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SUNDAY; JAN. 20, 1052 Washington Calling—

That 154-Group Air Force Will Be

Two. Years Late

’ By Scripps-Howard Newspapers . WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—We ‘won't have our 143-

group Air Force till 1955.

It had been. schéduled for 1953. This week, aircraft manufacturers were told—at a hush-hush meeting in Pentagon—that it is being postponed. Industry was told to reschedule production accordingly, These reasons were given: ONE—Air Force expects to get less money than it asked in 1953 fiscal budget, going to Congress Monday, TWO—Serious shortages still exist in some critical materials and in machine tools. THREE—Inflation has cut this year’s budget 20 per cent; that is, rising prices have picked Air Force pockets of $2 billion out of every $10 billion appgopriated.

*~ FOUR—Civilian economy mustn't be upset.

At Pen-

tagon meetings, frequent mention was made of upcoming

election.

FIVE—Less critical international situation has re-

duced the urgency for immediate building up of Air Force, 1t was not made clear at the meetings who decided the situation ig less critical. It was made clear the decision didn’t come from Pentagon. Month ago, Air Force was warning that we must not fall behind goal of 143 groups by 1953. ‘Gen. ‘Hovt Vandenberg, -Air. Force chief of staff, com-

plained he was fighting in Ko- |

rea with a shoestring force. Industry spokesmen reported they're turning out 600 combat planes a month, had, planned hoozt to 1500 soon. Now they'll” aim at 1000 planes monthly. As missing components appear (as they should soon), many partly firrished planes can be rushed _off the production line. As, a result of conferences, machine tools will get priority

equal to that for atomic en-~

ergy. Industry says this should have been done a year ago.

” » n Fold-Up Soon THERE'S speculation on Capitol Hill that King Commit{ea in getting ready to fold up ita investigation of Internal Revenue. There'll he easier breathing among politicians in New York, Roston, Detroit, if this proves true. Committee has large files on reported tax fixes” in those cities. More revelations could be disastrous for Democrats in election year. , Administration is getting ready to counter with cases involving Republicans if minority insists on more hearings. Committee has announced hearings next week- on President's reorganization plan for Internal Revenue, through expenditures committee which has jurisdiction over it, already has such hearings under way, _ Look for King group to atart saying “the pattern” has heen disclosed. that it's time to talk about remedies, reforms, This i= what Kefauver Committee did in spring of 1950 —also an election year.

” ” » Kefauver Poised POLITICS: Sen. Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.) will make

it official within a week that he's running for president; may name Gael Sullivan, former executive director of Democratic National Committee as his campaign manager. 2 . Taft campaign for Wisconsin delegates to GOP convention starts Monday and will be thorough, though so far he has no opponent there. Gen, Eisenhower won't consent to be entered; Stassen hasn't made up his mind. (Many who were leading Stassen movement in 1948 in Wisconsin are now in Taft camp.) But Taft has set up early-morning-to-late-at-night schedule in Wisconsin, will spend most of his time there until Apr. 1 primary. Stassen for.President drive th Ohio is proving weak. Workers trying to line up full slate convention delegates for him find 1948 organization is

scattered, apathetic. » = =

It's Britain's Job IF U. 8S. AGREES to station troops in Suez Canal Zone, as Churchill asks, force will be & small one if based on our tonnage using the canal. Tn 1949, 36 per cent of tonnage using the canal was British, 12 per cent United States, 11 per cent Norwegian, 8 per cent Panamanian, 7 per cent French, ; / ~ ” ” After 20 Months JUSTICE DEPARTMENT has finally moved on $500,000

fraud case it's been holding 3

20 months.

RFC investigators have charged that Commercial Home Equipment Corp. of

Chicago. overcharged Lustron Corp., which had borrowed heavily from RFC, by $500,000 for rental of vehicles to haul prefab houses from factory to site. Fulbright Committee sent the case .to- Justice, Now Justice has pgssed it on to U. 8. attorney in Chicago and a grand jury is taking testimony. - . vy =» = Disagreement DEPARTURE for Tokyo of Dean Rusk, former assistant secretary of state, and Gen. A. IL, Hamblen of Ar

—with U., 8, draft of agreement for use of military bases in Japan—has been postponed a week. Official reason is that -, no government. aircraft are available. Actually, State and

Japanese

‘talks,

Office of Occupied Territories\

‘Defense Departments haven't : reconciled their differences on: : President Tru-

SIgn recognition pact with Formosa soon, “despite Premier Yoshida's letter to John Foster Dulles. Both foreign office and Japanese press are talking - delay, pointing out

that under treaty, Japan cant take initiative on recognition; that Yoshida letter only shows willingness . to negotiate if Chian Kai-shek asks recognition. Yoshida letter undoubted-~ ly was calculated to smooth way for Senate ratification’ of freaty, though Japanese foreign office insists it was wholly voluntary. » =

a While Men Talk OUR CASUALTIES in Korea since start of truce negotiations last July 10 now have passed 23,0000 mark. They've been averaging 935 a week since start of. truce compared with 1413 a week in the period after Gen, MacArthur's dismissal and before talks started, and 1482 a week under Gen. MacArthur's

command. i Note: Medicos in Korea have learned that whole blood has longer life than they thought. Now it's being used

30 days after donation. and in some cases as long as 60 days. » - Ld

Cross Currents

PROPOSED amendment of Taft-Hartley law—exempting AFL building Trades Unions from election requirement before being recognized as bar-

gaining agents is producing strange line-ups, Sen. Taft (BR. 0.) and Humphrey (D. Minn.) are for it. So is the AFIs® ClO and

United Mine Workers lobbyists are against, Argument for the amendment is that building tradesmen seldom work for one employer more than few weeks, CIO opposes because amendment would benefit only AFL unions -- and because CIO wants complete repeal of the act. UMW fights it because its

district 50 has members in construction industry, frequently collides with AFL building trades.

Stalling for Time

SENATE banking and Currency Committee is still trying to get off the hook on President's nomination . of Harry McDonald, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, to head RFC. It doesn't want to approve McDonald until it finds out what House committee organized to investi gate: SEC turns up. So Senate group has announced public hearings. Senators are curious, ahout White House insistence that McDonald he confirmed fast so RFC won't be left without a head, They point out White House brought this situation about—and wonder why, Deputy RFC Administrator

also,

Peter Bukowski, Chicago banker, turned in undated “courtesy” resignation when

word of W. Stuart Symington's resignation got out, so President Truman would have a free hand. To Bukowski's surprise, White House promptly filled in date, accepted it. " n ~

Taft's Break

APPOINTMENT of Sens. Everett Dirksen (R. Ill.) and Herman Welker (R. Ida.) to-

Senate subcommittee on elections is a break for presidential candidate Taft. Committee has just taken testimony on 1950 Taft election in Ohio, but has not yet written its report. Now Dirksen and Welker, friends of Taft, can help write it.

- " » ” ‘Be Prepared’ MORE POLITICS: Jeweler's ad in Texas newspaper carries picture of President Truman, says: “He may decide to run again, Be prepared. Pay your poll tax.” : { ' Taft campaign butfons will have to be re-jiggered for Ohio use. Charlés Taft, brother of Sen. Bob Taft, is running for

GOP gubernatorial | nomina-’ ?

tion in Ohio, is dislik®d by conservative GOP: group which favors Bob for President. They want it clear which one Taft buttons .support. oe ‘ ‘Unless there's a last minute change, Attorney General ‘Price Daniel of Texad will announce next week against Sen. Tom. Connally—who had just been ‘saved’ from race for

the senatorial nominatfon with =

Gov, Allan Shivers, Shivers will seek re-election.”

Look for Rep. Albert Gore. (D. Tenn.) to announce e

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Fleet of Super-A-Bomb

Length, ......... 1040 f1, Displacement . . .. 59,900 tons Cost (est.) . . . $228,000,000 Power . ....... 260000 HP Speed... In excess of 33 knots Crew. .........3500 men

Huge elevators take planes : from hangar deck to flight deck,

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Armament will be improved 40-mm. and 5inch anti-aircraft guns, new, secret firecontrol equipment.

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31, acres of plank-

sheathed steel, will stand impacts up to 500,000 pounds. It can handle bombers up to 50 tons—the weight of the present B-29 superfortress.

ISLAND

BIGGER AND DEADLIER—Priority is“expected to be given in Congress to one or two 60,000 ton carriers capable of launching

medium atom bomb planes. They will be modeled after the USS James V. Forrestal, a picto-diagram of which, as conceived by the magazine Steelways, is shown above. The flattop is bigger by 15000 tons than any now afloat, Inset sketch shows how the usual navigation bridge and flightcontrol "island" superstructure will be retractible. The smokestacks (inset) are capable of being turned outboard. Other inset sketch shows a feature pilots down in the ready room will ¥elcome—an escalator to carry them topside. This is no "sissy'' refinement. The minutes and strength it saves over pilots climbing 80 feet of ladder with parachutes strapped on their backs and two belts of 50-caliber ammunition over their shoulders may make the difference between victory and defeat.

World Report—

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Canada With U.S.

But They Snub Ottawa's Envoys in Europe's Capitals

Compiled From the Wire Services For reasons clear only to the Soviet [Union the Dominion of ("fanada is now being courted by the Russians like a long lost sweetheart. William H. Stoneman, Times special correspondent, writes from Paris. January has been officially designated as ‘'Canadian-So-viet Friendship Month” ard many of the better-known windjammers of the Soviet propaganda machine have been busy telling the comrades about the glories and the tragedies of the frozen north. The glories, according to these Soviet authorities, appear to be principally cultural

and to consist of the works of three gentlemen named Holmes, Tavlor and Carter,

the latter being the author of “Tomorrow Is With Us.” The tragedy of Canada, according to these Soviet masterminds, is its close link with the Bited States. The latter is“alfeged to be stripping the dominion of its-nickel, iron ore and aluminum and to be debasing the Canadian standard of living. What Do Russ Make? The United States has also compelled Canada to buy expensive American goods ‘in-stead-of allowing it to develop its trade with the Soviet Union, they say. The fact that the Soviet Union does not make anything that a self-respecting Canadian would eat, wear, or drive iz over-looked. ‘Members of four Canadian delegations which visited Canada in 1951 and Canadian detegates to the Berlin Youth festival are being quoted freely and probably inaccurately on the glories of the Soviet ‘‘paradise” and on the “will to peace of 'the Soviet peoples.” One Alistair McLeod, who visited the Soviet Union as a trade union delegate, is quoted, among others, as demanding the “substitution of clear thinking for prejudice” in relations between the «two countries. > Canada Rocked “There are no territorial, commercial or political antagonisms- between our countries but there are ample grounds for friendship and coly, laboration,” stated Boris Leon tyev, one of the Soviet commentators, in: his appeal for “understanding.” Mr. Boris and the others do not appear to have heard of Comrade Gousenko who fled from the Soviet embassy in Ottawa in 1945 and told the

"police that a gigantic spy ring

was operating in Canada under the .direction of Lt. Col. Sabotin, Soviet military attache, The resultant scandal which rocked Canada was never reported to the Soviet masses, Canadian officials in Europe suggest that if the * Soviet really wants to have the

friendship of the Canadiang it might instruet its ambagsadors and ministers abroad to begin to treat Canadian diplomats with normal civility. Snub Canadians (‘anadians are never invited to Soviet parties in Paris and other European capitals, Actually they like it that way, Although the Soviet propaganda machine has decided that Russia wants ‘to be friendly with Canada the Soviet government is still so sore about the Gousenko case that it can't tolerate either Canada or Canadians. Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Minister for External Affairs and one of the most popular men in international public life today, is regarded as one of the Soviet's principal public enemies. That appears to be all right with Mr. Pearson.

West Germany |

WEST GERMANY'S govern-

ment announced that it ask Parliament for authority to draft ‘300,000 to 400.000 Young Germans for service in the proposed European army. Defense Commissioner Theodor Blank said in a ‘radio broadcast that the troops probably to be grouped in six motorized infantry and six armored divisions — would be drawn from the 19-21 age group. ” He added that the proposed law would provide for deferment of men within the ‘age limit who are performing essential civillan jobs. Mr. Blank rejected as “utter nonsense” reports that Germany is. planning to organize an army of 1.2 million men, and added that there will he no rebirth of the “old German militarism” in the proposed force,

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BERLIN, Jan. ‘19 (CDN) —~Correspondents for ADN, the German Communist news agency in the Soviet Zone, have heen given weekly plans according to which they now must work. The program strictly is ona of “made” news, and has little to do with what _ actually oceurs., One such program, for example, includes the following items: Monday Stories about workers’. councils discussing the factory “plan/’ Tuesday—"‘Friendship with the Soviet Union.” Wednesday—*“The national front,—women in the fight for peace.” Thursday—“Western . Germans want unity.” Friday—“Land reform, an affair of the entire {people.” Saturday—*“Field brigades rejuvenate the villages.” Sunday—*“Forest workers increase their norms, (required output).”

The Passing of a Table-Hopping Papa—

Egyptians Expect Their King to Tame Down

By PAUL GHALI PARIS, Jan. 19 (CDN)--If there is any propitious time for a peace initiative in the Brit-ish-Egyptian conflict—through direct proposals, or mediation

. —this is it, writes Paul Ghali,

Times special correspondent at Paris. The long-awaited birth of a son gives King Farouk both a new prestige among his people and added influence in Egyptian politics. In’ Oriental ‘countries where girls are hardly considered children there is always some discredit attached to ,a man unable -to produce boys.

“King Farouk has now dis-

tinctly .proyed himself. An important Egyptian official in Paris, who worked with the king for two years:

. All whom Faro

country, Mr. Ghali reports. Farouk i$ fully aware that Communist propagandists consider his dynasty the first hastion they must -erase before making Egypt a socialist republic. /

» ” ” ‘ IF THERE hai ever been danger of an. open alliance between Egypt and Russia the birth of Farouk's son makes it inconceivable, this official says, : Although - the birth of an heir will not :b&ing a switch toward the West in Egyptiah policy it will certainly act as

an incentive to the king to’

avoid ruin and ‘revolution for Egypt. : . . The problem of his succession has "been constantly in

Farouk’s mind. The heir to

‘Egypt's throne had been 77-year-old. Prince Mohammed

United Nations THF. United Nations General Assembly, in a series of rapid fire votes, rejected Marshal Josef Stalin's ‘peace package” that Russia said contained important concessions on atomic control. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vighinsky said the vote showed that the Western pjowers do not want peace, but 1. 8S. representative Ernest A, Gross said the whole Russian package was afi ‘effort /to abolish the principle of /self defense.” The Russian proposals, said to have come direct from the Russian premier, were voted down section by section. It was the second time in three days the United Nations had rejected them.

France THE Socialist Party refused to join in the coalition cabinet

"which Radical Socialist Edgar

Faure is tring to sform, and hope of a strong government

dwindled.

Mr, Faure, whose party is conservative despite its name, is trying to form a government to succeed that of Premier Rene Pleven which was defeated on a confidence vote in parliament Jan. 7. The three strongest parties ~—Socialists, De Gaullists and Communigts—refuse to support Mr. Faure.

Great Britain SIR FRANCIS SHEPHERD, 59, British ambassador to Iran, is to be replaced, a foregin office spokesman said. The spokesman said Mr, Shepherd will leave Tehran this month. The foreign office emphasized he was not being recalled or withdrawn but would be replaced.

Egypt BRITISH {troops turned 52ton Centurion tanks and highvelocity, 17-pound anti-tank guns against Egyptian terrorists who attacked Brifish in-

PARIS, Jan. 19 (CDN)— Tall, dark, beautiful Signore Cigarini, known as one of Milan's best dressed women, is back home after four months study at Oxford. La Signora is the wife of

Renate Cigarini, head of Lombardy's Communist party and looked upon as

Milan’s arch-Communist, the party fooled the entire bill for her trip. La Signora returned delighted with Oxford and with England as a whole,

stallations in the Suez Canal

zone with rifles,. automatic arms and bombs. One British soldier was

known dead. The Britigh admitted several additional casu-

Moneim, son of the former Khedive Abbas Zilmi, a distant relative, All Egyptiang acquainted

with Farouk think his son's birth will have a sedative influence on the somewhat . boisterous ruler. He will, they

feel sure, be more inclined to’

anything that ith his

avoid doing could discredit him? people. ) - Farouk is aware that gambling until early morning - hours, appearing in foreign casinos, feasting in swank restaurants while millions of

_ Egyptians live on a few onions

a day, would tend to diminish his son's chances of acceding

to the throne, too. * 3 nn a

believe that the King will henceforth avoid risking his

own. life hy mad auto driving - .. And unescorted trips on public.

* this

oo . a king.to a commoner simpl; Farouk knows he shows com oo ply

battles in Port Raid The extent of had not

alties in and Ismailia. Egyptian casualties been estimated. At Cairo stone-throwing students engaged police in street

fights, smashed a streetcar and shouted anti-British slogans, Police were forced to

charge the rioters with staves,

Tunisia EIGHT persons were Killed

* and 26 wounded when French

police and-troops fired on nationalist demonstrators at the railroad junction town of Mateur, 20 miles southwest of Bizerte. The clash was the most serious of a three-day series in which 12 persons have

been killed and 42 wounded, Indo-China FRENCH UNION forces

took the offensive from strong Communist columns trying io cut the French “lifeline route” to the Hoa Binh fortress, 35 mile sputhwest of Hanoi. Fighting still wag continufng ‘favorably.” the French said, after the forces had heen engaged for 36 hours,

Korea PRESIDENT SYNGMAN RHEE proclaimed South Korean sovereignty over all coastal waters of Korea, including territory held by North Koreans, up to the Manchurian and Russian borders. His proclamation conflicts with Allied policy. The United Nations truce negotiators have agreed to evacuate islands the Allies hold in North Korean waters during an armistice.

Japan KING NORODOM SIHANOUK of Cambodia, in French

Indo-China, lunched with Gen, Matthew B. Ridgway and then hurried back to the warmth of

the French Liner I.a Marseillage on which he is taking a pleasure cruise. The tempera-

ture was down to 40 above.

World : Affairs

AMERICAN AMBAGSSADOR'JEFFERSON CAFFERY is succeeding in maintaining a

position as mediator in the dispute hetween Britain and Egypt. Both sides come to him with proposals for a settlement. He continues to occupy this position despite Washington indications that we are backing the British, ” » o SEVERAL American, (Canadian and ‘British insurance companies have stopped jssu-

ing policies in Guatemala because of that government's recent order requiring them. to invest their funds or reserves In Guatemala, -

iz indispensable to the educa. tion of his son. He's devoted to children, And he's bound to take particuler pride in a son, like all Orientals. His own father was old when he was born. He died when Farouk was only 157

Some of the political and

moral advantages of the birth ‘of a prince are hound to reflect on Queen Narriman who fg, after all’ the instrument of reinforcement of the Egyptian dynasty. Narriman is not particularly liked by the Egyptians who felt at’ the time of .the marriage that the king should have

the

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Our Fair City—

kept to his own rank in choos- ~

ing a queen, : Narriman, strangely enough, has never been reproached for

“having abandoned *her fiance . in favor of the king, however,

The FEgyptian masses consider that a girl who prefers

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County GOP Struggles Over lke

By THE TIMES STAFF ra BITTER, UNDER-SURFACE struggle that has been going on several weeks for control of Marion County Republican organization will break out in open goon. : Factional lines are foggy in criss-cross of leaders

pldying tag with each other right now but they're about

to line up for.all-out fight over party chairmanship. Several splinter factions, some of them backing Gen, Eisenhower for President, are opposing move of Chairman John Innis to run for re-election in May 10 convention, Many party leaders who will try to re-elect Mr. Innis are supporters of Sen. Taft for President, Some Eisenhower GOPers and others are building James Birr, president of powerful GOP Veterans, as

-possible county chairman.

Third group is putting out some high-pressure feelers i . a na . ~ .,. ~ > in buildup behind t enter Township [ryustee George K, Johnson, veteran GOP organization worker,

Confusing thing about whole picture is that leaders

of all three groups in chairmanship tussle were arm-in-arm together in support of Mayor Alex Clark during party's primary fight last year, Rreakup of once solid harmony faction revolves around Taft Eisenhower ruckus. Some Dismay ALL 18S NOT peace and harmony politically in Mayor

Alex Clark's City Hall administration. GOP precinct committeemen are making loud growls about delay in City Hall job appoint‘ments to replace many holdover Democrats. —eMayor moved—for appease. ment by appointment of patronage committee to sift out party faithfuls for jobs but no action has been taken, party workers charge, Mayor's patronage committee is composed of GOP Chairman John Innis, George K, Johnson and Palmer K. Ward, newly appointed City corporation counsel,

Ambuhl Leaving?

JARRING friction at Police Headquarters resulting from suspension of former Chief

John O'Neal, veteran officer (38 years), is giving newly appointed Chief Ambuhl hard row to hoe. Bitter conflicts are rising in ranks, causing new Chief more than ordinary headaches. Inside word close to Chief's office is that if troubles contine or get worse, he'll resign, Suspension of Lit. O'Neal by Police Trial Board came as personal blow to Chief Ambuhl since they've been close associates for many years. Question raised by O’Neal friends: How could Police Trial Board (subordinates): try him for acts while he was chief since he was responsible only to Mayor and Safety Board?

Draft Jenner?

SPECULATIVE GOP talk here is persisting that U. 8. Sen, © William Jenner's announced candidacy for reelection to Senate is smokescreen to cover activities to become last-minute candidate

for Governor, Strategy is summed up this way: 3eing Governor has been life-long ambition of Sen. Jenner and he carefully set up organization powerhouse year ago to get nomination, But his plans to switch from Senate to Governor flushed up more enemies in party that he knew about last year,

By taking himself out of Governor . race he removed some of the “heat.” And at

same time, he kept himself in good spot to swing forces for big “draft Jenner for Governor” move at state -convention.

“That,” say his friends right «

now, “ig a lot of baloney.”

Easy Riding THERE'S NOTHING cheap and seedy about Sheriff Smith's ideas on official transportation. ¢ Shortly after he took office he traded in two-vear-old car and bought flashy Oldsmobile hard top, called “deluxe holiday coupe.” It cost taxpayers $2984.66, less $750 for trade-in.

Notice

DOWNTOWN newsstand ‘customers,” who read magazines without buying any, were issued ultimatum by one newsie last week,

“Either buy one or get a

library card to borrow one,” he said,

Rough Riding

INDIANAPOLIS’ humpy streets have a wide reputation, Woman motorist heard had rattles in car while traveling east near Richmond and stopped at filling station. Attendant found car's hat. tery jarred loose with bolts hanging. “Lady,” he said. “You must live in Indianapolis.” “I do,” she said. “Then you better have your car checked up every six

“onthe

High Riding CHANGE of administrations at City Hall and Courthouse

4s causing some inconveniencs to public customers through inexperience of newly appointe ed workers.

Glaring example is new GOP operators of elevators in both buildings. While learning their trade, operators have trouble stopping cars at floor levels, requiring passengers to step up and down, Sometimes range is most difficult for women passengers in tight skirts,

Party Wants Cut

LOOK FOR ground swell of demands from Republican workers for party's treasury to get share of huge profits from sale of automobile licenses in Marion County. GOPers have sharpenad pencils and figured that license branch profits, after operating expenses, range around $75,000

annually. o Ed Haerle, 11th distric chairman, who has license

plum, denies that the “take” is any way near that much and besides, he says, he doesn't keep much of donations, assessments. If substantial contribution does not appear in GOP. campaign chest, party workers say they'll bring some pressure and it won't be light touch variety,

New Faces

THERE'LL, BE at least two new faces in Marion County's delegation in the State Senate next January regardless of which political party wins the election. Two present Democratic Sen= ators, Dr. Walter Kelley and Attorney Judson West, an= nounced they will not seek reelection.

Flood Control

GOOD NEWS for near North zsiders: Street crews started cleaning out storm sewer drains on 224 8§t. where pedesirians have heen wading ankle-deep water in gutters for many months after every rain.

You Have to Know the Password

MANY closed conferences at City Hall'are causing wags te label some municipal business as “Operation Iron Curtain.”

Important board meetings in the last two weeks have been ; _ preceded by “closed conferences.”

When open meetings resume. business is conducted in: rapidfire; cut-and-dried manner as if all decisions and discussions were

_ rehearsed in advance,

or hire

lings have been trying to control in

Practica is fot confined tn top City Hall brass, Soma of :

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