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Murder by Appeasement

ITH official Washington undergoing another attack of jitters, induced by House Speaker Rayburn's warning that another big war may be at hand, Gen. MacArthur has again called attention to the almost forgotten war in Korea. Americans’ are fighting .and dying there for no real purpose, he said. In an interview with the London Daily Telegraph's correspondent, the General asserted that his forces could easily defeat the Chinese Reds if the Uinted Nations would “take the wraps off” his command. He said a sea blockade of the Chinese homeland and bombing raids on its railways would quickly reduce Communist China to impotence. But, because of political restrictions on his operations, he cannot attack the enemy in the places where it is building up its forces for a “haymaker” against him. For the first time in his long career, Gen. MacArthur finds himsélf in a war “without a definite objective.” = a = = = 2 “THE SITUATION would be ludicrous if men's lives were not involved,” he added. . While Gen. MacArthur's hands are tied, American ‘casualties totaled 6000 or more each month—"without a re objective.” The General has been in a political straitjacket ever since Prime Minister Attlee visited Wasihngton to urge . President Truman to curb Gen. MacArthur's operations. Mr. Attlet presumably was persuaded to do this by the leftwing element in the British Socialist Party, and as a friendly gesture to the Chinese Communists with whom the British are doing business at Hong Kong. But the restrictions placed on the United Nations forces are as offensive to the British troops under Gen. MacArthur's command as they are to his own Americans. It is not sa easy to understand why Mr. Truman walked into such a trap—or why he doesn't'break out of it, now that he shduld be able to see the predicament he is in. In a half-hearted attempt to pass the buck back to Gen. MacArthyr, *informed military sources” in Washington

Friday, Apr. 6, 1951

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

Kefauver Probe Points to 1952 TT

WASHINGTON, Apr. 6—When Indiana Republicans returned to Congress after the Easter recess, they agreed that the home folks talked more about the Kefauver TVcrime show than any other subject in or out of the political field. So far they haven't thought through the pos-

_ sible effects of this’

impact on the party's political: fortunes in 1952. It has been taken for granted that the Democrats, after two decades of power, have grown fat, flatulent and in many cases corrupt, so all the GOP needs to do is take over the federal government as a sort of receiver in bankruptcy. When they got one foot in the door, by taking over the

Sen. Estes Kefauver 80th Congress, Rep. ... stole the show Clarence J, Brown (R. 0.) announced

that they would ‘start with a prayer and end with a probe,” « Despite Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Republican, Rensselaer, being the majority leader of that Congress: and still proud of it, ‘the only thing they probed was prewar stuff like Pearl Harbor. The prayer was from Gov. Thomas E., Dewey, their presidential candidate, whose orisons were directed at forgetting the congresisonal record. President Truman took the stump, made that record the issue and won.

All Are Democrats NOW-TT-IS the nominally Democratic 82d Congress which is doing the probing. It has pienty of Republican help, of course, but the big name shows are all built around the committee They all are Democrats. Youngish Chairman Estes Kefauver, who is as much Tennessee Democrat as Andrew Jackson, stole the TV show as chairman of the Senate Crime Committee, even against such a righteous Republican as the venerable Sen. Charles W. Tobey of New Hampshire. After the latter would blow his top in redfaced wrath, Mr. Kefauver would gavel for order and drawl the business back on the beam. He was such a hit that he reportedly has been offered $2000 a week for a two-minute-a-day appearance.

Pogo Sticks Etc.

BUT although he has been posing for what the late Al Smith called “baloney pictures” {with a pogo stick, bicycles, et al) and has done a well paid piece for this week's Saturday Evening Post, the Senator is writing his committee report and expects th return to the serious business for which his home folks chose him over bass Fa Crummy candidate of Memphis’ famous

chairmen.

boss, Ed Crump.

have explained that the General has “full authority” to hit here is no doubt of his being a national

Red bases in Manchuria in the event of a big air attack on his forces in Korea. \

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THAT MEANS, if the Reds hit him with everything they have, he can strike back at them afterward—if he has anything left. Russia has given Red China 3000 planes, according to British intelligence experts. If so, the Reds can mount a real blitz attack. Presumably, the American troops who would Be killed by such an attack are considered expendable by our authorities. Their relatives and friends at home can hardly be expected to accept this “wait to be hit” strategy with the same complacency. . < This idiocy has gone far enough. If we aren't fighting to win, our forces should be pulled out of Korea before more lives are lost. Withdrawal from Korea might mean eventual loss of all Asia to the Communists. But what chance is there to save Asia wifh Britain's Attlee and India’s Nehru making our strategy?

Fair Representation

N THE present Congress, one member of the House represents an Ohio district containing more than 200,000 people. Another represents a South Dakota district with fewer than 150,000 residents. In six states, the difference between the populations of the largest and smallest Congressional Districts is more than 400,000; in six others, more than 300,000; in 12 others, more than 200,000. Many statés have districts “gerrymandered” into outlandish ghapes to block out groups of voters for the political benefit of one or another party.

Some states, instead of creating new districts as their populations increase, elect Representatives “at large.” All this means that representation in Congress is on a grossly unfair basis—that individual citizens in many heavily populated districts have only a small fraction. as much weight in the House as individuals in other districts with small populations. a? The states, themselves, should correct this situation by honest, equitable redistricting. But many states—or, at least, their ruling politicians—are reluctant, if not downright unwilling, to do that.

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SO CONGRESS should do all it can to force correction. To that end, Rep. Emanuel] Celler (D. N. Y.) has introduced a bill which has President Truman's strong approval and on which House hearings are now being held. The bill proposes: ONE: To stop “at large" elections by requiring each state to establish a Congressional District for each Representative to which the state is entitled by its total population as counted in the 1950 céhsus. TWO: To stop “gerrymandering” by requiring that each district’ be composed of “contiguous and compact”, territory. THREE: To insure that each House member shall represent nearly as possible the same number of people by requiring that no district in any state shall have a population mare than 15 per cent larger or smaller than the average for all districts in that state.” Any Representative elected from a district not conforming to these requirements would be barred from a seat’ in the House. 5 Swi : This is a drastic remedy, but there's little hope that the evils for which it is prescribed can be cured by any milder treatment. Surely it would not be an unwarranted invasion of state's rights, for no state should have the right to deny great numbers of its, people fair representation in Congress. The Celler Bill should be enacted. $ . w ( -

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figure. There is plenty of talk of putting the now famous “crime-buster” on the 1952 ticket. Most of. this is for second places, with Gen. Fisenhower, President Truman or Sen. Paul Douglas, that Oxford scholar of Illinois, taking the top spot. That Oxford scholar from Arkansas, Sen. J. William Fulbright, is another young Democrat who has won nationwide laurels through his investigation of the Reconstruction Finance Corp.

Outstanding Job SEN. HOMER E, CAPEHART (R. Ind.) did an outstanding job as a member of this investigating subcommittee, but Sen, Fulbright got his name on the goods—including the mink coats and friendly loans for high-priced homes which left the White House still trying to push Donald Dawson out the door and up to. The Hill to testify. The most succinct summary of all this was in John IL. Lewis’ “Mine Workers Journal.” There appeared this headline: “Little Mink, Makes Big Stink.” Rep. Ralph Harvey, New Castle Republican, listed six House and Senate committees all doing outstanding jobs investigating the following: Crime, corruption, influence, mobilization tax frauds and Communists. ? He, of course, @idn’t mention that all are ~hairmaned by Democrats. That the latter will do so is about the most sure thing in Wasgington come 1852.

PRICE CONTROL... . By Earl Richert

Farm Bloc Gets Ready ty Change

WASHINGTON, Apr. 6—It looks as if Congress will give the “deep freeze” treatment to the administration's coming proposals for tighter control of food prices and rents.

Farm bloc legislators are ready to block any change in the parity provision of the present law—a provision which permits

To Stop Pari

TAXPAYERS AND TRUCKS .

“Will Miracles Never Cease?

? Yr . TT LACRURTTL,

. . By Frederick C. Othman

Sam’s Right Hand Never Knows What His Left Hand Is Doing

WASHINGTON, Apr. 6—Morris Green is a” nice little guy with an over-sized cigar. He made himself $85,000 selling us—the tax-payers —some of our own trucks. Nothing illegal about this, you understand. Only Morris had to pay off so many’ fast talkers along the line and defend himself in So. many lawsuits that. he's not sure yet whether the profits were worth the trouble. . His brother Julius made another $85,000 on the same trucks,

Sn did his brother Seymour, while one Edward Udelson

profited by $170,000, Odd thing was that all the helpers, finders, attorneys and inspec tors, including one who got $500 for \ overlooking some dents in the fenders, made more money than all the Green brothers together. As for us tax-payers, we were took. We bought this particular lot of 1000 heavy trucks at around $5000 each for the Army, which used ‘em a while in the Philippines. hen the Army made a gift of same, badly banged up, to tHe Philippine government. The Filipinos, who couldn't even make trucks run, sold ’'em to the brothers at less than $250 each. Freight charges and overhauling came to better than $1000 per copy and Morris said he guessed maybe he had $1500 invested in each.one. * He slipped $15,000 each to a couple of Los Angeles auto dealers for tipping him off to the fact that the trucks were parked in a Philippide jungle. He had to give the widow of zomehody elze $£42000 for helping brother Seymour. He handed another helper $20.000 and "said, in fact, that he had to pay off =o many people that he got them mixed up in his own mind.

SIDE GLANCES

But there he was with 1000 freshly painted heavy trucks at long Beach, Cal, in 1948 and no chance of selling them here because the Commerce Department said they could be exported only. So Morris handed some Cleveland attorneys, who had pals in Washington, $98,000 to persuade the government to change its mind. They earned their money. The Commerce Department ruled that such secondhand trucks now ‘could be sold here at home. So, fine, All Morris needed was a customer. He got a phone call from one Morris Schnitzler of Portland, Ore. wondering if he had any trucks for sale? Did he! Boy! So Mr. Schnitzler brought his customer— who turned out to be the Atomic Energy Commission—down to look at 'em. Upshot was that the government bought 358 of its own trucks. It paid $3000 each for White sixwheelers and $3400 for Diamond-T dumps. Morris Green, being a good and honest busi-

nessman, paid Morris Schnitzier $127,000 (stil

our money in a-way, taxpayers) for bringing him in such a fine customer as the Atomic Energy Commission.

Let Dents Get By

THERE is no villain in this piece, except the government itself, whose right hand never seems to know what its left is doing. Why the Atomic Energy Commission couldn't have asked the Army directly for trucks, instead of paying the profits of all the middlemen, is something that the subcommittee of Rep. Herbert C. Bonner (D. N. C.) hopes soon to discover. Even so, said Morris, he gave the government a bargain on its own trucks. The Weyerhauser Timber Co. had to pay him $5500 each for 50 of the same machines. . “Of course,” said Morris, “this outfit wanted these jobs to be perfect and it sent down Mike Moore to inspect them. He passed a few little dents in the fenders and we gave him $500.” Poor Mike, I'm afraid he has some explaining to do. Some other people I'd like to hear do a little explaining, too. I don't mind buying trucks, but: I hate to pay for ‘em twice.

By Galbraith

Hill.

Hoosier Forum “| do not agree with a word that you say,

but | will defend to the death your rig to say it."—Voltaire. 2

. in '52.

‘Draft and Taxes’ Nae ar

MR. EDITOR: I have beén a subscriber to your paper for 22 years, ever since I have been married and had a home. Now for the first time I'd like to write a few lines to be printed in the Hoosier. Forum. , 1 work and every day, every place I go where people work, I hear them discussing the shape our government is getting our country in. They say the people are the government of this country but we are beginning to doubt this. People who work for a living are not responsible for all this graft and corruption you read about and even see on television, We are not responsible for all the mistakes our military men are making that are causing the deaths of our finest young men in battle. We are tired of their excuses. o Bb % BUT THIS is the last straw as far as I am concerned and plenty of other mothers in my financial standing. Our college students will not be drafted. Why, I ask you, should they be exempt? Because they were more fortunate in the very beginning to afford a college education? Or because most of them are sons of our bigwigs in this free country. Is it any different for the more fortunate to fight and die than my son? "1d like to hear what other mether’'s in my position think. I'll be waiting to.see this printed. Let's see if the people are this government. If 80, let's do something about setting this country straight again. Also taxes. It's too bad we don't have an~ other ship load of tea to dump. I'd like to see our good old democracy back. A government for the people, by the people and of the people. Let's get rid of some of the crooked politics. —Mrs. Harry Stanshery, City.

‘Local TV Shows’

MR. EDITOR: Read with interest tonight in your Forum (Times, Apr. 3) an article on the terrible TY programs we get here and signed by a disgusted TV owner. I wish to say here in Indianapolis you have plenty of disgusted people. In fact I have heard numerous people say that until they have shows fit to watch, they wouldn't buy a set. y A We came here from Columbus, O., just a yer ago and had three channels there. From the day we were on the cable we had all the good Hve shows and wonderful programs. You can imagine how we felt coming here. « © 2 WE HAD hopes that whep we were connected through Dayton to the cable we, too, would at least get our Share of good shows. But you know what we get. Local amateur night every night in the week with local corn. I for one put too much money in a TV set to be satisfied with such stuff. Indianapolis is the laugh of all the larger cities around, it's so far behind times. Of course we know that in order to get good shows WFBM would have to pay a tidy sum and anything i8 good enough for us here. That's why we get what they feel like showing us and we have to like it. Wake up. Hoosiers, and demand a better show or visit your neighboring cities and see what you're missing. —Disgusted, City. MR. EDITOR: We disagree with “Disgusted TV Owner” about WFBM-TV programs, We think they are to be congratulated for the fine programs they carry and for the clean local talent they are adding from time to time. We've had our set a vear and we think WFBM schedules the best. —Mr. and Mrs. Floyd White, Hemlock.

‘Truman and Worms’ MR. EDITOR: I hate to see newsprint wasted. Your ‘editorial (Times, Apr. 2) “Mr. Truman's Secret,” dealt with the possibility of his deciding to run The other day I read a long article about a full grown man studying a worm's tendency to turn. . While these two themes are totally unrelated théy are a dead waste of space. After all, what's the difference? —Honey Giggins, City.

THE SKY AND I

THE sky holds many wonders . . . about which we all should know... for there above the heaven dwells , . . the raindrops: and the snow . the planets and the other worlds . . . are living there as well , . . and some day we may visit them . . . yes who can say or tell , , . the brilliant stars that fleece the blue , . . the moon that shines above . . , are but a few of all the wonders . . . that we see and love « « the sun that breaks through silver clouds «+ + to light the world all day . . . is the spotlight for we folks... . at work or hard at play . +. but as for me I must confess , , , ‘although you're not aware . . . my eyes see still some other things ... dream castles in the air. —By Ben Burroughs.

SHOCKING . .. By Andrew Tully Washington Without Hooch?—Oh, Gad

WASHINGTON, Apr. 6—It came a little late this year, but the curse of drink—Washington style—has been exposed again. Like the snuff boxes of senatorial desks, the annual, official denunciation of cocktail parties has become a tradition on Capitol It's probably not true that our legislators draw lots for the

prices of many food items to bloc has a notable record for getting its way. The prospect seems no better for getting tighter rent controls—the power to recontrol in areas where ceilings have been lifted and to place ceilings on houses built since 1947 and on commercial establishments, “If the House wouldn't even permit the Defense Housiag Bill to be considered. I can't see: how we can get any tighter rent control,” said a leading Democrat. ” » “THE FEELING {fl Congress is bad,” said Rep. Wright Patman (D. Tex.), a member of the Joint Committee on Defense Production. “I don’t think they will kill the price control law, but they probably will cripple it like they did before (in 1946). The pride and wage control sections & the Defense Productign Att expire June 30. Sen. Burnet Maybank (D. 8.C.), chairman of the Joint Committee on Defense Production, has announced his group will not even consider any proposed change in the price control law relating to farm prices. “Anything along that line must be cleared by the Agriculture - Committees of both Houses,” he said.

” 1d ” THAT SOUNDS the death knell for any change in the parity provision. Chairman Harold Cooley (D. N. C.) of the House Agriculture Committee sald any tampering with the parity formula and {ts operation was “unthinkable.” ' i. . Kocrit nd who proposes the

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continue to rise. And the farm

freezing of parity as of a certain date obviously doesn’t understand the philosophy and object of parity,” he said. “Parity moves up only when the prices paid by farmers for their necessities go up.” Defense Mobilizer Charles Wilson has submitted a proposal to the White House that farm parity prices be frozen as ‘of their Jan. 15 levels. Such action would let farmers get prices equal to what -the law said was parity on Jan. 15. But it would keep parity itself from moving up, and thus legally entitling farmers to still higher prices. ” n on ~ MANY other proposals will be submitted to Congress in the omnibus message which will carry the parity and rent control requests. Some of these likely will receive favorable treatment, such as giving the Federal Reserve Board authority to require greater bank reserves and the use of subsidies for marginal producers of scarce metals. There will be several proposals for clarification of language in the present law. © The Wilson proposal, it is understood, calls for a two-year extension of the Defense Production Law, : : n » »n WHILE the administration is seeking to tighten the law, various groups are expected to be at work to loosen it. The dairy industry likely will try to change the law so Price Administrator Michael DiSalle would have no power to keep Agriculture Secretary Charles

Brannan from setting govern-

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ment price floors on dairy products at above 100 per cent of parity. : And the cotton and ilvestock groups probably will fight for specific exemption from price

ceilings on their products, “I don’t think Congress will kill the price control law,” said Rep, Jesse Wolcott (R. Mich.). “But it's almost certain to make a lot of changes.”

What Others Say

IF you own a swamp in the South and are lucky enough to get the Corps of Engineers to drain-it for you, you can sell it at any price you can get— the people of the U. 8. pay the bill. — Rep. Adolph .J,

Sabath (D, IlL.), on the Army

Engineers’ lobby in Washington. . ‘

WHEN stakes are high enough and chances of success look good enough, I suppose reckless Jeaders may again plunge their people into war, just'as men still resort to murder, notwithstanding the law's penalty.—TU. 8, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson. a a

, cocktail party,

privilege, but there seems to be an unwritten agreement that be-

fore adjournment somebody

must make at least one ringevils - of

ing attack on the booze, This year's discovery of the ¢apital cocktail party was made by Sen. Robert 8. Kerr (D. Okla.) Sen. Kerr, who never touches the stuff himself, says the

has become an evil institution In Washington and should be aholighed. - , .

In ‘a folksy newsletter for

the folks back in Oklahoma, _

the Senator sees capital guzzling as a national danger. “Hard liquor dulls the wits and clouds the vision,” he says, “And official Washington must be at its best when the lives of our men are at stake and the future of the nation hangs in the balance.” Despite Sen. Kerr's exercise in phrasemaking, it's unlikely there'll be any mass cancellation of cocktail parties along the Potomac.

For Px ow everybody's got used t this

annual outcry against mass swigging.

8 = ” LAST YEAR, it was Rep. Clarence Brown (R. 0.) who got mad at cocktail parties. Mr. Brown claimed the State Department was trying to inflienice Congressmen by inviting them to swank revels

" where they were plied with

with costly grog. The year béfore it was Sen. Wayne Morse's turn. The Oregor "Republican deliveged his » R .

oration on opening day when he demanded that Congress set an example of simple living by snubbing all that late afternoon. drinking. Sen. Paul Douglass (D, Ill.) got into the act that year, too, but saying there were 80 many cocktail parties in this town a man never got a chance to get any work done, Sen. Kerr, like those before him, trots out the old standby—the statistics which say the average per capita consumption of hard liquor in the United States is only 1.14 gallons, compared to 4.44 gallons in ‘Washington. But there's more than a sugpicion these figures are misleading. ; ” 86 FOR INSTANCE, liquor dealers and others in official capacity who deal in matters alcoholic insist the reason Washington's consumption fis so high is that we offer the cup to §0 many people from outside.” They point.out that

because of Washington's lower .

prices, most Virginia and Maryland suburbanites do their liquor shopping in the District. And’ in addition, they cite the large numbers of visit ing firemen who come to the capital every year and who not only drink large quanti on the premises but cart it home with them in case lots. This sounds reasonable, but it'll never have any effect on Capitol Hill. For it's almost as safe to denounce the cocktail party as it is to come out

foursquare against sea ser-

pents, and as long as there are Senators and Congressmen, we're sure to get at least one

temperance lecture a year.

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