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Show HOME TOWN REPORTER President Alone Robert Burns' Is Responsible For Foreign Policy of Country Walter V ; By A. Shead tnESPITE THE fact that dent Truman Is In almost Presl-- U hour- ly conference with his cabinet, with top military advisors and with leaders in Congress, there Is probably no man who is more alone than the man in the White House. For under our constitution, the President of the United States is solely responsible for the foreign policy of this country. As one writer phrased it, "The fate of the civilized world may well hang on the soundness of the decisions which ' Harry Truman will have ' to make, and in the last analysis, he will have to make them alone, in consultation with his God and his heart and his conscience. He will have the sympathy and support of all thinking people, but there will be none to envy him. And as the President goes through his lonely Gethsemane, there is a hue and cry from many sources that Mr. Truman should, seek and follow the advice of members of the congress in this time of national crisis. This reporter has Jotted down some of the opinions in the senate to which the President should listen as he seeks a solution of the problems which beset the nation. Here they are: Senator Wiley, Wisconsin, thinks we should build up our spiritual armament to take an offensive against the Russian government. Senator Capehart. Indiana, be lives If the situation is' serious, and it is serious, why doesn't the President consult with the congress? Senator Chavez, New Mexico, believes this country, the executive department, the house of representatives, the senate of the United States, must once and forever tell the world that we will not recognize Communist China. Senator Eastland, Mississippi, thinks we should arm the anticommunists in China. Senator Knowland, California, believes we should place, in conjunction with the navy of the Republic of China, an immediate naval blockade against the entire China coast and should not permit the entry or exit of a vessel of any nationality. Senator Kem, Missouri, believes Secretary Acheson must go; congress should take whatever steps are required to bring about this entirely remove the U.S. forces from Korea. Senator Connally, Texas, thinks the security council should be called upon to take appropriate action to bring about a quick showdown in Korea. Senator OMahoney, Wyoming, thinks we should sene the Russians with an ultimatum to get the, Chinese troops out of .Korea Senator Brewster, Maine, thinks General MacArthur should be given full authority to use the atom bomb if he thinks It necessary.. Senator Bridges, New Hampshire, believes the same thing. Senator Cain, Washington, demands that General MacArthur be given authority to send troops and planes across the Manchurian border. Senator Ferguson, Michigan, says MacArthur should be given authorwar. ity to wage all-oSenator Smith, New Jersey,, believes the Chinese troops of Chi an should be thrown into the fight. ut Diversify of Opinion much This diversity of opinion like Josephs coat and the chances Is are will not be very helpful to the President in making his fateful deSo a President, be must cision. make his own decision, and as a nation we should stand back of him to the limit of our endurance as a people. - flew Year: Boon LANG SYNE" has be--r come such an Integral part of our modem New Years eve that no celebration, however gay, would fSffULD be complete without It The music sheets for those nostalgic strains simply say "Robert and Robert Bums Scotch Air, is. supposed to Burnj generally have written It after he had settled down on a farm and taken himself a wife, following the sweeping success in 1778 of the second edition of his "Poems. Well and good, but Auld Lng Syne was not exclusively Bums product, nor did he claim it to be. . ' In a letter to George Thomson, a publisher. Bums explained: "It is an old song of olden times, which has never been in print 1 took it down from an old mans singing. Modem scholarship has discovered that 'Bums was wrong when he told Thomson "Auld Lang Syne never had been in print Its refrain, at least was printed obscurely long before Bums heard his "old man singing." In Watsons collection of songs (published in 1711), these verses were attributed to Francis Sempilt who died in 1682. Further, the original song often has been credited to Sir Robert toun was one Aytoun of the earliest Scots to use the Lowland dialect as a literary medium. Multitudes of Americans deh scended from stock are perpetually mystified by this dialect, nor does It seem to make much sense in the standard English translation which comes out "Old Long Since." Regardless of its original author or origin, it was Burns who gave "Auld Lang Syn$" its Immortality. And though the bells now welcome the New Year with joyous peals symbolizing mankinds hope for a bright future, the nostalgia of "Auld Lang Syne summarizes an Inherent reluctance to leave the security and friendships of the past and embark upon a future which, however promising, may not be more pleasant. Thus, it remains a part of the English speaking her tage to "Drink a cop of kindness yet For Auld Lang Syne. (1570-1638).-- Washington Silhouettes Silhouettes --The old Belasco theatre on Lafayette park may be back in service as a recreational center for- service men. During World War II it was a stage door canteen and stands next to the historical home, of 'Dolly Madison. In peacetime it serves as a stor. . age house for the treasury Ernest Senator quiet McFarland of Arizona, likely compromise senate majority leader, a middle-of-th- e roader, has one creedhe tries to get along with if he is elected it will people Democratic unity move. bea It seems almost sacrilegious to watch workmen dig a sewer trench - lawn-- of across the White House in the refurbishing process . . . state officials may obtain original seals of their states results painted on glass In the 1850's, now Senator Malone, Nevada, thinks removed in favor of sculptored we must let General MacArthur use seals in the new house chamber, every means and every weapon by writing to David Lyhn, Capitol against the enemy, or endeavor to architect. Crisis in international af- Washington - -- ... Ten Days Were Killed In Calendar Change Many things have been suppressed in this world, but the strangest was act of Pope Gregory III when he suppressed 10 days in 1852 by ordering that October 9 be called October 15. It came about like this. January was designated to be New Years day when Julius Caesar established the Julian calendar in 46 B.C.. However,: the calendar year thus established was 11 minutes longer than the astronomical year. For this reason the Pope ordered the 10 days suppressed. England and its colonies, however, did not adopt the Julian calendar until 1752. For almost three centuries New Years was celebrated twice every year both times on January L But New Years isnt always New Years day even in these modem The actual date varies times. among the Egyptians, Chinese, Jews, Romans and Mohammedans from September 6 to March L 1 ' Perspiring Feet ... ler. GRASSROOTS Obstruction Takes Precedence Over All in Divided Congress By non-Britis- ' Just taking off from the HELICOPTER TO THE RESCUE deck of the USS Manchester, somewhere off Korea, is Commander Frank N. Vlrgilio, the ships senior medical officer, who was drawn up Into the helicopter and rushed to a carrier of Task Force 77 to treat injuries of a seaman injured by a plane propeR PARAPLEGIC HUNTER . . . James Conroy, a WatervUet, N. Y., paraplegic veteran of World War II, looks over the deer jvhich he and his two brothers shot on a hunting trip to Nova Scotia. Conroy bagged one of them himself from his wheelchair. Foot perspiration is a device of the body Jto get rid of waste material and maintain balanced body temperature. First Potatoes It is believed North Americas first potatoes were brought from the Bermudas to Virginia in 1621. Wright A Patterson WITH THE OPENING of the 82nd congress, we can hope for and expect a reversal of the socialistic trend that has dominated legislation since 1932. It will be a Democrat-cocongress, but legiswill be along the lines lation enacted of the Jeffersonian Democracy, the brand of Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson, rather than that of theNew JDeal or the Fair Deal. Sonthern Democrats, the are the dominant element of the 82nd congress. In coalition with the Republicans, they are in a position to say what legislation shall pass. The President asked for a Democratic congress. The voters gave him one, but they did not give him a socialistic Fair Deal congress. It Is a coalition of southern, Jeffersonian Democrats and Republicans that is in control In both the senate and house. A Presidential veto can prevent the repeal of any legislation now in effect, just as a Presidential veto could stop the enactment of new laws that are unsatisfactory to the executive. The strength of the Southern Democratic faction lies more in what it can prevent than in what it actually can do. It can prevent the passage of any additional soclalistically inclined legislation, it can prevent any farther encroachment on our free enterprise system. Whether or not the 82nd congress is to provide the economy we have hoped for will depend largely on the Republicans. There are enough economy-minde- d Democrats in both senate and house who will vote for any economy measures, decreased appropriations for bureaucratic payrolls, and other needless expenditures, but such measures must be Republican-le- d and Republican supported if they are to be resultful. It is purely a question of will the party leaders sanction the cutting out of jobs they expect to fill in 1952. They had a more definite opportunity in the 80th congress but iid not improve it. The 82nd will be a congress whose legislative action will be more in keeping with the ideals of Jefferson and Jackson, than with F.D.R. or Truman. From ntrolled Dlx-lecra- ts, the conceptions of Democracy of the Jeffersonian Democrats, the American people have never had any reason to fear. They stand for strict interpretation of constitutional government; they would uphold every right of the states; there Is nothing that savors of socialism in Jeffersonian Democracy. And that Is what we may expect during the two years of the 82nd con- gress. So long as we can have conditions such as those we now seem to be facing If should not make any difference to the majority of the American people which party proves successful in the 1952 elections. It is probable that before the next presidential election the Jeffersonians will have recaptured the control of their party and its machinery, and the nation will be on an even keel, with the old parties in normal operation for the first time since 1932. There are a number of the old Jeffersonian Democrats both in the house and the senate; there are others who have only been lukewarm Fair Dealers. It is from these classes that the southern Democrats will recruit the strength needed for the recapture of the party. When, and if, they do, it wifi be fully representative of Jeffersonian and Jackson Democracy, from which we would not have to fear the welfare, socialistic state that would make mendicants of our children, or the purchase of the constitutional rights of the states through federal That, alone, will appropriations. represent heavy savings in the matter of government costs. It is not one car, but two, for every garage. X On the evening of Nov. 28, Secretary of State Dean Acheson used several thousand words, 30 minutes of radio time, an of his cultivated English accent, and said nothing. He left our foreign policy as much up in the air as his past mistakes, or worse, have placed It. He made no effort to explain or apologize for his past mistakes, or worse, but intimated that the same policy would continue. The President says Acheson will continue as secretary ofstat. over-abundan- BiltMil by WNU ce Fittirn |