PAGE roust Hie OSSGOXI STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning. Mar 1944 'No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shan Awe", From First Statesman, March 28, 1U1 ' THE STATES5IAN PUBLISHING COMPANY . CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and , Publisher Member of the Associated Press - ' r The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of ail 'newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspapers Excess Housing Some time ago the question was raised in this newspaper whether they were not overdoing the building of. housing ,in the Portland area. Some days ago it was announced that one of the great dormitories built by the government at a cost of nearly $5,000,000 was being closed for lack of tenants, and now the executive di rector of the federal housing authority 1n Port land says that more' than 3000 of the 18,578 war hrnise are mntv. Tfnvr it' is TJrrrnosed to open these houses to. the general public. , This is just another case of poor planning and overdoing the job which has been seen so of ten in government management The country over there are messes like this, only ; some of them worse, which will have to be cleaned up. .This waste not only is a drain on .the taxpayer, but also damages one's , confidence in his govern ment. Of course the excuse "this is war" will DC Uiiercu, out uia u auieaujr u w 5 uucu- bare. There are just too many Canol projects for the people to swallow them all without gagging. . . I ! - Two for One f it isn't clear to Mr. Average Citizen why two , congressional investigations of the Montgomery Ward seizure are in order. ; The senate has al ready voted for one, and now the, house orders one for itself. Surely one: would be enough, ' and since the senate was first in the field, the job might well be left to its committee. .. While the terms of the approving resolutions were broad, the type of investigation will de- . pend very much on the ability and the slan of the investigating, committees. Too many times these committees begin with fixed opin ions and sort the evidence or the witnesses or manage the hearing in such a way Is to warp the hearing and impair the quality of its findings. - The Ward case is one which by virtue of its KSLX MBS SUNDAY -I3M Ks. 130 Sunday Prelude. SAO Wesley Learue. I -20 Vote ol Prophecy. AO Radio Bible Clan. ' :30 Lutheran Hoar. - - . r 10.-0O Glen Hardy. New. -10:15 Voices from Southland. 1030-Bobby Hookey.. . II .-00 American Lutheran . Church. 11:00 War Commentary. -12:15 Voice of the Farmer. 13:30 Dr. Floyd Johnson. 1 AO Sympbonl Swing. 1:30 Young People's Church. jwi-voice vx ncnorauon. 1 3 AO Wins of Healing. 330 Foursquare Church. "i 4 AO-Old Fashioned Revival. . S. -00 Mediation Board. - 5 :4S Gabriel Heattec. 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U:45-Orch. . , 115 News.- 13 A AO jun.. efuslA and Rennie of Benton Few men who have served in the state legis- , lature in recent sessions had the solid respect and confidence of the public and of his fellow members as did Alex Rennie who represented Benton county in the house for five sessions and who passed away in Corvallis Friday. His was a case where the office sought the man; for he had wanted to retire several times, but was prevailed on by his loyal constituents and ad mirers oyer the state to return. He was a candi . date and unopposed this year. Rennie's chief service j was on the ways and means committee, where he and Senator Dean Walker really saved the state when its finan cial situation was precarious. Conservative as was his constituency in Benton county, Rennie helped to keep Oregon on an even keel. At the same time he was interested in the state insti tutions and desirous that-the wards of the state be well cared for. His passing is a great loss to the state.1 : . ' ' v - XXX BM SUNDAY-lift Ka. 00 Your War Job. 1 .30 Dr. Ralph Walker. MS Seagl and Trinity Choir. AO Builders of Faith. - 30-fessaj e of XsraeL 10 AO John B. Kennedy. 10J5-News. i t .... 10 30 Music I " prominence calls for investigation, both as to 11 so-serenad Tropical. -' the facts in the case as fat as the government iio-Hot cW' agencies are concerned and as regards the la- 1 Perc Fua'Vaiiey. bor policies of the company. Legal and consti tutional questions will be passed on by the courts in pending cases. But the, investigation should be complete and it should be lair. If the committee is loaded with new dealers -they may want to 4tryM Avery;! if it is loaded with anti-new dealers they may want to "try Rooset velt. The public is interested in an impartial inquiry which reveals all f the pertinent facts and offers opinions based on the facts. In this ' explosive case however the public may, as off ten, fail to get what it wants. , The British raj, the government of India, has released Mohandas K. Ghandi because of his ill health. He is probably tooill to stir up trouble, and the government doesn't want to have him die on their hands. Meantime if it wasn't for the British and; loyal Indian armies the Japs would be overrunning India; and what would they do to Ghandi and his kind? People with incomesunder $5000 a year are promised, a simpler tax returnbut no lower taxes, j j ' ; Dnterpretihg The War News- 7 ( By KIRKE L. SIMPSON' ' : CopyrUht W4 by the Associated Pret Invasion jitters running rampant through Hit lerized western Europe from "Norway to the Franco-Spanish border this weekend stirred nazl con jecture that mid-May will see the crisis reached at last and the battle joined. j The tides in the North sea and the English chan nel would seem best suited about then to the-great Hied adventure that could end the war in Europe this year. Other factors such as weather portents ' which could govern the actual allied jump-off from Britain are not down in the books for all to ' read.? . . Halfway, around the earth, however, under the shadow of the towering Himalayas' in northeastern India and northern Burma, there is no doubt as to the significance of the mid-May season, no longer any question as to what its wet, windy approach must mean to aid the allied cause against Japan. The southwest monsoon can be timed like a rail road train once its first gusts sweep across the Bay of Bengal, to eventually crash against the Hima layas' and let loose deluges. ' That is due to happen by May 15. With the mon ' soon onset, frustrated Japanese invaders of India will be cut off from their upper Burma bases end escape routes by flooded rivers and valley quag mires. Their fate seems sealed even now. J . Allied armies on the Ixnphal plain in India are reported on the attack eastward. The great railks will no doubt impede their pursuit of the foe into Burma through sodden jungle tracks. But suh -of the estimated three-division army as . inaJces Its escape to the Irrawaddy can be in no shajpe to cope with allied forces pioneering the Ledo suip ply rout to it, junction1 with the old Burma road to China.- -' - I ---- , : -- 1 30 World ofj Sonc. SAO Mary SmaU Revue. S-JO Musical Steelmaker. S.00-adio Bail of Fame. 4 .AO Music. I i as Be Alert i I - . -' 45 Dorothy Thompson. 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S:1S Catholic Hour 3:49 Between the Lines. 4 AO Jack Benny, j 430 Band Wagon. 455 Tom Roddy, News. AO Charlie McCarthy. 530 One Man's Family. AO Manhattan Merry -Go-Round. 30 American Album of ' Familiar Musie 1 i T AO Hour of Charm. 30 Bob Crosby Co. AO The Great .Gildersleeve. 30 Symphonv "Hour.. 930 Lands of th Pre. 33 Musical Interlude. 14 AO News Flashes. . 1 0 :1 5 Pre-Induction Panel. 1030 Symphonette. 11 AO St Francis Hotel Orchestra. 1130 War News Roundup. UA0-SA0 ajn. smg Shift. Editorial Common ;;' From Oth Papers .. . TnE 1bcAKTinjsl disclaimei; ,: The . 1944 presidential campaign may go down in history as the one in which none ot the candi dates ran. The two top ranking, favorites,! FPH and Tom Dewey, arent running. Willki was tWit. Isn't now, Stassen isn't, though he would if draft ed, Brlcker is. running but doing it on treadnill, and now General MacArthur executes a real honest i to goodness withdrawal by saying he-wouldn't have ,- the nomination if twas brought to him on a silver "-platter. . -I'.. , ; The only flaw in the MacArthur disclaimer' Is its timing about six months too late. It just was n't in the cards, for a man to command an Ameri can army in battle overseas and run for president . at the same time, even by indirection. He has been the victim - of over-xealous admirers and ' some ' others who used him for their own ends, making him the candidate of discredi ted isolationist fac . tion in the republican party, probably without his . knowledge.; : M -.- '" '-. -',." w , Finally someone In whom the general has con fidence like as not Senator Vandenburg ot Mich iganhas given him the low down on the situ ation. As a result he has stepped aside to let a ' civilian carry the political ball against the New Deal while he carries the military ball against the Japs, the role for which he is best qualified. Daker Democrat-Herald. - ... News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON : WASHINGTON, May 7 Mr. Bowles told a good story of the reasons behind the abandonment of the cheaper meats rationing, but it contains - . holes which may not sustain his -expectations. , - His explanation was that feed is short'; and, , therefore, - the points were taken off to in duce greater consumption. But consumption depends these days primarily on supply and also on price, rather than the num ber of ration coupons outstand ing, "i . i -, There Is to be no change in , Paul Maiion price and. all the other econo- . mic factors of supply still prevail today only the consumer coupon phase having been removed. Will the farmers rush any more or less cattle or hogs to market as a result of that single change? Or will people buy more? i I i So also with the feed angle, there is a large un observed question mark. Nothing: has happened lately; no new crisis has arisen in that long dan gerous condition to explain the suddenness of Mr. Bowies' step. The only! development has been an adverse action taken By the government itself. The government went to 100-odd western farm counties and commandeered all corn supplies to get enough to keep the processing plants (cane syrup, etc.) going. No one in those counties can ell any corn except to the commodity credit cor poration. Thus, the government is getting enough com for the processing plants, but has left less for feed. . f. But say the scheme works u Mr. Bowles out-, lined it, and the farmers now rush more hogs and cattle to market, and consumers rush to buy this increased supply -In that event, Mr. Bowles himself said he may have 'to anew rationing on these less demanded meats in the lalli He could have made it certain that harder rationing than we have known must follow the decline of tattle and hogs avail able. ' ' V " ":' . .;! - W have no reserves of corn, only a little of wheat . The farmers being shorthanded cannot be expected to cure the feed situation unless provi dence enables- fewer hands to grow a greater crop. : The corn feed crop will be available in Septem v ber or October, but there is a presidential election coming In November, and the betting around here run about 100 to X that the much harder rationing . which seems to be in prospect for fall will not be put into ff ect until after November 7. Indeed, the election factor makes the most sen sible explanation for the removal of the rationing than the others. ';" -' -: 1- -v'.-. None of this is said in criticism of Mr.' Bowles administration, only his excuse. His dnumtration may be tar from perfect, but it looks like magnifi cent efficiency when compared with the earlier Henderson regime. Mr. Bowles has been slowly cor recting the Henderson mistakes both fn orders and in personnel, apparently even th biggest one. of coupon rationing itself. I I i,':x-" The government really rations! the supplies of food before it gets to the -consumer. It takes so uu.i w mi in j, imyj, icuu-icase, cic leavina a . certain' amount to be distributed. If that amount ; V aTQCXlCQI is not sufficient to meet consumer needs as has a always been the case, it makes no difference how ' ' iCllfllOll r mf . - - - - - fcl IV I fore is done before selling jto the consumer. As everyone knows, unless you are early in line at the grocery for your butter, steak, or any ra- KOIN CBS SUNDAY 454 Es. AO New of the World. S:1S Music i S Music. i 7 AO-Church of the Air. -130 Wings Over Jordan. - SAO Warren Sweeney. News. AS Blue Jackets' Choir. 30 Invitation te Learning. SAO Salt Lake Tabcmacte. 30-Garden Talks. :4S News. 19:00 Church of th Air. 10 30 Trans-Atlantic CalL 11 AO Ceiling Ununited: 1130 World News Today. 1135 Song of America. 12 AO Philharmonic- Oroh. Concert. ' 130 The Pause That Refresbea. SAO Th Family- Hour. S -45 Woman from Nowhere. SAO Silver Theatre. OtP SKE0OQ0 (Continued frod Page 1) skyscraper. Then: as. the sunlight failed, the moon took over, and Just ahead where the road pointed ?. toward r the mountains the evening star hung a lantern in the sky. ;;.,r y.- : At the summit snow patches were observed under the trees and along the j roadside; ; and down the north Santiam the river shone like dull silver ' in the moonlight The air was mild even at : the high point in the mountains, and farther down in the deeper forests scented with a fresh fir odor.;f,j:; ? v :.- . It was indeed a night out of a picture album, and one to paste in the album .of memory. . by Rev. John L. fCnlght. tr Counselor on Religion Life, WUaunett inlvcrslty. ' - Monday's Radio 'Pioqiams ' KSLM MBS MONDAY UM at.''t . ; 30 It's th Truth. Oris New. . : 'irux ;.. T AO -News. ' ' -.i.-.'r,,--vv:-- 7:15 Farm and Horn. - 730 Shady Valley Folks. , 7:45 Morning Moods. ' . SAO Dr. Louis Talbot . 130 Orchestra. S:4S Wax Shop. 835 Les Huff Trio. 0 Boake Carter. - :15-PastorS Call. - 30-News. 45 Harry Brewer's Nov. 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Mi i - - - " . r 4 i&V - - - $ Vix ' Wv V '.' 1 i . , Lf) f V y'fili r Tuning Up for! the Grand March . s ! The vesstables have gone republican," said l!rs. Lewis Sorensen as she presented us with a. t jm'p thrpel like a GO? elephant even to trunk, t-il tr.i 1:3 . . . We have him on display In ' our r.-inJ;w. T; h a real roly-poly elephant, bespeak 1:1 prc.-crcus days ahead. He doesn't look very much llle-the lesn, hungry looking emblem of the Grand Cli Tarty. Nevertheless, he is a good omen t 1 1' I til d :7s are on the way back." Ano- tioned product you .will not get it Truth is there has always been less rationed food. available than coupons. Hoarding could be prevented more simply by limiting the amounts to a customer. A great deterioration in quality of meats avail able has been noticed in recent; months. This is due to the direct movement of cattle from grazing to market without going through the feeder lots where they formerly were given" corn. The army and navy, however, are getting good cuts of corn-fed meats in this country. Our troops in Europe are largely being fed with Argentine "beef obtained -by the British under lend-lease m . reverse. ; I x,:xr :' The fact that we have so many men abroad now KOIN CBS MONDAY 5 Ke. AO Northwest Farm Reporter. r:15 Breakfast Bulletin. 30 Texas Rangers. 43-KOIN Klock. 7 as Headline New. 1 730 Bob Green. New. 7:45 Nelson Pringl. AO Consumer News. :15 Valiant Lady. 30 Stories America Loves. 45 Aunt Jenny. : AO Kate Smith Speaks. ; tdS-eig Sister f 1 30 Romance ot Helen Trent '45 Our Gal Sunday. -10 AO-Life Can Be BeauttfuL 10:15 M Perkins. 1030 Bernadin. Flyha. ' 1445 Th Goldbergs. ' i 11 AO Portia Paces Ufa. 11:15 Joyce Jordan, 1 1130 Young- Doctor 1148 retry Mason. 11 AO News. 11:15 Neighbor. : 11 30 Bright Horizons. 1145 Bachelor's Children. 1 AO Broadway Matinee. 135 Dorothy fisher, gongs. 130 Mary Martin. 1:45 Afternoon Melodies. 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US Vote of Xxpertenc. 30 Breakfast at Sareu'. lOAO Tony Morse, 10:15 Sweet River. 1030 My True Story. 135 Polly Patterson. 11 AO Baukhage raUrJnc. 11J5 Th Mystery Chel 1130 Ladles Be Seated. 13 AO Songs by Morton Downey. 11:15 Hollywood. 1130 New. 1 AO Sam Hayes. 1:15 Bob Nichols. 130 Bhie Newsroom Review. SAO What' Doing. Ladies. 330 Baby Institute. S:40-Labor News. , 3:50 Home Demonstration Agent SAO Hollywood -New Flashes. -' SOS News. ,.. 1 ...... (Continued on Page 14) . . Take a half -hour off someday to stand on a busy city street cor ner and watch the crowds pass by. You will notice that there are usually a few Individuals who attract more attention to them selves than others do. Unfortun ately, some of these "would ra ther be looked around at than up to." ' -; j ; .-.. . Did you ever; think of : whst people might see when they look at you? Do they simply look around at you, or do they find I': r r..; ! r:M men: You can't get blood r - -r? Tell llrs. Sorensen to -1 L. 2 t?et of courss. , something worthwhile in you to haS lessened .domestic demands, which, is - another ' look p to? Answering this que factor counteractirg Mr. Bowles elf art to increase 4 tion is one of the simplest tests consumption on a coupon basis alone. The frozen fruit and vegetable and canned vege table rationing points were taken off apparently to get rid of Jast year's stock of canned goods before this year's stocks start coining in. . . . - - - - ' ' ' of Christian character. "Let your light so shine before men that they may seeyourjmod works, and .glorify your rather who is- in heaven.' Stevens '1 i f I- If M . SI I P:-x-: j jggaae ! ' ' " ' j" " "" ' ' ' l s-' it' Gladden her heart on Mother's Day with one of the lovely gift i ' ' : ' :-.- "-. suggestions on display in our store, Whether she likes whimsical costume' pieces or lovely bid jewelry reproductions, we've the one gift shell thrill to. Stunning eorrings . .'bracelets ... pins . i . clips and compacts, will make a aift shell love and enjoy long after Mother's Day is past" i T Shell treasure forever a handsome wristwaich, white, yellow or coral color gold. Fully guaranteed. A brilliant, sparkling diamond ring will appeal 'to Mother as no other gift can. Come in and choose from our inspiring array of the very newest and finest of quality diamonds.' . 1 ' -."-" i .-.,'. ......... 3,,- v- .: !.-( A "Lifetime Gift" Is the gift of sterling silver, flatware in a choice of lovely modem designs or period motifs. I Prelude , ;.. Spring Glory . . . and Serenity;: in International Sterling as well as other silver flatware and individual pieces are among the fine collection in our store. . ;.).