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Show NEWS ANALYSIS WEEKLY Truman's A'etfS WASHINGTON. Despite the spirited battle over extension of the reciprocal .trade agreement authority, nothing which even its best friends could hope to do about it would be definitive, for everyone knew from the start that final action must be postponed until next year. Reciprocal trade agreements have been a definite part of our foreign By Bill Schoentgen, ' f I trade policy for 14 years. If they were of any value In the past, they are of even more value now. But with an election a little more than four months off and congress trying to break a log jam of legislation, lengthy debate on the subject was Impossible. it backwards, the reciprocal trade agreement policy is this: If a country is prevented by a high tariff wall from selling to us. f.V.'.:". it can't get the .".W.W to buy dollars from us. Or, if the country has borrowed money from us, it can't get the dollars to pay us back. That's what III til hit hap-pene- d after War I, World and the breakdown in foreign trade was one of the great factors in bringing on depression. But that isn't the only thing that tariff walls do. They tend to force extreme nationalism isolationism, on a country and behind the tariff of State Cor-de- ll walls, as Hull used to say so often, grow the roots of war. Secretary of State Marshall , that the Gearhart bill would destroy the substance of the reciprocal trade theory, a theory which is not only the cornerstone of our general foreign trade policy, bnt the principle which we have insisted must be followed by nations participating in the European recovery program. The secretary said that "only the shadow of the original act would be preserved in the substitute bill proposed by Representative Gearhart. while its substance would be And he added: "I think our national interests would be better preserved to permit the trade agreements act to expire than to permit H.R. 6556 to be enacted." He pointed out that any serious weakening of the trade agreements act at this critical period in world affairs would "almost certainly be regarded by other countries not only as a surrender of our leadership in the international economic field, but as a repudiation of much that has been accomplished under oar leadership in that field." Presumably be meant this: When we agreed to the European recovery plan (E.C.A.), one of the thing! we emphasised, demanded in fact, was that the countries receiving our aid would have) to break down tariff barriers against each other and the rest of the We knew there couldn't world. be economic recovery If thera was not a free flow of world trade. Even before the E.C.A. was ever thought of sine 1934, as a matter of fact by vigorously pursuing the reciprocal idea, by concluding reciprocal trade treaties with so many countries (we have them with all but six or seven of the Marshal plan participants) we have encouraged the world to reduce tariff walls. Thus it would hardly seem consistent suddenly to reverse ourselves and go back to the old days of high tariff economic isolationism. The measure as the house presented It had another drawback in the eyes of Secretary Marshall and supporters of his point of view. The bill would force the President either to accept the recommendations of the federal tariff commission on adjustments above or below a certain bracket or submit tham to a congressional veto. That sounds reasonable In theory, but whit it does is to smash absolutely the whole basis for reciprocal trade negotiastated tion. A nasty little joker in the measure stating that tariff commission recommendations must be made on the principle of protecting the special imprests concerned revealed the intent of its framers. That provision would destroy the purpose of i.egctiatim by removing trade agreements from the field of the "cncrl good" and narrowing them down to a question of whether the particular industry Is to be protected from competition. Thus, t only would International relations and conditions have to be Ignored entirely, but broad national interests at well. Secretary Marshall used atrong hi criticising; thle, rlaue word when he said: "The bill. In effect, makes pure protection the sole fr tariff action." Very few groups outside of the big Industries which want to keep down foreign competition lh reciprocal trade program. The great majority ff tt.e chambers cf commerce are for It Earl Shreve, national president of the chamber of eommerce, has said that any criterion crr" "restrictions on or crippling of the trade agreements program would have very undesirable repercussions. Discontinuance or impairment would destroy consistency in United States policy and would undermine world confidence." Former Republican presidential candidate Alfred E. Landon came exout in favor of the three-yea- r tension of the trade agreements act as urged by the administration. He said that failure to extend the act would be contrary to the Republican policy plank of 1944. Frequent public opinion polls have shown that the majority of the people favor trade treaties. In fact, persons who know what trade treaties are vote better than eight to one to retain them. I'm no economic expert, but all I have ever read or heard about the old high protective tariff debates, the experience under the d bill, the War I debt repudiation and depression would seem to indicate that the high tariff idea should and would be dead as a dodo. If not, it means we spin the wheel backward to the grand old days of high tariffs which killed foreign trade, made it impossible for foreign countries to sell us goods and spend their money here, or to pay back the money they owed us simply to protect certain private interests. Smoot-Hawle- post-Worl- This Convention Is Different As the Republicans swing into acwith the greatest hope they have had for electing a president since the fifth birthday of this year's first voters, there are a number of striking contrasts to be noted between this convention in Philadelphia and former GOP conclaves. One big contrast is in the size of the audience which actually will behold the speakers as they step forward onto the rostrum. In 1940, some 10,000 people not actually in the hall witnessed the convention. Two television cameras mirrored the scenes to s fairly select audience, some of it composed of tion persons fortunate enough to share the hospitality of the. Railroad club in the same building as the hall. There one could escape the sound and fury, the glare of the lights, the heat and aridity, and could snack and sip In a comfortable chair. This year in Philadelphia, the estimated television audience will be counted in the millions, for networks will carry the scene to viewers from Massachusetts to California. Instead of two lonely cameras, there will be the pooled equipment and programming of the various nets. But there Is a greater contrast In the Republican political situation than In the delegates' physical surroundings between today and 1940. No one who witnessed the Willkic stampede can forget. It was just about as unorthodox a procedure as history records, for the candidate was chosen, not in the hall, nor in room either, but out a smoke-fillein the sticks. If this U to be a "wireless" convention, the 1940 affair was a convention "by wire." A group of amateurs, who were no amateurs when it came to organized action, was putting pressure on the "big men" in every community, and the "big men" were getting to bosses or to the delegates direct by telegram The Willkie amaand telephone. teurs "stole" the show from the professionals, and the professionals swore it never would happen again. It Isn't happening this year. Anoiher highly interesting contrast between conventions this time between 1943 and 1944 is the hectic atmosphere of today as opposed to the comparative calm then. There was 'Non-Politic- al' WNU Staff Writer columns, they are those af (EDITOR'S NOTE: When eoinions arc expressed in the Western Newspaper Union's newa analysts and not necessarily af this newspaper.) By BAUKIIAGE Analyst and Commentator Putting MINE TALKS: More Snags Tour Breaks Precedents, Hits Snags; Senate Fights to Recover Aid Slash Reciprocal Trade Is Vital of the World To Well-Bein- g 5 Thursday, June 24. 194ft THE TIMES- - NEWS. NEPHT, UTAH PAGE TWO a feeling back in Chicago four years ago which took the lip out of the Chicago air. Also the war Overshadowed the conclave then. The National Republican (the party newspaper started off its lead article on June 28, 1944: "With the Invasion news commanding the attention of the entire convention . . ."' Another contrast between '44 and '48 Is in the attitude toward foreign policy. Then It was the moKt delicate question which laeed the platform committee. Today Senator Vandenherg has foreign policy wrapped op In a neal package signed with hi name and sealed with hi signet ring. That lesoa Is no worry at all. ' ...... t. 'dC!s '' As usual John L. Lewis was mining the channels of possible agreement in the latest series of contract discussions between him and representatives of the soft coal mine operators." -. The explosive the UMW chief planted this time was a demand that the operators first guarantee welfare aid for distressed miners before they can expect his union to sign a new contract. Thus, the "Lewis situation" in the United States was being brought to the fore again. Already the possessor of enough government injunctions to paper the den of his Springfield, 111., home, Lewis received another one before he would consent to bargain with the operators on a new 1948-4contract (The old contract expires June 30.) U. S. District Judge T. Alan Goldsborough issued the latest injunction ordering Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers association. The mine chief previously had refused to bargain with the association because the 14 member groups were being represented at the contract talks by just one man. However, Lewis bowed to the injunction and agreed to talk. In the course of this talk one of the first things he did was to call the mine operators "fat cats" and then wave an arrogant club at them with these words: "'We assume that you would deplore any impairment of your abnormal income after July 1. Such an assumption would seem to be a logical predicate for the making of a new wage agreement before that date." Briefly, it looked as though Lewis was determined to strike again. Deprived of one snag, he immediately grasped another. As a result the first round of contract talks was fruitless. 9 f I ODDS ON SECURITY . . . Seeking to end what he termed a "desperate gamble" with the nation's security. Sen. Chan Gurney (Rep, S. D.) (left) opened senate debate on the measure to draft youths aged 19 through 25. Chairman of the senate armed services committee, Gurney here Is discussing the draft bill with Senators Leverett (Rep., Mass.) and Richard B. Russell (Dem., Ga.). NON-POLITICA- L: Truman's Tour President Truman's swing through the West could be described as only in the sense that Mr. Truman, as a candidate for Democratic had jettisoned many of the rules of standard party politics. It was a lone wolf fight he was waging going over the heads of party leaders to talk directly to the people. And most of what he had to say to the people concerned the Republican congress and what he termed its inaction. In Chicago, speaking before the Swedish Pioneer Centennial association, he hammered out a platform upon which he can be expected to base his chances for It was a platform for "more and better democracy." From Chicago the President, with his entourage, headed for the heart of the farm belt, Omaha, Neb., and it was there that he was set sharply back on his heels. He continued his lambasting of the Republican congress this time concentrating on GOP farm, policies in a speech at the coliseum in Omaha. Fantastically, in the coliseum which has a capacity of 10,000, fewer than 2,000 persons were present to hear Mr. Truman talk. This phenomenon was variously interpreted. Some said the President's box office appeal had wilted. Others claimed the Nebraska Democratic machine had done a miserably inadequate job in promoting his appearance. Probably closer to the truth was the plain fact that the label of the presidential trip had backfired seriously. He made a political speech and had expected to get a crowd of friendly Democrats to fill the hall for the occa"non-politica- l" "non-politica- sion. But the White House previously had told the Democratic organization in Omaha to lay off the poand the organization litical hoop-la- , acted in compliance with those instructions. Payoff came when nobody else showed up to fill the aching void which the Democrats created by staying away. It was an unpleasant blow for the campaigning Mr. Truman and one that might produce grave political repercussions. But the President was resilient. And in a more or less happy frame of mind he left Omaha on his train and rode away Into the setting s'in in search of happier hunting grounds. AID SLASH: Le$$ Recovery'? Sen. Arthur Vandenberg was fighting mad at what the bouse of representatives had done to his political baby, the world recovery program, by slashing nearly a million dollars from the appropriations for the Europe-Asi- a aid bill. On the Republican foreign policy leader from Michigan rested the administration's hope of reclaiming the appropriations cut in senate action on the measure. Certainly, Vandenberg has a more than usual affinity for global aid program since it was he who labored to steer the Marshall plan to congressional approval last April. What the house had done was to approve a total foreign aid expenditure of $5,330,710,228 to be spread Ciggest out over a period of 15 months. The administration had asked as the minimum fund needed for a period. Secretary of State George Marshall, fighting hard against the cut, had asserted that the smaller appropriation would mean putting Europe on a relief dole, rather than helping it to its feet But Rep. John Taber (Rep., N. Y.), chairman of the house appropriations committee, went right ahead and swung the ax. He said the funds his committee proposed were all that could be spent with any degree of prudence. Paul G. Hoffman, head of the European recovery program, said he "certainly hoped" congress would restore the cuts. ERP was hardest hit in the fund cut.. Whereas congress previously had authorized up to 4.245 billion dollars in 12 months for that recovery project, the appropriations bill as passed by the house knocked that figure down to 4 billion dollars for 15 months. Other reductions: Assistance to Greece and Turkey was cutfrom 275 million to 200 million dollars and aid to China cut from 463 million to 400 million. and astronomers art tugging at the leash in anticipation of the secrets of the universe which telethe newly dedicated scope atop Mount Palomsr, Calif, will reveal to them. The telescope's enormous mirror almost 17 feet across will permit penetration twice as far Into space as has previously been possible and ancient problem may solve rh about life on Mars. Scientists 200-Inc- h - DRAFT: Debatable Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, in the manner of all old warriors, probably will remain a soldier at heart till the end of his days, despite the fact that he has discarded his military trappings for the cap and gown of an educator. Ike has settled down as president of Columbia university, and that's the only kind of president be wants to be. he says. In the waning days before adjournment of congress the senate had buckled down to the task of producing action on a limited revival of the military draft The house was waiting only for the senate to dispose of the question before its members waded into the tricky currents of a similar measure. Legislators in both houses were treading gingerly about on the issue, throbbing with the knowledge that this is an election year and furthermore there are any number of American parents ready to offer material objections at the ballot box if their boys are called up for military service. In the face of all this the senate, nevertheless, was trying to do some kind of a job. Its measure provided for the drafting of men 19 through 25 in sufficient numbers to bring the armed services up to their authorized strength. The bill would to volunteer for permit a year's training, thiu disposing cf a universal military training act for the present Among the side Issues that arose during the senate debate was the old bugaboo of civil rights. After an abortive two-hofilibuster by southern Democrats, the senate voted 37 to 35 to outlaw the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections so far as members of the armed forces are concerned. Actually, it was a minor issue, inasmuch as most of the seven southern poll tax states still have in effect wartime suspensions of the tax for members of the armed services. Under the senate measure the draft .ould be authorized for five years, but the program Is left flexible enough so congress each year could r.iise or lower both the regular and reserve forces to meet shifting world conditions. Drafted men, after completing two years of service, would have lo serve In the reserve for five years or, as a matter of choice, volunteer for an additional year In the regular services or two years In the national guard. LATEST: Ey Transition In liomben Army air force la developing another new long range jet bomber which will use propellers driven by jet turbines. It Is called the XB- 52. The experimental plane represents another effort by designers to overcorr the high fuel consumption and resulting limited range cf but still retain the jet's jet high sreed. propellors mij provide a partial iswer. Jet-drive- GERMANY: New Plan Pivotal point of a healthy and prosperous Europe, Germany long has been under scrutiny by the Allied powers who have been searching for a way to return it to the world family of nations without starting another squabble. Zonal partition of Germany perhaps has been the biggest hindrance to the formulation of such a plan, and Russia consistently has an autonobjected to omous German government . Now, however, a new plan was afoot The U. S. and five other Britain, France, friendly powers Belgium, Luxembourg and The revealed a scheme Netherlands In western Gerfor many. the same time notice was , At served on Russia that occupation troops will remain there "until the peace of Europe is secured." The plan calls for international control of the Ruhr and (or steps German contoward convening stituent assembly in the three western tonei "to prepare a constitution for approval of the participating states." That was the skeleton of a pr gram which might pot Germany back on Its feet Reaction in the U. S. was favorable. The state department hailed it as a major step toward recovery in Europe, and It also was regarded as a body blow to Russia tn the cold war. But although the plan asserted with some vehemence that "Germany must not again be permitted to become an aggressive power," there was some worry at to whether Trance would approve it Doe the decision to go ahead with the political rehabilitation of western Germany to the axclusioTi of Russia's eastern zone mean that the defeated nation I finally and Irrevocably split U S. officials don't think so. The theory is that although it was Russia Itself which forced the wester powers to act without Russia, th new program does not preclude the participation of the rest of Germany in the new self governing federation If and when the people of the Soviet ton want in. Ratny Weather life drunk staggered home and his way subconsciously through the house, winding up Id tbe stall shower of his bathroom. As he groped about, ha turned on the water, deluging himself plenty and making a racket which brought the Little Woman to the scene. Taking in the details, she called him all kinds of names winding up with a none too flattering estimate of his past present and futureaS "That's right honey," admiia the shuddering sot "I'm everything you said and worse. But let me in, won't you? it's raining something awful out here." A made Moon Over Manhattan Mldtown Vignette: In the trade 11 is common talk that some of the better known magazines (not Hearst) have taken big dives in circulation . . . But over at one mag office the editors and staffers get the shakes every time they pass the newsstands in their own foyer . . . The most embarrassing situation is the "returns" alongside the .stands right where they can see them! A DREAM COME TRUE One of the bitterest Wall street feuds involved J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Despite their Hatfield-McCoy brawl these dollar-sig- n one of consummated mighties the biggest deals in financial history without speaking to each other directly. Carnegie sat in one room while Morgan squatted in another. An intermediary carried messages from one to the other until the deal was completed. That transaction laid the basis for U. S. SteeL "When I was a little child," said the sergeant, addressing his men at the end of an exhausting drill, "I had a set of wooden soldiers. There was a poor boy in the neighborhood, and after- I had listened to the beauties of charity, I softened enough to give them to him. "Then I wanted them back and cried," he continued quietly. "But my mother said: 'Don't cry, Tom. Some day you will get your wooden soldiers back.' "And," shouted the sergeant glaring at his men, "believe me, that day has come." Spivy was telling a British delegate to the U. N. about Niagara Falls how many tons of aqua fall per minute, etc. "Isn't it amazing?" she said. "What's to prevent It?" was the - retort. New York Story: One of the top ballyhoo men was Harry Reichen-bacwho was so good he got $1,000 a day from clients for special publicity . . . One day he bet George Godfrey, the Keith booking head, $100 that he could make a headliner A few days later overnight Harry invited Godfrey to see an act at Coney Island . . . Their car stalled somewhere along the Bowery and while waiting for repairs a lovely voice was heard from one of the tenements . . . They investigated . . . She was a good looker, too . . . A sewing machine girl, she said . . . Godfrey was so impressed he booked her as a "freak" headliner at the Palace . . . She stopped every show the week of December 1, 1913 . . . Later Reichenbach demanded $100 from Godfrey for winning the wager . . . She was no sweat shop worker . . . She was a prima donna, tired of laying off. h, ... Lost and Found The following notice was inserted in the columns of a country weekly: "Anyone found near my chicken house at night will be found there in the morning." Republic of Mexico The republic of Mexico is a va,st country with a population of 22 mfl. lion. Its topography varies fronv d mountains to dense jungles. It Is greatly handicapped by lack of transportation. high-peake- Fuel Blending one gallon of ethyl alcohol and nine gallons of low grade gasoline will make 10 gallons of k motor premium grade fuel oil. Anti-Kno- Some politicians were discussing hecklers. One of them said he never made a reply. "Many years ago," he explained, "my father told me never to roll In the mud with a pig. Because yon both get covered with mud and the pig likes it." anti-knoc- Why Camel Is "Dry" Desert animals are able to Old New Yorkers: At one time tha Metropolitan tower was the city's loftiest and most famed edifice. That fact irked five and dime store tycoon Frank Woolworth . . . The Met Life Insurance company had once refused to give him a loan. As a result of this personal grudge Woolworth decided to top the Met tower by erecting the Woolworth skyscraper. E. W. Scripps, the founder of Scripps-Howarnewspapers, was a fighting liberal. "I'm a rich man and that's dangerous," he said. "It isn't the money that's the risk. As a rich man, I live with rich men and the danger is that you'll get to think like them. They know their money talks but they don't know their money does their thinking too. I don't mind cutting an editor in on the profits, but I won't let those profits make him a conservative!" WANTED TO BUY WK BUT AND SELL Offles Furniture, Files, Typewriters. ing Machines, Safea, Cash Registers. SALT LAKE DESK EXCHANGE d BUSINESS at INVEST. OPPOR. Grigs cafe. "Corey's. " Twin, Ida. Located Intersection highway 80 and U. S. it. Exrlusirelr tinted. B. Robortaon, P. O. Box 230, Twin Ida. Phone Twin Falls 140. Falls, U. S. John Fails, REAL ESTATE MISC. 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