Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1951 — Page 8

ar five separate official fraud in-

oi The Star's Statement ia compounded of untruths and * half-truths, of baseless insinuations against us, and of direct “quotations” from persons who say they never made

the remarks “ * and in some instances never even had been contacted by the Star at all. ” 8 . . . ”

WE DO not propose to engage in any controversy about this. The facts speak for themselves. They are: Tenants Housing Service, since last Apr. 1, had collected n $5 fee from an undisclosed number of persons seeking to rent homes in Indianapolis. After many weeks of waiting, scores of those who had paid the fée and been directed to no homes for rent, filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau, The Times, and public officials. The company continued to advertise that it had numbers of homes for rent, to attract new clients, from whom it collected $5 each. When Tenants Housing Service failed to furnish, on request, evidence that it actually had found homes for any of its clients, or performed the service it advertised it would pertorm, the Better Business Bureau characterized it as a “fee-collecting racket” and asked Indianapolis newspapers, all members of the Bureau, not to publish its advertising. Te Times never had published its advertising. The Star continued to do so in spite of the Bureau's request. » ” . ” = ~ AFTER the Bureau's report was disclosed by The Times, officials of Tenants Housing Service finally provided for The Times and for the Better Business Bureau, a list of 116

had been found, and addresses of what they said were the homes rented. That is the list on which the Star based the attack upon us published this week. The list actually contains 94 names. just duplications, entered twice. Of the 94, 17 were unknown at the addresses given as their “homes,” others never had been referred to any rental homes at all. Of the “homes” represented as rented by them some were vacant lots, some addresses that never existed, some addresses not occupied by the persons listed. One was a National Guard Armory. Altogether, of the 116 “names” provided by the company itself as the total of its customars placed in rental housing in 14 weeks of operation, 35 said they had had atisfactory experience with the service, 44 made more or less serious complaints of “misrepresentation” and failure o? the company to provide bona fide references to rental

homes, the others apparently do not exist at all. “ o o n

The other 20 are

” Ld IF THE Star wishes to publish advertising of that natue we presume it is privileged to do so. If it wishes to defend an advertiser whose methods ot him into official hot water, why that, too, is its privilege. We suggest though,.that it be done without making falee statements and baseless charges against those who ‘sllow a different standard of newspaper ethics.

Voice From the Court

TERING the “great debate” through the medium of Look Magazine, Justice William O. Douglas of the U. 8. Supreme Court has delivered a broadside against both Gen. MacArthur and the Truman administration's policy toward Asia. ' Justice Douglas charges that the American people have become the “victims” of “the military philosophy.” He warns that this may produce a ‘crusade against America” in Asia. \ ‘he Communists, he says, “win over the masses by preaching. programs of reform that have their historical origins, not in Russia but the United States.” In contrast, ne charges we are supporting ‘the powers that be, the vested interests, the landlords of Asia.” “A shudder passed through Southeast Asia” when the United States announced its support »f the French in IndoChina, Justice Douglas declares. He concedes that the rebels in Indo-China are Communist-led, but adds “it is also true that the French imposed on that area one of the most vicious colonial systems in all history.” . The attack on this particular phase of American policy in Asia is of interest now because an emissary of the French government is coming to this country to plead for active military support in Indo-China. While reserving judgment with respect to most of the : Justice's brief until we have had time tc study his citations, we agree that this situation in Indo-China should be carefully examined before we step off the deep end. From this distance it looks like another Korea whare we might be left nolding the bag.

Risk to Be Avoided NCE again a proposal to abolish the Electoral College system of electing Presidents and Vice Presidents, as it now prevails, has started on its long wey toward adoption. The Senate Judiciary Committee has reported out a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment." If this resolution passes the Senate and Hous», it will be submitted to the states for ratification. - = An identical resolution passed the Senate last year, but was killed in the House. i : The present’ Electoral College System is obsolete and dangerous. It does not accurately reflect the popular vote. It could, ii fact, pfoduce a result.contrary to the popular

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roti. Foreign correSpandatits are restricted to

He, the 11 “trade unionists” were junketed about on a 5000mile trip, by plane, train, bus, auto and boat, from Moscow to Leningrad, Stalingrad to the Ukraine and from Simferpol to Yalta in the Crimea. It: was truly a glorious trip. .» ~ - ' THERE were no pre-ar-ranged programs, no secret police in attendance. At least » that's what the nine men and two women claimed at a press conference in the office of Trud, the government -controlled Soviet trade union organ; in Moscow, And what did they find? This: Not a trace of slave labor. A universal desire for peace and no evidence of preparation for war. Complete freedom of press, religion and movement, The workers wellfed and clothed, without any fears whatsoever of insecurity. Oh yes, to keep it all at a high pitch of impartiality, the delegation managed to find a flaw or two. Or, to quote a Moscow dispatch in the Dally Worker: “Not everything in the Soviet Union is wonderful, the report added, pointing out that plumbing standards and the railroads lag behind the U. 8.” s - » HOW did the Kremlin happen to allow. such an invasion of Iron Curtain privacy? Could be the Kremlin had implicit trust in the delegation chairBias oes He is vice president of the International Fur Workers, long since booted out of the CI0. : He also was Bronx chairman of the American Labor Party,

“leader of the Communist vet-

erans who picketed Federal Judge Harold R. Medina during the trial of the 11, master of ceremonies at suc-

cessive May Day demonstrations where he delivered vitriolic blasts against the

American system of government. 2 tJ ” THE COMMIES are gloating again, this time over Humphrey Bogart and the misses, Lauren Bacall. A couple years ago, when a string of Hollywood writers and directors refused to tell the House Un-American Ac-

* tivities Committee if they were

Communists, Bogie joined a movie contingent that flew to Washington to protest. Almost immediately, the actor realized he had been had, that thg Communists ° were behind the. protest. He announced his chagrin ‘publicly. Recéntly while in Italy, the star bestowed his greetings on the winner of a beauty contest staged by Vie Nuove, a pictorial magazine. Its last page carried two full-length portraits of the Bogarts in color. “Yes,” laments the Daily Worker in triumph, ‘Vie Nuove is a Communist magazine. Its editor is Luigi Longo, organizational secretary of the Communist Party of Italy and second in command to Togliatti on the party's top political committee.” Bogie has been had again. 5 on rr HARD pressed to find ball that the courts will accept, the has decided to tap a

party new source. It recently issued an appeal to ‘courageous

Americans” to help out. All thev have to do, according to Flizabeth Gurley Flynn, one of the 21 recently indicted, is_ to “come forward with their own money or property.” In light of the $103.000 bail funds already forfeited on Reds - who skipped, it sure would take courage.

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‘Unfortunate Letter’ MR. EDITOR:

The Sethe. from Sririey G2 Barns inv “Hoosier Forum July 29, was most unfortunate. The lady's insinuation that Emma’ Hvers is biased in her writings, is so much in error that one hesitates before offering to refute this belief. Emma Rivers Milner's articles on churches and synagogues; of ministers, priests and rabbis, are: often masterpieces that could come only from the pen and the heart of an ambassador

Milner, your church editor,

of good will,

+ She is humble, unselfish and kind. Never has there been one iota of unfairness in her writings. Her knowledge of thé various denominations and their form of worship; her respect for others, her sincerity and her desire to be helpful, place her at the very top in her profession. Emma Rivers Milner well deserves the highest praise and recognitioh for the outstanding and unselfish service she has contributed to our

community.

~William J. Ash, 4231 Central Ave.

‘Give Him Credit’ . MR. EDITOR:

This isn't any political Mayor.”

boest I just think the man deserves a lot of credit for doing something. at long last, about the traffic conditions in our fair city. For many years other mayors did a lot of talking about the condition, but that's all they

HOOSIER FORUM—‘Great Error’

- "lI do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it.”

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‘GOP Is to Blame’ MR. EDITOR: :

to blame for

Sve Wa SRYREIDRe-poleancTRLY ng rific thing again. . . they million of welfare funds for Indiana. Let's get this straight once and for all. The open records welfare law was sponsored and passed by a Republican majority in the Indiana General Assembly and is the Republican Party’s own baby no matter how much they holler and want someone else, as usual,

it.

ne pny ters have withheld so

This law is out of compliance with the fed-

eral Social Security law which prompted Mr.

the people.

not only voted against any measure in

and complains,

Ewing to act as he did. Federal laws are not changed by state laws. No matter how much our Mr. Jenner, who's ability as a Senator has yet to be shown, yells the people will know was the Republican Party that is to blame for the whole mess. And of course our Sen. Capehart has to add his 5 cents worth to it in spite of the fact that he doesn't give a darn about the majority of His voting record shows that he

that it

the

Senate that would have the people of Indiana

save some “Bayt for

mouths now.

did. Mayor Bayt was quel. to §eé that one-way

streets would partially solve the jams. » isn’t solved, but he has gone a long way toward It looks as though Indianapolis has found a man who would like to make Indiannot a cross-roads

[o be ~sure the problem

solving it.

apolis a modern metropolis, tank town. Nice going, Mr. Mayor, work

IF YOU about politicians toying

union rates. It's

THEY (the Russians) first with the electric light, whatnot one ‘“first”—our own

dio commentator,

IT'S LIKE running a grocery store and vour wife goes across ‘the street and trades with a C. Stanley Lowell, testifying in divorce suit that his wife attended lectures by another minister.

competitor.—Rev. ington, D. C,,

I SAW a western movie go old the cowboy Fred Allen, comedian,

By Galbraith

keep up the good —A Driver, City.

What Others Say—

want to know how homemakers feel with their dally bread, bring down a bunch of Congressmen and we'll . put them to work (gelling $1-a-pound steak) at about time that Congressmen take some of the punishment.—Joseph Bildner, president Kings Supermarket chain in N. J.

have claimed to be the airplane (and) The United States. is still left with Orson Welles first invasion from Mars.—Albert Warner, ra-

fon TV) that was was riding a dinosaur.—

altogether

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and the

of unrest.

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JEEPS, CADILLAC

money, trols that would have the big majority of the folks back here save a lot of money. _ of these fellows is qualified to shout off their

Views on News

By DAN KIDNEY

MODERN FABLE— poor man who became chairman of the

Cc

didn't get rich.

wasn't for Oscar Ewing the Federal Security Administrator could be a Cabinet official.

OPS raised the price of pork chops. Probably trying to prove that Secretary of Agriculture Brannan was right when he said—"“Ours is a hog economy.”

GREAT Britain is in the market for a new bullet-proof Arab leader.

THERE never seems to be a manpower shortage for the mass production

CONSUMERS whether the new Defense Production Act will control prices

WITH an eye to the future, summer vacationists are touring around inspecting caves,

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he also voted against con-

Neither

We, the people of Indiana, know and will not forget where to put the blame. -

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By Frederick

If You're a Taxpayer,

WASHINGTON, Aug, 4— Now it turns out that the Navy pays more for jeeps to haul sailors than it does for Cadillacs to transport admirals. This should please the seamen jouncing in jeeps. I don't know what the admirals think while purring around in their cheap (by comparison) V-8, sedans, but there's one taxpayer—you're looking at him— who's biting his fingernails. > vy n

THE NAVY now pays for a

standard jeep with frontmounted winch for getting out of tight places and a kit of spare parts, $3083.42 It wants to buy 543 more of .these vehicles, which it hopes to get a little cheaper. These will set us back $3089 a copy. A four-door Cadillac sedan costs the Navy $2750. That is $333 under the price of a jeep and I guess this is a cockeyed old world. If 1 seem amazed, you should have looked at the members of the House Appropriations . Committee, which

Navy's jeeps and/or Cadillacs.

. must put up the money for the

“You've got that down at $2702,” said Rep. John Taber (R. N, Y.). “That seems like a whale of a big price. That jeep was supposed to be a cheap job. What happened?” Col. J. E. Engler, chief of the Army's automotive branch,

said the basic price of an :

Army jeep was $2000. He said the $702 was for spare parts. Furthermore, he indicated, the new jeep isn’t the car that the World War II model was. The Army's made several concessions in quality to hold the price down. It used to be that jeeps had full-floating rear axles. Now the Army settles for semi-floating axles, which. are. cheaper. That's just an example, the Colonel said,

» n ” THE NEW jeeps, on the other hand, are waterproofed and have a 24-volt electrical system. r

“You are waterproofing your :

jeep so it can travel through fairly deep water,” said Rep. Errett P. Schrivner (R. Kas.). “What are you going ‘to do

with the stuf you carey in

io

y Talburt ARMISTICE. By Earl Rion

~ Congressmen Ba UN ‘No Retreat’ Stand

WASHINGTON, Aug.

4—The “no retreat” position

taken by United Nations negotiators on a Korean armis-

tice line has the overwhelming support of Congressmen— even if it results in full-scale renewal of the war. The unanimity is almost

battle front is the right one and there must be no withdrawal to a buffer zone along the 38th Parallel, as the Reds want. “To back down to the 38th Parallel would give the Reds a tremendous psychological victory which they would exploit to the fullest,” said Rep. Mike Mansfield (D. Mont.), an administration Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Sen. John Bricker of Ohio, a conservative Republican, expressed the same thought. He also sald the military was “completely right” in demanding an armistice line that could be defended. “We all know,” he said, “that the 38th Parallel cannot be defended.” Sen. Alexander Wiley (R. Wis.), ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said it was “absolutely necessary to stand pat on the line we've got. It's a good defensive line. »

THE Wisconsin Senator sald didn’t place much faith

Sen. Bricker

.. . no defense

he

anyway in the armistice talks and that we would be in a much worse INAH postion back on the 38th Paralle “I think our position 2 cor= rect,” sald Sen. Paul Douglas (D. IIL). “I don't think we should yleld. We should stand at least on the present mili. tary line.” Rep. William Colmer (D, Miss.) said it would be all right with him to go back ‘to the 38th Parallel if he thought that would settle things, “But I know it won't. We've got to stand pat on the armistice line issue becauge if we don't stand pat on this issue then we'll find ourselves havIng to stand pat on something else down the line,” he said. o E »

REP. John Vorys (R. 0.), a critic of Secretary of State Dean Acheson, said that when he read of the Secretary’s all-

out stand in favor of an armistice along the present battle line he thought something must be wrong and gave the matter careful study. “By golly,” he sald, “I believe he (Acheson) is right on that.” Like Sen. Wiley, most House and Senate “experts” on for, eign affairs said they have! been skeptical of the armistice) talks all along. Several said that if the fight stops in Korea they expect the Reds to attack French

. Indo-China.

“Stalin doesn’t want a world war,” said Rep. Colmer. “But he doesn’t want peace either, He'll keep things stirred -up.”

WAR... By Ludwell Denny

‘U. S. Foreign Aid Cuts

Could Cost Arms Race |

WAS SHINGTON, Aug. "4 Congressional meat-axing of the foreign aid bill would cost this country more money in the end, and probably #ould lose us the arms race. Prudent pruning could be, helpful, as a matter of

efficiency and also as a prod to foreign recipients. But the proposal to cut in half the $8.5 billion measure, by stretching it over two years, would be a blow from which Gen. Eisenhower and his plans could hardly recover in time. The reason big cuts would not save money but increase our armament bill is obvious. The choice is between American and foreign production. American manufacture in most cases is far more expensive. This is particularly true where labor costs are the major factor. High trans-Atlantic transportation costs in scarce ships are an added consideration. 4 8-8 AT BEST a large portion of Allied armament’ must be turned out here In the beginning, regardless' of cost and despite severe strain on the American economy. Western Europe to produce items. The aim therefore fold. To aid our Allies to make as many of their own arms as possible, and as possible. And to help them develop to the point where they can carry most if not all of their own load. The alternative is permanent European dependence on us. That would mean a lopgided long-term industrial munitions concentration here. Tt would be unhealthy for us and dangerous for our Allies, There would then be no hope of our escape from economic and financial controls, raw material allocations, and inflation. There is a fair chance that, after two or three years, our armament load can be leveled off at about 10 per cent of the total gross national product, which we can carry in our stride. But that chance rests on the possibility of strengthening Western Europe to produce most of its own armament, o ” 2 THE second big factor is time. This is a race. It has to be won: It can be lost in the

C. Othman

many essential

is not yet equipped:

is two-’

quickly as’

next year. We are far behind. We never can catch up if we hobble ourselves with false economies or with grandiose plans of what we are going to do five years hence. Not even big appropriations will win the race. No amount of belated patriotism or of the cleverest know-how can turn dollars into guns, tanks and planes on short notice. Many, many months are required to find the scarce raw materials and scarcer machine toois, tor train the labor force and ore ganize the production liue. Even if the foreign aid bill passes promptly, European results will be slow,

Meanwhile, as Gen. Alfred M. (@uenther has testified for Gen. Eisenhower, the shortage

of weapons is even more serious than the lack of troops. This is the heart of the morale problem. There will continue to be neutralism and defeatism among the people in Western

Europe until they have arms to—

defend themselves.

MISTAKES

MOST everyone has made mistakes . . , some big and others small . , . and therefore we should not be hard... on those who slip and fall ... in« stead we should extend our hand . . . and help to rectify the oversight or undersight . , . they may have let pass by . .. sometimes it's hard to overlook ... a blunder made in haste . , . especially when the. error caused ... a lot of grief and waste ... but If you should become enraged 4 + «+ just stop and count to ten «++» and you will no doubt find that you ... were guilty way back when . ,. so that is why I say think twice . . . and show 8 Kindly sign . . . because to

+err is hunian and ... té6 for-

give divine. —By Ben Burroughs.

Read It and Weep

their own waterproofing, namely, ski. The Colonel broke in to say that the ‘waterproof jeep wasn't intended for travel at the bottom of oceans. It is fixed to keep water off the spark plugs when sloshing across creeks. Rep. Scrivner pondered the $3000-plus price of Navy jeeps. "The Colonel said he bought ‘em for the Navy, all right, but he was s danged if he knew why

. except in the

It yoore that the Navy's base price for a jeep was $2265.75, plus $201 for the winch. Spare parts, bring the current cost to $3083.42. Col. Engler said the Navy told | 1 it needed winches for use 1 jungles. A jeep gets stuc: a one of these green hells . d the driver merely hitches t4e cable to a big tree up front. Then he steps on the gas and hauls Rimaelf out. ~ . THE COLONEL said the Army did not use winches on’ its jeeps and we can only pre-, sume- that it keeps them out of jungles. As for the Cadillacs, the lawgivers didn’t mention them. I did a little checking on my own. I'm kind of sorry I did, because what a taxpayer doesn't know doesn’t hurt him, ket silently. Pos thiok,

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