Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Deep Freeze Gifts Chill Demos Senate Kills Welfare Setup Plan Taft Is Target of AFt Vote Drive Ur NOTE iii Un Ual anti nisi an w ai are r pr at nit D. D In I. ih the it e 1 r n Ihl Ihle lh the they f are t th this h i t St t DEEP FREEZE Capitol Chilled To paraphrase an old tune It was wu January in June Jurle in Washington as the story of ot the gifts of the home freezer units unit unfolded and expanded Finally Fin any the sordid angles anglea of ot the 5 per centers operations operations op op- reached to the White House WITNESSES before a group probing the extent and results of Influence obtainable by the tho 5 3 per centers testified that of ot several deep freeze units given away by the manufacturers one went to Mrs Harry Truman wife of cf the President of ot the United States Others who apparently received received re reo a similar gift were Chief Justice VInson of the US U.S. supreme court James K K Vardaman MaJ Mai Gen Harry narry H. H Vaughan Mr Truman's Truman's Tru Tru- mans man's military aide In fact General Gen I eral Vaughan got two so the witness wit ness nesa said In connection with that development development develop develop- ment there was a question which it seemed should have been answered answered an an- long ago by the man most concerned The man was President President dent Truman The question was Why hasn't the President declared that White House influence and prestige are not for sale cannot be wheedled by favorite hangers hangers- on and cannot be swayed by anything anything any any- thing except the best interests of the people of the United St States tesT ANY MINDED FAIR citizen will concede that there is 11 no reason to think the acceptance of the gifts mentioned Involved any law viola viola- tion Even though the company compan which paid the bills bill for the home bom freezers is fa linked with the ubiquitous ubiquitous ubi ubi- John Maragon and the inquiry inquiry in in- into the activities of 5 per centers the mere fact of receivIng receiving In ing personal gifts does not constitute constitute tute legal offense ottense In any sense of ot the word it seems to be an offense against propriety It is further evidence of ot ofa ofa ota a downward trend in p political morals mor ills all a not too new development in these changing times On the evidence evi evl dence at hand thus far the deep deepfreeze deepfreeze deepfreeze freeze affair is not important it important It it itis is 11 merely symptomatic ELECTIONS Taft 1 Is Target The American Federation ot of Labor Labor La La- bor looking to the 1950 congressional Ional elections set plans plan for raising raising rais rals ing a million dollar war chest with which to knock off oU candidates obnoxious obnoxious ob noxious to the organization THE MILLION DOLLAR figure was the minimum officials said with a voluntary contribution of 2 a head bead to be asked of the federations federation's federa federa- tion's members for tor work in the 19 1830 0 campaign It was no secret that Ohio's OhIo Senator Sen Sen- ator Taft was the main target of efforts with the second target target tar tar- ar get being Senator Donnell R. R Mo who was described by WilBam Wil wn William liam Bam Green as more like Taft than anyone in the senate The per capita contribution double that of the organization for forthe forthe forthe the 1948 luB elections will be split e evenly enly with the state tate federations whose share is 11 to be used in workIng work work- Ing at the precinct leveL election activity will have an Important bearing on the future of the Republican party in the na tion For instance if lf Taft should be knocked off oft in his hIl race for reelection reelection re reo election to the senate it would mean that Dewey would remain as asa asa asa a top op figure in the GOP hierarchy On the other hand if Taft should hould win and Dewey were defeated Ina in ina a bid for his third term as New NewYork's NewYork's NewYork's Yorks York's governor the party part would be all aR Tafts SYRIA New Cabinet The fighting the blood letting blood letting were over Peace of a sort reigned in Syria after a lightning like army coup that overthrew and executed President Zalm The army committee which took things into its own hands was replaced by b a anew anew anew new coalition cabinet which was organized by Col Cot Saml Sami Who headed the revolution IT APPEARED that civilian rule would predominate inasmuch as a. the new hew cabinet was composed mostly of civilians The new nes' gov government 1 government emment represented three political cal cat parties and various independent nd ent ant groups that opposed both and the constitutional regime which tell fell last March The premier Is U El EI At Atas Atas- y y head bead ead of the national bloc and anda a former president of ot Syria Slim Pickings km I diu fed L Lt i t W MI Cal w IJ ra ru x fo 0 t s i if It Ii will be slim pickings for holdup men who go after Frank B D. D Tippins' Tippins store In Miami l Twice within one month mouth hold up men came and got rot a total of Smartened up now now will no longer be a lure for tor robbers WELFARE No Cabinet Status The senate was having none of President Truman's proposal for creation of a federal department of welfare with cabinet status A coalition of Republicans and southern south south- southern ern em Democrats dealt the project a pulverizing blow by a vote of 60 to 32 WITH a constitutional majority i in either house able to veto any I such luch plan the senate enate action meant complete and final defeat of the plan to transform the federal security security security rity agency which handles the nations nation's nations nation's na tion's education health and social security functions into a department department department depart depart- ment of welfare This proposal stemmed from the recommendations of the Hoover commission spent two years seeking ways and means to make government more efficient and eco eco- 1 OHIO'S Republican Senator Taft denying the Republicans were repudiating re reo Hoover in opposing a aplan aplan aplan plan they believed ran counter to the Hoover commission recommendations recommendations declared I believe very strongly that Mr Hoover r was misled This led Senator Lucas Illinois Democratic floor leader to state that he was both shocked and surprised surprised sur sur- that the good Republican i from Ohio would deal with Mr I Hoover in this manner I THOUGHT LAW Held too Broad The fallacy of attempting to deal with ideologies through laws has been highlighted by a Maryland circuit Judge The Judge Joseph of ot Baltimore ruled that the state cannot punish a person for what that person thinks The opinion was given In a case involving a state law against people people peo pea pie who Join or work with subversive subversive sive organizations It was the first courts test tet of the new law that required re reo required loyalty oaths by public employees employees em em- and candidates tor for office The supreme court Judge said in his opinion has made that laws law may punish acts and conduct which clearly seriously and imminently threaten substantive evils evUs They the laws may not no Intrude In in- trude Crude into the realm of ot ideas religious re lie and political beliefs and opinions The law deals deal with overt acts not thoughts It may punish for tor acting but not for tor thinking The law which Judge tossed out did not specifically ban the Communist party Its preamble said laid communism is a dangerous world wide conspiracy that fits the definition of subversive activity Anything that alms at the overthrow overthrow over over- throw of ot this government by force torce was waa deemed subversive Justice said the law was too general Declaring it violated the first fifth and amendments amend amend- ments meats to the constitution and Maryland's declaration of rights be he added As A stated by Justice Jackson in a West Virginia case before the supreme court It If there is II any fixed star tar in our constitutional constellation ItIs it itIs itis Is that no official high or petty can prescribe what shall haU b be bis oft orthodox ortho o- o dox in let politics nationalism religion ion or other matters of opinion or force citizens citizen to confess conte by word or act ae their faith therein BARKLEY Much Ado Ado Although he had declared it was wu much muth ado about nothing th the nation wasn't dismissing Vice Vice- President Berkley's Berkleys seeming romance romance ro roo ro- ro mance with a pretty year 37 old widow so lightly RECEIVING almost as much publicity as 81 the Rita Hayworth Aly My AJ Khan love story Berkley's Berkleys attentions at to Mrs Carlton S S. S Hadley St SL Louis was second only to the 5 3 per center probe as 81 a topic of ot national speculation The Veep Veep as as Berkley Darkley likes to tobe tobe tobe be called called didn't seem too distressed dis db by all the furore He Ite was smilingly posing with the widow for tor pictures he had taken her to meet the folks in his home town of ot Paducah Ky and he had squired her to some baseball games and social affairs WOULD HE and the widow get married Most folks seemed to think so And if Il that were current opinion it was touched off oU by the Veep him himself s ell Newspaper readers read era ers would remember that crowning crown ing a beauty queen at Culpepper Virginia Berkley Darkley had declared that one day he would crown a queen of ot his own The tact fact that later at he referred to his granddaughter as being the queen to whom he referred few people believed him MacARTHUR Problem for Truman No matter how the Truman administration ad ministration plays It ft Gen Douglas Dougles MacArthur is a tremendous public relations problem THE GENERAL has twice declined de d. dined cUned the invitation to appear before before be be- fore senate committees the second refusal being in connection with a abid abid abid bid to come home and tell ten a probe group what he thinks about the Chinese situation The general replied replied re reo re- re plied that he thought he could do better staying in Japan Of course President Truman could order the general home hom but if he did so and MacArthur accepted ac the order both the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House and the state stafe department would be in a constant case of Jitters over what the year old prima donna might say in speeches throughout the country If It the President chooses not to order the general home then his bis critics will have fuel for added clamor that MacArthur is I. being isolated and persecuted APPARENTLY no one seems to know the procedure in the event MacArthur refused to come home if lf ordered There seems seem to be a prevalent conviction that Mac Mao MacArthur Arthur can stay in Japan forever If It he so chooses There re are those who say lay for tor the general to make that decision would be a typical MacArthur gesture and that it ft would fit in superbly with his fine sense of the dramatic STALIN Very Courteous The delayed report on how U U. 6 5 Ambassador Alan Kirk made out with Ru Russia's sla's Joe Stalin in a talk in Moscow held nothing more important im than Kirks Kirk's report that the Soviet ruler was very courteous and pleasant However anyone who might have expected anything else was Indulging in wishful think ing SOME EXCITEMENT was stimulated stimulated by Kirks Kirk's refusal to comment comment com com- ment immediately upon his interview interview inter inter- view with Stalin He told reporters following the conference that hed he'd have something to say later The ambassador a retired admiral ad miral and former fonner envoy t to Belgium Del Bel glum gium held the first meeting with Stalin that any American official has had in nearly a year He described described de do scribed his visit to Stalin as a. a courtesy call can In for Year ass L f Seeking to win a bet of 1000 against Don Haynes Ashland Ore Is to trend spend nd a year Jear In this deluxe car oar He lie made the bet with rancher D M M. M Mauldin I a s neighbor The year Jear will wilt be bo up next February I Haynes holds hold a Ira girls picture be he found In the road and she ahe was waa to be given riven a new car ear if lf she be Identities Identifies herself SAILORS Pockets Mad Mac The navy has relented at last lut Harkening to a complaint stemming stem Item ming from 1797 1197 the seagoing sea coin branch blanch of Uncle Sams Sam's forces has bas promised sailors laU rs they'll have bave pockets pock ets eh in to their pants pants but but not unto until June 19 1952 2 But having havin waited wafted this long lon sailors could wait walt two more years Jean And that wasn't all an Promised Prom From tied too too was wu elimination ot of the button 13 13 button front on sailors sailors' trousers trouser to bt e ra replaced placed wigs wl a zipper |