Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1952 — Page 18

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ASSIPaS _NONARD Give Light and the People Will Fina Their Own Way

Riddled With Death Traps

OR many years Indianapolis has been fighting to get railroads to mark their crossings properly. It appears to be a losing battle. Since 1948 the Police Department has submitted a summary of the grade crossing situation to the Safety Board six times. These in turn-were given to the railroads. Nothing happened. : A year ago the City Council ordered three flasher warning signals to be installed. They have not been installed. Last year seven persons were killed in crossing accidents within city limits. : : Thursday night 60 persons on a city bus narrowly missed death because of what now appears to be a poor signal system. Throughout the years The Times has received and published countless letters from readers warning the public of dangerous grade crossings. Throughout the years The Times and other local papers have reported grade crossing accidents and asked editorially

that railroads make these crossings safer. = » » »

ABOUT A YEAR ago public indignation forced railroads to slow their trains in the city limits. -This was done ... for a while. Now we are again receiying reports of speeding trains. ; Many motorists have reported cases of false signals to us and to the police . . . the blinker signals work but no train appears. They alse have reported grade crossings where visibility is restricted to a few feet by buildings and fences. Forty-one crossings in the city are still not guarded by a watchman, safety gates or flasher signals. - . There are still _crossings where manually operated signals are used. : os The sum total of the picture is the railroads have riddled Indianapolis with potential death traps despite our patient and complete co-operation.

n » u THEY ARE “fully aware of what is needed to make these crossings safe. They are fully aware the public does not approve of their seeming disregard for human life. Yet they do little or nothing to better the situation. If we cannot win co-operation from the railroads on a volunteer basis there is only one thing left to do. Force it. That way we may save lives.

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‘The War in Africa

IGHT on ‘the heels of the French demand for active American military assistance in -Indo-China, a new revolt against French colonial rule has broken out in Tunisia, in North Africa. This appears to be an old-fashioned war for independence, the kind Americans in the past have regarded with great sympathy. All but some 123,000 of the 3.2 million people in Tunisia are Moslems, either Arabs or Bedouins. This revolt against alien rule has the support of the entire Moslem world. Can the United States join France in the Indo-China war and convince the Moslems that it is neutral in the African war? Or is the proposed second front in IndoChina to be followed by a third front in Tunisia, and then a fourth front in Morocco, also at the point of a revolt against French colonialism? : These questions should be considered before we step off the deep end again. > The Moslems are not Communists. That doctrine cannot be harmonized with their religion. But that will not prevent an inflamed Arab world from joining with the socalled Communists in a war against us. Moscow is working toward that end.

oe = 2 ‘ 8 8 4 LAST Saturday (Jan. 19), before he left Paris to return to Moscow, Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky attended a luncheon given by Azzam Pasha, secretary general of the Arab League. At that meeting he urged the Moslem leaders to combine forces against “Western domination.” It should be noted that this meeting was arranged by Azzam Pasha, not Vishinsky. Many Moslems believe, as some Americans once did, that they can get along with Russia. The evils of colonialism are very real to them. They have had no experience with communism. : When we send guns to France to use in Indo-China * it will be difficult to prevent the French from diverting some of those guns for use in Tunisia, which is much closer to the homeland. It will be even more difficult to convince the Moslems in Tunisia, and their kinsmen in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, that we are not supporting France against them. Finally, what have we got which we can afford to contribute to 8 new war at this particular time, with our own war production far behind schedule? If full-scale fighting is resumed in Korea, the Reds have more jet planes to throw into action than we have. We have no troops to spare. Our Navy cahnot contribute much to a war which largely is being fought in the jungles of Indo-China. Yet the report is. current that the United States has agreed to intervene in Indo-China, if it is invaded by Red China. With what we ask, and how can we hope to win? , ;

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Atomic Dud | 8 AST Monday, Sen. Brien McMahon of Connecticut, chair: #4 man of the Joint (House and Senate) Committee on Atomic Energy, entered his name in the, Illinois primary as & candidate for the Democratic nomination for President.

ending ene of the shortest presidential booms in history. And leaving the field exclusively to Sen. Estes Kefauver

. On Friday, Sen. McMahon withdrew his name, thus:

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Foster's Follies

NEW YORK-—Lady Tweedsmuir, member of Parliament and director of an English puble relations firm, made a plea for candid advertising when she addressed the Advertising Women of New York.

It seems a strange thing that the good Lady pleads for More frankness in all advertising. Some ads that we've studied, the good Lady Tweedsmuir Might find have a candor surprising.

They show certain garments we can'tfeven mention

“ On ladies of beauty appeal-

ing. Now, surely it isn't the MP's intention That those should be made more revealing. s » ”

THE HOUSE will please come to order. The pulchritudinous parliamentarian doth protest that some advertising today makes the consumer “cynical and Suspicious.” . A lot of it just provides us with a good laugh now and then. Some of those TV commercials are far funnier than the alleged comedy shows. The good Lady may be going a little far when she complains that some advertising goes beyond the true facts about the product. Doesn't she realize they're trying to sell the darned stuff? : Some things just can’t be told, anyway. A men’s clothing store announces that 38 out of every 100 men shopping for a suit of clothes bring their wives along. You could hard-

ly expect that ad to include |

the fact that the other 62 per cent bring the suits back the next day. Along with their irate wives. u o n

PERHAPS classified ads are sometimes somewhat more complete from a factual standpoint. Like the one which appeared in Bombay, India: “Charming girl, 17, from very respectable Hindu family wishes to marry multimillionaire. A respectable ambition, indeed. But—who doesn’t? Her L'adyship also looks askance at some of the superlatives employed in movie ads. Such words as “earth-shaking.” “stupendous.” and ‘colossal,’ she says, defeat their own purpose. The heck they do! They merely cause the patrons to rush home and dig out a dictionary. Perchance you think the T.ady doth protest too much? Ah, well, bear in mind her dual calling: Member of Parliament—and public relations expert. . a HH AUNTY COMMY SAYS: “See where Sen. Tobey thinks the devil has a stronger foothold in the United States now than ever before. Well, now. ' And with me just a-thinkin' we was beginnin’ to git wise to Stalin and hig Reds and party-liners.’. yu -0 HEH-HEH HEADLINES: “Peronist Columnist Has ‘Survival' Plan. Fine. But whose?

“Department Store Features

Walnut Furniture in Mink Toné.” Propably a very dark finish. ‘ “Mighty Inflammable Sweaters Traced to Manufacturer in New York.” have been worn in Hollywood for years, oa “Shoe Inventory Trend Reported as Near Normal.” Which .4n these days simply means the whole family is going barefooted again. =. ao. J JOHN J. NANGLE, Democrati¢: national) committeeman

. from Missouri, urging PresiTruman ‘to run for the - he thinks the

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CONGRESS ROUNDUP . . . By Charles Egger |

Truman's ‘Price of Peace’

Budget Sets 2 New

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—This week President Truman’s “price of peace” budget set two new records: The $85.5 billion he asked to spend was the largest amount requested in any year except during war.

The $14.5 billion deficit the President foresaw would be the largest in any peacetime year. ‘ To retire part of the deficit, the President is looking for $5 billion .in_ additional tax revenues. 2 Congress, in no mood for tax increases—began talking economy. - But 75 per cent of the budget is earmarked for defense and other national security programs. And most Congressmen are as reluctant to cut defense expenditures as they are to raise taxes.

Senate

THE FOREIGN Relations Committee began hearings on with Japén.

the peace “treaty Secretary of State Dean $i Acheson, 8 John Foster § Dulles and Gen. Omar No Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, . urged approval. Gen. Bradley, however, said the treaty should not be ratified until this country had reached agreement with Japan on the operation of U. 8S. bases there after the treaty is approved.

Mr. Acheson .. . wants OK

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Hoosier Forum—‘Good .Work’

"| do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend io the death your right to say Hh

the ex-chief said he nearly passed out twice in his office. No wonder. FOUR: Then the way Mayor Clark handled that investigation. He didn’t wait for the police to even get started on theirs before he called in Fairchild, the prosecutor, to go after O'Neal.

MR. EDITOR: More power to you on your fine editorial in defense of Chief O'Neal. If this procedure is any sample of what a change to Republican control means, let's avoid them as we would the smallpox. Nothing more detrimental to our form of

government has occurred in my lifetime in our city, of which we have all been justly proud

‘urider control of either party.

However, Clark not only showed his unfitness for even dog catcher during his campaign when he organized an underground appeal to bigots, but consequently got the election through the support of the worst element in our society. Do we have to put up with him for four years? God help us if we.-do. I hope The Times continues-its policy of forthright championship of the right. —A Regular Reader, City

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‘Thank You, Mr. Ruark’

MR. EDITOR:

Open letter to Mr. Ruark: Many times I have thought of writing to you, to compliment various articles and your way with words, (which I consider little short of’ magnificent) also to match opinions, but never actually got to it until now. - January 10th on Gov. Talmadge: . . . After reading it a second time, I am so filled with admiration for your piece and you, for writing it,-that I have stopped in the middle of my work to tell you so. I pray that always you realize the influence you exert in your column, and that you will continue to fight evil of every type in such entertaining style. —Mrs. K. E. Brizendine, 3603 S. Harding St.

‘Il Wouldn't Be a Cop’

MR. EDITOR: A few reasons why. I would not, under any circumstances, be an Indianapolis policeman. ONE: Numskulls are inclined to look down their long noses at the police who are for their protection. I'd like to see these dummies without a police force for just a week. Oh, how they would welcome the return of the police force with open arms. TWO: After years of working hard to be an officer of high rank in the Police Department, a Mayor who hasn't got his feet wet yet can dictate to the board and have the officer reduced, not just one rank, but from up on high to the lowest grade. Rdtten . .. it stinks. Just like taking the -vice president of a company and making him a janitor. THREE: An officer wants to be a good one. He gets in with some who are crooked. If he reports this, he’s a squealer and life is made miserable for him in the police force. Already high up officers are in subtle ways telling the men under them to report to them only, to go no higher up. Look at what happened to Durham. Watch what happens to Kelley. The poor

levil was so scared to tell what he knew that-

Looks like he sure was out to “get” O'Neal, and - I don’t like that attitude.

record in police

The ex-chief has a work that Clark could be proud

and I and many others doubtWyvery seriously

to match as judge if he could, Ten he couldn’t,

that O'Neal purposely withheld the pursuit of the Liese investigation.

-—J. V.

‘Blooey, You're Out’

MR. EDITOR:

Morrow, 5109 Kingsley Drive.

I've read The Times for a long, long time, and have always found it to be fair and truth-

ful.

So, believe it or leave it, crime, politics and

: buck passing sure leave our fair city in a—of

a mess, if you know what I mean. Here we have a city employee with years of experience and he must have had some good points of service or else why was he on the force so long? Now he is forced out. Why? Politics, crime, or was he unfaithful in his duty? Maybe the weak link in the chain is

higher up. Sounds like just another MacArthur

deal.

- When ‘the higher uppers think you know more than they do, blooey, youre out. Forty

or fifty years

service means nothing. Old

soldiers never die, they fade away.

—John Bonsett, 833 N. Emerson Ave. ‘Congratulations’ MR. EDITOR:

I have seen

and from the standpoint . .

position, action

the pictures of the Block fire, . attraction, com- = . . that:large’ view on the

front page of Tuesday (Jap. 22) night's final

edition was far-and away the best of the,local

crop.

You folks are to be congratulated.

—Bergen LaGrange, Franklin.

BAD DREAM

. HAVE you night , . . with

ever awoke .in the still of the a chill running over your spine

. . or a fear in your heart... that is pounding

out loud . . + « « have you

. or a mythical genii or two . then you know . .

. and a feeling that’s far from fine

ever been terrorized by a ghost . . if you have . just how awed one can be

. . . by a thought seeming real, but untru&. .-.

for these visions we see . . ! . . ..on the one who's involved in their scheme,"

« « « and that’s

. have a noted effect

why we're all glad . . . when we

wake up to find . . . that our horror was only a

dream.

—By Ben Burroughs.

(You can obtain 100 of Mr. Burrough’s poems in a handy, pocket-size book. Send 25¢ for Mr. Burrough's “Sketches” to “Sketches,” Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St.)

D. C. Home Rule

A BILL .providing hame rule for the District of CoJumbia was passed and sent to the House. Southern Democrats, although generally opposed to- the bill, did not filibuster,

Tidelands

A SHOWDOWN vote on the controversy over ownership of submerged tidelands was assured. However, the Interior Committee, which reported legislation to the floor, made so many reservations that it did little except guarantee an eventual vote on the issue. The U. 8S. Supreme Court twice has ruled that the federal government has title rights to the oil-rich offshore lands. But coastal states still, insist that they hold title and the House has passed a bill upholding this view.

Delay on McDonald

2 THE BANKING. COMMITTEE wihhheld approval. of Harold McDonald as Reconstruction Finance Corp. administrator pending further study. Mr. McDonald now is chairman of the Securities and Exchange. Commission. ” Meanwhile, Sen. Homer Capehart (R. Ind.) demanded that the Senate vote on the bill to abolish the RFC before taking action on Mr. McDonald's nomination.

Both Houses

THE STEEL industry can pay higher wages to steel workers without raising prices, Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam reported to the Joint Congressional Economic Committee. He did not specify the amount that could be paid, but said it could be “considerable.”

UMT

THE FEASIBILITY of starting universal military training

Records

with men deferred from the draft was raised by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service director. Presumably, those sent to UMT camps

would be given six months’ training.

Maj. Gen. Hershey

. ..need more men

Gen. Hershey also said it might be necessary eventually to lower mental and physical standards to get enough men to’ meet draft manpower re= quirements.

Grain Storage

AN investigation of the Age riculture Department's grain storage program was ordered, It has been charged that gove ernment-owned grain was sold without authority by grain storage oberators who still collected the storage fees.

House

THE Executive Expenditures Committee cleared the way for House approval of President Truman’s proposed reorganie zation of the Bureau of Intere nal Revenue. The committee rejected a resolution calling for disapproval of the plan, which. becomes law unless either house votes it down. The proposal would substitute cae reer district supervisors for politically appointed tax cole lectors.

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney Mitchell's Hopes High For Big Taft Victory

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—The political event of the week here was when a Hoosier Republican showed up who isn’t running for governor. Former Rep. Edward E. Mitchell, Evansville, dropped around to call on the two

GOP Senators from Indiana and old colleagues in the House, without formally announcing that he would like to be a guberna torial candidate. Of course he reserved the right to change his mind and join the dozen or more other prominent Republicans who are making sheepseyes at

Mr. Taft the big job in, , , he can smile

the house. Meanwhile, Mr. Mitchell is ready to settle for the GOP chairmanship of Vanderburgh County he said. He may face a fight for it from the Eisenhower backers in his home district. Like the state Republican organization under Chairman Cale Holder, Indianapolis, Mr. Mitchell is an all-out-for-Taft man.

He called on the Ohio Senator while here and said he had never seen such a changed petsonality. “Sen. Taft has learned to smile and join in on the give and take that marks political campaigning,” Mr. Mitchell said. “President Truman had better look out if he runs against him. For I am sure that Sen. Taft is going to be

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the Republican nominee and win, regardless of whom the Democrats choose to run against him.”

That the Taft-Eisenhower forces may stage quite a scrap in Indiana over the governors ship is the way Mr. Mitchell sizes up the situation.

HE CONSIDERS former national American Legion Commander George N. Craig as the Eisenhower candidate,

despite protestations to the contrary.

His visit here convinced Mr, Mitchell that Sen. William E, Jenner's decision to seek ree election, rather than enter the Governor's race, was made io avoid a real knock-down-and-drag-out fight between the Taft and Eisenhower forces.

“Although he is personall for Sen. Taft,” Mr. ond commented, “I cannot . sees where Sen. Jenner intends to do anything ahout the matter So far as gubernatorial candie dates are concerned. He haa announced a hands-off policy and, after talking with him, I am convinced that is exactly the colrse he will pursue.”

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MR. MITCHELL didn’ to see the dean of any get Republicans here, Rep, Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer, who was out of the city on a Speake ing engagement. The ane nouncement of Sen. J that he will seek to ra Senate seat took Mr. Halleck out of the running as a pose Shls Successer, He will run for a erm as Seco 2 em nd District His district chairman, Secree tary of State Leland Smith, and John W. VanNess president pro tem of the Indiana Senate, both have been among those being prominently mene tioned as candidates for gove ernor. That puts the Second District Congressman on quite a spot, as one district leader , Seeking the governorship is usually enough.

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NOR WILL he have the at home of an priv adn

' whom he has depended in the

past—Ira Dixon, former Sec-

Sen. Homer E, Capehart ror Ind.) announced that he has obtained the minority clerkship of the Senate king and

- Currency Committee for Mr,

Dixon. He will come to Wa: ington and take it over — 15. ‘The post has been held by Raymond Boles of New Hampshire, who was Sen. Charles W, Tobey’s patronage. He resigned and Sen. Capehart was asked to name a successor, ' Mr. Dixon was head of. th

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