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4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, May 12, 1949
Mr. Truman Stands Pat
w President Truman at his press oonferences is consistant
in standing for his major objectives, outright repeal of
.Ihe Taft-Hartley labor relations law and the restoration
f the old Wagner labor law with minor revisions, an in
crease of $4 billion in federal taxes, together with $2 bil
'lion in additional social security taxes, the enaction of
his civil rights and welfare programs and the appointment
,'of his fishing pal, Mon Wallgren, to the important post of
'director national security resources board. All of these
objectives are stalled in congress, but there is no sign of
compromise on Mr. Truman's part.
In today's press conference the president emphasized
'Ihe necessity of a federal tax increase to avoid a federal
deficit. He stands pat on his January position in which
he first advocated tax increase as a measure to curb an in
flation that is now liquidating itself. He stressed the
necessity for rigid economy, but there is no evidence of
it being put into effect as the federal payroll continues
to increase monthly and new projects demand additional
funds. The efforts of the minority republicans to trim ex
penditures by a uniform cut in appropriations is -being
successfully opposed by the administration.
This tax increase is opposed in the latest report of the
president's economic committee as a brake on business
likely to stimulate recession, but the report is ignored by
Mr. Truman. Threats of a denial of patronage to demo
crats not supporting the president's program and his
veiled threat of a purge of Senator Byrd and other oppon
ents have had boomerang effect. But the president says
the people will do the purging."
. The president today was unable to estimate the deficit
probable at the end of this fiscal year June 30. He said
he would have to wait until he had more up to date fig
ures. Latest budget bureau estimate was $600 million.
He spoke with feeling in his opposition to deficit financing,
saying there should be no deficit in a country with a na
tonal income of about $217,000,000,000. Yet that is what
we have without a war to justify it. The government debt
now stands at about $251 billion and promises to increase
annually unless a policy of rigid retrenchment and govern
ment reorganization along the recommendations of the
Hoover committee are followed..
' As U.S. Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren, head
of the general accounting department, said: "We have
reached a crisis in government." He continued :
"If congress and the president are now unable to put through
an honest, widespread and effective re-organization, they and
the taxpayers might as well surrender unconditionally. If the
bureaucrats win again, as they have before, we might as well
eoncede that we are through.
"We shall be forced to confess that government affairs can
not be conducted on a businesslike basis, that we cannot set
up clean-cut operational systems, eliminate red tape, or prompt
ly discharge department heads who put their own interests
above those of the taxpayers. It will be proved that shocking
government extravagance is as much a part of democracy, and
as indestructible, as the supreme court."
Public Playgrounds Needed
, The Salem Junior Women' club is to be commended for
taking the initial steps for improvement of public play
grounds by sponsoring the move backed by seven service
clubs of the city.
' At a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, the elub
Vifficeri presented a prospectus showing that the city had
five parks and two playgrounds. The playgrounds are
owned by the city and are equipped with devices designed
to give exercise but what was needed are fully equipped
playgrounds where the children play for recreation. Only
the Highland Park sit was really fully developed for
equipment to be installed now. The Lions club has agreed
to finance this ground on the basis of proportional mem
bership. The cost of equipping it with large swings, kin
dergarten swings, merry-go-round, horizontal bar and a
'J 6-foot wave slide would be $788.
, Development of the Highland park playgrounds will be
the start toward creating 'playgrounds in Marion Square,
.Kay Park, Pringle Park, Bush's Pasture and at play
grounds at 15th and Mill streets and 22nd and Lee streets.
Perhaps the various service clubs can be induced to
follow the Lions club lead and each equip a playground
Provided the city does the preparatory work. By so
oing they would be performing a valuable public service.
BY GUILD
BY BECK
The Changing World
1 I VIS SIR, WHEN 1 WAS A BOV WSTO GET UP KSOftE
PAWN TO WATCH THEM PITCH THE ClBCUYOUO I
- SEE SIX AND EIGHT TEAMS PUUJKIS THE CASE. I
liK NONE OF THESE TRACTORS AND TtEPS.AU.
M THE BH1 POLES WERE RAISCO OV
H ELEPHANTS IT WAS A -. ...
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
President Has Time of Life
At His 65th Birthday Party
By DREW PEARSON
Washington President Truman really had the time of his life
at his 3th birthday party so much so that he stayed until 2:05
a.m. and had Speaker Sam Ray burn grousing under his breath
about keeping everybody up so late. For, under official protocol,
no guest that even the speaker can leave until the president
himself says
goodbye to his
hostess.
Mr. Truman
enjoyed every
minute of it
even unwrap
ping the birth
day gifts. There
were 70 pres
ents, from the
70 supposedly I
"intimate"!
friends who
gathered at the Lars Anderson
Drav rarw
"What do we care who he
gives 'em to," said Secretary of
the Treasury John Snyder in a
side remark to Undersecretary
of Defense Steve Early.
Other guests, however, start
ed a pleasant buzz of specula
tion as to whether Margaret was
filling her "hope chest."
The president's birthday cake
was in blue and gold and had
only three candles. After he
had blown them out and the
ZSi. hiCh 'm.e i!t!e "rt was finished, the ladies
When Names Make News
Ho-Ho-Kuo, S. J. (VP) Albert St. Peter eold his home the
buyer was W. K. Sinn.
WILL HE FAIL IN THE CITIES?
China's Mystery Man:
Mao of the Red Horde
ly JOHN YENCH
Shanghai (PI Mao Tze-tung, leader of the Chinese communists
now seizing control of China, is a man of mystery.
He is almost wholly a product of China, but the Chinese do not
know much about him. The rest "
townsman, young, impetu
ous Gen. Peng Teh-huai,
and the three founded the
Hunan Soviet government.
(Peng now is one of the top
Communist field comman
ders In north China.)
Mao become the political
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Amazing Coordination
By DON UPJOHN
We saw such an amazing piece of coordination and timing this
a.m., we considered it deserved prominent mention. A motorist
drove a large and swanky looking car up to the curb near High
and
Court
streets, alighted W'
from the car
and hied his
way along High,
as it were, with
utter scorn of
the parking me
ter, , Just as he
was getting un
der way one of
our best over
time parking
sleuths gum
shoed around the adjacent cor
ner, stepped over and put a
las n th iar. Thi il the sort
of thing which comes along with "',,,1?fry
experience and makes the city
coffers fairly groan with lucre.
"JFJiCT
Now all that is needed to make
mi-lady's hands a perfect picture
will be holes in the fingers of
the gloves and fingernail polish
of a hue to add another enthrall
ing touch.
early century.
To unwrap 70 birthday pres
ents is quite a chore, especially
in front of a big crowd of peo
ple. The president tackled it
bravely, but was pleased when
Vice President Alben Barkley
came to his'rescue.
The vice president's running
fire comment on the president's
presents resembled the patter
of a magician pulling rabbits
out of a hat.
"These won't do you much
good," said the vice president,
holding up a pair of swimming
trunks for all to see. "The cam
eras can't get anywhere near
you, Mr. President."
retired and Mr. Truman dragged
Jose Iturbi, who had flown es
pecially from Hollywood, cour
tesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
and Barney Breeskin, who had
come from the Shoreham, cour
tesy of Maxim Lowe, over to the
piano. And for the next 45 min
utes, Mr. Truman, president, and
Mr. Iturbi, pianist, took turns
at their favorite melodies.
The president played first
Paderewski's "Minuet in G."
Then he went into a number of
Chopin, which Iturbi said was
seldom played by anyone
Battle of the Waterloo." '
"I'm Just nuts about Chopin,"
exclaimed the president.
Iturbi played the same pieces
over, at the reouest of Mr. Tru-
Attorney General Tom Clark, man, and did a somewhat more
As Others See Us
(Monmouth Herald)
Up and down and sidewise,
the daylight saving idea seems
too silly for use by grown men.
An imagination that has to be
coddled by requiring all the oth
er kids to pretend that some
thing is what it isn't, befits the
instead of a world of
adults.
The other day we cited Hedda
Swart, county engineer, who ac
quired clackers at 17 as one of
the youngest among FT Sc BA
who is annual host to the Pres
ident on his birthday, proposed
the chief toast of the evening in
a speech that was not as good as
one of his supreme court argu
ments. Mr. H. T., replying, ac
cepted a set of after-dinner cof
fee cups from the cabinet.
"I'm going to take these home
and give them to a blue-eyed
blonde who was sick and had
to stay at home tonight," said
the president in reply, "that Is,
with your permission."
polished Job. But those gath
ered round the piano agreed
that Mr. Truman himself was no
slouch of a musician.
Lanson champagne, 1942, was
served during dinner, and the
highballs perhaps by design
didn't come round until just be
fore the party broke up at 2 a.m.
Everyone went home cold sober
which was definitely not the
case at the president's birthday
party last year.
The Sweet Things
New York U.S) A pair of pink
kid gloves arrived here from proteges, which he probably was
Pari, tnriav imelllnff like roses, in his day. But now one of the
There'll be more to follow in
four colors and aromas. Marcel
Rochas, Parisian dress and per-
carriers of our favorite paper,
Charley Shank, 1555 N. Cottage,
comes in under the wire with
his uppers out and a plate be-
fume maker, dreamed the gloves ing prepared for him at 15 years.
up so the ladies can spread sweet i-nariey is getting inio some 11
... . lustrious company,
fragrance with a wave of the
hand or a flick of the finger.
They are said to be scented in
the tanning process. They can
be re-perfumed after cleaning
with a glove-shaped blotting pa
per "re-fill." Other colors all
printed with a black lace pat
tern will be white, blue and
chartreuse, all with different
scents.
This Guy Makes His Own Climate
Memphis, Tenn. flJ.R) A night shirt workman who one
complained that the changes In the weather disturbed his
sleeping, now sileeps like a baby.
He slumbers under an electric blanket with a Id-inch elec
tric fan aimed at the bed.
OPEN FORUM
And police circles Inform us
that when we gave Laurence
Siegmund, deputy county asses
sor, credit for the first straw
hat showing of the spring Wed
nesday we overlooked Archie
McKillop, will known realtor,
who showed up with one Tues
day. We hope Archie's feelings
haven't been hurt too much.
Don't We Have the Stuff Now?
To the Editor: Again tonight. May 6, there is an article on the
front page of the Capital Journal which contains an impassioned
quotation from the testimony of one of our eminent citizens,
that says, "Failure to ratify the
Atlantic pact will mean war hwls lo it tne red( wnile and
me ena or aemocracies every- Ki. i i t . - .
where, and the domination of md' ' ! "f "T'
of the world knows even less.
Mao was born In 1893 in the
Hsiang valley of Hunan, a part
of China's rice bowl. His native
town is Hslangtan, 30 miles
south of Changsha, Hunan's
capital.
He was a farm boy. From 8 to
13 he attended a Drimarv school.
For the next three years he commissar of his red army and
worked on a farm and studied chairman of the Central Soviet
on his own. At 16 he had some government, When Hunan pro
additional schooling but at 18 vince become too hot for the
he abandoned his books and Mao-Chu-Peng combine, Mao
Joined the armv, which then was led 10.000 of his followers, the
fighting the Manchu dynasty, pick of his estimated 70,000 ad-
herents, on an incredibly tough
Nearing 2t, he went to tt.000-mile journey by foot to
Changsha and enrolled in the bleak Yenan in the northern
Hunan Provincial First Normal province of Shensi.
school from which he was gra- In this inhospitable land, Mao
duated. He was a good student the peasant, put the accent on
and later became a librarian land reform as opposed to the
there. At 24 he organized the orthodox Marxian concept of the
"New Peoples Study Society." proletarian revolution.
This cost him tne support or
the "orthodox, Marxists" among
the Chinese Communists led by
Le Ll-san. Le was beaten and
fled to Moscow. He now is sup
posed to be back working with
Mao. He is head of the Com
munist foreign affairs depart
ment of Manchuria.
At Yenan, little bothered by
the Kuomintang, Mao rigorous
ly redistributed the land and
accompanied his gifts with in
doctrinization. By the end of
World War II Mao claimed a
million members of his party.
In two years in Yenan,
Mao had become strong
enought - t o attract the
"Young Marshal," Chang
Hsueh-liang, a hater of all
Japanese. Chang kidnaped
Chiang Kai-shek at Stan in
1936 and forced him to a
rapprochement with Mao so
that the country united
would fight the Japanese.
Some time during the war the
Communists and the govern
ment split decisely. At the end
of the war with Japan, civil war
resumed.
Now Mao Tze-tung, slowly
cham Dine the huge morsel that
Meanwhile, the revolutionary in China seems well on his way
Kuomintang (nationalist party) to assuming the mantle of un-
was growing in uanion. ii conditional leadership.
Mao Txe-tung
The next year. In 1918,
he went to Peiping and
worked as an assistant lib
rarian at Peking National
university. It may have
been there that he was con
verted to Marx. At least.
In 1921 he went to Shang
hai and with a handful of
other revolutionaries found
ed the Communist party of
China.
the world by Russia." Prac-
ances and convinced everybody
concerned that what she stood
smoldering with the same alarm- . . .... .
in. liti. i.. .r.rf fr. necessary and more, too. Why
'Walk' Was No Fun for Dog
Memphis, Tenn. (U.K) A little boy discovered a new way to
lake his dog for a walk.
He put wheels on an old chicken eoop, stuffed the dog Inside
and tied the coop to the back of his bicycle.
As they pedaled down the street, the hoy looked pleased
snd the dog looked scared.
ing, jittery plea, uttered ferv
ently in the Amripnn mihtic hv
..... j that we
Hciiciais, jusuuen, siniesincii
and all of the other persons who
should know most and best.
do so many people seem to think
don t have the stuff
now?
I am only a college freshman
Now. I am not condemning ined on ,he r. whjt nd
blue's Introduction committee.
How about a little bit more
seemed to have about the same
aims and looked stronger. Mao
joined it in 1924. He showed
impatience with a minor role,
however, and returned to his
home province where he organ
ized peasants into a Soviet unit.
It brought swift reaction
from the Hunan provincial
authorities. They put a price on
his head in 1925.
Son of a peasant, hla
Communism has been prac
ticed among the peasants.
His land "reforms" have
drawn both praise and
criticism In the vast region!
when the Communists rule
but In the main It Is this
program which has made
him strong.
or underestimating the value of
the Atlantic pact. It is a neces-
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Are Reds After Hong Kong?
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
e rorclen Affilra Aatmtl
Britain's crown colony of Hong Kong off the southeast coast of
China is only a pinpoint on the map of Asia, but it could become
a mighty cause of strife between England and the Chinese com
munists
If the
Reds conquer
the country.
The reason is
that this famous
Island through
endless centur
ies belonged to
China until
John Bull ac
quired it after
winning thr
, ' V" , DeWIII
between Britain
and China in 1839-41
Wizard of Odds
may have lost one round in the
west, but they hope to recover
this lost ground through their
allies in the east. If we Tealize
in time that Hong Kong is the
new political symbol of our re
solve to resist Red pressure.
Russia may lose here as well."
The British government al
ready has taken steps to meet
contingencies. Defense Minis
ter Alexander told the house of
" commons a few days ago that
Indica- Britain was sending substantial
tions are that the Chinese com- land, sea and air reinforcements
munlsts Intend to reclaim Hong to Hong Kong. This was during
Kong and neighboring territorv debate on the communist
on the mainland a total of shelling last month of four Brit-
more than 390 square miles. ish ships along the Yangtze riv-
ti. t r.n v.. n . ec at a cost of 42 British lives.
. ...h. h i n. Alexander added:
mi.
eary insurance policy and safety of the good old American spirit
measure that has my 100 per- and faith in ourselves and in
rent approval. But I am won- our ways. Let's get the lead
derlng what has happened to out of our thinking apparatus
our good old American pillar of and shake the mothballs out of
confidence? What has happen- our heritage. We don't need
ed to our faith in the strength any more of this consumption
and ability of our democratic that is beginning to become
institutions and our way of catching. We are still a mighty
life? , , . healthy outfit, and let's keep it
We were dragging our rope, that way. There doesn't have
pretty far in the dust when the to be another war, and maybe
sons of Nippon ambushed us there won't be. I don't want
and decided that' they wanted another one. I have three
our "home on the range." and small children, but if It does be
the German thunder clouds had eme necessary, neither am I
already brewed up quite a storm afraid of it.
in the rest of the world. But BILL SKELTON.
when we set our backs and our 399 Bliler, Salem.
How will Mao deal with ur
Mao returned to the Kuomin- ban China? He avoided the
tang and this time accompanied problem for a time by refusing
Chiang Kai-shek In the north- to capture cities. Now he has
ward movement of 1927 which the cities and the problem is go
liquidated the warlords and uni- Ing to be a tough one. It brings
fied the nation. him up against international
in mat year me kuomintang problems and into dealings with
broke with the Communists,
and Mao fled to Chingkanshan,
on Hunan'a eastern border.
There he forged his Communists
Into the first Chinese red army.
In May of 1928 he waa
Joined by Chu Teh, a tough
old Ssechwanese, who had .
organised a revolt against
the Kuomintang at Nan
ehang, capital of Kiangsl
province oast of Hunan.
(Chu now Is the Communist
eommaoder In chief.) They
were joined by Mao's fellow
nations opposed to Communism.
Many Chinese believe Mao
will fail in the cities.
These are hotbeds of the
Oriental version of free-booting
capitalism, of Chinese who tra
ditionally operate in a ruthless,
profit-grabbing manner, almost
without law or other restraints.
Mao can say he blames
the situstion on the foreign
er and IT. S. "Imperialism,"
but he will find that it Is his
own countrymen with
whom he has to deal.
If WW HVt A TELEVISION
stT. its 7 to 3 yoim
HAVE WORE VISITORS.
PI ANN Hfi - it
up "the danger confronting
Britain in China" like this:
"The siege In the west is over,
bar the shouting, but how soon
will the siege in the east begin?
"Hong Kong may become an
other Berlin."
TOUR FAMILY'S VACATION THtS YEAR?
-WOMEN, BY OD05 Of TO I.
tmuismn.Jt-tsmm.0li. wenAtnftiftm)
) kta I
"While we have scrupulously
endeavored to avoid being in
volved in war on the Chinese
mainland, we are no less reso
lute in our attitude as regard
territory for which we hold a
direct responsibility."
Hong Kong, with its fine hsr
The Mail is doubtful if enough bor. la one of the greet centers
Is being done to protect Hong of international trade.
Kong against possible aggrea- u rtrikea us that defense of
sion and calls for Joint Anglo- Hong Kong against an all out
American action, saying: communist attsck would involve
"Hong Kong after all Is a vl- a major war. That likely would
lal link in the American Pacific mean another world war. A de
frontier, stretching from Japan clsion along those lines may bo
to the Philippines. The Russians what Britain will be up against.
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l.os Angeles (U.n The National Pickle Packer association
today awarded a cucumber "Oscar" to Radio Actor Artie
Auerbach the "Mr. Kltsel" wha popularised the song "Pleat
In the Middle."
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