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J Friday, June 19, 1959.
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An Average Is Not Absolute
It has become apparent in recent weeks
that the Federal Reserve Board again is
worried considerably about the prospect
of inflation in this country, as the econo
my recovers from the dovvn-swlnir of
1957-58.
Well, so are we.
The FRB has responded to this threat
in the only way it can, apparently. It
has raised the discount rate, the interest
rate charged member bunks on their
borrowings from the FRB.
The banks, in order to maintain their
operating margins, have responded by
raising the interest rates they charge to
their customers.
This will, of course, slow down the
economy now, as it did once before. And
the statistics studied by FRB statisti
cians again will comfortably show that
inflation is halted.
And, by the averages, the threat will
have been stopped. The cost of living
will remain steady.. Industrial spending
for plant expansion will slow down. And
housing starts will drop to loss than a
million a year.
But the averages don't tell the whole
story.
Inflation isn't stopped when some areas
and some industries are asked to take
the whole beating.
This is true of the housing industry
and agriculture during the last anti
inflationary recession. , Housing ' prices
dropped slightly, due to the.drop in the
price of lumber, although all other items
going into the cost of a house went up.
Food prices dropped, although all the
drop was taken by the basic producer,
and the middleman managed to retain
his comfortable margin.
Among consumers, the beating came
to those who live on fixed incomes. Those
whose incomes were subject to economic
bargaining managed to keep up with the
slight rise in cost of living. Some even
managed to gain, v
The boating, also came to the federal,
state and local governments, which found
the financing necessary . to carry on
borrowing programs became much more
expensive.
On the averages, Inflation was halted,
and the economy recovered nicely. Then
things began to edge upward again,
and now the FRB is applying the credit
screws slowly but surely.
We only wish someone would tell the
powers that be in Washington that an
average is not absolute, but it is corn
nosed of highs and lows, before the lum
ber and agriculture Industries, on which
our part of the country is dependent
get put through the wringer again.
They Should Have As Much Backbone
- Reports on the labor reform bill in the
House are still pessimistic although it is
conceded, as committee hearings on
the bill end, that there is still hope that
the measure will not be allowed to die
altogether.
The same kind of opposition has arisen
that killed the Kcnnedy-Ives Bill in the
last session. Labor union leaders are
against it because they consider it too
restrictive. Representatives of big busi
ness are against it because they say it
is not restrictive enough.
The Senate has already taken action.
It passed the bill almost unanimously.
Thus it is up to the Democratic ma
jority in the House to decide the fate of
the legislation.
If the House Democrats go along with
the spokesmen for labor, and cither pass
no bill at all or a weak one, then they
will have demonstrated rather conclu
sively thnt big labor is in a position to
cast a veto within the Democratic Tarty.
On the other hand if the Republicans
in the House insist on the kind of a bill
that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
wants, and refuses to vote for any other
kind, they will be demonstrating that
big business calls the tune in the Re
publican Party.
This dilemma was gotten around in
the last session by simply postponing
action of any kind. Since virtually every
one, now including even Jimmy Hoffa,
agrees that some kind of labor reform
legislation is needed, and refusal by the
House to do anything would be an un
pardonable confession of weakness and
indecision. '!', '
It should be possible for Congress to
agree that i this kind of control legisla
tion should not be written by those who
will be regulated. That means that
spokesmen for neither labor nor business
should dictate what shall be in it. Cer
tainly when the Securities and Ex
change Act was drafted years ago, it
was not with the advice or consent of
Wall Street. .
The legislatures in Washington and
Oregon, both heavily Democratic, demon
strated in recent sessions that despite
their obligations to unions, they could not
be made to do unions' every bidding;
Certainly congressmen ought to have
as much backbone as state legislators.
LONDON (UPI) The British
. . I ...ill
government nus annuuiiceu u win
continue financial help to newly
independent Malaya for fighting
Communist rebels. Cuthbert J. Al
port, undersecretary for Common
wealth relations, told the House
of Commons Thursday that Brit
aim would grant its former colony
even million dollars in I960 for
combatting Communists.
Power Plant Operates
After Halt For Fish
EUGENE (UPI) The Walter
ville power plant about 8 mile
east of here was back in opera
tion today. The plant, on the Mc
Knnzio river, was shut down Wed
nesday to allow passage of up
stream migrating cninooK salmon
in the mnin ch.-inmu. .,
BtRLINERS SHOW FAITH
BERLIN (UPI) - West Ger
many ha demonstrated again its
confidence In the future of West
Berlin by giving the nation's
president an official residence in
the -beleaguered city. West Ger
man President Theodore Hcuss
took possession Thursday of the
1Mb Century Bellevue Castle
which overlooks the Communist
Post Berlin.
DREW PEARSON SAYS:
Anti-Semitism Charge
Recalls Scott's Attack
WASHINGTON Sen. Hugh
Scott of Philadelphia made the
formal charge on the Senate floor
recently that anti-Semitism was
behind the confirmation fight
against Adm. Lewis L. Strauss.
He claimed this was a modern
Dreyfus case.
Dreyfus was the French Army
officer court-martialed for trea
son and convicted because he was
a Jew, and to compare this with
the Srauss confirmation battle is
one of the most serious charges
Scott could have made on the
Senate floor. If true, it impugns
every Senator who has opposed
Admiral Strauss and every news
paperman who has reported the
admiral's operations. It is espec
ially serious because Senator
Scott was formerly chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee and campaign manager for
Gov. Tom Dewey.
Senator Scott lives in a Phila
delphia suburban district which
is largely Jewis, and during the
early part of the Strauss hearings
he received mail from Jewish vo
ters highly critical of the perse
cution tactics he used against Dr.
David Inglis, an atomic scien
tist who had the courage to testi
fy against Strauss.
Scott had branded Inglis as guil
ty of "McCarthyism," then pro
ceeded to use "McCarthyism"
against Inglis. He sent surrepti
tiously for the House committee
on un-American activities file on
Inglis through his GOP colleague,
Congressman Gordon Schercr of
Ohio, then cross-examined the
scientist as to whether he had
ever defended Alger Hiss and
whether he was ever a member
of the citizens independent com
mittce of arts and sciences.
Senator Scott seemed quite up
set when it leaked out that he
had dipped into the files of the
un-American activities committee,
and reaction in his home town of
Philadelphia was not good. This
may be why he is swinging in the
other direction and calling the
debate on Admiral Strauss anoth
er Dreyfus case. The charge goes
to the root of American fsir play
and deserves careful examination.
Strauss and Persecution
Senator Scott's charge is that
Strauss himself is guilty of per
secution, therefore should not be
in a position of important gov
ernmental power.
In this connection they have
not dwelt on Strauss's loyalty
trial of Dr. J. Robert Oppcnheim
er, in which the scientist who
built (he first atom bomb was
scrutinized and dissected and
made to suffer public humiliation
such as few public men have ex-
pcricnccd in this century.
Instead, the senators critical of
Strauss have cited less-known
cases of Strauss's persecution
One was that of Carroll Wilson,
former manager of the atomic
energy commission; the other of
Malcolm C. Henderson, another
ex-employee of the AEC. Both
had their Qclcarancc removed by
Strauss after they opposed his
policies and after they went to
QUOTES FROM
THE NEWS
LONDON Mrs. Bessie Brad
dock, Laborite member of Parlia
ment, replying to a fellow Labor
ite who asked that a select com
mittee be named to investi
gate physical damage sustained
by prize fighters:
"No boxer is compelled to box.
It is a completely voluntary mat
ter, and if it is a question of
looking at the things that hurt
people there are many other
things that may be looked at to
more advantage that kill people
off much more quickly."
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Presi
dent Everett Tucker Jr. of the
Little Rock School Board, after
a federal court killed two Arkan
sas anti-integration laws which
Gov. Orval E. Faubus used to
close four Little Rock high schools
last fall:
"I see no alternative but to
proceed with some plan of integration."
NEW YORK Tho appellate
division of the New York state
Supreme Court, in a decision hold
ing that a person who used a
coin operated laundry machine
on Sunday was not violating the
Sabbath:
"Committing one's own wash to
the automatic laundry machine is
labor-saving and is not inconso
nant with the purpose of Section
2140 to promote rest on the Sab
bath." DENVER Chairman Thruston
B. Morton of the Republican Na
tional Committee, telling a croup
of young GOP party workers to
attract more young people to
the Republican Party:
"I am convinced that literally
millions of young people do not
oarticipate in the political activi
ties of either party for the simple
reason that no one has ever en
couraged them to do so."
YOKOSUKA. Japan Flier
Corder, bemoaning the fact that
the Reds shot up his uniform:
"I didn't mind being shot ud
half as much as I did having mv
second class rating shot off my
arm."
work for private firms.
When the Admiral was que
tioned about this by the Senate
commerce committee he was
evasive. He said this was only
hearsay and the Senate should
net its information direct from
the two men. Sen. Gale McGee
of Wyoming did.
Wilson wrote back: "Mr. Strauss
deeply resented my insistence
while I was general manager of
the commission in carrying out
the will of the majority of the
commission and my unwillingness
to modify or change by executive
action the policies adopted by the
majority of the commission."
Wilson then told in detail how,
after he went to work for Climax
Molybdenum, FBI agents had been
sent to investigate him. Subse
quently his Q-clcarance was re
moved. After considerable effort,
it was finally restored.
'It is entirely clear .to me,"
wrote Wilson, "that the Initiative
and responsibility for both actions
came from Mr. Strauss, whose vin-
clictivcness I had seen demon
strated before."
Another Cm of Persecution
Henderson, the other victim of
Strauss's persecution, told how he
was about to get a job with the
National Security Council when
Admiral Strauss intervened.
"Next morning on reporting
for work I was told that someone
else had the position," Hender
son stated. "If you want witness
es to this I can give you their
names. This was in the fall of
1953.
"In October I went to work for
the FCDA as director of test op
erations. For this post my Q
ciearance was essential. In March
1954 I was informed by form let
ter that the Q-clearance was with
drawn. "I learned that the FCDA was
not going to apply to have it re
stored because word had been
received that the application
would not be favorably received
by the commission. "The head of
the FCDA being no match poli
tically for the chairman of the
AEC (Strauss), this put me very
neatly out of the government's
employ.
"The implication in the quota
tion furnished me was that Mr.
Strauss had me fired because I
had disagreed with him on a pol
icy matter."
Henderson went on to explain
that he had disagreed with
Strauss on a matter which was
within' "my own area of compe
tence." but "that Strauss came
around shortly afterward to ad
vocating and the carrying out ex
actly the same course of action."
This part of the record of the
man who some senators claim is
the object of a Drcyfus-type per
secution. They want him con
firmed for a position of even
greater power over other men's
lives.
Federal Agents
Seize Moonshine
PORTLAND (UPI) One man
was arrested when federal and
state liquor agents smashed an
illegal still northwest of here
Thursday night and seized six
gallons of the "moonshine."
Arrested was James T. Clem,
38, authorities said. He was found
with another man at the still in
a brushy canyon behind his resi
dence on NW Germantown road.
Clem was to be arraigned to
day before Claire Mundorff, U.S.
Commissioner. The second man
escaped, but officers said his
identity was known and said they
anticipated an early arrest.
The still, constructed of 50-gal-lon
barrels alongside a small
stream, was destroyed with an
ax and all but six-gallons of the
liquor was poured out.
Charges Against
Professor Dropped
CORVALLIS (UPI) A charge
of involuntary manslaugh
ter against Oregon State College
assistant professor Dr. D a vi d
England was dismissed in circuit
court here Thursday.
Judge Fred McHenry dismissed
the charge filed in connection
with the death of England's 12-year-old
adopted son, Charles Ed
win. Judge McHenry ruled that the
state had failed to present suffi
cient evidence to show that a
crime had been committed.
The dismissal came as a result
of a motion filed Wednesday by
defense attorney Mark Weather-
ford.
The boy died the day following
an alleged slap by England.
The Englands have four other
adopted children.
Theatrical World Mourns
Death Of Ethel Barrymore
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Stars
of the theatrical world today
mourned the death of Ethel Bar
rymore. the last of America's
royal family of the theater.
Miss Barrymore, who would
have been 80 Aug. 15, died at
her Beverly Hills home in her
sleep Thursday from a heart ail
ment. She had been bedridden for
about a year.
Tentative funeral plans called
for Roman Catholic services Sun
day or Monday with burial at
Calvary Cemetery in the same
crypt with the remains of John
and Lionel Barrymore.
In New York, the lights of the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre were
dimmed for five minutes before
the start of an evening perform
ance Thursday night.
"She was one of the most
beautiful women of the theater,"
said Billie Burke, widow of show
man Florenz Zicgfeld and a
longtime film actress. "We have
been through a lot together. I
have always been devoted to her,
and so was Flo."
"The first lady of the Ameri
can theater is gone," said Charles
Brackett, prominent movie pro
ducer. "Her accomplishment of
stage and screen was glorious,
and her contribution to life was
even greater."
Actor-singer Frank Sinatra said
SPAAK TOUR PLANNED
PARIS (UPI) NATO Secretary-General
Paul-Henri Spaak of
Belgium will pay official visits to
Turkey and Greece before the end
of the month, the NATO Perma
nent Council said today.
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1 M
ETHEL BARRYMORE
Famed Actress Dies
"1 don't know what to say.
was a great lady."
Broadway actress Judith AndJ
son wept when she learned a
news.
" 'There is a new star in d
sky ... and the glory of t
heavens is my infinite sorrow
she quoted.
Miss Barrymore's lest profJ
sional appearance was in a 19
TV spectacular. Her son, SamJ
Colt, was at her bedside whi
she died as was her nurse, An!
Albert.
Miss Barrymore was born Aid
15, 1879, in Philadelphia, the end
of a theatrical family. Her fathi
was Maurice Barrymore and hi
mother Georgianna Drew Bai
rymore. They headed a stoi
company. Her uncle was theati;
immortal John Drew.
Dogfish Shark
For Japanese
SEATTLE (UPI) State
Fisheries Director Milo Moore
asked . his Japanese counterpart
via telegram Thursday to accept
a trial shipment of dogfish shark
for consumption in Japan.
Moore told H. Okuhara, direc
tor of the Japanese Fisheries
Agency that "our industry is very
anxious to find a world market
for first quality dogfish shark,
now considered destructive to Pa
cific Coast food-fish resources."
A trial quota of 500 tons over
a one-year period beginning in
August was suggested by Moore.
Moore's wire came on the heels
of an announcement that the Sen
ate Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee bad approved
a measure providing bounties on
dogfish sharks.
MATES ON JURY
NEW YORK (UPD A hus
band and wife were picked on the
same jury Thursday, a circum
stance which involved their coin
cidental selection in four separate
processes from- the entire New
York County jury list. It had had
never happened before in the
memory of court attaches.
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