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' Ont must trora a "louche" for Senator
Paul Douglas In tha recent debate over
Brlcker amendment. Not thf Brlcker amend
ment which would crimp the eiecutlva power
In foreign affairs. whose new venlon hi
been reported out favorably by tha Senata
Judiciary Commute and will probably ba
Voted on before long. This Brlcker amend
ment wai offered by the Ohio aenator to t
bill for an appropriation to the International
Labor Office, ons of tht apedalized agencies
of United Nations. Tht amendment would
freeit the U.S. contribution at tht present
rata of $1,750,000 Instetd or Increasing It to
$3,000,000 as proposed. It was adopted 43 to
40.
! Brlcker professed concern because two
years ago Communist nations finally decided
ta join tht ILO whost charter provides for
e$ul representation among employers, em
ployes and governments. Brlcker asked how
this division could prevail In countries whera
tht government la tht employer. Tht ques
tion has been a troublesomt ont to Amer
ican delegates as Senator Potter who attend
ed tht last convention of ILO admitted, but
tht U. S. decided to retain Ita membership.
Republicans voted SS to 8 for this Brlcker
amendment and Democrats S3 to I against It
During tht discussion Senator Douglas, Dem
ocrat of Illinois, got from Knowland. minority
leader, tht fact that tht Eisenhower admin
istration opposed tht amendment After tht
roll call Senator Douglas declared that It
ahowed that on "vital questions dealing with
foreign policy the President finds his chief .
support on this aide (Democrat) rather than
on tht Republican side." Ht sharpened his
point by adding:
"When we return to aur ronstituenclea wt
know perfectly wtQ that wt shall be 'attacked
by the various Republican candidate. The ad
ministration will attack na as being 'nooco
operative." Touche!" Indeed. On foreign affairs hard
shell. Republicans tnakt It hard for Eisen-.
hower. Often before ht haa been revmed by
Democratic totes. However, It la fortunate
for the country wt havt Eisenhower in tht
White Hourt. With some ont like Harry
Truman tht Brlcker-Jenner-McCarthy con
tingent would bt far mon vocal and obstruc
tionist As It is. our foreign policy remains
in larga degree bipartisan.
llrannaii Han Itrvlval iMcf
It lmAed for a short time lot week as
though tha Democrats were going to rrvivt
the Jirannan plan for farmer rrlirf. Demo
crats In the House who thought to attain It
to a aoll bank bill dropped tlx to when
they ran Into heavy opposition. Under Ilia
plan direct payments would be madt to as
sure 90 per cent of partly.'
When Secretary Brannan proposed his
scheme during tha administration of Pres
ident Truman, tht Democrats shied away
from It, Nobody could figure out what it
would cost. Tht plan did havt certain mer
its, however. It would let farm commodities
sell In tht fret market and then provide sub
sidies to rant tht farmer Income. Kmc tht
legal devices now used or proponed havt tht
aim of boosting farm.lncomt even at cost to
tht treasury tht plan was honest. It Is what
la now being employed with wool growers.
Problems of administering tht Brsnnan
plan would bt many and difficult, and If It
were applied to all crops tht cost would ht
enormous. Ont of tht first questions would
bt over fixing a base. Should prict or In
come supports bt high enough to providt a
living for tht submarginal, inefficient farm
er? If not, where would tht bast bt aet?
Tht Farmers Union which endorsed tht
Brannan plan acknowledged tht need for
special treatment of share-croppers and sub
sistence farmers.
What would need to bt determined would
bt whether government subsidy is a welfare
matter like old age assistanct and other wel
fare programs; or whether It Is a temporary
program to carry farmers through a period
of tconomic readjustment. So far In public
discussion these two aims hsvt been badly
muddled. As a welfare program the govern
ment would havt to accept this as a perma
nent charge on tht treasury. We do not be
lieve the majority of farmers in tht country
want that
As a farm assistance program tht aim
should bt to assist farmers through a pe
riod of transition and return to a free mar
ket. Tht worry it that if a system of com
pensatory payments were started for that
purpose, whether politicians would ever bring
it to a halt The Statesman would be disposed
to favor a direct subsidy plan if it were
geared to a genuine need and readjustment
program, and had built-in cutoffs, but wt
havt never been able to figure out a formu
la for that Apparently tht Democrats In
Congress haven't been able to, either.
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Rocky Marclano, heavyweight champion of
tht world, it retiring from tht ring. Un
beaten in 49 encounters in tht ring, ht Is
quitting at tht urgent behest of his wife.
Other champs have retired, but Gene Tunney
is the only one before Rocky who held to hit
decision. Jim Jeffries and Jot Louis retired,
but later returned to defend their titles and
were beaten. Louis had income tax troubles
which still plagut him. Rocky is said to havt
managed hia finances better, so ht will not
have to make a living at athletic sidelines
as Jot Louis does aa he fends off the tax collectors.
. East Coast longshoremen got the team
, tters' union off the hoof by announcing can
' cellation of their alliance with tht teamsters.
. George Meany of the AFL-CIO was ready to
demand expulsion of the Dave - Beck-Jim
Hoffa union from tht federation, and may
still want the executive council to make sure
tht teamster-longshore treaty really la torn
up. Meany would have had opposition on hia
ouster movt from Maurice Hudson, who suc
ceeded his father Bill Hutcheson as head of
the big carpenters' union. Maurice hu been
critical of Meany'a comments on the team
' tters, but on a showdown tht council prob
. ably will back Its president. Any one who
thinks there Is a ttata of bliss In tht organ
ized labor complex is badly mistaken.
Today is the day that Oregon goes on wast
ing daylight while many other states "save"
theirs.
Howard Hobson, long-time (1935-1947) bas
ketball coach at the University of Oregon,
has resigned as coach at Yale where ht has
been since leaving Oregon, to become con
sultant with tht American Association for
Health, Physical Education and Recreation at
Washington. His work will be directed to
promoting the association program which ties
in with President Elsenhower's promotion of
physical fitness. "Hobbie" is a fine selec
tion for a very important assignment.
t3EBSaiESi
Kefauver, Dixie Democrats Likely to End in
Deadlock if Adlqi Loses Another Primary
Rv STEWART ALSOP
WASHINGTON In recent day
aU the principal Democratic can
didates and their backer and
strategists have been in Washing-
ion, ana mey
have all been
, playing the an
cient parlor
tame of second-
guessing the con
vention. Perhap
H la a futile oc
cupation. But It
1 interesting,
and may be sig
nificant, thai
there la a ur
agreement
up to a
4
tJtrwaM Mmf
prising measure of
among all concerned
It to agreed, for example, that
Adlal Stevenson will be way out
in front aain if he wins the
Florida and California pr maries.
But there is also a considerable
measure of agreement on the
shape of the convention la likely
to take If the opposite happens,
and Este Kefauver again trip
Stevenaea In the forthcoming pri-
""first R la agreed that Kefauver
wilt then have an almost unargu
able claim to a place on the ticket.
Second, it la agreed tha ; the Ke
fauver bloc and the Southern bloc
will control between them some
thing like half the delegate vote,
with Kefauver holding a bit over
a Quarter of the total, and the
Southerne a bit leaa than a quar-
Third, it la agreed that Kefau
yer and the Southern will never
eet together to dictate the out
comethe two bloc are mutually
Irreconcilable. Thua the conven
tion will be split ft two.
Oaa tart will eaialst at the
dlaclpUaaa. atubbara aai snalt
allr haatila Kefaaver aaf gaaUt
tn Uae. areaarH U kaag aa U
the bitter ea4. Tba aeeaae part
will casuist af a Mfttag, asUble.
ad asnarphM aaaaa-tfte layal
fitcreafaa foHawlaf. W. Averell
Harrtmaa's Woe Nw
Yard aUta, a Ma favariag Ml
Mri'a Rea. Rlaart Rylaiaa.
la tha favartt a Uka Mlcki
gaa'a C Meaaea William aai
OhJa'a Frank Laws. '
Somehow, by the ' myterloo
processes which operate In the
unique American convention sys
tem, the two parts must interlock
to form a majority. No one can
possibly predict how this may be .
done. But the players of the par
lor game speculate most about
three possible combinations Ste-
venson plus Kefauver, Harriman
plus Kefauver, and Symington
plua the South. 1
Rleveaiaa baeker prates eaa
fldeace that Mlaaetata Uaght
ba'.a Steveaaaa aid his admirer
aeeded tessaa, aad that he will
wla la balk farthcamlag pri
snarle. Rat Sleveasaa klmself
has passed Ik ward that ke is
la tka lifhl la Ike last ballot,
earn wkat may la Florida aid
( allltrila. Even If Ihera are fur
ther primary disasters. I he 8le
venianllr contend, It will became
apparent at the caavenllaa that -aa
alher candidate eaa anile the
party. A Sleveasoa - Kefauver
ticket will the emerge as the
aaly lag teal way aut. Kefauver la
10 Years Ago
Apr. 29, 1941
Arnold Davis, formerly man
ager of the Western Union at
Butte, Mont., - haa succeeded
Eris Butler, who retired after
more than four decades with the
telephone company, as head of
the Salem branch.
25 Years Ago
Apr. t9, 1931
Firemen and volunteers were
gaining control over a brush
fire that for a time threatened
the Shrine hospital for crippled
children and several home at
Rocky Butte, at the eastern
edge of Portland. The fire waa
whipped by a gale of 50 miles an
hour.
40 Years Ago
Apr. It, 1111 ,
With 3000 pounds of milk for
a starter, the Garden Read co
operative cheese factory began
operation. About a hundred
farmers are interested In the
concern artd expect in a short
time to double the amount of
milk used for factory purpose.
yauager thaa Rteveaaaa. aad a
second maa aa the ticket he would
ke kelr apparent. A eoavratioa
majarlly tlmply doe aot exit! far
Kefaaver. and ke will take second
plara rather thaa- nothing If of
fered the choice at the alratesie
moment.
j
So the argument runs in the
Stevenson camp. In the Harriman
camp, it runs precisely the same
way, as far as Kefauver is con
cerned. But the Harriman men
also argue, not unexpectedly, that
a Harriman - Kefauver combi
nation is far mora logical than a
Stevenson-Kefauver marriage.
Stevenson's Minnesota primary
defeat, they argue, was almost as
much a victory for Harriman as
for Kefauver, since It proved what
lldrriman has long contended
Stevensoa style "moderation"
cannot wla. Harrlmaa 1 genuine
ly convinced, and preaches t all
comers, that President Elsen
hower can be beaten Harrlmaa
style la a blunt, hard-hilling
campaign, wllk a special appeal,
ta the farmeri, the low Income
groups, and the minorities.
Meanwhile. Harriman and his
chief strategist, shrewd Tammany
leader Carmine , DoSapio, con
tinue to play a waiting game.
But the Harriman candidacy is
already markedly less "inactive".
Harriman plans a speaking tour
in seven states. And if Stevenson
suffers again in the primaries,
PeSnpio will start an active ef
fort to put together a solid Harri
man bloc, by offering commit
ments to such key- figures aa
Pittsburgh Mayor David Law
rence. DeSapl himself I reported ta
belleva that the greatest kiddea
abslacle ta the Harrlmaa candi
dacy may prov ta be, aot Slo
venian plus Kefaaver,' bat Sy
mington pla Ike Saath. If tht new
tValish Harrlmaa laaks Uk win
ning, a (tap-Harrlmaa. doa't-ipllt-the-party-movement
could easily
center aa tka moderate Rymlaf
tea. Then or s tka player of
tha parktr game believe (he de
cisive rale will be played by 8y
mlagtaa' fellow Mlaaaarlaa aad
Harrlmaa' warm friend, Harry
R. Truman, wka eoald tip tka
balance either way.
(Copvrliht 1M.
Ntw York Herald Tribune Inc.)
(Cautlaaod from page oa.)
claims in Alaska at M degree.
40 minute north latitude. He ne
gotiated a transcontinental treaty
with Spain In 1S1, In which Flori
da was acquired and the south
western boundary determined.
This fixed the 42nd parallel (Ore
gon's southern boundary), as the
northern limit of Spain's territory,
and this later was binding on
Mexico. The intervening region
fronting the Pacific was the "Ore-,
gon country." While Adams was
agreeable to a settlement with
Great Britain fixing the 49th
parallel as the boundary, when
that did not come he negotiated
the treaty of Joint occupation in
lilt which postponed the decision.
After the election of Jame K.
Polk oa the slogan af "Fifty-four
forty or fight" the Issue came
before the House and Adam, then
a member from Massachusetts,
supported the resolution calling on
the President to terminate the
treaty. This led to the treaty of
1846 which fixed the boundary at
the 49th parallel.
The Bemi biography of Adams
docs not rate Daniel Webster very
high for hia service as secretary
of slate under President Tyler.
Webster negotiated the Webster
Ashburton Treaty with Great Bri
tain which settled the northern
boundary from the Bay of Fundy
to Lake of the Woods. In that
deal Webster Induced the Maine
legislature to agree to a compro
mise sacrificing over three million
acres by having Prof. Jared
Sparks 'who had a retainer from
Baring Bros. British bankers to
exhibit faulty maps of the area.
Webster, during his term in the
Senate had had a steady retainer
- from Baring Bros, who had heavy
investments, in the United States -and
Mexico:' and Lord Ashburton
was Alexander Baring, head of
Baring Bros! (Conflict of interest
-ia -not a new experience in poll-'
tics i.
It was fortunate that Webster
didn't get to go ahead with his
plan for a tripartite treaty with
the U.S., Britain and Mexico. He
proposed to settle the Oregon
question by accepting a boundary
following the Strait of Juan de
Fuca and Puget Sound south to
the Columbia River and thence
tip the Columbia. He would ac
quire Northern California includ
ing the bay of San Francisco from
Mexico by putting up money to
pay old American claims and to
apply on the debt of $50,000,000
" which Mexico owed Baring Bros.
His scheme failed when a House
committee refused to provide
funds for Webster's mission, and
later when Fdward Everett, min
ister to England, rejected the sug
gestion that he become minister
to China, which would have
opened the way for Webster to go
to London as minister he was
' then planning to resign from
Tyler's cabinet over the Texas
question.
John Quincy Adams was never
an abolitionist he even declined
to support abolition in the Dis
trict of Columbia; but he became
one of the most vigorous foes
of the extension of slavery. When
he received petitions of citizens
protesting slavery and presented
them to the House, the House In
: 1S.K adopted a resolution to table
, all such petitions. In IS40 this
Gag Rule was embodied in the
standing rules of House proce
dure: "no abolition petitions,
memorials, etc. should be re
ceived by the House, nor enter
tained by It in any way what
ever." Thi merely multiplied the
petitions and Adam dutifully of
fered them. A opposition to slav
ery grew, aupport for the rule
diminished, and in 1S4S the House
adopted a motion by Adam to
rescind the rule. It was in the
course of his long career In the
House (1(31-481 and his battle
over slavery iisues that he be
came known as Old Man Elo
quent. He fought the good fight
for freedom of speech, freedom
of thought, freedom of the press.
Well, this is the big weekend for members of tht Knotted
Line, Rusty Hook and Backlash Club. With the opening of
trout season yesterday, local streams are loaded with men old
enough ta know better (and some women
and kids too), standing in cold water up to
their bait cans gamely battling game fish.
So, today, with apologies to Don (Garden
Hackle) Harger, Statesman outdoor editor,
wt lay aside our Jar of fluoridated salmon
eggs to take up readers' queries on angling
Q Every year my husband goes
through the time earth-sinking rigmarole
aa the morning of the opening day of
flsklag aeaaea. H gets up about 4 a.m., itamble around la
the dark getting dressed, makes enough noise la the bathroom
ta wake ap the baby, goes lata the kitchen, turns the
light, rummage arund la Use cupboard, tiptoe lata the bed
room aad whispers, "Where' the inside la tha coffee soak-
ert", bampe hi way eat, makes coffee, knack aver the tugar
Jar, drape a cup late the atak, turns aa the light ia the living
mat, rua upstair far hi boots, wske up the kid up there,
gee back to the kltchea for another cup af coffee, klumps
(he's gat those twa-toa boot aa bow) back Into the bedroom.
looking for the car key and make three trip la and out af
the house getting all hi gear into the car. Is this the way
all husband act? ,
A You mean be didn't slam the doer whea he left?
Q I've often heard experienced fishermen speak of the
"straight dope." What do they mean by this?
A The straight dopt Is confidential information one fish
erman passes to another fisherman concerning a body of wa
ter neither of them has' ever seen. This info usually comes
second-hand from a third party neither of them knows.
Q I am t years old. I went fishing with my Dady 1 tyme
' iast yeer and I fell downe and I hawld. My Dad sed, don't cry,
soa, when you are fishing yore suposed ta have iun. Bee hap
py, biff. Injoye yorself. Well, a little later my Dad fell inl the
crick clean up ta his clgarets. He sed some bad words and I ted
doa'l gel tore Dad. Bee happy, laff. Injoye yorself. He chased
me quite a ways. How kum? J
A The only angling authority I know who might cover -this
situation Is your mother.
qurntt or even
Red spies.
in lapiioi li
In the early staurs of being
spruced up fur next January s
presidential inauguration, whuh
will be conducted ram or ahm
down in the shadow of the Horn
in front of the Capitol building
This is lb .quadrennial Uk
of the architect of the Capltiil,
who has to find a company with
acrubalic pairtlers who c I n
scramble up nd down the sidei
of th old cast Iron dome and
renew id aurfac with gleam
ing paint
The dome I now partly orange
because the painters are using
the traditional rust -resistant
paint as a first coat
W hile everyone beneath the
Capital dome I furiously ra
gaged these dayt la pulling and
hauling far aad agaiast aae pre
sidential candidal ar another,
the architect haa bipartisan sup
part for what h Is doing aa
lop th dome to refresh the ap
pears arc af tbe hall af t'a
greis. Looks like the Eine hower
administration ha a long wy
to go in clearing all the New
Dealers out of Washington
a matter which many Republi
cans said was a major mission
of th new Republican adminis
tration when it came to power
three year ago.
Residenta of the District of
Columbia have Just completed
registering for the May 1 pri
mary election here, which i
limited to casting ballots for
delegates ta the two party na-
. tional conventions in August.
A breakdown of registration
showed Democrats outnumbered
Republicsns by 31,793 to 20.610.
Ia view af the hard fight be
tween Adlal Sleveasaa aad
Estes Kefaaver, bath af wham
have eaaspalgaed here the past
week, for the Democratic aad
the aae ha ad aad the ap
pareat assumptlsa that Pre!-
deal Elseahewer will get tbe
Republlcaa 'aemlnatioa aa the
' N ether, possibly the primary elee
tioa holds mare Interest for
Democrats thaa far Republlcaa.
But any way you look at It, j
there are still a lot of Demo-i
crat working in thia GOP-j
dominated capital. I
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Q What is meant by fisherman's weather?
A A string of fine, sunny, blue-sky, wonderful days fol
lowed by a day of rain the day fishing season opens. The
only consolation to anglers is that It is not fit weather for
gardening, eitherr :
Q Would you give me the titles of some good book, on
fishing?
A One of the latest is "The Fisherman's Guide to 1001 Ex
cuses." Another is "Advantages of Fishing Barefoot." Others
include "I Was a Spy for the Game Commission." "Tieing Wet
Flies Underwater," "A Short History of the Backlash," and
"Facing Life With a Broken Leader." ...
BWBWS8HH
Safety Valve
To the Editor:
From the chiropractic stand
point, your back bone may be
out of Joint but it bears up well
under editorial and political
pressure.
Independent voters will closely
examine the stand each of our
many excellent candidates take
on union labor and on any other
selfish pressure group as to
freedom of petition at a critical
period in American history. The
fruits of his battles and his vic
tory are enjoyed by Americans
to this day.
John ljuincy Adams was not a
popular figure. Like his father
he larked the common touch. He
was Independent in his thinking
and usually intellectually honest
though Bemis thinks he glossed
his conscience in some of his am
bitions, as in hi understanding
with Henry Clay 'not a corrupt
bargain, however) that Clay
would become secretary of state
if the House elected him Presi
dent over Jackson and Crawford,'
an understanding which was car
ried out. Few indeed among illus
trious Americans have rendered
as able and honest service to their
country aa did John Quincy
Adama who died in the Speaker's
room of the House after being
stricken at hia desk. The two
volume by Bemi are rich not
only In biographical material on
Adama but in the history of the
nation in ita formative period in
which Adama played a very im
portant role.
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It is rumored that the team
sters union seeks financial con
trol of Montgomery Ward & Co.,
an unusual activity for a labor
union, and if thry win control
it will be interesting to note
whether and how much the tirm'i
business declines thereafter,
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