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4 Salem. Oregon, Wednesday, October 5, 1949
The Unification Squabble
Partisan navy protests against the current program of
unification of armed forces, which assert that it is destroying-
naval morale are being taken seriously enough
to inspire congressional investigation and worry the pres
ident. The unification row was revived Monday with the dis
closure that Vice Adm. Gerald F. Bogan, first task fleet
commonder in the Pacific had told Navy Secretary Francis
P. Matthews that he feared for the nation's security and
for the navy's future under the unified defense establish
ment. The letter, which supported the views of Navy Captain
John G. Crommelin. was passed on to Matthews with en
dorsements by Admiral Denfield, chief of naval operations,
and Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Pacific fleet commander.
Someone turned copies of all the letters over to the press.
Intelligence officers have been orderd to find out who it
was.
The documents secrelely slipped to newsmen in Wash
ington, D.C., pictured U.S. navy morale as shot to pieces
and the nation's security imperilled under the present uni
fied defense setup. The documents included a statement
by Admiral Louis Denfield, chief of naval operations, that
a "navy stripped of its offensive power means a nation
stripped of its offensive power." In one of the documents
Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan, commander of the First
task fleet in the Pacific, was quoted as declaring that
morale has fallen "almost to despondency" because of a
belief that the country is being "sold a false bill of goods."
Also included was a statement by Admrial A. W. Radford,
commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, that a majority of
officers in that fleet concur in views expressed by Naval
Captain John Crommelin, who claims that morale among
navy officers is shot to pieces because they believe the air
force is taking over the military establishment.
Bogan said he wrote the letter only after "considerable
thought." Its contents, he said, represent "what I be
lieve." "I am wearing a naval uniform," he said, "but I
talked as a man with deep concern for the security of the
nation rather than for the immediate or long-range state
of the navy Itself."
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson has told congress that
while new cuts in navy spending are in the offing, the
navy's striking power is not threatened, and they will not
be ordered immediately, as cuts at this time would not
be "politic
Johnson assured the committee that despite the fears
of some navy officers, the strength of the navy has not
deteriorated. When combined with the naval power of
other Atlantic pact nations, he said, it is far superior to
anything a potential enemy could muster.
At Fort Bragg, N.C., where President Truman witnessed
review of troops, he said in a speech that he hopes,
"whoa the navy and airforce get all their troubles settled,
that the army, as usual, will go along." And despite the
fears of the admirals, the navy will also. If there is any'
loss of morale in any of the forces, it will be in top brass,
not in the rank and file.
A Man With An Idea
Clarence Streit covered the League of Nations sessions
for 10 years for the New York Times. All the while, he
watched the play of power politics and saw the gradual
collapto of the League. He searched his mind, history
books and the political philosophers for a form of world
government that would be more durable than the League.
He decided such government was one based on a federal
' union of the countries of the world. He put his ideas in
a book in 1939, "Union Now." Outbreak of World War
II gave his suggestions for world government a set-bark.
He adjusted them to take in the countries of the Western
democracies as a starting point.
On October 24 Salem will hear the man-behind-the-idea
express his views, which he claims are the only hope for
the western world to save itself from war and hunger.
Strait's appearance locally has been arranged by Miss
I -aura Keller who heads the Salem chapter of "Federal
Union Now Committee."
It is Streit's contention, as expressed in a recent copy
of Look magazine, that the Atlantic Pact is not enough.
The pact is an alliance. He feels only a real federal union
of the nations, such as formed by the colonies in establish
ing the federal constitution in 1787, can do the job. Win
ston Churchill has long called for a United States of
Kurope. Streil would expand on this idea to include the
Atlantic pact countries to start off with.
A resolution calling for Atlantic pact nations to send
delegates to meet in the United States to explore the idea
of such a federal union has been introduced in both houses
of congress. This proposal would be within the scope of
the United Nations, since that body permits "regional
arrangements" dealing with peace and security.
Oregon's capital, can look forward with great interest
to hearing Streit, the man whose idea has set the western
democracies thinking about a plan that challenges the
future.
A Step Toward European Recovery
The most encouraging sign for European recovery is
the agreement reported by Paul G. Hoffman, head of the
F.conomic Cooperation Administration, that Rritnin,
France and Italy have agreed to a sweeping removal of
trade barriers between themselves and other Marshall
plan countries.
The three countries have lifted import restrictions on
as much as 5S percent of their total purchases from the 13
other countries participating in the recovery program, a
practical move towards creating the same kind of free in
tercourse that exists among the states in our own country.
Hoffman did not list specific commodities or goods
on which restrictions were to be dropped, nor say when
the action becomes effective, but described it as an
"historic step" which will further the cause of Euro
pean recovery, economic recovery, economic stability and
world peace, and make for a higher standard of living
for the free countries.
The next step, logically it would seem, would he an
agreement on a common stabilized uniform standard cur
rency of fixed valuation, to replace the 18 varieties of
currencies and valuations that cause endless confusion and
disagreement over the fluctuating market prices. It
would at any rate immensely speed recovery and rehabili
tation and eliminate speculative and demoralizing black
markets. a i .
BY BECK
Penalty of Progress
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Mutiny Threatens Control
Of Lewis Over Followers
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Word inside labor circles is that John L. Lewis's
dictatorial control over his United Mine Workers is the shakiest
it has been since the 1933 depression year, when the union would
have folded up but for the rescuing hand of Franklin Roosevelt
whom Lewis later repaid with hate.
There is grow
i n g dissension
among rank-and-file
miners,
who were bare
ly able to sup
port their fami
lies during the
recent three-
day-week
s c h e d
much less main'
tain an all-out
strike with emp- Drew run
ty larders and no pay checks.
And the fact that Lewis con
tinues to draw his $50,000 a
year, ride around in big limou
sines and put up at the best ho
tels while negotiating with the
operators doesn't set well with
the rank-and-filers.
BY GUILD
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SIPS FOR SUPPER
Should Be Best Seller
By DON UPJOHN
We never thought much of Emily Post as a social arbiter,
not because she happens to be the one who dictates the manners
of the country, but because we didn't care much about being
dictated to. It has always seemed to us, in a casual sort of way, if
a man wanted to eat pie with a knife or balance peas on a fork
it was more or
The high esprit de corps and
loyalty to the "old man" that
marked former walkouts is
missing this year.
One reason isMhe large num
ber of World War II vets in the
UMW independent young fel
lows who won t be pushed
CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES
Alaskan Defenses Most vul
nerable link in our Alaskan de
fenses is housing.
Right in the heart of a great
timberland, the army engineers
haven't been able to build
enough housing to accommodate
U.S. troops. Living quarters are
so short that the army and air
force can't even keep a mini
mum peacetime force in Alaska.
Even today, housing space is
urgently needed for 12,543 men
and 6973 dependents.
One trouble: It's costing the
army engineers half as much
again to construct houses and
barracks as it would cost private
builders.
More Russian Agents The
justice department is getting rea
dy to tighten up on Amtorg, the
Russian government trade agen
cy in the U.S.A. Evidence has
developed that at least half a
dozen Amtorg agents have been
spying in the United States; so
the Russian government will be
asked to register all its members.
around by anybody, even John The stale department may block
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UCWIA.
less h i s own
business in the
land of the brave
and the home of
the alleged free.
and that no If.
woman3UUU
miles away
could say him
nay. But now
Emily has come
out with a book
called "M o t o r
Manners" and that is an entire
sign. His
Sleeper.
name was Edward
Dsn Upjohn
Metropolitan Jefferson
(Gladys Shields in Jefferson
Review)
The rest of Oregon likes to
think of Portland as Oregon's
BIG metropolis. It is a big city,
but in one respect it's more of
a "country" town than is Jeffer
son. Just this week we read of
two Portland boys walking al
most head-on into a 150-pound
lv different matter. Folks need yearling brown bear in a wood-
to be taught motor manners far ed area in southwest Portland,
more than they do table man- No bears have been reported in
ners. Nobody's likely to send a Jefferson.
whole family to the hospital or
the morgue merely by tucking Just a little drive around town
one's napkin under his chin but after the baptism of the current
when it comes to handling of a rain shows one of the biggest
motor vehicle it's another prop- walnut harvests in the state go-
osition. We have a press release ing on full blast by volunteer
showing that up In Richland, pickers cleaning them up off the
Wash., the atomic town, a copy sidewalk. park places and
of Emily's book on motor man- streets. The nuts have sure taken
hers will be distributed into a tumble the past day or two.
every one of the 5600 homes Inside the Salem city limits is
there. They haven't had a traf- maybe one of the. biggest walnut
fic death in two years there and orchards of the lot if the trees in
they've decided to keep it that park strips, lawns, et cetera were
way. There could be a lot of "J1 "et ut ord"ly an
, , chard. The nuts have been fall-
read.ng of Emily s book in these , JQ ft th, past day or , ,,,
parts without hurting anyone, if probably enough have been step-
they paid attention to what she Ppd n and squashed to have
UyM provided a carload for Europe.
The strongest rank-and-file
grumbling among the mine wor
kers is over the dissipation of
their pension and welfare fund.
This was manifested when a
Pennsylvania miner, G. H. Liv
engood, brought suit against
Lewis for alleged mishandling
and waste of the welfare fund.
Livengood's action in itself is
a telltale barometer of changing
sentiment among the miners.
For, in the past, no mere miner
would have dared challenged
Lewis's one-man rule. He and
his family would have been rid
den out of town by Lewis's
strong-arm men.
Several UMW district leaders
in the south have actually talk
ed privately of breaking away
to organize a separate union of
southern miners if Liveneood's now looks as if congress will
charges of wasting the welfare have to wage a one-armed fight
fund are upheld in court. against the lobbyists due to a
Also, many southern miners roadblock by Nevada's alleged
are sore because Lewis makes democrat, Senator Pat McCar-
a nr art ire nf tHno with nnr. TB1X,
The democrats' original plan
was to launch a double-barreled
senate-house investigation of the
lobbyists, but it is now almost
certain that the senate will be
left out despite the fact that a
barrage against lobbyists was
Incidentally, a dispatch tell. . Y,ea' pre"y near1'' vrry lov'
f heat register or what have you
of a chap over In Idaho fined ln town will be turned into nut
$13 for failing to observe a stop driers.
thern operators first, thus get
ting northern miners back to
work ahead of southern miners.
In addition, southern miners are
weary of being kept broke by
Lewis's annual strikes.
Just once, they would like to
see him wangle a wage increase one of the main democratic bat-
without a walkout. tie cries during the 1948 cam-
paign. After all the snorting
It was kept quiet, but miner and shouting, however, lobby
delegations from western Ken- ists have actually increased un
tucky and Nicholas county. West der the democrats.
Virvinia,' braced Lewis's right- One reason-is that the demo
hand man, John Owens, in Blue- crats haven't been able to start
Socks Identify the Man
Portland, Ore. (UP) A thief stole a pair nf yellow socks and
a pair of overshoes from Bob Evans' room.
The next day Evans saw the socks and overshoes in a
crowd downtown. He edged up to their wearer and said:
"Hello, Joe."
"Hello," said the other. "I don't know you."
"I don't know you, either," said Evans. "But I do know you
took those shoes and socks from my room."
The thief was startled.
"But you look like you need them. Keep them," said Evans.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Western World Faced
With New Chinese Puzzle
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
(i-r Portltn Alfftlrf Anftl7t)
Chinese ability to devise problems which are difficult to solve
has given rise in the western world to the term "Chinese puzzle"
as descriptive of anything intricate.
That term appropriately represents the chaotic condition to
which civil war has brought old China.
Having with-rw
. i t
in m i dim m i
field, W.Va., the other day with
a demand that the UMW treas
ury be opened up to help desti
tute mine families.
In a surly mood, leaders of
the two groups told Owens that
they were broke and their fami
lies hungry.
All this is why the coal oper
ators, for once, are not pressing
for a quick settlement, and also
why Lewis abruptly terminated
his strike in the anthracite and
western coal fields.
an investigation without trip
ping over McCarran. The sena
tor from Nevada has calmly
blocked every move to investi
gate lobbyists, unless he can
name the lobbyists to be investi
gated. The house finally got tired of
bickering with McCarran, and
set up its own committee
though its funds have been tied
up in the house administration
committee
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move, however, on
grounds that it will make rela
tions with the Russians even
tougher.
Ban on Russian Mink Russia
finances most of her activities in
this country espionage and
otherwise by importing furs
and selling them for dollars. To
close this important source of
revenue, 'U.S. central intelli
gence has been quietly urging
that a tariff be slapped on im
ported furs.
However, Uncle Sam's left
hand doesn't seem to know
what his right hand is doing; for
the stale department has been
lobbying on the other side
against a high fur tariff.
HEYDAY FOR LOBBYISTS
After all the pre-election
breast beating about lobbyists, it
Woody's Laugh Not Restricted
Los Angeles U.R) Radio and film comedian Mel Blane
who does the voice of Bugs Bunny and many other eomie
characters, will have to share his woodpecker laugh with
other entertainers.
Superior Judge Daniel N. Stevens ruled in a $520,000
damage suit that other show people may laugh like Blanc's
Woody Woodpecker without his authorization because any
kind of laugh is In the public domain.
Blanc brought the suit against Walter Lanti productions.
Castle Films and the Leeds Music Corp., for publishing the
laugh in a song.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
No Gray Skies for Jolson;
Works Only to Keep Busy
By HAL BOYLE
New York W There is a Broadway saying that Al Jolson didn't
invent hokum he just found a way to put it in the bank.
And at 64 the King of Schmaltz is still a young man working
overtime to keep the wolf from his door.
His fellow entertainers say, however, this isn't a necessity now
habit.,
it's
They estimate
that nasty old
wolf would
have to chaw
through $4,000,
000 to $15,000.
000 in green
backs before he
could cross the
Jolson throsh
hold. I dropped in
on the timeless
mammy singer the other night,
Ha! Bl
calling from California. Jol
son's outraged voice echoed into
the living room:
"What! Twelve hundred 'nd
fifty? Wait until I get out there.
Don't do a thing until then. I'll
call you day after tomorrow.
What, dear? Awright. No.
awright, no.
"Awright, dear, I'll call you
tomorrow. Awright, tomor
row." Al came back in, indignant.
"Can ya imagine. We're
and found him still as energetic addin' a coupla small rooms.
as a boy on a pogo stick
"Come in, ktd," he said, jaun
ty in a pigeon-blue robe decor
ated with his initials in red. He
bounced over to a hotel chair.
"This robe cost me $150,000
They want $1250 just to throw
on some paint and hang a few
draperies."
Jolson said he and his wife
tried to live a simple life in the
he remarked. "A broker gave San Fernando valley, but it was
it to me but I bought some of hard.
his stock." "You just can't lead a normal
life." he grinned. "You have a
For the next hour Al kept up butl" " maid- " cook- a Dlac"
a running fire of wisecracks on at falm, Springs and they
his past, present and future. arcn dedues wit hthe tax boys.
There's one thing about the old- f you drive a jaloppy out
time entertainers they put on the. wnV iheV ca" mn.
as good a show for one listener . If y,ou can et awar loT any-
.. thv rfn tnr narkpH hnnse thln8 iem than $1,500 a week
At the moment, Jolson is still
collecting from "The Jolson
Storv" and awaiting for the
golden harvest from
Sings Again" to roll in.
I ll eat it."
Jolson has a formula for stay-
Jolson in young the same formula
He's in meniionea long ago by Aristotle,
the spot of a man
who can't """thing in.excess.
more than a
fifth of the
globe's popula
tion, she con
tinues to be ac
corded the rank
of one of the
Big Five world
powers. Yet she
is part commu
nist and part
Natio n a 1 I s t.
with two rival governments,
both seeking the favors of for
eign nations.
Russia was quick to recog-
I
democracies, which have been
battling communism in the cold
war, must now decide whether
they want to compromise in
China, the vital Asiatic theatre
in this war of the ideologies.
Moscow's recognition of the
Pciping government is a hard
blow to the Nationalist regime
in the big southern port of
Canton.
This comes as both sides are
deploying their forces for a new
phase of the great battle on
which hinges possession of Can
ton.
As this conflict boils up, the
OPEN FORUM
More Opinions on Court House
(Editor's Note Letters to the Editor, limited to 50 wordx,
are solicited expressing an opinion on the proposed plans for
the exterior of the Marion county courthouse.)
To the Editor As a newcomer, I think your state buildings
are beautiful, so why listen to these people that want to spoil
the group. After all, it will be our children that have to look at
them longer than we will.
Some of these people better travel around the country and
lake a look then they will come back here and appreciate what
thev have here. Look at the size of Seattle. What have they got?
Nothing. MRS. L. D. WATERS
Salem
ing because of the tax laws oversleep," he said. "And Harry
but he still wants to keep busy.
Mr. Whiskers has got "Sonny
Boy" crying uncle.
"I had to pay a million dol
lars in taxes last year," he grim
maced. "The worst thing is
they want you to show receipts
and data.
Mrs. F. W. Poorman. 790 N. Summer street, has disapproved
of the exterior appearance of the proposed new county courthouse
in a strongly worded letter to County Judge Grant Murphy.
"Since you asked for a response from taxpayers regarding the
new courthouse, I add by name," wrote Mrs. Poorman. "I think
the new plan exterior is horri-
ble and would be a disgrace to but he certainly slipped in this
the city. The architect that de- design. Please get another ex
signed it is a remarkable man terior. He can do better."
make any more money by work- don'J overeat, and I don't
Truman gave me a good tip. He
told me, 'if you quit, you die.'
"I know it sounds corny, but
what I'd like to do is go home
and play with my kids. I don't
know how,
"I'm a bigger success than I
ever was. Now I want to sit
rfnwn BnH nlav arA T itnn'l
"I don't even have dis-a, know how. That's what I want
how'm I going to show 'em and I don't want.
data-' "I'm a ham. I have to keen
The phone rang in the bed- on singing, even if it's only in
room. It was his wife, Earle my bathroom."
His Fear of Burns Came True
Nashville, Tenn (U.B Albert Carney, 85, was so In fear
of burning to death in his sleep that he poured water on his
bed every night before retiring.
Today he was dead of burns received when a heater
exploded In his garage apartment.
nize the new communist regime Nationalist cabinet has accept
established In Peiping. and the ed the resignation of the gov-
Chinese Reds now have invited ernment's chief of staff. Gen. Ku
formal recognition by the rest of Chu-Tung. who has been charg
ed with efficiency.
General Hsiao Yi-Tsu, vice-
minister of National defense.
has been named acting chief of
staff in this crisis.
the world.
Meantime, the United Nations
has before It a Chinese Nation
alist charge that Russia is bark
ing the Chinese Reds with mili
tary aid.
That's th Chinese puzzle One of the most lmportsnt
which America, Britain and figures in the new communist
other powers have to solve. It's government is Gen. Chou En
a tough one and filled with dan- Lai, who has been made premier
gers. and foreign minister under the
Britain announces that she is big chief Mao Tze-Tung. The
ready to discu&s the new Red latter is chairman of the "peo
rrgime with 18 other nations, pie's republic of China."
comprising th North Atlantic This column previously has
alliance and the Rritish com- called attention to Chou as a
monwealth. John Bull has the highly influential figure. He
biggest Industrial and financial now bids fair to provide much
Investments In China and wants of the governmental window
to protect them. dressing tor the benefit of the
This means that the western western democracies.
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