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Common Sense and Public_Housing

T IS unfortunate that the important issue of public hous- = ing has got bogged down here in Indianapolis. in an argument that has become largely emotional, on both sides. * A fair sample of the kind of “reasoning” that is being applied to it was the violently bitter personal attack on ‘Harry Wade that was published this past week. . Harry Wade is chairman of the city's Public Housing oe SI ec Authority. SG It is a job he did not seek and did not want, but one that he has tried sincerely to do well in what he believes "to be the public interest. He is not a crack-pot, nor a Socialist, nor a frustrated “dictator,” whether or not you 2 agree with a public housing program—and we don’t agree {* with it. *i Neither are the people who have been fighting public housing here a selfish gang of greedy “interests,” as they * have too freely been described by some of the less thoughtful citizens who happen to be in favor of it. . Public housing, indeed, has. about reached. the stage around here where few of those who debate can do so without an indignant tremor in their voices, or an incipient. tear in their eyes. And that isn’t helping much toward 2 sensible solution.

ELSEWHERE in this edition we publish all the arguments that have been advanced—which is probably all there are—for and against this public housing program. We believe it is worthy of careful and objective study. There are a good many families in Indianapolis that live in pretty miserable quarters because they cannot pay the price for better ones. : This program proposes to build new homes for a few of those families. i ; Sat The new homes, by the estimate of those who plan Peing completed ere, them, would cost $10,000 or $11,000 each, substantially Coat 3 un, cae 8 more than the average home now in this city cost the sald to be Jor the hae o Je people who now own it. ar ex-wives. ? The family that is to occupy this new home plainly rian ie ay cannot pay for it. If it coyld there would be no call for

FOSTER’S FOLLIES

CINCINNATI—Twenty specially built Cadillacs for King Ibn Saud of Saudi-Arabia are

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A lucky man is Ibn Saud, Twenty Cadillacs to bear

publi¢ housing. So it must’ be“paid for from taxes, and "mn. most of the taxes necessarily will come from families who But one thing has poor Ibn can't afford a home that good for themselves. nat abies soars That has been the history of all government housing im.

developments, and it is the basic plan for all future ones. His journeys never will be

That, and the fact that when the government builds them free they always seem to cost a lot more than when some pri- From some turmoil and : trammel. . vate builder does it. fo, ‘With all those wives, he'll There just isn't any way to justify public housing on wish that he . Might ride alone—en-

any kind of sound economic grounds. Indianapolis has made an official commitment on these three buildings. In good faith, the federal government invested some $250,000 on that commitment. . "Paying that back, for nothing, might appear expensive. In the long run it might well be the least expensive way out of a deal the city does not want and does not need.

Ethics on TV u

ELEVISION has revolutionized political campaigning. There is no better proof than the incident Thursday "night, when Sen. Robert A. Taft's opponent on a national network show undertook to bolster his viewpoint with a recorded playback of a portion of an old Taft speech, in which the Senator said he was “not an expert”. on foreign

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. ” » ” SOME folks “awill* say those 20 Cadillacs sound like something out. of the Arabian Nights. Others might claim they're just “oil” for the vamps «of Medina. King Abdul Azia Ibn AbdulRahman Al-Feisal Al-Sa'ud allots the rights to the world’s richest oil fields, at his own pleasure. (Any married man will know what that means.) And what could his “Advisory Council” do with 120 mink coats? In all that desert heat. His Royal Highness is the absolute feudal ruler over 6 million subjects. fnus 120. With whom he wants no" feud.

policy. The King has 72’ offspring. “©. “The*aft camp cried “foul.” It isn't fair, the Taftmen BO A re. said, to bring along trappings like old records to a TV Pr a ;

IBN neither smokes nor drinks. Probably doesn’t dare. He's a great believer in divorce; never has more than four wives at one time. But he rarely discards a woman just because he divorced her. Which accounts for the 120. That, plus the fact that it's a great date country. © ho As to the King's golfing, we're a little green, but he must be a veteran at the game. After all; he's 72. (Which is 2 frequently par.) And he uses " 20 Caddys.

forum: Taft would have been equally justified in bringing along his own brass band and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. It looks like we need some Marquis of Queensbury rules for these TV debates. Mililons ofi Americans see and hear them. It is entirely possible that half the. voters in the nation will be televiewing some of the debates this fall, if the presidential campaign is as hot as it promises to -be. Nothing is as merciless as the camera and the microphone combined. Not even a candidate should have to face both of those, and recordings of his old speeches, all at the same time. i =

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/ ana . k Each of these ‘new cars will © WwW be equipped with electric fans, Only the Brave : ear Min fire extinguishers, and red MLADY'S stubborn loyalty to the coat of mink, para- ughis in gash 25 ie dash doxical symbol of both fame and infamy, reminds us a

i , the braided cord worn FANS and fire-buckets we of the history of the fourjragere he Drip i ars an Hreucions we about the left shoulder seam of certain cited military units. 0" t5 cool off the little

ladies when they get mad. But what ahout those red lights? Are they to preclude the gals’ giving the old boy the heaveho into the desert when he says “No”? - If so, he's going to blow fuse. Because a little desetting could be a godsend to anyone in his predicament. « Like the boys say on the

It was first worn, reluctantly, by members-of a battalion in Napoleon's army who had distinguished themselves by turning tail in the face of the enemy. As punishment they were forced to wear cords about their necks, symbolic of the hangman's noose. . : But in a subsequent engagement, fighting bravely to -erase their ignominy, they emerged a battalion of heroes. So, they tucked their cords around one shoulder and declared them a symbol of great courage. Which. today they are. iLL Com Rash, over — and Certainly the ladies who persist in wearing coats of oF mink these days have much of the. type of fortitude pos- AUNTY COMMY SAYS: “See sessed by Napoleon's famous battalion. Yenere.she new axe We predict great things for the mink. A hundred years has an enormous crystal chanfrom now, who knows what it may symbolize? - delier. Prabably equiped with dC 4 » : em # infra-red bulbs, though. ‘So ie . them Comrades don't git to see - DIXIECRAT'S LAMENT — The saddest words of tongue or pen are just these three—"“He'll run again.”

o ” 5 HEH -*HEH HEADLINES: “First Two Working Years:Can Determine Possibilities of Business Success Twenty Years - Hence.” Could have saved a lot of useless work had we known that a couple of decades ago.

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~ SUREST WAY fora Senator or Congressman to get - his name in the paper is to announce he isn’t going to run. : 4 n 8 ; : Le ih ‘ONE HUNDRED PER CENT AMERICAN—Crying for “leadership” while insisting that “ours is a government of “Movie Actors .to Get Extra

wht GE " _ Pay if TV Uses Film.” In : laws and Bot of men: re. a . ; : : ny cases the TViewers ged : would be the ones really deTIP for Gen. Ike—A serving ‘of hearer : : , 3 “'52 Career Girl Alms at the talkative Nehru. yg yy ein Fail Too.” And quite often FORMER Price Director Mike DiSalle has gone back reach im the baanet, 00 * to Ohio intending to decontrol Sen. Bricker. : Saheb Mine Coal Makes Yeadom 4% . z | asty Likker.” Maybe so—but {WEST GERMA : are ready'to join NATO, just as soon there's an awful drawback in .- a Wall. thos mersingatter io rou gl :

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MR. EDITOR:

It was with interest that I read the letter from “Spirit of '76 in '52” in regard to a good leader for our ¢ountry. Just a few days ago, 1 awoke thinking along the same lines and contemplated writing to the Hoosier ‘Forum. Just as you say, we citizens of the United States need a’ statesman, not a: politician for a leader. In fact, we need, desperately, many statesmen today . be they Democrats or Republicans.” Not just the man at the helm alone, but all those assisting him in our government. . . We have the most wonderful country in the world . a country of freedom and golden opportunities. Some day we may wake up to find these gone if we don't snap out of the lethargy we've fallen into. Since we are sacrificing on the battlefields, as well as at home, to maintain our ideals, let's organize here in our.land, behind our leaders, our statesmen to fight communism and all isms which tend to destroy the United States of America which was founded on the good, clean principles of

yore. Let's use discipline wherever needed. ! Ree

4 IT CAN be the same America if each of us stands up in a “compact unity” and refuse to see her go down. Just because we're Americans, we love our country and the principles it has stood for, let's stick together tighter than glue and help our country through this crisis. . I'm sure we all realize the boys in Korea can't fight alone. They need us at home behind them 100 per cent. : How many of us Americans realize this? ‘oy “For-the nation and kingdom that will not .serve thes (God) :shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.” Isaiah 60:12. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Psalms 111:10. Let's stand together let's cast out greed, hatred, injustice, extravagance and pradtice. those things only which are for the good and betterment of our country. There isn’t time to fool around any longer . ... we must wake up now. . What has become of brotherly love and the good Samaritan? I'm positive we still have

them. Let's just have more of them. Shall we? -

I'm sure there is not an American who doesn’t love hig or her country sufficiently to rally to its cause. Let's just not talk, as in the past . . . let's do something about it. Let's organize. May I have the pleasure of receiving the comments of all interested Americans? —Mrs. C. R. T,, City.

‘Welfare Issue’ MR. EDITOR: Having read for many years the letters which people have written to newspapers, I have been prompted to answer several times but refrained from “doing so, because of what I might say in the heat of the moment. But 1 am now giving way to the impulse.

I have read Mr. Bell's tirade against the .

antisecrecy law and I don’t know whether they have found $100,000 worth of chiselers in this state, but I imagine there have been several dropped from the rolls. Mr. Bell makes the statement, “Let the public be the judge this fall, and somebody is going to pay for their mistakes.” Well, I have this to say. Somebody is not only going to have to pay, but we are already paying and have been paying for several years to care for somebody else's responsibility. I

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- WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 —This week in Congress the House demanded full information on. secret military commitments, if. any, by President Truman during re“cent talks with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The vote was on a resolution by Rep. E. Y. Berry (R. 8. D.). Twenty-nine Democrats joined 160 Republicéns to overfide objections by the Foreign Affairs Committee. and Democratic _ leaders. The action was not binding, but President Truman announced a few hours later that no secret commitments had been made.

Gl Housing

A BILL was passed to make more money available to veterans buying = homes. The measure, which now .goes to the Senate, would increase by $125 million Veterans Administration authority to make home#®loans to veterans.

Immunity Denied

NEWBOLD MORRIS was refused power to grant immunity from prosecution to witnesses in his investigation of - corruption in government. Mr Morris said he had not asked for the power. % A judiciary subcommittee; which denied the request, said it would take up later a pro- . posal to give Mr. Morris authority to subpena witnesses and records.

Senate MILITARY training for all able-bodied 18-year-old men was recommended by the

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dare say that if each and every person would do as the Bible commands there would be very little: welfare expenses. Of course,” there are always unfortunates who must be cared for by the more fortunate.

If people would obey the commands of the only

just Lawmaker there would be no need for the

laws to which Mr. Bell objects.

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AFTER ALL, the welfare books havealways been open to the party in power at the time, and all this law did was to take the advantage away from the party in power. Some. people say that many needy people have dropped their welfare aid because they didn’t want their names opened to the public. Don't they realize .that anytime anybody is receiving welfare aid their neighbors and community know. it anyway? Furthermore, if I should ever become destitute enough to need or ask for welfare aid then I can see no reason to be ashamed of something which cannot be helped. Perhaps' if Mr. Bell and others who think along the same lines would concentrate their efforts on the people who let others care for their responsibilities and would co-operate with the few men who are. trying to keep us as Americans, free of dictatorial powers, and to keep the governing power of the people in the hands of the people, they would also let us partially decide how and where our tax money shall be spent. : —Charles Helms, Shirley.

‘Vote Against UMT' MR. EDITOR: The yoke of a permanent conscription system may soon fall on the neck of every Amer-

ican boy of 18 if Congress adopts UMT (Universal Military Training). UMT {is not needed

tive Service System can do that. UMT would not make better soldiers. Contrast France's UMT army with our GIs in World War II. And UMT would disrupt the cultural and vocational education of our youth at a terrible and needless expense to the taxpayers. Also, UMT by engendering throughout the world more distrust of "us, would cause an intensifying of the already dangerous armaments race, a race toward a precipice over which we can fall only into bankruptcy and World War III. Every Congressman should be urged to vote against this plan to impose eight years of control over millions of our boys for the pleasure

of the brass hats and political bigwigs who

wish to profit from making America's boys their pawns. . ~—FElhert D. Jones, 2327 College Ave.

OUR WONDERFUL AMERICA

WHERE else on earth can people speak . . .

of how they really feel . . . where else ¢an'aver- “* age folks like us ., . procure a better deal . ..uy.

where can we worship as we choose . .. no matter what our choice . , . and what other great government . . . gives everyone a voice... live without . . . the slightest bit of fear . . quility . . . that are so very dear . .. we are most fortunate to live . . . in, such a wondrous land . . . where life is what we make it and . .. freedom’s our helping hand . . . so if you hear someone exclaim . . . they are not satisfied . . . tell them to leave these golden shores . .. and hit the other side. —By Ben Burroughs.

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are slow-firing or duds’.”

Bender blast.

Newbold Morris +. .'No-profit on deal’

Armed Services Committe, The 18-year-olds would be trained six months and then placed in the reserves for seven and a half years. - The committee. bill provides that standing forces be reduced as trainees enlarge the reserves. :

Statehood Bills

A SHOWDOWN on AlaskaHawaii statehood was set for Wednesday when the Senate votes on a motion to send the Alaska bill back to committee. If the motion carries, statehood Bills probably will be blocked for the session.

Tax Probe

THE GOVERNMENT failed to collect a dime from four clients of former Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. although the tax claims against them totaled nearly $2 million, Sen. John J. Williams (R. Del.) charged. Sen, Williams said the clients were Lawrence and Alvin Bardin of Racine, Wis,, and two Wisconsin breweries they owned, The Senator said Mr. Nunan' had obtained special

permission from the Internal Revenue Bureau to handle the cases. The Bardins also had owned the now defunct Indianapolis

Joseph Nunan Jr. + « « Not one thin dime

CONGRESS ROUNDUP . . . By Charles Egger | a House Asks, What Goes On?. H.S.T. Says, No Secret Deals

Brewing Co., which got a $35, 000 tax refund after the gove ernment had claimed it owed $812,000 in back taxes. Mr,

_ Nunan also represented the Ine : dianapolis firm.

Air Base Waste.

A STORY of high wage payments to construction workers before they did a day's work was unfolded before the pres paredness subcommittee. Lieut. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of Army Engineers, said the workers, hired to build an airfield near the North Pole, were paid more than $3 million before they got to the site, They were taken by ship. The . payments were due mainly to an unforeseen ice pack, Gen. Pick said. He explained the workers were paid up to $40 a day while they waited for icebreakers to clear the way. Testimony indicating poor work and waste in construction of air bases in North Africa also was heard.

St. Lawrence Waterway

OVER the objection of Sen, Tom Connally (D. Tex.), the Foreign = Relations. Committee voted to hold hearings on the St. Lawrence waterway project,

Internal Security

NATHANIEL WEYL, writer, told the Internal Security Subcommittee that he and Alger Hiss, former State Department official, had, belonged to the Communist Party at the same time. Hiss is now serving a prison sentence for perjury. Weyl said he saw Hiss pay his Communist dues while they were members of a party cell in Washington. :

Tanker Deal

FORMER Congressman Jas, seph E. Casey. vigorously de. fended a surplus ship deal which yielled a $3.2 million profit from a $100,000 invest. ment. He said the transactions were an example of free enters prise. Several other former government officials were associated with Mr. Casey in the deal. An attorney in the complex case was Houston A, Wasson of New York, law partner of Newbold Morris, government corruption investigator. Mr. Morris is president of the Chinese International Foundation, Inc., a charitable organization, which acquired controling interest in the common stock earnings of three of the eight tankers involved. Mr. Morris insisted he has not. profited from the deals.

President

"PRESIDENT TRUMAN asked for extension of certain

war powers which otherwise ’

will expire when the Japanese Peace Treaty becomes effective, Included is the President's au. thority to take over and operate the country’s railroads, if he -deems it necessary.

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

Election Year's Tough

On Political Writers

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—This is an election year

and that makes a full set of facts hard to find for any

political reporter.

Sometimes they are extremely difficult to check. A

case in point was the press release of Rep. George H. Bender (R. 0.) making startling charges against the Kingsbury Ordnance plant at La Porte, Ind. ’ Mr. Bender comes from

Cleveland. There, where theyknow George, his running

broad statements got small no-

tice from the newspapers. Being carried by the wire services, however, he did very well in some other cities. : Here is how the headline hunter works such a deal.

A member of his office staff brought the text to the House Press Gallery Saturday afternoon—properly timed to make Sunday paper headlines. Stating that Congressman Bender would demand investigations by Congress and the General Accounting Office, the text om the Washington city ticker continued:

“Bender said sources close

to the day-to-day operation in- .

formed him that construction

. workers were paid for work

‘they didn’t do and-that traveling expense accounts: were padded. . : Jt ‘If true,’ he said, ‘the plant may be producing shels which

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THAT last quotation was sufficient to make évery mother with a son in Korea shudder. Congressional responsibility would dictate that the facts should have been checked first. Congressional courtesy demands that when. one Congressman. makes charges against a project he informs

.the Congressman representing the district involved. That may.

be too much to expect in an .

: glection year, if one is of the

opposite political’ party. But’ the Kingsbury project district is represented by a freshman Republican—8hepard ‘J. Crum-

- packer Jr, South Bend. His

office was not informed of -the-

_ sible “duds.”

for the Lincoln Day recess, Mr. Crumpacker first learned about {it from newspapers. In Indiana they also carried the

denials. from the project come _

mander, Lieut. Col. William

Graham. They had called him ~

up and read the Washington wires to him. He immediately called the Bénder charges ‘‘une founded and untrue.”

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packer informed his office that he was making a personal investigation of them. Returning here he concurred in Col. Graham'’s conclusions. Before leavs ing South Bend, Mr. Crum packer told the United Press that he had found “smoke but

little fire” after several days of personal checking of the Bender reports. - : He attributed them largely to a discharged, disgruntled employee, who had . passed them along to Mr. Bender be-

cause he once lived in Cleves,

land. That was enough for a Bender blast. Seldom a day goes by that he doesn’t do some sharpshooting in the ap*pendix of the Congressional Record. Sometimes it makes the papers. -Most surprised was - the Army. It had only recently ine spected the Kingsbury project.

Being gun-shy of loquacious

Congressmen, the Pentagon

took a week to-make a-coms" |

plete réport.

FIRST it dismissed , the .

‘charges of payroll and over-

time irregularities, with a de. - tailed ‘memorandum proving

' them unfounded. re . Finally the Army made an announcement. regarding the

more serious charge of poseLike Col. Gra~.

ham and Rep. Crumpacker

. Army headquarters reported: “Kingsbury*made shells have ° high acceptance rate and

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