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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1952)
Eyes on J. Malik New Fair Trade Law Aims at Price Wars PRESIDENT TRUMAN this week signed a "Fair Trade" law which its supporters claim will protect the small businessman. Opponents of the measure say it is a blow to anti-trust laws and a spur to Inflation. They predict it will cost the nation's consumers two TT0d W(mE) W JACOB A. MAIJK has been .the key man in several major So viet moves in the United Nations. He did the muscle work in pre liminary talks which led to the ending of the Berlin blockade in 1949. He was also the man who an nounced Soviet and thus Red Chi nese and North Korean willingness for a cease fire in Korea a year ago. At United Nations headquarters in New York this week, many eyes were turned once again on chief Soviet delegate Malik. His vacation in the Soviet Union already was overdue. He created the impression of a man a waiting .important orders. Some highly placed U-N. officers expressed the feeling that a peace in Korea however nervous it might be - could come to pass. Such an armis tice would fit into place a section in the puzzle of Soviet world diplomacy. Far Eastern Expert Malik is an expert in Far Eastern affairs. He came to the United Nations as chief delegate for the U.S.S.R. four years ago and was on hand for sev eral great developments in Korea. It was just after his arrival that the U.N. Assembly recognized the Repub lic of Korea as the legal government This paved the way for the ending of U.S. occupation in South Korea. Malik then nursed North Korean complaints and allegations through many a stormy U.N. session that culminated in the war in June, 1950. The impression now is that Malik's tenure with the Soviet delegation is almost over. Malik reportedly has his ye on the post of first deputy foreign minister, held until recently by An drei Gromyko. Malik's return to Mos cow could imply a retreat into watch ful waiting by the cautious element of the ruling politburo. The Korean war has been costly to both Red China and the Soviet Union. The Kremlin may regard it as no longer worth the trouble. Communist China already is making much of a program of building for the future, and the Soviet Union itself has much to accomplish in that direction before it could risk a new world war. Quotes- Adm. William M. Fechteler, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations: "The United States Navy now is large enough to take calculated risks until we can go into full mobilization." Winston Churchill, explaining in the House of Commons that the Red Dean of Canterbury, 78 year-old Hewlett Johnson, had to be tolerated as part of the price for free speech: "Free speech carries with it the evil of all the foolish, unpleasant, venomous things that are said, but on the whole we would rather 'suffier them than to do away with them." Arms Super-carrier The keel of the world's largest war ship has been laid by the Navy in Newport News, Va. At normal con struction rate, the 60,000-ton carrier Forrestal will be ready to join the fleet in late 1954. The ultra-modern, flush-deck car rier is designed to launch and recover atom-bomb carrying planes and heavy, swift jet fighters to provide for its own protection against enemy attack. First of two of the class which Congress has authorized the Navy to build, the Forrestal will cost an esti mated 218 million dollars, excluding cost of 100 planes. The ship will have a flight deck 1.040 feet long. 252 feet wide. Its ' island" structure can be retracted to provide an unobstructed flight deck. The Forrestal also will have: A speed probably above the 33 knots rated speed for the present largest carrier, the 45,000-ton Midway; a bow completely enclosed up to the flight deck, to thrust aside the biggest waves; television to give the crew eyes for steering and navigating the ahip when- the bridge is retracted; ex tensive compartmentation of the hull to keep the ship afloat even if hit by several torpedoes. The new carrier is named for the late James Forrestal, the country' first Secretary of Defense. Sidelights In New Haven, Conn., the county farm bureau reported it was so hot in nearby orchards that apples baked on trees. In London, Dr. Warren K. Sinclair advised doctors with mustaches, like his, who work with radio-active ma terial, as he does, to brush over their whiskers once lightly with a geiger counter every day before heading home to the Mrs. "There's no telling what might happen if you kiss your wife without removing radio-active dust," warned the doctor. In Moultrie, Ga., things were hec tic for awhile after the sergeant of police lost the keys to the city jaiL The institution's one inmate, suffer ing the torments of a hangover, wait ed patiently for freedom while the search went on. (All Rights Reservtd. AP Newtftatumi DEMOCRATS SEEK - vl " , s y; f Vi"VX V r A v.. :.-. ' . v"f A t 1 - AO LAI STEVENSON t 1 RICHARD RUSSELL ROBERT S. KERR '11 f WLLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN knew how to say no to would be President-makers. His classic "I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected" left no doubts in anybody's mind. Gov. Adlai Stevenson, of Illinois, also knows how to say no but he has trouble making it stick the way Sherman did. As the Demo crats prepare to take over political center stage in Chicago, specula tion about Stevenson's availability for the presidential nomination still is rife. For five months, Stevenson has re peatedly said he is running "only for re-election as governor of Illinois." Asked if he would run if drafted, Stevenson replied: "No politician can say he would refuse a draft. But I have asked Illi nois delegates not to put my name In nomination and I hope others respect my wishes." An Acceptable Candidate President Truman reportedly favors Stevenson, but some party bigwigs say the Illinois governor has been so coy about: running that Truman may switch to W. Averell Harriman or someone else. Stevenson would be acceptable to the South because of his middle-of-the-road position on the civil rights issue. In addition, he would be an NEUTRAL v X f V V I " . i V-" - -gg' AVEJtEU HARRIMAN w ESTES KEFAUVER ALBEN W. BARKLEY attractive candidate for Labor and the big city voters because of his good record in Illinois. His past reluctance to come out swinging in an all-out fight for the nomination has hurt him with" Democratic leaders, however. The upcoming Democratic Conven tion will be the most wide open affair in 20 years. The magic number is 616. That's how many votes a candidate needs to win the nomination and none of the 20 hopefuls now in the field has anywhere near that number. Candidate Standings Tennessee's Sen. Estes Kefauver leads the field in pledged votes and known first ballot preferences. Geor gia's Sen. Richard Russell comes next, followed by Harriman. Other avowed candidates are: Okla homa's Sen. Kerr, whose chances for nomination are slim; Vice President CORNER j tl y Uiwi A ii tin - ii i.. i v. . ' : iff -u, 1 M : a - " f x a STANDARD BEARER " K' '-'S ir? "r2 ', t ? f ' i- : ' v - - " - -'v -""Vr x y , A I ; - ;. ... ":i.;'.-Sv,. " i ' . i :.,-:f; - ' f X: V .. V - -r .s 1'' ' i f . . . s. , I HARRY S. TRUMAN , I Mmmmi Slit SAM RAYBURN Alben Barkley, considered too old by many observers; Connecticut's Sen. Brien McMahon and Minnesota's Sen. Hubert Humphrey, favorite sons, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, who says he is available in the event of a deadlock. President Truman has said he will not reveal his choice for the nomina tion until his alternate, Thomas J. Gavin, Kansas City councilman, casts the President's first ballot in the con vention. Truman to Hospital Gavin arrived in Washington shortly before President Truman entered Walter Reed Hospital. The President cancelled all appointments and was to see no one, including Mr. Gavin, at least for the time being. The President's admission to the hospital may have a decided effect on the Democratic convention. Demo cratic National Chairman Frank E. McKinney said in Chicago he would respect the President's wishes in re sisting a draft. At a press conference in Chicago, McKinney said that at a meeting with the President July 13, Mr. Truman CUSTODIAN OF THE BRANDING t i ViIl & HUBERT H. HUMPHREY had "reiterated for perhaps the fif teenth time" that he aid not want to run. He quoted the President as say ing: "I mean what I say. Fve served my time. This is a man-killing job. I don't want to, and you wouldn't want to see me, be carried out of the White House in a pine box." At the hospital, the President s con diUon was not regarded as serious, and officially his admission was for a "checkup." Civil Rights Question Another big question hanging over the Democratic Convention concerns the civil rights issue. Southerners, lead by South Carolina's Gov. James Byrnes, already have threatened an other revolt if the Convention writes a strong civil rights plank into its platform as it did in 1948. The President sayg there will be no retreat on civil rights if he can help it. President Truman reportedly will insist that the Democrats campaign on an all-out "Fair Deal" platform as the best hope of victory over Dwight D. Eisenhower in November. IRON TRYING TO CATCH SOMEBODY, MISTER1 billion dollars a year by preventing price-cutting bargain sales. Defense Operation Skywatch Around the northern, western and eastern rims of the U.S. a volunteer army scans the skies on 24-hour watch against any sneak attack from Siberia or across the polar cap. This network of watchers, designed to snare raiders trying to carry a knockout atomic punch past radar's blind side (low along the horizon and in the shelter of hills and mountains) was mobilized this week. The watch is supposed to continue, night and day, indefinitely. Nerve center of the entire operation is at Colorado Springs, Colo., head quarters of Air Defense Command The system works like this: Watchers, equippea with binocu lars, telephone any suspicious flights to a filter station. The filter station checks the spotters' reports with the Air Force. If the flight still remains in toe suspicious category, jet intercep tors, on 24-hour alert, can be un leashed for a look, armed to kill if they find an enemy. As the round-the-clock skywatch got underway there were gripes and complaints, most of them reflecting bitterness on the part of some watch- ers against a "let George do it ' atti- he urged Congress to make a thorough tude by the public. review of the problem in the next ses- One observer said: "The public sion beginning in January, needs a bomb to wake them up." Truman pointed out that such price Almost all stations reported lack of fixing as the law upholds would be personnel. Some communities report- illegal under Federal anti-trust laws, ed a shortage of facilities. In Maine, at least in interstate commerce, unless some watchers remained on duty 10 Congress provided a specific exemp to 12 hours at a stretch to compensate tion. Such an exemption existed in for the shortage of volunteers. the Miller-Tydings Act of 1937, until Officers of the Air Defense Com- the Supreme Court ruled the non mand warned the skywatching opera- signers were not bound by the con tlon will break down entirely unless tract. more volunteers materialize. They The price wars that came on the pleaded for another 350,000 people to heels of the Supreme Court ruling saw fill the gaps. The aim is to have watch- some retailers selling certain goods ers stand d-ty for two-hour stretches, below cost to attract customers who would be expected to buy goods that A I were not reduced. l-QrOIOri XXICl Many small retailers made their 1 - we strong feelings on the price wars . . t w i known to Congress and the controver- Jets for Yugoslavia sial Fair Trade law was proposed U.S. military aid extended in the The measure was opposed by the Jus past to Yugoslavia has been baaed on tice Department and the Federal the theory that Yugoslavia's chief role Trade Commission but both houses of in case of war would be that of a de- Congress passed it by heavy majori fensive ally, employing hit-and-run ties after long and angry debate, holding tactics. The emphasis this week was shifted from defensive to offensive. In Bled, Yugoslavia's summer capi tal, U.S. Army officials informed Mar shal Tito that he can count on greatly strengthened American military aid, including jets, tanks and heavy artil lery, during the next year. The decision to beef up Tito's mili tary forces came after first-hand checkups by UJS. Army officers of Yugoslavia's military establishments, troops and the use. to which American equipment already delivered has been put Their findings mark a new peak in U.S. confidence in Tito's administra tion and its readiness and ability to resist aggression. Under the new plan, Yugoslavia's armed forces will be strengthened so they will be able to fight an offensive as well as a defensive war in the event of attack. U.S. officials have known for some time that Russia has been modernizing the air forces of Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania along Yugoslavia's bor ders. The Soviet Union has supplied these satellite forces with jet fighters operating under direct orders from Moscow. Part of the decision to supply Yu goslavia's air force with jet plane? undoubtedly was based on this infor mation. The American military delegatio also told Tito that U.S. dollars will b used to strengthen Yugoslavia's mun tions industry to enable it to produc armaments it now has to buy frot the West. PARTY SL.V The background of the bill is this: Under the fair trade laws of the 43 states that have them, a manufacturer may fix the price of a trade-mark or brand-name product ty making a con tract with one or more retailers. Un der the laws all other retailers in th state, including those who do not sign the contract, are required to sell the product at the price fixed in the initial contract Court Upsets Authority This price-fixing authority of th Fair Trade laws in the 45 states was wiped out on May 21, 1951, by a Su preme Court decision that set off a series of price-cutting wars. The measure signed by President Truman this week restores the price fixing authority, permitting manufac turers to fix retail prices on trade marked or brand-name merchandise and making it mandatory for mer chants who refuse to sign such agree ments to abide by them anyway. The President indicated he signed the measure with some misgivings, declaring it was no "cure-all" for the problems of small retailers and would remove "some competitive force which otherwise would operate to hlp keep prices down." Asks Congressional Review The President added that "we have not yet found the best solution." and Dates Monday, July 21 Democratic National Conven tion, Chicago. Tuesday, July 22 Oklahoma runoff primary for six U.S. Representatives. Wednesday, July 23 Anniversary of the establish ment of the Salvation Army in 1865. Thursday, Jnly 21 Pioneer Day in Utah, a legal holiday marking Mormon settle ments of 1847. Saturday, July 26 Texas Democratic primary for U.S. Senator; 22 U.S. Represents, tives; Governor and other state -offices. In Short Broken: by the new superliner United States, the westward speed record across the North Atlantic set in 1938 by the Queen Mary. The new fime from England to the U.S.: 3 days, !2 hours and 12 minutes. Lifted: by the Government, controls n nearly all canned and frozen fruits nd vegetables. Announced: the appointment of A'alter J. Donnelly as United States ;Iigh Commissioner for Germany to ucceed John J. McCloy, returning to he U.S. after three years. Named: commander of all United Nations prisoner of war camps in Ko rea, Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, who broke up the mutinous resistance of fanatic Communist prisoners on Ivoje last month. Requested: by Iran's Premier Mo nammed Mossadegh, unprecedented "owers from parliament to rule Iran is he sees fit for six months and solve he country's grave economic crisis. Urged: by 53 Democratic congress nen, a law that would let the people cstead of national convention dele gates, name presidential candidates in pecial primary elections. Launched: by the Justice Depart r.ent, an investigation of 23 cable rams telling of efforts by Chinese Nationalist diplomats to influence UJS. Far Eastern policy. The cables were signed by Nationalist Chinese Em bassy officials in Washington and) vere addressed to Chiang Kai-shek jn Formosa. Re-nominated: U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, 65 year-old bitter foe of New Deal Fair Deal spending, in Virginia's Democratic primary. Byrd defeated his Oxford-educated oppo nent, Francis Pickens Miller, by more than 210,625 to 124,803. Victory in the Democratic primary in Virgini. is tantamount to election. Til 1 w,wl(W-:'?'-:-:-wiKyr-Sisal : . iv.v. v. -: . -w " . , - , : .z. t - , XI X-h X v" -rw xL in n immbiiii m .9.- v J
