Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1952 — Page 22

The Indianapolis Times

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HENRY W. MANZ Business Manager

Friday, Jan. 18, 1952

ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE President

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Police . . . and Politics

OLICE Lt. John J. O'Neal yesterday was suspended from the Indianapolis police force because the political party to which he belongs lost the city election last November. ¢ No other conclusion can be drawn from the action of the police “trial” board last night and from the events which preceded that action, He has been found guilty of nothing except failure to be a Republican. There was no bona fide charge against Lt. O'Neal on which he might, be tried. No evidence that he had done anything wrong was produced at this “hearing?” The trial board of police officers who a month ago were serving under him hemmed and hawed and finally decided he had been guilty of “an error in‘judgment.” There were some good and essentially decent policemen on that board, and they seemed to us a little shame-faced about what they had to do. And well they might be. Plainly they were acting under orders from above, as reluctant rubber stamps to confirm a shady: political decision that had been made before the hearing was even ordered. They know quite well that the same thing could happen to any of them any day. » » » ~ n » IT has long been the custom here for a new Mayor to demote all the ranking police officers who belong to an opposition political party and promote members of his own political party to their places—even if he has to break or evade the law to do so. That is why Indianapolis has a second-rate police force, This is the first time we recall that a new Mayor has taken the additional step of trying to smear the mien he demotes with silly trumped-up “charges” and “hearings” and “suspensions.” The clear intent of this whole procedure has been to put a black mark on the record that John O'Neal has kept spotlessly clean through 38 years of efficient, loyal, honest service in the Indianapolis police department. There'll be a blot, all right, a big black one.

But in our opinion it goes right on the record of Alex Clark, who has beeff Mayor of Indianapolis for exactly

Why Change Judges?

JUDGE SAUL RABB put his finger on perhaps the weakest spot in Indiana justice yesterday in his speech to the Women’s Republican Club. It is our quaint custom of virtually letting a defendant pick his own judge. The way the system works now, hallowed by higher court rulings and “precedents” more than by statute, any

person accused of a crime can put the judge we elected to hear such cases off the bench, and get another judge, by the mere asking. He doesn't need to give any reason for wanting a change, nor any evidence that he might not have a fair hearing before the regular judge. Nine times out of ten, in fact, the last thing he does want is a fair hearing. Once he makes such a demand a list of three lawyers is presented. The defendant eliminates one of them, the prosecutor another, and the third acts as “judge” to hear the case. : Usually, of course, he is not a judge at all, never has been elected to any bench, and probably never expects to be. He has no responsibility to the electorate, or in fact,

to anyone. » » ~ » » .

AT ITS best this procedure means no more than an additional long delay in getting the case tried, which is always useful to the defendant who happens to be guilty. At its worst it is the vehicle for a “fix,” in which a judge who has to face the voters sometime and account for his actions is removed and a substitute slipped in who can turn loose a criminal and never have to account to anybody for it. It has produced in Marion County some of the most fantastic court decisions in legal history.

” ~ ~ ee » ~ » CERTAINLY no one should be required to stand trial before a prejudiced court Other states, and the federal government, protect both the defendant and the American system of justice, by requiring those who want a change of judges to show some “evidence for a reasonable ‘belief that they can't get a fair trial without it.

Indiana should, too. We hope the next General Assembly will take heed of Judge Rabb's sound advice.

- Consider the Cost, Too

NE of the nail-on-the-head arguments favoring Universal Military Training is the cost. It will be a lot cheaper to give every young man six months of intensive military training and then turn him back to civilian life in a reserve status than it will be to maintain, for years to come, a professional military force of full strength, _ :

The United States Bis to choose one or the other.

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“reaches all the way from Berlin to Korea.

The one way to stop the spread of that tyranny is by - power, Much of this must be provided by the United States.

a cannot go on for perhaps a generation, or longer,

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ye A The only. alternative to a large standing army is a re- " raassd und waivaifed oder » system of Un Training.

Russia is out to impose absolute Soviet authority on the rest of the ‘world, including us. Already, their authority

This nation, with all its vaunted prosperity and redraining ts somomie might to maintain a great standing :

7 “No wander he. wont pn tation one:

CAMPAIGNS COMING .

. By Chatles Lucey

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- Wary Congress Faces Rash of Reform Plans

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—The corrup-

. fion-in-government disclosures could lead

to a “reform Congress” at the present session if members act on a flock of-clean-up proposals soon to be before them. But the fact this is a presidential elec tion year could block most action. Five major reform proposals are in the works: ONE—President Truman's executive reorganization of the Internal Revenue Bureau. It would overhaul government tax collection machiriery by creating. not more than 25 regional offices and by putting all revenue collectors—now politically appointed—under civil service. TWO—BIills by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.), joined by 21 Senators, requiring all collectors to be civil service employees. and prohibiting Internal Revenue employees from holding outside jobs. THREE—A - comprehensive six-point bill providing reforms in the Internal Rev-

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‘enue Bureau, the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and government generally, Its authors are Sens. Mike Monroney (D. Okla.), Blair Moody (D. Mich.), George Smathers (D. Fla.) ‘and Margaret Smith (R. Me.) It will be introduced soon.

FOUR—Hearings to begin soon in the King subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee to study Internal Revenue reforms.

FIVE—A report to be made soon ivy a Senate elections investigating subcommittee, led by Sen. Guy Gillette (D. Ia.). Several proposals to tighten federal election laws are expected. The White. House's proposed reform of the big tax agency already has run into trouble on Capitol Hill. Congressmen representing-less populous states are protesting the%over-all regional plan of organization would take existing tax offices out of their areas. Today Treasury

By James Daniel

Loans Dwindle With RFC Cleanup

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—W. Stuart Symington’s administration of the Réconstruction Finance Corp. has proved one thing— As publicity is turned on borrowers and as the political pressures are shut off, the number of people seeking government loans, number of loans granted, decline toward the vanishing i point, § Some Congressmen interpret this to mean that there is no real function in Wash--ington for an honest RFC. In the first week of January, for example, the RFC made only four business loans under {ts own authority— $12,000 to a Massachusetts firm, $25,000 each to a Con~ necticut and a Tennessee firm, and $63,400 to a Utah hatchery. : In addition, the RFC-—as an accommodation for the Defense Production Administration supplied the professional handling of four defense loans. One of these, for $1.1 million, was actually a conversion of a previous RFC loan to defense loan status. The three others, which were new, amounted to $378,000. Only the four business loans for $125,400, however, were specifically the RFC’s function, Figures on the decline of RFC lending are 7

SIDE GLANCES

Mr, Symington

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equally striking for the eight months of 1951 that Mr. Symington headed the agency. From May 7 through Dec. 31, the RFC made 513 loans under its own authority for a “total of $65,954,000. Many of these were being processed when Mr. Symington took over and began making public names of borrowers.

Comparing .those eight months with the corresponding eight months of 1950—under the old RFC board—yields this result: In May through December, 1950, the old RFC made 2586 loans amounting to $229,205,000. This is five times as many loans as Mr. Symington approved, and between three and four times as much money. In the 1951 period, Mr. Symington alse passed on 89 defense loans for Defefise Production Administrator Charles E. Wilson. These loans amounted to $152 million. But they don’t enter significantly into the comparison because in the 1950 period rearmament was still in the future. The government wasn’t making defense * loans. $ The decline meaning: As a lending agency the reformed RFC has virtually no work to do, except on behalf of the Defense Production’ Administration; Unless Mr. Symington’s successor restores the old practices, the RFC will be hardly more than a collection agency for old loans. The RFC houscleaning left only the shell of the building,

in business loans has this

WASHINGTON, Jan, 18 — Only thing to distinguish the house at 3900 Macomb St. from its handsome ‘neighbors in the embassy district is the trick mirror in its front door. From the outside, it’s a looking glass; from within, it's a clear pane of glass.

This is so householder Em‘mitt Warring can take a long look at his callers before they ever see him. No wonder. He .never knows whether they're going to rob his safe, kidnap him, or worse, p He's a perfect example, I guess, .of the well-mannered, soft-voiced, 1952 mode! hoodlum. All over this land are Emmitt Warrings, leading lives of quiet luxury on their gains ‘from the gambling business. Hoodlum is a word that puts a hurt look in their eyes. Call . 'em high-class hoodlums and they're still insulted. > What makes our local Em-

fact that we've got a commit- , tee of U.S. ators

Secretary John W. Snyder issued a statement aimed to calm such fears.

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SOME administration supporters say the Republicans will oppose the refotm because it might remove a good political But unless Congress disapproves the President's plan within 60 days, it becomes law. Mr. Snyder will testify at the first Senate hearings on it

campaign issue.

the last of this month.

The so-called Monroney-Moody bill will have a half-dozen major aiths. establish what its authors call “blue ribbon” Civil Service, with Internal Revenue adopting the high personnel standards of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It would forbid any member. of the execu-

employees—both executive and legislative —would forfeit pension rights if involved

in a breach of public trust.

mittee.

It would

tive or legislative branches, or any polit-

ical committee, to attempt to influence in

tax cases. .

The measure would require the RFC to keep open for public inspection the record of anyone appearing in behalf of

RFC loans. * a

IT WOULD make the briber of a government official equally guilty with the receiver, and would provide mandatory Government officials and

jail sentences.

DEAR BOSS .

Hearings on this bill will be sought soon before the Senate Civil Service Com.

The proposals for election law reforms will be based on investigations by "Sen, Gillette's group into 1950 senatorial elec"tions in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Idaho. day's election statutes, especially those - covering spending, are wide open to abuse and evasion. Recent inquiries have shown spending clearly in violation of the spirit of the present laws and a variety of cam. paign practices just as clearly in violation of the corrupt practices statutes.

Everyone recognizes to-

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BUT CONGRESS traditionally is chary of changing election laws. have a personal interest in getting elected and are not eager to be closely restricted. The odds against any reforms are high in a national election year.

Its members

Many Con-

gressmen are intent on passing only the

. By Dan Kidney

basic appropriation bills to run the gov. ernment and then clearing out of Wash. ington for the national conventions and the campaign.

Ewing Hits Back at the Medics

WASHINGTON,

it gave the Democrats in 1950.

Addressing the annual banquet of the Man-

hattan Central Medical Society in New York City, the Hoo-sier-born “Mr. Welfare State,’ once more carried the fight.to his American Medical Association opponents. The society is "Hy composed of Negro physicians and surgeons, Mr. Ewing as also used the opportunity to stress the extra importance of government paid

Jan. 18—Dear Boss: eral Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing isn’t backing down on his compulsory health insurance plan, despite the drubbing that

Fed(Jack)

doctors—

opportunities for all matter where they live or who they are.’ Citing the gains in Negro health and then stressing the statistics that show their life expectancy is not yet equal to that of white ciizens, Mr. Ewing gave this diagnosis to ths

American children, no

“The plain truth is that the average Negro has less than a fair chance for health becausa he is not a lucrative patient. He is less likely to be able to afford his doctor’s bills. He is less likely to be able to afford the hospital bills. He is less likely to be able to pay for the specialist, . the expensive new drugs, the miraculous new ' methods of therapy. ; “Medicine is an art and a science, and ideals ly a way of life, but it is an occupation, too, And I suppose it is only human ‘for a young person who sets out to be a doctor to think in terms of building a practice that will bring him - an adequate income. When this thought occurs to him, he is prone to turn away from people who need him most and in the direction of patients who will pay his bills and give him a

Ji: Tex Br

health protection for Negroes. President Truman has appointed a new commission to study the problem, but Mr. Ewing indicated that he thinks his old answer is the right one. He began by denouncing doctors in politics —untess they are on his side. “Other members of your profession have not always demonstrated the hospitality which you are showing me,” he told the Negro doctors. “They have been too concerned over the politics of medicine for that. I have always been disturbed over the paradox in which so many doctors worry about politics and so many patients worry about medicine.”

Equal Opportunity AS THOUGH to prove that he is qualified for the title “Mr. Welfare State,” which was conferred on him by Collier's magazine, Mr. Ewing cited that he is the head man over the

Mr. Ewing

good livelihood.

Indorsed by President “I WISH this were not the case, but I do not condemn a man for falling into this way of thinking.” The answer for everybody, in Mr. Ewing's opinion, is his plan for compulsory health ine surance. He said— “I think all of you know. that the President has for years supported a plan for national health insurance, and that I have taken a very strong position in favor of this plan. “I have brought down on my head the maledictions of many spokesmen of the medical profession—though, curiously enough, I do not hotice that these violent criticisms come from those doctors whose practice is largely with the weak, the poor, the less fortunate, The Park Avenue specialists are critical. We do not hear go virulent an attack from those who know, at first hand, the health problems of that part of

LUSH SPOT. . .

Magic Mirror House Trips Up Hoodlum

mitt different from yours is the

Office of Education, Public Health Service, Pure Food and Drug Administration. He also has charge of all the welfare payments through

social security, “Through the

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MR. EDITOR:

I understand the proponents of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project are again planning to place the construction of their project before Congress at an early date; and because of the closeness of the vote between those for and against the project the last time it was placed before the House Public Works Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I must go oh record with you: as being very much opposed to a, both

from a standpoint of the expen

taxes and the detrimental effpct it surely will have on the Midwestern and Eastern railroads. I do not object to what you feel is necessary in the way of legislation for the defense effort. We are glad to pay this type of tax; but we do object to the appropriation of large sums of money that are not absolutely necessary, and this particular case of diverting th away from our Midwestern and Eastern railroads I think is contrary to the best interests

of the country.

Office of Education,” Mr. Ewing said, “we seek to improve educational conditions in this country—and I may add that our constant goal is to achieve educational

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Hoosier Forum—‘Propaganda’

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

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Mr. Taft

I understand the proponents of the St. Law-

By Frederick C. Othman

ring, with slick hair, a pinched face and a sharply pressed suit, can make himself at the age of 45 a legend in the Capital of the U.S. A. He didn’t deny to the statesmen that he was the proprietor of some of the lushest real estate in these parts, that a few of our top police officials were his bosom companions, or even that he and associates one year had registered in their names a total of 227 automobiles and trucks. He Just was not talking.

The federals were after him on tax charges, he apologized

and he feared whatever he

might say would tend to incriminate him. This didn’t bother Sen. Matthew“M. Neely (D. W.Va.) & Co. too much. They'd been investigating Emmitt and the questions of their counsel, ‘Arnold Bauman, indicated they’d discovered plenty. The tax collectors first got

“suspicious of Emmitt a few .

years back when,. on court ,yorder, his safe deposit box was oe Stuffed in it was, 300 n

house with the magic mirror? How much did he put up for his sister's house across the alley? ' Did he have a summer place. at Colonial Beach, Md.? Did he own an assortment of exceedingly valuable acreages

in Fairfax County, Va., where

burgeoning suburbs are turning farmlands into city lots? Was he the holder of $22,000 In real estate mortgages? How many automobiles did he own? Did “he and friends once® own 227 cars and trucks? Did he usually drive a 1951 model Mercury, equipped with a twoway radio? Did he know Maj. Robert J. Barrett, the chief of police who resigned last fall? Did he give

the major a present worth more than $500? -Did he send

a wedding gift to the majors daughter? Did he have a busi-

ness? In 1947 did he own an unusually large f

that Rl the of his

friends Buong the Prtconts?

To all of these questions, Warring deélined to answer, I

He Ying ss. amon. fore ‘the Senators, His hands

proceedings,

the people in Harlem who are pitifully under-

“The AMA tells us, out of one corner of its month, that there is no problem at all, and then, out of the other corner, that the answer is voluntary health insurance. Well, we know that there is a problem. We also know that voluntary health insurance has not succeeded in solving the problem by a long shot.”

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rence Seaway and Power Project are attempting - to promote the project as a defense measure and are using this type of propaganda to fool the

—R. D. Coate, 3470 N. Capitol Ave,

Views on the News

visiting . the White Clinton Anderson (D. N. M.) predicted Presi«

House, Sen.

dent Truman would be re nominated. He ‘wants ane other four years to find out what happened.

v S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE isolated a cold virus, but it got away. Didn't want to be under Federal Security Administrator ‘Oscar Ewing.

ADDRESSING the Vir. ginia legislature, Sen. Taft (R. 0.) sounded like he is out to win the Dixie cup. —D. K,

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meek. Seemed like a nice guy, actually, and a good neighbor. So long as you keep your mind off where his money came from,

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