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Publicity and Diplomacy
Too much publicity hampers delicate negotiations at inter
na tionil conferences, thinks Foreign Minister Ernest BevinIn
the commons Friday he criticized American newspapers for
their insistence on full reports of current negotiations and free
dom to publish them. The newspaper reply is that at the Mos
cow conference reporters were-not admitted to sessions and
reporters had to rely on the statements of official spokesmen
for the several delegations.
Bevin s remarks deserve quotation, especially in view of
the agitation for freedom of the press. He said:
1 I . V . . 1 li '
use ui our greatest nanuicaps uhi wink wj wane n uhi
I want no secret commitments is that X might not even think
aloud without it is hurled over to the headlines of the press. ...
"I am not blaming the Soviet government for it It is largely
due to the United States press that this thing has come in. But
even the United States say that this thing that has developed
is of little value.
1 am a great believer in the freedom of the press. But I
i think there are limits. The original intention of the foreign min
V isters was to be a negotiating authority, issuing communiques as .
they reached agreement. Now it has gone beyond that, and on
of our biggest handicaps in this business of making peace is not
only that every word that is said is reported to the press but, I
am sorry to say, it has come down to . subcommittees and even
deputies. r .
"I hope when we get to the crucial decisions on which the
world to much depend, we shall be able to have a frank ex
change of views, without commitments, in order to know what
is in each others' minds without the glare that has gone on
hitherto." . . " -
There is much truth in Be vln's complaint There is a limit
to glassbowl procedure on intricate and delicate international
matters. In our domestic matters many matters have to be
talked over in private' conversation before settlements are arriv
ed at. Decisions that are recorded in legislatures and the con
gress and in boards and commissions may be merely the formal
recording of agreements already arrived at by telephone or
by personal contact. '
At the. same time, secrecy is hard to maintain where many
interests are involved. One of the great scoops in newspaper
history was that of the daily proceedings of the Congress of
Berlin in 1878. The sessions were private and under mandate
of secrecy. But each day the London Times was able to give
quite an accurate report of the previous day's proceedings as
reported by its correspondent, M. de Blowiiz. The latter in his
memoirs told how he got his scoop. He had an arrangement
with one of the persons attending the congress to put in his
silk, hat a summary of the proceedings. The correspondent had
a similar topper and would exchange his hat for his informant's
in the cloakroom.
While the press may by its insistence brl full publicity
endanger success in international negotiations, the experience
with the press barred is not very happy. Yalta and Potsdam
conferences were conducted in secrecy, and the agreements
hatched there have proved quite embarrassing. Suppression of
publicity is no guarantee that negotiators will come to terms or
that the ones they arrive at will be satisfactory. But the gentle
men of the press ought to realize, that newspapers may be
amplifiers of discord, and that there are times Vhen those
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leges of privacy in discharge of their duties.
Russell Mack, publisher of Albert
J ohnson'a old paper, the Wash
ingtonian at Hoqulam, won the
Republican nomination. The is
sues now are quit clean-cut.
Mack ns a republican without any
qualifying (or disqualifying) ad-
ectives. Savage is a democrat or
the new deal persuasion, a for
mer CIO official. Troy ran as a
"Truman Democrat' with his ap
peal to conservative democrats.
The result Indicates that the third
district democrats are more FDR
than Truman-minded.
The - Republicans may find
some defection over the rough
treatment accorded Bonneville ad
ministration's request for appro
priations public power has a
strong - hold in this third 'district.
Also some labor votes may be lost
because of the restrictive meas
ures now being hammered into
law by congress.
On the other hand, some con
servative democrats will not go
for Savage. He is regarded as a
left-winger, and leftist popularity
is not reviving by any means.
The . business, professional and
farmer vote will largely go to
Mack while Savage will get the
bulk of the labor vote. ,
My guess is that Mack will win.
though probably not by the 7,000
margin Norman enjoyed in 1945.
For one thing the vote will be
much lighter. The contest will be
spirited and close, and national
committees will take a hand in
the campaign, because of its im
portance as a pre-1948 sample of
sentiment.
Power Relief in Sight
The ill wind of a shutdown of the Reynolds potlmes for
makine aluminum at Loneview blows some good. If all of its
lines go cold some 60,000 kw of electric energy will be released
to help meet the anticipated shortage for next winter, inis may
relieve some- of the strain-on oil-fired . steam generating plants,
lowering costs and lightening the call for fuel oil. To date the
electric utilities have not been able to get commitments ior
enough fuel oil to operate all their steam plants at capacity
flume the winter.
The shutdown at Reynolds has called to public attention
the fact that the aluminum industry is the heaviest consumer
of federally produced power in the northwest 44 per cent last
year. Another" fact is brought out, that these ingot plants re
quire very little labor compared with the quantityof electricity
ib.fv ronsume. A neckerwood sawmill srives much more employ
ment per thousand kilowatts of electricity used. Not until we
get aluminum fabricating plants will be derive mucn employ
ment from this industry. '
The return to service of abig generator at Grand Coulee
now down for overhaul and the completion next lau oi a sevemn
generator will step up production of electric power. This with
less demand from aluminum .makers should see the northwest
through its power crisis for the year. The margin is narrow,
however, and with DrosDect of steady increase in consumption
from residential, commercial, industrial and rural users addi
tional installations must be made on steady schedule.
No Back Seat
For once Oregon is enjoying not only the attention of major
eastern interests but also the increasing attention and, respect
of its western "neighbors who at times have seemed to regard
our commonwealth as a country cousin neither affluent nor
overly bright . "
Oregon's program to attract and retain tourists already has
drawn the rather envious comment of the press In other states.
Now comes word that this state led both California and Wash
ington in percentage gains recorded in the dollar value of retail
sales for the first quarter of 1947. '-
A few skeptics might claim the gain in dollar-value sales
was more indicative of higher prices than of increased business
tempo, but we doubt that Oregon's prices have risen propor
tionately any more than those in bordering states.
Sharpest advances in dollar-volume was in automotive
sales with Oregon leading. And perhaps quite indicative of
this state's stature is the fact that in California and Washington
the sharpest drop in volume was in jewelry in. Oregon liquor.
Beatrice Walton Sackett
.To the many virtues for which Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett
was justly famed must be added one of heroism. With great
courage she battled in recent years the encroachment of malig
ant disease, underwent numerous operations which served
only to prolong life yet she held herself to her public and
private duties with unconquerable fortitude until finally she
had to yield to her physical infirmity.
Here was a woman who could be described as the idea
modern woman: Of fine intelligence, strong character, yet truly
feminine, who rendered exceptional service in public position
and maintained her home and cared for her family. Her work
as private secretary to governors of the state -and as member
of the state board of higher education was regarded as out
standing. Her personal charm and graciousness of manner -won
for her a host of friends who share with relatives genuine
grief over her passing.
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8TUDENT CONCLAVE COMING
Salem high school will be host
next year to - the Oregon high
school . student government con
ference, It was decided at the
weekend conference meetin In
Albany. Several Salem high
school students attended.
Valley Obituaries
Mrs. Joseph J. Seifer
MOUNT ANGEL. May 19. -Mrs.
Joseph J. Seifer died Sunday at
1 p. m. at a Salem hospital six
hours after the birth of a son who
also died.
Agnes E. Vachter was born in
Gervais, July 11, 1911, and was
married Oct IS, 1935, to Joseph
J. Seifer. They resided - on the
farm 2Vi miles west of Mt Angel.
She is survived by the husband;
three children, Patricia, Marlene
and Stanley; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Vachter, sr., of Wood
burn; three brothers. Matt,
Frank, jr., and Albert, aU of St
Paul; and a -sister, Mrs. Lena
Strauer, Aurora.
Another brother, John, died in
1943 while in the service.
Services will be held Wednes
day at 8:15 a. m. at St. Mary's
church, with interment In Cal
vary cemetery her. Recitation of
the rosary will be held Tuesday
at 8 p. m, at the unger runerai
home, Mt AngeL . -
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Liclily
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Public Records
Obituary
STEWART - - ,
Bui. b C4s-4 at fTantAB. Ohio.
May IS. Survived by her mother. Mrs.
Clara E. Stewart tf Canton. Ohio; a
daughter. Miss Catherine Stewart of
Canton. Ohio; and two brothers. Hal
vert and Ivan Stewart, both of Sa
lem. Announcemenx ox an
by Ooush-Barrlck -company. -. -
IXAXEL '
ihn nvi late resident of saiem.
t HiutK D.nH Un IS at the aee of
7 years. Survived by aix atep-daush-ters.
Mrs. Marie Schneider. Mrs. Lena
JarvU, Mrs. Elizabeth McAUster and
Mrs. Pauline Boettedier. u oi aiem,
and Mrs. Anna Barren of WbitUer,
iMtf ttiwAnt Ralnh SkonU of
Salem and Otto Skopil of Eugene: and
a son, Ben C ( laxei oi norm oeno.
Requiem mass Tuesday, May 20. at t
a m.. St. Joseph's church. Interment at
Belcrest Memorial park.
SACKETT 1
Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett. at Coos
Bay. May 17. Survived by her husband,
Sheldon r. sackerx oi tooa Day; a
daughter, Marcia Anne Sackett of Coos
Bay; a son. John Walton Sackett of
Coos Bay; her mother. Mrs. Mary E.
Walton of Salem: two brothers. William
S. Walton of Salem and Brig. Gen. Leo
A Walton of Orlando field, ria.: and a
nenhew. James J. Walton of Salem.
Private services wui oe neia at si.
James Episcopal chapel at coos say,
Tuesday. May 20, at a.m., with th
Rev. J. Thomas Lewis officiating. Di
rection the- Mills Funeral home at
Coos Bay. Private concluding services
at the I OOF cemetery at Salem. Tues
day. May 20. at p m.. th Rev. George
Swift officiating.- Please omit Cowers.
CHANDLER
Mrs. Edna Earle Chandler at the resi
dence. 109. E sL. Salem. May IS. at
the . age of 76 years. Survived by a
daughter. Vivian Chandler of Salem; a
son. William Atwooa cnanaier or r
dens. Calif.: a granddaughter, Mrs. Ed
ward Holicky of Pasadena. Calif., a
great-granddaughter, Katheryn Holicky
oi pasanena. uaiti.: eroiner. jonn
Lester Atwood of Orient. Wash. Ship
ment has been mad to Dayton, Wash,
bv the W. T. Kisdon company for serv
ices. Wednesday. May 21, at 2 JO pjn,
with the Rev. J. Logan Pertnger of
ficiating. Interment in Dayton, Wash.
'BEOW!f"::
Claude W. Brown, at the residence at
25S N. 24th St.. May IS. at the age of
45 years. Survived by his mother, Mrs.
Sadie Brown of Salem; a brother, Otis
L. Brown of Salem; and two uncles. T.
B. Morgan of Salem ' and Sherman
Brown of California. Services will be
held at the Howell-Edwards chapel
Wednesday. May si. at iu a.m.. witn
the Rev. C. C. Best officiating. Con
cluding services at the City View cem
etery.
BRONCHUSHIO
Roee Mary Bronchushio, at the resi
dence at zas strand sr.. Sunday, May
18. Surviving are two daughters. Mrs.
Maybelle Purvtne of Salem and Mrs.
Anna Wood of Flandreau. S.D .: three
sons. John M. Raymond of Van Nuys,
Calif, Charles of Long Beach. Calif,
and Donald Raymond of Spokane.
Wash.; two brothers, Rockey Fanelle
of Sioux Falls. S.D.. and Charles Fa
nelle of Wichita Falls. 8.D.; five grand
children and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday. May 11
at 2 p.m. In the Clough-Barrick chapel
with the Rev. H. W. Barnet officiating.
Interment at City view cemetery.
MeELROT
Mrs. Nettie Frederics McElroy, late
resident of 2110 Myrtle ave, at a local
hospital. Sunday, May 18. Surviving are
the husband. Edward c. Mcciroy ot ba
lem; a son, Edward C McElroy, Jr.;
dauchter. vera Dashney of Aloha, ore.:
three sisters, Mildred - W. Skiller of
Portland and Katnerln c Christenson
and Mattie Lynch, both of Harrisbur.
and three grandchildren. Services will
be Tuesday. May 20. at 2 p.m. at the
Clough-Barrick chapel, the Rev. Fran
cis Chambers officiating. Interment at
Belcrest Memorial park.
JUSTICE COURT
Ervine Frank Richter, rout 5,
failure to transfer title) within
SO days, fined $5 and costs; no
motor vehicle license, fined $2.50
and costs.
Russell James Harris, Silver
ton, no clearance lights, $5 sus
pended on payment of costs.
James Walter Johnson, New
port, failure to stop at a traffic
signal, fined $2 JO and costs.
. Wesley William Smith, 1065
Electric ave, gaffing salmon and
angling in a prohibited area, fined
$25 and costs on each charge.
Philip Sterling Smith, 1063
Electric ave, improper angling
license, fined $50 and costs.
. Woodford Frederick Ohnstein.
110 N. Commercial st, angling
in a prohibited area, fined $25
and costs,
Clarence Raymond Fetrow.
route 4, allowing an unlicensed
person to drive, fined $1 and
costs.
PROBATE COURT
rvV T fievtitH ffnetvlianeKlr.
estate: Estate appraised at $11,-
199.
Anna Cooner estate: Estate in.
praised at $2500. Jun 21 set. for
neartng on final account.
Martha A. Clymer estate Order
closing account
Mary Osborn estate: - Jun 23
set for hearing on final account
ilia w. Ware estate: Jun 21
set for hearing on final account.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Howard Edwin Mvers. 22 atn.
dent,, and Norma Pearl Dean, 16,
student, Dotn of Salem.
CIRCUIT COURT
Frieda B. Odom vs Waldo Harri-
man and C. A. Hardman: Defend
ants file answer admitting and
denying.
Glen Buza?d vs Frank Evans
and Richard Covey: Plaintiff files
repiy aamitung ana denying.
riazei M. Berrv vs William P
Berry: Decree of divorc award
plaintiff custody of three minor
cnuaren ana 3u per month sup
port money for each.
Ray Ward vs Helen Snell Ward-
All pleadings dismissed and Mar
ion county court declared to be
without jurisdiction in . suit be
cause of resident qualifications.
Beatrice A. White vs Pacific
Greyhound Lines and William G.
Wilson: Plaintiff moves for order
to strike.
Mariori Baker Van v TVir-
rthv Van. Frank A. Maaaolli and
Frank Pack: Defendants Vap and
Masselli file mouons to strike.
Lois Marffaret Shioman va Ucr.
ritt Charles Shiftman: Suit for
divorce charging desertion.
uiene M. ., Morrow vs Michell
Morrow: Suit to declare marriage
void by reason of an alleged prior
marriage. Married Dec 8. 1940
at Vancouver, Wash.
Alice Ijirile Sinee va Melvin
Lyman Sines: Deere of divorce
awaras piainuii custody or a
minor child and $40 per month
support money.
xaeanor A. Barbour va Charles
W. Barbour:- Decree of divorc
affirms property settlement agree
ment.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Valfred Gordon Mauck, 631
Breys st, failure to stop, fined
$2.50.
Keneth Joe Edwards, rout 1,
Jefferson, reckless driving, fined
$50.
Elizabeth Vickers, 1895 S. Cap
itol st, running red light posted
sz.50 bail.
Clyde Kay Crossland, route 9
Salem,, reckless driving, liquor in
volved, fmed $100.
Clarence A. Endicott, Rose
burg, carrying a passenger outside
of car, fined $5.
Stanley Dewane Porterfield,
1819 S. 13th st. driving while in
toxicated, fined $100, operator's
license suspended for one year,
30-day jau setnence suspended
Opal Brautt, Wheeler, failure
to stop, posted $2.50 bail.
John H. Aldred, Springfield.
violation of basic rule, posted $10
bail.
Clifford W. Wirfs, Dallas, vio
lation of basic rule, posted $7.50
bait .
Dean Abney, route 1, Jefferson,
failure to stop, posted $2.50 bail;
no " operator's license, posted $5
bail.
Ernest W, Mignot, Sweet Home
violation of basic rule, posted
$7.50 bail.
Robert W. McAllister, 1589 Elm
st. West Salem, violation of basic
rule, posted $7.50 bail.
Raymond H. Parker, Sutherlin,
violation of basic rule, posted
$7.50 bail.
Edith F. Clipfell, route 1,
Lyons, violation of basic rule,
posted $7.50 baiL
Mrs. McElroy
Funeral Today
Nettie Frederica McElrov. 52.
wife of Edward C. McElroy, 2110
Myrtle ave, died Sunday at a Sa
lem hospital. She was born in
Colorado, cam to Oreeon 32 vearc
ago and had lived in Salem for
inre years.
Funeral services will be at 2
'clock this afternoon at ClnuTh-
Barrick chapel, th Rev. Francis
Chambers officiating. Interment
will follow at Belcrest Memorial
Dark.
Surviving are a son, Edward C.
McElroy. Jr. of Salem, and a
daughter, Vera Dashney of Aloha,
Or.; three sisters. Katherin C.
Christenson and Mattie Lynch,
both of Harrisburg, and Mildred
W, Skiller of Portland, and three
g ra ndchild ren.
Hilda Krantz Elected
Head Stayton CDA Court
5TAYTON Hilda Krantz was
elected grand regent of Catholic
Daughters of America this week.
Other officers ere Otilia Span
iol, vie recent: Clarice Ltnder-
man, phophetess; Mari Hottin
ger, lecturer; Veronica Thoma,
historian: Mariori Kerber. finan
cial secretary; Hatti Samek,
treasurer; Jessie Juel, monitor;
Louise Parish, sentinel: Rose Bell.
Clara Dozler, three-year trustees;
Elizabeth Murphy, Mary High
berger, two-year trustees: Jos
ephine Brand, organist
Petition Filed t
To Refer Tax
On Cigarets
Preliminary petition for refer
endum of the two-cents-a -package
cigaret tax imposed in house
bill 436 of the 1947 legislature
was filed in the secretary of
state's office Monday by Robert
A. Bradley, 2916 SE 36th st,
Portland.
In event completed petitions
present 11,856 signatures of quali
fied voters by July 3, the referen
dum would go before the voters
at a special election October 7.
It was estimated that the cigaret
tax would raise approximately
$4,000,000 during the next bien
nium. The cigaret tax bill, officials
said, is almost identical with th
one defeated by th people June
22, 1945,-by a vote of 67,542 to
60,321.
Also to be voted upon at the
special election will be the 3 per
cent sales tax approved by the
legislature and referred to the
voters. The cigaret tax law, under
th legislative enactment would
become inoperative if the sales
tax is approved.
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Frank Frayler
Evangelist
Of Sacramento, Calii, will
lecture at the Church ol
Christ, Cottage and Ship
ping Sis. Wednesday even
ing. May 21 at 7:30 p. m.
He is ex -chaplain of the
"Sunset Division' of the
U.S. army and will speak
on his travels through the
islands and Japan with a
display of many souvenirs
from the orient
Knights Initiate
12 at Rites Here
Twelve members were initiated
Into Salem council. Knights of
Columbus, at ceremonies Sunday
in St. Joseph's hall.
Knights' and candidates' activ
ities included breakfast at St.
Vincent d Paul hall, initiation
and a buffet lunch.
Candidates included Thomas
Johnson, Paul Muller. George L.
Volk. Arthur L. Guck, Lawrence
R. Bonn, George E. Schroeder,
Edward O. Schiess, Adam D. Ben
der, Fred A. Bender, Cyril iR.
Jarvis and William J. Ullman, all
of Salem, and Wliliam H. Hard
man of McMinnville.
Annual Red Cross
Session Tonight
A varied program will feature
th annual meeting of Marion
county chapter, American Red
Cross, tonight following a din
ner in the Marion hotel at 6:30
o'clock.
Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz.
Portland, is to be the speaker.
Mrs. Josephine Albert Spaulding
is to sing the national anthem.
The Rev. S. Raynor Smith, pas
tor of Jason Lee Methodist
church, will give the invocation.
Mrs. Arthur Weddle, chairman of
the Junior Red Cross committee
of the chapter, will present the
composite report for all activities
in the chapter for the past year.
Edna Chandler, 71,
Dies in Salem at
Home of Daughter
Ed anEarle Chandler, 71. died
Sunday at the home of her daugh
ter, Vivian Chandler, Salem
school teacher, 1098 E st, where
she had resided since 1945. She
was the widow of William Chand
ler, who died in 1931.
Born in Milfred, Neb, April 20,
1876, she. married William Chand
ler in 1895 and lived most of her
life in Dayton, Wash. She was a
past grand chief of the Pythian
Sisters for the state of Washing
ton. Surviving are the daughter; a
son, William Atwood Chandler of
Pasadena, Calif.; a brother,' Jon
Lester Atwood of Orient, Wash.;
a granddaughter, Mrs. Edward
Holicky of Pasadena, and a great
granddaughter, Kathryn Holicky
of Pasadena.
The funeral will be at 2:30 p.
m. Wednesday at Dayton, Wash;,
where shipment Is being mad by
th W. T. Rigdon company.
J. W. Johnsons Rctrm
From Texas City, Tex.
BETHEL Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Johnson were Sunday guests of
the J. R. Ca rru t hers in Salem.
They and their son, Keith John
son. have returned from a trip
which began with a fast drive to
Texas where their son-in-law was
killed in the Texas City disaster.
leaving their daughter and -eight
months old baby.
Later they visited a daughter
and her family in Iowa and many
relatives and friends they had not
seen since moving to Oregon. The
daughter4 at Texas City,-with her
infant will com here to live with
her parents as soon at the busi
ness there is finished.
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