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4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, September 29, 1949
A Governor Is Expected to Take a Stand
What freedom of expression should the governor of a
state have?
Governor McKay is censored severely by a speaker at
the CIO International Woodworkers' convention in Van
couver, B.C., for McKay's stand on the Columbia valley
administration. Basis for the verbal complaint by the
woodworkers' speaker, Virgil Burtz of Portland, was this:
"The governor is going around saying the people don't
want CVA." Because McKay has taken this position, he
should be recalled, Burtz claimed.
When the people of the state elect a governor, they elect
him generally on his record. When McKay was elected
last November, the CVA issue had not reached the ex
plosive stage, since the question of regional control of the
Pacific Northwest was still merely being discussed and no
blueprint had been brought forward at that time. So the
votere had no way of knowing what his stand might have
been.
But they had heard about Doug McKay, the state sena-
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Murray Had Warned Steel:
Social Security or Pensions
By DREW PEARSON
Washington The battle over old-age pensions In the steel In
dustry Is being watched by several million people not only In
other industries but especially in southern California and Florida
where Dr. Townsend's old-age pension movement and the ham-
and-eggers have been so strong.
BV GUILD
Wizard of Odds
Regardless of
how the steel
dispute comes
out, more and
more demands .
for old-age pen
s i o n s will fol
low. One little-rea
lized fact In the
steel dispute
that, during the
presidents fact
finding board ' -
hearings CIO Chief Phil Mur
ray appealed to the steel indus-
MS
K.,lw.IJ..J
with other governments without
ratification by the senate.
Ruling that the Canadian
American air agreement may be
illegal, Judge Goldsborough re
quired the executive depart
ments to define where the pre
sident's power of executing
agreements ends and the senate's
right to ratify treaties begins.
Forty-nine senators have pro
tested the Canadian agreement
on air routes as a state depart
ment invasion of the senate's
ratification powers. Meanwhile,
Canada has put the state de-
try to settle the old-age pension partment on the spot by threat-
SIPS FOR SUPPER
What's in a Name
issue by supporting the social
security bill now before con
gress. He said:
"Look here, you fellows.
there's a bill before congress
calling for increased old-age
VVhaT are TwC ODDS VOO FEEL
WELL?-SlO ISAAC NEWTON.
ALEXANDER POPE, DARWIN, HEINE,
KEATS. STEVENSON, CHOPIN.
VAN SOGH NEVER HAD A WELL
DAY IN THEIR LIVES.'
(tOOOHtALTH, JAMS BtrALU.friCUrS.)
)Mj ( 1 1
HUSBANDS ODDS ARE YOU
WORK t DAYS CVIBY
month to but your
wife 5 Clothing .'
J
IF YOU RE OVER 65, ITS
2 TO 1 YOU FEEL UNWANTED
AND IN THE WAY.
By DON UPJOHN
In the argot of the underworld a pineapple is an explosive de
vice designed to wreak great havoc in connection with some illegal
exploit. Or, as Mr. Webster refers to it in "gang slang," it is a
, - t i i i H j i,i. aynamue uumu. tt seems irom aeveiopmenis at ine uaues mat
tor from Marion county, and they had a pretty good idea the more innocent type ol pineapple f, having about tne ,ame
effect as the
other type and
resulting in con- '
siderable v i o- " f -J?,
ienc. tne next
time w e chaw
on a tasty bit of t
of his outlook on public, and particularly, state affairs,
lie was no New Dealer, nor was he a blind reactionary. He
was a strong republican. With that as a general impres
sion of his political background, it shouldn't have been
surprising to have him come out as he did on the CVA in
June:
11 IS Because OI my lirm ueiiei m popular Buvciiiiucui. mat ... , i 4
I am so vigorously opposed to placing the economic and poli- J"" pra,uct OI ff
tical future of the state of Oregon, and of the entire Pacific "'"
Northwest. In the hands of an autocratic federal corporation ly going to make I
such as would be created by the proposed Columbia Valley Ad- us wonder if I
ministration bill. ... that particular"
"The overall pattern ... is a pattern of government by and one had some- "on bpMh
through a huge federal corporation a federal corporation thing to do with
which would be controlled and dominated by three men. And having a man's back broken,
these three men, to obtain their appointment, must subscribe
ening to throw out every U.S.
line from Gander airport in
Newfoundland September 30.
Gander is the most important
base on the trans-Atlantic hop,
and the constitutional issue rais
ed by Judge Goldsborough is
pensions for everyone. Will you probably the most important
join me in supporting it?" since the Dred Scott decision.
Murray's remark was ad-
dressed to Enders Voorhees and MERRY-GO-ROUND
John Stephens, executives of . A ;., u i
,c c. i . rt w i,,u-. i t le American embassy in
Um t6 1 ? k r !' , Rme formed Edda Ciano.
public Steel A. B. Homer ' Mussolini's daughter and widow
Bethlehem Ben Morree 1 of
Jones-Laughl.n and several oth- tht she can ex
ers. However, he got no re- 3Q . rom g
sponse. None offered to support The m . o
me tuiisicMiuiioi u... iui '""S tips po-n-j jn ,hp TjnileH State nnlnmnhiles nn thpir waif here
appearing in an Oakland paper pensions. . through the sale of Ciano's di- to crank up and start a six-day, Mich., piloted his 1909 Maxwell
day after election reading: "Spe- Murray's inference was that if aries. Secretary of the Treasury 650-mile trip through Pennsyl- from his home to Gettysburg,
cial suitcase, folds to surprising- congress had handled the pen- Snyder's office made the deci- vania, West Virginia, Virginia, "She's gassed up and ready
ly compact size when not in use sion matter for everyone, his sion believe it or not on the Maryland, and Delaware. They to go." he said.
again but how effective it's go
ing to be is reflected in an ad
OLD-TIME DUSTER AND ALL
Ancient Autos Kick Up
Racket for 6-Day Tour
By HARMON NICHOLS
Gettysburg. Pa., Sept. 29 (U.PJ You can hear the clatter and the
rattle for miles around.
The cannon fire of the historic battle of Gettysburg couldn't
have kicked up much more racket.
This time the noise comes from the smokey backfire of ancient
the perfect grip to take along union would not need to threat-
when you are planning on re- en a strike. As it is, however, was a fascist.
turning with more than you the unions with sufficient strike Robert Haggerty
oiaiicu. r aUalllvr ICHIUID 1 11 1C C"li ouvaa .lib .uua .........
side opening fitted with two auto workers, steelworkers et
leather covered pint flasks, four al, can get pensions. But un-
jiggercups, a corkscrew and bot- skilled labor, farm labor, white-
grounds it can't be proved Edda will pay homage to the early
Glidden automobile reliability
nf Detroit tours.
will be the new director of cen- . touAr " sponsored Dy ine the most mteresting cari on.
sus, and as such will dole out Antique Automobile club of or tw0 cylinder car best early
This is no race.
The prizes go to the man with
150.000 jobs to find out how ma-
four cylinder car, best six cyl-
tle opener." Heck, we can re- collar workers and oldsters who Stajes n 1950
ny people live in the United the American Automobile Asso- inder car best Model T Tot&
member when prohibition was never belonged to unions will
prevalent nere a bootlegger uu-i": imnaiuua mington had
wouia anve up 10 a euro on
in broad daylight
ciatlon,
Secretary of the Air Force Sy-
to the corporate philosophy of government which this CVA bill The Magic Card
represents." The Dalles, Ore. W
Tina o H a . I- n n Mplfntf Viv iha wnrvl wnrlf Ara' arvnlreamnn quick-thinking Portland Oregon State street
would infer that the governor should check with various fual Photographer saved his and hand a bottle to a customer TRVGVE LIE'S ENGLISH
f i r n. it f v,ul- ',uu press camera irom destruc- and not even bother about wraD- prienri nf 1IM Refretarv Gen
matters of policy. That is correct. But then, after get- hherthim ?h I'J't S'Ji1 1" newsfap.er. s Trygve Lie explain private- sheet attacking Symington, been revived by M. J. Duryea, tt to b tire, ,nd
ting opinions from the people, it is the responsibility of pholgraphes "Look Site .1 J" tenderf0t thfe ovi?1 diP'mat deS' WU'd haV,t the ?i'ght X"T' Charle. E vZtl ' parts for the oId-time' A h
the cmvernor aa a leader to take a stand R,?rtL wii i , 2 5 ' n't like to make public utter- examine the witness. Rather Charles E. Duryea. could be shod for a whole year
tne governor, 8S ft leaaer, 10 lake a Siana. Buddy," Mel Junghans pleaded . . .. .nn in F.nfflish. He i fearful of than f Wnrlh't m...tlnn. Sv. Thi vear. th trln whlnh . 1. i... .V...
best steamer, and the motor that
traveled the longest distano
personal reason The Glidden tour was started from home.
lor snubbing the navy court 'n io prove mai oia uooom There won't be any old wreckl
that is investigating the B-38 was spavined and out of date , the if they do
smear. Under navy rules, Cedric nd that the horseless carriage maKe a ot oI nolse This is an
worm, wno wrote tne smear " "-j- - expensive hobby. It cost a
If he doesn't take a stand, he is no leader, so he ought as he showed them his American P'o'ntive SOS
to get out and let someone taka his place who would act Newspaper
as a leader and take a stand.
Guild (CIO) dues Coos Bav- SeP'- 29 An-
ances in English.
a faux pas. For example:
mington ducked the hearing, picked up again In 1948, has 85 hand-tool
new axle for an
out-of-date machine. Or even
buy a couple of tires.
Cold War Shifts to Titoism
Russia has switched the Immediate objective of the
"cold war" from the western allies to Tito. The latest
moves have been the ousting of Yugoslav diplomatic rep
resentatives from Hungary followed by breaking off the 'HAVE NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING
Soviets' 1945 treaty or friendship witn Jugoslavia on tne
grounds that Marshall Tito has become "a puppet of for
eign imperialist and aggressive powers."
It is expected Russia's eastern European satellites will
quickly follow Moscow's lead and renounce their friendship
treaties with Yugoslavia. They include Czechoslovakia,
Poland, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Citing Yugoslavia's alleged "hostile disruptive activity"
against the USSR, as disclosed in the recent Budapest trea
son trial, the Russian note curtly concluded : "On the basis
of the aforesaid the Soviet government declares that the
Soviet Union from now on deems itself free from the obli
gations ensuing from the above-mentioned treaty." All of
which again proves how worthless any peace treaty with
Russia is only a scrap of paper to be torn up when oppor
tunity offers.
The trial and conviction of Laszto Rajk, former Hun
garian minister of foreign affairs at Budapest, and other
communist lenders, nil sentenced to death or imprisonment,
followed the pattern set by the Moscow purges of 1936-37.
Tito has replaced Trotsky as the arch-traitor with the to
talitarian hieracrchy ruling communism.
Tho Hungarian trials, like those in Poland, and the Bal
kan states are incomprehensible to the civilized mind. All
the accused did their best to hang themselves, through
what terrifying, tortuous paths can only be imagined. The
trials are not only a pollution of justice, but the breakdown
of the mind of tho victims. Among those already listed
as victims behind the iron curtain are:
Wladyslaw (lomulka, former deputy premier of Poland,
nml leader of the underground warfare against Hitleri.sm;
Truicho Koslov, former vice premier of Bulgaria, partisan
leader in the war against Germany; Lt. Gen. Koei Xoxe,
number two communist in Albania; General Markos Va
bindes, Greek rebel guerrilla leader, and Rajk, also "guilty
of chauvinism, cosmopolitanism, irredentism and Tito
ism." But their real crime was the effort to decentralize
and nationalize barbarian Russian communism's interna
tional power.
Hna lav in a mnfa.aniv uritK I Wnnran ha n. nht n.a him unlriiil Tha laari as, will Ha at
card, "we re friends. I belong "uum-V , ,, " prgram his UN staff, Lie was discussing perl) 1901 one-cylinder Oldsmobile.
to the CIO, too." They let him nere: Lost Will the gentleman the nr.nnoMi to hnild a nraver One reason riemnerati- mn. At the wheel, pert in an old-
continue with his picture-tak- wh held my upper teeth during room , tne new UN headquar. guls have bcen worried about a time duster, will be A. B. Gar- . . .
'" argument last week please re- ter, Some had SUKKested that it steel strike is because it would ganigo, of the museum of trans- . Th.e records, show some .il
ium to jug s tavern and receive b, called , temple o prayer cut off the sheet steel now de,. p0rtation, Princeton, Mass. "V,h. r-n57
"No," said Lie, "that sounds perately needed for new grain- The tour this year Is limited .,D
, m.ui. t i.. ii ; u: j u m iia , , nn . .... j couii lereu .
iuu luinuuduic, ucii jus, la,, it aiuidgc uiiis in me lariu ueu. iu cars oi lv&t vintage ana ear-
rest room. Democrats feel they won the lier. Among the cars that will
Oklahoma voted Itself dry reward. Benny Morin.
One paper In New Hampshire
election partly because of the steam up are a 1915 Stanley vifwed. with Pticular "'"m
Old Couple Too Embarrassed
To Seek Rides, Walk 400 Miles
Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 29 W.BAn 82-year-old Florida
fisherman and his faithful 80-year-old wife took a much
needed rest here today after walking most of the 4o miles
from Dallas, Tex., becausa they were too embarrassed to ask
for rides.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hunter are on their way home to
Apalachlcola, Fla., after an unsuccessful trip to the Dallas
veterans' hospital seeking an abdominal operation for the
aged man.
The elderly couple ran out of money at Dallas and started
hitch-hiking home a month ago. But they weren't "forward
enough" to be successful hitch-hikers, so they walked nearly
all the way to Baton Rouge.
"We've never asked for anything in our lives," Hunter said,
"and we couldn't be starting it this late. So we Just took rides
when people stopped and offered them."
The couple said they had only $9 left when they left Dallas,
and they spent that for food on the way. They had 30 cents
when they arrived here.
They carried no luggage and had only the clothes they
wore. Hunter was cl.nl in a worn blue shirt and blue trousers,
and his wife wore a plain brown cotton dress.
He Anticipated Inheritance Taxes
Pendleton. Sept. 29 (-Pi Whether or not he had an eyev on
federal Inheritance taxes, F. V. Carelle, who lived near I'ma
tilla. willed $9,9!)X to the United States govrrnmrnt.
His will was submitted to probate In the Umatilla county
court yesterday.
He left the balance of estate to his family one dollar to
each of his three sons, Jesse, Francis, and Laurence, one
dollar to his daughter, Agnes, and one dollar to his widow,
Laura G. Carelle.
BACK TO OLD DAYS
JUDGE FROM CHICAGO? grain-storage issue and if they Mountain wagon, 1914 Stutz.
Charming Dave Bazelon. as- don't come through for the far- 1906 Mercedes, 1912 Simplex,
sistant attorney general in mers it'll be bad news. 1916 Pathfinder, 1910 Under
charge of alien property, drop- President Truman is so pleas- slung, 1913 Pierce Arrow, 1911
ped in to see Paul Douglas, the ed with the democratic confer- Winton. and a whole fleet of
hard-hitting senator from Illi- ence in the midwest and far west Model T Fords,
nois, to get his help in being that he is considering another Duryea will be driving a 1924
made a Judge on the U.S. court in the deeP south now very Cadillac. James Melton, the op-
of appeals for the District of Co- hostile territory. era tenor and Incurable collec-
aeverai iruman advisers are tor of old cars, will drive a 1907
urging him to bring up the civil- Rolls Royce. Melton owns a
rights bill just before congress museum of antique cars at Nor-
is supposed to adjourn, with the walk, Conn.
idea that this would keep sou
thern congressmen filibustering
until Christmas when they
might get tired and give in.
lumbia.
As Bazelon sat down he not
iced on the senator's desk a
clipping from a Chicago news
paper telling how Bazelon had
contributed $200 to the cam
paign of GOP Senator Curley
Brooks, whom Douglas defeated.
"Perhaps that's not a very
good introduction," remarked WALLACE'S GRANARY
the red-faced Bazelon, referring Henry Wallace may be wash
to the clipping. ed up politically, but his pro-
"I don't keep political books," lific ideas " farming continue
replied the good-natured Doug- to find favor with government
las. planners. Latest Wallace idea to
Bazelon's explanation is that be revived is the "every normal
Ed McGinnis, who was running granary" plan, which, as secre-
Senator Brooks' re-election cam- lary of agriculture, he promot-
paign, had persuaded him to ed before the war.
make the $200 contribution. But You'll be hearing about it soon
this glosses over the fact that under a new name: Stabilization
Douglas and Truman were run- reserves. Briefly, the program
ning against uphill odds, were will call for substantial reserves
never expected to win. while of food and feed grains to in-
Senator Brooks had all the pow- sure stable supplies for domes-
er and money of the Chicago tic and emergency export needs.
Tribnne crowd behind him. Agriculture Secretary Charles
In brief. Brooks was consid- Brannan has repeatedly stressed
ered a sure bet. and the delight- the need for ample feed-grain
ful Bazelon. though appointed reserves In nrnvide a more eon.
A. C. Baker of Battle Creek,
when the cars made it from Con
cord to Manchester in 40 min
utes at the turn of the century.
The distance was 18 miles. An
old man was bounced out of
his wagon when his horse shied.
In Dover, N.H., the town copa
hung up big signs reading,
"Speed limit 8 miles an hour
and we mean it."
Apparently they did, too. One
unlucky driver failed to com
plete the trip. He was locked
up in the local pokey after be
ing clocked at 9 miles an hour.
Answer to 'Sidewalk Superintendents'
Springfield. Ill (U m Statehouse custodians here complain
that whenever they try to build something new. half their
time is taken up answering questions of "sidewalk superin
tendents." When they started the job of building new shelves at the
state archives building, they decided to try to eliminate the
problem.
They posted a sign which read:
"Yes, we are building book-shelves. Thank you!"
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Attack on Attlee Aimed
At His Not Solving Crisis
Goon Violence Resumed
Harry Bridges' longshoremen's union has reintroduced
bloody goon tactics in Oregon in a recrudescence of strike
violence at The Dalles, where local volunteers were unload
ing a barge loaded with Hawaiian pineapple products, an
aftermath of the long and disastrous dock strike in the
islands.
There is no difference between the Bridges totalitar
ian rule or ruin tactics and those of Hitler or Stalin.
Power has gone to the heads of many labor bosses, besides
John L. Lewis and Harry Bridges. "All power corrupts
nnd absolute power corrupts absolutely," as Lord Acton
remarked nearly a century ago, and some labor czars actu
ally think they are, greater than the government and it
must be admitted there is some basis for their illusion.
This pineapple cargo was kaded bv the Hawaiian terri
torial government which has seized and is operating the are a distinct novelty
Hawaiian docks wit n non-union crews. oiunteers at The ...
Dalles were unloading the barge when 200 club swinging Silents and talkies are really
longshorerlien from Portland rushed the port terminal, two different forms of movies,
sent two AKL teamsters to a hospital, assaulted news pho- he added. Just adding voices
tographers and cracked heads of workers and halted the ""d music to a silent doesn't
unloading. bridge the gap between them.
Circuit Judge Malcolm Wilkinson of The Dalles "The silent screen concen- Gottlieb, who is preparing to
granted a temporary injunction halting all picketing and tratod on what you saw." he said. make ,.Tn johnny Broderick
interference with unloading of the cargo and operation of "Th" .' ot movement story," wjth sound, believes the
the dock. Governor .McKay ordered state police to curb nd "cllon " public's new interest in silents.
some critics claim tnat wnen brought on partlv by showing of
sound came in. the action went the old ones on television, may
gon. ut- niovies now siana sun encourage production of new
.-regon has been fairly free from strike violence since n.1T5!b-,,. . ,h. , '." "if ""Vf.".
Governor Martins warfare on goons in the middle of the ,T, Z r" '."J,1 " , ?'r KUJi V i
'MU And 4iwvUI Pmao-iiin- Pot.i. v f-).. a ofl - tures. Gottlieb adds, was pre t- lents." Gottlieb adds. Music and
nr Jon Btl , u n '-a T " ?8ut0 nmn1, Th urn n"d to "tmospheric noises, but no dis
prison. But m long as he Harry Bridges type of labor get all their reactions and emo- logue
bosses flourish, there is always danger of it again material- tlnns over with their faces with- ' Dialogue." he said, "has un-
lzmB- .,,, .. , out using any words. . deniable limitations '"
...x, ,,,.n. viuimnii ,illCajr F UCI M rim nili:e lO CUTD
"banditry" by the longshoremen, and they are on the job.
He added, "Harry Bridges is not running "the state of Ore-
New 'Silent' Pictures Soon
May Go Into Production
By PATRICIA CLARY
Hollywood (UP The next "new" development in movies may
be silents.
Alex Gottlieb, an RKO producer, says major studios soon may
devote part of their production program to making new "silent''
pictures with big budgets and top stars.
"It's surprising how many
theater-goers like the old-time "The screen today Is con
silent movies which are being ccrned primarily with sound. If
revived," he snid. ' They in- you show a current movie with
clude both the older people and out sound, you have very little
the vouna ones to whom they that the audience can under
stand.
But the good silent picture,
he said, spoke an international
language.
"Except for photographic ad
vances." he said, "the good si
lents are still good today."
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
Forflm Atrilra Anilrit)
Britain's socialist government is facing its greatest political crisis
the dehale nnw uapiro i n th Vm,. t .. .
to a Job by Truman, was betting stant supply of meats, dairy and recent controversial devaluation of the pound sterling
against him. poultry products. Actually the question of devaluation is incidental. It has been
in tins connection, Brannan seized upon as a symooi oi me devastating economis ilonrh of
k,a an.nna.iw4 (hat Ika .....la. - - - 1.
iiaa . iiifiii... ... v. ana, u W U II U Ilia
year uncertainty of feed sup- which England!
plies, as well as feed price flue- is struggling.
tu.iUons, retard not only stable The real point!
farm production of livestock, at Issue is whe-
milk and poultry, but also stable t h e r Britain's!
TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough,
who wasn't afraid to fine John
L. Lewis, signed a little-noticed
order last week which is diplo
matic dynamite. He cast serious
doubt on the state department's
right to enter into agreements
prices to consumers.
(Copyright l4t
Stork's Arrival, Big News Breaks
Getting So They Come at Same Time
Jersey City, N. J. Reporter Ray Kierce wonders some
times If he's In the right business.
It seem that every time his wife has a bahy, Ray has to go
out and rover a big news story for his paper, the Jersey.
Journal.
A year ago, Kierce's first-born, a boy. Jan, arrived just as
a three-alarm tire broke out. Ray had to cover the fire
before he could go to the hospital.
Tuesday, Ray was covering an Important press conference
given by Governor Alfred K. Prisroll here.
In the midst of the proceedings, the telephone rang. Ray
was told his wife was being taken to the Margaret Hague
maternity hospital.
Governor Drisroll told the reporter he could understand
that the news was more Important to him than anything the
governor had to say. But Klrrre stayed for the rest of the
press conference.
P.S. This time It was a 7-pound baby girl named Penny.
Vants to Keep Record Straight
Bloomlngton. III. U" William O'Neal. 19. was called Into
court on charge that he twisted his 82-year-old sister's wrist
and fractured It. he denied the charge.
"It Just Isn't true." he said. Actually, he explained. It
happened when he pushed her off tne porch during an argument.
first experiment
in socialist gov
e r n m e n t ha.
measured up to
its stewardship!
in handling thr
crisis.
r l
r - i
'1 v3 I
fez
UfliJ
DtWItt MwtMlte
In short, Prime Minister Att
lee's regime Is called upon to
Justify its existence.
I had a long conversation with
him in London just after he
came to power in 1945, and siz
ed him up as being a straight
forward man. I find I also made
this comment In my 1945 re
port: "Don't forget that it s Attlee
who is the master chemist in
this leftist politico-economic ex
periment which, if it should go
wrong, would have i tremend
ous repercussion not only on
England but on the rest of the
globe."
Well, Chemist Attlee hai mr.
And the outcome of the exa- rived at the crucial mnmmi nf
mination is a matter of moment his experiment. The charge by
far beyond the confines of Bri- his opposition isn't that tho so
tain, for this government repre- cialists produced the crisis,
senti the world's most Import- since they inherited much eco
ant test of moderate socialism (as nomic grief when they took ov
distinct from communism and " as the war was closing, but
bolshevism). that they have failed to solve lt
The main attack on the gov- . .
ernment comes from the conser- So the general attack is that
vatives, led by Britain's famous the socialists have been ineffi-war-time
prime minister. Win- cient. Specifically it appears to
ston Churchill. There is weight be developing along three lines:
in this assault, for Churchill is 1- Why did you wait so long
generally regarded as the savior to inaugurate devaluation? If
of his country in the world con- devaluation was the right move
flict, and his views are received to make, it should have been
with respect. made earlier.
Attlee lacks the colorful per- 2- Devaluation now has been
sonality of his opponent. How- forced largely because of waste
ever, the premier himself has fulness of the welfare state,
achieved powerful leadership 3. We know that you can't
through team work and his rep- hold the line. Prices will go up
utatlon for sincerity. and so will wages.
A