Millard County Chronicle | 1948-06-24 | Page 10

. MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman's 'Flon-FoIific- aP Tour Breaks Precedents, Hits Snags; Senate Fights to itecover Aid Slash By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are cxpresied in these column, they ar thoie of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) MINE TALKS: More Snags As usual John L. Lewis was min-ing the channels of possible agree-ment In the latest series of con-tract discussions between him and representatives of the soft coal mine operators. The explosive the UMW chief planted this time was a demand that the operators first guarantee wel-fare aid for distressed miners be-fore they can expect his union to sign a new contract. Thus, the "Lewis situation" in the United States was being brought to the fore again. Already the possessor of enough government injunctions to paper the den of his Springfield, 111., home, Lewis received another one before he would consent to bargain with the operators on a new 1948-4- con-tract. (The old contract expires June 30.) U. S. District Judge T. Alan Goldsborough issued the latest in-junction ordering Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers association. The mine chief pre-viously had refused to bargain with the association because the 14 mem-- $ i f i r .w r ODDS ON SECURITY . . . Seeking to end what he termed a "des-perate gamble" with the nation's security. Sen. Chan Gurney (Rep., S. D.) (left) opened senate debate on the measure to draft youths aged 19 through 25. Chairman of the senate armed services committee, Gurney here Is discussing the draft bill with Senators Leverett (Rep., Mass.) and Richard B. Russell (Dem., Ga.). ber groups were being represented at the contract talks by just one man. However, Lewis bowed to the in-junction and agreed to talk. In the course of this talk one of the first things he did was .to call the mine operators "fat cats" and then wave an arrogant club at them with these words: "We assume that you would de-plore any Impairment of your ab-normal income after July 1. Such an assumption would seem to be a logical predicate for the making of a new wage agreement before that date." Briefly, it looked as though Lewis was determined to strike again. De-prived of one snag, he immediately grasped another. As a result the first round of contract talks was fruitless. out over a period of 15 months. The administration had asked as the minimum fund needed for a period. Secretary of State George Mar-shall, fighting hard against the cut, had asserted that the smaller ap-propriation would mean putting Eu-rope on a relief dole, rather than helping it to its feet. But Rep. John Taber (Rep., N. tf.), chairman of the house appropria-tions committee, went right ahead and swung the ax. He said the funds his committee rjroDosed were NON-POLITICA-Truman's Tour President Truman's swing through the West could be described as only in the sense that Mr. Truman, as a candidate for Democratic had jettisoned many of the rules of standard party poli-tics. It was a lone wolf fight he was waging going over the heads of party leaders to talk directly to the people. And most of what he had to say to the people concerned the Republican congress and what he termed its inaction. In Chicago, speaking before the Swedish Pioneer Centennial asso-ciation, he hammered out a plat-form upon which he can be expect-ed to base his chances for It was a platform for "more and better democracy." From Chicago the President, with his entourage, headed for the heart of the farm belt, Omaha, Neb., and it was there that he was set sharp-ly back on his heels. He continued his lambasting of the Republican congress this time concentrating on GOP farm policies in a speech at the coliseum in Omaha. Fantastically, in the coliseum which has a ca-pacity of 10,000, fewer than 2,000 persons were present to hear Mr. Truman talk. This phenomenon was variously Interpreted. Some said the Presi-dent's box office appeal had wilted. Others claimed the Nebraska Demo-cratic machine had done a miser-ably inadequate job in promoting his appearance. Probably closer to the truth was the plain fact that the label of the presidential trip had backfired seriously. He made a political speech and had expected to get a crowd of friendly Demo-crats to fill the hall for the occa-sion. But the White House previously had told the Democratic organiza-tion in Omaha to lay off the po-litical hoop-la- , and the organization acted in compliance with those in-structions. Payoff came when no-body else showed up to fill the ach-ing void which the Democrats cre-ated by staying away. It was an unpleasant blow for the campaigning Mr. Truman and one that might produce grave po-litical repercussions. But the President was resilient. And in a more or less happy frame of mind he left Omaha on hi, train and rode away Into the setting sun in search of happier hunting ground,. all that could be spent with any degree of prudence. Paul G. Hoffman, head of the Eu-ropean recovery program, said he "certainly hoped" congress would restore the cuts. ERP was hardest hit in the fund cut. Whereas congress previously had authorized up to 4.245 billion dollars in 12 months for that recovery project, the appro-priations bill as passed by the house knocked that figure down to 4 bil-lion dollars for 15 months. Other reductions: Assistance to Greece and Turkey was cut from 275 million to 200 million dollars and aid to China cut from 463 million to 400 million. DRAFT: Debatable In the waning days before ad-journment of congress the senate had buckled down to the task of producing action on a limited re-vival of the military draft. The house was waiting only for the senate to dispose of the ques-tion before its members waded into the tricky currents of a similar measure. Legislators in both houses were treading gingerly about on the issue, throbbing with the knowledge that this 1, an election year and further-more there are any number of American parents ready to offer material objections at the ballot box if their boys are called up for mili-tary service. In the face of all this the senate, nevertheless, was trying to do some kind of a job. Its measure pro-vided for the drafting of men 19 through 25 in sufficient numbers to bring the armed services up to their authorized strength. The bill would permit to volunteer for a year's training, thua disposing of a universal military training act for the present Among the side issues that arose during the senate debate wa, the old bugaboo of civil right,. After an abortive two-hou- r filibuster by southern Democrats, the senate voted 37 to 35 to outlaw the poll tax as a requirement for voting In federal elections so far as member, of the armed force, are concerned. Actually, It was a minor Issue, In-asmuch a, most of the seven southern .poll tax states still have In effect wartime suspensions of the tax for members of the armed services. Under the senate measure the draft would be authorized for five years, but the program i, left flexi-ble enough so congress each year could raise or lower both the regu-lar and reserve forces to meet shifting world conditions. Drafted men, after completing two years of service, would have to serve in the reserve for five years or, as a matter of choice, volunteer for an additional year in the regular services or two years in the national guard. LATEST: In Bombers Army air force is developing an-other new long range jet bomber which will use propellors driven by jet turbines. It Is called the XB-5- The experimental plane repre-sents another effort by designers to overcome the high fuel consump-tion and resulting limited range of jet bombers but still retain the jet's high speed. n propellor, miy provide a partial - iswer. GERMANY: New Plan Pivotal point of a healthy and prosperous Europe, Germany long has been under scrutiny by the Al-lied powers who have been search-ing for a way to return it to the world family of nations without starting another squabble. Zonal partition of Germany per-haps has been the biggest hind-rance to the formulation of such a plan, and Russia consistently has objected to an auton-omous German government. Now, however, a new plan was afoot. The U. S. and five other friendly powers Britain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands revealed a ,cheme for in western Ger-many. At the same time notice wa, served on Russia that occupation troops will remain there "until the peace of Europe Is secured." The plan call, for international control of the Ruhr and for step, toward convening a German con-stituent assembly in the three west-ern zone, "to prepare a constitu-tion for approval of the participat-ing state,." That wa, the skeleton of a pro-gram which might put Germany back on its feet. Reaction in the U. S. was favor-able. The state department hailed it as a major step toward recovery In Europe, and it also was regard-ed as a body blow to Russia in the cold war. But. although the plan asserted with some vehemence that "Ger-many must not again be permitted to become an aggressive power," there was some worry as to whether France would approve it. Does the decision to go ahead with the political rehabilitation of western Germany to the exclusion of Russia's eastern zone mean that the defeated nation Is finally and irrevocably split? U. S. officials don't think so. The theory is that although it was Rus-sia Itself which forced the western power, to act without Russia, the new program does not preclude the participation of the rest of Germany in the new federation if and when the people of the Sov-iet gone want in. AID SLASH: 'Less Recovery' ? Sen. Arthur Vandenberg was fighting mad at what the house of representatives had done to hi, po-litical baby, the world recovery pro-gram, by slashing nearly a million dollars from the appropriation, for the Europe-Asi- a aid bilL On the Republican foreign policy leader from Michigan rested the ad-ministration's hope of reclaiming the appropriations cut in senate ac-tion on the measure. Certainly, Vandenberg has a more than usual affinity for global aid program since it was he who labored to steer the Marshall plan to congressional approval last April. What the house-ha- done was to approve a total foreign aid expen-diture of $5,980,710,228 to be spread A drunk staggered horn made his way v, fc through the house, winT- : stall shower of Cffi VI he groped about, he tuT water, deluging hlmseH " making a racket which Z ' Little Woman to I Taking In the detail, Wm aU kind, of name,' 16 with a none too 0atteO of hi, past, present andV' fH "Thaf, right, honey" , ' the shuddering got 'Tm k at!e you said and wor,e But Part in, won't you?-- if, rainin, " sn thing awful out here." hold Reciprocal Trade Is Vital To Well-Bein- g of the World By BAUKHAGE fYetc, Analyst and Commentator WASHINGTON. Despite the spirited battle over exten-sion of the reciprocal trade agreement authority, nothing which even its best friends could hope to do about it would be defini-tive, for everyone knew from the start that final action must be postponed until next year. Reciprocal trade agreements have been a definite part of our foreign trade policy for 14 years. If they were of any value in the past, they are of even more value now. But with an election a little more than four months off and congress trying to break a log jam of legislation, lengthy debate on the subject was Impossible. Putting it backwards, the recip-rocal trade agreement policy is this: If a country is prevented by a high tariff wall from selling to us, it can't get the dollars to buy from us. Or, if the country has borrowed money from us, it can't get the dollars to pay us back. That's what d after World War I, and the break-down in foreign trade was one of the great factors "restrictions on or crippling of the trade agreements program would have very undesirable repercus-sions. Discontinuance or impair-ment would destroy consistency in United States policy and would undermine world confidence." Former Republican presidential candidate Alfred E. Landon came out in favor of the three-yea- r ex-tension of the trade agreements act as urged by the administration. He said that failure to extend the act would be contrary to the Republican policy plank of 1944. Frequent public opinion polls have shown that the majority of the people favor trade treaties. In fact, persons who know what trade treaties are vote better than eight to one to retain them. I'm no economic expert, but all I have ever read or heard about the old high protective tariff de-bates, the experience under the Smoot-Hawle- bill, the post-Worl- d War I debt repudiation and depres-sion would seem to indicate that the high tariff idea should and would be dead as a dodo. If not, it means we spin the wheel backward to the grand old day, of high tariffs which killed foreign trade, made it Impossible for for-eign countries to sell u, goods and spend their money here, or to pay back the money they owed us simply to protect certain private interests. This Convention Is Different As the Republicans swing into ac-tion with tlie greatest hope they have had for electing a president since the fifth birthday of this' year's first voters, there are a num-ber of striking contrasts to be noted between this convention in Phila-delphia and former GOP conclaves. One big contrast is In the size of the audience which actually will behold the speakers as they step forward onto the rostrum. In 1940, some 10,000 people not actually in the hall witnessed the convention. in bringing on depression. But that isn't the only thing that tariff walls do. They tend to force isolationism, extreme nationalism on a country and behind the tariff walls, as of State Cor-de- ll Hull used to say so often, grow the roots of war. Secretary of State Marshall stated that the Gearhart bill would destroy the substance of the reciprocal trade theory, a theory which Is not only the cor-nerstone of our general foreign trade policy, but the principle which we have Insisted must be followed by nations participating In the European recovery pro-gram. The secretary said that "only the shadow of the original act would be preserved In the substitute bill pro-posed by Representative Gearhart, while its substance would be de-stroyed." And he added: "I think our national interests would be bet- - ter preserved to permit the trade agreements act to expire than to permit H.R. 6556 to be enacted." He pointed out that any serious weakening of the trade agreements act at this critical period in world affair, would "almost certainly be regarded by other countries not only a, a surrender of our leader-ship In the International economic field, but as a repudiation of much that ha, been accomplished under Two television cameras mir-rored the scenes to a fairly select audience, some of it composed of persons fortunate enough to share the hospitality of the Railroad club In the same 'building as the hall. There one could escape the sound and fury, the glare of the lights, the heat and aridity, and could snack and sip In a comfor-table chair. This year in Philadelphia, the estimated television audience will be counted in the millions, for net-works will carry the scene to view-er, from Massachusetts to Cali-fornia. Instead of two lonely cam-eras, there will be the pooled equip-ment and programming of the va-rious nets. But there is a greater contrast in the Republican political situa-tion than in the delegates' physi-cal surroundings between today and 1940. No one who witnessed the Willkie stampede can forget. It was just about as unorthodox a procedure as history records, for the candidate wa, chosen, not in the hall, nor in a smoke-fille- d room either, but out in the sticks. If this 1, to be a "wireless" convention, the 1940 af- - our leadership In that field." Presumably he meant this: When we agreed to the European recovery plan (E.C.A.), one of the things we emphasized, demanded In fact, was that the countries re-ceiving our aid would have to break down tariff barriers against each other and the rest of the world. We knew there couldn't be economic recovery If there was not a free flow of world trade. Even before the E.C.A. was ever thought of since 1934, as a matter of fact by vigorously pursuing the reciprocal idea, by concluding re-ciprocal trade treaties with so many countries (we have them with all but six or seven of the Marshall plan participants) we have encouraged the world to reduce tar-iff walls. Thus it would hardly ,eem consistent suddenly to reverse ourselves and go back to the old day, of high tariff economic isola-tionism. The measure as the house pre- - sented it had another drawback in the eyes of Secretary Marshall and supporters of hi, point of view. The bill would force the President either to accept the recommendation, of the federal tariff commission on ad- - justment, above or below a certain bracket or submit them to a con--; gressional veto. That sound, rea-j- . sonable in theory, but what it does j is to smash absolutely the whole ,t: basis for reciprocal trade negotia-j- : tion. s A nasty little joker in the meas-- ure stating that tariff commission i recommendations must be made on the principle of protecting the spe-cial interests concerned revealed the intent of its framers. That pro- - vision would destroy the purpose of negotiation by removing trade agreements from the field of the "general good" and narrowing them down to a question of whether the particular industry is to be pro- - tected from competition. Thus, not only would international relations and conditions have to be ignored entirely, but broad national inter- - ests as well. J Secretary Marshall used strong words in criticizing this clause when he said: "The bill. In effect, j makes pure protection the sole j criterion for tariff action." ' Very few groups outside of the big industries which want to keep down foreign competition oppose ''i the reciprocal trade program. The great majority of the chamber, of commerce are for it. Earl Shreve, national president of the chamber of commerce, ha, said that any I: fair was a convention "by wire." A group of e ama-teurs, who were no amateurs when it came to organized action, wa, putting pressure on the "big men" in every community, and the "big men" were getting to bosses or to the delegates direct by telegram and telephone. The Willkie ama-teurs "stole" the show from the pro-fessionals, and the professionals swore if never would happen again. It isn't happening this year. Another highly interesting con-trast between conventions this time between 1948 and 1944 is the hectic atmosphere of today as op-posed to the comparative calm then. There was a feeling back in Chicago four years ago which took the zip out of the Chicago air. Also the war over-shadowed the conclave then. The National Republican (the party newspaper) started off its lead ar-ticle on June 26, 1944: "With the invasion news commanding the at-tention of the entire convention . . ." Another contrast between '44 and '48 is In the attitude toward foreign policy. Then It was the most delicate question which faced the platform committee. To-day Senator Vandenberg has for-eign policy wrapped up in a neat package signed with his name and sealed with his shrnet ring. That issue is no worry at all. l'RFa? ISO I''31 N Moon Over Manhattan Midtown Vignette: In the trade 11 is common talk that some of the better known magazines (not Hearst) have taken big dives In cir-culation . . . But over at one mag office the editors and staffers get the shakes every time they pass the newsstands In their own foyer . . . The most embarrassing situation is the 'Returns" alongside the stands right where they can see them! One of the bitterest Wall street feud, Involved J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Despite their Hatfield-McCo- y brawl these dollar-sig- n mighties consummated one of the biggest deals in financial his-tory without speaking to each other directly. Carnegie sat in one room while Morgan squatted in another. An intermediary carried messages from one to the other until the deal was completed. That transaction laid the basis for U. S. SteeL Spivy was telling a British dele-gate to the U. N". about Niagara Falls how many tons of aqua fall per minute, etc. "Isn't it amazing?" she said. "What's to prevent it?" was the retort. New York Story: One of the top ballyhoo men was Harry Reichen-bac-who was so good he got $1,000 a day from clients for special pub-licity . . . One day he bet George Godfrey, the Keith booking head, $100 that he could make a headliner overnight ... A few day, later Harry invited Godfrey to see an act at Coney Island . . . Their cat stalled somewhere along the Bow-ery and while waiting for repairs a lovely voice was heard from one of the tenements . . . They investigated . . . She was a good looker, too A sewing machine girl, she said Godfrey was so impressed he booked her as a "freak" headliner at the Palace . . . She stopped every show the week of December 1, 1913 . . . Later Reichenbach demanded $100 from Godfrey for winning the wager . . . She was no sweat shop worker . . . She was a prima donna, tired of laying off. Some politicians were discus-sing hecklers. One of them said he never made a reply. "Many years ago," he explained, "my father told me never to roll in the mud with a pig. Because yon both get covered with mud and the pig likes It." Old New Yorkers: At one time the Metropolitan tower was the city's loftiest and most famed edi-fice. That fact irked five and dime store tycoon Frank Woolworth . . . The Met Life Insurance company had once refused to give him a loan. As a result of this personal grudge Woolworth decided to top the Met tower by erecting the Woolworth skyscraper. E. W. Scripps, the founder of Scripps-Howar- d newspapers, was a fighting liberal. "I'm a rich man and that's dangerous," he said. "It isn't the money that's the risk. As a rich man, I live with rich men and the danger i, that you'll get to think like them. They know their money talks but they don't know their money does their thinking too. 1 don't mind cutting an editor in on the profits, but I won't let those profits make him a conservative!" The wall of the M. C: Hullo folks, my name's Joe Glutz. No use askin' yonr name. I guess yon know yours! Yock-yoc- . . . You won't like my talent but you've got to respect my nerve I'm not nervous. I'm numb! I'm booked here by request. I asked them ... On the way to the theater a bum said he didn't have a bite In days. So I bit him! . . . I wish I was standing on a trap door. I wasn't born here but I'm dying here 4 . . Would yon be In-terested In taking some lessons In drowning? Joan Arliss, back from Hollywood (for another play), was asked: "Did you ever co-st- with John Barry-more?- " "No," she said. "Did anybody?" Broadway Chop Suey: When tabl-e- talk gets dull they now say: "Can you make one word out of New Door?" Put down "one word" and that's the trick . . . Before the baseball season opened the Phila-delphia Athletics were quoted in some books at 100 to 1. The odds for them to win (the American league flag) have dropped to 5 to 2 . . . Tiffany's latest toy (for the Big Coin set) is a solid gold midget radio for your wrist or vest pocket. The price is only $5,000 . . . Duesen-berg'- s new line of cars will retail at $30,000 per copy . . . Irish fly-weight champ Rinty Montaghan had an embarrassing moment at the dinner in Belfast thrown for him by admirers. He had just Manuel whipped Ortiz. The --guests begged Rinty to demonstrate the punch that floored Manuel. The guest the champ selected (as his foil) flat-tened him! A DREAM COME TEC Joh' coin "When I was a little child," rel the sergeant, addressing his t at the end of an exhausting drill, '1 j had a set of wooden soldiers Tket fi was a poor boy in the neighborly I and after I had Ustened to 4. t! beauties of charity, I m,, , enough to give them to him. " s "Then I wanted them back u- e cried," he continued quietly. s my mother said: 'Don't cry, Tot 1 Some day you will get your woodc s soldiers back." , "And," shouted the sergeant, glaj. i Ing at his men, "believe me, tin day has come." Transition 8lAV- -' Is' Mil!. ii Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, hi the manner of all old warriors, probably will rentals a soldier at heart till the end of his days, de-spite the fact that he has discard-ed his military trappings for the cap and gown of an educator. Ike has settled down as president of Colombia university, and that's the only kind of president he wants to be, he says. 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