Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1951 — Page 14

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to shut down the are taken here.

“pookie joints”

telephone service is going to work.

of the law.

that these phones were

prosecutor could, electric lights,

violation of the law.

a dim view of all this.

is innocent until proved guilty. characters may be . . . in court yet. stores.

operators in the ordinary, legal manner.

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made “measurably safer”

doubled, to $2 billion a month.

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6,000 jet engines a year.

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hases of modern warfare.”

Sable safety against aggression.”

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E ARE IN complete sympathy with the aim of Prosecutor Fairchild and the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. where horse race- bets

We doubt, though, that the current devils of stopping

Telephones are a public utility. Anyone who pays his bill is legally entitled to telephone service . long as he is not using it in violation of the law. - Taking race bets by phone, or any way, obviously is a violation

. . certainly so

But phones are being removed from any. number of users who have not been convicted of violating any law . merely on the report of the prosecutor to the telephone Sompaty that they were running “bookie joints.”

= = » WITHOUT questioning the sincerity of anybody's belief being used seems to us to be a pretty dangerous procedure. same method, and with the same legal justification, the if so minded, order the water, or the or the gas, all of them public utilities, shut off from any home or office in this county merely on his own representation that such services were being used in

illegally, this By the

Such power in the hands of anyone, regardless of how excellent his intentions, would be far more menacing to this community than all the gambling that has ever gone on here.

WE RATHER suspect that the courts are going to take

It is an old basic rule of American justice that anyone Guilty these phone-less but They don’t seem to have been

Bookie Joints are about as hard to conceal as retail

It shouldn't be very difficult for law enforcement agencies to obtain evidence, make arrests, and prosecute the

We believe it would get us farther and faster toward law enforcement than any dubious short-cuts.

T IS accurate to say—as Mobilization Director Wilson's first quarterly report does say—that in the nine months ~ since Korea awoke us to our danger America has been from aggression. . The active strength of the Armed Forces has been doubled, to 3 million men. Defense spending also has been

Over $23 billion worth of military equipment has been red. Deliveries are starting from the assembly lines. ion of productive capacity has begun, with such ts as ability to build 50.000 planes, 35,000 tanks and New orders for weapons and ther military goods are being placed at a rate of nearly

BUT THESE accomplishments, as Mr. Wilson's report clear, are merely a start, and a small start at that. By his current time-table, it will take another year “unflagging effort and determination” to provide ourves and our Allies with “a formidable strength in many

# At the end of still another year, “We should have Smilitary and economic strength sufficient to give us reason-

ws So our present ‘measurably safer” status is no cause “for complacency. It represents progress by inches. is a very grave question whether the faster progress this port envisions for the two years ahead would be fast

And

=» If two years must pass ‘before we are even “reasonably” shear our goal—the goal rightly described by Mr. Wilson s such great strength, actual and readily potential, in the S¥ree world that Communist aggression will be deterred and +8 third world war prevented—we may never reach it in

. YET THROUGH this report there seems to run a of uncertainty, if not of actual doubt, as to the Swillingness of the American people to press steadily forward “with the mobilization effort now contemplated, let alone a

That is not said in criticism 6f the great industrialist Ewho heads the office of defense mobilization. Mr. Wilson sean hardly be blamed if he wonders how far the people *gre willing. to go with toil and sacrifice to attain the

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spreatest possible measure of security in a world of danger sand to stop the inflation which, he-correctly warns, can Zsap the strength of our economy.

vo — oa » & WE believe that President Truman “could not have

Zpelected an abler or more patriotic man for the. tremendous “task assigned to’ Mr. Wilson. % - But Mr. Wilson needs vastly more help and support. athan he is getting. More help and support from citizens twho put the safety of their country above their. own self sinterest. More from Congress, which handicaps him when . -plays the game of pressure blocs. More from the “President, who should recognize his obligation to protect “his appointee from selfish -obstructionists apd «political Jeet

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JoHN G. MINGLE, Air Pollution Bureau Control chief, once again says our city is not the dirtiest in the United tates. He's probably right. He also says we are no worse than St. Louis, Pittsgh and Columbus O. He's probably right there, too. But we still have sinus trouble and our doctor says airborn particles keep it irritated. We still wind up with air-

ger ones between our teeth. Point is, why strive not to be the dirtiest city in the

HEMISPHERE . . . By Andrew Tully

South America —Shuns Korea

“Latins Aren't Interested In Sending Men to War

* WASHINGTON, Apr. 3—One thing is just about settled after the first week's meetings of the 21 American foreign Ministers—Lédtin America is perfectly willing to let Uncle Sam continue to represent the Western Hemisphere in the department of global problems. Our sister republics are delighted to vote in favor of flowery resolutions denouncing Communist aggression and calling on all free men

to awaken to'the danger. But apparently that's

as far as they want to.go. They just aren't interested in sending any of their soldier boys to fight in distant places. Some of the more optimistic diplomats here had hoped the conference would result in some Latin-American promises to send troops to Korea. That's unlikely. A couple of countriés may look into the matter, but chances are there'll be no more Latin-American troops going to

..._ Korea than those already committed—but not

vet in action—by. Colombia and Cuba, . 9 . . fou’re Doing Fine GENERALLY, the attitude of our neighbors seems to be similar: to that with which the United States regarded the British Empire for so many years—you're doing fine keeping the world in order. In the meantime, we'll look after things at home. Fifteen out of the 20 countries south of the Rio Grande already have outlawed the Communist Party and several have broken diplomatic relations with Moscow. Most have laws a 16t stricter than ours affecting subversive organizations. And there is almost unanimous support in the conference for a resolution which asks each country to check into its laws against subversives to make it both tougher for the Reds to operate and to go from one country to another, But this internal fight against communism is old stuff to our neighbors. What they want most is to strengthen themselves economically so that they'll be ready for any major shooting war which may break out. That's what most of the delegates came here for—to get Uncle Sam to agree to help finance these economic improvements. They want tractors, not tanks, and locomotives instead of fighting planes, so their countries can produce enough and make enough money to pay for their defense programs.

No Great Urgency THEY also figure there's plenty of time to get ready—that there's no longer any great urgency. Things were tough internationally when the conference was called three months ago, but today they seem to be getting better. The delegates read the newspapers and learn that the Korean War is going well and Russia seems to be speaking more softly. And they don't see anybody in Washington doing without any necessities because of the war. Most of all, however, they are affected by what the Yankees are talking about—and nowadays it isn't war. It's the Kefauver crime hearings and the RFC mess. Edward G. Miller Jr., assistant secretary of state for InterAmerican Affairs, put it succinctly the other day. “How.” he asked, pete with Frank Costello?” The delegates listen respectfully to President Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson declaim about the Red peril, but they can't help noticing that the U, 8. has other things on its mind. So, since they have personal troubles. too. they arent too impressed.

What Others Say

TOO many parents don’ y have sufficient interest in the complete welfare of their children. They don’t have the ability or the ambition to rear their children properly. —William G. Kiefer, superintendent, Louisville, Ky., crime prevention bureau.

UNLESS we can be sure that rearmament is taking place (in Western Europe), should we not ask ourselves if any of the money being used to strengthen Europe could be employed more effectively in increasthg our own strength. —Gen. Lucius Clay, former military governor of Western Germany.

IT (movie stardom) is like a wild streetcar ride. You manage to get on and then you haye to fight like hell to hang onto your seat, because all the time the streetcar’s picking up younger passengers. These kids keep shoving . ... and pretty soon they push an old-timer right off. —Kirk Douglas.

WE may suffer reverses as we have suffered them before, but the forces of the United Nations have no intention of abandoning their mission in Korea. ~—President Truman.

IF 1 LOST YOU

IF I lost you I would be . . without the moon . . . and like ‘a summertime without . . . its rosebud, month of June ... I'd be so terribly alone . .. that life would cease “to. be . . . because my sweetheart you have been ... so much a part of me . . . if you were gone I'd never see . .. the sun up in the sky ... for you are my whole world it seems . . . my reason and my why . . . for when two people share a love ... that mever will grow old ... it seems as though the world itself . .. is theirs to have and hold ++. and that is why if I lost you . . . life would be hard to face . . . for I know deep no one could take your

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place. —By Ben Burroughs

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WASHINGTON, Apr. 3—S8it up and read this

housewives.

And then, If you're disposed to argue, take it up with the Agriculture Department. That agency basis you hav

nounced that on a per capita money left over after you

By Frederick C. Othman

11 Million Dozen Oyster Forks, Apple Butter and Tee Hee

WASHINGTON, Apr. 3—The time has come to consider the Navy's 11 million~dozen oyster forks, the Army's mighty mountain of apple butter, and the $7000 per year federal official who says, “Tee-hee-hee, I forgot.” The gentlemen of the House Appropriations brought up a few other things, too, when the bureaucrats applied for some extra hundred millions to help fight the war, but-we’ll get a start on these: “I remember a publication that was sent to members (of Congress) advertising what was for sale after the war came to an end,” began Rep. Michael J. Kirwan (D. 0.) “The Navy, I think, had 11 million dozen oyster. forks, “Now, if they ever served oysters to anybody in the Navy, he never would get a fork with them. He would have to use his spoon. Nevertheless, they had 11 million dozen oyster forks for sale. Is anybody down there trying to see that every salesman in America is not going to sell a bigger bundle of goods in this war than he did in the last?

W. ‘H. Harrison, boss of the Defense Production Administration, wasn't expecting that

one. He thought it over and he said of course °

his outfit would not allow any foolish waste of our money. So he listed each of the essential places in which he needed money in large chunks and eventually he came to the item of travel expenses. Chairman Clarence Cannon (D. Mo.) was amazed.

>“The-amount-you request would provide ap-

" proximately $1200 for each employee,” he ex-

claimed, “When you put it that way, it seems absurd. sir,” replied Mr. Harrison. “It does look a little odd,” replied the chairman. Mr. Harrison promised to investigate that one, but he sighed in relief a moment too soon. | Rep. John Taber (R. N. Y.); who personally rides in day coaches because he thinks sleeping cars are extravagant, was doing a little figuring on the back of an old envelope. He calculated that with 142 people on the job and an annual payroll of $993,000, Mr. Harrison's helpers were earning exactly $7000 each. Wasn't that a little high? Mr. Harrison turned the answer to that one over to his assistant, H. G. Wilde, who replied brightly that well, the people in his office were of very high type. “I ‘would hope so, but what bothers me is a little experience,” Rep. Taber said. “I do not understand, Sir,” sald Mr. Wilde. “I called up a certain agency about a matter and was told they would call back and they did

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not,” Rep. Taber said. “I finally got the same office back, and the answer was, ‘tee-hee-hee, I forgot all about it.’ ” ‘

Apple Butter

MR. WILDE said he had ev ery hope his high-

calibre employees never would go tee-hee-hee to-

the gentleman from New York. And that brings us to questioning of B. K. Brown, deputy administrator of the Petroleum Administration for defense, who was trying to explain how he intended to distribut2 oil to the Army. The trouble, said Rep. Jamie L. Whitten (D. Miss.), is that too many ignorant people get into this supply job. “In the last war,” he said, “thére was a purchasing officer in the Army who wanted to buy a tremendous amount of apple butter. He had issued the order and the industry people wanted to know why he bought so much, He said, ‘Well, there are so many men in the Army, there is so much for each man, and that equals so much.’ That was more apple butter than we used in the entire country for the last five years.” It's a rugged life, eh, taxpayers?

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MR. EDITOR: I recently returned from another city and was able to watch television from a different channel other than WFBM-TV. The difference in the quality of the local programs was so great that it was almost startling. First of all, WFBM-TV, why don’t you wake up to the fact that television is here for the purpose of entertaining up to the intelligence level of the public and not down to it. In a city the size of Indianapolis there are quite a few talented entertainers who are only waiting for. their big opportunity to appear on your station and give the public the entertainment for which they originally purchased their sets. ¢* © NOW that the novelty of our new set has worn off, ny family and I find ourselves gradually returning to our radio for that entertainment which our television set is failing to provide. It is regretful enough that WFBM is unable to acquire many of the better programs that are being carried over a large number of the CBS channels throughout the nation, but is it necessary to stitute these New York pro-

grams with the second-rate programs appearing locally?

Our only solution to this problem will be found in the establishment of at least one

other television channel in Indianapolis; one

that will give WFBM the competition it needs to -keep it on its toes. The sooner this hap-

. By Peter Edson

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HOOSIER FORUM—'TV Programs’

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

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pay your groce ills

Now take it easy. | The department doesn’t say food costs

It duly notes that fact. But it says that per capita spendable income (what you have left after taxes) has risen so much that actual food expenditures take a smaller percentage | than in any of the last three years, Now if you're not in this situation, you'd better check with the family breadwinner and see why you've failed to keep up with the parade.

The Agriculture Department's statisticians -

figure that only 26 per cent of disposable personal income went for food in 1950 as compared with 27 per cent in 1949-48 and 28 per cent in 1947. And during the last three months of 1850, spendable income went up enough-so that actual food expenditures took only 25 per cent. On the dollars actually spent for food, the department figures that in the last half of 1950 actual expenditures for food were running at a rate of about $350 per person per year. That is an increase of only 3.5 per cent above the average per capfta food expenditures of $338 in 1949. Spendable personal income on a per capita basis during the same period increased 8.6 per cent, from $1249 in 1949 to $1357 in the last half of 1950.

Not Far Out of Line?

THE $350 per person per year at which food expenditures were running at the latest. measurement just about equals the all-time high of $351 recorded in 1948 when food prices were about as high as now. . The agriculture statisticians also came up with another figure which seems to show to-

"day's costs not too far out of line

Back in 1935-39, when disposable personal income was $510 per person per year, food expenditures took 23 per cent of the spendable dollars—not too much less than 1950's 26 per cent. - And people : are eating a lot more of all kinds of food now too.: The department figures that. if people today were eating only the same quantities and kinds of food they were eating pre-World War II, only 18 per cent of present disposable income would be going for food. For the farmers, the department says they now are getting about 51 cents of every dollar you spend for food.

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

SACRAMENTO, Cal.—A local couple, having listed their home with a real estate agent saw an ad describing just the house they wanted. But no sale! “Let's sell the rat-trap right away,” Said this chap to hig spouse. “Let's list the doggone thing today, And buy a modern house.”

Some time has passed; and now—at last! A home which each adores. But they were disillusioned fast— The agent said, “That's yours!”

pens the better it will be for those who own sets and for those who find themselves with a surplus of sets still unsold. —Disgusted Television Owner, City.

‘Trash Problems’ MR. EDITOR:

The Times published a pircure of Shadeland Ave. showing trash dumped along the road ‘Mar. 28). It would have been better to print ne more sentence in your caption and say where one can dump trash. Also -how about getting after our garbage collectors to do their job more thoroughly. I'll admit the alleys are pretty muddy these days, but there is a limit to what a householder wishes to leave in one's backyard. Four weeks is a long time. You'd do a better job to offer constructive criticism. —Mrs. L. H. Hammond, City

‘Close Banks Monday’ MR. EDITOR.

Regarding closing the banks on Saturday: Why don't they consider Monday which would help lot of people like myself who can only go. 8aturday? I for one, do not have time to go to the bank during my lunch period. It seems selfish to want to take away the only time so many people need to go to the bank. If I worked in a bank, I would be giad to have Monday off. I try to do unto others like I want to be done by. —Miss Bertha Morse, City.

1 Wilson Learns Power of GE Flash Bulb

ences, answers to reporters’ focused on him blinded him. He asked that the microphones be removed and the lights be turned off. “I feel like I'm before the Kefauver Crime Committee,” he complained. “Oh! Don't mind those things!” cracked a reporter in the rear of the room. “They're only the result of research in electronics and lighting by General Electric.”

FORMER Atomic Energy Commission Chairman David E. Lilienthal: was asked to comment oni Argentine President Juan D. Peron’s announcement that his scientists had found a new and better way to release nuclear energy. : “Do. you' think there's the slightest chance they have done that?” queried a reporter. Said Lilienthal: “Less than that.” $ . =n * MATS — the. Military Air Transport BService—has just had what looked like its first: sabotage scare. Gen.’ Bragiey was in Phila-

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questions.

WASHINGTON, Apr. 3—Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson faced a whole battery of microphones, floodlights, spotlights and flash bulbs set up by radiogand television correspondents, —still-and-newsreel cameramen attending one of his press conferMr. Wilson objected. He. didn't want to broadcast his And all the lighting effects

delphia for a speech. MATS sent -one of its special transport planes from Bolling Field, Washington, to pick the general up. At Philadelphia International Airport, the plane's pilot discovered a broken rudder cable just before takeoff. It looked as if it had been tampered with. But after a thorough investigation, Bolling Field of-

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was just a worn cable, with no evidence of sabotage. In spite of this finding, rigid security regulations have now been clamped on all special mission planes operating out of Bolling.

Defense Mobilization organization in Washington is now said to be complete except for one man-—a director of scientific research: to head Mobilization Director C. E. Wilson's staff. It's proving difficult to find the right man for this important job, and to persuade 28) competent scientist to legve private industry for go ent service,

— “NE ema

The new man-—whoever he turns out to be—will head a

small staff, separate from the , Department of Defense Re-

search and Development Board under Dr, and” also separate from the

. new National Science Founda-

tion, under Dr. Alan T. Waterman. Dr. Vannevar Bush, president of Carnegie Institute, had this job during the last war but. doesn’t feel he can serve again this time. Incidentally. Dr. Bush will soon emerge as a movie actor, starring in a dramatization of his recent book, "Modern Arms and Free

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Yon. RECENT letters from a few soldiers and their parents, com-’ plaining about conditions in Korea, have reminded Defense Secretary George Marshall of the much bigger flood of such mail in the early 1940's.

There was one letter in particular sent over to the Chief of Staff's office by Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia. It was a letter from a Virginia mother, complaining that the food given her son by the Army was terrible. This was at a time

_ When the armed services were

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civilian population, though General Marshall admitted that what they might have done to it: in preparation was something else again. ~Anyway,he-ordered “an in: vestigation. It developed that this particular soldier had gained 22 pounds in three weeks, eating Army chow. Gen.’ Marshall sent this report back to 8en. Byrd. The Senator never answered the letter. But after the war, Gen. Marshall was invited down to Sen. Byrd's Berryville,

, Va, farm. They had a wonder

ful big meal, with lots of

_..Southern hospitality and charm

Gen. Marshall waited till after the meal was over. Then he told the story

about the underfed Virginia soldier and asked Sen. Byrd why he had never answered that letter.

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