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WHERE DANGER LIES
By Charles V. Stanton
Isn't it rather straps?, when you stop to think about it,
that, though we may have hundreds of lightning fires in our
forests during a summer season, nearly all disastrous fires
are man-caused and, for the most part, preventable? Wouldn't
it be supposed that, when lightning starts so many fires, we
would get heavier losses from that source? Occasionally
fires originating from storms escape and grow. But far more
of the major forest fires start from logging accidents, care
less campers, or smokers.
During the past week we have had scores of lightning
fires in western Oregon. None, however, has been of major
degree. Yet an exploding power saw, a carelessly dropped
match, or an untended campfire may start a blaze that will
destroy thousands of acres of virgin timber.
Perhaps an experienced forester could tell us why man
caused fires so often spread out of control while lightning
fires seldom get beyond a lew acres in size. Possibly it is
because Nature is more predictable than Man. When a
storm strikes a forest area, firefighters immediately are
alerted and are prepared to combat fires before they can
get a good start. Cut Man is unpredictable and there is no
forewarning where his fires may explode. Thus time is lost
in getting men and equipment to the scene.
The fact that man-caused fires usually are far more se
rious and damaging than those originating from natural
causes should impel us tn slop and think. Man-caused fires
are preventable. They result from carelessness, accident or
deliberate incendiarism. We have successfully reduced the
number of fires from each 'of these causes through educa
tion. We still have far to go, however, before we reduce
them to the absolute minimum. We can continue lowering
our annual fire losses so long as public interest and cooper
ation maintain.
Every fire, no matter what its origin, hits us in the pock
etbooks. It destroys materials that should be producing jobs.
It sends potential payroll and profit dollars up in smoke. It
represents loss of potential income tax dollars, while adding
to the burden of direct taxes in equal proportion.
Thus it pays every one of us to act as a fire warden in
helping lessen fires originating from the causes within our
control causes which produce the major disasters.
Television Interest Lacking
We were interested in a recent news item stating that
experimental television programs in Basel, Switzerland,
have been suspended because of a lack of public interest.
A proposal that television be supported by public funds
was rejected when the matter was referred to the people of
the Canton. The project then
mental basis, financed by private capital. After two months
the project has been suspended.
What is television's future in this country?
Surveys indicate that television commands a large au
dience when first introduced into a community. Adult view
ers, however, are inclined to lose interest after the novelty
wears off. Youngsters ren.ain loyal fans.
Television draws tcmendous interest when public
events broadcasts are on the program. The recent political
conventions, for instance, were followed by millions of view
ers. Sports events likewis-e draw large audiences.
To be financially profitable, TV programs must have
commercial sponsorship. Advertising on television is very
expensive. Already somfj firms, which jumped into early
TV sponsorship, report I'dvcrtising costs to be too high in
proportion with business generated.
One Swiss Canton hr.s suspended television. Will the
television set-up in this country fail in like manner? We
doubt it.
Despite the fact that television, according to all reports
we have obtained, is operating at a heavy deficit, there ap
parently is no lack of rA capital. Investors are fighting
to grab available channels in large population centers.
American capital has a way of making things work. Some
method, we believe, will bo found to bring costs more into
line with potential returns. Programming will be improved,
through studies of subject material, anil service will be ex
tended to more people.
We don't expect television backers to give up as easily
in this country as apparently they did in Switzerland,
It's hard to believe that the
tightly rolled little ball about the
aiie of a baseball can ever unroll
itself when placed in a shallow
bowl of water; not only that, but
turn dark green instead of the dry
brownish color it is in tiio store!
"Resurrection plant" Is a good
name for It. We watched ono wo
brought home from the Sealion
Cave as it uncurled its ti'.;htlv
rolled moss-like self, and it did
seem incredible I
At another place I bought some
of this "air plant'1 one sees ev
erywhere now. The salesman said
it "would keep for years and grow.
Lives on air." Well, alter the res
urrection plant's performance I
shall expect to see this air plant
do tricks, too.
The dictionary, by the way, says
that "the resurrection plant is Buy
of several club mosses of the gen
us selaginella. . . whirha. when
dry, close ud so as to resemble a
bird's nest but expand asain when
moistened." One can dry it out
thoroughly and put away "until the
notion strikes one to have it out
gain. Why wouldn't these little
novelties be excellent for a friend
who is able to enjoy such things in
a leisurely way, ono who is In
Or. Friday, Aug. 8, 1952
went ahead on an experi
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bed, for instance. Especially a
child!
I have been enjoying two very
tall slips of angel-wing begonia
which Mrs. II brought one day.
Her own plants grow to the ceiling
in a room where the ceilings are
high. She said she would give me
the next "tops" she had to cut
off and sure enough she did. How
plant-lovers do enjoy sharing! I
shall he glad when 1 can have a
turn at it again. It's one of the
most enjoyable things about gar
dening. Despite this heat all ihe
little slips I set out have somehow
weathered the lack of rain. Dear
me, 1 do wish it would rain.
Wish we might have had pari of
Medford's "inch ot rain" last Sun
day. 1 guess they could hae spar
ed It all right, don't you think so?
This weather is what Calif.irni
his call "vrUKtuakc weath.r!"
There are big cracks in tho dry
ground where 1 have not watered.
It's a mystery to me how 'rings
along the roadside thrive tho way
they do.
Uruguay is the smallest of the
republics of South America.
Fulton
WASHINGTON In addition to using a convicted
criminal to try and prove that
had a colored maid, Alger Hiss,
trial attempted to prove that Chambers wasn t even a resi
dent in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, at the time he said
Hiss visited his home.
The effort failed, just as the
attempt to discredit the maid end
ed in a fiasco.
After months of search just pri
or to the second Hiss trial, work
ing from addresses, descriptions
and an nil painting two decades
old, the Federal Bureau of Invest
igation located Edith Gland Mur
ray, a one-time maid at the Cham
bers home. J. Edgar Hoover, I'M
rrireclor, described the search as
the "finest type of FBI investi
gative procedure." The Murray
woman placed Alger and 1'riscil
la Hiss in the Chambers home
in Baltimore, clinching the gov
ernment's case.
The significant date Is April 1,
1938. Chambers had to be in Balti
more, at the Mount Royal Ter
race Apartments, on that date
or much of his testimony regard
ing his association with Hiss and
the date of his break with the
Communist Tarty could be dis
credited. Hiss says he was not in the
city.
As late as April 12, 1M8, Mrs.
Chambers ordered gas and elec
tric service for the apartment in
Baltimore. Ihe utility company
records in Baltimore were avail
able to the Hiss defense.' Thsy
apparently did not check them.
The FBI did.
On April 1. 1938. Mrs. Cham
bers brought the family car to
a repair shop at Randallstown,
Maryland. This is a suburb of
Baltimore. Repair slips are still
available.
The Hiss defense examined the
files of the headmaster of the
Park School in Baltimore. Other
trial data hinged on an examina
tion of the school files; both the
Government and the defense can
be presumed to have looked over
the records carefully.
Hiss did not submit to the court
two pertinent letters in the Park
School files.
The two letters in Ihe file ar3
from Mrs. Chambers. The first
was mailed from Baltimore on
April 2, 1938. The second indicat
ed in its contents that the family
would bo in Baltimore at least
until April 9, 1938.
One of the documents Cham
bers received from Hiss is dated
April 1, 1938. Hiss contours that
Chambers left the Communist
Party before that date, hence
could not, as a Communist, have
received anything from Hiss at
that time. This Is one document,
out ot hundreds. But the date
thereon was utilized in an effort
to free Hiss from prison.
Chambers testified at both tri
als that the approximate date of
his break with the Communist
Party was April 15. 1938. He made
the estimate on the basis of a
job translating a book for the
Oxford University Press.
Miles J. I.ane. U. S. attorney
who successfully argued against
a third trial for Hiss, states in
his depostion that the "corre
spondence relating to the transla
tion was accumulated by the de
fendant through the services of
Eleanor Kirstein, a former Tass
agent."
Tass was and is the official
Soviet Russian news gathering
agency in me u. s
Nitli this and other Information !
at his official disposal, Federal !
Judge Henry Goddard ruled that
Alger Hiss is not entitled to a j
third trial. The notice of the I
Full Speed Ahead!
iy f$gi
Lewis Jr.
Whittaker Chambers never
in his demands for a third
judge's ruling attracted minor at
tention in the midst of the presi
dential nominating conventions.
It is worth repeating, in sub
stance, however, and worth re
membering in the days ahead.
The propaganda that Hiss was
framed has not subsided.
Judge Goddard ruled;
"The contention of the defend
ant is that he is entitled to anoth
er trial. On the contrary, I am
of the opinion, after a full consid
eration of all the defendant has
offered, that he is not entitled
to a new trial; The defendant has
submitted no proof which would
support a finding by a jury that
the typewriter received in evi
dence at the trial was constructed
by or for Chambers or that the
typewriter was not the original
Hiss machine. There is no newly
discovered evidence which would
justify the conclusion that if it
were presented to a jury, it would
probably result in a verdict ot
acquittal."
Hiss is eligible for parole this
November.
Hear Fulton Lewis Daily
On KRSR, 9:15 P.M.
Year Taken Off
Military Stride
By Steel Strike
WASHINGTON I A Defense
Mobilization report, censored be
fore it was published, says 25 mil
lion man-days of work were lost
in the steel strike, knocking mili
tary production a whole year off
its stride.
The report of President Truman
was maoe by Aciing Delen.-e Mo
bilizer John R. Steelman. who re
leased excerpts Wednesday after
deleting secret data.
Steelman estimated 25 million
man-days of work slipped by dur
ing the idleness of 600,000 striking
steel workers.
Stoppages in stoM-using Indust
ries before the 54-day strike was
settled boosted his total of idle to
perhaps 1.400.000 men.
There were some bright spots,
however, including:
1. The new T-48 medium tank is
now rolling off the assembly line.
2. Total warplane output contin
ued upward, despite the strike.
3. Serious loss of perishable
foods was avoided.
Aside from the military phase of
mobilization, th? report also said:
1. After removal of pr'ce ceilings
from many items, no commodi
ties climbed as high as the ceiling
level.
2. Easy-payment credit reached
a new high of 514.300,000,000.
The report also said that draft
calls, now running about 30.000 a
month, will jump above 50.000 In
October and stay that way until
June 30, 1953.
LICENSE REFUSED
BONN, Germany mi The West
German Economics Ministry re
fused to issue a license Thurs-
day for a 35 million dollar trade
contract between Red China and a
group of German firms drawn up
at the Moscow Trade Conference
last April.
In the Day's News
(Continued from PaEe One)
is caused by the actions of a wick
ed congress that wouldn't heed the
wishes of the President and his
aonoiMive bureaucrats) the Guar
anty Trust Company of New York,
which keeps a price index of its
own, says in its latest bulletin:
"The general level of basic com
modity prices CONTINUED TO
DECLINE during the 30 days end
ing on July 15. The wholesale price
index of this company for July 15
stands at 170.2, .showing a decline
of 1.9 points BELOW the June fig
ur?. This is' the NINTH CONSEC
UTIVE MONTHLY RECESSION
registered by the index."
The report continues:
"The index numbers (of whole
sale prices of basic commodities)
for July and comparable months
are as follows:
July 1951 , 192.7
June 1952 172.1
July 1952 t 170.2
'"Eight of the commodities, in
cluded in the index declined during
the period under review, while an
equal number advanced and six
remained at the levels reported a
month ago."
It is at least worthy of note that
(he bureaucrats who are screaming
about the RISE in prices are poli
ticians who seek to discredit the
congress that wouldn't give them
more power., whereas the Guaran
ty Trust Company, which says
prices have been DECLINING, is
merely seeking to give information
for the guidance of the business
men who are its customers.
I know all this sounds cynical In
the extreme. I don't like to be cyn
ical. I'm deeply ashamed of it. I'd
give anything to be able to feel
otherwise.
But I 'ind I simply CAN'T
swallow ANYTHING that comes
out of Washington and HAS PO
LITICAL ANGLES as this price
business certainly does.
What wouldn't I give for nation
al leadershin that 1 fcan BELIEVE
and TRUST!
But enough of politics. Let's turn
for a moment to Korea.
The temperature rose to 100 on
the Korean front yesterday. Hardly
weather for hard fighting. And yet,
during a 13' u hour period, one ad
vanced post on the central front
changed hands three times. At the
last word, red troops held the po
sition. If you think fighting your way
up a hill under a blazing sun isn't
hot and desperate work, just try
it some time. Add to the heat the
fact that at any moment you may
be, cut down by a commie bullet'
or a splinter from a comr ie shell
or a commie hand grenade.
But our boys over there do It.
Thev do it unhesitatingly. They
KEEP ON doing it.
T ran't heln thinkin? that if we
on the home front would tackle
our problems in the same spirit
that our boys on the fighting front
tackle theirs we'd soon have every
thing running smoothly and effi
ciently. Federal Work Slated
On Savage Rapids Dam
WASHINGTON i Bids are ex
pected to be called next month for
rehabilitation work on the Savage
Rapids Dam near Grants Pass,
Ore., Sen. (illy Cordon's (R-Ore)
office reported Wednesday.
It will be late September or Oc
tober before actual work gets
started. That will be at the end o
the summer irrigation season. Con
gress has voted $700,000 for the
project which the bureau hopes to
have finished before the 1954 irri
gation year.
TAX OFFICIAL QUITS
SALEM Oregon State Tax
Commissioner Robert D Maclean
resigned Sept. 30, to re-enter priv
ate business.
Stevenson Not
Eager For Close
Truman Contact
WASHINGTON I President
Truman said Thursday that every
thing necessary to obtain a Demo
cratic victory will come under dis
cussion when Gov. Adlai Steven
son meets with him and his cabi
net here next week.
He told a news conference the
questions it will include, among
other things, what part he should
take in the campaign.
Since Truman obviously is r'ar
ing to get in some licks at the Re
publicans, Stevenson may find him
self confronted with the difficult
task of suggesting that the Presi
dent take a back seat. The Demo
cratic nominee has been at some
pains to avoid close identification
with the Truman administration.
In a confidential tone, the Presi
dent told the newsmen be would
have supported Barkley for the
Presidential nomination had Bark
ley remained in the race.
(Barkley pulled out of the race
after a group of labor union lead
ers publicly called him "too old."
He is 74.)
Truman went on to say he
thought the convention picked the
best possible men and men
who can be elected.
On other political subjects, the
president:
1. Voiced his support of W. Stu
art Symington for election as Mis
souri senator over' GOP James P.
Kern.
While the President backed State
Attorney General J. E. (Buck)
Taylor in the primary election
Tuesday, he told his news confer
ence he is just as fond of Syming
ton. Tinman said he voted for Tavlor
because he was in a frame of mind
to vote for him. He said Taylor's
defeat did not affect his own stand
ing in Missouri.
2. Said he was glad his frequent!
critic. Gov.- James F. Byrnes of :
South' Carolina, had been con-;
verted. j
This was a reference to the fact
that Byrnes Wednesday urged the
South Carolina Democratic conven-!
tion to back the Stevenson-bpark-man
ticket.
In 1948, South Carolina gave its
electoral vote to a States Rights
ticket running in opposition to Tru
man. Deportation Act
Hits Dad Of Two
U.S. War Vets
BOSTON m A Finish-born
49-year-old mill worker of Wendell,
N.H., who says he signed a Com
munist party membership appli
cation in 1934 because "they told
me they wanted to win a strike in
which 1 was involved" was ordered
deported Wednesday.
Federal Judge Charles E. Wy
zanski Jr. ruled "witn reluctance"
that Carl A. Latva, who signed
the Communist application, paid 50
cents and "never heard from them !
again," must be deported to his
native Finland. I
Judge Wyzanski said that under
the McCarran act he was bound to
uphold the deportation of Latva.
The McCarran act, passed by
Congress in 1950 over President i
Truman's veto, was aimed at sub
versives. Among other things it authorizes
deportation of aliens who have
been members of any organization
advocating violent overthrow of the
U.S. government.
Aliens ordered deported, but who
aren't accepted by their home
land, may be jailed here for six
months.
Latva, whose two sons served in
the U.S. Navy in World War II,
said at his home:
"An immigrant like me ... I
don't know right from wrong be
cause I hadn't been here very long.
Then 20 years later because I tell
the truth they want to break up
my family and take me away from
the country I love."
Latva came to the United States
as a child of 13 from the village
of Pori, Finland and has worked
in New Hampshire textile mills
since he was 17.
In 1941, Latva, who is married
to a native-born girl, filed a dec
laration of intention to become an i
American citizen. j
Eight years later he filed a pe
tition for United States citizenship
which is still pending.
Sen. McKellor Facing
Tough Election Rival
NASHVILLE, Tenn. I Show
ers fell over big portions of Ten
nessee Thursday but election of
ficials said they expect the heav
iest vote in history for the Dem
ocratic and Republican primaries.
Electors will decide the po
litical future of K. D. McKellar, 83-ycar-old
dean of the Senate in point
of service, and Gov. Gordon
Browing, who is out for a third
consecutive two-year term.
McKellar, chairman of the Ap
propriations committee, faces his
toughest opposition in decades in
jn.usr.nM Ren Albert Gore.
' who's Fourth District was elimin
i ated by the state's 1951 redistrict
! ing act.
Demolition Work Begins
For Cow Creek Bridge
The bridge across Cow Creek
near the Glendale Junction on High
way 99 has been closed to traffic,
with all vehicles detoured to the
by-pass at creek-level below. De
molition has been begun in prepar
ation for building the modern steel
span which is planned there.
ERSATZ SNOWBALLS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. W - The
temperature was in the 80's when
an Evansville woman called po
lice to complain that some dovs
had been throwing snowballs at
r.?r house and that one hit her
son.
The copi were skeptical but in
vestigated. They found some boys
had fashioned snowballs from
shaved ice taken from nearby
dairy.
Pirt-Timt Work For OSC !
Student Nets $103,670
OREGON STATE COLLEGE -Students
at Oregon State college
working their way through school
earned a total of $103,670 last year
on jobs secured by the OSC hous
ing ana employment service.
Of the total, $89,520 was cash
actually received and $14,150 rep
resented an estimated valuation
of work for board and room, ac
cording to Mrs. Rose Duthie, hous
ing and employment secretary.
Nearly 1200 men and 160 women
were listed for work by the college
service, Mrs. Duthie reported.
Steady cash-earning jobs were
found for 226 students.
RIOT OVER RICE
. PUSAN I Korean newspapers
reported that 1,000 civilian refu
gees rioted on Koje Island Wednes
day because their rice ration had
been reduced.
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