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DaUy. News, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 1952 AND THEjiiEBANOX'DAILY Tl.MKS Daily (Except Sunday) LEBANON NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY -In News Building, 24-26 South Eighth Street" HENRY. L. WILDER" President and Publisher Lebanon Dally Kewp Lebanpn Serai-Weekly Newi Established 1S94 ADAM SCHROPP WILDER VIce-Presldent Managing Editor ARBELYN WILDER Treasurer Assonlnta Krtilor JOSEPH SANSONE 'Secretary Gen, MRC JACK SCHROPP 2nd V. P.

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SERVICE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated entitled to for rtpubUcation of all news printed In thli newspaper. Don't Starve The Ballot Box Why-vote in the primary election April Approximately, 7,111,000 persons over 21- years of age lived in Pennsylvania in 1948 and asked themselves a similar question before the presidential election. Only to the polls. The' remaining 3,375,815 either couldn't or find enough of a reason to vote. Pennsylvania was not-alone.

Starvation ballot box was a nationwide phenomenon. Of eome Americans, only 48,886,579 that a democratic sovcrnment Scan rest on such narrow base of public support. Those! who stayed away from-the polls in Pennsylvania and elsewhere helped brand iis 'as hieing, only hau-hearted about civic responsibilities and the conduct government They also gave some to the belief held in many foreign nations that-we preach democracy abroad without at home. As James S. Kemper, chair- nian of Lumberniens Mutual Casualty Company and former president of the United States'Chamber of said: men who love liberty, those who sUu've the box are no less despicable than those who sfuff it.

Ballot starved or stuffed result in false ejections'. They set false government on wrong courses. They place great power in the hands of littje. 'elections are big opportunities for are iricorripetent and for those who are result, however, can.only be the death, and democracy. Today, the alternative to democracy is It is the slavery of cornmuhism, or its twin sister, socialism." AVe.urge you to vote coming primary.

W.e urge you to seek out your "neighbors. The bread of. democracy the vote a meager crumb for the fare freedom affords us. Our nation depends on a healthy, well-fed-ballot box. Vote April Politics In County, Stote and Nation Some candidates for Republican county committee posts have taken exception to GOP Chairman rEarl A.

BrubakeVs remark at.Tuesday night's rally to (he effect that no "outsiders" are needed in, the- county committee. Queried concerning the remark' yesterday, Brubaker pointed out it' was not aimed, at any of the candidates" in the Second Ward West. The county chairman declined to be more specific. Tuesday's primary election will be for 108 members of the (Jcneral Assembly seeking reelection this They are unop- posd for It will be tougher for the SI others seeking re-election against opposition, the House, 28 of the 75 Democratic incumbents and 60 of the 100 Republican incumbents are without opposition. In the Senate, 12 of the 14 m- combent Republicans and 8-of the 10 Dsmocratic incumbents have no opposition.

208 seats in the House are up for election this year and one half of the 50 Senate-seats. None of iop party leaders in either houfe faces a contest 'Only one of the 1951 session leaders is not seeking reelection, lie is Houso Speaker Herbert P. Sorg (R-Elk). House lenders unopposed include Hep; Charles C. Smith (Phila Republican floor leader; Rep Albert Johnson (McKean), GOP whip; Hep.

H.G. Andrews (Cambria), Democratic finor leader, and Hep. Albert Readinger (Berks), Democratic whip. Party leaders seeking rt-election in the Senata Include Seni M. Harvey Taylor (Dauphin), dent pro and Republican Klata chairman; Sen.

John H. Dent (Westmoreland), Democratic floor ader and Sen Frank W. Huth (Berks). Democratic whip. An interesting contest in the Senate centers around the fight of Sen John j.

Hnluska (D-Cambria) to win Halusks brought about a Senate Investigation in the closing days of the 1051 session by charging ho was offered a bribe to vote for the personal income fax proposal of Gov. John S. Fine. The investigating 111 ec found no for charges in the case. Senate Democrats relieved Haiuska of his post as Democratic whip as an aftermath of the affair.

Haiuska recently charged that Republican money is being spent to defeat his bid. He declared the effort was direct outgrowth of his bribery charges. The State Republican leadership has denied it is intervening in-Cambria County. Haluska's opponent for the Senate nomination is George .1. Pavlick.

Johnstown tavern operator. Victor Rresel ALL PEPENDS YQULOOK AT 'EM Jay Franklin New Jersey Primary The victory of General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the New Jersey primary was.not surprising nor it particularly the supporters Robert A. Taft. Taft had conceded the loss of the state after New.

Jersey Governor Alfred E. Driscoll had announced his support of the backers maintained that Taft had waged an underground campaign in the state in an attempt to make a surprisingly strong showing. Taft has no reason to feel ashamed or dishearl- at the result in New Jersey. He demonstrated solid strength in several industrial areas where it was-hoped by known leaders that the labor vote would be strongly against him. As far as his campaign is concerned it suffered more from his disagreement, with Governor Driscoll than it did from the results of the primary.

If the Republicans are to end 20 years of Democratic political domination they will have to present a united front to the voters in November. The campaign between Gen. Eisenhower and Sen. Taft has waxed so strong that personal feeling as well as political differences have come to the foreground. Hard words between the governor of an important state and one of the leading contenders for his party's presidential nomination might hurt Republican hopes.

FejW campaigns in recent history have attracted the interest that has been displayed this year. It may be that the primaries will not prove much and that the nominees will be picked by the politicians in the end. But this year at least many voters will have gone to the polls in primaries and made their wishes known. If these wishes are ignored at the convention the pressure of public opinion may well insist on election reforms that have been long overdue. Labor Dangerous Drift Congressional investigation of President Truman order seizing the steel industry-is needed because this action has unquestionably limited the right of every citizen to own property and use it to earn his livelihood.

1 the owners of the steel mills can be deprived of their plants by the President of the United States on the pretext that this is necessary in the national interest, though he cites no statute nor provision of the Constitution to justify his action, then a basic liberty has been curtailed. What about the constitutional principle that individuals cannot be separated from their property without due process of law. So far the private citizens whose property has been seized have been unable to get the courts to federal judge doubts that any federal court coul.d enjoin the President. Yet the President subordinates can be enjoined when they are executing an.act of Congress. The courts can nullify congressional enactments if they are held to conflict with the Constitution, PreS1 dent be bey nd the jU1 is tv he le usiness of seizure, because it bears f.Vv! ve citizen and atso because it is a very curious business, needs to be looked into An inquiry might show that the drift toward re- hr i8 dangerous An angered move by non-Communist nations to slash the in-' ternatiinal courier system now running and smuggling billions of dollars worth of dope around the globe is being boycotted, fought and sabotaged by the Aroused by the way the Russians for more than a year have stymied coordinated action by the United Nation's Commission on Narcotic Drugs, our own U.

S. Federal Narcotics chief, Harry Anslingcr, has driven in frorn Washington to pound some UN desks and get action regardless of the Soviet's attitude. He has documents with him proving that "new trends- and new traffic" of a heavily growing opium trade have had "terrific impact" on Ihe Japanese economy and its people on whom our nation is dependent for back door security as we face the enemy on a dozen- Oriental war fronts. There is specific evidence prove that much of the Soviet's- Chinese foreign currency to pay for war equipment comes from profit on opium deals in Hong Kong and Macao. The Golden "junk" is purchased by a Sovielizcd Chinese state trading company with headquarters in Kwangtun.

This outfit buys up raw opium in the heavy producing areas of Yunfou, Fengchuwn, Kaichien, Yunan, Yangshan, Lien Hsio.n, Licnshan, Juyuan, Yingte, Huiyang, Hoping, Lungchuan, Tapu, Wuhua, Pingyuan, Chiehyang, Chaoyang, Jaop- ing, Puning, Hsini and Maoming. The stuff is bought by the ton literally in lots worth many millions of dollars. It is processed in two or three big cities and sold in British and Portuguese markets, where the currency pays for foreign arms, metals and oil. Much, of it, even now, finds its way. via San Francisco to school children in the U.S.

As'recently as last month, for example, San Francisco's customs inspectors assigned to the Post Office suddenly noticed a flood of tightly rolled, very much out-dated magazines pouring in from Hong being no isolated African coast village without news stands and libraries, the inspectors decided to look at some of the ancient magazines which some Americans were importing from Hong Kong. The agents found, snugly.cached in each book, an ounce of heroin 60 ounces of the pure staff in all. This is an enormous haul and if let through could brought Ihe smugglers hundreds of. thousands of dollars. Unfortunately, even the expert customs men can't nab every batch of the Communist Chinese narcotics run in by Chinese-British rings operating cosily in Hong Kong.

Nice allies we have. Alarmed by the military and political impact of this-dope trade, the U.S. back in early 1951 demanded that the UN move in Jast to cut the opium courier networks. MAKfNSTHEK PRIMARY RETURNS To P.EAO THE WAX HE Fulton Lewis, Jr. Lattimore Has Been Quiet Since Bullitt ffim As Stooge Of Chinese Reds WASHINGTON, April 17 I am astounded at the silence of the Baltimore Bugle, Owen Lattimore, who.

hasn't opened his mouth since former Ambassador William made a clown of him in testimony before the McCarran Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate. Lattimore is getting more and more like.the State Department's Ambassador at large, Philip c. Jcssup. Both of them used to pontificate at every opportunity, and without even being asked, about whnt, this country should do in Asia. If ever criticized their fuzzy yammering, a resounding reply in double talk always followed instantaneously.

however, both are retiring behind Jong lapses silence. And 1 think I know reason why. Bullitt was our Ambassador in Moscow, you remember, when the Baltimore Bugle and assdsrted Communists from this country- were licking Kremlin boots while figuring out 'a way to Sell Asia down the -river of Soviet domination. One of tbe favorite methods of camouflaging the cooperation -of U.S. Reds with the Kremlin was via the Institute of Pacific Relations.

Senator Pal McCarran's subcommittee, with Chief Counsel. Robert Morris in charge of the dissection, has just completed showing up the 1PR for what it really was a goofy collection of alleged scholars controlled by Communists near-communists and assorted other Kremlin stooges. Lattimore and Jessup were high moguls' in this international rat trap. the Bugle blew into Moscow in 1Q36, he had a chat with Bullitt. The ex-ambassador is made of somewhat different fiber from a lot of other former and present State Department officials.

He h'ad heard the same sound the Baltimore bugle was blowing, many times before and it was right out of a Kremlin window. Lattimnre wanted to overlook the execution of some three or four hundred loyal Chinese in outer Mongolia by the Russian secret police. He wanted the United States to recognize that territory's "independence" from China, if diplomatic recognition as a free state entitled to 'membership in the League of Nations. Bullitl says he tnld Lattimore that (he Russians ran outer JIou- golia, and (hat if Lattimore thought otherwise he was either ignorant "deliberately attempting to assist in the spread of Communist authority throughout Asia." There is more to the story which 'somehow failed to get in the regular press accounts of Bullitt's testimony. Bullitt tangled, with the Baltimore Bugle once more.

It was. on a radio program in 194S, when the Chinese nationalist troops were begging for U.S. equipment 'because the Chinese Reds, under. Russian direction and with supplies from the Russians, had Chiang Kai- Shek's troops set up for Ihe kill. We had helped create the situation by refusing to' give arms to the Nationalists.

Lattimore drummed up some smart talk about how the Chinese Communist troops in Manchuria were equipping themselves with American arms abandoned by cowardly Nationalist troops. This' went over air waves to several' million Americans who are sympathetic to the Chinese but deplore cowardice wherever they find it. Lattimore was spewing straight Communist propaganda when he made his remark. Bullitt pointed out that there no Chinese Communist troops in Manchuria at the time and later, when they did get there, were sent in by the Russians, who had equipped them with captured Japanese arms and ammunition. I am less charitable towards the Baltimore Bugle- than Bullitt was.

He testified that he had told Lattimore on the radio: 'You are the head of a school on International Relations. You have no right to evade an answer to your extraordinary Bullitt then went on: "1 am led to conclude that Mr. Lattimore is once more behaving either, as a man who was interested in promoting the conquest the Far East by the Communists, or as I said before, that he was simply a Charlatan who knew nothing about the subjects' on which he took positions and that he had no business to be at the head of a school of International. Relations of a distinguished university." Lattlmore was, and is, head of the Walter Hincs Page School of International Relations of Johns Hopkinsi University in Baltimore, and he still is required White House flnd Stale Deparlment reading on topics dealing with Asia Bdllitt's disgust was monumental after a years of dealing with people like the Baltimore Bugle. He quit'.

Laltimore and the boys stayed around, however, and look where China is today. Henry McLsmore Takes Conniving To Get In White House Let us face It. The man who is elected president in November will lake up residence in the White House because he has made many compromises, given ten thousand promises, asked for the help of men whose thoughts are for themselves and riot this country, and generally almost sold himself to the. devil. A reading of American history will bear out what I say: With the possible exception of George Washington, there hasn't been a president of the United Stales who hasn't had to connive to gel there.

I jusl finished reading "Lincoln's and even Honesl Abe had to play ball with lightweights. The beloved FDR stooped'so low- in a campaign for reelection as to have his picture taken with his arm around Mayor Hague of Jersy City. Right now, from Paris to Tennessee, to Illinois, to Georgia, to California, and to Oklahoma wherever the candidates for 1952 come from -7'schemes and hustling, swaps and promises, are being made with Ihe While House in the bull's eye. The candidates with the guns are bound to lower their sights a bit. How many times do you think the greatest honor Amer- ica can bestow-on a man has been won without the lowering of honor the man's part? My'guess is not once.

I. can't prove it, but I believe it. How would you like to go to the polls on eleclion day and have your choice belween two men whom you knew did not owe any- Ihing to anyone? Two men who were dedicated to going all out for. this country for four -'years, come what may? Wouldn't you be tempted to stuff the 'ballot box if you knew you were helping elect a president whose sole thought was the preser- Our representative proposed that the UN: been informed by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs that (here has been an increase.in the illicil traffic in narcotics on ships and (hat this Increase is principally owing to smuggling by merchant vessel personnel requests the Secretary General to compile a list of merchant vessel personnel who have been convicted, during the years 1946 to 1950 (inclusive) of crimes involving the smuggling of narcotics (and) instructs the Secretary General to transmit Ihe list to Ihe. governments of all slates wilh recommendation that they take appropriate measures to revoke seamen's certificates currently held by such persons.

Virtually all other democratic governments backed the U.S. They went further and urged maritime unions in their territories to bar offlcens and seamen per- manently from union membership and therefore jobs at sea. They also urged all steamship companies not lo employ men listed on an international dossier which would be compiled. All would have meant, of course, a series of investigations and pooling of information. The Russians and their satellites would have none of this.

TheV even refused to answer a letter dispatched to them asking far a point of view on the global crusade. Except for Ihe- Czechs, whose Skoda Arms factory now supplies the Chinese Communists-armies their most modern, most rapid firing guns. The Czechs said, "No comments. 1 Why should they? are part paymcnl for their guns! Bui Ihis week, there'll bo plenty oC commenl from our own narcotics chief, ll'd be a pily if it all stayed off the record and behind vation of this country and its matchless heritage? A man who said, for example, if Ihe present men who run the Army, the Navy, the Air Force can't go to- 'gethcr I will dismiss Ihem and replace them with men who believe that Ihe armed services were designed for the protection of America and not for personal glory or more stars on their shoulders. I'd like to vote for a president who didn't follow a party line, whether Republican or Democratic.

Mr. Truman says he's a Democrat first, lasl and always. I'm a Democrat, too, but I'm perfectly willing to admit that Ihere are rn'illions Republicans in this country who- are jusl as good Americans as any Democrat ever was, and who have done Ihcir 'share to make this country the great-nation it is. I would like to vote fo'r a president who didn't appoint rich men as ambassadors lo represent this country abroad. It high time that the career men, Ihose men who have.made diplomacy their life work, were not by-passed in favor of wealthy men whose chief qualifications are contributions to party funds.

What would be wrong with a president who was so honest that he declared that anyone in the government who was' dishonest would have Ihe book thrown at him, even if he, the president', had to apnear. as a wilriess for the prosecution? many presidents open their speeches, "Fellow citizens," when don't treat their fellow like fellow citizens, I'd like a president who was in the White House' solely for the of pitching for this country. I don't think we'll ever get one like that, but a man can dream, can' he? Phil Murray Laid Biggest Egg In History Of C.L O. Although no Easter Bunny, Mr. Philip Murray has laid the largest egg in the history of the CIO.

Under his leadership, the Steelworkers have been steered into a nest on White House lawn which is costing the union at the rate of $400,000,000 a year. This is high rent even for these times of inflation. The contract, benefits which Mr. Murray rejected in order to hold out for extra pay on Sundays and a "union shop" arrangement which would compel all steelworkers to pay dues to Mr. Murray's outfit regardless of whether they wanted to join, work out roughly at 30 cents an hour.

For a forty-hour week, that means $12 in lost weekly wages for every one of the union's 650,000 employees or 'each week. Since there are 52 weeks in the year, the total loss to the steelworkers is 52 times $7,800,000 or $405,600,000. It is true that Philip Murray can tell the CIO that he was double crossed by the White House, that he had understood that the President would order the seized steel mills to put into effect the recommendations of the Wage Stabilization Board, and that this clause was stricken out of the Executive Order at the last moment. But it was his responsibility to foresee that this is exactly what must happen. Regardless of whether the Courts would for one moment permit the White House to ordain a change of wages and working conditions which would-amount to the President directing set of to help themselves to property of another set of.citizen*, thert was clear warning that Mr.

Truman could not politically afford to do so. That is because he directed the Secretary of M'ar to make, no change in wages and working conditions on the Government-seized railways and there are several hundred thousand members of the Railway Brotherhoods who would promptly bio.w up in the Presi- dent's face if he gave the steelworkers what he had refused-to give them. Then, in fact, there would be justice in the charge oi "a corrupt bargain" between and Mr. Truman. Here is the opportunity for some real industrial statesmanship on the part of the leaders of the steel industry.

The White House has proved to be a dead end alley for the CJO. Philip Murray is a Scot and the Scots notoriously understand arithmetic, particularly when the figures relate to dollars and cents. If the industry spokesmen are as smart us they seem to be, they will let Murray work it out on the back of an envelope and then sit down quietly with him, well away from the thumb of Mr. John Steelman and the White House guards, and make a fair industry-wide settlement. They could even save Murray's face with the CIO, by agreeing to arbitrate the disputed claims, each side appointing one arbitrator and the two arbitrators then choosing a third other than Mr.

Steelman. Aside from ending the current dispute in the steel industry, this method would have the advantage of prying the CIO loose from, its slavish dependence on official favor at Washington, and could remove a great element of bitterness from our industrial relations. it would be logical to get the industry out from under "government operation" as soon as possible, because then the Federal Courts could feel free to rule on the legality of the seizura without fear of a renewed strike, and also because the effect of present situation is to freeze the steelworkers at 1950 wages and to deprive them of the right to strike. -While this might be financially advantageous to the industry in the short run, in the long run it could be poison and the steel industry is notoriously the most far-sighted of American enterprises, private or semi-public. Take it away, Bit Steel! Public Foriini THE NEWS reserves the right to reject or eon- dense: Contributions must be signed with full names and address of writer.

Neither will be published if so requested. This paper assumes no responsibility for statements made in this column. Communications must be limited tn 300 ivords. Use one side of only. LIVING WAGE NO TRIFLE Lebanon, Pa, April 15, 1952 Editor of Public Forum Lebanon Daily News Dear Sir: answer to "Jeffersonian Democrat" I wish to.

state that if a seizure of my husband's union was necessary for a continued output of vital steel in these uncertain limes, I would recommend it. Of course, not on a permanent basis, 'any more than 1 hope the present seizure is of long duration, but only a necessary pressure to force an agreement. I would like to point put that, as of the date, it not been proven that the seizure is illegal. As for the other fears mentioned of church, home, or savings" have a Congress to 'form laws to prevent these Another statement phony propaganda concerning the director's wages." It is not propaganda, but a published fact based on their own income declarations. I wish "Jeffersonian Democrat" would not put words in my mouth.

I never proposed the "firing of all these bosses and taking away their salaries." This would be utter nonsense. I realize that without these there would be no industries. No industries would mean no work for my husband and millions of others like him. On the other band, without these workers, there could be no industries to boss. Let's be fair.

Each side needs the other to be successful. A living wage is no trifle to me, and believe me, I know that there are many men with 30 or more years of service working in the Lebanon Bfithlehem Steel plant running machines, whose 'piece rates have not been changed in the last 10 or 15 years and who are classed as skilled laborers and 'earn much less than the $1.75 or 52.00 quoted wages. Neither have I falsified facts. I merely hoping we can do as the "Jeffersonian Democrat" sug- gcsts "get together to preserve the Constitution of the U. which I believe fosters the rule of the majority.

However, I believe in the achievement of a little more for many instead of much more for a few. A Steel-worker's Wife What's Wrong Music hath charm In Los Angeles yesterday, a man stuck, a gun in a tavern piano player's ribs and said: "That's purty. Keep playin' it till this is over." With trembling hands, the pianist played "Whispering" again and again, police three robbers methodically searched the bartender and 30 patrons, finally making off with $2,000 in cash. For his cooperation, they left the musician's purse untouched. Helpful helpmeet At East Lansing, Michigan, American League umpire Red Jones addressing a Michigan State College football banquet, received a beautiful green-and-white blank- el emblazoned with the-Spartan block-S.

He mailed it.home from "Chicago's Hotel. Several days later a telephone conversation with Mrs. Jones revealed that she had removed Ihe prized varsity letter that Jones was so happy about. no one will ever know you took the' blanket from the Stevens Hotel," she told her husband. United Nations officials got finite a lather when New York barber Tom Fucarino named'his shop after the world organization.

In 1946, Fucarino registered his shop name with tbe county clerk. One Man's Opinion By WALTER KIERN'AN (Distributed by International News Service) I hear the Washington" Senators have asked Truman "to seize the league and have Charlie Sawyer award them a the first The Senators don't have the best club in baseball but they have all the good fans except Loraine Day and they should able to gel her if Ihe President will just use his powers." He hung out the sign: United Nations Barber Shops. A few days later the UN Assembly adopted a resolution against commercial use of a title. Last February, Fucarino ally was asked to abandon name. Until Ihere was a law against it, Fucarino replied, the sign stayed put.

Wednesday, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey signed a Legislative bill It bars business in New York State from using the name or abbre- the U.N. for purposes unless Secretary. General Trygve Lie gives permis- sion.

uuponam "but" the new law does not affect corporate or trade names now in use. Fucarino was happy, but the news didn't go to his head Saying he had no ill feeling toward the U.N., Ihe barber added clipped tones: "I've always thought about thp am rl ha he "U.N. stands for Jjkcd its principles. I'm gi af I'll be able to hold on to- the name. ,7932 1952 Twenty Years Ago APRIL 19, 1932 Gideon Brlghlbill and Paul "-H Ymgst, were blown into bits by a mysterious explosion at the Henry K.

Smith stone quarry in Palmyra City Engineer William S. Davis was told by city officials that his position will he dispensed with beginning May .1 Samuel Reich, 16, son of Mr! and Mrs. William. Reich, of Lebanon Route 4, received and abrasions of the entire body, arms and legs when he was run over by a.