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I 4 The Newt-Review, Rotefeurg, Ore. Moe... Moy 21. H51 attuned Daily (least Suader r Newi-Review Company, Inc. laur si win ' Mir 1. : "' KMr(. Or(a. at Mtrea t, ll.l CHARLES V. STANTON IOWIN L KMAPP la-itar Maaeaar Menaar a riia Atiaciataa' Prats, OraM Nawiaaaat Paaliakara Anecialiaa, Hie Aadrt .biff. Uff. Lr Ftf Vmi, lai, III.; ui TIRED By CHARLES V. STANTON We're Retting doggone Hick and tired of all this talk about ''fear" of what Russia may think, do or nay. It' bout time, we believe, that we let Russia do some of the fearing. , , Our leaders "fear" Russia might atart a full-scale war. They "fear" Russia might invade Kurope. They "fear" Russia might try to seize Iran. They "fear" Russia might drop atomic bombs on us. What our leaders need is a transfusion of some good American blood- to supplant the ice water in their veins, causing chills each time they think of Russia. It is entirely possible that the administration has been feeding the American people scare propaganda for so many years it has developed a fear complex of its own. General Marshall's testimony before the U. S. Senate is replete with "fear." President Truman has endorsed Marshall's testimony, .V TOTO. making it plain that Marsh all's fears are the administration's fears. Inttitinal Fertitudt Needed We once had the intestinal fortitude to risk a war be cause we refused to pay tribute to pirates. We threatened military action against nations mistreating our nationals. We sent punitive columns against bandits who crossed into our territory. Teddy Roosevelt sailed our fleet around the world as a challenge during a crisis. Manv times we have exemplified the bold colonial warning: "Don't Tread On Me." But now we permit an American national to be im prisoned and tortured for 17 months and then pay ransom for hla release. We permit a correspondent of one of our press services to be taken into custody while our coun sels are denied opportunity to defend him. We allow enemy agents to cross into lands under our control to kid nap people who have come to us for protection. We cringe In terror at each bold approach of our bullying enemy. What has happened to American courage? We do not believe this lack of courage applies to Ameri can people as a whole. Americans aren't timid people. We do not believe that the fraidy-cat tendencies of our leaders are representative of the public they serve. We do not believe that the American people are In sympathy with the spineless appeasement policies of the administra tion. While we discount much of the Intensity of the Mac Arthur reception as having political implication, that spon taneous welcome had unmistakable patriotic overtones. American courage, we believe, needs only able leadership. Firm Policy Wanted General MacArthur, when asked in the senate inquiry whether he disagreed with administration policy, asked, in effect, what no cv? He sairl for him to follow - ,.' . . ' Obviously the general spoke the truth, for conflicts In statements and actions of the administration, show polirv based on day-to-day decisions and influenced, or directed, by United Nations allies. We wait until a problem has been forced Upon us, then try to decide what to do about it, trembling lest our protest be ill-received. We do not advocate a chip-on-shoulder policy; nor do we propose that we become an international bully. We propose, rather, that we let it be known we are no longer to be pushed around; that we announce, definitely and positively, that we will not temporize with aggression: that we will, tolerate no mistreatment of our nationals; that we are men, not mice. Is Russia bluffing, or will she back down if told to stay on her side of the fenre? Our administration ad mits its fear of what might hanpen if we took a firm po sition and then found out that Russia wasn't bluffing. Todav we have an advantav in sea power, in atomic weapons, in quality if not quantity of air txiwer. If Rus sia is bent on world domination, she will start a war when ever she feels the time is right. Are we to ait and let Russia select the battleground where her advantage in manpower will be in her favor, or should we pick the arena to best litilir.e our own superiorities? If we acted firmly now would we not be in a better position to upset Russia's timetable or possibly so secure and contain communism that it would wear itself nut within its own cage? Determination, not fear, we believe, should dominate our policies. " The other day I heairl a man, who flmokr riarett constantly, lauuh outrijiht as he listened to a commercm ptili"if in ctr;i agint words the claims of a certain brand. "'Anylxxly who ntmiM would know that is a acrewy idea," fairi he. Then added thoughtfully "They're after nonamokeia or one who haven't smoked much. The kids:" But there are advertisinf claims not so apparent. I took a atilf course in advertising once, and paid a ftifl once lor il. hxt. Rut It hi?s been of value to me evr I Jiince. I see through so many 1 'Strewy' rhiima 1h otuerwur I miRht not detect. Women need to b9 so alert now! More than eer' There was a recent article in the Readers Digest disclaiming the use of the Digest infcl'Onncftion : with rertain advertising It was madelo appear that the Digest had agreS! with what the advertiser was claiming. Much advertising nowadays is genuinely interesting, and nuU, no absurd fantastic assertions L that which it sells. The great in surance companies have pictures of real worth. There is much of luraaa at tireuiatiaaa INC. rrira is Ad ! Mmc . i,v;.ri.;;;- (...i..r., ..... ll.l ' ' OF FEAR tin nol rv had been n rl down ' ! i Ywhnett S. Marti t iustrucfiA inteirtt lo h red, frn in individual ml biiMnt?s copy. I lilf'ti particularly a rnr. informati I , which ran in the NtwvKfUfw, tini'iiMinx china, diamond, ilrr and on. An in surant. man punt inirretinii ilrnn from verv old ,mh of .Nrwi-Keview itvlf. A real estate conerrn ran plenties ami utile sto-. near-capacity crowd at Croslev i.es about people who bought in ! (Irld veslerdav while l casual ai their aubdivmon How murh more pearing Jackie Robinson plaved inspiring of rnnfinW that kind of , standout ball for the Biooklyn eopv seems lo me. at any rate i Dodgers. - than the heating of a drum with i T, Hieiiv. .r. iher. h.. hHvhoo technique Too much : no repels. The pressure on women nowa dlivs is terrific. Buy this' (tuv that' And according lo some cosmetic and lingerie advertising the mir acle of love is gov erned i I by Ihe kind of perfume, the brand of cos luetics, the type of bra. and the plunging neokline. Such a tnirty on love is being dinned into the tars and eyes of fresh young girls on the threshold of womanhitil' Rut modern youth thinks pretty stiaight. I ll trust in their good sense starching their resislangfk to iiis'dinus attacks on that d souse Ij Fulton Lewis Jr. WASHINGTON' The interlocking directorate of ad ministration influence peddlers has been exposed. Working happily at their task for weeks, two Washington newspaper men, Fletcher Knelel and Jack Wilson, laid out the politic al muck for the public to see in a recent issue of Look maga zine. Here la quick rundown of what they found: 1. Four members of the White House staff have been implicated in undercover deals since April, 194.V 2. Two friends of the While House have been convicted of fraud, third indicted J. Fourteen high federal officials have been exposed tuuging at the golden skein of influence. . " "-; ncrs ot tne aaminisiration lamny have accepted valuable gifts, in- eluding a mink coat. 5. Ten federal agencies have been tangled in shadowy manipulations. 6. Almost 900 federal employes have been caught trying to improve their private lortunr through their positions on the public payroll. The magarine quotes 1'resident Truman's reply to all of this: , "My people are honorable all of them." Whatever eUe m'tM be said about (he late Franklin D. Roose velt, he at least on the basis of what we know thus far kept the thieves at arm's length. Members of his family feathered their own nests and loaded up their personal coffer?. They were trading on a famous name, sometimes with and sometimes without the President's help, and they are still trading on it. Margaret Truman, of course, is doing exactly the same thing. Hut in tne case of I tc current Presi dent, there's another Hem not to he overlooked w hen he uinxod in Washington, he brought with him a fine group ot expeits in I'ender gastism. l,ook magazine has com piled the results. By comparison, there is an inter esting footnote in hisioty uiwilwug a White Mouse aide who was an : assistant to Kootevelt and has re I mained as an adviser to Mr. Tru man He is David K. Nile, the i President's expert on racial mat ters T.ie late Marry Mnpkins was a good fi lend of Nile. Hopkins, during his political teething period in the New Deal, dispensed millions of dollars in the right places for political support, via the W PA and other rebel agen cies. Hopkins is credited with coin ing the phrase, "spend and spend, elect and elect." Whether he did Negro Athlete's Life Threatened CINCINNATI 111 -A suuad if detectives carelullv eved the ,. Knhinson s life had been IhrcalMed. Hut there were no in cidents against the Negro athlete. Uwhtnsun knew about Ihe threats on his life before he entered the donhleheader !th the Cincinnati Reds. But you could never tell it from his actions. Jackie ham niered in four runs in th.)f first game, including his sixth miner. There were at least three men acing letters mailed in Cincinnati about a weetvgo one to the Cin cinnati Reds'1.!!! cluh. Managing Editor Kvereit Boyd reported that tne letter trie Kn quirer received warned, that the sendeis were going to kill Rob- O That's The Way It Looks t-Kwy? ABOUT IT BUT . fer- JO. (40BOD COE or not, the theory worked for the iNew Deal for 16 years. The interesting thinii about Hop kins is that despite handling all I the money, he died broke. Despite the opportunity he had to cash in, he lelt neither property nor money I to his widow and daughter. In fact. when Hopkins died hp owed Nilrs . u wa, money borrowed over , onR pPnod ( tllne Bhrn Hopkins wor,ing alongside Niles in Ihe while Hon I Naturally, anybody stuck with . tlicir siiuf. , that kind uf I. o. U. wants to col-' The sponsor is the union label lect It. The only chance Nilcs has ; trades department of the AFL. It of gelling his $4,500 is from royal-1 fays Uundry workers "will be pre ties dribbling in from Hopkins writ-1 pared to take the shirt off a inus. i visitor's back at one end of their Maybe there were mink coats and deep Ireezes passed around I during Ihe heyday of Ihe New Deal. , Certainly plenty of White House 1 friends cashed in on the war boom, such as the Garsson brothers and dozens of other fly-by-night promo . ters who built a backlot Raraue repair shop or some such into an industrial empire. Crude as these operations were, they were piker ' slulf compared lo today's influenre peddlers who grab it by the mil lions from the KKC, the Agricul ture department or other govern ment agencies. Politically, of course, the New Dealers always knew how to squeeze the most votes out of taxpayer's dollar. But for sheer gall in this field the present day Fair Dealers make Roosevelt i pals loo k like bums. Take the Mississippi job buying, for instance. There never was a cruder operation, hut when yon examine it closely it's pure Pen drrg.istivm. Miybr it is a little roiiKher in spots than the average political thievery going on today, but the boys are getting in a hurry. Waid bosses who can spot a po. litical suicide before Ihe gun is loaded are convinced Mr. Truman won t he around much longer. They ant lo get theirs while the getting is good, and if you've been teethed on Penderaast politics there is only one way to do that. Steal it. Hear Full on Leni.t Daily On KllXlt. 4:00 P.M. And 9:1 5 '. M. inson with an air rifle One of the letters was signed, "The Travel ers" and bore Ihree figures inked in red at the hultnm Robinson was inclined to shrug off the letters as the work of a crank, as were the police. He did .....,,-. mi. inai ne was a "little bit concerned'' about them, When nothing happened alter Ihe lirst few timings of the opener, ha jusi loigiu an aooui u. ine mm-. ger second baseman said. He couldn't think of any reason anvone would want to threaten his lite. China Press Says Armies Transferred To Korea r TAIt'EII. Formosa i.Pi The Ctuia I nios? press said Saturday twsi more Chiiwse Communist ar nues,,'e beinij prepared for trans- ,ri inun r.asi nina 10 isorea v. A Chinese army normally con- sisu of three divisions, or about JO.tmO men Ihe agency said the decision was made at a recent conterei.ee in Mukden between Chinese Commil- nisi and Russian officers. To Us American Labor Staging Exhibit Of Its Products CHICAGO I .PI Soldier field, where scores of football players have performed, has been taken over by another skilled team workers. The huge amphitheater on the bke front is the site of the AKL union industies show which will run for nine days. It features displays of the products and know how of members of American Fed eration of Labor unions. The A PL says 400 exhibits worth 116,000.000 have been arranged, and that 3.000 men and women will give exhibitions of their skills. The army, navy and air force also will have exhibits. Spectators can see: Bakery and confectionery work ers make cakes and cookies. Berbers and hairdressers dem- onstrate models. (;inss tubes. thpir techniques on live blowers fashion glass Potters shape plates, vases and urns. tlertricians. cigar makers, boot and shw miners, hrick'avprs and others will be on hand to show . assembly line and return it. fresh and clean, at the other end of the line." Raymond F. Leheney, director of the show, says: "We will demonstrate how free American labor produces under the American system of free enter prise." Korean Veterans I To Get Benefits Oregon's armed forces fighting men in Korea and elsewhere will have available on their return. mn'1 of ,ne 'ate benefits presently enjoyed oy world War II veterans by virtue oof measures enacted by the 19SI legislature lo grant "war veteran" status to present d a y servicemen. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs listed these benefits as follows: 1. Kdncation.ll aid benefits rang ing lo a month. Requires serv ice in Korea at some time since June 25. 19V). and before the ter mination of current hostilities. 2. Referendum to be voted on at the next general election, to extend the 4 percent. $S,000 state veter ans' home and farm loan to Ore gon men with 90 days or more ac tive duty since June 25. 1950. Serv. ice in Korea not required. People's vote required because it amends Ihe state constitution. J "War vleran" redefined to include "every ciliren. . who has been a member of the armed forces iduring) the period between June 25, last), and, the cessation of the present national military emer gency as determined. . .by the gov ernor. . .and who has been dis charges! or released therefrom under honorable conditions." This new detinition automatically makes today s serviceman entitled to a $1500 state property tax exemp- tion it o percent disabled by serv ice or to his unremarried widow to county indigent fund assistance and lo state, county and city civi urnci preterence Oregon's lawmakers wrote 20 vet erans' laws or amendments in all. including four to expedite World War II veterans' bonus payments, one which stengthens the so-called public employees' reemployment rights act. and another raising property fyx exemptions for dis. ablrd veterans and veterans' wid ows from $HKiO to SIMM. Reservation Charges Sef For Train Coachtt PORTLAND T The South- ern Paulic company will charge from 25 cents to $1 for reserving train coach seats, The Interstate Commerce com- 1 In The Day's News y FRANK narrowly constricted honky-tonk area, it's an attractive residence city in a high, dry country plenty of trees and green grass. Every time I see it. I wonder how a41 these years they've ktpt the a xfanatics under control. Tne ax fanatic distribution worldwide) is a queer bird. Kverv time he sees a tree his palms itch for the handle of a cutting instrument. Maybe in the early days in rain scarce Nevada they had an organ ization of tree-loving vigilantes and hanged all the tree slashers to the nearest convenient limb. Anyway, they saved the trees. And in among the trees there are not only handsome homes b u t churches galore. I'm mentioning this is hot news, because ! imag ine it will be news to most of those who go to Reno. As a class, they aren't looking for trees and homes and churches. The Nevada gambling? To me it's a depressing sight. Nothing is sadder than to watch people GAM BLING FOR MONEY. There are a few happy souls, of course, who can gamble for fun. But they're a scarce species. Most of the gam bling here is for the old mazuma preferably in large quantities, for a small investment. The devotees of the goddess of chance want to drop a dollar in a slot machine and retire on the proceeds. Those who play the nickel machines nnve the same yen seen through the wrong end of the telescope. Except for the occasional sunny souled extrovert who lives for the fun he gets out of taking a chance, they gamble with hard, tense faces and Uiose who are obviously gambling with the grocery store money are the hardest and tensest of all. It gives me the heebie-jeebies to watch that kind. The kinds of gambling? There are ALL kinds. But the slot ma chine is the Big Chief of the tribe. I They have 'em in shoals every where. A fairly recent racket is to group em in banks of four or five .so that one player can monopolize the whole bank. If you want a dirty look that reeks with desire to sink a knife in your back, just horn in on a row of lever-bandits that is being milked by some get-rich-quick artist all by his little self! You could probably steal his wife and he'd grin amiably. But just step up and slip a coin in one of the machines he regards as for the moment his own and the sparks begin to fly. Gambling, in Nevada, is big business. And. everything consid ered. I suppose that in Nevada it is a PAYING business. If you want to think straight, you have to re member that the bulk of the gam bling money comes into Nevada from the outside. To that extent, Nevada is like Mont Carlo. For centuries, outsiders have been pouring gambling money Into Monte Carlo, and with nothing else to depend on Monte Carlo has done right well by itself all these years. It's like a pool that Is contin ually refreshed by a running stream. The incoming water more than makes up for what is lost by evaporation. It's the same with gambling ' money i n Nevada. There's a new supply always flow ing in. Other states are beginning to look with envious eves on what they imagine is the Nevada mir acle. If called upon for advice, I Ihink I'd say: "Nix, boys, nix! You ain't got what it takes. With out a perpetually flowing stream of suckers, you'd soon reach the point where you'd be just circu lating your home money among yourselves WITH THE RACKET EERS CONSTANTLY ROBBING THE KITTY." Without a constant and depend able stream of new suckers, the scheme won't work, any more than miciinn Frirtav annrnved the olan which will go 'in effect May 23. Two trains between Portland and California will be alfected, the ; Shasta Davlieht and the Cascade. jThe amount of charge will depend . on the distance involved. rRUDENTIAL LIFE Inturonco HORACE C BERG Soeclal Agent Offic. 1-7491 ti. J-7tJ 111 West Oak IWfESTOM HUTIUl 1 I wrcsTou saiCTitc nmo i i MVCS10M STOCK HMO 1 , .ItmSTOM (TKOtUTC Of MHIC j IWFTOR PIVERMIFIF.U SERVICES WMAPOUt, auf30TA CARL IEACH Zana Meaaear mm4 Sevinft (Uartsrtte tastavra.-rtiaae la. J-3243 Watch fa Nattca 0ia)t4a lak Maatfc Nawi-IUvtaw w hat af k4 1 I dRvaeaa by I I I S p k I M)l batwaa :llad7ajk JENKINS a pool of water whose evaporation exceeds its inflow will continue to get deeper. If all the states start legalizing gambling, there will soon be no fresh inflowing stream of suckers. All in all, I think the other states will be wise if they let Nevada have her gambling. With her big money mines played out and water as scarce as it is, she hasn't got too much else. Why envy her? 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