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4 The Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday April 13, 1947 o& CyTtfiOtiCDDtateSiinitt "No Favor .Stoav Us, Ho Fear JShaU Awn" flrtf Statesman, March 2J. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher UmWr of -the The ef all frees to (BteMrtifltM te Oc as f er gcbllnUtoi dispatches created teli or aet aherwtss credited ta this Wallace' Mission - Henry Wallace's mission to Europe will serve to .consolidate sentiment in this country behind the Truman program of aid to Greece. A political reject himself, detested by the Washington type of statesmen and by run-of-mine politicians the -country over his denunciation of the new American policy -will reset in its favor in the places where votes count: in the congress. . Wallace will find marry receptive ears in Britain however because the left wing of the labor party is already sharply critical of the policies of Ernest Bevin, foreign minister. They foresee eventual war between Russia and the United States and fear they would be destroyed utterly in such a contest, Coun- " tries in western Europe will feel Jit even greater risk 'because of the, predominant strength of Russia on the continent. . ' "Strip off Wallace's name from his speech, and pay no atten- . tion to the accusation of impropriety hurled against him for his attack on the Truman policy in lands of our, late allies, and read his iwrarlrt -aa t1lf anfhset i urStVmit aAvanfm Tr4nAir tmA you - will find room for plenty of reflection over his warnings, Wallace asserts that the program would stretch .the. American empire from China to the near east and from pole to pole; that a r a a -i - a. , At i. it. a. ivmencans wm never dit tne cosi ana cannot pay wie cou wm " ' -" m mm. ' l ' a. 1 la.l w m iv .s? euiu a ul avc ss vsw w sa asj av,ifr st y " out shape or end. He thinks the Truman plan will result in a war terrible in its destructiveness. X i 1 ; How much of this is in the nature of prophecy, a prophecy .of doors if the Truman policy is followed. Wallace's jeremiads may be too extreme, but at least the Truman policy fa, as we - have' previously said, a great gamble; and for the public it is about a SO-SO choice between Prophet Truman and Prophet Wallace..; - : . y-- ., v-, , - The world appears to be breaking in two, with the United " States stepping forward to challenge Russia at its doorstep. The Truman program projects a duel of indefinite duration, with each lining up his seconds, a duel for which a shooting solution seems well-nigh inevitable. ... Maybe George Eerie was nght. . . . u;ur c iiivum vii utc uuuiu) iiuw. "lniormauon grease r One never ceases to be ama2ed at the varietv and extent of knowTedjw which rjatrticrpants on "Information Please" radio ; program eem to have always on tap. So a new yearly almanac bearing that title and edited by the versatile John Kieran is sure to attract attention. -: i -l t I'll a i weu lives up vo lis rate, nut one-voiurne current cyclo pedia. It parallels the indispensable World ' Almanac in some lines, is eriginal in others. It contains probably less in statistics and more of information than file famous standby lor editors and writers. It is -printed on m better grade of paper and con tains move pages. Its price is considerably higher than the World Almanac, but at $3 is quite within reach of those needing such a tool. . - 'V ' ' 1 One can'cruise' through this book and spend many delight' ful hours picking up bits of information. Its sports section for example is very complete. And for reference it is a one-volume library valuable in any home. V We have always envied men like Kieran and F. P. Adams for their store of knowledge! A book like this is- a -wonderful support to those of us whose 'minds are of -limited capacity. Croup Sreks IVtlrr Service At last some organized effort is being made to get improved railway service between Portland and Seattle. An ideal stretch for a vtrukmliner. it has been cursed with mediocre train service for years. Now Chehaliav aa important intermediate point, 'is launching a campaign to press for better service. Initially the group puts its finger on what seems to be the seat of the trouble: the pooling ad eervice ijy three "railroads which suppresses competition. - .1 1 ' Within a few months San Francisco-Portland streamliner service will start, and the Milwaukee and Northern Pacific will have their fast new trains running from Chicago to the coast. But the length of track between Portland and Seattle will con tinue to be served by old and slow equipment The organization now forming proposes to ask. the ICC to bust up the combine if it isn't table to get action by direct approach to the roads. Here seems to be a case where a monopoly through cooperation strangles progress.. .:: ; Murderess Executed , - ;' California authorities let the doctrine of "equal rights apply and a 64-year-old woman convicted of murder was exe cuted at San Quesrtav She was the second women to pay this penalty in that state. The reneral tbmg is for juries or judges to sentence women guilty of homicide to life imprisonment. Sentiment seems to stop short of the death sentence. 4 There seems bo reason for the discrimination however. Where a murder is coolly calculated as is often the case the pen alty.shoald be the same for the woman as the man. Not an agreeable thought, to be sure, this gassing of a woman; but it isn't for nan eitb?r. But when they murder they invite the punishment that society -exacts -for the crime. Clackamas County Justice -. County Jadge Pope of Clackamas county prescribed a sen sible punishment for four Oswego boys who pushed a summer house over the cliff just to do a stunt. He ordered the boys to earn $108 to repay the owner who protested that lecturing the boys would be enough. The salt of sweat in the eyes earning the $100 ught to give a more permanent cure than a scolding from the judge. ' In another case the Oregon city, justice of the peace Paul C. Fischer sent a lT-year-eld boy to jail for 24 hours for smok ing a cigarette. We doubt the efficacy of that penalty. It .is more apt to confirm the? youth in his habit than break him of it. Private indastry-anade a pat rejoinder to the president's reiterates appeal Tor lower prices when it accused the govern ment of TOntriauting to the high cost of living by its program of price support. wbkh serves to keep the food costs at a high level. Undoubtedly the- program whkh "so far has hud little application will have that effect. But that doesn't absolve in dustry fj"om its set sins. The fact is that all levels aW "too high- wages pd primps both -for. what we call normal econ omy. But getting dawns to lower levels is rarely done painlessly and no group seems ready, to lead the way. Xew!ounlae4 gave enough attention to the proposal to see if it could join the United States to vote down the sugges tion of a TTiission to Washington. Newfoundland has been a poor- house country, bossed in recent years by a British commission. It is independent of Canada. The flow of American dollars dur ing the war when great airfields were laid out there, for the transatlantic hep doubt lew gave the people m financial lift. As far as this country is concerned we have about enough "poor relation attachments without adopting another. The first spadeful of earth to be moved at McNary dam will be saved for, a permanent historical display. That's what is known as "doing dirt" to posterity. Paul ..allon's BEHIND THE NEWS .--.- BMrtatla toy Ktat Fearares y- StaM. Inc. Repr4trtloB la wM r 1n rtrtrtly prohlblteO. WASHINGTON. April 13 The Lilienthal confirmation has been publicly displayed as the result of a split right down , the middle of the republican party with 20 re publican senators for him and 27 against. It has been popularly por- " ttrayed as a r- jbellion by Sen ator Vandenberg against the Taft leadership. 1 1 was far (deeper, more ' subtle and more ' portent ious than that. Truly ert 'ough the senate -.republicans split ialmost numeric- C' 'ally, but the of auOM f icers of the par- tv there aided with Taft. Further more, while VandenDerg lurnisnea the bublidtr impetus lor the re bellion, it originated in another source. The nominations were considered in the committee or Republican' Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa. Ilxs support or them, ana cooperation with the democrats. was considered significant in the senate cloakrooms because one of the ! members of the proposed atomic board is William W. Way mack, 58 year old editor of the Des Moines newspaper of the Cowles brothers, leaders in the Stassen wing of the republican party. Vandenberg worked with former Gov. Stassen in the ortgi nal American delegation which set up the United Nations organl zatlon and they were in a rhetori cal way Its secondary lathers. Called Stassen, Victory Thus, while the press account are heralding the confirmation as a Vandenberg" victory, the some what wiser cloakrooms of con gress are calling it really a Stat sen victory. Incidentally in these same Quarters, the whispers are prophesying a recrudescence of the Stassen presidential campaign when the former Minnesota gover nor j returns from having seen Stalin during his current trip . to Moscow. Even this rebellious coalition with the democrats, however, had .to mike some concessions to ex tricate the appointment from lis three months senate conflict. Some of the republican votes gained for LiHenthal were drawn Into suooort bv being told their ap proving votes would be a rather technical endorsement They were told this (and I think this story won the doubtful votes): The en tire atomic bomb board had acta ally , been serving since last Octo ber, and If Lilienthal was beaten the entire list would have to be revised. Thus a whole new fight would open under prospects that there might not be an atomic hoard for a long time, thus also nrovidin a "dangerous delay-in the development ol atomic energy regulation. Alternatives Offered The actual' alternative offered these favering votes was whether to let the present list slide Into "the most important appomi- mmti a nresident ever made rnimtes are from a New York Herald Tribune story), with the chance that congress could keep the board from doing too mucn, or to open consideration of a new panel to start work afresh. It Is no Injustice to anyone to report that practically no senator liked the idea of voting for Lilien thal i and the board. Senate re- Dorters commonlv say this among themselves and believe It to be true.; Possibly this common asser tion may be exaggerated as far as the democrats are concerned, because Truman lost only 4 votes from his party on the final rolL The board which is supposed io nlan i the next era 'of mankind therefore enters upon its duties officially under a somewhat doubtful cloud. But scientists rarely understand politics. Lilien thai was charged by Senator Mc Kellar with being soft on com munism. This may have been a defective allegation (although it was proved) because it could be excused by the knowledge that manv new deal officials we similarly soft In fact bureau off! rials let so many communist sym pathizers get in the government Mr. Truman cannot now get rid of them. Mis-Name Calling is true also LiHenthal may have 1 been called in the debate some things he was not But this may prove to be of less import ance -than the lact mat ne was not called what he is. He is one of the original Frankfurter boys from Harvard law school, one of the original new deal brain trust ers and" therefore an unusual ap pointee for a White House occu pant like Mr. Truman, as well as an unusual one for republicans to support. His board of Dr. Bach' er. the Cornell physicist who like Maymack is not in who's who, Lewis Straus, the New York: In vestment banker who was only incidentally a navy man. May mack and Samuel Pike, who has long been a republican business man In this administration this board was not expertly or ob jectively analyzed politically In the long debate. Lllienthars character and background. It ap pears would run in favor of democratic form of socialism, but the character of the board has not been established to any ap parent extent, for the . quasi socialistic job it is to do on atomic energy development. The confirmation thus leaves behind in congress a sure prospect that Its actions wili be as closely scrotiniaad as has been the de velopment of Lilienthal' TV A, at least.- There may be trouble. LICENSE SOUGHT Marion county court has slated a hearing for Tuesday on the ap plication of Jack Bowron, near Marion, for a class A package beer license, MRS. BAKER HOME Mrs. Wesley Baker and her in fant daughter of Woodburn, were dismissed by Salem Deaconess hospital yesterday. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Liclity v - ! There's only one wsy to beat the high east of Hying, Feedfck! And that's to de wlthoat ltr urn rmrs (Continued from Page 1) admits on hleh school graduation showing 16 units of work com pleted, the t units -required be ing S in English, 2 in social sci ences, 1 in health and physical ed ucation, 2 In,- natural science, mathematics or foreign language. How Latin and Greek got frozen into the curriculum Is a long story. In. the revival - of learning in the 15th century much of the literary material was in Latin or Greek manuscripts. Latin was the language of the Church. The text of the Hebrew Bible both in Old and New Testa ments had long before been put into Greek. So understanding of Greek and Latin was necessary both for the educated priest and the learned men of the unlver sities. Modern colleges and universi ties were often started under re ligious auspices, with emphasis on Latin and Greek to prepare grad uates for the ministry. When high schools were started they merely took over the curriculum of the private academies, with its requirement of Latin, though usually not of Greek. No one would think of pre scribing such a straitjacket for all hiah school students of today, and there would be rebellion if it were attempted. The majority of stu dents will suffer no distress in life if they study no Latin. But for those who aspire to higher learn ing or to employment of language as a working tool a knowledge of Latin (and of Greek) Is if not indispensable at least highly val uable. This is true both for stu dents of the humanities and the sciences. So many of our words find their roots in the ancient lan guages that one needs to know them If he wants really to know English. The other day I discussed the word "helicopter and noted Public Records CIRCUIT COURT John W. Clark vs. Arrow Trans portation Co.: Order of dismissal. Frances Bassett vs. Arrow Transportation Co.: Order of dis missal. B. W. Bassett vs. Arrow Trans portation Co.: Order of dismissal. Aurora Mutual Teiepnone lo vs. Harley D. Brown and Audry Brown: Complaint asks restitu tion of property; hearing ordered for 10 a. tru April 15. State vs. Charles Tye: Pleaded guilty, continued for sentence. Emily-L. Wright vs. Steve M Wright: Complaint alleges deser tion. Married December 23, 1923, at Delta, Colo. . Thomas Vernon Goodall vs. Walter! P. Conboy: Lester T. Goodall appointed, guardian ad litem of plaintiff. JUSTICE COURT Marvin C. Lerum, State hotel, obtaining money under false pre-j tenses, continued to April 14 for plea, bail set at $1,500. Ervin Leon Phelps, 1855 Berry st, no vehicle license, fined SZ.50 and costs. Leslie Mitchell Ruggles, Dallas, violation. of basic rule, fined $10 and costs. Harry Richard PetermaiL San Francisco, no vehicle license, fined $2.50 and costs. MUNICIPAL COURT Eysie W. Richer. 830 N. 14th St. defective brakes, fined $2.50 Earl J. Bonner, 225 Chemeke- ta st., excessive speed through sn intersection, fined $15. Forrest Edwin Jones, 70 Wil liams ave., reckless driving, liquor involved, fined $50. Lynd Thor Bonar, 1131 Edge water st, West Salem, illegal re verse turn, posted $2.50 baiL Louis A. Ramus, 1095 N. Cot tage st, excessive speed through an intersection, fined $7.50. Donald A. Heinz, 1625 N. 20th st, charged with excessive speed through an intersection, . pleaded innocent trial set for April 19. William Strattenmeyer, Mc Minn vi lie, no operator's license, posted $5 ban. PROBATE COURT Estate of Wendell L. Miller Final account approved. Estate of E. D. Alexander: Frances A. Fox and Maryan Ha gen appointed administratrixes. its roots were from the Greek. As a language Greek was indeed a precision tool and those who study it acquire a sense of preciseness in the choice .of words. No longer will the students at Exeter have to march so many parasangs through the desert with Zenophon or suffer the vicissi tudes of fortune with Virgil's Aeneid o help Caesar biiild his bridge across the Rhine. But to those who volunteer for these as signments and labor with dili gence on grammar and Vocabu lary and translation will come a reward they can neither) weigh nor measure, but which will ap pear whenever they become ar ticulate. 196 Traffic Volume SeU Record for" State Oregon's traffic volume reached an all-time high in 1946, exceed ing by almost 25 per cent the pre vious record. Secretary of State Robert S. FarrelL Jr., announced 6fd was predicted by Farrell for 1947. i George Aiken, Budget Director Still Bedfast George Aiken, state budget di rector, who was stricken with a heart attack early in the I recent legislative session, still is bedfast physicians reported here Satur day. It probably will be several weeks before Aiken will be. able to return to his desk, they said. Births FALK To Mr. and Mrs. ! James Falk. 1180 S. 15th st, a son, Sat urday, April 12, at Salem Dea consisa hnsnital. i CANNON To Mr. and Mrs. George Cannon, Grande Ronde, s daughter, Saturday, April 12, at Salem Deaconess hospital. LIVELY To Mr. and Mrs Dale Lively. 780 N. I7th st. daughter, Saturday, April 12, at Salem Deaconess hospital, i GOD SET To Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Goosey, 128 Hansen ave., a son, Saturday, April 12, at Sa lem General hospital. HEFNER To Mr. and Mrs. Hepner, 930 Madison st, a son, Saturday, April 12, at Salem Gen eral hospital. MUNGER To Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Munger. 148S Jefferson st. a daughter, Saturday, April ! 12, at Salem General hospital. BICKELL To Mr. and Mrs Floyd Richard BickelL route 4, Salem, a son, Saturday, April 12, at Salem General hospital, i H. L. Clark Recalls Days When King Lambert and Queen Anne Ruled at Salem's Cherry Fair By VFlastea Taylor Starr Writer. The Stateunan - ' "Planning against rain" for today's outdoor events is a cinch compared to the rain risk encountered by Salem's early Cherry Jair sponsors. For in those days of 41 years ago, Salem was entirely lacking of paved streets. The program issued for the eighth fair, in 191$, takes pride in the city's acquisition of S3 miles of paving. The program is the property of H. L. Clark, 1190 Oak st, who solicited the advertising and who attended Friday night's meeting to revive the festival, 'a Cherrian project for community cooperation. The first fair, in 1906, was a cherry exhibit, that and nothing more, in conjunction with a con vention of the Oregon State Hor ticultural society. Minutes of the old Cherry Fair association show that the suggestion came from an M. McDonald. Entries came from Salem, Hood River and Troutdale, and prizewinners (of whom no record exists) gained trophy cups donated by business men. 'Finest Display In History Christening of Salem as "the Cherry City" came as a result of the 1907 festival from the Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen, which met at the same time. The nurserymen said it was "the finest and greatest display of cherries known to history." Entries came from as far -as Ukiah, Calif. Flow ers were also shown. Beginning of the festival spirit was at the 1908 fair, which fea tured parades, fireworks, a king. bands and a Cherry ball. The first grand prize was awarded that year to M. O. Lowosdal of Lafayette. Growing all the time, the 1909 fair added the coronation of King Lambert and Queen Anne as events. A pavilion at High and Court streets was erected in 1910, and a large balloon was allowed to rise and float. The sum of $2,200 was budget ed in 1911, and the program was moved largely to Marion square. Aato mobiles. Baby Shaw Two events provided the thrill in 1912, a parade of decorated au tomobiles and a baby show. A yellowed newspaper clipping in the minutes of the old association bears the headline: "Auto Parade the Biggest and Decorations the Best Ever Seen in Salem, and Sel dom Rivaled in the Largest Cities California Fifth Regiment Band Led Parade Governor West and Mayor Lachmimd in First Car Baby Show Drew Great Crowd and Billy McGilchrist Was the 'Sine Qua Non' Handsome Ba bies, Big, Little, Fat Lean, All Kinds and all of the Best" Other features were a high dive at Court and Commercial streets and a baseball game between the old Salem Senators, who had won 10 of 11, and the Mt Angels, who had won 14 of 15. Competition was provided by the Chautauqua at Gladstone. A Portland suffra gette broke into one program here and talked for 10 minutes before being escorted to an outbound train. One of the new events of 1912, which Mr. Clark declared to be an opportunity he hopes wont be overlooked in the revival, was the exhibit of products manufac tured and raised in Oregon, espe cially in Marion county, - Mr. Clark said he had often re gretted the lack of the Cherry Churches to Take Note of Anny Week I In observance of army week, ending today, most of Salem's churches plan special prayers or pulpit announcements at services' this morning. I Many of the churches will have a; special program honoring the traditions and historical signifi cance of the. American army, while a few have announced spe cial son ices this evening. Army week observance was carried on locally by the Marion county chapter of the Reserve Officers association. fair, during the past 20 years, and hoped the Cherrians would be successful In their reorginizatioa venture. 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