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Tnm First SUtnaiii. March St. 1SJ1
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
Member f th AimcIaM Pre
Th Associated Pre to exelaslrely entitled UtkimfM bUeua
f all mwi dispatch credited U It tr Mi tkcrwiM credited la Ufa
Stamen Labor Views
Senators Taft and Ball and former Gov. Harold E. Stassen
engaged in a three-some over labor legislation last Friday.
Stassen called for a secret ballot of employes before a strike
would be called. Taft called this "trivial" as far as a real solu
tion of strikes is concerned. Taft is correct. Almost uniformly
union membership follows its leaders; and often it is more
belligerent in its demands than its leadership. Senator Ball
regarded the proposal as too drastic an interference with the
right to strike, though Stassen, who originally appointed Ball to
the senate, thinks Ball's anti-closed shop bill is too drastic.
This brush between three high-ranking political leaders
got the headlines, but Stassen offered some points that are by
no means trivial. Mast important was the one outlawing mass
pickettr.g. This is the strongest weapon the unions have. Almost
invariably it leads to violence if a plant attempts to operate
and so js conducive to law violation. Peaceful picketing does not
require mars picketing. The latter is a means for threats, and
hopes thrc-jgh the anonymity of the mass to escape punishment
for violence.
Another Stassen recommendation was to amend the Wag
r.er att to permit full freedom of speech for employers as well
as employes. It needs further amendment to achieve equity in
labor itlations. Unfair labor practices should be defined
which r.ifcht well include mass picketing. He also urged legis
lation aa;nst jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts.
Some of the other Stassen recommendations such as re
quiring unions to file financial statements and to have regular
elections by secret ballot might be of value but would be '
little consequence in averting strikes.
StasMn's willingness to step out in front with ideas on
rnr't i mri legislation i rare for a nresidential candidate.
Often at this stage of a campaign the candidate dodges vote-
losing i.sbue. He is a fresh, vigorous personality, with clarity in
thinking, lucidity in expression and plenty of courage. t
"C.IommI Shop" in Philadelphia
The ntwspaper world and
by aniiourue ment of the suspension of the Philadelphia Record propriations. changing conditions
and the Camden Courier Post and the simultaneous sale of "J .woy
thee piop:ties along with a radio station by the Stern interests secretary of the board of control!
which owned them. The papers were undergoing a strike by i The state board of higher edu-
the Philadelphia unit of the newspaper guild. Its original de- cation wa voted $4,000,000 at the
. i i . i.i j . oa same election,
mand was lor $100 a week for reporters, later lowered to $88., budin program irig.
St-in's Ur.i. offer wm $75 a week. The Record had less than inally outlined by the board of
half It. Circulation of the Philadelphia Inquirer and about a , control aggregated $4,282,900 but
thud that of the Bulletin so its competitive position was weak, j Pnditures of only $536,000 re
. . . . . , ,r . . I ceived approval of the state em-
The owners continued to get out papers with only a few non- agency board which has final
guild executives handling all the news, and did succeed in authority.
publishing. They could not keep this up indefinitely and fin- ' Board of control members said
allv suspended and sold the properties. The guild thus got a ffL t'?"."1 io'
- , , ., . , . .. i improvements at the state peni-
' closed whop in an unusual sense of the term. i tentiary pending definite decision
We h-r a great deal about newspaper monopoly, and the as to whether the institution will
president o the guild saw in the purchase of these papers by wransferred to notnr ait
the Biletm an 'increasing trend of American newspaper mo- ( JSSl' "pSlblJ
nopoly." But as far as city papers go it is the huge cost of would be outlined immediately fol
publ iatwng, chief of which is wages, which results in reducing ' lowing adjournment of the cur
competMxn. It isn't the healthiest thing from a political stand- , rent legislature, based on the state
, , . . , . . -. ,, . - 1U i building fund, reappropriations
point, and irduces the number of jobs; but it will continue if the and nevv appropriations at the
costs continue to increase. Philadelphia once had 18 daily ! present legislative session. He sa
papers; now it is down to about two. j several buildings were badly need-
Another aspect of the situation, 'and one which caused n that some construction
, . . 0 , . .. , . . , , .. might be authorized despite the
Publisher Stern to refuse to capitulate to the guild, was its ! prevailing high costs.
trespass on the responsibilities of editing the news. This has The state board of higher edu-
btn a matter of oVep concern to editors and publishers who "Uon which received $4,000,000
v,-w with .larm the tendency of the guild to dictate news mluee'thaTft would
policits. particularly in view of the slant of guild leadership construct one new structure dur-
ard opinion. The comment of the
delphia mperience i highly informing. To quote:
Tiwre is an elemit of Greek tragedy in the situation. In
1935 k as David Stein, then publisher of The Post in New
Yi.ik t'lly. who ij-ivi? the Newspaper Guild one of its first closed
h.p u s -calleil G'jil.i shop ajzreements and started it on its
ui The Guild at that time sought to represent only news de
pmi merit employe. But many new-paper publisher and exe
cutive w ho were twetl to dealing with unions and had done so
anutblv tor yeans were shocked at this willingness to place in
the hiMMif if a single group, which was already taking positions
in nlic i. Hairs, the uole opportunity to write and edit the news.
L.4tr!i! publiahem conceded the rights of a union devoted
as' a i.jnfi.ir.ing gett to the bet interests of its members. Such
has iA,..ys been the policy of this newspaper. But a social pres
sure gioup was quite another matter. As such the political lead
e ..- 1 tie Guild, n-i tlierr aim to dominate the jobs of writing
and editing of news were regarded with grave suspicion by sound
tie wtMft-i men, thoxe of the public who understood the trend
and t trie rival mhkia of the A.F.L.
If i) i hsrge f muiKpoly is now to be made it must be di
recled iKiin-t this aspiration of some of the Guild's leaders. For
tuiUfjHy. and in the nviin. they have not succeeded. We believe
that Ue many good newspaper men in the Guild's ranks would
nppiww their drive ftr a monopoly in the expression of political
opinion if they realized where it is leading. The Stern news-pdie-rN,
inceed. were not crippled or destroyed by the Guild
lars' nire t control their news policies. They were ham
mw l n by economic blows, the last and most crushing di
rt't led by the Guild. But the moral stands. The Guild leaders who
did Ui thing had further and more dangerous ambitions. We
h.p mm! believe tfcat this cata.-lrophe will be a beacon of warn
ing Ui in! members .f a profesion which, though it must live
bv pi4tii5, a lanes and wages, i., and ought to be, dedicated to
tne fblic ervice.
The puciic will j'lin in the concluding hope of the Times,
that newspapers sheitd be dedicated to public service, and that
pi of its. l.ries and wages must not be made the chief objective
of ntwspaper publication. Publishers need to remember this,
and uiikhi leaders and members also.
Aithur Rodzinaki will direct the Chicago Symphony orches
tra tatting next season Rodzinski resigned from his post as
conductor of the New York Philharmonic because he thought
the management was interfering with the orchestra's artistic
endeavors. He is recognized as a great conductor, and will have
a good opportunity with the Chicago Symphony which Theo
dore Thomas directed for many years. Symphony orchestras
are growing in puMie favor, helped by the transmission of pro
grams by radio. Portland, we are pleased to note, is taking steps
to revive its orchestra, a casualty of the war years.
Reed ccilege students have protested the unwarranted ar
rest of a fellow student who was reading or reciting Shelley's
poetry one night en the campus. He spent the night in the
drunk-Utnk of the city jail. The police had no appreciation of
the lines "Hail to thee, blithe spirit." We could easily justify
hailing a surrealist in art before a sanity board, but to imprison
an admirer cf Shetlejr is a crime in itself the crime of ignorance.
Bob Hannegam celebrated his recovery from illness, and
his invitation to stay on as postmaster general and as demo
cratic national chairman, with a speech to postal supervisors
boosting President Truman for election in '41. The latter is
back dealing the cards again after his bad setback in the fall.
He is throwing the deuces like rent control an4 labor legislation
o congress.
the labor world were shocked ,
New York Times on the Phila-
Police School
Set for Salem
Next Month
Salem has been selected as a
center for police training classes
of the state-wide Oregon regional
police school, slated for March 1,
Chief of Police T. A. Minto an
nounced yesterday.
The Oregon regional police
school, co-pnored by the Ore
gon Association of city police of
ficers and the Oregon State Sher
iffs' association, will conduct
training sessions for law enforce
ment officers in eleven renters.
Chief Minto has been appointed
chairman of arrangements for the
Salem classes.
All public law enforcement of
ficers in Clackamas, Marion,
Multnomah, polk, Washington and
Yamhill counties and officers of
neighboring conn tie are being in
vited to attend sessiou in the
Cherrian room at the chamber of
commerce rooms on Tuesdays
from p. m. to i p. m., March
4. 11. It, 29 and April 1, 8, 13
and 22.
Traveling instructors furnished
by the federal bureau of investi
gation, the Portland police bureau,
the department of state police
and the Multnomah county sher
iffs office will present instruc
tion in basic police subjects.
Other agencies cooperating with
the sponsors in hte training pro
gram are the League of Oregon
Cities, the Bureau of Municipal
Research and Service of the Uni
versity of Oregon, the state board
of education, division of voca
tional education and the law en
forcement agencies providing in
structors. tariff la 111 ifTllTl f
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1111 TT LLL
Be Revised
Revision of the state board of
control construction program,
which was given three-fifths of
the $10,000,000 voted at a special
election nearly two years ago.
will be necessitated by new ap
ing the first half of the next bien-
nium and four or five buildings
during the latter half of the bien
nium. IIr8. Henderson
Dies at Daughter's
Home Near Salem
1 Mrs. Lillie Ellen Henderson, 73.
died Saturday. February 8. at the
, home of her daughter, LeNore Van
1 Dyke, route 4. Salem.
She was born in 1873 in Wa
: hoo. Neb., and was married to
: John Clarence Henderson in Wes
! ton. Neb . on May 8. 1894. The
j couple had come to Salem about
three years ago to be with the
j daughter. Mrs. Henderson was a
; member of the First Christian
church in Salem.
She is survived by the husband
and daughter and by four sons,
Erceill C. Richmond. Calif . Or
ville F., Menlo Park. Calif., Jo
seph E., North Platte, Neb., and
John C, Calloway. Neb.; by three
brothers, Carl Stevens, Sheridan.
Jay W. Stevens. San Francisco,
and Gilbert Stevens. FJ Centro, '
Calif., and by eleven grandchildren
and three great grandsons.
Funeral services will be held
at the Howell-Edwards chapel at I
1:30 pm., Tuesday, February 11,1
with th Rev. Dudley Strain of- I
ficiating. The body will be ship
ped to Broken Bow, Neb., for con
cluding services and interment. i
Indians to Hold
Tribal Reunion at
Chemawa Fridav
Plans are being made for a
gathering of Indians at Chemawa
on Friday. February 14. Those in
vited are descendants of the
tribes residing in Oregon west of
th Cascades.
The day will be a celebration
of the birthday of the state of
Oregon the Valenune state.
Also up for discussion will be
the matter of compensation for
Indian lands which recently was
authorized in a decision of the
U. S. supreme court. The com
pensation is due to descendants
of several of the coastal tribes
whoa treaty ceding the lands was
never ratified by the U. S. sen
ate, though the whites took pos
session of the lands. Appraisals
under the decision will be made
starting this spring.
The meeting at Chemawa will
review the situation regarding
Indian claims against the gov
ernment. A. J. Hudson. 1223 S. 12th st ,
Is local chairman arranging for
th gathering.
GRIN AND BEAR
n know
"This year we Kara abaadaned the retail market far an effering
greater dlstHbuUi ear eatlre eatpat Is being takea by radie qis
prog rams !
J. E. Baumgartner, Ex-Cashier,
Hardware Merchant Dies
Joel E. "Joe" Baumgartner, 785 N. Summer St., former hardware
merchant and cashier of the Ladd and Bush bank, died early Saturday
morning at his home and funeral services will be held at the W. T.
Rigdon chapel Monday at 1:30 p.m., the Rev. George H. Swift offi
ciating. Concluding services will be held at the Mt. Abbey mausoleum.
He was born Nov. 6, 1869, near Wooster, Ohio, the son of Daniel
and Elizabeth Althaus Baumgart- i
ner. His parents moved to Bluff- grandchildren. Josephine and John
ton. Ohio, where he received his
education. In May, 1B8, ne came
to Salem, taking employment in
the Sterner grocery and later with
the Ladd and Bush bank as a
murn K e r He served as cashier
at the bank for a number of years
until his resignation in 1912. A
few months later he purchased
the Salem Hardware store which
he o oersted unUl 1922 when he
reUred from business. In 1918
he reconstructed the Clifford
Brown building on Front street,
which he owned, and also erected
the building now occupied by the
Saffron Supply company.
He was a member of the Ma
sons and Salem Elks lodge No.
33
Survivors are two daughters,
Josephine and Lenta, Salem, two
Public Records
CIRCUIT COl'RT
James Marvin Bassett, by guar
Transportation company, a rorpor-
ation: Damage suit aks $10,000
general damages and $75 special
damages.
John W. Clark vs Arrow Trans
portation company, a corporation:
Damage suit asks $18,000 general
damages, $540 for wages lost and
$75 for other special damages.
B. W. Bassett vs Arrow Trans
portation company, a corporation:
Damage suit aks $10,000 general
damages, $1,040 for wages lost and
$195 for other special damages.
Slate Farm Mutual Automobile
Insurance company, a corporation,
vs O. F. Franklin: Damage suit
Leonard Gouge vs Victor David,
asks $647.
M. B. Hayden, Denver I. Young
and Continental Casualy company,
to strike
a corporation: Motions
filed by defendant M. B. Hayden.
PROBATE COURT
Vernie Smith guardianship es
tate: Appraisers appointed.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
George H. McCutchen, 35, ma
chinist, and Ann Alice McCutch
en, 27, housewife, both of Mont
rose. Calif.
Robert S Kuenzle. 20. installer,
and Norma Jean Newgent, 20,
clerk, both of Salem.
Richard P. Thomas, 27, truck
driver, and Sharon Inez Talbot.
23, no occupation listed, both of
Salem
Luther L. Lea, 40, farmer, Sa
lem, and Lena E. Clark, 53,
housewife, Silverton.
Herman T. Johnson. 26 logger.
and Bernice E. Johnson, 24, both
of Gates.
George F. Aim, 36, accountant,
Chicago, 111 , and Pauline McKel
him, 34, stenographer, Beverly
Hills, Calif.
A. J. LaMont. 56, painting con
tractor, Wilmington, Dela , and
May Shellhorn, 46, housewife, Sa
lem. JUSTICE COI RT
Arthur Charles Hughes. 520
Fisher rd . violation of basic rule,
fined $10 and costs.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Robert J. Williams, Portland, no
operator's license, posted $10 bail.
Eugene L. Slick, 754 Ferry St.,
violation of basic rule, fined $15.
Raymond O. Hazelrigg, Chehal
is, Wash., violation of basic rule,
posted $7.50 bail.
Elsie M. Hagedorn, Silverton.
violation of basic rule, posted $5
bail.
Laura L. Macklin, route 3, Sa
lem, failure to stop at intersec
tion, posted $2.50 bail.
John W. McCracken, Eugene,
violation of basic rule, posted $7.50
bail.
Emanuel S. Saul, Seattle, viol
ation of basic rule, posted $7.50
bail.
Otto A. Peter, Lebanon, running
red light, posted $2.50 bail.
Allen C. Lambert, 1273 Frank
lin st.. excessive speed through
an intersection, posted $5 bail.
Frank H. Bowder. 1072 Berry
st., no operator's license, fined $5.
Thomas Vincent Cathcart, 1117
Hines st violation of stop sign,
fined $2.50.
Gerald D. Gordon. 1905-S.
Church st., no operators license,
fined $5.
Carl Pruitt. 2465 Laurel st.,
violation of basic rule, fined $20.
Robert W. Barton, 725 Locust st.
violation of basic rule, fined $20.
IT
By Lichty
Caughill, Salem, and a brother.
Albert Stapleton. Bluffton, Ohio,
and numerous nieces and neph-
ewss.
Three Enlist in
Regular Navv
Daniel Lee Valdez. 1940 Lewis
st.. Laurence M. Yates, jr., 1495
Le St.. and E. H. Monson, jr.,
Woodburn. enlisted during the pat
week in the regular navy, P. A
Raney, chief gunner's mate in
charge of the local recruiting sta
tion, announced yesterday.
Enlisting during the week In
the new naval reserve class V-fl
were Harry Cline, Salem, Arthur
Hathaway. 1339 Third st., Kenneth
Wolf. 1080 Cross St., Earl Groh,
jr.. 2510 Laurel St.. and N. D.
Bartlett and H. R. Brosig, both of
Silverton, Raney announced.
Raney also reminded veterans
between 17 and 30 years of age
hat y could now enlist in the
re?YUr. nav' . ,n th tm
certain cases.
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truth; and in every mind cogni
tion is inevitably mixed with
1 'mtional responses. Generally
me propaganaisi i convinced ne
is spreading' pure unadulterated
truth; yet "Not every one that
calleth unto me. Lord, Lord shall
enter into my kingdom."
Nevertheless, it is a significant
event that the director of our
foreign relations takes the high
ground of reliance on truth. In
th past diplomacy has won an
evil reputation for duplicity and
deception. The "craft" of ""state
craft" has a sinister signif icaance,
because for centuries skill in in
trigue seemed the test of the
diplomat It is one step ahead to
call for the truth in foreign rela
tions. To employ truth in diplomacy
is not to be goofy or weak. Sec-
Notary Marshall called for back-
ing up our foreign policy, with
"pure, unadulterated" force. In
fact I fear the foreign nations
(Russia) will be apprehensive
over his declarations against uni
lateral disarmament and for uni
versal military training and for
U. S. strategic trusteeship of Pa
cific islands, and tawe his
plea for truth merely as a pro
posal for counter-revolutionary
propaganda.
Bare truth is inadequate in this
world of reality because of lack
of agreement as to what is truth
in the field of ideas. And where
ideologes or interests clash the
truth is thrown overboard and
the decision rests on force.
The immediate hope is not in
the triumph of "pure, unadulerated
truth" but in some system of in
ternational policing which will
end the curse of war and let the
conflict of ideas and of interests
rage with the weapons of prop
aganda and education.
W. W. ROSEBRAUGH CO.
Salosn. Orogoa Phono 7t09
Sine 1912
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Stamp Society
Lays Plans for
April Exhibit
The Salem Stamp society last
week laid plans at the YMCA for
a western Oregon Stamp-ede"
exhibit April U at the r In
observance of the 100th anniver
sary of th postage stamp In th
United State.
Gilbert Sterne, president of
the local society, amid th exhibit
is expected to draw entrms from
all of western Oregon and that
invitations had been" sent to the
stamp clubs of Portland, Albany,
Corvallis, as well as to individ
ual collectors throughout the
valley. Albert Burns, editor of
the Western Stamp Collector at
Albany, will be principal speaker.
Ed Payne, local stamp author
ity, was named general chairman
for the exhibit, and Connell Ward
and H. R. Robinson were placed
in charge of exhibits. Mrs. Laura
Alexander will have charge of
refreshments and Joseph Weber
and Carl Smith will be the wel
coming committee.
The Salem club will print a
special seal to be sent out during
the exhibit to collectors, St ernes
announced. He added that 25 to
30 frames had been entered in
the exhibit already from Salem
and that it was expected that an
equal number would be entered
from Albany and Portland.
Fire Danger Cited
In Regard to Fuses
'"People who wire around fuses
in their homes or increase fus? i
capacity are asking for a fire,"
Fred G. Starrett, Salem division
manager of Portland General
Electric, declared yesterday. De
fective fusing and fuse substitu
tion cause mose fires in winter
as individuals more often over
load circuits, Starrett said.
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