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Higher Pay for Teachers AT LEAST 12 Indiana cities pay their school teachers more. than Indianapolis pays—cities which offer the same tenure, retirement and other attractions offered here. Among major cities of the United States, Indianapolis stands away down toward the bottom of the list of teacher salary levels. ; ; There is a shortage of teachers everywhere, just now, but it is more acute in Indianapolis than elsewhere—and that is the principal reason. Obviously we can’t attract the best teachers to our schools by offering them lower pay than they can get in Ft. Wayne or Terre Haute or Kokomo.

THE MOVE of the school commissioners to raise pay by about $350 a year is definitely a step in the right direction. It isn't even a matter on which there was much choice, if the schools are to he adequately staffed for next year and thereafter, If anything this increase is too little, rather than too much. It is true this raise—and the necessity to add enough more teachers to care for the 3000 more children who'll be in school next fall—is going to mean a small increase “in tax rates. Ordinarily we're opposed to increases in tax rates, which for many purposes are certainly too high already. But here's one we feel Indianapolis should pay, and pay willingly. : Certainly the biggest and richest city in Indiana can afford to maintain a public school system at least equal to any other in fhe state. 3

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Red Riots in Tokyo

HE COMMUNIST-INSPIRED May Day in Tokyo yesterday, just three days after Japan formally regained her independence, came as no great surprise. Obviously, the outbreak had been planned well in advance. The Japanese police had some knowledge of what was coming, and had taken steps—inadequate ones, it turned out—to control the mobs.

It's likely, too, the Reds will stage more such demonstrations. For to a great extent, this indirect invasion of Japan, through terror psychology aimed at weakening the will of the Japanese people and at the same time stirring up antiAmerican feeling, is Stalin's best strategy in Japan today. Stalin can't order a direct invasion of Japan without rJiaking war with the U. 8. which is pledged to go to Japan's as if and when she is attacked. True, the U. 8, is ill-equipped to resist an immediate Communist invasion of Japan. But Stalin knows our security pact with Japan is .backed up by our potential, as well as our present, might. It is more opportune at this time, therefore, for Russia Ato work from the inside, to try to destroy the spiritual ‘foundation of that mutual defense structure.

+ The disturbances and depredations, of course, do not reflect the feeling of most of the Japanese people. It's to _be hoped, however, that their vaunted security force, which didn't measure up in its first major test yesterday, will move more effectively to smash future attempts to undermine Japan's internal security.

Heroic Efforts and Steel

ECRETARY OF COMMERCE SAWYER, off-again on‘again boss of the steel industry by edict of Harry Truman and tolerance of the District of Columbia Appeals Court, says an “heroic effort” should be made to settle the ClI0-industry wage dispute. . : In the circumstances now existing, the place for the foremost “heroic effort” is the Supreme Court. i Government lawyers are appealing directly to the high pourt from Judge David A. Pine's decision that President ruman’s seizure of the mills was unconstitutional. { . In the routine course of court procedure, the Supreme Court might not hear the case for weeks, or even months. , it could direct the Circuit Court to take on the job first, .. But the steel strike now going on is such a dangerous threat to the national economy, and the legality of the seizure so vital to the country’s fundamental principles, that a prompt decision from the court of last resort is imperative. Meanwhile, Mr, Sawyer, as government boss of the steel industry, can help the situation by some heroic restraint on his own part. He can resist any temptation, or pressure, to grant wage increases to the steelworkers. or otherwise upset the applecart until the Supreme Court acts. “5% Mr, Sawyer has said he will not act “abruptly” on Jranting a wage boot. But if he acts at all while the case 8 pending ‘before the Supreme Court, he will be vastly com- ~ plicating a situation already swimming in confusion—and ‘endangering the full resumption of steel production. And while the court is reaching its decision, what's to prevent the steelworkers from going back to work? And ~ -the union and management from making a further, and more forthright, effort to reach a reasonable settlement. 7 :

Good News on Oatis

[UNITED STATES Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs' report from Czechoslovakia—that William N. Oatis is in good alth, is allowed to read and write and gets sufficient exgrcise—is a nugget of good news. ’ he © Mr. Briggs’ Wednesday visit with Mr. Oatis was the first by an American official since Apr. 23, 1951, when the Associated Press reporter was thrown into prison by the Red Czechs and falsely charged with spying. Later, Mr. . ~ Oatis was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the trumped-up It took the State Department more than a year to talk choslovak government into letting a U. 8. official

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By Frederick C. Othman

Cotton Buyer Lover of the Arts

WASHINGTON, May 2--You'd never guess to glance at the granitelike facade of Clovis D, Walker, the government's boss cotton buyer, that at heart he is a lover of the

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By day he cooks up multi-million-dollar cotton deals with Egyptians, now under intense scrutiny by an assortment of sleuths. By night he admires hits collection of antique objects of Egyptian art presented him by Loutfy Mansour, Egypt's most fabulous cotton speculator, These antiquities, including glassware, carved baxes and whatnots, are not, either, worth thousands, said Mr. Walker, Maybe they cost Mr. Mansour around $700, Anyhow, Mr. Walked added, he presented Mr. Mansour, in turn, an electrified picture worth at least

“That something like an electric fence?” inquired Paul Cotter, counsel of the Senate Agriculture - Committee investigating the high prices paid for no-telling (nobody'd tell) how many thousands of bales of long-staple Egyptian cotton bought for our war stockpile. Mr. Walker's rough - hewn face crinkled ' into his first smile of the day. He said an electrified picture was something special, of his own devising. First he got a piece of glass. Then he had an artist paint on it in transparent colors a landscape of the Florida Everglades. This Mr. Walker

took into his cellar workshop.

where he said he spent at least 250 painstaking hours insert‘ng neon lamps and surrounding the whole works with a mahogany frame. “Made a very striking effect,” he added. This landscape was so delicate, what with all the glassware and the tubes, that Mr. Walker had to spend $37 for lumber just to crate it and $241 more for the freight to Egypt. It was worth $1000 easy, said he. Maybe more. Well, insisted Mr. Cotter, was he sure the antiques the Egyptian mystery man presented him weren't worth mayhe $7000 instead of $700? Mr. Walker said he was sure. He accepted no gifts from the man who apparently made millions selling our government cotton at prices that somehow zoomed exactly when Walker & Co. started buying. Mr. Walke" and an assortment of Agriculture Department agents and lawyers refused flatly to say how much cotton Mr. Mansour sold us, or what we paid him. Said this was a military secret. Kind of staggered the Senators. Even made the normally mild-tem-

pered Sen, George D. Aiken

(R. Vt.) sputter. He said this was a scandal to the jaybirds.

He knew the facts and either

the bureaucrats told the committee the truth, or he'd tell all ‘on the floor of the Senate, Sen. Aiken added. . “The purchases of this cot‘on were made at prices 15 to

«80 cents per pound above market price,” said the. whitethatched gentleman from Vermont. “Mr. Walker dealt with a friend of his in the cotton business. Others tried to get into the sale and couldn't. Millions of undue profits were made. The complete investigation would bring in the names of at least two members of the President’s cabinet, though I do not say that they profited. Spay knew what was happenng.” . The* bureaucrats glared at him, but did not reply. They stood on their secrecy statement, though they did admit the facts had been widely printed in the trade press. “The price of cotton is classified information?” cried Sen. Karl A. Mundt (R. 8. D.) “That is utterly silly. It's showing contempt for this committee. ‘There's something wrong, or this man would be willing and proud to say what he paid.” There was a big yammer about this. Charges that the government was attempting to shield the proceedings in cloak-and-dagger draperies. Chairman Allen Ellender (D. La.) finally said he'd try to get an order from the Secretary of Agriculture allowing his hired hands to tell all about Egypt's cotton, its man Mr. Mansour, his antiques, and how much we taxpayers actually did pay him. I'll let you know; either that, or get you an electric picture.

‘PULLS A VANDENBERG' . . . By Peter Edson

Sen. Wiley Shifts His Stand

WASHINGTON, May 2 - (NPA) Biggest news on the U. 8. foreign policy front is that Republican Sen. Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin is about to. pull a Vandenberg. The Wisconsin Senator, in a short speech prepared for delivery on the floor of the Senate, declare: that the U, 8. bipartisan foreign policy has been fundamentally sound and worthy of Republican support. In so saying, Sen, Wiley is stepping’ into the shoes of the late Sen. Arthur H., Vandenberg of Michigan, the Republican foreign policy leader whose recently published memoirs have revealed how he

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lationist to a believer in international co-operation.

The importance of Sen. Wiley's declaration ix that if the Republicans win the presidential election and majority control of the Senate this November, he will become chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is now the ranking Republican member of that committee. Sen, Wiley's new statement on the need. for a bipartisan foreign policy will be made to back up and stand by his own speech on “A Dynamic Foreign Policy for a Dynamic’ Age" made before the American Socipty of Newspaper Editors in Vashington last weék.,.

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Though the Wiley speech was received with some doubts, disbelief and lack of enthusiasm by his immediate audience in Washington, it met with vio-

lent reactions in the Middle West and on Capitol Hill,

The Milwaukee Journal and the Madison (Wis.) CapitalTimes praised Sen. Wiley in glowing editorials for speaking with the voice of a statesman,

The Chicago Tribune, on the other hand, criticized the Wiley speech to the editors as a “metoo” declaration. It accused Sen. Wiley of playing footsie with Secretary Acheson.

In the words of Sen. Harry P. Cain of Washington, the Tribune editorial implied, “that State Department in .general and thé Secretary of State in particular set out to seduce my colleague, the senior Senator from Wisconsin . . . and that the seduction was successful.” Sen, Cain's remarks were made in the course of nearly an hour's debate on the Senate floor, several days after Sen. Wiley spoke to the editors. 8en, Wiley himself was not there, being in Foreign Re-

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MR. EDITOR: ‘ Open letter to Hoosier Forum writer, Earl F. Stone: y = You say, C. D.C. 100 per cent “in -your views against this so-called blood prosperity which has increased our war debt from $15 billion when F.*D. R. took office, to around $300 Sillion at the present time.” Also, “we made a $30 billion debt under Wilson's war, etc.” I notice, Mr. Stone, that you resort to the exact phraseology used by C. D. C.: “Mr. Wilson's war, Mr. Roosevelt's war, Mr. Truman's war,” ” I have yet to find one historian who has ever referred to World War I as “Wilson's war,” nor has any historian ever referred to World War II as “Roosevelt's war.” Why this distortion of facts, Mr. Stone? What do you gain by making statements which are not historicity true? You made another statement which was a distinét surprise to me, and which I have never seen in any history or book on economics. It is your assertion that the “30 billion dollar debt under Wilson’s war created a panic before it was paid out.” You mean, of course, the crash of 1929? > >

I DON'T bélieve you can give me the historical data to prove that our war debt brought on that panic. Here are four of the principal “reasons why our economy collapsed: ONE—A. prolonged period of speculation, mainly in stocks and bonds of business corporations, The American people were “investment crazy” for several years, and the multiplication of stocks went on with ever-increasing tempo. Into such investments, multitudes of individuals placed their savings, great and small. TWO—The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Bill, one of the most senseless bills ever passed, because it was bound to insure reprisals from foreign nations whose trade would be adversely affected. That is exactly what happened. The first reprisal came from Canada, and others followed thick and fast. Hicks, in his “The American Nation” says: “For the establishment of these higher trade barriers in the face of world-wide depression, the United States bore a leading responsibility.” * oo PLEASE note this reference to “world-wide depression” which had already effected other nations, and which was in no way connected with “Wilson's war debt.” THREE—The collapse came in October, 1929, when English rates were raised to 614 per cent. As a result, many European holdings were thrown on the market, prices sagged, American speculators became “panicky,” and frantic selling brought on the greatest crash in history. ' FOUR-——Agricultural and industrial over-ex-pansion. This always results in a depression. William Baxter says: “If you study the history of past American depressions, you will find that in every instance, over-production was th cause.” ” I like to read criticism when the eritic adheres to facts but I dislike distorted. ve sions, and I thoroughly dislike the type of ae: that comes from the pen of that whining malcontent from Terre Haute. ~E. W. Urfer, 923 Mass. Ave,

Defends ‘C. D. C.’ MR. EDITOR: In looking over some back copies nf The

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says: “Take the poor relief out of politics.” That does not sound to me like his opinion is biased.” I quote from another letter by C.D. C.: “It

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

Bray Fights U. S.

WASHINGTON, May 2—Big government buildings in Washington are a factor in making bureauracy too big for its breeches. That is the premise Rep. William Bray, Martinsville Republican, adopts when he trys to hold down expenditures here as a freshman member of the House Public Works Committee. Maybe because ‘this is an election year, taxes are sky-high and even wild-spending Congressmen have become mild-spending ones, the man from Martinsville has been surprisingly successful in holding new building expenditures down, He did it again this week by supporting an amendment to prevent the government from financing privately-owned buildings, through guaranteed governmental rentals, without congresgional approval. This would make the buildings cost more than if the government built them, because the

money, Mr. Bray told his colleagues.

Could Build Anything

“IF THIS bill is passed without amendment.” Mr. Bray said in a House speech, “the Administrator of General Services can, without prior authority or control by Congress, build any building at any price at any place in the

“All that he would have to do is get romeone who would build the building and rent it to the Government at a figure that would, in a certain number of years, repay the builder for the construction, plus sufficient interest on his investment. ney “If this bill, as it is now written and before us, is passed Congress will have to surrender its centrol over the constmaction of government buildings. Then the taxpayer of the United States, without further consent -of Congress,

will be legally bound to meet the terms of this '

contract. : x “I trust no one here is naiye enough to believe that the person who would. build these puildings for the government would do it for philanthropic reasons. Each one of them would,

in his contract, receive back from the govern- °

ment, the principal, interest, and a profit.” So far the Congress did even .better than Mr. Bray proposed. After adopting his amendment to have the Public Work® Committee pass on all “such projects, they laid the whole bill aside and may eventually kill it,

Must Get Approval MR. BRAY got the Public Works Committee _ amendment also passed for the Postoffice construction bill.. That means there will be no Postoffice or combination Postoffice and federal

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM . . . By Clyde Farnsworth

Reds Unable to Make Headway in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey, May 2— The shakedown way of getting American millions doesn’t

apply in Turkey. ‘

Other countries may say, “If you're not nice to us, we'll talk to the Russians.” * Or; In some friendly nations, home-grown Reds become so strong that they become likely to take over unless the govconcerned gets an economic lift, But not in Turkey. This -is- possibly, the most anti-Communist, anti-Russian

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should ‘be understood there is no disgrace for anyone not able to work to receive an old-age pension. Neither is it a disgrace for a worthy widow to receive help or any family in distress to receive help.” In another issue I find this statement: “rt .! is my opinion that every old person in our complex society should be eligible for old-age pension if he wishes it.” This does not indicate to me he is against social security if conducted honestly. Since my husband works in a factory in Indianapolis it might interest people to know that.some of the workers there post the letters written by C.D. C. near the time clock so others can read them. 80 more power to writers like C.D.C. and keep the letters coming. : ~P, C., R. 2, Danville.

‘Gestapo Time’ MR. EDITOR: » This is an open letter of appeal to the people who decide whether this city will remain on Central Standard Time or go on Daylight Time, It is also a letter of appeal to Dr, Shibler and the School Board who, I believe, are responsible for setting the school hours, It amazes me how each year we are prdered to ‘go ‘on Daylight Time without the majority of the people having any voice whatsoever in the matter, Is our democratic’ spirit lacking here and Gestapo methods creeping in? I wonder if these people have any small children who have to be gotten up an hour earlier each morning who are so sleepy even though they are put to bed earlier and want Oh yes, they do get awake after awhile and then they have that extra hour of daylight in the evening in which to become a traffic victim or to be outside with a gang which sooner than you *xpect iz in mischief. If you try to get them to bed at their usual time it is still daylight and they can’t sleep because everyone else is outside and they consider themselves punished, and on it goes all summer while tempers became short, family relations strained and the trafic fatalities mount. Bless those state legislators who passed the law for Central Standard Time. They realize life is complicated enough without this change in time every year.

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‘Kefauver's Strongest’

MR. EDITOR: Although I am not a Democrat IT am writing, I feel, in the public interest. I have felt for some time that Sen. Estes Kefauver is the strongest candidate the Democratic Party can nominate this year and that he is the only one who can unite the Democratie Party. He may be another FDR, I doubt whether anyone but a New Dealer can get the Democratic nomination this year, Sen. Kefauver has a New Deal record. He should get support from New Deal (Fair Deal) quarters. He should be able to win farm-labor support. * ’ Sen. Kefauver is a crime buster. He would go a long way to eliminate the corruption issue. He would give the Democrats a clean hill of health. He is demonstrating he has the con. fidence of the people. Sen. Kefauver is a southerner. The South should give him its support without reserve, especially in the election. Of course, he might run into Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower. Even there he would make the best possible showing of all the Democratic possibilities mentioned, —C. H. Hopper, 310 N, Illinois.

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buildings erected until the PubHe Works Committee has given its okay.

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CHEST, &- “We are gradually making some progress in having the Congress handle the purse-strings as the U. 8. Constitution provides,” Mr. Bray commented. .

His first success along this line was when he helped kill in" his committee the plan to “decentralize Washington” by building “eight little Washingtons” surrounding this city at the distance of about 10 miles in both Maryland and Virginia. 3 -

These buildings were to house 10,000 federal employees each and cost an estimated $30,000,000 apiece. “Numerous witnesses appeared hefore our committee explaining that the purpose of these new buildings was to spread out Washington

to protect it from an atom bomb attack,” Mr, Bray recalled.

‘Cat Out of Bag’

FINALLY Mr. Bray asked one of the witnesses what would become of the buildings here that would be vacated by the federal employees, “We will fill.those buildings with other employees we are bringing into Washington,” the witness replied. That did it. . : “The cat-is out of the.bag,” Mr, Bray declared. “It was apparéht then that this phony plan to save Washington from being destroyed by atomic bombing was merely a ruse to get more buildings into which they could move more bureaucrats to create more confusion in Washe : ington. : “I am happy to state that I helped this sub- . my committee vote down this bill, 7 to 6, and saved

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the taxpayers at least $240 million.” z SIMMONS GREATEST GAIN BOUDOIR THE quest for fame and fortune is . . . as natural as birth . . . and who is there will deny BOUDOIR Re | | Spread throughout the earth . . . it is this quest that turns the wheels . . . of progress $ round and round . . . and it's the urge to ges BOUDOIR ahead . . . that makes your life abound . .. . with all the great conveniences . . . that others before you . . . brought within your reaching .FOOP TWI arms . , . and ‘made them plenty too . . . but In this rush for greater heights . . . I heg you not forget . . . the common ordinary things . . , THROW RI that God for you has let . . . and to remember gold alone. . . cannot bring peace of mind . . , BROADLOC . but if you live close to your Ged . . . true Was $1 peace and joy you'll find. 2 ; —By Ben Burroughs, 9x12 HEA) 9'x12' ALL. Importe: GOLD SEAL Was 89

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U. 8. as it is, has invested in

an investment in that Turkish attitude and Turkey's strategic position, not the price of persuading Turks that communism is a bad thing: They need po persuading, The Turks are “imbued with

a spirit—the will to retain.

freedom of thought, expression and action—that is an integfal part of our own philosophy of democracy,” says Maj. Gen. Willlam H. Arnold, chief of the American military mission. x 8

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perialism.” With U. 8. aid, Turkey has had a 70 per cent increase in wheat production and 140 per cent in cotton in two years, development of Turkish natural resources, industry and transportation to new levels and the creation of one of the strongest armies facing the hated Russians, If this is American imperialism, the. Turks like it. Americans are 10t running

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