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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Foreign Policy May Be Big Issue
When the 82nd Congress Convenes;
Slight Advance Made in N. Korea
(EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of
Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
G.O.P. VICTORY:
The Battle Is Underway
The echo of the G.O.P. victory in
the November national election had
not subsided before another voice
was heard on the national scene. It
was a Republican chorus of “fire
Acheson” and a hint of congres
sional reorganization. The battle be
gan for greater G.O.P. power in the
coming session of congress.
On the domestic scene, Repub
lican leaders opened fire on what
they called the “grave inflationary
situation”. This was not believed to
mean price controls for the benefit
of the American housewife, how
ever.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin, fresh
from a reelection victory, said: “It
is a national tragedy the way prices
of military items have been allowed
to leap t’ince the Korean conflict
started.” Controls were expected to
be along this line.
There were indications also that a
new investigation of Communist in
fluences in government would be
launched by Republicans when the
next congress convened.
Notice was also served on the
Democrats tha't Republicans will in
sist upon advance consultation on
foreign policy steps.
And Sen. Robert A. Taft, now the
acknowledged “big-wig” of the Re
publican party, made it clear he
would like to hang Acheson's scalp
to his belt when he stated: “I
haven’t the slightest confidence in
Acheson’s judgment.”
To most observers it was clear the
Republican party had launched an
all-out campaign for control of the
U.S. government. The final battle
will be so- ght with the ballot box
in 1952.
KOREA:
The Bertie Continues
While the world speculated about
China s ultimate aims in Korea, the
battle continued.
Reports from the scene were con
fused. Military observers estimated
as many as 90.000 Chinese Commu
nists fighting in North Korea, but
said United Nations forces continued
slow advances behind smashing air
attacks.
Meanwhile, a Chinese delegation
was invited to the United Nations to
hear the charge of aggression in
North Korea lodged against them by
the United States.
Many observers believed they had
found the one main reason for
China's action in North Korea. It
centered around the great North
Korean power plants along the Man
churian-Korean Yalu river boun
dary.
The Chinese Reds apparently were
willing to fight to protect them. The
reason being that the mighty hydro
electric plants strung across the
neck of North Korea produced 2,-
681,180 of Korea’s 3.132,727 kilowatt
hours. An undetermined amount of
that power going into Manchuria,
the great center of China’s heavy in
dustry.
With this in mind, Chinese forces
plunged into North Korea and forced
United Nations troops to withdraw
from the area. Since the Chinese
have constructed a "Maginot Line”
below the vital plants and will put
up a determined defense when
U. N. forces reach the area again.
Mao Tze-tung does not want that
power shut off. Although the Rus
sians looted much Manchurian pro
ductive equipment during their post
war occupation, what is left is
China’s chief hope for industrializa
tion. And the Communist party line
says industrialization is the answer
to China's historic poverty.
Greatest Upset
"
Vincent impellitteri (right)
scored the greatest upset of the
recent election. He was turned
down by the Democrats as a
candidate for the mayor cl New
York. He ran on his own, de
feating Democrats, Republicans
and Independents.
CROP REPORT
Farmers Assured of Fourth Largest Crop
October weather assured farmers
at their fourth 'argest recorded crop
output and gave them a fine start on
perhaps a record volume In ISSI.
the agriculture Mpartment reported.
The department said this year's
crop volume—topped by a bumper
corn crop of much better quality
than had been anticipated—would
nearly equal the average of the last
Sve big yean and be surpassed
Headliners
Sen. Robert A. Taft has held sev
eral press conferences since his
astonishing election victory. On one
occasion he said, "Only an idiot
would be an isolationist today,”
This was in reply to the label so
often applied to him. On another
occasion he said, “Unquestionably
some of this sacrifice is necessary
to protect us against the real threat
of Soviet aggression. But the facts
ought to be clearly brought before
the people, and they must be satis
fied in their own minds that the
sacrifice is essential. If they are
convinced by fair arguments, they
will make any sacrifice to assure
the freedom of America.”
The long awaited message from
Tibet, appealing to the U. N. to
rescue her from Chinese Communist
invaders arrived at Lake Success.
It said in part: “Tibet will not go
down without a fight, though there
is little hope of a nation dedicated
to peace resisting the brutal ef
forts of men trained to war.” That
quotation seems to express the view
of world history today.
CRIME:
Dwarfs the 20's
To those who remember the
“roaring twenties” and such gangs
as the Capone boys, Senator Ke
fauver, chairman of the senate com
mittee investigating crime, made a
shocking announcement.
The senator said that "organized
crime in the country today would
make kindergarten play out of the
operations of the Capone boys” and
that the influence of crime on pub
lic official is "very sinister and very
great."
He went so far as to say that his
committee had the facts to prove
that well-organized and “tough"
groups of criminals are operating
throughout the country with “inter
locking ownership between all
groups.”
He said the racketeers are cor
rupting public officials and law en
forcement officers, and are putting
their money into “so-called legiti
mate businesses” in which they use
'racketeering methods.
Kefauver’s reasons for the con
tinued prosperity’ of crime agreed
with those of most observers: Local
public indifference to stopping the
rackets.
Kefauver’s nation-wide study is
aimed at strengthening federal laws
to block the way for organized
crime. Such laws would include in
terstate ban on the shipment of gam
bling devices, more control over
the wire services, strengthening of
the postal laws, and amendments to
the internal revenue laws which
would "require real bookkeeping.”
Gamblers and racketeers now
cheat the United States out of hun
dreds of millions of dollars a year
in taxes.
CORN BELT:
Rural Vote Counts
Leaders of both major parties
have spent considerable time since
the election trying to read the fu
ture from the election results. One
obvious conclusion was drawn. The
major battle ground for the 1952
election will be in the midwest corn
belt.
As most voters remember, Tru
man won the 1948 election because
three Midwest states jumped from
their traditional G.O.P. column to
the Democrat side. They were Ohio.
Illinois and lowa. Had any two of
these states voted for Dewey in 1948,
he would have been elected
In the recent election, however,
the rural vote returned to the Re
publican ledger. Two factors may
have influenced the switch in the
farm voting: a tendency for farmers
to return to their traditional Repub
licanism when times are good and
to vote Democratic only when their
prices and incomes are declining,
and. apparent dissatisfaction with
foreign policies of the administra
tion.
For these reasons the farmers of
the Midwest will fino themselves
the target of both Republican and
Democratic candidates in 1952. The
Republicans will attempt to increase
their gains and the Democrats can
be expected to launch a full-scale
attack to retake command. It might
even be said that the farmers of
the midwest will elect the next
president of the United States.
only by yields in 1946, 1948, and
1949.
The com crop was estimated at
3,105,000,000 bushels or about 13
million less than was forecast in
the previous report.
The department of agriculture
said conditions were virtually ideal
for maturing and harvesting this
year’s crop in most parts of the
country.
ST. IGNATIUS POST
FOREIGN AID:
Extension Proposed
A vast extension of America’s for
eign aid program was proposed b?
President Truman and the question
will undoubtedly be subject to ho
debate in congress.
Urgent recommendations so:
lengthening the period of Marshal
type aid to western Europe stooc
high on the list. The area wa;
termed as this country’s "mos
critical area” in a security sense.
The declared immediate objec
tives of the new program are t<
promote adequate western rearma
ment, bulwark southern Asia am
the Middle East especially agains
Communist aggression, and expant
production of strategic raw materi
als throughout the non-Communis
world. The program would entail ar
indicated several billion dollars i
year.
Just what attitude the new con
gress will take concerning the prob
lem is still a question in the mind:
of most observers.
One thing can be sure, the new
congress will be one of the mos 1
unpredictable in a number o
years. The balance of control is st
narrow anything might happen. The
issue of more money for Eu
rope and Asia will face bitter de
bate.
TAFT:
The Next President?
If the Republican national con
vention were scheduled for today
there is little doubt but that Rober'
Taft of Ohio would get the G.O.P.’j
nomination for president. The ques
tion remains, can he get it in 1952?
A recent nation-wide survey ol
Republican state chairmen showed
Taft an overwhelming choice, with
Earl Warren of California and
James Duff of Pennsylvania; sec
ond and third in that order.
Democrats and labor's political
chiefs have tagged him the man tc
beat. The senator beat them both
by 430,000 votes—the biggest plural
ity of his career.
Taft is reported to have said he
was not a candidate for the presi
dency right now. but he indicated he
could be influenced.
"I don't say that I wouldn't take
the nomination if it were offered tc
me.” he said, "but I shall make nc
campaign to get it.”
Ray Bliss. Ohio Republican chair
man. summed up the opinion ol
most Republican leaders throughout
the country: "If Senator Taft is in
terested, he would in my opinion be
the logical person for the'Rcpublicar
nomination in 1952. He took the is
sues to the voters in Ohio this year
and won. That is the type of aggres
sive campaigning we need in 1952.”
At the present time only one mar
could beat Taft out of the nomina
tion—Eisenhower, and he is not
available.
Career Woman
For the first time in history a
woman has been named to a
post of authority < ver the army,
navy and air force. She is Mrs.
Anna Rosenberg, government
career woman, who was named
by Defense Secretary George C.
Marshall as assistant secretary
of defense in charge of man
power and personnel problems in
the armed forces.
BUSINESSMEN:
To Fight Profit Levy
A group of more than 100 busi
nessmen announced they had
formed a committee to fight against
an excess profits tax.
They based their campaign on the
idea that such a tax is inequitable,
inflationary, destructive and dan
gerous.
The businessmen, however, did
not have the gall to stand on that
announcement alone. They tempered
their campaign with. "Business
profits must bear their fair share
of increased taxation. ’
One of the committee members
said: "The excess profits tax is a
very harmful and dangerous tax, in
spite of its superficial plausibility
It is inequitable and inflationary.”
The businessmen were worried
because congress convened Novem
ber 27 with consideration of an ex
cess-profits tax the chief item on its
agenda. Before it quit in September
it instructed the house ways and
means and the senate finance com
mittees to have proposals for such
a levy ready for consideration.
RUSSIA:
Meeting Rejected
For some time the Soviet Union
has been waging a false peace cam
paign. One of the latest moves was
a demand for a Big Four foreign
ministers conference on Germany.
British Foreign Secretary Bevin
firmly rejected the demand. Inas
much as the allies are in close con
sultation on their replies to Rus
sia’s demand. Bevin’s statement left
no doubt that the answer will be a
unanimous "no”.
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MJ Y/Si ORKW PEARSON
War Unlikely
The final decision as to how
the Russo-Chinese alliance will
go toward all-out world war will de
pend largely on one factor —how
many atomic bombs we have, com
pared with the number Russia has.
The preponderance of atomic
weapons in our favor continues to
be the most reassuring thing in the
otherwise unhappy international pic
ture.
For definite information has been
obtained that Russia has been able
to manufacture only 24 atomic
bombs and is making them only at
the rate of two per month.
On the other hand, the American
atomic stockpile, while a secret, is
vastly greater. Furthermore our
rate ot production is much faster.
This superiority of atomic
strength has been the main factor
deterring the Soviet from world
war up to now, and the chances are
it will continue to be a deterrent in
the future. It is also why the Rus
sians have adopted the policy of
wearing down American resources
by wars of attrition in which satel
lite nations, not the Red army, do
the fighting.
In brief, it is likely that the
Kremlin will not risk a major
war in which Russian troops
must do battle and in which
Russian cities are exposed—un
til there is a better balance be
tween our atomic stockpile and
Moscow's.
Guarding the President
Until the recent attempt on his
life. President Truman had given j
little thought to his personal safety
He once told my assistant, Fred |
Blumenthal, that he had figured ou'.
what he would do if an assassin
came into the room. Most assassins ।
he said, would expect the presi I
dent to get under the desk, but he ,
was planning to reverse things and
attack the attacker-just as An
drew Jackson did when attacked in
the halls of congress . . When last
week's shooting started, Mrs. Tru
man rushed into the president’s
bedroom where he was napping, to
tell him a secret service man was
lying wounded on the street. Actu
ally she mistook assassin Collazo
for a plain-clothes man . . . One
secret service man was in front of
Blair House at the time of the
shooting, the others were in the
rear eating lunch. The White Hnuse
police, which bore the brunt of the
attack, are under the secret serv
ice .. . The secret service have
been under some criticism in recent
years for having become partially
political. Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan
intervened in the early days of the
Truman administration, fired Mike
Reilly, who operated under Roose
velt, and gave the impression he
wanted to run the service. This
would not have been tolerated in the
old days of Chief William Moran
. . . Later, during the senate five
percenter probe. Reilly was hastily
rehired and given a 10,000 job in
the interior department. (He knew
too much about how the secret serv
ice gave a special pass to Vaughan's
friend, John Maragon, and about
other political wire-pulling.) . . .
Despite occasional politics, however,
the secret service does a good job
Problem for U.N.
The North Korean-Manchurian
area is an ideal one for United Na
tions cooperation—if Moscow would
permit it Reason is that the Japs,
which once controlled both Korea
and Manchuria, developed power
and industry regardless of interna
tional boundaries, just as Grand
Coulee and Bonneville dams serve
several states, regardless of state
boundaries . . . Seven major dams
are reported on the Yalu river be
tween Manchur. • a d North Korea
The Suiho dam, o c of the largest
in tic world, is 328 feet high, 2.788
feet 1 g, has a resei voir 40 miles
long and delivers 700,000 kilowatts
of power . Another dam, Mam
p hin, deliver 234,000 kw. The to
tal system, when completed, will
produce 2.000.000 kilowatts and will
operate industries as far south as
Port Arthur at the southernmost
tip of Manchuria . . . Two other
reservoirs are south of the Yalu
river, wholly in North Korean ter
ritory. and about 20 miles north of
the present U. N. front. It was
about the time U N. troops ap
proached these reservoirs that Chi
nese troops crossed the border
The only possible way these power
projects can be operated is under
some form of United Nations con
trol, since they are located in and
supply power to two countries. This
is a ticklish situation and one that
the U N has to be doubly careful
about in the solution to prevent war.
Behind the Iron Curtain
RED ARMY CHIEFS MEET—
The American legation reports that
a mysterious meeting of eastern
European Communist bosses is now
going on at the Russian resort town
of Sochi in the Crimea. This is
Prime Minister Stalin’s favorite
hideaway and it’s believed he may
be present. A number of Polish and
Rumanian generals are known to be
present and American diplomats be
lieve the subject being discussed is
how to bring greater coordination
between the satellite armies.
sne*
Chop Poocy
The recent arrival from China
was trying desperately to datch a
train and his patient oriental na
ture was being put to a test be
cause the porter couldn’t locate his
baggage. Wung Sung became very
upset and finally, just as the train
was about to depart and his bags
were still unlocated, he hammered
on the counter and exploded in
these words:
“Pretty darn seldom where my
bag go. She no fly. You no more
fit to run station than Pete’s sake.
That’s all, I hope!’
Poor Soul
A mountainer, on his first visit
to a city of any size, was fascinated
by the asphalt streets. Scraping
his feet on the hard surface, he
remarked to his boy: “Well, I
can’t blame ’em for building a
town here. The ground’s too darned
hard to plow anyhow.”
SOME ENDURANCE!
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A gentle old Quaker, driving along
a lane between Newington and
Hornsey, encountered a young man
driving from the opposite direction.
There was not room enough for
them to pass each other unless one
of them would back his car.
"I think,” called out the Quaker
in a fatherly tone, "thau should
make way for me, for I am older
than thou art.”
*TTI not budge an inch.” the
young man angrily replied. Then he
pulled out a newspaper and began
to read as he sat in his car.
The Quaker leaned back comfort
ably in his seat and let his eyes
wander contentedly over the peace
ful rural scene. ’’Friend.” he called
out at length, “when thou has read
that paper I should be glad if thou
wouldst lend it to me.”
The young man gave up the con
test.
lor Sale: Approximately 16 secs, solid
block pasture unit, 35 miles east of
Billings, 6 miles north Irr. Yellowstone
Valley. Good Trass and fenced. Plenty
water. Six wells, winterized windmills,
reservoirs, corrals. No building*. Can
be subd.v.ded into 3 » section pastures,
price 16. with terms. Write
FARM A RANCH MANAGEMENT CO.,
Box 2102, 210 Fratt Bldg., Billings,
Montana.
FOR SALE: 1947 WR26 White Tractor,
winch, air brakes. 1947 KBI Interna
tional pickup. 1949 Chevrolet one-half
ton pickup; 1949 Goshen 26-ft. Trailer
houst; 1949 111)19 Cat and Dozer; 1947
Cat DWIO and scraper (2 of these).
Call Phone 4645 W.
J. R. ENGLAND
Rapid City. South Dakota
Have finished al our logging roads for
the winter and offer following road
building equipment in excellent condi
tion, ready to work now:
HD 19 Allis-Chalmers diesel tractor
with straight blade cable dozer and
single drum Carco winch with torque
convcr<r. Makes excellent yarding and
right of way cat.
TD 18-A late model International diesel
%ruv. er with Isaacson hydraulic angle
blade dozer and single drum. Makes good
grade ent. Fast dirt mover.
HD 10 Allis-Chalmers d.csel tractor
wit! 1 Isaacson hydraulic angle dozer and
single drum. Dependable GMC diesel
engine.
512 Adams diesel motor patrol grad-r,
heavy duty construction machine with
easy-starting International diesel, scari
fier. full power controls, 12-ft. mold
board. Nearly new, good rubber.
Austin Western dual drive hydraulic
control motor grader, good rubber, good
maintainer.
105-cu. ft. Worthington air compressor
on steel wheels; slow-speed engine; a
steady worker.
Portable rock crushing plant with
10x36 Cedar Rapids roller-bearing rock
crusher, UD 14 International diesel en
gine, hopper and drive, mounted on 3-
ton Studebaker truck, Timken dual drive,
40-ft. x 24-in. belt conveyor on rubber
tires and portable steel bunker.
BU 135 Skuigt Yarder with 200 H.P.
diesel motor, sled, lines r.nd falr-leads.
2 Mall Chain Saws with 40-in. bars.
W 3 8. W. Sth Ave. Portland 4, Oregon
Capitol 1733
Westward-Ho Motel
Billings, Montana
OPEN
ALL YEAR
On
Highways 10 and 11
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CLASSIFIED
DEPARTME N T
HELP WANTED—MEN
MINERS, TIMBERMEN and MUCKERS
WANTED. Permanent. 6-day week. High
wages. CONTRACTS AVAILABLE. Board and
room. Apply VSSR&M Co., employment of
fice, Bingham Canyon. Utah, or 1102 New
house Bldg.. Salt Lake City. Utah.
HELP WANTED—WOMEN
Women for part time work: Hours at yous
convenience. Pleasant, healthful, profitable
work. Avon Products. Inc.
Write LUCILE D. PRICHARD
2025 First Ave. S. W.
Great tails, Montana
HELP WANTED—MEN. WOMEN
WANTED: TWO LADIES AT
KNUTSON'S REST HOME.
Fromberg. Montana
Maisonette Home Shopping Service can use
Sales Associates, part or full time, large or
small communities. Earnings dependent up
on time and effort. Can also use Field Man
agers larger communities. Write
MAISONETTE
P. O. Box 775 Spokane, Washington
BUSINESS & INVEST OPPOR.
For Sale: Montana Case, fully equipped.
Also living quarters. Phone 723-W.
N. B. BERGUM Miles City, Montana
Seating capacity 50. For Sale. Write
Box 457 Miles City, Montana
Fully equipped garage with living quarters
for sale or trade for farm. ^Enough business
and tools for partners. ....
SHEPHERD GARAGE Shepherd. Montana
LIVESTOCK
SUFFOLK Bred ewe sale December 4 Oska
loosa. lowa. Western Canadian and Ameri
can Consignors. Write ....... ... oc
NORTH AMERICAN SUFFOLK BREEDERS
Box X 322 Oskaloosa. lowa
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SAFES Cte.
Opening - Repairing
FISCHER S Billings, Montana
Idle Books—D ’
idle in your home? You can now trade
them for ones you haven’t read. Free details.
IDLE BOOKS
Box GI9 Indianapolis 6, Indiana
, FOR SALE: Conveyor belting, new. 2 rolls
each, 35-ft. long. 42-In. wide 4 ply total
i 70-ft. long. Also h; ve new couplings. Will
। sell wort’: the money.
JOHN'S AUTO PAETS Chariton. lowa
FURS: Deer. Elk skins, etc., tanned. Also
:• • •
slippers, etc., to your measure. By oldest
, •
CHERVENy GIOVE A TANNING
II.’: N. W. 19th Ave.
Portland, Oregon
WANTED 70 BUY
Will pay SSOO up i r revolver factory marked
•P atent Arms MI r. Co., g od condition.
Also wan’ other cap and ball pistols and
Colt single action Frontiers.
G. H. SMOOTS
Casco Bay Corur d’Alene. Idaho
wlTm.l OH <• b>—a in \ hon:
Repair broken tracks permanently, wherever
you are. under our newly developed weasel
lug. Write for particular- to
EDWARD 11. BOHLIN
<l3l N. Highland !h> hw ■ or! Calif
For Sale: 2 pressure type oil furnaces, used.
One EO.OQO. one 150.000 out put. Excellent
condition. Call or write
FRICKEY’S SHEET METAL WORKS. Inc.
Box 353 Sheridan. Wyoming
For Sale: Herd sire. Montana bred <Curtice
Herefordsl Beau Donald 612th, horned, quiet
and sure. This is a quality bull, four years
old. Price SBOO.
N. E. GIBSON Weyburn, Saak.
For Sale; A.K.C. registered Chihuahua pup
pies. also ore male Pomeranian puppy.
Stud service for Boston terriers. Chihua
huas. Pomeranians.
MRS. JOE RE Phone 6155
Route 3, The Dalles. Oregon
SEATTLE THEATER
• Seattle’s leading. modern, suburban theater
In choice Seattle location. Will sell business.
. equipment and lease. Building Is also avail
-1 able for sale.
DON KENNEDY
4231 University Way, Seattle, Washington
I Melrose 0303
j 111-Way Bar now d >ing SII,OOO gross busi
-1 ness lust 5 months. Over 800 cure beer sold
I during same period. Modem living quarters.
। Plenty of property on which to build or
expand. Sale includes all home furnishings.
' Priced reasonable. Inquire tit
BAR. Highway 20
Manderson, Wyoming
Our Listings are Exclusive: Have been
valuated by an agricultural expert We
think they are worth the money and are
not inflated values at least present Income
justifies the price. We have stock, dairy
and general fprms all in the Flathead.
Please tell us what you are looking for and
the amount you want to put Into a deal
and we will do our best to fill your needs.
BUCK WINTER AGENCY
Polson, Montana
Located in the Heart ol Butte's
Business District
LEGGAI RATES COMFORT
HOTEI $1 75 and up COURTESY
Bring in or ship your
HIDES
Deer, Elk. Cattle or Horse
to us for
TANNING
We can make up beautiful Buckskin
JACKETS, GLOVES, MITTENS
or ROBES.
We tan any kind of fur and make up
stoles, neck pieces and rugs. Bring or
ship all legally caught furs to us and
get the highest market price.
BISMARCK HIDE A FUR CO.
Corner Sth and Freni Streets
Bismarck, North Dakota