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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Oun Way

a P ofp lke in the Running EN. '‘EISENHOWER'S statement is widely, and we think correctly, interpreted as his positive entrance into

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the lists for the Republican Presidential nomination, and -

his readiness to run if nominated. The General makes. it clear he will not campaign for the nomipation, but will leave that responsibility to his active supporters and rank and file Republican voters. For the foreseeable future he will devote his energies to his present vitally important task as commander of troops in Europe of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. If the Republican convention in Chicago next July nominates him for the Presidency, that duty would transcend his present respohsibility. It is a long time from January to November, or for that matter from January to July, but the election year, 1952, starts off with four men openly in the contest for the Republican nomination, none yet actively contending for the Democratic nomination. The four Republicans are Gen. Eisenhower, Sen. Taft, Gov. Warren and former Gov. Stassen. They are all men-of honor and integrity and varying experience. Front runners, of course, are Gen. Eisenhower and Sen. Taft. The other two will become possibilities only in case of a deadlock, in which evert they will not be. the only Republican hopefuls. Absence of Democratic contenders, of course, is to be expected, A party long in power cannot get off dead center until the No. 1 man has had his say. But for a party 20 years out of power and perquisites, the Republicans show remarkable vigor in. entering four good men for the presidential nomination. Especially two such top-notch men as Sen. Taft and Gen. Eisenhower. Their qualifications differ. One appears stronger in experience and understanding of domestic affairs. The other's strong point is in administrative experience and foreign affairs. Whichever is chosen, the followers of the other should not feel aggrieved. Both are ‘dedicated to a change in Washington.

‘Nothing Came of That’ HEN PRESIDENT TRUMAN abruptly barged home from his Key West vacation, he was bristling with anger over the scandals in his administration and ready, he said, to take some drastic action. The idea seemed to be, although the President never has given any details, that some kind of a cledn-up commission would be established. That was a month ago. Meanwhile, Mr. Truman has asked three men to head such a commission. One, Solicitor-General Philip B. Perlman, declined on the sound ground that any “inquity by an administration official would be suspect. Another, Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy of New York, was persuaded by fellow judges, according to reports, not to leave the bench for such an aseignment.

o - . s o oy NOW, IT is revealed by United Press Writer Lyle C. Wilson, another “distinguished American” was invited by the President to head up the commission. This man said he would do it on three conditions —all of which added up to whether or not he could have a free hand. “Nothing came of that,” Mr. Wilson reports. Instead, we have the new spectacle of Atty. Gen. J. Howard McGrath suddenly ordering a country-wide crusade against ‘racketeers, gangsters and organized crime.” It would be easy to say that Mr. McGrath's sudden move was inspired by a desire to offset the odor arising from his own department and the Internal Revenue Bureau. It would be easy to say because that doubtless is the primary reason.

o ” o o . HE TOOK no notice of shenanigans in his own depart-

ment, and even recently defended at least one of the

perpetrators. Mr. McGrath's method—ordering: 93 special grand juries suddenly called to investigate rackets—makes headlines. But it is not an accepted way, even in his own department, of bringing criminals to heel. Grand jury investigations are judged by results, not by advance advertising. Still, if Mr. McGrath means business like he says he loes, the probes may be useful. But if he follows the pattern

set by his boss, the results will be the same: “Nothing came of that.”

A Few Dreams Ago... ° "ANE HAVE asked the people what they want. We will give them what they want and we will make progress reports as we move along in carrying out what we sincerely call our ‘people's’ platform.” &. Know who said that? Mayor Alex Clark. : ~ He said it when he was still a Municipal Court judge, Republican nominee for Mayor. He said it only a few months ago. ; wl. First progress report: “Many of the things that we want for our city will of necessity—because of the financial demands from our national government—have to be postponed. It is my belief that until we can effect economy and a change at the national level to the point where we can retain some of our tax ‘money and some of our local self-government, many of the dreams, desires and hopes we all share will have to wait.” In other words, unless the city of Indianapolis can stop bureaucratic waste in Washington an action which - most of the 48 states have been trying to take for many

years... , we will go along as usual, without many of the things we need.

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a revamped sewer system and: garbage collection system. We were impressed with plans for expanded police and fire departments and such.

We sort of wondered, at the time, where the money

was coming from. 4 : © .Now we know. te iw nn © It's coming. out-of what we gan get the federal government to quit taking away from us and wasting elsewhere;

So it may be quite a spell, at the rate we've been going, many of those dreams for Indianapolis.come true.

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SHORTAGE . . .. By James Daniel

High Pay For VA Nurses Smacks

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Tfe nation’s private hospitals are beginning to complain that the Veterans Administration is luring away their inadequate force of nurses with the enticement of higher pay. VA's 14 000 nurses were alreddv. the nafion's

highest paid nursing corps when Congress last October voted them a ‘$300 annual raise, to. match an increase’ granted,K to other federal employees ‘ ‘Since then, with the. Army and Navy also beginning to call back many of their nurses commissioned in World War II, the VA wage competition has become so: great thHat many

private hospitals say they can't meet it. In many Hospitals the ratio of nurses to patients is said to be ‘dangerously low.”

THE SITUATION hag become so critical that the American Hospital Association has

support. federal subsidies to nursing

WAR . .. By Ludwell Denny

Stalin Heaps Fear on Fear

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-Stalin is giving Prime Minister Churchill and President Truman something to talk about besides their own numerous prohlems, That iz the Red threat of a Korea-type invasion of Indo-China by Chinese

volunteer ind Soviet specialists, !

Mr. Churchill has enough Asiatic worries in

Malaya and: Hong Kong without taking on French problems in Indo-China. Mr. Truman has more than. his hands ‘full in. Korea. But

neither can ignore the danger of another Red aggression which might precipitate general Far Eastern conflict or even world ‘war, Stalin made certain that Indo-China would be added 16 "tHe" CHUTE TRIM AR agenda -by having his Foreign Minister Vishinsiy tell the Unitéd Nations last week that “events begin to take their course on the Southern borders of China.” He made the familiar charges of American aggression which usually herald a Red attack. Now there are reports from the Far East and

from Paris of increased Chinese troop concen--

trations on the southern border. and of more Chinese infiltration across the frontier into the Red Indo-China army.

Very Alarmed

THE French government is very much alarmed. This was discussed with Mr. Churchill when he went to Paris preparatory to his American journey. Now the French are repeating their warnings during the ChurchillTruman talks. ‘The British are less excited. Partly because crises in Malaya, Iran and Egypt and at home today crowd out tomorrow's potentials. Also, because their Far Eastern policy is based on recognition of Peiping and hope of a compromise settlement —which would be destroyed by another Red China aggression. : President Truman's advisers are neither as pessimistic as the French nor as optimistic as the British. They frankly don't know, and are not guessing. But they are doing a lot of grim thinking about it.

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France is asking for more aid, which neither Mr. Truman nor Mr. Churchill feels he can give now. France is at least holding its own against the Red Indo-Chinese rebels. But this is costing France in money the equal of all her Marshall aid, and in troops the equal of 12 divisions needed in the defense of Western Europe. America is supplying planes and armament,

Weakest Place

BUT A Chinese “volunteer” invasion could not be defeated by the French, who are now stretched to the breaking point. Therefore Indo-China is the weakest place for Stalin to strike. By the same token—it is also his best blackmail weapon to split the Allies and force a Korean and Far Eastern settlement to his liking. France would welcome virtually any Korean deal which would buy “peace” in Indo-China. The Korean War is unpopular among the British, and their Peiping recognition policy is based on the possibility of getting protection for Hong Kong and Malaya. Unless the Prime Minister and President in their current conference can agree on a joint Far Eastern policy, Stalin will be in a favorable position for more Asiatic gains by diplomatic deals or—failing that—by another proxy war in Indo-China. ”

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY THE EYES of the nation are on Washington as Congress convenes. But the Congressmen’s eyes are on the Senate seats and the Senators’ eyes are on the national tickets.

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NEW FACES in politics have one great advantage—voters don't know whether they are true or false. ; : SBD THE REMAINS of prehistoric Feking man have vanished. Probably . ashamed of this historic period. GERMAN Pastor Niemoeller is in Moscow. He used to torpedo us as a submarine commander in World War I, but denies that is now his purpose. . oo oo o>

rayon men must have selected the 1952 maid of cotton. Her name is Mullarkey. .

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THE association represents the nation's private hospitals, including those with nursing + trainigg programs. It intends to support the bill introduced by Rep. Frances Bolton (R. 0.) "to pay cash grants to nursing schoaqls to expand their training facilities and enrollment.

* Officials say they will ask for amendments

Keeping supervision within the states and limit- ~

ing the federal aid to emergency periods such as now. ment’'s competition for nurses is a factor in their changed position.

“We train nurses, at the expense of the patients they practice on,” one hospital association official said, "and the government takes them. Even last year, 33,000 hospital beds were closed off because of lack of nurses.” , A complaint from Memphis, Tenn., was cited

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Private Hospitals as typical of -the troubles many hospitals are having. : A denominatiofjal hospital there lost four nurses in one day. the rates it gould collect from patients—was $215 a month, with 48 hours of duty.weekly, two weeks of vacation and sick leave ‘when needed.” The four nurses went to Kennedy Veterans Hospital in the same city. Beginning nurses there get $311 a month, with 40 hours of duty a week, a month's vacation and sick leave that accumulates if -not used. The denominational hospital's administrator sald he would have to raise his. rates for paying patients $4 a day to match the VA hospital salaries. :

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HIGH pay for VA nurses has been ‘govern- .

ment policy since 1945. Congress was persuaded that the criticism of poor care in VA hospitals could be met only by ekempting the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery from

JAPAN . . . By Oland D. Russell .

Will U.S. Lose Bargaining Power?

TOKYO, Jan. 8—If the U, 8S. Senate ratifies the Japanese Peace Treaty before the U. S. government. works out the administrative

agreement with Japan for joint defense, our major bargaining power for getting a satisfactory agreement will . —_— have been lost. Before the treaty is ratified, the American Army is anxious that the two governments agree on the conditions whereby some American forces will remain in Japan to assist the Japanese in defending their country until they are able to go it alone. Also, there's the matter of Japan's importance as a base for the war in Korea. The Army insists {t still has a job of fighting in Korea and requires considerable freedom of action to use Japanese communications and industries which have - been Increasingly valuable to our supply program. Consequently the Army thinks the signing of the administrative agreement should precede the Senate's ratification of the treaty. Negotiations have been going on since September, but no details of the progress, or lack of it, have leaked out. v The Japanese have an almost religious zeal for independence. And their independence will not be complete until the Senate ratifies the treaty approved last September in San Francisco. "he chief stumbling block so far to a successful military agreement is the conflict between the State Department and the Army

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over the extent of American control and the timing of its end. The State Department wants the Army to fade out of the picture as much as possible now, without pressing Japan for guarantees or commitments, turning back most of our installations here and asking a minimum from Japan for her defense or rearmament. The State Department argues that for the Army to remain in Tokyo, holding the best buildings, vital areas .for supplies and communications would be a continuing harsh reminder to the Japanese of their defeat and seemingly unending occupation. The Army replies that the criticism comes not from the Japanese government but from private business-interests which want the buildings for their own use. : Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk has been out here in an attempt to reconcile the differences between the Army and the State Department and apparently found it necessary to take the unsettled conflict back to Washington.

Further Negotiations?

NOW HE'S reported planning to return to Tokyo but whether it's for further negotiations or finally to present a united front to the Japanese, is not known here. The present disagreement within the American government i§ something of a hardship for the . Japanese * government. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida for some time has been embarrassed by his inability to reassure his people on details of the security agreement. He has promised ‘full explanations” only when the negotiations are concluded. Meanwhile, he cannot, of course, explaid that it is differences among the Americans themselves that are holding up agreethent, - The need for more speed in working out the terms of Japan's future security has been heightened hy Stalin's message depicting himself as a friend of Japanese independence. As phony as it was, it still was good propaganda.

TYPICAL SENATOR . . . By Frederick C. Othman

WASHINGTON, Jan. §—The subject hereabouts today is Eisenhower. No matter what the statesmen start to discuss, they get around immediately to Ike. Ditto, newspaper reporters. So there was Taw Connally of Texas, the only. U. 8. Senator who looks like-a Senator, holding his annual predate press conference on

the state of the world and what his foreign relations committee is going to do about it. He walked into his-headquarters with the pansies painted on thé ceiling, holding a cigar the size of a small baseball bat in his fist. His hard-boiled shirt was like the driven sho; the golden stud in the exact center of it

@ gliStened almost as brilliantly as the freshly

‘ygpoli¥ied crystal chandelier above him. His vhite hair was long. over the back of his collar. ? g Shooting his cuffs and pulling . his hornrimmed eyeglasses to the extreme tip of his nose, Tawm began to read his statement about the long and heavy schedule ahead of the Foreign Relations Con¥mittee, - os, ® © 2» HO " WHEN HE came to a period, he spelled that out, too, as if ‘he were dictating to a new stenog--

rapher, fresh from Marlin, Tex. The gentlemen ot to, worry -about the Japanese Peace ' Treaty, ald to Europe, the business of an am-

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bassador to the Vatican and no telling what

all ‘else. The Senator. from Texas is against *

that ambassador idea; he thinks his committee

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| Tawm ‘Not in Ike's Confidence’

before they asked the big question: What bout Ike?

political confidence.” Then Tawm waited, issuing smoke like an expectant volcano. The questions boiled around the table. : eB ob THE WAY he read the General's statement, sald the Senator, Ike figures on staying in Europe until and if President Truman recalls him, Yes, said a reporter, at least until July 7, date of Republican National Convention. Ane other of my cohorts wondered if Sen. Eisenhower’s leaving Europe, if he does ‘leave, will have any bad effects on-defense over there, “I don’t suppose there is any indispensable man,” said Tawm. “If there is, we're in a devil of a fix. Why, any moment some newspaperman may die.” : - ! DB . THEY WONDERED how the Senator's campaign for re-election in Texas had been coming along. Tawm said he'd just got back from Texas, but he hadn't considered politics while there. The correspondents laughed. Se . A lady correspondent wondered what he was: going to do about the British rejecting a load sn't up to standard. . - :

The Senator. said he'd only got back to

‘Washington Sunday and he sadn’t been able

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,ast year. the. average ‘starting pay in none rh hospitals gvas $2688 a year, ranging from a low of $2508 in New England to high of $2844 on’ the West Coast. In all séctions, beginning VA nurses received $3440 a year, until their pay went up to $3740 in October, retroactive to last July. : oo oe Fey - VA NURSES progress through six grades of education and experience, to a top grade that Pays $7040 to $8040 a year. Qualified VA nurses can advance to higher pay grades faster than other federal employees. - x As to the charge of being “out of line” with other nurses’ pay, VA officials say Congress sets the pay scales. They add that they try not to raid existing hospitals for nurses and cone duct recruiting programs outside the areas where they are opening new hospitals. But they say if a properly qualified nurse wants to come on their payroll they can't refuse, her.

Hoosier Forum

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

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‘Amused by Letters’ MR. EDITOR: I was amused by the letters in today’s Times (Jan. 4) written by Ronald F. Faucett and Eve elyn Walton. From the gist of their letters, one

would come to the conclusion they were not.

Times readers. :

They don’t seem to have read any of the exposures of crodked polities in our local governe ment, such as laxity of law enforcement, cone ditions of public institutions, welfare departe ments, jail conditions, homes for the aged and

mental patients, the, calling of attention to dis- - - &

appearing mpney from public funds and appro« priations. In other words, calling a spade a spade, regardless of its party affiliation. In my opinion The Times is the most outs spoken independent paper I have ever had the pleasure of reading in Marion County and I have lived here 50 years. Still, I have not agreed with many of its editorials, nor much of its prop aganda. Mr. Faucett states he is a hard-headed Dem ocrat, but an independent thinker. I can't feale ize just how he can be a full fledged party man and an independent thinker.

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I'LL GO him one better. I am an independent voter who votes for the individual I think best

- qualified for the office he seeks, regardless of

party affiliations. I only vote for the candidate that I know something about or have been well recommended by some one in whom I have confidence. I always vote a scratched ticket. If I vote for some one I know nothing about, I might kill the vote of some voter who is qualified to pass judg. “ment on the candidate. I never have felt that I was psychic enough to pass judgment on any subject or person that I knew nothing about. THe reason so many jokers get. elected is: Most voters don’t know how to scratch their ticket on a voting machine, and if they have much scratching to do, the time limit is too short to do it. If it were possible to poll a vote every three minutes there are very few precincts that could vote ail their voters from 6 a. m. until 6 p. m. About 10 to 15 per cent of them would not be able to vote. I still think The Times, in most cases, places criticism where it belongs, does it in no uncer

tain terms, can't be bluffed and pulls no punches, -

—E. Bowman, 2831 Station St.

‘Too Much Ice’ .

MR. EDITOR:

Well, after all these days and days the ice is off the streets, or at least was when this letter was written. But you can be sure of one thing. The ice is not off the streets because of any action taken by our street department. If Mayor Clark wants some of his campaign promises to sound like anything, this is one thing he could insist .on. I would like the Mayor or any other public official connected with this operation to explain to the public why we can’t drive safely on our streets when a little snow falls. If this snowfall had been anything like the one that hit the West and the Fast last year, we “would be in a pretty mess. This city wouldn't even move the following July there would be so much snow around. Actually, the only thing I'm asking is that the men working in this department get up a little earlier and get some cinders on the streets at the crossings. ‘ That isn't very much to ask. It isn't very

costly and the only loss would be a little sleep, Better to lose that than lives.

—Ice Bound, City.

FOSTER'S FOLLIES

LONDON-—A wife and husband: greeted each other at Waterloo Station with + Hello, love,” after his forty-two-year absence in South Africa,

The station at Waterloo sparkled with love; For forty-two years he'd been wandering, But new he'd returned to his sweet turtle dove (Could be that his clothes needed laundring!)

And if you should think this a strange way of life,

We beg of you, please, doh’t be sappy. hose long years apart were without strife— They know how to make marriage happy.

What Others Say—

IF WE could depend on the good faith of the Communists we could all pack up and go home, . « . But then, if there had been good faith on the part of the Communists, we would not be ‘here in the first place.—Adm. Turner Joy, chief United Nations delegate to Korean truce talks, ar : : IT WOULD seem that whatever usefulness wage and price controls may have served in the past . . . is nearing an end, and the law of supply and demand is just about ready to assert

itself —C. M. White, president of the Republis Steel Corp. : “. > 4

THE NEXT thing they'll have me doing is vivisecting my dog without an anesthetic.— Actress Tallulah Bankhead at the trial of hes secretary-maid:

SNOWFALL

. WHEN snowflakes dot life's passing scene « + « and cloak the land in white . . , it seems I'm in 'a wonderland . . . that's glorious and right . . . all things look different and somehow « ++ take -on a strange new glow ..". and even common ugly things . . . are beautiful with Snow . .. and as my eyes rest on the scene . . that God let me béhold . . . I think of all His" power . . . for He tempers warm with cold. . . .

“then as I turn. to rest my head ... and close .

my weary eyes . . . I see reflections of His will . , i in diamond studded skies, JAI ten 3 ~:~ =By Ben Burroughs (You can obtain 100.0f. Mr. Burrough’s poems size book. Send 25¢ for Mr, “Sketches,” Indian.

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