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Show J J 0 iWho Does Ho Think He's Kidding? Q's and A' BARBS tROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAri, FRlbAY, JANUARY 28, 1949 Free World Faces Problem In China , 4 A srood deal is being said and written these days about the Chinese Communists eace terms and possible compromises leading, lead-ing, to a coalition government But . whatever what-ever the terms or' compromises, the Communists Com-munists now seem certain of victory. And they seem equally certain to wind up in sole t ontxol of the government. j They may get this complete control by Military or political means. They may act't immediately or bide their time; But if the pattern of Communist conquest is anything more than coincidence, they ultimately in- J 1st o nail or nothing, whatever their sethods. In Poland the Communists seized control By armed occupation. In Czechoslovakia they accomplished the same thing by threats of force and political trickery. In France they prudently chose nothing be-lause, be-lause, though they held a slim parliamentary parliamen-tary majority of members and friends at one time, the setup apparently was too shaky. ! The Red forces in China are inheriting a situation comparable to the one in Russia when the Bolsheviks came to power. They are displacing a weak, corrupt government. The economy is collapsing. The few are fat tnd the millions are hungry. The country is weary from years of interminable war. This inheritance carries the elements of tremendous power. It carries an active -threat to the United States and other free countries. That much is evident. What la not evident is how the Communists will exploit ex-ploit these two advantages, once they take complete control, f The threat, though active, may. not be immediate. A good deal of mopping up might have to be done. The Chinese people, unlike the Russians of 1917, are descendants of an ancient civilization. History gives repeated examples of their conquest of conquerors! and their stubborn resistance to change. The Communists may run into a popular indifference in-difference that is almost as troublesome as opposition. They may also have to undertake a purge of the war lords, who still seem to have considerable strength and popular support. If and when this is done, the rest of the ' world may look for some important developments. develop-ments. Will the Red conquerors choose a course of peace that will enable them to start stabilizing, restoring and industrializ ing China? Or will they use the country pretty much as it is for a base from which to strike at other troubled areas in Asia in the hope of bringing the whole vast continent con-tinent under Communist domination? These decisions will very likely be made in Moscow, and on the basis of conditions irt China as well as of strategy. The free! world's best hope though not its only one! -is' that the wrong decision is made and failures result. In the light of past history and present conditions, that hope may have a stronger basis than wishfulness. An Old Epithet Revived It seemed like old times when Senator Jenner, during the depate on confirmation ibf Dean Acheson, accused the new secretary of state of being an "international do-good-jsr." It also was a reminder of how those old times have changed. "Do-gooder" was a scornful term aplied to the milk-for-every-Hottentot wing of the New Deal. This group's motives were excellent a world in which everyone could have an ample diet and other benefits of modern civilization. But the methods were a little vague. . , v Today "do-gooding" is a policy of stern reality. It was the policy of the Republican 80th Congress when it voted funds for European aid. Its aim is still excellent a world in which everyone has the right and choice of freedom and self-government. Mr. "Acheson certainly seems to be among the latter-day "do-gooders." But Henry Wallace, the original milk-for-Hottentots man, is not. o maybe "do-gooder," in view of its earlier meaning, was not the most accurate term that Senator Jenner could have chosen. Charity Begins Abroad The state department reportedly was embarrassed em-barrassed by the possible propaganda kickbacks kick-backs to that gift of clothing for 500 needy Washington chlidren from Senora Eva Peron, Argentina's first lady. Maybe the gift will end up by embarrassing embarras-sing President Peron and his senora, too, among their super-loyal lower-class followers. follow-ers. For the last time we looked, the Perons were still calling them their "dear shirtless ones." Q What is fort-edge painting? A Now in the first stages of renaissance is an 18th century art known as fore-edge painting. This . is the process by which a design is painted onto book edges in juch a manner as to be concealed con-cealed until the leaves are splayed splay-ed out. When the book Is Closed the edges appear as plain. Q Are there any marsupials, or pouched mammals, in this country? A Most marsupials are con fined to the Australian region. Only one species, the oppossum, is found in North America. Q When and by whom was the Rosetta stone discovered? A It was found in a stone wall in 1799 by Andre Boussard, a French officer, while excavating for a redoubt at Fort St. Julien, four miles from Rosetta, a town near Alexandria, Egypt. Q What was the first book published in Colonial America? A The Bay Psalm Book was the first book published in the American English colonies. It was printed by Stephen Day of Cam bridge, Mass. ' Q Who Invented the rhurriba? A The rhumba grew out of the native tribal dances of the Negroes Ne-groes of Africa. The dance and the rhythm of the music were prob ably brought to Latin America by African slaves. The first melodies were of Spanish origin. Mission Accomplished The day after the senate foreign relations committee questioned the nominee for secretary sec-retary of state, one newspaper's account carried this head: "Hiss My Friend, Ache-son Ache-son States." Mr. Secretary-Designate, it's already been done. Your friend has been hissed by several sev-eral people Whittaker Chambers, among others. Missouri Valley Plan, Once Thought Dead Duck, Revives The teen age is the green age, but buds have to come before fruit. s : The Washington Merry-Go-Round Drew Pearson Says: Democratic Senators Mad -At the State Department t WASHINGTON Certain Democratic Senators . are boiling mad at the state department depart-ment and even irked at the White House for Jtrying to tell them not to support United Nations jpolicy regarding the Dutch in Indonesia. I The incident is extremely significant. It may indicate what . some diplomats have suspected, that the state department was talking loud about forcing the Dutch to pipe, down in Indonesia, Jwhile playing footsie with the Dutch under the fable. i Here is the inside story of what happened. Last week, twelve senators drafted a resolution Vigorously supporting United States' and United Nations' positions regarding Dutch highhandedness highhanded-ness in Indonesia. Most of the resolution simply repeated the U.S.-U.N. demands that the Dutch release political prisoners and retreat to their original lines. Then the senators added one more f eluase. They proposed that if Holland did not " comply with U.S.-U.N. demands, all Marshall f Plan aid be cut off to both the Dutch East p Indies and Holland. The United States haa f already cut off ECA aid to the Dutch East v Indies but not to Holland. j. When the state department heard about this, Jiowever. Acting Secretary of State Lovett slip-T?ed' slip-T?ed' over to the White House and sounded the alarms. The White House then phoned Senate Secretary Les Biffle, who in turn called Senate fMajority Leader Scott Lucas of Illinois, plus Senators Pepper of Florida and Johnson of Colorado. i. The resolution, the senators were told, would Je most embarrassing. They were asked to kill it. r 1 ARE SENATORS PUPPETS? f No explanation was given as to why the atate department was opposed, since the resolution resolu-tion was almost identical with the position already al-ready taken by the state department at Lake Success. Nevertheless, the senators were asked to desist. Senator Pepper, who has just become p member of the senate foreign relations committee, com-mittee, and who is on intimate terms "with the president, asked that his name be withdrawn. Most others stuck by their guns. Remarked Senator Chavez of New Mexico: What do they expect us to do just appropriate the money for 'em?" t, ' "I can't recall," observed Ed Johnson of v Colorado. "That the senate has abdicated its right to ratify treaties and play its constitu- tional part in foreign policy." NoteOther senators who signed the resolution resolu-tion included: Hill and Sparkman of Alabama; Magnuson of Washington; Gillette of Iowa; Kil-gore Kil-gore and Neely of West Virginia; Murray of Montana, Malone of Nevada (Rep.). (Copyright. 1948 by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) i Paying for the war in Indonesia, yet the Dutch claim they can't afford to pay their share of the Western Europe defense pact. Note Inside reason why some state department depart-ment officials are jittery about pushing the Dutch too far in Indonesia is for fear they'll pull out of the defense pact. If so. point out realistic diplomats, where else can the Dutch go into the arms of Russia, with 90 per cent of their population vigorously anti-Russian? J ELECTRICITY FAMINE President Truman was talking to Senator Magnuson and Representative Hugh Mitchell of Washington about a proposed deal with Canada for water storage, in British Columbia, from which the Pacific Northwest could draw hydroelectric hydro-electric power. The northwest power shortage, they told the president, was due chieflv to the big aluminum plants built there during the war. "Well, that's your fault," said Truman eyeing eye-ing Magnuson. "How do you mean?" inquired the dashing young bachelor senator. "I mean that you wouldn't rest until you got those aluminum plants established In your state." chuckled Truman, obviously remembering- his senate days when Magnuson had been lobbying to locate war industries In' the northwest. "What do yon want us to do take them away from you?" "Oh, no," replied the amused Magnusoin. "The situation isn't that critical." Congressman Mitchell commended Truman for "recognizing the needs" of the northwest by approving plans for a Columbia River authority, which will expand and coordinate electric power, flood control and reclamation facilities in Washington, Oregon,, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah. "I can't honestly take credit for that," deprecated de-precated Truman. "The problem we face in the northwest wouldn't exist if the proper planning had been done in the first place." I MERRY-GO-ROUND HOW DUTCH FINANCE WAR A significant conversation has been taking place in Europe. The Dutch have told Field Marshal Montgomery that they can't afford to assume their proportionate responsibility under the defense pact because of the heavy cost of military operations in Indonesia. Indonesian operations for one year cost the Dutch $436,000,000. During that same year, the Dutch received $476,000,000 of Marshall Plan money from us. In other words, the U.S.A. really. One lady, who was certain the Democrats would stage a comeback in November was Mrs John McCormack of Massachusetts, wife of the house majority leader. Mrs. M. saved her husband's hus-band's left-over stationery from the 1946 election; elec-tion; now he doesn't have to buy any . . . Latest election prophet to come out of the woods is Herbert Hoover. Close friends say that the former for-mer G.O.P. president predicted a week befbre the election that Truman would win because Dewey was "talking down to the American people." . . . When Democratic leaders were looking for a place to store the files of the election-blitzed house small business committee, they discovered a box which once contained the impeachment records of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 . . . Liberal Congressman John Dingell of Michigan hasn't bought a new pair of shoes in 10 years . . . "Wish I could say the same for my kids," says Dingell, who has three . . . The White House is wondering if the stunning senate defeat of the resolution exempting exempt-ing inaugural tickets from taxation may be a harbinger of things to come on such issues as taxation, civil rights and health insurance. The house passed the inaugural-ticket exemption by a two-thirds majority, but senate Democrats couldn't even muster a simple majority, losing 47 to 45. Four Democrats were absent and five (Byrd, Va.; Chapman, Ky.; Johnson. Colo.; Mc-Clellan, Mc-Clellan, Ark.; and Russell, Ga.) voted with the Republicans. By PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA) All of a sudden the Missouri Valley Authority project, which had been considered a dead duck, has shown signs of life. Passage of an MVA bill at this session of congress is doubtful, as there are a number of tough obstacles to overcome. But MVA backers have reason to believe their project will grow. They are angling now for stronger strong-er White House support, to clear up uncertainty as to just where the president stands. Truman as senator and president presi-dent has been strong for MVA. But in his State of the Union message he came out for river valley development in general. without mentioning the Missouri by name. He recommended specifically spec-ifically only the St. Lawrence seaway and power project. In his economic report to congress con-gress the president gave the St. Lawrence another plug. Then he added: "The programs in the im portant river basins should be ex amined and prompt action taken where needed to provide improved, improv-ed, co-ordinated development plant." Went Step Further In his budget message to congress con-gress the president went a little further. "A flood control survey report covering the watershed of the Missouri will soon be presented pre-sented to congress," the president wrote. "If this report is approv ed by congress, a 1949 supple mental appropriation of approximately approxi-mately $5,000,000 will be required requir-ed to initiate land use changes . . . to retard water flow . . , Larger appropriations will be required re-quired in the years following 1950." This is far from being an endorsement en-dorsement of an MVA on the TVA pattern. One thing that may have held the president back is a belief that the people of the Missouri basin don't want a valley val-ley "Authority" with all the pow ers that implies. Considerable lobbying pressure has been ex erted to make the president be lieve that nine out of the ten Missouri Valley states don't want MVA. To offset this belief, Senators James M. Murray of Montana, Guy Gillette of Iowa and Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota went to see the president. On leaving the White House they issued a previously pre-viously prepared statement saying say-ing that they intended to intro duce an MVA bill as soon as they could get it ready. Senator Gillette had been author au-thor of the first MVA bill. All three of these senators were elected elect-ed last November in races where the MVA was a' campaign issue. What's more, if is claimed that; from tu to 13 congressmen in eight of the ten Missouri Valiey states were elected because of their support for MVA. Follows Majority The president is known to be ready to endorse. the Columbia Dnce News Now History From the Files Of The Provo Herald 20 Years Ago JAN. 18, 1929 Death came to Col. C. E. Loose, one of Provo's prominent citizens, while he was sitting in a rocking chair talking to his daughter. He senate. But even here there are, was 75 ' the mid-west was complications. j locked in a heavy snowfall. One River Valley Authority plan because be-cause he thinks a majority of the people in the Northwest want a CVA. The Job of the Missouri Valley delegations is to convince the president their people want an MVA. Whether an MVA bill can make any progress in the House without with-out White House backing is questionable. ques-tionable. It would have better chances after approval by the ANCIENT HORSESHOES FOUND LONDON (U.R) Eleventh cen tury horseshoes in a perfect state of preservation have been un eadthed by workmen at Chid dingfold, Surcey. Some were complete even to the nails. They probably belonged to war horses. By HAL COCHRAN e-y A new suit sometimes makes a man a credit to rus tailor ana sometimes a debit. ' Singing la aaid to hasten convalescence that is, if you're the one who la tick. Winter or summer, dad never need worry about where to take , the familv while out drivina?. They all tell him. V A Wisconsin pastor quit the pulpit to become' s Janitor la another church. From the divine di-vine to the ridiculous? Everybody' learns something every day and a lot forget it the next. MASSACRE IS BLOODLESS MANCHESTER, N. H. (U.R) Arms, legs and mangled torsos were scattered over the highway when a truck skidded and went over a 10-foot embankment. But there was no blood. The limbs belonged to a load of puppets being be-ing brought here for an American Ameri-can Legion benefit. Ferns with leaves 12 feet long grow in the Belgian Congo, according ac-cording to the Encylopedia Bri-tannlca. QUIZZES rWHlZZESl 5:30 P. M. True or False 6:00 P. M. Twenty Questions 6:30 P. M. Take a Number Sen. Glen Taylor of Idaho, who has supported MVA in the past, wants to back it again this year. Some of the sponsors are afraid this might be a kiss of death. Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming, new chairman of the senate committee on interior and insular affairs, has announced broad hearings to begin Jan. 31 on overall development of natural nat-ural resources. Secretary of Interior In-terior J. A. Krug will be first witness. This big show may steal much of the spotlight from' the MVA crowd. An MVA bill, covering that one project alone, would normally be referred to the Public Works committee. Here it would en counter real trouble. Chairman is Dennis Chavez of New Mexico. Ranking Democrat is Sheridan Downey of California. Both are said to oppose valley authorities. None of. the Public Lands Committee Com-mittee members comes from a Missouri Valley state. Only hope the MVA backers have now is to get a subcommittee on valley authorities au-thorities named, with supporter Sen. John J. Sparkman of Alabama Ala-bama as its chairman. Lobbies for both sides of the MVA free-for-all are already lining lin-ing up forces. The lobby for the bill is led by National Farmers' Union and Rural Electrification Administration co-op from the Missouri Valley, who are hard hit by lack of water and power. Opposed to MVA are National Reclamation Association, most of the Chambers of Commerce and private power interests. Senator O'Mahoney's hearings might lead to revival of the old Ickes-Lilienthal dispute. Ickes wanted all Authorities administered adminis-tered by Interior. Lilienthal, then head of TVA, was against it. small town was marooned as snowdrifts, 10 feet deep, blocked traffic rabbit hunts were the order of the day. The American Ameri-can Legion rifle club sponsored the latest one County Clerk E. Byron -.Dastrup throught he was the victim of a joke when the man who presented himself with his fiancee for a marriage license, said his name was Brig-ham Brig-ham Young. He wasn't kidding. The girl he married was Lillian Evelyn Mace, 18 of Wallsburg Albert A. Carter, a pioneer, died at the age of 69. 10 Years Ago JAN. 28. 1939 The leads in the Provo high school opera, "The Jester," were waken by Louise Bullock and Weston Brown Wilma Jepp- son, associate professor of physi cal education for women at the BYU, died after an illness of two years Prime Minister Neville i Chamberlain warned the dicta tors in Europe that England will resist force Ted Beck, Span ish ork musician, prepared to leave for the Brazil missien the society page announced the marriage of Merlene Wells of Vineyard to Harold Bailey Elinor Critchlow was named editor of the girls' annual at the Provo high with Zoe Bullock and Charlotte Henroid. co-busi ness managers BYU wres tlers took a 31 to 3 drubbing at the hands of the Aggie bone-crushers. 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