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Show THE BULLETIN. HINGHAM CANYON. UTAH LincoSraiiis Spirit Bs with the Ages Martyr, Emancipator, Myth, Abe Is 'Builded Forever' By BAUKIIAGE Nnvi Analyst and Commentator. Like everything else in this political year, preparations for Lincoln's birthday in 1948 are chiefly a matter of scram-bling through the Great Emancipator's writings to find a text for a highly-partisa- n outburst. But February 12 is the oc-casion for more than a barrage of political speeches. To me Lincoln is real because he and my childhood conception of my grandfather are strangely blended. Both, like Merlin's Camelot, are build-ed forever because, to me, they never were builded at all they were myth rather than fact a myth not of my own making, but handed down through two generations. 3 My mother, as a little child, "saw faaHMMmnMM TRUMAN ENLISTS . . . Clifford Edgar Truman, 17, of East Chicago, Ind., third cousin of President Harry S. Truman, has enlisted in the navy. He Is being sworn In by Lt. (J.g.) Robert Rizzone for his three-ye- ar hitch, and will study aviation radio after his basio training. PROGRAMME Ol' . Funeral Ceremonies! in noiffon or PRIS T ill T m ki la ita ROTUNDA OF THE CAPITOLI ON Thursday, May 4th, 1865, aJ 3 o'cloclt P. M. t fmnlDlrp. tylMd 2. tt Meant, I; Hit. I. r. t Mr I , tOSI YT DltCONtOUn Lincoln" (like a man "sleeping," 8he thouaht) as ri-c-- ! be Jay in state in I " I ? Chicago. My I J j grandmother ILW I 8to0 beside her I swathed in the lrf?llSsF heavy ' mourning fy$ if veU ot the day ( A 1 which she felt fcAf'! f perhaps was as M 'III much for Lincoln it!lv then as it was for her soldier - hus- - tr- band who had L.U XJ given his ,lfe ln I n iHrTil the same cause. Baukhage To m mther. staring at that coffin in Chicago, there always re-mained a confused impression of mourning for the man she thought was not dead, but sleeping, and the father she never had seen. Perhaps that feeling was imparted to me. My mother described the scene to me. It was clearly etched in her memory like the rest of the strange hegira which she took westward with her widowed mother from a little town in New York state (as a bride, my grandmother had pio-neered the West with her young New York state farm-bor- n husband). Of course, the memories were blurred and blended, undoubtedly, with later repetition of the event, but the picture was clear, and I only wish I could repeat it in my moth-er's own words. The train trip west, the arrival in the great city, the crowd about her as she advanced slowly with her mother into the great hall. Then the coffin which she did not know was a coffin for there was no such word in her tiny vocab-ulary. Her mother let go the little girl's hand to move back her own heavy veiL Then the little eirl remembered tory of America, that gives Ameri-cans the assurance that his spirit, especially in these times when evil gods make their black magic to be-muse the minds of men, is not dead, but sleeps, waiting only the clarion call of the people whom he loved to wake it into action. Free Speech, Russian Style 1 The Russians celebrated Christ-mas with a public criticism of Rus-sian factories by the commercial director of Mostorg, the Soviets' largest department store. The direc-tor complained that the factories were producing inferior products. He wanted more and better goods, more washing machines, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators and decent furniture. Are you surprised that such criticism la permitted? If you being lifted in the strong hands of the guard. About him she could re-call only a blue tunic, shiny brass buttons and the smell of tobacco. Then the face of. the "sleeping" man, and her mother's quiet tears. (The body of the martyred President, as you know, was taken from the East Room of the White House to the capitol where it lay In state. Then it was carried across the country, pausing for homage in several cities until it reached Spring-field, Lincoln's home.) I repeated my mother's story after her death, as best I could on the air and there were sequels. Letters one from a lady in New England for whom the 'broadcast had awakened memories . . . her father had been one of the Union soldiers chosen to stand guard at the catafalque in Chicago. It might well have been be who lifted my mother. The soldiers who had been chosen for that honored duty were permit-ted to divide the gold-fringe- d drape that covered the coffin, she wrote me, and she consigned to me a frag-ment which I cherish. There were many other let-ters. One from the niece of one of Lincoln's cabinet members, William Pitt Fessenden; an-other enclosing; the announce-ment shown In the cut. Those were two sequels to the story of the little girl and her weep. Ing mother. I think the everlasting sequel can be read again and again in the story of America, as the story of Lincoln is projected far on into history. I think I have seen it pro-jected in the crowds who "come to Washington, avid with guidebook and camera to collect "souvenirs." Only this week, the garrulous cab are, you don't understand the Soviet system. Criticism Is al-lowed as a sound method of cor-recting faults although It doesn't necessarily displace the "cure," which means banish-ment temporarily or perma-nently to Siberia, Just as In the good old days. I am reminded of columnist Lowell Mellett's story about the scope of Russian criticism. On his trip to Russia, he was shown around by a very clever female guide. Mel-le- tt asked her about freedom of the press, and she said, "Oh, yes, they had a free press, the press contin-ually criticized things, including government enterprises." Well, would they be allowed to criticize Stalin, Mellett wanted to know. "Why!" the girl was sar-prise- d, "What has that got to do with it? You couldn't criticize him because there Is nothing about him to criticize!" Secretary Marshall wants the Eu-ropean recovery plan to be run by a single administrator, not an eight-ma- n board as has been suggested. If the old saw that the best-workin- g committee is a committee of three with two members out of town is correct, perhaps Marshall is right. January saw three presidential messages presented to congress. Each document had many a pas-sage born only to waste its grance on the desert air of an un-sympathetic majority. Too bad the Republicans don't care for Mr. Truman's budget. The budget message was printed up so nicely, bound so neatly, and it IS unique unique in that it is the big-gest peacetime budget ever present-ed to any congress.- driver who carried me from Union station was full of a story of "South Americans" who spent endless hours (according to his timing) at the Lincoln Memorial. The memo-- ' rial remains a shrine for all visitors, native and foreign, a place where flippant chatter is stilled before that almost living replica warmed to life out of cold marble by the inspired hand of Daniel Chester French. It lives as the spirit of Abra-ham Lincoln lives. To the little child beside the cata-falque, except for her mother's tears there was no mourning in that moment. Only something sol-emn, something important, some-thing that touched old and young alike because it had In it the cosmic rhythm of the epic, and, as well, the simple, soul-touchi- melody of the folk song. 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They r orer-taxa- d aad (ail ""li. and othar Impuritiea Iron tic Yoo may aufter natfWIIL Wdaeha. dlaxineM, t'.'T.ur leg palna, awellint "".L,. tired, narrotia, all worn ( kidney or bladder w tine burning, icaaty urination. .'.nk! Try Doan'e St kHneya to paaa off kermi" They have had aioj? eantury of poblle iPfTon ended by gratelul aen A.k .r utiihkort W PKfW PEARSON Europe Needs New Hope most of us here at home don't realize is that tiie WHAT have put over an amazing job of propaganda. While we, the greatest advertising nation in the world, have been both asleep at the switch and hamstrung by the nickel-nursin- g policy of certain congressmen, Russia has been ham-mering tway constantly against the U. S. until a lot of people abroad-ev- en the this propaganda. for instance, that the United States bis Many have been led to believe, no social security, no old-ag- e pensions, no unemployment insurance, Is completely controlled by Wall Street, keeps labor in virtual enslavement, and is helping Europe only as a bribe to keep it from going Communist. In order to win back our lost ground In Europe, the United States has to do more than merely cram food down people's throats. It also has to engage In friendly missionary and propaganda work. Equally, If not more important, It has to give Europe new hope, new ideals, new goals to work for. That is where the Communists have been so much smarter than we. Phony as their propaganda is, it holds out alleged hope for the future. And many of the people of Europe innocently have fallen for it, as a drowning man grasps at the last straw. WALTER WINCH ELL Flashes Off the Express General Elsenhower's book of memoirs got $700,000 from Double-da- y, confirming a flash which said it would bring 500 Gs. . . . Virginia Leigh (the newly publicized glam-me-r gal) conducts a gossipy col-umn which is ghosted by her so-cially registered mater, Mrs. Frank Delaney. France Is beefing about the conditions attached to Uncle Sam's aid gift of 320 million dollars. Would they like to try for the 640 million dollar ques-tion? Tee-He-e Dep't: The piece on Ecn Grauer in a national mag says he "wears bow ties exclusively" and then a photo shows him wearing a four-in-han- . . . The Luce brain trust has selected the name for its opinion mag, due in the spring. It is "Quest," also the tag for a famed body deodorant! A wealthy Texas oil matt bought a string of pearls in Paris and bid it in a secret drawer of his trunk. ... Ar-riving in New York he was amazed when customs inspectors immediately pulled the necklace from its hideout. . . . What he doesn't know is that the V. S. officials were lipped by the Frenchman who built the secret com-partment for him. ...He now collects a reward which comes from the heavy fine imposed on the amateur smug-gler. Many restaurants which serve steaks today do so merely as a cour-tesy. Claim they ackchelly lose money on them. . . . One night club owner really is working for the "real owners" of the joint his chef and three of the wait-ers. NEWS REVIEW Nazi-Sovi- et Pact Told; Too Much Aid: Hoover $ FOREIGN AID: Hoover Plan Herbert Hoover, former U. S. president, has urged congress not to commit this nation even "morally" to a four-yea- r European recovery program, and advised a reduction of the outlay pro-posed to carry the Marshall plan through its first IS months. In the 4,000-wor-d statement which hp fltprl with th fnat fnraiim ra-- The celebrated "cold war" has been enriched by another U. S. propaganda strike, probably the heaviest yet, against Russia. It took the form of official state department publication of captured German foreign office records re-vealing the extent and nature of Nazi-Sovie- t relations from 1930 to 1941, the period covered by the pact between the two nations which ended when Hitler attacked the Russians on June 22, 1941. In the light of the U. wartime alliance, the Nazi docu-ments, published in book form, tell a sordid story of secret agreements, global gambling with nations for stakes and the feverish fetish of po-litical expediency which gripped the minds of German and Russian lead-ers before and during the war. High point of the hitherto secret dossier was the revelation that in 1940 Adolf Hitler and V. M. Mulotov of Russia agreed that Britain and the U. S. must be excluded from Europe, Asia and Africa. The book told also how, in 1940, Stalin had offered to join the lian-Japanese axis if Hitler would give Russia a free hand in Finland, a military base near the Dardanelles and a dominant voice in the oil-ric- h Middle East. Then the documents show how Hitler, disdain-ing even to answer Stalin's proposi-tion, ordered his armies to prepare "to crush Soviet Russia in a quick lations committee Hoover expressed his opposition views to the administra-tion's foreign aid plans. Of greater signif-icance, however, was the fact that Hoover's own opin-ions amounted to a Hnrnimitntfirv nf thA Hoover ertij.e right-wing- , conservative element of thinking which rejects an "internationalist" foreign policy on the grounds that U. S. resources should be concen-trated at home. Decrying even a "moral commit-ment" for the four-yea- r period con-templated ln the state department's proposals, he asserted the U. S. should keep itself entirely free "to end our efforts without recrimina-tion." He expressed, too. the fear that a lavish outpouring of aid would weaken the American economy to the extent that all world recovery would be defeated. The volume of exports and funds proposed in the Marshall plan, he opined, might aggravate the al-ready serious inflation, draining our national resources and continuing high tax rates, "all of which might bring depression and thus destroy the strength of the one remaining source of aid to a world of chaos." Hoover recommended further that the Marshall plan, if it is adopted, be run by a bipartisan commission, and suggested that up to three bil-lion dollars in food, coal, fertilizers and cotton be labeled frankly as "gifts" because unsecured loans "will not and cannot be repaid." REFUSAL: Prediction About all the average U. S. citizen knows about Gen. Dwight O. Eisen-hower is that he either will or will not get into the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination this year. But Roy A. Roberts, president of I campaign." One of the major factors which precipitated the German attack on Russia was the Soviet demand for dominant control of the Balkans. Hitler, who was as aware as any man of the political, economic and strategic value of the pivotal Balkan area, turned thumbs down on that Russian desire also. Sum and substance of the state department's spectacular publica-tion of the Nazi documents was little more than an emphatic indication of an already well-know- n fact: That Russia, with aggressive consistency, has been hungering for years for leadership in the Balkans, for new in the Dardanelles, for expansion in Central Asia and for a free hand in Finland and Poland. Value of the publication of these documents at this time is question-able, despite the flagrantly apparent anti-Russia- n propaganda they can and will inspire. State department's action obviously was aimed at rally-ing public support behind the Mar-shall plan, soon to come up for con-gressional action, but it also would serve to aggravate and inflame the already dangerously touchy "cold war." Rubber Bill Legislation to establish a perma-nent, government-regulate- d Ameri-can rubber industry with a 675.000-to- n annual capacity and a required annual production of at least 225.000 tons a year has been introduced by Rep. Paul Shafer (Rep., Mich.). The bill refers throughout to the product in question as "American-mad- e rubber." The word "syn-thetic," as the term for factory made rubber, is not mentioned. the Kansas City Star and leading promoter of senti-ment, now says he definitely will not. Roberts' prediction was that the general soon would remove himself from all consideration along those lines. Said Roberts: "I'll venture a guess that before June the general may take himself completely out of the political pic-ture. I am sure the message will come when he lays aside his mili-tary uniform February 15." He emphasized, though, that he was not speaking for Eisenhower. With Alf Landon, 1936 Republican presidential nominee, Roberts had been doing most of the political drum-beatin- g for Eisenhower. WESTBROOK PEGLER Unionism at Its Worst I SHALL ever thank Dan Tobin for a perfect, example of the stupidity of the unionism that was imposed upon the Americans by the late Roosevelt who, to do him justice, probably did not know the whole meaning of his acts. Tobin's union, the Teamsters of the AFL, bars not only Communists but partial Communists who believe selectively In parts of Communism, and all members of all "other subversive organizations." Tobin yields to none In his reverence for The Memory, and few of his brethren would deny that he Is qualified to go forth and bumble the master's word. His finest hour came the night when he stood host to Franklin In the Statler hotel in the fall of '44 while moosejaw cackled about bis dog, and venerable tdsspota at the board busted glasses for emphasis. The Teamsters' Union is an ideal reservation for the loose confinement of a million head of Little People, according to Mr. Big's ideas. He indicated his approval of old Dan's work many times, usually ln mis-chievous compliments, purposely made extravagant for ludicrous effect. It amused him to provoke Tobin's vanity, and he was always tossing the old walrus a herring or a mullet to make him flap his flippers on his tub. H. I. PHILLIPS A Letter of Sympathy Dear Joe DIMaggio: Well, a few days ago I saw in the papers that the Yanks have decided to pay you $65,000 to $70,000 this year, and it is too bad that a thing like that has to happen to a nice guy like you. For the last couple of years yon had a tough time with chipped elbows and heels, and Just when yon got a right to hope you are out of pain and worry they ram you up into them upper Income tax brack-ets. From now on yon will know what real suffering Is like, Joe, and if I were you I would not let them Yanks do this to me. I would see a lawyer and make an appeal. For years you were one of the most underpaid boys in baseball but it was nice and cozy down there. Now you go up where the state and government really start running the vacuum over you and you will find that none of them Johns Hopkins or Mayo clinic fellers can do a thing about it, no matter how good they may be with heels and elbows. WALTER SHEAD Congress Evades Own Law CONGRESS acts something like a policeman. It's OK for a cop to stop in v-- traffic, park in front of a fireplug or run through a red light but not for a mere civilian. It's OK for congress to pass laws and the folks are sup-posed to obey them but congress can disregard the law, as witness the legislative reorganization act which congress passed to eliminate obsolete methods and to streamline its working for benefit of everybody, including congress itself. The reorganization act has been ln effect more than a year and a survey shows that only about a third of its provisions are being; observed. Even those provisions which are being observed are being made ineffective by use of makeshift or evasive maneuvers. For instance, the law directed a streamlined reduction of standing committees from 48 to 19 in the house and 33 to 15 in the senate. Congress did that, but immediately started setting up dozens of It might as well have continued the practice of naming special committees Congress is supposed to set up a budget deadline February 15 Last session it never did set up a budget figure and this year plans are under way to postpone it as late as mid-Apri- l. It was given authority to hire experts to act as executive assistants and pay them $10,000. Instead with very few exceptions, congressmen just raised salaries of their secretaries to $10,000 or split it up to give more folks from back home jobs in Wash-ington. Committees were to hold open hearings. John Taber's house appro priations committee never has held an open hearing. There were to be many other changes under provisions of the law. Already there have been violations of about two thirds of these provisions HAPPY HOLIDAYS This Won't Happen Again Until 1976 You like to have holidays fan on3 weekends? Then 1948 should be a year of great promise. Most of the major holidays this year will fall on Saturdays and Sun-days, which Is either good or bad, depending on how you feel about getting time off down at the old mill. Sundays, whereon fall Washing-ton's birthday. Memorial Day and Independence Day, aren't too bad because the government and most other employers observe the Mon-days following as legal holidays and so extend holiday benefits to their employees. But for the working man it's a rough shake when a holiday falls on a Saturday, for it doesn't bring an alternate day off. And this year both Christmas and New Year's Day (1949) fall on Saturdays. Of the three remaining holidays, two come on weekdays without the aid of any Idiosyncracies on the part of the calendar. Labor Day. September 6 this year, arrives on Monday simply be-cause it always falls on the first Monday of September instead of on any one numerical day in the month. Same goes for Thanksgiv-ing on Thursday. Armistice Day just happens to come on Thursday this year. Study of the calendar and holi-days for 1948 also developed an-other odd angle. The year's three Sunday holidays can happen only once every 28 vears. So, the last time February 22 May 30 and July 4 all fell on Sun-days in the same year was in 1920. The next time after this year will be in 1976. The deciding factor is the extra day (February 29) every seven leap years. Now this is the place for someone who knows calendar law to argue that since the coming year 2000 (a century year divisible by 400) is not a leap year, it will be 32 more years, or 2008, after 1976 before the three holidays again appear on Sun-days. However, this is not a subject to spend much time worrying about. Besides, who'll be alive to take a holiday in the vear 2008' WRIGHT PATTERSON Science Aids Those Over 40 SINCE Revolutionary war days has lowered the d ith rate of infants and people under 40. But science has not accomplished as much for those who have passed the 40th milestone. At the time of the Revolutionary war those who had reached the age of 40 still had, as an average, 26 more years to live. One hundred years ago that average had been increased to 23 years. An analysis of old and new mortality tables, made by North-western National Life Insurance company, shows that those of 40 now can expect to live another 30 years. Science is promising new and far greater wonders in that line. |