S o u th e r n O re g o n N e w s R e v ie w . T h u r s d a y , O c to b e r 2. 1947
U. S. Farmer W ill Beat Communism
American Food Can Halt
Chaos Threatening Europe
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By BAVKHAGE
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A n aly s t an J ( o m m tiila lo r .
W A S H IN G T O N .—T h e A m e ric a n f a r m e r is c o in e to lick
c o m m u n is m !
T h a t’s w h a t y o u r w o rrie d c a p ita l is s a y in g to d a y . A m e ri­
c a n r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s a b r o a d a n d a t h o m e a r e s u b m ittin g one
r e p o r t a f t e r a n o th e r w h ich r e g is te r g a in s in th e S o v iet b a ttle
to b u ild a C o m m u n is tic w o rld o u t of c h a o s.
The rePorts come in from Prague, from Belgrade, from Sofia, from
Budapest showing how each day the iron grip of the Russian-dominated
secret police is gradually choking off democracy in the little countries.
Reports from Rome tell us of a planned coup of the Moscow-directed Com­
munistic party in Italy to overflow the government there The open
record of the meetings of the United Nations reveals the consistent attempt
of the Russian delegation to block the efforts of the struggling still-free
governments in Greece and France.
Some American political leaders
still look askance at the huge pro­
gram of aid to
western E u ro p e
envisioned in the
M a r s h a ll pla n
te i
Part of the coun­
try seems unsym
p a th e tic , o r at
least indifferent,
toward the effort
to win the “ cold
w a r" a g a in s !
Russia with pure-
ly e c o n o m ic
weapons, because
it means sacri­
fices on the part
of the American
Baukhage
citizen. Some of­
ficials in the administration, sup­
porters of the Marshal] plan in con­
gress. and a few diplomats at home
and abroad, are frightened by this
attitude.
Until recently this correspondent
has been pretty much distressed,
too. But I feel better after talking
with certain officials whose names
seldom appear in the news. These
men are not cabinet officers, they
are not diplomats, they are not the
leaders in congress whose faces ap­
pear in the news pictures and whose
adumbrations are quoted in the
daily dispatches They are just the
men who do the work for which
Uncle Sam “ pays the wage."
said that America would submit the
case to the general assembly for
action.
, 1 He blamed Russia for using
! '•vetoes to protect Yugoslavia,
Albania and Bulgaria from being
pronounced guilty of meddling in
Greece. He said the U. S. would ask
the assembly to vote guilt for the
! three satellites and to demand that
, they refrain from interfering in
Greece.
PRICE BATTLE:
Exports Cut
“Please, kid, don’t EVER
go collective on me.”
American dollars are growing
very scarce in Europe but there
are three things which the Euro­
pean purchaser hesitates to quit
buying—grain, coal and fats.
You w ill notice that France,
when it reduced its imports (as
all European countries are do­
ing as their dollars decline)
tried to hold on to her grain,
coal and edible fats as long as
possible.
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F re e W o rld
la a t S ta k e
Exports to Europe already have
been cut down. That w ill affect first
employment of people in this coun­
try in such export industries as ra­
dio. electrical appliances and like
gadgets which can be spared. It is i
K
Before such a situation arises,
It Is firm ly believed that the
2 He
1 announced that the U. S. was
£-•1
• ready fb relinquish. In all but the
gravest cases, its veto privilege and
im p licitly challenged Russia to do
likewise.
He blamed Russia for the U. S.-
3. • Soviet
deadlock in Korea and
The history of Europe since the
war is that every government falls
when the bread ration is reduced.
The men who know tell me that
whatever the total amount in goods
or dollars demanded by the M ar­
shall plan, it is safe to say that
two-thirds of it w ill be for food—
either the food commodities them­
selves or the dollars with which
to buy them.
ployment in construction or other
domestic industries which w ill ab­
sorb this unemployment and keep up
the purchasing power of the con­
sumer sufficiently to maintain pres­
ent farm prices. In any case, there
probably w ill be a six months lag
before prices are greatly affected
Eventually, the m arginal surplus
would be touched (if Europe is not
stimulated) as it was in 1920. Then,
you recall, grain prices dropped, al­
though exports were s till heavy.
However, the demand at that time
was not great enough to absorb the
entire American output. It is this
“ marginal surplus” which decides
the prices at home. When the de­
mand for the first bushel over and
above the domestic surplus ends, it
affects the whole price structure.
NEWS REVIEW
What do the Russians think of
“ collective farm ing,’’ commu-
nized agriculture under the Sovi­
ets? Well, I asked a friend of
mine, Paul Ward of the Balti­
more Sun, who got this story
from a Russian, a good Commu­
nist, whom he met in Moscow.
After a few vodkas the Russky
used to tell stories. This was
one: Stalin and Roosevelt were
driving through the countryside.
A cow got into the road in front
of them and wouldn’t move. The
driver tried to shoo it away but
it wouldn’t budge. Finally, Stalin
got out, went up to the cow and
whispered into its ear. The cow
gave one frightened look, jumped
over the fence and disappeared
in the distance.
“ What did you say to the cow
to make it do that?" Roosevelt
asked.
Stalin smiled. “ Don’t tell any­
body, but I said to her: ‘It you
don’t get out of here, but quick,
I ’ll put you on a collective
fa rm !’ ’ ’
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
P. Anderson had a “ Horatio at the
bridge” air about him as he an­
nounced that the government had
made a drastic cut-back of grain and
flour allocations for export in No­
vember.
The move generally was account­
ed as another noble stand against
the forces which are causing domes­
tic food prices to spiral dizzily. This
one, however, had the blessings of
the grain trade as “ a step in the
right direction.”
Reducing the export allocations
Jor November was in line with the
government’s surprise revision of
the nation’s 1947 export goal from
some 450 m illion bushels of grain
down to 350 million.
(In a significant sidelight, An­
derson scoffed at the prospect
of returning to rationing by
pointing out that such a pro­
gram could not be put into ef­
fect before the need for it would
be over.)
Next move, it was hinted, would
be an attempt by Secretary Ander­
son to put through a sharp reduction
of total food exports—not just grain
—as the only practical way of pull­
ing down prices.
The U. S. state department, how­
ever, committed to its “ save Eu­
rope” program, no doubt would ob­
ject vehemently to any such action.
N 0 EXPLOSION possible
Although the atom bomb explo­
sions in Japan have caused some
sterility among the people, they
have not affected the soil adversely
and may even have brought about
an improvement in the rice crop
Dr. Shields Warren, Harvard pro­
fessor, recently returned from Ja­
pan where he studied after-effects of
the bomb, said that its effects on
human beings may carry into the
third generation, producing freaks
Sen. Robert Taft (Rep.. Ohio),
who had to crash a sign-toting pick­
et line to get to his audience, told
a Republican rally
in Los A n g e le s
that if President
Truman had not
jumped the gun in
s c r a p p i n g price
controls the current
inflation
s p ir a l
might have been
delayed
a while
longer.
Exactly how Taft
a r r i v e d at t h a t
rather hazy conclu-
Taft
sion was not imme­
diately clear. The
senator himself last year was de­
nounced by Mr. Truman for his part
in writing a price control extension
b ill which the President branded as
being worse than no controls. M r
Truman's subsequent veto of the
b ill allowed price controls to expire
automatically.
Nailing down the first plank in
what apparently is designed to be
his campaign platform for the 1948
presidential nomination, Taft as
sailed the adm inistration’s record
on taxes and spending.
The country must elect a Repub­
lican president next year if it is gen­
uinely interested in reducing taxes
and spending, Taft observed.
SPEED -U P:
Forrestal In
sizinc that the fisslnn
nt such
i,i»h „i..
sizing
fission of
ele­
ments "opens no possibility for the
production of self-sustaining chain
reaction.”
As a m atter of fact, he added,
they can’t even be used as sources
of atomic energy for purposes less
violent than that of blowing man­
kind to bits. They don't emit enough
energy for that.
Actually, the atoms of the five
metals are not split—they're splin­
tered. Scientists call this splintering
process "spalliation” to distinguish
it from plain ordinary fission.
What good is the spalliation of
atoms if they can't be utilized di­
rectly for atomic bombs or energy?
Their purpose is humanitarian.
TIGHT ACHING
CHEST COLDS
At last I've seen a hack greater
than Willie Heston. Strong Is the
RUB ON
only back I ever saw who could run
over one of my best teams, pass,
kick, block and tackle. I ’ve never
seen his equal.”
It was about that time that Coach Buy U . S. S avin g s B o n d s!
Gwinn Henry of Missouri wired me
—" I ’ve got your All-America this
year. Don't bother any more. Just
Ken Strong. Forget the others.”
Recently I ran into Ken Strong
again. Ken is now around 40. Whut’s
his Job? Well, one of his Jobs is play­
ing for the New York Giants. Ken
isn t running, blocking or passing
any more.
But I've still got the toughest
Job in football." he said.
‘Like Kicking an EeT
" I ’m kicking.” Ken explained.
"D id you ever try to punt, place
kick or drop kick this cigar-shaped
ball they have today? It's a ball
shaped entirely for the passing
game—thin and long. Compared to
the ball we used to kick 20 years
ago. it is like kicking an eel.
"The old football was much
rounder. It was easy to get your
toe into it. It was easier to punt or
Io drop kick or place kick. It was
far easier to kick off—to drive one
beyond the goal line. But today you
have a target Io hit that is about
the size of a silver dollar—and I ’m
having a tough time betting a kick
ing shoe that has the proper kicking
space. You need a square-toed shoe
that can drive into the lim ited space
the modern football has to offer the
kicker.
“ No wonder so many college
teams have so much trouble getting
anyone who can kick off or place
kick. And no wonder there ure so
few fine punters left, either in the
college or the pro game. Naturally
the pros with their greater experi
cnce, have more good punters. But
1 can promise you i t ’s a tough Job.
But I still hope to get a few over
the crossbar—or over the goal line
on a kickoff, I t ’s a good thing for
me that I have all these kicking
years to call on."
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for the
on your smile
Ken Strong is quite close to being
Efficient C a lm uvrka tu o ta ty ti
100 per cent right about the modern
football. It was arranged for the
X Helps remove film . .. bring out
nil (he natural lustre of your
passer. It is long, thin—easy enough
smile.
to throw—but harder to kick than a
2 A special ingredient in Caloz
hot dog or a pretzel.
encourages n g n U r massage...
I ’ve asked at least 20 leading col­
which has a tonic effect ongumt
lege coaches why they used so
• ••helps makes them firm and
rosy.1 one up your smile...with
many varieties of action on the
kickoff—such as placing the ball
Atarfe in /am oui M cKtnan lahorattriti,
sideways.
I I I t u n »f p b a rm a a n iita l b n a u b w
“ We have no one who can kick
off," is the usual answer.
I ’ve asked them why they had no
first-class punters. "There’s no one
who can kick this b all," they tell
you.
try this If you're
Then we began looking back to
the old days of football—with its
great kickers—George Brooke of
Pennsylvania, Sweeley of Michigan,
On ’CERTAIN DAYS* Of Month-
Herschberger of Chicago, Brink
Do remain functional monthly dleturb-
Thorne and Bull of Yale and one of
ancea make you feel nervoua, Irritable,
so weak and tired out—at such times?
the greatest—Kercheval of Ken­
Then
do try Lydia E. Plnkham’s Vege­
tucky. “ He was the best of a ll,"
table Compound to relieve such symp­
Shipwreck Kelly tells me, "60 or 70
toms. It’a /am oui for thlsl Taken regu­
larly — Plnkham'a Compound helps
yards on a dime.” Not bad kicking.
build up resistance against euch dis­
The old game was packed with
tress. Also a great stomachic tonic I
fine kickers, and one of these was
Spud Chandler of Georgia, long with
the N. Y. Yankees as a brilliant
W N U -1 3
pitcher.
40-47
Among the half-modern group I ’d
name Frank Reagan of Pennsyl­
vania, now with the Giants, and
Harry Kipke of Michigan.
Hurry-up Yost was a great be
liever in the kicking game, both as
Moy W arn o f Disordered
n
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„-„„«I.. enrich the field of a form of attack and defense It
They
w ill greatly
K id n ey A ction
was
here
his
slogan
came
along—
scientific and medical research by
Modern life with Its hurry and worry.
adding at least 100 new radioactive "A punt, a pass and a prayer."
Irregular habits, improper sating ana
isotopes to the more than 500 al­
drinking Its risk of exposure and Infec­
tion-throw
s heavy strain on the work
ready produced.
Ilaugh Can Kick, Too
of the kidneys. They ere apt to become
I t is the beginning of a new phase
over-taxed and fall to filter excess arid
One of the best modern kickers is
and other Impurities from the life-giving
of nuclear development, he said. a lean, thin, somewhat nging Texan
blood.
Next step is to create machines that known as Sammy Baugh, formerly
You may suffer nagging backachs,
headache,
dizziness, getting up nights,
develop such high energies that of T.C.U. and now with the Red­
■•« . Psi"«, swelling—(eel constantly
man w ill be able to create matter skins. Sammy has always been a
tired, narvoua, all worn out. Other algos
of kidney or bladder disorder are some­
out of energy, thus reversing the great passer. He has been just as
times burning, scanty or too frequent
process of the atom bomb which good a kicker. He is one of the
urination.
. T r y Dos»’» Ptlle. Doan'i help the
turns m atter into energy.
masters.
kidneys to pass off harmful exceaa body
"Apparently the prospects for en­
waste. They have had more than half a
Ward Cuff of Marquette, the
century
of publlo approval. Are recom­
tering this next energy region are Giants and the Packers is still an
mended by grateful users everywhere.
good. Thus we may look forward to able marksman with the right toe.
Aik your neighbor!
even more amazing development«
The best all-around kicker I ever
in the fields of nuclear science,” Dr. saw was Jim Thorpe, who could
Seaborg predicted.
punt, place kick and drop kick.
James V. Forrestal wasn't due to
be sworn in as U. S. secretary of
defense for another
week, but Presi
dent Truman, mani-
festly alarmed ovei
the trend of world
events, ordered the
form er secretary of
the navy to jump
the gun in taking
over his new job.
Mr. Truman ob
tí
served that in view
of c o n d i t i o n s
Forrestal
abroad, the nation should have its
secretary of defense in office and
functioning. The conditions, which
he did not specify, probably were the
current unrest in Trieste and the
U. S.-Russian stalemate in the
United Nations, topped off by Sec­
retary of State M arshall’s challeng­
ing speech before the general as­
sembly.
Now presiding over the unified
army, navy and a ir forces, Forres­
tal is the armed forces’ only repre­
sentative on the President’s cabinet.
Science NowSpalliatesAtoms
Scientists now can split the atoms
of five more metals—lead, bismuth,
thallium, platinum and tantalum—
achievements destined to open new
roads toward man's ultim ate mas­
tery of the atom.
However, there’s no need to worry
about the possibility that a “ cheap"
atomic bomb could be made by
splitting the atoms of such a com­
mon metal as lead, according to
Prof. Glenn T. Seaborg, University
of California physicist, who played
a dominant role in development of
the first atom bomb.
The day has not yet come when
atomic bombs could be made with
common elements such as lead and
bismuth, Dr, Seaborg said, empha-
SCOTTS EMULSION
MUSTEROLE
Atom After-Effects
WHOSE FAULT?
Taft Talks
SO M ETH IN G like 20 years ago. or
close to that spot on the calen­
See how
dar, Chick Meehan and N.Y.U.
cainv up with one of the greutest
SCOTT'S helps
football players tile game lias ever
build
you up!
known.
Slightly over 0 feel, weighing 205
If yeu
ru n d«»w nj
an d cold * b a n * t m -
pounds, he was a brilliant ball­
y.m
get
carrier, a smash­
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it
a
m
in
food.
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n
t r y g n n ri-ta a tln g
ing blocker, n fine,
Heott'a E m u la iu n -th e H IG H E N E R G Y
fo r w a r d - p a sse r
A
F O O D T O N IC I Hea how you
» beg in to g e t y o u r a tre n g tb
and, ubove all. one
l»ark I H ow you ra n fig h t off
of the best kickers
rolda I S ro tt'a la a “ gold mine**
that ever applied
o f n a fa ra / A A D V ita m in « and
e
n e rg y .b u ild in g n a tu ra l <>1L
shoe leather to a
Kaay to take. E ro n o m lra l. Huy
pigskin. His name
today a t your dru g atore.
happens to be Ken
MORE than fust a tonic-"
S t r o n g . Burring
i t ’s powerful nourithmenll
p o s s ib ly
J im
Thorpe. Ken could V _
do more t h i n g s ^
'V/Ö/V F nehoy to nic
well than any buck * - - -----------
I ever suw in ac- g. chaadler
tion.
When Ken Strong practically Promptly relieves coughs of
wrecked a tine Carnegie Tech team,
a team that already had crushed
Notre Dame. Judge Wallle Steffens.
Carnegie’s coach said to me that
night:
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Showdown Near in U.N.;
Grain Exports Reduced
They are paid for knowing
about American farms and
American farmers. Their con­
sensus is embodied in the first
line of this dispatch: The Amer­
ican farm er is going to lick com­
munism. I believe tbe farmer
w ill do it, not because he knows
it w ill pay him in dollars now,
but because he is going to be
convinced before very long that
it w ill pay America. The Amer­
ican farm er # ill do it by pro­
viding the food necessary to halt
chaos in Europe just as he
proved the verity of the slogan:
“ Food w ill win the w ar."
Even i f the Marshall plan were
not put into effect in time to pro-
vide extra dollars, for their grain
purchases, there w ill be 'a lag of
some months before the farm er is
touched in his pocketbook. By that
time, if nothing is done, the Euro­
pean countries starve.
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tighter airplane, is the first ever powered by four Jet engines. Oper­
ated by a two-nian crew, the plane has a wingspan of approximately
65 feet, about equal to its overall length. Currently, it Is being
ground tested.
"realistic” side of the picture
w ill be brought home forcibly
to America. The average citl-
ren, as well as the farm er and
the exporter and others directly
dependent on international trade
as a whole, w ill realize that
SHOWDOWN:
what is at stake is something
Russia's Choice
far greater than the dollar—
America's stake in the preserva­
Secretary of State George Mar
tion of a free world—a world
shall sounded like a man who was
which w ill perish if Europe Is
getting a lot of things off his chest
underfed.
What he said in an address before
Russia has only about one-sixth of the U. N. general assembly of 55
the amount of wheat which the U nit­ nations amounted to a call for a
ed States is able to spare, accord­ showdown with Russia.
ing to current estimates. The U nit­
The Soviets, he intimated, have
ed Nations food and agriculture or­ held to their stubborn, veto-bound
ganization estimated it as 70 m il­ course in the United Nations long
lion bushels against our 400 million enough.
bushels, as stated above.
To make the delinquents come to
Our own situation, we admit, is time. Marshall proposed a four
not too good. Nevertheless, we are point plan of action to the genera)
in a much better position on a com­ assembly:
petitive basis, than Russia. There
appears little doubt in the minds of 1 He suggested creation of a new
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assembly committee of 55 coun
the
m ilin«
ilia r with «
the
that when the fu ll force of this | tries which would operate without
situation and what it means is real­ veto and would remain constantly
ized in this country, Europe may be in session to consider world security
saved for democracy — and the questions and function as a board of
American farm er w ill have at least appeals. Potentially, the committee
two-thirds of the credit due him. would be a rival to the security
council.
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