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The Teamsters Get ‘Union Security’

GOOD many of the members of Local 135, Teamsters Union, were finding out today what “union security” really does mean. . ; : Most of their contracts with employers ificlude it—that is to say most of those contracts require everybody who works there to be a member of the union and bind the

employer to fire anybody who isn't. Because they were toldw-..c..in,

this was a good thing for them, many of those union. members worked hard to get that into their contracts. A number of them have been on strike against the Red Cab Company for weeks right now, with that as one of the major issues. Yesterday the “boss” of Local 135—who was appointed, hy the way, and not elected to that office—began to advertise for “truck drivers,” presumably non-union - truck

drivers, since there were plenty of union members available.

for all the jobs there were. What he had in mind he didn't say. But thoughtful members of Local 135 quickly saw what he could do—with their/jobs.

Anyone who is “suspended” or “expelled” from the

union is no longer a union member. So the company he works for is bound by the “union security” contract to fire him immediately. Most of the other companies which employ truck drivers around here are also bound, by their own “union security” contracts, not to hire him. The whole local can be “suspended”’—as some have been—at any moment, for any reason, or for no reason, and every man in it automatically made ineligible to get or keep a job with any of these companies. So the union “boss” sends over whoever he chooses to fill the jobs—hardly ever choosing anybody who would be likely to oppose the way he is running the union. :

THAT IS what “union security” in their contracts means today to the members of Local 135. Essentially it is what such contracts mean to any member of any union that writes them. They give to the union officers—no matter how they get their offices—what amounts to absolute power over the members—over their union activities, their jobs, and the daily living of their families. They sérve no other purpose, and they offer no other “advantage” to any union member. Any worker has an unquestioned right to be a union member if he wishes. That ceases to be a “right” the minute such membership becomes compulsory, as it does under the so-called “union security” contract. Instead of giving a union member greater ‘‘security” it gives him less. That is why any employer who bas a decent regard for the welfare and the rights of his employees resists the demands for such contracts—which always originate with the professional, paid, union organizers, never with the working union members themselves. The members of Local 135 were naturally disturbed and alarmed this morning over what appeared to them to be a move to take their jobs and give them to somebody else. : There is nothing they can legally do about it, though. They've got “union security” in their contracts.

Excitement, Plus and Minus F AVERAGE citizens get a little puzzled about the alter-

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program, the working-level planners in the Pentagon must feel even more scrambled. Now we learn that the reason for Air Force Chief Vandenberg's hasty flight to Key West recently was a summons from President Truman. ‘ The Air Force is far behind its timetable, and lagging more and more all the time. This has been common knowledge for some months. Intelligence information at the Pentagon indicates the Russians are outproducing us on the all-important jet planes at a rapid clip.’ Yet the Presidential decision to hurry a little faster comes close on the heels of the Presidential budget, which flatteried ‘out aircraft production by-some 36 per cent... The main excuse for the drag in aircraft production has been the bottleneck in machine tools. But effective steps to break that bottleneck are comparatively recent.

8-8 @ J ® = = NOW CONSIDER a report on this page from ScrippsHoward Writer Clyde Farnsworth in Morocco, where the U. S. has been building a series of huge air bases—bases designed to serve as a deterrent to the spread of Russian aggression. These bases now are under congressional investigation on the usual arraignment — waste. The commander in charge of construction says if there has beer waste, it is because he was under tremendous pressure to rush the job through. While the heat is on to build those bases, the schedule which was to produce the planes to use the bases is being cut back. 5 This is what's known as the alternating-current policy flows one way, then another. And doesn't get very far

very fast.

G-Men Score Again THE G-MEN seem to have cleaned up the bizarre Reno robbery, and in jig time. While this robbery yielded a rich haul, and was featured by mystery and eccentricity, it was not one of the ‘FBI'S more important cases. But the speedy manner in which it was wrapped up is another testimonial to FBI

The way things have been with so many other govern-

. ment. agencies, seeing the FBI turn in another skillful, ef-,

fective job is reassuring. It shows what the government can do when it has’ qualified people—and leadership—on the job.

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LONDON, Mar. 18--The political campaign for the American presidency hax a close parallel on this side of the Atlantic—the “campaign” for a successor to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Atlantic Pact army. This: campaign has been under way behind the scenes for many months, *

Spring Styles

SesERNARANNSRRR RORY

MR. EDITOR: As you have heard from the County Commissioner, also the chief of the Marion County Highway Department, now just a line from one of the boys of the tree gang. I admit the dead {tree sitpation in that district is bad and that the tree gang is working to clear it up. I quote: “... crews take nearly four days to fell and cut up one average sized tree.” That is not true. I joined the gang about the middle of Janu-

ary, this year, and the first job was in the

4600 block W, Washington St. We cleaned it up and moved to Bradbury and Perkins, Sts. to cut up a tree that was down. Since that time, we have taken down nine trees in one day and never less than three in any one day while I was working on the job out there, Do you want taxes higher to pay the wages? There is plenty of “knot” lying when we move onto the next tree, but there is no brush. The “knot” and “large cut” are left and will de cleaned up I am sure. The trouble is there are too many people who want the front space cleaned up first, it looks to me. —Oscar Caplinger, 2150 N. Rural St.

Lenten Meditation - Jesus Answers Our

Questions About the Word

SMALL BUT MIGHTY

What are they among so many? John verses 5:14. Five loaves of barley bread and two fishes. What are they among so many? Enough to work a miracle when touched by the spirit of Jesus. Mow did it happen? It did happen becouse somewhere in the heart of God there was an unexpected reserve. What are they among so many? This is what Caesar must have thought when he looked at a few Christians in his own household. Yet they were enough to overturn the empire and create a kingdom that shall never die. What are they among so many? This is what the overlords of gambling and corruption in America say when they hear and read a few speeches and tirades against their foul business. But a few voices and hands lifted against this decay could work miracles. What are they among so many This is what the

6:9. Read

“average man must have said when he saw a few mis-

sionaries start for Asia, then Africa, then-the islands of the sea. Yet in almost every country on earth this handful of missionaries has changed the way of life for millions, and what seemed like so little has become so much. What are they? Everything! Let Us Pray: In the face of humanity's great need, O God, we seem so few and so small. Wilt thou of thy greatness now take our poor best and magnify it by thy blessing ‘until it becomes enough. For Jesus’ sake. Amen.

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‘Road Courtesy’ MR. EDITOR: } Just what is meant by “courtesy of the motorist”? I will admit every now and then one comes across a courteous motorist, but nine times out of 10 it is the other way around. 1 had occasion to come in contact last week with a prize. He blocked the street which would have allowed a pedestrian to cross the street. When I remonstrated with him about blocking the street, he said, “Why don’t you get out in the traffic?” : I am wondering why Indianapolis does not do the same thing they do in San Francisco. When a pedestrian finds a motorist breaking the law, all he has to do is call the auto division of the city and they take the number. The motorist is notified if too many complaints come against him he will be restrained from driving for a period of time. In that way there just isn’t toc much disregarding traffic either by the motorist or the pedestrian. This discourtesy happened at Michigan St. and Indiana Ave., at the bridge. He pulled up, seeing people were waiting for the change of light and deliberately pulled up past the street crossing so one would have to go out into the street and take chances on his life to cross in the opposite direction. —Zenobia Fisher, 813 Camp St.

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY SEN. CAPEHART {is ready to let his price control amendment die, and President Truman will hurl it as a dead cat in the campaign.

OWEN LATTIMORE'S # testimony before the McCarran committee has proven one thing—he can remember when red ties were stylish,

THE HOUSE killed UMT atter Gen. Eisenhower indorsed it. This gave lke a preview of what it would mean to be President.

_._SOME OF his GOP opponents think there ought to be a law keeping Harold Stassen out of primaries.

Mr. Stassen vo. a law ALABAMA states righters want to uphold

their four-year-old tradition and not let Democrats vote for President Truman.

SEN. RUSSELL believes that an old con-'

tederate cap is better in the presidential ring this year than a coonskin cap.

WASHINGTON, Mar, 18-1 guess I'm just a boy from the country, -but I've always admired poliicemen. Particularly the world's greatest policemen in the world’s greatest capital. So there was Police Lt. Hialmar H. Carper, chief of the Washington, D, C., narcotics squad, telling the Senators and the television audience how he went about nabbing dope peddlers: He struck me as typical of the really ‘high-class bluecoat. A big, brawny, pink-faced veteran of the force, he looked

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A fascinating tale he began to tell, too, about how he chose young officers from the police school, why could dress sharp’ and function as his among the pushers of heroin, cocaine, and a new synthetic drug known as “glue.” The Senators wondered about this sharp dressing. Lt, Carper chuckled. Said dope “operators usually let their sideburns grow long and wore big bow ties, long coats _and suede shoes. That was . one way he tould tell 'em. 80 I was impressed. And all .of a sudden there was Sen. Matthew M. Neely (D. W. Va.)

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Over lke Eisenhower's Job In Europe

prestige, could never agree on a non-American, They are also aware that an American is able to get more support money from Congress.

But which American? It seems safe to say that Europeans will

accept any-top level American general that the -

U. 8. insists on. That means that most of the “campaign” involves Americans, rivalries between various U. 8B. Army cliques, and Mr. attitude toward anyone close to Eisenhower if {it appears that Ike and Mr. Truman are to he opponents in the presidential race.

Four names have prominently entered the discussion. In the order of frequency usually mentioned. the four are (1) Gen. Alfred Gruenther, Ike's chief of staff, whose brilliance and phenomer.al memory earned him the nickname “The Brain; (2) Gen. Matthew Ridgway, who succeeded Gen, MacArthur in the Far East; (3) Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the U. 8, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and (4) Gen. Joe Collins, U. 8, Army chief of staff, :

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EISENHOWER'S choice 1s. Gen. And most Furepean members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization probably favor Mim despite the fact-he is a staff officer and never has held a major command. Gen. Gruenther has made a good impression on his European colleagues who feel his appointment would cause the least upheaval in the delicately balanced NATO. Gen. Gruenther's enemies claim he has been “running” for the job for a long time. , 8ix months ago. Europeans were disturbed by the thought of Ike leaving. But there now is growing feeling- that Ike in the White House

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would be the best guarantee that the ‘present American policy toward Europe would continue

especially if the alternative were Sen. Robert

A. Taft, regarded here as unsympathetic toward Europe. - The mi jor question about Gen. Gruenther is whether President Truman would agree to an Eisenhower man if Ike really gets into the political campaign. Gen. Ridgway’'s availability depends upon events in Korea. 2 > Bo . GEN.BRADLEY'S memoirs frankly discussed his wartime feud with Britain's Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. So he is unlikely to get British support. Monty certainly would not con tinue in NATO under Bradley. British officers say Monty and Gen. Gruenther get along famously, however, and believe Monty would not hesitate to continue as deputy, even under such a relative youngster as 53-year-old. Geh,

° Gruenther.”

Gen. Collins is not well known in Europe although his war record there is impressive, Like Bradley, he has no experience in working with international forces. Naming Ike's successor would be an international matter. The NATO council of foreign ministers agreed on Ike and requested President Truman to make him available. On that basis, Gen. Gruenther has a big head start. He is known and .liked by European NATO members. They have worked with him even more than with Ike during the last year, He has a year of experience and an intimate knowledge of NATO, Thus, Gen. Gruenther appears now to be an odds-on favorite—unless U. 8. Army politics or presidential politics interfere.

MOROCCO . . . By Clyde Farnsworth Pressure Hikes Air Base Costs

TANGIER, International Zone, Morocco, Mar. 18—Col. George T. Derby, the American who has had most to do with building air bases in Morocco, considered himself under a threat of disaster if he was late with it. The pressure for haste contributed to the enormous cost of the bases and led to charge of flagrant waste. The U. 8. Senate Preparedness Committee, which has been investigating these charges, is to resume its hearings today in Washington. Col. Derby commands the Atlantic (Morocco) district of the Mediterranean division of our world-wide military engineering. “We felt the weight of world security on our shoulders,” he said. “If we were not ready with bases to strike from in the summer of 1951, our failure .might not only help bring war on, but also might cause us to lose it.”

French Dawdling THIS sense of urgency stemmed from Communist aggression in Korea and from high-level judgments from Washington.. Tied in with it were many weeks of French dawdling over technical agreements. Col. Derby said the American-French agreement to construct the bases was signed on Dec. 22, 1950. Five bases, including three bomber fields, were called for. July 1, 1851, was the date set for their completion. But only two bases are in operation, although more than $200 million has been spent and more will be needed. Col. Derby said the work was being done by a combination of U. S. contracting firms under the name Atlas Contractors. They are working under a cost-plus-fixed-fee agreement. Confusion and delays marked the program from the start. In one instance, according to

» testimony before the Senate Committee in Washington, a site was selected and work started on the base. The project was abandoned for six months, however, when it was discov ered there was no source of drinking water. A new site’ was selected and construction machinery moved from the first project. Then a source of water was found at the first site, and work was resumed there. The first American skilled labor had to be hired in the tight spring and summer of 1951, instead of “during the slack wintertime, as planned. American workmen had to be flown to the job at high expense. Also, American millions for Morocco brought out the worst in the suppliers of local material, They had never heard of antitrust laws. Cornering of markets and collusion in bidding were unpunishable—and highly profitable,

Considerable Bickering

THERE'S been considerable bickering and buck-passing over the program's real and imagined shortcomings. The Army Corps of Engineers seems to blame the nature of the assignment, French bureaucracy .and local avarice. The Air Force has criticized quality of the work at the two bases now operating. But out of this confused wrangling has come a footing from which American bombers can, if necessary, range deep beyond the Iron Curtain in Europe. Besides the three bomber bases, there will be a fighter base and a depot to handle: both bombers and fighters. The bases sprawl over thousands of acres, The largest will include about 9000 acres. They are American for the duration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. When NATO ceases, the establishments will revert to France,

NO RETURNS . . . By Charles Egger

Oil Venture Is RFC Headache

WASHINGTON, Mar. 18—One of Harry A. McDonald’s biggest headaches as the new administrator of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. will be the lending agency's multi-million-dollar venture into the oil business, which so far hasn't paid off. The loan was made in 1949 to the Texmass Petroleum Co., now known as Texas Consolidated Oil, Inc., and was later denounced by the Senate Fulbright Committee as not in the public interest and primarily a bail-out of Texmass creditors. The RFC said’ yesterday the company has been lagging in its loan payments since last June. The company is supposed to pay the RFC 50 per cent of all the money it takes in each month, with a minimum of $115,000 a month. But it hasn't reached that minimum since June. No foreclosure proceedings have been started, however, since a shutdown of the company would mean almost a total loss for the RFC. Likely to come up, however, is the question of releasing more money to Texas Consolidated to drill new wells or clean old ones. The original RFC loan authorization to Texmass was for $15 million, of which: $4 million was provided by two big insurance companies. About $825,000 of the RFC’s share has not been handed over to the company.

More Operating Income

THAT amount was frozen last June by former RFC Administrator W. Stuart Symington. who said he was “not happy” about the Texmass loan.

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for release of the $825,000 since Mr. McDonald took over. However, the RFC recently went along with a proposal to bolster the company’s operating money. Under the plan, the insurance companies may waive their share of future monthly payments applicable to principal. This will be a relatively small sum and indicates the company’s urgent need for more operating income, .

SENATORS IRKED . . . By Frederick C. Othman D. C. Policeman Is Hazy on ‘The Long Green’

of taking bribes: from the unspeakable ones he was supposed to put in jail. You could have knocked me over with “a whiff of marijuana. The top of the lieutenant's bald head turned crimson, but he remained imperturbable. Denied that any narcotics dealers ever had paid him a cent. The Senators named some of these scummy ones: Catfish Turner, Black Sammy Davis, Peter Rabbit Smith and Bucklejaws Johnson. No, said the lieutenant. He'd taken no bribes from any such vividly monikered trash. : From now on, I am forced to admit, things got embarrassing for the valorous’ lieu-

years, went

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cept three during the last five into his wife's, checking account. Into his own bank balance went a series of monthly deposits in cash, of $200, $300, $500, for two years, adding up to $3845. demanded Commit‘tee Counsel Arnold Bauman, did he get that? Lt. Carper said he didn’t know. He just didn't know, Maybe he borrowed it, he thought, perhaps. The Senate sleuths were taking no such vague answer, They'd checked his borrowings, and for the two years in which” cash somehow reached his hands on the 16th of every month he hadn't borrowed anything. Sen. Neely and Co. tried to

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I'VE wondered oh so many times .". . what

The Fulbright committee reported that nearly $12.5 million of the $15 million total loan was to pay off Texmass debts. The loan was approved by the old RFC board of directors against the unanimous opposition of its five~ member review committee. To date, less than $1 million has been repaid. During the Fulbright committee's investigation of the Texmass case, Ross Bohannon, then an attorney for Texmass, testified that E. Merl Young, of mink coat fame, had offered to help along the Texmass application for a fee of $85,000. : Young, now under indiétment on a charge of lying to the committee in another phase of its investigation, denied Mr. Bohannon’s story and swore that Mr. Bohannon had tried to hire him and former Democratic National Chairman William M. Boyle Jr., to work on the Texmass loan. : Meanwhile, the Justice Department said it still was studying another angle of the case. «It involves Allen Freeze, assistant RFC controller at the time the loan was approved. Shortly after, he resigned his $10,750-a-year RFC job to become a Texmass executive at $22,500 a year,

Civil Action Filed NINE MONTHS ago Mr. Symington turned up evidence indicating that Freeze was on the Texmass payroll while he was working for RFC. Mr. Symington sent the evidence to the Justice Department. : The Justice Department said it had completed its analysis of the evidence, but that the analysis now must be reviewed by other officials to determine whether there is a basis for crim-

_inal prosecution. “The RFC, however, already has filed a ¢ivil™

action in Dallas, Tex., seeking a judgment of $19,878 against Freeze in salaries and payments

“he collected from the RFC and the company

while allegedly working for both. The suit charges that Freeze “actively encouraged and promoted” the loan while an RFC employee. Freeze, who has left the company, has denied the dual employment.

help him out. Did he rent property? Had he some business on the side? Was he lucky at gambling? Had hae speculated on the stock mar-. ket? The lieutenant said he'd done none of those things.

For hero worshipers like ma the situation now was pitiful, Sen. Neely blew up,

“I owe it to you to tell you that this committee has evidence of cash that was paid to you by these dope ‘peddlers for protection,” he said, They did not, either, said the lieutenant. Then, persisted the Senator, where did he get He $3845 in long green? Lt. arper said he didn’t remember. rigutly The Senator said he'd better doggone well remember, and

quickly, because the evidence

of the Messrs. Peter Rabbit Bucklejaws, Catfish, Blac K

accusing the heroic lieutenant

will tomorrow bring . . . will it be sorrow or great joy . . . will it be birds that sing . . . there may be rain or sunshine or ... who knows, there may be snow ... and tragedy may touch my life... as hours come and go ... I guess it's sort of natural . .. to wonder of tomorrow . .. for no one knows how fate will deal . . . the cards of lend and borrow .. . will there be love

to comfort me . .. or will my heart be blue . ., - I've wondered oh so many times . . . and no"

doubt you have too, . . =—By Ben Burroughs.

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