Southern Oregon miner., January 30, 1947, Image 2

Southern Oregon News Review, T hursday, Ja n u a ry 30, 15M7
Long Fight for Freedom Continues
IUND
Korea a Sore Spot in
Far Eastern Polities
O fftw PEARSON
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By BAI KIIAGE
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RUSSIAN MANEUVERING
WASHINGTON — Despite our Im­
proved relations with Russia, som e­
thing very peculiar is going on re­
garding tho key island of Spltzbcr-
gen up near the Arctic circle. The
R ussians have been exerting all
sorts of pressure on Norway to
m ilitarize this strategic islund, thus
perm itting them to use it us a m ili­
tary base.
T here is only one objective for n
base on Spitzbergen — offensive
action against the United States.
From it rocket bombs probably
[ could hit New York.
Tlie United States happened to
j learn of the Russinn • Norwegian
I m aneuvers because we are a party
to a 1920 treaty with Norway. E ng­
land and Russia, by which Spitsber­
gen is not to be used as a m ilitary
base. In order to m ilitarize the is-
land, therefore, it is necessary to
change the treaty.
The disturbing thing about the
! Spitzbergen m aneuver, however, is
I the d ate on which the Russians be­
gun to move for m ilitarization.
When the state departm ent began
probing the m atter, they found that
the Russians had first approached
the Norwegian governm ent in 1944
—while the w ar was still on. And
they continued high-pressuring Nor­
way during 1945, the last year of
the w ar. and up until the present.
What causes U. S. concern is that
the Russians appeared to be m aneu­
vering for Atlantic bases nimed
against the United States even at a
tim e when we were pouring lend-
lease into Russia. In this connec­
tion, U. S. diplom ats c a n 't help re ­
m em bering the secret minutes of
the Molotov • Ribbentrop conver­
sations in late 1940—shortly before
H itler attacked R ussia—when Rus­
sia offered to come into the war
against the Allies if it got the D ar­
danelles, half the Balkans, the three
eastern provinces of Turkey, Iran
and Iraq.
• • •
m ore than 40 years we have carried
underground work against our Ja p ­
anese oppressors."
WASHINGTON. — "R eveal
the
I asked if he thought the people
secret clauses in the Yalta agree­ w ere ready for a dem ocratic gov­
m ent
and
the
ernm ent.
American people
He paused a moment and said:
«nil dem and a
“ You m ay be surprised, as I was,
free and inde­
to learn how fam iliar the Koreans
pendent K orea."
are with the dem ocratic system ."
That is what you
The Japanese, it seems, when
h ear from the
they made their various levies upon
earn est group of
the Koreans found they had to deal
K o re a n s
and
with a system that had already
A m e r i c a n s who
been set up, based on the dem ocrat­
will be waving a
ic choice of a leader for a group of
tearful but hope­
FROM THE FAR NORTH . . . Presenting a m ajestic picture of
perhaps 20 homes which, in turn,
ful farew ell to
sym m etry and winter at war with the earth's inner force, towering
chose their representatives for larg­
th eir b e l o v e d
Mt. Shishatdin on Unimak island in the Aleutians is plumed by sm oke
er groups. Dr. Rhee said he found
leader and friend
em itted by the seething volcano concealed in the cone-like mountain.
his people were much m ore fam iliar
—the
venerable
with these processes than he thought
D r.
Syngm an
they could be even though he had
Raukhage
Rhee—as he de-
followed their activities so closely
parts for :he land of the morning through all these years. Then Dr.
c a lm " for the second tim e since his Rhee went on to explain that with
exile 40 years ago. Dr. Rhee's fol­ cooperation of the m ilitary gov­
lowers consider him the legitim ate ernm ent, at least five attem pts had
head of the provisional Korean gov­ been made to set up a national gov­
ernm ent set up by those leaders for­ ernm ent: that each tim e the Com­
tunate enough to escape when Japan munists had blocked it by refusing
dealt Korea its final, crushing blow to join and because of the directives
in 1905.
under which the m ilitary govern­ CONGRESS:
Presidents of the United States ment was forced to operate—no gov­
labor on the eve of negotiations for
since Theodore Roosevelt’s time, ernm ent was perm itted in which the Tax-Minded
new contracts and set the pace for
state departm ent and other govern­ Communists did not participate.
Standing pat on their d eterm in a­ industry generally. As labor was to
ment officials have been consistent­
“They (the Com m unists) claim tion to scale personal income taxes clam or for higher wages, Ford in­
ly sym pathetic and stubbornly un­ they have 20,000 m em bers in the and trim the 1947- ___
ferred that they could be paid out of
cooperative with the effort of this
increasing production of goods,
’48 budget of unnec­
unflagging patriot to obtain recogni­
with workers sharing the rising
essary frills, GOP
tion of his country. They did not
profits.
house
le a d e rs
frown on his return to Korea when
m a s s e d to p u s h
With prices away up and buyers
it was “liberated" by the defeat of
hesitant to pay for inflated values,
through a 20 per
Japan. They put no obstacles in
A m erican industry stands at the
cent cut proposed
the way of his choice as head of
crossroads. Ford said. Bring prices
by Representative
the group which set up a provisional
within reach of the average con­
K n u ts o n
( R e p .,
governm ent of Korea. They perm it­
sum er through m ass production and
Minn.).
ted that group to send an observer
the U. S. m ay well avoid a business
With the Republi­
to the U. N. but when Dr. Rhee
recession, he declared. With em-
cans cautious about
returned from Korea in Decem ber
| ployee efficiency on the rise, Ford
paring m ilitary ex­
af last y ear his efforts to m ake his
revealed that his company is turn- TRUMAN SHAKES HANDS
penditures because
One ordeal of every Presi­
voice heard before the international
I ing out about 4,000 units a day, ex-
of th e u n s e t t l e d
dent is shaking hands at official
body were blocked by the state de­
elusive
of
buses
and
tractors.
w o r ld s i t u a t i o n .
receptions. R ecently President
partm ent ukase, “No official stand­
President T rum an's
Truman stood in line while 1,400
ing."
ALLIANCE:
b u d g e t d id n o t
m em bers of the diplom atic
Today Korea is a nation bisected
l e a v e to o m u c h
Britain-France
corps, plus their w ives, filed by
by the 38th parallel. The North,
room for tinkering
to greet him.
Traditional allies against G er­
under Russian control, is separated
As a result. GOP
Truman considers receptions
many,
G
reat
B
ritain
and
France
by the Asiatic model of the Iron
leaders planned to
for congress or the arm y and
Syngman Rhee
renewed their old bond in London
Curtain and no real Korea govern- i
concentrate on the
navy bad enough, but he espe­
by agreeing to a treaty of alliance
Wants to Tell Secrets
ment exists in the Southern half,
income cut e stim at­
Knutson
cially dreads diplom atic recep­
to guard against a rebirth of an ag-
still adm inistered by the U. S. m ili­
ed
a
t
b
illio
n
Taber
tions where he cannot alw ays
g r« s iv e reich.
tary »government. This is due. Dr. 1 southern a rea—w hat right have 20,- d o l l a r s a n d c o n ­
000,
if
there
are
th
at
m
any
(which
catch
foreign nam es.
Though
the
alliance
ostensibly
Rhee says, to the sam e lack of of­
tinue the current high excise levies
After shaking hands so fast
ficial sanction from the state d ep art­ T doubt), to interfere with the rights on liquor, furs, jew elry and other was directed against G erm any, ob­
he barely was able to glim pse
servers saw in the pact a strength­
ment which the aging doctor has of 18 million K oreans in the south­ items.
ern zone?" asks Dr. Rhee.
faces, the President looked up
ening of the western European pow­
sought since P earl H arbor.
Representative
T
aber
(Rep.,
N.
In the secret agreem ent at Yalta,
to see retiring White House as­
ers against the expanded influence
“ All we ask is th at we be allowed Dr. Rhee asserts:
"P resident Y.), chairm an of the house appro­ of Russia on the continent. With
sistant Eddie Locke, with his
to hold elections to set up in the Roosevelt agreed that M anchuria and priations com m ittee, asserted the
wife.
B ritain and F rance serving as a
American zone of Korea a national N orthern Korea be placed in the budget could be reduced at least
“ Why, Eddie!** Truman said
core,
sm
aller
nations
like
Holland
governm ent ju st as the Russians zone of the Soviets. This was con­ 3 to 4 billion dollars, still assuring
laughingly. "Thank God here’s
and Belgium m ight adhere to the
have set up what they call a ‘demo­ tra ry to the spirit of the Atlantic essential expenditures and allowing
som eone whose nam e I ran pro­
w estern bloc to check the th re a t of
cratic governm ent’ in their zone. C harter and the other agreem ents for a paym ent on the national
nounce.'*
communism.
We only ask th a t the United States 1 up to that time. When the Am erican debt. Such a cut would bring the
In concluding their alliance, B rit­
"Sh-h-h,” said Mrs. Truman,
do for us w hat they have already people realize this, I am sure senti­ budget in line with the decrease in
ain
and
F
rance
agreed
to
work
for
done for Japan.
m ent will develop that will m ake it revenue resulting from the 20 per the orderly developm ent of western UNFAILING GOOD HUMOR
“The other liberated countries possible for Korea to become a na­ cent tay slash.
European economy to promote m u­
E very White House caller these
have been given this privilege. We 1 tion again. I am going back to
tual prosperity and at the sam e tim e days comes out of the inner sanc­
FORD:
■•ever fought against the Allies. For Korea with that hope.”
prevent establishm ent of a strong tum rem arking on how well and
industrial base for w ar in G erm any. high - spirited President Trum an
Production Lead
D eclaring that the high standard E m phasis was placed on harm on­ looks. Expecting him to appear
of A m erican living was based upon izing the B ritish and F rench econo­ bowed and discouraged by the
m ass production, Ford Motor com­ m ics to rem ove trade conflicts and weight of his office, they rem ark:
pany slashed the price of nine mod­ harnessing essential G erm an indus­
“ He doesn't seem to have a care
There is a distinctive brand of po- I Mr. Barkley: But in April I think
try, like coal, to the needs of neigh­ in the w orld.”
els
from
$15
to
$50
to
stim
ulate
a
litical hum or often buried in that
it is planned to have a num ­
boring countries.
cautious buyers' m arket.
Even during the middle of the
rem ark ab le and largely unread (and
ber of Jefferson Day celebra­
coal strike, when Trum an cabinet
Thus did Henry Ford II, youthful f L’f k l ? i ’ I A .
frequently turgid) document, the
tions throughout the country
president of the famed auto com- ' »LA-JIVy I/A •
m em bers were worried sick over
Congressional Record.
and I am sure th at Jefferson
the economic consequences to the
pany, steal a m arch on organized Chip Off Old Block
and Lincoln and Washington
The Republican recom m endation
and Jackson will all be m ain­
that senators m eet in form al ses­
With “Old Gene” gone, "Young country, White House callers cam e
tained upon an equal footing.
sion only three tim es a week, Mon­
H erm an” kept alive the fiery Tal- out to rep o rt that the President
day, W ednesday and Friday, de­ Mr. Tobey: I’d like to say for the
m adge tradition in Georgia politics. seem ed to be in fine fettle.
One unofficial explanation is that,
benefit of m y friend the sena­
voting the other two days to com­
When his father died before he
tor from Kentucky that I hope
m ittee work recently touched off a
could be inaugurated, young Tal- since Novem ber, the President feels
his statem ent which I shall
typical exchange between Republi­
m adge m ustered sufficient support that the Republicans have removed
designate as E xhibit A, is evi­
cans and D em ocrats on the senate
in the legislature to have him self p art of the responsibility of leader­
dence th at the great party to
floor. Both p arties conjured lightly
nam ed governor; then, defying in- ship from his shoulders. No m atter
which he belongs, of which he
w ith the nam es of founding fathers.
cum bent-G overnor Arnall, who held w hat he does, it c a n 't be right in
has
been
m
ajority
leader
in
his
election illegal, he set up his GOP eyes; therefore, he might as
M ajority L eader Wallace White of
well be philosophical about it.
the
senate
for
so
m
any
years,
own offices in the state capitol.
M aine began by opining that an ex­
Another explanation is that, since
and
so
successfully,
will
be
Meeting
young
T
alm
adge’s
bold
ception to the Monday-Wednesday-
November,
T rum an feels he is no
bound
to
return
to
the
prin­
challenge, Arnall carried the issue to
F rid ay rule should perhaps be m ade
ciples and teachings and ten­
the sta te suprem e court, dom inated longer under any obligation to carry
for Lincoln’s birthday (which falls
ets of Thom as Jefferson.
by his own appointees. But again on the Roosevelt New Deal pro­
on W ednesday this year) so that
H erm an struck back by threatening gram . The November balloting
R epublican senators could, as he Mr. Barkley: I will say to the
senator
that
we
have
never
de­
to
ignore an adverse court decision showed th at the m ajority of the peo­
put it, “have opportunity to go to
parted
from
them
,
because
on the grounds th a t the constitu­ ple wanted a change, argue some
th e ir homes and elsew here to m ake
Jefferson was the outstanding
tion em pow ered the legislature to White House advisers, so Trum an
th e ir custom ary, and I think, prop­
liberal
of
his
day,
and
we
have
elect a governor and a denial of the has a m andate to desert the Roose­
er, speeches on Lincoln’s birthday.”
always adhered to the liberal
right represented judicial encroach­ velt program for his own.
He added th a t provision, too, m ight
• • •
policies
which
were
advocated
m
ent upon the legislative branch of
be m ade for W ashington’s birthday.
JIMMIE
BY
R
N
ES’ ‘WHISKERS’
by the original liberal, Thom ­
COMMEMORATIVE STAMP . . .
governm ent.
Senator White then recalled th at
Retiring Secretary of State
as Jefferson, which w ere not
This special postage stam p will
Amid
the
hub-bub,
one
sure
fact
the D em ocrats usually hove either
Jim m ie Byrnes has had so
altogether dissim ilar to the
be placed on sale at Milan, Ohio,
eitierged:
Young Talm adge had
a Jackson Day or Jefferson Day
liberality of the founder of the
m any tough diplom atic battles
February 11 to com m em orate the
dem
onstrated
political
leadership
dinner, for which they m ight want
Republican party, A braham
that even In his spare tim e he
100th anniversary of the birth of
and
was
a
power
to
be
reckoned
to be excused from the senate.
Lincoln.
ca n ’t forget h e’s not tussling
Thom as A. Edison,
with in Georgia politics.
M inority L eader Barkley was
with Russians.
agreeable. Said he: "So far as Lin­
The other m orning, Byrnes
coln Day absenteeism is concerned,
took his wire-haired terrier
we have no objection to any deviation
"W hiskers” out for a stroll, d ar­
from this program (the MWF
ing which the dog started hark­
rule) th a t would perm it our friends
ing angrily at another pup.
to get back to Lincoln.”
Said Byrnes:
The R ecord records as follows:
"Stop that, Whiskers — that
WASHINGTON. — Construction
isn’t M olotov.”
Mr. B arkley: I think the closer
will be started on a million new
» e e
An additional outlay of 6'/2 bil­ eased and th at there will be no gen­
the p a rty gets back to Lincoln
perm anent dwelling units and about lion to 7 billion dollars will be m ade eral business recession in 1947
MERRY-GO-ROUND
the n e a re r it will come to
900,000 units will be completed for repairs and m aintenance, ac­ severe enough to impede construc­
P resident Trum an has turned
Jefferson. I think there will
by private builders during 1947, it cording to Haynes.
tion.”
down am bassador to Brazil Bill
be no difficulty about a rra n g ­
is estim ated by the departm ent of
Haynes points out that the esti­
H aynes’ estim ates show that 6 bil­
ing for W ashington s birthday
commerce. The estim ates com pare m ates are based “ on the assum p­ lion dollars will be expended for Paw ley’s bid to be assistant secre­
and for Lincoln’s birthday. So
with 675,000 units started and about tion th at increases in the cost of private residential construction, ex­ tary of sta te for air. . , , Astute
senate secretary, Leslie Biffle, will
fa r as Jackson is concerned,
450,000 completed during 1946.
construction will be m oderate in clusive of farm homes, for the larg ­ act as top liaison m an between the
the D em ocrats have always
Prospects for m eeting the na­ 1947 and that any increases in the est outlay in any class of construc­
adm inistration and GOP congres­
celeb rated Jackson Day on the
tion’s construction industry goal price index of m aterials and labor tion.
sional leaders. Biffle will handle all
8th of Jan u ary , today, which is
of 15 billion dollars, representing ra te s will be offset, in p a rt at least,
P riv ate construction of all types,
the day of the B attle of New
an increase of 50 per cent over last by the increased volume of build­ he adds, will m ake up the bulk of patronage for the White House. He
will m ake all the deals with the Re­
O rleans.
y ear, w ere term ed favorable by ing m aterials."
the y e a r's new construction spend­ publicans on GOP appointm ents to
Mr. White: I think the senator
John L. Haynes, chief of the com ­
It also is assum ed, he adds, "that ing, am ounting to 11,700 million dol­
from K entucky is celebrating
m erce d epartm ent’s construction present rem aining controls on non- lars or 49 per cent m ore than last executive departm ent jobs and will
have the final say on D em ocratic
division.
it now
residential construction will be year.
nom inations to vacancies.
WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street. N.W.,
Washington, I). C.
NEW S REVIEW
Congress Scans Tax Cut;
Ford Slashes Car Prices
Bathed in Mutual Admiration
H O PE FOR HOMES
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