Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1952 — Page 10

of high school. He fought in Germany with the 94th Infantry Division. He was blown up with a land mine. Blinded. He regained his sight, was discharged. An old man at 20 who couldn't do any of the skilled work needed at that time. So he re-enlisted in the Air Force this time as a PFC. He went to school after school in the Air Force. Sometimes getting a promotion, sometimes not. But he worked for what he got. de. WE HAVE two boys. The oldest who is 3, has been with his daddy an over-all total. of 15 months. My husband is back in ‘Germany now for a three-year tour of duty. By the grace of God and high brass I hope

rather than fly to otners they know not of. They did it four years ago. That's the sesteuaiiility of the Republican leaders, both for their own good and for the future of the country.

Off on a Detour

AST WEEK President Truman sent a message 1 Congress in which he said: “We are just now entering the period of greatest strain

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in our mdbilization effort.”

know the meaning of the word economy, doesn’t know the meaning of management, doesn't want to follow suggestions of those who do know. All he wants is taxes and more bureaucrats. —Pat Hagan, Columbus

‘Lower the Fares’ MR. EDITOR: I see where Mr. Dale-of the Street Railways Co. is asking for another fare hike and also would like a ban on downtown parking so that people will have to ride the cars whether or no.Well, he is just apt to get what he asks for,

WASHINGTON, Feb, 18— The slowdown in war plane production has turned the lure of big profits into a trap for some subcontractors. They stand to lose their orders because the

prime contractors will be able to do the work

themselves. Military spokesmen at the Pentagon admit some industrialists are going to get hurt. They hope the casualty rate. will be small,

Here's an example of what happened: An industrialist found he could get a sub-

contract from a concern with a big jet engine order. He leased or constructed a building and invested a lot of money tooling up. Soon he was turfiing out the engine part and making money. There are thousands of such subcontractors, Now; because of the slowdown in production

rate, the prime contractor might start making a

the part the subcontractor has been turning out. Unless the subcontractor - can switch to something else, he's stuck with a factory and a lot of tools. .

The Defense Production Administration's

" 2’. Ag > . ’ The =! ; : ; : : ; : . i : _ i ; wy : : o B= . .¢ » ¥ Le I » : J . The Indianapolis Times How's That Again, Barney Oldfield? INFLATIONARY IMAGINATION? . .. By Fred W. Perkins | MONDAY, . « oA sn 3 i and Radi Sa a EN WSB Panel Regards Wage Ceiling § ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ y QUI Fle : ° I ig IU- lllin proton gator Busines Manager ASKING! s Floors, Management Charges . ~E wt 3 ” Lo» . PAGE 10 Monday, Feb. 18, 1952 WE DON'T WANT _ WASHINGTON, Feb. 18— Dissension In the They added that Mr. Shulman’s report was > BK Wage Stabilization Board may reach a climax contrary to Congress’ intent in the Wage and Owned ana puolished astly’ by indianspoits’ dimes rybiish- TO MA KE TA IS when its 18 members--representing labor, man- Price. Stabilization Law. His reasoning, sthey ing Co. 214 W Maryland St Postal Zone Member * of agement and the public—consider a controver- said. “has indicated that inflation ceilings Unie, Press Sgriope- faved A Riana Fs T G ‘sial report now awaiting thei ttention hould be deemed. inflation floors and that this ‘ee an u urean reviation < 8 . Ww r a E Ss Y Price In Marion County » cents s copy (01 dally aid 10e CN AIN The report is from a special panel that company, and hence all companies, should rk nT ere De ny iy 0 nndty ns R RI DICU 0 34 has just submitted .a split decision on a dispute readily accéde to wage standards which would Feily and Sunday $1000 a vear dally $5.00 & vear Sunday WHA ICH Pos L U over wages and other issues between the Wright equal at least the amount we had thought to only. $5.00 all other’ states Ul 8 ocossasians Canads and Aeronautical Division of Curtiss-Wright Corp. ° be considered a ceiling. The board will surely Mexico. dally. £110 » manth Sunday 10¢ copy ” wAY ARE and the CIO United Auto Workers. recognize’ what this philosophy will amount to felephone PL aza 5551 . Harry Shulman, Yale law professor, was in billions of dollars if applied to all wages rrr , ‘ > th tion.’ ASSAIRAS - NOWARD) Give 1Aght and the People Will Fina Lhetr Own Way You au)ng oes Bg the public member * the throughout the na am The two management members disagreed s ; sharply with Mr. Shulman. They are Samuel Shulman’s Report . Lack f C titi Angetn ang Dugald Black, executives in other THE MANAGEMENT men declared that ack oO ompe ifion cerns, “this radical change to a pro-inflationary pelicy . shoula first. be expressed by Congress, and not NE OF the fundamental troubles with our government ok Exception by the ‘panel in this case.” acs ott : 3 : y i : Mr. Shulman also was charged wi ig- ? is well dramatized by the scandals in the Internal ME SHULMAN «Dai hy the tw ator noring compromises that had been reached in | Revenue Bureau. It's this: {recommended An increase of 14.4 0 gicpute, whem it was being negotiated by . § cents for the 11500 employees in the two the union and the company, and with later In the last generation, our traditional two- -party system Curtiss-Wright plants at Woodridge. N. J. 0 hic own prescription. Mr. Shulman’s Most of the Manel s other recommendations also t in explaining Why he thought it neces. —. has been a one-and-a-half party. system. > favored the uhjo : report, in exp g ih # oe y The industr T Smbeis took particular ex- *sary to reach results not clearly indica 24 Efficient, orderly government depends on a fairly even ‘ ception’ fo statement’ in’ Mr. Shilman's -report the sestimenys Stated: a x datere balance between the two parties. This keeps alive a 8 irit of : that the Wage Board's “task of recommending e parties have proceede I Pp P ‘fair and equitable terms of settlement’ requires theories and have not locked horns or praduced © competition. imagination and creativeness as well az judi- evidence on the same issues. It will probably sur2 ciousness.” prise no one that we ifind their theories and But for more than 20 years the Democrats have had The management members contended that evidence quite unsatisfactory and insufficient it easy. They didn’t need-fo worry much about national elec- “imagination and creativeness are certainly ap- to support their conclusions. i AR " } PTTL parent in the chairman's treatment of the wage The panel's findings are not binding en tions. The only question was the size of the ma jority. _ features of his recommendations, while judi- either the Wright company or the union even NOW LISTE In such conditions, the urge to make a good record ciousness is equally notable by its absence.” if upheld hy the Wage Board. may be heard on slackens. There is a greater tendency to appoint the “good played by Alvin: fellows” to responsible offices, regardless of qualifications : TAX PROBE . ..By Frank Clarvoe WITH TH] —or even in spite of them. place. this even p Cc 8 even So we have the sickening scandals in the Internal ase of the Gentle Prosecutor rn C hitting a new h Revenue Bureau, and dlsewhere in the government. Thieves ball game at 7: y i ces 0 ieh ower, but they are far out- SAN FRANCISCO. Feb.'18 ~The King com-= Of May 16—"“wild Wednesday’ —he said, his se have gained pia e f high p “ M . : mittee, investigating scandals in the 8an Fran- chief assistant told him that Charles’ O'Gara, Salus of Hie sess numbered by plain incompetents, good fellows without cisco office of the Internal Revenue Bureau, another assistant, was demanding of a grand’ tvhhem ‘care of i the ability to manage a hamburger stand, much less a bil- has encountered what might be called the case jury that the retiring U. S. Attorney Frank Hen- ‘Theater: alone 1 - of the gentle prosecutor. nessey, and ‘Chief District Judge, Michae] Roche yl ion-dollar business. : dealers in the ci A Chauncey Tramutolo, U. 8. attorney and be called to tell the grand jury how to develop more than 20,000 Despite all the effort to shush and cover up, the courts Fo YR 17) federal prosecutor, was asked about the events the case against bureau officials. able for picking 1 ‘ ; . Sl RPT. 5 : p 8 will send a high percentage of the thieves to prison. But of “wild Wednesday’ when the scandals nearly I got the idea that O'Gara’¥ actions might been sold in the j what of the jolly good fellows who actually have been vast- 3 got before a grand jury last May, and ‘about result in the indictment of people whe never This is in addition 4 J by 8 : ? _ SEENON ENERO EERO ORT EE RETO ERR I A EI IRIE RAIN RR RE RRN RRR IVAN R RTA R ERR ERENT IRINA RTI ann Neee eI how nearly he could have become a hero even should be indicted,” said Mr, Tramutolo > sold previously. ly more expensive to the payers of taxes? 3. : : before he took the oath of office. Gently Eased Out When you add t ’ ; y : > * ® : He confirmed that Thomas J. Doolan had . ber of persons wh That's a loss we are going to take because these men Hoosier Foru m—'Not Unfair’ : visited him and recited some complaints about HE SAID he was not told that Mr. O'Gara do some “experime know their way around the bowling .alleys at election time, 3 : the tax office where Mr. Doolan was deputy : Ll own to pick up d tenor or know how to tell a funny stor at ; : : collector. : was even then preparing the jury for presenta. 10,000 accomodat can sing a goo e j iy y. 2 "1 do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." Eo tion of the Doolan charges which ultimately field house, and : = : - : 2 : : i ‘No List of Names’ broke open the scandal and resulted in the ins vets in the Bloomi IT 18 proper that the Democratic administrations, in- Eberron ener EE EERSTE EERIE R RRO ERROR T ROR R EERE ERIN OOS “HE SAID he had something of importance dictment of, collector James G. Smyth and othe. Quite a crowd. cluding Mr. Truman's should be blamed for all this. But, MR. EDITOR: > around, talking to it, telling it to sit up, and of to tell me. ' told him, after listening for a few ers. It was this information Mr. Doolan testified Acforging lo Ps i in i t y If T may. I would like to correct the “En- course jerked it to a sitting position, and com- minutes, to take it up with me after I took he gave Mr. Tramutolo § mer In anapolis human nature being In its currently Imperfect state, you listed Binh Wife” » who wrote the letter on mending it for its remarkable intelligence. office, and 1 would see that he had a chance to But so gently did Mr. Tramutolo handle the give the play-by-p] hardly would be justified in expecting much better. “Wives Overseas” in Thursday's Forum. " A professor came along and grasped the sit. &° before a grand jury. I didn’t want to hurt situation, that he paid no further attention te © 3nyohe ii Is 4 A good share of the blame must be accepted by t It is not only the oliotrs. who. sin havd uation quickly, so he said to the goof: “Fine dog ‘his feelings. But he showed me no list of names, the brawl that day. Neither did he inquire into § : e zou Je 2 ERY their wives and children with them overseas. vou have there; veryrintettigent, too. —But-he—is gave me no details.” it when later informed in Washington of gos | ouble-stack anter Republicans, who have failed, in this generation, to Offer - Llitied mes In the Ast three grades have the Not 4 genuine Irish wire-hair terrier, is he?” Mr. Doolan had testified that Mr. Tramu- ings-on in San Francisco, Nor did ae Se either program or leadership adequate to win the confidence same right. ? “Shhhhhhnhhhh,” whispered the goof. “No he - tolo's reaction was that the complaints about Mr. O'Gara for questioning. Instead, he recom- ear at all times of the American people. It can hardiy be considered unfair, either ain't, but don’t let him hear you. for he thinks \ the bureau would prevent “another Democrat mended to the Attorney General that Mr. O'Gara | Mr. Lennon, : 3 : y ' ' being elected in this state for 20 years.” Mr. be fired, and gently eased his assistant out of ° Shortridge High when you consider the fact that most of these he is.’ ot that : : f the corBmittes : Thus the competitive system, which ought to keep our p.0 started their service careers during World. Even so. Harry and his clique may actually Tramuicly Senied at he had said this, or ay forier Jor, Members of Je somites 1 Joasasia Uojwersis national affairs in some kind of balance has failed for lack War II and have heen separated from their believe he is a President. How on earth can “ue fant ¢ , "ha DL ae : : > . ’ ane ; A figment of Doolan’s imagination;” he as- did not immediately find out what was going on sion when he hal of competition. families about haif the time, even before mak- any sane man who had known anything about sevied in his own office. this evening. pe ing this last trip overseas, how a government should be managed, how a : 3 Re a Es WE are coming to another national election, at which I would be very thankful, indeed, if my real lager values is path of office, how great £ ing to feel that | husband wa st going to be av t men have performed under pressure . . . after es : a change of administration seems imperative. But this ; s ju going 0 be away from fe A mere glance at history, how caf Harry place DEFENSE . .B R b t C t know in Indian h ill not bv defanlt. Lacking a definite alterna- 107, Jear or two. teu come back to Spend the 0 rier than th t misfit th y Kober arrer sitting there .sta change will nol come by dela g : rest of his life with me. But he can't do that. RSet BOE CATS TE Worst mis Bt ever their TV sets. It’s tive, the voters again may prefer to bear those ills they have He went into service when he was right out = 3' In the 3 ® "oye, ; 2 1 used to go to Harry should get out at once. He doesn't ro uchion OW own a rap” the time, but I

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both the - adult theaters at the From there he pro stations WSUA an ‘announcer. H WTTV last spring Discussing poss that may arise w of theatér televisi ventured that tec would be of sme also feels that tl

to join him ina few months. If not. my lit- u : ) ! ; as it seems the Railway Co. usually does, so : certificate of necessity list gives“a clue to the ? the answer to | He also said we are “well along” with a program to Je boy i he about Je start grade school be- 4 ig yp to you the public to fight this, Every Views on the News number of concerns which have tooled up for fs of televising create “invincible defensive strength.” -And that-there will 1 oak hope the order permitting me to join - [EY Sonths they ask for increased fares to “buy war production. x In fact, WITV xm equipment” or hike wages or some other exouse. = : i DPA has given 6000 conc ission to y be “substantial diversion” of vital metals from consumer Nim is not withdrawn because of a bunch of . There must be a line drawn somewhere By DAN KIDNEY oy a: _roncerris permission 14 3 -in'ihe idea of ih ’ privates’ jealous-griping wives who don't realize ATTORNEY GENERAL McGRATH urged te off, for income tax purposes, most of the: & jn connection witl uses. ; 3 how lucky they are, or a bunch of hewspaper- People resent this all the more when they Congress to grant immunity to witnesses in the money they spent preparing for defense pros £ asking fans of IT : . ii hat! Wil ; men who should realize that if there is another - S€€ ransit companies in other cities operating *oJustice Department's corruption investigation. duction. The write-off period is five years ine t some letters of e Six weeks ago, Chief Mobilizer Chatles E. Wilson said war it won't be any safer here than it is in Suscesstully Sith lowes fares, hence. they have Sounds Nike he Knows some people Who want stead of the usual 20 and is a strong induces =. which incidentall) 1952 would be the year of an acute pinch on civilian produc- - Germany. NE ° SHVINE heir an a Frit to testify. ment to industry, : | to influence the 1 tion, talked about raising military goals and called for The Communists are telling the world that — y=) (vt. re hike, and thank goodness they —hr The investment represented in the 6000 certl- [ta SoD De “ Americans are trying to provoke a war. I td thi bo th t h BETWEEN short beers ficates of necessity amounts to $12.2 billion. football and ba great sacrifices.” He said restrictions on civilian use of think the fact that there are women and kids is any ng about that mor the downtown Mo tax refunds, it Is What happens when a concern with a certifi- may address lett essential metals would be tighter in the second three months and cuckoo clocks and goldfish over there. ? 1 : h hard to understand how the cate of necessity switches from defense manu- Basketball, c/o f th April. M al : should prove to our doubting Allies and every- know this suggestion won't take, but Mr. Indianapolis Brewing Co. facture to civilian goods? . ington, Ind. 0 e year ( pri ’ ay and June). one that we are there to prevent a war. "Not Dale could try lowering the fares to attract’ a went broke. The DPA says the concern can go ight on 2 2 Testifying before Congress early. this month. Defense to start one. —Air Force Wife, City. yolume of paninge: Suiting Sack ay many ww \) & with its rapid tax write-off. WELL, ¥AMOS / ariv na wa ng. instead of a con- \. Secretary Robert A. Lovett said it would be necessary to tinual increase, which he admits, only loses SOME Senators and Con- = Tax Wri f ont: last x “ “ ‘H P id 1? them more commuters. If this doesn’t Kk gressmen seem to think that A ax rite-O f My Friend Irma. double” the production of military hard goods and con- arry, a Fresiaen ot Hy nr 8 qoesn't work. try oud Morris was ap- ) can’t keep a good struction in 1952. MR. EDITOR: ; a i gird A. - pay v.n dhe pointed by President Truman “WE GRANT the rapid tax write-off in the —they’re back a, : y : 5 According to latest revelations, ‘Harry, is ger. —V. V. B, City. to ‘watch the watchdog cony- ™ beginning because of the risk for concerns it’s with Channel And he said events throughout the world “give little = ‘trying to create the impression that he is an ; mittees. which tool up for defense production,” a spokés- this evening. : : : tai indispensable personage, and even though it man said. “If the concern lo its defense F" 4 'N’ And e ; F Sa et | Morris n loses its defen . 7 “Amos Yidonre of Tid Tegxalion x the ultimate ambitions; oives a calculated risk he will take the job What Others Say— HOME WORK has invaded Nawhold Mer) orders, it still faces a problem of adjusting itself —orite-on-radio, h of the Kremlin toward world domination. again to save the nation and win the peace. FREED ies. with very Idividaals 1 3 Wellesley College. The girls °° to making something else. its appeal with it: The Defense Department has announced plans to break Now if this matter did not involve the most : Ty ) : 8 have been ordered to make their own beds: “If the concern can change over to civilian Although differen : : : : : serious problem that evef confronted the nation, 0t reborn with his .successors; it must be : goods, chances are it will have trouble gettin the TV .“Amos * rearmament bottlenecks by stepping up military buying Harry's notions would be very funny. "| achieved anew. generation by generation. YY. materials. There are other hazards too 8 were so carefully abroad. And the Munitions Board is asking more money A similar situation is portrayed in a vaude- Henry M. Wriston. SIGNS OF SPRING: Press agent stories So factories which{lose defense orders but ference is hardly f tockpili ital ial ville skit. Fellow playing the part of a rustic MUSIC can iron out misunderstandings bet- from Sarasota about the lack of love life be- can switch t y Childress plays lit or stockpiling vital materials. nad a rag dog stuffed with sawdust, mounted ter than logic.—Clifford Kemp, of International tween Mr. and Mrs. Gorilla in circus’ winter too much t Cn Deing civilian goods Sthout to-earth family President Truman's budget calls for bigger military °°# board with four wheels; he pulled his dog = Singers. quarters. : » the vata ot "ie Tapid tax write. driver, and Spen spending—and excuses a $14 billion deficit on the ground. ° 2 A that it is better to run up a deficit than to shert-change the SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith SWQOSH . . By Frederick C. Othman fish's schemes, defense program. : lit "a “~~ Kl this is the window -dressing, indicating a high-flying b 4! HOW WOULD i i} itey . a defense program, | 10W ot to Repair the Kitchen Ga gets fawn, write ; ! 14: handed five dolla BU . an : Y rx» . McLEAR, “Va. Feb. 18-1 I did not complain (not A few nights ago I noticed behind the white doors, where That's the Dita ‘ale : have about come to the con- Seriously. that is) when a pe- that this floor felt none could see. “The Times to > clusion that ih i culiar chain of accidental cir- ’ a litle . column. Beginnin ‘The Defense Production Board has just substantially on that the genius who in- (0 ances got the dishwasher ~ ONEY under foot.. It had This had sseped under the will conduct a boosted the allotment of “scarce” aluminum, copper and yented the edible dish is the nodked up With the garbage WAVES in It as at sen Stung CF Ol i ns Si, § best letter writt . ‘ . all, steel to makers of ‘autos, refrigerators, radios and other He Sy he age. At least He's i tbe Which \ prayed 35a, AL The Jokginess this took time. I started to | a , consumer goods-—metals previously reserved for defense Two long years ago he re- shredded cabbage leaves and By orn , iif Slee get up for a cigaret. No luck. week. It and ot uses. : ceived -a patent on the disap- pulverized egg shells, This amp. on he . ola Yet will be published Some of th 11 teel fi h 1 ed d pearing dinner plate. . The idea was easily fixed by adjustment long cord and began explor- ha sray otf was the Bive Sunday column, 0 e smaller steel firms have slow own pro- .was that the lady of the house of a butterfly valve on the ing the myyiéries under the .. that had held down the lino- Lots of conf duction—in the face of a so-called shortage. would put the meat, the pota- washer outlet; did it myself. In sink. = jeum. Now it was holding me, when TV progrs Cu oy es ail saan 3 Si toes and the rutabagas om the fact, after a couple of hours . 1, qo this properly I had to Mrs. O. pried me loose with, discussion, so tt Hl on Fesidential Building are being watered down. Plates of his. UeVISRg. Ten of exploring with a monkey oi mv stomach.’ A'gray ihe ale * Eb Pyncaxe fuer natural to most Restrictions on luxury manufacturers are being eased. ! aving consume e food, she: .wrenc ) thy : ; ; 3 right now is looming manpower ys " h t Be The ~~" and her spouse also would eat So the months passed peace- fluid oozed up betwéen the Wrenches to stop that leak. Irma” vs. “Amos po isis” has given way to spotty u unem- their plates. : — fully in the Othman kitchen _ joints in the linoleum. I tried ONIY it wasn’t leaking because again, off-again ployment—and a frantic effort to overcome it. These, of course, were made with all the machinery doing to mop this up. It kept oozing. * He shwasher, was Foss rout, that our first T° according .to his formula of a its duty at a touch of the By then I discovered that the » Walter so Write a letter The ambitious goals set for 1952 have been leveled off, substance something like that proper button. Mrs. O. even dishwasher had sprung a leak. It Was nearly steam surged Indianapolis Tim . flattened out. The planes and tanks and guns we were to of the ice-cream cone, only had a new linoleum floor put Every time it automatically through. And there was the . ‘which program have this year we'll have in 1953, or 1954, or 1955—maybe tougher to withstand the knife down. § washed, it sluiced hot water ITP why—“Amos ‘N’ We're oy Eh and fork. I wrote a little piece I gave that pipe a turn and Friend Irma. » e're off the high road to fast mobilization, and on a for the paper about him dt the : a) * how was I to know it was "a ‘deto : ; ’ time, b bod. Y + left- ? d 4 oy : ut: do HoBudy Sie puig any NINE BIG YEARS in the Tacs with S misture of ‘J 1A TREAT 18 2m x * =» TO YOU MY dear I wish the best . . . this : viewers of the Even I, over the protests of scalding water, detergent, and »Hoosler Homem ON DEC. 15, 1950—14 months ago—President Truman Mrs, O.. bought an electric’ lifetime can unfold . . . for you I hope for all gravy, because we'd had baked ut ron solemnly declared: dishwasher to handle our, old- that's good . . . and joys of purest gold . . . hamburgers for dinner that p- >= a ; style, non-edible piates. ' For “and though you're only 8 today .". . I know it night. Eventually ‘1 got the members © ; 0 the i won't ong . . . before you'll a real thing shut d 2 ~ “The future I civilization’ depinds on what we do— i most. part this has been a 't be long before you'll be g off. I. skifine Ta a OY we do now, land in the months ahead.” ; * superb investment, even though \ grown-up .. . so big and tall and strong .... <knuckles on both hands, but I on what . ; hess” Apr “ £7 | . it did wash ott some. of the.) but'aw'for wow'f wart you to . . . be like all = ‘managed to stop the leak. : en Mo Bi = : now lies the “future of civilization?” Apparen > de : = gold on the teapot. It has Belle girls oe o lke to play with mom and again oY was on risk” that Russia, delion™ ymunty a | cleaied our dishes perfpotiy Mad, L aNd have their hair in curls .. . vo escape without having to uy fl Dressed in old i g ‘Sage. 1982 by NEA Servies. the. and—im : "ha i : ‘and white wigs, and stronger, 4 : portant to me—it also ppy f TE ory he «another new floor. I kind of Cr "Yankee see TW pre ye EE EEN BT wih RBar § fe | r 7 invest in the dish you ; ‘ vom owe, war} 15.355 Hors he i was under Ek. ih Laat ; a - ‘will sing the . 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