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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR v
Who is responsible for the Taft-Hartley law? According
to little Harry the Great some fiend from the lower
regions foisted that diabolical law on us and little Harry
has striven with might and main to protect us from the
nefarious statute.
In our turmoil Senator Robert A. Taft, with Congress
man Hartley, prepared a bill to correct many difficulties.
The bill became a law. The bill, or law is not against the
working man; it does limit the dictatorial power of some
top Labor bosses and for that reason they have decried
the bill declaring it a means of slavery. In reality the
Taft-Hartley law is a measure of protection for the aver
age working man. Organized Labor in the State of Ohio
overwhelmingly supported Senator Taft in his campaign
for re-election to the Senate. Little Harry the Great and
all his cohorts of me-too politicians raved and ranted and
denounced Taft and the Law, but Ohio working men sup
ported Taft. That’s what Labor did when the plan and
purpose of the Law were made clear.
Now Mr. Taft is a Republican; his father was William
Howard Taft, at one time President of the United States
and later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court. As President and as Chief Justice he was a line
gentleman, a fair-minded Judge and he was admired and be
loved by many Southerners. Senator Smith, our “Cotton
Ed,” said to me, shortly before his death: “The finest
gentleman who ever sat in the White House in my
time was William Howard Taft.”
Senator Taft is the ablest man in the Senate, intellectual
ly; he wrote the bill and it was eagerly accepted by the
Senate in 1947. It was also accepted by the House of
Representatives. The amazing fact is that the Democrats
were in control of the three Departments of our Govrn
ment, Senate, House and the Presidency. The Senate, the
Democratic Senate, voted 68 for the bill and 24 against it;
and in the Democratic House the vote was 320 for and 79
against.
So the bill passed the Senate and the House, both
Democratic, and was sent to President Truman. Since the
bill curbed the tyrannical powers of the Labor bosses,
they called on their man, Harry, to veto it. This he
did, greatly pleased to do the bidding of the top Laboi
brass—the big salaried, easy-living leaders who spend the
money of the hard workers we know and like as our fellow
citizens. Now, mark you; little Harry vetoed the bill; he
was opposed to it. Is he the whole Democratic Party *:
No; only a Pendergastian offshoot of it. And by much loss
is he the whole United States though the meat he eats
makes him feel that he is the one and only, the Supreme
Chief of all the world, the great and incomparable loru
triumphant of the Universe.
You recall the play Julius Caesar and the question: “Up
on what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he hath
grown so great?”
When the President vetoed the bill he seemed to think—
and still seems to think, that his disfavor should brana
with ineradicable infamy, this presumption of the brain ol
Mr. Taft.
So, according to the Constitution, the bill was returned
to the Congress bearing the stern disapproval of our august
ruler. He snorted about it and reviled it, but what hap
pened ? Did the Democratic House of Representatives
meekly back down and reverse itself under the displeasure
of the little Caesar in the White House? The first vote,
the. one passing the bill, was 320 to 79; the Senate had
agreed to it 68 to24. When the vote was taken to accept
or reject the President’s veto, the result in the House
was 331 to 83 the very day the President’s message was
received; three days later the Senate overrode the veto
68 to 25. Mark you: that was a Democratic Senate and
a Democratic House!
Time and again Mr. Truman has reared and pitched
and cavorted around, denouncing the Taft-Hartley law, but
the Democratic Congress has refused to heed his ravings.
Now Mr. Stevenson thinks it should be repealed. Now what
does all this mean ? It is politics, but not politics pure and
simple, for there is nothing pure or simple about this: It
is obviously the urge of the political situation; the craven
bowing the knee; a supine surrender for votes. No such
chicken-hearted men deserve to stand in the forefront of
the Nation’s life.
And now, in the turmoil and hypocrisy of the campaign,
you might think that this Taft-Hartley law were a devilish
contrivance of Republican demons, imposed upon our in
nocent and helpless people; but not so; the law is not the
machination of sinful Republicans, but it is the solemn act
of the Democratic Party—the Congress of the Nation. It
was a great Statute when first enacted. And might
have served a great purpose, but today the Party which
gave us the law shamelessly runs to cover and repudiates
its own handiwork under the spur and lash of Labor bosses.
Don’t be deceived; the law was passed by a Democratic
Congress and passed again over Truman’s veto. The
cowardly dodging and squirming of thie politicians during
this campaign should be brought home to them and they
should be impaled as high as Haman in utter contempt.
Our friends and fellow citizens who become members of
Unions pay their hard-earned dollars which the Lafc^r
bosses spend freely. But it isn’t the money so much as
it is the attempt to sell these members into political bond
age by trades with politicians.
Behind the rant and/ cant of these political hypocrites
hear these two expressions; says Mr. Stevenson of the
Taft-Hartley Act: “It was biased and politically inspired.”
Then comes Mr. Sparkman, who is running for the Vice
presidency, and emits this remark about the Taft-Hartley
Act: “It is a subtle organization.” Didn’t Sparkman vote
for it?
All this fol-de-rol of Stevenson and Sparkman savors
strongly as the unconscionable effusion of cheap politicians,
licking the boots of the machine Pendergastian who cracks
his whip and makes them jump.
No one can deny that the power of any man to stop
industry throughout this nation; to stop the earnings of
millions of men and women, is a power which strikes at
the very foundation of our national wellbeing and is a
prerogative that should not be tolerated. If we must have
a Joe Stalin let’s call him by name.
That we live in a slipshod era is beyond denial; and that
the Government of our great nation leads us astray with
its lackadaisical indifference to costs, estimates and faith
ful performance.
. The ever watchful Aiken Standard and Review says,
editorially: “When a government bureau decides it wants
to build something—such as a hydroelectric project—it
has to present cost estimates to Congress and ask for
authorization. In many cases ,the difference between
those estimates and the actual cost can only be described
as staggering, even after due allowance is made for in
flation and the four-bit dollar.
In 1938 for example, the Reclamation Bureau asked
Congress for funds to start an irrigation and hydroelectric
project in California. The estimate was $170,000,000. To
day that estimate has been lifted to more than $661,000,-
000.
In 1939, the Bureau sought funds for a similar project
in Colorado, and offered an estimate of slightly more
than $31,700,000. Today the estimate is $163,000,000.
In 1943 , the Corps of Engineers estimated the cost of
an Oklahoma multi-purpose power project at $8,345,000.
Now they’ve upped it to better than $38,700,000.
A House Appropriations subcommittee recently studied
182 Corps of Engineers projects which had been authoriz
ed by Congress and for which funds had been provided.
Total estimated cost at time of authorization was under
$2,639,000,000. As of July 15 of last year, the revised
figure was over $6,000,000,000.
Such enormous discrepancies are commonplace. Two
theories are given to explain it—first, that the government
estimators are woefully incompetent, and, second, that the
agencies follow the principle that Congressional memories
are short and that it’s quite all right to tell one Con
gress one thing and following Congresses a very differem
thing. In any case, we taxpayers foot the colossal bill.”
Now isn’t that a profligate waste that should make the
angels weep? And we are asked to re-elect that crowd.
Mr. Truman, in fact, is thumping himself on the chest ana
oragging. Well, are you proud of this?
The American Legion is respected by the Nation as an
organization composed of men who served 'in war; some
served overseas; some served at the front; some bear the
scars of their service. It is an organization of men who
have studied their country—our country—with the eyes
and with the devotion of patriots. Year after year the
Legion has called for the removal of Dean Acheson as
Secretary of State. Why? Because they think Mr. Ache
son is so worldminded that he wants to operate the worla
at the expense of American taxpayers; furthermore, the}
think that Mr. Acheson sacrifices American dignity,
American sovereignty and American interests on the altar
of his world-mindedness. And year after year Mr. Truman
defends and retains Mr. Acheson. In that course Mr. Tru
man is correct, for the responsibility is his, Mr. Truman’s:
it is Mr. Truman whom the Congress might well have call
ed to terms by impeachment.
Mr. Truman throws his weight around like an alley
bruiser and gets away with it, usually. Speaking of the
latest recommendation of the Legion, Mr. Truman said, in
his recognized elegance and felicity of language:
“President Truman said his reaction to the American
Legion’s demand for the ouster of Secretary of State Dean
Acheson would be unprintable.”
The American Legion also had something to say about
the Truman Police Action in Korea which has cost us
billions of dollars; thousands of young men and the re
spect of the world. To almost everyone we appear to be
a lot of weaklings and incapables. What a sorry picture
we cut with our pull-the-punches policy for two years!
We are stepping up now, probably for political reasons.
What think you of a pqlicy of playing politics with the
blood and bodies of your sons?
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Who was in charge all this time? The Trumanites. Who
wrote this condemnation? A committee of the Senate, and
it was signed by a Senator from Texas. Who is in control
of the Senate? The Democrats. And that is what the
Senate Democrats have just said about Mr. Truman.
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Dale Carnegie
AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRVjjjO AND STARRIIVING" +
How to Repulse Worry
J ACK W. BOWEN, Cincinnati, Ohio, says he has found thai
worry can always be routed if you will keep physically active
all the time.
His lot was once cast with the Philippine guerillas and
worry could easily have been the password. As he drawled and
wiggled across the beach the first night every
tree branch or piece of driftwood appeared as
a Japanese sentry. Every sound, he was sure,
would be followed by a Japanese machine gun
blast. Despite his fears, he managed to cross the
beach and get well hidden in the brush beyond.
There he had a talk with himself. He decided that
worrying wasn’t going to improve the situation.
He could spend • valuable time worrying about
whether he would get out alive, get malaria,
whether this or that, but none of this was going
to solve the problem at hand. So the obvious an
swer was to get busy and forget worries and fears.
During the four months that followed he found that none of
“his boys” were worrying. They were too busy harassing the
enemy to have time for anything like worry. They were, for the
most part, volunteer fighters with no formal training and, to the
man, they wanted to be trained soldiers as well. He had had
extensive training as a naval aviator, in military dril and pro
cedures, so they organized and trained. During spare time he
taught them the fundamentals of football. Between these activi
ties and some night work against the Japs they were busy all the
time. Looking back now he says he can honestly say that after
the first night he never gave a thought to those little fears and
worries that could easily have finished him in the Islands. He
>was much too busy to worry.
Carnegie
YOUNGEST PILOT . . . Glenn Robert Alexander, 4, Chicago, sits
In the cockpit of his family’s plane with Dad Robert and Mother
Phyllis after landinj the craft. He sits in bis father’s lap and
handles controls during flight.
JUMBO GETS NOSEY . . . Candy, Asiatic elephant at Bronx, N.Y.,
mo, pokes a nosey trunk into eye of cameraman who tries to get
a oloseup of the one-year-old elephant.
1. Willie Hoppe is noted for his play with which: (a) mashie,
(b) baton, (e) cue, (d) racket?
2. Which of these is the nickname of the state whose capital
is Frankfort: (a) bluegrass, (b) lespedeza, (e) clover, (d) alfalfa?
S. “Gyrate” means which: (a) to rotate, (b) to censor, (o) to
scrape, (d) to speak?
4. The American Indians contributed which to oar culture:
(a) popcorn, fb) peanuts, (c) ice cream, (d) cracker Jacks?
5. The native home of the peach tree Is which: (a) Africa,
(b$ China, (c) Australia, (d) Japan?
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1952
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By WALTER SHE AD
G ENERAL Eisenhower’s accept
ance of the 20-year program of
Democratic social reform as
“above politics” may not mollify
«he Taft faction of the Republican
party who fought these reforms
every step of the way as “social
istic;” nor may his approval of the
Korean war as preventing an even
greater war find acceptance with
the MacArthur faction of the GOP;
neither will Ike’* declaration that
there would be no tampering with
farm price supports please the
Aiken-Alan Kline-Brewster-Bridges
GOP-farm faction.
What is more to the point, these
stands of Eisenhower may please
the voters, despite the fact they also
coincide with Democratic platform
and Democratic leadership think
ing on these issues.
Neither is the general’s half-way
approval of the state control of the
controversial tidelands oil question
satisfying to the states’ rights ad
herents in Texas, California, Louisi
ana and other states, for it will be
remembered that Elsenhower
agreed with the states righters
“only as far aa constitutional.” And
the Supreme Court has held that
constitutionally the federal govern
ment has paramount rights on tide-
lands from the low tide mark sea
ward on these rich oil deposits,
and that they belong to all the
ieople. Again Eisenhower is on
he side of the majority of the
>eople and not with his party plat-
orm.
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It seems to objective observers
/ho have been with the GOP stand-
rd bearer during these past weeks
hat Eisenhower, the political
mateur, surrounded by profes-
’onal politicians, pulling him this
r ay and that, is feeling his own
•/ay with the people . . that he
s seeking to make his own de
cisions and that eventually he will
emerge into the campaign with his
own platform. Already some of the
large metropolitan newspapers,
who were quick to hop on the so-
oalled Eisenhower bandwagon in
fhe early stages of the campaign,
are becoming mildly critical of
him for what appears to be another
“me-too” campaign or for out-do
ing the late Wendell Willkie in pick
ing up the Democratic banner and
trying to wave it higher and more
vigorously than the Democratic
nominee himself.
It is tough to travel down the
middle of the road, and dangerous,
what with traffic going both ways,
but this column feels that the for
mer five-star general, once he gets
the feel of the political hustings,
may reverse hi# field, take the
right side of the road and make a
race of this election in spite of the
isolationists, the McCarthys, the
Jenners -and the Cains who are
seeking re-election on his coat
tails.
Ike’s declaration that peace is
the main issue in this campaign
again backs up the oft-repeated as
sertions of President Truman along
this line and the' same statement
made by Gov. Adlal Stevenson at
the Chicago convention. But also
the Eisenhower line at the Legion
convention in New York that our
nation ie in the greatest peril in
history again backs up the Presi
dent in his pressure for greater and
greater national defense efforts.
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In the meantime foreign devel
opments, such as the Russian call
for a meeting of its top congress,
the first, in 13 years, nor the elec
tion here has deterred Washington
from continuing its uninterrupted,
steady pressure toward its long-
range foreign policy, a policy that
is likely to be pursued regardl
of who is in the White House
January.
In Iran and Egypt ... the dis
ruption of the governments
plays into our hands in that we
stand to gain in those e
over the Soviet Union
steadily making progress in
and Yugoslavia is in process of
veloping a defense pact with G:
and Turkey . . . The Korean war
is shaping toward a conclusion with
the drain of Red China too,
for that country to maintain,
a result the Chinese war a,
the Southeast Asian coun
Indo China and Malaya is dete:
ating into purely a guerilla a
instead of full scale war.
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from other editors
F ROM The Doogtas County Ga
zette, Waterloo, Neb.: “Honest
George” is the salutation used by
Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Secretary “Red” Motter whenever
directing personal letters to yours
truly, the editor. Right after being
elected aa one of the county com
missioners “Red” was down to
Valley trying to sell something or
other for the community he repre
sents and after his talk we had a
Uttie visit, with “Red” asking:
“Well, George, now that you are
eommiseioner, what do the people
call you?”
And my answer was simply:
“What the people call me depends
a lot upon the time of year, to
gether with the weather.”
He looked puzzled: “It does. How
tome?” •
“Well, ‘Red,* it’s very simple. If
we’ve had a lot of rain in the
spring and people are getting stuck
all over the county, they call me a
lot of things. Or, if its during the
winter months and the snow of the
night before isn’t cleamed off the
roads sometime during the follow
ing day, again the names aren’t
so nice. But, if the sun is shining,
the birds singing, the bees buzzing,
and the roads are a little bit on the
dusty side, its ‘Honest George’.’’ I
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From The Oak Harbor (Wash.) ;
News: As far as this particular |
community is concerned, it would
be illogical to ask candidates to
pledge themselves for a balanced
budget. -During the past few years
•we have collected thousands and
thousands of dollars b&
money. We’ve got a new
paid for in federal money. W«
sold thousands of dollars worth <
goods to servicemen who
with federal dollars.
Not only have we already collect
ed from federal spending, th
are those who wish more and yet
more. Like a hog in a trough, they
never get enough.
Now it’s time for us to decide
what we want in candidates,
we want candidates who pledge
themselves to help balance the
budget? Or do we want candidates
who say they’ll work for the re
gion’s worthy projects. We must
make up our minds. We can’t have
both. And beware ot candidates
who pledge both. They’re either dis
honest or ignorant.
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From The Seville (Ohio) Chron
icle: If Leonard Huffman wanders
around town looking as of the
world is a good place these days,
don’t sneer at him, because he’s
right and you’re wrong.
Leonard lost his wallet, contain
ing $22 and all the other
cards and papers that make wallets .
so troublesome. to lose, at the Se
ville Memorial Park ball diamond
Sunday evening. He went back that
night to search for it, and he and
a friend got up early Monday morn
ing to renew the search. No luck.
But in the morning mail, arriv
ing after he had gone to work, was
the wallet, complete with money,
and a note. “From a friend”.
A good friend, apparently.
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NO GRATITUDE . . . Hauled out of the Hudson river hi
York by a crane driver after aha Jumped because “I aa
rusted with life,” Mary Stanley Adams indicates that the
to toshMtd hi her disgust.
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