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Show THE BEAVER PRESS, BEAVER, UTAH Darling Su "jut vuiueuiuinylli 1 1948 Long Way Off, but Taft Looms as GOP Hope By BAUKHAGE Newt By EDWARD EMERINE WNTJ nut 1 Features. Oregon country, Including most northwesterly portion of all, the present state of Washington, was the unwanted and land of a little more than a century ago. Back East they felt that the Rocky mountains were the natural western boundary of the United States and refused to vote one cent for the development of a region so far away. There had been two wars with the British: why chance a third? Let the British have it. The United States had all the land it needed. But those thousands of pioneers who had urged their oxen along the Oregon trail and crawled over the mountains thought differently. They had found a good land, rich in beauty and vitality, where the mountains and forests came down to meet the Pacific ocean. The British wanted the country merely for trade with the Indians. The pioneers wanted it for their homes, their farms, their ranches, their dream cities. And they wanted it to be a part of the United States. They had traveled hundreds of wary miles, fighting Indians along the way, burying loved ones in unmarked graves. And now they had cleared their land, built houses, planted crops, and knew they had found an area with resources so vast and varied that even they were bewildered by the prospects. Somehow the East and Washington, D. C, must be told about it, made to believe. Washington finally heard, and the cry of "Fifty-fou- r Forty or Fight" went up. The settlers cleaned their rifles and waited. If the British wanted war, they were ready. But war was averted by the treaty of 1846, in which joint American and British occupancy was ended. A compromise boundary of the 49th parallel was established, and the Oregon country became a part of the United States. The Columbia river, however, remained a natural dividing line running through Oregon territory. The settlers "north of the river" wanted a territory of their own. As early nc nalyat nd Commentator. the international horizon. On the other hand, these activities, both in and quality, have taken Along about June of any election quantity afield from the usual polithim far year, when a lot of simple souls are ical approach to a Republican presithinking about nomination. dential moonlight and It may be there is a niche in the electric roses, making that would need a man of and where WSV Service. 1618 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. CANADA THE fans, to go for a sum- mer vacation, a lot of longer-rang- e planners are wondering e $W 1? i OLYMPIA '4 J , ",m! A RivtRAS-- is rich in minerals Washington coal, gold, silver, lead, mercury and zinc. It has clays, granite, sand- about next winter's coal supply, harvest time, and manya other lot fur- things ther away than the fly on your nose. Among these are the politicians. It's a great time to lean back in a chair in the Senate office building or thereabouts, open another bottle of White Rock, light another see-ga- r, and burble on about what's going to happen come November, and, still more intriguing, to prognosticate on presidential possibilities. It's fun for the newcomers because it's so easy for them to predict, in the light of what's happening right now, just what will happen then. It's still more fun for the old timers because they know that the voters who may not love you in the autumn often seem very palsy in the spring and vice versa. Since there isn't much use in speculating on who the Democratic presidential nominee will be, it's more interesting to talk about Republican possibilities. Perhaps that Is why, along about the middle of May, the heavy backers of Bob Taft began to be heard from. Up until then, most of the talk in the couloirs was how Bricker was the No. l'boy, and how Stassen mustn't even be mentioned above a whisper. Even Stassen's own men decided it was better for the young man from Minnesota to keep his head down so he wouldn't attract any lightning until he had found out whether his forums were more potent than the against-em'Now it's getting to be more serious fun to talk about Taft. Taft wants to be President. He has wanted to be President before. He is pretty much master of the Republican organization, but even if he weren't, Bricker, his present friend and rival, is more "beatable," despite the good impression he made on his speaking tour before the last convention . . . what with the leftist look in so many veterans' eyes. Bricker has a staunch and solid conservative following. But it Is a little too solidly conservative. Taft could hardly be called a radical. In fact, his political garden has never produced even a pale and lonely pink. On the other hand, his supporters prudently can point to many a constructively liberal measure which has had his blessing. Only the other day, I was talking with an ardent administration official who has been battling for a measure badly battered by conservatives of both political stripes. I asked him if he could expect to retrieve in the senate a certain provision in his legislation, lost in the stone, marble, limestone and cement. Also found in the state are antimony, arsenic, tungsten and platinum. Standing timber in Washington includes Douglas fir, yellow and white ' tfj I j pine, spruce, larch, cedar and othI ers. Normally, Washington leads all states in lumber output, shipping tv L its products all over the world. It has wood pulp and paper mills as well as other industries built on wood products. I On Washington's coast are innumerable harbors on which Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Olympia, Van-- ; S couver and other important cities are located. This great commercial area is the nearest American gateway to the ports of Asia and handles most of the shipping to and MON C. WALLGREN from Alaska as well as world trade Governor of Washington through the Panama canal. During Born In Des Moines, Iowa. World War II the shipbuilding and Home town, Everett, Wash. Forairplane manufacturing industry mer state representative and reached gigantic proportions and is United States senator. expected to continue. Coupled with its the White House, Pres. Benjamin natural resources is Washington's Harrison, issued a proclamation on mighty output of electric hydro 11 November that Washington was for industry. The Grand power admitted as a state. Coulee dam is part of a reclamaWhen the Indian wars ended, the tion project that will ultimately irrieastern part of the territory was gate 1,200,000 acres of land and produce electrical power far in excess of present needs. The Bonneville dam and others also contribute to the generation of power. Washington, however, remains chiefly agricultural. It leads all states by far in the production of apples and is high in output of other fruits such as pears, peaches, cherries, grapes, apricots, prunes and berries. Other crops are wheat, barley, oats, corn, alfalfa and clover hay, sugar beets, peas and hops. Huge herds of cattle and sheep graze throughout the state, V and horses, hogs, chickens and turkeys are grown profitably on most farms and ranches. In the eastern part of the state, 4 f fj., with irriWashington is semi-arigation used extensively. Its grain and cattle industries thrive there. ,.... West of the Cascades the rainfall is extremely heavy, ranging as high as 80 inches annually, with a reGRAND COULEE . . . Largest concrete structure that man ever made. sultant profusion of vegetation. Power from this dam accounted for the major portion of aluminum The people of Washington have a for construction of our airplanes for the Army Air Forces during rich heritage of thrift and courage World War II. and they retain the pioneer spirit that led them through the perils of as 1845 they had carved the area opened to settlement and brought settlement. They have the vision, house. into two enormous counties, Lewis immediate prosperity throughout too, for greater strides tomorrow. "Oh, yes," he answered, "Bob and Clark. More settlers were cross- the Northwest. The arrival of the will go along on that." Taft diviover ora "Mercer for and sentiment Girls," widows and ing And Taft has a good liberal recsion was evident. A group met at phans of the Civil war, provided ord on such mass-appemeasures Cowlitz Prairie to memoralize con- wives for the territory's excess male as housing. Railroads raced to gress. They were not heard. They population. The Republicans don't have met again in 1852 at Monticello and reach the great empire, with new e to deal with the bosses sent another petition to Washington. towns and settlements following the .. to the extent that the DemosOv. ;v S.J p.. ' ' y , Joseph Lane, Oregon territorial ribbons of steel. There was a severe crats do and in two of the larger delegate, offered his aid and introhowever, when the new cities where the Republican duced a bill to organize the terri- state was hard hit by depression and machine Is vital Philadelphia tory of Columbia, for that was to be panic in 1893. and Cincinnati its name. The bill was passed, but everything Washington's recovery was rapid, would be juke so far as Taft not before it was amended to for its people were virile and deterIs concerned. He, himself. Is change the name to Washington ter- mined. The Alaska gold rush of 1897 kingpin In his home state organOn March two 2, 1853, ritory. made Seattle the metropolis of the just ization . . . and Mr. Pew, who days before he left the White Northwest, and a few years later, makes the Republican wheels House, Pres. Millard Fillmore in 1903, there was a mining boom go round In Pennsylvania, want1 signed it. at Spokane which tripled that city's ed Taft In '40 and '44. It Is to Washington territory extended population. Ports and shipping grew be presumed he'll feel the same from the continent;)! divide to the rapidly on the coast. Fishing be1 in '48. Pacific ocean, including what is now came an important industry. AgriThis doesn't eliminate other brilthe northern part, or panhandle, of culture flourished and livestock inliant possibilities, including Messrs. Idaho. But the settlers were not yet creased all over the state. LumStassen and Vandenberg, both of satisfied. Agitation for statehood be- ber business and mining brought , f whose political futures may be gan and continued for nearly 15 prosperity to thousands. molded by international develop-mentThe Evergreen state (or Chinook If years. In 1889 they were successful and Pres. Grovcr Cleveland signed state) holds more than the majestic Mr. Vandenberg has done a lot the bill a month before he left the mountains, canyons, gorges, forof the molding himself. This could White House. At a convention in ests, lakes and highways shown in work both ways. On the one hand Olympia on July 4, that year, a con- a tourist folder. It is more than the energy and devotion with which stitution was drawn up, and at an scenery It is a land of vast natural CASCADES Of the Mi. Vandenberg has applied himelection on October 1 it was adopt- resources, many of them as yet unriver, Olympic national self to foreign affairs, and the powed by the citizens. A new man in developed or not fully utilized. park. erful influence he has exerted, have greatly increased his silhouette on 1 ! W IVf i' '"'::! almost-unlimite- d s. 7 4 old-lin- . T set-bac- it- s. ... Dose-walli- BAR BS The average age of the American been increasing population has since colonial times, says the Metropolitan Information service. Just what is your average age, today? 5 , . " t t It' ; 4 f 'V.j Rolling Wheat Fields of Eastern Washington. Army regulations have made men says Business Week magazine. The prices they have to pay for the civilian variety will make some of them unconscious. his proportion to fill but one Democrat said to me the other day: "Sometimes it looks as if Van would rather be right than President." Times change, almost kaleidoscop-ically- , these days. The presidential candidate of tomorrow may turn out to be (if you'll excuse my Irish) a dark horse of an entirely different color. Columnists Speak Oat of (in?) Turn The carping critics of today and yesterday enjoy decrying the vari- ous inroads upon our founding fathers' ideas of government by the people. We hear much about "government by lobbies"; "government by executive order"; "government by this and by that . . ." President Roosevelt used to inveigh against what might have been called an attempt at "government by columnists." It always seemed rather unnecessary on his part since he used to be elected regularly with a press 80 per cent hostile. Recently President Truman was called npon to comment on the work of the distinguished columnist, Walter Lippmann, Lippmann expounded the somewhat startling theme with even more startling trimmings that Britain and Rnssla were pursuing a foreign policy based on the possibility, if not the probability of war, with each side hoping to enlist eventual German support. In fact, Mr. Lippmann even discovered an invisible German army in the British zone. (I don't mean that literally, for I understand that he did not visit the British zone in hi3 tour of investigation.) The President's comment was that hindsight was better than foresight, but as far as a hidden army was concerned, he never heard of it . . . and didn't think it existed. The same day. Mr. Truman was asked to comment on the statement of another distinguished correspondent, Harold Callender, Paris correspondent for the New York Times. Mr. Callender had reported a sharp reversal of American foreign policy toward Russia. The President slapped that down, too, saying that he knew of no change . . . and he made the policy. Some days before, Sumner Welles, former undersecretary of state, now a radio commentator, made observations similar to those of Callender. 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They have had ; century ol public PIr"v,i mended by grateful me A four ntijnoori ar " ,, The coal strike was like a stream of sand filtering intosteady the complicated machinery of our economy . . . grinding down the gears burning out the bearings, changing .,,ulus ui runversion to a ca- cophony of shrieking brakes. Food-greed- Americans should remember that breadlines are wors-than nylinen. .w 7139 was A in- and efficient aide. Just how much influence the individual writer or commentator wields Is a question. In most cases, it takes an almost unanimous repetition of an idea to produce action. And then its effect on the government Is usually indirect. It results from the pressure of public opinion, which in many cases is created by press and radio, when the many men of many minds and political faiths can agree on some one subject. When the majority agree it usually means that they are as nearly right as mortals can be in these confusing days. In the case of Walter Lippmann, I believe that he Is voicing: what many of us who have followed recently International gatherings and who have been In Europe since the war, agree opon: namely, that the statesmen of the major European powers have fallen Into the old pattern . . . basing their diplomacy on the thesis that war Is more or less inevitable, Instead of the now pattern where the objective Is to prevent war rather than prepare for It. Another theme of Lippmann's which is not held by him alone to which this writer certainly agrees is that the problem of the proper of handling Germany Is the most Important foreign problem, and the one upon which all the other prob-lem- s depend. by -- D??',t IMHP |