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4Th - Slots 4$tT ScdaL' Oregon," Sunday.' October lfc 194ft teflon -No Favor Sway$ Vs, No Fear Shall Awe" Frem First Statesman. March 2t MSI THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING jCOMPAl CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher (Zntered at the postofflee at Salem. Oregon, as second class matter under act of congress i March 3. 17. Published every morning except Monday. Business office tii l Commercial. Salem. Oregon, j Telephone X-2441. SRKBEJt Or TBB ASSOCIATED fSSS The Associated lress Is titled exelasl-ely to the ase for repesBeatte oT an the local aewt prlated la this aewspaaer, as well as aB AF stews dispatches. : i MEMBER PACmC COAST DIVISION OF BUREAU Ori AD VEBTTS INO Advertising Representatives Ward-Griffith Co, New York. Chicago. San Francisco. Detroit. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION By Mall (la A-ase) On month -Six months On year v .4.00 .4.00 . Prelude to Winter October's evening chill, unlike the Indian summer twilight and November's penetrating cold, is the stuff that harvest moons are made of: A last over-the-shoulder glance of Septem ber mellowness, the heavy smell of apples lying on the ground, and the crackle of dry leaves skimming the sidewalks before the wind. And it fair invites a fire in the fireplace. Later on, when the furnace has been started, the blaze on the living room hearth seems super fluous. It seems a conceit, almost; a mere part of the decoration like a quaint knicknack kept just for display. But right now the fire is a com ' fort, indeed. Besides, neither the crisp nights with stars hanging low over the chimney, nor the murky nights with fog caught in the treetops seem com plete without the smell of wood smoke. So, get the box of old newspapers and some kindling, and bring in a couple of logs from the stack by the side of the house. Such fine logs, too seasoned oak sawed into short lengths by a valley farmer who was clear ing some land. All summer they've been in the sun, and the dry grey moss and bits of green lichen an4 brittle twigs of mistletoe clinging to the bark do catch the flames! There. It is drawing nicely. Funny thing about a fire in the fireplace it kind of shuts out everything but the familiar objects close enough to reflect the glow. -The train-whistle a few blocks away, the wind howling down the street batting walnuts off the trees, the steady rain on , the windows how faraway they seem. The room is filled with the warmth of the fire, with its comfortable snapping and rustling, and the flickering light thrown out by a shower of sparks when one of the logs settles down against the andiron. Funny thing about a fire it is more than just a means of taking the chill from the house. More than anything else more than fluorescent light and television and atomic bombs the hearth fire is a symbol', of civilization, of homes and families and a welcome hand to the neighbors. The first men crouched by fires, knowing the wild animals would be) kept at a distance. And we, protected though we are by Insulated walls and insurance policies, we still feel reassured by the hearthfire. In a way, this is the way the world is . . . warming itself by the little flame it has kept alive through many winters, watching to see which way the wind blows and whether It Is carrying the snow that already is falling in yon der dark and unknown valleys. So. quickly now, throw another log on the fire, lest it die. We must not let it turn to ashes before the winter comes. Political Logic? Ever since President Truman said the repub licans were working hand in hand with the com munists, we have been trying to figure out what 'he meant. A speech this week by the executive vice president of the National Association of Real Es tate Boards gives us a clue. The realtor explained to a &frra conven- Tito Complains of Soviet By Stewart Alsop WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 A re markably interesting conversa tion took place very recently in Belgrade, stronghold of Marshal Tito. Tito asked an old acquain tance, the ex treme left-wing member of the British Parlia ment, K o n n 1 Zllliacus, to luncheon. There was an element of quaintness ln v the long talk I which ensued i J. TsftjSfJSfd tor and the British left-wma. Bat the talk was also the most important and signifi cant indication of Tito's real po ' sition that has become available since his declaration of inde pendence from the Kremlin in June. , At first, the conversation was personal and trivial. Tito had re turned to BelgTaHe from a vaca tion on the Island of Vis and he looked resplendently healthy. Zilliacus complimented him on hin appearance. The dictator re plied, with pardonable, pride, that he had been following faith fullv a rigid regimen prescribed by his physician. As a result, he boasted, he had got rid of 25 un welcome pounds. From the . un stinting way Tito went to work on the lavish meal his cooks had provided, it was clear that .the diet had now come to an end. After the preliminary courte sies. Zilliacus, greatly daring, in troduced mare- aeakiua subjects. He found Tito surprisingly will In to talk asbttut his trmtt&m with the Soviet Union and with his former patron, Russian So tator Josef Stalin. In fact TBs bluntly volunteered the epdsuot that the Soviets had intended ta humble him and bring him to heel and that they had not suc ceeded. He admired, he said, the , Soviet state and the Soviet sys tem. Bui; he continued, the re MVNMB MM i wregon aewnere in uS-A. ; iw. month ; 1 00 t oo 12.00 Six months . On year Vinson's Mission to! Moscow The news that President Truman planned a radio broadcast to announce he was sending Chief Justice Vinson) of the supreme court to Moscow to confer directly with Generalissimo Stalin has produced a genuine shock to. Amer ican diplomacy and to the United Nations. Once again the comment pf Sejnator Vandenberg is pertinent: "We can wbrk with only one secretary of state at a time. J It was in early 1947 when Secretary Byrnes was laboring in Pafis in i a foreign ministers' conference, trying to: write treaties to wind up the War that Henry Wallace, then secretary of i commerce, made a speech with President Tru man's express approval, critical of, American foreign policy, which seriously impaired the position of the secretary of state. The present proposal, even if it jwas cholordformed before formal announcement is embarrassing to Secre tary Marshall and damaging to the United Na tions into whose hands the problem of Berlin has been put. Again, it is a surprise undercut ting of our allies, Britain; and France, such as has occurred previously. j , If we absolve the! president of any political purpose and credit him with sincere ambitions to end the cold war With Russia, he still is guilty of amateur blundering. It is ruinous to the pres tige of the United States. Other governments have complained about the; zig-zag tendencies of American diplomacy j The latest incident con firms their worst fears. ; It seems absurd to' think that Justice Vinson with only a general knowledge of the complex Subject of Russian relations could sit down with Stalin and compose the differences. We have had enough -missions to Moscow as It is. Vinson's iaflure would hav made us laughing-stock over the world. i ! The episode proves again Mr. Truman's in adequacy as president in these difficult and dan gerous times. ' j.j "Aaleep at th wheel" replaces "asleep at the switch'' as an explanation j of injury and death. lations between Yugoslavia and Russia must be the normal rela tions between any two sovereign states. He would-under no cir cumstances accept the position of servant to the Soviet master. . o o o Moreover, he continued, warm ing to his subject, the other "peo ples democracies,' Instead of reviling him, should ! be properly grateful to him for standing up for their rights. Any of the other eastern European leaders, he re-i marked tartly, would collapse at "the lightest touch of Russian pressure. No doubt he had in mind the short-lived defiance and hasty recantation of such satellite leaders as Poland's Go mulka. As for himselfc he assertedj like all Yugoslavs he was- a proud man and his pride and that of his countrymen had been deeply wounded by the public Comin-j form condemnation of June 28.; If he had bowed his head, hei would have lost the support of his proud and independent peo-l pie. As it was. except for an in-! significant few, his people were; solidly behind him. ; O O O ' Moreover .this support could! not be shaken. If the Soviets were foolish enough to order a I full-scale economic blockade of; Yugoslavia, no doubt his plans! for the economic reconstruction of his country would be delayed.! But they would toe pushed to completion none the less. And surely Stalin would see then that he could do nothing to depose! his former friend and would agree to a real reconciliation, as; two wweretgn states. nt that time came, said Tfto,i Yugoslavia would rezxsaia. dea-j te ansuXts ed ingtwtttmdm, a; ftam aaernlier of be family of Che peoples demaendha. But j and this was a big asf slgnifj essBt tat ttds by roeasms pre cluded more friendly relations! with the Western powers. He was! particularly eager, Tito empha sized, for increased trade with: the West. There was no real rea-j By; City Carrier i i . 1.0 A2.09 tion that the movement fqr public housing is a priority issue in the communists' effort to seize control of the United States. Federal housing and government slum clearance projects form a big Red weapon to destroy our price system and the incentive for home ownership, he said. ; Every communist Is a public houser; provid ing housing for people who have none will "pit class against class" divide and undermine the Country, the executive asserted. I If what this "authority'1 says is true, then it Is quite clear what Truman had in mind when he pictured a SovietTGOP alliance. ; Evidently, Senator Robert Taft, one of the GOPs cbief policymakers On domestic affairs, is a wild-eyed radical because it was his mild and inoffensive bill the Taft - Ellender - Wagner bousing bill the real estate lobby in Washing ton worked so hard tb defeat And that, accord big to some types of political "logic", would prove that the republicans and the Reds are comrades! I Nationalism son, i he said in effect, why he could not 'live together with the West j j And here Tito made his most remarkable statement of alL Em phatically ho complained of the Soviet policy of setting one na tion against another. The trouble lay, jhe said, in the chauvinism and . narrow nationalism of the Soviet Union. Even to Zilliacus, It must have seemed odd to hear sucbi complaints from the Hps of the Swashbuckling, bellicose Ti to. Tito seemed cheerful enough on the surface, but just beneath the surface there was an evident tension. He clearly had not de luded himself into believing that his position was really secure, or that Jus breach with the Kremlin coul41 be quickly or easily healed. Andj repeatedly he referred to his great economic troubles. ' 1 He complained again and again of the inefficiency and in experience: in the economic sphere which bedevilled his re gime. He bad been; fighting, he said,! an uphill battle against this and (other j economic difficulties. And ! although he never quite said so, the implication was clear enough that a little help from the West in fighting his econom ic battles would be far from un welcome, i Clearly. j Tito must know that reconciliation with the Kremlin is exceedingly unlikely, or he neve would have permitted himself to speak so frankly. Clearly he also knows that with out some economic support from the West! his regime is in the 3oag ans j doomed. Such help should be and indeed in some measure already is, forthcoming. No one proposes that Tito should be loudly j welcomed as a blood brother of the Western democra cies. I But the plain fact is that an independent Yugoslavia is in the Western interest, while a Yu goslavia under the Kremlin's keel Is not (Copyrisht. IMS. New York Herald Trlbw m .Aassr m m mm . mm ar star Dull, Duller, Dulles CRT SB3DDD0 J2J (Continued from page 1) a fancy price, radiated ample warmth; or registers of hot air furnaces delivered blasts of hot, dry air Into the rooms. On win try mornings children gathered about the stove or furnace and parked their leggings and over shoes, wet from wading in 'the snow, nearby for drying Primitive, yes. But these schools instructed many gene rations of youth in the funda mentals of learning and en couraged many to go on to higher schools. Many a snotty nosed boy emerged to become a senator or a lawyer or a preach er. Many a taffy-haired, gangly girl grew up to become an in spiring teacher, an intelligent wife and mother. No. we wouldn't want these conditions to return. Germs still thrive In the common drink ing cup. Sanitation and sewers are necessary in country as well as dry. Hot water is hardly a luxury any more. The report mentions only the deficiencies. Actually the vast majority of the schools of the state are modern. You go Into any town In Oregon and us ually you will find that the schoolhouse is the most attrac tive building there. And In the country the Improvement In schoolhouses has been pronoun ced. Attention has been given to school lighting which in my opinion is of much greater im portance than hot water. Play sheds are often supplied and play apparatus. We have made progress. The published report Is of value in stimulating effort to bring up the laggards. The remedy of denying them school aid and thus pushing them down In their poverty is a drastic pre scription that should be with held just as long as possible. GRIN AND BEAR IT -iteUlgence informs as that by 1150 geateral staff will prebaMy be li i ' pc fel 4 Aft I lift rSttrfWtt ssiIe,l Li h Your Health CARE OF SPASTIC CHILDREN Nowadays more and more at tention Is being given by the medical profession to the prob lems of spastic children, those unfortunate yougsters, who, be cause of birth injuries, or faulty development of the brain, come into the world seriously handi capped. Some of these little patients have what is known as spastic palsy; and certain muscles are in a state of almost constant movement Others have a rigid paralysis of certain muscles. These children often develop de formities because the constant puB ef tense contracted muscles is so great that it cannot be coun teracted by normal muscle groups. Futhermore, the tendons which attach these abnormal muscles to the bone do not grow as rapidly as the bones.. If these children are to be helped, a careful study must be made to determine the muscles which are spastic; weak and re laxed, or normal. Braces are often helpful. It must be kept in mind, however, that such braces are used chiefly to control the muscles that are overly-strong and not to sup port the weak muscles. Thus, braces must be especially con structed and fitted with extreme care. The feet should be bathed dally and perfect-fitting socks should be worn. If there Is a back brace, it is better to have no underclothing between the brace and the skin of the child. The brace should be checked often to make sure that it is properly fitted. If the brace Is properly fitted, It may even tually be worn day and night. Operations sometimes accom plish a great deal for these chil dren. The type of operation ...ui-v, mav be of value, however. can only be decided by an ortho- ric specialist, after he has rll Igreful study of the con- shhTyt, It is often wise to con- SnwT'the use of braces after an unu wm u By Lichty Ml HCmCS the paper work of the n a par with ours . . . . i . . . Written by Dr. Herman N. Bandensen, M.D. operation, to prevent the recur rence of deformities. The drug, known as pros tig mine mav be helpful to some of these children, since it relaxes muscle spasm. o o Difficulty Eating Many children with spastic pa ralvsis have difficulty in eating and so suffer from vitamin and other deficiencies. Their diet must be well balanced so as to Include all of the necessary food part. Since some of these chil dren expend more enerry than normal children, their food In take must be greater. It fs sug gested that they be given Vita min B-complex, since this com pound not onlr stimulates the appetite but also relieves con stipation. Vitamin BJ. or pyro doxine given with Vitamin E. has been used for flabblness and muscle weakness. Attention to these matters may be of great help to the child with spastic paralysis. However, one of the most Im portant factors In the manage ment of spastic children Is to give them the opportunity to play with other children. Fre quently, the best way to accomp lish this is to have them play with each other In summer camps and In certain hospitals and clinics that are engaged In this particular phase of child care. (Copyright -1S4S King Features) Literary Guideposl By W. C. Rogers THE WINE OF ASTONISH MENT, by Martha Gellhorn (Scribnert; $3) An American officer, his jeep driver and the two women they meet In Luxembourg are the chief characters in this novel, nd though the action takes place as fh9. war thunders to its close. It Is not soldiering which matters most to us. but people. Their uniforms serve merely to place them, and anyway they come off quickly enough in this frank story about the affair of Lt. Col. John Smithers with Dorothy Brock of the Red Cross and the love of Pfc Jacob Levy for Kathe Limpert Miss Gell horn leads us Into a couple of stirring battles, and to talk about wartime problems and the dreams of home and peace are entertaining or nostalgic, but mostly we woiry about John and Jacob. There is a Jew, but no Jew ish problem. There are officers, but they are not the cowards, bullies or cheats who have fur nished a moral for other recent novelists. Except for the end ing, which seems contrived, there Is drama,; but no melo drama. This is a thoroughly en joyable romance. 'Spud-Dogs' Made With Drill Press GRAND RAPIDS, Minn -CP) "Spud-dogs," made with a drill press, are being used to pro mote Itasca county potatoes. Junior chamber of commerce members using a drill press bored inch holes in 1,500 potatoes, slipped in wieners and baked thenu The "spud-dogs" were eaten at an annual potato festival, The Record Is In the Vote ! , V- 14- JvtIAA mWTM X .1;! Rr Mlrrnrrli I ' Statesman Staff Writer ' j? . j Oregon republican Incumbents who all seem assured of re election to congress have! made little effort to discuss with the peopla their attitudes toward the vital issues which confront the 81st-congress. Evidently, they stand on the record of the 80th. But! many a voter has only aj vague Idea of what "the. record" consists Yet review of their past actions on matters of major im portance are the best basis for guessing the actions of congressmen on future measures. j j 8 j To better enable Oregon voters to m$ses the attitudes of their congressmen on Issues, some of which are almost certainly bound, toi come up again, herewith is thejvoting record (compiled by l it search agency) of Oregon senators and representatives IN THE SENATE i Morse Outlaw porUl-to-portal par units I Yes Outlaw union shop and closed shop No Tart-Hartley bill 4 : . . . " No Greek-Turkish aid j j ' Yes Increased tariffs for foreign wool 1 Yes Postpone death of price controls J- No European recovery act L ,,. Yes is t. 3, t: e4 a. 9. 10, it i 13, 14; 13. 18, 17; 18; 19, 20, 21; 3 23. 24, 25 2. Tt 28. " w runes (proposed by Taft) Repeal federal oleomargarine tax Revive excess profits tax : Republican tax reduction : Federal aid to public schools Override tax reduction bill veto i , . . . . Cut river, harbor, flood i control Override atomic commission loyalty Boost 1949 soil conservation fund . Admit 200.000 displaced j persons rorow poll taxes for armed ser Standby basis for draft Selective service revival .. Vandenburg foreign policy resolution One-year extension of trade agreements Override social security coverage vfto 12-month basis for foreign aid .....i j Override railroad anti-trust exemption veto Funds for standby TV A steam plant Antl-achool-sesreKstion plan Kill public housing IN THE 1J 2 3 Outlaw portal-to-portal pay suits ' omnjpui la Dor-management bill Kill OPA Aid to Greece and Turkey Shelve wool protection bill Foretrn relief bill Republican tax reduction Extend rent control to March, IMS So billion foreign aid . Override taxe reduction veto Repeal federal oleo tax rideianos ou Bill One-year trade agreements extension Displaced person bill 4 Override social security coverage veto Override rail anti-trust exemption n., wo icon housing bill 4 i-. Yes It.; Funds for TV A steam plant .. i Yes 19. i Selective service i Yes 30.! S300 million rural electrification j Yes 21. European recovery program j Yes 22. 70-irroup air force 4 f Yes 23. ! $200,000 for un-American probe i. Yes 24.1 Mundt-Nlxon subversive control bill Yes 23. Decontrol power for local rent boards No Your City ! Government A private corporation the size and value of Salem's would em ploy a j full-time purchasing agent. 1e city must buyj every thing from tables to thumbtacks and the man who does the buy ing must! have specialized pur chasing iknowledge. Th man with that; responsibility irj Salem is your cjty recorder, an sppoin tive officer. j He also acts as clerk of the council. I The job demands a high de gree of accuracy and reliability. The auditors who scan the city's records would tell you the work is In good hands. j The wbrk Is closely related to that of your city treasurer. The office of treasurer Is elective and you have kept your present treasurer! In office so long that apparently no one Is willing to oppose him. : Where money Is Involved, the work of your recorder and your treasurer : must work as a team. Fines and bails imposed at police headquarters go to the recorder. When final disposition is made in municipal court, whatever STEVEIIS FOR SILVED o o o o o o REED BARTON FRANK WHITING GORHAM INTERNATIONAL FRANK 5MTIp TOWLE j HEIRLOOM ! ! ALVINI !ny Vour STERLING Now! ! You'll find a fine selection of patterns ! here at Stevens and prices for sterling ; flatware average less than 3 more than ; in 1944! So there's no need to wait any longer it's ha-d to match sterling silver flatware for value! Firm o Our Handsome Solid Silvr J ! .! Patimrnm by i?eexf S Barton TEVEIIS Ci son la Jewelers 03a Coaxi Street ; ' Wltlwr Wrlrttt Cortfoa Yes No Yes Yes . Yes No Yes No No Paired against No Yes No . Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes fund - check veto Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yss Yes Yes Yes Yes . No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No to!U3. HOUSE Ells worth Yes Yes Yes Yes Stoek- NorklaS asaa Yes Yea Yea Yes Yes Yes No No - Yes NO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yea Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No - No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ant eD - Yes - No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes . Yes . Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes iveto Yes still belongs to the city is then j transferred by the recorder ; to the treasurer. 'I Taxes are paid directly to the treasurer, as are also collections jifor services and permits. Con tract payments, salary checks land other itsms go through both offices. Business that ordinarily (is transacted at the, cashier's window is under the responsi bility of the treasury. It Is also ihis responsibility to see Ihat. warrants are properly drawn, jthat funds are available to pay ithem. ; As we have already men tioned, the city's budget this year lentails the expenditure of $1, 1369,709, by 17 departments or Services. : . The treasurers oiuce, wnere 11 available funds are handled. s operating this year-on only , I S3 percent of the total budget. .The four -highest ' percentages re: - engineering ( sewer con- , itruction). 33.83; f Ire depart ment, 16.46; engineering (gener al). 14.75, and police, 13.64. The others are an far below these figures. Estimated recorder's receipts ihis year are $90,640, treasurer's $128,574. The two offices are compe tently managed. t! u 't : and Sllvei ware Phone A-8US