Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1952 — Page 19

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Jt Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, July 17—A Chicago spy tells me Ike prefers Scotch, so bourbon’ll be pushed out of the White House cabinet if he's elected. Sen. Taft, incidentally, takes bourbon—%was the only thing he and HST agreed on. > oS o MILTON BERLE'S writers were told to ‘look for new jobs,” due to his format change « + +» Marilyn Monroe told somebody she really hopes to marry Joe DiMag. Shucks, Joe, I knew her back in 1947 B. C. (before Calendar). Hh Bh I'M. NEUTRAL politically on orders from the B. W. I'll try to print the same numbe

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of gags for each side. Fred Allen flashes from W. Harwich, . Mass.: “How can the Republi- § cans run the country when they can’t even run the party?” Dan Healy, Mayor of Broadway, suggests this Demmy slogan: “Nix-On-Ike.” 2 : > © %

PETER LAWFORD now chums with the Henry Fords and Harvey Firestones—also Harve's cute daughter, Betty . . . Sight unseen, a young heir to the Eberhardt pencil fortune bought Al Jolson’s lush Encino home. Actor-happy, he wanted it because Al lived there, “I'll never be invited to any more Park Ave, parties,” our gal Taffy Tuttle says. “Last one I went to, I didn’t tell any dirty stories.”

They laughed at Perle Mesta, but now she can laugh for her Luxembourg job looks safe no matter who becomes President. For besides having done a good job for the Democrats, she’s one of the closest friends of Ike and Mamie, who often visited her and know how hard she works. ¢ & ¢ WAS I EMBARRASSED talking to Hollywood actress Lola Albright, Jack Carson’s fiancee, an Akron ul ’ “How long since you've been back to God's country?” I asked . . . “Three months,” she said. You've been back to Akron in the last three months?” I said. “Oh,” she said, “I thought you meant California.”

Miss Monroe

Americana By Robert C. Ruark

NEW YORK, July 17—Long’s I been playing this thing with my elbows so far, we will stick with the hunches and reckon as how the Democrats are almost certainly stuck with Sen. Kefauver if they are looking for a strong boy to compete with thesKEisenhower charm. And this has certainly settled down to a charm contest. This is a big year for pollgide charm, because it is probably the biggest participation season for the ladiés since somebody handed them the vote. This is also a year for youth among the leaders, it would seem—youth of spirit if not actually of years. Ike is no boy at 61, but he seems as nearly youthful as Kefauver in his 40s. And, of course, Dick Nixon, the VP candidate, is the youngest ever recorded at a mere 39, 1 imagine Sen. Kefauver will be a bitter pill for some of the old jackass drivers. to swallow, but his showing in the past year, his lead in delegates, and the over-all sourness of his competitors on the public tongue have almost got to make him a common-sense caniidate, & 4 THEY WERE high on Adlai Stevenson, the moét unwilling candidate for distinction we have met up with lately, but I imagine that Mr. Stevenson’s last gag about shooting himself if nominated would scare off his most fervent support. This sets an all-time high in negation of a top job, and should supersede the more demure quote: which made Silent

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Cal immortal. With Sen. Kefauver they've got a chance. He {¢ enormously known. He is young and Lincolnesque, He has come out strongly against crime. He has shown amazing strength in the primaries. He has a charm-doll of a wife, who has looked at the land over many a TV screen and out of Life's cover. He has a magnificent brood of young’uns. I would bet you a pretty that out of the current swarm of hopefuls, the average guy would be unable to give you a fast rundown on Averell Harriman, on Sen. Richard Russell, on all the rest of the eager beavers save Harry T. and kissin’ Alben Barkley. Mr. Truman has said he won't play. The Veep wants to play, but his hoary years are agin him, in addition to other defects of qualification. ' > % #

THERE does not seem to be much left, for a competitor to a popular-acclaim candidate ‘such as Ike but another popular-acclaim candidate. The Democrats have prided themselves in past on commonsensical politics. At least Sen. Kefauver is somebody somebody knows, and knows

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The other angle 1 am feeling in the busted ¥: : 5 ; ;

favorite neighborhood.” . . .

Some ‘Cabinet’ Changes Loom

Martha Rountree, the gal genius who produces “‘Meet the Press,” isn't expecting, as is reported. It's just the way she slouches. . . . Franklin P. (“F. P. A.”) Adams, the delightful 70-year-old sourpuss of “Information, Please,” and his wife Esther have split—after 27 years. . . » Marlon Brando's newest Hollywood date is Bill Saroyan’s ex-wife, lovely Carol Marcus. Gregory Ratoff visited San Francisco recently. I asked him why. “To get as far away as possible,” he said “from Gloria Swanson.” (They're still feuding about i play, “Nina.”) <> @

MIDNIGHT EARL ... London reporters were all set to- flash the Milton Berle-Ruth Cosgrove wedding. But it didn't happen. . . . Pert Kelton, the comedienne who helped Jackie Gleason break records in a Pittsburgh theater, collapsed in Chi-

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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1952

Co-operate or Starve—

®* By LELAND STOWE ° HUNGER IS A POLITICAL WEAPON IN COMMUNIST dominated Eastern Europe, you eat according to how loyally you serve the Communist system. Or according to how much value the Red rulers attach to you. Or, upon how soon the men in the Kremlin desire

Food Rationed On Loyalty

to have you eliminated. These three rules are applied as ruthlessly in every satellite state as in Soviet Russia. The new Stalinized aristocracy determines both Vhat you eat, and how much you may eat. Your stomach and your appetite are absolutely at the disposition of the state. In practice it is summed up by: “Stuff the comrades, feed the fellow - travelers and starve the bourgeoisie and other ‘class enemies’.”

The Communists achieve this

through their ration-card sys-

tem by creating three or four separate classes df citizens. n = = THE first-class citizens are Communist officials, higher level police and army officers, writers and artist§*who prostitute themselves for Moscow, and others of special status. The new Red aristocrats enjoy the maximum of the conquerors’ traditional wining-and-din-ing privileges. They also have special withdrawal prerogatives at Communist “Supply Offices” —called the U. Z. in Poland. These, are huge warehouses, or party stores, filled with goods confiscated from “enemies of the people” and deportees: Rugs, furniture, paintings, fur coats, clothing, groceries, kitchen utensils, alcoholic beverages, ete.

Members of the Communist elite merely present cards and select whatever their fancy dictates. Everything is free—a year-round bonus for top servitors of the Kremlin. All heavy workers in good standing also enjoy first-class ration cards, although they are. second-class citizens in every other respect. » E = STATE EMPLOYEES, office help, teachers and other whitecollar workers receive a second category of lightet rations regarded as sufficient for their

cago. ... Truman's Veep choice: Alabama's John J. Sparkman. . . . Larri Thomas is said to have the most beautiful hair and legs on TV. Gov. Earl Warren, dining in Toots Shor’s, and looking forward to some tuna-fishing off Santa Monica, said: “I can't say I'm unhappy about not being nominated.” Mr Warren, by the way, urges everybody to take out polio insurance. . . . Bob Feller and other Cleveland Indians won't go on TV interview shows unless they get a tie or" other gift as a token ot apyiecistion. :

EARL’S PEARLS . . . With some of these TV actresses, you can’t tell if they're outside trying to get in or inside trying to get out. d Bb " TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: The Ted Friends, of S. Francisco, back from Europe, report that in a Rome hotel, when they ordered breakfast, a waitress brought in champagne and many other drinkables, but no food.- “I learn how to make American breakfast,” the waitress said proudly, “from serving Seegnor Errol Flynn.” Willie Shore, the Latin Quarter comic, is to be screen-tested by 20th, which thinks he’s great ... Darvas & Julia, the great dance act, is wanted for “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” by the same studio . . . Chrysler's toying with a '53 model to sell for $10,000. e SS WISH I'D SAID THAT: Hearing about a Texan worth in the neighborhood of $10 million Barbara Nichols the actress said, “Gee, that's my That's Earl, brother.

Who but Kelauver For the Democrats?

bone which hurts when it rains is that the old-line Demos are of a mind to concede this one, and hepce might be anxious to kill off a guy like Sen. Kéfauver, who could really become a power in the next four years. They just might feel that Ike's got it made, and so let's rub this upstart Kefe out and clear the way for one of our lads with less of the maverick in him for 1956. This seems like slightly dangerous gambling on the side of both parties, because there are a power of Democrats around, and a power of people who are mad because Bob Taft didn’t cop the marbles. For many months I have not underestimated the strength of the rawboned barnstormer from Tennessee. i nb

IT IS NOT inconceivable that Sen. Kefauver could win the big one, especially if the Republicans continue to undercut each other, or if they relax as they did after the'1944 nominations. A Kefauver victory would embarrass the entrenched Fair Dealers as much as it would spell the knell of the elephant boys. I will make you a small bet with no money involved that the lanky lad with the coonskin tiara gets the bid next week in Chicago. And a second bet that if he doesn’t, the Democrats will get murdered in November.

Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith

Q—Should roses be cut before they wither? We were told that if we cut the flowers off one of our roses it would not bloom again. It is a floribunda.— Beginner:

A—Cut roses at least as soon as they have withered. They're unsightly. Also dead flowers tend to collect and so spread plant troubles. And you also don't want the plant to try to make seed. You want it to grow new canes with new buds. . Always cut roses just above the spot where a five-part leaf is growing out or a strong stem. Don't just snip the dead flower off. That leaves a weak stem that will die. And it does not encourage production of new canes as proper cutting does. I know of no floribunda that would stop blooming if you cut its flowers. Possibly your informant meant that if you cut a cluster of blooms the outer buds that were still tightly closed would not open.

Q-—Do rose geraniums ever bloom?-—Bridge-poit. -. . A—Yes, they have very pretty flowers. Some of them resemble pansies, hence “pansy-flower-ing” geraniums. Of course, the term “rose geranium” in common usage includes a number of different kinds of geraniums, as they would be classified by specialists, . : r & e

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type of employment. Below them come further reduced rations for unemployed

members of families, old peo-:

ple, and the like. In reality there are four classes of citizenship open to ration privileges, usually with three categories of cards. But any holder of a ration card can be deprived of it fom

a slight” infraction of some Communist regulation. The first, relatively mild, blow by party officials or the police is “hit them where they eat.” In fact, your right to eat is entirely a party and state monopoly. Millions of Eastern Europeans are fifth class citizens, barred from all ration privleges. The Soviet rule for these outlawed citizens is that “Food © and Hunger Are Political Weapons.” . =n = » . ~ IT IS simple for a police state to arrange that certain kinds of people shall eat very little, and gradually less and less. The Rumanian regime's 1951 decree for food and clothing rationing shows how this i8 done. All private businessmen, self-employed persons and their families are deprived of ration cards. So are owners of more than two and one-half acres of arable land, employees of private farmers; retired persons, and the families of these, Anyone ‘is ration - outlawed who retains a slight base for independent livelihood; anyone who once had enough property or savings to hope to live modestly independent in later years. \ What can these people do? How do they exist? Like those with inadequate rations, they can find limited amounts of food in state shops —at prices six to 10 times higher than is charged for the same products at the official ration stores.

This is how it works out (by middle class

1951 Rumanian prices): Instead of paying 38¢c for 20 ounces of bread, one pays $2.80; for a quart of milk, $2; for a dozen eggs, $6.65; for sausage (if available), $8 per pound. 2 s -

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ances leave their families still punsv

rfed must pay Such prices from incomes usually averaging between $40 and $75 a month. Those without ration cards must pay such prices for everything they eat—and eat as little as possible. In all satellite countries food has been desperately and increasingly scarce since 1949 for all but the Red rulers and workers, A housewife describes the

results of this in her Danubian capital:

“For 10 weeks we have had no meat. I wait three or four hours in line. Then they have nothing but bones to sell. You can buy spinach for 75¢ a pound. Almost no other vegetables—a few tiny potatoes like we used to feed the pigs. + + «+ My kidneys and legs hurt so much I can hardly stand on my feet any more.” Such letters, received by their :riends in exile, tell how citizens of the old days—doctors, lawyers, stenographers—now wear the same frayed garments week after week,

Many, in writing, crack wry jokes: “Paul has had his suit taken in for the fourth time . Jan looks exactly like a

his shoes. . . Last Sunday we wanted a chicken but we couldn't afford to pay $7 for one.”

o » os THESE ARE the “dangerous elements” the Kremlin is determined to “proletarianize” or destroy. They are guilty of the same unforgivable crime of which you are guilty: The crime of having

GERM WARFARE . . . The Biggest Lie—

Reds Deny Seeing Deadly Insects

(Editor's Note: The writer of this article, a former Army intelligence specialist, recently completed a thorough investigation of Red germ warfare charges.)

By OLAND D. RUSSELL Seripps-Howard Staff Writer TOKYO, July 17—Last March at the height of the Communist propaganda drive accusing Americans of using germ war-

fare in Korea and Manchuria, our intelligence and medical units ran a careful check among newly

captured Reds on the prevalence of disease in the areas named by the enemy. Because the C om m u nists have blatantly refused to let any neutral group investigate their charges, this close questioning of prisoners and refugees is about the only way

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we have of getting at the truth, Some findings and conclusions of this survey were disclosed to me on my recent trip to Korea in search of facts about the “germ war” the Communists say we have been waging. Of 80 prisoners interrogated, 64 per cent stated that the only prevalent disease in their units? in the two months before their capture was the common cold. . 8 » n ELEVEN PER CENT reported no ailments at all in their units, 10 per cent had heard of some kind of fever and eight per cent told of prevalence of: scabies, But, without exception, all said the that general health of the troops was good. Every one of them had been told by Communist political officers that Americans were dropping germ-infected insects and they had heard it repeatedly over the radio. But not one had seen the alleged insects. On the question of disease among civilians in North Korea, both soldiers and refugees were

interrogated—altogether, about 80. Nearly half said they had seen no alarming amount of disease among civilians in rear areas, including towns where, the Communists say, we've been showering down pests and plagues. This is not to say there's no disease in North Korea. There is a lot. Typhus fever and typhoid fever are common. Those questioned said these diseases were widespread in some villages, But the point 1s: that's normal all over North Korea. Billions of lice, the lack of an effective lousicide and the lack of a thorough civilian immunization program in North Korea contribute to the incidence and spread of disease. All refugees questioned said that most North Korean “civilians had received no immunizations of any kind. in the past vear. And there is ample evidence available to doubt the potency of the few vaccines the Communists are using.

By United Press WASHINGTON,

State Department said there has been a “widespread effort” since World War II to deal with the “abuses” of - international cartels, But it added in a 253-page re-

cartel.

port for a Senate Monopoly Sub- trade

appear to be receiving committee that it still is too early greater atteption . . . in many to tell just how effective anti- foreign countries, particularly

cartel measures will prove. The committee summoned Assistant Secretary of State Willard L. Thorp before it to testify on of .antimonopoly

said.

the state depart- Sweden.

legislation the report and the world cartel around the world, citing examples in Britain, Denmark, Austria, and

ment’s chief economist, also may July. 17—The be asked about the government's ress in establishing ‘co-operative today suppression of a secret report international control” of cartels. charging existence of a global oil!

western Europe,” the department

United Nations “Since World War II, the prob- Social Council pointing toward an lems created by the existence of international cartel and similar restraints on

velopments should not ; emphasized until the effectiveness It said there has been a rash of the measures being taken can be accurately assessed.”

such big companies ‘as Standard of New Jersey, Standard of Cali-

Food Prices in

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Red Rumania

(This table shows prices in dollar equivalents)

For the privileged: (Three categories of citizens with ration card rights) Bread: 1 1b. 4 02. «vev00v...850.38 Flour: 2 Ibs. svvevvsnseess. 1.00 Sugar: 2 Ibs. c.ccieviseess 291 Macaroni: 1 Ib. «..vivseenes 221 Vegetable oil: 1 pt. ....... 1.88 (Meat: Very rarely available, ration cards) : Lamb: per 1b. «.ovvvvvvenes 2.51 Pork: per Ib. «e.veviseveves 3.02

For those condemned to hunger by the state:

At state shops: Black market: (Profiting from (to pauperize the desperately the upper needy) classes) $ 280 - $3.87 : 6.04 8.03 10.02 nw 6.05 9.08 5.24 7.35-10.49

except for those with first-class

None None

6.04- 6.54 3.717- 4.52

Rumanian workers must pay these prices from average wages

of $41.75 per month.

These prices come from official and black market price lists

smuggled out of Rumania in 1851. They were transposed into

dollar equivalents, in terms of a U. 8. worker’s wages, by an n economist, ages, by an exiled led

known and enjoyed a far better life than the average Soviet Russian has ever known, or will ever know.

Together with their families it is probable they total some eight million to 10 million per‘sons in all the Iron Curtain countries. ; They are reduced to slow,

Without exception, the captives admitted that louse infestation was heavy and that such a situation was not unusual that time of year. None had seen mosquitoes, ants, spiders, bedbugs and the like, which the Reds said abounded after our bombs were dropped. None of the 80 individuals questioned had seen sick or dead rats in areas where they'd lived during the period covered by the Red ‘case histories.”

On still another and more specific point, the strong evidence is that the Communists are lying. Late last February, Alan Winnington, the British Communist who's ‘been beating the germ war drums loudest, said the town of Naemun had been evacuated because of the plague we planted with rats. Thig town is just across the battle line from Chorwon, which we hold. Our medical officer made a special rodent survey of Chorwon in early March on the theory that rats could have crossed the battlelines. No rats were found. There was no indication whatever of any other

Bares War on ‘Abuses’ Of World Cartels

The report also indicated prog- fornia, Texas, Royal Dutch Shell

the and

It cited negotiations in Economic

agreement and

noted the Schuman coal-steel pool plan providing antimonopoly re- ( straints,

But “these. de-

he over-

it warned that

The suppressed report accused

TE Oo In 1932 the national economy stood on the rim of ruin. So, too, exulted Democrats meeting in Chicnge, did the GOP. The depression

refused document public Truman backed it grounds of national security.

and British-owned Anglo-Iranian of forming a cartel.

The Federal Trade Commission to make and President up on

Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. D. Mo.) charged, however, that

if a cartel exists the news should be “shouted from the housetops” and not kept under wraps.

The Justice Department is said

to be studying the report to see whether antitrust possible, Mr. Truman has said he would let a grand jury look at the facts, if necessary.

prosecution is

the 900-page 4

the

deliberately manipulated starvation. Soviet communism is unique both in employing hunger as an instrument of political domination and in using food rationing for class destruction, (Copyright. 1952. by Leland Stowe: NEXT: The Farmer I _ For His Land. 3

kind of plague carrier which could have forced the evacuation of Naemun while Chorwon was left untouched. As a result of this inquiry, investigators came to the flat conclusions that: There is no plague in North Korea. There's no cholera in North Korea. s Ed ” THERE ARE typhoid and typhus fever, but hardly more than normal, and the Communist and civilian military medicoes have been unable to do much about it since their vaccines aren't good enough and few people are being immunized. The incidence of epidemic disease was about the same this year as last, but probably came a little earlier this year because the winter was milder. Therefore, t he investigators concluded, the Red propaganda broadcasts sought not only to discredit the U. 8. in the world's eyes, but also to cover up the Communists’ own inability -to

prevent and control epidémics of usual and seasonal diseases.

Willard L. Thorp

By JAY HEAVILIN and RALPH LANE

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