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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD. DUCHESNE, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman Degins Busiest Four Years; Tax Bill Is Rabbit Stew To Congressman Dougbton By BAUKHAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator. f i parables. ( A Tarheel house- it seems, L served her husband 1 rabbit stew every for a week. wife, 'ii, , the second Saturday night came around and the B.4UKI14GE same old dish with it, the husband bowed his head as usual, but instead of saying grace he was heard to mutter: Rabbits rough. Rabbits tough. Oh, Lord, Ive had rabbit enough That, opined Mr. Doughton, was the way he felt about the tax bills. But he has to help meet the biggest peacetime budget ever submitted to a congress and hes ready for it. In the 38 years that he has represented the state of North Carolina in the congress, the habits of the dean of the octogenarians club in the lower house have changed very little since the last time. I them in some detail explored more than a score of years ago. He has earned a tremendous respect from the men who work on fiscal matters in the house of representatives where the money bills have to originate. And because he has a theory of his own about collecting and spending the peoples money, no bill comes out of his When lit bad rabbit enough" "Ob, Lord, committee looking very different than he wants it to look, though it may not always suit all the other members. Doughton doesnt go so far as to say that fiscal legislation but he does should be say It ought to be as as possible. and as His experience in collecting money that ought to be collected goes back a long way. One story Involves a man he went to see about a horse two horses, to be exact. This man had bought a team from Doughton (the congressman is still a farmer in his own right, though he has to spend more time away from home than he used to). Later on the man wrote that he didnt think the span was worth the $300 he had agreed to pay and wouldnt pay it. The deal had been negotiated at a distance and the principals had never met. So one day Doughton dropped in at the farm and said he wanted to look over a good team. The man showed several, but none seemed to suit Mr. Doughton. All right, said the man, Ill show yon the best pair yon ever saw In you life." He brought out the horses recently acquired from Mr. Doughton, but still unpaid for. And what might they be worth? Well considerably over $800. Mr. Doughton Introduced himself and didn't have much trouble in collecting. There is another reason why Doughton is a good man to have on the collecting end of a bargain if you aren't the debtor. He's a farmer, true, but he is also a banker. and he works at both when he He doesn't fsn't in Washington. keep banker's hours, however. He goes to his office at 6.30 a m., works throughout the day, and he's often back in the office after dinner. He lives right across the plaza from the Capital. For the f.rst 43 years or so of his life, Mr. Doughton held no elective office, but he managed to find tune The question whether President 21 billion dollar budget was excessive was being raised again. This time John Foster Dulles, chairman of the U. S. delegation to the United Nations general assembly in Paris, raised the issue. The budget, which Dulles ques15 billions for (EDITORS NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, (bey are those ot tioned, provides Hesters Newspaper Unions news analysis and not oecessarUy of Uus newspaper.) military expenditures, six billions for foreign aid during fiscal 1950. INAUGURATION: DULLES THOUGHT it too high. He pointed to dwindling war fears Brief Interlude and potential menace to U. S. President Truman could lay valid economical health as reasons for claim to the title busiest man in curtailment of Truman proposals. The inaugural behind the world. him, the nations chief executive Conceding that there is a "risk was up to his neck in problems, of war, Dulles declared the "risk both foreign and domestic. is not so great that we should ON THE HOME FRONT, there seriously jeopardize our own ecowas a little matter of having connomic health by saddling ourselves with such vast armament. gress impliment Democratic camDulles suggested cause, implied paign pledges and provide funds a remedy. He blamed lack of suffor the continuing armament exficient unification of U. S. armed pansion. Abroad, with this nation committed to the gargantuan task forces for administration belief in of saving the world from comthe need of huge military outlay, and declared that present huge munism, the problem was equally monumental. military expenditures cannot go on. I think our armament is exagBut for awhile, on January 20, gerated by the fact that there is not Harry Truman, Missouri farm boy who rose to the presidency of the sufficient unification between United States, once by succession, of our the different branches It he said. (armed) services, currently on his own seems as though the rivalry were prowess, relaxed, basked in public such that each branch wants to be adulation, may even have forgotten the tremendous pressure under strong enough so that if there is a which he labored. war it can win it alone, without ORIGINALLY PLANNED as a help from anybody. more or less sedate affair, with Dulles said there is less fear this atmosphere desired by Truman, of war, than there was last year, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and the inauguration, was but commented: instead, Linda Brown, 4, March of Dimes OF COURSE, there is always a turned into one of the most lavish poster girl, open the annnal antiand spectacular since Andrew risk. You have a tense situation polio drive in Washington. Linda Jackson rode into the top spot. like a dry autumn in the woods was cured of polio through the NaPacked and jammed, Washingwhen any fool can start a fire. tional Foundation for Infantile ton gave a heros welcome to the It is entirely possible, however, Paralysis. World War I artillery captain. Truto have better relations with man buttons, Truman pictures, He did not completely endorse the Russia and I think it is probable. Truman banners were greatly In Democratic platform, would Hot be The problem was up to congress. evidence and the President, seeing led into enthusiastic me too dec- Could it gamble on the fool in these and the vast multitudes, must larations. the woods, or should it prepare with have wondered if there were anyLucas was vehement. On whose all possible equipment to stand by one at all who voted against him coattails did Chapman come to the for a possible conflagration? In the November election. he demanded, senate, the BUT THE INTERMISSION from Truman-Barkle- y coattails or those Other duty was brief. The parade, the of Dewey and Warren? swearing in ceremonies, the round angry Democrats rushed to point of gala capital affairs that night, out that Chapman ran 100,000 votes and the next day, Harry Truman behind Truman and Barkley in was again on the job. Kentucky. Peace has been his rallying cry. JOINING CHAPMAN in the no Its importance marked all his votes were Democratic Senators utterances. Now he was buckled Byrd, Johnson, Maybank, Mcdown to the job of trying to preClellan, Robertson and RusselL serve it. Men of good will everyChapman didnt take criticism where in the world were wishing lying down. He declared. In effect, him success. that if such taxes are to be removed, it ought to be done in regular legisMONKEYS: lative process, not by hurried action on the floor. Up in the Air Republicans were more metaFor whatever benefit it may be to scientists or anthropologists, two phorical. They argued that since dogs will not calm 300 there is a tax on powder used an babies, a woman dressing up for an Rhesus monkeys. THIS WAS graphically, if some- inauguration ball should regard her powder as more of a luxury than what demonstrated disturbingly This when 30 crates of the monkeys ar- powder applied to a baby. rived In New York by plane from statement followed an effort to exempt baby powder from federal the Azores. The trip started sedately enough taxation which failed of approval. with all the monkeys locked in their OLIVE BRANCH: crates. Two large, dogs were along because someone had Bevin Recants said their presence would tend to British Foreign Secretary Ernest keep tranquil the monkeys spirits. Bevin apparently was relenting in Somehow most of the monkeys his stand on the Palestine situation. got out of the crates and suddenly Gingerly he held out an olive This German fraulein. Miss Elfi there were monkeys in the cockpit, branch: Britains willingness to reGiovanelli, was chosen "tourist monkeys through the plane, monlease Jewish immigrants of fighting keys peeping out of windows and age now held in Cyprus, his perqueen and will tour the U.S. this year in an effort to stimulate monkeys even trying to liberate sonal and strong support of pe4ce other monkeys. attendance at an Import exhibinegotiations between Israelis and tion In western Germany. Capt. Miguel Braganca and his Egyptians at Rhodes. crew, heavily outnumbered, was Observers declared this position forced to stay in the forward part a deliberate and genuine effort PERFECT: of the ship while the monkeys on his part to seek peace with Testers Amazed cavorted. The monkeys saw to that. Israel and his critics in Britain and U. S. air force intelligence testers Says the captain: They kept hang- in the U. S. . nibbed their eyes, looked again. ing on the cockpit door and watchWHATEVER MOTIVATED the Yes, there it was a perfect I. Q. us all the time. ing there was no score by a foreign secretary, bespectacled gangling, When the La overlooking the fact that criticism plane reached Guardia field, about a dozen chat- had been mounting both In England Kentucky youth seeking a connection with the military. tering monkeys were starting to and America. With the pressure WILLIAM M. BELEW, 18, of climb out the windows, but eight continuing, the situation might have Simpsonville airline cargomen Joined the crew, resolved itself into one bolding the before him hadhad done what no one been able to achieve, and with brooms and blankets fi- very political future of Bevin. the army believed imsomeihing the truants. snared nally The foreign minister also inThe monkeys were consigned for dicated that de facto recognition possible. Told he was not expected to answer all the questions correctinfantile paralysis research. of the government of Israel was ly, he nevertheless went ahead and, being seriously considered. If that in rapid-firorder, dashed through SIX NO step were taken by Great Britain, the test without a single error. Was It Revolt f it would mean the death knell of It was the preliminary test given Six Democrats joining with sen- Arab hopes for continuation of volunteers at the air force recruitate Republicans gave the GOP strife or any eventual triumph in ing office in Louisville. The testers victory in the first test of strength the Holy Land controversy. were amazed. They checked, resince the 81st congress convened. checked the score, found it perfect. The issue may have been trivial, DIXIECRATS: They then checked the records. but the result burned Democratic Rough Road Sure enough, Belew was the first leaders. Scott Lucas, Illinois, sucThe road ahead looked rough for to make a perfect score. cessor to Barkley as states righters. THESE NEW TESTS, much more majority floor leader, sputtered. Democratic administration forces exacting than the old, have been Barkley was also put out. For, it. were showing little patience with in use since last May. Questions appeared, the result was an unexsouthern who bad bolted are divided into three sections, pected as it was humiliating. the party in the presidential elecand pervocabulary, arithmetic, THE ISSUE was exemption of tion. ception of spatial relationship. inauguration tickets from federal THE PURGE SWORD swung first There are 45 questions and they amusement taxes. The exemption at the must be answered in 40 minutes. activities comshd through the house 199 to 49, mittee and two heads Belew will give the air force a tumbled. so one can imagine the surprise They were those of trial. If he likes it, he will make Representative when it failed in the senate. John A. Rankin, fiery Mississippian, it a career; if he doesn't he will Chief target of administration and F. Edward HerDert, Louisiana, take up accounting. censure was Kentucky's Virgil both of whom A school high Simpsonville supported the states Chapman. basketballer and diamond perrights ticket against President TruBut those who remembered the man in November. former, Belew stands six feet tall, Kentucky campaign would recall Rankin, along with everyone else, weighs 160 pounds, was expected that Chapman showed no little knew the blow was to pass the army physical examinacoming, acindependence in his drive for votes. cepted it calmly. tion with ease. for an active Interest in his community which is deepen the Carolina hills. Laurel Spring, N. C., is still his home. He was born on his parents farm near there. His father, wounded in the war between the states, died when he was a grown boy. His mother was keenly active to her last hours, interested In the days mail and the daily newspaper to the last. Inheriting some land from his father, the boy started off for himself, gradually acquiring more until he became a livestock raiser and farmer. Then he entered business, finally becoming president of a bank. He has described himself as a horse trader. There are many tales that have grown up about his astuteness that, if embellished by repetition, are not doubted by those who have watched his steady advancement in congress. He entered under a Republican regime President Tafts accepted minor committee appointments, but rose rapidly to the position he holds today chairman of the powerful ways and means committee. One of the horse-tradstories he tells is this: after disposing of some animals he had meant to sell, he was made a very attractive offer for the horse he was riding his own saddle horse. Done, he took the money, turned over the bridle, put the saddle under his arm and walked back home, 70 miles, says tradition, under his own power. There doesn't seem to have been any deep-laiplan for a political career in the farmer boys mind when he began life among the oxcarts and hand looms of those early days in the South following the war. Nor yet when he had acquired his own acres and entered Into the business life of the community. He was chosen a member of the state board of agriculture and served on the prison board. Then one day It was decided to run him for the state senate. He was elected and served for a term. Congress was next, but there was a sort of unwritten law In his district that one term was all a man could expect, for Republicans and Democrats had always swapped terms. But Doughton changed ail ' that. Or at least his constituents did. When he had served his term in the 63nd congress, instead of retiring him, as had been the custom, the voters sent him right bark again, and they have been doing It ever since. There isn't any question that Robert L. Doughton likes his job in Washington. But its equally true that when the session is over, he likes to hie himself back to his Carolina hills and enjoy life there. Around the capital he has the reputation as being as good a judge of men as he is of horses. This year President Trumans request for six billion dollars more In taxes, including some social security withholding levies, will get very careful scrutiny before it becomes law. Meanwhile, Dough-ton- s committee has to take care of the bill to extend reciprocal trade treaties. Also, studies will begin on the subject of extending social security benefits. There is in addition the matter of certain revisions in the basic tax code. Eut Representative Doughton is used to rabbit stew. ... vote-gettin- g er Tourist Queen d sad-eye- d sad-eye- d , ... S: e Vice-Preside- old-liner- s Cupid Curbed The biggest peacetime budget ever submitted to a congress has Its oppon- ($18,838,000,000) ents, too. Hep. Charles Halleck (R., Ind.), former COP majority leader, and Rep. John Taber (R., N. T.), former chairman of the house appropriations committee, look grimly at the voluminous a budget. promise fierce fight to stash all spending proposals. Ignitible liquids are fire hazards when stored in the home. Large amounts of such liquids should be stored in underground tanks away from buildings. Small amounts Trumans Open Campaign , He had to step down from the chairmanship of the ways and means committee for the brief Republican interlude. Now he's back at the old stand, sharpening the butcher knife again. g Under Attack GOP Yir.s First Senate Vote Test; Devin Offers Critics Olive Branch WASHINGTON, D. C. Another rabbit stew has been served up to Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, and hes all ready for it. Representative Doughton, I might suggest if you dont know it, is not only the oldest member of the house of representatives (85) but likewise the oldest hand at handling tax measures. But to get back to rabbit stew. Last season when President Truman vetoed the second Knutson bill and and fired it back at congress, a reporter asked Doughton how he felt about it He y A leaned back and told a story, for hes , fond of answering in Ignitible Liquids Are Dangerous Fire Hazards U. S. BUDGET: The army is making it tougher for American G.I.'s to marry German frauleins. In the first place, many army authorities and chaplains suspect too many German girls are using marriage as an excuse to escape from the hard life of occupied Germany to the United States. There is also an apparent desire to protect young diaftces expected to start arnvutg soon In Germany. BONUS BILL: Amvets Ready Amvets, World War II veterans has announced its organization, intention to ask Congress for an immediate veterans bonus which they think might cost as much as 67 billion dollars. The organization said it wall carry its proposal to congress soon. A similar bill prepared by the Veterans of Foreign Wars is in the house hopper, having been offered by Rep, Rankin, Mississ ppL Best Voices The best telephone voices in the nation for 1948 were chosen by telephone operators of New York. The voices? Most sincere: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Ted Collins, owner Boston Yanks pro football team; most courteous: Joe Di- and Mrs. Alfred Gynne Maggio Vanderbilt; most sensjous: R,ta Hayworth, Actor Richard Ney; most expressive: Actor Jose Ferrex and S.sler Elizabeth Kenny. Man About Town i in Yutang is furious at his He daughters planned merger. ordered her to return to the U. S. Londoners hear from Paris ... Churchill wants to be conPamela verted to Catholicism . , . That was Marlene Dietrich who legged off in a huff on 5th Avenoo (the other ayem), leaving I. S. Patcevitch with a taxi on his hands . . . The Gardiners hold hands at the Roney bar while waiting for her Floridivtsion . . . 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