4 Tha Sta Salem Oregon, Sunday. December II. 1847
"Wo Fauor Sways Us, No Fear Shall Aw"
Tnm first SUlesmaa, March 28, 1151
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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.
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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
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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-
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Ing become tangled as old repres
sions are released. Persons of fine
intelligence may be gripped by
fanciful illusions or by imaginings
of persecution or overcome by un
real fears. (Continued Tuesday.)
Salem Motorcycle
Club Members to
Aid Salvation Army
The Salem Motorcvcl Huh has
been added to the list of 'those
which will aid in the progressing
Christmas cheer program of the
Salvation Army 'this year. 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.
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