Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, August 29, 1946, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextSPECTRE OF ANOTHER WAR EN ROUTE TO PARIS. Under way in the palace of Luxemburg is the conference on which so many mothers set their hearts, for which so many mothers’ sons gave their lives the conference to win the peace. Some 13,000,000 men in the Amer ican armed forces alone fought four long years—with the hope that it might be the last time human be ings would have to go through the terrible ordeal of war. In the Paris conference comes the climax of their dreams, and already disillusionment has be gun to set in. Already the dreams are tinged with night mare the spectre of another war. Here are some of the distressing facts this conference has to face in trying to chart the peace of the world: 1. Historians criticised Woodrow Wilson because he was slow in nego tiating peace. But he got started two months after the armistice and finished six months later, a total of eight months after the war. In con trast, it is now almost one year after the armistice with Japan and 15 months after the armistice with Germany, yet the final peace conference is only getting started. 2. The longer peace is delayed, the more the Allies fall out; the more the other nations forget their gratitude. So the longer the delay, the harder it is to negotiate a permanent peace. 3. Russia deliberately has endeav ored to postpone the peace. This conference could have been held long ago if the Soviet had not said no. DELAY TACTICS PLANNED Moscow’s delay tactics were by no means accidental. They were carefully planned, and with three motives behind them: A. The longer peace was delayed the more time Russia got to nail down its hold on the Balkan satel lites Hungary, Austria. Anti-Rus sian factions had to be stamped out; pro-Russian factions trained to carry on. This could not be done overnight. B. The more uncertainty and un rest occurred in the non-Soviet-oc cupicd countries France, Bel gium, the Netherlands the great er the likely growth of Communism. C. Finally, Moscow did not want the Red armies converging back to Russia. There wasn’t food to feed them, and their quick return risked economic, political turnovers. Thus, ever since V-J Day, Russia has been the greatest obstacle to early peace.* AMERICANS NOT BLAMELESS In this peace conference, how ever, not everything is black or | white. There is some gray shading in between. And in real fact, American di plomacy during the early stages of this greatest of all diplomatic en- I deavors was just as guilty of sabo- ! taging the peace as the Russians— j perhaps more so. I say more so, because we pride ourselves on be ing more advanced, more alert, ! more idealistic. Yet actually, our diplomats were just as woefully unpre pared for peace as the army and navy were for war at Pearl Harbor. When it should have been ready for the most impor tant peace offensive in history of the world, the state depart ment was caught completely napping. Congress has spent several months of intensive study to ascer tain who was responsible for Pearl Harbor; yet no one has lifted a finger to probe the equally impor tant disaster of our unpraparedness for peace. If senators probed the files of the state department, or even their own files, significant facts would come to light. • • * OUT-TRUMANS TRUMAN Capital observers credit Sen. Jim Mead of New York with a new in vestigating verve which may out- Truman Truman. . . . Significant new venture in radio: 350 local streetcar and traction companies throughout the U. S. are inaugural-! ing a coast-to-coast radio pro gram. Working under American Transit association, they represent 23 billion annual streetcar riders. I ... No men from the Dallas naval air station were permitted to at tend church the other Sunday. Offi cially speaking, they were not barred from attending church, 1 merely barred from taking a bus into town. Since there was no chap- 1 lain at the station, it amounted to the same thing. Lieut. Comdr. Leif j Johnson issued the order. • * • CAPITAL CHAFF Assistant Secretary of State Bill Benton leaves soon on a good-will tour of Latin America. . . . U. S. | broadcasters over 10 transmitters to Soviet Russia now are giving the common people of Russia the truth about the news. . . . Maxim Litvinov was considered for Rus sian ambassador to Argentina. However, Stalin decided Litvinov’s appointment would arouse Ameri can suspicions. . , . Jim Newman, who piloted the McMahon bill in congress, resigns soon. NEW ARIZONA GHOST TOWN . . , Photo shows town of Jerome, Ariz., founded on the sloping sides of the mountain from which rich ore was taken over a period of more than 60 years of mining, leaving the town dry from ore. The site produced more than $600,000,000 in copper, silver and gold and will be abandoned next year. Businessmen plan to develop the area as a tourist center with dude ranches, resorts and private schools, so it will not be a ghost city. REPRESENTATIVES AT POLICY CONFERENCE . . . Three mem bers of the National league ball clubs, left to right, Marty Marion, St. Louis; Dixie Walker, Brooklyn, and Bill Herman, Boston, who will represent players at policy meet to discuss reforms and adjustments, including pensions and expenses, pay and other contract provisions. The movement was started following attempts to unionize ball players and do away with some objectionable practices. ONE YEAR AFTER ATOMIC BLAST . . . Here is a view of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, a year after the cosmic blast that shook the world was released by U. S. air forces. Little attempt has been made at re construction due to lack of building material. During the cleaning up, hundreds of bodies were recovered from the debris. It is estimated that between 6,000 and 10,000 corpses still lie under the ruins of the city. N ; J »' % v h - \: V IDEAL CHICKEN OF TOMORROW . . . America’s chickens will be bigger, consumers will eat more of them because of their tastier quali ties, if poultry scientists showed at baby chick convention, St. Louis, have their way. Shown with painting of ideal chicken are Dr. R. George Jaap, Oklahoma A & M college; Dr. S. S. Munro, Washington Coopera tive Chick association, and Dr. T. C. Byerly, U. S. department of agri culture, Washington. THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA I FULL-JOBS’ HEAD . . . Edwin I G. Nourse, vice president of the \ Brookings institute, Washington, who has been named by President I Truman to be chairman of newly created economic advisory coun ‘ cil for full employment. TEDDY’S GREAT - GRAND DAUGHTER . . . Mrs. Alexander McCormick Sturm, Westport, Conn., grand-daughter of the late President “Teddy” Roosevelt, is shown with her daughter, Joanna. Mrs. Sturm is the daughter '■f Alice Roosevelt. r WHAT’S YOUR NAME . . . Calm ly munching on a sandwich in a Philadelphia police station, where he is comfortably ensconsed, this five-year-old lad answered all questions by asking others. He wanted to know all, but told noth ing. At latest report the police still were trying to determine his name. . V » A CAN HE SWIM ... Can a pig swim? Some authorities say they are excellent swimmers, some say no. It is maintained by some that the natural fat keeps them afloat, others insist they would sink from their own weight. Pic tured hale and hearty is Pig 311, who was said to have been found swimming after the Jap cruiser Sakawa went down following first Bikini atom bomb test. liiiife 19k --vO ;•■■■ FIRST AUSTRALIAN AMBASSA DOR . . . First United States am bassador to Australia, Robert Butler, is shown as he took oath of office. Former representatives all held the rank of ministers to Australia. Defeat of Wheeler Marks Passing of Able Legislator By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator, WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. There was something rather pa thetic about it to me when I heard the President say two wofds that marked the obit by Leif Erickson. There was nothing more that the President could say. He already had endorsed Wheeler with that re markable loyalty that he has for his friends—a virtue which easily may go down in history as one of his faults. Wheeler gave the freshman sena tor, Harry Truman, his first oppor tunity to show his mettle by letting him bat for him as chairman of the important Interstate Commerce committee. Truman made good, and a warm friendship developed. But even presidential aid couldn’t save Wheeler. The other day I was looking over the autographed photographs with which Harold McGrath, superin tendent of the senate radio gallery, had decorated the walls. It was just about the time that things be gan to look bad for the senator. We commented on the senators we had known who had ended long careers in defeat. Of course, Sen. George Norris was the classic example. Five terms. Then he was replaced by an anti-Roosevelt man, Sen. Kenneth Wherry. Senator Norris’ closest contender for the longevity record in recent years was Ellison (“Cotton Ed”) Smith of South Carolina, violently anti-New Deal. He was defeated by a pro-Roosevelt man the year after Norris lost out. Up on the radio gallery wall is a picture of Henry Ashurst, the sen ator whose tongue fairly dripped epigrams. He came to the senate when New Mexico was admitted to the Union. That was 1912. He left in 1940, serving five terms, plus five years. The year 1940 was a bad one for veterans—besides Ashurst, William King of Utah left us, having served since 1917, and Lynn Frazer of North Dakota, who came to Wash ington in 1923. Senator Wheeler served only four terms, but his vivid personality made it seem longer. He made many enemies. Many people disapprove of his isolationism and some of his other views most thoroughly. But there are many, even among his detractors, who respect him for his integrity, for his ability as a legis lator, something which perhaps is understood in Washington better than elsewhere, and also because they consider his pacifism sincere. I remember a conversation I had with Jerry O’Connell, former rep resentative who tried to take Wheel er’s seat in a campaign somewhat similar to the one which brought victory to Erickson. Jerry was pret ty sore. He had a copy of the Ana conda Standard in his hand as well as a clipping. The clipping was a report of one of Senator Wheeler’s campaign speeches, made early in his career. I can’t remember the phraseology, but the general idea (expressed by Wheeler) was that if the Anaconda Standard, which was supposed to represent the senti ments of the big copper interests, ever praised Wheeler, it would be a sign that he was no longer worthy of the support of the people of Mon tana. O’Connell read that to me. Then he picked up his copy of the Stand ard, and read from it some very kind words for Senator Wheeler. However, I think it would be grossly unfair to say that Senator Wheeler ever “sold out,” even fig uratively, to any interests. As far as I know, he is as sincere to day as he was when he made his first fight on whatever issue had a side unpopular enough to attract him. In February of 1935 I had a long interview with Senator Wheeler. I have the yellowing clipping before me. It is illustrated with a huge photograph (more picture than text) showing Wheeler, his fist clenched about to drive it into his palm—a favorite gesture. I remem- BARBS • • • by Baukhage A new bird-proof windshield has been approved by the Civil Aero nautics administration. Now, let us look for a bird-proof automobile top. * * * “The average person of 20 now has as many years of life remaining to him as a new-born child had in 1900,” says the Metropolitan Infor mation service. But can he use them to any better advantage? ber when the picture was taken Here are two paragraphs from the story: “Last autumn (remember this was written in February, 1935), citi zens of Montana sent the same young man to Washington as a sen ator for his third term with the largest majority ever given a can didate by the Mountain State.” A decade passes and new voters grow up. “Wheeler (I observed this in the same interview) came back to his office in the Senate building with the pictures of the high mountains and the deep valleys of his adopted state on -the walls, and a victory measured in the same magnificent dimensions His hair is a little thinner than it was but he can wake the echoes with the same thunder he released when he first arrived. He is still up and at ’em. And the higher they fly the more anxious he is to make them fall.” Wheeler, Norris, Ashurst—they, too, flew high. * * ♦ Matron Upsets SoZon’s Aplomb It was during the day and night senate sessions on OPA. The senate recessed at 6 p. m. to continue de liberations at 8 p. m. Republican Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hamp shire, bitter OPA opponent, and Mrs. Bridges went to a restaurant for dinner. Coming out, they were caught by a sudden sharp rain storm. The dapper, white-lineh suited senator hailed a passing cab, and he and his wife piled in. Be fore they could shut the door (and in accordance with Washington’s group riding) a huge and very damp Labrador retriever bounded in, landing in the senatorial lap. The dog was followed by his corpulent mistress. Some moments elapsed as the quartet arranged themselves in the cab’s back seat. The dog con tinued to snuggle and drip on the white linen suit. Suddenly the corpulent lady, glancing sharply at the senator, said: “Why, you’re Senator Bridges, aren’t you?” Bridges, pleased to be recognized, nodded graciously. “Well,” said the lady, jerking the sycophantic canine away from the Republican senator, 'T’m a regis tered Democrat!” • • • Schwellenbach Yearns for West There’s a persistent rumor that Labor Secretary Schwellenbach would like to desert the Potomac for Puget Sound. That’s not hard to un derstand since heavy pressure is being exerted to make drastic changes in the labor department and since Schwellenbach is as pop ular as he is in his home state. In 1934, when he was running for the United States senate, Lew Schwellenbach carried every county of the state—the first time this ever had happened. Vicariously, as shown in the re cent resounding success of his brother, Edgar Schwellenbach, in winning the Supreme court jus ticeship of the state—his popular ity persists today. Edgar Schwel lenbach, almost unknown outside his own community, filed against the incumbent. The court elections usu ally don’t draw a very heavy vote —yet the man with the former sen ator’s name received more votes than were cast for the Republican and Democratic candidates for the senate. y * ♦ • Senator in for Happy Returns The eyes of Washington Post readers bugged out recently when they read in a story describing sen atorial wives’ experiences with ris ing prices that “Mrs. Glen Taylor buys groceries for a family of the youngest of whom was an 18- year-old baby.” I understood im mediately that the reporter had meant 18-DAY-old baby, because just two weeks before I had the pleasure of smoking one of the 50 excellent cigars sent up to the radio correspondents gallery by the sena tor. It isn’t often that cigars are dis tributed in the senate for this par ticular reason, as most of the legis lators have put aside childish things. But radio correspondent; smoked Senator Taylor’s cigars ana congratulated him on his third son, as well as on the other honor re cently tendered him by a panel o radio experts. They voted him th e “legislator most likely to succeed radio.” The two honors had n connection. Some 20,000,000 homes have no central heating system, says P leum Notes. But what is worse-j several million veterans have 1 homes. • • * As late as 1880, 40 per centJ* men’s clothing was ready-to-w < says the Twentieth Century ‘ , dation. In 1946 it may be read) it’s already pretty worn.