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Show I Tuesday, January 18, 1949 smm vimygji:ort : Marshall Plan Has Halted By BAUKHAGE Newt Analyst sd Commentator. WASHINGTON. When thl country wat struggling Into early manhood, it wit clear to our atatesmen that if the tree of western democracy were to flourish and bring forth fruit in its season, it would have to be shielded from foreign interference. The Monroe doctrine was enunciated. It was defensive, negative rather than positive; it simply said to the world; hold what you have, but take no more. It was a large order for a young nation. It covered a lot of territory. It worked. WEEKLY -- HARMONY: NEWS ANALYSIS Truman Proposes Keeping Pledges In State of Nation Congress Talk; Mercy Killing lias Public Support 'KDITOR8 NOTE: When opinions aro express'd In these columns,ot they are those ol this newspaper.) Western Newspaper Unions news nnalysts and not necesaarty who SENATOR VANDENBERG, will be replaced as committee chairman by Senator Connafly (D., Tex.) called it a "political decision. Senator Morse D., Ore.) was less restrained. He charged that the im- The world grew older and small- er. A new, powerful force arose. Amer- of a Neanderthaler cave in the year 3,000 B. C. the mastodon on which he was riding having broken ican leaders decided that if the tree a tusk or an axle or something we had planted, now and all the poor man wanted was in full fruit, were to borrow an extra tusk. But since to continue to live the was unable to comtt e municate his and flourish, perfectly peaceful deramparts we watch- sire, and before he could present ed would have to his drivers license or his memberembrace and pro- ship card in the loyal order of tect our moose, for identity, the Neandcr-thale- r, whose liberties after sooving his wife in the were threatened ev- - comer and calling his dogs, would en more immedl step out and welcome the unfortun7 ately than our own. ate visitor with a hearty wallop on J The Marshall the cranium. BAUKHAGE plan was enuncia The result was probably a ted in June of 1947. war between the Neanderthalera After thorough debate in congress, In whith and the it finally was given sinews on June the Neanderthaler had a fifty-fif28 of this year. chance of eating Cro. What la the scote todayT Cro-Magn- friends ns ty - Mere announcement of the Idea la credited with checking Red revelation in Italy, with blocking the tide of Communist aggression la western Europe. Now, after only (even montha of functioning, I believe that objective observers will admit with Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul bus 'ness-maHofman, a that it has not only stopped the march of Communism, but his turned the tide In the opposite direction. Only recently, Yugoslavia drew up agreements for trade with western Europe, thus smashing one hole in the iron curtain. The ECA is Just what it was labelled "enlightened To a chaotic and jittery Europe, it helped to bring: a 25 per cent in agricultural production over the previous year; indujtr'ai level production abova the pre-wof 1838; relaxation of inflationary pressures In all the ERP countries except Franca and Greece. hard-heade- d self-intere- ar New whatT Te oonvlnce our people that the game la worth the candle, that whatever the cost, this U the first bloodless' war ever fought, that It Is cheap Insurance against a shooting war. To convince congress that, the charges, among others, that ECA is not being efficiently operated, that big business la being favored and little business slighted era unjust, or if tha charges are true, correct them. To Speak Or Not To Spoak Before congress convened, Washington was eijoylng Ita usual influx Even if the innocent visitor had been able to grunt without his consonants and lacera-tin- g hla labials, apd even if his Inhospitable ho.'t had listened to him, that host probably could not have digested his idea as east'y. at least as he later digested him. We have words to work with, and thus are able 1o fashion the tools of communication. But unless the Speech teachers (and all teachers) furnish the jkills for the use of those words, the effort is in vain. Unless the Idea behind wbat we believe in can be tommumet-W,(an- d It isnt be, unless we agree on the meaning of words) it withers on the vine. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PARLEY These nre the men who will chart and develop legislation to Implement the Democratic party opening conference are, platform pledge. Shows In a left to right, President Trnman; Rep. John W. McCormack (D., Mass.) house majority leader; Sen. Scott W. Lucas (D., 111.), senate majority leader and Speaker Sam Rayburn (D., Texas.) ss of national convention, among them two groups concerned, with the oral Peterson went on te say that cavity the dentists and the speech-teachea starting point for speech teaof tha nation. Although I chers might be te pay less atwas invited to attend sessions of tention to Demosthenes who beboth groups, I exercised my Jaws at came a great orator by practiconly one the speech Instructors ing shouting until be could be meeting. heard above the rearing of the The job of tha speech Instructor waves, and a little more to deIs, of course, to get the learners to veloping men whose voices may usa words to express ideas a diffinot be loud, but whose akilfuU cult task. Not hat the raw ma.erUJ persuasion ran be beard above la lacking. Tha dictionary la ftdl of the misunderstanding in men words, and tha air la thick with hearts. Ideas. More difficult is getting the words out of 'he dictionary and the Speaking for management at the Ideas out of the air into tha learn- conference, Robert Chester Smith, ers heads. director of industrial and personnel relations for the Pullman StanThe next step Is to get the dard Car Manufacturing company learner te Bhderatand the meanof Chicago, expressed his belief that ing of the word he aef and each of the three members of the then te traeslste them Into Ideas industrial triumvirate the inveswhich somebody also can unthe manager and the laboring tor, derstand ayel theres the man has been and continue to be rub! too short sighted. Each ha been Consequently the speech instruc- looking at the problem through its d tors have not only a difficult, but a own glasses, hazardous profession. ' Leaving a and has been unable to see either man alone with a lot of words is Upward, downward or sidewise, and like leaving him In a laboratory unfortunately not very far ead, with a lot.bf breakable tO)ms."'J; . John tj, Jennings head of IndusW know from recent reports that trial Relations for the Singer Manuome of the scientist! working with facturing company, fold an interatomic energy go blind. esting 'atory ahouthow New Yorks great tugboat dispute last Its a wonder te me that mere had been settled. The negotiations speech Instructors dont go deaf. had dragged on for hours until well I suppose speech teacher also after midnlght.Management and teach that most useful corollary union men had basically agreed on art the us at words to conceal the point at issue, but whenever onaa meaning. It is one I practice they tried to phrase the agreement on paper, thtv got entangled in a arduously. After a decade and a half cf maze of complicated terminology. broadcasting, most of my listener Shortly after 1 a. m., one of the havent the slightest Idea of what negotiator happened to aay in my politic are. simple language what everyone else One point wnich was stressed at wa trying to say in technical lantha speech conference was that the guage. Somebody had a brilliant competition for power which ends idea: In strife domestic. Industrial. In"Why nut put it Just that way ternational! due, chiefly to Imin the contract? They did a proper communication. I agree with paragraph in orthat assumption. dinary rank and file English was There is no excuse for this In this Inserted a departure Jenninga day and age I was different when .described as something brand-nein onion contracts. appeared at tha door rs specially-conditione- -- w plications are that the Democratic party proposes to play politic with war and peace. Democrats denied any partisanship, claimed they were entitled to more seats because they have a bigger majority than the Republicans had. Barkley regretted the "controversy. He told reporters that tHe bigger Democratic majority will in no way affect the bipartisan course of the committee. CHINA REDS: No Comment "The winners tell the funny jokes the losers holler deal! But the apparent winners In Chinas civil war werent saying a word, and the nationalist governments peace offensive appeared stalled against a wall of Communist silence. From the government side came a rising tide of clamor for a truce and a negotiated settlement. The Communists, who have been winning. continued to say nothing Nanking reported growing anxiety among Chinese who had predicted quick Communist response s Hew Year to Chiang offer to mediate. It was predicted that the Red answer, if and when it came., would be a demand for the government armies to lay down their arms. In Peiping, a group of delegates to the national assembly sent the Communist leader a message urging an immediate cease fire order because, they said,' the people cannot . endure any further suffering In typical Meanwhile, American position, as Dorothy Malone, that Is for indicated by two statements, seemed Bollywood garb uncertain, or divided. picture releases aoch as this commander was the first film player to be acOscar C. Badger, of U. S. naval forces in the western corded stardom In 1949. Warner Brother- ,- her bosses, elevated Pacific, denied rumor' of a withher to filmlands top pinnacle for drawal of "American forces from her performance in the film "One China." He declared the rumor was based on reports the marines had Sunday Afternoon. terminated their lease on Shantung sored by the Euthanasia Society of university campus where they mainAmerica, declared that the "ending tain their barracks." inan of the physical existence of dividual at hia request, when afflicted with an incurable disease which causes extreme suffering is under proper safeguards not only medically indicated but also in accord with the most civilized and humane ethics and the highest concepts and practices of religion. The safeguards: The sufferer must submit a petition, duly attested by himself and his physician, asking for euthanasia. This must be presented to a court of records which will appoint an investigative committee of physicians. If this committee agrees, the court may permit euthanasia. CONGRESS: New Star Big Order manner, In calm. . unhurried President Truman outlined to the 81st congresa hi legislative proposals. To the surprise of no one be asked legislators to enact virtually every recommendation he made during hi election campaign. He called for more taxes, authority to restore economic controls, a broad program of social legislation. ALONG WITH corporations. Individuals in the. middle and higher-incom- e brackets would share in the task of providing the four billion dollars more annual revenue which Mr. Truman aaya the government must have. These are the major recommendations made by the President In his "state of the union message: Widen government INFLATION control over bank and consumer credit,' export and transportation allocations; extend and strengthen rent control. Grant authority to regulate commodity speculation, allocate scarce key materials, control certain wages and price, if necea-aar- Kai-shek- y. the speech teacher must teach his pupils not only the medium of communication, but the means of using it and convince them it has concrete valuo. In the field of labor relation at home, or international understanding abroad, we never ran hope to achlevt a real bulwark for democracy unless a mental contact cab be made, communications established words and ideas' Joined so that they hare a universal meaning and the message they convey can be digested. As Eric Peterson, general secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Machinists, put it: "The need for better lines of communication between labor and management, and between the conciliator and disputing parties la a distinct challenge. For basically, the failure of these two groups to iron out their disputes without or violence Is part and parcel of the broader problem of discord which plagues the world today in ita quest for peace. Thus, Some Question Congress was off to a rough start The hope of general "harmony, expressed by President Truman and some congressional leaders, grew dim at the start Republican Senator Vandenberg Democratic colleagues charged with violating the' spirit of bipartisanship in foreign affairs. Committee assignments provided the spark which Set off the blast of discord. When the Democrats decided to take eight of the 13 seats on the foreign relations committee, the Republicans cried "foul and Uttered their protests. Raise four billion dollar additional revenue for the government. mainly by taxing corporations, but also by boosting estate and gift taxes; consider increasing income taxe for tb middle and upper pay brackets. y LABOR Repeal the old Wagner act law and but with bans against jurisdictional atrike and secondary boycott and some provision for avoiding strikes in general Industry. Boost minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. ' antiBUSINESS Strengthen trust laws by closing loopholes that permit monopolistic mergers and consolidations. FARM Use price supports to keep farmers at a fair economic level. OTHERS Extend social security; medical set up system of insurance. Aid state educational systems. Pass same civil rights proposals made to 80th congress. Push power, flood control and navigation projects on the rivers. Maintain armed forces "sufficient to deter CASTE SYSTEM: Pass universal train- Officers Adamant aggression. The superiority which many army ing legislation. officers feel and affect over the G. MERCY KILLING: I. came graphically to light In Berlias Advocates lin. There, in the biggest American a euphemism for club in the city, U. S. enlisted men Euthanasia, mercy killing, gained important were barred but German fraulelns support in New York state where were admitted. hundreds of Protestant and Jewish G. I.a and civilians got hot as the petitioned for proverbial religious leaders pistol. Enlegislation legalizing the practice. listed men won a temporary victory huTHE QUESTION has agitated when the board of governors of the manitarians and sociologists for club suspended the month-olban centuries and there are many ceses pending a special meeting to thresh on record where mercy killings out the matter. have been committed. Despite legal One lieutenant-coicne- l epitomized barriers and penalties, the record the officer viewpoint. Ninety per in such cases, for the most part, cent of enlisted men were all right, shows that juries are inclined to he conceded, but it was the other look with some leniency on the per- 10 per cent which caused the ban.. son who kills another to put him "THERE ARE 10 per cent of the or her "out of hi misery." enlisted men, he said, "who do On an appeal to the emotions not know how to behave. Then he alone, much convincing argument added the clincher: "We dont want for euthanasia may be presented. these' enlisted barbarians with offiBut. considered from all other, cers and ladies Evidently posangles with individual rights, possi- sessed of the power of his convicbility of criminal intent and other tions, he asserted he would resign such factor involved,' the practice from the club if enlisted guests were could become highly dangerous. . ' permitted. The New York group advocating Significant was the reaction of the measure included 379 Protestant the German civilians, lit effect, and Jewish ministers of the Empire they asked if such tactics had any state, the largest group ever pub- place in the. teaching of democracy. licly to advocate euthanasia. Thd As one employe put it: The ban practice is now punishable as mur- simply means that everybody in der in all the 48 states. The petition Berlin can come into the club exwa sent to every member of the cept am American enlisted man. New York legislature. That is not our idea of being AmerTHE MINISTERS petition, spon- - ican. TAXES Taft-Hartle- ct pre-pai- d two-doll- d -- NEED SHERLOCK HOLMES Thief Makes off With Pound Notes British authorities would he very happy had the renowned Sherlock Holmes been real and available, aince the country was facing two aggravating and puzzling problems. Someone had stolen seven sneets of sterling notes, amounting to approximately $560, from the extraordinarily guarded bank of England printing works. As an added poser, someone had been going around smashing stained glass windows in the Wolverhampton area of the Midlands. Circumspect, Britons couldnt understand how anyone could do d either of these reprehensible lungs. An idea of how may be the pound-notthief is provided in the fact that the money, stolen last summer, had only begun to circulate recently. hard-to-cate- n e Vice-Admir- "Wishbone" Magic rtis Typewriter Doodling No wonder everyone was looking forward to a happier New Year, Look at some of the things that hapof pened during 1948. Use Koch senlife her had infamy lampshade Serge tence commuted; Lifar staged a rectial at NYs City o Kirsten Flagstad Center; played Camazl Hall five days after Pearl Harbors anny; Dictator Franco was embraced by Hjalmar Dealer Jim Farley; Schacht, who financed the Nazis, was exonerated by a denazification court as not being a Nazi; and to top it all, our allegedly most upright magazine Time, was being edited by an Pro-fasci- st pro-ditt- ex-Ne- Another reason "Lend an Ear Is showkay is the' amusing galivanting of Yvonne Adair. Very tomboyst-rouunderstatement of the . .The week was Rita and Alys confession to reporters that "they are fond of each other. I suppose Romeo was merely fond of Juliet. .. Nothing as disgraceful as the committee's attempt to smear the good name of Laurence Duggan. s. carton any postpaid, any one or assorted 3.50, express prepaid. Other fruits, shelled nuts, olives available Calicoes, California CALlfKLIT - thou goons The hollrr-tha- n who feign horror at reporter who publish gossip give us an opportunity to revive a statement that once appeared In a If you get country weekly: Classes Now Starting born, marry, have a baby, die, or some other accident happens to you, please let us know not that we give a darn, but most of our reader have a lot of curiosity. That explains our position expertly. Barbers Are In Demand G. I. Wanna make a fortune in Movie-vilie- ? Sell specs. One producer insists that the depresh there is largely psychological. Oh, Sure. . . Radio critics are wasting Nine of the top 10 their brick-batHooper daytime program are soap operas. . .The plot of the film christened "Whiplash" concerns an artist who becomes a pugilist and has his manager's wife fall in love with him. Thats practically a replica of Odets "Golden Boy. The "difference la that in Odets play the lighter was a violinist . .Several da ago John Foster Dulles told reporters he recommended Alger Hiss for his job with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Our listeners heard that a month ago. rose-colore- d Perhaps youve never thought about it, but there must be a particular reason you like chicken every Sunday. Now, if youll only think about that reason, tell it to a judge,-anit happens to be 'declared the best submilled, you .will find your fondest wish coming true THERE IS a big "Wishbone Conin these United test going on States and the' national prize is the' granting of the winning contestant's own "most-desirewish. The contest is sponsored by the Potdtry and Egg National Board of Chicago, and the only requirement is that a chicken wishbone a real one must accompany each entry Anyone in the United States is eligible for the contest. Contestants must write, in fewer than 100 words, their reasons "Why I hke chicken every Sunday. They can send entries in the form of on essay, limerick or slogan but each entry must be accompanied by a real chicken wishbone and the conmost desired wish. testant's THREE REGIONAL winners will receive a trip to Hollywood to witness the final judging, which will take place at a gala chicken dinner celebration. During the Hollywood stay, the regional winners will be honored at the "wishbone premiere of Chicken Every Sunday d Approved Salt Lake Barber College s. Street 170 Regent Salt lake City, Utah Too Many Mistake Pencil industry uses about two and million pound of rubber per year for erasers. one-quart- er Imaginative centers work and hep direction can be found in the film. "The Dark Past. It gTips the attention despite the fact almost all of the action takes place In a single room . . . The NY Times editorialist apologised for a misleading and story on In each nostril quickly opens up ntaal passages to relieve stuffy transient congestion. Invites restful sleep. Relieves snlffly, sneesy distress of head cold. Follow directions In the package. Try ltt Ho-hu- WISHBONE: why you will get as much fun making this clown j wheeltoy as some youngster will have playing with it. The legs are fastened to the wheel. As the wheel turns, the legs go up and down. The pattern offered below provides a quick and easy method of building this colorful toy. No special tools, skill or materials are needed. The pattern specifies exactly what to use and where to use each piece. A few pieces of wood, a dowel, wire clothes hanger and a few dabs of paint is about all you need. In order to insure painting the clown properly, the decorating guides on the pattern are traced directly on the wood. These are then painted the colors the pattern suggests. Classified Department page which was based on a statement by Cong. Mundt But when a columnists sources give him a bum steer belittlers holler like he had committed a crime. Send It In 'Walk have always TOYS that That is sure winners. That committee defames innocent Send 25c for Clown Wheeltoy Pattern and patriotic Americans. . .but hast Pattern Company, 47 to Easl-Bildone anything about the KKK No. W, PleasantvUle, N. Y. Dept Whittaof the Shameful. .Because ker Chambers affair, Henry Luces "March of Time had to recall its Christmas cards. The cards featured a globe of the world (with film MISCELLANEOUS atrips protruding), and it looked like a pumpkin. Calif. DaUa, figs, mammoth prunes, 8 lb. 3 carton one $2 10 headline Its front Puixling over the amazing power of a chicken wishbone thats going to make someones are fondest wish come true movie stars Dan Dailey and Celeste Holm. The trio call attenWishtion to the nationwide bone Contest being sponsored by by the Poultry and Egg National Board. Clown Wheeltoy Will Please Children VUIIS Heres another Heil - Hitlerism: Nazi Field Marshal Albert Kassel-rinis a convicted war criminal. He was given a death sentence by a British court, but it was later commuted to life imprisonment, of course. A fortnight ago the British allowed Kesselring to leave his cell and spend a holiday at a sumptous Bavarian resort with his wife. . . Apparently, being convicted as a war criminal is almost as good as joining a country club. VA-TilO-fl-Ol g y VJQG.G. DO BT7 fi t Churchill knows how to take a bow gracefully. In his mem-war- s Winston states: "I hope you will give full consideration to my words. I have not always been wrong .So you want to be a writer, eh? Last year almost 2000 novels were published. Only about a hundred were money makers. So stick to your bookkeeping job, Elmer. . . A touch I of Irony: Televjsh is a red-inprt p, osition. But networks can take the loss because of the huge profits they garner from the arch enemy of televish radio . . The President ra tea having his salary hoisted.-Th- e Presidency is one job that hasn1 TtL ia just 7 day,. in one short week had a raise in 40 years . The new of people who changed from their a group charmer in the film, Every Girl old dentifrices to Calox Tooth Powder Should be Married Drake Betsy 3S has the stardust touch. She has s brighter teeth by scientific test, silky speaking voice that fits the Why not change to Calox youraelf? Buy Ctlox today . . . so your ear like a kiss fits the Ups. teeth can start looking brighter tomorrow! Before Prentice-Ha- ll agreed t publish Kay Snmmersby's book (oi Gen. Ike) they wrote him asking ii be objected. He replied be did not But Gen. Elsenhower didnt rear the book In galley form or betweei S3 covers and told the publishers hi McKewon A Robbins Ine, Bridgeport, Coon did not wish to. V k . j J 0 TO 07 WNU W POITDZEV 03--49 |