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Nixon Expense Fund

HAT IS TO BE DONE about Sen. Richard Nixon? There is not much time to decide. Mr. Nixon is under fire. ‘Some of his wealthier constituents contributed to a fund to defray some of his expenses as a Senator from California. On the evidence thus far submitted, the contributors to the fund and the Senator himself acted upon honorable motives. But it cannot be denied that such practices are questionable per se, and subject to great abuses, ; Mr. Nixon may or may not think he has compromised himself. Regardless, it is certain that he has given the apologists for the “mess in Washington” a convenient red herring to draw attention away from the real issue before the voters—the need for a complete change of administration in Washington. Witness the appearance at some of Sen. Nixon's whistle stops of hecklers carrying tin cups and signs which read, “Nickels for Nixon.” This sort of thing is likely to gain momentum daily. In his Dallas speech—before the Nixon matter came to public attention—Gen. Eisenhower said “no party can clean up the government of the United States unless the party, from top to bottom, is clean itself. We have got to

come into court—the high court of public opinion—with

clean hands.”

s » 8 s 8 » "IN THAT high court, the Eisenhower case is being prejudiced by the Nixon expense and fund incident. We trust Sen. Nixon is laying all the facts before Gen. Eisenhower. z And for the immediate present, Sen. Nixon has before him a free choice: : If he feels that his acceptance of expense funds—an act which apparently was legal—cannot be fully justified before the high court of public opinion, then he can and should—and must—remove himself voluntarily from the vice presidential campaign. But if he feels he can prove himself “clean as a hound’s tooth” before his running mate and his public, he has the option of placing this case—the whole case—on the table and awaiting the verdict. The initiative is his—but only for the moment.

The Men Who Fight

ITHOUT the initiative or sponsorship of any government, a meeting of war veterans of Southeast Asia is being held in Manila for an exchange of views on how to meet the Communist threat.

Areas represented include Indo-China, Thailand (Siam), the Malay States, Hong Kong, Nationalist China, Indonesia and Australia. The plan is to form a permanent regional veterans bloc. These men who know what war is from experience doubtless feel called upon to act because their respective governments have failed to call such a meeting themselves. Paradoxical as it seems, this official reluctance has been due in large measure to American, British and French influences. Our State Department has blocked a united front in Asia because it does not wish to bring Nationalist China into such an alliance. The French are concerned only with their problem in Indo-China. Britain wishes to avoid giving offense to the Chinese Reds, when to do so might invite reprisals against Hong Kong and the Malay States. Asians could be fighting Asians on the Korean front were it not for this head-in-the-sand policy which is making Free Asia a house divided against itself. This policy has been challenged by the American Legion, and most of our military leaders who served in Asia during the war. But it apparently will remain the official American position until there is a change of administrations in Washington—even at the risk of losing the Korean War,

Up With Capitalism

MERICANS have been troubled for years now over reports of widespread communism among the French, our old allies. An interview with Ludwig Bemelmans in Paris the other day, however, is reassuring. Bemelmans has been spending his time lately in the French underworld to absorb atmosphere for his writings. “He reports that its denizens have had nothing to do with the anti-American slogan campaign and that in fact they oppose it, because if the Americans should “go home” they would lose their best swindling victims. Moreover, he says, these fellows are strongly antiCommunist, because “they want rich people to continue to have money so they can take it away from them.” It just goes to show that you never know who your real friends are until you need them.

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MORE THAN 30,000 foreigners are going to school in the ’ United States, the Institute of Foreign Education “reports. 3 About half are on scholarships, some under the Ful‘bright Act and some with aid from their own governments or private agencies, including the colleges they are attending. ; . It is interesting that except for Canada, the largest . humber come from China. The determination of these young ‘Chinese to continue their education is remarkable in view sof the fact that their Red-ruled country virtually is closed to them. . ; + Foreigners have been coming to the United States for in education for a long time and many of them, particularly Latin America, have achieved positions of distinction “their homelands. With rare exceptions, they are friends and admirers of this country and a valuable counterbalance

to the anti-Americanism that so often accompanies nation-

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GI TRAINING :; . . By Dick Preston

Errors Cost VA $300 Million

WASHINGTON—Millions of dollars paid out in overcharges to schools which trained veterans under the GI Bill of Rights can never be regained, the Veterans’ Administration admits. Preliminary audits indicate that $300 million of the $4 billion paid by VA to schools in seven years can be attributed to expense padding and clerical errors. A congressional committee which looked into the program has charged “waste, abuse and inefficiency.” The General Accounting Office, after an investigation, reported that most trade schools appeared to have padded their accounts. VA is not trying.to recover money from veterans who studied ballroom: dancing, bartending or similar subjects. These courses were approved by law at one time. It is interested in getting back funds paid out for toesls not needed, books which were never read, teachers who didn’t teach and veterans who weren't in school.

Records Tangled BUT THE VA admits that too few investid the passage of time make it impossible to $fack down and collect many overcharges. ¢ At the peak of the GI educational program after World War II, about 45,000 schools, private firms and other institutions were training veterans.. VA auditors have been able to check the books of only 1800 of these. In the 1800 cases, the auditors found overcharges totaling $14 million. “That would indicate an average of about $7700 per school, or a total for the 45,000 institutions of $300 mililon. Everi when it finds it has been cheated the VA cannot always collect. Many schools have gone out of businegs. Others plead inability to pay. Of the $14 million in overcharges so far, VA has collected only $6.7 million and made arrangements to get back another $1.8 million. The rest appears gone for good.

Short of Auditors THE General Accounting Office also makes audits in some cases. A VA spokesman said he believed GAO had recovered about $10 million, ajthough there are no over all records. The, VA insists it is doing the best it can with a limited auditing staff. Twice a year, VA checks on privately operated schools. Once a year, it checks on nonprofit institutions, If anything suspicious is found, VA auditors make a thorough investigation. The agency also learns of possible. irregularities from the FBI and from disgruntled veterans. If the school still is training ex-Gls, collection of back overcharges is easy. The VA simply withholds new payments until the old debt is made up. In other cases, VA has arranged for repayment on the installment plan. Cases involving fraud or refusal to pay are turned over to the Justice Department. + This collection method is expensive, but it has paid its own way. So far, in collecting $6.7 million the auditors have cost the VA $3 million —for a net profit of $3.7 million.

BRUSHOFF . . . By Andrew Tully

Red Envoy Puts Sandwich First

WASHINGTON—You know, sometimes it seems as if those Russians just don’t want to be neighborly. Here I went out of my way to pay a welcoming call on the new Soviet Ambassador, George Zarubin, and the guy wouldn't see me. Mr. Zarubin sent word through an Embassy attache that he was too busy. And, besides, the attache said, the Ambassador was eating. Maybe it would have been different if I'd told Mr. Zarubin I was coming. But, knowing how easy it is to say “No” on the telephone, I just walked over to the Embassy on 16th Street and rang the bell. A little man in a tan suit and a day-old beard came to the door. I said hello, walked in, and said how about seeing Mr. Zarubin? “No speak English,” said the little man. Then—in English— “You come with me.”

Literature Provided HE LED meq to a small room, tastily furnished in the style of that old Peoples’ Commissar, Louis the Fifteenth. On two tables were various pamphlets and brochures bearing titles like “L. Beria—the Great Inspirer and Organizer of the Victories of Communism.” and “New Developments in the Science of Biological Species.” “L. Beria,” I thought. “O yeah, Stalin's private hangman.” The little man left and was back in a few minutes with a card for me to fill out. Besides spaces for name and address, the card asked “Are you an American citizen?” and “What is the purpose of your visit?” I filled out the card. The little man took it away. About 20 minutes later, while I was deep in a collection of Andrei Vishinsky's speeches, a tall man with Hollywood-type, long blond hair, walked in. “What do you want?” he asked, not unkindly. “I should like to see Mr. Zarubin,” I told him. “I understand he's just moved in and I thought I'd drop in and see if I could loan him a cup of sugar or something.”

‘Some Other Time—' LONG HAIR'S eyebrows went up a good three inches. “Ah, but that is impossible,” he said. “He is busy. Perhaps I can ask him if he can see you some other time. If you will leave your name. and telephone number . . .” “Yeah,” I said, “But how about asking him right now? I'll wait.” Long Hair shrugged, with the air of a man confronted by a lunatic. “Very well,” he said. “I go. You wait.” He go—uh—went. I waited. Five minutes later, Long Hair returned. “I am sorry,” he said. “Mr. Zarubin is busy. He cannot see you. Perhaps.some other time.” “Sure,” I said. “But would you mind telling me what he's doing?” Long Hair's shoulders looked annoyed again. “No,” he said. “No, I do not mind telling you what Mr. Zarubin is doing. He is eating a sandwich.”

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‘THE CONQUEROR!

I know there have been many times .., when trouble made me wane ... then something like a miracle . . . made me look up again « « + I came back when the chips were down . . , in some uncanny way ... to drive the dark clouds from the sky . . . and make a sunny day « «+» No matter what the sorrow: was ... I weathered every storm . . . and when the grand finale came . . . I ended snug and warm... so’ when I find as I sure will . . . that future days hold cares . ., I will remember from before . .. and I must watch for lairs . .. for troubles them were just like now . .. and therefore I must still , . . conquer all my tinted luck’. . « with prayer and strength of will. —By Ben Burroughs.

What ‘Others Say—

WE DWELL in an atmosphere of fear and hysteria, but it is silly for us to be frightened if we can promote the understanding through out the world that will bring peace.—~GOP pres1dential candidate im 2 Eisenhower. I THINK that women might feel one of the biggest issues is the security of the family. The fact that Eisenhower has such a happy family will be an asset.—GOP ‘Adviser Mrs. Charles P.

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SWINDLE SHEETS . . . By Frederick C. Othman

Mick Was Wise, Welcome Guide For Expense Account Mysteries

* [WASHINGTON—My subject today, naturally, is expense accounts. Mysterious documents, every one. I'm not talking about any special $18,235 senatorial expense account, you understand, but the whole, fascinating subject of what some lowlifers call the swindle sheet. This is no fit term for a literary objet d’art. My first experience with the expense ~ccount occurred in the long ago, when a blonde babe from Wisconsin married an Indian princeing, found herself cooped up in a harem somewhere near Calcutta, escaped, and eventually arrived In Chicago. As the youngest reporter of the United Press, I was assigned to interview her. The princess didn’t mind telling all the horrid details, but she insisted on doing it at Chicago’s fanciest speakeasy. The way she lapped up bourbon highballs was a sight to see. Fortunately, it was payday and I'd cashed my check; before I got my story she'd consumed $32 worth. My problem then was to produce a reasonablesounding bill for an unknown ogre, L. B. Mickel, the manager of bureaus in New York. I finally made it simple and dignified: Entertainment, $32. Mr. Mickel shot this back with a curt demand for explanation. Now I was in the soup. After two days of struggle with nfy conscience, I decided that honesty was the best policy and sent him a revised expense account: Whisky for the princess, plus cover charge, $32. He paid this without a whimper.

A Kindly Man

LATER I learned he also paid it with a smile. As I got to know him, he turned out to be the kindliest and most generous of men, ever willing to help a youthful reporter over the financial bumps. The trouble was that I grew to love and admire him and thereafter I fudged in every expense account I ever wrote. .

‘I even cheated myself a little, not because of any overweening honesty, but because I wanted to do nothing to lose Mick’s respect. And how can you charge $2.50 for cleaning a suit of clothes, made necessary by grease paint from a bubble dancer? Could .I explain to Mick she stumbled and I caught her? I just skipped it. Then once in California there was a Republican whoop-de-do, involving a ride in a private train from Los Angeles to San Diego. I've forgotten who actually hired the train, but when I got aboard there was no conductor. Everything was on the house. Didn't cost me a cent. This information I relayed to Mick on my next expense accornt-ang he nearly busted a gusset.

Mick Sizzles HE SAID in a telegram, which sizzled in my hands, that his men did not accept favors from politicians of any stripe, He said his reporters paid their own way and for me to pay mine. I had the devil's own time finding the man who'd chartered that train, a struggle even to get in to see him, and a whopping argument (he was amused) getting him to accept my money. But accept it he did and Mr. Mickel got his ex-

" pense account.

Another time the firm sent me to Europe; I picked up pounds, francs, lire, and pesetas as I needed them from bureaus along the ‘line, leaving behind my IOUs. When time came to write an expense account, I had no idea how many dollars I'd spent. I asked Mick to pick up the IOUs, add 'em up, and consider that my expense account. He did, too, and I appreciated it. Indicated that he trusted me. You see what I mean, Sen. Nixon. Expense accounts are strange and esoteric documents; too bad you didn’t have a Mick to steer you.

IT TOOK LOTS OF ‘SISU’ . . . By R. H. Shackford Finnish Industry Pulls the Fangs Of the Big Red Bear; What Next?

LONDON--Finland has done it again.

This time, she’s worked her way out of bondage to Soviet Russia, adding to the little nation's outstanding reputation for meeting obligations. Between the two world wars, Finland was the only European nation that paid her debt to the United States. Last Friday Finland was able to write “paid in full—on time”, across the unreasonable extortionate reparations Russia has forced her to pay since World War II.

And while the rest of Eurpoe has been squabbling over American aid, Finland has done it virtually on her own, She is not a member of any international . organization— x East or West. She has never y received a dime of direct aid. ly She did accept almost $136 million in postwar loans from the U. 8, but will pay them back with interest—as no one doubts.

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» =” = FOR EIGHT years, Finland has slaved for Russia. To meet reparations deliveries, Finland had to promete an in~ dustrial revolution overnight, the. ultimate consequences of which are still uncertain. : Finland has earned the right to celebrate. But it will be a cautious celebration. What of the future, is a question on the lips of every Finn.. Finland's production costs are too high to compete in the Western market. Will Russia buy Fin land's products at fair prices? Or will Russia .start a new campaign to bring Finland ine to the Communist camp? $i. ” THE FINNISH peace treaty called upon Finland to deliver $300 million in goods to Russia as reparations by Sept. 19, : 1950—a date subsequently ex- e

But there were two big catches in that: * ONE—The $300 million in BY0ds Was 1 be Siures on the

basis of 1938 prices. The actual cost to Finland has therefore been closer to three times that. TWO—Russia was to specify the kind of goods acceptable. Finland is primarily a nation of forests and wood products. But the Russians were mot interested in what Finland could

in what Russia wanted. The result was the Russians demanded—and got— the about 75 per cent of their reparations in metal products and ships, most of which Finland had never manufactured before,

SIDE GIL ANCES ve >

Without complaint Finland pulled ni her belt, rolled up her sleeves and did the impossible. It took a lot of what the Finns call “sisu” to do it. Sisu is an untranslatable Finnish word meaning, roughly, guts. The big future question is whether Russia will provide a market, at fair prices, for this new Finnish industry built up solely to pay reparations. At moment, Russian orders seem adequate to keep Finland's industry going. \But in the end, price may the stumbling block:

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Praise for Jenner MR. EDITOR: : I think the time has come for the voters of Indiana to wake up to the fact that we have a good honest American in Bill Jenner. I have followed his record for many years and he has fought for American principles and against communism throughout his political career. It has been through his help that Ine diana has been Republican nationally since 1940, Now I .am wondering why these pussyfooters who shout they are Republicans are afraid to mention Jenner, or if they do it is in a soft voice. These so-called politicians should read and digest the Wisconsin primary vote, and wake up to the fact that the people of Wisconsin are not the only ones who hate communism. The voters in that state showed the entire nation’that they liked and were proud of Joe McCarthy and are back of him all the way: What is the matter with Indiana? Bill Jen ner stands for, and in World War II fought for Americanism. I can remember not too long ago a certain Democratic congressman from this district would come back to Indiana every two years and campaign on a conservative platform and the Republicans voted him in year after year. -But when he boarded the train for Washington he took on the New Deal cloak and voted along with Roosevelt on all New Deal legislation. . Now we have Henry telling the Republicans he will co-operate with Ike better than Jenner, Don't let him fool you voters. He nominated Stevenson, the “hand picked boy of Truman.” Do you remember just a few months back when Henry vetoed the antisecrecy welfare bill and joined Oscar Ewing in trying to brow-beat the Republican controlled legislature to knuckle to the Washington bureaucrats? Well, I do. Charles Halleck and Bill Jenner stepped in and saved the day. Why all this soft talk about Jenner, whose feelings are they trying to save? Let's put fighting Bill back in.

~Kathleen Peoples, 510 N. Hamilton Ave,

‘Ike Will Clean House’ MR. EDITOR: Why I like Ike. He is:honest. He is not a professional politician. He does not wear Hi Tax Harry's collar or he was not a handpicked candidate of the rotten city machine gangs. , ~ He is not ruled by the labor racketeers and will not foster strikes which keep prices skyrocketing. He will clean house of the graft and corruption which * permeates the Democratic Pary from top to bottom. e 1s against the wanton waste that - vals throughout the Democratic Party. He on conserve the country for our children instead of . giving them a heritage of bankruptcy which the Democratic Party is headed for. He will throw out the Pinks and Reds that have been traitors to our country, The more I have seen of professional poli-

ticians the better I like do Yi them farther. 55. You can Trust

—By Carl Leigh, City.

‘Horse Doctor’ Material MR. EDITOR:

Pursuant of thought presented in letter “Who

“Will Be the Horse Doctor?” in Sept. 9 Times,

allow me to place two names in nomination to be “called in consultation” “if the chosen mount” —Eisenhower— “should develop colic and lay down and start rolling,” with the harness . . My choice for consulting “horse doctors” in such case, are Ben Hibbs, author of full-page editorials in Saturday Evening Posts of May 3 and June 7, “We Need Eisenhower” and “What Eisenhower Believes.” They should . also be yattended by WwW, Hutchison (delegate to Republican TT EE in the role of surgical nurse, equipped with instruments for “tapping,” and ice pack for

« “morning after headache.”

—A Farmer's Daughter, New Castle.

‘ Story of Progress’ MR. EDITOR: The Republican party is the greatest a enc for-good government in the world. The pd of history will prove this fact. The story of the

_ progress and achievements {inder the guidance

of the Republican party reads lik i Ber y e a story from During the long time that the party was in Power the government was managed so well that only one serious panic occurred and that was not Bliogstiier the fault of the Hoover administraon Under the Democrats there wer e panics in 1817, in 1837 under Jackson when he Ri all the

government money and when the smoke cleared *

away our government was $40,000, Then the bad panic of 1857 and 0% oli swig! Janie = 1893-97 when Col. Kelly and oxey led th ga ae Ju at awful army of unemployed The odds are 7 to 1 that th. Dealers will cause the soup rw ul Pat land and Stevenson caused: in 18934097 if they are voted back in office. The only thing that is keeping the soup houses out of the land now is the fact that our government {is keeping up the industry by giving away the people's money to Europe and they in turn send the money back here to buy the farm products, When the Republican party went into power in 1861 the government passed the homestead bill and opened up all the West for the farmer The first homestead bin Buchanan vetoed in 1860. Fhen the Republicans created the Department of Agriculture. The good times that the Republicans will bring to the land will be domestic and not bought by the blood of the Poor boys in Korea, I vote Republican this time : H. H. Pleasant, Danville,

No Smear MR. EDITOR: There appeared in a paper, “front page,” Sen. William E, Jenn creation, has been eo human afflictions, I know that Mr, eye for his count one ear.

Please he reminded that toba \ cco che Is. not accepted any more in society, yrs filthy‘ habit. Now, if you want the public to Jelieve your paper is politically neutral, put a page cartoon of Henr Eh y hitting the old

That article about Sen. Jenner certainl beyong newspaper ethics, y vent you don’t publish this, I will pay the News and Star to publish this letter.

JA Citizen, City.

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Criticizes Policeman MR. EDITOR: The «disgraceful spectacle of the “show-off cop” struggling with a motherly looking jaywalker around noon Sept. 16, southwest corner of Meridian and Washington, was a sight to

, behold. Hundreds watched, many protested.

Number 2039 should take up wrestling. He is ‘certainly out of his forte as a police officer whom people wish to honor and respect. —By J. C., City.

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