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Decision on Housing

(CITY COUNCIL is prepared to act tonight on public hous- .

ing. ’ Its members have had ample opportunity to consider every phase of this question and there is every indication they have done so, thoroughly and conscientiously. The poll of councilmen published yesterday in The Times reveals that sentiment in council is overwhelmingly against the program. : 8 We believe that is a conclusion anyone will reach if hé places the rights and welfare of all the people in Indianapolis above his sympathy for the needs of a small minority. -

WE CAN SEE little to recommend this program. ~Its own sponsors propose to enforce strict race segre-

~ gation in housing built with public funds for which all races

are taxed and in which all races have equal rights. That is probably illegal, and certainly improper. Most of the families in Indianapolis do not have, and could not now afford to have, new, modern, $10,000 to $15,000 homes for themselves. Under this program they would inevitably be taxed to pay for such homes for others. There is, obviously, a need for better, and less costly . homes in Indianapolis. At today’s construction costs no one has succeeded in meeting that need. This housing project will not meet it, either—in fact its family units would cost rather more than privately built new homes of the same size are now costing. It merely proposes to transfer that cost. from the families which use the housing to the rest of the community, : There are better, and fairer solutions to the housing problem than this, City Council will be acting in the interests of the whole

community if it moves to end this program this evening.

Mountain . . . and Mouse

FTER nearly a year, Inidana's Little Hoover Commission has come up with a nebulous report on the misuse

~ of state-owned cars. The report makes no estimate of sav-

ings, merely hints at the misuse of state autos. The report proposes to open a motor pool where state cars can be repaired, serviced and stored. : Gov. Schricker estimates this would cost about ha

+ a million dollars, besides pay for mechanics, equipment

and material. = The Times, ‘along with a good many others, had high hopes the Little Hoover Commission could recommend ways to cut government «costs, end waste and avoid duplication. We are disappointed. : The misuse of state-owned cars was fully documented by The Times last year. We know that a few state workers * have used state cars for private business. Gov. Schricker knows that some state workers abused this privilege. He fired three of them. No hazy report

with doubtful findings and doubtful savings was needed,

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IF THE Little Hoover Commission really wants to cut

' costs and end duplication, it might inquire for instance, why the Conservation Department and Purdue University

overlap in forestry work. Or why Conservation and the Stream Pollution Board duplicate efforts. This is not meant as a criticism of the Conservation Department. Along .with other economy-

. minded State agencies, it welcomes such a report.

There has been considerable doubt as to how economical is this Little Hoover Commission. Its first action was to demand a raise for the director. Then, it went before the State Budget Committee and ask for more money and “research experts.” Now it recommends an ambitious pro-

. ram that doesn’t sound much’ like saving to us.

"Test Ahead

THE HOUSE vote this week on universal military training

will separate the men from the boys. For the Congressman it won't be an easy decision. Th opposition is vocal, emotional and well-organized. Congress

~ has been subjected to a barrage of prejudices, half-truths . and untruths. Moreover, this is an election year.

The threat of political reprisal—implicit in the anti-

UMT propaganda—is enough to scare the daylights out of

a timid Congressman. But it just may be that the majority

— of our Representatives aren't as craven as the anti-UMT

lobby so confidently believes. In the House debate, facts were almost completely ignored. The arguments which. the lobbyists against UMT have supplied their spokesmen have been fatuous. They are

" not directed at national security. Instead they have been

directed at excusing the reluctant, and heaping additional burdens on the willing. 8 8 = 2s wn . THE LETTERHEAD lobbies opposing UMT are not interested in any real contribution to national security. They never have been. They offer no workable alternatives. They are just “agin” UMT. ; Inequalities of sacrifice exist today. To fail to enact universal military training will be to compound them. Congress must decide, now, how much we can heap on the backs of veterans who served in World War II-—many of whom are fighting today in Korea. The arguments in favor of UMT are sound, logical

and well known, but they bear repeating. The physical well-~

being of our young men will be improved. It will enable us to reduce our Armed Forces. The dollar saving will be tremendous. But—most of all—it will give the boy. himself a - chance to survive. It is significant that with the ever-in-creasing power of combat weapons, trained men have learned to survive with ever-increasing certainty. The opposition to UMT—though loud is a minority. It

‘crowds the galleries and, buttonholes Congressmen in the

lobbies. It is ruthless, irrational and capable of incredible brutality when crossed. A cowardly Congress will prostrate itself before this group and defeat UMT. A Congress worthy

of its great traditions—a courageous Congress—will give .

the nation what it so sorely needs.

-. We will learn this week what kind of Congress we have. ee

CLEMENT ATTLEE has just decided he didn’t like

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NATIONAL POLITICS . . . By Charles Lucey

I's No Longer A Sin To-Back A Republican In The

BIRMINGHAM, ‘Mar. 3—The South, which long has sought to shuck off the idea of growing nothing hut cotton, may make a real bid in 1952 to break away from its tradition of voting for nobody but Democrats. ai For years the Republican Party in most Southern states has ranged from sorry to sordid.

Often it has been dominated by “postmaster ' Republicans,” whose main ambition was to con-

trol the patronage from Washington if the GOP came into power natlonally—and to play hard-to-get every four years, when the "bidding for national convention delegates was on. A real second party in the South is still a long way off. There will be no overnight revolu-

tion this year. But there are signs of Republican’

stirring not there before. : : > o * " HERE in Alabama a half-dozen daily newspapers which always have heen Democratic, including the Montgomery Advertiser, are whooping #t up for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. So are many amaller weeklies, At a meeting of the Alabama Educational Association, Rep. Hugh Scott (R. Pa.) and Rep.

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Albert Rains (D. Ala.) ‘will debate the question, “Should Alabama go Republican in 1952?” ® © 9 A REPUBLICAN has been invited to participate in a University of Alabama political panel, and not long ago the GOP view was given full voice at an Alabama Press Association meeting

"in Montgomery. Such new respectability for the

GOP in the deep South is hardly casual. In Louisiana, there’s a Republican candidate for governor for the first time in many years. All he'll get is exercise, of course. There aren't over a couple thousand registered Republicans in the state, and GOI activity has been limited to Orleans Parish. But there's a big tussle on now between proEisenhower Republicans, and the old pro-Taft faction headed by National Committeeman John Jackson. The Eisenhower people say the old guard {illegally is keeping their members from the party's state committee. The battle is being carried to the Louisiana Supreme Court. In Tennessee, the old guard GOP has been able to hold off a new Republican group demanding recognition, but it has been forced to

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DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney an

HST Gives Our Neighbor a Boost

-. WASHINGTON, Mar. 3—Entrance of Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia into the Democratic presidential race is designed to scare President Truman out of running again. The President being a man who doesn’t scare easily, it may have the reverse effect. Should he finally decide not to run, however, the pat on the back he gave Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois last week is being Interpreted as highly significant. At his press conference, Feb.- 28, President Truman was asked if he would be happy if the Illinois governor becomes the nominee of the Democratic Party. : He replied that Gov. Stevenson has made one of the best governors Illinois has had and then added voluntarily—and that is one of the best recommendations a man can have for President, No other prospective candidate has received such presidential praise,

‘Lives Next Door’

ALTHOUGH Gov. Stevenson lives next door, few Hoosier Democrats know him intimately. He is without nationwide reputation, as compared to the first term Democratic Senator from Illinois—Paul H, Douglas—who was often mentioned for the Presidency and just‘'as often turned thumbs down on the idea.

Gov. Stevenson ++. one of best.

—With-newspapers and magazines being filled —

with what Gen, Dwight Eisenhower thinks, if

a Stevenson boom gets under way there will be ‘plenty of home grown material in Illinois to”

point up the Governor's position. Following the press conference, two Democratic Congressmen from Illinois inserted some

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of the Stevenson ideas into the Congressional Record,

Rep. Melvin Price of East St. Louis reported that the: Governor made a Jackson Day speech there and added:

Colorful Quotes

“GUESTS NOTICED the Governor hurriedly scribbling on a piece of paper. When newsmen requested a copy of his manuscript before the delivery of the speech the Governor was compelled to inform them he had none prepared— except that which he was working on at the moment, “Yet here are a few of the gems which came from that hurriedly prepared address: The answer to communism is democracy, 4nd democracy, my friends, is color-blind . . . The best politics 1s good government, for the long run . . . One corrupt public official is one too many: one corrupt private citizen also is one too many . . . Dishonesty is personal and knows no party line . . . Speaking of power, first you gain it, then you use it, then you abuse it and you lose it . . . There is no safety in solitude: the problems of peace will continually multiply . . . Perhaps it is unwise for a politician to say this; but who wins in Illinois and who wins in the nation in November is less important to civilization and the world than what wins.”

Some of these aphorisms appear in another speech by the Illinois governor which was put into the record by Rep. Sidney R. Yates, Chicago. He inserted the full text of Gov, Stevenson's address to the Knights of Columbus fourth-degree banquet in Chicago Feb. 25. There the Illinois governor .cited the condemnation of corruption of public life, as recently set forth by the Roman-Catholic bishops of the United States, and expressed complete agreement with their stand. He also stressed the theme of American tolerance.

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WASHINGTON, Mar. 3—If you ask me, I think Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D. Tex.) is in a bad jam with the ‘U. 8S. Army's Purchasing Department. He's refusing to sell the soldiers his preparedness report. Insists on giving it to ‘em. This can lead to trouble. What happened was that the Senator and associates had been investigating how our defense program was going. Not 80 good, they decided. So they had printed up a small, 19page booklet on-their findings about talks, flying machines and such like.

THIS WAS for the information of their fellow lawgivers, newspaper reporters and anybody else who was interested. Sen. Johnson had a tall stack of these paper-bound pamphiets to hand out for free. So there he was worrying about the state of the nation when he received from the Army's purchasing branch, Ft, Monroe, Va., a formidable doc- , ument entitled: “Request for Proposal And Contractor's Proposal, Short Form.” in What the Army wanted the

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spread the party organization far more widely than éver before in the close-in Memphis area. And pro-Eisenhower people are organizing two "groups for the General—though Sen. Taft is expected to have most of the state’s GOP delegation. In Georgia there's a battle on between Taft and Eisenliower forces for delegates. The famed golfer, Bobby Jones, is runfiing state-wide Eisenhower drive. “ Péeple formerly timid about being Republicans are beginning to show some audacity about it. : ® ; >t > 4 2

THE all-but-unanimous testimony of political

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leaders down here, Democratic and Republican’

alike, is that Gen. Eisenhower would carry several Southern states—or at least would come closer than any other Republican. There is substantial liking for Sen. Taft, but the politicians

" say it would be much easier for_lifelong Demo-

cata to go for Gen. Ike than-for “Mr. Repubfcan.” " a 4 Much cf the- Republican hope lies in antiTruman feeling. But it isn’t solely that. Whatever is-left of the so-called old Southern “aris-

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tocracy” is naturally conservative and, in point of belief, finds it no great jump to Republican creed. And the great expansion of Southern industry has brought into the South Northern Republicans who would be glad to stay if the

party could be ogought to life.

That isn't easy, though. As long as the South settles all, its political arguments. in a Democratic primary, as Tong ‘as a vote merely is wasted if it isn’t cast in such a primary, people

are going to want to vote Democratic. : <*>

¢ ¢ IN MOST Southern states, there are only a few local office contests in which Republican candidates are filed. "Yet in many states, too, Republicans are just waiting for leadership—and there is very general testimony here today that 1952 could provide the spark. Men aren't ostracized. in the South any more if they.say a kind word for a Republican. In the recent Louisiana governorship cam. paign, Gov.-elect Robert F. Kennon said he would not hesitate to oppose a Democratic nominee for President “if I thought a Republican was best for Louisiana.”

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MR. EDITOR: s I would like to answer the letter of Evelyn Walton that appeared in your Forum on Feb, 20th. The remarks of Roscoe Drummond concerning the type of information we will be getting from the politicians is in itself a half truth. We have been getting one-sided, distorted and partisan half truths for several years, It would be

. well if Americans would make the effort to find

the other half of distorted truths before jumping to conclusions, As for the so-called “misjudgment” of -MacArthur in that fateful November in 1950: It is an established and published fact that at the famous Wake Island Conference, Truman was

warned by three world figures that Red Chinas

would enter the war if the United Nations troops crossed the 38th Parallel. Our troops were held at the Parallel for four days waiting for the “political decision” to go on up the peninsula. The order to go on was issued by Truman, even though he had positive assurance that the army of Red China was poised on the Yalu River. Will someone please explain why our President did not think it important to give this information to our Supreme Commander? o HH Bb

I CANNOT agree that the newspapers are Communist inspired, but they do make a serious error in not printing the news completely. It is regrettable that many readers must depend on

the reporters’ interpretation of the various po-.

litical statements rather than a verbatim re-

port. I have great faith in the integrity of the

_ Joint Chief of Staff. Men of ability and honor

hold these high positions. It is our great loss that the military decisions of the JCS is completely overruled by political decisions made by men of little vision. I can remember two world wars and the anguish they caused, but I fail to understand how fighting a containment war is better than fighting a war to win. In the face of staggering casualty lists, Korea is persistently called a little war. Perhaps by calling it “little” the grief

of losing a son or a husband or sweetheart is -

not so great. Perhaps the wounds suffered are

. not as painful or the ones who have died are

‘a little less dead than if it were a big war. > » 2

THERE will probably be some kind of peace or truce before November. Peace without honor or a truce of appeasement. What a waste of American blood in Korea. What a mockery of the ideals our American soldiers have died for since the beginning of our nation. The goal of the United Nations to settle conflicts by peaceful means is commendable. Will

Lenten Meditation

Jesus Answers Our

Questions About God WHO IS THE TEACHER?

How is it that this man has -learning, when he has never studied? So Jesus answered them, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. John 7:15.16. Read verses 14-18. It was incredible to the Jews that Jesus could know so much when in their view he had so little formal education. : Jesus was wise “enough to make God and life his original sources. God is the best teacher because he teaches us by every day's laughter and sorrow, each hour's victory and defeat. If we do the will of God, then we discover the teaching that supports that will. Lord, who am” | to teach the way To little children day by day, So prone myself to go astray? | teach them KNOWLEDGE, but | know How faint they flicker and how low ~The candles of .my knowledge glow. ‘| teach them-POWER to will and do, But only now to learn anew . My own great weakness through and through. | teach them LOVE for all mankind And oll God's creatures, but | find My love comes lagging far behind. Lord, if their guide | still must be, Oh, let the little children see The teacher leaning hard on Thee.” Let Us Pray: We thank Thee, O God, for the teachers of our youth. But we thank Thee above all for Thyself, O God, who hast taught us the truth through Jesus Christ

our Lord. Amen. *“THE TEACHER” by Leslie P. Hill. Used by permission.

. + By Frederick C. Othman Senator Tosses In Towel to Army on Book ‘Sale’

It meet with the same measure of success as trying to prevent aggression by force? We are still being told to believe that our goal for world

‘ peace lies within the United Nations, How can fea thinking American put so much blind faith

in the United Nations when the very birth of the organization was shadowed by the influ. ence of Alger Hiss? : —Eisa Storey, 1617 Sharon Ave.

‘Hawaiian Islands’

MR. EDITOR: ; Away from home and business, in the quiet of this community where the hustle and bustle of city life is replaced by peace, ease of living, beautiful scenery, wonderful climate, where all one has to do is to bask in the sun, sit around and enjoy life, inspirations and ideas come to me that I think should be jotted down. The people of the Hawaiian Islands are the most courteous folks I have ever met, always trying to please and do something nice for. you. So, if I can live better, smile more, be hap. pier and be at peace with the world, at least this trip has done something for me. From now on I am never going to indulge in self pity. I will look on the bright side of life, be cheerful, courteous and optimistic at all times. I must banish all worry and fear, not only for the present, but for what-might hap. pen in the future. ¢ ob

WHEN 1I start the day, I want to look and feel my best. Along with a smile, I want my suit to be clean and well pressed, a clean shave, with that fresh washed look, and my hair well brushed. I am now ready to face the world. My first thought “is, “Don’t undersell yourself.” Then I say to myself: “If one person can do this or that, so can I” All it takes is right thinking and the will to succeed. I will be courteous at all times. I believe that with study, hard work, practice and “stick-to-it-iveness” I will gain more confidence in myself and be a better man. : Remember, life is a constant struggle. Get all the possible help from others you can, but you must always rely upon yourself.

—George G. Fry, 5019 Evanston Ave,

‘Junior Deputies’ MR. EDITOR: Sheriff: Dan Smith’s . junior deputies really deserve serious consideration. Are you a bit inclined to treat the subject with levity? I do not know the sheriff, but this is the nicest thing I have read about him to date.

As far as I know, Sheriff Erwin Kubath of Berrien Cpunty, Michigan, was the first to inaugurate the junior deputies movement. This was about five years ago. Berrien County was and is a rich agricultural section, now largely industrialized, and possesses its own share of transient and unassimilated groups from the Chicago area and elsewhere. As one who taught in its schools, I might add that it has its own share of problem students, or the better term may be, problem parents. Sheriff Kubath’s junior deputies paid

spotted and reported a dangerous criminal, Later captured. g

—Frances E. Huston, 4817 E. Washington St.

Views on the News

TRUMANITES are wondering if Sen. Ruse sell, an announced candidate for President, will enter the door of the Democratic Convention with a bolt in his pocket.

_ DIXIECRATS want to preserve the two. party system-—even if it takes a third one to o it. :

STATES RIGHTS plank for 1052 platforms .

—no local government should take more federal funds than it can get. pr

ONE OF THE steadiest jobs in the Army 1 ‘ must be making out the dally “no progress”

reports at Panmunjom.

SERVING a term as collector of internal revenue seems to have caused Attorney Joseph

D. Nunan to conclude that it would be better’

for clients to pay him than taxes.—D. K.

obviously wasn’t going to be easy. ; The Army said the Senator, hereinafter to be known as the contractor, would guarantee that his prices. were not in excess of applicable ceiling prices established by the government. That almost stopped Sen. Johnson, because how can you establish a ceiling price on something you want to bestow as a gift? The Army was just getting a good start. It insisted that the Senator

swear on his, oath that he had

employed no 5 percenter to get him this business. It said that since he was the sole purveyor of this particular merchandise, namely, his report to Congress, the sale would be on a negotiated basis, Meant he

wouldn't have to compete with other bidders. This sounded

like a slight break to the Sena-

tor until he read on to the next paragraph. It warned him that if his contract was accepted and the Army paid out its money for his books, the entire deal would be subject to renegotiation later, in case his profits were too great. It also pointed out to the Senator that if -he cheated, he would be subject to all penalties of the law. Jalil, maybe, : The Army suggested that the Senator might care to give

“it a cash discount, in case it _ paid its bill, say, in 10 days. Then it asked him a few pertinent questions:

Where did he propose to have the three books printed?

SPANKING

WHAT happens when I anger at . . . the little things you do . . . what crazy notions hit my mind . . . when I get mad at you... what _ strange and mystifying force . . . controls my ~ every deed .,. until I deal the punishment . . . the kind I think you need . . it's something - that I hate to do . .. but it's my job I know... to show you.what is wrong or right .., and of

the way to go . . . now this is my confession,

‘much more than you.

How many workers did he nor. mally employ? What was his name? Was he sure he was authorized to make this proposal? Had he checked his bids before mailing them? What date could he promise delivery? : The Army went on to say that the Senator should ine clude all federal, state, and local taxes as part of his price, but pointed out that if his

' books came under Chapter 29

of the Internal Revenue Code, he could get a tax refund, That is, unless he were ped.

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TO GET these tax exempe tions, of course, he'd need special certificates. The Army said if he applied for these, he'd be wise to include all pertinent data as to why he believed he deserved them.

Sen. Johnson gave up at this’ fen

point. “He ordered his girl to mail the Army thrée copies of his booklet, postpaid. Then he threw- away. the military's

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