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BY BECK
WASHINGTON MkRRY-GO-ROUND
BY GUILD
Impatient Youth
4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, August 25, 1949
McKay's Stand on a CVA Debate
Months ago Governor McKay made his position clear on
a Columbia Valley Administration. ,
Then in his appearance before the public works commit
ftee in congress in June, McKay drew the line between rep
resentative control and corporation control (CVA) of de
velopment of the Pacific Northwest. He was outspokenly
in favor of "development of our region to be carried for
, ward within the successful pattern of representative gov-
eminent" instead of being "taken over by a new device of
'government which is dangerously similar to the devices of
the totalitarian state."
This stand on the part of McKay was expressed "as a
citizen of the United States who holds a deep and abiding
' faith in the American system of government." His posi
tion as governor of the state certainly added weight and
prestige to his remarks.
Now comes Senator Flegel of Multnomah county, a dem-
, ocrat, who challenges McKay to debate the issue of a CVA.
The governor declined the challenge on the basis of his
position already being well known on the subject and the
press of administrative work leaving him no time for such
'debate.
The idea of debating the issue of a valley administra
tion is a good one. If the challenge were one by the
Multnomah county senator to Douglas McKay, senator
1 from Marion county, that would have called for an accept
ance on the part of McKay from one senator to another.
But now that McKay is governor, his answer to Flegel in
declining holds up under scrutiny.
There are two possible alternatives.
The governor could designate a republican senator to
: join Flegel on a debate platform. Or, when candidate Mc
Kay runs for re-election against the possible candidacy
- of Flegel, then a debate between the two could be in order
on an issue which could well fall into a battle of parties
expressing, at the moment, two different philosophies of
' government.
' It would be hoped, however, that the debate would be
,',more informative than was the debate in Oregon early last
'. year between Harold Stassen and Thomas E. Dewey, the
.republican presidential contenders. That debate became a
vehicle for Dewey to outmaneuver btassen.
The issue of the best way in which to develop the
Pacific Northwest is of great importance to the region.
If a debate would bring out to the people of the region the
difference in. approach between the McKay and Flegel
views of development, then a debate could be beneficial.
But while the governor is in his position as governor,
rhe should turn down the challenge for himself. He has
- state business to take care of. He shouldn't turn it down,
"' though, for his party of which he is the titular head. Nor
could he turn it down very wen as a candidate ior re-eiec-
., tion.
An Anonymous Smear Traced
I Promptly following his admission that he was the author
."of an anonymous letter, implying that the airforcce's B-36
'.super-bomber program was a billion dollar lemon foisted
.'on the taxpayers, Secretary of the Navy Francis Mathews
e announced the suspension "pending further investigation
i of Cedric R. Worth, special assistant to Undersecretary or
the Navy Dan Kimball.
' The anonymous memo nan formed trie basis ior me
charge that the B-36 program resulted from political con-
' nivance between Louis A. Johnson, now secretary of de
fense, Floyd Odium, financier and head of the Atlas cor
poration controling the Consolidated Vultee corporation
" making the B-36 and Air Secretary Symington, who it
, hinted, was to resign and head the latter company.
, Tne cnarges were seized upon anu puDiicizea Dy navy
propagandists and caused a congressional investigation
, which has turned up testimony favorable to the B-36 as
an extremely potent weapon and showed the anonymous
i. accusations unfounded. Those accused have roundly de-
nounced the Worth charges and the investigators have
concluded that the charges were a dud.
Worth said his only motive in preparing the memo was
that he was greatly concerned and "concluded that the
defenses of the country were going into the wrong direc-
j' tion and were being weakened by propaganda that is not
true.
Probably many of the alleged capital scandals publicized
bv sensational key-hole columnists have no more founda-
i tion than this B-36 smear, but what passes understanding
is why navy brass paid any attention to an anonymous
communication even though it was grasping at straws
right down thtir alley. There is only one place for anony-
mous communications of any kind and that is the waste
basket.
Youth Pays a Premium
l High accident figures for auto drivers under 25 years
of age as compared with their elders has caused the New
York state insurance department to put into effect an an
crease in insurance premiums of 15 percent in New York
City and 20 percent elsewhere in the state in those cases
where one or more drivers in the family are less than 25
years old.
Oregon traffic accident statistics have not been pub
lished for 1948 but those for 1947, as compiled by the sec
,retary of state's traffic safety division, states:
- "Heaviest contributors lo the over-all accident toll In 1947
were drivers between 30 and 39 years of age, with the 19
. to 24-year-olds close behind. The curve falls off sharply for
each succeeding age group. These facts would be more signifi-
cant If the amount of driving done by each age group could be
known. No accurate figures are available, but if the 10-year
-span between 30 and 39 Is the most acive driving period, the
, record Is not out of line. The accidents of teen age arc likely
, to be more fatal than those of any other age group. Although
this latter group did not have as many accidents as the 30-39-year
group the had a higher percentage of fatalities and are
more likely to be Involved In death crashes which accounts for
.. raises In Insurance rates."
' The Oregon charts show that the percentage of fatal
accidents is largest between 15 and 18-year-old drivers
, with an average of 6 percent of deaths, dropping gradu
: ally down to less than 4 percent for 25-29 year drivers,
, falling down to those least likely to be fatal 50-64 years,'
i then rising in old age in fatalities but far fewer accidents.
i All this emphasies the necessity for better training for
: young drivers, both in the classroom and at the wheel, so
that youth can be thoroughly grounded in the f undamen
. tals of safe and responsible car operation.
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ClO'Leftie' Unions Plan Wizard of Odds
Walk-Out of Organization
(Ed. Note While Drew Pearson is on vacation, the Wash
ington Merry-Go-Round is being written by his old partner,
Robert 8. Allen).
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Mystery in Timing
By ROBERT S.ALLEN
Washington An extraordinary backstage scramble is taking
place within the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
While the anti-communist Phil Murray leadership is preparing
to boot- out the leftist unions at the CIO's Cleveland convention,
the latter are racing to beat this move to the punch with a
rwalkout of
their own. he presented autographed ad-
The "lefties" mission cards to the visitors'
' :g i nave caueu a gauery ox me nouse.
J fj meeting in New NOTE With both chambers
York on August of congress under extensive ren-
30. ovation, visitors, galleries are
Inside word shut down and will remain so
is they will until next year.
stage a Dolt and
BLUE FUNK
The federal trade commission
Is in a sad state.
With one exception, its six
members are either ill, scared
stiff over prospects of being re
appointed, or their appointment
is stymied in the senate.
The exception is Commission
er William Ayres, 80 years old,
I proclaim the
s t ablishment
of a national
labor organiza-
of their own. Informed
sources say this Is the new com
munist party line.
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A BILL. REGULARLY
lOtt FORMALLY) INTRO
DUCED INTO CONGRESS,
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WILL BECOME LAW.
FELLOWS, ODDS 4RE 7 TO I YOU
DO NOT SHAVE DAILY.
By DON UPJOHN
Members of the state board of control, the governor, secretary
of state and state treasurer, suddenly took a notion to make a trip
to Pendleton to carry out their periodical inspection of the state
hospital there. Heretofore they've always made the trip In Sep
tember but this year plans were changed for this late August visit.
We surely resent , -
the scoffers who
call attention to
the coincidence
that heretofore
the Pendleton
roundup has
been held in
Septem
ber at the
same time the
board of con
trol has made
i t s previous
side trip to make its inspection
of the hospital. This their con
stituents could understand.
Don Upjohn
The Active Drummer
Los Angeles WJ Between
February, 1943, and October,
1948, John Edward Monroe, 34,
engaged in 88 visits with 11
women in 12 cities in five dif
ferent countries, his wife
charges. She wants a divorce.
Thf rnmanppc hpffsn nt TTHcar-
tnps ana tnai mis year me towni Mass., and continued on
roundup has been moved into through Belleview, Fla., Sydney,
August and for some reason or Australia; Manila, P. I.; Kyoto
other this Jibes in identically and Wakayama, Japan; Ensen-
with the board of control's yen dilt Bajaj calif.; Long Beach,
to look over the state hospital. Santa Monica, and Los Angeles,
Of course, when the boys get calif., and Chicago, 111., Mrs.
up there and have looked over Nelta Marie Monroe, 29, said
the state hospital if they happen m a complaint filed yesterday,
to notice when passing through Monroe, she added, is a traveling
town posters advertising the salesman.
Pendleton roundup they could
not be blamed too much for Men wiII stop at no limits ,
stopping in and having a peck. lry lo make a sucker out of the
No doubt, as they do pass poor fish they angle for We
through town, Doug will turn noled in the window over at
to the other boys and say, as Howard Mapie's place this a.m.
he sights one of the posters, a new type 0f a ure a beauti-
"Imagine that, the roundup is ul carved out mermaid with-
golng on, what you say after we out a sweater but equipped
do our Job at the hospital we with the necessary hooks. Inside
drop in on it." And for once, tney nad quite a collection of
we betcha, the board reaches a these of different types, sizes,
unanimous decision without ar- ets., blonds, brunettes, et cetera,
gument. But after all, it might Tl'is looks like something no
.... , salmon could resist. It should be
be more politic every year for a big year ,n ,he derby
the board to announce it's going And ,here snou,d be quite g
to take in the Pendleton round- preponderance of men salmon
up and while there planned a in the catch.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Stairway at 15,000 Feet
Too Much for Old Duffer
By ED CREAGH
(Bubstltutlng (or Columnist Hal Boyle)
New York, Aug. 25 (P) Run along, kiddies. Don't wait for
grandpa. I've just been trotting up and down stairs at a height of
15,000 feet, nnd my head is still in the clouds.
Trotting up and down ?
That's right. In an airplane. Stairs in an airplane.
Maybe that gsws
Call for this powwow was is
sued by the following:
TTnitpH Flpptrinal WnrL-Arc
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural who stiu has live more vears to
Workers; United Public Work- se"f' .
ers; United Furniture Workers; . of the otner flve members,
United Packinghouse Workers; ActlnK Chairman Lowell Mason
United Fur Workers treading softly because of un-
Significantly not in this list certainty ver whether he will
is the International Longshore- be renamed next month; Corn
men's union, headed by Harry missioner Ewin Davis has been
Bridges. in a hospital for weeks; Com-
Although the leading CIO "llssl"er uanana rerguson,
leftist, Bridges can not take his whose t,erm exPired last vear
union out of the CIO. An at- doesn 4 know where he s'ands:
tempt would split it wide open. and the latest aPP01ntee, John
He is already under powerful Carson. liberal republican, is
attack within the organization. s'lU awaltlnB confirmation by
However, it is reliably report- the senate
ed that Bridges had a leading
hand in the decision that con- COAL SLOWDOWN
vened the leftist meeting. If Jonn L. l,,. two-month-old
he doesn t show up personally, coal slowdown has had no effect
he is certain to play a decisive on industry so far. Stockpile
role behind-the-scenes. He is reserves have gradually dimin
the No 1 choice to head their ished, but all consumption de
new leftist labor organization. mands have been met.
Meanwhile, Murray and his Only group so far hard-hit is
anti-communist leaders are set- small mine operators, particu
ting the stage for a clean break iary in West Virginia. They
with the lefties at the Cleve- have been unable to operate
land convention. Regardless of profitably on a 3-day basis and
what the latter do at their Au- a number of them have been
gust 30 meeting, the CIO chiefs forced to shut down. This has
intend to purge their rolls in thrown hundreds of miners out
Cleveland. of workj through no fault of
their own or the operators.
RHAPSODY While Lewis' slowdown has
Arkansas and Alabama aren't Sau,sed n general adverse en
sure they haven't grounds to be ft as yet, difficulties are anti
miffed at Rep. Frank Boykin. f'patid hen cld father eU
The rotund Alabaman became Such steel plants as have
excitedly lyrical when he met been d,Sgmg into their coal re
Arkansas' gorgeous entry to the sves are becoming uneasy.
"Mi imcrw o(o,,. t,o Similarly, retail dealers are
n.i,. Ho,,, in .v ' !." warning customers to order
duced the young lady to Boykin now
at lunch. ...
"Honey," he rhapsodized,
"you couldn't be from Arkansas.
Send your "Odds" questions on any subject to "The Wizard
of Odds," care of the Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Reynaud Calls on Europe
To Give Up Sovereignties
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
t,jP Fmnmrt Affnlr. Anauxtt
Over in Strasbourg, France, seat of the new council of Europe,
idealists continue to urge that the 12 constituent nations join
in forming a United States in which the members would sacri
fice much of their sovereignty to the general welfare.
At long last this Utopian idea of the past century shows signs
of at least par-.
tial fruition
Like many
other great de
velopments, the
current activity
has its genesi f
in dangers eco
nomic, political!,
and military g
which can only
be met by con
certed action.
UiZJ
The latest ex-
DeWltt Mackenxli
leaves you sev-1 M
cral degrees un- f h
der the boiling
point, but you're
younger. You're
at peace with
the 20th cen
tury. To me It's
frightening.
I discovered
these stain
while cruising
over Connccti
"Sure. This job is a double
decker. You get tired of riding
up here, go downstairs and may
be get into a gin-rummy game.
Come on."
I followed him, feeling light
headed. And it wasn't because
of the altitude.
...
Sure enough, there were stairs.
Like in a house.
We went down slowly. I don't
SHORTS
Tn anrlv AiYiorlfnn rlavs a 4a-
kou are so beautiful you must vorite gift to presidents was
have come from heaven." wjgs. jonn Quincy Adams re-
ceived more than 50 wigs while
BIG TIPPERS in the white House.
For months Rep. J. Parnell Since 1939, the U.S. has ex
Thomas (R., N.J.), awaiting pended more than $72,000,000,
trial on kickback cnarges, was 000 in foreign loans and aid.
a patient at the army's Walter That is nearly three times the
Reed hospital. With the excep- national debt in 1932.
tion of a $l-a-day charge for Senate Democratic Floor
meals, Thomas' two major oper- Leader Scott Lucas, 111., is cer
ations and other extensive med- tain his republican opponent
ical care were free. Taxpayers next year will be former Rep.
footed the bill. Everett Dirksen. The latter is
Recently he was released from already making frequent
the hospital. It is the custom speeches.
for civilian patients, upon leav- At the recent Grand Rapids,
ing, to give their attendants a Iowa, convention of the Reserve
bank note as a token of appre- Officers' association, Maj. Gen.
ciation for their care. . Thomas Harry Vaughan vigorously op
observed this tradition after a posed a navy man being elected
fashion. national commander.
To his attendants and nurses (Copyright, 1949)
Year's Ice Cream Supply as Prize
OLYMPIA (U.B Olympia youngsters were scrambling to
day after horses to enter In the city's annual dog, doll and
pet parade Friday.
, A local ice creamery announced today it will award a
year's free supply of ice cream cones to the person entering
the parade's largest horse.
nil nt a lnzv 350 miles an hour know why, but it gave me
in one of the new Boeing Slrato- Arabian nights feeling. As
Cruisers, with my ears caressed though the living room rug at
by the purring of four engines home should suddenly float out
and a waggish publicity man the window,
named Wally Rcnolds. , "See you later, Wally," I said,
It had been a pleasant, un- and went back upstairs. I stood
eventful jaunt just Wally and at the top for a while, scratching
me and 73 other deadheads. my neck. Then I went below
... again, counting the stairs. There
"Hartford," said Wally, point- w"e
ing down. I looked. , Imagine," I said, trying to
The buildings of the Insurance kecD sual. "Stairs in an
capital were scarcely larger than airplane. Gives you a feeling
the fine print In an insurance ' spaciousness. Makes you"
policy "Easy, Pal," Wally said. "Why
"New Haven," said Wally. don'' yu go forward and talk
pointing again. The Yale Bowl with the automatic pilot?"
looked no bigger than a sau- I did. I also Inspected the
cer pressurizer, which was giving
While waiting breathlessly my eardrums that sea-level feel-
for Bridgeport, I took stock of ing. It was no use. I went back
my surroundings. Very Snazzy, and re-examined those stairs,
comfortable lean-back scats.
Grey-beige gabardine ceiling (I
bet you thought I wouldn't notice
that.)
On the armrest was a minia
ture control panel: Individual
reading light. Retroctible ash-
antique leather finish and all,
"It's spooky," I complained.
"It's like a djinn materializing
from a djinn bottle. It . . ."
"What you need," Wally said,
"is to sit down, adjust your
safety belt, and put out that
tray. Thingumajig saying "oc- 0Dium DiDe. kid, iandina.
cupied." Button labelled "Call Think you can make w;..
Stewardess." I pressed the but- ...
ton. In a puff of smoke, Wally
appeared VTett, I'm back in the office
"Northwest Orient." he In- nw. 'oaded down with facts and
toned, "Is the first airline to use futures about a certain type of
strato-cruisers in domestic serv- Plane operated by a certain air-
lce. New York to Seattle in "ne. But I can't get those stairs
nine hours, staring September out of my head.
1, wake up, pal, and leave us go Stairs In an airplane who
downstairs to the lounge.' ever hear of such a thing? What
"Downstairs?" next? Escalators?
NO PLACE BUT IN HOLLYWOOD
Beautiful Assembly Line
To Mend Broken Hearts
By PATRICIA CLARY
Hollywood, Aug. 25 u.PJ In movieland, where everything is
the world's biggest, best and bustiest, we now have the world's
most beautiful assembly line.
A camera manufacturer is hiring 50 left-over actresses to put
nuts and bolts together, and he's selecting them as carefully as
if he were picking the Gold-
wyn gir's. "Look for the Silver Lining";
This is the biggest break since Doreen Draves, who's been in
chorus lines for the "National three pictures; Bunny Ming, a
Artichoke Queens" and the college theater major; Shirley
"Miss Schenectadys of 1942" Buchanan, once queen of the
who clutter up casting offices, national motorboat show; Claire
Dozens of them and "nice" Dennis, "Miss Photoflash"; Les
girls are so broke after a few lye Stone, who was in two re-heart-breaking
months in Holly- cent pictures, and Gloria Moore,
wood they don't know where from "The Fountainhead."
their next nylons are coming ...
from. The assembly line where the
beauties labor is almost as plush
"We offer honest, clean em- as Ciro's restaurant. There are
ployment," E. R. Conne declar- lounges, vanity tables, music
ed, "for the girl who is down and refreshments. And the
and discouraged." promised prospect of modeling
What they need most, he fig- In ads with the Tynar camera
ures, is a job to keep them eat- they assemble will keep them
ing while they win back their looking like they were ready
self-confidence. Then he doesn't for a date with Gable,
care if they save a few pay- There'll be 70 pop-eyed men
checks and go back to haunting in the plant too, but Conne
the casting offices. doesn't think he'll have to issue
"There's always plenty more," blinders,
he shrugged. - "Most foremen figure a pretty
With so many gorgeous ap- girl keeps a man's mind off his
plicants, Conne and his boss, work," he said. "With 50
Phil Kalech, are choosy about pretty girls around, I think the
the first batch. men will get so used to them
So far they've picked Betty they won't be any more excit
Venclik, a dancer who was in ing than a drill press."
He was, of course, speaking
as a financial expert. Among
other things he served as French
finance minister during the criti
cal days of 1938-39.
He put the proposition blunt
ly, saying that such a step would
eventually mean a sacrifice of
national sovereignty, but never
theless must be taken. 1
...
Upon this question of sover
eignty very largely turns the
ponent of this extreme proposal, whole problem. No nation wants
former French Premier Paul to surrender it.
Reynaud, ranks internationally A wealth of experience lay
as a major prophet. More often behind the 70-year-old Rey
than most, during the Hitlerian naud's warning and plea for col
menace, he foresaw the future, lective security.
Now he calls for western uni- He became premier of France
ty to meet impending crisis. in March, 1940, and in the. fol-
lowing black period had to an-
Speaking Tuesday on the nounce to his people in . a suc
grave European economic sit- cession of broadcasts some of the
uation before the consulative greatest reverses in their his
assembly of the council, Rey- tory. ,
naud advocated a real European Reynaud foresaw the nazi ag
legislature, directly elected by gression and urged preparedness,
the peoples of the member na- but his was a voice crying in the
tions. wilderness. . .'
He declared that only in this ......
way could the assembly acquire It was about that time, while
authority to merge European he was finance minister, that I
economies into the single con- had a long talk with him in
tinental market, with one cur- Paris. We covered a lot - of
rency, which he maintains is ground, and at one point I asked
demanded if Europe is to survive him what he thought of Ameri
between America and Russia. ca's tendency to confine its ac-
"Between these two giants," tivities to the western hemis
he said, "there is a place for a where,
unified Europe, but not for a He replied:
mosaic of independent states." "There was a time when Eng-
"The road we are following," land thought she was an island."
he asserted at another place, "is I wanted for more, and when
a dead-end street. It comes to it didn't come I inquired if that
an end in 1952." (The Marshall was his complete answer.. He
plan is scheduled to terminate grinned and said:
then). "That's my answer."
'Snoopy the Heifer, Is
Lonesome in the Silo
Osceola, Wis., Aug. 25 (U.B "Snoopy," a lV4-year-old heifer '
who lived up to her name, was 12 feet underground today
after diving through the narrow door of Farmer Everett '
Lampman's silo.
The young Holstein was not Injured when she squeezed -through
the door, 21 inches wide and 26 Inches high, and fell
to the base of the silo.
Lampman believed he had solved the problem of letting1
her out, however. Within the next couple of days, he will"
start piling silage over "Snoopy." He thinks she will "raise"
along with the silage level until she can be pushed through '
the door.
Snoopy was not very content with her new quarters,
Lampman's wife, Leota, said.
"She's mooing and I think she's lonesome for the rest of the
cows," Mrs. Lampman said. . ,
She said the 600-pound black and white heifer imprisoned '
herself Wednesday morning as Lampman and his son, Duane,
15, tried to drive her Into the barn.
Circus Puts on Breath-Taking
Show That Is Too Breath-Taking
Emundston, N. B Aug. tS (U.R) The Dalley Brothers Circus
put on a truly breath-taking performance here when one of
its lions broke loose and roamed among the 4,000 spectators.
The lion escaped from the chute leading from its cage to
the ring. Officials immediately appealed to spectators to re-"
main in their seats and avoid a panic.
The crowd obeyed, sitting In absolute silence for 15 minutes'
until Tiger Bell Snyder, a member of the circus' wild west '
show, lassoed the animal.
One Father Won't Get Chance
To Go With Soldier to Hawaii
Fort Lewis, Wash., Aug. 25 m At least one of the fa
thers of Fort Lewis' multi-thousand soldiers has been with
drawnprobably unwillingly from the contest to select the .
winner of an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii.
A second division soldier asked that his father, a resi
dent of Omaha, Nebr., not be considered for the trip ac-.
companying the troops on this fall's maneuvers. He sub
mitted the following letter In support of his request (names
withheld by request):
DEAR BILL:
That hawailan maneuver may be a nice trip for you, and
I'm glad you can go with your outfit, but I don't want
to enter your dad in the contest I've had enough trouble
keeping him at home the last few years without him getting
any trip clear over to Hawaii. So you just keep him out of it. '
MOTHER