The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-06-11

Park Service, said here.
Washington Notes
Washington, June There arc
signs business Is picking up, and
one of them Is perked up auto.
mobile sales. The eagerly.awaited
trend is disputed by many econo.
mists but the automobile business
barometer is hopeful.
Sale are some 100000 behind
! 1858 totals but already approach.
ing the 2,5OO,O0 mark and ex.
pected to reach the 5000, 900
mark before December 3lst.
That's not an all.time record, like
last year, but it's good sales
volume.
Meanwhile, however, some Re.
publican Senators and Congress.
men who must offer for re.
election this fall are showing
signs of uneasiness over economic
conditions. The farm situation,
Secretary of Agriculture's flex.
ible price support program. the
large number of unemployed. and
the closing of mines. among other
things, gives plenty Of reason for
anxiety.
Perhaps they are super
sensitive. but they know full we'll
that a depression now-with the
G. o. p. in power for the first
time in twenty years-would
wreck the party. Yet It is general.
ly agreed that no depression is in
the cards. A continuing and pro-
longed recession might be equal.
ly disastrous as far as the re-
election efforts of some legisla.
tors this fall are concerned.
One ace In the hole Is the posi-.
bility that defense expenditures
will have to be increased over ex.
pectations. This would tend to
prime business q bit, and whittle
unemployment rolls. II the situa.
ton in the Far East continues to
deteriorate. scheduled cuts in de.
Tense spending will certainly be
cancelled and the net result will
be about four billion dollars in
the economy heretofore not ex'
pected.
Frcnch.Union forces in north
ern Vietnam have taken another
licking. though official pro
nouncements from the French al
Hanoi minimize the critical stu
alton. The French are about t.
lose all of northern Vietnam de
spite their protestations that the
situation in the northern part Of
that country Is not critical.
The Communists are closing II
around the French.defended are.
ccntercd on Hanoi steadily ant
forces which were used at Diem
bicnphu are now being redcploy
cd to the Red River Delta area
The French say they do not have
the forces TO stop the Com
mvnists. and one by one outpost,
arc already falling into Rebe
hands.
U. s. observers suspect native
Indo.C Chinese In the area are hos
tile to the French and friendly 4
the Rebels "A situation which
doesn't help the defense. Thu
French defense area will prob
ably shrink under C0mmunis
pressure until II includes no m0r'
than q fortified area surrounding
Hanoi. Then there cound be an
other stand. like that made q
Dicnbienphu. or . complete
evacuation by sea and air. III tn
French get no outside aid. tn,
latter course Is more likcly.)
The prospect In northern Wet
nam Is thus black. q fact know
we'll in the U. S. State Depart
mcnt.
The most frequently heart
criticism Of President Dwight d
Eisenhower. by his friends ant
enemies alike. Is that the former
European Supreme Commander
has not yet graspcd his party
and the Republican government
by the horns and taken charge.
Eisenhower IL by nature q
friendly person. but one who ha.
plenty Of fire down deep. III,
careful efforts not to lose pa
thence act rashly. and to worl
for teamwork. have paid off II
past military assignments. But hi
has never had . Job like the on(
he has today. Sometimes. hi,
critics soy. the President Of the
United States has to exert plcntS
Of authority and exert Il hard.
This Ike seldom docs. Only
time will tell whether the Prcsi
dent can achieve what he desire,
to achieve In this manner. Few
people, In either party. dislike
the Chief Executive. but Q lot ol
them think Ike delegates toe
much authority and plays thu
game too quietly.
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