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H IU R S D A Y , J A N . 3, 1952 SOUTHERN OREGON NEWS REVIEW IBA SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS HOiliE / Tow n of M ain Street and the World Judge Thomas F. Murphy to Direct Administration's House Cleaning SCANDAL— Thom«» F. Murphy, • New York federal Judge, will direct President Truman'» non-partisan commission which will attempt to clean up the present administration before the coming election cam paign. Murphy is an old hand at Investigations. He formerly directed the criminal section of the U. S. attorney's office In New York and prior to being elevated to the bench, served for a time as commissioner of New York's huge police force. As things now stand, the President is taking personal charge of the cleanup campaign. However, administration critics, as well as some of its supporters, believe that corruption in government as revealed in the past few years has ruined the Democratic party's chance of re-election The postwar rash of investigations started when evidence of skull duggery was revealed in the disposal of surplus war property Almost immediately afterwards a probe was started of “five-percenters” —men who peddled influence and obtained juicy government contracts for a fee. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was next in the headlines for finagaling loans. This resulted in a shakeup in the agency and the naming of a single new administrator, W. Stuart Symington. Even Demo- cratic National Chairman William J. Boyle figured in the probe and re signed as a result. The R F C. scandal was still making news when the special coneres- sional tax investigating committee plowed into the Bureau of Internal Revenue, resulting in sensational disclosures of "tax fixing" and in fluence peddling. It was evident the President had this sordid history in mind when he announced he planned to establish a special house-cleaning agency, and that wrongdoers will be ousted "no matter who they are or how big they are.” The President's action, however, is not likely to lessen the criticism of his administration. To the contrary, it could mean a fresh wave of embarrassing exposures, particularly if the probe is pushed as vigorous ly as the President says he intends. And if the probers show any signs of heel-dragging, there will be plenty of Republicans ready to prod them along. It would seem, then, that the people in the home towns of America can expect further disclosures of corruption in government, perhaps more sensational than already revealed during the past few years One GOP strategist has summed up the situation pretty well: “If this thing really gets rolling, it could make Teapot Dome look like a tea party.” TRUCE TALKS— The Korean peace talks hit a snag of vital impor- tance and interest to home towners who have relatives fighting in Korea —the exchange of prisoners. The Communists refused to list the prison ers, or even to say how many they held. Until they do, the UN has re fused to talk on the subject of prisoner exchange. It may be the Communists will change their tactics and produce the prisoner list before this reaches print. If they do, the UN will then be concerned about the location of the camp and the exchange method. There are 11,000 Americans and 1,500 British and other UN troops missing in Korea. Under the head of ''allied missing” (but not UN) are about 89,000 South Koreans. UN forces hold 165,000 of the enemy, of whom 18,000 are Chinese. When the prisoners are exchanged, and they must be before there is any final peace in Korea, less than 4,000 can be expected to return, UN officials believe. One UN report recently estimated that nearly 8.000 UN soldiers have died of wounds or atrocities. This would support the general figure of less than 4,000 still being alive. THE BUDGET— Within the next few weeks the people in the small towns of the nation will hear what the government expects to spend dur ing the fiscal year beginning July 1. The budget is about ready for formal presentation to congress. Advance reports indicatedit may be about $83,000,000,000, although President Truman has spent considerable time trying to prune it below $80 billion on advice of political aides. Even an $80,000,000,000 outlay would be the biggest in history, except for the two peak years of World War II. when spending passed $95.000,- 000.000. The spending this fiscal year, which will end next June 30, is ex pected to be about $70,000,000,000. A number of factors directed the President’s pruning attempts: (1) Military spending must be kept within bounds to retain public support; (2) This year is a presidential campaign year and federal spending, deficits and indebtedness will be an issue; (3) Prospects for a new tax increase to match the rising budget are very dim; (4) Never before have taxes been as high as now. CEILINGS CUT__Price ceilings on cattle hides, calfskins, carpet ings, and rugs have been rolled back by the government. The roll-back amounted to 5 cents a pound on cattle hide and 18 per cent (10 to 15 cents a pound) on calfskin. The reduction in hide ceiling is not expected to have any effect on the market price of leather or on shoes and other goods made of leather, price officials reported. Leather and shoe prices have been depressed and are lower than existing ceilings. Meanwhile, a threatened shortage of tires next summer has been averted by the government’s decision to stop allocating American made general purpose rubber. James A. Newman, vice president of the B. F. Goodrich Company says the elimination of government restriction on the consumption of new rubber should make it possible for tire manufacturers to Produce at least 71,000,000 passenger tires in 1952, or approximately 5,000,000 more than the probable production of 1951. BRITAIN TO FAY__The British government has announced pay- ment of $176,200,000 on United States and Canadian loans. The payment has an ironic twist since the British have asked the United States for another $600,000,000 in economic help during the next six months. Britain owes the United States $4,350,000,000 and Canada $1,185,000,- 000. She has until the year 2000 to pay off these debts, incurred after World War II had ravaged the British economy. The first installment due >n the American loan made in 1946 amounts to $138,500,000. Of this, $87,000,000 represents interest. « TA,J it the first picture released of the nation’s newest tank, the giant T-36. Ordnance officials say it will outslug any land-fighting ma chine ever built, although they w ill not reveal any statistics. They eves» photographed it blacked out against the setting sun to safeguard mili tary security. FARM LABOR SH O R TA G E G o v e rn m e n t S p eeds U p R e fu g e e P ro g ra m John W. Gibson, chairman of the summer will mark a peak in the Displaced Persons Commission, has current farm labor shortage. Gibson explained that any Ameri jnnounced revitalization of the com- ■nission’s program for the process- can farmer who can guarantee a ng of escaped persons with farm job, housing, inland transportation, ¡xperience in order to ready a large and that the refugee will not be ?ool of good dairy, "dirt”, and gen come a public charge, can become ital farmers for sponsorship by a sponsor. Farmers can get further informa Americans. The action has been aken in view of the Department of tion from the U.S. Displaced Persons Agriculture's estimate that next Commission Washington 25, D. C. 5PCRT5CCPE By Joe MAMON4» B ab y Q u i l t tfpW T& t IN W A S H IN G T O N W A L T IR S M tA O . W N U C . i i . - p o n d . Farm Policy Review Archbishop Released the release of Yugoslav W ITH Archbishop Stepinac from pris of the conatroverstal R ESULTS family farm policy review, re cently conducted by the Department of Agriculture in every county of the country, are now in the hands of a non-partisan committee for eval uation. Significantly, although Invited to participate from the beginning and to take membership on the evaluat ing committee, the only large farm organizations which refused to take part is the American Farm Bureau Federation. Members of the com mittee which will sift the huge mass of evidence taken in the poll of ap proximately 500,00(1 farmers over the country include: John J. Riggle, Na.ional Council of Farmer Cooperatives; John A Baker, National Farmers Union. R. F. Poole, of Clemson College and president of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities; Russell I. Thackery, executive sec retary of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Benson Y, Landis, director farm and country department of the Na tional Council of Churches: the Rev M, Andrew Lawrence and the Rev. Fabian Teichert of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference; and Herschel D._ Newsom, master, and Paul Taber and Lloyd Ualvorsen of the staff of the National Grange While this Independent non government group Is making a study of the answers to the questions involved for a pres entation to congress, the Agri culture department heads will also study the evidence on how to Improve services to farmers. • • • on this week and a favorable state ment regarding this from the Vati can. one of the most Important sources of friction between Yugo slavia and the Catholic world should be removed. No. 1 result should be greater protection for Italy and the Vatican. For the Yugoslav army is the chief protection of Italy on the northeast. If the Red army should strike, its first objective would be the Adriatic coast. Just two hours' bombing dis tance from Rome. In talking to the Yugoslav embas sy during my exchange of letters with Tito regarding the release of the archbishop, I became convinced that the Yugoslav government is anxious to bring about complete religious freedom. Recently, the national Catholic welfare conference designated an American of Yugoslav descent, John Zvetina, a Chicago attorney, to go to Yugoslavia and make a survey to see whether CARE packages were being distributed without prejudice among people of all religions. His j report was favorable. ' j Labor Smoulders Labor's "stepchild” role in the defense setup, which prompted a ! walkout by government labor ad visers some time back, is heading for another explosion. Union chiefs are sore as blazes because they are being left out of the policy-making meetings of the defense agencies. Though they were appointed as consultants in the Of T aft and Byrd | fice of Defense Mobilization, they Much comment, i nd no little , i just aren’t consulted. amusement has been aroused here The labor officials have long de over the advertisement of the manded an equal voice with indus American Medical Association In j try spokesmen in shaping mobiliza headlining Senator Taft of Ohio and tion policies. They were given this Senator Byrd of Virginia in a debate ; recognition in World War II. with over the issues of 1952 at their re j Sidney Hillman of the Amalgamated cent national meeting in Los An Clothing Workers serving with Wil geles. The point is that Senator liam Knudsen of General Motors as Taft, Republican, and Senator Byrd, heads of OPM. But today, as one Democrat, agree on most any sub disgruntled laborite expressed it, ject about 99 per cent of the time “with Charley Wilson in the catbird as • voting record of each will 1 seat, we're as far from getting this | show. as the man hunting 'Chloe' in the • • • song." Kefauver Boom Biggest current gripe against Wil On the basis of his sensationa1 son is “poor planning” in regard to building materials needed for de television and radio crime shows. fense. As a result of material con Sen. Estes Kefauvfer of Tennessee is trols, 25,000 building tradesmen are being boomed for the presidency on idle in New York City and the figure the Democratic ticket by some of may go to 75,000 within six months his friends. Senator Kefauver is unless more steel and aluminum are taking the boom seriously. His first allocated for nondefense construc hurdle, however, is to get back into the good gracos of President Tru tion. man, for although Senator Kefauver At the same time, Wllson'a says he will support President Tru labor critics complain that he man if the latter is a candidate, has done little to restrict alumi there are many leading Democrats num for civilian manufacture; over t h e country who belibve. also, that Wilson approved con whether true or not, that the Ten struction of a (11,000-toni steel nesseean used something less than pipeline to Canada so that the good political judgment in stepping Montana Power Company could on the toes of many party stalwarts. supply natural gas to its chief These were not necessarily gam customer, the Anaconda Copper blers. And certainly any successful Company. candidate must have the President's Another complaint is that labor approval to win a nomination. has no voice in controlling the evils ' of inflation and monopoly. “All we , can do is minimize the impact," j M oral Issues , sadly remark the union chiefs. Oscar Ewing, federal security ad ministrator, speaks to the point in W hy They Leave relation to the great moral issues I One reason why Erie Johnston raised in and out of government to stepped out as stabilization director | day when he says: "We must al and Price Chief Mike Di Salle also ways be on our guard against wants to exit is an upsurge in prices punishing the majority, who are in nocent, along with the tiny minority expected in midwinter. who are guilty. We cannot afford to These price rises, according to a allow loose accusations, innuendoes restricted White House memo, will and insinuations to take the place be a direct result of the way con of due process. We cannot permit gress caved in to pressure from the designing men to use our < isgust at I farm lobby and manufacturers, i dishonesty, in and out of govern Here is the price picture presented ment, as a smoke-screen for an as in the memo: sault on the whole process of re Food—Prices on corn, pota sponsible government in our demo toes, fresh fruits, vegetables, cratic republic. We cannot permit dairy products, and poultry will the hue and cry against alleged im go up. This is because farm-bloc morality to serve as the vanguard amendments prevent OPS from of the attack on liberalism in slamming a ceiling on farm America. If we should make this prices until they reach the com mistake, we will be undermining plex parity level. our own liberty and our own prog Manufactured Goods — Prices of ress for the sake of misguided par household appliances, furniture, end tisanship.” • • • other manufactured goods may jump considerably due to the Cape- Savings Bonds hart amendment which allows busi Treasury Is planning a com nesses to add all cost increases from plete reorganization of its Sav January, 1950, to July, 1951, to their ings Bond Division. In 1952 ap prices. proximately 314 billion dollars OPS experts say this makes en in defense and war bonds will forcement almost impossible. In the mature for payment. Co.-gross, first place, accountants and lawyers however, enacted a law extend would have to go through business ing the time on these bonds to records thoroughly to detect fraud. another ten years at Interest Second, congress cut the OPS re and it may be that a promotion quest for a bigger enforcement campaign will be undertaken to staff. persuade bond holders to hold No wonder Johnston and Di Salle these bonds now ready for ma want to get out. turity. • • • Propaganda House Cleaning Congressman Kersten of Wiscon sin played right into Communist hands — by introducing a public amendment to spend $100,000,000 to finance subversive activities behind the Iron Curtain. The Communists are now throwing this in our faces all over Europe. It also gives them an excuse to finance subversive ac tivities in the U.S.A. . . . During World War II, President Roosevelt spent $600,000,000 financing subver sion in Germany and Japan. From reports circulating in the capital, President Truman may take drastic action to clean up his ad ministration. Democratic National Chairman Frank McKinney reported the President is angry about the ac tivities of some administration of ficials exposed by the committee Investigating tax scandals. He feels he has been "sold down the river by some disloyal” government em ployees. What the President may do was not revealed. t. A HOCKEY PUCK TRAVELS U P TO ,,, LvXXfO * CAtr WANOfRfO JUMP, 100 MPH/ A L g ift lo r th a t new baby A N — ID an E adorable c rib cover w ith -SPORTUGHT Sigh for Saigh - He's on the Spot .By GRANTLAND RICE. NEW YORK—Before Bill Vceck landed in St. Louis, Cardinals’ owner Fred Saigh was in a soft spot. By that I mean he could make mistakes and the cost was light. It will be different now. He hap pens to be up against one of the smartest showmen, one of the most aggressive club owners since Lar ry MacPhail left for Maryland Owner Saigh got rid of Eddie Dyer and Marty Marion, two popular and also two able man agers, w h o hap pened to have an unusually I a r'g e number of friends and supporters. The Cardinals be long to Fred Saigh and he had this Grmtlantf R k * right. But the great majority of experts do not believe any manager could have done better than these two. I know last spring at St. Petersburg, where the Cardinals were in train ing, fifth place was the spot as signed to the club by those who traveled with the various teams that ceme along. Marty Marion wound up in the third spot, so he couldn't have been too bad The National League rare was a two-club race last sum mer. It should be a two-club affair this next summer. And there'« a good chance that someone else, or maybe more than one, will beat out the Cardinals and edge them fur ther down the list than third place. A manager could do a fine Job and this could still hap pen. Fred Saigh has always been overenthusiastic over his squad, which is OK for everybody except his manager. A manager doesn’t care to be picked as a second-place finisher with a second-division ball club. The Cardinals have been working with too many men who were around nine or ten years ago. Even Stan Musial, the best ball player in the game, is no kid. Stan is 31 years old and this will be his 11th season with the Cardinals. Country Slaughter, another fine ballplayer, has been around even longer. The Cardinals are no kid outfit. • • • The Brownie Case There are no sure things In sport, or anywhere else. But one of the surer things is that Bill Veeck and Rogers Hornsby will start churning things up In St. Louis. Both are smart baseball men. Hornsby not only knows good and bad baseball players, but he knows how to handle them. He is beyond any question the best In structor baseball has ever known I've talked to too many weak hitters that he Improved. They'll tell you how good he Is. This Is one of baseball's weak spots - lack of good instructors. They are a vital part of a winning squad. Bill Dickey proved with Yogi Berra what a good teacher can do. Hornsby has proved it on many oc casions. He wilt prove it again. Bill Veeck Is also a realist. Fred Saigh Isn’t. Saigh Is more a dreamer—an optimist who can see a pennant winner In wlial actually might be a seo- ond division outlll. Fred ex pects far more than any McGraw, Mack or McCarthy could ever give him. It is still a question as to how well St. Louis Is going to support two ball clubs. The Browns have been nothing to support. So out side of one or two seasons in the last four decades St. Louis has only had one ball club worth while. Tills was the Cardinals. It will be different next summer. If not next summer it will be entirely differ ent by 1953. No one can expect too much from Vceck and Hornsby in the first year of operation. But give them a little time. • • • Best Conditioned Athletes A note from One Tyrus Raymond Cobb of Royston. Ga , and Menlo Park, Cal., announces he is work ing his way back to the good old Pink of Condition again. "Maybe not quite the same as 1905,” he says, "but as close as I can get.” Which reminds us that Ty was 65 years old on December 18 and also that he was by all odds in his prime the greatest condi tioned athlete that any sport has ever shown. How can 1 prove thia? I can’t. Rut here are Just a few farts and figures. Cobb balled .240 for Detroit in 1905, work ing in 41 hall games. In 1927, Cobb was 41 years old This was his 23rd season under the Big Tent Yet that season, far be yond the age of veterans stagger ing around today, Cobb played 134 games, batted .357 and stole 22 bases. He finished a great career in 1928 with 3,033 games, 4.191 base- hits, 892 stolen bases and a grand all-time 24-year batting mark of .367. If you don’t think that record called for practically perfect con dition, try It out some time. Even in his 24th big-league season at the age of 42 Ty batted .323 which isn't considered puny today. Cobb knew how to train better than any ballplayer 1 ever knew. appealing a n im a l designs. E m bro id e r each in sim ple outline s titc h on pink or blue squares. I ' , I I I . i n N o 2 5 7 * c o n l . i n s h o i Ir o n t r a n s f e r f u r I« ..U lliin i» , » t i l i h l l l ll B l r n ll i. i l» " i d c o m p le t « d i r e c t io n « fo r f in is h in g c o v e r » fw iN o « in < i r N r r m rw o N K in ; W »»l A dam » M . c h ir a s » S. III. E nclo se 2Oc In coin fo r e a c h p a l le in Add 5c fu r l i t Clues M a ll If d esired. 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