Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1952 — Page 20

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* 2 Spe d 5d . i : i | - ; ie . . a 3 y TO Fs v * ” 3 : : Bh . & ] » 4 wh as & a § : : : > Hr A110 ap 11mes ~~ By J. Hugh O'Donnell If Craia’s s ot a Tai k SUND CWE VV MRE a, Craig’s Got a lank Was ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ WR AAI : . 3 ee Prono ir Boas ata 722s HeCanKeeponRollin Co PAGE 20 Sunday, Apr. 6, 1952 BAS ; . yp: —- * 3 GEORGE CRAIG, one of many Republicans who T oe He Bread hee ndians ih og Punish, w want to be Governor, has learned that in Indiana politics 0 Putted Press, 6gripps-Hopacd Henibseer Alliance: NEA Bary . it isn’t always “first come, first served.” Price in Marion County b cents 8 007 Lor daly wod 109 ob Mr. Craig found himself out front in the race for . for Sunday: fe or by carrier daily snd Sunday sic # Pg w daily only CU Bunday oniy 10g. Mail rates in indiana i Governor today. But he didn't { | aly and Su ar 00 ve r daily 3500 + Tar. unday Li like it. Most Indiana GOP organiza. Rlexico dally 91.10. 8 month. Sunday 10s & coy. a f Being in first place three tion men deplore this stand ‘ f months before the state con- Tal y tend t Wi Telephone PL aza 8551 vention has put him in the un- IF Mr. Craig in s J o stay ’ alive in the Governor's race clean-u Give Light and the People Wilk Fins Thewr Oion Wey - ° enviable position of being the po will be obliged to answer lurget for every candidate In pie critics to the satisfaction Attorney e race i : ‘ ‘ of the public or make some brazen i Th T Th Isn’ Pai d As a result, all other Re- counter Parges of his own. lid on. ne 1ax at Isn't Pail Publican sandiates por oo: For the present, Mr. Craig But a ad > : : h to answer his ‘criti THOSE who believe “nothing is sure but death and taxes” Ceale with the usual political make No counter pry Prol haven't taken a look lately at the personal property A I I ileiing us neply to CHK 16 IRUALlY shed lig] taxes around here. me and political pressure, Tort ne not Sa fn any official re We bring up the subject now because this is the season a bor hon > u} "StopCraigl way with the Eisenhower cam- Kin; when property is supposedly being assessed, and also be- SN my Or pugn. To be lieve, however, Just cause it is the season when candidates for the state legis- ie Republica) hin command paintain peace. Preparations will keej lature are coming forward, and in the hands of those we jnsiets De. a should be made 9 that 1 our to know elect next fall lies the only remedy. to a snail's pace. Ors or ll > to take t Personal property taxation here has simply become SOME of the wTIRIION bee JUS in someone else's coun- record w a farce. : ing shot in Mr. Craig's direc- Ky and With SOPHeEONS ‘Slae's his stret. : tion would have stopped an or- a 8 =» I 33 safe estimate that nine-tenths of the personal dinary bandwagon. Unless Mr. «1 THINK it is criminal to Gen, property in this county never gets on the tax duplicates Craig’s bandwagon is mounted send untrained men Into bat. successol at all. - Presumably most of it that does get on is paid, but on a tank, there is still a good tle. I helleve stiould give peck and | there is mighty small assurance even of that. s A " bok nocked Ares vd TO ® ® in Be The personal property that gets on the tax duplicates to admit the political fireworks the casualties, We should do had major is assessed and taxed in o completely cockeyed fashion. are coming at him fast and {hie to ecoromin hs Sof on while Gr Awhile back we published pictures an automobile (worth tions. Here is some of the life.” Bed Sal $2000) and a house (worth $10,000) that were taxed at ammunition the politicos are Because ot the “Stop Craig" Top Penta exactly the same figure—$131 each, as we recall it. iar Craig's campaign possibility nat. Secretary. of oh Automobiles, under our system, are assessed at the is being stage-managed by El- State Leland Smith of Lo- It Ridg full value they would bring if sold. Furniture, watches, mer (Doc) Sherwood, who 1s. STICRICL iG IU ito the state NATO, lo television sets, deep freezers, jewelry and so on are assessed Per Re Tah i this Hoo: most delegates. : no» | —if they are assessed at all—at one-tenth, or one-twentieth, ment. However, in the event of a or one-fiftieth of what they are actually worth. As far TWO—Mr. Craig Is consid- - fe a a Cone Time fo ‘as we can find out stocks and bonds, cash, and such intangi- : - ; ; ered a supporter of Gen. ide Snin” the race would . TRADE — . rane SHENEITRNINNINIINNS INRA EERE EN RRR IRN ORR Rs RRReI arn enInesg Dwight D. Eisenhower for ould « THERE’ bles are not assessed or taxed at all. : : i President While the entire In- 1° Wide open. Some Repub. war scar . nn . R ot T HOOSIER F ¢ ° y : diana GOP organization fa- licans vegan State Ben. Joby don’t get : : 3 ‘ : raiso an THAT'S ONLY part of the picture. eas OSS : ORUM— U. S. Policy i "THREE Mr. Craig comes businessman Samuel Harrell BR There appears not to be enough money to hire qualified . i "I do: not ih d & i from Brazl, the southern part ot > nieavile 38 the Sandle habs 3 assessors of personal property, or anywhere near enough New Ba it i not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it." 2 ot pe State Sine Sen. Wil- cotapie™ as a compromise. oa are “tradi assessors, yet the la i , Sannenannens i x s from the south, Fa starting ) w requires that it be done every year, ’ " i tn «+ Some Republicans want the THERE are some politicians They go or ae If the householder happens not to be at home when T PB . i by MR. EDITOR: Dosa. he Anink. that: such — wil Sandidate Ir Saverio to be who insist conditions are ripe We'll stre the assessor calls he just doesn’t get on the tax books for Oo ri is Recently there appeared in the Forum, let- lead to the prevention of Pn Joie ili her ticket. north, 2 halanes the for someunc Hot Tow Sani. a et, _ that year. There is no system for carrying over his property By R. H. SHACKFORD ters, stating the opinion of a Republican, which lleve the youngsters of further fears, wars, and FOUR—Mr. Craig is in favor Richard James—to come oN mum, hold valuation from the bef h condemned all the acts of the Democrats since confusion? of universal military trainin 3 : year before—he just disappears entirely LONDON, Apr. 5—Always ; ry 8 and pick up the marbles CC: 16Te does ha Ly. ' Roosevelt brought us out of the greatest depres- As long as there are people in this world that which is unpopular in Indiana. Isolated pockets of ti Pros in | AT ppen to be at home the assessor frequently ready to fish in troubled sion this country has ever experienced. : thinks as he does, one sided that is, there will FIVE—Mr. Craig has vir- strength in Indian io eal Sn advises him to “put down $50 a room” as the value of his waters, Russia has just tossed It must be very gratifying to the Commies always be wars, tually indorsed the North At- tinue to favor State Re Son POLITIC . "No 2 pt fever Is. made to. get at an luscious bait into ‘Britain's ang sellow travelers in ute eountey to hear hat worn he Sf everyting, Mr. Editor, it's a Janie Treaty Organization 0. Hughes, Ft ayner ond hands of furniture. ttempt wha - i ) r country has been } an e Tru - ! Hai : pproximate real value for taxation purposes. serious tsxtile depression, launched on a policy of destruction. This would ~Member of Uncle Sam's Troops, tion's foreign policy in Europe: oo. Bate, Mander, ae “It has become, i ‘ Russia is reported to be discourage all good Americans if it were true. Camp Atterbury Hospital ! : ago 1s has become, in fact, so- much trouble to get oneself (.mpting Britain with the sug- It certainly creates in the mind a state of : ¥ Houpita. : position, axed persondl property that quite a lot of people gestion that she might be will: ~ doubt as to the sanity of the people of our ‘Stop Signal Needed’ DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney next set o parently just don't bother to do it all. ing to buy some of her textiles. great. Fepubiic who Ave. for the past 20 years, MR. EBITOR : * : Taft wil ke 5 ntly suppor s. Such juvenile and . : , To forestall that becoming unanimous we have a Even if Britain were not false propaganda does no good, Juve he It seems to me that something could be done Madden Sees De 2 i, f that requires automobile owners to show evidence looking desperately for textile suthoy. Rea : shout the intersection at Broad Ripple Ave and mo Beams hu ha : : a markets, the Russians might e Republicans can win an election on eystone Ave. despite the fact that it is out of * ‘ : Sey y have pold their personal property tax before they « MATES e British over a barrel a policy of destroying and removing from the the city limits. The crossing, as it now stands, V t . * gates. Ket 3 oer AEE on this one, since Britain still ‘reach of the working people of this country, is marked stop from three directions, but north- IC ory in a Ing d 3 Dero ut law hasn't had a court test and there's more than Vays ich ety tom Russia Shaly of; Secunity for tiepseives and poster- Pound Hatie on Xeoysions does not even have WASHINGTON. A : Seon ne A: r a ; an she sells to Russia. v e for the people to rededicate them- o slow down. is is extremely dangerous for # N, . i dbious nel the courts would take a dim view of the what's more clever is that selves to the principles of freedom. anyone not familiar with the corner. Seeing the the hearts of Fai pr. 5—Hope springs eternal in wins in Nev bious prin ple that Would prohibit a citizen from paying the Soviet “interests came as ~Theo B, Marshall, 1114 Tecumseh St. southbound traffic stop, they naturally assume Tak R 3 peal Demerats. ha nso! tax—for an auto license—until after he has paid the Commies’ much-ballyhooed Las ; that the northbound traffic will also stop. e Rep. Ray Madden, Gary, who is serving his ng I tho tor ie personal teoperty. Ever, If thie el ie international * conemio_ Con- ‘Stupid Remarks’ rr Crossing, reposts the service ‘station fifth term as First District Congressman He thinks all is Sew > * y on the corner, has been the scene of : . . sound, it doesn't work very well. And even if it worked Basten trade, opened in MR, EDITOR: three serious accidents this year. ee ep ry _ who came to Washingt H First Jo ectly it wo still OSCOW. {le reading your Wednesday issue of th My question is, whether the Stat h “ shinglon.. le ahead is F : perfe vy w wie » : reduce payment only of the tax It's obvious that the Rus- Hoosier Forum (Apr. 2) I po help but be _ Commission plans to let Pr Boy hoi A . iy care Be road Saseed 2 Gongressional som. tests Geor on a Vving room that might contain $1000 worth of fur- sians are engaged in two major come disgusted over a letter written by C. D, C. demise before it considers it bad enough to put cratic victory ; hn yee. whe, they inquired into against Te _niture assessed at $50. in, diplomatic offensives against of Terre Haute, about our President and his up an automatic stop and go signal this fall” se a alloy Russell ha: srr est: cal education. : ~—Fred M. Kurz Jr., 7016 Evarfston Ave. He end d d . port. Kefai "on : PE First, politically in Ger- Any person who would make such stupid pia eals. They didn’t like it. bust : p ery thing Then he issued a questio ysting re PERSONAL property always has been diffi .many, where the Reds are remarks couldn't possibly have the mental abil- . » that q Ne in Miami. ' cult to tax. trying to confuse, befuddle and ity to think them up himself Lenten Medit, al was naire for public officials which : , , From which ation c x : In theory it is supposed to get from th p himse done. He was full of small Note: ( & ¢ individual who frustrate the West. smear book did he copy his stuff? . thinks all personal x ? that uestions, more intere owns no real estate and only rents his home his fair share Seu, pT omically = aaa, the to Jiow what he means Dy Jesus Answers Questions Attorney es it £, Such 3 how eh nomination ¢ * = cons n i * = o the sos} of. government. Actually such a person pays nomic and - financial grisls ¢. D. C. sounds to me as though he is in a About Victorious Life Senerall i oh lege sad gous Your Wire dhpily » Lhe threaten both rearmament an olitical - is i . rent. so d foi on his vented home as a part of his standard of living. his iy at be J owns In Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness over- Grath was y 48 =» governor, ti doesn't Sovaps taxgtion: so that is no real item. ia a Ie etult Te Dis hat rare. coruption. . "7° 700 John 12:25 ‘Rend verses 31:36, he Ah NOBODY answered it a good many states have abandoned the idea of colléct- ry : ; : e After he sent a staff man on much I ) THE Kremlin's textile offer Under the picture of Peter Milne in the church h Truman cor- Mr. Madden around to ask the att / ing a tax on personal property entirely, and designed other pus not been made formally. MR. DANDELION fotnded on the little New Hebrides island of Nuns are = UPtion inves- big hope ~ general for his (McGrath's) Air Force “fairer, and more easily collected taxes to produce that Its conditions are not yet . these words: ligation New- diary, the former Rhode Isportion of the public revenue, Mates. Bhs Sunita ulten aay 1 Saw a dandelion Bs head held When He came there was no light; was ana the President Jang Sen aloe Hatched up Cap- 3X8 ¥ i v : s e : ‘ . - . nd told a slash nu It seems to us Indiana candidates for the General the barb in their hook. high and bright yellow against the background Whim He dict tutée. was Wo. durkvess." Grath and appointing Federal that he wasn't going to 1 fil out tically—per Assembly should consider now whether to follow that But any reasonable offer to of winter's brown turning to green. He was If that could be said of Peter Milne on a little island Judge James P. McGranery to the questionnaire, nor would if House 2 course, . buy British textiles would be the first one of the year. it could even better be said of Jesus on this little island '0e, AttOTNeEY genersalship. anyone else in the Justice De- mittee cut L . % s virtually impossible for the Some folks look for the first crocus, the colled the world. For until Jesus came there wos no As I understand what went partment. There followed the Thomas K. n our opinion we ought to revise our laws one way or Churchill government to turn daffodil or foolish robin to tell them the sea- fulness of the light of God's love revealed to mankind. on” Mr. Madden said, “Mr, ‘McGrath visit to the White sign in pro the other—either to make a fair, just, equitabl d down because: ! son of better days lies ahead. I take the dande. And though Holy Week is a droma of both defeat and McGrath hired Mr. Morris to House, the argument with the Force budg ; ' » €qU © and sure ON lon. victory, a light comes from it whi do the clean-up job. T P 4 . E-The British still buy ry, 9 omes from it which all the darkness of pj he New resident at th collection of this t d i : > e National Air lored it ca ax, or drop it entirely. a third of their coarse grains When he comes, golf, picnics and fishing the world cannot overwhelm. ~ York Republican came down Port, while he was awaiting jeopardizin, : for animal feed and a fifth of pole can't be far behind. ~And it is precisely because of the darkness of man's here and got into so many ar- the arrival of Queen Juliana propriation: ¥ Th 4 ' AA their timber for housing from That first dandelion is as smart as he is sin that the light of Jesus gains its power. The deeper guments that he was through Of the Netherlands, and finally be fixed till s ose: Eatin Words su Rustin. ~~ brave, Coming early, he knows he'll be ap- our’ sin, the stronger will be the light of salvation. in before he started. It was up the double-barreled firing and Navy's f : di : : TWO About -the only thing preciuted by some; and atleast ignored bys Christ... ae ; aga : : to Mr. ‘McGrath to fire him appointment of Judge Mec- Hinton VW HEN Newbold Morris went to Washington two months the British have been able to 0 ors hw : ; > It i our task in Holy Week to share the glorious light a “he did so. And in my Granery, : : ond Super1 get the Russians to buy is raw a ¢ waited a month, his virtues wo of Christ so that the dark places of th h opinion, President Truman did The Nations ago to be y uld p e earth and of our : tional Press Club had t House go to become a corruption hunter, he said he took the rubber—28,614 tons in the first be lost in the anonymity of many, just like souls are made radiant. “Who is the Son of man?” was Just right in letting them both invited Mr, Morris to speak at ge job because he was impressed by the “sinceri two months of 1952. yours and mine. And, in two months, he'd be the question the crowd asked. Jesus answered ‘indirect! go. The President may not be A luncheon next Wednesday : p y cerity and good y nesday faith” of Attorney General J. H d g THREE—A serious slump cussed, tugged and uprooted. “Walk while you have ‘tive light.” Y running, ‘but he is paving tha But he has talked so much Counting y eral J. Howard McGrath. has thrown hundreds of Brit- But coming now-—because. he's color, life, way for the Democratic Party Since he got fired, most report- : : Thursday, after he had been axed by Mr. McGrath, Mr, Ish textiles out of work and a sign—he deserves better. He deserves, if not Let Us Pray: We thank thee, O God, for Jesus, the to stay in power next fail ©'S are wondering if he will REPIRI Morris said he “never had any illusions about Howard thousands more into part- & Verse, at least a glance or a thought. “light of the world. Grant that the power of that light by handling its own house- be able to think of anything winning th McGrath.” time jobs. And if he's really lucky, he may catch the My not be hindered by any dark shadows cast by our - cleaning. new to say. plans for | rs Y ; , dn : eye of a girl who will pick him for teacher, own sin. onby our standing in Mis way. Amen. ae ae that Mr. Morris aR fe » =» patronage. * 3 TeASUr + NE EL vial gies a he sonciusion Liat oficial Rr Soup de grace hi the . -T. K. Wallis. Copyright po A Bar ei “net time than. Bhi ii poe ceive Xx . TRY um Tov Charles A. nt to be investigated,” he said Y. was the re- s Chair . ion, they battle " +h : * cent 80 per cent cut in Aus- ’ man Pat McCarran (D. id Mr, Morris isn't the only one who has had to eat his tralian purchases. The indus- || Nev.) of the Séhate Judiciary keep Dem words. try already had been suffer- HOOSIER SKET To initiee was so furious at Jnageship Mr. McGr i : ing from Japanese competi- cGrath firing that it was ouse ! Le rath, just before he was fired by President ion India's per ; hard to determine what he wil! it when fin an, ad to eat the nice speech he made about Mr. her own industries and in- . . do with the McGranery ap- Easter rec Morris two months ago. : creased productivity of Brit fra Poiritment The general feel- Idea 1s »' Now comes Judge James Patrick McGranery of Phila sis plants coinciding with 3/ , ing was that hen he cools Hew admin - ewer markets, gh ay favor it. If =o, ls Selphia, the ey Attornéy General appointed by Mr. Truman High British officials fear no Baan hac je in. Es Be e corruption h ; i : solution in the traditional sense Th arran runs a po : "even bef h ption hunter. He had his, d made UP __the Lancashire textile area closely knit committee, with Republica ‘ ore he got to Washington. will never come back to earlier lia ch Republicans as Sen. Wil- alm, 10 Fe _ “There probably is some corruption,” he said, “but levels: In much of the industry, Sam E. Jenner of Indiana act, puting I do not believe it is as widespread as many people say.” many workers Jus shift either rein y seeing eye-to-eye with efor x . 0 rearmament or to products : ; More eatin’ words. with better export EE — The two deans of the Ind! have sent — TR » Thus it is understandable ana congressional delegation, nomination : that the British would grasp Reps. 4 Sharies A. Halleck, Be, ep - at any straw to ease the shock epublican, and No Heart in the War in textiles. S , Nr adden, both served with _ nations. ®s aw cGranery in the HARGES in this month's Marine Co ¢ UN House. He Wks then a_red- Vote We - I 2 A re ave Ameri bo . Ps Gazette that the Ba oF FICIAL group of hot New Dealer from Pennrage A can boy doesn't want to fight for his s 18 in Moscow for the 2 vania. Later he headed the PROF] country probably will infuriate a lot of young men though ROreiin Becretary: ane tee en in the Jus. oy flo i ! . ) - artment volv n : There may be some truth in the suthor’s charges, Cer- thony Eden, lke U. 8. Secre- from there t i ent lke it or x ; 0 the federal tainly, as a battle veteran he has a right to speak his Piece. denounced it is a Propaganda Dene | Ads A — . . enounced it is a prop da oy a Pacific FI ~~ But we think wren - ’ Bor , the luehons Lt. La rence V. Ryan, goes eonference. HE 18 3 nice’ follbw.’ has Fale wo 0 lar, We don't t y's American boys are much he British-Russian - trade Jlots of ability and friends in Taft is ele different from the 1940 model. They have the same instincts . anced. Britain buys three times bot, Parties. Mr. Madden gn fetjrein A. . ree times said. “A good 1 * wins, he'll and courage, the same decency, the same will to fight. ‘as much from Russla—grain lawyer, I feel confident Dewi may stay “One thing they lack, however, and that is purpose and Ho Her Hn A Ain, Make (an _excellent attorney X Tomi direction. The W. : 0 sell her. The chief British general. And he isn't a 0 le His kid brother forld Yu 3] Glknew why he was fighting. export to Russia is rubber make the McGrath an he tions, His other is sent to Korea to fight a war in which which, for a year or more, has bringing in gn outsider to do On the ste te is victory, one of which Washington long ago meee e Masa, *1 Britis the house-cleaning. job.” Ohiers of og weary and would like to write off 8 480 exports to Moscow. rw Most Senators and Congress. fort to dis po, w ipa ! off on almost any terms, Russian . buying of textiles . men feel that a President has ‘about Taf an it tough for any youngster to work up enthusiasm would help diminish the pres- a right to select his own cab- on them. T 3 The administration just can’t face ; ent trade deficit—about $100. inet, so the appointment is respective EA a an Stor fan up to the million in 1052 which results in likely to go through. That it wins. as long as that's the case, "you can't blante British : piling will help the Democrats seems You mig ETH PL 47% . nthe 5 cofiera as doubtful as did the replace Ike has ne a i 1A re Ni : ack ie rmiin , ment of Boyle by Mr, McKin at Pentagc , ney in the national chairman- Truman. F 1 # | o 1 1 a . =o a severe b

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