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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-04-09
Vikings Started
Skiing In Norway

OSLO. - Although skiing in
Norway dates back 1000 years
and more, to the days of the Vik-
ings, the first recorded ski meet,
with prizes going to the most pro-
ficient, was in 1867.
Soon after its founding in 1861
the Central Association for the
Promotion of Physical Exercise
and Skill at Arms urged all the
rifle clubs in the country to go
in for skiing, too, and since 1862
Norway has had big ski contests.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-04-09

Grandfather's grandson is the
fellow who needs watching.
Evening star., 1952-10-27
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Ike speaks again in Harlem. only big mistake
this fall in seeking the Negro vote-hs failed
Adlai Stevenson.
Stevenson to Hyde Park and promises
policies OF Franklin D. Roosevelt Adlai modest fellow
he's perfectly willing to have the country elect FD sixth
Republicans applaud Ikes pledge
He won't have to wait for the already
given his to Taft.
John Foster Dulles Ager Hiss
lasted his This funny campaign
Gratis raise millions for TV and radio Agr
gets all the free publicity.
Business experts predict continued prosperity in 1883
prosperity is wonderulsome people making they
don't have to wait for their Federal benefits
their taxes.
President Truman intervenes the coal strike
was suffering dastcay because Of the coal stke been
days since anybody produced q Democratic vote.
Senator resigns Republican Party
This takes all the JOY out Of the election They
counted strongly victoryso they could
Evening star., 1952-10-27
Congress May Get Say on Korea
Eisenhower's Visit to War 'front.' If Elected President,
Means Responsibility Nay Revert to Lawmakers

front lines" The Democrats,
including Gov. Stevenson, dis
torted what he said and alleged
that he wanted to turn over
the whole operation to the
South Korean republic right
away.
Promptly also, the Pentagon,
which doesn't hesitate to play
politics under the surface, let
it be known that South Korea
couldn't take over the job and a
garbled interview with Gen. Van
Fleet in Korea followed in which
he was reported to have said
the South Koreans could
never" take over. He later de-
MED that he ever said this and
repeated that the South Ko-
reans couldn't take over the
whole thing now, which means
supply troops, air and navy. No
body has ever suggested that
step.
The truth is that the front
lines" can be manned entirely
by South Koreans in year and
a half. The delays in training
the South Koreans are a scan
dal that Congress should in
vestigate. The task has been
sadly neglected and the i'm
mediate problem is to get 1t
going so that some day-per-
haps in 18 to "a months-the
South Koreans will man the
entire front lines"
Secretary of the Army Pace
has announced 10-million Amer
lean boys are to see military
duty Gin the foreseeable future"
Is Congress to have nothing to
say about where they will
serve?
Mr.. Truman called our re-
pelling of the Korean aggression
a police action" He did so be-
cause historically a President
can act alone in minor affairs.
But now that the police action"
has widened into the third big
gest war overseas the United
States has ever fought. the peo-
pies representatives in Con-
gress ought to have something
to say about it.
And the voters should be ask
ing not only the presidential
nominees but candidates for
Congress whether they intend
to let the people through their
representatives in Congress have
a voice, as the Constitution pro-
vided. in the decision as to
whether America shall engage
in a war and with whom.
For three hours last Friday
the Secretary of State, Dean
Acheson, talked to the United
Nations Assembly. giving chap
ter and verse and documentary
Evening star., 1952-10-27

ter served If the terms Of that
treaty against German reSur-
gence are scrupulously OBJ
served?
Is it in Frances interests to
help unity Germany, or would
the country be served better II
1t adopted a negative attitude
in this matter and thus helped
keep East and West Germany
apart?
In a country like this, Com
munism is feared by many Of
the middle and working classes.
But. strangely enough. it is not
identified with the Russian gov
ernment which made possible
the great victory at Stalingrad
and smashed the German mill
tary might"
Hence the doubt about who
is serving best, the man who
wants to 60 along with the
American plans or he who hopes
to renew the old friendship with
Russia.
One thing is certain, however,
even to the casual observer:
The fear of Germany outstrips
by far the fear of the Kremlin.
And this has been particularly
true in the last few weeks since
Moscow has begun an undis.
guiSed Irritation with Ia belle
France.
Evening star., 1952-10-27
Doris FLeeson:
Kennedy Has Edge on Lodge
Representatives. Popularity in Boston Viewed Asset
For Stevenson: But Race for the Senate Is Close

which Republicans have long
claimed as their special province.
More recently the Communist
issue has been beamed at these
groups. especially by Senators
Nixon and Mccarthy. Both Gen.
Eisenhower and Gov. Stevenson
discussed the issue on a higher
level while in the State.
In Representative Kennedy,
Massachusetts Catholics have q
candidate Of special appeal.
They have produced many other
political leaders, but, while they
have had their AL Smiths, they
have tended in the cities in
particular to produce politi-
clans long on political instinct,
warmth and compassion, but a
trif1e short on ethics.
Representative Kennedy is, so
to speak, a case Of all this and
heaven too. He is an exceptional
candidate and it Is q measure
of Senator Lodges high stature
that the contest is 50 close.
The religious issue as such
does not enter the campaign.
Senator Lodge has always drawn
a large vote In Boston and labor
areas; he campaigns among
them in their own language
with great warmth and ef1ec-
tiveness.
Evening star., 1952-10-27
Constantine Brown:

PARIS. France CBy MaiD.- -
The French government makes
no bones about the fact that all
its services are impregnated
with Communists and fellow
travellers.
This is inevitable, since
for nearly two years Maurice
Thorez, the head of the French
Communist Party, was deputy
premier Of France and his
lieutenants Duclos, Tillon and
others held positions in the
national government such as
ministers Of the air. the army
or interior "a department which
controls the police forces).
The Communists have not
been included in any cabinet
since 1947. But they packed
some Of the most sensitive serv-
ices with their loyal followers
while in Office.
On May 20 of this year a
dragnet was ordered in Paris. It
yielded much useful informa-
ton, including the fact that
146 members of the Partisan
police and about ~ members Of
the Surete Rationale (the
French equivalent Of the Amer
ican FBD were listed as mem
bers Of the Communist Party.
These men who have civil serv-
ice status could not be expelled
from the force. They are en-
titled to be Communists since
the. Communist Party is Off
c1ally recognized in France. The
only recourse of the interior
minister was to transfer them
to other parts Of the country.
How many more Communists
are in the government is some
thing nobody ventures to guess.
But the three recent dragnets,
including the last one early in
October. were complete failures.
The headquarters Of the Com
munist Party and Of the Pari-
sian newspapers, Ce Soir and
lHumanite, were forewarned
and when some 200 agents
searched them they found moth
ing Of consequence.
While the armed forces have
been pretty we'll cleaned up in
the last five years, there is no
doubt a number of foremen in
arSenals and a number of nom
commissioned officers and me-
chanics in the air force are still
Communists and pass on infor-
nation to the vast network Of
Russian agents, inside and out
side the Soviet Embassy here.
But in the non-military de-
partments the number of Com
munists or sympathizers has
hardly diminished since the
leaders Of the Communist Party
were removed from cabinet po-
sitions.
Robert Schuman, the foreign
Evening star., 1952-10-27
Doris FIeeson:

BOSTON, Oct. q. Stick
closer than a brother to Jack
Kennedy" was the advice given
Gov. Stevenson in Massachus-
etts. The Governor took it,
except that yesterday morning
Representative Kennedy went to
mass while the Democratic
presidential nominee attended
the Unitarian Church, the faith
Of his mother.
Representative Kennedy is
the smart-money favorite, about
6 to 5, to defeat the incumbent
Republican Senator, Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr. This is despite
the fact that Senator Lodge
was an original Eisenhower pro-
moter and the general is indub-
itably a popular man in Mas
sachusetts, as shown when he
jam-packed Boston Common
last Tuesday.
Besides being the most photo
genie Senate race Of 1852, the
Lodge-Kennedy contest offers
two well-matched candidates
whose basic assets-assets Ii q
singularly opposite word-are
much alike. Senator Lodge Is
. proper Bostonian. but Repre-
sentative Kennedy is lace
curtain Irish; both are relatively
young war veterans, wealthy.
progressive and internationalist.
Representative Kennedy's spe-
eial Importance derives, how
Evening star., 1952-10-27

proof that the Soviet Union not
only had instigated the aggres-
sion in Korea in June, 1850, but
has been supplying troops and
munitions ever since. Yet Russia
is still a member Of the U. N.
and no government, not even
the American Government, has
chosen to make an issue of this.
II the President alone may
plunge the Nation into war
suddenly on the assumption
that our Allies are back of us.
Congress has the right at any
time by resolution to declare
the conditions under which
such a war may be continued
and whether, for example, the
alliance known as the U. N. is
being faithfully kept. For If
the U. N. charter means Allies
can back out or can help the
aggressor or can remain neu-
trail, the same right morally
and legally belongs to the Con-
gress of the United States. In
fact, that's why it was written
into the Constitution that only
Congress can declare war.
The Truman-Stevenson posi-
ton is that the President-a
one-man Government-can de-
clare war and call it a police
action" even though more than
a million Americans have al
ready been in Korea and vicin-
ity in the prosecution of that
police action" which already
has involved more than 10000
casualties.
1t certainly is time for a
commander-in-chief to go to
Korea and come back with a
report placing all the facts be-
fore Congress for further action.
This could mean plans and
appropriations for the immedi-
ate training of more South
Koreans, a demand that other
U. N. members provide their
proportionate share of troops
and a demand that Russia be
ousted from the U.N. as
guilty aggressor. In any event,
1t would be refreshing to learn
that Gen. Eisenhower, If
elected next week, is not only
going to get the facts in Korea
himself, but will lay them before
Congress for consideration.
That's representative govern
ment.
Gov. Stevenson says the key
to Korea Is in Moscow. He is
mistaken. The key is in Wash
ington which Moscow knows
has been weak. vacillating and
indecisive. not only in the con-
duct Of the Korean War but in
falling to assert leadership in
the U.N.
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ever, from one fact. He is Irish
Catholic to the core. His people
have shown signs Of slipping
from their Democratic moorings,
and if they slip far in the
direction of Gen. Eisenhower
throughout the metropolitan
area Of Boston, it could be dis
astrouS for Gov. Stevenson.
Coming to this country US
ually in depressed circumstances
and too often having to fight
for their right to rise, such
minorities have been among the
main bulwarks of the Demo-
cratic Party. In Massachusetts,,
more even than in New York
or Illinois, they are vital to its
State and National success.
Their improved economic po-
sition has for some time tended
to weaken their Democratic ties.
Rising wages and prosperity are
decentralizing the cities and
sending union labor as well as
the white-collar classes to the
suburbs.
One politician has put 1t:
1--WE don't know yet whether
moving to q suburb and acquir-
ing a mortgage automatically
makes q Republican out Of a
Democrat"
Noticeably a large part Of
the unusually heavy registra-
ton this year Is In suburbs
Evening star., 1952-10-27
David Lawrence:

Gen. Eisenhower is at last
coming to grips with the real
issue Of the campaign-whether
and how long American troops
must remain in Korea. BY an
nouncing that, if elected, he will
go to Korea himself to survey
the situation. the Republican
nominee is initiating a pro-
gram which. it may be hoped,
means a report thereafter to
Congress and a decision there
after by the people of the
United States through their
chosen representatives as to
what they want done about it.
Gov. Stevenson can see in
the proposed Eisenhower visit
only q plan to enlarge the war.
This is because he shares the
Truman view that the President
Of the United States alone can
say whether the United States
shall engage in war or shall
enlarge a war already entered
by America.
Mr.. Truman has violated the
Constitution Of the United
States by his failure to obtain
ratification by Congress Of the
war in Korea. He was within
his constitutional rights in act
ing to protect American inter-
ests when the Communists sud-
denly crossed the 38th parallel
in June, 1850.
Other Presidents have acted
instantly in TN emergency with
out going to Congress for con-
sent, but no President has ever
engaged in such prolonged mill
tary operations without asking
Congress for a formal resolu-
tion of ratification.
The argument has been made
by Senator Taft and others that
Congress would have ratified
the action in June, 1850. The
very purpose of the step, how
ever, was to establish the right
of Congress to a further voice
in such matters.
For the question today-even
If ratification had originally
been given-would be whether
Congress should give consent
for indefinite operations, espe-
cially when the United States
was led to believe that its entry
into Korea was an allied
affair backed up by the United
Nations itself.
Today only IL nations out Of
80 have sent troops to Korea
and the Congress Of the United
States has not been given an
opportunity to vote on what
should be done about it.
Gen. Eisenhower has already
said he thinks the South Ko-
reans should take over the
Evening star., 1952-10-27
Two Men CQrry Democratic Ball
Gov Stevenson and President Truman, In Lurne Victory
Must Also Whip Up Ranks for Fund Contributions

study. There is, on the other
hand. q noticeably protective
and paternal attitude toward
Gen. Eisenhower, to an extent
that seems q bit outside the
traditional function of the press.
Day after day, across the
country, the effect becomes Gu
mulative until it Is almost star
tling, even though it is nothing
new and strange. President
Roosevelt enjoyed little press
support and President Truman
enjoys even less. Governor Ste
venson has still less, and it be-
gins to look almost infinitesi-
NAL as you move further and
further.
It is not argued that the
function Of the press is to re-
fleet public opinion editorially,
but only its own free, independ-
ent opinion. It Is obvious that
it does not reflect public opinion
from the fact that. in many of
our great cities where a majority
Of the people are Democrats by
party preference, there is not q
single newspaper that reflects
their views editorially.
Most newspapers seem to be
making a scrupulous effort to
present the views of the two
candidates fairly and evenly in
their news columns, but this,
one discovers. is not true Of all
and. in some cases, q slant is
obvious in the way news Is
played, in headlines sometimes
snide and sneering. and in
omissions.
The contrast Is striking in the
editorial attitude Of newspapers
and the viewpoints Of reporters
In the city room who are In
Evening star., 1952-10-27
Thomas L. Stokes:

If the Democrats should win
November As election, q large
share of credit would go to the
two men who have carried the
ball in the campaign, and In
almost o superhuman way
Gov. Adlai Stevenson and
President Truman.
For, because of circumstances.
the load of the campaign has
fallen on them.
What odds they are en-
countering, under what handi-
caps they and the party are
working, become very clear to
anyone who gets a panorama Of
the campaign Nationwide as
this reporter has in travelling
about the country the last two
months-with both candidates.
with President Truman, and In
side survey trips.
The big battalions, in terms
Of power and influence, are on
the side Of Gen. Eisenhower
and the Republicans. That Is
plain.
They have the campaign
money in huge wads, and in
sums that would surely be stag
gering If they could be totted
up. OF this there is evidence to
the naked eye on every side.
They have an overwhelming
preponderance of the press and
magazines. They also have the
advantage Of organization In
several large and key States
because they control those
States politically.
Democrats are woefully short
Of campaign funds. What is
available nationally Is being
used chiefly for the campaigns
Of the two ball carriers above
mentioned, and mostly for radio
Evening star., 1952-10-27

and television appearances to
get into the homes.
To what straits financially
the party has been reduced is
revealed by Democratic Ma
tional Chairman Stephen A.
Mitchell. The National Com
mittee is not able to provide
any Of its funds for campaigns
for House and Senate, as is
usually done. To try to I'LL the
National Committees depleted
treasury appeals now are being
made before and after every
major campaign address over
radio and television.
Many State organizations are
in bad shape financially. Some
also are weak and hampered by
factional strife, and there seems
plain laziness in some cases.
The job of arousing party or
ganizations and workers has
become an extra burden Of the
two ball carriers, the candidate
and the President, which ex-
plains repeated trips by them
into key, doubtful States to whip
up enthusiasm. In some impor-
tant States, such as Michigan,
for example. labor organization
activity has been disappointing.
But what strikes a newspaper
reporter most forcibly, because
1t is his own sphere, is the press
handicap that the Democratic
Party faces. You can travel lit
terally for days without finding
q single newspaper that has q
favorable word editorially for
the Democrats. and some of the
editorial attacks are bitter and
some fiimsy and far-fetched to
one who knows something of
what goes on in Washington
from flrst-hand observation and
Evening star., 1952-10-27

daily contact with people as
they work and live, a majority
Of whom are favorable to Gov.
Stevenson. as are a majority Of
political correspondents who
are covering the two candidates.
Seeing the picture across the
country as Gov. Stevenson has
seen it, it becomes easy to under
stand the Illustration that led
him to speak Of a lone party
press" even though that is
somewhat exaggerated. That
makes understandable and very
sensible. too, the objective to get
him to speak for himself
directly to the people on tele-
vision and radio as much al
possible, expensive as that is.
Evening star., 1952-10-27
French Government Full Of Reds
Communists in Army and Air Force Pass Information
To Russion Agents In and Out Of Poris Embassy

minister, is reported to have
said he does not venture to
guess how many ideologists and
MarXist enthusiasts may still
be in his department.
The minister of interior, in
explaining the raids, stated
there is no room in France for
any official who does not serve
France loyalty. But the ques-
ton has been asked publicly by
fellow travellers: What does
Serving France mean?" Does
this mean continuing blindly on
the road to rearmament as the
United States wishes. or does
1t mean taking a sound view Of
the situation and sheltering the
French people from another
blood bath?
There Is, for instance, a
small group in the Foreign Of
flee which cannot be described
by any stretch of imagination
as Communist-minded. This
group is strongly in favor Of
reviving the Entente Cordiale"
which brought Russia to
Frances side in 1914 and, by
an offensive in which nearly
half a million Russian soldiers
were sacrificed in the Masurian
Lakes. saved this country from
certain disaster at the hands
of the Germans.
The French-Russian treaty Of
1945 may have been forgotten
by many, but it was never de-
nounced. Is it serving France,
it is asked, to renege on the
treaty provisions and permit
Germany to revive it's military
powers? Or will France be bet
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Comdr. Mdi|Iiord of California
Has DISTINGUISHED War Record

A naval officer, who once served
in liaison work here between the
Navy and Congress, prior to IS
months combat duty in the Pa
cific, will represent the 4th Cali
fornia district in the House.
William S. Mailliard, now a
commander in the naval reserve,
is a former secretary to Cali
fornia's Gov. Warren and has had
experience in both business and
civil life in his home State. He
had been assistant to the di-
rector of the California Academy
of Sciences from 1851. until he
entered the recent campaign.
Mr. Mailliard, IS. Republican
defeated Representative Franck r.
Havenner, Democrat. in the No
vember election. Mr.. Havenner
had served four consecutive terms.
Second Contest.
It was the second contest be-
tween the two men. The victor
this year lost to Mr.. Havenner
in the 1948 campaign by 1900
votes.
Born in San Francisco. Mr..
Mailliard received his early edu-
cation in schools Of the bay area
and was graduated from Yale Uni
versity in 1899.
While in England, on September
Il, 1899, three days before Eng
land declared war on Germany, he
volunteered and served as assist
ant naval attache in the American
Embassy in London, until Sep
tember, 1910.
His liaison work with Congress
was in 1941, while he was attached
to the Bureau Of Naval Personnel.
He attended the Naval War Col
lege in 1912 before going to the
Pacific.
| During combat duty, he took
part in the planning and execution
of 56 assault landings. Following
the surrender of Japan, he partici-
pated in diplomatic negotiations
and in the occupation of Korea
and North China. He was awarded
the Silver Star. Legion Of Merit,
Bronze Star and numerous cam
paign ribbons.
Resumed Career.
Returning to San Francisco, Mr..
Mailliard resumed his business
career with the American Trust
Evening star., 1952-12-05

She described the caves as
among the oldest in the world and
once inhabited by the earliest
known Britons.
One of the "cavewoman's" first
tasks, when she returns to her
home next week, will be to have a
witch exercised. She said two of
the houses on her estate have
been reported haunted by a ghost
of an old woman, called the Witch
Iof Wookey.
Mrs. Hodgkinson said she doesn't
give "hoot" about the witch,
but no one will live in the houses.
with the housing shortage, we
can't have two houses standing
unoccupied," she reasoned, 80
we are going to hold an exorcision
ceremony. which is supposed to
drive them out"
The caverns have been in the
Hodgkinson family for centuries,
she said, but were not open to
the public until 1887.
Evening star., 1952-12-05

Co., where he remained until 1947,
when he was appointed assistant
to the director of the California
Youth Authority. He was secre-
tary to Gov. Warren from 1948
to 1851. He then became affiliated
with the California Academy of
Sciences.
In civic work, Mr.. Mailliard has
been a trustee of the Junior
Statesman Foundation, a men,
ber of the board of directors of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis and chairman of
the State and national affairs
committee of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, a joint citizens
committee for registration and
publicity committee of the Com
|munity Chest.
Mr.. Mailliard is married and the
father Of two boys and two girls.