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‘A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER

ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ : ¥ President

Editor Business Manager

a PAGE 10 Monday, Nov. 26, 1951

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Blueprints Won't Save Us HIS country is kidding itself about the Russians It is living on‘a fool'scloud if it thinks it can face down a tough, ruthless aggressor by trying to scare him with our potential capacity. We have been told too often that we can outproduce anybody on eath. That we have more know-how, more money and more industrial efficiency. We remember too well that, starting from scratch, our productive capacity overwhelmed our. enemies in two great wars within a generation. We forget too easily the awful

~ price we paid in young manhood.

We have the capacity. But we are not using it. We are merely planning to use it. We are spending huge sums to re-arm the free nations of the earth. But so far the result is a relative trickle of arms. |. ; ? We call the war in Korea a “police action.” But 100,000 ‘oung men killed, maimed for life, wounded and captured s a fearful price to pay for a “police action” which, after 7 months, is still bogged down in a virtual stalemate. We haven't even been able to hold our own in Korea. hat advantages we had have been frittered away.

WE KEEP hearing about “fantastic” new weapons. All inds of wondrous gadgets. But where are they? Not in {orea. They are potentials. We are preparing for a colossal war against a powerful, -elentless enemy. We have mapped out vast atomic, plane, tank and gun production—on blueprints. We talk of the great danger confronting us. We talk preparedness. We say the only way to prevent a war is to be strong enough to head it off. We gear up the government bureaucracy and government spending as though we mean business. But we believe the truism that actions speak lounder than words. By 1953, by 1954, or some other time, we will be ready—maybe. : We are in a war, a new and treacherous kind of war, eold in spots, hot in other spots: It is a war which could engulf us at any time. But leok around you. You'd never know it. Not unless you weep reading the casualty lists from Korea.

n The ROKs’ Amazing Comeback HE WONDER of it is that South Korea could field an army today—after all that has gone on in that ravaged, calamity-struck republic in the past vear and a half. But South Korea has more than an army. It has an army with an indomitable spirit, the ability and courage

to fight and a burning patriotism.

It is, in short, willing and able. Of that, we are assured by Jim G. Lucas, veteran Scripps-Howard military writer and war correspondent. Mr. Lucas calls it one of the most remarkable military phenomena of our times— the amazing comeback of the South Korean army. Outnumbered and defeated by the Russian-trained and Russian-equipped North Koreans in the early part of the war, and with a casualty total more than twice that of our own forces, the ROK army today is helding half the battlefront across Korea. The logical question, then, is how soon can it assume an even greater share of the new republic's defense. What, in effect, will the rebuilt ROK army mean in terms of relieving American and other United Nations troops at some future date? : ‘The answers to these questions furnish the basic theme of Mr. Lucas’ series which starts today in The Times. We think you will find these articles of extraordinary interest and timeliness in view of the approaching showdown en the Korean truce negotiations, :

Let's Quit Being Nice A NNOUNCEMENT that Dr. Raymond B. Allen, president of the University of Washington, has been named as che new director of the U. 8. Psychological Strategy: Board is a belated reminder that there is such a board. It was set up last June to co-ordinate. and devise strategy against Russian communism in all but military operations. In other words, it was to run the cold war against Russia. Dr. Allen is undoubtedly an able public servant, and so 1s the man he succeeds, Gordon Gray, former secretary of the Army who is now president of the University of North Carolina. But what is the Psychological Strategy Board doing? Is it merely another imaginative idea-mill, or is it tearing into Russia with no holds barred? Are we still being very ethical and nice about it, in the manner of the Voice of America? - Against a dirty aggressor, we'd better start playing rough ourselves. And a good way to begin is to take the William Oatis case out of the State Department's delicate hands and put the screws on the Red Czech government to a point where they'll be glad to free the American newspaperman. That's THEIR way of running a cold war. Call it psychological warfare, or any other high-sound-

ing name—but for heaven's sake, let's start dishing it out.

Vest-ed Interest O YOU wear a vest?

It's a mighty important question. So important that the United States Department of Agriculture did a nation-

wide poll on the subject.

After questioning males up and down the highways and byways of the land, the department discovered that a majority prefer to do without vests. Then it tabulated the seasons and whipped up some pretty statistics on the whole problem. ! hl The result will be passed along to the clothing industr for whatever it wishes to make of them. : We can just imagine the cloak and suit men, whose

livelihooddepends on knowing their markets, waiting around -

breathlessly for the Agriculture Department to button up its findings on this worrisome issue. One of these days the department may need to make another survey to find out whatever became of the taxpayers’ shirts. :

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WHAT KIND OF RULE? . .

Sudan Is Lost Ir KHARTOUM, The Sudan, Nov. 26—The political fog in Khartoum is thickening. A commission” appointed last British Governor General Sir Robert G. Howe to prepare for Sugdgnese self-government has been dissolved ‘after an argument over who will run the Sudan until the Sudanese choose their own government, Nonetheless, the British-dominated government announced its and Britain's /“firm intention to go ahead with measures necessary to insure .— the immediate objective . . . attain. ment of self-government in 1952 . ,.” : SB NO ONE can say now just what the British have in mind. Under a non-voting British chairman, the 13-man constitutional commission of Sudanese

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

McHale Called ‘10 Percenter’

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—Frank N, McHale, Indianapolis attorney and Democratic national committeeman from Indiana, today was labeled a “10 percenter” by the New York HeraldTribune. -In two stories written by ace reporter Jack Steele, native of North Manchester, the McHale sponsorship of Frank E. McKinney, Ind ianpolis banker, for the Democratic National chairmanship was stressed. E The stories, ever, do not show Mr. McKinney is in -any way involved. Thé “10 'percenter” label is based on a suit on file in the U. 8. Court of Claims here in which Mr. MeHale seeks to collect £93,500 as a legal«fee for obtaining $935,000 from the government for Empire Ordnance Corp. The $935.000 has been impounded by the government as a ‘‘set-off’ against wartime excess profits made by Empire.

Founded on ‘Shoestring’ OPERATIONS of the corporation, which Frank Cohen, New York promoter, founded “on a shoestring” in 1940. was investigated for using influence to obtain war contracts in December, 1841. Chairman of the Senate Investigating Committee at that time was Harry 8. Truman (D. Mo.), now President of the United States.’ He told Mr. Cohen, ‘who was witness on Dec. 17, 1941: nw . “I think you used methods that are anything but ethical” and Sen. Tom Cennally (D. Tex.) added that Empire had tried to buy “Influence with a big F.” That “F”’ might have included Frank McHale acording to the Herald-Tribune report. It said: “Mr. McHale, who once represented Mr, Cohen in an insurance venture in Indianapolis, had a hand in helping set up Empire, invested $25000 in the firm and received in return an equal amount of preferred stock and 5 per cent of the common stock in Empire and the pyramid of affiliated companies organized by Mr. Cohen.”

Investigated by SEC

AN SEC investigation of the concern was made on orders of the late President Roosevelt

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the Steele story. It names a long list of then prominent Democrats involved in the getting of multi-miMions of contracts for Empire and concludes: “Mr. McHale also enlisted help for Empire from Paul V. McNutt, former Governor of Indiana whom he once boomed for the Democratic presidential nomination and then Sen. Sherman Minton of Indiana, now a Supreme Court justice.” The McHale claim of $83,500 is based on a settlement he obtained from the appeal beard of the Office of Contract Settlement on Mar. 8, 1949. This grew out of an Fmpire request for $3,267,294 which was turned down by the Air Force because of alleged failure to deliver on landing struts for B-17 bombers. Only five sets were produced. Meanwhile the Army won an excess profits case against Empire and its affiliates for $1,163,475 and had the appeals board award impounded. So Mr. McHale had to sue for his fee.

Suit Filed

ACCORDING to the Herald-Tribune story he got nowhere with Att. Gen, J. Howard McGrath or the comptroller general either. So William F. Welsh of the McHale law firm filed the suit Dec. 29, 1950. It credits Mr. McHale with getting the settlement and deserving, therefore, his 10 percentage, Herbert A. Patrick of the McHale law firm is credited in the Steele story with getting Sen. Minton to go see the then Secretary of War Patterson on Empire's behalf. “How much Mr. McHale has receiyed from Entire in dividends and legal fees:has never been publicly reported or disclosed,” the story concludes. “The SEC found in 1943 that he had already received considerably more than his original $25000 investment.” A 1944 House Naval Affairs Committee report is cited to show that it was estimated Empire made 100. per cent profits on its British contracts for tank guns. These totaled $13 million when the Truman Committee investigated and were not subject to renegotiation for recovery of excess profits.

SIDE GLANCES

COPR. 1951 BY NEA SERVICE, ING,

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had put a subcommittee on the task of recommending who would have sovereignty over the Sudan pending self-determination-=the present . governor or a proposed United Nations commission. 5 y LE

THE subcommittee is understood to have

voted for the United. Nations. That, clearly, Is

ritain doesn't want, Last onth, the commission invited the United Nations to “supervise implementation” of Suddnese self-government. But the subcommittee seems to have gone much further, The full commission split on the vote on whether the United Nations should have full interim power. The “no” side won by one vote, and the six defeated members ‘resigned. The

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British chairman then recommended that the governor dissolve the commission. ~ Much of the sentiment for United Nations interim control obviously is an indirect attack on the British. Sudanese Nationalists, as well as those who favor union with Egypt, consider that Egypt's cancellation of its partnership with Britain in running the Sudan, ended that joint “rule. 3 At the same time, the Nationalists disregard Egypt's proclamation of Fgyptian-Sudanese unity. ‘They want to be independent of both Britain and Egypt. They figure the United Nations angle as a possible means to that end, a ee

THE pro-Egyptian Sudanese have boycotted most of Britain's moves to let the Sudanese rule ‘ themselves, and weren't represented on the

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HYPER-CAUTIOUS . . . By Frederick C. Othman

A Little Miffed With Muffle—

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—Many are the tales of thwarted newsmen here and bureaucrats so hyper-cautious they're afraid even to speak out on the subject of what time it is. a reporter's life a nightmare, but I always figured such stories were exaggerated. Until to-

day, that is. Now I have run into a federal official who refused to say where he was born, or when. He wouldn't tell me where he went to school, or even what experience he'd had before he became a lawyer for his Uncle Samuel. All this exciting information was top gecret, said this brave champion of the peoples’ rights, unless his boss—a man of subcabinet rank — authorized its publication. I'd have to confer with the top man, of course. It wouldn't be diplomatic for him to do it. Gad. I almost bit my telephone in two.

Probably I should name this timid soul and get him fired. Such a complete pussyfnoter has no business eating out of the publie trough; fact 15, I wonder how he gets up the nerve to sign his right name on the back of his pay check. But then I am a kindly fellow and maybe this fainthearted bigshot now ean pump up his nerve. I'll eall him again soon and ask him the color of his hair, if .any. He either gives me a straight answer, or I expose him. : My little adventure into federal! frustration began innocently when my old friend, Cameron Shipp. the author, phoned me from Los Angeles. He said he was writing a magazine piece about one of the West's innumerable squabbles with the great white fathers in Washington. Figur-

DEFENSE . . . By

U. S. Slow

"WABHINGTON, Nov. 28 Besides falling down. on shipments of U, S.-made arms to supply Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’'s forces in Europe, the U, 8. government is making only minor progress toward the other goal of enabling the North Atlantic Treaty Nations to step up their production of military goods, Economic Co-Operation Administration and North Atplantic Treaty Organization (NATO) task forces have established that Western Europe has considerable {dle plants and labor for making war goods. There were problems of antiquated equipment, lack of machine tools and a chronic shortage of raw materials.

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BUT OVER-ALL it was ac.knowledged that Europe could go a long way toward self-suf-ficiency in arms production, In Washington it was argued that every item manufactured in Europe took that much burden off the United States’ own war plants, correspondingly re-’ duced the burden on shipping, and contributed to European stability while lessening the in-

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ing in this story in an incidental way was our demure attorney, who, for now, I'll call Mr, Muffle. Cam wanted a thumbnail sketch of him So 1 got on the phpne and explained my business, “H-m-m-m-m-m;” said Muffie, thinking it over. 1 “Where were you born?” I demanded. “I.don’t think I can talk about that,” he said. “Well, how old are you?" I insisted. “1 am not free to tell you, he replied. By now, I must confess, I was shouting into that phone. I asked him where he went to school. He wouldn't say. 1 wondered what work he'd done before he hecame a legal light for the taxpayers. Muffle wasn't talking. He said he could not answer any of these questions without the specific permission of his superior officer. I went after the latter, It took me two davs to reach him, but that's about par the course in this particular ageney, and I am not complaining. I teld the man he seemed to have a lawyer who was ashamed of his home town, his age, his school

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and his accomplishments. ‘The boss man chuckled. ‘A Little Cautious’ “MUFFLE is a little cautious, all right”

8 I told him what T-wanted to know about Muffie, He said he would get the information tvped up and send ft over to me. I told him the presses were ready to roll. He phoned Muffle with the official word that it was proper for him to admit his age Then I called Muffle back. He said he was He answered my other questions and offered “A fgllaw can't be

42. an observation of his own. too careful,” he said. That's what he thinks, It also is one of the ~more serious prablems of our overgrown government, which, I regret to report, contains too many Muffies shuffling papers.

James Daniel

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constitutional commission. They have plans of their own to make the British feel unwelcome and to advance Egypt's cause. 5 > vv © THE “Brothers” Party, which dominates the pro-Egyptian “struggle front” now is talking

= about non-co-operation (something they've been

working at for a long time) and the eventual necessity of a civil disobedience program. The party, of course, claims it has a majority in the Sudan. That may be true in some urban centers, such as Khartoum or neighboring Omdurman. As for the country as a whole, there's no way of telling, but most Sudanese appear divided on religious lines, rather than political lines. They're almost all Mohammedans, but th religion. has several divisions, .

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‘Slaughter for Slaughter’

MR. EDITOR: This is written to comment on your editorial of Nov. 15 concerning reports of the slaughter of prisoners of war of United Nations at the hands of the opposing forces. Apparently the published information on this matter is incomplete. Nevertheless, if these reports are substantially correct we concur in your sense of tragedy. "We take issue, however, with your conclusions that there is enly one way to stop this slaughter of innocent civilians and war prisoners, namely by means of all-out war. If it be slaughter we would stop, we cannot do it by further slaughter. The contradiction and sterility of your statement is evident. The world has many problems, now, as always. These include, from.our viewpoint, poverty, illiteracy, -slavery, and many others for enormous sectors of the people of this earth. These problems are not solved, we submit, by methods of war, but only worsened and deepened thereby. Thinking people, the world over, seek in the abundance and comparative freedom of this country some of the valid methods for solving these problems. They look to us for examples of a better way of life. . We have helped to evolve here various methods of solving problems and serving the publie welfare. These include the following: Democratic governments contrasted to die-. tatorship and slavery. Freedom and dignity for the individual. Opportunity for popular education, health, and security, Abundance of food, clothing, and shelter, These are some of the measures which make up our contribution to the culture ef the world. We suggest that it is in the sharing of these blessings and skills freely with all mankind that we may lead men to a better way of life. John H. Barnes, Fountaintewn

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‘Typical Court Action’

DD MR. EDITOR: I wish to say to “East Sider” who complained about the way the peeping Tom was handled in court, that this {s typical of municipal eourts in this town. When we get men of Bayt's calibre as judges then we'll get some place. Another thing, the police of this city do 2 darned good job for the handicaps they run up against. I know one personally who was all set to testify against a drunken driver (whieh would have resulted in conviction) but the judge would not permit the policeman to testify.

No wonder the police get discouraged. They °

give up their time to present evidence and then are prevented from presenting it.

—Anne V. Gates, 4851 Catherwoed.

‘How Long Did You Wait?’

MR. EDITOR:

The cards displayed by the Indianapolis Railways. on the side of trolleys, can surely be considered clever advertising. The first I noticed read: “How Far Away Did You Park Today?” The second read: You Pay for Parking Today?” I hope they are giving free tokens for suggestions. The following two surely ars appropriate, especially for E. Washington St.: “How Long Did You. Wait for the Trolley Today?" The second: “How Many Times Did You Say You Were Passed Up Today?”

—Mark Whitten, 4380 E. Washington St.

Views on the News

CONSUMERS had a happy Thanksgiving OPS was closed all day and didn't raise any prices, ’ <> S$ LIVING costs have soared so high the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced it is working on a new yardstick to measure them. It will be the stratosphere type = $$ 4 o ALMOST AS many prominent Democrats are saying President Truman will not run again as in the pre-convention days of 1948. And they —are-probabty Just ay right. : ¢ 4 # WITH THE kind of games the Demoetrats have been caught playing, Chief Justice Vinson would be wise to stay on the bench. > ¢ RUSSIA has protested alleged U. 8. financing of ‘“subvérsives” in Communist countries Claims a violation of the USSR world copyright.

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say how much can be spent for finished war goods. In theory, much of the money can he spent on con« tracts in Europe, for highest priority items—combat aircraft, artillery, ammunition and explosives, electronics, combat vehicles, small arms and ammunition, engineering equipment, transport vehicles and ships. But the Defense Department wants to spend only 10 per cent of the appropriation for procurement in Furope. And only on two {tems -- ammunition and spare parts for vehicles, weapons, ete. Behind the decision to limit the procurement of arms in Firops is a four-point policy ’

4 4 ¥. INDIVIDUALLY, each of the limitations is justified in American self-interest, But their net effect is to discourage placing of war contracts in Europe. Defense Department -planners say they do hope to get a substantial European arms industry set up—eventually. They contend that the present policy of concentrating on ammuni-

tion and spare parts would be

a big help if Gen. Eisenhower's armies are involved in a war any time soon. Right now, the subject of “off-shore” military procure ment is’ still more of an idea than a fact. European manufacturers, after failing to get information from their own governments or from U, 8.

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