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Show i THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH Many Political Thrills Seen in 1048 Democrats, GOP Unafraid Of Wallace Party Threat By BAUKIIAGE Newt A naly it and Commentator. WASHINGTON. From the way things look to the news-men whose beat stretches along that historic mile-and-an-eig-from Capitol Hill to the White House, politics in 1948 is going to be a rodeo plenty of excitement for the audience, a lot of hard riding and tough spills for the performers. At this writing, nobody's down-hearte- At the last rodeo I attended, there was a very funny funny-ma- n who fell olT horses and rode brahmas backwards and made wisecracks over the loudspeaker system (it was a very rodeo not more than 2,000 miles from where the deer and the antelope play). There were also a number of very good, very earnest contestants who almost bubbled. Once in a while, Mr. Truman would Jerk a little when ISSmM had learned their bucking and breaking a long ways from a drugstore or a Hollywood set. The funny - man himself was no tenderfoot when it came to fork-ing a bronc, but once in a while he got in the way of the real per-formers. Since they weren't rld- - the reportorial needle hit a political nerve, but for the most part, these meetings, where the questions be-come sharper and sharper as the Ides of November '48 approach, have been a feast of wit and a flow of soul. And there is no moaning at the bars where other Democrats gather; Wallace will drive all the liberals to active support of the Democrats, they'll tell you; he will shear away the lunatic fringe of Democratic support; drain the party of the last tint of that which might incarnadine its record; will garner the middle-of-the-roade- rs who will feel less danger of contaminating their bal-lots with a New-Dealis- h radicalism; it may mean Mr. Taft may be Mr. Truman's opponent, and an easier battle can be fought and won against Taft, say the Democrats, than against other presidential hope--1 fuls who might be better Repub- - in ,ory Baukhage alone (the purses were fairly heavy), he incurred some displeasure from the regulars, if not from the spectators. This year the political field will take on a similar appearance. The owner of one of the sombreros tossed into the arena in December is going to cause considerable con- - cern to tne rest. I refer, of course, to hard-ridin- g Hank, the Iowa Whirlwind, who ia no mora afraid to ride bare-bac- k than he ia to ride bear-bac- k. He Isn't so bad either with the vocal lariat when it comes to throwing as well as roping the bull. As the contend-ers size up the situation with the aid of a lot of wishful thinking, Mr. Wallace is going to get in everybody's way but theirs. Certainly there is no gloom exud-ing from the White House. Sure, said the President to us at a recent press-radi- o conference, the Demo-crats were going to have a happy New Year, he already was. And stretching back for a long time, the presidential news conferences have lican vote-getter- s. And so on you've heard the story before from many optimistic lips. If the Democratic tepee ex-udes Joy, the Taft wigwam shakes with cheery mirth. Rea-sons are obvious. In a nutshell, Republicans say: The issue is left and right. The left Is split. And so the rooster crows trium-phantly without waiting for No-vember dawn. Likewise, each hopeful favorite son finds something to cheer him. But the canny observers are plac-ing no bets yet, and those who had their money down have had to do very little hedging. There is only one thing certain and that is: It's going to be a grand show. ' v- - ' ' vi H DEFENSELESS ... A striking study of a man who found something he never expected at the end of his path of false glory is this picture of former Nazi Junker Gen. Wilhelm Von Leeb, who was a member of the German high command. Now he sits in the prisoners' dock at Nuernberg, charged with crimes against humanity and peace and atrocities against civilians. WEST BROOK PEGLER Communists Are Enemies of U. S. great difference sets apart the Communists from all ONE groups which have attachments to other lands, and brands the Communists unmistakably as enemies of the Unit-ed States. The favorite political protege of the Communist propa-ganda is the alien "minority." If you damn the Communist as n you are a bigoted 200-pe- r center. You hate all Immigrants and all who maintain an affection for Ireland, for example. There is no parallel here. Moit of the Irish Immigrants and many of their progeny were ferocious against England for her oppression of Ire-land. But there was no question of their devotion to the United States. During World War I, some Gentian Immigrant and their children were suspected of disloyalty to this nation because they applied their intelligence to the issues between Germany and France. Very few were an to the extent that they were To get our perspective, we must understand first that Russia is our enemy and that all Communists are adherents of that enemy. On treason, the Constitution says it consists of levying war against the United States or adhering to our enemies, giving them aid and comfort --i. --L. J. .A. Ssririm To keep order in n and prevent squabk wash cloths and tow,' V tain color to each meL f family. Never chanrV scheme, though. Casters that are c j cally make fumitute move while cleaning. If a dress pattern L fles or flounces, choosX. terial for them. 1& Don't be disturbed J does not grow as raf- .-" his second year as h his first. A slowing dom development during j year is perfectly nat If buttonholes are if or if the material aroul beginning to unravel, jf QJ place the worn section i of ribbon. Work newtgffl For more interest, you' cuffs for your dress with kind of ribbon. ; When sewing sheer on the machine, put i k sue under the seam. ?e vents puckering and ass" off. ll to lutic r r H. I. PHILLIPS It's All Done by Mirrors America's football coaches have voted two to one to keep the rule permitting unlimited substitutions during a game. This accomplished the lifelong aim of coaches and rules-maker- s to get the game to a point where no spectator, however keen, could follow it. A fan no long-er knows the varsity. He can't even follow the substitutes. What has been accomplished is night football without lights. You get the same feeling watching a football classic that you get follow-ing a pinball or quarter ma-chine. When anybody today points to somebody at a party and says, "He was a great Yale or Harvard fullback" the natural query is "How many minutes?" Anybody who calls a football team today "an eleven" Just can't count. The Republic of Panama, reject-ing a signed agreement to lease military bases to the United States for protection of the canal in case of war, has forced Uncle Sam to abandon its installations. The good neighbor policy seems to have gone into a ditch. Some people are saying in that Washington probe, "It ain't the wheat, it's the cupidity." "Satira Gets Fifteen Years" headline. She's been on trial that long, hasn't she? NEWS REVIEW Truman Asks Tax Cut; Brazil Ousts AH Reds Whether President Harry Tru-man's state of the union message to congress was "socialistic," as Re-publican partisans dubbed It, or "forthright and courageous," as in the eyes of loyal Democrats, re-mained a matter of opinion, but it was fairly obvious that in making it the President had cast a loving glance toward next November's election day. He proposed a combination device that man-ifestly has no chance of passage in the Republican dominated congress but one that sounds good to a lot of voters. His plan, embodying tax-reli- to the "little man," would give each individual taxpayer an immediate $40 tax cut for himself and for each dependent. To offset that reduction in federal income he proposed that corporation taxes be raised by 3.2 billion dollars. Mr. Truman presented the scheme as a "cost of living" credit designed primarily to relieve the small tax-payer. In a phrase certain to be quoted with relish by Democratic orators during the coming campaign, the President said he wants to keep revenue collections where they are and still help those who need relief to "buy the necessities of life." Supplementing the tax proposals AND FURTHERMORE . . . Taxes were not the only contro-versial issue touched upon by Mr. Truman in his message to congress. He also asked for: 1. The once-reject- nt anti-inflati- program with power to impose wage and price con-trols and rationing. 2. Universal military training. 3. Authorization of the four-ye- ar Marshall plan. 4. Stronger and extended tent controls. 5. Public housing for low-inco-families and government action to cut building costs. 6. Modernization of farm price supports and broader crop insur-ance. 7. Extension of unemployment compensation, old age and sr r-evivors' benefits, a national health plan and federal financial aid for education. 8. Admission of European refu-gees into the U. S. 9. Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. them at three Communist mem-bers. No shots were fired. Outside the building private citi-zens argued vociferously and ex- - he called for a min-imum wage, representing a increase over the present minimum. Although in the past he has favored raising the national minimum wage, the 75-ce- figure was the highest flat demand he has made. General tone of the President's message to the joint session led most observers to believe that he was swinging his administration back to "a little left of center," a point which generally is identified with New Deal philosophies. Some saw in the speech a per-ceptible bid for the left-win- g and liberal vote that Henry Wallace's third party is threatening to take away from the Democrats. Republican reaction to Mr. Tru-man's speech was bitter and Intense and the G O. P. went ahead more determinedly with its own bill. KNOCKOUT: Brazil Brazil, which severed diplomatic relations with Russia in a huff last October, now has administered what looks like the coup de grace to Red activity within its own borders. It came in the form of a law, i - : j i j.. i n i ViiaiJCU UiUWS. iClllBb uvnuo shouted vengeance on the deputies and police sirens screamed through downtown Rio de Janeiro. It was, by and large, the most turbulent legislative session ever held in Brazil. Other nations could take an object lesson from Brazil's achievement. Communists can be frozen out of government activity even though the process may be noisy and painful. THIRD FORCE: Socialism ? Latest voice from among the less potent nations of the globe to rise in protest of the cold battle between Russia and the U. S. was that of Leon Blum, French Socialist leader and short-tim- e premier of France. He called for a "third force of the world" to stand between the Big Two, even as such a middle group has stood between the Communists and DeGaullists in France. Blum said the international third force would oppose American capi-talism and expansion as well as Russian imperialism and extinction of human rights. That force, he pro-posed, ought to be headed by France and Great Britain. Blum was espousing on a world-wide basis an old and eminently signeu auuu giecti iuiui uv ricai- - dent Enrico Dutra, virtually abol-ishing every vestige of Communist action in Brazil by removing all Communists from elective posts throughout the nation, including congressmen. The process of outlawing the Reds was far from a calm one, marked at times by dramatic displays of Latin-America- n verve and temper. Fist fights broke out frequently on the floor of the chamber of deputies, and at one point during the debate the session was suspended tempo-rarily when three deputies pulled guns from their pockets and waved workable theory the balance of power. While Russia and America are battling it out on fairly even terms, Blum would have the two lesser nations step in to take control ol the slight power balance that is left over and thus possibly be able to steer a course more to their liking. Between Russia and the U. S., said Blum, "there is room for na-tions which want at the same time personal liberty and collective econ-omy, democracy and social jus-tice." It was another plea for a middle course, and to Blum a middle course meant Socialism. CLASSIFY; 'DEPART ifthi d b - HELP WANTED-!- 1- al ei DIRL for General Work Ice. $100 per month and roomtOme Technician, $175 and room. 1 jjgion and reference!. Q. r t, FIOCHE HOSPITAL. 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The Democrats believe they can "take him." . . , Senator McGrath, new chairman of the Demo-cratic national committee, amazed Democrats by praising Jim Farley at a New York Democratic dinner as much as he did Franklin Roosevelt, the man Farley has castigated. Some people are wondering whether McGrath wants Farley to run for vice president A i a Lo, the Noble Horse The year 1947 ended with a new sea serpent story which you un-doubtedly read about I mention it. because I myself saw a strange and terrifying beast as I walked to work one late December morning, and I believe the two tales worthy of repe-tition. As to the sea serpent: The Asso-ciated Press carried a signed story by the master of the steamship Santa Clara, J. Fordan, in which he described the monster sighted in the Atlantic 118 miles due east of Cape Lookout. He named the first and third mates and the navigation off-icer as witnesses. According to their testimony, the monster's snake-lik- e head was about two and one-hal- f feet long, there was about 35 feet of cylindrical body some three feet in diameter visible. The water about the beast was stained red and the animal was thrashing around in apparent agony, causing the skipper to believe that the ship had cut it in two. The beast's skin was "brown, slick and amooth. there were no protuber-ances, fins or hair on the head, neck IP vicihlo nnrti rf tha KnHu $ Glory, Jest And Riddles I submit the following as an IQ test to my readers. The answers will not be found on the following page: Can you tell a cormorant from a water turkey when they are so far away they look no bigger than a fly in custard pie? Did you ever see a loon trying to walk? Did you know that between Christmas and New Year's Day, roosters crow, cows moo, horses whinny in the night, when other-wise they would be asleep? Do you know they DON'T? Can you tell by the feel on the line whether you have a catfish or a lazy trout on your hook? Do you know where to scrape the deepest hole in the ground when you have to roll up in your blanket and sleep al fresco? Would you rather spend a night in a rain-stor- in a pup tent if you were camped in a pine forest, or crawl under the lowest branches, mattressed on a hundred years of pine needles, rolled up in a shelter-half- ? Could you plow the corners better with an plow or a trac-tor? If a man talks "low-German-does that mean he is talking a dia-lect? Do the educated people in Eng-land speak a language which would be more understandable to Shake-speare than our "hill-billies- " lingo? Anyone answering all of these questions correctly will receive a free trip to the moon on the third rocket ship. That's the skipper's story. Mine is equally terrifying. 1 actually saw In the early morn-ing, moving down New Hamp-shire avenue, a huge creature, whose body, like the skipper's sea serpent, was without fins or protuberances, but unlike it, was covered with hair. The head was more than two feet long, the barrel-shape- d body was sup-ported on four long legs which made the creature higher when It threw up its head, much higher than a man. Its feet were not large compared to the great, powerful body, and they terminated in a great claw, or nail-lik- e substance, which would give the creature terrible weapons of offense or defense the teeth were large and blunt, and the mouth, though not large, plainly could in-flict damaging wounds. Human beings looked puny beside this creature which appeared as out of place on a Washington city street as a hippopotamus or an elephant. Strangely enough, it did not cause any great commotion except among the younger people who stared in wonder, obviously never having seen anything like it, except in pic-ture books. It did pose considerable problems for motorized traffic. Horns honked, drivers jittered, back-sea- t orders thundered. Finally the monster turned off the street and went up an alley. That was a great relief to me. I knew what it was. I had even ridden one when I was in the artillery, and later, but it was a shock to see a real live EQUUS CABALLUS in a city street WALTER WINCHELL Notes Off the News Ticker In case he has to exit (or death claims him), Josef Stalin has ar-ranged to have four men succeed him. They are Molotov of the gov-ernment, Zhdanov of the Com-munist party, Berla of the Russian secret police and Bulganin of the Red army. Comrade Malenkov, in-cidentally, is trying to oust Zhdanov and put himself in as one of the quartet. Sudden thawt! The Commu-nists aren't trying to get into the capitalists' hair. They are trying to get into their shoes. If Stalin nixes approval for the marriage of Romania's abdicated King Michael, the Vatican will give it the t, according to top local holy men. Doris Duke just bought a convert-ed B-2- 9 (as a new toy) for her new bridegroom, (nice work, et cetera). . . . One nearby night club put on its late show for exactly one couple the other a. m. . . . One of the big-time- s' top favorites (he played the Palace often) is mooching nickels and dimes on the 49th street beat. Members of the American Veterans' committee (who picketed Flagstad's appearance at Carnegie hall) were be-littled by some of the press. They the Moddom's yodeling was applauded by the spectators, anyhow. . . . The ones who really deserved the clapping of patriotic Americans were those war vets, who still are fighting what their buddies died for by opposing all friends of former en-emies. WALTER SHEAD Co-op- s Are Typically American FARM cooperatives are just as typically American in our way of life 1 as harvest rings, quilting bees and barn raisings. As a matter of fact, these community gatherings of farm folk, which sought to do for the individual what he could not do for himself, were the first farm coopera-tives. The same principle obtains to this day in the modern farm coopera-tives in both the producing and selling end of agriculture. One farmer could do little to beat down the price he pays or gets for commodities but 50 farmers together can get a better deal both ways. That's what a cooperative is and the money saved by this community action is re-turned to each member in what is known as "patronage refunds." Now some folks in congress declare this gathering together or communal action is communistic and Others say the co-o- are driving; small business U bankruptcy because of unfair tax consideration. To prove they are in dead earnest, there are approximately 30 paid lobbyists now in Washington directing a drive to legislate cooperatives out of business by seeking to tax these refunds on the theory they are profits. Spesrhead of this drive is the National Tax Equality association! Many tmall businessmen have been propagandized into putting up money to keep NTEA going. These small businessmen, to my way of thinking are merely being exploited, for the real backers of NTEA are not smali businessmen but powerful big business groups. WET AND DRY Factions Fight Over Statistics Those irreconcilable enemies, the wet and dry forces in the U. S., fought out the legal liquor question in 769 local option elections in 21 states last year, then went at each other hammer and tongs in a battle of statistics. Distilling industry spokesmen claimed that 1947 brought "the first wet gains since repeal." Prohibition groups countered that the past 12 months produced new victories for their campaign to dry up the country by taking one com-munity at a time. Outcome of the statistical fight may never be clearly defined be-cause the wets used population fig-ures to back up their claims while the drys counted geographical areas. A net gain of about 150,000 per-sons in the "wet population" those living in the areas where sale of hard liquor is legal was reported by the Distilled Spirits institute. It said it has official figures from state governments showing that the steady dry progress of the past 14 years was halted and even reversed in 1947. "In 1945," said a spokesman, "local option elections dried up areas in which 311,293 Americans lived. In 1946 there was a gain in the total dry population of 285.309. But this year, the tables were turned and the wet population showed an increase for the first time since 1933." However, Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the Women's Christian Temperance union, and Laura Lind-le- y, research secretary of the Anti-Salo-league, were no less vehe-ment in reporting dry successes during 1947. Mrs. Colvin estimated that the number of legally dry areas "jumped about 500" during the year as a result of local option elections, Miss Lindley said the Anti-Saloo- n league had not yet completed its survey oMiquor election results, but added that a preliminary report on 15 states showed a net gain of 259 dry communities. The opposing factions were agreed on only one point that the current year would bring more hard-fough- t ' battles in states, counties, town-ships and wards on the question ol local prohibition WRIGHT PATTERSON Sales Totals Are Deceptive IN 1929 we boasted of our pros-- 1 perity. In that year retail sales throughout the nation amounted to more than 48 billion dollars, up to that time an all-tim- e record. The past year, 1947, retail sales were more than twice the 1929 figure, a staggering total of 109 billion dol-lars. The greater part of the differ-tnc- e was represented by the changed purchasing power of thk dollar. In 1929 a dollar bought 100 cents worth of commodities; in 1947 each dollar bought only about 40 cents worth of commodities. That difference represents the extent of the inflation from which we are suffering. It was not that we bought more commodities in 1947 than in 1929, but we paid twice as much. |