Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1952 — Page 20

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"'W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W., MANZ President Editor Business Manager

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The Class of '52 VI /E SALUTE, today, the 1052 graduates of 27 Marion County high schools. From their pictures, which appear elsewhere in this edition, and from what we see of them in person, they appear to be an exceptionally fine, alert, well-balanced lot of young men and women. And they have what seems to us to be a rare privilege. Most of them are going to see the close of this amazing Twentieth Century . . . the century that already has produced the automobile and the airplane and the telephone and the atom bomb, before it was half over. They are going ‘0 be able to know, at first hand, whether we ever do learn 0 live with all those wonders. They will, indeed, have a big part in deciding what it’s like around here in the year 2000 A. D. . .. and they're going to have to live with whatever decision they make.

WE'RE INCLINED to believe they'll do rather well with that. They've had the finest education, up to now, that any group of like number has ever had in human history. They have the highest standards of health and comfort and inJormation the world has so. far. produced, They'll liv longer, and less arduously and, we hope, more happily than any human beings who have gone before them. They have had, in short, the finest preparation for life their community can give them. We're confident they have within them the qualities that will transform that into achievement of the bright Future we wish for them. : Our best wishes . . . and the best wishes of this whole city . . . to the Class of 1952, nie

Justice Clark’s Theory

5 WHEN the Supreme Court begins hearings tomorrow on * "President Truman's seizure of the steel industry, it will have before it a fundamental question: : Does the President have “inherent” powers? Does he have what the government's lawyer, in arguing the case before the district court, called “a broad residum of.power?’ ' When he seized the steel mills, Mr. Truman said only that he acted “by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States.”

" In his speech announcing the seizure, the President said he took this action because a national emergency existed and this was “the only way” to prevent a steel strike and keep steel production rolling. : The government attorney, before the district court, cited no laws. He relied on the claim of “inherent” powers for the President.

s = » » . » _ THE DECISION of District Judge David A. Pine, which ‘the nation’s highest court now will review, laid down a flat, all-inclusive denial rejecting the “inherent powers” theory. . “There is no express grant of power in the Constitution authorizing the President to direct this seizure,” he said. " “There is no grant of power from which it reasonably can be implied. 5 “There is no enactment of Congress authorizing it.” Those words draw the issue.

» - » . # » _ 2 BUT ONE member of the Supreme Court, Justice Tom C. Clark, already is on record with his views on this issue. And his views are exactly the opposite of Judge Pine's ruling. »- As Attorney General under Mr. Truman in February, 1049, Mr. Clark wrote a memorandum to the Senate Labor and Welfare Committee. He was supporting an effort to repeal the Taft-Hartley law. He made the argument that the law was unnecessary because the President had other means of stopping emergency strikes. Said Attorney General Clark: . i+ 4, The inherent power of the President to deal with emergencies that affect the health, safety and welfare of the entire nation is exceedingly great.” oT re - » » . ‘* THERE, it appears, is the original source of Mr. fuman’s claim to “inherent powers.” The President has been clinging to that cfkim ever since. ~ Attorney General Clark apparently is the author of the theory under which the President acted in the case that now has come to a test before the Supreme Court. «In such’ circumstances, it obviously is inconceivable

He surely will disqualify himself. Drive Carefully; Save Lives and Dollars

month automobile insurance rates are scheduled *" to go up an average of 20 per cent around the nation. This continueg a steady post-war trend. The insurance companies blame the higher rates on several factors. Chief among them is the cost of settling property damage claims. Motorists appear to be far more “claim conscious” than ever. Furthermore, the cost of automobile parts is up from 10 to 25 per cent in the last half year or so. Ga : _ All this makes grim reading for the automobile owner. But just possibly it has, its bright side. If accidents are so costly, and this cost is reflecting itself consistently in rising insurance rates, the time may come when the average st may decide that he can't afford to have an accident, Then, at long last, he may decide to drive carefully, saving his life at the same time he saves his dollars. -

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a western college are now allowed to smoke

that Justice Clark will participate in the steel seizure case.

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May Queen

By O'Donnell

HOOSIER FORUM— Time to Act

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

DEAR BOSS 5 . By Dan Kidney ; ny ® Lobbyist ‘Heat’ Teams Halleck, Madden Behind Fair Trade Bill

4 aft reverie ro ; +8 ed about WASHINGTON, May' 10—Shoflid tH so- “backed by the druggists.and they prov called Fair Trade bill, which passed the House as potent a lobby as have the doctors. Nao this week on a standing vote of 196 to 10, ganized consumers didn’t peep. As one of the

become law, cofisiderable credit (or blame) can Indiana Congressman explained: be given to the two deans of the Indiana “J pelieve we. all voted for it because vo delegation. didn’t want the corner druggist giving us fits

; ar.” They are Reps. Charles A. Halleck, Rensse- everytime we dropped in for a cig laer Republican, and Ray Madden, Gary Dem-

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dom are the , y 3 w ted just to . They stood up and" were counte : 1 they found voting on the same § : ; side. - urn off the hea

Plead for Bill

THE two Hoosier deans made pleas Fgh As ranking minority member of the House Small Business Committee, Mr, Halleck received high praise from Chairman Wright Patman (D. Tex.) for going to bat for the bill. “He is one of the more constructive and valuable members of Congress and the small independent merchants have a real friend in him,” Mr. Patman said to Mr, Halleck. On most days Mr, Halleck is one of the loudest shouters for “free enterprise.” . This just wasn’t one of those days. Mr. Madden, on the other hand, is a great advocate of the Fair Deal. He is sent back nere by the labor unions who are against the Fair Trade Bill, just as is the American Farm Bureau.

Madden Explains : AS A MEMBER of the House rules committee, he brought the measure to the floor and opened the debate on if. His contention is that it will “do people good.” “When a dealer cuts the price of his goods,” Mr. Madden explained, “he hopes and expects by cutting prices, particularly on well known and popular products, he will draw patronage from his competitors and that he will thus be able to dominate the field.” 4

But the Fair Trade lobby proved to be the right cement to hold them together. None of the 10 votes against the measure came from Hoosier Congressmen, The other Democrat, Rep. Winfleld *K. Denton, Evansville, stood up and was counted for it. :

Two Absent

S80 DID ALL the Republicans from the state. Two were absent, They were Reps. Earl Wilson, Bedford, and Charles B. Brownson, Indianapolis. The Inte Was the only Indiana Congressman who” had talked against the bill. He tal.ed but wasn't here to vote. Like the other Congressmen, both Mr. Brownson and Mr. Wilson had gone home to vote in the Tuesday primary. The Fair Trade vote was taken late Thursday. There was no roll call. But all here said they were for the bill. : 1 Rep. William Bray, Martinsville, was in the Republican cloakroom and missed the rising vote. But he said he was for it and to count him in, Mr. Brownson had berated the mc "ire as being opposed to “free enterprise.” It mits states to violate the federal anti-trusi 8, through legislation permitting manufacturers price their products and refuse to sell to an, retailer who cuts the advertised prices. Only consumers get rooked on the deal. It was

the Senate will kill the bill.. That Be hopes most of those who voted for *

MR. EDITOR: In its essential character rent control is socialistic in theory. Under the pretension of law, rent control assumed to conceal its real character and with police powers created a police state in which property rights may be granted or withheld. This is strictly forbidden by our Constitution which declares that the lawmakers shall not grant or seize property rights with declaratory or police regulation legislation. To do so is in violation of due process of law which is so designed to protect the citizen and his property against the Taw-

makers.

A definition of the process of law means law in its regular course through the courts of

justice—the sole protection of ownership of prop-

erty, its rent or profit, Under rent control Congress seized property for the beneficial uses of private citizens upon the socialistic theory, which is not the purpose of law and is in. violation of constitutional protection. These statements of law are true, clear and accurate, It's now time for the U. 8. Supreme Court to restore the property and freedom unlawfully seized, and to reject the property rights granted and depending for their sole existence upon legislative form. The police power control of our humble citizens should end and justly so. Rent control is too inconsistent with our principles of law and justice. Its essential character is self-evident of its danger to our way of life, liberty and property, which are cherished most as personal liberty. : wd, F. Frantz, 750 Hetcham St.”

Something for Nothing

MR. EDITOR: . This is in reference to the age-old con game

which is being perpetrated with increasing regu-

larity on the aged women of our city. When reading of this dastardly deed people angrily exclaim, “How can anyone possibly fall for such a racket?” The sad facts are that people have been falling for rackets such as this since time im-

memorial. The victims included vary from in-

FOR MOTHER'S DAY

LET'S MAKE each day a Mother's Day . .« and not just merely one . . . let’s honor her and work for her... from dawn to setting sun , .. tet’s show our love throughout each day . . . by what we say and do . . . for by our actions we can make . . . her every wish come true ... let’s try to ease the heavy load . . . that for us she must bear . . . let's give her happiness and Joy . . . and freedom from each care . .. for she never stops loving us . . . in her own special Way . . « 80 won't you join with me and make +» « each day a Mother's Day. : -~-By Ben Burroughs,

. Smith (D.,, Va.)

tellectuals down to nitwits. Every con artist knows one fact: You can't cheat an honest man. Every potential sucker must be offered something for nothing. That is when the larceny which lies deep in all of us, sometimés dormant but nevertheless there, comes to the surface. But that is a facet of human nature which cannot be obliterated. : I do hope that no one misses my meaning. There is no doubt in my mind that these aged and unfortunate ladies are paragons of honesty, but they belong to the human race which, alas, is not infallible. I am merely trying to point out to those unenlightened souls how this sort of thing can happen and will happen again. I humbly offer a suggestion which may save some poor soul his or her modest fortune. If The Times would make a big issue of this thing by giving it a front-page spread along with a list and pictures of the recent victims and an explanation of how the racket works, the next victim might be saved. —-Robert Lynde.

‘Something Wrong’

MR. EDITOR: Something surely is wrong at Elgin, IIL Should we get the Indianapolis Railways to give them some pointers? (Clipping from the Chicago Sun-Times, Saturday, May 2, 1952): “The Illinois Commerce Commission Friday gave the Elgin City Lines permission to eliminate token fares and charge a straight i0=cent adult fare on its buses. ; “The commission refused to allow abandonment of a 5-cent student fare for children over 12. A 5-cent child fare also remained in effect. “Tokens were sold three for 25 cents under a temporary commission order effective Jan. 18. They previously had been three for 20 cents.” J. F. Glass, 719 E. Southern Ave.

What Others Say—

NOT 80 long ago, I used to think of golf as an old man's game, Well, maybe it is, but now I'm playing golf.—Lt.-Gen. Lauris Norstad, 44-year-old Allied air Ssminaniet of SHAPE. ¢

I WENT to Strasbourg to hear how Euro-

pean unity could be achieved. I heard nothing except how it cannot be done.—Rep. Howard

CEE Te WITHIN the next fifty years, man should regularly live to the age of 100.—Dr. Martin Gumpert, American old age specialist. &

A WOMAN has the right to quarrel with her husband in the afternoon because it is so much fun to make up in the evening.—Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress.

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STORY IN SENATE . . . By Frederick C. Othman

— All Kinds of Deals’ | In U. S. Grain Storage P

WASHINGTON, May 10-1 guess it's fair to call Jack 1. Cowart, the one-time big shot at the Agriculture Department, a crook, but I don’t think he's ‘a suspicious crook. You may remember reading about Jack, who once was the suave assistant to the assistant director of the Production and Marketing Administration, which has to do with multimil-lion-dollar loans on grain and the storage thereof. Jack was fired a while back for accepting fees he didn't deserve from some Virginia grain men. A jury sentenced

him to two years in jail; he’s

not out on appeal. This isn’t what interested the Senate Agriculture Committee.

SEEMS JACK had all kinds of deals with all kinds of people. He put so much pressure on his underlings to clear out the red tape in favor of his pals that they spoke of him in awe and as “the man.” Some of these friends were broad - brimmed hat fellows from Center, Tex., who wanted to turn an old military depot in Baton Rouge, La. into a storage warehouse for government stuff. Thanks to Cowart’s strong-arm operations around the Agriculture Department, according to sworn testimony, they got the place filled with cotton linters and canned meat from Mexico. The pals paid off generously to the tune of $22,300. They didn’t give this money to Cowart, his wife, or his children.

He had them pay the first installment of $17,500 to his

mother-in-law, Mrs. Zelda Van Winkle. » ” » “HE WOULDN'T trust the members of his own family,” mused Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D. La.). “Suspicious of every=body but - his mother-in-law. Very unusual.” Or was it? Turned out that Jack knew he was going to be questioned by experts. He was, too. So he was able to say, without perjuring himself, that neither he nor the members of his family had received one cent from the Texans. Of the latter he began to wonder whether they'd ever pay the rest. So he cooked up a further deal whereby they'd

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mail the remaining thousands to one Aex Campbell in Ft. Wayne, Ind. He figured that'd scare ‘em into paying up at the rate of $400 per month,

= Ed » MR. CAMPBELL was a lawyer. Not just any lawyer, either. He was the ex-assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division. “Of the U. 8. government?” asked the incredulous Sen. George Alken (R. Vt.). “Yes, sir,” replied Carmen 8. Bellino, the demon accountant of the committee, who said that Attorney Campbell relayed the monthly checks to Cowart’s bank account in Dallas, Tex. “Campbell told us he'd been used,” announced counsel Paul Cotter. “We know that,” said Sen.

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Aiken. “But: did he know he had?” Sen. Ellender sald Cowart turned out to be a bad egg, a common, ordinary crook, though the Texans did an extraordinarily good job storing the cotton and the meat.

8 2 o NO DEBATE about that, said Sen. Edward J. Thye (R. Minn.). But how did Cowart ever get to be a hot shot in the Agriculture Department? Who hired him in the first place? Who promoted him? Who let him practice his shenanigans? Nobody seemed to have the answers. The Senators agreed they intended to get ’em, even if they had to subpena everye body in the Agriculture Department. And their mothers-in-law, too.

DEMOCRATIC ROLL CALL . . . By Charles Lucey Stevenson, Kefauver Hailed as Favorites

WASHINGTON, May 10— Two months before the Democrats meet in Chicago for their first wide-open national convention in 20 years, party seers view the presidential nomina- ' tion prospects about as follows: There’s wide agreement no one can sew it up before Chicago. Choice of the Republican convention 10 days earlfer may influence the Dembocratic selection. The list of favorite sons who will fade when the pitchers start curving the ball may approach a record. Some party leaders already narrow the field to two—Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois and Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, ¢ ® x =» 5 MR. STEVENSON took him- , self out of the race but it's been noticed he went to the West Coast to make some speeches. There's a suspicion that if the GOP nominates Sen. Robert Taft, Mr. Stevenson could be persuaded to run. But if it named Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, no. There's another considerathough: Some Illinois leaders doubt any Democrat can carry their state for the presidency this year. They say Gov, Stevenson is the one man who. can be elected governor and hold the state Democratic organization together these next four years.

” » ” IF MR. STEVENSON positively will not run for president, the momentum gained by

Sen. Kefauver in the primaries may force party leaders to take him. There isn't any doubt, though, that Mr. Kefauver has made enemies among state party leaders by barging into so many state primaries. s » o MANY DEMOCRATS will bet now that the Tennesseean will be on the ticket—but most likely in the vice presidential spot. : Yet if Mr. Kefauver can win solid victories in important pritary tests still ahead in California and Oregon, he'd be hard to cut out of first place. The question of whether Sen. Richard B. Russell of Florida can extend his delegate strength beyond Dixie may be answered when Mr. Russell swings North and West to talk

politics with state leaders be-

ginning next week. ; Almost complete Florida primary figures gave the Georgfan a 70,000-vote victory margin over Sen. Kefauver, and his friends say this is giving his national appeal a helpful shove, vy aR

OKLAHOMA Sen. Robert 8..

Kerr's friends say he'll have a

good parcel of delegates be--

sides those of his own state, and that when favorite sons are properly honored and out of the way, second-choice and third-choice votes will come their man's way. They hope to inhgrit some Russell strength If his candidacy fades,

LABOR... By Fred W. Perkins

Wage Probe Widens

WASHINGTON, . May 10— ‘ The House Labor Committee's » investigation of the Wage Stabilization Board is covering more territory than had been expected.

Primary reason for the investigation is to look into the Wage Board's role in the steel controversy.

But independent unions — those riot in the CIO or AFL— have seized the chance to renew their fight against what they call- a “closed shop” in the W. Board, whose members 1 e no representatives

of the independents. a... THERE are several hundred independent unions, with a re-

ing of Wage Board Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger, the Texas Congressman placed some of the complaints in the record. 3 2 8 » ONE WAS a statement from an independent union ia Swift & Co.'s Chicago meat-packing plant, It declares that its petition in a wage case was reported lost in the Board's files for several weeks, and was suddenly found when a copy of the original document was presented. Then, the Independent union declared, it found that petitions of a competing CIO union had been changed to take account of the Independent's case. The independent union believes its rival was given a chance to study the “lest” document,

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