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pagz roua The OSZGOIf STATESMAN. Salem. Saturday Motnfasg, Ntnakr 17, IMS RIary Keitle Dies New Phones At Woodburn To Fill Dem and "No Favor Swayt Vt; No Ftar Shall At? from First SUtesman, March 21, 1131 1. is i -t -i . The Associated Preas ia exclusively entitled to the use tor publication of all newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUI, Editor and Publisher Member of the Associated Home Modernization Under f HA A letter and news release from Folder John ston, state director of the Federal Housing ad , ministration, carries the information that the niA assistance in the financing of repair, un it Disintegration" of Army and Navy TreTcramble to get out of the military aery ices has resulted in a virtual disintegration of our, armed forces. General Marshall has com nlained of this with respect to the army and ' prove men t and-modernization of homes is again Friday Admiral Kong intimated that the navy ''available. While this, is more or less 'academic" was hardly in position because of loss of man- skilled labor, the fact is t worth knowing for h,,those contemplating improving their homes. - The FHA program proved very practical in , . the period before the war and undoubtedly contributed much toward improving the coun jj try's housing. More than $2 billions in property f Improvement loans on more than five million I Jobs were made by private lenders with FHA is looming, but it i! does seem' as though dis charges from the services should not be at such speed as to leave army and' navy merely an uncoordinated mass, '' t. - - But this Is typical of ; Americans. They rush "in on threat of trouble; but once the show seems to be' over they rush out, eager to get home and into civilian life. In; this Case the rush for insurance. The maximum for. the individual 'the exits is helped, along by he pressures of relatives and congressmen tor release 01 serv ice men and women. Some try as hard now to get out of the service a$ once they tried to get commissions in the' service. ':! j loan is $2500 and the term three years, on the t monthly installment plan of payment. This refers to, modernization loans under Title also insures loans on new construction, but that 4 Wlth .the ea?h ful1. ' Rouble and with end of their business is practically dormant now because construction costs and lot values have risen above levels on which FHA does business. Either costs will have to come down or FHA rules liberalized to get much action under Title II. However, there is so much pressure for hous ing and so much private money available that building will proceed without - FHA insurance as fast as materials and labor become available. Without doubt the most urgent national prob lem is that of housing. Returning service men anxious to establish or reestablish homes are desperate to obtain living space. They have earned a comfortable place of residence by dint of many months of living in barracks, tents, warships and foxholes. But there simply are not enough houses and apartments to go abound. That is why the need is so pressing for an early settlement of labor disputes, particularly the lumber strike, so building may be launched on a wide scale. Meantime, modernization loans - permit cutting up houses into apartments to provide more dwelling units, and by diligent search materials for such work may be found. seeds of more trouble rady to; sprout in maijy fertile soils we should j maintain a .competent army and naval force. There are plenty of mjn with short periods of service? and no combat record who can take the places of . those who through' length of ': service, risk in battle, or responsibility to dependents have won release. For this disintegration the responsibility dofs not rest with the high cpmmand primarily, but with the people and with those in political of fice and with newspapers and radio reporters who have abused Ihe waf and navy departments unmercifully for the slowness of discharges. Jt is understandable that men almost perish from boredom in an army or rjavy outpost with noth ing to do. But we can ill, afford to let our mill- lary migru wiiner inus suaaemy. I Rwosil t)xr:izcwsrjr.vr msm I ' ..... ' - ' . - I J, t,DJ2SlArw3S5rSL Keeping Their Secrets WOODBURN Mrs. Mary Ki tle, 75, died today at a local rest borne. She was a resident of route, 1, Hubbard, near Broad - acvM, and had come to Orecon 21 years ago from Montana. ' Funeral services will be held at I pjn. Monday from the Ringo mortuary, with interment at Belle Paati cemetery. Survivors are the husband, William Keitle, route 1, Hubbard; one daughter, Louella Leisy, a stepson, Harold W. Keitle, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Mildred Hol comb, aU of Portland, and three grandchildren. r Tho Literary Guiciepost By W. G. Koaera The war being over, rackets will start where rockets left off. ;l j t '". j j j i ; World Police - ;' Poor old Britain still seems to be doing duty . as world policeman, .though the United States Is attempting it in a small way in f northern .China. In Palestine and in Java, British troops - are trying to maintain order, quell disturbances ; and maintain authority. Britain holds a league rf nattnna mandat for the bossinff of Palestine: and of course also stands guard over its life line of empire which runs through the Suez t canal. n Java they are helping to reestablish ) Dutch authority in the East Indies against a rebellion of independence - seeking Indonese. 1 ne uuicn memseives apparently aren 1 equipped to do the job, so Britain is doing it l for them. There are several reasons for this j4 support. One is that Britain doesn't like to see Independence movements succeed in the far ji .east lest her own interests be jeopardized. An j other is a desire to weld The Netherlands in !; Europe into full coordination with the British 'T, political and economic system. A third reason it may be to get the Japs out of the Dutch East ilIndies- ' .ii ," , j Walking the world beat is a thankless task ij aiTBesT. we iouna inai oui in irying 10 -poace Interpreting The Day's News By James D. WWU Associated Pre Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18-0?ThUp until Wednes day the United States government had not dis cussed with Russia the ciil strife in China. j Secretary Byrnes told newsmen this two days ago, and this fact stands oat as events move toward an apparent climax In northern jpiinaV where Rus sia and America are the jtwo non-Chinese powers who could become involved in the civil strife be tween l. nines communist ana thj Chinese central Bovernmentii 1 . For Americans, this situation: will be pointed up by the fact ' Marine Maj.-Gen. De Witt Pi ition I f thati J 'hicfV I ' - . J -pos-i I Trt "Tl I. D. Wait happened to be on a train which was fired upon by smeorie pos-: sibly a Chinese communist near the north China town ofj Lwan-i hsien. Peck is not the fij-st ma rine who has ever been fired uponj The Chinese communis t$ accuse us of meddling in China'k inter-; nal affairs aa we nrovide men and material to the central goy ernment to aid it in disarming Japanese forces and in reasserting its authorityJ)ver these areas. 1 rL. 11 AJmrwm. I ij i Central America. Yet some nation with power "u?. .lil .h.illn.. th. re.. i; has to keep a semblance of order over the world tion of authority by blockg the overland advance y and traditionally that has been Britain't job. of central government tr4p- H ' In her self-interest? Yes, to a large degree; but One thing emerges as certain trom this confus- without doubt such policing has helped preserve ing situation. American aid, whether of a meddle some nature or not, has riot been! decisive, as yet, in effecting the return of central troops and in disarming the Japanese. The reds still block central troops, and General Wedemeyer ays a third of the Japanese still are not disarmed. J jj In the meantime things jare happening. The Rus sians, occupying Manchuria, are Withdrawing, arid in two cases are said tot have withdrawn in such a way that Chinese communist forces have beaten central government trodpi to jthe occupational punch. 111 ' ' '.'.... The communists now ae alleged in Chungking to have gained almost complete control over three provinces Suiyuan, Chahar and ehol which ate contiguous either with outer Mongolia or Man churia. Their aim seems id be twofold: to establish a. base adjacent to soviet-controlled territory and, if unable now to gain Manchuria .itself by beating Chungking to it, then to gain part of it now as the Russians withdraw and then get te rest of it later. The Russians have agreed, Chungking says, to urn over postal and contmunicaiions facilities to Chungking officials who have beeii flown into Man churia, but Chungking troops apparently face the prospect of having to fight theirway in through Chinese communist barriers set up near the Great Wall, j - :i I I Communists Hit at Hurley ;; The U. S. ambassador to Chinif General Hurley, who played a prominent role in negotiations which got Chungking and communist leaders together to the peace of the world. 1 The Independence movement , in Java has ' much more force than might have been antici- i , pated. It is by no means certain, however, that ; thff people crowded on this small island are i ready for self-government. The Dutch have ad- mitted the natives to political office and have ' promised extension of their local rule, giving !' the Dutch East Indies a dominion status. Sc?i a policy of gradual growth in self-government teems wiser than to turn Indonesia adrift now. ! Without doubt, however, the British will be j happy when they can pull their police force off ; of Java and tend to their own affairs. WARTIME MISSION IN SPAIN 1942 IMS. ky CarlctM . U. Hayaes (MaemUUa;; S3). HayeSj history professor at -Columbia, served as ambassador to Spain during crucial years! He gives his account of his ex periences in jcarrying out one of the most disputed of all recent policies of the State Pepartment. Hayes book records a resoun ding success i which, if not due to Allied armsjj must be due to diplomacy. His job was to keep Spain out of war on the Axis side, at the start, and eventually swing her as far as possible to ward a benevolent neutrality to the Allies. Spain toed the mark. Actual achievements which Hayes claim for our policy in clude the facts that Spain did not hinder jAllied landings in Africa, did recognize informally the Algiers French, allowed vol - unteers to ciross Spain and join the Ffee jj French, evacuated, force-landed I airmen, cut down on wolfram exports to Germany, and so on. tfe also counts as a success the ipermission to show the film; "Gdjne With the Wind." But the arhbassador and State Department, j we are reminded, were criticised for their meth ods by f groups and individuals whom Hayes characterizes as "new and untrained" OWI and ,OSS employes with a "mission ary zeal," ifcertain journalists and radio commentators, partic ularly those who had long been more concerned with waging ci vil war i in. Spain (from a safe distance) ' tf?an with fighting Germany," ajnd "certain readily "eruptive journals." Hayes, a jatholic, began his mission In the opinion that there were two sides to the civil war. With the exception of Falang ist Serrano iSuner, the leaders hate Communism, fear German overlord&hipi really favor tne Allies, he, says. He believes the people would be content to let Franco .keep1 office. While he does not Indorse Churchill's praise of th Generalissimo, he does not indicate disagreement Hayes tried to balk a stiffen ing attitude toward Madrid by the State Department. He felt on a couple of-occasions that Wash ington Inadvisedly let Britain DU I 0MBQS rnmnrmni Open Meeting To Hear Health Center Plans Establishment of a community health center in Salem, where medical service will be available on a pre-paid basis to all residents of the Willamette Valley., will be discussed by Dr. Mjchael Shadid, at an open meeting Tuesday, 8 p.m. November 20 at the Salem Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Sha did, famed, founder of the na tion's first successful cooperative hospital at Elk City, Okla., is in the; northwest under the sponsor ship of the Pacific Supply co operative, and he will appear in Salem under the auspices of the Marion county Farmers Union. Clinic Prapesed Under the tentative plan now easily be framed in behalf of any particular candidate. Lacking some such reoresen tative assembly there is danger J being considered, it is proposed (Continued frbm page 1) executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancy" j j The Oregon Ww carries out this mandate by5 directing the governor to call for a special election in the case of a vacancy in tne office in congress. of representative Since there is no provision for party nomination! m the case of a special election; in a congres sional district,, resort must be had to the general law which permit nominations by assem bly or by petitiori The assembly must consist of 250 electors and the petition requires the signa- electors of the district. The can didates run as individuals, and nqt with' a pary designation, according to the interpretation of the law by state officials. It does seem as though the gap in the law should : be filled by providing machinery for party nominations. If our po litical party.system means any thing, it surely should be em ployed in election tives in congress. Even though the present law does not authorize a party nom ination it would be quite in or der in the presenlj situation con fronting the first district, to hold a party assembly, under party auspices, in easel the 'governor issues a writ of election. The state chairman could make such t . cau, apportioning delegates among the counties in the dist rict so that the assembly would number at least 250 persons, the delegates to be appointed by the county committee$ or their exe cutive committee. jTms would be representative, and in a district of several nominations which might permit the election of a minority candidate. That hap pened in a northern; California district two years ago when the republican vote was divided among several republicans who were candidates and Clair Engle, a democrat, was elected. What a blow that would be to the old, rock-ribbed republican first dis trict of Oregon! If no representative assembly is held such as the one I sug gest, then republican leaders should make every effort to in duce the best man available to run and then to discourage oth ers from running. The first dist rict has some very able men who have seryed well in the senate and house of the legislative as sembly and . have proven their competence in the field of legis lation. One of them ! should be promoted to fill the caused by the untimely death of Congressman Mott. of rep res en ta- as diversified as rict such a gathering could not the first dist- GRIN AND BEAR IT ( -! Sharing the Atom Bomb Secret The statement1 Issued by the heads of the governments of the United States, Great Brit ian and Canada relating io the atomic bomb points out what this newspaper has reiterated that the prevention of war is the surest way to prevent destruction by atomic energy. The solu tion of the immediate problem arising from the practical use of , that energy in the bomb seems straightforward and practical. The three heads -of governments agree that there should be free interchange among the nations of scien- -talk over a peaceful settlpment. now has accused A 1 Ml 1 1 3 ! A A - At A 1 ! 1 '.. thA mmmiinM, vf .ulrmrf mA .,n in u; luiuwirage. ns to wie itrtnnicai process developed for producing the atomic bomb they state that it should not be divulged immediately, the communists of seeking "to set up a separate but recommend that the United! zation set up a commission to Nations organi study how the government In China or of the Chinese Republic." j interpretation serves, "no destroy! the government The reds retort that his other purpose than to spread and prolong civil war in China." In the light of that reaction, it seems mlikely that they would use of atomic energy for destructive purposes welcome further assistance; from him as a mediator. may be prevented. Presumably if the United : Chungking is reported t t ; i I i I f 1 Nations can establish effective controls against 'aggressive use of the atomic bomb, secrets as ; to its manufacture could be given to that or ganization for custody. i j The Russophilies may protest' and say that we should immediately hand over all our tech nical knowledge; but , The j Statesman believes that the present declaration of policy goes as far as it should toward internationalizing this knowledge. We aren't passing out the techniques on all our other weapons. When! the United Nation gets well established and - commands v auDDort and respect, of the nations then we can share our military secrets. to be sending a central army into the far western province of Sinklang, another area contiguous to Soviet Russia, after ja government mission failed to satisfy reported dsA mands by minority elements fori "autonomous re gions.") . i . v. V: f -.. rl j And a Chungking general in north China appears determined to fly hit trojps into; Changchun,' the Manchurian capjtal, in transport planes. : Yesterday the United States, with Britain, of fered all the United Nations, including Russia, a share in atomic bomb secijets iti return for a freer flow of information, ij ( J : ;r j But until the day before, this government had the civil strife in China, where atomic and other bombs . eventually coukl ma ntt and Sir Samuel Hoare take cre dit for accomplishments really carried through by the VS. and Carletoa Hayes. B y Lichty Taa emre Janior'a eommaader didn! fret half at tsach whea- : i k. . . . . . ... - ... , : . BC WM Ml KlXOia WUI B ItSKI" Dour Goode Not Intrigued by South Pacific to build a $50,000 clinic building on a site already owned by the Farmers Union hospital associa tion. This clinic building will be completely equipped as a modern medical center with the latest diagnostic and therapeutic equip ment. It will be constructed in such a way that additional stories and wings can be added later to include a complete hospital, if such a development were found warranted Membership in the association would be open to all residents of thai Willamette valley. A life membership will be available to family units.' Service to members of the Health Association would be based on a pre-paymen1: plan. Schedule of payments would run from $18 a year for one person to $36 a year for a family of four persons. These annual payments vacancy! . " v death 1 ending surgery for all members of the family:- Shadid will address IS meet ings during his three weeks' stay in the Willamette valley. The schedule for his next meetings are as follows: Wednesday, November 21. Cor vallis USO hall; Friday, Novem ber's, Ballston Odd Fellows hall; Saturday, November 24, Stayton Forestry hall. All of these meet ing will be open to the public and there will be no admission charge. Romance and beauty seemed ab- KMit from the amitH Pa rifir iaUnWo he saw, SSgt Don Goode of the ?T JShdid wili sPk ov KOAC Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. November 21 at U.S. marines declared as he spoke to this week's luncheon meeting of the Hollywood Lions club. Shadowed by a U.S. Submarine, ' the big troop carrier on which he The Fiji islands. New : Caledonia H armprfi ITrklrl and the RasseU Ulands held no x aiiUC1B XXfJlU. charms for him. Cattle in . the Russells have been interbred with the Brahma strain, and because Of the prevalence of tropical dis eases are not considered valuable for meat. Sharks and barracuda relish mem, however, he said. mm. Memoers oi an armored am phibiout group which it cost $150, 000,000 to equip, Goode participa ted,, in the invasion of Okinawa The air covering was greater than Salem Future Annual Dinner ;l ( The Salem chapter of Future Farmers of Ame rica held its 12th annual parent and son banauet November 13 from 7:30 to 9 pjn. wvme Ohllng. speaker of the evening and FFA state reporter, spoke on the benefits of Future Farmers of America contests. Af- Next June .a The 1800 persons m aaiem wno have theh appHcatlona In for new telephones should be made happy by! next June, Lloyd Henry-, Sa lem manager of Facinc leiepnone and , Telegraph company told the Salem Board of Keaiwrt rriaay noon. I ' j . . . . i f Speaking . ai me ooerua nesa luacneon at wm Henry bald that by the first of Januanf, 14, the telephone com pany expected to receive 40,000 new telephone Instruments ana by the end of the following three months 40,000 more. Enough In strumeiita he said to take care of 'the present backlog oi appli cations.! . "Switiching the manufacture of telephone instruments from civil ian to inilitary uses in IJ42, the lack of new cablet and wires and the wearing down of office equip ment ate the three main reasons forf the shortage of telephones in Salem houses," Henry stated. In ankwer to a question Henry oiced doubt that prefixes would be! added to city telephone num bers foi several years to come. Wesley Stewart, Doara-memoer, introduced to the meeting Miss Faye Larkins, Salem Lion's club candidate for queen of the Victory loan drive. Speaker Henry was introduced by Bill poodwin, chairman of the board s program committee. Presi dent R. A- Forkner presided at the meeting!1 - PhilippineUSO Clubs Profit by Clielst Funds The vast numbers of military personnel moving in and out-of the -Philippines or stationed there are now being served by seven USO -clubs, says a report today to Chres A. Sprague, president of the Oregon .War. Chest, from the National War .Fund.. Six f the 4dubs ere -located on Luzon, the principal island of the archipelago, while the seventh is in jTacloban, capital -of Leyte. In addition! to the clubs already in operation, several others are be ing prepared for early opening, said thej report. " .The ' ifSO club.. in, Manila is serving between 14,000 and 20,000 service men .and women a day, and i (operating oq practically jround-the-clock basis, due pri marily to inability to close it in asmuch' ja all windows and doors were blwn out during the siege of the capital, and there are no materials available for repairs. Preparations are under way for providing elaborate Christmas celebrations at all of the USO clubs inj the Philippines, said the report, Adding that along with the tons! of essential furnishings being shipped to the islands, large and small Christmas trees, to gether with ornaments and doz ens of strings of lights, are going forward to help made the occa sion festive and bright ' The continuing services provid ed by USO for service men and women both in this country and overseas are supported by the National! Wari Fund through con tribution, to jthe Marion County War Chest. 1 for commenting on the outstand- D day in Europe, Goode declared. Ui M ieni cnapter ne Thirty tnipert were picked off defc"bed 'Mh ot tt contests, by hit group in one day, he said, finthl that there was noth- and snipers were the chief denaer !n lo nd everything to gain after the invasion proper was I r PacipaUon. in listing the completed. Goode said he won- c001" now open to all Future dered how so many men could have survived when i the Ben Franklin was badly damaged. A 30-foot "short snorter" roll of bills displayed by Goode re minded him of a series of inci-! dents, some of which he related. The club presented him with year's paid-up membership. Delegates to Meet Selected farmers, Uhling included the publie speaking contest, parlia mentary procedure contest, . farm mechanics contest, pig litter con test, and the Oregon star farmer contest which encourages Future farmers to work for the highest state honor a Future Farmer can aiiain. ijasn prizes are given to eacn winner Other parts of the program in cluded a piano duet by Bob and Charles Saucy, a humorous read ing , by Lois Wacken. the recite tion of a poem by Helen Shelton, an accordion solo by Donna Wie- derkenr and a speech by Wavne Delegates to a meeting honor- Houser who explained the chan- ing Dr. Hazel Frost, national ad- program of work for 1945-46. viserof the Oregon chapter of Fu- The honorary degree of FFA ture Homemakers of America, at I wi presented to Roy Barker. Oregon State college November 30 Forest Smith and William iMc- w December I, inclusive, were an- unney to appreciation of i their nounced here Friday. They are work for the chapter. Betty Weathers, Hillsboro; I Mar- n Fitts acted as presiding garet Campbell. Grants Pats: officer and Jim Carter acted aa At a d e 1 y n Ocumpaugh, Cottage! toastmaster. orove, and Ulen Montague. New. SS: SrJSS- ""r1 Jantzen MiU. to A.k At a recent meeting of the 'On- for Increase in Stock gon cnapter near Waldport a state PORTLAND, Nov. IS -GpW A constitution was adopted. Mem- proposal to increase cumulative bers of the executive council at- preferred stock shares from 7J00 tending included all the state offl- to 15,000 will be considered at a ... J .uii,uii. mum . lumnom Advisers were Bertha Kohlha- en tneetine Novemher ia MipvTvisor oipome eco-1 manager Paul DeKonlg said to- nvun.-s cuueaaon, aaiem: at r a . davi r lVfr auviseT, j-i me boost would, finance the leny and Mrs. Dorotha Underhni. firms JLOW.OOO. expansion plan. board. Forest Grove. - '.per cent HIGHER KATES OKEHED ASTOfUA, Nov. 16 -(P)- The Astoria port commission has ap proved higher cargo and wheat handling! rates, it was announced today. H. R. Bartlett, port man ager, said low rates have cost the port several thousand dollars an nually the last few years. Slovens Distinctive StyUag s Not Just another ring but an entirely new design, skillfully fashioned in 14kt. gold. A worthy setting for t SUvens flawless dlamoad. ,1 1( Kxteatei FaymenU ' j Ml Ceert St. ; J 'J ! 1 -4 . s