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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1948)
4 The Stat man, Salem, Oregon. Friday. May 21, IMS "No Favor Sways Us, No Fear Shall Awe" freea first Statesman, March tt, 1111 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher Member ef the AjmcUM Ftms Th Amdiitl Press is entitled excleslvely U the esc fee ressbtl caUen f ail the I seal sews prints la this newspaper, as wall as all AT sews dispatches. Alsopa' Fable The brothers AJsop, Joseph and Stewart, familiar to States man readers for their matter-of-fact columns on this page, art not given to idle flights into fancy. Yet, because they are suffi ciently concerned with talk that republicans can win with any candidate and that a convention deadlock will force nomination of some dark horse, the Alsopa have written an imaginary history tailed "The Decline and Fall of the U.S.A." It appears in the May Coronet magazine. An alarming prediction of what could happen here, the out come of this sequence of events is almost mathematically pre dictable if the series is ever permitted to start at all. It all began when the convention in June, 1948. was dead locked for eight hot, angry days. Finally a number of Old Guard habitues of the smoke-filled room settled on a compromise can didate. This senator wai thoroughly "regular" and solidly con servative and never committed himself on anything but God and the American home of which he approved. The keynote of his campaign was "give business the green light." And he was elected president. Then Js (and his backers') true colors appeared. Free enterprise was the only important project: taxes were cut to the bone: American occupation troops withdrawn; aid to ' them furriners"' stopped, and the European Recovery program dropped. Jh Europe there were bread riots and strikes, and soon the peopje lost hope. In May. 1949, Zachardiades, guerrilla leader, be came; Greek premier. Togliatti's March on Rome delivered Italy to the communists in August. After a run on sterling, the Bank of England could not meet its foreign obligations and the labor government fell. Winston Churchill tried to hold together the remains for a while, but the British negotiated a treaty of peace and mutual assistance with th Soviet Union in 1950 after Chiang Kai-Shek fled China. Late ;n 1949. Maurice Thorez was installed as premier in France ar.d the terror and trials began after bitter partisan' fighting. Life in the United States became a feverish song-and-dance. Everyone was mainly interested in three-dimensional television and helicopter-cars. Gloom merchants like Walter Lippman wrote. e have all buried our heads in the sand." but the Pre sident continued blase; We have the atom bomb," he said, "noth ing to worry about " In 1950 an army Gei-?er counter in Nome. Alaska, detected atomic txmt explosions in northern Asia, and Russia announced perfection of a stock-pile of "People's Democratic Atomic Bombs." The American presj admitted America was frightened, so congress ordered total national mobilization. Industries began to buiH underground plmu. Labor as well as military personnel wa drafted and strikes were outlawed. The entire economy wa government-regulated. An "internal security department" (secret police) was ?t up and began to arrest and sentence dissidents. I In 1951- the President completed terms of a peace and non asjifression treaty with Russia limiting America's sphere of in nuirnce to the western hemisphere. Americans began to Invade iviith America. And th President declared that all powers rested with him during thu state of "permanent emergency." In 1933 the great series of People s Trials began. Editors and publishers who disagreed with the administration, Taft. Dewey. Stassen McArthur, Vandenberg. Warren. Martin, Truman and Wallaca were among tho- convicted of conspiracy against tha New America and sentenced to corrective and educational camps In Alaska. Most of them did not survive tha rigors of imprisonment. Even the literary magazine editor who dared to quota T. S. u ' ' '., ay in wor,d nds. Not with a bang but - j.wur. was inaicrea and condemned. Thus freedom died. ihe moral: The future of free men everywhere 1 depends on the perpetuation of freedom in the United States of nmerica. Primary Ballot Candidates, Issues Listed Several Things New If exhibits at tha industries fairs in Britain and Franca ara Indicators of what wa can expect to import, tha foreign manufac turers should hava no difficulty selling their novel-products In this country where "something new under tha sun" is often tha "" criterion ror sales appear, t Soma of tha oddities (culled from Newiweek'a u.n- Cigaret lighters to wear on the wrist; clgaret cases with meat magnifyinf glass that becomes a sun-powered lighter; leather- wyvrreu louniain pens that ink can't stain; an almost-flat eight .wnier; wau tiles with suede finish; collapsible wheelbarrow; collapsible motorcycle; coat hangers with a hollow ur to oa xuied with moth-killer; combination pram and high m oea mat nta into a dinlngroom sideboard, and so on. A nyj 4 1 A. MM ... iw noi-roa rans, automobile manufacturers and scien- flat fV-tA T) a 1 L 1 J t . . omiM naa a special treat to show off: gas turbines to power automobile motors. This engine would be started by an Ignition button, and a single lever connected to tha fuel supply " wul101 Pa ana acceleration. Tha little turbine is sup posed to run on anything from cheap oil to candle ends or coal dust and its promoters think It will revolutionize tha automobile industry. If so. today's "entirely new" car models may soon be rele gited to the same spot the model-T Ford now occupies in fond recouecucn. Another Ferdinand Judges must be learned in the law and in the facts of life , lyuga mcnara ai. uuncan or Kansas City in a recent decision snowed he f realiat ivhn V u t r r famed chain-store merchant, and his associate O. L. James in a dairy farfn did not have to pay for a bull they bought at a sale. ii seems mat the bull, Eileenmere, 627th. was bought with ine warranty that he was a good breeding animal. 1 m l)l . . a - 1 I : - . . . . mm - ' un.iuLiidinpionjnips ii ii snow Derore he was two years (old. But when he was taken to the Penney-Jamas iarm ne proved another Ferdinand he smelled the flowers and ate the hay, and failed to live up to his warranty. lhe judge realized that such an animal wasn't worth tha ;$10.600 he had been bid in for, and in hij opinion soliloquized as . ionows: "Alas, while hU meretricious charms have made him a cham pion in the show ring, they were unavailing in tha mating pen. The cruel hand of fate destined the great Eileenmere 627th, to ba celebate. "Never would he (Eileenmere) know the proud, chest-ex- ; panding pride of seeing hi own flesh and blood walk the green ' pastures among a herd over which ha would maJeUcllr preside. There would be no Eileenmere 628th." So Eileenmere, 627th, appears destined for tha slaug hterpen. n. picaet was iciuec in a strike riot at a Waterloo meat packing frlant. Such bloodshed is mott regrettable; but the strikers hAve been resorting to violence themselves. In St. Paul they broke into a plant and overturned several automobiles. Peaceful ticketing u legitimate In bona fide disputes, but not mass pickjeting that precipitates riots and violence. As republican presidential hopefuls move out of the Oregon scene othr move in: Henry Wallace of the No-name party here Monday; Marry Truman, democrat, coming to Portland in June. Neither one plans to work Oregon like a Fuller brush .salesman. Ballots which voters of Marion county and tha city of Salem will mark today in the state and city primary elections will present choices in a majority of the offices to be filed. (Local judicial ballots ara not listed since there are no contests). Here are the official ballot names (with one in each group to be voted on unless otherwise noted): MARION COUNTY AND STATE. REPUBLICAN National Committeeman Ralph H. Cake. National Committee woman Mrs. Marshall E. Cornett. National convention delegates at larre (vote for four) Charles L. Paine, John Y. Richardson, Ray Smith, Talma dge F. Staley, Lamar Tooze, Peter W. Welch, Robert A. Bennett, Henry Black, Harry B. Cockrum, Richard Deich, Robert A. Elliott, Robert S. Farrell, J. O. Johnson, Phil Metschan. N a 1 1 a n a 1 convention deleratea. Oreren first district (vote for two) Harry Joseph Anderson, Robert L. Elfstrom, Frank M. Farmer. Carl W. Hogg, Fred erick S. Lamport, John R. La tourette, Francis E- Marsh, Mrs. James W. Mott and Wallace R. Telford. President of United States Thom as E. Dewey, Harold E. Stassen. Presidential electors (vote for six) Marion B. Allen, Niel R. Allen, Mrs. Howard Conlee, Robt. D. Lytle, Ruth Rose Rich ardson, James A. Rodman, Jos. O. Stearns. ! U.S. Senator Guy Cordon. U.S. Representative John Taft Hensley, Walter Norblad. Governor Glenn C. Ackerman, John H. Hall, Douglas McKay, John Peyton. Secretary of State George H. Flagg, Earl T. Newbry. State Treasurer Ormond R Bean, Howard C. Belton, Sigfriti Ben son Unander. State Representative (vote for four) E. S. Benjamin, W. W Chadwick. Frank V Doerfler, Ray J. Glatt. Paul Hendricks, David Eldon Hoss, Roy L. Houck, H. R. (Farmer) Jones, W. J. LaRoche, Richard H. Spooner, John F. Steelhammer, Douglas R. Yeater. District Attorney M. B. Hayden, fcdward O. Stadter, Jr. County J (Kite Grant Murphy. County Commissioner Ror S Melson, Roy J. Rice, Alfred Zle- linski. Sheriff I. N. Bacon, S. W. Bur ris, Denver Young. Clerk H. A. Judd. Treasurer S. J. Butler, Gene Ma lecki. Assessor R. Sbelton. Surveyor A. D. Graham. Coroner Leston W. Howell, Ben Ramseyer. Constable Earl Adams, Jim Gar vin, Ervln A. Ward. MARION COUNTY AND STATE, DEMOCRATIC "Alps of America" Silvertoh Man 'Doibh Under National Committeeman (vote for one) Henry C. Aiken, Mike M. DeClcco, Monroe Sweetland, W E. Wilkins. National Commit teewoman Nan cy Honeyman Robinson. National convention dele rates at large (vote for eight) Byron G. Carney, William A Delzell, George W. Triede, A h 1 e Greene, Emery C. Ingham, P. Ivory, Carroll D. Irving Johnston, Oliver Carl Larson, Thomas R. Mahoney, Charles T. McPherson, Edwin J. Welsh, Henry C. Aiken, Carl Anderson. National convention delegates (vote for two) Kenneth W. Bayne, Margaret Coates, Roy R. Hewitt, Tom Long. President of tha United Slate Harry S. Truman. Electors of president and vice-president of the United Stalest (vote for six) Alton John Bas sett, Lena M. Hewitt, Albert T. Kemmer, William M. Langley, Jesse Z. Smith, Harvey G. Stark weather. United States Senator (vote for one) Manley J. Wilson, Louis A Wood. Representative la Congress Ed ward E Gideon. Governor Low Wallace. Secretary of State (vote for one) Byron G. Carney, A. M. Sil verman. Treasurer Walter Pearson. Attorney General William B. ray. Representative, 12th district (vote for four) Arthur L. Davis, Charles Wm. Fantz, Raymond R. Knight, Josephine Albert Spaulding, Antone M. Vtstlca. Sheriff (vote for one) A. C. (Andy) Burk, Chief Robert B. Fallon. Constable Fred T. Hall. CITY OF SALEM Mayor R. L. Elfstrom. Municipal Jnde (vote for one) W. W. McKinney Elmer M. Amundson, W. H. Crawford, Peery Buren. Treasurer Paul Hauser. Charter amendmsat for $815,000 sewer bond issue. (Yes or No) Annexation of 410-acre tract southeast of Salem. (Yes or No) Aldermen (vote by wards) ward 1, James Nicholson; ward 3. Claud Jorgenson; ward 5, David O'Hara; ward 7, Howard Maple, Alvin Tungate. McCoy to Head Blue Key Chapter Ray McCoy, Turner, was elect ed president of Willametta uni versity chapter of Blue Key, na tional honor fraternity for upper- ciass men Uus week. Other new officers are William Harris, Seattle, vice president, ana an rutcnie, 2aiem, secre tary-treasurer. Initiation of new members also took place at the meeting. WU Editors Select Staffs Eric Bergman, Salem, and Geri Bowles, Portland, newly appoint ed editors of the Collegian and Wallulah publications at Willam ette university, Thursday announ ced their staffs for the coming year. Positions on the Collegian staff will be held by Eileen Scott, San Diego, Calif., news editor; Nor man Stone, Salem, feature editor; Xalen Montague, Newberg, cam pus editor; Jim Oakes, Portland, sports editor and Dona Adams, Xrr-4 1 a .AKUt. 41 II.. Goudy, Portland, and Ben Young love, Kiversiae, Laiir., win serve as staff photographers. Miss Bowles appointed Mary Libby, Mt. Vernon, Wash., man aging editor of the Wallulah and Inie Lou Wilheun, Portland, as copy editor. Other assistants In sports, art and darkroom work for the yearbook have as yet not been filled. To aid in advertising. Marilee Olson, Portland, new publications manager, appointed Jack Brown as advertising manager of tha Col legian. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty W 1 f ra ' Franzen Tells Citizen Group Of Sewer Plan City Manager J. L. Franzen explained in detail the proposed (813.000 sewer disposal bond issue on which Salem voters will ballot today in a speech before public meeting of the South Sa lem Progress club in the Leslie Junior high school auditorium. rranxen urged passage of the bond issue, terming the system "an absolute necessity if Salem is to grow." The bond issue will finance construction of a main sewer interceptor line, sewage disposal plant and trunk lines in recently annexed territory. "All we're doing Is asking citi zens of Salem for their credit.' Franzen said, explaining that the entire project will be financed by present sewer rental fees. Two candidates for city coun cilman from Salem's ward 7 also also addressed the group. They were Howard Maple, inclumbent alderman, and Alvin C. Tungate, who is opposing him. Club Presi dent Russell Scott presided. Youth Jailed, Fined as Result Of Car Episode A Salem youth who led police on a 70 - mile - an - hour chase through the downtown district in a stolen car early Thursday morn ing was fined $230 and sentenced to-30 days in jail later in the day in municipal court. Sentenced for driving while in toxicated he is Kenneth D. Ahren kiel, 19, of 320 Elma ave. He also faces a charge of car theft in dis trict court and charges of illegal possession of liquor and driving without an operator's permit in municipal court when he finishes his city Jail term. City police said Ahrenkiel stole the auto of George Bunker, Blaine hotel, in the 200 block of Chems keta street at 12:15 a. m. Thurs day. Tha chase ended a short time later when he crashed tha stolen vehicle into a parked truck In the 600 block of Trade street. V -L. IX Willis H. Dvnagan. Sllverton. is shown above explaining- tha ruc tions af a fighter plane te a trio of Australian girls aboard tha air craft carrier L'SS Valley Forge daring a recent visit la Sidney. Dna agan, a fighter pilot serving: on the carrier, la tha hasband af Mrs. Betty Danagan. 52 8. Second st, Sllverton. j Legionnaires Plan Alteration At New Home Capital post 9 Thursday took out a city building permit for an initial $1,300 alteration project at its newly acquired American Legion hall at 2650 S. Commer cial st., formerly the Normandy Manor. Charles Gilbert, contractor for the project, said work will begin immediately for Installing. a base ment stairway, lockers in the basement and a storage shed In the rear. The post plans eventually to put in new flooring for meeting and lounge rooms, painting, new light fixtures, a basement bar. air conditioning and tile flooring for the basement recreation room. Other permits issued by the city engineer's office yesterday authorize Hans Hansen to build store building at 1079 Broadway St.. $10,000: City Homes Invest ment Co. to build houses at 773 N. 15th st, and 870 N. 17th st. $7,300 each; R. A Forkner, house at 1855 N. Capitol st, $5,800; Harold Horning, house at 693 Thompson st., $3,500; L. S. Shuf- ord, garage at 1035 N. 19th st. $150; C. O. VanKleek, marquee at 1366 S. 12th st. $200: Orvilla M. Turner, to repair house at 1763 State st, $400. uating class at Salem high school this spring. j He had been bedridden In both hospital and horn since last Oc tober. He was a native of Oneida, S. D.. coming here with his fam ing in 1937. He was a member of First Baptist church. j i Ho leaves his parents, Mr.iind Mrs. Jesse T. Hayes; nfslsier, Mrs. Eldon McDermeit Dallas, Ore.; three brothers, Melyin, Royal and Elliott Hayes, all! of Salem; a grandfather, M. E. Jor dan, Philomath, and grandmoth er, Mrs. Rossi e Hayes, Oneida, S. D. i Funeral services will be plan ned by Howell Edwards company. Keith Hayes, 19 Succumbs to Long Illness Nineteen-year-old Merle Keith Haree, 200 S. 22nd st, died at his homo Thursday after a lin gering illness. But for tha Illness he would hava been la tha grad- YouH enjoy our quick, emoefi service in planning your air trips. We handle your plane,' hotel and resort reservations without charge. So spend mora time "mere," not getting mere with our service starting you right I 1 M - V: Call 2-45S0 Senator Hotel - x - Uillamoilo Travel Scrvico And if the safest place la aa Atoanie War will ba at tha front I that flat feci and sawctacJee exempt a aaaa froca civilian lifer South Dakota Folk Visit in Jefferson JEFFERSON Mrs. Rose Mc Govern of Lang ford, 8. D., and Mrs. Grace Schnore of Duluth, Minn., visited their cousin, Mrs. Frank Martin this week. They hava been on a trip through the south, California and west coast It had been 30 years since Mrs. Martin had seen Mrs. Schnore. Summer school for children of grade school age will begin at St Thomas Catholic church with two Benedictine sisters from Albany as teachers. Mrs. Harvey Mitchell entertain ed members of tha Social Hour club Thursday. The women work ed on the quilt and a covered dish luncneon was served at one o'clock. Topic for roll call was "Warm Weather Dishes." Present were 18 members, and three guests, Mrs. Verla Ruckles. Mrs. Velma Muller and Mrs. Thelma Densmore of Lebanon. Detroit Festival Princess Selected DETROIT Charleen Bell has been nominated by the Detroit high school as one of the princess es for the Stayton bean festival. Mr. and Mrs. John Cook drove to Portland Thursday with Mrs. Roy Morris and her daughter. women's civic club met on Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Rose Mermillion. OIL BUIUIE SERVICE Solans Beating and Sheet Metal Co. 1IU Broadway Call WS oun iiew am mm Tire and Car Saving "BBJBSSSSSBSSBSB . ? 4- n ii " i wn. . 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