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4 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, July 21, 1951
THE HOUSE CONTROLS BILL
The house of representatives has ended its extended
gyrations and finally passed a bill to extend wage, price
and other economic controls for one year. The Associated
Press thus summarizes the house measure. It would :
1. Allow a 20 per cent increase in rents over July, 1947, levels.
2. Increase the pay-off time for both new and used cars,
bought on the installment plan, from 15 to 21 months.
3. Reduce down payments on household appliances from
25 to 15 per cent and lengthen the pay-off period from 15 to 18
months. The trade-in value of an old appliance could be used
as part of the down payment
4. Reduce down payments on household furniture and floor
coverings from 15 to 10 per cent, with 21 instead of 15 months
to pay.
5. Allow homes costing up to $10,000 to be bought with only
a 10 per cent down payment, with 25 years to pay off the
mortgage.
The bill also: contains a ban on imports of fats and oils,
peanuts and dairy products for two years; keeps the 10 per cent
beef rollback in effect, but bars any further reduction; allows
a 10 per cent rollback in the prices of some other farm products;
and refuses President Truman the authority to acquire and oper
ate aeicnse plants or to license Dullnesses.
The measure now goes to a house-senate conference
committee to iron out the differences between the house
and senate bills. The latter extends controls for only
eight months. After that it goes back to the house and
senate for final vote on the conference measure.
The two bills differ but little in several major points,
none on a few. Both are patchworks of amendments over
the original administration measure, and satisfies neither
the democrats nor republicans entirely, but the adminis
tration leaders concede it might have been worse.
The house finally knocked out amendments freezing
price and wage ceilings for 120 days at July 7 levels ; one
requiring that price ceilings must reflect costs plus "a
reasonable profit"; one which assured meat packers a
profit on every animal processed. And it salvaged the re
cent 10 per cent rollback on live beef prices, though refus
ing to grant the additional 9 per cent rollback sought by
the price stabilizer.
The controls measure passed by a vote of 323 to 92.
Only 16 democrats and 76 republicans voted against the
bill. It is declared by house leaders of both parties as a
workable bill giving the president authority to establish
effective controls if properly administered.
THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Among the fantastic exposures being made in the na
tion's capital revealing that it, has become a swindlers'
paradise is the case of paunchy peg-legged Sam Mason.
He is accused by senators of being a slick confidence man,
a former convict, who bilked victims of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, yet who admitted in his testimony that
he has filed no income tax returns for more than 20 years.
During two days of committee hearings, Mason was ac
cused of fleecing five victims of almost $350,000 by prom
ising them government business or leases on "surplus"
federal buildings when government agencies "moved un
derground to escape atomic attack."
Senator Karl E. Mundt (R., S.D.), of the investigating
committee, says that while Mason was evidently a "lone
wolf" racketeer, the probe may have opened up a "Pan
dora's box" of similar confidence schemes. "If Mason
could think up a scheme like that others must have too,
and this may be only a link in a whole series of swindle
schemers playing upon the stupidity and naivete of some
people about their government," Mundt said.
Mason, a New Yorker, told the committee that he draws
$195 a month from the government for a leg he lost in the
war. He admitted that he got about $88,000 from five
clients who testified they paid him $260,000. This money,
he said, was in return for promises that he would obtain
bargain leases on "surplus" government buildings which
could be subleased at a big profit. Another promise was
to obtain business contracts in government and private
industry.
Mason said he himself never made any direct effort to
make good on those promises. He said he turned a big
chunk of the money over to a mysterious "Mr. Kungart,"
whom he described as an influential man "who knew the
right people" in Washington. He understood Eungart is
now in Australia. He admitted that he entered into a
scheme to bribe government officials with "sewer money"
to pave the way for leases on federal buildings. "What's
wrong with that?" he asked.
The record of the investigation has been turned over
to the department of justice for investigation and prosecution.
BY BECK
What to Do?
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
BY CARL ANDERSON
fyteV PHOOIE I OUB HOUSE IS REEKIMj IStjftxCfr'
rfl VITH E OOOR THEV SAW IT jfe2?OU MISTAKE Yii: .
y 7 WAS A SORT OF STEV OR STsrT VAS IN MOT O
f SUIMGULUON THEY VERS SSWa OBJECTING VHEN )
3&i7 cOKN3 FOR LUNCH Kjg3t? THEY 5TARTE0
75y-gR BECAUSE THE FOLKS IfciSSjl BUILDING THAT VsT
Truman Has 'Fireside Chat' Henry
For Congressional Demos
By DREW PEARSON
Washington It was kept out of the newspapers, but President
Truman had another of. his confidential talks with members of
congress at Blair House over coffee and sandwiches some time
ago. Most significant development at the session was a blast at
William Boyle, chairman of the Democratic National committee,
and an impas-
sioned preiiden
tial plea for
peace by the
president.
Present at the
meeting were
Senators C 1 e -merits
of Ken
t u c k y , Hen
nings of Missou
ri, Humphrey of
Minnesota ,
Murray of Mon
tana, and Smathers of Florida;
together with Representatives
Boggs of Louisiana, Hays of
Ohio, Eugene McCarthy of Min
nesota, and Yorty of California
all democrats.
' AX
Drtw Purt.a
subject of the RFC, however,
without a disparaging remark
about Senator Fulbright, chief
critic of the RFC.
"Everybody knows," remarked
the president, "that Fulbright
has written letters to the RFC
himself in order to get loans for
his friends."
When the conversation turned
to General MacArthur, Boggs of
Louisiana reminded Truman
that California's Sam Yorty was
the first to commend the pres
ident on the house floor for
cracking down on the general.
"You know, I served as an of
ficer on MacArthur's staff in the
BARGAIN
SALE
KNITTED
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Bats Have Radar System to
Guide Movements in Dark
BY REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
RMtor.' St. Paul. EpUcop.l Church
Last Saturday night I sat by a small light, reading. The rest of
the house was in darkness. The front door was open. Suddenly I
felt, more than saw, a swiftly passing shadow. I looked up but saw
nothing. After this was repeated twice more, I got up, peered into
the darkness of the adjoining room, but saw nothing. Sitting down
to read again, I
kept one eye
alert. Suddenly
from the dark
upstairs room a
swiftly moving
object descend
ed and dashed
through the
room, barely
missing my
head, furniture,
Scripture teaches us there ii
"nothing new under the sun."
We marvel at modern scienti
fic discoveries and develop
ments. The marvcl'of it all is,
that the principle underlying all
. ,i . Pacific," observed Yorty, "and I
Truman opened the discussion ,., ' ,t ,, ui t
by urging his guests to speak undfir MacArthur had
freely on any gripe, they might u , n lnsubordina.
be nursing. He is used to cnt- Hon towgrd MacArthur
iticism he said after all he disp,ayed toward that ma
brickbats tossed at h.m following WQuld have been curmai.tialed
the ouster of MacArthur. before you coud bat your pye
"I don't care what the news- . , ,
papers or my republican foes say
about me," he declared. "All I
hope is that I am still able to set
tle this crisis without one Amer
ican city being atom-bombed
and without the destruction of
civilization by a third world
war. 1
"What people say about me
is of no importance if I can pre
vent that. After all, I have no
personal ambitions."
Then he added with a grin:
ACHESON DEFENDED
The president strongly de
fended Secretary of State Ache
son, whom he called "the best
secretary of state in 50 years."
He added that it was not his re
sponsibility to have a popular
secretary of state, but one who
is smart and able, especially
when you have to deal with the
Russians.
Truman suggested that, if
Acheson's critics had to sit
II Itac"
THE WORLD TODAY
Japan Has Tough Going Even
After Peace Treaty Is Signed
serious again,
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington, July 21 (IP) The Japanese, with whom we shall
soon sign a peace treaty, face tough going to survive. ,
That goes for food and for raw materials for their factories,
lere's nothing new about that. Thev had to do it before the war.
sians and negotiate with them, Although they must import at least 15 per cent of their food,
tney would nave a far neater re- hivtn't
tne spect for Acheson. The president been doing too
I've ennr as hieh a I ran 1 Z L.T . . . lnal oe5 Ior I00a ana Ior raw maienais lor ineir lactl
1 ve gone as nign as 1 can around the tatalp u,lth the Ph.. mi . ,u: i i.l.i m u-j j-u n
.- - - . m,.,.!. -ft ,,, In . xueies Hunting new auuui mui. xncy uau lu uu lb ueiure me
these thines. even the crack- get. Tneres no future in this .ana nrf nPonHt ,ith ii,.. m, u .l... i ; l -i ,c
ing of the atom, were in op- job."
eration long before modern man Waxing
appeared on t h e earth. The president stated that there is a also remarked that he has had v. ji i w
lamp, etc. But
Rev. Oeorcs B. Swift
wonaer is that some modern peo- crying need for more construe- "four secretaries of state all with field Their food
Fhaf rnnH VrJjUnlYSitw tive crltlcism. and less mud" the POy." apparently standard now is
that God (not man) not only iii,. ,,if,,r,oro- i. tv., u .n. j ..
ion if he government is to .rve "
tne Dest interests ot me Amen- icy and that the same policy will But they ve
can people on both the foreign be followed no matter who is had a lot of
and domestic fronts. secretary of state. help from us in
The president also rehashed -that. The U. S.
nis roreign policy from the time as the occupy
he entered th WVi ito TfAn,a h9c
HA 1, f J,(. ... ... - "- " "'S
mnrfpm erionticte upn ihnimhi .f,. , u.. 41 " . . plaining that as a senator he snent S2 billion
of radar. In the July issue of radar, the jet-propelled planes, F.hnt it i, rnnn-tivp6 ad spent alI.his ime on the ln the Pt six years to supply iaIs she needed at low shipping
Readers' Digest we read of and the atom bomb, it mieht ii .' uu i. " CI "Tj" -uman committee investigating Japan wnn iooa nu costs, and the cost of the
U.. 4- 1 1 1 .i . 1 ... .1 war Sranflfl - 1 MMori h. ...ar.t noc top qIc nr.. nF .1 u ,
GABRIELSON'S FEES
finally disappeared through the ciples into operation in nature,
open aoor irom wnence he but designed the very brains
came. with which our greatest think-
We are told that bats have ers have comprehended these
had a radar system to guide their things.
movements through the total In the last analysis, when we
darkness of caves ages before realize the threat of modern
even
July
young squids operating like jet- have been better to have left the rL; .V .V. " " " '"II "a war 'candals; so when he went things.
propelled planes, developing radar to bats, the jet-propulsion ,'"V' irrwhiash i t the . 6 HoUSe' he had to
thrust to carry them out of the to the squid, and the splitting "y'g ' bone UP hurriedly on foreign
water and through the air for of the atom to the sun. But hav- ?5P0n w S policy
50 or 60 yards. Undoubtedly ing them now, we certainly ?metime but 1 fot llttle ...
they have been doing that for should keep the Great Creator help or encouragement from con- CH,NESE SUBTERFUGE
BOPS Yipfnri mnriprn 4ot nlnna V, n..lnninln ,.1,.J - CTeSS.
Tirnniilcinn wn hm,chf t .,n t T.nnlcincf nt rnnerPfisman "HflVS While the Communists
J.mci Mat-low
not only loses all its overseas
possessions but all its assets and
investments in the 50 nations
which were at war with her.) '
...
So, to keep going, Japan must
import at least 15 per cent of its
food and all its raw materials.
And that brings in another ma
jor probjem: Shipping.
Before the war Japan had a
large merchant fleet which en
abled her to import the mater-
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Poor Man's Philosopher
With a Few Bright Sayings
By HAL BOYLE
New York (P) Street corner sayings of a pavement Plato:
...
The thinnest thing in the world is flattery and the hardest to
see through.
ma
terials was low when she could
buv them from Asia's lnw.r-ncl
(After the treaty we'll prob- countries,
ably have to keep on helping Because of the low-cost circle
the Japanese to some extent, al- jn shipping, buying, and
though the how and how much manufacturing she was able to
g"' are vague at the moment. Right sell 0n world markets at low
Looking at Congressman Hays mle tne communists were now there's no plan before con- cost and at a rate of profit
of Ohio, he checked himself and 'a""ng Peace at Kaesong, they gress to give japan economic which enabled her to keep ex
added: wer,e shipping steel bridging aid.) panding her factories. '
"I did get some important pmf" "Tu3. ea Pf Aside frorn food, the rest of Now her merchant f,eet
help from you. Your speech "T-, the JaPanese llvmg stanaara 18 only 20 per cent of pre-war.
abount those big fees received r ---.C.1 - only 80 per. cem P-."1- Unless she can build up that
Marriage
maxim: Never
tell a wife to do
anything unless
she already has
decided to.
...
There is more
nourishment in
a lean truth
than a fat lie.
...
A man is like
a railroad train.
He never gets anywhere unless
hp's ent something to go on.
... n rpasnn Tipvntvl iha nVtons et Ub
Children used to say "thank word say you donit have to see
you" when you gave them a blrd to hear Us song
Now tney asis, wnm, . .
cent of ore-war.
uuuuiiv muse uig icw ictcivcu . , , . i - unicss ane tail uuiia up mai
by Guy Gabrielson (republican v ta eommuniit dnve Japan Is in the peculiar position fleet, to keep down her shipping
national chairman) for getting tof,t. tt- ' i, u m of being th.e most industrialized rates she11 have to hire f ,
RFC loans for the Carthage Hy- , " jhV4stt "7 bridg" nation in' A.sia. but has,.nu ra,W ships at great cost, boosting the
drocol company was a great job." "snT "S""" P materials oi iw own. v. Cost of what she manufactures.
rJTCi iheSSnplaht SS2. SOT- or"8 ceS STT
frVrtl from Russia' was P0ed by (It built synthetic oil and rub- c""end f0"1 V expansion ot
h 7 ?u , f 8 ,Ua l a eoast. Air force planes bombed ed the Japanese can start them "ot only Japanese goods but the
that the information was planted nnrf .,..,, Ar. ,T" ",t"5S .' ." r t goods of other nations to make
in derailing it, but did not dam- But Japan had overseas pos
age the bridging equipment sessions to draw upon for raw
A later air patrol, sent to materials Korea, Manchuria,
cratr'nationa, com'miUee didn't "tr
uui xiautiia. xuey ami jiiay oe "u"1
en route toward the front, and whatever else it needed. Mostly
on me by the "democratic nat-
Planted!" continued Hays.
Imagine that! Why, the demo-
can't keep in shape if you let io"a' comm,i!tee'
, . . "Planted " n
juurseu gei iignt in a loose
joint.
...
Gravy spots on a necktie used havc either the brains or initia"
to be a sign of sloppiness. Now tive to di8 " "P " '
they're a sure sign of wealth. "And whlle we're on the sub
... ject, Mr. President," said the
Nobody ever got older by oh'o congressman, "let's talk
smiling or younger by yawning, about our own national commit- OPEN FORUM
... tee. I Dersonallv think it's a dis-
The deepest poverty is the lack grace to the democratic party
ox aesire.
money for Japan, would rival
the British merchant fleet which
is working the same side of the
street.)
penny.
it for?"
...
If misery really loves com
pany, why doesn't everybody
today throw a party?
from top to bottom.
(ITW- AH..UlInn
JJl wl'CVu the?.u S mittee "Iways on iU toes pro-
viding republicans in congress
with ammunition against the
democrats, but what has Bill
Boyle and his outfit ever done
for us? The answer is nothing.
The rust of caution destroys
more men than the attrition of
action.
COCKTAIL DEMOCRATS
"The only time the democratic
later the Han river.
(Copyrlibt 1M1)
Psalm of Salem
To the Editor: Salem is an exceptionally rich city.
So rich in fact every blade of grass has a green back.
Every bird has a bill.
The chimneys have their drafts.
And the maids wash our front doors with gold dust.
Every horse has a check.
And every ditch has two
banks.
Even our streets are flushed.
And the lawns get a rake off.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
At any rate, to keep Japan
at low cost. as an ally after the treaty, the
(Under the peace treaty Japan western powers will have to.
help the Japanese with raw
, materials even though, because
of their own re-armament pro-:
m gram, they're hard-pressed for
raw materials of their own.
. If they put tight limits on
what Japan can have, Japanese
recovery will be tightly limited.
If it becomes too limited, the
Japanese may feel it necessary
to make deals with China and
Russia for materials at lower
Wh.n nf a litrp rirtllai hill pn.l
in your pocket you double it. since this country and its
And when you take it out you aIiies doesn't want any too close
find it in creases. tie-ups between Janan and.
Fat Man Loses Out
T.. Amr.lra. JnW 21 (IP) A 412-nound rancher, Willard
Smith, Jr., was convicted of misdemeanor drunk driving yes
terday because the evidence was weightier than he.
Smith, 37, testified that his enormous capacity precluded
his getting drunk. He snld he once downed 43 steins of beer
' with no visible effects.
1 Smith admitted he had been drinking from 5 p.m. to 2
' o'clock on the morning of his arrest.
"Steadily?" queried Prosecutor John Rogers.
No!" snapped Smith.
"Unsteadily, then?" Rogers countered.
' Smith had no answer to that one. The Jury laughed and, in
a few minutes, found him guilty. The fat man paid a $125
, fine.
1 Store Teeth Stolen
Tokyo, July 21 W Pvt. Phillip T. Giarraputo of 1050 S.
: Eggleston St., Chicago, would like to get his hands on the
: Chinese soldier who stole his store teeth in Korea,
The army reported today that Giarraputo had them safely
tucked in his pack during a recent attack on a Korean hill,
i He left the pack when the Americans pulled back under a
' counterattack.
i Later the Americans regained the hill. Giarraputo found
I his pack but the teeth had been removed.
Those who embrace tnHav arp
. , " t u.; the orisoners of tomorrow (hp .. . ... Every cloud has a silver lining. Can you afford not to live in China and Russia, Japan's stab-
one way 10 kp fugiuVes of yesterday "auona. commmee Man snows And e flower in the city Salem, Flossie Miller ility will not only be a problem
anybody is never to love any- lugmves ot yesterday. signs of life is at the cock- has a scent. 1005 South 21st for Japan but for the west, too.
V . , ' If all the dead could stand and ' . . , ,
It is better to be a butterfly on declare their wisdom, . they The president looked sur-
. than the stern name be- would sav one word: "Live!" prisea, dui maae no comeDacK
ncath.
except to say that, while the nat-
The surest way to give your ional committee had some weak-
The trouble with life is that wife insomnia is to start talking nesses, it wasn't as bad as Hays
you can't enjoy it twice. It's so in your sleep. t painted it. He didn't drop the
hard to enjoy it once.
...
An educated snob shows the
power of mind over manners.
...
Some people are so willing to
be regimented they'll stand in
line Just for a chance to stand
in line.
Old Bird Too Tough
Excuse Seems Weak
Compton, Calif., July 21 W Pilot Gene Wilkle's excuse
failed to Impress the Judge who fined him $150 yesterday for
low flying.
Wllkio gave this explanation for the July 7 misdeed.
His boss, who runs a car wash rack, sent Wilkle aloft to
check on how many wash racks there are in Compton and
which was doing the most business.
Gratitude is what we expect
from other folks for telling them
to act better than we do our
selves. ...
The new bathing suits have
turned the beach into a see
shore. ...
Some people say they always
feel uneasy when they meet "to
tal stranger." How would they
feel if they met half a stranger?
...
A modern child is one who
says: "Let's play house. You be
the mama and I'll be the papa
and we'll flip a coin to see who
gets the divorce."
...
Tho only safe way to interrupt
an angry woman is to tell her,
"Your slip is showing."
...
Physical culture maxim: You
Seattle, July 21 (IP) "Found," said a notice In the Fort
Lawton Daily Bulletin this week, "one old hen near WAC
detachment."
The notice went on to warn that "If not claimed by Friday,
executive officer will stew."
The old hen hadn't been claimed today but the executive
officer still wasn't stewing. As Wac Lt. Jean I. Castles put
It, "The old bird looks too tough to stew."
Gets Own Blood Back
Houston, Tex., July 21 CP) Two days ago John T. Brown
donated a pint of blood to the St. Joseph blood bank
here.
While mowing his lawn yesterday. Brown was cut on both
feet by a power mower. A doctor decided he needed a blood
transfusion.
Brown got his own blood back.
Should Be Used To It
Friedrichshafen, Germany, July 21 (If) Friedrichshafen,
once the home of Germany's biggest Zeppelins and seaplanes,
issued a formal complaint to the western powers today:
Allied airplanes make too much noise.
The town council said allied fighter planes, Including
American Jets, make an "unbearable" roar ln their flights
over this industrial city.
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