Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1952 — Page 20

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fhe ‘500’ Gets ‘Organized’ : [\DIANAPOLIS, JUNE 6, 1954 (MAYBE)—Twenty-nine cars roared across the finish line abreast today to a spectacular tie in the annual 500-Mile Indianapolis Motor way classic. yd for the 500 miles was 11 hours and 47 minutes. { There was no winner, pursuant to the ruling by Local 188, Teamsters Union (AFL) abolishing the old unfair labor practice of paying some drivers more than others, according to the speeds at which they drove. This constituted a “speed-up” and amounted to payment for labor on a piecework basis, both contrary to union principles, officers of Local 188 held.” Consequently all contestants

were required to finish in a tie. : Drivers were chosen by lot from unemployed members

which barred from competition drivers who had worked in any race in the past four years. Because of heavy unemployment in their section of the industry, 29 of the starting drivers were unemployed elevator operators and one described himself” as an unemployed buffalo herder. Their names were not made public to prevent embarrassment over their unemployed status. Four of the 33 original starters were ordered off the track when a card check-up on the 100th lap revealed that their union dues had become delinquent since the race started. .

+ § ss = y “ELAPSED TIME of 11 hours and 47 minutes fell well within the 45-mile-an-hour speed limit set for this year as a “safety measure.” Dave Horsecollar, newly elected benevolent international president-for-life extraordinary of Local 188, vigorously branded charges that the limit was set to force more overtime pay for drivers, mechanics and ushers as “just more NAM propaganda.” “The human race is more important than the auto race,” Mr. Horsecollar declared. “We cannot tolerate ‘slave labor’ toiling over the steering wheels at straight time to swell the profits of the selfish interests.” : The race, originally scheduled as in past years for May 30, was held today, a week later, only after the President, exercising his inherent powers, had seized the track to deal with an emergency growing out of the demand for - quadruple pay for May 30, a holiday. The issue was resolved by federal designation of June 6 ag a holiday also, followed by the ruling that quadruple

ply be given for both’ days. 5% % 4 » & # . sw AN ENTHUSIASTIC crowd of 117 spectators, including 99 union officials, 16 WSB employees, and one man who going fishing but made a wrong turn, watched the Mrilling spectacle. Organization of the track by Local 188 began two years on May 15, 1952, when union officers ordered drivers, owners and Speedway officials to appear for a meeting.

Speedway and threatened to dig tank traps agross:thetrack, unless their demands were speedily met. Complete organition followed rapidly, and the “union shop” requiring mbership in Local 188 for spectators as well as drivers, car owners and employees was added only this year.

He Made His Own Record

down in Criminal Court pleading that he can’t get a fair trial in Marion County because the newspapers have published stories about him. There have, indeed, been newspaper stories about the ubiquitous Tuffy. The stories have told part—though certainly by no means all—of what he has been doing here in Indianapolis, back over the years. He makes no pretense, and never has, that the stories weren't true. Whatever record Tuffy Mitchell has in the opinion of Marion County is a record he built for himself, block by block. Like everybody else, he now has to live with it. We believe Prosecutor Fairchild is wholly right in insisting this man be tried here where he lives and where he is known and where the law violations with which he is charged—if there are any law violations at all—were committed. : : The weakest link in judicial justice in this county is the lax granting of changes of venue, usually without either argument or reason. This man has already achieved a special judge, on what grounds if any we don't know, to Hear his pleas. Now he is pleading for a special county. : His actions plainly indicate that the last thing he really wants is a fair trial of the charges against him.

Defense and Austerity IN RECENT days, Congress—and the public—has had some good advice from men who ought to know about ~llocating the taxpayers’ money for foreign aid. Committees of both houses of Congress have cut a billion dollars out of the $7.9 billion recommended for forsign aid—mostly military—by President Truman. Mr. Truman and other spokesmen in his administration have been crying “wolf” ever since the cuts were made. They argue that no cut can be made in this allocation without disastrous effects. But two well-informed authorities on the subject, Gen. lisenhower and John Foster ‘Dulles, don’t follow that idea. Gen. Eisenhower says, in effect, that he thinks any more cutting would delay the program in Europe. But he does not oppose the billion-dollar cut and he warns that the program should be laid out within the limits of our economic apacity “without endangering its basic soundness.” The main idea, he says, is to encourage the Europeans + a maximum effort of their own.. " - » 4 ASR, H. si [ CKFORD, Scripps-Howard European cor’spondent, sums up the policy: ea. needs must not be compromised. But that ‘oes not mean the sky's the limit.” 2 ‘Mr. Dulles warns against “such vast, unproductive ry expenditures as would destroy the very values we z to protect.” ; given greatly,” he points out—"“sometimes in

* PRIVATE FIGHT . . By: Charles Lucey

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of Local J88 in the Local's “spread the work”. program.

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QUR HEART bleeds for Tuffy Mitchell, who has been

Battle Raging. In Dixie GOP

WASHINGTON, May 15—A hundred pre-

cious delegate votes in the Republican convention in Chicago will ride on the outcome of bitter GOP factional battles raging in several Southern states. - In a really close contest between Sen. Robert A, Taft and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, decisions as. to which factions are seated could

go far toward determining the presidential

nomination. Contests between competing delegate slates from the South are an old story. Dixie rarely tosses any November electoral votes into the pot for the Republicans, but her convention delegate votes count just as much as those from the North. This year the intense rivalry between Eisenhower and Taft factions has heightened the conflict. Fist fights have broken out in some GOP meetings. In several states opposing leaders have taken their arguments into court.

‘Thievery’ Charged IN LOUISIANA, where Taft forces under National Committeeman John Jackson domsinate the party organization, a pro-Eisenhower group headed by John Minor Wisdom, New Or-

leans attorney, has waged a terrific fight to get delegates for the General. Secret and rump meetings, other gessions sternly policed and repeated appeals to the courts have marked the wrangling that has gone on for months. Eisenhower supporters have charged the Taft side with attempts at “brazen thievery.” County conventions in Texas have been marked by deep feeling between Taft and Eisenhower factions. At Houston, a GOP precinct chairman favoring Mr. Taft argued with Eisenhower backers, called one a “damn Communist,” received a punch in reply. Texas has 38 GOP delegates, richest prize in the South. A big battle for control will come on May 27 at a Texas state Republican convention at Mineral Wells.

Rival Slates Named IN MISSISSIPPI, there has been the usual battle between the so-called “Lily-White” and “Black-and-Tan”, factions. Eisenhower partisans employed a kind of flying wedge to break into a meeting at which pro-Taft people had started to elect delegates to Chicago. The proIke men took charge completely, elected their -slate and adjourned. Then Taft people called the police, and named a slate of Taft delegates. In several other Southern states the rivalry similarly has been at an intense pitch. They, too, may send competing delegates to Chicago. The battle over which groups will be recognized will begin before the contests committee of the Republican National Committee several days before the Chicago convention opens. The contest committee's recommendations: for seating go to the national committee. As a last

resort they can he appealed to the convention

itself, It has been regarded generally that the Taft people are in the strongest position in the.Republican National Committee and hence will be able to control the convention machinery. This is by no means certain. The seating of the pro-Dewey Georgia delegation at Philadelphia in 1048 was a consider-

_able blow to Taft's bid for the nomination.

Old Loyalty Lingers IN RECENT YEARS much of the Republican Party in the South has been pro-Taft—in some states there has been an old loyalty extending back to President William Howard Taft. But in the years when Gov. Thomas E. Dewey was fighting the Taft forces for the GOP nomination, the New Yorker's skillful political team frequently broke into this territory successfully. In some Southern states the party ‘has exto provide convention delegates every four years and to handle whatever patronage was available. The leaders frequently have been charged with trying to stifie GOP growth in Dixie to keep control in their own hands. The result has been to stymie development of a twoparty system. The outcome of the fierce GOP battling in the South this year not only may have a vital influence on the presidential nomination, but sould put life into the GOP in the South as never before.

COLD WAR STRATEGY . .

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FALSE CHARGE . . . By O. D. Russell Move to Blame Gls for Japs’ Morals Not Getting Very Far

TOKYO, May 15—Prostitution admittedly has been a problem in occupied Japan, but the recent effort of a Japanese woman reformer to pin the major blame on American soldiers is falling rather flat. Mrs. Tamaki Uyemura, who was educated at Wellesley, recently wrote an open letter to Mrs. Matthew Ridgway, asking her to urge that Gen. Ridgway “isolate immoral United States troops” to help end prostitution in Japan. Her letter was timed to come out in a monthly magazine at the end of the occupation. The most critical attack yet made on the morals of American troops, it obviously was intended for public consumption even before Mrs. Ridgway saw it. The Japanese reaction, judging from press

and individual opinions, has been indifference.’

This is understandable in a nation where for centuries farmers have sold their daughters into prostitution to ease economic hardships.

An Old Jap Custom

JAPANESE literature filled with romantic stories in which lovely heroines beg their aged parents to sell them into licensed quarters to keep the whole family from starving. Usually, the story book girl emerges with at least her heart untainted, marries honorably and sees that all hands are happy and well-fed ever after. It is hardly surprising that in 1945, thousands of Japanese girls, with the whole nation near starvation, took to street walking when American troops came. Licensed districts were immediately barred to troops, so the girls could only ply their trade on the streets. Few Japanese seemed morally outraged then, as now.

. By Ludwell Denny

Mrs. Uyemura- estimates that there now are about 75,000 such prostitutes earning $200 million yearly. That means the average girl earns nearly $2700 annually. Or, to put in yen, the average street walker earns (by this estimate) about 10,000 more yen a month than Premier Yoshida. Mrs. Uyemura didn't mention this—an item which surely would have increased, rather than decreased, the rolls of pleasure-bent Nippon

girls.

Source of Figures

BUT NEITHER did she say where she got her figures. If she got them by questioning street walkers, she must have overlooked ancient Japanese proverb which says that a truthful courtesan is as rare as a square egg.

Perhaps more accurately, one namelegs but obviously experienced Army sergeant, when confronted with Mrs. Uyemura's breakdown, said, “It don’t cost me nuthin’. All I do is

buy baby-san (his girl of-the month) a dress.

or a pair of shoes.” Similarly questioned, a night club dancer admitted she had dabbled in both the ancient arts and found the one very helpful and profitable while she was taking lessons for the other. Now she luxuriates—she can choose between the two professions, and often does between stage bookings. There have been unconfirmed reports that some Japanese girls were beaten up during the May Day riots for associating with American troops, but this is regarded as a Red effort to promote anti-Americanism rather than a general symptom.

Soviet War Threats Fail to Change Allied Policy |

WASHINGTON, May 15—Soviet threats of German civil war or of world war, If West Germany is taken into the European defense community, have failed to change Allied policy. That is the significance of the identical notes of the United States, Britain and France delivered to Moscow Tuesday after agreement with the Bonn government. In this reply to the Soviet note of Apr. 9, there is not the slightest sign of retreat. It.is firmer, if possible, than the Allied notes of Mar. 25 in asserting western principles and in rejecting phony Russian proposals. _ The issue is clear. It is the right of the German people to a free government of their own choosing and, through that representative government, to join the European community for mutual prosperity and “security. Stalin proposes: (1) So-called free elections for an all-German government; (2) A German national army; (3) A ban on such a “neutral” Germany joining the European community; (4) Acceptance of Germany's present temporary boundaries as permanent. The position of the Allies and the West Ger-

SIDE GLANCES

man government, as spelled out again in Tuesday’s notes, is as follows:

We are determined to achieve a unified Germany, and a peace treaty with it “on terms that will insure unity with freedom and peace

with security.” We are ready to begin negotiations with Russia the moment there is clear understanding of their scope and purpose. The Russian notes show there is no such understanding to avoid repetition of the fruitless past negotiations, 2 ; Russia refuses to allow the impartial United Nations commission, which has investigated West Germany, to ascertain whether conditions for a free election exist in East Germany. In view of the dictatorishp—though the Allies do not use that harsh word—in East Germany, there must be guarantees that there will be conditions of freedom before, during and after elections. Otherwise, a representative allGerman government cannot negotiate a treaty. We believe the United Nations commission

is the quickest and most practical body. But,

we are ready to consider any other genuine proposal for an impartial investigating com-

WASHINGTON, May 15— For months I've been waiting for an excuse to tell you about the White Heron Motel. Known

also among its clientele as the Royal Pastel Mink Tourist *- Court. The time has come and in an odd way, too. There was the Senate Elections Committee pondering whether to kick Sen. Joe McCarthy (R. Wis.) out of the club because he charged the defunct Lustron Corp. $10,000 for a booklet about housing. Nothing wrong about this, says Sen. Joe. Terrible, charges Sen. Willlam Benton (D. Conn.). : In the hot seat was Carl G. Strandlund, the plump man with the hairline mustache and the suede shoes, who borrowed v $37,500,000 from ‘the government to build houses of the same material as bathtubs. This didn’t work out. We taxpayers are whistling for our money. Carl was in the midst of tell-

why he thought Sen. McCarthy’s book was a good adver-

. was in so deep with the Recon-

mission which will speed the holding of free elections throughout Germany. This qualification is not met by Russia's vague reference to the possibility of a fourpower commission. If composed of four power representatives, it would be both judge and jury, it would deadlock as in the past, and it would be a long step backward toward four power control. Furthermore, Russia evades the issue of freedom for an all-German government in the period between election and an effective \ treaty. ' Germany cannot be denied “the basic right of a free and equal nation to associate itself

with other nations for peaceful purposes.” We

are more than ever convinced that development of a European community, including Germany, is the true path to peace. ; Finally, we refuse to accept as fixed the eastern frontiers which the Potsdam pact left to decision of the peace conference. This, of course, is a very sensitive matter for the Russians, Poles and Czechs now holding vast ex-German territories, as well as for the Germans who want thelr lands back. The Allies are keeping the trading open.

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E. Merle Young. Remember him? And the pastel mink his _wife got while she was a stenographer at the White . House. Mr. Strandlund indicated he

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struction Finance Corp. that when its directors said frog, he was inclined to jump. Bo they were about to. fire young Mr, Young for economy ‘reasons and they suggested that Mr. Strandiund hire him. The mastermind of the porcelain house didn’t really need E, Merle, but put him on the payroll as Washington repre- the latter's sentative at $12,000 a year, A few months passed, he testified. Harley Hise, the RFC chairman, took him to lunch In. at the Statler Hotel with EK.

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Defense Dollars

PARIS, May 15—Although he has opposed

drastic cuts in the foreign military aid program, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower is the main proponent of austerity in the military programs of North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations, including

_the United States.

His views on this are widely known. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, one of the General's active political supporters, has indicated the obvious: That the Pentagon can expect rigid economy moves if Gen. Eisenhower is elected, As Mr, Dewey®put it the other day, Gen. Eisene hower has the best information “where the bodies are buried in the Pentagon and the des fense budget.” Gen. Eisenhower is not a man who advocates economy just for economy's sake. After all, he's a lifelong professional soldier who hasn't forgotten the lean years of the armed forces between wars. ”

Pennies Count

IKE'S PHILOSOPHY on the subject can be summarized this way: The security of the U. 8, must not be compromised. But that does not mean the sky's the limit on spending. It means superhuman efforts must be made, when se. curity needs are high, to eliminate extravagance,

Every penny must count, just as every bullet

must count in a battle when ammunition is in short supply. Gen. Eisenhower is in the forefront of those who understand that the new acientific warfare Is extremely expensive. That's why Ike said in his annual NATO report that all nations must eliminate “every trace of luxury in organization, and in size and design of equipment.” “Utility, emphasized to the point of austerity, is the only guide . . .” he added.

‘Austerity’ Again THAT WORD “austerity” cropped up again in Ike's recent letter to Sen. Tom Connally, Replying to Sen. Connally’s request for his views on foreign aid, Ike said his opposition to drastic cuts was based on four assumptions, one of which was: : “That strong efforts are being maude to do this on an austerity basis, both as to design and quantity.” — Ike followed his austerity rule at his own Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe. When he started more than a year ago, he resisted strongly the idea of a massive military bureaucracy and insisted on a rela tively small staff.

Scaled Down

THE TOTAL NUMBER of officers from the NATO countries now. at SHAPE still is in the low hundreds. One story is that a subordinate asked Ike for 70 officers to run his department in the early days of SHAPE. Ike gave him nine. From what Mr. Dewey says, Ike's political supporters are counting on him to stress cute ting out unnecessaries without jeopardizing the West's strategic plans, Gen. Eisenhower has been through the Pentagon mill. As Gov. Dewey says, he knows where the bodies are. It's likewise logical to assume that Ike will press for more effective U. 8S. military unification in the interests of economy. Some unification supporters contend it is possible to cut the U. 8. military budget 10 or 15 per cent—or even more—by properly using the unification law,

Hoosier Forum

"I do not agree with a word that say, but | will defend to the je ne Yor right to say it." :

TE RITTER RRR R NENT ORES

Then Another Korea? MR. EDITOR: ”

SRSSASANNRenNRRRERRNNY,

Perhaps I sound just a wee bit bitter. Well !

to be honest, I am. After the last American soldier has died After the last shot has been fired, what then? Another Korea in some other part of the world? When we win the victory here have we struck a blow for democracy, or have we just killed a lot of fine young Americans who never had the opportunity to drink deeply from the cup of life, in order to fill some industrialists’ pockets? Here I start this letter with a clear mind, but look how it ends. First I turn on the radio, sit down to the typewriter, a news broadcast of nothing but strikes, steel strikes, dock strikes, factory strikes. All the equipment we need s6 sorely here. Spring fast approaching, May Day, the Commies’ big day just around the corner, the time all know is the time of the big push, and all the laborers back home can think of is, “damn the kid on the line, let's strike.” That is the way of democracy—"the government of the people, by the people and for the people.” —S8gt. John A. Crockett, Korea.

Auto Safety Belts

MR. EDITOR:® I have read your article titled, “Safety in the Suleide Seat” in the May 11 issue of Parade m ne. is article is the first that I have seen on the subject of automobile safety belts. A couple of years ago I was in an automo. bile accident in which my kid sister was riding beside me in the suicide seat. She was not seriously injured, but ever since then I have wondered why someone didn’t manufacture g safety belt for an automobile. 8 I would appreciate having the name and address of the manufacturer of these belts. Will you send it to me here at Camp Atterbury? —Cpl. Robert A. McDonald, Camp Atterbury. EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes. {

Innkeeper in Florida

Merle In tow and suggested That's where the White Herod that the latter was worth more ; } So Mr. raised him to $18,000 a year. ~ south last winter on a vaca . Little did he know, he said, that E. Merle already was working for a Detroit outfit, which wanted to take control of Lustron, for $10,000 a year. “You were more or less a prisoner of your banker,” suggested Sen. Herman Welker (R. Ida.). Mr. Strandlund said he guessed he was; at least, if he'd been a free agent he'd never have hired E. Merle. You may recall further that house of cards caved in. His wife lost her job at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. while all his enterprises caved The Youngs packed the mink and moved to Florida.

figures. Strandlund A neighbor of mir€’ drove , tion, saw this “flossy-looking motel on the pike near Miami and decided it was a likely looking place for the night. . You can imagine my neighbor’s surprise when™the young proprietor introduced himself as E. Merle Young. “Yes,” he said, “the same.” This inter- - ested Mrs. Neighbor and she, being a curious soul, inspected all the coat racks in hope of & glimpse of the royal pastel. She was sorely disappointed. . No mink. : ; Came then the question of rates. Innkeeper Young said the fee would be $12 per night. This struck my friend as steep for a bed in a motel, but E. Merle pointed out that his White Heron was no o

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