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Illinois Valley News, Thursday, August 29, 1946 T hat O ld Iron B ed E asily R eju ven ated Revival of Two-party System Sought KAKE A SLFCOVEB FO« THE HEAD OF THE BED Truman Purge Aimed at Restoring ” I’artv J Machinery PAD \JTTH COTTON BASTED TO J By BALKIIAGE Newt Annlytl anti Commentator. WNU S ervice, 1616 Eye Street. N.W ., W ashington, I). C. W ASHING TO N, D. C —Before the P a ris Peace conference even got underw ay we learned th a t the rules c o m m itte e , w hich heard so m uch heated o r a t o r y , w a s as p o w e rfu l as the p o w e r f u l r u le s co m m itte e o f the house o f re p re sentatives. I t w a sn 't u n til a f t e r th e p r i m a ry re tu rn s w e re In , and R e p re s e n ts t i v e (T ru m a n - h a te r) Slaughter o f M is s o u r i, a m e m ber of the rules co m m itte e , was defeated, th a t m ost laym en re a l ized the im p o rta n ce o f that ba ttle, and why the P resident stuck his neck out as fa r as he d id in help ing to beat him . 1 can see the P re sid e n t now as he looked up w ith th a t pert, b ir d lik e glance he has—ju s t enough of a sm ile to m ake you tr y to listen s y m p a th e tic a lly — and say th a t if Slaughter was rig h t, he (the P re si d e n t! was w rong T h in k w hat S laughter could have said if he had been elected! Hut he was defeated — and the day a fte r the p rim a ry , the re a l s ig nificance o f the b a ttle became clear. N ever in A m e rica n h is to ry has any a d m in is tra tio n been up against the situ a tio n w hich developed when the Roosevelt honeymoon ended. I am not a rguing how o r w hy th a t s itu a tio n cam e about B u t the fa ct is we have had a s itu a tio n w here p a rty lines m eant little , and the age-old p rin c ip le of m a jo r ity rule, the theory on w hich congress, as a w o rk in g body, is organized, has been violated. O utstanding e xam ple was the rules co m m itte e . T here were five southerners — a n ti-a d m in is tra tio n D e m o cra ts—on th a t co m m itte e , and w ith S la u g h te r’s help, they could tie up the vote and tie up any le g is la tio n T ru m a n asked for. Now m aybe the fa c t th a t the ad m in is tra tio n co u ld n 't get its le g is la tio n before congress, o r co uldn’t get it passed when it did, was a good thing. I am not discussing th a t. 1 m e re ly say th a t w hat hap T O G E T H E R A G A IN —IN JA P A N . . . One of the m ost touching m ee t pened is not a good th in g fo r the ings when the a rm y tra n s p o rt, F re d C. A in sw o rth , b rought a con tw o -p a rty system . And as the s itu tin g e nt of A m e ric a n w ive s and fa m ilie s to Yokoham a, Japan, was this ation g rew m ore acute, congress one between Sgt. D e lb e rt Je n kin s and his w ife . M a rie tta , both 65. w asn’t a w o rk in g body. They had not seen each o th er fo r fo u r years. Jenkins enlisted a t the L e t's take the te stim o n y o f a age of 61 and saw se rvice in the Pacific cam paign. th o ro u g h ly lo ya l R e publican m e m ber o f the co m m itte e and actin g r m in o rity leader, R epresentative M ich en e r of M ich ig an . I f the D em ocra ts re ta in co n tro l o f the house, M ich e n e r said, the absence of Rep re se n ta tive S la u g h te r w ill p e rm it the rules co m m itte e to fu n ctio n the way it was intended to fu n ctio n ; n a m e ly, the le g is la tio n o f the p a rty in pow er w ill be sent to the floor. W a n te d : S o fte r Term s H o t Spot T ha t d id n 't m ean M ich e n e r w ant Addressing the delegates of 21 A nother m a jo r in te rn a tio n a l row ed the riv a l p a rty 's le g isla tio n A llie d nations at the peace c o n fer passed. I t s im p ly m e a n t he knew appeared in the m a k in g w ith So- ffia t'S la u g h te r,""^ te a m in g up "with I v ie t Russia's dem and upon T u rk e y ence in L u xe m b o u rg palace, rep resentatives o f Ita ly , Rom ania and the a n ti-a d m in is tra tio n D em ocrats th a ‘ , she »“ * . M ?nt_reu _ x _c° n and the Republicans, was able to ve n tio n o f 1936 and share co n tro l B u lg a ria pleaded fo r m oderation of o f the v ita l D ardanelles s tra its le a d term s on the grounds th a t, as co- tie the vote and s ty m ie action. bellig e re n ts of the v ic to rs in the And th a t is n 't tw o -p a rty govern in g to the B la c k sea w ith Moscow. U n d e r the convention, the T u rk s closing stages of the w a r, they had m ent. • have been entru ste d w ith the m ade su b stan tia l sacrifices fo r v ic g u a rd ia n sh ip o f the s tra te g ic wa- tory. Speaking fo r Ita ly , P re m ie r I te rw a y and, w h ile th e y have ex- l)e G asperi stated th a t his coun , pressed a w illing n e ss to m a in ta in tr y liad co n trib u te d troops, na the present a rra n g e m e n t, they have val power and m a te ria ls fo r wounded 10 tim es as m an y men as in fo rm e d the U. S. and B r ita in th a t three years and th a t the A l the a r tille r y did. U ndoubtedly the they cannot hold out against the lies should th in k tw ice before Russian proposals alone. B y g ra n t bayonet cla im e d m any. in te rn a tio n a liz in g Ita lia n dom By 1914-15, how ever, a rtille ry ing Russian demands, the T u rk s inated T rie s te and s u b m ittin g produced one-half the wounded, w ould be forced to p e rm it Red 180.000 Ita lia n s in Venezia G u ilia showing the ra p id advance which, troops to occupy pa rts of th e ir soil to Yugoslav ru le . He also as in p a rt, m ade e xperts fo rg e t the j along the stra its. serted th a t excessive re p a ra rocke t again. tions would w eigh down the I t a l A r tille r y , a ccording to the old def- ian econom y and red u ctio n of tn itio n . is "groupserved ... , , a rm am ents would im p e ril the fire a rm s o f c a lib e r g re a te r than I I I I I I OH H e a t safety of the state. The ille g a l Jew ish underground th a t o f sm a ll a rm s .” T h is d e fin itio n Foreign M in is te r G io rg u T a ta r- could ea sily be m ade to include o rg a n iza tio n , Irg u n Z va i Le u m i, the fire a rm s, shells, o r bombs c a r called upon a ll Jew ish resistance escu of R om ania fo llo w e d De G as rie d by planes, o r contained in the m ovem ents in P alestine to unite in p e ri to the speaker’ s dais and as the fight fo r a tta in m e n t o f-a Jew ish serted th a t no less than 385,000 war-head of a rocket. I m ention the effectiveness of n a tio na l home in the H oly Land R om anians had fo u gh t on the a l " a r t ille r y ’’ in the la tte r sense, even as B ritis h o ffic ia ls lam basted lied side d u rin g the la st six m onths not to b e little the doughboy who Zionists fo r seeking to high pres o f the w ar. F u rth e rm o re , he said. is re a lly the " u ltim o r a tio ," but be- sure the gove rn m e nt in to acceding G erm an and H u n g a ria n forces had in flic te d large-scale dam age o f Ro c ause the p ro je c tile , e ith e r c a rrie d to th e ir demands. in a plane o r by p ro p u lsio n in a P o in tin g out th a t it was necessary m an ia a fte r she had deserted the rocket, is what m ig h t be called the | to press th e ir d riv e now w hile the axis cause T atarescu asked fo r a d e fin itiv e weapon. B ritis h were being h a rd put to la rg e r a rm y and sca lin g down of heavy reparations. The p oint is we d id not develop m a in ta in o rd e r in Palestine, Irg u n the rocke t in the C iv il w a r because ! suggested th a t the tw o other re- On behalf of B u lg a ria , F o re ig n we fe lt we y,acj som ething b e tte r | sistance groups. Haganah and the M in is te r George K oulishev cla im e d (breech-loading rifle d a r tille r y i Stern gang, com bine to fo rm the I th a t his c o u n try had suffered 32.000 and sm a ll a rm s). And again the nucleus o f an underground govern casualties d u rin g the e ig h t m onths it fought on the a llie d side. He ro cke t was set aside by a decision m ent and a rm y charged G reek dem ands fo r J750,- a rriv e d at before we engaged 000,000 in re p a ra tio n s w ere exces a ctiv e ly in W orld W ar I I when our sive and asked th a t B u lg a ria be experts, both in the a rm y and out p e rm itte d to d is a rm w ith in reason of it, in clu d in g the g re a t Indus able lim its . R e g u la tio n o f tr a ffic on tr la lis ts who could gauge o u r p ro the Danube should be the in te r du ctio n ca p a city, fe lt the a irp la n e est o f a ll the co u n trie s b o rd e rin g the was a su p e rio r weapon. riv e r, in c lu d in g B u lg a ria , K o ulishev We d id not e n tire ly neglect study said. and e xp e rim e n ta tio n on the ro c k et d u rin g the w a r, how ever, and now we are p ro b a b ly fa rth e r ad vanced in this type o f " a r t ille r y " Fast A c tio n than any oth er nation, have learned to p ro je c t A p p lic a tio n fo rm s fo r vets' u n le r y " by m eans of the used fu rlo u g h pay w ill be a v a ila b le (pilotless a irp la n e ) at a ll post offices by m id -S ep te m b er b u t d isb u rse m e n t o f the flv e -y e a r bonds w ill not take place be fore the end o f the m onth because o f tim e req u ire d in p rin tin g . AAW’S REVIEW Dardanelles Row Looms; Nations Ask Soil Peace DARDANELLES: PARIS: Air Power Is Rig Killer in War T h is has been an a via tio n year. The firs t peacetim e ye a r th a t A m e ric a has been acknowledged as m istre ss of the a ir as w e ll as o f the sea and the land. I t has been a tim e of rem iniscence, of rec a p itu la tio n , as w e ll as fo re ca st and foreshadow ing I rem e m be r the In te rvie w I had w ith a c e rta in a rm y o ffic ia l d u r ing the war. His im p atie n ce , sm ashing the o rd in a ry rules of cen- sorship, had revealed the secret of the bazooka ke p t “ co n fid e n tia l" long a fte r it was in use, and the d etails of which G erm ans had long since learned to th e ir sorrow . (The bazooka functions on the rocket p rin c ip le .) The o ffice r pointed to an old p rin t on his wall. It was a p ic tu re of A m e rican soldiers d isch a rg in g a rocket p ro je c tile In the W ar of 1812. Why, then, if the rocket p rln c i- p ie was known to u s in those e a rly days. did w e not develop it as the G erm ans did. I asked The reason the rocket was neglected in the C iv il w a r period. I was told, was because ordnance e xperts were co n ce ntra tin g on the developm ent o f the breech loading fire a rm , and the pe rfe ctio n o f riflin g the m a kin g o f s p ira lle d grooves inside the b a rre l w hich gave the b u lle t o r p ro je c tile a tw is tin g m ovem ent, and kept it fro m tu m b lin g “ head over h e e ls." T his Increased range and accu racy. The em phasis was s t ill on the rifle m a n ra th e r than the a rtille ry , and such sta tistics as we have in d ica te th a t the in fa n try in the F ranco • Prussian w a r of 1870 PALESTINE: Ft K LOUGH PAY: Is This lh<* krinv, Mr. Jones? In W orld W ar 1 when YM CA and Bed Cross canteens were establ ished tig h t up into the zone of the advance, and even nearer the front, some o f the old tim e r s " o f those days w rote to the e d ito rs In sistin g th a t the C iv il w ar was won on " s a lt horse and llk k e r " t l re c a ll th a t phrase in one o f tlie le tte rs) and we were ju s t softening the boys. Well. it d id n t s o lle n th e m too soft fo r Chateau T h ie rry and the A r g o t.n e Then came W orld War It. and to m e of the veterans o f the e a rlie r w ar raised th e ir eyebrows at the USO. tu rke y din rs at the f i t it on T ha n ksg ivin g ice eream ( stead of beans, salmon. arn w illy r nothing) U d ir i Dut. ou a m t heard u ttin ’ When they say "T h is ts the a rm y, M r J o n e s." to you fu tu re G 1 s, y o u 'll h a rd ly believe it D id you hear w hat F ield M arshal (blood, sand, and green fo r the N o rm a n d y hedges) M ontgom ery had to say? He b e lle v e i enlisted men in the B ritis h a rm y ought to tive lik e oth er fo lks Bedroom s, not b a rra cks “ You had y o u r b re a kfa st In bed b e fo re ," goes the w a rning song, "b u t you w o n 't have it there any m ore M aybe not But if M onty has his WAy, B ritis h soldiers can read in bed And w hat about those tr ic k y u n i fo rm s A m e ric a n soldiers are going to wear? Blue! H ike the boys In blue who said good-bye to Blue B e ll), And perhaps tw o -n o te ." w ith a lig h t er shnde for the trou se rs! And overcoats AN D CAP ES I You a re n 't In the a rm y now, M r Jones Y o u 're in grand opera! And then there is th a t te rm in a l leave pay b ill passed by congress, 1 suppose, to p a cify the fellow s who got out of the a rm y w ith o u t kn o w in g w h a t th e y w e re g o in g to m iss. A lm o st three b illio n d o lla rs dum ped in to t i l pockets to even them up w ith what the officers re- d fo r I, id n 't taken. I M l / M I. \ I IO \ I It I I FO R H IE I IK IN G . . . Plagued by a shortage of labor and an abundance of woodchucks, tu tu m n Van Den lle u v a l, West N ya ck, N. V ., fa rm e r, has In vite d a ll-e o m e rs to "c o m e and help th e m s e lv e s " to his 80 acres o f sweet co rn as w e ll aa b la ck b e rrie s and grapes. In announcing the p ro ce d u re to be follow ed, the w a r d e p a rtm e n t s ta t ed: 1. A p p lic a tio n s w ill be a c k n o w l edged when received to assure the vet his c la im is on record. 2. D is b i.rs in g o ffice rs w ill accept j sworn statem ents o f a p p lic a n ts un less there is suspicion o f fraud. J. A rm y vets unable to d e te r m ine how m uch unused fu rlo u g h pay they have com ing, fig u re d on the basis o f 2’ y days per m onth, can ap p ly fo r in fo rm a tio n to the a d ju ta n t g e n era l's personnel records b ra n ch at St Louis, Mo. U A U /’O.Y Lederai Spending Curb Urged CH IC A G O — T e rm in g a cu rb in o rd in a te the to ta l spending w ith ex fe d e ra l g o ve rn m e n ta l expenditures pected revenues R eturn State Passera. "th e n a tio n's m ost p o w e rfu l weapon Jackson also urged lo ca l govern against In fla tio n ," W illia m K Jack- son, president of the C ha m b e r o f m ents and business org a n iza tio n s to | w o rk fo r the re tu rn to the states of C om m erce of the U n ite d States, powers and co n tro ls usurped by urged im m e d ia te congressional ! the fe d e ra l g o ve rn m e nt action to slash spending. "S e v e ra l state agencies have de- Jackson, who addressed b u si i veloped the e n e rv a tin g h a b it of ness men a t the 23rd annual N a lo o kin g to W ashington as the source tio n a l In s titu te fo r C o m m e rc ia l and o f so lution fo r e ve ry d iffic u lty ,” he T rade O rg a n isa tio n E xe cu tive s on asserted. "T h e y seem to have for- the Evanston cam pus o f N o rth ' gotten th a t th is se e m ingly easy western u n iv e rs ity , urged th a t con tre a tm e n t becomes a tw o w ay n a r gress establish an o v e r-a ll budget cotic. I t is h a b it fo rm in g in Wash- co m m itte e to reco m m en d a c e il ' ington as w e ll as In the state capi- ing on a p p ro p ria tio n s and to co I ta ls ." The ch a m b e r o f co m m e rce has asked business groups to re fra in fro m seeking special fe d e ra l a p p ro p ria tio n s fo r the benefit o f in d iv id u a l states o r lo ca l c o m m u n itie s , he reported. H its M ob R u le .’ The business m en w e re asked to ca m p a ig n fo r le g is la tio n to " e q u a l ize the re s p o n s ib ilitie s as w e ll as rig h ts " o f la b o r and m anagem ent. "J u ris d ic tio n a l disputes, boycotts, coercion, in tim id a tio n , m ass p ic k e t ing, b lo c k in g o f p u b lic h ig h w a ys by s trik e rs , and p re v e n tio n o f access to p riv a te p ro p e rtie s do not re p re sent law and o rd e r, b u t m ob r u le ," he asserted SIDES FO R N E X T WAR PARIS. — Perhaps it has ceased i to be news but, even so, it ean't be em phasized too often th a t this i so-called peace conference is a c tu a lly a choosing up o f sides fo r another w a r unless som ething v ita l j and e le c trify in g in the w ay of d ip lo m a c y steps in to p re ve n t it. F YOU have been w anting a bed E vents are m o vin g w ith te rrific • with an upholstered head piece speed w h ile th is conference moves w ith h u m d ru m slowness. In the why not cut down an old iron bed An inexpen ! Russian zone of G e rm a n y, 12 fac- for a foundation? i to rie s are p o u rin g out m u n itio n s sive hack saw m ay be used or you fo r the Red a rm y . In Czechoslo can ta k e it to a plum ber. T he p a r t th a t is le ft m a k e s a stro n g va k ia . the sum o f 400 m illio n d o l f r a m e fo r th e e n tire bed a n d one th a t is la rs has been a p p ro p ria te d fo r m u e a s y to ta k e dow n. • • « n itio n s — a ll of a standard type, T his idea is fro m H om e-M aking BOOK in te rchangeable w ith e ith e r the No. 3 th a t a lso c o n ta in s d ire c tio n s for Czech o r the Red a rm y . Y ugoslavia m o re th a n th ir ty o th e r s im ila r Id e a s for u sin g od d s a n d e n d s th a t a r e to be found and Poland also are p o u rin g out In a ttic s an d s to re ro o m s fo r d is c a rd e d h o m e fu rn ish in g s. R e a d e rs m a y g e t a standardized Russian arm s. copy of BOOK 3 p o stp aid fo r 15c by s e n d M e a n w h ile th is peace c o n fe r ing re q u e s t to: ence ta lk s sonorously, pio u sly of MRS. K IT H W Y ETH SPEA R S procedure and precedents. M ean B edford H ills, N. Y. D ra w e r 10 w h ile , also, the sides are chosen E n clo se 15 c e n ts for Book 3. — the line-up, unless heroic m easures head it off—fo r the N a m e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ---------- — n e xt w a r. Add re s s ------------------------------------—— - The lin e -up o f Russian sate llite s never varies. In a ll the conference vo tin g , fro m San F ra n cisco th rough the U n ite d Nations assem bly in New Y o rk to P a ris, Russia's stooges only once voted against th e ir m asters in the K re m lin . T ha t "Get O'Sullivan SOUS as well as was when B ye lo ru ssia got its signals crossed. Russia can be ab- I Heels next time you have your solutely sure o f the fo llo w in g votes shoes repaired. on e ve ry ro llc a ll, come h e ll o r h ig h w a te r: B yelorussia, the U k ra in e , ■ EASY DOES IT Poland. Y u goslavia and Czechoslo- i va kla . UP HILL The lin e -up on the o th er side op down varies. I t is s ig n ific a n t th a t the B ritis h do m in io n s fre q u e n tly desert England. T his proves th e re 's rea l d em ocracy in the B ritis h e m p ire . 1 A u s tra lia and New Zealand vote m ore than h a lf the tim e against E n g la n d : Canada about 50-50. South A fric a and In d ia fre q u e n tly are aligned w ith England, a lthough not always. The m ost fo rth rig h t leaders o f the anti-S oviet bloc are A u s tra lia , the N etherlands. B ra z il and B e l gium . Note—M ost p a the tic s a te llite in the Soviet lin e -up is Jan M a s a ry k of C zechoslovakia, now n ic k nam ed "T h e P riso n e r of Z e n d a ." Son o f old P re sid e n t Thom as M as a ry k . who founded the Czechoslo vak re p u b lic in P itts b u rg h in 1918 under the g o d fa th e rship o f Wood- ro w W ilson, Jan M a s a ry k 's sy m pathies are a ll w ith the U n ite d I States and B rita in . B u t w ith his \ S afe, Sound In vestm en t— co u n try s o lid ly surrounded by Rus Buy U . S. Savings Bonds! sia, he votes co n siste ntly w ith the Russian bloc. t ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ■£ • * • ACCUSED O F SNOOPING I t is n ’ t being a d ve rtise d but Lt. Gen S ir John H arding, c o m m a n d e r o f A llie d forces in Venezia G iu lia , has sent a hot cable to the W hite House and the B ritis h fo r eign office against d y n a m ic ex- | M a y o r La G u a rd ia o f N ew Y o rk, I accusing the fie ry F io re llo of snooping in T rie ste . G e n era l H a rd in g dem anded th a t the W hite House and the B ritis h c ra c k down on La o f cases show ed > G u a rd ia and pre ve n t h im fro m c lin ic a l im p ro v e - sla n d e rin g A m e ric a n and B ritis h | m ent a fte r o n ly 10 y troops in T rie ste . In fa ct. G e n era l days tre a tm e n t w ith SOR ETON'S in im p a r tia l, H a rd in g even threatened his resig- j n ation unless he got fu ll support, j s c ie n tific test. I </P O'SULLIVAN SAYS : ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ You can relieve ATHLETE’S FOOT As a re s u lt the B ritis h , w h ich have some ju ris d ic tio n o ve r La G u a rd ia because U N R R A is in te rn a tio n a l, sent New Y o rk 's fo rm e r m a y o r an appeal to pipe down. A p p a re n tly it d id no good, how ever. It was a lte r re c e iv in g the London appeal th a t F io re llo boasted th a t 25 good New Y’ o rk cops could clean up the th ie v in g in T rie ste . I.a G u a rd ia p re v io u s ly had dem anded th a t the A n g lo -A m e ric a n troops in T rie s te p re ve n t the w hole sale disappearance of U N R R A supplies. Note— D u rin g the w a r, F. D R. pro m ise d La G u a rd ia a c o m m is sion as, b rig a d ie r g e neral and the Job o f h e lp in g to govern Ita ly , but the a rm y brass hats blocked it. Ap- p a re n tly they figured th e y could never handle the ferocious L ittle F low er. B ritis h generals now th in k th e ir A m e ric a n colleagues were rig h t. . • • • D O N 'T MISS A T R IC K C h ie f tro u b le w ith the A m e ric a n d e le g atio n a t th is peace conference is th a t it lets the opposing team ta ke too m an y bases on balls and steal second too m an y tim es. M ea n w h ile , the Russians are on the u m p ire 's neck, y e llin g them selves hoarse o v e r e v e ry close decision. T hey d o n 't m iss a tr ic k . I f a bunt down the firs t baseline is ca lle d a fo u l, the R ussians w ill argue u n til blue in the face th a t it was a f a ir baU. F in a lly , the op posing side gets tir e d o f w ra n g lin g and a rg u in g and gives in. • • • M O LO T O F F COURT t i l The h a rd -h ittin g , m e rc u ria l fo r eign m in is te r of Russia has changed his ta c tic s a I t since the U n ite d N a tio n s conference a t San F ra n cisco . 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