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Show THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE TWO )di m ' WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman, MacArthur Would Accept Presidency if the People Call; Great Powers Confer on Palestine Economical Buying Cuts Costs for Homemakers AkaM4 b? WNU FcafeuW r ityroMd la lb cm etlaau, thy arc Ua f Wtttcra Ntwpoptf DtfMi Mi TTraTilr it thk Mvspapar.) tMljrate By BAUKHAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator (EDITOB8 NOTE Whu pinUna ni WASHINGTON According to a recent poll, the topic In which the people are most Interested today is the high cost of living. This despite competition with communism, Taft, Dewey, the weather, and why who jumped out of a hotel window clad only in a filmy nightdress. I managed to get myself into the middle of a controversy on that subject It all started when the wife of a machinest in York, Pa wrote me in making ends of her diffcultie meet on her husbands net salary of $53.40 a week (incidentally, bureau of labor statistics informs me that 60 per cent of the workers employee; in manufacturing industry earn less than this York machinist) Her family includes a boy of 15 and a girl of 6. She outlined her weekly budget as follows: Insurance f 4.57 . Food Gas and Electricity. . Taxes . . Withholding Union Dues . Water Rent (they own their own home) 30.00 3.00 1.54 1.60 .50 AS $41.57 She pointed out and doctor bills, and nothing for the new stove, washer, vacuum cleaner, refrigerator and furniture they would like to have. And "Dont forget," she admonished, "there are a lot of people worse off than we are. I used her story In a broadcast, and this is the reaction 1 received from other women correspondents: An Oakland, Calif., housewife wrote: "When you mentioned that family who spent almost of his salary for food, I just had to "sound off" or bust. Either this is an exaggeration by the wife or she is guilty of woeful ignorance of proper dietary requirements. In these days of shortages, I'd like to ship folks like these over to England where we have relatives, who could (perhaps!) Tam er a thing or two about the wanton self Ishness of such extravagance." This woman goes on: "My husband and I manage nicely on $10 a week for two. I enclose details to prove it. (She did)." And she eddst "l ean remember AO evening in years when my failed . to .compliment . jushand me on his dinner." ' three-quarte- well-balanc- And this is accomplished, mind yon. In Detroit, where ac- cording to bureau of labor statistics, it costs upward of $3,293 a year for a family of four to live modestly. - turkey, et cetera for seven people, and that upped the bills); $45.39 in January, and $29.69 in February. She says the February food bill dropped significantly because they r ' r J . rSDA Photo , W food," Even more Impressive is the foodbudgeting record of a homemaker here in Washington, D. C where, ' says ELS, it costs more to live than it does in S3, other major cities of the country. This woman, wife of a navy cap- tain, has a family of seven to feed herself, her husband, her mother and father, and three strapping boys aged 18, 16 and 13. Also two cats PRESIDENCY: CONSULTATION: Holy Land Announcements As far as grabbing the spotlight was concerned, President Truman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur stumbled all over each other with their coy and almost simultaneous announcements that they would hccept a presidential nomination If the people called them. The declarations by the two men, coming within just a few hours of each other, were perhaps a symbolic to a similar but greater clash of personalities and political foic-- s which it is now possible might develop later this year, Mr. Truman said he would run for a full term as chief executive if the Democrats would nominate him; and MacArthur opined that he would accept the presidency "if called by the American people but . would not actually seek it. Taking note of'the fact that petitions have been filed in Wisconsin putting his name in the primary there op April 6, MacArthur issued this sonorous statement: "While it seems unnecessary for me to repeat that I do not actively seek or covet any office and have no plans for leaving my post in Japan, I can say, and with due humility, that I would be recreant to all my concepts of good citizenship were I to shrink because of the hazards and responsibilities Involved from accepting any public duty to which I might be called by the American public." Republicans, however, were going easy in their comments on the generals willingness to accept presidential nomination, confining them, for the most part, to peripatetic remarks about what a highly regarded figure MacArthur is. Sen. Ralph Flanders (Rep., Vt.) said, "1 think General MacArthur would be doing the country a disservice If he left the job he is in until he has put it in such shape he can leave. Thats the place the Lord put him." Other politicians were wondering about the spot that the Lord and Harry Truman was putting them on. Southern Democrats, despite Mr. Truman's announcement of his candidacy, were not budging an inch from their stand opposing him and his civil rights program. Some of the southern states, notably Mississippi, went right ahead with their plana to prevent their electoral votes from going to him. j prt-lud- dont wry often buy anv aay a Mrs. Walter G. Briggs of Fresno, Calif., as ahe gathers vegetables in the farm fruit garden which produced and vegetables for tho family during the growing season with enough left over to can more than 300 quarts for winter use. took advantage of the price dip and bought cheaper butter, eggs, flour, et cetera. Her food bills do not include their h "eating out" which costs roughly $10. They also do not include her husbands lunches downtown which coma to $1.60 per twice-e-mont- week. She explains that her monthly food costa are low because: (1) They buy milk at stores instead of having It delivered; (2) dont eat much butter; (3) her d doesnt demand meat at every meal, so they have dinner dishes like souffle, baked beans, hesrty soups, baked eggs; (4) they shop once a week, going perhaps to five or six different stores to taka sdvantags of special tales Items (of course persons without a ear couldnt do this); (5) she uses canned milk for coffee, and to make puddlnga and cream sauces; and ) shea aays ahe never wastea ANYTHING. (I can believe hus-bsn- NEW ATOM:' Thorium that!) With such a variety of figures 1 choose from, there isnt much bas s for getting into a stew about bui-getWhat It seems to boil down to is a fair subit that the ject for argument, but doesnt leave a man too much to get his teeth into. A good deal seems to depend on where you are willing to draw the 1 a. bill-of-fa- re waist-lin- e. When it comes to checking Inflation, we have proved one thing that the checks and controls are excellent for the other fellow. Any checks and controls applied to ME though are ruinous, unholy, undemocratic. all depends oa whose bull ia gored. Federal reserve board appointee McCabe was accused of cutting the tails off bombers before selling them to the Chinese. He said he didnt recall this act of cruelty to airplanes. " The United States ia experiencing a steady increase in population. From a range of 2.1 million to 2.3 million in the 1930s, the births rose to 2.9 million in 1943. They totaled 2.7 million in 1945 and then sharply rose again to about 3.9 million in 1947. This sharp rise in births has had the effect of increasing the population some 4.4 million persona since 1945 and 13 million since 1939. five-pou- rs She suggests that women who to .. cant cook should attend classes discover .that the "chemistry" of food preparation can be "fascinating anu. oh, so. rewarding." She herself gained knowledge in public school night coooking classes that. enabled her to run a small tearoom in the lean years from 1930 to 1935, and which, from 1941 to 1945, helped her to save 40 per cent of her husbands alary. Another woman writes concerning a Dearborn, Mich., homemaker who fed "and fed well her family of six on $75 a month last September. How, since food prices went down, this women planned to revise her budget downward. She spent $71.82 for food in November, $58.85 in December and $55.35 in January of this year. y As a sample of her meal planning: On a Saturday noon, (she writes) she may feed her three girls, aged 11, 4 and 2 years, egg sandwiches on bread spread with oleo (mixed with canned milk), a whopping big fruit salad mads from pears, plums and peaches she canned last summer, and big glasses of milk. A supper menu might be macaroni and cheese, chocvegetable salad, home-mad- e olate cookies and fruit for dessert.. A woman from Detroit, Mich., whose family Js the same aixe as that of the York womans, writes that it costs her only $20 a week to feed her family. And that, ahe says: "Includes a carton of rigarets for my husband, all soap supplies, polishes. cleansers and additions to my pantry shelf. Ws average one pound of butter- - a week, two dozen eggs, 10 to 14 quarts of milk, steaks and chops ore a week. My husband takes his lunch two or three sandwiches, one or two pieces of fruit, lettuce, sometimes another raw vegetable, cakes and cookies. The children (aged 2 and 6) have a hot breakfast and lunch each day. "I think," she says, "that ws get .meals. At least wsre all in good health and rarely have colds. It can he done eaaily If you apply yourself and figure ahead." Wife Acfuties Near M trader who are fed frozen horsemeat. She spends between $21.80 and $31 a week, and with prices lower, expects her costs to go down. My first thought was that probably she shopped at a navy commissary, but she does not. She saves money by buying apples by the bulhel, oranges by the crate, flour by the 100 pounds and cheese by the brick. She also puts up" fruit, jams, jellies and preserves. My assistant is prone to scoff whenever I receive one of the - on - what - my - husband -makes letters. Shes been keeping track of inonthly food bills for herself and her husband since September of last' year. She' spent $31.28 in the month of September; $31.54 in October, $37.56 in November; $53.36 in December (she had a dinner party for 14 people, and an- that this total other Christmas day dinner with left very little for clothing, dentist Tuesday, March 23, 1948 , The favorite answer to what is the electoral college Is "Its a school where you learn how to vote." It really is an Institution where you dont learn that you are not voting for the man you think you are. Already well beyond the awesome threshhold of the atomic age, nuclear scientists are continuing to step deeper into the contradictory wilderness of creation and destruction that appeared when the first atomic blast burned up the night and the sands at Los Alamos, N. M. Latest step is the manufacture of the first small pieces of a new kind of atomic bomb and fuel metal, according to an announcement by Dr. Glonn T. Seaborg, atomic scientist. Where formerly the extremely rare metal uranium 235 was the only practicable substance through which atomic energy could be pro- duced, there now is a new metal, known as uranium 233, made by changing the heavy metal thorium into uranium. , This new form of uranium does not exist naturally on earth, nor is it known to exist in the stars. Dr. Sesborg reported that a small fraction of an ounce actually only a few hundred milligrams of the thorium metal has been made in the Hanford, Wash., uranium graphite, g atomic piles. Red-haire- anti-Britis- anti-Jewi- force." What the United Nations conferees, none of them eager to apply international power in the Holy Land, could do against this kind of g local zeal was a problem which so far had them completely baffled. RUHR: Solution One of the major problems of the uneasy peace what to do with the Ruhr, Germanys prime industrial section was solved when the U. S., Great Britain and France agreed in a series of conferences at London that they would place the Ruhr under international control. It was decided also that the economic and industrial assets of western Germany, perennial breeding ground for German war machines, would be enlisted in the Marshall plan for European recovery. the western powers Moreover, western Germany agreed that should hive a federal form of government, providing adequate central authority but protecting the rights of the various states. Indicative of the manner in which statesmen of the western powers are thinking now was the fact that Germany will be represented in the in-- , temational control of the Ruhr but that Russia very probably will not. Recognizing the importance of the Ruhr to the recurring surges of German aggression, the conference communique pointed out that the purpose of this international control would be to ensure that the economic resources of this area should not again be used for the purposes of aggression- and that there should be adequate access to the coal, coke and steel of the Ruhr for, the benefit of extensive parts of the European community including Germany. The communique urged the necessity of insuring the economic reconstruction of western Europe, including chain-reactin- Germany. PANIC PITCH N Americans Ready to Go Off Deep End People of the U. S. are conductactivities In 4 ing their state of mind that is separated from, a condition of acute panic by only 1 the merest veil of self restraint, of says Dr. Frank Ercftiont-Smitday-by-d- sters invading New York harbor panic. might produce wholesale Many Americana are ripe to go off the deep end from just such a scare, ho matter how fantastic it may be, Dr. Fremon-Smit- h contends. The reason people might be easily the International Mental Hygiene. panicked is the widespread worry, Any day now a phony rumor of anxiety or fear over the possibilities udden war or even of sea mon- - of atomic var or of depression, I . .ii aiii i wi Bandit Is Just a Crumb) Waitms Proves Her Point DETROIT. In a ruling that, for good or til, stand to affect the moral stature of this and succeeding generations of Americans, the U. S. supreme court declared unconstitutional the use of public school systems to help any religious group spread its faith. Religion and government, the decision said, can best work to achieve their lofty aims if each is left free from the other within its respective sphere." The ruling upheld a protest by a atheist mother, Mrs. Vashti McCollum, that a system of religious teaching in Champaign, 111 schools breaks down the wall between church and state. She contended that her son was embarrassed by the religious instruction. Delivering the main opinion, Justice Black held that under the facts shown the compulsory education system in Illinois "assists and is integrated with the program of re-- , ligious instruction carried on by He said separate religious sects. pupils legally required to go to school for secular education are Released from some of that legal duty on condition that they attend religious classes. This is beyond all question a utilization of the and public school system to aid religious groups to spread their faith. It was an issue that parents as well as all other U. S. citizens would do well to consider. There were two facets w hich would bear reflection: The supreme courts decision cong and honorafirmed a ble theory in the U. S. that there should be no interference between church and state and no influence exerted by one on the other. The ruling would seem to safeguard the nation against the two extremes of d church a or a d state. But at the same time, the broad language of the decision failed to recognize the historical importance of religion in creating civilizations and forming and molding nations. Western civilization grew out of the Christian church. Divorcement of the cause and effect now could be dangerous. Mrs. Imogens waitress in a local restaurant, brushed off a would-b- e bandit as she might have flicked a bread crumb off the counter, holdup squad officers said. A man strode into the restaurant, right hand threateningly in his overcoat pocket in the approved manner. He announced boldly, This ia i a stickup." Mrs. Corretta pretended not to Cor-rett- Man About Totcn The handsome cop in a scene with Barry Fitzgerald in Naked City is the doorman at the Harlem at 49th street. So you wanna lead a band, eh? One batoneer (not S. Kayne) with a top box office record cant get out of hock. Ilis crew, arrangements, etc., cost him $125,-00- 0 to date. Hig big Bway booking will mean nothing to anybody but his creditors. Maybe hes stage struck. . . . Jolson was explaining himself to song-hi- t writer Irv Caesar: "When 1 sing songs its like going through familiar motions. But when I do Swanee, it sings me! . . . Jim Backus, now a radio click, was a professional boxer in Cleveland until the sportswriters there chased him all the way to Hollywood by tagging him Canvas ... hear him. Open the cash register, the desperado blustered. Mrs. Corretta ignored him. The bandit reached across the counter and started to open the till himself. Mrs. Corretta calmly rapped him across the back of his hand with the dull edge of a large butcher knife and the toughie yelped and fled. British May Trim Housi Cf Lords by 600 Peers LONDON. Conservative pary sources said about 600 British peers would lose their hereditary seats in the House of Lords under reform proposals considered by Conservative leaders as counter to the Labor governments plan to curb the upper chambers powers. A committee of Conservative peers is considering a proposal to limit membership to about 300 lords with outstanding public service records. , Backus. Mae West, starring in Diamond Lil in London, drew this orchid from critic E. C. W'ors-leThe ham at the Prince of W ales theater is laced with mustard in the person of Mae West and if you like it hot, there are a bare two hours of her. y: New York Story: It was a family group. . . . They were supping in the Cub room the other beforeIn the party was curtain time a youthful athlete, one of four sons of a famed corporation executive. All four boys were conscien- tious objectors in the war. . . . But they fought it as hard as most Americans. . . . One was a para-- I chute jumper fighting forest fires in the Far West. . . . Another was in charge of an asylum and the other boys did dangerous work over here as conchies when they might have promoted soft jobs at s desk in Washington via the influence of their father. . . . Why, then, did they elect to go down in history books as men who refused to fight? Because they do not believe in kill- ing people. Laxatives For 30 Years No ... ... j state-controlle- church-controlle- i FINNISH: Aid to Russia "When I complained of constipation, my doctor recommended Kelloggs all-bra- n which I now have been eating regularly for 30 years. I never had to take another laxative I F. Tilden Spear, Harrisburg, Pa, It your diet lacks bulk needed for normal elimination, this tasty cereal will supply it. Eat an ounce of KELLOGGS ALLin milk daily drink plenty of BRAN water. If unsatisfied after 10 days send empty carton do Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., and get ixumi a , YOUR MONEY BACK. The It was with no clapping ofiianda of Finland decided to accept the proposal of Prime Minister Josef Stalin of Russia to discuss a treaty of mutual military aid. Russia, which needs military help from Finland about as much as the U. S. needs a five-yeplan, put the , that the government ar proposal of a discussion to Finlands President Jugo K, Paasikivi within a week after it had swept Czechoslovakia into the- - Soviet orbit. Having no alternative, Paasikivi accepted the invitation and appointed a negotiating delegation of seven members, including one military expert, government officials and parliament members. Soviets say they want a binding treaty of mutual military assistance against future German aggression. Talks presumably were being held cu that basis, but it was the task of the Finnish negotiators to do all tiu-could to prevent Finland from being chained to Russia in a military treaty. There was little doubt in the minds of Finnish leaders that this was Russias first step in a campaign to gain as complete control over that little northern nation as it now holds over the Balkans. And in the final analysis the Finns probably would capitulate in the stark interests of Military Insurance Intelligentsia: Andre Gide, famed French journalist, would like to come to the U. S. but cannot. The government has charges of e moral turpitude. Hes 90. . . . was written up in a mag i;e--J cently. . . . They said he was a $65 per week artist. He claims he never earned less than $125 weekly per booking in his life. He is current-Ll- y working at Radio City Music hall. pis barrister! have started a lawsuit against the mag, as a result of its boner, which we thought only columnists made. . . . For the third year in a row a recording by Iturbi has been top seller in the red seal dept. . . . Last year his Polonaise" sold over four million. . . . Inside U. S. A. made more coin than any other book this season. Ron-ald- j The column receives letters from confused readers on the status of Mme. Flagstad. . . . Why," they ask, "didnt her own country do anything If she ever misbehaved during the war?" An interested U. S. senator was also curious about that. He checked and waa told: A gTeat majority of the Norwegian people were hostile to Flagstad and regarded her as a i. There waa Insufficient legal evidence on which to base a prosecution. When ahe asked for a passport to leave Norway, there were no grounds to deny the request. Indeed, most Norwegians were glad to see her go." k top-secr- et Perennial Blooms Two Paterson, N. J., brothers. Dr, Philip and Sidney Joffe, have reported the discovery of a chemical solution that will preserve freshly cut flowers forever. They claim their aecret process fixes the cell structure of the flower and preserves its color, form and texture. Only drawback is that the bloom loses its fragrance. The brothers have worked on the solutior for the last eight years. MCKESSON K BOBBINS PJFWQ HLWO PRODUCT Dear Walter: Do yon ever receive trivia in the mail which cornea under the general heading cf: Dear Mr. VVincheil: Dont mail this back I will be in to have a chat with you about its merits. . . . How much do you pay for s beautiful poem by myself? . . . My little girl who Is only three said. . , . Could you send xie a copy of the column with the chorine story in it? I think it appeared in 1933 or maybe it was 1937. I think you should lay offen the Russians ... I knowed one back in 1910 who ... If care for a talented helper, Ill was a great guy you send you more of my scintillating stuff so yon can grasp my ... ,Scuse me a fraction of a Jiffy. Thanks. Had to switch to another station from WOR. Spike Jones My Old Flame is really a steanker. Awful. . . . Jones was a novelty when he introduced that routine In Cocktails For Two," but hasnt he any other trick? Its a bore now, and the not funny comic" who does the Peter Lorre parody Is another reason vaudeville went to an early grave. . . 0,31 makes folk sleep all night! Thousands BOW Bleep nndieturbod at the newe that their being awakened becaimalter Bight eiuhj he fro blnddtr trrUatvmnightnot A KJiwm Let ahopeeo' 1 bet ea condition holer BiUe n, Wede-meye- raj) mffdta'M pro-Naz- Very Revolting: When a Cuban revolution erupted, Sammy Schul-maan INS lad!, went into the streets to photograph the fighting. . . . Years later Schulman met a Cuban in a New York bar, who informed him: I was at a window sniping during that uprising. For a long time I couldnt find anybody to shoot Then I saw you and aimed at your head, when 1 saw your camera!" r, Lieut. Gen. Albert G director of plans and operations for the army and author of report on China, told house foreign affairs committee that U. S. must back up economic aid abroad with military support if communism is to be stopped in Chins and elsewhere. He said, "I dont think I would recommend 500 million dollars in aid to China unless there were military aid to protect that 500 million dollars. a, 38, could style better ' New paint sprays handle any type of, paint. Bays Practical Builder. Theyll toon be made In compact size, we suppose. Leading experts on global anatgetting together in a consultation to determine whether there was any conceivable way in which they could perform a painless bisection of Palestine. Russia, France, China and the U. S. had been requested by the United Nations security council to hold one of their famous conferences to study how partition of the Holy Land into independent Arab and Jewish states might be effected. Britain, too, had been asked to participate but declined the invitation, although consenting to sit in in the role of advisor.. As the consultation got under way, the United States was reported ready to seek big power agreement on a new conciliation effort in Palestine, Warren ,R, Austin, chief U. S. delegate, said1 he felt the talks should deal primarily with the question of "peaceful settlement, But while U. N. delegates might Llk in New York about a peaceful settlement, Arab military forces on tho spot in Palestine had vastly different ideas. 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