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The Deadly Game Goes On By Frank N. Widner, News Editor ( NE YEAR ago on this date 1 wrote, ‘that Joe ‘Stalin would call the plays in 1951" ; Today, we start another year, but the deadly game goes on, with the Four Horsemen of the Kremlin carry- - ing the ball for the East.” Joe Stalin, at 72, still calls-the signals.

cold war. And 1952 could be the decisive year in the Soviet's time-tahle of aggression. Unless there is a widening breach between ‘Stalin and Mao-Tse-Tung, the Kremlin will be in no hurry to end the Korean War :

Mr. Widner

THE SC OREBOARD favors Stalin in many other of the world, <7. Europe is in the'midst of an economic crisis. The Moslem world is in revolt. ; : Britain has been kicked oiit of Iran and English blood is being spilled in-an effort to stay in Suez. Much can depend on the forthcoming talks in Washington between Winston Churchill and Harry Truman, It will’ be wise to.leep a close eye on Asia duripg 1952. An area of political unrest it has been beset with a rash of assassinations and revolts. - The Reds can be "expected to make the most of its weakness and disagreements.

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DESPITE its economic troubles, Western. Europe is probably the brightest spot as far as the United States is ‘concerned. : Because of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, _ Its strength has grown into a potent combat organization, thanks to the efforts of Gen. Eisenhower. What will happen to it if the General chooses a political career remains to be seen. : . Our growing military might— ~particularly in atomic weapons—is thought to be causing serious concern with the Russians. This is based on the insistent demands by Foreign Minister Vishinsky in’ a dozen speeches at the United Nations that the A-bomb be outlawed.

BUT IN "spite of the bleak outlook, {op "strategists maintain the 1952 “wars” —with the exception of Korea— will remain cold. They started talking ‘peace in Korea last July—six months ago. * And as we wish each ofher a Happy New Year they are still talking peace. Are they sincere? Will 1952 give us the answer?

'51—Tangled and Tormented By Victor Peterson, City Editor

TOPAY the Flighty Fifties enters its third year. Thee is a pleasant nostalgia ‘in looking back, excitement in peering into the future—the feeling of being old and young in the same fleeting moment. ~ Few are the events of '51 we recall with real pleasure for this is a period of tumult, of change. But many of them were of great importance—top news stories: : We experienced with pride the flowering of Pennsylvania's Bloody Bucket Division at Camp Atterbury and a sadness The men had become part

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There wax that day of unreality when = Mr. jet military planes rained from the sky above Richmond leaving wreckage scattered over central Indiana. And “that pre-dawn when Indianapolis rocked .to thunderous explosions -and shock waves rolled ovér Marton County: Eight were the tragic deaths and $7.5 “million the-damage when the jet test stands at Allisons buckled with blast. : »

rv n » ” x SO TANGLED did state legislators: leave the‘ welfare program, Gov. Schricker was forced to call a special session.’ Federal funds had been cut off on Interpretation we violated the national secrecy provision. ~The House fiddlers and the Senate faddlers ran the string of politicking to the disgust and expense of taxpayers. - And-then it took a rider on the federal. .appropriations bill to pull their sputtering fat from political coals. In all fairness, however, the regular session did enact some worthwhile measures. Notable was the bill which this year takes Julietta, the Marion County Home, out of politics. This fruit of victory is especially sweet to The Times: which labored 10 years to see this accomplished. The mayoralty campaign was a quiet. one fought mainly. on national issues and resulted in a thumping Democratic defeat just days after Indianapolis’. Frank McKinney inherited the top Demo. job from William Boyle.

AND NO SOONE R had Banker- Sportsmat McKinney assumed his post than the sniping began at him and Indiana Democratic Comimitteeman Frank McHale. This running battle promises to continue and should provide interesting copy: But those ‘will not be the. only stories ‘that will flash Hoosier names and Indiana jevénts across front. pages over the nation. “All things being equal, there will beanother series of sensational Adisclosures—partially concerning the government. That is a dark hint. Throughout the year, tears of sadness welded with tears of joy.as Indiana men went into service, battled” in Korea, received blood from back home at the spur of - The Times, died to return or lived to return. And at the year's end came. a story of thankfulness when the kind of heart again posted a recoid for The wo Times ( Clothe-A-Chi ~ That is a story + we. can look. 52,"

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Groen Light All the Way By Harold-Hartley, Business: Editor -

HOOSIER bread-and-bufter money” moved up. Industry grew, not wildly, but climbeq a gentle slope. And ‘jobs were never hard to get.. , : Business is the fabric. woven from what: people earn and what they spend. They earned more. They spent more. Hourly rates chilled under the wage freeze. But these ‘were sugared with overtime. The town spread out like: pancake batter in a skillet, and thinner along the edges. It was the : vear of good wages. And the call went out over four borders: that good money was here} just come and get it. The town came to the bottom of the year with about 315,000-hames on factory payrolls. - Add to that the stores, the service people, the laundries and television repairmen, bus drivers, mail men and

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railroad employees, and the froht office help, including -

the bosses, and we all took about $1,100,000,000 (billion), maybe ‘more.

s » ~ » ~ THAT is the towh's whole spendable income. the factories it was running around $1.75 an hour, cluding overtime, and-a weekly wage of around $74. That included. overtime, too. i - Getting new skilled workers had its thorns. to house them was one of the sharpest. Some came, worked a few weeks and went back to their families, fed up with- house hunting, The town grew as a healthy citizen should, nourished by enterprise, and a lot of .outside money. ; Biggest on the list was the development at Ft. Harrison with the Army Finance. Center, the Finance School, and the Adjutant General's School. No one can put their fiiger on the cost. Gond guessers stay with $35 million and from 5000 to -6000 employees. Little companies came in. Bigger ones spread their plants. They all added people. And the people spent their money, and gave the stores and supermarkets a year they had never dreamed possible. It was a year with the green light all the way. And, standing at the corner of another year, some wonder if it's abeut time for it to change-to yellow..

A Blindfold in God's House? By Emma R. Milner, Church Editor

E CAN start the New Year by putting on a blindfold or we can open our eyes to existing religious strife. As I review the past 12 months and its flow of religious news, one fact stands Woldly forth: ~ "Words which wound and hurt all too often are flying .back and forth between Protestants and Catholics. This leaping flame of controversy was ignited by President Truman's nomination of an ambassa- * dor to the Vatican. But there is something Hoarlening we must not overlook in connection with | hat this. . ‘And I believe it will carry more : weight in shaping what is to come than Mrs. Milner. Jj the bitterness and.ill feeling. : It is the fact that Protestants and Catholics continue to live side by side as good neighbors and to deal with each other as friendly business associates.

u » ~ ~ o SURELY, then, in January, 1953, this Protestant-versus-Catholic situation will have resolved itself, or at least improved. I'm counting on friendship, respect, a mutual need of each other and a love of country and community to come to the rescue. But another distressing fact also forces recognition — It grows increasingly difficult to get official permission to build a church or a synagog in a good location here. Many house-owners just don't want God for a neighbor. Churches and synagogs make too much noise praying, singing hymns of praise, teaching little children to be upright citizens. And even though they provide for parking, their cars become a nuisance. Even so, new houses of worship are going up around * Churches are very well attended. More and more writers, painters and sculptors are choosing religious themes than in many previous generations. And to cheer us'in a spiritual way as a good sign of the times speakers addressing non-religious groups urge

prayer and a return to God as the answer to today's confusion,

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The Blood of 1951

By Agnes Ostrom, Society Editer N 1951 women reflected the unsettled conditions about them, Overshadowing their activities were the Korean War, military realignment in Europe, fluctuation of economies here at home. Indianapolis women sc ored with their support of The Times' Modern Minute Women's blood donor drive. Sparked by their leadership and hard work, this area set a record for donations in. October, the first month of the drive. Many donors now. giving lifesaving blood were recruited before drive deadline but pledged for fin ture -appointments. Citywise this effort was the largest united women's accomplishment, Successful in increasing the desperately needed supply for American fighting men, it ‘also gave women a new experience in co-operation, in enlarging their circle of friendships.

Mrs. Ostrom

TOU GH hurdles of time and morniey were higher in 1951 emphasis on home and philanthropies ‘increased, Service was a keynote.

Women neatly fitted their own sthadides into those

of their families. ,All-family activities gained in popularity

as have informal meetings with time out to get better acquainted with others. ‘Women helped elect Mrs. Grace - Tanner who takes office as city clerk ‘today. And organized women are backing an upstate club leader, Mrs. Oscar A, Ahigren, Whiting, only General Federation of Women’ 8 Clubs’ presidential candidate, in this, spring's election. - They. have maintained equilibrium despite conflicting forces from all angles. And with the New Year they are 0 meet any and all exigencies’ cheerfully. Their Wheel rale of 1951 will be. a Tepes! pestormance,

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¥ FerT 5 AOA PEL SE A Grand Slam in Sports By Eddie Ash, Sports Editor

ESPITE distressing disclosures of ‘college basketball scandals and class room cribbing by West Point football players that wrecked the Army team, the sports world kept in true American stride and enjoyed a grand slam year in 1951. Sports really reached the heights in highlights, upsets and exciting performances that had fandom standing on its collective ears. In baseball the dramatic finish of the pennant playoff series between the Giants -and the Dodgers was top& featured as it was by .Bobby Thomson's three-run ninth-inning homer to give the New Yorkers the National League title'after coming from behind a 1315 game deficit. However, it was the usual story in the World Series and you know who won. But the Yankees’ triumph was followed by another big baseball story, the retirement as a player of the great Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio, idokof millions of fans. In the boxing ring, the Cinderella Man, Jersey Joe Walcott, father of six and who used to be on relief, won the heavyweight championship from Ezzard Charles; Joe Louis, once the mighty king of the roped arena, finally tripped up by Pop Time, was knocked out by a younger man; Ray Robinson, middleweight champion, lost the crown and then won it back in international competition.

5 o DESPITE-a number of surprises in college football, the University of Tennessee, picked as the team most likely to succeed before the start of the season, did exactly that to gain No. 1 national rating at the finish. In auto racing, at the top level, a new king, Lee ‘Wallard, was crowned in Indianapolis’ 500-Mile classic at

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Tony Bettenhausen drove to the season-long national dirt track championship; his first. On the tennis courts, the sports world was thrilled and new spaper headlines dealt in super adjectives when Maureen. Connolly, a 16- year- -old lass, won the national women’s singles crown. . Bantam Ben Hogan again swept ta the ‘Man of the Year honors in golf and a first-year coach, Chuck Taylor of Stanford, was named Football Coach of the Year in the annual Scripps-Howard poll. There were standout achievements in other branches of sports, of course, and altogether it portends an interesting 1952 if that pace is maintained.

A Bit of Fresh Air By Henry Butler, Amusements Editor HE past year’s greatest forward step in air-wave entertainment has been the beginning of the WFBM-TV series by Fabien Sevitzky and the Symphony. Many video fans who are not music experts have commented to Times staffers: ‘This is the best TV show yet.” : : It's only .a sample of what can be done to put real substance into local air programs. With enough popular response to the Symphony series, perhaps other sponsors besides Gates Motors; the Gibson + Co. and Arvin Industries, who have underwritten Dr. Sevitzky's programs, may see the value of quality entertainment. After all, even hillbillies must grow weary of hillbilly music now and then,

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Hoosier Forum— ‘We Can Have Our Dream’

MR. EDITOR: : . Well, the new year is here and so far I haven't noticed any change . . . unless it's in the weather. ; All of our problems are the same. All of our dreams are still dreams. But that doesn’t mean that I have given up hope for a better world. 1 guess that's what we are hoping for isn't it? We look at Stalin now and all the little foolish people that do what he wants them to do no matter what the cost . we look at him with more than alittle fear in our hearts. But there's one goed thing about this picture. No dictator has ever outlived the’ will of the people. T 2 u » I GET a little tired ‘of hearing people say, “isn't it a shame there's a war on, We could have such a good

“life now if there were no war.”

Sure we could, but that is no reason for people to try to make themselves believe there isn’t a war on and spend their money foolishly instead of buying defense bonds.’ Let's look the facts straight in the face. ‘We've got a war on and if we are to have that world that everyone seems to want, we've got to win that war and win it fast, “You can't win wars without spending big money. — Citizen, City. ‘School Commissioriers’ MR. EDITOR: © I was very glad to read the favorable editorial comments in all the Indianapolis newspapers concerning the outgoing Board of School Commissioners of Indianapolis, as well as the holdover members. It is surprising, however, that the services of the persons who have served .in prior years since the advent of the Citizens School Committee have not been similarly praised. I realize that existing economic conditions have made it more difficult for any governmental agency charged

+ With the administration of public property to maintain a balanced budget, but it nevertheless remains true that

for nearly 25 years we have. had most capable school commissioners who devoted their time and energy without

any monetary reward to the welfare of our community

and that all the various Boards of School Commissioners

sponsored by the Citizens School Committee were entitled “to the confidence and approval of the public and taxpayers. - I sincerely hope that interest in this movement will not lag in the future and that equally capable ¢ commis- . sioners will be elected for many years to come. T believe

“I am safe in saying that the commisgioners elected at the Jat desis wi prove to oe un sepetle 4p toss Wo z

now completed their term of office. I say this without meaning to detract one iota from the credit which the outgoing members so richly deserve. —Leo M. Rappaport, Illinois Building.

‘Stalling for Time’ MR. EDITOR: ; Having made a lot of predictions about Joe Stalin and company and what the Red strategy for world con. quest would be, and since a lot of those predictions have

- proven accurate, I wish to comment further on Communist

tactic and strategy. Let me say, first of all, that the war to defend South Korea from Red aggression, invasion and subjugation, is far more important and significant than most military strategists seem to recognize at present. The war in Korea may well be recorded in history as one of the most decisive of all time. I predict that if the Western powers are smart enough to grasp and analyze

the vital military importance of holding on in Korea:

against Moscow's Red China, until Red China's original military machinery and manpower is expended, the Stalinist plans for conquest in both Europe and Asia will have been seriously checked. It is my opinion Moscow knows that the North

* Koreans and Red Chinese cannot drive the UN forces from

Korea at their present strength so, in order to gain time for a new buildup of Red manpower and fire power in Korea, Mr. Malik was instructed to make a bid for an armistice.

‘=F. F. Maddox, 2007 College St.

‘Doctors and Welfare’ MR. EDITOR:

* Just read an article in ‘the local. papers to the effect that 12% of the Welfare Funds in this state goes to doctors and physicians. Don't you think they are getting

- a little more than their share of this fund”

A lot has been said about the amount that some of the welfare recipients get. Perhaps if many of those who are being served by the doctors had been given a litle more nourishing food they would not need a doctor,

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