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"No Favor Stoays Ut, No Fear Shall Awe'
From First Statesman, March 21, 1141
Tl!E STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
Member ef the Associated Frees
The Associated Frese Is entitled exelusiveLr U the e fer repeVU.
ratios ef sU the local mwi printed U this bewtseser. as well ss ail
AP sews dispatches.
Too Late for De Gaulle
After the Italian elections, comment ' was offered in The
Statesman to the effect that one casualty in that election was
Gen. Charles de Gaulle in France who had been attempting a
comeback with his anti-communist Rally ot the French People.
Now we note that the correspondent of the Christian Science
Monitor quotes a hotel director at Tours, France, as saying:
General de Gaulle is all right, but I think he is too late."
In short, the communist flood in western Europe has crested."
The correspondent, with the quotation as text, went on to j
disr-u.-s the French situation currently. France, he says, is "bas-
jcaiiy on middle ground," avoiding extremes of right and left.
Th Frtr.ch people, however, have little enthusiasm for a "West-j
rn Union" for military purposes they are worn out with fight- ,
i :ig. As for the role of de Gaulle, he observes:
General de Gaulle's ideas, if advanced a year ago, could have
pri'ii'.ed from the popular fear of a communist coup and per-ha-
Drought him to power. But today the situation has chang
ed Recovery is moving along, government restrictions are eas
ii. g. nd the Marshall plan Li priming the French economic
pump. These things, plus the French victory over the com
munists Last fall in the. great nation-wide strike, plus the
Italian electoral vu-'ory over communism all these mount up
to ;:pparent passing of the peak of communist danger when
the ntuation presented maximum political advantages for
General de Gaulle.
Steadily the evidence accumulates that Europe's years of
aony i.re easing. Aid from America has helped to restore con
fident t cf Europeans in themselves. We should not sacrifice our
own good faith or blast this reviving abroad by the the penny
pmchir. resorted to by the house in paring down the funds for
KRP. Ojr prestige is worn thin enough by our own diplomatic
blundering; It should b-e wasted no more by congressional pig-h-'ddt-ur.tss.
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considered. Roosevelt made his
own decisions, often after con
ference with a few of his Inti
mates. No love was lost between Ickes
and Wallace, especially after Hop
kins told Ickes that Wallace had
tried to get him to gang up
against Ickes and complain to the
president. Farley was the calcu
lating politician. Roosevelt, we
are told, expressed the belief
(probably well-founded In view
of Garner's strike-a-blow-for-lib-erty
reputation) that, after each
cabinet meeting John Garner
would relate the details to his
cronies on the hill.
Secretary Hull glowered at Mor
genthau for his amateur efforts
in foreign affairs, and bristled
with Tennessee wrath over Ray
Moley's undercutting at the Lon
don conference in 1933.
It was 40 or more years before
the Gideon Welles dairies were
published. Welles was secretary
of the navy in Lincoln's cabinet;
and his diaries are good source
material. But the men who clus
tered around the throne of the
only man four times elected to
the presidency have wasted little
time in getting into print. There's
the financial consideration, for
one thing, and pay for these pa
pers is high in these days of
sharply competing magazines.
There may also be a desire to
contribute something to public
knowledge of the history of a
tremendously vital era. On the
whole, however, the tone of most
of the writing is ex parte a de
fense of the author, sometimes
accompanied by side jabs at col
leagues.
Eventually the FDR synoptic
gospels by Ickes and Morgenthau
and Hopkins and Farley will have
to be compiled. Only I fear the
illumination supplied by the cross
lights will bring out more of the
seams and warts of the faces of
his associates than reveal the com
plex character of f ranklin Roose
Developing the Rogue
Ar.iir.pated today a head-on clash between wildlife con
s': vatic:.. sts and irrtg itiorusts at the hearing in Medford on plans
t r dtvt iepment of th Rogue river and its upstream tributaries.
The re .amation bu: : engineers have put in a good many
-'3r of --tudy and ?jr- up with two dans for dams on the unner
R j.ie ;:nd ;ts tribu. jr. . The dams would store water to prevent " if u r i
dt : provide w it m lor irrigation. One plan would produce ' tM IV I S
:tc.' amount jf . a-.t. also.
r.r .-g the i 1 -a of anv dams on the main river will be
':.-.vcs of p v .-Tien s as-o lations, the Wildlife federa
a: u Laak Walton clubs. They point to the value of the Rogue
..national pjrai;? which draws many visitors and fish-
r. "tf -:-JA. ?Zf i. " S. TJCdt.'JL.il". Jr-r-:i-1y.--c'..-.",----.r 'isww-.-
Northwest's Harvest
Volunteer Help
For Flood Area
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mt a
errc.trr. t . ry year. High dams, they fear, will ruin the Rogue
f jr : r,.-p and impair us natural beauty.
On ,r.e other hand, many who live in the region are con-
vi-Ked :re waters are of greater value for use in irrigating farm j
lindi i'C. providing additional electric power. They will have'
th-.r .-ffmen at the hearing to point out the advantages of!
r.'io' c. : evelopme" t im farming and industry. "
' )w. i tenders will ni,? their voices for preserving the wild i
br-ajty c: the dashing Rogue. Its fishing should be protected, not unteers are Margaret Callaghan,
lni.:rec Other place on be made to grow food: but the wilder- 1 Janice Collier, Jane Cravens, Wini
r car.
Eighteen volunteer workers from
Nfarion county welfare commission
have been helping interview and
assist Vanport disaster victims in
Portland, Marion Bowen, welfare
administrator, said Monday.
The Salem women worked two
shifts from 8 a m. to 4:30 p m. and
4:30 to 1 a m. the past three days.
They are getting no extra pay for
their aid to the Portland services.
Besides Mi3s Bowen, the vol-
l I r j me.. t ..ti: .?
, " - " " ...wz uti.ii 11 u lU'Ctll, nmi Pholm
i'. :n l -do i piuviiinn may om maae in mi upper river ror some Ruth
Margaret Pemberton,
Jaynes, Margaret Maddox.
water itC. SEe whic h woul i reduce flood losses and increase water ' Ardis Dillon, Eileen Donaldson,
....... i u -1 ir.i ) ; . . - i i pi:
s jppi:e i- tne summer -ason ror irrigation: but the Rogue Is i 1 "t":" n,lsun' w..v i.mniy, ut
pier. did tsjet in natural state and the hands of man should not
d e pc : , : .
beth Aebischer, Virginia Seamster,
Betty Vaughn and Barbara Pierce.
. Meanwhile, a skeleton crew of
workers is taking care of routine
activities at the Church street wel
fare commission office here.
Vanport and l(oimin
H 'hard M St.-: ;-r. plam-p aking pastor of the Unitar-1
put the blame for the Vanport disaster TTfJllfil Srllfl 111
n
lan ' 1.
on tr.e t
He ini.ed
Vanpcit i
in Portland.
tland hois; authority and the people of Portland.
he h'j'jiing authority fiuly for failing to evacuate
d for s'j!)v".-vi-nri to private interest groups which
oppjse ry.n-nmcnt hoj vr.g. and c ondemned the people for being
willing tc iet vet,-: irn 3-l their families live "in the bedraggled
rem -a- ? ci a temporary housing project."
.' ;t cw th.-ri is a :-uh to do something in the wake of the
da -!ch wrj'j o.t the city. Cabinet officers and federal
if.i.s ffell over thcTis-h es rushir.? aid to the area. Senator
Mai. -. .i of Wjihing'ri asks corgress for $10,000,000, Con-gi.-rrj-.n
Angell of P)r tland asks for $75,000,000 for providing
r-pia-( : r.f.t hourng. The are (.ptosed because there Is no
pre (cct for such artion. Meantime, trailers are rolling to Port
land tc i.ve more tem;-rary shelter.
''htps we shooli bark off and take a look at the nation's
h l a who!; N many federal projects are located In the
path cf ficods, but th"( are numerous residential developments
d;:.g duty long af' r th war crisis for which they were thrown
up has pfcMed. Aril tha lower house of congress seems content to
ltt thfm ttay in u, julgmg by the way it has bottled up the
Taft-Wfcner-Ellend'T bill. The opposition comes from the allied
ral estate-mortgaga financing interests which object to the very
modest provision for federal aid for housing for low Income
gro ips. If the bill coms out of committee It will be stripped of
this prcv.;on. As a rult. Americans will continue to live In
flimsy nousing, in dark and unsanitary slums.
The Vanport diastr is legally described as "an act of God."
Vanport itself wasn't. And the hundreds of other Vanports are
acts not cf God but of man. products of the failure of men to
cooperate to build here a good society.
Ruling Hits Ca4 Station Setup
If the ruling of a federal court in Los Angeles is sustained
on appeal, the prevailing practices in sale of petroleum products
will be greatly upet. The past custom has been for a major oil
company to make a contract with an independenfdistributor, In
which the latter agrees to handle exclusively the products of the
company or those it sponsors. Often this agreement was a con
dition of the sub-l?ase of the distributor's location from the com
pany. Now a federal court holds that this is unlawful restraint of
trade. The independent, say the court, should be free to handle
what producU he cares to.
While the ruling u not final, it is easy to see what a re
adjustment would be involved if it is upheld. Marketing methods
would be greatly altered. The suit did not affect company-owned
stations; so the result may be to encourage extension of company
ownership and operation, thus putting the independent out of
business which U hardly helpful in promoting free competition.
Not by suicide, as did Jan Masaryk, but by resignation as
president did Edw3rd Benes repudiate the communist seizure of
hi country. Previously he had yielded, probably out of a sense of
duty to his country, when he approved the reorganization of the
cabinet of communist Premier Gottwald. The late vote-yes-or-nothing
election evidently proved too much for the old natriot to
endure. So Benes, who thought he could do business with Stalin,
resigns as mark of his disapproval of the way the communists do
business.
President Truman outlined his farm program at Omaha. He
will repeat Tom Dewey's mistake and talk on agriculture at
OSC (nee OAC).
Notes Preschool,
Varied Clinics
A preschool conference for
children who will enter Engle
wood school next September is
being held at the school today
from 0 a.m. to noon, according to
a weekly schedule of the Marion
county health department.
A child health conference for
north Marion county al.so is to be
conducted at the Woodbuni city
library today from noon to 2
p.m. Salem Memorial hospital is
to be th seen of a fluoroscopic
clinic from 1 to 2 p m. today.
Child health conference (by
appointment ) Is slated for the de
partment's Salem Masonic tem
ple office on Thursday from 9:30
to 11:30 am. Examinations for
milk- and food-handlers will take
place at the department Friday.
Vaccinations and immunizations
will be given at the department
office Saturday from 8:30 to
11:30 a m.
4th Convention Ballot
Held Crucial for Dewey
By Joseph AIsop I
WASHINGTON June 7 - It I, ! ve ten
early vet for the boldest to begin ' ,n ,.,. ? . - ci,.. i
, J - . . , i to speak lovingly or Speaker Jo-
forecasting the pattern of events h w MarUn and longinK,y of
that will unroll amid the bustle, John Brlcker Either of these.
squalor and confusion of the re-, far mor. biddable wouId
Pelican convention at Philadel-' ujt th republican conservatives
phia. This, therefore. Is emphatic- Her than Taft in any case.)
ally not a forecast. " I . ,.M
Tf L rather rmirt nn what!""'' l''n' jih
two or three of
the
most highly
pla c e d republi--an
nrofMsionsls
are inclined to I i. j
think may hap-J 1
pen. after peer-
ing into the chip- y s I .1
ped old crystal t " "
balls. thumbing jiiL4
through their a,-fi rlv
manacs, watch-1 1 tt I
ing the flight ofLJ iX L. I
hmcfh A bop
birds, and using
other expedients
t o pierce the dark mystery of
the future.
On the first ballot, these wise
acres think that Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey will show 300 plus, Sen.
Robert A. Taft 200 plus and Gov.
Harold E Stassen 150 plus, while
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg will
get the 43 Michigan votes and a
handf'Jl from enthusiasts else
where. This ii a balance of
strength presaging deadlock, in
a"con vntion which requires 548
votes to nominate.
Aces I'pon 2nd Ballot
The second ballot will bring
out the aces in th hole, which the
stronger candidates, Dewey and
Taft, will have carefully con
cealed with a view to impressing
everyone with their irresistibln
strength. (A candidate who djd
not hide his aces in the hole would
be regarded as a man who did
not play our curious political game
according to its curious rules).
When the ai have ben trium
phantly slapped upon the table,
Dewey is expected to rise to about
370 plus, while Taft goes to 250
or above. After his recent mis
fortunes, Stassen's aces are not
considered to be numerous, des
pite the game fight he U making.
The Taft strength is thought
likely to come near its peak on the
second ballot. (Taft - b a c k e r s
among the republicans are already
On the third ballot. local ds-
i 'k triotism would weaken; the de-
j sertion of the favorite sons will
' begin. Dewey is credited with
enough attraction for this group
; of delegates to bring him at least
i to 450 and perhaps as high as 470
j votes somewhere between 80
and 100 short of nomination.
Meanwhile, the swing to Van
denberg should also begin on the
third ballot. It is even possible
that Stassen, who will most wish
i to stop if he cannot be nominated
GRIN AND BEAR IT
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By Lichty
i n ii i n-ii
"My fcasbaad and I went ea a boy era' strike enee aael tbe
It Uek U fill as aaU was a fiightT
aer
himself, will quickly accept elim
ination and take his place in the
Vandenberg camp.
The beginning of the swing to
Vandenberg will provide the test
for Dewey. Dewey will then some
how have to secure the support
of a couple of big delegations, in
order to go over.
It will not be easv.
No Meetlnr of Minds
In Pennsylvania, with 73 votes.
Gov. James Duff favors Vanden
berg. So does Governor Driscoll
in New Jersey, with 35 votes. In
Illinois, with 58 votes. Col. Robert
R. McCormick will be trying to
nominate Senator Taft or the
next best thing, although Gov.
Dwight Green will be looking for
plums to pluck from the pie. Again
in California, with 53 votes Gov.
Earl Warren is a candidate him
self. None the less, Dewey will have
a powerful appeal. In the words of
one of the wiseacres whose analy
sis this is, "People like making a
president next best thing to being
a president."
A change of heart by Governor
Duff, or Governor Warren, should
alone be enough to put the great
prize In Dewey's eager grasp. His
chances are not to be discounted.
Fourth Tells Story
The fourth ballot should show
whether Dewey has gone over. If
he has not made it, this will be
the beginning of the all-out Van
denberg phase of the convention,
while the name of Speaker Mar
tin is also loudly shouted by the
kind of republican who favors the
little man from Massachusetts.
Vandenberg has three immense
assets. First, he is without doubt
the most eminent single figure
the republican party boasts. Sec
ond, he is everybody else's second
choice, after themselves. And
third, although he has no organ
ization, and is still driving his
supporters almost wild by firmly
not conniving, he has some very
shrewd operators who want him
nominated.
If Dewey does not go over, the
odds on Vandenberg will be heavy
indeed. The possibility of Van
denberg's withdrawal cannot be
wholly discarded. In this case,
the republican convention will be
come a sort of writhing basket of
eels.
Time will tell whether the wise
acres are right. They are virtually
certain, anyway, to revise their
opinions again before the republi
cans gather at Philadelphia to pro
pose a leader for this nation in
the combined atmosphere of a
wardheeler's chowder-march and
annual rally of jollier morticians.
Copyright. IMS. Nw York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Wharton L. West
Dies in Hospital;
Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Wharton
Lewis West, Salem resident since
1915 who died in a local hospital
Monday, will be held at W. T.
Rigdon chapel Wednesdly at 1:30
p. m.
The Rev. George H. Swift will
officiate and interment will be in
Mt. Crest Abbey mausoleum.
West, who resided at 125 Wan
der Way, was born in Portland
March 17, 1869, and received his
education at the old Bishop acad
emy. He had been a salesman in
the Willamette valley, spending 25
years of that time with the Tru
Blu and Loose Wiles Biscuit com
panies. He was retired from the
latter company in 1938 after an
auto accident. West was a mem
ber of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Surviving are hii widow, Mrs.
Viola West of Salem; two child
ren. Lewis N. West of Berkeley,
Calif., and Charles S. West of San
Rafael, Calif., and five grandchildren.
Myrrh, mentioned in the Bible,
is a mild stimulant to the healing
of wounds and can also be used to
protect inflamed tissue.
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Willamette Seniors Near Finale;
Talk Stresses 'Common Man' i
Final examinations began Saturday at Willamette university. The
regular class schedule is discontinued and all activity now points to
finish of the school year and annual commencement exercises this
week end. '
Examinations continue through Friday. Commencement is Sun
day. ; :
A sermon, stressing the impor
tance of "the common man" was
preached by Dr. Raymond A. Wi
they, jr., Sunday afternoon at Wil
lamette's annual baccalaureate
services for the graduating senior
class. The university's religion
professor spoke in First Method
ist church.
Dr. Witney described recognized
great world leaders as but repre
sentatives of the greatness of vast
masses of people "whose destinies
they have shaped." Said the bac
calaureate speaker. There can be
no great leader unless he Is sup
ported by citizens who are im-
.--i nirit of rreatness.
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The Rev. Brooks Moore, ; pastor
of First Methodist church, gave
the invocation. President G. Her
bert Smith of the university read
scripture, the Willamette choir
sang and Prof. Joseph Schnelker
was organist. f
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