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Monday. May 8. 1957
Back Stairs: The Death of McCarthy
Bt.MERRIMAN SMITH
UP White House Wrizer
Washington (U.R) Back
stairs at the White House:
When news of the death of
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy broke
late Thursday, a member of the
White House shook his head and
remarked: "Brother, am I glad
that I don't have to write the
statement of condolence on tht
one."
The mutual antipathy between
President Eisenhower and his
wife and the McCarthys was
never more evident than during
the recent White House social
season.
Is That So?
More than 2,500,000 horses
were used in World War II by
far the largest number ever util
ized at one time for warfare.
They were used with perhaps
the most devastating effective
ness by the Soviets.
Shortly after the Nazi invaded
Russia, the Reds called up more
than a million horses about
800,000 for draft purposes, many
"requisitioned" from collective
farms, and 200,000 personally-
owned mounts of the justly-
By IUGENI 1URNS
Ranger-Naturalist
a7- fe -ct
famed Cossacks. Subsequently
as units rallied to the western
front from deep behind the Ural
mountains, Russian cavalry ex
ceeded 500,000. That totals 1,
300,000 horses.
(Although the U.S. Army has
discontinued its horses and
mules it is quite likely that, if
anything, the Soviets have in
creased their number.)
Like the Cossacks of old who
fought for the Czars, these mod
ern horsemen in World War II
wore their tall fur hats and
broad shouldered black and red
capes. Trained from early youth
to go with their own horse and
their own weapons to the de
fense of their land, each one
combined superb horsemanship
and markmanship. At a dead
run, anyone could swing under
his mount's belly or ride at a gal
lop while standing on the ani
mal's back. Holding a saber be
tween his teeth, he could swoop
down and pick a handkerchief
from the ground.
He was trained to ride sitting
backward or standing in crossed
stirrups or lying sideways
across the animal. And riddle a
man-shaped target from all these
positions. All this not just for
sport but to build up within
horse and rider an affinity, a
feeling of confidence and fear
lessness, and quick of action. For
centuries this Cossack tradition
has flourished. And from all we
know, it is still flourishing.
Conditions Ideal
'In many parts of the Russian
front, conditions for cavalry
were Ideal that is, they were
terrible for machines. Impene
trable bogs as in the Pripet
marshes which the German ar
mored divisions had to bypass.
Thickly forested hillsides. Low
land swamps. In the rainy sea
son, many overflowing, bridge
less rivers. Seas of mud, axle
deep. In winter, ice and deep
snow and sub-zero weather.
Let's consider just one sector
of the Nazi-Russo front there
were hundreds. In the Dnieper
front, the strategy went some
thing like this. On the routes of
the Nazi mechanized advance,
the Soviet cavalry rode ahead
and put to torch every town and
hamlet, every farmhouse and
barn. What cattle they could not
drive ahead, they destroyed so
that the invader was denied all
food and made wholly depend
ent upon his lengthening sup
ply lines.
Other cavalry units mean
while cut behind the German
advance to work on those supply
lines. If necessary they -would
cross marshlands and swim
rivers. Taking the well-recon-noitered
enemy by suprise they
would thunder down swiftly and
viciously, overwhelming concen
trated areas and blow up ammu
nition supplies, empty fuel
tanks, destroy trucks, cut high
ways, blow up railway lines,
wipe out command posts, cap
ture light guns and ammunition
and foo'dstuffs. Then away they
would go to make another raid
a hundred miles away.
On one occasion, a 1,000-horse
raiding party worked behind
the Nazi lines for 135 days. A
most telling reason why the
great Nazi drive failed.
(Copyright, 1957.
by Eugene Burns)
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National Guard Quits
Camp Adair Facilities
Corvallis U.P.) The Ore
gon National Guard is quitting
its facilities at Camp Adair after
10 years due to a cut in its
state appropriations by the pres
ent legislature,' Col. Paul L.
Kliever, director of armories
and facilities for the Guard, re
vealed Saturday.
However, the Guard will re
tain a rifle range on its service
center.
When the Guard pulls out on
July 1, the equipment at Camp
Adair will go to other guard
units - in Oregon.
Col. Kliever said the Guard
is seeking to establish another
maintenance shop in Salem to
replace the one at Camp Adair.
However, no suitable facilities
have been found yet. "
The state appropriations for
the National Guard had been
cut by $230,000 by a Ways and
Means committee recently.
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Portland U.P.) Dr. Waldo
W. Ball, Corvallis, has been
elected president of the Oregon
Physicians'", Service board of
trustees, it was announced today
by General Manager Joseph B.
Harvey Jr.
The McCarthys were deliber
ately left off the invitation list
for a government reception, but
all other senators were invited.
Mrs. McCarthy later was invited
to a White House reception, "but
sent her regrets.
Some people thought the
White House snub of the Mc
Carthys was carrying political
differences a bit too far, but the
White House apparently felt it
was justified because of some
of the senator's biting remarks
about Eisenhower.
Thus it was difficult Thurs
day night figuring out how the
President could say anything
without having his words seem
insincere. He ended up by send
ing a simple note to McCarthy s
widow saying Mrs. Ike jpined
him in extending sympathy.
Eisenhower was said to have
told some friends the other night
that he would fight to the best
of his ability for a Republican
congressional victory in the 1958
elections. But, he added, it
would well behoove some prom
inent Republicans in Congress to
help themselves right now by
being substantially more active
in behalf of basic administra
tion legislation.
The President must have been
testing out an idea on his
friends, because a few days la
ter he stated essentially the
same thing in a speech tele
phoned to a regional conferenc2
of western Republicans in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Thomas E. Stephens, political
man-of-all-trades for the Presi
dent, has moved out of his
White House offices and set ifp
a private law office here.
This does not mean he is out
of politics. His counsel , still is
sought on a daily basis and the
tempo of his now fairly light
political activity . undoubtedly
will step up during the con
gressional campaigns next year.
The local society pages re
cently were full of pictures o
Sherman Adams, the assistant to
the President, square dancing in
his shirt sleeves at a party given
by Budget Director Percival
Brundage. The pictures were the
source of some amazement to
Washingtonians who had Adams
pegged as' a man with icewater
for blood and whose only indoor
sport was' chopping off the
heads of offending politicians.
Forest Grove Girl
Found by Searchers
Tillamook U.R) Donna Ra
cine, 16, Forest Grove, was
found safe early Sunday after
being lost overnight "in rugged
Cape Lookout state park west of
here.
' The girl was found by Ron
Smith, assistant district forest
warden from Tillamook, and
Norman Wilson of Dallas, whose
four bloodhounds helped in the
search. .
Wilson said the girl, who suf
fered a large number of scratch
es on her arms arid legs, was
about half a mile off the trail.
She said she had spent most of
the night "wandering.
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advice; it merely reports on problem that have been dealt with by responsible
agencies and counselors.
Mrs. K. P. I'm worried about
Laura's relationship with her
teacher.
Mr. K. P. I trust the teacher.
Mrs. K. P. I am concerned
about the relationship between
my 15-year-old daughter and one
of her women teachers.
Laura is very bright, with
some writing ability. This teach
er has encouraged her and, 1
feel, helped her develop con
siderably in the last year. She
has had Laura visit her hom,
lent her books and even took her
into the city for a week end of
theater and museums.
Recently, however, Laura has
been going around with a dazed,
moony look. I picked up one
of her notebooks and found the
teacher's name scribbled all over
it. There was also a lot of love
poetry. This teacher is unmar
ried and a rather mannish type.
I am terribly worried. I can
get nothing from Laura but
temper, and I would like to dis
cuss the whole thing with th
principal. My husband is against
this.
Mr. K.' P. I think it would
be very unjust to endanger this
woman's reputation on the basis
of suspicions. She has done a lot
for our daughter. I've met her
and she appears to me a firw,
honorable woman. I'm sure she
wouldn't harm anyone espe
cially a young girl and a stu
dent of hers. Her professional
ethics wouldn't permit it.
This woman is in her 40s. She
has the reputation of being an
exceptionally dedicated teacher.
She probably fulfills some of
her motherly feelings in her re
lationship with her students.
Perhaps Laura has something
of a schoolgirl crush on her
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trust her teacher to handle the
whole thine urorjerlv. In the
meantime, Laura is making
great strides in her work.
.
The Council: Laura's school
girl crush" is not necessarily
cause for alarm, but her father
is a bit too ready to put his
entire trust in her teacher. This
woman may be all he says she
is and still have some personal
weakness which, in the long
run, will hurt Laura.
The teacher has already gone
beyond the ordinary teacher-pu
pil relationship. The parents
should not have permitted the
week end visit to the city if
Laura was the only pupil she
took. Even if no overt act was
committed, this woman may be
more or less innocently adding
fuel to Laura's crush simply be
cause it pleases and flatters her.
In any case, the. relationship
seems to have passed the stage
where Laura has nothing but
good to gain from it. Her parents '
sl"tuld try to direct her atten
tion elsewhere. It would defi
nitely be bad policy to attack
the relationship itself.
Laura's parents should, in
stead, try to subtly and tactfully
point out other directions in
which Laura could develop. She
might have other abilities
musical, dramatic, athletic. She
should be encouraged to feel
this is the time of her life in
which she can explore a multi
tude of activities. The parents
should encourage the interests
that put Laura in touch with
boys and girls of her own age.
It would certainly be unjust
to endanger the teacher's reputa
tion on the basis of suspicions,
but there would be no greit
harm in Laura's mother discuss
ing with the principal the poss!
bility of Laura's being placed
in a different class for the new
term. She can explain that she
appreciates the help this teacher
Shelley Winters
Takes Third Mate
Carson City, Nev. (U.R) Act
ress Shelley Winters and her
third husband, actor Anthony
Franciosa, today planned a
honeymoon in Mexico.
The couple was married here
Saturday night. They plan to go
to Mexico in about eight weeks,
after the 28-year-old Franciosa
finishes his role in the movie,
"Obsession," which has been on
location here.
Miss Winters said she planned
to return to Hollywood this
week. The wedding was Fran
ciosa's second.
FIDLER'S SWAN SONG
Des Moines, la. U.R) Harry
Fidler was back in jail today,
living proof that (1) thieves al
ways return to the scene of their
crimes and (2) life is just a vic
ious circle. Fidler, free just two
days from serving three years
for shoplifting in Hill's Depart
ment Store, went back to the
same store Saturday and was ar
restedfor shoplifting. ; "
Tavern Proprietor
Wounded in Hold Up
Portland U.PJ Everett
Wayne Eaton, 37, proprietor of
the Colonial Tavern in Portland
was shot and seriously wounded
early Saturday by one of two
men who held up the establish
ment. Eaton had attempted to
thwart the holdup and was shot
with a .45 calibre pistol. The
slug entered his lower abdomen,
according to hospital attendants.
Medfo'rd Man Held
On Car Theft Charge
Donald Raymond Rice, 28, of
217 South Riverside ave., was
lodged in the county jail Sun
day in connection with the theft
of a station wagon from Skin
ner's garage.
State police said Rice was ar
rested at 1:20 a.m. Sunday near
the junction of Highways 99
and 62. The station wagon, a
1957 Buick. was reportedly
stolen Saturday night.
has given her daughter, but that
she feels- the relationship has
become a bit- too personal for
Laura's good.
(Copyright 1957,
. . General Features Corp.)
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