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FACsroua Tkm OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. April 21, 1948 PIMH tatesraau "No Favor Swayt U$; No Fear Shall AvxT From ririt Statesman, March 28. 1831 TIIE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A- SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher " Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press ts exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all dispatches credited Ur it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. A Fixed Easier? This year' unusually late Easter is almost certain to pose another problem for the United Nations -once that organization has disposed of th$ more' vital questions of world peace and prosperity. Tbe -auggestion to fix Easter on a definite date was -one of several calendar reforms be fore the old league of nations, and 18 years ago . th4 British parliament set the date as the first Saturday after the first Sunday in April. But this action was contingent upon international ac cetno which has not been forthcoming. Only three times in the remainder of the 20th century will Easter fall on as late a date as rthts year, and then by only one day. Under the, present method of specifying Easter Sun day from tables compiled by Clavius for Pope Gregory XIII in the latter calendar reform it fan rem on any of 35 days from March 22, (which- waa Easter in 1818) to April 25 (in 18g8 and 1943). In commenting on the varied dates. The As sociated Press says that if no specific day is fixed -further complications may arise through . the-'paogresa being made in complete calendar reform, 'which already has the endorsement of 14 na liens. Present "complications" under the irregular date ffect school and college terms rid vacations,' shopping, and the fashion in dustry in general. But there has been more than merely commercial objection to the ir regularity.: Churchmen themselves have urged a fixed date, particularly after 1823 when, because the calendar moon does not gibe with the real moon of the heavens, the resurrection was cele brated before the anniversary of the crucifi xion which as ecclesiastical opinion seems to coacur, took place on Friday, April 7, A. D. 30. Even the, early Christians do not unanimously . agree, but after the matter went before the league -of nations in 1923. the Roman, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican churches, at a special conference, decided that the demand for a fixed Easter was virtually universal and unanimous. XherAPa David Bareuther, who compiled some ci these interesting statistics, comments that " 'course, even if the U. N. should bring about Jan agreement to change this (Easter) phase of the calendar, there might be a few Irreconcilable. " But there probably wouldn't be many. OPA Extension !The amendments tacked on to the OPA-ex-tension bill by the coalition of republicans and democrats are so crippling that it would be better to let price control die when the present law expires on June 30 next. That would open the gaae to price inflation, but it would be recognized for what it is and the normal eco .nomic forces would set in to counteract it. The - house-approved measure virtually paralyzes the control machinery and the -resulting chaos might give us higher prices without he pro duction stimulus which works their cure. Bet ter, in the judgment of this newspaper, merely to extend the present price control system, unsatisfactory as; it is. for a term of six or iia months than to try to recognize its ma-l- chinery under the house blueprint. In our judgment the republican-democratic coalition has yielded to business pressure groups whose sincerity is dulled by their trade interest. It; is true that OPA regulations are unwieldy arid bafflingly complex. It is true that price controls are violated by black market opera tions. Nevertheless on balance, OPA has blunt ed "the apex of inflation. Had the administra tion given wage control the same support it is attempting to give price control the situation - would t far better than it is. Not all the faults of OPA are chargeable to that administration. ,' The reason for extension of OPA is to permit m longer period for adjustment of factors in the business field: Renewal of labor supply, ; decline of government buying, resumption of ; foreign trade. Once the horses are reasonably ; lined up at the starting line, government should j aay "Ga" and let competition be renewed. In i another six months relaxation of government controls, unless it be on rents, ought to be pos sible. If congress would merely say that price control ends December 31, business would have something to figure on. Reconversion would be ' rushed to completion; production would be ac celerated; prices would soon come into normal , relationship with coats and demand. ;Tbe amendment which seems to wreck OPA is the one guaranteeing each manufacturer and distributer a profit on each item handled- This 1 is nothing short of scandalous. It legalizes price 'increase to the very peak and has the effect lot: forcing inflation. It means that the price for " every item must be fixed at levels which will yield a reasonable profit to the least efficient producer of that item. It pushes regulatory cost accounting to the nth degree, impossible in orderly and speedy administration. ' . I Food .subsidies ought to be liquidated; but the bouse rule says that the compensation for the tubudies must be provided in price increases a thejr are reduced. Why guarantee a price increase as subsidies are withdrawn? This amendment ia congressional price-fixing well in, advance pf-tKedate to be effective, the ab surdity e)f which ought to be evident. . The bill which left the house, hacked and plastered as it was by coalition of revolting democrats and rampaging republicans, reflect ed, less the general public, interest than the clamor of noisy trade associations and business groups. Unless -the senate streamlines the bill ' tq make it both more honest and more practical the -president should veto the bill when it reaches him rather than to try to continue -gPA so mangled form. Goring the Bull Here is one for the book: The CIO union of marine cooks and stewards has appealed to the Oregon delegation in congress to "prevent a recurrence of the Portland milk strike and a rise in the price of fluid milk." The union pro tests that the price of milk is entirely top high now and objects "emphatically" to any and all attempts to lift pfice ceilings. Unions hold that the right to strike is funda mental, and they regard wage increases at every contract negotiation as absolutely neces sary. But when farmers borrow the strike tool in an effort to get a price increase they are just greedy extortioners. It all seems to depend on which one is goring the bull. I . -f r A Washington eccentric has left his estate of $30,000 to the person who . can best, define the word "joke." His son who was cut off with $50 ought to be able to offer the best definition. Behind the News By PAUti MALLON (Distributed by King Feature! Syndicate, Inc. Re productlon in whole or in part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, April 20 And another thing about democratic campaign strategy: Not only have the party chief tans exhibited con fusion in a series of ridiculous "mistakes as to whether they are running Mr. Truman or congress' this year, but they have been building up a side line campaign on the Roosevelt bier. First one member of the RoosevelV family was trotted out as Jmmmmmmm prospective candidate for gov ernor or ew yorx; a young man without previous experience or political pretentions, who, if he wanted to start as his father did at that age. would run for the town council or assembly. This was done by an indescribable min or newspaper in New York, the same newspaper which, incident ally, led the fight against the Truman administration in the nil Maun Pauley matter, Bmearing .it with oil. While it is an indescribable publication,, it al ways pretends to represent what the late Mr. Rtwsevelt might want. -Sadden Renewal ef Interest In FDR Then, Mr. Truman went to Hyde Park in a major memorial demonstration and made. a speech u porting Roosevelt policies, and all the avenues of popular publication, the newspapers and maga zines, have carried articles and pictures, most of them his fourth term campaign picture. In other ways, there has been a sudden recrudescence of interest in Roosevelt by those most interested in the coming election, for his first annual memorial day, but also Just as their campaigns are getting started. Now, there is nothing surprising about candidates running on coat tails borrowed from history. A lot of politicians ran many years after Washington's death, upon his memory, and I have no doubt 20 years from now (if things are still the same as they are now), some child may run for office claiming that Mr. Roosevelt once said he was a good man. The point of protest I wish to make is that this is a new age. The problems facing it are entirely different from those Mr. Roosevelt faced,: mostly ineffectively. I do not wish to argue now whether Mr. Roosevelt was right or wrong, only to point to the absurdity of politicians trying to wrap them selves in his memory, instead of facing the issues which now confront this world. Issues Mest Critical la History The issues are more critical than any in the history of time and space After Washington, elec tions decided only issues of thirteen states and muskets; and in Roosevelt's time, forty-eight states and 16 inch guns. Now they will decide the fate of the world and the atomic bomb. .We are in world politics up to our necks and everywhere we are confronted with the most vital and no doubt conclusive issue of totalitarian socialism versus fundamental democracy. It is our way of life against theirs. We should know it. They certainly know it Now, what would Mr. Roosevelt have done about that? He never faced that problem. He can not answer from the grave. It is up to present day politicians to give their own answer. In domestic affairs, the. issues are apt to be equally decisive, and decisions made will no doubt be conclusive as to where this world is going. We have the issues of inflation which could rob the people of alF the value of their work, the issues of control through pressure groups and power politics which are threatening if not under mining the effectiveness of democracy. Debt Itself Feces New Problem It was one thing to talk about the debt of the people when it was twenty billion dollars, when Roosevelt came in. Quite another policy iay be necessary now when it is nearly three hundred . billion dollars. The problem of taxation is one thing when it is designed to confiscate the wealth; quite-another after the wealth is confiscated. The old problems of capitalism such as prices and competition, have been inflated also to a point where we al know it is a question now of how much more the bal loons will stand. It is one thing to handle a bal loon when you first start puffing into it. but some change of tactics are called for if you have been blowing into it for fifteen years. Who can say that Mr. Roosevelt, who blew himself entirely out of wind trying to get an inflation started, without success, during the early years of his administration, would not," if alive today, turn around, seeing what the war had done to every thing, and recommend the opposite course? Taking ef FDR Name Is Wltheat Authority In any event, the Roosevelt administration is over. The taking of his name, by politicos for issues in the past year and from now on, is, without authority. The building up of any campaign around his grave is a shameful avoidance, of responsibilities we face today greater than any Roosevelt faced because these are apt to be final. Some say, and wisely: let us leave Roosevelt to history. Others say: history is apt to be short. Short or long, it will be a new history v and it will be what we, in the world, make it. We cer tainly cannot make much of it by rattling skele tons. . ' WE ARC PRODUCING MORE CIVILIAN. GOODS THAN IN ALL OUR HISTORY ! Jlllll SPLENDID RECORD P qI fm A YEAH ! BUT WKV W winurt vita Tha Wfci mm aa4 What lie Wants is More Evidence Tho Literary Guidepost By W. G. Refers I CHOSE FBEEDOM. y Victor A. Kravrheak (Scrlkaer's; M-M). Two years ago the author of this book made our front pages dramatically by walking out of his job with the soviet purchas ing commission in Washington and quitting the communist party. He takes 481 long pages here to tell what he's got against the USSR. Son of an anti-cr.arist revolu tionary, he was imbued in his youth with longing for liberty. He seems not to have' been, however, an active supporter of the revolution at the start; he denounces with equal fervor both red and white armies fighting in his native Ukraine. . . . long the seat of separatist movements; and he did not be come a member of the com munist party until 1929. The first deep disillusion came with the brutality which, ac cording to his account, charac terized collectivizatifi. From then on, it would appear, every Russian was either spy or spied upon, and Moscow's every move was for the primary purpose of entrenching Stalin and his asso ciates. Today, says Kravchenko, "the hundreds of millions of people in the USSR have no voice in shaping their own des tinies." Among his charges, some of them made before by another emigre, Alexander Barmine, who got to a publisher first, are these: Stalin entered into his pact with Hitler in earnest, fail ed to use the two years' lee way to prepare for war; the Russians "did not fight for Sta lin but despite Stalin;" soviet casualties were huge because of "the kremlin's blundering brutality;" Moscow was so de moralized in the first autumn that it could have been captur ed easily; Russia still envisages an entire communist world;' in short, with the change of a few names, the allies' indictment of nazi war criminals at Nurem berg "is an adequate summary of the soviet regime." "Mission to Moscow," by for mer U. S. Ambassador Joseph E. Da vies, he calls "a hash of ignorance and double talk and in large part plain silly." Krav chenko cannot understand Wal lace's praise of "economic de mocracy" in Russia, nor how Willkie could have been "so Dtp Tfronmra (Continued from page 1) stepped out to Easter service during the presidency of pious Benjamin Harrison. He would wear a Prince Albert coat, in fine black broadcloth with satin revers. His trousers of a similar material would be narrow and uncreased for pants-pressing is a 20th century trade. He would not be wearing Oxfords (low shoes to the present generation) but either black high top shoes or boots of fine leather, the tops in side the pants legs. (Streets oft en muddy made high tops a nec essity.) But shoes or boots would be polished to shine like mirrors. For headgear your well-dressed man of 60 years ago would wear a top-hat, its silken fur lustrous in the spring sunshine. Underneath his flowered waist coat would be his "boiled" shirt which he laboriously pulled over his head, the present coat-shirt being a comparatively recent in novation. His collar would be of stiffly starched linen and his cravat a bulbous ascot accented by a pearl stickpin. Adding to the elegence of his costume would be his detachable cuffs, round, with huge goldstone cuff buttons. (Oval cuffs with cuff links and metal gadgets for fast ening cuff to sleeve came later, to be 'followed shortly by cuffs as part of the sleeve, with links still employed.) The gentleman's "foundation garment" of the per iod were two-piece underwear, with long drawers and long sleeves, and his hosiery was real half-hose, not the bobby-sox style now affected. When this man stepped forth jtrom his brownstone front car rying gold-headed ebony cane in his grey-gloved hand he made distinguished company for his wife with her voluminous skirts, amplified by bustle, her tight bodice and her hat with its sweeping plumes. Styles have changed. The one time sartorial splendor of the male has disappeared to be suc ceeded by the informality and universality of the sack suit, the soft hat, the colored shirt and the four-in-hand necktie whose color strikes the only high note in the male costume of today. While splendor In attire belonged to great-grandfather's day, ma let are revolting from the drabness of the business suit, witness the effulgent sports clothing, cowboy rainbow shirts, ten-gallon hats and greenish tweeds. But none of these on Easter morning. "Clothes make the man" still runs the clothier's ad. They also reflect the man. The passing of the man. in the Prince Albert and the frock coat marks the passing of the plutocrat and the aristocrat. Not even the tradi tion of Easter can revive the tailored male of America's gilded age. Practical Religion by Rev. Joftn L. Knight; Jt Counselor on Relli Htm, Wlllamtt jnivrrsity Vital religion requires that one live his highest, do his best, and develop his greatest potentiali ties. Few people would hesitate to agree on that. Consider, then that religion re quires us to be intelligently in formed individuals. In the eyes of the law, ignorance is no ex cuse. Nor in the eyes of moral ity. As Browning put it, "Ignor ance is not innocence but sin." elaborately deceived" in short time he spent there. the GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty It I - tit 1 ' II e cvor iw ia Cpl. Lee M. Bollinger Willi Army in Manila Cpl. Lee M. Bollinger, husband of Mrs. Ann Bollinger, Mt Ver non, is serving with the general engineer district in Manila as an armourer. He has been In the service for two years, and over seas for 15 months. He attended Salem high school and was employed by the Fox Midwest Amusement company as a motioij picture operator! Program Announced for State Younir Remiblican Convention At Portland Next Week End vAdam F. Lefor, chairman of the Young Republican convention to be held in Portland at the Benson hotel April 28 and 27, announced Saturday the northwest regional conference would convene at 130 Friday, April 26, with Loftonjra tum of Portland as chairman. Rep resentatives from Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana will be in attendance.. Robert S. Farrel, Jr., secretary of state, will give the address of welcome followed by greetings from Gordon Allott of Lamer, Colo., national chairman. Reports from the four states will be given. A dinner will be given for the northwest regional delegates and Youth No Bar to 'Queen9 at Grade School Carnival Something, and somebody, new in "queens" will come to Salem this week. The Bush grade school will have one chosen from jits own ranks by visitors at the school's carnival, set for 7:15 p. m. Thursday. Each room will have its own candidate. , - The carnival, design to help in the purchase of a school projec tor, will feature a Dutch tea room, weight-guessing, pond fishing, boxing, movie, games, fortune tell ing, a side-show, beauty shop and clowns. Farm Labor Needed Now Local hopyards are providing the best housing facilities J for workers in this locality, accord ing to the farm labor office Sat urday. , i "The yards need workers bad ly," Gladys Turnbull of the local office said. Hoeing and stringing are in full swing, with training just beginning. The recent warm days also have brought on an increased de mand for workers in the straw berry fields, where about 500 more acres were planted this sea son than last, the office said. About SO men and women can hbe placed on other jobs including rueet and grape planting, land clearing and work in the onion fields. Young Republicans, with Henry Cabot, jr.. Lodge, at 6:30 on Fri day. At 7:30 p. m., group meet ing of all republican organizations of the state with the Young Re publicans will be held, followed by an open forum on proposed resolutions to be submitted to the convention on Saturday with Steve Anderson, of Salem, chairman of the resolutions committee, pre siding. ! At 8 a. m. Saturday, the conven tion will begin with a j no-host breakfast- for Senator Lodge. At 9 a. m. registration of delegates for the state convention will take place. Committee meetings will be held at 10 a. m, and at 11 a. m.. a meeting of all Young Republicans with - Senator Lodge f will be held. Lefor, general chairman of the convention, will, open the sixth annual convention at 1 pi m, in troducing the state chairman. Thomas C. Hartifiel of Roseburg. The annual banquet will be at the Benson Hotel at 7 p. m with Gov. Earl Snell giving the address of welcome. Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., . former U. S. Senator from Massachusetts, will give the main address. "The Republican Oppor tunity." '. Among those planning to attend the convention are Gov. Earl Shell, Leslie M. Scott, state treasurer; Robert S. Farrel 1, jr., secretary of state; W. E. Kimsey, labor com missioner; Homer D. Angel, Har ris Ellsworth. 'Lowell Stockman and Walter Norblad, congressmen; Wayne Morris, 17. S. senator; Eu gene Marsh, speaker of the house 1945 session; Howard Belton, pres ident of. the senate 1945 session; Niel Allen, chairman of the state central committee; Joe Felton of Salem, president of the 1 Oregon Republican clubs. ' ' Young RepuOTican headquarters will open at the Benson hotel on Tuesday, April 23,- and reserva tions for the banquet and hotel rooms must be made with Adam F. Lefor, convention chairman, by Wednesday, April 24.. Settlements Reported In Price Panel Cases PORTLAND, April 20-Spefiaiy Price panels of local price control boards have reported the follow ing settlements for alleged over charges made on items ranging from shoe repairs to sawdust. ; Lebanon A. L. Lucas, Halsey, 1195, paid refund on used car to purchaser at Brownsville. . Salem J. H. McDonald, route 1, box 245. Salem, refunded $27.35, above ceiling price on machinery item. Assigned to the 311th Engineers of the 86th division in Manila is T. 5th Gr. Eldon F. Tietze, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tietze, Stay ton. His wife, Rita and son, Doug las live in Stayton He was in ducted in August, 1944,' and left the states in February 1945. Pvt. Frances Bailey Seuthwlek. is in Madigan hospital at Fort Mary E. Levett. former Ph.M. 2c, in the WAVES, has returned to Salem. She is the daughter of Mary W. Lovett, 1396 Fir st, and expects to enter college. Before joining the WAVES, she was a teacher at the Oregon school for the blind. Lt. Earl CasseUIiis. army I air force, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Juanita Cassellius, 765 Judson St., while on leave from Memphis, Tenn. He will report back to: Ft. Totten, N. Y. for overseas duty. Lewis. Wash., after returning to the United States on the hospital ship Ernestine Koranda. He is j the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. South wick, 1179 Marion st. j t . ,'" ;' " - w t FBI Agent Ileward L BobbiU FBI Schedules Law-eiiforceiiient School Monday The semi-annual law enforce ment conference, to which all of ficers in this area are invited, is scheduled by the federal bu real of investigation for the coun cil chambers of the citjr hall at 7 p. m. Monday. I Leading the work will be How ard I.' Bobbitt, special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office, who will discuss the 'post-war crime trend. Special Agents John R. JMcCul loch and Ralph C. Vogel will talk on bank robbery Jnvestigations and safety precautions in th hauling of domestic and ioreign make small arms. A demonstration fn practical ar rest problems also Is to be given. 'For 4 years I dreamed of delicious home-cooked meals X years la foxholes and 1 year that I've been out! STEVENS ' diamonds-Waiches-eJJcwcIry r 'St 0 EASIER JOT Every year jut this time we look afcbx forward to wishing you a hrroriY Easier. I May theEastet bunny make all your i wishes come truiel ! 239 Court St. Salem, Oregea I ' - I
