Independent Star-News from Pasadena, California • Page 6

MMnNMNT, ITAR-KIWSE I It I A ---------Clothespins Give Hint of Tariff Troubles The recent furor over clothespins hints the renewal of an old breed of trouble, the tariff fight. In this instance the President faced the choice of angering friends like Sweden, Denmark and Holland by putting a 650.000 gross annual limit on the amount of spring clothespins they could export to the United States, or angering the six or seven competing New England firms by permitting the foreign products easy access to the clotheslines of America. chose the road of unlimited trade, although he raised the tariff from 10 cents to 20 cents a gross on the foreign pins. This generation has not seen a bitter battle between protectionists and free trade advocates. Tariff is a word in the history books.

Only oldsters can recall the sullen stares (or sighs of re- with names like Under- wood and Smoot-Hawley. A fight over tariffs, the levy a natirm places against foreign wares primarily to protect domestic consumption of its own wares, could split country as badly as the segregation issue or any Other. In times of plenty not many people trouble themselves about tariffs. Everybody is making money, so why bother? But when unemployment stalks across the land the factory worker in- deed bothers if Burma or France can sell more cheaply the goods he, himself, makes. The issue now transcends political parties.

It is sectional and local, not Democratic or Republican. WINDSTORM Auld Lang Syne 'Big Blow 9 of 1918 Left Extensive Damage Here By C. F. SHOOP "That recent wind-storm? Just a little zephyr!" He was an old-timer and from the twinkle in his eye I could tell he was bent on telling me of some of the really "big blows" Pasadena has had down through the years. And I was right.

"You oughta bppn hpre in 1891. Now that was a hum- RECAllS PASADENA'S TORNADO In the agricultural Midwest and South, where the sun rises and sets on a horizon of crops, no tariffs are wanted. Why should for the farmer's crops be lessened by a high tariff law that reduces a foreign nation's supply of dollars to pay for them. Why should the farmer's wife have to pay more for the'onc tornado'we her clothespins? DATE OF PASADENA'S lone tornado was Jan. 26, But in the industrial east another reaction is produced when the absence of soot in the sky indicates the town factory has shut down because it cannot compete with foreign goods.

Then you hear, why should a man have to be out of a job? Why doesn't the government do something to stop "this foreign What do we pay our taxes for 191S and have verified that anyhow' much of the stoly with rec ords of the local Weather Recorder (Pasadena Water Department). Official records describe it as a "small with it was plenty large enough for them. The tornado hit Pasadena between 2 and 3 p.m. on that fateful Saturday afternoon, and, since they hit the breadbasket, they A funnel-shaped cloud de- are always unpleasant. At the moment scended on Pasadena, hitting ground level at about Colo- unemployment is up slightly, steel pro- st and Eudid Ave and duction and rail shipment are down, proceeding in a norlhwester- the stock market is low 'and uncertain, ly direction to the vicinity of Orange Grove and Lincoln Ave.

then mysteriously dis- had here? "Surely we don't have tornadoes here?" I parried, reminding the old fellow that tornadoes are for thl Midwest and South, not here. "When, if ever, did Pasadena have a tornado--if it ever did, which I doubt?" I had asked for it, and--I got it. For he lived here then and was ready--and willing--to talk about it. As well as I can recall, these are about the facts about that tornado and he really convinced me that they were true. curred on Dec.

10 and 11, These opposing views are the Janus faces of tariff. Further ramifications to the dispute exist in the effects on foreign relations and, now, our overseas defense structure. Tariff decisions are not easv to make The condition may be temporary. It may worsen. If a recession develops, as appearing into thin air.

It some economists fear, the ugliness of a traversed a very narrow path through the heart of the city tariff fight will leap into the headlines as it did in earlier years. Big Talk, Little Stick Nationalistic pride is of itself a good thing. Sometimes it can become ridiculous. Indonesia, for instance, is a young nation. I is understandable that its people want to flex their muscles, even those around the jaws.

But when responsible officials talk about freeing New Guinea from the Dutqh, their mouthings become tiresome. It is apparent that Indonesian officials have never heard of President for nearly a mile and then lifted. Trees were blown down The President, by backing free trade and uprooted by the dozens, and small California-type res- while at the same time hiking rates jdences and arage Vwere slightly, indicates the only sane course damaged --some completely of approach: to act carefully and demolished. Major damage was that done to several thoughtfully, churches, notably Central Christian Church Walnut and Marengo, and Lincoln Avenue Methodist Church, Lincoln and Orange Grove. Damage in both cases was to the roofs which had to be Theodore Roosevelt's admonition: "speak hurriedly covered, tempo- softly but carry a big stick." ra ri 'y at least, so services could be held there-the next Proposers of attacking Dutch New day, 'which was Sunday.

Guinea are speaking loudly without a Ro fers worked wcl1 into the stick of any kind. Indonesia's tiny army is impotent, due to lack of arms and considerable political disunity. on 1891, and there are quite a few old timers living who well recall the fury of that blow. Pasadenans were won't to reckon time as BEFORE or AFTER the big blow--thusly, B-BB or A-BB, so that storm, in the light of the "little zephyr" we had Thursday, seems to justify more than passing mention. John W.

Wood's History of Pasadena (1915) gives such a good account of that storm and the damage done, that I will quote froni it at some length: "Principal damage of that 1891 storm consisted of blowing down the steeple of the Presbyterian Church and blowing down the bell tower on the Methodist Church, which falling upon the roof of the edifice, caved it in. (See illustrations on this night. In addition to the wind, we are told there was quite a thunderstorm and "much hail," especially in the south and eastern parts of the city. Water department records would have more chance of making do show that "in East Pasa- an amphibous invasion of China dena hail coveratthe ground Indonesia would of landing on New In addition it has no navy. Switzer- to 4 Re-Examine NATO Deal Eisenhower will find an entirely different European at-.

An astute newspaper correspondent assigned to the is J. Hamilton of the New York Times--reports By RAY TUCKER lost lead. Meanwhile, NATO may stand in Jeopardy unless WASHINGTON. President ltseU could strengthened revised next month. by what they regard as a long overdue exchange of military and scientific secrets among riv--Thnmoc titude toward Russo-Ameri- "its principal members.

UN Th mas Hamilton can relations when he meets with foreign statesmen at the THE EUROPEANS have NATO top-level conference in frequently expressed i Paris next month. At this first concern at Washington's rigid post-Sputnik gathering of the international posture, blam- diplomatic and mill- ing it on Secretary Dulles. Altary experts, many strange new problems and question- Ings will be presented to the United States delegation. Disarmament Commission in tinental problems, they think that the U.S. should unbend to a depth of from 2 inches--on the level!" A friend whose Veracity I never question tells me of a peculiar twist the storm" took at the Lincoln Avenue church referred to above.

He alleges that the wind struck some leaded windows, rolled the lead into a ball and, strangely enough, deposited the ball on the pastor's desk. I had never heard that one before. ONE OF THE LAST big inds here, I am told, was in February--either 1937 or T' Can i Ut for Sure W3S at Ite rst ift Sovlet AUa(Jeila unroofing houses the "cold war" is another rec- "raising Cain" as the expression is. Several tile roofs in a Sputnik era. Thye have this interplanetary were damaged as well as The Europeans do not con- seen dictators disappear be- template a surrender ore lr en "appeasement" of the Communists.

They still look to ihe U.S. to match Moscow's in outer space devices and military rocketry, although, as an eminent newspaper correspondent in fore under external or internal pressures. The more his- In short, th that pur Allies followed our Altadena Drive in Altadena ad almost Mindly and un- more resembled' carports tory seems to chance, says questioning until we lost Pans, the more it remains the our superiority. Now, they in- same sist upon a re-examination of Senator Allen J. Elipnclpr their arrangements with us, Louisiana Democrat, who and on relations with has frequently visited Russia sia.

Temnorarilv at Berlin reports. "They are not anfl disc usse these questims feel tha(P forfeited with Khrushchev, advocates the right to dictate to them, such an approach. taken in by the daily outpourings from Washington propaganda mills that try to fill the gap with words Instead of achievements." TTiis country, scientifically, is on probation. EISENHOWER WILL dis cover that the ability of NATO under American leadership political, financial, military to offset the Soviet's new strength has been cast into serious douhf. He will also learn that there is a growing demand for a "summit" conference i Khrushchev, i Moscow's failure to fulfill the So does Bevar as a result of recent talks with the Russian dictator, and Bevan will become British Prime Minister, if the Labor Party returns to power.

Most of th- leading neutrals, especially India, have tried to prod us into a more resilient frame of mind. Their suspicion of the pjficacy of our uncnrnprcmisinc position has become stronger as a result of the Russians' recent achievements. The near-hysteria within the United Nations over Mos- Geneva pledges. Europe's ex- covvs threatened withdrawal posed position, including our from a disarmament neco- provocative overseas bases, iati which coincided with Inclines our Allies to make Soviet's advances in weap- another attempt at a "coex- onrv reflects this samp sentiment. anri desirp for some "accommodation." Even fhe United States, Britain anri France have been forcer! to recognize this fear besetting our smaller Allies and neutral states.

Canada, in fact, has lined up with Nehru on the nroblem. ALTHOUGH STILL refusing to expnnd the Disarmament Commission into an 82- nation body, as Khrushchev insists, the West is expected to agree to cnlnrpc it from Its present 11 to Ifi members. Washington, and AP Paris rlid not dare to permit another Communist walkout into outer space. Such a step bv McCHire Newapipw SyndiciU) Britain Speaks than residences," an informant relates. HARKING BACK to really old times, Rpid's History of Pasarlena (1895) relates that in 1887 there was a severe wind which did some damage but that Pasadena's most memorable windstorm oc- The same windstorm the Christian Church and the North Congregational Church; wrecked a laundry, a 2-story house and half a dozen "California style" structures.

Many roofs were blown off, notably the tin roof of the Arcadia Block and of Williams Hall and the Frost Building. A small building on a street wds blown down, killing a horse, but there was no loss of human lives." AS IF justifying the storm, Historian Wood adds: "This' was a remarkable storm for this section, the most disastrous known, and yet it compared to those oc- curing in the Middle West, or on the Atlantic Coast, it was not extraordinary. For of the wind at' no time and it blew all night exceeded about 60 miles per hour which is but 4 "Notwithstanding, the inhabitants, when they began taking stock next morning, were both amazed and disheartened when they viewed the litter imd debris that abounded. Shingles, boards and tin roofs filled the streets, and trees, stripped to skeletons, plants blown flat, and vines torn from supports, formed a forbidding prospect. "As for oranges! That crop was a thing of the past.

Never since that memorable night has Pasadena felt an approximation to that arboreal disturbance." Mule deer antlers always fork as they grow out to a succession of while white tail deer have all thp prongs shoot off the main stem like the teeth of a rake. U.S. Department of Agriculture studies show that the age of a non-vaccinated cow does not affect her susceptibility to brucellosis. CHURCH DAMAGED IN STORM OF 1891 Presbyterian Church, which stood at Colorado St. and Garfield where Post Office building is now, as it looked after violent windstorm of Dec.

10-'l 1, 1891. FALLING BELL TOWER COLLAPSES ROOF Methodist Church, southeast corner Colorado St. and Marengo fared no better than Presbyterian Church in the storm of 1891. Bell-tower was blown off, and falling on roof, caved it in. FANCY, FACT AND FOIBLE Pasadena Pioneer Aided in Capture of Vasquez, Bandit --Don'iHet the-typicml-hotr head bluff you.

He has James Craig, proprietor of scared, took dad's money but cold feet. the Craig Rancho here before contemptuously tossed his en- the village of Pasadena was gineering notebook back to founded, is given credit, in him (Craig Sr. was engaged some sources, for helping of- as a mining engineer at the fleers apprehend Tiburcio time). Vasquez, famous Mexican "Like any engineer, father bandit. The.story is told In was delighted to have his a letter written to the writer notebook back and incautious- of Auld Lang Syne by Charles ly must-have shown his pleas- Volney Craig of Berkeley, son ure, whereupon Vasquez, evi- of James Craig, and never dently something of a phy- before printed, so far as is chologist, decided that trie known.

Craig Jr. writes: notebook must in some way "It was while working on a be immensely valuable and project to supply water to toe summarily retrieved it from Cerro Gordo lead and silver father, mines in Inyo County that "Some years later when father was once held up by Vasquez was captured near Vasquez. The famous bandit, Los Angeles, Sheriff Billy Anybody who is trying to attain longevity should on weekends and holidays stay out of anything that has wheels on It. "If beings are living on the other solar planets, they are doing so with difficulty," says an astronomer. Conditions seem to be about the game throughout this neck of the universe.

"Have you ever a snails?" asks a dietitian. No. We've never been on the ragged edge of starvation. It is difficult to understand who had the West pretty well the notebook how Americans can support extravagant governments and expensive automobiles and still have enough money left to buy shelter. Grammarians nothing can be "more perfect," but they are in error.

For quite some yean car manufacturers have annually food, i and produced cars more perfect than those of the succeeding; year. Battleships have become our last one having been retired recently. Itr is wondered what will constitute weapons of war when H-bombs and missiles become obsolete. in his pocket and returned it to father. Incidentally, most all of Vasquez's victims up to that time had reported the robber as being "a huge crea- lure breathing fire." Dad tolrl the authorities that Vasquez was just another under-sized Jfexican and the more realistic engineer's appraisal helped the officers greatly in apprehending the culprit." Future of Liberalism in Britain Disclosed iKditor's Drnnls Barrens Is contributor to and Ev 20 TV projramj tor the British a correspondent for The hich are In reply to from rnrn H.

8 Corp He HU articles, ini rrinVh I 1C1M "TM cl a TM reply to questions (mm i 0 sk 1 ih istence" standoff. Such a move toward "accommodation." they seem to believe, would at least pain time for the West, which means the United States, to recuperate and to recover its Publisher Bernard J. Riddc General Manager D. Nuttc 1 Editor Lee i i a Associate Editor Slimnc Managing Editor Arnold Htia Business Manner E. William Wire Services: United Press.

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New York, wnnlrl havn onAxnnamj CWcafo, Detroit, UlnnupoUs, St. lrt TM 1 TM. r- By DENNIS HARDENS LONDON. What are the chances of a Liberal Party revival in Britain? Is Britain committed irrevocably to a two-parly sys- (em of government, and if so, what happens if they both go stale? These interesting questions from Frederic W. Collins, United States panel member in this Independent, Star-News "Nations Speak" international forum do permit, unlike many general straight answer.

No, I do not think there is any hope of an immediate Liberal Parly reviviil, if hy revival is meant any significant influece in the business of government. In fact, wp may as well face the fact a unless the Liberal future of the 'UN, 'at NATO Party achieves a spectacular increase in membership, funds and drive, it will probably die but. This is no matter of satisfaction to anybody. The Lib- prals have played a significant part in British history. They wore the first to challenge effectively the almost feudalistic arrogance of the landowners, to fight iniquitous conditions in industry and to postulate that poverty amongst the working class was not a crime, but a social condition demanding social remedies.

But with the growth of the trade unions the Labor Party became the most formidable rival of the Conservative Parly, and still is. WHAT IS THK present state of the panics? Of 625 scats in the House of Commons (the real seat of government, since the powers of the House of Lords are largely advisory) only five are held by Liberals. Five Liberals against 620 Conservative and Labor M.P.'s can do little or nothing. They haven't even a nuisance value to either party. It is true that last March there were six Liberals in the House, but one died, and his seat was won--by Dame Megan Lloyd George, daughter of Lloyd George, famous Liberal leader and wartime premier in World War I.

Dame Megan had only recently deserted the Liberal cause for the Labor Party. In Britain everyone wanting to compete in an election (a general election) must put up as a deposit This is to stop irresponsible nominations. If a candidate does not poll a reasonable number of votes, he forfeits his deposit. Most of the luindrcrl-Oild Liberal candidates In the last general eleciion lost their money. Liberals say that Britain's electoral system docs not give them their rightful of representation in the principle of so-many-voters, so-many- seats, they would be better off.

Although in each constituency Liberal votes are a very small minority; 800,000 Britons still adhere to Liberalism. THE LIBERALS now say that in a future election they are ready to put 200 candidates into the field. They have effected some improvement in their party organization, and the leadership of the young, fresh and dynamic Jo Grimond has sent the dust flying. 9 bit. He has said, and nobody would contradict him, that the party had been getting Into the sort of brains trUst standing on edge of politics and shouting impartially at the Conservative and Labour Party." He also warns the members that the next 10 years imply an inescapable challenge to on or get out." It Is true that to a limited extent, thlngS'ln the Liberal Party are looking up; but they could hardly look any other way because in that case there would be no party left.

Thirty thousand new members have joined the party in the last year, a rise of 5000 on the previous year. In a recent by-election at Gloucester the Liberal candidate managed to poll over 7000 votes--only 3000 less than the Conservative candidate. The Labor representative kept his seat, but the significance, of the result was that the Liberals h'ad been able to make such a show in an area hitherto uncontested by them. The unwillingness of Liberals to vote for their own party does imply a defeatist attitude of mind. Over a power; but, of course, in many large constituencies there were no Liberal candidates to vote for.

THAT LIBERALS incline more to right than left is shown by a recent poll which established that Liberals voting in an area where one of their own candidates was not contesting would prefer the Conservative candidate--to a ratio of about two to one against Labor. Some of the Liberal party's proposals have a strong public appeal to members of both other parties. Its opposition to the growing power of the state might, if given opportunity for self- expression, do something to curb tile anonymous tyranny of some government departments. They have promised to end cruelty to children, to work out a plan for land conservation, to stop bickering workman and employer by giving workers a share In the ownership and control of businesses. For my part, I wonder whether, in this age of slogans, demagogy and mass entertainment, party whose main characteristics is civilized moderation can hope to survive in politics.

We shall see..