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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH j mmmmmmm,m,mmmmm --o IB hit Notes of a Newspaperman INTERNATIONAL NEWS SER-VICE phoned this desk one morning to check the claim made by a man who told Washington reporters thai he was on Axis Sally's legal staff . . . This amazing liar told the re-porters Walter WincheU was "pay-ing for Axis Sally's legal fees be-cause of remorse." He added: "WincheU feels he got her into all this trouble." This woman is more than a show-of- f and deserves to be punished, al-though we doubt that any U. S. soldier (who was agonized by her voice) would want to see her hanged It is part of the dignity of this nation that Americans do not want to see women hanged. Perhaps it would be punishment enough if she were the first "woman without a country." Let her live up to her Nazi broadcasts. Let her live in America, but never again be an American ... To see the Flag but never again be privileged to salute it or call it her own. The Nazi-hire- d recording of Axis Sally's broadcasts have a similarity to the opinions spouted by isolation-ists during the war and before it. If she had made those state-ments In the V. S. instead of Germany, Sally might have been elected to Congress. No wonder Washington is wary bf Stalin's peace-pip- e puffing. In the past, such words served as smoke screens for another Act of Aggression . . . His rec-ord can only make you skeptical. . . Stalin is suffering the fate of all merchants of mendacity. If you con-tinually lie, people are not apt to believe you even when you're tell-ing the truth. The expression of peace spouted by Communist leaders is just another zig in their lagging propaganda line. Such spurious blah-bla- h will only fool a fool. The current edition of Foreign Affairs magazine proves Stalin's peace promises are false with his own words. For examples: Stalin has bluntly confessed that Russia aims to "raise revolts against capitalists, and in the event of necessity come out even with armed force against their governments." Pianist Walter Gieseklng gave no concert as scheduled at Carnegie hall because of American protest. He left by plane for Europe 48 hours after he arrived ... He re-fused to avail himself of an offered public hearing to back up his state-ments of innocence with proof . . . Just how he managed to get an American visa is another of those state department mysteries the Congress should probe . . . Who in our government arranged it? To forgive and forget is noble. To this rule the world must return some day . . . But it is typical Nazi bad taste to believe the Amer-ican public would permit a Nazi musician at Carnegie hall at the same time a ship bearing 5,000 war dead was lying in the harbor. The dead American boys who died to the explosions of Nazi shells have earned at least the silence of a Nazi piano player while they are being carried home. An outfit which calls itself the Civil Rights Congress made an nuisance of itself In Washington during Inaugural Week. They button-hole- d Gov- - " ernment officials and made various protests including one against the trial of Communist party leaders. The Civil Rights Congress has been named as a subversive organization by the Justice Dep't. But what good is listing them as subversive if nothing is done to stop their subversive activities? The Post Office department is cir-culating free (without postage) pro-paganda against the United States. The same as Hitler did at the ex-pense of U.S. taxpayers. This propa-ganda is mailed from the Argentine Embassy in Washington. It is a book titled: "Peron Expounds His Doc-trine." It urges all workers to join th. Peron Revolution. And it bears the US. stamp which reads: "Diplo-matic Mail Free." When. oh. when. Mr. Postmaster-Genera- l, will we ever learn? Ladies and gentlemen, if you can spare the time, please send a letter of protest about this to the Postmaster-Gener- at and Washington help fight these rodents. Mme. Evita Peron had the sup- reme gall to send clothing to Amer-ican orphans in Washington This is conscience money of a kind because her dictator husband helped Hitler kill so many Amer ican seamen by permitting Nazi subs to refuel in Argentina waters . . . Better, we think, would be ar invitation to visit Arlington Cem etery . Where both the Madan and her husband should be forcer to kneel at the graves of the Amei leans the "neutral" Mr Peroi helped murder. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS , Congress Gets Control Proposals Which Would Curb Wages, Prices; Doctors Offer Public Health Plan TRENDS: Dictatorial The gentleman who was talking knew whereof he spoke. When ha began to express himself on dicta-torships, the public might listen re-spectfully for he had but lately con-cluded an assignment to put down one of the most vicious dictatorships the world had ever seen. But he wasn't talking of foreign dictatorships. Instead, he was warn-ing the Columbia college forum on democracy that dictatorship was an actual possibility right here in the United States. (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Absolved t ?v x I ? ' IP I 1 t. - i THE SPEAKER was Gen. Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower, who was su-preme commander of allied forces in the war against the dictatorships World War II. Discussing the supposition that this nation was in danger of falling into the hands of a dictatorship with-out a shot being fired, Eisenhower said he was not talking about the usual type of seizure of power by force. He was talking, he said, about a gradual dictatorship of bureaucracy which could result from the "con-stant drift toward centralized gov-ernment." , "There is a kind of dictatorship," he said, "that can come about through a creeping paralysis of thought and readiness to accept pa-ternalistic measures from the gov-ernment, along with a surrender of our own responsibilities and, there-fore, of our control over our own lives and our right to exercise our vote. "IF WE ALLOW "this drift toward centralized bureaucratic govern-ment to continue, finally it will be expressed ... in the actual field of operation. "There'll be a swarming of bur-eaucrats over the land, ownership of property will gradually drift into that central government, and final-ly you have to have dictatorship as the only means of operating such a huge organization." When a man of General Ike's stat-ure is publicly concerned over the probability of a dictatorship in the U. S., benign or otherwise, it seems it were time the public, too, should begin to look into the situation. William W. Remington, who was an official of the commerce department, was absolved of dis-loyalty charges following an link to Soviet interests. He was given a new job with the de-partment, but with salary re-maining at $10,000 annually. CONTROLS: Needed or Not? The administration at Washington has made its move for price and wage controls. It has asked congress to place ceilings on prices which threaten to go above last December's level. It also has proposed creation of a six-ma- n board to regulate wage in-creases. Already, however, it was becom-ing increasingly clear to the people that constantly shifting factors are changing so swiftly that some of the major points in the administra-tion's legislative program may be-come obselete before they are called for consideration. FOR INSTANCE, the downward trend in prices would indicate that a proposal for price control, except in some few isolated cases, might even appear ridiculous. Consequent-ly, continuing decline in prices would naturally knock out any vali-dity of wage hike demands. The sincerity of the administra-tion is this respect might be open to question, but not seriously so. Practical politicians and people who realize the need for application of politics in government proce-dures will understand that whether the government actually wants what it asks is somewhat beside the point. The real point is that these meas-ures were pledged by President Truman in his campaign, and it was as early as inauguration day that administration leaders stated publicly they meant to implement campaign pledges in every way. Now the administration is going through the motions of seeking to have adopted all the legislation the President promised the voters when he was a candidate for the office. A QUICK RUN-DOW- of the ad-ministration's legislative-potenti-will show that civil rights, tax in-creases, outright repeal of the y law and socialized medi-cine, all admittedly needing some treatment, are in for a rough time in congress. That being the case, it is diffi-cult to understand how Mr. Truman and his advisers could make price and wage controls stick should there be no apparent need for either. PUBLIC HEALTH: Physicians' Plan There would be discussion of mo-tive, of course, but whether ac-tuated by the belief that socialized medicine was an undesirable alter-native, or by a sincere desire to widen their field of service, Amer-ica's physicians had come up with a plan. OBVIOUSLY, the plan was a counter move in the developing battle over socialized medicine, and in it one could see some concession to the bureaucratic ambitions which, it is claimed, motivates the socialized medicine effort. First, the doctors through their American Medical association's board of trustees, urge creation of a federal department of health, with cabinet status, which would be authorized to promote the general welfare by aiding and fostering pro-grams in the field of health. This department also would contribute to individual, family and commun- - DEFENSE PACT: Gilded Lily There were puzzling things going on in Washington as the proposed north Atlantic security pact came up for discussion. As any schoolboy knows, only con-gress can declare war. Yet Senator Vandenburg of the foreign affairs committee was quoted as saying that if any pact were drawn he ex-pected such a pact to "reserve to congress the complete right of de-cision" on what to do about an armed attack. THAT STATEMENT of Vanden-berg'- s amounted to nothing more than a thick coat of gilt on the lily. The pact could do no less than "re-serve" such decision, because the constitution of the United States is quite clear as to what governmen-tal body in the United States has the authority to declare war. The constitution does not relegate that power to a senate committee or to the state department. The point is made only to high-light the trend of official thinking in federal circles. Despite the con-stitutional provision, Senator and apparently those who draft the pact, are "willing" to let congress make any decision on go-ing to war. There were other puzzling factors connected with the pact. Both Sen-ator Vandenburg and Senator Con-nall- y declared that signing the pact would not commit this nation to war in the event another pact signatory were attacked. IF THAT were the situation, the critical queried, what would be the use of the pact? MYSTERY: Biggest Run As one southern reporter de-scribed it, it was the "biggest run in the South's history." One moment everything was all right. The next, disaster had struck. It happened in Jacksonville, Fla., and there was no warning of its coming. Women and girls arose in the morning, donned attractive, sheer nylon stockings and started about their business. Then, the nylons simply started coming apart. Working girls went bare-legge- d to lunch, carrying their stockings or what was left of them in their purses. A horrible possibility failed to materialize the girls were spared disintegration of their nylon under-wear; but there were many anxious moments as they watched the nylon stockings disintegrate on their legs. The health department advanced a theory that incompletely-burne- d particles of soot carried a gas which caused the stockings to come apart. At Wilmington, Del., a technical engineer for a nylon manufacturer said it's happened before in Wash-ington, Chicago, Nashville and Min-neapolis. He explained that the trouble was soot. These tiny par-ticles, he said, even from ordinary coal fires, contain sulphur dioxide, sulphur trioxide and other acids. When they land on a coat or hat, the concentrate may destroy a thread, but you don't notice it. But when they land on a stocking thread zip! And there's a story to make the nation's headlines. Accused s V ' &, . j l ' As? The senators had an answer for that one an answer reminiscent of American thinking before Pearl Harbor. They pointed out that, as Vandenburg put it, "in my opinion the mere formal recognition of this community of interest in the event of an armed attack on the Atlantic community without another word in the treaty would be an infinite assurance against World War III." What the senator was intimating in effect was that with the United States a signatory to the pact, any nation would be afraid to jump either on the U. S. or another mem-ber. THE SENATOR'S MEMORY seemed to be waning. Japan wasn't "afraid" to attack Pearl Harbor. That was World War II. Germany wasn't "afraid" to sink the Lusi-tani- That was World War I. The "fear" bulwark hadn't done so well on two occasions. Did Senator Vandenburg have some special information, or in-tuition, that it would work better to prevent World War III? LONGEVITY: The Hard Way So you'd like to live to be 102? There's a way but it will appeal only to the rugged. A Westerfield, N. J. woman has passed the century mark with vi-tality still good, interest in things about her still unimpaired. OF HER 102nd birthday party she said: . "It was a most wonderful party I felt just like I was walking on air. The house looked like a greenery. All those flowers and even an orch-id. It was wonderful." About reaching 102 .. . well, the lady who did it, Mrs. Katherine G. Lyon, said she was in favor of exercise and fresh air. "It's all a matter of chewing your food properly, and getting plenty of fresh air Anyone who is 102 years old and can't walk at least two miles ought to go to a doctor and find out what's the mat-ter with them . I'm always ready to go." Mrs. Lyon did not stipulate that walking two miles a day was the entire answer lty well-bein- Briefly, the program would in-clude: PROMPT DEVELOPMENT of diagnostic facilities; health centers and local public health units; health centers and hospital services; com-prehensive health education pro-grams; integration of veterans' medical care and hospitalization with other medical care and hos-pital programs; greater emphasis on the program of industrial medi-cine, and adequate support, with funds free from political control, of the medical, dental and nursing schools and other institutions nec-essary for ,the training of special-ized personnel required in the pro-vision and distribution of medical care. In its scope the doctors' program read like Mr. Truman's "bold new program" for betterment of world living. But its very generalities and extent might be the factors to doom it. With immediate medical care the greatest need of too many Ameri-cans unable to pay for it, the pana-cea would have to be immediate and visual. Examined, even close up, the doctor's plan appeared to offer little toward the solution of the issue of socialized medicine. MERCI TRAIN: And Kisses Although no finished hand at the game, Kentucky's Gov. Earle Clem-ents was not to be outdone in the amenities incident to arrival of the French Merci train in Frankfort. BUSSED on the cheek by French representative Andre Picard, Governor Clements bussed right, back, displayed no chagrin. And, in addition to the buss, Picard received a commission as a Kentucky colonel Agnes Smedley, Okl-ahoma- born author, has been named by Gen. Douglas r as a Soviet agent in his recent report on a Russian spy ring. She denied the accusation. METALS: Stronger For those who use metals, then was good news. Dr. J. H. Holloman, General Electric research labora-tory scientist, reported that metals eventually can be made from five to 10 times stronger. Metals are made up of tinj grains. A break always begins at a high temperature with micro-scopic cracks along the boundaries It is prevention of these cracks that will strengthen the metal. GOP Tries to Face Fads: Changes Are Sure to Come By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WASHINGTON I don't want to get into semantics but I have to say something about the word "conservative", purely as a word, tf I am going to discuss some of tne undersurface terms in Washing-ton recently. If it is fair to define a conservative as a person who has something to conserve, and I think the American people are naturally conservative m that sense, when you take away that something, Americans will join the radicals or anybody else to win back what was taken away. The majority of the people don't want a free lunch. They Just want a chance to earn enough to pay for ft H i BAUKHAGE their own lunch. But if they can't get lunch any other way, they'll take it how and where they , can get it. That is a lesson which cer-tain conservatives (in the p o 1 1 1 i c a 1 sense) are learning slowly. Last month Tom Dewey returned from his political grave to say at a Republican Lincoln Tlnv dinner that if This was my answer: "Dear Sir: I have your letter saying that you wonder which Is the most dangerous, the truck driver I referred to or an idiot with a vast radio audience and also that yon have heard me a few thousand times. I am glad to note we have so much In common." My reference to Taft which so Infuriated the letter-write- r was in connection with an implication that Senator Taft IS the Republican party in the Senate as it exists to-day. This situation may change, though there are no present indi-cations it will. Taft rides the ele-phant, regardless of who happens to play the calliope. And, paradoxically enough, it will be Senator Taft, the strongest fig-ure in the senate, symbol of reaction to his enemies, who probably will be a powerful factor in the enactment of more than one of the so called "social-service- " laws which are a vital part of the administration program. Housing and federal aid to educa-tion are two measures which might be named. And although the Taft-Hartl-act will have a new name, the imprint of its senatorial sponsor will not be entirely eradicated from its structure when it comes out of the hopper. Taft was able to drag out the labor bill hearings for two weeks longer than was originally planned, and I would not be surprised if these lines appear in print before his gently-le- d filibuster against the re-peal is over, or at least long over. But that does not mean Taft or his party controls the senate. As this was written a theory was abroad that the Republican strat-egy had developed to the point where, if the party would keep its "young Turks" in line the liberal Republican senators who tried and so dismally failed to curb Taft's power they could count on enough votes of the southern senators on most controversial is-sues (unless these issues step on the toes of southern tradition) to wrest control from the Democrats. the GOP tried to go back to the 20's, it would become the "deadest pigeon in the country." The harden of his theme was that the party was split wide apart and It had better get to-gether, slough off one extreme element which wants to "turn the clock back" and the other extremists who want to "out-promi-the Democrats." He de-manded that the party stand for "social progress under a flourishing system of private en-terprise where every human right" Is expanded." Those op posed to "liberal and progres-sive policies" should get out of the party. Here again we run into semantics what is "progressive," what is "liberal" for that matter, what is Sylvia? To one an owl, to another a nightingale. To the pinks, a "liberal" is a reactionary. To the conservative a "liberal" is a red. Dewey said that the Republican party (or the party as he sees it) believes in "unemployment insur- - ance, old age assistance on an in creased basis, in broader social se-- i curity generally, in slum clearance, in public development of our water ' resources, in farm price supports, in vigorous protection of the rights j of labor." And he seems to recognize that all of us, Republicans included, will have to take certain things for granted. Certain social and politi-cal changes which we may not like any more than our grandfathers liked a lot of "new-fangle- ideas they met with, like the safety razor, say. The federal reserve board, the Income tax, women's suffrage all were once considered little less than the instruments of the devil himself by a lot of people who never think twice about them now. What policy the federal reserve board follows is debatable by either politi-;- j ' cal party, but nobody would be fool j, enough to try to eliminate the board as an institution. Both parties elalm they invented it. In fact, the expounders of this theory were only a little while ago pointing to defeat of the bill to exempt the tax on the inaug-uration as proof that the fate of the Democrats in the senate was a pretty dark one. They ex-plained it was symptomatic when 41 Rebublicans voted against the measure, and found to their surprise and pleasure that they were able to get six Democrats to join them, thus providing a majority and de-feating the measure. That made things look very sim-ple. But there is another side to that story. That vote backfired and hurt the Republicans more than it helped. It did more than a little to create Democratic solidarity, and the really deep-disher- s on Capitol Hill are predicting that the Demo-crats are going to achieve enough unanimity from now on to main-tain their majority on major issues. There will be, of course, matters where members of both parties will desert because the issue in-volved is such that the particular state or area from which the sen-ator comes has an interest which conflicts with the majority of his party. There will be some issues in which Democrats will join Republi-cans as well as vice versa. And, as I said earlier, there are some things that don't appear on the sur-face. The burden of the attack against the Democrats, whether you call them New Dealers, Fair Dealers, or Trumanites, is that they seek government control of business. Now I believe most Republican leaders have the brains to admit (and if they haven't they can expect to be defeated, just as the liberals and conservatives were beaten in England) that the best way to kili government control the antithesis of free enterprise because it is gov ernment monopoly is to kill priv ate monopoly. The latter is a two edged sword against free enter prise. First, private monopoly kills competition. Second, it opens the way to government ownership. Today the intelligent leaders ol the GOP have to admit what I air. sure they believe at heart, namely that they will have to let the feder al government do certain things foi the people, if private enterprise can't or won't do those things. Tafl as well as the young Turks, know? that. They also know that privati monoply breeds state control. The size of the income tax, and how It's distributed is also a matter to be settled by the party In power, but I can't quite see anybody trying to eliminate Income taxes entirely. Other matters like the principles of government regulation of inter-- , state commerce, of old age and nnemployemnt insurance and dozens of other activities seem to be here for good. If I am a Red for saying that, you can measure me for a suit of long underwear to match, tuck me into the and send me home. As a matter of fact I am really pretty much of a moss-bac- Al-though I'd trade in my used air-plane for a rocket, if anybody has a surrey with the fringe on top and I had a place to park it, that's what Td really prefer. Mention of Taft Evokes Criticism One can't discuss the Republican party without mentioning Mr. Taft. And whenever I say anything good on the air about Sen. Robert A. 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