Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1951 — Page 16

The Indianapolis Times SET FOR THE BIG FIGHT . . . By Charles Lucey

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D 2 . WASHINGTON, Apr. 17—Harry Truman ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W, MANZ Faced ti to the Aramane test of Jon. Douglas

A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER

protesting the MacArthur firing, the polls can say he's a goner, the Republicans can deride his

President Editor Business Manager 4 thurs historic return as a man full of administ on. r influence peddling—but the fight, and ready—whether again a White House man in the White House seems as cocky as aver, PAGE 16 Tuesday, Apr. 17, 195 1 candidate or no—to give the Democratic Party Mr. Truman is prepared to defend his foreign fa determined captaincy from now until 1952, policy to the hilt, He refuses to admit. the ne Cop ate W Maryjand St. Andianspolis Times Publish: 4°" Washington can be buried under tons of mail “Fair Deal” is a dead duck. He is convinced United Press, Seripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance. NEA Serv-

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Among My Souvenirs By Talburt

Doing a Good Job

FF THE Armed Forces are wasting manpower—as the Jim Lucas series in this newspaper pointed out-—they at least are doing a good job in the basic training of our young men. This is gratifying news. And important, because the first few weeks in service are the most crucial phase for a recruit. It is the period that often fixes an individual's attitude for the rest of his life whether military orecivilian. The Senate preparedness subcommittee, headed by Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, reported yesterday on that aspect of our defense program. The committee approached the subject on the theory that since we are in for a long-time mobilization we had better give a thought to the question whether military service will detract from the ultimate usefulness of our young men as civilians.

g ” WE WANT to be sure, in short, that the training of - good soldiers also produces good citizens. After on-the-spot investigations at 16 training camps and centers of all the services, the findings were generally favorable. “There is no evidence of coddling,” says the report. “Neither is there evidence of an unnecessarily Spartan introduction of the recruits to military life.” The Armed Services may be commended for this—and the Senate Committee for informing us about it. It is the ninth report of this able group which keeps a watchful eye over the policies and activities of the Defense Department. Subsequent reports will be received with no less interest.

Can We Meet the Test?

JXDIANAPOLIS has long faced the problem of dog packs running free . . . spreading terror and rabies. In 1949 Indiana was second in the nation in cases of animal rabies « .. Texas had the dishonor of being first. "Ir 1950, Indiana pushed ahead to lead the nation in human deaths caused by rabies. Four people died because all of us were too busy to pay much attention to the problem of dog packs. Now comes the payoff. We have been warned by Sgt. James Payne, head of the Municipal Dog Pound, that if owners and law enforcement officials don't curb these dogs, Indianapolis and Marion County will face an unprecedented outbreak of rabies.

SPIDER and FLY . . . By Frederick C. Othman

U. S. Junk Merchant Confused By Zurich's Big-Time Mystery Men

WASHINGTON, Apr. 17—Zurich, Switzerland, they haven’t been able to prove it. Max did his is a city of mystery men, most of whom wear best to co-operate, but he wasn't much help. whiskers and homburg hats, carry rolled-up Our Army handed its surplus vehicles after umbrellas, and scurry in and out of the town's the war to a German -surplus property setup multitudinous international bank buildings on with a long and fancy name, the initials cf deals much too complicated for the average which add up to STAG. When Max got to Germortal to understand. : many a couple of years ago, he discovered that Most mysterious aside from a few pieces of "equipment here and of Zurich's big - time there most of the machinery was in Dawson's operators is Herr hands. And Dawson was in France. Doktor Paul Hagen- So Max went to the Continental Hotel in bach. He functions Paris, where he met Dawson and his attorney. without a beard. The latter informed Max that he was a member So how was Max of the British Parliament, who'd just returned Rappaport, the Min- from a chat with Josef Stalin in Moscow.

neapolis junk mer- Pretty Impressive Stuff

chant, to know he » : > . THIS WAS impressive to a second hand had closed a $200,000 auto parts dealer from Minnesota and Max

~ “ = n : SO FAR this year the rabies rate among "dogs in the County has skyrocketed to 52 . . . last year we had 19 rases for the same period. The reasons are obvious. The dog pound is understaffed, and under-equipped, violations of the quarantine laws are steadily increasing. Law enforcement and the courts are lax. City officials are lowering entrance standards in the Police Department to recruit more men to fill in a dangerous lag in over-all department strength. The Mayor hopes to gain two or three men for Sgt. Payne by this move. The prospects of having a larger police force are entouraging but the manner in which this is being attempted is of doubtful merit. Lowering entrance standards will bring about an increase in manpower, but will not increase the quality.

ss = >» zs = = deal with the one the 5 . : . : ught he’d completed the deal on the spot. GOOD MEN can still be attracted to the department mas in the orld wio Only Dawson sald why not let's drop over to co . e would,

Zurich and get a decent meal? That sounded good to Max. They did fly to Zurich and they did have a steak chateaubriand,

. » . men who can meet existing physical, mental and age

oa % : give some straight qualifications . . . but it will cost money. Mayor Bayt

answers on who cornered the market on

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hopes to get this money soon from the City Council and State Tax Board. City Council has already approved a plan to raise police pay effective June 1 and it's expected

the State Tax Board will go along.

The city is doing the only thing it. can do to meet this pending rabies threat and to fill in a police manpower lag. He can do it by observing quarantine laws, reporting all violations. Will we meet the problem and solve it this year... will we stumble again, and lead the nation in rabies deaths.

The rest of the job is up to the citizen.

Time's A-Wasting

HE LAW by authority of which the government is trying to bring prices and wages under control is seriously de-

fective in a number of respects.

And the present life on that law's anti-ififlation provi-

sions will expire on June 30.

President Truman intends to ask Congress to re-enact those provisions with changes designed to make them work

better.

The Senate's Democratic leader, Sen. McFarland of

I thought he was just another lawyer.

Arizona, has just expressed his hope that the President will submit his proposals for improvement of the law at the earliest possible moment. The Senator has strong reasons for so hoping.

n EL 1F Mr. Truman proposes changes of the sort required to make the law genuinely effective as a weapon against inflation they will meet stubborn opposition- from various pressure groups. ’ There is every prospect of long committee hearings, and then of extended debate in the Senate and the House, before both branches vote on proposed amendments and findlly on extension of the law itself. Much other important legislation already is awaiting congressional action. And that June 30 deadline date for re-enactment of the anti-inflation provisions is getting uncomfortably near. Speed is essential. Delay by Mr. Truman in telling Congress what he wants done could seriously handicap his administration leaders in the effort he expects of them to strengthen the government's armament for the battle to stop inflation. :

The Wonder of It

MBASSADOR John Foster Dulles was on his way by plane to Tokyo. Gen. MacArthur was flying the other way, to Hawaii. . : Out there, as their planes passed high over the Western Pacific and probably invisible to each other, they tuned in - their radios and conferred at some length. On the Japanese peace treaty. : . Gad, the wonders of science. Sometimes we think the world moving too fast Fe —eecily in opposite

$14 million worth of our Army's trucks and tanks in Germany after the war? “Golly,” said Max. “I went over to Germany to buy some stuff and then they told me to go to Zurich to sign the agreement. And there was this Dr. Hagenbach in a very modest office and Gosh.”

The gentlemen on the House Executive Expenditures Committee weren't blaming Max. He'd done nothing wrong. All he did was try to buy a consignment of surplus truck parts. Upon arrival in Germany he discovered that nearly all this merchandise was under control of a second-string mystery man named George Dawson. > Dawson is a Britisher. He used to do a little surplus dealing here in Washington. He once had on his payroll, in fact, John Maragon, the deep freeze man, when John was a pal of Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan at the White House. John still is free on his appeal of a perjury conviction; Dawson is in Europe in charge of literally acres of trucks and tanks and )eeps parked axle to axle and the Congressmen are trying to discover who wangled what. They aren't having much luck. They don’t even knQw the nationality of Herr Doktor Hagenbach. They think he i8 the brains who controls the money behind Dawson, but

SIDE GLANCES

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—I'd resign right now. if they were paid for!"

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By Galbraith

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as well as cheese fondue. Elegant eating. Then they dropped around to see the Doktor, who drew up the papers transferring $200,000 of U. S. Army truck parts to Max. These he brought home and sold. That's all he knows and if the committee kindly would write his bank in Minneapolis saying that he personally had been engaged in no international skullduggery, his credit would benefit. The Congressmen said they'd do it, gladly. Maybe later they'll catch up with Herr Doktor Hagenbach.

FIVE-AND-TEN GIRLS

WHENEVER 1 need this or that . .. I scan the five-and-ten . . . because it carries a broad stock . . . of things for which I yen . . . not only that but something else . always attracts my eye . . . whenever I go in the store ... for things I have to buy . .. the something else . .. is all the girls . . . who sell the different wares . . . and somg of them are oh so sweet . + . they generate long stares . . . for actually these kids are , . . a most important part . . . of what it takes to bring me to . . . this very husy mart . . . and when it comes to pretty smiles . . . that make my heart feel light . . . they know just how to make a sale... for they are most polite. —By Ben Burroughs

No. 1 STORY . .

the bonus marchers in 1932. “Gen. MacArthur,” roared

he led the Armed Forces of this nation down Pennsylvania Ave. and fought the battle of Anacostia flats against the veterans of World War I, who were here to petition their government for help.” The story of Gen, MacArthur and the bonus marchers is one of a chief of staff following the explicit orders of the President and the Secretary of War. Back in the depression days of 1932, a spontaneous march of veterans on Washington took place. Announced purpose of the marchers was to pres-

billion from the already depleted federal treasury for the payment of bonuses. ~ o #" THESE veterans, whom brought their families, settled in camps on govern-ment-owned ground. Some entered old buildings south of Pennsylvania Ave. that were ~ scheduled to be demolished. ess refused to vote the bonus but authorized the pay-

that, even as in 1948, he can overcome tremendous national antipathy toward him and come out on top. : The President's Jefferson-Jackson banquet speech, negotiable for a half-million dollars payable to the Democratic Party’s national kitty, was a fighting speech and be-damned-to-you challenge to his political enemies. He needled the Republicans for to make political capital of Gen, MacArthur's firing but made it plain he thought the GOP could overplay its hand in extreme partisanship on this matter. That's a point some Republicans have been wondering about, too. 0 Mr. Truman isn’t resigned to playing a mere defensive role in the battle raging over Korean War policy and foreign policy generally. He is attacking the GOP with far more vigor than any of his leaders in Congress, who day after day take a steady fire from the ‘Republicans while scarcely returning a shot. He argues it is no time to be faint-hearted about pushing a war in far away Korea and points out Thomas Jefferson sent the Marines ashore at Tripoli, 5000 miles away, when the nation was young. v G ° 1 IN TWO speeches since the MacArthur controversy reached its climax, Mr Truman has attacked the Communists in ringing condemnations, has pledged continued resistance to communism, but still hasn’t given an answer to the question—where we go now in the Far East ——for which his critics have clamored since the big blowup of last week

Mr. Truman devoted several lines of his Saturday night speech to praise of the bipartisan foreign policy, but the fact is that it scarcely exists any more. GOP bitterness against the administration at this point makes twoparty co-operation, much less advance consultation on the shaping of new moves in overseas affairs, all but out of the question. The President's contention that “foreign policy is truly bipartisan” is ridiculed by Republican leaders, and his statement that “we are going to try to keep it” is high-order optimism. The President's argument that Republicans attacking bipartisanship have no foreign policy agreement of their own carries some weight. The deluge of oratory on foreign policy since the present session of Congress began showed such GOP leaders‘as Tom Dewey of New York,

Hoosier Forum— Threat to

“I do not agree with a word that you say, but Iwill defend to the death your right to say i+."

- EE rrr EER aR NaI ENRON Rar NRO O RRR TR TOURER IRR e NI RER ER TRa Ire Rts aNg, ’

‘We're in Great Danger’

MR. EDITOR: The danger our country is in now is very grave indeed. The mistake Harry Truman has made will cost the lives of our sons and also many hard earned dollars. We have lost such a large number of our boys and I say boys because that is what they are. The discharge of Gen. MacArthur was one of the biggest mistakes Truman has ever made and he has made plenty. A man in power that cdn’'t or won't settle a coal strike, lets little children go cold and hungry can hardly expect to win a war. I think the people have had enough of this funny business going on in

- Washington.“

Go & oO : : IF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT were living he would be ashamed to think such a man took his place. In a speech he made at the beginning of World War II he said, “The American people will not live in slavery. Better death in defense of liberty than live under the totalitarian heel that is today a challenge to every American.” He would not believe in soft speeches and exchange of dollars for peace. I fully believe MacArthur could bring this war to an end if he were given full command to do so. I will never understand why Truman rushed troops to Korea as he did. No other nation did or no other nation has the troops there now as we have. I thought all nations were to share alike in this. Why did Mr. Truman let such a wonderful man go; a man who fights for what he thinks is right and never gives up. Something should. be done about this. Will {t? —R. E. 8. City.

MR. EDITOR: Hitler said. “If I go down communism will take Europe.” F. D. R. said, “We planned it that way, don’t let anybody tell you different.” Wallace said, “The people are too dumb to know what it’s all about. Why tell them?” Harry says, “We'll have a trio. The UN can fiddle. I'll play the piano, and Margaret can sing.” ‘Round and ‘round we go, and the boys die. If Gen. MacArthur was dismissed for insub-

ordination, why were firearms withheld from South Korea? Why was Formosa bottled up? For the same reason Gen, Patton was not allowed to go into Germany. It was promised to Russia and so was China. What right had Truman to send 50,000 to 60,000 boys to die in Korea when he had no intention of fighting communism in the Far East outside of Korea? —F. L., City.

MR.. EDITOR: I am a veteran of World War II. I saw action in the Pacific with other fellows and I am very hurt because the President fired Gen. MacArthur. I think the people should throw Truman out . ..

nd Full Of Fight As Ever

Harold Stassen, Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge and

others at wide variance with ex-President Her- . bert Hoover and Sen. Robert A. Taft. Bitterly, -

Mr. Truman sald: “The long and short of it is that they want

defenses without spending the money; they want us to wage war without an army; they -.

want us to hava. victory without taking any

risks and they want us to try to run the world

and to run it without any friends.” : e 9 4

THE PRESIDENT sees the Republicans as playing “petty politics, right now” with peace and the country’s future, and without mentioning Gen. MacArthur by name says they “seem to think it is more important to election than it is to prevent anothér world war.” > Mr. Truman, as a politician, knows the next few days are tremendously important to him. The first impact of his differences with Gen. MacArthur has been against him Jif the outpouring of letters and telegrams to Washington is even roughly in relation to national feeling. If Gen. MacArthur's appearance before Congress is a triumph for him, then Mr. Truman has a long way to go to overcome the decline in his public standing in recent weeks. Mr. Truman must have been considerably buoyed by the rousing acclaim his fellow. Democrats gave him as_they laid out $100 each in devotion to Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and the party treasury. All the town's big shots who could afford it, and a lot of little ones who probably couldn't, gave a mighty hand to show their boss they knew well that he faced one of the most difficult moments of his White House stewardship. > & 9

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REBEL yells, cheering, stomping, shouting— |

cabinet members, diplomats, Congressmen and bureaucrats who know Gen. MacArthur will have his day this week tried to give their own man a pretty good one Saturday night. The big party shindig, where 5300 persons ate filet mignon in a National Guard Armory almost as big as Rhode Island, showed the Democrats preened and prosperous after 20 years of Washington rule.

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‘In a Dream World’ MR. EDITOR:

I just gotta tell you about a dream I had last night . . . or rather a vision of higher education during the year 2951. Scientific subjects composed the greater part of the curriculum for high schools and universities. The science of crime detection and prevention was most interesting. The teachers and professors who taught this subject were the best in the Police Department and detective division. Students learned all about laws and law enforcement. Best part of this dream was the scientific way to govern this U. 8S. ONE: Reds and all red herrings belonged to Russia and certainly not allowed in the U. 8S. TWO: All big-time outlaws and crooked politiclans were made to face firing squads. Prison was too easy for them, THREE: Presidents were elected to serve one year, at which time they were placed on probation. If proved unsatisfactory by the majority of the people, he would be removed before his term expired. FOUR: Congress and the Senate had the sole power to send troops abroad and only after a nation-wide vote in the affirmative. FIVE: All young men in the armed services whose ages range from 18 to 21 were allowed to vote, in this country or abroad. SIX: No caste system in the Armed Forces was tolerated. College students made just as good cannon fodder as their so-called inferior brothers at the front in any battle. . . Oh, I'm sorry to say, here's where I woke up. —M. Farley, Greenwood.

‘Wake Up America’

MR. EDITOR: . In answer to the letter written by “A Veteran” (Times Apr. 8), I would like to say “amen.” I have also thought much about the situation and all I can see is this: v Our leaders are simply letting us bleed ourselves to death on the Korean battlefield, both physically and economically either by stupidity or intentionally. I for one think’ it ‘is intentional. Every move from our State Department is a step nearer communism. How long, Lord, how long will we, the public, allow these things to go on before we see the final end? They have now taken away our last champion, Gen. MacArthur. c It's the old, old story. Anyone in Joe's way . .. purge. Call it by any name you please, but still it’s purge. I'm no hand at writing but when I look around me and see the wonderful land God has given us and then to see those in power destroying it and us and liberty which, others before us worked so hard and died to give us . . . and we sit by and raise not a hana to defend it, I just must have my say. Please, America, wake up. —M. C., Rushville.

‘MggArthur vs. Eisenhower?’

MR. EDITOR: "According to the headlines, Truman fired MacArthur, Wouldn't . it be wonderful if the Democrats ran Eisenhower for President and the Republicans ran MacArthur?

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—A Veteran, City.

. By Earl Richert

WASHINGTON, Apr. 17—In these days when history is being dredged up -all over the place, the No. 1 anti-MacArthur story used by his critics concerns the general's leading the troops on

Sen. Robert 8. Kerr (D. Okla.)

in the Senate last week, “is just as mistaken now as he was when

ment of railway fares and subsistence for the “genuine” veterans who wished to go home. It also authorized loans to states to care for those veterans in need in their home states. Many took advantage of the free fare home but several thousand stayed. The Communists were not in on the movement at the start. But they got in hurriedly, according to a recanted Communist, Benjamin Gitlow, who wrote about the bonus marcher incident in his book, “The Whole of Their Lives.” ie = 3 2 - HE SAID the Communist moved in and took over the march. He tells how a delegation of the marchers, led hy Communists, invaded the office of Vice President Charles

Curtis, how they stormed the.

Washington court house; refused to get out of the Capitol

and fought with Capitol police.

When the Treasury Department got ready to demolish the old buildings «accupied by the " ‘veterans and start new com-

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cavalrymen dispersed! marchers

struction, orders were issued to the veterans to evacuate ‘he buildings. They refused. On the morning of July 28, 1932, District of Columbia police moved on the buildings to force evacuation. A fight occurred. The marchers. thraw bricks at the police and thre police fired several shots. “One bonus marcher was killed and another received wounds ‘rom which he later died. Marchers from other encampments joined the fight. . o » THE District of Columbia commissioners informed President Hoover that a riot was in progress and that they were unable to restore law and order. They asked that Mr. Hoo-

ver’ send troops to stop the riot.

Mr. Hoover immediately

gave such an order to Secre-,

tary of War Patrick J. Hurley and Mr. Hurley passed it on, to Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, . Gen. MacArthur personally led a force of about 600 troons on horseback and in tanks to the scene of the riot. Not one shot was fired by the troops, but they used tear gas 8 the a remained. bie

—M. Stewart, City.

Mac's Action vs. Bonus March Remembered

Fred Perkins, ScrippsHoward staff writer who was present, said, several newspapermen covering the incident suffered from the tear gas. The troops moved on +o other encampments and ispersed the marchers without bloodshed.© That night the huts, tents, etc., that had been occupied by the marchers were burned. Secretary Hurley in a later statement said the “retreating radicals” had set the fires and that the soldiers set fire only to shacks which already were partially burned. He sald this was done in the interest of sanitation.

Mr. Hurley pointed out that “no one was injured after the coming of the troops.” He said the only alternative to use of the troops was to “surrender to the mob.” He said also the marchers were controlled by “Red agitators.” y Mr. Gitlow in his book said

‘that the final event was just

what the Communists wanted. “Now,” he wrote, ‘“‘they could brand Hoover as a murderer of hungry, unemployed. veterans. They could charge that

the U. 8. Army was Wall . Street's tool.” : :

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