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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
T HE HALT of America's new
dope craze when manufactur
er* withdrew benzedrine inhalers
from the market was the culmina
tion of a long publicity campaign
by Drew Pearson.
Working with Congressman
George Grant of Montgomery, Ala.,
Pearson published a series of col
umns and broadcasts beginning
last February, which pointed to the
manner in which prison inmates,
dope addicts and even high-school
children were tearing the benze
drine-treated paper from the in
halers and using it as a cheap
dope. Simultaneously, Rep. Grant
introduced a bill banning the in
halers.
Final result came when manu
facturers stopped the sale of ben
zedrine inhalers. Instead they will
sell benzedrex, a new inhaler con
taining a non-stimulating com.
pound.
Diplomats Worried
One thing the Senate Investiga
ting subcommittee is likely to
avoid in its probe of Messrs.
Vaughan and Maragon is the part
they may have played in influenc
ing the Truman doctrine for
Greece.
It seems inconceivable that
an ex-Greek federal narcotics
agent from Kansas City should
have had anything to do with
V.S. foreign relations. Yet it
happens that members of the
Greek embassy in Washington
are now as Jittery as sunflow
ers in a Kansas cyclone for
fear their relations with John
Maragon will be probed by the
senate.
Every administration has its
hangers-on, who love to bask in the
limelight of the White House. But
no administration since Warren
Harding’s day has had the benefit
of such a weird and apparently
influential character as General
Vaughan's so-called “Greek ad
viser,” John Maragon.
Maragen’s Record
District of Columbia’s police rec
ords show that Maragon once pled
guilty of transporting liquor
(7/17/20), was three times arrested
for disorderly conduct but never
prosecuted, and once got into a
brawl in the locker room of the
Washington Senators where some
of the ball players threatened to
beat him up.
Maragon also got into a fist fight
with Don Watson, chief of the state
department’s transportation section
at the United Nations convention at
San Francisco; was fired by the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad; got
into a street scuffle with Brig.
Gen. Wm. L. Lee in Rome, Italy;
was found to be distributing anti-
Semitic literature at the Demo
cratic convention in Philadelphia
last year; and was questioned in
the death of police detective Ar
thur Scriviner in 1926, one of Wash
ington’s most mysterious homocide
cases. Maragon established an
alibi and later married the girl
whom Scriviner was scheduled to
marry one day after his death.
Yet, an top of all this, the
amazing Maragon turned up at.
the White House 30 minutes
after President Roosevelt died
to console President Truman,
accompanied the Roosevelt fu
neral train to Hyde Park;
showed up at the Stalin-Church-
111 conference in Potsdam, was
the proud possessor of a White
House pass, flabbergasted the
admirals b y accompanying
Truman on the presidential
destroyer during the Navy
Day fleet review in New York,
sat next to the President’s box
with General Vaughan during
the Army-Navy game, and
even had a private compart
ment on the special train that
carried the President to the
game.
Maragon’s influence with his old
friend, Harry Truman, has been
on the wane since first exposed
In this column two years ago. But
his influence with Harry Vaughan
appears just as strong as ever.
When Maragon wants to see the
presiden ’s military aide, he goes
to the east wing of the White House,
Truman Doctrine
Maragon’s influence was near its
zenith in the winter of 1947 when
the famous Truman doctrine for
aid to Greece was formulated.
That the amazing Maragon di
rectly inspired Greek policy is
doubtful. That he and Vaughan in
fluenced it indirectly is more than
probable.
The Truman doctrine for Greece,
it will be recalled, was announced
in March, 1947, shortly after Jim
mie Byrnes retired as secretary
of state. One of the things Gen.
Vaughan constantly needled Tru
man about was that Byrnes was too
much his own boss, that people
talked on the “Byrnes policy,” not
the "Truman policy,” and that
Truman should get more credit for
directing foreign affairs.
That doctrine, which has now
cost us a billion dollars, was pre
cipitated when the British notified
u»they were pulling out of Greece.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Deep Freeze Gifts ‘Chill’ Demos;
Senate Kills Welfare Setup Plan;
Taft Is Target of AFL Vote Drive
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions nro expressed In these eolnmns, they are those of
Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
DEEPFREEZE:
Capitol 'Chilled'
To paraphrase an old tune, it was
“January in June” in Washington
as the story of the gifts of the
home freezer units unfolded and
expanded. Finally, the sordid
angles of the "5 per centers” op
erations reached to the White
House.
WITNESSES before a group
probing the extent and results of
“influence” obtainable by the
“5 per centers” testified that of
several deep freeze units given
away by the manufacturers, one
went to Mrs. Harry Truman, wife
of the President of the United
States. Others who apparently re
ceived a similar gift were Chief
Justice Vinson of the U.S. supreme
court, James K. Vardaman, Maj.
Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, Mr. Tru
man’s military aide. In fact. Gen
eral Vaughan got two, so the wit
ness said. •
In connection with that develop
ment, there was a question which
it seemed should have been an
swered long ago by the man most’
concerned. The man was Presi
dent Truman. The question was:
Why hasn’t the President declared
that White House influence and
prestige are not for sale, cannot
be wheedled by favorite hangers-
on, and cannot be swayed by any
thing except the best interests of
the people of the United States?
ANY FAIR-MINDED citizen will
concede that there is no reason to
think the acceptance of the gifts
mentioned involved any law viola
tion. Even though the company
which paid the bills for the home
freezers is linked with the ubi
quitous John Maragon and the in
quiry into the activities of “5 per
centers” the mere fact of receiv
ing personal gifts does not consti
tute legal offense.
In any sense of the word, it
seems to be an offense against
propriety. It is further evidence of
a downward trend in political mor
als, a not too new development in
these changing times. On the evi
dence at hand thus far, the deep
freeze affair is not important—it
is merely symptomatic.
ELECTIONS:
Taft Is Target
The American Federation of La
bor, looking to the 1950 congres
sional elections, set plans for rais
ing a million dollar war chest with
which to knock off candidates ob
noxious to the organization.
THE MILLION DOLLAR figure
was the “minimum” officials said,
with a voluntary contribution of
$2 a head to be asked of the federa
tion’s members for work in the
1950 campaign.
It was no secret that Ohio’s Sen
ator Taft was the main target of
AFL efforts, with the second tar
get being Senator Donnell (R., Mo.)
who was described by AFL’s Wil
liam Green as “more like Taft
than anyone in the senate.”
The per capita contribution,
double that of the organization for
the 1948 elections, will be split
evenly with the state federations
whose share is to be used in work
ing at the precinct level.
AFL’s election activity will have
an important bearing on the future
of the Republican party in the na
tion. For irstance, if Taft should
be knocked off in his race for re-
election to the senate, it would
mean that Dewey would remain as
a top figure in the GOP hierarchy.
On the other hand, if Taft should
win and Dewey were defeated in
a bid for his third term as New
York’s governor, the party would
be all Taft’s.
SYRIA:
New Cabinet
The fighting, the blood-letting
were over. Peace of a sort reigned
in Syria after a lightning like army
coup that overthrew and executed
President Hossni Zayim. The army
committee which took things into
its own hands was replaced by a
new coalition cabinet which was
organized by Col. Sami Hennaui
who headed the revolution.
IT APPEARED that civilian rule
would predominate, inasmuch as
the new cabinet was composed
mostly of civilians. The new gov
ernment represented three politi
cal parties and various independ
ent groups that opposed both Zayim
and the constitutional regime
which fell last March.
The premier is Hashim El Atas-
sy, head of the national bloc and
a former president of Syria.
Slim Pickings
It will be slim pickings for
holdup men who go after Frank
B. Tippins’ store in Miami.
Twice within one month hold
up men came and got a total
of |513. Smartened up now,
Tippins will no longer be a lure
for robbers.
WELFARE:
No Cabinet Status
The senate was having none of
President Truman’s proposal for
creation of a federal department
of welfare with cabinet status. A
coalition of Republicans and south
ern Democrats dealt the project a
pulverizing blow by a vote of 60
to 32.
WITH a constitutional majority
in either house able to veto any
such plan, the senate action meant
complete and final defeat of the
plan to transform the federal secu
rity agency, which handles the na
tion’s education, health, and social
security functions, into a depart
ment of welfare.
This proposal stemmed from the
recommendations of the Hoover
commission whch spent two years
seeking ways and means to make
government more efficient and eco
nomical.
OHIO’S Republican Senator Taft,
denying the Republicans were re
pudiating Hoover in opposing a
plan they believed ran counter to
the Hoover commission recommen
dations, declared:
“I believe very strongly that Mr.
Hoover was misled.”
This led Senator Lucas, Illinois,
Democratic floor leader, to state
that he was both “shocked and sur
prised that the good Republican
from Ohio would deal with Mr,
Hoover in this manner.”
'THOUGHT LAW:
Held too Broad
\
The fallacy of attempting to deal
with ideologies through laws has
been highlighted by a Maryland
circuit judge. The judge, Joseph
Sherbow of Baltimore, ruled that
the state cannot punish a person
for what that person thinks.
The opinion was given in a case
involving a state law against peo
ple who join or work with subver
sive organizations. It was the first
courts t: st of the new law that re
quired loyalty oaths by public em
ployees and candidates for office.
“The supreme court,” Judge
Sherbow said in Jiis opinion, "has
made it clear that laws may punish
acts and conduct which clearly,
seriously and imminently threaten
substantive evils.
“They (the laws) may not in
trude into the realm of ideas, re
ligious and political beliefs, and
opinions. The law deals with overt
acts, not thoughts. It may punish
for acting, but not for thinking.”
The law which Judge Sherbow
tossed out did not specifically ban
the Communist party. Its preamble
said communism is a dangerous,
world-wide conspiracy that fits
the definition of subversive activity.
Anything that aims at the over
throw of this government by force
was deemed subversive.
Justice Sherbow said the law was
too general. Declaring it violated
the first, fifth and 14th amend
ments to the constitution, and
Maryland’s declaration of rights,
he added:
“As stated by Justice Jackson
(in a West Virginia case before the
supreme court):
“If there is any fixed star in
our constitutional constellation, it
is that no official, high or petty,
can prescribe what shall be ortho
dox in politics, nationalism, relig
ion or other matters of opinion,
or force citizens to confess by word
or act their faith therein.”
TOO MUCH WHEAT?
Problem of Form Price Support Mounting
It might be an unpleasant task,
but an inescapable one—the de
mand for wheat was falling off.
That was the conclusion of the
National Industrial Conference
Board.
This organization reported that
total domestic consumption for the
year beginning July was expected
to be lower than at any time since
1941.
At the same time, wheat stocks
in all storage positions on April 1
were greater than in any other April
with the exception of 1942 and 1943.
In addition, the 1948-49 wheat har
vest may be the third largest in
history. With the U.S. already hold
ing more than a quarter of last
year's wheat crop, farm price sup
port was becoming a major nation
al problem.
BARKLEY:
"Much Ado . . .*
Although he had declared it was
“much ado about nothing," the
nation wasn’t dismissing Vice-
President Barkley’s seeming ro
mance with a pretty 37-year old
widow so lightly.
RECEIVING almost as much
publicity as the Rita Hayworth—
Aly Khan love story, Barldey’s at
tentions to Mrs. Carlton S. Hadley,
St. Louis, was second only to the
“5 per center" probe as a topic
of national speculation.
The “Veep”—as Barkley likes to
be called—didn’t seem too dis
tressed by all the furore. He was
smilingly posing with the widow
for pictures; he had taken her to
“meet the folks” in his home town
of Paducah, Ky., and he had
squired her to some baseball games
and social affairs.
WOULD HE and the widow get
married? Most folks seemed to
think so. And, if that were current
opinion, it was touched off by the
“Veep” himself. Newspaper read
ers would remember that, crown
ing a beauty queen at Culpepper,
Virginia, Barkley had declared
that one day he would crown a
"queen” of his own. The fact that
later, at Puducah, he referred to
his granddaughter as being the
“queen” to whom he referred, few
people believed him.
MacARTHUR:
Problem for Truman
No matter how the Truman ad
ministration plays It, Gen. Douglas
MacArthur is a tremendous public
relations problem.
THE GENERAL has twice de
clined the invitation to appear be
fore senate committees, the second
refusal being in connection with a
bid to come home and tell a probe
group what he thinks about the
Chinese situation. The general re
plied that he thought he could do
better staying in Japan.
Of course. President Truman
could order the general home, but
if he did so, and MacArthur ac
cepted the order, both the White
House and the state department
would be in a constant case of
jitters over what the 69-year-oJd
prima donna might say in speeches
throughout the country.
If the President chooses not to
order the general home, then his
critics will have fuel for added
clamor that MacArthur is being
isolated and persecuted.
APPARENTLY, no one seems to
know the procedure in the event
MacArthur refused to come home
if ordered. There seems to be a
prevalent conviction that Mac
Arthur can stay in Japan forever,
if he so chooses.
There are those who say for the
general to make that decision
would be a typical MacArthur
gesture and that it would fit in
superbly with his fine sense of th«
dramatic.
STALIN:
Very "Courteous"
The delayed report on how U. S.
Ambassador Alan Kirk made out
with Russia’s Joe Stalin in a talk
in Moscow held nothing more im
portant than Kirk’s report that the
Soviet ruler was very "courteous
and pleasant.” However, anyone
who might have expected anything
else was indulging in wishful think
ing.
SOME EXCITEMENT was stim
ulated by Kirk’s refusal to com
ment immediately upon his inter
view with Stalin. He told reporters
following the conference that he’d
have something to say later.
The ambassador, a retired ad
miral and former envoy to Bel
gium, held the first meeting with
Stalin that any American official
has had in nearly a year. He de
scribed his visit to Stalin as a
“courtesy call.”
In for Year
Seeking to win a bet of $1,000
against $25,000, Don Haynes,
Ashland, Ore., is to spend a
year in this deluxe cam He
made the bet with rancher D.
M. Mauldin, a neighbor. The
year will be up next February.
Haynes holds a girl’s picture
he found in the read and she
was to be given a new car if
she identifies herself.
SAILORS:
Pockets, Mac!
The navy has relented at last.
Harkening to a complaint stem
ming from 1797, the seagoing
branch of Uncle Sam’s forces has
promised sailors they’ll have pock
ets in their pants—but not until
June, 1952. But, having waited this
long, sailors could wait two more
years. And that wasn’t all. Prom
ised, too, was elimination of the
13-button front on sailors’ trousers,
to be replaced with a zipper.
ONE THAT GOT A “WEIGH” . . . This blue marlin weighs 370 pounds
and is believed to be the largest fish ever landed in Bermuda on rod and
reel. It was caught by Durham Stephens (left) of Bermuda who, with
his guide, Roy Taylor, displays it. The huge fish measures 11 feet and
four Inches and was brought to gaff after a fierce two-hour battle. It
was caught off St. David’s Deep, Bermuda.
DOWNCAST . . . Gun-shy Mickey Cohen, Los Angeles gambler (right),
emerges from self exile at his barricaded command post to take stand
at the Inquest into the “rubout” of “Neddie” Herbert, his chief lieuten
ant. Cohen was one of the victims of the ambuscade from which Her
bert was felled by gunfire, but the gambler’s wounds were not serious.
With Cohen is his henchman, Johnny Stompanato. Passersby did not
recognise Cohen. Several Los Angeles policemen were arrested in con
nection with the Cohen shooting.
GREETINGS . . . Admiral Louis E. Denfeid, chief of U. S. naval opera
tions and spokesman for three U. S. chiefs of staff who visited Europe
to discuss Atlantic pact military organization, is greeted at Northboit
airport, England, by RAF Marshal Lord Tedder (left), chief of the air
staff after the London conferences. Denfeid told newsmen all that was
sought at the conferences was an exchange of views, and he said the
talks were highly satisfactory.
LOOKING FOR PASSES . . . Many girls are indignant at "passes”
from soldiers, but these two girls ask most every GI they meet for his
pass, or permission to be away from post. Happily wearing their M. P.
brassards, Sgt. Beulah Jackie Coates (left) and Pvt. Marjorie Shspherd
are among the first seven members of the WAC to become military
poUce. Pvt. Shepherd of Seattle is stationed in New York with Sgt.
Coates of New York.
AT HOME ABROAD . . . Content
ed and secure are these two
stubbed-tail monkeys and a black
gibbon in the jungle of seaman
letzen Elslnga’s hair and beard.
They are arriving in New York
from Java.
SHE WAS ROBBED . . . The
Begum Aga Khan, wife of the
Moslem prince, smiles a few days
before armed bandits forced the
royal couple’s car to the roadside
near Cannes, France and robbed
them of $600,000 in jewels. Police
officers suspected American
criminals.
ATOMIC COCKTAIL ... 1. 8.
Randall drinks radioactive mix
ture at Bronx, N. Y., hospital. He
said one cocktail of the radio
active iodine per month changed
him from a stretcher case (can
cer) to a useful member of so
ciety.
GOOD DEBTOR . . . World bank
president Eugene R. Black an
nounces at Washington, D. C.,
press conference that the bank
has approved loan to Finland.
CONCEDES BEDS’ VICTORY
C. S. ambassador-at-large Phillip
Jessup says “U. S. Relations with
China,” state department white
paper, concedes that China is lost
to the Communists. Chinese ra
tionalist officials denied this.
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