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McGranery Takes Over

ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES P. McGRANERY - hardly could have taken office in less propitious circumstances. He was confirmed by the Senate yesterday under the shadow of grave charges—charges which were not completely dispelled despite the favorable vote and the six hours of debate which preceded it. A minority report filed by two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee raised serious questions regarding Mr.

Amerasia stolen documents case. It pointed out that his testimony had been flatly contradicted in at least one important particular and that there were apparent discrepancies in his recent account: of the case and in the one he gave before the Hobbs’ investigation in 1946. The minority report charged that Mr. McGranery's i testimony “further beclouded the Amerasia case and con“tains the making for further doubt and suspicion.”

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ve Nevertheless, the Senate decided to permit Mr. Me- ._. Granery to become Mr. Truman's lame-duck Attorney Gen“eral. It now remains for Mr. McGranery to confound his eritics—and to perform a service for his country—by making good on his sweeping promises to root out corruption in the government. “It's easy as pie,” he told the Senate Judiciary Committee. ; Yesterday, a majority of the Senate decided. to give * Mr. McGranery his chance. : And an opportunity to prove he is something more than . another man appointed to high position on the prineial ground that he is a crony of a President.

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Mr. Truman's Optimism

r HIS speech at West Point, President Truman properly appraised the world situation when he said it is “difficult and dangerous in the extreme.” The Kremlin, as he pointed out, in no way has abandoned its aggressive ways. Fighting and treachery and disunity are still abroad in abundance. But Mr. Truman's assurances that we are “well on the way to preserving our freedom.without paying the fright~ ful costs of world war” will not stand an acid test. The “great steps” he said have been taken toward European unity and readiness are far from formidable and we have it on top military testimony that the Russians, if © they chose, today could over-run Western Europe. - _ Our own preparedness program has been dismally slow : and inadequate, despite the President's percentage claims, uction has been leveled off in he distant future. atomic weapons which “will have to be reckoned with in ~ the future” are just that—weapons for the future. |, 3 Mr. Truman's warnings of the possibility of renewed large-scale fighting in Korea was timely and imperative. His reinforcement of the United Nations pledge not to buy a Korean truce by forcing unwilling prisoners to return to Communist rule was salutary and fundamental. But any interpretation of the President's remarks as indicating that the road ahead is other than “difficult and dangerous” is unrealistic and foolhardy.

Merry Month of May

HERE'S NO telling these days what will happen next. At least, there's no explaining. Things like these, we mean: In Virginia, Sen. Harry Byrd and Francis. P. Miller, his opponent for the Democratic senatorial nomination, have agreed to race up a medium-sized mountain. This presumably has something to do with their qualifications for the Senate, since the contest was arranged after a Miller man said Mr. Byrd was a tired Senator, In Chicago, the head of a working girls’ sorority announced a nation-wide campaign to get pictures of gos-samer-clad girls out of offices. Says they're as outmoded as the cuspidor. Sh In North Carolina, some mountaineers are talking up a plant called “ramp.” It's stronger than an onion but it makes you just as strong, they say. One ramp eater is 106 now, and still going strong.

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our college boys=the bra and pantie raids on the girls’ { * dormitories. As we say, there's no explaining these antics. Although Ralph Waldo Emerson may have dropped us a hint when he wrote: What potent blood hath modest May.”

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Ors THE Truman version of OPA, has turned out some records, advertising its anti-inflation program. They are for use on radio stations.

“runaway prices” after Korea. Then the hilly-billy band, with vocalist, plays: “Always Too Late With Your Kisses.” Some Republican senators are outraged because they say these recorded radio programs are designed to influence legislation. And that, they say, is against the law—for a government bureau. But they must admit the choice of a song is apt. Main reason inflation has been so rough is that the Truman ad-

ministration has been “always too late.” : How to Get Ahead

HREE TIMES, over a period of three years, A. Devitt oh ‘anech tried to pass the bar examinations in the District Columbia and three times he failed. also flunked the Virginia bar examination. won admittance to practice in Tennessee under aisay the least, did vot evimide with the

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Bray Blames U. S. For Jap Property Squabble

WASHINGTON, May 21—The squabble between Japan and Korea over Japanese property rights is largely Uncle Sam's fault, says Rep. William G. Bray (R. Ind.). Japan refuses to sign a peace treaty tinless

"her Korean property rights are recognized. She

insists on indemnity for damages “arising out of the Korean incident.” The Koreans say this is blackmail. They contend that to recognize such claims is tantamount to “turning Korea back to Japan.” On May 8, the State Department told Japan she has no property rights in Korea. no longer is willing to admit Uncle 8am is always right. says Japan will push her claims, “> a MR. BRAY, a Reserve Army colonel who

was deputy property custodian under Lt. Gen, John R. Hodge during the Korean occupation,

was intimately connected with the start of the

BUSY MAN... By Peter Edson

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Timetable

WASHINGTON, May 21—Gen. Eisenhower's schedule immediately after his return from Europe has now been agreed upon. He {is expected in Washington, S8unday, June 1. He will clean up his business with the Pentagon, the President and Congress by June 3. On June 3 he will go to Abilene, Kas., and the next day will make his first speech at cor-nerstone-laying ceremonies for the Eisenhower Foundation building. This is booked as a nonpolitical speech, but it will be fully carried by radio and television networks. Gen. Eisenhower will hold his first political press conference in the Elks Club of Abilene at 9 a. m,, Thursday, June 5. p= Gen, Eisenhower will be in New York for the week of June 7 to 14. He will make his headquarters at the Columbia University president's residence. He will hold one press conference and will otherwise make himself available to convention delegates and his New York political managers, He is not scheduled to make any speeches while in New York. After this he will go to Denver and set up his headquarters for the summer. Where he speaks and what he says up to the time of the Chicago convention July 7 will then be decided. This schedule was revealed in Washington by Paul Hoffman, head of the Eisenhower-for-

President organization. Mr. Hoffman says Gen.’

Lucius Clay got Gen. Eisenhower's approval of the timetable on his recent visit to Europe. ¢ ¢ o STILL TO BE worked out is just what stand Candidate Eisenhower will take on the many controversial domestic issues in this campaign, Mr. Hoffman emphasized in Washington that he could not speak for the General on these points, Mr, Hoffman expressed some doubt on

* whether the General had had time to formulate

fully his ideas on all the questions that are bound to be asked him, The Abilene press conference could ot course be turned into an endless free-for-all. Gen. Eisenhower may choose to issue a statement outlining his platform. Or he may choose to say that he will make statements on some issues at later dates. The General is being urged to make speeches in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, other key states and all other states for that matter. But the pre-convéntion list will be limited. Mr. Hoffman's own opinion is that Gen. Eisenhower will have to clarify his position on the key issues like labor and farm policy. The latter is considered particularly important in the Midwest, where it is claimed Sen, Robert Taft has his greatest strength. Gen. Eisenhower's position on foreign policy toward Europe has of course been sated in detail. Mr. Hoffman feels he should make some clarifying statement on the Far East situation. Ins of Gen.

the past speeches and statements ower, Mr. Hoffman—talking now manager—says he found the General “takes a new. approach to all problems, Ike never quibbles over the past. e is always looking ahead.” * © o APPLYING this principle to questions like the Far East, Mr. Hoffman thinks his candidate will steer clear of comment on things like the MacArthur issue. Instead, he is expected to offer his ideas on what can be done now to solve the present problem instead of merely trying to make an issue or controversy out of it. Similarly, Mr. Hoffman does not expect-Gen. Eisenhower to touch the subject of McCarthyjim as a specific issue. Mr. Hoffman believes the General will make clear where he stands on the matter of freedom of speech. One of the notes Gen. Eisenhower has struck most often is the importance of maintaining freedom, says Mr. Hoffman. He hopes that Ike can take us out of the atmosphere of fear and hate into an era of good will and confidence. “Issues like McCarthyism became important because we didn’t have the right atmosphere

_ in this country,” says Mr. Hoffman. “We should

be"able to treat such matters with thunders of silence.” Mr. Hoffman says he sees no possibility of a deadlock at Chicago. He thinks Sen: Taft will show his greatest strength on the first ballot

_ and lose thereafter.

No thought has been given to a vice presidential candidate to run with Ike, says Mr. Hoffman. He opposes the idea that this vice presidential - candidate should be an ultra~ conservative to provide a “balanced ticket.”

SIDE GLANCES

But Japan’ Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki

By Galbraith

dispute. He says it could easily have been avoided. Now, he says, it's like trying to “unscramble an egg.” Return of Japanese property is impossible. Korea can’t pay. If° anyone pays, it will be the U. 8. and Congress won't do-that, Nevertheless, Mr, Bray says, it's a bigger fssuer- in the Orient than most Americans realize. The Japanese feel mistreated. International law is on their side, Mr, Bray contends. This could easily drive a wedge between" this country and the new Japan. And we need the Japanese too much for that. - @ d-dh OUR TROUBLE, Mr. Bray says, is that we

sent troops to occupy Korea with no advance

planning. Gen. Hodge" had no instructions. Faced with rioting, he temporarily reinstated Japanese ~ authorities to keep order. That offended Koreans. Later, the Japanese were disarmed and ordered repatriated, Many had lived all their

Nightmare

‘SPICY PARTY’ .

lives in Koreg, Mr. Bray says, however, there was no alternative in view of the hostile attitude of all Koreans toward their former masters. Because shipping was scarce, each Japanese was told to take only one small bundle with him. He could pack two more to be left behind for shipment when space was available. These consisted principally of family heirlooms, Mr. Bray said. 4 Sv > 9 THESE pitiful bundles—rag-tag remnants of former wealth—never were shipped, he recalls. We never found the ships: He isn’t sure what was done with them. They just disappeared. After repatriation began, Mr. Bray says, Gen. Hodge issued several orders. The word “confiscate” did not appear in the first few, But later they were rewritten at the direction of someone in Washington. Japanese property— government and privately owned—was sejzed by the occupation. Mr. Bray says he was “thunderstruck.” He

. By Frederick C. Othman

New Bill to Control Immigration Keeps the Senators in ‘Stitches’

WASHINGTON, May 21—Do not let the first couple or three paragraphs of this essay discourage you; you've got to plow through the dull stuff so you'll understand the spicy party. Spicy? You should have heard those Senators chortle. The gents had up the bill of Sen. Pat MecCarran (D. Nev.) to control immigration. The critics of this lengthy document claim it merely figures out new ways to keep people out of the U. 8. A, and to send those already here back home. So there were Sens. Blair Moody (D. Mich.), Hubert Humphrey (D. Minn.) and John Pastore (D. R. 1.) Sissecting this scheme wiith a verbal axe. From now on and with no further assistance from me, the statesmen do the talking:

Sen. Moody: “Why should a bill authorize the deportation of immigrant brides and bridegrooms who fail to fulfill marital agreements to the satisfaction of the Attorney General? What business is that of the Attorney General? Sen. Humphrey: “Mr, President, will the Senator yield?” y Sen. Moody: “I am delighted Yo yield to the Senator from Minnesota, who has provided such fine leadership.in this fight.” Sen. Humphrey: “I thank the Senator from Michigan . . . do I correctly understand that

“under the terms of the bill the Attorney General

is to have something to gay about whether or not a marriage relationship has been fulfilled and is satisfactory? Will the Senator give me the information again? That certainly smacks of something new in legislation.”

Europeans

PARIS, May 21-—Never be-

much interest—partisan inter- ~ est—in an American election so far in advance of the presidential vote. : And, like people everywhere, whether it's an election or a horse race, they have their favorite—in this case, Gen, Dwight Eisenhower. * . * -

THAT'S natural, because he's a man many thousands of them have seen, who liberated many of them, who has been building their defenses for more than a year and whose general policies seem to be in their interests. Normally, American news-— unless it's sensational-—doesn’t get much play in European _ newspapers, But now, even the race for nominations is , Betting plenty of news space. . . ~ . A TYPICAL example is in a current Paris-Presse, All of Page One is devoted to an . interview with a prominent Frenchman just back from the U. S.—mostly his views on election prospects and candi. dates. yo The Frenchman was Premier

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“Sen. Humphrey: guage again?” . Sen. Moody: “Fail to fulfill marital agreements to the satisfaction of the Attorney General.” : Sen. Humphrey. “I think we should ascertain from the sponsors of the bill just what that means. It sounds very interesting.”

“What is the express lan-

Sen. Moody: “It would be interesting to know.” Sen. Humphrey: “I should like to know what it means.” Sen. Moody; “I do not think the proponents

of the bill can tell us; but, if the Senator desires

to ask them, he may do so.” .

Sen. Humphrey: “The Attorney General is going to be a busy man under this bill.”

Sen. Moody: “He certainly is.”

Sen. Humphrey: “Not only that, he is goin to be let into some secrets he ought not to be let, in on.” Sen. Pastore: “As a matter of fact, the MecCarran bill may become the best-seller of the year.” Sen. Humphrey: “It will certainly become a sort of congressional Kinsey Report.” Sen. Moody: “I do not think it will ever become law, so“we need not anticipate that,” Sen. Humphrey: “It has the possibility of being the beginning of a most-interesting document.” Sen. Moody: End debate.

“1 think so.” Myself, I don’t know what to

said he had read international law on the sube ject. That was part of his job as property custodian. The law provides, he said, for seizure of defeated enemy government's property. But there is no law for seizing property of individual citizens of defeated enemy governments. » Bb @

“I DON'T criticize Gen. Hodge,” he says, “If I could have got to him, I would have pointed this out. But I was only a major.” Mr, Bray says- trouble could have been avoided if Gen. Hodge had ordered Japanese authorities to appropriate—and pay .for—prievate property in Korea. The Japanese governe ment was anxious to please in those days. Then, he said, we could have confiscated that property from the government, and no question could be raised now. But we didn’t. We seized private property— although we had no such right under international law, he insists.

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Backs Democrats

MR. EDITOR: “Men seek to be great, to have power, riches and fame to satisfy their own vanity, and have others look up to them, not by fair and good

_means, but by any means to reach their goal.”

This quotation carries much truth and at the present time can be aptly applied to the Republi can Party which, for want of a sound argument

based on achievements, resort to the lowest form of distorted, twisted and false propaganda and character assassination in an effort to discredit the good the Democratic administration hat accomplished over the last 20 years.

They have maligned and slandered the square deal and the new deal so much they have no doubt begun to believe it. But it's very doubtful that they have succeeded in fooling many people, The people know from experience that this has accomplished more good for the people than the rotten deal of the Republicans over many years,

No one who had reached maturity 20 years ago and had the opportunity of comparing the condition of the people then and now is apt to let a lot of low Republican ballyhoo change his mind. All these changes and the ‘acts which have brought them about the Republicans call socialistic, for the reason they have helped the common people. A fool may be born every day, but that doesn’t make us a nation of fools who can be induced by much political pitterpatter, like raindrops on a roof, into a state of unconsciousness where thorns can be substituted for roses and stones be turned into bread.

A man does not speak but he judges himself,

with his will or against his will, he draws his

portrait to his companions and listeners by every word. Neither can a man gain political office and power by falsehood, distortion and dishonorable means and his own character. To prove a truth all evidence must be based on truth. Evil cannot be overcome by more evil, nor can rotten politics make a good government that promotes the interests of the masses. —Theo. B. Marshall, 1114 Tecumseh St., City:

The Spud Mess

MR. EDITOR: The #mart boys in Washington must feel elated at their result of bungling the potato problem until we have none to eat, except for prices of about a dollar a dozen.

I believe it was less than a year ago The Times published several editorials about the shameful juggling of the potato problem, one in particular where some farmer made a deal with the government agent for several hundred bushels of potatoes at parity prices, the agent giving a check for the lot, and the farmer buying them back for about a cent a pound, supposedly for hog feed, but the potatoes did not leave the farmer's warehouse. As I recall, this deal was all a “paper” deal all arranged so as to cause no one inconvenience or unnecessary effort, the farmer receiving his government check, and in return handed his personal check to the governmént agent, representing the surplus department, or whatever you care to call it. - Please, Mr. Editor, will you resurrect some of these editorials, or the cold brutal facts and publish them again? Surely with all the tax scandals, bungling extraordinary in almost everything this administration does, not to mention the brazen usurping of power, utter disregard of the general welfare, the Truman police action in Korea that has taken 100,000 American casualties — and still taking them—surely this nation will rise in rebellion and demand that Truman and his clique get out of Washington NOW. . Pat Hogan, Columbus.

*1 Ain't Yet’ MR. EDITOR: Eisenhower returning from that unfinished

° European business, may find himself in a like

situation to the coed who, coming back the

__second semester, being asked -by the professor

why she had returned, replied, “I came here to git went with, but I ain’t yet.” -=John Henry, 20 E. Archer, Tulsa, Okla.

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when she fell to the Nazis in 1940, a good friend of the U. 8. and a leading advocate of European union. ¥ - »

MR. REYNAUD'S evalua- Europeans tion of candidates and diag- ©noush, too. nosis of various results typifies . ‘how Europeans feel. Generally, they feel that many of their own interests are at stake when Americans vote next November, Here's how’ Mr, Reynaud ‘tags the leading candidates;

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Sen. Robert A. Taft—"Isolationist.” From the European viewpoint, that's ' Gen. Eisenhower—"Supporter of the defense of Europe.” pre consider

AVERILL, HARRIMAN — “Remarkable man, but has the fault of being too rich.” Sen. Estes Kefauver—"Child of Television.” Asked whether, rope's point of view, there is

any difference whether Gen, Eisenhower or Mr. Harriman gets in the White House, Mr, Reynaud replied:

enough.

that's “THE success of one or the

other will not be contrary to . the interests of Europe, since they both have roughly the same concept of foreign and military policies.” And if Mr. Taft wins? “The consequences will be extremely important (for Europe),” Mr, Reynaud said. “It is often said that the foreign policy of a country is deter mined by the nature of things. That's fine. But when one promises to cut taxes, one cane not maintain military expendi. tures and aid to Europe.”

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that are honest, true and real . , , I look for

love and someone who . . . will love me in re-

turn . . . for what is life without a girl . . . for

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. #" # “AID ‘TO Europe”—that's the key to Mr. Reynaud’s fears, and to the fears of many Europeans. Their greatest fear _ is that the new President will 1 curtail aid drastically, This aid has run over $30 billion since the end of World War II, Altogether, right or wrong, ‘they feel that Gen. Eisenhower, Mr. Harriman, or almost any other Democrat candidate would continue the American® programs, They -are just as convinced that Sen, Taft might abandon plans. to defend nan.

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