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Reveal New Link Americans in Europe Shudder at Proposal

Between

Adlai

And Alger Hiss

A Weekly Size-up by The Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—New link between Alger Hiss and Gov. Adlai Stevenson has been found. A letter unearthed in files of Institute of Pacific Relations shows that in 1942 Hiss suggested Gov. Stevenson as a prospective delegate to IPR's Mont Tremblant

(Canada) conference.

IPR Secretary William W. Lockwood wrote in October, 1942: ‘Coe and Hiss mentioned Adlai Stevens, one of Knox's special assistants (as a possible delegate).” While the letter gave the name as “Stevens,” reference obviously was to Adlai Stevenson, then an assistant to Navy Secretary Frank Knox. The 1942-43 Who's Who

‘lists Gov. Stevenson as member of IPR, but subsequent

issues contain no such reference. Coe named in letter was Frank Coe, employee of Board of Economic Warfare, identified in hearings before Senate subcommittee on internal security as longtime member of Communist Party.

In his deposition regarding his knowledge of Alger Hiss, Gov. Stevenson. said they worked together in the Agriculture 'Adjstment Administration in 1933 and had no further contact until they met again in State Department in 1945. If, as letter from IPR files reports, Alger Hiss did recommend Gov. Stevenson as a delegate to o's heposition and If Governor's fleposition is correct, it meahs Hiss carried Gov. Stevenson’s name in his memory for nine years withput refreshment or another

meeting. ” ” =

NOTE: If IPR ever actually invited Adlai Stevenson to Mont Tremblant conference, invitation was declined, for Gov. Stevenson did not attend. IPR, in which Owen Lattimore was an influential member, has been charged with fostering “soft” policy toward Chinese Communists which helped them wrest China mainland from Nationalists.

Worry About NY

DEMOCRATIC leaders Dbelieve Adlai Stevenson made hit In his first New York trip, but there's real worry, nevertheless, about whether he’ll carry New York State in November. Naming John Cashmore as 1. S. Senate candidate to oppose Republican Sen. Irving Ives does little to attract liberal left to Democratic side. And Mr. Cashmore is not well known in upstate New York. State Democratic chieftains tried to open way for Averell Harriman to get nomination— he was liberal’s choice—but Mr. Cashmore had the votes, declined to step aside. Sen. Ives should be strong candidate and Gen. Eisenhower

.is rated fairly strong in New

York City areas, always tough for Republicans. New York's hig electoral vote (45) could make difference between defeat and victory.

On Price Front OpDS are against special anti-inflation session of Congress. Tipoff on President's intention is his lack of buildup for recalling Congress, plus fact that outgoing Price Czar Ellis Arnall got no top-level encouragement in his plea for special session. Watch for coffee price increases.” Brazil is singing blues over poor crop—sure harbinger of price hike.

Reds Hate Reds

NORTH KOREAN and Chinese foot soldiers—taking merciless punishment from United Nations planes —hate Red Chinese pilots with a vengeance, USAF intelligence reports. Enemy doughfeet feel they've been let down, that Red pilots should venture out of Yalu River sanctuary and take chances in battle to give them game kind of air protection our men have. When Chinese and North Korean infantrymen hit Anju and Mukden on leave, there's trouble. Gangs of Army men geek out Chinese pilots to beat stuffings out of them. Red airmen are kept in barracks when foot soldiers are in town.

British Top Us

BRITISH are beating us to punch in getting their viewpoint across to Japanese. They've got English-language Japan News which aggressively pushes United Kingdom interests, takes occasional gibes and sneers at America, Is manifestly jealous of U. 8S. position in Japan. We've got no Americanowned English-language daily. Expensive staff of U. 8. Information Service based at Embassy is practically useless. Its memeographed sheets reach few Japanese, are loaded with long quotes from Dean Acheson and ponderous editorials reprinted from “liberal” U./8. papers which apprové of everything State Department does.

Fight Over Missiles Army, Navy and Air Force are fighting over control of guided missiles. Army and Nayy admit AF has “primary Interest” in intercontinental missiles and air-to-air rockets. But in short-range surface-to-air ‘and air-to-surface misgiles there's no agreement, each service building its own favorite, showing no tendency to swap any more information than necessary. Joint Chiefs of Staff will settle dispute when time is ripe, Battles With NPA

AIR FORCE also is involved

in bitter row with National

Production Authority over

means of production. , NPA wants to concentrate on a few models, increasing production figures and taking some heat. off administration. Alr Force insists policy is dishonest, suicidal. It says it'll take rap for production lag, if only alternative is to build planes we don’t need and probably will never use, just to tote up favorable statistics. NPA says its plan would concentrate on “superior” models; AF insists plan looks to them like it’s intended to focus on easily made “jalopy” planes to ‘achieve fake speedup. NPA’s plan would scuttle such planes as Northrop F-98 Scorpion, Republic F-84G Thunderjet, Douglas F-3D Skynight, Lockheed F-94C Starfire, Gruman F-9F and F-10F Panther and Martin B-57 Canberra. It would concentrate on F-86F Sabrejets until new F-100 comes into production. AF says plan would all but freeze production at a time when our planes aren’t as good as they should be, would surrender vital research to Soviet.

VIPs Cause Riots?

VISITING congressmen may have set off new riots among Red POWs on Koje Island. Trouble started night before four House members arrived for conference with Maj. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, camp commander. Gen. Boatner said prisoners learned by grapevine of expected visit, rioted as demonstration. Our diplomats at Hong Kong were red-faced when high British official met House delegation, noted three were Midwest Republicans, remarked they were undoubtedly isolationists. Visitors blew their tops, lectured hosts on Britain's trading with enemy, recognition of Red China. The four congressmen were Ralph Har-

boosting aircraft

.vey (R. Ind.), Harold Ostertag

(R. N. Y.), J. Harry McGregor (R. 0.) and William McCullough (R. 0.)

Get Top U. S. Pay

FEDERAL Civil Defense Administration pays highest salaries in government — its 1045 employees average $6789 a year. By comparison, FBI average is $4813, State Department’'s is $5187. Veterans Administration is low at $3719. Civil Defense told Congress recently. it had filled only 17 of its “supergrade” jobs, leaving five vacant. A ‘‘supergrad® er” makes between $11,000 (normally top government pay) and $15,000.

Air Base Scandals INSIDERS say surface has just been scratched in air base scandals. Reports from Azores, Greenland, Turkey and Greece indicate conditions which invite investigation. Note: Although many prom{sing leads remain in its files, Senate Preparedness Committee is reducing staff, isn’t likelv to tap any .new veins of waste and corruption—at least until after election. One fertile field for investigators lies in material and equipment procurement. Five per centerism on monumental scale is reported there, just waiting for someone to turn over the rock.

o EJ ” COV... George T. Derby, removed ag Army encineer in charge of messed-up Moroccan air hase construction after Preparedness Committee charged project involved “waste, Indecision, confusion,” now is student at Armed Forces Industrial College here. Hiz subject: “Economic Mobilization.”

If You Sleep In Church, All Is Swell

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 30 (CDN)—If a sermon puts you to sleep it may be doing you more good than listening to it. That's the view of the Rev. Gordon Powell. The Presbyterian minister believes that, in a sense, ‘the more people sleep in church the better the sermon.” The clergyman declared from the pulpit of Sydney's St. Stephen's Church recently: “People today are tired because the tension in their souls prevent them from getting proper benefit from ordinary sleep. | “In church they are reminded of the love and care of God and develop an inner sense

of security that has a strong.

sleep-inducing effect.”

People Prefer Butter to Guns

Compiled From the Wire Serviess

What would happen if the United States suddenly decided it was tired of “supporting Europe” and stopped all economic aid? High ranking American officials in Europe jump at this question, William H. Stoneman, Times special correspondent, reports from Paris. Two results, they say, could be positively guaranteed. FIRST, they say ‘‘the European defense program would collapse like a tent in a whirlwind, so fast that you wouldn't know it had ever existed.” Forced to choose between butter and guns the peoples of Western Europe would force their governments to forget the guns, they believe. SECOND, they say, the economy of every European member of NATO would be dealt a shattering blow with incalculable political and social results. Inability to buy goods from the dollar area, which they are now enabled to buy through American economic ald, would check production, increase unemployment and knock the props out from under the non-too-high standard of living which Western Europe has built up since/the war, American officers say, Mr. Stoneman reports. N\

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These officials express stupefaction at the suggestion that European members of NATO could continue a sizable defense effort without heavy American economic aid, as distinct from pure military aid. “But even if you cut the military effort,” they add, “the inability = to. secure dollars would raise complete cain with the essentials of civilian life.” These officials are prepared to defend and explain every dollar of the $1.282 billion that has been voted by Congress for

economic aid to Europe this

year, a figure roughly 30 per cent below their own estimates of what Europe really needed. They cite the case of France as a specific example of why dollar aid is needed and what happens to the dollar aid that is given, Their line of argument in regard to France runs as follows: ONE—France is the keystone of any scheme for the defense of Europe. You can't defend Germany or any other part of Western Europe if France is either neutral or occupied by an enemy. TWO—This means that France {itself must maintain a good-sized Army and Air Force and an expensive setup of cantonments,

supplies. The “must” in this case means “must” and not “should.”

THREE—France finds it difficult to do this for the simple old-fashioned reason that it is short of cash. It has been in desperate economic straits ever since the war. FOUR—France needs a minimum of 127; divisions that would cost $4 hillion. The campaign in Indo-China burns up $1.3 billion a year. The French have decided

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HOW RUSSIA'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN STACKS UP—Chart shows past Russian industrial production and the ambitious goals set for the new Soviet five-year plan compared to U. S. production last year. The target is a 70 per cent increase in all heavy industry fields, with consumer goods industries again taking a back seat. At present the Soviet economy is 35 years behind ours. Russian steel production, for example, is now where ours was in 1915. As the chart indi. cates, the Soviets will have doubled their 1940 industrial potential if the goals are met.

they could afford for defense was $3.142 billions out of a budget of $10 billions. An expert commission of the NATO agreed that this was the maximum the French could afford. The U. S. has agreed to put up the difference to keep the French defenses from coliaps-

ing.

Free Germany THE division between West German Protestants over unity with Communist Kast Germany and rearmament within the Western bloc came to the surface at the cvangelical Church Assembly despite efforts by church leaders to keep the controversy under cover. More than 20 persons attacked the Allied-sponsored rearmament plan. Most of them charged it would lead to a new war.

Israel ISRAEL is sounding out the

British on the possibility of buying tanks and guns in Britain. Romania

TEACHERS of Russian in Romanian schools have been warned that if they do not get satisfactory results from their pupils, they will be liable to severe disciplinary measures, Military exercises are taking up more and more of the students’ time in Romanian high

schools and universities, The army review, Military Images, has a large section specially reserved for students.

Jordan GLUBB PASHA, the British general who is in charge of Jordan's Arab legion, is taking extreme precautions to prevent the 17-year-old Hussein, designated as monarch, from being overthrown by his uncle, Naif. Glubb Pasha believes the danger period will pass when Hussein is 18 and becomes king, a few months from now,

Czechoslovakia

THE latest condition reported to have been raised by the Czechoslovakian Republic for the release of the former AP Correspondent in Prague, William Oatis, {is that all broadcasts of the Voice of

America in the Czech Ilanguage end. South Africa THE British in Southern

Rhodesia have put an end to the Union of South Africa's talk about consolidation. The British have told the Malan government. of Pretoria they want to inherit none of the

problems created in the unhappy land to the South. Egypt THE Egyptian. revolution

is boiling down to a contest for power hetween the military clique of Gen. Mohammed

POTOMAC PATTER . . . By Andrew Tully

Andy Wishes His Old Pal Vish Were Handy

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—I was sure glad to see that piece in the paper about Andrei Vishinsky handing a note to our Ambasador in Moscow. I'd been afraid Andrei had been purged, hadn't seen his name in print lately, and that

since I

made me kind of sad because An-

drei is a good drinking companion.

Not that

Andrei and I have spent a lot of tine pub-crawling. = As a matter Mr. Vishinsky of fact, we've only had one drink together. But we both enjoyed it and any time Vish is in town and wants to take on a few dramg, I'll be glad to show him arpund. This drink we had together was several years ago at the annual booze-pelting the Russian Embassy puts on to celebrate the October Revolution. Andrei happened to be in town, so, naturally, he helped the then Ambassador Alex Panyushkin and Mrs. Panyushkin receive the guests.

Poor Andrei stood there for more than two hours, shaking hands with strangers and saying polite things--and not getting a drop to drink. In the interests of accurate reporting, 1 had sampled both the champagne and the vodka, and I thought it was a shame that Andrei should be working -dry. So I strolled up to him and said, “Listen Mr. Vishinsky. Ain’t you kind of tired of fondling limp hands. How about a slight snort?” The interpreter’'s face fell down to his boots and a couple of bodyguards moved in, hoping for a chance to commit a little mayhem. But Andrei grinned like a politician who'd just discovered a new tax, Strained through the interpreter, his ahswer was, in effect, “Awright, where's the whisky?" So I took Andrei by the arm and we steamrolled our way to one of the bars. There, the free-loaders were ¢€ight deep, but Vish fixed it. : He yelled to a guy in an

admiral's uniform gnd before

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you could say “Stalin is the romantic type,” this admiral had brought us a bottle of champagne, Andrei grabbed the bottle like he'd just come in from the Sahara, and didn’t wait for any glasses, He just picked up a couple of demi-tasse cups, filled 'em to the top, and handed one to me, “Here's to you,” he toasted. “I don’t know you, but you have a good, open American face.” “That's the ticket,” I told him. “Bottoms up, Andrei. old boy.” Andrei tossed the champagne down in one gulp and filled up our cups again. “Ah,” he said, “this is more like it, We were much closer together during the war, when we had a common enemy.” JSure,” 1 said. “Maybe we ought to invade Mars, or someplace, so we'd have a common enemy again.” “Oh,” said Andrei, being cute, ‘haven't you heard? The Martians are on our side. It's a Soviet bloc.” “Izzatso,” 1 said, being cute, too. “Did they replace Yugoslavia?” Andrel grinned and =o did I. But before we had time to qualify for “Famous Conversations of the Twentieth Century,” a flunky came up and Vish had to go. While it lasted, though, he was right up there with the best of them, and some day I'd like to sit down with him and do a little serious drinking. I'll even buy—the first one, that is. » » » . KINDLY do not worry about those few government big shots who've had to sweat out the summer in Washington. After a few hours at the office, most of ’em spend the rest of the day at plush country clubs,

The high brass, of course, are embers of the ultra Chevy Chase Club, which:

charges a $2500 initiation fee and $315 a year dues. But it's worth the dough to most headliners, if only because of thee club ban on.reporters and pho tographers. ’ The Army-Navy Club is one of the cheapest. . Its initiation fee is only $150 and the annual

bership is limited to officers, with special memberships, naturally, going to Congressmen, Cabinet members, diplomats and the President. The Kenwood Club has a 60room, air-conditioned guest house, the Congressional Club 50 apartments. Congressional also has its own lake, where members can catch bass, and a pond with 18 ducks.

MOST VOTERS, asked who they thought got the most bills passed during the last Congress, probably would come up with names like Sen. Bob Taft Va.) and Sen. Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.). And they'd be awful wrong.Fact is, the champion hill passers of the RK2d Congress were Sen. Pat McCarran (D. Nev.) and Sen. Matt Neely (D,. W. Va.), each of whom sponsored 20 bills which became laws. Sen. Taft and Sen. Gene Millikin (R. Colo.) each only got one bill passed; Sen. Byrd didn't get any and Sen. Kefauver scored only two. Reason: Sens. McCarran and Neely both are chairman of

powerful committees and it's always these chairmen who score most heavily in the billpassing department. All bills have to go to committees for winnowing. Often, if several legislators

get the same idea, the commit tee chairman puts them all aside and introduces a bill of his own that says the same thing. Or, when a bill needs a lot of revision, the chairman will reintroduce it as a “clean” bill under his name.

WHETHER you ever heard of Laos or not, you've been picking up the tab for entertaining its erown prince for the past. several days. The prince's name is S8avang, son of King Savang-Vang, and Laos is one of three independent states that make up French IndoChina. ” Since the prince's visit was

an unofficial one, though, all’

he got was a stag luncheon given by Assistant Secretary of State John M. Allison, and a second lunch .given by Philip

~ dues only $144. But its mem- Bonsal, director’ of Philippine.

(R. O0.), Barry Byrd (D..

Naguib and the old Wafdist leaders headed by Mustafa El Nahas. The strongarm general is trying to purge the crooks out of the Wartd leadership but is meeting resistance,

Italy ' FAROUK is no .hotel shyster and is paying his bills without haggling, his host claims,

The manager of the modest hotel at Anacapri occupied by the exiled king and his wife and family says that each of Farouk's 20 rooms—all on the third floor — costs $4.75 a night, Farouk drinks only Iced mineral water, according to Manager Nicola Faracel of the Kden-Paradiso 1lotel,

Morocco ALTHOUGH it may be pnly talk, the Arab-Asian-déc In the United Nations is discussing quitting the organization if it agaln refuses to take up the Moroccan and Tunisian cases at the General Assembly opening in October. They are extremely angry over France's ability to stifle debate,

Latin America LATIN AMERICANS Dbelieve the United States should sponsor a meeting of the American states shortly after the presdiential inauguration to pull together dissatisfied elements who consider the good neighbor policy is dead.

and Southeast Asian Affairs in the State Department. The rest of his stay here, Prince Savang spent looking around for suitable quarters for a legation, since his country is not yet represented in the U. 8. n n u IF YOU'RE A bug for statistics, consider what four extra words over the telephone mean to the Pentagon. Switchboard operators there now greet incoming calls with “This is the Department of Defense,” instead of the former “Defense Department.” Since there are an average of 94,500 incoming calls received bv the Pentagon every day, that means the 185 operators spend a total of 189,000 more seconds, or 3150 more minutes, or 52 more hours EVERY DAY just speaking those four additional words. Divided among the 185 operators, it means each operator spends 2'4 more hours’ speakfing time daily than she used to. Incidentally, there are now 43.528 phones in the Pentagon —a new high. And the Defense Department's phone bill is averaging $45 million a year,

v ” n GEORGE ALLEN, the erstwhile White House jester who now runs a television program, came to the defense of newspapers the other day. He remarked that you can always use an old newspaper to line shelves, while you can't use an old television program for anything. You GAN use a NEW television program for something, Mr. Allen?

” ” ” DEFENSE DEPARTMENT bigwigs sat in awed silence the other day while Mainbocher, the fancy dress designer, showed off his new creations for the Women Marines . . . George Wasserman, a local television store tycoon, has two bars at his new swimming pool. One a regular soft-drink fountain, the other for whisky . .. Rep. Dewey Short (D. Mo.) touring the Far East with members of the House Armed Services Committee , ; .- Adlal Stevenson, as a boy, was a slickie with the slingshot . . . Ike had the best left jab in Abilene. :

"Our Fair City—

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Clubs Won't Get

~~ That U.S. Jerk Rug From Under Mutual Aid gots Back, No

Matter Who Wins

By THE TIMES CITY STAFF POLITICIANS® who promise private clubs slot

machines in return for political support are playing

with dynamite.

The politicos could get slapped down but hard. . Not only are newspapers hot and heavy on the trail of such promises but Uncle Sam's agents are also on the

lookout.

Here's a tip to fraternal societies, private clubs and

veterans’ organizations:

Don’t believe the guy when he

tells you slots are coming back if his candidate is elected. That's a bunch of political hogwash. He can't deliver. Ever since Gov. Schricker knocked the slots out last year, private clubs have been losing money, Some of them would welcome the return of slots to

pay the help, and to fix up the clubs.

Many clubs are

losing money now and have no reserve. And while many clubs are sorry to see the money fly out the window, there are a few sincerely glad slots

are gone,

Pop's Night Out

SIGHT on a cool night: Baldheaded man being questioned by police at Michigan and Rural Sts. well past midnight. Only clothes the old gentleman wore as temperatures hovered near 50 degrees were a

thin, striped pajamas, held shut at the

Paw woul Tops were neck by one button, but dangled open at the stomach. Plenty of shin bone showed below the short-legged bottoms. Ife was looking for something, but he wouldn't say what,

" Strange Case POLICE scared wits out of Indianapolis last week by broadcasting warning about “dangerous gunman’ on the loose. It turned into interesting case, Alarm was sounded for Jack Nelson Johnson, who had been charged with $356 theft. ke was bound over to Grand Jury on grand larceny charge, Strangely, up until this time, grand larceny was a term reserved for thefts exceeding $50. Further Investigation discloses Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Tacoma Is defending Johnson's wife in a divorce action. And Johnson is charged with stealing the $35 from his sister-in-law.

As in all criminal cases, prosecutor's office prepared the charges. Wages of Sin THOSE stories of $500 a

night call girls in New York make nice reading here in Indianapolis. But, let's face fit, we have our share—at much lower rates. One of city’s most patronized madams recently opened up again again on N. Alabama Nt, But don't think from the current vice crusade and newspaper headlines that all the police want to purge the brothels from Our Fair City. "Taint so, One high ranking copper, a detective who prefers, naturally, to remain unnamed, yearns for the “good old days” when the brothels were all in a row. “All we had to do to catch a hoodlum,” said the copper, ‘was to check down the line to catch our man.” Mr. Cop had just spent 12 hours tracing a stickup man to a cheap downtown hotel. Sure enough, the thug was hiding out with his loot and a call girl.

Police Custom THAT OLD time-honored police custom of locking. people up without notifying their relatives came in for some long overdue criticism last week by Municipal Judge Scott McDonald, He had another case where a man had spent the night in jail for swearing. “How come,” the judge com-

Practice Makes Perfect

IRISH HORAN aud his Lucky Hell Drivers won't be s0 lucky if they keep driving like madmen on N. Illinois St, One Lucky Hell Driver almost got unlucky last week when he really turned daredevil —he drove up Illinois St. from left to right and back again, Brakes screeched, horns honked. :

One indignant motorist who was forced up on sidewalk

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mented acidly, “police department releases gamblers but locks up a man charged with a $3 offense?” ‘Army Way’ NOBODY has as money as Uncle Sam, Army proved it again this week in Indianapolis when it announced a big school building here. School will cost about $75,« 000 a room. Local schools cost city about $24,000 a room.

Justice Triumphs? DOES IT take another sex slaying to awaken judges to the dangers of sex deviates? Until the next tragedy, city apd county probably will go

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along in the same “live and let *

live” fashion. Trouble is, however, the sex perverts don't. Sex offenders will be sought, caught and released. No treatment, no jail sentence, no nothing. Here's typical case that occurred in Muncipal Court last week. Two local women positively identified a young man as a sex offender. But a “special” judge released him, Why? Because, sald the judge, the prosecutor's office did not establish the man’s age as over 14 and under state law a person must be older than 14 to be gullty of a sex crime, This was a phony technical ity, as judge knew the defendant was old enough to enter the Army.

Vice Visits

GAMBLERS are getting lots

of laughs at the Keystone Kop antics of local vice drive. Here

is why: Prosecutor Fairchild announces big drives, visits a few spots. But he always seems to avoid going upstairs to that joint on W. Ohio St. Mayor Clark, of course, says gambling is way down. He will help feds, he declares, any way he can. But G-Men say it's a local job. They’ll help Mayor if he wants help, not before. No matter what local officials say, gambling hasn't dropped off. Some gamblers have taken cover in tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations. jambling isn’t gone — it's just getting quiet,

Compromise MAYOR CLARK'S ambitious program for the next state leg{slature is somewhat commendable but hardly practical. For example, Mayor wants state to give city control over highways within city limits and, in return, he wants Indianapolis to get more funds from state gas tax. Doubtless, General Assembly will give Indianapolis the right to make improvements on state highways within city. But the farmers who control legisiature won't give Mayor any more gas funds. They never have. So, city’ll probably wind up with extra work and no extra dough.

City Vignette A BLEARY-EYED customer in a skid row tavern on 8. Illinois St. had a sad story to relate to the bartender. “S8ometimes 1 get sick when I drink,” he said. “That's okay,” replied friend

barkeep. “I studied to be a doctor.” “Yeah,” countered the cus-

tomer, “but I really get sick, Very sick.” “Well that’s okay, too,” came the retort. ‘See that waiter” He studied embalming.”

vowed to go to State Fair "just see .the son-of-a-gun get what is coming to him.” Usually, the stunt drivers who perform at circuses and fairs are careful, and courteous drivers on the road. : Irish Horan had better tell his drivers not to practice on Indianapolis streets. Ws have

enough amateur hell drivers as

it is,

considerate