Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1945)
PAGE FOUB The OSEGOI? STATESMATL Salea. Oregon, Saturday Morning. Janusrf 27. IMS refiou MM ; "! ' i Wo Favor Swayt Ut; No Fear Shall Awe k : ' . 1 From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 ;k . r;i;..x:--1- - .- - ;o if; TOE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor end Publisher J: Member of the I Associated Press ' -. ! Tbe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or sot otherwise credited in this newspaper. Commerce Rejects "Wallace By a vote ol 14 to 5 the senate commerce com mittee voted to reject 'the nomination of Henry Wallace as secretary of commerce. The divided report will go to the senate Monday and shortly thereafter the senate will voteon whether to confirm or reject the nomination. It is rare indeed that a presidential nomina tion to a cabinet position has been rejected by the senate. There have been a few instances, if memory does not betray U3, where nominations .that ran into opposition were withdrawn; but at the moment we recall no outright rejection of a cabinet nominee.! s The action of the committee does not neces sarily forecast the action of the senate. It is hardly to be believed that the senate would re fuse to confirm a man who so recently presided over that body for four years, and who pre viously had been confirmed and served for four years as secretary of agriculture, exercising powers only a little less extensive than those presently vested in the secretary of commerce. The reason back of the committee action is both" suspicion of Wallace because of his polit ico-economic views and determination, to kill ' him off politically. To the conservative demo- crats the latter is perhaps the more compelling reason. They thought they had tied a can to his tail and dropped him in Lake Michigan last summer. But when they get back to Washing ton here they find Henry Wallace sitting on the front porch like a cat with fabled nine lives. The conservatives do not want to see Wallace in a cabinet post because that gives him a springboard for the 1948 nomination. They are determined to prevent that, and this action - merely follows up the political execution of Wallace as' vice , presidential candidate at the Chicago convention. ; The question now is whether the president's letter to Jones explaining why he wanted . to ; provide a place for Wallace is the same as his letter commending Wallace last June. If it is, then Wallace presumably will suffer the same fate. If Roosevelt is sincere in wanting Wallace for secretary of commerce; he can apply pres sures enough to save his nominee this time. Looming large of course is the worry of busi- . ness over what will happen to vast government holdings of war plants and machinery. Busi ness felt safe with Jones; it is worried lest Wal- ' lace use bis plant to launch socialistic schemes which will ruin competing private investment and prove costly to the treasury. The very unanimity of the chorus condemn - ; lng the Wallace appointment excites our sus picion. Kareiy is such mass judgment correct. The fears about Wallace spring more from fears of his political philosophy than over his com petence as an administrator. But after all, the new deal is what the people voted for, isn't it? And Wallace is the pure type of the new dealer. Home for Historical Society The Oregonian commends editorially the work of the Oregon Historical society in en dorsing its request for an increase of $5000 in its biennial appropriation, now at the sum of $9000. Measured by its public service and the work it does in preserving Oregon history the society is .most modest in its request. One of its most pressing needs is for an independent building where its valuable museum nd library could be housed. If the state can't squeeze out the money for it some citizen of wealth ought to come forward with a donation to provide proper housing for the society and its, invaluable collections. For once we agree; "with Senator Tom Ma honey hiring tax experts will not'do the state any good. Neither will a new commission to belabor the .Oregon tax question which is al ready black and blue from previous investiga tions but still is healthy enough to produce ad equate revenue. ' Admiral Yonal, Japanese navy minister, ad- assures his people that Japan "i&now perfectly confident of her ability to protect her merch ant fleet." That is correct, against everything but rust ' ; Editorial Comment BUYERS ARE BOSS John M. Hancock, co-author of the Baruch-Han-' cock reDort on Dost-war adiustment tnld thm Pnm monwealth club that the American people will de cide wages and prices by making or withholding purchases. He described this as the most demo cratic process in the world, y . - V - z We believe he is correct on the method which In . the long run will decide wages and prices, and that It" is the jnethod geared to democratic principles.' ' But it can hardly be. claimed as peculiar to democ racy, Decause it ts the one method which in the long run governs any economy. " r It is more commonly called the law of supply and demand. It charted the ancient caravan routes and the voyages of Phoenician traders. It sent ' Yankee clipper ships to dicker for spices with the pepper rajahs. It put 30.000,000 automobiles on the highways of America. Czars, Kings, Roman Emperors, Mongolian and Byzantine potentates have tried to defeat It with planned economy. So have Fascists and social! rev olutionaries. Compulsory production works while consumers can be forced to buy. Forced buying ; works whilt the Cossack is on the Job with i knout; limited distribution works in a lifeboat or on a bar ren island while there is sense enough, or force enough, to bridge an emergency. : - When primitive necessity relaxes, control loos ens. Omar wonders what the vintner buys one half so precious as the stuff he sells. The peddler unrolls his pack to display his treasures' to the lailiM rf lh hsrm nr! ih had of thm tuui mm scouting for the piasters to pay the bill. v Mr. Stone- hatchet dickers with the arrow maker. His modern successor weighs pros and cons of a television set If he doesnt buy, the manufacturer doesn't make. If Cleopatra wanted barges of teak' with sails of silk, she bought them. The day she boughl the asp "there was a slump in the luxury barge industry. Can Francisco, Chronicle. Death of Oumansky Y : Constantin Oiimansky: soviet ambassador to; Mexico, who was killed in an airplane crash at the Mexican capital Thursday, was one of the ablest men in the Russian diplomatic service. He came to the United States in 1933 as a mem ber of the delegation to negotiate lor recogni tion of Russia, and wis ambassador tn Wash-i ington from 1836 to 1941, the interlude of Max im Litvinof f s representation in this country. While he was sent on to Mexico City when Iit vinoff was returned tolWashington he was still used by his country as a sounding board to North and South America. It was Oumansky who spoke for Russia serv ing notice of "Hands Off to western powers in the matter between Russia and its neighbors, Finland and Poland. When Litvinoff. was re called to Moscow he was replaced here by the comparatively unknown's Andrei A. Gromyko. Why the able Oumansky was not sent back to Washington is just another of the mysteries of Russian politics. In any event Oumansky made his post important. His death may prove a mis fortune because it removes one with: a good working knowledge of American affairs at a time when there is need for closer understand ing between Russia and 'America in the field of world politics, i M ' : Flag to Fly Again ! ' ;j j. i They are shipping by airplane the flag Df the old Oregon second regiment to Luzon to hoist it again over Manila when it is jrecaptured by General MacArthur. It was the "first to .be raised over the Philippine capital in 1888, and very fittingly should be used when the Ameri can armies march in to liberate "the city from an oppressor more primitive than the Spanish. Oregon has had a closO relationship with the Philippines because of the part played by Ore gon troops in the occupation of the islands and reduction of the insurrection. It takes fresh in terest now, as the flag is hurried to Luzon for the recapture of Manila which appears! immi nent, r. ; l5f I ; ; ; & sYm 'zr7fecsj- ' . i p n ow kwi . mlffUriiM fir vs . -t. The Feeling Is Alutual f S ' 1 : AT THE FitONT! - Tlmberwoli Sarcj Is Settling Scor -wiih German Army Br ' Robert Eanson (Substituting for Kenneth j L. ' -Dixon) WITH AMERICAN TROOPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Jan, 23-(Delayed)-(iP)-Gennan soldiers killed by SSgt Arthor E. Williams have their names entered in a little black book. If there is time the Seattle boy also records the place, the wea- street, came overseas with the 70th division in the last war and he knows Just what It feels like to hear from 'home. He writes to bis son George often, and be fore, he seals the envelope he al ways slips In, a new dollar bin. i Nazis dug In behind hedgerows i and a line of foxholes in Ger ! manv were raising particular . .L . . i l. ; hnh iw nlirhL 1A. Rlchara la. pon usea ana me aae u i rrr - . x e,K M n In this informa- i Jones oi -tus ne. iuy- tion later. i -: '. ' -- iiV- -' Williams, is settling a score with the. German army and his fellow : Timberwolves in the 104th division, dont kid him,.. Williams has hated all Ger- inans since his first night in combat when they-k 111 ed his buddy. No doughboy ever for gets his buddy and weU, WU liams and this other doughboy were especially good buddies. Today there are 23 names in the bookv Twenty-three . Ger mans for one American and the , account isn't settled yet There's a PFC from Brook lyn in the second division "who nmfles like hm had been told the Bums had won another pennant . dropped him. bury, NC, took out a patrol of the 78th division that Xlliea 19 Germans : and captured three. After thatthe Germans were quiet ;: t An automatic rifleman cover ed them as they worked their way across the soft snow. When the Germans in a nearby house got noisy the'rifleman spattered lead into the windows and doors and kept the nazis busy duck ing while Jones' and his " men made a run for the hedgerows. When; a German popped up in fron of them, Jones got him with one shot Voices from a foxhole! were silenced with hand grenades. A German rose from another! : hole and somebody every time he gets a letter from his dad. Joseph Russo, 180 Menahan Dtp mi Your ! Federal Income Tax Those who got acquainted with Brig. Gen. William A. Dunckel during the time of. his ser vice with the 104th division at Camp Adair will be pleased to note he has been recommended for promotion to major generaL . General Dunckel commanded the force which invaded Mj1101"0 island and secured American positions j there. He suffered a wound when his convoy j was bombed by the Japs but- insisted on staying on duty. ; $1 - ' ....... ''SH:-! When we hear that American soldiers fight ing in Germany were not as well clad as :Ger mans for winter, fighting it seems incredible. Our soldiers lacked, white outer garments for fighting on snowy ground, and their shows were said inferior to Russian felt-lined boots. After all the expenditure and all the testing of arti cles of apparel it does seem impossible that the personal equipment of our soldiers would prove inferior. Or is it another case of too little, too late? ' 1 Mr -- - Kit' Interpreting: The War News By KIRKE L. SIMPSON I ASSOCIATED PRESS WAH ANALYST ill Startling as is Russian success in snapping: shut the East Prussian trap-on a whole Nazi army and lunging to within' less than 100 miles of Berlin along the direct road from Warsaw, all within two weeks time, an equally amazing spectacle presents itself to American eyes in the Philippines. .r It is less than three weeks since General Mac- Arthur's troops poured ashore in Lingayen gulf prepared to fight the battle of Luzon. That re capture of that great northern island or any sub stantial part of it including Manila bay would go ifar to pave the way for final defeat of Japan was beyond question. Tokyo broadcasts conceded that Jthe Philippines and especially Luzon and Manila bay were, the key to the War in the Pacific, even to the .war in China. ' "if?; i: '.- :f. '' From MacArthur up and down through the . American military J command the most desperate apaiese resistance yet encountered was fully ex pected. It has not yet come." Instead the Japanese Command on Luzon has frittered away the lives of thousands of its men in ' a Seemingly useless arid certainly ineffective delaying" action, incurring losses at a ratio of ten-to-one against those inflicted. I In its stride down the west' side of the wide and Well watered valley that leads from Lingayen gulf to Manila bay MacArthur's advance guard has now reached, captured and passed Clark field arid Fort Stotsenberg. The fate of the American and Fili pino garrison that so gallantly and so long held out On Bataan and Corregidor no doubt was decided at Pearl Harbor, but it was irt destruction of most of . American air. power in the Philippines at Clark field that the chance was lost to make the cost to the foe far heavier than It was. The grim satisfac tion of the general and his troops in regaining, the site of that tragic disaster can well be imagined, j I Yet there- must be even greater satisfaction for them in the fact that at Angeles, a step farther south, they stood within a dozen miles of the only road that leads from the Manila bay area into Ba taan peninsula, scene of the last stand before Cor regidor. r. , '.; v jy;;K. ' The American approach to Bataan is a more im portant fact than that they are now within leu than SO mfles of Manila itself. It seems to be toward the entrance to Bataan peninsula that MacArthur i moving most rapidly. Whether that Is in expecta tion of a Japanese retreat into that difficult mili tary terrain, to parallel the earlier stand of out numbered American-Filipino troops under his com mand, or for other purposes is not yet clear. If 'American air scouts, roving Luzon skies at wilL have seen enemy concentrations on Bataan for a renewal of the battle there! with positions exactly reversed, there has been no definite word of It It seems certain, however, that MacArthur re gards Bataan not only as the last refuge of out matched defenders of the entrance to Manila bay but as the key to reconquest of that bay for an ad vance naval base to- use against Japan itself or - -Japanese armies in China. f (Continued from page i) appropriate $20,000 to be ex pended by the Oregon agricul- ; If tural experiment station "for the j purpose jof defraying the ex-; H penses of research, including . i salaries jof investigators, sup- plies and i apparatus, traveling it expenses,; and other expenses .- necessary in conducting the re- search, and publication of re ports and bulletins upon the re- suits of the research for invest!- ' i gating problems: relating to ; gone with special reference to determining methods of con- I '' trolling gorse. . M There indeed is a project In t , southwest : Oregon, where; these - representatives come from, gorse is quite a . problem. It gets the 'blame for the burning of Ban don back In 1938, the fire travel ing from jthe forests along the ; oily foliage of gorse to the town limits. Gorse covers the pastures and blocks the roadway So - naturally j the residents ; of the ' , coastal country would like to - learn of some DDX that will give them quick riddance of, this 1m- : iKKted pest ' I . Who knows but what research may fmd some economic value to gorse? perhaps It can be util ized for a breakfast food; or its : oils may have medicinal prop- . erties. Its branches may be made into whisk brooms; its blossoms - by selective breeding made into syntheti: (orchids. At the ! very least, research may be able to ; discover." some quick, trick for. ; driving , out the gorse, relieving the landowner of labor with -grubbing hoe, and breaking plow. - Great indeed is man's faith in science, -whose -practical mani- -festation is shown1 by research. . ' The Great , Teacher chided his fellowers for theh' unbelief, tell ing them, If ye have faith as a : grain of mustard seed, ye shall -say to this " mountain,. Remove hence; ajid it shall be removed.' and No. 19 (Continaed) i - Annaities and Pensions Officers in the armed forces : receive what is called "retired pay" or "retirement pay" after they retire jfrom active service. They differ from retired civil ians irj that they are subject to recall to active duty, and their retirement pay has been held up to represent j compensation not only lor services previously rendered but also for holding themselves ready ' to respond to a further call to dutf. Prior to 1942 all pf such retirement pay ments were ! taxable as. compen sation regardless of whether re tirement was due to age, (lum ber of -year jpf service? or dis ability. Now,; however, if they retire on account of injuries or .sickness resulting from active service! in the armed, forces, the "disability Retirement pay Is exempt, for 1942 and later years, by express j provision of law. However; payments made! for retirement oh account bf age or service are still taxable as com pensation and are subject tothe Withholcungjsf income tax. Government "pensions' compensation paid to war vet erans who are no longer In ac tive service are usually paid on account of disability incurred in active service.' The pension, law provides that - service-connected money benefits payable to vet erans of World war-1 shall be entitled "compensation" and: not "pension." , All payments of pensions" and '"compensation" to veterans j . w e r formerly treated as taxable compensation, but since 193$ they have in general- been exempt from tax by express I provision of law. j v Between tie , ordinary cpm mercial annuity, on the ;one hand, and the compensatory pension or retirement payment, on the other) hand, there Is a third type of ! payment met with In the -federal civil service j re tirement : system, teachers j re tirement systems in many states, and police and fire departments in numerous! cities. Under the: . provisions off it. statute or of a contract as the case may be, the employer - withholds 1 from jthe employe's payn each pay day a specified percentage of his pay, and transfers the . withheld amounts to. a specified fimd, usually i called a ; "retirement fund," : to h i c h additional amounts are added by the em- monthly retirement allowance Which is derived in part from the employe's percentage con- tributions to the fund "and in part from, the employer's con- I tributions to the fund. For federal income tax pur poses this type of retirement pay Is treated as an "annuity" and not as a "pension.", ; v The distinguishing character istic that marks the pension" as different from the "annuity" for income 'tax purposes is, there fore, that in general the pension is paid entirely out of the em ployer's funds on account of ser- lie tat u OL GUIDEPOST "THE - MISSOURI," y SUalcy Ve Ul (Farrar A Blnebart; SI.5S). ; The prnery, mighty Missouri, "road to half America," pictur esque, unpredictable, both hos tile and friendly, is the subject of this well organized, well written and easily . read volume In the series "Rivers of America." , " "The river runs crooked through the valley, the channel j runs crooked through the river," and the current flows upstream and down with almost equal ease. An engineer complained thatf af ter spending a year buueung a vices, whereas the; annuity is f bridge, he had "spent my time paid, i part at least out of a fund to which the employe has contributed. "j ' Th . i.' Safety Valve LETTERS FSOM STATESMAN READERS ! f With the new eod Research there is less doubt WithJ $20,000 from ployerWhen; the employe ;re the state treasury; we shall say tiresi on accbiiht of age, number to the gorse 'of Coos and Curry of years service, disability,: T counties,f Remove hence; and it other agreed reason, the em shall be removed i ... maybe, i ployer p ay i him thereafter a t - "THE YOUiVC IDEA" By Mossier mm B-V. - f i n , . w f -mr " w ."- . : "Frankly, I wish ene of yen characters wen! J take a powder I" Hospitals Now Profit To the Editor: ' t Last Thursday morning in your paper and in the j depart ment called "The Safety Valve" there appeared anl article by Mrs. H. D. Smittsoh on "Hos pitals and Nurses' Aides." This article is being contributed for . . the one and only purpose of cor recting the misinformation con tained in her allegations. , . First we noticed the bold faced type Used on one word; ui fact, , the only place outside the cap tion where bold-faced type was , used; it is the word "private." We want you to get: it straight, Mr. .Editor, that this institution is NOT a PRIVATE institution, but is a non-profit or charitable corporation. You may not know it but a. Utile time out on the telephone to- the corporation commission of this state would have given you that information. What is knore, a similar call to our accounting department would have disclosed over $50, 000 of charitable work done by this hospital during the year 1944. . : ; f . Ik Second, we learned for the first time that Salem hospitals are charging "fancy fees for their services." We know; that many people think this is as true . as the gospel, but the facts are to the contrary. For had we the space we -could cite many hospi tals in other parts of the coun- ' try who charge much in excess of f the. rates charged here. In . fact, . we can show instances where the -rates elsewhere dou-' hie and even treble lour; rates. - We do not know by what stand ard one Is to say "fancy fees"; except by comparison and this ' will disclose that we are below the average. ' Third, Mrs. Smittson seems to be in the darkest dark on the arrangements made between the Red Cross and the hospitals. It would be a good thing for her and many others like her to do a little investigating before lead ing out with insinuations of self ishness on the part of the' hos pitals. She would find that while jthe hospitals are .not permitted to pay the aides that the hospi tals did not seek' free labor. - She would have learned with very little trouble that many pa tients have been paid for by the Red Cross 1 at very much less than going rates to care for wives andj families of service men. She wouH soon learn that raw recruits for service in hos pitals are very costly in the" ear ly days of their: training and that even 150 hours j does not qualify one to take over the place of graduate nurses.; She would have learned; that hospitals in Salem are not in a business, are not out to exploit any one, are not trying to make . money, but to " the contrary are in the work of trying to save lives and better the health of our community, are willing to take the little end of the' born rather than to" dig deep into the ever since keeping the river un der the bridge." i jr .People who live in this long valley which - cuts " through a. handful of states will relish these tales of their homeland; Ameri cans living elsewhere will wel come this lively record, depend able as a textbook but entertain ing as fiction, of some of the most thrilling and momentous 1 events in their national life. 1 The Missouri was the land, or J the " river, of Lewis and Clark, Daniel Boone, Kit Carson , and I Jesse James, who staged his first train robbery at Adair, Iowa, in 1 1873. It was the land of the Cus jters, the Little Big Horn "mas . jsacre," Rain-in- the-Face, Sitting 'Bull, the :"Pony Express. " The iMissourf had Its "king" and its ; Rhine maidens, its legends and .its hoaxes. Frederic Remington . land George Caleb Bingham were llts artists. ; - Like all unprejudiced students of i Indian history, Vestal sides jwith the Redskin. The white man cheated, betrayed and lied to jhim, and was often licked .by him. Col. Nelson A. Miles out numbered' the. Nez Perces five to one in 1877, but couldn't whip them, and their Chief Joseph re fused to retreat and leave his wounded for, ; he charged: "We had never heard of a wounded Indian recovering while in the hands of the white men." I There are illustrations by Get lar Smith, notes and an index for the serious-minded. White men should read this, but our censors ought to keep it off In dian reservations.- pockets of the people, and that not one single human being has a chance to make any money out Of investment in these stalwart protectors of the health of this area. .' ; ". v. - . She would have learned that both the Red Cross and our hos pitals are working hand in hand to keep costs down and to make the service better and . that Sometimes has meant the giving of much free time by not only nurses aides but by many oth ers "who never get decorated, even with a badge of honor from the Red Cross or elsewhere, p Frank F. WedeL manager; f . Salem Deaconess Hospital Meanwhile an artillery unit of the 78th put down a box bar rage and the men fanned out, carefully working over . everyi fox hole When they came in and counted noses, their casual ties totaled one Injured thumb. OSC Dads Eye IMfiedPlea On Buuding OREGON S T ATE COLLEGE, Jan. 25 -4 A unified approach , to the major problems of . Oregon higher education,: with immediate joint action ' with University of Oregon organizations in support of the higher 'educational building program, was proposed by the Oregon State Dads' club at its re cent annual meeting at OSC ; 1 ' Sentiment was expressed by Dads' club-members that those in terested in higher education : in the state should get together on common problems involving other institutions in the state system of higher education. ; Postwar i problems of keeping and enlarging the college staff may be even more serious than the! need for 4 additional buildings. President A. -L. Strand told the dads, witix private industry and government bidding far above present salary levels to take some of the best faculty members. , Will W. Henry, manager of the Dairy Cooperative association of Portland, was elected president of the Dads, club, succeeding Harry Brack of . Portland. Arthur K. McMahan of Albany was named vice-president; C, H. Tomassene, Portland, secretary; and William W.! Whitfield, Portland, treasurer. Directors are D. M. Pickett F. V. Horton, Dr. Blair Holcomb, Or lando I. Hoffman, aH of Portland; R. A. SkinneT, Medford; Robert H. Watt, Bay City; R. G. Ridgley, Hood River; B. G. Babb. Valsetz; Ivan Stewart, Salem; O. H.' Hamp ton, Pendleton; and R. W. DeSha xer, Lakeview. . iNursing! Schools Look For Nurse Students PORTLAND, Jan. 2ftP)-Four Portland a're a nursing schools j opening their spring classes this ' month will heed cadet nurse corps students, Lucile Petry, director of US public health service nursing corps, said today, y The need for nurses has been publicized, she said, and the Job now is to iget nurse candidates. The four schools are ImmanueL Good Samaritan, and St Vincent's hospitals, and the University of Oregon medical school. ' Baker Remembers to Par 27-Year4Dild Promise ' n6rth BENn jt. a ye-pld! promise; paid off to day to Frank Day, a baker here., Day wasjthen an lapprentice in b,fr3r bop In Montana. While admiring some - new equipment "J give It uTyoi wnen rm through with it" "fiS!? Pn?kaBe rrived today at the Day bakery. It was the equipment j , - ' SiiViiI:3 M 1 f tM- r" a Cxacelets Earrtaxs' Kings Clips . .. rina Vj.' . ) i cIAI.I0I0)3 . juvnxaY Son has an outstanding aeiectlon : of youll find many, many toucb to your costume for daytime and evening wear., ! Credit If Desired Diamonds ru-stt VThUe Ton T7a:t l . Ktora Honrs: t:Zi. A. U. t P. HL Net Crea EatarJiy