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CAIPOS - NO . Give Light and fhe People Will Find Their Own Way After Oregon, What? GV: PEWEY won quite a victory in Oregon. - His margin over Mr. Stassen wasn't big, but it was impressive because, until a few weeks ago, practically all the experts were predicting a Stassen walkover. , We don’t often see such a spectacle as the Oregon Republican presidential primary. Only 12 delegates were to ~~ be chosen. But two leading candidates campaigned the “\.. state intensively, and how. Hardly a mountain hamlet or ~~ “yalley crossroads escaped invasion by one or both. From ortland, the whole nation was treated to a radio debate about. whether to outlaw the Communist Party. Inthe end, we think, Gov. Dewey had proved himself an able debater and a more effective campaigner than he was in 1944. Anyway, he got the 12 delegates. And Mr. Stassen's prestige, almost dazzling after his earlier triumphs in Wisconsin and Nebraska, is somewhat tarnished | ......at the close of the primary season. It doesn't follow that, as Oregon went, so will go the Republican national convention. It seems possible that Gov. Dewey, Mr. Stassen and Sen, Taft will all have enough

but doubtful whether any one of them will be strong enough to win the nomination. NL “on So the way may be opened up for Sen: Vandenberg; or for a darker horse. The one thing we're reasonably certain about is that it will be an exciting convention to watch or . read about. “X | What we hope is that the party bosses won't get car- | ried away by the notion that any Republican at all can be elected next November—that they won't decide, under cover of the excitement, to get together in some smoke-filled room | and award the nomination to some 1948 version of Warren G. Harding. :

i' Taft on Foreign Policy || SEN Y

always maifitain that standard. : : His foreign policy address at Bard College exaggerated the administration's wobbling and lack of co-operation with.

gracefully confusing, that has not been typical. Certainly it is not fair to charge that “we have been pro-Communist and we have been anti-Communist.” Even when our government was making deals with its Russian ally during the war, it obviBusly was not pro-Communist. Two of the four points suggested by Candidate Taft as a basis for American foreign policy concern this subject. 3 One is for “consistent opposition to the spread of commu- _ nism in this country and throughout the world.” That is the He: also favors “a renewal of our faith in liberty, justice and equality as a foundation of free government, and a determination to crusade throughout the world for those principles as the Russian government crusades for communism.” ‘We can think of nothing more undemocratic and self-defeat-ing than for America'to crusade for democracy as Russia does for communism. Democracy cannot be imposed by force or infiltrated by “crusaders.” We can spread democracy only by making it work here, and by aiding others to

strength to eliminate-each other'at Philadelphia-next.month,...

TAFT has a deservedly high reputation for accuracy | and fair play. Presidential Candidate Taft does not |

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ked Dewey's

Clear Policy on River Development Pleased Northwest

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WASHINGTON, May 25—The reasons for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's victory over Harold

| Stassen in Oregon are probaby as many as the

issues in that extraordinary campaign. But one factor which was more or less overlooked in the East carried a great deal of weight in the Pacific Northwest, =. . That is public Power. Gov. Dewey took a clear and unmistakable stand. He said that America's rivers should be developed “on a regional basis” with public power projects pushed as rapidly as possible,

* Shifted Stand on Dams MR. STASSBEN, one the other hand, was evasive. In Wisconsin, in reply to a question from one of his atidiences, he said he was for the TVA and other developments like it. Campaigning in Nebraska, where the Missouri Valley Authority is an issue, he favored. a compromise development plan be carried out by Army engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, ; The Pacific Northwest is a region of Almost unlimited potentials for growth in every field. The people of the region know they must have public power if they are to create wealth from their far-flung resources, So Gov, Dewey was on the popular side in his forthright championship of the great projects which are possible in that region, LANE

Lesson to Western Senators

THIS IS a lesson the Republicans in Congress should take notice of. In particular, it should be a warning those new Republican Senators from the West who were swept into office on the tide of Republican sentiment In 1046. These men have not worked for the projects that are vital to the West. Again and again they have stood in the way of “even mildly progressive legislation and they are, therefore,

a definite handicap to the GOP in that part of

the country. in this election year. Sen. Harry P. Cain of Washington became

heh anc i n “Tone en BE EAN

With the Times

DUMB ATHEIST

The man who says “There is no God," And “Man won't live beyond the sod,” He knows truth, just by a nod, He only proves himself a clod.

PATIENT FEA

~The dullest part is the human brain

That God put in the human frame. r and brain, they are a twain Harken not to his sad refrain.

No coninglous brain could manage well

Like those that in-our body dwell, =

work, no mind can tell

mates the beating heart? What guid to furtherest part? What tell the red cells of erosions start. What sends the white

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The simplest role is assigned the mind. No constant vigil, of any kind Ego in truth should be confined. \ God couldn't trust the conscious mind.

We pry and try to peer at God's fine work, ~ Never finding where the spirit lurks, Too often minds, their duty shirk, To be trusted with God's secret work. ~MARSHALL E. HELLER. BEE EE BE

A man who married three women claimed

~~ insanity; Any Argumne: - y . ® @ i “—*DID NATURE BLUNDER? Do you think that Nature blundered: When she gave this world “a man"? For she gave him all her treasures— Evolutionary plan.

Do you think that her ‘creation 1s a masterpiece supreme, Sculptured in a manner, fitting Destiny into her scheme?

Do you think her goal had promise That her idol would prowvide—

achieve well-being and security as the basis for their own free choice. That precisely is the aim of present American policy— in the United Nations, in the European Recovery Program, and in support of regional defense pacts. Despite the Taft: ““complaint that the State Department does not give the Senate information, this policy has been formulated jointly with Republican leaders and is more truly bipartisan than American foreign policy ever has been in peacetime. . Candidate Taft would be on firmer ground if he boasted that this basic American foreign policy, which has set Stalin and Wallace to yelping in unison, is as much Republican as Democratic and will be continued regardless of the November election. -

RRL CEM ANGLE

Bl ‘A LFRED M. LANDON, Republican, lias come out in sup“i port of President Truman's plea for a full three-year ‘extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act with out crippling amendments. . Republican plans to renew the act for only one year threatens the entire European Recovery Program, says Mr. Landon. Those plans have taken form in a bill approved, ‘after secret hearings, by the Republican majority of the House Ways and Means Committee. And the committee's

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Mr. Landon doesn't know what he's talking about. “It is evident,” says Mr. Knutson, “that he has accepted the State Department's version without independent. in- | vestigation.” - How's that again? In 1936, Mr. Landon was the Repub-

‘speech, he told the voters that American agriculture and

babassu nuts.

Maine and Vermont. ; Talk about independent investigation. On one subject,

Party.

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for the Balcony Scene

chairman, Rep. Harold Knutson of Minnesota, asserts that |

lican_candidate for President. The GOP platform pledged | repeal of the Reciprocal Trade Act. Mr. Landon, loyal to the platform, went the limit on that issue. In speech after |

‘industry faced destruction because, undef the act, tariffs had been lowered on such things as cheddar cheese and

When the votes were counted, Mr. Landon had carried

at least, bitter personal experience has qualified Mr. Landon

| as a foremost expert. Nobody has better reason than he to know how disastrously opposition to reciprocal trade and support of schemes to boost tariffs can hurt the Republican |

RESIDENT TRUMAN would like to see"every American 4 \ : embassy in the world housed in a replica of the White “That back-porch controversy gives promise of as-

Gods or parasites or germs— That her travail could abide?

Do you think her hopes maturing In romantic clandestine. That perhaps in several billions, + +» Bring great humans on the scene’ Though her faith seems often shattered, Failure marks each lateral birth, Men are such contrary creatures, Spreading science as.their worth! ) —8. B. TOKOPF. BRASS CoA ‘ About all tooting your own horn does Is make people keep dodging out of your way. 2

RADIO

Switch on the current, Turn’ the. dial,

eee eet

be RETRY

‘To bring in what you desire.’ The clrrent of your thought

: Is without beginning and without end.

Turn the dial; . From the uncharted waves of eternity, Sift out. that which you seek. ‘ ~VIRGINIA FORTNEY.

the darling of the redl estate lobby when he tried various tricks to defeat the public hous~ ing provision in the Taft Housing Bill. Nevada's incredible Sen, George W. Malone follows a narrowly reactionary line. stances, does Sen. Henry C. Dworshak of Idaho.

So, in most in-

The Republicans in the Senate face a test

this week, and the oltcome will be closely followed inthe West-even though that region is not directly involved. The Republican ma-

‘Bringing Home the Bacon

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ceilon its way. — the imine weblng and ck of cooperation wis | SESE ue | KEEP GIBRALTAR OPEN

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‘Wicker Wants to Protect Strait By Enlarging International Zone

“._ FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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“By William Philip Simms

. WASHINGTON, May 25—A movement is ‘on foot to en thé “international zone of Tangier, across {rom Gibraltar, The object is to insure freedom“qf the strait and security of the Western Meditersanean. The area, thus enlagged, would be under the _ control of the United ‘Nations. Spain's full acquiescence and participation would be sought and Russia, as well as the United States, would

be parties to the arrangement.’ As yet the idea is in its ini) stage. It is the conception of Cyrus French ker, former

secretary of legation, American cha d'affaires at Tangier, now retired, and an outstanding authority on North Africa. Long before the Morocco landings in November, 1042, he urged

this approach to the “soft under-belly” wf x

Europe. The whole Mediterranean basin is filled with dynamite, Mr. Wicker remarked to the writer. The two “pillars of Hercules” the Rock of

"Gibraltar on the European, and Gibel Musa on

the African side—not only dominate the western area. With these bastions in the wrong hands the entire sea would become a closed lake.

Weapons Change Picture.

AND NEITHER area is now even reasonably safe although Gibraltar was synonymous with security as long as British sailing: ships, or even World War I navies, were supreme. The advent of huge bombers, atomic’ projectiles and supersonic weapons has changed the whole ~Ricture.

Today, Gibraitar is hardly more than a rocky headland rising 1398 feet from the water's

Tedge. THIF compIetely IHOTAted off the Tand ‘sfde

by Spain which is neither a member of the United Nations nor of the Western European bloc. By sea it is at the mercy of any air-and-

sea. power. . A Gibel Musa, less than nine miles . distant

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Side Glances—By Galbraith \#2

SETTING A NEW

some very attractive bait: (a)

thipg for nothing.

Contains Tremendous

bring them disaster,

the other plans, and (b) the almost irresistible lure of some4 CL These vast pools of money—such as the miners—actually are public funds. But their use is guarded as in the case of government They can be juggled, almost without restraint.

Pattern for Other Pools

WITNESS, for example, the way Sen. Styles Bridges ' called “neutral trustee” of the miners’ fund, played a piece

LIKE ALL OTHER schemes which offer spectacular returns for little or no investment, “Lewis insurance” contains tremendous dangers. Instead of providing security for workers, it could It could dislocate the whole Social Security and private security systems built up through years of effort. It could drive business toward a system of great

jority must skids whether it is to follow the - lead of the in eliminating from the TVA appropriation $4 million to start construction of a steam plant considered essential to future power development in the Tennessee Valley, The House acted on the recommendation of a committee ‘that had listened "to a long pep talk from Purcell Smith, the TLIO yeas lobbyist for the utility industry. . . Smith, taking the swing to the GOP as a swing to

Cote BAUR

across the strait, is more than twice as high and is of the same jurassic limestone as Gibraltar. It belongs to Spain. Though it cannot be considered as a menace at the moment, a strong power could take. it over in time of crisis and "seal up the Mediterranean. Thus the Strait of Gibraltar is probably the most important single strategic point in the Eastern Hemisphere. It 1s vital to Ei n security. Therefore, says Mr. Wicker, itis high time something is done about it. And the

Stand On Pow

Cm COTpIEtE FEATUON; “OeeTIed “THE “UNE "Was Tipe ;

Wain Miwa Ge Te

x ' on 5 : * ; : i » scien eae ei nent i oma he

to move in'on the TVA. =.

Representatives ftom the TVA : PRoc testeg. violently, But thelr. protests were’ nored as Republicans, joined by a few Demo-

trats, followed the lead of lobbyist Smith. ‘ “1f the Senate follows the same lead, there is likely to be an outcry, and not alone from the Tennessee Valley, In the Pacific Northwest they will understand that this means a policy hostile to the development of public power projects. on SHAE 5

Have Status of Colonies

bondage. It. 1 lost on that other colony rises in all its beauty and wealth from the shore of the Pacific. There is a widespread demand in the Northwest for a Columbia River: Authority capable of the same kind of unified approach as the TVA. i

Knew What Northwest Wanted

GOV. DEWEY understood meaning of the deep urge behind the desire to prosper and grow out of the. bondage of Eastern domina-

tion. In his remarkably hard-hitting campaign, he appealed to that urge and it unquestionably contributed to his triumph, Before he entered the state for three weeks of such barnstorming as few local candidates ever undertake, he was considered hopelessly outdistanced by Mr, Btassen. But when the people of Oregon saw him and heard him and discovered that he had a sympathetic understanding of their special problems, they gave him a comfortable majority. w-Jb-48-0ne of the most striking. success stories...

in American political history.

~Hoosier-Forum

"I do not agree with a word that you say, but | “will defend to the death your right to say it." ————

Well, Why Not?

By Henry Hammer, New Castle, Ind. I note Mr. Childs repeats Mencken's sneer at the Middle West as “the Bible Belt.” What's wrong with a community that goes in for the study and reading of the Bible? Are people who read Nietsche, Marx, Lenin, Laski,

| et al., of higher intelligence and character than

those who read the Bible? Apart from religion

and morals, name. one jargon-writer of today

who-can match prose with. those who took the Bible for a model? fA LL Listen to George Bairtsbury, who was imtruth what the posing Mencken pretends to be —a great critic: “So long as a single copy of the version of 1611 survives, so long will there be accessible the best words of the best time of English, in the best order, on the best subjects—so long will the font be open from which a dozen genera tions of great English writers, in the most varying times and fashions, of the most diverse temperaments—libertines and virtuous persons, free thinkers and devout, poets and prosemen, laymen and divines—have drawn. inspiration . and pattern; by which three centuries of readers and hearers have had kept before them the and thé powers of the English tongue.” I am not a church member but believe me if 1 had to go down a dark, dark alley I would rather meet a man with a Bible in his pocket than one of these “moderns” with a copy of . the Daily Worker “

A National i Holiday |

By Paul Herman, 2326 N. 28th St.

"common-sense gnswer is a program for immediately enlarging the one around Tangier and placing it under international control. The present area of the international zone of Tangier, Mr. Wicker pointed out, is 140 square fles. It takes in the port and the immediate interland. With Spain's consent, this would be broadened to about 400 square miles. The entire tip of the small peninsular across from Gibraltar thus would be included, along with the Atlantic port of Arzilla, the naval base at Ceuta, on the Mediterranean, and the grain center at Tetuan and Gibel Musa.

“Confesses Real Anxiety

“SMR. WICKER recently returned from an |

er re-survey-of- the North -African-situa--tion. HMaving spent much of hig life in that part of the gi

since his graduation from Yale and |

Oxford, he was already an authority. He now confesses to genuine anxiety over what he “The United States, Mr. Wicker feels, should take the initiative ‘within the United Nations. Spain, he says, should be paid an adequate sum just as we paid Denmark $25 million for her strategically important Islands in the West Indies: x Adminjstration of the new gone, Mr. Wicker

..-58Y8, should be shared by 11 nations—England,.

France, Russia, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico and the United States. Tr “there “18 "to be "World ‘pede; the former:

_ diplomat observes, there must be adequate bases. Great responsibility falls on the ted States. And we have ample cause to remember

the cost to us in blood and wealth merely to. win.

toeholds from which to defend democracy.

PATTERN. . . . By E. T. Leech

‘Lewis Security’ Plan Dangles Bigger. Offers Huge Return at Little Cost

SOCIAL SECURITY was a great issue a dozen years ago. |- “Lewis security” is replacing it as & major issue today. big union apparently will follow John L, Lewis’ lead in going after pensions and insurance benefits for members. Social Security has done a lot of good, but needs to be extended to cover more workers and to Hundreds of insurance and pension plans in public and private industry also have been helpful. But both these public and private plans are being overshadowed by the new Lewis variety. That's bécause it holds out

The same

Every

improved in other ways.

bigger benefits than are paid by

Dangers

companies,

Terre Haute, Ind. 1 am glad your Hoosier Forum still provides. a way of expressing one’s views without fear of pressure from political groups, unions and other organizations who do not agree. R. D. Wangelin should be commended for his article “Don’t Forget Heroes.” I don't want to be patted on the back for my three years’ service but I do think in honor of the men who died, and who fought and gave blood, sweat and tears, that the politicians

a day for we who were lucky enough to return might observe. I do not think I am alone it would be fitting to set aside Aug. 14, the day the. war ended as a national holiday. A ‘good many in service expected this but we are still waiting.

For John L. : By Raymond T. Blickenstaff, 209 Covington St, Crawfordsville, Ind.

It-is time to face the facts. It is not John L. Lewis who 1s kicking around | the American people; it is the U. 8. Government. I do not belong to a union or any organized

in the belief that

¢ + @

4.Jabor group, but I am fully on Lewis’ side and the miners: .

that of p Would the writer of your editorial “Here We

Glo” AEH gor into the- Trines; risk -his-life and..

| work in the dirt as the miners do for the same pay? . , “Cannot a strike be broken up by.granting _thé-miners the few cents they asked? Why does ‘the government always side with the rich man:

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thing happened when Mr. Petrillo clamped 8 ur:°?

royalty on phonograph records. The.royalty was added to record prices. And the same thing will happeq if the same policy is en forced by other unions big and strong enough to levy a tax on the consumers. NIn the case of Social Security, public relifement funds, rail road welfare systems and private insurance workers almost always pay part of the premium, . cost falls rather lightly on the public. But under “Lewis security the public pays the whole bill. and non-union men and women in no position to force similar benefits for themselves, , ~ I¢ this system became widespread, the added cos. of ying would be enormous.

d pension plans “The rest of the

This includes millions of union

not safe: reserves or insurance at will, in secret and

as 80°

pit of

$50 million of the

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mpnopolies controlled by the government. wp Workers would be the chief victims if those things happened. Soctal Security-——which became effective Jan. 1, 1937—Is financed indirectly by the public. The direct charges are paid one-half by employers and one-half by workers in those lines covered, through a 1 per cent tax oh both wages and payrolls. | There is no evidence that this small tax has had much effect on . the cost of living. .

Paid Directly by the Public : .

BUT “LEWIS INSURANCE" is paid directly and entirely

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toward the $50,000,000 now in Mr. Lewis’ welfare pool. The public paid it-all—at 10 cents for each ton of coal, plus higher prices 1 for aogies and services in which coal is an important expense item. bg yo... Je, Ek Lf eels

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by the public. ‘The coal operators did not contribute one cent it

‘Republican’ politics with John.L. Lewis. In an snap judgment involving a pension system for came up with a decision favoring $100 pensions. hours of study, the Senator arrived at the answer wanted. 2 XI 18 There i$ no reason to believe that other great welfare poo could not or would not be handled in the same casual mABY The expedient thing, both for a politician or an ambitious un NG official, would be to give larger and ever larger benefits—Te87C less of the burden on the publie, rising ving

500,000 men, he

“Lewis security will worl if it can be enjoyed only by °° group while the rest of the country | ; : a Smbitious rival ni andar won't tt happen. ! And Something for nothing, like perpetual motion, dosen't werk

who waved flags when we left should set aside:

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