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BY BECK
Parental Problems
4
Salem. Oregon, Monday, August 29, 1949
The Navy Is Being Scuttled
The pattern of United States defense forces gradually
becomes clearer as the weeks roll by. The change in em
phasis among the services is so gradual as to be missed
possibly by the average person.
Big expansion of the air force won senate approval Sat
urday. The 70-group air force bill, previously passed by
the house, went through the senate by unanimous consent.
Now congress will have to provide funds to make the ex
panded air arm a reality.
While the air force expands, the navy faces crippling
cuts.
David Lawrence, Washington writer, has predicted the
navy will be virtually cut in half. The navy air arm, too,
will be cut 50 per cent. This scuttling of a navy which
swept 8000 miles across the Pacific to victory will come
about with the. start of the fiscal program beginning next
July.
. Lawrence claims only four major-size aircraft carriers
will be left for naval operations in the seven seas. Carrier
air groups will be cut about 60 per cent. Marine Corps
aviation will be cut in half. Cruisers will be reduced one
third. Even submarines of which the Soviet Union report
edly has over 200, will be limited to 70:
But this does not mean a cut in the defense budget.
Funds "saved" by scuttling the navy will go to build
the air force. The strategy, as Lawrence spots it, will
be to rely on strategic bombers to win the next war and
to take a chance on keeping the sea lanes open.
Lawrence's remarks on this disastrous policy as con
ceived and pushed by Defense Secretary Johnson are these:
"This might be all right If the enemy didn't have any land
based long-range bombers or submarines to blast American
ships as they try to carry fuel and supplies to European bases.
"Without sufficient fighter planes as a means of protecting
itself against enemy bombers and submarines, the United States
Navy will be as powerless as it was at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
"The new etneept resembles closely the thinking of the
French general staff which relied on the Maginot line and
the German ?ereral staff which relied on the Siegfried line.
It provides for no unexpected contingencies."
America's defenses must be based on balanced armed
forces not completely unbalanced as Johnson would have
it.
This is not in any way detracting from a 70-group air
force. But the people of the nation must realize what is
happening to their navy which would be needed to keep
sea lanes open in order to supply advance bases for the
air forces or those forces are ineffective.
f
White Paper on China Merely 'Face Saver'
The Congressional Record of August 23 contains a
speech by Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota
concerning a military intelligence appraisal of the Chinese
Communists that was prepared in 1944-5 and suppressed
by the state department in assembling the White Paper
on China. Dr. Judd has extensive knowledge of China
and has been a vigorous champion of the Chinese cause.
Dr. Judd cannot see "how anyone could have read the
report's conclusions and then followed policies in China
based on suppositions wholly contradictory to those con
clusions." He wonders on what possible excuse the docu
ments have been omitted from the White Paper, which
is supposed to give a balanced picture of the Chinese
situation.
Judd declares the crisis was preventable, and that it was
inexcusable that the state department allowed it to de
velop. Had the report been given the study it was entitled
to and merited, "the catastrophe might not have been upon
us." He declared that Secretary Acheson "seems deter
mined to make impossible a continuance" of the bi-partisan
foreign policy. He declared:
"The decision of Secretary Acheson was to oppose commu
nism in Eurouo, but still appease it in Asia. He wants us to
pursue the Truman doctrine in Europe, yet follow the Henry
Wallace policy in China. This Acheson-Wallace policy in China
has been followed in the face of frequent warnings against the
consequences now so clearly developing, and despite our mili
tary department's solemn warning contained in the attached
report entitled, 'The Chinese Communist Movement."
The military report placed the relationship of the Chi
nese Communists to the Soviet Union in what is now
shown to have been the correct light. It forecast, accur
ately, the establishment of Soviet-dominated areas in
Korea, Manchuria and North China and wanted against
this likelihood It indicated the need for our assistance
to prevent the partition or fragmentation of China by
implementing the Cairo declaration. The state department
followed contrary policies and served, as in Manchuria,
to promote the present crisis,, by inaction. The suppres
sion of the report weakens the White Paper, which is
merely a defense of an inadequate policy of inaction both
then and now in other words "face saving."
Police Regain Police Station
Franklin, Ind. Wi The Franklin police station Is going to
he a police station again instead of a rooming house.
The McCorklcs all eight of them are moving out,
The mother, Mrs. Ruby McCorklc, and her seven children,
ranging In age from 3 to 18, came here from Bonnievllle, Ky.,
for the tomato canning season. They couldn't find a place to
live and moved Into the police station.
It isn't hard to guess who found a house for them. It was a
policeman, Captain Robert Sample.
Only Two Old Buddies Meeting
Olympia VP) Three policemen whizzed In a prowler car
to Sylvester Park to Investigate a report that two soldiers
were fighting.
They said they were old buddies meeting for the first time,
since leaving home and were only slapping each other on
the back.
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B-36 EXPOSURE BY PEARSON
For weeks Washington has been bulling over sensational
charges regarding favoritism and political campaign contri
butions In connection with the B-36.
It took Drew Pearson on July 27, 1949, to first tell the Inside
story of how these reports circulated.
Pearson reported that an annonymous smear sheet had been
used by Congressman James Van Zandt of Pennsylvania, a
naval reserve captain, in his attacks against the B-36 pro
gram. Pearson also reported that the anonymous memo was
first circulated by Glenn L. Martin of the Glenn L. Martin
Co., manufacturer of navy planes.
On August 24, one month later, Cedric R. Worth, special as
sistant to the under-secretary of the navy, officially confirmed
the anonymous memo and stated that Glenn L.Martin had
cooperated in its preparation.
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Truman Faces Fight to Put
Appointee in Board Job
(Ed. Note While Drew Pearson is on vacation, the Wash
ington Merry-Go-Round is being written by his old partner,
Robert S. Allen.)
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Home in a Hurry
By DON UPJOHN
Lew Klumpp, local real estater, claims he's set up a record
for new settlers. He put an ad in our favorite paper the other
day offering houses for sale out in Maplcton with assurance,
"move right in no red tape." No sooner had one of the papers
landed in the hands of a Portland family than they loaded up
furnishings on a
truck and hit R
out for Salem ''
They arrived
here at 12:50,
looked up Lew
and the house
wife had started
making lunch
In their new
home at prompt
ly 2:15. Lew
claims this is a
record for quick
L-u
e means business when he says he
?'"? nlnnc nn ototfinrt D fair npvt
week. It's an easy and leisurely
way to get reserved seats and
they don't cost a cent more.
By ROBERT S.ALLEN
Washington President Truman doesn't know it yet, but he has
another brawl on his hands to get senate confirmation for an
appojntee to a key defense post.
. The appointee is Carl Ilgenfritz, U. S. Steel corporation vice
president, to be chairman of the army-navy munitions board.
The fight overpnoMMMf "
Ilgenfritz is the w""?T 5 late Senator Hiram Johnson,
battle over ex-lj . i i Welch is a militant liberal. He
Governor Mont w jrf rarely intervenes in state poli-
Wallgren (for ffm MS fa tics, but his Irish ire was aroused
chairman of the . FS- J: by the welter of lobbyist and
National Securi-B y-J f v'ce scandals swirling around
ty Resources (; the present Republican regime.
Board) all over tL' "l) ' si rising in the house, Welch
again, plus someO 1 heaved this brickbat at Gover
new trimmines. I I I nor Warren:
The latter are
Ilgenfri t z's in-
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MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Verbal Sharp-Shooting Perils
Grave Money Talks in Capital
Don Upjohn
Problem in Chemistry
McLean, Tex. VP) Mrs. J. W.
Story's freshly shampooed hair
stood up as if she had just seen
a mouse. She rewashed it with
more rain water, more shampoo
and another vinegar rinse. An-
home making and it sounds as other starched coiffure! Mrs.
if he has something there. 'ry rereaa me Minmpuii u-
rections. She had followed them.
Page .Dean Walker Then she tested the water
New York VP) Movie - goers okay; the shampoo okay;, the
are going to love this one. It's vinegar it turned out to be
a new noiseless, rustle-proof pop- peach pickle syrup. Mrs. Story
corn bag. Production of the bag headed for the nearest beauty
was announced yesterday by parlor.
the Grand Bag and Paper Co.
And it doesn't stop with just And Clackctj'-CIack
being quiet. The soft, cloth-like ' Tne Salem Senators playing
paper bag is also porous, so it their last home game tonight
can't be blown up and popped have the chance of a lifetime to
or filled with water for balcony Iand in tlle cellar with tne home
bombing raids. . fans egging 'em on. They're just
one point away from the goal
Nice, newly painted blue and they've been heading for all
white booth for sale of state summer and it'd be a big morale
fair tickets set up on a corner boostes, for the fans if they'd
of the courthouse grounds and it make it just at the last minute
looks as if Leo Spitzbart really and at home.
Moral: Never Pat an Elephant
Hollywood, Calif., Aug. 29 (UP) French Actress Denise
Dareel vowed she would never again pat an elephant, -even
in friendship. It's too dangerous.
Miss Darcel's playful tap on the set of a jungle movie
made the elephant stagger. The actress was thrown off balance
and broke two ribs when she toppled onto a pile of rocks.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Two Widows: How to Grow
Old Without Missing Much
ByEDCREAGH
(Substituting for Columnlit Hal Boylel
New York, Aug. 29 W) "Simply because I am 97," said Mrs.
Suzanne Faulkner, "you needn't think I am going to stop en
joying myself, because I'm not.
"I danced the Samba on my last birthday "
"Oh, Ma, you didn't," bubbled daughter Betty, a blonde and
boisterous 73.
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
(W rOrCIIll AII11N ADB17KI
The not-too-happy opening of the Anglo-American preliminary
talks in Washington on Britain's grave economic crisis has been
rwafmA Viv wl nrlviri from one of England's leadinff statesmen
Jiliefc-aJ "Every right-thinking citizen Anthony Eden, deputy leader of the great conservative party
Robert s. Alien the country will sympathize nri frmor freion minister. :
sistence mat ne wun uie peoyie oi uainunua in Eden made a
be allowed to continue 4o draw their demand for clean and eech in whlch
his $70,000-a-year U. S. Steel wholesome government. Cali- niMded for
pay as wen as me eii.vuw inui, Au,uuu,uuu fi halt to bick-
goes wun me munitions ooara
words" between
our two coun
tries.
pie. oureiy among mat vast . nd hard
iob. His argument is he will lose numDer tnere is certain to De k,,-
his Dension rights if he gives up found a man of strong will and
his corporation salary. . determination who would not
umjr. uicdii up me legislative
branch of the state government,
but would drive from the state
Strongly backing him are De
fense Secretary Louis Johnson,
Sen. Millard Tydings (D., Md.),
chairman of the armed services gangsterism
coniuuuee, una oeii, tuaii urui
ney (N.D.), ranking republican
member of the committee. In a
stormy appearance before the
:ommittee, Johnson stated the
what is now a well-organized
"California can and must be
DeWm Maexenil
Some pretty
bitter language
has been band
ied across the
Atlantic recent
ly bv Ameri-
bvietrd nT'nlTt Can S0UrCeS En,land kicked arount by the unlettered,
by the election of a governor with having failed to make an Dot.bellied monev magnates of
who would carry into effect the .n n.u,r .ffnrt fnr rp. P.ot ?.elJ e , m0.ney ma8nates 01
committee, jonnson staiea tne i;,i j, v, ,u , . ," - tne united states.
proposed extraordinary salary K'am johnri t n will nt COV'! J?. B?il h. CC"S,e That was the first me 1 had
arrangement has President Tru- m h"s ;f S ' b' " of interfering in their Social- hcard about the conspiracy to
151 urogram,
help without making the least
attempt to interfere in any way
in our own political controver
sies." ''
A couple of days before Eden
made his speech Tom O'Brien,
union leader and labor member
of parliament, had delivered
himself of some pungent views.
He accused American big busi
ness of "conspiring to overthow
the Labor government", and said
Britain might be tempted to
prefer communism to "being
man s approval. . handshaking, backslapping, gut-
As a senator during the war, less governor.
the president repeatedly con
demned the employment of $1'
a-year men. - .
. " 131 UiVKiaill. nirBPthrmir Mn,,a.t-
,,, ment, but of course Mr. O'Brien
If trans-Atlantic name-call- u0 u.- v,
"Would to God, California ing takes the place of "sym- wouijn't have voiced it
could have another governor pathetic understanding and stern t,,. i i,.,'
fashioned after Hiram Johnson, effort," said Eden "then no one suggest that he heck ,om'e of
. nc irccu iui suuu leuuerMuu win nam mwhi mustow, njs conclusions again
Leading the fight against II- is far greater than at any time "Relations between the Brit- Qur "money magnates" as a
genfritz are Sens. Harry Byrd in the history of my great state." lsh commonwealth and the Unit- wnole (love 'em or not) are
(D., Va.), Lyndon Johnson (D., NOTE Rep. Helen Gahagan States are much bigger than neither "unlettered" nor "pot
Texas) and Wayne Morse (R., Douglas has received assurances anv Political party (in either bellied" I've never been a mag
Ore.). The last two tangled hot- of support from a number of country. They are the future nate but my observation is that
ly with Secretary Johnson at a California Democratic and la- of the world. you nave to move pretty fast
closed-door meeting. . bor leaders if she runs against '.'Tn? trutn is that ur Amari- mentally and physically to quali
"Permitting this man to con- Sen. Sheridan Downey next can friends have given to us and f as a magnate.
. , . i. vear. to Europe as a whole in these
wh waking" r.o,.' Post-waryearsthemostgenerous
menf would be unsound public
policy," Senator Johnson argued.
"It would do. more harm than
any good the government could
possibly get out of Ilgenfritz."
Morse was equally emphatic.
He told Johnson:
"Democracy can be no strong
er than the confidence of the
people in their government. This
appointment will shake that con
fidence to its roots.
"It is just as important that the
man heading the munitions
board be free from suspicion as
once it was important that Caes
ar's wife be kept free of sus
picion, as head of this crucial WHITE BREAD TREATED LIKE CAKE
aeience agency, Jigeniritz must
Bull Makes Like Atom Bomb
Knoxville, Tenn. A wayward black bull boarded a bus
marked "Oak Ridge" here and began making life an atom
bomb.
The fugitive from a packing house kicked out the wind
shield, tore up several seats, and then lay down in the wide
seat at the rear.
The animal was routed from the vehicle by a packing firm's
employes who came to claim him, but the bull escaped and
kept the neighborhood in an uproar for three hours.
The bull finally was towed away with a big rope looped
around his neck.
However, that's a mere detail,
i The point is that "bickering
and hard words" could do a lot
of damage at this juncture. As
already indicated, the talks in
Washington regarding Britain's
crisis aren't opening in a very
auspicious atmosphere.
Close observers have express
ed the view that it will require
notable feats of statesmanship to
prevent the conference from
hurting, instead of improving,
relations between the two coun
tries. However, encouragement
for better things comes from
President Truman himself who
says he expects good results.
"I certainly
did!" Mrs. Faul
kner's keen gray M
eyes crackled i
and her jaw, re
markably free
of w r in k 1 e s.
shifted into dan
ger position.
"We 1 1, . you
went through
the motions,"
Betty admitted.
You got out on the dance floor
Never smoked, either."
"What a way to live!" Betty
murmured.
"I'm getting old," Mrs. Faul
kner said. "Can't walk more
than a mile a day any more.
Haven't had a serious proposal
of marriage in almost 10 years."
Betty burst out laughing.
"Tell him about that, Ma. Tell
him about Col. ."
"He did me the honor of ask-
at the Stork club and you raised ing me to be his wife," the old
your arms and wiggled your woman said, her eyes lighting up
hips." again.
"Of course," said her mother, "But he was In a rather fes-
with vast dignity. "It was a tive mood that night and I
wonderful party. I didn't get didn't hold him to it.
home until four in the morning. "When we met the next day
What time did you GET I simply said, 'And how are you
HOME. this morning, Col. ; ?"
You ought to know, Ma," "You can't Imagine how re
Betty giggled. "You were sitting ljcved he looked,
right there waiting for me." Wrs. Faulkner,' he said,
'you are a very sensible wo-
It sounded like a typical after- man.' "
in the Park Avenue apartment
which Betty, known more for- I wanted to ask daughter Bet
mally as Mrs. Frank C. Hender- ty about that celebrated pic
son, society cut-up, shares with ture which was taken of her at
her mother. the opera, with her leg on the
Both are widows. Their late table and her skirt hiked 'way
husbands had money. up to there.
The apartment is dark, tapes- Fortunately, she volunteered
try-infested and a week after the information,
the birthday blowout still clut- "Outrageous," she said. "I
tcred with anniversary Tlowers. had bursitis in my knee and I
I called in the hope of finding merely put my leg upon the
out how one goes about living table to ease the pain.
97 years without missing too "Some young photographers
much. who didn't know me took my
"I simply followed my doctor's picture in that ridiculous post
orders," said Mrs. Faulkner, tion.
whose hair is as brown as an "Oh, Brother! That picture
autumn leaf. "Old Dr. Swan of has been In every paper in the
Boston it was. He told me to world. Especially the commu-
take plenty of good, nourishing nist papers. They tried to make
food " me a symbol of capitalist decay
"Buttermilk before breakfast, or some damn thing."
Brrrh!" Betty wriggled and "What, dear?" asked her
made a Mickey Rooncy face. mother, who is a little hard of
"You be quiet," her mother hearing,
said. "I also have to take a "Nothing, Ma." Betty said,
few ounces of spirits every day. "Tell the man how, when I was
Between meals. Something I a baby, you had to give me the
never did when I was younger, bottle every three hours."
be in a position where no finger
can be pointed at him on any
ground.
"It is indefensible that the
head of this board with vast
power over steel and other ma-
First Russian DP Family
Reaches Oregon With Story
One of the chief problems is
how to deal with Britain's gold
and dollar shortage. London has
indicated its hope of further
American help in some form,
whereas Washington has believ
ed that the matter must be
solved by major British internal
moves. In this connection it is
Newberg, Ore., Aug. 29 U.B A displaced Russian family of five
terials of defense should be sub- today told a dairyman, who sponsored their entry into the United noted that there would be likeli
sidized by the dominant steel in- States, a sordid story of life in the pre-war Union of Soviet So- hood of difficulty in getting Brit
terests of the country. cialistic Republics. - , jsh aid measures through con-
"I am not sure that we should Josef Svichar, 46, has wife, Maria and three children, refused gress.
permit any man to hold this job to return to the Ukraine after it's fair to assume that this
who has connections with t h e World War II and found them- sons camp, Antonina said she situation impelled the British
steel industry, but I am sure we selves in a displaced persons learned from other internees, government's drastic move (an-
should not confirm a man who camP near Munich, Germany. that there was an anti-commu- nounced Friday) in asking all
fails to break his bonds with his Svichar said he had been a nist underground In Russia which departments of state to cut
private industry when he takes dairyman until the 1933 farm was heavily supressed, with an spending will ease the way for
this key office." collectivization program, under estimated 14,000,000 sent to $600,000,000 in the next year.
, , , which he was forced to work forced labor camps in Siberia. That is 5 per cent of the nation-
in a Kharkov factory as a cog She said it was the belief of al budget.
To these arguments, Secre- in tne (irst five-year plan. the internees that the penalty Whether such a major slash in
tary Johnson countered with the . . . for listening to Voice of America spending will east the way for
contention that Ilgenfritz is "in- Thgy crossed tne United States broadcasts in the Russian zone of the negotiations isn't yet ap-
lifrDsnsaole. fay bus tQ Newberg Germany was shipment to Si- parent.
"That indispensable doctrine t their first home dinner, beria, and if caught listening The current conversation will
is absurd," snapped Morse. "It thev ate white bread like' cake ,n Russia, death. be followed by the formal con-
is riaicuiius to say tnere is only and had t0 be taught to
une man tur tiiiti juu uui oi 1QU,- butter
000,000 Americans. If you will a-.' . ciu.-. i
look around, you will find other , "'hr inW. L-
men just at good who will not ?ndB"?t":e Te
inc-t f- . -j man and was the only mem-
.;,. "n "".... ber of the family able to talk
to W. G. Putnam, the family's
sponsor, through a local interpreter.
Through Antonina,
lerence early next month in
The Svichar familv. whir Washington. An informant close
also includes a son, Vladimar, to the Socialist government says
oi .... u-, . .' Britain may have to limit her
social services and drop her
great tax-supported medical pro
gram if the Washington talks
fail.
We are faced with a diffi
cult eitiiatinn T3iftnli
; Putnam, who applied for re- mic crisis is ' major part of the
svichar fim. loet nonkr ..u u. , u ,
. . . miillr.n. A..rt. LIT". ..." ' auiuiiwra ecununuc cn-
majority oi tne senate com- ;7 , ,;; : . , , 5 P'annea to turn over the dairy sis.
mittee favors confirmation. But he. 19.?3 Ukrainian famine and farm to them, and give them Verbal sharDshooline bv either
an opportunity to own their own side can't help any and It might
sources all out of proportion to
what other citizens expect their
government to pay them.
"I will never agree that the
patriotism of American business
men has a price tag on it.'
21, an automobile mechanic
and a younger daughter, Sina
lda, 11, is the first displaced
Russian family to reach Oregon.
nvrri onrf mw hv. .or,.H mat the tfoisneviks killed his
notice they will wage a bitter Parents, who had been landown-
floor fight. ers-
With the senate logjammed by In 1943, the Ukraine was over-
a huge stack of unfinished bust- run by Nazi armies and the
ness, the outlook for Ilgenfritz Svichars were moved to a Ger-
is not promising. man concentration camp near
Vienna and put to work chop-
STORMY WEATHER "''tI0?.-. vk . j ,
... They were liberated in April,
California Democrats aren't 1945, by America soldiers, and
the only ones having inner party they declared their intention not
trouble. The Republicans are to go back to the U S S R
also clawing one another. Antonina had attended two
Latest outburst is a haymaker years of school in Kharkov and
hurled by Rep. Richard J. Welch, id that with other Russian
at Gov. Earl children she received a heavy
course in Marx and Lenin. in-
Welch has served 25 consecu- terspersed with salutes to Mar
tive years in congress and is shal Stalin,
dean of the California delega- " .
tion. An ardent follower of the At the Munich displaced per-
land.
cause irreparable damage.
San Francisco,
Warren.
Mr. Five-by-Five to Reduce
Birmingham, Ala. P) A onetime auto racer who measures
exactly five-by-five says his excessive weight makes him
sleep too much, so he's going to do something about It.
Percy Coplon weighs 357 pounds. He plans to climb atop a
30-foot steel pole September 1 and stay there without food
for 100 days.
The 53-year-old heavyweight says It's all in the interest of
science.
"Anything can be cured by fasting and drinking pure wa
ter, declares Coplon, who is 60 inches tall and 60 inches
around the middle. He plans to drink two gallons of water a
day.
A small house six-by-six feet has been built atop the pole
for Coplons' comfort .
"I don't want the wind to whisk me sway up there,M the
bulky on explains,