Eiseinhower’s . At Important Dinner Part Of Plar

May Be

(‘I Claude Ilaoklnn

Aﬂmuqqnll, Dec. 12-(0PI- wwidence or well-planted strat- ginds General Dwight D. m’ ahower with an cut-of-town engagement while moat ,1 in; presidential candidates are their tradﬁilgzltmlﬂlgl at hands of W en's rl -

3;, Club tomorrow nisht- esliieﬂt ‘human and three of for a shame

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m ‘y, the head table for the fall n“ of the exclusive organiza- ﬂgn of Washington correspondents. “we are those who believe 11,‘; General Eisenhower himself

so he would have a

ed it mmgxcuse to be absent. from the

er. . “$2, that Eisenhower would try u, egcapﬁ the merciless ribbing the agidiron nzembers give their po-

ues s. . “$211: still Army Ohief of staff m4 the President-the logicll pamocratic candidate next year»

his commander-in-chief. If he attended the dinner he would be received as a candidate for Pre- sident and would be so treated And it might be embarrassing.

About, two years ago nesident mrman was guest of honor at a 111311;: given by newspaper men, not the Gridiron Club. Half tray. through the evening Eisenhower. “m0 had lust flown in from Eur- ope, was brought in by friends who caught him in the hotel lobby.

The grinning Supreme Com- mantle!’ fresh from the battle- fields. stole the show even from the President and from the cream .4 entertainment personalities who held the stage. Recently Eisenhower addressed h National Press Club luncheon. 11s had to be escorted through a mob of people who assemiﬂed about the entrance and in the lobby to catch a glimpse of the man most people concede could 3G elected easily if he gets the Re pulllicall nomination next June. Under such circumstances it may well be that Eisenhower. who is in the running whether he likes it or not. made sure of a good ex- cuse not to get into any embar- rassing position with his com- mander-iu-chiei tomorrow night.

What happens at Gridiron din- ners is simposcd to be kept a dark secret but seldom is. A speech there by Gov. Brlcker of Ohio tome years ago was credited with greatly prejudiclng his political future.

Senator Taft of Ohio and form- er Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota. both openly avowed candidates for the Republican nomination. are schedued to be on the Gridiron tomorrow night.

Another who ls considered the main Republican threat for nom- inetion although not vet admitting his candidacy Gov. Thomas Dewey a glow York. loser in i944. is t0

ere.

Former Governor All‘ Landis 7T Kansas. Republican loser in i906. gill he theriﬂ and might be look-

upon as senhower's re/oresen

lllllVf. since! ‘he is the General‘: man if un vted backer. l-louse speaker Joe Martin will

Ioeak for the Republican and Pre- sident Truman for the Democrats. Marlin. under present laws. is the lgglfnw the Pfesilclrencv should mis

' e remove uman.

The President can probably hold ltis own without difficulty in this "lillllhsﬂ But if Eisenhower were Pfisent it would be different.

It l! generally conceded that ii Eisenhower succumbs to the grow l“! demand and become a cam-ll. ﬁlls he can be elected over any

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Absence

IINTEEB ELECTIONS Seeking an aldermanlc spot in the North Bay, Ont, city council in Mn. Orma McNaughton. She is the ﬁrst woman in the history ofdthe city's elections to make the bi .

Relations With Newsmen Discussed

LONDON, Dec. 1l—iReutsrs)— Future relations between members of Parliament and Journalists and methods of dealing with any fu- ture scandal arising from the sale of confidential information by members to journalists were de- bated in the House of Commons yesterday.

This was a sequel to the recent expulsion of the former Labor member, Garry Ailiglian. and the reprimand of another Labor mem. ber. Evelyn WaiLden. who were found guilty of selling accounts of what happened at private meet- ings of the parliamentary Labor Party.

Originally the Government ask< ed the Housec to declare that any member disclosing confidential information for payment should "incur the grave displeasure of this House" and that the journal- ist and anybody connected with the newspaper involved might be excluded from Parliament. Subsequently this was with- drawn in favor of a resolution de- claring that both the member and the journalist would incur grave displeasure and that the House might then tﬂktlllch action as ‘t thought fit. Asking the House to accept this. Hubert Morrison. leader oi the House, said “all we are doing u; to give notice that where a mem- ber is guilty ot accepting pay- ment for confidential information the person offering payment shall be proceeded against as well as the recipient."

The threat to Eisenhower's chances. if he entered a race for the nomination would be the dramatic return of General Doug las MacArthur for the welcome, after 10 years‘ glorious service during which he has not been hlomeJwhich probably \vill out. shine any reception the country has given a Tétuming nerd

If that happened and Mao- Arthur proved to be a willing candidate. he probably could win hands down.

But that issue probably will be determined soon with a straight forward and unequivocal state-

"Wlllbn. The same cannot be

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‘Expect Reds In France To Bil-group Forces

(By l. M. Roberta, Jr. Annotated

will prove a snare and a delusion if it engenders‘ any let-down in

said of any other: in the field.

SECOND SECTION

Pres News The lull in the battle of France

recent demonstrations would before Christmas new expect the Communists to spend the next several weeks regrouping their for- ces for another outburst beiﬂ! the United States aid program can be made effective. The Communists were forced in to an untimely effort by the desire to have an impact on the London Foreign Ministers Conference and the special session of the United States Congress. But next time. probably they will he a-ble to cen- tre their entire effort on crippling France's economy to “the point that the cost of interim aid and get- ting the Marshall plan started wit, be greatly increased. thus en- dangering the program's ultimate success. c The firmness recently displayed by the French Government on the defensive must, then. be continued now in an economic offensive to repair the damage end prepare for the next attack. The French de- termination to drive out subversive foreign inﬂuences is an lmlwftillli contribution to this campaign. The more that Russian control o. French Communism is exposed. the more the French P900“! 6B" be depended upon to turn away from the economic blandishments of the totalitarians. Close observers si- ways have felt Communist sup- port among the French people was based on economic rather than P0- litical factors. Reports from Paris say the Com- munists will delay the next round of their fight until after the first of the year. Their control oi’ thc unions is not believed to be suffi- ciently strong for further action now, considering that the work- ers have lust lost a lot of pay in the pro-Christmas period. and that they are smarting under a. serious defeat. Labor reaction against Corn munism can become a powerful thing once the workers realize that they have been used for po- litical purposes with utter disre- gard for their actual welfare. The realization that current quiet in France is only a brief lull is not the only reason for press- ina. countermeasures. The Rome strike call shows clearly that the situation in Italy has not yet reached its peak. The French and Italian situations complement each other.

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ENTERTAINER DIES

LONDON, Dec. ll - (AP) - George Mozart, B3. for more than '10 years a music hall entertainer. died L esday night in his sleep. One of the most familiar person- alities in the British theatre, he retired twice from the stage, only to return. He took part in 3.000 shows for servicemen during the W" N“! blade his last appearance

ment of intentions b)’ liither or both Generals.

at the Victoria Palace in London last Sunday.

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DECEMBER 12, 1947

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correspondent was an Bullish lady, and it has been a treat

landscape artist, and she is also a l has written most about her native land.

1 know the members oi Wo-

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Dear Mrs. Meliish:

letter, and the coloured folder. 1 but it has now reached me safely.

Country" magazines were of such

beautiful photos from our daily

them.

have spent a most. enjoyable holi-

know it well. and the surrounding villages. and it was lovely i0 bi’- there again lITtET several years absence. The weather was gorgeous

cattle. tho‘ I admire the b11115 from a. safe distance"! There W81‘?- pigs, both big and little. sheep. poultry, and some sweet little fluffy ducklings. Then there are the market stalls. where you can buy crockery, dresses. macintosh- es, lace. ribbon and odds and ends. fruit, vegetables, and plants and flower seeds. I bought some pansy and coluinblne seeds. and the? are growing very well so far. I do hope they survive the winter. Haddon l-fall is only a short walk from Bakewell. lﬂd W‘! we": to look vcr it one mornlnz- It has been extensively and “WW- fully restored, and is now open to the public again. The Duke o! lived there in years, and had electric light in- stalled, and modern kitchens I also spent some interesting hours prowling round Bakeweli Church wh'cii is very old. and contain-i some beautiful tombs and monu- ments. 1 love old buildings and places. especially if historical We were rgthar silrprlsed to see the nnmbcr of German prisoners who live in a camp nearby. In Marv"! we have only one or two. They used to walk about Bakewell in the evenings and at week-ends. and it d'd sound so straﬂih to hear them talking to one another mkewell is a noted beaut! 0P0!-

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Iiiitry Bustling Will Be Tough In Britain This Year

(By Jack Sullivan)

MIIDON. Dec. lo-foPl-Ilb time anti-invasion defences-elec- trified wire fences, man-traps, R. L I‘. police dogs trained to be ferocious. camouflaged trenches- dot the important poultry-produc- ing countries of Suffolk and Nor- folk these days. They now are the farmers deeence against ruetiera.

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a shawl-l: m n. sit; W‘ u- s- sﬁiniwi‘ . interest by members of the Wo- men’: institutes in this Province. . Bin-While 1 was treasurer of ‘ “ m, mm... w...“ ,,,,,..,.., 0n Military rrolects of Carmda, each mebhrzber of amt l Board was given name a ithe efforts of the Allies to prevent _ the spread of totalitarianism in Pen PM from other count!“ My Western Europe. The 581116 990919 WM 5'15 m‘ pleasure to gnaw her in this way. of the United States‘ leading auto M155 51111131151113 father i; a orities on bacterial warfare, says "many American scientists are re- over of natural eceiaeryhgig tuigrgto work on military develop- n yes m 8.’ Th0 Cfiliiﬂlillll University prO- 155g but gpgctggul” fessor told a Harvard University melml-ius," (The earth passed through the. 0i l86l,i Encyciopaedia Britannica, but no phenomenon was noticeable "beyond the dif-

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men's Institutes on Prince Edward audience last night that. he had island shall be vary pleased i1 returned to peacetime work oi his m1 or the great, comer you will permit them to read this own. would return to warfare research if railed upon by MRS. LESTER. B. MILL}!!! the Governmcut_ he replied:

"I don't think you have a right to ask me that l1uestlotl." tists were "poorly orgutllzctl" and will not "strike."

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BRITISH All MED FORCES

ii-(Reutersu- {Frwzhetetfaogefais} ixooxhsifagkagi The strength o.’ the British armed by the “van and Just l“ the IOTCES at March 3i HCXL Will be gquptgr, The magnitudg wag 1,5 peacemmess and beauty so“ 1m 037.000 A. V. Alexander, Minister 1 spent onemorning most happily. °t Damn‘ Y ‘ I wondgrmg “mm; we market u“ Commons today uhen repqlng to market day as I do so “we the complaints that Emanuel shin~

‘ well, now secretary for War. hat. stated recently strength would be 700,000.

told the House of

raids by “lipivs”. They have even taken to sleeping with their flocks

Reporters from london news- papers have toured the "battle- ground" and rmort the rustle-re will have to adopt commando-like tactics if the! expect to break tiarough the farmer defence. "If mndoa aolve come after our poul- try they'll get more than mud on their " the Daily Mirror quoted one Norfolk farmer an

earlﬂt.

Defencel on this particular farm included hidden trip-wires around the turkey runs. electric alarm bells on houses. a camouflaged surrounding tench which could easily break the leg! or neck of e running raider. three Alsatian watchdogs and a shift lyeiam for gun-toting alziriee. -

Pro-Christmas raiding lest year netted thieves 11.000. Few were clllﬂiﬁ and those who did anea: in court were invariably freed be- icause it was then impossible an hint he atoll ma!‘

PAGE FIFTEEN

Earth May Pass 0i New Comet

SYDNEY, Australia‘ Dec. 1i 1 (AP(—Dr. Richard Wooliey, dir- ector of the Commonwealth 0b-

lt was possible that the earth would pass through the 40.000.000-

which has flared

nights.

can be expected," Wooiley said

according to the

fused glaref‘)

object 0f the first

being observed."

An abnormally cloudy

0f observers to spot the earlier through telescopes.

hove deluged queries.

ported over Japan Nov. l4.

min u tes south of the

000.000 miles.

total The comet was 10 degrees south of Venus, most prominent planet

P08_l_0i’__ Be!

servatory in Canberra. said today l

mile tail of a strange new oometi across tho

“Observations in the next few days will show if and when this

“l! it occurs. there will be a h} dint of

Woolley was convinced that the comet was one which had never before been recorded‘ dzflgnaliuﬁély ever selected for the March of spectacularly visible to the naked eye. the comet probably has made astronomical history by approach- lng so close to the earth befoie

Thousands of persons through- out Australia have seen the comet 0f during the last two nights and 2-H." in the sky in the newspapers with hemisphere.

Woolley described the comet as the brightest. he hacl ever seen aild d‘) said it was more spectacular than the famous Bailey's Comet. last their seen in i910. He discounted sug- gestions that it might he the Hon- cltis Comet. which was first re~

brighter than a star of the first magnitude. The tail of the comet attended over 10 degrees and he estimated its length at about 40,-

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Australia May’ Copy Canadian Methods Of. Handling Wheat Crop

(I7 Lealie Rodin. Gandhi Ideal Correspondent)

SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 11- iOPl-Canadian methods of hand- ling bulk wheat on farms during the war years. have been advocat- ed in Australia this year w over- come ‘the serious shortage o! wheat bags and country-elevator Ipace. Chairman of the Victorian Grain Elevators Board, H. Glowrey, on his return from en inspection tour of the wheat belts of Canada and the United States recommended to local farmers the building or galvanized iron tanks on their farms to store wheat until there is room for it in the country eleva- tors.

Glowrey told the Canadian Press he had been against the storage of wheat on farms until he saw how sur vssful it. had proved in Can- ada.

"What I saw in Canada proved to me that an economic system of farm storage could be introduced that. would be leae favorable to ‘JIQGViX infestation than existing methods here." he said.

Grasshoppers and late rain:

Terry ‘Inllos. a little polio vlcllm from Laurel. hliss. has been chcscn as U. S. poster child for the 194:1 MBTCTI OI Dimes campaign against

'l‘crry (above) is the yolingest chill]

Dimes poster. L-iitlo golileil-llairc-i Ferry was stricken with pcilo in

He has since made rapid recovery

in! was known about the motion 0' the comet, it W35 possible 1t might have been vaint‘; visiblc northern

Watchers strung along a 3,500- mile arc from.Perth. Australia. to

night. Cabled reports from south Africa said it also was seen there. In Townsville. North Queens-

mlnutcs. and the slow of its \‘.‘i~'

successini.

Some Australian aborigines fin fire-making so difficult th long Journeys to neig borin tribes to borrow a light.

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the dread poliomyclliis. At :hrec..

New Zcaland saw the comet last

tail was visible for 30 minutes He observed the comet at 8:22 after it disappeared-

p.m. yesterday 35 degrees. nine celestial

Officials at the Commonwealth Observatory at Canberra tried to - photograph the comet last lllﬁll, but clouds made the attempt un-

"like Bulk

threaten the wheat crops in some nst-zis. but it is not considered ser- ious.

1 Record Harvest Expected i

| Problems of harvesting are the t-hief worries of the farmers today with an estimated record harvest

of up to 260,000,000 bushels, farin-

194s before he had learned m walk. ere fear that much of 1t will he

lost unless the Federal‘ Govern-

and though he still ixﬂors brr-cr-s,,nrent acts quickly and gets mil- ls exported to rcllﬂi" m“ use of his ‘lens more bags from India and season u.“

probably accounted for the failure _.. , _ _ , _ v _ comet in the southern skies. While noth

builds emergency bulkheads in all Hie wheat areas.

The responsibility of finding space in country elevators and bagging the ivheat rests with the Government. Under the Federal Wheat Acquisition Act Of 1939 tllc Federal Government acquired all the wheat grown in Australia and charged the Federal Minister oi Commerce, and Agriculture with fixing a price for it.

Agriculture Minister Pollard maintains that his Department has

land. the comet was visible for 5o lmade adequate arrangements rm

‘receiving the harvest and claim: that the farmer's fears are un- warranted.

He blames the record harvest underestimated some months ago, for the shortage of bags. As late as last August recognized experti gave an estimate that fell mil- lions of bushels short of what i| d expected now. handling facilities are

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