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Matter of Fact By Joseph and Stewart Alsop Jotph Alsop licans fumbled Stewart Alsop THE "PEACE ISSUE" Washington In retrospect, it is clear that the Republicans fumbled the ball at the very be ginning of this campa.ign. Now, as the campaign ends, it begins to -seem pos sible that the R e p u b licans will recover the ball but in a highly danger ous way. The Repub when, needled by such Democrats as Sen. Paul Douelas of Illinois, they de nounced all talk of economic trouble as "gloom and doom," and loudly proclaimed that everything was just Tim dandy on tne eco non.c front. This gave the Demo c ra.ts precisely the o p p o r t unity they were looking for. In a way, of course, Repub lican boasts of prosperity were justified. Most of the important economic indices national income, total employ ment, and so on remain at boom time levels. But the fact t also remains that everything is not just Jim Dandy. . Very large voting groups have been hurt at least to some de gree. There may be only 3,000, 000 unemployed at the moment, for example. But estimates of the number who have suffered periods of unemployment this year run as high as 12,000,000. And the number of people who have been worried at one time or another about being unem ployed this year must run much higher than that. Or take the farmers. Farm politics precisely illustrates the spotty but nevertheless very great influence of the pocket book issue in this election. If there is a universal farm revolt under way against this Admin istration, it is not detectable to the human eye. The Benson farm program is not even really a dominant issue except in the dairy areas and some of the wheat, states, where price cuts plainly marked "courtesy of Benson" have been taken by the farmers. But in general, where the ! farmers have been hurt, even by such impersonal causes as drought, they are angry, and they are included to take their anger out on the Administration. Conversely, where they have done well as in the corn and hog areas of, say, Iowa or Illin ois a majority of the farmers are pleased with themselves and with the Administration. TUT the point is that there " have been enough wounded pocketbook nerves in the coun try to give the Democrats much their best issue and the Re publicans obligingly made 'the issue better by pretending at ifirst, that it did not exist. The other Democratic issues the "give away" of natural re sources, the "rich man's tax bill," and all the rest simply fed and sustained the main, central eco; nomic issue. And the ineptness of the Republican response made it especially easy for the Demo crats to claim that they were the "party of economic progress and security" and to picture the Republicans as the "party of economic privilege." As the campaign has progres sed, the Republicans have des perately searched for an issue ;with which to counteract the democrats' largely pnony "eco jnomic issue." At first, the Re ipublicans thought that the Presi dent's coattails would carry ;them home. Some Democrats thought so too, and tried to scramble aboard. But the old rule that a President cannot transfer his popularity effective ly to local candidates has held good. Then, particularly after the New York poll which scared the daylights out of the Republi can high command, some Repub lican orators conspicuously Vice-President Richard Nixon tried to revive "the Communist issue." It had new trimmings, especially the disingenuous "se curity risk firings" gimmick. But McCarthy is discredited, and the issue is old and tired. NOW, the the campaign draws near to its close, the Republi cans have at last found their issue. It is the "peace issue." It was a natural Republican re sponse to answer the Democratic cries of "special privilege" by calling the Democrats "the war party." It was no doubt natural to go further, and to indulge in such oratorical flights as "the blood of 140,000 American boys on every Democratic dollar." But now the Republicans are going further still. Innumerable campaign orators, including fig ures high in the Administration, are coming precious close to "peace in our time." There is not much doubt that this is a politically effective promise. These reporters have been con ducting a long distance telephone poll of a number of states, and in almost every case they have been told that the Republicans have been moving up in the last few days. The explanation of fered is almost always the same "the peace issue is beginning to take hold." But although it can be politically effective in the short run to promise peace in our time, it can also be danger- 100 Attend Juniors Halloween Party More than 100 boys and girls attended the annual Halloween party of Bliss Heine's Juniors Friday evening at the Moose hall. Renee Johnson placed first for the girl's costume judged best; Judy Morris, second; Jay Morris, first for boys, and Robert Ed wards, second. Sidney Yarnell received a special prize for his costume depicting "Bozo,"- the clown. Judges Listed Chief of Police Charles Champ lin, Mr. and Mrs. Mirl Morse and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Laurine were the judges. The parents committee which assisted with the party was. made up of Mrs. Fred Foust, Mrs. Tom Morris, Mrs. Leo Webster' and Mrs. George Adams. The program included tap dancing by Gail De Rushe and Marlene Davis of the Colleen Hope Dance studio; a dance by all Juniors present led by the captain of the drum section, Billy Foust, accompanied by others from the drum section; and a surprise selection of Scotch brass drumming by the original bass drummer of the Juniors, Jimmie Bishop, who now is a corporal in the Air Force now visiting here on furlough. Refreshments were served at the close of the party. Sets Annual Sale Chin Up Club Jamaica's supply of alumin um ore is expected to last 50 to 60 years. ous in the long run as Neville Chamberlain discovered to his sorrow. (Copyright, 1954 New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Russian Agreement To Disarmament Plan Big Question Mark By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst One of the biggest questions in the field of international pol itics today is whether Soviet Russia ever will agree to a workable dis-armament plan as long as it remains a dictator ship. The conclu sion of a dis armament treaty, provid- chanes. iMnatin ing for world wide reduction of armaments and the outlawing of nuclear weapons, would be a moment ous development. It would stop the arms race. It would free millions of men, and untold billions of dollars, for productive instead of de structive purposes. It would re move the threat of a holocaust in an' atomic war. But the question always ar ises whether the Kremlin, even if it wanted a treaty, could agree to a system of inspection and control which would insure fulfillment. Two Obstacles The United Nations has been trying for nine years to work out a cheat-proof treaty. Again and again it has run against two obstacles: 1. Russia wants a reduction of armies, air forces and navies by percentages. This would mean that Russia, with the largest fighting forces in the world, would be given uncon tested military domination. 2. Russia has refused to agree to system of inspection and con- trol that , would give teams of experts the right to inspect its factories, its arnsenals and its nuclear installations. The UN , political committee has just voted to start a five-nation sub-committee of the dis armament commission at work on the drafting of a treaty. The United States, Canada, Britain, France and Russia will be the sub-committee members. Delegates of the five coun tries will work secretly so that they may talk freely without the temptation to indulge in propaganda speeches. They pro bably will meet in Paris or London. . In political committee debate, Soviet Chief Delegate Andrei Y. Vishinsky appeared to make some concessions. Slippery Diplomat But Vishinsky is a slippery diplomat. Each time he appear ed to make some concession as regards arms reduction by per centages, or a satisfactory sys tem of inspection and control, he soon dragged back. The work of the disarmament subcommittee will be a matter of months unless it breaks up in disagreement. There have been indications that Russia may give in on the issue of reductions by percen tages. But there has been no indica tion that Russia will or even can give in on the issue of inspection and control. Russia is a vast prison in which its whole people are con fined. The ordinary Russian goes beyond the Iron Curtain only as a fugitive. No country in the world is so secretive. If the Kremlin ever permits foreign ers to inspect its war-potential facilities, it will be renouncing its entire system of dictatorship. Oregon and the Nation Need Vigorous Men of Integrity and Ability in Congress ELECT CHARLES O. TO CONGRESS DEMOCRAT LAWYER Native Oregonian, Eugene attorney, 35 years olaV Eugene resident since 1923. Fifty months active duty, World War II, mostly overseas. WW f VETERAN HIS PLATFORM . . . An honorable, stable peace, in a world tinder law. Ar Low cost, abundant electric power. Non-discriminatory sales of publicly owned timber. Condemn and end McCarthyism. itTax relief for all, not a favored few. tAt Protection for consumers from unjustifiably high prices. Vote for CHARLES 0. PORTER Pd. AdTt. Bob Brakel, See.-Tres. Porter for Concress Comm.; 312 K. 11th, Eagene I Final plans have been com pleted for the Chin Up club's fourth annual hobby sale, to be held at the Eagles Hall, 217 West Main st., Friday and Satur day. Displays will be set up Friday morning and the sale will open at 1 p. m., continuing until 10 p. m. Saturday hours will be 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Among items to be featured are fancy work, weaving, dolls, antique items and a cooked food sale. Club spokesmen empha sized"lhat all items, except the antique merchandise, is new. The Chin Up club is composed of handicapped persons and non handicapped who are interested in working with the handicap ped. This year the club plans to use funds derived from the sale to further its handicapped aid pool, which was recently set up. Under the plan equipment will be loaned or rented to handicap ped persons who are unable to obtain needed equipment them selves. Anyone is invited to enter merchandise for sale and may obtain, price tags by calling 2-2974. ANCHORS AWEIGH Manchester, Mass. (y.R) When George Poor launched his new 37-foot ketch here. he did it in style. A five-piece Dixie land band ' played appropriate nautical tunes from the dock side. Poor, himself a profession al musician, played trumpet. Monday, November 1, 1954 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE CAP Begins New Class Schedule A new class schedule for the air patrol has been announced. Medford squadron of the civil The squadron meetings are scheduled each Monday evening at 7 o'clock at the CAP build ing at the Medford airport. The class schedule includes subjects offered for both cadets and senior members. Included will be an extensive study in the flight manual with detailed con centration given to prepare cadets for national merit awards. The CAP is a nonmilitary or ganization, but former members going into the armed services have found their CAP training an asset both for advancement reasons and for making the service more' enjoyable. 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