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n ! , ) FAGS T0U3 Tbs 0I3G0.I STATEC2IA1L Scdanx, Oregon, Thtosdcnr Morning. December 13. 1315 "ffe favor Stray Us; Ne Fear Shall Atee" from rirrt Statesman, March 28, 1831 jj TIIE STATESMAN PUBUSHUSC C05XPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUX, Editor and Publisher ; Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of -ill news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. v. V "I : - ::.- 1- IF Crime Wave and Paroles ! J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the FBI, speaking before the International Association of Chiefs of Police at Miami, predicted a . crime wave, like that of the 1920's unless good policing' Is done against the racketeers and vice over lords and criminal scum. He cited the current increase in crime as compared with a year ag and blamed parents with laxity in control of their children, giving this as one cause of crime. He also criticized looseness of prison officials and parole systems which let crim inals out to repeat their serious crimes. - It is quite probable that the number of cases of crime will increase following the late war. For one thing the male population was quite fully engaged during the war years, -either being in the army or in profitable employment. Demobilization of armies and industries and release of the discipline of patriotism may easily be followed by increases in criminal 1 J Goblins in Japan The democratic rash seems to be spreading in Japan. Now .comes news of the formation of a new political party thire,- self-styled "tough guys of. the street." Parenthetically it may be remarked there should be many recruits I because with homes destroyed the people or , the principle cities have little t6 do but swarm ; the streets. , li i The name of the new group is refreshingly j different. It calls itself the "lprig-nosed gob lin party," picking a legendary goblin "Tengu Toor" as its patron saint. There at least is ! an idea. If it would set to music the words of . James Whitcomb Riley's f poeni ."The Goblins , '11 Get you," it might develop I real political power. Think of the spooks J that could be borne in parades to frighten tie opposition. We -have never had a goblin party in this country, but wVJiave hd plenty of spooks ' and bogeys. also red herrings and various Maybe we could do with; a goblin party, re publicans having proven unable In the last three tries to scare the democrats out of Wash ington, or the people into throwing them out. At that, the party, of "Tengu-Toor" must be rather frightening to the ones !who have ruled Japan for generations. It would throw out the privileged classes, the emperors 'privycouncil and thr house of peers, retaining, however, the emper v as head of the state. jThey will need to be "tough guys" if they-can j accomplish this program and make it last, once MacArthur's back is turned. : offenses. The crate: of getting money easily and, totems, donkeys and elephants !and roosters. quickly is a prompter oi crime, ine great in stitution, the home, has suffered severely , under the pulls of Jajonditiooim and it jha$ j fallen down in instructing youth an good conduct We douMJrery much.lfiowever,' if Hoover can prove his lease against parole systems. We incline strongly to the opinion that they polster men for orderly living rather .than stimulate the commission of heinous crimes. The parolee who goes wrong gets ample publicity and the system gets blamed for "the individuals de , linquency. People do not hear of the thousands on parole who are going straight, and who keep out of the toils of the law. People should realize that except in a very few cases inmates of prisons will be released sooner or later. The purpose of the parole sys tem is to help men get reestablished as' decent citizens. Of course there is risk involved if the men had nodone wrong once they would not have been prisoners. But under careful screening by parole boards and then careful scrutiny by parole officers the risks are greatly reduced. In this state under the. present parole system there have been very few cases of ser- lous crimen committed by persons on parole. Prevention of the first crime is highly desirable, but prevention of second, and third crimes,. ' which the parole system aims at, is also de sirable. Censorship Revived Russia's prens reform was short-lived. At least the United Press correspondent at Moscow reports the restoration, of press censorship at the soviet capital. As usual no explanations are given; merely the blue pencil starts moving again on the copy turned in by foreign corres pondents. -4 The Russian conception of the press and of liberty of rpeech differs from, that in demo cratic countries. Russian journalists and offic ials claim theirs is the only "free" press. They assert that their government exists for the people, therefore that its striet press control Is "democratic." Our conception of a free press ' Is that everyone has freedom to write as he thinks, excluding of course libelous matter. The two countries have differing philosophies of freedom, so there is no wonder the application of freedom to speech and writing -differs. What the Russians overlook is that' popular government, as defined by Abraham Lincoln, is not merely government FOR the people, but government OF and BY the people. The Rus sian people have very 'limited partcipation in their (government, and the minorities, if there re any political minorities, none at all. "' .T Vi .IPX. .X V I tT.. ' r J . - . ' . Headline Maker ! " Increase in Oiling MRA Idea fo Procram Asked nc.nltorI W i ' j .-V. ... v MJKs&M. M-r' ' J i Seven county roads In the vi- !. f ! cinity of Salem were asked placed A HfitraliailS V on the summer oiling prcgram at I t i Tuesday's heruig. beior. the S Moral rrA , the an Manon county Court ; . Mn. f keenins' the Road 739 from Center-street to -LT tT su 1 So-.. DCJtCV WH ' ' .... - n A f Auburn ov row optimists by a colorful group of mile and road wtrn tnt ' gpeakera thosr referred : to ; the court wr Uon.t WeoWy Browning avenue, Chuds ave nue, Judson street, aummn street were city streets which pe titioners sought next summer. to have oiled (Campaign Set For Funds to t Fish nnnn luncheon ; meeting. f Ivan- Menzies, world-famous Gnbert ; and Sullira i ; conwdlan, serving as master of ceremonies, opened the program with "Tit Willow" from The Mikado, spoke briefly of the1 reasons why 200 members of the MRA movement are' traveling ?over the country presenting their Ideas in drama tic form and introduced the other three speakers.) t Patricia Salter of Adelaide in South Australia, daughter of a rancher in that area, said sh had Oregon is ready to make this I visited 14 countries with this or year's drive for funds to combat similar groups and was impressed infantile paralysis the biggest wiu1 the force pf the movement, ever. Dr. E. T. Hedlund, Oregon ghe read a' letter -from a mother state chairman of the National emphasizing the part women can Foundation for Infantile Paraly- play infolding a better, world sis, said as' he announced county wide civilization. , chairmen for the campaign. ; Lt. Jim Coulter, a ; newspaper As in previous year, the cam- reporter in Perth, West Australia, paign will be concluded on the declared that the problems which late President Roosevelt's birth- faee nations today are those In- day on January 30, and will fea-1 herent In human beings and that ture the "March of Dimes" and only a change j in human nature other fund raising events. Each I cn j0 away with greed and self- county chapter will plan and exe- Uhness and so With Industrial un- " cute its own special events. rest. V ! - - - " Fight to Be Constant .Both Miss Salter and Coulter, Stressing the fact that the jtill In his RAAF flight officer's dread disease is no 'respecter of uniform, spokej of Oregon's siml- time or place. Dr. Hedlund d arity to portions of Australia. ciarea mat mere can. oe no let up Coulter with the son of the West in the contstant fight to seek pre- Australia premier, was assigned ventatives of the disease and In Dy his air force superior to come Headline Maker ! ' Some of the papers are getting .an initial in the wrong place in Walter Norblad's name. His full name is Ibin' Walter Norblad, jr., but for easy Identification he long ago dropped , the Albinjpart (his father is familiarly, known as Al) and goes under the name, of Walter Nor blad. Papers, which should have known better, like the Oregon ian, stuck an A. in 'as a middle Initial. , " .' -- ' Editorial Comment Sputtering Fuse i ! Pat Hurley's promise of aa atomic bomb detonation shriveled to a firecracker fizzle be- j fore the senate foreign 'i relations committee. -His confusing letter of resignation was fol lowed by similar testimony from himself be- ! fore the committee which was likewise be- j wildering and not confirmatory of his charges. ; The foreign relations committee after reading j the senate documents didn't even call for a j vote on the Hurley allegations. The great complaint that American policy in Iran had been wrecked turned out to be merely a difference pf : opinion as to- who should administer lend-lease there. ' The fuse for the great explosion merely sput- I tered and went out and Pa Hurley along with it, from the scenes ! of power. . ) Interpreting The Day's News By James D. White -Associated Press JBUtff Writer ' ' 1 i ;i i 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. (Jp)-Something of shame and humiliation in every Chinese heart was lessened today as nationalist troops moved back into Mukden "and Changchun, ' the industrial and administrative centers of Manchuria. Many Chinese blamed their national government for not making a firmer stand against Japan when Manchuria was lost in 1931. Others blamed the foreign powers who stood by and, watched Japan grab and. get away, i, with it. ' I :1 But the return to Mukden, Avhere it all started more than 14 -years ago, is a mixed blessing in Chinese minds, rori tne na tionalist troops had to have "Amer ican help to get there and Russian permission to reenter. ; American Aid Necessary American help was necessary to traverse north China territory dominated by Chinese communists with whom the central govern The Literary Guidepoot fiy W. G. ROGERS News Behind the News '-vt By PAUL MALLON - y ' (Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction In whole H or in part strictly prohibited.) BEACH RED, I by ' Peter B' (Random Boasc; S2.M). " -. it .- One line per second, 60 lines per minute, 3600 lines per hour, this novel relates the experiences of some soldiers for exactly an hour during ian invasion of a Japanese-held shore in the Pa cific. It's a t ook-of-the-Month club dual selection for Decem ber. . ; j- The arrangement is ingenious; intended to indicate the precise timing with which military ope rations are carried out, it gives the desired effect of speed and . - movement carefully plotted in advance. -A i. D. Whit . The story starts aboard a transport, follow the troops as they transfer to landing craft,, wade ashore and break through the first thin crust of resist ance. But the main incident is the patrol of four men sent be hind Japanese lines to report the disposition of the enemy's forces and whatever they can learn about his plans. I Bowman, who didn't take part in the rn v a s ion he describes, though in . the army he trained for amphibious landings, relies on his imagination to good, even excellent, effect When he sticks . to factual description he is viv ' id, realistic, j full of telling ;. phrases. . 1 I But while his characters, who : by the way do not come to life as individuals! are attacking the Japanese, he is being "attacked a- by figures of speech. And though ; ".his people, wiii, he loses. There are more figures of speech, and more elaborate and pretentious ones, than were ever crowded 4 j. .inlo so few - pages before. For I ? every ."minute' there Is a tag wm WASHINGTON, Dee. 1?. The wad which the CIO declared up on President Truman for daring to suggest fact-finding on threats of national strikes is developing covertly upon the familiar pat tern! of the pressure-propaganda wars of the Roosevelt, admlnfstra- . tion. . v . i j. It- got started promptly this week. The first I personally no ticed of it was Monday morn- ing, j when the incoming; mail -on my desk in cluded ten let- ters of the old you so i and so" type. Since Mr. Truman Pant Mai ion came into of fice these had become practical ly extinct; . f "My own minor section of the vox! pop had reflected a unani mity of appeal toward reasoning and : fairness. Then alt of a sud den there developed ; this" wash of diatribe trivia in typical style, not against any point ; in particu lar, j The venom glands Of the minority vox pop quite appar ently are being released. Denunciations Reappear i Some editors informed their own "letters to the editor" features were suddenly i being used for similar denunciations, not only of the president, but even down to obscure persons whoj merely had been known to favor his mild solution; of the problem. ; These manifestations betray giving medical assistance to those who have been stricken. "Oregon has been fortunate in that it has not had a serious epi- ... . a m mar to this country . 10 sxuay naorai Re-armament, he said. . ' f Bunny Austin, holder of world tennis " championships, himself me ment had not reached practical aijd detailed agree- fine that for me is more often a ment on outstanding-issues of Rational political1 : wisecrac than an epigram, and military policy. ?i 4. "-'' Although ttiis is the work of Russian permission to- reenter tvas waited "upon . . one niah,- it somehow seems as because it was reported from! Chungking the tfaeyesal had had a hand in Chinese did not want to offend die Russians, who writirtg : it. They are the soldier had reconquered Manchuria from the Japanese " who. did the fighting . . . and in a six-dav war. fii. i -..- J and pep ORGANIZED TEMPERAMENT The recent trouble at New York's Metropoht" Opera gives you a rough idea of what ran happen when labor relations get mixed up .with artistic temperament It seems that the opera's chorus got Into a dispute with its own union, the American Guild oi Musical Artists, about some contract cl.iutes the chorus members wouldn't sign. When the contracts failed to come back AGMA, by way of punishment, suspended one of the chorus officers who Is also a member of AGMA's own board of governors. - So 'what did the chorus do? It served notice on the Metropolitan management that there would be no more rehearsals until the suspended, member was reinstated. It gave the management a , short time In which to act, after which, it said, "we Kail conclude that the management proposes to lock out the chorus." Maybe you'd like to go back and read that acain. Finished? Then let's go on. The opera man cemertt wasn't a 'party, to-the dispute. It had no right to reinstate , the suspended chorus member. If It had tried it weuld have had to go over the union's head and run the risk of losing not only Its chorus but Its leading. singers, most of whom beltg to AGMA for the same reason that most of the famous' 'instrumental soloists belong to Mr. XVtrilio's American Federation of Musiciansbe cause they have to. So the pra management didn't reinstate the chorus member, and the choristers, who walked out. now consider that the management locked them out. .- ' The hole thing makes about as much sense at most of the plot of the operas in the Metro poli- . tm repertory. So maybe It's all perfectly clear to the fcJXs at the Tfet Albany lmotTat-HeraJd. k American the radio ma is alL Some Chinese officials who ha gone to Chang- GRIN AND BEAR IT chun earlier had to withdraw last month because the Russians were about to leaf on sechedule, and there was danger that they would be captured ; by hostile Chinese troops, who may or may not have been -communists. ; j Chinese elation at being back !in Mukden may , be chilled by the unconfirmed reports circulating In Chungking that China paidj Russia quite a price in order to reach the new agreement whereby the Russians guarantee, the safety of returning , nationalist troops and officials, f f Some nationalist officials,1 who. ron't allow their names to be used, even allege that the Russians demanded economic concessions! in Manchuria which would threaten Chinese-sovereignty there. There is no confirmation of such rumors, and it also remains to be confirmed that the Russians have looted Manchuria's industry as some reports have hinted. . , I Clarification AwatU Reporters -: Clarification of such questions must await the return of competent reporters to. the scene in Manchuria, , who may or may not be allowed to report fully by Chinese or Russian censors or both. It must await, perhaps, the results of the big three, foreign ministers' meeting which begins Saturday in Moscow, to which Secretary of State Byrnes U taking his chief far eastern affairs advisor, John Carter Vincent -1 I It may be only coincidence, put the Chinese reached their ' new agreement with ( the Russians' for the reoccupa tion of Manchuria shortly after it was announced that the new: American ambassa dor to China would be Gen. George Marshall. The full meaning of his appointment presumably will be made clear when President Truman an nounces the instructions he will carry , with him when he leaves for China, fcerhaos late this week. These instructions hardly. Can imply a less firm "Maybe yea east -get the G. a. Bill f Rights U pay for fa weexiag i- , ;! !' i: "U-"- V-A and hone ymeea- after all, marriaxe as an ed the esual propaganda technique of organized drives, although, so far, this one seems less wide spread and less effective than those of Roosevelt times. The theme for the war is be ing set at a rather high pitch. The i premise publicly fixed by the auto union leaders is that fact-finding before strikes would be "slavery." One ' Factor Stressed Of course, the railroad brother hoods have grown into the strongest and richest of all the unions in 19 years under this same fact-finding and cooling off fsla very," "out this fact is rarely mentioned,- while the thought that the Truman pro posal is vicious is continuously dinned into the popular ear and eye. j ! You can see more fully what is being done in the work of lady; columnist who has been Used; for years to promote these drives under her own name. She says I "I 'think we had better watch out for enslavement from the fascist side," and urges that no curtailments of any union ac tivities be attempted for fear of proniotink fascism. This propaganda represents no development from the old, fa miliar themes, which went over so well with the public when a fascist power existed' in the world, particularly in Germany .- and -Italy. .Now a Dead Sport ' But now that the world facist leaders are condemned to the gallows or worse, hardly any reasonable person can awaken in the morning, all atremble, to pray; that this day will save him fromj enslavement by non ex istant fascists.: A senator prom--'- ises the lady 10 cents a head for every American fascist she can ' . " , name. Chasing fascist nobgob- OV LlCntV lins as a dead sport ' ! The truth is democracy has never been so popular in modern times as it is in this country today, and I mean pure Ameri can democracy, in contradistinc tion to the communist or fascist (they have reichstags) type. The war on Truman therefore Is not going well In congress where the issue will be decided. (While the campaign is aimed at the president, the matter is tech nically out of his hands.) Practicing Restraint v In congress the CIO has found no hope except to delay or amend the proposal. All along a majority has been ready to vote i some such mild restraint on strikes as this, - or much stronger ones. The " republicans and party democrats generally want some thing, much stronger. Adminlv tration inside opposition . prev iously prevented action. Its as sumption of leadership on this issue leaves the unions bloc - alone. In the senate this would not rustle over 15 votes of the - 96 on a straight-cut; in the house the percentage would be higher. but no more effective. Thus the unions - have - been - forced to restrain themselves to trying to throw the matter over beyond the Christmas holidays by warning against haste while organizing . their propaganda. This is the best they can do. demic of the disease, but we have just out of American uniform, had a. greater than usual number spoke of the rise of fascism as he of cases and we cannot-afford to saw m the countries of Eu- let down our guard," Dr. Hedlund rope. Just as Barcelona, beautiful said. x- . . rit h th Mediterranean. over- Counties ReUln Share I Innknl rrowinf revolutionarr Fifty per cent of the fuffds tendencies and became Ta battle raised annually in the campaign I site , may cities of the United remain wiui me couniy cnapiers Nations suffer if the reasons for fascism are not wiped out, ' he contended.' Austin Is the son of British parents whose home wast destroyed by a buzz bomb. to provide medical assistance for those who need it It was pointed out that several of the counties have exhausted , their funds and have received advances from the national foundation so that no JSSSfttSr4 ' Christmas Story County chapter chairmen in- TT Cnt,,M elude: W. R. Milliken, Benton; J. flOUr SatUrttay at i. ixmgieiiow, uacxamas; Kariin UI T W. Caswell, Linn; Dr. W. J. Stone, 1 17 UD11C AJDraiy manon; rtawson n. tnapin, out; Dr. V. C. Staats, Yamhill. - County campaign directors in clude: Martin P. Cooper. Benton: 4 After an Introductory, period of , carols, the Christmas i story ; time . at the Salem Public library will Paul R. Biggs, Clackamas; Karl begin at 10 o'clock this Saturday W. Caswell, Linn; Ray L. Houch, I morning, in " the children's 1 room. Marion; Rawson H. C ha pin. Polk; All who like stories are invited to Earl R. Nott; Yamhill. Cutoff Proposed . As State: Highway In a letter to the state highway commission County Judge Grant Murohv has asked that the com mission take over the 12th street t.orns cutoff from the south city Units attend the program, which will feature , stories; about 'Christmas from, many sources, as well as an old English song of the gifts brought on the Twelve days . of Christmas j Colorful decorations throughout the room establish the holiday atmosphere, with the Nativity Scene, tree, and many other Yuletide figures and cus- A program of Christmas re- highway anyway as all heavy truck traffic is directed over it rather than through the dty center. . He says that if it is desirable the county court will appear be- he's the best -of the lot; the college sophomore who has not heard Stein's admonition to Hemingway, to the effect that remarks don't - make ' literature; who thinks to the Pacific highway as a state cord.in8s w replace the regular highway. - stones on xne faturday before Judge Murphy stated that the C&rUtmas, December 22. 12th street cutoff is practically a i Olivers Visiting Families Here LIBERTY Lt Kenneth Oliver. fore the commission and give in- USNR, and his wife, formerly formation available on the pro- Sgt Madaline Oliver, who has -ject PecenUy been dischareed ' from theWAC are I visiting Mrs. Oil- r,i"-iAtK . Iff i Fermi t lSSUetl . - iSVandtheUeutenant'sbro- ? C r M i. ther-Dr. Egbert S. Oliver, Salem.: r or otore ouildins nd :1Dthr rel,tivM this are. , . " h i-eu tenant OUver, who entered , J. L. Batdorf was issued a htiiM. tnavy in March. 194S. tautrht ' ing permit Wednesday by the city unhery and aircraft recognition building inspector's office to erect l pensaco1 training sUUon and ; a store building at 2905 Fair- Julr h on the carrier "; grounds road at an estimated cost ca" ln Pacific. Mrs. Oli- of $15,000. ... ver has been staUoned at Orlan- A buildinff nermit was alao im. I a. -, sued to E.H. Hobson to alter a r graduates of Willam-. one-story dwelling at 468 S. Cap- university j Lieutenant OUver itol st. at a cost of $1000. Guy " lemunai leave. They plan to F. Hastings was granted a permit leav tbor7 for Madison, where to build a one story dwelling at b 031 one more term of studies " 2458 Claude st at a cost of $2000. m eei requirements for a PhJD A permit to build a garage and in "ecature. 1 1 1 . w r v . . I t . wooasneo. ai ou jauret su ai a cost ; of $100 was issued to Mrs. Lula Mosier. - I OSC ALUMNI ELECT ' ' .' "f i ... CORVALLIsi D- 14. -taw .! Reconnaissance photographs in I John B. Fenner i th. color during the war showed the ager of the Oregon State Colleire' slight but vital difference between Alumni association. A 1840 OSC living, foliage-and the branches graduate, he succeeds WarrerT A cut ,for camouflage." S Reid, resigned; , ' tkt io more ilian aliom 1 I-. ;
