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4 Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 21, 1952
SOUTHERNER LOOKS AT VOTING
Although New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary
has now been outdone by the results in Minnesota, an on-the-spot
analysis of that New Hampshire primary of 11
, daj'8 ago is interesting.
Kalph McGill, well-known editor of the Atlantic, Ga
Constitution, took a run up to New England for the cam
paign there. Since he's from the deep South, what he
observed of the democratic party's upset of the Truman
forces is more than of passing interest.
McGill described the democratic organization in the
Granite state, and especially in the city of Manchester,
as "the most regular" in New England. Yet "it went to
pieces over the issue of supporting the president and
refused to do so at the critical point the ballot box."
The southern editor claimed that Senator Kefauver
was "the big story of the campaign." The tall Tennessean
knew but five persons in the state when he went to New
Hampshire two weeks before the primary election. He
went on his way up and down the state. McGill de
scribed him as "relaxed, beaming, patting children on
the head, talking to school kids about decency in govern
ment, speaking in cafeterias of office buildings where
not one in five heard all he said, shaking the blood-stained
hands of meat cutters in a packing house, talking amiably
to pretty secretaries in the offices."
Kcfauver's method of campaign was this: "He would
slop in a little town, go up to a man on the street, intro
duce himself, and say, 'I am Estes Kefauver, democratic
candidate for the presidency. I'd appreciate if you'd in
troduce me around, especially to any democrats who
might be here.'
"He went into small places of business, beamed about
him, shook hands, and said, 'Nice store you've got. . . .'
He charmed civic clubs, children, ladies and farmers."
Editor McGill came to several conclusions.
' First, "the victory (of Kefauver) points out that the
democratic party is still strong but looking for new
leadership."
Second, "the Eisenhower victory is the raven croaking
from above the door of the GOP headquarters, 'Taft can't
win.' "
Third, "there isn't a state democratic organization in
the nation that isn't worried over its chances to hold the
organization together if the president again seeks the
nomination. There isn't a single one which believes it
could support him with any thoroughness."
Fourth, "every state democratic organization is suffer
ing from the New Hampshire blues and hopes Mr. Tru
man will soon bow out so that control and discipline may
be restored."
SENATE OKs JAPAN'S PEACE TREATY
By a vote of 66 to 10 the senate has voted approval of a
generous peace treaty with Japan. Thirty-egiht demo
crats and 28 republicans supported the treaty. One demo
crat, McCarren of Nevada, and nine republicans voted
against it. Five efforts to modify it and one for indefi
nite postponement were defeated. The treaty will be
flown to Key West for the president's signature expected
early next week.
The senate then approved, 68 to 9, a separate American
Japanese security treaty and defense pacts with the
Philippines, Australia and New Zealand by voice votes.
However, action giving Japan its independence for the
first time since V-J day will come only after six of the 11
nations which shaped occupation policies have deposited
their approval with the state department. This is expect
ed to take about three weeks. So far it has been approved
by five of these in addition to the U.S. They are Great
Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon and Japan itself.
Yet to act are Canada, France, Indonesia, The Nether
lands, Pakistan and the Philippines.
The senate action brought to successful conclusion long,
difficult and painstaking work by Ambassador John Fos
ter Dulles, architect of the pact, who travelled more than
12o,00fj miles to foreign countries to negotiate it.
In n message to General MacArthur expressing his ap
preation for the general's "inspiration and support,"
Dulles added. "In a year of national election, when
partisan spirit runs high, it is good to see that it is still
possible to achieve substantial unity when it comes to
taking a great forward stop for peace."
In brief the Japanese peace treaty restores the full sov
ereignly of Japan over its home islands. But she renounces
tlilc to Korea, Formosa and a number of other islands. Japan
ayrces to apply for U.N. membership and live peaceably in
accordance witli U.N. charier principles.
Japan's obligation to pay reparations is recognized; but the
treaty says that because of limited resources these payments
should be confined to assets she has in surplus excess labor
and unused plant capacity,
Under the security treaty, the United States is given the
right to keep military forces in and around Japan. An ad
ministrative agreement already has been signed covering the
facilities to he used by these forces.
Japan also agrees not to grant any military bases to a
third power without U.S. consent.
What the Kremlin will do to upset the pact is a major
question. Uecent efforts have been directed at weaning
Japan away from the non-communist powers by promises
of lucrative trade with Russia and Red China.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Politics Dominated Debate on
Eisenhower's Return to U. S.
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Politics wasn't "I timed my proposal to avoid
mentioned during the backstage the intrusion of politics. We
debate on bringing General have every reason to seek the
Eisenhower home, but it hung general's views, since three
over almost every word of the fourths of this a$7,900,000,000
discussion. appropriaiion or about $5,-
Except with a handful of sena- 900,000,000 will be spent
tors, the real question the se- through his command."
curity of Europe was lost sight "I'm against this proposal in
any form," snapped Senator
Here is the background story George. He continued with a
of the debate over bringing Ike lengthy argument that Eisen
ba?k from Paris. hower's testimony would be
Well before the New Hamp- "politically misunderstood."
"Well, I'm for it," announced
BY CARL ANDERSON
shire primary, President Tru
man sent word to Eisenhower Tobey of New Hampshire, who
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
is an Eisenhower republican,
but also strong for foreign aid.
Who knows more about this
the financial and mili
tary aspects o NATO, than
General Elsenhower? Of all
witnesses we should seek out
for advice while considering
lhl tromonrlnn.e. nnru-nnriatinn
dovetailed right into the plans Eisenhower is the most impor
of Senators Lodge and Duff and tant
viting him back to Washington
to testify on aid to Europe. This
was at a time when Eisenhower maner
supporiers were wringing xneir
hands over the danger of his
defeat and privately urging Ike
to come home. Truman's plan
to bring Ike home, therefore,
Columnist's Mail Reveals
Some Real Strange Things
By HAL BOYLE
New York, M) Things a man Do you fear the boss'
learns from reading his mail: when you sneak out for a morn- testify on the controversial
There is an old popular belief ing cup of coffee? . . . Well, a question of foreign aid was such
mat major wars break out about poll ol 1,160 companies in 45 that he should remain in Paris.
Governor Dewey. Until New
Hampshire, they were strong for
it.
But suddenly, after Ike's vic
tory in New Hampshire, they
had a change of heart. Suddenly
they figured their man could
win without coming back to the
U.S.A. Suddenly also they de- ter.' needled
frown cided that the risk of havina Ike shirite.
i uiun i, replied ionnauy.
"Aren't you compelled under
the rules to vote, like the rest
Henry
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Tobey later tangled with
Chairman Connallv. when the
latter refused to vote, leaving RATIONING DAYS NUMBERED?
the count 7-5 against inviting
Ike.
"I would like to know how
the chairman voted on this mat-
the New Hamp-
Scrapping of Controls
May Happen This Year
every 22 years the foundation states showed that 78 per cent
for the study of cycles, after have now authorized "coffee
checking wars from S59 B.C., breaks" of their own accord
That was why Senator Lodge,
the Eisenhower campaign man
ager, voted by proxy in the for-
of us?"
tically.
"No,"
inquired Tobey caus-
scowled the big Texan,
By SAM DAWSON
New York VP) Businessmen many months, metals men and
see first signs that the days of their customers hope,
controls may be numbered.
Decontrol won t come all at Already there s promise ol
says there s something to it After finding that 800 employes eign relations committee f keep wno, tnanKs to a primary Datue o.-., ..
Iha drape glen eonm In nnmn .,A-n .nnninn 1 C n.!n.,W n t,. ! n: -1 ...I C 1,1. . haa tinUS hpinmA mnro the. n. But there's a chance that some Per products alter July 1 lor
along about the same time as day each grabbing snacks, the New Jersey, an Eisenhower re-
cerlain big solar disturbances. Mutual Life Insurance Compa- publican, did likewise.
... So to end wars all you gotta ny installed eight mobile carts
do is cure the sun of its spots? that give "breakfast-at-your GEORGE SAYS NO
. . . Boy, hand me that celestial desk" service to its 2,000 em- No matter what you think of
ointment! ployes ... It figured this saved Harry Truman, however, in this
Add leap year news: It is il- $130,000 in labor costs. case involving the all-impor-
legal to marry your husband's rjid you know that the 2,000 tant question of foreign policy,
grandfather in Georgia . . . But aliens are now serving in the he played the game straight.
ii you warn io wen your iirst
cousin in West Virginia it's okay
if he s over 50 years old
ator of the Lone Star state than price controls will be dropped makers of refrigerators, stoves,
of the United States. next week and that before the washing machines and other con-
NOTE Pro - Taft Senator end of the year the present form sumer durable products. Easing
Brewster of Maine voted by of rationing out metals and other demand and increasing supplies
nrnxv affa nst nv t ne E son- raw materials will De scrapped. "
hower, as did Hickenlooper of
Iowa. One democrat who usual- America's productivity and
ly votes with the administra- not a change in government pol-
tion on foreign policy but de- icy will be the lever to pry
U. S. army? . . . That it is more Truman's main idea is to get serle 'nis "me was sincere John controls off business and Indus
Important for you to be able foreign aid passed.
tn roari well within arm's Havine already invited Eisen-
You have to wait until you're length than it is to have "twen- hower to come home and testify,
a dowdy old maid of 16 before ty-twenty" vision, which only he assumed this would be done,
you can go to the altar in the means ttie ability to read an So did the joint chiefs of staff,
hills of Kentucky ... In con- eve-sieht chart at 20 feet? . . . who, until last week end, were
That the
Sparkman of Alabama. Senate try, businessmen feel.
friends attributed his switch to
a talk with Gen. Jerry Persons,
also of Alabama, who is a mem
ber of Ike's staff in Paris but
has been visiting in Washington.
ervative Massachusetts, how- Thm ih first onir.mr.hiio ovor makine olans for Ike's arrival.
ever, you can be a bride at the stoien n America was snitched However, some White House
blooming age of 12. ln st Loui. in 1905? That advisers thought it would be WASHINGTON PIPELINE
cars are aging just like people more diplomatic to have the two
Greenwich Village today
The national production auth
ority says it hopes to raise some
steel rations now held to 50 per
cent of base period use to 65 per
cent of this pre-Korean base by
July 1.
Aliiminnm rn t i nnc will On tin
Productivity has put many lrom the present 30 per ccnt t0
goods and materials in such 50 cent. and bras5 mil,
abundant supp y that they are ducts from 35 cent to 40
now selling well below the ceil- cent b .umrner.
ing prices the government im- . .
posed to halt the price runaway At the ra(e new production
after Korea. facilities are being built, still
Such goods and materials may further supplies will be flooding
tourist lure and a refuge for because in 1950 half the autos congressional committees which though previously planning to trols'
Speaking of the auto industry,
-starry-eyed young actresses, ar- on the road were ten ycars id
lists and Wall Street stenogra- or 0idcr7
pners . . , am in xuzz n was so
remote from downtown Man
hattan that society people fled
there to escape a yellow fever
epidemic . . . Did you ever,
hear of the noble lady who kept
a corpse in her coach? . . . She
was Madamoiselle De Coigny,
an 18th Century French intel
lectual . . . Why the corpse? She
there were 23,000,000 passenger President
cars in the United States in
1930 . . . 27,500,000 in 1940 . . .
40,000,000 in 1950 . . . And by
1960 there will be some 52,
000,000 , . .
must pass on foreign aid extend
the official invitation to Eisen
hower rather than have the
order" him back.
The traffic prospect this
raises is going to drive an awful
Senator Russell of Georgia, son come out from under con- into the market by year's end.
If the metals rationing plan is
enter the California primary, Hopeful are those who pro- scrapped altogether this fall, it
has now backed out. Some duce and process wool, cottton, probably will be replaced by a
highly placed California demo- hides, tallow, burlap and edible priority system which in effect,
crats. strongly antl - Truman, fats and oils hopeful, but far would give makers of defense
So Senator McMahon of Con- urged Russell to run and were from certain, of course. . products all they could use, and
necticut, one of the ablest ad- keenly disappointed when he Expanding production of met- then" let civilian goods makers
ministration leaders in the sen- refused to go. als, coupled with the stretch-out have all that's left in any amount
ate, picked up the ball and de- Though Democratic National in the arms program which de- each one could get his hands on.
manded that the senate foreign Chairman Frank McKinney got lays part of the military demand Industry spokesmen contend
relations committee, of which he tho blame for putting Truman for metals, may get industry out that will put laid-off men back to
was studying anatomy and liked lot of people back to the pogo
to keep a subject handy . . . stick.
Pres. Truman to Get 'Heavy' Suit
Seattle W) As a one-time haberdasher, President Tru
man knows about suits. But It's doubtful If he ever owned
one worth $10,000.
He's about to.
This one may be a little tight around the collar and baggy
at the knees. What can you expect, though of a suit 650 years
old?
It's Japanese armor, with m heavy gold and brass helmet
and fine steel plates held together with chain links and
attached to brocaded silk.
The armor and its donor, Tomoio Ogawa, president of the
Fro-American party in Japan, arrived here Friday. Ogawa,
a former member of the Japanese diet, Intends to present
il to Mr. Truman as a symbol of the friendship and respect
of the Japanese people.
It has been an heirloom in his family for generations.
The armor came in duty-free as an antique.
Family-Sized Breakfast Egg
is a member, extend the invita- int0 the New Hampshire fiasco.
tion. it Was actually handsome John
When the vote came up in a Sullivan, the ex-secretary of
closed-door session, however, the navy. Sullivan, a New
politics obviously dominated the Hampshire man, pleaded with
debate. McKinney to get the president
Senator George of Georgia led int0 the race, but McKinney
the drive to block Ike's return, ,tood pat. Finally, Sullivan went
probably because George, first, over his head to the White
is strongly in favor of cutting House, persuaded some of the
the mutual-security funds; also, paace guard that the president
though a democrat, friends say must !ave iocai democratic
that he leans toward Taft for leareds in Sullivan's home state,
president. Though George co- . , Later, the leaders did rela
operates with his Georgia col- tlvely little to save either them
league, Senator Russell, there selves or Truman,
never has been too much love One reason intimates think
lost between them. tne president won't run again is
Significantly, both groups of his occasional remark that he
republicans were against having wants Margaret to lead a nor
Ike return. The pro-Taft repub- ma ufe
licans feared Ike might make Good old Congressman
political hay by winning over "Muley Bob" Doughton of North
the congressional committee; Carolina, chairman of the house
while the pro-Eisenhower re- wavs and means committee that
publicans figured there was no writes the tax laws, called on
use taking the chance of having thc internal revenue bureau to
their man mixed up in the for- heiD him fjeure out his own tax
eign-aid controversy.
Buffalo, Wyo. (UB Mrs. Frank Schrater's White Austra
hen laid an egg six and one-quarter Inches around the center,
and nine and a quarter inches around the long way, it was
learned today.
'HARD ONE TO LOSE'
McMAHON PLEADS
Senator McMahon opened the
closed-door debate by urging
that it was Eisenhower's duty
to inform the senate how much
money it should vote for the
security of Europe.
"There's no politics being
played here, at least on my
part," declared McMahon. "I
realize that General Eisenhow
ers prominence in the repub
lican party has increased since
Las Cruces, N. M. (UP.) The chest cavity. But it was useless, his victory in New Hampshire,
strong and happy heart of eight- The doctors were frankly But before the New Hampshire
year-old Ann Bevill quit for puzzled by the heart stoppage, results were known, 1 suggest'
returns. The bureau assgined
John Howse to help.
iCoprrltht 1052)
from under the present control- work, and stop present confus-
led materials plan before too Ion and uncertainties.
Dough-Heavy But Shuns Fine
Pittsburgh, (PI Jucile Oberman, 54, of Pittsburgh took a
10-day jail term rather than pay a $5 fine for drunkenness,
but police still don't know why Oberman was really heavy
with money.
Two policemen who searched Oberman as he was admitted
to Jail will vouch his money was heavy.
Included ln a total of $1,100 on his person was 34 pounds
of silver coins. Police weighed them.
Shortly after the prisoner was admitted Monday he was
transferred to the jail dispensary tor treatment of a leg
ailment of which he complained. The service Is free for
inmates.
Waiting for Somebody to Come Along
Philadelphia W) Richard Bruader was getting home in
the wee hours of the morning.
In front of his house he noticed his brother's car. Sitting
In the driver's seat was an unfamiliar figure.
"What are you doing in that car?" he asked.
"Just waiting for somebody like you to come along. Hand
it over," was the answer.
He told police the man took his wallet containing $10 and
a wristwatch before running off.
14-Hour-Battle to Save
Child's Life Ends in Failure
Trouble for His Trouble
Philadelphia W' Trolley Motorman Albert J. Cooney saw
flames shooting out of a house, stopped his car and turned
in a box alarm.
Cooney climbed back In his trolley and continued his run
Thursday night. Minutes later he heard the fire sirens of
truck 24. He halted his trolley.
The truck collided headon into the trolley at a West
Philadelphia Intersection.
Five firemen and three trolley passengers were Injured,
none seriously.
Thief With a Conscience
London Wi A cracksman with a conscience blew open the
safe at a trucking depot here early Friday.
He took 1,000 pounds ($2.1100), but passed up a collection
box full of coins for the blind.
the fourth and last time Thurs
day, signaling the end of a 14
hour battle to save the child's
life.
The struggle started Wednes
day as surgeons completed a
third and final skin graft, made
necesary when a gas heater
ignited thc child's nightdress
before Christmas.
The girl daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ervln Bevill had endear
ed herself to hospital attencT
ants during three months of
treatment for the burns which
covered two-thirds of her body.
Doctors said she had been "pro
gressing wonderfully" until
Wednesday's operation.
Then as they worked, Ann's
heart stopped.
Quickly thc doctors opened
her chest and massaged the
heart. Adrenalin was injected
and the girl revived.
Twice more in the next few
hours the process was repeated
successfully with most of the
physicians on the staff partici
pating. But finally the heart
stopped for the fourth time.
Again physicians entered the
That was a hard one to lose,'
they said.
ed to this committee that Eisen
hower be invited here.
Tax Return One Mill Short
Buffalo, N. Y. tTi Collector George T. McGowan is puizled
over what to do about a corporate tax payment that Is one
mill short.
McGowan said Thursday the firm which he declined to
name had filed a return showing a tax liability of six cents
and had attached a check for two cents.
"They outsmarted themselves on that one," he said. "Cor
porations are supposed to pay 35 per cent of the total tax
due on the first Installment. This check covers only HM
per cent."
He said the payment should have been at least 2.1 cents.
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