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SUNDAY, SEPT. 30, 1051, Washington Calling— Continued Red
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Worried
By Seripps-Howand Newspapers WASHINGTON, Sept. 29-—Administration’s badly
worried over Korea.
President Truman has decided it's time/for a Saws down on truce talks and on that. Red build-up. Intelligence reports Red strength in“North Korea and on Manchurian border is still growing. And it’s big already.
That's why Gen. Omar Bradley and Charles E.
Bohlen have gone to Korea.
Mr. Bohlen's the key man. He's State Department's Russian expert, our best on Communist psychology and
tactics.
After he looks over the situation, he'll tell Gens.
Bradley and Matthew Ridgway whether it makes sense
to keep on trying for truce negotiations.
make final decision,
Then they'll
If Bohlen thinks it's worth while to go on with talks, he may get the job of conducting them, under Gen. Ridg-
way's tommand. . Probably Phony ARGENTINE “revolution”
probably was a phony, staged by Peron to whip up support for his regime. He's been worried since that disappointing August rally, wants to be sure of a big majority in November electiohs. U. 8. has no reason to worry in any case. There's no Red angle. And any new government couldn’t hate us any more than Peron does. But Argentina faces serious economic trouble. It must export meat, hides and wheat to survive, because it's low in oil and mineral resources, needs manufactured articles from abroad. However, there's not much to export. There's a severe drought, and Peron policies have caused big cattle growers to hold back from the market. Experts here figure Peron will stay in power indefinitely unless the “shirtless ones” decide he's beeh swindling them. That's a possibility. Inflation
has hit working people hard.
Big businessmen, who would have to back any real revolution, have been playing it safe. ” n .
Atomic Exaggeration SECRET TESTIMONY this week debunked idea that we could save half the $568 billion we'll spend next year on defense by spending $6 billion now on: atomic weapons. Top officials of the Atomic Commission were before House Appropriations Subcommittee, asking $400 milljon more ‘for: H-bomb plant in South Carolina. They met a flood of questions about new weapons. When and if secret testimony is: published, it is expected to reveal: That AEC Chairman Gordon Dean couldn’t come closer than “next decade” in forecasting atomic airplanes. That AEC itself never has asked annual appropriation of $6 billion; that expansion program now could not get results before 1954. That basic atomic weapon's fissionable material still is uranium though there's a possibility of material from another source. That some “new angles” on H-bomb have been discovered, bringing final development’ closer—though it's not yet sure.
Numbered Days
‘GOP CHAIRMAN Guy Gabrielson doesn’t plan resign. ‘But’ Republican ers say 1's a cinch he'll’be gone before next year's campaign starts. They know his RFC loan activities will be an issue. Talk of a successor centers about Sinclair Weeks, Republican committeeman from Massachusetts, and chairman of National Finance Committee, Gabrielson defenders say the same things te House says abeut » Democratic Chairman William Bayle: “If he resigned, he'll. be admitting guilt. He's done nothing wrong.” Also, Republican friends are irked that Senate committee is delaying Gabrielson’s testimony. n = »
Cool on Crackdown
FIRST TEST on recommendations of Senate’s Crime Investigating Committee indicites only weak interest among lawmakers for cleaning up underworid evasion of income taxes. Committee backed an amendment to tax bill now before Benate, which would have required gambling’ losses and gambling expenses as tax deductions, Amendment was backed, also, by American Bar Assaslation s commission on ized crime. t Senate voted it down 29 to 49. Twenty;eight Demoerats voted against it, oaly 13 for it. Republicans split too, 16 for, n against.
Private Life
CAPITAL is buzzing about testimony offered behind closed doors of Senate Sommistar, concerning private life o Bs 3c the Federal ions e . Commission.
. his negotiations. . »
voting for confirmation; thinks
putting Miss Hennock on the bench would make ardent GOP campaign workers out of thousands of New York lawyers.
Half-way There
GOVERNMENT stockpile figures are setret. But officials have let out word that we've now passed the half-way mark in building stockpile of strategic materials large enough to fight all-out for five years. When complete, total cost of stockpile should be about $8 billion.
Just Not Enough
MOBILIZATION officials admit they're taking a real ga ble by reducing steel for - troleum and electric power industries. Real oil and ove shortages could result.
But there's not enough steel to go round. Requests for carbon steel for first quarter of 1952 (all carefully screened for defense needs) total 153 per cent of supply. For structural shapes, they total 205 per cent of supply. For aluminum, 177 per cent of supply. Same is true of copper. Officials y take a ager look at inventories. ® =» »
Military Blood First
“RED CROSS national leadnay instruct blood banks to aside a percentage of donations for the military, whether or not there's enough left for local hospital needs. At present, Red Cross: is meeting local needs, and military whole blood needs, sending the rest to Defense Department for ‘conversion into plasma. But plasma reserve is not building up fast enough.
Proposed order is inténded to jog doctors, and hospitals, into seeing that relatives and friends of patients replace any transfusions drawn from. Red Cross blood banks. They're Supposed to do this—and have no
Also, doctors are making lavish use of transfusions be-
fore and after operations, Blood used to cost patients $25
to $50 a pint, was used spar-
ingly.
GOP Poll
REPUBLICAN Cohgressmen are being polled by a colleague, Sterling Cole of New York, on choices for presidential nomination. Ballot lists Eisenhower, Taft and Warren, has space for write-ins.
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ONE REPORT has it that State Department's offered to make Henry F. Grady our ambassador to Japan. Administration's worried for
"fear Grady, just back from as-
signment to Iran, will start talking out against our stand in explosive British-Iranian oil crisis. Grady has shown his anger, in interviews, at having been replaced; seems to feel roving Ambassador W. Averell Harriman was pro-British in
| Wants Check on Czechs
REP. O. K. ARMSTRONG (R. Mo.) will take his fight for a mandatory freeze on Czech trade to the House floor next week, if Ways and Means Committee doesn’t set nearings on his bill, Chairman Robert Doughton (D, N. C.) hasn't committed himself yet, on hearings. Hunch {is that if partial economic sanctions have made the Czechs willing to talk about freeing Oatis, more pressure will speed things up.
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Call to Labor
IF STRIKES get worse in defense industries, look for Chief Mobilizer Charles E. Wil-
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Reds are using Soviet MIG.15 fighter (bottom picture) and, lately, souped-up modifications of it. U. S. employs Sabrejets (top) and Thunderiets. MIG's are believed superior in som respects. fo U. S. jets and in some battles have outnumbered
Yank ships.
Commu pilots have been out-fought and out-thought by U. S. airmen like Capts. James Jabara [circled above); Richard Becker (at left), and Col. Francis Gabreski (standing at right), America's first three jet aces. It is believed Russian and/or German instructors train Chinese pilots. Tass News agency says the North Koreans have a woman bomber pilot.
World Report—
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_ THE INDIANAPOLIS" TIMES
oo Red Jet Attacks May Be Rehearsal for All-Out Air War
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* Competent observers see a link between the Chinese Reds’ stalling on peace talks in Kaesong. and the recent stepped-up
activity of Red |
et planes in "Mig Alley,"
south of the Man-
churian border, They think the Reds may be’ stalling until they
. decide whether or not to throw in the 1000 north of the Yalu in an all-out attempt to
lanes they have rive United Na-
tions forces into the sea. In the meantime, their pilots are’ get. | ting invaluable battle training. Here are the planes, the top
MIG Alley is
more MIGs are
and dhe place involved in the world's first jet air battles. .
the 75-mile Jong stretch Botwaen Sinuiju (top) and Sironis (bottom) From Manchuria, where 1000 or , groups of 20 to 60 planes zoom across
border at altitudes of 10,000 to 30,000 feet to attack United
Nations jets assigned to
‘shoot up truck convoys flowing inte
North Korea. United Nations pilots are handicapped by strict orders net to cross the Yalu River—the Manchurian border.
UN (and the Enemy) Learning a Lot About How to Handle Jet Planes in Korea Fighting
Cetnpiled from the Wire Services WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 ~-- Hundreds of Allied and Communist jet planes in great serial battles in the last several days, yet only a few enemy aircraft are downed or. damaged. Our command admits only one United Nations jet fighter damaged, none lost. How come no greater casu-
" alties on either side?
Air Force officers here who have served in Korea have no doubt about Allied superiority gunnery, teamwork and tacns to account for great Communist losses, Our men are obviously better trained, they say. They are not so certain why more of the Russian-built MIG15s, or the newly reported “Super-MIGs” have not been knocked down. Speed One Reason : Great speed is part of the reason, they say. You're flying at 600 miles an hour or more when a MIG shows up. You might be going much faster in dives, or as slow as 300 in climbs. Let go a burst of machinegun fire and you could be a mile away before you could turn around for another crack at the enemy. Both sides are learning a lot, however, about jet fighting in the Korean proving ground of all weapons. The Communists are reported much better at it than they were last November when they first showed up in MIGs. This indicates more intensive training, possibly by Russian or German fliers, ‘ The Communists have an advantage, too, in choosing the fight arena. Chose Fight Arena They rise out of their Manchurian bases north of the Yalu River, and climb te 30,000 feet or moze altitude. Then they slide into “MIG Alley” over North Korea, where Allied planes are on almost constant patrol. ;
A jet fight that lasts more .
than 5 minutés is unusual. Yet some in recent days have last.
. ed 35 minutes.
The Commies usually run for home after a few passes, Because they are over enemy territory the Allies must always conserve enough fuel to fly back 100 or 200 miles to their own bases, The MIGS can use: it all up and glide back to their bases. * Reports Verified According to Air Force officers here all claims of “kills” or damage to Commie planes are definitely verified. Allied planes are equipped with 16 mm. movie cameras that are synchronized with their gun triggers. :
When a hs base and reports he destroyed or damaged a MIG his claim is not allowed until the movie film has been developed
and analyzed. It shows bullets
hitting the other plane, and allows up to 3 seconds for further camera work on that
run, Washington DESPITE much drum-beat-ing, the Republican movement to draft Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as a candidate for Presisdent is scarcely off the ground in most of the country at this point, according to a survey disclosed in Washington. A survey by the United Press which reached 28 states indicated that Sen. Robert A. Taft's presidential hopes are profiting by the lag in the Eisenhower boom. The Ohioan. has made plain he'll take the nomination although he isn’t yet an avowed candidate. The survey was, of course, not a final indicator of GOP possibilities at the nominating convention next year. But it provided a gauge of current Republican feeling toward the general, several of whose supporters say he will be available. Tke himself has kept silent.
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Yugoslavia
YUGOSLAV Forejgn Minister Edvard Kardelj say= the
‘Trieste question can not be
settled by giving the territory to Italy as the Tripartite Declaration of 1948 urged, the official Tanjung news agency re-
rted. Kardelj told the National Assembly in Belgrade, “The Yugoslav government has never agreed to such 2 solu-
tion and will not do so in the
future.”
Mexico
PRESIDENT Miguel Aleman has eased export duties on dozens of Mexican vroducts, ranging from coffee to shoes, “to stimulate foreign sales.” President Aleman ordered reductions up to 80 per cent on Mexico's 15 per cent duty on rubber products, optical goods, salt, shoes and tanned hides. Taxes on unshelled coffee were slashed to 24 centavos (less than 3 cents U. 8.) per kilogram.
Germany
U. 8. ARMY authorities announced that three American soldiers were killed and four
injured in a demolition training accident in the Grunewald Forest. It was believed ammunition used in training exercises exploded prematurely. Names of the victims will be withheld until .relatives are notified.
Austria -
THE SOVIET has been thwarted in a 2;-year fight to rewrite history for Austrian school children. The Western High Commis sioners « for Austria finally voted down Rusia’s demands for censorship of Austria's first postwar school history book.
Australia ACCORDING to the census-
takers, there are only 2764 ra- .
tionalists, 1918 agnostics, 1829 atheists, 1339 freethinkers and 154 pagans among 8 million Australians. On the other hand, the Church of England has 2,957,032 adherents; the Cathalic Church, 1,569,726; Methodist, 871,425; Presbyterian, 743,540; tists, 113,527; Lutheran, 36,801 ; Congregational, 63,243, and Christian Science, 11,389. There are also 10 Shintoists.
On the Inside of World Affairs
THE JAPANESE who are planning rearmament want to send a delegation to the United States to study new (not secret) scientific-military advances made since War II ended.
- LJ % THE DIEHARD resistance of the North Korean Army (often reported shattered) during the recent east front hill battles proves North Korean forces far from demoralized
. + + they often struggle more
valiantly than Chinese ‘volun. teers.” ~ » » DESPITE many appeals (led by Jack Benny), few big-name Hollywood stars are volunteering to entertain troops in bleak Korea. Perhaps it hasn't got the glamour (or publicity value) of a dramatic trip to the European front in World War II? » - . A MAJOR problem in blueprinting a new Jap army is lack of training grounds. After World War II's surrender ail Army maneuver were turned to farming. In overcrowded Nippon free acreage is scarce; dispossessing farmers would be politically unwise.
vol GN. : AUSTRALIAN gold produeers ara reviving the British Commonwealth argument that
the World Bank’s $35 an ounce price fixed by the United States should be raised to $50. » = ¥ THE WEST GERMAN government in Bonn is struggling with regulations about the wearing of military decqrations by German ex-soldiers. World War I medals offer little problem, but all World War II decorations bear the Nazi swastika, One suggestion has been a single black-white-red ribbon, denoting anything from the lowest to the highest award. ” . » THE INDONESIAN JAVA Bank is being nationalized, One-tenth of the bank's 10,000,000 shares have been bought by the government.
» ” » SOME of the top civilians in thg occupation of Japan will remain in Tokyo—after the treaty is ratified—to work at fat salaries for Nip firms. They'll specialize in the im-port-export of goods from the United States and Europe to Japan—and back.
» » » INDIA’S food outlook is suffering from a creeping desert. The Rajputana Desert has been engulfing about 50 square miles of fertile land a year. Experts urge large-scale reforestation,
Indiana's Steel Mills and Farms More and More of Puerto Rico's Jobless
SAN JUAN, Sept. 20 (CDN) ~ Steel mills of Chicago and Gary and farmlands of Michigan and Indiana are calling to
more and more land-squeezed .
and jobless Puerto Ricans. Where once the teeming
aboard aerial tramp ships provides a brisk and highly competitive trade hers for dozens of private travel agencies. They operate under government restrictions, brought on
. after various charter airlines,
which had racked
safety records in Wp Soa
flights, suffered a series of. ago that
‘erashes some years cost the lives of several score Puerto Ricans,
for $62.95,
FARES on four-motored planes from San Juan to New York are $54, $58 and $60. Passage on a two-motored plade is even cheaper, with fares quoted at , $47.50 or $52.50, On cial airliners to New York the fare starts at $64, - Travel agents currently feature flight to Chicago and Gary
commer.
$67.50 or $17.95
SOUTH AFRICA is in the market for 8000 to 10,000 skilled workers to be brought in from other countries. - It anticipates a need of from 12,000 to 15,000 immigrants in the next three years. Reports good pay but housing difficulties. H = A JAPANESE police are arresting monthly from 150 to 200 North Korean Communists attempting to sneak into Japan illegally. Jap authorities estimate that 300 or so succeed in slipping through Tsushima Island, known as smugglers paradise. They pay 50,000 yen a head and make the attempt with the idea of reaping their fortunes in Japan, according to Tokyo authorities. » ” » FOLLOWING the Soviet example, Hungary has started building large community houses which will shelter from 8 to 18 peasant families. Control of the peasants will be much easier when they are concentrated in groups. » ” » HUNGARIAN Communist party leaders are being directed to intensify their “education” of farmers to increase crop yields and use of central machinery pools.
Beckoning
Even’ lands as far west as California “ beckon to these emigrants, Flights to the West Coast are priced from $04.80 and $99.50 to $109.80.
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" “Fly to New York direct and
ay later," his clients. “This is the only agency So SE
one agent adwises
Our Fair City—
“Bayt Polic Embroilment For Remainder of Tel
¥ The Times Stall 14% > ALL INDICATIONS point to strict City Hall “i off” policy in law enforcement matters in the laste
of Mayor Bayt's mayoralty campaign.
This play-it-safe strategy apparently is Mayor's own idea to keep his candidacy as free from Police Des
partment political mud-slinging as possible.
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Further. Mayor wants to be in position to refute any possible charges of playing politics in law enforcement, So, this week when Police Chief O'Neal announced one-man patrol cars for all day-time shifts except downy town areas, Mayor Bayt appeared surprised. “The chief must have changed his mind,” remarked Mayor who said he had been discussing only a once-in-as:
while plan for one-man cars to give officers some time off,
Mayor also has dodged all pressure to name pers
June 30.
- manent chief of police to succeed Ed Rouls who resigned (Chief O'Neal is serving on temporary basis.)
City Hall announced two months ago permanent chief would be selected from list of new merit system eligibles. But no action has been taken on merit program
for two months.
Mayor refuses to step in right now.
“I'm going to stay out of it,” he said.
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Thus, Police Department will run on its own steam’
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as it pleases without City Hall intervention — until after the Nov. 8 election. But the ax has been sharpened.
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Different Ideas
GLARING CONTRASTS are showing up in campaign ideas of Democrats and Republicans in the mayoralty contest. Judge Alex Clark, GOPmayor nominee, is playing ball closely with state party leaders in’ their fight against federal regimentation of local govern-
ment.
Mayor Bayt is having nothing to do with State Democratic organization and is shunning as much as possible . any connection with Democratic leaders in Washington. - Look for Judge Clark to use full power of State and national GOP machines in mayoralty drive during last two weeks, On other hand, Mayor Bayt will confine whole campaign to limits of City Hall organiza~ tion.
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Please Stand By
WFBM-TV fans are still chuckling about a merry mixup in the TV sound tracks and the accompanying picture on the screen recently. On night of Graziano-Janiro fight picture of a pretty model came on the screen, pouring out a glass of well-known fruit juice. But the sound track was saying in booming voice: “What'll you have?’ Answer: * beer.” Later the sound track of a movie being ‘televised was shouting the wonders of some coffee while the screen picture showed a fireman advertising bread. Also a pictured advertisement for a watch to the tune of the coffee jingle.
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Man, Oh Man!
IF YOU THINK your property tax bills are high take a good look at rates in West Shoals, Ind., near Jasper. Levy there i s $8.12 per $100 assessed property valuation compared to near $5 all-time high here.
Long Memory
RECENT outhurst ‘of State Rep. Philip Willkie against Federal Becurity Administrator Oscar Ewing is in no way connected with Mr. Ewing's withdrawal of U. 8, welfare funds from Indiana. Real reason: Young Willkie recalls Mr. Ewing was head of Democratic ¥smear division” that spread some gossip about Grandpa Willkie while Phil's father, the late Wendell Willkie was running for President. The gossipy reference to Grandpa Willkie was something about his pro-German leanings during World War I.
Reporter called Civil Defense office but was told to call Civil Aeronautics office. That office didn’t seem to know the details so it suggested calling calling another telephone number. A secretary at that number said a Air Patrol, Auxiliary of the U, 8. Air Force, Indiana so The number givén turned up Selective Service ' which “Wait please.” After a long wait the voice said: “I guess they're out to lunch.” Reporter gave up. HOR
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Home Again?
SOME MARION COUNTY officials, still ruffled by the legislature's passage of a bill taking Julietta County Home away from control of County Commissioners, are pointing to inconsistency of present legislative proposal to dump admin. istration of all Welfare money into laps of county officials - after rejecting U. 8. funds,
Their argument: “If a coun~ ty is deemed incompetent to administer county homes how can it be expected by the sama legislature to properly adntinister millions of dollars in wel fare money?" ic ® x» ”
Word Gets Around
WORD was going the rounds in the underworld last week that some kind of a new “go sign” had gone out for certain types of games of chance. Or, at least the word was that some “relaxation” in. raids « might be expected. However, most of the old timers in the games were skeptical and little increased operations were undertaken, even though such concessions usually are made during ‘the few weeks before a mayoralty election.
Today, It's ‘Go Test, Yours Man’
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Before World War II and the atomic age, the cane tury-old queries made at the State Bepartmgut of Geolor .
gists was:
“How 1a the ast way to lok for gold and whee is best place to look for diamonds?” !
Now mon ques a the dpurmat ar abt bent wayat look for uranium deposits t