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FOUR medical students have the best heatbeating job in the city. They sweep concrete. ~~ Don't shudder; friend. The concrete is on the battom of city’ swimming pools.” The four work

“only in the deepest parts of the pools.

Seldom do I ask a man to please hand over his shovel or broom and rest. The urge was irresistible to ask Indiana University medical students Frank Beardsley, Phil Bowser, Dick Weaver and John Bérgan at Broad Ripple pool. WN THEY DIDN'T KNOW whether that was such a good idea. With only two compressors and two masks, someone has to stay topside to see nothing goes wrong with the air supply. : “Gets warm on the side of the pool, » said Phil Bowser, “We want to do our share of work,” added John Bergan. “You probably don't know how those diving

masks work,” Frank Beardsley interrupted *hopefully.

“Je anything habperre ovo down there, we'd be responsible.” -Dick eaver {was concerned about my safety. . oh bC

“LET'S KNOCK IT off, men. Nothing is going to happen to me except I'll cool off, sweep part of the pool, get a good idea how this job is done. Now, in the name of Hippocrates, are we going to play ball?” . Bare feet moved restlessly, eyes moved from ride to_side and finally John Bergan said it was all right with him “for just a few minutes.” The others followed the line.

Interesting® sidelights came out in the open while the men prepared a mask, lead vest to keep & man submerged and started a compressor going. * + 0b IT SEEMS THERE is silver on the bottom of those city pools and there was a question of the kitty the men have. They call it the “ice cream kitty.” The average daily take is 80 to 90c. --At Ellenberger Park pool, ‘which the men clean on Monday mornings, the loot always is greater.

1 got the pitch. “Any money I run across will be turned over to you. Fair enough?”

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NEW YORK, July 2—George 8. Kaufman has become an important man in America’s living rooms by not liking anything—not even George 8. Kaufman. On one television show recently, the acerbic and angular Mr. Kaufman admitted his mind had ‘been wa ndering. “Why don’t you advertise for it?” he was asked. “*1 don’t know whether I want it back,” said Mr. Kaufman. * Mr. Kaufman has proved -—as many before him — you can catch more flies witfPvine. gar than with sugar, He particularly hates the cesspools

where I work—

Mr. Kaufman

S. > & NOT LONG AGO on the CBS show, “This Is Show Bygsiness,” he" advised comedian Joey Bishop not to work in cafes if he wanted to get ahead. “Because,” he explained, ‘not enough ‘people go to night clubs, and those that go haven't got sense enough to know whether you're good, anyway.’ Somebody asked ‘what he ‘thought of the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry ' Lewis, which started in cafes. “Martin and Lewis,” retorted Mr. Kaufman, #js a very funny fellow.” He bas the same high regard for wrestlers. “There seems to be just about three ways in which two people can take hold of each other. I know them all now, and I don’t think they can teach me anything,” he said “once. There is no evidence Mr, Kaufman children, either. “I was a child once for several months,” he confessed on one show, Children autograph fanatfcs, he contends, “Should be at home learning their lessons, resting up in bed, eating their oat-meal-—whatever they do at night—bothering their parents instead of bothering complete strangers.”

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Americana By Robert C. Ruark

NEW. YORK, July 2—One of the great documentaries of the last war has just slid from the presses, or so it seems to me. It's called “Submarine” by Cmdr, Edward L. Beach, USN (Henry Holt, $3.50), and even this many years later the goose pimples still sprout on your neck When you read it. “Submarine” is basically the story of USS. Trigger, on-which Cmdr. Beach served from Ensign onward, but over-all it is a completely fascinating account of the entire silent service, We were not -told much of submarines while the war was on, and not too much after, because of the highest possible security. I remember that in Pearl Harbor even the citations accompanying medals for heroism were intensely scanned for security breaches that could get a whole lot of people killed. 3 o> ow WORKING. briefly in press censorship at Makalapa on Oahu, during the last- year of the war with Japan, I used to read battle reports from boats like Trigger and Harder and Tang and Wahoo, and even the dry, stilted. navalese could not rob the account of its excitement. You would have reports, say, mentioning. casually that Cmdr. Slade Cutter took his boat into a Jap harbor and watched a horse race through the periscope—or that, again in a Jap harbor, some skipper had casually torpedoed a dock, sending a whole busload of Jap sailors to heaven, 1 remember one report of a guy who was claiming two transports sunk; and I recall he said he did not actually see the transports sink, but still claimed them. For, he said, “We sank the two destroyers who were picking up the survivors , . PDD «t THERE WAS the report I remember of Cmdr. Jim Blanchard and his exec, an old buddy of mine named Ben Adams, sinking a first-line Jap carrier of the Shokaku class with one torpedo hit into the gasoline stowage compartment. Mush Morton's Wahoo sank about everything the Japs owned with a fried egg on its masthead, :-before he turped up missing. Cmdr. Beach's -triggermen felt sheepish indeed’ if they came back to Pearl without & broom tied on the masthead, denotings a clean sweep, and with nary a fish left to fire. Our subs did just about everything. They sank other submarines. They knocked off whole convoys. They sank major fighting ships. They shot up harbors. They rescued downed fighters. They took Jap prisoners, They swept the seas so clean of Japanese RRpping that in the end they were cruising arotnd on the surface, shooting up sampans with machine guns, for laughs. Submarines alone so, destroyed Japanese logistics. that the Nips had nothing left to float men and ypplies

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Real Cooling Job. Sweeping Out Pool

water ontitig into the pools flows toward the deep end and the drain, . Te SHALLOW PARTS of the pool don't have to be swept because sand and gravel work te the deep. end, Sweepers simply help along the dirt by pushing it near the drain. To keep the algae controlled, one man «drags ‘a bag of copper sulfate around the pool once a week. The chemical gives the water its greenish tint. I must say, once the men decided to let me try my hand at the most desirable hot-weather job, they were helpful. In two shakes they had me ready for submerging. I went down the ladder. Breathing was easy if you didn’t take deep breaths. Movement was effortless except when handling the wooden broom. It kept floating to the surface. # SoS B THE LIGHT WAS GOOD at the bottom of the pool and the water had a cool greenish tint.

Swimmers above looked strange. The sound of

their splashing was like muffled drumbeats. At first there was some apprehension about the air supply. I had a cl call once ‘while testing a ball point’ pen. Timfie and complete comfort brought confidence. Instead of sweeping and looking for coins, 1 executed a few maneuvers that rivaled Esther Williams. Dick Weaver rudely interrupted my fun when he dove down to check on'my work. With his hand he indicated the broom was to be used for sweeping. : wh ber B . NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, there was plenty of sand and gravel to sweep. Something round caught my eye after Dick surfaced. Looked like a half dollar: No such luck. It was a bunion plaster. For effect the broom was wiggled. Amazing how many balancing tricks you can do, too, with the broom. Just as I was patting myself on the back for the good fortune, the air line became taut and 1 found myself being dragged upward. Now I know how a figh feels. Pb “YOU'VE BEEN down there 15 minutes,” John Bergan said, “and all you've done was stir the sand and gravel up. You're supposed to sweep gently and evenly.” “I was acclimating myself to the job,” was my argument. . “We have work to io, ” was theirs. Who's going to see sand in 10 or 15 feet of water? Ah, well, sometimes you can't even work for nothing.

Playwright Is Tops With Bar bed Wit

~ MR. KAUFMAN, who at 62 is a lean, wirehaired broom-stick of a fellow, icily aloof to most people, is actually a compassionate chap of great warmth when you know him well, according to % intimates-such as Groucho Marx.

But Mr. Kaufman sees to it few get to Know. 4

Sometimes he does say he’s going to —“a new forest, really”—

him well. turn over a new leaf and become lovable. And then another barb breaks through and he’s on again. He wonders why Sam Levenson was described “lovable” after he'd been on the Irving Manstela show for only two weeks, while nobody's ever described him as lovable in three years. Possibly it’s because he doesn’t look lovable, he says. “While I look pretty terrible on television, by coincidence I also look pretty terrible off teleyision,” he announced one night. “As a matter of fact, I’ve been thinkirig of suing television . ..” “And vice versa,” interjected Clifton Fadiman. Still, he thinks, looks and clothes are not the answer for the- Person who Would become 3 star. THE CLOTHES cannot be terribly impaortant,” he has said, “because if they were, the Duchess of Windsor would be the greatest performer on any stage today.” A humor columnist, critic and famous playwright, before television came along, Mr. Kaufman sometimes feels television is a mistake, and

_there’s too much talking on it. Realizing once

when he was saying this he was adding to the “And I am going to do my share by shutting up right now.” iy He did, too, for several seconds, < Mr. Kaufman in a way is a policeman for America, somewhat as Will Rogers used to be. He has been blasting away at somebody or something most of his life. As a ‘playwright, he was just as critical of his actors. One night when he found a particularly hammy actor reaching new heights of hamminess in one of his shows, he rushed out and dispatched him a telegram ‘saying: BN “AM WATCHING SHOW from last row of theater. Wish you were here. As a critic, he once panned a comedy this way: “There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief somebody was telling jokes back there.” Sb WISH I'D SAID THAT: “Things are so high

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INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY—No. 5

Deadlock At ‘Chicago Believed Unlikely

By JOHN GUNTHER HE people elect the

President of the United States—yes. But the politicians nom-

Gen. Eisenhower has shown that he has immense popular appeal in states as different as

P e n nsylvania and Minnesota, Oregon and Massachusetts (where, in fact, in addition ‘to running away with the Republican primary, he got ° more writein votes than

“except Sen. Kefauver). : The United States.is, however, a very peculiar country politically, and whether Gen. Eisenhower will be nominated at Chicago depends on a convention . more unpredictable than most—and American conventions can get as tangled up as Scotch tape in.an electric fan. Sen. Taft probably will approach the convention with

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By NORMAN D. FORD MOST authorities agree

it is better to take your children with you on

your vacation if you travel

in the family car rather tham leave them with relatives,

friends or at a children’s camp.’

You've got thent right with you. You know they're safe apd sound. You'll enjoy jour own vacation rhuch more when satisfied on that point: On the other hand children can easily - spoil a vacation, leave you more fretful and “on edge” than if you'd left them behind. The answer to this problem lies almost solely in keeping them constantly occupied. If you can do this, they'll be happy, you'll be happy and the whole family will have an enjoyable vacation. The small baby under six months and the teen-ager are the easiest to satisfy. Their reactions. are entirely different but neither so likely to give more trouble than when at home. Children from six months to 12 years old must be catered for, especially in the 2-4-year age brackets. Much depends on what type of country you are driving through. Many children can be held spellbound almost all day along US 101, which follows the picturesque Pacific coast, gives them an ever changing vista of mountains, forests, boats, waves, beaches, and people. But while crossing the plains, prairie, or desert, the scenery is not likely to occupy them for long.

» n » BUT NO TWO children are alike. Some will tinker busily not only for hours: but for days

get a nosebleed just reading the price tags.” — © SYMBOLS—

Peter Arnell. . . . That's Earl, brother.

New ‘Submarine’ Book Thrilling to Read

elevator. They were the fiercest fighting men I ever saw, a sort of dedicated bunch who thought that theirs was the only worthwhile arm of the war. They were picked men of the highest type, from messman to skipper, and every jack of every boat had to be able to do every job. "Their goings were silent, and their returns from patrol were uproarious. They came back pale and underweight and jumpy from depthchargings, and they hit Honolulu with a torpedo’s impact. No cop on Oahu could have ‘been forced to throw a submariner into jail, no matter how drunk and disorderly he was acting on the town. They just scooped up the celebrators and lugged them back to their private headquarters in the Roya} Hawaiian Hotel. ge oe oo BECAUSE these boys, still quivery from hangovers and butterflies fluttering in their stomachs, would shove silently off again seon, and a flock of them wouldn't be coming back. Three

hundred and seventy-four officers and 3131 enlisted men didn’t come back. Cmdr. Beach has done a Wonderful,

simple and dramatic job in telling you abaut these men and the business they were in. It would be sheer blood-and-thunder except for the simplicity

‘of wry humor with which he spins his story, but

the net ‘result is that you wind up kind of proud of your kinfolks in an old and serious war that was fought to the hilt{® instead of inf political piecemeal.

Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith

Q—We have a young blue plum tree, the large plum. This is the second year bearing. It is full of fruit now as it was last’ year. But before ripening the fruit all spotted and rotted on the tree. If there is some way to avoid this now I would appreciate knowing.—Mrs. James Murray, 5625 West Ohio St. A—The fruit has the brown rot that so commonly spoils plums.and peaches. As an emergency measure try some wettable sulfur spray’ on it. (Do not confuse this ‘with lime-sulfur.) Use a half cup of sulfur to five gallons of water, Douse the tree well with it. Then repeat, if you have time before the fruit ripens, in about 10 days. This may help. Then begin right now to

get it under control for next year by disposing

of-every bit of infected fruit, For it just carries organisms over to infect the tree again in the . next season. Next spring, follow Purdue's advice

and get some all-purpose fruit spray (you can use

it asa dust if you prefer) and follow the schedule on the kage. (If you will shake off all the spout ed now before spraying that will help, ) on x I - “ : : . : a .

Donkey

CHICAGO, July 2 (NEA) — Most voters who will go to the polls in November will either be voting for the “GOP” elephant or the Democratic donkey.

Although both symbols are as

‘ familiar to our people as the

Statue of Liberty, it would be safe to say that few party stalwarts would know how their mascot was chosen.

The donkey and the elephant are probably the only two animals of different species that have “&« common identical ancestor, They were both brought into existence during the 'T0s of the last century by the famous political caricaturist Thomas Nast, > Strangely enough, each political animal was tagged to its particular party in an atmosphere of derisive jest, E&th found favor with the rank and file, and was drafted for regular service, pushing the original Republican eagle and -Democratic rooster to the sidelines.

” - n THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY was born first and had an unflattering debut, on

IN. CONVENTION ASSEMBLED:

roughly 480 delegates, Gen. Eisenhower with 420. These totals do not include 75 dis~ puted, southern votes, the 70 Pennsylvania delegates and 26 of Michigan's 46. ‘At this stage Gov. Warren will have 76, Mr. Stassen 26, Gov. McKeldin of Maryland 24, Gen. MacArthur, three and Gen. Wedemeyer one. = = »

SINCE THE total number of delegates is 1206, 604 are necessary to nominate. The disputed and uncommitted votes listed above come to 171, and these constitute the first battleground. The second is the block of 130 delegates committed *o other candidates. The nomination may finally turn on how these 171 delegates go, and this will in turn depend on (a) how Ike handles himself, and. (b) bargaining among the-pros. It is indeed an odd irony that delegates in cer-

‘tain overwhelmingly Democrat-

ic states like, say Louisiana, where a Republican is almost as rare as a chocolate sundae! in the Sahara, could play a key part in determining the GOP nominee. Politics is not—Ilet us put it mildly—an exact science in America. The Taftites base their hopes on the solid lead

FOR A HAPPIER VACATION—No. 3

Should You Take The Children

Here is the third of five articles by Norman D. Ford, traveler, editor, author and a founder of the Globe Trotters Club.

on end with a broken alarm clock. Others cannot sit still for two minutes. Each requires a different approach at different age levels. Parents know their children’s particular likes and dislikes and can plan accordingly. But whatever you do, don’t bring all your tricks out of the bag the first day. Introduce something new only when. all previously suggested pastimes have begun to pall. In this way, the children will have something to do each day. = " » HERE ARE nine hints for happier driving with children: ONE—Stop regularly every 50 or 60 miles to allow the children to get out and romp, climb trees, play tag, and get a little exercise. TWO-—Plan on a picnic lunch every day. You'll save money besides. THREE—When going to a restaurant with a very young child one parent should go in first to arrange for a high chair and diet, etc.,, while the other waits outside in the car with the child. FOUR--Take along pillows and stuff yeur noncreasable clothes into pillowcases for the children to recline on, sit on, or play on. FIVE Keep the back seat clear for play. Make them remove their street shoes and wear sneakers or go barefoot or in socks. It's more restful for their, feet and easier on the upholstery. You, may be able to build up the whole rear with

And Elephant—How They Grew

NAST'S Democratic donkey made debut in Harper's in 1870.

an advertising page of the proRepublican Harper's Weekly. It was depicted as lashing out with its hoofs against a dead lion, representing Edward M, Stanton, secretary of war: in Lincoln's cabinet, who had died shortly before, The donkey was supposed to be the Democratic or “Copperhead Press,” doing its best to besmirch the name of the gallant dead. Another source donkey symbol

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with which they will presumably enter the convention, plus

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are counting on the bulk of the contested delegates from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and “eorgia. And they expect to make heavy inroads in Michigan: and Pennsylvania. . . a = = BUT IT DOES not necessarily follow that the man in front will automatically add to his lead. Gov. Dewey was far ahead on the first ballot in 1940 at Philadelphia, but failed "to build. His lead, in fact, did the opposite—it melted away. If the two top contenders should get past the struggle for the 171 disputed and uncommitted. delegates without a clear trend apparent toward one or the other, then the decision will rest in what happens to the 130 delegates committed to other choices. None is expected to stay with his original candidate more than a ballot or two. = I " GEN. EISENHOWER'S chief hope rests in building enough in the first test of strength so that he can be ahead of—or at, least roughly even with — Sen. Taft by the time this second battle begins: For his men con-

among delegates committed to Gov, Warren, Mr, Stassen and Gov, McKeldin is greater than Sen. Taft's. Ike is fairly sure to get about 60 of Warren's 76, 22 from Mr. Stassen and perhaps 18 of Gov. McKeldin's 24. But if Sen. Taft has earlier realized "his objectives in Michigan and Pennsylvania and has swept the boards in the disputed - southern bloc, the race will be his and the secondary strength. claimed for Gen. Eisenhower among the 130 committed to others will never have a chance to _be tested. It will simply fall to Mr, Taft. ” » 5 GOV, FINE controls 30 to 35 of Pennsylvania's 70, and is reputedly for Gen, MacArthur first, Sen. Taft second. But Goy. Fine, being a satrap from Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre), may decide to bargain with his

strength. Whether or not Gen.

Eisenhower will make him any kind of offer remains to be seen. He might like to have a vice presidential bid, or some other. good, fat job. Michigan is opaque. Of its 46 delegates, 10 .are sajd now to be definitely for Gen. Eisenhower, 10 for Sen. Taft. The. rest are undecided. Michigan is more or less controled by

tend that his secondary strength gafsrthur Summerfield, an old-

Games for Kids on a Trip

A-to-Z: The object is to complete the alphabet by taking only the first letter of names visible on highway signs and- billboards. First player to Spot letters from A

through Z wins. ; License Plate Games:

Players Ehoose a state each.

Then for 20 minutes, each counts license plates from that

state. Highest total wins.

As each car passes, add first and last numbers of its digits and credit total to each player in turn—first car's outside digits to first player, second car's to second player, and so on. First totaling 100 wins. A variation is to count only digits in the license plate which occur twice. If no doubles occur, the player scores

nothing. Trebles score also,

of course.

Car Poker: Each player selects a different number below 10, then watches passing cars for license plates having this number twice. ‘Whenever it occurs he scores one point. If the digit occurs three times on one plate, he scores 2, if it occurs four times 3 points. First player

scoring exactly 10 points wins.

suitcases and place a mattress over the seat and cases to form a large soft, safe play area. SIX — Give them frequent snacks but not too much candy. Carrots, raisins apd fruit are best. Fruit juice can be drunk with a straw through a small hole in the can top to avoid spilling. SEVEN — Encourage older children to read travel books about the places they are going to see. Explain colorful stories of the various sights and shrines to the younger children while viewing them. That is, if they want to listen. EIGHT—Don't plan on starting at dawn and driving to dark if you have children along.

cause the Democratic Party of that time constantly talked of finance. . Horace Greeley reférred to them as the finance party. Nast construed finance to fine-ass, and drew the donkey. His intention was to poke fun at the Democratic Party. Goodnaturedly they accepted the animal and turned it into a symbol to rally around. #" = ~ THE BIRTH OF THE ELEPHANT took place in a manner more befitting that illustrious mascot. It was given a whole page for its activity in the same periodical. It was suggested to Nast by an Aesop fable which des¢ribes’ how a donkey went about in lion's skin terrorizing the animals and frightening the elephant into a trap set by a cunning fox. His illustration showed such a scene. The donkey dressed as a lion was labeled “The New York Herald." The elephant was the “Republican vote.” The fox eking out from under a bush, ad a’ “Democratic Party” on his collar. The elephant found such fa-

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They take longer to go to bed and to get ready in the morning among strange surroundings. . Even if ‘they don’t appear to be taking much interest in their surroundings, they are probably taking in a great deal more than you think.

NINE-—Give each child a small, wrapped surprise package around 10 a. m. each morning. » u » EVEN young children learn a lot from a motor tour. They become more practical, learn to adapt themselves to new devices and habits. Shy children often lose their selfconsciousness, make themselves

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So bright were Henry Clay's chances of securing the 1839 Whig nomination that his admirers promised not to shave until he hod been elected President, and Clay himself did not bother to ottend the Harrisburg, Pa., convention.

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line professional who is proTaft. But like the Republican viceroys in other states, he has a senatorial election on his hands and knows' that Gen. Eisen-

much more trenchant weight with independent voters, and hence is a better asset than Sen. Taft to the local ticket. 8-8 » MOREOVER, Michigan .has a

be more apt to lean to Gen, Eisenhower than to Sen. Taft. . Many of the big Detroit industrialists — another point— are pro-Eisenhower. First, they want a winner. Second, they will take a chance on weaning him to their way of thinking. Deadlock in Chicago is un- . likely, because both Sen. Taft and Gen. Eisenhower are high enough to be close to winning. There are not enough floating

strength to -another candidate. Nor is there any single obvious magnet, like Mr: Willkie in 1940, to whom the floating dele gates might go. The Republican convention of 1952 is likely to be decided in an air-conditioned arena, not a smoke-filled room.

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at home with strange people. In any case, most children can readily adapt themselves to new situations. “Travel! is broadening” for a child over 4, but can be tedious if entertainment is 0t planned in advance.

Here is a list of suggested

not want all of them, but with children it is better to have tao

Picture books and comics, suitable books for other ages,

Pencils, crayons, ruler, paper and clip board. A broken alarm clock or a construction Kit, Rounded - point scissors and” colored paper for cutting. - ¥ Peg board, mosaic blocks. puzzles, beads. Small plastic toys. Doll, doll furniture, A car steering wheel (obtains able from an auto wrecker - route). FOR BABIES: : A combination car seat and hammock. A travel basket. Potty. » » had DON'T OMIT to collect al} the free illustrated literature you can get along the road and let the children look at the pietures. During the early eveJing, they may care. to listen to their favorite children’s radio programs. Children over gix can assume minor responsi: bilities like seeing that all the doors are locked, keeping a single expense account, and logging the mileage and route. Others enjoy keeping a diary of the trip.

(Copyright, 1952, by Hariat Rress,

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Though history's = oldest nominee = and wealthy, Harrison was emotionally portrayed as an energetic back¥o04: mas, a Riog-cub inand-hard-cider” can. didate. At logcabin rallies that ended in wild