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SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 1919 _. STATE POLITICS .

Politicians Aren't Really As Bad As You May Think

Dollars to doughnuts this will be, the first time anyone ever Christmas.

wished politicians a Merry

By Robert Bloem

It's a long, hard year ahead for most of them. Today seems , like a good day to’ give them a little pedce, maybe even a little

/ pat on the back.

We'd wish them a happy new year, too, but it would be an

idle wish. At least half of the politicians are going to be mighty unhappy before another December rolls around. Politicians are ' the most suspected peébple in this country. They: never are regarded as aspiring to leadership, It's dlways maneuvering for contral when a politician does it. A politician never. seeks an opportunity for higher service, He has “ambition.” And when

~folks talk about that kind of.

ambition, they say. it like it wasn't a ‘nice word.

- size, some time, if

IN: FACT, if youll think of

the nastiest epithet you know,

we can show you lots of people

who can say “politician” and make it sound nastier. A politician can’t even do a good turn for somebody without arousing suspicion that there's a. selfish, political reason behind it. Try that on for u think it's fun.

Joe. Doakes can give $100 to :

the widows’ and orphans’ fund ‘and feel fine about it. But if a

~ Washington Calling— Nation’s Stores’

Record Biggest Yule in History

Ny ——

People Spend Less Than.Last Year But Buy More Presents -

By The Scripps-Howard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, mas in U. S. history!

Dec.

24—1It’s the biggest Christ-

Not so much money spent as last year, but more

gifts.

Prices were a little lower and people shopped for

things that didn’t cost so much. Not so many furs, not

so much jewelry and luggage.

toys, such as bicycles.

Not so. many high-priced

But many a home has a new television set. Silverware sales

were good in many areas, / dealers and manufacturers.

Big buying of radios fooled both:

/ There was less buying in the coal mining regions, less in auto industry cities where there were shut-downs for model change-

overs. But in Texas, people were "spending even for luxury items. Cosmetics got a good run; usual male rush for negligees developed. It all summed up to a “whopping” No one expected it last spring, when everyone talked “recession.” Now there's general feeling that times will be good for at least six months, and people were willing to take a chance and spend. Also credit’s easy, and GIs are- expecting that dividend.

Seek ECA Fund. Cut

“EAMPAIGN to cut ECA appropriations is snowballing. President Truman will ‘try to glow it by réeommending less Marshall Plan money in his pudget message. “Tngications

are he may propose cut of as

much as 25 per cent. ~,

But some Congressmen, after

European trips this fall, are talking about 50 per cent cuts, arguing they would not harm either. Europe or United States. Straw in the wind: Rep. Young, -Ohio Democrat, who's been known as a fast man with a government buck, is now demanding budget cuts after a swing through his state. He found people are getting serious

about, economy. = = ”

Smaller Cars Due FIFTEEN-YEAR trend toward bigger, wider autos may be grinding to a halt. You'll see more emphasis in next few years on betfer, smaller cars. Oldsmobile’s new V-8 is smaller than straight eight, and industry is working on a V-6. Auto clubs have been howling about post-war cars being too large for garages, less manageable in traffic; seem to be getting results. Small cars won't be cheaper, fndustry people say. " = =

Hit Resignation Report DEFENSE SECRETARY Johnson blames Republican National Committee for those rumors he and Undersecretary Early will reeign. Johnson's aids say they've traced the’ latest Batch to Mrs. Marie Brown, GOP--commit--teewoman for the District of Columbia. Johnson and Early say they're staying. Period. Note: Savings in Defense Department this’ fiscal year will be more than anyone expected.” Johnson says he'll spend. only $12,991,000,000 of the $15 billion Congress gave him. Budget Bureau says total may be down even more, to $12.8 billion.

Mr. Johnson

U.S. to Keep Bases

DANES TELL us. privately they've no objection to our

. keeping bases on Greenland as

long as necessary, if we don't force the issue. If we demand formal treaty rights, they say, they'll have to-tell us to leave. Idea is that any Danish government would be overthrown if it tried to give us wzitten guarantees for bases, Bright spot in the dark coal picture: Year is winding up with best safety record ever. It's the first year without a major disaster. And through Novémber, deaths in bituminous mines totaled 450, a drop from. 790 in same period last year. Drop is less spectacular when. figured on basis of coal tonnage mined, but still

shows improvement. Same trend shows in - 4nthracite mining. Curb’ on bes

SOME PARTS of “Penny vania are now closed to European displaced persons. Labor Department has Roped policy

) 0 ihm / Lil,

Christmas, -

of “directing the destination” of DPs so they won't go to depressed employment areas in the hard coal fields, and to Johnstown, Altoona and Greensburg. Friends of Gen, Carl Gray, Veterans’ Administrator,

grumble that Truman listens

to Gen. Omar Bradley, former VA head, more than he does to Gray. Bradley" had little Ame for politicians in the veterans organizations; Gray would like ‘to play it cosy with them. But friends say he’s noticed he gets White House rebuffs right after Mr. Gray Gen. Bradley, now chairman of

~Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been

there “to a about. military matters.”

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Eye Oklahoma Race

Unknown factor: fn Oklahoma’'s Senatorial race “is Gow. Roy Turner, president of-na-tionwide Truman .- Barkley: clubs last year. Turner hasn't said he won't run. Rep. Mike Monrone y may make

if he and Turner both get

Thomas, incumbent, probably could ‘walk off with thé nomination. Sen. Robt. Kerr, former governor, isn't taking sides. ~

Thomas

Sen.

Legislator Hits Back

REP. LES ARENDS Ill), minority whip of the House, answers back when doctors his district write telling him t®) oppose administration's plan for gompulsory health insurance. He tells them giving $25 to the American Medical Association isn't enough; that doctors should write every patient, giving reasons for opposition to ‘health plan and telling how every candidate

(R.

Also tells the doctors to get into active politics themselves “to save our present form of -government.” »

” ~ May Quit AEC Post AT LEAST TWO other members of Atomic Energy Commission. are reserving judgment on whether to quit with Lilien- ‘ thal or, wait until they see who's picked for chairman, It’s one of #* the redsons f why Truman is having such a hard time with this appointment ; why he's asked Lilienthal to stay till Feb. 15.

- Mr. Oppenheimer

Also, it’s the mosteexacting

job in government, next to the Presidency. And men who ‘might be Interested take a sharp look at what's happened to Lilienthal, -shy away from it. Names suggested up to now: Robert Lovett, former Undersecretary of State; Chester I. Barnard, former New Jersey telephone coripany executive; Wilson Wyatt, former Housing Adiministrator; Sen, Brien MeMahon, chairman of Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; Robert’ Oppenheimer, famous physicist; Ambassador “Douglas, Averill Harriman; Hoffman, Jessup, and

~ fokmer Sen. LaFollette.

\ “ Ara ’ ed

the race, but.

- politician does it, he simply.

raises the question of what he's

running: for or calls down on

himself an investigation of his

accounts. : Most of us can risk our employers for a raise or a promotion with no worse results than a flat “no.” But if the job Is. a political one, look out.

Even paying off purely political obligations to purely poli-,

tical associates is a highly ticklish 6peration. One of the toun=

try’'s most famous politicians

once said that when there are ten aplicants for one job, the best you can do is make nine enemies and one ingrate. 8-8 8 ' . ODDLY enough, the péople who gripe most about politi-

\ or

World Report—

THE INDIANAPOLIS nes,

cians and who are most suspic- ? fous of them also the ones who

make the most demands. "That's why politicians, themselves, are a suspicious lot. They've learned “hard way that when somebody yells “let's take politics. out” of something or other, when politics is really getting

thick. It also grows" more notice-

that's

_able each year that the loudest -

complaints about the way politicians run government come from folks who wouldn't have a government job even if they didn’t have to run for it. Certainly not many of the squawkers would. work for

Chiang's New Fortress in By llis Like Those of China

Generalissimo Still Holds Reins Despite Shakeup With Eye on U.S,

By GORDON

CUMMING, Compiled From the Wire Services

Chinese Nationalists on Formosa Island today had completed a governmental shakeup which they hope not only will enlist Formosans support but win additional United States aid. - =K. C. Wu, American-educated former mayor of Shanghai, is

the

has been moved upstairs to concentrate on his job as high com-

China Military and - Political Affairs Office. } But Formosa is plagued with many of the ills that have cost the Nationalists most of China within the past year. As a Chinese official says: “Our leaders seem unable to change their way of thinking. In the background of this new setup is Chiang Kai-shek whose ‘personal ‘government within a government” retains real authority. Reds Set to Strike The reorgirization was carried out as reports from the mainland indicated that the Chinese Communists were building boats and otherwise making preparations to attack Formosa. Unconfirmed rumors suggest the Communists might attempt to challenge the Nationalist position here late this winter or next spring. Former Gov. Chen's command includes an- estimated 406,000 men of the Nationalist army, navy and air force. Most of these forces are concentrated in Formosa under the command of the Burma veteran, Gen. Sun Li-jen. Others are stationed in the Pescadores and islands along the mainland coast including Kinmen near Amoy; Chusan off the Chekiang coast, and the Chenssu Islands off Shanghai. « These islands plus Formosa provide bases for the present Nationalist blockade of ‘the

. Communist coast.

cnor's council of 23,

“in; Sen Enver

—fOr-—Congress--stands-—on—ft

17 Formosans The provincial set-up establishe® with the appointment of K. C. Wu provides a goverincluding 19, Formosans and six mainlanders. The “vauncil members are advisers except for five provincial tommissioners handling civil affairs, fina reconstruction, education and _agri-

“culture-forestry. Three of“the

five commissioners are For=-. mosans and _two_ afe main-. landers.

f The Formosan provincial ase

mbly, headed by Huang Chao-ching, former Chinese consul general in San Francisco, originally objected to the appointment of Chang Weichuan as civil affairs commissioner. . Chang Wei-chuan was one of the Formosan leaders of the “Feb. 28 incident” of 1947 when the Folmbsans revolted against Chinese governor Chen Yi and Nationalist troops stamped out the revolt killing an estimated 10000 Formosans. Incoming Gov. Wu has a tough assignment to attempt to straightén out Formosa's battered economy. This year's Formosan rice crop is fair, But the burden of feeding

the island's 6.5 million native

population, plus roughly 800,000 mainlan refugees and 400,000 troops, is heavy. Eat Up Savings Many mainland refugees are eating up their savings. K. C. Wu hopes to devise regulations to encourage the inflow of Chinese refugee capital from Hong Kong to finance industry. In the meantime the new governor wants expansion of present ECA assgistance. He says: “ECA has studied the situation carefully and knows in detail our needs and possibilities.” Gov... Wii promises to continue to expand the program: of land r¢form and rural development supported by the Chinese-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction. He ‘states he is asking sen. Douglas MacArthur to provide details of the Japa-

.nese land reforms in order to

test its application here. Outgoing Gov. Chen Cheng has substantial to his credit. While other officlals talked he actually irh-

plemented the first real wide-'

spread land rent reduction in Nationalist China.

. China ’ CHENGTU dispatches Indicated today that one of the fiercest bdttles of the civil war was being fought south of

the: forme {tal* where a hard-pressex Nona force was being slowly overcome in

a last ditch mainland stand. The heavy fighting was reportéd in itg fifth straight day

as the Nationalist armies bat-

achievements ,

‘missioner for the Southeast .

Gen. Chen Cheng — For-

‘mosa's new military chief.

tled gainst heavy odds and the Communists’ reckless “human sea” tactics in which wave after wave of troops are thrown against them without regard to loss. The encireling Reds, slowly

‘tightening their noose. broke.

into Sintseng, the last remaining anchor of the Nationalist defense line. The Nationalists demolished the airfield there and. pulled back northwryd under heavy pressure, apparently in preparation for a full scale retreat into Sikang province. Indications were that the decisive phase of the battle will be fought in the suburbs of Chengtu.-cAdditional Communist reinforcements were speeding south from Shensi province in an attempt to box in the Nationalists, but were still some distance away.

‘Hong Kong The American-owned Isbrandtsen shipping line apparently will continue trying to run the Nationalist blockade into Shanghai despite State TR “Department warnings to stay from the communist-held-Por informed sources said to-

They said there had been no” change in Isbrandtsen sailing schedules, which Jor two ships to sail for Shangh Jan, 5, followed by a third Jan. 28,

Representatives of all Ameri-

can shipping lines serving Hong Kong were called to the U. 8. consulate a week ago, to read and sign the State Department warning that Shanghai is a “zone of danger” in which American lives and property should not be exposed.

Czechoslovakia

PREMIER ANTONIN ZAPOTOCKY said today that foreign “agents” had failed to promote unrest in Czechoslovakia, but he warned that

“mergilessly crushed.”

He declared in a Christmas broadcast that “we will never.

Gift Season

Czechs who ald them will be

months; even years, -to get some. of the lowest paid and at the same time most responsible Joby. anywhere. One of today’s theme songs In politics is security. One gang of politictans says people, should have more. Another says that's right except gov-, ernment can't afford it." Yet all up and down the line on both sides dre big and little politicians who don’t know the meaning ‘of the word security,

. One wrong move can put them

out of business for as lohg As public memory lasts. The only consolation is that the public memory usually isn't very long. Everyone. in politics is. ac-

“eused of serving “selfish inter-: . of i,

ests.” The accusations,

course, come most ‘often from others whose interests are just’ as selfish only not so well served =, - . Lo. AND SO it goes. If it makes you wonder why men and. women go into politics, especially those who have to make a living out of it, all we can say is that's a long story itself. It would be silly, even under the influence of the Christmas Spirit; td say that all politicians are inspired by a desire to-

do a good job for the voters. :

It seems to be a little like racing. They “go. aroiind and around and never really get ._ anywhere but they. just can’t seem to quit. Certainly it isn't the money "because. we know a whole lot

Formosa Reported Plagued Before Nationalists Fled

new.governor of Taiwan. He replaced Gov, Chen Cheng who

allow anyone to disrupt peace and quiet in Czechoslovakia.” The premier referred specifically to the Vatican. Britain and the United States, targets of several recent attacks by Czech leaders, were not mentioned.

Japan GEN, DOUGLAS MacARTHUR today was pressing a full-scale propaganda over 370,000 unacounted-for -Japanese prisoners of war,

That this offensive hits the -

Russians where. it hurts was demonstrated when the entire Soviet delegation walked out of the Allied Council meeting rather than discuss the subject.

The Russians claim that repatriation of all Japanese POW’'s was completed, MacArthur and the Japanese government claim that 370,000 POW's are still outstanding.

+ Speaking through his diplo--

matic mouthpiece, Chairman

William J. Sebald of the Allied ©

Counc’, Gen. MacArthur virtually wrote off as dead these missing prisoners. Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet council member, wasn’t present to hear Mr. Sebald's _charges. He took a walk, He declined to say whether his action meant permanent withdrawal from the council.

“But the best guess was that it

doesn’t because then the Russian mission would have little excuse for remaining in Japan.

Russians have consistently refused to give any information on Jap POW’s, But Mr. Sebald said the Jap government’ has

sent death notices to 60,000

families, based on attestations of death by two or more witnesses.

Yugoslavia YUGOSLAVIA, which three years ago shot down two

American planes, today was a partner in a mutual air agregment with the United States, The agreement grants American planes the right to fly over .Yugoslav territory and land at Belgrade and other civil airports. Yugoslavia gets reciprocal rights in the

U. 8. zones of Germany and *

Austria. The agreement ‘was another step. forward in the. improved. ‘relations between : Yugoslavia and the west—an improvement

that has grown rapidly since the break between Yugoslav’

Premier Marshal Tito and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin, The American air line which will serve Belgrade has yet “tq_ be officially named, but U. B=Embassy spokesmen said informaily that it would be Pan-American World Airways, which serves ‘this part of Europe, SN (At Washington, meantime, a Yugoslav embassy “spokes-

man sald he understands the.

United States soon will lift the ban on travel to Yugoslavia by American citizens. (“The question is now in the process of being cleared up. No serious obstacles remain,” he said. “It's definitely on the way lo settlement.” .

(The United States has re-

fused to grant passports for travel in Yugoslavia since 1946,

Dr. K. C. Wu — successor as governor.

when American-Yugoslav relas } tions hit an all-time low. Since May 23, 1947, all American

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passports issued have been stamped “not valid for travel in Yugoslavia.” (State Department officials conceded that negotiations are under way to d lifting the ban, but beyond that they refused comment. (Yugoslav treatment of naturalized American citizens of Yugoslav birth was the prin cipal “reason the ban was appliedworiginally. Some of these citizens, returning to Yugoslavia for postwar visits, were forced to remain in that country, officials refusing to recog-, nize their American citizen ship.) '

Soviet Union

MOSCOW RADIO, elaborating on its charges that Japan used: bacteriological warfare during the war, said today the Japanese caused epidemics in China by spreading germs of bubonic plague, cholera, typhoid, typhus and anthrax. Moscow devoted most of its Christmas Eve broadcast to details of Russia's indictment of 12 Japanese army officials on the charges, and the offi-

cial Moscow newspapers’ Pravda and Izvestia used their

entire front pages for the first installment of the rtory. Moscow said that only Russia's swift victory éver Japan's Kwantung Army in Manchuria _ prevented the Japanese from Using" germ “warfare “against the allies. The Russians sald Japan had set up twe secret laboratories in Manchuria and was producing the deadly bac“teria In vast quantities, Thd Russians—who were the Hacific war for only six days—said the Japanese had hoped to paralyze and infect the entire populations. of China, Outer! Mongolia and the Soviet Union, but were -prevented when Russia occupied Manchuria, China once accused Japan during the war of resorting to germ warfare.

ary HUNGARY today rejected a U. B. demand for the release nf Rohert Vogeler, and announced that the American communications executive had

“vconfessed” that he wis guilty

of spying, economic sabotage and “criminal activities.” A Hungarian note said that Edgar Sanders, British business colleague of Mr. Vogeler and a relative of Hollywood actor George Sanders, had also admitted his guilt on the same charges. Twelve Hungarians have been arrested as accomplices of the two foreign businessmen. Announcement of Mr. Vogeler’s “confession” came scarcely 24 hours after Hungary's Communist government had revealed that another’ American, Israel - Jacobson, was ~ heéing held as a possible spy. | The note also assailed Britan for suspending AngloHungarian. trade talks as a result of Mr. Sanders’ arrest. Mr, Vogeler, a 38-year-old assistant vice president of the International Telephone and Telegraph Co, Nov. 18, somewhere between Budapest and the Austrian border. He was on his way to Vienna to join his wife and two children.

Pakistan

PAKISTAN — THE newest verb «in the English language, as used in Pakistan. today was “nondevalue.™ It refers to Pakistan's decision last® September not to follow the lead of Britain and other sterling countries in cheapening their curtencies,. Economists now date theif Analyses from “thé day we nontevalued.” 5 Variants are “prenondevaluation” and “postnondevaluation.” :

“disappeared”

moré politicians In the low income brackets than we do who got rich at it. Anyway, there are people in almost every line of endeavor who are in it for the money. It wouldn't be too unique on-the part of a politiclan if ‘he did have his income in mind at times, This is. going to come as a surprise to a lot. of men in politics, but we think they’ re just as nice as people, : Their average for honesty is probably about as good as the national average, maybe éven a HE gt ter. There's more intrigue in politics than In _ everyday, life but that's what makes it more interesting than everyday life, at least to those who are in it,

Our Fair City—

.good about them they just stroke their chins Teflectively

‘and say: - ought to J. some *

thing.” = Just to illustrate in one sentence what politicians are against, it isn't even as aga to write a political column when you can 't give them what | for. But just for this one day, we're not gol to say one unkind word about them. After all, if they didn’t take a lot

ment for us, who would?

Tavern will Think

Twice Now Before

It Accuses Police

Place Now on Probation, Is Given 3 or 4 Routine Checks Nightly

Owner of 8. West St. tavern where bartender shot and killed patron in self-defense recently may: think twice next time before accusing police of drinking in back room during investigation: Place, now put on probation by ABC, is given “routine” check three or four times nightly by police, who have arrested two employees since

incident occurred. One was charged with selling lottery” tickets, another with selling liquor to two: intoxicated 1 men,

Low License Number REPUBLICANS in Sheridan have the best chance of any"body to get low license numbers from the Democratic state administration. Under the

new system of ssignating counties by letters, combinations have avis oh In Sheridan, for example, the guy with the lowest Hatmss number can wear proudly. his car—@§B. Folks there are

taking the philisophie veiw -

that SB stands for the local high school basketball’ team-— Sheridan Blackhawks,

Out of His Field MAYOR Feeney, vho lately

has been snapping pictures of tographers when

spot in his heart for Wally,” who reposed him three times for that smacketroo ‘shot of him bussing Arlene Francis in’ last Sunday’s Times.)

Animal Kingdom WHEN A Sn ambles across floor of an eating house, Hired help is, trained to ignore

" situation—just pretend intru-

der isn’t there, Which is all right for lone

“cockroach; but tast week when

rats-—sounded like a dozen got into imbroglio behind soda fountain of an E. Washington 8t., drug store, there was such a scrambling and squealing that battle couldn’t be ignored. Fountain attendant fled his post, and customers on ‘high stools hoisted feet far off floof; Business was at standstill un-

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British Anger War Friend In Canada by Buying Ban

Ottawa's Agriculture Chief Feels

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By FRANK FLAHERTY, Times Foreign Correspondent OTTAWA, Canada, Dec. 24—Canada’s Agtigultuite Minister

Jimmie Gardiner today was anpoyed with the

government,

British Labor

A dirt farmer from Saskatchewan, he has for 14 years been able to get nearly everything he wanted for the farmérs from his

colleagues. But now the fgrmers are being told they are in for a lean time, that in the coming year they will have to take! lower” prices for produce and won't be able to sell as much of it. ’ The reason given is “that the Britfsh government refuses to buy Canadi®#n bacon, . eggs and cheege in the quand tities it has Been taking. The only commodity Wwith' good prospects is wheat. Canada’s 1949 crop will all be sold

«by the end of the crop yeag and -the international wheat agree- . ment guarantees the sale of a

sizeable chunk of the 1950 crop. , Feed the British ' During the war, when Britain couldn't get food elsewhere, Mr. Gardiner parues a drive for

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inc “feed the British,” Bacon exports were boosted - from

around 150 million to 700 mile lion pounds and prices: were kept down. Mr, Gardiner claims there was at least a tacit unders standing that in return for this effort ‘Britain wquld continue “buying Canadian” after the war. { : However, the British are not baying Canadian fqod. They

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