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Millions for Bribes— Pennies for Taxes VWWHAT EXCUSE can the Internal Revenue Bureau have

for the way it handled the tax returns of Harry Gross,

ASIA : . «By Jim G. Lucas Pacific Pact Merger Urged

WASHINGTON, May 12--A small group of, determined men in the State Department believes the time is ripe to push for an all-inclusive - Pacific pact to stop any further spread of Asian communism. \ The matter has heen under discussion for months. So far, nothing's happened. No negotiations, have been started and none are in prospect. “We meet and reach general agreement and that seems to end' it,” one of them said, Their idea is that conditions have changed so much in 18 months. that the United States— by exerting leadership—could. bring anti-Coms-munist Asian nations together into a single pact. Lacking that, they want a series of interrelated defense pacts. But unless the U:. S takes the lead, they say, anti-Communist Asia can never get together, a

Too Busy With Europe

THEIR GREATEST handicap seems to be

the Brooklyn bookmaker? Gross is the scoundrel who told in New York this week how he paid $1 million to grafting police and politicians so he could run his $20-million-a-year bookie racket without annoyance from the law. He also testified he kicked in $20,000 to William O'Dwyer's 1945 and 1040 mayoralty campaign chests. Mr. O'Dwyer, now U. 8. ambassador to Mexico, won both elections. He appointed some of the police officials who Gross says he paid so handsomely. ; hb _ Gross now is serving a 12-year prison term for contempt of court. He got that deserved sentence last year for running out on law enforcement officers at the trial of 17 New York policemen accused of taking bribes from him. . » WHAT ABOUT this rascal’s income tax record? Sen. John J. Williams of Delaware spilled the smelly details on the Senate floor yesterday. The details came

racketeer and briber, was treated: Prior to 1946, he apparently didn’t even bother to file tax returns. At least no record of any could be found. “For 1946-47-48, he reported income of $25,000. On the total he paid federal income taxes of $3357.99. But the Bureau of Internal Revenue decided that was too much and, in 1948, returned him $319.31. In 1049, he filed an estimated tax return indicating he owed $500 in taxes. Sen. Williams couldn't find out for sure how much he actually paid. And Gross didn't get around to filing a final return for that year, In 1950, he didn't even file a return. 2 = =» 8 8 =» SEN. WILLIAMS said he was unable to find out whether Gross had made a return for 1951, or what the Tax Bureau has done since Jan, 1, 1952 about this man’s What did the Revenue Bureau do prior to Jan: 1, 1952? The answer is nothing. ; No action was taken against him for failing to file returns in the years he thumbed his nose at the tax collectors. No investigation was made to find out whether he was lying when he swore his reportable income was only $25,000 for 1946-47-48. ‘ + So there was Harry Gross running his multi-million-dollar gambling racket, paying, he says, a million dollars in bribes to public officials, contributing liberally to political ¢ampaigns—and telling the government's tax people that his income was $25,000. . And there was the Internal’ Revenue Bureau, charged with treating all taxpayers alike, blandly accepting this man’s word. + Tax collectors? That's not what we'd call them.

Kefauver Shows Strength IF THERE was any doubt that Sen, Kefauver was a force © to be reckoned with in the choice of the 1852 Democratic presidential nominee, the results of the Florida and Ohio primaries have dispelled it. . The Florida affair was Kefauver's stiffest test. He tackled Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia, another avowed candidate, under circumstances and in territory anything but favorable to the Tennesseean. . Russell had the governor, both Senators and the entire Florida delegation in the House in his camp. Kefauver had only Claude Pepper, ex-Senator, an ally of dubious value in s‘me sectors of the state. ; : Thus, to poll some 270,000 votes and around 45 per cent of the total vote cast fairly may be classed as a moral triumph for Kefauver. Russell's margin over him, in the neighborhood of 60,000, was not staggering.

. THIS outcome demonstrates that Kefauver can get votes under substantial handicaps, that his appeal is not sectional, despite the fact that traditional southern politicians do not look upon him as one of them. y Coupled with his success in biting off a good chunk of Ohio's ocratic delegate strength (also under adverse conditions), the Florida showing of Kefauver puts a heavy burden upon his rivals, : ; . Russell is an unproved quantity in northern industrial states. W. Averell Harriman, Mutual Security Adminigtra- _ tor, has yet to establish his pulling power with voters anywhere. Sen. Kerr was licked by Kefauver in his only outing in Nebraska. . 3 Kefauver has now participated in 10 primaries, and he has lost only the Florida contest. To be sure, he was unopposed in the great majority of these. But in any event he

was out testing himself with the electorate while others ‘were doing little or nothing,

IF BIG city Democratic leaders in the northern sections ‘they are going to block Kefauvef,

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oc , they had better tk ives a candidate. So far they do not have one any sign of one. While they are searching, Kefauver now has weathered the worst of his primary storms. tld win handily in Oregon, where both his comJov, Stevenson of Illinois and Supreme Court in Douglas, have asked voters not to vote for

succession of victories has brought him

from the Tax Bureau itself. Here's how. Harry Gross, .

that Secretary of State Dean Acheson is pre=occupied with Europe and the State Depart ment’s Far Eastern bureau is weak. It appar ently keeps busy with routine housekeeping and avoids controversy. These men believe that anti-Corfimunist Asia, on its own, is moving toward some sort of loose union. A conference of anti-Communist national leaders, called by President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines. at Baguio several years ago, apparently was the kickoff. . “Not so much for what it accomplished,” a State Departmént man said, “but because it meant that the leaders of anti-Communist Asia got together face to face. It started the dissolution of old ties and the creation of new ones, Before-that. Saigon (Indo-China) was closer to Paris than Manila, and Singapore closer to London, Now they feel they are part of an Asian community and are thinking in those terms.”

Anti-Reds Divided

HISTORIC differences, jealousies and rivalries still divide anti-Communist Asia, it is admitted, but they are not so sharp as Been. “Discreet “bit Arm pressire fr country could overcome them. Anti-Communist Asia“expects as much of us and is disappointed that we have defaulted. The U. 8. has three Pacific defense pacts. One binds us to New Zealand and Australia. Another ties us to the Philippines, a third to Japan. Proponents of an over-all Pacific pact in the State Department would like to see those three pacts tied together. They say that those who fear Japan might accept her as a member— with proper safeguards by the U. 8.

We Were on the Run ~~» “THREE YEARS ago we were on the run in the Far East,” a State Department official explained. “The Communists had overrun China and everyone was in a state of jitters. Today, the situation has been stabilized. But the pressure is still on, and that means we should have

- a Pacific pact. This is the time to start.”

.'Many in the department feel we have ducked our responsibilities in the Far East by failing to name an ambassador-at-large in that area. A strong man to co-ordinate American policy in Asia—as Wwe have done in Europe—is regarded as essential. Myron «Cowen, former ambassador to the Philippines, for a long time was regarded as a natural. Mr. Cowen, who also has served in Australia, was thought ih line for it when he returned to Washington. But last week he was named ambassador to Belgium.

Lost—a Friend STATE DEPARTMENT sources say Mr, Cowen’s shift to Europe may have an unfortunate effect in the Far East. The Philippine people, particularly, may feel that they have lost their only friend in court. He was the man they looked to to urge their cause in Washington. However, these men do not believe he was shifted purposely to lessen his influence in Far Eastern affairs. He was selected, they say, because he is one of the department's ablest men, and such a man was needed in Brussels. With Mr, Cowen leaving within two weeks, no one man is regarded as strong enough to be American ambassador-at-large in Asia.

LIVING A DREAM

WHEN I hold and gently kiss you . , , and your eyes look into mine . . . I experience a feeling . . . that is wonderful and fine . . . when we walk the lane together . . . and the stars are shining bright... I am carried off to heaven . . . in the gentle moon's pure light « « « When we share sweet little love words . . . and I'm lost in your caress . . . I feel strange and deep enchantment .. . that is full of tenderness . . . and when sighs are all we whisper + « « and the stars are close to see . . ..d have realized my wishes .., for my dreams are reality. ~-By Ben Burroughs.

‘PLEASE DELETE’ . . . By James Daniel

It Was All a Mistake, A $111 Million One

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But Harry, What Have You Been Doing?

FOR SALE, CHEAP . . . By Frederick C. Othman Home and Country Acres Can Turn Out to Be Big Headache

McLEAN, Va; May 12 — First inkling of trouble at my beaten-up acres in Fairfax County came when I walked into the bath the other morning and got a cold shower before I'd taken off my pajamas. The water was spewing in through the ceiling. Bringing plaster with it. ~ What this did to the“green wallpaper de luxe in the living room below was enough to put Mrs. O. in tears. She called the roofer in a hurry. He said the roof was perfect; maybe the gutters were leaking. The tinner said they were fine and when did we last have the wall caulked? . 5 So we tried to get the painter who was supposed to have done that a while back when he presented us with a whopping bill for painting the entire establishment. He seemed to have disappeared. He better stay ‘disappeared. I'll shoot him on sight.

Rural Slicker :

We CALLED in another man, expensive but honest, and he said if any poor city dubs had been taken by a rural slicker, we were the ones. He couldn’t find any evidence of caulking where the water was coming in. He rubbed the paint on the walls with his finger and off it came. “Next thing to whitewash,” he said. In the more hidden recesses under the eaves there never had been any paint, while on the white columns holding up the roof of the front porch. the pain‘ was coming off in flakes the size of maple leaves. Odd looking paint, too. Our new man said it mostly was plaster, which had been mixed with a little paint. It had been applied thick so as to cover up the blemishes our local thief hadn't bother to smooth down with sandpaper. So for the last four days, five men at $20 per day each, have been attacking our house with electrical sanding machines and blowtorches. They'll start painting soon. The grass is covered with dusted paint so thick it looks like snow, while our pups refuse to approach the house because it makes them sneeze. The fine, synthetic suit of clothes I intended to order, I have canceled. The new sedan I once was thinking about, I'm not. :

SIDE GLANCES

"can have a shower with the water coming

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

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Flash in the Pan °

MR. EDITOR: The flash in the pan in Marion County of support for Eisenhower is a blot on the high integrity and loyalty of the middle west for that great American, Robert Taft. crusade to have a real Republican in the White House is not even slightly impeded. It is only an unexpected display of promoting a DemocratRepublican candidate as the Willkie candidacy

proved to have been, and as all understanding Americans know the Eisenhower boom to be,

Just as the Wisconsin primary repudiated Willkie in 1944 and now in 1952 has overwhelmingly endorsed Taft, so in that proportion will be the nomination in July and victory in November of Taft. . The accusation of isolationism hurled at true American patriots is unfair and untrue and simply a cover-up of the wild spending of the past 20 years of the Roosevelt-Truman adminis. trations. The incontestable trend toward sociale jsm and even communism of the Truman-Ache-son every move is cleverly concealed and much of the public fooled by their foreign policy. The administration has deliberately, under the guise of world aid, been spending us into bankruptcy. Can we continue helping the whole world and -deliberately continue World War III (merely police action to the administration) and not go broke? The extravagance of the atomic program and no use made of it to end World War III is something that cannot be explained away.

Does Eisenhower know what he is doing ‘when hé deliberately deserts his post? The une expected change in appointments rocks the very foundation of security. The prepared successors are brushed aside. Gen. Greunther, a natural for the head of NATO is not to succeed Eisenhower. Gen. Ridgway .is called away from ; Janan and Korea where he was the best one wiutgoreplace-the great Gen, MacArthur. Gen. Clark, succeeding Gen. Ridgway, 1s a perilous experiment. There are those who are not fully informed or who are captured by the reputation of a military leader who favor Eisenhower. I do not include them in this attack. I submit this letter to our only factual reporting newspaper in the Taft-Eisenhower controversy, The Times.

—Mrs. Evadne H. Hibben, 2983 N. Meridian St., City.

Bad Architecture

MR. EDITOR:

As a visiting architect, I must say that your buildings of state in Indianapolis are the most

seen on the face of the earth, In a constructive sense, I call this to your attention in the hope that publicity may alleviate the situation. It is possible that Sinclair Lewis was right and that Middle Westerners are devoid of any sense of the beautiful. Certainly, your lking for -the gushy tripe of Edgar Guest and Riley would attest to that. Still, somewhere in the state there must be an architect—a sick, disgusted architect, who would do the job out of civic pride.

~Elwood W. McGruin.

My bride says last summer's dresses ought to last one more season. As for our vacation, she figures the place to spend that is at home, admiring the new paint job.

Vacation at Home SHE'S ALSO considering seriously selling the whole shebang, including the tractor equipped to plow backwards at night, and moving into a Washington apartment. Between taxes and sharp operators, she says she doesn’t believe a city man can earn enough money to live on a farm. As to how a farmer can afford it, she has no idea.

When this financial blow eventually is for- Time to Wake Up gotten and the apples come on the trees, I have . no doubt she’ll change her mind about moving MR. EDITOR: : to a home with a front door on a carpeted cor- This gas shortage may be a blessing in disridor. She has altered her decisions before on guise.

this subject. Bulletin: And also flash: I've just had a phone call. Maybe her mind is made up for sure. - The automatic, deep-well pump is on the fritz + + » the water faucets don’t even sigh. Mrs. O. says let's move into a hotel so we

It would be a good time to cut down our disgraceful accident rate. Take about half the cars off the highways, get rid of the hot-rod-ders, and the traffic toll would drop 90 per cent.

Yes, this is a good time for all of us to come to our senses on this matter of driving. Ease up on that accelerator foot and we'll all

through the pipes inst: ug Pipes instead of the ceiling. I think live longer.

maybe she’s got something. You know anybody who wants to buy a place in the country? Cheap?

What Others Say—

THE luckiest thing that ever happened to me was being born a- woman, At first, directors used to tell me, “Act sultry.” That only made me nervous. Now they just say, “Be yourself.” That does it.—Marilyn Monroe, movie actress. LE I

AT THE head of Britain there is now a statesman whose political skill may somehow compensate for the weakness of his country. , . although we’ can be certain that for whatever personal service he may render to the Allied cause Winston Churchill will charge us rather pigh brokerage fees.—Max Ascoll, editor, puber. Q

Mrs. H. B,, City.

Police Get Raking

MR. EDITOR

I think it is about time something was done to make the police of our city look like policemen. Leaning against buildings, their caps teetering on the back of their heads, these offi cers look like anything but the brave minions of the law they are supposed to be. Also, why in heck don’t these cops learn something about the city they are protecting? Seeking directions the other day, I asked at least three policemen in vain. Finally, I settled for an aged woman from Muncie who told me

where to go, Are we importing our cops from Ohio now?.

—Franklin 8, Deems,

By Galbraith

IF TRUCE FAILS . . . By Ludwell Denny

Bases North of Yalu

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horrible examples of pseudo-architecture ever .

Allies Ready to Bomb

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WASHINGTON, May 12 — The Newmont Mining Corporation's bid for a $111 million government loan for one of its subsidiaries today had advanced to the point that Newmont’s president, Fred Searls Jr, was asking Congress to change its records. The Senate Interior Commit tee said it had received a letter from Mr. Searls, asking the

committee to “delete” a key

sentence ‘from testimony he gave a year ago. Committee officials said it will be difficult to comply, because the testimony has been printed and all the printed copies of the hearings have been given out. » - » : THEY SAID the only way they could help Mr, Searls

Searls wants to rub out was one in which he told the committee that the Newmont Corp, a

“operates” the Magma Copper Co. of Arizona—although its

_ direct stock interest is not a

majority. | At the time he testified, Mr, Searls was chief metals adto Defense Mobilizer and the committee had him on the carpet because he had opposed subsidies for competing mining interests, while his own comies, in his word, had “soicited” and received them. + Ls ” wi THE REFERENCE to Magla was not significant at the recently it at the Re-

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ONE—The San Manuel Copper Co. has applied for almost 100 per cent government financing—through the RFC— of a proposed copper mine north of Tucson, Ariz. TWO-—San Manuel is wholly owned by Magma Copper Co. THREE-—-Magma has a net worth of more than $20 million and is part of the Newmont holdings, which have a net worth of more than $150 million. FOUR—Under RFC rules, a borrowing company shouldn't seek government financing if it's rich enough to finance itself, borrow privately, or ate tract investors by selling stock. FIVE—The defense materials procurement agency, headed by Jess Larson, denied any controlling link between

the vice president of Newmont, "Franz Schneider, both said Mr. Searls was wrong. . ~ ” ren ih nem ow agreemen changeable. The chairman of alter the way the governments the board of Newmont, Charles now understands the relation 1, . Ayer, was president ‘ of sith Setwesn the Newmont Magma, The president of tions. director of N

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"We didn't get the usual rain on this picnic=—=but | wish we had!"

WASHINGTON, May 12—If the Reds finally Teject the Allied truce compromise and take the offensive in Korea, the Allies probably will retaliate by bombing China.

Whether th'at retaliation would be limited to the Manchurian bases or extend also to China proper would depend on developments. The decision would be made by the Allies, rather than by the United States alone.

The Allies could veto the bombing of Manchurian bases used by the enemy for the Korean War, This is unlikely, however,

An agreement was reached on this last winter. Britain and France cannot afford to break that. » » »

MOREOVER, the Allied goyernments now that the U. 8, has earned a decisive voice In such a military decision by supplying most of the troops, ships and planes. Neither American public opin« fon nor Allied troop morale would long permit defense

equal slaughter, they would not be in a position to deny present American ‘divisions the right of effective defense through an air counter-offensive in Mane churia. Our allies are not will« ing and not able to provide

such troops.

So the enemy should know-— before - he finally rejects the very favorable truce terms offered by the Allies, and starts his: big push—that his “sanctuary” bases across the Yalu River will no longer be _off-

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While there is little doubt about what would happen in Manchuria, the decision regarding retaliation against China proper will wait on events. Perhaps the Manchurfan bombing would be suffictent to turn the scales, or to Bring a iruce on our terms. e; our Allies woul to think so. 2 ike ® = » BUT THE MOOD in Wash. ington would not encourage much delay. 80 there is better than an even chance that, if Red China starts an all-out Korean War again, she will end up defending her homeland, That does not mean American troops would be used on the Chinese mainland. It would involve a naval blockade and

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