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Show r j.. I ii r THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAn Tuesday, December 9, 1947 Toroffis (Htave TCneair Ops oond By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. ovinis WASHINGTON. Recently there have been rumblings from, congress reminiscent of the old Smooth-Hawle- y days. It was the warning from Senator Milliken (Rep., Colo.) and If that means that tariffs are raised again, history will be repeating Itself. As the amusing Illustration in this column reveals, the gentlemen have been busy building up and tearing down the tariff wall ever since 1913. What will the next section of the wall built after 1940 look like? -- The reciprocal trade agreements drawn up at the recent Geneva to a under relief supplies Europe which re- - program or to lend money for the numsuited in a purchase of our goods unless we en) ber of slashes in courage to sell to us. i important duties Otherwise,Europeansland right back theyll and inspired the where they are now. Even if they n Knutsen and build up their Industries so they are statements able to produce goods, unless they brought forth an can sell some of those goods they even louder blast wont have the dollars to pay back from the Ameri- what they owe and buy our goods. can Tariff league. That is why warnings that strings At the present may be attached to the act have an writing, however, ominous sound. would Strings there does not mean either limitation on the appear to be any-- amounts by which tariffs can be where near the lowered through reciprocal trade strength of senti- agreements, or removal of authorment in favor of ity to make reductions without the building up the tariff wall that there approval of congress of the particuact lar item involved. That would start was when the e raised it to an high (47 per log rolling again, put an end to our cent) in 1930 foreign trade and have us back takFrom the time of the Civil war the ing in each others washing for a tariff wall had grown almost every living. time congress acted. Then came Woodrow Wilson who World's Prosperity demanded that the country be set Hangs in Balance What happens to the free from conditions he thought made monopoly not only possible, section of the wall of the drawof but easy and natural The Under- ing will affect the entire set-uwood law which brought the import world trade. It can make all the duties down from 37 per cent to 27 work of the international conference per cent, was his answer. Under on world trade and employment go Harding they went up about 35 per for nothing and destroy any benefits e cent, reaching an high un- derived from a successful European relief plan. der Hoover. It has been an exciting con- The 62 nations now gathered test. Although Cordell Hull as at the trade conference in Cuba secretary of state managed, represent countries doing about with Roosevelt prestige, to pull 95 per cent of the worlds trade, them down again, they were still and the interesting thing is that 1 per cent higher than the Russia and most of her although. act raised them refused to attend, two satellites under Harding. Under (be agreeof the countries under the influments negotiated by Secretary ence of Moscow Finland and Hull, our exports increased, but Czechoslovakia did turn up. foreign competition for various reasons did not take advantage Thereby hangs a tale. It is beof the situation to any great exlieved by some keen observers that tent, There was no avalanche of despite all efforts to kill the Eur cheap foreign goods' to conpean recovery plan, the Soviet Um tend with. ion knows very well that, if it works, it may be to her selfish interests to The Democrats in the era always were banging away on get on the bandwagon, at least to this issue and there were many the extent of lifting the iron curtain colorful debates. The low tariff ad- high enough to get some of the goods from Western vocates had to resort to all sorts of much-neede- d means to get a hearing because they Europe under it. And the way that were backed by no special interests. could be managed would be to have Their client was the vague and some of the Soviets friendly countries in on any advantageous trade anonymous American consumer. The high-taripleaders were able deals that might be made. Western to present their cases armed with Europeans say that this would be the best legal talent available, whole the most effective way to break libraries of statistics and a thorough down the Communist grip on these countries. knowledge of the particular indusMeanwhile It ia realized in tries they represented. And they had Washington that this country another great advantage in the cannot carry out its number and geographically diverse foreign policy unless that policy industries fighting for protection for is sold harder than Communist their particular product. propaganda is selling its brand needed interests Enough special of bortsch. inother special enough help from terests so that log rolling was easy Good salesmanship begins at there was usually a majority for home. And a lot of salesmanship ia everybodys gismo. That is why the needed right here. I rode down on only practical way trade agree- the trolley with a very Intelligent ments can be reached at all is to secretary to a congressman who have them negotiated like any other said to me: 1 wish I knew what the International through Marshall plan was all about agreement, f the state department, which bas.no President Urges i k. regional strings to tie it down, Bonds consumer is now the being Savings V Right t heard from in no fincertain terms, Speaking of salesmanship, the latJ any argument for lower prices President is believed to have given wins a hearing. the green light on an intensified sale That is evidenced by the speed of one of the important with which congress tackled the measures recommended in his n suggestions presented speech when he said: both by the President in his mesAnother effective weapon sage of November 17 calling for a against inflation la Increased program and those offered savings by the public. Every by Senator Flanders of Vermont and dollar that is saved instead of other Republicans. spent is a dollar fighting against influential considerable Despite inflation. In order to encourage for took Democrats the opposition, additional savings, the governthe of out granted that at least four ment should Intensify its vigorPresidents ten points had a good ous efforts to aeU savings chance to be adopted. In fact one, bonds. alauthority to ration certain foods, ready had been suggested by a Republican Senator Flanders. None of these points involves tariff cats, however, and those cuts already made under the Geneva agreement are still largely academlo because most foreign countries arent in a About the only good thing that can position now to produce for exbe said concerning the railroad port te any great extent. freight car shortage is that the Next session we can expect them worst is probably over, but the present inadequacy will hang on for a to be debated. So far there have been almost as long time. Despite investigations, programs many complaints from supporters of the reciprocal trade agreements and promises ior several years, act as from its opponents. Its most there are actually about 41,000 fewer enthusiastic backers charged that it freight cars now than there were at had not been pushed hard enough, the end of the war. Attempts to place the blame for that the state department had not used all of the power which it had the situation teem to be futile. for fear of arousing the animosity American railroads have had 100,000 ears on order for some time. Car which would cause its repeal. At present, those favoring a freer builders have declared thatateel waa flow of trade are in a better position not available. A program formuto urge their cause because It is evi- lated In February of this year called dent that we cannot continue to give for an output of 7.000 new cars Mil-liki- A Smoot-Hawle- y all-tim- p all-tim- , pre-Wils- ff far-flu- anti-inflati- nt WERE talking about the football coaches of the present year, Frank Leahy, Fritz Crlsler and Lou Little were In the lead. There were votes for George Munger of Pennsylvania, Matty Bell of S.M.U., Blair Cherry of Texas, Dodd of Bobby Georgia Tech and Bob of Higgins Penn State. Also Harry Stuhldreher of Wisconsin, Pop Waldorf of California and Red SandPop Warper ers of Vanderbilt came in for pleasant mention. From this point the conversation began to veer back to the great coaches of the pest Pop Warner, Knute Rockne, Hurry-u- p Yost, Bob Zuppke, Howard Jones, Jimmy Phelan, Bill Alexander, Don McGuam, Bob Neyland, Frank Thomas, Wallace Wade, BUI Roper, Lonnie Stagg the long list began to grow and grow. d Kansan Finally a butted in. His name was Jesse HarRocknes coach at Notr per Dame back in 1913 the team that wrecked Army in that year of football history. You've overlooked one of the greatest, Harper said. On e par, at least, with Rockne, Warner and Yost. This was a pretty fair build- WE ' Representative Knutsen (Rep., Minn.) that the reciprocal trade agreements act would have a lot of strings attached to it when it comes up for renewal next year. j BARRING THE WAT , . . The observation tower of the Empire State building will not be used henceforth as a point of departure for the hereafter by people who want to leave this vale of tears. Workmen are shown installing a 310,000 stainless steel parapet fence about the 86th floor tower. NEWS REVIEW Laborites Keep Power; Ask Oil, Coal Ration LABOR TEST: Clean Slate In Great Britain the Labor party had been worried over the outcome in the southern of the town of Gravesend. Richard Acland, a rich baronet, was carrying the Labor partys banner against Frank Taylor, an stoker, the Conservative candidate. A seat in parliament was not the only thing st stake The election was of major importance as a test of strength between the two parties. It was a hard fought battle, and Acland, the Laborite, was elected to Parliament by a majority of 1,675 votes a clear cut defeat for British The the Conservatives. people, the Labor party announced, retained their confidence in their government e marNevertheless, the gin of victory was considerably Labor smaller than the 7,058-vot- e party margin that had been piled up in the same district in 1945 Labor was still in the driver seat, but clearly had lost something of Its onginal strength. However, the party had kept its slate clean; It had not lost a single since it first was swept Into power. Perhaps one reason for the Labor partys continued popularity was that, despite ail else, it was doing a good job of distributing equally what food and other goods were available In Britain. The food rations of the poorer people were approximately the same as those of the rich, and that fact continued to carry a lot of weight with the mass of voters. 1,675-vot- Tbt following 32 five question wets radio quiz shows didnt have enough bere- frigerators to go around. If you can answer them, take the correct plus 33JO, to your nearest electrical appliance dealer and you will receive a brand-ne- w refrigera- s, tor. - A butcher was In the habit of sending his son with" a small car to deliver orders. The lad was a careless driver, and one day he knocked down an old lady. A lawsuit followed, and the butcher had to pay damages. Shortly after this the son was the cause of another accident, which had a similar unfortunate result, and the drain on the butchers resources brought him to the verge af ruin. A few days after the second case had been settled, he was thinking over his hard fate when a neighbor rushed in with the information that the butchers wife had been run over by the careless driver of a motorcar, and was in a hospital. Thank goodness, exclaimed the butcher, my lucks changed at lastl Relief At Lost ForYourCotigli Creomulsion relieves promptly It goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expet germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell ycra a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way 12 quickly allays the cough or you am to have your money back. bo-cau- -se CREOMULSION for Couchs. Chest Colds. Bronchitis Send for your FREE COPY of this valuable booklet! Is may save you lots of money 1 Is tells why farm tractors, tracks and cars burn oil and lota power. It tells 7 ways to restore original power, lengthen engine life, save oil, save gas, Its yours FREE, if you mail a postal card today to Dept. W 1 2, Sealed Power Corp., Muskegon, Michigan, OtOtVSXIAWt tNGWma gray-haire- kit set 4 n President Truman, in his celebrated 10 points against inflation address to congress, asked for limited authority to impose ration and price controls on basic commodities, it was taken for granted that they were food commodities alone. First indication that this might not be a correct interpretation of Mr. Trumans proposal came when the department of interior asked congress for power to fix price controls and rationing on coal and oil proas part of the gram. Oscar L. Chapman, undersecretary of the interior, told the house banking and currency committee that grave shortages and price advance! were threatened in the two basic fuels. There was no ytsy of telling, he said, whether such controls actually would have to be imposed, but he insisted that the government should have authority to do so, just in case. It is not probable that congress will giv the government power to control oil and coal but the Incident serves to reflect the current point of view of the administration that a return to wartime rationing and price controls is the quickest and most effective way to buck inflation. President Truman disclosed the policy first in his speech at the opening of the special session of congress. The interior departments request for control of coal and oil probably was a planned follow-uWhen anti-inflati- p. WORKIN ON THE RAILROAD A. y JJZLX ami 1. It was clearly a case of "They went thataway when the above pictured horse opera hero and his leading lady announced that they would be married New Tear's eve. Who are they T 2. Within the space of one week crisis-ridde- n France had thrfe different premiers. Their names? t. What three titles did King George' of England confer upon LL Philip Meuntbatten before hit marriage to Prlncesa Elisabeth? - 4. Gen. Omar Bradley will replace Gen. Dwight Elsenhower as army chief of staff. Who will replace General Bradley aa head of Veterans administration? S. At a recent meeting in New Tork the subject of oncology was discussed. Would yon aay oncology is the study of (a) shells, (b) tumors, (c) fossils, (d) snails? Ill tell you his name, Harper said. Percy Haughton of Harvard. Haughton must be ranked around the top. Here wa a great coach not merely a good one. He was colder thap an iceberg, harder than a granite. But he wa a brilliant natural leader. He was to football what Gen. George Patton waa to our armies. He was on his own. He had no respect for what 120 million Americans thought of him, because be knew 95 per cent of them were wrong as far as his job was concerned. crGsrempp' hr 6tmyend 7Sntfb ML'iTKCLATUM -- TIVX! He Perfected Plays No one ever invents anything, aald. Twenty coachea Claim they used the forward pass Harper first. Ten coaches claim they used the huddle first. The was used as far back as 1908. But it was Haughton. who. really perfected the hidden-bal- l attack, and It waa Haughton who really perfected the mousetrap play more than 30 years ago. Haughton never had the amazing personality of Rockne. But he knew more football than anyone else except Pop Warner. He gave the game more. He worked day and QlfcJc. t fFfJTHOLATUfl .. , , minty Menthol, the two famous Mentholatura ingredients, are gentle to a childs delicate normal work fast to help wrack your child s body ana leave? il)ORt,n but they congestion, ease soreness, hia cheat muscles so sore it hurts and leMen him, to breathe quickl call STOFFWESt and Minty to the MSO tEUIKS MASAI IRRITATION AMB CHAPP1SB rescue. Comforting Camphor and , coughm-ComfMEM-tOL- night He hated football writers, so they hated him. He hated practically ev- except hie own Harvard erybody 1. Roy Roger and Dal Evans . team. He could hate them too. He 2. Paul Ramadler, Leon Blum, Robwas ruthless. But dont let anyone ert Schuman. J. Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Meriotell you that Haughton wasn't one neth. Baron Greenwich of the greatest coaches of all time. 4. Carl R. Gray, vice preatdent of I couldn't place a coach above him. the Chicago and Northwestern railway. 8. (b) Tumors Then I began to remember a few back things about Haughton 1915 in hia contest with Yale. around POSTMASTER: I happened to mention the fact that Yale had a big, fast, Hannegan Out Robert E. Hannegan has ease' line. I only wish they were twice as himself out of the public political fast, Haughton said. Well let em and then cut em down. through eye. was That the way it happened. That a Little more than month after be had quit his job as Democratic na- was the start of mouse-trappinIf Haughton told ns to jump off because of ill tional chairman health he turned in his resignation a cliff 89 feet high, and hed catch us wed jump. Tack Hardwick as postmaster general To replace Hannegan as head of told me once. And the odd part Is and wo the nation's post office. President that if ho told ua that hed catch ns. Jesse M. jumped Truman named Donaldson, first asHaughton was brutal in his treatsistant postmaster ment of many of his men. Ask Shm general who has Felton, a great Harvard star who had 42 years in the had to take unbelievable abuse. postal service. It; Haughton timed hia practice by was the first time the clock. Five minutes for this 20 15 minutes ever minutes for that a president had dipped Into the for something else. He knew exactof postal ly what his team needed. Not a ranks to minute was ever wasted. Even In career men fill the top job in practice no Harvard player ever the department , walked on the field. He had to run. Donaldson Is one Football la all action," Haughton of the men who came up the hard said. You dont walkjn any game. . way. His career with the service be- p gan with his appointment as a city IrOt rr TlteTS tSOTTea, letter carrier in Shelbyvllle, OL, in felt that it was in his Haughton 1908. power to Insult or override anyone including a Hannegan, meanwhile, had no in-- who barred his way tentions of going into retirement He Lawrence Lowell then president has purchased a substantial Interest of Harvard. in the St Louis Cardinals. I think we are overplaying football at Harvard, President Lowell told him once. I agree with yon, Hanghton said. Too much publicity. Let's bar all footbaQ writers from tho field. Lowell said O. K. It was exactly and so what Haughton wanted did most of the other coaches. Only Wlilte House directive to obtain t. got away with it rate of 15.000 cars monthly by July, Haughton writers today spill nothFootball 1948, almost double the present outwas different 30 years ago. It ing. commitments had He he said put from the Iron and Steel Institute for sPciUy when a flock of Bostons a 22 per cent increase in steel allot-- footbaU wnter' were menta for new car production. Haught0 wa the The car shortage ha. slowed down PLed Ugh yeUow !glo,ve for the At peak countrys economy. team against "Speedy Harvard of loading. In October the average Princeton squad Next day daily ahortage wa. 39.430 car. Cur- - Rushs f Princeton player, were . . rently It is about 33.000. Jonea refused to let a Tad sight Despite these shortages, the rail- game start until these ygie roads are handling more carloads of glovef wer, removed, revenue freight than they have since Haughton had M basic Idea -August 1930, when the number of wm the game. For four glorious available cars was 500,000 greater j years In a row ha wrecked four than now." good Yale teams two by scores of 38 to 0 and 41 Toll. hard-chargi- g. , Car Shortage Passes Peak monthly by June and 10,000 by September. The quota was not met; and, although the steel Industry says that it has supplied the necessary steel car builders contend that the shortage still has not been completely cured. There was one sign, however, that might indicate a turning of the tide. In September the railroads reported 7,182 new installations, which was 668 more cars than were retired during that month. Small as It was, it was the first net gain In 25 months. CoL J. Monroe Johnson, director of the office of defense transportation, said be is proceeding under a tj up. ANSWERS OIL RATION: Anti-Inflatio- ? 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