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Truman And Dewey: Their
Approach To The Crisis
The speeches of President
Truman and Governor Dewey
last week on the crisis confront
ing us have been judged by the
public and in>many instances
the President has been criticized
for lack of “fire” and “aggres
siveness,” while the Governor
has been praised for having
manifested these qualities. Of
course it is imrpossible to judge
properly the two speeches for
indications of leadership spirit
because the two spokesmen oc
cupy vastly different positions.
It is easier for one who is not
responsible for getting them
done to advocate certain things
be done, than it is for a person
who must back up his words
with action, Mr. Dewey does
not have to put across the pro
gram he advocates; so he can
shoot for the sky. It sounds good
and because of its magnitude it
goes well with a frightened
public. It makes his listeners
think that he has a sure grasp of
the needs of the hour and
knows what ought te be done, It
gives his listeners the feeling
that here is.a man who under
stands what we are up against,,
a man with the courage and
leadership to come out and say
what should be done to save us.
Being a politician who hopes
to continue a position of domi
nance in the Republican Party,
if not actually win its Presiden
tial nomination in 1952, Mr.
Dewey can afford to advocate
a stupendous preparedness pro
- gram. He does not have to get it
done. ¥ it is done he gets the
| political cs::dit. or thinks he
will, of having prodded the
; &iministration into action.Mlf
P am advocated. b - A
IDe“y lits not nccompllsged as
! rapidly as he says it should be,
,? and the public in its fear now
wants, Mr. Dewey Jill benefit
by being given credit for having
seen its necessity and advocated
| its accomplishment.
; But whenever the President
. speaks he does so as the leader
|of the nation. If he makes a
. speech calling for a program
that at this time obviously can
not be carried out with the im
mediacy implied in the Dewey
speech, he would be instantly
criticized for advocating that
which is manifestly impossible
immediately, thus contributing
to the fear and frustration of
the people and the feeling of
despair, ?
People who criticize Mr. Tru=
man for not making qm.lfiec h
similar to Dewey's a lose
sight of the fact that the pro
gram referred to in the Presi
dent’s speech was decided upon
by those officials in the gov
ernment who will play a deter
mining part in getting it done.
The President was speaking
upon the basis of what the com=
bined opinion of those in whose
hands lies the accomplishments
of the programs feel can be ac
complished within the next few
months. If he had advocated a
program of a magnitude that
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The Washington Notebook
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON.— (NEA) —Congress may have
given ESA——the new Ecoriomic«Stabilization Agency
—-an impossible job by tieing price and wage con
trols together,
“As I understand it,” says Dr. Alan Valentire, the
new ESA administrator, “it was the clear intent of
Conzress to tie price and wage controls together.
“But the act allows flexibility sometimes,” he
coniinues. “It does not specify that in each case, a
price {reeze means a wage freeze, nor vice versa.”
All this, however, is still under study by the em
bryo legal staff of the ESA. How' they interpret it
will be revealed only when ESA hands down direc
tives to Director of Price Stabilization Michael Di=
Salle and the Wage Stabilization Board under
Chairman Cyrus Ching, Their regulations, in turn,
will give detailed interpretations on how the law is
to be administered. It may be a-matter of weeks or
even months before any such orders can be issued.
The whole thing is therefore very much up in the
air. All business cah_do is wait and see. But this
matter is the heart and soul of what kind of price
and wage controls will be tried at this time,
That part of the Defense Production Act of 1950
which is intended to govern price and wage con
trols is Section 402. You'll be hearing a lot abogt
402 as the war goes on. There are nine sub-sections
exceeded what those who will
have a determining part in
making, and carrying out, be
lieve is possible, it is possible,
even probable, that he would
have aroused renewed opposi
tion from sources that have up
to this time attempted to block
what has been done but who
now, under public pressure,
appear willing to support a pre
paredness program. Because it
has not until now had a prepar
edness program of its own, the
Republican leadership in Con
gress has contented itself with
criticizing and attempting to
block the Administration’s pro
gram,
For instance, when Senator
Taft emerged from a conference
with the President the other day
he said that some Republicans
do not agree that total mobiliza=-
tion is necessary at this time. So
when the President speaks he
must take into account the atti
tude of those who might be ex
pected to oppose total mobiliza=-
tion. The President is a politi
cal leader as well as an execu
tive. Before he can have a pro
gram to execute in some way
the Congress and the people,
must be brought to the point
where they are willing to create
the program. Leadership is not
always expressed in the same
way. A leader might sometimes
decide that the situation re
quires that the pace be set by
sonreone else,
For months and months the
President and members of his
Administration have set the
pace. They have tried to get
Congress to do some of the
things that Mr. Dewey now says
should have been done. The
present crisis has so aroused
the people that Congress at last
now wants to dc what should be
done, Some of its members are
crying out that we are “moving
too slow” and that the President
is responsible. They are now
shouting their impatience with
the progress of our prepared
ness, after previously retarding
it, because they now feel the
pressure from the people. What
can be accomplished now, since
the Korean situation developed,
probably could not have been
accomplished even three months
ago. It has not been two months
since Senator Taft said it is not
certain the American people
would stand for the cost of an
armed force consisting of three
million men. Now Mr, Dewey
wants ‘twelve million men in
the armed forces and at once.
Senator Taft was speaking as
the actual leader of the Repub
lican party in Congress, which
alone can produce a military
force of twelve million or even
three million mren. Maybe Mr.
Dewey’s™ aggressiveness and
boldness will have the proper
effect u%on Senator Taft and
the Republicans he leads in
Congress. That is where it is
needed movzn than anywhere
else. It certainly is not needed
by the Administration because
to It, 14 paragraphs under three of the sub-sections
and a score or more of clauses and exemptions in
the other sub-sections. ;
A PARADISE FOR LAWYERS
It's an uncharted wilderness for laymen, but
probably a paradise for lawyers who will probably
be filing suits and getting rich for a long time in
testing its various provisions. If the Congress had
deliberately tried to make the thing unworkable
and ®¥et it all snarled up in.the courts, it couldn’t
have done better. '
The price-wage matter seems to eenter in pava
graphs (b)-(2), (b)-(3) and (4). ’
Paragraph (3) says that whenever a ceiling has
been imposed on a particular material or service,
the President. shall stabilize wages, salaries and
other compensation in the industry or business pro
ducing the material or performing the service.
This seems to be pretty specific, clear and with
out loopholes. It would apply to putting ceilings on
single inaterials like steel, or single products ike
automobiles—to name two products where.the re
cent price increases are hot subjects right now.
Under paragraph (b)-(2) the act says that a ceil
ing price may be established by the President “only’
when he finds that the price: 1
. «(I) has risen “unreasonably” above the May 25+
June 24, 1950, levell (1) will “materially” affect
the cost of living or national defense; (111} is nec
essary to curb inflation; (IV) is practicable to im
pose; and (V) “will be generally fair and equitabie.”
Here you have enough road klocks to stop any
price or wage controls, What constitutes an “un
reasonable” price rise? Are “the five percent ih
creases just announced for Fords and General Mo
tors cars unreasonable? They’ll uy‘%bwa ot. Do
icreases in the price of uu‘tomobflesrmmg-ignw
aflect the gost of living? Probably nos. Are price
curbs on autos necessary to check inflation? Doubt-,
ful. Would they be practicable to impose? Yes, ea;fl
And they could be made fair and eguitable to buy
ers and- sellers. 3
the Administration has been
advocating more than Taft
would support and, up to now,
more than even Dewey clamor=
ed for with similar speeches to
that he delivered the -other
night.
Those who criticize the Pres
ident for *lack of forceftilness”
and an “aggressive spirit” and
“boldness” fail to recognize that,
despite the war, there is in pro
gress in our nation a bitter con
test between the Republican and
Democratic Parties to elect the
next President and the next
Congress. To be sure the Dem-=
ocrats seem less interestc, in
electing the next Administra.ion
than the Republicans, possibly
because the Democrats have had
control of the governmrent for
nearly twenty years while the
Republicans have been on the
outside all this time. Yet the
struggle is underway and Mr,
Truman is too good a politician
not to know that if he is to get
even partial support from the
Republican Party in Congrese
for the preparedness program
he must not appear to be driv=-
ing them,
On their part, the Republi
cans are coming to realize that
the people will not stand for
their holding back in support
of the preparedness program.
And knowing they must support
preparedness they feel that po
litically it will serve their in
terests better if they now take
the lead by demanding that even
more and more be done than
what the President says should
be done. That feeling was large
ly responsible for Mr. Dewey’s
speech calling for a program
that is bigger than what the
President has pu%’efi asked . ..
but probably not bigger than
Mr. Truman and his advisers
privately believe will be neces
sary. In view of that we believe
that Mr. Truman did not ob
ject to ‘Mr. Dewey's speech;
that he might even have wel
comed it,
Mr. Dewey is the titular lead=-
er of the Republican Party. With
him advocating even more than
the President at this time is ad
vocating the result will be that
the Republicans in Congress
will be forced by some of their
own political leaders to get be
hind the program that Mr. Tru
man has advocated, and which
the Republicans have not as a
party supported. It is possible
Mr. Truman intentiopally per
mitted Mr. Dewey to seem the
more aggressive because of the
effect that Mr. Dewey’s aggres
siveness can best produce, that
of prodding Republican support
of the preparedness program. It
is an effect the nation sorely
needs and that the President
could possibly not have pro
duced fronr thé opposition party.
Mr. Dewey’s aggressiveness and
boldness is greatly needed by
“his own party, And we hope
the Republican Party leaders in
Congress heard his speech and
will be moved by it.
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Death Rate Hits
Lowest Level
InU.S. History
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The year
1950 witnessed nrarked improve
ment in the country’s health, with
the death rate declining to the
lowest level in our history, ac
cording to Dr. Louis I. Dublin,
chief statistician of the Metropol
itan Life Insurance Company.
New low levels in mortality
were established for a number of
diseases, and for some the reduc
tion ‘was substantial. General
health conditions during the com
ing year should "be even better,
barring severe epidemics or other
unforeseen contingencies, Dr.
Dublin predicts.
He views the year’s health re
cord and the promising forecast as
vital assets for national defense in
the present crisis.
One Percent Less
“The death rate in_l9so was
about 9. per 1,000, or 1 percent
below the previous record of
1949,” Dr. Dublin reported. “This
outstanding record was made in
the face of a continued increase
in the proportion of older persons
in the population and despite a
wave of respiratory disease which
spread over a large part of the
country early in the year.”
Nevertheless, he noted, the mor
tality from respiratory diseases
was kept in check. The influen
za* rate, although above the 1949
level, compared favorably with
that of earlier years. Indications
“are that the death rate from pneu
monia will differ little from the
record low in 1949, and may even
better it. In any case, the net ef
fect of the outbreak of respiratory
disease was not of major propor
tions, and any losss that may have
been due to it were more than
offset by the gains in other direc
tions.
’ “The record for childhood di
| seases was unusually favorable,”
Dr. Dublin noted. ‘“The incidence
and mortality rates from these di
seases were at or near their all
time low levele, except for whoop
ing cough, in which there was a
rise in 1950. Even for whooping
cough, however, the case fatality
iwas minimal because of the im
proved treatment of the disease.
The number of cases of poliomye
litis was second highest -in the
country’s history, although below
the record year of 1949. That the
case fatality was low, and the
death rate from the disease under
the average for the last decade,
was due in part to the splendidly
organized facilities for care of
chvildren stricken.”
Infant Rate Lower
Substantial reductions in both
infant and maternal mortality
were features of the 1950 health
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record, according to Dr. Dublin.
For the first time the infant death
rate fell below 30 per 1,000 live
births, and the size of the reduc
tion was well ‘above the average
for recent years.
“This achievement is notable
because the birth rate in 1950 re
mained close to the peak levels of
the post war period,” he asserted.
“The decline in maternal mortality
was even more remarkable, This
year’s rate is likely to show a re
duction of about 10 percent from
1949. In 1950 there was onlv one
maternal death for every 1,400 [iv
births. In {he last § years alone
the ma’«: wrtality rate has
been cut 60 percent.”
The progress against tubercu
losis in 1950 was also considered
“eminently satisfactory”
Dublin. The death rate from the
disease established a new low,
with a reduction of more than 10
percent from the 1949 fi; o
five years now, he pointed ot
the pace of the decline in tubes
losis mortality has exceeded the!
long-term trend. Within this = j
period the rate has been cul 40
“As expected, the deat! 2
from the chronic diseases of 1l
dle and later life show:« {
marked change as compared i
previous years,” .he observed
“There was a slight rise in t
mortality from chronic diseasc: ‘
the heart, kidneys, and blood ves
sels, as well as somewhat larger
increase: for cancer and diab:«
However, with the reduction in
the dea‘h rate from acute condi
tions in older people as well us
with tke continued rise in the
proportion of older persons, the
small increase in mortality from
chronic c¢onditions gives no cause
for alarm.”
Traffic Rate Up
The accident picture in 1950 has
both favorable and unfavorable
features, according to Dr. Dublin.
In the aggregate, there was a
}slight decline in the accide®
death rate. For motor vehicle ac
cidents alone, however, the death
rate for the year was up. This re
flects the very sizeable increase in
motor car registration and mileage
- which reached new peak levels, he
pointed out. Nonetheless, the in
dicatd increase in the death toll
from motor vehicle accidents is
disappointing.
Occupational fatalities rose
slightly from the preceding year,
while the level of employment was
greater than ever before. Deaths
from home accidents continued to
decline last year and the death
rate was the lowest ever record
ed.
Medical Advances
“The health record for 1950 re
presents the cumulative effect of
advances in many fields of medi
cine and public health, as well as
the favorable economic conditions
which prevailed during the year.
The prospect for further improve
ment in the nation’s health is ex
cellent. The substantial advances
in the control of infectious diseases
should bring further reductions in
the mortality from these causes.
In addition, we may be on the
threshold of new discoveries
which wil aid in the control of
chronic diseases. Large funds
from both public and private
sources_are being made available
in increasing amounts for research
in this field and for care of pa
tients with these conditons.
ACTH and cortisone appear to
bring a measure of relief in arthri
tis and other conditions common
in middle and later Ife. New meth
ods of treatment of coronary arte
ry disease may eventually bring a
reduction in the mortality from
this cause, the leading factor today
in heart disease. Important new
knowedge regarding the functions
of the body in health and disease
is being derived from research
work with radioactive isotopes,
and this will find application in
the prevention and treatment of
disease,” Dr. Dublin concluded.
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University Sets
Art Classes For
Local Citizens
Common sense reasons why lan
guage study is important will be
expounded here next month when
the University of Georgia holds its
Institute of Modern Foreign Lan
guages,
The institute, believed so be
unique in many respects, will deal
solely with the “why” of language
study, leaving the “hows” com
pletely alone. It is scheduled for
Jan, 19-20.
Specificaily, the Institute, which
will be attended by language
teachers, students, and high school
principals, is designed to give the
student a clearer idea of why lan
guages are studied and of the con
tributions they make to profes
sional and cultural life. It will
also provide educators with a
clearer understanding of the part
languages play in the total educa
tional effort.
The Institute will deal particu
larly with the place c¢f modern
foreign languages in business,
government, teaching, journalism,
and cultural life.
According to Dr. H. S. Jordan,
head of the University’s language
department, most students take
foreign languages with no idea of
why they are required to do so.
The purpose of the University’s
two-day Institute is to supply
these reasons, he said. | |
Three speakers, chosen because
of their positions in various fields,
have already been announced. No
Institute speaker will be chosen
solely because he is a language
teacher,
‘The speakers are Dr. Guy
Snavely, executive director, As
sociation of American Colleges;
Tom Hamilton, United Nations
' correspondent for the New York
Times; and Dr, Hemry G. Doyle,
professor of romance languages
and dean of Columbian College at
George Washington University.
. These speakers will discuss the
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of languages in teachi .
’eurnalhm. and cultural life, ;..
spectively, Two other speal. .
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ness and government will be g).
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CANBERRA — (AP) — Ay
tralia had 112,801,000 sheep ..
March 31 last, Commonwealth 81,
tistician Roland Wilson reporte.
This is the latest date for whi
figures are available,
Australia’s sheep populati
fell from 125,000,000 in 1942
95,000,000 in 1947, but since 11,
has been rising.steadily,
The statistician also announc
in a statement that at March
Australia had 14,640,000 cattle, 1
highest number on record, T
total included 4,890,000 dairy cat
tle. At the -same date there wer
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Wilson reported.
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