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Political Mistake
Stassen, who came out of Minne
sota four years ago with high hopes
and ideals as the leader of a young
er, rejuvenated and more liberal
Republican party, -stubbed his toe
somewhere along the line, winding
up in the camp of the Joe Grundy
organization in Pennsylvania and
campaigning against the only lib
eral coming out of the Keystone
state in many years—Sen. James
Duff. Now, Stassen says he will
back “voluntary" profit sharing as
a bait for the labor vote, and would
fire 200,000 loafers on the federal
payroll The loafers, he Said, have
been determined out of his own sur
vey to be one in 10.
Stassen, like some other pol
iticians, visualizes the great
army of federal employees,
some 2,500,000 strong, as all
living in Washington and all
“non-voting”. Fact is only 10
per cent of the so-called bureau
crats live in Washington. There
are just about as many In Cali
fornia, for instance, as In the
District of Columbia. So It is a
political mistake to brand about
2,300,000 folks on the federal
payroll as in the loafer class,
for these people are voters.
Health Survey
President Truman has named Dr.
Paul Magnuson, former director of
the medical division of the Veterans
Administration, to head a commit
tee of doctors and laymen tt> survey
health needs of the nation. That is
the President’s answer to American
Medical Association’s campaign
against national health insurance or
“socialized” medicine. The com
mission is to report after the elec
tions this year, so there is no pol
itics in- the President’s action.
Europe Is Weary of Eternal War
But Wary of Forming Alliances
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LAST WEEK'S
ANSWER
Campaign Headquarters
IIS THE second session of the
** 82 congress moved into action
in this year of a presidential cam
paign, and even as the state of the
union messages of President Tru
man still left a question as to his
political intentions, presiden
tial campaign headquarters were
opening up all over town here in the
nation’s capital.
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, of
course, has been ensconsed in the
Standard Oil building on Constitu
tion avenue for some time; General
Eisenhower backers, headed by Sen
ators Lodge of Massachusetts and
Duff of Pennsylvania, have opened
extensive headquarters in the swank
Shoreham hotel; in the less pre
tentious Willard hotel, Harold Stas
sen has opened up his headquarters,
and just recently, backers of Sen.
Estes Kefauver established head
quarters for him, also in the Wil
lard. While Senator Kefauver has
made no official announcement as
to his plans to run on the Demo
cratic ticket, his friends say he is
“willing’’, and might even accept
a second spot on the Democratic
ticket
Only announced candidate not
yet opening headquarters here
is Gov. Earl Warren of Califor
nia. However, he is planning to
have an eastern headquarters,
either here or in New York, his
friends say.
* • •
Stassen Announcement
Announcement by Stassen that he
would make a campaign for the
GOP presidential nomination set
off a chain reaction in the Eisen
hower camp, culminating in filing
of General Eisenhower’s name in
the New Hampshire primary March
11 by Gov. Sherman Adams. The
governor also announced that he
would head an Eisenhower delega
tion to the GOP national convention
in Chicago from his state. Several
politicans and newsmen obtained a
definite impression from Stassen’s
Announcement that his candidacy
was based on something he learned
from General Eisenhower in Paris
on a recent visit there, although
Stassen refused to say what he
talked about.
Of the fifty or rpore newsmen and
women in the room when Mr. Stas
sen made his announcement, the
most enthusiastic was Mr. Stassen
himself. Generally his announce
ment was received with a rather
amused tolerance. Friends of Gen
eral Eisenhower now say that if the
general does not deny he is a can
didate or ask his friends to with
draw his name from the New Hamp
shire primary prior to March 11,
thep he is definitely in the race oq
the GOP ticket
• • •
Eisenhower Question
There are still those, however,
who maintain that Eisenhower will
not enter into a fight for the nom
ination and because of his impor
tant job in Europe it would take a
full-fledged draft to force him into
the presidential campaign. With
three active candidates now after
the GOP delegate strength there is
little possibility of a full-fledged
“draft” from the GOP convention.
It is possible, but improbable, that
the draft might come from the
Democratic convention, provided the
GOP convention turns him down
and his name is placed in nomina
tion by President Truman himselt
By Farnham F. Dudgeon
(Editor’s note: This is one of a
series of articles prepared by
the Editor of Western Newspa
per Union while on a reporting
trip through Europe and the
Near East.)
Weary and wary.
That’s a two-word diagnosis of
Patient Europe’s condition as the
war fever mounts, recedes, and
climbs again.
These countries are weary of
war.
They are wary of alliances that
might lead to another war.
Like Americans, these people
would like to be left alone to “plow
the fields”. But unlike Americans,
all they need do is look out across
their fields, to see the massed
forces of the Russian military ma
chine aligned along the Iron Cur
tain.
In face of such a disheartening
picture how has it been possible
for the free world to effect any
unity whatsoever in its political
and military organizations? What
force binds century-old nationalis
tic enemies together?
“Old time religion” is a pretty
good answer.
Ike Is the Key
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, key
figure in both the political organ
ization that is the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization and its mili
tary arm, SHAPE, has been tramp
ing up and down Europe for nine
months now with the zeal and much
of same spiritual vigor of some
of our legendary American evan
gelists.
In fact, he told us in his European
headquarters that he had, indeed,
been tagged as “another Billy Sun
day”. He is willing, he added, to
accept the designation because it
is his firm conviction that the only
way in which the free countries
can survive is by creating a unity
which is based on a spiritual ap
peal direct to the hearts of men.
To emphasize this point. General
Eisenhower said:
“Military might is the product
and not the sum of spiritual
strength, economic health^and mili
tary power. If any factor is re
duced to zero, the product of the
three becomes zero.”
Spark of Hope
Eisenhower’s “right-hand”. Chief
of Staff Gen. Albert M. Gruenther,
echoed this same philosophy in his
briefings. Lieut. Gen. Lauris Nor-
stad, commander of Allied Air
Forces Central Europe, told us at
his Fontainebleau headquarters,
that in the year he had been in
Europe he had seen a kindling of
“the spark of reviving hope”. He
believes that the reviving hope is
coming from the inspiration Euro
peans are getting from the feeling
of collective security created by
the cooperative military and politi
cal efforts of the United States.
Everywhere in the SHAPE com
mand you find this spirit.
But, of course it takes more than
inspiration to mass the forces of
the free world. What is the nature
of the organization we have in
Europe today, and how' does it
function?
Treaty Is Foundation
Foundation stone of this struc
ture is the North Atlantic Treaty,
ratified by the United States Sen
ate in July 1949. In this treaty, the
signatory nations agree that *»n
armed attack against one or more
of them shall be considered an
attack against all. And they pledge
themselves to a continuance of
self-help and mutual aid for the
purpose of developing their indi
vidual and joint capacity to resist
aggression.
This treaty sets up NATO, which
stands for North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. Member nations are
Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
United Kingdom, hnd United States.
The announced object of the
North Atlantic community of na
tions is to preserve peace through
strength—by building up the powers
of the free world to a point where
no aggressor will be bold enough
to strike.
To build up such a power, NATO,
of course, had to develop a mili
tary force, and at the Brussels con
ference in December 1950, the
members agreed on plans for build
ing this force. The result is the
greatest cooperative effort in his
tory to create a joint army in
peacetime for the prevention of
war.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was
designated supreme commander
for the integrated army, and other
top positions were filled by officers
of the different member .nations,
who work together as a team.
Headquarters are located near
Paris, France, and the command
is designated by the initials
SHAPE: Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe.
NATO Countries Cooperate
It was at this headquarters that
we heard from General Eisenhower
and his chief of staff. General A1
Gruenther, just what their prob
lems were with regard to the build
ing up of this force, and a summary
of some of the solutions which they
were using to meet the complicated
situations.
All of the countries belonging to
NATO are expected to do every
thing possible to build their own de
fenses. America’s contribution is
made through the Mutual Defense
Assistance Program—MDAP, which
bolsters economical potential and
actual military strength with funds,
equipment and technical assist
ance.
These funds and this assistance
are not confined to our NATO part
ners. Other free nations such as
Yugoslavia, Turkey, Greece, and
Italy share in MDAP programs.
The combined efforts are aimed
at building for SHAPE, in the
shortest possible time, forces of
sufficient strength to deter aggres
sion.
Our strategy then is to attempt
to deter aggression with a show of
military power. Russia seems to
understand that kind of talk. But
the big question remaining is
whether or not we can build our
forces fast enough to create the
desired stalemate. A discussion of
the problems connected with reach
ing this objective follows in a sub-.
sequent article in this series.
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THE
FICTION
CORNER
FELIX AND MARY
By Richard Hill Wilkinson
F ELIX felt somewhat like the man
who said there was no use run
ning after a street car once you’d
caught it. Mary Snell, after two
years of courtship on Felix’s part,
had finally given in and said she
would marry him. When Mary Snell
said “Yes” or
Minuie
Fiction
Pilot Lunches at Farm
After Near-Miss Crash
SALEM, Ore.—An Air Force pilot,
Lt. Clarence Burke, bailed out of
his flaming F-51 and then accepted
the calm invitation to lunch in a
farm home that was almost de
stroyed by his crashing aircraft
He parachuted to safety from 3,-
000 feet and then ran to the spot
where the plane crashed. The only
damage was done by a wing tip that
punched a hole in the roof. The
tiane exploded in the yard. Mrs.
James Jackson calmly invited the
ieutenant to lunch—and he ac
cepted.
“No,” she meant
“Yes” or “No.
Felix knew it,
too. He knew the
battle was won. Mary had said
■Yes,” and that settled it Nothing
could change her mind.
Mary wanted to set a date for the
wedding, but Felix suggested wait
ing a while. The fact is, he wanted
a chance to catch his breath. He
wanted, as the story books put it,
to have one last fling before becom
ing a benedict.
So Felix, without saying a
word to any one, packed a bag
and set off for Cedar Springs.
Hie first Mary knew about it
was a letter which she received
from the Springs signed by
Felix.
In part, the letter said: *T am
combining a short business trip with
some deep-sea fishing. Please do
not worry about me, darling, as I
will be home shortly, and we will
make plans for the wedding.”
Felix did not mention* that on the
deep-sea fishing trip he had met a
party of young folks, including a
very attractive red-headed girl
named Nan.
In fact, Felix had such a nice time
during the next few flays that he
decided to prolong his visit. Which
he did, writing Mary Snell to this
effect. Mary replied that she was
;lad he was having such a good
time and getting rested. She, of
course, was busy making plans for
GRASSROOTS
Local Government Is as Extravagant as National
By Wright A. Patterson
I WONDER if in your town, where-
ever it may be, you are experi
encing as I am in my town, an
ever-increasing tax burden, that is
hard to account for. It is an in
creased burden that comes either
in the form of an increased tax rate,
an increased valuation on real
estate, or a new form of taxes.
I recall the time, not so long
ago, when the town gathered up
the garbage from the town
homes at no cost to the home
owners. Then the city officials
found they were overlooking a
bet. Some other town was charg
ing a special tax for such a serv
ice, and a tax of 50 cents a
month for each home was added
for that service to meet a need
for increased revenue. The need
has passed, but the tax is still
being collected.
The town needed a new well from
Which to pump the town’s water. It
needed the money with which to drill
such a well. A supposedly temporary
water tax was levied for the pur
pose. The well was long since paid
for, but that tax has not been re
pealed. A town sales tax was added
to the state’s sales tax, and it is
still being collected, though the
purpose for which it was levied has
passed.
Some years, f feel the county and
town assessors, in ord&r to produce
the demanded increase, in revenue
simply take a selected list and guess
at how much increase each will stand
without too much of a bowk This
yam I am sure l was a victim on both
lists. With no reason, l was nicked for
a material increase on both the county
and town tax bills. Because of that, I
am howling, but I realize it is voting,
not bowling that offers the real solu
tion, and at the next county and town
elections I, for one, will do the needed
voting and register my protest about
those tax increases.
We do a lot of complaining about
the increased taxes of the federal
government, but we do little or noth
ing about these close-to-home spend-
eri. They are proportionately as bad
as Washington. Can we not find
those who will find ways to save,
as well as ways to spend, or do we
trj to find them? The tax burden,
national, state, county and town has
gorift far beyond the limit.
If the police would give tickets
to the speeding drivers, the fines
assessed would help to pay the
cost of my home-town govern
ment as well as stop the speed
ing. If the fines collected could
go to pay police salaries it might
make a difference.
In my town and my county the
total of new homes have added
heavily to the total of tax valua
tion, but not enough to satisfy
the spenders in both town and
county governments.
A few weeks ago I was attending
a noon-day luncheon of one of the
town’s service clubs. The speaker
of the day was talking about “Youth
Service.” He illustrated with a brief
story in which a mother of an
adolescent son was lecturing him on
the need for curbing his activities
during his adolescent years. The
boy replied by expressing a wish.
“Mother,” he said, “the one “thing
I wish for more than anything else,
is to get through the adolescent
years, and into the years of adult
ery.”
Just at that moment there broke
into the room a bevy of high school
students, boys and girls of the senior
class of the community high school.
The girls, all too scantily clad,
danced through the room, leaving
the imprint of lip stick on the tops
of several bald heads, and arrayed
themselves on the stage, where they
gave that man and boy audience an
exhibition of tap dancing and high
kicking, much to the edification of
both men and boys.
It was an answer to that adoles
cent boy’s wish. We are prone to
bewail the delinquency of youth, and
then we encourage some of it by
such undraped display of the com
munity’s daughters as was given at
that service club luncheon.
What is there in our high school
curriculum that calls for such dis
play? Certainly it is not the teach
ing of culture or feminine modesty.
Whatever it is, it would be well to
discontinue the study, and so dis
continue the encouragement of at
least one form of youth delinquency.
Let us get back to grandmother's
days and ways.
*
It would seem that old people
never die, they Just drift into and
stay on the relief rolls. In 1934
they numbered 235,000. In 1951 the
number had grown to 2,700,000.
mm
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Felix did not mention that
he had met an attractive red
head named Nan.
the wedding. She went on to give the
town gossip, including the fact that
Paul Strachey was spending a few
days in town.
Who, wrote Felix in his next let
ter, was Paul Strachey?
He could tell by Mary’s reply that
she was surprised that he didn’t
know Paul Strachey.
Felix wrote he still didn’t know
who Paul Strachey was, but wasn’t
Paul surprised to know that Mary
was engaged? He, Felix, inciden
tally, was spending another week
at the Springs, on account, of
course, of business.
Mary wrote that she hoped his
business wouldn’t keep him away
too long. The taxpayers had voted
to build a new school house, and
Paul Strachey 'Was still in town.
Felix replied that he had thought
Paul Strachey was only staying a
few days, and the weather was not
very good at the Springs and he
thought he would come home pretty
soon,
Mary wrote that she hoped he
would come home soon, and Paul
Strachey was still in town because
he had decided to extend his visit
T HE next day Felix returned to
Dalevale.
By the time his train pulled in
he had stopped thinking about Nan
and was pondering on Strachey.
“Oh, Felix!” Mary Snell ex
claimed when he phoned. “I’m
so glad you’ve come. I had an
appointment with Paul, but I’ll
cancel it, of course.”
Felix immediately rushed over to
Mary Snell’s house and asked her
how plans for the wedding were
coming along. Mary hedged.
“Well,” she said, “when did you
want to get married. Felix?”
Black suspicion leaped into Felix’s
mind. He controlled himself with
an effort. “I was thinking,” he re
marked casually, “that we might
surprise everybody by doing what
they don’t expect. I mean, let’s pop
off tonight and get married.”
‘Tonight!” gasped Mary Snell.
“You mean, you don't want to?"
said Felix.
Mary considered. Her face bright
ened. “All right!” she said. “Let’s!”
“Now,” said Felix, after the cere
mony and they were well on their
way to the seashore for a honey
moon, “will you kindly explain
about this guy Paul Strachey. Ha!
If I hadn’t come home I’ll bet you
would have eloped with him.”
Mary giggled. “Oh, Felix, darl
ing, that was a little joke of mine
There really never was a Paul
Strachey. I merely wanted to make
sure that folks in town weren’t dis
illusioned about me. I mean, when
Mary Snell says *Yes,’ she means
‘Yea.’ See?”
No "Pan f ish"
It’s always nice when some one
in your own field comes forth with
facts or viewpoint supporting your
own, so it is with no little pleasure
that we pass along here what an
other outdoor writer has to say
about the bluegill, or “bream,’’ as
he is also known. As readers of this
department know, we alwrys have
plumped for the scrappy little blue-
gill and have argued that if they
grew as big as some of the bigger
bass, they might pull an angler in,
instead of an angler pulling them
out.
At any rate, here’s what A. E.
“Abe” Andrews, outdoor writer of
Syracuse, Ind., adds to the reputa
tion of the bluegill:
“May I make two suggestions
relative to your so-called ‘panfish’
problem? •
“First—the name itself. The crap-
pie may be a panfish; the bullhead
may be a panfish; even the rock
bass and perch may be so called iq
my very humble judgment; but:
One of Gamest
“Your bluegill is one of the very
gamest fish on the American con
tinent. It definitely is not a ‘pan
fish.’ A 9-inch bluegill is just as
strong and gamy as any 9-inch rain
bow. Size for size, the bluegill is
just as game as any fish that swims.
I can kill a bass on a fly rod; turn
him belly up and make him quit
fighting; but I never yet have killed
a bluegill on the rod.
“For my own fishing, I would rate
the brook trout first, the rainbow
second, the brown trout third, the
bluegill fourth of all the fish I have
ever caught. If the bluegill lived in
fast water I would place it third.
“As I have fished in a few states,
from Florida to the Yellowstone,
and in two countries, I don’t like to
be classed as a ‘panfisfcierman’ when
I fish for bluegills. Two red-letter
days for me were spent on Big
Chetak lake in Wisconsin last year.
We went southward to Birch lake
to get shelter from the wind, and
both times I took good catches of
lusty bluegills. Let others fish for
northerns or walleyes; I’ll take the
bluegills for a good scrap.
“PLEASE, please, to save some
of us game fishermen from embar
rassment, not to say insult—quit
calling your bluegills panfish.
“Second—The Tackle. Personally,
I fish only with an artificial fly.
Even walleyes and northern pike
have been taken that way. But one
of the greatest of all sports in the
world is to fish for bluegills with a
light fly rod.
Use Fly Rod
‘To the man who has never at
tempted it, here are some ideas or
suggestions:
. “If you already have a f rod,
use it for your bluegill fishing no
matter what its weight. But, if you
have no fly rod and wish to join a
lot of us old-timers in fly fishing for
bluegills, get a rod 7 to 8 feet long
and rather light but not lighter than
4 ounces. These new glass rods take
punishment and I could well sug
gest getting one of them. Your line
should be Size E or D; your tackle
merchant will know which. I use
an HDH but it is better to start
with a level line; it casts easier for
the beginner, and costs less.
“Use a light leader, not heavier
than four pounds test or even lighter
if you can resist putting on tco much
pressure. The leader should be at
least 7 feet and longer would be
better if a level line is • sed as a
level line makes more, disturbance
AAA
Fire Control
A new method to assist in forest
fire control in West Virginia has
been introduced by the conserva
tion commission. It consists in the
use of “fire wagons” for fighting
fires which can be reached with
motor vehicles.
The “wagons” are one-ton jeep
trucks which have been converted
into pumpers through installation
of Panama pumps. The latter, de
signed especially for such purpose,
are manufactured by a Mississippi
concern and have been on the mar
ket for several years. A majority
of the states are said to be making
use of them in forest fire control.
The commission’s forestry divi
sion recently completed installa
tions in five trucks. One of these
is kept at each of the following dis
trict headquarters: Middleboume,
Romney, Buckhannon, Ripley and
Summersville. Districts 5 and 6,
with headquarters at Hamlin and
Beckley, are without the new equip
ment. Because of the unusually
rough and rugged nature of the
terrain in these areas it was de
cided not to equip these districts
with pumpers until those on hand
demonstrate their capabilities.
AAA
Best Bucket
The best bucket for ice fishing is
a big one of about five-gallon ca
pacity, with a lid. It will hold
enough minnows for - a couple of
days’ fishing for several anglers,
and because it holds more water, it
won’t freeze up so quickly. On a
cold day, small buckets soon ice up
and have to be thawed out. That
doesn’t help the bait.
A small net to dip minnows out of
the bucket without getting your
hands wet is well worth the cost
■•Y.
Slow Reader
De Twitter: “Quit bothering me,
will you, I’m writing to the girl
friend.”
McTweet: “But you’ve been
writing that letter for three
hours.”
De Twitter: “I know it—she
doesn’t read very fast.”
#_
Good Mileage
Farmer: “I get 45 miles to the
gallon.”
Stranger: “Gosh! What kind of
gas do you use?”
Farmer: “Don’t use any kind of
gas. I just give my old mule a
gallon of water and she’s good for
45 miles.”
. •
Future Days
In the very near future, men will
eat baked beans and say: “Ah,
dear, these are just like mother
used to open.”
Coincidence
At an author’s tea: “You write?
What a coincidence! I read!”
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