Milford chronicle., 1952-11-21


hover man and top advisor from beginning
to end, to win reelection to the Senate Even
so, the Generals pulling power was so great
that he did far better than almost anyone
expected III carrying other Republicans into
national office
1t was generally believed that if Eisen-
hover were elected, the COP would gain con-
troll OF the House. and that has happened. 1t
did not seem reasonable, however, that they
would get the upper hand in the Senate
mainly for the reason that more Republican
Senators had to make the race this year than
did Democrats, and many of the contested
Democratic seats were considered SAFE Yet
the Republicans now have an official 49-47
edge in what used to be described as the most
exclusive gentleman's club on earth.
One potentially important qualification
must be made here. 1t stems from the curious
case OF Senator Morse of Oregan. Morse was
an early Eisenhower booster, but near the
end OF the campaign he announced his OppO-
SltlOn to the General and spoke for Steven
son. After the election he sent laudatOry
wires to Truman and Stevenson but none to
the President-elect. He has said that he will
hencefOrth call himself an independent Re
publican"-a bit Of nomenclature which, in
cidentally, has no legal status in Oregon If
Morse goes all the way in his detection from
Democrats when the Senate is organized a
48-48 tie will result.
Going beyond the statistics, Eisenhower
will have a Congress which is friendly to
most OF his VieWS-enOugh Old-line Demo-
Gratis see things his way to assure that. Sen
timent is very strong for cutting the cost of
government, for opposing tax increases and
bringing about tax decreases as soon as DOS
sible, and for limiting the functions of the
Federal government in many directions
These are cardinal points in the Eisenhower
philosophy. He strongly believes that there
should be minimum of Federal interference
with and direction Of local affairs. The
Southern Democrats, with few exceptions,
will go along with this.
An outstanding fact, of course to use
the lead OF story written by an AP report
er, is that '"The new deal-fair deal era
which began 20 years ago in the great depres-
SlOn-Went tumbiing into history with
the Republican Presidential victory" That
era was defended with all the resources at
his command by President Truman during
his whistle-stOp campaign on behalf of Gov
ernOr Stevenson. The retiring President,
who rarely goes in for moderation, found no
virtue in anything the Republicans have ever
done OF advocated and no vice anywhere with
In the Democratic establishments. He even
III
statesman. He seemed absolutely confident
that he could do again what he did in 1948
But the voters turned deaf ears this time
and the Eisenhower avalanche followed The
pendulum has swung far
1N~SO%~G
POWER OF THE IMAGINATION
Writing in the New York World-Tele-
gram-Sun, James Daniel describes the worlds
"driest DAM" This interesting edifce, says
Mr. Daniel, was built at Cherry Greek. Colo
radO, by the Army Engineers to catch flood
that might come once in a century, In other
times, the creek often contains barely enough
water for wading. But the dam stands there
WaterleSs-an earthfl almost three miles
long, 14O feet high complete with masonry
and concrete control towers, SpilWavs. dam
keepers quarters, etc. 1t cost the taxpayers
the neat sum Of S15,000,00O, which might
strike some OF us as quite a lot of money to
pay for dam which holds no water and per-
hapS never will
The dam, it seems, is a trophy of the
fight between the Army Engineers and the
Bureau Of Reclamation to determine which
OF these eager-beaver Federal agencies was
going to build all the dams in the Missouri
Basin, OF which Cherry Greek is tiny part
According to Nh. Daniel, the army won by
outdOmg the reclamation boys in power of
This may be an exception example of
the waste which is part and parcel of the
dam building craze. Even so, it is typical of
the fact that, if the interested Federal
bureaus have their way, there is hardly a
WatercOurse in the country which won't be
damned, entirely regardless of the need, and
entirely regardless of the cost. And this, in
turn, is part and parcel of the campaign to
create Federal monopoly of our waterpOWer
and of everything which goes with it, in
cluding land and electricity The Cherry
Creek dam symbOlizes the "drunken-sailor'
philosophy which has been spending the
country toward bankruptcy and socialism,
5000
TAXES COST MORE THAN FOOD
Ask the average man what his chief fam
lily expense is, and he'll probably reply food
But he'd be wrong. The Chamber of Com
merce Of the United States points out that
the aVaraOn fanilM's tav hill is crrnntn,. th ny,