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Show LAYTON JOURNAL. LAYTON. UTAII, THURSDAY. MARCH 10. 1949 z North, South Fought Hard Over President Buchanan By BAUKHAGE Ntwt Analyst nd Commintdtor. WASHINGTON. Democratic harmony, so far as the Dixie-rr- at revolt Is concerned, remains an uncertain quantity. Demo crate, basically, are still Democrats, but there will always be certain fundamental differences between North and South which existed even before slavery and secession became issues. Beyond that, however, recent claihea with the Dixlecrats are largely only a levelling off process and probably nothing a sensible compromise cannot cure. People outside of Washington are often surprised that differences till arise between North and South over ancient mat ters which most of the country has The forgotten. country has also forgotten that it was here that the earliest outbreaks of sectional feeling took place. As as 1848, early there was a riot following an ''ung derground incident in which 78 household servants were spirited off to freedom. The Abo- litlonlst Weekly was stormed and, the capital suffered the biggest attack of Jitters it had had since the British burned the White House 34 years before. became Mrs. Harriett Lane Johnston, lived to an affluent old age and when she died, left the sum of $50,000 (which bought a lot more marble and bronze then than it would now) for the erection of a statue of her uncle. The donation of a site required the approval of congress. This donation was cheap, considering that, unlike similar tributes to the nations hero, all expenses were provided. Congress was willing enough, but not that stalwart yankee, Lodge, who lived perhaps nearer to the age of Buchanan to his own generation. He chose to dig up all the unsavory memories his scholarly brain could muster to block the donation of the site. Naturally hot southern blood grew hotter, and what some of Mr. Lodges opponents lacked in data, they more than Nina years later a band of made up in oratory. The motion was armed ruffians from Baltimore passed, but not until tempers had entered the city bent on helpbeen thoroughly ruffled. The site chosen for the statue was ing the "Know Nothing" candinot conspicuous. In fact. I had never dates In the local election. (We seen it until it was brought to my had local elections then.) The attention by a gentleman fully conmarines had to be called out: versant with the details of the dissix men were killed and twice pute and likewise familiar with as many wounded. every nook and cranny of the capiThe tide continued to rise and no tal city. I asked him to show me the President, from Tyler to Buchanan, statue. He said he knew where it could or would do anything about was. In Meridian Park. But Just lb It was an open secret that Bu- before we arrived at the scene, chanan's sympathies were largely he paused and said: "It ought to be south of the Mason-Dixoline. here." Historians agree that ho learned in It developed that he had never advance the decision in the famous seen It either. Dred Scott slavery case which was one of the last of the explosions It was there in an inconspicuous which started the Civil War. To- spot, a huge bronze statue, of good day supremo court secrets are kept workmanship, backed by a wide secret But Buchanan knew the exedra which is defined as "a seat court had ruled that Dred Scott was with a high back but this Would not a citizen under the meaning of seat several squads of infantry. the Consitution, and could not be It is a huge piece of stonework made a citizen; further that the flanked by two symbolic figures in Constlutlon affirmed a property classic style, one representing dipright in slaves, and such slave prop- lomacy, in which Buchanatf was erty was protected by the "due skilled (he had served well as minprocess of law clause. ister to Great Britain) and one representing the law in which, if Buchanan realised what the we may Judge by his breach of effect ef this decision would be, ethics in connection with the subut In hla Inauguration speech preme court decision,' he was not of piously advised the country to equal stature. Perhaps his niece accept the verdict, no matter was sensitive on this point for she what It was. specified the . inscription the only Later when southern sentiment words on the statue beside the dates grew in the capital, Buchanan did of his term and the single word try to organize a militia, but con- "Buchanan reads: It gress would have none of it The ' 'Hie Incomparable statesman regular army troops in the city whose walk was upon the moun-were known to be of doubtful tala ranges of the law." (Alloyalty. The militia, much larger on paper, could muster only ISO though It Isn't Indicated, It was Buchanan's own attorney-genermen. Meanwhile the southern who said that. group, the Militant Jackson Democratic association, was drilling 800 There is a certain ironic touch in men. the fact that Buchanans memory Finally the militia managed to get aad to be perpetuated In stone by a thousand men under arms. But family subsidy, for from 1820 to feeling ran high, and on Washing- 1830 he was one of the few' members tons birthday following the election of congress who pursued the futile of Abraham Lincoln by the elecattempt to get congress to approve toral college but before his inaug- a suitable memorial in the capitol uration, the militia paraded. to George Washington. Tyler, a Virginia, went Efforts in this direction either to Buchanan and protested the fact were circumvented or ignored until that they had been allowed to dis- 1831, the centenary of Washingtons play the Stars and Stripes, and Bu- birth. At that time, the public was chanan is said to have apologized. so aroused over the indifference of Most people have forgotten the congress that George Watterson. northern animosity toward Buchan- then librarian of congress, formed an, but it was to crop up again in an association which raised the my time when it was the subject money for the Washington monuof one of those asidulous debates ment which was eventually comfor which Sen. Cabot Lodge was pleted on the spot originally chosen notorious. Many Presidents are for a statue of Washington by Major memorialized in stone in Washing- LEnfant who drew the plans for the ton, but not all, and in Lodges city. time, Buchanan was one who was not The President said recently he Buchanan had been a bachelor didnt depend on opinion polls unand had taken his niece with him to der any circumstances. Well, if the White House as hostess to as- anybody has a reason for that atsist in the brilliant entertainments titude, it certainly would be Harry for which he was noted. She later Truman. slave-runnin- n . - nt al Nazis Had If Out of Mountain View, Calif., cams one of the most chilling, awesome post-wa- r tales of what might have been in World War H. It was about a "death spray" a spray so fatal that if a spot of it the size of a dims lay on a perEDITOR'S NOTE; When opinion are expressed ia these colomas, they are these ef son's skin, that person was doomed. Westera Newspaper Union's aews aaalysU and aot aecestarUy oi this newspaper.) THE SPRAY was described as Iround Town being potent enough to knock out The Broadway Lights: They say whole divisions of men in exposed Ford H is quietly backing lenry positions. teveral Broadway hits . . . A dime-size- d spot, unless wiped John C. Wilson was off quickly, would kill a man in two lamed in his mothers will for a minutes. It would penetrate ordi- roung mint . . . Martin Kingsley nary clothing and some types of! if the "Red Gloves cast was on gas masks. She Tommy Harmon team at MichAuthorities for these statements, igan . . , Jerry Colonna is in our it were U. S. army engineers who leverish midst with gray hair, his mustache remains raven destroyed 125,000 tons of the spray where it was stored in carefully Slack . . . "He A She," the Ken hidden caves In Bavaria. Englund revuslcal (with lyrics and Maj. James M. Graham of the thunes by Ogden Nash and Verengineer corps said the Germans son Duke), is being readied. Sono called the chemical tabun," a' Dsato and Lionel Stander will be combination of the scientists who In it Jose Ferrer will direct The invented it According to Major tost: $165,000. Graham, who had charge of the disposal of the. chemical, "tabun" George Wright the organist was a military secret until about at the Paramount financed his six months ago when some informamusical studies 6 years ago by tion concerning it leaked out to the American public. One thousand making salads In the kitchen at tons were spared from destruction the swank Colony. Now hes and shipped to the army proving Introducing a tune named for grounds at Aberdeen, Maryland. his former boss: Tbe Cavaliers THE MAJOR said the stuff is Rise Stevens Calypso" nearly odorless that a person has spurned "Tbe Little Foxes" to know exactly what he is smell-in- g musicalised version planned by before he can detect it with BIG BUSINESS HEARD ON T-- LAW , , . Charles E. Wilson (right) Cheryl Crawford . . . Broadway his nose. It has a faint fruity stage shows will Include some president of General Electric, testifies at senate labor bommlttee flavor and looks like crankcase on of the top names In Hwood With bill. bearing him, at left, is L. R. Boulware, oil. of General Electric, Their conclusions: The law is a now on tbe At Liberty lists. Then the Major said something "good law with wise safeguards In relations." That that would add no comfort to those labor thought otherwise Is shown by the placard Wilson holds. who fear a war with Russia. He The First Nights: The alslemen said that the scientists who de- Went West going to town for the LABOR LAW: veloped "tabun" were in Berlin fabulous Mae in an encore of her Fraternity Man Choosis Trouble, Trouble' when the Russians took over and Mind Over hit, "Diamond Lil Gastronomies In the field of liberal or, as some became to . probably was rejected . . "Blood Soviet subject Wedding Culture had won a minor would term It, even left wing control. while others rejoiced. Mr. some, by triumph. the GOPs Sen. Republicanism, Speculation was that it was not Atkinson called lt "rich in poetic At Ann Arbor, Mich., Paul H. Wayne Morse of Oregon was conused by the Germans because of aspiration and deserves to be apSmith, University of Michigan ceding nothing to no man. . . . Shakespeares a reluctance to engage in chemical preciated was to about have at it Junior, THE SENATOR was vocally and a big hello HI received warfare "Richard a for lack of knowledge with a hog for eating capacity vociferously hurt. The defense of who several of from drama what in deputies this field weapons honors. might y law by big busithe Whorf for Dick be the greeted Allies. warmly possessed by of the Idea, he Thinking better ness was giving the senator no rest putting the class in the classic. changed his mind. and he meant to let everyone know OLIVER TWIST: However, most critics were not as Reason, It appears, had raised about it affable as Dick Watts, who wrote: Is Issue Fagin Its awesome head. With little originality but much "A great, vibrant show . . . The Smith declared that, on second Intelligent Jews would draw little vigor, the senator was crying that next entry, called My Name Is consolation from the violent acts the attitude of many defenders of thought. It occurred to him that of has Lilli Palmer and Aquilon, the contest might be a "reflectheir fellow men in multi-tory law was a "Judas the Aumont executing Jean Pierre Berlin. tion" en himself and his fraterbetrayal of the capitalistic system." some feathery With on the world tenterhooks nity. IN A SUDDEN onslaught against but theyre shackled by the over the possibility of a third world men from high Fraternity of men who have business the many leaden Tbe flippancies scrivening. war and with the issue of Palestine above Cayugas waters to the a dimple here and wrinkle appeared before the committee in display not buckRose Bowl breathed afyet completely settled as it easier, defense of the measure, the senator fects the Jews, a mob of Berlin there . . . Tbe weeks windup, led anew to their academic tasks. declared their attitude is "shocking Death of a Salesman, Ignited Jews saw fit to demonstrate over . . . . . . selfish critical torchlight parade. but the overall decline was greater the showing of a British-mad- e film. than normal. THE FILM was "Oliver Twist, In contrast, he praised Senator SIGNIFICANT was a report of a story familiar to. almost every Memos oa a Theatre Program: Taft (R., Ohio) whose name the law Robert G. Goodwin, director of the schoolboy and, apobjecbears, for his bureau of employment security, parently, familiar to a great many Heres a strange twist: Tbe reviv- -' ala 'of .Carousel and "Diamond who said that the number of people Jews as well. tivity" in considering testimony Lil inspired more rejoicing among "shortcomings" of the act receiving jobless benefits increased The Berlin Morse declared he and Taft are by 62,000 to a total of 1,784,000 dur- couldnt stomachJews, lt seemed, reviewers than when they were the Dickens crea- first displayed . . . Incidentally, "much nearer together on the need ing the week ending February 12. tion, one of the major char- Mae West is the 10th star of the Fagin, for a law less drastic against labor" In the same week in 1948, there acters in the story. Fagin, depicted new season to romp away with a than they were in 1847 when the act were 1,030,000 such claims. as a Jew, is an unlovely character rousing personal triumph . . . was passed. Employment or its lack has al- who teaches children to steal for execs must have their brains MEANWHILE, sentiment was ways been a major factor of indi- him and accords them brutal treat- in their hip pockets. They signed growing among congressional ob- cation in an evaluation of the na- ment Robeson for Paul servers that with every day of delay tions economic condition because The charge that the film was next season. Apparently theyre of the refact in that simple on legislative consideration of past was hurled by the into the red in more ways law repeal, there increased cessions general unemployment has Jewish demonstrators. Their demon- going than one. . . the probability of labors failing to always preceded periods of national stration was effective. It resulted get as many of the law provisions depression. in temporary withdrawal of the film. outlawed as they might hope to do. One Variety article blamed German police hospitalized some of RUSSIANS: A major battle was shaping up on the rioters, but said they could not "misinformed" columnists for continue to protect the theatre. the proposal, with many legislators Big War Talk spreading talk about a HollyRussians must keep prepared THE ENTIRE AFFAIR provided evidencing a dawning conviction wood depresh. Another (on the that perhaps it would not be wise to for war. a disturbing spectacle. Berlin, supsame page) contained this: That was the message of Soviet law in its crap the to be the proving ground of posed "Television may be the savior entirety and replace it with some Marshal Nikolai A. Bulganin. Sov- the ability of nations to work toof film the Industry, leading It iet minister of armed forces, in a version of the Wagner actl gether, has become, instead, the out of Its current financial difstatement in an order of the day malodorous corpse of that concepficulties" , JOBLESS: marking the 31st anniversary of tion. the Red army. 3 Million Out The Marshal named the possible At present count the number of s By the way, aiding needy the United States. enemy jobless in the United States stood has Motion burdened the Bulganin added that the ruling at three million. Picture Relief Fund with a 329G circles of the United States which exto the However, according deficit. In short: Things are so seek to establish their world domiperts, there was no cause for im- nation by force the relief fund needs relief. rugged pursue a policy of Commissioner mediate concern. of and a new aggression unleashing Ewan Hague of the federal bureau war. of labor said the time to become The Cinemagicians: "He Walked The strong, even alarmed would be when the un- for the language was by Night gives the attention a fast Russians. Was it the beginworkout with a taut and tingly employed total reached five mil- ning of a campaign by the Soviets lion and stayed there. g thriller. Richard Baseharts to prepare the mass Russian mind Would it reach five millionT . . . in the ice wraps spine for conflict? "John Loves Mary clowns around THAT WAS A POINT on which It could be. Bulganin played on some romantic problems. It's with the experts disagreed. fears and prejudices which might when Jack' Carson is around Those who were loudest in point- well funny lay the groundwork for calling to make the whacky goings-oing to the possibility of a depres- the Soviet people into war. Intimawhackier . . Tarzans Magic sion pointed out that in just three ting the possibility of attack, he Mountain has a new set of musmonths the jobless total had jumped assured the Russians that the e cles named Lex Barker on the from 1.8 million to the present "Soviet may rest assured people cusin the network three million. That was a rate of our army, air force garbed and navy will acceleration which, they claimed, tomary 35 cents worth of clothes stand guard over their vigilantly . . . "Kidnapped spins R. L. Stevshould cause everyone to be socialist homeland." enson in his mausoleum with a alarmed. THE UNITED STATES was the feeble version of his classic . . . Time was an element. Com- only western power singled out by "Strike It Rich is lusty stuff in missioner Hague contended. Walt, the marshal in his order of the day. And, people are funny, In many the oil fields with decorative Bonhe said, until the March and April But there was a naive element of the things they do. This ita Granville dropping in for the begins to revive the construction of braggadocio in all the anniverwoman, Charlotte Klersteln, 23, episodes . . . "Tbe Countbusiness and Easter trade and then sary statements. It seemed Lt. on probation for a check swindle sighing ess of Monte Cristo has Sonja "well be able to tell better Just Gen. S. S. Shatilov, deputy chief verdict, couldnt keep a Job. SusHenies graceful gyrations giving where were going." director of the political board of picions employers fired her 14 you a better whirl than the inept The federal official noted there the armed services, was trying to times. Then, jailed at her own re"A Place ol was a drop of 1.75 million workers "whistle past the graveyard when quest, her story hit the papers Own Ones is a British spook story in jobs between he stated that in its early days the and now shes been deluged with haunted of a dead the by ghost and Soviet army had "routed the hordes jobs. Her past will make uo dif. . "Blazing Across the script Part of this was seasonal, he said, of 14 powers. ference. Pecos isnt fit for cowboy oj GETTING HOT IN FLORIDA horse. Dig Business Flayed in T-- II Row; Unemployment Increases in U.S.; Soviets to Keep Prepared for I'ar Secretive The large and popular quail family is represented in America by five distinct genera. This bird is very secretive to all his ways and is found in the mountains and desert as well as amohg the southern and western grasslands. al-e- ... 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The bookies "went underground and it was reported that a telegraphic news service supplying results of horse breezes in Florida. It was hot enough but at this writing there had been nothing to call off the heat imposed by Gov. Fuller Warrens races had suspended. edict against bookies. "Bookies to Most reports emanating from the the initiate are those who take race horse bets off the tracks, usually in state were to the effect that bookies rear rooms of public establishments were out of work except for a few in more sumptuous instances in trying to do a small business by runners and telephones. The out their own ei tabllshments. look didn't appear too rrsy It appeared the governo Whom To Tell? Government officials were' being trank, but futile. They said they hadnt figured out how to tell Americans ways in which to protect themselves from without letting the whole world in on the "know how." 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