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Paige Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona. REPUBLIC CITY -Friday, November 14,1947 THEAEIZONA.REPUBLIC STMTS MIMICT Published Every Morning by PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC. at 112 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona EUGENE C. PC1JJAM, Publisher BOBEBT C. HALL, Assistant Publisher Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon tliee.

60:1. Familiar Red Pattern Riots, strikes and the temporary seizure of the city hall at Marseille are dear evidences of Communist desperation. They cannot succeed in their ultimate purpose. The masters of the Kremlin realize today that Western Europe has definitely and firmly turned thumbs down on communism. Efforts to gain control of and failed.

The people have voted against the Reds and all their works. Written and printed propaganda, infiltration into the workers' organizations and into the daily life of the people have had their this has not been enough to win elections. So.Moscow resorts to the familiar techniques of violent revolution. Marseille is fertile ground for such Communist activity. The great Mediterranean seaport long has been known as the.home of an active element, and the Communists have been proportionately stronger here than in other cities.

Up to the day of the municipal elections four weeks ago they had been in control of the Marseille government But that day marked the turn of the General De Gaulle's rightist Rally of the French the mayor and 25 members of the city council, a plurality. The Communists dropped from 42 to 24 seats. Balance of power lies with the Socialists, who do not seem inclined to line up with the Reds. Hence the resort to violence, undoubtedly on direct orders from Moscow. The Communist Party cannot hope to capture France by strikes, sabotage and the hurling of bricks.

The only way communism succeeds is with the backing of an army. This has been true ever since that Red October of 1917 when the Bolshevists seized power by coup d'etat in Russia. In Marseille, in Paris, in a few other cities of France, the Reds may indeed paralyze local government and disrupt the social order, but the great mass of the people will not permit a Communist minority to seize the state. The army, the peasants, the church, the whole machinery of government, and those who control industry and finance stand in the way. As long as the Russian army remains east of Berlin, Western America not likely to fall into the Communists' bloody hands.

Taxes Arid The Budget The impressive thing about the program for federal budget reform and tax reduction'presented by flie Committee for Economic Development is its objectivity and its obvious concern for all groups of taxpayers. Moreover, any sincere effort to put the government on something more nearly approaching a business basis should be welcomed' by all classes. No one can find fault with the chief aims of the committee's budget policy. These goals are stability in the economy at high levels of employ- menti restraint of unnecessary government greater efficency in government, reduction of Ihe public debt, and minimum reliance on forecasting' of economic fluctuations. Beyond a doubt a stabilizing budget policy is the best way to achieve these As to tax reduction, if'this is possible in view of the proposed expenditures for.

foreign: aid; and the military establishment, it will be, welcome. Part of jtiae tax cut the CED would like'to see effective in 1948, Those who are; groaning under the high cost of living are in.dire need of relief which prpb- ably can only come through such an increase'in take-home pay. Wage increases will only the problem of inflation. The CED proposal agrees with the plan of Chairman Knutson of the House Ways and Means Committee in many regards. Since, consideration of tax-reduction proposal has been postponed until the regular 1948-session, the whole tax- budget problem can be given the study it deserves.

Call It Of Mr. Clark -What is Attorney General Tom Clark's big idea in trying- to the records of several Canadian newsprint companies for American grand Mr.Clark,says he is trying.to find out whether cartel agreements between American and Canadian newsprint firms. He has a perfect right to subpoena American, records if he feels the anti-trust laws are being violated. But what right has he to pry into the records of Canadian businesses? If Canada's government permits cartels or monopolies, that is their affair, not ours. Even if they don't it is still not the job of Mr.

Clark's, of- 1 fice to prosecute them. Cartel' arrangements between Canada and American newsprint firms may exist. But if the attorney general cannot find the evidence from the records -of American that is. no. excuse for his attempt to iry to cross the border and insult a.

friendly nation by a fishing expedition. The business and personal relations between the Canadians and Americans have been extremely good for'scoreS of What deliberately antagonizing Canadian businessmen and the Canadian government by-resorting'to this meddlesome sort of legal action? Canadian businessmen are rightly angry at the attorney general's action. If Mr. Clark can subpoena the records of newsprint manufacturers, he can subpoena the records of all Canadian businessmen who sell products in the United States. Mr.

Clark should call off his subpoenas right Already they have done irreparable harm to Canadian-American good feeling. And if he does not do so, the Canadian companies concerned should tell him what they think of this silly procedure. They will get plenty of support in the United States if they do. As the Montreal. Gazette has said, "It has the earmarks of a political witch hunt" Capitol Column: Current Issues Poll Shows Opinions Vary By PETER EDSON WASHINGTON, Nov.

the nationwide poll of opinion which this column has been conducting on 20 leading foreign and domestic issues, many of the 1,500 members of congress, government officials, business representatives and newspaper editors wrote in extended answers. Some of those answering the questionnaire signed their names and authorized direct quotation. For instance: "I think the leaders of both parties are playing partisan politics with the special session issue," wrote Sen. Wayne Morse, Republican of Oregon. "Right now we need bipartisan action in the interest of the whole country, rather than poltical jockeying." On European aid, many shades of doubt were revealed by the wrltten-in comments.

One Repub-' lican senator said he would favor a 15 billion dollar program, but no more. A Democratic senator gave the opinion it will take "more than 30 billion dollars." Another senator favors a one-year program only, to see how it works. Still another said all aid to Europe should be Cannot Dictate Making aid to European countries conditional on their blocking communism was questioned by 40 per cent of the senators. "We must not dictate form of government to other countries," wrote one. Others were of the opinion-it would not work.

Sen. Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia wrote, "Such a course would work to the advantage of communism." Members of the lower house of congress are particularly outspoken on nearly 'all issues. It is impossible to quote them all in this space, but here are a few samples: On loans the money by. selling bonds to prevent inflation," suggested one congressman.

On the question of making the loans repayable, another make me'laugh!" The Marshall Plan came in for some biting comments from congressmen. "What do you mean by the Marshall 'Plan'? It hasn't a chance." "It will fail, period," "Just The congressman who made this last comment also thought that. 'The whole United Nations performance is silly," that "the United States has been sucker long "we should mind our own business" and that "the world is in a state of unde- dared war right, now." Prices Can Be Lowered Prices can be brought down without reducing wages, "If we reduce exports," answered a Another congressman thought prices could be brought down if we could "reduce taxes and end strikes." Many of the newspaper editors who-answered, similarly made additional comments, but there wai' much diversity in their editorial asides. An Oklahoman says, 'The South met its reconstruction problem after the Civil War by pulling in its belt and working. Europe should do likewise." An Illinois editor said what this country needs is another P.

T. Barnum, to put on a show every time American aid is passed out in Europe, to the people over there will know where their help is coming from. On. domestic issues, a Michigan editor thinks, "Prices and wages could have been stabilized last spring if the steel and coal operators had not been so eager to grab off the big profits." Inside Labor: Lewis Is Lone Wolf In Labor Circles By VICTOR RIESEL ATLANTIC Ciry, N. Nov.

matter where-you start in labor circles you always get around-to a John L. Lewis secret stratagem. He has a ruthless imagination and millions of dollars and is willing to spend both lavishly. I get down to this cold boardwalk town and find him "using his ruthless imagination to create a Reuther- less auto union. And it leaves you sheer gall of this grandiose Lewis scheme I began telling you about six months ago.

At that time Mr. L. first began using his daughter Kathryn as a secret agent to conspire with some Congress of Industrial Organizations leaders first to break up the auto union, and'then move some parts of it into Big John's coal diggers' outfit. Working through Kathryn and some New Yorkers who should have known better, Lewis was able to build up quite a machine inside the auto -union. So much without principle was this cynical invasion, that the Lewis agents soon began co-operating with the left wing and' pro-commie crowd in and around Detroit So let the old boy give us none of that pious talk about fighting commies.

Controls Many Delegates That Lewis machine controls quite a few of the 2,000 delegates to this turbulent, rumor-filled auto union convention. And upon that machine depends the dubious strength of the left wingers whom, the raring-to-go-Reuther is trying to purge completely from the outfit. That lefty-Lewis mob is a tough one and doesn't mind slugging it out to intimidate a few voters here and there. Lewis' strategy was simple, as simple as it has proved costly in folding money. First he wanted to get Walter Reuther out as auto union president because Lewis knew the red-head would not take 'orders.

Then he wanted to put the ponderous R. Thomas back in auto union chief because "Tommy" would take orders. To do this, Lewis sent his heavily-heeled agents into Detroit and surrounding little auto cities to win recruits with promises of the future power which Lewis would dispense when he became czar of a combined AFL and CIO. Friend of Thomas Lewis, an old friend of 'Tommy's" began dealing with the lefty crowd in the auto outfit by arranging secret conferences with daughter Kathryn up in her lonely suburban New York home, where nobody could spot visitors. Kathryn's pitch was support of Tommy for president Whatever information she would get, she would relay to her father Immediately.

Lewis reckoned that once he got enough secretly pledged to Tommy, he could get him elected president Then both Tommy and John L. Lewis would publicly demand that the AFL and the CIO Mr. L. of course. Furthermore, if this couldn't work Lewis thought he had built enough underground strength inside the auto union to get large sections of it to quit the CIO and join the coal miners union in one huge federation of about 1,000,000 members.

Then Lewis planned to go on a raiding spree of his own. He has 400 organizers on the loose and could easily 600 more to swashbuckle into every other field for new members even if they belonged to other unions. But first he planned to make himself a labor hero by crippling the'Taft- Hartley law through a boycott of the anti-Communist affidavits. Then he planned to have his own men go up and down the countryside saying join Lewis, he cracked the big, bad law. But the AFL fooled him that's history.

He failed then. He failed here. And he'll wind up pathetically alone, and he'll sign those anti-Communist affidavits If a court holds them constitutional. The old boy just isn't what he used to be. Bear Hands By Reg Manning Arizona Republic Staff Artist COT IT UNTIL HE SHUTS UPANO The People Speak Reasonable Editor, The Arizona Republic: Your reasonable editorials in regard to the Indian Service are appreciated when so many ask for miracles.

S. R. Window Rock, Arizona Reader Comments Editor, The Arizona Republic: I too approve of the plea made by Mrs. George Wells of 1505 E. Willetta, about the dusty streets.

Sprinkling does no good and water is scarce. Reduce the cost of paving arid there will be less complaints. Also to the one by Trudy Mickelson of November 6, who thinks that war is Amen. Also to the one on Pegler's side who is afraid to use his name except as "One of Those Democrats." -Keep on with the good work, Pegler; it is only through your articles that we can learn of the rascals who are in our midst. F.

H. STRONG Letteri to tka editor ihoold written on ono of the. paper only, and be llnilteit to 300 worils. NaniA and ntldresi lender mint bo furnished, but upon request the letter may be published anonymously. England's Need Editor, The Arizona Republic: In reference to an article in last Sunday's paper by Mr.

Percival who recently returned from England, and who tells of the dire need of the English and he mentions white flour, rice, tea, shortening diet; and the fact that they are allowed one veal chop per week, one egg a month, one pint of milk week, and by a recent paper, I see where potatoes are to be rationed, too. There must be many Arizonians who knew and can remember those dear lads who were training at Falcon Field, Mesa, for RAF pilots and would like to send a Christmas gift of food to them but do not have their addresses. I could give addresses and all necessary information needed to send parcels that would mean Christmas to the receiver and the giver. Phone: Herbert Mosse, 56909, or write to Route 1, Box 2019, Phoenix. Do You Remember? 20 Ago Today, Nov.

14, 1927 40 Yrs. Ago Today, Nov. 14, 1907 Bringing 100 business and civic organization leaders from Imperial Valley, the "Goodwill Limited" of the Imperial Valley Associated Chambers 'of Commerce, arrived in Phoenix last night. Chamber of Commerce officials and committees from various other Phoenix civic organizations met the visitors. The visitors will spend today viewing the valley.

Mrs. Belle Carter of Vienna, 111., has arrived in the city to visit her parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. E.

McCall. Mr. and Mrs. C. H.

Young have returned from a motor trip to Northern Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson' Johnson of Hayden have returned to their home after a visit in the city. Mr.

and Mrs. W. S. Adamsbn of Douglas, Arizona, pioneers, have returned to Douglas after a visit here. Miss Alice O'Conner, a former Tempe State Teachers' College student, now teaching In Casa Grande, spent the week-end visiting in Tempe.

Funny Business One of the largest and most successful meetings of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association came to a close with the session at the Commercial Hotel last night. The convention will conclude With a banquet at the Hotel Adams tonight. Officers elected at last night's meeting were Dwight B. Heard, Phoenix, president; E. J.

Jacklin, Tombstone, first vice president; J. C. Page, Willcox, second vice president; C. L. Coffee, Globe, secretary; and O.

H. Christy, Phoenix, treasurer. Mrs. Fred Furniss and daughter Erma of Oakland, are guests of Mr. and Mrs.

J. J. Sweeney. John Chilson, accompanied by his arrived in Tempe yesterday from the Sunflower country with 50-odd head of cattle. Miss Mary Mullin, who is teaching in Douglas, is spending the week end visiting her father in Tempe.

Her houseguests are Miss Alice Curnow, Tucson; Miss Maud Watson, Douglas; and Miss A Greenland, Yuma. By Hershberger "The photographer is very particular, Isn't he?" The Once Over. By H. I. PHILLIPS Oh, Say Can Too See! is becoming the Land of the Fleeced and the Home of the Long Enduring.

And if the cost of living gets much higher we will be singing, "Oh, say can you see by the pawn's early blight!" The motto "Never give a sucker MI even break" has become current in many places. The cry, "Take him again, he hasn't the will to rings over hill and dale. The' old' regard for customer goodwill has become almost and nowhere 'will you encounter such unconcern- as, on the face of a tradesman-to "whomi. you squawk "If you run pub- lie through the wringer like this, you will lose your customers; In' time." Distinctly a museum piece is the man who frets if he doesn't think his customers are getting their money's worth. There are, of course, plenty of reasons why things in all lines must bring more money, but Mr.

Curtis B. Customer has a firm impression that a big part of the bleeding is unnecessary. The Forgotten Man has reached a point where he is sorry he was remembered. He is now surrounded by the Forgotten Chop, the Forgotten Loaf of Bread, the Forgotten Bargain, the Forgotten Square Deal, the Forgotten Shirt, the Forgotten Glass of Beer, the Forgotten Roof and the Forgotten Kindly Look. The cradlemaker nicks him as much as used to be asked for a five-passenger sedan, the casket- maker rubs it in at the grand finale, and in between he is taken for a mark for stickups, extortionists, sandbaggers, pickpockets ind cold-blooded experts in vacuum cleaning.

The funniest query of the times is, "Do you think we will get serious inflation?" Bakers cut the size of the loat and raise the price! The fruit man gets as much for one banana as he used to get for a basket of The restaurant" minimum for two is around' $8 if you skip the soup and dessert 1C you have a couple of cocktails add 52 to Everything you-eat, drink or wear keeps soaring And if you try. to forget it all by. going fishing you find the charter boats are up to $50 a With worms a nickel each! Which wouldn't be so bad it the boys didn't chisel on the quality and content. One of the things making Communists, If not An- archists, is the practice the cafe men have-of using the thimble- size glass and a double bottom to make sure that the customer gets token right and that the house does better than ever. Whither ere we drifting? And aren't we being overcharged for the drift? At what point is mercy to be expected? Or is everybody out to kill the gocse that lays the golden egg, hide the feathers and use the webbed feet In a new hat at an extra high price? Sock, sock, sock, the boys are marching! With the taxation platoon's fresh levies, front and rear.

"Mister, can you spare five bucks? I ain't had nuthln' to eat since breakfasJU" David Lawrence Say NAM Submits Realistic Plan For European Aid WASHINGTON, Nov. -All doubt as to where a substantial number of American, business men stand on the Marshall Plan has been removed. by the statement of policy presented to President Truman by the National Association of Manufacturers. This group Insists that, while the plan Is good in principle, 'America's willingness to pour billions into Europe should be conditioned on safeguards against a waste of the money. It is significant that the NAM statement differs materially from that filed by the President's committee of 19 citizens, who unquestionably wrote a diplomatically phrased document In deference to the wishes of the department of state.

No such hesitancy appears in the NAM statement, which frankly calls for aid to those countries which believe in and are willing to utilize the "free enterprise" system and a limitation on- any aid for countries seeking further programs "nationalization." No Right To Interfere The Horriman. committee of 19 argued that It wasn't the province ot the United States to Interfere In "internal" affairs by specifying that the "free enterprise" system be' encouraged. At the. same time, the committee did not hesitate to enu- merate a number of controls and checks -which really amount to Intervention anyway. The truth Is the NAM statement Is the more realistic of the two because it recognizes that American citizens are being asked to save Europe from Communism when, at 'the same time, some of the governments in Europe already are embarked on policies of socialism which to American.

minds are not very far from Communistic doctrine at least, they are hostile to the idea of private enterprise. The recommendations made by the NAM are bound to be considered seriously by congress because they reflect the viewpoint of many business. men and others of a conservative viewpoint in, both the Democratic and Republican parties. The problem is wholly nonpartisan and there Is no doubt that, billions are going to be voted, some restrictions upon the spending of the money must be applied. Among these are the following, as suggested by the NAM: "That the participating nations evidence their Intent to stabilize their currencies, balance then- budgets and place their fiscal policies on 'a sound! basis.

"That the countries take and enforce adequate measures to insure maximum domestic production. "That the countries work toward a restoration of free international payments. Make Use Of Assets "That the countries make reasonable ust of their own realizable gold and foreign exchange assets. "That the countries refrain from re-exporting products received under the U. S.

aid program, and from exporting Identical products produced domestically. "That during the period of economic aid the participating countries should not undertake any further nationalization projects, or Initiate projects which have the effect of destroying or Impairing private competitive enterprise, and thus retard their economic progress. Insofar as practicable, United; States should be extended to private competitive' enterprises In the foreign countries Instead of to ments or their agencies." There were other recommendations but the main theme is an insistence that government cartels and nationalized enterprises should not be give American aid directly or indirectly, and that sums given by the U. S. should not be used to finance deficits created by Inefficient handling of budgets, taxes or production.

Truman's Civil Rights Program Questioned By DORIS FtEESON Nov. brisk debate is in progress at the White House over how much of a fight President Truman should make to enact the far-reaching program of his civil-rights committee, Tom Clark, attorney general, and Clark Clifford, presidential advisor. Insist that it Is not only the President's moral duty to advance the. commit- tee's recommendations' but good' politics as 'WeO. Truman's natural caution is being abetted by advisor Steelman and John Snyder, treasury secretary.

-Harold McGrath, national chairman, is. as always, committed to the various measures but has not yet been invited to the current discussions. McGrath rather disingenuously says It Is no part of. the committee's business to make policy. He said it should be fully informed so it can help translate the policy of the country.

With tongue out of cheek, the fact is the votes of the various minorities most affected by any civil-rights program are so important in pivotal states that the committee has always had a loud, voice in fufaVdeter- minations in this field. Report Praised The President has praised the coramittfe repo. i and promised to include it in his state of message. If his efforts stop there matterihow piobs their expression" he will win no- votes; from the affected minorities, especially the Negroes whose influential press has given resurrection-day play to the Charles E. Wilson program.

'5 i. Reduced to its lowest political tennsVthe question before the White House is" how far cart Benjo- crats go without alienating the Roosevelt managed to negotiate this tight rope with. Mrs. Roosevelt's help, though at times it wobbled alarmingly under him. Truman now is confronted with the same task.

However, that the Republicans also with the problem- may comfort hlm-slSghtry." Both parties Indeed must face the fact that the Negroes may truly constitute the swing vote In '48. Labor spurred by the Taft-Hartley law, will vote Demo-I cratlc as Kentucky showed last week. Farmers aro pro-GOP. This leaves the minorities to be fought for with the Negroes easily the largest and cohesive, increasingly aggressive and possessed of a large and vocal press. The New Deal fetched the Negroes but students of post-'44 elections believed that as nearly as the statistics can be separated and read, they have swung back.

However, the Negroes are not happy. Had Nothing To Offer Last summer the Republican congress suddenly- realized it had nothing for its historic and seemingly repentant. allies. Fair employment, poll-tax repeal and so on were hastily shoved on the calendar but action was virtually Impossible. The Negro It Is large and mostly at this transparency and warned It would not do.

Once Negro Republican leadership was on the bar- gain counter but, as Senator Taft admits, this Js no true since Negroes improved their economic position under Roosevelt and war sharpened their political awareness. The supreme court will play an important role In the coming civil-liberties discussions. Such cases indeed are not its most immediate, personal contact with the public. This season then wHl have before them the restrictive covenants which bar minorities, especially Negroes, from certain neghborhoods. Another test of the use of taxes for parochial school uses Is up; so, is a case Involving teaching of the Bible In public schools.

The result for the learned justices In their marble palace is an avalanche of "Dear you mail. Their own comparisons of their fan man show that tHe seven only Justice Frankfurter; a Jew, and Justice Murphy, a Catholic, are not Masons especially grieved tfielr enow Masons. But on most issues, it seems, the American patv pie feel free to chide their highest court. --C.