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Yes, Mr. Wallace Is. "A Liberal"
At kst we are compelled to admit that
Mr. Henry Wallace is "a liberal." From time
to time we have complained of the mis
application of this term, which used to mean
merely a person who was broadly tolerant,
open minded. But Mr. Wallace, we find, falls
well within the accepted definitions laid
down in the brand new issue of Webster's
Dictionary.
Webster's devotes lot of space to the
word "liberal" nowadays, and in the begin
ning we find:
"liberal, ad). . . 1. befitting of worthy of a
mm of free birth etc etc.
This is the old classical definition and ft
runs through various classifications down to:
"7. not bound by authority, orthodox tenets
or established forms in political or religious
philosophy; Independent in opinion; not con
servative; often, specif, having tendency toward
democratic forms as distinguished from mon
archical or aristocratic . . (the gradual trans
formation of the Whig party in England to the
Liberal party is cited is instance)."
Of course, even in England the Liberal
party is no longer "liberal" by any code
which Mr. Wallace would accept and it is
doubtful (judging by his recent speeches)
whether Mr. Wallace would accept even the
Labour party as a bona fide substitute.
Neither is he happy about Republicans' or
Democrats here in his homeland, and when
he says at Los Angeles:
, "I believe In the two-party system, but one
of these parties must be liberal."
Well, that leaves us unclear as to just'
what Mr. Wallace wants the Democratic
party to be, but we take it that m his mind
nobody can be liberal unless he believes like
Mr. Wallace. Now that attitude might lead
us to classify Mr. Wallace as a "bigot," but
instead we fly to the tempting new diction
ary. We doubt very much If the conservative
scholar! who edit the dictionary had Mr.
Wallace In mind when they wrote the new
definitions, even No 7, but we think they
let Mr. Wallace in with that paragraph which
begins:
"7. not bound by authority, orthodox tenets
or established forms in political or religious
philosophy. ..."
. That's Mr. Wallace all right. He certainly
Is "not bound," to the point of being almost
"unbound." Maybe we have wasted too much
time objecting to the efforts of "professional
liberals" to take this good old Anglo-Latin
word to their exclusive use We find that
there are 599,999 other words in the new
Webster's and perhaps we can find one or
two worthy substitutes to cover the mean
ings which we have long applied to "liberal"
thought. Perhaps Webster's in years to come
will mark the old definitions "obs." and add:
"8. only those Who stand sufficiently left of
left, the favorite designation of seli-approved
political crackpots."
Some years ago In Washington, D.C., we
met an old friend who had risen high in New
Deal circlet and offered to take him to a
luncheon for an internationally famous en
gineer. On the way to the luncheon our
friend backed ui Into a corner and whis
pered: "Tell me Is this man A LIBERAL?"
To which we replied:
"Good Oawd, w never thought to ask.
Suppose he should turn out to be a Republican.
Where do you keep the gas maks'T'
Mr. Wallace ii obviously campaigning for
1948, for the Democratic nomination if he
can get it, for new party if he cannot per
suade all who call themselves Democrats to
think ai Wallace thinks. There is a great
furor over the Wallace brand of leadership.
And we would be the last to deny him the
right or to say that he does no good, He
preaches tolerance but It is an art which he
does not practice.
WASHINGTON LETTER
By PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
. Slow Train Through Arabia
WASHINGTON, May 21 (NEA) When Presi
dent Roosevelt and six-foot, 300-pound King
Abdul Atlc Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia made big
talk on an Oriental rug spread under a tent
stretched over the deck of a U. S. cruiser at anchor
in Great Bitter Lake, Sues Canal, back In February
1045, it sUrted things.
Roosevelt gave the king a jeep, a walkie-talkie
radio, a wheelchair, and un airplane. There have
been reports that Roosevelt also blandly promised
to five Ibn Saud a railroad, on which promise the
king is now trying to couect.
That doesn't seem to be quite the way it Is, but
it's a good story, nonetheless. According to the
accounts of Col. William A. Eddy, who was then
U. S. minister to Saudi Arabia and who acted as
Interpreter between Roosevelt and Ibn Saud, the
President largely to make conversation asked
the king how many miles of railroad he had. Sadly,
the king had to admit that since Col T. E. Law
rence of World War I fame had blown up the old
Hejaz railroad from Damascus to Medina, there
hadn't been a single mile of track In the country.
Roosevelt allowed that was very interestine. but
that sometimes railroads could be very useful.
Authority for what haooened next is Richard
H. Sanger, now on the Arabian desk in the State
Department. He has been all over the peninsula.
A few months later the king went to Cairo to
visit Klne Farouk of Egypt. On thet trio Ibn Saud
knrf M. flraf rlrio on a railroad. He liked it and
decided he ought to have one to connect his capital
at Rlyad, In the center of the country, with the fea
coast, giving him "windows on the Persian Gulf
and the Red Sea."
His Greatest Enemy The Truck
There was a little feeling around at first, to see
If the U. S. Export Import Bank wouldn't loan
Saudi Arabia the money to build Its railroad, but
the answer was no. Saudi Arabia was getting nlenty
of money from oil royalties. Eieht million dollars
this year, $14 million next, an average of 20
million a year for the next five years. If they
wanted a railroad, why not buy It?
The original transportation was. of course,
camels. Thousands of them, taking !1 days and
more to reach the coast. Tney nauien aates out
from the two-milllon-lree oasis at Hufuf, hauled
textiles and such manufactured goods in.
Then the kin shifted to trucks. He bought rev.
eral thousand six-wheelers from Army surplus.
They have balloon tires for sand travel. There are
no roads, but every half-mile are stakes. Drivers
get to the top of a. sand dune, signt tn next mark
er, then take off in that general direction. Lickety-
split down hilt so as to get enough momentum to
make the grade to the top or tne next oune. need
less to say, upkeep Is terrific. Half the trucks are
broken all the time, and thev keep Ibn Saud half
broke all the time. He says, "The truck is my great
est enemy."
So last fall Bechtel-McCone, one of the six
companies that built Boulder Dam, was hired to
survey for a railroad line to run from Riyad to the
Persian Gulf, 30(1 miles east.
His Great Idea "One-Way Door"
The road will hit the coast at Dammam. Though
Saudi Arabia has 2000 miles of coast line, it has no
harbors. Reefs run out for miles. So to get the
railroad out to where It can unload from ocean
going vessels, Bechtel-McCone figure they will have
to build a six-mile jetty. This will cost $5 million.
The railroad itself will cost $20 million. But with
three trains run by seven-man crews, the king
figures it will be cheaper than trucking.
Ibn Saud Is said to like the Idea of the railroad
because It's a "one-way door." He has seen all the
war movies and been Impressed by the fact that
Hitler's trucks roamed France at will even after
me rauroaas were mown UD. Also, he remembers
what Lawrence did to the Heiaz railroad. So the
King won't build roads and will blow up his "one.
way door" railroad If he Is Invaded.
Eventually, though, he wants a trans-Arabian
railroad. Several of the Arab countries have Vippn
considering a plan to rebuild the Hejaz line from
Damacus to Medina. The klnc wants another lino
from Medina to Jidda, on the Red Sea, and from
mere east to myaa. Tnis line Is now being sur-
Wallace Outlines His Program
For Avoiding World War III
OUT OF THE WOODS
By JIM STEVENS
Snaq Mines
Now it appears that there are such enternrises
as snag mines, and that new ones are being pros
pected, opened and developed, because snags have
Deen usea at a tremendous rate in recent years
ana a snortage inreaiens.
My information comes from no less than Ji
Marshall, once a Jforthwest journalist and now
western editor of the great national magazine,
Colliers. Jim now resides in Loj Angeles, and there
he has risen naturally to be an Associate President
of General Amalgamated International Universal
consolidated, Inc., a concern which sells stock In
promotions like The Little Giant Snai! Mine, lo
cated at uuipepper Junction, Utah. It sounds pretty
awn. Liisien ...
"As is common knowledge. OPA hit mnnv snncs
President Truman ran into considerable number,
the Russians helped deplete the supply, and many
another prominent name aids In using up snags at
an alarming rate. The veins In currently operating
snag mines are close to beine worked out. Thev
can hardly be expected to supply the snags that
will be run into by both the Democrats and the
Kepunilcans next year.
"Shafts are being sunk In the east transverse of
the Little Giant at this time. Veins of big tough
snags have been located there. A orettv profit is
assured."
Talking Tombstones, Ine,
Another subsidiary of General Amalgamated
International Universal Consolidated, Inc., would
seek to carry tha glories and wonders of the famous
Roselawn Cemetery of Los Anreles to all corners
of the nation. It would Junk the solid tombstone
of oldest tradition and replace U with this:
"The new tombstone,' say tne stock-selling
prospectus, "Is hollow, of plastic, with electric eye,
radar and phonograph mechanism concealed there
in. When a stroller come within range of the beam.
a solenoid is actuated sfartinc phonograph which
produces appropriate sound such as angels' hnrps
and chimin bells. With attention thus obtained,
the music fades and verses or messages arc spoken.
One feature of the 3B5YANH model employs sing
ing EnlUphs. of which this Is a sample:
".lane utt lies tinner tnis piasiic weigwy,
She lit a clg while doing eighty."
In this same field stock has been Issued for a
romDinv which clans to manufacture The Little
Vesuvius Home Crematory Kit. Another enternrlse
that asks for no comment Is The Chester Allen
Arthur Memorial Cranberry Bog.
I have a proposal that Is right up that alley.
This Is to develop an Item of popular household
use from a common tvpe of bark beetle that Is
known to loggers as the roundhcaded borer. As
larva It Is highly edible, a morsel as succulent and
flavorsome as any Puget Sound shrimp. What Is
more. It slns as It works under the bark and in
the wood of fir or Pine. Foresters call the round
headed borer the "Dennis Day of Timber buts."
The roundhcaded borer has a much more Practical
appeal than canaries or goldfish, for In Ms larval
state he can take his food and drink from his own
private chunk of wood, making no trouoie, singing
all the while, and than hell make a line Friday
dish before he blooms Into a beetle. And so would
use yet another item of modern forest utilization!
U'fs float that Timber Shrimps, Inc.. Issue
without delay.
m a? v pit i ft i I Children Get Blame
PLASTERING For Train Derailing
There la Ne Substitute DECOTO, Cal. ftl.fii Police be-
for Good riaaterlnsl "eved Wednesday that children
were responsible for derailing the
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Tha express slammed Into the
obstruction Tuesday morning, the
engine and baggage car derailing
and turning turtle. Four persons
were injured, none seriously.
Twanty-four passengers were sha
ken up but refused hospital treatment.
Moving, local or long distance.
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SAN FRANCISCO OJJS Henry
A. Wallace put forth a three-point
program Wednesday to avert the
world war which he said would
be the inevitable result of the
"Truman Doctrine."
The former vice president said;
a ruinous road to war was being
paved by America and Russia
alike, which, with other nations,
have sabotaged the late President
Roosevelt's concept of a united
world and turned back to power
politics.
Our Mistake
"Evidently with Russian sup
port, some eastern European na
tions took actions which helped
to divide the world," Wallace said.
"Instead of redoubling our efforts
for world unity, tha American gov
ernment accepted this division and
began to think In terms of even
tual war."
Wallace, now on a nationwide
speaking campaign to oppose the
"Truman Doctrime," spoke Tues
day night to a capacity crowd of
more tnsn aoou persons in the
war memorial opera house where
the United Nations charter was
drawn up little mors than two
years ago A turn-away crowd
estimated at several thousand
crowded around a sound truck
on the sidewalk outside the build
ing.
Russia at Fault
The Soviet Union and her satel
lites cannot be absolved of blame
for weakening the structure of the
United Nations, Wallace declared.
'The responsibility for that
weakness rests on all of us," he
said. "Russia sought many ob
jectives outside of the United Na
tions. Yugoslavia and many coun
tries showed little sense of loyalty
to the principles of the charter."
These actions brought forth a
Dlea from American conservatives
he said 'asking all countries to
join one armed camp against en
other." Wallace proposed a three-point
plan to abolish the threat of
war in a divided world.
1 A military settlemeat provid
ing for enforceable world con
trol of atomic energy, the interna
tionalization of strategic areas,
disarmament and the development
of a world security system.
2 A political settlement pro
viding for "the final liquidation of
fascism, settlement of civil war
in Greece and China . . . ana
growth of a world bill of.human
rights as part of an emerging sys
tem of world law."
I An economic settlement pro
viding for a "10-year program of
world economic reconstruction
underwritten by American re
sources end administered by
Upied Nations agencies ..."
Senior Shows i
Fluent Playing
By BARBARA HEARTFIELD
in. .ant mcv nlavine character
ized the senior recital of Patricia
Metcalf Chase, presented before
an enthusiastic audience Tuesday
evening in tne university
gon school of music auditorium.
Every number on me program
seemed well within Mrs. Chase'
grasp, technically, intellectually,
and emotionally, une naa nit icci
ing that her fullest resources
were never called upon, perhaps
UCtaiUG aa. "
played sound so very pleasant. In
me more Druuani passages net
tone remained controlled, -musi
cal. The softer, slower passages
were played with the same sure
ness of direction. Interpretations
were careful, gllve.
The program, . ranging from
Bach to Ravel, gave a good indi
cation of Intervening music history.
New Air Firm Ships
Strawberries to Bend
Three thousand pounds of
strawberries were shipped by air
Wednesday by a Eugene air
freight company. Half the ship
ment was flown from Eugene and
half from Lebanon, b"th going to
Bend.
The shipping concern is Tri
State Air Freight, now in process
of incorporation and at present
nnpratin? as a Dartnership made
up of Ed Rowley of Eugene and
Carolyn Garrett or Arlington, w.
Va. Rowley is the organizer of
Flowers With Wings, which ships
flowers by air.
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the largest herd 0f 6tSj
ported in Ohio took m,,.'
farm of Jacob BhSfMl
west of here. Blaiek kKi ?
numbering about M4 "
mostly of doesjndjg""
FACE COVERED
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c" eten condition. I eeadajij
using them forteewkshli1
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FOPULATION THINNED
SAN FRANCISCO U.R
Twenty mountain lions were
turned over to California authori
ties for bounty In February, J.
S. Hunter, head of the bureau of
game conservation, announced.
Wa . Are Saving Others
Monoy, Why Not You?
Seo us 11 you are planning
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