Portland Press Herald from Portland, Maine • 36

1 Section -Page Twtlirt Poland I -f Portland Sunday Telegram And Sunday Praia Herald 21 1948 1 Ignoring The Popular Mandate Inside In Washington By May Craig Trtrphons Dial 2-1811 Portland Maine November 2 1 1948 i 1 FuMtabed Cmj Sunday Guy Gannett Publishing Co 1 £rxsiy 4 I -4 C- -t V-' i jealousies a i Service Nothing could show the burning jealousies between the army and- the marine corps better ithan the recent-' 'article on Tarawa by LtGen Holland (Howlin Mad) Smith of the mav called forttt tines and the Terrible Turner without reason" then this Terrible Turner could be obstructive to a marine general along with all the others Terrible Turner lor instance was "short-sightedly oppased''to tbermtfV am-tracka" He said flaUy tliatt wouldn't carry them and -that' the marines cbtild get along wellonotigh without these traetori vButvOie inS had seen how- wCIl 'jthe tracks walked throughr Wtbedwire protected beaches Howlin' kiad "Kelly it's like got to 'those am-tracks WeTl take' a helluva licking without thenir ffq am-tracks no operatlonTtV fr Colossal moment JtowllnV' Msd charging one way and Terrible Tur mkking a stand the other The irresistible and the immovable Mad aaya 'he got his I r''T After Makin he reported io Adml-NlmlU that if Major -General Smith had been Marine he would have relieved him commandi the spot for dilatory taCtics The by LL Gen Robert Richardson Jr (ret) of the army 1 General Smith says that Tarawa was a mistake that it should have been by-passed and left to "tfrther on the vine' but the Joint Chiefs of Staffs decreed that it should be taken Taken it was but at cost to the marines -General Richardson says that General Smith la throwing up a smokescreen to cover his "obviously tie fee live plan for the battle of Tarawa Smith says the army general was not obirzed to make a frontal attack on that Island He could have landed-on a near-by island stacked his artillery thick and then landed oh ral Tarawa under the protection of its Tire But then adds Richardson Slowlln bf rlnes tin said: have net body way on su dlan Stanley is chalrua of the whole Commission He has wt(ji him Roger McWhorter of the Feder Power Commission member aadja new Member has Just recently been appointed Eugene Weber who is an engineer and was appointed with'am eye to his experience and because he isyoung and energetic Senator Stanley SO years old snd though mellow with toe knowledge of 20 years on the Commission needs young energy There is some talk of Senator Stanley resigning (which' ldont'thlnk he wllli and being replaced' lace If White of Maine January Senator Stanley told m( a warm letter recently Barkley of Kentucky President Barkley would be pushed out and It put a Republican in as 3gialnnan of aa agency of the Oovemmen touring a Democratic Administration Besides Senator White is 70 years old sad not In good health and has no preciselexperlence the field involved in thel International Joint Commission work wmeh deals with boundary waters 4 The new Canadian Premier is expected to appoint two new- cpftw sioners at once Canada how has only George Spence of Reglnataskatchewsn who Is chairman of the Canadian section The Commission can funetjoo with four -members which Is a quorum byt it would be better to have the fulllilx Canada is the section that must be converted to the project if it is to come ip life and full Canadian membership is df ie had received Senator Albea elected Vice lot let Stanley Be unusual to Jjkslrable klag-tke i FIRST requisite fer making -the prajert come alive is Canadian eatermentto allow her waters to be usedj The natural configuration makes the Bin of Fundy Passamaquoddy CobecocA the unique and natural site for seeking the secret of tidal power But Uie who! area is need- ed to make the tide trap feasible from aa engineering standpoint Heretofore Canada has refused to allow this Canada said aome years ago after Joint survey that ahe feared the damf would distorts the profuse herring-flsherim la that area So first Canada must aayjYfs to use of her waters ft may be that she needs power so badly toe will forget the possible damage to end thfre is no proof the dams would hurt the After this initial 'come the problems of market Scientists say that petroleum is in sight We enes would Wt- end of our re wasting our nuclear fission materials which are Urn- ited anyway Tidal power may be the power of tho future Quoddy the place to find out how to get power from- the tides j- Senator-elect Margaret Smith of Maine says we must have dependable power for a defense we cannot let defense power de- pend on rainfall for 'rirer'jxnrer Senator Brewster says we can buildjateel mills to use Iron ore from Labrador and Quoddy -''power with Immense benefit to all New England Engineers have always said the -international Quoddy projoftila practical Experiment costs money sekne of the cost of experiment In tidal -wow er can be crossed off If Tidal poweg is dependable and cheap Quoddy may hje the gateway 'to a great fuutre The preliminary by the International Joint Commit- slon is the first step The Son Of Heaven By Richard Hallet -promised to send me south as soon 1 "as the situation Was well In hand Makin an operation the marines could have completed in a few first and he (Turner) was cver-ail command" 'Howlin' nickname i Mad says that in the army was "Nellie" arines hours have paid ho attention to Turner know wrote Marco it la the tre gone for apparently In the and plainly like him Nobody ship which Kelly Turner would have ver called Admiral Kelly Turner: refiued to give him for that journey OCellle but Mad like -n A sad tangle all of It-We must re--hlm too well either The marine gen-: -mlrtd ourselves flips alOheae valiant eral hu a punch In either band one men did win the battle of the Pacific for the army and one for the navy for us but the need of actual as op- Kelly Turner he says -Is aggressive posed tostatutory unification of the "a mass of energy and a relentless vast-ao rich and so beautiful that man on earth could design anything perior to it" Beautiful because of its temples courtyards )t duckponds green- knolls and artificial brooklets and especially because of Its trees you? MareO Polo writes "that wherever a beautiful tree rglsts and the Emperor gets pews of It lie sends for it and has transported' bodily with all its roots- Washlnglen Nev While the International Joint Commission Is in Detroit and in Canada discussing stream pollution in the Detroit area the Commission Members are informally discussing the -Quoddy tide harnessing project referred to It by the 8 State Department and the Canadian Department of External Affairs Augustus Stanley chairman of the Commission -former 8 Senator from Kentucky said he hoped to come back to Washington Nov 24 with a date set for opening Quoddy hearings In December The reference 'authorities only a preliminary survey to see whether there should be a major survey Canada Is worried about the coat of a major survey which might run into several hundred thousands of dollars Usually costs of projects before this Commission are shared equally between the two countries but there is no rule to this effect The cost could be divided anyway the two countries decided to do' it The benefits can be divided anyway the two countries decide 'v Senator Stanley thinks the preliminary survey -will not cost as much as $50000 and his Commission has that much In its pocket This Commlslsoa has the right i to use anp government agency of either country so the United States could use the Army Engineers and the Federal Power Commission and other trained ex-perts IF tho major snrvry Is endertaken then ft will probably require some money from Congress There is a curious aspect of this Commission that Senator Stanley to me a few davi before ha took off for Detroit He said that action by: his Commission has the force of law If it finally decided to approve the Quod-day project it would not require authorisation from Congress only the money If the Commiaalon should -agree- on the project then tho President could Just' ask an appropriation tho money could bo included in any appropriation bill tha project would not have to go before a legislative committee of Congress for an authorizing bill If tho preliminary survey is favorable to the big survey the President could Just ask an appropriation In any suitable ap-' propria Uon bill for the major survey This wouldn't prevent the Appropriations Committees from giving tho project a terrific going-over of course with 1 --i' Senator Brewster says there is no telling how much the project would cost because we' have never had the comprehensive borings end other engineering work necessary for an estimate The private en- glneertng companies who consider the in--: ternatlonal tide trap long before Dexter Cooper took it to the Government did aome work on it: and the work done on the All-American project win be available This Information wCl all be gsth-' ered together and sifted by the International Joint Commission1 at once Senator Brewster says maybe the project will cost less than we think be- cause the new plan la to blast down some of the rocky edges of the Bay for the dams Instead of hauling in huge blocks of granite cut elsewhere Just let the nearby cliffs fall down into tha water THERE are three members of each sec-' tlon of the Commission 8 and Cana- on By Drew Washington Nov tt-Whito House sd- 1 vlsers have prepared a careful work-sheet for the President on one of the most Important questions affecting everyone --taxes It will be placed before him some time next-week and here to a preliminary peek-at the general recommendations on our-future tax structure: Excess A new excess-profits tax will be recommended though somewhat more lenient than that Imposed In war-" tifne The maximum tax probably will be about 75 per cent 10 per cent less than the wartime assessment while the profit "floor? at which corporations start paying taxes will be Increased 35 per cent over the wartime level In addition a 575000 profit exemption probably will be granted to all corporations Thus a firm that starts paying taxes on wartime profits' exceeding say 1100- -000 could now make an additional 35 per cent or $350000 plus the $75000 exemp-: tlon before tho tax collector stepped tn The new law will be carefully designed to protect'-smaller corporations Of 362- 000 'corporations in the Country only a top crust of about 25000 will be affected Liberal exemptions will take the others out of the taxable class Ne IneemeVTax Increase Income tax Administration leaders hope the exoess-profita tax will bring in sufficient revenue to make further Income unnecessary Some "adjustments (additional levies) may have to be made In the higher income-tax brackets how-' ever to offset foreign-aid commitments and domestic expenditures for public housing' Federal aid to education recla- matlon and other programs up the Fres-dlent's sleeve No general Income-tax revision such as repeal of the OOP tax reduction to contemplated Social security This seir-sustalnlng program will be expanded to cover aa additional 15000000 to 20000000 workers who do not now receive social-security benefits Old-age pensions will be In- creased by at least 50 per cent with the Federal Government footing the whole cost since a majority of tha states won't agree to increasing their share of the pensions Public-assistance benefits snd unemployment compensation also will be In- creased The age for old-age pensions will be lowered from 65 to $2 or 63 for men and to 60 for women em- ployes This would automatically make aa estimated L5 00000 workers between the ages of 60 and 63 eligible for -retirement thus spreading employment Payroll taxes on employes snd employers probably will be increased per cent cn each of them raising the aggregate tax to 3 per cent beginning Jan 1 1950 instead of waiting until 1651 for the extra levy Excises After a hot battle' in both houses wartime excises on long-distance calls 'telegrams etc transportation en- tertalnment luggage snd other goods snd services (except luxury 'Items) will be reduced but not repealed Travel Charm Scrappy Congressman John Dingell of Michigan makes a hobby of giving medals of SLvChristopher the CsthoUe "Patron of £rsveiers" to friends of other faiths The ta JTankllla Roosevelt had one So 1 Maiy-GbrRound taskmaster- He Turn Raclc TTvp ClnA I I um DaCK ine tiOCK proprietor- of Boothbty Harbor him to j'J -Z'-: kMw of the marvels of Peking which rea Mflcan tn Vi- h--n Kir- he had seen in his recent flight over oQ it appears to haTA China and eeepdally of the Forbidden marriage a -vast welter bfrcompetlngcaity bailed rin At' the very heart of old JJ6risdicUbnsT HowUnivdadi 'fc Makin Richardson sayi: he should 'Marco Pblar made hi visit must treat-BO no su- and clad assure it and hill pf hls-No matter tree may he gets it car-elephants: and hr this way he -has -got together the most beautiful col- lection of trees in all the world" But for all that the Emperor cooped up inside that- fairyland might not be the happiest man in thg world The last Emperor for example Kwang Hsu made a miserable end His troubles began hen' his 'mother Tfcu Hi the Empress Dowager had him betrothed to Chin Feng -his cousin every -homely little gir) "She is nbtbeautiful" the Empress told her sad "But Confucius says that It not good for woman to be too beautiful A woman' too beautiful is' a woman with some flaw in her" Chin Peng eras flawless but she was exceedingly unattractive Notwithstand-ing she was sent to Kwang Hsu in a' ehsir locked with a golden key es was proper) for an imperial Joride: apd she became the Empress of a very sulky Emperor It was not so much that he love her The set was he even like her And so they lived' in separate Palares and met only on state occasion a The Empress the Old Buddha as she was called because she really was a grim old-party saw that her son was unhappy and advised him to select a few Secondary Wives At first he balked but then quite -by chance he did fall desperately in love with a girl who came to be known aa the Pearl Concubine The Pearl Concubine became his Secondary Wife and except the oung Empress-agreed that she was very ovely Her eye were larger than rn chanted moons her skin was sstin her feet were so small that )hey '6uld not have been smaller1' and 'still held up a woman of her size: nd her hair was aa black as that infinite night in which all cats look black Unfortunately the Pearl Concubine's sister Moon-cake a very stupid girl and even homelier than the young Empr a Secondai hrued off clergyman told the' Gnngt at 4 His- -Ideas fra she A whisper went round that the Emperor 1 had taken 10000 pearls out of the Treasury to make a cape few her This was true-and although the cape set off her charms to distraction the Pearl Concu- bins hastened-to unstring the pearls and put them back into the treasury Next the Young Empress and Moon-cake started a story that the Pearl Concubine had fallen In love with a young actor who often played In-the Forbidden City The Emperor refused 'to believe it: the Pearl' Concubine's love for him was his only con- solatlon at a time when shadows were thickening around him Wishlng to be modern the Emperor had made a decree that all his subjects should cut of( their queues and sent his agents round with scissors to cut them off in the streets in case their owners dung to them The Empress Dowager the Old Buddha was enraged It was only by his pig-tail that 'a 'Chinaman could be drawn up to heaven She had been living In retirement- but now she came to the Forbidden- City and said to her sen: are not- fit to rule? -i The Emperor at once agreed with' her He knelt and kotowed and said: "I shall Issue a decree begging you again to assume -the reins of government as am too weak and incompetent" He wits really let off easy Old Buddha like the Duchess in Alice in Wonderland had fits of laying "Off with his head? and she might have ordered him to com- mlt suicide So the Emperor abdicated and lost all power and the Pearl Concubine was ac- cused of -being-in a plot to assassinate Oldf "Buddha" "Slap her" Old Buddha ordered' The Pearl Concubine was kneeling be? fore the old wbman'as a supplicant and the Young Empress hot with Jealous rage slapped her rival again and gain while sister Moon-Cake that neglected Second- ary Wife looked on approvingly Then the Pearl Concubine was put into a prison house with bars on her win- dowt and three padlocks on her door The Emperor risking decapitation managed to -see her there and by night they held hands through the bars and whispered their great love' which iaa legcndeven in modem "'China'' Later' imperial Family were 'forced to flee before foreign troops who were putting down the Boxer V' Rebellion Old (Buddha seeing the PearL Concubine brought forth a haggard beau- -vty now fnm her two years In the prison house made a Sign to her eunuchs who thereupon picked up the un- lucky lova and dropped her Into a deep well -v 'Inter the Emperor began tc feel a little sick and knew at once that his mother was poisoning him Bhe was afraid of his ambition Of course he might have retails ted by poisoning her but In China one does not do that to mother It is necessary to stand still and let her do' the poisoning Kwang Hsuthe Bon of therefore palled for his burial robe and ascended the Dragon-Throne on High In his way he had made the beginning of Modern China: and whatever Chlang fate it can hardly be as ghastly as Kwang Naval Historian Samuel EUot Morl-'con of Harvard talking to his class-xnates at their 40th Reunion prophesied that we may expect small wars like that between the Arabs and Israel World statesmanship win deal with thesg but as for large-scale war global war there Is a "healthy 'repugnance" to that on every hand Even the danger of a war' with Russia it seems to him does not come -from what we may do to Russia or Russia to us but from just what is Jaking place inside the Russian body politic The ruling class may want to go In for foreign adventure again seeking to gain by war hi a few months the wherewithal to satisfy 'Everyone I That would end up of course by satisfying no one yet may seem to -the Politburo the only way-to pre- serve its powers However Morisot! hastens to add historian has any business to go in for crystal-gazing lie can- not cope with the Imponderables But he is privileged to look back and point out our mistakes One mistake was our refusal to join the League of Nations A second mistake was the disarmament movement especially that of the American and British Navies after World War I i I "A third and more fundamental one was the decay of religion and 'he filling of that vacuum by an aiinost Universal pursuit of gain The dateline in religion has been i felt all along the line ft ha weakened the ethical system that Christianity In- Bprech Is Itee yes But discus herited from Hellas and Judea verbqten subjects that arouse produced a state of public and pri-' emotion and there is-a cover charge vate morals comparable only to that" tion that 1000 churches In New Eng- have closed their doors in past decade and that as a people -we are pre-occupied with mate- rlalism- He- has Morison at least to back him up In ThelBalance Twenty years ago when Chlang Kai-shek was a comparatively young man he performed marvels with hU mllitory cadets Whampoa Northern 'Punitive Expedition was a model of its kind and 'carried 'every thing before it He was not able to carry through ail of Dr Suii Yat for a Chinese Democracy but' as a conquering young General he wax able to Impose his will When he fought he won them! Now he is noionger 40 but'60 and when he-fights battles be loses them' Lately he -has been losing the Chinese Civil War The Reds have-been winning it Zf they finally 'win the Tight' for Suchow It may well be last fight And if (he Reds take over Ciilna it will 'be In effect with ourconnlvapce We could have prevented it for a fraction of the present post to us of getting Europe tiff its knees Even- now perhaps we could 'prevent It special' seMlofi of Congress for that purpose? The President has no -nient The comment will come later equal to your bankroll --f Pearson has Republican Senator Vanden-berg of Michigan Dingell also gave a medal to Harry Truman aa he was oa his firs! 'big campaign trip to visit all the "whistle stops" in the USA "I hope it will help to carry you safely snd victoriously through this campaign" said DingelL I The Michigan Democrat heard no more about the medal until several days after the election when the President wrote him a brief "thank you" letter In reply -to DlngelTs victory eongratulAUona At the bottom of the letter scribbled In long hand was the postscript: "That travel charm ofyroun brought home the bacon? -r New Steel Castrate You can write it down Jtftat one of the first orders of business when Congress reconvenes will be some Mad of Government control over the steel industry For this even such antlj-OPA Senators as Wherry of Nebraska agftatt that tho steel moguls have only themselves ta blame: while small buslnem men are Just about as Irate at the steel Industry as the Government a For Instance 66 miners? are on the) strategic list Therefore falnlng equip ment to supposed to get start preference! Yet the steel Industry ixugead of glvlnFi mining equipment preference actually has cut its allocations Juke bogies and pinball I machines have come first ji i -The effect on mining Hat become so: alarming that the America Mining Con-: grass polled manufacturer i ta find out why they turning ous more mining equipment each case the reason was failure to get enough steel pie only companies amply supplied wen felling direct to the captive coal mines owned' by the big steel companies fe Here: is a cross-section Ihs replies' received by the Mining Congress from the -manufacturers their namei withheld be cause of possible retaliation A company In Wellston Phlo: "Unleu our industry is approved for allocation of steel we will be unable to continue orrra-tlona It has been necessary to dlaeontlnuo one working shift and to cisfdown on our regular day shift" if A Huntington Va company: "Wo are In a close-down period) for lack of steel" Ti Middlesboro Ky: "Duriiqri the war we used around 200 tons of steel each quarter but Immediately after the war the mills cut our tonnage to 62 tons per quarter" Elizabeth "We hif been seriously handicapped because 1 steel shortages since the termination of priorities" Subscription Rates' Enter- liwiil Claa- Ms tr Otftr PwtMt Main Ir earner NrtiaM aa4 M' -One SI Bis -4im Ona Is sj at 'um ParfJa Thraa Maaih Pr wail in Mai-a Owf Sill wt: ta A (I nUwf Miwilil-M TMM 1104 Parewn 1 SS Mawaer The Aaa-riaieV Pr Praia la Mhrt eartwsivei ration at all in tneal nea i eaeer aa veil aa aU AP hewa vt- su Manias is I-4I44 com-' Middle age Is the period when jib- body knows what causes yourpalhs- and xiobody darn''1 Liberals fight only with Idealistic swords reactionaries nse- whatever dubs-may be necessary' "i -The -Mister Crump has been shorn of hU glory and this also seem a bad year for any boss named Colonel 'it is better to mafiy a real widower than a grass widower You get the first wile's car and jewelry i crew as Jealous of her sister as the younx Empress was--Tho two of -them were perfectly infuriated by the paid tha Pearl Concubine by the Emperor and they started up a Palace intrigue against her Looking Ahead By World Staff Of- Ip ashjngton Associated rPreso 2 Stabilize markets for the major agricultural- products through 1 interna-1 tional agreements (This would tend to assure farmers of fair prices for the- things they raise) I 2 Fit the agricultural Ians of an the nations together so one doesn't duplicate-the -work of others Fish Conservation minded Alaskans voted heavily in favor of abolishing fish traps used by major canneries but It'a easier' Said than mme 'i-Legsl experts here say tha Territorial Government have the authority to do It Tho Interior plans hearings on all phases of the proposal Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) Has said hlll lntroduced a bill early In the new Congress to eliminate the traps Washington rNov liOm of Washington's best-paying Jobs the f22J00a-year tax-free vice presidency of the world bankmay be open soon Well posted Informants say Robert 'Gamer who has held the 'nb since '''March 1847 wants to return1 to -private business next January Feeding The World The world soon may have its first carefully prepared plan for producing all the food Its people need Norris Dndd director general of the United Nations Fond and Agririilture Organisation virtually has demanded such a program from FAO delegates now in session here He proponed as first steps: 1 Spreading agricultural knowledge among) all thoJarmera of -tha world so Uieycsn lncresM production of f- "I wish could eee some signs of this trend changing' For here In the realm of religion and morals (the dock can be turned back It often has been -before mankind after brief and profitless excursions into cultivating the evil and greedy aa- pects of his nature polishing up his 1 libido and all that has returned to first to those Immutable' principles of right and Justice that led men out of darkness into light! This is a serious indictment since' Rome was a pretty horrid Yet the' charge 'ean hardly ba.