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A Maine Joke E avesdropping is an old fam ily pastime with "Maine’s Sen. Owen Brewster who. as this col umn revealed, tapped the telephone wires of California airplane man ufacturer Howard Hughes. More than three years ago— February 18, 1947, Senator Brew ster appeared before a judiciary subcommittee to oppose the ap pointment of John Clifford as U.S. district judge for Maine. The sen ator explained that Clifford came to Brewster’s hotel room to discuss a local housing problem. "He said he would come up to my hotel room and see me," Brewster continued. “I did some thing which I have never done be fore, and I do not think I will ever do again. We had two rooms at the hotel, the door open between, and I asked Mrs. Brewster to listen to the conversation." Since then it’s been a standing Joke in Maine whenever anyone mentions having a talk with Sen ator Brewster to ask: "And was ! Mrs. B. standing behind the door?" Dlofenes’ Lantern Most congressmen are scrupu- lously honest about taking grat uities for introducing legislation for their constituents—unlike Congress man Wood of Georgia whose office collected $1,000 for passing a bill compensating Ralph Stanfield after he was crippled by a U.S. army truck. For example, when Senator Sparkman of Alabama was still a congressman, he introduced a private bill to compensate a constituent who also had been injured by an army truck. The constituent was so grateful that he deposited $500 in the bank in Sparkman’s name and sent the deposit slip to Sparkman. This was promptly returned, how ever, with a courteous note, thank ing the constituent but asking him to keep his money. After Sparkman changed the de posit back to the constituent’s name, the bank returned the worth less deposit slip to Sparkman. Across it was scribbled: "At last Diogenes can put down that lan tern." s This referred to the Greek philo sopher who carried a lighted lan tern around in mid-day, searching for an honest man. McCarthy's $10,000 There may be more than meets the eye behind the $10,000 paid to Sen. Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin by the now bankrupt Lustron cor poration for writing a 7,000-word booklet on housing. It’s well known that the $10,000 the Lustron people paid McCarthy was part of the RFC millions which the government advanced to Lustron. Thus, in effect, all the American taxpayers helped to sub sidize the senator from Wisconsin. But not generally known is that McCarthy had done a ter rific Job for the real estate lobby prior to receipt of the fee. Not only had he engaged in a tenacious, vitriolic battle against the housing bill—a bat tle Just as tenacious as his present row over alleged com munism in government—but he also dominated the appoint ment of a house-senate hons- tag committee supposed to in vestigate the need for public housing. In the closed-door battle over the appointment of this committee, in October, 1947, Senator Tobey of New Hampshire, chairman of the banking and currency committee, turned up with the proxies of four senators in his pocket. All four would have voted against Mc Carthy. Whereupon McCarthy moved that the committee refuse to honor prox ies. Such a refusal is almost unheard of in congressional committees. However, McCarthy had a scant ma jority of the committee with him, \ and got away with it. He then ob tained the appointment of New York’s Congressman Gamble, a foe of housing, as chairman of the housing committee, with himself as vice-chairman. It was as vice-chair man that McCarthy spent the tax payers' money to tour the country studying housing, and later cashed in cm that trip by getting $10,000 from the Lustron Corporation. Though McCarthy now states he sold his article to the highest bidder, actually, according to Lustron offi cials, McCarthy pleaded for more dough. His Income tax for 1948 may show the reason why. As filed In the state of Wisconsin, Mc Carthy’s tax return shows his total income was $28,947, in cluding his senate salary of $12,- 1 M0 plus the $10,000 from Lus tron, plus $4,535 hi dividends from the Milwaukee and the Central of Georgia railroads. However, McCarthy also lists losses to the tune of $25,- 881 .which he claimed from the sale of securities of the same . railroads. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Cold War Flames Into Hot War On Korea Front; U.N. Condemns Invasion by Communist Forces (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these eolnmns, they are thoso of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not neeessarily of this newspaper.) KOREA: A Hot War The cold war, which has caused one crisis after another in recent months, had flamed into a hot war on one front. Soviet sponsored arm ies of North Korea invaded South Korea, established by the United Nations with the blessing and aid of the United States. First reports of the attack were confused. It was known, however, that the invaders advanced as much as 12 miles into South Korea by using ground forces totaling as many as 40,000 men, plus 90 tanks. An additional 10,000 men were be lieved ready to reinforce the in vaders. Some reports indicated the invad ers had penetrated within 12 miles of Seoul, capital of South Korea, while others said the northerners had been checked almost immedia tely. There were reports also of amphibious landing on the east coast of South Korea. The main attack was directed along the Uijongbu valley, for cen turies the path of invaders. Maj. Gen. Choi Byung Kud, chief of staff of the South Korea army, reported. Sihn Sung Mo, acting Premier and defense minister, said he had evidence that of northern tanks cap tured in the first attack, half of the crews were Russian. Minister Kim Yong Ju was in Tokyo when the at tack was launched. Meanwhile, the United States be gan the evacuation of 600 Ameri cans from the Seoul area. They were leaving Korea by sea with U.S. 'air protection. The evacuation plan was completed only a week be fore the sneak attack. According to American military men who have been directing the training of the South Korea army, the defenders have 95,000 rnen to battle the invaders. They will be handicapped, however, by the lack of an air force and tanks. North Korea is reported to have IOC military planes, including 70 Russian Yaks and 25 Stormoviks. FARM SUPPORTS: Senate Approves After a hot floor debate, the senate completed congressional ac tion and sent to President Truman a bill to give the Commodity Credit Corporation an additional $2,000,- 000,000 to finance its federal farm- price-support programs. The Pres ident was expected to sign the measure. The debate developed over a pro vision in the bill which would shut the door on imported foreign farm crops if they threatened to upset the domestic farm-support program. The provision was included in the bill and requires Secretary of Agriculture Brannan to demand an investigation of the tariff commis sion whenever he believes foreign imports are interfering with domes tic farm programs. The additional $2,000,000,000 would increase the C.C.C. total borrowing authority to $6,750,000,000. Most of the money now available to the agency is tied up in price-support loans and purchase agreements. The measure barely got through the senate, 36 to 35 after Vice- President Barkley exercised his constitutional vote to break a 35-35 tie. Critics of the measure said it would wreck the reciprocal-trade program, sometimes called the key stone of the nation’s foreign policy. Retires Joe McCarthy, 63, has re signed as manager of the Boston Red Sox and retired from baseball because of his health. He led the New York Yankees to seven world cham pionships before retiring in 1946. He came out of retire ment to take over the Sox. Above he gets a friendly kiss from the family pet as he ar rives home. ERICKSON: Goes to Jail Frank Erickson, called Ameri ca’s greatest bookmaker and king of a nationwide gambling business, has been sentenced to two years in jail and fined $30,000. Erickson, could have been sen tenced to one year on each of 59 counts of bookmaking. He was sen tenced to one year on the bookmak ing counts and one year for conspir acy. War Scene Troops from Communist- dominated North Korea are re ported pushing their way south ward following the sneak at tack on U. S. backed South Korea. Four thousand troops were reported killed in the initial phase of the shooting. This map shows the 38th paral lel which separates North Ko rea from the south. UNITED NATIONS: North Korea Guilty The United Nations, in an emer gency session shortly after the sneak attack by Communist dom inated North Korea on South Korea, branded the north the aggressor and ordered an immediate cease-fire throughout Korea. The Soviet Union was conspicuous by the absence of its delegates from the emergency session. Acting swiftly and bluntly, the U.N. termed the assault an "un provoked attack" and a "clear threat to international peace and security.” The resolution called for imme diate cease-fire and implicated that the U.N. would move to take strong er measures if North Korea flouted the council. Meanwhile, reaction in the United States was immediate and to the point. President Truman cut short a visit to Missouri and returned to Washington. A conference was called between top diplomatic and defense chiefs. The problem they faced was a critical one. The situation demand ed a clear and strong reaction since too much was at stake in terms of American prestige in the Far East. As a result, a "critical amount" of arms aid was said to have been started to Korea immediately. It was also reported General Mac- Arthur had been authorized to draw on stocks of equipment available in Japan rather than let Korea wait for shipments to be put together in the United States. Many American observers saw the attack on South Korea as a Soviet test of U.S. reaction toward aggression. They did not believe, however, that the Communists are ready for any military aggression on a broad international scale. It was recalled by many that World War II started with acts of aggression against minor powers and not from declarations of war. With this view in mind, the ques tion arose whether the North Korea attack is an early test of physical and moral strength of the democrat ic nations. The present situation calls for firmness, political observers agree. PLANE CRASH: Worst In History The worst commercial airline tragedy in the nation’s history took place in Lake Michigan of .St Joseph, Mich., when a Northwest Airlines plane plunged into the lake during a severe thunderstorm with 55 passengers and three crew mem bers aboard. Two days after the giant craft disappeared, parts of the plane, a section of an airplane log book, and parts of two bodies were dragged from the lake. The plane, filled to capacity, van ished on a flight from New York to Seattle by way of Minneapolis. St. Joseph is about 110 miles southeast of Milwaukee on the east ern shore of Lake Michigan. Teachers The nationwide shortage of teach ers and classrooms is going to get worse unless something "drastic” is done. Willard E. Givens, execu tive secretary of the National Edu cation association reports. In his annual report, Givens esti mated school population in the next decade will increase almost 7,500,- 000, from 26,635,000 to 34,091,000. He said 750,000 more teachers will be needed. / THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. THE PRESS: A New Note It has been a number of years since the press of this country has raised a united howl on any one subject. A new note was evident, however, shortly after the invasion of South Korea by Communist spon sored North Korea. The day following the attack every leading newspaper in the United States carried editorials on 1 the subject. It seemed a spontan-; ecus and combined effort of the editors to focus public attention on the seriousness of the Korean sit uation and its possible repercus-' sions. In general the editors seem to agree that the United States and the United Nations must act on Korea. A few of the opinions: New York Times: War in Korea will, in the immediate future, force upon the United States the neces sity for a decisive and unequivo cal policy in respect to Asia. Portland, Ore, Journal: America has no other choice than to move necessary force to save South Korea from the rape of the Com munists. Denver Post: If this aggression is not stopped, the U.N. has but one choice. It must authorize its mem ber nations to supply a strong force of men and arms, add must step In to stop the Korean war. If it does not do this, if it fails to respond to this desperate situation, then the U.N. is doomed to go the way of the League of Nations. If the Russians are not made to back down in this instance, we must arm to the teeth. RELIGION: Once in 2,000 Years In a ceremony without precedent in the nearly 2,000 years of Catho lic history, a mother witnessed the canonization of her child. Maria Goretti, who died at 11 defending her virtue, was raised to sainthood before half a million Ro man Catholic faithful. The ceremony was unusual in many respects. Never before had there been an open-air sanctifica tion ceremony in Rome. In a place of special honor near the Pope’s throne sat the saint's 86- year-old mother. With her were two sons and two daughters. One of the sons, Angelo, lives in New Vil lage, N. J. The country youth who stabbed the child to death in 1902 when she would not submit to him, npw 68 years old, lives in a monastery, haunted by visions of his victim. He was not at the ceremony, but was reported "in prayer more in tense than ever.” The ceremony was one of the highlights of holy year. Thousands have flocked to Rome in recent months in observance of the relig ious celebration. STOCK MARKET: War Jitters Evidently suffering a case of war jitters, the New York stock ex change experienced one of its worst slumps in a number of years short ly after the opening of the present Korean conflict. Trading involved 3,910,000 shares, the largest volume in 10 years. Some $4,000,000,000 was cut from the market value of all stocks list ed on the exchange. The trading was a clear indica tion of Wall street thinking. Tin and rubber, the principle Far East commodities, advanced in the spot market. The buyers also flocked to the commodity pits, sending most grains, foodstuffs and raw materials soaring. Bonds followed stock in the plunge, rails taking the sharpest fall in more than 2& years in one of the largest volumes traded this year. The last big break in the market was the day after Labor Day, 1946. when approximately $4,700,000,000 was whittled from the listed mar ket value of stocks on the ex change. Reviews Forces v x.a8BtBSg8SMgj»MgK&.. 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Food prices went up 1.9 per cent between April and May, and were responsible for the sudden rise in the cost of living index throughout the nation. HORSESHOES AND WORLD EVENTS . . . Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimits (left) instructs Dr. Ralph J. Bnnche on the fine points sf a game of horseshoes. Dr. Bnnche, United Nations official and Palestine mediator, was house guest of the admiral at Berkeley where he was scheduled to address the University of California. Double Edge, fine surgical steel, unc ditionally guaranteed, attractively pa aged 20/5’s in display carton. Money r« funded if not satisfied. SUPERFINE PRODUCTS P.O. B~25S5 Jaeksenvilie »» UNWANTED HAIR Permanently eradicated fx of the body with Saca-Pelo. able discovery of the age. S tains no drug or chemical the hair root. Lor-Bter “POWDER PUFF” WINNER . . . Betty Hass, Scarsdale, N. Y., copped the 1,400 mile "F # w d e tf ' Puff" 'Derby with time of 10 hoars, 43 minutes and 42 seconds in the air. 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Lee, 58, was the oldest mem ber of the graduating class of Los Angeles City college this year. Ho is the father of four and grandfather of 13. His major was music. X WILL DO CORNERSTONE OF PROGRESS . . . Governor Thomas E. Dewey is shown guiding blind Nancy Jackson, 6, in the laying of the cornerstones of an addition to the Lighthonse for the Blind, New York’s facility of the Association for the Blind. EU Whitney (left) is president of the Light honse. Governor Dewey recently announced he was retiring from pub lic life after 20 years of service. His retirement leaves the New York amt national GOP picture open to speculation. CAPTAIN TRUMAN . . . Presi dent Truman, once a captain of artillery, inspects the rifle of Ma rine Sergeant Arthur Rlpke (right) upon arrival at the Qnan- tico, Va., base. With him in Brig. Gen. Robert B. Landry ISL in just 7 days... 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