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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
. Member of The Associated Press . ? ".
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Municipal Needs
Salem's post-war planning committee has
had its initial meeting and plans to hold an
other and more general meeting soon ! when
post-war projects may be discussed. It can per- :
form a useful service in reviewing suggestions
that are made, and perhaps in setting up a pri-
ority schedule for undertaking worth-while
projects. I
For, the city easily first on the' list would be j
the sewage disposal project, for which I bonds
were sold just before war stopped such work
and ended the expected WPA cooperation The
city has $200,000 of the estimated $450,000 re
quired, and some provision would need to be
made for the difference, which originally was
expected to be contributed by WPA. j j
The Salem city hall would stand a remodel
ing. The imposing but forbidding outside steps
might be removed and an elevator installed. This
would make the third floor usable for offices.
The end of the war should see renewal of
paving which has been almost suspended for
over a decade. There are many streets in the
city that are unpaved, where use - and value -now
warrant the expense of the paving improve
ment, and many short stretches of a block or
two which should be paved to close gaps.
There are still some; wooden bridges over
creeks in the city, and probably some sewer ex-
tensions that ought to be made, though these
are minor items.
This includes only municipal projects. The
schools can stand some replacement of buildings,
Washington and Grant schools being antiquated
frame "structures that have served ; their use
fulness. With more growth in high school en
rollment the proposed high school building in
South Salem should go forward.-. .
The total of these projects would not amount
to a great deal in terms of jobs that will be re
quired to provide post-war employment. Pri
vate enterprise will have to step out with broad
expansion. Fortunately : the promising j future
of Salem will justify both public and private
investments on a large scale. ' --.
Arabian. (K) nights ' -
Quite a long way, it is, from Arabia to the
Pacific coast of the United States, many thou
sands of miles, and there would be little busi
ness connection between the two, one might
think. Actually there is, so much so that when
Pririce Feisal, foreign minister and viceroy of,
Saudi, Arabia, and his younger brother Prince
Khalid who are sons of King Adbul Aziz Ibn
Saud of Arabia, came to the United States they
came clear across the continent to San Francisco, '
where they have been welcomed this week.
The connection is in this, that the California
Arabian Standard Oil company holds extensive
I concessions of oil lands in Arabia which the
company is developing in partnership with
King Ibn. Saud. The company is owned 50-50
by the Standard Oil company of California and
the Texas company. You may be sure they
rolled out the red carpet when the princes came
to San Francisco. '" "
The development was proving very profitable .
to the American owners, until the war came.
That gave them a scare and work was pretty
well stopped when the Italians and Germans
were threatening to overrun the middle east.
Now that they have been expunged I as im
. mediate threats, acttvity in the Arabian oil fields
is being resumed. The area included in the;
agreement stretches from the Red sea to the
Persian gulf. i
The agreement with King Ibn Saud provides
. that a considerable portion of profits from oil '
are to go to the education and general welfare
of .the people of Saudi Arabia. Hospitals and
schools are to be built and operated and irriga
tion works installed, with trained advisors fur
nished to assist the Arab farmers develop their
lands.
King Ibn Saud is one of the great rulers of
the Moslem world who emerged after the first
world war he was one of Col. Lawrence's finds.
His family are Whabis or Puritan Moslems who
neither drink nor smoke. What an entertainment
problem that must pose for San Francisco!
At any rate, here is a sample of how small
the world is growing. Fancy meeting Prince'
Feisal of Arabia in San Francisco on a "busi
ness deal! But who knows? -Maybe Standard
will be importing gasoline from Arabia to power
the cars of the future on this coast. I
Price of Victory j -
The Germans are unable to hold the line of
the Dnieper river, and so -relentless: are the
. Russians in attack that the nazis may not be
able to fix a stable defense line short of their
1939 borders. The Russians' victories have come
at a price. For instance, there is the report of
the cracking of the line at the great; bend of
the Dnieper when Zaporozhe was captured. The
Germans had built an anti-tank trench three
feet wide and several feet deep running, a long
distance parallel to the river. Russian tanks
and jeeps were unable to cross this: ditch. Fin
ally Russian soldiers filled the ditch with their
prone bodies and on this human cordwood their
armed vehicles crossed to breach the German '
. line. ; . ,
At the river the soldiers crossed with the aid
of barrels or with floats made of bags filled
with hay. In the face of enemy shellfire they
established and held bridgeheads on the farther '
bank an4 soon cleared a way for the crossing
of their armies "in forc-'-'rHr-
With the excellent Russian generalship and
, this high fighting spirit of the common soldiers
it Is no wonder that the "Hitlerites" are being
driven off the soil of Mother Russia. And with '
the crumpling of the eastern front, the steady ;
northward advance of the allies in Italy, and
the persistent pulverizing of German industrial
cities by. American and British air power it Is'
no wonder; that Hitler holds a second confer
ence in two weeks to review his grand strategy.
Germany is getting past the point where "grand
strategy" will save it.
After Twice Forty - - A. A. Stagg
Appropriately , in view of the maturity of
most members, an army chaplain addressed the
Salem Rotary club last week. . on the theme
"After ForyWhatr v
Citing a convincing array of actual examples,
he blasted the theory that real accomplishment
is forbidden to men past forty. Yet as is typical
of platform expositors in their zeal to make a
point, he overlooked certain imposing "ifs" and ,
"buts." ; ::: ; ;:tt-iV;;i r J "Vl.r f
Brilliant achievement is possible at any age,;
almost so long as the . breath of life persists
if the requisite mental' capability is retained,
including such qualities as alertness, receptive
ness, resiliency and above all, the will to achieve.
After all, really great things seldom are ac
complished with one's muscle, other than those
above the neck. There is to be sure an excep-
' tion if one concedes the achievements hailed
as "great" in the sports page, headlines' actually
to be so. Even there, strategy and cunning and
the fruits of long experience gain recognition,
and" it is said of baseball moundsmen that they,
learn to pitch after they can no longer merely
''throw.' " ... .. 1 ;
That brings us up to the target for today."
Our chaplain friend cited no case of outstanding
achievement after forty in the realm of athlet
ics. But on the sports page each successive Sun
day this autumn, such a case has been emblaz
oned. At age 81, Amos Alonzo Stagg coaches a
football team which through mid-October re
mains undefeated; one moreover representing '
a small westerncollegje which ordinarily boasts
no great 'wealth of muscular material. Well, all
things are changed in wartime; concede that for
once, thanks to the V-12 program, it has the
material. Nevertheless "old man" Stagg is do
ing a job.
That he even has the courage to dare to carry
one, at 81, is remarkable. That he has retained
the alertness, the ability to make adjustment
to new gridiron techniques, and perhaps most
difficult of all, the conviction that winning foot
ball games is important and the enthusiasm es
sential to leadership in such an undertaking
well, it just can't be that Amos Alonzo Stagg is
mentally "old."
Here is, perhaps, the outstanding proof that
one doesn't have to grow mentally "old." Or; if
you don't care for the psychological aspects of
the case, ; you nevertheless will join in recog
nizing that his is an inspiring example and in a
"hats off" to. the grand oldyoung man of the
gridiron. -. '.-
Newss Behind;
The Neivs,
By PAUL MA1XON
WASHINGTON, October 20 Congressional lead
ers are planning to quit November 1 or IS until Jan-
uary, allowing a six or eight week mid-war vaca
tion for themselves. ' ' I
They have been saying nqt very "loudly, of
course) there is little important legislation to -be
handled 'before the big appro
priations bills come up in Janu
ary, and that the trouble with
the country now is, there arc
too many laws.
No more important work
could be done than to have the
members of each congression
al committee assigned to meet
daily from now until January
in search of waste in expendi
tures. Ways and means could
Pai MaiiM so aner we treasury, uie mil
itary affairs after the war department, naval affairs
after the navy, and so on. An earnest effort might
save billions.
Example: The Breakers hotel at Palm Beach,
huge, world-famous hostelry, was taken over by
the war department a year ago at an annual rent
al of $350,000. The rent, of course, was not made
public, nor has any mention been made of the de
tailed use to which the hotel has been put. Excuse
for its acquisition was that it would be used as a
hospital. Now, nearly a year later, approximately
$900,000 has been spent on it, I understand, but
only three floors have been occupied and never
has the place accommodated more than 150 pa
tients. " - ( . V' ; . j " -
The, waste is obvious, colossal, inexcusable. Ev
ery cent of that money could have been saved by
using civil hospital space in that area.
A week ago, the army site board had a meeting
at the Breakers and decided to make this lavish,
rich man's hotel into a permanent army hospital,
although a few miles away at Boca Raton, the
army already is paying $90,000 a year rent for a
project which would make an inexpensive and ideal
substitute. The Boca Raton club has about 400
rooms, spacious grounds on the ocean, low rental,
and is quiet. The army, apparently, always does
things the hard way. f
This incident no doubt can be duplicated a mil
lion times in a million different phases of the war
effort The details of such waste naturally are not
publicized by the army, in fact are covered by sup
posedly military censorship, although no military
information is involved. Only if congressional com
mittees start pursuing inept officials may the truth
be known. v ;; ,
With taxes nearing the endurable limit and re
peated bond drives necessary to raise money for
the vast expenditures (amounting to $227,400,000
a day in September), the necessities of economy as
sume an importance beyond any other pending
.subject. ' F ; k : ' -1 1 i
"f Other duties will be shirked if congress tries to
slip away. Appearance of CIO's Philip Murray
seems to have slowed down or stopped the move
ment for a sales tax, at least temporarily, but some
thing should be done about the present Incompre
hensible tax system. Congress cannot just go away'
and let the tax complexities gather dust on the
committee desk..- -- ,
The question of food subsidies also' must be
straightened out. A compromise settlement between
congress and the administration probably will
have to be made." it j .v-??
The post war resolution is not a matter of dire
necessity, but the senate will have to face it. ;
The lend-lease investigation must be ardently
pursued. .:- ; 'V-;- ! , -
Congress does not lack business, but rather the
wCl tot work out the business It should do. -
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' By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Copyright 1943 by th Associated Press
Made 'From the Tree of Liberty
Today's ffiacflBo IPiregrainnis
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Today's Garden
By i.n.r.m l. biadsen
It seems to me I have been
smelling in the air the burning
of autumn leaves in recent days.
This should not be this year. Re
member we need the leaves for
composts and mulches. Our old
commercial mulches and fertiliz
ers are not as plentiful as they
were in former years. Garden
sanitation should by all means be
practiced, but dont carry it so
far as to destroy necessary
plant-food elements. Most of the
garden refuse, unless you def
initely know it is diseased;
should be composted. It doesn't
; take much space and if correctly
planned, need not be an eyesore
in the garden. ;
Remembed that ; the leaves
from the oaks and nuts should be
composted for such shrubs as
rhododendrons, azaleas and blue
berries, while the apples, the ma
ples and other non-acid produc
ing foliage can be used on any
part of the garden.
- When r removing your house
plants from the outdoors to the
window garden position, inspect
them carefully for insect or dis
ease infestations. Careful and
regular attention to these con
trols from now on will prevent
serious infestations in spring.
Now is the time to pack sum
mer sprays in tight containers
and store in a dry place above '
freezing for next year's use. Ac-
curate labeling Is, of course, es
sential, it may seem that there
was plenty of man :i of these '
spray materials this past season
and we may think there will "be.
plenty next year. But almost ev- -cry
shopping trip reveals a sur
prise L in missing; articles. This
week I had my surprise when I
learned that yard goods was lim
ited In amount purchased. It Is
Just as well to save the sprays
and other materials you have on T
hand. As I said before, this war,
if It has no other good results,
may teach us to be frugal, aome
thing in which we americahs can
stand a little teaching.
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Youth Indicted
For Two Murders
PORTLAND, Oct. 2H3J-Two
first degree murder Indictments
against Robert Myers, 18, went on
record here today.-
The youth Is accused of the
ambush slayings of Julius Ola v
sen, 68-year-old farmer: and his
housekeeper,' Annie B. orglund,
67, In an attempt to get Olavsen's
pistol and become a holdup man.
Walden Dfllard, district attor
ney, said Myers has confessed.
'Copfnin Quiz'
, - PRESENTS
Zlnizlrj Feck
This Morniaj and Every
Thursday ilorninff ,
: at 7:33 A- XL
1ZZ0 He.
L
' Events along the whole length
'of the Hitler's "blood wall" de
fense front on the Dnieper are
- moving at a pace that makes
possible within days or even
hours a greater nazi military
, catastrophe than ; Stalingrad.' i'
As Moscow pictures the situ-
-. - ation in the south, and it Is un-
denied by Berlin, a powerful
segment of the nazi army is vir
. tually trapped in the upper el
bow of the Dnieper bend. .The
principal westward. escape route
was cut by Russian capture of
Pyatikhaka junction, 70 miles
west of Dnepropetrovsk; '"'".The.
single remaining rail connection
: for round-about supply or flight
.from, the closing trap is in dead
ly danger.
The , Russians are a ' bare 20
miles from that line, cross-country,
and less than 50 miles from
ttje Krivoli rail hub. Its fail
- would isolate not only the whole
Dnieper ben d, but Inevitably
force nazi retreat from the Mel-'
- ttopol front south ef the bend,
- and from the fcrimea.- :.
There was no attempt In Ber
lin to minimize the extreme gra-
vity of the situation. On the con
: trary, nazi censors permitted
: Swedish correspondents in Ber
lin to describe Tuesday for their
papers as "the blackest day since
the war started' for Germany.
; "Even the most optimistic
German hesitates now in view
ing; what is going to happen,
one dispatch added. ; .
The Stockholm advices added
that there was growing specula
tion there as to whether there
might not be more behind the
latest conferences between
Adolf; Hitler and the nazi lead
ers than officially announced."
That seems Justified. It Includ
ed leading German "personal
ities civilians as well as mili
tary; but it was summoned, the
semi- official DNB announce
ment said, "By the chief of the
high command.'
Field . Marshal General Wil
helm Keitel holds that post. He
represents the old German army
officer caste, not the nazi ele
ments of the army. That may
prove significant- It could indi
cate, coupled with the amazing
. action of the nazi censors In
passing the gloom-filled , Berlin
dispatches to Stockholm papers,
a beginning of the eliinination of
Hitler and Hitlerism . from the
German scene by action of the
old-guard military . oaste.
That Is obviously hinted at In
me Stockholm comment on the
news from Berlin. There has al
ways been speculation , in Loo
don and , in Washington as. to
'what the German generals
might do if they became con
vinced : as military realists . not
only that . victory or even a ne
gotiated peace was Impossible,
but utter defeat assured unless
Hitler and all he represents in
Germany was unhorsed as was
Mussolini In Italy.
It seems fantastic that Ger
many has yet reached that point.
As the record stands, however.
It - seems that German public
opinion Is being: prepared for
something on the basis of bad
newg ! from the - Russian front
Just what that something is re
mains to be seen but it might
prove an attempt to: make a sep
arate peace with ' Russia , If she"
could be satisfied by removal of
Hitler and his whole regime and
a German retirement within old
borders on the east.
This is mere guess-work. It
has no other foundation than the
Berlin reports to the Swedish
press and the fact that so far as
known the Anglo-American al
lies do not now know Russian
views as to future treatment of
Germany or as to Russian west
ern frontiers after the victory.
That and many ; other matters
are presumably under discus
sion now in the Hull-Ed en-Mol-otov
conversations in Moscow.
If there is brewing In Ger
many, because of a year of un
broken military defeats, some
sort of a political upheaval de
signed to end hostilities in the
east, it will put Russian-allied
commitments riot to make peace
without Joint discussions to' a
test that could change the whole
aspect of the Moscow conference
overnight '
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WD COOLS
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sailors through the USO, (the
two USO clubs In Salon which
are good samples of the type of
work done for service men); the
United Seamen's Service for aid
', to merchant seamen; and War
Prisoners' Aid which sends sup
plies, including books, athletia
equipment etc., to war prison
ers to supplement the meager
subsistence they get from their
captors. f
Next is United Nations Relief
which includes the recognized -relief
agencies of 12 allied coun
tries. Russia and China receive
the largest portion, with Great
Britain, Poland, Greece, Jugo
Slavia and other occupied lands
receiving lesser amounts.
Under the head of Refugee Re
Jief are two organizations, Re
fugee - Relief Trustees and US
Committe for the Care of Euro
pean Children. These organiza
tions give some assistance to the
thousands - of refugee families
and war-orphaned children who
have been set adrift in Europe.
A substantial contingent fund
of over 12,000,000 enables the
governing board to increase al
lotments to different sections as
needs may increase. The money
will be on hand to furnish me
dical supplies, food and cloth
ing, particularly for children, in
lands as 'fast as they are re
claimed from the enemy.
- The total sum of $125,000,000
may look like a large amount
Really It is a little less than $1
per capita. In 1918 the budget
for the United War Work cam
paign which financed seven
agencies corresponding to our
USO was $140,000,000 and was
raised in the period Nov. 11-18,
after the armistice. The present '
campaign Is for 17 agencies in
cluding all the agencies for war
relief in the allied,, nations, and
Is for a 14-month period.
This consolidated campaign is
economical, done almost entirely
by volunteers, so the money can
go for the real work for which
it Is Intended. With a full under
standing of the purpose and
scope of the welfare and relief
work undertaken, and of the re
sponsible organization handling
the funds, the people can contri
bute without hesitation and with
a real feeling of satisfaction that
they are sharing in a great hu
manitarian enterprise.
Around Oregon
" By the Associated Press
John E. Davis, 22, who Detec
tive Clyde X. Sanders said had
cashed worthless checks in Port
land by claiming to be a Flying
Fortress pilot, was charged with
impersonating an officer;, deser
tion, and obtaining money under
false pretenses . . ; ,
The war food administration
(WFA) elevated the potato to be
come the week's victory' food se
lection, and urged Oregon families
and restaurants to help out scarce
storage facilities by buying their
winter's supply .... A student
war council was appointed at Ore
gon State coljege " to coordinate
bonds sales, salvage, and other
war activities '
John R. Roberts. 34-year-old
semi-pro baseball player In Ore
gon, was killed in a truck-car col
lision near Mulino . v . In Port
land, police investigated what ap
peared to be the hit-run death
of Raymond W. Botsford, 55 ,
Clackamas county housing au
thority, took charge of construct-
ing 40 temporary housing units at
Molalla for loggers . . . Civilian
enrollment at the University of
Oregon rose to 1355 women and
365 men a total 220 beyond the
anticipated 1500 students ...
The Oregon Journal predicted
a sauerkrautless winter for ci
vilians now that the commercial
supply is frozen, claiming that
growers f are feeding cabbage to
stock or allowing it to rot in the
fields rather than market it at
present ceiling prices . . . Girls at
Oregon State college invaded an
other male field by running for
the student body office of "yell
king-...
The Rocky Point postoffice, on
upper Klamath lake, was razed by
fire of undetermined origin . . .
Dr. Will H. Aufranc, Portland, was
named director of Oregon's vener
eal disease control program . ...
The state liquor control com
mission said that 241,000 of the
550,000 outstanding liquor per
mits had been validated by Octo
ber 16, and predicted that a total
of 400,000 would be validated by
the month s close ...
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