Eternal 'No' Is Typical of Russians
- J
Soviet Assistance Termed
America’s ‘Great Mistake’
By BAUKHAGE
Newi Analyit and Commentator.
WNV Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
An army officer, back from a long
tour of duty in Germany, called on
* me the other
If day He was pret
1 ty grim about
■ | the situation in
TM Europe and into
L||j every few min
utes of his con
versation crept
H the word "Hus
■ sia.”
R3 “I like to talk
about America's
great mistake,"
^ j he said. "Ger
i many is sup
posea U) nave
lost the war by making mistakes;
by attacking Russia, by not Invad
ing England after Dunkirk, by this
and by that. I contend that Amer
ica's great mistake was not staying
out of Europe until Germany had
licked Russia. I mean staying out
in every way. Because without
American supplies Russia would
have been beaten.”
I reminded him of the fact that
America wanted a short war, that
we had opposed Churchill's plan
for attacking Europe through the
Balkans and thereby obtaining pos
session of the trouble-making strip
of territory which the Russians now
dominate from the northern border
of Greece up through Berlin. We
wanted to shorten the war by leav
ing the eastern front to Russia while
the western allies smashed the
German power entrenched in
France, the Low Countries and
Italy. Thus, millions of American
lives would be (and were) saved.
Churchill Foresaw
Balkan Influence
Churchill probably foresaw the
difficulties which would arise with
a Russia able to expand her in
fluence up to the fringes of western
Europe. Roosevelt believed that
the war must be won quickly and
he thought that by giving the Rus
sians everything they asked for in
the way of military support their
suspicions would be removed and
that they would play ball with the
Allies in the peace and after. He
believed that Stalin needed peace
so badly that he would come around.
General Eisenhower himself
didn’t achieve any more of a realis
tic viewpoint in regard to Russia
than Roosevelt did—if we are to be
A a
lieve his somewhat verbose Boswell,
Mr. Butcher, in his 900-page diary.
Butcher writes:
“Ike said he felt that . . . the
more contact we have with the Rus
sians the more they will understand
us and the greater will be their co
operation. The Russians are blunt
and forthright in their dealings and
any evasiveness arouses their sus
picions. It should be possible to
work with Russia if we follow the
same pattern of friendly co-opera
tion that has resulted in the great
accord of allied unity. . . ."
Roosevelt and the generals were
proved right when they said Stalin
needed peace. But they were wrong
when they thought he would come
around. The state department un
derstands the situation now and, as
the recently concluded meeting of
the foreign ministers demonstrates,
appeasement has been over for
some time. We know Russia can’t
fight and doesn’t want to. Russia
knows we can’t fight whether we
want to or not. She is acting ac
cordingly and according to historical
precedent.
Tragic History
Inspires *No-Ism*
But anyone who studies Russian
history knows that the eternal “no”
which seems about the only answer
the Russian statesmen are allowed
to make, comes from something
far deeper than mere stubbornness
This "no-ism” is only one of the
many typical characteristics which
the Soviets have revealed. It has
nothing to do with the fact that they
believe in a theory of political econ
omy which is opposed to our own.
It is a deeply implanted quality
which is Russian rather than mere
ly Soviet or Communist.
And so when you read "Soviet
Russia evoked the veto for the sixth
time in security council history. . .”
(maybe the 16th time by the time
you read this) . . . remember it’s
an old Kalmuck custom. Mother
Russia has taught her children from
the days of the invasion of Ghengis
Khan, that when a stranger beck
ons, the only answer is "no, no, a
thousand times no!” In fact, a
Russian seldom says “no" once—it
is always "net, net, net!”
Of course, Ghengis Khan didn't
take "no” for an answer. Which
is about the course the rest of the
world can follow—if it can. Let’s
hope the process won't be as rug
ged.
OPA Battle Has Political Side
Whatever one may think of the
Intricacy of the economic theory be
hind the OPA, its political implica
tions are a thousandfold more dif
ficult to assess.
As congress battled over the tat
tered remains of the price control
law, many a congressman who thor
oughly detested the whole set-up be
gan to worry a little as to what
might happen back home if he were
held partially responsible for wreck
ing the agency.
It was all right for the representa
tives of farm communities. The
farmer would reap the reward of
higher prices first. By the time he
felt the effect of higher prices on
the things he had to buy, OPA
probably would be forgotten. But
congressmen from industrial cen
ters were In quite a different position.
These communities are heard from
the moment the missus encounters a
markup at the corner grocery. That
is the reason that a number of Re
publicans supported the administra
tion stand on OPA. If the Republl
can party is to capture the house of
representatives next November, it
will have to pick up votes in thq,
cities.
• • •
Congreaa Scans
Types of Closing
It took some time for congress to
make up its mind whether it would
adjourn "sine die" (without date set
for reconvening), as they usually do
when a session comes to an end,
or whether they would "recess.”
When congress merely recesses it
can reassemble without a special
proclamation by the President.
When the President calls congress
into session he has to issue a proc
lamation. That’s all the Constitu
tion demands. He doesn't have to
deliver it. Out of courtesy, how
ever, the White HoUse always tele
graphs the president of the senate
and the speaker of the house.
But the proclamation is not good
unless the Great Seal of the United
States is affixed thereunto. Nobody
can do that but the secretary of
state, for he is the keeper of the
seal. So along with the proclama
tion, the President has to issue a
warrant, ordering the secretary of
state to do the affixing.
I might say that the secretary of
state usually delegates this task,
which reminds me of a story, which,
1 believe, never has been printed.
When Secretary of State Hull had
been in office 12 years, there was a
little outburst of congratulations.
President Roosevelt, as they were
talking privately, remarked: "Cor
dell, you are the sole guardian of the
great seal, as you know.” He
paused, and Mr. Hull replied: "Yes,
Mr. President." Then the President,
looking him straight in the eye,
asked: “Where is it?"
It was Hull’s turn to pause. "I
don’t know,” he admitted, "I’ve
never seen it.”
Barbers to Boost
Vocabulary Too
It is probably fitting that along
with the dollar haircut which has
made its appearance in metropoli
tan barber shops, we may find the
barber presenting us four-dollar
words. Barbers long have been
known for the quality of their verb
al output and in some cases for the
quality as well. Now they may
have a chance really to reach the
heights, for the leader of a barber’s
union has offered to "enlist the aid
of 10,000 barbers” in a campaign to
get some of the facts of atomic life
across to the customer.
• • •
Officials of the airlines have in
structed their stewardesses to trans
late, for curious passengers, the
name "Grand Teton," tall peaks in
Idaho, as "Sweater Girl Moun
tains." That’s what Business Week
tells me.
RvJSwKv . -MWS .V .vi-;:,.- idM **SS5«3BSBMB8S£388&^aBBfc.^S!!2^<£,
ANOTHER GREEK I’ROI LEM . . . With homes and food hard to get,
people are not adopting babies in Greece as they did in prewar days.
About 14 a week come to the foundlings’ home In Athens, some left
on the steps of the home, like the one the nurse is taking at left, while
others are put into the foundling box at the gate, where Ur. Anastasios
Goulios, right, is looking for new arrivals.
NEWS REVIEW
Atom Bomb Blast Sinks
Battleship and Carrier
CROSSROADS:
Heavy Dam ape
Although accompanied by none of
the fanfare of the first surface test,
the underwater explosion of the
atomic bomb in Bikini lagoon pro
duced equally startling results, with
the one A-charge sinking no less
than ten ships and heavily damag
ing six others.
Hours after the blast, the water
of Bikini lagoon remained too hot
from radioactivity set off by the
bomb to permit close inspection of
the damage. Clouds along a 30
mile front became contaminated
with atomic particles and naval ob
servers disclosed that rain from the
mass could be deadly.
A massive column of water, hur
tling more than a mile into the Pa
cific sky, and a thick sheet of
spray and steam that rose to 9,000
feet, followed the detonation of
the bomb, which was touched off by
radio from beneath a medium land
ing ship.
Veteran of two world wars, the
21,000-ton battleship Arkansas sank
within five minutes of the blast, and
the 33,000-ton aircraft carrier Sara
toga also went down. The battleship
New York, the Jap dreadnaught Na
gato and the destroyer Hughes and
transport Fallon were severely crip
pled by the charge.
. _ •
X.xc. yWWBWH HT1 lUTOfli
UNDAUNTED VOYAGER . . .
Unwanted by his Australian moth
er, 2 - year - old Daniel Joseph
Sprague Jr. traveled alone to San
Francisco on the S. S. Monterey
with 688 other children and war
brides. Aboard the ship, the
blond, wide-eyed little boy was
‘‘adopted'’ temporarily by Mrs.
Edna Mayerhofer, 22, who will
join her husband in Brooklyn,
i N. Y.
ATOMIC CONTROL:
Russ Rejection
Even as Bikini reverberated with
the explosion of the second atomic
bomb test in the Pacific, Russia
turned thumbs down on the U. S.
proposal for international control of
the atomic energy.
Addressing a closed meeting of
the United Nations atomic energy
committee on controls in New York,
Soviet Representative Gromyko as
serted that the U. S. suggestion that
the veto be eliminated in atomic
regulation could not be accepted
by Russia because it would tend to
destroy the principle of unanimity
among the Big Five in preserving
postwar peace.
Gromyko also rapped the pro
posal for establishing an independ
ent agency for the control of atomic
energy, declaring that the U.N. se
curity council consisting of the Big
Five as permanent members pos
sessed both the power and means
to deal with the problem.
OPA:
Back in Business
No sooner had President Truman
signed the compromise OPA bill ex
tending the agency until June 30,
1947, than it swung into action to
stabilize the national economy,
which strained with the removal of
controls.
Passed after the President
had vetoed an earlier bill, the
compromise measure contained
many provisions designed to as
sure both producers and distrib
utors of adequate working mar
gins. However, it modified the
original Taft amendment, which
Mr. Truman charged would al
low manufacturers unwarranted
profits, by setting up ceilings
based on 1940 prices plus in
creased costs.
PALESTINE:
Hit Terrorism
Hitting at the use of violence de
signed to alter Britain’s position in
the ticklish problem of setting up
a Jewish homeland in Arab-domi
nated Holy Land, the Labor gov
ernment released a white paper in
London purporting to show that
prominent leaders of the Jewish
agency for Palestine had unified
underground organizations for a
reign of terror.
Basing its contentions on inter
cepted messages between high
agency officials in London and Jeru
salem, the government said that the
first co-ordinated outbreak of vio
lence closely followed a communi
cation revealing that the three main
underground groups had been
linked together for joint action.
ASTRONOMICAL FIGURES
War Spending Hits High Peak
further evidence that wartime^
spending soared to astronomical
peaks is contained in a treasury de
partment report disclosing that
nearly a trillion dollars was spent
in this country during the six de
fense and war years. Figures com
puted by treasury analysts show
that the exact amount spent through
the calendar years 1940 to 1945 was
987 billion dollars.
The burden of arming and fight
ing costs accounted for unprecedent
ed spending by the federal govern
ment. with a total outlay of 365
billion dollars, or about three
eighths of the total.
Expenditures of state and local
governments, cities and counties
amounted to about 50 billion dollars.
The remaining 572 billion dollars
was accounted for by spending of
individuals and corporations, the
figure including 517 billion dollars
for consumers’ goods and services
and 65 billion dollars for pro
duction equipment.
The federal government was the
only unit which went deep into the
hole, the treasury report reveals.
While spending 365 billion dollars,
the federal government took in only
156 billion dollars in taxes, leav
ing a deficit of 209 billion dollars.
State and local governments took
in 58 billion dollars in taxes, wind
ing up about 8 billion dollars ahead
as their expenditures amounted to
only 50 billion dollars.
Individuals and corporations
fared best, with a profit of 201 bil
lion dollars. Their income after
taxes were paid totaled 773 billion
dollars while their other expendi
tures were reported as 572 billion
dollars.
The 8 billion dollar surplus ac
cumulated by state and local gov
ernments and the 201 billion dollar
surplus piled up by Individuals and
corporations exactly equalled the
federal deficit of 209 billion dollars.
That is not a coincidence, accord
ing to the treasury analysts, who
insist that “total spendings and to
tal income really are the same fig
ure—they are the head and tail
of a coin.” In other words, one
man's expenditure is another man’s
income.
These figures, the treasury de
clares, explain the origin of the
enormous federal debt. The federal
government was required to borrow
to pay the excess of its spending
over its income. It still owes that
money plus some extra borrowing
and some prewar debt, amounting
in all to more than 268 billion dol
lars.
Killing Heel Flies
With Power Sprays
Cattle Grubs Can Be
Eliminated Profitably
By W. J. DRYDEN
The cattle grub and heel fly are
different forms of the same insect.
Starting in the spring, when it is
in the fly form, the heel fly lays eggs
in hairs of the animals. These eggs
hatch into maggots which work their
way through the hide and enter the
muscle tissues. During the next nine
months they migrate through the in
ternal organs of the cattle and come
out along the back.
Cysts are formed and the maggots
then turn into grubs about an inch
long. In the spring they work their
way out of the holes in the hide and
fall to the ground. Within a few
weeks they turn into heel flies and
the yearly cycle repeats itself.
The USDA reports an annual loss
Grubs crawl out when insecti
cide under pressure is sprayed
into the holes they make in the
backs of cattle. — Photo—Food
Mach. Corp.
of $100,000,000 in milk, meat and
leather due to cattle grubs and heel
flies.
While the use of a 1 Vi rotenone
dust has proven effective, many will
find it advisable to treating cattle
with a power spray. For this
method either of the following solu
tions will be effective: 20 pounds
rotenone sulphur with 100 gallons
water or cube or derris, 10 pounds,
sodium lauryl sulfate, 2 ounces add
ed to 100 gallons of water. There
are many good commercial prepa
rations on the market.
Know Your Breed
Herefords
By W. J. DRYDEN
The grand champion bull at the
1945 National Hereford show, and
owned by the Circle M. Hereford
ranch, Senatobia, Miss., and illus
trated here, will illustrate this re
markable beef type of cattle.
It is distinguished from all other
beef breeds by its red body and
white face. The white color is found
also on the underline, flank, crest,
switch, breast and below the knee
and hock.
A product of England, they were
brought to U. S. in 1817. Here
fords are outstanding as hustlers
and of utilizing grass very advan
tageously.
Could This Be a
New Corn Hybrid?
’ (7 "v »
"Frankly, Simpson, 1 didn’t
think conservation farming would
make that much difference.”
Try New Coccidiosis
Chicken Treatments
The use of Vi to 1 pound of pow
dered sulfaguanidine per 100 pounds
of feed for two to three days is be
ing recommended as a cure for coc
cidiosis with turkeys and chickens
by Missouri station.
The larger dosage, 1 pound to 100
pounds of mash, is recommended
for severe outbreaks and when
death losses are exceptionally high.
The smaller amount is used for less
severe outbreaks In the flock.
■you would think that Tom Yaw
* key, owner of the Boston Red
Sox, after spending so many millions
and waiting so many years to win
a pennant, would _
now be a happy
carefree man.
Prom what we hear
Yawkey, usually a
cool, calm individu
al in the face of
any crisis, is now
nervous as a cat on
a hot stove. His
team has shown no
sign of the jitters,
L..A rt___1-_
muv vvYiiti a awi\cjr
has. He apparently Joe Cronin
can’t believe that
his dream has a most excellent
chance of coming true.
As a high-class sportsman in ev
ery way and a real lover of base
ball, winning a major league pen
nant became one of Yawkey’s ob
sessions years ago. Money was nev
er a barrier along the pennant road.
It is estimated that the Red Sox
owner has unloaded over $3,000,000
for the exclusive purpose of finish
ing in front. The amount may be
considerably higher. But his pen
nant dream kept turning into a
nightmare. Something always hap
pened and it was usually to the
Yankees.
In the meanwhile Yawkey re
fused to weaken, much less to quit.
He also stuck to his manager Joe
Cronin, where the Red Sox, under
average baseball ownership, would
have known four or five different
managers in the last few years.
While it was known early this
spring that the Red Sox would be
good, the Yankees and the Tigers
were also in the pennant-race pic
ture. The Yankees with Joe Di
Maggio, Charlie Keller, Tommy
Henrich, Joe Gordon, Phil Ruzzuto,
Snuffy Stirnweiss, Bill Dickey, Nick
Etten, Johnny Lindell and Spud
Chandler shaped up as a formida
ble looking outfit on both attack and
defense. The Tigers, too, looked
dangerous.
Many Uncertainties
The Red Sox at the time had sev
eral gambles to face; at first, at
third, and their pitching staff. They
had Tex Hughson and Boo Ferris,
but the others were uncertain
ties, just as Yankee pitchers were
outside of Chandler. You can un
derstand, during those March days
at Sarasota, on the west coast of
Florida, why Tom Yawkey should
have been a trifle on the jittery side.
Tom was—but Joe Cronin wasn’t,
although Joe knew this had to be
his year. Cronin refused to make
any predictions beyond saying this:
“We’ve got a good ball club. We’ll
give anybody a battle.”
Now past the midsummer spot
with a long lead and the best ball
club, you would feel that Tom Yaw
key at least should be able to take
a deep, free breath and relax.
In baseball's greatest year, so far
as attendance and public interest
goes, with something close to an all
star team in one corral, every one
connected with the Red Sox should
be able to stand up and sing “Just
around the corner there’s a rain
bow in the sky,” or “Happy days
are here again.”
All of Boston, outside of the Yaw
key office, are humming these
cheerful tunes. After all Boston,
one of the cradles of baseball, has
gone 28 years without a pennant.
Boston kept looking back these 28
years to the days of Long, Lowe
and Tenney, Kid Nichols, Hugh
Duffy, Big Bill Dineen, Smoky Joe
Wood, Carrigan, Speaker, George
(“Duffy”) Lewis, Hooper, including
George Stallings’ miracle Braves of
1914.
Boston also could look back to a
burly fellow by the name of Babe
Ruth and a great squad that Harry
Frazee sold to New York to make
the Yankees famous. It was Bos
ton that gave New York its Yankee
fame—Ruth, Pennock. Jumping Joe
Dugan, Red Ruffing, these and
many more. But Babe Ruth was
enough. For 10 years the Yankees
without Babe Ruth in his prime,
would have been just another ball
club. A good one—but not a great
one.
Would Have Kept Stars
If Tom Yawkey had been owner
of the Red Sox around 1919 or 1920,
Boston would have dominated the
game through the next decade, not
the Yankees. For Yawkey would
have kept Ed Barrow, one of the
smartest men baseball has ever
known. He would have kept Babe
Ruth, Red Ruffing and Pennock and
many ethers—and to these he would
have added the best ball players a
few millions of dollars could buy.
This shows you what an owner
means to a major league club.
Harry Frazee, a theatrical, not a
baseball man, wrecked the Red Sox
for at least 10 years. It has taken j
Tom Yawkey another 10 years to
sweep away the debris and replace
the damage. He faced an almost
impossible job with the Yankees en
trenched as they were—largely
through Red Sox talent all those
years. From this you can under
stand why Tom Yawkey and the se
date city of Boston is so wrought
up over the prospect of getting a
long-delayed revenge over the I
Yankees, who robbed them of vie
| tory so many times.
CLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT
BUSINESS 4 INVEST. OPPOR.
MAKE your own concrete blocks; perfect
blocks made quickly, fastest and cheap
s' no Pallets required. Price $25.
Mack Steel Products - Richmond, Mo*
FARM MACHINERY & EQUIP.
5® HAVE HAYING EQUIPMENT IN
STOCK Loose tine grab forks, slings,
fork and cable carriers, two drum rope
hoists, sisal rope, cable and hay mow track.
_FARMERS SUPPLY COMPANY
80th & L Street, Ma. 6159. Omaha, Nebr.
VEE-BELTS and PULLEYS for all farm
machinery. Sheller and Hammermill belt
drives. Pillow blocks and take-ups
J. H. NICHOLSON SUPPLY CO.
717-S 16th St. Ha. 2776 Omaha, Nebr,
18x7 McCORMICK-DEERING grain drill,
John Deere mower, lift disc tiller. W K.
40 6-cylinder McCormick-Deering'tractor
on steel. ARTHUR N. CHRISTENSEN.
Rogers, Nebraska.
GRAIN blowers, complete with pipes and
6-foot hopper, will noi crack grain. Could
be mounted on truck to work off power
take-off. Also two used Ford-Ferguson la,
dustrial mowers, used one season.
JACK W. KEELY
BOX Sill
COZAI), NEBRASKA
Phones: Business 165; Residence: 270.
_ FARMS AND RANCHES
Farms, Ranches Wanted
List with us for quick sales.
We have cash buyers.
ALBERS REALTY CO, 1628 Lothrop St.
Phone ATlantic 7919. Omaha, Nebraska.
120 ACRE STOCK AND GRAIN FARM.
Gravel road. $6,000, terms.
T. J. PARISH, Owner, Lowry City, Mo.
___ HAY, GRAIN, FEED_
WANTED—NEW OR OLD ALFALFA
FRANK HOWLAND, 6220 S. 44th St.
Phone Market 1806 - Omaha, Nebraska.
_ MISCELLANEOUS
FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
• OMAHA •
CREMATION
of the most modern type
Write to us for booklet
AIRPLANE OWNERS:
We want repair, inspection and licensing
work for our new shop. We pick up and
deliver flyable airplanes for expenses, ra
dius of two hundred miles. NEBRASKA
FLYING SERVICE, Broken Bow, Nebr.
REAL ESTATE—MISC._
Straight Edge Razors — Excellent steel,
limited supply, satisfaction guaranteed or
monay refunded. $5 e »rh nostpaid.
CRAFT, P. O. Box 617, Kearney, Nebr.
HELP WANTED
CARPENTERS WANTED Boys Town
Project located ten miles west ot Oma
ha and Dodge St. Highway, approxi
mately 18 months work scale *1 f>2S per
hr., working 46 hrs per week, double
time being paid for all overtime. Apply
Employment Office, Peter Klewlt Sons
Co. Bovs Town. Nebraska.
BRICKI-AYERS WANTED Boys Town
Project located ten miles west ol Oma
ha and Dodge St Highway, approxi
mately 18 months work, scale $1.825 per
hr. working 49 hrs. per week, double
time being onfd for all overtime. Apply
Employment < 'fflce. Peter Klewlt Sons’
Co.. Bovs Town. Nebraska.
CABINS FOiTrENT
Clean housekeeping cabins with elec
tricity available for August and Septem
ber. l-ady of the t-ake Resort. Park Rap
ids. Minn.
Buy U. S. Savings Bonds!
f of cases showed
clinical improve
ment after only 1(
days treatment with
SORETONE in impartial,
scientific test.
SORETONEd
Mad* by McKasson t Robbins H||
Sold with monty back iiiarantas Bl|
50^ and $1.00 iff
emtraNooo
TO GET MORE
STRCN6YN
If your blood LACKS IRON!
You girl* and women who suffer *o from
simple anemia that you’re pale, weak,
"dragged out"—this may be due to lack
of blood-iron. So try Lydia E. Plnkham’a
TABLETS—one of the best home way*
to build up red blood—In such cases.
Plnkham’s Tablets are one of the great
est blood-iron tonics you can buy I At
all drugstores. Worth trying I
WNU—U_32—48
Help Them Cleanse the Blood
of Harmful Body Waste
Your kidneys are constantly Altering
mate matter from the blood stream. But
kidneys sometime* lag in their work—do
not act ae Nature intended—fail to re
move Impurities that, If retained, mey
poison the system and upset the whole
body machinery.
Symptoms may be nagging backache.
5 persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, putbneee
under the eyes—a feeling of nervou*
j anxiety and loaa of pep and atrength
Other aigna of kidney or bladder die
order are sometimea burning, acanty or
too frequent urination.
There ehould be no doubt that prompt
s treatment ia wiaer than neglect. L’as
Doan's Pills. Doan’s have been winning
new friends for more than forty yeara.
; They have a nation-wide reputation.
Are recommended by grateful people the
country over. Atk gonr neighbor/