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Bring It Out LT COL. CHARLES GORDON was arrested by Army authorities in the Pentagon on Apr. 18, 1047.

'° He says he was placed in confinement under guard for more than three months.

says, he was released from confinement and told he was being discharged “for the good of the service.” Three weeks later, he was stripped of his rank and kicked out of the Army. | “Five years have passed. Mr. Gordon still is trying to learn why he was jailed

he had given six years of his life; five of them overseas.

With assistancn from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mr. Gordon has asked the U. 8. Supreme Court to make the Army tell what it has against him. b FE a 8» IN A SKIRMISH last year, the Army backed down a little. It reluctantly granted him a belated promotion to reserve colonel and substituted an honorable discharge for the earlier one. Ta

from his name. The Army still maintains Mr. Gordon's case is “confidential” and that not even he is entitled to know anything about it. ot : There is something very strange here. ~The Army's attitude is a violation of the laws of the land, the Army and common decency. Few military matters that were “confidential” in 1047 + are still so today. : ia * What is the Army hiding that is so much more important.than a man's basic rights? ' “5 If Mr. Gordon is willing to risk a thorough airing, ‘the Army should be.

oe Time to Retire : FIVE ELDERLY members of Congress are retiring volun- :™ tarily this year. They are Sen, Tom Connally of Texas, and Reps. Charles Eaton of New Jersey, Robert Doughton of North Carolina, and Roy Woodruff and William Blackney, “both of Michigan. : ~~ Every man ages in his own way. Some of our elder statesmen are remarkably alert and effective. It would be ~upkind to them, as well as a disservice to the country, to say that all Senators and Congressmen should retire at any particular age. For instance, Speaker Rayburn, 70, and sylvania’s Sen, Duff, 69, are both young in spirit ahd _men of vigor. APIA TIL heed 1 "Nevertheless, it is common knowledge in Washington that several members running for re-election this year are unable, because of age or poor health, to perform their duties effectively. \ : 2% To enable elderly members to retire in dignity and with assurance of financial security, Congress several years ago set up its own pension system. Members may retire

and in fact generous for those who have served several terms. Also, it continues regardless of whatever other income the retired member may earn or receive. ~~ We wish these retiring members peace and happiness, and praise them for their wisdom in that advanced age does impair effectiveness. With all respect to the others who have served their country so long, we suggest that they consider following the examples.

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The Angry House

Ner IN many a moon has a member of the house of Representatives been so roundly censured as was Congressman Edward Arthur Hall of Binghamton, N. Y,, yesterday. ; Because of the reapportionment of New York's congressional districts, Mr. Hall and Congressman W. Sterling Cole of Bath, N. Y., are rivals for the Republican nomination. Mr. Hall, in a Binghamton campaign speech, implied that his opponent, a member of the Joint Committee on Aloe Energy, had leaked atomic secrets when he was “ psy.” ~ ~~ Practically as one man, the House rose to Mr. Cole's defense and to castigation of Mr. Hall, It was a spanking almost without precedent. And it hardly could have been better aimed.

Government's Steel Take

HGH TAXES will keep the government in the steel :" business, regardless of the outcome of the court battle aver the President's right to the steel mills. Last year, for example, the steel industry paid more than one and a quarter billion dollars in federal income taxes. That's more than four times the amount the stockholders owners—took out ‘of the industry.

BRIEN MAMAHON of Connecticut has souncd.— in—that hy a candidate for the Democratic

the same Sen, McMahon who, in January, en-

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On July 25, 1047, the former Finance Corps officer,

for 98 days and then drummed out of the service, to which

But Mr. Gordon wants the stigma wholly removed -

as early as age 62 if they wish. The pension is adequate

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DEFENSE hy By Jim'G. Lucas Pacific Pact Action Pushed

WABHINGTON, May 3--The first session. of the newly éfeated Pacific Counéll—which in. cludes the United States, Australia and New Zealand-will be held within the next 60 days. This is the first important step by the U. 8. to bring its World War II Pacific Allies into the grey wir against communism. We became formal allies again Tuesday. Treaties binding each nation to defend the other were deposited in the foreign ministry in Canberra.

" garlier they had been ratified by the TU. 8. Senate and the Australian and New Zealand parliaments.

The U. 8. has other Pacific defense treaties, =

One ties us to Japan, another to the Philippines. Neither, however, is 4 member of the council set up Tuesday. New Zealand and Australia not join an alliance including Japan. And they feel we have a special relaSonahip with the Philippines, not applicable to them, .

Permanent Staff THUS, the new Pacific Council is hardly likely to become & Pacific counterpart of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The council--which will consist of each nation's foreign minister or his principal deputy

has broad jurisdiction. A military committees will be established. There will be a permament staff, comparable to NATO, either in Washington or Canberra. HKeconomic and political decisions can and will be made.

Australia and New Zealand, whose men

fought gallantly in World War II, feel they .

have been unjustly excluded from anti-Commu-nist gouncils because of an accident of geography. They complain that Iceland -with no armed forces—and Luxembourg voice in the free world’s decisions. Not only do those countries help make military decisions, they are heard on allocation of the world's scarce raw materials, like steel and cobalt.

Assignment Question ONE OF the first questions will be the tradi. tional wartime assignment of Australians and New Zealanders to the Near East as part of

the British commonwealth forces. They'd rather

fight closer to home. " : We want to keep them in the Pacific. This will require consultation with England. The two countries still are members of the commonwealth, A possible solution may be their wartime assignment to defend Singapore and Malays. Australia supplied much food for the Amerlean Army in the Pacific during World War IT. Arrangements will be made to allocate Aus-

tralian food in event of a ral Pacific war, In return, Australia receive a larger share of the critical materials now else.

where—an allocation in line with her tial contribution. So would New Zealand. ve

There are no plans for sending Ameri forces to either country, ag a

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STATE TOO BIG? . . . By Bey Pryor

Divide Texas?

WASHINGTON, May 3—It fant ikely to happen, but the people of Texas could swap some of their pride and sentiment for eight mora Senators in Washington. In the fine print of the annexation resolution by which Texas came into the Union in 845 thers is a clause specifying that the vast may

be of one. Joker in the clause is the provision that

Suy dush division wil have to be approved by

-Ben. Tom Connally (D. Tex.) doesn't think ie at home will ever stand still for any

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“Divided, it wouldn't still be Texas,” said Sen. Connally, who retires from the congressional scene at the end of this year. “How can you divide the Alamo—or San Jacinto?” the white-haired Senator asked. Connally said Texans, “as a matter of sentiment, pride and tradition,” wouldn't want their state, the nation’s biggest, to undergo any geographical surgery, The Alamo, a mission at San Antonio, is the shrine of Texas liberty-—where a hardy band of outnumbered herces fought and died to the last man against the hordes of the Mexican Gen. Santa Ana in the war by which Texas

. won its freedom.

In the 30 years after Texas came into the Union in 1845 several proposals were made to

. divide the state. Not much ever came of any

of them,

RED MINORITY . .. By Keyes Beech

Jap-U. S. Ties Seen Closer After Riot

. THERE was little doubt that the Communist action had greased the way for the passage of the anti-subversive activities bill now pending in the

' TOKYO, May 3—Most Japa-

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‘INFLUENCE’ . . . By James Daniel

Copper Firm Had Inside Track

WASHINGTON, May 3—The Magma Copper Co.~now seeking a $111 million government loan to develop the largest known untapped co per deposit in North America-~had an inside track in acquiring the valuable property. Both the president and the vice president of Magma's parent corporation—the Newmont Mining Corp.—-held top jobs during World War II on defense agencies which got government scientists to locate the copper deposit. In their official positions, they had access to information about the discovery which no one outside the government was then entitled to see. The first official government release of in formation about the copper discovery was made in August, 1047. That was three years after the Magia So. na sewed up the property for fale 8 Magma's good begins in October, 1042, Then, as now, there was a copper

Named to Key Office . °

FRED SEARLS JR. Newmont's president, had just been appointed head of the “Pros duction Board's facilities branch. This was the key oles hoe recomme B ied hich dustried Were to get governmen P In expanding war production and which were to be refused. He was also on WPB’s three-man planning committee. a H. Dewitt Smith, Newmont’s vice president, had just been appointed to advise, and subsequently to head up, the Metals Reserve Corp. an agency which offered financial encouragement to producers of strategic. and critical metals. : Abbut this time, there arrived a glowing report from Henry W. Nichols of Arizona about the possibility of copper at a place called San Manuel, where he and three partners held 18 mining Slama. Mr. Nichols—as an individual— app! or an RFC development loan. He was an employee of the Magma Co. and had been for many years. But the president of Magma, A. J. McNab, said he was not then aware that Mr. Nichols

AFTER THEY'RE GONE

OFTTIMES it seems like we forget . . . along the road through life . . . the people who are very dear ., . . and help us through our strife +'s +» We sort of take for granted all , . . the kindliness they show . .. and let it pass without real thanks . , . as through each day we go . . I've seen this happen many times , , . and tried to figure out . . . just why the ones that do the most . . . always are left to rout .., and I suppose that now's the time . . . each of us should give . . , just a little in return . . . while these dear loved ones live . . . instead of crying when they die . . . and then seeing the dawn . . . for then it is too late to change . . . for they're forever gone. ' ~—By-Ben Burroughs.

SIDE GLANCES

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with Washington. Mr. McNab added that he is certain neither Mr. Smith (at the RFC) nor Mr. Bearls (at the WPB) was conscious of any company connection. The RFC reviewed the Nichols application and sent the matter to the WPB, where the necessary equipment priorities would have to be anted. On Feb, 10, 1943, the chief of the We copper division wrote to one of Mr. Nichols’ partners asking for more data. oes replied in his partner's stead on Feb.

Three days later, the WPB sent a letter to R. 8. Gannon Jr. of the U. 8. Geological Survey, asking a scientific appraisal of the San Manuel sibilities and indicating that WPB was of starting copper mining operations

U. S. Did the Job ORDINARILY, the survey would tell any private citizen asking for this kind of aid to go hire himself a mining ‘engineer. But a request

from the War Production Board was a com-

mand. . \ B. B. Butler and N. P. Peterson of the, sur vey staff went Mar. 6 to the site. They re:

" ported on Mar. 19 that the possibility of a cop-

r deposit in the area was strongly indicated. urged additional investigation. Copies of this confidential report went to the Bureau of Mines and to the WPB. The WPB lit fires under the Mines Bureau to do a rush job. In May, the bureau sent men out from Tucson. In November, they started drilling, with D. H. Kupfer of the Geological Survey standing by to inspect the rock samples. In January, 1044, the bureau ran out of funds on the fifth hole. More money was obtained from W: n. About 17 holes were drilled in all.

Property Sewed Up BY JUNE, 1944, it was .obvious—to those in the know in Washington—that a major new copper deposit had been discovered. According to the formal history of what happened next, Mr. Nichols then brought the San Manuel claims “to the attention of” Magma, his employers. In August, 19044, Magma sewed up the property with options. . The time since has been spent in further drilling and in acquiring suf-

ficlent surrounding land to protect Magma's claim and to provide space for a mill and town.

Since January, Magma has been seeking a °

government loan. Before then, it had been after bank money. Nobody has offered to repay the government its exploration costs. Estimates of the direct expenditures run from $25,000 to $75,000.

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Over the Barrel MR. EDITOR: For many yeath this city had & fairly adequate, fairly priced, and fairly dspendablé ana comfortable transportation system. The fact that it never made any money was itd worst

ff fault. Although people, quite & few of them

connected with the railways And Some fot so closely connected, seemed to do Fight well because of it, the poor old company Was Always going to the ye Somehow the Ares never add up on the right side of tha ledger. ‘But they managed to hang onto tha franchise goméhow. A bit of political mystery, I suppose, And then with the advent of the second World War and a great jump in population and trolley trade, you would have thought now they could pull the hill. But no—with & gréat splash the system was swamped. With a resounding ety of “for the war effort,” the rails bégan to ¢ome out, and the streétcars began to B. ‘And the vanishing cars, the noisy, but uate

long-lived and comfortable cars were replaced, ..

not by the new, speedy, roomy and silent streetear, but each one was su by two or maybe three, uncomfortable and short-lived thackless trolleys or busses. Now they may be all right for & sluggish liver, but the public kidney was if Tor & beating as well as the pocketbook. ; And for John Q. Sucker and Jane; the old pocketbook sure has taken a shéllacking, hasn't it? And more yet to come, Not only was the book investment hiked so high by thé cost of femodeling and new equipment to make it

improbable to ever show a profit, the added cost

of operation made it impossible. : But that isn’t the worst of it. When those rails came up, with the somehow aequired blessing. of at least two city administrations, you lay stretched supine over the barrel I mentioned

before. : ; Now no efficient and -able transportation eoiie would ouch hs Ling They khow about ess trolleys and busses and thé problems fn transport of cities of this size. You aren't

by self, believe me. ; the fact re s, these “people” are guaranteed a profit by law. (What a sweet racket.) And since we haven't thrown them out long before and they couldn't sell to anyone better qualified, I guess we are stuck. Unless, of course, the City of Indianapolis takes over after public endurance and patience have reached the end point. Well, that thought is not as strange as it seems and deserves a good shudder. —R. P. Terry, Oity .

‘Distorted Propaganda’ MR. EDITOR: ; 1 don’t know Oscar W. Cooley, contributor to Sunday's Hoosier Forum, although I would like to meet him ‘and spend a few minutes in discussion. I have always wondered what makes a man read .statistiéal reports then take the material and completely distort tha figures to support his own particular viewpoint. Mr. Cooley says that since the federal government took $56,003,339,420 from the

taxpayers and since the financier must put up $10,000 to create a new job, the government

* withheld from the public a total of 5,809,334

new jobs last year. Pure propaganda--and of the stripe that failed to elect Mr. Dewey President in 1048. ’

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BY THIS argument he is intimating that, should the government return the tax money, we would all rush sout- and creates new jobs with it. Foolish — 1 wouldn't with mine and I dare say Mr. Cooley would not be more helpful. Chances are he would use the returned money for a new automobile and cuss the government for not providing him with decent roads to drive on. : : Of course you and I both know that he was not talking about the money taken from the small taxpayer. Although he uséd the total figure, he was speaking of only the taxes paid by corporations. This is the money that Mr, Cooley and Sen, Taft would rather e¢s remain in the hands of the “job.makers” while the expense of govemiment is borné by the little taxpayer

well Ames, City. Champions of the People MR. EDITOR: *

C.D.C. contributes many letters to the Forum erificizing and condemning the acts of the Democrats over the past 20 years. Like all Republicans, he labels all acts that have helped the masses and contributed to the public welfare Socialistie. It was only through such champions of the common people as Wilson, Roosevelt and Truman that the masses received some measure of justice and were allowed to expand their freedom ‘inthe interest of the general welfare, The evidence of the good the Democratic legis lation has done for the country is too great to be denied. Today the people of the United States are in better financial condition than ever in our history. This is a self-evident truth and cannot be refuted. : «Theo. B. Marshall, 1114 Tecumseh 8%.

EUROPE ... . By R. H. Shackford Eisenhower Pushes |

German Arms Plan

BONN, West Germany, May - Organisatioh (NATO) ecoun-3-—Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, tries and NATO forces, Ike retiring supreme commander made an trip of the Atlantic Pact army and back to this Rhine Valley cappossibly the next U.- 8. Presi ital for lunch with Mr, Ade. dent, his prestige today nauer. behind efforts of West Ger- LE many's Chancellor Konrad IT WAS extraordinary be.

cause Germany is not a mem-

P Among many Japanese the ig man divisions for Western de- ber of NATO, although the ened rather than And yet the efficient, busi fense West is counting on the Ger. apanese-American nesslike behavior of the police The tions of both men RIANDS te supply one-third of its Acutely in Thursday's . are invo in the German 8ctive divisions. = ©. nese went out of their way to d Ym Tharmament pro raid 3osllor let Americans know in small Scores of Communist heads 1y the plan to form an Euro. are mors optimistic about ways that the Tommunist ac. were cracked but with a- i i the West than. are oli ob: tions Sant represent the feel- tion and not without - THE OUTLOOK momentar- rE np majority of Japa- . atin I a zo Buttes than Seg that Wits L.3 weeks, the R.A. IN FACT, the police at times A . many and the Allies, givin THE Japanese press with the leaned over backward to avoid rough men the french So Mr. Adenaiier's government blications tfouble. Some observers be. German parliaments. virtual sovereignty, will be ub Was uanimou lieve this was deliberate so as The French and German ready to sign. Condemuning the rioters. Even to give the Communists plenty positions are pressing hard for AT THE same time, it been severely critical of Amer- 92 1OBS $0 hang Shamasives in another conference with the hoped, the t+ aty creating the ican policy, particularly rear. / Russians before commiting European detense tye me ina a arly fear / Labor unions which spon: © themselves on of Huropean communi nation, ° ' Sared the Day demonstra~ West VES iptageation of an, army with Sinan ‘ There is plenty of criticism for the violence of blame Europe, which probably would But that's only the “nist of America in Japan today but by police au- mean partition of Germany for step. 'Ratifications by the Gere this thorties. Rioters were for the a long time. : : man bundstag aad French "inevitable now that the Japa- La" Part Communist students’ ® 4m. i * sembly must follow. At fhe Ness Are free to speak thelr nde OTth Korean sympa. tL THERE WASNT much moment, nether logifhiure ta minds r seven “ d yesterday's visit vors such ; . ny 8 after nearly years Police sstimats per cent “She Js charging mental cruelty, but ik tind of hard for me Mr, steps. EL

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