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Telephone PL aza 8551 Give TAght and the People Willi Fins Thelr Own W «v

= el : Frank McHale Should Resign

N OUR opinion the Democratic National Committeeman °

from Indiana has disqualified himself fof further mem‘bership on that committee. Hoe ni Ty While serving on it as a top officer in the political party that controls the government of the United States Frank McHale has: By his own admission made a fantastic profit out of a company doing business with the government; According to his own petition filed in court induced that government to pay $935,000 to another company in which he owned an interest for war materials that were

never ordered and never produced;

Been for years associated with a war-time munitions operation that even President Truman, whose attitude toward ethics can hardly be called squeamish, has publi-'y described as “anything but ethical.”

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a ™ - > ‘MAYBE Mr. McHale never, at any time, used his tre-

mendous influence as a National Committee member to bring off those lush war-time and post-war deals with “he federal government.

That has no bearing. : He was a National Committeeman, with the highest

government “connections” including entree to the White House itself—and he did make huge profits-and fees from companies dealing with the government. In a national administration already reeking with corruption as perhaps no U. S. government ever has before, the decent substantial Democrats of Indiana have a right to party leadership that is ‘beyond all possibility of suspicion. The usefulness of a leader who has made even legitimate personal profits out of dealings with a government in which he wields such enormous power is clearly at an end. There is only one useful service Frank McHale can yet perform for the Democratic Party of Indiana. He can resign.

. —But, Oh, That Hangover

OMING out of Washington these days-is a lot of highlevel profundity, the bent of which is to sooth us into

“ visions of prosperity and abundance just around the corner.

“The American citizen,” says Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, “can bask in the sun of the finest standard of living the world has ever seen.” Mr. Sawyer is speaking of 1952—only three weeks away. And Leon Keyserling, chairman of the President's

"Council of Economic Advisers, echves this sunny sentiment

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and adds that inflation, troublesome though it may be, is “not our greatest danger.” The greatest danger, according to Mr. Keyserling, is that the American public will get excited about the cost and fail to build up our defenses.

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THESE BRIGHT forecasts are only part of the story. The prospects for 1952, bucked up by government spending and the rapidly expanding industrial machine, indicate more jobs, higher wages, higher prices, more money to be spent on more and better things.

But the country is trying to fight one war—with

dubious success, to d~te—while at the same time trying to wear up its own and other free-nation defenses to stave off a bigger conflict. ; In the process, the government is running up a deficit hand over fist as it steps up defense spending and simultaneously keeps up nondefense spending “as usual,” or faster. Inflation can wreck our preparedness. Failure to hold the line against inflation already has cost us many billions in extra military costs.

—in 1953, as now forecast, or in 1954, or whenever—as it inevitably must? That is the catch in this sunny picture—the hangover that follows every spree.

Coal in the Cold War

T UDWELL DENNY, Scripps-Howard foreign editor, recently made the point that coal, rather than U. 8S. dollars, held the key to European defense. Because of the lag in British coal production, Britain and Western Europe must import coal from the United States and Poland. The cost of these imports to them is from 50 to 100 per cent higher than that of their own product. But this increased cost is only part of the story. Because Britain has been unable to sell Sweden the coal she needs, the Swedes have had to import about three million tons yearly from Poland. In exchange for coal, Poland has heen getting high grade Swedish iron ore, which is of great strategic value. Knowing that their coal had become indispensable to Sweden, the Poles insisted recently that they would renew the Swedish-Polish trade pact only if Sweden boosted her iron-ore exports by 25 per cent. The Swedes felt obliged to bow to this ultimatum. : . " » ” > . IF BRITAIN again could supply Sweden with coal, she would save dollars which she spends in the United States for steel and iron—which we can ill afford to sell—and also prevent this valuable iron ore from going behind the Iron Curtain. Britain has the coal. But since the war she hasn't been able to mine enough of it for her own needs, to say nothing of her export demands.

The manpower shortage in the coal mining industry,

‘which is responsible for the lag in production, could be ‘solved if the British miners’ union would consent to the use of foreign, labor. It was planned to import between

or so were brought to Britain, the miners’ union refused

. to accept any more, and that is where the matter stands

today.

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Beamer Finds Good Friends Representative From Wabash Back From S. American Tour’

WASHINGTON, Dec, 12 — South American

countries are presently “our--best friends” and richest resource of strategic materials, Rep. John Beamer (R. Ind.) declared upon returning here from a month’s tour of the “good neighbor” i . nations. The freshman Congressman from Wabash was one df 18 members of the House Interstate and "Foreign Commerce Committee making the trip. He returned convinced that wisely -handled aid from us in the form of Point 4 programs would be welcome in the Latin republics. . “In carrying out any program it should be stressed, how-

Re ever, that these are a proud .

people who feel that friendship must be earned and not bought,” Mr. Beamer warned. He was high in his praise of

Rep. Beamer +. . fine friends.

our general diplomatic setup in the countries,

visited. He repeated a warning from one U.S, ambassador that, while only four countries now have USSR embassies, the menace of communism has not been scotched by outlawing _it in these predominantly Roman CathoMc countries. “This ambassador told us that under certain circumstances South America could become ‘our soft underbelly of Communist infiltration’,” Mr, Beamer said. AWOL cgcontiibule to this pogsibility. One is the extremes of weaith and powerty in most of the countries. The other is thé fact that they are accustomed to leadership under’ dictatorships, despite retention of the parliamentary forms. -

A ‘Royal Welcome’

MR, BuAMER and his cohorts wee “royal weolcome' ‘by the bi.gest dictaior of Argentina. Each of the Congressmen recéived an autographed book from his wife, Evita. They listened to him harangue about how he would get along better with.the United States if it were not for the American press. and the State Department. His . rubber-stamp deputies even suggested that maybe they.could form some direct liaison with the Congress. Other . “presidentes” Mr. Beamer met incluc.2d Aru the - Dominic n i :ow ¢ (a complete dictatorship), Vargas of Brazil. Trueba of Uruguay, Gonzalez Videla of Chile and Aleman of Mexico. Most democratic; in the American sense, is Chile, Mr. Beamer reported. Here famed Hoosier Ambassadpr Claude Bowers has been doing an outstanding job of co-operation since he left Spain after Franco ascended to power. He still gues abont “taiting American,” but the government and people admire him greatly. Mr. Bowers was at the airport when the congressional plane arrived. He wanted particularly to meet “the man from Indiana,” Mr. Beamer reported. He found Hoosiers everywhere,

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ORTON HOOVER from Fairmount is in Rio."

de Janeiro, attached to the embassy and known as the father of the Brazilian air force. Robert Wysong. Marion, is in Sao Paulo, “the Chicago of South America.” Miss Maylah Kress of Kokomo teaches in the Crandon School in Montevideo, Uruguay. At the hotel there. Mr. Beamer found “chicken a la Indiana” on the menu, At Lima. Peru, President General Manuel A. Odria had a luncheon for the Congressmen at the nala~e, vvhere they were introduced to business leaders. In Mexico they not only met the President but with the Mexican House of Deputies. : : “Everywhere we found friendship and cordiality,” Mr. Beamer declared. “We really do have good neighbors throughout these Their resources have hardly been touched. Their co-operation with us can be invaluable.”

Views on the News’

WHETHER the administration cleans up the Washington mud, depends on how much sand President Truman brought back with him from Key West. ow & : IT LOOKS like the gangsters fell but with the government. dr oN NEW Democratic National Chairman McKinney denied 3 that he cleaned up in a tractor company stock deal be- i cause of his “know-who.” i! & 3 & oo o* ; : T. LAMAR CAUDLE 2ot in bad doing things for others for things. dedi BRIG. GEN. TELFORD TAYLOR, head of

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thre smalt—defense plats administration, said

he would quit if his agency becomes ‘a grab-bag for government favors.” Congress, which set up SDPA, may investigate that. —D. K.

What Others Say—

I AM closing the door entirely on baseball. I might be back. I had the backing of most of the players, the fans and the umpires.—A. B. (Happy) Chandler, deposed organized baseball. oe oe - ow i IT IS my somber belief that Kaesong and all that it represents has increased the dangers of a third World War.—Harold Stassen, president, U.

of Pennsylvania.

SIDE GLANCES

“Why is the boss always so late igring his: mail? ‘When | get ; . promoted I'll wipe out these bottlenecks!"

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Allotment Program Bottleneck

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12—The Army's allotment program—mighty important to soldiers’ wives, children and dependent parents—is not hitting on all cylinders. : A lapse of three months between the time a draftee applies for an allotment for his needy parents and the time the parents get the first payment is not uncommon, Army authorities concede. They are talking about calling in outside experts to find out how to break the bottleneck. Under the present law, a soldier contributes part of the allotment from his pay. and the Army adds its contribution. For example, a private with one dependent gives $40 a month and the government puts up $45.

Main Source of Trouble

ALLOTMENTS to parents are the main source of trouble. When Congress wrote the Dependents Assistance Act last vear. it was mindful of the many leaks in the World War II program which allowed parents who ‘weren't actually dependents to draw monthly allotrhents just the same. © The new law states that more than half of the family income must have been provided by the soldier before his Army induction in order for a parent to be eligible for an allotment. Despite efforts by the Army to publicize this provision, thousands of ineligible parents

continue to press their soldier sons to apply for the allotments. , " As a result, 60 per cent of all applications for allotments to parents were improper, a recent survey showed. The law says that the soldier first must send his application for the allotment through military channels to the Army Finance Center at St. Louis, Mo. The Center then must send an elaborate affidavit. form to the parent, who fills it out and returns it to the Center.

Improper Applications

THIS IS where the trouble really begins. In many cases the affidavit is: ONE—Incorrectly filled out; TWO-—Clear evidence in itself thar the parent does not depend on his son for more than 50 per cent of his income, or THREE— Tucked away in a bureau drawer at home and forgotten. A result is the situation which exists today, and which holds back the entire allotment program. according to Army finance officials. Occasionally the situation produces a laugh, as when the Finance Center received a carefully filled-out affidavit from a soldier's mother. She solemnly stated that without her son's help she. could not get along. But she had absentmindedly pinned onto the affidavit a note from the son, which read: “By the way, Mom, seeing as you don't nead that money. just send it along to me every month, won't you?”

Hoosier Forum—‘Come Now, Mr.

MR. EDITOR: : ; Isn't it about time that a halt wgs called on the scurrilous attack your Mr. Henry Butler has been making for the past few years on the Civic Theater, under the guise of dramatic criticism, of their productions? Apparently angered by the futility of his vituperous remarks, he is now descending to

name-calling. I had occasion to be present at the Friday night opening of the Civics current offering, and noticing Mr. Butler leaving the theater after the first act, was informed that such was ordinarily his custom, rather than the exception. a 1 was therefore intrigued, the next day, fo

“ead Th The “Times; Mr: Butler's usuat-caustic—

review of the entire play, including’ disparaging remarks on the ability of some members of the cast who did not appear on the stage until after Mr. Butler had left the theater. Mr. Butler's explanation of just how he is able to do this would make extremely interesting reading for your many readers. Does he use astrology, numerology, palmistry, or tea leaves? Seriously, the thousands of members and friends of the Civic Theater, as well as all of your readers, nave a right to expect considered observations and comments on the Civic plays by an adult fair-minded critic, whose mentality is not warped by some strange complex, or whatever it is that impells Mr. Butler to pen his uncalled for abuse. —Julian Bamberger, 22 W. 52d St.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 — Not all of Attorney General J. Howard McGrath's lawyers peddle airplanes to eke out their wages. They don’t even let other attorneys pay part of the bills for their wives’ mink coats. ? Some of them put on white aprons at night in the back rooms of local restaurants and wash dishes. Otherwise, said their boss, their children might not get enough to eat. ” = n ALL DAY long the Attorney General had held his cold cigar in one hand aud his eyeglasses in the other, while the Con- * gressmen on the tax investigating committee lambasted him about the enterprises of T.. Lamar Caudle, the assistant attorney general who was fited by President Truman a couple of weeks back for assorted indiscretions. Mr. McGrath finaily got sore. He started to burn when Rep. Robert W. Kean (R. N.J.)

otha said it looked to him as though - : a Bll. of Caudtes deals were Fe wer. we unique. “Can't y6u look at ‘em and add two and two?” de- ~~ manded Rep. Kean. : “Yep,” snapped Mr. McGrath.

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

‘United We-Stand *. ‘el MR. EDITOR: The past few weeks, there have been so many articles in the press that I cannot refrain from making this observation. Oct. 27 on the front page of the Recorder: “Lashes Both Parties for Double-Cross,” by Henry J. Richardson Jr. More recently, pleas from Negroes and one caucasian (Atty. Shaw) to Governor Schricker to give representation to

Negroes (namely appointment of a Negr

Nov. 29 front page Indianapolis News: “City Out As Site of Church Capital.” Down through the years, 35 of them, I have witnessed many events in our city. The first outstanding was Nov. 11, 1918, remember? My husband was in Metz that day. You will also remember the white arch on the circle (for caucasian soldiers only) in 1924-25. You will remember the KKK parades. To me “City Out As Site of Church Capital” is the saddest of all that has happened in the past 35 years.

Remember Calvary? “How can you love the .

Father whom you haven't seen, and hate your brother whom you have seen?” ¢ United we stand, divided we fall. —A (Methodist) Christian, City

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BLAMES HCL . . . By Frederick C. Othman

McGrath's Aids Wash Dishes In Cafes

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RUSSIA . . . By Ludwell Denny

Do Our Allies

‘Still Hope?

When Will They Learn Secret Diplomacy Doesn't Work?

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—The latest flasco in secret diplomacy with Russia probably will not convince our Allies of the futility of that method. They were not convinced by the failure of three months of talk at the Big Four deputies conference last spring, and the absurdity of four years of secret negotiations over a pro--posed Austrian Treaty. So they may not he persuaded by the hopeless deadlock of the 10- _ day disarmament conference which has now broken up in Paris. ~The question remains whether the U, 8. government was right or wrong in participating in the current secret talks, and whether it should rpeat that method-—as it will be urged to do. in the future. : With the return to power of Britain's Winston Churchill that question becomes mor urgent. He not only is a firm believer in secret diplomacy, but is definitely committed to such negotiations with Stalin personally.

Net a Simple Problem THE PROBLEM is not as simple as it sounds. The Wilsonian crusade for ‘open covenants openly arrived at” can mean several things. As practiced by him it meant open debate and public commitments, but it did not rule out some informal off-the-record negotiating in the process. It is now widely understood that all international agreements should be public, but that a certain amount of heart-to-heart talk is essential to get any genuine settlement of a major controversial issue. The question is how much, when and under what conditions? The British and Europeans emphasize that, when statesmen confer in public over a controversial issue, they do not really negotiate but talk to their own gallery at home. This stimulates instead of quiets national passions, and prevents the give-and-take necessary for agreement between disputants. An exception is a settlement imposed by a conqueror on a helpless adversary, who breaks it as soon as he is able. * Americans, while recognizing these risks, tend to consider the dangers of secret diplomacy even worse. They emphasize that, in a democracy such as ours, the publie is the final arbiter of foreign policy. Unless the voters understand and approve an agreement it cannot be enforced for long. However, cumbersome and risky the open diplomacy method, it is the only guarantee that the people who fight and die in wars shall control policies which determine war or peace.

The Big Test OF COURSE, the test comes in applying either of these general principles to specific cases. If negotiations are with a law-abiding nation, few persons will challenge the normal confidential exchanges of diplomacy«provided the results, and reasons therefor, are submitted at the proper time to public decision. But Russia is not law-abiding. Stalin alwavs misuses secret negotiations for trickerv and propaganda lies. That is ‘the long record. This hard fact—rather than any academic consideration of the merits and demerits of secret versus open diplomacy among peacefu! nations—is the issue in dealing with Stalin on disarmament, or Korea, or Germany, or Austria or any other dispute. "

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

TAIPEH, Formosa—A Chinese Nationalist newspaper said the Communists have ordered radio owners in Shanghai to move their sets outdoors, so radio-less neighbors can hear Com--munist broadcasts.

There is joy in far off Shanghai, Hearts are light in old Cathay. All the hopes of mankind hang high On t@is brighter better day. Every Sikh and Chinese coolie, All the Malays and the Moors, Find each home's a palace, truly, Now that radio's outdoors,

Butler, Tch, Teh’

‘Wake Up, America’

MR. EDITOR: It is time for the people of this nation to realize the situation and condition this nation is getting into. Every one should make it a

- point to see that this government becomes 2

good government and acts to preserve the liberty and freedom that we have. If people do not wake up now before it is too late, may God have mercy on most of us. —Loretta Garvey, 846 E. Washington St.

IT WILL BE

WHEN PLANS go wrong throughout this

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resigned unto your fate . . . and in the end "twill pay . . . for after all is said and done . . what is to be will be . . . and nothing that you say or do . .. can change life’s rolling sea . . and you will lose far more if you , , , strive hard to alter fate ... and only sorrow will be gained . . . if you decide to hate ... for in this game of make-believe . , . we're up and then we're down . . . we are the star attraction or ++. we play the laughing clown , ,. so if you wish contentment , . . that makes for a happy

life . . . never toy with fate because , , , you'll only bring great strife. -~RBy Ben Burroughs.

“And I usually come up with four.” “In this case.” said the Congressmen, “it was three.” = " = THE ATTORNEY GENERAL applied a match to his dank cheroot. He took a long drag on it and he said if the lawgivers wanted to apply new, 1951 standards of morality to federal bureaucrats, then they'd have to pay these workers a whole lot better. He meant that Congress long had allowed government lawyers to take side jobs and make private deals at night in order. to help out with their grocery bills. He said if the statesmen wanted the clerks to live on their salaries alone,

then the wages would have to

be boosted. “Some of our attorneys do all sorts of ménial work,” he said. “Some of them wash dishes in restaurants. They have to, to live.” Mr. McGrath said he wasn't

‘condoning Mr. Caudle for do-

ing business with ex-convicts

~ and others closely related to

those with tax cases before his bureau. : : a But, after all, he continued,

Mr. Caudle was a grown man,

A highly regarded attorney-

who was appointed assistant

‘attorney general by one man

who now is a member of the Supreme Court and promoted by another. He said he had no reason to suspect T. Lamar. The Congressmen insisted. Why didn’t Mr. McGrath keep a closer eye on his underlings? He blew up. LI J »

¢ I HAVE NEVER pried into the personal affairs of the people who work for me,” he said. “I don't now and I never shall.”

That brought up a sore sub-

ject. The Congressmen had been doing plenty of prying” into the partly mink of

Mr. Caudle’s wife, into his airplane sale,. his free ride to Italy with a wine merchant, his lion hunts in Mexico, and his bargain autos from a North Carolina taxi owner.

This information” they for-

‘warded to 1600 Pennsylvania

Ave., where, apparently, President Truman had an explosion of his own. He phoned Mr. Mc~

" Grath to get Caudle’s resignation. Never did tell his At-

torney General why he wanted Mr. Caudle ousted. Just said

get that fellow out of government. Mr. McGrath, who sits in all Cabinet meetings with Mr. Trumap, said he didn’t, learn for sure what were the charges against Mr. Caudle until the Congressmen made them public. This caused renewal of the speculation that Mr. McGrath was not long for the attorney generalship, Me, I wouldn't know. I'm still sitting here, goggle-eyed. :

Barbs—

A PIANO marathoner in Illinois said he enjoyed rolling the ivories. His neighbors

likely would like to do some

shooting, too. ~ ” » A STATISTICIAN says the average American takes 18,904 steps a day—and in a lot of cases, ‘still doesn’t know where he is going. - »

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a blonde and a brunet could easily be the same man.

y = ” i .THE MAN who is a sticke: for law is liable to he a tria' to his friends. .

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