Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1952 — Page 14

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Harmony Amon ng Democrats NDIANA DEMOCRATS convene today with less to fight about than they've had in years. Most of the nominations won't even be contested. Apparently even the contested ones have been settled in advance, with a good deal of earnest thought for the feelings of those who are not going to be nominated. For once, in a Democratic convention, it looks as if nobody is mad M anybody, >

The FACT 18, of course, the Democrats had their fight some weeks ago, got it over before convention time, and meet today in a very unusual (for Indiana politics) state of harmony. There are those who will call this a “machine-ruled” convention—and in a sense it is. But this “machine” seems to be made up of an overwhelming majority of all the delegates, who may be guided

in what they are doing, but certainly can't be said to be

“bossed” into doing anything they don’t wish. The basis for all this remarkable harmony is the very practical fact that Gov. Henry Schricker's ability to get-votes on election day is aboiit the party's sole hope of winning anything in Indiana this year. With his name at the head of the ticket Demoeratic prospects are immeasurably brighter all the way down the line, and every Democratic worker in Indiana knows it. It wasn't easy to get him to change his long-cherished plan to retire from politics this year and go out into the campaigns again. There would have been little chance to persuade him to do so if the party was split into cliques and factions or riddled by bitter battle into segments of doubtful enthusiasm,

SO THERE will be little argument over "what he wants in the way of a_ supporting ticket, or ‘even over what delegates may believe. | he wants. WE Te Guat nn qt Stage’ for a stronger Democratic a might have believed possible even three or four months ago.

‘Progressive’ Party, Too INCE Henry Wallace went back to his seed ‘oor little has been heard of the Progressive Party. It's still around, and is planning a convention in the Ashland Auditorium in Chicago three days before the Republicans. Unlike the Republicans and Democrats, the Progressives, as they dub themselves, are planning a peaceful little get-together. There will be no undignified fights on the floor, no noisy .support of favorite sons, no smoke-filled rooms. x The Progressives got the business of choosing candidates out of the way before the convention, With Henry Wallace occupying the position of the Herbert Hoover of the Progressives, the party has turned to new figures. Running for President will be Vincent Hallinan. He wan't be around. He's in jail. Seems a court put the lawyer away for contempt during his defense of Harry Bridges. This doesn't worry the Progressives, because he'll be out before time to take office. His wife will make his acceptance speech, ‘ Mrs. Carlotta A. Bass, 62-year-old California publisher of a Negro paper, is candidate for Vice President.

# = » ” = " $ SOME OF THE OLD CROWD is around. Vito Marcantonio, ‘who brought the “party line” back as representative from New York, is permanent chairman, and will say“Something. Paul Robeson, part-time singer, will talk and might be persuaded to sing if someone brings a piano. Several former federal officials under the New Deal will be heard from. These include Robert M. Lovett, who was administrator of the Virgin Islands; C. B. Baldwin, fogmer bg shot in the Farm Security Administration, and De. W. E. B. DuBois, once our envoy to Liberia. y Baldwin has circulated a letter to newspapers wistfully stating his party might hold the balance of power in some close votes in cities, but observers generally can't sqe it his way. The Progressives did have a chance of doing the Democrats some.damage in 1948, when Wallace and the Dixiecrats, were wooing voters from- opposite extremes of the party. Today, however, the effect of the Progressive Party is fa likely to be equal to the Vegetarians or the Greenbacks

A Dangerous Gamble I ET TRUMAN is asking for trouble by neglecting to build up the United Nations forces in Korea. . On the ground, the Reds outnumber the United Nations oo by an estimated two and a half to one. + The United Nations is second-best in the air, too. % While the United Nations has approximately as many planes of all types in Korea, the Reds have a big edge in jek fighters. They are bringing in more planes, some of them new and improved types. American planes are war-weary afd wearing out. Replacements are not available in older

m@dels and available only in limited quantities in newer -

types, according to a study made by U. 8. Néws and World Report. Our plane losses in combat exceed those of the Reds, and our losses are increasing. It is foolhardy to ignore this situation: when all-out war hy be resumed any. day.

. THE RED build-up started soon after the: ‘armistice gotiations began and has mounted steadily since that me. The knowledge that the United Nations forces haven't key I t pace probably accounts for the Communists’ increas- § arrogance at the Panmunjom meetings. In any case Ry MEH: be easier to deal with if they saw that we were d for any contingency, for power is one element they

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2 Such air power as we ‘hayge scattered around the world 4 be assembled where it will be readily available if a enemy offensive is launched. Additional support also

4 be sought from our Allies. The President and the Chiefs of Staff are taking a dangerous gamble by he sasumption that the Reds don't want. any more full-

WASHINGTON, June 24—Eisenhower forces have been hacking away at Sen. Taft's strength on the Republican national committee, but that won't help Ike when the professionals get down to business in Chicago next week. On next Tuesday—July 1-cthe national eommittee, most of whose members support Mr. Taft, will meet in Chicago to rule on contested state delegations to the GoP national convention, which opens July 7.’ Seventy-two convention seats, including Texas’, block of 38 will be at stake, Some wpxperts say the Republican presidential nomination could easily go to thé candidate who bags the larger share of these 72 votes. That's. why Ike men don’t like lame ducks these days. Thase Eisenhower men newly named to the” national committee won't be on hand to battle for their choice in next week's political brawling. Instead, the Taft backers will get to vote on the crucial delegate contests, Reason for this is the Republicans’ rule book, which provides for formal election of the new national committee on the last day of the convention. The new committee, comprised of one

man and one woman from each state, territory -

and the District of Columbia, then will serve through the 1956 convention. That's the way it's been done for years, but it's bitter medicine for the Eisenhower forces this year. For instance, Ike backers have been chosen to replace pro-Taft national committee members in Minnesota, Maine, Rhode Island,‘ Maryland, Vermont, Missourt and Connecticut. In Minnesota, Roy E. Dunn, Mr, Taft's cam-

RUSSIA . . . By Ludwell Denny Stalin Giving Allies Jitters

WASHINGTON, June 24-—-Sta.in has the Allies guessing again. That is one reason for the high-level meetings this week in London of Allied experts on Russia and diplomats, led by Secretary of State Acheson, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. Thére is more uneasiness about the danger of war than a month ago. Although few officials think Stalin is ready for an all-out attack this summer or fall, he may attempt "another side-war which could unexpectedly spread into something larger. Increasing apprehensiveness—fear is hardly the right word—is due in part to these new factors The. sudden and extreme campaign launched inside, Russi Mie states. This is Ja !

7 PROS on Curtain for ‘seriou rouble

Knows We're Weak IN THEORY this might mean Stalin expects an Allied attack. Of course, he knows Allied rearmament is defensive and very weak at that. 80, any serious trouble will be of his own making. That makes his latest propaganda at home seem all the more sinister. At the same time, ‘Sfalin’'s handling of the Swedish affair is disturbing. The fact Russians shot down two unarmed Swédish planes over the Baltic was not surprising. They destroyed an unarmed America plane in the same area two years ago and frequently fire on Scandinavian fishing boats. But, instead of trying to keep Sweden friendly by handling this as a regrettable incident, Moscow i= being grossly offensive in making fake counter-charges against that neutral country. The usual pretense of a peaceful attitude in dealing with neutrals apparently does not fit the present Moscow mood,

Korean Stalemate A THIRD factor is Korea. Unlike the skeptical American public, American and Allied diplomatic and military experts until recently have been very optimistic about the chances of a Korean truce.

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The press never was able to discover any .

firm basis for that-—only whispers among delegates of some smaller countries at the Un Nations that Stalin was ready to stop the wa ‘if we would compromise. Now that we have compromised on most o

of the Reds to respond with a truce settlement has shaken‘ the optimists, Despite these signs of future trouble, there is still widespread agreement among Allied experts that Stalin is not yet prepared for a world war, They think his oil and coal shortages are serious, his transportation system inadequate, his long-range jet bombers too few, and his satellite slaves in East Europe too restless, None of these liabilities, however, need stop him in another Korean-type or Greek-type aggression, Not if he thought he could pick up more territory on the cheap—while Allied cabinets are divided over Germany. and Americans seem divided in a partisan election campaign.

What Others Say—

THE American bathing sult is better (than the French) because, jt is less obvious and more feminine. —Movie producer Mack Sennett. > o MORALS are at an all-time low in this counry.

~Rep. J. Edgar Chenoweth (R. Colo.) * * &

THE people of New York (City) are just as provincial if not more provincial than the people of the rest of the nation. —Rep. Arthur Klein (D. N. Y.)

SIDE GLANCES

THE FIGHT FOR DELEGATES .

GOP Rules May Set lke

Taft supporter,

By Galbraith

. By Charles Egger

paign manager in the state, will be succeeded by by Geeirge Etzell, who leans toward Gen. Eisen-

Hower "Maryland, Jacob France. a Taft supporter, lost out to Gov, Theodore McKeldin, who, is on Tke's side. In Maine, Mrs. Earl Wing, who has campaigned for Mr. Taft, will be replaced by Mrs. Selma Wagg. who favors Gen, Eisenhower, In Missouri, Howard Stephens, tagged as a will be succeeded hy A. D. Welsh, an Ike-liker,

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Felix Hebert, "favorable to

Mr. Taft, will be replaced by Thomas Paolino, an Ike man. In Connecticut, William Brennan, who tends toward Mr. Taft, will be by James

Shannon, who backs Ike. Then there's the Towa situation. There, former GOP National Chairman Harrison Spangler and Mrs, Charles Hickman, both Taft sup-

By Frederick C. Othman

Blended Whisky Called ‘Ulcer Agitator’ in Anti-Trust Inquiry

WASHINGTON, June 24-1 never thought when I walked into the House judiciary chamber for anti-trust hearings on the liquor business that I'd get a lecture on stomach washes and ulcer agitators. This goes to show that you never can tell when your education is going to be improved and let's get on with the proceedings in the mahogany-trimmed room, filled with whisky men (mostly looking glum) and a few pronibitfonists (appearing frisky): Up before the subcommittee of Rep. Frank L. Chelf (D. Ky.) were charges that the Justice Department squelched a trust-busting crusade against the four biggest American distillers after they were said to have contributed substantial sums to the political campaigns of 1948. So there were the attorneys showing by means of charts picturing big, brown bottles how the quartet of big timers had the trade of around. 70 per cent of this nation's drinkers, how many independent distillers: had been squeezed out of business, and how most whisky sold today was a blend of ‘Wwitisky and neutral spirits, This confused Rep. Kenneth B. Keating (R., Rochester, N. Y.), who does not drink, himself, and who naturally thought whidky was, well, whisky. What, he demanded, were these neutral blends?

Offers to Explain

REP. CHELF, who grew up in the bluegrass country, drank its limestone waters as-a boy, and later learned to appreciate its salubrious distillations of corn, offered to explain. The whisky blenders listened, horrified. “They take 65 percent raw alcohol, pour in 35 percent real whisky, and call it a blend,” he said. “It is a stomach flush, It is an ulcer agitator. It is a fraud on the American public.” This, shocked Rep. Keating, the imhiber of orange juice, Wasn't this fluid labeled whisky?

CAMPAIGN

“Yes.” roared the gentleman from Kentucky. “They call it a blend of whisky. But it isn't. It is a blend of raw alcohol. People think Jesse James 1s dead, but he rides again in these advertisements of blends. They're trying to make people think they like to drink these blends. And their sales today are 10 times as big as those of straight whiskies.” Rep. Keating still wasn’t convinced. Don't the people like the blends they drink?

‘Don’t Know Any Better’

“THEY DON'T. know any better,” said Rep. Chelf. “They are influenced by these ads. Why, these blends contain so much alcohol and wat® and so little genuine whisky that they

don’t come out the right color. They are a pale

yellow and they have to add coloring matter, like caramel and prune juice.”

“Yes,” insisted Rep. Keating, a difference in the taste?”

“I am informed that there is, Mr: Keating,” said Rep. Chelf, “This blended stuff is an alcohol rub, for internal use.” “Then,” continued Rep. K.. “I understand there is another liquid called Scptch whisky, Is Scotch whisky made in this country?”

Rep. Chelf, who figures Scotch isn't fit to drink, either, on account of the grain alcohol that goes into it, said he understood that some of it- waa blended here from imported ingredients, “Then.” said Rep. Keating, “I am informed that there are some distilleries that operate illegally.” ° “That is what I've been told,” said Rep. Chelf. He added that no self-respecting moonshiner in Kentucky would think of perpetrating a blend on his clientele. The gentlemen then turned to the anti-trust argument. By comparison, ‘it was very. dull. Full, you may say, of prune juice,

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By Andrew Tully

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porters, are to be replaced by Robert Goodwin :

and Mrs. Anna Lomas. Mr. Goodwin and Mrs, Lomas are cially listed by both camps as “Uncommittdd,” = although some Eisenhower kesmen claim them. A any rate, Mr, Spangler and Mrs, Hicks man will cast Iowa's votes in Chicago next week, as will the Paft supporters from the other

states mentioned above. \ The national committee's decisions next week

won't necessarily be final. The committee will decide which delegates go on the convention's temporary role. The losing side can then carry its fight to the convention's credentials .com= mittee and then to the convention floor itself. But next week's decisions will be important because the delegates named to the temporary roll customarily vote on any challenge of the credentials committee report. The winning camp —Ike's or Mr. Taft's—also will have its people from the contested states voting on the creden. tials committee, unless the national: committes: orders otherwise, Other national committee changes have yet: to be made, and still others already ie dang figure to ch e the picture. In Oregon, for ine. A) Ralph Cake, an Eisenhower backer, will be replaced by Jesse Gard. another Ike man. And in North Dakota and Wisconsin, Taft men are being replaced by other Taft supe porters.

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‘Function’ of Articles

MR. EDITOR: 1 have great difficulty in determining the purpose of articles such as “Russia 3 to 1 Over U. 8. in Modern Planes,” by your Washington Correspondent, Jim G. Lucas. If the write-up seeks to give facts, it totally fails of its objective; if it is propaganda to ens courage our people to spend armament money extravagantly, it should: be suppressed, ow» ,

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MR. Wy CAS starts out boldly to tell all about our U. 8. plane production, and then says: “The Reds outnumber us in modern planes, three to one. Russia is known to be’ building 12,000 to 14,000 planes per year—ete.” Here we have precise figures with 14 per cent latitude for inaccuracy. Next comes the frank: concession: “It is difficult to. know what Russia has or will have, If our experts and mobilization planners knew with’ certainty, our production policies could be

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Curtain.” If this latter quoted statement is true, and I believe it is, the whole write-up is pure Speculation and possible propaganda. oe 0 <

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RUSSIA DOES not publicize its plates’ data or put pictures of its navy yards and the like on television as does the Pentagon. I wonder if the function of articles like that commented on is solely to put the fear of God in the American people so they may swallow possibly unwarranted taxation for the military,’ without gulping. J. F. R., ‘City.

‘The Last Vestige’

MR. EDITOR: 1 believe, so far as daily papers are econcerned, the Forum and other columns like it are the last vestige of Free Press we are supe poséd to have in America. Your editorials for the last 10 years are proof of that. The Times and the old Sun before it, used to uphold truth and the cause of our people, laborer, farmer and small businessman. In those days the papers were small, not nearly so full of ads. As a business undertaking, Seripps-Howard and Pulliam interests must, in our system of profit, cater to those who can make or break a newspaper,

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The average citizen can't place big ads, so you do have to be realistic, don’t you, Mr, Editor? oo 0 o* EDITORIALLY, The Times jumps on the Eisenhower bandwagon (with both feet) with its competitor the Pulliam papers. I can’t help but wonder why the local papers don't indorse Taft. Surely he is antilabor, anti« everything else that is in the best interests of America to please those interests the newspapers here speak for. Or are you and Pulliam getting cold feet? Are you afraid the average voter may be too intelligent in spite of your smear propaganda to vote for Taft and get a retread Hoover administration? That could explain your choice of a General —lke being ideal, He is used to taking as well as giving orders. Thug you and your friends could lead him atound. and get the same results as with Taft. Better watch, though, if he is really going to apeak “off the cuff.” It's so easy to tell the truth that way. Mr. Editor. as it appears you choose to hide the record of this contemptible group known as the Republican Party of today. I shall, by way of Forum, direct your readers to some of The Times own editorials of the not too distant past; Be you have the courage to print it. Re= er e stench of the Jackson, Duvall days? MeCraY: Stevenson,

—Norman E. Steel, 1001 S. Norfolk St., City.

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WASHINGTON, June 24 President Truman is said te have chuckled happily when he learned an organization had been formed to run India Edwards for Vice President on the Democratic ticket. “You can't tell.” said Mr, Truman, grinning.‘ “India might make it.” Nobody, including Mr. Truman, is taking Mrs, Edwards’ candidacy seriously. But Mr, Truman, like most Democrats, knows if it were possible, the women couldn't find a more

aggressive candidate than “Dear India.”

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INDIA EDWARDS, now vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has followed a bold but simple strategy through two success. fil careers. It is to get one foot in the door and then prove your right to be invited into the house. She was just a kid out of school in Chicago when she first used it to get into the newspaper business. As a free dance writer, she sold the Chi-

the editor surrendered and gave her a a regular $35-a-week job.

» - » INDIA stayed with the Trib until 1842, as reporter, society editor and editor of the woman's page. Then she married Herbert Edwards, chief of -the international motion pictures division of the State Department's Office of International

Information, and came to Washington to live. Two years later, India -

shoved her foot inside the door of the Democratic National

- Committee. She'd heard Clare

Boothe Luce’s famed “GI Jim”

‘ broadcast at the 1944 Repub-

lican convention and, as she says, “I was so infuriated I

had to do something.” The something was an unpaid volunteer job in Democratic head-

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AT THE CLOSE of the 1944 campaign, the Democratic National Committee invited Mrs Edwards into the house —as executive ° secretary of {t= women's division, During the 10848 campaign, it sometimes seemed India Edwards was everywhere at once, In Detroit, Memphis, Boston, she exhorted women to vote for the “housewives’ party.” At the Democratic convention, she shoved a piece of raw steak in front of a television

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