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Truman Purge Aimed at Restoring Party Machinery By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. wnt acrvict, 1010 tjc sircci, n.n., i Washington, D. C. c WASfflNGTON, D. C?Before the ( Paris Peace conference even got ( underway we learned that the t rules committee, which heard so f m..Ak knntn/? A?. 1 Iiiuv.ll I1CU1V.U V?? - J atory, was as r powerful as the powerful rules r committee of the s house of repre- j sentatives. I It wasn't until v after the pri- t mary returns t were in, and Representative . (Truman - hater) s Slaughter of Mis- L souri, a mem- r ber of the rules committee, was , , 1! ucicawQ, uiai most laymen reai- , ized the importance of that battle, and why the President stuck his neck out as far as he did in help ing to beat him. I can see the President now as he looked up with that pert, bird like glance he has?just enough of a smile to make you try to listen sympathetically ? and say that if r Slaughter was right, he (the Presi- 1 dent) was wrong. Think what Slaughter could have ? said if he had been elected! But he was defeated ? and the d day after the primary, the real sig nificance of the battle became t clear. ? Never in American history has ( any administration been up against ? the situation which developed when r the Roosevelt honeymoon ended. I s am not arguing how or why that s situation came about. But the fact e is we have had a situation where c party lines meant little, and the t age-old principle of majority rule, d the theory on which congress, as a v working body, is organized, has been violated. t Outstanding example was the t rules committee. There were five t southerners ? anti - administration v Democrats?an that committee, and t with Slaughter's help, they could h tie up the vote and tie up any legis- ] lation Truman asked for. ( Now maybe the fact that the ad- t ministration couldn't get its legis- I lation before congress, or couldn't <j get it passed when it did, was a a good thing. I am not discussing c that. I merely say that what hap- ? pened is not a good thing for the two-party system. And as the situ- i ation grew more acute, congress wasn't a working body. ' Let's take the testimony of a thoroughly loyal Republican mem- ' ber of the committee and acting e minority leader. Representative ? Michener of Michigan. If the Dem- 1 ocrats retain control of the house, ? Michener said, the absence of Rep- " resentative Slaughter will permit 0 the rules committee to function the H way it was intended to function; a namely, the legislation of the party in power will be sent to the 8 floor. t That didn't mean Michener want ed the rival party's legislation 8 passed. It simply meant he knew 8 that Slaughter, teaming up with 1 the anti-administration Democrats 0 and the Republicans, was able to 8 tie the vote and stymie action. c And that isn't two-party govern ment. 1 ? ? ? Air-Power Big Killer in War This has been an aviation year, , The first peacetime year that j America has been acknowledged t as mistress of the air as well as , of the sea and the land. It has j been a time of reminiscence, of j recapitulation, as well as forecast and foreshadowing. . I remember the interview I had , with a certain army official dur ing the war. His impatience, ? smashing the ordinary rules of cen- * sorship. had revealed the secret 1 of the bazooka kept "confidential" long after it was in use, and the ' details of which Germans had long ' since learned to their sorrow. (The bazooka functions on the rocket s principle) I The officer pointed to an old ' print on his wall. It was a picture c of American soldiers discharging a rocket projectile in the War of ^ 1811. Why, then, if the rocket princi- 1 pie was known to us in those early 1 days, did we not develop it as the i Germans did, 1 asked. 1 The reason the rocket was i neglected in the Civil war period. ( 1 was told, was because ordnance t experts were concentrating on < the development of the breech- 1 uduuig uiearin, anu uie pcnccuun if rifling ? the making of spiralled grooves inside the barrel which [ave the bullet or projectile a wisting movement, and kept it rom tumbling "head over heels." rhis increased range and accu acy. The emphasis was still on the ifleman rather than the artillery, ind such statistics as we have ndicate that the infantry in the ?"ranco - Prussian war of 1870 founded 10 times as many men as he artillery did. Undoubtedly the layonet claimed many. By 1914-15, however, artillery iroduced one-half the wounded, howing the rapid advance which, n part, made experts forget the ocket again. Artillery, according to the old def nition, is "group-served, mounted irearms of caliber greater than hat of small arms." This definition ?ould easily be made to include he firearms, shells, or bombs car ied by planes, or contained in the far-head of a rocket. I mention the effectiveness of 'artillery" in the latter sense, lot to belittle the doughboy who t really the "ultimo ratio," but be ause the projectile, either carried a a plane or by propulsion in a ocket, is what might be called the iefinitive weapon. The point is we did not develop he rocket in the Civil war because fe felt we had something better breech-loading rifled artillery ind small arms). And aeain the ocket was set aside by a decision irrived at before we engaged ictively in World War II when our xpcrts, both in the army and out if it, including the great indus rialists who could gauge our pro luction capacity, felt the airplane nas a superior weapon. We did not entirely neglect study >nd experimentation on the rock it during the war, however, and tow we are probably farther ad ?anced in this type of "artillery" han any other nation. We also tave learned to project our "artil ery" by means of the "drone" pilotless airplane). On August 7, he dones droned their way from ionolulu to California. One of them Iropped a bomb. The rest landed uccessfully. A plane with no pilot an bomb a nation that far distant trithout risking human life. ? ? ? I ThU the Irmy, Mr. Jones? In World War I when YMCA ind Red Cross canteens were stablished right up into the zone f the advance, and even nearer he front, some of the "old timers" f those days wrote to the editors tsisting that the Civil war was won n "salt horse and likker" (I recall hat phrase in one of the letters) iia we were juai soiienmg me DOys. Well, it didn't soften them too oft for Chateau Thierry and the Lrgonne. Then came World War II, and ome of the veterans of the earlier irar raised their eyebrows at the ISO. turkey dinners at the front n Thanksgiving, ice cream (in tend of beans, salmon, corn willy ir nothing). But, soldier, you ain't heard Luttin! When they say "This is the army, ilr. Jones," to you future G.I.s, rou'll hardly believe it. Did you hear what Field Marshal blood, sand, and green for the Normandy hedges) Montgomery iad to say? He believes enlisted nen in the British army ought to ive like other folks. Bedrooms, not larracks. "You had your breakfast in bed >efore," goes the warning song, 'but you won't have it there any nore." Maybe not. But if Monty >as his way, British soldiers can ead in bed. And what about those tricky uni orms American soldiers are going o wear? Blue! (like the boys in blue who laid good-bye to Blue Bell) And wrhaps "two-note," with a hght- i ?r shade for the trousers! And ivercoats AND CAPES! You aren't In the army now, Mr. lones. You're in grand opera! And then there is that terminal eave pay bill passed by congress, [ suppose, to pacify the fellows vho got out of the army without mowing what they were going to niss. Almost three billion dollars lumped into G.I. pockets to even hem up with what the officers re reived for furloughs they hadn't aken. | BARBS . . . by B auk hag 9 Roy G. Ownes, uid to be as en gineer economist, offers me (and a you) this suggestion: Only by sup- t plying the mouse with cheese to c the point of self-satisfaction can i the mouse be taught to abstain a from stealing. He says man is 1 much advanced beyond this point. ? ? ? Remember that onto each race- t track a little rain must fall. 1 It seems to me White Russia ind Ukraine have as much right o a separate vote in the UN as lo California and Maine, not to nention the District of Columbia, rhich ought to have a vote some vhere. ? ? ? Automobiles soon will be sold hrough army post exchanges, ieither Jeep nor cheap. TO SETTLE ALL INDIAN CLAIMS . . . President Truman as ha signed a bill creating a claims commission to handle all Indian claims. Be expressed the hope that the measure "will mark the beginning of a new era for our Indian citizens." PANTS-WEARING HORSE . . . William Aeklin, 12, Chicago, is one young man who believes in giving his horse every consideration. Daring the hot snmmer months, William not only put pants on "Timmy" to keep off the flies bnt also feeds his steed a noontime dessert of watermelon. Rather expensive food for a horse at current prices of watermelons on Chicago markets. ? i r-mmam&wr^r-r-r? ~ \ RECORD FAMILY AT CHILD CITT . . . Here U the all-time rec ord of children in the history of Moosebeart, the "child city," 35 miles from Chicago, operated by the Loyal Order of Moose. With Mrs. Esther Wochts, 33, Joliet, 111., are left to right: Mary, 14; Deleres, 13; James, 11; Shirley, 1*; Albert, t; Kenneth, 7; Patricia, S; Rose Marie. S; Robert, 4, and Esther. 22 months. The baby held by Mrs. Wachts was born at the Moosebeart hospital. COMBAT POLIO WITH DDT . . . Lloyd Tettew, left, foreman of mosquito abatement of Lyons, in., Bert Bielby, center, and Mayor T. L. Bnlat, spray DDT In a drive to beat polio In Lyons. So far their village has not been strnek by the moeh feared disease, bot spread threnghont the nation broogM a boot the campaign. DDT has been Proven effective In tests made in otter sections, talon lag Ms sneeesa fel nse h the armed forces in Enrope and fho Pacttc. JUNIOR GOES TO COLLEGE . . . Paul Scrimshaw, 24, G.I. stud dent at American university, Washington, D. C., takes junior to classes as Mrs. Scrimshaw serves as nurse at the American univer sity's dispensary. SOCKET - BORNE ATOM MIS SILES . . . Capt. Stedman Teller, ESN, chief of the navy's (aided missile section, who has stated that "World War III, if and when, will be a Buck Rogers-type of war with remote controlled rocket borne atom missiles." MOST IDENTICAL TWINS ... Billie, left, and Barry Valentine, 3, Melbourne, Australia, are the moat identical twins anywhere, according to their father, who has j offered prize if his boys cannot win in any identical twin contest. WANT TO BUY A BLIMP? ... A birctin in blimps at only $7,500 may be had at Moffett Field, CaUf. This is the asking price, inflated and ready to fly away, of the war surplus authorities. PEREZ TAKES OFFICE ... Dr. Mariano Ospina Pcrex, conserva tire party candidate, la shown taUny aatb of edee to become the trot eensereatiee party presi dent of Colombia since ISM. Bo win scree a fowr-year term. T 8IDES FOR NEXT WAR PARIS. ? Perhaps it has ceased to be news but, even so, it can't be emphasized too often that this so-called peace conference is actually a choosing up of sides for another war unless something vital and electrifying in the way of diplomacy steps in to prevent it. Events are moving with terrific speed while this conference moves with humdrum slowness. In the Russian zone of Germany, 12 fac tories are pouring out munitions for the Red army. In Czechoslo vakia, the sum of 400 million dol lars has been appropriated for mu nitions ? all of a standard type, interchangeable with either the Czech or the Red army. Yugoslavia and Poland also are pouring out standardized Russian arms. Meanwhile this peace confer ence talks sonorously, piously of , procedure and precedents. Mean while, also, the sides are chosen ?the line-up, unless heroic measures head it off?for the next war. The line-up of Russian satellites never varies. In all the conference voting from San Francisco through the United Nations assembly in New York to Paris, Russia's stooges only once voted against their masters in the Kremlin. That was when Byelorussia got its signals crossed. Russia can be ab solutely sure of the following votes on every rollcall, come hell or high water: Byelorussia, the Ukraine, Poland, Yugoslavia and Czechoslo vakia. The line-up on the other side varies. It is significant that the British dominions frequently desert England. This proves there's real democracy in the British empire. Australia and New Zealand vote more than half the time against England; Canada about 50-50. South Africa and India frequently are aligned with England, although not always. The most forthright leaders of the anti-Soviet bloc are Australia, the Netherlands, Brazil and Bel gium. Note?Most pathetic satellite in the Soviet line-up is Jan Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, now nick named "The Prisoner of Zenda." Son of old President Thomas Mas aryk, who founded the Czechoslo vak republic in Pittsbusgh in 1918 under the godfathership of Wood row Wilson, Jan Masaryk's sym pathies are all with the United States and Britain. But with his country solidly surrounded by Rus sia, he votes consistently with the Russian bloc. ACCUSED OF SNOOPING It isn't being advertised but Lt. Gen. Sir John Harding, command er of Allied forces in Venezia Giulia, has sent a hot cable to the White House and the British for eign office against dynamic ex Mayor La Guardia of New York, accusing the fiery Fiorello of snooping in Trieste. General Hard ing demanded that the White House and the British crack down on La Guardia and prevent him from slandering American and British troops in Trieste. In fact, General Harding even threatened his resig nation unless he got full support. As a result the British, which have some jurisdiction over La Guardia TTWDTi A a; s unou.it unnnn is lilieruauuOBl, sent New York's former mayor an appeal to pipe down. Apparently it did no good, however. It was after receiving the London appeal that Fiorello boasted that 25 good New York cops could clean up the thieving in Trieste. La Gnardia previously had demanded that the Anglo-American troops in Trieste prevent the whole sale disappearance of CNBRA supplies. Note?During the war, F. D. R. promised La Guardia a commis sion as brigadier general and the job of helping to govern Italy, but the army brass hats blocked it. Ap parently they figured they could never handle the ferocious Little Flower. British generals now think their American colleagues were right. DON'T MISS A TRICK Chief trouble with the American delegation at this peace conference is that it lets the opposing team take too many bases on balls and steal second too many times. \ Meanwhile, the Russians are on the umpire's neck, yelling themselves hoarse over every close decision. They don't miss a trick. If a bunt down the first baseline is called a foul, the Russians will argue until blue in the face that it was a fair ball. Finally, the op posing side gets tired of wrangling and arguing and gives in. ? ? ? MOLOTOFF COCKTAIL The hard-hitting, mercurial for eign minister of Russia has i changed his tactics a lot since the United Nations conference at San Francisco. 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