Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1952 — Page 26

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New Hampshire Speaks THAT “eyewssh’ from New Hampshire must have proved an eye-opener to President Truman when he rolled out of his Key West bunk this morning and heard the news. ~ “One primary ‘doesn’t make a” national nomination, but the surprising victory of Sen. Kefauver does mean definitely that the Democratic Party standard is not Mr. Truman's just for the taking. To win it the President will have to make a fight such as he has not dreamed of making. There is no other way to interpret the feturns except that it demonstrates there is strong sentiment among rank-and-file Democrats to choose another party leader. The only alternative offered was Sen. Kefauver, whose record in Congress is one of consistent support of administration policies, foreign and domestic—with the single important exception of the issue of corruption. Mr. Truman has been apathetic toward the unfolding Washington scandals. Sen. Kefauver, as chairman of the Senate crime inquiry, had become a symbol of public resentment against such tawdriness in public life. ; The whole strength of the party machine, in a state where the patronage boys have hitherto ruled the party was lined up with Mr. Truman. But the Democratic voters chose Mr. Kefauver., That is something of which the bread-‘and-butter party men of other states will quickly take note

‘—=for there is nothing they have less use for than a leader

who can't win votes. Gen. Eisenhower's handy victory on the Republican side means that the GOP nomination has also become a horse race. Had Sen. Taft won, or even come close to winning, the rush to climb aboard the Taft bandwagon could hardly have been stopped. Now the Eisenhower campagin will take on new momentum. Mr, Taft still has a long lead, but for both candidates it looks uphill all the way to July and Chicago. ;

Vote on Clean Tax Agency

HEN THE Senate votes on the reorganization plan * "for the Internal Revenue Bureau, it will in fact be voting on whether collectors of internal revenue are to continue to be political appointees, or are to be chosen by the civil service system. . Under the present system, the collectors are ‘the “patronage” of Senators of the party in power. So the issue has a personal aspect for the Senators. Those who are Democrats might profit politically from voting to retain the present system—as might the Republicans if and when their party gains control. However, the fact remains that seven of the 64 collectors of Internal Revenue have been fired or forced out of officé as a result of the notorious scandals in that agency. The people are shocked, and understandably so, at the widespread corruption found in the agency which collects their taxes. : The people will be angry as well, we predict, if the Senate rejects this reorganization plan. This plan not only has been proposed by President Truman, but it has been indorsed by the citizens committee for the Hoover report. Hence it is not a party matter.

A New Courthouse

MOR MANY years a great number of progressive citizens ‘have advocated a new building to combine City Hall and Marion County Courthouse, : : Their ideas have been pushed aside, pigeonholed, even though .they were esthetically and financially sound ideas. Both buildings are not only architectural monstrosities but also are potential death traps and big fat ratholes dewn which we continually pour more and more money for repairs. : Now we hear the County Council has outlined a program to clean up a fire trap in the Courthouse without cost to the taxpayer. It hopes to use a $65,000 bond issue approved last summer for remodeling for the fire-safety program, We wonder what genius the county has picked™up who can figure out ways of spending money that will cost the taxpayers nothing.

” » » ~ n ~ IT SEEMS to us the taxpayer will not only pay back the $65,000 but also the interest , . . and this could be a considerable sum of money. Seventy-five years ago the county floated $1 million bond issue to pay for the Courthousé. In 1933 this debt was retired at a total cost.to the taxpayer of $4.2 million. , interest on the debt totaling two-thirds of the amount. No cost to the taxpayer? If we are going to float bonds, let's float them for things that will be of lasting, value to the county. We need a new Courthouse and a new City Hall. Both of these structures are eyesores, they are a continued drain on the pocketbooks of the taxpayer and the safety factor becomes less and less with each passing year. It's about time we quit making excuses . ., digging for reasons why we can't have a new Courthouse . , . and get busy building one. :

That ‘Ransom’ for Bill Oatis

SEVERAL readers have written Us to ask why the U, S. doesn’t just give the Czechs that $17 million. steel mill they want for Bill Oatis, inasmuch as they have already -bought and paid for it and it is theirs anyway. The fact is it isn't “theirs.” The Czech government that bought and paid for that steel mill was the free government of the people of Czechoslovakia. Before it could be delivered that government had been destroyed by force, which included murder, backed by the Russian army. The puppet government of CzechoIt did not buy this steel mill, nor pay for it, and it does not own it any more than any holdup man “owns” the accounts receivable of the store he has just robbed. : : So the claim for that mill, and other things, in return for letting Bill Oatis out of a Communist prison is just a

sgaight demand for “ransom” exactly like the ransom nv 1 of any other ki per. Lo .

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JAPAN . . . By Oland D. Russell

Rearmament Issue Turning People Against Yoshida Governmént

TOKYO, Mar. 12- Dissatisfaction with the

Premier 8Bhigeru Yoshida's government is growing in Japan. At least one veteran politician predicts general elections by early fall

: A recent public opinion poll by Asahi one of Japan's leading - newspapers,

reflected the low ebb of the Yoshida cabinet. ¥rom a high of 58 per cent of public support fast September after the peace treaty was signed, it has slipped to 33 per cent, The poll also showed rearmament is the MR)or question in people's minds and that |z why Premier Yoshida is havifg trouble. He con tinues «0 equivocate and evade. while attempting

to steamrolier his budget, with $630 millon for

defense, through the Diet, Meanwhile, charges of ineptness and corruption are veing leveled against the Yoshida government by his political opponents and the press. Hign officials are accused of accepting bribes from businessmen,

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THERE has heen a notable increase in cash contributions to political parties in evident expectatiorr of an election turnover soon, Big ¢dntributions include shipping companies formerly under the control of the big Mitsui and Mitsubishl interests, / A veteran politician, Yusuke Tsurumi, predicts general elections by autumn. He says uncertainty about Japan's economic future and eonfusion over Premier Yosghida's alms have caused corruption and government inefficiency of a degree never before seen in modern Japan. The 66-year-old publicist, for 12 vears a Diet member and long known as a friend of America, sald: ‘The growing and exorbitant amount of election expenditures in Japan is one of the features of our political degradation. Before the war our election expenditures were comparatively

ENGLAND . .. By R. H. Shackford

Think YOUR Taxes Are High?

LONDON, Mar. 12--One way the British budget resembles the American budget is that both soak the long-suffering taxpayer. In almost very other respect, the British budget —which Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard A. Butler presented to the House of Commons _ yesterday --is as different in physical form, objective and severity from the American budget- as cricket from baseball. But bad news for the tax. payer is the common denominator of both. For American { Xpayers, there may be some consolation in knowing that as high arm U, 8. taxes are, they don't come close to British taxes. And Mr. Butler is bound to make them even tougher. Take a couple of British income tax examples. And remember, wages here average about $20. a week, Coal miners, Britain's highest paid laborers, average,only $28 or $30 a week, A coal miner, married and with two children, earning $1400 a year ($28 a week) pays $36.40 income taxes yearly. That's more than a week's work in the pits, An American in similar circumstances would pay no income tax, He would have to make $2850 a year before his tax would reach $36. Few civil servants, teachers or even whitecollar managerial workers make 1000 pounds ($2800) a year. about $54 a week. If they do, and ‘are married with two children, they pay $487 income taxes yearly. That's almost nine weeks’ wages. As you go up the scale, it's worse, Britons earning $14,000 yearly must pay half of it in income taxes. Thus, 28 out of the year's 52 weeks, such men work for the government. The tax rate rises to 100 per cent for all earned income of more than $56,000 a year.

A Profit Tax

THE British Treasury put it bluntly in its February survey of taxes: “In Britain today, it is’ in fact virtually im-

Mr. Butler

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possible to have an income, after taxes, of over’

6000 pounds ($16,800). a year.” But that's not all. There's a profit tax of 50 per cent of the gross amount distributed as dividends; that's before deducting income taxés. And the remaining undistributed profits are taxed 10 per cent. Tobacco, whisky, beer and wine are taxed to the limit. A package of 20 cigarets costs 50 cents, of which 40 cents is tax. "In additign, there's a national sales tax on almost everything —most clothing, all ‘household goods and furniture, autos, radios, television, cosmetics, jewelry, leather goods, furs, sporting goods, etc, It's no penny nuisance tax either. On clothing it's one-third of the retail price. A $30 suit costs $40 with the tax.

On the Chin

ON AUTOS, radios, TV sets, sewing machines, refrigerators, etc., the tax is two-thirds of the retail price. An $1800 auto costs $3000 with the tax: a $300 refrigerator iz $500. On cosmetics, jewelry, furs, leather goods and even electric heaters the tax is 100 per cent. A $2 compact costs $4 with the tax: a $200 fur coat costs $400; a $50 watch costs $100, So you can proceed with your income tax returns, ‘knowing your British cousin is taking it on the chin, too. What's worse, he can't say “to hell with it." and hlow himself to a T-hone steak. His ration allows him only 17 cents worth of red meat each week, -

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moderate and there was virtually no bribing of voters. When veterah politicians were. purged early in 1946, new men emerged in their stead. These newcomers, without reputation or organization, had no other recourse but money to get themselves elected. That has set a new Japan, leading to corruption and growing apathy among the voters.”

This was borne out by the Asaht poll, which showed that although Japan is. highly literate, half the voters didn’t know the Diet was in session, and 63 per cent were wholly indifférent to what was being discussed. «Mr, Tsurumi also spoke of the “poor quality of debate in the two houses of the Diet and of the preoccupation with trivialities.” An example

And Now to Hear From the Experts

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BRINGING AOME THE BACON

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

Bray Raps UNESCO Pamphlet

WASHINGTON, Mar. 12--That American taxpayers are being stuck for the publication of pamphlets which paint old-fashioned patriot-

"ism as “repugnant” was charged today by Rep.

William G. Bray, Martinsville Republican. In a speech prepared for presentation in the House the freshman from Indiana took issue with a publication of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural © Organization entitled “In the Classroom With Children Under 13 Years of Age.” Quoting copiously from the text of the pamphlet, he sought to prove that the whole tenor of it was to dis-

courage love of one's own country in children in an effort to establish *world- Mr. Bray mindedness. . . shocked

Thirty-seven per cent of the cost of UNESCO is carried by the United States, he pointed out. The President appoints five members to represent this country. They are paid $1000 per month, tax free, and all expenses while engaged in UNESCO work, Mr. Bray reported. He argued that they should be wary of such publications, even though the pamphlet in question carried in small print on the inside - . “This pamphlet is in no way an official expression of the views of UNESCO.” The frontispiece, according to Mr. Bray, carried in large type the fact that it was a UNESCO publication. . “Fifty-nine nations belong to UNESCO, including the United States,” Mr. Bray said. “Hungary, who kidnaps United States fliers for ransom, also belongs. The United States, how-

- ever,-pays 37 per cent of all the millions spent

by this world organization.” While the announced purpose of UNESCO is “praiseworthy,” publication of such pamphlets on education are quite the contrary, Mr. Bray contended. 9 Besides discouraging patriotism, it tears down the influence of the home and makes the school a propaganda tool for training such youth organizations as those of Hitler and Mus-

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Bray charged. Here are some of the excerpts from the pamphlet which he quoted as being objectionable “The kindergarten or infant school has a significant part to play in the child's education, Not only can it correct many of the errors of home training, but it also can prepare the child for membership, at about the age of 7. in a: Rroup of hiscown age and habits , . . the first of many such social identifications that he must achieve on his way to membership in the world society.” “The narrow family spirit of the parents

WASHINGTON, Mar. 12 - Trouble with Newbold Morris, was he didn't pay enough attention to his wife's good advice, “Keep your shirt on.* said Mrs. Morris in a note she slipped in the pocket of her husband's blue-serge suit. He plunked this wifely document on the table and stared at it, but he kept getting sore at the Senators’ whe wondered how come the tankers of his Chinese clients carried oii for the Communists. Mr. Mor - ris’ blue shirt almost slipped up over his head; figuratively speaking, that is. If he hadn't been.appointed President Truman's official corruption charged, the statesmen would not be trying to ask him embarrassing questions about his, China International Foundation and its indirect dealings with the Reds. This almost caused the Senators to jump out of their own shirts. Now everybody was shouting. “All right,” roared the tall and handsome Morris. “I'm =orry I raid it, T take it back.” . ’

angry. So it turned out

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scrubber-upper, he

may, in fact, not only compromise indirectly, and in some degree unconsciously, the eventual integration of the child in the human community . . . but it may also cultivate attitudes running directly counter to the development of international understanding ...” Suggesting that the child should not be taught’ geography by learning about his community and country first, the pamphlet continues: . “and when, later on, the child began the study of national geography, he would be already partly immunized against an exaggerated sense of the importance and beauty of his own country , ..” :

‘Reds Will Have Us’

“THE STUDY of history... raises the problem of values, which are better postponed until the pupil is freed from the nationalist prejudices which at present surround the teaching of history.” “The study of history may also usefully contribute to the development of world-mindedness . . . but modern history is our history. ... We

- therefore repeat the recommendation that the

study of modern history should be undertaken only with young people whose critical objectivity and world-mindedness have already been well developed.” “Education for world-mindedness at present encounters obstacles outside the school. The principal one certainly is nationalism . . . and that the activity of the school cannot bring about the desired result unless, repudiating every form of nationalism...” When that time comes the Commies will have us, Mr. Bray concluded.

Views on the News

NEW HAMPSHIRE is certain to be the first state to produce a full crop of political alibis,

& HIS attorney says that Willie (The Actor) Sutton has offers totaling $250,000 for book, magazine, movie and TV rights to the arch-criminal’'s life story. That is even more profitable than being an ex-Communist.

SOMF. Senators were insulted because President Truman said they favor the patronage system. Probably just. an idea the President picked up when he. was in the Senate.

: oo $250,000 PRESIDENT TRUMAN has proved he can learn from Sutten experience. He no longer calls Red hearings “red herrings.” —D. K.

HEATED DEBATE . . . By Frederick C. Othman

Ignores Wife's Adviceto ‘Keep Your Shirt On’

$30,000 in legal fees from the tangled deal whereby the Orientals got three U.S. government tankers from ex-Con-gressman Joe Casey and pais. Getting him to admit this took some fancy prying from Sen. Karl Mundt (R. 8. D.) and caused Mr, Morris to stop in the middle of one outburst and say: “I'm going to read my wife's note again and before I answer your question I'm

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He .did, too, but it wasn't much help. Only time Mr. Morris managed a smile was when he described Oil Boat

ALMIGHTY FATHER

the lovely lady ship broker, who brought Mr. al Casey and the orientals toCasey and Co. made a quick profit of $450,000; the beautiful Olga did almost as

He went on the Senators didn’t need his testimony at all. “What?” cried Sen. Mundt. need the in charge of a corporation that is sending oil to the Communists, these former government tankers come to be used in trade with Red China?

ALMIGHTY FATHER of the world . . . look

of what he meant: : Last week, Attorney General Tokutare Kile mura went to some length to tell a party caucus how American cigarets in Communist hands could be considered a weapon. He explained that a foreign cigaret burns longer than Japanese brands and the ggommunists could better use them for starting fires in Japan. He was, of course, plugging for a return to-Japanese things to offset any tendency to hang on to American fads after the treaty is ratified. “Japanese are overwhelmingly against coms munism, However, their disillusionment about war is both real and acute, A craving for peace is neither theoretical -nor sentimental; their con-

cern is primarily economic—how to make a live .

Ing inf the face of rising costs and.already staggering taxes... : oo» <> oe “THAT makes rearmament uppermost and pretty unpopular. The Yoshida government has not helped things by its mishandling of the ad. ministrative agreement with the United. States, People have got the impression that the occupation is continuing with only a slight shift of locale. “When Japan gains real independence, there'll be a strong movement to recreate a new national goal. Pressure of population in our small territory will add to the intensity of the movement. This means, I am afraid, a new Yearning to return to the continent of their forefathers—I mean Asia.”

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Hoosier Forum

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‘Dirty City’ MR. EDITOR: - Soon it will be spring. Soon the city will be yelling its head off for people to clean up their yards and paint their houses, but I wonder when the city is going to take a little of its own advice? . I came to Indianapolis a few years ago and the first thing that struck me was the fine residential districts in this town. I was very pleased

esevsstansnnttessttaan, feeesssnsccnsnasessetes”

to see that people had great pride in their.

houses and their yards and I was certainly convinced that this is one town that deserves to be called the center of beautiful homes and lawns, But then, taking a look at the downtown section, T was shocked and have heen ever since. All you can say for downtown Indianapolis is that it is filthy . , . the streets, public buildings and stores. There may be good reason for the city and the county and the state not to get rid of

« Some of their beat-up old buildings but thers

is no reason why they cannot be kept clean, both inside and outside. Hoosiers have a lot of pride and, I might add, so do adopted Hoosiers. But in all hone esty, all T can say about downtown Indianapolis is that I am deeply ashamed of it... and I'll bet a lot of native Hooslers are, ton. —Adopted Hoosier, City.

‘Get Human, HST’

MR. EDITOR: 2 Why doesn’t this President of ours change his type of recreation? He signs his name a couple of times or makes a couple of speeches and then goes to Key West for a rest. He paddles around in the Gulf half nude with that monkey hat and swim suit on and a little rain drives him in his cabin. Did he ever try grabbing a train, going te Seattle, Wash., getting on one of those boats loaded with a few thousand kids he sent to Korea that lay around in the mud and the cold. These youngsters would like to see him come in some night and say, “Move over, soldier, it's cold and sloppy outside.” Well, my kid would like that. You see, he; has been in the hospital and we have not heard from him for some time, I suppose that he is back there in Korea again, Get human, HST. These kids get tired and worn 10 times to your one. That's all I've got to say.—Wm. Dininger, 1626 W. Morris St,

Lenten Meditation Jesus Answers Our

Questions About Himself THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE

Those who are well have po need of o physician, but those who are sick; | have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Luke 5:31. Read verses 27-32.

Was Jesus to be known by the company he kept? The Pharisees thought so. They asked Him, “Why do you eat with sinners?” : It wos a fair question. But Jesus knew that our only hope of changing a sinner is to get near him, ond one of the best ways to get near him is to eat with, him. Do you and | have a character which can take the same risk? Do we have a reputation which can withstand being seen with sinners? Do “we have a message which will burn through the sinner's heart before he persuades us fo go ond sin likewise? And what of the programs of our churches? Are they planned to win sinners to repentance, or to call the overrighteous over and over again? Do we go inte the highways and byways? While writing these words | was disturbed by two rogamuffins in the street, shouting out side my study door in Washington, My first. impulse was to chase them away, but something told me to sit down ond talk with them about baseball, airplanes; Sunday school, home. It was a wonderful hour. The church may be likened to a doctor's office whers soul-illness is cured, and it may be the open dosr inte o life's companionship with the divine through Christ.

Let Us Pray: O God, grant us the grace not to be shocked at sinners’ but to change them from their sin, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.

this ‘was a kind of internation-

your company ..."” “Oh ,. . .” interrupted Mr, Morris, holding tight to his shirt. It. developed hetween the shoutings and table-poundings that the ships; while owned ny the charitable foundation of which Mr, Morris is president, made four voyages with keroe sene for the enemy. It devel oped further that another Oriental firm, also allied to the foundation, had made 26 trips In other ships with supplies for the Reds after the Korea War started. That latter was evidence ine troduced by the committee counsel, Francis Flanagan, Mr. Morris said he didn't know anything about it. As for the

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' ; : Only he didn't sound sorry; " "Maybe we ought to let them decide our foreign policy before just Ge “i . that he personally grossed .

down from up above +g. bestow on us the way- ¥ “¥ ward souls . . . Your great undying lave .". .

give us the faith to struggle on . . . however dark the day . . . instill in us the strength we need . .. to go along our way... give us Your guidance when we stray ... so we czn find the -right . . . for without You we're all but lost . . , adrift in endless night . . . embrace us in Your loving arms . . . where we all long to be . . . because we are but drifting wood . . . upon life's stormy sea ... we beg You Father of the world + + + to love Your children well . . . so. we may share. Your home above , .. instead of dreadful Hell. Li : . —By Beh Burroughs.

four loads of coal oil, which makes an ideal fuel for jet fighters, Mr. Morris said the same tankers had made 200 other voyages for our Allies.

Every time he started to tell

exactly how the ships came to be chartered to the Russians for the haul between Rumania and Manchuria, somebody changed the subject. Next session Counmselor Morris wil have the opportunity to explain all. . te

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