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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1948)
4- Th Statement Scdom, Oraw 7fo Favor Sway Us, No Fear Shall Atca" IVm First Statesman. Minh 2J, 1U1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher t Entered at the potofflce at giWm. Oregon, m second etass matter under act ot confiwi March S. Il7t. Published eeerjr monOnc xcp Monday. Business office 21 S. Commercial. Salem. Orefoa. Telephone S-Z44L. MKKBiat OF TBS ASSOCIATED rlltl Tae AsasdsUu Press Is eatttea excrasiTety te the ase fee reauescatle mt an the local sews arutte ta tfcls sewsseeer, as wen as all At sews dispatches. MEMBER PACmc COAST DIVISION OT BUREAU OF ADVTRTISINO Advertlsta Repreeentatreee Ward-Orimth Co, New York. Chicago. Sea Tnnciaco. Detroit. & MTMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION By Man (fm Aevaace) By City Carrier One month. Six months.. One year oo ase . Convictions of Japanese Leaders So long has it been since the Pacific war end ed and so much longer since it was started that public hostility to the Japanese officials and generals and admirals who precipitated it and carried it on ruthlessly has waned greatly. Hence the report that Tojo, ex-premier, and six others have been condemned to death by hang--4ng and 16 sentenced to life imprisonment does n't excite the satisfaction it would if the trials had been conducted and concluded two years ago. Time is always on the side of mercy. The length of the trials bears its own testi mony however to the thoroughness with which they were conducted. Nor was the court an American arm of justice. It was an internation al court, presided over by an Australian, Sir William Webb. Many of the defendants were found guilty of the crime of waging aggressive war; others were condemned for the atrocities which they ordered or condoned, which are crimes in every nation and civilization. It is estimated that a million atrocity deaths occurred during the orgy of Japanese conquest. Of British and American prisoners of war 27 per cent died in captivity, largely as a result of the treatment they received at the hands of their captors. The AP reporter includes the following in his dispatch from. Tokyo: "The monumental accumulation of evidence was so shocking that many American spectators quietly left the room midway in the tribunal's Judgment." As in Germany the war crimes court Is doing some pioneering, but it has both the text of in ternational law in many instances and the set . tied moral laws of human societies above the level of barbarism to justify its verdicts. The statute of limitations does not run against murderers; and here Tjelatedly perpetrators of mass crimes are brought to the bar of justice. News of the verdict is nothing which we relish; but we should have confidence that the judg ment accords with the facts as determined by competent and fair-minded court. Re-establish the Milk Board At its state convention in Bend the farm bu reau adopted a resolution which favored re lieving the state director of agriculture of re sponsibility for administering the milk control law.- It recommended that the state board of "agriculture appoint an administrator whose duty would be confined to milk control. The purpose f the resolution is to free the director from the milk job which, the bureau feels, takes a dis proportionate amount of his time. It does not reflect any criticism of the way Director Peter son has administered the law. The farm bureau is correct in proposing a separation of responsibilities. The department f agriculture is big enough of itself, with enough complicated problems of its own to en- igage the full time and energy of the director. He ought not to be put on the firing line as boss of milk control. But giving the state board of agriculture pow- Fleet 'Sunk' By Joseph and Stewart Alsop WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 An other Manhattan District is need ed. That is the only possible conclusion from the shocking results of the navy's recent New foundland war exercises. For those who missed the all too brief stories from the scene the Newfoundland results may be summarized as follows: The plan for the exercises was for a strong task force of 100 naval vessels to establish a bridgehead on the Newfound land coast. The defensive role was assigned to eieht Schnor kel - equipped ' s u b m a r - jf J?? tnes, modelled I I ViirV- I I rwm l o ii k - . range, radar- " proof German Type 21. The eight defenders "sank" virtually the entire naval task force, and of course theoretically prevented the landing. The significance of these re sults lies in a single bleak and I ' - l1Ul.tl. llukU I simple set of facts, first re ported in this space many months ago. The Soviet navy is now prima r i 1 y an undersea fleet. Under repara tions the Sovi ets secured frrum Rrnunt Mrwarl .Ateop component parts, complete submarines and equipment for building the Type 21. According to the most sober official estimates, the Russians , already have 100 of these craft in .operation as well as 100 short- ranee submarines for defense, and 100 kef-i submarines without Schnorkel or "breathing" equipment. Their program for building additional Type 21's is known to be impor tant e e Russian" naval planning is of IS i I I SatnrdaT Normbf 13, 1M3 vrerou Jsewnereins-A. One month e'm Six months Six months. One year uise Pigeon-plagued San Francisco really doesn't need all those artificial owls to keep the birds off the civic center. All they need to do is build another civic center out of town and surround it with a few acres of cracked corn, then declare a School holiday for all boys with B-B guns capable of inflicting no more damage than a good sting, and while the birds are still mad a representative of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce can talk them into flying south. Britons may grieve over the decline of the "Empire" but they get a lot of satisfaction out of the doings of the royal family. At present they are in a dither over the impending birth of a royal highness to Princess Elizabeth and oyer what eligible Princess Margaret will pick for a husband. We can't criticise however. We get news about President Truman's "Jeff Davis" growth of beard. The Oregonian suggests that initiated bills be subject to the scrutiny of the attorney general's office before they are submitted to the people. The idea is that then voters would not vote on such a monstrosity as the unworkable old age pension act. We're not sure about that. If Joe Dunne had hired a lawyer and drafted a law free of holes then where would the state be now? It must be a great help to the thousands of fleeing Chinese to know that someone from America will be over there again in a month or so to study their situation. by Subs in course hampered by restriction to the Baltic, Black Sea, Arctic and Manchurian ports and Vlad ivostok. Even so however, the Red fleet is estimated to be ca pable of maintaining 35 Type 21's continuously at sea- Both the Schnorkel-breathing device, radar-proofing, and great speed render these craft almost wholly immune to the old methods of anti-submarine warfare. Hence the fate of the Newfoundland task force. Hence also, the con clusion that if war should come soon, 35 Type 21's would come perilously close to severing the vital sea supply lines across the Atlantic. Until this threat has been countered, all American strategic planning must be con sidered a mere gamble. The picture is not all black, to sure. A small number of vessels in the Newfoundland task force were especially equipped with new submarine detecting and destroying devices experiment ally developed with the Type 21 in mind. While all but a small proportion of the total task force was "destroyed, all but about 15 per cent of the spe cially equipped vessels escaped the wolk pack's attacks. Thus there is already hope that the American navy can regain the capability of defending itself and the sea supply lines that are its first responsibility. " e ; e e On the other hand a crucial question of investment priorities is obviously raised. ' The navyi staff asserts that the capacities of the navy are being strained to the utmost, both to modern ize the anti-submarine defenses of the fleet at sea. and to im prove the new anti-submarine methods. But in fact moderni zation is not like mere installs-' tkn of mm frigidsttres in the fleet. Each vessel must be re built at great cost, and since the asm-submarine devices are still experimental, only a few vessels are being : modernized. Furthermore the authoritative Joint research and development board by no means chares tha navy staff view, that enough is being done about this most ur . . , -r U , , , ' . SJ -U.OC er to name the milk administrator hardly seems the proper solution. All of its members are di rectly interested in agriculture and hence pri marily informed and concerned about the pro ducers' problems and needs. The wiser course, it seems to The Statesman, would be to recreate a milk board to be appointed by the governor, which would be broadly representative, with concern for consumer as well as producer in terest. That was the system prior to 1943 when the board was abolished and its duties turned over to the director of agriculture. Now is the time to take this burden off the director and put it in the hands of a board of three intelligent, fair-minded persons. A Salute and Au Revoir The gallant cruiser Pensacola, survivor of the Japanese and the Bikini bomb, joined its sister ship Salt Lake City beneath the waves of the Pacific this week. To the general public the navy's target practice against these old bottoms doesn't mean much. But the Pensacola and Salt Lake City will have a special niche in history, regardless. They were the largest U.S. fighting ships in the entire Pacjfic the first six months of World War II. Their saga is a saga of des perate times; their exploits the exploits of he roes; their contribution a bright page in the na tion's darker days. To them, a salute and au revoir. Maneuvers gent of all our defense prob lems. The funds being spent on anti submarine research are invidi ously compared with the funds allocated to certain other proj ects, such as the navy's giant carrier (which will be utterly useless, of course unless it can be defended against anti-submarine attack). But the real differences of viewpoint between navy and JRDB apparently lies in the phrase above, "the capaci ties of the navy." The navy is undoubtedly doing all that any service can to counter the dan ger underseas. Unfortunately, however, any purely naval effort of this sort must always suffer from the peculiarities of service budgeting, the rigidity of busi ness done through channels, and similar limitations. It was precisely to remove these handicaps that President Roosevelt established the Man hattan District. The Manhattan District was under the leader ship of army and navy officers, to be sure. But it was function ally independent. Neither the slowness of channels, nor compe tition from other bureaus, nor any of the other familiar phe nomena of service administra tion, could diminish the scale of the Manhattan District's ef fort or blunt the effect of its top priority. The argument for a similar project, and an effort on a similar scale, now seems to be unanswerable. American se curity demands no less. Money can be no object, since the whole huge annual appro priation of the navy will have little value until this problem submarine danger has been re moved. The job must be done at all costs and with all ur gency. Meanwhile, only one stop-gap expedient is open. Im mediate alliance with the West ern European Union will permit immediate establishment of air and other bases overseas and immediate stock - piling in Eu rope. In the present atmosphere, taking out this form of insur ance is also urgent. (CopyrtfM. IMS, Mew York Herald Tttbaae, loej 1 Take It or Leave It! Your Health We have all seen colors best described by the word "depress ing," but few of us would be lieve that working in surround ings where such colors predomi nate could result not only in reduced efficiency but actual physical sickness. And yet, this may very well be true. Dr. Paul Seagers of Indiana University is convinced of it, finding in our poor use of color in our homes, offices, and factories a clue to much of the irritability, depression and slack ness attributed by many to the presence of modern living. He believes that our emotions and mental health are affected by colors to the same extent as by sounds and odors and that this emotional disturbance may be reflected in such physical symptoms as headache and nau sea. And if certain colors can do harm, others can help. High strung, emotional people, for example, should work and live In rooms in which the colors are relaxing while people who tend to be depressed should frequent rooms in which the colors are light and stimulating. For example, in most business offices, the filing cases are dark green, the desks are dark brown, and the walls are a dark color. It would be better to have light colored furniture and light-colored paint. In school rooms it has been found that changes along this line have produced amazing im provement in the work of both teachers and pupils. Not only must colors be con sidered, but also lighting. Of course, all places where people work and live must be well lit. with not too much glare. Expe riments have been carried out to indicate that blue or white lights do not stimulate muscular activity. Green, yellow, and orange increase it to some ex tent, and red light is particular ly effective. These colors seem to have an Invigorating effect, both mentally and physically. Blue and green colors are rec ommended for reception rooms, and executive offices. In a room where a great deal of work is GRIN AND BEAR CHXlrH Tl iOfc "She's beea listening te teo many think It's high time yea tell Written by Dr. Herman N. Bandensen, M.D. carried out, warmer peach coif ors, red and cream colors may better be employed. Of course, things which affect the mental and emotional health also have an effect on the physi cal health. Thus it would ap pear Important from the. stand point of well-being and effici ency that some attention be given to this matter of color and lighting. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS R. C. J.: I have a friend suf fering with heart trouble, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. To which of these would the complication of drop sy be attributed? Answer: Dropsy means the collection of fluidsdn the tissues. It is possible that the heart con dition is the main factor respon sible for the dropsy. However, there may be a kidney Infection present which may aid in the production of dropsy, Literary Guidepost BY LEWIS C. STANLEY A JERSEYMAN'S JOURNAL, by Walter E. Edfe (Princeton! As active at 75 as most men In their forties. Edge tells his story of success In one of the most rough and tumble public arenas in the world New Jer sey politics. There is no false modesty in his direct and forceful tale of starting to work as a printer's devil for $5 a week at the age of 15, and amassing millions in building a worldwide- advertis ing business. But his first and constant love was public life. He became assemblyman, state senator, governor during both World Wars, U. S. senator for two terms, and ambassador to France. Edge says "if the record lends assurance to a few aspiring young men and women that America Is still free for those who will use their freedom and that ne form of public security can permanently replace the God-given right of every citizen IT By Lichty mt them radio soap serials , her the facts ef life...' .1 to achieve the fullest expression of his life, the purpose of this volume will have been fulfilled. Something of a believer in the theory that the end justifies the means. Edge fought on a state and national, scale for reforms that read like the history of the good government movement in the United States. His inside story of a half-century of con tact with leaders of two., conti nents is interwoven with a frankly partisan account of his triumphs and relatively few de feats. He quotes with apparent ap proval a rival's characterization: "Walter Edge is a terribly dan gerous guy to sit down with in a back room." Alternately ac cused of being an "old guard" Republican and "a New Deal turncoat , Edge makes ne bones about using his patronage and appointing i power while gover nor to whip his program through a balky legislature, and to win elections. But he shows a remarkable fairness to his foes. Of his arch enemy. Democratic leader Frank Hague, he writes: "Justice compels me to cor rect the impression created by i . : ik.i 1 l L mi mail j criuta uwk ia m Incarnation of all evil. True, he 4 si a rhAA ra1sMi1atintY ortH mit Vil A political boss, but he is at the tame iuiic, an auic nuuuiiuuaiui with strong humanitarian quail ties and Jersey City is in many ways a well-managed municipal ity." Stamps in The News By Syd Kronish Sveaborg, Finnish fortress city for two centuries and often call ed "The Gibraltar of the North, is honored with a new 12 markka light green stamp. Sveaborg, lo cated at the entrance to Helsinki harbor, was built in 1748 by the Swedes. Later the fortifications were enlarged to cover 7 small islands. In 1808 it was taken by the Russians and in 1855 bomb arded by the French-English fleet in the Crimean war. In 1918 the Finnish people took the fortress from the Russians in their flight for independence. This year the city celebrates its 200th birth day. see From Khartoum comes word that Sudan will have a special issue of two stamps commemo rating the inauguration of the Sudan legislative assembly in De cember. The denominations are 10 milliemes and 5 piastres. They will be of the same design and color as the corresponding stamps of the current issue but slightly larger. e e e Japan has issued two semi postals 'for; its community chest drive. The 5 yen plus 2.50 red shows a Red Cross nurse and the 9 yen plus .50 yen green illus trates a mother bird feeding her young. I 1 I . Gaetano bonizetti (1798-1848), world famous musical composer, is honored! by his native Italy with a new 15 lire brown stamp. Donizetti, a prolific writer, com posed 64 operas. He once wrote the instrumentation of a whole opera within 30 1iours. His con temporary rivals were Rossini and Bellini. Some of his more popular operas are Lucia di Lam mermoor, La Favorite Don Pas quale and lEllsir d'amore. i Austria has a new commemo rative stamp celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Austrian Republic, Nov. 12, 1914, reports Edwin Mueller. It shows a picture of the present Austrian president. Dr. Karl Ren ner, who. took office April 27, Man Bet Cafe On Truman SPOKANE. Nov. 12 -m-Some people bet nets on elections, but George Geves bet his csle "The Missouri Kitchen. That s right, on Harry S. Truman. So pleased was the winner of the bet that he donated the profits from one week's sales to an aid for the blind fund sponsored . by a Spokane Lions club. Geves didn't name the opponent in the pre-election wager, but saitf he'd collected (3,000 when the vote counting was over. To prove his offer was serious about help ing the blind, he advanced $150 from the yet uncollected profits. Lumber Price Drop Affects Timber Bids PORTLAND, Nov. 12-iP-Skid- ding lumber prices were blamed this week by federal foresters for lower prices bid for northwest timber offered here. W. H. Horning, regional admin istrator for the bureau of land management, said aggregate bids for timber averaged only seven percent above appraised values. Ihis compared with recent bids as high as 50 percent over apprais als. Lumber industry spokesmen re ported wholesale lumber prices are down as much as $10 a 1,000 feet, log inventories are accumulating and fir production is ahead of tales. Horning reported only three of 23 blocks sold, from 33 offers drew competitive bidding. The tracts sold comprised 68,537,000 (M) feet 3f timber and the total bid price was $773,801.75. . The appraisal was $722,496.30. C. C. Crow, publisher of Crow's Lumber Digest, reported the tim ber market "very definitely soft and getting more so every week. He said buyers are becoming more cnoosey. l England Walts Birth of Baby LONDON, Nov. 12 -JP)- A ner vous. Joyous excitement, sort of an "expectant father" feeling, is rising throughout Britain as ev ery city and village completes plans to welcome Princess Eliza beth's first baby. The little prince or princess should be born this weekend, the doctors say. But as Is the habit of babies it might come tonight or tomorrow or not until the middle of next week. Sir William Gilliatt, one of Brit ain's leading gynecologists and the chief of four medics who will attend Elizabeth, took that un certainty into account as early as last weekend. He stayed In town within close call, instead of taking his usual trip to the country. He went to visit Elizabeth to day. No word came from the palace except that his call was routine and that Elizabeth is in excellent health' and spirits. Four Corners i f-y vw If" ireilieil XlOSlS I To Association FOUR CORNERS The Four Corners volunteer firemen were hosts Wednesday night to mem bers of Marion County Fire Fight ers association in a meeting at the community hall. Salem Fire Chief W. P. Roble spoke on the Marion county mu tual fire protection aid program J. L.' Franzen,. Salem city man ager, was also a guest. Albert Brant of Four Corners showed movies of sports and comedy. A total of 114 persons attended the dinner meeting. Turner Residents Travel, Entertain TURNER Mrs. Nellie Gun ning left Friday for California 'to visit friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Mashelle (Carol Standley) have rented a cottage in the Memorial Home section. Mrs. DeLay of Spokane has been in Turner visiting her daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hatfield. Mrs. H. S. Bond left by plane last week end to visit her son in Seattle. Mrs. Hallie Endlcott visited in Turner last week and left Tues day for her home In Ashland. Visiting old friends in Turner recently was Hans Naderman, now a resident' of Vancouver, Wash. 1945, after liberation from the Nazis. e e e Eire will issue two special post age stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Insur rection of 1798,' reports Gimbels Stamp department. The stamps, 2V pence red and 2 pence blue violet will be issued Nov. 19. De picted in the center is a portrait of Theobald Wolfe Tone symbol izing a united Ireland -in revolt against oppression. . FURNACES CLEANED REPAIRED Revamp year present system te a modern air conditioner. Be fore yea bay see the American Radiator Sunbeam Furnace with Its Are-O-Flaaae OO Barner ea display at JOHNSTON SHEET METAL COIIPuIIY 1419 South 12th Street 5 Nations May Be Invited to j 1 i j Defense Talks WASHINGTON Nor. 12-(ff-Five more European countries Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark and Iceland may be invited to attend an Atlantic riefen mv ference, possibly in December. This word was received from diplomatic officials who asked that their identity be withheld. The five nations wouM h aalr- ed to send at least observers and perhaps join in writing a 'pro democracy' Atlantic defense un ion, it was said. i; If aU decided to participate. It would expand a proposed seven nation defense treaty now taking shape to a 12-nation alliance. sura town Rica-rBEjn tom $7 C00 COMPLETI !; ReeeVleWMt ByffeeMefeOTeJ !i fie WeWcMemeet ZeatfS leeiet Fill 0EMONSTUTION AT f. 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