Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1952 — Page 7

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MONDAY, SEPT. 29, 1952

T. 29, 1952 : The Voters Speak—

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Va. (UP)—The as over in Richt a dispute raged members and their y ended the walk-

By SAMUEL LUBELL |have discussed the so-called : The uproar over the politi-| “mess” in Washington with huncal funds of Sen. Nixon dreds of voters in virtually every and Gov. Stevenson provides{part of the country and in almost & good accasion for examining every walk of economic life. Out fust how the American voters|of these talks four main conclureally feel about the whole ques- sions emerge: tion of corruption, a] ni 1 Is it the No. 1 ONE — Most people cynically regard graft as a normal feature of American political life. Repeatedly yhaye had questions about corrdlption shrugged off with such remarks as “there are no angels among politicians” or “every barrel has some rotten apples” or ‘both parties are equally crooked.”

TWO—There is widespread belief that the public's only effecg tive defense against crooked poli- § voles 1s con aj, pubell |ticians lies\in a periodic shakeup 3 €erned. of those in power. A retired book-

s were forced to 7 this month when ralked off the job proved vacation nefits but no pay

e wore on, wives en began protests me and demanded pt the company’s ment, When it re< 3 set up their own carried signs readen Must Eat” and fou Let Our Hus-

@ fssue in the cam- = paign, as some ® Repblican | strategists seem “= to feel? Or is 2% t h e agitation ® over the public and private fnaces of the ¢can- +. % ® didates beir = overplayed as ® far as affecting

parlors. Jpives of rs of the district

esses Mrs. Logan ank Templin and xender.

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t “ o “ i Rio hg feeling that “the Democrats have |for a “morally competent presi-| Richmond and Jacksonville two just newspaper talk.”

Over the last three months I binder in Philadelphia, who vot-|flame . these deeper and more|if my wife walked into the brew-|“I don’t like what's going on in| Democrats in power but I'm afraid the problems of war and peace, year w

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War And Inflation Overshadow Corruption As Election Issues

. 1 > ed for Truman four years ago(basi¢ wounds from which the ery where I work with a mink Washington but I figure Steven-|of another depression. My mother of threatehed depression and but is shifting to Eisenhower, ex-| Democrats are suffering. |coat on?" Sop 20 fake the changes as well had to go to work In the jast Jue) ruse iutlation als all difficult ; B. nb pe HE {as any Republican.” ecause my father los 8 Job, ones and it is far easier for canpressed this commonly held phil i FOUR- As a vote-getter, the| ON THE OTHER hand in a Still others who have made up We had a terrible time of it. If didates t& talk of “sin.” But if oe osophy in these terms— crusade” against misconduct in| We en counties and ur-|their minds to stay Democratic Eisenhower would only reassure Eisenhower “crusade” is succes. “We had a Republican admin-|Washington seems most effective, . precincts I have visited not|dismiss “talk of corruption” as us he wouldn't let those dayf ful, ft will be for other reasons istration in this eity for 57 years among younger voters, particu-|a single person has even men-| just mud-slinging.” In San Fran- happen again.” (than popular wrath against mink and finally threw it out. If the|jarly those casting their first|tioned corruption as affecting his Cisco a 53-year-old accountant! whis woman's attitude point coats, deep freezers, or special new men stay in 10 to 15 years presidential ballot. The cry of lor her voting. {told of how the depression “made narhaps to what would be a fair political funds, they'll get as bad as the others.| “tos many crooks in Washing-| his difference—if that is the ® Democrat out of me.” Pointing ,,,ga] of the significance of the I But the change does stop thelton” is also raised more frequent- proper word—seems mainly to ° ‘Ne automobile he was wash- q,rryption issue in the current YMCA Dinner to Hear

thievery for a while.” [ly in the South than in other! refiec i “w ing- and to the home he owned, |, 14 ect a feeling af “why bother . Ls campaign. Relatively few Demo- . x x = [parts of the country, as long as times are good,” al-{n® Went on to say, I've done ...tic voters are breaking over NAM President : very well for myself in the last i) 5 jsque alone. In ,most cases William J. Grede, president of

THREE — ALTHOUGH indig-| Fair numbers of voters are most as if waste and graft were 20 vears. Why should I ch v [nation over “the. scandals” in breaking away from the Demo- considered part ofthe price that |] years. ¥. #30u change: {Washington contributes to the crats because they feel the need had to be paid for prosperity. In|

Mav | th ‘ x '* the prevailing good times “and the National Association of ManMaybe all these reports of crook-|raan of economic ‘recession are ufacturers and National Council edness are true. But maybe it's ii,,ng enough to suppress what- of the YMCA, will speak at the

been in too long,” fewer former dent,” as one young Richmond ministers bluntly dismissed ques: ever resentments may be felt'annual Founders Day dinner of

{Truman and Roosevelt voters are housewife put it. In 8t, Paul a tions about wrongdoing in Wash- «vy against any moral lapses in Wash- the local YMCA Oct. 6. shifting to Eisenhower for this/brewery worker demanded, ington in roughly these words,| OTHER VOTERS find it more ington. It is where disgust over, Virgil Stinebaugh, president of {reason than because of either the “What kind of a setup is it where | “There's always corruption in !|difficult to push the issue out of “corruption” combines with anger the Indianapolis YMCA, will pre|Korean’ war, the draft, higher|a secretary can walk into the polities. I'm sticking with the{their minds. In Miami, a young over other issues that it is most side at the meeting in the Cen[taxes, or the soaring cost of liv-|White House wearing a mink | Democrats because my parishion- widow, originally from Cleveland effective politically. tral YMCA auditorium. Expan{ing. What the corruption issue coat and no one asks questions? ers have never been better off.” {confessed she felt “it would be a| The questions really troubling sion plans for the 100th anniver-

does do is to aggravate and in-| What do you think would happen| Other staunch Democrats say, national crime to continue the the bulk of the American people—|sary of the local sssogigtion next /ill be explained.

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