Sen. Robert Taft
Said To Hold An
Inside Position
General Eisenhower Believ
ed lo Be Losing Ground
By Vi ailing
Washington, D. C.—The longer
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
waits before getting into politics
if he is to get in. the .toucher will,
be his fight in party eonve-itinti,
or conventions As time passes,
more and more of the General's
friends are urging him to make
known his availability to a real
draft. But the General is cautious
to move.
Of all his visitors, only one or
two hgve advised him not to run,
according to sources who should
know. Ninety-nine out of a hun
dred want the General on the
ticket of one of the major parties
a'nd many people would vote for
him regardless of the ticket. But
it is becoming clear that the Ad
ministration hopes to sidetrack
the General by denying him the
Democratic nomination while
warning hhu against the G. O. P
nomination. It must be remem
bered that Ike owes a lot to the
Administrations of Roosevelt and
Truman.
And ho owes a lot to General
George Marshall, who plucked
him out from under and put him
in charge of operations at the crit
ical moment prior to the last war
General Marshall, who is under
heavy fire from the Republicans,
might well be influential with
Ike, should the latter decide he
wanted to w^alk down the aisle
with the Republicans. And it
might prove personally embar
assing for Ike to suddenly part
company with all the old friends of
the Administration, arid former
administrations which put him
where he is today.
bound by recognition of his tal
ents, and the Republicans, who
have good "Cason to believe Ike
belongs to them domestically,
j hope the General will not be
tricked, as they see it, into re
| maining in his present job in Eu
i rope. But time is passing. Time',
I the trickest of all the elements,
lit it is indeed that may prevent
General Eisenhower’s nomination
I in 1952 just as Ike himself pre
vented it in 1948. For political
fences are being built right now,
primaries are just around the cor
ner, and organization is every
! thing. Ike isn't lending himself to
any organization, indeed to any
i party, right now, and the longer
! he waits, the faster other polit
I ical organizations will be rolling
| at the time.
Senator Robert Taft is said to
| have over 400 delegate votes, and
a situation may bo developing —
j surprising as it sounds—whereby
iTaft will be a walk-awav candi
date. Should General Eisenhower
refuse to run or be drafted by
The G. O. P., it may well clear
the way for Taft .At such a late
hour no one else would have a
chance. But at the moment all
eyes seem to be on Ike. The voter
would like to get an idea as to
Ike’s plans too—.just like prospec
tive candidates. And if Ike doesn't
run, but makes no announcement
Taft's chances are certainly in
creased, and the chances of Mr.
Truman will again increase ac
cordingly with those of Taft. A
Truman-Taft race might not be
far-fetched as some people once
believed.
And on the Eisenhower subject,
Mr. Truman finally soured.
Whereas for weeks he answered
questions cheerfully about the
General's political prospects, at a
recent conference he told news
men plainly that he thought the
subject was worn thin lib sug
gested they ask him about other
subjects, more important ones,
he said.
If a truce is secured in Korea,
U S Defense spending may not
he immuinc from economy cuts
next yeai. Already members of
the Appropriations committees are
looking around to see where and
j if the armed services are wasting
| money. One member said he
j thought it would be a mistake to
keep on arming at the present
pace, after the Korean fighting
stopped, since much of the equip
, ment built would be obsolete in a
i year or two. But the majoritjTstill
| believes a lull in the Korean war
won't affect the international sit
j nation, nor the international dan
ger.
The majority can probably suc
ceed in 'preventing damaging mil
itary cuts, but the history of this
country shows that in peace the
Congress is reluctant to spend
great sums on rearmament. If
there is no war next, summer, the
I pressure of the election and the
traditional anti-armament senti
! ment ma> mean actual cuts iu
; some places. The Air Force seems
j to be in the best spot, since more
| and more Congressmen are saying
the defense of this country should
center around a strong air arm.
The Administration Palace
Guard never seems to miss a
chance to slam Senator Paul Dou
glas, of Illinois, Senator Estes Ke>
fauver, of Tennessee, or any oth
er enterprising, active Senator
who seems to be on the road to
national recognition. The cue
comes from President Truman
himself, who resents any Demo
crat on Capitol Hill who gets big
enough to become a president
threat.
When reporters asked President
Truman to comment on the fact
that Capitol Hill correspondents
had selected Senator Douglas the
best Senator on Capitol Hill and
Senator Joe McCarthy the worst—
about two weeks ago—Truman
didn’t comment on McCarthy, and
didn’t say anything derogatory
about Douglas, which was a news
story in itstjf. His reply regarding
Douglas was that when he was in
the Senate a similar poll had been
taken and he had led the ticket,
of the reporters He congratulated
Douglas on his selection, the
President said.
But, on other subjects, Mr. Tru
man hacks away at Douglas, Ke
fauver, Fullbright, and others reg
ularly. Nor does he get along very
well with Senator Burnet May
bank of South Carolina, on the is
sues of the day. And as a result,
perhaps, and also because of sen
Garden Time In
East Carolina
—«—
By Robert Schmidt
Many vegetables are still grow
ing in the gardens of the State
and for that reason we don't be
gin to think of cover crops until
too late for some of the better
ones. There is r.o good reason at
all why cover crops should not be
planted among garden crops at
the last cultivation which is right
at hand in some parts of the State.
Three of the more commonly
used cover crops are rye, Italian !
rye grass, and crimson clover. My
personal objections to rye and rye
grass are that in small gardens
they are very difficult to turn un
der so that they will not come up
again and require killing with a
hoe. However, they do have the
advantage of making good early
growth in the spring.
My choice is crimson clover be
cause if its ease of handling and
because it is a legume. One objec
timent in the Southern state, May
bank recently became the first
Southern Senator to openly an
nounce he would not support
President Truman in the 1952
convention at Chicago.
Maybank was the lead-off man,
probably, for a number of others
Their states are expected to send
delegates to Chicago instructed to
i vote for favorite - son candidates.
South Carolina’s favorite son
would be Janvs F. Byrnes, Vir
ginias Harry Byrd, etc. This
would leave these Southern states'
electoral votes free to be cast for
the Democrat or the Republican
in the electoral college.
Maybank's announcement
caught the Executive branch in
Washington by surprise, and even
surprised some of his friends. The
fact that he is ready to say open
ly at this stage that he will not
support Mr. Truman is an indica
tion of the resentment against him
i nthe South. But Mr Truman
won in just such a situation in
1948 and, apparently, the party
chiefs think Southern support is
as much of a liability as an asset.
Best way
to get a
move on
/\sk any CMC owner about hauling
performance.
For when it conies to packing home
a pay load —he’s got a lot of solid
experience
lie knows what the right kind of
horsepower can do for trucking
profits. Whether he powers his load
with a gasoline pickup model —or
requires one of the sensational new
(JM-Diescl “Million-Milers” — he’s
right in the driver’s seat for perform*
ance unexceMed by any other carrier
in its class
But he’s not just “riding an engine.”
lie’ll tell you the way his CMC
shoulders the load, year after year,
is proof of perfect teamwork of axle,
chassis and frame —truck-engineered
to outlast anything on the roads today.
Want to profit by the same long-time
benefits of GMC’s tvuck-building
experience? Let us recommend the
right combination of hauling per*
formance to fit your particular peedfr
Wins. H. Jenkins & Co. of Willinmston, Inc.
Highway 1 7 Williaw&lou, N. C.
tion to it is that is doesn't make
heavy growth in spring as early
as rye. However, the part of the
garden to be used for early crops
could be plowed after the clover
iS large. Crimson clover shpuld
be planted in early September
and will require about 20 pounds
of seed per acre. If you have not
grown clover before you may have
to inoculate at’planting time. The
large seed stores sell clover inoc
ulants If your soil is very acid
an application of lime would help
too.
As I have intimated earlier in
this column, I grow dahlias as a
hobby. Even with such a large
growing crop I make a practice
of sowing crimson clover among
the uanlia plants about the first
or second week in September
each year.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor of
the estate of the late Ada Slade,
deceased of Martin County, this is
to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersign
ed executor at his home on or be
fore the 11th day of August, 1952,
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This the 11 day of August, 1951.
John Slade, Executor of
Estate* of Ada Slade,
au 14-21-28 se 4-11-18
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County.
G Harris, deceased, this is to no
executrix of the estate of George
Having this day qualified as
tify all persons having claims
G & W
William
Penn
Blended
I
against said estate to exhibit i
them to the undersigned oxecu- j
trix or her attorneys within one
year from the date of this notice,
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons |
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This the 4i'n dav of September,!
1931. I
Helen J. Harris, Executrix of
George G Harris, Deceased.
Peel & Peel, Attorneys at Law,
Williamston, N. C
se 6-13-20-27 oc 4-11
NOTICE!
The 1951 Tax
Books Are Now
Open
PAY EARLY AND
SAVE DISCOUNT
M. L. PEEL
Martin County Tax Collector
A Sale At The
Red Front And Adkins And
Bailey Warehouses
Robersonville, N. C.
MEANS A HIGHER SALE
Tobacco-Red Front ami Adkins & RaiJev-Mon* Money !
Those- three run together and loll a I story, lirin<£ ns a foad,
Mr. Farmer. W(* an* soiling lohaeeo higher Ilian at any lime this
season.
RED FKOMand ADKINS «K DAILEY SAGES SGIIEDl EE
Sepi. 13 - First Sale - ADKINS & BAILEY
Sept. 14 - Second Sale - RED FRONT
Sept. 17 - First Sale - ADKINS & BAILEY
Sept. 18 - First Sale - RED FRONT
Sept. 19 - Second Sale - ADKINS & BAILEY
Bring a load of lohacco hero and lake advanlge of those higher,
HIGHER FRIGES!
JIN GRAY, MAYO LITTLE, CHARLIE GRAY, BUCK PEAY AND
ROBERT ADKINS, Proprietors ROBERSONVILLE