Illinois Valley News, Thursday, October 23, 1947
id in 4 8
Aspirants Hint for G.O.P,
Ike Reluctant: Taft Works
Hard for Party Nomination
By BAUKHAGE
S e tvi Analyst and C om m tnlalor.
WASHINGTON.—Back before World War II started, I
attended a party given by Mark Woods, (my present boss). [
One of the guests, with whom I had been associated on the !
F arm and Home Hour cam e to me and said: “ I want you to
m eet mv brother. He’s a lieutenant colonel in the arm y, and
I think he’s going places.”
So we went back and I shook hands w ith a pink-cheeked, personable
S P E C IA L SESSION—O F S L 'R G E R Y . . . In case yo u ’ve never seen a
soldier, exchanged a few words and d rifte d on. S h o rtly a fte rw a rd (1939).
su rg e ry a m p h ith e a te r, e ith e r as a patient or a sp e ctato r, take a look
I w ent to Europe, the w a r broke and the p a rty was long forgotten.
at th is p ic tu re . M e m b e rs o f the V. S. chapter of the In te rn a tio n a l
Som ewhat la te r, and often s in c e , ------------------------------------------------------------
College o f Surgeons, w h ich held its convention in C hicago, are shown
I have had occasion to rem em ber record in the la st congress reveals.
here w a tch in g the re m o v a l of thre e -fou rth s of a m a n ’s stom ach.
the lie u te n an t colonel v iv id ly .
B u t th a t isn ’t all.
1 have ju s t been looking at a
One o f T a ft’ s c ritic s , fu lly cogni­
graph d ra w n in 1945 by th a t same zant o f the R e p u b lica n p o licy lead­
lie u te n a n t colonel e r ’s achievem ents, said th a t his in ­
(a fte r
he
was te lle c tu a l ju d g m e n ts “ ra n ahead of
needled in to it by his p ra c tic a l a p p lic a tio n ” of them . I
a b io g ra p h e r). I t I suppose the c r itic m ea n t th a t fo r
shows his prom o­ a ll T a ft’ s pow ers o f reasoning, i
tions
fro m
the sch o la rsh ip and trem endous a b ility !
tim e
he was to a cq u ire know ledge and w eigh ■
graduated
fro m facts, he som etim es appears to al- I
West P o i n t in low his h e re d ita ry v ie w p o in t ra th e r
1915.
than his a cq u ire d conclusions to
In W orld War guide his course. T a ft is n a tu ra lly ! SIX MONTHS
judged innocent u n til he is p ro ve d
I. he reached a co n se rva tive — and som etim es, 1 am
g u ilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
lie u te n an t
colo­ sure, he has been in te lle c tu a lly per- !
In fact, the state d e p a rtm e n t, in a
n e lcy but a fte r suaded as to the v a lid ity of c e rta in
"s e c u rity p rin c ip le s " d ocum ent re ­
the a rm is tic e re- measures, but has been unable to
Amid a certain am ount of cently m ade p u b lic , says sp e cifi­
v e r t e d to his support those m easures fu lly be­
weeping and wailing and less c a lly th a t i f th e re is a "re a s o n a b le
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Baukhage
gnashing of teeth than usual, d o u b t" about a w o rk e r’ s lo y a lty the
ra n k of captain.
To those who know T a ft even
"d e p a rtm e n t w ill be g ive n the bene- !
He soon was prom oted to a m a jo r m ore than ca su a lly, he is cool, ra re ­ President T rum an’s program
(boosts were slow in those days) ly unbending, le g a lis tic . He can involving m eatless Tuesdays fit of the doubt and the person w ill
and rem ained a m a jo r u n til 1938. prove h im se lf, how ever, as even the and eggless T hursdays lum ­ be deemed a s e c u rity r is k ."
W hile id e a lis ts could q u ib b le at
F ro m then u n til the tim e I m et him least sym p a th e tic newsmen on his bered tentatively through its
length about a b rid g m e n t o f “ con- ’
a t th a t p a rty, he was a lieutenant recent tr ip a d m it, affa ble and ap­ first week.
colonel.
Even the m ost a rd e n t o p tim is t s titu tio n a l rig h ts ,” few would deny j
proachable Also, he has th a t on
T w o years passed and then things m any occasions so useful a c q u is i­ could not c a ll th is phase of the food th a t the state d e p a rtm e n t s im p ly
began to happen: Colonel in '41; tion, (e sp e cia lly when ch aperoning con se rva tio n d riv e to h e lp E urope was p la y in g it safe in the face o f a ‘
upped to b rig a d ie r general the same a bob-tailed flu sh ), the poker face. an instantaneous success; how ever, m a n ife st danger.
y e a r; m a jo r general in 1942; com ­ Even his sm ile , w h ich if o v e r­ it m ig h t im p ro v e w ith tim e .
m an d in g general of the European w orked, becomes a b it ru b b e ry,
And it was in the h a n d w ritin g on
th e a te r o f o p e ra tio n ; then, in 1945, doesn’t a lw a ys disp e l th is im p re s ­ the w a ll th a t th e re w ould be con­
Second Tim e
lie u te n a n t general and co m m anding sion A lthough he in h e rite d fro m his sid e ra b le tim e , fo r a d m in is tra tio n
general. A llie d forces in the E u ro ­ fa th er. W illia m H o w a rd T a ft, a tre ­ e xp e rts p re d ic te d th a t the days o f
B adly
bent
e c o n o m ic a lly ,
a.- I
pean th e a te r now. pre sid e n t o f Co­ m endous c a p a city fo r h a rd w ork v o lu n ta ry se lf-d e n ia l w ould last fo r though not y e t q u ite broke, G re a t
lu m b ia u n iv e rs ity (o r m aybe some­ and a c o n se rva tive p o in t o f view , he at least six m onths.
B rita in , in the la te st phase of
th in g b ig g e r) to be.
lacks the robust g e n ia lity conveyed
P re sid e n t T ru m a n h im s e lf has set her desperate quest fo r d o lla rs , has I
by the E ld e r T a ft’ s sm ile and laugh. the dates fo r the in te rim e m e rg e n cy sold 120 m illio n d o lla rs w o rth o f
M ilto n Eisenhow er was rig h t
gold to the U. S. in exchange fo r an I
a id to E urope ca m p a ig n —fro m D e­
when he said his b ro th e r was
U n fo rtu n a te ly ,
R o b e rt T a ft
ce m b e r 1 to M a rc h 31—a lthough equal am ount o f ironm en.
"g o in g p la ce s." It is in the vo­
h a sn 't th a t r is ib le fa c u lty to re ­
I t was the second such sale fro m !
th a t tim e lim it was im posed spe­
lu m in ou s volum e " M y Three
lie ve a c e rta in a loof rem oteness
c ific a lly fo r the ra is in g o f 580 m il­ B rita in 's now d w in d lin g gold re ­
Years W ith E ls e n h o w e r" by
of m anner and expression. He is
lio n d o lla rs in cash. R e g a rd in g the serve. E a rly in S eptem ber 80 m il­
H a rry B u tch e r, his n a va l aide,
by no m eans a g la m o u r-h o y, and
food co n se rva tio n aspect, C harles lio n d o lla rs w o rth o f gold was sold
th a t the c h a rt appears. The
he knows it. One tim e when Re­
L u c k m a n , head o f the citize n s food to the U. S.
graph shows at its peak the
p u b lica n s and D e m ocra ts w ere
co m m itte e , said "O u r only idea is
ran k
of fo u r - s ta r general.
The S eptem ber gold sale cam e
gathered at some cla m b a ke in
to do the jo b u n til it is done No a fte r the 4 0 0 -m illio n -d o lla r balance
B u tch e r jo k in g ly
plotted the
New E n gland, and the r a ille ry
tim e schedule has been set.”
cu rve (down) a fte r th a t point,
of B rita in 's d o lla r loan fro m A m e r­
becam e a lit t le personal. T a ft
to sero. Eisenhow er im m e d i­
S e cre ta ry of A g ric u ltu re C lin to n ica was frozen by B ritis h -A m e ric a n '
challenged the D e m ocra ts to a
ately drew a fishing pole at the
ag re e m e nt when B r ita in de cla re d 1
Anderson was a little m ore de fin ite
beauty contest. Senator Pepper,
n a d ir, thus expressing his hopes.
He p o inted out th a t co n se rva tio n to she no lo n g e r could honor the lo a n 's 1
who knows he has no c la im to
save g ra in m ig h t be necessary u n til c o n v e rtib ility clause re q u irin g her
p u lch ritu d e h im se lf, im m e d ia te ­
Both were wrong. The g o ve rn ­
the w in te r w heat crop, now being to p ro vid e d o lla rs in exchange fo r I
ly ju m pe d up to sa y: " I 'm
m ent pinned a fifth s ta r on h im . and
pla n ted , begins to come in next pounds s te rlin g on d em and to any ’
p a ire d w ith the senator fro m
the fishing pole has been tra n sm u te d
June and Ju ly. T hen he offered a n a tio n she tra d e d w ith .
O h io ."
Into a cap and gown, as sym b o l of
fa in t hope w ith a ho llo w rin g :
his new ra n k when he sw itches
T a ft has some sense of h u m o r,
"M e a tle s s days are n o t in the pic I
bosses fro m M ars to M in e rv a
even i f he isn ’t fam ous fo r it. P e r­ ture in d e fin ite ly ,” he said.
B ut if ce rta in boosters have th e ir haps he absorbed it fro m his w itty
Here are five questions based on
way, the lin e on the c h a rt m ay w ife He stands six feet ta ll and he
The Eating Public
recent happenings in the news.
m ove upw ard again.
isn t stout, although somehow o r
Five correct answers and you’re
P u b lic opinion, it developed, was
1 h a ve n 't heard w hat the g e n era l's o th er you seem to th in k o f h im th a t far fro n t united on a solid fro n t be- 1 e lig ib le to appear on "In fo rm a tio n
deep-down plans are. but fro m w hat way. He is s till yo u n g —on ly 58. ( I 'm
Please"; fo u r and you’re s till p le n ­
btud the food conservation plan.
I hear, the fishing pole is s till the sure th a t's young because it's e x ­
ty good; three isn't h a lf bad; tw o,
Restauiant operators said th e ir cus­
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better
lu ck next tim e; one. sub­
fin a l o b je ctive , and he doesn't neces­
tomers uere grousing about meatless
scribe to a newspaper.
s a rily m ean fishing fro m a p re s i­
As R epresentative Brow n in t i­ and eggless days.
d e n tia l yacht.
m ated. T a ft's speeches on his w est­
M illio n s of Americans resented the
1. F iv e nations re c e n tly w ere
M eanw hile, b ro th e r M ilto n E ise n ­ ern tour, a lm ost e n tire ly devoted to suggestion of a vo lu n ta ry meatless
refused m e m b e rs h ip in the U. N.
how er has "gone p la ce s," too. He's the g lo rific a tio n o f the R e p ublican Tuesday since they already are going
N am e them .
also a "p re sid e n t" — p re sid e n t of p a rty 's record in the firs t session o f w ith o u t meat fo u r o r five days a week
2. A t an in te rn a tio n a l w ire le ss
because
they
can't
afford
to
buy
it
Kansas State college, and ve ry the 80th congress, helped stren g th e n
congress, c la im s by the Soviet
oftener
than
that.
happy there. It was ru m o re d th a t if the p a rty In fact. T a ft g e n e ra lly is
C nion th a t a Russian nam ed
The p o u ltry industry pointed out
he should "ch oo se " to ta ke a post
Popov invented the w ire le ss w ere
that if every one o f the 140 m illio n
w h ich had been suggested fo r tu rn ­
disp u ted . Who u s u a lly is c re d ite d
residents o f the U. S. u ere to eat one
back in the d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u l­
as the in ve n to r?
less egg a u eek. the g o t ernm ent u ould
tu re (as se cre ta ry th is tim e ), when
3. G e n e r a l M a c A r t h u r has
have to buy (»00 m illio n dozen eggs
and if C lin to n A nderson m oved else
ru le d th a t E m p e ro r H iro h ito ’s
under the la w req u irin g government
where, and thus becam e a m e m b e r
c re s t s h a ll not a p p ea r on postage
support of p a rity prices; and the gov­
of the T ru m a n ca b in e t, it would
stam ps. A fte r w h a t flo w e r is the
ernm ent already holds in storage sev­
m ean th a t his b ro th e r was not con
eral m illio n cases of surplus eggs p u r­
c re s t designed?
s id e rin g a new Job.
chased to support farm prices.
4. In d e la y in g a sh ip m e n t of
• • •
su g a r fro m V erdun to G e rm a n y ,
one C o m m u n is t F re n ch de p uty
S enator T a ft
s a id : ”At V e rd u n, they sh a ll not
/Vo
Pence
of
Mimi
P erto n ifies G O P
pass.” On w h a t occasion was
C o m m u n ism , p a rtic u la r ly since 1 th a t phrase firs t used?
Ot course, it is m ore fu n general
the re v iv a l o f the C o m in te rn in nine
5. M a j. Gen. H a rry II. V aughan
lz in g about generals than it is to
European countries, is ta k in g its i has advocated th a t the two c iv il­
p a rtic u la riz e about the p rim e con­
to ll in the U. S. by u n d e rm in in g the
ia n com ponents of the a rm y
tenders in the candidates* elephant
A m e ric a n peace of m ind.
SENATOR TAFT
m erg e w ith the a rm y . W hat are
race to come But, no m a tte r how
T h a t obvious fa c t has been given 1 those com ponents?
m uch p o litic a l dust some d a rk or accepted as the p e rso n ifica tio n o f
added sig n ifica n ce by the sta le de
even chestnut roan s tirs up la te r, the R epublican p a rty —and w e ll he
p a rtm e n t's disclosure th a t sum- :
ANSWERS
th e re are Just tw o people the p o liti­ m ig h t be considering the m an n e r
m a ry d is m is s a l faces state d e p a rt !
1 Ita ly .
F in lan d , H u n g a ry . R u ­
cians have to consider now. They
m a n ia and B u lg a ria
in w hich he dom in a te d the last ses­ m e n t em ployes who are " h a b itu a l or
2 G uglielm o M arconi, an Ita lia n
are Senator T a ft o f O hio and G o v­ sion, m a in ta in in g the respect of the
clo se " associates o f persons even
3. T he c h ry s a n th e m u m
e rn o r Dewey o f New Y o rk
4 It w as used by M arsh a l H enri
D e m o cra tic leaders w h ich he a l­ "b e lie v e d to b e " C om m unists.
Petaln In F ebruary. 1916. w hen th e
I was sta n ding w ith a group out- w ays has had—If not th e ir love and
In p la in language, th a t is a re ­
G e rm a n s w ere o u tsid e V erdun.
aide the e xe cu tive offices of the a d m ira tio n , w h ich he never has v e rs a l o f a fu n d a m e n ta l p rin c ip le of J
5 T he O rganized R e s e rv e s of th e
a rm y and N ational G uard.
W h ite House, w a itin g fo r the p re s i­ had.
A n g lo -A m e rica n la w —th a t a m an is i
d e n tia l press and ra d io conference
w hen a g enial hum an cloud, m uch
b ig g e r than a m a n ’ s hand, in fact
a lm o st tw ic e as b ig as m ost m en s
bodies, appeared on the horizon. It
was the p o litic a lly astute and ard e n t
T a ftite . Rep C larence B ro w n of
O hio
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SECURITY RISKS:
EDUCA TION COES HIGHER
The boys ragged B row n a
little about the T a ft tr ip , but be
w a s n 't a b it down he a rte d . Said
be: "W e d id n 't expect to bring
ba< k a bum b of delegates. T aft
m ade votes fo r the Republican
p a rly , and th a t m eans to te s for
T a ft.’* (D e spite B ro w n ’s o p ti­
m is m . some o bservers have fe lt
th a t a lthough T a ft d id m ake
new frie n d s, they w e re n 't new
votes fo r they were already
solid K «'publicans J
F ra n k ly , I d o n 't understand Taft
v e ry w e ll T he re is no question
about his In te lle c t or his in te lle c tu a l
Judgm ents Nobody could ask fo r a
g re a te r d e m o n stra tio n o f p o litic a l
s k ill on the le g is la tiv e side than his
Danger Seen in Rising Fees
T ha t great old A m e ric a n in s titu ­
tio n of "w o rk in g yo u r way th ro u g h
c o lle g e ." w hich o fte n tim e s is a c r iti-
■
showing signs o f v a n is h in g co m ­
p le te ly. and m any young seekers-
a fte r-tru th soon m ay find i t im p o s ­
sible to get th ro u g h college if they
are not blessed w ith h lg h e r-tn com e
fa m ilie s to help th e m out.
A d ire c to r of the office o f educa­
tion has expressed the fe a r th a t the
ris in g cost of a college e d u catio n I
soon w ould keep la rg e n u m b e rs of
able students outside the cam pus
gates.
E ffects o f ste a dily m o u n tin g fees
in the co u n try's in s titu tio n s o f
h ig h e r le a rn in g a lre a d y w ould have ’
serious re su lts fo r p ro sp e ctive en-
rollees. w ere it not fo r the help the
ta x p a y e r
is
e xte n d in g
students
th ro u g h th e G .l. b ill o f rig h ts .
Recent su rve ys have p ro ve d th a t
u n iv e rs itie s are depending m ore and
m ore on student fees w h ile they are
co n fro n te d w ith ris in g costs. Fees,
w h ich used to account fo r about
o n e -th ird o f a college's incom e, now
p ro v id e m ore than o n e -h a lf o f the
to ta l college e d u catio n a l expendi­
tures.
"T h e cost o f going to college w ill
be too h ig h fo r m an y fa m ily budgets
i f student fees continue to go up and
t f no p ro v is io n Is m ade fo r in ­
creased
fin a n c ia l
support
fro m
o th e r sources a fte r the G .l. legis-
I
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la tio n e x p ire s ," de cla re s D r. John
D R u s s e ll,-d ire c to r o f the office o f
e d u c a tio n 's h ig h e r ed u catio n d iv t-
sion.
" M o re and m ore th is tre n d w ill
lim it college e d u catio n to c h ild re n
o f h ig h e r-in co m e fa m ilie s —a coun­
te r-d e m o c ra tic te n d e n c y ." he said.
The ra te o f tu itio n charges to s tu ­
i dents. not in c lu d in g b o a rd and
i roo m , has been in c re a s in g s te a d ily
o v e r a long period, b u t the rise has
been p a rtic u la r ly
m a rk e d
since
1939, a cco rd in g to the survey.
i
In p u b lic ly c o n tro lle d colleges
■ and u n iv e rs itie s , the average tu itio n
fee fo r residents o f the state has in-
creased 31.4 per cent in the past
seven years
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