Show 1A THE OGDEN (UTAH STANDARD-EXAMINEWEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 13 1949 son had been led to believe he R Johnson Early Friendly Air Navy Waging Battle By Drew Pearson secretary of national defense has Anril 13 — On- - now leaked out inside reason why dynamic Louis Seal fact is that Early F D R s Johnson was anxious to have dyformer press relations expert was namic Steve Early as his under- not Johnson's first choice lie first tried to persuade Truman to an point John M Franklin head of the United States Steamship lines: '!: ncd snTO:: but the down cold because Franklin was a vigorous Dewey supporter Johnson also wanted Truman to take John J McC Soy president of the World bank and former assistant secretary of war However also is close to Dewey and the president wanted a Democrat whom he personally trusted Truman's Suggestion Actually It was the president himself who suggested Steve Earl v BEEKT ' Truman happens to be one of the c fasVvBBBsBSsI men in Washington who knows few £3 sRassssl BjbU£SEfl VbSj( just how much respect Johnson has for Early's judgment In fact if it hadn't been for Early Johnson might never have been secrensss! Wm tary of defense today ssssanaifl EJBEsBe&jbI In 1940 F D R not only trampled on Johnson's ambition to be vice president in favor of Henry BEmBIEEEEES Wallace but he Johnson and named Henry L Stimson as secretary of war Johnson then BY THE HOUR assistant secretary of war was bitin our Sewing Center terly disappointed and started west boiling with anger The White House heard about it also BY THE MONTH heard that Johnson was en route to Colorado Springs to meet WenIn year own home dell Willkie then preparing his race as G O P nominee for presReasonable rates ident Had Plane Grounded Steve Early immediately had Johnson's plane grounded half-wa- y SEWING CENTER across the country and got the in" 0 t Ft Off bjlh SINGER KlfeG dignant assistant secretary of war on the telephone For an hour and 2456 Washington ten minutes he pleaded with Johnson on the phone Early had been Dial 5771 one of Louie's best friends: had long tried to make him secretary of war instead of Harry Woodring There is no qu n but that John- WASH iXGTON RENT A SINGER4 Mc-Cl- ELECTRIC ' ' by-pass- ed SINGER BE SURE OF CHOOSE A A A oy wassponsiblllty for cutting the defense controls that the private utilities ueimueiy 10 Become secretary 01 war and that he had been given the political doublecross Furthermore he had done a great iob of re arming the United States despite isolationist opposition In the end however Early persuaded him to proceed— not to Colorado Springs but to Los Angeles still a loyal Liemutrai w?s? Now the man who the then assistant secretary guided of war will at be his right hand as undersecretary of national defense D R Jr is flying to Paris F to meet Chaim Weizmann dent of Israel will return withpresihim to New York Scott Lucas un doubtedly wanted to eliminate Re publican opposition to his when he appointed Gov of Illinois Hugh Scott to the interstate commerce commission Nevertheless he picked a good man With Cross out of the race it looks as if Everett Dirksen of Illinois will run against Lucas— a big vote-gettex-Lie- ut er Air Vs Navy g A g row that rattled the window panes of the house appropriations committee took place last week over squeezing money out of the army and navy Part of the row was over the old question of more naval nr airplanes The uproar started when Chairman Clarence Cannon of Missouri upbraided his subcommittee for giving the armed services half a billion dollars more than President Truman asked for "This is the worst bill that has come from a subcommittee this session" thundered Chairman Cannon "It's terrible and ought to be recommitted "At least $750000000 of this spending should be cut out of the bill It's preposterous to give the navy all that money so that admirals who still think they're fightn war can ing the build outdated warships at a time when air power is This brought a hot retort from chunky subcommittee member Albert Engel Republican of Michigan "I resent the accusation" he stormed beating the table "I've alman ways been a strong and this bill does not discriminate against the air force "You say the bill should be cut" continued the Michigan Republican "Well I won't take the re- table-beatin- word-slingin- ve-HU- :s Spanish-America- air-pow- er PROTECTIO- N- LONG-LASTIN- G GUARANTEED ROOF! GOOD-LOOKIN- G "J I Demo ''I have supported cuts sometimes at the expense of safety in an ef- lort to achieve economy in this measure I even proposed cuts that you yourself vetoed Mr Chairman ii ciu i i air rce you cannot possibly trans-uu lunudge we muicti 01 war oy air alone eea in Time There isn't enough gasoline in the country eveh if We had the planes And the air force can't hold places that have been taken That takes ground troops fighting in the mud "Also the iair force cannot carry on effective! warfare That takes ships" Cannon the argument with a charge that the subcommittee hadn't properly coordinated the spending of the three services to prevent overlapping expenses "We supposedly unified the three services for greater efficiency and economy" he snapped sarcastically "We were going to save the taxpayers' money This bill doesn't look like we meant what we said To read it you'd never know there was a unification program" ' "Just a minute— just a minute" shouted Democrat Harry Sheppard of California "you're in a mighty poor position to be making these accusations fYou sat with the subcommittee during the of the bill and voted on itmarkup Why did you wait until now when we are ready to report the bill to Start beefing? It seems mighty strange to me" dut-quai- anti-submari- ne re-ente-red To Withhold Motion Cannon finally agreed to withhold his threatened motion to recommit the! bill and called for a vote to report it "There's nothing else I can do at this stage" he "but I still don't like theexplained bill" Note — Privately many congressmen agree with Representative Cannon that a lot of water 'can be cut from the armed forces For instance cagey speakerbudget Sam Rayburn recently asked the army to take over recreation facilities at Texoma lake a flood control project in his district now run by the Interior department Reason: The army ! can spend plenty of money on recreation while the interior department's budget is pruned to the bone Private Power Lobby The real estate lobby's "pressure from home" technique— phoney and h letters to congressmen — from their districts proved so successful in the battle over rent complete roof as low at ytt "DOll-maki- st Qifr ?tti£ia&lL nfesssssssssslBsWBssM sin- - The Overworked Eyes? 11 r Attends Convention EVANSTON 13— Wyo April Mrs Jennie M Isnerwood Uinta county superintendent of schools is attending a state convention of county superintendents in Laramie this week She plans to return to Evan st on on Thursday W Solve liajglfjrt -- S the problems shuns cocktail parties ducks reporters but sticks close to his desk In the evenings he is so exhausted he usually crawls off to bed by eight p m "I have never worked so hard" explains the new senator from Kentucky Asked whether he might run for Withers snorts: "No Sir!" ST sA on m Fine Draperies r WINDOW SHADES mm C fl3kWw VimKm Tensilon ri: oiinos 3S and J&L EASY TERMS a 34252 — EASY TERMS e Venetian Blind Dusters VENETIAN BLIND CO Dial OF OGDEN 01 Riverdale Road at Roy 261 1 Wash Blvd — nnmVT asm bbbS 1 IIS Via m 1 rleHtHHMKhlaV 50 m j the is logical: - VENETIAN BLINDS Specially-mad- - I te FREE ESTIMATES If- als are thought oi use the nlural is declar- construction i The This letter is typical of Mrs D s invitation waa properly that reach me regularly Mrs L worded to the plural for it is when the A D writes "I am membership both natural and to t h r k Is more logical chairman of the Business and Pro- of the committee logical In terms of n times when it fessional Women's club I have individual members The invita is to mix singular permissible been severly criticized few wording tion is This plural For example an inviUtion thus: The y wants (s ngularl to on Of Hot and Professional Worn s to you We plural have our plural- sales de-t- o bership committee are havinc m send you its (singular) George Washington tea Sunday reo zu tnree to five o'clock We having tea " It would Bko its be should like you as a charter mini The pero:i guest Thai would not be able to ber to be our guest think of Jko Syndicate Inc "They tell me that 'committee' is singular and that I am Quite Mary'and Grace— as -- it" Of course there are wrong in wording the invitflH in tne plural Please set us straight the singular construction is on this" A such words as committee gular should not be used if it has class company dub are called a jarring or awkward effect Its pnnnt u rti irnini: iirninc ninl MOM col iect sve nouns I n t v have a pi - more a matter 01 Irritation all reheard or mone r of culiar quality: While they are sto f nd d 30 cnMY snjcYOn TssWOftanjtf It r La guiar in torm they stand for Ilk At to4a Gtt Top atl prair bers of persons collected Stumped by such collective nouns Now I want to emphasise again that collective nouns may be treated as either singular or plural Here's the rule: If the group is thought of as a unit use the singular construction if the indtvidu- - er real-esta- Mj Word for Collective Noun Confusion ne Ox A r71TTln T:llM:f1'TW wS j Republican Representative Gardner With row of Wisconsin reports that he is being bombarded with letteri attacking TV A and other public-powe- r projects from propaganda mill in his home district run by a man named Gage Baldwin However Baldwin has new twist to the real estategiven lobby's "operation home town" by a purported poll of people in the ureei oaiawin claims 10 nave nine undercover agents tapping senti-- 1 iiieiu nune 01 wnom Knows tne others are working for himmil esuns oi wis have shown such a preponderance of opinion for the power trust that Congressman Withrow went bock to Sparta to check up on the facta There he found the Baldwin poll to be about as accurate as that of Mr Gallup last November "Nevertheless I find it to be of service" says the GOP congressman who is a strong supporter of TVA rural electrification and othpublic-power low-coprojects "For I read Baldwin's findings and then vote the opposite That way I know I am on the side of the people" — Note Whereas Withrow went to theCongressman trouble of checking on lobbyist Baldwins most poll congressmen don't bother Many naively accept their mail as valid which may be why so many voted with ' the lobby against rent controls New Senator Prom Kentucky One senator anxious to go back to the peace and quiet of his home town is Kentucky's homespun Sen Garrett Withers He's holding down the seat given up by Vice President Barkley and can hardly wait till the term ends Unimpressed with the pomp and publicity of the senate Withers would rather go home to Dixon Ky a friendly town of 1000 where he ran a small law office However he isn't the kind who pulls out until a Job Is finished He half-trut- MM Take lobby has decided to give it a fling program at a time like this Fur thermore I'm standing by my subcommittee If I djidn't think it waa a good job I would resign" or Snoniarlnes Young Bob Sikes of i— i ! :A BSv j r w c aSSS A MONTH kwJ sssHsk jdsfHnfi j4t aP' Wlnsr V aft? 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