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Show THE LEW SUN. LEHI. UTAH "World Varieties" Smash Hit in 1 947 Atom, U. N., Flying Disks, 'Hamlet' Fill Passing Year By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. FLORIDA, 1947-1948. The last pink blush of the setting sun has faded from the Indian river. The palm fronds are i quiet and only the plaintive peep of the last wakeful bird can 1 be heard over the whisper of the waters. A year has begun, but only the baby owlets realize that something is 'different. Life has begun for their generation as It begins each winter almost precisely at this day and hour. I'm lnnlrino thrnnph mv diarV. New Year's Day Little news, but down the street the church bells ring and for some reason I go to the bookcase and pick up "Pilgrim's Progress." Weave a long quotation iinto my broadcast and very glad I did so many people liked It. Back ,through heavy snow to dinner. January 6 Here is a red card with the seal of the United States it: "House of Baukhage on Representatives, admit bearer to Radio Gallery." A new. Republican Republi-can - dominated congress, the first in 14 years. The new "ins" riding high. The "o u t s" pretty gloomy. The Gallup Gal-lup poll showed Truman at his low point. (The crowd to hear the President's message mes-sage is no bigger than the one which jammed the senate sen-ate to see Senator Bilbo barred.) Cowboy Glen Taylor of Idaho, however, how-ever, stole the Republican show. A difficult broadcast. It looks strange, indeed, to see Joe Martin and Senator Sena-tor Vandenberg sitting there presiding presid-ing with Truman below them at the speaker's desk. January 7 Had a birthday but didn't record anything. It couldn't have been important. January 16 Press conference at the Polish embassy. (What a change since I broadcast from the drawing room in the days when Hitler began be-gan to show his claws.) Now the Soviets have what Hitler took. Nobody No-body believed a word of what the charge d'affaire said as he Insisted on the purity of the government's pre-election activities. Invited to tea for Otto (Hapsburg) of Austria. Couldn't make it. (How are the mighty fallen.) January 30 Broadcast from Roosevelt's bedroom at Hyde Park. Just as he left it. Bedroom slippers, dressing gown, the last magazines that he looked at before he left for Warm Springs, Fala's dog biscuit January 31 Broadcast from oughkeepsie. It's centenary of Smith Brothers' cough drops all the employees wearing beards. February 7 Palestine is boiling. February IS Took Elizabeth (godchild) through White House. February 19 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Palmer (pastor of my parents' par-ents' church. First Presbyterian of Lockport, N. Y.) called. February 20 Heaviest snowfall of year begins. Attlee announces India to be freed. February 27 Baby senators' dinner. din-ner. Commentators as "pitchers" grill freshmen senators "up to bat" at Press club. I had Flanders of Vermont, McCarthy' of Wisconsin and Robertson of Virginia. March 12 Broadcast from house radio gallery again. President's message on aid for Greece and Turkey. Tur-key. Announces "Truman doctrine." Presidential party departs in Sacred Cow. Nat (Nathaniel Peffer, professor profes-sor of foreign affairs, Columbia university) uni-versity) addresses forum: "Get out of China Chiang is a crook." Late in March A southern Journey. Jour-ney. Daytona Beach, Pensacola. filled with vague memories of my grandmother's stories of her pre-Civil pre-Civil war days here. Lunch aboard the carrier Salpan. Birmingham, Anniston southern hospitality and sympathetic audiences. April 9 Back in Washington. Saw Maurice Evans in "Hamlet" Very modern. Gravediggers' scene omitted, Ophelia finds her flowers pressed in a book. However, I liked it April 28 Farmers don't hate daylight saTlngs time any more than I do. Washington on regular time, we get up an hour earlier. As hard for me as it is for a cow to change habits. April 29 Poor Richard club of Philadelphia gives ro their "citation "cita-tion of merit" Had a very Jolly luncheon. Wally sits next to me (Wallgren. cartoonist of the Stars and Stripes). Later the United Businessmen's Busi-nessmen's association gave me a public service shield. May Day Mexico's President Aleman addresses joint session of congress. Later we meet him for cocktails and an interview at the decorous Blair house, state department's depart-ment's guest residence for VIPs. Terrific crowd, heat, the poor President Presi-dent nearly pushed into the garden. "Viva Mexico, viva Estado Unidosl" Hay 16 Called on Dr. Loudon, Netherlands ambassador. He tells me he is leaving. It's not often you establish pleasant friendships with officials whom ycu may know very well professionally and socially. Dr. Loudon was an exception. Hate to ee him go. May 20 Boys back from foreign ministers' conference in Moscow. Baltimore Sun's Paul Ward and Washington Post's Ferdinand Kuhn addressed the overseas writers off-the-record. What they said confirmed con-firmed other off-the-record conferences confer-ences with high officials. Not much hope for Russian-American amity. Couldn't Get Maple Sugar May 21 Hear violent argument "Vermont maple sugar is better than Ohio maple sugar. . . ." Affirmative: Affirm-ative: Presidential Secretary William Wil-liam Hassett of Vermont. Negative: Dr. Louis Tuckerman, bureau of standards, nuclear physicist of Ohio. Later broadcast my willingness willing-ness to judge if given samples. June 5 Secretary of State Marshall, Mar-shall, at Harvard, outlines ideas on European recovery. June 11 Dinner and forum. Dr. Chisholm, Canadian minister of health, gave a splendid talk. He believes be-lieves it will take a lot of education educa-tion to change human beings from "the kind of people who go to war every 25 years." Still no samples. July 8 The air is full of flying saucers. So are the airwaves and the newspapers. Typical mass illusion. il-lusion. July 25 Off for a week in New York state and Vermont. Showed my wife scenes of my hiking days. Climbed Mount Mansfield again (on a ski lift). (Maple syrup, $10 a gallon.) gal-lon.) , August 2 Back to tropical Washington. Wash-ington. Re-stocked office aquarium with guppies, black mollies, zebras, angel-fish and jumbo snails. August 11 Preview of film "The Roosevelt Story." Good historical documentary, but commentary quite out of tune, for those wta lived through most of it. August 19 Tragedy angel-fish succumbs and is eaten almost alive by the predatory, if sanitary, snails. ' August 20 Bill Benton, director of state department's "Voice of America" program, calls us in for criticism. He has a rather impressive impres-sive factual report on its effectiveness. effective-ness. September 16 Back In the ABC broadcasting booth at the United Nations in Flushing, N. Y., to watch the general assembly re-convene. Too busy to make any diary entries from now on. September 27 Returning to Washington. Progress at the assembly assem-bly seems to be caught in the "njets." but there is a will to peace there which will hold the organization organiza-tion together to the last ditch. October 14 Interview with Stas-sen. Stas-sen. In huddle with state department's second-level experts. Marshall plan by no means ready. Paid for my own lunch. October 28 Folks in Upper Darby, Pa., seem less Interested In the '48 presidential campaign than in the international situation. November 10 Folks in Oak Park, 111., seem more interested in the '48 presidential campaign than in the international situation. November 16 MC'd "Decade of Destiny" program on Richmond News Leader's WRNL station for their 10th anniversary. Smithfleld ham and more Virginia hospitality. November 17 Extra session of congress opens. President's European Euro-pean aid and domestic anti-inflation message received with polite but restrained re-strained enthusiasm by the majority major-ity party. Delivered a learned discourse: "Journalism: Its Cause and Cure." December 7 Television interview inter-view with Senator Flanders of Vermont Ver-mont and Senator Lucas of Illinois on inflation. We didn't do much to bring down prices, but our temperatures tempera-tures rose slightly under the kUegs. December 12 Off to Florida. H.;jil.;-;iiu!ii"Wiu'"'Uujjuiu) ojjjjC'".'jliiiy i J m I I n iiii nut lujiiui ij 111 1 -I "' '"l"fJJ"OT" ' j ,; - - ' ' v X "i " W!- fi I i - t- BOTTLE BABIES . . . Porkey and Jacob Werner of Baltimore, Md.f must drink 17 gallons of wafer a day between them in order to go on living. They are victims of a rare kidney ailment that brings about body dehydration. Seventeen gallons of water weighs about 142 pounds; combined weight of the children is 54 pounds. NEWS REVIEW Panama Bases Denied; List Grain Speculators Unanimous rejection by Pan-' ama's national assembly of a treaty which would have given the U. S. the right to lease and man 14 military mili-tary and airfield sites to defend the Panama canal not only precipitated a diplomatic disaster but also left this nation in the position of a fighter without a left hand to guard his jaw. The action, strongly opposed by Panama's President Jiminez, left the U. S. with just one alternative to pull out since commitments had been given that no American troops would remain in Panamanian territory terri-tory without sanction of an authorized author-ized treaty. , Military officials later announced that the withdrawal of some 2.000 U. S. soldiers from the 14 bases surrounding sur-rounding the canal would be begun immediately. That meant, probably, that the troops would be pulled into the canal zone proper, which the U. S. leases from Panama. This was, by all odds, the most crucial issue to arise in U. S.-Pan-ama relations since this country purchased the canal from France in 1904. And it was aggravated by the fact that the Inability to man defense de-fense bases around the canal left this most vital point In American military security dangerously exposed. ex-posed. Rep. Albert Engel (Rep., Mich.), chairman of the house appropriations appropria-tions subcommittee on defense, stated his belief that the national assembly's 51 to 0 vote against the treaty was influenced at least in part by the Communist movement in Panama; and he suggested that the U. S. build a new Atlantic-Pacific canal outside Panama if that nation continued to refuse use of bases. There did not appear to be much chance of further negotiations, however; how-ever; the assembly's rejection of the pact probably closed the door on that course. Some officials were speculating on whether the problem might not wind up in the lap of the United Nations for solution. SERIAL: Grain Opera Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, at the behest of the senate sen-ate appropriations committee investigating in-vestigating commodity speculation on the part of government officials, came through with the first installment install-ment of the "names" he had promised prom-ised to name. There were 711 of them big traders in grain and other commodities. commodi-ties. But except tor the name of the man who precipitated the investigation, inves-tigation, Edwin W. Pauley, presidential presiden-tial advisor and special assistant A' HsaWi i i j ji ""''TV-ftulliil J. ANDERSON'S LIST to Army Secretary Kenneth Royall, there were no spectacular disclosures disclo-sures on the list While there is no law against speculation, spec-ulation, the current Investigations ordered by congress stem from re ports that government officials have profited from "inside" information on government commodity buying plans. Anderson's 711-name list was the first installment in a series which the agriculture secretary will forward for-ward to the senate appropriations committee, simultaneously making each list public. An estimated 14,000 names are available for such listing. list-ing. Meanwhile the senate appropriations appropri-ations committee, as well as a house committee, were ready to start sifting sift-ing the rolls for possible irregularities irregulari-ties and especially for leaks of inside in-side information. WARNING: On Prices ' The 'President's council of economic eco-nomic advisers, an astute group that sometimes functions as Mr. Truman's conscience, has warned that the U. S. must return to "real price competition" if the present boom period is not to collapse into a shapeless economic mess. In its annual report the council sharply criticized "monopolistic practices" and declared also that: "Many industrial prices must come down at least in relation to other prices and many rates of profit must subside while reasonable profitability is established in other areas." The report surmised that the pres ent era of prosperity was "abnor mal" because of such factors as heavy exports, short crops and great military expenditures. To remedy the situation the council offered of-fered these recommendations: Elimination of deliberate cur tailment of output as practiced by some labor organizations. 2 Discontinuance of the practice of big business of hampering the development of new, small busi nesses. $ 3 Development ol natural re- sources and increase in the in dustrial facilities of the nation. 1. Search for Researchers One of the adverse factors devel oping to hamper the nation's postwar post-war program of scientific progress is a critical scarcity of scientists in certain branches ol military re search, government officials have revealed. They discount, however, state' ments that an aversion on the part of scientists to working on death- dealing weapons is the primary cause of the shortage. Economic factors and a scholar's normal desire for complete freedom In study, rather than any anti-mili tary philosophy, keep many of them away from government work, offi cials of the military and the atomic energy commission observed. Greatest shortage is in certain key personnel, it was disclosed. The need was stressed for scientist-ad ministrators who are capable of organizing or-ganizing and directing large re search projects of the type the gov ernment is sponsoring. Long-range planning is being directed at cor recting the situation. WHAT CAR DO YOU LIKE? '43 Auto Is Child of Evolution That sleek, snake-hipped automotive automo-tive beauty that you probably are on a waiting list for is a shiny example ex-ample of the "survival of the fittest" fit-test" principle operating in the industrial in-dustrial world. It is the evolutionary descendant of 2,200 different makes , of cars which have appeared on the market in this country alone during the 55 years since the first gasoline-powered automobile drilled down the pike. Of those 2,200 different manufacturers manufac-turers who introduced their products prod-ucts into the American scene, only 21 today continue in actual production produc-tion of passenger cars in the U. S. Nevertheless, this year's models owe much to these enterprising manufacturers who failed to sur vive. Many of them, in the true evolutionary spirit, added something some-thing new that was incorporated into the cars we drive today. High on the list of major engineering engineer-ing contributions by companies no longer in production, according to the Automobile Manufacturers association's asso-ciation's data, is the steering column col-umn control introduced by Pierce in 1904. Brush brought out a car in 1907 with coil springs, and in 1909 Hup-mobile Hup-mobile caught automotive engineers engi-neers by surprise with its single unit power plant engine, clutch and transmission. The center gear shift control by King in 1910 caused a sensation unequalled un-equalled in the motoring public's eye until Pierce-Arrow put headlights head-lights in the fenders in 1914. And the Dusenberg's four-wheel hydrau lic brakes of 1920 were little short of revolutionary. When Eddie Rickenbacker brought out the Rickenbacker car in 1922 he added the aircleaner to automotive automo-tive equipment The Franklin con tributed the covered running board to the automobilist with the "Pirate Phaeton" in 19T3. Although all of these companies have disappeared from the field, the engineering discoveries they spon sored live on after them, and some of the refinements offered today are based unon Improvements which were displayed in bold type in cata logues published around the turn of the century. WF.tTliUOOK PEGLER Si The People Hold the Power THE Hollywood Communists and those igoos ignc, 1 ramusewho went into that seMrt 6tox etf behatf cannot be biamea xor "r? "thgcongres- a committee of congress to rebuke contempt for we congic sional authority. h-hit for so long to ridicule It has been 'JSSSi committee congress that actually me memo U"'",""ri-M. and DOwers. But on un-American activities were not sure of ftelr ngl t. tn d pow ers B they are sure now. Their lawyers looKea w safe ground. n,imiled D0Wer. The people or the uniiea svaies rc..j - . Some essayists think the Constitution limits the powers of he peopl. but they are wrong. The people limit the powers ,1 the Constitution. They made it. They can widen or warp it, as they please. 4; m a law nroviding punish- At present we aeny ourseives me iukvm-. - , - -ment. even up to the death pen.lt for membership ,ta , tta C,s party or collaboration with communists Dy nuu-vuimnu destruction of our government by force. There is a superstition that because thus far we have passed no sucn law, we can't That is just a superstition. Congress could fix it up tomorrow. 11. I. PHILLIPS A Matter of Viewpoint 'Other countries suffered. It was auite different in the case of the United States which is not subjected to occupation and, what is more, enriched itself during the war." Molotov. All those G.I.s who suffered, bled and died to draw Hitler from the Russian Bear's throat were just trying to get into the millionaire class, of course. WINTER DOMESTICITY The fireplace test Of a marriage nice: She carries the logs, He gives advice. WALTER SHEAD An aimlane has made the trip from Newark airport to Miami in 2 hours and 56 minutes. You can soon fly up from Miami, have your racing program marked and get back in time for the next race. CAN YOU REMEMBER When saloons gave away bard-boiled When tenants played pinochle with the landlords? When soapcakes cost less than strawberry straw-berry shortcakes? The situation in Europe is that we have got to give until it hurts because be-cause it will hurt more if we do not Voluntary Control Fails HERE'S how voluntary agreements on controls work with the patriotic industrialists and business men of the nation. The citizens food committee com-mittee along with the secretary of agriculture worked out a voluntary plan with distillers to save about four million bushels of grain a month by the simple expedient of not distilling whiskey. Most all whiskey distillers agreed. But one manufacturer of neutral spirits was not covered in the agreement So what happened? Whiskey distillers use neutral spirits in blending their whiskies, so this manufacturer of neutral spirits quadrupled his production, doubled his price of neutral spirits and used eight million bushels of grain a month during the entire period of the agreement. Hence the government lost about four million bushels of grain a month instead of saving it, distillers were forced to pay double the price for neutral spirits and this fellow reaped a harvest at the expense of those who agreed with the government to do the patriotic thing and save grain for starving people in Europe. When consumer credit controls went off November 1, mall order houses attempted to make a voluntary agreement among themselves to limit credit. All agreed but one. Result all of them now are competing with one another in offering the lowest credit terms. WALTER WINCHELL Off the Washington Ticker Insiders tell yon another reason the White House can't handle the increasing threat of inflation is that Mr. Truman's right-handers "keep everybody away from him." Which, they add, is why the President doesn't know "what's going on!" Has Barney Baruch ever been "sent for"??? Figure this out yourself: Under Un-der unification the army and AAF will have separate adjutant generals' .offices. Previously they had one "unified" A.G.O. between 'em. The American Labor party, some gazettes think, will split its right and left wings for the '48 campaign. This outfit swings New York state elections. Insiders tell you that the ALP will not split, but will stick to- DREW PEARSON gether to beat Mr. Truman. They want "a more liberal Democrat." . . . The one person John Edgar Hoover would like to meet and know is his favorite comedian, James Durante. Dur-ante. Newspapers should read page 244 of an opinion by Judge W. Leacb, presiding pre-siding justice of the court of common pleas of Lackawanna county, Scranton, Pa. It is the first instance of a court taking judicial notice of the fact "that the Soviet power is an enemy of the U. S. and those who adhere to it give f,cd conort t0 nmy of the A huge chunk of the St Louis Cardinals' purchase coin allegedly was minted in the grain market too. . . . sec'y of State Marshall tells intimates that if Eisenhower runs for the presidency, he will "take the stump against him." Uncle Sam as a Banker XjOVIE magnates and publishing houses have hatched a new plan which iVl may make Uncle Sam even more of a banker than he is today At present Europeans buy foreign-language edition nf producers and the magazine publishers P3y tte movie tagila SdwTe-- - JttS IhrJETS'S -ale, to keep from foreign sale, fren Jbroai with revenue theSTS that employe, of tlon. accumulating to the coTSbSL? 'rclgn na' return, the U. S. treasury would p off ft. m Pes. In U. S. dollars. 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