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DREW PEARSON 1956 HAT OT HERS SAY fir Junketing Congressman Demands Army Furnish Him Fishing Tackle Inflation: Still Around the Corner The shopper in the supermarket can read it in reports on the government’s price index The financier in Wall Street can read it in the higher Federal Reserve bank rate Americans are still up against a threat of inflation With hikes in steel wages and steel prices added to inflationary pressures nor inal-tan expanding economy it is not surprising that credit authorities should take steps to curtail the supply of money in the hands both of consumers and investors Big banks have just raised to the highest level since the early 30’s the rates on money they lend But there is a real question whether raising the bank rate is a suf ficient check on inflationary trends It has not so proved: in Britain to cite one example And despite five rises in the Federal Reserve rate in the last sixteen months inflationary pressures are are still troubling the authorities The demand for credit goes on unabated And business activity which had been expected to decline between July and September has also mounted One of the factors which heretofore has made for confidence in this situation has been' price stability But with this giving way to price rises the public as well as the experts may well become more cautious in the near future — Christian Science Thin Skins and Tender The Waning Pitchfork - ' o - ' With a degree of touchiness seldom en ' countered in the male American adult the Arizona Lath and Plaster Institute has cried out for speakers of'the language to cease and desist in the use of “plastered” as a synonym for “inebriated’ 'Linking our trade- with overindulg-ence- ” says the Institute elegantly and by resolution “detracts from the dignify of ' a' respectable industry” Most respectfully we remind the quivering members of the Institute that all ' our life' we have heard it said that this or that tosspot is stewed' boiled or fried but never have we heard a Cordon Bleu alumnus or a member of the culinary workers union suggest that his tender feel-Ju-g have thereby been lacerated Carpenters and sculptors alike have managed to retain their composures despite the wide popularity of the term “ehiseler” the American Medical Association has yet to sue for damages because adulterated merchandise or cropped photographs are said to be doctored folks keep on loafing or soldiering without offending bakers or soldiers The plasterers we say are hypersensitive arid are vainly betraying the fact 'by attempting to alter the language by reso- luiion— SarrFrancisco Chronicle The pitchfork once the handiest tool on the farm is losing prestige The Departs ment of Agriculture reports that of the hay crop now is baled and some of the rest is chopped Combines harvest most of the grain So there’s little use for the pitchfork In the old days every strand of hay got at least two or three rides on a pitchfork — forked over for drying hoisted onto Jhe hayrack pitched to the haystack distributed to the livestock No doubt the new ways are better yet there was much to be said for a pitchfork Its sturdy handle well polished from use felt good in the hands Thanks to the fine temper of the steel in the tines the fork seldom broke Pitching hay or grain in the fields all day was solid work Many a forkful went into a rack or onto a stack Yet a remarkable quantity of hay could be lifted if the fork wTere properly thrust the body used to best advantage It was labor which brought pride to the youngster given a man’s job The real pitchfork artist however was he who built the stacks ofv grain In his deft hands the pitchfork ws an expert an The Better instrument as the surgeon’s scalpel The We are sympathetic to the efforts of stacker wrould catch a grain bundle on Sigma Delta Chi national journalistic fra- the fly and flip it into place with his fork ternity to get freedom of information as easily as rain water falling into a barrel Between loads the foijk was handy for laws passed in the 44 states now having none But how much better it would be leaning on while catching a delicious bit if the same goal could be reached volun- of rest Them one was aware of the good tarily without legal threats as a result of smell from earth and grass the companiongeneral recognition by public officials that ship of sun and grasshoppers the satisfacthey have no right to withhold information tion of getting a chore done in good season A man and a fork — they made a gopd about the conduct of public business— team— Minneapolis Star Portland (Maine) Evening Express By JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON --- Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (D-Nwho is supopsed to be in! three-fourth- - Vay S - ! - j WALTER LIPPMANN Repotting Has Much To Offer at Political Conventions Off-Stag- e TV to The conventions appeared ' have annoyed a sizeable number television fans who found them a very boring interference with their favorite entertainers! There were also many others who were repelled by the noise and the buncombe to a point where they wanted somebody the networks or the party managers to do'something about the boredom I am not myself much of a fan when it comes to entertainment or television But as a feat of reporting the peculiar indeed the unique business oj these national conventions the networks can do what no other journalistic medium can do They have in fact become not only a medium for reporting the story of the conventions to the general public They have become also a prime medium of communications for those participating in the convention Itself as candidates managers and delegates r HARK TO TAKE Except for part of an toward the end of the two weeks vigil when the audience was sentenced to eight seconding speeches I watched and usually listened rather conscientiously A lot perhaps most of the oratory canned and packaged by the automation was hard to take It taught me however how to tell the difference- between a Democratic and Repulican orator - If everybody and if every state and every act was “great” then the speaker was a Democrat If they were “of all time'’ and “dedicated” the sepaker was indubitably a Republican For relief from those who were unbearably 'intoxicated with the exuberance of a verbosity we would turn to the other networks hoping to find one of them engaged in inter viewing uncanned ' and unre- hearsed and in an unresonant voice a real politician or failing that doing a singing commercial and station identifications of ' ' ‘ - ghost-writer- -- ’s Often however there was no escape from the orator all the networks feeling themselves in honor bound to broadcast him Then the best remedy was to turn off the voice until the picture on the screen which cannot bite you showed that someone else anyone else was talking : - FROM TWO LEVELS Speaking as a member bf the audience and with no experience in the television business I would say that the problem which must be studied arises from the fact that a national convention operates at two levels — on stage in the convention hall and off stage in the hotels For the most part except when a contest goes to the floor the on stage performance is a bore The fascinating part of a convention is what goes on off stage in the caucuses and in the negotiations and the bargaining Speaking broadly the more the television directors favor the off stage reporting which they do so very well at the expense of the on stage the more they will serve the public and the more they will interest it We must look with much suspicion it seems to me on the idea that the managers of the convention should arrange it so that it produces i good television show The effect of that as witness the San Franciso convention is to hide the real business of the convention to keep it out of sight and sound in the private meetings of the political man- agers' SORT OF MARKET PLACE A national convention is a kind of market place at which political leaders from all parts of the country meet to get to know one another count noses make deals and come to working arrangements Our parties are rooted in the state and the localities and they become national parties every four years by fed - erating for the contest for President Our party system which is the cement of the union could not work without the convention But much of their working is off stage and the more fully and accurately it is reported the more will the people understand how they are governed By favoring the reporting from off stage the television directors will promote what is at once the serious and interesting work of a convention And what aboqt the orators? Let them be edited to make time for the off stage reporters and for the analytical commentators There are of course” a few a very few speeches that should be heard in full But for the most part the audience vvijl be served by a brief look at tbe orator and by hearing for a feA’ minutes the sound of his voice1 followed by a summary of his speech from the broadcasters themselves - i Honey Required Among the Galla people of East Africa if a husband fails to bring his wife enough honey she may exclude him from all conjugal rights according to the Encyclopedia Britannica Why We Say- - OLD AGES: The Romans thought that the last teeth that humans get in their mouths are signs of wisdom because they come at such an old age However the teeth appear at very diverse ages in difefrent individuals They can appear at anywhere from the age of 14 to 65 and 40 per cent of the people never cut them at all eNogh$ Sjmixttit Iwuj Already It's Happeriing-I- ke Gets Political SOS PORTLAND Ore —The inevitable is already happening will retain this seeming lead in Among the Republican leaders the face of the massive effort of here in the Northwest the word the newly galvanized Oregon Reis already spreading that- Presithe - dent Eisenhower will take the stump after all At least to the extent of coming to this section in order to help the two Republican senatorial candidates Douglas McKay in Oregon and Gov Arthur Langlie in Washington Behind this tentative plan in turn there is the usual story of please from the politicians on the spot for the aid of the man in the White House McKay denies having entered any such plea but it seems likely that other Oregon Republicans have pleaded for him and it is pretty wrell known that there have been pleas from Washington But besides these common cries of anguish and alarm from the there is lso somemore thing Even before the Republican National Convention trouble in the Northwest had been revealed to the White House by the poll patronized by the ReThe publican high command President himself stood high in popularity But the Oregon and Washington Senate candidates who almost have to win if the Republicans are to Organize the Senate next year were shown to be much less well off A really amazing measure of ticket-split-- ! ting was indicated in Washington favoring the Democratic incumbent senator W arren And here in Oregon Wayne Morse the whom the White House is most eager to defeat looked to be well in Jhe lead for the moment men-on-the-p- MAJOR N1AI CHARMING SCENE The occasion was a picnic of the Democratic faithful of Clackamas County in the green shade of a fir grove by rushing Mill Creek outside the little village of Mulino The scene was charmNature had favored the ing place and man had not spoiled ot Mag-nuso- n Republican-turned-Democr- publican organization plus personal intervention gt the President (Although Mr Eisenhower also intervened here with dismal failure in the Senate race between Guy Cordon and Richard Neuberger in 1954) But if you have seen Wayne Morse in action on his home grounds as this reporter recently did you cannot escape the conviction that he is a formidable fighter who will be hard to down at it i Under the big trees farm wives spread over the picnic tables a bewildering variety of jellies and breads and heartier pickles Democratic elders gosfoods siped Children played got too near thee reek and were shout- ed for County Chairman passed the happy word that Clackamas once a solidly Republican County would have a registered majority of 2000 Democrats at the next voting Into this amiable confusion plunged Morse in a hurry as usual and looking as usual rather gaunt and professorial He was greeted with warm enthusiasm but the temperature rose by several further degrees when Chairman Groener opened the meeting Groener and others pre- j Rich-ardvjSroen- er - j - Servicemen Now Will Get Full Security Status Fourth in a series on laws become full ' Servicemen will partners with civilian workers in the Social Security system next January Since Sept 15 1940 they’ve been junior partners At no cost they’ve been given limited Social Security credit for service time The new status will cost them money Like civilian employes under Social Security they’ll be taxed 2Vi per cent of their base pay up to $4200 a year The government like civilian employ ers will have to match these tax payments And the new status will make it possible for many to earn bigger Social Security benefits — retirement survivors and disability payments — than they could possibly earn under the old arrangement MORE BENEFICIAL Also as men move from civ ilian to service status and back again their new Social Security status will in many cases be more beneficial for them The possibility of bigger Social Security benefits under the new status is found in the formula that the Social Security people use in figuring them In general the benefit payments are based on the 'average monthly earnings which a worker — or a serviceman — has credited to his Social Security record It’s the chance of now having higher average monthly earnings credited to his Social Security record which may make 'it possible for a serviceman to get higher Social Security benefits Under the net set-uhis av erage monthly earnings will be determined by his base pay up to $350 a month All officers their p affecting servicemen veterans and their survivors) will average this las will most of the higher ranking set-uenlisted men p he was Under the old- given an automatic credit of $160 a month in average monthly earn- ings' for each month he was in He got! this not matservice ter how much he had in service pay HOW IT WORKS OUT Here’s a comparison of how this could work out: The maximum monthly retirement payment a serviceman could earn under the old set-uwith a but the month $160 nothing on his Social Security record was $7050 a month Under the new deal a serviceman can be eligible for the maximum retirement benefits paid by Social Security — $10850 The full partner status also has another gimmick which is an imover the old provement A career serviceman can draw retirement payments based on his military sendee without having them affect his eligibility to Social Security retirement payments He can collect both Under the old set-uthis was not possible in most cases For example military service retirement pay generally counted against any future Social Security retirement benefits p j p (You may write Major Nial about your service connected Please enclose a problem stamped envelope and 20 cents in coin’ Write Maj Thomas M Nial The Associated Press 3S0 Star Building 1101 Pennsylvania Ave Washington self-address- D C i sented close to $1000 collected by the Clackamas Democrats for the Morse campaign funds Morse replied with glowing thanks but instantly returned the fund to Chairman Groener instructing him to '“spend it as he thinks best for the benefit of the entire —and mind you I say entire Deraocratk ticket in Clackamas County” Thence he launched into a fighting speech for the whole party ticket noting every local candidate almost down to And then when he had sufficiently proved his fidelity to his new party he got down to real business Pork chops were his business The pork chop issues were all he talked about FIERY- AND EFFECTIVE It was not a prepared speech but it was fiery and effective “Republican reactionaries” had denied the aged the liberalizations of the Social Security Act which were their just due reactionaries” had blocked the housing program so desperately needed by the poor and so fortunately calculated as well to improve the condition of the depressed and locally vital lumber business “Republican reactionaries” had denied the farmers the just reward of their long hours of toil And against these “Republican reactionaries” these deep-dyeenemies of the welfare of the masses Wayne Morse promised to wage ferocious battle once again as he had in the past It over big j Such is the Morse line- just as the line of Morse’s opponent Douglas McKay is to charge that he is the victim of “leftist” slanders and to accuse Morse of most of the crimes in the calendar including disrespect for President Eisenhower McKay says he has “an uphill fight” on his hands Morse breathes confidence and so do all those around Mm Both men begin campaigning before dawn their schedules usually start with a 5 am call to make a bleakly early breakfast and both continue meeting their campaigning until long after dark As to which man is really ahead at the moment this reporter offers no estimate pending an experiment with intensive polling on the scene But certainly if Wayne Morse chances to be the victor here in Oregon it will prove that President Eisenhower’s new Republicanism has not reached the grass roots (Copyright 1936 New York Herald Tribune Inc) j -- dog-catch- er - “Re-public- an d t Montana's Altitude Montana’s average altitude is much less than that of any other ' Rocky Mountain state account- ing in part for its relatively high (37 to 47 degrees) annual mean temperature according to the Encyclopedia Britannica Small Percentage Of the diamonds produced in the Belgian Congo world's largest source only about 2 per cent are suitable for gems the rest going into varied industrial uses specting Europe for the 'House Education Committee recently ordered the Army to furnish fishing gear for him in Germany In a letter that wasn’t meant for publication the handsome Harlem congressman explained he would be in Berchtesgaden Hitler’s former playground from Aug 4 until Sept 1 The letter was addressed to Capt Florence Nicholson Army liaison officer who was supposed to make official arrangements for his trip “I would like to start fishing Aug 5 and would like full equipment including fatigues and boots” Powell instructed “I would also like - two seats for the Salzburg festival! two or three times each week and would appreciate your selecting the best available” He deliberately went fishing during the Democratic convention as previously reported here because of another letter he had written to Vice President Nixon In this letter Powell offered to campaign for the Republicans this fall The reason he gave was the Democrats’ schizophrenia over the civil rights issue Another possible reason: Powell is under income-tainvestigation by the Republicans One of his secretaries has already been convicted two more indicted WIFE IN DOGHOUSE Emily Lennartson wife of the Treasury Department’s press chief has gone to the dogs — if you are to believe her application for a driver’s license An ardent dog lover she shows off her two Dalmatians at every i possible dog show This necessitates filling out endless applica- tions in behalf of her big speckled pooches It happens that a female dog is called a bitch When Mrs L v IS RETRACTED The Standard-Examine- r Ogden regrets and hereby retracts all statements made by Drew Pearson in his Aug 5 1958 column concerning Norman Littell attorney- for the Navaho Tribe in connection with an oil agreement The contract was not “hush-hushMr Littell reports He did not release its contents under instructions of his client until the contract was approved by the Interior Department’s - - ” influence to help a company in which his wife had a financial interest OOPS DEPARTMENT' This column reported that Helen Ames Leete Danbury Conn had contributed to Harold Stassen’s “Nix Nixon” campaign She sent Stassen advice but not money “My reply to Mr Stassen” she says “was that his timing was off and he was too late I also suggested that Adlai Stevenson’s example be followed regarding the selection of a vice x OPEN FOR BUSINESS THE ALSOPS PEARSON STORY ABOUT LiTTELL j ' presidential candidate” Another column stated that our Spanish air bases won’t be completed until 1963 Not so according to the 'Air Force John M Ferry' special assistant in charge of installations wrote: “work is progressing generally satisfactory and ily barring unforeseen events the four Air Force bases at Torrejon Zaragoza San 'Pablo and Moron including the fuel pipe line and tanks will be ready for operation on a limited scale in the spring of 1857 and all four bases will be completed by the fall of 1958” We’re happy to set the record straight made out her own application for a driver’s license she came-tthe blank asking for her sex Out of habit in filling out blanks she wrote perfuncAmerican oil companies again torily: “bitch” have warned the State Department against knuckling under to YOUNGER’S IDEAL DEAL When the fog lifts south of Egypt The vast American oil inSan Francisco you can see the terests in Saudi Arabia Iraq name “Younger” spelled out on Iran and the Kuwait are in the hillside in huge whitewashed serious danger of being nationletters This is a reminder to alized if Egypt gets away with the citizens of San Mateo County that taking over the canal their congressman is J Arthur Spanish press which always follows Dictator Franco also folYounger Some citizens have suggested lowed the Russian press— almost identically — in praising Egypt unkindly that the letters must for taking over the Suez Canal be made of ideal cement They The American embassy has refer to the congressman’s battle in Washington to help the cabled Washington that Premier Ideal Cement Co get a governmen- Mollet’s government will be overt-owned defense plant at thrown if he backs down in the Laramie Wyo What makes this dispute over Suez The French newsworthy is that Younger’s are so determined to put Nasser wife Norma happens to own in his place that any government Ideal stock which yields will be swept out The company succeeded in of office Secretary Dulles winning the Laramie plant but returned from London furious not 'Without some itrange at India’s roving ambassador maneuvering by the Gener-- Krishna Menon Prime Minister Services Administration The Nehru had promised that Menon Monolith Portland Midwest Co this time would cooperate with submitted the highest bid Yet the United States But Menon was GSA strangely did not close the his usual insulting filibustering deal but permitted Ideal to self come back ifter the bidding with a new higher offer Monolith cried “foul!” on Capitol Hill which brought the House Government Operation Commit-te- e into the picture who had been interestedYounger in the deal all along ended up on the subcommittee that investigated Q— Who was America’ it He properly notified his fellow investigators that his wife youngest First Lady? A — Frances Folsom who at th owned “a few shares” of Ideal stock They expressed confidence age of 22 married President Gn ver Cleveland in the Whit in his integrity and said were sure he would be fair they House Q — How much ’oil does the HOW MUCH STOCK? U S import? Younger then proceeded to do A— An average o! 14 millio what his colleagues had said they were sure he would not do He barrels a day championed Ideal’s cause with vorQ — What determines the flaof honey? the zeal of a defense attorney He asked friendly questions of A —The aromatic substance Ideal witnesses raked Monolith found in the nectar of flower ' witnesses over the coals Msny different species of plan! How much Ideal stock does the produce nectar and the nects own? Tliis col- obtained from each species Younger umn firstfamily asked Mrs Younger plant may ‘carry with it an ind who is supposed to be the owner vidual color flavor and aroma She pleaded ignorance Q— How many states do no “AH my financial affairs are have a specified maximum legal handled by my husband” she speed for automobiles? said A— Five Illinois Iowa Ka This column then called the sas Massachusetts and Missou congressman specify a speed that is reasonab’ “That Ideal stock is owned by and propermy wife” he said “It’s her busiQ — Where was the List US ness” convent established? 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