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MORE FRENCH FOOT DRAGGING
French Premier Joseph Laniel, en route early today
to Bermuda for talks with Prime Minister Churchill
of Britain and John Foster Dulles, American secretary of
state, is reported from there to be bringing formidable
list of demands the other two countries must meet or
there will be no chance for French ratification of the pro
posed European army.
Among these conditions are said to be that the U.S.
and Britain pressure Germany into a Saar afrreement
with France which may be assumed to be altogether in
France's favor, that American and British troops will
remain on the continent indefinitely, continued U.S.
financial aid, etc., etc.
And if all these were done ? There'd still be no assur
ance of favorable French action, for by French law Lan
ier government must resign January 17, a month after
the election of France's new president. He might even
be forced out before then. It often happens. And if
Laniel succeeded in getting these demands accepted
French politicians might think up some new ones. They
are adept at this if nothing else.
It seems to us that the Anglo-American leaders ought
to approach things from a different angle, putting it up
to the French to meet conditions instead of constantly
raising them, a defensive instead of an offensive situa
tion. France should be given the choice of coming into the
European defense setup as a full-fledged member pre
pared to carry its share of the obligations, or staying
completely out and slipping into the status of a second or
even a third rate power as a rearmed Germany becomes
the strong nation of Western Europe, replacing France
in this role.
Germany, with the ablest present leadership of any
European country, is now prepared both physically and
psychologically for this larger role of chief Anglo-Amer
ican ally on the continent. The German army, backed by
Its two allies, would then be the barrier to Russian move
ment west, and a formidable one. France would gain pro
tection from Russia with little immediate cost to herself,
but she would lose by reason of ceasing to be major
power. Many economic and other advantages go with
military and political strength, as the dumbest French
politician knows.
Confronted with this prospect the French might decide
to stop dragging their feet and play ball. But they'll play
fast and loose as long as they think they are gaining any
thing by these tactics.
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Haircut Crisis
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Kremlin Deals Heavy Blow
To European Army Project
By DREW PEARSON
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Civilized Dogs and Cats Are
Getting Neurotic, It Seems
By HAL BOYLE
SEGREGATION IN REVERSE
The little Mississippi delta town of Mound Bayou, pop
ulation 1400, is unique in the nation in that it is the coun
try's only all-Negro town and no white people are wanted
or tolerated. It was founded In 1887 by I. T. Montgom
ery and B. T. Green, both former slaves of Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederacy.
No white man can live in or own property in Mound
Bayou and Mayor B. A. Green says that is the way it
ahould stay. "We're not Interested," he said, in reply to
a Mississippi iegro leaders proposal that Mound Bayou
should welcome as citizens anyone, regardless of race,
creed or color.
The proposal was made by Dr. E. J. Stringer of Colum
bus, Miss., president of the Mississippi chapter of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People. Stringer said he didn't believe Mound Bayou
would ever "be a truly great town or city" until racial
restrictions are lifted.
Said Mayor Green: "We're getting along fine just as
we are. Judging? from the pieseni status ot Negro resi
dents in other towns in the state, I fail to see how such
a move would help our town."
All nf whirh mhw tW V, r. ;!
vkh in me buuiii, ns u is among ine wnues.
The Negroes have as much racial pride as the whites.
Let the southern states work out their own problems and
keep the federal government's "nose out of every platter
and finger out of every pie." G. P.
New York 'fl Does your
dog brood? Well, (top him.
Thit way lies madness.
Civilized dogs and cats are
getting more neurotic all the
time. The main trouble: It's
people. Modern people not
only drive each other batty.
They do the same thing to their
pets.
"People drive 50 per cent of
their pets neurotic by lack of
understanding," said William
Hall, a former management
engineer turned animal psy
chologist. His conclusions on the men
tal relationshiup between pets
and people are based on the
study of thousands of animals
in .his laboratory at Coral Gs-
blei, Fla.
Any pet reflects its home,"
he sr'd. "We can take a dog
in our laboratory and quickly
tell, in part simply by the way
it wags its tail, the general
mental health of its owners.
We can even tell whether the
husband or wife is dominant
in the home and how domi
nant." A frustrated animal. Hall
nas lound, usuviiy la the prod
uct of frustrated people. He
feels the frustration in both
the pet and it owner stems
WHAT INFLAMED IKE
President Eisenhower in his press conference Wednes
day backed-tip the recent rebuke given Senator Joseph
McCarthy of Wisconsin by Secretary of State Dulles. It
is evident that both were inflamed by McCarthy's re
cent criticism, though most of it was merely repetitive
of the persistent campaign the senator has waged against
the administration's foreign policies.
What was new in McCarthy's nationwide radio broad
cast a week ago is stated briefly :
1. He declared himself an Issue In the 1954 congressional
elections. He told hit audience to vote Republican if they
approved of him. Democratic if thry disapproved.
2. He contradicted President Eisenhower, who had said he
hoped communists ln-govcrnmrnt wouldn't be an issue in
those 1934 elections. McCarthy said it would be an issue.
McCarthy's foreign criticism was an old storv. harped
upon many times. He has long proposed that the United
States end all aid to Britain and other allies unless they
stopped all trading with Red China. And in reply both
Ike and Dulles pointed out that unitv of free nations "is
our only hope of survival" and the U.S. could not go it
alone against communist aggression, and had no right
to dictate to the allies.
Eisenhower's statement also took up the question of
whether Reds-in-government would be an issue in 1954.
Just as before, the president said he hoped it wouldn't!
The issue, he said, should be whether his administration
is doing a good job. G. P.
ng
from a feeling of lack of ac
complishment. "We are all extroverts we
like to feel we are doing some
thing worthwhile," he said. "A
busy person rarely gets in
trouble and neither does a
busy animal.
I "A civilized pet has too
j much leisure, too much time
; to brood. It has surplus energy
it means get rid of somehow.
So, unless Its owner under
stands tnis ana Rives it some- G00D ,F N0 BL0Wlip
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becomes neurotic, bites people, i Norman Mackenzie, president
yimw uV ru5 ur uin up uic of the University of British
furniture.' Columbia, speaking about the
F ortunately, the average economic outlook for next year,
dog, cat or parakeet does not told reporters yesterday Cana
have to write a novel, climb Ida's future appears "very good
mi. r.vrren or gei eieciea 10 il the world doesn t blow
public office In order to gain 'up in the meantime.''
Conference Reports
At Salem Heights
Salem Height Conference
method of reporting started on
Monday at tht Salem Heights
school.
The teachers expressed
themselves as being v e r y
picmsca. rarenta nave been en
Fumes From Fire
Kill Disabled Yet
Portland Fumes from a
fire In furniture at his home
killed Harold C. Devine, 42, a
disabled World War II veteran,
Joying the method as they talk I Wednesday.
dVrdihrpre,::h"",r1Jr ,n, ,n
that arise. m overstuffed chair, starting the
The conference method It '. Devine's body was found
expected to taka about two on h' bd. The fire had died
weeks. Another will be sched- out by the time the bodv was
a feeling of victory out of li
"The right kind of toy will
stmulate and satisfy him," Hall
said. "But tne big mistake
pet owners make is to pick out
a toy that pleases them more
than it does their pet an er
ror parents also often make in
selecting toys for their chil
dren."
"A toy should satisfy a pet's
extrovert needs. A parakeet,
for example, is very vain. A
mirror makes a nice toy for
him, because he is happy to
perch before it and admire his
own reflection for hours."
Hall found that dogs like
toys that make a nolst or have
a taste, such as slippers with
a built-in crackle when chew
ed, a rubber cat's head with a
bell inside, a rubber bone Im
pregnated with chocolate.
"For some reason well-fed
dogs, like women, prefer a
chocolate flavor," Hall said.
On the other hand cats, un
like women, go wild, simply
wild, over anything with cat
nip in it.
"We haven't been able to
find any flavor cats like better
than catnip itself." Hl! SilJ.
"It seems to act on them like
reefer cigarettes do on hu
mans. They go crazy over it."
But his advice is if you
want to be a real Santa Claus
to your pet to take it to the
pet store and let it sniff out Its
own Christmas present.
"Let it pick out its own toys,
as if it were a child," he said,
"and it won t get bored, frus
trated or neurotic."
Could even save you money
It costs real dough today to
send your dog to a canine psy
chiatrist and have him listen
to it bark out its mental problems.
Bend Bulletin
A good friend of ours likes
to do business In Bend. But
someone made It awfully hard
for him to do so last Monday.
This fellow needed a haircut.
He was tired of being tickled
on top of the ears.
So he started looking for a
barber shop. But, he found
them all closed, being Monday.
Now the druggists in Bend
have been for a number of
years making sure one store
was open each Sunday.
This fellow needed his Mon
day haircut about as badly as
some people need a drugstore
on Sunday. Would it be too
much to ask the barbers to get
together and make it possible
for him to get it the next
time?
In 1900 in Mexico, 2 per
cent of the people owned 70
per cent of the land.
Washington As President
Eisenhower meets with Prim
Minister Churchill and Premier
Laniel In Bermuda, diplomats
privately agree that the Rus
sians have neatly and skillfully
shifted the emphasis of what
the Big Three will talk about
Instead of a meeting which
Ike was attending only to
pleas Winston Churchill. Br
muda now has soma real prob
lems to discuss. For the Krem
lin has dealt a sever blow to
the United European army.
Furthermore, diplomats agree
that the Kremlin, which can be
extremely stupid at times, this
lime scored a real victory.
For several weeks, the Rus
sians have been saying "No, no,
no," to all proposals to sit down
at a foreign ministers confer
ence to discuss Germany and
Austria. They said "no" so
convincingly and so repeatedly
mat western diplomats believ
ed it. That's one reason we
pushed the invitation so hard.
We never thought it would be
accepted. And the French, also
oeneving tnem and figuring the
Russians were really getting
tough, started considering the
United European army in ear
nest.
Then suddenly, during the
climax of the French debate,
the Russians reversed them
selves and said "yes." They
agreed to attend the four-Dow-
er foreign ministers' conference.
This means that the French
will delay attempted ratifica
tion ot the united European
army until alter the four-power
conference. It also means that
the agenda for the conference
won't be decided upon for a
couple of months, and in the
interim the plan to bring Ger
man troops into NATO is al
most certain to get more and
more bogged down in the quag
mire of French politics.
For what many Frenchmen
and quite a few Americans
don't realize Is that the No. 1
goal of Soviet Russia today is
to keep German fighting men
out of the western European
army.
If the Kremlin can prevent
French and German troops
from marching shoulder-to-shoulder
together; if they can
make them continue their ninety-year
hostility, then they can
still fan the fires of Franco
German power politics which
have caused the last three wars
of Europe.
Despite problems in Korea
and despite politics and spy
hunting here at home, this re
mains the most cancerous long
range source of war in the
world.
The Big Three, meeting In
Bermuda, win have to spend
part of their time considering
this whether Churchill likes
it or not.
Heretofore, Winston has giv
en the United European Army
only platonic lip service. But
if he devoted his own great
persuasive talents to this in
stead of conspiring to meet
Malenkov in Moscow, he would
make a great and perhaps en
during contribution to the
peace of mankind.
WHO NEEDS PRATER
MOST?
Though Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey has his
share of cabinet headaches, he
prays for another cabinet col
league who has even more.
With a budget to balance, taxes
to raise and a debt ceiling to
keep under, Humphrey is in
plenty of hot water. However,
he confided to friends recent
ly: "When I say my prayers at
night, I thank God that I am
not Ezra Taft Benson."
WASHINGTON PIPELINE
Inside reason why John Fos
ter Dulles finally took a stand
against Senator Jenner in the
Igor Gouzenko diplomatic
dickering was because the
Canadians told him there was
no use arguing further, he was
wasting his time. Mike Pear
son, Canadian external minis
ter and one of the best friends
the United States hat, is to
sore at being pressured by
Dulles that much of that
friendship has been alienated
The man who deserves
chief credit for getting a fair
deal for Lieut. Milo Radulo
vltch is Ed Murrow, CBS vice
president and ace commenta
tor. Murrow so dramatically
told the story of Radulovitch's
being fired because his father
read a pro-Communist newspa
per that high-up air force of
ficials had to review the case.
. . . Walter Trohan of the Chi
cago Tribune and Danton
Walker of the affiliated New
York Newt wrote Indignant
letters to Look magazine deny
ing Richard Wilson's statement
that they were close to Joe
McCarthy. Beauteous Wash
ington hostess Gwen Cafritz.
also labeled by Look as among
Joe's admirers, didn't write.
CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES
Dewey Disapproved Capi
tal gossip had it that Tom
Dewey helped inspire Brown
ell's Chicago speech at which
he opened up Pandora's box
of Truman and Harry D. White
spy charges. But Dewey has
now let it be known he was
unalterably opposed to Unlooa. I
ing the Red-buntert. ... Hit I
urn iricna orowneu nad beea I
considered a good bet to bt. I
com the next governor of Ne I
now mi cnancet art not
so good. , . . Trouble it that
Browne 11 started th drums of
religious preludic. For whil
muct ! narry Truma.
th man h hit wtt Henrv
-
Bewar CharchUl't ri..
John Potter Dulles has gives
" pep mix about
not succumbing to Churchill',
charm at Bermuda. Dulles
even preptred a briefin -
sume, pointing out th dangers
jtiuiiix 10 wnurcnuia ld
of going to Moscow to meet
Malenkov. ... It would build
up the Russian premier, makt
the rest of th world think h
really wanted peace, also max
um appear 10 De Kowtowing to
Moscow. Despite the briefing
state department diDlnm.iJ
fear Ike may give in to his old
wartime friend, the prime mia.
ister.
ICwrrtiM. uu
Salem 30 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
December I, 1921
British police had a warranf
ior me arrest 01 Mrs. Emme
line Pankhurst, militant suffra
gette leader, upon her arrival
ai riymouin ioiiowing a trip to
me uniiea aiaies.
Oregon had no fish or game
commission due to a series of
resignations following a bli
-n ... .iiui 1 - . .
vw wiMiia uie organization.
xown , pump at Wasco In
Sherman county had become
inoperative and th town dry.
It has remained that way for
a weea.
F. J. Lafky. well known Sa.
lem business man and real es
tate dealer, had been consid
ered for business manager of
La Grande.
J. C. Perry, well known Sa
lem druggist, had sometime ago
placed a gold fish In the water,
ing tank on the Commercial
street side ot the Ladd & Bush
bank. Then it was about an
inch long. Since it has grown
to a six inch size and Perry had
placed another small fish in th
tank as a companion for th
larger one.
A. T. Workman had told tha
Capital Journal that there were
2000 vacant houses In Portland
due to s m a 1 1 activity in con
struction trades.
Plans for the federation ot
the woman's clubs of the coun
try had been arranged at Cor.
vallis.
Secretary McAdoo had esti
mated that 450,000 persons
would be subject to the new
federal income tax.
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