Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1951 — Page 14

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PAGE 14 Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1951

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Telephone PL aza 5551 Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Woy

WHY ALL this teeter-wobble? operation” but flinching when co-operation is asked? This is a responsible committee, directed by Congress to do a job which already has proved its usefulness. investigating a situation of prime importance to the taxpayers and to the integrity of the government. or seeming effort, to restrain this inquiry only intensifies

Stop This Bungling

FFICIAL bungling and confusion in the handling of the Korean War atrocities report grow by the day more incredible and inexcusable. This is the chronology of garbled developments since the first figures were made puhlic: ? Nov. 14—Col. James M. Hanley of the Eighth Army estimated that 5500 American prisoners of war had been slaughtered, mostly by the Chinese Communists. Nov. 16—Col. Hanley revised his figures upward to 6720, including killings by North Koreans. Nov. 17—Gen. Ridgway expressed “utmost regret” over release of the Hanley figures, indicating it had been poorly timed. Nov. 20—Gen. Ridgway acknowledged that atrocity deaths might, “approximate” 6000, but he said only 365 bodies had been recovered of which 254 had been identified. Nov. 23—It is revealed that on Nov. 12 Gen. Ridgway reported to the United Nations that “as of July 20, 1951, approximately 8000 U. S. military personnel have been reported killed as war crime victims.”

THERE we have four different figures in a little more than a week—>5500, 6270, 6000 and 8000. And we still don’t know which is correct. Neither is there any indication how many of the 10,871 Americans listed as missing may be included among the atrocity victims. Or how many, for that matter, of the 16,972 officially listed as dead. Of the latest Ridgway figure—the 8000—the Defense Department takes the “we don't know anything about it” line. A spokesman went on to explain that the Ridgway reports to the United Nations “come through every couple of weeks from Korea. They come through the Joint Chiefs of Staff and State Department. They come to us classified and are rewritten in declassified form.” Why must Communist brutality be “classified,” or kept secret from the American public. Regardless of what the State Department may think about it, the American people surely are entitled to know as much and as quickly as the United Nations what's happening to GIs.

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IT IS curious that Gen. Ridgway should want to minimize, if not suppress, the Hanley report at a time when he knew that the atrocity totals probably exceeded his subordinate’'s estimates. : What cause could have been served by an obvious effort to keep the news hidden until a more “appropriate” time? This is vital information that strikes deep in American hearts and sensibilities. And we don’t think the American public is in the mood to put up with any juggling of figures to put a better face on the unspeakable Communist war crimes for the sake of a dubious cease-fire in Korea—or any other reason that may be invoked by the State or Defense Departments. In any case, President Truman should put an end to this appalling blundering—whether it be carelessness or deliberate attempts to deceive.

The Records and the Words

OR MORE than a month, the House committee investigating the Internal Revenue Bureau has tried to get from the Justice Department the records of some tax cases. ‘© These cases fit into the sorry picture the committee has been uncovering. They are necessary, Chairman King said, to the investigation. But Attorney General J. Howard McGrath hedged his ,avowed desire to see the committee ‘given every help” with some mumble-fumble about reserving the ‘procedures and confidences of the department necessary to the successful administration of justice.” President Truman said he wanted to get to the bottom of the skulduggery in the Internal Revenue Bureau, but he wouldn't issue a flat order to turn over the records. The committee still isn't squared off with the depart-

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If the President wants to get to the bottom, and the Justice Depantment wants to co-operate, they can do it with a one-syllable word, “yes.” is anything so direct verboten in Washington?

Glad It's Legal >

CE PRESIDENT BARKLEY fired an autographed artillery shell at the Communists during his three-day tour of the Korean battlefront. The Defense Department hastens to explain that this was all right, because as Vice President Mr. Barkley, though a civilian, is really second in command to the President ‘who is Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces. It is good to know this and have it on the record. Now we don’t have to recall the shot as being unauthorized, and we won't have to apologize to the people on the other side of the police action.

Others Just Dig

[X THE month ending Oct. 15, the cost of living reached an all-time high, according to the government's price

Yes, here are the records. Or

For about 1.2 million workers this will mean an automatic and proportionate pay raise. These are the workers whose union contracts include the escalator clauses. This is expressly permitted by the government's wage controls. Most of us can content ourselves with the thought, - frequently stated by>Président Truman, that “we can win this war on inflati ‘A pocketbook,

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NEW PROBE . . . By Frederick C. Othman Washington Meets a ‘Great Man’

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—Now we've got a shortage of klieg lights and/or hot seats. After a hiatus of one month, numerous statesmen have returned to open investigations into all sorts of exciting subjects.

These range from the defeat Jumping Joe Ferguson by Sen. Robert A. Taft last fall to the free airplane ride of L. Lamar Caudle, recently fired by President Truman from the Justice Department. Ym afraid I'll have to skip the undoubtedly interesting

in Ohio of

testimony of the Hon. Mike DiSalle before the Joint

Committee on Defense Production on the subject of why

are beef steaks Joe Ferguson worth §1.35 per dramatic moment pound. The states-

men are none too satisfied with his OPS; the Hon. Mike claims what happened is their own fault. The movie and the television cameras— if there are enough to go’around-—should record some fine, red-faced battles at this one.

Regretfully I'm also giving the go-by to Caudle, who handled some income-tax cases in ways disliked by numerous federals and who reported with tears in his eyes, when President

Truman gave him the old heave-ho, that he was heartbroken. His tale should be a fascinating one to hear. Even as you read this I'll be squatting on an ice-cream parlor chair up front beneath the big crystal chandelier in the Senate caucus room, listening to the statesmen inquire into the Ohio senatorial election. Sen. Taft, or Mr. Republican, who now is his party's front-running candidate for President, is the first witness; the blue-white lights are glistening in his eyeglasses. The Senate elections committee wants to know who spent how much in the election. The Democrats claim -millions went to help the Taft campaign. The Republicans charge that their expenditures were pinchpenny compared to those in- behalf of Jumping Joe. . My guess is that Taft will be on the stand all day. The following morning—and this is for me—Jumping Joe, himself, will macerate the King’s English. Seldom has there been a senatorial candidate like him. * As it happened, the all-wise management sent me to Columbus to spend election night with Jumping Joe and a couple of thousand other people. We held our meeting in a hotel « ballroom that had been transformed into a teievision studio. The experience was something I'll never forget. Jumping Joe-arrived early in a natty brown suit and a purple cravat. He was one of the cockiest little gents I ever met and I couldn't help liking him, even as he assured the multi-

SIDE GLANCES

about to fire him—and he ; another one pretty quick!"

By Galbraith

TM. REG. U. 8. PAY, OFF. COPR. 1961 BY NEA SERVICE. ING

“He thought up a swell sdurting slogan just when he boss was better come up with -

tudes how well he'd represent them as soon as he got to Washington.

Wouldn't Believe It

AS THE evening progressed the election returns began to indicate that Jumping Joe wasn't going anywhere. He wouldn't believe it. He talked confidently for hours in language somewhat like that once ascribed by his press agent to movie-maker Sam Goldwyn. Not until 4 a. m., when a huge majority had been added up for Taft, did Jumping Joe admit defeat. He put on his topcoat and just before he stepped out into the cold rain, he turned to the sleepy ones at the scoreboards and he said: “A lot of other great men was beat tonight, too.” That was the last I saw. of Jumping Joe. Now I consider it a pleasure to welcome him, £yen though briefly, to the Capital of the J. 8. A.

EUROPE ' :. By Ludwell Denny

NATO- Session in Rome Can Hurt Allied Unity or Just Mark Time

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—More harm than good may result from the current Rome meet-

ing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. .

At best it can only mark time. At worst it will

increase ‘Allied divisions and frustrations.

None of the three major- questions before this Council of Foreign Ministers can be acted upon. They cannot even be discussed very intelligently. The reason is that increasing problems and adverse events have delayed preliminary reports which the conference was supposed to consider. Those questions are: How to speed Allied rearmament? How to include Germany in the Allied defense effort? How to supplement Atlantic security with Mideastern defense?

‘Needed More Data’

THE OTTAWA NATO conference last September was called to handle these problems. It was .unable to do so. It appointed committees to get more data and make recommendations to the conference which was to bé resumed in Rome in about eight weeks. When it was clear that the reports would not be ready at this time, the Big Three foreign ministers agreed to delay the meeting until January. But the Italian government objected that it could not survive such a loss of face. So the Big Three reluctantly agreed to hold the premature conference anyway. - As a result the Allied foreign ministers have been pulled away from important United Nations sessions where they are needed, and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and American Aid Administrator Averell Harriman have been taken from their duties in Paris, to put on something resembling a propaganda show in Rome, Of course the big question is why there has

been lag in West Eyropean rearmament and what can be done about it. Mr. Harriman and a British and a French representative were delegated to find out and report by Dec. 1,* In general it is known that only Britain among our major Allies is meeting jts production targets, and that even Britain's schedule is in danger of slowing down. The explanation given is that France and others—and now Brit.

+ ain—are caught in an economic crisis in which

scheduled rearmament would cause run-away inflation and lower living standards with catastrophic results. Meanwhile, Gen. Eisenhower has been insisting on more rather than less results. As a compromise, the new Eisenhower-Har-‘riman approach is to find out how many more divisions and weapons the Allies can produce in 1952—instead of 1954—and how much more economic and armament aid the United States must ‘supply to achieve 30 Allied divisions next

year.

The Old Questions

AFTER the Harriman committee- makes its Dec. 1 report and NATO agrees, the American Congress in January will begin to consider what it will and will not do. Likewise the question of German participa. “tion is delayed. The agreement last week between the Big Three and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is only on principles, and" will have no effect whatever until difficult detailed agreements are reached in future negotiations. Finally, the old questipns of the Eastern’ Mediterranean and a Midfile Eastern defense system have been- further delayed by Egypt's defiance of British treaties and Arab suspicions of France.

NOT READY ... By Clyde Farnsworth Sudan Self-Government Possible?

KHARTOUM, The Sudan, Nov| 27 — Even high British officials here readily acknowledge that Sudanese leaders have in¥ividual capacity for independent self-government. But not a collective capacity, say the British. They say the Sudanese are still too disunited, distrustful and envious of each other to pull in harness. Therefore, the British maintain they have to stick around a while. On the technical side, the British make a reasonable case for continued wet-nursing. This country is underdeveloped but has the economic makings of a prosperous future—with technical know-how. The British want to provide it, which

is another reason for sticking around. » * Sample Questions THE intelligent, although ungrateful, Su-

danese go along on that basic idea. They admit their own present lack of technical talent but see no reason why the British or other foreign technicians shouldn't work for an independent Sudanese government. Sample Sudanese questions: Which would a nation rather be — independent or efficient? At what point does the abstract idea of national freedom outweigh concrete technical advantages? Besides, the Sudaneséd say in a few years they'll have enough home-talent technicians to manage the complexities of state-sponsored cotton growing and marketing, irrigation engineéring, public health and other matters demanding foreign saving in big doses now. Postwar developments in the Middle East, especially Egypt's recent cancellation of agree-

ments with Britain on the Suez and Sudan, have propelled Sudan toward self-determination faster than either the Sudanese or the British anticipated. Sudan's political future has three general possibilities: ONE—Adherence to Egypt in one form or another, with a dreamy prospect of participating in a greater African confederation (or Egyptian empire). TWO—Adherence to Britain, perhaps as a dominion or camouflaged protectorate, THREE—Complete independence. There can be no doubt the prevailing national impulse of the Sudanese is toward independence, But there's almost no way for this to express itself peacefully. Furthermore, neither Britain nor Egypt is eager to see it expressed.

Still Coining Slogans SUDAN'S mushroom growth of political parties is largely in the cities. The politicians are good at criticism of Britain and Egypt and at quarreling among themselves. Theyre poor at planning and co-operation. In their concerted actions they have hardly g6t beyond naming themselves and coining slogans. Parties are born overnight and sometimes perish as quickly. They're something new. For half a century Britain had discouraged them. The national front, or ‘struggle front,” which fators Egypt's interest in Sudan has had one split and it seems to be splitting again. The principle difference seems to be that one side of the split admits taking money from

Egypt to advance the cause, while the other side denies it.

HOOSIER FORUM—'The Taxpayer Still Pays Off

“I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." —Voltaire.

MR. EDITOR: The newspapers tell us that Harry Truman is now basking in the warm sun at the little White House in Florida. While hiz duties are considered somewhat difficult, nevertheless he found time to take a trip in a plane at the taxpayers’ expense, to make a political speech which would have done credit to hig alma mater, the old Pendergast school of oT politics, Alben Barkley, the vagabond lover, most famous for the ''Dear Alben’ letter, and second man in the Fair Deal honkey tonk, along with his young wife, is now with the boys in Korea. Just what his mission is or what he's doing, no one seems to know. Oscar Chapman, another Fair Dealer inherited from the Roosevelt menage, suddenly found he had important government business in Arizona, where there is plenty of nice sunshine. > & IT ALSO seems that world affairs have become such an important problem under the Truman, Acheson policies, that it's necessary for one out of every five Congressmen to make a political junket at the taxpayers’ expense to some far-away corner of the globe. Strangely enough many of these trips seem to be in a direction where the skies are clearer and the weather more balmy than in Washington, District of Confusion. No, it just doesn't seem like anybody of importance is at home these days in Wasihngton. We have been cooking up such a big kettle of fish for the whole world that no one seems to be in Washington to bring home the bacon. Meanwhile, over in Korea, our boys freeze, fight and die while hoping to live on. They are fighting a bloody useless war, and a limited war, and a war which we will lose if we should win a military victory. However, I suppose it must be what the people want. They voted for war, confusion and corruption and they -got just what they voted for, —C. D. C., Terre Haute.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—A new batch of surmises and forecasts on President Truman’s political intentions for 1952 necessitates an updating of the he will-he won't tally sheet about as follows: He's a cinch to run because— ONE: The Democrats haven't got anyone else, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson? There's no prairie fire, or even a brush fire, indicated. Mr. Truman pointedly slapped down Sen. Paul Douglas (D. Ill.)" when the Senator seemed to be getting popular. Neither in Senate, House nor among Democratic state governors is there anyone who looks like a surefire winner, TWO: Mr. Truman's continuing attack on Ben. Robert A.

he'd love to see the Ohioan nominated by the Republicans. He singled him out again in a speech here last week. There are those who say If it seems Mr. Taft is to be nominated, Mr. Truman will run for sure. THREE: His - Washington speech sounded exactly like « the Truman speeches of the 1948 campaign—bitter in de-

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‘More State Errors’ MR. EDITOR: In addition to failure to take action to stop the petty larceny on the part of stats employees in using state-owned property at state expense to run personal errands in going hunting and to football games and shopping at taxpayers’ expense, and in regards to the state income tax collection office ballups in public records, we now find the most vicious error of all in the administration of the man who promised integrity and honor in public office. On Wednesday of this week, we spent almost an hour trying to help a poor citizen who wants to work and who had gone to the employment office at 257 W. Washington St. to get a lead for a job. This man was so badly confused in his instructions that he would never have got to the destination where he was directed if we had not been interested enough to correct the errors that this bureau had made. > +» @ TO BEGIN with, the job had been called in to the employment office over two weeks .ago and the man who requested heip had forgotten all about needing help and the clerk with initials J. L. had written up the directions on this card to show the location of the firm as on Rural St., but it really turned out that the firm was on English Ave, These employees are so much in a hurry to get. to the drug store, taverns and the other loafing places up and down the street, that they don’t have time to help a prospective taxpayer find work without a lot of lost time, It looks like the present administration of the state will go down in history as the biggest spending, most confused state administration that Indiana has ever known.

-R. Smith, 1402 N. Alabama St.

"PRESIDENCY . . . By Charles Lucey

Will Harry Run Again

‘Police and Firemen’ MR. EDITOR: j.. I do hope Mayor-Elect Clark will promote men in the Police and Fire Departments strictly according to the merit system instead of bv political party lines. Also, I think it is up to the Mayor-Elect to voice his sentiments on this subject, as it is an important one to the voters of this city. We sincerely hope he will be as interested In the welfare of this city as his predecessor, that very fine gentleman, Mayor Bayt. If he is sincere about its welfare, then there is no other way he can decide to do but be guided by the merit system in the governing of the Police and Fire Departments. , If he decides otherwise, we will remember it when he comes up for re-election. We need and need desperately good police and fire protection, and you can't get it by playing politics with these important units of our city government. —John R. Thompson, Morningside Drive,

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY PRESIDENT TRUMAN has cut off importation of mink. from the Soviet. union and Communist China. That {is “striking at the source’ of one of the administration scandals. “ oo PICTURES of the Korean truce talks appear more optimistic. Maj. Gen Lee Sang” Cho was shown looking at his watch. “o> Ex o> " MAKING Confederate and Union caps must heac industries,

the list of non-essential war

ch ONE OF THE greatest drawbacks to European unity is the fear of unemployment—among politicians.

or Listen to Bess?

soldier’

Taft (R. 0.) makes it appear’

nunciation of the Republicans, indicative of a willingness to carry a sharp fight to the opposition. He's convinced he can do again what he did in 1948 campaign, sure he can get the people on his side in a personal, back-platform stumping tour.

FOUR: When Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D, Minn.) and others have either hoped or predicted the President would run next year, Mr, Truman didn’t say no. On| the contrary, he said once or twice it was real nice of people to say such things. FIVE: His statement that he doesn’t consider he'd be breaking faith with the no-third-term amendment to the constitution adopted early this year. SIX: His wish to caffy on his foreign policy--assuming a truce in Korea-—and “win the peace.” SEVEN: Nobhody-—or almost nobody — relinquishes a position of great power voluntarily. Despite all the talk about not liking the grinding White House job there's no known substitute for holding the No. 1 job e world. : But those Who say Harry

will not be a candidate sum {t up this way: 5 ONE — Who was President Truman's guest at Key West for Thanksgiving? Why, who but Chief Justice Vinson, long said to be the President's awn choice as heir apparent. Didn't this show Mr. Truman was sliding the mantle of office over to the Kentuckian's shoulders? TWO—A new rash of statements by people fairly friendly to Mr, President that they're convinced he won't run, (But you can rake up a list just. as impressive among those who think he will). THREE-—Mr. Truman's clumsy handling of the am-bassador-to-the-Vatican matter, It's argued he's too good a politician to have done this if he intended to run next year. FOUR--It isn't going to be easy for the President or anyone else to come up with plausible explanations in the 1052 campaign about the scandals involving mink coats, freezers, income tax and the old Reconstruction Finance Corp. FIVE-~Mr, Truman figures he has won his place in history, and if the rean War could be ended honorably, the

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peace kept for a while, he'd be glad to step down. Thus, his friends say, he'd be able to bow out as the man who led the world in checking the advance of Russian communism. S8IX-—~The Presidency unquestionably takes a heavy toll on any man physically. The President often has told inmates he wants some quiet years after the White House, Retiring while he's still in good health would permit fit. SEVEN —Mns.* Truman

‘wants him to call it a day,

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