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 .
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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.
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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 !
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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.
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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. : ;-
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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.
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