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4 Tha Sta Salem Oregon, Sunday. December II. 1847 "Wo Fauor Sways Us, No Fear Shall Aw" Tnm first SUlesmaa, March 28, 1151 THE STATESRL4N PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher , Isember f the Associated Press ,The Assecfat4 Frets Is ntltled exclusively to tb bm for repabll titln ef all the local news minted la this ewtDaoer. as wtll at all AT ews dispatches. w- . 1 11 W CI. ueain uuis ur. sterner Into the big scrapbook well known to friends of Dr. R. Z. Lee Steiner will now go some fresh clippings; but other hands than his will paste them to the few remaining empty pages. For death came to Dr. Steiner Saturday morning, quietly, calling him to rest at the age of 78;' and the clippings will be his obitu aries and the. tributes that are sure to be written in his honor. So long was Dr. Steiner a public figure in Oregon and to long was he active in the professional, business, civic and social life of the city and state that reporters and editors will find it diffl eult to compress into limits of space the record of his full life tH H la ssntitlswl fnr Ilia distinguished career. He was first of all a physician, one of the graduates of the old Willamette university school of medicine which furnished so many men who gained professional distinction in the state. As a physician his interest and skill were early directed to the healing of sick minds, and he served for 28 years aa superin tendent of the Orecran state hosnital. His interest in his wards was intimate and sincere, so while administrations changed and governors came and went he retained his position. Dr. Steiner was also a very able administrator, a man with a very practical business sense, who in times when appropria tions for state institutions were small, was careful to see that full values were received for public funds. j But we prefer to remember the good doctor as a, friend, a man with a personality which radiated friendliness. After he retired he maintained a broad interest in people and events. When he saw a piece in the paper that he liked he frequently would call up, ask who wrote it, express his pleasure over it, and then conclude, "Sorry I bothered you; I won't do it again" as thought any writer ever felt bothered over an interruption like that. Just a few days ago he liked an editorial In The Statesman on Admiral Nimitz (written by the managing editor) so much that he called to ask that a copy, be sent to the ad miral. That was characteristic of Lea Steiner; that is why everybody loved him, and why we personally mourn his passing. Such, a man is not forgotten when the obituary clippings are- pasted in the scrapbook. He lives in the memory of all who knew him but how we wish he might paste these final entries in the scrapbook ha kept which covered his long and distin guished and honorable career. Report on London Secretary of State George C. Marshall follows the practice of his predecessor, Jimmy Byrnes, in giving a report Jo the peo ple after an international conference; and again the report is substantially one of "no progress." Marshall expresses his own regret that he "could not bring back profitable results." He places the blame for the stalemate directly on Russia and For eign Minister Molotov. Actually Marshall's report adds little to public information about the London conference of foreign ministers. He makes official the previously filed newspaper reports from London dur ing and after the meeting. He does assign however on "strong reason" for the Russian attitude: determination to keep a strong hold' of eastern Germany. This hold has yielded reparations both of fixed assets and from current production. In addition Russia has "under the guise of reparations seized vast holdings and formed them into a gigantic trust embracing a substantial part of the industry of that zone." The result, according to the stranglehold over the economic and political life of eastern Germany- which makes that region little more than a dependent province of the Soviet Union." This evidently is Russia's purpose, to absorb eastern Ger many as a puppet state within the power orbit of the USSR. Russian leaders may assert their motive is defensive, to guard their borders against "western imperialism;" but they do a lot of rationalizing in their reasoning. Fundamentally they are serving nationalist ends (just as is the United States in push ing it' borders into Okinawa). The American plan for the German settlement called for decision on the following points: 1. Elimination of artificial zonal barriers to permit free movement of persons, ideas and goods throughout all Germany. 2. Surrender by the occupying powers of properties seized la Germany under the guise of reparations. 3. A currency reform involving new and sound currency for all Germany. 4. A definite decision on future economic burdens on Ger many including: reparations. 9. An over-au export, import plan lor au uermany. Instead of discussing and debating specific questions such 'as the above the . conference never was able to agree on an agenda. Most of the time was given to listening to Molotov s harangues While Molotov declaimed over and over again the -Russian purpose for a central, democratic, free, peace-loving 'German government, Marshall did not so forcefully orate on American objectives, specifically the elimination of barriers to permit free movement of "persons, ideas and goods throughout all Germany." That sentence is an meaningful as Molotov's reiteration. The "Voice of America" should now make up for lost opportunity and proclaim the American program, what it was and what it now is, to Germany, Russia and the other coun tries of Europe. If our cold war is to be fought initially with propaganda let us spread our side of the story. And we shall need to back up our program now with the; broad plan for European recovery along lines laid out by President Truman in his -message to congress Friday. Would Amend Sewer Rental Ordinance Some of the garden club members suggest that a change be made in the pending ordinance covering charges for sewer rental. They would make the average use of water through the winter months the basis of charging through the summer. This would mean a little more bookkeeping but would be more equitable, since water used for irrigating lawns and gardens does not flow into sewers. ' Another suggestion they offer is that in the.case of prop erties with multiple dwelling units, like apartments, the rental fee be charged to individual units. This would produce mora revenue to the city but would require more work in adminis tration. This as well as the other suggestion has precedent in the practice of other cities.- We approve the principle of a sewage fee based on use, of which water consumption is the best measure. The plan should be equitable and the council should study the amendments that will be offered Mondavi night. The first mentioned seems both meritorious and practical. -JL E Maj. Gen. Benny Meyers has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on charges of perjury in connection with his testimony in recent senate committee hearings. Why wasn't he indicted for corruption in public office, throwing contracts to a concern he set up, controlled and milked? Perjury charges are notoriously hard to prove. Benny may manage to escape conviction and then after a few months, when people's heads arc turned, get his pension restored, with back payment! :- President Truman says he won't go to Russia to see Gen eralissimo Stalin, but "would be glad to see him in Washington. There are others who would be glad to see him in youknowwhere. MATTER OF FACT Non-Communist Supporters Flee Henry WalladeTThircl Party Boom "TNI i By Stewart Abet WASHINGTON, Dec 20 The most Interesting political develop ment in recent months occurred this week. The Wallace third par ty movement has been suddenly and rather indecently exposed for what it is; an instrument of sov iet foreign policy. . For in the few days since the Progressive Citizens of America" invited Wallace to head a third party, the whole movement has been stripped to its bare, bones. These bones are now revealed to the public gaze as communistic bones, with whatever wispy dis guise still clings to them almost embarrassingly transparent. It is little wonder that Henry Wallace himself, despite his remarkable capacity for self-delusion, and de spite the fact that he has al ready by any ordinary stan dards irrevoca b 1 y committed himself to a commu nil t managed cru sade, is now re ported to be suffering certain qualms. Sinee ther.Swwatt Ahnp PCA Invitation? -' - was sent forth, it has suddenly become obvious that the proposed third party would be hardly more than the communist party under another name. And this in turn has led both democratic and re publican braintrusters to, re-examine the widely held assump tion that a Wallace-led third par ty would mean that the republi cans could win, as one cynic put it, "with a dog. if they could -train him not to bark too loud." In deed, after noting the chilly re ception accorded the third party call in all sectors of the left and labor movement except' among the communists, one a3tute demo cratic strategist has even gone so far as to assert flatly that the Wallace movement will turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Harry Truman. ' Demeerata Optimistic What has happened this week in New York largely explains this new optimism among the demo crats. New York's American la bor party, by polling 6 to S per cent of the state vote in 1940 and 1944, delivered New York's cru cial electoral votes to Roosevelt in those years. It has-been as sumed that Wallace, by captur ing the ALP vote, could throw the state to the republicans. Yet in the last few days it has become obvious that Wallace could only hold the insignificant communist core of the ALP vote. The late Sidney . Hillman's Amalgamated Clothing Workers, which has been the heart of the ALP, will pull out if Wallace runs. So will the whole CIO. Except for the small minority of communist- run unions; and it must be born in mind that the communist pan jandrums in these unions cannot dictate the votes of their union members in the privacy of the ballot box. This means that the communist remnant of the ALP will hardly carry more weight in the next election than the tiny communist party itself. This process of withering away to a hard communist core is also attacking the national Wal lace support, including the Wal lace organization, the Progressive Citizens of America. There has been an indecent scramble to get off the Wallace bandwagon. Dr. Frank Kingdon, PCA co-chair man, who nurses senatorial ambi tions in New Jersey, and who has attempted in the past to play footy with New Jersey's unsavory dem ocratic boss, Frank Hague, was the first to leap. He was followed by the ineffable Bartley C. Cram, a California PCA vice-chairman. The New York state PCA chair man, J. Raymond Walsh, hastened to announce that the third party movement would "kill the chance of progressive politics," perhaps for a lifetime. PM Condemns Plan Perhaps the unkindest cut of all was "an editorial in PM, the left wing New York newspaper, which had been expected by Wallace supporters to be a tower of Wal lace strength. The editorial round ly condemned the movement, an alyzing the purpose of Wallace's communist backers as the elec tion of a reactionary republican. Finally, the resignation from the PCA of A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad, Trainmen, means that Wallace and the third party will have no non-communist labor support whatsoever. Indeed, the CIO's po litical action, committee is expect ed soon flatly to reject the whole movement, As one observer puts it, "Henry might as well run on the straight communist ticket and get it over with." . In short, the communist party's effort to use Henry Wallace and a fringe of the fuzzy-minded, to twist Truman's arm and force the administration to appease the Soviet Union, seems in a fair way to backfire. One of the shrewdest of the democratic party's strate gists sees the results in the fol lowing terms. He believes that Wallace could hardly poll more than a million votes in 1948. (Wallace's erstwhile admirer, J. Raymond Walsh, puts the figure at half a million.) Most of these votes will be lost to the demo crats, but they will be more than made up for in two ways. First, Truman will be the main target of the third party attack, which will endear him to many inde pendent voters. And - second, all non-communist labor will be nee dled into fighting for Truman as labor has swt fought since the Roosevelt days. On this last point at least one knowledgeable CIO official agrees: "Now the boys will really get in there and pitch," he says. All this miy be mere demo cratic whistling in the dark. Yet the rapid withering away of Wal lace's non - communist support seems to Indicate that 'there may well be something to the demo crats newly rosey view of the future. Copyright, 1MT Stew York Herald Tribune In. Trromnra (Continued from Page 1) care of the teeth and eyes, regu lar exercise, proper diet. The American people surely are well Instructed in the care of the body. Tonight however I am to talk to you about the care of the mind. Important as the mind is In man's normal life we generally take its functioning for granted. - No one says, "Brush your mind twice a day;"-and washing behind the ears will not penetrate the skull. Mental hygiene is a phrase but as far as the general public is con cerned it hasn't much meaning. There are no popular campaigns to raise funds for promoting good mental hygiene. We are all aware of mental Ill ness. We know that large hospi tals are required for those so af flicted. But we are apt to shy away from learning about It Out of ignorance or fear we avoid the subject and the institutions where the mentally ill are inmates. Society's treatment of the insane through the years has been a re proach. In early times the men tally unbalanced were accused of being possessed of demons. They were often restrained by chains of confined in dungeons. The an cients attributed mental illness to some astral phenomenon: the in sane were "moonstruck", hence the term lunatic, from "luna", the moon. Even when these false no tions were dissipated the insane were still held in contempt They were called crazy or looney or bughouse. They were herded into insane asylums where often they were neglected, starved, aban doned to filth. In late years how ever the attitude has changed. We have come to recognize that in sanity is .a form of illness. The asylum has become in fact a hospi tal for treatment or for care. Ore gon law now uses the term "men tally ill" Instead of "insane'. And there is a growing recognition of the state's responsibility for the proper care of the mentally ilL I know you do not expect me, a mere layman, to discourse on the technical side of diseases of the mind. But perhaps I can set forth in simple language some facts GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty "A letia European eeantrlea ain't fauna be Impressed when they find eat this serta thing happens ea the Freedom TralaT about mental Illness which should be in possession of the general public. There are two general classes of mental disorders. One is quan titative mental deficiency; the other is qualitative. In the former there is "a diminuation in the gen eral mental capacity involving all functions of the mind," to quote Dr. Bernard Hart This includes feeble-mi ndedness and senile de mentia. With the' feeble-minded the mental development is sub normal, the grades of Intelligence ranging from idiot to moron. This is not strictly an illness but a deficiency. For it there is no cure though within the limits of their capacity the feeble-minded may learn many things. In old age senility often sets in, with loss of mental faculties formerly pos sessed. This is thought to be due to changes within the brain itself. The qualitative class of mental disorders includes those cases where the functioning of the mind is abnormal. The powers of the brain are normal, but their exer cise is disrupted by conflicts and tensions which make their employ ment irrational. The trouble eems to lie in the working of the mind rather than in the structure of the brain. The stream of conscious ness is interrupted and over whelmed by the surge of some complex previously held in leash. The victim may manifest intense excitement or deep depression or an utter listlessness. These are signs of mental illness which at first may be transitory and later may become permanent By study of the cases psychia trists are able to classify particu lar diseases of the mind and to direct treatment according to their diagnosis. The science of psychia try is still In its infancy. As it advances much more will be ac complished in restoring the mental patients to normal life and activity. What I want to talk about to night is not so much the cure of mental illness as its prevention. Just as we are taught the laws of hygiene in order to keep our selves physically well so we need to learn the rules of good mental hygiene to avoid mental break downs. Here again our knowledge Is so fragmentary that one cannot very safely enumerate any 10 com mandments of "Thou shalt" and "Thou shalt not." Since we cannot by X-ray or other mechanical de vice observe or measure the way the human mind works we have to depend on observation and deduc tion to determine the causes of mental illness, which we need to know before we can be advised how to avoid the illness. here is one specific cause we do know about which lands many people in mental hospitals. That is alcoholism. Excessive use of al coholic beverages so affects the brain that mental debility re sults. Care of the mind and care of the body unite in requiring ab stinence or at least extreme mod eration in the use of liquors con taining alcohol. That is an external cause. There remain other mental illnesses which are due to Internal mal adjustments. As the psychologist says, the stream of consciousness become dissociated. The chain of our thinking is affected by our emotional - complexes, weak or strong, which are accumulated through life. Normally we control disturbing complexes such as those arising from ambition, jealousy or sex passions because we are trained to conform to certain personal standards and to the manners of society. Under certain conditions however ' inhibited complexes get put of hand. The tensions become loo great and the paths of think- run COATS? The Garnenl Bazaar Has Caracals, Coneys, Stair re la varied prices. Xnas Special j GUY PERSIAN PAW SlM 14 S165.00 APRONS BABY WEAR FOR GIFTS See Oar Kegelar Stock ef CWthlnf 1333 Saginaw FOR SALE 1947 POIITIAC SEDAII Radio, heater, spotlight and other extras. Like new. n. D. LOIIG Silverton First and. Jersey Street. GIVE GIFTS THAT GROW Shrubs - trees - rose bushes ore living, permanent gifts. Select your shrubs at our salesytxrd. A deposit will hold them untH Christmas. 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Cap- lain k. b. Lustier, local adjutant, announced Saturday. Money has come in less raDidlv this vtir said Lesher, but about 140 local needy iamuies are due to receive food baskets. The motorcycle club, headed hr Dave Scott, has volunteered its services in making deliveries of Sievens Cc Son Jewelers WW Be Open Evenings Until Cnrislnas tit Ceort Salvation Army gifts to families. Already the Salem Exchange club is at work rehabilitating toys, to tal of which will be about 3,000. The food gifts, Lesher said, are in the form of "food orders' which may be exchanged for groceries at various stores. They are la the GKOCEET FILES Veterans Grocery, a local retail grocery store, was listed in an as sumed business name certificate filed with the Marion county clerk Saturday by John L. Trueax and Eunice Sedore, both of Salem. INCOME TAX COUNSELOR Chet G. ZssawaU Public Aeceantast and Aadlter Twenty-fear years experience.' S45 Hoed St. Sales Th. 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