Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 June 1952 — Page 22

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[DELEGATES to the 1952 Indiana State Republican Convention may well have awakened feeling a little confused this morning. Yesterday they adopted a platform strongly opposing universal military training . . . and then nominated for Governor the one candidate they had who has indorsed it. They elected 30 National Convention delegates pledged to Sen. Taft and instructed all 32 Indiana delegates to vote for him . . . and then chose to head their state ticket the only candidate before them who has not declared himself for Taft, but has been closely identified with Indiana Eisen- | hower forces. : In brief they went one way on national issues, and-the other way on state issues. The result was an impressive personal triumph for . George Craig, who proved himself strong enough to win # majority of the delegates who had just gone on record against many of his own views. He won over five of the strongest and most able candidates who ever contested a GOP state nomination, another indication of the strength he may be expected to show at the polls in November. .

. » . THE CONVENTION revealed, and we believe rather accurately reflected the overwhelming support of Indiana Republicans for Sen. Taft for President. Eisenhower forces had carried only one of Indiana's 92 counties in last month’s primary elections. That entitled them to two delegates to the National Convention . . . and they got two delegates. If they didn’t get the delegates they wanted, that was no fault of the state organization nor of the Taft partisans. It was their own top leader who made the “deal” 24 hours before the convention opened, to hand the Eleventh District delegation only two names , . . and no choice . . . for election to the National Convention, in the neatest little stegmroller the convention produced. = Cae We have no dofibt they will be very ably represented in Chicago by those two delegates, regardless of how they were chosen. In any event, it was their own, and not the Taft organ- _ ization, which determined their selection.

. LJ . ” » . . THE CONVENTION pretty well exploded the myth, so ‘widely circulated last week, that it was “boss-ruled.” A convention “bossed” against George Craig, as those accusations had it, would hardly have nominated Mr. Craig. A convention set to “steam-roller” the choice of Eisenhower thing that is done in- church delegates would hardly have let Eisenhower leaders pick 1° °° of them. passed the their own. Whether the Democratic On the whole, it seemed to us, delegates voted pretty Party is in the same shape as much the way they wanted to vote, and even if that pro- a a a Sevutabie, Bm. duced a few inconsistent results it still showed a vigor and man, Frank E. McKinney, In- “Get behind us now—early— virility within the party that speaks well for its prospects dianapolis, is busy passing the = In the beginning. Help us to next November. , “on

hat. tell the country the truth. d Make the biggest contribution AND IF you contribuate $5, $50, $500 or upwards, you will get a blue embossed certificate showing that you are . okay. A sample of the MeKinney contributor's diploma is reproduced in the weekly

will run for Senator.

party in Indiana.

‘Only Hope’

_ weep.

can William E. Jenner.

WASHINGTON, June 7 — Prof. Joseph Peters, the bigtime Detroit schoolmaster catering to GIs, was in bad trouble.” The government charged him with a $1,313,358.53 fraud. What he needed was a good lawyer in a hurry. The professor lit one of his large cigars and sat down with

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney : Contribution to Democrat Party Will Get a ‘McKinney Diploma’ pn

vou can. Five dollars, $50,: § ; ubles. And there he read £500—whatever you. send,’ we’ on Clark Clifford, the Whige need and need quickly ..." - gouge ‘counsellor, no longer : a a ae : THERE IS a front page edi- able to support his family on a, torial in the same issue of “The federal salary, was 3bont tore Democrat”. telling how suitable , Si8D- That wae n MY odie this certificate is for framing. So Pro oF Oe ving It also charges that the Repub- chubby se by hea 3 ays licans are ready to conduct a maching 20c so De ou campaign of lies about Demo- ing on the

lvania Ave. He told his crats and their 20 years of na- 5 er thal administration. This will roubles to Mr. Clifford,

said it was true he was about De oo fibhied wits Demortatie to enter private practice. He

1so told the professor that he “It takes money to spread : rE the truth,” the editorial plea could do nothing, beca

till had a full - time client continues. “It takes money to ¥ an. broadcast the word to every named Harry Trum - farm, town and city in the na- sa 8 tion. THE SCHOOLMASTER was “Radio and television—and ‘desperate. He was insistent. So the Democratic Party plans to Mr. Clifford steered him to Ed- . use them in a more exciting, ward Miller, Soon thereafter more dramatic way than any the law firm of Clifford and political party ever dreamed Miller came into being and the of—cost money. Big money.” professor paid it $25,000 in

WASHINGTON, June 7— There is an old barroom story about three drunks in a rowboat which began leaking and was about to sink. One of them wanted to say a prayer, but none of them knew any- prayers. A second suggested singing a psalm,

but they knew none. So in desperation one suggested that since the boat was about to capsize that they do some-

Shi, it might look like some kind of license. Mr. McKinney explains it this way: =~ | s

“The battle ‘is on. The Republican ‘confusion’ campaign —to distort and misrepresent every program, every achievement, every personality in the Democratic Party—is in high gear.

“We need money to fight it. Reél money. We need a real radio and television fund to tell America the truth—in the kind of language the people understand.

“This certificate will prove that you helped. It will tell the world you're no ‘fair weather’ Democrat, It will tell the world that you are really part—officially part—of the Democratic Party...

ANSENRAENAONIAS

- Fishy Bureaucracy :

FISHING is the greatest industry in Alaska, and th people of Alaska want to regulate it themselves, just as the various states do. Alaskan fishing, mostly controlled by big companies in Seattle, is regulated by the Fish and pyplication of the Democratic wildlife Service, a part of the U. S. Interior Department. Nytiona) Commytise NesuarThe efficiency of its regulation may be judged by the ° . Xe Ys tact that Alaskan fishing hauls have fallen off Sharply in - National Gommittes. Washing. recent years and that the Fish and Wildlife Service permits fon, DT ~ ox am the use of “salmon traps” in Alaska—a ruthless, plundering nia 1s to certify that practice comparable with using dynamite in a trout stream. (name of contributor) believThese traps long since have been outlawed by the ing in the principles of the states. Alaskans want to outlaw them too. They so voted A ie te in a referendum, which the Interior Department has blithely Sehievements Io the Amerioan ignored. peopie, as made a contribuE. L. Bartlett, the Alaskan delegate to Congress, wrote Yo aL Te ratio ane atone, a bill to give Alaska control of its fisheries. The Interior Committee for the presidential Department, which has 4400 people on its payroll in Alaska and is by law responsible for the territory, was notified of a hearing on the bill but failed to send either a witness or an opinion of the bill,

campaign of 1852.” Then there follows in big type “In. Recognition” and the text continues “of this contribution and the whole-hearted “vr. . vn i gh i Bgl SPOKESMAN for the agency lamely explained that nd on Pe Alar and it wishes to “sit on the sidelines” in the matter. Sicial 401 Sr Loner of the This must confirm the rumor that Interior Secretary Lo, I Oscar Chapman-is running for Vice President, because it THERE FOLLOWS the Meplaces this favorite of President Truman's on both sides Kinney signature and title— of a controversial question. He paid eloquent lip service to yonar mam mittens He Na: statehood for Alaska when that question was before Con- Framed to put on an office gress, and now he refuses to support a bill granting Alaska a right statehood would give it automatically. J The House subcommittee wisely aproved the Bartlett bill despite Mr. Chapman's attitude, and Congress should do likewise. nd Alaska deserves statehood and doubtless will get it in time. Meanwhile, it should be granted all possible freedom from Washington bureaucracy. Mr. Chapman's effort to keep Alaska under his thumb is convincing evidence

‘HOOSIER SKETCHBOOK

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rein mer gg vcemnrks —— at on Nom = ad APPARENTLY. becgise.ef his .dapper.dzess, a group of " men's wear manufacturers suggested President Tru- oo. NET man might be the “czar” of their industry after he retires THE MAIEMAN “5 from the White House. WRINGS AND WRINGS ; Mr. Truman said he wouldn't accept the offer. Probably read the Supreme Court decision in the steel seizure case. Decided “czars” aren't stylish.

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4, 6, 7. 8, 9 and 10 see the Chicago Tribune, Apr. 10, entitled “The Ike Story: He Owes All to New Deal Ties.” The affirmative answer to question 5 can be found in the Congressional Record in a story entitled “The Greatest Subversive Plot in History—Report to the American People on UNESCO.” This is the speech that John T. Wood gave to the House on Thursday, Oct. 18, 1051. In answer to question 5, read Gen. MacArthur's speech at Lansing, Mich. The Times Herald of Washington, D. C., on Thursday, May 1, carried the story, “Charge Dewey Used Ike to. Hide Scandal.” This is the answer to question 13. If the questions are not true the writers of those articles should be taken to task and if they are true then we must consider. As God is. my Judge, it is my sincere desire as an American citizen to try and find out what is going on.

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MR. EDITOR: An open letter to Charlotte Trimble. Thank you very much for your letter through The Times Forum. I have no desire to embarrass you, your candidate or our Republican Party by asking these questions. Hence I am asking the Indianapolis newspapers to angwer shem. From the bottom of my heart I believe in my country and wish 0 do whatever is in my power to preserve it. The answers to these questions are accepted as facts by two of the largest newspapers in the United States in the affirmative and from speeches made by Republican Senators and reprinted: in the Congressional Record. The questions are not meant as smears but are points that you and I should know the answers to before we go overboard for Eisenhower as President. . The Indianapolis newspapers are all proEisenhower and have not attempted to answer the questions, It is their duty to their readers in the fairness for which they scream to present both sides of,the political issues and not to sit as judges to form our opinions. Please join me in trying to receive the truth and let us band together to save our country before we go all out in some international scheme of idealogy. To find the affirmative to questions 1, 2, 3,

—Harold A. Wilson, City.

Thank You, M'am

MR. EDITOR: I am sending you the vacation number of our Colorado Springs paper. I received your paper welcoming the 31st (Dixie) Infantry and enjoyed it very much. I have a son in the 31st at Camp Atterbury. —Mrs. Nellie Bruton, Colorado Springs, Colo.

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~~, WHEN THE Army named tanks after Gen. Patton, it © wasn't with the idea of knocking over captive flag poles id « ” > ~~ JAMES H. R. CROMWELL, one-time U.’S. ‘minister i ey da by appointment of FDR, says he is for Sen. Taft 2

UP TO THE WHITE HAT... Schricker-Jenner Senate Race Would Be Hoosier

A DEMOCRATS, glum these last few years from Republican catcalls of corruption, perked up last week and openly rejoiced. There were signs Henry F. Schricker might

Statehouse visitors came away from the Governor's office positively radiant. There were . reports “the little man in the big white hat’

By week's end politicians had diagnosed the condition. The Governor was acting and talking like he did in 1948 when he trudged into every nook and corner of Indiana and soundly defeated Republican Hobart Creighton for Gov-

his “no” is beginning .to sound like “maybe” he.

This news cheered down-in-the-dumps Democrats, who have been worried the missteps of the Truman administration would haunt the

FOR DEMOCRATS believe that only Henry Schricker can prevent another Republican

Should the Governor run —and some top Democrats are positive he will—Hoosiers can expect one of the roughest, toughest political campaigns, even for politically intense Indiana. Democrat Henry Schricker versus Republi-

This could be to Indiana what the HatfieldMcCoy fight was to Kentucky. Or what the Dempsey-Tunney fight was to boxing. Indiana Republicans yesterday nominated Bill Jenner for another term in the Senate.

to avoid.

Schricker battle

polls. {zations for the

By lrving Leibowitz |

BY Dream Battle Gov, care can have the Demers, pom:

For once, practical politicians agreed with the political theorists.

They said a Jennerwould be “a natural”—but for

different reasons. "Practical election-hardened politicos feel

such a scrap between the two strong personalities would draw: a tremendous vote to the Both are the top vote getters in their parties, could probably rejuvenate both organ-

November showdown election.

Views Differ Sharply

THE THEORISTS look at a Schricker versus

‘Jenmer battle differently, They see in it a

Here's why:

Even close associates of Gov. Schricker say .# © 0 © Hinosters not only to choose the most popular personality, but to cast votes on domestic and foreign affairs.

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Just as the two statesmen came from opposite parts of the state—Jenner is from Bed-

ford in the South, Schricker is from Knox in the North—they have opposite views on issues

of the day.

United Nations,

legal fees. He's already paid another law firm in Detroit $50,000. He also had handed $5000 as a law fee to George S. Fitzgerald, the Democratic national committeeman in Detroit. : This distinguished counsel managed- to settle the government’s $1 million-plus bill with the Justice Department for $125,000. The professor didn't, of course, actually pay that. The Veterans’ Administration owed him $190,000 for educating ex-soldiers, so he merely did some deducting. _ The moral is that when yqu need a lawyer, it pays to hire a

-good one. And, as the profes-

sor said, if Mr. Clifford was good enough for the President of the U. 8. A, he certainly was good enough for him,

. PROF. PETERS did his talk-

.ing before the House judiciary

subcommittee investigating the Justice Department's handling

of cases referred to it by the general accounting office.

These added up to $21 million -

in alleged frauds by war contractors. The Detroiter was an owlish-looking educator behind his big eyeglasses. He wore a'red necktie, blue suede shoes and, in his breast pocket, two fountain pens and two large cigars. You'd never have guessed that he was dean of the Michigan School of Trades, the Michigan Diesel School and the Michigan Technical Institute. Comtroller General Lindsay Warren charged that he was guilty of brazen

For example, Goy. Schricker favors the

Sen. Jenner opposes it.

Jenner's ‘Nationalist’ SEN. JENNER represents the “nationalist” view of ‘the Republican Party—some people, however, refer to it as the isolationist view. Gov. Schricker calls himself a Jeffersonian Democrat, is considered neither Fair Deal nor Dixiecrat, but somewhere between the two.s There are some who believe a Schrickere Jenner fight would make Hoosiers forget the “war between the states.”

PROFESSOR'S STORY . . . By Frederick C. Othman When You Need a Lawyer, It's Cheaper to Get a Good One

fraud, largely by charging the Veterans’ Administration for educating GIs who weren't even there. :

This the professor denied. The trouble was, he said, that the government people were antagonistic. He insisted he never mentioned fees to Mr, Clifford at the White House, though his future attorney did indicate that the case would’ involve a good deal of hard ‘work. es 7 es ; . &. 3 : PROF. PETERS went on to say that the $125,000 settlement was too much, that he took it because of his mouthpfeces. These lawyers charged so much, he said, that if the case had run on another couple of years it would have cost him even more. : He added that at one time he sued the government in the District of Columbia. His lawyer socked him $5000 for that, but this fee he conside ered a running expense of the schools and charged it to the Veterans’ Administration, Some of the Congressmen expressed shock at this. “Under the rules it was a legitimate operating cost,” the professor replied. That isn’t what the comptroller general says; he claims it isn't cricket, when you sue a fellow, to make him hire your lawyers. This indicates that the professor soon may need the services of expert counsel again. He at least has Joven he knows where to find

FLYING START . .. By Peter Edson

Farming New ‘Frontier’ Is No Poor Man's Game

MOSES LAKE, Wash, June 7—Reclamation Commissioner Michael W.. Straus played a modern Moses here at Moses

Lake the other day. He was in the middle of a sagebrush desert instead of being in the bullrushes or the wilderness, however. And instead of striking a rock to bring forth a gush of water, he ceremoniously opened a gate valve on a ditch. Water from the Columbia River Basin {irrigation canal system flowed onto the 120 acres of this new promised land given to Donald D. Dunn. He is the lucky young man who won the Veterans of Foreign Wars national contest. Don Dunn received completely free, an $85000 farm, graded and planted in a single day, and a completely furnished modern farm home, also built in a day. Merchants, contractors and workingmen of this dusty boom-town community furnished the equipment and the labor for this modern miracle.

ALL OF THIS is a far cry from the experiences of Rep.

Lowell Stockman, the six-foot- - digi = dongréssman---£rom-. near: _ Pendleton, Ore., whose district

“overs the” tremendous @akiern end of the state, and who still remembers vividly his experiences getting a start during’ the depression, He saw it coming, he says, and saved $650 which he buried in a tin can. He lived on that during the lean years while banks failed and mortgages were foreclosed. Today he operates a 3000-acre wheat ranch which he dry farms, letting half of it lie fallow on alternate years. How will Donald Dunn, with his $85,000 “head start,” make out in the future? Having been washed out and having lost all he had on another farm in Kansas by the 1951 floods, Don Dunn couldn't ask for more. “I ought to clear $100 an acre on the 80 acres of cultivated land,” he says, “Other

. farmers all around here are

“Pe y the first 10 years,

Don Dunn will have to pay $5.50 an acre for his water, Then for the next 40 years he'll have to pay an additional $2.13 an acre toward the construction costs for the canals that bring him thepwater.

Any young farmer receiving an $85,000 head start, clear of debt, should, of course, make money or else there's something radically wrong with the American farm economy.

A grooup of 21 foreign agri culture, irrigation and publia works officials, currently tour ing the United States under State Department auspices, was in Moses Lake to see the farm-in-a-day demonstration. What they saw no doubt amazed them, but for various reasons it also shocked them, In most of their countries, $85,000 would be enough to modernize the agriculture for a whole village.

» s » NOT ALL the 6500 new farmers expected in this Columbia Basin in the next seven years get any such a plush start. Along the highways

can pe seen many new settlers living in trailers or even tents, Some of them are building their own houses and shacks

with their own hands and no....§-°

“help:

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quent intervals can be seen the abandoned farms and farm houses of earlier settlers who came -here full ef hope like Donald Dunn, and failed to make a go of it.

Bureau of Reclamation ade vises that every veteran make ing application for a farm in this area under the land-draw-ing system should have at least two years of farm experience and an average of $4500 in liquid assets to seé¢ him through the first year. To level the land costs an average of $4500. To put in the water system costs $2000. Farm machinery averages $3000, live. stock $2500, farm buildings

$2000 and a house $5000."

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