Show OA lYlerry-Go-Roun- p2 SSES 0den m jgooad claw at th portofflw 1873 Mmbr ol Tb Associate Pr- eH OmitrS liareSt A R C Ctssa nrt 113-0- 0 per year Bubwrtptioa prlca: tl£0 pr month: d By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON — Various im- portant decisions were left hanging in the balance when President Roosevelt died some being deto tiu sp cided in reverse afterward One ot u MwTeiapatctw eradiUd to IS or tu ot&erwt endUd wasi the appointment of John W aad aJao t&t local ntw Snyder to fill Jesse Jones' old job as federal loan administrator SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 22 1945 a significant conversation at warm Springs a week before he died Roosevelt indicated that the newj loan administrator might have been federal communications Comof habit things believing absurd missioner Clifford Durr who forthe have Some persons served under Jnno In tho merly w um RFC that are not so and refusing to oeiieve wiwv "Ij have been thinking of apfacts— the studied cruelty of Germans toward pointing a fellow named Durr as head of the RFC the late resi their prisoners of war dent told one of his assistants "But The accounts of torture and starvation just can't be I have received word that he's a this Jesse Jones man and I don't want true these doubters contend but as they express of these reactionaries j more have not been any horrors of the me all around I had too much trouble comes that word opinion with Jesse So I don't think I'll told because of 'censorship policy take a chance" Mr President" protested Doubters are referred to a calmly written dispatch by his"But aide '"you have Durr all He's a real liberal and 100 Thoburn Wiant Associated Press correspondent with the wrong cent supporter of yours Did ou know that he is HugoJBlack's U S Third army in which Wiant declares that the troops per vi Somo Refuse to Delieve seU-evide- nt -- he is with are becoming increasingly bitter over German treatment of American prisoners of war Everywhere the to f ilthy quarters story was the same Americans assigned fed barely enough to keep them alive some subjected to v beatings"' been wary of passing stones about "Army censors have conditions in these camps" Wiant writes "Correspondents cannot write of what may report what they see but still liberated Americans tell them if severe cruelty is involved" The correspondent went on to say that there was no need to confine Americans in filthy quarters because large A Vmildinfts available There was no need vt — o- - were wcau) to starve our men because "without exception even in the homes of the lower classes there was food aplenty This correspondent has" yet to see a German soldier or civilian who appeared underfed"' ' " — o- ui ocuuiiig to Germany to examine the atrocity situation A large committee of our doubting Thomases should besent along JL — IlcX C IS UiiA tooifor the cure of their German oppressors attitude toward the namby-pamb- y ' v ' ' j In a technical sense we have solved our problems of production In a human sense they are very far from solved and they will never be solved if either society or the individual persists in dodging or evading responsibility —Pres Case of Colgate U ' r ' 4 - " t ' ' Both Truth and Poetry ' General Eisenhower on Friday issued ar order of the day in which he said: "Ragged remnants of Hitler's armies of the west now are tottering on the threshold of defeat" That statement was important news It almost was great poetry besides Suppose the general had made a couple of changes and presented his statement as follows: "Ragged ends of Hitler's armies of the west "Now are tott'ring on the threshold of defeat" If put out in that manner the order in our opinion would have impressed us as of a literary quality reminiscent of the many noble lines we once were required to memorize But when all is said anddone the substance is more important than the form And there is substance indeed -- in what the general told us namely that Hitler's powerful legions now are reduced to remnants These remnants are ragged and they are engulfed in defeat It's a stupendous fact of world history It is both truth and poetry —— '' : ' -- t We sh all have our differences with each other (at San " 1 1 f if it ix we rememuer we snan noia1 inese in dui piace ' a '! lituvc vius j mat in a targe ana compucaieu paimcismiJ single partner is going always to have his own way about everything— Lord Halifax mm f rancisco 1 - When an Ogden physician was asked the other day whether there was much tuberculosis in this community his reply was that there are "lots of cases" The reply sur prised the questioner and probably will be news to many Persons are at work with active" tuberculosis who should be at rest under treatment but are not under treatment for a variety of reasons including financial This is unfortunate for them and for those with whom the ill are in contact Meanwhile impoverished persons who have not resided in Utah the required period may not be received as patients hi our state sanatorium unless they are able to finance their own care So some who should be there for their own benefit and for the safety of others are not under ' treatment This is bv wav of an introduction to comment on the annual meeting of the Weber County Tuberculosis association the local Christmas seal organization This organ ization has an increased responsibility of collecting and publishing tuberculosis information for public education and of promoting measures for the improvement of the situation Our Friend $ he Sea Raider Upon reading that Count Felix von Luckner German sea raider of the first World war had given himself up to American forces in Germany we recalled how Ogden took this former foe to its breast in the early twenties by engag ing him to lecture before the Ben Lomond club Luckner warmed everybody by telling about his boy hood heroJ worship of Buffalo Bill He determined to meet the great frontiersman so he ran away from home went to sea and finally landed in San Francisco His search for Buffalo Bill finally led him to New York where to his dismay he learned that Buffalo Bill was right then in Luckner s own Germany giving performances of his wild west show Luckner went to work washing dishes in a restaurant according to his story eventually making his way back to Germany to learn how to make war could become a destructive sea raider As we recall the dinner-lectur- e all the war sores had healed Luckner was a gentleman and a sportsman who had competed against us The excitement and fury of the game were forgotten We were all good friends together We wonder if in a few years we shall invite a Goebbels or a Goering to come to lecture to us dine with us and be paid a generous honorarium for so doing f soe rother-in-law- ? a said tnatsem brother-in-ladidn't mean anyof thing—even the brother-in-laa liberal member of the supreme court He said he knew what fam ily relations meant in terms of j ideology In the end however an aide who was returning to Washington told the president he would send detailed documentation on Durr's record as a liberal The president replied that if this proved to be a fact he would nominate1 Durr when he returned to Washington the following Monday (April 16) And that is how Cliff ordlDurr missed the boat as head of the federal loan agency NOTE— Despite this twist of fate Durr was one of the first f to pay tribute to John SnyderThe two men served together in the RFC under Jesse Jones and uurr strong in his praise for the new loan administrator He Rowed with Jesse Banker John Snyder's appoint- meht brings to light some hitherto little known facts about what went on behind the scenes during thej days before Pearl Harbor Actually though serving under Jesse Jones and generally known as a Jesse Jones man Snyder was in conflict with him Snyder was brought into the RFC by Emil Schram who lived across the Mississippi in eastern lllnois Together with Cliff Durr arid William Livingston they formed a little group which in 1940 before the war hit the U Si A tried to loan money for defense plants to prepare the country for war There was conflict inside the RFC over this The examinating division which followed the Jones philosophy believed these defense were a waste of money Slants himself seemed to think the United States would not get into the war and leaned against the idea That was one reason why hie bucked "the building of synthetic nfBber factories In 1940 however he was busy at the job of being secretary of commerce and the defense plants corporaUon was formed by Schram Snyder Durr et al without too much Jones consultation It was this group also which pioneered the first airplane engine factory for the Packard Motor' Co: to make British engines in the summer of 1940 just before France f elL Many inside the RFC were but Snyder and his opposed friends pushed it through Snyder also fought against Jones regarding the lush contracts signed with the Aluminum Corporation of America and which originally gave Alcoa control of prices permitted Alcoa an - additional five years lease after the first five years arid even gave Alcoa the right to throw aluminum production into their plants while closing down government plants Due to later ipposition this contract was slight y- modified Eventually Jones eased Schram out as chairman of the RFC into being boss of the New York Stock And although Snyder Exchange was next in line to take his place jesse signmcanuy passed over him Jesse didn't want a man like jSnyder getUng too much power Afterwards Snyder went back to St Louis and private banking iMosical President Not long before Harry Truman became president of the United States he was the guest of honor at a dinner given at the exclusive Sulgrave club by Oklahoma's mil lionaire oil widow Mrs George Mesta After dinner Harry was in vited to play by the famous Sid ney dance orchestra wnicn was batting out medley for the occa Ision The obliged and played several pieces He played them very well but with a juvenile technique At the end oft one of them orchestra Leader Sidney leaned over and asked "What was the name of that number Mr That was The Fairy Waltz1 Truman replied After playing three numbers Truman was invited to play more But children sometimes have an embarrassing way of deflating of their parents Daughter ' Margaret Truman leaned over her father's shoulder and said: "Uh uh that's all he knows" itooseven w w all-power- ful ( I fre-quen- Uy Ttere's Hope in Them I'fcai Hills Truman Described As Honest Sincere Well Qualified it On postwar domestic issues can be claimed that Truman is far Roosevelt was Correspondent NEA Washington better grounded than the time to had the whole because Truman WASHINGTON-W- ith Roosevelt while issues of these study world wondering what kind war and the with maKe was preoccupied will President Harry Truman The Truman affairs mans international this is the estimate of the who committe's third annual report ismeasure as given by people sued in 1944 is now pointed to as have worked with him closely of the first analyses on the one They admit frankly that Truman problems of reconversion will have to be a great president While his dominating interest to be considered even good dux with senate war investigations that is more of a reflection on the were the supply and the production time than on the man a sound national of maintenance odiComparisons always beingto economy on the home front Tru try man was aiso a memoer ox me ous it is perhaps impossible to stack up Truman beside Roose- senate committee on military af- By Peter Edson velt They are two entirely different types of men There are millions of men like Truman There was only one Roosevelt But Roosevelt had his weaknesses and Truman has his strong points which Roosevelt did not have Truman s admirers say these characteristics might even give their man the ca-to pacity as weU as the opportunity be a better chief executive than Roosevelt for the job ahead The political election campaign alarm of "Think of Truman in the White House" which was a natural enough reflex reaction when the shock of Roosevelt's death was first felt is therefore said to be entirely a false alarm by the people who know Truman's Washington record and should therefore be in a posiUon to judge his capabilities Deserves Every Chance This is admittedly a prejudiced appraisal But at the time when all eyes are on the man from Missouri wanting him to succeed realizing he must succeed anxious to give him every encouragement re-in assuming the world's greatest sponsibility this is : the only fair appraisal to give Truman the ' chance that he deserves There is no question of Truman's honesty or sincerity He works hard That plus a large share of good luck have put him where he is today He is decisive When he finds a bad situation he moves in on it before it gets worse instead of Just letting it ride When he thinks he has the facts on a case he goes ahead-'In carrying out the work of the Truman committee he did not hesitate to move in against sacred cows —business or political On his carpet were called U S Steel Curtiss-Wrigand Alcoa Basic Magnesium He flayed the army on Canol and the navy on its initial landing craft bungles He went after Donald Nelson for supporting Philip G Reed of General Electric and subpoenaed cabinet officers and other top administrators when they were reluctant to give information he though the senate was entitled to have He will not hesitate to hold labor leaders to their responsibilities either In the Currier housing project case In Detroit he tore into Sidney Hillman then of OPM telling him either to do his job or else get out and let some- the opportufairs' That gave him the follow to closely planning nity aoes noi go tp and strategy oo ne the White House a novice on mili and besides the war is tary matters going to be won no matter who is president - For some weeks at least there may be no changes in top Washington personnel Truman will of course move into the White House with a new personal secretarial staff of his own choosing His with Harry Hopkins N Rosenman and Samuel Judge others of tne Kooseveit White There is House staff is slight known to be no love lost between Truman and several members of the old cabinet and changes there would come as no surprise But even if changes should be made in the cabinet and other administrative posts they would be presented as not necessarily a change in Roosevelt policy— merely a change in the men selected to carry it out nce He Went Too Far— SANTA FE N M April 21 (AP) Former A F Schrader said he didn't mind obliging when a stranger opened his front door walked in and asked for a match - but— When the man crawled Into bed and dropped off to sleep Schrader lost little time in yanking the intruder out and showing him the door ht : tfGBf OTIg GSM? co-chair- one else do it i I i j - vice-preside- nt Vice-President- ?" Army Cook's Tours The army air forces and air transport command are now rival ling the prewar Cook's Tours Re cenUy a group of fiction writers were escorted on a six -- week tour ot the EuroDean battlef ronts by Lieut Col Hal Rorke'AFF Col Rorke had a number of problems Several of the lady fiction writ ers such as Dorothy Cameron Dis ney were looking for their husbands— in this case Milton Mackay of OWI Carol Hill the literary agent was not averse to keeping one eye open for marketable manuscripts while one passenger was an interior decoration editor lor a woman's magazine More such excursions are upcoming Even more ambitious is the May 1 round-the-wortrip organ ized for fiction writers J by Oscar Schisgall of-- OWL Scheduled for this tour are Ben Ames Williams ld and Margeret Culkin Banning with Mr Schisgall going himself exne- Passengers on the dition included Kay Boyle author of "GenUeman I Address You Privately" and "Mt Next Bride": Carl Carmer author of "Stars Fell on Alabama" Mary Cookman of the Ladies Home Journal Beatrice Gould editor of The W Hnme Journal Nancy Wilson Ross au-tof "In Praise of Husbands" Photographer Toni Frissell and II- usirator jnarry Von Schmidt Arriving in Greenland their welcome by U S troops was not rnt or joyous GI Joe had nothing against the travelers as individuals but would have (preferred sacks of mail However army air forces have explained: ''For years our public relations department has been trying to make the American public understand what makes the air We've tried to put force tick across not only the mechanical operations but also the emotional Yet Moss Hart comes : up side with a play personalizing air force life ('Winged Victory) and it's a smash hit because H's all new to - : the public" So the airmen figure that perhaps the fiction writers can put the real picture across to the American people Cabinet Resignation! Cabinet members consider significant the by play occurring at the first Truman cabinet meeting when the new president asked all the Rosevelt cabinet to' stay on Secretary of State Stettinius who is next in line to become president if anything should happen to Truman immediately replied that he would be glad to stay Veteran Secretary of War Sum-so- n who has served in three cabinets said he was a soldier and would remain for the duration One or two others agreed when Secretary Morgenthau interrupted "Mr PresidentV he said "we all know how you feel but I hope! I speak for all of us when I say you will have our resignations at once" 'Well that Is very nice of you" Truman said "but I want you all to stay" "Now just a minute" Morgenthau stopped him again "Just a minute now I don't think that is fair to you You have a tough job and you are entitled to a free hand and our support And we want you to have it But you are entitled to make a clean start" Claude Wickard chimed in and said "Morgenthau's right He's absolutely right You are entitled to a free hand" NOTE — President Truman has told friends that he is anxious to continue the Roosevelt cabinet as is for the time being in deference to Roosevelt's memory but indicated he will make certain changes later Truman Tips Shortly after Truman took office telephone experts reinstalled the direct line from Democratic headquarters to the White House that had been dormant since the elecPresident Truman ruled tion out Paul Porter as a possible secretary of labor on the ground that Porter was doing a better job where he is as FCC chairman Most people agree this is true At the start of the presidential Porter ordered some campaign d big political posters of HowRoosevelt and Truman ever the Truman posters had to be redone because they came out n midbearing Truman's dle name "Shiope" which Tru man was afraid looked funny in print Judging by the way some lawyer lobbyists talk they belong to a "close to Harry club— the men who knew the new presiTom dent way back when has who chauffeured every Harty since Wilson's time never got to chauffeur a president Only time the lightning struck his way was when Harty was cnauxieuring Coolidge wno left him behind when he moved to the White House Truman however without saying anything to Harty ordered him attached to his personal staff At long last Tom Harty has become a presi dential chauffeur (Copyright 1945 by The Bell Syndicate Inc) ftWrvtitii 'v: h: 'va'''v X:?::-:v v—v " ' - ' y - - ' - r w5"-- -- vtv s ' t - x K i V I I ?" v 1 ' 7 Ay vr v ' ' v s ' ? 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