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FUNDAY, MAY 13, 1057 Washington Calling—

Mobilization OK— But Only If We Have Until 1953

By Seripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, May 12 Defense Sectetary Marehall’s warning that we could not fight global war today reflects fear here that home front is still taking world situation—and mobilization—too casually. How strong are we, as of now, and how fast are we

“mobilizing ?

Important drawback is brake currently being put « on legislative machinery by Senate hearings on Far East policy. And it’s taking virtually entire time of our

top military men, too.

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Over-all picture is satisfactory—but only if we have

until 1953 to get strong, as administration believes. We're certainly not ready now. This is way mobilization shapes up today, as far as military security will permit

its revelation: ONE:

We're almost up to our 3.6 million goal for

ermed forces, but it'll be next year before all are well trained, fully equipped with latest weapons. Meanwhile,

tough” combat experience in Korea is producing hardened nucleus of ‘fighting men of all services.

TWO: Contracts for weapons are being placed at rate of about $1 billion a week.

Big flood of armaments should start coming. from factories this fall. THREE: Goal for expanded plant capacity necessary to carry increased Armed Forces and civilian economy won't he reached until 1953. (Which means plant capacity for global war won't be ready any time £00N.) ; FOUR: Production of jets has been stepped up sharply. No totals are given out but production of military planes of all types is up to 400 or 450 a month; should reach 600 to 700 by next December. Employment in plane factories is 400 - 000 compared with 250,000 last June. Emphasis new is on expanding and over-tooling plants —both aircraft and auto--for future production, and on getting new designs, Of $11.3 billion set aside for aircraft for this fiscal year, practically all has been committed, in orders. That all sounds good -— but we may not have until 1953.

Full-Time Job

AS TO LEGISLATIVE logjam, caused by Senate Far

—Fast-inqtiry-which- shows att"

signs of going on and on: It’s full-time job for members of important Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees. Conferences on bill extending draft and starting UMT have come to full

stop. Marshall warns every '

day's delay on manpower decisions —basie to entire mobil{zation effort—is serious. Foreign Relations Committee hasn't even started work on this year's authorization bill - for military aid to Europe, ECA, Point Four, and other measures on which strength of our Allies depends. Still to be heard are all members of Joint Chiefs of Staff, State Secretary Dean Acheson, Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer and others.

White House Pulse

PRESIDENT TRUMAN has said he is pleased with testi-

mony of Marshall in MacArthur hearings. But Capitol Hill hears he

fsn’'t too pleased with the way Senators are handling the in-

vestigation; that only ques- . tions asked by Sen. Brien McMahon (D. Conn.) of Mac-

Arthur have, in the President's opinion, been effective in making the administration's case. Sen. McMahon's queries have been sharp, calculated to show MacArthur in error.

ing, would have good chance of success in Formosan as-

sault, Also from Far Eeast comes warning that there's whole

string of Soviet alr “bases between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk in Siberia which might prove as troublesome a nest of Red air power as Manchurian bases,’ even without Russia's open intervention in Korea.

Battle of Controls

IT LOOKS now as if drive by farm blne and meat industry to end price controls won't succeed—unless things quiet down in Korea, and rest of world, before June 30. Group may do better with next best

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Democrats Pleased

DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S top command is pleased with result of elections held since MacArthur dismissal. They hopefully see signs that little of public's anger at Presiden Truman has rubbed off on Democratic candidates in local elections. Exhibit No. 1 is this week's Baltimore election where Democratic Mayor Thomas D’'Alesandro piled up one of the biggest margins in years in threeman race. Democrats also elected entire slate of 20 to city council. Only last Decemher, Baltimore gave big majorities to Republican candidates for Maryland governor and U. S. Senator. Also, Republicans tried to make MacArthur an issue in recent Baltimore contest. » Democrats have won in Chicago mayoralty election and in Sixth Kentucky Congressional District, also. They're confident they: can ‘hold Democratic House seats ‘just vacated by deaths of Reps. Frank Buchah-

_.an-of Pennsylvania and John

Kee of West Virginia.

Boxing Probe POSSIBLE TIEUPS between professional boxing and racketeers and gamblers will be investigated by Senate Crime Committee, now organizing units new chairman, Sen. Herbert O'Conor (D. Md.).

Committee investigators picked up many tips about box- ~ ing business last year. Three “owners” of top flight boxers were under subpena when Philadelphia hearings were held, but weren't called because

of lack of time.

But subpenas are still in effect and the three may be called. They're Tom Tannous of Arnold, Pa., co-owner of heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles and Frank (Blinky) Palermo and Frank Palumbo, Philadelphia. who hold the contract of lightweight Ike Wil-% liams.

Politics

DEMOCRATIC Rep. Mike Mansfield -of - Montana probably will try to unseat Sen. Zales Ecton, Republican, in next vear's election. Sen. Ecton, rancher, was swept into office in 1946 GOP landslide. (Charles Taft, brother of Sen. Robert A. Taft, and Gov, Frank J. Lausche may fight it out next year in Ohio's gubernatorial election. For Lausche there's ironic twist, He's a D&mocrat, but he refused to ind or s'e Democratic candidate against Sen, Taft in last year's race. This infuriated Ohio Democratic leaders — and was

factor in Taft's victory. 2 4 =

"LEGISLATIVE maneuvering by Sen. Homer T. Ferguson (R. Mich.) may delay opening of Senate probe into last fall's Ohio campaign. Senate cleared the way a week ago for hiring Robert T. Murphy as committee counsel by waiving ‘“conflict of interest” law, But now Ferguson {is demanding Senate Judiciary Committee, which has held up similar legislation, review matter. He's asked for reconsideration of earlier act, and Senate votes Monday. Hearings were due to start in 12 days.

“Conflict, of Interest” law was passed to keep attorneys with clients having claims against the government from serving as committee counsel,

ADMINISTRATION inner circles have been talking about forced saving as a weapon against inflation but idea's packed with political dynamite, is unlikely to be seriously proposed. Some of talk has to do with giving workers bonds instead of cash wage increases, They'd. be required to hold them for stated period.

Goldfish Bowl

STUART SYMINGTON didn't know it, ~When he pledged RFC business would be conducted” in a goldfish bowl, but those were the same words used by the man he has just succeeded as head of RFC, W. Elmer Harber. Mr. Harber held office only a few months though he was not involved personally. in -RFC scandals, ;

‘Tse-tung’'s Communists

World Report—

Top U. S. Oilmen Bitt

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As Upsetting Applecart by Snubbing Iran

By GORDON CUMMING Compiled from the Wire Services The top brass of America's world- oil companies charge that British arrogance -- has wrecked: the international petroleum picture and eventually will cost Americans billions of dollars, Ernie Hill, special .correspondent for The Indianapolis Times, reported from New York today.

Iran's angry expropriation of the $1.4 billion British concession might have been avoided, they say, had the powerful An-glo-Iranian Co. dealt reasonably Instead of imperiously with that country.

American oil companies now have to.. make one of two choices, - either of which may be disastrous. Along with the British, they can try to close the world's markets to Iran and refuse to purchase ‘stolen oil,” as it is called.

Or they can recognize expro-' priation and continue to buy badly needed petroleum from Iran, If they institute a boycott, the petroleum may be diverted to the Russians who need it desperately. If Iran found it impossible to produce its rich fields, the Anglo-Americara still could not afford to let the Iranian economy collapse. Iran is too important in the

Middle East,

Sees No Way Out

If the American companies continue to buy Iran's production, they realize they may be Inviting eventual expropriation in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Kuwait and other countries with oil. It is something to shudder over. Either choice is bad but there seems no way out. American companies feel certain they can prevent Iran's petroleum from going to Russia—but at the expense of condoning expropriation which threatens to sweep to other countries,

They realize they will not be, able to close the world markets to Tranian oil as they did to Mexican oil almost 20 vears ago because Russia now figures in the picture.

Technically, the British are still trying to ‘negotiate to stave off loss of control, But most experts believe they will be lucky to get a contract: to operate the fields for the Iranian government. for the next HWE POA gemini American ofl men will say nothing for direct quotation but in private conversations, they have never been more bitter.

Sir William Fraser, head of Anglo-Iranian, is blamed. The British concession, adoptted in 1933 was approved by the Iranian Parliament while British ‘gunboats sat off the coast at Abadan. It gave Britain an exclusive concession until 1993. One clause said that no Iranian Parliament could. during the 60 years, revise the petroleum law.

Charge Duress Some lawyers doubt such a clause is legal because it limits constitutional procedure. The Iranians charge it was forced - upon them under duress. Anglo-Iranian profits have been lush. In 1948. profits were $202,803.216. Stockholders got a dividend of 30 per cent, The English, it is charged, have made little effort to stay on friendly relations with the people of Iran. They" bought and sold government officials but did too little for the people whose recent riots forced a reluctant parliament to nationalize the industry. Mr. Fraser, it is stated, refused stonily from 1947 to dis-

cuss revisions of the -goncession, :

The Iranians became incensed. When it was too late, the British agreed to a 50-50 split of profits. By then, the Iranians were too angry to negotiate. They answered that any kind of a split was impossible. They demanded possession of the fields.

Great Britain

DIPLOMATIC quarters in London =aid last night that Britain's ban on rubber exports to Communist China may soon be extended to Russia and other Iron: Curtain countries.

But for the present, they =aid, Britain will continue rubber shipments to Russia, limiting them to around 7000 tons a month, an amount considered compatible with Russia's requirements for internal peacetime uses, The extent of current rubber exports to other Iron Curtain countries was not known but official figures show Czechoslovakia got 25,000 tons last year. Poland also is known to be reserving rubber.

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Timesmap shows why the Soviet Union covets Iran's oil, which is 6.02 per cent of the world output. It likewise shows why it would be advantageous if the Kremlin could bring Iran within its Red orbit, or, better still, convert it into a satellite. That, however, is not likely fo be permitted either by the Iranians or the Free West.

overwhelming majority of the Commonwealth countries was expected to fall in line with Britain and support American proposals in the United Nations for sanctions against Communist China. (Singapore reported yesterday that the freighter Nancy Moller sailed for Communist China with 3700 tons of rubber shortly before Malayan authorities received a formal British request to halt rubber shipments to the Reds. The vessel carried a 1 million pound, $2.8 million cargo.)

Iron Curtain

CONGRESSIONAL sentiment in Washington mounted sharply ‘yesterday for cutting off U. 8. economic aid to nations which ship materials behind the Iron Curtain. Chairman Clarence Cannon (D. Mot) of the House Appropriations Committee, told the United Press he will support a Senate approved amendment ending economic aid for countries “trading with the enemy” —if it is practicable.

“A House Foreign Affairs sub-—

committee is hammering out a separate bill to shut off all aid, military and economic.

Indonesia :

The Export-Import Bank o Washington has committed $100 million to the economic development of the Republic of Indonesia. But the young republic today appeared unwilling te join in any economic quarantine of the Communist world. Indonesian Foreign Minister Achmad Soebardjo said this week in connection with the sale of rubber to Communist China that his nation would ‘sell to the devil if this would serve the people's interest.

Big Four PHILIP C. JESSUP, American representative at the

deputy foreign ministers conference in Paris for the last

two months, is being warmly backed to take over Warren Austin’s job as head of the American delegation to the United Nations, Paris reports said today. + Mr, Jessup, it was declared, is universally respected by nonSoviet diplomats and officals and is thoroughly hated by Soviet officials because they find it difficule to confuse him, and impossible to make him lose his temper. In debate he is conceded to be the superior of most of the Soviet orators against whom he has been pitted. At 57 he is 20 years Mr. Austin’s junior.

Egypt MOSLEM circles believed today the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaeli Jesleme, might be received by President Truman during his trip to the United States late in June. The Aga Khan, who is

actress Rita Hayworth's father-in-law, is expected to "stay in the U. 8. about two

weeks. Moslem circles were at-

visit.

Japan GEN. MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY has ordered a speedup in the return of authority to the Japanese government and the dismissal of many American .and Japanese employees of the occupation, a headquarters spokesman said last night. By July 1 the occupation’'s cost to the Japanese govern-ment--now equal to $200 million a year--will be reduces greatly. Dismissal notices already have been sent to about 40 per cent of the 1100 civilian staff workers, effective July 1.

Israel AN ISRAELI spokesman said yesterday that Syrian and Israeli negotiators meeting with United Nations representatives had concluded a

taching great importance to.his

“draft agreement” to end hostilities along their border.

Italy

GIANCARLO MATTEOTTI, 34, son of Italy's Socialist martyr who was killed by Mussolini's thugs in 1924, quit the pro-Communist Socialist Party yesterday, denouncing {it for “fawning” on communism. Mr. Matteotti's move was linked by observers with the “Titoist” defections which have torn the Italian Communist party and cost it several thousand members since January.

Canada THE Canadian Army announced yesterday that almost 2000 men have enlisted in the nation’s new brigade which will serve in Europe with the Atlantic pact armies. It said 1998 enlistments were obtained in a five-day period for the “European Service Brigade.”

Panama COL. JOSE ANTONIO REMON, national police chief and Panama's strong man who makes and breaks presidents, today set at rest speculation that he might be on the way out.

The man who put former President Armulfo Arias in power less than 18 months

ago and then overthrew him this week for an attempt to make himself dictator, said: “I have no intention of leaving the force and my men don’t want me to.” Maj. Carlos Arosemena, president of the powerful officers’ association, backed Remon with that statement that: “We wouldn't let him resign, even if he asked.” Col. Remon {8 considered pro-American. The two-day-old government of Pregident Alcibiades Arosemena set up provisional headquarters at the foreign ministry building. The presidential palace needs extensive repairs after the pitched battle fought there Thursday.

On the Inside of World Affairs

MOSCOW is reducing its tooobvious army in Shanghai and calling off jet air maneuvers there. Reports say the civilian Russian population has been increased by about as much as the army reduction.

td ~ ” NORWAY will send a 32man Red Cross ambulance

group to Korea.

» » ” FINLAND is having control trouble, too. Wages and prices have been frozen until Sept 30. Meanwhile, the government has promised to work out long-range permanent regulse tions. » » ~ THE NETHERLANDS war ministry has assured Gen. Eisenhower that Holland will have three divisions in the field by year end. The Dutch army is being reorganized to conform to American organization tables,

~ y o WESTERN (free) German elections are rapidly disposing of Communists. The Rhineland parliament had eight of them. Now it has none,

” » o BRITAIN'S middle class, realizing it. is paying through taxes and reduced living standards, the critical cost of socialized medicine, threatens to upset the Labor government. This is one reason for the decision to make a charge for “free” spectacles and’ false

WEST BERLIN reports show 944 German policemen from the Soviet zone escaping into free Germany between June, 1950, and Apr. 1, 1951,

o ” ~ THE Turkish air force is to be supplied with modern United States bombers and jet fighters. The Turks have jet pilots in training now at American Air Force fields.

” ” - ISRAEL'S infant automotive industry is on its way. At Tel Aviv the Argaz Co-Operative recently celebrated the first finished car off the assembly line of a new factory. Aim this vear is for 40 cars a month.

uv » EJ AFTER long negotiations El Salvador and Nicaragua have ratified a mutual trade agreement which is expected to help lower food prices for both. o ” ” BRITISH SOCIALISTS, like politicians everywhere, are more interested in hanging on to office than anything else. This ' might tempt Herbert Morrison to use his job at the foreign office to try to make a deal with the Russians for peace at almost any price. . » o ~ LESTER BOWLES PEARSON, Canadian Minister for External Affairs, is slated to be President of the United Nations’ ‘General Assembly in , Paris next fall. Mr. Pearson, who has aspirations to be Ca-

“=nadtan premiér one day, i§ uni-

versally popular this side of the Iron Curtain.

= ” ” CHARLES ULRICK BAY, American ambassador to Norway, who has been sharply criticized because he spends most of his time away from his post, has again been traveling. on o y HUNGARY has resumed food rationing on a wartime scale and has blamed it on the “kulaks,” or landed peasants. Manpower shortages are also troublesome in the Hungarian capital. Budapest's taxi drivers, according to reports, in the future will all he women.

y n ” BRITAIN'S Labor Party rebels have called a private meeting to be held during the Whitsun recess of Parliament. Purpose: To discuss their opposition to the Labor government’'s rearmament plan. ” ” ~ THE Chinese concentration area north of the Yalu River has been completely surveved from the air by American planes, according to British aviation circles,

” ” ” THE British hear that the Japs want to make Gen. Douglas MacArthur an honorary citizen.

» ” ” BRITISH cement manufacturers are worried at increased

Japanese competition in_ the Orient.

UN Dubious About Punch Chiang May Pack

By ERNIE HILL

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., May 12. (CDN)-—The possibility of Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalists invading the China mainland was regarded here today as sheer fantasy unless the United States put as many troops in the field as Chiang, This whole question of reconquering China from Mao is being seriously reviewed in private conferences since Gen. Douglas MacArthur made it one of his four recommendations to President Truman. United Nations delegates are convinced that Chiang's claim of 600,000 troops is a gross ex-

aggeration and that the true figure probably would be nearly 300,000 first-class troops.

And Then What?

The collapse of Chiang's fighting forces.before the Communists is regarded as an in-

dication that well - equipped American troops would be needed in large numbers to

make such an invasion even temporarily successful. Delegates point to one deadly booby-trap in the plan. Should Chiang’'s troops land as a diversionary engagement, the Chinese pressure nn North Korea might be eased to the point where the United Nations forces could end the war there.

But then what becomes of Chiang's forces? Do they fight on alone? Or does the United States pitch in to help Chiang's.300,000 or 600,000 conquer that vast country and its millions of Communists under arms? One thing is certain.

Wants No Part of It The United Nations neither wants nor will accépt any part of this war. If it ever comes about. many delegates are quick to state, it will be purely a Chiang Kalshek and United States engagement. All of Asia, in the first place, will be against it. Western

Europe is set against it. The Middle East would not help. That would leave Latin America which does not yet have a division in Korea.

No one here believes that the Kremlin would let China fall withgut entering the war. So, It is stated, why spend miilions of men and billions of dollars fighting the second-team in the Moscow squad?

If it is to be an all-out war against world communism, Moscow should be the target— not Peiping. That is the United Nations reaction to the current American debate over helping Chiang invade the mainland.

_ Copyright, 1051, The Indianapolis Times

‘Race

Our Fair City—

Should the City Pay for Handling

ARGUMENTS

Day Traffic?

By The-TimesiStaff are raging among citizens.this year

about extensive use of City Police Department's manpower to handle’ traffic to Speedway which pays no city es y

Laxes.

City officers man 36-hour major operations without extra. pay. During peak race season hours, as many as 140 city officers are on duty out there . . . mostly over.

time.

‘Complaining. groups -say, despite fact that annual 500-Mile classic is “big thing" for Indianapolis, city taxpayers are not obligated to furnish all that service . . .

for free. Others counter with argument traffic is one of big functions of the Police Department and any event which brings heavy traffic to Indianapolis i8 normal, legitimate job for city officers.

Police C‘hief Rouls (strictly neutral in debate) explains all

officers on overtime duty will get extra time off regular duties as compensation. “No (City officers work on Speedway property just handle City traffic to the Speedway.” he said, overlooking fact that lot of work fis done outside City limits on race day.

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Doubtful Distinction

STATEHOUSE Correspondents Association, composed of 28 newspaper and wire service reporters who covered the

state legislature selected by vote the five: “best” and “worst” Senators and Representatives,

After votes were tabulated, the association, at request of a few newsmen, decided not to make list public After much bickering, the newsmen, who represent local newspapeis as well as out-of-town publications, decided to release names of only five best Senators and Representatives at Press Club's annual Gridiron Show lampooning politicians next Thursday. Here's list of “worst” Senators and Representatives, from 18 official ballots of the Statehouse Correspondents Assotiation. This won't be released officially.

-Senators==Democrat—Judsonr—*

West, Indianapolis; Republican Samuel Johnson, Anderson: Democrat Louis Baldoni, South Bend; Democrat Edmund Makowsi, East Chicago; Reépublican Lucius Somers, Hoagland. Representatives — Democrat Louis Churilla, East Chicago; Democrat John F. Ryan, Terre Haute; Republican: Herbert Copeland, Madison; Democrat Patrick J. Brennan, South Bend; Republican Fern Norris, Indianapolis.

Money Talks

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Jenner Can Choose REPUBLICAN pressure is building up to keep Sen. Wile liam E, Jenner in Washington, Top level GOP strategists are urging junior Senater to give up his drive for Governor and stay in the -nation’'s capital, Now, more than ‘ever, they

‘say to Sen. Jenner, “we need

your voice in Washington.” Bill doesn’t like Washington scene, wants to be ‘jus a pore li'l ole country boy” back home. He has way. Even anti-Jenner forces admit he is at height of his popularity at home. And if that's not good enough, he has twe men working in his corner from his own Ninth District who are Republican.powers in their own right. They are State Auditor Frank Millis, chairman of GOP policy-making committee and Supt. of Public Instruction

his choice, either

Wilbur Young, leader of state's rural forces, including the poe

litically powerful Township Trustees and School Bus Drivers, If Jenner forces are victorie ous in 1952, some anti-Jenner Republicans fear it means that the state's capital will move to Ihe heart of the Southern Disrict.

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Return Bout

BATTLING LAWYERS Jim Dawson and Louis Rosenberg, whose fisticuffs landed the former in jail last week, are scheduled to square off again Wednesday as opposing attorneys in civil case in ‘Superior Court 4 arena. officiate as referee this time. Mr. Rosenberg represents a client who is suing Mr. Dawson and others for payment on a note. Last week Mr. Dawson walked into Mr. Rosenberg’s office and started slugging . . . and kicking . . . over political remarks. The latter filed assault and battery charges. Mr, Dawson spent night in jail, Case {is still pending in Muni. cipal Court 3. s ” »

intentions of State

William Fortune, his recent redistribution of $38 million State funds from big banks to more than 400 rural banks, is turning

out to be shrewd political move.

His first explanation: A more fair distribution of State funds to “help economy” of farm communities.

WE WON'T FORGET THIS

But- response from bankers was overwhelming. More thas 300 letters were received by newly-elected Treasurer, saying

move was appreciated . .

. wouldn't be, forgotten.

Politicians, who usually know good thing when they see it, were grateful. They know the value of banks in politics.

on n o “THERE is nothing wrong with the Democratic Party in Indiana that a shakeup from top to bottom couldn't cure.” This rernark was made, not by a Republican, but by two Democrats—former Congressman Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis, and James Noland, Bloomington.

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EARLY INDICATION of how future debates may go over proposed reforms (congolidations) in city-county gov=ernments iz seen in first business session of newly created Marion County Study Commission.

Preliminary discussions,

confined merely tn over-all aims of survey, touched off flurry of conflicting opinions

without even mentioning specific proposals, One group is ward clean hurry.

pushing torecommendations for sweep of reforms in Others insist aim of

commission. is . merely. tao. line” , ., or else,

Right Off His Bock

“study” first ... act (cautiouse ly) later.

y ~ ” Split developed in CIO labor ranks here after several key officials refused to go along with union's Political Action Committee support of all Deme ocratic candidates, a One official, an outspoken chum and worker for Republicans, has “taken a walk.” He even declined to attend PAC meeting recently , , , sent a subordinate,

J ” . DON'T LOOK now, but big ruckus may be developing be tween regular Republican ore ganization and followers of Sheriff Dan Smith. First “needling” on subject leaked out this week from Ate torney Sam Blum, ganization leader. He's been telling labor leaders and politicians that Sheriff Smith supported Cy Ober for the maye oralty nomination against ore ganization's Judge Alex Clark, Hint is Clark organization . will tell the Sheriff to “get in

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MAYOR BAYT went to work the other day in a sport shirt, wide open at neck for comfort, and settled down at his desk for

full day's office work

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