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4 The News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Frl., Jon. 18, 1952 Fulton Lewis Jr. In The Day's News Fublithtd Dolly Ixcipt Sunday by th New-Rview Company, Inc. trt istlr May 1. IK. th tti tl Utcbiil O '. or Ml ( March t, ISIS CHAtLES V STANTON Editor EDWIN L KNAPP Monofor Mombor or tho Aiwciattd Prtti, Oftflon Ntwspooor PublUhtn Association, tho Audit 8urtau of Circulations AirMti HC8rUOLLIDA CO. INC., fflf ! KtW T.rfc. Cblf. Wrwttu: Ll Angela. III, PrllB. lalar-4 M ... Cliu Mlltr Mar 1. It. l lb Pit OffUo ftl BMbrg, Oragsa. Uaelar Ao ( March I, ISIS. IUBSCKIPTION BATES 1 OrtfBB By M.ll Pr loaf, lll all mental W.M Urn man. hi. t 15- By Nawa-Kttw l'irrir-Pir ar, fll.M (la a, fascil. ibiit an Mar, par raantlt, 1,M. Oatilaa Oraa By Mail P Taar. 111. 001 ill moatha, f.60i Ihra naatha. RESPECT FOR TRADITION By CHARLES V. STANTON Captain Kurt Carlsen in being given a hero's welcome. His heroin epic as skipper of the Flying Enterprise aroused sympathetic interest throughout the world. People every where "sweated out" the intrepid skipper's experience and gloried in his heroism. Why should his exploit be so widely hailed? Looking at the incident candidly, was he not somewhat foolish to risk his life aboard a wallowing ship constantly in danger of capsi.ing and carrying him to his death? His cargo was insured. The vessel was a total loss. He could not have deserved censure had he abandoned the ship. Yet he elected to remain to the last in an effort to prevent his ship and cargo from becoming salvage under techni calities of maritime law. The public's approval was not aroused by the fact that Captain Carlsen was a loyal employee, guarding the inter ests of hi employers. The public gloried in his exploit be cause he demonstrated to the highest degree the tradition of the sea that a captain should not leave his disabled ship while it remains afloat. Maritime history records hundreds of similar cases. Many captains have refused rescue and died with their commands. That is carrying heroics too far, in our opin ion. Captain Carlsen, however, exemplified the tradition to the last and in so doing won fame and respect a re spect heightened by his refusal to exploit his position for personal gain. Tradition Still Popular There Is a lesson in this thrilling adventure, we believe. We have seen tradition flaunted in many ways in re cent years. Some of our political leaders have ridiculed tradition. Our freedom?, constitutional government, pub lic morals end official integrity have been violated and ridiculed. Some writers today disparage tradition and con-. vention. We are told that many of our tenets are outmoded relics of horse-and-buggy days. But the public response to Captain Carlsen's exploit furnishes proof that respect for tradition still lives; that people still honor customs, mores and conventions in grained through years of conformance. Perhaps those who treat these traditions so lightly may find that their theories, fascinating to some tX first glance, will not bear the test of time. Tradition is based on experience. Some are centuries old. Perhnpq there is room for cynicism in analyzing their merit. Perhaps wo can point to foolish heroism. Perhaps soma are outmoded. But mankind clings to them. He finds in them something solid something that reaches above tho pure physical and material level. Tradition becomes a spiritual anchor. Thus we find inspiration in Captain Carlsen's devotion to what he regarded as his bounden duty. Newspaper Tradition Involved The Carlsen epic gained much of its interest from the fact that it was so dramatically reported. The reporting of the story of the Flying Enterprise and its gallant skip per involves another tradition a newspaper tradition that the story must be reported at all costs. The public has heard virtually nothing of the reporting angle which made the story available. From an Associated Press bulletin we learn that two AP newsmen and an AP photographer were the only re porters on the spot when the Enterprise went down. When word of the vessel's predicament was received, the London Bureau of The Associated Press chartered a tug to carry reporters to the scene. It will be remembered that the Atlantic Ocean was being lashed at the time by one of the worst storms of recent history. Yet the reporters braved the storm and possible death as they steamed to the side of the crippled vessel and by radiophone reported the blow-by-blow buttle between the staggering ship and the relent less sea. Reporters Leonard Leddington and Alvin Stein kopf watched the sinking. "They related their impressions exactly as they rcgisteied. It was not a polished story. It was sUrk, vivid, realistic drama," reports the AP bul letin. "Meanwhile Dennis Royle, AP photographer, was struggling about the wave-.swept decks of the tug, shooting pictures from whatever precarious position he could attain. Tho pictures were speeded to the world via a Wtrcphoto station at Falmouth. Chartered airplanes also had carried photographers over the Enterprise whenever flying was possible throughout the week." "In addition to sending the tug. to sea," the bulletin further reports, "AP stalled Falmouth with news, photo ana traitic personnel, enlisted the aid of radio hams, and tapped every possible source of information in Britain, France and other countries. The London staff worked with out letup to obtain and piece information together, hammer out leads, and keep the story moving." Thus we have observance of one tradition making it possible tor us to experience suspense, thrill, inspiration and sympathy as a brave man obeyed the mandates of another tiadition. thereby gaining the respect of millions or people throughout the world. F2P Dairy Products' Prices To Rise, Assn. Head Hints GEARHABT W) A hint of higher prices to come for dairy products was dropped here Mon day by President Fred M. Knox of the Oregon Dairymens Asso ciation. Knox, a Gaston. Ore., dairyman. told the opening session of the .association's annual convention that costs still were increasing in the dairy business. ' In larce Dart these msts stem from public demand for better sitimauun, improveu Darns anu equipment, he said. "If the public Is going to con llnue to demand these things, they are going to have to accept higher dairy prices," he asserted, adding costs still were going up with labor particularly bard to find. 'A recent Oregon State College study shows that the average dairy fanner receives only one-half to one-third the hourly pay of indus trial workers, besides putting up with hardor conditions and longer hours. . . Our ratio of costs to income is much higher than almost any other industry," he said. WASHINGTON Drum beaters for Senator Estes Kefauvcr, qf Tennessee, who have indirectly tossed his coon skin cap into the Democratic presidential ring, are having a rough time stirring up enthusiasm in the senator's home state. Repots from Tennessee on three well publicized rallies in Nashville, Memphis and Chata- nooga say fewer than 1,000 in- Church Of Christ, Scientist, Dates Lecturer Here FRANK T. HORD. C. S. Louisville, Kentucky How an understanding of God heals discord will be the topic of a Christian Science lecture to be given January 20th by Frank T. Hord of Louisville, Kentucky, it was announced today by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Rose burg. A former Army combat chap lain, Mr. Hord will speak in Jun ior High School auditorium at 3:00 p.m. The lecture is open to the public without charge. Mr. llord's subject will be ''Christian Science: The Science of Mind- Healing." Mr.' Hord served 48 months In the United States and in the Euro pean heater of operations during World War II as a Christian Sci ence chaplain. He was with combat troops throughout the wr, and served In the Antwerp area during the five months' buzx - bomb siege of that important supply base on the Beliiian coast. Prior to entering the public prac tice oi inrisuan science healing, Mr. Hord was active in sales en gineering, and as founder and head of a travel agency. He is currently on extended tour as a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship. By FRANK JINKINI Excess Prices Asked Stopped WASHINGTON The gov ernment is asking the federal courts to halt eight firms in the Far West and Midwest from buy ing catUe at prices above legal ceilings. The Office of Price Stabilization estimated the alleged overpay ments totalled above one million dollars in seven cities over a 60 day period last fall. ine LUdaliv racking Co.. one of the nation's big four meat pack ers, was named in fivo actions for allcilgcd over-purchases total ling $300,000. The meat firms are accused of violating the OPS regulation which permits slaughterers to pay above ceiling prices for individual cattle provided they buy other catlle at below ceilings to make up the dif ference. At Omaha, Neb., Cudahy Presi dent F. W. Hoffman said his com pany could not comply with ceil ings "at every plant for each month." Stumbling blocks, he said are complex OPS rules and oc casional errors in pre-slaugh-tering estimates of weights and grades. In addition to Cudahy, other firms named included Stale Pack ing Co., I.os Angeles; Bridgford Packing Co , Anaheim, Calif. Formal Youth Banquet In N. Roscburg Tonight The North Roseburg Church for mal youth - banquet will be held tonight at the church. The hall is decorated in a "Winter wonder land" motif with snow, stars and forest scenes. Reservations are lim ited to 65. A ham dinner will be served. Youths between 12 and 24 In terested In attending may con tact the Rev. Clark Robb at the church, or phone 3-5234. terested voters -turned out alto gether. In Nashville fewer than 500 appeared; in Memphis, 200, and in Chattanooga, the senator's home town, no more than 100 join ed in the Kefauver rally. Tennessee pollticans view the lethargy as indicating almost total lack of interest in Kefauver as a nerson. or as an indication that no one takes his presidential possi bilities seriously, mere are gooa arguments for both views. The senator's feud with his senior col league, Senator Kenneth McKcllaT, has not endeared him to the Dem ocratic machine in the state. It thrives on a highly refined patron age system, dictated by McKellar and not by Ketauver. Others less politically minded view the constant display of coon skin caps as silly, arguing that anyone in public life who wears one looks only slightly less ludic rous than Calvin Coolidge did In his famous Indian headdress. The fact that Tennesseans yawn at the Kefauver campaign has not discouraged his efforts, however. He has long cloaked himself with the ' liberal" mantle, and it is un der this banner that the senator is trying to recruit a following. Just recently in Washington he lined up a collection of New Deal refugees for advice. Mostly they represent the left-wing Americans for Democratic Action branch the Fair Deal, and all of them yearn for another president who will listen to every , crackpot scheme they can dream up. They're afraid Mr. Truman can't make the grade this November. Just so you U know what kind of advice the Tennessee candidate is seeking, here Is a list of individu als with whom he broke bread on a recent occasion in Washington: Columnist Marquis Childs; for mer OPA Administrator Leon Hen derson; former Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge; Randolph Paul, FDR's one-time fiscal ad viser; Silliman Evans, publisher of the Nashville Tennessean and sponsor of most of the Kefauver rallies in his home state. Since most of these "advisers" were considered political experts during the New Deal days, there can't be much doubt about the kind of administration Kefauver would advocate for Washington if by some fluke he got the presi dential nomination from Im Dem ocrats. Henderson would probably be satisfied with Charles E. Wil son's job at defense production administrator; Childs as White House press secretary- Berge as attorney general, and Paul as Sec retary of the Treasury. And Wash ington wuld again be flooded with the same weird collection of lib erals as swarmed over Washington when Roosevelt took office. This, of course, undoubtedly would in clude the usual quota of Commu nists, since the brand of "liberals" backing the Tennessee senator never are much good at recog nizing a Red when they see one. And Kefauver can ill afford to ignore his home state, since there is at least a possibility that it is going Republican in the 1952 elec tions. Senator Robert Taft is a favorite in tiie state, and now that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is in the race, there may be even more GOP support there. At any rate, lennessee Republicans are busy on Taft's behalf at the pres ent time. In the 6th congressional district on January 4, Republicans at the GOP district convention selected a delegate and alternate to the Republican convention in Chi cago. They may be the first so named for the 1952 convention, and both are instructed to vote for Senator Taft's nomination so long as his name remains on the ballot. And it might be added that when Taft spoke in Tennessee he at tracted a crowd of 1.500 at a re ception and an estimated 9.000 for a speech the same evening. Hear Fulton Lewis Dail On KRNR, 9:15 P. M. (Continued from Pag 1) and everyone was wearing all the clothes he could pile on. ..-..The 27 passengers who suffered nausea and diarrhea from backed - up bu tane fumes were getting along well in their more comfortable quarters aboard the roomette car," Rugged? It certainly is as we of the com fortable, well ordered, abundant in material things modern world know ruggedness. But This present day luxury stream liner is stalled at the summit of Donner pass, at or very near the spot where the ill fated Donner party finally bogged down in the snow after going as far as they could go. Privation? " ' We .call it that in these days. But there is FOOD on the train cold, to be sure, but even cold food will sustain life. And more is on the way. Behind powerful en gines equipped with rotary snow plows, with a good road bed under their wheels. Modern communications carried word of the stalled train's plight almost instantaneously, and help was si a r lea out without delay. ine uonner parly Dogged down in holes in the snow reached by tunnels starUingly like that which Art Hoppe describes. They bundled themselves in all the clothes they had. They ate their remaining an imals ai long as the animals last ed. Then When every dther acrap of food was gone, SOME OF THEM ATE SOME OF THE BODIES OF THEIR OWN DEAD. It was just that stark and grim baclc in those days. Word got across the Sierra to the settlements in California. NOT by radio or by wire. By men on foot. Men of the party who re tained the strength to travel. When help eventually got back, it was the rescuers who were sickened and not by the fumes of bottled gas. They were sickened by the AWFUL sights they saw in those holes in the snow that held all that was left of the Donner party. There were survivors a pitiful few. Nearly all of them were got over the Sierra's summit to the warm settlements in the valleys. Some of these survivors lived to be among the ablest and most use ful of early California's people. It waa thus that the West was built. There are people who tell us the early pioneers HAD IT EASY free land, game In the hills, gold in the gulches, the life of RUey. Rats! Tell the next person who springs that on you to go down to the city library and read up on the Donner party. . AIL- WOMEN'S SHOES Jwkk SHOE DEPARTMENT... MAIN FLOOR ENDING BASKET "The difficulty Is," says Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee, of Port land, "That you can't be a little bit illegal any more than you can be a little bit dead. You are either law-abiding or you aren't." An article about Mayor Lee be gins thusly in the January Ladies' Home Journal. On the opposite page is an article by Erwin D. Canham, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, and a former president of the Newspaper Edit ors Association, which is really a clarion call to the woman reader to DO SOMETHING: "Women will get twice the results if they work inside not outside the politi cal system," says Editor Canham, and he offers concrete suggestions on what to do and how to do it. Mayor Lee,, in a radio speech I heard some time ago, advocated the very same thing: "Begin at precinct level!" She is a perfect illustration of what a woman can do in politics when she sets her mind to it. In the Canham article Mayor Lee is contrasted with Mrs. X, the statewide chairman of some women's organization; one work- Ike To Announce Political Views, Morse Believes By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON W Sen. Morse R.-Ore. said Monday he believes Gen. Eisenhower's basic views on political issues will be well known in advance of the Republican pres idential nominating convention in July. "I think Eisenhower won't be operating in a vacuum between now and the convention," Morse told a reporter. "He will be mak ing statements in broad terms on affairs generally, and I assume ne will use language which will indi cate his point of view." Morse, who is backing Eisen hower for the GOP nomination, declared supporters of rival Re publican presidential candidates were "talking nonsense" in any assertions that the general can't make his position clear on the is sues while still in uniform as com mander of the North Atlantic de fense forces. "If the convention were held next week," Morse said, "I believe Ei senhower would walk away with the nomination." MIRACULOUS HEALING Is NOT For Today Mr. Htnry too c ho that miracles ort rtifc! today to confirm tho Biblt to titabliih, vtrify it. Howovtr, hit rtcenr foilurt to heal -would Indicott tho Biblo to bo untrua or him to bo a fait ttachir, 1 John 4:1. Tho truth it, John lays "thoia things oro WRITTEN that you might boliovo," John 20:30. 31. Tho mttsago then given was confirmed and RECORDED so wo con beliovt. A miracle today would not confirm menage written 2000 years ogoi J. C. CLIFFORD, MINISTER, CHURCH OF CHRIST. 1 1 I J. WW by 1 I II 1-26 j I iMhrns DIVINE HEALING CONTINUES! ot Assembly of God Church, 948 West First Street with Evangelist Wilbur A. Henry WATCH FOR TOMORROW'S ANNOUNCEMENT. CAPACITY CROWDS-COME EARLY FOR A SEAT! lng from the "Inside," the other from the "outside." The writer pays hearty tribute to what wom en's organizations have accom plished, and names some of them: iney are performme prodigies of public betterment throughout the country. Their work is essen tial and it deserves the highest praise." He sketches briefly some of the named groups accomplish ments. "All these good works should continue. But they bear somewhat the same relation to our political problems as the men's service clubs, or, perhaps, the special in terest groups. They are not or ganic. . . "One experienced politican says that if he had about twelve rea sonably intelligent, disinterested and faithful women regularly at tending all township meetings in his county, the whole standard of honesty, selection of candidates, voting and performance would be on an entirely higher level." We American women are urged to begin right where we are "at the precinct level" to add our bit to bettering of home conditions! (i SAY ClANCY, P ID You ACCIDENT ? fNAW, JUNIOR HAS BEEN PUTTING RAZOR BLADES IN NK ' i i wis Picrw Rh SPECIAL .1951 HUDSON Horner 4-door Sedan Demonstrator 1951 HUDSON Super 4-door Sedan, like new $2595 1950 HUDSON Super Club Coupe $1995 1950 HUDSON Pacemaker Club Coupe 1930 1950 HUDSON Pacemaker Fordor Sedan 1945 1950 HUDON Commodore Eight 4-dr. 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