Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1952 — Page 24

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‘Can't Be Licked’ | ' PROBABLY will be a long time before anybody in g * {Washington again has the temerity to challenge the . Army Corps of Engineers.

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61 the ropes. ii They were being scourged for waste and graft in the Buge overseas airbase program, The muddy Missouri went § a rampage and showed its contempt for their flood conbl efforts. Some Congressmen were pushing efforts to take the lush rivers-and-harbors “pork barrel” appropriatibns away from the engineers. ; i | | President Truman indicated he was ready to ask Cones to approve the Hoover Commission recommendation strip the engineers of their civil functions and turn those

Ed dies over to the Bureau of Reclamation, i No sooner did the President's remarks make the papers n the engineers and their big-league lobby, the National ars and Harbors Congress, started honing their knives. LE ov #8" "nn | "'WO DAYS ago the White House announced Mr. Truhad decided to abandon the Hoover Commission plan. © 111 At his press conference yesterday, Mr. Truman first jifl there had been no shift, that he simply had not made decision, But when he was reminded that he had said, a ago, a plan would go to Congress, he said he changed

4 Jrates ho oui je had never been for the Hoover plan. atever Mr. Truman's plans, when, if and as, the dy Engineers have won another victory. The Hoover nission now joins the notable array of scalps on the ' trophy hook. : : ranklin D. Roosevelt, Harold Ickes and Harry Truman ned out to be pushovers for the engineers. The corps Bde has proved its right to the ‘title of “the lobby it can’t be licked.” It probably will survive as is, until Flood Control Expert dries up all the rivers and on earth.

President's Hasty Words

HEN A PRESIDENT speaks on matters of grave

perishes, his words carry the weight of gospel. The 1 ‘When a President does not, then, literally speak gospel,

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Mr. Truman told his press conference yesterday that [045 he had sent Stalin an ultimatum to get Russian ps out of Iran by a fixed date. And, he said, they got ‘ He said this news never before had been published. Two hours later, the White House press secretaries éd reporters and corrected the President's statements. They said that actually what happened was that the State Department sent ‘a note to Russia. It was not a direct mess from Mr, Truman to Stalin. They said the inelfeat occurred in 1946, not 1945, and the note was published the day after it was sent, i .The White House press secretaries also explained that Russian troops were withdrawn from Iran under terms of al earlier Allied agreement. {11 Now, the White House press conference is an intelli po! t, useful, democratic institution-—standard to American _ procedure. It is the American public's most direct contact 1 th its President—something no other people in the world 111 But the status of the presidential office is such that hb, occupant can afford the luxury of off-the-cuff, snappy emments which his own staff later must water down. {| World affairs are complex and delicate enough, without bling enflamed by incompetent or reckless statements. diy Air Force ‘Stay-Down’ NE OF the tragic, and demoralizing, news events re- { 1! cently has heen the “stay-down” strike of a handful of reserve officers in the Air Force.

than fly any more. . : : | | This is serious because rebellion in the Armed Forces, atever the provocation, simply cannot be tolerated. Without discipline, there can be no effective Armed Forces.

if But the services need something even more effective than discipline—they need morale, spirit and enthusiasm.

' | | "he mutineers in the Air Force had no legal right to

"tefuse to fly. ; : | | Their moral grounds are something else. They stem the botch which has been made of keeping American es in readiness. And from the failure of the govern- , after the Korean fighting began, to work out a system ¢h would relieve men who already had done their part in a previous war. » y o » Hu ”n » -

ii {IT DOESN'T bolster morale when World War II vet- ¢ with families are called back into action while nonyice men, without families, go about their normal lives. 3-1 Moreover, older men are not the best fliers, or any other of soldiers. They are tired. They won't take chances. have had it. But in the circumstances, the Armed

had no other choice. : | The tragedy of this situation is enlarged because it daily could have been avoided. : : It ‘could have been avoided, for instance, if Congress followed the lead of the public and the President and ~~ adopted a universal military training p right after \ / i War IL Gey i But we don’t have a universal military gram, do we, Mr. Congressman? | {No man in uniform has the right to rebel. But when de judge these men, let us also judge Congress and the

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NATIONAL POLITICS . . . By Charles Lucey

Top Republicans WASHINGTON, Apr. 26-iThe word among top. Républicans seeking an answer to the Taft-Eisernhower riddle is: Watch Pennsylvania and Michigan. Most other big states are committed to one candidate’ or - another, New, York and New Jersey are largely with Gen, Eisenhower, Illinois Ohio, Wisconsin and presumably Indiana are with Sen. Taft. California will go to the GOP national convention in Chicago under Gov. Earl Warren's banner. Massachusetts will call its shot in a primary Tuesday. But Pennsylvania's 70 delegates. and Michi gan's 46 are tontrolled by party leaders who can hold their fire right down to convention time and then go either way. Either state could make the break that might lead to nomination. * ¢ 9 : GEN. EISENHOWER'S Pennsylvania victory Tuesday may influence—but by no means

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

Harvey Raps *

All Controls

WASHINGTON, Apr. 25—Rep. Ralph Har. vey, New Castle, who Is seeking a fourth term as 10th District Republican Congressman, today came out for killing all price and wage controls, He will vote against any further extension of the Defense Production Act Mr. Harvey de. clared in an “open letter” to his constituents. He phrased it this way: 3 “I Intend to vo ainst any further nn man controls.” His contention is that controls are no longer needed and the administration is asking for their continuance for political and not economic reasons. ‘ Mr. Harvey just returned

; from spending the Easter Rep. Harvey congressional recess on his ++. open letter, large farm. He would con-

tinue the flexible parity price supports for farmers. He is now a member of the House Agriculture Committee. Farm price supports are not part of the Defense Production Act. They are in the same class as the 75 cent minimum wage law for labor he said. That also is separate legislation and not part of DPA. As a paint and wallpaper retailer and wholesafer in Indianapolis, Republican Rep. Charles B. Brownson hesitated to say he would go all out against economic controls. “It is true that there is a sizable sentiment tor such a gtand among the people back home,” Mr. Brownson said. “Responsible leadership requires, however, that we look all of the economic facts in the face before making such a decision, . “Paint is now selling 7 to 9 per cent below OPS price ceilings. Removal of rent-control would boom our business. But we must be sure of what might happen when the $05 billion backlog of defense orders have been placed, before we say it is time to cut out all controls.” :

Defense Orders

MR. HARVEY maintains that the defense orders will merely provide replacements for spending removed from the civilian goods mar ket through control of materials which he favors retaining. Condemning President Truman's Fair Deal, Mr. Harvey sald the time has come to get rid of DPA, NPA and OPS. He termed them “al

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private business and hiking taxes he contended. “My decision to join those who are fed up with Washington's direction of every detail of our economic life has been carefully considered,” Mr. Harvey said. : “I believe that government interference in the natural and traditional functioning of our

To go farther would be to hazard beyond redemption the way of life that has made us a strong people, “So far as I can determine, the sole need of government direction in the future is that of allocating essential raw materials, plus & reasonable stockpiling of critical materials. This much must be done to make sure our mills and factories have an adequate supply of the ingredients needed to produce weapons and war machines. But the many other agencies of restriction and control—price, wage and rent, for example—are proving more harmful than helpful. The President and his advisers are seeking their extension as a political weapon rather than an economic necessity ,..”

Fair Deal Clique “IT IS my belief that the so-called control agencies exist primarily for control of a Fair Deal clique, their kind and number including those who have been exposed as . They are past masters at the game of public deception, the art of piling one crisis upon another, and drumming into your mind and mine the big lies of emergency, danger, and the imminence of World War IIL ; “I would be the last to say that all is well

_ with our country and the world. In fairness to

‘myself and those I seek to represent in the Congress, I must say that much of our confusion and worry is created and sustained by a tax-sucking league of bureaucratic empire-build-ers, including the control gang. They can be put out of office and out of business whenever the people themselves decide to take over and supplant scheming with hard work and common honesty. ’

SIDE GLANCES

iv has reached a dangerous point.

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necessarily control—what the state's GOP leaders decide betweeri now and the July

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balloting in Chicago. The General won a one- - sided victory in the popular vote, where Sen.

Taft was not entered except by write-in, * © 2

IN THE Pittsburgh area, where there were clear Taft-Eisenhower tests in the choice of eight delegates, the General's boy shellacked the Taft men six-to-two, Mr. Taft had campaigned there personally and his people had talked of getting at least an even break. Pennsylvania's delegates nominally are unpledged. Control will be split among Sen. James H. Duff (who was one of the earliest starters tor Gen. Eisenhower) Gov. James 8, Fine and the Joseph Grundy-Masor. Owlett forces. Gov. Fine has expressed favor for Gen. Douglas MacArthur but is free to jump any way he chooses, The Grundy-Owlett forces have been

counted on the Taft side but have left the way open to go for Ike if they decide he has the winning hand. There's some thinking that Gov.

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Fine ‘vill call the turn and the Grundy-Owlett go along. ° re's a bitter feud between the.Duff and Grundy-Owlett groups. The latter will be swal--lowing bitter medicine if they have to join up with Mr, Duff to back Gen. Eisenhower. But the Eisenhower people make this point on Tuesday's voting: Sen. Edward Martin, backed fully by the Pennsylvania GOP organization, ran 150,000" or so votes behind Gen. Eisenhower. They say that should impress the skeptics, and they point out that some important long-time Grundy-Owlett men were turned down as delegates by the voters. > © THEY argue that Pennsylvania's people have spoken and the bosses had. better listen. Pennsylvania, left at the post, looked féolish in failing to break to Wendell Willkie at the proper time in the 1940 convention. The leaders will be trying to avoid the same floundering this year. Michigan goes to Chicago this year without

EUROPE . . . By Ludwell Denny Italy’s Fascists Are Stronger

WASHINGTON, Apr. 25—Fascists and Monarchists are expected to show the biggest gains in the regional elections in Central and Southern Italy next month. The Reds also are making a strong campaign under cover of a “united | front neutral” bloc. : Sr Premier Alcide De Gas peri’s Christian Democratic

repeat the losses it suffered in the Northern local elections last week. : A national election must ‘be held next fall or spring. If it is delayed beyond December, many hitherto disqualified Fascists can vote. | , Four years ago, a Communist victory was prevented De Gasperi by the Vatiears support of Gasperi’s Catholic Party « +s hot water Ba by Allied help. The United States, Britain and France came out for return to Italy of Trieste, where Soviet obstruction had sidetracked the internationalization provided by the peace treaty. The U. 8. increased its large-scale economic aid to Italy. Despite four years of progress, Italian democracy is in worse peril even than in 1948, because the danger now is from both the right and the left. And there is less prospect of decisive help from the Vatican and from the Allies now, Trieste is a [hotter nationalist issue than ever. The Allies, who saved that contested city from Yugoslav seizure, are cursed by Italian mobs for failure to furn over the entire international zone to Rome immediately. This is impossible without war—British-American ‘ occupation forces in the rthern international zone would have to drive out of the southern zone the Yugoslav forces now holding it. American economic and military aid will be

WASHINGTON, Apr. 25— When you want a job well done, yeu get an expert. If it has to do with income taxes, then the expert of all experts is a fellow like Joe Nunan, the ex-Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Then comes the ticklish problem of how to reward him. Should you send him a souvenir cigaret lighter? A letter opener? Or-a girlie-girlie calendar? Charles A. Ward, who keeps a vast plant busy in St. Paul, Minn, manufacturing these things, sought Mr, Nunan's aid. Then he hired him for another chore, which consisted of making four telephone calls, and sent him a remembrance consisting of stock worth $24. 985. Not bad for a quartet of phone calls. So the House tax investigating committee, which already has charged Mr. Nunan with neglecting to pay income taxes on around $180,000 he seemed to have earned on the side while boss tax collector, was : imterested. The tale as unfolded = its Sisvths Wis fiche thay teresting. ascinating, think, is the word. Mr, Ward is president of Brown & Bigelow, which keeps calendars ’ uy ‘nearly naked ladies

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continued, but the total will be less. This is partly because of Congress’ intention to cut all foreign aid and partly because Italy is unable or unwilling to meet stricter requirements which are to be imposed. ~~ Marshall aid has enabled Italy to increase industrial production 45 per cent over prewar, and exports an equal amount. But much of this benefit has not seeped down to the people. Living standards are desperately low. Unemployment is widespread. ; American dollars cannot eliminate the basic causes—lack of natural resources and mounting over-population. These evils are multiplied by an inefficient economic system. The state subsidizes nationalized industries, and private industry insists on a high-profit, low-wage, slow-turnover policy. Meanwhile selfish interests sabotage Premier De Gasperi’s tax and land reforms.

The Scapegoat

THE resulting poverty and desperation of the people are easily exploited by the Communists, who control most of the unions, and by the Fascist-Monarchist groups with their patrioteering appeals. So the Da Gasperi democracy, after saving Italy with Allied help, “is made the scapegoat for most of Italy's frustrations and neuroses. His own Catholic Party, instead of rallying, is splitting into factions——Authoritarian verSus Democratic, and also Clerical versus Lay. A devout Catholic and former Vatican official, Premier De Gasperi has succeeded so far in preventing clerical control of the Christian Democratic Party, which weuld kill it as a mass party. : : De Gasper is so loyal to Democratic principles that he is risking defeat rather than accept election alliances with the rapidly growing Fascist-Monarchist bloc. But in some districts

his party leaders are defying this ban and en-

tering into the unholy combine.

tch Pennsylvania And Michigan

its favorite son of recelt years, Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg. That medins it cannot shadow box for a few ballots but must make a choice on

the first roll call ee oO O° ~

THE Taft-Eisenhower test in the Michigan conventions to choose delegates ended indecisively. a couple of weeks ago. Early signs were that state GOP leaders were for Mr, Taft but the Eisenhower strategists have turned terrific heat on them through big auto manu-

facturers ‘who also have been big GOP fund cohtributors. : Sen. Homer Ferguson (R. Mich.), a delegate, says the state's, 46 convention votes may, not be ticketed definitely for anyone until the convention. : National Committeeman Arthur Summerfield is in Paris, ostensibly to invite Ike to come to Michigan and speak, as have Mr. Taft and other candidates. : -

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Hoosier Forum

“l do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."

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‘Our Constitution’ MR. EDITOR:

‘1 noticed in your Sunday edition (Apr. 20) that a group of lawyers are planning court ace tion to stop the pay of the next state legislature until it voted to reapportion its membership as our Constitution directs it to do every six years , . . and which it has failed to do for over

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Bravo, bravo, bravo. Such action is long past due in this state. It is time some one told this legislature that it abides by the Constitue fon the same as other people. It-is about time, too, that someone told the Congress of the United States to stick to its own job and stop trying to be policemen, des tectives, President, judge, jury and executioner. Such horseplay as we see from them and they don't have time left to do their own job right. I have a question along this line. If the seizure of the steel mills is a violation of the Constitution of the United States, -why is it not a violation of that some document to force the railroad men to work for more hours and less pay than they deserve? Why can’t they strike? On, I know there is a court injunction. . . on what grounds? What right -did Congress have to vote into law such a thing that plainly in fringes on individual rights? If this comes under the head of “general welfare,” seems to me the steel situation does too. Just what does the Constitution of the United States protect . . . only property and money? Does it protect the only things a working per son has . . . his skill, brain, brawn, health, time, and services, or not? It is about time someone decided, ~—F. M,, City.

PTA Objectives’ : MR. EDITOR:

It has always been our desire to work in harmony with the stated over-all principles and

' objectives of PTA. We believe they are for the

common good of our children, our schools, and our community.

We hope that simply because there were dif. ferences of opinions on certain issues at our recent annual Congress that such differences were not interpreted as being improper in pur. pose. There were disagreements, honest dis agreements as to how certain objectives could best be accomplished, but they were finally resolved in a true democratic manner. That is the way it should be.

The fair and impartial manner in which our sessions. were actually eonducted is a tribute to the integrity of our state officers. Further, we particularly wish t6 thank and command Mrs. Robert F. Shank, national board member and chairman of the by-laws session, for her helpful co-operation and spirit of fair play. ~Mrs. John D. Goodin, School 66; Mrs. Frederick S. Ballweg, School 60; Mrs. John Burkhart, president, Broad Ripple H. S.; Mrs. J. W. Fleener, Howe H. 8.; Robert Beckman, patron, John Strange School; Mrs. Hoyt Miller, president, Howe H. S.: Mrs. H. L. Pond,

president elect, Nora H. S.: F' oy» > .8.; Frank M. Moore,

Views on the News

PRESIDENT TRUMAN ruled a 2 gainst cute ting off U. 8. aid to Holland. The Queen must have played an ace.

FORMER Internal Revenue Commissioner J oseph D. Nunan Jr. got so used to keeping things “off the recs ord” while in Washington,

he included $176,000 of his income.

SEEMS like the Taft forces are saving all their praise for the Ohio primary,

MASSACHUSETTS’ Jormey General has ruled nicknames will count in the Fi id popularity poll in that state. Legalizing J ng is one way t cam: fhe Dale y to keep the -

TWENTY-THREE new federal ¢ ul approved by the Senate were killed in Judgsehips

Thrifty Republicans wa after election. nt to save them until

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«+ «By Frederick C. Othman

Sleuths Unfold a Fascinating Income Farr Ctise.

advertising novelties, bilifolds, .

ash trays, key cases, blotters, desk pads and playing cards. It is an exceedingly successful firm. » Back in 10846 Mr. Ward decided to offer stock to the investing public; to do this he had to sell some stock options at a profit of $1,101,000. The question was whether this would be taxed as long-term capital gains, or short term. Important, too, If the powers-that-be ruled it was long term, the tax would be a mere $300,000. If short term, Uncle Sam would nick the calendar king for nearly $1 million. So Mr. Ward sent

to Washington his gray-haired attorney, Thomas B. Sullivan, who looked up his old pal, the

late Democratic sachem, Bob Hannegan. Mr. Hannegan introduced him to Commissioner Nunan and they had many an interesting chat about capital gains, These came to nothing because the stock market had a fainting spell and Mr. Ward decided to wait another year. In 1947 he again asked the Treasury Department for the same ruling and again Attorney Sullivan journeyed to the Capital.

Time was awasting. The

MY TOWN FOR years I have resided . . . in a small and tranquil town . . . a place where people say hello . . . and smile instead of frown . . . my town is~jwt a got on earth ... but in it

I can see . . . the

ces and the things I love

« . « that mean the world to me... my town embraces everything . . . that other towns enfold « + + it has its trials ‘and troubles and , . . its

purest gold . , . it has its ‘hate apd love . . . its good folk and its bad . . .

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it has its happiness and too . , . moments that

are sad . . . within my town there’s just a church no towers that reach high . .. but in my

until I die.

Treasury's lawyers apparently could not make up their minds about those taxes. So Mr. Sule livan got in touch with friend Nunan, who by now had resigned as commissioner. The evidence Indicated that Mr. Nunan phoned a few fellows he'd left behind in the Treasury, and bang. Mr. Ward got action. His appeal for a longterm, low-rate tax was approved. Nobody's charging there was anything wrong- with this ruling, you understand. Mr. Ward was delighted. Then he got to worrying about approval of his stock sale by the Securities and Exchange Commissioner, He thought maybe he ought to hire Hr. Hannegan to look out for his interests , . . Sullivan urged Nunan and the latteryindeed, got the job. He phoned the SEC four times, but there never was any argument about the stock deals. So you can imagine Mr,

. Nunan's surprise when Mr,

Ward paid him for his work with calendar company stock worth almost $25,000. “He thought it ‘was very gen« erous,” Mr. Sullivan sald, “But

Mr, Ward was very pleased. moog

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