Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1952 — Page 10

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Censorship — the creeping paralysis of public understanding that ean enslave any nation—is not confined to Moscow . . . to Washington, It 48 right here In Indiana .". . in Indianapolis. The Irdianapolis Times and other Scripps-Howard newspapers always have believed firmly in the principle: “Give light and the people will find their own way.” The Times’ familiar lighthouse symbol is a daily reminder, "But many officials here-—city, county, state and federal-—believe such a principle is so much hogwash. They want you to hear only what they want you to hear. Nothing else. Others know better and co-op-srate fully in making facts avail ihle even though the eventual story turns out to be not too comnlimentary to that official. A survey by reporters for The Times who cover the various govsrament offices here shows cen-

voters,

jowed by state, county and local officials. But there are many varigtions. Toughest, tight-lipped sources sf news here are the FBI and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Narcotics and postal inspectors, rent control and OPS officials are problem to lesser degree. Other federal officials—notably Tudge Willlam E. Steckler—are very co-operative when reporter Anally gets in. But it is tough to: get past the front office.

FBI Is Coy n Vital Detail

avid Watson, who covers the

federal building and the city school system, reports: : BI-—Carries secrecy to the extreme; tells reporter only bare essentials; refuses to give addition al data. For example, if FBI arrests a gon in the city, they will tell oa on what street. If he lives here, they will say only in what “Bundred block” the prisoner was arrested. They will not give his hdme address. ost recent example was arrest of two Canadians in connection international forged money order ring.’ FBI would say only afrest came on “tip from alert credit manager of downtown department store,” refusing to name store on grounds store might not like the publicity. Through other sources The Times got the information and published feature story highly complimentary to credit manager

‘On other information, FBI is quick to state they can't speak without okay from Washington, FBI agent in court will say ng about case even though

} may have handled it from nr All information must come from agent ip charge. “No comment” is favorite FBI : |

probably one of best, FBI is one

SPECTORS-—Prone to withhold full details, particu. larly in ring investigations. Reporter forced to rely solely on public records, such as warrants, which often list only a single offense while prisoner might have forged a dozen money orders, for example, { REVENUE BUREAU--Stacked with ~ regulations prohibiting release of information to public Many are legitimate bans, par ticularly on personal income data of an individual. But bureau filled with hesitancy to releases any information, Reporter referred to higher and higher level of “the brass.”

poses, there is an air of caution in the bureau. ... Over anxious to keep everything in favorable light. . . . Too much news, good or bad, out ‘of bureau, makes them restless. : FEDERAL COURT -- Judge Steckler highly co-operative, when reached. But secretary is big obstacle. Takes it on herself to say judge doesn't care to comment without .evén consulting judge. If judge himself can be spotted, everything is okay. If secretary spots reporter first, that's something else. Offices connected with court generally co-operative, except when subject is “het,” such as] the tax cases of Indianapolis) Brewing Co. and Lawrence P.| Bardin. Marshal's office tried to find regulations prohibiting re-| porter from getting details about Bardin's conviction and commit ment to federal correctional in-| stitution. | NTHER FEDERAL OFFICES -~Widespread obstacle of bureaucratic decrees that only hard-to-

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though story sought concerns purely Hoosier situation, CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM -8ituation much improved under Supt. Herman L. 8hibler, 8chool board, in interest of “harmony,” used to hold many unofficial meetings at which agreement was reached for later rubber stamp at formal meeting. No evidence of practice now. 3 Some “old guard” Individuals In school system try 10. prohibit stories on any dissension or trouble in schools, but an appeal to Dr. 8hibler promptly corrects this lerror. Although not too happy ‘about such stories, Dr. Shibler recognizes the taxpayers’ right to know what is happening In [their schools.

State Business Done in Private

Irving lelbowitz, who covers the Statehouse, reports the worst state bottlenecks of information! are found in-the Public Bervice

wtship tends to be stronger the Commission, the Highway Commore remote the governmental mission, Budget Committee, Alcounit is from the public—from the

{holic Beverage Commission, {Clemency Commission and penal

Federal officials tend to be the|ingtitutions, What actually was toughest local source of news, fol-i going on in the 1051 state legisia- |

ture also was tough to find out. But Public Counselor Walter Treasurer William

Smith, Btate

information of public interest.

SION - Hit-or-miss system sions made behind closed doors. Fallure to make public filing of rate increase requests In some

in others.

out public hearings |

in answering reporters’ questions on decisions, :

Has staff which Chairman Samuel Hadden does not trust to release stories; Chairman continually strives to cover up constant bitkering among the commissioners, tries to tell reporters what they will and will not print on highway news; Lack of system to inform public how, where and how much commission spends its milflons of dollars each year. BUDGET COMMITTEE — Bec recy shrouding all meetings of committee at which decisions on spending the taxpayers’ money are made; Reporters must buttonhole Budget Director Lytle Freehafer or one of committees members to beg for information about what committees did; Example is attempt to keep secret pay increases granted heads of depart-

{non-legisiators;

ments—several ending up with past

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animosity towards The Times because it told public how much of a raise these officials got. R'LCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION -- Policy of not letting public. know anything If it can be avoided; Buper-sensitive

SHERIFF-—Lack of quiet, effi. cient system for reporting resuits of all investigations has been major handicap for fast-moving reporters who must meet deadlines. Indication some such reports slowed down intentionally. Only recent attempt at direct

agency because liquor and politics censorship was action of Sheriff

so closely interwoven in Indiana; ~~ - released . on

Little information reasons for suspending or revok-

ing liquor, beer and wine licenses;

Public heafings held before hear-

ing judge but decision made by Brief,

ABC meeting In secret; fragmentary news releases issued long after action taken, STATE LEGISLATURE-Con-stitution prohibits excjusidn of press from discussions on floor of either haquse, cislons made in closed-door committee meetings; GOP, control of 1051 session permitted legislative decisions to be made by steering committee, majority of whom Speaker W. 0. Hughes silencing all debate In House hy gaveling adjournment in 14 seconds on one day of special session; attempts to mislead press by claiming complete harmony in obviously tumultuous caucus sessions; failure to carry

out spirit of law concerning lobbyists and their influence on legislation.

OTHER AGENCIES--Difficulty of obtaining news present in other state departments, notably

{Jones, Secretary of Btate Leland Clemency Commission and the

penal institutions. Information

Fortune and State Auditor Frank given grudgingly only after re-| Millis are quick to provide all porters uncovered reports of bru-| {tality by guards or attendants) Here's the Statehouse situation: lor other wrongdoing behind walls Wh PUBLIC BERVICE COMMIS- of institutions, Contrast is recent, | of announcement of head of mental © making orders public. All deci- hospital who announced filing of

charges of brutality against two attendants,

cases, granting of increases vith: County Offices Chairman Hugh Abbett vane Opening Up

From the County Courthouse,

HIGHWAY COMMISSION— John V. Wilson reports the cen-two-man public relationsisorship is less of a problem, pri-

marily because of incessant ham-

elected officials who are sensitive to voter reaction. The situation, he says, was much different six months to a year ago, At present, chief difficulties are: ONE-— Reluctance of some subordinates to show reporters documents or answer questions until after they get an OK from the “boss.” TWO -— Convenient “loss of memory” by certain officials who forget all about newsworthy developments when talking to reporters. But when confronted with direct questions, they come through with the whole story. Chief censorship problems in have been the sheriff's office

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Smith early this year in attempt-|ant to report stabbing of an in-|Sanders, head of detectives, who!

ing to ban one Times reporter;

because of article reporter wrote learned of story and published. it. rule figainst any reporters enter-| about sheriff's Christmas party Two days later the inmate died. ing identification section on sec-| {for deputies at which cigaret

lighters given by a local gambler were distributed. “Ban didn't last long. saw the light, JULIETTA Last year, superdidn't think it' import-

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WASHINGTON, Apr, 19 — A

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of giant electronic “brains” which can compute all the millions of | multiplications and divisions nec-

% (essary to it. It is called “numeri- conduct

¢al forecasting.” In numerical forecasting, the

describing the flow pattern of the current weather situation. Through the use of mathemati-| cal formulas, the machine then| comes up with a prediction of} what the weather will be one] hour from now,

The process then starts alll over again, on the basis of this| prediction. It is repeated, until, by one-hour jumps, the machine| comes up with a series of figures|

{describing what the weather will] {be like 24 hours from now. |

Numerical forecasters see two advanatges over present methods

general, over - all information about the weather on which to base his prediction. He could not possibly assimilate the great mass of detailed information about current weather conditions which is fed into the electronic brain.

Second, the human forecaster cannot use the step by step, hour by hour method, He jumps all at once into the future, 24 to 36 hours from now. However, it is evident that it is much easier to predict the weather one hour from now than a day from now. Numerical forecasters believe that, through the use of the step by step method, more accurate forecasts will result.. :

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From City Hall, Joe Allison reports the secrecy problem is neg-| ligible, but there was a “clam! up” attitude at the first of the year when Mayor Clark's administration took over, Lifting of the incipient “iron

curtain” followed a few news

stories printed in The Times

At year’s start the new Safety) Board made its debut with an hour-long, closed-door meeting to official business. But |

board members ° explained they wanted to become familiar with

electronic computer is given afjon, not bungle through under {great many pieces of information cold scrutiny of press. |

. Delaying tactics now have been) nearly stopped. | Mayor Clark,

{adopted a “let there be light”

Over at police headquarters, Times reporters encountered some| information blocks and some outright censorship restrictions when the new administration took over, with the usual upheaval that fol-| lows a change in political control) of City Hall. Chief Ambuhl, although himself not difficult for the press, issued strict orders that everything was to be conducted on a military, chain-of-command system. All Information must be cleared before being released, the edict said,

Lt. James Langsford, previously very accommodating to newsmen when court bailiff, became sec-| retary to the chief. The order was! nothing could be released until cleared with the lieutenant or the chief. Reporters, goaded by deadlines, soon exposed the impracticability of the order by incessant | and heated protests over the un-| necessary delays in stories. Now, | reporters can get information on most matters directly from the

officers investigating.

Chief cause of newsmen's ire|

who himself formation until so instructed by! talks freely with the press, has/Inspector Sanders. And it seems edch newspaper has to be okayed |attitude—new for the City Hall./for such information, a release

{discuss cases with reporters and|

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has tightened the long-standing

ond floor. No individual's police record can be obtained without] advance consent. of Inspector! Sanders, or in his absence, the

| detective captain on duty.

Inspector Sanders generally re-| fuses inforgration on any person not actually under arrest, claim-| ing injustices have been done to

the past.

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Inspector also. bans reporters from turnkey’'s office and pro-| hibits them from sitting in at the morning “shape-up,” when detectives look at those arrested the night before, question them and hear records. These “iron curtain” methods are the same used by Inspector Sanders when he was chief, methods that brought a storm of protest from the press and his eventual removal. Under these restrictions, reporters could not check into reported police brutality to prisoners, leading to

being printed by. newspapers be-| cause they were prevented from checking them out. | Similar “must get permission first” ofders apply to police laboratory. Recent - example came during the inflammable sweater scare] here. The Times learned police] technicians had conducted test, but they refused to give any in-|

to one is not a release to the press in general, according to| the rules, Elsewhere — particularly in| traffic division — information is| easier to get. Judges: of munici-| pal courts always are willing to)

help clear up any legal questions. But any information on police| promotions — returned to the “acting” basis instead of merit|}

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