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ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ President Editor

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Housecleaning Time

PRESIDENT TRUMAN is back in Washington, handsomely tanned and, let it be hoped, thoroughly reinvigorated by his three weeks in Florida. , We do not hold with the Republicans who have tried to make political capital out of the fact that Mr. Truman took a vacation—at least, as close an approximation to one as a President can take in times like these. Wherever he goes, he never can be free from a fearful load of responsibility. His fellow citizens should be glad if his shoulders have been rested, his mind refreshed, in the . _* sunshine‘and pure air of Key West's sea-swept beaches. x re i. :

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+ BUT-A-vast-number of his fellow citizens »sphoiagre that thé “House of Mr. Truman's administration in Wash‘ington is as clean as he proclaims it to be. They find it impossible to believe that all the men around him are as honorable as he says, or as men trusted ‘by a President ought to be. a Their faith in the integrity of government has been undermined by unmistakable evidence, brought to light by the Fulbright Committee, of political influence, favoritism and corruption in the lending operations of the Reconstruetion Finance Corp. : That faith has been further sadly shaken by the. Kefauver Committee disclosures of alliances between politics and organized crime. Grave reflections have béen cast upon ‘the efficiency, if not indeed the honesty, of income-tax law enforcement. The man whom Mr. Truman lifted out of the

mayor's office in New York'City and made ambassador to 7

Mexico has been involved in an uncomfortable situation. op <i So PEIN Ly Ea 3 . a SR "THE ATMOSPHERE to which the President has returned is far from salubrious. As a nameless Democratic politician has said-——plagiarizing J immy Walker and possibly Wilson Mizner: PIR ne “Those who have stayed in Washington these last three weeks have enjoyed all the sensations of riding down a sewer in a glass-bottom boat.” So let us trust that Mr, Truman's vacation has sharpened his vision and whetted his sense of smell. His eyes, his nose should tell him that his administration needs nothing. so much as a thorough spring housecleaning.

Lovely Time Was Had

HE BIG airlift to get the United Nations’ Economie “" and Social Council home from Chile will start any day now. The.American taxpayer should be so glad. ECOSOC, as it is familiarly known in United Nations ‘cultural circles, has just completed a four-and-a-half-weeks ‘session at Santiago. It could have met at Lake Success, /but New York winters can be dreadful, while February ‘and March in Chile are delightful. . So, about 330 United Nations people were flown the -6000 miles to Chile. And, to do it up brown, they took along with them, also by air:

SEVEN HUNDRED portable short-wave radios, 10 smimeograph machines, 75 typewriters, binding machines, #ditto” machines, stitching machines, a lithographic press, several hundred cases of documents weighing tons and a “lazy-daisy” table, the top of which revolves by motor power, for processing interesting documents.

: Suites and rooms were taken in eight hotels for the delegates, their advisers, consultants, and consultants’ Tadvisers, plus secretaries for all. Headquarters were set ap in the Carerra, Santiago's swankiest, which boasts a roof-top swimming pool. i It was discovered belatedly that Santiago's current jwas the wrong voltage, so all the imported electrical apparatus had to be adapted. Then, to prevent a fire hazard “from overloading, according to a United Natjons correispondent, many of the rooms in the Carerra had to be ‘rewired. Also new furniture bought or built and the larger ‘assembly or banquet rooms made over.

i: ESTIMATED cost of the whole fandango was $500,000, tof which the Chilean government put up $150,000. If you {dutifully shelled out on Mar. 15 you helped pay for the irest, for the United States regularly picks up about half ithe tab of the United Nations’ operating expenses. { Principal achievement: A vote to study “slave labor” leverywhere—except in the Iron Curtain countries which iwon’t go along; and where else in the world is there slave

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flabor? : Principal non-achievement: Refusal even to discuss La Prensa, Argentina's suppressed newspaper, though ECOSOC has quite a set-up on press freedom. (Russia ‘balked at this, too.) § Welcome back, ECOSOC—and get lost.

Sunrise Service (NCE AGAIN it's time for Hoosier faithful of all denomi-

nations to make their way to Monument Circle in early morning hours and offer their praise to the Risen Lord.

This year, the traditional Easter Sunrise Service will mark its 20th anniversary. It was founded in 1923 by Mrs. James M. Ogden as a living memorial to her small son, ‘James M. Ogden Jr. Since then it has become a part of the ;colorful history of Indianapolis, "Nearly 1000 persons participate in some way each year, ‘and many outstanding musicians-have appeared on the program during the past quarter of a century. Churches, ‘schools, business firms and other agencies contribute their ‘services to keep this celebration a religious-civic institution distinctive to Indianapolis. : Indianapolis is proud of this institution. Certainly there are few people who will fail to listen to the voices of small children raised in song and feel its simple beauty

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TROUBLE IN PARIS . . . By Ludwell Denny

French Reds Cash In On Public S

PARIS, Mar. 24—The Reds are cashing in on the French strikes which already affect 500,000 workers in a dozen public services and industries. The strikes were not started by the Communists, but they are spurring the mass movement skillfully. The situation is serious because: ONE: It was originated in most cases by the rank and file rather than by union ‘leaders. TWO: The strikers have just grievances— mahy of them hardly can live on theif low wages in a time of rising prices. THREE: The Socialist union for nationalized industries is calling for a strike referendum in defense industries. The public doesn’t seem to be unsympathetic as yet, though it’s been hard hit by the stoppage of busses and trains and partial failure of gas and electricity. The government after several days of fum-

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bling, has requisitioned privaté busses and trucks and now is moving in fast. On the security side it has canceled all army and police leaves, : To keep food and other essentials flowing, the government has resorted to the extreme expedient of forced labor—‘requisitioning” for 40,000 key railway and other workers, with fines and imprisonment for those who refuse to obey. . The national collective bargaining board has long delayed a current cost-of-living figure, which indirectly governs the national minimum wage scale. - ¢. *

THIS official body, which includes labor, employer and government representatives, last night decided there's been a 1214 per cent price rise since August. The cabinet is expected to increase the minimum wage that amount. The national minimum wage now is about $48 a month for Paris and less in the provinces. Raising this probably would retard the

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MR. EDITOR: : John O’Gara of Peoria, Ill, in writing about “Our Fair City,” undoubtedly has hit the nail on the head. This certainly isn’t the cleanest city in the world, no matter how you look at it. But the unfortunate thing will be the attitude in which “dyed-in-the-wool” Hoosiers will respond to the letter. I would venture to:.say that within a very few days this column will be jammed with the letters from indignant Hoosiers and all of them written in the same vein. . . . “If he doesn’t like it here, tell him

. to stay in Peoria.”

How much better it would be for our city if these narrow-minded people would start riding the city officials to get something done rather than de-ride some honest criticism. Let's get the city cleaned up, then we won't have to offer a poor excuse when someone tries to run us down.

A Hoosier (by Adoption), City.

BECAUSE OF YOU

THE SUN was just a common thing . . . until you came along . .. but now it is the golden light . . . that lights my heart with song . . . the stars that grace the heavens went . . . unnoticed by my gaze . . . but since you said that you'd be mine . . . they hold me in a daze . .. the moon, my dear, that used to frown . . . on things I'd try to do... smiles upon me with delight . . . and all because of you... it seems as though each dream I've had . . . has suddenly turned real . . . and joy and happiness are mine «+ « « and I hear love bells peal . . . you've given meaning’ to my life . . . you've filled my heart with cheer . . . and I am happy beyond words + « + to have and hold you near.

—By Ben Burroughs.

SIDE GLANCES

COR 400 4A OpRVER BE T0900 WO. "Mémmiel. You're going out without your, shirt!"

HOOSIER FORUM— Fair Criticism’

""l do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."

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By Galbraith

Hoosier Hatchetmen MR. EDITOR:

The leaders of the Republican Party in Indiana seem now to be very much concerned and fearful they will lose the federal welfare funds. Now they say if Oscar Ewing cuts off the federal

funds they will appeal to the courts to force him to restore them. These fellows put on a very bold front during the legislature, passed resolutions condemning federal handouts, declared we didn’t need handouts on the grounds that Indiana was able to finance and run its own welfare program. No, Sir, they weren't afraid of the big bad wolf. They knowingly violated a federal welfare law and by so doing took the first step to destroy welfare in Indiana. They were more interested in taking a slap at Ewing and the federal administration than they were in protecting the only means of support which thousands of poor people in Indiana depend upon. Now they want other states to step in and help them out of the mess. These hatchetmen in the legislature don’t represent the better thinking people of Indiana. :

~—Oscar Houston, Ellettsville.

‘Still Just Talk’

MR. EDITOR:

A lot of talk, but as usual, no action. When are we going to get our one-way streets running north and south? The Mayor has decided on it. The Street Railways Co. got an increase, so there won't be any excuse on their part. How long does it take now and why can’t it be done right away? “A little help from our newspapers wouldn't hurt a bit. A few articles from them always wakes them up at City Hall. Let's do it now, folks.

—R. Foley, City

ON THE MOVE .

they are being given the advantages of the government's tax amortization allowances. This will permit the nearly 400 companies involved to write off from 50 to 100 per cent of the cost, for tax purposes, during the next five years. he fact that so many new plants are being built or enlarged while so many more existing factories face partial or complete shutdown for lack of materials inconsistencies of the defense effort. Most of the plants in civilian industry which face cut-backs are smaller businesses. They can’t understand why they appear to be discriminated against.

on ~ ” THE ANSWER given by defense production officials is that many of the new facilities are to increase the supplies of materials businesses. This applies = to steel, aluminum, magnestum an ch things. e other part of the answer

New Plant Projects Wi

WASHINGTON, Mar. 24—Five hundred and forty new defense plant projects costing more than $2.6 billion have been

strikes, but it wouldn't by itself satisfy the and subway strikers ask $17 more monthly. As usual where rising living costs cause bor disputes there's disagreement about the price index. But whatever the accurate figure is, there's general agreement that the average French, wage last year was low in purchasing power and that it is much lower now. ® o THIS situation presents the opportunity the "Reds have been waiting for. Waiting is the word because they've learned from past failpe that artificially made strikes react against em, Until recently the Reds were losing ground because they overplayed their hand so often and because of the Boviet war threat. But now the Reds are using more effective tactics on the labor front. Last month Paris bus and subway workers pulled a 24-hour strike of warning. “A week ago they went out again ‘ for an indefinite duration. The Reds didn't

ervice And Industrial Strikes

olned with the Catholic Sos lead, but merely Joined he the strike.

- In the same way the Communists were quietly active in other work stoppages and strikes, FINALLY. 16 Shevest Fad caplare’ar tals FIN XY, to organization, Socialist union leaders called the railway strike. ' BE a the government has damned this general strike wave as subversive, most of the strikers are not Communists. Their motive is economic. Nevertheless, the Reds have been taking advantage of them and of the situation. The outcome depends on the speed with which the government can raise wages in the nationalized public utilities and services without bankruptcy, Communist PSocialist and Catholic unions to hold the loyalty of their members and on whether the Reds are able to start and spread

violence.

INDUSTRY AND WAR . . . By Jim G. Lucas U. S. Plans Anti-Espionage Drive

WASHINGTON, Mar. 24—The dangers of espionage and sabotage in industry today “may be much greater than in World War IL” the Munitions Board says. “The Munitions

lces are proceeding on the realistic. as

-* that espionage and sabotage attempts will be ..' ‘made to slow down or cripple our productive ' capacity,” the board's March progress report

revealed. .—e “Communist infiltration of key industries

in the United States is a known fact,” the re- .- - port says. _ “Industry itself must’ take direct

action to guard against espionage, sabotage and the hazards of enemy attack. Methods of infiltration and undercover activity have Improved. More effective weapons of war have been developed.”

Inspect Plants

THE BOARD instructed industry to set up Internal security systems in all plants having military contracts. Plant it said, can “readily identify the key points in the pro-

duction process that are most vulnerable to

espionage and sabotage.” Meanwhile, it said, plants, production proc--esses and other resources important in war production are being surveyed. For each plant, the board has assigned responsibility for advising management‘ on necessary orotection measures to one of the Armed Services. “Representatives of the Armed Services have

“ DAYDREAMING”. .". By Frederick C. Othman

a little hazy, vocabulary. An old St. Louisan; myself, I was particularly interested “in Carroll's rags-to-riches rise. Fact is, via telephone, I used to know him well. When I was a 20-year-old reporter and, or, copy boy in the old home town, one of my jobs was to phone Carroll and ask him what were ~ the odds on who would win the elec- ) i bi I bi tion. He always knew, exactly. He was polite and helpful about it, while the rewrite man treated him in print with respect. Always identified him as James J. Carroll, the betting commissioner. As if there were no other oracle. And-in that line I suppose he had no rival. So the Kefauver Crime Committee hauled him into public view in the Senate caucus room. He was a small, gray-haired man with brilliant blue eyes behind rimless spectacles; he looked like a banker. He said he was scared. “Why?” asked Sen. Kefauver (D. Tenn.).

Not Convinced

CARROLL looked at the 11 movie and television cameras staring at him with one-eyed intensity, glanced at the flood lights in the crystal chandeliers, observed the 16 photographers popping spent flash bulbs on the red velvet carpet, glared at the rubber cables spread more thickly than on a MGM movie sound stage, and looked nearsightedly at the seven microphones in front of him. He shrugged his shoulders. He said he had mike fright. He couldn’t think. Twenty-five years ago he used to accept bets on horse races and, since he had learned to know and respect the law of averages, he did well. Then he retired. So now a couple of fellows named John Mooney and Michael Grady run a little business on the second floor of a beaten-up store building at 318-A Missouri Ave., East St. Louis, Ill. Here they have 18 telephones, which they use so much their annual phone bill runs to $120,000. They're friends of the Hon. James. In their seedy sanctum $20 million a year changes hands on horse race bets. Their gross profit is $750,000, but experises are high and Carroll gets half the net. The latest figure available to the Senators showed he took in $110,000 a year. “So you have an interest in the business?” asked Sen. Kefauver. “No, I do not,” snapped

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and the Armed Serv-

inspected the security systems at a number of

plants,” the report said. : The board it had prepared a manual— Principles of Plant Protection--now available to industry. It describes the methods of esnage and sabotage industry may “expect to

encounter, It also recommends organization

and methods for forestalling ‘subversion. SR,

Standardize Regulations , “i. THE BOARD aiso has a marfal for safeguarding cldssified information. It standarde

izes regu’ations to be followed in handling classi. filed contracts for the Armed Services. “Anti-espionage ‘measures preseribed by the manual,” the report said, “are the first line of defense. Successful espionage would provide information on which. other enemy actions could be based ” s Wm The report warns that prime contractors “are responsible for making sure their suppliers who have access to classified information have signed the necessary security agreement, No individual may have access to classified data until his loyalty to the United States has been established. ‘ “A central record of the result of all security investigations is kept up to date. Infor mation obtained by one investigating agency is used by the others so that duplicate investi gations are avoided.”

>" The board said more specific details of its . security program cannot be made -pubHe.

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: * a “"Aaaclle ® Be AE Sf %& How to Become a Millionaire— WASHINGTON, Mar. 24—Now {it turns. out that James J. Carroll, one of St. Louis’ richest men, makes $110,000 a year for having nothing to do with a. business in which he owns no interest. Only the money’s real. The business is non-proprietor’s

“Carroll. “I have what I call a private venture, I give them advice and, er, financial support.” His friends are pleased to accept bets on any horse at any track at any time. If anybody

- wants to bet on anything else, including which

way a particular frog 'is likely to jump, they usually are pleased’ to oblige. > Carroll said he was not convinced their business—not his—was illegal. He did know it

Was necessary.

“A biological necessity,” he said. This sounded sexy to the standing-room-only audience, which pressed forward, but Carroil had no such meaning. He meant that people like to gamble. a gives substance to their daydreams,” he Fair enough. Their daydreams certainly have given substance to the commissioner. And I suppose he's the only man I know who became a millionaire by ignoring a business in which’ he owned no part. I'm doing a little daydreaming myself,

Views on News

By DAN KIDNEY

ONE OF THE most moving speeches in the Great Debate was made by Sen. William E. Jenner (R. Ind.). After the first few minutes his fellow Senators moved out. ig” > © ¢

EASTER recess will give Congressmen a chance to get back to the grass roots and help the folks complain about President Truman vacationing. * 4.4

TALENT SCOUTS—Weeks of searching by the House Ways and Means Committee has failed to turn up a taxpayer who likes the role and wants a heavier part. > 9% ¢

MOST tax bill witnesses seem to favor the pay-as-you-go principle, so long as it doesn’t interfere with their interests. * 4 & LISTENING to Costello refuse to testify under doctor’s orders, you got the idea he was trying to save his neck more than his throat. -. S @ WITH SOME Congressmen it is all a matter of timing. They are for UMT except before, after and during wars. - “bd FOREIGN AFFAIRS—What the Big Four needs is a timetable. ob b SPRING 1s here and those who never learn from experience will try gardening again.

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approved for construction by Defense Production Administrator William H. Harrison. Not all are complete plants. Most of the projects are enlargements of existing facilities. All the projects are being financed by private capital. But

is said to be that the new plants are to make things for which no facilities now exist. This would include manufacture of such things as guided missiles, the new H-bomb project, new radar equipment which has never been made before. Factories which have been making metal window frames or pin ball machines are sald to be not suitable for making complicated new weapons. One answer given is that new plants have to be built to prevent shutting down existing plants. The ' new Chrysler tank arsenal in Delaware fs cited. This might be

put into an automobile or truck °

plant. But to do so would shut down the auto plant and cause temporary unemployment. If the new tank arsenal shouldn't be needed, it will be put in moth balls for use when needed. Building new plants is only

one source of new. produc

effort. Another equally important capacity comes from reactivating plants built in World War II. There were 3500 plant expansions for military production during the last war. They were largely financed by the government at a cost of $18 billion. About two thousand of these facilities were new tools and small additions scrambled with privately owned plants. They were

largely sold to the private -

plants at the end of the war. The other 1500 expansions were complete plants. They cost about $11 billion. Of this number, roughly 900 could be used by civilian industry. Most of them were sold outright as surplus property. : ” =» THE OTHER 600 plants were divided into two classes. In round numbers, something over 400 plants, built at a cost of $5 billion, were put in what was known as the Departmental Reserve. They were the war plants, good only for making Ewmfiions. ‘They were left unof ,. This Departmental

Army, Navy and Air Force of six and a half million men. The other 200 plants, which cost $2 billion, were put up in what was‘ known as the National Industrial Reserve. Some 140 of these plants were sold or leased to private industry under a security clause. This permits the government to take over the facilities again for war production, if and when necessary. ‘ ¥ » » THE approximately 60 plants remaining in the Na. tional Industrial Reserve have been held in stand-by condition

by the government. The agen-

cy which manages them is

General Services Administration. Cost of preserving them and preventing deterioration since the end of the war has been $150 mfllion. But the government has received $50 million rentals from plants under lease. So net cost of maintenance has been $100 million, That this expense has been

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