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SUNDAY, JUNE 17; 1051 | Washington Calling—

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Congress OK Due

End Dope Racket

By Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, June 16—New, tougher law against dope peddlers probably will slide through Congress

quickly.

It's just been recommended by House Ways and Means committee. The Federal Narcotics Bureau chief,’ Harry Anslinger, says it will dry up traffic in dope. But tough sentences it provides apply only to sec-

ond and third offenders.

That means officials must catch offenders, seeure convictions two or: three times per man to put dope

sellers away for long periods.

Bureau has only 180 agents for entire country,

could use that many in New York City alone.

It’s

getting a same appropriation it got 20 years ago, which means it can hire only three-fourths as many agents. States and cities furnish little help. Only California and Pennsylvania have state narcotic law. en-

forcement squads. cities with police dope squads. : This small band is up egainst top underworld organizations. Like that of Lucky Luciano. And when agents tried to make a case against California hoodlums, their witness was shot. Dope addiction, especially among teen-agers, has spread rapidly since World War IL Anslinger says current sweep of addiction “struck like a hurricane in 1949.” Senate Crime Committee has just disclosed how easy it is to buy heroin in New York, Washington, Baltimore. - Also, many cities report teenagers smoking marijuana. Federal Narcotics Bureau says amount of heroin smuggled into this country annually is “enormous.” It comes from {llicit factories in Italy, Turkey, Communist China. Profits are so high, when sold here, that “importers” can afford to pay seamen big money for smuggling it. Customs service hasn't enough men to stop the trade.

Not Yet

LABOR won't. have representation in Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson's office for a while longer. Wilson's new special assistant, George M. Harrison of Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, leaves June 22 for Italy. He'll be gone a month or more, attending International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Harrison was nominated for the government post by United Labor Policy Committee after long, hot fight for labor represenfgption, but waited 40 days before he took office. His union recently raised his pay to $76,000 a year, more than any other labor official gets. David McDonald, labor representative in Stabilizer Eric Johnston's office, was a delegate to the ICFTU meeting also; is not going. He's secre-tary-treasurer of CIO United Steelworkers, and his chief, Philip Murray, thinks government posts for labor are fulltime jobs.

Ethics and Hearings FIRST HEARINGS before Senate's Douglas committee on ethics and morals gets under way Tuesday with Sens. J. William Fulbright (D. Ark.) and William Benton (D. Conn.), Comptroller General Lindsay Warren and Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson as witnesses. Philip Willkie, son of 1940

GOP presidential nominee, is@

committee counsel. Dr, George Graham, professor of political science at Princeton, heads research. Some observers think committee's likely to’ draw up ethical code for executive branch of government, refuse to curb questionable congressional practices. But committee says it's going into. congressional ethics too; that leg{slators will be Questioned sharply as well as others.

Freight Rate Study

SOUTHERN governors hope President Truman will let 77-year-old Clyde Aitchison stay on the Interstate Commerce Commission till it finishes its long-term study on equalizing freight rates to cut out discrimination between regions. Study has been going on for years, is expected to give South and West an even break with northeastern part of U. 8. Aitchison is from Iowa, but has voted with Alabama and Texas members of the commission on equalization. His term has expired. Northeast states want to block equalization, are backing bill to reorganize ICC, divide country into districts, and provide that no district shall have more than one member on the commission.

Can't Shake Brehm

SENS. TAFT and John Bricker of Ohio, House Republican Leader Joseph Martin of Massachusetts and Rep. Charles Halleck (R. Ind.) testified as character witnesses in the trial of Rep. Walter Brehm (R. 0.) fined $5000 this week for taking kickbacks from employees in his office. Hecklers are asking them whether they're ready to turn their backs on Brehm. Fact is, many Congressmen would like to, but Brehm won't give them a chance. He funches almost daily in House dining room, in full view of visitors, seated himself Trecently at big round table reserved for senior Republicans. His home town paper . has

asked him to resign but ap-

‘parently he will not until ap-

~ peals are exhausted—if then.

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Now You Know

BIRMINGHAM, €ng. June 16 (UP) — British ausbands learned today that a first (lass wife is worth 200 pounds ($560). : A divorce court judge ruled that blond, shorthand typist Mrs. Margaret Lillian Powell, 29, was an “affectionate, at- 4 tractive and competent wife, a good housekeeper, and f necessary, a competent wage earner.” The judge put the 200-pound price on her qualities in awarding damages to her husband, Harold, against Ronald Cleeton, a painter, in granting a decree on grounds of adul-

Limousine Backfire?

SENATE VOTE to reduce free cars and eliminate chauffeurs for officials of Labor Department and Federal Security Agency may backfire. Vice President Barkley, President Pro Tem Kenneth McKellar, Democratic Leader Ernest McFarland, Republican Leader Kenneth Wherry, Secretary Les Biffle and Sergeant-, at-Arms Joseph Fuke all have Cadillac limousines, some have government-paid chauffeurs. Secretaries to McFarland and Wherry have free Buicks. Much of this free transportation was voted in GOP 80th Congress, and Republican Leader Wherry was first to perceive possibility of a back~ fire from drive against cars for executive branch. Leader of economy drive, Sen. Paul Douglas (D, Ill), said Wherry, is a “demagogue” for making “peanut savings.”

Snail’s Pace

PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S appeal to the country for support on renewal of price controls point up desperate plight of battle against inflation. ‘Congress is moving at snail's pace, though price-wage controls expire June 30. Democratic House leaders think they can get “a pretty good bill” through before June 30, but doubt that Senate can act. They think present law can be extended for short period while debate continues. Military success in Korea is blamed for lethargy in Congress. Cattlemen still plan to try for amendment controls “bill in barring further rollback of farm prices. That would stop Aug. 1 and Oct. 1 rollbacks on beef-—the ones supposed to help consumers. Too soon to say whether they can do it. Looks as if bill will contain tougher penalties for black marketing. Other Truman Proposals seem to have no chance—he asked authority to control margins on commodity exchanges, extend credit controls to old homes, freeze farm parity for price control at start of marketing season.

That Man Again

JOHN L. LEWIS gets back in the public eye next Saturday. He'll speak in Detroit at anniversary celebration of Local 600, CIO United Automobile Workers. Iewis’ friends say it’s “just a sentimental journey” (He aided in signing of first contract between this local and Ford Motor Co.). But Lewis was invited by Carl Stellato, local 600 president, who's hostile to President Walter Reuther of UAW, Reuther group suspects Stel-

lato wants to move in on the

national organization; suspects Lewis may be seeking a new field for District 50 of United Mine Workers—miscellaneous group which raids many other unions. Reuther has instructed all officers and staff members of UAW to stay away from meeting.

GOP Kitty Swells

THAT REPUBLICAN fundraising rally in Milwaukee last week-end, where Sen. Robert A. Taft spoke, was no run-of-mine affair. More than 2000 persons kicked in $100 each for the dinner—and provided fat kitty for GOP race in Wisconsin next year. Taft made a real hit, politicians say. It may mean he's planning to enter Wisconsin presidential primary next year ~the one that's made or broken many a GOP candidate. Other important Midwest

- meetings are on Taft schedule.

NOTE: Taft forces keep a worried eye on MacArthur performances. On the other hand,

everi greater menace to Taft, has been leaning over backward to keep out of political picture, say observers just back from Europe, .

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2 Small Parties Hold the Balance

* Compiled from the Wire Services france goes to the polls today in what appears to be one of its most unprédictable and confused elections, Paul Ghali, special correspondent on The Indianapolis Times, reported : \ from Paris. on election eve. * .'Eleven poN litical parties, ranging from the LCommunists on the leftto De Gaullists on the right are competing for 620 seats in the National Assembly which + will govern French affairs, theoretically until 1956. Electorally these parties are divided into three big blocs, one Communist, one De Gaullist, one Moderate. At the right between the Moderates and the De Gaullists stands a group of two independent parties which will either decide to stick with the Moderates or go “with the De Gaullists according to the way the wind blows on election day. & Need 350 Seats

Upless the Moderate coalition c¢an muster more seats than the combined De GauistCommunist opposition, namely a minjmum of 350 seats in the new parliament, there will be no stable government in this country in the coming years. If the De Gaullists get more than 147 seats and the Communists more than 120, Charles De Gaulle will become the arbiter of French affairs as in-between parties will need him to check the Reds. France and part of the Western world with it might then be launched into the uncertainties of De Gaullism—a fierce nationalism coupled with lack of realism, Mr. Ghali reported. 2 Great Enigmas The two great enigmas of the voting are whether the moderates will

Mr. Ghali

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an appreciable decline. Mr. Ghali toured the coun tryside for the answers to those questions in a five-day, 3000-mile trip which took him to Lyons, Avignon, Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux.

He questioned hundreds of persons and interviewed several leading candidates of each party. Here is a summary of his outstanding impressions:

ONE—There has been no evidence that Communism will lose appreciably. The Commies will lose seats because France's new. electoral law gives seats to the majority, but they will lose either none or only a few votes. Communism may lose severely in agricultural districts but these losses will pe amply compensated by gains in in-

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IRAN

British-lronion oil dispute still simmers. Iran government

Kermanshah

Hoft Kel Hil, Jari wobbles.

[mm British Oil

Iranian army sources said today that British troops were gathering across the border in Iraq as Tehran shows some signs of modifying its oil nationalization program to Jrevent a blow i

up in the Middle East. Timesmap shows how an

n what spots

a Russian-inspired revolt might break out. Lower map shows the strategic position of Azerbaijan, the softest spot for an uprising, with the West as represented by Turkey.

dustrial towns and centers where thin salaries are still paid by employers, —the Commies’ best electoral campaign slogan. TWO-—There is ample evidence thatemany minor Commies in the provinces are be- |, ginning to ask tremselves whether they can long remain good Frenchmen while following the Moscow line. That the party is marching to the polls as one m is pure “ommunistic propaganda. : In Avignon, for example, Mr. Ghali reported many Communists are expressing disappointment about the official party lists ‘which do not include one labor union man. They are hesitating aoout voting for Stalinists, he declared.

Burst of Violence

The campaign wound up last night in a burst of violence, and police prepared for more serious clashes as Communists and Gen. De Gaulle's rightist followers go to the polls. Thirty-four persons were hurt in yesterday's rioting. Until then, the three-week campaign had been very quiet. Latest predictions were that

Report From Harvard's Russian Institute—

Chinese Landlords Reject Reds’ Half-Loaf And Peiping Finds That Chaos Wastes Wealth

By ERNIE HILL CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 16 (CDN) — Chinese Communist bosses are experiencing extreme difficulties with rural landowners who" are balking at co-operating with authorities. while most of their properties are being confiscated. Bloody purges are on the increase throughout China as the country enters a chaotic period which the KXKremlintrained Chinese planned ‘to avoid. . Communist theory is Wreaking down, information available here indicates, because rural landlords are declining to accept the half-loan which

the Communists are offering

them. A document outlining the Chinese Red theory on how to

deal with landowners has been ; easily arise and wastage and

obtained and translated hereby the Russian Research In-

stitute of Harvard University. It states that while the land of the wealthy should be confiscated, other holdings and properties should be left in their possession. But reports indicate that the Communists are stripping the landowners of everything they have. Resentment is leading to sabotage against the government and in turn to wholesale liquidations . “According to our past experience,” the Communist guide for dealing with the wealthy states, “if these properties of the landlords arc confiscated and distributed, it will lead the Jrds to hidc and disperse “Then the peasants will search for these properties, Thus chaotic conditions can

destruction of great quantities of social wealth will occur.

about 80 per cent of the 24.419.000 eligible voters would cast ballots. Voting in the 151 coustituencies of metropolitan France and the’ French empire for the 627 deputies in he new assembly are scheduled to begin at 2 a. m. ladianapolis time.

Vatican City” POPE PIUS XII expressed hope yesterday for a quick peace in Korea and an early deliverance of the Chinese and Korean people from communism. The pontiff's views were expressed in a 10,000-word encyclical addressed to “Preachers of the Gospel.” The message referred repeatedly to communism by name and made one of the Pope's few direct references to the Korean War. He said humanity is “involved today in a supreme crisis,” and that “almost the whole human race is allowing itself tg/be driven into two opposing camps—for Christ or against Christ.” The pontiff declared that communism “reduces the dig-

“It is, therefure, better to allow landlords to keep these properties. Thus they can gain a living from these properties, or they can invest them in production. ‘This is also beneficial to soclety. This way of dealing with landlords in the future agrarian reform is far more lenient than in the past. “However, many landlords may still stubbornly oppose and sabotage agrarian reform and may still stubbornly oppose and sabotage the people's government. We must resolutely punish such obstinately reactionary landlord elements and should not be lenient or give them a free rein.” Don’t Take to It Best indications among researchers are that this last condition is prevailing, that the landlords have refused to look ‘kindly upon the losses of

Communists May Losh Some Seats

pity of the human person

s~ almost to zero.”

Little UN : PRESIDENT TRUMAN yesterday signed the charter creating a permanent organiza. tion of American states, thereby cementing a little more solidly the foundations of Inter. American unity The charter, drawn up at the 1048 Bogota conference, binds together the 21 Ameri-

organization within or ional

AIn effect, the OAS is a little

United Nations.

the’ 12th nation to sign the charter. At east two more must deposit their ratification’ before the agreement becomes effective. Those who have not deposited their signed agreement are expected to do so shortly. There is no organized opposition among any of the republics.

Great Britain

KING GEORGE VI, wrapped in blankets on one of the

today at the royal lodge in Windsor for the “essential

prolonged valescence” | ordered by his ors. Czechoslovakia

CZECHOSLOVAKIA is holding for further Investigation the American and Norwe, pilots whose two jet fighter planes landed near Prague eight days ago, it was announced officially at Wiesbaden, Germany, yesterday. American officials said Czechoslovakia confirmed that the planes, lost in a training flight, landed safely near’ Khely, northeast of the capital, and the pilots are “safe, happy and well.” Hungary HUNDREDS of “undesirable elements” including six former dukes, numerous other noblemen, pre-Communist government politicians and factory owners have been removed from Budapest, Red Hungary announced yesterday. Mem-

. bers of their families were re-

moved with them, Uruguay DR. ALBERTO GAINZA PAZ, director of the seized independent newspaper La Prensa of Buenos Aires, charged yesterday that the Peron government of Argentina seeks outright confiscation of the newspaper. Dr. Gainza Paz came here after his newspaper was seized. But he told a meeting of Uruguayan newspapermen honor ing La Presna, that he beHeved he would regain control 0

Hong Kong MORE than a ton of warpotential supplies, believed destined for Communist China, were Kong authorities today. Magistrate H. Winter ordered 1000 drums of oil and 60 tires seized.

Tibet

THE Chinese Communists news agency reported from Peiping today that five Tibetan peace ‘delegates headed for home Wednesday after contributing $50 to help buy arms for the Reds in Korea.

their tracts of land while being allowed to keep some properties. 5

The landlords claim that in all other countries land redistribution programs are effected by governments paying the owners for the losses of their properties.

In China, however, the pro-

gram is being carried out by

direct confiscation.

Best indications are that former landowners are going to continue opposing the government and that liquidations probably will continue on a large scale.

These chaotic conditions are

believed to be severely taxing the strength of the Chinese Communist government and possibly could produce conditions that could lead to internal revolution. Copyright, 1051, The Indianapolis Times

Reporters’ Inside Tips on World Affairs

THE HUNGARIANS ARE NOW publishing lists of people condemned to death or to long sentences for keeping arms— sometimes just a fowling piece. Until recently these sentences were kept quiet. It looks as If the government wanted to get the people into a condition of absolute submission and terror. » 8» THE Romanian Communist militia has requisitioned tires of autocars belonging to private firms running services where the railroads are inadequate. These tires have. been turned over to the Soviet troops stationed in Romania. This, and many recent measures in favor of the Soviets, have brought the antipathy of the people against Moscow to boiling point. } 2 ” 8 ” WHEN the cook of the Danish iegation in Moscow tried - .to boil one -of the 35 dozen eggs, which the minister had just received from home, it

was found to be already hardboiled, as were all the others. Moscow authorities admitted that the eggs had been hard-

boiled in Moscow as the Soviet ~~

could not risk having their hens infected by germs contained in eggs from “an underdeveloped agricultural coun-

2 ” ” IMPORTANT contiggents of Russian troops are a daily in Romania on their to Hungary, the Romanian® Yugoslav frontier and Bulgaria “to assure the defense of the Black Sea.” To feed these troops heavy levies are made on the already half-starved Romanian. population.

» » os THE Romanian intérior ministry has pul at the disposal of the Sovromconstructie (So-viet-Romanian con struction company) 600,000 political prisoners — priests, professors, politicians, students, officers and others—to speed up construction of airfields, barracks, and war industry factories. a Wo ,

THE Sovrompetrol (SovietRomanian petroleum company) ones of the numerous Soviet companies which are taking over all the natural riches of Romania, has discovered very rich deposits in the Targu-Jiu, and the Trotus Valley in Moldavia. Exploitation will start shortly.

» o - ‘THE Vatican is disturbed over reports from Hungary that the Communist -regime there is weaning young people away from the church by .establishing, on the Hitler youth plan, boy and girl recreation camps. .

i » ” s THE Finnish cabinet has Jedistioned for federal control all coal supplies now in the country and ordered from abroad, to forestall a shortage next winter. paling

= » Nationalists say 15 Russian submarines, manned. by Russian , crews, have been plying betwee North China ports. . .

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” CHINESE

INDO-CHINESE report that although the Chinese Reds promised not to interfere with the internal affairs of Tibet, which has been occupied, the Tibetan army has been aboli most “trustworthy” men have been .aken into the “munist armies, ” ” »

THE New Zealand air force Is: reconditioning U. 8. Navy Catalina 3dyirg boats that have been rusting in a postwar dump near Auckland. Two have been delivered and nine mora are on the way. : s n » ht THE Burmese defense ministry charges that Red China is sending arms and ammunition to Burmese Commies over the Burma Road. 8 Ld Bg

THE proportion of young

people among refugees from

Eastern Germany is increasing as the Communists put on the pressure for their big rally in Berlin in August. I

confiscated by Hong,

"poses.

dianapolis driver year term. - Driver was

was “persuaded” by Public Service Co fine, but clear-cut ruling of responsibility

yet to come.

Can a trucking firm always be held = overloaded vehicles? That's what the industr The United States became to know, and so do police and judges—and may find themselves inside looking out.

in Jail for

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Situation in case which brought matter into spotlight

Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Schrader of Indian truck to Sims Motor Transport Co., Chicago, pal driver John W. Lewis of Indianapolis a bonus to haul overweight. Driver was arrested in Lake County.

Judge fined driver $911, which Lewis couldn't pay

HE =p % year's warmest days, rested and therefore was ordered

to sweat out in jail at §1 a

Judge also impounded truck, But this didn’t bother Sims, who merely leased it from the ‘ Bchraders. Impounding hurts owners because they can get

no rental fee for truck whi court holds it. :

Schraders maintain and state police agree they were innocent of violation.

State police blamed Sims, as well as driver, for deliberately breaking law. Yet, Sims was untouched until yesterday's PSC “persuasion.” State police couldn't bring him into court because he was in Chicago (headquarters of the firm) and they couldn't extradite on a misdemeanor. Even if they could get him into court, Indiana's weak laws couldn't sock him with more than a slight fine.

It's not unusual for trucks to be owned by non-truckers. In fact, most carriers lease, rather than own, trucks. That's why truck owners, who have no hand in violation, cry foul when their trucks are impounded while carrier, the real villain, goes free.

Does PSC have formula by which “wham” unfailingly Truck Industeys outa an S ears are cocked for an answer.

WARNING to women patrons of taxi cabs—dol

ride in front seat with driver, especially when back |

is empty. Reason:

Police officers have been instructed to investigate cases where women are riding on suspicion of prostitution.

Girl on way home from work in downtown

recently was arrested while riding in front seat witl driver as the result of common, double-load practice. Police officer spied cab after other passengers got “out. She spent night in jail, came up in court with impli cations of prostitution hanging: over her until cabbie explained she was a regular nightly customer and that he happened to have another fare when it was time to pick her up. Judge sent her home with warning not te

put herself in such a position again.

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Chalk up another illegal arrest on Police De: £7

Locking Barn Door,

ANOTHER ANGLE has developed in connection with practice of sheriffs “loaning out” prisoners to other counties without court permission.’ Check of Supreme Court decisions disclosed that any con» fession or other evidence obtained against prisoner while in illegal custody (outside court’s jurisdiction) are not admissable as evidence in court during trial of case. Since Prosguutor Fairchild and Sheriff Smith were reprimanded recently for “loaning out” Ethridge Grubb, shot to death in Bloomington jail by Monroe County sheriff while in illegal custody, they are bemore careful. Prosecutor Fairchild this week went to great lengths to obtain special court order for taking prisoner here to Morgan County fér trial. Order stated prisoner would remain in custody of Sheriff Smith here at all times . . . must be returned to jail here every night. Gd . . 3 IT'S BEEN many weeks since The Times turned over to Prosecutor . Fairchild list of telephones over which information on lotteries was being given daily to customers. Most of the telephones on that list are still operating at same old stands, tly unconcerned about

tor's’ Apr. 5 Dronuansement ¢3 :

“I'll remove any be

Psychological ‘War® +=

LOOK FOR more violenté,

possibly blcodshed, in feud in- .

volving well-known I

lis attorney if authorities do - intervene with some rer

ing action.

hearses, taxicabs, flowers, phone calls. ' wie Last week he is said to asked for N10 the next time peared at his home, him names. He complains that

Campaign Lagging

of the Pr ant

up with cabbie;