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NOW FOR THE BIG GUNS
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Political propaganda guns now will start their thunder.
The New Hampshire primary election, offering the first
test of strength among major presidential candidates, sup
plies ammunition for the big gun barrage. All political
camps will take the offensive in the noise campaign, which
will grow progressively louder until the nominating conven
tions. .
We find the New Hampshire results interesting, but we
refuse to get excited. Many things can happen before con
vention time. , . ,
We have, it is true, tested the direction of the wind in
one part of the country. But the wind may be blowing in
other directions elsewhere.
It is entirely possible that Oregon could again be a de
cisive battleground as in the Dewey-Stassen contest of four
years ago. The next big test is in New Jersey in April.
Should' Taft win New Jersey, we could expect fireworks in
Oregon in May. Though Taft's name is not entered in the
Oregon primary, his supporters seek delegate jobs.
Does Eisenhower's sweep in New Hampshire indicate a
landslide popularity vote, or is it localized sentiment? How
will the Kefauver victory react on the decision of President
Truman, who went into the "eyewash" primary reluctantly
and only at the insistence of the party machine?
We find areas for guesswork, speculation and argument,
but the answers are still to be proven.
May Force Ike's Return
Eisenhower's strength in New. Hampshire exceeded ex
pectations of even his most ardent supporters. A closer
race had been indicated by straw votes. Perhaps even more
unexpected was the Kefauver victory, which, however,
might have been influenced by the President's "eyewash"
statement, offending provincial pride.
Similar victories for Kefauver elsewhere might result
in a Truman announcement that he never planned to run
again ; that he is opposed to Third Terms. He has an easy
out. Certainly he won't choose to be a candidate if he is
sure of a licking. On the other hand, if future tests indicate
he has a chance, his pride might force him into the race.
But, returning to the Republican contest, another vic
tory like that in New Hampshire, in our opinion, should be
enough to bring General Ike home. Wo can't believe he
would ignore such a call.
We would like to support the general. But before we go
out on a limb, we want from his own lips his declaration of
policy. We know that much is being said by his supporters.
Many articles are being published concerning his political
opinions, but he has not endorsed these statements. Despite
his declaration that he does not intend to campaign, we be
lieve he will come forth with some definite stand prior to
the convention. The faith shown in him by New Hampshire
voters, If supplemented by similar votes elsewhere, would
call for a response on his part.
Fulton lewis Jr.
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WASHINGTON Representative Clarence Cannon,
chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, contends
that I treated him illogically by labeling him a proponent of
unbridled government spending. .
The Missouri congressman
picqued my interest recently with
a speech in New York City in
which he praised his prowess in
trimming the fat from President
Truman's lavish budgets. In doing
so he called upon us folks back
home to cry aloud for less govern
ment spending. That's fine, except
Ion? ago most of us realized the
uselessness of shouting ourselves
hoarse on this point.
Cannon complained because I
said he was a spender, on the basis
of 13 house votes of his against
trimming the budget, out of 14
measures wherein the House could
have saved us taxpayers some
money. He was not present when
the 14th vote was taken.
In rebuttal on the House floor,
the congressman once again de
scribed himself as having made
the "heaviest percentage reduc
tion in (budget) estimates with
in the memory of any man now
in the House." ,
He's welcome to that record.
My point was exactly what he ex
presses. He acted like a Scrooge
when discussing spending in com
mittee, but voted against the cuts
hcn the various measures got
onto the House floor for action.
In addition, Cannon defends his
record and that of his fellow Dem
ocrats with a statement that re
quires a second reading. He told
House members that "I am happy
to report that we now have it
(the budget) once more in the
black the surplus for the fiscal
year 1951 was $3,500,000,000; tot
als for tho current year will be
available June 30 and were
it not for the necessities of na
tional defense we could promise
the country a balanced budget
from now on."
I can say what he Is saying in
far fewer words. Cannon is stat
ing that the present administra
tion wouldn't be spending so much
of our money except for what it
is costing to get us out af the
mess it got us into.
But let's take the congressman's
figures at face value. The fact is,
as of the latest daily Treasury
statement as this is written, we
are $7,000,000,000 in the hole for
fiscal 1952, which ends next June
30, and it isn't getting any better.
Mr. Truman, as the congressman
should recall, forecast an $8,000,
000.000 deficit for the current year.
And I think the President was
only halfway right. The year is
a little more than half over, so
the deficit, if current spending
rates continue, will be closer to
$14,000,000,000 than to Mr. Tru
man's figure.
The congressman also complain
ed in the House that the economy-versus-spending
tabulation which
found him low man on the toem
pole, showed most of the econom
izers to be Republicans, and the
spenders with the exception of
a few southerners to be Demo
crats. He has never been more right.
Of the total House membership
that voted on the 14 measures, 165
Democrats ranked close to Can
non as spending advocates. Of
House Republicans who voted on
the measures, 136 voted for econ
omy. The same tabulation applies to
the political makeup of the Sen
ate. Democrats again were the
glory boys for shoveling out the
dollars. The records prove it, so
Cannon doesn't have to take my
word for it.
From the standpoint of states,
Iowa, and Kansas House members
voted almost to a man for cur
tailed federal spending. GOP mav
ericks in the Senate, who voted
for big cash outlays alonj; with
the Democrats, included Morse,
of Orego , Aiken, of Vermot,
Carlson, of Kansas, Cordon of
Oregon, Langur of North Dakota
and Young, of North Dakota.
Cannon charges that only the
10 best votes for Republicans wqre
selected in the tabulation and the
ten worst for the Democrats. This
is as phony as some of his figures.
Votes of every member of the
House and Senate, on the meas
ures involved, were tabulated.
There were no ten worst or best
of anything. It is an economy ver
sus spending issue we're talking
about, not a popularity contest.
Hear Fulton Lewis Dailx
OnKRNR, 9:15 P.M.
MANPOWER VIEWED
ABLE EDITOR RETIRES
Walter W. R. May, one of Oregon's stalwart editors, has
retired from his position as editor and co-publisher of the
Enterprise-Courier at Oregon City.
He formerly published the Oregon City Enterprise
which was consolidated in 1050 with the Banner-Courier.
Mr. May is reported to have sold his interests to E. P.
Kaen, with whom he has been associated, and plans to enter
the field of book publication.
Associated for many years with The Orcgonian prior to
moving to Oregon City, he has long been known for his vie-
orous and sound editorial policies. He has been a strong
icaaer in community and state affairs. His departure from
the newspaper editorial field will be a distinct loss.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
(Continued from Page One)
he would be doing wonderfully
well.
He got ALL tho Republican dele
gates. He won a decisive victory In
the popularity poll.
On the Democratic side, tho
dispatches tell us, the POLITIC
ALLY EXPERIENCED ONES
conceded that Kefauver had "made
some friends" in his leisurely, hand
shaking campaign in New Hamp
shire, but they added with a smug
sniff that THE DEMOCRATIC MA
CHINE IN THE STATE WOULD
,HE TURNED OUT TO SMOTHER
HIM IN THE POPULAR VOTE.
Emmctt J. Kelly, Democratic
national committeeman for the
state, said Kefauver WOULDN'T
EVEN MAKE A DENT in New
Hampshire:
' But Kefauver took ALL the
Democratic delegates and he led
Truman DECISIVELY in tho pop.
ularity content.
This I'd say, Is it:
The peoplo of the United Slates
of America are sick, tired, disil
lusioned and disgusted with the
Rind of political leadership we ve
had, ,
Thy want somebody NEW.
Somebody SINCERE. If that Is
true, it is tho healthiest sign we've
seen in the political skies for a
long, long time.
So much for the political pro
fessionuls.
I'd say that the less heed you
pay them the more independent
your thinking will be and the more
accurate it is likely to be.
If you have a FEELING IN
YOUR BONES, trust it in pref
erence to the pontifications of the
political pundits. What we need in
this country is more independent
political thinking, with less atten
tion paid to tho pontificating of
the political professionals.
Whatever your impulse In this
campaign year is, FOLLOW IT!
That's what the people of New
Hampshire, both Republicans and
Democrats, did, and it seems to
me they did a pretty good job.
What's Oio lesson of New Hampshire?
Press Service
For Horse Race
Betting Folds Up
CLEVELAND Ml Continental
Press, harassed bv federal crime
hunters as a multi-million dollar
horse race result service for the
nation's bookies, says Wednesday
is its final day.
The reason, it said: Poor busi
ness. But at least two public officials
appeared dubious Tuesday that the
syndication of horse bet payoffs is
dead.
Granting that bookie and
"scratch sheet" business is "way
down" because of the 10 per cent
federal gambling tax, Police Lt.
Martin P. Cooncy of the Cleveland
Racket Squad sain Continental sub
scribers have millions Invested in
race news equipment.
"It may not pay them (Contin
ental's operators) to keep on pav
ing that Western Union bill," said
Cooncy. "But there's million tied
up in that wire and it would be
too costly to tear It all out."
Continental subscribers, the Ke
fauver Senate Crime Commute
said, fan out horse race results to
bookies all over the nation. Con
tinental insisted that all its inh.
icriberj had legal operations.
Investigators Eye People
In Military Waste Probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional investigators
planned Saturday to turn from goods to people in a search
for waste in the military services.
Chairman Hebert (D-La? said
his House armed services subcom
mittce will investigate the
employes of Washington's defense
headquarters to see if thcra is
"wasto in manpower."
But first the group will probe
the activities of an estimated 500
Pentagon public relations officials
Hebert calls them "alibi artists'
to detcrmino if they are more
Interested in "spreading propagan
da than in giving information." All
this will begin in perhaps two
weeks.
Will Draft Bill
Before then, the subcommittee
will complete consideration of a
bill which would require the mili
tary services to streamline their
supply bookkeeping.
Hearings continue Saturday on a
bill to require consolidation of 15
service catalogs into a single fed
eral listing of items which are on
hand or might be purchased.
Scheduled witnesses were Col.
William M. Miles of Wright Feld
Dayton, Ohio, and Col. Hugh H.
Master of Air Force headquarters,
Washington.
Hebert said his subcommittee Is
"concerned with waste in any
form. Wasto of manpower means
waste of tax dollars."
Congress Chat
By HARRIS ELLSWORTH,
M. C, 4th Oregon District
Perhaps the real reason why so
many votes were cast in favor of
sending the Universal Military
Training bill back to committee
was the parliamentary situation
which developed on the floor. A
substitute proposal, having to do
with military training for high
school boys, was adopted in the
Committee of the Whole and the
bill came to final passage in that
form. When this amendment in
the nature of a substitute was
rejected by a House roll call that
left final action on the original
UMT bill, reported by the com
mittee, without any amendment
whatever. Had several amend
ments, which were to be offered,
been in the bill on final passage it
would have been generally more
acceptable since those amend
ments would have made the
plan more in line with what most
supporters of UMT wanted.
The rules of the House arc a
bit inflexible regarding an amend
ment in the nature of a substitute
which is , approved In what is
called the Committee of the Whole.
This subject is a bit technical for
full discussion here except to say
that when a substitute is passed
all action on the original bill ends.
That is what happened to the
UMT bill in the Committee of
the Whole.
I made a flying trip out to Ore
gon to speak at a banquet in Port
land Saturday night (March 1).
Since I wanted to talk with ' the
Army Engineers there regarding
several projects including main
tenance work on the harbor at
Bandon, completion of the Ama
lon Creek drainage in Eugene,
possibilities of opening the mouth
of the, Chetco, and to get a prog
ress report on the Willamette Ba
sin flood control work, I staved
over Monday in Portland and took
the plana out that night. Then my
uuuuies uvgau. iw secona leg
of the trip to Washington, D. C.
which would have landed me here
at 10:30 Tuesday morning in am
ple time to be on the floor when
the House convened, was canceled
in Denver. Then I boarded a plane
scheduled to arrive here at 12:30
still in time. This flight also
was canceled, this time in Chi
cago where we landed in a blizz
ard. There was nothing to do then
but take the night train, which I
did and arrived here Wednesday
morning, only to find that the final
action on the UMT bill had been
taken and this was not expected
until Thursday! The only bright
spot in this whole sad story is
that a "live" pair was arranged
with Congressman Horlong of Flor
ida for me. He would have voted
against sending the bill back to
committee, I would have voted
for returning it to committee so
our two votes canceled out.
When I was in the District last
December, I received information
concerning what appeared to be
improper handling of the sale of
Indian lands, bv Indian Bureau
officials. Since that time I have
been gathering information con
cerning this matter and now have
facts on a number of cases. Re
cent stories in the Oregon oress
developed rather fully the details
on one case. It seems to me that
not only have officials respon
sible for handling such sales been
negligent, but it may be necessary
lo amend existing law to assure
the performance of the public trust
by the Indian Bureau.
Indian lands involved were held
by the government in trust for
the Indian owners who are wards
of the government. The obligation
of guardianship on the govern
ment requires that the Indians "et
the fair market value of their
lands. Obviously this has not been
done, lt may be necessary to
have the House Interior Sub-committee
on Indian Affairs investi
gate this matter and make recom
mendations to the Congress for
changes in the law.
The snake-kitiinff "spi'retnrv hird
often will soar high into the air.
carrying us prey with it, then rtrop
a on me naja grouna, ending tne
battle.
Ex-Douglas County
Teacher Takes New Job
OREGON COLLEGE OF EDU
CATION, MONMOUTH, Ivan
Parker, assistant professor of
English at OCE has accepted the
principalship of the Wy-East high
school in Hood River County and
has resigned irom his college posi
tion effective at the end of the 1952
summer session.
Prior to joining the OCE faculty
Parker taught in the high school at
Imbler, and served as high school
principal of Heppncr and super
intendent of schools at Sutherlin
and Myrtle Creek, from which pos
ition he came to OCE in 1949.
Walter R. May
Quits As Editor
At Oregon City
OREGON CITY I Walter
R. May, for the past nine years
editor of an Oregon City newspap
er, has retired as editor of the
Enterprise-Courier.
For more than two years May
has been co-publisher along with
Edward P. Kaen of the Enterprise-Courier.
The paper was es
tablished Feb. 2S, 1950, when May's
Enterprise and Kacn's Banner
Courier were merged.
Kaen has purchased May's
equity and May has retired as
editor. He will become editor in
chief of a new organization which
will publish biographical, histori
cal and industrial books.
Ed Goetzl, for the past year as
sistant to the publishers, has re
placed May. Goetzl is former edi
tor and manager of the Bulletin
Publishing Company of Grants Pass
and still is part owner of that
paper.
Pete Laurs will continue as man
aging editor.
May said he will devote some of
his time to raising funds for the
Oregon Historical Society. He was
elected president of that organiza
tion recently.
He acquired the Enterprise In
1943 after bein associated with
the Oregonian Publishing Com
pany in Portland from 1912 to 1918
and 1925 to 1933. He was executive
news editor from 1925 to 1927 and
associate editor from 1931 to 1933.
Morris Linked To Tax Refunds In Oil Traffic
By C. MILTON KELLY
WASHINGTON Wl-Senators dig
ging into oil trade with Red China
developed Monday that the com
pany engaging in it was fined $847,
00 for using foreign radio opera
tors but that an $8,000 settlement
has been worked out by the law
firm of Newborn Morris, govern'
ment corruption sleuth.
Francis D. Flanagan, counsel for
the Senate Investigations subcom
mittee, brought this out with rec
ords. Flanagan said he understood the
fines were cut down sharply be
cause masters of the vessels had
asked American consuls at various
ports if they could take on foreign
radio operators and were told they
could do so.
The Federal Communications
Commission had levied the fines.
It has a regulation requiring Amer
ican flag ships to have an Ameri
can licensed radio operator on
them.
Othtr High Testimony
In other high spots of the. com
mittee's hearing:
1 Col. Arthur G. Syran, trans
portation chief of the Mutual Se
curity Agency, testified that he ad
vised superiors in 1950 there was
in holipvp United
1 guuu icdauu tw u.....-
I Tanker Corp. the firm engaging
in the Red oil trade was coniroiuu
by a Chinese group sympathetic
with Soviet motives.
Morris' law firm has represented
United Tanker. He has another tie
with it as head of a charitable
foundation which holds the stock
in United.
2. Joseph S. Oppe, who in 1947-48
emnUivii hv shinnine aeents
who handled business for United
Tanker, testified he regarded Unit
ed Tanker as a "dummy organisa
tion" and a front for Chinese.
3. Oppe's testimony was disputed
by Harold C. Lenfest of New York,
president of United Tanker.
Lenfest said he and his two
American associates in United
Tanker always were in control of
the company.
The subcommittee has insisted
this was seriously in question be
cause the three each paid only $2
for their stock while Chinese in
terests put up $2,000 for stock and
eventually supplied 20 per cent of
the entire capital.
Bus Drivers' Strike
Idles Office Personnel
SAN FRANCISCO ( Fur
loughs of office personnel and me
chanics, without pay, was an
nounced Friday by the Pacific
Greyhound bus lines, which is tied
up by a striko in seven western
states.
House Built Too Tight,
Family Of 6 Suffocates
VICTORVILLE.Calif. Wl Death,
apparently by suffocation, has
wiped out a family of six in the
Lucerne Valley, a ranching com
munity 18 miles east of here.
Deputy Coroner E. P. Doyle
speculated that they were victims
of a house so constructed as to
be virtually air tight.
Norman J. Komer, 38; his wife,
Bertha, 35, and their four child
ren recently moved into two rooms
of a partially completed home on
their 40-acre ranch. Komer him
self had built the house of concrete
blocks on a cement floor-neglect
ing to provide air vents.
ine six bodies were found Tues
day by a visiting neighbor. They
hadn't been seen since Friday.
Doyie said menu s deputies
were nauseated when thev entered
the place. The windows were closed
tight and a gas heater was burn
ing full blast.
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