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THE VOICE OF AMERICA
THE EXPERTS TAKE A LOOK AHEAD ,
Look Magazine has just polled 60 of the top Washing
ton correspondents and commentators on which party
they think will capture control of congress next year and
whom they think the Democrats will nominate for presi
dent in 1956.
By a 83 to 28 vote with one member abstaining, the
group expects the Democrats to capture the House of
Representatives, while 48 expect Republican control of
the benate. This would reverse the present majority in
each house and calls for some explanation.
The reason evidently is that the correspondents believe
the Democrats are going to be a little stronger than the
Republicans nationally, hence able to win the House, but
not strong enough to capture the Senate.
Only a third of the senators must stand for election.
plus any vacancies to be filled. These will be the positions
last filled in 1948 when the Democrats captured some
normally Republican seats while the Republicans got
scarcely any normally Democratic seats. This gives the
Republicans an advantage which this group evidently
uiiiuiB wiii ue Bumtiej'i. iu givo went majority.
There is a strong belief among this group that Adlai
Stevenson will again be the Democratic nominee in 1956.
He gets 44 votes out of the 65 who expressed an opinion.
Second is a man political railbirds should be watching,
the new Missouri senator, Stuart Symington, whom many
besides these correspondents think likely to be nominated
for president next time. He gets seven votes. Senator
Russell of Georgia three and Governor Shivers of Texas
one.
These views are interesting, particularly as it is the
first poll of its kind since the November election. Nobody
is bound to accept the result as authoritative, however.
Doubters are privileged to recall that this group was
polled last tali and believed then that Stevenson would
defeat Eisenhower.
The expert can be and sometimes is as wrong as any
amateur.
WASHINGTON M:RRY-G0-R0UND
Congressmen Trying to Get
Free Rides From Air Force
By DREW PEARSON
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Let Man Again Be King of
Fashions as He Once Was
CANADIAN LIBERALS TRIUMPH
Oregon Democrats, vexed about a "one party" monopoly
of political favor in this state, ought to study the Cana
dian Liberals, who won a smashing landslide victory in
the national elections up there yesterday.
It was the Liberals' fifth victory in a row, their second
In four years. They elected 168 members of the new par
liament, which totals 265, with four undecided. The Con
servatives, main opposition party, won only BO seats.
The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation captured 20
and the Social Credit party of the western prairie prov
inces won 13. Independents secured five seats.
The significance Canada's Liberals ought to have for
the present leadership of the Democratic party In Oregon
is that the Canadians operate a genuine liberal party,
with the traditional principles of one, without the social
istic features the Democratic party has adopted nationally
and in Oregon in recent years.
Canadian Liberals keep their government on a balanced
budget and take delight in reducing taxes whenever they
are able to. They are friendly to business, welcome the
investment of local or foreign (chiefly American) capital.
Their program has such continuing popular support that
the opposition in Canada has more basis for a "one party"
complaint than exists here.
But whether its Canada, Oregon or somewhere else,
one party dominance has the same meaning, that a ma
jority approve its principles and the way it implements
them. The Canadian Liberals still command the confi
dence of most Canadians and are assured another tenure
of power. Most Americans will be pleased, for the party
has given Canada honest, able, farsighted leadership,
which is friendly to the United States.
FRANCE IS WEAKENED FURTHER
A million and a half French workers returned to their
Jobs at the end of the week after a short strike that
paralyzed their country and shook the resolution of its
new government.
The demonstration was not against emolovers. but
against an announced determination by the government
w eiieci some government economies with a view to
balancing the French budget and enabling the country
to get along if American aid is reduced.
A dispatch from Paris said that following th triV
the government was considerably shaken, and uncertain
whether to go ahead with its program of austerity. The
workers had probably won their point, and this French
government will be afraid, as its predecessors have been
to initiate any policy that will make any large sector
of the voting population unhappy.
Here is the trouble with France. The government has
no resolution because the people have none. This time
It is labor. Next time it may be business and industry,
or the farmers. The French just haven't got it any more,
and no government can function vigorously in their behalf.
By HAL BOYLE
New York VP) Men need a
Christian Dior, a bold fellow
to restore the male feeling of
being quite a guy.
Us gents are in a male quan
dary. We either have to ex
pose more of our charms or re
treat to the soft anonymity of
the sleeping bag.
As I read the front line re
ports from the great style war
in Paris, women don't know
whether to throw away their
corsets or keep them, elevate
their skirts to their knees or
go ahead and protect their up
per ankles, expose their bos
oms more or try to throw an
other layer on those they have
rented or bought . . .
It seems to me that In this
moment of feminine doubt
men should move in and take
over their old peacock strut.
Let man again be king of fash
ions, as he once was.
I do not advocate long
stockings, tight pants, and lace
at the throat, although George
Washington and Thomas Jef
ferson were robust and mascu
line in such attire. As a mat
ter of recent history, some
people feel that a gent doesn't
represent his sex fully unless
he has worn khaki. That's
unfair, because a lot couldn't.
It might Just as well be the
other way around. Why
shouldn't a woman feel un
easy if she has never worn the
uniform of her country.
That is the pattern of some
Council Chary On Vacations
At the request of the Salem
school board the city council
will consider the vacation of
part of Gaines street and also
a nearby alley so the premises
of Grant School may be ex
panded. The Gaines Street portion
extends from North Cottage to
North Winter through property
owned by the school board.
Immediate plans are to use it
for additional school play
ground. Two resolutions asked the
city to initiate proceedings for
the vacations. Council members
thought that would put the
council on record as favoring
the vacations, and they were
amended so they simply put the
council in a position of con
sidering the vacations and plac
ing the matter In position for
public hearings.
Robert DeArmond. attorney
for the board, explained that
was the only purpose of the
resolutions.
INDUSTRY DROPS
Hong Kong (IP) Red China,
starting Its first five-year plan
this year, has revealed that
several classes ot industry
failed to reach production tar
gets in the first half ot the
year.
TYPHOON SKIRTS GUAM
uuam vn i ne cage of a
typhoon caught northwest
Salem 57 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
August 11, 1898
"It free coinage of silver will
make SOc dollars a certain Sa
lem editor had better immedi
ately cancel his obligation with
the poor painter who had re
ceived nothing for painting that
gentleman's house."
In one ot Astoria's bars they
had a "silver 1 izz" made of gin
and the white of an egg and
"golden slipper" made of gin
and yolk of an egg.
Crown mills at Albany were
giving farmers 40 pounds ot
flour for one bushel of wheat.
A large number of fine carp
weighing from five to eight
pounds each had recently been
caught in South Salem slough.
At Salem wheat had a price
ot 44c a bushel, fancy creamery
butter 20c a pound and dressed
veal 3 Vic a pound.
Woodburn Hop Growers as
sociation had met at Woodburn
and decided to pay 24c per nine
bushel box for picking hops in
189fl.
A band of bunch grass horses
were driven in and had been
sold tor $6 a head and good
teams went from $10 to $23.
Bids on bankrupt Salem Mo
tor railway were soon to be
considered by the court.
Labor Exchange had arrans.
ed for a picnic In the beautiful
grove near their warehouse
Guam Monday with heavy rain north of Salem. Tickets could
and winds up to 70 miles anhe had for 50c. Babies under
hour. Damage, apparently was; five and lunch bask tot wra a4.
slight, I mltted free.
nations. Certainly no woman
who believes in equal rights
can deny today how much
happier her life will be if she
only was won the approval of
a lady top sergeant for -the
way she can strip down a ma
chine gun or make a bed.
That used to be the thing In
the Army that separated the
men from the boys. Why in
days to come shouldn't it be
the test that separates the
girls from the women
The problem for men is to
win equal rights in the world
of fashions. For example,
wny snouian't women worry
about how far we bare our
chests Wouldn't they fret
about this problem If men
were courageous enough to
make it a problem?
Same thing at the other end.
Short or long pants. A man
ordinarily has his pants Just
long enough so that he tramps
on them if his rubber heels
wear down.
If you see a guy with bis
cuffs above his ankles, you au
tomatically are sure that
either he went to Princeton
or he got caught out In the
rain with a cheap suit.
Maybe it's time for us to
dazzle our girls. Show that
thin gray hair on the lean but
vibrant chest, expose the male
fatted calf. Naturally, since
the girls never bare their bay
windows we don't have to un-
zlpper ours.
The main idea Is to stir the
girls up by showing them that
men have their fashions too.
Let's show 'em that while
knighthood is always in flow
erit can change Its blooms.
They've taken men for grant
edd too long.
Think how you could con
fuse your wife by wearing the
cousin ot the hat she confused
you wlthl
IKE'S VACATION
Albany Democrat-Herald
It seems to us petty to quib
ble about the President's rec
reation and to grudge him time
off the job. So we're inclined
to doubt, reports that "the
democrats" can be expected to
to'.e up Mr. Eisenhower's vaca
tion days as part of their cam
paign against him. It was all
right with us when Mr. Tru
man used to take a few days
away from Washington to en
joy himself at Key West or on
the presidential yacht, and we
don't think reasonable people
expect the President just to
stay in his office and work.
The chief executive must
keep fit. We are better off
with a well president in Colo
rado than with a sick or
"stale" president in Washing
ton. The presidency can east
ly be a man-killing job. It is
unwise from any point of view
for the chief executive to let
himself get involved in detail
that can be delegated. Gen
eral Eisenhower let someone
else drive the tanks in the
war, and he knows how to
delegate detail and hold sub
ordinates responsible for results.
IMPORTANT CHECK
Oregon City Enterprise
Courier i
Last week Harold Holm-
strom and Tommy Jones, treas
urer and president of the
Clackamas county chapter of
the National Foundation for
Infantile paralysis, put their
signatures on the back of a
check. It was a large and very
important check.
Its probably the most im
portant $30,123 check ever
cleared through Oregon City
banks.
The check was an eraeraencv
loan to the Clackamas county
chapter of the paralysis found
ation from the national organi
zation. Money backing the
check was collected from the
doorsteps of America's homes.
And it will be sent to hospitals
in the Portland area where
Clackamas county's victims are
sweating and laboring for
every breath.
Ike's Movie Tax Cut Veto
As was
weeks sgo when the movie in
dustry was shoving its admis
sions tax repealer through
Congress, President Eisenhow
er has vetoed the mcasun
an act of considerable courage
in view of the pressures which
that industry can exert. His
action, however, is based on
two very good reasons:
1. With the budget still un
balanced the Federal Govern
ment cannot afford to lose up
wards oi iuu million a year
revenue from this source.
2. It Is unfair to grant this
relief to the movie industry
when other Industries in
cluding stage shows and com
munity theatres are being
denied similar relief.
It has been the plan ot the
Eisenhower administration to
submit a bill for comprehen
sive tax revisions at the next
session ot Congress beginning
In January. When we were in
Washington last spring the tax
consultants of the House and
Senate Ways and Means Com
mittees were already at work
on the drafting ot this com
prehensive measure an
enormous task.
The movie people lumned
the gun and through their
ability to bring pressure on
Congressmen and Senators
Washington So many con-
iressmen have been cauing up
the Defense Department for
free transportation to summer
climes that Undersecretary of
Defense Kves decided to do
something about it. He called
In Secretary of the Air Force
Harold Talbott.
"Where in hell are they all
going? What are they going to
do?" stormed Kyes.
It was embarrasing, he indi
cated, to have the Air Force
flying congressmen all over the
globe after its budget had been
cut to the bone.
Secretary Talbott pointed out
that congressmen couldn't very
well be banned, as long as De
fense Department officials
were doing the same thing.
Kyes demanded to know what
officials were taking junkets,
but Talbott knew of only one
scheduled trip at the moment
an overseas trip by Assistant
Secretary of the Army John
Slezak. Immediately, Kyes
issued orders for Slezak to stay
home.
As for the congressmen, Kyes
and Talbott agreed to cut out
special airplanes for congres
sional trips unless the Defense
Department is convinced it is
strictly business. - However,
they meekly decided not to of
fend any powerful congress
men who are willing to travel
on planes that may be going
their way anyhow.
This means over two dozen
congress ional committees,
which plan to investigate ev
ery thing from uranium in
South Africa to statehood in
Alaska and the information
program in South America,
may have to put up with the
inconvenience of Air Force
schedules. However, such
groups as the Armed Services,
Foreign Relations and Appro
priations Committee, taking le
gitimate overseas 'trips, will
still get special planes.
PLEASANT SEA VOYAGES
The most interesting vaca
tion trips at the taxpayers' ex
pense, however, are planned
by Individual congressmen who
have asked the Defense De
partment to furnish transpor
tation for themselves and their
wives. In most cases, they will
travel by military transport
vessel, sometimes families have
waited several months to join
their husbands and fathers ov
erseas, but will be bumped
from the sailing lists again by
sight-seeing congressmen.
For example, GOP Congress
man Robert Wilson of Califor
nia has arranged passage to
Hawaii for himself, his wife
snd three children, leaving on
tne s.s. Barrett August Z8 and
coming back on the S.S. Alt'
man September 8. Four con
gressmen are planning to take
their wives on vacations to
Europe, largely at the taxpay
ers' expense. They- are Wil
liam L. Springer, Illinois re
publican, leaving on the S.S
Butner August 19, returning
on the S.S. Geiger October 13;
Huber B. Scudder, California
republican, leaving on the S.S
Patch August 25, returning on
the S.S. Gibbons September 23;
William J. Green, Jr., Pennsyl
vania democrat, leaving on the
Gibbons August 25, returned
on the S.S. Rose September 14
and L. ,Mendel Rivers, South
Carolina democrat, leaving on
to S.S. Patch August 23 with
no definite return date.
Three other congressmen,
also accompanied by their
wives, have arranged govern
ment transportation to both
North Africa and Europe. They
are Republicans Errett P.
Scrivner of Kansas and Ed'
ward T. Miller of Maryland,
who will leave on the S.S. Gib
bons August 15, and Democrat
Robert L. F, Sikes of Florida,
whose departure date hasn't
been set. Congressman Ger
aid R. Ford, Jr., Michigan Re
publican, has also asked for
free transportaiton to Japan
and India.
Engene Register-Guard
predicted a few ,from every part of the nation WHAT IT COSTS
they were able to do what the
manufacturers were unable ,to
do In the repeal of the excess
profits tax. Their argument,
of course, was that their in
dustry is in real distress
through competition of en
tertalnment, some 8,000 the
atres having been forced to
close.
In other times the distress
argument for a particular
group of taxpayers might ap
peal but with the nation's
finances in their present
snape, it is bad business to
make piecemeal revisions un
der group pressures. The. only
way an intelligent and equit
able program can be worked
out is by the systematic re
view of tha Federal tax struc
tures. All admissions and luxury
taxes are actually "nuisance
taxes" which are passed on to
the public. They have an ad
verse effect on business only
where an Inequitable situa
tion is created between com
petitors and there are many
such spots in the amusement
situation. Our sympathies are
all with the movie people in
their petition for relief but
Technically, these congress
men are supposed to pay for
their wives passage, but all that
is charged is $50 per person
to fcurope or the Mediterran
ean Just enough to cover the
cost of meals and clean linen.
The congressmen aren't
charged a cent for themselves,
on the theory that they are on
government business.
Irony is that most of the
junketing congressmen voted to
cut the military budget on the
ground that the armed services
were wasting money.
NOTE Three congressmen
have already left on early va
cations. Rep. James I. Dolli
ver, Iowa Republican, drove
his wife and son to Whittier,
Alaska, where they plan to
sell their car on the hiah-
priced Alaskan market, then
sail back to the States at the
taxpayers' expense on the mil
itary transport Funston. Con
gressman Paul J. Kilday, Texas
democrat, left last month for
a European vacation with his
wife and 18-year-old daughter,
traveling at the Air Force's ex
pense. Congressman Adam
Clayton Powell, New York
Democrat, took off on a simi
lar trip last month, but left
nt in tha Pentagon from Ko
rea warning against a possible
surprise Communist offensive
in case the truce blows up.
The report points out that the
Reds kept men and supplies
rolling toward the front until
the last minute and that they
have amnle trooos snd men for
launching anotner gigantic intensive.
Under the truce terms, we
Communists are permitted to
build airfields in North Korea
while we are forced to close
down our radar stations on the
Islands off the North Korean
coast Taking advantage of
this the Chinese are reported
building underground hangars
and moVIng planes down from
Manchuria. Without our radar
warning net, the report adds,
South Korea Is subject to sur
prise air attack.
The Treasury's alcohol tax
unit is clamolng down on brew
eries whose ads tell the public
that their beer has a low con
tent of sugar. Government
tests show all beers contained
practically the same amount of
sugar . . . British security ag
ents in Moscow uncovered 29
secret microphones installed in
one of their embassy buildings
by the Russian secret police.
One mike was Imbedded be
hind three inches of concrete,
yet was so sensitive it could
pick up all conversations in the
room . . . Congressman run.
Jr.'s comment upon his return
from Africa: "Everywhere I
went, from Morocco to South
Africa, African leaders asked
me If Senator McCarthy was
extinguishing American free
doms. I tried to tell them
'No'; but then they'd bring up
the matter of book burnlr.g,
and what could I say?"
(Copyrllht. IH1I
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
Albany Democrat-Herald
Linn county stands well up
in Oregon on highway safety,
The other day, as already noted
here, Lebanon received an
award in recognition of its
splendid traffic record for the
preceding year. .The accident
record, of course, Is never good
enough as long as there are any
mishaps, and the organization
of Linn County Highway Life
savers as a means of improv
ing the showing is most wel
come news. We can hope for
constant Improvement as the
attention of motorists is focus
ed on careful and courteous
driving which means safe
driving.
Linn is the 22nd county in
Oregon in which an organiza
tion has been formed, and the
Impact on Oregon motorists'
thinking and general attitude
ought to be considerable.
So we're improving in the
matter of sate driving. Conven
ient driving, however, is an
other story. As communities
grow, problems of parking and
of efficient use of motor cars
are constantly more pressing.
No town in the county is large
enough as yet to face the con
gestion prevailing in the larger
cities, but we can all see it
coming.
Learn Hard Facts
By PHIL NEWSOM
rrjalt STtnl Foralaa Aaalnl.
The United States Is learn.
Ing the facts of life about the
Korean truce.
One of the harshest facts so
far is Gen. Msrk Clark's esti
mat that the Chinese Corn,
munlsta may be holding as
many as twice the number of
American war prisoners they
have admitted.
This Is not to Imply that th
true should b regretted.
It has halted, temporarily.
at least, slaughter on th bat
tlefield and It Is bringing
horn 3.8 13 American war
prisoners.
But subsequent events have
pointed up th warning of
military commanders that a
true simply marks ar suspen
sion of hostilities, not th end.
Th Strangest War
Further complicating t h
situation are th rules under
which the Korean war was
fought, wherein commanders
in the field were governed not
by military but by diplomatic
necessities.
So this strangest ot all wars
ended in the strangest of all
truces.
This is a true without a
victor and without a van
quished in which neither
side can impress its will ex
cept behind its own lines.
Hence the enormity of th
problem raised by General
Clark.
Clark says that after th
present exchange Is complet
ed demands will be mad
through the Armistice Com
mission for1 an accounting- of
all prisoners.
A Solution Needed
If satisfaction is not gained
there, then the problem will
be taken before the Interna
tional Conference which will
try to settle Korea's political
future this fall.
Secretary of State Dulles
Had threatened United States
retaliation against the Reds.
But what kind ot retails
tion? To the people of the United
States, the holding of some
3,000 Reds for a like number
of Americans would scarcely
seem an even trad nor
would it even be likely to im
press the Chinese. .
Another very great difficul
ty is the fact that It will b
many months, if ever, before
registration teams ar able to
learn anywhere near accur
ately the number of Ameri
cans taken prisoner, the num
ber who died in Red prison
camps and those who simply
are missing and presumed
dead. .
PERSISTENT VIOLATOR
Pacolma, Calif. U.R Motor
ist William J. Stickler thought
he got a bum deal when solic
arrested him after a four-mil
chase In which he allegedly
committed 18 traffic violations.
"What's the matter? I always
drive that way," he said.
SIMPLE LOGIC
Milford, Conn., (U.FP Early
settlers of this town, founded
in 1639, once voted:
"The earth is th Lord's and
th fulness thereof; the earth
is given to the Saints; we ar
th Saints."
'rr wis is
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stoma beamy of th cooouysid . . . New York's fashionable shop 1 1
the endtement of saw Broadway plays 1 1 1 famed art gillartaa
Trawling on Ualoa Pacitc is a vacation la Itself ; i job enjoy auaoa
Uoioa Pacific meals ia the dinar, relaxation Is tb n dab can,
comfortable Pullman or coach accommodations. For raal trtnl plaajar
plan your Indian Summer vacation East oa Union Pacific Railroad!
we cannot tuonort their f.mii ,,.
claims to special preference at ALERTNESS IN KOREA
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