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2 Th Ntwi-Revlew, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., Aug. 25, 1949 United States Of Europe Proposal Faces Reluctance Of Countries To Surrender Individual Sovereignty By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press Foreign Affairs Analyst Over In Strasbourg, France, seat of the new council of Europe, Idealists continue to urge that the 12 constituent nations Join in forming united states in which the members would sacrifice much of their sovereignty to the general welfare. At long last this Utopian Idea of the past century shows signs of at least partial fruition. Like many other great developments, the current activity has its gen esis in dangers economic, poli tical and military which can only be met by concerted action. The latest exponent of this ex treme proposal, former French Premier Paul Reynaud, ranks in ternationally as a major proph et. More often than most, dur ing the Hltlerlan menace, he foresaw the future. Now he calls for western unity to meet im pending crisis. Speaking yesterday on the grave European economic situa tion before the consultative as sembly of the council, Reynaud advocated a real European leg islature, directly elected by the DeoDles of the member nation. He declared that only In this way omles Into the single continental market, with one currency, which he maintains is demanded if Eu rope is to survive between Am erica and Russia. "Between these two giants," he sa.d, "there is a place for a uni fied Europe, but not for a mo saic of independent states." "The road we are following." he asserted at another place, "is a dead end street. It comes to an end In 1952." (The Marshall plan Is scheduled to terminate then). Sovereignty Is Barrier He was, of course, speaking as a financial expert, who among other things served as French linance minister during the cir Ileal days of 1938-9. He put the proposition bluntly, saving that such a step would eventually mean a sacrifice ol national sov could the assembly acquire an-1 erelgnty, but nevertheless must thorlty to merge European econ- '"' i elgnty very largely turns the i whole problem. No nation wants i to surrender it. 1 1 A wealth of experience lay De- hind the 70-year-old Reynaud's warning and plea for collective security. He became nremier oi ! France in March, 1940, and in I the following black period had to SUIT PI A. 'VsW. B Plain or lodlz4 More people use Morton's WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS mi. n Q (NBA TelrpSolo BUTTERED PUP He dosn't have a name, so well Just call him But terbur!. Anyway, ButterbaU got stuck between two buildings tour Inches apart so somebody yelled for the cops. The cops were stuck, too. so they called Steve Rose ot the Oakland, Calif, 8PCA. Then they all went out to a cafe, got a half-gallon of butter along with a half-gallon of lard, melted same and poured It all over ButterbaU (top left). With the help ot a rope and a hefty tug (top right) out popped ButterbaU. ButterbaU (lower) with rescuers Rose (lettl and Officers Don FuUmore and Herman Goodwin, said "Thanks, tellers good butter, too." announce to his people In a suc cession of broadcasts some of the greatest reverses in their history. Reynaud foresaw the Nazi ag gression and urged preparedness, but his was a voice crying In the wilderness. It was about that time, while he was finance min ister, that I had a long talk with him in Paris. We covered a lot YOURSELF of ground, and at one point I asked him what he thought of America's tendency to confine .ts activities to the western hemis phere. He replied: "There was a time when Eng land thought she was an island." I waited for more, and when It didn't come I inquired if that j AT CIO President Volleys Back At Steel Executive NEW YORK, Aug. 23 iP Philip Murray, president of the CIO Steelworkers union, declar ed today that statements of steel industry executives before a presidential fact-finding board were "an insult to the president of the United States." Murray, beginning the union rebuttal to the steel companies' presentation, devoted his opening statement to an answer to Clar ence B. Randall, president of the Inland Steel Co. The union seeks a 30-cents-an-hour package, in cluding pensions and insurance benefits. "Mr. Randall impugns the mo tives of the President in estab lishing the steel industry board," said Murray, who also is CIO president. "He charges the President with taking extra -legal "action" my request and implies that the President did so because of 'poli tical alliance' and obligation to me. Mr. Randall's statement in this regard is an insult both to the high office and the person of the President of the United States." Murray added that "I cannot of course presume to answer for the President. I can say for my self there is no truth or substance in this statement." Randall, who was the first in dustry witness before the board, declared that President Truman, In establishing the fact-finding nroeedure in the dispute, had pro claimed government wage fixing and had started on the road to a "socialist or corporative state." The Inland president said the union had not bargained in good faith with the steel companies, and "through political alliance with the government" had been able to persuade the White House lo step in. Mr. Truman secured a 60-day truce in the industry with the appointment of the three -man board, which is scheduled to make recommendations for a set tlement Aug. 30. The truce ends Sept. 1. W k. B IRS fill" A tS ?: I i Impart i- & ' n s: i S..I--J ., j. :.. iftc -'tis "iTh! ii in silts NEW HATCHERY AT DIAMOND LAKE Finishing touches are being applied to the new Dia mond lake hatchery building pictured above. Located on Lake creek, outlet to Diamond lake, the new building replaces an old structure so weakened that it had to be propped with poles. The new hatchery greatly increases capacity for handling rainbow trout eggs taken from the lake. Improvements also are contemplated at the nearby residences and other structures connected with the egg-taking station. Potato sprouting can be pre vented by a hormone sold In pow der form under several trade names. In Azizia, Libia, the thermom eter registered 136.4 degrees Sept. 13, 1922. was his complete answer. He grinned and said: "That's my answer." 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Am4 tWM4aMf I China Controversy Mushrooms To Encompass The Whole Orient By PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON. Two weeks of hashing over the State Depart ment's 1000 pages of "White Paper" on China reveal only that no body on either side of the argument has been converted by Its documents. Critics of the U. S. govern ment's past actions In China call it "the whitewash paper". . ."a confession of failure" . . . "an ex pose of the department s do-nothing policies." It is criti cized as too sweeping a disclaim er, too much defense of past pol icies. Those who believe that Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist govern ment is beyond help because it has been so corrupt and because it failed to listen to good Ameri can military, economic and poli tical advice find in the White Paper full support for their view. But it will be months befoie there can be any informed and intelligent opinion on the China situation in the United States. Only 15,000 copies of the White Paper have been printed and less than 10,000 have been distribut ed. It is doubtful If any copy has been thoroughly analyzed, dispas sionately and impartially. Can Any Part Be Saved? Congressional arguments over whether to give the Nationalist government more money and more military assistance, along with the North Atlantic Pact countries, must be listened to in full. Finally, the State department's new trio of experts to study fu ture China policy Ambassador Philip C Jessup, Dr. Raymond a. hosdick of Rockefeller foun dation and Dr. Everett Case of Colgate university must be heard from. Controversy over the White Pa per has, however, raised one ba sic question which must be an swered soon. Can China or any part of it be saved from the Com munists by further financial and military aid? Senator Knowland of California and others are talking about $200,000,000 more money and a U. S. military mission of 500 of ficers to advise the Nationalist armies. The key question is will this involve the United States in what is after all China's civil war? The question is Ignored by most advocates of more aid to China. They cite the fact that the Unit ed States is now committing it self to $1,000,000,000 military aid to western Europe. They cite the fact that the United States is spending over $500,000,000 on mil itary aid to Greece and Turkey. They maintain that it Is incon sistent to fight communism on those fronts and not in China. But here it may be well to pause and give junior a simple little problem in arithmetic: If it takes a U. S. military mission of 450 officers and enlisted men. $340,000,000 in money and over two years in time to clean 25.000 Communist guerrillas out of 50, 000 square miles in Greece, how many Americans, how much money and how long a time will It take to clean 2,500,000 Commu nist soldiers out of more than 1,000,000 square miles of China? All-Orient Plan Needed A p'.an for China alone no long er seems realistic. It must be a olan for all the Orient. Even the little $30,000,000 aid for Korea now part of the Military Assist ance program is being criticis ed as too much of a piecemeal approach to anti-communism. So the search is on for a plan for all the Orient. Here the attitudes of other for eign countries come into the pic ture. Will the British, the French and the Dutch be willing to mod ify their traditional policies on colonial domination? Anti-communism in the Orient can't be presented as white imperialism if it is to take hold in Asia. It must be a native movement, shared by the Koreans, the Japs, the Filipinos, Malayans, Siam ese, Indonesians, Burmese, In dians, Viet-Namese. All these countries have young governments that have come into power since the end of the war, or are still coming into power. They have their own internal problems. Politically, they are children. Bringing them together will be a lot more difficult, even, than it has been to try to bring together the European countries with their centuries of democra tic background. Planked Dinner Is Labor Day Treat By GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Staff Writer Here's one for your "What Shall I Serve the Crowd Over Labor Day" note book. It's a practical all-in-one platter or plank that combines dairy foods with meat and vegetables. And it's de luxe to look at, easy to prepare. So serve hamburger dinner on a plank, set out bottles of milk for young and old a'.ike. add crisp rolls and lots of butter and watch the food disappear! Planked Hamburger Dinner (Serves 4) To prepare the plank: Butter the plank and heat for 15 to 20 minutes in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) while cooking the meat and vegetables. To cook: Place the filled plank in a hot oven (450 degrees F.) and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the potatoes are delicately browned. Have ready hot, cooked peas and fill the space in between the meat and the tomatoes. Dot with 2 pais of butter and serve as soon as possible. Stuffed Tomatoes Four firm, ripe tomatoes, 1 cup fine, soft bread crumbs, 2 table spoons melted butter, 1-4 cup chopped stuffed olives, 1-4 cup thinlv sliced celery, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 1-2 teaspoon sugar. Cut a slice from the top of each tomato and remove the pulp with a spoon. Turn the tomatoes up side down to drain for a few min utes. Sprinkle lightly on the in side with salt and sugar. Mix bread crumbs, melted butter, olives and celery with Training salt and enough of the tomato pulp to make a moist filling. Stuff the tomatoes, dot with a small piece of butter and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 25 minutes. Place at one end of the. plank. Hamburgers De Luxe One pound linely ground lean beef, 34 teaspoon salt, 1- tea spoon dried basil, 2 teaspoons grated onion, 2 tablespoons neavy cream, 1-4 teaspoon pepper. Have the meat ground twice. Mix lightly with all the ingredi ents and shape into four even sized patties about 3- inch thick. Brown quickly on both sides in a very hot, lightly greased frying pan, reduce heat and cook until almost done. Place the meat on the other end of the hot plank. , Duchess Potatoes Four cups hot mashed pota toes, 2 tablespoons heavy cream, salt and pepper to season, 1 beat en egg, 1-4 cup melted butter. Whip the potatoes with the cream, salt and pepper, then beat in the egg and half the butter. With two spoons, arrange the po tatoes in a border around the edge of the plank, and brush with the remaining butter. ACCIDENT FATAL BAKER, Aug. 25. P Floyd Lee Potter, 31, Vale, died in Bak er Wednesday as the result of injuries received Sunday night when the pickup in which he was riding went off the Dooiey moun tain highway. Potter lost his right hand and suffered a skull frac ture. Five other passengers were hospitalized by the accident. 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