The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 January 1966 — Page 4

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By PHIL NEWSOM In Jakarta, President Sukarno passed out tapioca cookies, continued to speak as if he were the undisputed ruler of 100 million Indonesians, which he is not, and discussed the nation’s economy which could scarcely be worse. Speaking to newsmen, he of-

fered the JOb of ministers of economic affairs to anyone who would volunteer. "But," he said, “if he fails to bring about an improvement in the present situation within three months, I will have him put in jail for five years.” It was the echo of the voice of the old Sukarno, president Qf

it was a Sukarno whose ministers must confer at every step with the army which, since the unsuccessful Communist coup of Sept. 30, is the real ruler of Indonesia. And even if some financial wizard could turn the plummeting Indonesian economy around within three mouths, it might not be soon enough. The lurid billboards attacking the United States and the ugly caricatures of Uncle Sam have disappeared from Jakarta streets but others have taken their place. - On one of Jakarta’s main thoroughfares, a slogan de-

“Hang the ministers.” "Remember the people’s suffering,” says another. For the first time since Indonesian independence, a sincere attempt is being made to place the economy on a sound basis. But the results so far have only heaped disaster upon disaster. Student demonstrators who all through October, November and December had directed their anger against the Communists, now were demanding action by the government to halt inflation. Last month the government devalued the rupiah by 1,000

to 1 in order to bring it closer to reality. Another government order raised all wages by 500 per cent. Merchants were warned that death could be the penalty for anyone raising prices. But in the battle to halt inflation the government itself was one of the greatest offenders. In two months, govern-ment-controlled gasoline prices jumped from four rupiahs a liter (about one quart) to 1,000. Sweeping increases were ordered in other governmentcontrolled enterprises — post and telecommunications, rail and air fares and other public services.

Commodity prices kept pace. The price at rice jumped from 2.800 rupiahs per liter to 5,000 in six days. Beef went from 2.000 rupiahs per pound to 15,000 in three days. The black market also reacted quickly. A man whose pay had jumped to 150.000 rupiahs monthly from 30.000 found that his actual monthly earnings still came to less than 35. Blame for this sad state of affairs falls on many quarters— corrupt government officials, profiteering merchants, hoardera But the real blame falls upon Sukarno, so busy with “guided democracy” he failed to look after his people.

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TRENTON, N. J. UPI — New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Hughes has publicly apologized for a suggestion by the Ocean County Democratic Committee that Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy run for the U. S. Senate. Hughes, a Democrat, told a news conference Monday the move by the committee to persuade the widow of President John F. Kennedy to enter politics was “deplorable ... a discourteous bandying of the name of this wonderful and distinguished lady.”

MINEOLA, N. 1. UPI — A

closed circuit television system that keeps an eye on the cell block in Nassau County police headquarters was credited Mon* day with stopping a suicide by a jail inmate. The inmate, Louis Ford, 40; of New York, was spotted on a monitor hanging from a sporty shirt tied around an overhead bar. Policemen rushed to the cell, cut Ford down and revived him with artificial respiration.

Penn State permitted only It completed passes against It during the 1938 football season.

BREASTS

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