I Tim gfcriman. Salwn. Oregon, WmdxiMdtrr. frY
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From First Statesman, March 28, 1151
THE STATESMAN PUBUSHINC COMPANY
CHARLES A SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher
. Member of the Associated rress j
The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively U the use for republi
cation of all the local news printed In this newspaper, las well as all
AF news dispatches. "
Schuman Resigns as Premier of France
The Schuman ministry in France fell over
budget, which often is a stumbling block where
concerned. Traditionally they
ture and this time the socialists
ists left the cabinet, and the vote in the assembly
So Schuman resigned
No party has a majority in
became premier through a coalition of socialists
against the communists. The coalition held throiigh numerous"
crises, including approval of. the three-power pat for setting
up administration in western Germany. It broke ovr the amount
that should be spent for the military, Schuman refusing to accept
as large a cut in the budget as the socialists wanted.
A new government will have to be set; up, of course, and
presumably it will be one that the socialists can join in. Though
in a definite- minority they hold a balance of poWer and fur
nished the premier. (Ramadier) .before Schuman took the post.
In view of the critical European situation France becomes
a most important country from the western standpoint. Its people,
exhausted by war, occupation and liberation, have been reluc
tant to adopt strong measures. They fear their Country again
would be overrun by armies. In the pinch, of course, France
will side with the west, despite its noisy and rathjer large com
munist contingent; But much depends on the kind of govern
ment that will be set up now in these moments"pf strain over
the .Berlin blockade.- Weakness there would be Serious to the
western position
The Condon Case Again
I Dr. Edward IT. Condon is far from being
link" in the chain of atomic security, as charged
committee on un-American activities. In fact, he;
of such value and trustworthiness thaLlb atomij energy com
mission has allowed him full access tony atomic information
u iiuxy want 10 use. rviiu me
complete investigation of the libelled scientist.
The San Francisco Chronicle, commenting bn this sober
action by the atomic energy people, points out th fact that the
doubting J. Parnell Thomas once' declared the Condon case so
Important as to demand "immediate attention." Vet, this com
mittee chairman tried to keep the full facts fr)m the public
.and after his accusations did nothing to bring the case out- in
the open so that Dr. Condon might defend himself.
The fact that an able American scientist, head of the Na
tional Bureau of Standards, was so grossly slandered, so care
lessly dubbed a traitor to his country, is bad enough. It cer
tainly will not.help the government's campaign to if ill the inade
quate ranks of highly-trained men whose skills and ingenuity
are vital to the national welfare. j
But what is worse is the semi-apathetic way ih which many
people looked upon the Thomas committee's star-chamber meth
ods. The medieval practice of declaring a man giUty before he
has a chance to prove himself innocent is simply not compatible
with the American conception of fair play and justice . . . even
If it turns out the accused is a
Dr. Condon's reputation is
the atomic energy commission.
affairs committee which stands
chain that secures our conception
A Delegate Departs
Andrei Gromyko. soviet deputy foreign minister, formerly
ambassador to thfe country and
si a in the United Nations, has gone home. Refusing an interview
when he embarked he did tell
not return to 4his country. (In this respect he differs from some
ether soviet diplomats who "jump ship" at foreign ports to escape
recall to the homeland.)
His going is not the conventional departure of a foreign
representative whose contacts are usually extremely limited in
the country to which he is assigned. Representing the USSR in
the sessions of the UN security council and assembly Gromyko's
face and figure and actions have become familiar to a great
many people who have observed the deliberations of these bodies.
They recognize him as a man of real force, a fluent speaker
(though few could understand his language); but; one of course
afflicted with the Russian twist of reasoning. i
So far as we know Gromyko's hope of no I return to the
USA grows out of no discourtesy shown him here. Its source
is probably his sense of being alien in philosophy to the "west
where he has been domiciled for several years -alien because
ho insulated his mind and his person against the influences of
the west. In that way he insured a safe return for himself and
family. 1 j
Evidently Gromyko is on the rise in the soviet hierarchy.
Perhaps he will succeed Molotov in time. Hardened as he has
been in the tough school of the old bolsheviks there is no promise
that he would meliorate Russian policy. The one expression he
made on departing which offers a ground for encouragemen' is
his "quote" that the United Nations "must succeed." It "must"
but It can't without Russian cooperation. I
Truth as Propaganda j
While the Ber liners cannot fail to know about and appre
ciate the efforts Americans and British have made to fly food
to the besieged city despite high cost and considerable danger,
one criticism made by the Germans themselves seems Valid. The
Americans do not take advantage of such natural public rela
tions raw material.
A short time ago there was a storyi from Berlin in the
Christian Science Monitor. It said the politically-alert Berliners
feel keenly that Americans and British are not making the most
f their propaganda opportunity to show all Germans the real
situation. Intellectual Germans realize that the! AMG's "cul
tural magazines" are all very fine, the article goes on, but also
they know that Goebbels' tactics of iteration arid reiteration in
language and pictures the common people understand was a
technique which produced results. j
As U. S. planes flocked over Berlin carrying flour and other
food supplies to the inhabitants, the Russians tacked up eye
catching posters describing grain being destroyed in the United
States rather than being sold to starving humanity, and articles
depicting Americans as wasteful and inhuman capitalists. Ridicu
lous as such statements may seem to us, we must remember
that the biggest lies went over best when Hitler repeated them
often enough. . J J
Now the Russians, after the preliminary groundwork, are
going to bring 100.000 tons of bread grains to jBerlin and. sell
the food to all comers for the new Russian mark. Of course, they
are embarking on this great humanitarian project with the
bigjest possible propaganda fanfare, pointing to themselves as
the saviors of Berlin, no doubt, and incidentally, boosting the
value 01 their unpopular new currency. ft
No one would urge Americans to counter
with lies. We don't need to. The
more potent than any manufactured stories. We
telling propaganda there is. And
No Fear Shall Avd
the military
socialists are
look askance at military expendi
deserted the MRP
, four social
was adverse.
the national assembly. Schuman
the "weakest
by the house
is a scientist
LiUienuiai cumiiussiou uuue a
communist. - I
vindicated Lby the findings of
Now it is the ! un-American
indicted as a weak link in the
of a democracy
later delegate representing Rus
reporters he hoped he would
propaganda lies
truth that we
have to tell is
have the most
we should use it.
Weather Only
Thing Certain
In Washington
Br Joseph and Stewart Also
WASHINGTON, July 20 Since
the president's decision to call
the .republican congress back to
"hoM thlr foot
in the fire.-fT
k l- . l T
safe prediction
of what Wash
ington will be
like during the?
coming months.
Washington willT,
oe noi, na oy
iiu uteaxu WI17
in the atmos
pheric sense of
that word. The
hot rage of the f JWpfc Alaop i$
republicans at " '
Truman's special session can is
giving a good many democrats a
deal of malicious plea suae. Even
so, some jof the wiser democratic
,-f heads are already beginning to
Ithree months or
so the president
;4J
will feel like
congratulat in g
himself on the
decision he has
just taken.
As one of them
foil i- "In a
I prize fight, un-
Jless it's a push
over one way or
f ho nthxr hnfh
t. tiawari Alf if ighters are apt
' "-f- - to g e t hurt.-
President Truman is no doubt
capable Of giving the republicans
in congress a bloody nose, by
loudly contrasting their promises
in Philadelphia with their forth
coming jperformance on Capitol
HilL Buf it will be surprising if
the republican congress iohal
leaders, who are by no means
stupid men, do not succeed in
administering a number of tell
ing blows somewhere near the
president's political solar plexus.
Unhappy for Both
The fact is that in a battle be
tween congress and the president,
the results are apt to be about
equally unhappy for both, unless
the president is a man of such
stature as not the warmest of 'his
admirers claim for Harry S.
Truman.)
Thus the real beneficiaries of
the savage battle which is about
to be fought in Washington's
humid heat are likely to be those
who are! not directly involved in
the fight. These include those
democratic politicians who are
trying to beat the republicans in
local contests.
Such i local leaders as New
York's Mayor William O'Dwyer
and " Chicago's CoL Jacob Arvey
are delighted with the special
session call. This is perfectly un
derstandable. So is the towering
rage of such men as CoL Robert
R. McCormick's fair-haired boy,
Illinois republican Sen. C. Way
land "Curly" Brooks.
Liberal Gets Advantage
The case of Senator Brooks is
illuminating. His senate seat is
being contested by an able lib
eral, Paul Douglas, with the
backing i of Arvey's democratic
machine. Because Henry Wal
lace's third party, never averse to
electing ! isolationist republicans,
is putting a nominee in the field,
Douglas had not been given more
than an outside fighting chance
against the stodgy Brooks.
Now, however, Douglas
chances look considerably bright
er. First, Brooks will be forced
to take an uncomfortably public
stand on a whole series of issues
which are deeply felt In over
crowded, price-harried, race
eonsciouf Chicago. It is extremely
doubtful that Brooks righ wing
republican mentors will permit
him to take a popular stand on
these issues.
Other1 Cases Similar
Second, while the unfortunate
Brooks is sweating in Washing
ton, Douglas will be free to build
his political fences in Illinois,
with the help, of Arvey's ener
getic cohorts. No wonder the
Brooks blood pressure has risen.
And precisely the same sort of
situation exists in a number of
other cases, as for example be
tween Minnesota's Hubert Hum
phrey and his republican oppo
nent. Sen. Joseph BalL
Thus the president's bold move
should help democratic candi
dates in a number of local con
tests in the north. But will it
help the president?
Certainly it was designed to
do so, and certainly it seems cal-
GR11S AND BEAR
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Tm a problem child . .what do res do for fan . . .T
Dallas City
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Hot days hold bo terrors for DaUaa children, for they march right
pool om sao UMjreoie; river, sawwn above are soma mt the hundreds of swimmer vMuag the pool
In I ShalU M mtm hm f u m t . - . -
Shallow feouaw
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f j'fe
Picnic tables, fireplaces aad cool lawns ander qalet shade tree
make Ideal aicnlckiar eondlttoas at the 15-acre Dallas city pork.
: shown above. In the aackfroand arc some 'mt the maay swinga
which provide entertainment for yoonrsters.
culated to put4 Governors Dewey
and Warren in an. agonizingly
embarrassing situation. On the
stump, they will be offering the
country modern, enlightened gov
ernment. Hut on Capitol Hill,
most members of their party will
be balking! at such measures as
Sen. Robert A. Taft's relatively
mild housing bill, which most
congressional republicans, like
Taft's Ohio colleague. Sen. John
Bricker, regard as nasty social
istic nonsense.
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Painful Trouble Likely
Moreover although neither re
publican nominee is in congress,
they will not be able entirely to
escape responsibility for what
congress does. This means in turn
a running I series of conferences
between Dewey and such repub
lican congressional leaders as the
senate's Taft and Joe Martin of
the house. Since Dewey and the
Revenue Needs
Re-estimated
Bv Company
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Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Co. placed a new estimate
of needed additional revenue be
fore the state public utilities com
mission Tuesday on the second
day of the rate hearing in Salem
Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Y. D. Teilwright, the telephone
company's Oregon manager, said
new revenues of $5,042,322 would
be required annually to provide
a 7 per cenjt return on investment
which he said he considered the
minimum necessary for financial
Stabilization of P.T.&T.
On Monday the telephone com
pany attorney, Fletcher Rockwood,
had submitted $4,123,000 as annual
increased revenue sougnt oy tne
company, this figure representing
a reduction from earlier figures
ranging from $5,500,000 to $0,
060.000.
The company is expected to con
tinue presenting its case for hign
er rates during the next 10 or
12 days.
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Park Offers Swimming Hole, Picnic Grounds,
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aloms; the wall
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congressional leaders by no
means see eye to eye on all mat
ters, these occasions may well
be distinctly painful.
Even so, Dewey will be able
to remain to some degree above
the battle. The president cannot.
Moreover, the president has clear
ly decided to cast aside the states
man's toga which he has worn
so uncomfortably, and to indulge
in some really tough political in
fighting. The unedifying specta
cle of a long, rather squalid pres
idential squabble with the con
gress will scarcely add to . the
president's stature in these times.
For more is involved than the
political fortunes of Harry S.
Truman. And the savage bitter
ness of the fight which the pres
ident has now initiated can hard
ly contribute to the unity of the
country, as the grim crisis abroad
continues to grow more grim.
(Copyright, IMS, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
William Iwan,
Veteran Salem
Fireman Dies
Capt. William (Billy) Iwan, 71,
retired Salem fireman, after over
40 years service with the local de
partment, died Tuesday at a local
hospital.
Ho had been confined in the
hospital since January, 1947, ex
cept for a few weeks in Juno,
1947. He resided at 2352 N.
Front St., prior to his hospitaliza
tion. ,
Iwan was born Jan. 17, 1877
at Silver City, Idaho, and in 1888
moved with his family to Eugene.
In 1900, he came to Salem and
was employed by. the city street
department and was also an on-
call-man" for the fire depart
ment at that time. He became an
active employee of the fire de
partment in about 1905. Ho was
appointed assistant chief of the
department about IS years ago.
He served as acting chief of the
department between the resigna
tion of Chief Harry Hutton and
the appointment of present Chief
W. P. Roble.
Iwan held memberships In the
Extra Numbers
Listed for Calls
If anyone needs the Salem fire
police department badly, and
the regular number (2-4191) is not
readily available, he can now dial
either "operator" or 116, it was
announced Tuesday by 1 At Berg
lund, Salem manager of the tele
phone company. j
The 116 outlet Was added for
emergency calls only, Berglund
explained. Persons using that num
ber (or calling "operator") j should
eive the address where the emer
gency exists, and the operator will
then reach the required number.
GroupQoses
ffighway.To
ur
The state hisjhway commission
returned late Saturday after a
3,000-mile tour of eastern and cen
tral Oregon where they inspected
a number ox road improvement
projects now under contract, some
newly finished roads, and project
ed highways. j -
. Board members declared that
while a lot of new road construc
tion Is required in different parts
of the state many of the existing
heavily traveled highways are
hold up well.
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down to the old swimming bole
for small yeanaaiers to enjoy the
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Everybody Is la and It seems fine at the Dallas dty park swTaamtag
hole, shown above. The pool was made by members of the Dallas
Kiwanls club 20 years ago. (All photos by Don Dill, Statesman
staff photographer).
Summer Heat Evaders Troop
To Improved Dallas Gty Park
. By Don DOl
Staff Writer. The SUtun
DALLAS, July 20 Sunday picnickers and swimmers from the
mid-Willamette valley have come to know about Dallas' city park
and, accordingly, flock to it these hot summer Sundays. Hundreds
of persons take advantage of the many cool-shade trees, hospitable
picnic tables and the inviting waters of the swinuning pooL
Located in the northwest section of Dallas on LaCreole river, the
park has been a part of Dallas
since 1884 when about 12 acres
of land which had been used as
a Christian church camp grounds
was deeded to the city by Ellen
Lyle, a member of a pioneer
Dallas family. Provisions in the
deed still allow the Christian
church to hold camp meetings
there, but it seldom does , any
more.
Little was done with the park
grounds for the first 30 years,
but in 1918 city fathers allotted
S50 per year from city funds for
the upkeep and improvement of
the grounds. At present a I mm
tax levy supports the park and
its many improvements.
In 1928 a croup of Dallas Ki
wanis club memtrs journeyed
to . Silverton to look over that
city's swimming pool, went back
to Dallas, rolled up their sleeves
and built a pool right in the
LaCreole river, making one of
the finest swimming spots in the
valley.
Much of the work on the park
in the early days was sparked by
John R. All good, and he is still
vitally interested in the park's
progress as chairman of the Dsl
las park board. Other members
of the present board are L. J,
Smith and Carl Gerlinger, jr.
In recent years an adjacent
walnut grove was purchased and
a bandstand built. Fireplaces and
tables, running water and gar
bage disposal can make the park
ideal for picnic Swings, teeter-
totters and other pUythings make
the park popular with young
sters. And on really hot days
with large crowds there is even
an Ice cream man vending his
wares, adding a little more color
to a colorful spot.
Elks, the IOOF and the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and
at one time was assistant state
fire marshal.
He was unmarried and is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Minnie
Snyder of Spokane and Mrs.
Henry S. Folkes of Salem and by
two brothers, Robert B. Muths of
Alameda. Calif, and Charles; R.
Iwan of Portland.
Announcement of funeral Ser
vices will be made later by the
Clough-Barrick company.
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their dty park and Its swlmsaiBg
each week. At the rlcht are beys
a W .
iter.
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Bean Harvest
To Jump Farm
Labor Demand
Demand f6r farm labor, now in
a lull, is expected to increase next
week when the bean harvest opens
in about 2,600 acres stretching
from Woodburn to Stayton, the
Salem employment service office
reported Tuesday.
It is expected that the need for
pickers will be critical again about
August 15 when the bean peak
is reached and early hops begin.
The office reports a record acre
age in both beans and hops mis
year.
Most bean yards have camping
facilities and the Salem farm la
bor camp can handle another 12S
families, the office said. Picking
price on beans will be 2V cents
per pound with one-quarter cent
bonus.
The word has already been
spread out to. the nine western
states that about 6,000 harvesters
wiU be needed in the Willamette
valley early next month, the lo
cal office said.
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Formerly
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167 So. Oihli SL
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cf a IInndrc3 Uzzz
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culUratinx Strawberriea,
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Hurry Wklk Tity Last
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PuniDer Unit
Turned Over
lowest saiem
Thq city of Salem j Tuesday
turned over a 500-aallon DuniDef
unit to West Salem tor
use.
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unit was acquired recent-
i .3
i ly b Salem Fire; Chief ;W. P.
Koblel at an office of civilian
fense surplus sale -In Astoria, and
, win pe put into A-1 condition
this Week by West Salem ; work
men.
h .Mayor i Walter Musgravo of
I West iSalem-said that dry Is now
arranging for purchase of 800
feet of high pressure hose tojbe
used jwith .th pumper. West $a
lem'sj tity council wiU be asked
to ape?rovo the acqulstion of the
additional hose, Musgrave stated.
- Thf pumper is already equipped
with iabout 250 feet of 2-inch
low pressure lino which was test
ed by Salem firemen Tuesday.
Heeded i to put the! pumper j in
good (operating condition are two
new jtirea and tubes and spark
plugs! for' the Chrysler' engine
which operates the Hale pumping
mechknism. j j 1 v
ThI unit will be towed! beh nd
a West Salem street department
trucki It Is capable of pumping
500 gallons a minute from a tire
hydrant i or from any stream or
ditchJ through its suction intk .
The auxiliary pumper will be
used I in .r cases when Salem : ire
equipment may be held up by
heavy traffic over the West Sa
lem bridge. Salem engines were
held up five minutes last wek
while on their way to a log fire
in Wjest j Salem, Musgrave poirfted
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Until Tuesday West Salem 'vas
without fire equipment. The Sa
lem (fire department furnishes
fire protection to the city
fee qjf $3,000 . annually.
new! parties spring up: Knbw
Nothings, Greenback, Populist,
Progressive, and now the Dixie
era ti and the Wallace New pirty.
In prewar France there Were
many parties too many : fori ef
fective government j I , I
The trouble with! the monilith
is that it is too rigid. It haj no
cushioning to absorb shocks. When
it crumbles It falls j In a heapl In
rld i composed of human j be
ings) whose pattern of ! thinking
varies the monolithic state raust
crush out any deviation from the
accepted pattern, j : . j '
Tfce . comment Is offered hat
Russia's present trouble with its
satellites is due to the difficiilty
of Ijjnposing its single win on old
natipnalities. Yugoslavs will be
Yugoslavs and; don't want to! be
Ruslan4 Czechoslovaks flee their
natii- miintrv ratHir than endure
thejmonolithic authority. :
There' is strength and durability
in a concrete structure, but . it
needs the more sUpple steel to
bind it firmly. Thd political mon
olith Is not an enduring form It
shatters under shoik. A political
organization must have Joints
whrire ; shocks may be absorbed;
and the larger the society the
broader! must be the Joints. The
United . States shouldn't : get too
far j from its old principle of ed
eratiorU The political monolith Is
a menace to fundamental
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