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Effect of Change in Age Pattern i
One factor accounting for the Truman victory
which ha received little attention is the demo
cratic preference of younger voters. When one
considers f that this year's crop of first-voters
was only five years old in 1933 when Roosevelt
took office one begins to realize . that a large
army of young people have memories! only of
a democratic national administration. Republi
cans on the other hand suffer heavier mortal
ity because, of their age classifications. '
' r Youth is naturally more liberal than matur
ity, and the democratic slogans of liberalism
have1 carried more appeal to them. Some were
dissatisfied with Truman and went farther to
the left with Wallace or Norman Thomas. Age
will temper their enthusiasms, and the demo
cratic party itself win grow more conservative,
more intent just on office-holding, if it follows
familiar patterns.
Still another element which contributed to
democratic victory was the large army of gov
ernment employes. While the Hatch act limits
political activity of civil service employes still
the majority probably were democratic and
they and their relatives could roll up a consid
erable vote, of special value in doubtful states.
These are not alibis; they are explanations
which merit attention from those interested in
affairs, even though the election is now history.
Wall Street Reaction to Election
The stock market, which took a nosedive
Wednesday after guessing wrong on the elec
tion's outcome, rallied some yesterday. It will
take some days to determine whether the ini
ial adverse effect of the democratic victory is
permanent. After all the country has endured
, 18 years of democratic prosperity, government
and war-induced. On second thought perhaps
stock, traders will not be so downhearted as
they were" Wednesday.
From a circular mailed before election by one
ef the biggest: business statistical and advisory
concerns in the country, we clip:
The latest Roper poll (which was accurate
within one per cent on the results of the last
three presidential elections) indicates that ,a !
republican president will be elected in Novem-
ber. If this happens, it could mean a much;
stronger tone for the market as a whole, and;
better prices for stocks in general. For the re-i
publicans will undoubtedly instill greater con-f
fidence In business, will try to put the govern- I
ment's fiscal policies on a sounder basis and i f
win try? to prevent inflation from getting
worse. . ;
There is no doubt that business and Wall
Street feel safer with republicans in the White
House. And if Truman carries through . all the
Ideas he advanced fa the campaign they may
have reason to worry. What may happen are:
1. Higher taxes, perhaps an excess profits
tax,
2. Price controls; allocations of materials.
3. Labor' again in the saddle by repeal of
Taft-Hartley law.
Truman will have to prepare his recipes and
congress will have to do the cooking. But it is
well to remember that Truman is a practical
politician, not a doctrinaire. His goal will be to
resist further inflation without touching off de
flaton; and that would have been Dewey's ob
jective too.
The probability is that inflationary forces are
Setting well exhausted, unless war (cold or hot)
France Neglects to Prepare for ERP
By J. M. Roberts, Jr.
, AP Foreign Attain Analyst
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-(P-Paul
L Hoffman, economic co
operation administrator, cover
ed only part of the ground re
cently when he referred to the
French coal strike as the key to
the whole? program of sabotage
ef the Marshall plan in Europe.
Certainly it is a major mani
festation of the communist cam
paign. But the strike is only one
symptom of a sick French econ
omic and political situation
which seriously threatens the en
tire European recovery program.
"Literary Guidepost
BIRDS OVER AMERICA,
I by Roger Tory Peterson
' (Dodd, Mead; $6)
This handsome volume, with
80 pages of handsome photo
graphs by the author, is some
thing many bird lovers have
been waiting for.
At 40, Peterson probably has
helped more Americans know
more birds than any man be
fore him. This he accomplished
by writing and illustrating the
phenomenally .successful Bird
Guides to eastern and western
birds that make identification of
species comparatively simple
. through diagramatic drawings
and specialized text In addition,
he is an accomplished bird art
ist photographer, lecturer, field
Investigator, and author of pop
ular and scientific articles on
ornithology.
In this volume he has com
pressed the most interesting per
. sonal highlights of a quarter cen
tury of bird watching, the stories
of, some of the most interesting
bird watchers he knows, and an '
..CCsortment of the most interest
ing facts about American birds,
Front Door Scoreboard
The Portland Oregonian boasts that its Front
Door Ballot box proved quite accurate on the
results in the presidential election in Oregon.
In fact it underestimated the Dewey vote by
about one per cent.
But it doesn't say anything about the FDBB
poll on liquor-by-the-glass. That poll showed
Portland voters for such innovation by a very
heavy majority, and upstate also favorable. The
results on the amendment showed it lost even
in Multnomah county, and was badly defeated
in. the state. ,
What must be realized that these voluntary
polls are very tentative. Responses are offhand
with no chance for reflection. Voting is done
after matters have been discussed, after the vot
er has had a . chance to weigh arguments. And
it is this decision which shows up in the ballot
count and is determining.
Kansas has repealed its constitutional provi
sion for prohibition. If the legislature repeals
statutory prohibition the state will be wet le
gally, as it has been in. the cities at least for a
long time. Carrie Nation's hatchet was swung
against illegal bars. -
Early Trends Confirmed
Frank Jenkins in his column in the Klamath
Falls Herald and News observes that "we
working newspaper people . . . have always
maintained that if given a couple of hundred
votes from precincts widely scattered we can
tell you half an hour after the polls close
whether the election will be a walkaway or a
tight race."
The comment is correct. Our experience is
that early trends usually are confirmed in the
final results. There are occasional upsets, but as
a rule the later accumulation of votes merely
adds to totals without changing results.
Canned Editorial
Newspaper people will smile at the predica
ment of Speaker Joe Martin, whose North
Attleboro paper ran a "canned" editorial which
damned Dewey with faint praise at the same
time a front page editorial was endorsing the
New York governor. 'Joe .explained it, and we
know just how it happened. A. chap clipped
an editorial from a sheet furnished by a syn
dicate and sent it to the composing room. When
it came out in print, then Joe's face was red.
No, The Statesman doesn't buy any syndi
cate editorial service. We roll our own in thij
shop.
A democrat called up to say that Dewey won
in a Gallup and Truman won in a walk to
the polls.
The communists in the coal
fields have merely taken advan
tage of it
Not that "France should be ac
cused of ; sabotage. But there is
a negativeness about her situa
tion which might in the end pro
duce a closely 'similar effect
She has not s buckled down as
has England, to make domestic
recovery her prime and all-compelling
purpose. Nor has she cut
the cloth of her national Interests
to the full pattern of all-European
recovery.
She still has a highly unfavor
able trade balance, without any-
It adds up to a lot of good read
ing without frills. A man who
has hiked for 22 hours out of one
24-hour period in an effort to
tally a record total number of
sighted birds isn't apt to be the
frilly kind.
THE STORY OF BLOOD,
by John H. Glynn,, M D.
(Wyn; $3) i
Human blood now has become
important medicine to save lives
and to treat diseases. Doctors are
calling for greater arid greater
amounts of whole blood, plasma,
and products made from proteins
in blood plasma. Plasma yields
serum albumin to fight shock,
fibrinogen to control bleeding, a
protein rich in antibodies to
combat measles. The list is pro
bably Just starting' to grow.
Some of the mysteries of blood,
in short, have been solved, and
science is on the way the under
standing others. Writing for the
layman, Dr, Glynn tells the story
In simple, entertaining style. He
covers almost all phases of the
miraculous life fluid, and makes
them understandable.
should fire them again. Economic forces usual
ly are stronger than political. The impact of
myriads of transactions in the marketplace de
termines the course of business, not the name
on the mailbox at 1600 . Pennsylvania ave.,
Washington, D.C. , ,
That white beard coming round the next cor
ner is Santa Claus.
The great sigh heard on the left is one of re
lief, given out by democratic officeholders.
thing like the British austerity
program to overcome it Many
of her plants are still turning out
luxuries for which there is ho
demand abroad. Other manufac
turers are not expanding and in
vestors are keeping their money
idle because of fear of war.
Many French tax laws are an
tiquated. But the great trouble
in this field Is that the French
people don't like to pay taxes
and no government for years has
had the guts to really go out col
lecting. - With re-armament a prime
consideration at the moment,
France has permitted her avia
tion industry to come apart It
employs a dangerous number of
communists..
Torn by necessity of forming
governments through coalitions
of opposing factions, officials
have been unable to form a
rounded economic program.
Controls are widely disregarded
and left unenforced. Living costs
have gone up around 25 per cent
in the past year, "more than 1,500
per cent since 1938, and wages
only slightly more than 100 per
cent That's probably the one
great reason that the communists
can muster 3,000,000 votes in
France.
While the United States la
working feverishly to set up a
government of all western Ger
many and put the area on a more
self-sustaining basis, France is
busily stripping her own occu
pation zone of everything which
might contribute to economic
balance when Bizonia becomes
Trixonia.
Realizing the tremendous dif
ficulties under which France is
working and remembering what
the war did to her, American of
ficials view this situation in sor
row rather than in anger. But
they are gravely worried lest she .
prove unequal to her required
role in ERP.
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comparison of the men and the
matching of the men against the
times.
Then why with all this weight
of editorial opinion favorable to
Dewey didn't the latter win?
Again you must study both his
tory and reality.
You must start with two big
parties, divided nearly equally;
and each with its pull of loyal
ty. Then you must go into a
study of the motives actuating
people in their voting.
How many people voted . for
Mr. Truman (or Mr. Roosevelt)
with a primary regard for the
national interest? Labor, some
national interest? How many
"Voted first with an eye to
self - interest? Labor, some
say, voted heavily for Truman.
Why? Wasn't it because their
leaders had urged it as in the
interest of workers? Farmers, as
is indicated by voting in the
midwest, voted for Truman.
Why? Wasn't it because they felt
safer for price supports?
Grant that business men sup
ported Dewey, again out of self
interest. The fact remains, bald
as a pikestaff, that there are
more workers and farmers who
vote than merchants a ltd law
yers and doctors.
Newspaper editors, as a rule,
do not apply the tests of imme
diate self - interest to decisions
on policy. They try to apply the
test of the broader public inter
est That may or may not ac
cord with the controlling mo
tives of the great number of in
dividuals who compose the vot-
ing public. The voters do their
own reasoning or their own ra
tionalizing of their votes. They
certainly are not sheep to be led
by newspaper bell-wethers.
One may make a study of vot
er reactions in the poll on mea
sures in this state. Not a single
daily paper supported the old
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Your Wealth
Time and again I have stressed
the need for a well-balanced diet
-one which includes all the vita
mins, minerals, protein and other
food parts necessary for health.
Today I want to show what hap
pens when just one of these es
sential substances Vitamin B-l
or thiamine is lacking.
The presence of this, vitamin is
necessary among other things for
the health of the nerves. Too lit
tle of it over a long period, of
time will result in a condition
which begins with loss of sensa
tion in the feet, and ends, if not
remedied, with paralysis of both
arms and legs.
o
The patient usually consults
the doctor because of numbness
or lack of feeling in the feet He
finds that he can no longer detect
either heat cold, or touch. Grad
ually, the same thing occurs in
the legs, and later the arms may
be involved also.
,This disorder is most likely to
occur during the child-bearing
time and during the course of
long, wasting diseases which are
associated with poor eating. It
may also develop as a result of
disturbances of the taking up and
age pension bill; yet it carried.
Every paper, recommended ap
proving the extra levy to take
care of the state deficit; yet it
failed. Did the popular major
ity make either decision right?
Or should' the newspapers try
to follow rather than lead? For
example, this paper opposed the
bill to restore exemptions and
thus lower revenues under the
income tax. It was sure the mea
. sure would carry, but felt the
' state might need all the reve
nues that the present exemptions
produce. Should It have endors
ed the bill rather than register
a miss on its scoreboard?
Editors, being human, are sub
ject to all the mental myopia
and delusions and illusions of
other mortals. Some may need
to get their vision tested. But
the same advice might apply to
voters. Editors will go on speak
ing, their pieces in a free coun
try; and voters will go on,
agreeing or disagreeing with
them as they like.
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Written by
Dr. Herman N.
Bundensen, M.D.
using of the food parts by the
body, as in diabetes, and is often
a part of the penalty paid by
those who follow fadist diets.
Diagnosis of this disturbance
is made on the basis of the pa
tient's history and on the signs
and symptoms, as well as on the
response to treatment. In other
words, if the patient is given vi
tamins, particularly Vitamin B-l,
in adequate amounts and the
symptoms clear up, it is likely
that the disorder was due to, a
deficiency of the thiamine.
This disturbance of the nerves
is called nutritional , polyneuro
pathy, which means an abnormal
condition of a group of nerves
due to a deficient diet. The dis
order develops only after a pro
longed period on a diet lacking
in thiamine.
The nervous disturbance Is
rarely the first sign of tbe defi
ciency. The earlier signs and
symptoms Include loss of ap
petite, loss of weight constipa
tion and diarrhea, depression,
restlessness, and headaches. ,
When the diet is lacking in one
food part, it is often deficient in
others. Hence in these patients,
there also may be symptoms, of
deficiency of niacin and ribo
flavin, which are other parts of
the vitamin B-complex. -
The earliest evidence of in
volvement of the nerves due to
dietary deficiency are cramps in
the calves, tiredness of the legs,
and a burning sensation in the
feet as well as tenderness of the
soles of the feet
In treating the disorder. It is
necessary to supply the thiamine
in liberal amounts, as well as to
give the patient a well-balanced
diet. The diet should contain
plenty of protein foods, such as
meat milk, and eggs. It is also
suggested that Brewer's yeast be
given three times daily. A tablet
or capsule containing a mixture
of all the known necessary vita
mins may also be administered.
If the patient cannot take the
preparation by mouth, it may be
necessary to inject, it under the
skin.
(Copyrlht. 1S4S. Kins Features
syndicate, uci
Berlin Council
Asks Ban on
Soviet Money
BERLIN. Nov. 4 Berlin's
city council asked the western
powers today to outlaw me soviet
east mark and give the western
sectors of Berlin only one kind of
money.
Since the currency reform of
last June both the deutsche mark
sponsored by the U5, Britain and
France and the east 'mark intro
duced by Russia have circulated
in western Berlin.
The council, which is anti-com-miini
uid in a resolution that
the confusion has "led to extreme
economic difficulties and social
tension." It appeared to the west
ern powers for relief
- its militarv government offi
cials said making the west mark
wtrn Berlin's onlv lesal tender
has been considered but no deci
sion has been reached.
The- Russians have barred the
western mark from the Soviet
sector. '
The larvae of the clothes moth
eat wool, fur, feathers, hair and
other "it fibers, but will not
touch cotton, linen, rayon or ny
lon. Adult moths are called millers
because the wings of many spe-
Hh are. pnmtd with lifht SCaleS
mggesting the dust-covered clothes
of old time millers.
ODD TWIN S These twins. Fcrer (Irftl asd Marjr Plunkett,!
were born six days apart at Sydney, Australia. Roger Is the older.'
Their mother died two
How Oregon Voted in Election
By The Associated Preea
Unofficial returns from Ore
gon's general election showed the
following results for contested of
fices:
President
From 1,803 of the state's 1,858
precincts: Thomas E. Dewey (R)
247,172, Harry S. Truman (D)
220,870, Henry A. Wallace P)
14,187, Norman Thomas (Ind.)
4,822.
United States Senator .
From 1,803 of the state's 1,858
precincts: Guy Cordon (R) 278,
487, Manley Wilson (D) 187,319.
Representatives In Congress
First District:
From 523 of the district's S23
precincts: Edward E. Gideon (D)
45,848. Walter Norblad (R) 87,
604, Theodore Walcott (P) 8,584.
Second District:
From 407 of the district's 423
precincts: C. L. Shorb (D) 0,
238, Lowell Stockman (R) 41,-
789.
Third District:
From 488 of the district's 512
precincts: Homer D. Angell (R)
PROPOSITIONS.
From 1803 of the state's 1858 precincts:
Six per cent tax limitation Yes 140,364; No 250,801.
Reforestation indebtedness amdt. Yes 200.918: No 191.112.
Authorizing Boys Camp near
Hydro-Electric act amendment Yes 163,026; No 225,219.
School vote election qualification Yes 264,100, No 155,928.
Old-age pension act Yes 291,877; No 162,297.
Personal income tax exemptions Yes 387,750; No 61,504. .
Liquor by the drink act Yes 194,598; No, 256,878.
World War II vets bonus YeS 185,126; No 243,469.
Columbia River salmon fishing Yes 254,890; No 174,607.
Secretary of State tax levy Yes 144,243; No 239,937.
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Safety Valve
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter to let
the people of Salem know what
outstanding effect the welcome
to Michigan State college foot
ball team and officials has meant
and will mean to the name, Sa
lem, Itself.
The Salem Chamber of Com
merce in cooperation with the
Salem Breakfast club did a won
derful Job in making the Michi
gan State visitors ' feel at home
and welcomed. All of the people
that liad anything to do at-all
with the welcome should be con
' gra tuAa ted on doing a fine Job.
It is things like this that makes
the City of Salem a progressive
and modern city. We should al
ways keep that in mind when
ever we think of other cities and
the way we would like to be .
welcomed if we visited a city in
the East or in the Middle West
L for one, appreciated the
wonderful response that the vis
itors received because 1 am from
the state of Michigan. I talked
to the visitors and everything
they said were glowing remarks,
about Salem and the state of
Oregon. The same remarks they
win take back with them and tell '
other people wherever they go.
L for one, wish to express my
deepest regards to the people
that mad some of my friends
feel good end at home.
Sincerely,
Gene Maleckl
To the Editor:
Marion county had an oppor
tunity to elect to the legislature
Thd Salem Firomon and
their familios wish to oxpross
their heartfelt gratitudo to thoir
many frionds, and Chief Roblo
for tho support of j our Shortor
Hours moasuroe
days after Mary's birth.
192,649, Roland C. Bartlett (D)
59,953, Peggy T. Carlson (P) 11,
957. . I - i
Fourth District: J )
From 374 of the district's 400
precincts: Harris Ellsworth (R)
57,819, William F.l Tanton (D)
29,837. ' I -
: Governor ,j j
From lp803 of the state's 1,858
precincts: Wendel E. Barnett
(Ind) 14,609, Douglas .McKay (R)
237,493, Lew Wallace (D) 213,-
788.; ' ' I-. ' . ',
Secretary ef State
From 1,803 of the state a 1,38
precincts: Byron G. Carney (D)
164,518, Earl T. Newbry (R) 306,
419.
State Treasurer
From 1,816 of the state
e's 1,858
precincts: Howard C. Bel ton (R)
232,512, Walter J. Pearson (D)
231,611. j
" Attorney General .
From 1,803 of the state's 1.858
precincts: Wnliam B. Murray (D)
208,848, George Neuner (R) 246,
573.
Timber Yes 210,449; No 205,203.
ln'(
an outstanding woman
personage of Josephine Albert
Spatilding but failed to do so. Be
fore the election I spoke to many
persons about Josephine Albert;
Spauldings qualifications as ai
candidate and her possibilities
. for i election. Everybody who
knew her expressed the feeling1
that she possessed the qualities
that would make her a real asset
to our legislature However, i all
these persons agreed that there
was one thing against her that
might queer the election for her:
and that was the fact that Mrs,
Spaulding was a democrat. They
at. Ttiey
ie wrong
ntelliJ
all felt she belonged to the wr
political party.
Since when doe the
sent voter vote for the political
party and not for the person and,
what be stands for? Our demo
cracy was established on the bas
is of a competitive system and
in order for it to survive it must
maintain a healthy competition
not only in business but in poli-j
tics too. j I
We do not tolerate monopolies
In our business enterprises. Why
should we resort to monopolies?
in politicsT The democrats of the
south are guilty of, this mono-;
polistlc, unintelligent voting I on
the whole Just' as Oregon, and;
more specifically, Marion 1 copn-;
ty. Is guilty of it in its allegiance
to the republican party. j
Perhaps the person seeking a
political career may find it more
practical to show a blind allegi
ance to a political party but Mr.
iiul Urf niwffnnlin wnnM I ha'
wiser to consider the person they
are voting for and what he stands
for jn relation to the needs I of
the existing times. - ; j
Mrs. XJbble Brennen f
2535 X. Nob Hill
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