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Capital AJournal
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
Communists Facing Crisis
The February issue of Fortune contains a special section en
titled "Communist Crisis" which contains an analysis of the
developing economic crisis in Soviet Russia, brought about by
overwneimmg amDiuon to overiaite and surpass the West. Nev.
er in modern history, Fortune states, has a big economy
vouchsafed so few crumbs to so many consumers. The forced
and unnatural growth has reached a cracking point."
Excessive emphasis on heavy industry and a huge military
establishment, fortune reports, retarded investment in agri
culture and its productivity. Low productivity has retarded the
movement of manpower from farm to factory and insufficient
manpower and lack of incentive have retarded industrial pro
ductivity.
"Popular resentment," it is stated, "is actually beginning to
affect production, ana the Kremlin must now make real con
cessions to consumers. But if the Kremlin makes such conces
sions, it cannot keep pace with, much less surpass, the military
and economic progress of the United States.
In what the editors describe as one of the "most colossal
ironies of all history," Stalin converted his country into what
is, in the worst (Marxian) sense, "one of the most capitalistic
states of all time."
"Under the capitalism of the U.S.S.R., 'primitive accumula
tion of capital' has been pursued by dedicated, single-minded
tyrants who made the caricatures of U. S. capitalists in the
New Masses look like benign socialists."
"In the name of the people, the Kremlin has denied almost
everything to its people." But now, the magazine adds, cruel
exploitation of the worker, command economy and terror are
beginning to tell within Russia, and have backfired on the
Soviets in the form of an economic crisis, it adds:
"The Kremlin, of course, can make a disarmament donl with the
U. S., or subject and harness the economy of western Europe. But
barring these, it is confronted with only two clear choices: It must
either slick with its heavy industry policy, or it must relax that
policy far beyond anything yet suggested cither by Malcnkov or
anybody else in the Communist Party's Central Committee. The
former course would probably end in violent revolution and the
destruction of the dictatorship; while the latter would end the
myth of the necessity of absolutism, and pave the way for the
destruction of the Communist party."
Although the crisis could degenerate Into World War TIT, For
tune says, it seems more likely to degenerate into a "twilight
period of stop-gap measures, ad hoc policy changes, accompanied
even by coup d'etat and uprisings." G. P. ,
U. S. Haven for Refugees
As a result of the Hungarian revolt tragedy, President Eisen
hower has asked Congress for new immigration legislation
that would grant a haven in the United States each year to
67,000 refugees who "fled from Communist persecution and
tyranny." Also requested was liberalization of the Carren
Walter immigration act, basic immigration law of the nation.
Commenting on the fact that thousands of men, women and
children have fled Hungary to seek asylum abroad, the Pre
sident said: ''Our position of world leadership demands that,
in partnership with other nations of the Free World, we be in
a position to grant that asylum,"
Mr. Eisenhower asked for legislation to give permanent re
sidence in this country to upwards of 15,000 Hungarian re
fugees now here on partial status subject to congressional
veto in individual cases and for revision of the McCarren
Walter basic immigration act to admit 65,000 more immi
grants yearly than the 154,857, raising ceiling to 219,000.
Redistribution of unusual immigration quotas from some
countries to others was asked to permit additional immigration
from Greece, Italy and other Southern European countries.
In appealing for an open door sanctuary to refugees from
Communism, the President included not only those from Hun
gary but of "any other like emergency which may hereafter
face the Free World."
Some Hungarian refugees now in the United States have
been granted permanent Immigration visas under the refugee
relief act which expired last Dec. 31. But thousands of others
have been brought hero on a parole basis, and their status in
this country will not be assured until Congress acts.
The President would restore the old welcome of Emma
Lazarus' sonnet on the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor
to the refugees on their way to liberty:
"... Give me your tired, your poor.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.
1 lift my lamp beside the golden door." G. I
NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG
Public Power Empire Dream
Becomes Bonanza for Trusts
WASHINGTON, February 1-The
original New Dealers' grandiose
dream of a public power empire
to benefit suffering consumers has
finally turned into a bonanza for
a few private corporations and the
hated ' power trust which Frank
lin D. Roosevelt sought to drive
out of business.
In the great Northwest, as well
as along the Niagara and St. Lawr
ence Rivers in New York, the con
struction of huge dams and trans-
mission networks had not brought
the blessings and benefits forecast
by apostles of cheap power in the
prewar thirties.
It has not, for Instance, lowered
consumers' costs appreciably. It
has not attracted industries of the
kind that need or employ large
working forces, for most of them
are pushbutton operations. It has
not served as a "yardstick" to
torce down electric light and serv
ice bills to the general public.
Curlom Twisting of Hopes
Where private industry and utili
ties have not enjoyed most of the
benefits from plants built with the
taxpayers money, including contri
butors residing far from their lo
cation, they have cut the costs of
conventional fuels coal and oil
so that they can compete with
urms using government power.
Such a public power enthusiast
as Senator Richard L. Ncuberger
of Oregon recently complained to
the Senate about this strange
twisting of his high hopes. Do
spite the vast public power cxpon
By RAY TUCKER
ditures in the Northwest, he said,
the labor force in that area has
increased by an average of only
1.1 per cent in the last five years,
whereas the nationwide average is
2 per cent.
The aluminum and allied Indus
ries - buying most of the power
need a minimum of personnel for
their operations. It is estimated
that they have not added more
than 20,000 to the area's working
total. The great increase has been
in the aircraft factories.
They Say Today
Quotra From The Npwi
i (Keg. V. S. Pat. Off.)
By UNITED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Defense Sec
retary Charles E. Wilson's wife
denouncing President Eisenhower
for criticizing her husband's re
marks about the National Guard:
'I think the President should
have stood back of Mr. Wilson in
stead of spending his time com
menting on how wonderful' Foster
Dulles has been."
OTTAWA-British Defense Min
ister Duncan Sandys announcing
he would expect nuclear weapons
to be used in any future major
war:
"I would think it not conceiva
ble that a large section of human
ity would allow itself to be de
feated and subjugated without
using everything they have in the
cupboard."
SANTA MONICA, Calif. Co
pilot Archie Twitchcll telling the
control tower of the Douglas Air
craft Company that the DC7B
transport piano he and other crew
men were testing nad . coinaeo
with a jet plane and was going
to crash:
Midair collision. Midair colli
sion. Ten How (referring to air
craft identification). We're going.
Uncontrollable. Uncontrol-
lablc. Say goodbye to everybody."
Industries Pass Northwest
Several great industries have
passed up the Northwest to build
along the Ohio River, where they
will rely on coal for fuel instead
of hydroelectricity. They will also
have the advantage of proximity
and cheaper freight rates to the
vast Eastern and Middle West
markets.
The utilities themselves worked
to offset the claims of public
power advocates. They have in
creased Ihe elnciency of steam
generation from 25 to 35 .per cent
in the last decade. John L. Lewis,
no friend qf "big government"
since his experiences with F.D.R.
and Harry S. Truman, has
preached the mechanization of
coal-mining so as to reduce the
cost of that source of fuel.
As a result, a U. S. Depart
ment of Labor expert recently
concluded that public power in the
Northwest has "run its course as
a really dynamic force in the de
velopment of this region."
Dilemma In New York
Another Rooscvcltian believer In
public power, Governor Avereil
Harriman of New York, faces a
similar predicament. Under con
tracts negotiated by his "S t a t c
Power Authority, which he must
approve or disapprove, one private
corporation and one private utility
wiil be the principal beneficiaries
from St. Lawrence River energy.
For 25 to 38 years, the Alumi
num Company of America and the
Niagara-Mohawk Power Company
will have first call on almost 70
per cent of the power to be gen
erated. Private homes, municipal
ities and rural co-operatives will
come' last. It is estimated' that
their savings will not amount to
more than $2,000,000 annually.
Under a compromise agreement
for the Niagara River venture, ne
gotiated by advocates of state and
private construction and operation,
Niagara-Mohawk and private in
dustry will again be served first.
There is no preference clause in
favor of general consumers, cities
end rural co-ops.
Governor Hnrriman's 'Power
Authority appointees have ap
proved this arrangement. But it
has drawn fire from some labor
unions, agricultural organizations
and New York Democrats on Capi
tol Hill. They regard it as a re
pudiation of Roosevelt on an issue
closest to his heart.
(Released by MeClure
' Newspaper Syndlcntc)
PUBLIC OPINION NEWS
79 Per Cent Approve of Ike;
Popularity at All Time High
The Red Doctrine
' Salem, Oregon, Friday, Ftbruary 1, 1957
POO MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
King Saud Comes to Dinner
In Saul Pett's Crazy Dream
NEW YORK m - I had a crazy I
dream last night. Real crazy.
We were sitting in the living
room when the front door chimes
chimed. My wife said, "if it's that
Britannica salesman again, you
handle it."
I opened the door and there he
was in person, tall, bearded,
smiling, imposing in his long
robes King Saud of Saudi Arabia.
He was, of course, surrounded by
his 70 fellow travelers, including
the euards with gold sabers and
tommy guns. They filled up the
walk and two-thirds of the dead
crab grass. Except for the robes,
it looked like the mortgage com
pany taking possession with a di
rect frontal assault.
See Average Home
An interpreter explained that
the King thought it might be in
formative if he could drop in, un
announced, at an average Amer
ican home. See how Americans
live, that kind of thing. I said
come in and they did, most of
them.
Eight guards remained out front
standing guard on the dead crab
Dulles Actually Saved World
From Disaster m Mid-Last
.By DAVID LAWRENCE
PRINCETON. N. J. President
Eisenhower's personal popularity
is again at an all-time high point.
Seventy-nino per cent oi the
voters questioned in the Institute
survey told interviewers they
approve of the way Mr. Eisen
hower Is handling his duties as
Chief Executive.
This equals the previous high
point registered in August, 1055,
following the President's return
from the, Summit Meeting at
Geneva.
Interviewing In the latest sur
vey was completed just before
the second-term inaugural cere
monies.
The survey question:.
"Do you approve or disapprove
of the way Eiscntiower is hand
ling his job a President?
Eisenhower Popularity
(January, 1957)
Approve 19
Disapprove .... .-11
No opinion 10
With this overwhelming vote of
confidence, the President ended
his first term more popular than
he was at its beginning. After
his first month in office, the In
stitute found 68 per cent of vot
ers improving of the way Presi
dent Eisenhower had handled his
job, as follows: ,
Elsenhower Popularity
(February, 1953)
Approve .... ... 68ft
Disapprove - 7
No opinion 25
One of the Interesting facts
brought nut in today's survey is
President Eisenhower's popular
ity among rank-and-file members
of the opposition party. Two out
of rvery three Democrats ques
tioned voiced their approval of
the President's conduct of his du
ties, as the following table shows:
Hep, Dem. lnd.
Approve 95 66 77
Disapprove 2 20 10
No oolnlon 3 14 13
During the four-year period,
the Eisenhower popularity curve
Ap- Disap- No
prove prove Opin.
11
15
15
10
10
13
14
16
Highway Commission Report
A lot of hard work has gone into the compiling, editing and
publication of the biennial report of the state highway com
mission for 1955 and 1956. The result is an interesting book
ot iiq pages.
The report was prepared, of course, for the Governor and
the legislature, but it is full of valuable matter for anyone in-
terestea in tne uregon highway system.
Content of the report includes much about the present and
future plans and activities of the department, manv tables of
simple prepared statistics, over 50 pictures of Oregon high
ways and scenic spots, one of Salem centering about the Capi
tol area, and an excellent map of the highway svstem of the
slate.
Several pages are given to county highway and bridge con
struction projects that have been completed during the two
years under the supervision of the state commission on county
roads lying outside the primary and secondary state highway
systems.
Oregon's participation in the 13-year nation wide highway
Improvement program is described In the text and In a statis
tical table. This Is important to all Oregon cituens. because
in the nation's $50 billion program Oregon's share is estimated
at $650 million with $500 million to be provided bv the federal
government and $150 million by the state.
Among subjecls reported on arc development ot state parks,
accident reduction, traffic Increase and tourist travel informa
tion, and so many others that tho report Is worth having at
hand for ready reference.
An Addition to the Family
Newspaper editors are In pretty firm agreement that the
most overplayed news story ot last year was the ('.race Kelly, , been remarkable because of
wedding. Nevertheless, the hubbub continued throughout 1056 'the absence of anv wide fluctun-
with the world getting almost daily accounts of Mrs. Hainicr's Itions. Prom the high point of im npr f,.ni ,n March. 1047. (ol
condition, discussions about the prospective child's dual citi-'?9 P'r cent to the low point of lowing his proposals for aid to
7cnshlp and the like. Now that shes here, the little girl will " per cent, wmcn occurred in , (.;rCece and Turkey.
almost certainly becomo the most highly publicized baby in N,"vo'"lwr' 1954' lnere ls r"n8e
the world of only 22 percentage points.
The Capital Journal doesn't want to seem churlish about .'"i-:,"',.;l:.7.!!?.l,M:
this. We think It's fic that Grace and her man have a family, i first term In office was 70 per
Feb. 1953 68 7 25
April 74 8 18
July 71 15 14
(Korean cease fire)
Sept. 75 14
Oct 65 20
Dec 60 25
(UN Atom Speech)
Jan. 1954 68 22
Feb 71 19
March -68 19
(McCarthy Hearings)
May 64 23
June 61 23
(Indochina truce, July)
Aug 70 21
Oct ..64 22
Nov 57 23
(Congressional elections)
Dec. 63 23
Jan. 1955 69 21
(Formosan crisis)
March 71 16
June 69 16
(Summit Meeting, July)
Aug 79 13
Sept. 73 14
(Heart Attack)
Dec 75 . 13
Feb. 1956 77 13
(2nd Term decision)
March 76 14
May 71 18
(Ileitis operation, June)
July 69 21
Aug. 67 20
(Party conventions)
(November election).
Dec 75 15 10
Jan. 1957 79 11 10
By way of comparison, Presi
dent Truman started his first
term with a higher vole of ap
proval than did President Eisen
hower. In July, 1945, three
months after taking over the
reins of government, Mr. Tru
man received a vote of confi
dence from 87 per cent of the
nation's voters.
Fifteen months later, in Octo
ber, 19-16, Mr. Truman's popular
ity had dropped to 32 per cent
approval and the GOP won the
Congressional elections in No
vember. The Truman popularity curve
then started upward, climbing to
14
20
10
13
15
8
13
12
10
10
11
10
13
WASHINGTON Some day they
ought to erect a monument in Lon
don to John Foster Dulles, Secre
tary of State the man who in
1356 saved England irom economic
collapse. In fact, he saved the
economy of Western Europe, too.
Just now the tide of opinion runs
tho other way the British think
Mr. Dulles has been unfriendly to
them. For the last several weeks
inspired news reports from Bri
tain and France which now have
been taken up by irresponsible
partisans here call tor the resig
nation of Mr, Dulles.
Facts Tell Story
The facts ot this period of un
disclosed history, however, when
nut together tell a different story,
They probably will not come out
in any "white paper" or in any
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee inquiry. The Senate has voted
an investigation but if the execu
tive decides it would "breach the
confidence of other friendly gov
ernments" to give out such infor
mation, it would be withheld, and
there is no way to compel its sub
mission. For to reveal officially
and witli documents all that did
happen could mean the toppling
of the Conservative government in
London. It could also bring such
bitterness between the two coun
tries as would delight the Kremlin.
But some of the main facts can
be gathered by reporters from a
variety oi news sources here and
abroad.
An Authoritative View
This correspondent presents to
day an authoritative view of what
went on between England and the
United States before the military
intervention of the British and the
French and gives some of the -im
pressions formed here in official
quarters prior to and since the
action taken in landing troops in
the Suez area.
First of all, the United States in
September and October repeatedly
told Britain that the Nasser prob
lem could not bo handled by mili
tary force. The United States gov
ernment insisted that the canal
dilemma must 1o a matter of
painstaking negotiation, that it
was important to retain the friend-,
ship of the Arab states, and that
this would not be the case if mili
tary force were used toward any
of them, particularly against Egypt.
Plan Put Aside
Accordingly, Mr. Dulles tried
various approaches and finally
Came up with a plan for a canal
users association, which wns to be
the foundation for a future settle
ment by peaceful means. This plan
was temporarily put aside in Oc-
to the fact that the British and
French knew Ihe United States
would not give its consent.
Inside the Eisenhower Adminis
tration among the members of the
cabinet there still is puzzlement.
It is incomprehensible to them
that the British should have cm
barked on such an adventure at
all. As one of them put it, no
general starts a military move
ment without making sure his
supply line is secure. Didn't the
British realize that, once they used
military force, the pipelines in the
Middle East would be blown up
at once and the canal blocked?
Saved From Disaster
Nobody here on the inside under
stands why such an expedition
was ever authorized by the Brit
ish cabinet. But when it came, the
duty of the United States was to
save Britain and France from an
economic disaster. Had America
sided with its Western allies at the
time, the last oil pipeline in Syria
would have been blown up. Then
Western Europe would, indeed,
have been in a terrible plight. A
whole economy would have col
lapsed because there was not
enough oil immediately available
at that time from any other source
to keep the .economy of Western
Europe going. Factories, homes
and military establishments are
all vitally dependent on oil nowa
days.
What did America, under the
leadership ot Mr. Dulles, do? The
first and most pressing considera
tion was to do everything possible
to prevent the blowing up of the
last big pipeline in the Middle
East. Accordingly, the United
States promptly took the position
before the United Nations that a
cease-fire must be instituted and
all troops withdrawn from Egyp
tian territory. This move caused
resentment in Britain and France
and led to an expression of the
narrow view that the United States
was 'Voting with Soviet Russia.'
But the move did save Western
Europe. It gained time the most
precious factor in diplomacy, es
pecially in a crisis that could
easily have led to the intervention
of the Soviets and a world war
Fortunately, during his illness, Mr.
Dulles had at his side the able
under secretary, Herbert Hoover,
Jr., who is intimately familiar
with the Middle East.
Couldn't Carry Through
The British-French military re
sources were not big enough to
carry through the Suez expedition.
As it was, the action even for a
few days was so expensive that it
nearly destroyed the standing of
the British pound in international
exchange. Officials here are ask
ing: How on earth could the lint-
Salem 20 Yrs. Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
Capital Journal Writer
Feb. I, 1937
Capital Journal on this day 20
years ago carried a story and pic
tures about a sneaker snow storm
that had mantled Salem with a
white blanket 27 inches deep Snow
had started falling at 5:45 o'clock
Sunday morning. Before it was
over hundreds of cars were stalled
on city streets, schools were
closed, downtown marquees had
fallen and a greenhouse on Mar
ket street, a tabernacle on Ferry
street and a cattle barn at the
fairgrounds had collapsed under a
snow exceeding that of 1919 in both
weight and depth. ,
To Stay Young
Mr. Leroy Pagic has made the
society columns of the Washington
Post and Times Herald, where
people of Old Satch's race or of
his profession are ordinarily ac
corded but small notice.
The next-to-age-less pitcher got
in because Al Lightner, a Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State, has
found Mr. Paige's rules on "How
to Stay Young" a dependable
guide to happier living, and has
put them up on the wall of his
office.
These rules are already famous,
but not so famous as they deserve.
As a service to the public we here
reprint them once again:
l. Avoid fried meats, which an-
gry up the blood.
2. If your stomach disputes you.
lie down and pacify it with cool
thoughts.
3. Keep the juices flowing by
jangling around gently as yoUder his robes the othr shud.
dcred. Some mumbled Arabic
Snow shovels on this day were
at a premium in Salem. Stores
had exhausted their stock and a
new supply had been ordered from
Portland. Nearly everyone living
in Salem had some snow to shovel.
Snowfall at Dallas had measured
32 inches. On this day 20 years
ago 20 cars were stalled on the
highway between Dallas and Rick
reall and the stage was forced to
stop at Hickreall where passengers
found lodging for the night.
A faulty heating plant in Salem
armory, temporary house of rep
resentative chamber, (replacing
the Capitol building burned in 1935)
had halted plans for the first Sat
urday legislative- session. The
house had adjourned to permit in
stallation of a new boiler.
A city council committee, named
to confer with the courthouse com
mittee on the possibility of a joint
city-county building, had found the
county committee unsympathetic
toward the plan.
Fire Chief "Buck" Hullo'n had
warned Salem householders to be
careful about their fires. Streets
deep with snow had made his
equipment virtually useless. A call
from the courthouse had resulted
in the big hook and ladder truck
getting stalled at the fire station
entrance. An hour was required
for the fire boys to get the rig
back into the station.
move.
4. Go very lightly on the vices,
such as carrying on in society.
The social ramble ain't restful.
5. Avoid running at all times.
6. Don't look back. Something
may be gaining on you.
John O'Ren in Baltimore Sun.
By SAUL PETT
For Hal Boyle
grass. Eight others slipped
around tne oacn io case ine yard.
The others filed into the living
room and it quickly filled up lika
a crowded, elbow to elbow cock
tail party in costume. Saber
sheaths clanked against furniture.
We lost two small vases.
Your Only Wife?
I introduced by family. M
wife looked faint. The two girls
gawked. The younger one, a ham
who has learned all about Moslem
etiquette from "Ramar of the
Jungle" on TV, made a broken
legged curtesy and murmured ex-
otically, "Sahib." Her sister
kicked her.
! "This is your only wife?" the
King asked politely through his
interpreter.
"The one and only," I laughed,
"But surely there are others
other women who. . ."
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,"
f hiccoughed.
The King's cars suddenly perk
cdup. "You keep animals in your
home," he asked.
I explained that the sound he
heard came from the kids' record
player upstairs. I decided not to
explain about Elvis Presley.
"Drink, gentlemen?" I asked,
rubbing my palms together in
my best suburban host manner,
King Didn't Drink
"We have scotch and. ." It was
my wife who kicked me this
time. She remembered, from the
papers, that the King didn't drink.
There was an awkward pausa .
and to fill it, I invited the visitors
to dinner. The King said he would
be delighted. Getting up off the
floor, my wife made some chok
ing noises, excused us, and drag
ged me into the kitchen.
"Listen, Mr. Dulles," she
hissed, "you gone crazy?"
I suggested she dash out to the
delicatessen and lay off the hot
pastrami. Just then an aide came
in and explained that only the
King would be dining with us. My
wife said, in that case, fine, he
could share our tunafish casserole.
Two official tasters came in and
tried the casserole. One paled un-
passed excitedly between them.
Shortly after the King and his
party left. Something was said
about having to get back to the
Arabian embassy.
'"Well!" my wife snapped.
"I hope we don't lose those air
bases," I said.
Eisenhower Shows Signs He's
Tougher, More Critical in '57
tober. But the dispatches from ish have carried on financially
London and Paris have erroneous- through a prolonged occupation of
ty insisted ever since that this was I Suez, w ith long-drawn-out guerril-
repudiation by Mr. Dulles of, la fighting, too? Maybe they count-
his own scheme. Tho truth is Just
the opposite. When the Secretary
of Stale learned that the British
and French were going to u s e
force anyhow, he felt that he
should disassociate the United
States immediately from any pro
gram which might even remotely
be considered in the Arab world
to be a connivance with the Brit
ish and French to secure their ob-
ed on American help, for certainly
only with American help could the
expedition have been a success.
Why Britain wont ahead anyhow
ofterAmcrica plainly said it would
not be a party to the use of mili
tary force to unseat a dictator is
still inexplicable here.
But while the outcome has left
in its wake some bod feeling in
London and Pans, the fact is that
jectives by military force. His the diplomacy of John Foster
We hope they continue to Increase it. Rut darned if we're
willing to believe the newcomer ls any prettier or more charm
ing or more Important to the course of the world than little
girl who arrived at our neighbor's house week before last.
rent.
Here ire the highlights ot the
Elsenhower popularity trend dur
Ini his first term; ,
A war later. In April, 1948,
following his civil rigljis prr.is
als, Mr. Truman's popularity
dropped to 36 per cent.
As his first term cne to I
close In January, 1949, Mr. Tru
man's popularity stood at 69 per
cent following his November vic
tory over Governor Dewey. ..
withdrawal was a protective step.
All during the last three weeks
of October l!56, the United States
government was reiterating
through various channels to t h e
London and Paris governments its
view that military force should not
be used. Intelligence reports from
abroad told the administration
here of the mobilization of ships
and equipment for a landing in
Suez. When the President and Sec-
Dulles saved England anl the
economy of Western Europe. In
stead of there being a "disaster
in the Middle East." for which
the Democratic partisans here
recklessly say America was re
sponsible, it was Mr. Eisenhower
and Mr. Dulles who saved me
world from disaster.
Those American boys who now
aren't being drafted would today
be In uniform, American business
It's Only Fair
Eugene Register Guard
Well, here we go. The road Is
greased for the Legislature to pass
a bill which would be the first step
in a bonus for Oregon veterans
of the Korean war. After the
Legislature passes the measure
as it probably will the people of
'he state will vote on it a year
from November. They'll prob
ably pass it, too.
The maximum payment to any
Korean veteran would be $000, the
same amount paid as a maximum
to World War II veterans in the
bonus ladled out after the 1950
election provided gravy for the
Korean vets' older brothers. How
ever, even if all Korean veterans
received the maximum and they
wouldn't the state's bill would be
"only" $l2.BO0,QJKl. Compare that
with the $52 million it cost to
square things up with the World
War II boys. Money, by the way,
would come from additional prop
erty tax.
We don't like it. Not a bit, we
dont. We're World War II vets
ourselves, and in 1950 we didn't
like the idea of that bonus. Wc
voted against it. But when the
state came around with its check,
we took it.
Thus we are in .no position to
crab about the Korean grab. Let
'em have it. It's only fair, in light
of the raid by the troops of Eisen
hower and Bradley and Nimitz.
But we disapprove on the grounds
ot public policy.
By JAMES MARLOW I
Associated Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON Wl-Is President
Eisenhower changing? He shows
signs of getting tougher, of more
willingness to criticize. If so, he
can expect to be repaid in kind
and his second term will be rough
er than his first.
A soft word turneth away wrath
was the policy of his first four
years. It worked pretty well.
But at a news conference this
week he was unusually blunt
twice within a few minutes: first,
about Secretary ot Defense Wil
son: second about critics of his
foreign policy.
He said stingingly Wilson made
an "unwise" statement in suggest
ing the National Guard had been
a refuge for draft dodgers. This
was the sharpest rebuke he had
ever handed a member of his
Cabinet.
Mrs. Didn't Like
If he wondered how this ap
proach would work, he soon found
out. Mrs. Wilson told reporters
Eisenhower's statement was un
called for, and a pat on the back
might have been more in order.
Tliis was the first time the wife
of a member of his Cabinet had
hit at him.
Dulles l as been a kind of ' hip
ping boy for Eisenhower. Critics
of the administration's foreign
policy have, for some reason,
been reluctant to go after Eisen
hower. They beat on Dulles in
stead, and recently Dulles has
been under the most severe criti
cism of his life, particularly from
Senate Democrats.
At his news conference Eisen
hower took full responsibility for
all that Dulles has done. Then,
having put Dulles' critics on no
tice hot they have been criticiz
ing Eisenhower all the time, the
President blasted his critics
No Proposals
. . . These critics . . . don't
bring out any particular project
They just talk about great blun
retary of State said publicly that would tie on a war basis, and gas
the 1'mted Slates had not been ! rationing would have been im-
"consulted." they were being l.t-: posed here in November but for
oral about the fact that the timing ihe forbearance and skill of the
of the ultimatum and the nature Secretary ot State. Some day ini . . reouircd
of the notice given to the world Britain, when thev get all the : ? " " u"S B. J q, ,L..
have seen no proposals, no con
structive proposals, for what even
should have been done with the i
benefit of hindsight."
This in a way was Eisenhower
taking off the gloves.
Some Democrats particularly
Senators Mansfield ot Montana
and Fulbright of Arkansas have
voiced criticism of the adminis
tration's foreign policy in a way
which at the time Ihey said they
considered "constructive."
Was it "constructive" for them
to say as they have a -umber
of times in the past year that
Dulles was talking out of both
sides of his mouth and ought to
follow a policy clearly stated,
clearly understood and adhered
to?
" Ike Getting Tough
Sen. Knowland ot California,
Republican leader in the Senate,
congratulated Mansfield last April
18 when the Montanan, in one of
many long reviews of administra
tion foreign policy, said:
"We have failed, up to now, to
come up with the right policy. I
do not have the answer, but I hope
that with our collective thinking
we may give the administration
some suggestions which will help
them, in the interest of peace in
that area of the world (the Middle
East),"
Knowland said of Mansfield:
The senator approaches the
problems of foreign policy with
fairness, and he has made a very
fine contribution to our foreign
policy."
V.'as Fulbright "constructive"
when he tried to nail Dulles down
on whether he thought the Middle
East was going to erupt or was
getting calmer? Fulbright probab
ly feels he was.
He said in the Senate last April:
"I think the purpose ot discussion
. . . is at least to give voice to
our views."
The Democrats have been very
considerate of Eisenhower. He has
now given them less reason to be
dering and lack of leadership. 1 J by lashing out at .hem.
A Smile or Two
A motorist w as in an accident i
ft.
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Here's the Record of
Our Service to Health
were not known in advance.
Wouldn't Give Consent
The use of force Itself, how
ever, had been discussed previous
ly with the American government.
Failure to "consult" the United
Statu oa the ultimatum was due
truth, thev will realize that in the
last three months ol MM John
Foster Dulles saved them and the
free world from an economic dis
aster of frightful magnitude.
(CopvTiuM, 1957, New York
Herald Tribune lac.)
form for the Registry of Motor
Vehicles, he wrote that the acci
dent was unavoidable.
"The woman in front of me
signaled for a left turn and made
a left turn," he wrote.
Boston Globe.
. . and the record of ad
vances made by medical
science to keep ul in best
of health.
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