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jsteption, which only
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poll, Lewistown Daily News, Iowa
poll of GOP, National Republican
Roundup, Utah poll, New Hamp
shire poll, Illinois poll, Missouri
poll and others."
Then on Tuesday Mr. Renubli.
can called his own press confer
ence to predict he'd soon be Mr.
President. With press cameras
flashing, Bob Taft responded to
the widespread demand for a new
face. He grinned.
Would he enter the Oreeon
presidential primary?
Conduct Real Fight
"No, the Wisconsin primary will
require about as much time as I
think I ought to take off from the
Senate. I don't want to go into
one unless I am going to conduct
a real fight."
Is he seeking Senator McCar
thy's support?
"I would just as leave nave the
support of Senator McCarthy, yes.
And all Republican Senators, in
cluding Senator McCarthy and
Senator Morse." i
The afterthought broueht a rln-
ple of laughter from reporters, for
Morse's preference for Eisenhower
is well known. What is less well
known is that Morse has said he
won't support Taft even if Taft
becomes the GOP convention
choice.
What would Morse do?
Morse Plans Walk
Last week he told the Senate
the Truman Administration must
be defeated, but not with a re
actionary Republican. And to
Wayne Morse Bob Taft is Mr. Re
actionary. So faced with a Taft-
Truman contest, Morse plans his
long walk of silence probably via
inspecting military bases abroad,
As for other Northwest Republi
cans in Congress, the formal Taft
declaration seemed to have a def
inite bandwagon affect. Everyone
was rushing to the high ground
marked "No comment" where the
troubled waters of intra-party
pontics seldom reach.
Rep. Harris Ellsworth came as
close as any to committing him
self. One week, he explained, he
thinks Ike is just the man, the
next week he likes Taft, and now
that he thinks Stassen has showed
some guts perhaps he would be a
good compromise.
Week s conclusions:
When the GaUuo Poll re
ported in last Sunday's Register-
Guard that 62 per cent of Ameri
can wives believe their husbands
are handsome, that was just more
new Deal propaganda to make
everyone forget high taxes.
' Morse had better he d let
Ike home and in the running soon,
otherwise get his own passport in
oraer.
Congressmen are a wee bit
more concerned about the nom
ination and election of the incum
bent from their own Congressional
district than tooting Bob Taffs
horn ust now.
Press conferences are the
nuts.
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Miners Seek
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HAILEY, Idaho UP) A "grub
stake" for the prospector for
gotten man in the government fi
nanced search for scarce metals
appeared Saturday as the most
likely suggestion to come out of
a congressional committee hearing
on the program.
If the government really wants
these minerals, it s got tp grub
stake the prospectors," Roy Haw-
lay, Arco, Idaho, miner, told
House interior and insular affairs
strategic metals subcommittee,
"It's got to say 'here's a grub
stake; we'll split 50-50 on what
ever you find'."
Rep. Wesley D'Ewart (R-Mont),
wno is conducting the hearing,
said there was no question of the
nation's needing the minerals.
. "We're having to redesign some
of the machines of war because
certain minerals are so scarce,"
he said.
D'Ewart said he thought Presi
dent Truman could set up a grub
stake program under present laws
by a directive.
As the program now stands, the
government makes production
loans only to operators who can
pay part of the cost.
By JAMES G. WELCH
Rcillter-Guard Staff Writer
If the shoe fits, by all means
wear it. You're lucky.
If It doesn't, chances are
you're in the Army or the Air
Force, and you'll have to limp
it and like it.
The quartermasters, with the
traditional keen eye for fit and
an uncanny ability to make
history repeat itself, have come
up with what they obviously
believe is a supreme, new idea.
According to a smug Armed
Forces release, quartermaster
experts have after long and
trying research "accomplished
simplification" of shoe and boot
sizes for our fine men in khaki
or blue.
The release doesn't say so,
but one gets the idea that al
most anyone could have made
the find it they had possessed
the research equipment now
apparently in the exclusive
hands of the QMs.
They've reduced the number
of shoe widths from 10 to 5!
Many will recall the aging
remark of the footsore rookie:
"There's only size two; two
big and two-small."
But this latest simplication
maneuver, ostensibly carried
out to expedite outfitting and
save taxpayers' pennies, has
helped history meet its motley
self face to face.
Back in the cold blue dawn
of U. S. Army history 180 years
ago each soldier was presumed
to possess a charming and
battle-winning quantity called
wherewithal. Which meant that
there were few quartermasters
and less supplies and that slog-
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foots .could very well steal their
footwear in any width they
could find preferably from
the Redcoats.
The Army stumbled along
pretty well on blistered, swollen
feet until World War II when
"everything, just everything for
the boys" became the cry of
every politician, bureaucrat or
general worth his feed.
Specialists were hired and
feet were X-rayed and there
was a much-publicized attempt
to match the contour of each
and every bunion. For the first
time in history there were al
most as many shoe sizes as
gripes about poor fit. Actually,
the Army stocked some 1 3
widths, including the outsizes
such as AAAA and EEEE. This
is the choice offered by any
decent civilian shoe store.
Then somewhere about 1948
when Congress decided the
Armed Forces were no fun and
a bore, the pinch was felt on
the GI's feet; the quartermaster
lopped off three of the widths.
Now comes the "simplicity"
move and there are only five
widths.
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tilt back to the too-big and too
small point. Then some olive
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plicity only one size.
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Angell Thinks Taft
Has Best GOP Chance
PORTLAND (U.R) Repre
sentative Homer D. Angell (R
Oregon), making arrangements
here for a visit Oct. 27 by the
House Public Works Committee,
said he believes Sen. Robert A.
Taft has the "inside" track for
the Republican presidential nom
ination. "General Dwight D. Eisenhower
has told no one in the GOP he is
available," Angell said, "and Eis
enhower has been pretty close to
the Truman administration."
Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore, Sun., Oct. 21, 1951 Page 1
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