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Inside Indianapolis By Ed Sovela DO WE OR don’t we have any of this stuff called Hooster

| Hospitality? In the East there is an outfit that reports 400 vacation weeks and $100,000 vacation dollars

. Were spent by city folks on farms, This summer

is supposed to be even bigger. A gentleman by the name of Wiliam P. Wolfe, who was reared on a Delaware farm and migrated to the city when he began to wear long trousers, is the originator of Farm Vacations & Holidays, Inc. He can be found during t hours chewing a piece of natural straw in his office at 500 Fifth Ave, New York. The come-on Mr. Wolfe dishtr i or log rom sit , a good Hoosier chuckhole, ine. 2 basic idea of farm vacations strikes a nostalgic note, Ah, those hespy hous on he Hawking farm. MR. WOLFE pitches this sort of thing: “City youngsters who think that milk comes from a corner grocery, that butter is naturally cublstic, and that a rooster is something perched on a weathervane, can find out, first hand, that such is not the case” , . .biah, blah “on more than 100 specially selected farms.” 1 have more faith in our educational system. In Indiana every youngster knows the rooster is ‘the symbol for the Democratic Party. Fond memories of a couple of weeks every summer on the Hawkins farm made me wonder why a similar plan isn’t in operation in Indiana. Don’t our farmers need a extra few bucks? Don’t Hoosier parents care that their children think

. “butter is naturally cubistic”?

Glenn Sample of the Indiana Farm Bureau knew of the farm vacation plan in the East and he also had an explanation of why a similar program doesn't and won't work here. ¢ & @ HE SAID our farms are too mechanized. This makes thém dangerous, especially to curious youngsters,

It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NEW. YORK, June 19-—James Thurber has just let down his snow-white hair and accused *blatherskiting” congressional investigators of killing American comedy and culture. “Hell,” exploded Thurber in an unusually candid interview, ‘“people are saying American writers’ exuberance is gone. y omy “The truth is, everybody's scared to death- of these blatherskites. Who can write where everybody's scared? The end : of American comedy is in j sight, and the theater’s gone to hell, and you can thank a bunch of guys in Congress. “I hate communism and all the guys who seek refuge in refusing to answer questions,” continued the tall, Ohio-born humorist, artist, essayist and reminiscist, “but I happen to be on one of those letterheads with Paul Robeson—and I'm not getting off. “I'm not getting off because I'm not letting any Congressman scare me to Qeath nm ihe country I love.” * <*

THE THURBER eruption took place backstage at the Music Box Theater. John Golden was giving him a party backstage, as one of the authors (wit Elliott Nugént) of the hit revival, “The Male Animal.” As he sat on a couch with numerous wellwishers and worshipers, somebody mentioned the bad theater season—and that started it. . “When these ‘blatherskites’,”—he liked the word—''get through posing for pictures, they'll go to work on The New Yorker and on book publishers,” snorted Thurber. “And if you go before a committee and get indignant, they call you ‘emotionally unbalanced.’ “Why”—and here he smiled and seemed to be rolling an idea round fondly in his mind— “I'd just like to have a Congressman say to me, ‘T still don't understand your viewpoint, Mr. Thurber. “I'd say to him, ‘No, and you never will—but why don’t you help elect somebody who can.” “Have you no hope—no ‘up and at ’'em’?” Somebody said. “Hemingway has.” “I have no hope. Hemingway's way of being up and at ’em is writing in Cuba,” replied Thurber.

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MR. THURBER laughed as he spoke of writers getting into “wrong groups.” “I knew I was in one once when somébody gaid, ‘the boys and girls are so glad to have you," Thurber recounted. He replied that at 357 he doesn’t consider himself a boy, nor a girl, either. “But the investigations are serious. We have a

Americana By Robert C. Ruark

. NEW YORK, June 19—There must be some limit to what the citizen will take in the way of punishment from his peers, but you must applaud the American for his staying powers. They have just done a thing to the stockholders’in the City of New York that is almost impossible to comprehend in its punitive'ar- : rogance. Without giving the ‘citizens a chance to vote on it, they have ‘slapped a $5-8$10 tax on the ownership of automobiles, according to the weight of cars. They have plastered the auto owners with these expensive stickers—to be worn decorously on windshields—because the city budget is in such sad shape that they need more dough. This is not really the taxpayers’ problém, because the poor bum is already taxed out of his mind, what with luxury taxes, income taxes, state and federal, sales taxes and hidden taxes. But they can jail and fine you for no sticker on the wind-

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THF. GAL who works for me has a little convertible, which is enough over the weight limit of 3500 pounds to demand a ten-buck sticker. Her father has a more expensive car, but of lighter construction so he gets by for five bucks. That makes no more sense than the arbitrary right to punish a peasant for the thrift and selfdenial that made the purchase of the auto possible. It is merely a projection of governmental attitude which says simply: The public be damned. Hit him over the head until he drops. He'll hold still for it. There is much fine talk about a re-evalution of the budget and removal of the head tax on autos. But if you will inspect the past you will notice that once they paste a tax on anything, they are awful loath to unglue it. Taxes do not go down, friends. Taxes always go up. Once the public has become accustomed to the added burden, the politicians’ way is to leave the Joad as is. } ¢ © © WOULD think that the purchase of propB24 as a sort of merit badge, a monument 1é thrift, and would be applauded. The purchase of an automobile by my gal means she has saved extensively from the meager wages she

gets from me. In a way she has kept the iteel ramilies of

business, the electri business, the oil business—

whole inner ‘core of American economy-—alive. the she pays an exorbitant insurance rate on "her car. She pays this blackmail nuisance-sticker

shakedown. She pays a whopping tax on gas and

‘ s a sales f 0. She 2 BA She pays for licenses and driving

permits. She is not riding a car—she flies to work on a tax blank. 3

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Vacation on Farms Lure City Folks

Out East a Rip Van Winkle atmosphere prevails in rural areas which is {deal for handling vacationers. There are plenty of streams, wooded areas, just enough livestock to make the farms Jropesly aromatic and crops to feed Old Man eDonald and the Missus provided the subsidy checks come on time.

Git ecaed hat tow years ago wmeone MASS TOURIST MARKET—

tried to sell the idea in the C region on a Boys Club plan. It fizzled. Y r preferred Bowman Milk Co. products to and Wrigley

Field to a corn field. ‘ I've been checking the list of farms in the booklet and there might be something to what Glenn says. Here's a description of a farm in Windham County, Conn. “Hundred-acre fruit and vegetable farm back from road. Open sunny fields. Just the place for a rest. Excellent food, pleasant surroundings. Shady lawn, fireplace, Croquet, hiking, picnics, wiener roasts. Our specialties: Pies, strawberry shortcake, breads, cakes, cookies, Have cows, horses, pigs, hens, collie dog. Might children without parents. Coz=fortable beds, t, cheerful rooms. Piano. Fresh vegetables and eggs, baked beans, hrown

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THAT'S TYPICAL of what a prospective vacationer has to choose from, add a strawberry patch here and delete a pear orchard there. Prices range from $30 to $35 a week for adults (per person) and $12 to $15 a week for children under 12 years of age, which includes three meals a day and lodging and poison ivy, mosquito bites, wasps, chiggers and green apples. Farm vacations have a great deal of merit. What would be nicer than two weeks on a fine, Hoosier farm? Don't say two weeks off a Hoosier farm. It's a jolt to the senses to hear that we're too big, too mechanized, too busy to extend a neighborly hand covered all over with shortcake batter and Birds Eye. quick-frozen peas. Next thing you know farmers will be watching television and neglecting their chores. Would we be in a fine kettle of fish then. Yowie.

Congress ‘Scaring’ Out Writers of Comedy

line in our play about nobody telling an American what he can read—‘Not yet.’ “It used to get great cheers. “Today it gets dead silence, Because of these blatherskites . . . Ask any foreign correspondent what he thinks of control of‘culture by Congress, and he’ll say it is imminent and dreadful, It'll come in 50 years if this thing isn’t stopped.”

Airlines’ Low Fares Hit Jackpot

“Have you got .a new play, Jim?” He was

asked. “Ask any playwright that and he says yes,” replied Thurber. “Marc Connelly answered that once by saying, ‘Yes, I've finished one, but-not on paper.” . . : Just as another barrage at the blatherskites was about to be launched, Mrs. Thurber stepped up. “Jim’s thyroid’s bothering him,” she said. “Tone that down a little.” : “Don’t tone it down too much,” cautioned Jim. eS & THE MIDNIGHT EARL ... Mrs, Johnnie Ray got a baby’s hat and coat from a woman fan of Johnnie’s, who said, “I know this is early, but it's good luck.” Mrs. Johnnie hopes it won't be long . . . Society hears John Jacob Astor may rec-

oncile in Europe with his ex-wife, Tucky French

Astor. CBS may raid NBC and snare Tallulah Bankhead for 10 20-minute spots on the Ed Sullivan TV show. It's in the works. ... Betty Hutton’s in to record the “Somebody Loves Me” album which she postponed Sue to Mines. <*

GREAT LITTLE ex-fighter Joey Kaufman, who became a cafe operator, died in French Hospital in his late 40s. Many will grieve. . . . New campaign stuff: Taft headquarters hired the Vagabonds ($10,000 for four days) to entertain Taftites at the GOP convention. . . . Liz Taylor's at the St. Regis. . Newark Airport is having difficulty rounding up its old staff of workers. ... H'wd starlet Jane Wurster is sporting a giant engagement ring from Ginny Simm’s ex, Hyatt Dehn. > ¢ & TODAY'S BEST LAUGH~In “Asphalt Jungle,” Marilyn Monroe, then not so well known, said to Lou Calhern, “Davy, are we goin’ on a trip?” He answered, “Honey, you're going on lots of trips.” How prophetic. . ® © 4

WISH I'D SAID THAT-—“This is the time of year,” notes Todd Russell, when folks with a B.A. and a Ph.D. wing we looking for a J.O.B. EARL'S PEARLS . .. “A woman may spend a lot for a low-cut dress,” says Myron Cohen, “but at least she has plenty to show for her money.” Marilyn Ross reports England's favorite TV quiz show: “What's My Loan?” .. . That's Earl, brother.

You’re Punished For Owning a Car

cause it's too much trouble for what you get ont of it. If this ain't wrong it will have to do until we louse up the entire economy and turn us into a nation of nothing. . There is something in economy called a law of diminishing returns, which I understand t6 be founded in economic suicide. Its father and mother are vindictive taxation. The country of England is flat on its economy fanny today because assorted taxes have made it nearly impossible for people to buy a car, operate a car, buy a drink, smoke a cigaret, or save any money from income. Here we seem to be racing in the same direction. ¢ 9 © : THE RECENT crisis of nerves in the booze business is a good example of where we head. Since they ran up the taxes on decent drinkin’ licker to prohibitive proportion, national income from whisky tax has dropped, because the people can’t afford to get legally loaded any more. Bootlegging is bigger and better than during prohibition, and government cheats itself through basic

greed. ‘ America lives on its communications. The

airplane, the train, the telephone and the car are

tffe, sinews and nerves and arteries of the economy. But they have made a crime of owning a car: a sin of making a phone call; a dissipation of buying a train or plane ticket. And they've done it with extra adde¢ tax attractions. Silly people, poising the ax over the golden goose.

Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith

QI was told to spray my tuberous begonia foliage off with water. 80 I've been doing it every evening. But now the leaves have developed spots and look very bad. What should I do? A beginner. A—Stop the evening spraying right away. Never send any plant into the night with moisture all over its leaves. To do this regularly simply brings on tragedy. Water cannot evaporate quickly at night, so the leaves probably stay damp all night long. This makes fungi and

Read Marguerite Smith's Garden Column . in The Sunday Times

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By WALTER PARKES

NEV YORK, June 19— A made - in - America business principle seems to have hit the jackpot again.

It's the old Henry Ford idea of uncovering a new mass market by taking less profit and selling more. This time it's the inter. national airlines, with their new low-cost tourist fares to Europe. Tourist service started May 1 and a quick look at initial current and future bookings indicates a pay-off on what a lot of people in the business thought was pretty much of a blue-sky gamble. Inasmuch as Pan American World Airways pioneered the tourist idea against considerable opposition, it might be well to see whether they're entitled to say “We told you so” or will have to eat the few million words they spouted for three years to get their pet project across, . FJ » FROM' the start of their “Rainbow” (tourist) service on May 1 through May 24, Pan Am operated 25 flights: from New York to points in Europe, carrying 1952 passengers. All together, the international airlines made 119 eastbound tourist flights in this period, hauling T181 passengers. In the samé period, all the airlines flew 110 westbound tourist trips, carrying 3873 passengers—T747 on Pan Am's 23 Rainbow flights. Before. the tourist service went into effect, five would get you 10 from the skeptics that you couldn't dig up 7181 people in 24 days with the time, money and inclination to fly the Atlantic without stealing them from the airlines’ first-class passenger lists. But there they are—and more coming all the time, » » » FOR JUNE, Pan Am had 51 tourist flights scheduled, with 3840 of the 4080 available seats booked in advance. By June 1, 3598 of the 3840 seats on 48 July flights had been booked; so had 38 per cent of the 4240 seats for August. It was simply a matter of tapping a mass market that had beensthere right along, waiting for someone to give it the nod. Apparéntly, the airlines have found a new type of passenger. What's he like? Well, typically, he has a $5000-to-$6000-a-year income, has a two-week vacation, plans to visit at least three countries and spend less than $1000 on his entire trip. Passenger lists show that if the passenger is a man he’s most likely to be a skilled me-

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LIKE TOURISTS—Mr. and Mrs. Young look at Paris with the Eiffel Tower as background. Airlines carried 7181 tourists in first

24 days.

chanic, such as-a die-maker, a foreman or other straw-boss or a salesman or a small business-

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POSSIBLY an extreme case, but one that gives you an idea of the kind of people for whom low trans-Atlantic fares are opening new horizons is Carl Ziegler, 49, of Chicago, a passenger on the initial Rainbow flight. A window «<'washer, he was born in Berlin and made

the trip to see his'ailing mother .

and his brothers, whom he hadn’t seen in 14 years, If your tourist-rate passenger is a woman, she's apt to be a war bride, returning to her native country to show the old folks their new grandson or granddaughter—or both. With the closing of schools this month, flocks of school teachers have taken wing to Europe.

= 2 =» TYPICAL among the GI brides who made the initial

flight, for Instance, was Mrs. John ‘Wright, of Alton, Ill, wife of a printer on the Alton Telegraph, who took her son Torrence, 2, with her. She hadn't seen her parents in England in five years. In sharp contrast was the group of a dozen people from St. Louis, who were traveling together. All of German birth or background, they were mid-dle-aged or older. They hadn't seen the old

country for many years and, most of them said, would not

‘have gone on this trip except

for the chance of going economically by “tourist.” EJ » LJ SHEPHERDS of the party were Mr, and Mrs. Carl Henne, Mrs. Henne came to the U. 8. in 1927 and hadn't seen her 77-year-old mother in Tuebingen, Germany, since then. There were others, but these

examples, which could be dupli- *

cated on almost every planeload, are enough to indicate definitely that a new type of passenger will support the tour-ist-rate plan. Main objection of all U, 8. and nearly all foreign international airlines to the plan was that it would kill the first-class trade. Just the opposite seems to be happening. Since the lowrate flights started on May 1, Pan Am’s first-class bookings are up 5-per cent over last year, Main attraction of the new service is, of course, the money it saves, For the first time, a person with an average income can afford to spend his two or three-week vacation in Europe. A round-trip tourist-class flight to London costs $486 against $711 for first class. This is during ‘the season”—April through October. Out-of-season trips cost less. The airlines do it by cutting out the expensive first-class frills and carrying a lot more

OUR UNSTABLE STAKE IN MOROCCO ... No. 3—

U.S. Will Have To Supply The

By ROSETTE HARGROVE RABAT, Morocco, June 19—The spirit of nationalism and resentment of French rule in Morocco is just part of a legitimate desire of Moroccans for self government, and the French— to their credit—recognize the movement for what it is.

But while admitting that the Moroccans’ desires are reasonable, French protectorate officials believe the natives are not ready to govern themselves and they list numerous reasons to back up their belief.

In addition to the general backwardness of the country, the French say there is no one group seeking independence which has a bulk of the people behind it. ‘ The French estimate at only 120,000 the combined membership of the nationalist Istiqlal (Independence) Party and the P.D.I1. (Democratic Party of Independence), an offshoot of Istiqlal. Compared with the 8,500,000 population of Morocco, such party membership seems small. » “ » THE NATIONALISTS, on the other hand, claim that every Morocean is a “nationalist.” They point to what happened last May 30, the 40th

TWIN EARTHS

FOOD FOR THE FAMINE-STRICKEN mountain tribes, whose crops failed last year, is distributed under French-Morocco mutual aid program, which has helped to ease native animosity.

anniversary of the date the French took over Morocco as a protectorate. Nationalists had circulated the word that the

date was to be celebrated as “a day of national mourning and protestation.” A visit to'the native quarters

THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1952

NEW. TYPE PASSENGER—Tourists flocking to new low-rate airline tourist fares are Knebel, 72, of Lemay, Mo., and Peter both bound for Germany to visit relatives.

EUROPE-BOUND—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young of New York climb aboard inaugural flight of Pan American's low-fare tourist service to Europe. They were among 87 passengers on flight.

passengers. They cut out the cocktail lounge, the crew’s “day room” up forward, reduced the

baggage space — and put in more seats. The specially - designed DC Super-8 Clippers on the Rainbow run can carry a maximum of 85 passengers against the 56

of this capital city of Morocco and the nearby town of Sale showed the instructions had been obeyed. All stores, except those belonging to Europeans, were tightly shuttered. Groups of Arabs stood around In sulky silence. The busy, noisy throng which ordinarily crowded the narrow streets was not there.

Into this touchy Moroccan political situation there have come within the last year and a half several thousand Americans to build five big U, 8. military air bases. ” We didn’t help our cause with the nationalists any by ignoring their Sultan and dealing di~ rectly with the French on the air base question. But the money we brought in, largely in higher wages for native labor, helped ease the situation.

OUR personnel managers, who might be excused for a scanty knowledge of inner Moroccan political workings, fouled up a little by kiring some nationalists on a project at the U. 8. naval base at Port Lyautey. One of these was Mohammed A. Fasi, an ardent leader, Fasi was busy stirring up nationalism among Moroccan workers when the French discovered his presence and hustled him out of Morocco to an adJoining country. He's now

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under pified by Miss Katherine trich, 3, of Affton, Me.,

on first-class flights and the 44 carried on the de luxe sleep erette planes. Frills like free de luxe meals with champagne are out. You pay a nominal charge for the one or two meals you eat on the trip. Outside J of that, tourist-rate air travel ; to Europe isn't much different from first class. 1

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working there for an American soft drink company. As far as Faso and many others like him are concerned, Morocco owes mothing to the French. “The French talk of the blood and sweat and tears which have gone into the pacification of Morocco,” they say. “But what about our contribution in the two world wars when we sent our men to fight for the Allies?” Mahdi Bennouna is another nationalist the French -haue eased out of the country, He was working as a top personnel man on the Port Lyautey operation until the French discovered he was the brother of one of the nationalist leaders in Spanish Morocco. Mahdi is now working at an office job in Tangier,

» . » MAHDI BENNOUNA declares that he is “not interested in nationalism as such” and that, “what I dream of is equal rights and freedom for all.” i To the French charge that i the Moroccans are not yet pre- : % pared to handle their affairs : alone, Mohammed Fasi has per haps the best answer his people can give: : “All right, maybe we are not

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