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From first Statesman, March 23, 18S1
THE STATESMAN rPUBLISHING C03IPANY!
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher ' i
Member of the Associated Press ' , J .
Tb Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
. news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
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Hold, the 'Phone . . .
; The paper shortage which sends Salem shop
pen home from the grocery store with grape
fruit in- their pockets and : armloads of un-.
wrapped or semi-wrapped vegetables has not
been reflected in a lack of . that comparatively
new type of publication, the house organ.
. ' And there is reason to believe that, as a mor-' -,
ale builder, the little magazine, the navy yard
news sheet and the : four-leaf folder like
"Brown's Ballyhoo" which made its first ap-
pearance this year at the Keith Brown plant
' in Salem, has a genuine place in the wartime
scheme. ' -.'-"." h-Cv
To the newspaper fraternity 'all are inter
esting. '. - !'"
One which might find general circulation on
the news stands were it made available to the
general public is the new Telephone WAR DI
f GEST. Like the pocketsize magazine which is
the inspiration for its makeup it features the
oddities, the funny stories, sometimes printed in
the regional' press, oftentimes growing (and
the word is advisedly used) out of relayed tele
! phone5 conservations . . . like the yarn about the
I tired telephone installer who fell asleep and
: was picked up as a spy, having chosen to take
his short slumber beneath General Marshall's
desk. ' - . ;.;':;::!-::- : ..
.!; But, primarily, the new, Digest relates' the
part played by telephone personnel in the war
and the wartime furor of the home front. "They
Remember Pearl Harbor", building tor the i
Army", "Florida War Zone", "On the "Oregon .
Trail", and "Emergencies in. Detroit" are the ,
titles of the longer articles.
Because newspapers are so inextricably tied
" in with rapid - communication, and particu
larly with the telephone (since even our; As
sociated' Press wires are telephone installed
and serviced), some of those stories are not new
to us, although as told here they are read with
absorption. 4 . j . t
This is election week, and while this news
paper has a particularly keen interest in the
outcome, the tasks that loom for its staff are
neither new nor glamorous.'
! The newspaper, the great Associated Press
of which it is a part, radio KSLM which will
" carry returns as rapidly as: they aire garnered
and tabulated throughout the evening to the
waiting publics-all have a part and receive
credit when the job is well done. The States
man staff, at least, knows what the telephone
men who, on stormy nights have kept the lines
up, and the operators in places wnicn usually
" halV regular service at an early hour play I just
as important a part.' fv " j ! ' i ).
Sometime, when the boys are back froi
service and. the staff has had time to catc
breath, there' may be a story from the
Willamette valley in the -Telephone Digest
ling of the Mill City .operator who tun
i porter for a night so that the returns m
- complete, of "Central" in some far away
1 munity who helps route the last of the ret
Into the busy newspaper office without public
hav-
recognition and just for the satisfaction of
ing done the task at hand.
Interpret
ing
The War News
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Copyngnt 1944 by the Associated Press
Mazl evacuation of what remains of theonce
' powerful Gustav line above Cassino in central
t Italy seems in order. A mounting toll of prisoners
i pouring back in fifth and eighth army concentra
tion pens suggests that a retreat into the secondary
Adolf Hitler line is even now in progress. 1 '
The allied staff has said that allied forces have
not yet reached the Hitler line positions. It is dear,
nevertheless, that both: the Aurund plateau, an
chor of the German front south of the Liri river,
and Cassino and the . San Angelo mountains be
hind it are in gra-e danger of allied envelopment..
The situation for the enemy in the lower Liri
valley itself became critical when French fifth
army elements south of the river broke j through
to capture San Giorgio. The village is an import
ant junction point on a secondary road from Cas
sino to Tormia at the head of the gulf of Gaeta.
In French hands' it outflanks the. nazi front facing
the British eighth army Rapido bridgehead salient
on the left bank of the Liri. . I .
Allied reports do not indicate the exact 'position
of the Adolf Hitler line. Presumably, however, it
was laid out with direct reference to lateral com
munications to serve it in time of attack. The main
highway ; connecting - the Rome-Cassino-Naples
trunk road with the Via Appia coastal route runs
between Ceprano, near the confluence of the Sacco
with the Liri, to Itri west of Formia on the gulf
of Gaeta coast -V!;: '."v;" '"
The lower Liri valley up which the main allied '
attack is directed is the gateway to the valley of
the Sacco. It is through Sacco valley: above Ce
prano that the main road and rail connections be-
tween Naples and Rome pass, although an alter
nate road goes up the upper Liri valley to inter- -sect
the Rome-Pescara tran-peninsular trunk road
at Avezzano. -
That makes the Ceprano-Itri lateral a Vital link
in the defense of the Rom area. There seems little
doubt that the Adolf Hitler defense system is keyed
to it and to the hills that lie east of it The Germans
tOI would have strong and" well served defensive
positions barring the entrance to the Sacco; valley,
even if routed from the last Gustav line anchors
t both ends as it seems certain they soon will be.
. Northward expansion of the attack front was in
dicated in a Berlin broadcast on, a new j eighth
army thrust in the Terelle sector. That town Iks
northwest of Cassino. An allied push there could
mean an attempt to turn the north flank of the San
Angelo mountain mass. There is a wide valley ap
proach la that direction to the upper Liri. A break-
Skol! - .- ':!
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This is the anniversary of the . Norwegian
constitution,' drawn up at Eldsyold in 1814.
That constitution was not written in time of
peace. It was; in fact, a declaration of indepen
dence. When Norway's constitutional conven
tion gathered, there were not Only represents- .
tives of the! newly established constituencies
but of the fighting forces, as well.
. : Norway, long united with Denmark, through
the Peace of Kiel in January of that year had
been ceded by the common Jdng of the two coun
tries to the king of Sweden. Refusing to be hand
ed over like slaves, without a voice in the mat
ter, the Norwegians declared themselves inde
dependent and prepared to defend that declar
ation. ; j ,; .-
On May 17, 1814, the Norwegians drew the
last in the long series of j liberal constitutions
shaped in the years between- the American De
claration of Independence and the end of the
Napoleonic wars. It adopted features from all'
its predecessors. Our own bill of rights is re
flected in its "general provisions," although the
French and Spanish constitutions were appar
ently its principal models. ; ' .
Nazis may over-run Norway, but the people
of that sturdy Scandinavian state maintain that
the 130-year-old constitution; amended but
never changed in spirit, has a domain of its
own: A great merchant marine, fighting forces
on the sea, in the British Isles and in Canada,' a
young community which may be called "Nor
way in London," king and government, diplo
macy and officials, central: bank and other na
tional institutions temporarily on British soil
but operating under the old and honor docu
ment, which is the toast oyer the world today
of the sons and daughters : of Norway. -
News Behind
The News
By PAUL MALLON !
WASHINGTON, May 18 What Is being pre
sented as the great mystery jpf Father Orlemanski
is not much of a mystery toll anyone who has fol
lowed the sequence and nature
of his trip to Moscow to . see
Stalin.; ;jl . I .... 'r -
The initiative which made the
trip possible came from Stalin.
The priest may have asked, but
the Russians provided transpor
tation ; and furnished the ne
cessary diplomatic pressure for
a passport. Furthermore, the
Springfield Polish priest 3was
precededjby another American
pul Malion who failed to make the head
lines or even be mentioned, but whose identity and,,
purpose are no particular ; r4ysery--Oscar .Lange,
the Chicago university professor, and like Orle
manski an opponent of the London Polish gov
ernment.. . ', '.. - f : ij ..
Lange remained behind in ' Russia to inspect two
Polish regiments now fighting with the reds, and
some effort was made in the publicity to disas
sociate him from political activities. -j
But the natural, almost obvious purpose of such
an American civilian duet, traveling under aus
pices of Stalin, would be tof counteract the politi
cal influence of the other Polish faction in the'
United States advocating the Polish emigre gov
ernment in London. It was i smart Russian diplo
matic trick. -" TjiJ- - - - -"
Indeed, the official publicity from Moscow since
the visit conclusively confirmis this impression. The'
communist party organ, Pravda, gave a full col
umn to Orlemanski, May 14 along the line that he
was upsetting ."the propaganda activities" of the
emigre government which broke up relations with
Stalin more than a year ago, and favors a Poland
free of Russia. : f ,: - -
The facts are that plain and simple. Who could
better serve Stalin's purposes than 'a Catholic
priest who seems to be about the only one on that
side of the fence? - :i r; , .'. .,
In fact, even though Orlemanski has been sent
to a monastery and cannot deliver much of the ex
pected propaganda, the incident has inspired the
leftist Polish to try to makela cause celebre of the
matter, and thus bring pressure on Vatican diplo
macy concerning the Polish; question.
. Some confusing question has been raised as to
why the state department gave a passport, but as
the Russians requested and , approved the journey,
it would have been irregular to decline, although .
this government's diplomacy suffered as much ad
verse pressure from the 'incident as the Vatican.
Indeed, Orlemanski's mission likewise reflects op-
position to the joint American-British policy on
Poland to precisely the same extent.
. The real confusion comes! only, from the political
arguments on both sidesjFor instance, Pravda
regards Orlemanski as representing "thev free
dom, and independence of : Poland." This is a care
' m
. less use of those words,' apparently signifying a
Poland under Russian influence. - ,
The other group uses the! same words to signify
a Poland under their influence. ,
In this country there arei, opposite factions from:
nearly every small country in Europe, not only
Poland, but Rumania, France, Italy and others,
all trying to pull us this way or that, with leglti
- mate argument, clever tricks, propaganda and .
whatnot.
.' From any standpoint except the Russian, Orle-
tnansifs trip itself was litfciilous. . Ia the ; first
f place, there is a law against it 'An old act of con
gress prevents anjr citizen clealing with a foreign'
nation. . -f
-. Indeed when such a. foremost American official
as the late Chairman Borah of the senate foreign
relations committee, eoce just wrote a letter to
Stalin,, he was threatened j with Indictment under
titls statute. The law is a good one designed to re
; strict the conduct of foreign relations to the presi
1 dent &d state departmentalcze. ( wTllJdeV visit
to Stalin was at "ia direction of " the president)
Stalin may not have known of this law, but he
through la . depiS I could outflank the ; Ceprano- ?knew , that a Springfield Polish priest would have
no authority from anyone to deal with, him, whe
ther 'from this government, the Vatican, or even
the citizens of SpringfielcL'iThe priest could have
had a propaganda value 8uy,
Thusv while the mission may have sounded off
hand like an energetic effort of a religious pastor
to try to dd some good in a complex situation,- it
will be difficult for anyone except the priest him
self to interpret It that way authentically.
liri sernest cf the Killer line. '
Ia the st;cr.ce cf allied confirmation, however.
It caa crJy be assumed that the active front still
is lic:t:i to the Cassino-to-the-coast sector along
which fLf.h and cfth armies are massed for
the offensive. It probably would take greater f or- .
ces than are available to allied- field commanders -to
er.larr? ths theater cf operitions in IUly even
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commander, the Interview has
hot been released. Its material is
political,: not military; and its
suppression is political, not mili- .
tary censorship.
:'; Another example of political,
censorship here at home was the T
action of the . army in denying
Harpers magazine permission to
publish an article on General
MacArthur, which was prepared
and accepted when MacArthur's '
name was prominently mention
ed as a ' possible candidate for
the presidency. The editors of
Harpers took the refusal so ser
iously as to print a page in the .
May issue relating the facta and
warning the public of' the dan
gers of censorship of this type. ' .
Here is another example of T
political censorship. When Ed
ward Stettinus, undersecretary 1
of state,- returned from a rather
lengthy stay In London for con-
ference over international af- '
fairs, his chief, ' Secretary of
State Hull refused to let his re
port be published. Stettinus had
talked off-the record" to re
porters, anticipating : an early '
clearance of the story from his
department, but it was "thumbs
down." This is political censor
ship fight St home. 'i '
Here were some of the sub
jects presumably under discus
sion in London: policies toward
the French and deGauIle, Arab- -Ian
oiL postwar boundaries, co
operation with Russia in occupa- .
tion of Germany. Surely It was
not necessary to bottle up all the
news - of questions of such vital
importanc and release such va
cuous verbiage as Undersecre
tary Stettinus told press and ra
dio cm iwsponrten ts that tt ' was
very piaasant to be; - back ia
Washington ; ; and similar
bilge water. ti--4MI-
The unfortunate fact Is that
our diplomatic practice i often
fails to aQuare with our an
nounced precepts. W e made
Quite a mess in North Africa,
- and Italy hasnt turned out much
better. Yet the political arm is
'powerful if rightly used. We
strengthen our moral cause by
wise dedsions on the diplomatic
' front and their prompt disclos
ure to the world. It has taken
the , drubbing of public ' opinion
to correct past blunders. Now
- public opinion should mobilize
to drive out this , trend toward
political censorship. . i- r
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330 B. Boynton. '
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Letters from SUi
TEX MANAGES 8TSTBI
To the Editor:
: At . every election ; for many
years the attempt has been made
to inveigle the voters into vot
ing away their franchise. Too
many 'times It has been success
ful. Now comes the boldest of
all;; the managerial system de
signed to finish the job.
One says, "We will still vote for
aldermen and znay correct abus
es through them.' If we can do
anything through the council why
not do it now instead of tying
our own hands still farther by
voting away what little power
remains with us. We need more
democracy not less. , ' .
And what will our f ol d 1 e r s
think when they come back from
fighting a war to save democra
cy and put down totalitarianism
to find that we have voted our
ballot out of our own hands in
favor of a dictator for that is
what we will have done if we
pass this, manager amendment.
No more no less. Another says
there are some good points in it
No "doubt there is. Small use to
trap without bait
Fascism, so active in the world
today, has its adherents in Salem
as well as in Europe. . .
In deciding any issue at the
polls let this be the test; does it
take power from the people?
Does it lead away from democra
cy and tend to put power in the
bands of the few? It rests with'
the people themselves1 whether
they be free or slaver The bal
lot is the only weapon of a free
people. Without it the people
have no redress but revolution.
When all the cities and small
subdivisions are equipped with
managers, or dictators, the way
will then be clear to take over
from the top and the fascist state
will be complete.
Be not deceived, fellow citi
zens, there is an element in the
US working for this very con
summation. .
To quote Harry Elmer Barnes,
historian, "Unless we, in Amer
ica, wake up in time the world
will head inevitably towards ah
irrevocable totalitarian epoch."
Do we want to see it? Salem
most make her decision.
M. E. McCLELLAN,
. Salem. '- ,A-
URGES MARQUAM
GATES ROAD
To the Editor:
At the recent meeting of the
state highway commission in
Portland, numerous delegations
appeared urging the improve
memV of the Santiam highway.
To obtain the full benefit of this
highway it is necessary that the
Marquam-Elkhorn-Gates road
should be constructed. This will
shorten the route between Port
land and Bend, and other east
ern' Oregon points, about 40
miles, and will regain for Ore
gon much of the trade now go
ing to California and advance
the interests of the . state of
Oregon. It will open up a large
farming area lor settlers in the
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little North Santiam watershed,
and give access to the vast lime
deposits j near " Marquam, C and
aluminum clays and -other min
erals in that district, and give
access to the forest reserve and
timber resources. I have long
backed this highway Improve
ment, had it up with the state
highway commission, and coun
ty officials, and ' with Senators
McNary and Holman,' and have
v- endeavored to" obtain' the assist-,
j ance of the federal government '
for such project. c
The people of Oregon need
- and desire, that this improve-
znent- be undertaken by the
state highway commission. I
CORNELIUS OTJONOVAN
t " 210 Postal Building,
Portland, Ore. i
Today's Garden
By LHJLIE MADSEN '
Mrs. H. & W. writes that she
' had planted a new rhododen
dron, an expensive one, beneath
a group of trees, and the other
day went out to find t and
found it was all dead. She
planted it last June, she writes.
She wants to know what has
happened to ft.":
Without knowing more about
the conditions, it would be hard
to say. However, my guess
would be that it was neglect
during the,, summer. A. rhodo
dendron planted beneath trees
last June .would need a lot of
watering i during the summer
months. The trees would take '
much of the moisture from .the
ground. 'Likely the plant should
have been watered very mor- i
oughly twice a week through
out June,1 July and August and
. probably into autumn. The first
fall rains do not seem to soak '
down to the roots of our shrubs.
" r7"'
Dr. Guy Goodsell
Will Speak at WU
Dr. Guy Goodsell, district super
intendent of the . Portland district
of the Oregon Methodist confer
ence, will be baccalaureate speak-,
er for the; 1944 graduating class
of Willamette university. Bacca
laureate services will be held this
year Sunday, June 18, at 3 p. m,
in the First Methodist church.
Announcement of the' com
mencement speaker Ig also expect
ed this week. Date for commence
ment has been set as June 25. The
program will be held at 3:30 p. m.,
in the high school auditorium.
. Dr. Goodsell, is a member of the
Willamette f board of ' trustees ap
pointed by the Oregon conference. -
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