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4 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, February 11, 1950
Not Equality Before the Law
President Truman Friday ordered congress and the ag
ricultural department to investigate "and do something
about the government's $50 million potato-dumping pro
gram." The congressional farm leaders were summoned to a
White House conference because of the flood of letters re
ceived protesting the destruction of some 40 million bu
shels of potatoes. Senator Elmer Thomas, (Dem. Okla.),
who attended the conference said that "if the situation is
not corrected it will jeopardize the entire farm support
program." He added :
"You cannot explain to the taxpayer why the government is
buying American potatoes at high prices and then pulling them
off the market when at the same time Canada is flooding the
market with lower-priced potatoes, even paying higher trans
portation costs."
The way it works, in Oregon at least, is that the grow
ers save the top grade of spuds for the government to buy
and destroy, and sells to stores the inferior grades for
public consumption. The merchants are not to blame for
that is all they can buy. And as the government has been
unable to sell the huge surplus of potatoes, except at a
cent per 100 pounds back to the farmers lor stock teed
or fertilizer, it decided to destroy them as congress refused
to act.
Support prices, unless production control is exercised,
naturally produces a surplus of any crop which the gov
ernment offers a profitable price for. It is part of the po
litical merry-go-round to get votes and establish the so
cialist state. This is no new experience. It happens right
along. There was the same scandal last year when millions
of bushels of potatoes were purchased at high prices and
destroyed by the government because spuds are a perish
able crop and cannot be carried over to fill warehouses.
At the same time despite the fact that the government
has already $100 million worth of surplus eggs on hand
and doesn't know what to do with them, the agricultural
department states that it will continue through March to
support egg prices so that producers will be guaranteed
an average of 25 cents a dozen on the farm. This also means
the government will continue to pay the producers of dried
eggs around 96 cents a pound for their product. The eggs
are bought at 75 percent of "parity" set by the depsj't
ment. In the last two years, the government has accumu
lated about 73,000,000 pounds of dried eggs. About one
fourth of these are stored in a gigantic cool cave near
Atchison, Kas. The remainder is in various warehouses
around the country.
This is what happens in attempts to monkey with the
economic law of supply and demand and penalizes all the
people for the benefit ef special pressure groups, insuring
profits for the few from the pockets of the many. It is not
"equality before the law."
Dr. Nourse Explains Resignation
In the current issue of Collier's magazine Dr. Edward
G. Nourse tells why he resigned as chairman of the presi
dent's council of economic advisers. It was because the
other members Leon H. Keyserling and Dr. John D. Clock
wanted to play politics and he disagreed with them in the
council's proper relationship to the president.
Nourse says that he always believed the council should
confine itself solely to a cold, objective, professional analy
sis of the economic situation without regard to politics
whatsoever. The other members were emphatic that the
council should come to the president with a single definite
policy recommendation and do our best to "sell" it to him.
After he had bought it or taken a different policy line
they thought the council should be prepared to testify on
the president's policy if asked to do so by the congress.
Nourse denies that his resignation was prompted by
his criticism of Mr. Truman's deficit spending policies. He
said that, even before he criticized the program, he had
submitted his resignation and insisted that it become ef
fective last Nov. 1.
Whenever the council gave the president a report,
Nourse said, Mr. Truman's "almost unvarying formula
..,u. i'ii 4 !.; ,, ,.-;n, ,n u,o v';n;.,,t.h,,,-,ri
and read it with great care. Then we can discuss it fur
ther.' But never from the first annual report of January,
1947, to the third midyear report of 1919 did such a dis
cussion materialize."
One wonders how many of the president's advisers state
their findings "cold, objectively and professionally" and
how many color them politically to conform to the presi
dent's announced policies.
'Ridiculous' Is Hardly the Word
If the Truman administration won't admit it's out to
wreck the navy, it is doing a pretty good job doing it,
anyway.
The latest bit of demoralizing guff comes from the row
boat skipper of Nebraska, Secretary of the Navy Matthews.
He wants officers and men of the naval branch of the ser
vice to "knock off" referring to the big shots as brasshats.
Any rude references to officials of the navy are out.
If Secretary of Defense Johnson and his side-kick
Matthews keep things up, there won't be any brasshats left
in the navy to call brasshats 'cause there won't be a navy
worth calling a navy.
$10 Surprise for Tax Collector
Chicago, Feb. 11 ffl Tho government received ?10 it wasn't
expecting today.
John T. Jarcckl, deputy collector of Internal revenue whose
main business is accepting income tax returns, said the fol
lowing letter came with tho money:
"I have gone over the enclosed 1040 (income tax form)
very carefully. No tax due this year.
"Nevertheless, I think I should kick in something under
the circumstances. In all truthfulness, I am not a dime ahead
after all the bills are paid, nor have I been ahead all year.
"But we are eating better than before and no landlord can
put us out of here. So here's ten bucks, and let's build a
bigger and better A-bomb than the one Joe Stalin's cooking
up for us."
Jarecki deposited the money to the treasury's general
fund credit. He declined to discloss the name of the sender.
BY BECK-v
Human Nature
faS&"SsJ 1111 1 SO TO THE TROUBLE OF IB
PUTTING ON MY TIRE CHAINS TO Jp
Wm, BE SAFE AN' THEN I'M BLOCKED
fPlltlfSPIKSfVOFF B A L0T 0F SApS WHO ARE m
9zMiZ:&J TOO LAZY TO PUT ON THEIRS. j
ZfcrT.z!L LAW ABOUT THAT... .
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Somber Eyes of Abe Lincoln
Stare Down at GOP Rally
By DREW PEARSON
Washington The deep-set eyes of Abraham Lincoln stared
somberly down from a huge portrait. Below him milled 12,000
people, some trying to speak, some trying to gnaw chicken bones,
some hoping to dance, some trying to look plebeian all celebrat
ing the republican party's determination to take a new lease on
lifp at one dol- ' '
lar a throw f or .
a box supper. ; i
The man whof""
pnno anlripri ihp
Republican par
ty and the
n a t i o n
through its most
perilous crisis,
looked down on
the strange
sight. What he
fhmieht. nobody
knows. But here is what he
saw:
A slightly frantic woman, be-
jeweled and in a fur coat, try-
BY CLARE BARNES, JR.
White Collar Zoo
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Happy Robins Don't Worry;
Use All Their God-Given Gifts
BY REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
Rector, St. Paul' Episcopal Church
The robins returned this week to examine the site in our back
yard where for many years they had raised their families. They
appeared to have had plenty to eat, wherever they were the
past three months.
It is amazing how these feathered creatures get along. They
get along with-
wno traded civil rights for a
Montana power line; Capehart,
who opposed preparedness;
Washington's Harry Cain, the
spokesman for the real-estate
lobby. . , "I realize," said Tobey
wryly, "I'm with strange com
pany." WHAT LINCOLN THOUGHT
The song leader roared out:
"Hail, hail the gang's all here,
what the hell do we care." Sen
ator Tobey laughed and moved
on. . .
Above him the deep-set, som-
leg She was elbowed on both f dr"at !h,e Plitical P""
sides. Her hat was askew. Her - .
fixed smile had a pained look.
Drew Pearson
Periodically, a hoarse voice in
the stand above shouted, "Sid
down you. Down in front." She
shuddered, but gnawed. . . Sen.
Owen Brewster, as harassed and
perspiring as a busy grocery
clerk, trying to squeeze through
to the press table. His bald head
ty-seven years before he had
stood at another rally at Get
tysburg where he told fellow
republicans: "We are testing
. . . Whether that nation or any
nation so concieved and so dedi
cated, can long endure." . . .
The hazards which he outlined
still there. The principles
gleamed but his voice retained ""Jnr-ZrZ
its sense of humor. "We simple
i.'in. fn f- M
E ...rA "YouT bTm from the who oW pro,e hl. faith, That.
they be carried out. by those
out a bank ac
count, clothing,
storage system,
a n automobile
or even a telephone.
Scripture says
"Behold the
fowls of the air:
for they sow
not, neither do
they reap, nor
lOl
7 The birds, instead of worry
ing, are always on the job con
tinually searching for food, rais
ing families, finding shelter, and
using the marvelous intelligence
1 and instincts with which God
has provided . them.
If, instead of worrying, we
would put to use all our God
given faculties, we too might
have plenty to eat and wear,
and be able to spend our winters
was the big question asked from
the sidelines at the famed box
supper. . .Only time will give
the answer.
high-school band drowned out
the rest. Nobody cared anyway.
Twenty photographers trying
to shoot a trio of republican
leaders balancing boxes on their rAPITAI NFWC. rAPsi:iF
knees and picking at chicken CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES
bones. . . This was a shot for the
J ' W " - r
ij I 111.?-
fl till !
Mixing politics and taxes .
gather i n t o- oeorm h. swin jn California like the robins
barns: yet your do. "Be not anxious for the
Heavenly Father fcedelh them, morrow" does not mean that we
Why take ye thought for rai- should not anticipate the future
ment? Consider the Ulics of the but that we should not be so
field, how they grow, they toil nervous over what the future
not, neither do they spin, yet I may have in store for .us, that
say unto you that even Solomon, we go into a nervous breakdown
in all his glory, was not arrayed and are" unable to face the mor
like one of these. Wherefore, row or meet the crisis,
if God so clothe the grass of the Not to be worried does not
field, which today is, and tomor- mean that therefore we have no
row is cast into the oven, shall thing else to do. There is still
he not much more clothe you?" plenty to do.
Before we decide that because The point is, the robins, in-
the birds do not worrv too much stead of worrying about their
about iood and clothing we can frture, use ail their God-given
sit down and let the world go gifts. If we did the same we
by, we should think this thing could be as happy and carefree
over a bitl as the robins in our back yard.
Peace of the Pitchforks Reached
Plunimcr's Cove, Fla., Feb. 11 (P) A giant oak tree today
marked tho spot where fishermen's wives and a druggist
reached the peace of the pitchforks.
Druggist E. G. Murphy needed no prodding to reach
an accord.
The agreement ended a heated dispute which saw the
women arm themselves with pitchforks, scythes, rakes and
axes and march on the concrete garage built by Murphy.
In building the garage Murphy closed a 20 foot dirt road
leading to one of the best mullet fishing spots on the placid
St. John's river.
The fishermen, who depended on the spot for a living,
wrangled with Murphy fruitlessly and then served an unti
matum: Tear down the garage or we will.
Murphy did nothing so yesterday afternoon the women
marched on Murphy. The druggist got the point immediate
ly. A mass meeting was held under the tree. Murphy agreed
the fishermen could tear down the garage. In fact, he said
he would serve them lemonade and sandwiches while they
worked.
Friend of a friend . . . looking for a ob
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Futility of Dealing With Reds
Finally Officially Recognized
By DeWITT MocKENZIE
() Foreign Affairs Analyst)
n . -e pi.i. AAunn) 4a.lai.atirtn urhirh hasps America's
"a?.':8ai! "fA"!4 5."nl" anti-communist strategy squarely on a policy of power is official
recognition at long last of a situation wnicn nas exisiea since
the birth of communist rule in Russia.
In making this startling announcement Mr. Acheson told a
press confer-
front pages. . . Homespun Joe while congress is scratching for
Martin looked like he really en- more tax money, the U. S. Tax
joyed it, but Sen. Homer Fer- Court, key agency for collect-
guson's smile was fixed and "S taxes, is in danger of going
glassy. . . "My boss," complain- political. Out of the 18 judges,
ed a stonoeraDhcr in a loud, there will soon be ninu vacan-
to this supper. He told me there chooses to make them political
would be plenty of eats and a appointments, a lot of badly
good band. They ran out of food needed lax revenue can go out
a half hour ago, and the only the window. Four vacancies are
musician I've seen was a guy coming up for appointment in
blowing a bagpipe." June. while four judges over 70
, are holding office only by pres-
rHFRHRir tapfhart idential dispensation. Tragedy
CHERUBIC CArtHAKl js that congress provides no
On the platform sat Indiana's pensions for tax court judges.
Sen. Homer Capehart, looking when they retire, after years of
for all the world like a dejected poorly paid work, they are out
middle-aged cherub. The left of luck.
side of his lip dooped sadly. . . The Saturday Evening Post,
at his side a quartet sang val- which boasts that it's ahead of
ence that lour
years of exper
ience "have
brought us the'
realization" thai
progress(
todawrds world,
peace, simply by
making agr e e -,
ments with the
lnllv "W n.,V,f In or,r.Urf U-11..U J USSianS, IS im-
.......J. uu,,.... u.uuv. ncwa, utuiyuuueu all urillie ii-t
them fnr effort." chimed some- nn T;n Pnonrc Hip conQ t a !n,.B possiuie,
58
It's very in-
vemit Migih
disclosed by publication of ex
cerpts from his news conferen
ces during that last four years of
his life. Many times he express
ed the belief that Russia would
cooperate for peace.
True, hopes for cooperation
were given a fillip when the
Red Comintern, or general staff
for world revolution, was "dis
solved" in 1943 as a concession
to the democracies. However,
one . . Capehart, who had arnv- t.gation committee sleuth, after teresting to note that this the revival of the Comintern in
fH inn norlv nv nn hnur enr 17 n reave lm.4 J. i vcii-omts ..
a prisoner. He could not es- join the law firm of. ex-army
cape, but neither did he applaud secretary Kenneth Royall.
(Copyright 1950)
KRISS-KROSS
56 of Municipal Court
Jury Were Mighty Stubborn
By CHRIS KOWITZ, Jr.
It had been a long and tiring case in Salem Municipal court,
and the six jurors had been in deliberation for over two hours.
Defendant, judge, attorneys, witnesses, etc., all waited patiently
for the jury to make uu its mind and announce a verdict.
Inside the jury room, one man was holding up the proceedings.
Five jurors
were convinced
t h e defendant
was innocent on
the drunk driv
ing charge. But
the sixth mem
ber of the pan
el insisted the
man was guilty,
and vowed lie
wouldn't a 1 1 er
his Hprisinn.
The other v
. Squeezing through the crush
came Guy G a b r i e 1 s o n, the
friendly GOP national chairman.
Ab Hermann, the old major-league
ball player, ran interfer
ence for him, while Mrs. Gab
rielson clutched a dainty orchid
to prevent it from being bruised
in the crowd. Sen. Margaret
Chase Smith of Maine reached
down to greet Mrs. Gabrielson.
She wore gardenias.
Ex-Congressman George Ben
der, senator Taft's lustiest cheer
leader, was in seventh heaven.
"I didn't know there were this
many of us left in the world,"
he yelled, looking down at the
crowd. George's fancy bosom
heaved with pride. Gone were
his memories of the "Win With
Dewey" shirts that he sent to
friends as a gag after Dewey's
defeat. . . Master of Ceremonies
George Murphy wheezed play-
luny into me mine, "Shake friends belong
hands with the girl on your ed to radio corn
left. No, now, don't hold it too edians. who
,u"' ine iaay in tne lur have a monop
coat. still clutching a half-nib- oly on talking
oica cnicnen leg, put her hand dogs. What a
in her pocket. life they led! All
they had to do
VAGUE COLLEGE PROF was toss off a
Spn. Ken Whprrv full pf few gags to
and bounce, mished Ihrmioh thp their bosses, and
crush. . . A cry from the crowd: ?ke ,the 5.est 01
"Is that Wherry?" "What's left uie aay on.
i jpitipr. from the the shape of the "Cominform"
views held by the late president 1?" fle lea.r that Bol"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, a fact shevism is doing business at the
old stand.
The fact that communism will
respond only to strength was
established way back in 1919
when Lenin founded the Comin
tern. This was flat apd fair
notice that communism not only
was going to rule in Russia but
was aiming to spread abroad
by force if necessary. And each
succeeding year has emphasized
that only an insurmountable
barrier of military power ap
parently could prevent war
from growing out of the situ
ations of many people.
How Big Was the Purse?
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 11 (U.R) Readers wanted to know
how big was the purse and how small was the dog today
after this ad appeared in the Chattanooga Times:
"Lost Black purse containing lady's Boston bulldog, male.
No collar."
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Rover's Story Proves If You
Can't Make Small Talk-Yelp
By HAL BOYLE
New York (IP) Once upon a time there was a dog named Rover, combatted with the virtues of
And he felt he had a bone to pick with life. He was the lone- democracy.
liest dog anywhere. ,.,,,,. . Communism Is a dynamic
The reason was simple. In a world of talking dogs Rover was ,deology- Tnat doesn,t me'an ltf
a misf. . He couldn't say a word. . a d ideologyi but ,ta metn.
.pwydll7.e aPPeal to the imagination
of many people of an adventur
ous uneasy mind. Hitler's naz
ism also was a dynamic ideolo
gy a develish one, of
Force isn't an Ideological an
swer to communism. It must be
I ?iw. 1 J
course,
Rover and become the only com
edian in America who owns a
non-talking dog?"
At first the comedian said.
"who ever heard of such a but still one which took a power
thing?" But then he thought It fui hold on the Imaginations of
over ana saia, wny, it s tne laea many people,
of the century! Come on, .
Rover."
Well, they went on the air and
Americans feel that the dem
ocracy to which they subscribe
is the supreme ideal. But no
une' Thomas Sloltes national
columnist: Owen Roberts, for
mer United States supreme
court justice; Robert Patterson,
ex-secretary of war;' and Russell
Davenport, one of the top offi
cials of Columbia Broadcasting
company.
Harry Collins, recently-retired
telephone exec, is a long-time
boxing fan. His Interest in the
pugilistic sport began many
Rover, the non-talking dog, be-
- bailie an unci iiabiuucii ociiMiiuii. . . i lJ.u-
of him," was Wherry's answer A"e comeaians wouia tnen go The comedian wouid ask ..Wn0 Zr.CZ.ZJk
. . Sen. Alexander Smith, the on the .a,'r- and -uo e hat the was that lady I seen you with hff" l ?.? 'plce?
slim gray, former Princeton oogs saia, ana everyooay wouia Jast night?" and Rover would '"'"' '.'.'
professor, 'loped past looking jus' die la."ghin- didn't have answer "Bow wow!"
like a faculty adviser at a frat-
to be particularly clever, because
for some reason or other prac-
......W.r l;i,'nlinn U ,. h.nnu
but a little dazed. From around .f"y.tnj."g.
his
sign.
It panicked the nation. Peo-
is a wonderfully constructed
piece of machinery, but it won't
run unless somebody starts and
: a little dazed. From around ' -
neck hung a big cardboard saf 50Unds f,unny
n. It read "New Jersey," and 'Wnv don ' y01
. . T?pi.pn9" lltA nlW H
five jurors wont to work on tho Jcars ag0i when Harry was in
one-member minority, huchiih- grade school.
talking dog .M'''S eer, it,
Anne. They just wanted to . Democracy Is rather a loose
you wise up, ,10,p pnp, '.Yo,i know what lerm Ior a collection oi supreme
added to his appearance of be- Rover?" the other dogs told him. Rover saySi.. one fellow would ideas. Its weakness, f any, may
ing a lost soul in a strange world. "There's no future In being the remark. And the other'd bust be In lack of coordination and
One section in the grandstand strong silent type." out laughing and say, "Bow organization,
resembled 5th Avenue's Town- wow!" The great strength of com-
send Old Age club elderly but Well, Rover tried. The only . , munism strmes us as lying
ing to swing him over to their
side in order to get the unan
imous vote required for a ver
dict.
Harry employed his ingenuity
to gain admittance to the first
fight he ever attended. Flat
uroKe and with no income in
nf tppn- iob he could get was night j i largely in its methods of intens-
agers milled impatiently, wait- watchdog in a peppermint fac- wealthy and famous, the ive "Kanization. An outstanding
ig for Fred Waring s band to wry, so ne naa l?ieniy oi tree -,h .orncdian. and their talk. 'Pi " " "es m me sys-
start. . . A great cry swung time. Night after night he ,nrf dogs lost out Tneir sponso tematic organization of child-
On Into the evening hours
ihcy argued. Finally they had Jhe boxing arcna (n mld.after.
to give up without reaching a noon Finding a door open and
verdict. no one inside, little Harry walk
As the jurors left the room, ed to the cen(er of ,he floor
the man who was responsible crawlcd ,inder the Doxlng ring
for the split decision looked at and W!,iled
the other five jurors and said '
disgustedly, "They're the most Several hours later, he could
stubborn group of people I've crowd coming into the
ever seen " auditorium. When he thought
' , the coast was clear of ushers,
Steve Anderson, local attor- he darted out from his hiding
ncy now on a trip to the Enst to place and into a nearby seat,
handle some affairs for the Though Hairy has altered his
Young Republicans, is conduct- technique, he hasn't lost the art
ing a luncheon and visitation of dodging the ticket window,
itinerary of big city dimensions. For the last 25 years, Harry has
Among those with whom Steve been judge at nearly every pro
has recently lunched or chatted fessional and amateur boxing
are Mrs. Ogdcn Reid, president card held in Salem. As such, he
of the New York Hcrald-Trib- naturally gains free admission.
One night the hungry and en-
fancy of the young.
This is recognition
of the
through the arena. The champ would squat in front of a mirror deserted them. Nobody would rcn fnd ,yo.uth various move-
had arrived, the great hope o iiciury piacucB n listen lo a talking dog anymore. "'-" "b.. ...
the party, in strode bod latt, "
wreathed in smiles . . No pro- he ever said was:
gresslve reDeis mere to greet unrrrooopn . . . unrroopn . . . Rover as he left the radio ita-
him, no Wayne Morses, no tao- unrrrooopn.- jion
ot Lodges, no Irving Ives. . . Finally Rover went to a psy- "What have you got to say
No chicken bones for them . . . chiatrist. He took a pencil in for yourself?" they demanded.
"Maybe," cracked someone, his paws and wrote (yes, wrote "Bow wow," said Rover wor
"they stayed home and ate cav- after all he wasn't illiterate) the riedly.
iar." following: - "Okay, wise guy so you
vious talking dogs ambushed simple fact lhat the young oik
of today are the politically con
scious citizens of tomorrow.
O' course, communism, naz
ism and fascism all are dictator
ships. Regimentation of the pub-
a Tjpr 'tamnhiri-' twinV- "t rfpr,'t Wo m oiv,p p. .urn ....i.j "c manes laeoiogicai cooraina-
.... ........ a uvu in iv. iii j iBiuwi v wult l lain.) i auai icu uuc ui , . ,
iing Sen. Charles Tobey, a GOP mother. I just want to work for the pack. And he and the other .'fiT Dehm.tc.raC5' has n0
independent made his way slow- a comedian and live a rich, full unemployed dogs fell on Rover ,ruclt WIm sucn things,
ly down the aisle, a newsman life. But I can't talk." with their fangs. Still, there are plenty of le
asked; "What are you doing on "Hmmm," said the psychia- There was only one thing for gitimate ways in which demo
tlie program?" . . . Tobey looked trist. "How odd. The patient Rover to do and he did it. He acy can tighten up its organ
at the lineup of party conser- before you was a comedian who lifted his manicured muzzle and ization and coordination. To
vatlves on the speakers' pro- wanted me to help him think up hollered in a strong clear tenor: many observers the youth move
gram Indiana's Charles Halleck a new comedy routine." "Help! Police! Help! I am be- ments are among the greatest
who ducked out on Abe Lin- !e( by ruffians!" assets a nation can have. If the
coin's great p r i n c i p 1 e civil So the psychiatrist called back Moral: If you can't make other fellows can interest the
rights; Nebraska's Ken Wherry, the comedian and said: small talk yelp. young people, so can democracy.