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Show THE BI LLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH . , . Know Your Congressman To Make Democracy Work By BAUKHAOE Npwi Analyst and Ciimmrntalor. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W.. Washington, U. C. The time of the singing of candi-dates has come, and the voice of the mock - turtle is report the inside facts. This is not difficult for the reporters, since committee members whose efforts were defeated are usually willing to divulge the machinations of the majority if there were any ma-chinations. Admittedly getting all this infor-mation takes time and trouble on your part. But that is the price you have to pay for the kind of govern-ment you want. The government makes you cake time to figure out your income tax and to do a lot of other little chores, but it doesn't force you to inform yourself on how your government is being run. How-ever, the information is all there, if you care to take the trouble to get it. Reports of public hearings, as well as the record of what happens on house and senate floors, are avail-able fur the asking That is a Dart heard in the land. The representa-tives of the peo-ple are about to assure you that you have been well - represent-ed, and that they would like to con-tinue to do the representing. And who are you to say no, if you don't know exactly how well your representa-tives in the house of representa-tives or in the senate have carried out your interests? Issues are being joined, there are harp cleavages of thought these days. And if you don't take the trouble to vote for the men in con-gress who are voting the way you want them to, you have no right to lambast congress. True, It does take some trouble to learn to read your congressman's record cor-rectly. A simple statement by a candidate that he voted for the X bill (the one you wanted passed) doesn't mean too much. of your congressman's job report-ing to you. As Lowell Mellett saya in his "Handbook of Politics": "The true test of a member of congress is not the good bills for which he voted, but the good bills he voted against plus the num-ber of bad bills he voted for." Nobody can ever take democracy away from you you have to give it uway, by default. And such "de-faulting" is no rare occurrence. With-in the last few months, I know of four organizations which discovered there was a Communist in their midst. Furthermore, that Com-munist, using his own energy, and taking advantage of the indifference of the other members, had gained a key position in the group. As soon as the rest woke up and realized the real purpose of measures taken under what amounted to this man'i minority rule they threw him out. You know, "eternal vigilance. . ..." Knowledge is power. Know your congressman, don't knock him. e A number of energetic organiza-tions are out to tell you how to read the lawmaker's records. One organization Is the National Citi-zens' Political Action committee which reminds voters: "A favorite device of congress-men Is to vote for a scries of man-gling amendments, or to procrasti-nate with Investigations or recom-mittal. Then, having partially or completely wrecked the usefulness of a bill, they may vote for the final version. Don't take these votes at face value." In other words, don't be satisfied with the record of the final vote. See how your congressman voted on the amendments. The NC-PA- literature concludes with a warning that any voter, what-ever side he is on, may well take to heart: "When your congressmen start promising in their forthcoming campaigns, check their past voting records very carefully. Don't take It for granted that if they voted for a measure, tiwy were for it, and fought for it. Perhaps they helped cripple It first." Ike Leaves Secrets Untold The final report of Geni tal Eisen-hower to the combined chiefs of statr, which has at last been re-leased, is a splendid example of terse and comprehensive exposi-tion. Into less than 123 pages is ci tripressed the epic of the great- - est military operation in history, ex-tending from to V-- Day. It is unfortunate, for the 'sake of mystery lovers, that the document does not go into detail concerning one phase of the invasion which has rightly been called "the greatest deception in history" the clever Disguise Enmity rust s which caused the enemy to To Legislation That is true, and with a little in-vestigation, you will learn that a lot of congressmen, whose real views and activities you really wouldn't subscribe to at all, may have been voting In favor of some of the bills you would like to see passed. Later, when he is solicit-ing your support, he will point with pride to these measures, omitting to mention the fact that he helped to emasculate them carefully be-fore hand. You will also find sometimes that although he has loudly shouted down a bill (which you didn't like, and, secreUy, he did), he did not actually work against it. Perhaps, finally, he even voted for It if there was no roll call. make his fatal miscalculations. The Germans knew that the Al-lied landing must be made some-where within a relatively lim-ited length of shore-line- , but de w this, they were completely deceived as to where that landing was to be. The result was that the Allies were able to get a toehold which they might never have been able to se-cure, had tile Germans guessed the prospective location of the real beachheads. Obviously, the natural place for a landing would be in reasonable proximity to Calais, where the Eng-lish channel is narrowest. Actually, the nearest beachhead was estab-lished more than a hundred miles farther to the west, but the whole German 15th army remained immo-bilized in that locality until it was too late. Another way in which a congress-man can fool his constituents is to offer an amendment which appeals to his particular locality, but which he knows can't possibly go through. That appeases the constit-uents and, at the same time, doesn't hurt the congressman with the particular interests with whom he may be friendly. They know, as well as he does, that the whole thing is just an empty gesture. But even after the landings were made, the Germans were not sure they were the main objectives. This was because of a five-pron- g plan of deception, all the prongs pointing to simulated diversionary attacks by land, sea and air, a wag from the actual invasion area. One simulated attack was at Cap d'Antifer, northwest of Le Havre, far to the east of the invasion area. There, planes, ships and balloons moved in, gradually producing echoes on the German radar warn-ing instruments similar to the ap-proach of a convoy. Kill Bill With Recommittal The vote to "recommit" is a fa-vorite trick, and usually reveals the true sentiments of a senator or con-gressman. Not much attention is paid to these votes. When a bill is "recommitted,'' it is sent back to committee, supposedly for recon-sideration. Actually, recommittal usually means the measure is pi-geonholed forever. On the other hand, when a power-ful committee pigeonholes a bill you would like to see passed, and your congressman is willing to sign a petition to try to get it out, you can be pretty certain he is sincerely worKing to get it through. Of course, what goes on secretly In committees is most Important, and can usually be found out. for the newspaper and radio corre-ipondent- s make every effort to . Another fake landing was staged in the direction of Boulogne, still farther east, with 16 ships and ac-companying planes. The steady patrolling of the skies was taken by the Germans to be the air cov-a- r of an oncoming armada. Far to the west, halfway'down the Cherbourg peninsula, and at vari-ous oUier points, dummy airborne Invasions were carried out. The Germans finally decided that the real thing was approaching Boulogne, and opened up with all they had. Meantime, the actual in- - vasion forces crossed the channel without any interference by air or sea. It was a grand fake. . A Case for The Forsaken '?' As a midwrsterner bom, 1 have battled many years for the letter "R." Therefore I was overjoyed to find further distinction for the "Rs" as against the It was in that strangely intriguing "Book About a Thousand Things" by George Stimp-so- n (whose "Book About the Bible" I have mentioned before in those columns) that I learned that "R" and "L" are the "last and most dif ficult consonants added to speech." America Re-DSVsf- Sd Land mJ CA-- j Kr By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Features. j, 1 iaftalaV :Br Wmf PARADOXICALLY, the oldest part of the Wb of settlement, was ? rVffll m only recently by the people of f JJ America. It is the state of Florida, where j ' M( only a half century ago the first train rumbled O I fjfat wO Ml into the station at Miami, and the highway to y aVfSV the Keys was not opened until 1934. Only in CcN recent years have Florida agriculture, live-stock jr PTERBliR0 HSfipBtQ if" v Vv and industry, as well as substantial year-aroun- d living, been brought to the at-tention ' iPW of the United States. The "empire of j?T-- l ieSv the sun" old in history and tradition is new X3Jfw!LAi( 4 to millions of people. a vTiB pwwis) wtsin1 Florida is more than sweeping coastlines, broad v 1 TUl'!lmL Qtf rALH() beaches, beautiful hotels and resorts. It is more than . M J'WBwet- - a playground. It is a commonwealth of stability, offer-ing n''TRW5fKV the last eastern frontier and tremendous areas for V VI 1 development. ) .n V MPt'tyl Florida has known a procession of discoverers and f? conquerors Spanish cavaliers and grandees, tonsured k A. J&kfolcz4 friars and soldiers of fortune, villains and heroes, men J MIAMlT of incredible daring and men of fiendish cruelty, dream-ers vi 7 who sought Utopia and the Fountain of Youth, men c5fe . who murdered in their lust for gold. J?"!, 1 Back of the Florida of today, with its bathing beaches, sfcK V golf courses, race tracks, spcial events, fishing, agricul-ture, tg c7) &) livestock and industry, Is the romance of centuries J when men of many nations battled and fell, where mail-cla- d C .'. Spaniards struggled through morasses, where In-dians K7 resisted bitterly their white aggressors, where V thousands were murdered because of their religion, and "S gars, etc. Likewise, Florida leads all states in the variety of soils, crops, fishes, trees, flowers, herbs and birds. And Florida is big In area. An automobile to reach Key West from Pensacola. by way of Jackson-ville, must drive 100 miles farther than Jacksonville is from Washing-ton, D. C. Florida pineapples are real, too. And the fields of cotton, tobacco, peanuts, hay and other crops are substantial. Poultry raising is a large and growing industry. Florida has nearly a million and a half where swash-bucklin- g pirates, mer-- " ciless warriors and fantastic adven-turers held sway. When the Spaniards first arrived on the mainland in 1513, they saw Florida Indians wearing gold and silver ornaments. Drawing largely on their Latin Imaginations, the Dons sent word back to Spain that Florida was a land of golden treas-ure. Fact and fancy were so close-ly interwoven in the history of early Florida that much of it must be passed over lightly. But a Latin imagination is not re-quired to add luster to Florida to- - town throughout all the district be-tween Jupiter and Biscayne Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Yet St. Augustine is the oldest town In America! Those who see only beaches, beautiful hotels and resorts, palm trees and moss-drape- oaks may say: "This is Florida!" And quick-ly another may retort: "And so is this!" And he will be pointing to agriculture, livestock, industry and substantial homes. Railroads, har-bors, waterways, airports and broad highways bring both Flori- - cattle both dairy and beef types, and many more ranges and pas- - tures are available. Its ranches are measured in thousands of acres, with COwboys riding herd on Brah-man and other steers! There are 10 million acres of good land as yet undeveloped in Florida. Industry in Florida is an actual-ity too. The "playground" is being utilized for workshops and factories, shipyards and mills. Its paper mills are producing, and new ones being built. Florida cement plants are always busy. Florida factories make everything from glassware and cotton goods to furniture and ships. Approximately 10 per cent of the fish business of the United States is centered in the Peninsula State. The only commercial sponge fish-ery in the United States is in Flor-ida. Grapefruit grown near Orlando. A Land of Fruits. The palm trees are real; they are not desert mirages. (Incidentally, there were no palm trees growing when Florida was discovered. The palm trees came when a cargo of coconuts washed ashore from a wrecked ship in 1879 and a grove was started at Palm Beach.) The citrus trees are real, too, and Flor-ida's grapefruit, oranges, tanger-ines, limes, lemons and kumquats are used in millions of American homes. Likewise. Florida watermel-ons, strawberries and non-citru- s fruit are extremely edible and nour-ishing. No figments of the imagination are fields of celery, potatoes, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, lettuce, pep-pers, tomatoes and other truck crops. Florida has no equal in the production of phosphate, naval stores, Fuller's earth, sponges, ci- - das the playground and the home ground within 48 hours of any part of the United States. America's land of fers its magnificent mansions, Span-ish architecture, rich historic lore, scores of delightful towns, miles oi farms and ranches, dozens of fac-tories and mills, airports and smooth highways, to everyone. See Florida's east coast; visit its west coast. And in between the coasts, see the Everglades - the strangest! most unique, most mysterious, oi natural land formations on the con-tinent. Discover Florida for yourself. Mil-lions of others have! Mine and Forest Products. Nature gave Florida phosphate, limestone, sand, kaolin, clay and cement. Its lumber industry is great and growing greater. The Florida tidewater red cypress is known as "the wood eternal." Florida's yel-low pine is produced in volume for a variety of uses. Turpentine and ros-in, "naval stores," are liquid gold from Florida pines. Tung orchards are a new and vigorous industry for the state. Millions of Americans visited Florida for the first time during the war. They were the men and wom-en of the military and naval forces who were trained at Florida bases Pensacola. Valparaiso. Camp Blanding. Orlando,, Tampa, West Palm Beach. Miami, Kev West ' and many others. Now that the war is over, many of them are re-turning to Florida where they will make their homes, enter business, and help develop industry. Less than 75 years ago Rockledge was the most southerly settlement on the east coast. Fort Pierce was in the heart of the Indian country, and Indian river was a wild, al-most unknown area, the haunt of wild fowl and flamingoes. St. Petersburg was t. Okee-chobee, the largest body of fresh water in all the southeast, was scarcely more than a y lake somewhere in the heart of the Everglades. There was not a farm, plantation, settlement or GOVERNOR CALDWELL of Florida Millard Fillmore Caldwell re-signed as representative in con-gress to move to his farm in Leon county. He raises pecans, gen-eral farm crops and beef and dairy cattle. He also practiced law in Tallahassee before he be-- came governor. ftjHM JV0 York Ringside: One of us wondered how the Louis-Con- n RKO tight films would get over since there wasn't a real blow struck In Round One and not much fighting In the following rounds un-til the finish. "The movies will be awful dull." said a fellow. "They'd look a lot better," said a wag, "with Lana Turner!" Grade Allen, the fight expert of Burns Sc Allen, was among the Working Press section in Row A. . When the 6th round ended, she "Only nine more rounds to go!" . . . Sherman Billingsley was the guest of Prof. Runyon at the ringside. The Stork man was thrilled about getting a "free" seat. He bought $1,000 worth of $100 ducats, which he gave to friends. After round two (in which Conn irked the champ with some fancy hoop-la- ) Louis gave Conn the most refrigerated glare since Sonja Henie Iced Dan Topping. . . . When In-come Tax Collector Nunan met heavy taxpayer Ann Sheridan, she groaned: "Hullo, boss." ... As the gambling wiseacres put It: "Never bet against a champion until he loses." Admiral Halsey was Irked over an editorial in a n paper, which rapped his former Comdr., Harold Stassen. . . . The editorial-ist inaccurately stated that Stassen "hid behind Halsey's skirts." "That's the damndest tommyrot I ever heard of," barked the Admiral. "It was Just the other way 'round! I was far behind Stassen's ship when the Japs dropped bombs on it killing 75 of Stassen's crew!" Gen. Eisenhower has a new style of answering politicos who are try-ing to get him to give some hint on whether he'd consider running for President on the Repub ticket. He refers them to his wife, who says: "I don't like politics." . . . While Uncle Sam sends vast hunks of our fleet to Bikini for destruction the Brit-ish continue to build up their navy. . . . The king without a throne (Leo-pold of Belgium) will figure In a story out of Switzerland where he plans to white-was- h his war record with some sort of defense. . . . The National City Bank has purchased a plot of land in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and paid more for it than they paid f.o.r.their Wall Street headquarters. A Boston firm recently bought a million and a half surplus knives, forks and spoons from the gov't. Then they stamped them: "Stolen from the U. S. Army." They sold like mad to war vets who like to boast. A group of Soviet engineers have arrived in the U. S. "to study public works systems," under the tutelage of the Federal Works Agency. . . . They'll visit Chi, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. They are "interested" in bridges, streets and highways. ... Is dot zoh? . . . If the Army-Nav- y merger goes through (which insiders believe it won't), Stuart Symington will be Secy of Nat'l Defense . . . Lots of big shots are reported loaded with Mexican gold. They keep it to circumvent the ruling about posses-sing American gold coins. . . . You'd be amazed at the number of big-sh- American writers and others who pay no taxes by living in Cuba and continue selling pieces up here. And for good reason, too. Au-thors often use four years to write a book, and if it's any good, it is a best-selle- r. Then they are taxed heavily the year they are paid-- not the four years devoted to doing the work. Silhouettes About Town: Admiral Halsey, in mufti, at the Stork with his daughter. Mrs. Lee Spruance. confirming that it is pronounced Hirrah-shim-ma- h not r. ... When we reported that months ago a Navy lad "corrected." Youthful Lord Lascelles (King Geo's nevview), one of England's greatest catches," lunching unrecognized at the Colony. . . Gen. Hap Arnold In a tweed get-u- p at the same spot. - Jimmy McLarnin, who furious-- v fought Tony Canzoneri many times at the Garden, embracing him a Toots' . D. Runyon shopping at Hanson s drug store unrecognized by some of the kerrickters he got nch writing about. . . . Prof. Albert Einste.n. New York's top answer to England s Bevingrate. . . Dudley Digges, the first to be signed for Eugene 0'Ne,I,'s "Ice Man Com- - y ' Jacques Goldstyne. 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O. awai pUndvarm Pi Bg sMtf& ..-m- - YODOti DEODORflnT CMjB isn't stiff oi etickyl apreads like face cream. ia actually "octhingl,"!LBt after shavin- g- not has light , Pl c Hsant "3K small to cling to tin6"8 'LE -- wffl not spoil delicate WB Yet tests lo the tropica tnadj -p- ro-re that You ' Pr0 ""jTW ing conditions. In ivbu CfcEZESZBi GET A 25' BOX JllWj JUST iiao MI j, I West Coast Settled Before East Coast Although much is heard about Florida's east coast, the west coas' on the Gulf of Mexico is equallj notable. From 10 to 30 years before St Augustine was founded, then were Spanish settlements at Tamp-Bay- , Charlotte Harbor and Pensa cola. Much of the interior of west em Florida had been explored anc oranges had been Introduced be fore either the Dons or the Frenct had erected their first fort on th east coast. On the romantic Gulf coast is historical Tampa and its famous spring, Espiritu Santo where De Soto slacked his thirst BARBS . . by Baukhage After all that batting around in congressional committees, OPA. as expected, came out battered rather than bettered. The Supreme court controversy boils down to what is really only a difference of opinion something which is taken for granted among individuals, and which is said to make horse-racin- g interesting. |