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PAGE TOUR rh ORXGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oreaon, Tuesday Morning March 11 1946 resott MWMM MM I "A'o Facor Sioays ; Wo Fear -Shall Awt" From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 TIIE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member of the Associated Press ' The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Salem Traffic "Snafu" Downtown traffic in Salem is bad and get ting worse. Finding parking space usually takes a motorist :n the busy part of the day on a search of teveral blocks until he gets well out of the business section. Close-in residents long ago found cut the thing to do was to walk. to town because if they drove they had to come nearly back home to find a place to park. Parking restrictions as to time appear to be enforced intermittently, and with some show of favoritism to parking "regulars." It just eftns impossible to get the "turnover" in park ing space -a huh the amount available should provide. Forking meters would speed this turn over, as iic. s been demonstrated in many cities. The Statesman has come to the conclusion that the merchants who oppose the meters are mis taken in their "opposition that they lose more business now from the difficulty of customers to find a parking space than they would be cause of unwillingness to pay a nickel for an hour's parking. Off-sticet parking is very 'desirable (though the charge ;s much higher than the meter toll), but with vacant lots being built on or used for u?d car sales depots, the amount of land for off-street parking does not seem to be increas ing as fast as demand. Things are getting badly snarled, especially on busy dtys like last week. The one move to ward improvement is tied up in litigation and apparently we shall have to wait until the referendum on the meter ordinance is voted or,. The rr.ore the traffic snarls up, the more votes ti t re will be. in favor of meters. The "Wrong Locale We seldom hold with the contention that United States diplomacy plays the dupe for Great Eruain, as sometimes charged, but we find it h&id to justify Winston Churchill's us ir.g our locale as the sounding board for his warning comments on Russia, whether we agree with them or not. Churcfti.!. although repudiated in his own country, remains a powerful figure in the mod ern world. His words bear great weight, as they should. And with our recognition and under standing cf free speech and a free press, we can hear him out without linking his state ments with any outside influence. But, even sj. what would be our attitude, for instance, if Chiang Kai-shek were ousted in China, then toured Russia of his own violition and made seeches warning against the United States? It wouldn t ce hard for us to imagine that Russia was in-t.ting or encouraging his addresses. In whit light, then, does Russia view Church ill's comments made from our shores? Russia has little .f any understanding of the liberty of speech and writing. It is hardly to be imagin ed -that ene could completely divorce, in her analysis cf the situation, Churchill's attitude rd the United States. We are rot finding fault with what Church ill says We are saying merely that world-famous nationals, in discussing the most vital top ic cf fajstory. should speak within their own 3oundarjes so that no suspicion can attach to ' ire orif m of their comments. When such all irr.portint words as Churchill's are spoken with- (.. a . - ,i l...u i 1- 1 : Can. Street and Road Maintenance One needs only to travel in town or country to note that a big store of work lie? ahead this summer in making repairs to streets and high ways. Through war years maintenance was held down rather severely though 'attempt was made to do essential patching. The accumu lated need now is large both in amount of ma terial required, number of manhobrs of labor to be used and the money to bay for the work. j On state highways there if considerable pit ting on asphalt surfaces. The new road from Monmouth to Camp Adair is a pample of a job that needs to be done over. On other roads where trucking has been heavy the surface mat has broken through. The heavy rain and snowfall have added to repair requirements. In Salem the cracking of the surface is bad on streets where the old streetcar rails were covered over. Too bad they wer not pulled up and the paving relaid. On other of the older paved streets the pounding of heavy traffic leaves visible damage which must be cared for lest the street break up One of the bad stretches is on the section of Center street which is under state maintenance, between the bridge and North Capitol. The floating laid some months ago did not adhere to the under! surface and now is badly pitted, rough to ride' on or walk over. The section east of Capitol! laid by the Warren Construction company for! the city has held up quite well. j The engineers will be out all over the state, in cities and country checking neejds and will return to their offices with full notebooks Of jobs needing to be done. And as soon as the weather permits the repair gangs iall get out, trying to catch up on the extensive deterioration our highways and streets have suffered during the war period. They will probably find it more than a single summer's repair job. The Utmost of Something I A Portland paper dragged out the! hoary issue of daylight saving and solicited opinions from many people. Our governor contributed the following to the symposium: ; ' "There may be some advantages to daylight j savings in some localities and in certain indus- j tries but in this state it is a matter that re- quires the utmost and most careful? considers-' tion." An Airing of Though Is The Salesman's "Inquiring Reporter" last rek asked a pertinent question and received jme uit-as-pertinent answers which are well w orth ptrjsal. The question was: "What in your opinion floes Salem need most?" 'Imp-It mentation of the planning -commission's Idea? r.d "doing away with procrastination" highlighted the replies which also included an appeal for housing, off-street parking facilities, living memorial (auditorium) to the dead of Wend War H, and additional industrial pay roll?. Every one of the suggestions -has merit, a-.d the p-hlic airing of such views in a free e-.d cjn forum which" has no axes to grind should t advantageous to officialdom which s- ou'a eternally be alert to what people are The Statesman f-?e!s it can be of particular a-rvice In augmenting its "Safety Valve" (let-t-:s-ttj-lr.f -editor) department with the "In q firing Reporter," and invites the contribution bv.h ol cuestions and answers from every one t:. the vfciley. The rtite of Washington's liquor control act i quite- similar to Oregon'?, except that sale of horrid-produced wines by the glass is permit -t-d at bars. Thre initiative measures are up t . change the liquor law in that state. One would tke the sale of -teer and wine out of taverns; .other 'vould stop sales of fortified wines; a f . rd would perrter? the sale of hard liquors by the slaw- at bars. With so many bills before the voter,- Ine tendency probably will be to vote no on b'd of them - ) Ml ral Mallwa Newspapers are starting the seasonal coun terpart to "Twenty-three days before Christ mas. Do your shopping early.-' Now it is "Twen-tv-frve days to register" for the May primary election. The usual lineup of last-minute regis t rants may be expected, though smaller than u-ual because no hot fights are anticipated at the polls. Eugene's Axemen certainly were properly named for that 27th state hoop classic they ; t-aliy did "Give 'em the axe,'' as the old school y ell demanded. Anyway, if our loaves of bread -are to be cut. it won't take o much butter for a slice o: toat nor so much coffee to soak it in. Behind the News By PAUL MALLON j (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Re production in whole or in part strictly; prohibited.) "WASHINGTON, March 18The withdrawal of Mr. Truman's friend, Edwin Pauley, was arranged at a midnight meeting of lour senators. It was quite a significant meeting from a' democratic party aandpoint. Present were national ; chairman Hannegan, Mr. Pauley, the senator vho led the fight for him, Millard Tydings of Maryland, the naval affairs committee chairman Senator. Walsh all strictly party men. Conspicuously missing were the supra-party lead ers. Senator Pepper, a nominal democrat, and Mr. I ekes who is not nominally any thing, although he has been called, and has called himself many things. They were not consulted, as far as I have been able to learn. The meeting did not break; up until one a. m., after which the letters of pleasant exchange be tween President Truman and Pauley were arranged for release to the press the next day. Not much 'interpreting of the results has been done in view of the chaotlj confusions into which the debate was plunged. I Irideed the natural interpretation that thej Pepper-Ickes group won a battle over the Truman-Hannegan-Pauley party leadership has been widely avoided as far as I have seen both Pepper? and Ickes avoided comment. The opposition appeared glad enough to forget its supposedly great sensational struggle. Interpretation of Victory Unjustified ; Indeed, the list of casualties left on the battle field hardly would justify an interpretation of victory for the Pepper-Ickes crowd. Mri Pauley lost a proposed sub-cabinet job, but may get an am bassadorship or something else, as he I still enjoys White House favor. Mr. Ickes lost his 14-year political hegemony in the interior department and his really important cabinet position. My informa tion suggests Senator Pepper may have lost some thing equally important, although the loss of his tongue is so far the only recorded result In the casualty list. f ; Similarly my informants report the campaign within the party for Hannegan's scalp fs not likely to succeed. There has been some legitimate opposi tion within the party to thej Hannegan control, aside from this Pepper-Icke3 fight against Pauley; Some of the older party men have.fceen saying among themselves that he is too young, that his health has not been the best, that his- tactics are not successful, that he has been playing too much strangely enough with the old Roosevelt crowd. The Pepper-Ickes group capitalized on ithis feeling during the fight against Pauley, and drew strength' when boss Ed Crump of Memphis, came out with a demand that Hannegan give up one I of his two jobs, as postmaster general - and democratic nai tional chairman. If Hannegan gives up either, it will be the postmaster generalship because he en joys the unlimited support of Mr, Truman. FaU of Ickes Greatest Net Result j : His scalp, the democratic party people say, Is therefore not likely to be included on the casualty list As a matter of fact, the stories about his health are said by his friends to relate -to the "fact that he had some of his teeth pulled recently. In ap pearance, he looks healthy enough. . f ; The greatest net 'result then! is that the great Ickes fell from his personal hegemony in the cab inet to the job of writing a column for a minor paper, and organizing artists into some kind of a new liberty league. This is the greatest recorded fall since Lucifer in distance 2 mean.? l i Y'wy WmL ,DEA who's in plpSsg BfetribaM to KU Fastens Sr4laU One Client Tho Literary Guldepost By W. G. ROGERS , THE DRAWINGS Or LEONARD DA VINCI, dltta' with latroencUoa by A. E. Popham (Keyaal It HlWn cock; Sit). This volume combines in an unexampled manner what the art student needs and the lay man will enjoy. Thanks for this excellence must be shared by da Vinci, the phenomenal Flor entine genius who epitomizes the Renaissance, and by Pop ham, deputy keeper of prints and drawings in the British Mu seum, who; has exercised a rare discrimination in selecting the 400 reproductions included in the book, i You may not always agree with his judgment; for instance, it seems questionable to call da Vinci's caricatures the "unpleas ant side" of his work. But you will be helped immensely by his classification of the draw ings; it is arbitrary, but not un fair, to group them into madon nas, draperies, animals, nudes, machinery, architecture, plants and so on. There are two great collections of these drawings, in Milan and Windsor, and of course smaller numbers In New York, Paris and elsewhere. The artist used a va riety of papers and mediums, such as pen, silver-point, black and red chalk, and he was left handed. He lived in Florence, Milan, Rome, Venice and in France, near Ambroise, where he died. After about 100 pages in which the drawings are studied, there are a brief chronology, a bibliog raphy and a list of the illustra tions with information on size, method, material, provenance and references. You may pore over it by matching text and illustrations, or you may delight in the illus trations for themselves alone. RADIO DRAMA IN ACTION, edit by Erik Baraouw (Tarrar It Rlnc bart; 3). The cover of this volume an nounces that 25 plays of a chang ing world are contained there in. The plays are all of' the high-rninded type (dubbed "pub lic service") and authored by such people as Norman Corwin, Sandra Michael and Orson Welles and are at the opposite end of the world from the gag comedy and escape dramas that (Continued from page 1) followers at Portage that the republican party of Wisconsin "offered us the best opportunity of advancement of progressive principles." He said of the demo cratic party that it had struck dead center, and was unable to act with sufficient unity to meet its problems, which is clear from the reports of the palsy of the democratic congress. Thus expires another attempt to found a third party. It pros pered for a time in Wisconsin but its leaders could find no "expert market" for its ideas. Less radical than the farmer labor party which held Minne sota in its grip for a time, it made no affiliation in that di rection. Save for endorsement of Roosevelt, Illinois remained straight republican, and so did Iowa and most of the time Mich igan. American history is litter ed with the broken hopes of third parties. The only one that lingers on the scene is the Am erican labor party and that is confined to the state (and chief ly the city) of New York, The socialist and prohibition survive but they are parties of single purpose. Despite the criticism of the old parties, republican and democratic, they remain virtual ly the only national political vehicles in this country. Voting habits, the difficulties of financ ing a new political organization and legal complications stand in the way of a rise to power by a new party. The modern tech nique Is to get control of the old party and use its label to carry forward a program even though it violate old party tra ditions . . . witness the new deal and the democratic party. Just how will the Wisconsin republicans welcome the return ing progressives? They will be pleased to get their voting strength but not too happy over are anonymously authored to do a mouth-watering sales job for tobacco, soft drinks, breakfast food, etc. GRIN AND BEAR IT .' I -life the prospect of sharing offices and rewards with those who have been party rebels. Wis consin republicans are a tough lot, baked in the hot fires of LaFollette "radicalism" from the days of Senator Bob, pere. Wi ley, present junior senator from Wisconsin, is as conservative as B(ob Taft. But the Wisconsin progressives have pretty well gpntled by this time. The dem ocratic new dealers have left them in the rear, so the progres sives and republicans in Wis consin have little to quarrel about. The fires of radicalism are burning lower, and Wisconsin progressives, recognizing that fact, are reentering the repub lican fold. The trends seem to be running in the direction of conservatism. We may need to be on guard lest they swing to genuine reaction. The Safety Valve LETTERS FROM STATESMAN READERS By Lichty HOW TO SAVE FOOD To The Editor: Again we are trying to solve a i great problem by picayune methods. A news reporter spends his time making the rounds of restaurants to see if he can get one piece of toast, and at taching great impoi tance to the type of respon.se he gets from a waitress who is hired not only to serve customers, but to: keep them satisfied. Solemnly editors expound on this efficacy of saving a pie criist here, and a jigger of fat there. Ceremoniously restau rant owners are interviewed, and asked to ponder the pos sibility of barefaced hamburgers and bunless hot dogs. No wonder there is no apparent response to the call to help feed the hungry and the undernourished. If we really in earnest, di reft and effective steps must be taken. Certainly an author ative agency could wipe all pies, ofjwhatever nature, off all rest aurant menus for 30 days. With thf pies should go all other pastries. Besides saving much flour, fat and sugar, it would be a blessing for all fat men, and thousands of so-called stout women might possibly save themselves the price of a new giridle. It might be a little tough on the bakers for a while, and sorhe consumers might find it necessary to offer their sweet tooth a stewed prune, but chari ty without some sacrifice is like tossing one's table leavings to th neighbor's dog. If we are going to stem the tide of starvation and misery, against which millions of women and children are putting their puny strength, lets get on with it in the American way, aggres sively, efficiently and in a wholehearted manner. Jos. L. Prange IPonMStc imeeirtills CIRCUIT COURT George Benson and others vs Pearl F. Thomas and .Zena Thom as: Motion to strike. A. A. Trakan and Rachael Tra kan vs Elmer Wood and Ada Wood: Complaint demands pos session of a house plus $780 as alleged unpaid rent. J. R. Stratford and Leota Strat ford vs Dy Foon and others: De fendant W. S. Walton files answer admitting and denying. E. V. Gwaltney vs Pioneer Trust Co., executor of estate of Mar garet A. Bronson: Defendant files motion to make more definite and certain. Ray Woolworth vs Stephen Clarke and others: Default of de fendant filed and decree quiets plaintiff's title to certain real property. Clarence L. Dunn vs Gertrude Dunn: Suit for divorce charging cruel and inhuman treatment. Married March 2 1934, at Smith Center, Kan. PROBATE COURT Lizzie A. Robertson, estate: Oran Stratton appointed execu tor and D. W. Eyre, Roy Nelson and Myrtle N. Shelley appointed appraisers. Laura Alice Jack, estate: Ella McCIeary, administratrix, author ized to sell certain real property. LI vi a C. Mortimer, guardian ship estate: Estate Inventoried at $4071. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Richard A. Nelson, 23, service station operator, and Lillian Nor en, 22, cannery worker, both Sll verton. William L. Young, 73,. citrus grower, Fillmore, Cal., and Lo rena Helen Thompson, 61, house keeper, Salem. Merlin L. Brown, 28, agate Prc-Camporec Training Meets Ready Scouts Third in the Cascade council series of boy scout pre-camporee training courses was held at Tay lor's Grove, Mehama, Friday and Saturday, when the Marion dis trict patrol leaders conference took place. Three troops were present at the camp conducted by Harry Mi chelson, assistant scout executive, and Vernon Merrick. Jack Gul liford, scoutmaster of troop 43 of Detroit and Idanha; Edward Ro gers, scoutmaster of Mehama troop 48 and Tiny Godell, assist ant scoutmaster, and Sam Bridges, scoutmaster of Lyons troop 51 were present with patrol leaders from each troop. Friday evening was taken up with campfire programs and a night-stalking event, and Satur day was occupied with scout craft and training courses climaxed by a court of honor. The conference was held in preparation for the coming camporee for all members of the six Marion district troops scheduled for April 12 and 13 at Berry Forrest Camp xiear Detroit. shop, 1710 S. 12th St., and Lavene V-rreman, 21, telephone super visor, both Salem. Raymond S. Lane, 23, clerk, 1790 D. St., and Eleanor Geb hardt, 24, waitress, 609 f. Front st., both Salem. Raymond Frey, 23, student, and Verla L, Carter, 24, nurse, both Stayton. Tandy J. Burton, 29, mechanic, rt. 1, and Mary Alice Hammond, 25. grocery clerk, 643 Marion St., both Salem. MUNICIPAL COURT Robert Clark, 752 N.I Winter St., no operator's license, fined $3. Alameda P. Riggs, 696 Mill st failure to stap, fined $2.50. Neil W. Pyle, 470 25th U viola tion of basic rule, $7.50 bail paid. Harold R. Schiller, Portland, no operator's license, $3 bail paid. George Senna tt. 864 Mill st., faiture to stop, $2.50 bail paid, and violation of basic rule, $5 bail paid. Samuel H. Gould, Los Angeles, violation of basic rule, $7.50 bail paid. JUSTICE COURT Robert P. Paulson, illegal pur chase of liquor with irregular per mit, fined $23 and sentenced to 10 days in county Jail. Roy Ernest Barker, passing at crest of hill, fined $2 and costs. Ike Washington, Salem, drunk and disorderly, fined $10 and rOKts. Election Notice Ruling Given Notices of election, to approve or reject a county road tax levy of $750,000 in Umatilla county, must specify the roads to be con structed or improved, the amount of money to be expended on each, and the rate of interest. Attorney General George Neuner ruled here Monday. In another opinion Neuner held that placer claims in Oregon may be located under like circum stances and upon similar pro ceedings as vein or lode claims. The state department of geology and mineral resources asked for opinion. "As chairman of the fact finding board, I find, after a thorough investigation, that the Ace Novelty Co. doesn't make much money bat they do have lots of fun!" Smith "Serves on Ship Honor Guard in China ON THE USS LST 1050 Leslie J. Smith, Flc, 2395 Front st., Sa lem, Ore., was part of the honor guard as this ship was inspected recently by Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Admir al C M. Cooke, jr.. Lt. Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer and other high offic ials of the United Nations con nected with the American-sponsored: Chinese training program. The visitors inspected the ranks of both the American and the Chinese crews, mustered at quarters as the Chinese national ensigh fluttered from the main. They made a tour of the lower decks! and observed the American trained Chinese crew as it simu lated beaching operations. Gov. Snell Urges Vet Employment Gevernor Earl Snell . Monday sent letters to all Ktate depart ments under the executive of fices requesting extra effort in the employment of returning veter ans. "The State of Oregon in vital ly concerned with the succesnful readjustment of the returning vet eran.s". Governor Snell said, "and their employment or reemploy ment Is a vital part of this pro gram". Governor Snell urged that the state repartments do not over look the possibility of on-the-job training where the veteran may be trained for positions requir ing skill and experience. New Lyons Scout Troop Organized Organization of the new boy scout troop No. 31 of Lyons was completed Saturday evening? at Lyons Faith Rebekah Lodge No. 166, troop sponsors, Harry Michel son, assistant scout executive, an nounced Monday. Sam . Bridges is the new troop scoutmaster and troop committee men include Carl Reki, Arthur L. Anderson, Gordon Heineck and Philip Pietrock. The troop will meet every Thursday evening in the Rebekah lodge rooms. Salem Service Stations Sign With Local 324 Union shop agreements with 15 of Salem's major tire shops and service station operators was sign ed Monday by the teamsters' un ion local 324, Ward Graham, un ion secretary, announced. The closing of this aggeement brings Into the teamsters fold more than 150 members under working conditions and wages which are among the highest paid in thejie industries on the Pacific coast, Graham said. The agreements put the service station employees on a 48-hour week at the following rates per hour: service truck drivers, $1.10 per hour; tire service men, $1.05 per hour; service station attend ants for the first three months, 83 cents per hour; service station at tendants for the first three months, 85 cents per hour, next nine months 95 cents per hour, and afper one year, $1.05 per hour. Working service station managers will draw $1.15 per hour and sales clerks $1.05 per hour, Tire vulcanizers and recappers will work a 40-hour week now and working head foreman and head vulcanizer will draw $1.25 per hour, vulcanizer retreader $1.20 per hour, vulcanizer helper $1.05 per hour and beginners for the first three months 90 cents per hour. 5 to 25 Cent Boost Increases in the earnings of the employees are from five to 25 cents per hour, Graham stated. Additional benefits of the agree ments call for vacations, holidays and special overtime benefits and night shift differentials. Union men and employers col laborated closely in a ten-day pe riod of negotiations and collect ie bargaining prior to the signing and relations between the groups were "very good throughout," Graham said. Signers Include The Salem firmswho signed the agreement include Walter H. Zo sel Co., Frank Doolittle service station, State Tire Service, B. F. Goodrich Stores, Salem Tire Serv ice, Gil Ward Tire Store, O. K. Tire Shop, Firestone store, Broad way Tire Service, Ray Knight's Shell Service, Ray's Richfield Service, Budny's Richfield Car Service, Vern's Standard Service, Bowman and Staao Richfield Service, and Gibson and Klein Service Station. STEVENS Diamonds Watchea - Jewelry See our choice of nationally advertised pearls. D e 1 1 a b. Laguna, Marvella, La Royal and others . . . Our selection is complete. Open an Aeeeaot 33$ Ceurt Street