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... -, . page roua Tli OHHGOII STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 5. IS 44 7l7o Favor Sway Ut; No Fear Shall Awe " Fran lint Statesman. March 28, 18S1 -1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING C03IPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUZ, ditor and Publisher V Member of the Associated Press -,- Tht Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of aQ newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In' this newspaper. Spent Bullet or Fresh Force The , thunder of campaign oratory dies away, giving' voters the chance to listen to the still, small .voice of their own conscience, as they study issues and men before they mark their ballots on Tuesday. They do well to let the emotional stir that attends the speech-making subside and reflect on the decisions they must make. ," ''.'. -p ; j. P.". s' I After the -sound and fury subside the fact remains that Franklin D, Roosevelt is seeking a fourth term as president, and if elected that Would vest in one man's hands power for the unprecedented period of 18 years. 'It would Jnean a continuance of the present administra tion mangled and sometimes snarling as it has become. It . would extend the administration jvhich has spent its initial force and has de veloped no fresh energies to drive it forward. In Thomas E. Dewey the republicans offer a Candidate, who has disclosed new drive and force, who shows personal strength in dealing With men and problems and whose , responses to current questions showthat his mind Is alert and his reactions clear and clean. As district ! attorney of Manhattan and as governor xf New York Dewey has, shown great competence as an Executive, and the strong following he has shows , fhat he is able to inspire teamwork. " . Looking ahead to the change from war to peace it seems clear .that Dewey would bring a stronger grasp to the task; of winding up thd p?var- enterprises and would organize more bromptly and efficiently both the government ; ind the internal economy. Only trial could prove . his ability in the field of foreign affairs, but , he grasps things quickly and moves quickly and surely, so it is safe to" conclude that Ameri- . ca'soreign policy would be jcompetently di- ', reeled under his presidency. j.p . . While' we appraise these candidates on the basis of their past accomplishment, we do so not to award a prize but to determine their .competence for " the tasks ahead. Four more years of Roosevelt would be much like a "spent" bullet." Four years' of Dewey would mean a vitalizing of our government, an orderliness in administration, an end of political vagueness.. ; As The Statesman sees it the general lines of our domestic and foreign policy are quite well de--fined and will be followed whichever j candi date is elected president. Public opinion will remain master regardless of who is president. ' Our situation at home and abroad is not so par lous that our future depends only on the reten tion of Ropsevelt as president. The change, which admittedly is due, should be made this year rather 'than four years hence! Trial for Petain, Laval .'. This week the French Consultative assembly, will meet to consider selection of a jury to try for treason Marshal Petain, Pierre Laval and the members of the Vichy cabinet. Petain and' Laval are in Germany, so' their trial will pro ceed with the defendants absent! Some 20 out of the 60 members of the Vichy government . have been arrested. pp; ... .. I'"" P ' ,P :- These trials will take place before av supreme court composed of the five ranking magistrates of Francewith a Jury of 24 persons chosen from a list of 100 names submitted by the Consulta tive assembly which seems to function as the governing legislative body in France, P Old Marshal Petain is 89 years old, and the degree of his turpitude has hot been determined. He professed to be trying to head a government which would j save France, but he was hope lessly1 reactionary in his thinking and allowed himself to be pushed around by the Germans. He doubtless thought he was working in the in terests of, France, and in some respects he did stand up against the Germans, resisting, for ex- . ample,' German pressures for . getting control of the French navy.1 , For Pierre Laval, the greedy, greasy collabor- . ator, there is no sympathy anywhere. He was a willing pawn of the Germans; a veritable Ju das as far as France was concerned, f i ' Of course trials-in absentia are not satisfac tory for determining guilt because the accused does not appear in his own defense not, does he " hear the charges against him.; But the French i seem disposed to hold the trials now and impose any penalties if and when they capture the de fendants. . The day of retribution is drawing nearer for those who misrepresented the France of history in the false government of Vichy. Who Is She? , At the turn of the century she was called "mamma" with accent on the. first syllable, thoughlthe theatre; used the French accent on the last syllable: "mama." In more primitive circles she was "ma" for even "maw." Time passed and "niom" became a household famil iar. . iP-pp .fp P;. .', ;;p;P . ;P . But now she is called "mummie".i Where did this last corruption come from? Did American children pick it up from the broadcasts the English children made when they were tem porarily domiciled in this country? Remember: "Hello, mummie." " ' p p pp.; p-J p' She is still the same, the mother who comes , to wipe away tears when children calL whether they say, "ma" or "maw" or I ."mamma" or , , . Vwswit J I . ; - . LETTESS FE02I STATESMAN READERS , NO "EtJDE AWAKENING" To the Editor: i In your recent editorial. Rude Awakening" you assume that you b have called attention to some, things that we had not thought ; of before, that recipients of the benefits from the little "Town- ; send Act" would have to pay the ; 3 per cent tax on them, and on insurance policies, etc, when col-. lected. Some of us may be ig norant bat surely to that extent and there will be no Rude Awakening ; on . those points. Some one who has been receiv ing only $40 per month or less, , as a pension, or from any other source, win have quite a nice ; balance left after paying his tax and can buy considerably more r goods than before and help out ! the;; business men that much s more. . ; :.'r K'-.-:--' I ; It never seems to block a real- estate deal for the seller to have the annuities! produced by the "Little Townsend Plan". " . ' If he paid his tax for 20 years,' . for instance,'! which would am ount to $1003.00 and then became 60 years of age, he would get all his money back in a little over a year and would 'continue to draw $60 per month as long as, he might live. ' 1 1 haven't insurance statistics at hand just now but as . I - remember; I think that would be considered; quite good income policy, $50 per "year premium and draw $60 or .more per month as long ashe lived. And. some ' labor men, not Townsend club members, told me recently that they thought the age limit would soon have to 'be lowered to age 55, because, ' of unemployment, and the annuity may amount to more than $80.00 also. 7 L ' ' I have been giving 12 to 14 per cent as a tither to the church sev- era! years, ' hot on net income, '1 'to pay a five per cent tax or com- - which, would of course be little, Squash Center .Comments on the Campaign .mission on the deal to the agent, .Three per cent more probably would not bankrupt him. ' .The -'man who Is getting an income of -$140 per month, more r less, will not be burdened beyond re- -covery by paying $420, more or '. less, tax on it. He may be mighty glad to have the Job instead of 'some man above 80 and because of the better business and labor conditions along all lines of man ufacturing, transportation and j trade brought about by the in- ' creased buying power of, the peo- r ' pie, and the enforced spending of but on a moderate cross income and have bought bonds and saved some money besides, and could pay $1.80 on $60 per month and hardly miss! it So thousands of us will gladly await the "Rude Awakening.! Vote 31S Yes.' Yours sincerely, " ill B. F. Shoemaker, j 1886 Court St,' Salem. ADJUSTED COMPENSATION As we oldsters ' approach the evening of our lives with dim- ; (Continued on page 12) 1 Neivo Behind the News ; By PAUt; MALLON (Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction m whole ! ' - -- : ' ' or in part strictly prohibited.) - ' 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5- Cleverest feature of Mr.,Roose velt's fourth term campaign was the extent 1 to which it kept the public mind in the past; and away from the pres ent and future. Mr. Hanne gan largely suc ceeded in run ning the presi dent against Hoover,! Cool- idge arid Harding Police Pension , Last spring the voters of Salem approved a proposition to create a retirement system for city firemen. Under it the city must make a certain contribution and the firemen contribute from their salaries, providing a-fund for retirement and disability allowances. ' 1 As might have been anticipated ,,the police now ask for similar benefits! for themselves. The city likewise is to contribute along with members of the police force, and a specific levy "; of eight-tenths of a mill is" provided to finance ,?i the city's share.-; r:;.:, Frankly we do not like the method of getting pensions piecemeal, though we would approve a general retirement system for-all public em ployes. For example, if this passes, the city will ; have a firemen's pension board and a police pension board, giving needless duplication. How successfully either plan will work out in exper ience we cannot predict. However we see no justice in granting pensions to firemen and de nying them to policemen. "mama ther." or "mom" or mummie' or "mo- Mr. Roosevelt accuses some republicans of putting politics above welfare of country. Could be; but Mr. Dewey didn't make his acceptance of nomination for president from a naval, base or speak to the country from the ; gun turret of a destroyer. f 1 . Campaign managers are like football coaches in some respects, but not like them when it comes to making predictions of election results. You never heard of a campaign manager who put out a "bear" story on election eve. . Interpreting The War News Sixth Ward :,. .The only contest on the city ballot is for coun ; cilman from the. sixth ward where Tom Arm strong, incumbent and Fred Williams, former , councilman are candidates. In addition friends of j Mrs. Grace Kowitz who ran third in j the pri Vv rnary, are urging that her name be written in. j We believe the qualifications, character and af ; filiations of these persons are well known to f the residents of the ward so that a newspaper 1 recommendation is not. required. - From Tokyo come reports of "a continued f shakeup in Japanese home commands." A ro ; tation system with the wheel speeded up, doubt i less. . Editorial Comment COLLEGE OR A JOB? In an informative pamphlet entitled "College and You in Wartime," President Dixon Ryan Fox of Union college sets forth in lucid terms the case i for the civilian student who is undecided as to whe- i ther he should enter college of go into a paying job. This is a problem that many boys below draft age are now facing. Dr. Fox advises these young ; men, even though they may have oniy a semester -or a year of classroom studies ahead of them, to at tend college. Perhaps war? work offers attractive wages at the moment; but what of the long-range point of view? Answering that question, the Union college president observes: "A year or a term in college will give . you something to think about when you are in army camp or out at sea on a war ship, something that is revealing and inspiring. Even if college, under the present circumstances, has, to be only a temporary experience on your way to war, that experience will leave a lasting " ' ;- benefit" v'! , V- " :" '-f . : That is a sensible observation, one that would be accepted generally by thoughtful educators and laymen alike. No question of patriotism is involved.. President Roosevelt has asserted that it is now In the national interest of the below-draft age youth ' to get as much education as possible before enter ing the armed forces. The army needs men who have had a good educational background. ; rj .-- ; l It is encouraging that large numbers of 16 and 17 riuggestions -of Dr. Fox and other school leaders, sad .are continuing with their studies. "A; survey - of 454 representative Arrerican coIJees and uni versities, conducted by President Raymond Voters - ,pf the University cf Cincinnati, reveals 1"t the civilian enrcllmenti this fall are sub-tinti: ' ibove list year's f.sures. New York Times. K1RKE H SIMPSON ; ' ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR ANALYST ; - Caught in the 300-mile-longj scythe-like sweep of Russian armies across the plains of Hungary, Budapest was plainly i marked jon European war maps this November; weekend as the almost cer tain scene of the next mortal blow to fall upon the shrunken nazl inner cltadeLl ' - ! Red army- vanguards storming up the Danube from the south were almost in She suburbs of the city. From the'east and northeast also they were closing in swiftly, beyond the outflanked and im potent upper Tisza river water hazard. The breath taking scope' and power of the Russian attack con verging on Budapest, and the speed iwith which tit everywhere plowed ahead, spelled the doom of, that Danubian redoubt guarding the road to Vienna. At Domsod, 20-odd miles south down the Danube, the Russians were less than 140 miles airline from Vienna.; West of Domsod beyond the river lay the direct road and rail approaches to the Austrian capital. :W ; J; I' ,J; . :,;y. ;-v The scope of the Russian advance in Hungary, the tremendous breadth' of front it covers from the southeastern corner of Czechoslovakia to the point where the Danube flows across the Hungarian border into Yugoslavia, strongly implies that the coming siege of ' Budapest is merely an incident in j the developing Danubian campaign in Russian eyes. Vienna is the more probable real major -objective. ; s; i'-'H;.;! pvT j; ;:: --P.;. p; More bad news for the Germans came in a Mos cow report of the first heavy snows of the winter on the front, presumably in the northeast. On the western front and in Italy, weather-conditions were hampering the allies. Despite rain flooded streams and washed-out roadways, how ever, continuous pressure : was being exerted all along both fronts giving the foe no rest anywhere, no chance to regroup his forces. . ; That was the prime strategic purpose indicated by General Alexander, allied over-all commander in Italy,, in a weekend review of the inch-by-inch fighting to break into the Pot valley. It seemed to be the purpose of American and Trench pressure against the many passes that lead from France to the upper Rhine. Pinning down of, the enemy's thin-drawn farces in preparation for a major offensive,. probably in the Dutch theater where greatest results could come finest quickly from a break-through beyond the Rhine, seemed to be the main. Immediate mission of General Eisenhower's troops on .'the Moselle front and in the Vosges. The air battle over.Merseburg, nazi oil center, was ah outstanding incident of the week because it brotfeftt the luftwaffe out in force the first time, in weeks. It suffered crippling lasses. " The increasing weight of an air attack on encrny communicatioris servlrigthe' north end 'ef t.l Cici f rieriinC aswell as his oil sources, tended to in dicate an impending allied-etTort to exploit the clearing of Antwerp harbor. PatU Halloa .rather than against Dewey. The debate was centered, from. the democratic standpoint, upon the isolationism of characters and situations long dead, to the Mrliiclnn tit ihm isolationism of the present (refusal of Russia debt to us and cannot pay us. most important phase of the matter will be . that few nations will have much money with which to purchase our goods. The South American countries have grown rather rich f selling abroad during the war and have accumulated tgold and dollar bal ances, which' they are not using to pay off their eld debts to us. . The French have considerable gold if they will use it to pay for goods rather than as a re serve for currency. P ; : The Russians can mine gold cheaply and sell it to us at high . prices and thus accumulate some ' balances, but not to the: extent of the billions wanted to buy our machinery and industrial products. j - .Furthermore all ; the allied world will be in inextricable American production in our own market on a wide scale of goods. (Incidentally the AFL took the . leadership in the fights for- all the high republican tariffs. Also American agriculture does not want competitive food products coming in here.)' P 1 This is one matter in which centralized government controls are not only warranted but necessary, wi t h o u t interfering '"tniinra (Continued from page 1) with individual freedom, because ' V ot Printing . A B loreign iraae is jusx as much a national matter as national de fense.;- p-i;! : i' y ; It does not require regimenta tion; but management More bad debts, more spending, moreLgiv-ing-away or more or less tariffs will not solve the foreign trade problem .(our exporters to the contrary, notwithstanding!)! But a specifically manazed in which deals are made throueh 1 ther tovernment dictation MHton took high ground: j "Truth and understanding are I not such wares as fo be monopo : lized and traded in by tickets and 1 statutes and standards. We must not think to make a staple com fmodity of all the knowledge in the land, to mark and license it I like our broadcloth and our wool packs.'P;.'.-:.; !;p; . 1 ; He pointed put how the licens- j ing of printing would lead to fur- reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to. 7Behold how this vast big city; a city of refuge, the,: mansion house of liberty. i ." . .. . . He concludes 'in h. moving a6- peal that . lifts rescission of tho offensive order.' above. ; the" tg nomity of retreat: 1 1 3ut to redress willingly and speedily what hath been erred, and in highest authority to es teem a plain advertisement more than others have done a sumptu ous bribe, is a virtue (honored Lords, and Commons) answerable to your I highest actions, and whereof none can participate but greatest and wisest men." the open air conference f d.)V p I go into Why.! they r even managed to push the argument back into the ' tariff.- A great newspaper, , the New York Timesactually made a leading point of its announce- ' ment for Roosevelt, on the no- tion that 'the republicans ) were historically the high tariff par- ' ty .Shades of Smoot and Ford-ney-McCumber were raised like threatening witches. I The Dewey side In a high school debate in Pennsylvania had to call republican headquar ters and ask what-in-the-world was the republican, answer on the tariff proposition. Headquar- i ' ters did not seem to know a par- . ! ticularly good answer, - Most people had not even heard of it for 15 years or more and the 'two platforms , were ' - equally vague. Yet a great news paper and an inestimable num- ber of people, decided their vote to some., extent on this :- matter which properly belonged among the antiques alongside the ques tion of how nasty the late Sena-; tor Lodge. was about a! wholly different League -j ot j Nations-" problem ,25 years ago. j The flimsy obsolescent rubbish ' used in this campaign : may not be swept up on" Wednesday, but just allowed to lay where it fell, - , while the winner turns ; his at tention tq;current events, ' 1 " The Current truth- on the tar iff Is that it is the least import- . ant of all prevaUing influences upon foreign trade. It will con- ' . tinue to be increasingly in con- " sequential for many years be- ; ' cause it must ' . When this war is over, the The Roosevelt administration has started to meet this problem in a typical way. , ; .fi ; Despite the fact that the debts are already too high for 'repay ment, they propose to issue more debt to foreign buyers, through" continuing lend-lease, but furth ermore by increasing the capital of the export-import bank from $500, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 to $5,000,000,000 (congress is holding this pro posal up now.) - iln k short, this ' government plans largely to take money from the public, treasury to pay;, for I foreign purchases of goods from us,' covering? this transaction with the thin pretense of lend ing what it knows cannot be re paid, i p.j--p There is one way nations could repay us. There is a sound way of promoting a : lasting foreign trade, .p ... This government will have to get around to it one of these days either when its treasury runs dry or when it decides to stop playing bankruptcy politics and faces the modern facts of international life non-politically. r The "situation calls for a man- ' aged - trade trade by p specific negotiation, : barter " goods for . goods as well as goods for gold,' because that is the 'only way most foreign nations can trade with us Does this mean free trade?. Of course not Free trade is just as obsolete as tariffs. : Conditions make it so. , . f This country does not want cheap electrical bulbs made by Japanese slave labor coming in khere. Before the war both Japan; and Germany were underselling ' the government on a business basis, might do the job. . s It could take payment in the noncompetitive raw - materials we need from . foreign nations while selling the surpluses we do not need, thereby, acbievjng a balanced ' constantly expanding trade, which would be; limited only by our own ingenuity; Practical Religion by Rev. John L. KnlgUt. Jr, Counselor on Relifiois Life. : WUlamett i jnlreraty. 1 . If we think to regulate print- ing, thereby to rectify manners, ) we must regulate all recreations ; and pastimes, all that is delight -i ful to man. No music must, be i heard, no song must be tet, or ' ? sung, but what i is grave and j Doric. a ''' --" p!' '-; 4 With satire tipped with humor I Milton points put the follies and I difficulties of government snoop- - ; - p--'P:- "The villages also must have their visitors to inquire what lec f tures the bagpipe and the rebec 1 reads, even to the ballantry and . the gamut of every municipal ! fiddler, for these are the coun f tryman's Arcadias and his Mon I temayors.w This address; contains some of , 1 the finest passages in English j- prose: -P ,jp..i : r-.-p"7- :p: j "For books are not absolutely t dead things, but do contain a po- tency of life in them to be as ac f tive as that soul whose progeny i they are; nay,-they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy i and extraction of that living in tellect that bred them X . a good book is the precious. Ufe-blood of master-spirit, embalmed and mily had been to school for the first time. "Well, darling I what did you learn?", asked her . mother. 'Nuf f un sighed Emily ;! hopelessly jTve got to go back I : tomorrow.-; ? P .;' : One. lesson , all of us have ! learned "is that education ; is a process of growth and i develop- ment. ( So it is with everything else worthwhile f r 1 e tt d s hin. I Kj-ir Lw- f asured up on purpose to a life And so it is; with rehgron. We beyond life P V ' can t stop j in; at church ; just j " And he rises to real eloquence once in a while, or pray just now p in passages such as these: and then, or read the Bible just j "Lords and Commons of Eng when some chance occasion aris 4 land, consider what nation it is es, and expect to havejthe type whereof ye are and whereof ye of Christian faith that really will ; re the governors: a nation not -be a help in life, p Religion, likefi.'10 nd dull, but of a quick, in education, is a matter ! of daily, 5 feniqus, and piercing spirit, weekly growth. Yes Sve've' got I cut Invent, subtle and sin to 'go back tomorrow.' ewy to discourse, not beneath the I presume it is the absorption of the peopled thought in war which prevents more eeneral recognition j pf ,this annivei-sary. CerUinly writers and publishers should Join ;to acknowledge their debt to John . Milton who set .forth the basis, for freedom to : - write and to print One of the few contributions I have seen is a splendid j article by our own Prof. E. S.; Oliver of Willamette, university oh "Milton Speaks To day", which appears in the "Ad- ; vance" the journal of the Con gregational j Christian chxu-ches. Dr. Oliver; makes a plea for! the broader attributes of liberty: "For liberty gets its power from a generative spirit within the soul of man. We must still be searching, still measuring truth by truth." ; p Liberty, to write carries also liberty to think. I I fear that with printing there has come a tyran ny of the, book.'. Somehow the mechanics of print influences the mind of man into an uncritical acceptance of : what is printed. Thus it Is that print enslaves the gullible mind. -.-:. To John Milton truth was not a revelation once made, but a goal for endless search; and printing was merely a vehicle to disclose thi product of thought and study j to stimulate further intellectual, effort. The princi ple, of no requirement of govern ment licence is now securely es- ; " tablished j in . democratic lands (though not lacking need of vigi lance to preserve it), but the fur- ' ther extension of liberty in the field of thought still needs stim ulation. John Milton's political pamphlet is a powerful appeal for both. : Statesman ::p. .f , .-- 'C-.. " ''if Recoimheiidatioris . On State Measures Amendment - to provide alterna tive means of securing bank de posits, relieving shareholders of double liability.' I - P. ; S00 X Yea . , " "THE YOUNG IDEA" By Mossier ;.V if. "OkayJ Okay, Sydney, TU be yTif fi jri . r P; -r ;;. ;jt..;;-,5V,'.p;; ;I ;. p. p-:: Amendment authorizing change 'to managerial ; form of county government, if voters so elect 102 X Yes. J - " " . P - ' ' i - ; " Amendment creating state debt and permitting loans to veterans - on farms and homes r SOS XNi i ' -"; j ' ' "':- - '" " - " ' f Amendment to permit legislature to fix conditions by which ex convicts may regain right to vote a zes - -! , ; , 1 - " ,"t," Bill providing educational aid to Oregon veterans . MS X No r ' Bill Imposing retail sales lax, of three per cent ; , a t ill X N r r j - . .' k-, K i' " feurke bill ' to- restrict sales ' of i fortified wines to state store "v t SIS X-Yes; -p-r-t. p - - - .. ' Amendment increasing state tax fund for school support - K T 314 X Yes ? ' ' : Amendment providing monthly; : frrT gross inccrne tax i Vbterahsr Rights and Benefits i , (This fc-a portion of an official pamphlet giving tnformatioa , o. th , rights and prlTileges of war i veterans v ' P . .- m under federal laws.)' " Benefits for Dependents : JOBS FOR DEPENDENTS ' , Special attention and assistance will be given by the local offices of the United States Employment Service and local Veterans' Em , ployment Representatives to members of veterans' families seeking -suitable employment . 1 1 ; . Wives and widows of disabled veterans are! given certain prefer ' ences for positions in the US Civil Service. :!;' : 1 PENSIONS FOR DEPENDENTS . , !i - When a member or former member of the armed forces dies of a . service-connected disability, ; his widow, children and dependent v parents may file a claim for pension with the Veterans' Administra tion. A veteran's own pension for disability j is not continued af !: ter his death. . . " .' .-; PjiHp-p "!. . SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS i ; In the event of the death of a member on former member of the armed forces who had civilian employment in private business or P industry, survivors insurance benefits may be payable on his social , security acount. The next of kin should inquire immediately at the pestering me for dates? ill rax v Jk AV P m. i a C1 . - - '-is:cri Stevens A LifetimeGift ; The gift of Catwear in sterling silver, will grow i more beautiful with, use .through the years Buy one piece or a complete jet. Several patterns' to j choose frpnv Credit -If 'Mm" i '.i