Evening star., 1950-06-21
Hurley Charges Aired
By State Officials in
Talks With Governors
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that 1t was impossible for him to
know all of the employees in his
department and their records.
The Governors, in the execu-
tive session with Mr.. Acheson,
covered almost the entire field of
foreign relations including China
and Formosa and the charges
brought by Senator Mccarthy,
Republican, of Wisconsin as well
as the Hurley charges.
Some of the Governors were by
no means satisfied with the re-
plies Mr.. Acheson gave regarding
the operation of the reciprocal
trade agreements.
The fact that some American
industries are screaming loudly
because they have been crowded
by foreign imports was called to
Mr.. Acheson's attention at the
open session by Gov. Carlson of
Kansas.
The Secretary Of States reply
was that the whole matter was
being studied by Gordon Gray. at
the request of President Truman.
Gov. Carlson had asked If the
policy Of the administration was
to subsidize these industries or to
permit them to be forced out of
business.
Other Side of Question.
Admitting that this was a seri-
Gus problem, Mr.. Acheson told the
Governors there was another side
to the question.
I'VE must figure on what hap
pens after Marshall Plan aid
ceases for the countries we have
been helping" he said. THE
choice appears to be to continue
to give them money or let them
earn the money they need by SELL
ing their products in dollar coun-
tries"
Some Of the Governors felt that
administration in its plans for re-
facilitating European nations and
putting them on their feet again,
will turn o deaf ear to some of the
Americans caught in the squeeze.
Today the Governors Confer
ence is winding up it's sessions
with a round-table discussion of
the care and treatment of the
mentally i'll. and with the report
of its Resolutions Committee.
Luncheon With Truman.
Most of the Democratic Gov
e"nors will leave here to go to
: ashington to attend a luncheon
r,-hich President Truman is giving
them tomorrow. Exceptions are
Gov. Thurmond of South Carolina
and Gov. Wright of Mississippi,
who were not invited. Cows.
Thurmond and Wright constituted
the States Rights ticket which
took the electoral vote of four
Southern States away from Mr..
Truman in the 1948 election.
Gov. Thurmond already has re-
turned to South Carolina, where
he is campaigning for the Demo-
cratic senatorial nomination.
Gov. Youngdahl of Minnesota
in an opening address at the
round table on the mentally ill
said: f
''The day is quickly coming toI
an end when we could incarcerate
the mentally i'll in a barbaric out
of sight out of. minds fashion;
when we could plunge helpless
human beings 3 into Fasylum-
oriented fnfernos whose programs
are characterized by overcrowd-
ing, under stating, and penurious
appropriations"
House of Hope.
"We are coming to the house
of hope the therapeutic center
in which an enlightened society
will provide enlightened treatment
for sick human beings" Gov.
Youngdahl declared.
He called attention to a report
on the mental health programs
in the 48 states. prepared by the
Council of State Governments,
which he described as a pro-
phetic document" The report. he
said. shows the deplorable condi-
tions still exist, but that they are
being eradicated.
Gov. Youngdahl said that I'VE
have our choice of only two things,
either we are going to spend for
treatment to send patients home,
or we are going to spend millions
upon millions for expensive build
ings to conf1ne a needless per-
centage of patients who otherwise
might go home"
At the beginning, he said, the
program for modern treatment
will not be cheap. But" he con-
tinued, I'VE cannot place material
iStic values above human values. Z"
The Governor described the pro-
gram of improvement in the care
of the mentally i'll on which Min
nesota is now embarked. The
Legislature. he said. almost dou-
bled the appropriation over those
of the past. provided for more
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