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Harry to Harriman?
What kind of candidate would the democrats
have in W. Averill Harriman?
H's name is certainly no household word in
America. Chances are the man in the street has
only the vaguest idea who W. Averill Harriman
is. Harriman has never held an important elec
tive office, although he's held top government
fob for 20 years. He's seldom been the center
of a storm of controversy, although he's often
been in the thick of the fight. He's frequently
been in the limelight, but he's had to share it
with such scene-stealers as Roosevelt, Churchill,
Stalin, MacArthur and Mossadegh.
W. Averill Harriman is a member of that
unique American breed, the liberal aristocracy.
He is the heir-apparent to the Union Pacific
railroad, early equipped with the silver spoon,
schooled at Groton and Yale. As a millionaire
college boy he worked summers as a section
hand in Nebraska UP yards. Later, he promoted
the Sun Valley project. He founded a W a 1 1
Street banking house.
Born and bred a republican, Harriman be
came a democrat during Al Smith's campaign.
In 1933 he entered the FDR administration. He
was an executive of the NRA. Then, on a Long
Island croquet field he met Harry Hopkins and
became a member of the inner circle.
As -ambassador to Moscow during the war,
Harriman came to know Stalin better than per
haps any other living American. For a while, he
held the rank of ambassador to Russia and
Great Britain at the same time. He often accom
panied Churchill on missions and was present at
the Quebec, Casablanca, Moscow, Teheran, San
Francisco and Potsdam conferences.
After the war Truman appointed him secre
tary of commerce apd Harriman long - time
liberal economic outlook and sympathy for la
bor marked his actions in that office. But he is
not an expert administrator it bores him and
sometimes rubbed Americans the wrong way.
He is deft in diplomacy, though, and Truman
placed him back in rils natural habitat.
Harriman became Truman's Hopkins trouble-shooter,
personal emmissary. He was sent to
Srsityo to try to orient MacArthur on U. S. for
eign policy. He helped mediate the dispute be
tween Britain and Iran. Lately he's been direc
tor of the Mutual Security Agency and rated as
one of NATO's "Three Wise Men" (Harriman,
Plowden of Britain, Monnet of France).
No "One World" idealist, Harriman thinks
Russians are barbarians who understand only
force, and is dedicated to the building of unified
Atlantic defense. He is not one to coddle Com
munists nor is he one to condone witch-hunting.
It is revealing that Harriman angrily and cour
ageously championed the case of Dr. Condon,
falsely accused of Red sympathies by the un
American affairs committee.
Harriman is twice-married (two daughters),
handsome, tall, lean, stooped, deadly-serious,
smgle-minded in dedication to duty with a fero
cious drive for work. He's an exacting boss who
drives his underlings but plays no favorites as
regards race, creed or sex. He is a mediocre-to-poor
public speaker but is said to be able to
'"charm the dickie-birds off the trees in in
formal get-togethers.
What kind of a candidate would he make?
He would probably have to play down his
polo-playing and his Wall Street connections.
He could emphasize his skill at canasta and his
section-hand experience. He'd probably have to
mt down on formal speech-making and take off
on a whistle-stop tour. His biggest asset is his
extraordinary experience in the international
Current Trends May Give Gen.
Standoff Number of Delegates
BT JOSEPH AND STEWART
ALSOP
WASHINGTON With the New
Jersey primary, the pre-conven-tion
struggle has at least passed
the h a 1 f w a v -
mark a minor
blessing to be
thankful for.
Geneiai of the
Army Dvvight L...
D. EisenhoweY
has rounded the.
l ,
turn with a big 1
surge forward.V HZ
but it is ex-f i X
tremely impor
tant to note that
Sen. Robert A.
Taft is still
running steadily
ning hard.
and still run-
The comparative positions of
toe two contenders are best
judged on the face of the figures.
I Some weeks
ago, Taft head-
Jquarters ad-
Imitted a confi
d e n t i a d esti
mate of the
Senator's po
tential strength
at the Repub-
ican conven
er). According
to this tabula
tion, it was
inrrfvi that tho
h-SUmt Ohio Senator
would go out to Chicago with a
minimum of 653 delegates, overt
and concealed.
Certain states, like Michigan,
were considered too uncertain
far inclusion. Nonetheless, 653
votes en the first ballot would
surely be enough to five Sea.
Taft the quick victory toward
which his atraterr has always
been aimed. In the weeks since
this estimate of bis strength was
made Sen. Taft, however, has
ran a much slower race than
originally forecast
The biggest set-back occurred
In Maryland, where Taft forces
counted on the support of Gov.
Theodore R. McKeldin, who has
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field an asset matched only by Eisenhower's.
His biggest liability is his meager experience in
domestic affairs a liability also matched by
Eisenhower's. Eisenhower has the tremendous
advantage of personal fame; Harriman's biggest
campaign job would be to make his name known
in every household.
Oh, What He Said!
So Mr. Truman is going to take over the
newspapers and radio if he feels like it, is he?
He said he believes he has constitutional au
thority to do just that if he ever should regard
such a step necessary to protect the best inter
ests of the country.
Well, it might be a struggle but it's been
done. The president would have lots of preced
ent: Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Peron of Argen
tina. Besides, what's the difference between seizing
a newspaper plant or, say, a mail order house?
During World War II the government seized 3&
industries ranging from soft coal mines to a
mail house to a lumber mill. (All were turned
back to their owners by September, 1945.) Since
World War II the government has taken over
10 industries. (With the exception of one rail
road, which the Army is still operating and the
steel industry, all were returned to private
hands.)
Now, since the steel seizure was ordered with
out any specific legal authority, there's a good
deal of alarm that the government may keep
steel for as long as the "emergency" lasts and
it's up to the government to say when the
emergency ends. Those who fear that "socialism
by easy stages can happen here" worriedly scan
the labor front (where wage disputes in seven
key industries are in the offing) for new can
didates for seizure.
And what about the newspaper business?
Wouldn't seizure of the press theoretically be
the same as seizure of a mail order house or a
steel plant? No. A free press doesn't rank as a
basic industry essential to the defense effort. A
free press is a basic industry in another way: it
is essential to the maintenance of a democratic
form of government. Private operation of in
dustry is essential to preservation of the capital
ist economic system, not to democratic govern
ment. Private operation of newspapers is con
venient to preservation of free speech, one of the
basic civil rights of Americans.
That's why we felt a chill down our backs
when the president, even if only "academical
ly," talked about seizing newspapers. England,
socialist as it is, has a free press. Industry may
be nationalized in England but newspapers and
the soap box and the ballot box still belong to
individuals. Much as we deplore economic so
cialism, we can still consider a country free
when its press is free to inform the voting pub
lic and criticize the government.
President Truman knows this. He knows, too,
that even "theoretically" seizure of newspaper
would never be in the best interests of the coun
try, only perhaps in the best interests of the
government. He knows that. So we believe that
his statement was just loose talk, made in a fit
of pique over the press. His refusal to retract
his statement is just Missouri stubborness. Har
ry Truman has not been dealt with kindly or
perhaps even fairly by the press and he lashes
out in irritation or maybe desperation. The
president sounds like a man boxed in, over
whelmed, confused scared of what he's done
in the steel seizure. He ought to be scared of
what he's said, too.
now announced for Gen. Elsen
hower. Despite the grumbling of
the Ohio Senator's friends, there
is very little doubt indeed that
Gov. McKeldin has the power to
take his state's twenty-four votes
into the Eisenhower camp. In
other states, Sen. Taft has had
some ups, as in Nebraska and
Illinois, and some downs, as in
New Jersey and New Hampshire.
Over all, the best estimate now
gives Taft 208 delegates, but if
he had done as well as previously
expected, he would have slightly
over 250.
It la bad weakness In any racer
to travel about 20 per cent less
fast than his planned speed. On
the other hand, the Senator la
still a most formidable con
tender. This Is best Illustrated,
curiously enough, by a some
what more recent confidential
tabulation of Gen. Eisenhower's
strength, prepared by the Eisen
hower high command.
This Eisenhower forecast
shows the General with approxi
mately 520 delegates on the first
ballot, with about 350 for Sen.
Taft. These figures reflect con
siderable hope, as well as many
solid promises. For example, in
the always dubious South, the
Eisenhower high command claims
substantially larger inroads into
normal party strength than one
could like to bet on at this
writing.
If yon adjust the Eisenhower
estimate by writing down the
more .obviously, optimistic
claims, you reach the conclu
sion that the General and the
Senator are going into the con
vention with almost equale blocks
of delegates. Each block ought to
be between 454 and 500, oat of
the 1205 total.
To be sure, this is only the out
look as of now. Sen. Taft, for
example, may benefit unexpect
edly by the withdrawal of Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois from
the Democratic contest. Steven
son's withdrawal is bound to sow
confusion among the Democrats.
And the Republican professional
Ike, Sen. Taft
at Convention
politicians, encouraged by tho
disorders among their enemies,
will be more inclined to gamble
on naming Sen. Taft.
By the same token, the whole
oicture can be 'tered
If Gov. John S. Fine, of Penn
sylvania, decided to declare
himself. Fine controls the larg
est block of his state's seventy
votes, of which Sen. Taft's forces
claim forty. If the Pennsylvania
Governor plumps for Eisen
hower, he could start a band
wagon rush, which would in turn
more than substantiate all tho
Elsenhower claims in the South.
In Pennsylvania, where the vot
ing balance has changed to favor
the Democrats in recent years,
most grass -root politicians are
reported Jo want Eisenhower, be
cause they think he will help
their local nominees. Perhaps for
this reason. Gov. Fine, while con
tinuing to make a mystery of his
Intentions, has recently seemed
to Incline toward the Eisenhower
camp.
In summary, there is no doubt
at all that the New Jersey out
come leaves Gen. Eisenhower In
an excellent position to win the
Republican nomination. But
there is equally no doubt that
the Eisenhower leaders are crow
ing very prematurely, when they
attempt to discount the chances
of Sen, Taft. As of today, it
seems most likely that these two
leading contenders will go into
the convention with rather even
ly balanced strength.
The result will then depend on
the secondary strength each can
didate can develop, from the fol
lowing of such lesser contenders
as Gov. Earl Warren of Cali
fornia. Here Gen. Eisenhower
has a much better chance than
Sen. Taft. Yet there is always
the possibility that the vision of
a deadlocked convention and a
dark horse nomination, which
fascinates owners of small
groups of delegates, will some
how upset the plans of the Eisen
hower camp.
(CoovriKht 1952.
New York Herald Tribune. Ine.)
'WHEN THE RAIN
Physicians are often called to
aee young persons with collapse
of the blood circulation. The pa
tient is cold and clammy, and
seems in shock. He may present
quite a puzzle to a doctor, usually
showing none of the obvious
forms of heart trouble. Yet, a
heart operation may save him.
Most of these cases occur when
the heart is squeezed by the
membrane or sac, enclosing It
the pericardium. Usually, this
constriction comes from inflam
mation of the sac after a tuber
cular infection.
The doctor can usually recog-
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Fort Lewis. He was detached
and sent to London where he or
ganized the division of psycho
logical warfare and served in
that capacity till the end of the
war. Now retired he and his wife
have a lovely house at a scenic
spot facing the ocean. He inviterl
us to call and we had a very
pleasant chat over the "defense
of Oregon" in the early days of
the War.
One cannot escape politics this
year even when on vacation. I
thought Taft made a very good
showing in New Jersey consider
ing the fact he had pulled out as
an active candidate there. Gov.
Stevenson's declaration of non
availability for the Democratic
nomination puts that race at
sixes and sevens. I note the Al
sops suggest W. Averill Harri
man as a strong possibility. He
has a, varied background of busi
ness and politics and certainly is
the best informed on foreign af
fairs of any candidate. He was
with FDR at Yalta however, and
that tag would be a handicap.
I still think my candidate Is
the best: Mr. Composite, but
there's no way of voting for him.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
. Now that we've seen hew they make it, well go over to the
Bureau of Internal Re venae to see how they take it ... "
COMES DOWN, YOUR
nize this condition when ho lis
tens to the heart and the sounds
are faint. He also finds an enor
mous amount of fluid collected in
the addomen, and tho veins ap
pear dammed up, since the blood
does not flow back to the heart
as it should.
As the Infection grows worse,
a large amount of fluid may col
lect between the heart and its
sac. This compresses the heart,
limits its action, and also limits
the flow of blood to and from
this organ.
As time goes on, much scar
tissue forms and may cause per
manent damage. The blood pres
sure is usnally greatly reduced.
An X-ray examination may show
that the heart is enlarged and its
motion greatly limited. A test
with the electro-cardiograph us
ually reveals some form of heart
disease in these very young peo
ple. In an acute infection of this
type, there may be high fever,
chills, shortness of breath, and
rapid pulse. If allowed to pro
gress too far, it becomes worse
and worse until it causes death.
During the acute stage, how
ever, a surgeon can relieve the
pressure by removing some of the
fluid in the sac surrounding the
heart. Later, he can perform an
other operation in which he splits
the breastbone to reach the heart.
The pericardium is then stripped
away as much as possible so that
no scar tissue will form later.
Most cases recover very well
after this type of operation.
These patients are saved from
chronic Invalidism and early
death.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
S. K.: I was recently in a hos
pital. A person having pneu
monia was in the same room. Is
it very contagious?
Answer: Pneumonia is a con
tagious disease. However, there
is probably no reason for you to
fear getting it from the exposure
you describe.
Before the Civil War In the
United States, there were more
sheep than people in th country.
Today there are five people for
every sheep.
by Lichty
JjAfR STAYS UPf
Your Health
Today's subject:
Boric acid has the reputation
of being harmless because mild
solutions are safe to use as an
eye wash. But boric acid and
sodium borate can cause severe
poisoning if enough ii taken into
the body.
There are several ways for
these drugs to be absorbed,
though not taken by mouth.
Many times poisonings are due
to anxious parents who dress a
child's wounds or rashes with
powdered boric acid. They use
to much of the powder, and
enough is absorbed to cause poi
soning. The danger is that harmless
amounts, if applied repeatedly,
can build up in the body without
any serious warning signs, until
there is a fatal or nearly fatal
amount In the body.
The symptoms of boric acid
poisoning usually Include a feel
ing of nausea with vomiting and
possibly, abdominal cramps and
diarrhea. Stomach disorders can
occur even though the drug was
not taken by mouth, but was ab
sorbed some other way.
Vomiting may be severe
enough to throw up blood, and
blood may also be seen in the
bowel movement. A red rash us
ually appears over most of the
body, with widespread shedding
of skin after several days.
Severe poisoning may bring on
a shock condition, with fall of
the blood pressure, bluish dis
coloration of the skin and rapid
heart beat. Usually the tempera
ture is beloev normal. As the
condition grows worse, the per
son falls Into a stupor, or even a
coma, and still later may have
convulsions.
When this type of poisoning Is
discovered In a child, the best
treatment calls for blood trans
fusions, and fluids and plasma
injected through a vein. Oxygen
should also be given. Adreno
cortical extract is sometimes of
help in saving some of these
cases. Antibiotics have been
used to prevent infections from
developing.
The poisoning Is usually so
severe, however, that the pati
ent cannot be saved. This is why
it is so important to prevent
a tragedy of this kind.
Don't allow children near
boric acid or sodium borate, and
be careful of the amount you
use in treating a child's infection.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
F. R. D.: What causes nausea or
vomiting after a person has spin
al anesthesia?
Answer: After an operation,
nausea or vomiting is usually not
related to the spinal anesthesia.
Bettor English
By D. C. WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "Before you lay down
on that sofa, I would like you to
come in the kitchen for a
moment-"
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "cayuse" (Indian
pony)?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Marvelous, marty
dom, marmelade, martinet.
5. What is a word beginning
with ef that means "worn out,
as with age"?
ANSWERS
1. Say, "Before you lie (omit
down) on that sofa, I s ho old like
you to come into the kitchen for
a moment." 2. Pronounce ki-us,
1 as in kite, n as in use, accent
second syllable. 3. Marmalade. 4.
Deserving esteem; praiseworthy.
"He accomplish ed the task in a
creditable manner." 5. Effete.
HANDY FIREMEN
TIMMINS, OnL (p) - Timmins
firemen do a lot more than put
out fires. Their report for last
month includes thawing frozen
water pipes, clearing plugged
sewers, helping housewives light
their oil burners and opening
doors for people who locked them
selves out.
Moral Measures Sponsored
By Young Salem 'Legislators'
(Story also on Page 1.)
Among the 58 bills to be debat
ed today during the last day of the
Oregon Youth Legislature, six of
the bills have been submitted by
the Hi-Y chapters of the Salem
YMCA.
The Harrison Elliott HI-Y has
submitted a bill to the senate re
lating to penalties for drunken
driving. Harrison Elliott delegates
are Joe Largent, senator, and
Marshall Jelderks, representative.
The senate bin put In by the
Abel Gregg Hi-Y relates to pun
ishment for causing narcotic ad
diction. Fred Buchanan, senator,
and Larry Keppinger, representa
tive, are Abel Gregg delegates.
To establish a board for . the
censorship of indecent periodicals
and other publications is the aim
of the senate bill submitted by the
A. A. Stagg Hi-Y. Senator Al Hel
ton and Representative Bill Ja
quith are the delegates for A. A.
Stagg.
The purpose of the senate bill
submitted by the Claud Kells Hi
Y is to regulate the building of
dams without due approval of the
East Germans
Ask Lowdown
BERLIN C-P)-Winston Church
ill's memoirs and James Burn
ham's "Strategy of the Cold War"
are among the books most asked
for by East Germans who come
to Berlin for an occasional glimpse
at life. Western style.
A special library containing
4,500 volumes of the best and lat
est Western literature, serves
these people from the East who
live under Soviet occupation.
It was opened by the anti-Communist
"Association for Cultural
Aid" in October, 1950. It has
about 3,000 regular customers
from the Russian zone and East
Berlin.
Reading literature from the
"imperialistic" West comes close
to treason in the eyes of the Com
munist regime, and painful
searches are conducted daily on
trains travelling between Berlin
and the East zone. Fortunately,
only three of the library's cus
tomers were nabbed by Commu
nist People's Police so far. They
were released after several hours
of questioning.
4 Sentenced
For Assault
And Battery
Four persons involved In two
disturbances were sentenced on
assault and battery charges Friday
by Marion County courts.
Jay H. McDonald, Albany, was
given a suspended six-months Jail
sentence and placed on one-year
probation In Circuit Court. He
was found guilty earlier in a trial,
in which he was charged with as
saulting C. R. Lannigan, 4885 Au
burn Rd.
The other three were In a neigh
borhood fracas last August. In
District Court, George Baker, 1694
S. Capitol St., and Jim Lawless,
1685 S. Capitol St., were given 30
day suspended jail terms and plac
ed on one-year probation, while
Lela Lawless was given a $50 sus
pended fine.
District Court also placed Don
ald Lee Smith, 392 S. High St., on
a year's probation, with a 90-day
suspended jail sentence, for dam
againg the South River Road guard
rail two weeks ago. He is to make
restitution for the destruction.
State Board
Of Aeronautics
Backs Action
The State Board of Aeronautics
Friday approved action of the Port
of Portland in "making an effort
to curtail Air Force personnel
training at the Portland Interna
tional Airport."
The resolution suggested that
Air Force training could be better
accomplished and with greater
safety by using facilities already
constructed by the military at Cor
vallis, Madras and Redmond.
A copy of the resolution will be
sent to the Port of Portland, U. S.
Air Force officials and to Oregon's
delegation in Congress.
The board also approved that
portion of an insurance policy for
pilots, including public liability
and property damage, offered by
Lloyds of London. Another part of
the policy, providing insurance
coverage for the pilot and obser
ver, was held in obeyance pending
further investigation.
The insurance would cover only
those pilots engaged in search and
rescue operations. Officials said
Oregon probably is the first state
in the Union to provide such in
surance protection.
Suburban Home Sites
One to five acres view, trees,
power, ete. 5 minutes from
downtown.
Box 948, Oregon Statesman
ATTENTION
LOGGERS AND FARMERS
LOGS WANTED
8-ft. 16-Ft. And Long Lengths
At Top Price
BURIUAND LUMBER CO.
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Fish and Game (Commission.
Claude Kells delegates are Rod
Porter, senator, and Wayne Roan,
representative. t '
The J. R. Mott Hi-Y has In
troduced a house bill to establish,
liquor licenses. Representatives
Gary Gortmaker and Roger Mau
de are the J. R. Mott delegates. ,
A house bill relating to the purr;
chase of alcoholic beverages has
been submitted by the Arthur Cot
ton Hi-Y. Kenneth Rawlings, sen
ator, and John Rehfuss, represen
tative, are Arthur Cotton delegates.
The Salem Hl-Y Mothers Clob
Is in charge of registration and
housing. The registration com
mittee includes Mrs. A. E. Archi
bald, Mrs. Maurice Buchanan, Mr.
Glen Weaver, Mrs. Wallace Car
son, Mrs. Edward Snyder, Mrs.
Francis Smith, Mrs. M. E. Moore,
Mrs. Ralph DaMetz, Mrs. William
Showalter and Mrs, James Mor
gan. Housing committee members are)
Chairman Mrs. Earl Rlggs, Mrs.
Edward Snyder, Mrs. George Rho
ten, Mrs. E. M. Lentz, lira. Bjaroe
Ericksen and Mrs. J. Rstcliff.
With Fleet
SILVERTON Weodle A. Jasmer,
seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Jasmer. Silverton, It
shown aboard the attack trans
port vessel! t'SS George Cly
mer with the Pacific fleet In
the Far East.
Alcohol Tax
Warrants Go
To Counties
Warrants totaling $230,000 were
distributed to Oregon courtties
Friday, involving revenues collect
ed from taxes on alcoholic bever
ages for the quarter ended March
31, Secretary of State Earlf T.
Newbry announced.
Funds obtained from the tax
are allocated to the counties for
mothers aid, old age pensions, and
direct relief of indigents. The
funds are apportioned with 75 .per
cent going to the counties and 23
per cent to the state general fund.
Largest allocation was received
by Multnomah County in the
amount of $53,466. Lane received
$14,261, Marion $11,497, and Doug
las $16,185.
The International Red Cross
was formed at a convention in
Switzerland in 1864 at which! 28
governments were represented.
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