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f "No Favor Sieay$ Us; No Fear Shall Aid", " .1 From First Statesman, March 28, 18S1 i - THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COSIPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUX, Editor and Publisher Member of the Associated Press ' ' The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited , in this newspaper. Only A Symbol h Dead .Wartime Powers f The ignominious death ,of Pierre Laval may The conservative opposition drove home some or may not spark the resurgence of France as . sharp" spearheads of argument in their attack a democratic world power. But one thing is cer- on the ' British labor government's motion to tain History' will find in the fate of his grave extend war powers f or a five-year term. De- the answer as to whether World War II was milestone to permanent world peace. Black Peter, whose name bore but little less ! of an jonus than Norway's Quisling, did not meet his fate aswe might have wished as a cringing, remorseful, terror-stricken subject of fascism. He died ;in a manner which could well lead to! martyrdom if future years do not bring out in Itruer light the evil he personified. ' In his final hour, he asked to give the fatal . order to fire. He refused to be carried to his execution. On his dying lips were the words ; "Vive la France" Laval at one time had a big following in France, for all his many faults. He had lost a great share of that following before he turned traitor. And in selling out to Germany t he left nothing whatever to be admired not even the once-great service which softened the attitude toward Marshal Petain. But,: dying as he did, there will be some with a lingering loyalty to the man who may profess to believe his last words "I die be ! cause I loved my country to well." It is these' i who must be made to see that the allies didn't ; execute Pierre Laval the Frenchman. They exe j t cuted Pierre Laval of the warped mind; Pierre I Laval who embraced fascism; Pierre Laval who 4 said "I desire a German victory;" Pierre Laval , the personification of weakness, the betrayer of his country, the stooge of man's inhumanity I to man. ' 1 Laval's grave Is unhonored. It it -remains that way, and if in years hence the progress of France and the world has been such that his ; j memory is as stained as it is today, world War II will not have'been in vain. The cause for which the man died will have died wjtth him. Creasy Spoon r It took action -or threat of action by the army . j to clean up the- greasy spoon restaurants here j In Salem. If it hadn't been for the army, patrons - would still be Subject to whatever risk there is in eating in unsanitary restaurants. Perhaps the proprietors went on the theory that what the public didn't know didn't hurt them; but that is a poor way to run an eating place. Now the council has taken preliminary action, which it defeated two years ago for fear of wounding feelings, to! have an assistant health officer responsible to the department of health in place of a city sanitary ! inspector. A mere change of face or of title will do no good, how ever, unless the officer rigidly enforces good standards of sanitation. From reports that have come to us. some of the places have been pretty filthy in their kitchens, and in their practices. They "may offer the excuse of lack of help, but that is poor defense for lack of cleanliness in a place serving the public "With food. spite the attack the motion - prevailed, ,258 to s 39; on what was reallyf a first test of strength on pMy policy in 'the new government. Anthony Eden, acting as leader of the op-1 position in the absence of Winston Churchill, declared the powers aiked were "such as no -government has asked in peacetime." Victor ; Raikes, another conservative, said -passage of j ' the motion would mate the parliament "no-1 thing more than. a reiqhstag." The familiar mechanism of those who label themselves as "liberal"! is to hatfe government assume and hold almost despotic powers.' It is characteristic of the breed to want to effect ; reform by force and compulsion all ; in the name of three or fourj freedoms or even five. Here the labor government, unwilling to risk an appeal for renewal lof grant of powers two s or three years hence, grabs five-year hold on wartime authority. 1 ! 1 1 ' In this country the congress put I definite limits to such measures as OPA, and all war time grants of power automatically terminate six months after the w$r'i formal ending. That: is a much better planlthe elected representa-j tives- reserving the right to extend or I let die 4 the powers vested in the executive in wartime. Britain's linancial position is more critical than ours, and control? will be needed for a longer time to effect atransition.to peace. But power is something that even the pure-ih-heart cannot be trusted witlf too long or tod com pletely. The labor government's,, motion is a confession that it isn't willing to trust the people for an interim expression on its use oft 'power. -j. -f . I. Japanese We can be grateful to the army for jacking- policeman always try tocare the '. '. 2 a.. . ' ! a m t 1 1 11! Interpreting The Davis News i By JAMES! D. WHITE ' SAN FRANCISCO, OcC lSH-The Tokyo Main ichi quotes the chief of police, a Mr. Takano, as laying down the following rules for Japanese policemen: f n 1. Absolutely no more torturing of prisoners, ; even though it "impedes'! investigation. 2. Cheerfulness and kiifiness to be the new police f motto. j ." 1:. F On this basis, let us juppose that ! a bean-curd peddler named Suzuki parks his push-cart wrong i On One Of Tokyo's Krnall Sl6e-mmmmmmmmmmmmmm : streets, j. a suppose a- lOKyo ponceman r once knew by the name of Hiraba- with his push cart. The jfollowingf purely imaginary conversation might now ensue, under the new order of things: Cop: Aaaaaaaaahg." v;,! ,- i up the town and perhaps pointing the way to better Conditions in our eating place's. Cheap Money . . The softness of the money market is permit . ting the issuance of preferred stocks whose dividend rates are running around four per cent. Big corporations have gotten well along With refunding of their bond issues to take advantage of lower interest rates. Now they are working on preferred stocks with dividend rates of five, six or seven per cent. If the com pany's earnings record is good It can refinance with an issue of four or four and one-half per : cent preferred stock. Some companies are pro viding new money with Issues of low-rate pre ferred stock. That is really giving the investor a ribbing, for all he is getting is a stock with no -guarantee- of continuity of dividends and usually with no sharing in profits beyond the fixed dividend. The income tax penalty is the same as with bond in tercet. His only comfort is that the rate is; about one per cent or so higher than. the bond rate. That such securities may be market ed shows the super-abundance of capital seek ing investment. ' i -f i Portland Gangsters ;If the gangsters thought they could intimidate Tom Handley, district attorney of Multnomah county, by shooting at one of his guards or threatening him on the phone, they guessed : wrong. Tom Handley has a lot tougher stuff in him than jelly that shakes at a gangster's ' threat. ",': . . ! ; We trust he takes up the challenge and pro ceeds to make it rough on the criminal element in Portlandespecially that part in business suits that thrives on tbe gambling trade flour ishing in the city. f " 4 D. Whito pants off people by yelling aaahg : at I them. Besides, General Mac- Arthur has not yet forbidden them 1 to do'lt.) I f Suzuki: ?Nan des kat?f What's up?) And What a Change It Is - Cop: "You have parked your push-cart contrary i to the rules for the parking of push-carts, section C, paragraph 2. Kindly deign now to accompany ;this unworthy instrument of the law to the police ; station for questioning into possible sinister motive behind breach of regulations." I ! I Suzuki: (Noting policejnan still wears badge of imperial authority on uniform) "Very jwell, let's f JO." . ; Cop: "After you, please.' f i j Suzuki: "You mock me; I could not possibly lead the way for you." ,f Cop: "Many things aira - changing. Courtesy ia now our motto." . ' . . -... '- - j Suzuki: "Do you mean we are going to the station ' ! without your first beating me up, Just a little?" , ! Cop: "This one doesn't pretend to understand, i ! but that's the way it is . 8'.. . A It's Beyend UndersUndlng J " , '' (They reach the station, and clerks , dig up with the ; discharged i I v ---Ir-THt UTTER 1$ I i V A FAVORITE W hlNE. ?s l 1 8l8i..JTSTAMDSFOR ! ' j j ' ; If i ll-'- Well Done, Admiral Nimitz Suzuki's file, which shows he served army in Manchuria iri 1931 and was fee internal injuries sustained when hewmdered, , ITfflVs ATVll HP A I? IT drunkiin front of a supply truck. He is fined twe; vvAf j yen andstold be can ao.I Suzuki: "T'don't understand. Do you I get to go out of here without being days? As a Japanese subject I expect to Tho Literary Guictepost By W. G. ROGERS SEVEN TIMES TBE LEADING MAN, fey Egon Hostovsky (FWhtr; S2.7S). Joseph Kavalsky, unhappy . "leading man" of this hovel, is the strength and weakness, the god and nemesis of seven : per sons; wife mistress and friends. A writer in Prague, he wishes to embrace nazism, but when its full meaning is disclosed he finds it too repugnant. Abandoned by him in his profound disillusion ment, his friends are confronted by a Europe cracking under the strain of prewar crises, and only two of them,- left to their own devices,- manage to discover the way to j salvation. I Hostqv&ky, Czechoslovak now in this country, is an earnest, worthwhile novelist, as "The Hideout" f immediately demon strated.; This new book is com- mendable in purpose but not in craftsmanship. Even if the evil that led jto World war II did reside jjni an. atmosphere rather than in j . actual persons and places, ! that evil nevertheless has to I be drawn out of the clouds hiore concretely before it can become a good story. i i - THE ROAD TO HIGH EMPLOT MENT, ky Douglaa B. CopeUad XUarvard; 11.75). Prof. Copland, of Australia's University of Melbourne, noting private! enterprise's contribution to society: particularly during the war, thinks the businessman and manufacturer should be free to continue jtheir great' work. Certain social controls, how ever; would not in his opinion diminish thajt essential freedom. Actions that benefit the individ ual, such as saving, or the cor poration, such as retrenchment in hard , times, can harm the community. He would compen sate . for j these by government ' action to secure comparatively full employment. One indication of the need for society' intervention is seen in this fact, which readers will agree with Copland is startling: the standard of living recession in the U, S. from 1929 to 1933 was greater than in England from 1931 to 1943. Depression, .in other words, is costlier than the "costliest war. . The text is Copland's Godkin lectures at Harvard in the last academic year. It makes absorb lng reading. TO cWi WKENNETHiLMDIXON MANILA -(-- Anglo-Saxon law' is likely to get the sharpest revamping; it has had since the Magna Carta as a , result of Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's war criminal trial here Oct. 29. It begins' to look as though the American; f; military commission which wil try Yamashita may decide that some crimes com mitted against humanity have outdistanced the law1 books. The charge against Yamashita does not accuse him of commit ting a single atrocity or of per sonally ordering a single one committed i Raiherl" :it charges that he "failed to j control operations of members . of his command, per mitting them to commit brutal atrocities? land that he. "thereby violated thie laws of war." That charge is as full of po tential legal explosives as an atomic bomb. There isn't any law of war at least none that Japan ever , subscribed j to holding a " com- ' mander- legally responsible for personal Crimes committed by soldiers under his command. If such a lawt exists anywhere, this correspondent has been unable to find out where. Trial Assumes Law Yamashita is being tried for ; his life onja charge which by its very nature assumes the exist ence of such a law. Neither jthe charge nor .the subsequently filed bill of par ticulars wich detailed thous ands of cases, of murder, may hem, maiming and torture at- . tempted lit any way to connect Yamashita personally with ; any ' individual j incident.' There : was not even an effort to show that he, as commander of th Jap-' anese imperial army in : the Philippines, either-ordered any atrocities or officially was aware any had been committed. Since the charge,, and the bill of particulars provide the basis for the coming trial, it la doubt ful if any j such efforts will be made. Every -indication seems to be that the prosecution will con centrate ' on proving that the ! commission of such atrocities j was possible because Yamashita I failed to control his troops. i Apparently, the American ; military commission is taking the quite understandable point of view that too many thousands of human beings suffered or died horribly to justify delaying the trial until some adequate law could be passed to cover the sit uation. Even if they waited, they still .would be forced to bverrule the ancient "ex post facto" after the fat's in the fire common law because the acts committed would predate the passage of any measure making them interna tional crimes. Thousands of Marines Aided Back to Health KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 18 CffVRestored health and confi dence for more than 5000 ma rines) suffering from what they thought were incurable tropical diseases is the record of Capt Lowell ' T. Coggeshall, awarded the 1945 "Gorgas medal" here to day." j . ' " , Most of the men returned to full duty after treatment without hospitalization at a resort-like mountain setting. Their , medi cine: Stimulating recreation and military , training; mental and physical workouts , to keep them busy; plenty of healthful food. The navy doctor set up his post in May, 1944, working with CoL George O. Van Orden, who had had ) the ! maladies himself after south Pacific ' duty. . The site, which accommodated several thousand men, was three miles from Klamath Falls and 5000 feet above sea level. Here, the marine with malaria or filariasis was advised his sys tem was destroying the bugs, in his body, and they would not multiply. He was assigned to a regular ; marine company - and launched on a program of indoor and outdoor work to keep .him busy but not tire him. Football," has ketball, baseball, hunting an fishing, dances, and thick , steaks-were the order of the day. After mental and spiri tual reconditioning came physical improvement, finally the "toler ance tiest." This rugged endurance test, -'jwhich made combat activi ty seem like croquet," took the victim over a mountain course under full pack. Captain Coggeshall said, after a year's operation of the post, the treatment had: 1. Disproved the idea that fila riasis was incurable and meant a washed-up life. 2. Proved that malaria can be broken. 3. Founded a new concept for military medicine, based on the principle that convalescents can carry on postwar and war train lng and benefit from it. ' Ki wants Na mes ySVW. McKinney To Presidency t was disclosed the nominating Tuesday noon committee, led DiF fTFfflnrrrs (Continued from page 1) By Lichty mean that grilled for be starved They didn't think they could grow sweetcorn here, commercially that' is. Farmers grew enough to satisfy the local demand, and stopped there. Times have changed. For days trucks have been racing .through town loaded, to the top of the sideboards with sweetcorn in the natural package. It has gone to the cannery or has been shipped under ice to California cities for the fresh .markets. Improved varieties of seed, care in selection of soils and plenty of irrigation account for the development of sweet corn as an "export" crop. fWhen representatives passed the tax reduc tion' bill several demanded reductions in fed eral expenses. 'Then they probably picked, up tincups and raced for. the appropriations com mittee to get drippings for their home districts. ! for at least a week on ihin rice gruel live in a Ismail cell that is empty except for a bucket in : the corner, and have bamboo splinters pushed under tny fingernails." I' Cop: "Don't ask me why. Things are just changed. You can go." ' V f i Suzuki: "But aren't you going to double my t knees up under my chin, tie my arms around s ; them and then kick me around the floor lnce a -: hard-boiled egg and pour water down my nos Itriis?",,.; I . i -What Is World Coming To!" ' ' I Cop; "None regrets, more than this one that such useful; devices now are denied us. By the way' your, continued presence grows embarrassing." . ' Suzuki:- "But for 300 fears you policemen have , : done as you pleased. What is the world coming 1 to?"- -v , i - - t Cop:'.4! tea you I am equally mystified. Please be good enough ta go." r " . I jSuzukiVery well, i shaU go," but ' frankly, I J feel-foiv.you :A-' ' t ! JCop: "I feel for myself, chum." - " ' ' 1 Suzuki: "To be honest, one regrets parting." r j Cop: "Yes, doesn't onef - V Suzuki goes, and thereafter parks lis push-cart : where, he pleases.)' ' I . ; j(HirabafisH the poltceoun, resigns from the force and considers becoming a farmer la the far north. But he hates cold weather, so he opens a small bar in Yokohama, selling bad liquor to Amer ! lean occupation forces.) : . ? I f That's purely imaginary, remember, but the ! darnedest things ,do happen in Japanese police X stations. I . c - . K -rr r-f fi'ts fja sr 4 T-Szk Ml &4 t tT in the direction of giving mo nopoly powers and exemptions to labor unions. The various laws that have, been passed , in the last quarter-century etend freedoms to unions but tie the hands of employers laws such as the Norris-LaGuardia act and the Wagner labor relations act. The Smith-Connally act which was designed to prevent strikes in wartime has proved a strike- breeder, -if anything. But I do not see any politicians propos ing to restore to courts the privi lege of granting injunctions in labor disputes, j If society seems impotent in the face of these work stoppages we should remember that set tlement by. government force would be an invasion of popular rights. Much as people may fume .over lack, of stages for ""taivel or lack j of ' lumber for ' building, that is the inevitable result m our principle of free dom for individuals and groups. - The employer, of course, has the right to hire a! new crew and ' attempt to operate but he knows very well that Under union la bor control he: would get no crew, so in the majority of cases he .just shuts down pending' a strike settlement We can throw overboard our free system and force arbitra tion or judicial determination of wage disputes, but even , in war time that method worked none too welL John misers bluffed L. Lewis' coal the war labor board ; into submission. Unless we resort to government com pulsion, which j simply means more regimentation, - then we will just have to sit out these strikes. I haven't seen any rec ommendation from these people afflicted with stjrike-phobia that looks like a practical proposal far Bovernment action. Have you? ;' Dmt glare at me, Otis YOU'RE the one whe yeswaed for the i Permit Issued for 84,000,000 jWork A On .North Umpqua Permit for development of the California-Oregon Power com pany's $4,000,00d jToketee project on ;the North Umpqua river was issued by the state hydroelectric commission Tuesday. The- development contemplates appropriation of 122 second feet of water from the Umpqua river, 7600 lineal feet of tunnel, installa tion of two .turbines of 28,000 horsepower each, and a transmis sion line extending from the To ketee plant to he .company's sub station at Dixon ville, near Rose- burg. - . " ; ' ". ' The project is ! exclusively for the production--of 'electric energy, f feeUJ Rocky Mountain Geology Will Be Topic of Meeting Geology of the Rocky Moun tains is the theme for the meet ing of the Salem Geological so ciety; Thursday night, October 18, at 8 o'clock, in Collins hall, Wil lamette ; university. . . tnaries jc KoDiin, tor maiy years in; the U. S. Indian ser-ice, whohas spent much time in the area of the Glacier National park, will talk on the geology of that region. : L. F. Heuperman, who before coming to the United States was dominion land surveyor in Can ada and spent some time in the vicinity of Kootenay National park,! will give an outline of the geological history of the Marble canyon, outstanding feature of that park. Prof. : Herman Clark, head of the department of geology at Willamette, will conclude' the pro gram, discussing "Odd Features of the Rocky Mountains." Pictures will be shown with the lectures to which the public is invited. ' j The Salem KiWanis club will be headed next yeUr by Attorney W. W. McKinney, with a report of committee at the luncheon. I The nominating by Secretary T. Harold Tomlin son. named but one' person; to each major office, leaving a j contest only for four .members of the board of directors. Guy Hickok was nominated for first vice president; Phil Schnell, second vice president Glenn Me Cormick, treasurer. Directors will be chosen; from Dr. Charles Camp bell, Barney Van . Onsenoord, J. M. Deyti-s, Carl Charlton, Dr. David B. Hill, Tloyd Shepard, Roy Rice and Dr. Charles Durderu Sgt. Frederick Marion Hoblitt f Silverton, .veteran marine who fell prisoner to the Japanese with their capture of Corregrdor, and who was on the first plane of repatriated Americans to be flown out of Tokyo after V-J day, gave a graphic picture of his exper iences. He particularly praised the work Of B-29s, which leveled an area all around his prison camp without hitting the camp itself. Hoblitt said of all the men of many nationalities in prison camps 7the American boy stood out above all the rest," and "I thank God I am an American." I Eninlovers Still M. Liable Despite Bankruptcy Move An employer does not escape payment of contributions to the state industrial accident commis sion by going into bankruptcy, the tate supreme court held in an opinion Tuesday. Justice Percy R. Kelly, in re versing Circuit Judge Arlie G. Walker, Polk county, held that Contributions due the commission are in the same category as taxes. The law provides that a man who goes into bankruptcy still must pay his taxes. ' The decision involved John H. Aebi, logging and sawmill ope rator at Oceanlake. He owed the commission $789 and then went bankrupt. Judge Walker ruled he did not have to pay any of the obligation but this order was re voked by the supreme court. Highland School Boy Scouts Hosts At Open Kouse An open house was held re cently by troop 3, Boy Scouts, at Highland , school, attended by a score of parents and friends and by Boy Scout Troop 20 -of Hayes viileachool, accompanied by Scout master George Strozut. Installation of troop officers was held for Glenn "Kleen, senior pa trol leader; for patrol leaders Art Jess, Orin DuChein Dick Isaak, and Lane Cooper; for assistant pa trol leaders Kenny Keppinger; Garry Hisel, Paul DuChain and Clifford Girod; for troop treasurer Herb' McMillian; librarian Jency Boyer; Quartermaster Darrel Gi rod; Song Leader Bob Dyer; Yell Leaders . Jack Cooper and Buddy Gregson and Troop Bugler Bob Strayer. ; ... ,; An investure service was held for Scout Don Case. He was pre sented his . pin by Neighborhood Commissioner Wendell . Ewing. Scoutmaster Bob Batdorf present ed him with his neckerchief and 1 troop insigna. i Neuner Will ; Handle Grand Jury Probe Of Negro Shooting PORTLAND, Oct. 16 -( At torney - General George Neuner will' handle a grand Jury probe' of the police shooting of a negro at Multnomah county court at 10 a. ml-here ltomorrow. The investigation was asked by Portland, groups after a coroner's jury found the shooting justified as self defense. Ervin Jones was killed by Detective Bard Puree 11 during a search for another negro wanted for murder. : ;- -h;.;J ; -v : Nineteen of the peaks of the Andes '. mountains exceed 20,000 feet, in-elevation. Alfred Keller Will Jojn Willamette School of Music Alfred Keller, Portland attor ney, former concertmaster of the Portland symphony and first vio linist for the New York and Cin cinnati symphony orchestras, will join the Willamette university music school faculty October 25, it was announced . Tuesday by Dean Mel vin H. Geist. ; After several years of study under European artists. Keller played" from 1927 until 1937 with symphony I orchestras throughout the country as first violin. While playing the violin as a profession Keller studied law on the side and in 1940 passed the Oregon bar examination. Since that time he has been practicing law in Portland. The 1 a w y e r-violinist will teach courses in elementary and advanced violin and related subjects. CHILD CAKE URGED PORTLAND, Oct 18 Implor ing that Ljtnham act funds be continued, the Portland Council of Social Agencies said today their curtailment would leave 875. school children in this area with out nursery and day care facili ties. The funds are to be with drawn by Oct 31. STEVEIIS Always Dependable Perfectlj .-Matched Pair. ' Rings of Unsurpassed ' Beauty and Quality. . Badge! T S39 CmtI Street