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Adlai Is Welcome, Too

ing as the one his political opponent got here two weeks ago. We are fortunate to be able to see and hear these two fine Americans in such close succession, to study them at close range and to form our own appraisals of the men, their policies and their intentions. There can be no question that Gov, Stevenson will carry with him from Indianapolis the warmest personal regards of many thousands of citizens. He is the kind of man who attracts that—polished, urbane, witty, intelligent, and just naturally likable. He has, indeed, the sort of personality that always has seemed to appeal especially to us here in Indianapolis and in Indiana, just as it obviously did on last election day to our neighbors in Illinois. So we're quite confident we're going to like our distinguished guest when we meet him face to face here this evening. So much that we want to reassure him in advance that any of us who happen not to vote for him Nov. ¢ will definitely be. voting on issues and policies, and not against Adlai Stevenson.

Far-Off Korea

"THERE'S SOME rugged hand-to-hand fighting going on in the “punchbowl!” in the eastern Korean mountains, where in 15 hours of fighting Tuesday the enemy suffered 117 dead and 322 wounded. Our own losses were not reported. There is important action in western Korea, too, where the United Nations forces are attacking the Reds on “Kelly Hill.” “Bunker Hill,” in the same area, has been lost and recaptured so many times they've lost the count. This is a phase of the Truman-Acheson foreign policy, which Adlai E. Stevenson has embraced but doesn't often discuss. It demands discussion, and plenty of it. - The United States became known as the “arsenal of democracy” in World War II, before becoming an active belligerent. In the present situation, under the Truman-Acheson policy, this country has become the banker, the provision house and the recruiting eenter for the free world—as well as its arsenal. : We have provided 90 per cent of the United Nations forces in Korea, one reason being that our policy-makers will not let Chinese fight Chinese. We have more combat. ready troops in Europe than any one of our European allies. Under our “soft-touch” policy we haven't insisted upon France and some of the others pulling their own weight. Meanwhile we are giving increasing economic assistance to neutrals who refuse to stand up and be counted. Which is one reason for our high taxes and high prices.

Caudle, the Sacrifice

ANOTHER CHAPTER in the weird story of Theron Lamar Caudle has been written in testimony before the House committee investigating the Justice Department. Mr. Caudle is the top tax lawyer fired last November by President Truman after he had been exposed for dabbling in “outside activities” incompatible with his office. He took a $5000 fee for arranging an airplane sale, involving participants in a tax evasion case. He went on a free trip to Italy in behalf of a private law client. He borrowed money from a lawyer active in tax cases to buy his wife a mink coat. He was a social pal of influence peddlers. ° In his recent testimony before the Chelf committee, Mr. Caudle has been “singing.” He. has involved members f Congress afl White House officials among those who tervened for defendants in tax cases entrusted to him. “They talked quite persuasively at times,” he testified. ces, they did.” But the main significance of Mr. Caudle’s testimony that he didn’t think he was doing wrong, because, as he ut it, his “outside activities” were not “unusual, compared » other normal government officials.”

light Up to Date

V\/ASHINGTON, a dateline almost certainly to be fol-

lowed these days by news stories of scandals and politics, this week offered something new—even if it was old stuff.” There was a parade of 200 ancient automobiles. chugged down Connecticut Ave, all shiny and a little grotesque as they passed the modern speedwagons parked at the curbs. In the parade were a contraption called a 1900 model Deboin Bouton, a 1909 Cadillac, a 1911 Oakland, and so one.

» All out of the dim past. But there was a modern touch —they created a dandy traffic jam.

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RESIDENT TRUMAN told his press conference yesterday that those who criticize Adlai Stevenson for the quips in his campaign speeches should read chapter 6 in St. Matthews: “Be not, as the hypocrites, of sad countenance ass Mr. Truman might have read a few lines farther: “Lay not up for yourself treasures on earth, where

‘moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal.” ;

Just in the Family

EN. JOHN SPARKMAN, the Democratic nominee for “Veep,” admits he has his wife on his Senate office . Payroll, but says he doesn’t know the amount of her salary.

Why doesn't John just ask her: “Honey chile, how s much am I paying pu?

JNPIANAPOLIS IS READY, and we believe eager, today to give a welcome to Gov. Adlai Stevenson fully as rous-

FOXY REDS . . . By Ludwell Denny New ‘Soft’ Policy Veils Stalin Aims

WASHINGTON — Stalin is shifting tactics again in Western Europe. In several key coun tries he has dropped strong-arm methods for the moment in favor of the united front approach and more East-West trade.

Diplomats here are not fooled by this. They have become accustomed to Soviet changes in tactics without any change in the purpose of world conquest, Nevertheless these shifts are regarded as significant. These indicate a par. tial failure at least of the earlier Russian method, and require a certain adaptation of Allied counter-measures. There is always a possibility that the new “soft” technique is really a smoke screen for an imminent military adventure. But this is not considered probable here. Neither Allied diplomats nor military chiefs think a Red army drive in the West is impending. Their guess is that the new method in Europe is inspired by local expediency and another forthcoming phony “peace” campaign by Red diplomats and propagandists, But whatever the correct explanation, the following Stalin moves are being watched closely:

Violence Backfires in France

IN FRANCE, the powerful Communist Party openly is trying to revive the old “National Front” appeal. Recent revolutionary strikes and street fighting not only failed in their immediate objective. They disgusted several million fellowtravelers in the trade unions, and gave the Paris government a good excuse under public pressure to tighten up on its internal security system. Stalin is so concerned with this decline in the party's position that he has demoted the two French Reds who symbolize the discredited violence, Andre Marty and Charles Tillon.

And it is announced that Maurice Thorez, the Red French gauleiter, will return soon from his 2-year absence in Moscow, Thorez is an experienced double-dealer in the game of working out Red coalitions with other parties and unions. In Greece, Btalin’s agents, instead of talking another “civil war,” are posing as friends who would rescue that country with Soviet trade orders. They offer to buy Greek tobaeco, which is in desperate need of a market,

Trade Deals Offered

IN AUSTRIA, direct action by local Reds has reduced their small membership. Threats of the Russian army of occupation, which holds Eastern Austria, have increased the people's demands for a state treaty and liberation instead of intimidating them. Now the Russians are turning on the charm with talk of profitable trade deals, pointing out that American subsidies have been cut and that the East is Austria's traditional market. In Germany Stalin is trying to offset the unpopularity of Russians by using his East German stooges for “unity” negotiations. Though this satellite mission has had a very bad public reception in Bonn, Stalin probably will persist in this method. - Britain is being wooed—especially the Bevanite leftists of the Labor Party—by substituting Uncle Sam for John Bull as the “imperialist war-monger” target of Soviet propaganda. So in various countries Stalin is trying to achieve by indirect means what he has nét been able to date to accomplish by direct methods.

STRATEGY . . . By James Daniel

GOP to Woo Foreign-Born

WASHINGTON-—8trategists in Fisenhower headquarters here are laying plans for the biggest effort ever made in a Republican Presidential campaign to cut into the usually proDemocrat vote among foreign-born Americans. Arthur Bliss Lane, former U. 8. ambassador to Poland and strong critic of the TrumanAcheson foreign policy, is Ike's co-ordinator of foreign language groups. Since February, GOP researchers have been gathering information on ‘where the foreignborn or second-generation American Vote les. Chief attention has been devoted to Congressional districts which swing back and forth between the two major parties—or which could be turned Republican if enough immigrants were given a convincing reason to vote GOP.

Campaign Tactics Taught

BOOKLETS HAVE been prepared for campaign workers in 21 states coaching them on - the best way to approach the recent-Americans and gain their support. Campaign workers are told it would be helpful to’ understand that— “. . . Americans whose ethnic origin is that of a people who have immigrated to the U. B. only a generation or two ago resent being being regarded as hyphenated Americans. They are opposed to heing set apart as a people who are less than 100 per cent loyal Americans. “It is only natural that peoples of various ethnic backgrounds tend to gravitate te their own kind. The common heritage of language, history, culture and customs forms a natural basis for these people to organize religious parishes, fraternal organizations, social clubs, sports clubs and other associations.” In approaching these voter groups, Republican workers are advised to establish a special division in each campaign headquarters, with sub-divisions for each major group of new Americans.

Close Study Urged

TASKS proposed for them are: Looking up the schools. churches, and clubs each group has established. Visiting their clergymen and other leaders at home. Finding out “the way they live, what they think and how they vote.” Learning their fhecial holidays and arranging Republican spdakers at their gatherings. Interviewing their leadgrs to find out the political issues of “burning importance” to them.

Building campaign material around these issues,

Past Voting Tabulated

LOCAL Republicans are urged to invite these new Americans to “participate fully” in party affairs, as party workers and candidates, as well as voters. Such .advice is backed up with a district-by-district analysis of the Republican and Demo-. cratic pluralities in the. last four elections. In each district, there is an estimate of the number of Americans of Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian, Croatian. Lithuanian, Czech, Ukrainian, Slovene, German, Ruthenian, Italian, Greek and others.

'SWEET YOUNG LADY’

I know a kid of just sixteen . . . who 1s polite and sweet , . , she Is a little lady who . . , is something of a treat . . , for with her pure refreshing ways... she spreads a lot of cheer... and so it Is I get a lift . . , whenever she is Rear ., . she is the kind of girl who shows . . . respect to older folks . . . she doesn’t try to know I all... or play practical jokes . . . and yet she’s modern as can be .. . and knows the teenage jive . . , for she is first to let you know , . . It’s great to be alive . . . and someday mot too far Away . . . she'll leave girlhood behind . . . go search of happiness . . , T am sure ¢ «By Ben Burroughs.

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EAR-SINGER . .-. By Frederick C. Othman

Mom Knows Best About Television And Kids Censor Commercials

WASHINGTON — Ah, the irony of it. Or would you rather believe 1000 mothers on what is fit television fare for their children, or one Congressman? Television, as you doubtless know, now is under investigation by Congress because Rep. Ezekiel Gathings (Democrat, of West Memphis, Ark.) looked at it and decided its moral tone was lower even than its necklines. What particularly pained the gentleman was a peanut butter program, entitled “You Asked for It.” You want to see a performing alligator, the top of Mt, Everest, a horse that sings, the Interior of an atom bomb or a Hottentot drinking bottled milk? Just write the producers and they'll knock themselves out bringing it te your tiny screen. . . Way back last winter, a viewer wrote in that he'd sure like to see a samba dancer, dancing the samba. This was easy for the producers of “You Asked for It.” They delivered at once. Well, sir, it happened the gentleman from West Memphis saw this dance on his own TV and it didn’t look like art to him. He testified it was the hootchie-kootch. For the photographers present he demonstrated, while sitting down, what he saw. Then he stood up, with hands clasped behind his neck, and demonstrated again. The gentleman is long and lean; the resultant photographs were among the funniest ever printed in a newspaper.

Mama Steps In

REP. GATHINGS' denunciation of “You Asked for It” resulted in a full, formal investigation by the Commerce subcommittee of Rep. Oran Harris (D. Ark.) into the morals of TV. This has been going on for months, It’s still going on—and here is where we came in to meet Mrs. Winfield D. Smart, a handsome housewife of Falls Church, Va.

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Mrs. Smart told the gentlemen®she and her fellow mothers felt something was lacking inthe TV programs designed for their children. So Mrs. Smart, as past president of the St. James Parish Council, undertook to make a TV survey among 1000 mothers. She brought the results along.

They were enough to singe the ears of some of our leading TV performers. The ladies were sincere and they were honest. They leaned over backward to be fair. Among the welter. of programs in the early evening were a few of which they heartily approved. In particular did they like “You Asked for It.”

This, their vote showed, was a fine, educational program. It was the one show for which they allowed their youngsters to sit up late. “B-B-B-B-But,” expostulated Rep. Arthur G. Klein (D. N.Y.), “that’s the performance that brought on this inquiry.” The blonde Mrs. Smart gasped.

She's a Diplomat

“YES,” said the Congressman, smiling. “One of our witnesses, a fellow legislator, described it for us. He objected to a dance that appeared on this program. It just illustrates further the danger of hasty conclusions.”

Rep. Klein didn’t say whose hasty conclusions. Mrs. Smart, who is a diplomat, said it may be that some programs (she didn’t mention which ones) are good only nine times out of 10. Then she changed the subject. She said she did not believe the lawgivers should worry too much about the kind of commercials shown to children. Their mothers don’t worry at all. “When the commercial comes on,” Mrs. Smart said, “is when the children go out for a drink of water, or something.”

VOTERS QUESTIONED . . . By Charles Egger ‘Tourist Poll’ in Capital Shows lke and Adlai Neck and Neck

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WASHINGTON—The tourist vote at the Washington Monument appears evenly divided between Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Gov. Adlai Stevenson, with about one in five still waiting to be convinced by either of the two Presidential candidates. Nearly all of the sightseers report great interest in the campaign back in their home states and communities. The folks stopping for a look at the town’s No. 1 tourist attraction dre quite willing to talk politics as they wait their turn to ride to the top of the towering structure.

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Those who say they intend to vote for Gen. Eisenhower talk most about the need for a change in Washington and of their belief that Ike could do it best.

” ” » GOV. STEVENSON’'S supporters say they're pretty well satisfied with the way things have been run by the Democrats. They sometimes fidget about high prices and taxes but they argue that times are good enough to justify another Democratic administration. This sampling of the tourist vote at the Monument, of course, isn't intended to prove

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anything. But it gives an idea of how some folks are thinking. Here's what they say: Mrs. Sophie Schuck, Queens Village, N. Y.—‘I'm a Demo-

, Crat and I voted four times for

Roosevelt. But I'm for Eisenhower this time. I'm sick of inflation, high taxes ahd scandals.” Gilbert Rozran, Miami, Fla, — “I'll vote for Stevenson. I had planned to vote for Eisenhower and went to the Chicago convention to do what I could for Eisenhower, But it seems to me Eisenhower is repeating the same Old Guard doctrine. Stevenson hasn't succumbed to Trumanism.”

LARRY PETERSON, Oskaloosa, Ia. — “I'm for Eisenhower. A lot of things need Shanging and I believe he'll do Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Martino, Newark, N. J—“We're Democrats and we'll vote for Steven. son, We hear a lot of people say there shouldn't be an Army man in the White House. We're newlyweds .and one thing is. sure—we’ll both vote the same way.” Mr. and Mrs. John Travis, New York City. Said Mr, Travis: “I'm a registered Republican but I generally vote for the man. This time it will be Eisenhower.” Said Mrs. Travis: “I'm a registered Democrat. But maybe the Demo crats have been in too long, I'm leaning toward EisenBower . Andrew Wysocky, Lake Forest, Ill.—*T generally do vote Republican and I will again.” ’

ft - LY RALPH W. SMITH, Gra land, Tex.—“I have voted Pe a lot of Democrats but this time I'm undecided. I want things cleaned up and I've got to decide which one could do it better.” Mr. and Mrs. Jack ? Durham, N, C.~“We're for Stevenson. We don't want an Army man for President.” Carroll Absalom, Quincy, Mass.—“I think Republi-. cans offer the best les

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Democrats and Republicans

Yo MR. EDITOR: A The Hoosier Forum seems to be a pot for individual opinion. Democrats 1 he Democrats and Republicans will be Republicans, Both factions are more interested in party welfare than in public welfare. The to the party regardless of the fitness of the candidates to hold public office and always vote a straight ticket are the ones who are responsible for the mess in Washington and state governments. They don’t separate the sheep from the goats, just vote and let the hide go with the tallow. The contributors that are most irritating are those that accuse The Times of not being an independent paper, making the assertion that it indorses only one party candidates. If they had been reading the editorials over a period of time they would know different. I have found that The Times takes issue with office holders of either party, criticizing where they think eriticism is due and commending those where they think commendation is due. Some contributors make a lot of erroneous vitriolic statements—in other words, blow their top—then dare the editor to print it. The editor

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norance, for he knows every false accusation made about him is a boost for his paper and no doubt he is glad to print it.

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THEY LAY there is a greater number of registration of voters than usual, and the predictions are the percentage of votes cast will be the highest ever, but that depends on what takes place before Nov. 4th. Independent voters who haven't voted for years are registering, thinking they might have a chance to clean out the mess in federal and local government, They are aware of the fact that there will be a new face in the White House and the little man who seems to be cracking up and has let his ego get the best of better judgment is moving out. But if they see that the professional politiclans are going to run the show and put party unity and welfare above public welfgre, the independents will stay home Nov. 4th. The independents don’t want a government run by pressure groups and lobbyists and big centributors to campaign funds. They want publie officials who respect their allegiance to the voters who put them in office and put public welfare above party welfare. Party responsibility is a myth. The rank and file of our citizens hold the individual responsible for his actions and not his party. When crooks and grafters are found out, many people don’t know what their party affiliations are. But they don’t want any political whitewash used, nor John Q. Public given a goat of soothing salve in order to protect the guilty parties, that’s for sure.

~E. Bowman, 2831 Station St.

Presents Own Cartoon MR. EDITOR:

You say you're non-partisan which I doubt very much. I wrote a piece for the Forum sometime ago which was never published, Yet you put all the rotten stuff in that C. D. C. of Terra Haute writes. I never see a cartoon in the paper against the: Republicans, yet every paper has one against the

Democrats. Why don’t you put one in similar to

the one I'm mailing you? If you do, I'll continue to be a subscriber, If not, I cancel out this next week.

~By Ernest R. Adams, 1658 S. Talbot St.

Is the Smile a Fake? MR. EDITOR: on

Eisenhower's implication that Gov. Stevenson considers the campaign issues “funny” smacks of the phooey Dewey 1848 Republican campaign failure. Let him quote one line from Gov. Stevenson's speeches that state any such loose talk. Buch perversion is an insult to the intelli» gence of the American people. Of course, Gov, Stevenson has a sense of humor. Pity any man with great problems who has not. If Eisenhower's military service has stripped him of humor, his widely publicized smile is a fake, Would there were a Republican candidate who had a grasp of the problems and discussed them rather than deal in irrelevent criticism, —Stuart Wilson, 8540 N. Pennsylvania St.

Urges Fairness in Election MR. EDITOR:

In your Sept. 8 editdérial you called upon Gov, Stevenson to make a statement as to his stand about Secretary of State Dean Acheson. While you ask for this kind of statement from the Democratic nominee, why don’t you ask for a clear-cut statement from Eisenhower regarding Jenner and McCarthy? Eisenhower has openly defended Marshall while Jenner and McCarthy condemned him. But, Eisenhower appears on the same platform with Jenner, indorsing Jenner and his views. It surely is an elephant with two heads. ; Oh, let's be fair during this campaign and let the people have the facts. We surely can't get the unbiased opinion from other newspapers. —Evelyn Walton, City. “ 6 & EDITOR'S NOTE: We'd like full frank statements from both candidates,

‘Come On Democrats’ MR. EDITOR:

Would like to give

8. C. A. of city a pat on the back. It is true

the Republicans are dying

to get back in. It is for sure they are not for-

the working man. What did we have Hoover was in office? Bread lines. We had one good meal a week out of our Republican basket, Yes, we have Ft Haz now and we also have work to pay . We have a few Republicans on our street that have bought and new cars but now they can forget when they had no window or a pot, so come on, you Democrats, have work and no basket. :

~E. V. C, City

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