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fr The Stat moca. Salem, Owqon. Sotardorr, April 10, 1841 SonCSaatemnau "No Favor Swayt Us, No Fear Shall Awt" First SUtnmai. March tt. 14 1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member of the Associated Prata The Aaaaclated rreea Is enUtled exellvely te the se far republi cation of all the tocal new printed In this aewspaper. as well as all .AT aewa dispatch. The Warm Springs Foundation The twentieth anniversary annual report of the Georgia Warm Springs foundation is a remarkable account of the growth of an idea into a nationwide movement that has spelled hope and health to every person stricken with infantile paralysis. Before the cominj of white men. Indians of the Creek con federacy brought their wounded warriors to bathe in the magical warm springs in the pineywoods of Georgia. But the magic of those waters proved more inspirational than medical. When Franklin D. Roosevelt discovered in 1924 that swim ming in the warm water pool at the run-down. Georgia resort soothed the tramped muscles of his lame legs, he became inter ested in the ancient healing art of hydrotherapy. Soon the pil grimage of crippled patients to Warm Springs was under way and. in 1927, Roosevelt and four others incorporated the Georgia Warm Springs foundation to give direct aid to polio victims and pass on to the medical profession any useful observations result ing from the specialized work. Well-wishers built dormitories, a school and chapel, occupa tional therapy buildings and a complete orthopedic hospital at Warm Springs, but the president, vacationing in his "Little White House" there, realized this resort-hospital was not the whole arwer to polio So the National Foundation for Infantile Parah was formed in 1938. Through more than 2.700 chapters throughout the nation, dimes and dollars contributed by the American people are distributed to victims of poliomyelitis. And the March of Dimes and Birthday Ball receipts finance one of the largest medical research programs in history and provide funds for special wards in many hospitals and for training of specialists. Tht is not the end of the story. The experience of this foun dation should be heartening not only to polio victims, but also to the victims of other diseases. This record shows what can be done when philanthropists, professional workers, the great public and a guiding spirit join forces against a common enemy. The prepress made thus far in the fight against tuberculosis and infantile paralysis should be a challenge and an inspiration to the current campaigners against cancer, rheumatic fever, heart disease and other afflictions. Old Steamer Coen for Salvage We read that the steamer Charles L. Wheeler, jr.. the first ocean-gcirg steamer to sail up the Columbia river through the Bonnevi'je locks and on to The Dalles, has gone to the salvors for scrap. Built by Albina yards in Portland in the first world war she wis part of the McCormick Steamship Co. (Pope & Tal bot) fleet ?nd was a frequent visitor in Pacific ports. She saw service in two world wars, making the Alaska run in the last war. It was in 1933 that the Charles L. Wheeler, jr.. made navi gation hittory in Oregon. To celebrate the development of the river for navigation through building the Bonneville dam and to advertise The Dalles as an inland "seaport" city a voyage was ari&r.fed for the Wheeler up 'he river, carrying cargo for the Pert cf The Dalles. Many distinguished persons rode in the vessei a.-d in the coat guard cutter Onandaga up the river. The affair culr-inated with a dinner at The Dalles. Among those present were Governor Charles H. Martin of Oregon, Governor Bazilla C'ark of Idaho and Governor Clarence Martin of Wash ington end Congressman Walter Pierce of the second district. A veteran river man. Capt. Arthur M. Riggs was the pilot and he htr.dled the vessel skillfully, especially in the swift curier.ts btlow the dam. The tr:p upriver was never repeated by the Wheeler or any other ocean steamer. The river carries a large amount of inland traffic however, on barges and in log rafts. The Dalles however may s-tJl er.tertain hopes of becoming a port of call for ocean vessels when the world gets set to rights. Allegory from China Some days ago we told in this column of the discovery of dawn redwood tree in China by Dr. Chaney of the University of Califorria, and reported in the Sah Francisco Chronicle by It science writer. Dr. Silverman. The journalistic story of the expedition is itself of interest. The' reporting cost a good deal more than most papers would pay (or could afford to pay) for an "exclusive." Furthermore, this fccoep hardly fitted a conventional definition of news; it hi no great conflict, no crime, no cheesecake, no Russians, no portentous decisions by statesmen or significant movements among masses. There was a scrape with some bandits, but in China that's everyday stuff. It was just a story about some trees. The Chronicle explains: ''But beyond that, we confess, we had a sense of allegory. We thought that it would be good for all of' us to be reminded that ia a world full of the sound of clashing power there are men concerned only with the calm and patient stalking of the truth, life thought it would be good for the perspective of all of us just row, when our every act seems fateful, to be reminded that there is life and health on earth which has survived the upheavals and exhaustions of a hundred million years. It was goed-k&l of fusa to make over an allegory, but we are content with our bzr gain and we hope you are, too." Indeed we are. That type of newspapering will neutralize most effectively the toxic effects from daily reports of the varied -pathology of our particular (and temporary) society. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Liclitj Hop Worker Held for Jury DALLAS, April 9 Raymond Harvatt, SI, an Independence hop worker, is in Polk county jail here awaiting action of the Polk coun ty grand jury. On a charge of as sault with a dangerous weapon, Harvatt was bound over to the grand jury by Justice of the Peace W. A. Wiest or Independence, af ter waiving preliminary examin ation. The charge followed a stabbing fray at Horst Brothers hop ranch last week end, in which Wallace F. Norwak, a fellow worker of Harvatt, was fatally wounded. State police said the fight origin ated over possession of a bottle of wine. "Bat I doa't want to leara anything abeat aeaaefceeping, Mather I want to be a sweet, innocent bride! MATTER OF FACT' Stasseirs Victory in Wisconsin May Pay Off for Vanclenhers or Taft t i , I Children back east probably still dream of going west to hunt mountain lions and grizzly bears and maybe a few Indians; and -while we who live in the far west may laugh at their childish iiragininga sometimes the evidence is against us. An Albany huster showed up at the Linn county seat this week with -pelts of a seven-foot cougar and four wildcats he had killed in the mountains five miles east of Mehama. He will get in bounties $65 for the cougar and $5.50 for each of the bobcats from the state and Marion county where the varmints were shot. Lansing Hoyt, head of the MacArthur-for-president organ ization, thinks the general would have done better in Wisconsin had be made personal appearances. That is "undoubtedly true, and what kept rival politico worried all winter. The general would run the risk of losing a few votes however when he took off his famous cap. A Beverly Hills designer predicts that within five years all males" will have at least one fur garment in their ward robes. That will be just a fashion revival in some parts of the country. We can recall auction sales in midwinter in the middle west, -with so many farmers wearing buffalo overcoats it looked like a aoo. President Truman has asked congress for a half-billion dollars for use by the Export-Import bank for loans to South American countries. This looks like the familiar squeeze play. If South America had kept its credit good it would have no trouble borrowing -money from private investors. By Joseph and Stewart Alsop WASHINGTON, April Now that the dust is settling, the prac tical politicians are beginning to draw conclusions from Governor Harold Stassen'i resounding vic tory in Wisconsin. A number of these are pretty obvious. Stassen, once an extreme long shot, has become a Presidential contender to be seriously reckoned with. Gen I eral of the Army Douglas Mac 1 Arthur has fallen off his white horse, and in this undignified pro cess has badly bruised Colonel Robert R. McCor m i c k , William Randolph Hearst peculiar kidney. I i j-wiu ui course Governor Thorn as K. Dewey ha suuerea worst of , jpfc Alaepfc But the curious thing is, the professionals generally agree that Stassen is going to have to work very hard, from now on out, to capi talize his W i s c o nsin victory. Stassen and his support ers recognize this themselves. They went into Wis consin in a mood to be glad of a Vice - Presiden tial nomination on a ticket with Senator A r t hur H. Vandenberg. They bet the bot tom dollar of their considerable campaign funds, actually oti Copend ing the lavishly well-healed Mac Arthur forces. They were them selves astonished by the outcome. The primary ballots were not completely counted, however, be fore Stassen was laying out the next phases of his strategy at a meeting with his lieutenants at his house in St. Paul. As these words are written, Stassen men are pass ing the hat (with gratifying re sponse) in the east where the big money is. What is now planned is a sort of series of simple line bucks first, an attempt to come out top man in Nebraska, which the Stassen camp claim they may achieve; second, a grand effort to cut the gizzard out of Senator Robert A. Taft In Ohio, where the Stasoenites hope for 10 delegates; and finally, another victory in Oregon. If all this can be accom plished, they hope that Stassen will come into the convention as front runner. Beware off Defeat The professionals agree that if Stassen thus adds three more vic tories to his success in Wisconsin, he will indeed hare the republican presidential nomination conceiva br within his grasp. But they add the qualification that if Stassen should now experience a defeat, his Wisconsin success will prove snore beneficial to others than to him. The loudest claimers to Inciden tal benefits are the adherents of Senator Taft. Stassen, they say, has dealt a body blow to Taft'a most dangerous rival. Governor Dewey. And Stassen, they add un der their breaths, has alo dis posed of a grim threat to Taft by MacArthur. It is hard to know which pleases them most. Certainly to the Taftites. pleas ure over Mac Arthur's defeat has a certain irony. MacArthur was first put into the Wisconsin pri snary by Taft's people, in the hope of hurting Dewey, and in the knowledge that Senator Taft him self could hardly win a Wiscon sin primary for county clerk. Then, for various local reasons, a large part of the local organization climbed on the MacArthur band wagon. And after that McCor mick, Hearst and a gaggle of others like them joined the parade, and the money began to pour in The Illinois delegates are Taft's dearest treasure. The redoubtable Colonel McCormick's loud procla mations -that Taft was a very nice man but MacArthur was very much nicer sent cold chilis down every Taftite's spine. Hoses for Dewey Delegates In short, until MacArthur tum bled, the Taft people feared they had created a sort of Franken stein's monster, who would com pete with them for the ultra-conservative Republican support. That fear is now laid. The Taft camp j also hopes for Dewey delegates, t like some of those in Oklahoma, who may be unsettled by the Wis . consin results. ' The professionals agree broadly ' -AW . L ' , . t . 1 X . wiui II la analysis, dui aaa iwo provisos. First, it is far too early to count out Governor Dewey. He can still recoup in Nebraska, where the situation seems to baf fle the experts even more than that in Wisconsin. Second, the defeat of MacArthur was a resounding rejection of the extreme conservative - isolationist brand of republican In the same state which once dramatically re jected progressive republicanism in the person of Wendell L. Will kie Taft belongs to precisely the conservative-isolationist wing of the republican party, and had in deed planned to use MacArthur as a stalking horse. The profes sionals therefore ak how the ob- I vious harm done Dewey can roun 1 terbalance the less visible, more psychological damage to Taft. They ' still predict Taft cannot gain ' enough for a majority at Phila delphia. There is one further factor In the situation. Stassen has given bitter personal offense to both Taft and Dewey, so that he must make an almost miraculous show of strength to make the grade against their opposition. That is why the proof essiona Is suspect that the man to benefit most from Wisconsin may be Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. On the one hand, the philosophy of Vandenberg has now been loudly affirmed by an important, representative group of voters who were supposed to dis sent from it. On the other hand. deadlock at Philadelphia has been tendered little less likely. This is exactly the situation desired by those who hope that Vandenberg can be drafted (C.ayrlfht. IMS, New York BeraM Trtkaae Im ) Baptist Youth Conference at Bethel Church Approximately 200 young people from nine western Oregon church es of the North American Baptist convention are expected to partici pate in a state conference today at Bethel Baptist church. Cottage and D streets. The meetings opened Friday night. Dorothy Ratke is president of the Salem group, and state officers are Jim Billiter, president, and Florence Schmunk, secretary, both of Portland. Principal speakers for meetings. ; including a banquet at 6:30 p.m. today at the church, are the Rev. j J. C. Gunst and Dr. Martin L. I Leuschner, of the church's head- I quarters at Chicago. According to the Rev. Gustav j G. Rauser. pastor, the Rev. Mr. Gunst will speak at the church's 11 am. service Sunday. The 7:30 ; p.m. service will be the color film, -The God of Creation, shown by Moody Bible institute. UNESCO Talk Moved; Brand To Preside . The Salem meeting on UNESCO preceding a San Francisco con ference will be held Thursday, April IS, at 8 p.m. in the Cham ber of Commerce auditorium, not at Willamette university music hall as previously announced. The change was made so that more persons could be accommodated, Charles A. Sprague. local member of the Oregon UNESCO commit tee, said. James T. Brand, Oregon su preme court justice recently re turned from the war crimes trials m Nurenberg, will preside and Constance Roach, executive of the U. S. commission on United Nir lions Educational, Scientific and Cultural oorganizaion, will speak. Miss Roach will be guest of honor of the Salem League of Women Voters at a dinner at the Foster to Head Optimist Club" Kenneth L. Foster. Salem in i surance agent, was elected presi dent of the Salem chapter of the 1 Optimist club for the year 1948-49 i in a meeting of the organization ' Friday noon. Other new officers are Sidney Jerry and Dr. Harold Poole, vice . presidents: and Leo Olson, secre tary. Elected to the board of gov ernors were Floyd Coburn. Clark Lethin. Rev. Orville Jenkins, Holly Jackson and Dal Jepson. Petition Suggests 1 1 1 Birch wood Name Hearing on a petition filed with Marion county court Friday seek ing the name of Birch wood drive for a road lying between Swegle and Fruitland roads has been set for April 19 at 10 a.m. by the coun ty court. The road runs south from Swe gle school. Names signed to the petition include Roy R. Burch, Mau L. Burch, Claude W. Ames, L. J Radc'liffe and Mrs. L J. Radcliffev all residents of that area. Church Meetings Set During Week For Silverton SILVERTON Fellowship din ner will be served at Trinity church immediately following the morning service Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. William Bloch, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bergerson and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kallis as hosts. The quarterly business meeting of the congregation has been set for Wednesday at p.m. Congregational quarterly busi ness session of Calvary church will be Tuesday at 8 p.m. At Immanuel Lutheran church the Rev. S. L. Ann he announces Bethany circle for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Albert Overlund home with Mrs. Laura Henjum as co-hostess. The Sunday School Teachers association will meet Wednesday night at at the Ar thur Dahl home, and on April 17 Immanuel Ladies Aid will serve luncheon at noon, featur ing Norwegian dishes. Jonas- By berg is now choir director at Im manual. The Rev. Arthur Charles Bates reports a sound and color film, "The God of Creation." win be shown at First Christian church Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. It is open to the public. Dorcas society of the Seventh Day Adventist church will meet Tuesday at 10:30 ajn. at the church. School expenditures in the Unit ed States totalled $3.1 billion in 1940. L EHenry Wallace Will Be Heard Orer KOIN Tonirjhl a! 0:33 . pl Ad. i 29 Trips Daily PORTLAND 00 ROUND TRIP ...SMS Taere Arm Wa La we Feres f r Jr-Ca Dance Tcnighl Dallas Armory Woodiy's Orch. ICE CHEAII Qtmris . 330 SAVHTG CEIITEIl QUISENBERRYS New Location 419 FERRY ST. PHONE 9123 t (la rkeae Direetery) QUISENBERRY PHARMACY 60 - New - 60 2 and 3 Bedroom HOLIES Investigate Our "4 Year Plan" Only $SO0 Down BHESC0 INC. MapleUa AoaJUest 45 Tryea A venae Salem hotel prior to the meeumt which is sponsored by the League and to which the general public is invited. The UNESCO expert is expected to pave the way locally for plans of community action on behalf of world peace which will be drawn up at the California regional con ference May IS to IS. At least 2.000 delegates from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada. Cali fornia, Arizona, Montana. Hawaii and Alaska will meet in San Fran cisco "to find out what the peo ple' can do about the world situ ation," the conference chairman said. Forums on projects adopted for action at the Mexico City UNESCO conference are sched uled and plenary cessions will be held. ii i Expert, Reliable Repairing HEIDEE'S Cafl ?52t - 4lt Caart Bl Center St. Market i , Complete Line of Quality Inspected Mcati Bound Slealr ((oV Pound .- 4fC PorliSleak ESr Pound Pork Chops Pound Fresh Frails, Vegetables and Ail Staple Groceriet Grapefruit Pink.M Dozen Juicy Oranges Dozen, I Can of Peas Large Can Baby Food S Cans for 1C67 Center St. Free Delivery 1 f : i f Phone 4433 .4 r. 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