U The News-Review, Rosoburg, Of. Wed., Nor. 30, 1949
Unarmed Germany Would Be
Military Problem For Allies
In Event Of Third World War
' . , ; By DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP rortlfn Affair. Analyit
Millions, of Europeans undoubtedly are breathing easier because
of the unqualified reiteration of America's policy against any
rearming of Germany,
Both U. S. Defense Secretary
touls Johnson and Chief of Staff
General Omar Bradley, who are
overseas conferring with west
ern Europe's top military -men,
have declared emphatically that
the Washington government has
no Intention of rearming the
reich. This position previously
had been announced by .Presi
dent Truman and Secretary of
State Acheson, but it likely gath
ers force from the fact that John
son and Bradley are working on
a unified plan for the defense
of western Europe.
Europe's fear and hatred of
German militarism has become
deep-seated as the result of two
catastrophic world wars. She
thought she had ham-strung this
Teutonic spirit of conquest with
the treaty of Versailles at thi
end of the first conflict which
the Kaiser almost won. But In
1935 dictator Hitler started to
tear up the pact by brazenly
inaugurating an unlimited arma
ment program and compulsory
military service.
From then on Europe watched
in helpless fascination, like a
bird hypnotized by a snake, while
the arrogant fuehrer openly pre-
Eared for war. Western Europe
i determined not to be caught
in a third world war perpetrated
by the reich or anybody else.
France In particular is adamant
in demanding that Germany be
rendered harmless.
The justice of this allied posi
tion has been recognized tacitly
by the new German republic at
Bonn. The government has
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Credit Rating Periodical
Will Embract Roseburg
EUGENE. OF) A new pub
lication, covering the credit rat
ing of some 65,000 Individuals and
firms, will be printed shortly by
the Lane County Retail Credit
association.
To be called the "Bed Book,"
the publication will cover real-
uci.u oi iioicourg, iwearora, Al
bany, Lebanon, Sweet Home, Coos
Bay, Corvallis, Reedsport, as well
as this immediate area.
More than 200,000 reports have
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customers, the association said.
MONEYED BEGGAR JAILEO
LOS ANGELES OP) The court
found Miss Louise Schmidt, 81,
guilty of begging and sentenced
her to 15 days in jail..
Policewomen, testified they
found $2133 sewn in ner under
clothing. She claimed she inher
ited the money from a brother
a year ago.
agreed to the allied demilitariza
tion demands. Moreover . it has
promised to do all in its power
to prevent the creation oi n.e.v
German military strength.
Knotty Problem Pond
This means, of course, that
Germany must remain impotent
militarily for perhaps a long pe
riod how long is one of the im
ponderables. In any event, the
cl.iefs of staff of America, Brit
ain and France who are meet
ing In Paris to lay plans for the
defense of western Europe, must
figure on Germany as a military
non-entity for the present
This creates a strange situa
tion, for while Germany theoreti
cally wouldn't be able to assist
the democracies In event of war,
vet she must be protected, since
she is being made an Important
part of western Europe's eco
nomic setup. Just how such a
situation would work out In the
long run is problematical.
Should another war develop
between west and east Europe
(which heaven forbid) western
Germany presumably sould be In
the front-line defenses of the
west. What happens then to the
maintenance of German military
impotence? It seems a fair guess
that the reich would become not
only a vital base for operations
of the western allies, but might
be Invited to call German man
power to the colors for defense.
However, that's crossing sev
eral bridges before we come to
them. The great hope is we never
shall come to them.
The defensive plan now under
study In Paris is calculated to be
u mighty deterrent to any ag
gression. When that plan has
been completed It will be Imple
mented by almost a billion dol
lars in money and arms which
the U. S. Congress voted to help
strengthen the twelve signatories
of the North Atlantic pact.
Western Germany, if It fulfills
the promise held out by Its new
democratic government, will In
effect be a sleeping partner In
the Atlantic pact which defends
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False Idea Launches Paperweight
Flood On Secretary Of Interior
WASHINGTON, UP) Oscar L, Chapman figures he's got far
more paperweights than he can use as secretary of the Interior.
So no more, please.
Chapman has been receiving paperweights In almost every mall
since publication of a feature story about him Nov. 12, the day
after he was appointed to move up from undersecretary to secretary.
The story picked up a phrase
from an Interior department bio
graphy which said that as a hob
by Chapman "collects paper
weights and enjoys movie thril
lers." That was Incorrect, said Chap
man from the middle of his pa
perweight surplus.
"I am not particularly fond of
papewelghts, and I have never
been a collector of them," he
smilingly told a reporter.
"Anything you can do to stop
the flow will be appreciated."
Chapman's secretary, Miss
Hildreth Bond, listed some re
cent additions to the growing
collection of whatnots:
A weighted Mahogany gavel.
A pair of large quartz crystals,'
glued together In the form of an
A glass basin filled with what
appear to be gold coins.
A Porcelain pig. ,.
From Hot Springs, Ark., and
labeled "we bathe the world," a
bronze nude up to her armpits
In bronze watdr in a bronze bath
tub. A War Veteran offered to send
along "the only souvenir I
brought back from France," a
tiger paperweight good as new
except for a broken tail.
A number of persons, said Miss
"Bond, have offered to send other
souvenir paperweights 'for a
slight consideration."
How did the weight-collecting
report get started?
"In the old days," an aide ex
plained, "before the Interior de
partment building was alr-condi-tloned,
we used to have a lot of
brass paperweights - around to
keep things from blowing out the
windows, i-
"Chapman had several of them
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So-Calleci "Sonic Barrier" Myth, Test Pilot Says
MUROC DRY LAKE, Calif
UP) Test pilot Eugene F. May
says there is no such thing as
the feared "sonic barrier" for a
well designed aircraft such as
the Navy's Douglas-built Sky
rocket. The Navy disclosed that the
rocket and Jet-powered research
plane hn exrwrled the spped of
sound repeatedly in level flight.
Depending on altitude, the speed
of sound varies from 660 to 761
miles per hour.
The maximum speed of the
Skyrocket, officially designated
the D-558-2, was not disclosed.
"They are all just routine
flights, explained Mays. "There
is no sonic barrier to a properly
designed airplane like the Sky
rocket." Some pilots have recalled ex-
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D-558. More advanced high speed
tests are being conducted at Mu
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are being conducted in the flight
range between sea level and 40,
000 feet.
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