Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 October 1951 — Page 29

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»y Commission — The sually informed when ency Commission is onsider parole cases. nost takes angact of legislature to get the secretary to release s of the hearings.

vs reporter tried in weeks to obtain the one hearing. The was evasive and ative. As a result, a reporter kept dig1 he tuncovered the man who was Kept six years beyond his When *this mixup y untangled, it was three state agencies d the buck, each one to assume the rey for releasing the

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t Bureau -— When s found out that the ireau had authorized r top state officials trying to keep it made quite a story. st of the pay raise; : 5 & rason-Tor the sec 3 use the pay hikes ate some petty jeal-

reau also tries to »t the business that ore it—even routine The director refuses iewsmen what the mmittee will discuss, newsmen are alattend budget meeter a meeting, the ometimes makes =a ase. However, more n not, this release just what the comants the public to not everything that ted. -

ay Department —— 'S now get a list osed new roads and

However, reporters a stone wall when to run down in-

from department

ghway Department ad two press agents. ired after it became the press “that he ng a movement to ical support for one ommissioners, who 8 to capture the c. nomination for

er press agent now 8 time trying to he activities of the , 1 four commissionesponsible for the d system, only one se news. Recently, discovered 16 highis had made an inip to Ohio. The ofation: “We wanted eryvone a chance to

Hicials say. no one ing with the press. ress is still free to the news it finds. s evident that the don’t intend to let ind too much of it,

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1s been plenty of Republicans who gislature passing to ‘of Democratic

id politicians e Washington delesome side-dish they red. 2ing highly cone for getting the Jenment accepted, the Congressmen and 'r E. Capehart and . Jenner "all re- / were not cut in r supporting Sen. "aft of Ohio for the dential nominee in

ny of them heard er the radio, TV or tches on the news * U'nited Press carory on the Wash ip. olis—A letter from Republican leaders Robert A. Taft to esident is believed it the state GOP 1¢ Ohioan's camp,

ETTER, revealed was indorsed by representing most the party in Intrvers believed it Indiana delegation thind Taft almost at the 1952 Gop

ators’ offices rehad not signed and g of it. 80 did Rep. [alleck, Rensselaer, ican leader who enner amendment Senate-House con-

| Harden, Covingcan national comn, knew nothing of r did third-termer 1 Harvey, New -

asked some time telegrams supportft.” Rep. E. Ross Wayne, explained. were sént that I

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Washington Calling— | Revenue Scandal Link With Federal Judiciary Hinted

By Scripps-Howard New spapers WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—Look for new tie-up of Internal Revenue scandal with Justice Department and judicial branch of government. to why indictments have come slowly: Possibility of impeachment proceedings is being studied quietly by group on Capitol Hill. Records of two federal judges are being looked at: also Justice Depart-

¥ ment.

More Internal Revenue suspensions are coming; also °° ¥ sensational charges against former officials. Political-effect of all this? Democrats are whistling to keep up courage; recall that Republicans won 1924 election despite Harding administration scandals—including resignation of three cabinet members, indictment of two, a suicide, and conviction of two more top officials. But this time it's different, Republicans are saying. Income tax scandals are hitting in many

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Also, it was Coolidge, not Harding, who won 1924 election. And Coolidge had Owen Roberts and Atlee Pomorene at work as hipartisan team, suing to regain lost oil reserves, Truman administration's still carrying on prosecutions and trying to zit on the lid.

Today's Odds -

THESE BETS seem good: Neither William Boyle nor

Guy Gabrielson will be around’

as chairman of the two major political parties when campaign gets under way next year. One prominent Democrat offers qdds of Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson as Democratic nominee next year—if President Truman doesn’t run.

Security Balk?

JAPANESE ratification of peace treaty ig assured, put security pact will have tougher sledding. It might be rejected in Diet session which opened this week. Democrats, Japan's second largest party, are demanding

“full and complete explanation” before deciding what they'll do. Socialists, third largest party. will vote against pact, though they'll be for treaty. Together, they have enough votes to tip the bal‘ance, Note: When Japanese sov-

ereigntv’'s restored, Attorney General Osashi plans to grant clemency to most convicted Japanese war criminals. Former Premier Hiranuma, former War Minister Aragi and Field Marshal Hata. former commander in chief in China, will be the first released. Sugamo Prison, where Tojo was hanged and where other war criminals are confined, will be returned to Jananese, renamed Sugamo Detention Home, with prisoners allowed frequent trips home to visit families, attend funerals and festivals.

Reds Stocked Up

MORE bad news for British: Hong Kong reports that Chinese Communists -— who once paid three times market price for rubber tires—have quit buying altogether. ~-Reds-are believed to have all the tires, raw rubber, dyestuffs and industrial raw materials needed to meet military re. quirements. Middlemen say Hong ‘Kong faces bankruptcy if Chinese are through buying there. Reds recently shifted top flight purchasing staff to New Delhi. Hong Kong's making frantic concessions to get Red trade back.

Let Uncle Do It

SINCE returning from San Francisco, Japanese Premier Yoshida’'s told Liberal Party colleagues he'll go slow on rearmament. Fact is he hopes United States will be so anxious

for Japanese ally we'll foot entire rearmament bill-—or at least more than is now planned.

Politically, Yoshida knows public fears return to militarism. Average Japanese dislikes idea of American soldiers permanently stationed in his homeland, but prefers them to old Japanese bully boys.

Senate Dilemma SENATE won't be able to dodge Jessup confirmation vote as easily as some members supposed. Four other delegates were nominated along with him—Eleanor Roosevelt, Warren Austin and Reps. John Vorys (R. 0.) and Mike Mansfield (D. Mont.). Dope on Capitol Hill is that the Congressmen won't go to Paris unless they're confirmed by the Senate. And it would be awkward to act on the other four, leave Jessup with nothing but a presidential recess appointment. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will. meet Monday, try to decide what to do.

: ‘ ’ 20,000 White ‘Reds TWENTY THOUSAND “Caucasian” Red troops are now stationed in North Korea, Chinese prisoners report. They can’t be certain whether any are Russians; might be Czechs, Germans, etc. Whoever they are, they're acting as advisers, training cadres, and manning anti-aircraft guns. And latter are becoming more deadly is

afm. ) Sounds McCarthyish THOSE who want Sen. Robert A. Taft to repudiate Sen. Joseph McCarthy are wasting their time. Taft's speech in Columbus this week, hitting "at alleged pro-Commu-nists in high places, sounded

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senator's methods, and later said he went-too far in criticizing Gen. George C. Marshall, But-he argues McCarthy has a right to speak out gs he sees fit * Announcement on Taft candidacy now ‘is expected after the Ohioan spends week-end with his wife, ill for a year,

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and considers effect of a campaign on her health. Original plan was to . annour:e last

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Note: Some observers question that grass-roots-are-for-Taft report the senator's just received. In Tennessee. for instance, old guard leaders B. Carroll Reece, Guy Smith and others—who would be patronage bosses if Taft goes in— have told Taft he'll get Tennessee’'s votes at GOP convention. But others say Tennessee Republicans are sure to vote for Gen. Eisenhower instead,

World Report—

Compiled from the Wire Services Some very disturbing first-

if they get a chance. hand observations on the European economic situation But There's a Law— may be expected from Eric A. Johnston, economic stabiliza-

CONGRESSMEN report that Army field officers ares still “taking it out” on men who write their congressmen asking influence to get out of the service or get transferred. 14's always been an unpopular thing to do. But Congress drote into universal military training law a section saying nomember of the armed forces shall be' restricted in writing congressmen on any subject not a violation of security Defense Secretary Robert Lovett says proper instructions have gone out. But congress~ men still get complaints from men who tried writing home for help; didn't like the way they were treated afterward.

tion director, when he returns to Washington from his swing around the principal capitals of Free Europe, according to William “H. . Stoneman, Times special correspondent in Bonn, Germany. Although he has not =aid so, Mr. Johnston is almost certain to report that the defense effort of western Europe is seriy ously threatened by snowballing inflation in France and continued inflation in Western Germany. Western Germany's inflation during the coming year may bring a mere 10 per cent rise in the cost of living. In France, unless something drastic happens, the jump may amount to 25 per cent.

Local Option IT'S UP TO "state legislatures. now, to decide about making names of those on wel-

According to French official statistics, a skilled worker had to work twice as long in 1950 as in 1938 to

fare rolls public. Jenner buy the same quantity of amendment “to new tax bill cigarets, soap, steak and frees states from secrecy pro- clothing and three times as visions of Social Security Act. long to buy an equal Indiana led off—and forced quantity of butter, coffee, lifting of the federal ban. Illi- Chocolate, bed linen. nois has passed a similar law, The only article in cursubject to federal action. Ala- rent te Which Fheaper bama, Georgia, Florida and OW 13 a pachel of razor g blades. . To buy this, the

Oklahoma are expected to follow: “Governors conference recently approved making the - welfare rolls public. Opponents fear names will be used for political or commercial purposes. Each state will decide whether names may be published in newspapers,

No TV Thaw Soon

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION action to lift freeze on new television stations still seems far in future. It had been predicted for

workman had only to work 38 minutes as against 40 in 1938.

It will also not have escaped the attention of Mr. Johnston and his aids that this dangerous situation is accompanied by two conditions that promise to aggravate the resentment and restlessness of the work- . ing classes: ONE: Bad distribution of income, resulting in a glaring contrast between the poverty of the lower classes and the

September. rich. But applicants refused to TWO: Continued failure of forego . more hearings. They French, German and Italian

have till Noy, 26 to file new in- governments to collect taxes

formation. Jan. 1 is now ear- from people who are best able liest date at which applicants to pay them.

can start getting permit& for 4. Up to Hafriman new channels. Looks as if it What Mr. Johnston has Ml Jake another year to get learned will probably increase stations on the air. the tendency of the United

Scramble for Star States to impose fiscal dis-

cipline on the recipients of ecoDEFENSE MOBILIZER nomic assistance during the Charles Wilson has asked Pres- next few years. ident Truman to return Air It will be up to W. Averell Force Gen. George Kenny, re- Harriman, head of the new cently retired, to active duty mutual assistance agency, who on Wilson's staff. Wilson says is charged with overseeing the Kenny's rank and prestige are distribution of both economic needed to spark production in and military assistance, to enlagging aircraft industry. force the dictates of WashingBut recommendation is ton insofar as it is possible for caught: in the middle of Air

Force scramble for Kenny's fourth star. With Kenny retired. promotion is due for Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad, and there's no chance of it other-

wise, as Air Force quota of generals is filled, President. Truman says it's up to the By PHIL S. HANNA Air Force. And Chief of Staff CHICAGO, Oct. 13 (CDN) Hot Vandenberg 'won't ap- You can have butter on your

bullets and you can have both tanks and autos when you need them. You can have a country geared for both war and

End Is Near

LOOK for Senate and House to quit in ahout a week. Membérs are already slipping out

of town. . I . No real scandal peace coming up in investigation of That's the new atomic plant construction. roposal o f Some waste, inefficiency, noth- a a B

Ing more. . . , Former Democratic Senate Leader Scott Lucas plans to be a delegate to next Democratic convention 80 he can fight any move to® fominate Sen, Estes Kefauver. of Tennessee for vice presi- : dent. Lucas blames his defeat in Illinois last year on Kefauyer crime investigation, still doesn’t speak to his former colleague. . .. Despite new Truman ‘“‘security’ ‘order, top mo-

Wilson, presi dent of Gen eral Motor Corp. His idea, expressed in a recent speech, is to set up industrial facili-

Chas. E. Wilson

ties that can be switched back And forth from war to peace

He calls ‘the

* production. dual-purpose plants.

information on production of ‘He pointed out that the bot-

. weapons at int , They tleneck of modern war is the think it will urdge the difficulty of producing up-to-Russians, gf date weapons in a hurry. A

Washington to decide what it

wants and to make its deci- © sions stick. Mr. Harriman will thus be

expected to do what he did not do in his role as special representative oi the President in charge of Marshall aid to Furope during the first two years of the Marshall Plan. Mr. Harriman then leaned over backward to be ‘considerate” of the French. He felt that it was up to the governments to impose fiscal discipline on their own people and that the United States: would suffer if it “interfered.” Discipline Needed Thus, in France, a succession of wobbly governments drew $25 billion from the United States over three years without ever imposing a proper system of income taxes. France arrived at the end of the three year period with the ffanc prices mounting and the proletariat screaming because the United States had imposed a serious defense program op the French. Today Mr. Harriman has less money to offer and instead of just giving it away, he will generally be asking for specific defense contributions. The fact remains that discipline will have to be forced on France, Germany and Italy unless inflation and social disturbances are going to cut the feet right out from under the

“defense effort.

Great Britain A “POLITICAL NO MAN'S LAND” of about 100 constituencies will. determine Britain's next prime minister. These districts were mostly held by the labor party in the

1950 general election - but by narrow majorities. And because of this decisive factor

when Britons go to the polls Oct. 25. both major parties are concentrating their strategy and resources on this vital area. The area, however, is scattered. In

this campaign, (it is

" reckoned that the Labor Party

seats, the Conservative Party 202 and the Liberal Party four. A con-stituencyv-can be classed as safe if held at the last election with a majority of more than 10 per cent of the total votes cast. This test leaves 196 seats which can be considered vulnerable. Of these 92 are held by Labor. It is around them and around a score or so held by the Conservatives’ with very small majorities that the battle is beginning to rage. Winston Churchill, meanwhile, promised Britain's 8

has 223 “safe”

Blueprint for Future Defense—

GM'’s Wilson Couples U. S. Guns With Butter

companion problem is that of keeping ‘these weapons ready for use at all times without upsetting peace-time business, Stockpiling of weapons and equipment is of doubtful value these davs, Mr. Wilson said, because they may hecome obsolete before we need them,

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IN ITS EFFORT to speed defense now, the government is forced to use emergency measures whose cost is exorbitant, Mr. Wilson pointed out. The emergency measures interfere with peacetime business and may still be too little too late. ] . To overcome these difficulties ‘and have an adequate defense, Mr. Wilson suggested that experienced industrial labor be employed in its normal location, and in a type of military production most closely associated - with its peacetime work. i Sl This can be accomplished only through dual - purpose

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AND WHAT NOW?7—Eqypt has moved to abrogate the 1936 treaty with Great Britain which permits British troops to guard the Suez Canal. She also wants to toss an 1899 agreement, putting the Sudan under joint British and Egyptian rule, out the window. If Wednesday at Columbus, but it~ Cairo gets by with it, the West is in a pickle for the Suez is as vital in the Middle East as the

million trade unionists that the

Conservatives would take no steps to curb them if returned

to power. Labor Party leaders have charged that the Conserva-

tives, if they win, will attack the unions which helped keep labor in power. Lady Janet Douglas - Pennant, 28, has surrendered her 190-room Penrhyn Castle in North Wales to the go\ernment to help pay inheritance taxes, it was disclosed in London. The castle was built in 1847 by the first Lord Penhryn at a cost of $1.4 million at the present rate of exchange. Lady Janet and her husband had lived in four of its rooms for the ldst two years, She turned it over to the treasury to help pay inheritance taxes on the estate of her uncle, Lord Penrhyn, who died in 1949. He left $2,276,823 but death duties took $£1,479916. The balance went to her,

France ANTI-COMMUNIST narties joined forces in an effort to defeat Communist candidates in Sunday's runoff balloting for legislative councils in 700 cantons, The runoff is

planned be-

, cause no candidate received a

plants. in Chicago,

elear majority in those areas in last Sunday's local elections. The elections were held in 1514 cantons. :

Red Germany EAST GERMAN President Wilhelm Pieck denied fnat the Soviet zone government had attached conditions to its appeal to West Germany to send delegates to Berlin for talks to unify the country.

The East German parliament earlier had demanded that West German Chancellor

Konrad Adenauer halt discussions with the Western Allied High Commission to give the Bonn regime almost comnlete sovereignty and provide for rearmament.

Soviet Union THE SOVIET newspaper Pravda said that the Western powers were “pushing Italy on a dangerous path.”

The newspaper commented on Russia's note handed the Western Allies Thurcdav on

their proposed revision of the Italian Peace Treaty.

Free Germany SMUGGLING of strategic goods from West Germany to the Communist East appar-

These . dual - purpose plants

could be the nucleus of a practical Industrial preparedness plan, he asserted. They

would go a long way in providing for continuing preparedness at a price the nation can afford. We must preserve the flexibility and initative of our competitive system to carry the defense load without undermining our national economy, Mr, Wilson said. “This flexibility requires a new kind of co-operations,” he noted.

Only six years after one war «

ended, and facing the necessity of preparing for! another, we find ‘our costly military production facilities either liquidated or converted to peace, Mr. Wilson noted. 2 “We cannot afford to repeat that mistake,” he warned. ¥ EY a MR. WILSON cited Ford's Willow Run (Mich.) plant, the big Dodge and Buick engine and Fisher's

. region

Panama Canal is in the Western Hemisphere. Britain, France, Turkey and U.S. hope to offset Egypt's move by offering Cairo a partnership in a Middle East defense system. Cairo, so far, says, no soap. Inset is a closeup map of Britihs garrisons at Port Said, Ismailia ang Suez.

Eric Johnston Expected to Warn U. S. to Watch Out Lest Props Get Knocked From Under Europe's Defenses

entlv has dropped off sharply in the last vear, U. 8. High Commissioner John J. MeCloy's top aid for East-West trade said.

Sweden EGYPT is seeking Sweden's help to build a rifle factory in the Nile country, informed sources said. ' Egyptian war minister Mustapha Nosart arrived secretly a few davs ago with five arms experts and visited the world-famous Bofors armaments works.

Iran AN © TRANIAN said today that trade talks between Iran and Russia would be resumed shortly although the two countries disagreed over Iran's claim to 11 tons of gold.

Pakistan

spokesman

PARISTAN joined Egypt in

protesting that to finanvye Libva's chronic budgetary deficit would put that former Italian colonv under British control when it receives independence Jan. 1.

French Indo China FRENCH planes loaded with rocket bombs and napalm blasted fleeting Communist rebel columns in the Nghialo of Hanoi's Red River delta. A French army annéuncement said“the bombing proved “highly efficient.”

Hong Kong LT. GEN. SIR ROBERT MANSERCH, commander of British forces in Hong Kong. left for London en route to Oslo to take up his new appointment as Deputy Comman-der-in-Chief of Allied forces in northern Europe.

Britain's plan

Harold Henry Hurst, 353-year-old Sydney, Australia, carpenter, eollected a record Australian daily-double parimutuel payoff of $6835 on a dd-cent ticket at Randwick track, He also cashed a winning $1.11 ticket for $163 on another race,

He said his wife disapproved of betting and “I'm not sure this is going to change her mind.” a ————— Mexico MEXICO'S ruling political party unanimously named Interior Minister Adolfo Ruiz Cortines a= its candidate for

president. The interior minister, a 60-year-old professional politician, had been hand-picked by President Miguel Aleman as his successor, ’ 2

giant bomber plan® in Cleveland as ones we might have used again. America gambled on lasting peace and lost, he said. The reduction in time required to meet an emergency with dual-purpose plants might well be more important than the final possible saving in cost or even the avoidance of dislocation of employment, Mr, Wilson said. Under his plan. a large part of a dual-purpose plant could be used. for both peace and war. Mr. Wilson listed these advantages of'dual-purpose plants: ONE: National security through being able to convert quickly from peace to war. “ TWO: Savings of. the cost of building and maintaining large plants only for war. THREE: Elimination of need

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Our Fair City—

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Theft Points Up

Low Pay

Plaints

Of Postal Workers

By The Times Staff 3 ARREST OF A POSTAL.WORKER. here on a mail theft charge disclosed low morale and unrest among hundreds of federal workers because of low wages. Although none condoned theft under any circum stances, many U. 8S. workers here, especially career men in the postal service, have been complaining privately for many months about‘their economic pight. Pay cogditions were given public attention recently when Federal Judge William E. Steckler, in sentencing a defendant for theft, declared he realized pay rates of many government workers may be increasing the tenden-

cies to steal.

Although workers have not made public issue of their wages, many of them have become bitter over failure of Congress to act on pay increase proposals while the gov-

in “shady,” tle guy” gets stiff penalties for offenses. : Postal worker, Arthur Sipf. arrested last week on mail theft eharges, faces. a, maximum penalty of $1000 fine or one year in prison or. both. Operation of postal service here had been handicapped by low quality of personnel resulting from “hiring anybody” off the streets to fill vacancies.

Chief Problem -

ONE of the hottest, behindscenes issues in City election campaign is sub-rosa maneuvers by powerful political groups seeking yghe advantage in appointment of chief of police in both Democratic and GOP circles. > Right now it's a wide open question mark either way the election goes. Mayor Bayt, Democratic mayoralty nominee, is expected to name permanent chief after election, replacing Acting Chief O'Neal. Neither Mayor Bayt nor Judge Alex Clark, GOP mayoralty nominee, of courge, will discuss the chief problem. Actually, state law prohibits candidates from making any commitments on appointments before an election. But henchmen in both parties are busy beating the bushes for top jockeying posi- . tion on: the appointment. Some of the candidates mentioned include Howard Sanders, short-time chief during the GOP administration of the late Mayor Tyndall; Charles Russell, retired police officer and investigator in the Prosecutor's office; James Langsford, retired police officer and once GOP candidate for Sheriff; Inspector Ralph Bader, Capt. Michael Hines, Capt. Michael Kavanaugh and Chief O'Neal. .

Ed Ed ” Warm May Due LOOK FOR wide-open break in Indiana Republican Party soon over party's choice for GOP presidential nominee. Right now party leaders are lining up in two major camps -—for Sen. Robert Taft on one side and Gen.- Dwight Eisenhower on the other. Draft-Eisenhower movement ps. expected to , start shortlv after Citv elections next month. backed by a number of GOP big-wigs. Indiana support for Gen. Eisenhower will be the signal nationally for draft-Eisenhow-er movements in other states. Eisenhower backers here feel that if Republicans can start a draft-Ike drive in Indiana, heart of the isolationist Midwest, they can sweep the nation. : Party split is, expected to follow through in two-way feud over selection of GOP nominees for Governor. and U. 8. Senator next year. Also there are strong rumblings of movement to. replace Cale J. Holder as state GOP chairman. Showdown on this is scheduled about next May,

Inside World Affairs IT WILL. BE DONE verv

quietly, but some of the United States Air Force activities now centered in Germany probably will be moved to less “exposed positions in France. The principal supply depot at Erding. near Munich. for example, is only 80 miles from the Czech border. ®. » THERE is a good chance that that ane‘exile’’. government of Tibet might be formed now that Red China has chained the remote land of the I.amas . .. and there are solid reports of guerrilla activity in Tibet against Red Chinese garrisons.

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a Will History Repeat? DISCLOSURE of $21,000 shortage ‘in Marion’ County Clerk's funds during. adminis~tration of A. Jack«Tilson recalls legal fiasco in another county embezzlement case 10 vears ago. Four former deputy county clerks ‘were indicted for embezzling $45,000 county funds in 1941. : Case lay in Criminal Court four years without trial. Then, when attempts were made to try it, lawyers blocked it on grounds of technicality . . . trial had been delayed longer than legal limit. : It went to Indiana Supreme Court three years more before it _was finally ordered put to trial. But by that time one of defendants died, key witnesses “dizappeared” and whole case was dismissed two years ago. Ld =

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to gawk at couple on downtown street last week.

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The Bird House

GREAT FLOCKS of birds swarming . around protective cornices of ornate City Hail have given janitors headaches for many years, Insult to injurv came last week when one bird became bold enough to take up residence inside City Hall in"the City Plan Commission office. It flew around the high ceilings of the office most of a whole day before employees got it out:

® x ” Hauling Troubles UNLESS a. master wand waves, look for more trouble between the CIO and the AFL as to who is going to drive whose trucks under what banner.

Right now it's a nervous cease-fire with hoth sides jockeying for position. The

flare-up of strikes a few weeks ago brought many new faces to AFL ranks. Peace that followed after negotiations with industry is not likely to last. CIO is not giving up drive to sign AFL men to their union.

» » LJ Courting Woes STATE HIGHWAY department iz asking for bad accidents in spot repair of U, 8, 52 northwest of city. Concrete cuts are guarded by old oil drums painted white and black. By daylight they are good guards. By dusk they are not and flares aye not uniformly placed. Mny are on the ground, some on drum tops. Those on ground often are not visible

to drivers approaching on uncut side of road. ~ ” »

Lane-to-Lane Driving Hazard

J 7, Motorists have been complaining about one of the worst traffic hazards on Indianapolis streets . . , cars dodging in and out of traffic lanes. Last week on North Side heavy-traffic street, small delivery truck forced two cars out of line—one into on-cem-

| ing off fender. of second

ing traffic from opposite direc tion and another into a curb on the other side. Truck driver revved motor and cut left suddenly forcing one cat in middle lane into left side of street. Then, he swerved