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Show 1948 Long Way Off, but Taft Looms as GOP Hope Tlfet'EVERG ' yj--- STTE R EE N ; .r d.aien fans, and where to go for a summer vacation, a lot of longer-rang- e planners are wondering about next winters coal supply, harvest time, and other many things a lot fur- ther away than the fly on your nose. Among these are the politicians. Its a great time to lean back in a chair in the Senate office building or thereabouts, open another bottle of White Rock, light another and burble on about whats going to happen come November, and, still more Intriguing, to prognosticate on presidential possibilities Its fun for the newcomers because Its so easy for them to predict, in the light of whats happening right now, just what will happen then. Its still more fun for the old timers because they know that the voters who may not love you In the autumn often seem very palsy In the spring and vice versa. Since there isnt much use in speculating on who the Democratic presidential nominee will be, its more interesting to talk about Republican possibilities. Perhaps that Is why, along about the middle of May. the heavy backers of Bob Taft began to be heard from. Up until then, most of the talk in the couloirs was how Bricker was the No. 1 boy, and how Stassen mustn't even be mentioned above a whisper. Even Stassens own men decided It was better for the young man from Minnesota to keep his head down so he wouldn't attract any lightning until he had f und out whether his forums were more potent than the against-em'Now it's getting to he more serious fun to talk about Taft. Taft wants to he President. I'e has wanted to he President before. He Is prettv mueh master of the Republitan organization, but even If he werent, Bricker, his f resent friend and rival, Is more beatable, despite the good Impression he made on his speaking tour before the last convention . . . what with the leftist took in so many veterans eyes. Bricker has a staunch and solid conservative following. But it Is a little too solidly conservative. Taft could hardly be called a radical. In fact, his political garden has never produced even a pale and lonely pink. On the other hand, his supporters prudently can point to many a constructively liberal measure which has had his blessing. Only the other day, I was talking with an ardent administration official who has been battling for1 a measure badly battered by conservatives of both political stripes 'I asked him if he could expect to retrieve in the senate a certain provision In his legislation, lost in the house. Bob he answered, Oh, yes, Taft will go along on that. And Taft has a good liberal recl measures ord on such as housing The Republicans don't have e bosses to deal with the to the extent that the Democrats do and in two of the largrr cities where the Republican machine Is vital Philadelphia and Cincinnati everything would be Jake so far as Taft Is int erned. He. himself. Is kingpin In his home state organization . . . and Mr. Pew, who makes the Republican wheels go round In Pennsylvania, wanted Taft In '40 and 41. It Is to be presumed he'll feel the same see-ga- i r, s , !. X. mass-appea- old-lin- in 48. This doesnt eliminate other brilliant possibilities, including Messrs Stassen and Vandenberg, both of whose political futures may be molded by International developments Mr. Vandenberg has done a lot of tiie molding himself This could On the one hand work both ways the energy and devotion with which Mi Vandenberg has applied himself to foreign affairs, and the powerful influence be has cxerVd. have greatly increased his silhouette on BA K B S Columnists Speak Out of ( in ? ) T urn The carping critics of today and yesterday enjoy decrying the various Inroads upon our founding fathers' ideas of government by the people. We hear much about got eminent by lobbies; g' vernment by executive order; "government by this and by that . . . Pi esident Roosevelt used to inveigh against what might have been called an attempt at "government It alwavs seemed by columnists" rather unnecessary on his part since he used to be elected regularly with a press 80 per cent hostile Recently President Truman was called upon to comment on the work of the distinguished columnist, Walter I.ippmann. Llppmann expounded the somewhat startling theme with even more startling trimmings that Britain and Russia were pursuing a foreign policy based on the possibility, if not the probability of war, with ear h side hoping to enlist eventual German support. In fact. Mr Lippmann even discover! d an invisible Gel man army m the Bi tixh z me. I d' n't mean that literally, for I understand that he d d i ot visit the B1 tih zone in his tour of investigation The Presidents comment was ti.it hindsight was better than foresight. but as far as a hidden army was concerned, he never heard of and didn't think it existed. it The same dav. Mr Truman was asked to cnmii ent on the statement of another distinguished correspondent. Harold Callender, Paris correspondent for the New York Times. Mr. Callender had reported a sharp reversal of American foreign policy toward Russia. The President slapped that down, too. saying that u e made men says Business Week magazine Tbo prices fey have to pay for the civilian var etv w.ll Army regulanms he knew of no change made the policy . . . ipp-nian- th-o- mae some of tl i i nnc mscious ... her coal sti Le was Ike a etev'v s.it.tm cf said filteuifg tie ce'm;lic.e'i i meiy if en.r eoi n d veil :i e . omy gt'iis burning o t the t t'.iripe, cil r g o U'o clu of to,ive,iMii to a ca eepi om (f Pllg One's t I remember than nvl.ias 111 A- ci eat". j.c sho S . It zinc GRAND COULEE . . . Largest concrete structure that man ever made. Power from this dam accounted for the major portion of aluminum for construction of our airplanes for the Army Air Forces during World War II. as 1845 they bad carved the area opened to settlement and brought into two enormous counties. Lewis immediate prosperity througnout and Clark. More settlers were cross- the Northwest. The arrival of the Mercer Girls, widows and oring over and sentiment for a division was evident. A group met at phans of the Civil war, pr v.dtd Cow ,itz Prairie to memoralize conwives f r the territorys excess male gress They were not heard They populat on. Railroads raced to met again in 1852 at Montieello and reach the great empire, with new sent another petition to Washington. towns aid settlements follow. the Jost'ph Lane. Oregon terr. tonal his aid and ii delegate, a bill to organize the territory of Col ui'bn, for that was to be but its name. The bill was pas-e- l, not befe're it was arre-'fleto ra ter-t change the nan e to Wa-.ritory On March 2. 1S53 j is two e.i's before he It rt t t' Wri'e IK use, Pres. Millard Fillmore signe'd it. Wash ngti'n t'x't- .! d ttrrit-- y from the ct ntmentul d.vule to '.I e Pacific ocean, mcludn g wh ,t is now the ni'ithern part, or ;.u of Idaho. But the settlers weie not jet satisfied Agitation ftr s'.ate'bo, (J and continued for ne.mly 15 years In 1889 tnev were si,cet-sfu- ! and Pres Grover Cleveland scad live bill a month beftre he left tl e White Ht'use. At a cenvc t on m Olympia on July 4, that year, a o was drawn up. and at an election on October 1 it was adopted by the citizens. A new man in is er. - w- farms, their ranches, their dream cities And they wa'ted it to be a part of the Uritcd States. They had traveled hundreds of w' ary miles, fighting Ind.ans along the way, burying loved ones m unmarked graves Aid now they had cleared their land, budt houses, planted crops, and knew they had found an area with resources so vast ard varied that even they were bewildered by the prospects Somehow the East and Washington, D. C., must be tclel about it, made to believe Washington finally heard, and the Forty or Fight cry of F.fty-fcu- r went up The settlers cleaned their rifles and wa'ted. If the Bnt,sh wanted war, they were ready. Eut MON C. WAI.LGREN war w as averted by the treaty of Governor of Washington 1846, in which joint American and Bom In Des Moines. Iowa. A British occupancy was erded Home town, Everett, Wash. Former state representative and compromise boundary of the 49th parallel was established, and the United States senator. Oregon country became a part of the White House, Pres Benjamin the United States on The Columbia river, however, re- Harrison, Issued a proclamation 11 that Washington was November runline a natural dividing mained admitted as a state. ning through Oregon territory. The When the Indian wars ended, the settlcis "north of the river wanted a territory of their own As early eastern part of the territory was 1 s r h in K sard-le- , clays, granite, n stoe, ner .s ad, r cieury ar.d s;or.e ard ce-- f ,und in Ve st..te are turgs.en and ar.tirr inSt "n't rg briber in Wash.: gon white cludes Douglas fir, yellow and cedar and oth- pire, spruce, larch, all ers Normally, Washington leads shippmg lumber output, In states It its products all over the world. as has we.od pulp and paper mills well as ether industries built on wood pie ducts On Washingtons coast are Inwhich Seattle, on harbors numerable Tacoma. Everett, Olympia, Vancouver and other important cities ure cated This great comn ercial . area is the nearest American gate-iav to the perts of Asia and nar.dles most of the ship; mg to and from Alaska as well as world trade through the Panan a canal During World War II the shipbuilders ar.d industry manufacturing airplane reached gigant.c proportions and is expected to continue Coupled with its natural resources Is Washingtons mighty output cf hydro - electric power for industry. The Grand Coulee dam is part of a reclamation project that will ultimately irrigate 1,200,000 acres of land and duce electrical power far in excess of presert needs The Bonneville dam and others also contribute to the generation of power. remains however, Washington, It leads all chiefly agricultural. states by far in the production of apples ar.d is high in output of other fruits such as pears, peaches, cherries, grapes, apricots, prunes and berr.es. Other crops are wheat oats, corn, alfalfa and barley, clover hay, sugar beets, peas and hops. Huge herds of cattle and sheep graze throughout the state, and horses, hogs, chickens and turkeys are grown profitably on most farms and ranches. In the eastern part of the state with irriWashington is semi-arigation used extensively. Its gram and cattle industries thrive there West of the Cascades the rainfall is extremely heavy, ranging as high as 80 inches annually, with a resultant profusion of vegetation. The people of Washington have a rich heritage of thrift and courage and they retain the pioneer spirit that led them through the perils of dement. They have the vision, too. far greater strides tomorrow 1 almost-unlimite- - I- n . 2h bought Century-Fo- the best seller, Foxes cf Hoi Paramount f ,r 150 Gs, outbidding . . . The Independents. several ard Rockefellers ed the broadcasting firms have been having a quiet feud for years as to whether that part of the city should be called Rockefeller Center or Radio City. w. rooms are so scarce for find any purpise that the hotelmen themselves the worst victims. . . . Feeding a betel for their annual cor vent. on they were unable to find a single leadmg hotel in the U. S. to accommodate them on the convent, on date except one. . . . That hotel is in B.loxi. Mississippi, and they can have it, because the season will have been over and it s the hottest time cf the year down there. They tock it! Sounds in the Night: At the Singapore: "I hear Serge Rubenstein is in such deep water that hes gonna show up at his trial in a diving suit. . . . At Ciros: Shes so broke she doesn't know where her next In the heel is coming from. Stork- "Get a look at that beautiAt the ful fiddle cf a figure Village Corners: "She's decided not . . . to be 25 until she's married. At Gilmore's: Aw, stop talkin through your halo!" . . .At the Mermaid Room: "Marriage is the magic wand that changes Pupply Love Into a dogs life. In the Cub Room: "I got a novel idea for the radio. A Mr. and M stress program. ... ... ... The Federation of Churches is going to raise heck with the Army for allegedly burning tens of thousands of Bibles left over in army camps. General Motors J- t v . -v 4 L""'"' ' r Q'C ! -- for r II th tts Lets b. a:; I comin'l Pap putte rn of ore Summer's transfer pieces for s is 1, 2, 3, tern); directions Due to an unusually larse current conditions, slightli required in filling orders popular pattern hik Send order to: Sew in? Circle Needlem Box 3217 San Francssc Enclose 20 cents No.- - Name Address- Costly Opna More merchant see lives during the Invar in the Philippines tin; or sailors who parta action. DDT Deposits DDT depx sits on ri mattresses, rugs, etc. insects as (lies, mosquito bugs over or months a period of seo CLASSII DEPARTM MISCELLA.M WE BUT AND Office Furniture, Filet, T? Safes. Cas: Machines. Ing SALT LAKE DESK El SA West Broadway, Salt u CHICKS POULTRY, One Heres TOPICS BLOOC If you lack you girls from simple snemi; o'1 weak, "dragged to lack of "a' Plnkham's home '" o build get morestirngtSare hams jJ! TaL-'-t- s tonics blood-iro- n fi : sfeavir w table discussion of the other eve a er op red that Congress, on of OTA and such legisla-wa- s rinmrg the country be- d c iscd di nrs. ILct port 1st t so bad, observed rd tor "What worries me is the v Cl ef d rt'-id;e- ,3 r ti hi 'V pKVp v: ' W !tS wadips I" ik. a round M - Of tbo river, Olympic i,UM. national on r tei ots Com, ess mi fie " Horae e r' f t I-- J K QUARTERS plus a remnant and pockets make sunsuit! Stitchery simple. half-hou- 1' Greeleys line on the "Journalism will kill you, but kt ep you alive while youre street Scene. The little cld lady an institution on 50th Street (as she K U:e nly Peddler alle wed to squat in, the Saks foyer) arriving there ' npHREE Frigidaire branch has the inside track, they say, on Bings return to the air if they can deliver a r NBC spot. . . . LaGuardia has refused to accept any part of the $15,000 salary as chief of UNRRA. . . . London reports that Sean O'Caseys play, Red Roses for Me, Is his best since The Plough and the Stars. It is headed for The Big Apple. , . . Car dealers hear that 180,000 new ones will be rolling off the assem-se- t bly lines sooner than suspected. . . . The authors of "Woman Bites Dog will be amused to know that on the night the show premiered a woman publishers mutt bit her! Physicians and vets were dragged in, and there was an air of general David Terry, who Is of Italian descent, was to a bigot belittling ft rc goers . . . And I sup- P e your aicrslits came over on the Mayower challenged Terry, Well yes id the louse, now that v t i n it, they did. sa d the descendant of Veil, Co! ,rr,b v l.o.e do you think they w, i,H biv 1. fled if m;ne hadnt i( mid the pl.u p fit st? v8" T . i sn-- 'Uinj Wheat Field, 0f Eastern W ashlngton an Arneri- - n,!tRA10ra n'ay SPUng UP at C,mn. Of home of several cul ural leaders Via the Longshore int0 'vhich mucho S ToHWvb chlK'kcd Memo iT. til. M.m y at U,e St- Francis Beach "Two years I was married in this town. I was divorced a"o ;ear I .car was only run over, here, ' wy . adju-tn.cnt- song hit, Irving Berlin's famous a click all be Skies "Blue e.tr when it is reover again u.i film of the vived in Paranount's waxed the Basie t Ccuie hat week. next due etstreenrdiigrfit. tell lisB th Lo .is and Conn teners tr.e v ex; ct to win by kayos I th are now Tn t' e -g' ourd v vveie the an t: fr study-ir- g tiA.nes (Eel'ii Worden) toareGreece. for th' r visit Ail- pl.ms a b ck comparing Ceeee with todays ver-- s ' Y , hysteria. d I.ii-ei'- Ll wei m ,i-i- - The f1-- burrassed when 1 e eev.itir operator, stopped the predict'' until she 1. gl.ts d ucfd and n.; de the la-- ofTe-re- ... -up: It happened Midtown Vignette: on in a Radio City afte-the uthr worn- A Tnm looking . Ba u h h ag e g ns s iiiftv Or shirt. There are s 'em d . and he Some days before, Sumner Welles, former undersecretary of state, now a radio commentator, made observations similar to those of Callender. Recently Harold Iekes, another former civil servant turned columnist, declared that the careful newspaper reader could get more authoritative information than the secretary of stale possessed, because the secretarys information was screened by a reactionary and inefficient aide Just how much influence the individual writer or commentator wields is a question. In most cases, it takes an almost unanimous repetition of an idea to produce action. And then its effect on the government is usually indirect. It results from the pressure of public opinion, which in mi'v cases is created hv press and radio, when the many men of many minds and political faiths can agree on some one subject When the majority agree it usually means that they are as nearly rigt as mortals can be in thexe confusing days. In the case of Haller I I believe that he is voicing what nianv of us who have followed recently international gatherings ami who have been In Europe since the war, agree upon: namely, that the statesmen of the major European powers have fallen into the old pattern . . . basing their diplomat v an the thesis that war i more or less Inevitable, instead of the new pittern whole the objective is to prevent war rather than prepare for tt. Another theme of Lippmann's which is rot bold by him a! 're, to which tb s wr.ter certainly agrees, is tnat the problem of the proper handling of Germai v is the in s Import mt fo'egn r h'em and upon w' ich all the other problems do; on i Fi) d rna-le- H'wood-t- he iwo kuds of" people in . . . . d the stand-outsthe guy who body and took his agent. been n.us'.a let h.s or.v ' f P 2 3 an was tead llv in from her nylon. her gjrmr shneel need d B ,t those th ijsands of jicreirs wno had urged the r exen alor g the Oregon trad ard crawled over the tlv They mount n: s th light d.!-rr.ch in hid fuutd a g eel and v.tal.y, wl ere the bi autv moji.tui: s ard f.re-- s came down to n eet tr.e Pacii c ocean The Ert-iswarded the o untry merely for trade vvi'h tve Indians The pie neers wanted it f r their homes, their VQ-- The average age of the American population has been increasing since colonial times, says the Met ropolitan Information service Just what Is your average age, today? Aa . by t K the international horizon. On the By EDWARI) EMEKINE other hand, these activities, both in WNU Feature. quantity and quality, have taken him far afield from the usual polit- THE Oregon country. Including most northwes.er'y px.rt.on ical approach to a Republican presiof ail, the present sate of Washdential nomination. and It may be there is a niche In the ington, was the unwanted cf a l.tt'.e m re land making that would need a man of than a century ago his proportion to fill but one DemoBack East they felt that the the to crat said me other day: were the natural ''Sometimes it looks as If Van woulj Rocky n, out tains cf the United western boundary rather be right than President " and n fused to vote one cent States , kaleidoscop-Icallyalmost Times change, deveh prr ent of a region so these days. The presidential Mr the There had been t.vo wars far away candidate of tomorrow may turn out chance a to be (if youll excuse rny Irish) a with the Intish. why rd Bet be British have it The th dark horse of an enhitly different United States had al the lar d It color i thinking about moonlight and roses, electric i ju-- Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Along about June of any election year, when a lot of simple souls are ftlsl Stearns By BAUKIIAGE !Vui Rogers Alley: host) says he tN Pci by this year Our SallH May Varn Kidnef(T M jp'Q lf !rrc: it tur- nof the . JnCl TW. babl'i1oi" over-- t andctu-rioP""1- b' . You "? heaei.K1. dlV;jl of vrnr 1. t,m.. ur.iu' c )"' oJ1' k'dn, ney ,.,1 monti 4 p(g ; It |