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SotUm, OwgcB. rridcry Januarr t. im
"So Favor Sways Us. No Fear Shall Awe"
" Tnm first Statesman, March tt, IMl
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUK, Editor and Publisher
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AP sews dispatches.
This it Leap Year
Only 357 days left in 194S to lasso and brand that handsome
and illusive dreamboat for " t is leap year, lady," and therefore
open season for that most tempting of all wary quarry.
The custom of women proposing in leap year is said to have
originated with a 13th century Scotch law which gave the offen
sive to the lassies with a gleam in their bonnie eyes. In this
enlightened day, leap year is the time when woman' fancy
frankly turns to what she has been plotting secretly, for the last
three years. The constitution guarantees life, liberty and the
pursuit so let the damsels have at it.
"It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible
and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can," George Ber
nard Shaw advises, nothing that, "The world la strewn with
snares, traps, gins and, pitfalls for the capture of men by
women." It was always? thus. "Womankind more joy discovert
making fools than keeping lovers" but the current nationwide
man-shortage presages a grim feline feud over the panting
spoils of the chase. Even if "man's not worth a moment's pain,
base, ungrateful, fickle, vain" the gals would insist "a man's a
man for a' that" (with a sidelong glance). Very smooth Very
melloroony.
The technique, the operating procedure are most important
once the objective is cornered. Shaw's traps and gin are a
little too crass and corny for the modern jet-propelled atomic
bombshell. She has discovered (along with the ultra-feminine
"new look") that the subtle approach is the best strategy: "A
man always chases the (hard-to-get) woman until she catches
him."
Men. doubtless, will be on the defensive all year (pulling
in their ears and acting coy) because "marriage is a lottery in
which men stake their liberty and women their happiness" but
"he is a fool who thinks by force or skill to turn the current of
woman's will."
Leap year is a free-for-all with no holds barred. And Eve
pulled the trigger on the starting gun. One warning, however,
don't shoot on sight, sisters. "Look ere you leap, see ere you go.
It may be for thy profit so" but you might say it is better to
have leaped and lost than never to have leaped at all.
Farm "Relief" in 1948
When President Truman calls for continuation and modern
Lzation of price support for major farm commodities he may hope
to gain favor among farmers but city consumers will not feel
so good, even though he tosses to them the vain hope of
rationing and price controls. With butter and eggs flirting around
the dollar sign for the pound or the dozen, with bread selling at
22c a loaf and meat at prices not at all gastonomical, consumers
are more interested in price brakes than price support.
Joe Doakes. plain citizen, wonders if government aid to
farmers is a one-way street in which the farmer is assured a
minimum price to protect him from the vicissitudes of a free
market but not barred from enjoying the maximum price which
the market will bear. That was the way the commodity loan
plan works, which makes the deal heads I win, tails the gov
ernment loses.
A dozen years ago when farmers were on or over the edge
f foreclosure, there was a social emergency which the gov
ernment undertook to meet by means of special grants for
agriculture. But in the years since 1939 the farmers have prob
ably enjoyed the highest relative prosperity of any large group.
They were promised price support two years beyond the end of
the war and the huge demand for food has assured them of
continuing good prices. It would seem therefore that the farmers
are now abundantly able to stand on their own feet.
During the war the farmers performed magnificently in
producing foods and fibers. There is no desire to minimize the
country's debt to them on that account; but measured by fi
nancial returns that debt would seem to be well liquidated by
the price structure.
In the competition for votes however, it is not at all im
probable that the republican congress will even outbid President
Truman in extending subsidies and guarantees to the country's
now prosperous farmers.
Death Comes to Charley Michaekon
The late Louie Howe was credited with being the personal
guiding genius who pushed Franklin IX Roosevelt along in pol
itics. And Jim Farley, as national democratic chairman, supplied
rare talents as a political manager in two of the four Roosevelt
campaigns. But to Charles Michaelson, dead now at 79, should
go much of the credit (or blame) for the Roosevelt victories in
1932, 1936 and 1940. As publicity director for the democratic
national committee he was the expert minister of propaganda,
with in late years no equal.
Michaelson was master of the smear technique and used
all his talents for undermining Herbert Hoover and his adminis
tration. Using the worldwide depression that was touched off
in 1929 and 1930 Michaelson made Hoover into a grim ogre,
one to be hated and reviled. So thorough was his job and so
unreasoning the popular mind that Hoover's name still stands as
a symbol of disregard of human mirery, a characterization quite
false as Hoover's long career in relief of human want should
prove.
Michaelson was hired for his job by the old democratic
committee, and he performed it to the supreme satisfaction of
his employers and to the bitter despair of republicans. His role
in journalistic history as a matter of destructive propaganda is
hardly one to be envied.
Las Vegas marriages' and divorces both declined in 1947.
Would you call that a mixed blessing or proof that there is
some good in all evil?
Editorial Comment
Frees Oar
Ca temporaries
SENATORIAL DILSMMA j
Idatfeo'e senior senator, who can come up instantly with a complete
solution for the most perplexing problems of the world, now has a
personal problem that he admits is going to require some thought.
It u whether he should run for vice president on Henry Wallace's
third paity ticket. He is presumably torn between love and! not
duty, but-prudent considerations of self interest which even a senator
has, you know.
All of Glen Taylor's instinct must call upon him to mount and
ride off mith Wallace. The two are as alike as two peas out of the
same, pod on most any question you'd cars to raise. They are a
natural team. And a vice presidential candidacy would bring great
gobs of publicity to a man with Glen's talent for showmanship. He
might over-shadow the republican and democratic candidates for
vice president, neither of whom in all probability will even know
bow to ride a horse.
But there's the possible after-effects, the hang-over, so to
spesk. There lsnt a proverbial Chinaman's chance to be elected to
anything next year. And there is the vital need to be reelected
senator in 1950. Will Idaho democrats, who must renominate the
senior senator, else he will certainly become an ex-senator, regard a
third party candidacy as just good clean fun or will they regard the
senator as a betrayer of his party and retire him to the showers come
August, 1950? And even if he wins renomination, 10 per cent of the
democrats could easily defeat him in November by bolting his candi
dacy, even if he could win otherwise.
Aye, there's the problem. The plaudits of the multitude and
possible oblivion two years later or fewer 194 plaudits and a better
chance to stay on the senatorial payroll. But a chap who can solve
all the weightier national and international problems without even
Uking his overcoat off should be able to figure it out, given a little
time. Ontario Argus.
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Anglo-American Mediterranean
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By Joseph and Stewart Also.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 If any
further proof is needed that the
world is now in the zone of war,
it Is only necessary to consider
the possible American responses
to a Soviet recognition of the
"government" of General Markos
Vifiades. Already, of course, the
Markos drive on Greece is based
squarely on sup-
port from the
Soviet satellites.
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tanr base for the I ' " lt
communist gen
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casts, it has been Joseph Alaop j
from a mobile railway car across
the Yugoslav frontier. But this
sort of thing is still unofficial, un
admitted. The Soviet bloc Is thus as yet
not finally com
mitted. But the
expected official
recognition of the
Markos r e g ime
will commit the
Soviets to open
aggression
igainst the Greek
government. The
nature of the de
cision with which
such a Soviet
. a I challenge will
" r'' confront the Uni
ted States can be understood from
the fact that one response now be
ing seriously considered is the es
tablishment of a great Anglo-
American base in the southern
Mediterranean.
Three main alternative courses
of action will in fact be open to
the United States if the Soviet
bloc recognizes and gives armed
support to the Markos govern
ment. These three alternatives are
now being anxiously debated by
the American policy makers.
Balld Greek Army
The first is simply more of the
same more aid to the Greek gov
ernment, with added emphasis on
building up the Greek military
forces. It is argued that if the
Greek army were enlarged from
its present strength of 150.000 to
its wartime strength of 400.000
men. and if it were completely
equipped with American arms, the
Greeks would then be able to
withstand on their own anything
short of an open, all-out Soviet
sponsored assault. On the other
hand, such an army would con
stitute an intolerable drain on
Greek manpower, and on the inflation-riddled
Greek economy.
Greek economic stability, without
which Greek political stability Is
impossible, would be indefinitely
delayed.
The second alternative is to send
American troops to Greece. Both
Greek Foreign Minister Constan
tin Tsaldaris, on his visit to Wash
ington, and Greek Ambassador
Vassili Dendramis, are believed
unofficially to have requested
American troops. There is some
support for this proposal both in
the state department and In the
Pentagon building. It is argued
that to send even a regimental
combat team of 4,000 men would
serve to stiffen the backs of the
Greeks and would be a token of
American determination to thwart
the Soviet push south.
Yet there appears to be a grow
ing body of opinion against such
a move. There are cogent argu
ments that to commit American
troops to Greece would be merely
to fall into a trap designed by the
Politburo. A small force would
be useless, except for morale pur
poses. A few thousand Americans
could not crush the guerrillas
where 150.000 Greeks have failed,
and as soon as this became clear
any morale value from the pres
ence of American troops in Greece
would disappear. The only really
effective American military action
In Greece would be the sealing off
of the Greek borders. If this could
be done at all. It would require
several divisions. Thus an impor
tant segment of American mili
tary force would be concentrated
on one small point on the Soviet
perimeters, leaving the Soviets
free to shift their main expan
sionist drive elsewhere: to Italy.
or to Persia, or to Austria or to
Turkey.
New Approach Considered
That is why an entirely new
approach to the problem of con
taining the Soviet push south is
being seriously considered, both in
Washington and in London. This
approach would call for an all-
out effort, both in the United Na
tions and through normal diplo
matic channels, to persuade the
Kremlin that its Greek game is
not worth the candle. It would be
made clear to the Kremlin that
the end result of an intensified
drive on Greece would be the
establishment of a great Anglo
American military base within
striking distance of the whole So
viet zone. Such a base might
be in the Bengaui region in Af
rlca. now held by the British by
right of conquest. This possibility
might cause the rulers in the
Kremlin to think twice, since the
establishment of such an Anglo
American base would certainly be
vastly unwelcome to them.
Yet it is argued that if persua
sion failed, such a base would pro
vide precisely what American
troops In Greece would not pro
vide. It would provide the capa
city to bring counter-pressure to
bear, not merely at one point on
the Soviet perimeter, but wherev
er a Soviet-sponsored push out
ward from the Soviet zone oc
curred. These are the broad outlines of
the msin alternatives which the
American policy makers are now
debating. Of course the final de
cision may call for combining two
or more of these alternatives
possibly the Greek army will be
strengthened, while the establish
ment of an Anglo-American base
Is held as an ace in the hole. The
one alternative which is not be
ing considered is a total Ameri
can withdrawal from Greece. For
the consequences of such a with
drawal are entirely predictable.
Resistance to Soviet expansion all
around the Soviet perimeters
would immediately become mushy,
and further Soviet expansion both
into me Middle East and into Aus
tria and Italy would only be i
matter of time.
Copy rich t. 1947
New York Herald Trlbuna Ine.
Erickson to
Represent WU
Walter X. Erickson. Willamette's
recently returned director of ad
missions, will leave the campus
today as the university's represen
tative during the Oregon Inde
pendent college visitations to high
schools in Portland and vicinity
Erickson, who returned to the
campus last Monday, had been
doing graduate work at the Uni
versity of Washington where he
will receive his master of arts de
gree in June.
Besides visiting all of the Port
land public high schools, the col
lege representatives will also in
terview interested applicants in
West Linn, Oregon City, Milwau
kee, Gresham, Parkrose. Tigard,
and St. Helens high schools dur
ing the coming week.
Already, Willamette has ac
cepted 40 of 80 applications for
the spring term beginning next
February and Erickson expects to
accept about 10 more students to
complete the spring registration
of approximately 50 new students.
Awaits Grand Jury
On Charge of Bad
Check Passing
A man who Salem city police
said admitted cashing at least
nine bad checks here within the
past week, is in Marion county
Jail awaiting action of the county
grand Jury. The checks totaled
$187. it was reported.
John Wesley Kafton of Pea
body, Kan., arrested Wednesday
by city police, waived prelimi
nary hearing on his appearance in
Marion county district court
Thursday and is held in lieu of
a total of $3,500 bail. He is charg
ed on two separate counts with
obtaining money by false pre-
Jersey Cattle
Club Elects
Aurora Man
By UUlie L. Madsea
Farm Editor. Tha Stat man
Calvin Mikkelson of Aurora
was elected head of the Clacka
mas Jersey Cattle club for 14S
at its annual meeting held Thursday.
Mr. Mikkelson with his father,
Halvor Mikkelson, now own one
of the largest registered Jersey
herds in Clackamas county. The
herd is recognized by the Amer
ican Jersey Cattle club as a
"Gold Star" herd because of its
high production and classifica
tion. Prior to buying their pres
ent ranch near Aurora, the two
farmed on the Pudding river not
far from Silverton and the young
er one of the two says he learned
much of his dairying while at
tending vocational agricultural
classes at Silverton high school.
C. E. Finnegan of Oregon City
is the new vice president, end
Barbara Gilmer of Canby is the
secretary. Miss Gilmer and her
father, R. A, Gilmer, own Oak
Lane Jersey farm. The newly
elected treasurer, M. C. Malar, is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ma
lar who own Firwoodeen Jersey
farm at Sandy. R. E. Shick of
Gladstone, and a 20-year mem
ber ox the club, was elected di
rector.
Reports showed a tremendous
gain in Jerseys in Clackamas
county in 1947. There are now
1,442 registered Jerseys in the
county, with 629 of them on test.
These Jerseys are owned by 77
breeders. There were also 290
registered Jerseys sold from
Clackamas county in 1947. Re
ports showed that 150 Jerseys
were exhibited at the 1947 show
with 500 people in attendance.
Outgoing officers are John O.
Lienhart, Wood burn. president,
and Mrs. Lola Gale, Canby, sec
retary.
National YM
Officer to Visit
The Salem YMCA is preparing
for a visit March a by the nation
al YMCA president, Kirtley Ma
thers, who is head of the Harvard
university geology department.
The local YM board of direct
ors discussed the visit at its noon
meeting in the YMCA Thursday.
Appointed to a committee on ar
rangements are Loyal Warner,
Frank Bennett, G. Herbert Smith
and Carl Greider.
It also was announced that Har
old J. Rounds of Los Angeles, hesd
of the YM's world service organ
ization who has Just returned from
the orient, will visit here Janu
ary 28.
$1 062,9 5 at the end of 1M.
Deposits of the three banks ag
gregated $42777, just over the
previous high Salem bank deposit
total of $84,274,338 at the previous
year's close.
The figures include the combin
ed totals shown on Dec. SI, 1947,
by the new Willamette Valley
bank and the Salem branch banks
of both First National and US.
National banks of Portland.
Harry Lovald
Succumbs to
Long Illness
Harry Lovald, 1131 Chemeketa
st., died Thursday at a local hos
pital at the age of , following
an illness of several months.
Lovald was born in Norway,
Aug. 14, 1801, and came to the
United States nine years later. He
had lived in Oregon for the past
six years and in Salem for 14
months prior to his death.
In addition to the widow, Mrs.
Helen Lovald of Salem, he is sur
vived by a daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Kennedy of Portland; four sons,
Herman B. Lovald of Philip, S.D-
Arthur J. Lovald of Kenosha, Wis,
Gordon W. Lovald of Los Angeles,
Calif., and Richard H. Lovald of
Washington, D.C., and also by sev
en grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at
10:30 a.m. Saturday in Howell
Edwsrds chapel, with the Rev. R
A. Krueger officiating. Concluding
services will be st Belcrest Mem
orial park.
Bank Loans
Total Higher
Bank loans showed a 35 per
cent higher total at the end of
1947 than at the end of the pre
vious yesr, s compilation of year
end statements of three Salem
banks showed Thursday.
Combined loan total stood at
$14,284,895, as compared with
3rd Annual
ooob
Jan. 8-11
First Evangelical
United Brethren
Church
Marlon and Summer St.
Dr. E. W. Petticord
Evangelist
ProL Roy Clark
Prof. Herschel ornborg
ProL Paul Thornberg
Featuring
Three Piano
Brass Trio
Vocal Selections
Service Each Night
Including Saturday
7 :11 P. M.
CONO TO NEW YORK?
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Duicludb Heiv (Orisons
no JtfflTG coil voir.
On your roondtrip to New York and most other
Atlantic seaboard cities you can go or return via
California, the sunny southwest, the Old South and
romantic New Orleans for no mort rail fare than U
ootts to go straight East and back!
And the trip can be made in surprising ease. Our
West Coast carries through Pullmans to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles through coast-to-coast Pullman
service is provided on the fast Sunset Limited.
While not the shortest route it certainly is the
most romantic. You'll see California, the ranch and
cowboy country of the Southwest, the Mexican
border country, 1 Paso, Houston, miles of bayou
land, a stopover in New Orleans; then the historic
cities of the Old South: Montgomery, Atlanta and on
to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York.
On your next trip East plan to go this thrilling
way. You'll never regret it.
Th friendly Southern Pacific
C. A. LARSON
rbes 4418
Yi mile north of
underpass
Salem
At the foot of the
bridge
Uesl Salem
Prices effective for entire week, January 9th through
January 15th, Fit. through Thursday. Open Sundays
Coffee Folgers 2 lb. glass 890
Coffee Schilling's JL lb. glass 430
Coffee Red Dot A lb. bag 300
Syrup 3.uC s-ita. 530 Mb?49fi
Boiler &&P???ZLl 89
Ilncoa 2-lb. carton 730 1-lb. carton 4m9 a, W
Shortening teUr.. 3 $1.25 ;
Spry, Crlsco, Snowdrift, Jewel, etc. ,j ' '
17. F"h Grade "A" t L ''!
LggS Large Dozen OSP 1
Ililk 48-can case, 5.85 Can JL a w
All popular brands, Pet, Carnation, sic. j
Sngar bl"3Ttar. 1C0 .u.8.75;
Flour r.sr.'" 50 n.. 4.39
Drifted Snow, Gold Medal, Crown, Fisher's, etc., 2.19
Kitchen Queen 50-lbs. 4.19 25-lbs. 2.09
Soap brands Large package 350
Rinso, Dux, Oxjdol, Dreft, Vel, Super Suds, etc. j i
Tomalo Juico Hunt's 46-oz. ca
Grapefruit Juice r"Vl 170
Tangerine Juce , J 90
In Onr Self-Service Ileal Department
If for ANY REASON ypu are not satisfied with the
neat you buy in our Self Service Markets, we will
replace or refund cheerfully and gladly, and, we DO
mean gladly. We operate these stores to" please
YOU, because upon your patronage depends our suc
cesa, so don't - hesitate to tell us if you are not
treated right. . ill
Sliced Dacon 790
No shank
waste
Shoulder Hams n?
T-Bone Steaks
Loin SiealiSotnelT. u, 650
...Lb. 5101
...Lb. 6901
f -.r1 Swift's
aUuTQ Silrerleaf
1
lb. carton
I-Iellow Freeze ICE CREAI1
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Quarts, All Flavors . .
ROCKY ROAD this week (Flake Chocolate, chopped
nuts, marshmallows, mm mm' food) I j
In Oar Self-Service Fresh
Produce Department
The finest assortment - - the best quality. Refriger
ated to guarantee freshness. Self service, so you
may choose that which you like.
rivnlr Bunch, young, ten- OC
taOlTOIS der, crisp a bun. p
Lettuce Crbfp, solid heads M JCL 7 1
Celery Very nice - Per head
190
Apples Midou??. 5 ibs. 4-90
Box 3.69
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Juice Oranges shopping bag . 590
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