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Show Tuesday, September 2, 1947 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PA OK TWO Presidential s fJkagor Project n if n. PAUL MALLON Chief Executive Zealously Guarded by Secret Service Can We Absorb 400,000 Refugees? tr ' the Stratton bill admitting CONGRESS failed to enactfrom Europe. This is bestirring persons considerable bitterness among people who can make themselves bitter about such matters, believing the United States should be a refuge for anyone who needs a political haVen. a A d A By BAUKHAGE Ntu'i Analyst and Commentator. These people had spread their own impression that a critical emergency on the issue requires immediate action. There are perhaps 1,000,000 Europeans who do not wish to return te their homes for political or social reasons (they fear to go under the wing of Communism). About 21 per cent are chll--- WASHINGTON. When President Truman finally announced that he was going to Brazil, he was immediately asked if he contemplated any trips across continental United States. He answered in the negative. ' A reporter piped up: This year or next year? "THIS year, the President replied. That save the White House pre and radio conference a ahort Interlude of laughter. For the reason that whenever a president la forced to drop his role of chief executive to assume the functions of candidate. It ia funny. Frequently it isnt funny for the candidate, especially when he has been used to the respect spontaneously and (except In election years) almost universally, tendered his office, A presidential trip may be. In many cases, fun tor the President, raid alert aystem waa designed, but it isnt much fun tor a lot of Reilly says to protect FDR anyother people. where in the United States. Not that all Presidents have had When a sputter or watcher, easy traveling. either civlliaa or military, spotfor the It was an ordeal early ted an airplane he or she was heads of the nation Just to get home nnable te identify any place tn the stagecoach from Greenland to the Straits and tavern days.' of Magellan, the Information President Garfield waa radioed Immediately to the was shot in a army air force headquarters at railroad station; Mitchell Field, N. Y. McKinley killed by a 11 hall-ma- d anarchist on a trip to the Exposition In Buffalo; Harding died In San Francisco on his way back from a swing-aroun- d that had taken him to Vancouver, ada; Wilson suffered a stroke In his Pullman; Theodore Roosevelt was wounded while he addressed a meeting on a yiait to Milwaukee. Can- Furthermore, it has been recently revealed by the bead of the secret service, Mike Reilly, in hla book Reilly of the White that Franklin RooseHouse, velt, who disliked air travel, nearly cracked np In Malta, and might have been assassinated in a park in Miami bad be not leaned ont of hJa car to tako a telegram (Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago waa killed and four other persons wounded). Stayed Within Nat ion a Bordera Up to Franklin Roosevelt's time. Taft was tho most traveled of presidents,-and in 1801 worried all tho constituUonalista (unfamiliar with tho ConstituUon) by visiting the Canal Zone. However, ho was scrupulously careful to stay on board tho American which warship touched only American soil. It had been considered an unwritten law inc George Washington's tlma (ho had refused to enter Rhode Island until it was admitted to the Union) that a president in office couldnt leave the country. When Woodrow Wilson went to Paris and Vico President Thomas Marshall bad to preside at cabinet meetings, the vico president made it clear he was officiating only at the request of The Information was immediately evaluated and conveyed by radio and land line to the secret service communication system where men were standing a 24 hour watch. This aystem tied together Mitchell Field, Boiling Field, the homes, offices and automobiles of various secret service agents, field offices throughout the country, all secret service mobile units, the Presidents train, Shangri-La- , and tha Presidents room at Hyda Park. Signal Cflrm Photo that he didnt consider Wilsons leaving the country vacated the presidency. Travel has become a president must, and Mr. Trumans trip to South America Is Just routine. But H is complicated routine (or a whole army of people. Wilson and What these people dd is little known to the public, especially the secret service. One out of every 10 of our presidents has been assassinated up to the time congress turned the job of protecting the chief executive over to the secret service. Since then no president dren; 13 per cent are over 44 years old; 20 per cent are Jews; 65 per cent are Catholic; 15 per cent Protestants; a majority wa in agriculture before the war. Congress realized the problem could not be solved simply by opening American Immigration gates to let the mass flow in, although some tvidence Indicated many had relatives here who might support them. -- r to the problem will be found at the Perhaps a faster forthcoming meeting of foreign ministers of the Americas. Certainly Latin America is a young and growing area In which immigration and colon!-- , ration is needed more than in the United States. Better opportunities for the DPs may exist there. For us to absorb some may be found economically feasible for both them and us. An agreement would certainly be better than a United States decision alone. ' part-answ- SET FOR NEW SPEED RECORD . . . After two year of preparations, John R. Cobb of England waa prepared for an attempt to drive his Railton Mobil Special to a new land apeed record. Cobbe car la powered with twe airplane engines. NEWS REVIEW Hint American Aid Plan; Truman Acts for DPs er COMMANDER-IN-CHIE- . F . THE AMERICAS: Aid Promised "We must reject an encroachment upon the fundamental rights of the IN DALLAS . . . Mrs. Warren J. state, i am confident that we all agree that the state exists for man, not titan Woodard, 24, housewife, got up ir arms about legs for the state and that we abhor any limitation upon the freedom of expresShe organized the sion of men throughout the world. "Little Below the Thus, in his first address before Knee club foi the conference al women who opPetropolis. Brazil, U. S. Secretary pose the long skirl of State George Marshall issued I now in style. The reaffirmation of democratic princt girls organized pies In the western hemisphere and Preaident Kept parade and anklec then bulwarked his expression of through Dallas Informed Conatantly idealism with specific assurances streets to give em But keeping the President alive of U. S. economic aid to Latin Amerphasis to their pro is only one activity. Keeping him ica. Mrs. Woodard test in touch with his job is another. He told the delegates that the IN LAS VEGAS Once when a bullying congress U. S. government will continue . . . Senator McCarthy (Rep.. Wis.) demanded of President Grant which to take up economic questions with put the bite on congress for its d If any of his duties he performed in its sister republics and seek a sound nothing attitude toward veterans basis for practical cooperation. Washington, he replied that his busiCongress, said he, did foully bj ness and where he did it was his our disabled veterans, their widows own affair. Now a presidents and dependents." business is a lot of peoples IN BALMORAL SCOTLAND ; ; ' affairs. Princess Margaret Rose of Eng in wartime this signal corps deland, just turned 17, received as s tail had the mission of speeding the birthday present her first militarj President's communicaof the High title colonel-in-chitions from the highest level conland light infantry. to ference tables installations in the field." CRYSTAL BALL: as Major McNally Today, Next President puts it, wherever the Preaident General Douglas Mac Arthur wit travels, tbe White House signal Marshal af Rio detachment continues Its task of , . . the state exists for man . . ." be the next president of the Unitec States. weaving deftly ap intricate net, which enable That wa interpreted as meaning That, at least, is the occult pre the commander-in-chie- f (and, that the U. S. is willing to help solve diction of a Japanese for be might have added, a travelLatin Americas economic problem tune teller, Kakudo Tomioka, whe ling candidate) te keep himself through a aeries of pacts. .eulogized: MacArthur has a glo constandly Informed and in There was also a hint that the big rious future in store for him." ' tench with the nation. northern neighbor Is counting on Tomioka, who is said to have i This work of weaving this com- sending down Jts capital record of several accurate predic munications net is an exciting stotions, placed the general on a plant with Mohandas Ghandi in the fielc ry too long to recount here, ibut DP SHUFFLE: of social welfare. let me quote Major McNally briefThere presently are two llvinj ly to show how continuous commu- Truman Acts nication was maintained when PresPresident Harry Truman, in a re- - men who have succeeded in realiz ident Roosevelt made one of his fre- newed effort to alleviate the tragic ing a peaceful revolution," he said quent trips to Hyde Park. plight of Europe displaced per- "They are MacArthur and Ghandi A ahift in But, then, Ghandi's mission is over frequency modulation sons, ordered a three-wa- y station was modified and installed the top command of the U. S. im- And MacArthur has his most glori ous task to accomplish for the world on the secret service car attached migration and naturalization servin the future. to the presidential train. Army ve- ice. It was not Immediately knowi In addition, lt was disclosed that hicles, radio equipped, were spotted at strategically plotted points administration officials in Washing- whether MacArthur would use To along the route between Washing- ton have resumed their review of miokas recommendation as a plan) in his platform if he runs in 1948. ton and Poughkeepsie, so that the the problem of displaced persons. train was in constant touch with Most Important personnel shift inthe White House all the way. An- volved the transfer of Ugo Cams! SURPLUS: other FM radio link was Installed from--h- lj post as commissioner of Budget Revieiv In the old stable on the President's to a position in the immigration President Trumans budget bust estate at Hyde Park. By means of state where he will surdepartment a direct telephone line to Washingall critical' problems relating ness made big news again when th vey ton and frequency modulation ra- to chief executive (1) forecast a rec displaced persons, particularly ord dio, the White House was kept intreasury surplus next June o' their resettlement formed of the Presidents wherenearly five billion dollars, and (2) is This to in addresult expected abouts at all times. hurt Republican feelings by teliinj The speed with which messages ed stress being placed on a directive the nation that congress trimmer could be dispatched and answers re- Mr. Truman issued in December, the 1947 budget estimates by only ceived was astounding. When Win- 1945, calling for coordinated action 1.5 billion dollars. ston Churchill was making his sec- by federal officials to admit as r His budget review estt ond visit to Hyde Park, he and the many displaced persons as possible mated. tax receipts this year a within limitations. quota President who were keen competiwhich is 2.1 billioi $41,667,000,000, Watson B. Miller, federal security dollars more tors as well as close collaborators than any previoui to decided make a speed test on the administrator, succeeds Carusl as forecast. communications facilities. Each commissioner of immigration, and Mr. Truman made his announce sent identical messages to Australia Oscar Rosa Ewing, New York law- ment coincidentally "with a bureai over the respective British and yer. replaces Miller. of labor report which indicatec United States facilities. The PresiPresident Trumans fcction was that the U. S.,- far from ir dent had an answer in less than taken in the face of congress' re- for a business depression, being can loo) two hours; the Prime Minister got fusal to act on his proposal to relax forward to a period of prospentj his the next day. immigraton quotas. continuing indefinitely. inter-Americ- lop-secr- f. H. L PHILLIPS Dangers of the Open Road The papers inform me of approval of a super-doopnational highway system to embrace the whole United States. It will connect 42 state capitals and link the larger cities of the land by express highways, viaducts and tunnels. lights if the population is sot to be kept In a state of sustained flight from home and fireside. Americans were a sturdier, more likeable, steadier and genuinely happier people when they were home part of the time. Link 42 state capitals by superhighway my eye! Unlink a fete of em, say I. What does Russia wantt Can it be a cut in the world series I Two for "Oklahoma? An end to husband and wife radio programs ? er .. There are too many good highways already and too many people going places on them. Instead of broader highways with fewer stoplights we need narrower ones with more stop- - Why the apparent hatred of America and all things American? Have some of Stalins friends been using our subways? DREW PEARSON Junkets to Alaska GENIUS AT WORK . . . Af age of four, Raymond Schlfl played chess; while In high school he wrote an essay on the future of atomic energy; today be Is working with scientists on nuclear experiments in Pittsburgh. He ranks as one of nation's youngest nu- clear physicists. XTS AMAZING HOW MANY congressmen suddenly find they have urgent 1 business in Alaska this summer with travel paid for by the sweltering taxpayer back home. Even Cong. Evan Howell, Illinois Republican, now appointed to the U. S. court of claims and who wont pass on airfield sites any more, now finds he is needed in Alaska to inspect new airfield routes. Here are the different, congressional groups that have found urgent business in Alaska, though this summer they are careful to pay personally the expenses of their wives and families: Junket No. 1 Senate public lands committee. Junket No. 2 Senate small business committee. Junket No. 3 House interstate commerce committee. Junket No. 4 House public lands committee. Whereas the senators made no effort to conceal their Alaskan trips, Wolvertons interstate commerce junket tried to get off without public notice. If these legislators really got to know Alaska, their visits might be beneficial; since that neglected territory deserves consideration for statehood. So far, however, few congressmen have been willing to pay much attention to Alaskan problems, except during the summer. WALTER WINCHELL Oddities in the New York Scene At time New York City threatened to secede from the union and form an independent nation. . . . The mammoth illuminated sign atop Doctors hospital is a signpost for mariners and also a reminder not to toot their boat whistles in front of the hospital. . . . Many of the trees in New York streets manage to exist by pushing their roots Into sewers to absorb water. one Some of the wealthiest New York families originally made their fortunes when their ancestors worked with Captain Kidd. Incidentally, there it only one clue to the treasure that the fabulous pirate is supposed to have buried along the Atlantic coast: A number Kidd wrote on a card that no one has been able to deciphe 44106818. If you happen to see ghosts roaming through the night at dont be surBryant park prised. It used te- - be a cemeWhen bathtubs first tery. were introduced in New York the very cautious board af health ordered citizens not to use them without first consulting their doctor. ... LEPER MISSIONARY . . . Now back in his native France for a vacation, Pere Henri Phillipe DOrgeval Dubonchet, Catholic priest, has spent 21 years of bis life working among lepers on the island of Molokai. He will return to his leper parish nevt year. The Big Towns most arrestinj landscape can be viewed from th heights of Fort Tryon park. . . Wall Street got its tag because th Dutch erected a wall there (cen turies ago) when they feared an in vasion. . . . The reason some streets in the Big Town have feminine names: When those streets were parts of farms, the farmers honored their wives by naming lanes aftei them. . . . The grimmest sea voyage is taken by the tug that ferries cadavers from Bellevue to Harts island for burial WALTER SHEAD mid-yea- - CAUTION TO THE WINDS Sharp Rise Swinging sharply away from its previous cautious attitude of economy - minded discrimination, the U. S. buying public has launched itself on a relatively liberal pur- in Buying might acquire runaway proportions. We are watching developments from day to day.'' said a government economist, "hoping that it will taper off before lt becomes a violent spiral that can end only In chasing spree. Virtually all fields of trade have a serious reversal " trend away It is generally agreed that the reported a clear-cu- t has been assassinated. from passive waiting for lower movement began with the renewed Theirs (the secret service) la a prices, and purchases are increaswave of price increases that folheartbreaking job. and never have ing all over the country. lowed the boost in coal prices and the details been so thoroughly ren The change rise to a mine wages It has gained momenvealed (to the discomfiture of certain amount of alarm over the tum ever since some of his former colleagues) as possibilities of a new inflation spiral - Consumers apparently have given by Mike Reilly In the book I menwhich may develop as a result of up hope that any material reductioned. indiscriminate buying. It has be- tion in prices will occur within the Of course in wartime the job was come the subject of mugh discusreasonable future and are going vastly more complicated, and the sion among business leaders, bonk- ahead to purchase merchandise and navy worked closely with ers and economists, some of whom which they army have needed. Many the secret service. A special air express concern that the movement merchants long who curtailed their in has-give- . Robert M. Rownd, 102, of Ripley, N. Y., was elected commander-ln-chle- f of the Grand Army of the Republic at the GARs 81st national encampment at Cleveland. He was chaplain-In-chle- -- tt President Truman receives teletype message aboard tho presidential radio cur. Standing by the President are 1st LL Clinton G. Conover (left), maintenance officer of tbe army security agency, and 1st Lt. Harvard E. Dudley, White officer. cryptographic House signal detachment. - Noted ventories a year ago are placin orders to replenish their stocks As a result of the widespreac buying trend, previous opinions tha uidustry and business were in for a least slight setbacks in the last hat of this year are being revised. Cur rent forecasts are optimistic con cerning high levels of business ac hvity during the third and fourtl quarters. Belief now is that prices general1 will move upward, or at least hok their present heights, until well mtt next year. Cash remains abundant and the influx of large amounts or money from veterans leave bonds and state bonuses wil be added contributing factors to tin inflationary trend. a What About Federal Spending? FEDERAL In spending general and President Trumans 1947 budget In 1 particular combined to make a wonderfully bouncy political football which both parties have kicked about sportively all year. (A political football is a thin tissue of truths and s inflated out of all proportion with air of a strictly torrid temperature.) As a result, the average American working man continues to go about thoughtfully rubbing two nickels together and wondering if his government is really as extravagant as a night club blonde or whether it is making a genuine effort to cut financial corners. What is the truth? Probably it is Impossible to get an accurate bearing on all the true facts. The Republican congress raised a victory chant over its cutting of Mr. Trumans budget estimates. And, if we can believe what we read, many agency appropriations were slashed considerably, including the army, navy, interior department and agriculture department. But the President, with a weather eye out for his big day in November. 1948, has come up with another idea. He has accused congress of working the hidden ball trick, intimating that the illustrious members have shifted various budget items around to produce the illusion that they have effee'ed a great savings In other words, did we put any in the bank, or (j (i we blow it all at the races money half-truth- PIANISSIMO. PLEASE . . . This Is a characteristic study of Lorenzo Perosl, famed maestro of the Sistine Chapel choir in Rome, as he conducted his choristers during a recent concert In the Eternal City. WRIGHT PATTERSON Wholesome Entertainment Best On the lawns of the Orange, lv exciting, than any profession Calif., high school building grounds game I ever witnessed in the Cub! we ate a pot 3&ck dinner, and.thea.or the White Sox parks in Chicago. everyone attended the ball game It must have fceen good for end between teams of the Rotarians and ed in a tie of 0 to0. Such recreathe Lions.- - Everyone knew all the tion as that pot luck dinner and ball placers, business and professional game has replaced, for us, the atmen of the town. That game pro- tempt to find thrills at the theaters duced more thrills, was more w$i- - mght clubs and pther- - vu -- LOYALTY PROBE BEGUN . . . Barbara Mathyer, civil service commission employee, holds two forms nsed in FBIs Loyalty chetk of U. S. government workers, first probe of tt kind in history of the nation . full-sca- le |