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Southern Oregon Miner. Thursday, July 4, 1946 BAUKAGE DISCUSSES OLD 1944 ‘FIGHT’ ¡JStag Reads Right Meaning Into Barkley's Break With FDR While They Wait By W ALTER A. SH EA D W N I' ('•r r « » p » n 4 * n l (EDITOR'S NOTE: This dispatch u a i filed from the atomic bomb testing area only shortly before the fin i lest bomb urn scheduled Io be dropped.) By BA VK H A G E Veit» ,4no/y»f and Commentator. W N l Service. l« t$ E ye Street, N .W .. W ashington. O. C. Continually I encounter evidence of the importance of semantics, as I have mentioned FT before in this col umn—the impor tance of words, of their mean ings, and of the necessity that the meaning in which the speaker or writer uses them is the same at tached to them by the listener or reader. A few days ago Baukhage I r e c e iv e d a letter from a listener lamenting what she called “one of our greatest troubles today”—lack of faith in our leaders. She then described her "conster nation” when she heard Senator Barkley’s “gushing and flowery talk” nominating Franklin Roose velt for President in 1944. after hearing the senator's famous “re volt” speech sharply criticizing the President’s veto message in the tax bill the previous February. To Washington, there was nothing inconsistent in those two perform ances at all. What happened was this: two persons who had worked together in a common cause fell out Amends were made, and still loyal to that cause, the man who had been affronted registered his complaint and then, feeling that the virtue of his position had been recognized, took up his labors in the common cause again. Perhaps that explanation would satisfy my disillusioned listener, had it not been for the fact that she not only misinterpreted the significance of Senator Barkley's speech, but actually put into his mouth words that he didn't use. She said that Barkley had said that the President was dishonest, and that he (Mr. Roosevelt) knew he was dishonest. Now, by interesting coincidence, something had recalled that speech of Mr. Barkley’s to my attention only a day or so before I received the let ter. A loyal toiler in the Democratic party had remarked to me that the senator from Kentucky, having served as majority leader longer than any man who has held that job in the senate, had increased tre mendously in stature in the eyes of supporters and opponents. And, my friend explained, it was his “re volt” of February 23, 1944, which marked the moment when Barkley began to wax in the favor of op ponent and supporter alike! As a result of the coincidence— the letter and the remarks of my friend—I reread the revolt speech. Nowhere in it did Senator Bark ley accuse the President of being dishonest. But it is easy to see how a listener might have missed the shades of meaning in the speak er’s words. However, those words, correctly interpreted, I feel cer tain. reflected precisely the feeling of the senator. Had he wished to go further, he could easily have done so. • • • R eaent P e r io n a l S la p a t C o n g r e u There were two especially sharp passages in Barkley's talk. The President had charged in his mes sage (vetoing the tax bill) that “it is squarely the fault of the congress of the United States in using lan guage in drafting the law which not even a dictionary or a thesaurus can make clear.” There was a biting, personal fla vor in that sentence which congress as a whole, and Barkley individually and as majority leader, could not help resenting. Barkley said: “If it (the above statement) was made by anybody who ever sat in a tax committee meeting, it was a deliberate and unjustified mis-statement in order to place upon congress the blame for universal dissatisfaction with tax complexities and in order to pro duce the illusion that the executive departments have in vain protested against this complexity.” Here one can see that Barkley is defending the integrity of the con gress. He did not spare his anger at the affront. But, since he knew FDR had never sat in a tax com mittee meeting, he wasn’t placing the onus entirely on the President. There was one other sharp riposte in which Barkley came still nearer to making, but did not actually make, the “dishonesty” charge. He said the President used a method of calculation “which obvi ously was handed to him by a mind more clever than honest.” It was natural to assume that some White House advisor had pro duced the data, and in all likelihood, that some literary aide had written the veto message. Indeed, one of the columnists omnisciently an nounced at the time that it was the work of Judge Rosenman. As a matter of fact, I can state with absolute certainty that that was one of the few speeches which President Roosevelt, who was good and mad because congress had re fused to give him the tax bill he wanted, wrote himself, inditing the entire philippic with his own hand. Whether Senator Barkley would have replied with greater or less vigor had he known the actual au thorship, I do not know. The fact remains, however, that he said what he meant and meant what he said. Nowhere did he call the President dishonest He did establish his own independence, and that of con gress, and probably did the Presi dent a favor by warning him against allowing his emotions to get the bet ter of him. In Barkley’s delivery of the speech, and his nomination of Pres ident Roosevelt less than six months later, there was nothing inconsist ent. Certainly nothing which, when understood, should shake the pub lic's faith in the public man. W H IT E S A IL S . . , San F ran cisco ’s skyline furnishes the backdrop for trim little c ra ft about to compete In a re gatta. These c ra ft c a rry such nam es as C u rlew , Robin, Puffin, Swallow, Alcyon, Loon and W idgeon. NEWS REVIEW When Japs Strike They Take Over Plant Profits JA P A N : L ab orers Strike At least one President was forced to change his automobile habits. President Hoover had a fishing lodge at Rapidan in Virginia, some 85 miles from the Capital. Hoover believed that time was money. He was always a hard worker, and when he’d finished fishing, he want ed to get away from there and back to his desk. It was a job for the Secret Service men and newsmen to keep up and keep on the road. Those mad chases were the sub ject of considerable conversation by the correspondents and also their wives. It was not considered a choice assignment. Finally there was a bad accident that sent one reporter to the hospital. After that, the presidential car proceeded at a more normal pace. • • • The Alexander Hamilton institute says savings during 1946 will be considerably lower than last year’s. Fine, if it reduces inflation pres sures; but if it goes too far and the consumer doesn’t consume, the pro ducer can’t produce, and we are back to 1929 once more. and they declined to $4 a dozen. A large food company noted a type of buyers’ strike in the fresh fruit and vegetable market. The price of such items as plums, pota toes, cherries, cantaloupes, lettuce and other fresh produce appear to have gotten “too steep,” a com pany official stated, with the result that sales of these items fell off sharply. Japan's* new democracy is bring ing strikes to many manufacturing plants. But even in labor trouble the Japanese give an Oriental twist to their methods. In 26 of the larger industrial plants in Japan the laborers have struck. But instead of quitting their jobs and forming a picket line, the workers have merely tossed out PO ULTRY : all management personnel taken over the entire operation and will Cull H alf Goal Poultry producers culled their pocket whatever profits are made! flocks of about 28.000.000 birds in May and accomplished half of the H O U SES: culling urged by the department of To Be P refa b rica ted Préfabrication today, according agriculture as a national goal dur to Walter Harnischfeger, Wisconsin ing May and June. The 55.000,000 culling program, manufacturer, “is one of the new basic industries in the country." urged early in May, is an attempt Word comes from Washington and to rid the nation's flocks of low pro other lumber - producing states, too, ducing birds and reduce poultry that plants to build prefabricated production in line with reduced feed houses are increasing steadily. Sev stocks, officials said. Last year, pro eral plants are reported operating ducers reduced their flocks by 40,- in the New England states. Har- 000.000 birds in May and June. nischfeger estimates that from 8 to 10 per cent of ordinary building 1946 MEAT: costs can be saved by préfabrica P eop le E at More tion. At least 3.000,000 more pounds of It is estimated that a builder can meat and meat products would be erect two or three prefabricated consumed, if available, by the houses in the time required to build American public this year, accord a conventional house. With a crew ing to R. C. Pollock, general man of four men, the builder can get a ager of the national live stock and new house under roof in less than meat board. two days, according to Harnisch Official estimates point to a per feger. capita meat supply of 145 to 150 pounds in 1946. While this is larger BU YERS: than prewar consumption, the pub Go on Strike lic would buy from 165 to 170 pounds When prices get too high, the pub per capita, according to Pollock. He lic won't buy. For instance, when attributed the demand to greater controls were removed from straw buying power, increasing interest in berry preserves they jumped to $6 better nutrition, and a growing ap a dozen jars wholesale, but the shop preciation of meat in an adequate pers wouldn’t buy them at that price diet. There is doubt that the demand for sewing machines can be met be fore 1947, in the opinion of Sir Doug- i las Alexander, president of the j Singer company. His company will not reach production before the end of 1946, he declares. The Singer factory at Bonnifres, France, was seriously damaged during the war and will not be able J to supply the French market for some time. The company’s German factory has been taken over by the Russians, and the Italian plant is having labor trouble. Only the Sing er plants in England, Canada and the United States will get into full production this year. PO TATO ES: C alifornia Crop P O LITIC S . . . M rs. Olive Rem ington Goldman, Chicago, is a candidate for the house of repre sentatives. A speech instructor at the University of Illinois, she Is the mother of four children. Department of agriculture official forecasts indicate that California potato growers will produce a super bumper early crop of more than 30,- 000,000 bushels and achieve the big gest acre yield on record. California was expected by the department to turn out nearly three times as many potatoes as New Jer sey, second ranking early producer. California’s average yield is expect ed to be 370 bushels per acre. The nearest rival to that mark was ex pected to be Nebraska with 210 bushels per acre. PA Y MORTGAGES Farm Debts Lowest Since 1915 WASHINGTON.—American farm- ers are getting out of debt at the most amazing rate in the history of this nation. The department of agriculture has reported that the United States’ farm mortgage debt dropped this year to the lowest level since 1915. The total debt was estimated to have been approximately $5,081,- 000,000 on January 1 or less than half the record high of $10,786,000,- 000 set back in 1923. A department statement said the debt had decreased $1,500,000,000 or 23 per cent since 1940. This reduc tion is in sharp contrast, it pointed out, with developments during and ----------------------------- ------------------- j after World War , when farm ! mortgage indebtedness increased 43 , per cent from 1915 t„ 1919 The department said, however, that developments during 1945 sug gest strongly that the long cycle of decreasing mortgage Indebtedness which has been under way since 1923 is now approaching its end.” "During 1945,” the department said, “the net reduction In debt was about $190,000,000, or less than one- half of the average annual reduc tion that occurred in the two pre ceding years. In addition to the slower rate of decline in the U. S. total, there were 20 states in which indebtedness showed an increase for the year as compared with eight states showing an increase in the preceding year.” No prediction of prospects of fur ther reducing the debt was given. Many farmeis may find it necessary to purchase additional farm ma chinery and other equipment In 1948 or 1947. While much of this might be paid for with savings, some addi tional debt might be expected. Like wise, numerous returned veterans will go Into debt for farms of their own. I F YOU need u fold uwuy serving • tuble or if you like to loud a truy and carry m eals to some cool spot, here is the combination with the special features you have been looking for. rcaksv n»«» ANO STAND TO R O A C H OS T ia s A c i ABOARD USS APPALACHIAN- BIKINI ATOI.I, (Via Navy Radio) — This reporter does not Intend to delve into the scientific aspects of this atomic bomb test, leaving that to the scientific writers and the sci entists themselves. This test is pri marily a military experiment to do termine how the United States navy and other armed services can flgu ratively "keep Its powder dry" In the face of any future atomic war T h e folding stand It the rig h t height to fare. use w ith co m fo rta b le c lia lis and the p ly The experiments however by their wood tr a y w ith a g a lle ry around threw very nature and the various tests tid es and hand.hold openings. Ilia secure ly o v e r this base. Th e construcUon of which are to be made of atomic en both pieces la to sim p le th a t you w ill ergy will produce by-products of w an t to m ake a n u m b er of them . • a a knowledge in the fields of biochem An actual-size p a tte rn fo r sides of tra y , istry, biology and medicine. w ith dlu strated direc tio n s lo r cu ttin g and Further knowledge will be gained assem bling tra y and stand Is a v a ila b le to also in the fields of radio, photogra read ers fo r tSc postpaid. Ask fur p a tte rn J<o. 288, and address: phy, geology, fish life and all the sciences which apply to ocean life. M an y Conjectures. A tour of this ship and a visit to the staterooms where the newspa per men are housed conjectures on the outcome of this bomb test meas ured only by the number of news paper men aboard. This Is almost true of the scientific writers them selves. for most all have different viewpoints on the possible develop ments. These conjectures run the gamut of total destruction by tidal wave nr earthquake of the entire task force in the vicinity of the bomb down to the theory that the bomb might even prove a dud forecasts of the destruc tion of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki made by the scientists connected with Uncle Sam's military establish ments were fairly accurate and this reporter is willing to discard the more fantastic conjectures and string along with some of these more conservative forecasts. Earthquake or Tidal Wave? In the first place Bikini lagoon, where the bomb will be dropped, is roughly 25 miles long and 10 miles wide and the water averages 100 feet in depth and one scientist lik ened the dropping of the bomb into such an expanse of water and air to spark from a welder’s torch dropped Into a 30-acre lake. Scien tists admit that the bomb may cause a slight earthquake and tidal wave but that in comparison with nature's earthquakes it will have no destructive violence and will only be recorded upon seismographlc In- HAWAII 0 BIKINI SEW ING M ACHINES: M aybe N ext Y ear Brakes Save Mr. Truman Very little publicity was given to something that almost happened the day Secretary of State Byrnes de parted for the foreign ministers con ference in Paris. Something which might have given us a new Presi dent. « Mr. Truman, in order to empha size the importance of the mission, rode with Mr. Byrnes to the airport to see the delegation off. There was ¥0 motorcycle escort, and while the car was moving along Constitution avenue at a fair speed, there came very near to being re - enacted an accident similar to that which cost General Patton his life. A truck dashed out of a side street toward the official automobile. Fortunate ly the brakes of the Presidential car held. The party had a bad shake-up, but that was all. It might have been otherwise. The newly appointed and not over popu lar Secretary of the Treasury Sny der might have had to move next door. After the secretary of state, who shared the near-miss with the President, the secretary of the treasury is next in line of succes sion. This is not the first time Mr. Tru man has taken risks. But he is by no means the only President who has worried Secret Service men to whose care the lives of the Chief Executives are entrusted under (he law. Three times, newsmen, trying to keep up with Presidents, have been in serious automobile accidents. A certain amount of speed is de sired at times when a presidential party is passing through strange territory but, as a rule, the White House chauffeurs who are specially picked men “loaned” by the army, if left by -emselves, lean to the safe and not the sorry side. Set U p T h is T a b le W h e re Y o u W a n t It AUSTRALIA MUS W Y E T H SPEARS It r a w s r Enclose 13 cents (or P a tte rn No 10 208 N am e A i ld r e a a u s r Turned Him ” 1 hear your son is studying den tistry. Didn't he say he wanted to be an ear specialist?” "Yes, but I reminded hint that man has 32 teeth, but only two cars." •Marked Him Two Yanks were strolling down H eel street in l.ondon. "Say, Surge, who it that Ilian with a smile u e just p a lle d ? “ ‘That,” replied the sergeant, “i f R in- Hon Churchill.“ “C olly, if it uasn'l lor that cigar in his mouth I'd n eier recognise him." Aims To "Doesn't that inulc ever kick you?” "No, but frequently he kicks the place where I recently was." Story writers are funny folks. Their tales come right out uf their heads. Coins Must Pass 3 Tests Through Vending Machines In modern candy and cigarette vending machines, the mechanism subjects each nickel and dime to eight separate tests in one and a half seconds, says Collier's. These tests determine whether the coin contains m etals not used in genuine flvc-and ten-cent pieces, and whether it is of the proper diam eter, thickness and weight, and has no holes. ^ //¿ ^ Z T O N IC ‘ L O N E L Y R E E F . . . F a r out In the Pacific. Bikini atoll bolds the 97 ships of the “ suicide fleet." R illi R r d lo r d ll lll s , N . Y . helps build Slimmer STAMINA/ENERGY/ E n jo y the fe vlin v o f energetic well- struments. The release of atomic M in if ! T n k e k « nn I-tu ttin g Scott*» energy at the given point of the Emulflion rig h t aw a y , i f you feel bomb burst will in the opinion of tire d , rundow n, unnhlr to th ro w off « o r r lM ’tnfl n im m e r eoM»—because these scientists release heat and en your diet lark» n a tu rn l A A D V it a ergy at that spot of a nature never min» and eeergv.buildinir. n a tu ra l before experienced upon the surface o ili ! Scott'« help« b w ld tn r r g y , atam inn, r t t U la n e t . Buy today I of the earth but its effects will be confined’to a relatively very small area. One scientist declared that the radio activity released from the K £ A R R O U N D T O N IC bomb, if absorbed by living tissues, would result In chemical changes in the proteins of the tissues, in some cases of sufficient Intensity to kill the tissues and In other cases like ly to produce a new kind of living tissue or a new variety of organ. It is a well-known fact that X-rays have created this phenomenon In due to MONTHLY LOSSES? living tissues and the radio-active You girls and women who lose sc rays from the bomb are practically much during monthly periods that you're pale. weak, "dragged out"— the same as X-rays. Thus a man thia may be due to lack of blood-iron who comes in contact with these 60 try Lydia E Plnkham's TABLETS radio-active particles may well be — one of the beat home ways to come sterile and be chemically build up red blood— In such cases Plnkham ’s Tablets are one of thr changed as to other characteristics. beat blood-iron tonics you can b u y On the other hand, some scientists predict a tremendous tidal wave as result of dislodging a huge landslide WNU- 13 2 7 -4 6 along the slope of Bikini atoll which rises some 14,000 feet from the floor of the ocean. Another predicts the bomb win crack open the ocean floor and let the water into the molten matter beneath the floor re May Warn of Disordered sulting in a tremendous volcanic ex Kidney Action plosion. These predictions, howev Modem life with Its hurry sad worry. er, are generally discounted. SCOTTS EMULSION ME YOU M U WCM.TIKD That Nag^inq Backache Are Sworn to Secrecy. This reporter anticipates plenty of action and plenty to write about when this bomb is dropped by the B-29 over the target array of naval ships. The most dramatic will be the second test when a bomb is detonated below the surface of the water In the midst of what is left of the target ships. The handicap under which the lay members of the press work Is, however, that we will not know nor will we be told whether or not these bombs explod ed at full efficiency or whether or not In fact they were duds. 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