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Tko gtalMmmv Salem, OrtjotL Saturday, frame) tt. 1I4S "To Favor Sways Vs. No Fear Shall Au Prom First SUtesma. March tt, 1131 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all the local news printed In this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches. Federation Revives Political Endorsements The state federation of labor has modified its 1947 position and authorized its executive board to make endorsements of candidates for office. This was recommended by James T. Marr, executive secretary of the federation, and restores a policy long In vogue. Marr urged that labor exert itself more actively in the political field and favored being specific in recommenda tions as to candidates for office. At the same time the federation refused to restrict individual right of opinion when it voted down a resolution that would deny an officer of the federation the right to make an amendment contrary to the views of the central labor council of the area. Other resolutions of the federation dealt largely with strictly labor matters. It endorsed a six-hour day, five-day work week, and favored stronger provisions for safety of workers. It tem pered resolutions respecting government aid for Vanport victims because it feared they carried a pinkish cast. The federation didn't want to get mixed up with Irvin Goodman's pinko "Citi zens' disaster committee." The federation put in most of the week in thoughtful dis cussion of the welfare of workers and of the problems of organ ized labor. They seemed to appreciate Salem's hospitality and Salem certainly was pleased to be host for the federation's meeting. Outlook Good for Labor Peace Since Judge Goldsborough handed down a decision favoring the United Mine Workers side in the pension controversy matter, prospects for a favorable settlement of contract negotiations ap peared to be good, and now we have an agreement announced. Iwis seemed to have been more concerned with winning his fight for pensions and little disposed to call another shutdown of coal mines. After all. the miners lost heavily in wages in their spring walkout. With settlements being effected rapidly In major industries: automobiles, electrical manufacturers, rubber factories, the coal mines were the only great threat to sustained production for the rt-st of the year. The Railroads are still in government hands and the impasse between management and three brotherhoods still holds. But the trains are running, and that controversy will be resolved in time. Production is the answer to inflation; and industrial peace is essential to production. We can ill afford the luxury of pro longed work stoppages in the great lines of economic endeavor: mining, manufacturing, communications, transportation. Tourist Travel Off Oregon resorts have complained of loss of business which Ls attributed to the news of Oregon floods, now happily a thing of the past for this season. The general report is that 1948 travel will not be as big as that of 1947. A New York vacation expert says reservations are off from 10 to 25 per cent. However, as far as Oregon is concerned this may b merely a delayed start. There are more people and more people who have vacations. They will not all go to Aunt Nellie's for the weekend as a gloomy Pittsburgh travel agent predicts. As the summer advances, so will the stream of tourists, who will come by car and stae and train and plane. Already, we see numerous cars from distant states on Oregon highways. When the season ends the totals for visitors will be large, though perhaps not as large as in some recent years. Fireworks went on sale legally in Salem this week and a lot nf parents are not any happier for it. It may be all right for a youthful lobby to pressure tho state not to ban fireworks entirely, as happened at the last legislature, but statistics prove that the incidence of injury and death dropped materially in many states when such a ban became effective. Some control seems essential. In the meantime, let's hope renewed carefulness will get us by tho holidays without tragedy. Britain's National Coal board which operates the coal mines reports a loss of $100,000,000 in 1947, its first year of operation. Tho private owners had lost $24,000,000 the year preceding. The board insists that in the long run profits will be earned, but that hope will not cure present deficits. Socialism can't escape realities. Just in case you wonder whether the rainy season really la ever, it might be pointed out that precipitation since last September 1 already ls nearly 10 inches above normal for the year, and tho average annual fall for July and August for the last half century has been less than a half-inch each. California orange-growers are worried because their fruit la getting smaller. The experts can't figure out why, but for four years in a row the fruit has been shrinking. Now, oranges run 277 to the packing box, compared with 254 in 1945. Maybe they are running short of water. Now we'll see what kind of a show the democrats put on in the City of Brotherly Love. If the southern democrats give tho rebel yell, some fireworks may develop; but the outlook ls for rather a glum session to confirm President Truman's nomi nation of himself. The U. S. government will close the fiscal year next week with a large surplus, probably over seven and one-half billion. The national debt is still around $250 billion so congress shouldn't go in for free and easy spending. About the only bright spot we can see in the melee over Berlin lies in the fact that Douglas MacArthur refused to let himself get involved in any such joint enterprise in Japan. Editorial Comment Prom Oar Con tempera H DISCHARGING MEN AT The widespread practice of discharging men at 65 who are per fectly able to work is fortunately being questioned by the Advisory Council on Social Security set up by the Senate Finance Committee. The Council recently recommended that the government establish a commission to study the problem of the aged, including their em ployment opportunities. Sixty-five years was fixed in the Social Security Act as the age at vhich workers could retire and draw the government's old-age annuities if they chose to do so. This provision had nothing com pulsory in it and 925,000 workers over 65 have disregarded their social security pensions and still continue at their regular Jobs. But wren the government named 65 years, it set a national pattern which thousands of employers have made compulsory, to the grief of many eC heir employees and the lessening of production. TxLi issue was brought to the advisory council by Its associate chairman. Prof. Sumner H. Slichter, the noted Harvard economist. He cited a study by the Social Security Board indicating that more than half of the men dropping out of employment at 65 had been discharged by their employers when they wanted to keep on. He reported the practice was growing. Extension of the Social Security system to cover 20,000,000 work ers now outside it, as often urged, would certainly Increase such Involuntary withdrawals from the labor force. Measures should be considered to protect workers over 65 from being forced into in voluntary retirement. It is more "than time that a commission was teemed to study this question. (Christian Science Monitor). Cholco of GOP Ticket Shows Party Changes By Joseph and Stewart AJaep PHILADELPHIA. June 25 In the long run, the public emergence of a new kind of republicanism is likely to be considered the moat important event of this convention. It was because the republican par ty had already changed greatly, without many people really no ticing it, that Thomas E. Dew- ev and Earl War- ? " r e n were so' quickly chosen as ; bearers. Dewey and Warren sym bolize the final V1 triumph of the modern - minded re publica ns, whose very exis tence has some- ;t, Joseph Alaop times been ob- 4 - -"" scured by the disproportionate number of men like Represent tive John Taber in the republican majority in congress. The proof of these conclusions is to be found. curiously enough, in the miscalcu 1 a t i o n in the strategy of the small political underground that proposed to draft Senator Arthur H. Vandenb erg for the presiden cy. So astute i politician as Sen tiStmrmt Alsof jator Henry Cabot f - -- BLodee firmly be lieved, until the very day the con vention opened, that the forces of Governor Dewey and Senator Ro bert A. Taft would be so evenly balanced as to produce a deadlock It is ancient history that the idea then was to offer Vandenberg as a compromise. What in fact happened was that the forces of Senator Taft, who commanded the support of the re publican right wing, turned out to bo much weaker than naa been expected. Senator Taft himself comes out of the convention, as one could have anticipated, with increased stature. From start to finish, he showed unfailing strength of character, good sports manship, and an odd, attractive kind of impersonal common sense Taft Men Outsmarted No deadlock materialized not because Taft failed as a leader. but simply because of the increas ing rarity of the men designed In the classical image of old-fashion ed republicanism men like Taft s Texan supporter. Colonel R. B. Creager, who became master of the party in Texas under Warren Gamaliel Harding: or old Harrison Spaneler of Iowa, or Taft's man ager, Clarence Brown of Ohio. Al though very different from Taft I In rharapter th ll'prp the men who constituted the Taft bloc, and thev were not only a relatively sma 11 minority of the whole con vention although they are reputed to be the practical masters of the political craft, they were also con stantly out-smarted by Dewey's brilliant organization, headed by Herbert Brownell. jr. Look at the huge Brown .whose natural habi tat seems to be a smoke-filled room. Then look at the slender, precise Brownell, who seems ra ther out of place away from a good law office or modernist pro fessor's platform. You see at once the difference between the old re publican party and the new. Character Puzzling The candidates themselves of course express tho change in the republican party better than any one else. Of Dewey's record, noth ing need to be said, because every thing has been said so often al ready. His character, however, re mains surprisingly puzzling, con sidering the length and great im portance of his public service. He ls not the sort of political leader who arouses any personal fervor of affection among his fol lowers. It ls hard to know why this is so, unless the cool, almost me chanical efficiency of the man strikes something of a chill into those who do not know him inti mately. On the other hand he has around him. as these correspon dents reported at tho time of his re-election to the New York gov ernorship, the best staff that any American political chieftain in a good many decades has ever pos sessed. And from this staff, he commands really passionate loyal ty. Likeable at Qose Range In short, he must be much more likeable at close range than on a nlatform. and this is important. for a man's personal staff must inevitably know all his seamy More im do riant still. Dewey and his staff possess really remarkable experience and competance in ine art of government. In this respect political leadership Is a little like a plumbing fixture it may be nif to have it orchid-colored, but what matters is that it should work. The working effectivenes of Dewey leadership is, finally, greatly enhanced by the choice of Earl Warren as his running mate. Warren is by long odds the most progressive of all the republicans of national stature. He is an easy- tempered, genial man, but a fight er when aroused. Ana me uung that most - strongly arouses his fighting spirit is the greatest dan ger for the republicans the grab bing for anything that is not nail ed down, by the large special in terests that still regard the repub lican party as their very own. From this, under Dewey and War ren, there is reason to hope the country should be safe. Congress to Stay in Line The republican majority In con gress may still wish to celebrate a carnival of reaction, as President Dewey Accepting tlw Republican Nomination A . . - . AFL to Hold Next Conclave at Corvallis, Defers Resolutions . - - ,-JT J- PHILADELPHIA, June Z5 - Sbowinx a alight trace of a beard. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York extends his left arm durlag an address before the GOP convention tat Philadelphia accepting Its presi dential nomination. (AP WIrephoto to The Statesman.) As California Swings to Gov. Dewey 4 4 V" ." 0 v yT4' ilj PHILADELPHIA. Jane tS Sen. William Knowland of California takes the speaker's stand to an nounee to the OOP eonvenMon in Philadelphia that Gov. Earl Warren of California has released bis delecates aad thrown his support to New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Behind Knowland stand Harold Stassen (riiht) and Speaker Joe Martin. NoU Oregon sign at lower left. (AP WIrephoto to Tho Statesman). Truman charges. But Dewey, leading his party back to the good fruits of office after many hun gry years, should long enjoy tho same control of congress that Franklin Roosevelt enjoyed for similar reasons from 1936 to 1938. A Dewey-Warren administration will be a conservative administra tion, for if the word means any thing at all, the republican party is certainly the party of Ameri can conservation. But tho Dewey Warren brand of conservation should also be intelligent conser vatism, which means that the jobs that really need to be done will be done efficiently, and tho messes that really need to be tidied up will be tidied up neat. ( Cp right, IMS, New Terk BlermM Trttu uc) A village on the island of Angle sey in norm waies nas trie as letter name of LJanfairpwUgwyng- yllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysili- ogogogoch, generally shortened to Llanfair P. G. for convenience. Firms Threaten to Sue Salem Over Regulation of Peddling City Attorney Chris Kowitz, addressing the Salem Retail Trade bureau Friday, indicated that pending bills regulating peddling and soliciting in Salem will be amended before being submitted to the city council for final passage. Kowitz said the city is being threatened with suits from direct selling companies who insist their salesmen are entitled to sell door- to-door in Salem without obtain ing licenses or permits. The cur rent ordinance demands that salesmen secure permits from the chief of police, and virtually no permits have been granted. Num erous salesmen have been arrest ed by city police for recent viola tions. Kowitz, stating that many can vassers are engaged in legal and fair sales, said the council is at tempting to evolve legislation to permit the legitimate operators to GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichtjr f sell and still protect Salem resi dents. He cited that many instances of high-pressure tactics and unfair prices by peddlers have made it difficult to separate legitimate and illigitimate operators. He stated the National Association of Direct Buying Agencies is threat ening to sue the city. It ot occurred to me).-J-?nesl Didn't b mar dot we would harm IM,..nh tellow travelers on our Credjlt Group Hears Banker "Stand on your own credit judg ment, don't be rushed into grant ing credit because someone else will grant it," William P. Choate, vice president of the United States National bank of Portland, advis ed Salem Credit association mem bers at the luncheon Friday in the Golden Pheasant restaurant. The person to whom credit is denied may himself come to tell you later that it was a favor to deny the credit, the speaker said, recalling his own experience. Collections are made or lost when the information is first tak en, Choate said, urging that the in formation be carefully obtained. 14 Complete Nurse Training Fourteen student nurses com pleted psychiatric nursing training at the state hospital here this week and have returned to their local hospitals. The students were: St Mary's hospital, Astoria Angela McGovern. University of Oregon Medical school, Portland Edith Heikka, Reba Lehman. June Anklin Mel- green, Helen Stapf. St Alphonsus hospital, Boise Pauline Rigney Davis, Beatrice Cearley, Lois La Verne Rees. The Dalles General hospital Catherine Brant, Ada Mae Hart, Patricia McCarthy. Ava NeaL Kathleen Whitten, Clara Mehltng By Lester Coor j f Staff Writer, The Statesman L The Oregon State Federation of Labor ended; Its 45th annual j convention in Salem Friday afternoon as delegates selected Corvallis ror the 1949 meeting but postponed action on important resolutions dealing with automobile insurance and workmen's sickness compen sation. lit By a 136 to 62 vote, Corvallis was selected in preference to Eu gene as the site of next year's con vention. Resolutions to t endorse compulsory state: automobile in surance and state compensation for sick workmen: were referred to the federation executive board by ' unanimous votes. : James T. Marr,' executive secre tary of the federation, recommend ed the action on the insurance pro posal, stating that unions Would have to finance completely a cam paign to put the plan into effect. The executive board reported a study shows that current increases in auto insurance do not exceed -price boosts on other commodities. The board, recommended adoption of the Massachusetts state plaa which demands that all car own ers be insured, but with private companies. , Resolution Kef erred - The resolution to endorse com-pensation- for sickness wai refer red to the executive committee with an authorization to Introduce the plan in the 194? legislature af ter other groups are consulted to. determine the plan's feasibility. Also referred to the executive board was a resolution to create a five-man State Federation of La bor Apprentice Coordinating com mittee. The negative vote came af ter Marr told the convention he "resented the resolution" on the grounds the present setup was working satisfactorily. Resolutions were t approved to commend the Bonneville Power administration for its outstanding work in power t distribution; the U. S. corps of engineers for their efforts during the current Hood and extending thanks to Salem re sidents for their hospitality during the week-long convention. Petitions to Be Filed Marr announced that federation referendum petitions to repeal the 1947 law lowering income tax ex e Ions now carry 44,386 signa tt. . The petitions and others cir- . cululed by other organizations will be filed with the secretary of state's office Thursday, Marr stat ed. - Other resolutions adopted call for continued affiliation of the Federation with the Western States Conference; of i Western State Federations;: co-operation with the state industrial accident to curb industrial accidents; and protection of veterans and full support of the state apprenticeship council. 2 Join List of 'Miss Salem' Candidates Two more candidates for "Miss Salem" were announced by the American Legion Friday night. They are Dolores Peterson, 20, of 3015 Welch st, Silverton, and Von da L. Powell, 18, of 1545 N. 16th st., Salem. Both are brunettes. Previously announced can didates are Mary Mullener and Katherine Gladem, both of Salem. Selection of "Miss Salem" will take place at Waters park on the night of July 4 when the Salem Legion posts sponsor a celebration featuring fireworks and a baseball game. Charles Jens, chairman of the committee to select "Miss Salem,' said he hopes Salem will produce a winner who will go far toward becoming "Miss Oregon" at Sea side July 23, 24 and 25. He said $15,000 in prizes are at stake in the national selection at Atlantic City in September. Salem is one of 15 cities in Oregon competing. Beaver Boys State Delegates Leave Today Leaving at 1 p. m. today to at tend the annual Beaver Boys State in Corvallis, will be at least 14 Sa lem boys, the sponsoring Ameri can Legion announced Friday night. The boyes are to meet In front of the state library building before 1 o'clock for pictures and instruc tions, Al J. Crose, member of Bea ver Boys State board of directors said. Salem's quota for the State is 16 members, and it is expected that that quote will be filled be fore departure today, Crose said. Boys already "checked in" are Doyle McMillan, 1020 EL Rural St.; George G. Strozut, jr., Route 7, box 122; Rudy Wellbrock, route 8, box 1424; Richard Peterson, 1745 N. 23rd st.; Lloyd Hamlin, 1885 N. 4th St.; Gary Campbell, 1800 N. 23rd St.; Richard Lewis, 1135 E st.; Douglas Dougherty, route 7, box 21; Curtis Humph rey. 180 S. 18th st.; William Hill, 447 snipping st.; Robert Carlson, 20 Carlton Way; Ronald Hall, 160 Duncan ave., and Lynn Locken our, 1478 Center st., all sponsored by Capital post 9, American Le gion and George Error, 1830 N. 5th st., by Salem post 136. The State continues on the Ore gon State campus through Satur day, July 3. Protest Road Name Change A proposal to change the name of Prince road in the Keizer dis trict to Dearborn avenue was tak en under advisement by Marion county court Friday after throe residents registered protests in a public hearing. Mrs. Jessie Prince, widow of Fred Prince for whom the street was named, said she objected be cause of sentimental reasons. George Durham suggested that the road should be called Prince road through its extension. Dearborn avenue, because Prince road was established and named earlier, Mrs. Florence Barker, a former resident of the community, also protested the proposed change. Sweetland to Keynote Dci:o Meet Today Monroe Sweetland, Newport publisher and democratic national commi tteeman, will keynote the opening of the Young Democratic, state convention starting at 10 a. m. today in the senate office rooms at the state capitol. Co-chairmen of the convention are Ray Gilson and Art Dow, both of the Marion county Young De mocratic organization. Chairmen of the various committees, as an-, nounced- Friday nfght, are Con ley Ward, constitution; Joe Lark in and Howard Morgan, resolu tions; Walter Dennis, , platform Herbert W. Carter, rules; and Ro bert Davis, credentials, i Sessions during the day will be followed by a dinner at 7 p. m. at the Salem hotel dining room for convention delegates, officials announced. Moose Lodge Initiation Set Twenty local candidates for membership will be in the party when a group from Salem Moose lodge goes by charter bus to Eu gene Monday night for an initi ation program. A talk at the meet ing will be given by F. Roy Yoke of Chicago, supreme governor of the lodge. f- The bus will leave the lodge's new hall at 284 N. Commercial sL. at 6 p.m. The initiation will be presented by the Eugene degree staff, assist ed by a drill team from Corvallis. Music is to be provided by a 50- voice male choir of the Eugene lodge. Deed to Bridge Site Received A deed to a tract of land on the Marion county end of the proposed Independence bridge was handed over to Marion county Friday by the eight owners, of the property. The land, a part of the old Coo per estate, was deeded by Lfflie Crane, Ivy M. and Thomas- Fltz simon. La villa Williams Miles, John Cooper and Mariel and Clar ence Nowtany, all part owners. A "cloverleaf will be construct ed on the property to handle bridge traffic on the east approach. The only right-of-way property now in dispute is that owned by the Paulas Brothers interests,, over which part of the structure- will on the Marion county side. VFWPosteTalk Of Convention, Slate Fair Booth 1 Beaver Navy post and Meadow lark post. Veteran of Foreign Wars, meeting- jointly Thursday in Mayflower halL discussed the VFW state convention in Pndleton last week and the possibility of jointly operating a concession at Oregon state fair this year.: Virgil Bolton, district 20 com mander, who attended the state convention, gave convention re ports. Discussion followed in which the posts' members took part. Spe cial interest was shown regarding; the state veterans' bonus approved by the state convention which would pay home service veterans $10 for each month of service and overseas veterans $15 per month. .eflBsss"'Sw " Com m today rK f EI TK1 NEW ! FIN G EX FORM KEYS Keen Typewriter Exchange 4St Cecrt Street Expert, I Reliable ' ncpniriiirj GaB Wtt -1 2S Cears L