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Show Thursday, November 27, 1947 THE TIMES- - NEWS, NEPITI, UTAH PAGE TWO Congress Tackles Labyrinthine Job News Analyst and Commentator. There never was a better example of the difficulties encountered in a democratic government than those which are being faced as the specially-calle- d short session of the 80th congress carries on its debate today. WASHINGTON. Si " fig-or- - two-side- two-side- .1 i. - u.i i.i, i. is ii mil i, mum ' i. DREW PEARSON Co-op- - 111 . , to Evade Tax s Change Your Weight For Beauty's Sake . to get excited about the chances of status. .Most losing their tax-exem- of co-o- ps the committee would have get at the "open up" sanct Section 101 ol the internal revenue code, which exempts not only the but also churches and religious groups, labor unions, educaco-op- s, tional institutions. Daughters ol the American Revolution, veterans' 's land" of our tax system. groups and other segments in the Any effort to tamper with Section 101 to take one these groups out of the class and make it taxable is likely to encounter strong opposition from the others, fearing they may be next on the program. All this is why ways and means chairman, Harold Knutson, is eo anxious to pass the buck, to the treasury department, lor an "opinion" on whether should be A majority ol the ways and means committee favors some formula lor tapping the revenue ol the cooperatives as distinguished from the small Some ol these big outfits export their goods, have advertising budgets and function much as private business. Section 101 eventually will be amended so the government can move in on these Big Berthas, but the country's 10,000 or more small farm co-owon't be touched by congress in the immediate future. They have too many potent allies in Section 101. IN? non-pro- UNION STORE . . . Customer line up for their turn to buy at the Pittsburgh district's first cooperative grocery store in McKeesport, Pa. CIO united steel workers union operates the shop on a basis. labor-sponsor- cash-and-car- NEWS REVIEW co-op- s. Aid Deadline Requested; U. S. Corn Yield Down DEADLINE: December 1 co-o- Gown of the Year Apparently feeling that congressional approval 'ol his request lor 597 million dollars in stop-gaaid lor France, Italy and Austria was assured, U. S. Secretary ol State George Marshall sounded, a new keynote speed. He suggested to the house loreign affairs committee that a deadline ol December 1 be established lor d emergency relief to the three nations, and looked ahead to an early March deadline lor his four-yea- r, plan for eventual European recovery. State department witnesses backed up Marshall's plea for speed. They testified present funds would carry France and Italy only through December, beyond which looms the brink ol chaos and confusion political, moral and economic unless additional help is rushed across the sea. This la an artist's conception Also testilying before the house (front elevation) of the wedding loreign group, Lewis Douglas, U. S. ambassador to England, offered a gown worn by Princess Elizabeth on November 20 for her marriage briel, pointed summary ol the whole to Lt. Phillip Mountbatten. On the issue ol immediate loreign aid: right is one of the bridesmaids' There can be no guarantee that the aid program will succeed, but it dresses. The wedding gown, upon which such adjectives as glorious, would be more risky to deny Europe exquisite and ethereal have been financial help and watch despair and lavished, was of ivory duchess across the pandemonium spread satin, strategically embellished continent. with seed pearls, crystal and Finally, it was the opinion ol Secdesigns based retary ol Commerce Averell Harri-ma- n on paintings by Botticelli. The that emergency European retrain of transparent ivory silk lief "can be substantially met," detulle was 15 feet long. counin this spite supply problems area had not been seeded by Notry. vember 1 because ol dry weather. China, Too Simultaneously it appeared that Virtually forgotten under the press meat production had started a downof urgent affairs in Europe is the ward trend, impelled by the reproblem ol China ravaged, still duced corn crop and higher feed contorted in war, constantly back- prices. sliding into greater political and ecoDepartment of agriculture spokesnomic corruption. men estimated that there will be As a modicum ol aid and coma cattle population 'of only 77 milfort to that Eastern nation. Secre- lion on January 1, 1948 8.6 million e below the tary Marshall has proposed a high of 85.8 milaid program to be ad- lion on January 1, 1945. ministered in conjunction with the As a result, consumers will be eatEuropean phase of the Marshall ing less beef, pork and poultry next plan. year there just won't be as much At the same time, Marshall held to go around. to his stand that the suppressed report of Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer RED ACTION: on conditions in China would not be made public. He intimated that it Riots, Terror Communist-born- e trouble and terdrew such a dismal picture that to release the report would be harm- ror was on the increase in France ful both to the United States and to and Italy. Spreading paralysis gripped the China. French port city of Marseille as workers responded to a general CORN DOWN: strike call by Communist labor Semi-Fina- ls leaders after a day ol rioting in There was a smattering of bad which one person was fatally woundnews in the agriculture department's ed and six others seriously hurt. semi-fina- l In Milan, Italy, Communists crop report of the year. It had to do with corn and winter sacked an anti-Renewspaper plant and attacked a police station in the wheat. The 1947 U. S. corn crop now course of rioting which gripped the stands at an estimated 2,447.422,000 city in a state of near terror; They bushels, a decrease of 11,252,000 demanded the immediate suppresbushels from a forecast made a sion of newspapers "which Incite month ago. That is slightly below people to hate and vengeance," the (1936-45- ) the average of suppression of "organizations of Fasand far under last year's cist character" and the arrest at record yield of more than 3.2 billion once of "all persons suspected for bushels. their activity against the Italian Hopes for another bumper wheat republic." In both Marseille and Milan, the crop next year received a thorough Communists seized upon relatively dampening with the department's announcement that about 25 per cent unimportant incidents and managed to magnify them to a point wher of the intended winter wheat acreage in the important great plains they could Incite violence. p hard-presse- all-tim- d WALTER WWCHELL Notes of a Bystander American Post (Miami Henry Wallace Beach) and other war vet outfits in Florida went on unanimous record opposing Flagstad's sponsors, who are bringing her there. They agreed that the flag in Flagstad is not American. . . . Most sugary racket in town: The oodles ol thousands e collected by auto dealers as deposits which they bank and nachelly draw interest on. won't stump lor Truman saving it lor "progressive" (He's still unhappy over being dropped from the cabinet.) . . . Elmo Roper' (the highly respected poll - taker) and Frank Kent (the ditto Washington observer) both spurned Benton's state department headache. If you need a job and don't care how short you live, there's your chance. The price we're paying for food is almost as ridiculous as the price we're paying for peace. . . . Frances E. Kaye just heard that the Russian gals also are getting the "new look." They're lengthening their overalls. Some locals were wondering whether General Ike was a Demmy or "He must he a Democrat," figured a reporter. "Otherwise he wouldn't have become a college prexy be'd have become a bank president!" Legion 65 big-tim- office-seeker- s. Re-pu- b. WALTER SHEAD Western Areas Reclaimed J. A. Krug, has a vision ol possibly 10 SECRETARY ol the Interior, settling in western reclamation areas by 1960. II this vision is to materialize, however, the program of the bureau ol reclamation must be carried through to irrigate up to 15 million acres ol arid and semi-ari- d land and to produce possibly 22 million kilowatts ol hydro- electric power. This program ha been definitely projected until 1954 and for that even-yeperiod it calls for an investment of $2,148,000,000. It would bring irrigation to about four million newly Irrigated acres embracing 40,000 farms and it would add 2,250,000 kilowatts of generating capacity or enough power for 21 cities the size ol Denver. Total investment would be something like 15 billion dollars. Secretary Krug contends no other area ol the nation has the same economic opportunity lor these 10 millions of people. ar Our booklet No. 48 will help- you lost those extra pounds in a short time. Hat menus, special rec charts, many hints and rules ipes, calory Send 25 cents (coin) for "Change Youi to Weeklj Weight for Beauty's243 Sake" W. 17th St., New Newspaper N.Service, Y. Print name, address York 11, booklet title and No. 46. - y A man walked into a restaurant and left the door open.. A big fat man called out: Were yos "Shut that door! brought up in a barn?" The man closed the door, went to a table, sat down, and began to cry. The fat man looked most uncomfortable; he went over to the sobbing man and, patting him on the shoulder, said: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean tc hurt your feelings; I only wanted you to close the door." "I'm not crying because you hurt my feelings," was the reply; "but the fact is, I was brought up in a barn, and every time I hear a jackass bray, it makes me feei homesick." If your pocketbook winces at the mere thought of Christmas don't start scratching names eft your list but decide here and now to give practical, useful gifts. For example, local dealers are featuring two timely items you can to the smokers on your Christmas list. We refer to Camel Cigarettes and Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. These popular brands are all dressed up in festive wrappings, ready to give. Camel comes in a handsome carton contains 200 mild,, flavorful Camel cigarettes. And y for the pipe smoker, Prince Albert is available i'QS tins. Ttntli Christmasy Camels and Prince Albert have space for a personal message. Ask to put some cartons of Camels and tins of Prince Albert away for you now. Adv. ten-pack- age tongue-friendl- one-pou- "Merry-Christmas- your-deale- r H. I. PHILLIPS MacPhail's New Farm Club Larry MacPhail, the eccentric and he will try to breed 'em In technicolorful former manager ol the New color." York Yankees ball club, has returned to his larm in Maryland and would seem that John L. Lewis has been left so far out in the coal by says he will devote himself to raising Black Angus cattle and possibly the A.FX. that he at last facet a perbreed some race horses. We await sonal fuel problem. the news that he is planning to get Larry Parks of "Jolson Story" his cattle to play under lights. fame is appearing in a new movie in which he is a leader of a Elmer Twitchell insists that he Scotch clan. Wedashing understand the has been a visitor at the MacPhail to sing "Maxwelton's farm. "I've got a membership In the temptation Braes Are Bonny" on his knees was Angus club, with a special box re- terrific. served for me for the style shows to be staged in the meadow sweet with Ima Dodo says she knows of a home bay," be declares. which has no hidden photos of the atom bomb development. "From what I heard Larry is not satisfied with Black Angus and II. 8. Marks, counsel to the atomic wants to get up a league which will energy board, has quit because of include White Angus, Red Angus the low pay. But look at all the time and Pink Angus. My hunch is that he gets for "fission"! WESTimOOK PECLER Adventure in Glamour delirious days and nights, the Statler hotel was just FOR three little bit ol Hollywood dropped into stately Washington. HAPPY UNITED STATES Wild Animals Put Bite on India n anti-bea- WRIGHT PATTERSON man-eatin- INCLUDE plenty of lettuce and greens in your reduo ing diet. They're high in minerals, vitamins and other health-givin- g diet. They're high in miner FOR FASTER RELIEF A whole shipload ol unreal idols ol our dreams flew in to protest about the bearings on Some Hollywood committee about freedom ol speech was back ol the party. By a happy coincidence most of them were on my floor. Some times. In the elevator, I even rubbed elbows with them. I wanted to ask Danny Kaye for his autograph in my book, along with the autographs of his friends, Leo Durocher, George Raft, Frankie Boy Sinatra and Buggsy Siegel, but I choked up, I lost my nerve. Then there was gorgeous June Havoc, who is a certain party's nomination lor "Miss Constitution of the U, S. A.," for 1947. Heh-hehch! I foxed them! When I said sh was a "certain party's" nomination I bet they thought I was going to say the Communist party, and then they would sue me for calling her a Communist. But I am too clever. Maybe toll of human lives. I am "that certain party" myself! the animal kingdom." On the slopes of the Himalaya But now w must go, Cinderella, lor the clock is striking 12, and our Although a handsome bounty Is paid for every monkey's head $10 mountains black bears killed more adventure in th realm of glamour comes to an end. a male and $6 for a female than 3,000 persons in 1945 alone. Sper efforts to end the monkey menace cial squads now have been are up against strong religious sen- organized to combat this terror. Just 100 miles from the great metiment. Hindus consider the montropolis of Bombay, in western Inkeys sacred. Yet. in Benares, children are bedia, can be heard the chilling growl ing pushed from temple steps to of the tiger. Every year their death by wild monkeys almost 200.000 Indians fall prey to them. BROCHURE issued by Citizen's can private citizens end. It woulo Most dreaded of all, however, is daily. Last year monkeys killed 107 National committee contains seem, quickly aroused the Interest the and cobra hooded, glossy king persons there. extensive evidence that "Be Kind to of all of that 140 million who were an And there are other hazards which its smaller brethren. There are Week of last June was called upon to participate, and they nature In the raw holds for the In- estimated 40 million snakes in India Taxpayers" movement. That week did. The and tan spendpopular one for every 10 human beings. was not dians. Wild elephants In the provPresident ing politicians can well lake heed of by proclaimed inces of Assam, to the north, and And every year they kill 400,000 Truman or any public the evidence concerning the average Mysore, to the south, move in great people. official. It started with a proclamaAmerican voter which that small to Civilization has go groups, trampling villages, destroyquite ways tion by one of the 140 million Ameri brochure contains. a at that ing crops and leaving behind grim fr a Good Start Off to co-op- s, """""It. MP Yips pt the house ways and means committee prefer not to be quoted on this hot tamale, but privately both Republicans will be hit in new tax and Democrats doubt that the legislation. sacrc to To members "no-man- I recently m FARMERS don't need t ww By BAUKHAGE n .ii Farm Marshall Plan Complexities Involve Vast Field of Work doubt 11 any parliamentary body in the world, or any despotic ruler, for that matter, ever laced a problem more complicated in detail, wider in its scope, or more important In its potential results than the Marshall program for aiding Europe. Since the idea of the Marshall over the possibility ol a resumption 'plan was first broached, I have had ol this Eastern-Westertrade. to opportunityshort In the course of this meeting and gain a lew but very intimate several others, we have had a chance to learn many more details glimpses into the of this complicated plan and its evomachinery which lution that possibly can be reported contributed to its here. And yet these meetings could Some completion. reveal only tiny fragments ol the of us, lor examtremendous amount ol research, ple, study and discussion were given a analysis, which was reduced to a lew salient very condensed and presented to committees and revealing points, of congress in Secretary ol State personal account Marshall's final report. ol the last, long, earnest sessions to Secretary Marshall, himself, had go through a long period ol briefin Washington where the repre- ing. In his last news conference beBaukhage sentatives ol the fore he met with congressional com16 European countries sat down in mitteemen, he had, as he put it, the state department to carry on "immense ground to cover." their daily, and sometimes nightly, Marshall Target seminars with the representatives Of Press Critics ol our government. I mentioned Secretary ol State These discussions went through three phases. The first phase was a Marshall and his last news confercareful expansion ol details lacking ence before meeting with the conin the formal report drawn up by gressional committees. . There has been growing criticism of Mr. Marthe Paris conference. You would be surprised at the shall here in Washington. It took number and scope ol those details, form alter the conference and has many ol which had to await special appeared in editorials. memoranda from technical experts One Washington editorialist in the countries involved. For incomplained that Marshall won't conversaa we can stance, Imagine talk, that the newsmen at the tion something like this: conference drew a blank because Marshall was uncommu"Just a moment," one of the American officials says, with his nicative. The Wedemeyer question came up, for example. Marpencil poised over the pad in front of him, "You say that it shall would say nothing. He addwill be Impossible to increase ed, not petulantly, but in a tone the output of the mines in Counthat forbade further questiontry X without additional mining ing: "Furthermore, I don't feel machinery. You gave us the obliged to report on every confor the total equipversation I have with the Presiment estimated, but I wish you dent." Period. would describe specifically the That was quite true. He doesn't types and the quantity you and shouldn't. Any secretary ol need." state who did feel obliged to import II the foreign expert had the sta- all information exchanged with the tistics with him, they were checked, chief would not long hold his job. and the discussion of that particular But! In a democracy, if you are item ended. II not, the next point an official, you have to live in a was taken up, awaiting the detailed goldfish bowl. The editorialist figures which had to be cabled from quoted the late Clinton Gilbert on Country X. Secretary of State, later Chief Jus- However, that phase was concluded without any serious casualties. In fact, I understand it gradually blended into the third phase, d which was a discussion, bringing out exactly how the Paris report was formulated. Whether, lor instance, it was a synthetic combination of various separate viewpoints and separate plans, or whether the parts were fitted to" 'T '"'1 gether with due relation to each N y f other so that they could be taken apart and put together again. The Americans took it apart and, we were told, it went together all right. d disAs I say, this was a Marshall and the Press cussion, and I understand that it a of common tice Charles Evans Hughes. Gilbert, developed appraisal the plan. In other words, when it speaking of Hughes, said: "He talks was completed, either American to the country daily. He takes the criticism had been satisfied, or the people into his confidence, telling European viewpoint had been suffi- all that can be told, and as soon as it can be told. He makes no step ciently altered to achieve harmonious agreement. without carrying the country with In setting forth their views, cer- him . . . that is democratic control tain "main factors" were empha- of foreign relations." sized by the Europeans. Well, that is not State Secretary In the first place, in normal times. Marshall's way. Western Europe traditionally imMany of the traits that make ported more goods from the western a man a splendid leader of arto hemisphere than they exported likewise mies, a strategist, us. However, this imbalance was make it impossible for him to compensated for by the trade becater to a public which reacts tween the Far East and Western only to emotions not as armor Europe. This trade furnished Westplate reacts to shellfire. You ern Europe with sufficient dollars to cannot land a million men on a make up part of the difference. foreign brarhhead, nor feed and in normal times, parSecondly, clothe and rare for them so they of Great Britticularly in the case can carry out their gigantic ain, there was the factor of "inmission, with a glib tongue, a visible income." This "invisible incharming smile or a keen sense come" was made up. In part, of inof publicity that gets your camvestments held by individual Britpaign on the first pages. ons and the British government, of Secretary of State Marshall is a the income in commissions and other fees which the British and great planner and an excellent executor of plans. It is up to someone other nations earned as a clearing house of merchandise, through the else to "sell" those plans. u.e of shipping facilities and many other services which it was convenient and practical for European OH, nations to provide for the world. But tiiis "invisible income" has largely disappeared now. We aakrd one of the Coropean representatives what bad hapDo you pity the poor American pened to It. The partial answer of roure, was obvious: With pedestrian who figures to get his world trade at a standstill, lumps from being booted in the der-rie- r by a rampaging motorist when many of the services no longer he crosses the street? Think nothare bring provided. And a te the personal holdings, one Euroing of it. In India red faced monkeys, savpean representative as Id: "Re-for- e the war, 1 owned 100 share age tigers, wild elephants, prowling of A T. AT., and 20 shares of bears and poisonous snakes kill General Motors. But they had to more than a million persons every go long before the war was over year. the Interruption of my earning Like the IrafTic menace in the t'n.ted States, this situation at last power, high taxes and so on." Still another important factor Is has attracted the attention of the the consideration of the normal central and provincial governments trade which formerly existed be- in India. They have declared the tween Eastern and Western Europe. monkeys which invade the Hindu It was interesting to note at this city of Benares and bite pilgrimagpoint, that considrrab) optimism ing worshippers to death "one of the was expressed by the Europeans greatest menaces of our time from mi f A Lesson A for Politicians Quick I Uu Thasa Special Nose Drops Daobla-Dnt- y A little Vlcks in each nostril rallavas head cold distress fastf And if used at first warning sniffle or sneeze, actually helps to many colds front developing. paent Follow ltl directions In package. Try Va-tro-- . 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