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DAILY MEDITATIONS
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mindful of him? And the son
\ 2 of man, that thou visitest
- : him? For thou hast made him
a little lower than the
augels, and hast erowned him with glory and
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Washington Newsmen Tell
How They Grew Up With City
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON — Some of the more ambitious
members of the National Press Club have written
:hemselves a book called “Dateline: Washington.”
It’s a pretty interesting account of the history and
problems of covering the Washington beat, written
by men who should know their subject pretty well.
In his Introduction, New York Times' reporter
Arthur Xrock sums up the increasing complexity of
reporting national affairs in this way:
“By 1928 the Washington reporters who 15 years
before were writing of simple political encounters
and the perennial dispute over the tariff were being
ralled on to illuminate the complicated legal issues
raised hy the World Court protocols. By 1938 they
were deep in the politics of union labor and the
economr disputes over how to conquer the depres
sion and yet retain the free-enterprise system. By
1949 their range of required knowledge had been
axtended to the Intricacies of the Marshall Plan for
Western Biiropean recovery, of the national budget,
and of Soviet-American relations. And among them
a group had developed with the capacity to make
cilear so the casual reader the scientific biography
of the atem bomb.”
Of partlcular interest to Washington reporters
who arrived here during and since the war is the
chapter ealled “The Placid Twenties,” written by
Fletcher Enebel, correspondent for a Cleveland
paper., He writes, “The formal press conference had
become slandard practice at the White House, but
this journalistic mass-production technique had yet
to intrigue whole battalions of cabinet officers,
agency heads and lobbyists.”
CAUTIOUS CAL COOLIDGE
On former President Coolidge, Knebel writes:
“The former Masshcusetts governor, riding the
crest of a prosperity wave, felt the less said by him
the better. He harbored the definite theory that
government should be returned to the hearthstone.
Thus he was content to let the ship of state drift in
the horse latitudes without daily bulletins on the
condition of crew and cargo.”
Bruce Catton, an alumnus of NEA Service who
turned his talents to book-writing and government
public relations, provides some interesting com
ment on the federal handout—press release. He
claims that the government's public relations acti
vities are “justified nowadays by the fact that they
provide access to Information which the press corps
needs and which the press corps could not other=
wise get without great trouble and expense.” How=
aver, he admits it's a different story whefl govern=
ment information bureaus exist only to build up
the reputation of high government officials,
“A government press office which exists to minis
ter to the anxiety of a government official to ap=-
pear in the headlines is simply a waste of tax
payers’ money,” Catton writes. Catton was director
of public relations for the Department of Com
merce when Henry Wallace was secretary of that
department. He should know that it is impossible
to draw a line between the legitimate supplying of
information about the activities of an agency and
the building up of an individual official.
RADIO NEWSMEN’S STRUGGLE
Ted Koop who is now the director of Washington
news for the Columbia Broadcasting System, and
formerly a reporter for a wire service, has the bur
den of wrlting about the advent of radic on the
Washington news front. Title of the chapter he
does is “We Interrupt This Program. . . .” He des
cribes the struggle of radio newsmen to get equal
recognition with newspaper reporters. .
Finally, he writes, “In 1949, a decade after Con
sress established separate radio galleries, news
broadcasters could look around and find that most
doors in the capital were as wide open to them as
to their brothers of the press. Koop also writes
about the first time President Truman appeared on
television:
“The President sat,atrifle stiffly, behind a desk.
The cameras were focused, the papers were care=-
fully arranged for his speech opening the Luckman
?vod conservation drive, But Mr. Truman's bow
*’2 chose that moment to dip at a sharp angle.
Bryson Rash of the American Broadcasting Com=-
pany leaned across the desk to adjust it. He was
fast, but not quite fast enough, for at that instant
the show went on the air. The television audience
saw not the President of the United States, but the
complete rear view of perfectionist Rash.”
It's not possible to say this with a great degres
of objectlvity, but the book should be of general
interest 1o the public, as well as to reporters. A lot
of high-priced talent has gone into it.
The present overemphasis on strategic bombing
and heavy bombers must react unfavorably upon
sther eomponents vital to preparedness. — Rear
Admiral Ralph A, Opstie, U. 8. N,
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RFC Loans Stir C
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oans ir Lontroversy;
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is
probably the businessman’s best friend in Wash
ington. And right now it's showing more gener
osity toward him than at any time since it was set
up.
RFC business loans outstanding are at an all
time high of $416,000,000, About 5,400 firms owe
the agency money, and new applications come in
at the rate of some 1,200 2 month,
But totals like these den’'t tell the story, It's
better told by examples:
A watch company in Massachusetts was forced
to close because of financial difficulties, Plagued
by unemployment, the city where the plant is
located appealed to the RFC, A $6,000,000 loan put
the business back in working condition,
An airline needed new planes but couldn’t get
the money from private lenders, It borrowed $12,-
000,000 from the RFC.
More recently, Henry Kaiser turned to the gov
ernment for funds for his automobile concern,
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation. First he got $34,400,000
on a 10-year loan to help him develop a new low
priced car, and then he was granted another $lO,-
000,000 to finance a strengthennig of his dealer
organization.
Back in the depression thirties, when RFC was
born, the Pennsylvania Railroad borrowed more
than $50,000,000 to pay the cost of elecrtifying its
New York-Washington lines.
One of the most spectacular loans in RFC his
tory is the $37,000,000 thus far doled out to Lus
tron Corporation, maker of prefabricated steel
houses. Launched with government blessing in the
hope it would make a big dent in the housing
shortage, Lustron has needed repeated financial
help. It still is not on its feet.
The RFC i$ a sort of bank of last resort, Before
the agency will give favorable consideration to a
loan application, it insists that a business outfit
explore completely all possible private sources of
funds.
If the RFC does decide to make a loan, its terms
usually are more liberal than a private bank’s. It
often approves long-term grants, which regular
bankers dislike. It demands scrutiny, however, and
may foreclose like any other lender if a loan goes
bad.
The RF'C’s chief jobs seem to be encouraging
businessmen with new ideas and bailing out es
tablished firms which are in financial straits.
It now has about $800,000,000 left for additional
loans and there is some chance it may have to look
to Congress for further loan autherity if the pres
ent lending pace keeps up. Should that need arise,
all will not*be smooth sailing,
Voices in and out of Congress are certain to
protest, Bankers are reluctant to see further ex
pansion of federal loan activity. Some congress
men feel the RFC puts out too much money to
shore up businesses that are basically weak and
ought to be allowed to fold.
But big and little businessemn are not likely to
stand idly by and watch severe limits placed on
the lending power of the government unit that for
nearly 20 years has been the last desperate hope
of assistance. =
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How Long, Oh Lords, How Long?
For two years now the Labor government has
been trying to get a bill through Parliament to
curb the veto power of the House of Lords. The
lower chamber, the House of Commons, just
passed the measure for the third time,
There’'s only one trouble; the House of Lords
keeps vetoeing the proposal.
Much to Be Done
The shocking lesson of the airpiane disaster over
the Washington airport seemrs to be that no system
of control can protect air traffic completely when
there is mechanical or human failure,
The Bolivian pilot of the fighter plane that
struck the big airliner says he didn't see the com
mercial craft. It isn’t clear yet, however, whether
it was a radio failure or his own lapse that was
responsible for his failing to obey tower orders to
veer away from the descending DC-4.
Whatever the answer, this tragic accident is
notice to all concerned with aviation that there is
still much to be done to prevent routine air voy
ages from ending in sudden death,
I don’t want journalists between my feet all the
time. I have a name whereof history will speak, I
hope, for a very long time, but that doesn’t mean
I am to be a target for journalists.—Rachele Mus
solini, widow of Il Duce, |
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I trust you will excuse my barbarous English,‘
but it is well known that English pronunciation
ofien cannot be maslered, not only by Russians,
but also by the Americans.—Russian Foreign Min
ister Andrei Vishinsky,
Let's face the fact that Europe is decadent and
has been living off American aid and charity since :
the progressive evolution of Europe came to an end
in 1914.—Paul Henri-Spaak, president of the Eu-l
ropean Consultative Assembly,
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Admiral Denfeld's Dog Nips Guest;
New Styles Slow Up Norse Architects
. WASHII 3TON—(NEA)— The
night Admiral Denf:ld was ous
‘ted from his job as chief of naval
operations many friends came to
call at his home and sympathize.
There was confusion m the living
room and during the excitement
the admiral’s dog, Frisco, nipped
one of the guests. Deufeld asked
a servant to put the pup outside.
The servant obliged but gave the
‘dog the following admonishment
in a very loud voice:
“G’wan outside. If you must
nip somebody’s heels, find Secre
tary Matthews and bite him.”
The place rocked with laughter
for five minutes.
| Cart Before the Horse
At a recent meeting of farm
leaders in Washington a noted so
}cial scientist predicted that at the
rate they, were going now, . o
farmers *ould all have radios and
machanical refrigerators pefore
they all got running water, tele
phones and bathrooms in their
homes. This was attributed to the
postwar buying habits of the
American farmer.
Norse Women Puzzle
Architects
Gilbert 8. Underwood, a top
government architect, has just re
turned from a series of conferen
ces with European architects, part
ly in connection with the Marshall
Plan. He reports that Norwegian
public building designers are faced
with a brand-new problem caused
by the new Paris dress styles. It
has become the fashion for Norse
women to carry their dresses to
parties, the theater, or restau
rants, and put them on after they
arrive.
It’s so cold outside the women
have to wear several layers of
woolen undies. But these undies
don’t look good under the latest
style dresses. So at their destina
tion they park their longies while
they wear their dresses, and then
change back when they leave.
Probiem for the architects.is to
provide dressing rooms for this
new custom. The conventional
powder rooms aren’t large enousgh,
Underwood reports. He's glad
Washington has a warmer climate,
what with the new styles besoming
popular here.
Lawyers' Delight
An editorial in the United Mine
Workers’ Journal takes a dim view
of the new 75-cents-an-hour mini
mum wage law. It says:
“At first reading it appears that
it should be labeled ‘the 1949 law
yerss employment act’ since, in
the long run, the revised legal as
pects of the law may enrich lew
‘yers’ coffers to an amount equal
‘the estimated $300,000,000 accru
'ing to workers.”
~ Spreading Out Tourist Trade
~ Uncle Sam is conducting a big
drive to encourage American
farmers to go to Europe for their
‘vacations. One such tour by U. S.
farmers was arranged last year
aud turned out to be a big success.
Reason behind the plan is the fact
that farmers don’t take their vaca
tions in the summer time. Govern
ment hopes to reduce the highly
seasonal aspect of U. S. tourists
going abroad, for the benefit of the
Marshall Plan countries.
Clipping VA Wings
After Congress thought it had
liberalized the provisions of the
GI bill to permit more veterans to
take flight training, a Veterans
Administration official boasted
the new provisions could be
administered in such a manner
that it would actually tighten the
veteran flight training program.
And that is exactly what has hap-‘
pened. The first full month that
the so-called liberalized changes
were in effect there was a cut in
the number of applications which
were approved by theVA. For the
month of September there were[
3756 aplications, with only 48 per
cent approved. That was a sub
stantial drop below previous
months.
Air Force Trying to Cut Costs |
It's expected that some time in |
1952 the Air Force will give up all
of its primary pilot training and
turn it over to private schools un
der contract. During the war pri
vate schools gave young pilots
their first flight training for about
$9 an hour. Cost when the Air
Force does it is between $25 and
SSO an hour. Several possibilities
are being discussed. One plan
would leave deactivated Air Force
fields for this purpose to the pri
vate schools. Another plan would
let private schools use their own
facilities and expand them if ne
cessary with the help of govern
ment funds. Still another possi
bility would be to sell deactivated
fields outright to private schools
for the training program.
Economy is the goal. Whichever
plan figures out to be the cheapest
will be adopted. Private schools
have made their reports on how
this could be handled and are
carefully refraining from lobby
ing the issue, in spite of the fact
that the extra business would be
a great boon to them.
Fruit Essence Business g
Should Boom
Department of Agriculture ex
perts predict that fruit-flavored
foods will soon become more tasty.
Reason is a change in alcohol tax
laws to permit manufacture of
fruit “essences” without payment
of $9 per gallon tax formerly im
posed. Change in the law is ex
pected to promote rapid expansion
and improvement in whole fruit
essence industry.
Red Tape Stays On
At a recent meeting of the gov
ernment’s Inter - departmental
Committee on Foreign Travel a
proposal to let foreign tourists and
visitors come into the U. S. with
out the red tape of getting a visa
was flatly turned down on the in
sistence of the State Department.
This is in spite of the fact that
most European countries now let
U. S. citizens in for visits, without
visas. The only concession the
State Department would agree to
was to stop charging a fee for U.
S. visas.
Juggling the Fleet
Composition of U. S. Navy's ac
tive fleet will be changed some
what during the next year: The 11
aircraft carriers will be reduced to
eight. The 31 cruisers will be re
duced to 18. The 150 destroyers
will be increased to 170. The
CITY vs. COUNTRY
Canada has ah area 81,534
square miles larger than that of
the United States, yet its popula
tion is no more than that in
New York City and the latter’s 50-
mile community territory.
About twice as much power is
required to stop an express train
as to start it.
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fleet of some 80 submarines will
be kept at about the same strength.
Two of the three carriers with
drawn from the active fleet will
go to drydock, as announced re
cently by Defense Secretary John
son. Their flight decks will be
strengthened and their armament
increased. The Mavy hopes even=-
tually to have 16 carriers of the
reserve fleet modernized in this
manner. Two years are required
to complete each job. All changes
proposed are based on experience
with carriers in the last war.
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Sports Help Clumsy Teen;
Dancing Is Aid To Grace
‘ By ALICIA HART
_ NEA Staff Writer
Oniy a few lucky adolescent
girls escape the ‘awkward” age
when elbows seem forever stab
bing other people, hands keep
dropping things, and feet invari
ably get planted where they
shouldn’t be.
Much of this teen-age clumsi
ness, due to lack of muscular co
ordination, can be worked out in
sports, Tennis, swimming, bad
minton, horseback, riding, and
dancing, when mastered, all help
to train muscles to work together
smoothly.
During winter months dancing
may be the easiest available
“School for co -ordination” in
which a clumsy girl can enroll.
Even if it means paying to go to
dancing classes, the training re
ceived will be well worth the
strain that’s put on the budget. |
A girl who dances well enough
to be called smooth has a double-\
barreled advantage: She’ll find
that she will be sought after as a
dancing partner.
Since eclumsiness is often di
rectly traceable to shyness, which
a girl loses when she's sough
after, her battle with clumsiness
may be won on the dance floor.
Comes spring, the girl whose
clumsy feet have learned to glide
gracefully on the dance floor can
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