Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1951 — Page 2

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Muncie, Anderson Elections Ce

Campaign Featured By Reform Pledges

By NOBLE REED Many ‘issues in the hottest municipal election in. Indiana this year will be closely linked with gambling, vice and charges of police corruption. Two cities where these issues have reached top bililng ahead of others are Muncie and Anderson, where vice problems and politicking are inseparable most of the time. Repliblicans in Muncie are planning to build their whole campaign strategy around city “corruption” through gambling

‘Democrats who are in power |

there how have split wide open in the primary contest between Mayor Lester E. Holloway and City Judge Hario Pieroni ® = = MAYOR HOLLOWAY was elected four vears ago on a “reform’’ program and is being

backed by regular Democratic |

organization leaders associated with County Chairman William C. Connolly, who is city controller.

Other ‘organization are rallying around Pieroni, blind lawyer who goes to and from court every day

with a seeing-eye dog. Judge |

Pleroni is opposing Mayor Holloway in an ‘“anti-vice” platform.

Other Muncie Democrats run-

ning for the mayoralty nomi- | nation are William R. Bram- |

mer, furniture dealer; Floyd F.

Hardin, operator of a small restaurant; Charles L. Wood, a barber and Howard O.

Phelps, unknown among party workers. g ” ” os MOST OF the Republican organization in Muncie is rallving support behind Joseph R. Barclay, a manufacturer and member of the City Council. Other contenders who are expected to give Mr. Barclay a hot contest include Court Rollins, personnel official at the Warner Gear Works; George R. McKeighten, also an official of the Warner firm, and Rex F. Gelly, a watchmaker. Muncie GOP Chairman Sidney McClellan said the big Republican campaign issue will be “clean up the corruption.” “It's no use to ignore the gambling and vice issue here. he said. “It's widely known and we're going to bat on it before the voters on a clean-up campaign. We'll also offer a busi-ness-like administration to replace political influence.” Republicans were in power - from 1942 to 1947 when the late John C. Hampton was mayor. They were defeated by Mavor Holloway in 1947 on the latter's widely publicized “reform” movement. ~ = es IN ANDERSON, most of the politicians have dogged the gambling and vice issues publicly so far, but admit they'll be pulled into corruption charges before it's over. The only mayoralty candi-

leaders | Judge |

date in Anderson to come out on a gambling and vice cleanup drive to date is former Fifth

| District Congressman John R. {| Walsh, who was portrayed in

Life Magazine two years ago as a typical congressman, He was defeated for re-election. Mr. Walsh is opposing Mavor Lester McDonald. incumbent for the Democratic mayoraity nomination. = = = THE FORMER congressman said he did not intend to raise any specific issues against. the present Democratic mayor. “But I'm going to campaign strict law enforcement against gambling and the underworld.” he said. “T'll fight gambling all

! the way through.”

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Mr. Walsh said he also would direct some of his campaign against “liquor in politics.” “There's been too much politics in the administration of the liquor industry,” he said. Most of the “heat” on Mayor McDonald right now is Republi-

political appointments on the city school board.

5 = 2 NOLAND WRIGHT, chief clerk of the Indiana House of Representatives, is regarded as having top support for the GOP mayoraity nomination among regular organizatien leaders. Others in the GOP mayoralty race are Robert Eggman, insurance and real estate dealer: John Garrett Jr, son of a former city controller and GOP

leader; Wilbur Rhoton, retired General Motors qfficial, and Jesse Shelton, Delco Remy

Corp. employee. Most Republicans so far have

ignored the gambling and law |! Hotel St. never been occupied by a presi-

enforcement issues on the ground that “it’s all been pretty well cleaned up here.”

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Ticker Tape and Cheers—

Three Cities Ready Lavish

Receptions for MacArthur

Civic Officials Shuffle Schedules As General Keeps Plans in Fluid State

By United Press

Civic

officials of San Francisco hoped today there would be no more changes in Gen

Washington and New York

MacArthur's schedule to upset plans for all-out homecoming cele-

brations.

Gen. MacArthur's timetable called for him to set foot on the American mainland for the first time in 14 vears at San Francisco's

The first of three big parades will be staged on San Francisco's

| International Airport sometime after dusk Tuesday.

Arthur's party, which includes

Market St., Wednesday. Then the Dis son, his wife, and his aides-

General and his entourage will take off in his private plane, rechristened the ‘‘Bataan,” Washington where he probably

de-camp

Painters, maids and janitors

for spent three days tidying up the

five-room suite. so Gen. Mac-

will address a joint meeting of Arthur can relax in comfort and Congress at 11:30 a. m., Indian- Prepare for the big days ahead.

|apolis time, Thursday. can protestagainst the Mayor's |

New York prepared for oae of

(its greatest ticker tape parades

next Friday. The General advised Mayor Vincent Impellitteri he would arrive in ‘New York City too late Thursday for public ceremonies but said he would be available Friday. Gen. MacArthur wired San Francisco Mayor Elmer E. Robinson that he would not arrive until after sundown Tuesday. The

lateness of the General's arrival House

will prevent a public ceremony, but Mayor Robinson predicted hundreds of thousands of San Franciscans would line the bayshore freeway between the airport and downtown. The presidential Francis,

suite at the which has

Almost all business will come to a standstill in San Francisco Wednesday when Gen. MacArthur will ride along Market St, At 3:30 a m. Thursday, Gen. MacArthur and his party will leave San Francisco for Washington, where the General wili give his views on the Far Eastern situation to a joint meeting of

Congress. Homecoming plans in the Capital Iincludea a parade down

Pennsylvania Ave. The White gave the celebration its blessing. but it still was not

known if President Truman would greet the General on his arrival However, observers pointed out that President Truman did not greet Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on his triumphal return from Europe, giving the General an opportunity to take his bows

dent, was reserved for Gen. Mac- alone,

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