PAGE FOD11 Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Wedaesdar Moralng. March 23, 1945 i t : I swimms MM ' I ! - 'No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe From First Statesman, March 28, 183) TOE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher j . I . i f " ' i'-;. i Member of the Associated Press j Tbe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper. of an Philippine Independence Under the Hawes-Tdings act the Philippine islands are to receiye their independence in 1946. During the war President Roosevelt, to offset efforts of the 4aps to gain favor among the Filipinos, promised the islands immediate Independence after .liberation. President Os mena went ashore with General MacArthur and the latter as soon as the enemy was cleared off from part of Leyte turned the civil administra tion back to Osmena and the Philippine govern ment. Paul V. McNutt, now manpower commission er and former commissioner in the islands, rec ommends that the granting of complete inde pendence be deferred until the islands are re habilitated economically. Secretary Ickes has expressed the view that immediate independ ence would be harmful to the islanders. The conclusion of these officials is based on the eco nomic demoralization in which the islands have fceen cast by the invasion and by American fighting to oust the invaders. Japan stripped the islands of much of their produce. In sugar for instance, it is reported that none may be expected for export until 1947 because plantations have been neglected and some of the refineries damaged, j Manila has suffered destruction of property and utility . facilities which will run into hundreds of mil lions of dollars. The whole economic life of the Islands, except that for personal subsistence, has been badly wrecked after three years of warfare. - . I The immediate need is the rebuilding of plant and restoration of agriculture. In some irops this may come rapidly, as with copra, hemp and tobacco. Sugar production will be slower. Building construction will have to be, delayed except for essential structures until the Pacific war is at or near an end. The Filipinos them selves, when they face their problems, will doubtless see the wisdom of continued connec tion with the United States, especially if that is 1946, but the Filipino government; would b wise to ask the U. S. to stayion for a few years. Car Situation "Tight!' The effects of the hard Winter which forced shipping embargoes earlier jthi.yeaj are being felt in the delay in moving of ;rain out of the farm belt. Cars were tied up in eaitern yards and terminals for weeks. Asj a result the normal or: cars which still shipment of wheat and corn and oats from west ern elevators did not take plaCel Now the mills and grain dealers are making a desperate effort to get grain to rolling. They are applying their pressures on the railroads are landlocked in the east. Much of the 1944 corn copi: was 'poorly fin ished, that is,' it was soft, ncft thoroughly cured. This must be consumed as! animal feed before too long or it moulds and i valueless. During the winter there is no danger of loss, because of freezing weather, bat witlj spring thaws the grain quickly spoils. This jno has given an other impetus to the demand for cars to handle the corn crop. ij J , : .; !' Flour mills have actually; rim short of sup plies of wheat. Here in thj northwest there is a cry for cars to move Monfanjij wheat which is used for blending in local mUs; In milling cen ters of the midwest and east mills have been clamoring for wheat.- I iff " Some traffic authorities! question whether enough cars can be provided to clear the ele vators before the next crop. It is only - about three months before harvest will start in the southwest, and that tloesn'tj give much time to move hundreds of millions pf bushels of wheat which fill country elevators;. jWith the move ment of war goods still gettjngvtop priority, and , that movement "chiefly eastwara from tne cen tral west, the cars keep flowing back to the east, so shippers are none tod' optimistic over the outlook. The railroads however have done wonders in meeting crises such as this. They did a .great V ' o- -V- . v , .AT THE FRONT! Z Cub Flan Just Another Vehicle To American MPs ' SUrihrtnl b Kins Fa, tuna Snlnte fcy ftrrantrciMnt vttk Ths WaMaitm Star Just a One o'Clock Fellow in a 12 o'CIock Town DIP 933HO0 irrmnrn 3 Out lot 4he Woods (Continued from page 1) accompanied by aid in restoring their country rTTJT nTT utld uavn, j-ix ctiAu. Airiy aiivt, biicj itiaj aw . as a going concern. Of perhaps greater importance over the long er term is the question of trade relations be 1 tween the Philippines and the United States. The islands have been the most prosperous of the far eastern territories, largely because of the investment of American capital and the relative freedom of trade with the United States. Be fore the war the subject of tariffs proved some " thing of a nightmare to far-seeing Filipinos who wondered how they could maintain the stand ard of living if their goods, whose biggest mar ket was in the United States, had to hurdle tar iff barriers. That question looms again. If the islands are absolutely independent then their exports would have to compete with exports from Japan, China, India, etc. for the American market. The prospect was not a healthy one for the Filipinos. The trade question is one which ought to be worked out before the islands are set adrift, particularly in their present stater American capital is concerned about its- fu ture in the islands. Government there has been stable; but Americans may hesitate to make new commitments until they see something about what the economic conditions in the islands will be, as well as the political situation, j Clearly it would be a neglect of our duty to the Filipino people who have so splendidly proved their loyalty to the United States to cut them adrift abruptly. Their own government though is the one to take the lead in proposing a T continuance of some relationship with America until economic and political restoration in the Islands is well advanced. For our part we should be ready to assist in this restoration, and for the longer term to establish some pref erence system for trade. This will help bind the islands to us in firm friendship, will encourage American capital to remain in the islands, and Will demonstrate American fairness in dealing with these people of the orient for whose wel T fare we have a real responsibility. We will keep "- our pledge to give full independence July 4, Editorial Comment THE WEALTH OF THE INDIES Even before the Americas were discovered, the East Indies were fabled as one of the richest terri tories of the world. Columbus was enroute there when he found his way blocked by a new continent. Many of our waterways were discovered by men 'seeking a new road from Europe to the Indies. The islands of the Caribbean took their name from their oriental predecessors on the charts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Of all the territories the Japanese have, conquered in mis war the Nether land Indies probably are the most valuable to them. The clearing 'of the. enemy from Mindanao, and probably also from the islands of the Sulu Archi pelago, will give us a land dagger pointed at the heart of Japan's rich Southeast Asian empire. Zamboanga, on Mindanao, provides the Allied , forces in the Pacific with air bases from which the . northernmost of the Indies, Borneo, can be brought - under -air siege. The Indies already have, been . partly cut off from Japan through the air and sea blockade made possible by establishment of air and naval bases on Leyte, Mindoro, Luzon, and Palawan. . From Zamboanga, and the islands to the south, the great oil centers of Borneo and enemy installations . in the Celebes can he attacked, directly and heavily, . and probably made of little value to the large Japa nese forces still operating there. When the time comes for direct attack, Mindanao will be the stag . . ing base. . - ' -' How well the Japanese have been able to exploit the resources of the Netherlands Indies since they seized them in 1842 probably is not fully known. The resources were great Before the war the Neth erlands Indies produced 3? er cent of the World's rubber, 19 per cent of the world's tin, 72 per cent .of its kapok (used in making mattresses and life . belts), and, of course, 91 per cent of its quinine. Other war minerals, such as manganese ore, wol fram and molybdenum also were there. ' The oil - - output was -only 3 per cent of the world's supply, but the IS39 production of almost 8,000,000 tons was 'more than the Japanese could hope to get from any : other source. .Without the wealth of the Indies, the .Japanese" could not have continued the war this . ; long. Recapture of this war-making wealth will come too late to mean much to the Allies, but deny--1 ng it to the Japanese will be a deadly blow to their war economy. New York Times. '; " able to lick this grain bulge this year. If they do it should win for the roads a merit flag for faithful performance undep trying conditions. False Reports on Victory s - Obviously the war in Germany is moving rapidly to a climax, and, as he world can plain ly see, to a conclusion. But we must not be premature and assume that the fighting will soon be over. The collapse pf the German lines on the east; bank of the Rhine shows interior weakness, .but before this j the Germans have shown amazing capacity o pull out of bad holes and reorganize their forces. We need to be chary about : accepting as true brief flashes; on the radio, such as came in Tues day saying that the Germans had "quit." The correction was prompt. Eisenhower had said the Germans were " whipped'! i which has quite a different meaning. When surrender does come or occupation of Berlin the news will flow iery promptly. Ra- and to the I goodly company of men and women who have for close to a century joined hands in producing this newspaper. Thurston, who had set suqh store by his new newspaper, chd motJive to see a copy of the pa per he had worked hard to estab lish. He died at sea on April 9, 1851, on a return trip to Oregon. ' How Bush with The States man as his organ became one of the great powers of Oregon s part of the history and political legend of the state. - The paper followed the capital to Salem, jo Corvallis and back to Salem. Bush left The Statesman in 1863, and in 1868: formed the Ladd St Bush bank, which opened for business in 1869. The Statesman had numerous : changes of own ership during the next score of years. It was merged with The Unionist in $866 following a brik period in which Sam L. Simpson,! famed as an Oregon poet, was editor; but (when S. A. Clarke bought the paper in 1869 he re stored the name of The States man. . ' M Established as a weekly, The Statesman got out a daily edi tion for four months in 1864 to carry war news. In 1868 daily publication was resumed, which dio ought to get an early break because it uses the reports of the severaKows services. News- been continuous ever sincV. papers will nave early confirmation through The man who directed the des their leased wires. The announcement will car- I tinies of the paper for the longest ry authoritative statement l and as much detail f period of time was the late R. J. as can be gathered. We rnust, be patient. The end may not come for several weeks. We should not be swept away by rumqVs or speculation but await official announcement, i "Seaside Sees Seas Slam City Seawall" sez the Astorian-Budget. Should have worked Sea Shells in. the heading soraejhow. Interpreting The Wgr News By KIRKE L. SIMPSON ASSOCIATED PRESS. W AH ANALYST Blitzkreig warfare is striking into the heart of stunned Germany from the west at a pace that fore shadows total and perhaps jeajrly enemy military colapse from the Alps to the North sea. Only in the north, where! Field Marshal Mont gomery's American-British-Canadian armies were bucking their way toward a decisive break-out, and in a Rhine gorge salient between the Main and the Lahn rivers caught in a squeeze is there evidence o organized resistance. Elsewhere American tank two army American columns are still run- Hendricks, who became a part owner in 1884, and for 44 years thereafter served as editor and publisher; and after his retirje ment in 1928 continued as editor emeritus until his death in eai 1943. Naturally as present editor and publisher I : feel a sense of pride and of responsibility - - pride over the long and distinguished record The Statesman has made, and responsibility for his pres ent service and ood health for the future. I regard owner ship of The : Statesman as pri marily a stewardship, to main tain high standards of Journal Ism for the newspaper, to make it stand as k force for good gov ernment and wholesome living, and to keep; it prosperous so that it may go (on indefinitely asj a growing, vital institution.! . like most other: people we of The Statesman have out "postwar plan , nothing revolutionary, but ideas for the improvement of our housing, for new equipment, and production of better paper. Safety Valve ' LETTEKS FROM STATESMAN READERS , FORTY CASES AND A QUART To the editor: We liked your news about Al coholics Anonymous coming to town, mat appeared in your spe cial column ("It Seems to Me") ning wild. As this was written advices placed Amer- . , , ! , ' - ,: . 1 ;" , ' ; . ;. i8St sunaay. it is to oe regret- ican First and Third army elements close to a June- ttrpTTp VfsinVr 1.117 A" Xlwr HTcefot i; u tion north of Frankfurt thatjwould turn the Main-: J V M. f PY lHOSSler get here during the closing days they would have had much ' to Lahn salient into a -death trap for the foe. Their meeting would weld the initial First and Third, f army bridgeheads over the Rhine into a single vast eastward bulge already lapping at the great central plain of Germany. j Seventh army comrades to; the south are busy ex- i panding its base line in Rhine crossings below I Mannheim. They gained anj eastbank foothold 20 ? miles wide, and four miles deep in the first surprise I surge. j:; yt- I ' Back in Paris from a personal inspection of the roaring, fast-moving Allied attack front beyond the ? Rhine, General Eisenhower termed the German army in the west whipped' as a military force. Yet ; . he warned, that there was bjtter fighfmg yet to do and that a; front might be jformed at some point -where oar maintenance is stretched to the limit. It seemed clear that the supreme commander was , taking no chances that his swiff passage of the cen tral Rhine and prompt and jdeep penetrations into inner Germany on the First land Third army fronts should be risked by too narrow a base. . While there is some indication that the Seventh army has also pushed across ;the river near the ; Karlsruhe corner, its locally announced eastbank foothold below Mannheim is ion the immediate right : '; flank of the Third army, it represents a 20-mile expansion of the base of the developing major cross Rhine bulge of the Allied victory drive that reaches from the Cologne area to Mahnheim. V . Once it is consolidated that vast bulge would be utterly beyond German hope of containing it. Field reports from Marshal Montgomery's head-'. i quarters speak of impending I breakouts into the Westphalian plain that would set tank columns thundering eastward there km the direct route to Berlin as well as in the souuu I (By Jim Stevens) The Forgotten Forest ! The farm forest has been the forgotten forest of America all through the generation of Paul Bunyan operations in the . big timer. . Now it is realized that the farm forests and "pecker wood" sawmills of the South are producing as much lumber as our own region. ; Offhand, would you guess that Clackamas county, as old as any in Oregon in point of Settlement, has 100)00 acres of second growth forests on farms? Some have , prime sawtimer 80 years old. The Willamette valley is all White on forest maps, yet you see fine farm forests along every highway. They sum up to a giant timber crop, a rich resource. : All of which Is a introduction to an account of a farm forest operator of Oregon by my friend, Harold (the Viking) Olson, pride of Aberdeen in the Northwest lit erary tribe. His . story is of Charles Marshall, farmer owner pf 30 acres of Douglas fir 60 years old and red cedar swale in Clackamas county. Life of a Forest Farmer Charley Marshall is 52 and was bprn about three miles from his prosperous farm in Clackamas county, Oregon. He's a tree far mer in every sense of the word although his magnificent wood lot is not yet in the American Tree Farm System. He practices sound forestry on his woodland. In winfer time between farm chores he works for himself out in the woods. :,4I feel best when I'm home working," Marshall avowed. "Sure, I take vacations. I've been out to the coast for -a day or two, but I'm always glad to get home.' Sundays? That's our day off. We do the chores, then sit in the house, reading. Maybe there's ' a fence or a trough to fix, so we do that, then go in and read some more. Then there's ; something else to fix. You cant sit in the house all day long. That's im possible." Marshall has about a fine a stand of 60-year-old fir timber as can be seen anywhere, on a slope bordering his pastures and fields. He has brought it along nicely, cutting out just enough, for firewood, to keep the stand properly thinned , and vigorous. He gets $9 a cord for fuelwood, . f .o.b. the Tarm. Now that he's getting technical help from Walt And we are looking ahead to March 28, 1951 when The States man can celebrate its own cen tennial i ' Fergerson soil conservation serv ice forester, he knows he could well thin) the stand some more by taking out piling. "But I don't think IH cut any piling," he said. "IH thin yrtiere I have toj and turn it into fire wood. I'm shooting for sawtim ber, and as you can see, the stuff is pretty far advanced right now. I don't like to cut any for piling because it's hard to fall stuff in nere witnout injuring trees near by." ; Where a Forest Is Fun Along a creek bed he has stand of old growth red : cedar and wants to plant rnprel He figures cedar will always be valuable, just like fir and all the other west coast trees. j For years Marshall has har vested each winter a big crop of firewood for Oregon CirJ and Portland j while improving his stand of timber. With it he took also a soul-satisfying crop of pleasure in doing just exactly the work; he likes to do In his spare time. "I have seen this timber grow in my lifetime," he said. "Just shows what it will do. A far mers'; woodland is like a savings account j It earns interest. It grows every year and it Igrows By Lewis Hawkins ? (Substituting far Kenneth L. Dixon) WITH THE US SEVENTH ARMY-itfV-When Lfc O. L. Ad ams, an artillery observer from Houlton, Me, ran low on gas oline, he landed his cub on a highway, parked the plane and went in search of fueL - Returning with gasoline, he found no plane. MPs had im pounded it i ' -' In answer to Adams, protest, the army police spoke sternly of army regulations which say that army vehicles must not be left unguarded outside a guarded area. To an MP a cub plane is Just another vehicle. The lieutenant got his plane back, but he knows what to ex pect if he leaves it beside a road again. , Pvt Carl Tomlinson, Ada, Okis, landed on Red beach, in "the southern France invasion, carrying a bible which he had kept all through his fighting ca reer with the Third infantry di vision. But he lost it on the Riv iera seashore. He accepted the loss as part of the war, but often thought about that particular good book - - given to him by his grandpar ents years ago - - as he slogged up through France. I So it was a happy doughboy who read a letter from the Red Cross the other day. It came from Detroit Mich, and said his bible had been found by a sailor and turned in to them - - and would he like to have it sent to him?. The bible is on the way. CpL Lionel J. Poirer, Law rence, Mass, figures his scant five feet one and one-half inch es - - a small target - - are help ing him build a remarkable com bat record. Overseas 21 months, he has missed only 15- of 450 combat days with his company in the 179th regiment of the 45th divi sion. He has been in every ma jor scrap and never has been out a day for wounds, illness or in jury. But he does have one worry: "When we make amphibious landings I generally' go in -over my head.'' Pfc. Danny B. Marshall's re action to eight wounds received on you too. Being out here working for yourself In the woods is fun; it's like a picnic in a park. I wouldn't be anywhere else or doing anything else." Seven thousand farm forest owners like5 Charles Marshall in Oregon and Washington are to morrow's suppliers of raw, ma terial to the forest industries. The farm woodlot is the forgot ten forest no more. The Literary Guidepost ! By W. G. Sogers j "THE GENERALS AND THE AD MIRALS," portraits by T. H. CUn kerlalm, biographies by Ntwiwttk editors (Dsrin-Adslr; S4.t)i Thirty top-ranking army and navy; chiefs make up the j roster of this book, which is rather a souvenir volume than a history. The generals and admirals will like it most; the wrinkles are smoothed out of their faces,' the years cut away by the glamoriz ing Chamberlain. It is not indi cated whether he made the; draw ings from life or photos, j "TExiowl MAGIC:: THE STORY Or PENICILLIN,' by J, D. RateUff (Raadom Roace; 12). j Dr. Alexander Fleming, the Englishman who devoted his life to the search for wound antisep tics, is the hero of this book; he "Year new boy friend with the 'epicurean tastes sare pat a gouge la sna's meal loafT inspire them or surprise them with" the Alcoholics promiscuous and Alcoholics conspicuous seen at the capitol and about the ho tels and night spots. . . f Perhaps when they arrive here they can go to the capitol and gain a lot about alcoholism from the 'Forty Cases and a ; Quart club prominent members of which were so obliging and ac commodating to the members of the assembly in obtaining spe cial permit from the liquor ad ministrator o gratify the appe tites of the thirsty solons. Then have special conference Vith the emissary! of the secretary of state's office who was sent to Kansas City with the dough to complete the whiskey deal and during the quiz here told the committee he only got a quart i out Of the deaL.;-' v'.--l How many quarts we ask you were reserved for ; the officials who sent the state's truck to Portland for the liquor. High jackers win be on guard instead of state "police when' the next consignment is ordered. There is a call of AJcoholic' conscientious in the capitoL - V - - . Yours truly," - : t HENRY O. GANTENBELN . ; North Front Street . found the "magic" drug in the Penicillium family. Other per sonages, are American doctors who guided experimentation, and industrialists who took the risk of mass production. Bene ficiaries are countless civilians and, at this time in particular, soldiers. This isn't a new story, at least to newspaper readers, but it's a fascinating one; read it and learn how in fact the penicil lin is mightier ( than the sword. Illustrated. -NEW WORLD OF MACHINES.- by Harlue Miitkntii (luita Hwe; S3). .This is science made. pleasant and, on the whole, easy to take. The author smartly piques your interest by telling .how j the in vention happened or how it is used, then stuffs the drier facts down your throat while your mouth still waters. Subjects range from electron to polarizing glass, fluorescence, "teleohotn. high-octane gasoline, Diesel en gine, turbosupercharger, plastics. There are photos, too. MANSIONS- by w. H. Had- Of all living authors," John Galsworthy wrote in a foreword to this book in 1915, r could leasx dispense with W. H. Hud son." The romantic novel of the Deauuiul, elusive Rima has been reprinted with illustrations in coior ny . McKnight Kauffer. This artist, perhaps best knows for his admirable posters, would seem to be aa unlikely choir- . illustrator of a work of such sub tlety and fancifulness as "Green aaansions." But Kauffer's colors are those of a forest as full of wonoers as Hudson's, and th- novelist's truths are interpreted leeunsiy Dy me formalities of the designs. I prefer Hudson with Kauffer to Hudson without. in the Italian and French cam paigns is Tin Just lucky, that'" alL" The 45th .division infan tryman from Holdenville, Okla., explains how he got them just as tersely: "From time to time I washlf . . Pfc. Howard Stevens, Bruns wick, Md, and Pfc William B. Petrie, Portland, Ore, were rid ing 4 jeep pulling a trailer load of rations to a forward position in the third division sector when a mortar shell dropped' squarely into ; the trailer. Stevens later reported, T. suppose I'm sorry for the loss of the rations - - but that wasn't nearly as bad as the five ! gallon jug of German Schnapps I had aboard.. John Patane and Daniel Als chuler, both pfesvand both in the First battalion of the 45th divi sion's 157th regiment and both from Brooklyn, were on outpost duty when they heard noises near the German lines. They sprayed the landscape alternate-, ly with tommy guns and 50 cal-' iber machinegun slugs. ' The next day a German pris- oner told of being with an 18 man- patrol which tried to get through that point in the lines, but ran into so much fire they had decided the area must be very heavily protected and re turned to their positions. ' "Hell," said Patane modestly, "that was no heavy protection. That was just a couple of guys ' from Brooklyn making with the bullets." Jaycees View Wildlife Film At Luncheon Two technicolor films from the state game commission, "Antelope in Oregon" and "Cascade Lakes and Deer," were shown by Irwin Wedel at the Tuesday noon lunch eon meeting of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce at the Golden Pheasant. . President Wendel Ewing an nounced plans for a dinner to be given Friday night at 6:45 in the Albany hotel for young men in Albany interested in forming a Jaycee chapter. Close to a dozen Salem Jaycees are expected to at tend the dinner and . program. John Mirich, the "one man army", from Salem will be the chief speaker of the evening. j'. ... On display at the luncheon were Japanese war trophies sent to El mo Lindholm from his brother, Sgt Max Lindholm, who j is sta tioned somewhere in the south Pa cific. Included in the booty col lected on Bougainville and Guam are a Japanese battle flag, Jap helmets, a Nip rifle with bayonet attached, and numerous personal possessions of a Jap infantryman. New membership cards and pins were presented to John L. Bush, Kenneth R. Torgeson, Harrison El gin, jr., and Bernard Loosemore. St. Paul's Service For Easter and on Good Friday Listed Good Friday services at Saint Paul's Epescopal church will be held from 12 noon until 3 p. m. The service will include the lit any, hymns, meditations and ad dresses. People are welcome to come in any time and leave when they wish to. Three services will be held at Saint Paul's Epescopal church Eas ter morning. The first service will be at 7 a. rnwith the church choir singing the choral eucharist by Eyre. The same service will be re peated at 11 a. m. The offertory at each service will be "King , all Glorious" by Barnby. Members of the armed forces from the parish will be re membered by name. Holy coin union may be received at all serv ices. The rector will deliver an Easter sermon, at 11:00. The children's eucharist will be held at 9:45 when the junior choir will sing. Adults will be welcome t the service, and Easter com munions may be received. Open WASHINGTON, March The civil service commission has announced that applications will be received until the close of business April LI for the follow ing postmastetshipf in Oregon: Hammond, Myrtle Creek and Talent . 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