Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1952 — Page 22

Page PDF (8.79 MB)

Back to issue view

The Indianapolis Times’ Too Heavy for a 1 Weak Back

A SCRIPFS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER

“ROY Ww. HOWARD . WALTER LECKRONE = HENRY W. MANZ : President.

Editor

PAGE: 22

Business Manager

ing Maryland Member of United ny 5 Scripps. i Newspaper Ara nce. NEA Serve tos pt Audit Bureau of Circulation. i

“Price fn Marion County § cents 8 oop tar for Sunday: delivered. by: carrier daily and Sunday. 38¢ week, dally only. 25¢c. Sunday only 10c. Mail rates in indians daily and Sunday $10.00 a vear. daily. $5600 a year. Sunday only, $5.00: all éther states, U -possessions Canada and Mexico. dally. $1.10 a morth. Sunday. J0¢ a copy.

Telephone PL aza 53551

The Real Bottleneck ‘EN. HOYT 8. VANDENBERG, Air Force chief of staff,

again ‘has warned that the danger of ‘genaral war’

will not decpease appreciably “until we hold in our hands the tools we ‘would need to fight such a war successfully.” . Well, Congress has voted the Air Force. plenty of money to begin to produce these tools of war. Why doesn’t the Air Force get busy and buy the planes it needs? We'd like to have the General answer that question, because his frequent statements on this subject imply that the public is somehow to 'blame for the fact Russia is getting ahead. of us in airplane development | and production. : If the Soviet air mediacy,” waste.

threat is one of “inescapable imas. Gen. Vandenberg asserts, there is no time to

” - » » » 8 A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT official was asked recently why more war planes were not coming off the production line. He replied that Air Force officers couldn't make up their minds what they wanted, that they changed designs . 80 frequently a serious bottleneck had developed. That version of the situation has been confirmed in. other quarters. Until the beginning of the Korean War there were a fot of fantastic stories about the new secret weapons the Armed Services were developing. ‘But when the shooting began, the Communists had better and heavier Russianmade tanks than our forces had. It was discovered then,

when our forces were in full retreat, that battles could not .

be won by blueprints alone. Instead of campaigning before Congress for bigger appropriations for the Air Force, Gen. Vandenberg could: better devote his time and attention to showing some results from the money ‘previously voted. Additional money will be forthcoming, he may be sure, if he employs What he has to the best advantage. ‘In brief, General, the public can do with less talk and more action. The same unsolicited advice is offered ‘to the Army and the Navy.

The Lustron Bumble

ORE than 19 months ago, the Reconstruction Finance .Corp. handed the Justice Department evidence of an alleged fraud in the notorious Lustron case. Lustron was the Ohio prefabricated-house outfit which obtained $3714 million in taxpayer money, through an RFC loan, for a bubble which eventually blew up. (Lustron had $22 of public money for every dollar put up by the stockholders.) - In the process of this aising dissipation of public funds. -it was discovered, Lustron paid out more than $500,000 for the use of equipment it never had. It was this singularly irregular and unbusinesslike transaction which the RFC said was fraiidulent. And which the Senate Fulbright Committee later explored and con- ~ demned, and more than 15 months ago cited to the Justice Department.

o n n - ~ n ” THE deadline for prosecution of part of this reckless deal is nearing, as the Justice Department knows, or should know. Yet, for .more than a year and a half, the’ department sat on its hands in this case. Only recently wads the case sent to the U. S. attorney in-Chicago—and it was sent

to him to decide whether or not there is to be prosecution,.....

not necessarily for presentation to a. grand jury. It takes time to prepare a case of this type. The U. S. attorney in Chicago appears to be.skeptical about his ability to prepare the case before the deadline for prosecution. But he says it is not unusual for cases like this to come belatedly "from the department in Washington. The question is which is the most detrimental to the government's interests—the original dissipation of taxpayer money in this case, or the sluggishness of the Justice De-_ partment in doing something about it?

Pictures and Witnesses

N New York, a committee of the state's lawyer association is against pictures at congressional hearings. The committee report especially singled out the use of television at the Kefauver crime hearings which were so avidly viewed by millions of Americans early in the year. But the committee proposes to go farther. It wants to bar from congressional hearings not only television but motion pictures and even still photographs and radio. It says the presence of these facilities at a hearing is -a kind. of “third degree” for some witnesses, impairs the “dignity of a sovereign proceeding,” endangers reputations and careers and jeopardizes the rights of witnesses. All of which has merit, in some measure, depending on the manner in which such hearings are managed. What it dll amounts to, looking at it from the witness’ chair, is the sheer awesomenes$ of being surrounded by

rows of glaring camera eyes, blazing lights and the incessant

fiashing of photographers’ bulbs.

" 8 # ¥ ” " . EVEN THE presence of microphones can be disconcerting to many; if for no other reason than that they are,

unaccustomed to them. A cross-examination by a hostile lawyer in the relative serenity of a courtroom sometimes can be as much of a “third degree” as klieg lights. But add together all this equipment, plus the Jawyer and a couple of sharp-tongued Congressmen, and it can be pretty frightening. ~~ The catch in trying to meet the complaint of the New

« York lawyers. is that television, radio and motion pictures,” along with the press, have become accepted media of public

information. - They are here to stay and the public is likely to demand its information from any source of its choosing. In any circumstarices, there always will be politicians, - and even witnesses and lawyers, who will ham up thé act, “or, as the bar. committee suggests, use it for “personal advantage,” nt _ So. the problem is two-fold: - Howth soften the Koi-

Fendous- -aspect of all this staring Squipment, and at the » same time inject some diguiy and restraint i in the actors

Bt these

O¥ned 120 injenes dally 1 Vrggndianspols 1 mas Pubitsh-

daily and 108 >

: : “ily Give Tioht and. the Peopls Will Fina Their Own Way

: EXCHANGE | }. DEP'T:

GERMANY

a Jan, 3—The proposed new

with Japan. There is no formal peace confer_ence, Instead, representatives of the’ United States, Britain and France

have been meeting quietly in Paris and in the new German capital in Bonn to try to reach agreement. U, 8. High Commissioner John J. McCloy has been principal U. 8. negotiator. The peace contract finally drawn up will for all practical purposes’ make Western Germany a fully sovereign country. That means that the three occupying powers—the

U. 8. Britain and France— M must surrénder much of their r. McCloy authority over German affairs. . ia peace?

The three Allied Powers will retain their rights to maintain troops on German soil. . This right will continue at least until such time as German armed forces or the new European army is ready to take over. That will be two years or more. _ The three Allies will also retain their right to deal with Soviet Russia over the ultimate unification of Germany, the handling of Berlin affairs, and the final treaty of peace.

In addition to the main peace contract, there will be four or five annexes. The original date for completion of the drafting of the main contract and the annexes was Jan. 15. But it is unlikely that this deadline will-be met.

Arbitration Tribunal

ONE OF the most important of the annexes will set up an arbitration tribunal to resolve differences between Germany and the Allied Powers on problems arising under the contract. The Allies: and Germany, will be equally represented, with a neutral as chairman. The tribunal will probably be given powérs to correct grievances which have arisen during the occupation. Decisions of the tribunal will be final. Another of the annexes will deal with ¢ontinuing the reform programs started by the occupying powers in their efforts to democratize Germany. De-Nazification, the decentralization and decartelization of German industry have ‘by no means been completed. The United States is using its influence to insist that these programs all be continued, in Germany's own Interest, : Civil. rights of the American, British and French troops stationed in Germany will be defined in another of the annexes. Finally, there will.be an agreement on how ermany will meet the costs of her military an during the transition period between her occupation by the Allied Powers and her independence. Under the occupation, Germany has paid the costs of maintaining Allied troops on German soil. The Germans could afford to do this because they had no armed forces of their own to support.

-SIDE GLANCES

® I f

d Shei not diner} him’ any more

self, and | Hon i'w want fh first

. Spent 15 per cent more for

By Galbraith

R=RURAJD LIKETO : EXCHANGE IT TL EORA - FEATHER DUSTER!

N By Peter Edson’ Peace Talks Similar to Japan’s

WASHINGTON, peace contract with the Federal Republic of Western Germany is being negotiated much as John Foster Dulles negotiated the peace treaty

Under the peace contract, however—and under the European army agreement as well—Germany will have to pay her share of the common defense. For the first year, while Germany is building up ‘her own-armed servicas, this.cost may be small. But ‘after tat Germany cannot pay the costs of her own armed services and at the same time support Allied forces stationed in Germany.

On the other hand, though the United States

.can meet its own costs for keeping troops in

Europe, Britain and France feel that they cannot. Paris negotiations are still trying to resolve these problems.

Senate Action AFTER the peace contract with Germany is agreed upon‘by the negotiators and by their foreign offices in Washington, London and Paris, the next problem will be how to secure ratification by the four governments. The German Bundestag will have to ratify, for the new government.

How the matter will be handled in the United States has‘ not been decided, pending conferences between the State Department and the congressional leaders. If the neéw' contractual relationship is considered a permanent treaty of peace, it will have to be ratified by the U..8. Senate. 1f, however, the peace contract is regarded as a temporary executive department agreement —like the regulations governing military occu-paAtion—-no congressional action may- be required. Or the whole contract might be approved by joint congressional resolution. After Germany Is unified and a final peace treaty is approved with Russia as a signer, it would have to be ratified: by the Senate. But at the present time, little hope is held for the success of the United Nations move to hold free

elections in all Germany on the question of unification.

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY

- United States of Western Eurppe is more con: fused than ever because of conflicting official

- ne viens - ug

DEFENSE . By Ludwell Denny

‘United. States of os Plan Even More Confused Than Ever

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 — The plan for a

interpretations of the gix-nation Paris conference,

There is no doubt as to what was done and

what was ‘left undone, The ministers agreed to work for a federation in the future. They could not agree on the immediate and long overdue issue of financing the single European army re-

quested by: Gen. Eisenhower to operate with his :

.American, British and other forces. Optimists stress the agreement on long-tesm principle, and call it almost miraculous progress toward the age-old dream of European unity. Pessimists emphasize the continuing deadlock

on the urgent practical problem, which threat-

ens to wreck the whole North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense system ynless solyed. The future will have to decide whether the optimists or pessimists are right.

Big, Loose Promise

FOR THE MOMENT-—and a most critical moment for the fate of the Western world— the obstructionists have won, The Benelux nations (Belgium, The Netherlands, and. Luxemburg) have made a. big, loose promise, which is not binding; but they have refused to take even the small first step now. The three larger nations—France, Italy and West Germany—are blocked in their efforts for quick action. +. They..will..try again when they meet with ‘Berielux late this month, preparatory’ to the NATO conference opening in Lisbon, Feb. 3. Actually there is more to be said for the obstructibnist position than some American officials, who are putting the heat on Benelux, will admit. Assuming Benelux is wrong on balance, still this is not. a disagreement between selfish devils and unselfish angels. The larger nations are just as nationalistic as tre Belgians, Dutch

LABOR .

“and Luxemburgers; France, Italy and K West. Germany seem to be better served by the proposed plan of union. If. the Paris government were interested in

federation as such, it would go ahead just with

West Germany and Italy. But in that union Italy would hold the balance of power between France

and Germany, and might be closer to Germany

as in the past. France wants to be dominant

: in any federation, and that requires Benelux

inclusion to balance Germany and Italy.

Negative Conditions

HERE are some of the reasons Belgium, Holland. and Luxemburg want to make haste solwly: Their own post- war experiénce with limited economic Benelux union has been unsatisfactory. Belgium especially has a freer economy than others, and fears a financial pooling with unsuceessful ‘controlled economies of France and Italy. As always in a proposed union; the smaller states (Benelux) fear control by the large. Benelux fears French political and military instability, and the high percentage of Communists in France and Italy. Benelux states note that. neither the United States nor Britain—in whom they put their main defense trust—intends to join the European union or European army. Under these negative conditions-for Benelux adherence, the ‘off-setting posftive pressures must be very powerful indeed to produce aetion, Those pressures are: 3 - ONE—The present Russian menace, TWO—The potential threat of Germany outside of a federation. THREE—American demands for a West European Tio “The result probably will depend chiefly on whether —in Benelux judgment—the danger of Soviet aggression declines or increases.

. By Fred W. Perkins

Proposals Ready for Congress

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3=—The AFL and CIO both have ambitious legislative programs they want Congress to pass in the session beginning

Tuesday. But their spokesmen admit, privately,

more or less that they don’t expect much and ' are putting stronger efforts toward electing a more sympathetic Congress next November. They doubt the 82d Congress will ‘be any more responsive in its closing months to their appeals than it was last year. Only about 100 of the House's 435 members can be depended upon to follow the union line withaut question. That has been the case for 12 years, despite the urgings Sen. Humphrey of the union-backing Demo- ... with Taft cratic administration. Under Democratic control, and also during the two years when the Républicans

ruled the House, legislation favoring the unions.

has been blocked by a coalition of Soythern Democrats and—~GOP members, In the Senate the same sort of combination rules—its leader is Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. 0.),

whom union heads have sworn to defeat in his

. bid for the Presidency.

CHRISTMAS celebrating - has become such

a lion that New Year's comes in like a lamb.

SECRETARY OF STATE ACHESON says he is “optimistic about 1952.” He must be going to quit. .

PRESIDENT TRUMAN started 1952 just like 1948 § low man on the popularity poll.

THAT PENNY postcard still is the best way to get your two cents worth.

STATISTICS show we

“goods and services” in 1951, even if we did get very little of the latter.

" FORMER REP. HAMILTON FISH climbed

on the Taft bandwagon. Now it's up to Martin and Barton,

Mr. Acheson «i hmmm?

|| WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—If we have snow here in the next ® couple of days, heaven help =. | the Goldwyn-Mayer. This firm now has Van Johnson in an ice-cream suit at the U. 8. Capitol, where he is making a movie called “Mr, Congressman.” The time, ac-

cording to M-G-M (which has no truck with mundane things

like calendars), is June. The official forecast says snow and colder. Ra

grass to put on top of the bedraggled genuine article. It has some super spotlights to 0 take the place of the sun and it also has some fire hoses to wash the snow- from the granite facades. Goose-pimples on - Johnson, Miss Patricia Neal, ~~ et al, won't matter because me they don’t show on film. For ae ‘perspiration there's always : glycerine,

a af y What's worrying Director plots Robert Pirosh is a heavy snow .

“cope.

kholders’ ) use hes gol i

SO THE management has several bales or artificial, green _

However, some items favored by organized labor have been enacted. They include a raise in the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents, improvement and extension of the Social Security Law, and the first of several projected TaftHartley Law amendments. Complete repeal o# the Taft-Hartley Law is what the leaders want most this year, but they apparently realize there is no chance of that. The AFL will press for an amendment relieving its building trade unions from collective-bar-

MR. EDITOR: I have just read Donna Mikels' article in The Times, “Charge Girl Turned Out in Bitter Cold.” These stories make me furious. What's wrong with these people who are working with these children. A few years ago there was one little woman responsible for the whole institution . . . food, fuel, clothing, personnel, and unusual discipline problems. She placed these children in homes, made visits to them and listened to their problems and heartathes, advised and helped and went on to office duties, to court and to shopping for these children, She planned birthday parties, Christmas parties, even weddings for these children. She knew each-child and loved them all. She seemed to be everywhere at once. I've gone with her to get them out of jail. I’ve been at her home when calls came in all hours of the night asking for help and guidance. Boys going overseas called to confide in her and to tell her goodbye. Ns SHE BUILT this institution to high standards with love and human kindness, yet she could be as firm as steel with one who failed her trust in him. She believed in this infirmary to which: this girl would not go; as a protection to her other children. I believe too many people are poking

. By Frederick C. Othman

stockholders of Metro- -

out of the Capitol by Saturday

EERE ERNIE IRENE R ERE ARES Re eA R ENRON RENNIN INR T ONE SEN ANAS RN TORENT IRaR RRS NNReNgL

HOOSIER FORUM—T'm Furious’

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

EEE REE NTE NONE OER ERE EON ETE r aa ora R ERNE REE OSE N NRT T RENN I se ReEana Eran erse

ity

$275. Mr. Alton said he guessed

gaining elections. Such an amendment is probable, because it’s impractical to have elections in the construction industry. Sen. Taft has joined with Sen. Hubert -H. Humphrey (D. Minn.) in sponsoring this change. At the top of both the AFL and CIO lists of aims is a ®rice control law with more teeth in it. They say nothing about wage control, how ever. The twin subjects are likely to cause much argument in Congress, with some legislators advocating that both be abandoned. The argument will be affected by the outcome of the CIO’s present drive for wage increases in the steel industry beyond what some experts say is allowable under the rules. . The labor program includes also: Plugging of tax law loopholes said to favor industry and capital. More and. better government housing for

servicemen and defense workers.

More Foreign Aid

A STRONGER and more inclusive rent cone trol law. More foreign aid to friendly countries, with emphasis on funneling the benefits down to workers rather than giving them to employers. Bigger old-age pensions, and more persons made eligible to receive them. A.national health insurance system, free hospital care for social security pensioners, and help for medical schools in producing ore physicians, dentists and nurses. More benefits for the jobless and a uniform federal system instead of 48 varying state systems. Raising of the statutory minimum wage. The AFL wants it raised to a minimum of $1, the CIO, $1.25. Federal money to build mare public schools and improve teachers’ pay. Stronger laws on religious or race discrimi. nation, :

their noses into a situation of which they know nothing. I can’t understand such freedom for these children as I read of in the papers. Institutions cannot be run as some group of

--club individuals, or theorists may believe, Too

much freedom with little intelligence-and poor home background will only lead to trouble. Let these children’ have strict institution life and earn their places in foster homes and there will be fewer in the institutions, and happier useful citizens for the future,.I know.

~—Times Reader, Cit; LY.

‘One, Two, Three’

MR. EDITOR: The penny postcard, it is through. . The one cent rate goes up to two, * Over many a one I've fumed and fretted, Much information some have netted. Vacationers will feel the pinch, And divers firms their sales to cinch. But when it comes to paying two Cents for the same “hall-00,” I think I'd rather send a letter. For three cents I can do much better. : ~—L. B. Rial, City.

‘Mr. Congressman’ Races the Weather Man

good deal better shan - the

but the self- interests of

i cn. g—

night so Congress can move in. ; » » ~ T HE PROPRIETORS of M-G-M so far are in luck. wohnson and Co..-have been doing their emoting inside. Wheti I dropped by they'd just turned Statuary Hall into a sound stage and a little man on a stepladder was buffing the bronze double - breasted suit of Huey Long with a touch of engine oil to bring out the highlights. Standing next to Long on another pedestal was William - Jennings Bryan in a long-tail coat. ‘The art depart. ment left him unpolished, Arthur E. Cook, the assistant architect of the Capitol who was keeping an eagle eye on ‘the movie-makers, told me

something else that should

° man,

. that. It is serious (from

cheer the stockholders. Seems that John Alton, the camerawanted the statue of Presidént | Garfield® turned, around so his profile would show up better. +

rd ce JU underneath. i i ‘moving it, strengthening the floor and

gain, came to

: This statue “weighed 14 tons ee and it ag placed in careful re-

he'd photograph Garfield full face. Free. The movie-makers invited me. to lunch,» which they served in the still-closed House dining room. They brought in their own. steam tables and produced for all hands hot steak sandwiches of quality a

CLOSE HARMONY

I HEARD a trio yesterday . that spemed to sound just right + . « for notes they sang were beautiful . . . and clear as crystalite . . . they moved along through each dear song + + + like birds upon the wing

« + + Without even an effort for

«s+ the three were in full swing . . , no matter what the tempo was . . , the slow songs

or the fast . .. In closely.

rounded harmony . . . they

“eould not be surpassed . . . and

though each singer differed in +. « his habits and his name . +. when ‘they worked for common good . . . they won the highest fame . . . and so it is

statesmen can get from their own kitchen next week. Perhaps they’d-better confer with Metro on how to feed themselves well in a hurry.

I had a chat with Mr. Johnson, who reported that for movie purposes he is a Democratic Congressman. This ia because the picture will be released well before next November. The majority of Congressmen, no matter what, still will be Democrats. Fair en Explains also why it’s June in

January,

; 8 v0» IF THE picture had hv produced later, with real grass and a genuine sun, Director . Pirosh wouldn't have known whe .Bressman a Democrat or a Re- - publican. A wrong guess .would have got him in-bad with one side or the other. He's no dope, this Pirosh, even + though he did bring his “blizzard troubles on himself, So I stood on the marble floor, which Metro polished be-: tween each take, for two hours,

. while Mr. Johnson emoted in

Phi B e+

er to. have made his Con- -

'B W.W Ste

Oppo Stateho

Lim Iter

SET OF

Choice | Three T

$32.95 va tables .. . _ have pro woods in

STU

$39. Vah

Complete rail. Use 2-separa select hai

Sprin

3-Piece

$36. .Vah

Includes woods in tive des "fountain

“PI