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NO NEED TO HURRY
Usually we subscribe to the old maxim "don't wait till
tomorrow to do what you can do today," and that more
recent but widely accepted truism "eventually, why not
now?" But we cannot do so with President Eisenhowers
request for an immediate hike in the national debt limit
of $15,000,000,000, voted Friday night by the house.
We fully sympathize with the nervousness of the ad
ministration. It is faced with a large deficit in the fiscal
year which commenced a month ago. The debt is now
about J272.000.000.000. which is pretty close to the dead
line. Tax receipts are lighter in the last half of the calen
dar year than in the first half, so a deficit of S7.3 billion
is anticipated for the next five months.
But Senator Byrd, who is probably the best informed
fiscal man in the senate, points out that the treasury now
has a cash balance of around nine billion, with three bii
lion dollars more bor-owintr capacity. This means 12 bil
lions available to meet an estimated deficit of 7.3 billions,
a 4.7 billion dollar margin, which seems ample. .
Then the Eisenhower administration is determined to
hold actual spending below the authorizations, and if it
faces a limitation on its right to borrow funds for the
next five months more pressure for economy will be ex
erted on the government departments than if they have
been given authority to hike the debt to 290 billions.
Refusal by congress to increase the limit' would sound
a warning that there is a bottom in the barrel and that
deficit spending has just about reached it. The warning
would be felt in every agency of government, and should
produce a more wholesome attitude.
Barring all-out war, which would bring congress hurry
ing back to Washington, there is scarcely any doubt of
the ability of the administration to weather these next
five critical months without the increase. Early next
year the flood of income tax payments will commence, and
the government might get by until the end of the current
fiscal year, with the rigid economy to which the admin
istration is committed.
By then we may have a balanced budget, so the debt
limit might never have to be raised. A gamble perhaps,
but isn't it worth trying? What have we to lose by mak
ing a determined effort to keep the debt under its pres
ent ceiling of 275 billions?
Another way to avoid hiking the debt would be to sell
some of the government's vast investments in transpor
tation and industry for cash and apply this against the
debt. If satisfactory offers can be found this would help
carry out the administration's pledges and improve the
government's fiscal position at the same time.
THE REDS ARE SWEATING
The giving of food packages to hungry East Germans is
the smartest propaganda move our government has made
in the whole cold war. It really has the comrades sweat
ing, and swearing, too.
They angrily Rejected the offer, but failed to control
the people of the Soviet zone of Berlin who were hungry
and didn't care who knew it. They streamed into the
west zone, got their packages and returned to their homes,
defying the Russian police and army.
Now the fury of the Russians has reached such a point
that they are forcibly taking the food away from these
people and distributing it elsewhere as Soviet food, think
ing thus to get credit for a generous act.
. Here Is our opportunity, through the radio, to broad
cast the facts all over Germany and throughout the Soviet
realm where people do listen to the foreign radio despite
all effort to prevent it.
America gives food to hungry Iron curtain people, but
their soviet masters take it away from them by force.
The East Germans already know this. The whole world
should be made to know it, and can be made to know it if
we broadcast the facts effectively.
BALANCED CONSERVATION SOUGHT
In a special message President Eisenhower Friday told
congress that the federal role in development of western
water resources should be re-examined with an aim to the
creation of a "better balanced program" for use and devel-
opment of its natural resources. He called it "indispens
able for maintaining and improving our standard of
living as we make the future secure for a growing Amer
ica.
The president stressed the fact that problems of devel
opment "are undergoing considerable change" because of
Increase in the urban population and expansion of indus
trial and mining activities.
"These developments have brought about strong com
petition for existing water supplies and have stimulated
the need for a broader approach in planing new water re
search development," Mr. Eisenhower said. So conser
vation and development is "high priority business for
all of us."
Mr. Eisenhower stated that the administration plans
to present at the next session of congress suitable recom
mendation for achieving these objectives, which include
comprehensive river basin planning with the cooperation
of state and local interest and adherence to "sound princi
ples for the financing and the sharing of the cost of mul
tiple purpose land and water resource development."
Two new government commissions after the adjourn
ment of congress will be studying the problems involved
during the recess. One unit is a commission on organiza
tion of the executive branch of the government and the
other to study federal-state relations.
In his State of the Union message February 2, the presi
dent called attention "to the vast importance to this na
tion, now and in the future of our soil and water, our
forests and minerals, and our wild life resources" and in
dicated the need and necessity for a cooperative partner
ship of the state and local communities, private citizens
and the federal government in carrying out a balanced
program. G. P.
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. Oregon
HIS HONOR ARRIVES
v HIS HONOR ARRIVES
WASHINGTON MEY40-ROU"l
Ike Insists Commanders
Settle Their Differences
By DREW "ARSON g
ur..t,incrtnn Most impor-1 againsi -"""- .. r.
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
War of Fashions to Bring
Division in Ranks of Women
By HAL BOYLE
MOST READ MGK
Grand Fan Courier
What is the most widely
read portion of a daily news
paper? Is It the sports page, the
"funnies." the ditorial page,
the front page, society, or
what?
We long have been ot the
opinion that none of the list
above is the most popular
rather, It is the want ad section.
This opinion is bolstered by
the result of a national survey
of reader interest conducted
by Continuing Study of News
paper Readership, which re
veals that at least 40 per cent
of all newspaper reader turn
to the want ad pages every
day.
We doubt If any other de
partment of a daily newspaper
claims the attention ot that
great a proportion of the read
ing public.
New York VP) There I a
war blazing up today -in which
no woman can be an innocent
bystander.
Girls, it's a .battle you can't
sidestep, unless you go around
in a bathing suit. You can't
skirt this issue:
Should my new dress flap
around my li'l ole shinbone,
or should it just reach down
far enough to tap my 11 1 ole
kneecap?"
It's a real ticklish issue. An
argument over the length of
a woman skirt is the height
of nonsense to most men. But
it has launched in Paris the
war of the fashions," and it
promises to divide women in
to two classes as nothing else
has but the institution of mar
riage or the question of bob
bed hair.
There has been more than
a suspicion that lor a number
of years the famous Parisian
designers got together before
the start of each new style sea
son. Over a few friendly
"French 75's" b randy in
champagne they were re
ported to have reached chum
my but Ironclad agreements
on the two crucial problems:
How far down to expose mi
lady's bosom, ho'." far up to
expose her legs.
Editor's Note: Couldn't they
avoid both problems by join
ing a nudist colony?
Everybody was happy. The
designers made money. The
ladies were content, because
they knew no rival dared try
to gain male appeal by expos
ing more of her epidermis
than the designers had de
creed, as this would immedi
ately stamp her as "brassy,
definitely not in style."
But now that cozy cartel is
a complete bust.
Christian Dior broke it in
1947 with his rebel "New
Look," the inspiration for
which may have been the
middle tent in the Ringling
Circus. Remember the bil
lowy dresses? A small wom
an sighed, "I have to take
three stops before my dress
begins to move."
Now Dior, after years of
repentance, is leading another
revolt in the opposite direc
tion with something he calls
"The Live Look." This, as
nearly as I can gather, is his
old "New Look" after it had
been sent to the laundry and
come home shrunk.
It Is hard for a male non
combatant to figure out what
is going on In the Parisian
fashion battlefield. But, ac
cording to late front-line dis
patches from lady combat re
porters in this war, Dior and
necdle-and-scissors ally nam
ed Dosses are making a door-die
stand for a hemline a
full It to 17 inches from the
floor.
ShiaparelU Is heading an
old guard squad that is com
mitted to go to any length to
keep dresses at their present
length 12 to 13 Inches above
street level.
"She is also featuring a "too
big look," and I guess that
means clothing that will make
a fat lady feel like a little
girl, and a little girl feel like
yelling, "Help! Get me out of
here. I'm lost."
On the other hand, Dior's
"Live Line" silhouette craft
ily emphasizes a built-up bust
line, raising even another
frontline problem in the war.
Nobody knows why he picked
"The Live Line" for a title
instead of "The Wolf De
light."
Although the Parisian de
signers, fighting at needle
point, are bearing the brunt
of the fashion war, it is the,
women of Anierica who are
doing the silent suffering.
Whose army shall they enlist
in, Dior's or Schiaparelli's?
Altitude enters in. A Dior
outfit on a S-foot-7-inch girl
would fall below her knee and
still give her a leggy look. On
a 5-foot-2-inch girl the same
'-ss would bisect her knee
cap. .ince an estimated 75 per
cent of American women are
3 foot-3 or shorter Patricia
Porter, women's editor of The
Boston Traveler, predicts a
Dior victory "may bring forth
a million knees that . have
never seen the light of day."
Is there any man unwilling
to face that prospect with for
titude? This fashion war may un
nerve women unable to make
up their mind. But it's a boon
to the American . male. He'
tired of women trying to be
different,- by looking alike.
Now, at last, the feminine
landscape will offer a more
varied choice.
On Dior! On Schiaparclli!
Let's have no truce in "The
Battle of the Hemline."
Salem 28 Years Ago
By 8EN MAXWELL
August 1, 1925
William Jennings Bryan
who had died July 26 was
buried in Arlington cemetery,
His grave site had a simple
wooden marker.
a
At 12 o'clock last night all
church bells had been chimed
in Essen, Germany, to observe
the official termination of oc
cupation of the Ruhr by allied
troops, there sir.ee early in
1923.
a
Will Rogers had declined to
become a candidate for gov
ernor of California.
a a
July had been entirely with
out precipitation for the first
time since 1922. 'Last mea
surable rain had been on June
11.
a a a
Sentiment in favor of head
on parking had been ex
pressed strongly in Salem,
a a a
Three boys at the state
training school at Woodburn
were critically ill of typhoid
fever as a consequence of
drinking water from old wells
on the premises.
a a a
Clifford Fults and Clarence
Wilson had made a round trip
to the coast on their bicycles
covering 170 miles in a day
and a half.
a a a
A channel between Port
land and the sea, 35 feet deep
and 500 wide had been pro
posed by Portland commercial
interests.'
a a a
Carl Benson who had a
pheasant farm near Silverton
had shipped 1000 birds to California.
NAIL IT DOWN
Roseburg News-Review
Now that thieves are carry
ing off safes, parking meters,
merchandise or what have you,
it might be advisable to nail
down Ye Oldc Towne Hall
lest it wind up piecemeal in a
junk yard.
Unt development at the Quan
tico meeting of the top bras
wa an order by President Ei
senhower that hi military
commanders must settle their
differences inside the Pentago
and end him only unanimous
recommendations.
If minority views are for
tn him at the White
'House. Ike bluntly announced
jhe will pay no attention to
them. In other words, ne ex
pects the new joint chiefs of
staff to present a united front
In the past, the navy fre
quently differed from the air
force and army regarding Ko
rean war strategy. But from
now on no dissenting opinions
will be permitted.
At the Quantico meeting, the
fiery, red-haired chairman-designate,
Adm. Arthur Radford,
served notice that he consider
ed last year' election a man
date to the new joint chiefs to
revamp their past policies.
Radford didn't elaborate on
what changes he expected to
make, though he went on to
stress the importance of the
Far East. He has long wanted
the United States to intervene
in China, rescue Chiang Kai
Shek, put him back in power
on the Chinese mainland. The
outgoing joint chiefs opposed
this as likely to embroil us in
war.
TOP SECRET MEETING
A "top secret" sign was
posted outside the conference
door as the president met with
his military leader at the
Quantico Marine base. How
ever, this column can give a
thumbnail account of what
happened except for mat
ters involving military secur
ity, which are omitted.
The president rambled along
pleasantly . to the, top brass
about team play and harmony,
about how pleased he was to
meet with his former comrades-in-arms.
Then he told
a joke about a duck hunter
who was so "roaring drunk"
that his companions left him
behind in the rear blind while
they went ahead to man the
forward blinds.
Finally, one lone duck flap
ped by. Ike related, and the
hunters blasted away. Not so
much as a feather was ruffled.
Then as the duck passed over
the last blind wham!! One
shot from the drunk brought
down the stray duck. The
hunters rushed back to con
gratulate their companion and
found him still happily blotto.
"It was nothing," Ike quot
ed the drunk. "Out of that
flock of ducks, I wash bound
to hit one."
Likewise, the president add
ed soberly, out of all the
speechmaking at the military
conference, he wanted to stress
one point.
"I want the decisions of the
joint chiefs to be unanimous
decisions, approved by the
chairman," he declared. "If
a minority opinion is sent up
to me, I will treat it as if it
hadn't been sent."
When Admiral Radford's
turn at the rostrum came, he
hinted of changes to come in
military planning.
"The civilian leaders have
changed. Now we also must
change," he warned. "The elec
tion was a mandate for us to
make some changes."
Radford stressed the impor
tance of Formosa as a bulwark
DON'T
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We Fix Them Wbea
Others Can't
THE JEWEL BOX
44 Stela 11 (aa
'u in the Far East.
Thr,1ed.omeofthemmta
leader to conclude that the
first "change", would be more
military aid for Chiang Kal-
SlAny minority view against
moves in China, they feared,
would be oppressed by Pres
ident Eisenhower' order.
Note Theme of the Quan
tico conference was "team
play," though some admirals
and generals complained that
they were treated like high
school kids on a picnic. At a
barbecue, for instance, they
were given huge aprons with
"The Defense Team" spelled
out in big letters acros the
top and "Varsity" written
across the middle. Secretary
of Defense Wilson and his
civilian assistant also chipped
in $100 each for prizes for
the brass hats who caught the
biggest fish, played the best
golf game and otherwise ex
celled in sporting events. To
Wilson' chagrin, most of the
winners were the generals who
have been bucking Wilson on
budget cuts the air force.
POSTAGE GETS LICKED
The backstage battle over
postage tamp almost caused
a divorce in the Eisenhour en
tourage. Bitterness reached a
peak between Ike' close
friends. Postmaster General
Summerfield and Senator Carl
son of Kansas, chairman of the
senate post office committee.
Carlson has been so opposed
to Summerfleld's proposed
boost to four cents per ounce
for first-class mail, seven cents
for air mail, and an extra 42
per cent for second-class mail,
that the postmaster general fi
nally went straight to the
White House. And Eisenhower
agreed to make the postage
hikes part of his "must" pro
gram. .
This brought Senator Carl-
Saturday. Auguat 1, ijjj
bvu .utiiimi over 10 th 1u-
House next day. ThenT
president soothed hi old frl.!
from Kansas by lndlcatin. "
vately that he wouldn't Vt
mind If mall rates vtta?7
creaied after all. He ilr
tracked on hi itand ttutT?"
was "must" legislation
However, Summerfijjj k
o grimly determined to
hi own way, that he
guard outide the hoiis, ;?
publican cloakroom and bet.
buttonholing eongremeilw
they came and went. A fnl!
mer GOP finance chairman
intimated that campaign
tribution might dry up "
Junior member of the aaZ
post office committee
unit
they agreed to vote feft,
postal increases. He also m
GOP committeemen and m
senator as Schoeppel of Kj
as and Martin of Pennslyvmj,
to phone the congressmen uj
CACIa 5CW allVlV PCaSUrC,
EXPENDABLE SENATOR
Finally the eager -betva.
postmaster general got into
row with Carlson as the rtajh
of a itatement before the hou
post office committee. gua.
merfield told the committa
that Carlson had promised hiq
to hold hearings on the aenitc
side. Carlson promptly issue! t
denial, but ummerfield k.
peated his itatement over T-V
This amounted, in effect, ti
a public charge that Ctrlm
was a liar, and it made hia
furious. But to make mttttn
worse, Summerfield griped ti
four influential friends abort
Carlson.
"Senator Carlson is expend
able," the postmaster genenl
snorted. ''
When word of this got bttk
to the senate, he retorted ig.
grily that. Summerfield, toe,
might be expendable.
(Oaprrltht. 1MI
IT WAS A MISTAKE
Moro Journal
Women are said to be i.
vading the fishing spots when
there used to be nothing but
men another man's last hi.
ven. Teaching the women It
drink wasn't such a good Idea;
now they can't be kept out of
any place.
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Christianity Built on Faith
And a Historic Character
By REV. GEORGE H.SWIFT
Rector, at. P.m'i EpUcopil crwea
A young college student told
me the reason he was not in
terested in religion was that
it had nothing but faith to
stand on. He seemed unaware
that faith enters into so much
upon which he based his pre
sent and future activities. In
fact there could be not so-called
security at all without a
reasonable faith in people,
monetary values, rainfall, sun
shine, stock markets, and a
thousand other things on which
we base decisions affecting our
present and future.
Of course there Is such a
thing as unreasonable faith.
An unreasonable faith is one
unsupported by any reliable
evidence. Oilr faith in God is
a reasonable one because it is
supported by many almost in
vincible evidences. .
As far as Christianity Is
concerned, it is not only a re
ligion built on faith,' but also
on an historical character.
Christ lived. People saw Him.
They heard Him speak. Christ
was not the creation of emo
tional minds, nor even the
product of theologians. Christ
is an historical person in whom I
those who saw Him had tbio-
lute faith.
Once Christ called to Km
discouraged fishermen to put
out their nets for a catch. Pe
ter answered, "We have toiltd
all night and have taken noth
ing." Apparently the fiih
men had concluded that the
fish were still outside the biy
waiting for a rain to comt ii
lit would have been an unrea
sonable faith on the part i
Peter if he had acted on hi
experiences as a .fishermu
and had tried again. But untie
the circumstances it was a rea
sonable faith Peter showed
when he said to Christ, "Nev-er-the-less,
at Thy word 1 will
let down the net." Acting not
on his knowledge as a fisher
man, but on his faith In Christ,
he filled his boat with fiih.
Sometimes we are toll
something we just could not
believe were it not for the in
tegrity of the one who nude
the statement. Peter' fait
was not based on the wons
of a fellow-fisherman, but tt
the words of Jesu Christ fi
was well rewarded.
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