--The Statwman. SaUm, Oregon, Wdn day. March 31. 1948
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Good Neighbors Get Together
If all goes well at the Bogota conference which began
yesterday, the forthcoming "organic pact." a new charter which
may become the constitution of the New World, may so imple
ment and streamline the 125-year-old Monroe Doctr;ne as to
render that document virtually obsolete in many ways.
The Doctrine has served to clarify the separation of the
Americas from their European origins by identifying the Western
Hemisphere as distinct from the Old World. The 21 American
republics hope to draw closer together during the next six
weeks by completing plans for inter -American military coopera
tion and defense, providing for peaceful settlement of inter-American
disputes, integrating plans for close economic cooperation,
' and clarifying the status of European colonies in this hemisphere
and of that informal " colonization" the comu.unist infiltration.
Of these projected efforts, the latter is the most contro
versial and most likely to modernize the Monroe Doctrine.
The Doctrine's dual principles of no colonization and no
intervention by European states in the Western Hemisphere have
become n integral part of American foreign policy and were
occasionally used to excuse United States intervention in South
American affairs. Such quasi-imperialism as the "Roosevelt
corollary ' in 1940 has caused considerable distrust and dislike
of the United States.
And Latin-American communists have used past instances
of American "imperialism" to foment anti-American feeling.
Hemispheric solidarity ha been dealt some body blows by in
creased communist activity south of the border. Evidence of
this was the demonstration against Secretary of State Marshall
in Bogota this week. In other countries professional anti-American
propagandists have infiltrated to key positions in labor
unions iron which they promote strikes and encourage slow
downs, the New York Times reports. The extent of communist
strength in little Costa Rica alone is indicated by the succession
of bloody riots there since the revolution started after the Feb
ruary elections.
Old-fashioned imperialism the kind the Monroe Doctrine
denounced and the remnants of which are the remaining British,
French and Dutch colonies in the Americas is rapidly becoming
out-dated. United Nations is working to free long-exploited na
tives from old-tune imperialistic nations by plebiscite or trustee
ships. The Latin-American colonies no doubt will become inde
pendent evei.luaiH. although probably not at this conference.
But l.jt cvtn r done about the; new "imperialism" more
insidious than the old. and more dargeious because it exploits
men's rr.mds and (ietios every liocty the slow, coldly calcu
lated. p.3-p!anned "colonization'' by infiltration and revolution-'
The Little United Nations the Americas -will not be very
clo.-ely united as lo; as communist agents encourage over-the-back-ttr.ee
quaiiels between the neighbors.
It would seem. then, that the Bogota conference needs to
write a new kind oi Monroe Doctrine that would strengthen
the old one s stand a.-.st phy icai intervention and coloniza
tion an agreement against ideological imperialism.
AnU tnis a..-.u.ent mu.-. be backed up by a realistic ap
proach to the economic picbiems of the Americas. Economic and
social weli-bemf !a tit- i':rst line of defense against Russia's
imperially.!, for tr-.e iar u'.rators seeds of discontent and revolu
tion do not flourish amon,; contented, secure, united peoples.
Casey Jones, el al.
If anyone cou:d write a subjective but universally appeal
ing and authoritative biography of the Iron Horse, that man
is Steuait Holbrook whose fame as a dynamic, plain-talking
historian was assured in such boo'3 as "Holy Old Mackinaw"
and "l.o. Men of American Hi?tory." This time he regales us
with "The Story of American Railroads" (Crown, New York,
1947).
And what a story Holbrook makes of it! He savors every
episode and his love of railroading is projected to the reader:
"No sight, no sound in my native land so stirs my imagination
as (a big snorting Prairie-type engine . . . flitting across the great
level open spaces . . . the hoarse cry of a freight climbing through
a mountain valley). As symbols of the United States they are
better, and more accurate, than the covered wagon ... I think
of them as unmisUkenly American as the Start and Stripes and
the Constitution."
The story begins with the primeval days of railroading
When most Americans thought.
The railroad stems direct from Hell. )t is the Devil's own
invention, compounded of fire, smoke, soot and dirt, spreading
its infernal poison throughout the fair countryside ... It will
leave the land despoiled, a desert where only sable buzzards shall
wing their loathsome way to feed upon the carrion accomplished
by the iron monster of the locomotive engine."
And continues to the romantic age when:
"The Brave Engineer was a great, a magnificent figure to
Young America. More than on banker and college president and
eminent divine envied him, too, for bis was the post they all had
wanted and once meant to have, the railing for which superb
w hi Lies blew and noble bells rang, to the accompaniment of
pounding drivers on the rails. He was the man to put her
through, come what might of th weather or other deviltry.'
That was the age immortalized in the balladry of the rails.
songs like "Casey Jones" and "Old Ninety-Seven." It was the
ge when riders of ths rods and blinds were romantic charac
ters headed for "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" down the
"Gila Monster Route" and train robbers like the James brothers
were heroes of epic proportion. Holbrook' saga omits none
of the color and pathos of the days before the Diesels and
electricity usurped the rails; from the near-slave labor of Indians
nd Chinese who laid the rails to tycoons like Vanderbilt, the
men who built the network that bind the nation are all there.
Of particular interest to Oregon, "Land of the Empire Build
ers," is the chapter on Jim HiU, fr titan of railroading who
bitched the Pacific Northwest to the; rest of th country with
the rails of his Great Northern and earned his title "The Empire
Builder." i -
And typical of Hoi brook's amazing knack for ferreting out
little-known facts is his account of thd fabulous Sumpter Valley
railroad near Bourne, a fantastic gold mining town, which proved
to be one of Oregon's "biggest and best swindles."
Convicts of Washington state penitentiary hive more than
one mum to know that the Freedom Train really means some
thing. The convicts in previous weeks have been arguing' over
the contents of the original BUI of Rights, on which many prison
ers base applications for liberty. Now! they know one of their
number was escorted personally by the warden and allowed
aboard the train long enough to take notes from the historic
document. It could happen only in the land of the free.
Wallace says the crisis is trumped up and false. Maybe so,
and we have a hard time believing our first-of-the-month bills,
too, but we can't seem to turn our back on themj
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diplomacy has failed alarmingly;
and the country faces perhaps the
most critical situation in its his
tory. Even if the basic principles
of our foreign policy have been
sound, their execution has been
pitifully weak and ineffective.
Almost the only voice that is
raised against the administration's
policy is that of Henry Wallace,
and his is the communist line
which calls for a peace of capitu
lation. But his plea for peace at
tracts many non -communists
they have scarcely any place else
to go. There is a great body of
'-pinion in this country which still
feels that war with Russia is nei
ther inevitable or necessary, that
we have often been provocative
of Russia, and that we have by no
means exhausted the resources of
diplomacy for preserving the peace
of the world. Voices, powerful
voices, truly American voices are
needed to express that sentiment,
lest the country be swept m its
panic over the brink of war.
We are poorly prepared for war,
and not in arms alone. We are
unduly extended from Korea to
Greece. The reversal of our Pal
estine policy has impaired our
prestige. Our allies are weak to
the point of exhaustion. There is
no such internal unity as there
was after Pearl Harbor. Prudence
as well as conscience dictates a
policy which works for honorable
peace.
I like what David Lawrence
wrote in last week's United Suites
News:
"It would be tragic indeed if
American policy were limited
solely to the course outlined in
President Truman's message to
congress last week. The president
was right in denouncing Russian
aggression. But are there no words
we can say quietly through the
channels of an intelligent diplo
macy so that a formula for possi
ble settlement may be developed?
Have we no resourceful diplomats
any more? Has Russia none
either?
"We must not allow the sit
uation to drift during the next
few months or years with each
nation making hostile faces at the
other and ultimately fighting it
out because some incident touch
es national honor and provokes
bloodshed.
"If ever there was a time for
the exercise of moral force, it is
now. Moral force means the use
of the powers of reason and com
monsense the will to see the oth
er fellow's viewpoint especially if
he too is governed by a fear com
plex about us, and the will to
give concrete examples of sincer
ity, good will and unselfish pur
pose."
This is no call for appeasement
but for the redeployment of the
forces of reason and intelligence
against the citadels of suspicion
and tear and prejudice.
Letter Urges
Supervision
Of Dance Hall
A letter urging more strict su
pervision of a dance hall located
north of Aumsville went out
Tuesday from Marion county court
to Claude E. Bird of Salem, who
has leased the hall.
The letter from County Judge
Grant Murphy stated that an in
vestigating officer, who was pres
ent at the opening dance last Sat
urday night, reported no attempt
to control "passing in and out of
guests."
The officer also reported consid
erable parking congestion at the
hall known as the Aumsville skat
ing rink. The Judge added that
such violations Would subject the
hall's permit to cancellation. The
letter stated that the dance "was
otherwise conducted in an orderly
manner.'
The court received a petition
last week from 41 residents in
that area asking that Bird's dance
hall permit be cancelled.
Fire protection authorities say
that is is a matter of statistical
record that 90 per cent of all fires
are preventable.
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May He Always Hold It High
The Freedom Train Will
Kiwanis Hears
Professor of
Economics
Changes In grocery store ap
pearance, methods of merchan
dising, and the prices paid for
groceries are always ultimately
determined by the customer, who
either sanctions or disapproves of
such changes by his patronage.
Thi was the statement of Dr.
Charles Thompson, economist
from the University of Illinois,
speaking at the Salem Kiwanis
club Tuesday.
Price of flour now is about what
our grandmothers paid for it, but
the extra price the baker has to
have for his product includes such
extra services as slicing and
higher pay for the bakers, who
used to receive a top of $9 a
week when I was a master baker,"
Dr. Thomoson said.
Whatever the changes made in
the appearance of the grocery
store, methods of merchandising
has all been with the approval of
the consumer "who had the power
to oppose it if he wished," Dr.
Thompson said.
Whatever the improvement in
food handling or customer service
with resulting additional expense,
the consumer had the power to
refuse to buy had he wished, Dr.
Thompson stressed.
North Salem
Group to Meet
Continued organization proce
dure is slated as the principal
business for a meeting of the
newly formed North Salem Busi
ness association next Tuesday at
7:45 p.m. in the Willamette Vat
lev bank.
Board members. Instructed at
the first meeting to draw, up by
laws and make recommendations
as to membership qualifications
and dues, said they were reaay
to make such a report.
The association was organized
March 10 by about SO business
leaders, and elected Wallace Bone-
steele as president.
FFA Speaker
Wins Plaque
James McDowell of Salem re
ceived an achievement plaque for
his district as an outcome of the
state public speaking contest of
Future Farmers of America in
Portland Tuesday.
Winner of the speaking contest
was Rodney Frakes of Ontario and
runners-up were Norman Goetze
of Hillsboro and Richard Rawlin-
son of Enterprise. Six Oregon dis
tricts were represented.
Judges were Charles A. Sprague,
publisher of The Oregon States
man; Carlyn Winger, professor of
speech, Oregon State college, and
Herman Chindgren, Molalla, state
fair association president.
By Lichty
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urswre activities ef eapltaustie
ceerse, the Bests Bed
Be la Salem April
Paper Mill Unions
Plan Union-Shop
Elections Friday
Two Salem paper mill worker
unions will conduct a union-shop
election here Friday at the Ore
gon Pulp and Paper company.
Approximately 550 members of
the International Brotherhood of
Paper Makers and of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Pulp and
Sulphite workers are eligible to
vote, according to Wade C. Car
ter, president of the Salem pulp
and sulphite local.
More than 17,000 pulp and pa
per workers in 32 west coast
plants began voting Tuesday. An
election is required by the Taft
Hartley bill to make a union-shop
contract provision legal.
Results of the balloting will be
tabulated by the representatives
of the national labor relations
board. Carter said Tuesday, and
results wil not be known before
next Saturday or Monday.
Cascade Scout
Board Meets
First Cascade area council Boy
Scout executive board meeting of
1948 was held Monday night in
the Salem Chamber of Commerce
under the board's new president,
Hollis Smith of Dallas.
Gardner Knapp of Salem, coun
cil camping chairman, reported
that the council's newly-acquired
string of circle-camps would be
open this summer for small
groups of over-night or week-end
scout campers.
The 11 camps are spread over
the council area. This council is
one of the first in the west to
establish such a group of camps.
Scout Executive Gordon Gilmore
said.
New board members present at
the conference Monday night In
eluded Clark Lethin, Dayl Bur
ress, Forrest Dunkin and Norman
Frees, all of Salem; Frank Mer
rill and Warren Black, both of
Albany and Bruce Cooley and
George Owens, both of Dallas.
Carl Krehbiel
Dies at Home
Carl Albert Krehbiel, 51, resi
dent of the Salem area since boy
hood, died Tuesday at his home,
Salem route 3, following an ill
ness of six weeks.
Krehbiel was born in Iowa and
came to Oregon in 1909 with his
family. In 117 he was married to
Lillian Lichty of Salem, who sur
vives. He was a carpenter.
Other survivors are the moth
er. Mrs. Christina Krehbiel;
daughter, Dorothy Paulsen; son,
Norman Dale Krehbiel, all of Sa
lem; five sisters, Mrs. Leon a
Taylor and Mrs. Asa Eoff of Sa
lem. Mrs. Waldo Stewart, Mrs.
Hulda Lichty and Mrs. Herbert
Humphrey, all of Portland.
Funeral services will be Thurs
day at 1:30 p.m. at W. T. Rigdon
chapel, with concluding services
at Belcrest Memorial pars:, rne
Rev. M. A. Getzendaner will officiate.
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DeMolay
Convention Due
HereMay21-22
Plans are being readied here this
week for the state conclave of
Order of DeMolay to be held in
Salem on May 21 and 22 with
Chemeketa chapter of the boys
organization as hosts.
Early arrangements call for bus
iness sessions, a parade, ball, ban
quet and initiatory ceremonies.
Vernon Wiscarson, adult advisor
to Chemeketa chapter, said Tues
day. Approximately 400 to 500 dele
gates from 48 DeMolay chapters
in Oregon are expected to regis
ter. Business sessions will occupy
the first afternoon with initiatory
and DeMolay degrees conducted
Friday evening for candidates.
A parade through Salem down
town streets is planned for Sat
urday noon. A banquet will be
held Saturday evening to be fol
lowed by a DeMolay ball.
The banquet will be held in Sa
lem senior high school cafeteria,
Wiscarson said, but the sites for
the business sessions and the ball
have not been decided.
Between the business sessions
and other activities the delegates
will be taken on sight-seeing tours
of Salem and vicinity. Robert
Searnster, newly-elected master
councilor of Chemeketa chapter,
who is to be installed next week,
will be in general charge of the
conclave.
The Salem chapter of DeMolay
has 140 members, Wiscarson said.
The organization, open only to boys
from 16 to 21, is sponsored by Ma
sonic lodges, but is not a junior
Masonic group, he stated. The
state conclave has not been held
in Salem for several years, he !
noted.
Phalanx Club
Plans Dance
As its first large scale youth
recreation project, the new Pha
lanx 'club, YMCA young men's
service club, will sponsor a semi
formal dance for Salem school
youth of the ninth through the
twelfth grades, it was decided at
a club meeting last night.
Phalanx members set the dance
for 8-11 p.m. Saturday, April 24,
at the local YMCA. Entertain
ment will be planned in addition
to music for dancing.
Membership remains open in
the new Phalanx organization for
men 18 to 25 years old who meet
usually on the second and third
Tuesdays of each month.
State FFA Meet
Expected to Draw
800 Delegates
Attendance at the 20th annual
state convention of the Future
Farmers of America in Klamath
Falls April 8-10 is expected to
bf the largest in history, Ralph
L. Morgan of Salem, state super
visor of vocational agricultural
educationand state FFA. super
visor, said Tuesday.
More than 800 Future Farmers
from 54 chapters in Oregon are
anticipated at the conventian,
slated for the newly-established
Oregon Vocation school.
Speakers at the convention will
include Eugene Hansen, East
Garland, Utah, national FFA stu
dent secretary, and Robert Tay
lor. Grants Pass, former national
FFA first vice president
Jaycees Told State
Fair Employment
Practices Bill Due
Prediction that a fair employ
ment practices bill will be intro
duced in the state legislature next
year was made Tuesday noon in
a Salem Junior Chamber of Com
merce luncheon address by
George JL. Thomas, social rela
tions director for the Oregon
Council of Churches.
The Portland attorney and
council leader explained problems
faced by Negroes and others and
urged that "democracy be expand
ed to minority groups."
"Our freedom can only be pro
tected by the extension to all our
people of the principles of Chris
tianity and democracy.' Thomas
stated.
He
Br
Cecals in.
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Local Educators to Tahe Part in
Oregon Education Convention
More than a score of Willamette valley educators will play lead
ing roles this week end in conventions at Portland of the Oregon
Education association and related organizations. : ! :
Program chairman is Frank B. Bennett, superintendent of Sa
lem schools, and included on his committee are Rex ; Putnam, state
superintendent of public instruction, and D. A. Emerson, assistant
state superintendent, also of Sa
lem. Carl Aschenbrenner, principal
of Parrish Junior high, will direct
a skit to be presented to the de
partment of classroom teachers at
Lincoln High auditorium Friday
night. All departmental sessions
are scheduled for Lincoln, gener
al sessions, with 3,000 expected, at
Portland civic auditorium.
Leading or taking part in de
partment discussions will be A
E. Palmer .of Albany and R. W.
Tavener of Salem, audio-visual
aids; Dr. Ralph Bailey of Linfield
college. Dr. Louis Kaplan of Ore
gon College of Education, Mon
mouth, and Dr. George Martin of
Willamette, higher education; Al
bert Johnson and D. A. Emerson
of Salem, industrial arts; Vernon
Gilmore, George Sirnio. Mrs. Ag
nes Booth and Mrs. Bernice
Yeary, all of Salem, and Marjorie
Herr, Albany, health and physical
education; Vernon L Wiscarson
and Gretchen Kraemer, both of
Salem, and Grace Erickson, Al
bany, music; Hiram T. Smith, Sa
lem, safety education; Eleanor Ro
berts, Joy Hills and Mrs. Flor
ence Kron, all of Salem, and Ro
bert Miller, Si 1 vert on, social stu
dies; R. D. Mahaffey, Linfield,
speech; Walter E. Snyder, Salem,
and Dr. Henry Gunn, president of
Oregon College of Education, spe
cial education.
The first general session will be
at the Portland Civic Auditorium
at 9:45 ajn. Thursday. Saturday
night banquet speaker will be
Sen. Wayne Morse.
About 00 per cent of the cotton
seed oil used in the United States
goes into food products.
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