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Bo o McMillin

[IS ALL of 30 years ince we first sew Bo Melia step out on a football field, That year he was the hottest football star in the country, fresh from a great carber at Centre College afd making his debut in the big-time pro game, which wasn't as big-time then as it is now, but was still plenty tough. Bo seemed pretty small and frail out there against Pete Henry and Bird Cafroll and the rest. Small and frail, and somehow sort of shy and fimid. The hometown crowd was unimpressed, and we have to admit he didn’t look like much—not right at first, that is. Not, in fact, until somebody was foolish enough to punt to him. Then he just shyly and timidly ran it back 50 yards or so for a touchdown. In a friendship that began that day we came to know that Bo wasn't shy and he wasn't timid. He was just modest and unassuming about being the very great 3 athlete that

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: "IT WAS AN attitude that carried right over into his coaching days. He coached some great teams and some great stars, but he always acted as if they had somehow got to be great in spite of him. His “pore little boys” became a national institution the year they brought home Indiana's first Big Ten championship , . . but Bo McMillin had been a Hoosier institution long before that. He belonged to. an old, and perhaps a vanishing, school of eos Tout ass Howe ts oh 1 be played for fun, He coached as if he enjoyed it, and his players played as if they enjoyed it. To him it was always the game that was important—and not the score. He was a great coach and a great teacher, and more than all that & great personality, modest in victory, resilient in defeat, a true sportsman and gentleman. : May his influence never fade from the campus of todinna 2 long as grass grows on gridiron.

Handcuffs on Mr. Morris Se

pha TRUMAN'S slow-motion Svertgation of 3 graft and corruption in his administration seem ta bo headed for the politcal graveyard Atty, Gen, J, Howard McGrath, who has been accused of making a fortune since he has been in public life, tagged the investigation for the undertaker. He told a House committee Monday that he had not filled out a questionnaire about his personal finances. The was sent to Mr, McGrath by Newbold Morris, the President's highly bs sendy op Eventually, all key federal of-

to get such a « ot only has he not answered the questionnaire, Mr. said, but he isn’t sure he is going to. ; Moreover, he has held up all of the for

: the Jukes Department untly be has decked whether It i per to subject government employees to such an inquiry. Soper Morris, who had been promised a free hand, has been handcuffed. To add insult to injury, the Attorney also told the committee that if he had it to do over

HENRY W. ‘MANZ N Business Manager

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‘he would oppose the appointment of Mr. Morris as

the frie Waid clean-up chief. y . 8 » a 8 » ; | PROBABLY if Mr. Morris had it to do over again, he wouldn't want the job. Federal Judge Tom Murphy deafter a second look to have no part of it. And if Mr. hasn't seen enough now to pack up and go home, is a glutton for punishment. Of course, since it's all in the family, Mr, Truman can resurrect his inquiry by aracking down on his Attorney General. But he backed away after starting in that direction once before. This investigation looked like a phony from the outget. But it was asgumed that it would drift into innocuous desuetude instead of generating enough steam to explode all over the lot. Now if the inquiry is to have an official burial it may prove somewhat embarrassing. Because many people will feel that the questionnaire about onal incomes would not have been suppressed if it-had not been * the point of uncovering some real pay: dirt.

Ike’ $ Successor

Now that @en. Eisenhower'is winding up his affairs in Europe pre tory to returning to the United States . to direct personally his campaign for the Republican’ presi‘dential nomination, the selection of his successor has become a topic of major concern on two continents. Field Marshal Lord Montgomery of Britain and Gen. Alphonse Juin of France have strong sentimental support in their respective countries for the high command Gen. Eisenhower is about to relinquish. But national sentiment ‘will not be a major factor in this situation. The job will go to another American, for our European associates ih the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are as one in the belief that their interests will be best served by such a selection. The NATO powers may be expected to ask President Truman to nominate another commander, just as they did when Gen. Eisenhower was appointed in the first instance. .

. . “ ® 8 = . UNDER normal circumstances, Gen. Eisenhower's recommendations might be the determining factor in the President’s decision. But whether Harry 8S. Truman will have the same regard for Gen. Ike's views now that he

might have had before the General became a candidate is a -

matter of some speculation. . Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, who is Gen. Bisaghower's Chet of Staff, commonly is believed to be the latter's persofml preference for the post. Congressional leaders who ha Je had recent contact with him also appear to be agreed he Is the right man for the job. But if the President has ~~ other plans, plenty of material is at band for another on. ¥ Generals Omar N. Bradley, Matthew B, Ridgway, Mark

al favor at one time or another.

, Clark, J, Lawton Collins and Hoyt §. Vandenberg all Shih to Sansiaseation, A) have rae] Wek In pron

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WISCONSIN - NEBRABKA PRIMARIES

HOOSIER FORUM— Tough Life

"| do not agres with a word that you say, but | will ¢ defend fo the death your right fo say it."

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Trenvesaneen .“ . MR. EDITOR: ¥ £ Sj » ng a Song, Earl A newspaper headline tells us that Harry, MR. EDITOR:

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order, according to any deviation that e snobs that make

become quite snooty

However, to get back to the subject of re- : . There are, no doubt, Republicans who feel it is merely a way

to spend more of the taxpayers’ money. How--ever, I cannot agree with that theory. While I -

have never been in the White House, one could well believe after it was occupied by the Roosevelt family for 13 years it would be pretty well

destroyed, I base this belief on the theory that’

everything that Roosevelt came in contact with,* he destroyed. - C.D. C. Terre Haute.

Lonien Meditation Jesus Answers Questions About Our Troubles

GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? Whe sinned, this man or his parents? It was not that this man sinned, or his parents. John 9:2-3. Read verses 1-5,

The disciples were stili under the mistaken impression that blindness and other illnesses were always the result of sin. Some sickness is the result of sin, But Jesus knew, and we know, that much of the tragic illness in the world is not here because “this man sinned or his parents.” 7 Ezekiel had to contradict the same idea when he found the people saying of their troubles, “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge” God soid, as recorded by Ezekiel, “Ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel,” because it wos used as an excuse for failure even then, There are few of us who suffer a tragic handicap in life because of the sins of our fathers, but most of us get a clean start, and then the running. of the race is up to us, with no excuses accepted by the Judge. There aie some troubles that we face for which we cannot make any rational explanation except, “That's life.” And it is what we do with trouble after it happen 4 that counts most, with God -and with us. Let Us Proy: © God, help us to remember that we are bound together in life with our ancestors and our children

and thes. May we not blame others or ourselves for things

that gould not be helped, but which Jesus can help. Amen.

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Open letter to Times Columnist Earl Wilson: I'm writing you about the piece you printed in The Times about Johnnie Ray. In the paper, if you remember, you called yourself a slimy snake. Well, I agree with you. = When you wrote that you were just speaking for yourself and a few other “old grouc who don't know real music when they hear it. I like his singing very much and so do many, many others. Of course, you have a right to your own opinion, but I think you expressed

yourself too much.

If I were Johnnie Ray, I would sue you and

all those other—well, I just can’t think of words

to put in here. I'm not Ray crazy, either. I just like Bim, He has something new and different: It's bad he is not on television more. - Well, I've told you what I think about you. he next time you ite anything about JohnRay's singing, I suggest you sing Sie ays. singing brother, would I love to be there to hear that. ~L. Melody Edwards, City.

‘How Come No Books?’ MR. EDITOR: Having lived in New York and Chichgo for several years each, I was amused at the article written by the woman who criticized people for reading the Mortimer and Lait books, “New York Confidential,” and “Chicago Corifidential.” As a matter of fact, while there were some distorted versions given of some things,

the majority of the items written dre the truth. I know from actual knowledge acquired while

Hving in these cities. Now the latest book by these men, called “Indianapolis Confidential,” has not yet made its appearance here, although it has been published. I wonder if it hits too close for comfort to be pleasing to some of the local talent, and

.. if -80,. maybe the sale of it is being withheld

purposely. Can’t help but wonder -as not a single copy of it is on the newstands. How come, Mr, Editor? ~Irene V. Nash, St. Regis Apartments Editor's Note: “Indianapolis Confidential” is not a book, but a chapter in “USA Confidential,” which has been on sale here for several weeks.

What Others Say—

THE WHOLE operation (against guerrillas)

is coming along beautifully and exactly according to schedule, but I shouldn’t look for results too soon.~—Gen. James A. Van Fleet, com-

~ mander U, 8. 8th Army,

IN THIS country the State Department is moving to destroy the freedom of our newspapers by using the United Nations as a shield for its activities.—Sen. John W. Bricker (R. 0.)

OUTSIDE of Mississippl, we're not giving away anything (in next year’s elections).—Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. 0.)

WASHINGTON, Apr. 1Now the wags are calling last

Truman's last supper, To the nerve - shattered Democrats this isn't funny. One of these is a particular friend of mine. Having put up $100 cash for a plate of steak, he sat at one of the two head «tables and there, while his coffee grew cold, he heard, the President announce he wanted no more of the job, This was like the roof falling in. My friend has not slept since; his condition is what you might call piteous. No wonder: The diners (he said) were having a nice little chat with * Mr. Truman over the sirloins, One suggested that the newly remodeled White House looked ‘beautiful, The “President agreed, though he did say he didn't much like the front por-tico.-He-sald also that if he could. have hired his own architect he believed he could have got the job done a goed deal cheaper. ~“One reason it's such a alos hous¢ is the nice man who

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WASHINGTON, Apr. 1—Stalin has won the first round in the-latest Soviet-Allied battle of

‘diplomacy for Germany. : _ Reaction of West German politicians, press and public to the Allied reply to the Soviet propésal—for ‘a united, neutral Germany with her own army and complete economic freedom-—is very Allied insistence on genuine free elections as the basis of any all-German government, and on limiting the German armed forces to ‘a

tion against aggression, is strongly supported ‘only by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer

Kven'some members of his coalition cabinet — Including the influential Jakob Kaiser, minister for all-German affairs—are flirting with the Soviet. plan. The powerful Socialist opposition party urges delaying German participation in the Western defense system until after a Boviet-Allied conference and after West Germany is free of Allied occupation controls. In event of an -allGerman election, the Socialists undoubtedly would emerge as the largest party. They would have a good chance of forming the new government, either alone or with the Nationalists. Apart from the Socialists and Nationalists, another large group impressed by the Stalin plan and opposed to the Allied counter-proposal is that comprising the so-called Neutralists, These are led by the well-organized Protestant

Stalin « + « phony plan

Church pressure faction, which is intent on.

DIPLOMATIC. BATTLE . as By Ludwiel Denny

Reds Win 1st Roy ba in Sommer |

reunion of West and East Germany at almost any price. While Catholics now have the edge in political power in West Germany, Protestants would dorinate an all-German tate. __ _ A smaller nd lass vocal pgudury i = .an exceedingly potent one, es dustrialists, Some Ruhr magnates support Chancellor Adenauer, whom the Socialists ac~ cise of being a Catholic and capitalist stooge, but ‘on this issue many do net. These see mors profit ‘in trading with Stalin and the satellites than in operating under restrictions of a West European economic union (the Schuman coals stéel combine) and making ‘armaments for the West, - For practical purposes the main factor in the Russian-Allied conflict is time. The Allies are racing to get Western Germany tied into the Allied economic and defense system. Stalin's object is to prevent that by delays.

Important Advantage : STALIN does not have to win West Ger many to his phony plan. It is merely necessary, for him to string out the -Allied-German negoti« ations until the pro-Allied ..denauer is hande cuffed by factionalists within his own governs ment; or until the Chancellor is unseated in the next general election. This Stalin tactical advantage is important, He could not win German opinion in a straight showdown with the “Allies. The Communist minority in West Germany is small and des: clining. Neither the Socialists, the Nationalists, nor the Protestant “neutralists”—much less the Ruhr business men-are pro-Russian, But each of these groups, seeking selfish gains, think it can escape Allied responsibilities and at the same time keep free of Soviet enslavement by playing the Allies and Russia against one ane other.

LABOR . . . By Fred W. Perkins Wilson Rejects Truman Policy

WASHINGTON, Apr. 1—Charles E. Wilson, the former industrialist who resigned angrily as director of defense mobilization, joined James F. Byrnes, Bernard Baruch and other leaders who disagree with President Truman on economic policies. : He told Mr. Truman that the Wage Stabilization Board's formula for settling the steel wage dis- ¢ pute, a formula now § backed by Mr. Truman, “violates my sense of justice and disregards the principles of equity on which I understood our whole control program was based, . I cannot accept

‘for major stabilization actions which _ I cannot control.” . Mr, Wilson rose from" ‘office boy to

« « + sense of justice

Charles E. Wikon _

president of General Electric Co. In World War

II, he was a War Production Board vice chairman. He was summoned back by President Truman in December, 1950. Mr. Wilson was given practically unlimt authority on paper, over all phases of Selim mobilization, including stabilization,

ARMED SERVICES

But last May, organized labor induced Me, Truman to curtail Mr, Wilson's authority ‘in wage matters and other labor-management dise putes. A revised wage board was. given power to make recommendations direct to the President

—short-circuiting Mr, Wilson. And the wage Board did just that last Thursday. The board recommended to Mr. Truman that the CIO steelworkers get wage increases and other benefits that the steel companies’ spokesmen said would require price increases of $12 a ton. Mr. Wilson told the President, “if steel workers received the whole package recommended by the wage stabilization board, inevitably other unions would demand and probably have to be given like consideration, and I did not believe the resultant inflationary pressures could be resisted.” Mr. Truman replied to Mr. Wilson that “I find that the proposed changes in wages and working conditions are By no means unreasonable and do not, in fact, constitute any real breach in our wage stabilization policies.” In last ber’s Governors’ Conference at Gatlinburg, Tenn, there was a colloquy between South Carolina’s Gov. Byrnes, who was stabil. ization boss in World War II, and Mr. Wilson. Mr, Byrnes: “Don’t think the only way. you can stop inflation is to establish a line and hold it regardless of inequities that it may cause? War always brings inequities.” Mr, Wilson: “I think that ih the only hope for the economic salvation of the country.”

. . By Charles Egger

House Out to Cut Down Waste

WASHINGTON, Apr. 1—A bill ‘to force the ‘Armed Services to quit some of their. wasteful

buying habits-is being whipped into shape by

a House investigating subcommittee. N Idea is to make the Defense Department adopt and use a single catalog system for buying

men claim this would save - up to $5 million & year. ; For years, Congress has been trying to talk the Armed Services into such a system. Some $50 million has been ‘spent by the services on the project. But the subcommittee says little progress has been made and billions are still N being wasted. Right now, a subcommitMr. Foster tee spokesman said, each of eso not By law. 17 military agencies has its own catalog system. Different ‘hames and numbers are used for identical items, so that nobody is ever sure what the other fellow has on hand.

‘Thus, one service buys a particular grade of paint, for. example, when another service is oversupplied with the same kind of paint.

This sloppy system also leads to high warehousing costs, The Air- Force, for example found it had 9000 different hose assemblies, with a separate bin set aside for each kind of assembly. In most cases, the only difference was in length of the hose. By getting bulk hose lengths and buying clamps dnd collectors separately, the Air Force reduced the 9000 hose assembly listings to only 193, It has reported to thé subcommittee that it will save in cataloging, inventory, warehousing and purchasing costs.

Deputy Defense Secretary William C. Foster

has admitted the department is “painfully aware of mistakes” in military buying policies. But he denies that the department has resisted a uniform catalog system and insists that “you just can’t do:it by writing a law.” The subcommittee partiany. agrees, but says

supplies. Committee spokes-.

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its bill would require—instead of recommend

- a single catalog system.

The new bill, to be ready this week for cone sideration by the full Armed Services Commite tee, also will “call for standardizing common items. The Navy, for examples, now lists 14 varieties of a common casing nail

SINGLE specifications for standard items % will be required. A certain type of dress shoe; for example, now is bought under three different specifications, where one would do the, job" adequately.

Another provision ultimately would place °

the centralized buying system under direction of a civilian, rather than a military man. : Finally, the Defense Department would beg

* requifed to make frequent reports to Congress

on what it is doing to make the plan work.

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY.

DR. JAMES B. CONANT wants us to split the atom with the British. But we had better

find out first whom the British intend to split

with. * > 0D GEN. J.. LAWTON COLLINS told West Point cadets the Armed Forces are working on weapons that will astound the experts, Probe ably make war safe for soldiers. * & & ATTORNEY GENERAL McGRATH testified that he did not think outside business of Jus. tice Department lawyers interfered with their government jobs. There is adequate testimony that a government Job | often improves outside business. ® & &

CONGRESSMEN would be more impressed with pleds for passage of thé Fair Trade Bill if their home town druggists didn't mail them from Florida winter resorts. Y ® eB IGH whisky taxes are helping a lot of mountain folks to get rich. ee poor

. By Frederick C. Othman

Wage Call Whing-Ding Truman’s Last Supper

wife of the Secretary of Agri- were believing what their ears Sobbi culture. - had heard, tor 2 neg tie Yesp Mr. Truman thanked his “Daddy, what "does this he President by now was fellow diners for the kind mean?” cried Mrs. Alben W. og gone. Photographers and

words and strolled over to the

other. table for his historic speech.

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minutes of his address, about not wanting to:be President any more. The bigwigs dt my Democrat's table sat: with their mouths open--all except Vice-President Alben W, Barkley—as though the words had no meaning. An instant later all hands

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; until the _ " President came to the last two

Barkley. The Veep patted her hand.

Another Democrat asked the Vice President if he’d known what Mr. Truman intended to say. Yes, said the Veep, the President had -told him 10 minutes before he began his speech, Mrs. Brannan seemed to be all broken up. Almost incoherent. India Edwards, the hand~ some vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, burst into tears. She

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reporters cracked, their shins on the spindly-legged chairs, trying %o get to Gov.=-Adlal Stevenson of. Illinois, who_ is said by some to be Mr. True mans’ choice as next. Presie dent,

My friend, who had all the

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porter, himself, was sitting right there. Gov. Stevenson, he said, had no idea the President was going to make any such announcement. At first the governor stute tered. Then he got his wits about him in a hurry and repeated again and yet again a statement as noncommittal as he could -make it. The Democrats now were milling around

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the vast hall. In many eyes, .

including those of the Agricul ture . Secretary, were tears, Others eyes looked dazed. My own particular Democrat said he felt as though he'd been hit on the head with a mallet. Somehow he got home

that night and somehow he

fell into bed, but he got no rest. Today he's hollow of eye

rand weak of knee. Mention , .

Truman's last supper to him and he shudders, :

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THE IND -squad yester addition of from other c! a full game.The team sautels defeal by Tribe Co ings, 6 to 4. The contest the hitting o collected fou times at bat Conyers, stri batted in th on two hits. smacked out

4 THE LOSI to six. hits tv by Dave Pop third base. T pleted five almost made ~errors, one | the other by " Fact is, th six errors, ar in the outfie Joe Montalvi pearance beh

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Monica, Cal. All ‘the ci rear-drives. however, ‘is _ The Elkin Special, wa qualifier la Scarborough for the 10 this year i Bowes Seal

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