Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1951 — Page 8

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100 & copy Telephone RI ley 555) Give LAght ens the People Will Ping Ther Own Woy

| Blame Pop fi ACGAN we hear folks saying angrily: “If the housewives would just boycott beef, it wouldn't take long to bring those cattlemen to heel. And beef prices would come down pronto.” ~~ That could” be the effect as far as hamburger and cheaper cuts are concerned. But the truth is that mama's “ purchases aren't the controlling factor on the price of the ‘kind of beef miost people are talking about—steak, prime ribs, ete. It's been a long time since most housewives have purchased the fine cuts of beef. ~ Rather, industry sources tell us, it's poff4 Pop on ex- . pense account, either as a salesman entertaining guests,

Podunk chapter of cost accountants ordering filet mignon for the annual banquet. It's guys like him who are eating the bulk of the better cuts of beef, either on their own expense accounts or as the guests of someone with an expense account.

" CONSIDER steak, for example. This country produces ‘oply enough for 14 pounds per person.per year. So it doesn’t take much of this “expense account éating”’—plus the exceptional guy down the street who simply has to have his steak every night-—to consume most of the supply. Hence, steak prices are high. No good salesman takes his guests into a high-class restaurant and orders scrambled eggs, fish or turnip greens. Instead, he says to the waiter: “How are the steaks?” And Uncle Sam pays a large part of the tab since these

: items as business expenses. { Se, if any energy is to be spent to try to bring down : beef prices by reducing demand it should be in the tax field & ~to eliminate entertainment allowed as a business expense. a ‘When people have to pay for $3.50 or $4.50 steaks out of their own pockets, there'll be a lot less ordered. Then the hamburg meat mama buys won't be so expensive.

: Now Thank Medina

¥ CONSIDERING the appeal of the 11 leaders of the ComJ munist Party, the Supreme Court limited itself to the coni stitutionality of the Smith Act. oh This is the law under which the Communists were convicted in the exhaustive nine months’ trial presided over by Judge Harold H. Medina of New York. By its ruling, the { court upholds the conduct of the trial and the jury verdict 4 that the 11 Reds conspired to teach and advocate the overthrow of the government. In his majority opinion, Chief Justice Vinson said the court was called upon to apply the “clear and’ present danger” test evolved by Justice Holmes in 1910. Analyzing the meaning of this danger, as applied to the present case, Justice Vinson said: y “Obviously, the words cannot mean that before the government may act, it-must wait until the putsch is about to be executed, the plans have been laid and the signal is ‘awaited. If the government is aware that a group aiming _ at its overthrow is attempting to indoctrinate its members and to commit them to a course whereby they will strike When the leaders feel the circumstances permit, action by the government is required . . . They were properly and ~ “constitutionally convicted.”

2 2 » » = . .. THE 11 Red traitors are now at the end of their legal rope, and have gone to jail. In the Russia they love they “would have been at the end of hempen ropes long ago, with‘put even benefit of trial and appeals lasting over two years. 4 Throughout that trial in New York, the Communists’ : lawyers resorted to the most outrageous tactics and contemptuous actions in the hope of goading Judge Medina into “impatient rulings which might be the basis of a mistrial or “favorable verdict on appeal. But Judge Medina’s persevercance and meticulous fairness won out, and stand today as a monument, to American justice. The country and the government he served so well owe ; im immense gratitude. He has been recommended to Pres- + ‘ident Truman by the New York bar as successor to Chief | Judge Learned Hand who recently retired from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. + The President should promptly appoint Judge Medina _to that appellate bench, the second highest court in the couni, 8 as a worthy successor to the able and respected Judge

A British Test RITAIN'S good faith in upholding the United Nations embargo on strategic materials to Communist China By meet a goat in the case of the Chennault planes in Hong

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These 40 Slane watiy transports which would be f incalculable value to the Communist war effort—were t from the Nationalist government by Maj. Gen. Claire it in 1049. Now grounded in Hong Kong they were ded to the Peiping regime last month by a British of the Hong Kong Supreme Court. : TA State Department spokesman in Washington said this ‘that the United Nations embargo covered the planes d they could not be exported to Red China. The next day British government spokesman in London took a contrary He said the United Nations action did not apply to the , and since the court had established that they are of the Reds their removal from Hong Kong necessarily be regarded as “exports.” planes should be turned over to the Reds, it

Britain in the economic war against the Commu-

: is being lost in Korea, some’ of is boys. Yet the new Red Cross

to give blood for the boys Our blood for theirs.

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traveling for his firm or serving his term as head of the - ear

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| beam with plercing light . .

WASHINGTON, June 9-federal Security Administrator Oscar R, (Jack) Ewing has a new row brewing in his native state of Indiana. While he is waiting to rule on whether or not to cut off some $18 million in federal welfare ald for the state, because of the 1951 Indiana publicity law, he has a bone to pick with the Indiana . State Medical Association. It" is the only such state organization to carry newspaper advertisements ‘‘ misrepresenting '’ his position in an exchange of four telegrams with the head of the American Medical Association, Mr, Ewing confends. The Indiana Association is using two of the telegrams and not two others which would show that he (Mr. Ewing) is on their side in objecting to this language in an FSA pamphlet: “Social security and public assistance programs are a basic essential for attainment bt the socialized state envisaged in democratic ideology, a way of life which 80 far has been realized only in slight measure.’

Still Being Sent

rh President Elmer L. Henderson unhed Lis gem and published it in his column in the A Journal Mar. 31. Mr. Ewing sent a wire saying that it was a 1945 pamphlet which was published before he took over as administrator. AMA came back with proof that it had been reprinted in 1949 and was still being sent out by FSA. ¥ Mr. Ewing objects to the Indiana Association not using a subsequent wire he sent the AMA Journal on Apr. 10. It reads: “Dr. Henderson's answer to my télegram of Apr. 3 is merely a continuation of the misleading statements contained in the President's page

Mr. Ewing

“of the ‘Mar. 31st issue of the Journal American

Medical Association. Pamphlet in question was not reprinted for distribution by my office in 1049 or any other time. Federal Security Agency has made only one distribution which was in 1945. Since then occasional copies have been mailed out by agency in response to specific requests. Learned for first time from Dr. Henderson's answer that -pamphlét has been reprinted by Government Printing Office for sale by Superintendent of Documents. I refuse to he held responsible for actions of Federal Sesurity Agency taken before I became administrator or for actions taken by Government Printing Office or other government employees without my knowledge. The statement to which you refer is as objectionable to me as it can possibly be to Dr. Henderson and his attempt te make me responsible for it is a blow below the belt for which you and he should apologize.”

Stop Reprinting TO THIS Dr. Henderson replied: “I have in hand your wire concerning my recent reference to a Federal Security Agency pamphlet which carries the statement: ‘Social security and public assistance programs are a basic essential for attainment of the socialized state et cetera.’ You say that occasional copies of the pamphlet have been mailed out by your office since your tenure there but that you refuse to be responsible for such distribution. “You state also that you refuse to be held responsible for actions of the Federal Security Agency before you became administrator, or for actions taken by Government Printing Office or other government employees without your knowledge. As you know, the pamphlet carrying this viciously unAmerican pronouncement is being distributed currently under the imprint of your office, and carrying the printing date 1949 when you were in charge there, As you state in your wire your own office mails these pamphlets out on request.” You state however that the pronouncement advocating the socialized state is wholly objectionable to you. If this is the case, I would suggest in all kindliness that the reasonable manner in which to clarify your own position would not be in telegrams to the Journal of the AMA but first by asking the

REVEALERS

YOUR eyes are great reflectors of . . . your deepest thought ~or scheme . .. they are the true revealers of . . . your most secretive dream « « « your eyes cannot deceive or fool . . . for they are a close part . . . of all that is inside of you . . . your very soul and heart . . . your eyes are headlights for your mind . . . they . to show the world your truest self . . . your weakness or your might . . . for you may hide your inner thoughts . « and other words convey . . . but don’t forget your eyes will tell . . . the things your lips won't say. —By Ben Burroughs.

BEAR PAWS . . . By Frederick Woltman

He'll Get a Big Boot Out of the Hooch

NEW YORK, June 9—The quest for a bear paw is

over.

Thanks to the Hungry Horse News of Columbia Falls, Mont., two befurred grizzly paws now repose in a midtown ice chest, awaiting the return to New York of Lem Chan, an elderly Chinese gentleman of amiable counte-

. By Dan Kidney

‘Oscar Er squabbles With Hoosier AMA

to cease reprinting »

Government Printing O sid disiyibuting Whe ma al attributed te your office. “Second that since it is without your knowl!edge that your office is distributing the material, your staff be instructed accordingly. “Third that since your office’s circulation of these socialistic principles first came to light in the United States Congress, that your regpon-

sibility for it be denied there, in order that your

true position be clear not just to the medical profession but to the lawmakers of the nation. “We do appreciate your difficult position and

But Is It Art?

TAXPAYERS .

are gratified to be advised that such a malevolent un-American pronouncement is not subscribed to by you. The editor of the Journal of the AMA will be glad to reprint this telegraphic correspondence in the Journal so that your position will be clear to'the profession.”

Mr. Ewing insists that the controversial

pamphlet is no longer being printed or distributed. ; :

He points out that his announcement of the

discontinuance and destruction of the pamphlets

was published in the AMA Journal on Apr. 28.

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‘Remember the Kids’ MR. EDITOR:

+ Your cartoon on page one eutetdey was a good tip to parents and others to watch out for the kids this summer. It’s no joke. When vacation begins traffic accidents concerning kids ingrease and other accidents become more numerous. A group of boys go swimming together, one of them can’t swim, there is no adult there to watch out for them. What happens? The boy that can't swim gets pushed in and he drowns. It’s that simple, Had an adult been present there would have been no trouble, that is if the adult could swim, The boy would have been saved, there would be no sad little story in the newspapers and there would be no grieving parents. ® © 9° IF YOUR boy wants to have fun doing

something that calls for adult supervision and you're busy, think about what could happen if

he goes alone. Then put down what you're doing -

and go with him. If you tell him he can't go he'll probably go anyway if he gets the chance. There's nothing so important that it has to come between your children and you and at the same time expose them to needless dangers. Give it a little thought if you love your children and want to see them grow up. If you don’t, just let.’em run around alone. Soonet or later they'll get Knocked off by a car or fall in a well or something equally as effective.—Parent of 4, City.

‘Papers and Crime’

MR. EDITOR: ; 5 We read of the terrible increase of juvenile crime. One of the chief reasons for this is that every day the papers publish sensational stories of burglaries, holdups and robberies in which the thieves get away with large sums, often greatly exaggerated gnd leaving no clue by which they can be identified. No stories of crime should be published ex= cept to tell of convictions and punishment. Crime news should be only court news and if the accused should be judged not guilty there should be no mention of the accusation. Any one may be accused at any time and if proved innocent there should be no publication of the accusation to besmirch the character of one who has been proved innocent. Stories of thieves getting away with their booty should never be told. It is an invitation to crooks to*come to our city where they can get away with anything, even murder. This gives our city a bad name and may prevent honest people from coming here to live or to go into business.

—W. H. Richards, 12387 Central Ave:

Shhh—Don't Tell—Lawmakers Want More Pay

WASHINGTON, June 9—The time has come to consider our hungry Congressmen. Some of these statesmen (according to one of their more

prosperous colleagues) are.so broke they've got

to take.on side jobs at night to help pay the rent. . Ourlawgivers now earn $12,500 a year, plus a $2500 tax-free expense account. Mostly they do not think this is enough, but mostly they are too bashful to say so aloud. How to vote themselves a raise without getting in a jam with constituents who don't earn so much, but who still think they're smarter, is the problem.

It is a toughie. Enough to give a poor, underpaid Congressman the heebies. Sen. Bill Benton, the rich Democrat, started the eampaign. He made his ‘pile in advertising, encyclopedias, and piping soft music into cocktail lounges and tea shoppes. The voters of his native Connecticut obviously could not figure that he, person-

SIDE GLANCES

ally, wanted to put a bigger bite on the taxpapers. So Sen. B. told the Senate Executive Expenditures Committee that every Congressman ought to earn at least $25,000 a year. Then, said he, some of our statesmen wouldn't have to go around nights, gnawing at chicken in lace-paper pants at banquets, and making speeches for fees so they could pay their landlords, He did not mention his Senatorial cohort who penned a pamphlet on pressed-steel bungalows and sold it to the Lustron Corp., now defunct, for $10,000. Ah, well Maybe big-time wages for Senators wbuld stop such shenanigans, Perhaps. And another thing, said Sen. Benton. His fellow laborers labor too hard and don't take enough rest. This is because there isn't a place around the Capitol where a Congressman can take a nap. ‘Only the old duffers in the lawmaking business have black leather couches. These are back breakers and/or, neck twisters and newcomers like himself don’t even .rate them. As for his stenographers, he continued, he’s ashamed the way they have to work, all crammed together in offices no private employer even would consider. What brought all this on was a review of the ‘Congressional Reorganization Act of 1948. Five years ago, you may remember, Congress

reorganized itself fo become more efficient. That's when the gentlemen got their last raise, Before it came through, you also may remember, they were subjected to a good deal of bitter spoofery by the citizens. In the Pacific Northwest was organized the Bundles-for-Con-gressmen campaign, which resulted in bales of old clothes and groceries being delivered to the embarrassed solons. They are hopeful that nothing like this will happen again.

Not Much Difference

TLL PROBABLY get an argument, but the reorganization of five years ago hasn't seemed to me to make much visible difference. Each Senator took on a $10,000-a-year executive assistant, who's still there. The gentlemen cut down on the number of their standing committees and then they began organizing special ones, like Estes Kefauver's group on crime. All these things the Executivé Expenditures Committee is considering. It even has down on its list the touchy subject of kickbacks, wherein a money-hungry Congressman makes

_ his clerks rebate part of their pay to him.

There aren't many of these, but in the last two years two Congressmen -went to jail for this. And I'm just wondering if they'd been paid $25,000 a year whether these particular thieves still wouldn't have landed behind the base on the same charge.

By Salteath LABOR . . . By Fred Perkins

88 a measure of the co-operation we can ex-

Georgia St. is behind schedule in

nance and gentle disposition. ea Uncle Chan, as he is affectionately known to thousands of Broadway night-lif-

ers, can look forward to his declining years with renewed

But let us start at the beginning. Last Feb. 16, the Hungry Horse News carried this headline: “Wanted: One Bear Paw.” Under it, the editor, Melvin Ruder, told of a request he had for a bear paw. He added: “We'd like to get that bear paw and send it to New York. It is likely the most unusual request weve fecelved. ”

THE REQUEST, the editor told his readers, came from F. Beverly Kelly, in behalf of a friend in New York, Sou Chan, a known Chinese restaurant proprietor : whese “old man” (used in the strict Oriental sense of parentai respect) “lives with the establishment.” “The old guy wants only one

‘thing before he shoves off,”

wrote Mr. Kelly, former Ringling Bros, circus press representative, who is now taking

the stage show, ‘Mister Rob- ’

erts,” on the road. “He want's a bear's paw “Whether he wants it for a symboi or a keepsake or to eat, I don’t know. But I want to round one up for him, because it means so much to the old gent.” The. paw, he ' pointed out, mailed pickled In

from Editor Ruder. The Hungry Horse News “finally got a break” and two paws were on their way. They arrived. And, in Uncle Chan's absence, the restaurant owner, no mean hand at prose himself, sent the Hungry Horse News this bread-and-butter note: “Indeed, it 1s a great surprise and a heartfelt touch to receive your letter. I do not know how Bev Kelly got you involved on this bear's paws deal, which I had spoke to him about three years ago and he's still not forgotten it. “The bear paws arrived in good condition. After it arrived, and shown to a Chinese old gent in Chinatown whom know something about the nature and he told me it is still good. In fact,

contains lots of oil. ” ” "

“IT WAS my old man's idea to be looking for the bear's paws. He is nearly 74 years old and he consumed about two cases of whisky a month, but he still wants to be stronger by eaten a pair of paws from front legs of a bear. It supposedly canerejuvenate him, “The purpose of the paws is to use it when it is still fresh and steam it for an hour then put into a jar (one gallon) of whisky, then sealed it up and

‘bury in the ground for six

months then drink it a little at a time, That is supposed to give you a strong feeling. “I assure you my old man would be so happy when he returns to find the paws waiting for him in the icebox.

he said paws never spoil because ft’

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1: Independents Seek

Representation

WASHINGTON, June 9-—Independent unions will win representation among the labor members of the Wage Stabilization Board if Rep. Wingate H, Lucas (D. Tex.) has his way. Mr. Lucas is chairman of a stbcommittes now studying the composition and policies of the wage board, which

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"Yes, dy. I've got a mother—you've got one, too, | suppose!"

Thank you Chan.” As Mr. Chan explained fur ther today, bear paws are rated high, medicinally speaking, in the ancient lore of Chinese medicine, and are greatly in demand in Chinatown's two native drug stores. Their strength derives from the three-month hibernation

‘ gincerély, Sou

period, when the bear, sleeping -

under the snow, half-consci-

ously licks the front-foot pads. .

This, supposedly, the oil, which in turn, said Mr. Chan, “sustains the bear over the winter, without suffering hunger, and shows the power-

paws.”

Right pas are mppased to

brings out’

. ful. spirit in the particular.

be preferable, he added, indicating that bears may be right-handed. In China, where fur coats are rare, bear's paw liquid is also drunk to keep the body warm. in wintertime, In his bear-paw research, Mr. Chan made another discovery: Bear gall bladders are highly prized in Chinatown as a remedy for infections.

“The bear hunters should

save all gall bladders” he wrote Hungry Horse News, “and make sure don't cut it too close to the liver in order not to let the inside liquid of the gall spill out. After they cut: it, use a string and tie it and hang in the sun or open ‘air to dry

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it.° I can get the ' hunters $10 apiece ¢or them.

is a three-sided body of 18 members, six each for the

public, labor and management. Purpose of the subcommittee’s study is to advise the House Banking and Currency Committee and Congress on how the labor sections of the Defense Production Act should be revised. Mr. Lucas strongly favors representation for independent unions on the wage board. He said he had received much evidence that independent unions feel they are discriminated against because labor representation on the wage board, and in other official agencies as well, is confined to spokesmen for thé AFL and CIO. # n - ACCORDING "to a directory published by the U. 8. Labor Department, the 15 million members credited to all organ{zed labor includes more than two million in independent unions. However; this latter figure takes in 600,000 members

of the United Mine Workers .

which has refused to Have anything to do with wage controls. The directory also includes 445,000 members of non-affili-ated railway unions, affairs of which in ‘general come under

the Rallway Labor Act but -

have béen held subject to wage-control policies. The two million total also covers an estimated 600,000 in 11 unions expelled from _the CIO on.charges of being Com-munist-dominated, and which

recently have refrained from

furn!

their membership figures.

ts *of repre-

sentation for the independents say the action might give official recognition to unions ace cused of Communist leanings. 8 » » INDEPENDENT unions ‘made an unsuccessful try for representation on the War Labor Board of World War II. The best they were able to get was a voice in subsidiary bodies handling cases which concerned them directly. Labor representation on the national

board was confined to the AFL

and CIQ, whose spokesmen said they made conscientious efforts to look out for the interests of the independents. The latter claimed they couldn't get fair treatment hen their interests conflicted with those of AFL and CIO unions. Reasons cited by the War Labor Board for its consistent rejection of the independents’ pleas were that their addition would complicate the board's structure, the independents had no central organization to speak for them or name their spokesmen, the AFL and CIO insisted on retaining the exclugive right to select the labor members of the board's deci-sion-making agencies and the board was convinced the independemnts were being dealt with fairly. Wage Board Chairman George W, Taylor told the Lucas subcommittee “he intended

- to solve the problem. of the

independents by ‘making’ two or three of the public mer bers responsible for their interests. But committee meémbers questioned whether that method would be adequate. *

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