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Every afternoon, Monday through Friday
All In The Same Boat
A well-documented article in a late issue of the
Oregon Voter began, “Secretary of Interior Oscar Chap
man could be charged with a craving to become a one
man CVA, a one-man MVA, and so forth . . . The con
trol he seeks for his department is control over the
hydro power developments of most of the streams of
the United States. In his ambition to gain that control
he' would virtually put the Federal Power Commission
out of business.”
The Voter described two cases in which the Sec
retary is attempting to prevent the licensing of new
power projects by the FPC, on the grounds that his de
partment should dominate them. One of these has been
delayed since January, 1949, by Interior, even though
it was approved by the FPC, the Army Engineers, and
tlffc Department of Agriculture.
The Voter then quoted from a student of this sit
uation who said, “If Interior’s claim of a federal mon
opoly of water-power development is upheld, remote bur
eaucratic direction and supervision of every-day oper
ations will bear as heavily against states, cities, cooper
atives, and other public bodies as it will against the
private utility industry. All will row a boat captained
.by the Secretary of the Interior.”
Mr. Chapman is not the only man in,the govern
ment with such ambitions—but he is currently the
most aggressive. It is clear that the objective is to give
the government 100 per cent control over all water re-
of any importance at all. This, of course, would
be- accomplished at a tremendous cost to the taxpayers,
and in the process it would destroy such large and de
pendable sources. of tax revenue as the business-map-
Hged Titffities. More important, it would destroy local
pghts and independence all along the line, and substi
tute a form of state socialism for business enteprise
and community enterprise.
That’s the issue, and it’s high time every citizen
understood it.
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sig Chance »
gie to the treaty between this
only question remaining Is
i developed by free, tax-pay
ix-eating government enter
ord for socialism., And only
3 answer that question,
development, by five utility
and eager to go ahead with
s Ernest R. Abrams recently
ruction of the project pn
r relieve the Federal govem
len the defense program is
pon the taxpayers and the
3 provide an annual tax in
al taxes of $9,250,000; state,
1,000. Under levies now in ef
taxes equal to its entire cost
charged for the power would
jblic Service Commission, on
ialized power development at
t the rates would be cheap
because the government sys
tax-free—to other words, all
itry would pay part of the
ver. As the Hoover Commiss
the difference between the
; privately owned power com
the tax component.”
Congress to declare that it’s
America^^^
Ethman
iris' ' ‘
fWkSHINQTON. The chamber
of pie United States Senate , did
of state cigar smoke,
sZStver to ,tt*e back room of a
gli&sstwn lor heavyweight prize
K for one thing down in
| JMS&Mexlm. They were pecullar
“Hafry Matthews has partici
pated hi almost 100 bouts.” Sen.
Cain told his Startled cohorts. ”Os
these he has won almost 60 by
knockouts. He has not suffered a
defeat In more -than 84 consecutive
bouts.”
About a year ago this mighty
brawler from the West began de
manding a .fight with Joey Maxim,
the world’s light - heavyweight
champion. Only the International
Boxing Club of New York,, where
Joey kept office hours, was luiV-
MagnuKmlhrefUeried to Ttave this
interested. Sen. Cain explained all
M^^J>ays
£pkcUkti
A JUSTICE SPEAKS
A large number of cases are pen
ding before the Supreme. Court
dealing with Communist activities,
espionage and subversion. It is
assumed that the Justices of the
Supreme Court axe concerned with
the law, that their function is to
C r “nd the orthodox position that
the Constitution prevails and that
no one may transgress it and the
law save at his peril.
The “Canons of Judicial Ethics”
of the American Bar Association
states:
“While entitled to entertain his
personal view of political questions,
and while not required to surrender
his rights or opinions as a citizen,
it is inevitable that suspicion of
being warped by political bias will
attach to a judge who becomes the
active promoter of the interests of
one political party as against an
other ”
Justice William O. Douglas, apart
from his decisions on the Supreme
Court bench, likes to write books
and articles and to deliver ad- ,
dresses. Some of these touch on
current political problems and are
soriietimes without much expertness,
as for instance, his suggestion that
we recognize Communist China.
When such matters do not come
before hifn on the Supreme Court,
his proclivities are not a real basis
for objection. However, when, in
advance of a decision on a series
of cases, he writes an article for
"The New York Times Magazine”
setting forth a distinct partisan
ship. he raises the issue of his right
to sit.
Let me quote the learned Justice:
“ We are developing tolerance
only for the orthodox point of view
on world affairs, intolerance for
new or different approaches. Or
thodoxy normally has stood in the
path of change. Orthodoxy was al- ,
ways the stronghold of the status
quo, the enemy of new ideas at
least new ideas that were disturb
ing —”
What does Mr. Justice Douglas 1
mean by orthodoxy- Our country
lives by a written Constitution :
which Mr. Douglas has sworn to
uphold .maintain. Dm*
standpoint, he is professionally or
thodox, receiving a salary for his :
services. The Feinberg Law, which \
the Justice will have to pass upon ’
one day. says that certain ideas,
namely Marxism, their advocacy
and propagation, are not to be :
tolerated in the public schools of
New York State. But Justice ,
Douglas says:
“The democratic way of life re
jects stadardized thought. It re
jects orthodoxy. It wants the fullest
and freest discussion, within peace
ful limits, of all public issues. It
encouages constant search lor truth
at the periphery of knowledge.”
Does not that mean that It a
teacher, having searched for the
truth, believes that he has found
it in Marxism, he may teach it to
our children, even though we ob
ject to their corruption? Is not
Marxism an' idea? And should it
not, according to Mr. Douglas, be
given free scope, within peaceful
limits?. How then will he decide on
Felninber* Law, or on cases that
may arise out of the Smith Act
or the McCarran Act? Should he
sit on such cases?
How can a Supreme Court Jus
tice permit himself to write this;
“ —He will be shocked at the
orroeMiee and intolerance of great
segments of the American press, at
the arrogance and intolerance of
many leaders in public office, at
the arrogance and intolerance re
flected in many of our attitudes to
ward Asia. He will find that thought
is being standardized, that the per
missible area for calm discussion
is being narrowed...."
I wonder if Mr. Douglas would
write another article giving a bill
of particulars. Rhetoric Is not data.
The Communists continue to pub
lish their newspapers and maga
zines here and we- import some
from Soviet Rufcia through the
mails freely. They hold meetaws
Hiss h£d twlftriate; jSSu C^fon
fig DAILY MCOOBD. DOTH. H. a
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•“Frankly, I don’t understand why people always com
plain they can’t catch a waiter’s eye ... ”
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AmiRRY-GO-ROUND
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WASHINGTON lt was very
quiet out at Headwaters Farm in
Maryland during the last days
Harold Ickes was alive. He lay in
a huge bed locking out at rows
of pine trees that he had planted
many years before, and a rose gar
den that looked wan and discour
aged under the winter sky.
A herd of white-faced Hertfords
tried to pull the last remnants of
lespedeza from a brown pasture
beyond the garden, quite uncon
cerned about the sick man in the
bedroom above. But the two Ickes
children, whom I used to see
whooping after Indians in cowboy
costume, were quiet now, and tip
toed with worried faces about the
house.
; Ickes looked tired and worn.
Rain had racked his 77-year-old
body for three months now. Even
Christmas was spent in bed.
“I’ll be 78 in March,” he mused,
“and I’d like to live to see one
more election. It’s going to be an
important one—vitaUy important.
Some tremendous forces are stir
ring In this country—and in the
Democratic Party.
“I'd like to talk to some of the
twho have got to lead this
try—Adlal Stevenson is one.
in the hands of one man. We’ve
got to have new men. young men,
new leaders. I wish I could help
them.”
I had known Ickes about twenty
years and this was the first time
he had ever insinuated that he was
no longer the young and bouncing
Secretary of the Interior, fresh out
of the Midwest, who stepped on
toes, sassed back at Senators, made
the steel companies wince and the
oil barons tremble.
VISTA OF THE PAST
He lay thinking for a moment,
and I looked out the window at the
rows of pine trees he had plant
ed many years ago. It reminded
me of his crusade for reforestation
and took me back, years back, to
the dark depression days of 1839
when there had been soup kitch
ens and breadlines and when Ickes
was put in charge of what was
then the biggest government spend
ing program in history and had
built schools, libraries, bridges.
Some people cussed him then
because he wanted every contract
scrutinized with a microscope. But
there were no 5 percenters then.
In fact, if Ickes heard of anyone
getting a commission, he blasted
him all over the front pages.
Then there were Ickes' battles
inside the cabinet to prepare a
gainst Hitter. He had stood almost
alone against Gordell Hull and al
most every other cabinet colleague
in refusing to sell helium to Ger
many. In fact, as Roosevelt went
the rounds of the cabinet and
Ickes found himself supported on
ly by Morgenthau, he had flared
corns
up with an ultimatum that as
Secretary of the Interior he con
trolled helium and he was not go
ing to sell it to Hitler period.
Roosevelt laughed and let him
have his way.
And theYe was scrap iron to
Japan. Ickes Joined with Morgen
thau and Henry Wallace in try
ing to stop scrap-iron
two years before Pearl Harbor, but
Hull overruled them. Later, when
Ickes became Petroleum Admin
istrator, he gleefully took things
into his own hands and cut off
oil to Japan.
CUSSING THE CURMUDGEON
And how the public cussed him
when he rationed gasoline. A Sen
ate committee claimed there was
ample gasoline, but Ickes said no,
and Ickes had his way. Afterward,
with Nazi U-boats sinking Ameri
can tankers as if they were dyna
miting bass in a fishpond, the
public realized that the qjd Cur
mudgeon was right. .
It took them longer to realize
he. was right about the money
Jesse Jones poured into Canada
to build an aluminum plant. Not
until last month when Winston
Churchill came to Washington
and traded us some of the Cana
dian aluminum produced with our
own'wArtlme TOWtgonds. dt#ttta
public realize how right IckM waS
about investing tn aluminum
plants In a country where wo could
not control the output.
A lot of memories came crowd
ing back as I sat by the old man’s
bedside looking out at the pine
trees he had planted, looking back
over the vista of the past How
sore Jesse Jones was when I broke
that Canadian aluminum story!
How Roosevelt had caned Ickes to
the White House and bawled him
out for leaking to me.! How Ickes
had told the president: “Drew
mentioned my name in the story,
eo obviously he didn’t get it from
me. A newspaperman always omits
the name of his source.”
LAST BAtTLE
Then there was his final bat
tle against Ed Pauley’s nomina
tion as Undersecretary of the
Navy. Ickes had seen Pauley as
the symbol of the oil companies
and their attempt to get hold of
the national domain. He knew
how Pauley had passed the hat a
mong the oil barons to nominate
and elect Truman. And he saw,
as he expressed It, “a cloud no
bigger than a man’s hand”—a
cloud of corruption creeping over
Washington.
He was so right He had won the
battle to defeat Pauley, but in do
ing so. he lost his place In
the cabinet.
But he was still fighting. Even
near death's door he was still
fighting. 1( .
“Yes, this nation faces some
great problems and the Democra
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New
York
By JACK LAIT
Substituting For WincheU
Oillianaires, Etc.
It has been been a nablt of
glamortzdrs and slmonizers of the
romances of showgirls, models and
their case society sisterhood to
couple them with high-sounding
males. Among the handy handles
for the enraptured gents have bean
“Wall Streeter,” “man-about
town,” “clubman,” “society scion,*’
“heir to the fortune,” "direct
descendant of ” and “star”
(meaning any tap-dancer or Mt
actor). But of late the favorite has
been “Texas oil millionaire,” or
plain “Texas millionaire.”
There are many very rich men in
Texas and some of them got that
way with gushers. They have been
known to gambol with, even mar
ry, girls from choruses. But my
experience has shown that the pre
ponderant majority of charmers In
the theatrical and posing arts tie
up with musicians, minor perform
ers, bookmakers, case-owners, re
porters, pugilists and kangsters.
In chrontcHng the new estate of
“stutterin’ Sam” Dowell, one of our
most famed and written-up show
girls, who is back in the city and
has a good Job with the Marx toy
establishment, I fell Into the pat
tern by the easy custom of popu
lar appellation. She wrote me a
friendly tetter (we are old ac
quaintances) In which she ob
serves: t
"If one must work—and I must,
since my Texas millionaire husband
hailed from Brooklyn and had a
two-dollar bankroll on real good
days—”
So any “seen with” or “hand
holding” or “are looking for a
preacher” offerings hereafter, nam
ing Texas tycoons, must be accom
panied by certified bank state
ments. Also, any case cavalier rated
as an “executive" must be proven
to be of the rank of chief ship
ping clerk at least.
Which brings me to something
smacking L os the that
LeJJhton, on th?Febnu!ry” 7 WJZ
TV program. “How DM They Get
That Way?” has chosen “The Psy
chological Implications of Gossip.”
I wonder whether she doesn’t mean
“psychiatric." I have asked for an
advance copy of the script, and if
I get it I will let my readers In on
a digest of the findings. . . Isabel
is of the cognoscenti, editor of
“The Aspirin Age” and contributor
to our better magazines.
So now let's have some gossip,
no matter what the implications:
Senator. Joe McCarthy (there are
no oil wells In Wisconsin) Is atten
tive to a Washington society girl.
• . • Anita Ellis, the songstress,
prefers Stephen Greene, the mod
em painter who won this year’s
Prix de Rome. . . . Roberta Peters
is happy since Robert Merrill re
turned to the Met. They’re “in
tune,” as the cliche goes. . . .
Nancy Valentine, before she return
ed to the Coast, gave furrier Milton
Herman a cigarette case, inscribed
“Milton Dear, This is Leap Year.”
She is the estranged wife of the
Maharajah of Cooch Bahar, di
vorced from him where be maha a-
Jahs, but not to the U. a
Nina Foch and Ralph Meeker,
also of the screen, prefer the se
clusion of the HMeaway Downbeat
Club. . . . Julia Meade, who is on
the Dennis James video show, gets
three calls a week from Rio. it’s
Brazilian cattle-king Uvalde Mar
tinez. (No on. But I once knew a
man in Cincinnati whß was balled
as the “Shoe-lace Kfcfcf”) Tm
told Martinez win tie nere in a
fortnight and there miy be an
announcement Hildegarde
Neff, who has her dlvorce’from a
German, and director AnateJe Lit
vak are chummy. . . . Mona Knox
has shifted to Dan Dailey for this
edition.
A touching scene of “Alexander,
the Big Leaguer," around the life
of the late Grover Atextader, the
classic pitcher, had to be deleted
from the film. It had to do with
The two unions
bremcalled on to handle the fleas
Vtv physically; Just an emotional
Person.
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Carol b smlttea by Cupid’s darts.
*u?cyjr£s ih*i ye. several
times before you die, »>»•*
stampeded by the thought, “If I
don’t marry now. 111 NEVER ex
perience love again.”. Paste this
(iue Record In your scrapbook.
Discuss it St high school.
CASE C-370: Carol G., aged 11,
graduated from high school last
semester.
“Dir. Crane, should I get married
or go on to college?" she asked.
“I have gone with only one boy.
We hare dated steadily since we
were sophomores In high school.
“He has a good job to his father’s
garage, and insists that we get
married. But my parents say I
should wait at least a year.
“For they want me to go on to
college, at least one semester so
I can gain a little more educa
tion.
“I don’t know Just what to do.
Sometimes I think my daddy B
right, but when I am out 6n *r
date with my boy friend, then
1 •“‘fcißam*
Your brain should always be cap
tain and your emotions the crew.
Never permit the crew to mutiny!
Emotions don’t occur only once.
You can fan in lore several times.
So face these modem facts: The
average city glri nowadays doesn’t
get married till she is approaching
33, so why be a “child” bride of 17
oM#? . v
Marriage is a real career. It In
volves tar more than dishwashing
and cooking.
A successful wife nowadays
should have enough education to
“front” well for her husband and
her children.
This means she should fie able
to preside at meetings of her wom
an’s group at the church, or serve
as an officer at the P-T-A.
Remember, your husband may.
move ahead in the world where he
has a desire to hobnob with im
portant people. He may need to
entertain his clients or customers
occasionally.
If you rush Itno marriage at 18,
'’/fauhfitfo
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My America's Foremost
Pei’Mml Affairs Counselor *
MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN
WISHES TO OVERCOME HOS
TILITY TOWARDS FIRSTBORN,
WHICH HAS EXISTED FROM HIS
BIRTH.
DEAR MARY WORTH: I
have a little son, four years old,
and I find that I hare no time or
love for him. I know this is wrong,
a. d I am willing to try anything
to change myself; but what Shan
I do? We have Very little money,
but I believe this is an urgent
problem.
My husband Dale and I were
married only a few months when
I became pregnant; and I didn’t
want the baby. To make matters
worse. Date started accusing me,
falsely, of all manner of immor
ality. When little Bruce was born
I didn’t even care to see him; and
when he baptized my parents
nervous—ior wnscn I oiarata uie
Later I blamed the child for fits
father’s not paying any attention
to me, for he always butt* In when
we try to talk. He. wants his father
aO to h(nnielf. and takes his fath
i er’s side to everything, which is
understandable, no doubt when
ydu consider toy “rejecting" atti
tude.
Now that we hare two children,
how can I keep from playing favo
rites? I.am completely devoted to
the second child, and can't under
stand this difference to myself.
Was I too young for responsibility
when Bruce was born? I might
add, my family never showed their
love emotiohajly only in doing
for each other ask
to be a harmful mbther. —G. J.
PROBLEM REFERS
TO RAGE ’AT MEN
DEAR & >.; Very simply Statpd,
counter felting is disclosed by
what sort bt a hostess will you lx
when he brings home educated folk t
for a party? _
PLAT FAIR .
Are . you playing fair with your *
future unborn children, If you
rush Into a teen-age marriage?
For you know that boys and girls
take pride to hdvtog mothers who
can perform in public and take
active roles in civic, as well as
church and P-T-A functions. >
Besides, how much financial
judgment do you have at If? Have
you ever worked long enough to
compute your income tax? H%ve
you done enough buying to be a,
shrewd bargainer? *
Marriage is a corporation. It in
volves finance and budgeting, as
well as infant cue, balancing
menus, entertaining for your hus
band to his bi&ness or profession,
and keeping your children proud
of you.
Besides, you need wide social
perspective before you marry. If
you hare dated only one boy, you
don’t know enough about mascu
line psychology to understand hus-g
bands properly. s
You ought to date many boys. A
year at college thus takes you away
from home aiid your UtUe social
circle. It adds perspective.
A “mountainous” high school ro
mance may appear like a “molehill”
three months after you have been
on a college campus.
There you will meet ambitious
boys from all over the state or na
tion. They will make a good yard
stick against which to measures
your home town Romeo. 1
If he is the real McCoy, he will
stand up creditably against this
comparison. If he isn’t, wouMn’t
It hare been tragic to have mar
ried him at 18?
So get at least one year of extra
education beyond high school,
whether this be a business college
course or a year on a Liberal Arts
campus.
Then hold a Job for a year or
two, so you understand how toughs
it is to earn a living, and so
can learn how to handle money
more wisely. - „
the genesis of the problem Is this: ,
When Brace was born you were
emotionally 111—as a result of fight
tog with, your husband and strain
ing against the adult responsibili
ties that marriage had incurred.
Dale was In a similar rebellious
mood at the time and accused you
of misbehavior that unconsciously M
figured In his fantasies. In short, |
. he dreamt of escape into infidelity,
and projected his guilt-feelings at
you—in the sense of assuming that
you were as fickle and unreliable
as he felt he might be. In his un
conscious protest against perma
nent commitments, It's possible he
fitfully Imagined and tentatively
claimed that he wasn't the father
of the expected child—that you'd
had a secret Jo ver, and so on.
In any case, you were neck-deep,
to a situational neurosis by the 7
time the boy was born—thus to no
condition to give him a wholesome
reception. As to why you rejected
him so flatly. I suppose the causa
tion was veff complex, and ob
scurely related to your standing
quarrel with Dale. For example,
It may be that the babe’s masculine
gender, plus Dale’s reluctant pride
in him for that reason, plus your
rankling memory of Insults swal
lowed perforce about the child’s.
paternity (from the father), all'
evoked blind repugnance to yoilr
thoughts of the boy. For the nonce,
he may have symbolized “hateful
male sex” to you, plus a price
women pay (to loss of carefree
youth) for trusting a man to love
an<l P *STOEMS
DIFFICULTY NOW
To the extent that Date seemed
contritely solicitous of the baby and j
you, and anxiously responsible in
irSSSS
assert resentment. The hapless
child enveloped to such parental
tensions would speedily become a
Mi involuntary ensures, he wouM
At tMs writing It’s no longer a