4 The Qre. Siart man, Salem, Ore.. Wednesday, July 10. 1948 "So Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aw" From Pint SUtnmin, March 29, 1851 the statesman pubushingccompany CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Mnikcr ef the a, Maria ted The Awwlilil Preae Is exelnsrveiy entitles! te the awe f er eablleatUsi f an mwi dlspstenea credited UttwMt aHherwise credited ta this Abuee of Privilege j Ccnfi-Himin Andrew J. May Is trying to explain his connec tion or deny his connection with a brace of boomers who engaged in manufacturing war goods. Photoitat copies of checks passing from tr.e manufacturers to a lumber company contribute to his err. tan sisrnent because they bear the personal endorsement of A J. May. May denies any impropriety or 'personal profit and ccum"! tr.e adverse witnesses with malice. A fcrmer officer in the war department has testified how hit 'in raised over the pressures put on him by May in benilf o these barnstorming manufacturers whose production re-:-trd nf very unsatisfactory. Without passing any judgment on May's possible corrupt trvorverner.t in business with the government, one sees in the -my testimony something of the way that- congressmen and abators are used by private citizens, business concerns and or amzitxr, with a selfish interest at stake. Theoretically a con erewTian or a senator is a legislator, one who makes the laws. Atujjt re is forced by selfish constituents to beat in the doors of gcepr.rr.ent departments in their behalf. In the past his influence was used to obtain government positions, and still is for the j,bs not under civil service. Lately much of his time i spent inning errands for constituents, trying to get contracts or get ftrcrable rulings or concessions from regulatory bodies. The Statesman believes that this practice of using senators ard r r its-entative is greatly abused; that the member of con gr ft-eis forced to deliver special favors to prove that he has ir f!jert -. The result is that administrative officers are under havy fffuse from senators and representatives, which makes hor,e?t fcnd competent administration difficult. The cure lies with the people mainly, and with members of congress Mxndari!y. The people have no right to ask their cngf 5-rr.n ta breach propriety in their behalf; and congress rren vooid be justified in telling many of their constituents to gc hire a, lawyer or a Washington agent to do their stuff. Of (tun this will not happen. The public is too greedy, the s-at.rs tr.d congressmen too defenseless against the custom. T-e May affair is merely an extreme case of abuse of congres s1 ra? pin j lege, E olution TM fcpftal Journal bounces back at us with a declaration thai ti. p,an worked out for improvements at McNary field is rt if.c one originally proposed by the United Airlines a y-ar igc. and asserts that the one adopted is an "evolution." "P-st ittj only as to loca'ion. For the rest, the plan is essentially L'.t, proposed and which the Capital Journal and the -port ofTimittee of the citv council opposed. The latter wanted the n tc build its own administration building on the north iwf of tr field. The Statesman opposed the city's building an jdn.ir.i: ration r.tilding because the city's available funds w-re n.ceqiate. and urged that city money be spent on im-pr-verier. t to the ground, allowing UAL to build a terminal .-.. h v, cid revert to the city in 20 years. Tr.it i the solution adopted, with the site selected on the a . .Ttiv -m-; i v instead of the westerly side of the field. It is an e - ;jiMr nil right an evolution away from the Capita), Journal's p-'igrrn IOTP 0000000 'prornnrs Continued from page 1) Sticker Without a Sting H if it one police sticker for auto windshields that carries no Mir.? for overparking. parking near a fireplug or double parking It t a friendly salutation for the out-of-state motorist, welcoming him to Salem, the capital city. The K; warns club is sponsoring and financing the gesture, -r tix rojice department is cooperating by doing the tagging. J t a bme adventure in friendliness that should bring returns of satisfaction. Th Spanish government has warned papers, now that the jmmei ij. on, not to pi int pictures of girls wearing bathing s-.-t! Hmmm. can tht-y print pictures with them off? By Paul Mallon I W' II Behind the News (DTtrihutxiE by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction in whole iw in part strictly prohibited ) WA-inS(T()N., Jufy 9 Ru-Ma has moderated her obstructionist ta 'm ;... cHpTti ve fn-ucr More suddenly than she started tr"-rr 'irted to with. b aw them. Her new ambassador, submitted t wi v i,;: democratic fnm,. "f newspaper interview, saying truth f v t-uMo.yn that neither of our peoples want war. Her Gromyko - t-l i,r.a vacated seat in UNO and it atomic bomb meeting. a ''nipt: nnfli unjtuy cnargeo us wiw warlike intentions lor h Tmg r ?ofn bomb tst Similarly her Molotov agreed in Paris t UH..,'ii.r,riuti'm of Trieste and otherwise soft er"-: h 'iit.Ni.tage (t rtfei stive peace treaties. Wt. ' Tt.eae men were operating on strings from M m doubt the same strings. Their belated atpni h t, :ruth jgfj' swift So swift that Washing tr h f-en unexpectedly confounded in furnishing .rivfirtiin and twickground reasons. 77 su?;cion most widely held in official gov e" mer.t i Rjssia has niw gained firm foothold for hrt-Jf if, r.itions he has conquered, and I about J r-j 4 v nf.anw ner iruops uiereirom. Mer stalling or tie had TWrtit in the jme ground. The -r lia."- c-ep. aver mure than a year in Europe now, a-.d S- rfid nJlrfwther delay a peace without g- i-r 'tilling tcticti kome degree of perman- Paai MaJtM en t si r.as ' seized factories and organized politically, generally Me ir terc aecretary in charge of police and elections if not th rntut ifcbrnet If ahe cannct now hold those nations firmly er .ugS U permit withdrawal of her troops, she would have to assume w r;4 ief-.r.ibility for blrKking the peace. Between those alterna te li inner clwtoe w-ilfced but not ran to peace. W ar Smr FrVdeat la Capital A i aVe waa evident inside this government just before M -rfcpjed 0e Bidault break at Paris. This government dis-P- hei shit-s to Trieste in anticipation of what occured a few days iMiiii ,y a clash of communist and Italian forces. The truth, hArvei rum deeper Our government really expected a revolt, if n-r trfare if Vugolavia from an adverse decision of the . .ri-l rr. nlec Td?thr with the British we had about ten h r-iry and sufficient soldiers to handle the affray (we thought). Tv'r -r,te naeanWhile worked effectively on the Russians in a lsr g iff r r.ich they bet under tood. m u, i-i ttua, He was gien a conciliatory bargain. An ethnic lit - Mr! iiacrnatiorialiEation of Trieste, are not a new formula for el T.mjitmr '. ekai itiimMing blM k, especially when accompanied by a s'-cei J : 0r.0,J0 of tepaiations from Italy (we did not seek " aMr.;ng from nation. ronquered by Russians). When this l offered by Bidsult. the French Catholic middle-grounder ttitf reputation of truthworthiness among communists as well a Tbws Mfotov nearly snapped it up. Hspe fc Peace eVweea Evasive ail tu rrw-n pt-ce? I wish I could report that someone (.'. w t.w. rii.e authority heie thiinks so. yet it is difficult to find sound or -xn.i ti.ua for such a fond and hopeful deduction. Russia is like a U liTicMn f whom it was once said: "It makes no differ ed rir ymi have him fur a friend or enemy, as you come out a .it irr.enl e-rfi n. might be better to have him an enemy t -i iv t-ri at 'leant vim can be ure of what hets doing." P. cin be ih.H .i i r only when it is genuine. We are ;nut h-rf- oe;,tir,jr witfr gtitiioe opposition, or even a genuine resistance t-. ff..'.-r peace Run turned about without announcement to ri ttur.gs She can turn the opposite way tomorrow or even b- . - fets into print. A nation unfettered by principles, but jri-reij-f i .v m tactics, n eBiefuI only as long as she is peaceful ai i the el'fit tfit .-he is actually peaceful. Treaties and s--.. iur- f irurti 1i- are Kecmdary considerations. Indeed a treaty trui , -u h a Ut mv te more dangerous than obstruction. At rrj;,v netfei cimi on th future in these circumstances because ! ma in't e even what h,s ieen officially prescribed. Tr.j or ihe insi'i here, there is noticeable considerably less of the second district reversed the ratio of the! first and second dis tricts where labor unions and con sumer groups are stronger. I! ' While congressmen and senators often have convictions which no barrage of telegrams will alter, a larger proportion are alert to pub lic; opinion. Their difficulty is to determine what is the real drift of opinion and what is merely the braying of pressure groups. Afpretty good example of how a senator is Inclined to hedge on this OPA business is revealed in a telegram sent by Senator Ship stead of Minnesota to Senator Vherry, republic whip, and print ed In the Congressional Record. Shipstead was in his home state campaigning for his political life against Governor Thye (a losing fight, I am glad to say). Undoubt edly ha was up against this OPA business whenever he met with his constituents. Shipstead has a reputation for skill In walking on eggs, and he must have used all his talent in this direction when he composed this telegram to Wherry after President Truman's veto f the first OPA bill: "Think it a mistake to wipe out OPA entirely. In my opinion rents will go up too high. Reasonable allowance for cost of maintenance should be granted. Think specula tion In real estate should be held down. Pair me for reasonable re strictions. If : the president ap points administrator with sense and good judgment, public can be protected on certain items necea sary for restriction on price Think OPA responsible for most of shortages. He makes a timid endorsement of a milk-and-water OPA bill with flexible administrator, then in hi last sentence gives OPA a kick tn the face. Well, the Washington marble halls are full of men like Ship- steed I who hardly know which way to Jump. Right now they ap pear inclined under the multitude of messages from a frightened public to try to resurrect OPA. But the very Indecision of con gress has given price control an a l moat mortal blow. Even if it is revived it will be an anemic watcher of the calendar awaiting the return of the hearse a year hence.! GRIN AND BEAR IT By Llchty Tho LItorary Guldopost f By W. O. SOGERS THE MOUSATOXIC: PVStlTAM IV- U, Sy Ckr rwtri SaalUi RI- fcart; iSJ. The Housa tonic, which, halfway between the Connecticut and the Hudson, runs from north of Pitts field down to the Sound just east of Bridgeport, doesn't make such a big splash among rivers either for length or breadth, but it has picturesque passages and a real historic importance, and easily rates S place in Hervey Allen's "Rivers of America" series. Settlers advanced upstream in the course of the 17th century. The tidy litUe valley produced the Williams who gave his name to the college, and was a home for preacher Jonathan Edwards; Dal ton and Lee manufactured paper, Danbury produced hats, and a school ; ia Lenox helped educate the mother of Winston Churchill. Longfellow married into the valley,' and so did Edith Wharton, whoae Ethan Fjrome slid down a hill in Lenox. Josh Billings, Bry an, Holmes, and alelville alce would Immortalize the Housa ton ic, and Hawthorne named Tangle-wood. But the sturdy Puritans arid the subsequent geniuses who came by Shanks' mare yielded to an inva sion by tallyho. The new names were Whitney,- Winthrop. Stokes, Diamond Jim Brady. They built vast estates in shingled ginger bread - - there were 75 in Lenox in 1900. Private schools and asylums took over the estates. Invention flourished, though industry was bashful.; There i now possible the author believes, a Housa tonic renaissance. The hook closes with a chapter for canoeist and cyclist who want to Jtravel down the valley and down through the centuries, .from Indian to machine age. There Sa lot of information here, useful for the country at large as well as; for natives. But there's; ! a sort of sanctimonious tone to it that you may resent. The author arranges his history, loosely; to be sure, in five acta of at struggle between the Lord and the Devil, the former being Pur itan and humanitarian, the latter greedily economic It might be ob jected that it isn't necessarily the machine which haa given this century its evil cast, and that Puritan God wouldn't necessarily have preserved it from that eviu 'Warkina: eendlUoas here ara laUlerabie! Ita utterly laapeealble te see the clock frees the water eaaler here? Intermediate Prison Urged For Youths An intermediate penal insUtu tion for youths, plus indetermi nate sentences "so that individu a la can be treated instead of thcir crimes." were advocated by Hal Randall, state director of proba tion and parole, before the Kiwa nis club Tuesday.'. Randall said auto thefts "con stitute one of the major reasons there are too many young people coming to- the penitentiary, and cited figures showing that 42 per cent of prison inmates in Oregon are under 24 years old. Fourteen per cent are under 19. "The core of the whole crime problem Is in youth." he declar ed. He said present state prison population was 1044 and grow ing. Cltaa rarele Figves Randall also cited the exhaus tive check on persons paroled or placed on' probation; said Oregon was supervising 130 such persons from other states and had 160 of its own residents being simi larly supervised elsewhere, and Added that only 3 per cent of persons under surveillance had Aheir freedom revoked for new crimes. ; Segregation and rehabilitation were stressed as all important in the penal picture. As far as parole and proba tion is concerned in Oregon, Ran dall said there was no "mawkish sentimentalism" as mentioned by FBI-man J. Edgar Hoover in his criticism of some state systems. Dr. Merrla Centlnees Record The Kiwanis club at its Tues day meeting made arrangements to have 10 members go to Salem General hospital so that a formal meeting could be called to insure continuance of the 25-year per fect attendance record of Dr. Hen ry Morris, now hospitalized with a heart ailment. Announcements also were made of the club's family picnic, to be held at 6 p.m. next Tuesday at Paradise island, and the hobby how set for the noon meeting at the. Marion hotel Tuesday, July S3. Prospective Blood Donors Thanked Appreciation to the many per sons, who responded to press and radio calls for a rare-type blood needed by David C. Wahlberg. 2623 Brooks av.. was expressed Tuesday by Mrs. Wahlberg. Her husband continues to Improve from severe injuries sustained when he was struck by ai car at Highland avenue and Portland road , intersection the might of June 27, she said. He Is a patient at Salem General hospital. Building May Be Allowed at Salem Airport The possibility that portions of the Salem airport tract may be released by the government for private hangar construction prior to the official return of the prop erty to the city was expressed by Wallace Hug. siroort manager, at the Junior chamber of commerce luncheon Tuesday. Hug explained the government has control of the land, part of which is being leased from Salem, until negotiation for disposal of the property .have been complet ed. Government regulations pro hibit private building on the tract. "The present hangars are full." Hug stated, "and relaxation of the regulations will permit need ed expansion." "Hug reported that Paul Morris. CAA regional airport director. ''had i expressed confidence that such arrangements could be made. Yoder Reunion Held Sunday The Yoder family 'held its re union July 7 at Champoeg. Prexent were Mr. and Mrs. Dan Yoder and daughter Mabel. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Yoder and girls from Sheridan; Mr. and Mrs. Si mon D. Yoder and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Strawn and family. John Rogie and daughter Alice, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Rogie and family from Hubbard; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Yoder and boys from Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Byers and boys from Salem route I. Bill Hochstet ler from Woodburn, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Strawn. H-tty Jo and George, Jr.. Dayton; Mr. and Mrs. Afilo Shultz and family of Molalla. State Guard Units Praised For Conduct Co. K and Headquarters de tachment of 12th battallion, both of Salem. Co. B of Dallas and Co. A of Sitverton were commended for their conduct on a reent Ore gon State Guard bivouac at Camp Whi thy comb, Clackamas, In let ters by Col. Alvie L. Merrill, camp quartermaster, and Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Olson, acting adjutant general. Policing of the area occupied by the companies was especially noted, as well as camp adminis- V 1 t . " 4 . Rev. F. H. Theaer Rev. Tlieuer Leaves Salem For Puyallup The Rev. F H. Theuer. pastor of Christ Ijthet an church amre February 1940. is leaving Salem next week to become chaplain and director pf Ihe Puyallup home, Puyallup. Wash. The home is maintained by tha Lutheran churchos of Western Washington for the aged and infirm. A pro gram of expansion In the im mediate future is contemplated including . a hoapttal unit and chapel. The Ret. Mr. Theuer came here first from Colfax, Wash., in Sept ember, 1939 during the Illness of the late A E. Minneman, then pastor of Christ Lutheran church. Upon the pastor's resignation he became permanent pastor The local Salem I inn Buys Silvcrlon BiiHincMfl SILVKRTOr. Jul tFailmtn Bi ol hen, In business bete since ISO, have dispoed- of the last of their business here. Thf manu factunng division owned by the two, L. c. F.aitman and Austin Kalman, Noith Water Street, was sold to several; the plant to Paul Noble of PoHtland. who will manufacture store futures, the furnace and rireshute j depart ments to W. W. Rosebflugh and Son of Salem The farmj Manufac turing buairtess was' sold to Gresham firm, while; Gorman Fast man, son of Ihe swipr part ner, bought the heating sod sheet metal buins. j j Normn has opened his new plant on Fmk street,. and a num ber of the former Fjistman Bros, employes are' working for him. nunc RISK TABl LATFt) WASHINGTON, July ar The tnireau of lab"! slatiatics commodity price Index rose .9 per cent biday to 227.9. bringing the index rise since OPA's expiration to 14 3 per cent. j I mm ami 50th anniversary of tlie church was observed r-ia t i a-n as si si H i axs-i rl rrsata TTKae kit. chen staff of Co. K prepared j Pnn of 1944 meals for all personnel. Firing The Rev. Carl A on the presribed .30 calibre rifle r en tly discharged in the Scholx. re U. S. navy WOMCKf tKt THCtQ. LEfr e4M CM Viyrf TQ TfOCKJ?. i range netted some nigh scores for officers and men. Copies of the commendation were forwarded to the following officers: Maj W. K. Graber. 12th Bn ; t apt. Vincent C. Neal. Hq Det. 12(h Bn ; Cap! Norin () Holman. Co. K; Capt Frank M Powell. Co A. and Capt. Ken neth C. Laudahl. Co. B. Dr. Booth Leaves For Lions Meetimr LEBANON e .a mi ini ae m m " k .tk i Oraeon delea.t. k- i-t Rapids, Minn., visited a sister and tiriml rnnvnii, .u- i; ..... I two more brother, " it w vv wa MmnMm , IUU1 I Jefferson - Man Visits Relatives On Long Jonrnev JEFFERSON Fred Brna. lo cal garage proprietor, and his sis ters Clara Barn a and Anne Barna Braly of Portland, have returned from a vacation trip of two and half months, visiting, brothers and sisters in various parts of the country. They went through Cali- j Valley Teachers Siii For New Jobs SILVERTON Miriam Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Allen, left Monday for San Francisco where she vkill teach next year. Fvelyn Tor end. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Samuel Tort end will teach at Hillsboro next year. She has been teaching at Stay ton and is attending summer school in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Madsen and sons, Richard and Alvin, have returned to La Grande after vis iting his mother. Mrs. M. JMad sen. Additional guests at the Mad sen home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur MarUen and Kay of Salem, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Maden. Colleen. Roger and Lo retta of Hillsboro. The eastern ( egon folk a lo visited former neighbors in Sprang in I'olk county before chaplain now living In Caroline. Wib . has accepted the call to tr--ome pastor of Jhe Salem t-huich and . will arrive August 1. lL'iiiiiIrv Worker a iInv Join Union Negotiations with the Salem laundry and Wieder's laundry for organization of a laundry woikets' union are pending. Herb Barker, business agent for the allied trades council, said Tuesday. A majority of the employes are said to have shown a desire to !ecome members of a union by filing ap plication blanks. The required minimum of SI per cent of In terested woikets wan certified by the Rev. Daniel K OVimneH. a party not connected with the case. fr4 wOA? rVT tv r- rrFDMtert-rR. leaving. Portland Man Faces Charge LeHoy C Veier. Poitland. an- Hearing Set July 31 on Plea ForrRadid Permit 'Representatives of FCC will hold a public hearing in Salem on July 31 on the application of Loring Schmidt for a license to operate a radio station here. Schmidt U applying for a license on AM frequency 190. The sta tion would be named KOCO. Schmidt, former proprietor of the Grand theatre here, first filed an application for a Salem license before the" war. Diversion of materials to the war! effort caused the FCC to cancel all ap plications. Schmidt entered mili tary service, but after his return from duty renewed hi applica- in Philadelphia. Dr. Booth, district governor of the Lions club, went to J Oakland, CaUf ., and Joined California units. They plan to mage a non-stop trip from Oak land to Philadelphia. While in th east Dr. Booth will spend some time with his son, Clarence Booth, in iKovernment service in Wash ington, D.C, and his daughter MaTgaret, in New York City. Dr. David E. Held delegate to fhe national convention of the Osteopathic association In New York. He will represent the Ore gon! Association of Osteopath and 14 the national organization wt secretaries. Dfr. Reid was reelected secretary-treasurer of this district when the ) association of Oregon and Washington had a joint meeting in raraaise inn. Rainier park, last week. ; I FILtPINOS MEET PRINCETON PEARL HARBOR, July 9P) The! VJS. Princeton, en route to Manila with the body of former Philippines President Manuel Quezon, was met on Its arrival here today by a delegation of Filipino leaders. ;: I . ; forma, in Arizona visited Grand Canyon, in New Mexico the Carls bad cabins, and continued the trip to Florida, where they visit edV four sisters and two brothers and their families and In North Carolina they visited another sla ter. When they arrived in Washing ton, D. C, they visited the grounds pears in he local justice couit surrounding the White House, at 9:30 a m. today for pteltminary Niagara Falls in New York, and ' examinaticnn on a rharge of im the Empire State building- Home- I persona tmg a police officer. He has entered a plea of not guilty. Sheriffs deputies who arrested Vesper in Salem Mcnday stated he asserted himself as an officer from Portlamd and that a check with Portland police department and Multnomah county sheriffs office indicated he was associated with neither. They said Vesper carried a private detective license issued In California. 8me. Dlanonds H 3? aM Sleveni 'M saterklistf sttaaaawds' In eaeh ef tkese 14-K geld rings. I fifes' v. i - XX9 I'eurt . Hslesn Clre Gift with Ike Htevensj Name ward bound, they visited another 1 Vsister in Indiana, and at Grand They spent two and a half days in Yellowstone National park. Said the bears Were quite friend ly there. They traveled 13.000 miles, visited with all their broth ers and sisters, some of whom Barna had not seen for 30 yesrs. (On All IlaltcP) EIDER'S All Work Guaranteed 424 Ceert St, Call 7522 i i 3 M(D)Mn(UIE EBesaDinte SanDoDnn' - OPENING - THUHS0A7, JULY Uth 360 V, Slate St. Room 26 phoiie m For Appointment HAIR STYLING MANICURINC; FACIALS PARAFFINK H TIIS Opn Evenings By Appointment Luzirrs IVrttonalizrtl Hrautv Srrvirr VECOT FOR ' GOOD BEHAVIOR" Wa ara prassJ te Le asse 4 Us seUrtea Prsnipti Pbaraaaries privilege1 te display tkis "Ralianla" easkleaa. It denatrs ki(h etlural standard. eaiaii M tk reaapnMndtog f see m-riptiamm, aawl a fair prira te Um patrast. Wky a4 7- do Wlllett'a Capiial Dreg Stare Oae. Stase A Ueeviv . Ptaene tilt