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j The Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Thursday, October 12. 1943 Lodge to Hold j Bazaar Tonight assisted by members of 8L Tin cent de Paul and St Joseph's Ca tholic parishes, students of Sacred Heart Academy and Salem Court; Catholic Daughters of America. Knights of Columbus, Salem roOTBAIX FOR LIONS council, will sponsor a bazaar to be held tonight in SLj Joseph's hall beginning at 6 p. m. Proceeds are to go into the coun cil's building fund for a new Ca tholic center. The council will be A talk on football, as well as motion pictures of games will be presented at the Salem Lions club luncheon today in the Marion ho tel by Al Cox. freshman football 7To favor Stocryt Us, No Tear Shall Awi' First SUtesae. March It, 131 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher coacn at uregon state college. Entered at the poatofflea at Sales. Orecea. as second elase matter urxtor act of congress March a. JW. PubMshad every morniac except afaadajr. Buatness eittoe US S. Commercial. Salem. Oregon. ; Telephone 1-141. 1 V VJM WOk1,U,VW lUUll uuumobotss MM OF Til ASSOC1ATX9 KtU fae Antedates Press la tattled excteatvel to the use far rsauaaeaMoa at an Ota lacal aewa rclatee: la late aewtaeaer. aa was as ml AP mi eisaauaas. MZMBEft PACmC COAST DIVISION OT BUXKAU OF AOVTRTOTNO Advertising lUpresenUUves Ward-CrUtna Ca, Haw York. Chicago, Saa rraadaee, Detroit.' MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIBCULATIOM By Man Ia Aavaaee By Cty Carrier On month 6ix months Oaa year -m Oregoa Elsewhere la U.SA. - .i ISM .- . . . , . . mm Six month . Oaa yr JU Dewey and "Atomic Politics" You can't drop a clove of garlic into the soup and not expect the garlic flavor to permeate the other ingredients. But that, figuratively speak ing, is what Marquis Childs implies in a recent column. He laments that Governor Dewey "must take the blame for bringing the atom into politics ifcecause he made the first campaign speech about atomic energy. "Atomic politics," the writer shudders, is "frighteningly futile and stupid." He doesn't define that intriqulng term "atom ic politics" but the tone of his article conveys the suggestion that politicians, both homegrown and those on the international level, should keep explosive issues like atomic energy in a separate cubbyhole, unrelated to an over - all function like politics. As if you could! Politics (government) enters Into nearly every aspect of life; nearly every thing somehow gets involved in politics. And atomic energy is irrevocably a part of the times. You can't get away from it. Daniel Lang, reporter for The New Yorker, makes that quite understandable in a book writ ten for laymen called "Early Tales of the Atom ic Age" (Doubleday, 1948). Lang doesn't ex actly give out the recipe for making an atomic bomb in your own kitchen, but he does tell us what life is like at Oak Ridge, how the physic ists who turned atomic energy loose now feel, about searches for caves for underground in dustries, what is going on today at Los Alamos and Brookhaven. In short, his plainspoken objective reporting describes Jtow the atomic age began and what it is like thus far. The outstanding impression he leaves is that you can't keep on pretending this is the 19th century or that Hiroshima never happened. Atomic energy is as truly with us as is the quantity of potent radioactive material that has been created by man and cannot be destroyed. In a way, we are living on top of Pandora's box; the material is in thick concrete tanks buried deeply underground and we are safe from these nuclear booby traps Only as far as they remain undisturbed. But the only way to be completely safe, according to Dr. Lyle Borst, a leading atomic pile expert, would be to "send the stuff by rocket to the moon ... I say get the tuff away from the earth. Isolate it. Use the moon as a graveyard..." But he admits such action is pretty remote. You might say the same of the whole atomic energy problem. We are stuck with it. We can't put it in a rocket, tie it with a ribbon and send It to the wild blue yonder. We can't isolate it from everyday life or from politics. And it is probably a good thing that Governor Dewey seems cognizant of that fact. "Bow-and-arrow" politics in an atomic age might indeed be frighteningly futile and stupid." Soviet Pattern, Worldwide The surprise element in the major world news stories the past few; days has been want ing; most of the recent reports have only con firmed what we suspected all along. John Foster Dulles, heir-apparent to the U.3. secretary of state job under Thomas Dewey, said it for all the world to hear in his first ma jor speech on over-all foreign policy before Un ited Nations: "Wherever one looks, whether It be In Europe, Africa, Asia or the Americas, there is apparent the same pattern of effort, namely, the Incitement from without of coercion, fear and violence within to achieve international political objectives." Specifically condemning aid from Russian satellites to Greek rebels,! Dulles affirmed that "this violent effort to establish in Greece a com munist government is but a part of the general effort to extend the power of soviet communism throughout the world." We know now how it happened in Eastern Europe. We should not be amazed to see it hap pening today in Korea, France, Greece, Ger many and China. In each! instance the pattern is unmistakeably clear; each is a battlefront in the worldwide attack on democracy and in each dispute the issue is essentially the same free dom versus communist (Russian) control. What Dulles said of Greece can also be said for the communist-led coal strike and possible general strike in France. Withdrawal from the mines of maintenance crews (who prevent flooding so operations can be resumed without delay when disputes are settled) indicated that strike leaders planned to cause extensive dam age to the mines themselves. The real reason for the strike is not just the fact that miners need higher pay to meet inflated living costs; it is that coal is essential to European recovery and the communists seek primarily to stymie that recovery. It is equally not "news" that the revolt in Korea is no spontaneous . uprising by patriots but a well-planned military maneuver directed by purposeful men. When Russia announced withdrawal of soviet troops from North Korea, the immediate reaction of most observers was suspicion. Now it becomes clear that the an nouncement was the cue for Russian-trained native communists to start the war. As in Greece and China, it would not have been politic for Russian troops to take part in the fighting so efforts to establish a communist government in Korea must be made to look like an "inside job." For the same reason that it is quite consist ent with Soviet aims and practices there was no amazement when Vishinsky vetoed the small-power proposal that the Berlin blockade be lifted simultaneously as new currency talks begin. The UJ?. attempt at settlement of the Berlin dispute was a compromise, and no one can accuse the Russians of compromising their established pattern of behavior. Should they perchance do so, that event would, indeed be news. Military Split Major Dewey Problem Br Joseph and Stewart Alsea WASHINGTON. Oct. 27 In the sea of troubles into which Thomas E. Dewey will soon be plunged as.. . -,.-president otw jTf the United;: V""r""A States, not th ;'vA some will be Yi the unending' j battle between i - 'f the United! l T States navy and " the United States air force. Seer etirr of Defense James Joaepb Abopi Forrestal has-- made repeated and valiant ef forts to settle this row. At New port, R. L, last August it was thought on all sides that he had succeeded. But since Oc tober 10, the battle hs been joined again more fiercely than before. For on that day, the air force believes, the navy "kick ed the stuff ings out of the Newport agree ment.' The row is. of course, about the vital question of whether the air force should hare final, over-all responsibility for stra tegic bombing in case of war, or whether the navy should have a major independent stra tegic bombing role. This inevit ably gives rise to a subsidiary battle about how big a slice of the defense pie each service should cut. Two major attempts to settle the fight have already been made. The first was at Key West, Fla, in March, and the second was the Newport meet ing last August. A final agree ment was ostensibly reached at Newport. The air force would have "exclusive responsibility for its "primary mission stra tegic bombing. The navy would have similar responsibility for anti-submarine warfare. Thus, or so it seemed, the bitter dis pute was at last ended. Yet, beneath the surface, the row is now flaming fiercely again. The reasons are simple. On October 10, the navy made a "presentation" to the com mittee on the reorganization of the national defense, one of the Hoover commission groups. The chairman of the committee is Ferdinand Eberstadt. Eberstadt, as the air force is fully aware, is a leading candidate for sec retary of national defense in Dewey's cabinet. At this presentation. Vice Ad miral Arthur Radford, repre senting the navy planners, urg ed on the committee the navy view that the navy should have a major Independent role in strategic bombing by carrier ba.ed aircraft. In the eves of the air force, he went further than this. a He very clearly Implied that the air force was not capable of performing the strategic bombing role assigned to it un- , der the Newport agreement. ' One navy man raised air force blood pressure to record heights by telling the committee that there were two kinds of air power land-based air and mobile (or carrier-based) air and that land-based air was "like a boxer with his feet sti'ck in concrete." This sort of thing, in the air force view, is directly contrary to the Newport agreement. No public protest has yet been made by the air force al though such a protest Is by no means Impossible but the air force it nevertheless seeth ing with resentment. Nor has the resentment been lessened by the announcement of the navy's aircraft carrier building program, which has followed hard on the heels of the navy's presentation before the Eberstadt committee. Vice Admiral Earl W. Mills has an nounced that the navy Intends to start on a fleet of 28 carriers, centered on a huge 63,000-ton "super-carrier,' over a thous and feet in length. This carrier is designed, of course, to take heavy bombers capable of de livering the atomic bomb. The navy plan also calls for three 45,000-ton cant? with decks so reinforced that they too can .receive long range bombers. The navy thus clearly means to play a major independent role In strategic bombing spe cifically m delivering the atom bomb in case of war. More over, the; navy "super-carrier," with the! flotilla of supporting escorts which it must have, may mean a total investment as high as j $1,000,000,000. And this in turn suggests a subsidiary rea son for the resentment of the air force.; The figure of $14,400,000,000 has already been named for next year's national defense budget. That is over $9,000,000,000 less than the total of requests of all three; services. If the navy la to have a major strategic bomb ing responsibility. It will have to take a very large cut of this reduced national defense pie. This in turn means, the air force suspects, that the air force's 70 group program, approved by congress last spring, will have to be; disastrously reduced. The air force planners are convinced that the air force cannot suc cessfully perform the mission assigned to it in case of war If the 70-group program Is cut. The navy's super-carrier pro gram,; moreover, is viewed pri vately by the air force experts with j the deepest skepticism. The super-carrier would have to operate close to enemy shores, and thus to land-based aircraft And it would be a prize so valuable that It would Jus tify almost any sacrifice to sink it. Moreover, the navy has yet to find ah effective counter to the menace of the new German Type 31 long-range, high-speed, radar-proof submarine, of which there are at least 250 in the Red fleet. Whether this skepticism is justified or not, the plain fact is that in the Interests of na tional security, it is essential that the long-drawn-out feuding between the services be brought to an end. That should be, and no doubt is, a task high on the priority list of Thomas E. Dewey. (Copyright,- IMS, Kw York Herald Tribune, Inc4 ffl 7 Jfcig; .vvr-.---- . .... w- cTT . w vfrtw r- rTtffCf '-ett--os. Iron Curtain Halloween The Safety Valve To the Editor: The members of the Salem Fire department agree that the coun cil does have and should use their power to reduce hours. They have used those powers to govern the hours of all de partments except the fire depart ment. All departments except the police and fire departments, work 44 hour per week, includ ing water, street, sewer, shops, engineers, and all offices of the city. The police work 48 hours per week. The firemen had to go to the people in January, 1921, to re duce the hours from 126 hours per week to 84 hours per week; that has been 27 years. We re gret the necessity of going to the people again. Working conditions have changed a great deal for all workers since that time, and we feel we are justified in asking for a reduction in hours from 84 hours per week to 63 hours, the first request in 27 years. In this way we could all have a work man's Sunday, as do all other class of workers. We have tried all other means of reducing hours, such as asking the city council but there has ap peared no way to effect a change except through the measure to be votd on next Tuesday. Clinton Hart, Firefighters 63-Hour Committee. 'Opposes Salem Electric Franchise To the Editor: I am against giving Salem Electric a Salem franchise. I followed electrical work for many years and most of that time building and maintaining the electrical distribution sys tem in and around Salem. I know that the PGE company Is doing a wonderful job of de livering electric service to us and at a pre-war price and they are well equipped with exper ienced men and machinery to maintain good service. From my experience I cannot see where the Salem Electric has either equipment or ability to use a Salem franchise if it were given it. I am not now associated In any way with the PGE company but I do rate them as a friend of mine because they are serv ing me with a household neces sity (electricity) at a very nom inal cost and moreover the PGE Co, is assisting me in carrying the ever-increasing tax burden. Let's look at the record. Sa lem records show the Salem Electric is selling electricity in Salem under ordinance No. 3603 and paying a license fee Measures at Issue Nov. 2 of $125 per year. The PGE company is licensed under ordi nance No. 3848 to do business in Salem at a license fee of $28,500. Over at the county assessor's office they say the Salem Elec tric under some law cannot be taxed. I say that anyone that does not contribute their share of the expense in maintaining a city should not be allowed to do business in the city. The county recorda show the PGE company pays (1948-49) tax of $149,556.19 to the county of Marion, of this amount $64,- 693.23 goes to the city of Salem, Yes, it is true the city pays a lot of money to the PGE com pany for electric service in fact the 1948-49 budget sets aside $44,200 for electricity which will go to the PGE Co. but the PGE Co. tax and license amount to $93,193.23 and they receive back $44,200, so Salem is getting the best of the deal by $48,893.23. I oppose another electric franchise because if you have two electric distribution sys terns in Salem the customers will have to support the two systems in the purchase of elec tricity, then there is the two systems of poles and wires clut tering up streets and alleys. I say leave well enough alone We are now being well taken care of insofar as electric ser vice needs are concerned. Subject matter prepared and published by . Dave W. Pugh. INCOME TAX EXEMPTION Tea 312, No 313 When the voters of Oregon last year reiterated their stand against" a sales tax, individual income tax exemptions were decreased, thus raising tax payments. Opponents of that reduction fought it in the courts, were overruled and now have on the November 2 ballot an initiative measure to raise ex emptions to their former level. The Increase would be by one half the present provision from $500 to $750 for individuals and from $1,000 to 1,500 for hus band and wife. Backers of the proposal, the Oregon State Federation of La bor and the Oregon Farmers' union, declare that $5,000,000 of taxes taken in under the low ered exemption are not needed. They emphasize that raising the exemptions would remove the tax from those least able to pay and would, by aiding all. taxpayers, free finds for an improved standard of living and for stimu lation of business. . Opponents cite that the basic school support funds and other rising costs of government must come out of income tax receipts, that diversion of some of the sur plus to the general fund Is high ly possible, that a decline in prosperity' would mean an end to high receipts and that the amount of tax burden imposed by the lowered exemptions is small. The Statesman Recommends- State Measures Constitutional amendment to parmlt voters to establish new and higher tax base on which to compute tha six par cent annual increase. 31 X NO Constituuonal amendment authoriz ing issuance of bonds for state refor estation purposes. U X YES Bill establishing state boys" camp near Timber. Ore. sat x no BUI amandins bydroclectrie law. NT X MO GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty uSS? J J school Constitutional amendment remorins er qualification for voters in district tax elections. saa x ics 1 Bui requlrlnf tha state to pay 150 monthly pensions to all elderly people who lack that amount in net income. Sll X NO Bill increasing income tax exemp tions. SIS X NO Bill permitting- sale of bard liquors br the (lass in hotels, restaurants, clubs and dlninx cars. Ill X NO Amending: constitution to provide for bonus for veterans of second world war. Sll X NO BQl prohibiting salmon fishing with fixed gear and seines. J IS X YES Reference to people for authority to levy tax to cover deficit la state gen eral fund for tha biennlum. Amount would be covered by Income tax re ceipts. sm x ni County Measure Extra levy for veterans' organisa tion" buildings or halls. In x no Qty Measures Charter amendment to reduce fire men's hours and authorize tax levy up to three cnula. aai x no Charter amendment to act ua aom mission form of government. S3 X NO Franchise for Salem Klactrla. set x no What ether duties does he have besides being vice-president La charge ef predicting continued prosperityT Annexations to Salem. VOTE IKS i i SALEM HEADQUARTERS FOR GORHAM TOWLE REED & BARTON HEIRLOOM FRANK SMITH ALVIN INTERNATIONAL WHITING Presenting.. v THE NEW STERLING PATTERN This lovelv aow patters, ersatsa by Corbasa crafta , an so, was iaapirosl br use ever-beautiful Melreee plaatatioa la Natehex, Mississippi. Its perfect de alga ... 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This is only one of hvo serious flaws you will find In tho proposed charter cjmendment. You can kill tha attempt to change our present form of city government by voting 503 NO AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. . i i Roy Harland, Chairman RobL Boardman. Co-Chairman (Paid ad br Salem Plain Facts Committee) I i For Proof, See Our Ad Below It's just possible that this parrot is talking about the Fine Paint Values at Repine' Like Ultra Lamina One-Coat Wall Finish $3.45 per gaBea Dutch Boy Wonaover for walls and woodwork 3.8 per gall We Carry a Complete Line ef Dutch Bey Faints ... The Best Faints Are Always the Most Economical! WE RENT: I ! Electrle Floor Sanders . .... ll.Ot per day,- 75 per hoar Electric Floor Edgers $1 per dart 0e Pr hoar Electrle Floor Buffers 2Jt per day, 75e per hear Electric Fleer Buffers (light L5t per day. See per hear Wall Paper Steamers i j. $tM per day, 7Se per hear Ourh Visit j Dutch Boy Paint Store i Everything for Painting and Cleaning! 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