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RED INVASION OF LAO?.
Military leaders in the Far East are quoted as regard'
lnir the invasion of the little mountain kingdom of Laos
by the Bed Chinese backing the Viet Minh rebels in Indo
china is the greatest threat to the security of Southeast
Asia since World War II. It is perhaps the real objective
of the POW exchange and truce negotiations in Korea,
which enable the communists to divert their troops from
the stalemate war.
A communist victory in Laos would leave the northeast
border of neighboring Thailand unprotected and open the
gateway to the Gulf of Siam which washes the Malay
Peninsula, Cambodia and Cochin China. It is apparent also
that the major objective of the communists is no longer
the rich Tonkin delta of Northern Viet Nam, but the Gulf
of Siam. ; - ;: ' -.
There are said to be 60,000 Indochina communist sym
pathizers in the five northeastern provinces of Thailand,
a potential fifth column that could spearhead a Red drive
from the Mehong river at the Thai border through the
flat rice lands to the coast, from Northern Viet Nam,
across Thailand and Burma to India. .
The Methong river is the military key to the picture.
It is one of the five biggest Asian waterways, flowing
2000 miles from the Tibetan plateau into the China Sea at
the Cochin delta, In Southern Viet Nam, forming the
Thailand and Laos boundary. - . . 1
The Laos or Laotians are a friendly people, too easy
going to compete sucessf ully in commerce. - They are
agriculturists, their chief ocupations are in connection
with rice, coffee, tea, opium, silk and herds. The cutting
of teak timber is done by the wilder tribes in the hills.
They are of low stature, yellow complexion, high cheek
bones, small flat nose, oblique eyes, black hair and scanty
beard. They are lazy, superstitious, hospitable people,
and unwarlike. Their government is now divided between
France and Thailand. Most of them are Buddhists. ,
Laos is celebrated as the land of tigers and "millions of
elephants," the latter quote taken from Laos ancient name
Lane Xang. The country is about the size of Montana.
Its population 1b about 1,800,000. But 50,000 Chinese
are now supplementing the Viet Nam rebels, who for six
years have fought guerrilla war against the French, with
munitions supplied by China.
EXIT FOR DE GAULLE?
General De Gaulle, who would have been one of the
most admirable characters in French history if he had let
post-war politics alone, is probably through as a major
political force in that country. ,
French municipal elections Sunday revealed a sharp re
duction in strength by De Uaulle s party, which he calls
the "rally of the French people," or the B.F.P. Their
membership on the Paris city council dropped from 26 to
11 and there were comparable losses in the lesser cities
cf France.
The R.F.P. reached its beak in 1947, held it until 1951.
and has since declined, as De Gaulle's refusal to cooperate
with other parties except on his own extreme terms alien
ated more and more support. Unless there is a complete
breakdown in trance's unpredictable government, which
would cause demand for a "man on horseback" De Gaulle
is probably through as a major force or threat.
If only this man, who was the chief symbol of French
resistance after the shameful surrender in 1940, had re
tired on his rich laurels following the liberation. - As it is
he is just another war hero who lost his laurels by espous
ing the uncertain trade of politician.
French communists seem to have about held their own,
as a minor but still menacing element in a country so badly
divided. Their hopes also rest on a breakdown of gov
ernment by the moderate elements.
OUT ON AN OLIVE LIMB
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
By 1960 You'll Reserve Your
Baby Sitter Months Ahead
By HAL BOYLE
LET THE BUYER BEWARE
There's an old Latin phrase that describes business as
it used to be conducted. It is caveat emptor, or "let the
buyer beware." Modern business in America has repu
diated this ancient concept and says in effect "let the
seller beware" if anything is later found wrong with the
goods.
But we thing the allied command in Korea had better
recall the old motto when it begins to receive deliveries
on that offer of $100,000 for a communist flier and a Rus
sian made jet The offer, broadcast all through the com
bat region, is designed to undermine the morale of enemy
fliers and in the hope of getting one of his new planes.
But we never did trust the foxy Reds and we don't
no. Rather we suspect they're already working up a
stunt to extract several $iuu,uuu lees for old crates they
won't mind our seeing, and for fourth rate fliers they
don't want anyway.
We'd hate to see tho hard pressed U.S. taxpayer rooked
even to the tune of a mere $100,000 in a multibillion dol
lar war, and we'd hate even more to see the Reds gain a
laugh at our expense.
So let's beware of the Reds when they fly in with planes
lor sale.
Women Get Dumber and
Dumber Nancy Declares
London VP) Lady Nancy
Aslor said Tuesday that worn
cn just seem to act dumber
and dumber.
The acld-tongued Virginia-
born lady, first of her sex to
it and talk in the British par
liament, flayed women In a
speech to the Fawcett Society,
an organization which worked
for women's suffrage in the
United Kingdom. Glamorous
women, she said, make her
sick.
"Women today take every
thing for granted," she said.
"They have a dumbness about
them because they do not
know why we got the vote.
The women'e movement was
never at a lower ebb than It
Is in the United Kingdom to
day. "1 really do think that never
has the press printed more pic
tures of mora absolutely dead
women than It is doing today.
I mean these mass-produced
movie stars. The press has
never used women in a more
ridiculous way, and yet we
have magnificent women In
this country." '
The magnificent women, she
lamented, do not receive the
attention they deserve.
At the meeting she was
asked her age.
"Seventy-three, I think,"
she replied.
New York VP) You think
it's hard to find a good baby
sitter today?
Well, here is the way the
problem will probably size up
by 1960:
Joe McFarb and his wife,
Mary Ann, decide to take a
night off from parenthood and
go out and see a movie. But
who will stay home and watch
little Junior? Joe calls up the
Happy Home Baby Sitting
Agency, and the conversation
runs as follows:
Joe I would like a good
baby sitter for tonight, and
Agency For tonight? Are
you kidding? We are booked
up through the spring and
summer. How about next fall?
Joe I don't know what
movie will be showing next
fail. Mary Ann and I want to
see the one that a on tonight.
Maybe you'll have a compila
tion. Agency We don't like to
do business on an emergency
basis.
Usually our sitters insist on
having met our clients socially,
to be sure they are proper peo
ple. They can't afford to get
mixed up with the wrong
crowd.
Joe Look, I'm in a real
spot. Can't you help a fellow?
Agency It's against the
rules, but . I'll try to speed
up the formalities.
Joe humbly Gee, thanks,
what do I have to do?
Agency Well, you and
your wife and son had better
drop down to our office at
once. Bring along a recent
photo of your home. We will
also need a letter of credit from
your bank, and a character
testimonial from your pastor.
Joe dazedly That all?
Agency No, we'll have to
have a copy of your son's lat
est school report card, an esti
mate of his personality by his
teacher, and a certificate from
a doctor stating he is free from
contagious diseases.
We also require written per
mission for us to consult your
family psychiatrist privately to
get his opinion on the status
of any unresolved conflicts
within your home.
Joe weakly Is that all? . .
Agency Well, of course.
naturally you are prepared to
pay our usual limousine costs
for picking up your sitter and
co-sitter and returning them
to their homes. They will ex-
pect a hot meal on their
arrival, and refreshments in
your refrigerator in case they
should wish to entertain a few
friends while on duty. It goes
without saying that your tele
vision set must be in perfect
condition.
Joe Wait a minute. You
lost me. What is this business
about a co-sitter?
Agency All baby sitters to
day insist on bringing a co-sitter
along for company. You
know, like airplane pilots do.
Joe How much is all this
going to cost me?
Agency Our minimum fee
is $75, but right now we aren't
taking on any more of these
charity cases.
Joe Look, mister, all I
want is some nice elderly lady
who knows about kids and
would like to pick up maybe
$5 watching little Junior for us
while we take in a movie. Don't
you know of any baby sitters
like that?
Agency I do. We had one
like her, and made the mistake
of selling her to a museum that
wanted to preserve her for his
torical purposes. Well?
Joe Look, Mister. I want to
make you a proposition. To
OPEN FORUM
PORTLAND ATTITUDE
To the Editor:
I have never seen such con
fusion as Portland is creating
by trying to evade Oregon's
law on daylight saving.
Doesn't the big city belong to
this state any more
What's the use of having
laws if they aren't to be observ
ed. Why can t we live in
peace and harmony instead of
confusion? This thing burns
me up.
R. Martin,
Salem, Ore.
"SIR WINSTON," EH?
Albany Democrat Herald
"Sir Winston Churchill"
doesn't sound quite as fitting
in American ears as the plain
name without the "Sir." It's all
right with us, however, if he
likes it that way. No man" in
English history is more entitled
to whatever there may be in
the line of honors. He didn't
need it, for his place in history
is secure. In the hearts of free
dom-loving people there should
always be a Churchill. And if
it can keep on (with a bit of
American help) producing such
as he, there'll always be an
England too. To the great ma
jority of his countrymen he
will continue to be just "good
old Winnie." What he 't be
called but no doubt will be,
too frequently is "Sir Churchill."
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Franco's Obstinacy May Save $1 25,000,000
heck with the movie. What I
want to know is, if I shoot
Junior, can Mary Ann and I
go to work for you as baby
sitters?
Agency You can. But be
quick. I've got four Jobs wait
ing for you right now. All high
class.
Washington ' It has now
been just about a year since
the U.S. congress voted $125,
000,000 for Dictator Franco
on condition Franco in turn
give the United States air and
naval bases in Spain. But de
spite all the earleir publicity
about Franco s desire to co
operate, the money so far has
not been spent and in a few
more weeks the appropriation
will automatically revert to the
treasury.- It may save the tax
payers considerable money.
This illuistrates a new and
recent technique for conduct
ing our foreign affairs by
and through the agents of for
eign governments.
: Under the constitution, the
president and state department
are supposed to conduct our
foreign affairs by and with the
consent of the senate. But in
recent years some foreign gov
ernments have hired Washing
ton lawyers with influence in
high places to go over the
heads of the state department
and White House.
Further, they have some
times been amazingly success
ful, as for instance, the China
lobby, shown in a recent col
umn to have been able to make
Formosa almost more import
ant than American lives in
Korea: able also to overrule
both a democratic and a re
publican state department. '
As another illustration, the
Spanish lobby was able to get
$129,000,000 appropriated for
Franco at a time when the
state department opposed the
appropriation, at a time when
congress was supposed to be
economizing, and at a time
when Franco himself -would
not, and still has not granted
air and naval bases to the
United States in return. ,
One reason Franco has not
accepted U.S. terms for air and
naval ' bases is because he
thinks his lawyer-agents in
Washington are potent enough
to go over the heads of the
state, air force and navy de
partments. And in the past,
like the China lobby, they have
been able to do so.
LAWYERS INSTEAD OF
AMBASSADORS
Here is the case history of
certain lawyers for foreign
governments and how they
operate.
Chief attorney for Franco Ih
Washington is Charles Patrick
Clark, who does not conceal
his - connection but registers
with the justice department as
provided under the foreign
agents registration act. He re
ceived $103,499.55 from the
Spanish embassy in 1951 and
$108,250 in 1950. The extra
$5,000 in 1950 was for break
ing the ice on the first U.S.
loan to Spain. In 1952 he got
$79,500. .
Another Franco . attorney
who dutifully registers with
the justice department is Max
Truitt, son-in-law of the pop
ular ex-vice ' president, Alben
Barkley, He received $22,000
in 1051 and $11,000 in 1952.
Mr. Clark's lobbying activ
ities have chiefly been through
certain friends he has carefully
cultivated in congress. Among
them are Congressman Eugene
Keogh of Brooklyn, democrat;
ex-senator Owen Brewster of
Maine, republican; and Senator
Pat McCarran of Nevada, re
publican. All three have been
Y DREW PEARSON
taken on hospitable junkets
through Spain, usually with
Attorney Clark as the chaper-
one.
. One of the most interesting
among these associations is
Congressman Keogh, who
though in congress ever since
1938, for 11 years took no ap
preciable interest in Spain.
Then suddenly after a decade
of silence, Keogh strangely
became the champion of Dicta
tor Franco. He littered the
Coneressional Record with
statements favorable to Spain.
He interrupted congressional
debates to defend Spain. He
offered an amendment to in
clude Spain in Marshall Plan
money.
This began in 1949. It was
in that same year that Keogh
paid a visit to Spain, along
with Franco attorney Charles
Patrick Clark, and while rid
ing on a Spanish train was re
ported to have had $5,000
stolen, together with his pants,
when he hung them too near a
sleeping car window.
UNUSUAL TAX FEE
Shortly thereafter In early
1950, Keogh received a total
of. $4,500 from Clark, which
Clarjc claims was for help
which the congressman gave
him for a client in a tax case.
Since another New York con
gressman, Vincent Quinn of
New York, has now been in
dicted for taking a fee in a
federal tax case, this puts
Keogh in a bad position any
way you look at it.
Another solon who pulled
Spanish coals out of the con
gressional ' fire for Lawyer
Clark was the likeable, busy
little senator ' from Maine,
Owen Brewster. The two were
close friends, lived near each
other in the Mayflower hotel,
frequently played gin rummy
together. During this period,
Brewster was the constant de
fender of Franco in the senate,
urged that fluids be voted him.
On April 25 for instance,
Clark made a big hullabaloo
about the importance of play
ing gin rummy with Brewster,
getting a check cashed 'for
$1,000 in $20 and $10 bills
just a few hours before the
game. Two daye later Brew
ster introduced aa amendment
to the Marshall Flan appropri- ,
ation permitting Spain to dip
into ECA money. This was
against the policy of the state
department and the White
House. Brewster spoke vigor
ously for his amendment, de
bated back and forth with his -colleagues,
and toward the
close of debate asked ' two
minutes extra to speak for 'his
Spanish amendment. . ., .
While he lost out ' on his
April 27 move, Brewster kept
plugging for the cause of his
lawyer friend, Charley Clark.
Finally, with the aid of Pat Mc
Carran, Congressman Keogh
and Max Truitt, a $62,500,000
loan was put across for Franco
despite the fact that the
White House and state depart
ment, supposed to be in charge
of foreign policy,' were opposed.
Next year, the lawyers for
Spain wangled another $125,
000,000 out of congress, mak- .
ing a total ot $187,500,000. But
despite this, Franco still has
not given us either air or naval '
bases. , '
Before the money was voted
Franco talked enthusiastically
about American bases in Spain.
But once he knew the money
was available, he clammed up. .
For One entire year, air force
and naval representatives have
been haggling in Madrid. But
Franco won't deal. He not only
wants more money ' but he
wants to spend it his own way.
Perhaps this is the result of
a system whereby Washington
lawyers representing foreign
governments, can go over the
heads of the executive branch
of government and get money
out of congress. When you can
get something for nothing,' it's
only human, after all, to hold
out for it without giving bases
in return. . ',
That's one of the dangers of
diplomacy by Washington law
years, and it's also one reason
why the foreign agents .regis
tration act was passed. ' ;
copniiht. mi
Salem 32 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
April 28, 1921
A survey made by the Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lumber
men shows the minimum food
cost for April for the average
family was $1.46 a day in Port
land, $1.85 in Aberdeen, Wash,
C. I. Lewis, organization
manager of Oregon Grower's
Cooperative association since
August 1, 1919, has been pro
moted to the position of assist
ant general manager. Lewis is
recognized as the highest au
thority on horticultural matters
in the northwest. ,
Fake cures, especially those
for the tubercular, are a prob
lem that the county nurse must
continuously combat among
Marion county patients. Two
afflicted persons, seemingly
well on the way toward recov
ery under competent treatment,
have died as a consequence of
reverting to treatment by
quacks.
A black walnut tree planted
53 years ago by Mrs. Eugene
Breyman and now growing on
the lawn of the R. P. Boise
home at Court and Cottage
street has been nominated for
a place in the hall of fame for
trees. It has a circumference of
10 feet and 11 inches. (This
black walnut was felled several
years ago.) . , (7 ", .
1 Wanted: A slogan of five or
less words for Oregon Syrup of
Prunes, a tonic laxative.
New directors for Salem Ro
tary club are: C. P. Bishop, J.
William Chambers, J. W.
Sayres, C. P. Griffith, T. B..
Kay, John H. McNary and H.
H. Olinger. : .
Agents of the Anti-Saloon
league, operating under con
tract with the Marion county
court in a campaign to rid this
section of prohibition violators,
did not receive the $7 a oy as
promised by their contract,
says F. W. Snyder, chief field
agent of the organization in
Oregon.
Two young Inebriates were
locked in Lebanon's jail a few
nights ago after they assisted .
the city marshal In prying open
lock that had rusted snut
from lack of usage.
Giles French in Philosopher's Role
(Eugene Register-Guard)
Usually at this season of the
year, Giles French, long time
editor of the Sherman County
Journal, is in the midst of the
legislative rumpus at Salem.
Giles Is now retired from ac
tive politicking after his
many years of service as a
member of the house but sit
ting on his hill-top at Mora,
he has been Illuminating his
psper with some of the quips
which used to enliven legisla
tive debate. The Oregon Voter
has selected these few which
we think worthy to pass on:
When a man gets philosoph
ical about his job it Is time
he got another one.
Educational TV is probably
a misnomer. No one has
proven that TV Is educational.
Uncle Emmett, who has
been reading a book, says he
wonders it the Greek ideal of
simple living and high think
ing has been reversed.
The newspapers that have
been so upset by McCarthy
have the power to silence him
if they will.
Thank goodness no one
blows a whistle in a baseball
game.
Hallinan, 1952 candidate for
president. Is said to owe $65,
000 in income taxes. No won
der he wanted to be president.
As the legislature passes
new laws about continuing
levies it might be a good thing
for someone to look into the
legality of them.
It may be that the most de
serving are the most sshamed
ot getting old age pensions al
though it hasn't been proven.
Since we have television
surely the whites are going to
quit criticizing the Indians for
trading their sustenance for a
handful of bright colored
beads.
We are quite certain that
Portland State will eventually
obtain greater atatus as a
school. Its greatest difficulty
now seems to be the attitude
of some ot Its supporters who
are already planning a new
campus, degrees in t several
fields and an athletic program
of larger size.
It is difficult to believe that
anybody as dynamic as Giles
French can be permanently
retired from politics. Giles
is one of the tew genuine old
time personal journalists. As
a legislstor, he hsd a great
deal to do with improving
Oregon tax laws. He is still
campaigning to abolish per
sonal property taxes with
their many inequities and ab
surdities. If Oregon has a
constitutional convention, it
Is our hope that the people
across the mountains will
make him one of their delegates.
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