The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
Editorial Comments
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"THE PAPER THAI' HAS NO ENEMIES HAS NO FRIENDS."
—George Putnam.
This-We Lost
Once upon » time the United States of America meant a haven for the
oppress«! and freedom loving peoples of the entire world. This state of
affairs continued up until about the time that the 1 nited States started
putting on immigration restrictions. Turning down by the I nited States of
the league of Nations confirmed the fact that the I SA no longer held so
high the torch of freedom.
President Truman pressed for legislation that would have gone a long
way in combating the ill feeling that millions now have for the USA. This
is not to say that President Truman planned "to buy” the friendship of
the downtrodden of the world. Rather our President envisioned opening up
the avenues of self-advancement of the millions of yearning persons of this
spinning globe.
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Time was when men boldly struck out on new lines of thought—like the
famous phrase, “Go West young man!” Just propose an original idea like
that today and you’re the subject of a congressional investigation! Our
thinking and that of our legislators is so stilted and guided by fear we
should be ashamed of ourselves.
How fouled up this picture of freedom and liberty has become is the
present international picture. Russia is playing the role of freedom champion
whether we like it or not. The oppressed teeming millions are looking to
Russia for backing in their powerful urge for independence. Those same
millions once upon a time looked to us in such matters. Granted we do not
think Russia means well at all by these millions, but this thought doesn’t
halt Russia's gains.
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One fact so strikingly clear is this: it is necessary that the necessities
of life go along with ideas. Always we need those who set sail for the
appa-ently impossible. The USA once was thought brimful of such in­
dividual’. Today a feeling of disgust riles the stomachs of millions because
of our actions. Too often these millions have a better picture of us than
we ourselves do and the same goes for the British. The British and the
USA let dollar merchants be their ambassadors. Dollar merchants aren't
interested in ideas and ambitions unless they presently stand as road blocks
to their so-called "Free enterprise". Those who yell loudest for free enter­
prise are the very ones who are putting another nail in its coffin.
The British are very disturbed at being pryed loose from their far flung
empire. This frustration cannot but have a strong effect on the current
British election—in Churchill’s favor. In turn the British election will jut
into our own elections in 1952. England and the USA do not take lightly
the loss of Iranian oil or the blocking of the mighty Suez Canal in Egypt.
If both of these go down the drain for Russia, Uncle Joe really will have
pulled the white rabbit out of the hat! And what has this to do with the
USA once being the haven for the oppressed and freedom loving peoples
of the world, you ask?
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Just this—had the congressmen of the USA had the vision of a 10-year-old
child they would have followed the leadership of Woodrow Wilson, in inter­
national affairs. President Truman has fought bravely and well for the
individual dignity of all the peoples of the* world. Truman has bolstered and
aided the United Nations as far as the USA congress will allow. Today
we are even doubting that our freedom and liberty are secure because of
McCarthyism. How absurd!
It is obvious that McCarthyism has no love for the United Nations. A
world movement is the only solution to the world's ills. This world govern­
ment can be the United Nations. The United Nations must assume the
freedom role that Russia falsely plays on the rough hewn stages of Iran,
Egypt, China, Iraq, etc. The USA can prove that it again is entitled to the
Statute of Liberty by leading the world towards world government.
THE BEST IN ST UM ENT
FOR PEACE
United Nations Day was observed
this week -a period of time set aside
to remind all of us that the U. N. is
an organization requiring the moral,
spiritual and physical support of all
Americans, not just on one day of
the year, but on 365 days.
It is more than just a dream, It
is a going concern and while it has
not achieved all that has been hoped
for it, it has gone farther in the
direction of lasting peace than any
other agency in the history of the
world.
Its continued existence is no guar-
entee that the nations of the earth
are going to live together in peace.
But it is certain that if that happy
state of international felicity is ever
to arrive it will arrive through the
United Nations. And it is equally
certain that there can be no hope for
world accord if the U. N. should be
abandoned,
America has everything to gain if
the U. N. thrives, everything to lose
if it flounders. As the best and the
only instrument for peace in the
world today, it is worth whatever
individual and national sacrifices are
required to keep it in business.—From
Oregon Teamster
TAFT AND McCARTHYISM
It is evident that Senator Taft is
trying the tight-rope balancing act
on
McCarthyism.
Recently
Life
magazine warned Taft that his asso­
ciation with McCarthy, or at least
his silence over McCarthyism, was
politically risky, and advised him to
get shed of Joe if he wanted the sup­
port of a large segment of the republi­
can party. At Des Moines a few days
ago Taft inched a little in that di­
rection, telling newsmen in response
to a question that in some cases Mc­
Carthy had “overstated his charges.”
When Joe up in Wisconsin heard
this quotation he refused to believe
it from his friend Bob Taft, and said
he would have to have it verified
from Taft himself. Wednesday at
Sioux Falls Taft edged over toward
Joe a bit when he said that McCarthy
had “performed a public service in
demanding an investigation of the
state department” though he hedged
again when he said he disagreed with
McCarthy in some respects and agreed
with him in others.
To our mind Taft made an under­
statement about McCarthy’s over-
statement. To date Joe hasn’t proved
any of his charges against the state
department. His latest failure was in
his attack on Philip Jessup, even when
he had an assist from Harold Stassen.
As for performing a public service the
McCarthy
charges
and
hearings
haven't yielded .one iota of good to
the country, only discord and dissen­
tion and magnification of the Big Lie.
We have respected Taft as a man of
sincerity and integrity and intelli­
gence. He can't have all three and
have truck
with
McCarthyism.—
The Statesman
THE JESSUP DEC ISION
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The Senate subcommittee vote on
Ambassador Philip C. Jessup does
little to clarify a confused situation.
In the first place, the vote did not
rest on any doubt of the character and
patriotism of Dr. Jessup, despite Sen­
ator McCarthy’s initial impugning of
both. Republican Senator H. Alex­
ander Smith, who voted against the
appointment of Dr. Jessup, declared
his “absolute confidence” in the lat-
ter's "integrity, ability, and loyalty.”
Democratic Senator Guy M. Gillette,
who also voted against him, declared
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him to be "a man of great mental
ability, a man of honesty and integ­
rity, a careful student of international
affairs.”
Why. then, did they vote against his
confirmation?
Senator Smith de­
clared that it was because Dr. Jessup
" has b«>n identifi«i with” a Far
Eastern policy which has failed to
prevent China from falling into the
hands of the Reds. On this basis of
judgment it would be necessary to
repudiate a good many other diplo­
mats, generals, and statesman of
proven caliber who, rightly or wrongly,
believed that nothing short of the
commitment of American troops in the
early postwar years or a complete
Nationalist house cleaning could have
saved Chiang Kaishek’s regime.
Senator Gillette, on the other hand,
maintained that there was only “the
most meager” evidence that Dr. Jessup
I took an important part in formulat-
i ing China policy. Certainly some of
Mr. Stassen’s charges on this matter
broke down almost as badly as Sena­
tor McCarthy’s, though obviously
carrying far more weight with the
committee.
But Senator Gillette
nevertheless voted against Dr. Jessup
because of the present lack of public
1 confidence in the diplomat—even
[ though, he added, this might be due
in large part to “unfair and unprin-
I cipled attacks made on him.” Near­
ness of the scheduled adjournment of
Congress weighed against taking time
fully to evaluate the criticism.
From the statements of Senators
Smith and Gillette, mutually contra­
dictory as they are in certain respects,
it is clear that the proven usefulness
of Dr. Jessup as a negotiator in such
difficult situations as the Berlin block-
iade has weighed less than unproved
[charges of his connection with un­
popular policies. There may indeed
. be excellent reasons why his appoint­
ment as a delegate to the United Na­
tions should not be confirmed, but the
| reasons so far advanced are related
: to' him less as a man than as a
scapegoat.—From Christian Science
Monitor
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By ALICE FRYER
Something new has been added to
the activities at Detroit high school
this year. Alice Fryer and Mary Sue
Palmer
have
been
elected song
leaders. The purpose of this addition
is to increase school spirit at the
games. The yell leaders, elected at
the same time are: Donna Ellingson,
Johnny Davis and Marla Vickers.
Marla Vickers is new in this field
while Johnny Davis and Donna Elling­
son continued from the last school
year.
The
freshmen
at
Detroit
are
i sponsoring a combination frosh re-
i turn-Halloween costume party for the
[ high school on October 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Prizes will be awarded for the best
costumes.
Mr. White and Mr. Boyle, the two
principals of the Detroit schools, at­
tended the School
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SEASONED DRINKERS
CANNOTTAKE'ANYMÒRE
LIQUOR THAN NOVICES
The idea that an experienced
drinker can take more liquor than
a beginner, or that he feels it less,
is thoughly exploded by Drs Wal­
ton Smith and Ferdinand Helwig
in their book. ’ Liquor, the Servant
ot Man" (Little. Brown 05.193»’
These authors emphatically state
that once alcohol has reached the
brain, the effect is identical in both
novice and seasoned drinker." They
also say it is merely "personal opin­
ion that the experienced drinker is
¡esc likely to make a fool of himself."
Guess They Felt
Pretty "Sheepish"
Traffic makes me mighty im­
patient. When I came to a aide
road that seem«! to point towards
the main highway, I turn«! onto
>t. This road bumps along for may­
be a mile, then fetches up short by
the railroad -a dead end
Will be at his Mill City office in the Jenkins Building
Thursday afternoons 1 to 6 p.m.
Also Thursday evenings by Appointment
DE-HI News
From where I sit... fy Joe Marsh
wife and I went to Central
Saturday for the football
game and it was a top-notcher. But
I began to wonder if it was worth
the trouble when we got in a tralhc
jam coming home.
REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST
IDANHA
By MABLE BARNEY
Kenneth Ward of Newburg, last
Wednesday visited at the home of his
sister, Mrs. John Bowers.
Jack Gulliford is reported out of
the hospital and getting along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harris made a
business trip to Bend on Monday.
The N.S.W.W. club met Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. Otis White, with
the following members present; Mrs.
Frank New, Mrs. Jim Giebler, Mrs.
Lee Howland, Mrs. Bruce Gordon, Mrs.
Jerry Pittam, Mrs. John Rone, Mrs.
George Barney and the hostess, Mrs.
Otis White. Three guests were pre­
sent, Mrs. Chester Boyle, Mrs. Brown
and Mrs. Stanley White. It was de­
cided woolen scraps for quilts to be
made up and sent to Korea.
October 25. 1951
2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
— figuring I knew a short cut—
then a whole string of them swung
after him. like sheep.
From where I ait, there's no
sense in ju»t "following along."
Whether it's choosing a road, a
movie star, or what beverage to
drink at meal time, it's always bet­
ter to make your own decisions.
Personally. I often like a glass of
beer with mv dinner, but most of
alL I like the freedom of making ap
my own mind about it!
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