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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sept.
27.—The political turbulence in
Washington continues each week
with still new reports on General
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Pres
ident Harry S. Truman. This
past week the press was bussing
with excitement over Roy Roberts’
assertion that Eisenhower had de
clared himself a good Kansas Re
publican. Roberts’ statement came
at a time when Republicans who
oppose Senator Robert Taft were
pleading for a statement from
the General to head off Taft, who
is seeking to woo additional dele
gates, of which he already has
400.
It came at a time when Gov
ernor Thomas E. Dewey was re
porting to President Truman, on
his trip through the Far East and
when speculators were wonder
ing what Thomas Dewey would
do to prevent a Taft nomination
at Chicago. Of conrse, if Eisen
hower would run, which some peo
ple are beginning to doubt, he
could probably win everything.
But, otherwise, the trend to Taft
seems almost inevitable. Many
Republicans say Taft deserves
the nomination, has been pushed
aside at conventions long enough.
Others fear his policies, wonder
if he can win.
Meanwhile, last week there was
also speculation about President
Truman. Several Washington of
ficials and at least one well
known Washington columnist pre
dicted Mr. Truman would not
make' the race in 1952. In fact,
there was more heard along this
line last week than in many
moons. And, as already men
tioned, many people were begin
ning to think Eisenhower would
not run. One Army officer said
Ike figured it this way: He had
seen practically every military
man who went Tnto politics get
his fingers burned. Right now
he is enjoying bi-partisan popu
larity, and has the job of his
choice. Why change all that?
Chief Justice Fred Vinson is
the most-mentioned Democrat to
replace President Truman on th;*
Democratic ticket', If fhe ~Pre5i
dent decides not to run. But ;n
the opinion of most of the press,
Mr. Truman will be persuaded to
run again. And if he docs, he
will not face a Southern revolt,
as in 1948, says Jonathan Dan
iels, Truman intimate and North
Carolina editor. Daniels said last
week that the South would re
main inside the party. However,
there is some doubt on this score,
and several Southern states are
expected to vote for favorite son
candidates up to the last, perhaps
even in the electoral college, as in
1948.
Perhaps the hottest Eisenhower
report last week was that the Gen
eral will return to the United
States in the next two or three
months. It was known that sev
eral friends in Europe were last
week urging the General to do
just that, but whether he will
listen to their pleas and return
is a question. Some of Ike’a
backers believe if he would return
for a visit, he could establish
himself as a major G. O. P. con
tender Without great effort and
without talking about it. And
he probably could—by merely
visiting the right places, and the
right people.
Washington reporters think
either John Foster Dulles or
Thomas Dewey may be the next
Secretary of State. They **T
President r Truman could steal
most of the Republicans’ 1962 for
eign policy thunder by appointing
a Republican Secretary of State.
On the Democratic side, Chief
Justice Fred Vinson is mentioned
as a possible successor to Dean
Acheson—just as he is mentioned
these days as a po»tt>le Demo
cratic presidential candidate.
If Mr. Truman is going to run
again, he could probably do his
party a lot of good by replacing
Acheson with a Republican like
Dulles or Dewey. If he is not,
and would make Fred Vinson a
more-publicised figure, he could
appoint Vinson, as a step up the
ladder to the White House, pos
sibly.
But Mr. Truman isn't dissatis
fied with Acheson. He thinks
Acheson did a great job at San
Francisco. And in this belief he
agrees with Republican Senator
William Knowland, of California,
who surprised many G. O. P. col
leagues in the Senate last week
by speaking out for Acheson, say
ing he did a “superb” job at
Frisco. Acheson wifi only go
when his presence might mean
defeat in a national election.
The walls of the inflation dam
began to give way last week
when two automobile companies
applied for raises in the prices of
their new cars. Others will follow
quickly, and because production
will be slowed in the next twelve
months, the unit cost may again
advance. These increases were
made possible by the so-called
Capehart amendment to the new
Defense Production Act. The
Administration fought the amend
ment every step of the way but
| could not prevent Republicans and
Southern Democrats from passing
| it. Automobiles are just one of
j the items which will rise in price
, in the coming months.
O. P. S. says inflation is sure
to increase as the increases al
| lowed under the present Defense
' Production Act take effect. Be
cause of Administration and
| OPS complaints, the Senate is
now looking into the problem of
changing the new law to check
! these breaks in the anti-inflation
dam, but nothing will probably be
! done this year.
The Republican-Southern Demo
cratic coalition which wrote the
new Defense Production bill
(which took effect August 1st)
were warned at the time they
voted it that price increases alf
along ,the line wibuld result. The
reply at that time was: “Let’s
wait and see.” The automobile
companies are letting them see
first hand rfght now, with in
creases up to between |200 and
$300 on many new cars. And
other manufacturers are falling in
behind the automobile companies.
The West Point cheating scan
dal has about died a natural
death and all the wails and tears
have about faded away. Dismissal
of the 90 cadets is tragic, but it is
not out of line with West Point
tradition. What most people *ail
to understand is that, at the
Point, the honor system is the
cardinal philosophy and permeates
every activity on the campus. A
cadet can leave his post, his stud
ies, etc., by merely telling the
guard he has a valid reason. He
is completely on his honor. No
one ever doubts him.
Cadets report others for viola
tions not because they are petty
but because it is their duty, and
they respect the code. They are
guilty of a violation if they do
not report offenses. Thus, ' the
cadet corps at West Point has
operated for 150 years. Brothers
have turned in brothers. Outsid
ers find the code hard to under
stand. But it works. It worked
in the caw of the cheating ring,
though it took some time, because
that ring was a carefully organiz
ed conspiracy, which succeeded
longer than any other ever had
before it. But like all similar
cheating rings, it failed because
the honor - code among West
Point's 2,600 cadets is too
strong to flout.
ONE DEATH EVERY
FIFTEEN MINUTES
Safety experts estimate that,
between December 15 and Decem
ber 31, the millionth American
will be killed on the highways
of the nation since coming of
the automobile.
It should shock the conscience
of every American to realise that
the motor vehicle, important as it
is and will be, has been intro
duced to the nation at such a
fearful cost in human life.
Despite educational work that
has been done and the repeated
efforts to persuade, the drivers
of automobiles to be careful, a
total of 3,150 were killed in traf
fic fatalities during the month of
July. This is more than 100 a
day.
It is hard to understand the
mental ' apathy with which the
people of this country view the
death of one person every fifteen
minutes on our highways.. The
toll is high because it is unneces
sary. The advantages of motor
travel can be obtained without
paying such a fearful price.
The Farm Credit Administra
tion recently sent a cheek for
$ 1,000,000 to the U. S. Treasury,
j thus boosting to $100,000,000 the
total dividends from the $200,
000,000 loaned to farmers during
U. S. group in Spain ready to
begin detailed military survey.
Let’s Save Lives . . .
AUTO TOLL EXCEEDS WAR
As the nation finds for a stu
pendous arms-building program,
the statisticians tell us that, early
in September, the millionth Amer
ican to be killed in the wars of
h's country died on a Korean bat
tleground.
This is a great toll of human
life in defense of the United
States since the battle of Lexing
ton in April, 1^75, but. unless
the nations of the world can dis
cover some satisfactory mode of
living in peace, the prospect
ahead of the country is that it
v ill not take another one hun
d ed and seventy-six years for
the , second million Americans to
die in combat.
The total dead, due to war, is
inevitably associated with the ag
gregate number of people who
have been killed in the United
Stats, during the last half cen
tury, on the highways of the
nation. The statisticians tell us
that late in this year, or early
in 1952, the millionth American
will be killed in a traffic accident.
The tragic toll of modern high
way transportation lacks about
11,000 of reaching the million
mark.
The records show that nearly
one hundred persons, including
men. women and children, are sud
denly, horribly and fatally man
gled every twenty-four hours on
our highways. This tragic loss is 1
not made up of men but includes
an appalling number of women
and children. Many of them are
I innocent and intelligent persons,
using the highways in accordance
with the rules of safety and the
AT A CONSTANT
SPIED OF
YOU CAN DRIVE
400 MILES IN
^-If YOU HAVE AN
INJURY ACDDENT.THE
CHANCES OF SOMEONE
BEIN6 KILLED ARE
45 m.p.h.
55 m.p.h.
65 m.p.h.
8 hrs.Mmirt
7 hrs.18min.
6 hrt. 10 min.
1 in 16
1 in 12
1 in 6
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NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
laws of the land, only to become
the victims of careless, reckless
and, oftentimes, drunken drivers.
SENATE VOTES 19 PCT.
MILLION U. S. WORKERS
Washington.—(LPA)—The Sen
| ate has voted a 10 per cent pay
increase for 1,000,000 Federal
workers. The raises range from
$225 to $800 maximum, and tne
average is $370. Cost is estimat
ed at $340 million.
Previously the Senate had voted
pay raises of $400 to $800 for
500,000 postal employes, at an es
timated cost of $260 million.
Both increases are retroactive tip
July 1.
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Are some of your Series E Government Bonds maturing this month?
NEW LAW PROVIDES TEN MORE INTEREST-EARNING YEARS FOR
TOUR SERIES B BONDS . . . AND YOU NEED NOT DO A THINGI
Are you one of those smart and patriotic Americans who began an
automatic saving program with Series E Government Bonds in 1941?
Then you’re one of the lucky people who can profit by a new law now!
A bill recently passed by Congress now makes it possible for your United
States Defense Bonds to continue earning interest ten years longer than
was originally planned.
For example, a Series E Bond which coat you S 18.75 in
1941 will pay you $25 in 1951. But if you hold that bond tea
extra years, until 1961, it will pay you $33.33, an average
interest of 2.9% compounded annually. You fet similar
increases on Series E Bonds of every denomination.
And there is nothing for you, as a bond holder, to do.
You need not exchange the bonds you have. You need
not sign any paper, fill out any form. You simply keep
your bonds as you have been keeping them.
You may still redeem any Series E Bond at any time
after you've owned it for sixty days. (The tables on this
page show what you can get for it.) But unless you
really need the cash you’re much better off to hold
your bonds. For U. S. Defense Bonds are as safe as
America itself.
* When you bay your bonds regularly and bold then, they
are steadily building a sum big enough to buy something
really worth while—a home, a business, a retirement fund,
an education for your children.
And bonds are aafer than cash! If you lose or accidentally destroy cash
it’s gone for good. But when you have your cash in Defense Bonds, the
U. S. Treasury will replace lost or destroyed bonds at no cost to you.
So if some of your bonds are coming due, take advan
tage of this new offer of your government—just sit back
and let them go on making money. Meanwhile keep
adding to your savings by buying more United States
Defense Bonds regularly - through the Payroll Sa vings
Plan where you work or the Bond-A-Month Plan where
you bank. System is the secret of saving.
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details, ask at any Fed
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