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Eisenhower's Political Creed
Economy and Decentralization of Political Power ,
' " By KEVIN MeCANN
President, Defiance College
(That articles are based on
-the book. "The Man From
Abilene." by Kevin McCann,
to be published by Doubleday
at Company.)
"From the writings, public and
private, of General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower there
emerges this basic formula for
keeping , the Federal budget in
balance for maintaining a sound
currency and for restoring the
functional and geographical dif
fusion cf political power envisag
ed by the framers of the Consti
tution of the United States:
' 1. "Practice Spartan frugality
in non-essential matters, so that
we may make the greatest pos
sible contribution to the defense
of our way of life.
' 2. Keen- watch on unification
of the armed services, tignten-
log, perfecting, making it more
efficient; great savings on mili
tary outlays can be effected. '
! 3. Assign more powers and du
ties to state and local govern
ments; "local citizens will keep
m closer watch over expenditures
for any kind of purpose when
paid exclusively by them than
when the funds seem to come
freely from a far-off Washing
ton . ri the local government can
not debase our currency in order
to pay its bills." ' :
Fought for Unification
; Gen. Eisenhower, when he was
Army Chief of Staff in Washing
ton, fought many battles for uni
fication of the Army, Navy and
Air Force. His primary interest
was efficiency of our defense
forces, but he estimated even
then the possible saving of 25
per cent in men, material and
money through operation of the
proposed unification act.
i Unification is now a matter of
law but its mere enactment did
not ensure the utmost in econ
omy- Proper implemenation of
the act, constant efforts to im
prove the operations of unifica
tion, could result in savings of 10
to 15, per cent on the , military
What would tins' mean on the
. projected outlay for the -fiscal
year 1952-53? For military serv
ices alone the administration has
requested $51 ' billions of Con
gress, apart from foreign and
economic aid programs. Apply
ing the higher figure the proj
ected military outlay would be
reduced by 7.6 billions. That is
$2.5 billions more than the extra
5 billions in new taxes the ad
ministration seeks. And it is ap
proximately half of the $14-plus
billions deficit estimated for the
same fiscal year.
Concerned on Tax Powers
Gen. Eisenhower has been se
riously concerned about the exer
cise by the Federal government
of the power to tax. In the recent
letter setting forth his views he
said that the framers of the Con
stitution "wisely provided for dif
fusion" of political power, not
only among the executive, legis
lative and judiciary .but among
the state and local governments
where it was not specifically ac
corded, to the Federal . govern
ment, "They were wise men," he ob
served. ' After recalling that the origi
nal Constitution limited the
kinds of taxes that could be lev
ied federally, he added that "the
significant thing" about the
amendment of 1913 that applied
the graduated income tax -was
that "it was, not felt necessary
at the time to impose any con
stitutional limits as to amount or
percentage of income that could
legally be taken, or to specify the
Mail Loss in
Said Largest
Ogden, Utah (U.R) A postal
inspector . said that ; Thursday's
spectacular fire that swept
through a mail train when it ran
into an overturned, flaming gaso
line tanker trailer east of here
caused the largest single train
mail loss in U.S. history.
Nine cars, filled with mail and
express, were destroyed by the
blaze which enveloped Union Pa
cific's train No. 5, westbound
frjm Chicago. No one was in
jured seriously. - -
SO Per Cent Destroyed
The regional postal inspector,
R. B. Dunbar of Denver, said that
approximately 50 per cent of the
mail on the train-estimated at
350 tons by Utah authorities
was destroyed or badly damaged.
Five of the cars were bound for
northern California by way of
the Oakland terminal, one for
Salt Lake City, one for Ogden
Pages
GEN. DWIGHT EISENHOWEh
fields of
properly
states,"
taxation that should
be observed to - the
. "It was. assumed," he wrote,
"that the good sense of our gov
ernment and .the watchfulnes of
our people would take care of
this. But thus the way was open
ed for a central majority to im
pinge upon constitutional provi
sions without appearing to do so.
. "Our courts have stated that
'the power to tax is the power
to destroy." A. corollary would
seem to be: the power to tax is
not only the power to' destroy
the individual business or corpo
ration it could also spell the de
struction of the several states.
"If the Federal government
uses - its taxing power to the
point that there is no money left
to the " citizen for payment of
taxes to his city and state these
local agencies of the people will
become helpless possibly even
disappear.
"Whether or not this truth was
perceived by some of the young,
eager academicians - swarming
into Washington in the early thir
ties, they proceeded, through use
of the unlimited taxing power,
to reduce the income available
to the states. Their obvious pur
pose was to extend the control'
of the Federal government over
the. lives of citizens. But they
covered their purpose, for pala-
tability, with the cloak of emer
gency, internal and external
emergency, and with the asser
tion that through their benevol-
lent wisdom poverty would! dis
appear, man would live and pros
per without work, and Utopia
would come to live among us
forever. - ; ,
"They began to make inroads
upon our local rights and free
dom. Today the 'grants-in-aid
policies of the Federal govern
ment are defended on the allega
tion that the states are too poor
to sustain themselves. v .. '
Reasoning Justified '
aucn specious reasoning is
justified only by one of two sup
porting assumptions. The first is
that the Federal government will
create some of the money it in
tends to give, since the Federal
government can have no source
of revenue no inventory of as
sets exceeding the total availa
ble to the 48 states. The other is
that there was a deliberate pur
pose to dilute the solvency of the
states, so that all are dependent
upon the beneficence of the cen
tral authority. More than likely,
both were counted upon to bring
success to the doctrinaire Social
Utah Mishap
in History
and one for Los Angeles. Dunbar
said most of the mail originated
in Chicago, where the train was
made up. .
: The ninth car was a railway
postoffice and much of its con
tents was saved by prompt action
of its crew. Many government
checks were visible on the scene,
spilled from burned sacks, but
Dunbar said he did not know if
any specific government payroll
was involved. One sealed car of
all-registered mail was among
those destroyed. - ' . N
Undamaged Mail Forwarded
Dunbar said undamaged mail
already has been forwarded.' The
damaged sacks, or their remains,
were trucked to the Ogden. mail
terminal for sorting and salvage.
Ruins of the cars also were
pulled to the Ogden shops. !
A .Union Pacific spokesman
estimated total damage at more
than $1,080,000.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29,
i 0 .
ists responsible for such policies.
"We reach the clear conclu
sion that in those instances
where circumstances appear to
force governmental intervention
into citizens' affairs, we should
try, earnestly try, to assign the
duty to a lower echelon of gov
ernment.
'There is a vast difference be
tween one of the several states
supporting an activity and the
Federal government performing
the same function. There is, first
ly, the certainty that local citi
zens will keep a closer watch
over expenditures for any kind
of purpose when paid for exclu
sively by them than when the
funds seem to come freely from
a far-off Washington. . .
"Secondly, and far more im
portant, the xocal government
cannot debase our curency in or
der to pay its bills. A Federal
deficit is. blithely incurred be
cause of power to make a new
issue of bonds of currency thus
hurting the standard of living of
every citizen in the country. Un
der this threat, each of the sev
eral states is almost compelled to
seek Federal grants in order that
it may gain some material return
for the losses forced unon it. The
process is insidious if at first it
seems painless its results can nev-
ertheles be catastrophic.
"Possibly, the false prophets
of . bureaucratic control are no
longer so influential as once they
were. But danger still exists. It
is found in peacetime budgetary
deficits, in stifling Federal taxes,
in the piling up of governmental
debt. Our money grows cheaper
and cheaper; and the only cure
that the 'planner offers is more
of the same, 'Give me more pow
er, let me, whether m peace or
war, control prices of materials
and of labor, let me control im
ports and exports, let me con
trol production and sales, let me
tissue more money, let me allo
cate and apportion to each what
I see fit to allocate and, I promise
you (says the hardened bureau
crat) all will be .well!'
- "And the victim is not the
wealthy man one who could
possibly, in any case, live out his
days, if he so chooses, in idle
comfort. It is the workman, the
mass of America, that is to pay
the price; regimented labor is the
inescapable basis of the socializ
ed or planed economy!
"For this development, so far
as it has gone, possibly each of
us has to shoulder a bit of respon
sibility. We've liked the soporific
effect of paternalism and wish
fully hoped that somehow har
vests would grow without plant
ing; and, even if not, then that
all of us might be fed without
harvests.
. "No one challenges the need of
central controls in times of gov
ernment crisis in -fact, we de
mand them. But when they re
main with us indefinitely, the
citizens should beware!"
(Copyright, 1952,'
New York Herald-Tribune, Inc.)
Means To Reduce
Taxes Ruled Legal
Los Angeles (U.R) A federal
judge-Is ruling upholding an in
dividual's right to form a cor
poration to reduce taxes Friday
brought the Treasury depart
ment face to face with the pos
sibility of lawsuits involving
millions of dollars.
And in his ruling, the judge
gave support to every corner
cutting taxpayer when he said
an individual may "legally and
honorably take measures to
minimize his tax."
Chief Federal District Judge
Leon R. Yankwich ruled Thurs
day, that - an individual legally
may form a corporation to re
duce, income taxes on a single
business transaction and dissolve
it after the transaction is com
pleted. ,
Allied Guns Punish
Enemy Concentration
8th 'Army Head Quarters,
Korea (U.R) Allied artillery
fired 4,432 rounds Friday in a
blazing bombardment of the
Chinese Reds -- on the eastern
front' r
The Reds started it, firing
into the Allied lines in the old
heartbreak ridge"-sector. . -
Allied , artillerymen were or
dered to fire 10 rounds for every
one the -teds fired.
The count of Red shells total
led 476. Then the Red gunners
gave up, and the Allies compro
mised with ' a ratio of 9 1
shells for ecab. Red shelL
South Democrats
Rally to Support
Of Sen. Russell
Door Kept Open
For Possible Revolt
Washington (U.R) Southern
Democrats rallied Friday around
the presidential banner of Sen.
Richard B. Russell and kept the
door open for a possible with
drawal from the Democratic
party.
In Washington, and in state
capitals throughout the South,
anti-Truman Democratic leaders
enthusiastically pledged their
support to the veteran Georgia
senator who announced his can'
didacy Thursday.
Way Open for Revolt
Russell himself left the way
open for a southern revolt like
that which led to formation of
the States Rights party in 1948.
He did not say he would lead
such a third party but he care
fully refrained from saying he
would not.
Pressed to say whether he
would support President Truman
if the President finally decides to
run, Russell, declined to answer
on the grounds that Mr. Truman
is not yet a candidate and the
party platform is not written.
His evasive answer was inter
preted as a bargaining maneuver
to keep pressure on the Demo
cratic convention to come for
ward with a candidate and a plat
form acceptable to the South.
Taft Returns to Ohio
In other political develop
ments:
1. Sen. Robert A. Taft, R.-O.,
returned to his home state for a
series of meetings with campaign
aides.
2. California Gov. Earl War
renlike Taft, an avowed can
didate for the GOP nomination
entered the Wisconsin primary
and said he is not just "carrying
the torch for Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower. - -
3. Eisenhower won top spot on
the ballot ; for Pennsylvania's
COP preferential primary. The
general won the top position by
a drawing. His name will appear
over that of Harold E. Stassen.
4. The Minnesota Supreme
Court removed the names of Eis
enhower, Gen. Douglas McAr-
thur. and Sen. Estes Kefauver,
D.-Tenn., from that state's presi
dential primary. All had been en
tered without their consent.
Ho Action Taken
On Price of Milk
No action was taken last night"
by independent retail grocers
who met here to d sciiss whole
sale retail milk' prices.
' H. E. Carlton, secretary of the
Oregoi. Independent Retail Gro
cers association, said he under
stands another hearing of the
milk marketing administration is
to be held concerning milk prices
and the association will present
evidence then. The organization
approved . the two-cent margin
to dealer allowed by the admin
istration, but took no action to
raise the retail price of milk. The
two-cent margin is a cent more
than Jackson county dealers re
ceive. A grocers' committee consist
ing of L. A. McCormick, Melvin
Hall, Ed Link, Ed Milne and
Carlson was meeting today with
members of the meat cutters
union to negotiate a new con
tract. The present contract ex
pires March 1. -
Man and Boy Celebrat e
10thf J st Birthdays
At Ages of 40 and 4
Gus WLtte, route 3. box
385V.. Medford, is celebrating
bis 10th birthday today. And
Robert Dreveskrachi, S25
Clark street, is celebrating his
first.
The thing unusual about
these birthdays is that Witt
is 40 years old and young Rob
ert is 4.
The answer, of course, is
thai today is Leap .Year Day.
February 29, which cornea only
very fourth year.
- The Dreveskracht boy was
bora Feb. 29. 1948. the only
baby bora that day la Jackson
county. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William S. Dxevee
krachi. He, will celebrate with
a perry this evening.
Wine, president of the Mad
ford chapter of the Society for
the Preservation ' and Encour
agement of Barbershop Quar
tet Singing in America, will be
hMU, mi mm m !
J hosne for a party tonight. -.
RIBXJIE
1952
As Meyftral Qs. IFddtoII
Grants Pass Armory
Rental to Jehovah's
Witnesses Protested
Grants Pass, Ore. (U.R)
Nearly 800 Jehovah Witnesses
are scheduled to hold a conven
tion here this week-end although
the Grants Pass Veterans' coun
cil appealed to the governor
and adjutant general to deny
the National Guard armory to
the religious group.
Ed Armstrong, administrative
assistant to Gov. Douglas Mc
Kay, said that the governor's
office and adjutant general
could not intervene in the dis
pute because renting of the arm
ory was "a matter to be settled
on the local level."
Maj. Don Burke, battalion
Weather Control
Hearing Tomorrow
Every firm, organization and
individual who knows some
thing about weather control is
expected to be represented here
tomorrow at a special hearing
before a legislative interim com
mittee. State Sen. Ben Day's commit
tee will take testimony, begin
ning at 9:30 a. m., from pro
ponents of weather control
through cloud seeding. The aft
ernoon session is to be devoted
to testimony from those opposed
to what they term "weather interference."-
The meeting is to
be held in the courthouse audi
torium.
Medford Pilots Harvey Bran-
dau and Eugene Kooser are ex
pected to be the first to testify
before the eight-man commit
tee, since they are the originators
of the controversial hail preven
tion project in the valley.
Farm groups and others opr
posed to the work will state
their cases later in the day.
Senator Day has asked that tes
timony be restricted to known
facts about weather control
rather than expressions of opin
ion.
Mahoney Free on Bond
After Assault Charge
Portland (U.R) State Sen.
Thomas R. Mahoney was free on
$50 bond Friday following his ar
rest on an assault and battery
charge.
Taxi Driver Wayne Hull ac
cused Mahoney of refusing to
pay for calling his cab to the
Oregon City Elks Club Wednes
day night after he discovered he
would have to ride with another
passenger. Hull asserted that
someone else gave him the half
dollar but that Mahoney knock
ed the money out of his hand and
pushed him into the gutter.
The Oregon Democratic leader
denied the charge. He said the
cab driver "grabbed me by the
arm and insisted he was entitled
to a fee."
Burglary Suspicion
Holds Man in Jail
A man who gave his name as
Louis Stitzer was booked in
county jail last night on suspi
cion of burglary.
, City police reported the man
approached an officer and at
tempted to confess a burglary he
saia ne committed in 1949 at a
north', Medford night club. ' -
They said Stitzer was turned
over to; state police who took
him to county jail. He had not
been arraigned by noon today.
Salem (U.R) State Public
Utilities Commissioner Charles
H. Heltzel issued an order Fri
day granting request of common
motor carriers performing dray
age and cartage -service within
the city of Portland and the
commercial area adjacent there
to to increase their rates and
charges by 10 per cent
Radia Highlights :
Secretary of -.State Dean
I Achesoa win be beard , on a
broadcast over radio station ;
KYJC (1230 kc) from 10:30
' 11 pja. today. '
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commander here of the 186th in
fantry unit, said the papers ap
proving the rental were handled
two months ago and approved by
the adjutant general's office be
cause the three-day meeting did
not conflict with drills.
Veterans of Foreign Wars post
No. 2302 said it wanted the rent
ing of the armory cancelled be
cause the Witnesses are a group
that refuses to salute .the Amer
ican flag. x "
H. F. COPE
Files for Treasurer .
H. F. Cope Filer
For County Post
H. F. Cope, 66, of 24 Quince
street, today filed his candidacy
for the Republican nomination as
county treasurer. It is his first
venture into politics, he said. '.
A native of Pennsylvania, he
received his education there and
entered the teaching profession!,
He moved to the state of Wash
ington during the World War I
period, and obtained bachelor of
arts and master of science de
grees at the University of Wash
ington. Near the end of the war he
became a science instructor at
Oregon State college, but came
to Medford in 1920 as head of
the high school science depart
ment. He taught here for 30
years. In the summer, for 22 sea
sons, he worked in various capa
cities in the fruit growing and
packing industry, including spray
residue work.'
For the past two years he has
been an appliance salesman for
Montgomery Ward and company,
and has taught mathematics and
acounting during evening classes
at Medford Business college. He
is married and a son lives in
Seattle.
Only other announced candi
date for the treasurer job is In
cumbent Ralph Sweeney, who
seeks the Democratic nomination
for reelection.
Seattle (U.R) The Navy
Transport Sylvester Antolak ar
rives here at 4 p. m. Sunday
with 1,360 rotation troops from
the Far East ',. -
Firemen Break Sewer,
Rescue Trapped Boy " '
i Five-year-old Steven Clark
will pick a roomier place to
hide next time. . ..
- Firemen reported that the
youngster, son of Ray Clark,
1032 West 10th street, picked
a drain file at 1111 West 10th
for a place to hide from his .
playmates this morning.
He got stuck. . '. "
I A crew of firemen and tele
phone company -employees
was called upon - to set him
free. They succeeded after dig
ging around - the pipe , and
breaking it off. The youngster's
legs were stuck at the' bottom
of the Hie which was three to
four 'feet, deep and 14 inches
in diameter. . .-:
Participating in the rescue.,
were LeRoy Williams. Floyd
Courtwright and Wee Cole
man, firemen, and Frank Lit-'
tie and Bill William. . tele-
phone company men.
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night ani Saturday. Patches
of foe Saturday moraine.
Slightly cooler. Low 2S-30 to
night. High Friday S.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 61
Lowest this Horning 27
No, 297
Further Debate
Completely Futile,
UN Officer Says
Would Rather Fight
Than Accept Russia
Panmunjom ty.R) The Unit
ed Nation told the Communists
"finally and irrevocably" Friday
that they never will agree to let
Russia police a Korean truce.
The near-ultimatum indicated
the UN would keep fighting rath
er than accept Russia as one of
six nations on a neutral truce
supervision commission.
"Further debate on this sub
ject is completely futile," a UN
staff officer, Col. Don O. Darrow,
told the Reds.
Decision To Be Unchanged
"Under no circumstances will
there be a change in the decision
of the UN command to reject the
Soviet Union as a member of the
neutral nations' supervisory com
mission." Communist staff officers at
once attacked the UN attitude as
"unreasonable arbitrary and
aloof," but they failed to sway
the Allied negotiators.
"I think the next move is up
to the Communists," grimly com
mented the official UN spokes
man, Brig. Gen. William P.
Nuckols. The next meeting of
the staff officers will be at 11
a.m. Saturday, 6 p.m. Friday,
PST.
i: Asked . if the UN statement
meant that there will be no ar
mistice unless the Reds back
down, Nuckols merely said:
"The statement speaks for it
self." Nuckols said the UN was tak
ing its strongest stand since last
July when it refused to accept
the 38th parallel as a cease fire
line. The Reds yielded on that
occasion and finally agreed the
war should end on the existing
battleline, far north of the paral
lel in the center and east.
Biggest of Deadlocks
The Russian question thus took
its place as the biggest of four
deadlocks now blocking a Ko
rean cease fire. Also still unre
solved are the questions of forci
ble vs. voluntary repatriation of
war prisoners, the right of the
Communists to build airfields
during a truce, and the number
of ports through which troops
may be rotated.
Submarine Sets New "
Underwater Record
New London, Conn. (U.R)
The submarine Flying Fish,
which sank 15 Japanese vessels
in 13 patrols during World War
n, made its 5,000th dive Friday,
marking the first time in his
tory any undersea craft has gone
below the surface that many
times.
Father Seeks Just Trial
For Son Convicted by Army
Alloway, N. J. (U.R) An an
gry father vowed Friday he
would get a just trial for his
son, a wounded veteran of Heart
break Ridge, now serving a 10
year prison term for sleeping on
his guard post in the Korean
front lines.
Dorsey McConnell said his 20-
year-old son, Warren, had work
ed 72 hours without sleep be
fore he was posted on all-night
sentry duty last November 10.
Boy Didn't Get Chance
"The xourt-martial did not
give the boy a chance to tell his
side of the story,", McConnell
charged. "I feel the boy should
have another triaL"
"An Army spokesman said in
Washington Thursday that young
McConnell got a fair trial and
the sentence handed down by the
court-martial was upheld by the
Army Judge Advocate General
board of review on February 6.
McConnell, who has until
March 6 to appeal the sentence,
said he would take the case to
President Truman "as a last re
sort," to clear his son's name:
Said Out of Proportion - .
The sentencing is out of pro
portion," McConnell charged.
"My understanding is that the
maximum sentence would have
been one year in prison. I don't
believe Washington - knew
the
Operators' Deaths
Claimed Part of
'Tough' Campaign
Job Said Lost
When Order Refused
Norton, Va.-(U.R) An ousted
United Mine Workers official
charged that a personal agent of
UMW Chief John L. Lewis order
ed him to murder two mine oper
ators in a "get tough" organizing
campaign.
Charles Minton, former UMW
field worker, made the charge in
a civil suit filed Thursday in
Wise county trial Justice court
here, asking $350,000 damages
from the UMW's district 28. .
Dynamiting Blame Placed
in a statement to the common
wealth attornev. after filinf tha
civil suit Minton named himself,
two UMW officials and three
other union members as being
involved in the dvnamitine of
coal tipples at three southwest
ern Virginia mines.
Minton and the five men upr
arrested and released on $5,000
bond each pending a preliminary
nearing March 28.
Murder Order Refused
Minton claimed in his suit ha
lost his UMW job because he re
fused to murder C. P. Fncafo and
Harry L. Turney, owners of the
Gladeville Coal Co scene of one
of the dynamitings.
Lewis and UMW headquarter!
in Washington had no immediate
comment on Minton 's charges.
Log Truck Driver
Found Innocent in
Jump Scale Case
Port Orford, Ore. (U.R) Nor
man Gene Storm, charged Au
gust 8 with driving a log truck
with a combined gross over
weight load of 13,200 pounds,
was found innocent Thursday
by a justice court jury here.
The jurors indicated they con
sidered Storm innocent of the
charge because his truck and
load were weighed on "jump
scales," a portable unit which
can be transferred from place
to place.
Unlevel Ground Charged
Storm contended that the
scales were not set up on level
ground.
Justice. of the Peace Arthur
F. Niemann presided over the
long-delayed trial The original
trial resulted in a hung jury,
and was repeatedly delayed on
motions of both the defense and
prosecution until yesterday.
The state highway department
maintains no platform scales in
Curry county. The nearest plat
form scales are at Bandon, in
Coos county, about 21 miles
north of where Storm's- truck
was weighed by the jump scales.
BULLETINS
Salem, Ore. (U.R) Sen.
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee
Friday became a candidate in
Oregon for president and said
by telephone that he Intends
an active and intensive cam
paign in this state.
Paris (U.R) Paul Raynaud,
who was premier when the
Germans invaded France la
World War II. accepted a pres
idential mandate Friday night
to try to form a government
and solve one of this coun
try's most serious post-war
crises.
WARREN McCOirNELX. ;
Sleep on Duty Costly
state of exhaustion under which
he was at the time."
Army spokesman said Warren
got off lightly. They emphasized
that tinder the articles of war
which apply in Korea, the sleep
ing sentry could have been aen-
tenced to death. ,