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4 Salem. Oregon. Monday, May 2. 1949
Why the Super-Carrier Lost Out
Neither President Truman, who ratified the cancella
tion of the building of the navy 65,000-ton super-carrier
United States by Secretary of Defense Johnson, nor Mr.
Johnson himself has made public the reasons for the can
cellation. Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan re
signed in disgust on the ground the navy was not consulted
and it provoked bitter criticism from navy top brass.
However, the navy claim that Johnson's act was illegal
because congress had authorized the construction of the
carrier, and the consent of congress was necessary for
the work stoppage, has no legal basis. The law provides
that the chief duty and responsibility of the secretary of
defense, when military appropriations are insufficient to
execute the full security programs of all the units of the
armed services, is to decide how the money is to be spent.
And that is what Johnson was doing, when with consent
of the president, he slopped the building. It is his duty
to allocate appropriations.
Arthur Krock, Washington correspondent of the New
York Times, states the reasons for the cancellation in his
"In the Nation" column in the Times, which are condensed
as follows:
When the concept of building the United States was
evolved the next war was envisioned as a conflict over vast
expanses of water. The super-carrier was to have armor
ed flight decks which could be pierced only by big, hard
nosed bombs dropped from high altitudes making it in
vulnerable to attempts as those of the Japanese Kamidazes
In World War II. From these decks large bombers could
be launched by jets and could be refueled in the air for
return to land bases.
Now the concept of strategy in a possible new war has
changed to a conflict with Soviet Russia, a huge land
power which, except for submarines, has never construct
ed a powerful navy and does not now seem to have one
in view. While the big bombers could be launched from
the super-carrier by jets, they might not be able to return
to land bases in the exposed positions of friendly na
tions, they might not be available when needed, and refuel
ing over the Arctic from planes involves perils.
Johnson's decision was backed by a majority of the
joint chiefs of staff, and the report is not disputed that
General Eisenhower's conclusion was in agreement with
those of the chiefs of staff of the army and the air force.
What the secretary was seeking at this final juncture was
the highest military opinion, not the civilian, in the mili
tary establishment. The decision was purely a, military
one.
Life in the Democrats
Democrats of Oregon apparently enjoyed the feeling of
crowd. It was a real crowd that showed up at the state
central committee meeting in Portland Sunday. Having
ao many around encouraged party members to talk opti
mistically about the elections next year.
On the credit side was the election as state chairman of
W. L. Josslin, Portland attorney, and one-time private sec
retary to the late Governor Martin. Of the three candi
dates for the top post, he was the choice of those who
wanted to build a party with clean-cut leadership.
Josslin, who happened to work his way through Harvard
law school and was later responsible fof putting through
improved parole laws in Oregon, will take over a tough job.
If his past record carries along, he probably can be looked
on to get some worthwhile candidates to run on the
democratic ticket for a change.
For the resolutions passed, no doubts were left of the
policy pattern for the party in the state. It will try to
be a copy of the national democratic party. This was made
clear. Verbal backing was given such matters as the Co
lumbia Valley Administration, fair deal program, federal
health insurance, and repeal of the Taft-Hartley law.
Little credit could be attached to such party drum-beating
stuff as offered by Willis E. Mahoney when he chanted
the idea of Andrew Jackson that "to the victor belongs the
poils."
Because the meeting did surprise onlookers by its life,
the democrats are going to cause a furthei shake-up in the
republican ranks in Oregon or the GOP is likely to lose
control of a state that was the only one in the West to
go for Dewey. The challenge of Josslin is one the republi
cans can not ignore.
STORIES IN LIFE
BY BECK
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
U. S. Chamber Woos
Congress With Cocktails
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Missouri's Congressman Clare Magee has warn
ed his colleagues on Capitol hill to beware the ornate cocktail
party thrown by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce today.
Every year the U. S. Chamber meets in Washington and this
year is staging quite a cocktail reception for congressmen. But
C
o n g ressman
M a g c e, a
down- to- earth
democrat from
Unionville, Mo.,
has vetoed the
social-lobby in
a letter which
k a . n, . A m
Chamber oi
commerce ears
burn.
"I must de
cline this invi
tation," Magee wrote to George
Smith, president of the St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce, who
had invited him.
"Even the inducement of one
hour of cocktails is not suffi
I TV
Drtw rsra
Before the war, the Chase
bank floated the largest number
of short-term credits to Ger
many, and because it was caught
short with these credits at the
time of the crash, Albert Wig
gin was eased out as Chase's
chairman.
Since the war, Chase has again
sought to invade the German fi
nancial field, but for a time was
blocked by Jack Bennett, treas
ury department monetary ex
pert, who did an A-l Job of set
ting up new German currency.
But now Bennett is out and
Royall has appointed the vice
SIPS FOR SUPPER
All Set
By DON UPJOHN
In case anyone thinks that May will be a dull month around
here and just a time to pick posies and fish, may we remind that
Mayor Bob Elfstrom and Councilman Howard Maple have both
Just returned
to t h e f
1 where I j
ffot their :
from
trips
pres
south
they got their
fishing out of
their respective
syst cms and
things should
be pretty welt
shaped off now
to touch off the
fuse to the Bal-
dock plan again before this mer
nant won in 51. We hope.
La
FT ft BA Skullduggery
London UJ Samuel Cantor,
38, was held without bail today
on charges of receiving 1,052
sets of black market false teeth.
cient. In fact, you would not presiaent 01 cnase, anepnara
be able to get enough cocktails Morgan, to take his place,
down me in 60 minutes to make NOTE John J. McCloy, intl
me agree with what you and the mate friend of Chase's chair
United States Chamber of Com- man, Winthrop Aldrich, and for
merce stand for." mer attorney for the Chase bank,
Magee had already attended has now been offered Clay's Job
one Chamber of Commerce while another Wall street ty-
party, he reminded Smith. coon, Curtis Calder, chairman
"You may recall," he contin- of the giant Electric Bond and
ued, "that soon after the elec- Share corporation, is proposed
tion of last fall, you invited the as secretary of the army.
newly elected Missouri congress-
Sore Feet Resting in Jail
Los Angeles 14 Postman William T.. I.lller, Jr., h recov
ering from the mailman's traditional tore feet but in Jail.
Postal Inspectors said they found nearly 5. tot unopened
and ndellvered letters In Lilley's apartment.
Arraigned before I'. 8. Commissioner Howard V. Calver
ley a eharge of delaying and detention of mail. I.llley,
4(, aiplained he suffered from aching arrhea and added:
"I would Just get tired and take some at the letters bom.
t never opened any and I fully Intended to deliver them
In the due course at time.'
Lllley said he started taking mall home in December,
1147. He haa been In the postal service It years.
Egg Contest 'Lays an Egg1
Gaston, Ore. J Gaston's HI eating contest has been in
definitely postponed.
The stage was all set for a new community shell game but
things happened.
One contestant died. A second was hospitalised. The third
triad ts egg on some replacements by ehsllenglng all camera.
But the ether evening he held a sola wsrmup session end
downed St hard-boiled eggs and got se sick he swore he'd
ever look another HI la the fate-
It seems our order must have
quite a big brother over across
the pond. At least no member
over there should have to sit
around with a vacant smile, as
it were. Incidentally, we are
ry month is over and find out """ " i"
what's been going on behind the we los recen ly to salt, a
council's iron curtain and in the
local cold war while everything
has been seemingly quiet. There Where are the May queens
should be lots of fun and no end coming from for the future? Re-
of sputtering. ports from local hospitals tell of
six May Day babies and all
Anyway the quietude which boys. Some way it seems that
settled down so suddenly gives these little baskets of Joy arriv
an idea of how easy it is to for- ing on May Day should by rights
get and go about one's business, be girls but we doubt if the par-
ents in question could be con
Slogan appearing around in vinced of that fact. We suppose
windows reads "Senators Look it will all be made equal by half
Fine in 49." We might add they a dozen or so girls being born
also looked great in 48 likewise on the Fourth of July, or maybe
will look nifty in SO with a pen- Halloween.
EXPERT LISTS:
What Marriage Requires
Chicago (U.R) Mrs. Emily B. H. Mudd, director of the Philadel
phia Marriage Council, listed for National Parent-Teacher maga
zine these requirements for a successful marriage:
1. The ability to obtain and -
hold a Job that provides enough and knowledge of what is nec
income to support a home and essary for financial protection
children. and security.
2. Knowledge of how to main- 5. Knowledge of health,
tain a comfortable home and 6. Knowledge of sexual needs
repair usual household equip- and behavior.
ment. 7. Some knowledge of child
1. Knowledge of cooking. care and what planning for a
4. Ability to budget income baby involves.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
'Proceeding With Caution'
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
lur rortlia Alftlra AnUD
A further American-Russian conference in New York Friday
over lifting the Berlin blockade brought the unembelhshed but
Dleasing announcement that the talks "are proceeding satisfac-
The democracies have notning
to lose, and perhaps have some
thing to gain, negotiating on the
Moscow p-oposal.
The crucial moment will ar
rive if and when the blockade
is lifted and the major question
of the unification and Joint con
trol of all Germany comes un
der consideration. Diplomatic
officials in Washington say
great difficulties face a confer
ence on these problems.
The consensus is that unless
man on Thursday expressed the Russia changes its current poli-
belief that the Soviets were act- tic. an accord can't be reached,
ing in good faith in negotiations Secretary of State Acheson
tc lift the blockade. has pledged his word that
We can accept this viewpoint America will do everything she
, , , ... m,, can, it negotiations are itwni-
of good faith without indulging f(J (o r-ct German settle.
in the wishful thinking, which mpnt ,hat fair )0 a)1 Tnere
is a dangerous pastime at this will be no bargaining away of
atage in the cold war. It does- the rights of Germans, or of the
n't, and shouldn't, commit our rrf of Europe,
hopes to anything more than H told lhe annua d,nner ot
appears on the surface. h American Newspaper asso-
That is the lifting of the ob- fia'lon New Yor that th
noxious and costlv Soviet block- Vnl"'d s',' w"nt to n
ade. in exchange for the raising integrated German people, or
of the allied counter-blockade, !" Prt of them as pos-
and a meeting of the long dor- bl- O"11' 'J P'c Jn '
.,,, new common structure of the
eign ministers to consider the hrf PP'" ot Europe."
men to a dinner at St. Louis.
Only three of us were foolish
enough to attend. I had some
idea of what we would hear; but
it exceeded all expectations.
"We were not given a chancj
to say a word. But we were
only expected to, and did, sit
BUNGLING DIPLOMAT
Press dispatches citing Paul only thing
C. Daniels as most likely candi- about the fern-
date for the long-vacant assist- inine contour
ant secretaryship in the state that has remained
Time-Table for Worriers
Chicago, May Z (P) If you're a worrier, here's a time
table which may come In handy.
Four psychologists at the Illinois Institute of Technology
compiled it from answers to questionnaires by 10S other psy
chologists in the "older" age group. They were asked what
they worried about at various ages.
The composite worry time scale was presented to the mid
western psychological association today at its 21st annual
meeting by Harry L. Newman of Chicago, advanced psy
chology student at the Institute.
The ages and their primary worry subject are: Age 18,
idealism and personal development; 20, personal appearance;
23, sexual morality; 26, making a good Impression on people;
30, pay and cost of living; 31, personal business success; 33,
Job security; 38, health; 41, political convictions; 42, marital
difficulties, 45, giving up ambitions; over 45 the prime worry
is health.
Newman pointed out that there was much overlapping ot
worries shown in the quiz answers. For instance health
cropped up at a number of stages, and Idealism was a strong
contender for first place through the 1ft to 25 age group.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Figuring Female Figure
By HAL BOYLE
New York ) It takes a lot of figuring to keep the female
figure in bounds.
And that watchdog of the womanly Duige, me corset ana Dras-
k. : IK tn.n rtt an An
The farmer's daughter is
shorter and wider at the beam
than her city sister. And the
rich girl has a scrawnier chassis
than the working lass.
One survey showed that only
about one out of 13 women has
the classic measurement a
"perfect 36." .
Perhaps this helps explain the
Corset and Brassiere associa
tion's contention that 55.000.000
unchanged American women figure they
siere Associa-
ica, has " come
up with a few
well - rounded
statistics.
It has found
that no one
shape seems to
satisfy the girls
for long. The
LYZti
meekly by, while you and an can caP"a1
department, have had a depress- since Clepatra's day is the shoul- have a problem-
mg effect in most Latin-Ameri- der. (tas. note: it is as com as thing about it.
-and do some-
ever).
officer of the Missouri Chamber
of Commerce heaped every con-
Daniels is
director of
the man who, as
the department's
ceivable insult upon those of us American republics division, has
who were elected by the sup- been responsible for the long
port of liberal elements. series of U.S. bungles in west
... ... But women weren't the first to
Kescarcners 01 me ua nave worry about their shapes.
discovered the American woman
of today is no longer the wasp-
waisted stringbean of yore.
"You charged that we would em hemisphere affairs during ane 5 "'ore omowy man wu- from Venus, the goddess of love.
Juno thought the girdle would
cause her husband, Jupiter, to
A goddes started it. Homer
wrote of how Juno, the queen of
Olympus, , borrowed a girdle
nrnbahlv witnpu the fiprf lhnp the Dast vear and a half, includ- 'wy.
government in America when ing tacit encouragement of last Put in terms of mathematical
the 81st congress convened, year's rash of military coups in formula, the average woman become more attentive.
Yours was the most excoriating South America. now is 5 feet 3 inches tall and This idea has grown down the
and reactionary speech that I Moving him up to the higher wei8hs 133 pounds. She has a ages.
have ever heard or read. ' post now would Impress most 35 '4-inch bust, 29-inch waist Now some 300 American
"I do thank you for the invi- r-tin democrats as final Drnnf and 38-'nch hiPs- firms. employing more than 17,-
tation," Magee wound up, "but IT , tZ emocra " "nai prooi At ,east these are the typica, 000 personSi eacn year turn out
those cocktails might cause me e ooa-nel8hbor P01' measurements of the women 100,000.000 brassieres, 5,000,-
to forget the usual amenities na been Permanently scrapped, who buy foundation garments. 000 "falsies" or bust pads, and
torily.'
This report
was taken In
Unitec Nations
circles as a sign
that east and
west were mov
ing slowly to
wards an agree
ment on this
question.
One is re
minded that
President Tru
DtWIII SUeaMwt
whole German question.
In other words, the western
allies stand pat in their deter
mination to create a new Ger
man government which they
hope will include the Soviet
zone, but in any event will
compromise the three western
parts.
Russia's cooperation is earn
estly desired but she will not
be permitted to interfere with
the creation ot the new Ger-
We don't need to venture fur
ther in an effort to decide
whether the Russians have some
deep ulterior purpose in this
offer, such as sruttllng the for
mation of the German republic
out of the three western zones
Even if there is such an ul
terior purpose, we can content
ourselves with this perfectly ob- many.
vlous explanation:
The Russian blockade has Th western allies are pro
failed of Its purpose became of reeding with then- eyes full
the allied air-lift. It ts hurling Pn'
its Instigators more than It ia Al 1 hav' emphasized In pre
the western powers. However, vlou eolumns. of one thing we
western Europe Is rapidly re- mv be dead sure: the world
,.,. .,. revolution for the establish-
coverlng strenglh. The com- m(.n, of rommuni,m w, ,
munist offensive has bogged ntli ,ither t succeeds or is
down. smashed,.
that a guest should display to his
host.
RUSSIA'S TRUMP CARDS
It is no secret that the hero
ism and efficiency of American
pilots gave the state department
its biggest trump card in the
backstage diplomatic maneuver
ing over lifting the Berlin block
ade. However, the Russians
also have had two aces up their
sleeves, one now all to obvious,
the other not so obvious.
' ACE NO 1 Was China. Dip
lomatic reports from the Orient
indicate that the campaign to
take Nanking and Shanghai
was advanced a month or two in
order to show the western world
communism's great strength in
summer, because of the problem
of feeding them before the har
vest, but the schedule was step
ped up to offset the bad pub
licity of any Moscow surrender
at Berlin.
ACE NO. 2 Is the threat of
Soviet troop withdrawal from.
Germany. On the surface this
doesn't sound so bad, but it
sends shivers up and down west
ern spinal columns.
For the Russians have organ
ized crack German communist
troops which would take over
eastern Germany in case of Red
army withdrawal. The western
allies have organized no such
German troops, and probably
wouldn't entirely trust them
even if organized.
So if the Russians should
withdraw, one of three things
would happen:
(a) U.S.. British and French
armies would remain in western
Germany, becoming more un
popular by the minute because
of Russian withdrawal.
(b) U.S., British and French
armies could withdraw alto
gether, in which case German
communist troops, trained by
Russians, would take over all
Germany.
(c) The western allies could
withdraw from all Germany ex
cept the Ruhr and Rhineland
the heart of the German war
machine. However, even our
retention of the Ruhr would
cause terrific resentment among
the Germans.
What actually is happening is
that both the east and west are
bidding for the favor of a na
tion which all too recently
started the bloodiest war in his
tory. Moscow , wants German
support in case of possible war
with the west, and the west
wants thi Germans to operate
the Ruhr war machine for the
west in case of Russian attack.
It looks as if the nation which
lost the war might come out
the victor.
WALL STREET AND
GERMANY
It wasn't shouted from the
Pentagon root-top. but shortly
before Kenneth Royall resign
ed as secretary of the army he
quietly appointed Sheph.W
Morgan as U.S. director of fi
nsnce for Germany.
There Is a lot more to this
than meet the eye. For Mor
gan ia vice president of the
Chsse National bank, and for
some time the Chase bank -as
been trying to get a dominant
financial position in western
German,
(Copyright, 1949)
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
And 85 per cent of those over 41.000,000 girdles and corsets.
The girdle, . incidentally, was
invented by a man probably
the caveman. He wore a gaunt
let of fur to hold his hunting
weapons.
Men also have been about as
stoutly devoted to corsets s the
ladies.
The first known use of the
term "corset" is in the house
hold register of Eleanor, Count- ,
ess of Leicester, in May 24,
1265. The corsets were made
for Richard, king of the Nor
mans, and his son, Edward.
In the days of England's good
Queen Bess a 13-inch waist was
in high style, and the only com
fortable ladies were female mid
gets. At the court fo Elizabeth.
De Medici women achieved this
degree of compression by wear
ing corsets, made of thin steel
plates. A girl who ate an extra
olive at dinner while dressed in
this contraption ran the risk of
springing her hinges.
In the 18th century European
families of quality even began
dressing their children in cor
sets. They were supposed to
help young boys gain a military
bearing.
Today the industry's best cus
tomer is the best-dressed girl in
the world the American work
ing girl. She buys four bras
sieres and two girdles a year.
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