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: "No Favor Sxvayt 17; No Fear Shall Awe"
- From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor arid Publisher
Member of the Associated Press t
' The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to tha use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Where the "West Begins i
The conference of western republicans at Salt
Lake City which was advertised as one in which
the western states would unite to drive for re
gional recognition adjourned with little ac
complished toward that end. Mr. Tickle, the
California state chairman is quoted as referring
to the 11 western states as the "orphan child"
of the federal government and as demanding
for the west a "place in the sun." Clarence
Buddington Kelland, Arizona's contribution to
the national committee and erstwhile pub
licity man for the committee proposed: ; "We
ought to demand dominion status for the 11
western states and acquire the privilege of
'sending an ambassador to Washington." ;
All of which strikes us as smart-alecky. Cer
tainly it is not based on facts. The west has its
place in the national sun and not in the sunset
either. Study war contract allotments, and the
west, especially California, has been generous
ly favored. The coast has had all the business
could, handle.
In the matter of public expenditures for re
clamation, the act limits the expenditures to
the public land states of the west. In the dis
tribution of road funds the west is likewise' fa
vored because of iU long mileage and its area
in public ownership. The west has received
such great investments as Boulder, Bonneville
and Grand Coulee dams. Eastern states are
highly critical of federal bounties to the west.
As far as representation in the government
is concerned the west had a fine man in as pre
sident, Herbert Hoover, and every one of the
western states voted against his reelection.
The distribution of senators favors the thinly
populated states, many of which are in the west.
This business of waving a sectional flag is
sorry stuff. The south cries around over, freight
rates, and even insists on wallowing in its own
mire of political and economic discrimination.
. The west should attempt a cry-baby stunt. The
facts will not bear out the wails. If we start
such political provincialism we will have to
change the song: "Out where the west begins"
and Add a few verses that here dwell the tender
feet, the whiners and moochers. We ought not
to get in that class.
fio Betting Tax
One of the most .powerful : "monopolies" in
the country is the pari mutuel betting or
ganization. Its power in our own legislature
is well known. Recently it persuaded the sen
ate finance committee to cut out the federal
tax on pari mutuel betting which would have
yielded over 27 millions of new revenue to the
government. So while jewelry and theatre ad
, missions, stage fares and telephone charges can
be assessed higher taxs the gamblers at the
country's race tracks must go scot free of any
federal tax.
The race' meets generally managed to sur
vive even under orders for saving of tires and
gasoline. The "statistics show that the "take"
of pari mutuel operations is higher than ever
before as the flush-pursed public crowds the
races to get action on its money.
In eastern and southern states the state gov
ernments derive a considerable portion of their
revenues from a cut in the pari mutuel re
ceipts. In 1942 even governors were worried
lest this source of income be curtailed. Pro
bably the pari mutuel pack used the governors
in this emergency to head off federal taxation.
While the states do share in the money staked
by bettors, the operators of the pari mutuels
derive enormous profits.
Under the new law, whiskey, which costs
about 60 cents a gallon to make, will bear a
federal tax of $9. The state adds its toll ei
ther in tax or profit. Tobacco is likewise very
heavily taxed. But no federal tax is levied on
pari mutuel betting. It is hard to explain this
tax discrimination among vices, unless one
knows the strength of the pari mutuel organization.
I MAY AE
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Freedom of Trespass
In a case in his court Federal District Judge
James A. Fee upheld the ancient right of a per
son to traverse undeveloped country. This se
cures to the public a cherished privilege. In the
west particularly where farm land merges into
woodland and mountainside, the ruling is im
portant. Protection against trespass is all right
for settled country, though even there posting
is necessary to bar those who would cross the
land; but in the open country beyond the
fence-lines, in forests and mountains, that
country remains free for humans to traverse
as for animals.
The decision was rendered in a suit by the
administrator of the estate of a person who was
electrocuted by coming in contact with live
wires on mining property as she was gathering
mushrooms there. Judge Fee ruled the person
had a right to go on the property and that the
company. was negligent. in failing to maintain
its wiring properly and so was liable in the
suit.
Our Oregon beaches are public property and
the public has freedom of access and use of
these beaches, which is not the case in many
states. Judge Fee's ruling ensures freedom of the
wilds to the public also. There are many people
who fight for just that sort of freedom. May
be it can be smuggled in with the. other four.
Unity Against Hitler
Great Britain and the1 United States moved
first to throw their weight in favor of Gen. Tito
and his partisans in Yugoslavia by announcing
they were giving him the larger share of military
supplies rather than Gen. Mihailovitch, , the
"regular" commander, on the ground that Tito
was doing more fighting of the axis. Thus is
averted a threatened split in support, with the
western allies favoring Mihailovich and Russia
favoring Tito, whose partisans are reputedly
pro-communistic. If a showdown has to come, it
is deferred until after the war when the whole
problem of Yugoslavia's internal organization
will have to be decided.
By moving first the western allies saved loss
of face by trailing Russia or open competition
by preferring Mihailovich. This of course does
not settle the issue, but it does keep first and
foremost the single objective of unity in fight
ing the no. 1 enemy, Hitler.
When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'
Today's tadSo Progiramnis
Radio Reporter Returns
Charles Collingwood, CBS correspondent in
London and later in North Africa, whose broad
casts were highly informative during the early
days oMhe invasion of French Africa, is back
in this country. Interviewed on the radio the
other night he reiterated his view that the
United States represenatives played along too
long with the Vichyite French in North Af
rica, and as a result, he says, the United States
has lost much prestige throughout the region.
Now our representatives are trying to retrieve
their ground and we have somewhat better
relations with the Free French committee at
Algiers.
DeGaulle, he says, unquestionably has the
support of the majority of Frenchmen. The
committee functions, and the government it di
rects is by no means a one-man show. ;
Collingwood's comments, coming from one
who lived through the period from, the first
landings up to victory in North Africa, are in
teresting because they reveal his now-seasoned
opinion respecting the American diplomatic ad
venture in dealings with the French. It is al- ?
tpgether probable that the widespread public
criticism altered the direction of subsequent
diplomacy, because the Secretary Hull of Mos
cow was quite different from the Hull of 1 942.
Rumor Rate
If you want to see how fast a rumor tra
vels read this AP item:
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 13-(P-A roundabout
report' reaching here today through Ankara
and Budapest said President Roosevelt -had
conferred yesterday at Gibraltar, with Gen
eral Franco of Spain and Premier Antonio
Salazar of PortugaLV : j
From Gibraltar to. Ankara to Budapest to
Stockholm to the USA; and probably the yam
was false io start with. Only Radio Vichy is
needed . to complete the TVichous" circle. '
I:
Different people-have different defense me-
does most of the talking, .thus preventing his
interviewers "from driving home their appeals;
President. Coolidge took a different tack. While
really a somewhat talkative -person among in-
as president, and rarely spoke when inter
viewed. In that way he avoided committing .
himself. Each person develops his own system.
Art Perry in Medford M-T remarks that
since his ousting "Benito Mussolini has had
about everything but the earache and fallen
arches." But what about the arche de triumphe
for the grand entry into Cairo for Christmas
dinner a year ago?
Interpreting
The War faews
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Tne nazi iront in the Dnieper bend cracked dan
geiousty wiiu iUiSiaa recap .cue oi caeiKasy, last
nazi mer-bank rampart impeding progress of tne
noitnein jaw of the red army driving to entrap
the nazis southeast of Kiev.
Whether taken by storm, as Moscow indicates,
ui , v . -. as iieiMin
cUumtu, uie ivsun is tne ame lor uie uivaaers. i ne
nazis are tonlronied with a swiit reUeat irom tne
vvnoie urueper puueau to save some remnants of
forces still deployed there or an equally swilt
soilt of forces irom the Kiev bulge io bolster tne
Uneaieiiea iront in Uie bend.
For the nazi higa command retreat from the
Daieyer oena wouia involve abandonment of tne
nai army an eauy trapped in tarn Crimea. Yet
v. .. ..ui Ui ituws num tne Kiev bulge front
to prop the tottering deiense line in the bend would
i. . li ieatci' uisaier.
ieapue .Russian wiuuuawal at liadomsyl 60
mues wet ox Kiev, toere seems to be little possi
bility tnat tne German coumer-oiiensive against
tne nucuu southwest, segment of tne wide ana deep
Huisian salient west of Kiev will acnieve any
tacucal or strategic success. Uemua admission of
11U-..OU uuiacucu upe oriy vo tne south at Cher
kasy is aiso an acKnowledgemeat that Soviet troops
m t.ie ixiev ouige orougai tu a nalt tne biggest nazi
counter attack since Uie reireat from tne volga be
gan. mat is a repeuuon of what happened in the bat
tle of the Kursk salient montns ago. It is a sure m
cucauou uiat wuaiever xuissian leiniorcements were
sent into uie oatue or uie Oulge, tney were sent
tneie ior oiiensive not neiensive purposes. xvni tnat
ouensive, aimed at the communicauons jugular vein
of tne whole German right uank in Russia, has now
Lctt-ui to ion.
It seems clear tnat to find troops and equipment
to maintain tne unsuccessful Kiev bulge counter
oiiensive ior weeKS, nazi generals were lorced to
thin out tueir lines to the soutneast. i. ney are pay
ing Uie price for tnat in the loss of Cnerxasy, and
tne ever mounting Russian tnxeats to Krivoi Rog
and Ku-ovograd, tne bastions whicn are the keys
to tne nazis' escape irom Uie Dnieper bend trap.
To put it in another way, tne nazi offensive
agan tne iviev ourge, unoet taken both to safe
guard threatened major commumcations witn tne
south Hank in Russia and to ease pressure od the
tones wugnt m jlou potential river bend , trap,
is boomerang i ng na lact rf H1r-S8 as a diversion
ary eiiort is cunironong its .mfirt witn crucial
uecisious una cannot -ne noag delayed.! i
They must soon sacrifice some part of ihesouth
ern uuut w v iu mt -or -xiac m total military
disaster in southern .Russia at tha wry Tnoment
tne M eneran Ruasian-aUitid war council uaa warned
them of coming attacks not only in tne east lout also
in toe south and west. "By every xule of iniutary.
logic their answer would be .to man defensively
against Russian attempts to expand the Kiev bulge
southwestward, and meanwhile pull ut of the
Dnieper bend under desperate rear guard pro
u tection to stand behind the Bug river, or even the
Dniester.
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FIRST WHITE CBUD
Amity, Ore.
Dec 11, 194 J
To the Editor:
In the Statesman of Decem
ber 10 appeared a news item
under a Walla Walla dateline
telling of the death of Leander
Kirk, and claiming that he was
the first white man born in
Oregon, giving the date of his
birth as 1847. I claim this is
an error. I had a half brother,
Alonzo Umphlette, who was born
January 9, 1847 at Knox Butte.
He was thought to be the se
cond white child born in Linn
county. Marion Crabtree, son of
Fletcher Crabtree, has the dis
tinction of being the first white
child born in what is now Linn
county in 1846. When Mr. Kirk
was born, Jane Earl Umphlette,
mother of Alonzo, died at the
birth of her son. She was the
first white person to be buried
in what is now Linn county, ac
cording to C H. Stewart, his
torian of Albany. Her grave is
in Meeker's Gap, now ;- called
Millersburg. I believe overlook
ing . the t busy,; Pacific highway.
Mrs. ' Charles Alexander in an
- article in the Oregonian also gave
her death as the first white
person to die in Linn county.
" If 1847 is the correct year of
Mr. Kirk's birth it is reasonable
to think that he was not the first
child born in Oregon, a there
had been a heavy immigration
to Oregon before that year, be
sides the missionaries who were
already here. Let's keep the re
cord straight.
- John M. , Umphlette
Amity, Ore.
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become f soiled and insanitary,
and after a few weeks the re
quirement were, lifted. Whether
the masks did any 'good or not
is difficult to say At least they
have never been revived for
popular wear. y...
Since 1918 research Into the
source and treatment of influ
enza has been continuous. The
cause is traced to a virus so
minute that it passes through the
porcelain filter of the bacteri
ologist. f Treatment for preven
tkm and cure is still in the test
ing stage, with sulfa compounds
now the iavorite remedy, as in
the case of certain streptococcic
infections lke pneumonia. There
has been a favorable report on
a nasal spray developed by
University of California doctor
In cooperation . with the navy.
But uniformly . doctors -prescribe
rest as the first essential in com
bating the disease, y y
Will there be a general epi
demic of influenza or other dis
ease accompanying or following
this war? . That is hard to say.
The present Influenza attack is
"in mild form, not different from
peace-time flu. Thus far typhus
has n o t caused" very serious
damage among armies or civil
ians. The general- incidence of
disease is probably higher than
before the war, especially in oc
cupied ; countries. For instance
"Netherlands Newi" (r o m
sources within The Netherlands
reports increase in cases of boils
attributed to "the complete lack
of soap." A Rotterdam paper re
ported "a veritable plague of lice
among the city's children," dif
ficult to combat because of lack
of soaps. And we always think
of the Dutch housewife as the
soul of cleanliness! The News
further reports the greatest epi
demic of diphtheria on record
and an increase in number of
cases of scarlet fever.
The allied countries have been
spared serious epidemics. While
there is no reason to predict a
serious epidemic merely because
they have occurred in former
wars, it is not at all impossible
for some virulent form of disease
to arise and spread. There i is
every reason for people to guard
their own health, to keep them
selves physically fit. They should
treat promptly with rest and
suitable medicines such ailments
as the common cold which often
is merely preliminary to more
serious illness. This obligation is
the more serious because of the
shortage of doctors and nurses
and the heavy burdens on hos
pital facilities. Care in diet,
avoidance of physical exhaus
tion, suitable exercise will help.
though germs are noted for be
ing no respecters of persons.
Today's Garden
By "1-IK U AIADSJM
F. R. C. has asked for "the
names of six nice single" roses.
Perhaps the best known is
Dainty Bess, but recently when
I visited a rose grower he told
me that he was dropping this
variety and in its stead carry
ing Kathleen Mills as the best
pink single rose. It has ten petals,
wavy and of very heavy satin
finish. The petals are pink edged
with wine-rose. It is fragrant
and of immense size. . '
I still like the Dainty Bess with
Its dark stems.
Innocence is a twelve-petalled
"rose of a delicate peach, opening
into a big showy bloom centered
with golden stamens."1
Lulu has one of the finest buds
in any rose. It is a salmon pink.
Cecil Is the finest yellow sin
gle rose. '
Another good yellow is the
sulphur colored Mutabilis.
' Sunday Best is crimson with
a snowy white eye. This last Is
a semi-climber. - '
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Anniversary
Of First Plane
A petition 1 to Orville j Wright
asking that he permit jhisj world's
first successful f flying machine"
which has been resting 'for the
past 12 years in ! a museum at
South Kensington, I England, to be
returned "to this countr after the
war, is to be signed lere today
by pilots, co-pilots, s ewardesses
and maintenance work rs of Unit
ed Air lines. ;. " - '; t !:
The petition, which rill be pre
sented to America's o iginal air
man, is to be signed as part of
Unixed's observance today of the
40th -anniversary of Wilbur t and
Orville Wright's first pight Jn' a
power-driven airplan at Kitty
Hawk, NC- ! ; j ' !
The petition, which v. ill bear the
signatures of hundreds of United's
personnel along its i ntire $300
mile system, reads:
WHEREAS: we, the pilots, co
pilots, stewardesses, an 1 mainten
ance men and women of United
Air lines owe so i mu :h to j you,
Orville Wright, and yoi ir late bro
ther Wilbur, for the ireless ex
perimentation and research which
today makes aviation tftfc powerful
economic, social and m litary force
that it is, and ' y " i;
WHEREAS: ye revt re the tra
ditions and heritage 3f aviation
in these, United States and i
' WHEREAS: your po ver - driv
en flying machine which fiijst; flew
at Kitty Hawk on December 17,
1903,! and, which no tr rests in
England, is tangible p -oof of this
nation's role in pioneer ng aviation
40 years ago, and 11
WHEREAS: we belie ve this air
plane should be enshrined in these
United States rather than in a for
eign land -. ;! ,
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, be
lieving our sentiments will be '
shared by all those En aviation
as well as by the public gener
ally, respectfully I petition: '. That
you grant your permission to have
man's first successful, power-driven
airplane returned to this coun
try when peace again domes to the
world. '. ; 1 Li I -
Salem Hig
Students Enter
Science Search
Margaret Jane Emmbns, George
Frum and Jerry Leedi took apti
tude tests Saturday at Salem' high
school which may put khem in the
running in Westinghodse's annual
science talent searchl" Examin
ations were given under the direc-
high school
r- ii i
ng in these
tion' of June Philpott,
science instructor.:
Forty students lead
examinations will be sent to Wash
ington, DC, to attend the science
talent institute for five days and
to take ; final examinations, j Sub
mission of 1000-wardl essays is a
portion of the preliminary exam
ination.
Winners, one 'boy and one girl.
will receive $2400 scholarships for
four-year training courses; eight
$4h0 schol
ional $3000
in smaller
! :1:
others will be awarded!
arships, while an addi
will be distributed
scholarships. i
In 1942, Alan Voigjt of Salem
was awarded one1 of
Washington where he
first j alternate, j Bob
awarded an honorable
1943.
Marks' Condition
Said Improved
PORTLAND. Dee.
Condition of Wlllard
state beard ef higher;
president and Albany attorney
he trips to
placed as
Bisbee was
mention in
L. Marks.
education
who , collapsed at a
sioa ; yesterday, waa
Improved today at
here. '!.. i
board jses-
reported
hospital
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Mr. PtH-lc f n Snklr
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o Ideologists
The Georlogical sodiety, meet
ing Thursday night at
in Collins hall on the!
university campus, will hear Dr.
Morton . Peclc, ! curator of the
Willamette herbarium
professor of biology
versity here, lecture oA plants and
parts of Oregon seldom seen
8 o'clock
Willamette .-
and former
at the : unl-
8 40 Music. i
8 :30 Music. '
30 News. -
:45 Evening MediUtions.
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