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Show r nr iia. Ail T1IE BEAVER PRESS, BEAVER, UTAH Truman Asserts Red Aims Split As Some Leaders Desire Accord; Public Health Bill Faces Tough Battle in Congress Dutch Firm on Indonesian Stand (EDITOR S NOTE: When ar xpresitd In thcea lolamn, they art thont l WciUrn Newspaper Union' pinions By BAUKIIAGE new nnalytu and net neeeuarilr el this newipsptr.) Commentator. and Sews Analyst The dim roar of an approaching battle COLD WAR: WASHINGTON. in congress is being heard over the horizon. The struggle will Someone Tiring concern S.1320, the national health insurance and public If Harry S. Truman were right, - " ' t ' health bill. then possibility of war with Russia an last session in the was by organization was less than opposed This measure many Americans formed by the American Medical association which turned out to be, In imagined. In a . ' "surprise" state!n a is and that the Washington, of lobby dollars spent, biggest terms ment during an unheralded aprecord. pearance at a luncheon in Kansas City. President Truman declared Why does the medical association that "certain leaders" in or tne Die Jbill? Supporters JZ as much the business of the whole bluntly oppose Russia "are exceedingly anxious belegislation say people as freedom from persecu- to reach an agreement with the cause the major- tion, censorship, or any of the other United States to end the cold war." ity of the doctors, restrictions our ancestors came to THEN THE PRESIDENT lashed V like the majority America to avoid. out with an accusation that the of the people in the of into won't the I go history "sacred" the country don't bill. It was written after years of Soviets have violated agreements and said their governunderstand it. of six public hearings ment "has a system of morals years study, Many doctors before congressional committees. that are not moral." foul would think it Those who have opposed the measor not. President a.L., Deliberately up their practice ure have made their chief argument Truman was baring some closeted of medicine with a contention that it would be anothserious, Usually pontifically secrets when he said during that politics. Many also er step toward a socialized state, Sen. Robert A. Taft or Ohio was not Russians that had the speech say it would dein an expansive mood as he chatthat it would indeed socialize the kept important agreements made ted with stroy normal medical profession. On point one, at Yalta newsmen on his return and Potsdam. By that to rethe supporters say truthfully "that statement, the President was Washington following a tour conlations because argument was once raised against ceding of He praised the operacharges of long duration tionEurope. the patient would the public schools, city of the economic cooperation BAUKHAGE were certain commitments that have to take what municipal sewage systems, electric with administration (Marshall plan). medical treatment he could get on light and power plants, which are made at these two parleys were not which the Russians genan assembly-linbasis. This latter now accepted as a matter of known, and results of which erally on a is based course." misappreassumption led to accusations that American FOR CHINA: hension of what is actually in the Under the national health insurhad failed miserably in bill which I'll mention later. ance bill, the federal government diplomacy with Russia's Josef Watch and Wait negotiations manThe former charge is a predicand collect the would money U. S. policy on China, for the Stalin. tion and can't be answered categorage it along with the social security The President's position was far time being at least, appeared to ically. I can understand it. When I fund which it does now, disburse from an earlier expansive state- be one of watching and waiting, was in college, I got a summer job it to the states for the services ren- ment that Stalin was a "nice old coupled with a resounding diplon the Chautauqua daily. Chautaudered by the doctors and approve fellow." omatic silence. commu- Taft Laughed y - rif patien- t-physician water-work- e qua is a pretty big summer nity, and health is important. A young medical student friend of mine whose father had a pull got the job of Inspecting cowbarns of farmers supplying milk to Chautauqua. I made the rounds with him once. He examined the bovine living conditions thoroughly and some were pretty vile. He made notes and put them in a report recommending that purchases from a particular farmer bo suspended until the barns were cleaned up. What happened? He got a n from his supesharp rior. After that, inspection consisted in opening doors, holding the nose, And looking the other way. That happened many years ago. and I have heard that Chautauqua county is noted for its model dairies. But there is always a lurking suspicion that when a politician puts his finger in the pie it turns sour. The only specific answer to this charge of politics that I have discovered is one offered in a pamphlet gotten out by the Federation or Women's Clubs which says: "the plan allows for the representation of the people paying for it." Perhaps a better answer lies In the fact that the American Federation of Labor and the CIO, both of whose leaden know just about as much about how politically-controlleinstitutions operate as any organization heads in the country, favor the bill. It has been supported by many individual doctors and by the Physicians Forum, and the Committee of Physicians for the Improvement of Medical Care. But what is "it," this national health insurance bill? Are you familiar with its purpose, what it proposes to do and how it proposes to do it? Let's go back. What was the most shocking revelation in the World War II draft statistics? I'd be wiping to bet the thing that most painfully surprised the whole country of our youth of was that military age was unhealthy. Out of fifteen million registrants, five million were rejected for physical or mental disabilities. Kural residents as a group were even less healthy. oat of each 100 rural Forty-on- e re;istrauts were turned down as It had been Just the opposite In World War I when farmers outdistanced city folk In good health. call-dow- cow-bar- n d one-thir- s. From these figures, we suddenly discovered that the American youth wasn't such a hale and hearty individual as we had thought. Later, si you may not know, we learned that 325.000 Americans die every year who could be saved with proper medical care. About twenty per cent of our people can afford all the medical care they need. Half our families those with an Income of $3,000 a year or less find It hard, if not Impossible to pay for even routine medical care. Thirty per rent of our famir lies in the $3,000 to bracket would have to go Into deht or make other sacri-fi- i e to meet the cost of severe or chronic illness. So you can see why America is twenty-threper cent unhealthy. From the beginning Americans have believed that sound minds are the responsibility of the state, he'ice the public school system A sound mind isn't much good in an unsound body So, say the supporters of the national health insurance bill, it is logical and thoroughly in keeping with American principles to tax everybody so that everybody can get medical care. They argue that freedom from persecution by germs Is $S,0nO-a-yea- e of the various state The actual arrangements for the services of the doctors who would go right on with their private practices as well if they wanted to, would be made between doctor and patient. The patient, unless his family doctor refused to Join up, would have his services just the same, The only they would be free. doctor wouldn't have to aeccF. any patient he didn't want. set-up- HE DID NOT IDENTIFY the Red leaders who prefer an "understanding" as he put it with the but he asserted United States, that there are Soviet top men who have no desire for war. Neither did the President say whether any overtures had been made by such Russian leaders. The President said frankly: "I made certain specific agreements at Potsdam, none of which have been kept. Certain agreements were made at Yalta, none of which have been kept." He reiterated that "all the United States wants is peace." Tart of the money would go to the states for research, medical education and various preventive services. How much would it cost? f One and per cent of your earnings up to $3,600 which your employer would match. If you are you would pay three per cent up to $3X00 of your own earnings. And that, say the bill's proponents is no more than you pay now (on the average) to a voluntary group health agency if you belong to one and it's less than you would pay to a private physician. Physicians' rntes and mode of payment will be established by the vote of the majority of the physicians in the given area or locality. Sinee the worst shortage of doctors Is in rural areas, It is expected that with assurance of adequate pay through the national insurance fund, more physicians will he attracted to those areas. Also the fund will help to expand local public health services, rural hospital and ambulance service. Aside from the poorer health in farm communities, maternal mortality is higher and, as every farmer knows, accidents are high. There are 54 deaths per 100,000 population on farms, only 20 per 100,000 in in- INDONESIA: one-hal- Dutch Stubborn is a characteristic the Dutch and Holland was running true to form. Despite Stubbornness trait United the announcement by States, from which she is receiving Marshall plan aid. that the invasion of Indonesia must stop, the Dutch said, in effect, they'd think the order over. was THE UNITED NATIONS concerned, but a Russian step to the fore in demanding a ceasefire order and troop withdrawal in no 24 hours did the Indonesians good. This time, the U. S. abstained from voting and the Russian proposal lost. However, the American position was difficult of understanding, and the statement of American delegate Philip Jessup did little to clarify it. "I decline to be put in a false position by other delegations." he said. "The record of the United States on Indonesia is before the world." BUT ALSO BEFORE tht world was the issue of American prertige and the integrity of tht Marshall plan. America stood for help for Indonesia; America controlled the powerful weapon of economic aid to the Dutch. Yet, America, as yet, had delivered no ultimatum to the nation whose foray Into Indonesia was being helped by' American dollars. And the American delegate had declined to vote for a cease-firorder in the Indonesian fighting Joining Great Britain in the vote declination. Whatever else was true, and regardless of motives, the assertion of the Soviet Ukranian delegate appeared to be true. He charged: "Without United States financial help, the Netherlands would have been unable to wage war in Indonesia." dustry. In the controversy over this meas- ure both sides point to the experience of other countries. They claim the national insurance system was inaugur?tcd in Germany in 18H3. One American Medical association member says medical care declined under it. He probably knows more about it than I, but the statement was certainly a surprise. Similar complaints have been made .against a similar plan which has Just been inaugurated in Britain. But a recent poll taken in England says 91 per cent of the physicians have joined up which would seem to show they approved of the way it works even if they opposed it in the beginning. And the people voted it the most popular measure passed by the present government. The British Medical association did not oppose the bill as a whole but fought against certain portions, those which they thought might make them "servants of the Operation 'Tactful' y state." have checked as nearly as I can and I do not believe they will be disputed As to the opinAnd ions, they remain as such. you can't look into the future From what I can learn, the supporters of the bill believe that It will be one of the first introduced In the new congress, that it will reach the floor by February and that the chances for its passage are good. These facts I Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwy-rndrobwllllantysiliogogngoc- h of j by the National Geographic Socito be the longest place name in world. But it's no good for a cross-wor- d puzzle. Coconut chips are now available in five ounce tins They may he as snacks fur bridge parties, hut the red. white and blue "ties still will be prefeired for pnkcr. You'll never find a sandpiper a fiddler crab playing in the and same orchestra. America had two good consiupon which to base that policy: 1. THE UNITED STATES stood convinced that nothing other than direct intervention in the military situation in China would change the course of events, and that the government is not prepared to intervene to that extent. 2. There is, in the United States, an inaccurate assumption that American economic aid is a foolproof solution to the difficulties of other countries; that this aid, if put into a given country as raw materials are put into a machine, would suddenly be processed into an effective, finished product. Life was not precisely like that especially in China. To all of which might be added these two additional factors: 1. The United States was caught in this dilemma: If it issues a statement supporting the Nationalists, as Mme. Chiang urged, it might merely associate itself with the collapse of the present Chinese regime without preventing that collapse. 2. On the other hand, if it explains why it is not granting further aid to Chiang, and publishes what has happened to previous aid, it might hasten Chiang's collapse. Hence, the attitude of watchful waiting. derations Kai-she- k MARSHALL: How Long? The question of who would be President Truman's secretary of state was concerning official Washington and the diplomatic centers of the world. Ailing Gen. George C. Marshall was ordered to rest, observe strict dietary instructions. Evidence was largely at hand that the President was reluctant to trust the touchy problems of international policy in less experienced hands, yet the chief problem persisted: Could Marshall carry on effectively despite his serious ailment loss of a kidney through operation? THE PRESIDENT appeared committed to a policy of letting Marshall stay on, or. rather, keeping Marshall on the job despite any desire of the latter to give up his post. A close associate of the President was quoted as saying the chief executive was willing to wait until Marshall recovered sufficiently to do a full time job. even if that should require months. Robert A Lovett. said not to "gee" as well with the President as Marshall did, would continue to act for Marshall while the latter rest- Want More Laiv AIL MUST PROVE STATUS becoming irked. Too many tnesses had fallen back on the constitutional guarantee of immunity by claiming the po- to questioning The armv is looking closely to the political integrity of its inductees and applicants for commissions. Army spokesmen have released an announcement that existing regulations now re ;uire all inductees and applicants for com missions to certify whether they have been members of subversive Tf firenni?atmn thpv harl tirfn Man Playing the Typewriter: ssibility of The probe group would put an would provide end to tbat-th- ey stifTer penalties for contempt of such groups. REPRESENTATIVE MUNDT. of South Dakota, and Nixon, of California, Republicans, authors of the proposal, did not specify just how much stiffer they would make the of penalty for persons convicted did contempt of congress. They comment that "offenders should be severely and appropriately From the Headlines: "Krivitskj Slain by Reds in 1941, Chambers Says" . . . From this col'm of Feb. 17, 1941: "New Yorkers Are Talk- Taint J' "THE FULL size patterns nc tur ing About: How only two months 1 available provide a quick, a tiff the ago Gen. Krivitsky inexDenci, easy and off U. 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The lumber is th sawed and assembled exactly as j does not need any names to carry it but should make some!" . . . wnere ine paiiern indicates, wo spec All materi; tools or skill are required. Song hit man D. Rose's latest can be purchased at any lumber ditty is "Manhattan Square for useit tor use on porch or lawn, stain indoors. tune. . . . Dance" a hippity-hoppitchuckle-worthy Most episodes in Send 25c for Salisbury Coffee Table ps the film, "Paleface," are the cross- tern No. 52 to Pattern comoac I x. fires between Bob Hope and Jane luL. vv, ricdadiitvuic, MEDICINE: Russell. . . New Yorkers raving U. S. on Pan about the Yuletide choral music in Plans for socialized medicine re- Grand Central depot and the ChristA WHEN ceived a rough setback when the mas trees decorating Park Avenue ((MM Point preHoover committee reported it had with Rockette Girl-WeCOLDS found "waste and extravagance" cision. . . . They are also hurrahW Hall's annual Music CAUSE the which reprise ing in the present federal setup, g it described as without "any cen- of "The Nativity," an spectacle. . . . Will Rogers' sharptral plan." FINDINGS of the committee a est sarcastickle, aimed at the re"task force" of the Hoover com- viewers: "All it takes to be a drama mission on organization of the ex- critic is two seats on the aisle!" ecutive branch of the government --were sure to be hailed with deWhy producers get migraine headaches: A full page ad in light by members of the American Medical association battling Variety reprints a swellalujah review for a movie which apof enactment congress by against a program of socialized medicine peared in its Hollywood daily. But in the same Issue Variety's The investigating group, howNew York critic raps it! Provever, made it plain in its report that compulsory health insurance ing you can't buy a not ce with an ad which founder Sime alwas outside the scope of its inquiry. ways argued. . . . Have another But, even so, its declaration that illusion shattered: Despite Lasagencies governmental medical sie's girlish monicker she's a and its program were inadequate he. Egad, a canine female imand inefficient was certain to be Mother, you know what wonderful relief you get when you construed as whistling over two personator! . . . Collier's pubrub on Vicks VapoRub! lisher Chenery wires that the strikes on the compulsory health Now...whenyour child wakes insurance adherents. mag isn't for ale and that he's up in the night tormented with sure we "wouldn't knowingly THE group reca croupy cough of a cold, here's a special way to use Vicks ommended a sweeping reorganizapublish incorrect information." VapoRub. It's VapoRub Steam He also says he counts on "our" tion of federal medical services, and it brings relief almost sense of fairness for a correcand urged channeling of federal instantly! of medWe we to could the tion. wish the subsidies Put a good spoonful of Vicks say upbuilding same for Collier's. VapoRub in a bowl of boiling ical schools and community and water or vaporizer. Then ... let private hospitals, with a minimum child breathe in the your s of supervision by the government. One of the tastier soothing VapoRub Steam. Medicated vapors penetrate deep The report asserted the govern- in the flickers is Geraldine Brooks. into upper ment is assuming uncalculated ob- She can also act. . . . This is the tubes and ligations without tny underpr.id-:n- time of the year when gazettes and B with relief I bring of their ultimate cost, t'.e lack Tiagi waste space listing the piiptu hrp.at.hl e7 VapoRub of professional manpower 1 carry . . . The them out, or their advers. effect ioary feature should be bottled on the hospital system of the and peddled as a sleeping potion. . . Television's progress has many country. radio jumpy. . . . BEST COWBOY: There will always be room for radio programs, however. . . . The Yo Star now know there is no excu showfolks" "bible" notes that be- Thousands deafness kill the joy of living. letting The small fry could bellow and cause of technical obstacles 40 per for An amazing new radionict hearing device all best liked the they complain cent of the nation will always be hai been perfected in the great Zenitht cowboy was not Gene Autry or without televiz. . . . The animal Radio laboratories - so sim pie so easyfretto use it can be sent to you for Roy Rogers. wisecrackers in the cartune called Keaay to wear, no inuiviuuai Instead he is Gerald Roberts. "Hiawatha" make it one of the best trial. necessary. Accepted by the American cowwho was top Phoenix, Ariz., Council on Physical Medicine. Come out of that V orld of boy world's champion, to get techfor full details to silence. Write nical for 1948. The Rodeo CowAn ABC commentator (out of the Zenith Radio C"-today Aid DivHearing Robboys association announced that Presidential ision, Dept. 19- - SY. 5801 Dickens Ave, Capital) reported cowerts was the best Made by the mates Army aide Harry Vaughan "tossed Chicago s39, iilinoi. Zenith Radios. boy of the year, and they had the all the protests into the wastebas-ket.- " of !e tiy ZwK Trial offer rIlabl on direct records to prove it. TO The American Gold Onrnnratlnn or itJ tubsldlartM. ROBERTS won top honors by Star families250,000 if must have winced leading the 2,100 professional cow- they heara that. . . . We reminded boys who were scored in the assoHow Vaughan that no person holding of ciation's system for 575 rodeos in fice can accept a foreign medal You the U. S. and Canada. without permish of the congress. . . . May The scoring system was based Vaughan's alibi is that "nobody on one of the most impressive facwhen Argentina medtors in any American competition complained" sl'd Generals Bradley. Devers and -- the dollar. One point was scored . i forced up nlfhtly others (It eluded us). . . . We reIf for for each dollar won in competition, do this: Burt Ukint FOLEY PILLS that the Argentina ported (during kidnyi 8luUh Kidney. Thty purr and Roberts ended the 1948 season etuiinf war) helped kill U. S seamen and wtslm; thy Alooth thoM Irritrntionf P1M hlrkirhe. Ut with winnings of $21,866 in !....- Hitler and Jthers by permitting There was no arguing with ships to refuel in Argentine that sort of record. waters and to protest to the White House about Vaughan's decoration. . . . So he "tossed the protests into basket." . . . Gold Star families, please send this to the President ear-dorab-le y Easi-Bil- RtUtf J eye-fillin- FACT-FINDIN- lookie-cookie- bron-chi- . al CMS Getting Deaf? Film all-'rou- world-famou- SLEEP Tomorrow Night r. you-r- !! cash-award- Mus-lolini- 's Prodigal's Return Beware Coughs From Common Colds Bob (CBS) Trout's deft handling his shindig ("Who Said That?") keeps it quiztp-Py- . . . . Jimmy's Dur anting is always giggle-getteBut the lithping on his program is strictly . . . Does tht a'Jahlt Spike Jones ever listen to playbacks of hit radio jokes? Oh, Spike! You need joke. . . . Tht girls tell you the most expensive perfume is "Joy." of tf r- -i Thai query-and-ansu- er ker-rickt- r. One more broadcast for the finest iponsor we ever had, Andrew Jer-gen- Sixteen full years. . . . Started Dec. 4, 1932. . . . He's a loyal Republican and he never edited this New Dealer once. . . . The few differences of opinion were caused by us not by Mr. Jergens . . Once during an argument (over the teletypes between New York nd his home in Florida) we "No more Lotions of yipped: Love!" . . . With seven seconds till microphone time, he kidded us out of it with this memo: "Now, now. WOMEN: Walter, put some on and make it Fewer Home smooth!" Thanks for the pa the tience. and the American women Fewer married understanding Red were staying at home. In a com- cooperation to get the news to the such members they are barred plete reversal of the war years, people, Mr. Jergens. from service. married women workers in the naThe affidavit requires enlistees tion topped single women holding Itussla expects us to rerognire or officer to state jobs. applicants ber rights In Europe and overwhether they hive membership in look her lefts In America. A report by the federal census any organization advocating over- bureau showed that there were in throw of the gnvrrmmv'.t. And then there's the most exciting the labor force those working and Draftees also are required to lookn for work- - about 8.3nO.W0 show stealing of them all the way sign such affidavits when they ap. marrifd women and 5.900,000 Truman stole the show Elecsiiigle Harry nenr for induction tion Night. Army Checking Newcomers for Vaj: Probers looking officially Into the activity of foreign espionage agents in the United States were wi- The Sociology was looking up. Australian Legion of men and Women had taken up the ed. SOME OF THE President's task of helping young veterans and their wives with "in law" troubles, friends declared that if he should They started a scheme to enable finally decide that Marshall can't veterans forced by housing short-- ' carry the load, he probably would like to have Chief Justice Fred ages to live with parents-in-laI n i TtMifii ., ..4 j iiifc)H nnW Vinson take over. to exchange homes with others. To do so would mean a great Spokesmen for the legion said Jimmy Dykes, former third many English marriages had been personal sacrifice for the Kentuck-Ian- , biipnun of the Philadelphia A s for his position on the court is and manager of the Chicago saved from disaster by a similar White Sox, gets welcome handscheme operating in Britain. They permanent, while an administratfound couples could live happier ion change might leave him out shake from Connie Mark after with strangers where they were In the cold and Vinson is no young Dyke nigncd up as coach of the Athletics. man, either. paying guests. is said ety the Coffee Table Used In Variety of PROBERS: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS' . . . . 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