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Th ' OREGON STATESMAN Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning. March 21, 1941
NHIIMI Hit
mKo Favor Sways U$; No Fear Shall AxotT
From First Statesman, March 28, 18S1
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY j
CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
Member of the Associated Press . . j
Th Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of an
news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Creek Shipping
Slowly tat steadily ocean commerce Is re
suming under ' private operation. During the
war merchant shipping was under contrtol of
the allied fovernments, and private firms en
gaged in importing and exporting had to have
government permission or allotment of cargo
pace for their operations. Foreign trade still is
under some measure of government control if
only for the exchange required in payment for
cargoes, but it is veering more and more back
into private hands.
The American Mail line again is operating on
regular schedule to the orient. American-Ha-waiian
and Luckenbach lines are resuming inter-coastal
shipping. Other lines are getting
bold of th;ps and restoring former routes or
Venturing ir.to new ones.
Not mfsr.y foreign lines other than ships from
.Soviet P.jfrfia are calling at northwest ports
but it wii r.ot be long before British and Nor
wegian &r,ps will drop anchor in Columbia
river and Pjget Sound ports to take on or dis
chargr carf o.
In the r.ews is the report of the arrival of
a Greek rtttmer, Elias Kulukundis. at Portland
to open a monthly sailing service of Greek
ships between the Pacific coast and the Medi
terranean. This ship had called in Portland
previously in 1939, to pick up scrap iron and
lumber ici Japan (a bitter memory, to be sure).
Its return r.derscores the fact that little Greece
conducted a substantial shipping enterprise be
fore the v ar. Thin business helped Greece, as
umilar business helped Britain and Norway,
to pay for the goods it needed to import.
Shipping and trade come easy for the Greeks,
bcaue they began the business back in ancient
times, pushing their marine commerce over the
Mediterranean to the-pillars of Hercules (Gi
braltar) t founding colonies of which Syra
cuse on Sicily was chief. Modern Greeks have
'nr.j u.tii country s acuvuy in commerce.
They tic no: go in for fancy liners as -Mussolini
crowded iialy to do. They go in: for freighters,
many cf them slow and dirty luggers carrying
the dull freight of the world. But the business
pays. Ji v,cw of Greek suffering during the
past few years her people are doubtless more
eager than ever to get into peacetime business
that their country again may be self-supporting.
Investigation va Action -
This move on the part of the war department
to in veil irate th? so-called caste system in the
army ftr res us as a lot of poppycock. There
will be many stories as there are witnesses,
and ali v . be more or less true. There have
In-en zt rt.iT.y degrees of discrimination between
offerer? and enlisted men as there are com
panies, bittalions, regiments, divisions and arm
ies. Commanders of each group have used their
c'A-n distietion. and many times it has been
a bad tr.tiCe. The facts will be admitted here,
denied there, and the investigation will end up
Fv- repoit,r.g what we already know that a
Custe ivirrem exists.
Oe of cur major weaknesses seems to be a
tendency :e investigate something when direct
act-on in tre form of a uniform and mandatory
program i the only cure no matter what is
found 1c have been true in the past. The war
dparlrr r.t knows or easily can find out what
hi torn fcing on without going through the
expensive and time-wasting process of a formal
in' esffTiit.on.
If the 1". S. military is to become in reality
a citizens' army, the war department must make
U o ry specific directives as to the treatment
mrA r-ijvileges due the various ranks in the
s-svie tnd a formal finding that a GI was
t'O'rf'ri out of a hotel in Rome in 1945 or was
o'herwisr treated rudely by his superiors out
side th' ,;r.e of duty won't constitute a cure.
There w denying that in some theatres the
cute m reached proportions far out of
fcne even with the generally-accepted theory
that thje- should fee some definite line of de
n:arcatKn between officers and enlisted men.
Lets W,k the fact square in the face, accept
i as factor needing correction, and act accord
in illy.
Editorial Comment
MlSTt.fc frTROKE OR FOX PAW?
Dif.'.m.:.'t have their own war of conveying
h:r;tv
For n.-'y.ce. the United State is sending the
bdy of U.r late Turkic ambassador to Washington
b-t- k tc 7..;ikey oo,jd the battleship Missouri.
The tmlfsador h been dead two years. His
b1y 'doing a well as ould be expected" in
vu-i in '.rahinton. There ano reason why it
hd: to i -nt home rfgnt now. When Lord Lothian,
B -itih i.rribaMdor to Washington died a few years
io h . et.-rhly retrains went home aboard a cruiser.
Si we a.e obviously ing far beyond the ordinary
c uitr:i'. W-hy? .
a gftuje of frietvl fines to Turkey, which is re
rne").v -.r.reatened with a Russian invasion. Use
of th W.'souri -is significant as this is our newest
and nvir? powerful bittleship. It is also our best
known fhp since the surrender of Japan took
p'a ;e ri its deck;
A gd uick tf it work.'. But suppose Stalin
rmerobeif that neither the Missouri nor our other
bat?efctpv aie amphibious. They van net go ashore
t fight the Russian army. Russia is more im
I'tmous naval aftirk or naval pressure than
ar,y fit il nation Wi tist.-ry.
And the use of the Missouri for thij purpose at
this time- is bound t) antagonize the red czar, who
is evidently in a pretty ugly frame of mind rizht
nw. So one gue im as grxxi as another as to
whether thia rruUe i a master Mioke or the inter
national counterpart f an av kward individual
opening his mouth and putting his foot in it. -.Bkr
Drmocrat-Hi"-wM
Tidal Wave? : I
In a "letter to the editor-' in one o the cur
rent magazines, inquiry is made as to whether
scientists planning the atomic bomb test in! the
Pacific realize that: in thai region the earth's
crust is thin, and if fractured by the test, letting
millions of gallons of water rush into the molten
interior a tidal wave might result which would
engulf coastal cities. Doubtless scientists have
reflected on this point as on many others in
giving their views - on the contemplated test
in the mid-Pacific. And evidently the authorities
in control the navy and army air force rare
willing to take the risk of tidal waves, destruc
tion of fishlife, making the water radioactive.
Truth to tell, however, they are by no means
sure just what the results will be. That U one
reason for the series of tests: to find out
The explosion ofi the atomic bomb releases
a tremendous force, as has been abundantly
demonstrated. Detonated in the air the, effect
of the blast is dissipated within the area of
a few miles. The result will be very different
if an atomic bomb: is exploded under water,
because water is relatively incompressible,! so
the pressure from the - release of the atomic
energy will be transmitted for long distances.
Even so, the Pacifier ocean is so vast (71,000,
000 square miles of surface) and so deep (13,440
feet mean depth) that the pressures generated
by the atomic bomb explosion probably will be
absorbed without either cracking the crust of
the earth or creating a tidal wave on continen
tal shores. 1
We need to realize that while atomic energy
in the plutonium bomb is far greater than any
other form of energy which man hat handled,
it cannot compare in strength to the force j of
earthquakes and cyclones. It still is a local
phenomenon, great in comparison with previous
employment of force and great in its potentiali
ties; but distance remains a safe defense, unless
the performance off Bikini atoll gives us a
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Guidepost
By Adelaide Kerr
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WOMAN AS fOKCE IN HISTORY,
by Mary R. BearS (MacmllUa;
Mary Beard, a pioneer all her
life, has pioneered again on a
subject that will afford study
and discussion for a long time.
In "Woman as Force in His
tory" She attacks the idea prev
alent in historical writing and
current thinking that women
were a subject sex throughout
the ages.
She ; presents impressive evi
dence to show that, through the
centuries, women have been a
positive force. 1
In searching for the origin of
the "haunting idea" that women
were a subject sex, Mrs. Beard
says she encountered two illum
inating facts: (1) the idea was
first given its most complete
and categorical form by Ameri
can women who were in rebel
lion against what they regarded
as restraints on their liberty: (2)
the authority whom they most
commonly cited in support of
systematic presentations of the
idea was Sir William Blackstone,
author of Commentaries on the
Laws of England which reads in
part: ''By marriage the husband
and wire are one person in law;
this is,? the very being or legal
existence of the woman is sus
pended during the marriage, or
at least is incorporated and con
solidated into that of hte hus
band." Mrs. Beard tests the le
gality of Blackstone's stand and
finds it wanting, tests the subject
sex theory and shoots it full of
holes. :
Looking down the centuries,
she presents women as a force in
civilizing primitive mankind; fo
menting, instigating and fighting
wars, playing a powerful politi
cal role; taking an active part in
the commercial and intellectual
life of. the Middle Ages and the
powerful movements of mysti
cism arid heresy and wielding
DTP
This treat of strike at the Salem I alumina
plant seems untimely. It is not at all unlikely
that the RFC which foots the, bills for its opera
tions would relish some excuse for discontinu
ing operations therei Already layoffs have oc
curred; and those who strike may find them
selves like'a baseball player on occasion struck
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Behind the News,
By PAUL MALLON j j
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Re
production in whole or in part strictly prohibited.)
WASHINGTON, March 20 The food situation; is
so deeply buried beneath a mulch of propaganda!
dozen farmers could not pitch it off in a year, i
We were feeding wheat to hogs only last year
and the year before, and now we have to eat black
wheat in bread. Yet we still have a prospective
surplus of 150,000,000 bushels for the end of the
crop year, and crop prospects are good. The late
winter provided good moisture
through the breadbasket section
of the farm belt. Winter wheat
looks fine in most areas. There Is
no deficiency of supply, j
Many stories have been told
labout the black wheat order,
both as to its causes and effects.
The one which I believe has not
been told as far as I know. Is that
the change does not make much
difference, as far as increasing
the available supply of wheat My
most trustworthy experts tell me the order con
templated leaving a mite more of the dark husk
in the ground wheat. It did not contemplate any
deterioration in the quality of flour, and has had
less influence upon white bread than upon darker
bread. The saving will be limited in amount to the
quantity of husk left in the flour which cannot
be much. As far as health is concerned, the vitamin
content of the new flour would be reduced by
only the same mite of Replacement.
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Af vantage May Be Taken ef Order
This is the official position in the matter, and
any deterioration in the quality of the flour or
bread is what might be called unofficial. Some
parties may be taking advantage of the governr
ment order to foist poorproducts off on the public
at the same old prices, j j f
The socalled black bread step therefore appears
primarily a strategem to" bring home to the people
the necessity for food roncrvation a strategeni
which opens an excuse for abuses, a deterioration
in quality, and secret price increases, and is a
typical old RooseveKian method of "bringing thing!
home to the people." S
The move for curtailment of portions in restaur
ants opens similar vistfs. The OPA Issued this
order and specified the sme old high prices should
be charged for the smaller portions. If the govern
ment wanted to save food for Europe the .natural
thing would have been to cut the prices as welt
as the portions. That would have saved both the
food and the consumer. But by this old Roosevelt-1
ian way of doing the thing, the public is wheedled;
into another hidden price increase of inestimable:
proportions because the restaurants can I reduce;
quality, dispense nearly I anything they have left
in the icebox and excuse themselves by saying to
the customer "we are (feeding I the starving mi
Europe." t ; ! i j
Overhauling Dees Net Seem Complete j
Enlistment of Mr. Hoover to head the campaign
on the newly discovered! famine in Europe there--fore,
may not represent -the complete overhauling1
of the food program I though was first indicated.!
Exactly what Mr. Iloo'ver is to be, remains toj
be seen. He did not immediately get the Lehman!
job in the futile UNRRAj but only the prestige of
leadership, and went off to Europe to find the
scope of the famine, which must be apparent td
our armed forces on the ground there since last
fall. Indeed, Mr. IIoov reeled off all kinds of
futures about it hefewm iht left.i
What do these strange events mean? For once "Arithmetic ain't Important, Pop' The government figures your tax.
I am stopped by the confusions of Washington. J the O.T.A. figures year prices, and fact-finding committees figure
am asking you the answers. : Ji If yea're making any money!"
(Continued from page 1)
but this appeal to party disci
pline comes from a singular
source, just a few weeks ago he
endorsed the candidacy for con
gress in j New York city of one
Johannes Steel, nominee of the
American Labor party, a prom
inent writer and radical, as
against the democratic party's
own candidate. Wallace himself
is an exfrepublican, of a family
of Iowa; republicans. His pres
ent loyalty, like that of Ickes,
is primarily one of loyalty to
his political principles rather
than to! the democratic label.
If he were a senator he would
as quickly desert his party ma
jority on an issue of major prin
ciple as anyone else.
The country had an example
6f an attempt to apply the pol
icy of the purge back in 1938
when President Roosevelt allow
ed himscjf and his administra
tion to be used in trying to de
feat members of congress who
history-making influence
through j ideas launched in
French salons. In a brief survey
of modem history she cites the
part wobien played in the
growth of Communism, Fascism
and Nazism.
This is no book to race through
between dinner and bedtime. It
requires study and concentration
to follow Mrs. Beard through the
mazes of 'history and the docu
mentation: incorporated in her
text. But she has written a book
which every man and woman
should read a book which sheds
light on the future of women and
the world by shedding light on
their past.
had opposed some of his wanted
legislation, notably the supreme
court packing bill. The attempt
backfired, and the purge idea
was dropped as a bad political
blunder. Wallace will get no
where with his proposal nov:
Those born and baptized in the
democratic faith will not take
orders from a late convert.
Nevertheless the issue raised
la one of the perplexing probi
lems of the practical workings
of our system of government.
What is party policy? Who de
fines It? What discipline may
be or should be used to enforce
It? Republicans have had diffir
cuties in thejr day as demo
crats have now in developing
a working party. Then republif
can regulars wanted to drive
out the "insurgents" and if my
memory is correct they did deny
Bob LaFollette, sr., of some of
his claims to seniority after his
independent candidacy in 1924
Under the primary, system, party
discipline has pretty well brok
en down. The winning candidate,
for governor or president often
is looked to as the exponent of
party policy, the platform itself
being regarded as a vague
catch-all for vote-getting pur
poses. But party independency
has prevailed for most of this
century save in exceptional
situations, as in the "first hun
dred days" of the new deal,
There is real need for strong
er party discipline, based on
formulation of party policy on
a democratic basis. That need
exists even if Mr. Wallace is a
poor salesman to offer a rem
edy. Our parties suffer from
too much independency and
fragmentation. But such is the
extent of our liberty of thought
and our applause for independ
ency in voting that there is little
prospect for early imiKwition of
party halters on members of
congress. Therein lies one weak
ness in the practical workings
of our system of government.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
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LETTERS llOM STATESMAN
READERS
"CLEAN BREEZE"
To the Editor:
In church on Sunday morning
we were going through the us
ual routine of songs, announce
ments, meeting the budget, etc.
As part of the usual routine, I
was about half asleep.
Then a man in the congrega
tion rose and In simple but stir
ring terms asked that we do
something for the starving peo
ple In other lands. "Those people
are hungry," he concluded, "and
if we, as a body, can't see fit
to give them some help we'd
better close our books and for
get it all."
Immediately the air was clear
ed. Others rose and spoke with
like feeling, and action was
taken.
For me, at least, this episode
gave tone and meaning to the
whole meeting. I woke up. I felt
more inspired by this one ex
pression of generosity than by
all the rest of the service.
Thinking it over afterward, I
am wondering if this example
may not show somewhat of the
conditions which prevail in
many modern churches; condi
tions which are described var
iously and at length by those
seeking a remedy, but which
may be summed up in two
words: lethargy and impotence.
But if the clean breeze of spoil-
Building Permit j
Issued for 818,000 1
Store, Apartment j
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Town
send took out a city building
permit Wednesday, authorizing
construction of an $18,000 store
and apartment building at 930
Broadway.
Jack Melzer has received a per
mit for a $15,000 house at 193d
Saginaw st. Other permits issued:
Lenn C. Davis, $5000 house at
555 N. 22nd st.; H. E. Pade and
C. B. Keen, $5500 house at 2280
Broadway; Roy Eilert, $500 ga
rage at 705 Thompson St.; J. O.
Scott, chickenhouse at 1585 S.
High St.; Dr. Tom Dunham, $600
alterations to house at 1885 S.
Church st.; M. W. Welch, $500
alterations to house at 545 E. My
ers st.; P. J, Hibler, repairs at
1590 S. Commercial st.; D. E.
Woodry. apartment alterations at
345 Bellevue st.
Salem Band
To Entertain
State Teachers
The Salem high school band
under the direction of Vernon L.
Wiscarson, local band and orches
tra director, will present a pro
gram of music as part of the sec
ond general session of the 43rd
annual convention of the Oregon
State Teachers' association which
will be held in Portland March
28 and 29.
The Salem high school band is
one of two school musical groups
which will appear on the general
session programs. The other group
is the Jefferson high school chorus
of Portland.
The Salem band is scheduled
for its appearance Thursday af
ternoon, March 28.
Wiscarson Is also on the pro
gram committee for the Oregon
State Teachers' association de
partment of music, which will
hold meetings Thursday and Fri
day mornings, March 28 and 29,
in connection with the conven
tion. "
Second Salem j
Toastmaster
Club Organized
Salem's second club of Toast
masters completed preliminary
organization Wednesday night."
named themselves the Capital
Toastmasters and established
Thursday as a regular meeting
night, the Hollywood Lions Den
as place of meeting.
Stearns Cushing is temporary;
president of the club; Don Goode,
temporary vice president; Otis
Rawlins, secretary-treasurer, and
Ed Randle, sergeant-at-arms.
Twenty -one men signified they
would sign the charter. The group
will meet next week with the
Salem Toastmasters on Tuesday
night at the Marion hotel and
hold its own first regular meeting
at the Lions Den on April 4.
Ek-Willamette
Prof Speaks
To Rotarians
Economic capitalism and eco
nomic collectivism had better
learn : to live together or there
will be no world in which to live.
This was the conclusion voiced
by Dr, W. C. Jones, former pro
fessor of economics at Willamette
university and now president of
Whittier college at Whittier,
Calif., in a talk at Rotary club
Wednesday noon.
Four spectres, provincialism,
egotism, selfishness and dogma
tism, stalk the world today, Jones
said In a talk on what he termed
"world politics." Provincialism
he defined as a slavery of words
using the example of those who
would keep their state or terri
tory from certain peoples.
Define 'Spectres'
Egotism he defined as those
who as Hitler did believe they
are "better than some other
class;" selfishness was defined as
the fear "there will not be enough
to go around;" and dogmatism is
becoming an "economic dogma
tism following the religious dog
matism of the past."
The 1 United Nations organiza
tion wjll succeed only if there is
growing spirit of tolerance and
forbearance in the world, Jones
concluded. '
Educational History
Jones came to Willamette In
September 1929 and went to the
University of Oregon in the fall
of 1941 and to the California col
lege in 1944.
In the course of the talk he
referred to the many changes in
conditions during the 17 years
since he came to Willamette. He
was Introduced by Tinkham Gil
State Highway
Board to Open
$3 Million Bids
The Oregon state highway com
mission; meeting April 4 and I
in Portland, will open bids on
numerous road and bridge pro
jects Involving expenditure of
more than $3,000,000.
These projects, which State
Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock
said Wednesday are part of the
state's postwar highway program,
include;
Grading and paving of .68 mile
of the iJudkins Point-Springfield
Junction section of the Pacific
highway In Lane county.
Furnishing 10,000 cubic yards
of crushed rock in stock pUes on
the Waldport rock production pro
ject in Lincoln county.
Reconstruct existing bridge over
Mill creek on' the Dallas-Coast
secondary highway in Polk county.
Group Hears
Recruit Plan
The plan for recruiting the
postwar army to the strength of
1,600,000 currently organized was
presented to a company , of rep
resentative citizens from valley
communities last night at the
Marion hotel by army officers.
Col. W. F. Griffin outlined the
need for a volunteer army and
the opportunities it offered to
youth for learning trade skills and
for a permanent career.
Lt. Col. William M. Cohoon
in charge of recruiting for Ore
gon and southern Washington pre
sided and answered questions
from the audience. Others in at
tendance were Maj. S. D. Stan
field of the Salem recruiting of
fice and Lt. C. G. Folen of the
Portland office.
Floor and wall tiles are shaped
under a pressure of about 2000
pounds to the square inch before
being fired.
I taneous generosity could sweep
! through our musty churches
might not our lungs be filled,
our spirits refreshed, and new
; vigor imparted to our whole en-
i dcavor?
E. Whealdon
Rt. 2, Box 113
Turner, Ore.
Wright Funeral
Slated Today
Last rites will be held this
morning; for Clarence Eugene
Wright, Oregon native and Bell
Telephone employe for many
years, who died at his home,
1186 Broadway, Sunday.
He was reUred from the tele
phone company in 1934 after 32
years in its service. He had lived
in Salem the past year and
earlier had lived in McMinn
vtlle, Tuft and Yamhill. He was
born at Vamhill May 6, 1877.
He leaves his widow, Anna;
four son and two stepsons. The
funeral will be at 10:30 am. in
Clough-Barrick chapel, followed
by 'interment in McMinnville's
Masonic Cemetery.
Firenlone President
To Visit Salem Store
Leonard K. Firestone, presi
dent of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber company of Akron, O.,
will visit' the local Firestone out
let on Liberty street next Tues
day morning, George Klngan, Sa
lem Firestone manager, is inform
ed. Firestone is to be accompanied
by Robert Davis, Los Angeles, Pa
cific coast sales manager, and E.
J. Stevens, Portland, district man
ager. The group also will vUit
stores in Eugene and Corvallis.
The koala bear is the most pop
ular Australian animal.
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