H IU R S D A Y , J A N . 3, 1952
SOUTHERN OREGON NEWS REVIEW
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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.
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By Joe
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IN W A S H IN G T O N
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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
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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.
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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.
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