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A COSTLY
By CHARLES V. STANTON
We are well aware, looking backward, that our most
serious mistake following World War II was hasty demobili
zation of our armed forces. Had we maintained those
forces until world conditions were adjusted, we probably
would not have the continuing war of nerves that has since
plagued us, nor the current "police action" in Korea.
A large part of the world's population, having been
held under oppression for centuries, is impressed only- by
power. This includes the now bullying Soviet bloc, domi
nated by its CommuniBt masters. If we were strong mil
itarily, the Kremlin would be much more cautious about
stirring up trouble.
In our own impetuous way, however, we insisted that
demobilization proceed as rapidly as possible. We placed
reliance in air power. Our Air Force had so battered our
enemies in both tactical and strategic warfare that we
formed the opinion we needed nothing more than a strong
air force to win any war of the future. Added to our con
fidence was our exclusive possession of the atomic bomb.
We felt we were secure.
How sadly we have been disillusioned! The A-bomb is
no longer our exclusive weapon. Our air strength is being
definitely challenged in Korea. In fact, if we are to judge
from meager bits of news getting past censors, we're taking
a whipping in the air over Korea. We are told that Rus
sian planes are superior to our own, although this may be
only a propaganda device to keep us amenable to demands
from a profligate administration for more and more money.
i Air Losses Increasingly Heavy
Our daily dispatches from the Korean front tell us
thrilling stories of air victories; of destruction of Russian
built planes in air duels. But occasionally we get a more
or less obscure item concerning our own losses, and from
them we learn that we are losing many more planes than
is the enemy. .We are told that our planes are not being
beaten by other planes in air combat, but are being de
stroyed by accurate anti-aircraft fire from the ground
anti-aircraft guns; incidentally, built on plans stolen by
Communist spies from the United States.
The fact that our air power is failing to win the victory
we had expected from it comes from no lack of adequate
financing. Our huge, wasteful military expenditures have
provided so much money for the Air Force that not all of it
could be spent. Our domestic economy is feeling the effects
of inability of our military department to spend the money
allotted to it. ...-. . .
The government, for example, contracted large pur
chases of plywood. But it couldn't use all the plywood it
had ordered. It canceled contracts with the result that the
domestic plywood market was oversupplied. Plywood mills
shut down, cut back operations and, in a few cases, went
broke.
The Air Force, in particular, had to cancel many of
1U orders because it couldn t
Defense Errors Evident
We always have been known as a nation which muddled
its defense. But we never have had a sorrier picture than
at present. In all our wars we have been wasteful, extrava-i
gant and inefficient. We won, but only at great cost. Our
strength lies in the fighting ability of our men and our super
iority in production.
In our current troubles we find untold waste, extrava
gance, inefficiency, graft and bungling. We are told that
we are behind in the race for superiority in the air despite
unlimited expenditures. We are paying the price for our
overconfidenco in our position as sole owner of the atom
bomb and our reliance in air power rather than a well bal
anced military machine. We are paying for our too early
demobilization of men, ships and equipment, and our fail
ure to rearm in time to meet threats to our security in
early stages. We are paying for the mistakes pf our leaders
who played footsie with the Reds, who alienated our friends,
who failed to give help when and where needed. Had Chiang
Kai-shek been given the few millions he needed to whip the
Chinese Reds at a time when they could have been subdued,
we would not be fighting in Korea today, nor would we be
pouring billions into rearmament of Europe, for Russia can
not wage war in Europe while her backdoor is open through
China. But our leadcys disregarded the advice of a military
expert, suppressed his report, and followed instead politically-inspired
tactics, influenced at least in part by Commu
nists and Fellow Travelers.
If there is any one lesson that Korea should be teach
ing us, it is that we cannot rely exclusively upon any one
weapon, anyone stylo of warfare of any one military
branch. We must have the strongest possible defense ma
chine strong on the ground, on the sea and in the air
trained and equipped for any emergency.
And we must have leadership devoted to the welfare
and security of the nation, rather than the welfare and
security of the party and the enrichment of its members
and friends.
From
Don't we neighbors have fun
around here! Lambs and puppies
and kittens and a new calf to
cay nothing of a little girl home
from school for a day or so, who
must be entertained!
While I waited for Mrs. W to
finish covering a row of peas, she
explained why she was to late
getting peas planted this year. "I
always plant them in February,
but I declare the lambs and the
chickens kept ma to busy I was I
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LESSON
spend money fast enough.
(mending
BASKET
Drai
foing In circles! No sooner would
get one round of bottle-feeding
done then It was timo to heat up
more milk for another round. Six
rounds a day at firsrl We have 157
lambs, many of them twins. at
two but that wasn't bad consider
ing the weather! It's easier now
not so many feeding-rounds a day
and the lambs I feed come hurry
ing to me now when they see me
in the pasture. . ."
Then Mr. S, over for a minuta'i
limbic w m eS&rs '
Fult
on Lewis Jr.
WASHINGTON It is
this year to keep President
he is now accustomed.
One of the major items of Increas
ed expenditures at the White
House is $38.81)0 to kelp keep the
President cool. This is the price
tag on the electric light and power
bill for the White House for 1952,
a sum that staggered House Ap
propriations Committee members,
who admit they usually growl if
their own utility bills pass the $10
mark monthly. The amount will
help pay for running the new air
conditioning unit installed in the
renovated White House.
Moving vans already have haul
ed the historic furniture and paint
ings back to the executive man
sion. The President is anxious to
move back in, after the refurnish
ing job that cost $5,000,000. Work
men at the White House state that
when In Washington Mr. Truman
almost daily, late in the afternoon,
wanders over to the White House
from his executive offices to check
the day's rebuilding progress.
Tha President and his family
will not only be cooler this sum
mer, but will have mora room and
a larger staff of servants. Ten
lied by the House Appropriations
new servants have been author
Committee for 1952, Including four
engineers, two electricians and
four housemen.
No one, least of all the congress
men on the committee, can figure
out where the new White House
space is coming from. The re
modeled job. which was author
iied by Congress only after many
presidential promises that the bas
ic structure would be retained,
now has 40 per cent more space
than previously.
The i money that was supposed
to have been spent for the preser
vation of the historic building
actually was spent in remodel
ing the entire Interior, plus raising
the roof, deepening the basement
and constructing a solarium atop
the building. About all that is left
of the old building is the exterior
shell.
White House reconstruction
talk with EJ, said: "I havp to go.
Hear that calf?" And away he
went.
Mrs, R decided It was lime the
puppies began to make things eas
ier on Pal. She moved Uie snug
barrel - house outdoors for the
time being, in the sun, and spent
the next few minutes hauling the
puppies out of the dish. Just why
a puppy or a kitten feels called
upon to stand in the dish is not
known. They just do. Pal, who
sees to it that her puppies have
only visitors she herself approves,
came up here yesterday to look
see, and I happened to have Uie
garage door up. Pal, hearing a
squeaking kitten, stopped with one
foot in the air, curious and observ
ing. For a moment. Next instant
there was a streak of white going
past me. The black-and-white ter
rier let out an anguished Ky-Yi-Yip
as our Pretty gave a neat
little sideswipe with a quick paw.
Poor Pal lit out for home, not
standing upon the order of her
going which is usually sedile
trop down the rock driveway
but taking off over the high bank
of the flat our house is on. The
white cat kept the yipping visitor
company as far as the bank, then,
with a snarl that said, "that'll
teach you!" Pretty came back to
finish scrubbing her kittens with
sandpapery tongue. (Bonnie will
undoubtedly give her friend, the
white eat, a piece of her mind next
time she is up here and I hope
it will b soon. Wt miss her.)
going to cost us $101,237 more
Truman in the style to which
work was supposed to be complet
ed last December, but labor dif
ficulties and shortages of material
de aved the rebuildina and increas-
ed the President s anxiety, mere
were no actual strikes, only jur
isdictional disputes over trie in
stallation of various devices and
materials.
Another point Interesting to con
gressmen is that the President has
been spending more money in op
erating the White House than the
law allows. This despite the fact
that the House Appropriations
Committee and the comptroller
general's office have forbidden de
ficiency appropriations for the ex
ecutive mansion.
Mr. Truman created what will
amount to-a $31,600 deficiency this
year when he raised salaries of
White House employes without
consulting Congress.
F. T. Gartside, assistant super-1
intendent of the National Capital
Parks Commission, which main
tains the White House and grounds,
explained to Congress that the
President assumed the authority
to exceed his White House and
executive office salary budget by
digging up an obscure law which
the President says gives him the
right to increase wages without
regard to certain sections of the
United States code. Members of
the House Appropriations Commit
tee are thumbing through the law
hooks looking for the loophole. Mr.
Truman also is looking ahead. He
has asked Congress to consider
hiring one assistant housekeeper
to help keep him comionaDie, in
addition to the 10 other new em
ployes. This employee, to be paid
$4,045 annually, will be charged
off against tha 1953 budget
Gartside persuaded the con
gressmen to go along with the
President's request when he said:
"We have one housekeeper au
thorized and want an assistant be
cause obviously somebody must
be there 16 boms out of the 24, and
the only way to get a 24-hour house
keeper is to marry one."
That ended the discussion. House
members present were aware that
too much talk of this nature could
lead to trouble at home.
Hear Fulton Lewis Dail
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Wheat And Corn
Crops Indicated
WASHINGTON LP The Agri
culture Department reported Wed
nesday that farmer planting plans
indicated a possible wheat crop of
1,225.000.000 bushels and corn of
3,200,000,000 bushels this year.
These forecasts would be 238,000,
000 bushels more than the 9S7.474.
000 bushels of wheat produced last
year and 258,577.000 bushels more
than last year's corn crop of 2,941,.
423,000.
Bv comparison, wheat averaged
1.071,310.000 bushels and corn 2,
980,777,000 for the ten-year average.
The forecasts were based on
farmers' plantings plans as of
March 1 and assumed that the
yield per acre on the prospective
acreages would equal the 1941-50
average.
The government's production
goals for wheat is 1.165.000,000
bushels and for corn 3,375,000,000
bushels.
In the Day's News
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not SEEK nomination to political
office."
He then added:
"In the absence of a CLEAR
CUT CALL TO POLITICAL DUTY,
I shall continue to devote my full
attention and energies to the per
formance of the vital task to which
I am assigned."
I'd say the General's statement
in Paris this morning indicates he
is about convinced that New Hamp
shire and Minnesota constitute a
clear cut call to political duty.
Another development:
President Truman says In Wash
ington this morning that Eisenhow
er is at liberty to return home
ANY TIME HE DEEMS IT SAFE
AND PROPER. . ,
Dear Ike: -
I'm inclined to agree with you
about New Hampshire and Minne
sota.' They're wonderful. In my
adult lifetime, nothing like that has
ever happened in a political cam
paign. It's beginning to look like
the people have decided that THIS
YEAR the office should seek the
man and that you're tha man to
be sought.
If that is true, Ike, It Is some
thing shining and splendid. It
hasn't happened since George
Washington. Even Lincoln had to
fight to get the Republican nom
ination. If what seems to be de-
veloping in your case turns out to
be true, it could mark a turning
point in our national life. It could
mean that we are turning back
toward the ideals of the Founding
Fathers.
So, whatever you do, DON'T do'
anything to shake this FAITH AND
TRUST that on the evidence of
New Hampshire and Minnesota)
your countrymen seem to repose in
you.
Go on doing your job and being
yourself. That's how you've won
these two amazing expressions of
confidence in you.,
Another thing, Ike.
Don't be fooled by Harry's crack
that you're at liberty to return
home ANY TIME YOU DEEM IT
SAFE AND PROPER. On the sur
face, it looks like a sportsmanlike
gesture. But in it an old wolf would
smell a trap.
If you come back and start cam
paigning, your enemies will claim
that in view of the importance of
your job in Europe, it WASN'T
SAFE AND PROPER FOR YOU
TO COME BACK.
Before you leave your job over
ther, be very sure indeed that it's
safe and proper to do so.
Here's something I think you
ought to know, Ike. This amazing
support for you that has shown up
definitely and tangibly in New
Hampshire and Minnesota isn't
hero worship and it isn't glamor
chasing. It goes deeper than that.
Those of us who are for you
WANT ABOVE EVERYTHING
ELSE ON EARTH TO BELIEVE
IN YOU. We're sick and weary
of politics and politicians, WE
WANT LEADERSHIP WE CAN
TRUST. Never, 1 fear, in our his
tory, was there such COMPLETE
LACK of faith in our leadership.
That is dangerous, Ike. It could
destroy our country and our way
of life. So, you see, those of us
who are for you are more than
just for you as a Republican can
didate for President. We're pin
ning our hopes of the future on
you.
That's about the way the situa
tion stands.
Assn. Elects Officers
CORONADO. Calf. Wt H. S.
Dixon of Tillamook, Ore., Tuesday
was elected vice-president of the
Pacific Dairy and Poultry Associa
tion. Other officers elected at the
association's 28th annual conven
tion include: R. H. Cronshey, Los
Angeles, president: and H. O.
Shoemaker, Seattle, secretary-treasurer.
Glen Leuning Pleases
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RIDDLE Too many times we
read letters to the editor finding
fault with people, ideas, views, pol
itics or the government, I, too,
can find fault. But this is a letter
of praise for one of your Roseburg
people, Mr. Glen Leuning.
Our P-T.A. had a show on March
12. Glen came to Riddle once for
rebearsal and for the show. We
were impressed and pleased with
bis voice.
But it is his wonderful spirit
and cooperation that made him
such a grand guy. Roseburg can
well be proud to say he is one
of their own. I 'do hope you can find
room to print this, for this will be
all the wealth Glen will receive:
just a clipping for his scrap book.
As long as Glen cooperates, and
with his wonderful voice, we are
sure he will go far. We hope so.
And we would like this opportun
ity to add our roses to his bouquet
of friendship.
DOROTHY SMITH .
' Riddle, Ore.
MISS CASEY PRIASED
ROSEBURG One more orchid
to Miss Helen Casey, please.
This one for nil triA fripnHlv find !
nice things she has done for a
couple of newcomers to Roseburg.
And, I bet, we are not the only
ones.
Roseburg is our hometown now
and we are happy that Helen Casey
lives nerc, loo.
We enjoyed the editorial about
her very much.
ELSA HUNTER
Roseburg, Oregon.
Business Future
Brightens After
Dismal Winter
By SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK With spring
breathing down their necks, a siza
ble handful of businessmen are
whistling a merrier tune after a
long dismal winter.
These formerly depressed and
now hopeful business leaders may
be whistlying in the dark, but it'j a
cheerful sound, anyway.
Sighting better days ahead In
their annual reports or at annual
meetings are executives in such
widely spaced industries as tex
tiles, carpets, meat packing, retail
trade, and other industries where
the first signs of easing demand
has been noted metals, oil and
packaging.
It is interesting that they seem
more cheerful at a time when so
many others are discouraged as
the usual business indexes point
down: industrial production leveled
off for several months, retail trade
trailing last year, new orders lag
ging in many industries, corporate
earnings falling under the burden
of higher taxes.
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