigerators and television sets) increased its sales by 87 per cent over 1949 and its profits by more than 33 per cent. The giant Radio Corporation of America rolled up the largest profit in its 32-year history. United Fruit Co. (bananas) hit the highest peak in 51 years of operation. Timken Roller Bearing Co.'s 1950 profits were 340 per cent above the company’s low 1949 figure. Among the many other companies hitting new peaks were Merck & Co. (cortisone and other drugs), Libbey - Owens - Ford Glass, Continental Can, Minneapolis - Honeywell Regulator, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline and Industrial Rayon Corp. " Stock sales were so good that the nation’s biggest brokerage house, Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

- Fenner & Beane had a record year too with

profits of $1213 million.

If the parked car happens to be only one foot from one curb, this allows one foot each be-

without trial. The evidence and the trials were resented as reminders of national infamy, as questions for the individual German to think through as to his personal responsibility. The crooked thinking about Gen. Eisenhower

is another case, Before his arrival here in Jan- -

uary, he was widely damned as the ruthless barbarian who had destroyed Germany without cause. After he sald a few kind words about

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WOW . . . By Frederick C. Othntan

Strongest Milk | Ever Drank—

SANTIAGO, Chile, Mar. 5—I'm not too certain that Don "Alfonso Amanabar Ruiz is a

friend of mine; he introduced me to leche de tigre, or as you Americanos would call it, tiger's milk. 0-0-0-0-0! It looked like a tall glass of milk. It wasn't. One gulp and away i” ¥ g sailed the top of my head; I'm afraid to look in the mirror: because I fear it still is missing. My idea was to tell you something about the night life of this ultra modern ‘capital so far to the south of home. Evil companions said the ¥ place to start was Don. Alfonso's for dinner. In all South p= America, they said, is no better restaurant than his in a hacienda nearly 300 years old on the edge of town. I got there at 11 p. m., which is the fashionable dining hour in these parts, and Don Alfonso was waiting with a spread of lobster, giant mussels, filet mignons eight inches in diameter, chicken stewed in brandy, wild strawberries in champagne and an assortment of wines in graduated glasses like a Swiss bell ringer’s. I must have taken on 8000 calories, which I didn't need. The joint was jumping in a dignified way: the other customers were surrounding similar meals and when a fellow inhales that much nourishment he hasn't much strength left to-do the samba. So Don Alfonso, who looked like Charles Boyer with Halr, brought on his tiger's milk. This hydrogen bomb in a highball glass went down easily; mine host said it consisted. of almond essence in alcohol, water and rum stirred with ice. My guess is that he forgot to put in the water. was sensational; there I was- dancing that Chilean polka with the rest of the people; they explained to' me that I was supposed to be a rooster, making eyes at a hen. After this exertion the senor suggested that what I needed was cafe sin cafe, i That means a cup of coffee without the coffee, but it didn’t surprise me, because I Knew I was in never-never land. Two of Don Alfonso's waiters -trundled up - a copper bowl sprouting blue flames. They ladled the contents, including the fire, into my cup. I blew out the conflagration "and took one sip. Tiger's milk in comparison seemed mild stuff. The _senor’s coffeeless coffee consisted of sliced lemon and cloves stewed in a mixture of cognac, aguardiente, pleco, three kinds of. .rum

and above all, there are children living in that already crowded area. The parents do

The result of this prescription *

and other ingredients as flavorful. Its only resemblance to coffee was its color. I took off then for the Posada Del Corregidor, which is Chile's leading night club and when I used the word, night, I am not fooling. This establishment is so dimly lit that the headwaiter uses a flashlight to lead the guests to their seats; when somebody lights a cigaret the flash of his match is so bright that it hurts the other customers’ eyes. ©

In the Dark

THE Posada sells one drink only — spiced red wine, served boiling hot in pitchers. Senor’ Louis Garcia poured me a cup of this and was surprised to discover that there wasn’t any cup. He covered the table top with steaming wine. The orchestra played native songs and at inter-

vals an invisible baritone warbled songs of dove,

He stood not 15 feet away from thé clients, but except when a match flamed, he was a ghost. I inquired about the peculiar aversion to light of the Chilenos and was informed that the reason was simple. When a leading citizen does not want to be seen at a night club for any one of a number of reasons, including identity of his companion, he merely goes to one where he can’t be seen at all. The fact that he can’t see anybody else is comforting to him. Only trouble with the Posada is that a client, unless he uses a cigaret lighter, is likely to choose the wrong lady for the next dance. This leads to a poke In the nose, but that seldom is damaging, because the attacker can’t see the target.

What Others Say—

TODAY I am convinced that Russia is out to dominate the world. Her actions in Western ‘Tibet-prove that she is out to dominate all Asia and, therefore, the world.—Henry Wallace. > IT takes a quality of cold-bloodedness, plus the ability to completely concentrate on the subject at hand, to be an expert bridge player. Few women possess these qualities.—Top U. 8. bridge player John Crawford.

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

WASHINGTON — Price controllers can't make up their minds whether baby chicks are exempt from price ceilings, or whether they're live animals, processed farm commodities, or Just eggs with feathers,

A baby chick is cute and quick, Yet sometimes rough on some folks. To price controllers sad and sick, They're little more than bum yokes.

But we were in that price-fix spot ‘And stymied by this glum crux, We'd simply say forget the lot, Jake us: they'll soon: be dumb elucks..

HOOSIER FORUM—“We Don't Like Plans For Rerouting Trolley”

not justifiable for these companies to make the move they proposed five months ago. I

a A or perhaps cowardiy to ght

- called the Fair Deal Wastrels * with a war preparedness pro-

- ings in Virginia and Mary-

from each seam in the concrete every time the giant crossed

and pumped the piece of high-

weak their own wars. . A same time Germans now say it 1s duty to defend them. Why should they risk their peace? The measure of popular German thinking is the widespread idea that “neutrality” is safety for them. The rather obvious fact that a Soviet occupied Germany in wartime would be bombed by the Allies is not yet com Even those who can think far enough to understand the consequences of neutrality often insist on advance guarantees in the form of enough Allied divisions to keep the war in Poland instead of Germany — otherwise they will not rearm. : : . The idea that. a defensive war might be preferable to Soviet enslavement is rarely voiced. 5 : The Germans do see it's to their advantage for Allied troops to remain here and for more to come—if they don't take German housing and Germany does not bave to pay much to quarter them. The same people who used to say ‘get out!”, now go jittery every time an American company moves a mile westward.

Dangerous Position

TO THE extent that the Germans are still politically immature and unreliable, it is perilous to base” American policy here on a “forgive

and forget” sentiment.

America at Yalta and Potsdam misjudged the nature of Soviet Russia, and lost the peace

- by misplaced trust in the non-existent integrity

of an unnatural ally. Because Americans mis took Chiness“ communism for mere agrarian. reform, we are at war and -all Asia may be lost te aggression. Now much depends on America’s ability to evaluate Germany accurately. If we assume they are completely response sible when they are politically children, we can wreck them as. well as ourselves, If we sacri. fice safeguards still needed here, we encourage irresponsibility. If we trust them beyond thelr current capacity, we invite catastrophe. An American blank-check policy here will not produce democracy or friendship. It will buy nothing but trouble,

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

Freshman Class

In Economy

< WASHINGTON, Mar, 5—How Hoosier Rée

publican. freshmen Co! are

ngressmen learning the facts of life about Washington ofténtimes is revealed in their weekly open letfer to cama."

stituents. ?

g el The five newcomers who came here to savethe Treasury from what they .

are finding it will not be easy

gram under way. Rep. William G. Bray, Martinsville, did join with the other Republicans on a House Public Works subcommittee to reject the administratfon plan to build six new build-

land to disperse vital government agencies because of possible bombing here. The estimated cost was $145,000,000

Mr. Bray Rep. Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D. La.) joined

with the six GOP su members and the plan was voted down, 7-6. It will be acted upon by the full committee and may yet be approved. 7 Mr. Bray explained that he was against it because they failed to make a case for cutting down the bureaucracy here, even after the dis. persal buildings were built and He thinks the government would just go on hiring more unnecessary people. a

A ‘World War II tank officer in Korea, he

would begin dispersal by halving the officer

complement in the Pentagon, he said.

Discouraged by Voting Odds

REP. E. ROSS ADAIR, Ft. Wayne, also a GOP freshman, reported to his Fourth District constituents that while he is still advocating drastic budget cuts he sees the task as almost

"hopeless.

Citing how the House Appropriations sub

he concluded: .

“Obviously, Republicans cannot accomplish budget cuts against such voting odds.” The Byrd budget would replace the Truman if two other freshmen, Reps. Shephard J. Crume packer Jr., South Bend, and John V. Beamer, Wabash, had their way. They believe with Sen. Harry ¥. Byrd (D. Va.) that seven to eight billions can be slashed from President Truman’s $71 billion request.

Freshman Rep. Charles B. Brownson, Indie

-anapolis, is boosting the joint stock catalog use

to effect a “tremendous savings.” Both he and Rep. Cecil Harden, Republican third-termer from Covington, made an inspection tour of southern defense installations as members of the Bonner subcommittee on expenditures. They came back convinced that standardization of terms would help greatly in calling such things as a mop & mop in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force, The Bonner subcommittee will be back in session tomorrow to hear the dollar-a-year-lease of the Bunker Hill Navy Air Station to the Bunker Hill Corp. explained. The subcommittee is interested in waste of surplus materials from World War II. . Dean of all the Hoosiers on Capitol Hi, Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer Republican, gave a ray of hope to his Second District cone stitutents with a report which reads in part: “This Congress is going to accept the Presie dent's dare and cut nonessential spending , , , some: 38 dlllion.™ we * 8

glants are massed on the ways. The wrecked roads a4 person and a car out.

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There have been loud outcries in Congress over the waste of manpower and wage money, the overlapping and duplication of agencies’ work, and all the other costly evils of a sprawling, greedy bureaucracy. » rr » ” r » BUT THE juggernaut rolls on, seemingly unstoppable. Committees investigate and recommend, but nothing comes . of it. Department heads still yell for more help and compete with each other to add personnel. There's much work to be done and many of these people are doing their jobs. But there's also much loafing—which means stealing our money. a Scripps-Howard Staff Writer Roger Stuart has written a series of articles on the subject, the first of which appears glsewhere in The Times today. He has made a spot check of a number of Washington agencies. In the Labor Department, for instance, he found hundreds of employeés idling their time away at snack bars, gossiping in corridors, or sitting at their desks reading novels. The busiest office he entered was the. place where they were taking applications for even more employment, : SE

This letter is to inform the “Trolley Operator” of a few

facts that he apparently never considered, The Indianapolis Railways, Inc. and the P. R. Mallory Co. have combined their efforts to try to convince the City Council that trackless trolleys should be allowed to travel around Gray, Moore, and Dearborn Streets as a service to the Mallory Company and as a convenience to the Indianapolis Railways, Inc. It takes only a little common sense to show that this is the cheap way out to turn a vehicle around.

First of all, Dearborn, Moors

and Gray Streets are only 24 feet wide. The average automobile, is six feet wide, a trackless trolley approximately eight feet wide. With cars parked on one side of the street, a trolley coming one direction, and an automobile the other

direction, vehicles alone 20 foot.

tween the trolley, the moving car, . and the other curb. I doubt if anyone would argue that one foot between moving vehicles is a safe and sensible allowance. Another factor to consider is the possibility of a fire in this community, A trolley,2a fire truck and a parked car couldn't possibly fit’ in the allowed space. .

~ » ” ABOUT five months ago, the City Council voted against allowing the Indianapolis Ralilway to run the trolleys around Moore, Gray and Dearborn Streets. The Indianapolis Railways and P. R. Mallory had their respective executives and engineers there. They didn’t have the necessary facts and figures to convince anyone that trolleys should run around this block. . The "residents of this area pointed out that the streets involved are already in poor condition, they are too narroy, it would devaluate the ‘property,

not allow the children to play in the streets; but with the

crowded conditions that I have’

pointed out, how long would it be before an automobile would be up on the sidewalk?

Sure, we can send our children to the nearest park to play; it's only two and a half miles from home. allory’s and the Indianapolis Railways wanted the trolley to turn around by Mallory’s. That's easy. Mallory’s have a large parking lot adjacent to their main building. All they have to do is pave one small corner of it and turn the trolleys there. . x =

BUT NO, this would be a'

little expense to Mallory’s. It would take a small corner of their land. Why should they do this when they can turn the trolleys around at the public's expense? : ; I have used only elementary "arithmetic in showing that it is

defy them to employ their most competent engineers to disprove this simpls arithmetic," The six months required before reintroducing an ordinance has almost elapsed. If the ordinance is again brought up, I hope that the people that use the E. Washington St. trolley will inspect this community and Mallory’s land west of the main building. If you believe that we are justified in our stand, we would appreciate your support in our fight. And, we will fight. vo ==J, 0. B, City

‘Stop the Trucks’ MR. EDITOR: o z We just survived a night-

‘mare auto trip across country

op truck, Infested, wrecked roads, It's appalling to see the wreckage of the nation’s roads by these monsters. We followed one for miles and watched water . eap sight noche high

way slab,

At today's cost per mile it is sheer taxpayer bankruptcy to continue this No road can stand such a beating. Why should the taxpayer subsidize an industry? The railroads maintain their roadway, let the trucks build their own roads too. I care nothing for either industry, but I do care enough as a tax-

payer to want this expensive

wreckage stopped. / . =» No BESIDES billions of dollars in wrecked roads, they also spell sudden death. Passing one is equal to passing three ordinary cars. Going uphill they crawl, you dare not pass; going down hill their heavy loads give such momentum they fly, and you can’t pass. They have

rendered motoring so hazardous it's no longer worthwhile.

I've no further desire for

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pleasure in it. Why not continue building trucks a certain size, Let's put teeth in a law to stop it.—Disgusted Taxpayer, City.

MR. EDITOR:

If the county roads had been properly cared for these last few years, they wouldn't be in the muddy mess they are now, This’ weather has undoubtedly been bad for all roads but the fact that some of them have had no gravel put on them for years has made conditions much worse, ; I have lived on a county road for five years and up until the last few weeks had been done to it except grading, When they did finally put gravel on it, which was really nothing but sand, the roadbed was already gone. The politi cians always have to have g fall guy for their blundering

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