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= Sbott their country's future, and telling them That the next ~ ensration rather than the next election wil be the real test |

of their thinking. : That was clidracteristic of the man. Tie impressive

~ Hetious issues which weigh on my heart.” ~He spoke in |- solemn warning that American posterity’s birthright to liberty fs in danger of being “bartered for a mess of a coldectivist system.”

“We must wish,” he said. “40 maintain a-dyamiie, 1

progressive people. But dynamic progress is not made with dynamite. And that dynamite today is the geometrical increase of spending by our governments—federal, state and local.” EY A ve =

IN 20 YEARS, Mr. Hoover pointed out, the cost of all varieties of government to the average family has risen from less than $200 ‘annually to about $1300.” Projects which “at-this moment executives and legislatures are seri-’ gusly proposing” would increase present spending by onei SE oti ios ru” he continued, “it is the average working cifisen, who Jays bY Widden and other taxes” Sue's

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Bl A SE TL Ye ; Governmental collection and spending of the people's money on such a scale, he asserted, is bound to cut the living standards of most of our people. It will make government | the major source of predit and capital to the economic sys- , tem. It will centralize more and more power in the state, —until “the either takes over, which is socialism; or dictates institutional and economic life, which is fascism.” i f = =» . 8» AMERICA’S great internal danger, as Mr. Hoover sees it, is not from a few hundred thousand domestic Commu-. Socialists.

At is from fajlure to reduce spending and waste. Mis from failure—"so long as we must support necessary national defense and cold war at a cost of 24 days’ work per _-year-to the average working citizen” '—to defer sume desir

whe things for & while.

the foolish notion that a collectivist economy can preserve personal liberty and constitutional government.” , Itis from the aggression of “a multitude of great prespure groups,” influencing government by their demands, against the interests of the people as a whole. : And it was to the people as a whole that Mr. Hoover appealed on behalf of the next generation and those to folfow. “The qualities of self-restraint, of integrity, of concence and courage ‘still live in our people,” hé said, Ts ot too late to summon those qualities.”

Running His Trotting Horses AT FIRST blush there would seem to be not much wrong with Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan asking Housing Ex- © pediter Tighe Woods to give “fair treatment” to his friends seeking scarce materials to rebuild a California race track. But the act appears less proper when it develops, according to the testimony of Mr. Woods, that he was summoned to the White House to receive Gen. Vaughan's request, At the White. House, and from a high official, a “re. quest” is regarded by a lower-case bureaucrat as something. ‘stronger than a mere petition. And if ‘seems even less acceptible that six days later the race-track friends of the general got the scarce materials which veterans trying to build houses could not obtain at that time. =

Bearing in mind all the while that Gen. “Vaughan's job

was that of military aide to the President, and supposedly

had nothing to do with race tracks or building materials. . The general's extra-curricular activities reminds us of a story. It's too long to repeat here, but the end of it was about a fellow who was so mixed up that he went around the country running his 8 trotting horses and trotting his running horses and. got into a lot of trouble.

Truth for Veterans oP COTT W. LUCAS of Illinois, Democratic leader of the

. §. Senate and a veteran of World War I, made a fine * Sopoceh the other day to the Illinois American Legion convention, : .. The government's financial strength, he said, is “the Fock | on which this nation's destiny and the destiny of free ‘men everywhere must depend.” At a time when the threat of communistic aggression forces Amercia to spend $15 billion a year for national defense and many additional billions for aid to free nations; he continued, it is a solemn,

Fon duty of every American veteran to ‘think deeply

's financial burdens. " Then Sen. Lucas made anothér profoundly true stateant which deserves to be blazoned in large letters and in the meeting places of every veterans’ organization: “It should never be forgotten that any large increase

It is from “a considerable group of fuzzyminded peo le 3 ja jolene is a dine: TA

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on his broad thesis of world P | glance at Europe, split through

thelr “ng otinogiafitie ffonlists still Yves :

states, is meeting in to find,

been warned by Winston Churchill that they the terrifying results of disunit:

cussions to “three broadly defined proposals dealing with the role of the council in the economic field, in social security and in the methods of co-operation. Discussion of an agreement on | human rights was ruled off the

toward a union. Despite two wars and the threat of another, the people cling steadfastly to their frontiers, defenseless as they are today, and to the economic they admit

Tradition Remains Too Strong

ALL OF THE leaders give lip service to European union but, when they come to vote upon a surrender of some part of their national sovereignty, they cannot. submit even though the decision may mean their eventual destruc-

of unity. “The tes have BAL a Title of ne a in joining their forces together under a single high command... They are willing to combine on a defensive plan provided they are furnished with modern arms by the United States. Under the old world rules, the price of these arms would

be an agreement to economic and _political union.

United States. Western Europe is free to choose | _sible then partial unity must suffice,

PERSPECTIVE

Bright clouds of feathery softness hang Beneath yon sky of azure blue, And deep- beyond their vastness high, There is a place for me—and. you.

A gloriou reit awaits us there, A calmness so serene We may look forward with delight, With joy and longing keen. ~CHARLOTTE BRUNKER KINNEY, . Phin Kenwood Ave,

“CRITICISM “I you can't help, why ET You, too, might stand in the loser's shoes, Some day have more than he, to lose, ta all you can do is-ecriticize And you hurt a friend, well, were you wise?” ~MARY. R. WHITE, 34 X, Sherman Dr.

FOSTER’ s FOLLIES

-(“MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Asks husband te defrost refrigerator, He uses blow torch.) There's a happy little ending To the lesson for today. It's a story of the blending Of true love in modern way.

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We've heard torrid tales of Julle, . For whom Romeo did scorch, “But not even that guy drooly, Ever carried suchen torch! :

“plenty of a 1. sonal vindication than in the opportunity to discuss “ithe | consultative assembly composed Ih a ars Mun 12. member , France, if possible, some new form of unity, They have must unite or perish. They have before them , « A 4 © Yet they find they must restrict their dis-

program. This represents the total of Europe's struggle:

barriers which are bringing them to the verge of bankruptcy.

Fo AhOn-an Fradition-ie--t00--| sone to be overcome by the fear of ‘aggresa Ea :

“No such pressure is being applied by the | its own course and if complete unity is impos.

quotes of 1929:

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~ 8 bit of fun. Charles Gratis was + digaifed parson 404 “Fie missed-the human

IN, WASHINGTON .

. By Peter Edson

What's What in Crystal Ball?

'12—The crystal ball used by the business prophets today could not . be more clouded, _You can hear 8 read any

ni observer wondering if any of them know what

leaves the average , Washingto

they're talking about. - Comparison of some of

the “Tecent utterances by people who should

know with what experts in similar positions said during 1929 only confirms this hunch. . President Truman in his recent economic report to Congress dealt with the unemployment situation as an acute in certain localities only. He said he was going to try to do something about it in those ‘areas. But come pare this view with the ideas of President Herbert Hoover in 1929, to the effect that unemployment was a local problem. Bernard Baruch, returning from Europe, told

ship news reporters, “I don’t agree with those -

who say there will be a slump in this country.” Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer, returning from his survey of New England unemployment, said business would pick up in the months ahead “if people don’t get scared” Treasury Secretary John Snyder, in his Collier's article, wrote: “I am plainly puzzled as to why the American businessman should be lacking in confidence today.” Compare those statements with soms famous

CE The. worst effects. of the .crash.upen ployment will have passed In 60 aye said “President Hoover i March, 1930 Ukemplayment was then 3 million. It rose to 12 million. “I see nothing in the situation which warrants pessimism,” sald Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon on Jan. 1, 1930. “We can look forreasonable prosperity within the next :.year,” “sald Secretary of Labor James J. Davis in June of 1930.

Looking at the Record WONDERINGLY you read these statements, Then you look at some facts as gathered by principal government statistical agencies: Every government- source tries to minimize unemployment. ; Bureau of Census reports mid-July unems= ployment of over 4 million for the first time since the 1930-41 period. But the Census sample survey indicated employment at 59,720,000—the

highest this year. Good though this may be; it apparently isn’t good. enough. Employment

down only 3

the brighter side, contriwting to what some

ranged from 60 million to 61,600,000 from May to October last year, with only 1,600,000 to "2,200,000 unemployed. Boserve Hoard af rf

~five- 4 - 169. Last January it was 191, The drop is Iron and steel production is 26

15 per cent. per cent below the peak of last November, Bureau of Labor Statistics wholesale price index of all commodities has dropped 5 per cent since Jan. 1. But the BLS consumers price index—the so-called cost of living figure—is percent fromthe peak of last November. For July it will probably be around 170 per cent of the 1935-39 average. The figure has been within 1 per cent of this level for the past six months, The cost of food index rose 1 per cent trom May to June, though summer food prices should be down. Rents and public utility rates dre advancing In many areas.

Installment Buying at Peak INSTALLMENT buying has risen to a national total of over $9 billion—a new all-time high. What this means is that people are going deeper Into debt,” Personal savings are still high, but largely confined to people in the middle and upper income brackets. In spite of notable exceptions like steel, total corporate profits for the second quarter of 1949 are expected to be lower than the first quarter

AMOI pnual Pare Of S28 Dillion. “The High “was $361

billion in. the third quarter of last eer. * “““‘Ihese are some of the bearish factors.”

Wasliington observers find is a significant change in business sentiment during the past two-to-four ‘Weeks, may be listed these develop-

nts : There will be no increase in federal income

taxes. Consumer expenditures have remained high despite a falling-off in personal income. Automobile sales and production have been at record levels. Home and industrial construction have picked up in the last three mofiths after a slow start earlier in the year. The government will have to go on defict spending, which is inflationary. This will be heightened by distribution of the veterans’ insurance bonus of $2,500,000,000 early in 1950. Wage increases In selected industries that

have good profit.repiorts so far this year seeni Fo I inevitable;

whichis Hitewise Inflitionary.

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which arise out of ribald situations since-he lived according to & rigorous social code which drinking, smoking, late hours and —othér Habits which have heen associated with the craft. As editor he had only infrequent op=

and observa~ Fon Doh. compensated for the lack of con-

most of the past 20 years he ‘was associated with Serippe-Sloward enterprises, as a reporter ew

pleaders for a politician who offers them a political plum, or for the employers who cow-

‘them 1 into submission; still others develop a

"and which induces them to write of all men with tongue in cheek. Burt was quietly humorous, in

this sense a typical “Yankee Reporter,” but he had a blazing sense of right and wrong. His prose was never incandescent. He achieved his results by patiently and carefully piling brick on brick in the structure of his argument. - Whether it was the courts, the city administration or the legislature which ‘was assigned to him, he had only one “angle”: How can the public interest be best protected? -

never forget him. ’ »

Views on the News

By DAN KIDNEY

STALIN has made international communism into an easy formula. All you have to do is to be a good Communist patriot Is to love any country Russia can rum

Ee . a gd — siete TE i investigations. . sould

cause ‘Wash people will not oo ‘to live at the ca there is no percentage in it a $ & Soo FORMER Interior Secretary Ickes ‘issued a big blast against Tom Clark and so assured his sonfirmation for the Supreme Court. ¥ 4 ¢ - THAT ex-GI Daniel MeCarthy wanting to turn German is enough to bring a note of protest to the U. 8. A. from Ireland. ® ¢

PROBLEM for democracy—how do you keep malig-

population loss. Some capital if

- & benign welfare state from becoming

nant? * &

MAYBE. ihe Administration's White F “should be entitled “The China Egg.”

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FAR EAST . .. By Charles Wis

_ gram comes up next week. Chinese Nationalists.

-witt-be- made first

in the department's own propdsals.

Calls White Paper an Apology

—ia-achieving success. He sald

Asia,

a fund for military ald for China.

Vandenberg Wants ‘Fresh Look’

Arms Aid to China?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-House advocates of military aid to China have advised the State Department they will make a bitter fight for recognition when the Butopean arms aid pro-

The fight will be on a bipartisan basis and will revolve. around a proposal put forward by Reps. Francis Walter (D. Pa.) and John Lodge (R. Conn.) to provide $200 million in military ald funds-—plus a military mission up to 500 officers—-to aid the

The attempt to write such a provision into the European aid fn the House Foretgn Affairs Committee and will get the active support of such committees members as Messrs. Lodge, John Vorys (R. 0.) and Walter Judd (R. Minn, ), | Rep. Judd, a physician and former medical missionary to China, charged today that publication of the State Department's white paper on China last week was an obvipus attempt to block | - military aid to the Nationalist government ‘at-this time, He sald | he and Mr. Vorys had told department officials a determined | battle to force military aid would be made if it were not included |

THE WHITE PAPER, he said, was an attempt tq sell the idea that the cause of China fs so hopeless it is too late now to « « provide: aid, If ald is voted it would not be the first time this had occurred even over Sthte Department opposition. Rep. Lodge called the white paper “at best an apologia by | those who are more interested in justifying their failures than | that-aithough-hefavors—aid- "

our friends in Europe he does not believe “we can emectively | "protect them or ourselves unless we also take positive action in

“To disregard this part of the world is to retreat into an isolationist concept which is as obsolete as it is dangerous.” In the House, the fight on China could get in the way of a pressure drive by the administration leadership to get an arms aid bill reported out of committee and acted on as quickly as possible, There had been some talk about “making concessions" if’ this would help get early action. But there have been no indications that such concessions might go so far as to include

THE FACT that Rep. Walter, who as House Democratic whip is the third ranking man of the administration's forces, has | put his namerto this proposal could be influential. Mr. Lodge has tabbed the joint sponsarship ‘as truly bipartisan in this field, and | Rep. Vorys has sald he believes the proposal has a good chance of success on the House floor even if it fails in committee. :

SIDE GLANCES

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the whole China situation.

the facts,

COMA 1940 BY NEA SERVICE ING. TW. AEG. ¥. SPAT. OFF —i o "Remember, don't tell Will Jenkins~his wife was over here till midnightthey've had a spat and she’s giving him-a little mystery to worry about!”

a “fresh look, unhamhpéred by past prejudices or emotions,” in

“The important thing,” "Sen, Vandenberg said, whether we like them or not, and deal with the reall ties; and to make it relentlessly clear that we have. not abandoned either the people of China or freedom in the Far East.” There has been an increasing demand for Gen. Douglas | MacArthur's counsel in considering what is to be done next. Others siy they do not insist that Gen. MacArthur be brought

By Galbraith

Siberia.

STALIN story of the — department: doubles, it'is said, put on so much weight he could no longer sub for the dictator. After two years in a northern he was released. The day of his arrival he was ordered to retirn to his job. But he had lost so much weight he was now too thin --and when Stalin saw him he swore loudly and ordered him ein packed off to Siberia. .

ERP Is carefully watchlag A AT a bone Russian attempts oft Marshall Plan machinery into the cast via the underground

smuggling route.

A Hungarian state cigaret manapoly Is forging Amerfoan cigarets, dumping them on Viennese and Berlin markets for dollars and using the dollars to support the Cominform’s International activities.

INSIDE STUFF

Notes From Europe

‘(Excerpts trom letters received from Times forcign

v . correspondents)

ONE CURRENT JOKE they're telling in London is inspired by the big money some dentists are making off the government bealth plan, .. My dentist had af awful accident.” . “What happened?” “He fell off his wallet!”

AMERICANS | ‘in uniform have been ordered by their.coms- | -manding Olivers to stay away from Communist demonstrations

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BRITISH police are keeping their eyes out for black mare - keteers hanging around American air bases in have been prosecuted.

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SCOPFAND plans to distill a record 30 million gallons of Souteh. during the somsing. Sonaeh.

* One of Stalin's

Indignant, the boss packed him off to deep-fieess camp

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‘Britain. Some -

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SOE RAE in Germany and to siphon

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: AMERICAN” Army. officers’ now refuss to’ snief DP’ olnps without MP protection. Several American

erican officers were badly

mauled in Munich DP camps while black: “8th find | activities. Two hundred and fifty MP's, itd 19 | to make a , Tepant raid on a Munich DP camp, uncovered mors than $50,000, U. 8 currency, stacks of forbidden ehOcaistes, and cigarets, ‘ * : MORE AND mere American military men in Euro are

<1 to be trained in North Africa. SO ah Sop ATE to Opposition to the administration position of writing off’ Na- I home but that he should be asked to produce a “Wedemeyer re- | bring the matter o*_pul publicly, fearing ‘a battle with the State tionatist i EXpressed In the white paper, has been expressed | port” of His own--4 MacArthur report deaitig exhaustively With | Department. The State Department is against it on grounds it widely in nt days. Sen. Arthur H. Vandeungrg. leader of | his views as to what U. 8. policy in the Far East should be, | would whit the Reds in Italy and infuriate the French foreign SAAS Repeats 's Jorsgn Tisvion mations, bus 8 ating Sor | Both ¥e been preased on top administratié officials, shivers at thy mention of armed Huns. A ; . chi . : ye : ! ; ; } yr g 0 at OL 00 oo TB AT Boh WA wm mam p a a = "

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