4 The Statesman, golem. Of- Sunday, September 23. 1946
"No Fawr Sway U. Nu Fear Shall Au
Frees TUi SUIcmui. March II. US I
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher
Member mt the Aeasslatea' rreas
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Satire tin the USSR
There was the old son about oing to the animal fair the
bird and the beasts were there; the baboon wu combing his
auburn hair in the light of the moon; the monkey got drunk
and ran up the elephant's trunk. That was sheer fun. A divertise
ment to different point i George Orwell's "Animal Farm.
Beasts and birds are there, whose antics are both surprising and
bewildning: but the purpose is not merely entertainment. "Ani
mal I'aim" is a satire on the USSR, which Arthur M. Schlesinger,
jr.. in a New York Time book review calls "a wise, compassion
ate and illuminating fable for our times," which "should be read
in particular by liberals who still cannot understand why Soviet
performance has fallen so far behind communist professions."
The narrative is quite simple. The animals on Mr. Jone's
farm litened to a white boar named Major who preached sub
versive doctrine, blaming their poor estate on Man who stole
the produce of their labor and left them barely enough to eat.
Re tauht them 4 song "Beasts of England" which nailed the
golden future time when Tyrant Man would be o'erthxown And
great ruhes of clover, beans and mangle-wurzels would be theirs
without Mint. .
The beasts finally did rebel, under the leadership of two
PU. Napoleon and Snowball, and drove Jones the farmer off
hi plMe. Seven Commandments of the new order were painted
on the tarn. The pigs assumed leadership, particularly Napoleon.
The satire then recite how one by one the commandment were
modified, with always aqme advantage taken by the pigs. The
latter r.hd a park of toothy dogs to implement their dictation.
Si osH n driven off Jhe farm and instead of being regarded
a the hero. first' class, of the battle of the cowshed, he became
known a traitor, a real tool of Mr. Jones. Whenever there was
a murmur of dissent among the animals Squealer silenced it by
saving: Surely, comrades, you don't want Mr. Jones back."
The revolution of the animals underwent an internal revolu
tion, with all the commandments boiled down to tone: "All anl
tnili are etjual but some are more equal than others." One eve
ning the tarnard animals noted that human beings had come to
the manor house. They looked in at the window and saw a party
in progress with Napoleon sitting at the head of the tables with
m-n and pigs occupying the other seats. A neighbour farmer made
a speech in which he said the fears of the hurhans over the
Animal Firm experiment had been allayed. In fadt he remarked
that the lower animals did more work on Animal Farm and
received les food than any animals in the county. Napoleon re
sponded in like spirit. The disillusioned animals outside noted
changes in the faces of tlte pigs. They "looked from pig to man,
and from man to pig. and from pig to man again; but already
it was impossible to say which was which."
The cycle had turned full wheel to the compliment neither of
pigs or man.
One familiar with the history of USSR can readily identify
the characters: Napoleon is Stalin. Snowball Trotsky. Hitler Is
one, of the neighbor farmers; the dogs were the NKVD of Ani
mal Farm. The parallel fails however in this, that while the
soviet government has abandoned many of its original principals
It is not yet receiving to its bosom the "farmers" of the west.
As satire the book is delicious, heart -warming for the foe
of the communiit revolution. But satire rarely converts op
ponents, it merely confirms the logic or the prejudice of those in
whose cause it is invoked. Orwell himself is a British socialist,
and o rs deeply antagonistic to the Russian brand of communism.
The interchangeable character of pigs and men may be the
real point of Orwell's story; but perhaps of greater pith is the
query of Squealer: "Surely, comrades, you don't want Jones
back."
Thit question deserves to be raised. The comment which
usually silences the critics of the soviet experiment is. Well,
the pt-ople in Russia are much better off than they were under
the tars. We wonder if they are, actually, either in food, cloth
ing, shelter or in political liberties. A more speculative question
is this: Are the Russian people as well off under the communist
eipenmer.t than they would have been under a continued tsarist
government at it surely would have bevn moderated. The latter
question lies beyond answer. Even the former question would
be difficult to answer for lack of authentic and impartial criteria.
As far as political liberty goes there was more of it under the
curs than it present. While many' old revolutionists were ar
retted ar.d sent to Siberia many were allowed to return, many
ew aped. One never hears today of an active revolutionist against
the soviet regime who survives, let alone escapes. We are confi
dent that Russia would haw fared better if the moderates of the
191? reolution had
"Animal Farm' does an effective job of showing the sabotage
that any system suffer front human (or animal) nature. That
ought to giv pause to the who. urge us to fly from present
evils without concern for the evils we know -not of which follow
the change. Like the title of another small book: "Pigs. Ia Pigs."
We can't gwt away f rosw that fart.
Politic anil Beef
Beef certainly has gotten into politics. The worried' democrats
have plead with the president to decontrol meat, obviously out
of fear of political reprisal next November. The democratic
national committee asked its chairman Bob Harmegan to inter
cede wtth President Trvsnsm for decontrol, and Congressman
McCormack. majority leader of that house, appealed for lifting
price cosTtrola n meat far SQ. day a till well after the election.
President Truman scorned- the pleas and Hannegan announced
he would stand right with his chief no Madison Square Garden
escapade for him. .
This time President Truman ia right in adhering, to price con
trol. Eliminating it might brine more beef to market immedi
ately at a price: but it would reduce supplies later on. With the
huge gram crop and lowered feed prices raising cattle and, hogs
for meat- will be highly profitable at present ceiling prices. The
public can worry through its present short meat rations with
some confidence that supplies will increase within a few months.
That hope may not be enough to bail out the democrats in Novem
ber, but their rhrp was n sundering in heavy seas anyway.
Gardeners who gripe over the depredations of seed corn
during phasants should shut up when they learn what flocks
of ducks and geese are doing to the fields of ripe barley in
the Tultlske country. Farmers down there are looking for a
Pd Piper who can lure away or frighten away their feathered
"friends.
James B. Carey, national secretary of the CIO, told the-Oregon
CIO convention to i.ck a foreign policy based on Ibe At
lantic charter and the United Nations. Very good counsel. Too
baJ Proident Rooseveit eVwrted the Atlantic Charter for the
great appeasement. Its four freedoms however need one ad
dition: t.c right to work.
Gerfcld L K. Smith has given out a list, headed by Theodore
Bilbo of Mississippi, of abators he endorses for election. Some
will fear that is a ki of dsath. Unfortunately not Bilbo,
sow ever.
Paul r.lalloiVs
BEHIND THE NEWS
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! WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. No
one around .the state department
knew what to say about Stalin's
Ultrs -exclusive statement on the
world situation to the London
Sunday Times, and for several
days no one said anything. The
experts were chasing commas be
hind the scenes for hidden mean
ings. Some unofficial ' comma
chasers announced they thought
the Interview marked rapid pro
gress toward better understand
ing between the, two nations, but
officialdom seemed waiting for ac
tion on tne part
Of the Russians
to say more def
initely what Its
real import
would turn out
to be. ' 'v ...
I The- adminis
tration has been
supersensitive on
the subject of
Russia since the
Wallace affair.
In this connec
tion. Under-sec- raal
retary of ; State Dean Acbeson,
who has ' been fishing for some
weeks in -Canada, ia said to have
come down to his news stand
there- end ; have noticed a head
line on the Wallace speech where
upon 'he Immediately went back
fishing for two more weeks. The
story is not guaranteed by me,
but actually the Under-Secretary
remained longer at his secret 'fish
ing hideout than he had expected
to. 'ft
C la tea fleld Nethlnf
t During Acheson's absence, Mr.
Byrnes' good friend William Clay
ton, assistant, was in active charge
and he said nothing even off the
record to the newsmen in praas
conferences. Thus cautious, reluc
tant or dismayed was the. adminis
tration at the high -pressure de
velopments no doubt concocted Ipr
effect upon the Paris meeting.
- As a matter of fact, however,
during these high tension days the
administration comforted itself In
part at least,: with the expectation
that the Paris gathering would be
over by October IS and all would
be ready for the gathering of the
United Nations assembly on Oc
tober. 23rd : as scheduled. But to
what extent; the negotiations at
Paris would ! be successful, they
were not able to offer any expert
advice. From the little biU of in
formation like the Stalin speech,
the Finnish treaty and other pub
lished matters, they judged that
the decisions would be subject to
severe controversy. The precise
nature of the situation was some
what like the reactions of the
analysts on the Stalin interview.
Neglected to Memtlen Army
Stalin said he had no fear of
war, but said nothing about the
size of his ; army which was put
at 6,000,000 men in the last public
announcement from Moscow on
the subject, last June. His feeling
that there would not be any war
was. therefore, somewhat left, in
confusion by. the last announced
martial preparations of his gov
ernment. So the answers seemed
to be "yes" and "no." Certainly
the atmosphere had not- been
cleared as much as an announce
ment by Stalin would have clear
ed It. If he had said he was cut
ting the size of the Russian army
to- the-sixe of ours. Thus also, he
accused -agents of other nations of
waving war flags for propaganda
effect on the conference, but earl
ier pronouncements of his govern
ment had directly charged that a
capitalistic movement of encircle
ment was being threatened against
the ScsNet union. Here again "yes"
and "no." - i
So the final answer seemed like
ly to rest upon the extent to which
the demands for liberalization of
the big four, treaties by the 21
nations st Parts would be carried
forward, what solutions would be
made on periexing problems like
the opening of the Danube river
for instance, . and in the various
other fields of differences left un
solved by the big four meetings,
in short, in the texts of the
agreements themselves.
Final Texts Awaited
Thus whether Russia is weak
ening or has reached a more con
ciliatory mood, or is merely at
tempting to affect the outcome
of the conference by some more
sly propaganda were questions
still un res cued from the vortex of
both affirmative and negative evi
dence, with : people, here outside
of official life not taking much
interest in the flow of the pres
sures but ready to await a final
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UKNTUOXNT
To the Jmltor:
I An analysis by-the Marion Coun
ty "Dry Committee of the rejected
signatures eubmitted on the Local
Option. Liquor Election petitions
revealed that a large number of
names were disqualified benause
of persons j who, having changed
residences, i had not reregistered.
Any further consideration of these
doubtful signatures would involve
court action due to the differences
Of opinion 4m the legal points in
volved. In-as-much as the impos
sibility of getting the measure on
the ballot due to the time limita
tion is apparent, and the commit
tee is composed of volunteers from
many Christian churches and or
ganizations,, and is not a political
party, court action was deemed
inadvisable.
The committee was impressed
by the expressions of "dry" senti
ment and the dissatisfaction with
the present liquor control in the
county that was shown by the
more than 3900 signatures ob
tained on the petitions.
The committee wishes to extend
hearty 'thanks to -all who assisted
in obtaining signatures and to
those who generously gsve their
services as notaries.
George M. Martin, Secrets ry
: Treasurer on behalf of the
entire committee.
Volunteers Asked
To Aid in Sale of
Forget-Me-Nots
: "You can thank the disabled
veteran for his sacrifice," the
DAV Commander Charles Peter
son said Saturday, "by purchasing
a i forget-me-not and helping to
underwrite a Vital service pro
gram for the disabled veterans of
this community. The forget-me-nots
will be available on Salem
streets next Friday and Satur
day." Volunteers for the sale are be
ing sought by Mrs. Verne 6s
trander. Organizations offering
their service are the Gold Star
Mothers of America, American
War Mothers, Daughters of Union
Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps,
Royal Neighbors, Salem Deacon
ess hospital Auxiliary, Young
Matrons Club, Daughter of. Cath
olic, Grand Army of Republic.
Any girl over ten years of age may
volunteer.
Mrs. Stuart Johns and Mrs. A.
Lu Brewster are in charge of win
dow decorations.
decision and texts from the peace
makers. Then, at least, they would
have something upon which to
base a sound analysis of the mean
ing of current puzzling events.
Pressure times-are bad times in
which to reach commonsense conclusions.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
l"' Y,0,t 2i. Omar, Ti-. Uc .
"Well: this Is the 'bridge' yoa said we'd cross when we
get U ur
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(Continued from psge 1)
were great or near-great, yet dif
fer one from another "in glory" as
well as in other attributes. Prob
ably 'ail would yield preeminence
fat fame to the one in whose honor
they "had assembled; for others the
public has made its own measure
of prestige.
The glory of greatness is rela
tive. The sun is not the greatest
or brightest of the stars but it is
our sun, giving us light and heat
and in our estimation far sur
passes in glory distant Arcturus
or Vega. Likewise a small flash
light is of greater immediate value
in the search for a lost coin or
key than all the illumination of
the Milky Way. In reverse the
greatness that emerges in the
foreshortened stage of Oregon in
a given span of years pales on the
scale of the world's breadth in
apace and its depth in time.
The modern gospel of democ
racy sometimes seems to ignore
the simple truth that St. Paul ut
tered. The levelling tendency,
fired sometimes by envy, over
looks the native variations among
individuals. The ordinary is ex
alted; the extraordinary is re
duced. Yet human life and prog
ress depend in high degree on
the quality. and capacity of its
leaders. The quest always should
be for men and women of superior
talents to act the pace and chart
the course which those of lesser
skills snd - abilities may follow.
Democracy rightly applied breaks
the shackles of handicap and re
moves the sdvantage of privilege
so that individuals are free to
strive and to attain up to the
measure of their powers. In this
competition some will achieve lit
tle and are wise if they smother
jeslousy and admitpwith Casslus:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not
in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are
v underlings"
Others with a consciousness of
their strength may feel as did the
younger William Pitt when he
said: "I know that I can save Eng
land and that no one else can."
One star differs from another,
and the magnitude of each deter
mines its glory. Individuals differ
likewise, and their fame varies as
widely as the glow of the myriad
stars. The end however, is the
Ultimate Democracy of Death:
"The boast of heraldry, the
pomp of power.
All lhat beauty, all that wealth
e'er gave.
Await st last the inevitable
hour
The paths of glory lead but to
the grave."
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Silverton Policeman
Given Walking Papers
Without Explanation
SILVERTON City Manager
Robert Borland has notified Police
Officer E. W. O'Brien that his
services will not be needed lifter
September 30. O'Brien, who came
on the police force last February,
Has since been appointed consta
ble and will continue in that capa
city, he said. No reason for his
dismissal was stated in the let
ter. O'Brien has opened ah office
in the Homer building on South
Water street from where he plans
to operate as constable. Later his
father-in-law, H. D. Secoard of
Red field. S.D. will share the
space with him and conduct an
insurance business, Mr. and Mrs.
Secoard are now in Eugene and
have visited here a number of
times.
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