S o u th ern O regon News Review , Thursday, O ctober 23, 1947
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Ike Reluctant; Taft Works
Hard for Party Nomination
Bv BAUKHAGE
Sews Analyst and Commentator.
WASHINGTON.—B ack before World War II s ta rte d , I
attended a p a rty given by M ark Woods, (m y p resen t boss).
One of the guests, with whom I had been associated on the
F a rm and Home Hour cam e to m e and said: “ I w ant you to
m eet my brother. H e’s a lieutenant colonel in the a rm y , and
I think he’s going p la ce s.”
So we went back and I shook hands w ith a pink-cheeked, personable
S P E C IA L SESSION—O F S U R G E R Y . . . In ease yo u ’ ve never seen •
soldier, exchanged a few w ords and d rifte d on. S h o rtly a fte rw a rd (1939),
s u rg e ry a m p h ith e a te r, e ith e r as a p a tie n t o r a sp e cta to r, take a look
I w ent to E urope, the w a r broke and the p a rty was long forgotten.
a t th is p ic tu re . M e m b e rs of the U. S. ch a p te r o f the In te rn a tio n a l
Som ewhat la te r, and often sin ce ,♦ -
C ollege o f Surgeons, w h ich held its convention In Chicago, are shown
I have had occasion to re m e m b e r re c o rd in the la st congress reveals.
here w a tc h in g the re m o v a l of th re e -fo u rth s o f a m a n ’s stom ach.
the lie u te n a n t colonel v iv id ly .
B u t th a t is n ’ t all.
I have ju s t been lo o k in g a t a
One o f T a ft’ s c ritic s , fu lly co g n i
graph d raw n in 1945 by th a t same zant o f the R e p ublican p o lic y le a d
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 " r a n ahead o f
needled in to it by his p ra c tic a l a p p lic a tio n ” o f them .
a b io g ra p h e r). I t I suppose the c r itic m e a n t th a t fo r
shows his p ro m o a ll T a ft’s powers o f reasoning,
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 !
g raduated
fro m facts, he som etim es appears to al- |
West P o i n t in lo w 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 i
In W orld W ar guide his course. T a ft is n a tu ra lly i SIX MONTHS
Judged in n o cen t u n til he Is p ro ve d
I, he reached a co n se rva tive — and som etim es, I am
g u ilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
lie u te n a n t
colo sure, he has been in te lle c tu a lly p e r
In fact, the state d e p a rtm e n t, in a
nelcy but a fte r suaded as to the v a lid ity o f c e rta in
"s e c u rity p rin c ip le s " do cu m e n t re- '
the a rm is tic e re- m easures, but has been unable to
Am id a c ertain am o u n t of ce n tly m ade p u b lic, says specift-
v e r t e d to his support those m easures fu lly be
w
eeping
and w ailing and less c a lly th a t i f th e re is a "re a so n a b le
” pe r m a n e n t "
cause of th is in b o rn co n se rva tism .
Baukhage
gnash
in
g
of teeth than u su al, d o u b t” about a w o rk e r's lo y a lty the
ra n k o f 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 p rom oted to a m a jo r m o re than ca su a lly, he is cool, ra re P resid e n t T ru m a n ’s p ro g ram
f
i t of the dou b t and the person w ill
involving
m
e
atless
T
u
esd
ay
s
(boosts w ere slow in those days) ly unbending, le g a lis tic . He can
and re m ained a m a jo r u n til 1936. prove h im se lf, how ever, as even the and eggless T h u rsd a y s lu m be deemed a s e c u rity r is k ."
W hile id e a lists could q u ib b le a t
F ro m then u n til the tim e I m e t h im lpast sym p a th e tic newsm en on his b ered ten tativ ely through its
le n g th about a b rid g m e n t o f “ con
a t th a t p a rty , he was a lie u te n a n t
first
week.
re ce n t tr ip a d m it, a ffa b le and ap
colonel.
E ven the m o st a rd e n t o p tim is t s titu tio n a l r ig h ts ," few w ould deny
proachable. Also, he has th a t on
T w o ye a rs passed and then things m a n y occasions so useful a c q u is i could n o t c a ll th is phase of the food th a t the sta te d e p a rtm e n t s im p ly
began to happen: Colonel tn ’41; tio n . (e sp e cia lly when ch aperoning c o n s e rv a tio n d riv e to h e lp E u rope 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 flush), the p o ke r face. an insta n ta n e o u s success; h ow ever, m a n ife s t danger.
y e a r; m a jo r general in 1942; com E ven his sm ile , w h ich i f o v e r i t m ig h t im p ro v e w ith tim e .
m a n d in g genera) o f the E uropean w orked. becomes a b it ru b b e ry ,
A nd i t was in the h a n d w ritin g on SO L I) G O L D :
th e a te r o f o p e ra tio n ; then, in 1945. doesn’t alw ays dispel th is im p re s the w a ll th a t there w ould be con
lie u te n a n t general and c o m m a n d in g sion. A lthough he in h e rite d fro m his s id 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 e r, W illia m H o w a rd T a ft, a tre i e x p e rts p re d ic te d th a t the days of
B a d ly
bent
e c o n o m ica lly,
a l
pean th e a te r—now. p re sid e n t o f Co mendous c a p a c ity fo r h a rd w o rk v o lu n ta ry se lf-d e n ia l w ould la st 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 a t le a st s ix m onths.
B rita in , in the la te s t phase o f
th in g b ig g e r) to be.
lacks the ro b u st g e n ia lity conveyed
P re s id e n t T ru m a n h im s e lf has set h e r desperate quest fo r d o lla rs , has
by the E ld e r T a ft’ s s m 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 E isenhow er was rig h t
a
id to E u rope c a m p a ig n —fr o m De gold to the U. S. in exchange fo r an
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 lth o u g h equal am ount o f iro n m e n .
“ going places.” I t is in the vo
h a s n 't th a t ris 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 o u s volum e *’ M y Three
lie v e a c e rta in alo o f 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
Y ears W ith E ise n h o w e r”
by
o f 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 means a g la m o u r-b o y , and
food c o n se rva tio n aspect, C h a rle s lio n d o lla rs w o rth o f gold was sold
th a t the c h a rt appears, ’’ ’he
he knows it. One tim e w hen Re
L u c k m a n , head of the citize n s food to the U. S.
graph shows a t its peak the
p u b lica n s and D e m o cra ts were
c o m m itte e , said "O u r o nly idea is
The S eptem ber gold sale cam e
ra n k
of fo u r - s ta r general.
gathered a t some cla m b a k e in
to do the jo b u n til i t 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 g la n d , and the ra ille ry
tim e schedule has been se t.”
cu rve (down) a fte r th a t point,
o f B rita in 's d o lla r loan fro m A m e r
became a lit tle personal, T a ft
S e c re 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
to zero. E isenhow er im m e d i
challenged the D e m o cra ts to a
A n d e rso n was a lit tle m ore d e fin ite . a g re e m en t when B rita in d e cla re d
ately d re w a fishing pole at the
beauty contest. S enator P epper,
n a d ir, thus expressing his hopes.
He p o in te d o u t th a t co n s e rva tio n to she no lo n g er could honor the loan's
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 a cq u irin g h e r
p
u
lc
h
ritu
d
e
h
im
s
e
lf,
im
m
e
d
ia
te
Both were w rong. The govern
the w in te r w heat crop, now being to p ro vid e d o lla rs in exchange fo r
ly ju m p e d up to sa y : " I ’m
m e n t pinned a fifth s ta r on h im , and
p la n te d , begins to com e in ne xt pounds s te rlin g on dem 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 J u ly . T hen he offe re d a n a tio n she tra d e d w ith .
O hio.”
in to a cap and gown, as sym bol of
fa in t hope w ith a h o llo w rin g :
his new ra n k when he switches
T a ft has some sense o f hum o r,
“ M e a tle ss days are not in the pic
bosses fro m M a rs to M in e rva .
even i f he is n ’ t fam ous fo r it. P e r tu re in d e fin ite ly ,” he said.
B u t i f c e rta in boosters have th e ir haps he absorbed i t fro m his w itty
Here are five questions based on
w ay, the lin e on the c h a rt m a y w ife . He stands six fe e t ta ll and he
recent happenings in the news.
m ove u p w a rd again.
is n ’t stout, although som ehow o r
Five correct answers and you're
Public opinion, it developed, was
1 h a ve n ’ t heard w hat the general’ s o th e r you seem to th in k o f h im th a t far from united on a solid front be
eligible to appear on "Information
deep-down plans are, but fro m w h a t w ay. He is s till young—o n ly 58. ( I ’ m hind the food conservation plan.
Please”; four and you're still plen
I hear, the fishing pole is s till the sure th a t’s young because i t ’ s ex
ty good; three isn't half had; two,
Restaurant
operators
said
their
cus
better luck next time; one, sub
fin a l o b je ctive , and he doesn’ t neces a c tly m y age.)
tomers were grousing about meatless
scribe to a newspaper.
s a rily m ean fishing fro m a p re si
As R e presentative B ro w n in ti and eggless days.
d e n tia l ya ch t.
m ated, T a ft’s speeches on his w est
1. F iv e nations re c e n tly w ere
Millions of Americans resented the
M eanw hile, b ro th e r M ilto n E ise n ern to u r, a lm o s t e n tire ly devoted to suggestion of a voluntary meatless
refused m e m b e rsh ip in the U. N.
how er has “ gene places.” too. He’ s the g lo rific a tio n of the R e p u blica n Tuesday since they already are going
N am e them .
also a "p re s id e n t” — president of p a rty ’ s re c o rd in the firs t session o f without meat four or five days a week
2. A t an in te rn a tio n a l w ire le ss
Kansas State college, and ve ry the 80th congress, helped stre n g th e n because they can’t afford to buy it
congress, c la im s by the S oviet
happy there. I t was ru m o re d th a t if the p a rty . In fa ct, T a ft g e n e ra lly is oftener than that.
U nion th a t a R ussian nam ed
The poultry industry pointed out
he should "choose” to ta ke a post
Popov in ve n te d the w ire le ss w ere
that if every one of the 140 million
w h ich had been suggested fo r h im —
disp u te d . Who u su a lly Is cre d ite d
residents of the V. S. were to eat one
back in the d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u l
as the in v e n to r?
less egg a week, the government would
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 600 million dozen eggs
and i f C lin to n Anderson moved else
ru le d th a t E m p e ro r H iro h ito ’s
under the law requiring government
w here, and thus became a m em ber
c re s t s h a ll not appear on postage
support of parity prices; and the gov
o f the T ru m a n cabinet, i t would
sta m p s. A fte r w h a t flo w e r is the
ernment already holds in storage sev
m e a n th a t his b ro th e r was not con- [
eral million cases of surplus eggs pur- I 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 s h ip m e n t o f
• • •
su g a r fro m V e rd u n to G e rm a n y,
S E C U R IT Y R IS K S :
one C o m m u n ist F re n ch deputy
Senator T a ft
sa id : " A t V erd u n , th e y sh a ll not
pass.” On w h a t occasion was
Personifies G OP
C o m m u n ism , p a rtic u la rly since i th a t phrase firs t used?
O f course, i t is m ore fun ge n e ra l
the re v iv a l o f the C o m in te rn in n ine ’
5. M a j. Gen. H a rry H. Vaughan
iz in g about generals than i t is to
E u ro p e a n c o u n trie s, is ta k in g its
has advocated th a t the tw o 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
ian com ponents o f the a rm y
tenders in the candidates’ elephant
A m e ric a n peace o f m in d .
SENATOR TAFT
m e rg e w ith the a rm y . W hat are
race to com e. B ut, no m a tte r how
T h a t obvious fa c t has been given
those com ponents?
m uch p o litic a l dust some d a rk or accepted as the p e rs o n ific a tio n of added sig n ifica n ce by the state de
even ch e stn u t roan s tirs up la te r, the R e p u blica n p a rty — and w e ll he p a rtm e n t’ s d isclo su re th a t su m
ANSW ERS
there a re ju s t tw o people the p o liti m ig h t be—co n sid erin g the m a n n e r m a ry d is m is s a l faces state d e p a rt
1. Italy, Finland, Hungary, Ru
cians have to consider now. They in w hich he d o m in a te d the la s t ses m e n t em ployes who are " h a b itu a l o r
mania and Bulgaria.
2. Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian
are S enator T a ft o f Ohio and G ov sion, m a in ta in in g the respect o f the close” associates o f persons even
3. The chrysanthemum.
e rn o r D e w e y o f New Y o rk.
4 It was used by Marshal Henri
D e m o c ra tic leaders w h ic h he a l "b e lie v e d to be” C om m unists.
Petaln In February, 1918, when the
I was s ta n d in g w ith a group out w ays has had—i f not th e ir love and
In p la in language, th a t is a re
Germans were outside Verdun.
side the e xe cu tiv e offices of the a d m ira tio n , w h ich he n e ve r has v e rs a l o f a fu n d a m e n ta l p rin c ip le of
5. The Organized Reserves of the
army and National Guard.
W hite House, w a itin g fo r the p re si had.
A n g lo -A m e ric a n la w —th a t a m an is
d e n tia l press and ra d io conference
when a g e n ia l hum an cloud, m uch
b ig g e r th a n a m a n ’ s hand, in fa c t
a lm o st tw ic e as b ig as m o st m e n ’ s
bodies, a p peared 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
Ohio.
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at a tim e, in a little w ire basket.
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Second Time
? ? Current Events ? ?
The Eating Public
No Peace of Mind
ED UCATION GOES HIGHER
The boys ragged B ro w n a
lit t le ab o u t the T a ft tr ip , but he
w a sn ’ t a b it dow n-h e a rte d . Said
he: “ We d id n 't expect to b rin g
b a ck a bunch o f delegates. T a ft
m ade votes fo r the R epublican
p a rty , and th a t m eans votes fo r
T a ft.”
(D e sp ite B ro w n ’s o p ti
m is m , som e o b se rve rs have fe lt
th a t a lth o u g h T a ft d id m ake
new frie n d s , th e y w e re n ’t new
votes, fo r th e y w ere a lre a d y
so lid R e p u blica n s.)
F ra n k ly , 1 d o n 't unde rsta n d T a ft
V ery w e ll. T h e re is no question
about his in te lle c t o r his in te lle c tu a l
ju d g m e n ts . N obody could ask fo r a
g re a te r d e m o n s tra 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 h a t g re a t old A m e ric a n in s titu
tio n of “ w o rk in g yo u r w a y th ro u g h
co lle g e ,” w h ich o fte n tim e s is a c r i t i
c a l o rd e a l fo r the serious student, ia
show ing signs o f v a n is h in g co m
p le te ly , and m a n y young seekers-
a fte r-tru th soon m a y find i t im p o s
sib le to get th ro u g h college i f they
a re not blessed w ith h ig h er-in co m e
fa m ilie s to help them out.
A d ire c to r o f the office o f educa
tio n has expressed the fe a r th a t the
ris in g cost o f a college education
soon w ould keep la rg e nu m b e rs of
able students outside the cam pus
gates.
E ffe c ts o f s te a d ily m o u n tin g fees
in the c o u n try ’ s in s titu tio n s of
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
ro lle e s, w e re i t 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 the G .I. b ill o f rig h ts .
R ecent su rve ys have p ro ve d th a t
u n iv e rs itie s are depending m ore and
m o re on s tu d e n t fees w h ile th e y are
co n fro n te d w ith ris in g costs. Fees,
w h ic h used to account fo r about
o n e -th ird o f a co lle g e ’ s incom e, now
p ro v id e m ore th a n o n e -h a lf o f the
to ta l college e d u ca tio n a l e xp e n d i
tures.
“ The cost o f going to college w ill
be too h ig h fo r m a n y fa m ily budgets
i f student fees con tin u e to go up and
i f no p ro v is io n is m ade fo r in
creased
fin a n c ia l
su p p o rt
fro m
o th e r sources a fte r the G .I. legis-
la tio n e x p ire s ,” d e clares D r. John
D. R ussell, d ire c to r o f the o ffice o f
e d u ca tio n 's h ig h e r e ducation d iv i
sion.
“ M o re and m o re th is tre n d w ill
l im i t college e d u ca tio n to c h ild re n
o f h ig h e r-in c o m e fa m ilie s — a coun
te r-d e m o c ra tic te n d e n cy,” he said.
The ra te o f tu itio n charges to stu
dents, not in c lu d in g b o ard and
ro o m , has been in c re a s in g s te a d ily
o ve r a long p e rio d , b u t the rise has
been p a rtic u la rly
m a rk e d
since
1939, a cc o rd in g to the survey.
In p u b lic ly c o n tro lle d colleges
and u n iv e rs itie s , the a verage tu itio n
fee fo r re sid e n ts o f the sta te has in
creased 31.4 p e r cent in the past
seven ye a rs.
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