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Co _ & =) “ep aif? a n2y. Mahe seeds reo pnts ee aS ca While other states greppled with strikes end i induatriel paralysia, ‘Indiana put into effect e Utility Arbitration lew and through the feir-minded diligence - of a Republican Labor Commiseion, kept the wheele of business and industry spinnings Just two years ago, Indians had met the increased cost of Fair Deal infla- tion without reieing property taxes or neglecting penal and benevolent inatitue tions, She did not find it imperative to rent more space for payrollere, nor did she suggeet to her,people they ghould consider junking their Constitution, Despite the dislocation of a postwar period, Indiana moved higher in the nation'e esteen by pioneering the cauge of humane treetment for the mentelly ill, inter- etate planning for flood control, ard steady improvement of natural resources -- soil fertility, wilulife conservation, reforestation, and our remoua atote parks, What is the picture today? Gur sone end daughters of World War IT, vote] a bonus by the same grate- ful citizens who vo id to discharge the obliretion, must wait irvfefinitely for parent, The tax the people votcd waa gide-tracked for one dictated by Henry- the-Hat, Now, nickels end dines, the Administration asourea cur veterana, are trickling into their special fund, while millions of tax dollars, including thet: own, are poured out of Indiana's gentrel fund to meet the bills of a political machine that hag mired down. New taxes have been imposed; othera are in prospect. A governor who campaigned on a platform that was written, sealed and delivered by hia party men econ disavowed that covenant, fe went to his party's convention two yeare ago after a considerable Pp wicto- d=-to at 2% and arce 2, ented hie nomination, holding on to the Whiu Hat with one hand while someone jammed the party platform into the other, Re bel: on to both until after be was elected when he decided to keep his White Hat but dropped the platform, plank by plank, id You ani I properly rejoice that under the Constitution of this State, & governor canmmot succeed bimseif, We had not realized before the advent of "The Yat" that a Chief Executive of linited abilities cannot succeed by himself, Through his first adminietration, he sat alone, while elected Republicans, oocupy; fing all other state offices, wept about the job of serving the people. Through his more recent offictal tte, be maneged to eurvive the misadventures of a Desccrat House because 8 Republican Senate equelched their more elatorate raids a 7 o%- sent