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MORSE'S LATEST OUTBURST
In addition to hia Messianic complex, which has long"
been in evidence. Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse has evt
dently developed a persecution complex, a natural corol
, lary, and conjures op dastardly plots against him by those
who fall to accept hia gospel and chant nia praises.
Wednesday night in his absurd weekly report on hia
"Independent party" consisting only of Morse himself, he
attacked the Associated Press, as "a slanting news report
ing service with a bunch of clever writers skilled in the
nse of snide, reputation assassinating adjectives" before
an almost emntv senate.
Morse followed with an attack on the "American Press
aa a whole" which had failed to present his position "on
any issue in the UJ3. senate." Yet most newspapers have
quoted him at length, and correctly as a comparison with
his printed speeches in the Congressional Record shows.
He followed with an attack on the newspapers of Oregon
on similar grounds excepting only the Medford Mail-
Tribune, his chief Dress sycophant.
Many of the Oregon newspapers take the United Press,
some of them like the Capital Journal, take both the
AP and the UP and there is no vital difference in their
reports of Morse's speeches and actions.
What Morse is really sore about is that his long
harangues are not printed in full, because of limited space.
That s nu fault. And most of tnem are length? repeti
tions of what he has many times said and therefore not
news.
' Webster defines news as: Something strange or new happen
ed aoveltlea; a information about something before un
known; fresh tidings, recent Intelligence.
; The following is a condensation of the United Press
report on Morse's latest blast against fellow Oregonians,
which will probably appear later in the Congressional
Record and later be reprinted and distributed by mail by
Morse in Oregon :-
' Hie Oregon Independent charged on the senate floor that
the administration ia the representative, not of the people,
but monopoly." And be said the people are being 'short
changed by the new administration."
i But it was a fellow Oregonian that bore the brunt of Morie'i
attack. He accused Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay of
serving as a "stooge oi the private utilities monopoly ox
America."
Morse's speech, made In an almost empty chamber, was
sprinkled with barbed attacks on the administration in general
ana McKay in particular. At one point, ne said one oi mc
. Kay's statements showed "a shocking lack of political morality
that characterises the Eisenhower administration.''
; The Associated Press report says:
Morse called Secretary McKay a "stooge of the prhate utili
ties monopoly." Patterson, he said, was a "voice of the pri
vate utilities" as far as developing Oregon's natural resources
is concerned. -
After verbally flaring McKay. Morse turned to Governor
Patten an, charging: "He plays the ssme game McKay plays
4k nrlvai ntllUlaa Mm "
,' Mom is aa skilled as any clever press writer "in the
use of snide, reputation assassinating" and his targets
are men with as lofty ideals as President Eisenhower and
hia distinguished cabinet G. P,
HOME TOWN BOY MAKES GOOD
Election of Norris Poulaon as mayor of Los Angeles
Tuesday is a success story that has its roots in Oregon.
. Thirty years ago Poulson was an energetic young farmer
1 In Baker county, which he left to seek his fortune in
southern California.
' After some years of business activity Poulson went into
politics, boldly challenging the dominant Roosevelt new
deal and its supporters in Los Angeles, where it waa par-
ticularty strong.
' Poulson pulled bo punches. He went after the radicals
with a meat axe and was so treated by them. He sought
the congressional seat in a district where it was difficult
, for a conservative Republican to win, but he did win.
perhaps by his very audacity. He was defeated after
hia first term, but came back to win regularly thereafter,
for a total of five terms.
i Poulson had made his mark in the house of represen
tatives, but he sought the hard, tough course aa he had
in making a fight for this office the first time. He
went after a still bigger prize, the mayoralty of Los An-
relet, held by the supposedly unbeatable Fletcher Bow
ron, who had held the job through 15 turbulent years.
He led Bowron in the primary, almost but not quite
cllncning election wen, and trounced the mayor by 35,
000 in the runoff.
i This writer remembers Poulson in Baker county and
his espousal of an Eisenhower candidacy when the writer
last saw him several years ago when Poulson visited Idaho
with a reclamation committee of congress. "The thing
that makes me so sure we should nominate Eisenhower,"
Poulson confided, "is that whenever I talk to a Demo
crat I find he is the one man the Democrats don't want
na to nominate."
Courage of hia convictions that never falters whatever
the odds, plus unusual energy and aggressiveness are re
sponsible lor Foulson's remarkable political success. He
will need an these qualities in his new off ice.
ONE CLEARHEADED FRENCHMAN
Not many present day Frenchmen of either high or low
degree have what the Scottish poet Bobbie Burns called
the ability "to see ourselves as others see us."
; Fomer Premier Paul Reynaud, one of France'e most
distinguished lesders, who really can without exaggera
tion be called a statesman, is one of these. For when
Reynaud was asked to try to form France's next cabinet
be called his country "the sick man of Europe." a term
Invented by a Russian cxar long ago to describe aultan
ruled Turkey.
,; Reynaud painted what the dispatches called a black
picture, of a country which he said is suffering from a
inoral as well as an economic and political crisis. He
might have added that the moral crisis is largely respon
aMtty for France's inability to cope with the other two.
, The franc has lost nine-tenths of Its value since the
war, after losing about nine-tenths of Its pre-1914 value
prior to that time, and as a consequence French prices are
the highest In the world. What this does to the national
economy can be better Imagined than described.
Raynaud insisted that he won't try to form a cabinet
gnlesa the constitution is revised to give the government
gore power so it won't constantly be at the mercy of
thaM ttcamnf ernes precipitated by political blocs.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Final UN Truce Offer Should Do the Business
Washington The White
house has clamped a lid on the
details, but the final truce of
fer mado by the United Nations
should be enough to settle the
Korean war. For the new termi
are so dote to the communist
own proposal that they will not
be able to turn it down with
out appearing completely in
sincere about a Korean peace.
All the U. N. allies fighting
in Korea have agreed to the
new proposal except South Ko
rea's stubborn President Syng
man Rhee. who flatly rejected
it He also instructed the South
Korean negotiators to boycott
the truce meeting. This could
monkey-wrench the entire arm
istice, since Rhee now com
mands a South Korean army
powerful enough to continue
fighting on its own.
In fact, the defiant Rhee was
clamoring to launch his own
offensive against the commu-
ntiti until Gen. Mark Clark
talked him out of it. The
South Korean leader has been
so balky that Ambassador Rob
ert D. Murphy, who was all set
to come home, has been kept
on u sn adviser toGeneral
Clark for the sole purpose of
soothing the ruffled Rhee.
Another handicap to the .
truce talks is the determined
opposition of the small, vocal
band of Asls-f irst senators, led
by California's outspoken Wil
liam Know land. At this writ
ing, Asla-firsters were trying
to arrange a meeting between
Senator Knowland and the
newly appointed chairman of
the Joint chiefs of staff, Adm.
IY DREW f CARSON
Arthur Radford, in an attempt
to toughen the U. N. truce
terms. . .
India to Be Umpire
Meanwhile, the detailed
truce terms are as follows:
1. India to be chairman of
the five-nation armistice com
mission. Other member: Swe
den, Switzerland, Czechoslo
vakia, Poland. , All decisions to
be settled by a majority of
three. This means India would
be the referee, could cast the
deciding vote.
2. A two-month time limit
for starting the machinery to
screen prisoners of war. Each
prisoner would be screened by
lull. live-nation board, ana
each case would be decided by
a majority vote. o prisoner
would be forced to return home
against his will. The question
of what to do with the unwil
ling prisoners would be left to
political conference. II the
conference failed to reach a de
cision, the prisoners would be
turned over to the United Na
tions to be freed. .
3. The communists would
have access to their prisoners
in allied camps, but under
armed supervision so that they
could not intimidate prisoners
to return home sgainst their
wilL
4. We rejected the Commu
nist proposal that Poland and
Czechoslovakia should send
troops to Korea to help super
vise the armistice. Instead we
propose the policing should be
done by India.
The above terms represent a
concession from our latest of-
Salem 3 5 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
May Is, ISIS
President Wilson has sug
gested that the government
would naturally "look to war
profits, incomes snd business
to furnish new war taxes.
Sedwick Post No. 10, Salem,
Grand Army of the Republic,
was organized in Salem dur
ing September, 1882, and since
the first election of officers
721 veterans of the Civil War
have been inscribed on its rec
ords. At present 94 names are
on the roster. Four members,
J. L. Stockton, Elmore Y.
Chase, John Herdlln and John
W. Pratt died during the past
year.
Larry Sullivan, one time mil
lionaire but more recently a
night watchman Is near death
In a Portland hospital. He was
a politician, once a profession
al boxer of note, accumulated
near $3,000,000 in Nevada gold
fields snd for years conducted
a sailor's boarding house in
Portland. More recently, be
cause of reduced circumstances,
he has worked as a night
watchman In a Portland, shipyard.
Every man residing in the
United States who, during the
past year, has reached the age
of 21, must register Wednes
day, June 8, 1918.
A mysterious plague is
sweeping Spain. It Is estimated
that 40 per cent of the popula
tion is affected. The disease
resembles influenza. So far
there have been no fatalities
but the greatest alarm is felt
Running for the job of being
city. alderman need not be ex
pensive. Paul V. Johnson got
through for ISc. A. H. Moore,
without previous experience
spent 20c for an application
blank but, to make sure of his
job, spent $2 more for cards to
pass around. It cost Earl Race
just $4.40 to make the race for
city recorder. .
Now that Oregon is wheat
less so far as the good house
keeper is concerned file next
question is the cost of substi
tutes snd this is where the
weekly table allowance of the
housewife will play in hard
luck. Wheat flour used to sell
for 6c a pound. Substitute
flour such ss oats, barley and
corn will cost about 8 He.
Unless this is done neither he nor anyone else can 'do
France any good and it would be folly to try, Reynaud
indicated, again showing his perception of what ails his
country.
Then the French assembly rejected Reynaud" condi
tions, confirming his gloomy diagnosis of the country's
ills, which seem insoluble except through drastic reform
measures the French politicians won't take. And this
wobbly country is our chief ally on the continent of
Europe.
i
fer, though they are almost the
same as last year's Indian com
promise which we had accept
ed. They are so close to the
Red terms they should almost
certainly lead to an armistice
-ft the Communists sincerely
want one.
If the Reds reject our pro
posal, however, the U.N. .has
agreed to call tor a "permanent
recess." This would mean
breaking off the truce talks.
though without closing the door
in case the Communists should
change their minds and decide
to accept our terms.
Big Carrier Waste
If Congress and the Ike ad
ministration want to balance
the budget without jeopardiz
ing national defense they will
have to abandon the present
uncoordinated system of par
celing out money to the arnied
services.
In the past, the Joint Chiefs
of Staff merely allotted appro
priations to the Army, Navy,
and Air Force, letting the in
dividual service decide how
each should spend its own
share. Thus the Navy didn't
pass on what types of airplanes
the Air Force bought, nor did
the Army or Air Force say any
thing about the type of airplane
carriers the Nevy built
Under the current strict
rules against interservlce bick
ering, no criticism or opposi
tion is allowed. As a result,
Congress has heard only one
aide of the story regarding cer
tain weapons, such as atomic
artillery and supercarriers.
If the real purpose of Army
Navy unification is to be car
ried out, however, and if the
budget Is to be cut without en
dangering national security, it
wiu De necessary lor some top
umpire to knock admirals' and
generals' heads together in
order to figure out the weap
ons that give most protection
for the fewest dollars.
Best illustration of this Is the
supercarrier. Pride of the
Navy, used to impress solons
on congressional junkets, it
nevertheless remains a fact that
the latest carriers cannot
squeeze through the Panama
Canal and that a carrier force
costs seven times more money,
takes nine times more manpow
er and uses 13 times more fuel
than tn equivalent group of
Air Force bombers.
Small carriers are in a dif
ferent category. They are
cheaper, are more efficient, get
around with less protection,
and are definitely needed to
battle enemy submarines.
(CopTTltJt. 1K1
SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARY
(Astorlan Budget)
The proposed Seaside or
dinance to make it unlawful to
lock children in parked vehi
cles is commendable.
It is amazing that such an
ordinance should be found
necessary, yet so many mod
ern parents can't be bothered
by the problems of child care
that a municipality finds it
necessary to enforce the duties
of parenthod in this drastic
fashion.
If the police break windows
in a few parked cars to rescue
children abandoned therein,
they will probably do a great
deal to discourage this almost
criminal practice.
8UNNYSIDE STORK
Sunnyslde R. C Allen re
cently opened a grocery store
in Sunnyslde in the building
where the late Joe Turner for
merly had a store.
PCOA MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Folks Like This Charwoman
Keep British Empire Going
London W) Britain's royal
family is the living symbol of
her global empire.
Rut it is neoole like Mrs.
Lucy Mary Tanner who keep
that empire going win mm
sweat, sons, snd quiet lifelong
courage.
Mrs. Tanner is one of those
indomitable cockney charladies
that impress most London visi
tors. She U a subdued b u t
cheerful woman of 85 with
dark eyes and graying hair,
and she is still slender ss s girl
although she has naa 10 cnu
dren. Besides doing all her own
housework, she still does six
hours outside work each day
three spent in cleaning otiices,
nil thma aweenins and tend
ing a flat next door and the
flat in which I am staying.
This brines her $11.20 a
s week before taxes and
rux into the family budget
There Is a wistful quality
about Mrs. Tanner's face, the
took all living things wear that
bear the yoke of sacrifice and
hardchlD over many years. One
morning, I asked ber to tell me
the story of her life, snd she
laughed and said, "Oh, it would
till a book."
But she sat down, and over
a cup of tea she told me this:
"I came oi a urge lamuy
and went to work at 14, and I
have been working ever since.
I married at 17. and have lived
38 years in the same rented
house.
'1 have eight boys and one
girl, snd I lost another girl
-rounc. Most of my me i
worked in a laundry ironing.
When you've got a big family,
you must try one way and then
another. But my husband and
I always share the same purse.
"I feel very lucky, consia-
erlng I had six boys in the
war. Tnree went to tne JaiQ-
die East, one to Germany, one
to Normandy. ' And one in the
Navy he was in that battle
that sunk the Scharnhorst
"Not one was wounded. My
last two sons served after the
war, and they are now back at
home. Sometimes l iron 13
shirts for them. They wear a
shirt every other day not
that it is necessary, but they
know mother will always do
for them.
"For five years during the
war I worked in the gas works
as a stoker, a bricklayer's help
er, and as a yard laborer.
"It was very heavy work.
"A bomb landed In our back
yard. The house was so badly
damaged they wouldn't even
take rent from ua for - eight
months no windows, no roof.
We lived in the basement
"I used to sit in the shelter
at night and wonder if we
would ever all be together
again. I don't think I could
go through all that time again.
No, I couldn't As you get
older there are some things you
cannot do. '
"When I left the gas works
I had got along well there
they gave me a tribute. They
said that if any of my sons after
the war wanted employment
they would give It to them. And
now I have five sons at the gas
works, all in good jobs.
"My husband is a postman,
38 years in service. But he
loses s lot of time through ill
ness. He was gassed in the
first war.
"He works at night, and
sleeps in the day. He gets up
at 9 o'clock, and I try to get in
bed by 10, because my day
starts st 4 o'clock in the morn
ing. '
"Weekends is the only tune
you have pleasure. On Satur
day night I go out with the
boys and have a drink. But
I do it in turn, as there are 11.
"We're a happy family. We
all seem to agree, and I think
V HAL BOYLE
' ... .. s aa seta
that's a gooa tning, imn
"The war seems to have al
tered things in this country.
Conditions are better. . Bsbies
look better, and mothers take
more trouble with them than
they used to. They're tidier.
"We seem to be getting plen
ty of everything. I really think
in three years time people in
this country will be better off
than they have ever been.
. "No. I'm not going to the
coronation. I'll watch it on
television. We have our own
set My husband, my two boys
at home and I each pitch in four
shillings a week to pay for it
"I've seen two coronations,
but there never was the feeling
at those that there is st this
one. They're all doing some
thing about it
, "I think she's loved by ev
erybodythe Queen. She must
be. Royalty is something we've
slwsys had and looked to.
But people of our class don't
see a lot of royalty, although
they do visit us occasionally.
Of course, we could see more
of royalty if we went to Buck
ingham Palace and stood out
side. .
"But I like the royalty, and
I think everybody does."
Mrs. Tanner put down her
cup of tea, ber story over, and
set about cleaning the flat
SILLY CUSTOM '
(Albany Democrat-Herald)
Every once in a while the
question is brought rather
forcibly to mind, "How silly
can we get?" We're not trying
to answer that one. The latest
incident to raise, the query
the reported unhapplness of
some members of a large na
tional women's organization
because Mrs. Eisenhower is not
expecting to greet personally
some thousands of members
who'd like to pass her in the
receiving line and shake hunds
with the First Lady. The Pres
ident is up against the same
kind of thing, to a degree.
We can see how nice it
would be to go home and say
we had shaken hands with the
president or his wife. But what
about their end ot it? So far
as we are informed, this cus
tom of having the chief execu
tive and his wife shake hands
with everybody who in some
way can get himself into, their
presence has no parallel in
other countries. It's no wsy to
treat a couple for whom sup
posedly, we have a lot of af
OPEN FORUM
HENRY
Think Ike's Off Hit
Rocker on Tax Vitwi
To the Editor: '
. When President Ilsenhowee:
said in his speech he believe-,
no citizen wants lower taxes:
. . . he is presumptions and off
his rocker; if s Just like saying;
nobody wants peace. .
L for one. and I oeiieve there'
are millions like me, will aU
ways want lower taxes. In fact,
it would be delightful If we
weren't taxed st all; but thia-
is in the realm of Utopia.
What's the matter Mr. Pres."
IdentT Why can't you lower
the taxes? Why can't you DaV
ance the budget? A balanced!
budget ss sn absolute must at
all times, no matter what It is'
unfair, it is unjust, in a way it7
is criminal to burden future :
generations with our folly, our
stupidity snd extravagance. To
balance the budget no magic
or genius is required. All that,
is needed is economy and high
er taxes, mostly higher taxes,,
Indeed . s horrid and stupid
thought ,
Next item on tne agenda:?
How to lower taxes. This prob-.
lera is chiefly one of our men-.-. -
tal attitude and aptitude. Low..
er taxes denotes degree of oiuh
intelligence and wisdom; high,
er taxes denotes the degree o&
our stupidity, and Ignorance.
If we are living in an "age'
of peril" as you stated in your'
speech, then your mental at-'
titude and aptitude snakes It"
so. ...... a
I know, and millions like me'
know, that the affairs of the1
nation and of the world are"
in s mess. What era you going
to do about it? Bemoan the,
fact with higher taxes and let,.
It -go at that Or will you.
uucaie uuwu iuu miiimw uiwj
mess, which is the job of the;
presidency, and lead us and the
world to peace (lower taxes)...
Remember, Mr. President,
you hsve leu than four years 3
to do it in. Or have you decid
ed to wait and let Malenkov
do it for you and for us? -
Expect no- help from eon-1?
gress. It is not the job of eon-8
gress to unmess the mess. Thai
only function congress has is "
to legislate the will of the dt-0
izenry and presidency; be It'
messy or unmessy.
J. K. C,
Turner, Ore,
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