Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1951 — Page 14

2% have shamefully mismanaged the county poor farm at. "Thousands upon thousands of dollars of taxpayers ‘disappeared, without explanation, in the ding and the Operation of this institution. Inmates, most of them old and ‘ill, have lived there ‘pitifully on’ near-starvation. diets while the taxpayers of - Marion County paid for luxury menus which they never got. “'. The squalor, and the filth, and the “disappearance” of food for which the county paid, and the neglect and mistreatment of those county wards have been exposed again * and again by this newspaper . . . and the horrible situation - . whitewashed again and again at the behest of the bipartisan county political ring.

~ . LJ » ~ " BY LAST winter this had become more than just a. local Marion County scandal. ' The state legislature, shocked at what was going on at Julietta, took it away from the county commissioners, and placed its management in the hands of the newly created county health and hospital board, which it had carefully shielded from sginistef political pressures. Hope dawned for Julietta. But lush political plums are not so easily snatched from greedy fingers. +g #8 8 £ un.» = COMES ‘NOW one Vinard S. Buckner with a court 03 action “on behalf of all the taxpayers” the purpose of which x is to hand Julietta back to the courthouse clique and to ; * destroy the whole fine, progréssive county health and hospital system the legislature set up.

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“The action purports to be the hHona “te” ove of a

..of the people of this county. It could be. : Per " Or it could- be just a false fron‘, as phony as the “menus” that hang on the walls in Julietta’s dining room, to help the plunderbund keep the fat piekings Julietta has provided for so many years. _ Whichever it is, the result will be the same if the suit succeeds. Julietta would go back to the county commissioners, to be run as it has been run for a decade, at fantastic cost to the taxpayers and misery for their wards who live there. - " =». » » = AND THE biggest forward step in public health and hospital service this county has ever undertaken would . be wiped out. He Te Mr. Buckner's petition takes in too much ‘territory when it says it is for “all the taxpayers.” We're taxpayers, and it isn't for us. It isn't, as far as the most careful scrutiny reveals, in the interests of any bona fide taxpayer. This whole law was not enacted casually or thoughtlessly. On the contrary, the legislature thade a long and thorough study of the county's health needs and the best ways to meet them. If it now is destroyed on the-dubious and specious grounds on which it is stacked it will cost this county heavily. We, and the voters of Marion County, will hold the ° Fo public law departments whose duty it is to defend the public interest, fully responsible for the kind of defense that is made against this action.

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Private Enterprise

Can Replace Socialism

SINCE World War I the world-wide trend has ‘been toward socialism and dictatorship. But this trend can be reversed. The .advance of private enterprise and democracy can be resumed. The elections last year in New Zealand and Australia in ‘which the Socialists lost control were indications. Now comes news from Turkey of the encouragement of private enterprise by the government of President Bayar which went into power last year as the result of the first real election there. The connection between private enterprise and freedom is shown in the fact that it is the government which first removed the restrictions from the press in Turkey that is now encouraging private enterprise. Turkish state-owned husiness is being sold to private owners. Two-thirds of state-ewned shipping has been transferred to private hands. Denationalization of Turkish textile industries is under way. With funds borrowéd from the World Bank, the Industrial Development Bank is assisting Turkish capitalists to take over government business and establish new. businesses.

~ " ~ » ~ » RELATING these facts in The Christian Science Monitor, Egon Kaskeline points out that such private . enterprise is a new thing in Turkey, since under -the Ottoman Empire-there was state control. It is not surPrising that Turkish capitalists, unaccustomed to such

* encouragement, are slow to rise to this New opportunity. But a’ start is being made. The battle against Marxism 1s not hopeless. Let us remember this, and not regard as permanent the present reign of socialism in Great Britain. It eomes as a reaction against aristocratic special privilege which held down the British workingman for centuries; as a means; however faulty, of coping with a post-war emergency; and as a result of mistaken Socialist theorizing which has a temporary vogue. Let's be patient with Britain while she passes throygh ; Se phase. For Britain is a friend we can't do without.

' No Thanks for This ‘Help’.

UX KLAN crosses have burned again at ‘several

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STRIKE ONE .

By public spirited citizen sincerely seeking to protect the rights...

" combine that traffics

. By Frederick C. Othman

Congressmen Find Out Ty Cobb

. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—I got a big bang out of watching Ty Cobb, the Georgia Peach, tossing the old cantaloupe

Congressmen who pitched it tp him, The idea of some seemed to be that big-time. baseball isa’ trust in restraint of trade as well as a heartless £3

in slave labor. So the House Judiciary Subcommittee was investigating to see whether baseball should obey the law like other businesses, or whether it should % be exempted because it was something special. Mr. Cobb was witness No, 1, He looked not so much like the mil-

lionaire he is as he did. like the middle-aged

proprietor of a gasoline filling station in ‘his Sunday suit of gray and his brown polka-dot cravat, twisted in the knotting. He said his name. was Tyrus Raymond. C8bb and his home was Glenbrook, Nev. Then he sat. there blinking behind his gold-rimmed eyeglasses while the

flood lights of the movie cameras focused on

him. Back iA the" mustache- -cup days. Mr. Cobb never made any fantastic salary, but then the

income tax didn’t amount to much, either. The -

money he saved he invested in the stock of =a small Georgia outfit known as the Coca-Cola Co. This since has made him a wealthy man. Baseball never made a slave out of him, said the mighty swatter. Fact is, said he, that slave-labor clause in his contract: was what kept him in the chips. This is a little complicated, so you'll have to pay close attention for a minute:

‘An Insult’ WHEN a big league team signs up a player he puts his John Henry to a document, which says in the fine print that he can't work for any other ball clubs without the permission of

his first boss. And a good thing, too; said Mr. Cobb. Say there were no slave-labor clause. The rich teams would hire all the star players away

from the lowly outfits like the St. Louis Browns. The gold-plated teams then would win all_the

games. People wouldn't pay to watch the regular losers, They'd go broke. There'd be no organized baseball and fellows like Ty Cobb would be back’ in the villages from which they came, Or so sald Tyrus. 1 wish I could reproduce here his Georgia accent and give some hint of his enormous modesty. He was a whiz bang ‘as a diplomat, too,

Congressional investigations are. great things.

He told the statesmen a little story about ‘that’

It was back in 1913, when Henry Ford was just getting started with his brass-bonnetad buggies and Mr. Cobb was the star outfielder of the Detroit Tigers at $9000 ‘a year.

SIDE GLANCES

(that's how the sports writers wrote in his day) back ‘at the

-Can- Still Toss the Comalothen

The management said this was a torture. He demanded.

Mr. Cobb said it was an insult. $15,000. Nothing doing, said the boss. Mr. Cobb went on a one-man strike and organized a barnstorming ball tea. for a tour through the South. The front office in Detroit and Mr. Cobb én route kept the sports writers of the day well supplied with vituperative statements. “Sa Sen. Hoke Smith of Georgia got word of our argument,” Mr. Cobb continued. ‘And something was said about a congressional investigation. Then we got together pretty quick.” His new compromise wage was $12,000 a vear. Rep. Emanuel Celler (D. N. Y.), the Brooklyn baseball fan, said, yes and he was reinstated after he paid a 350 fine for walking off the lot. “I don’t remember that,” said Tyrus. “And if they'd made me pay $50 I'd have kicked up such a rumpus I know I'd remember.” .

By Talbort HITLER'S MIST AKE? .

ea . By dwell Denny

‘When Will Stalin Slap Tito

Down and Start War 111?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—There is much talk of World War III starting in Yugoslavia soon. There is no proof. But then there never is. It is all a matter of “signs.” And the signs are read differently by different “experts.” One thing is certain. war exist. Stalin has the force to attakk Tito. He has the motive, : There is a deterrent, however. Aggression against Yugoslavia probably would precipitate world war. And Stalin, so far at least, has

not risked a big war. He prefers little wars. -

territory cheap, picked up by proxy. That

method of cautious conquest has paid off. So,

logically, he would not be likely to gambie all on a world war.

Doing Pretty Well

"BUT the same was said about Hitler, He was doing pretty well, knocking off his victims one by one. Until he miscalculated in Poland, and unintentionally started sozaething he could .not finish. The Kaiser, likewis?, misjudged the gamble when he marched into* Belgium. - It ‘would be a mistake for Stalin to attack Yugoslavia. now. But Stalin can make mistakes. That is why the danger of a World War III can’t be ignored. * The present talk of war is a sequel to last winter’s scare. Then it was believed that the contagion of Tito’s defiant example was spreading so fast in the satellite states that Stalin

KOREA

The conditions for .

By Earl Richert

probably would act against the Red rebel. 8ince .

then there has been a steady Red military buildup in that critical area. . For many weeks people on both sides of the

"Iron .Curtain have been saying: “If there is

war it will come in August, after the harvest and before Tito can get much help from the

* West.”

This was the super-charged setting in which Stalin's deputy, Molotov, at a gathering of East European puppets in Warsaw made his recent statement that Tito would not last long. At first this was not taken very seriously in West. ern capitals—except to not that Stalin was singing two tunes, a war chant in the voice of stooge Molotov and a peace lullaby by Malik.

‘Mass Murderers’

BUT Tito replied by calling the Stalinist gang mass murderers. Now Stalin, through his mouthpiece “Trud,” charges that Tito on Gen. Eisenhower's orders is planning “an aggression on his Balkan. neighbors just like South Korea did ‘against North Korea, i Probably this is just another move in the war of nerves. But if Stalin does decide to attack Yugoslavia, he has planted his defense excuse in advance—he was “attacked first.” Allied preparedness is -some insurance. But we have a long rearmament way to go before anyone can be certain that Stalin will not repeat Hitler's mistake of starting a world war.

Billions in Added Defense Costs Ride on Result of Kaesong Talks

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—-Billions of dollars of added defense expenditures are riding on the outcome of the armistice talks at Kaesong. Point is that the $60 billion which the Defense Department is asking Congress to vote

for this year does not cover a continuation of the war in Korea. It is to pay only for the defense buildup we're proposing to achieve, as if there were no war. If the fighting goes on, 3 _ detense expenditures will rise. The Defense Department has been unwilling to. esti‘mate haw ttc andther year of war in Korea would add to the costs of the proposed defense program. » But the Army estimates it would need an additional $4$6 billion if -there’s another year of fighting in Korea. This would be in’ addition to the $20 billion which it is now asking .of Congress for its “peacetime-level” buildup. One Defense Department spokesman said that on the basis of the Army's estimate it would bé conservative to estimate that another year of fighting in Korea would add at least $7.5 billion to the present proposed defense spending— and that based upon a comparatively unopposed U. S. Air Force. _ Defense Under Secretary Robert Lovett told the “House Appropriations Committee that in preparing the defense budget in December it was not felt possible to forecast the probable

Mr. Lovett . no forecast

fr: pendediin. COMPA

military situation in Korea during the fiscal °

vear which started July 1. Therefore, he said, the Defense Department budget did not make allowances for combat, spending rates during the present fiscal year. “This is most significant in’ the case of the Army, since consumption of supplies, ammunition and other equipment will be substantially higher if hostilities continue during 1952,” he said.

proposed to give first priority from money appropriated to filling the Korean defense needs and then to come back to Congress later for the money necessary to Teplace the ih ex= a sg ;

Throughout the lengthy.

funds.

‘Invite Disaster’ GEN. OMAR .BRADLEY, chairman of tha Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that any major cut would “invite disaster.” on ymy Secretary Frank Pace said there was “soft underbelly” in the Army’s request for $20 billion. “Any arbitrary reduction would probably

- result in a slow-down that would be dispropor-

tionate to the amount of the reduction,” he said. * Defense Department officials said they were aware of the strain placed upon the economy and the taxpayers by the huge defense expenditures. But they contended that the international

situation made the defense expeditures neces sary.

HOOSIER FORUM—‘Legion’s Actions Are Sad’

MR. EDITOR:

.. Every year about this time a biinch of juve--

nile delinquents, who revel in the -luxury of calling themselves adult males, descend upon the town and try fo do things they believe funny. Their actions are not funny. They are sad in a way. The-American Legions an : organization that should be dedicated to the passage of legisla-

{ion which will eventually cal' the nations of

the world together in. peace, which will certainly be constructive to the communities represented.

The action. of Legion members during convention time seems to be indicative of the character of the whole organization. Flash and tomfoolery with little serious thought and

+ dedication.

So many times we say of government offices they have reached the end of their value to the nation and should disband, I am of the opinion the same thing may be said of the Legion now, If I am wrong that is too bad for I am Mr. Average Citizen who is more impressed by actions than words. Each member of the legion on convention should look"upon himself as a public relations man attempting to build up good will between the legion and the public. > o-~ ow»

THAT is not the case, How can it ba done when those “ambassadors of good will for the Legion” persist in making the citizens of their convention town miserable.

The men who threw the firecrackers out of the .hotel window and so injured two small boys must feel proud of themselves. The young ones will never forget and certainly their parents will harbor resentment toward this “great organization” for the rest of their lives.

Unfortunately the most disgusting part of this annual affair is the fact local police condone these actions. There is no recourse for the local citizen even though he pays the police to protect

By Galbraith DEAR BOSS .

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1--In-diana's Attorney General J, Emmett McManamon is such a states rights Democrat that the Republican dean of the state delegation in the House cited a telegram from him "to support passage .of land Oil bill. The two Indiana Democrats in the House, Reps, Winfield K. Denton, Evansville; Ray Madden, Gary, took the opposite view. of Mr. McManamon and

istration. They were on the losing side when the total turned out to be 265 ayes and 109 nays. The measure now rests with the Senate. Led Dy their dean Rep, Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer, all of the Hoosier - Republican Congressman voted for the - bill, except Rep. Charles B. Brownson, Indianapolis. He was absent when the roll “was called, but paired for it. “I was for it as a matter of

- later commented. And that

by the speech by Mr. Halleck - where he Sted & Jedlantmon |

the Tide-

“voted with the Truman admin -

him, his personal property .and to a _certain extent his peace of mind. -1t "appears no one- in ‘local government is man enough to give the orders .that will keep this organization in line. There are too many votes involved. And certainly the organization is absolutely Incapable. of keeping itself in line. They, are just a bunch. of boys _having fun and unfortunately, they will never be able "to

attain dhe dignity and res ponsibility of manhood.

—Mr. Av erage Citizen, City.

‘Cleaning Out Needed’

MR. EDITOR: So it really looks like the Tenants Housing Service is trying to put a Hinges over Indian: apolis. If it's true, that's about the Towest. operation I think I've ever seen. Gambling in this town is saintly compared to something like that. People still find it difficult to find places to live and any outfit that would deliberately set out to fleece them should be put out of business and its organization jailed. I hope The Times cau dig up enough proof to do just that. This eity could stand a cleaning out, —Renter, City,

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‘Grown Up Men?’

MR. EDITOR I think it’s a shame the way grown up men (1 will not say gentlemen) carry on at the State Legion convention. A bag filled with water was

dropped just a few feet from’ me from the upper floor of the Claypool Hotel- Saturday evening. This was aimed at me and I know it might

have broken my neck if it had hit me. It is time our law enforcers take a hand before someone gets hurt and it may be a legionnaire. . —Irate Citizen, City.

. By Dan Kidney

McManamon’s Wire Cited in Tidelond Case

considered ‘on floor of the

"editorial,

‘Too Much Noise’

. MR. EDITOR:

It. it with great interest that I read your “The Right to Precious Silence” (Times, July 28), and you may be assured that it is. considered a nuisance, to say the least, that stores and radio stations see fit

to let go with thelr programs and bombard

the public with_-them, What's the matter with our police department that they allow “such a racket to go on? You walk down on 8. Illinois, or Washington” St., at the Circle or on Pennsylvania and you have to listen to these so-called advertisements, whether you like it or “not. I don’t know of any town where this would be tolerated, but of course in this town anything goes. No mayor with any civic pride would

“be party of such goings on.

Crack down and close: down the places of business that have to stoop to such low publicity or tax them so high that they will not find it profitable, But let's have peace and quiet. ~—A Hoosier, City.

‘What Others Say—

PEACE in the world is indivisible, and that's why TI think all of this (Russian- -suggested truce talks) is merely a maneuver—that while things quiet down in Korea they may burst ‘out from other places.—Premier Marshal Tito, of Yugoslavia. Bb oh IT'S {job managing buxom actress Denisa Darcel) full of headaches. For example, I have to watch her figure consta: ty. —Marcel Venturo, DOES a lion tamer ‘take a book of instructions along when he goes into the lions’ cage ?— Dmitri Mitropolous, of N. Y. Philharmonic, on why he uses no score piien he conducts.

HE SAID THAT Congress and contrgl over ‘billions of House hie Seek: Quay become and “not the Supreme Court dollars worth of oil which some title to its state land under Must make the laws and de- Say our Navy, Afr Force and Lake Michigan by constitu- Cried using patriotism and the ! efense Departments will need tional: bouridaries” flag for furtherahce of a fed- or our national protection. Since’ the U. 8. Supreme eral power grab. The adminis- ‘Whan they talk about this Court nas held that the tides tration wants the oil held in bill upholding states rights,

ands of Texaw. California and Louisiana, . including the oil underneath, belongs to Uncle Sam, Mr. Halleck argued that Congress must act in the matter to restore “historic states He rights." which “This controversy over own- -

The Madden, went

said

reserve for defense purposes, Democratic * dean, Mr. to bat administration. the McManamon telegram. the oil the tidelands measure will turn over to the states of

they are merely trying to take the minds of the mer™ers of this House and the American public off the fact that the primary purpose of the hill is to divert. these vast coastline ofl » reserves away from the federal government and place them under the jurisdiction of the

for the He ignored

reserves,

Mr. Lovett said the Defense Department

earings efore BT. ; House committee, Defense Department officials ‘° strongly opposed suggestions of cuts in their .

states rights,” Mr, Brownson was the.principal point stressed

‘ners

ership of submergede® lands,” Mr. Halleck said, ‘is just one more in a series of bare-faced attempts by advpgates, of federal control to run rotgh-shod .over the historic concept of

rights enjoyed by the several °

states.and by the citizens within those states. “Once again we face a familfar issye, encroachment by big government. Once again that

. encroachment is cloaked in the

Aall-too-familiar guise of benficent paternalism, :

“Once again the Congress is

called upon as a bulwark to ‘resist schemes of the plan-

i

would chip away,

California, Texas and Louisi- ~ ana under the- bill.

" “The proponents of this legislation,” Mr. Madden declared, “draw a red herring across t the real issues by talking about the bill giving. the various states

rights to lands adjoining and . underneath inland rivers, lakes,

and so forth. This contentjon is fallacious and in direct contradiction of the facts, Lahm ew “THE PROPONENTS of this bill “desiré to keep as far away as possible from fhe fact that

by placing these unlimited oil

several states so the oil companies can eventually. secure

nwriership of billions.” upon -,

billions of dollars worth of federal oil production.”

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