I . i- f Thm OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Orocon, Thursday Morning, April 4, 1948 pacz rous I. 'I A. reson "So Favor Sway V: No Ftar Shall Awa" From First Statesman, March 28, 18J1 f TOE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARilS A SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher " Member of the Associated Press . . v The Associated Preaa ts exclusively entitled to the use for publics Una of all gtwi dispatches ci edited to.it or not otherwise credited 14 this newspaper. iThe Healthier Attitude .1 The all-important factor of a healthy attitude and the danger of futile brooding over the ever- faster tempo of the modern world stand out. i sharply in the family tragedy of the Washing - s test attorney who was associated with clevelop- ment of the atomic bomb. X. ! The attorney shot his wife, his daughter and : himself. Relatives said he had developed a ; pfcobia regarding a leak in the secret of atomic energy. It was a dangerous trend of thought. . Day by day we are confronted with facts and figures showing twentieth century man ts learning probably more than is good for him. Jfew destructiveness looms as a probability. )ore terrifying weapons are disclosed. Interna tional relations. run hot and cold. The cloud of djoubt persists. But is it so much different from tie status of the little boy, lying on the ground I night, who. looks up at the millions of stars, asks daddy the kind of questions for which taere is no boyhood answer, shivers, and says, j tt' scares to!" It is different only in this way: The little boy with the resiliency of youth can cast off tlte fears and doubts of the infinite unknown ' which are as real to him as are the potential Lprrors of man's inhumanity to man among : f lks who are grown. And we have the power ' Id our collective hands to control the factors mt which age has given us understanding. , I j The little boy and his dog still are with us, as .Well as the little girl and her doll, the flowering cherry, the green hills and valleys, .tAe kind words of friends, churchbells on the ; Sabbath, the Laughter of happy homes, and the I cherished hopes for future years. The atomic V bomb or any other human device has not chang ed that picture. There are births and marriages ' and deaths. There are smiles and tears. And the . Way is open as never before for health, security , stnd happiness. The person who lets an utterly futile worry becloud the joy of seeing the first budding rose Is on the way to trouble. v, . - Commodity Price Changes From the current news letter of Guaranty Trust co. of New York we take some compari sons of wholesale prices of primary comrnodi- '. ties, revealing price trends over the last third of a. century, from before the first world war to the present. The dates are based on the quotations for April of the years mentioned, except xoe If 49 when March is used. II . Cnmmn. a. . .1 I'. I It . a (orvrnment Caa. r Bk. Ha. p nrt bm , M par Mt . ar tk. RHjar. pmm Ra. M mt The effect of wars is visible in the price in creases of 1120 and 1948 over preceding years, although this is blunted by stricter govern- !fc control in this war and use of subsidies on certain products- Strangely enough the devaluation of the dol- lar can scarcely be traced as a price stimulant. Despite devaluation in 1934 the prices of 1939 'remain generally lower than for 1913. 1 One general observation may be made and - that is the commodity prices have not yet reached the postwar peaks of 1920. In view - of recent developments in pricing we may ex- pert further price increases, but probably the averages will not reach those of the period r: after the first world war. Ultimately the market is the determiner of l- prices, and the "market is the blend of supply 5 and demand, of availability and use of credit, ':' of employment and purchasing power. Change K Is a, rule of the marketplace because of the presence' of many variable factors. That system ! Is the most flexible of sny. In comparison gov- :, ernment price-fixing is stiff and slow. The live economy f?refers the fluidity of fhe market to : the dull rigidity of pricing by officialdom. Call for Fowl . I Our national food authorities certainly mis ; calculated last fall when they relaxed most of ' the ' restrictions on foods. They should have been able to determine at that time the narrow , ness of the margin of subsistence in many f lands. Instead they threw' off rationing except ' on sugar, made no effort to conserve bread crains, and let matters drift until winter was - well advanced in& the pinch was visible in - the emaciated faces of Europe's children. Now there is a rush to salvage supplies to help Europe survive vntil another harvest. But " much f -our stock of grain has gone into live- - stock, -lomestic foodstuffs and beverages: and , ; farmers are hanging onto remaining supplies r in anticipation of higher prices. - ' Timid controls are being invoked to reduce ' domestic eonrumption ; and rationing is fended ' off. Reliance Is placed on a publicity campaign to conserve food. Properly handled this could accomplish much; but the temper of the time is adverse. Our people seem auite unwillin. now that war Is over, to make much sacrifice. They are all eager to be on the receiving end. Scant sympathy is felt for our late allies and pone for our recent enemies. We are disposed to withdraw again into a selfish isolationism, though we reserve freedom to criticise all the other countries. Tew Americans are going to bed en empty stomachs that their cousins across the? sea may be spared the persistent gnawing of hcneer, $ Kousinf the conscience and dulling the ap petite of he people of the United States is a stupendous, task. Maybe some form of shock treatment like rationing would be better. 1 r 130 1S39 IfrM ISM 110 Jfl $1I3 1S4 1J 1 M .4 1 !', 41' l', .341, IS 10 7 IS 14 SO 3 34 39 o o'i 114 1 04 I IS 4 1S 32 03 MU 3 01 TS 114 X3S 1 M Z rTYn4 regulation Out of Hibernation The Grants Pass Courier asserts there is "little doubt locally" that Grants Pass is the tourist capital of the world. It gives much of the credit to the Cavemen of that city, who, say tha Courier, go through their antics f'for ayery definite purpose, a hard cash purpose to pub- lici?e this area and bring the tourists there ' Since Rex Tussing left, the Cavemen .have kept out of the news until we thought ithey must have abandoned their caves 'and lairs to live humans for awhile. Evidently the organiza tion is being revived - because it is holdiftg a contest for Cave Queen. We canj expectiit-; and Grants Pass and Oregon Caves to hit the headlines again, now that Harold Say is joining up as manager of the caves. As a j a wbone-hold-ing member we are pleased to note the Cavemen are coming out of war-length hibernation. Nature has been pulling some of its tricks. Radio communication was badly messed up for hours last week, scientists blaming the aurora borealis or a sun" spot. Over the' weekend an earthquake in the Aleutian regjon caused , seis mic waves which were observed as far away as Hawaii and the California coast. Neither dis turbance was due to the spring equinox which usually gets the blame for what happens around its date. House and senate in Washington have been busy planning a new tune. It's an anti-Petrillo number, which will sound pretty sour for the czar of American- music. I Behind the News By PAUL MALLON I (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Re production in whole or In part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, April 3 The Dewey people com pletely lost control -of party headquarters in' the. election of a congressman for the past 29 years, Carroll Reece, as national chairman. ' This was not reported but was evident in what went on Inside at the -national committee election, to wit: -i Party people tried some weeks in advance to find, what the 1944 candidate, Gov. Dewey, was j up: to, in allowing his man Brwn ell to resign.. He said he was up to nothing. Also he knocked down - each j name mentioned; to - him. raising "Objections to Reece, Dana- ' her and 'others. The party people concluded Dewey was searching ! for aj strong candidate 0 - Theaght Danaher Weald Be Fair About a week beforehand, Dew- ey's men got behind John Dana- her, the former Connecticut rfeena- ' . i i i i - ' eti a year iqfo with the republican national committee by Brovhsell. They did not see eye-to-eye with Dana her on many Tissues, as Danaher had been rated in isolationist and hadplayed -close to the unions wi matters, but they, presumably, thought he would be fair. Forty-eight hours before the voting, it was a struggle Jbetween Reece and Danaher, with ' no other names being mentioned. But after a day of hot campaigning among the national committeemen, . It became evident to all, Reece would win. Reece ; not only had his southern bloc of votes, based on his Tennessee residence, but a mass support from I the westerners who were determined that the j chairmanship "should not go east." About 1 p. m. Sunday, the day before the Vote, i strange things began to happen. The old Willkie- Weeks crowd brought forward John . Hanes, the New York "financier-industrialist," as the papers ; called him. Stassen's floor manager started vigor- ; ously campaigning ; in the hotel lobby and the ' Minnesota ex-goverhor, held, a sort of trampaign . court in his suite upstairs. ! Other New Names Breoght Us Some other new names were brought into cam- paigning, including Wherry of Nebraska. It was j evident the opposition to Reece was trying to j break up his support by putting up new men who ; might draw votes away from him. This worked only;! to the extent of delaying the : Reece election from the first ballot, where it might ordinarily have occurred, 'to the third, when the core stood Reece 58, Danaher 22 and Hanes 21. Stasaea covered his defeat by announcing the elec- tion did not mean anything regarding policy i and ; he would cooperate. But it does mean something, as subsequent events immediately began to demonstrate. A vacancy on ' the executive committee was to be filled. To this place, the committee elected West Virginia's jWal- ter Hallanan, a powerful party leader who! had been eased off the national committee by Dewey after the last Chicago convention. Hallanan had been conspicuously snubbed by Dewey there. When Dewey was meeting the national committeemen in groups, Hallanan. who rated a private conference as a leaxler, was called in with the least important group of committeemen. Thereafter he stepped down. -Then Reece's- campaign manager, Clarence Brown of Ohio good friend of the sTaft-Bricker: crowd) was chosen chairman of the executive com mittee. . V Cengrescional Creep Toek Coatrel These inner events show without a doubt, control of the republican party has been taken by the congressional group, with particular eminence for the Taft-Bricker people, and to the setting . back of both Stasaen and Dewey. This is not an unreason able, or unhappy development for the party at the campaign ahead involves no national candidates, but only congressmen. Furthermore, as Uttle gore was shed in the melee, there is every prospect of genuine unity between the party regulars in con gress, the Taft-Bricker forces, Stassen and Dewey. I hear further Dewey has recently 1 enhanced his chances of re-election this year as governor of New York. His popularity has been improved by his handling' of the O'Dwyer New York City sub way, tax and other matters. .1 Unless Farley runs against him, the wisest of political owls are saying Dewey will win, and if Farley does not get Into the race on the demo cratic side but letsl the nomination go to jklead or Johnson (0Dwyers campaign manager,) it will be . a 'sign Dewey will not be required to strain himself. " - GRIN AND BEAR They're young, Emma! they'll endare ehlldrem raised The Literary Guidcpoot By W. G. Refers WAKK OF THR SED WITCH, ky ' Oar laa Kurk (Uttl. Brvwa; .. In some 430 pages written just to keep you reading, and suc ceeding in it, too, Roark has put together a combination adventure-mystery yarn that spans the last 75 years and ranges over two oceans and two civilizations, primitive and modern. To match these extremes in place and time, there is no pas sion except red-hot passion, no drunk except crazy drunk, .no danger except mortal danger, no ambition-except unholy ambition, no fortune less than fabulous, no girl less than divinely beautiful. Half a dozen fortunes are avail able for the reading: one In the gold bars sunk in the Red Witch when she hit a reef in the glamor ous South Seas, one in the enor mous trading empire-built ruth lessly under the name of Batjaic,. one in the pearls preserved deep in i tropical lagoon under ! the quadruple guard of whites,' na tives, sharks and octopus. The women of course are made for love and definitely disinclined to waste themselves. Back in Eu rope it's Zulinde; out in the palm fringed islands there are Lonyta, Angelique, Teleia, with and with out sarongs. Fot men you have Sam Rosen, van der Ruysdaal, Harmenszoon van Schreeven, Rit ter du Buys, Ripper Arrezo, Wilde Younguer, Mayrant Ruys daal, Sidneye and more names of a romantic cast. And as for food, you may en joy suckling pig and taro sauce, roasted red mountain banana, wild' pineapple, hot clam shells, flying fish bake in leaves, pearl oyster shell of fermented bread fruit, crabs in hot coconut milk. Sam Rosen tells the tale at start and finish, and somebody spells him in the middle . . . but there's nobody to spell you, the reader. It's an admirable, sure fire story if you have five or six hours to waste. But after you've read it you forget it; in fact you forget it as you read it; the author seems to have expected you might, for it's one 'of those novels with the principal charac ters listed separately before the story begins. The Literary Guild picked it for this month. The Safety Valve LETTERS IXOM STATESMAN READERS "TROUBLED WATERS" I have lived near the Pacific ocean most of my life, have also been on the ocean beach many a time; at no time have I heard of such storms, or - of such high waves, I just heard of ticial waves that killed some people and did a lot of damage. We are also having earthquakes in di verse places, seme of them bad ones. How can the people expect anything else, they way they are doing? God knows what is in each one's mind and heart. He also knows just who are tak ing advantage of the war we have just had, all the suffering, the lives that were given to make this and other countries free, to live in peace and pros perity. But what are a lot of them doing? Making a lot of money in the black markets, not caring who is to suffer for it; but God cares, and will repay. They can not hide from God, no matter how they try. Study God's Holy word and see what the reward of the wicked is. Do those unions who are receiving wages up to and over $1.30 an hour ever think of what or how the people who have to live on a small old age assistance or,, a small pension live? It is those who make the large wages who can buy in the black market and who keep the prices so high. IT By Lichtj aava the strength and stamina te y Surplus Pipe Fittings on Sale PORTLAND, April 3 .-(Special) A huge supply of .welded and flanged pipe fittings including ells, tees, return bends, crosses, coup lings, reducers, Y's and unions, all surplus government property. was announced for sale on a seal ed bid basis today by the regional office of the war assets adminis tration, 310 S. W. Sixth ave.; Port land. Most items are 150-pound or 300-pound pressure but some range as high as 6000 pounds. Another sealed bid sale covers riavy salvage material such as com pressed wood blocks, airport and blackout screens, windscoops, dam per sets, telephone boxes, a nemo stats, connection and distribution boxes, cable clamps, copper lugs, stuffing and terminal tubes, and miscellaneous items. Seanister to Head Parent-Teachers At High School Floyd j Seams ter was elected president of the senior high school ifa rent -Teacher associa tion" Tuesday evening at the sen ior high ischool building. Other ; newly elected officers include Lloyd Lee, vice president; Harry, HL Johnson, second vice president; Mrs. FJ. O. Welling, secretary and George Birell, treasurer. Sidney King of the safety divi sion of the secretary of state's office presented a film illustrat ing the need for automobile driv ing training courses for high school students. The association voted President Seams ter head of a committee to work with other civic groups in sponsoring a driving training program among local students. Eastern Oregon Gets New Snow New snow in the higher eleva tions of eastern and central Ore gon, with slush on the roadway in the Santiam junction district, was reported here Wednesday by R. H. Baldock, state highway en gineer, f f Snow in the Government Camp area had reached a depth of 95 inches but traffic conditions, were reported favorable. Lenchty Appointed Stock Theft Inspector Appointment of Chester B. Leichty, Coquille, as livestock theft inspector in Lake, Klamath, Jackson, Josephine, i Curry and Coos counties, was announced by the state agricultural department here Wednesday. Letchty served for nine years on the Oregon state police force. He will make his headquarters in Klamath Falls. Some are still wanting to get prices higher. The time is com ing when there will be no labor unions, or black markets, just peace and good fellowship for all. There will be just one dis aster after another as long as they disobey the Lord God of Heaven. Those countries who are trying to get more power will have to pay for it in the end; God knows just who they are. If the women who are making so much fuss over getting nylon hose would just spend, that much time in earnest prayer we might have peace in this nation, and it could be even in the world. I think all ladies like to be well dress ed; I do too. but they are mak ing altogether too much fuss over getting nylons. There are other things much more impor tant in times like this than nylon hose, although we da need nice hose. Mrs. John Brawn sir Trend Toward Socialism Hit By Sammons "Choose capitalism or socialism, you cannot have both," . C. Sahv mons, told Salem Rotarians Wed nesday. "Write to your congress man and let them know what you think about this tendency toward socialism in our government; those who are iri favor of it wrte to them, let your representatives know how you feel about it." ! Sammons is president f the United States National bnk f Portland and the state chairman of the eight war bond campaigns, a project which gave Oregon first place in per capita sale of E" bonds. Acknowledging the tribute jto his bond work, Sammons conv mented he had keep carrying the torch for sale of bonds and now he would carry it "to make the bonds worth something." j He advocated a return to "con stitutional form of government" and said that (or 98 years of ts history the government has lived within its income and for only 42 years of its history has lived be yond Us income. Summons, who recently return ed from a meeting of state bond chairmen in Washington, said he had promised himself to make; a speech a week from now until election in November in an effort to acquaint citizens with the trends in government which he considers are not in accordance with constitutional govemmentj He read General MacArthur's speech on the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokio bay last September and said he considered it one of the three greatest pieces of writing, The first he listed as the ten com mandments, the second as Linr coin's Gettvsburff artfire Attornev General Wins Rehearing in Macomber Case Further argument of the habeas corpus proceeding, in which Cir cuit Judge George Duncan, Mar ion county, recently issued a mem orandum decree directing Ahe re lease of Ted Macomber from the state penitentiary here, was graft ed Wednesday upon request iof the attorney general's office. The rehearing has been set for next Tuesday. f Macomber wa$ convicted pf grand larceny in Polk county pn 1939 and sentenced to a term bf five years in the penitentiary. Fal lowing his sentence in Polk coun ty the district attorney there filfd an information against Macomber under the habitual criminal law. He was convicted of three felonies and sentenced to 39 years in pris on. Judge Duncan held that his con viction under the habitual crim inal law was Invalid. Proiv Knight to Attend 'Y9 Meet Prof. John L. Knight, assistant to the president at Willamette university, will attend the annual meeting of the northwest area council of the YMCA, April 5 to 7 iri Seattle, in preparation for training school for YMCA work ers which will be held on the Willamette campus April 22 27. to It .will be the first f ull-wek YMCA event at Willamette sinte 1942. Willamette was designated by YMCA as a center for the pro fessional training of youth sec retaries. Committee Named For Green State Getting- ready for one of the most vigorous drives against for est and farm fires in Marian county's history. Gov. Earl Snfll this week released the names bf those to serve as Marion county "Keep Oregon Green" committee men. Judge Grant Murphy, coun ty chairman of the fire preven tion activities, indicated that in early meeting of his committee will be held to map out plans for an intensive educational - cam paign aimed at stopping fires bje fore they start. Named to the policy forming group are: From Salem: Gene Vandeneynde, Fred' E. Zimmer man. Rev. Dudley Strain, Chris J. Kowitz, Robert Fisher, James Bishop and Frank Bennett, and Dr. A. W. Simmons. Silverton, a ad F. H. Frentz, Woodburn. Completing the ; county com mittee are - these workers: Rpy Philippi, Mehama R. Irwin Wright, Jefferson; J. W. Berkdy Hubbard; J. S. Moisan, Gerva(s E. B. Stolle, Mt Angel; E. J. Gilstrap, Turner; Lee Highber ger, Aumsville; J. H. Wolf, Sub limity; Merton Cox. Stayton; p, B. Hill, Mill City; Roy Newport, Detroit; E. W. Coulson, Scotts Mills; John Todd. Aurora; A. H. Flicker, St. Paul; and Mrs. Agnes Booth. Salem. Judge Murphy also announced that he will call a meeting of his Green Guard committee within the near future to : get the youth movement in Marion county fife prevention work organized for the fire season. Work will be carried on directly with the schools and will be started before schools ad journ for the summer recess. JJIVA 7Z? MEM WITHOUT 7DUOJAI& UEB, tVLL BE F&EFDCf THE MATT or CUlLPBtiUHT beueF JS&&OSED ABOUT Ar- SHEHILLNOT . F0JNS. BRCSN! mm ' County Audit Shows Errors Several faults and inaccuracies in the Marion county financial records were revealed in the an nual : auditing of county funds. covering the fiscal year to June 30, 1945, by Floyd K. Bowers, auditor, Wednesday. Estimated delinquency of the current year's levy and certain estimated expenditures were not determined correctly, said Bow ers. The, accounting system of road funds also needs improve ment, he said. An I apparent bank error of $100 in a deposit accredited to the justice of the peace is being traced, the auditor stated. He stated that no authority in local budget laws provides ' for cash entries in the county's unexpend ed appropriation balances. Vance MacDowell New Secretary ' - V Appointment of R. Vance Mac Dowell as secretary of the Ore gon State Farmers Union was an nounced Wednesday by Ronald E. Jones, 'state president Mac Dowell has been a member of. tn starr ror the - past " several months and; was promoted' to state secretary following the res ignation of Mrs. Rae Smart. MacDowell is a veteran of World war H, serving in the edu cation and information and per sonal affairs branches of the field artillery. Prior to his army ser vice he was personnel officer for the Container Corporation at Fer nandino, Fla.l He decided to come west because of his interest in the cooperative movement, an in terest aroused during his service at - Camp . Adair. He has taken; an active Inter est in veterans affairs since com ing to Salem and" is now chair man of the Salem chapter of the American' Veterans committee. STEVENS 8c SOW ! MANUFACTURING JEWELERS j A full measure of assurance is yours when you have us do your work, whether it be set ting a diamond, creating: a new jewelry Pce or ovei hauling: a watch. Let us solve your jewelry problems. We're proud of the excellent Jewelry Manufacturing f we are iow doing, for the people of Sajeml and vicinity. All of this work Is done in our own shop by our own craftsmen. 1 Diamonds Reset While You Walt Extended i Payments BurFDulton ( ' Dies En Route ! From Pacific i Burl A. Dutton, navy air corps storekeeper from Salem, died Ap . ril 1 aboard the USS Hermitage en route home from Guam. Noti fication came to his wife Jeanette Arehart Dutton, Fisher rcL, Salem. ' He had been ill from the heat on -Guam before starting home. 3 Before entering the service 21- -months ago, he was sub-branch manager in Salem - for the Kraft Cheese company. He was born in Salem 27 years ago, son of the late Frank - A. Dutton and Maude E. Dutton, the latter of whom survives- "him and makes her home at Lake Labish-r- He at-' tended Salem schools and was a graduate of Salem High. ! Besides his widow and his mother, he is survived by two children. Charla and Tad Dutton; one brother,. Tillman E. Dutton of Salem; sisters, Mrs. James Coates, who lives near Turner,, and Mrs. John Henry, ;jr Lake Labish. Funeral services will be announced at a later date. Mrs. Spears to Head YWCA Building Drive (Mrs. Frank H. Spears has been selected by the locajYWCA as chairman of an executive com mittee for the forthcoming cam paign for funds for a new -Salem YWCA building. I ; YW officials announced Wed nesday that the nine-member committee will designate a steer ing group, name division leaders and determine the general or ganization of the campaign. iOther executive committee members include Mrs. James T. Brand, Mrs. H. G.. Maison. Miss Dora the a Steusloff, Douglas Mc Kay, W. L. Phillips, Paul Wal lace, Loyal Warner, Frank A. Doerfler. A campaign information dinner is being planned for early In llay by the board of directors. Archi tect's sketches of the proposed new YWCA are expected; to be made public next month.! . Preliminary to opening (of the campaign, many ' volunteer! work ers are assisting in gettisg .lists of names and. -files in order, and with other details. Any; Woman or girl interested, in doing some thing toward the campaign is In vited to do so by contacting the YW" office. OSC Returns to Old Site For Temporary Dorm OREGON STATE COLLEGE. April 3 -(Special)- The .former Corvallis USO building, now con verted into a women's, dormitory and ready to house about 100 coeds for spring term, will be of ficially known as Madison- Street hall, the administration has an nounced, i College ' control of the building on a lease from the government has! some historical significance, oldtimers ' recall. Formerly the South Methodist - church, ; the : building is located on the site of old Corvallis college, the mother institution from which Oregon State grew., Thus the college is returning to the old site 57 years after it left it to move -up ; "on the hill." - j Stevens flawless diamonds.' Exquisitely designed and styled . . t. set in mount-! tags befitting their elegance. You will be pleased with our selection of rings. Watch & Clock Repairing S3i Cwrt St Salem. Orece-a r 1 A I I l i f -1 S I 4 ,:! f I i i -