4 The CtalMmaa, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Not. 17, 1948
"Wo Favor Sioays Us, No Fear Shall Ai
First Statesman. March ZS, 1M1
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
fKatarad at tha poatofflc at StWm. Oracon. aa aacond claaa tnattar under act cnwtTaaa March S, It7t. Pubttaha
avary nornlaa' cpt Monday. Buainaaa off lea tl . Commercial. Salam. Oregon. Tclcphona 1-S441.
; SfEMBEB Or TM ASSOCIATED PUII
Tb AwacUtaS rrtM to autttiac axclaaJratjr to the far ratMcsaa ef all the lacal aewt prinUa ta tail nawipapar, .
as wan a an AP aawa atauatraaa.
MXMBCT PACmC COAST DIVISION OF BURXAU OT ADVZSTBZNO
AdvartUtnc Rapraaentatrwa Ward-OrlfflU ; Ox. Haw York. Chicago. San Franeiaeo. Detroit.'
MXMBCT AUDIT BUXXAU OF CIRCULATION
Sy Matt Oa Advaaea) By City Carrier
th
Six montna.
One yaar .
Oregon
.7a
.Asm ,
saaewher in VSJi.
w
. .oa
. ix.se
One month-
6tx montha .
One year
. 14S
- A
Defer Boys' Camp Establishment
The state board of control has another prob
lem in Its lap besides the one of old age pen
sions. That is the establishment of a boys
camp. The attorney general has relieved the
board of immediate duty under the old age
pension law; but the boys' camp bill which
was passed by the legislature and approved
by the people has j- no such obvious constitu?
tional defects as the other measure.
The law authorized the board "to acquire
the former CCC camp near Timber, Ore., and
establish it as a camp for delinquent boys or
wards of court who are amenable to correct
ive training. It appropriates $50,000 for fur
nishing and equipping the camp and $100,000
for operating it. However, from reports the
old camp is in a bad state of delapidation. The
state forest service has been using part of the
facilities for school for forest guards, but many
of the buildings are in bad disrepair. It may
be doubted if the $30,000 is enough to provide
the facilities specified in the law: housing,
kitchen, toilet, bathing, recreational.
Under the law the board is required to main
tain the camp near Timber only until June 30
next. If there is a chance at a change of loca
tion, certainly it would be foolish to pour $50,
000 down the rathole of an abandoned CCC
camp. It is intimated the board may hold the
matter up until the legislature meets. Since
the result of the election will not be proclaimed
until early December, the delay would be only
a matter of a few weeks.
When the legislature meets the whole idea
of a boys' camp should be re-examined. The
weight of informed opinion is adverse to the
program set out in the law certainly there
was no support shown in the late discussion
for the location near Timber. In View of greatly
increased demands on state finances, the legis
lature may find it advisable to suspend any
appropriation for a boys' camp. At any rate
the board will be protecting the public inter
est, including that of boys, if it defers action
under the. new law' until the legislature meets
and has an opportunity to review the matter.
Rates for Fishing, Hunting Licenses1
The state game commission is churning over
in its mind the thought of asking the legisla
ture to lift fees for hunting and fishing licenses
by over 200 per cent. The increases it is talk
ing about are hunting or fishing license for
residents of the state from $3 to $7; combination
hunting and fishing for residents from $5 to
$12.50; non-resident fish license $10 to $15;
non-resident hunting $25 to $50.
Reason for the proposal is the same that
others give for hoisting wages and prices: The
decline in purchasing power of the dollar.
As far as fishing goes Oregonians seem to
pay more and more for less and less. More
people take out licenses and try to fish; but
many -confess disappointment over what they
bring home in their creels. A sharp increase
In license fees might increase the total re-f
ceipts of the commission and enable it to hatch
more fish for stream planting. It might also
reduce the number of fishermen and thus give
the fish a better chance to thrive. But $7 looks
like a big tax to charge for the privilege of
dropping a fly in the water on the chance a
trout will rise to it.
Those catering to tourist business will pro
test the increases suggested for non-residents.
Only the well-to-do tourist will pungle up
$12.50 for a few hours or few days fishing in
an Oregon stream.
The commission admittedly is in a tight box.
It can't use a money-stretcher any more than
a housewife or a businessman. It might do
like the fish commission come hat-in-hand
to the legislature and ask for an appropriation;
but the legislature has plenty of financial wor
ries without adding another mouth- to feed
from the general fund. What, we ask, do the
sportsmen's groups who always are prompt
with resolutions on the fish and game question,
have to suggest with respect to charges for
hunting and fishing licenses?
The legislative Interim committee Is study
ing the whole question and should have its re
port ready in a few weeks.
Power Shortage Pinches
People have heard the cry of "wolf, wolf" so
many times with regard to possible lack of
enough electric power that they probably get
used to it as a scare-piece. With definite orders
for curtailment of power deliveries to the alum
inum industry in the northwest the warnings
are no longer regarded as something to fright
en people with in order to obtain bigger ap
propriations from congress for power instal
lations. Consumption figures also bear out the
representations that our productive capacity is
being pressed to meet the growing demands
for this fast-developing region.
It looks as though the deficiency would in
crease in the immediate future because the big
dams now building take years to complete, and
it jWill be many months before the north unit
at Grand Coulee dam has its nine generators
installed. The presently ordered cutback to
aluminum plants may get us over the winter;
but it may well be that in the following win
ter season more general conservation measures
will be required. They will not be welcome,
because we all like to have an abundance of
electric light, power and heat; but they can
be suffered.
Tho
Safety Valvo
'Said the Got. of South Carolina to the Gov. of
Your Me a II tlhi
Writtea by
Dr. Herman S.
Bundensen, M-D.
Fame, in the way of Saturday Evening Post
recognition, finally comes to Willamette uni
versity as it did a few weeks ago to Coach
Loh Stiner and Oregon State college. Unfor
tunately, 1948 hasn't been the best year for
football at Willamette or OSC; but we are
pleased mightily over the recognition.
Employes 'of Tokyo's bankrupt Ogura Music
company are being given harmonicas in lieu of
severance pay. It could be worse saxaphones.
Boost in Taxes Appears Unavoidable
1 I C I
I I
i.
By Joseph and Stewart Alsop
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16One
ef the penalties of Presfdent
Truman's stirring victory is that
he must go on doing the dirty
Jobs of government. And it now
seems all too likely that raising
taxes is gong to be the first and
foremost among these unpleas
ant tasks. In
fact. If the
president pays
his customary
attention to his
expert advis
ers, he wul ask
the congress to
raise some
thing like the
huge total of
five billion dol
lars of addi
tional govern
ment revenue. -
Treasury and budget officials
are not making any public state
ments on high
er taxes. 'Yet, as
they point out,
privately, the
facts speak for
; themselves. It
lis worth noting
that they would
have spoken.
i A . 9,
I to Gov. Thom-
I V V) I as E. Dewey as
r .Jto President
t Wrwari Aiaop Truman. For
the facts are both simple and
' Inescapable.
In this fiscal year the Truman
vetoed tax cut will cost the gov
ernment, acording to the esti
mates of the Council of Economic
Advisers, upwards of five bil
lion dollars. As a consequence,
the treasury will run into the
red by an estimated billion and
a half dollars. Every economist,
from left to right agrees that
such deficit financing in boom
times is economic insanity. And
the hard fact is that next year
Unless the most important com
mitments of the United States
are to be briskly tossed into the
ash can, government expendi
tures are sure to be sharply , in
creased. a a a
The chief areas of increase
-
can be brief jr listed. The great
est increases derive, of course,
from fear of Soviet aggression.
Defense spending, which now
accounts for about; 30 per cent
of the load on the taxpayers, will
have to be boosted by an ab
lars and the budget experts
solute minimum of a billion dol
agree that if the boost can be
held to a billion a miracle will
have been achieved.
Now that the goods are in the
pipelines and the checks are ac
tually written, the European Re
covery program is likely to cost
the treasury about a half a bil
lion dollars more next year. Re
armament of; Western Europe is
clearly in prospect. The lowest
guess for the first year's cost
is a billion dollars, and the final
figure is almost certain to be
more than this.
To this, add China. It is be
coming daily: more clear that the
United States can , either apa
thetically accept the appalling
catastrophe- of a China totally
dominated by the Kremlin, or
can make a great effort to avert
the catastrophe. Some such ef
fort is almost certain to be made,
and there is ho doubt that it will
be costly.
a e e
At home, there are two lesser
areas of probable increase. The
farm support; program may well
run into the hundreds of mil
lions, depending on the size of
crops and the world agricultural
market. Moreover, the president
is committed to a program in
the social security, housing,
health and ' education fields
which, acording to a preliminary
estimate by the Council of Eco
nomic Advisers, Should cost
about an extra half billion dol
lars. Against! all these increases,
only comparatively small sav
ings, especially in tax refunds
and veterans' expenditures, are
possible.
Thus it is obvious that unless
the country is to invite disaster
by operating deeply in the red.
a tab of several billion dollars
in increased taxes is going to
have to be picked up by some
body. Who is it to be?
a e a
To that question there Is
among the experts a pretty unan
imous answer the corporations.
The community property provi
- sion of the new tax law wilinot
be repealed. The high-income
brackets may have to carry an
extra load. But the fact is that
as regards the rich, the cow may
not be exactly dry, but there is
not enough milk left to fill the
huge paiL That leaves the cor
porations, i currently enjoying
the highest profits in history.
There is as yet no agreement
on what form increased corpor
ation taxes are to take. There
are in the government two
schools of thought. One school
favors an excess profits tax. The
chief objection is that a peace
time excess profits tax will tend
to freeze the economy, to the
disadvantage of the small busi
ness man. The second school
favors a simple increase in the
graduated tajc on profits. The
objection here is that such an
increase will add fuel to infla
tionary fires, since producers
wil tend to hand on the tax in
increased prices to the bedeviled
consumer.
e e e
Inherent in both forms of in
creased taxation is the danger
that business men will angrily
respond by cutting expansion
and other commitments to the
bone, bringing the specter of
depression out of the wings, to
front and center stage. Yet the
fact remains that the vast bulk
of government spending is now
essentially a response to soviet
pressure. No one likes high
taxes. Yet it is difficult to see
how very high taxes can be
avoided, unless this country is
simply to fold its hands in these
menacing times and hope for the
best, while failing to prepare for
the worst. If Governor Dewey
knew any other alternative to
high taxes, he never revealed it
(Copyright. IMS. New York Herald
Tribune, Inc.)
Every parent of a baby under
a year old should learn some
thing of the symptoms of an
abdominal disorder called intus
susception, which develops in
infants. This is one of the con
ditions which brooks no delay.
When It Is present, the penalty
for failure to recognize that
something Is seriously amiss
may be the loss of the baby.
I am not, of course, suggest
ing that parents should attempt
to diagnose the condition only
that they learn enough about its
symptoms to call the doctor im
mediately should any of them
be observed.
Perhaps the most useful thing
that parents can remember in
this regard is that intussuscep
tion develops suddenly. A baby
that has been previously healthy
is seized by violent spasms of
pain which may last for a few
-seconds to a few minutes, and
which recur at about half-hour
intervals.
In over half the cases, this
type of pain is the first sign of
the disease. Vomiting is another
common symptom. The passage
of blood from the bowels is net
necessarily an early sign, but
occurs in practically all cases
sooner or later.
During the first day, for in
stance, the bowel movements
may be absent or appear nor
mal, but then they become liquid
and bloody; the baby becomes
pale, has a rapid heart-beat,
sunken eyes, and fever. A swell
ing within the abdomen is pres
ent in about nine out of ten
cases. The area around the
swelling is tender, and the mass
has the feel of a sausage.
X-rays are frequently of value
in establishing a diagnosis. The
age of the baby may also give
diagnostic clue as intussuscep
tion rarely occurs before a child
is six weeks old or after 18
months.
a a e
Treatment In all cases Is
prompt operation. Prior to ope
ration, it is usually advisable
to give the baby an injection
of whole blood into a vein or
blood plasma. Salt solution may
also be administered under the
skin.
Following operation, it is also,
important to give the baby plen-"
ty of fluids by injection under
the skin or into a vein.
It is important to note that In
this disorder, when operation is
performed within 24 hours, the
outlook is at least three or four
times as good as when the ope
ration is delayed for a day or
two. The important thing to re
member about this condition Is
that the earlier it is treated the
better Is the outlook, and the
chief reason for failure of early
treatment is the fact that the
disorder is not recognized as
early as it should be. If there
is any indication of intussuscep
tion, there should be no delay
In calling the doctor.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
J.M.: What causes boils?
Answer: Boils are due to in
fections with ordinary germs
which are always to be found
upon the skin, and particularly
the staphylococcus.
(Copyright, IMS. Kinf Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
DtP
r u m m
amm ammmm , unnnui nm nu uni
n i rf ri I ii hi
Literary
Guidepost
By W. G. Regers
THE BIG FISHERMAN,
By Lloyd C Douglas
(Houghton Mifflin; $3.75)
Douglas' Uth novel, about the
son of Jonas, the fisherman Si-mon-called-Peter,
opens on the
plains of Arabia. King Aretas'
pretty daughter is in love with
Zendi, but Herod proposed an al
liance to stop ambitious Rome,
and it is sealed with the girl's
marriage to Herod's son Antipas.
After the birth of a daughter,
named Fara by her Arabian
mother, Antipas gets a divorce,
and various Arabs plot to
avenge the Jewish Insult, among
them in later years the young
woman Fara and Voldi, who
loves her.
It is Fara and Voldi who then
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Licbty
(Continued from page 1)
guided by no conventions such
as govern royalty, they were
able to seize power and abuse
it, as no king had been able to
do for centuries. No tsar' was
as ruthless as the bolsheviks,
and no kaiser as much a dic
tator as Hitler. It is true that
the Italian royal house remain
ed, but it was very weak, un
able to stand up against the
arrogant commands of 11 duce.
Ferrero, the great historian
of the Roman empire, has at
tributed its fall in large measure
to the breaking up of dynasties.
When succession to the imperial
office fell not to those in the
legitimate line, but to the strong
man of the palace guard, then,
he believes, decay set in. The
people lost confidence in the
government when they saw bri
gands -veizing power and abus
ing it, and then falling victim
to some rival despot.
One does not need to be a
believer in monarchy to see the
principle of legitimacy has pow
erful influence in the business
of government Here we control
succession by elections which
follow definite constitutional
provisions. That is our substi
tute for the dynasty, waiions
with royal houses look ahead to
see that the succession Is main
tained. That interest, as well as
the natural human curiosity
about births and deaths, helps
to explain why the news "A
prince is born" thrilled sub
jects of the British common
wealth of nations all round the
globe. I .
guide the reader to the banks of
the Galilee and the circle of John
the Baptist, Simon Peter the suc
cessful fisherman and, eventual
ly, the Carpenter, Jesus; and the
novel, nearly 600 pages long,
closes with -Peter's death in
Rome.
-Douglas has written this, it
seems to me, on two assumptions:
That the great New Testament
drama will be more palatable if
a love story is added, movie-fashion,
and if it is all reduced to
a kind of hi-there, slap-on-the-back,
pleasedtomeetcba leveL
Whether or not the Holy Land
remains holy, it becomes a place
where dishes are stacked in the
sink, servants forget their places
just as in a modern comedy, and
Jesus can't perform miracles
without sweating like a day la
borer. John, son Of Zebedee, is
addressed as Johnny. Peter denies
his Lord in the words: "Well
he's no friend of mine." Philate
says: "Now, then, Jesus, what's
this all about?" and "Now, young
man, you do not look much like
a King;" and when Joseph of
Arimathea goes to ask for Jesus'
bodr. Pilate greets him: "Well.
Joe. what is it?"
Probably the Bible story was
never brought down to earth with
such a thud. John the Baptist be
comes your buddy, Peter is pal. It
leads me to suppose that some
day, if I push the button at the
Pearly Gates. I shall be expected
to yell: "Hey, Pete, lemme in."
and he to answer: "Well, if it an't
Bill!" ,
The jacket claims correctly
that "Only the man who wrote
The Robe' could write The Big
Fisherman." "
i CbJdlngs front "Friend
i To the Editor:
I have tried to refrain from
making any comment on the po
lice department fracas. But I
can not suppress a chuckle when
' reading friend Bob Elfstrom'i
apparent justification for what
was done. It may be that his
' judgment was right in giving
nis consent tos the action.
j I have known Bob for a num
' ber of years and always had the
nignest regard . and warmest
feeling for him. But I Just can
not swallow this good fellow
ship idea of his in claiming
everything was done for the
best interests of the city and
the men involved. I wonder if
there Isn't just a little tinge of
satisfaction In , penalizing the
xeuows who opposed the man
ager form of govenment Idea
I can not square the action taken
against these officers for alleged
campaigning for commission
form of government and no ac
tion taken against firemen who
really did a good Job of cam
! palgning by calling on people
personally and signing adver
tising for their cause.
I would not presume to usurp
the powers of the mayor, but in
all my dealings with employes
' I have always found It a very
good policy to endeavor to make
food employes out of the ones
have rather than cut their
Jobs from under them for some
minor offense. I wonder if Bob
would entertain, the idea that
a reprimand at the time the
infraction of rules occurred
would have shown real execu
tive ability. I dislike very much
to hear every day the cussing
that Bob is getting, for he is
an old time friend of mine and
I regret this thing could not
: have been handled more dlp
! lomatlcally.
I T. LeGarle.
. Thoroughly Consistent"
To the Editor:
Surely you will not dispute
the Capital Journal's "superflu
ous disclaimer to the effect that
, it "is not in politics That it
Is not Is brutally evident in the
present dazed and disheveled
condition of Dewey and local
causes it so ardently espoused,
although it most certainly
thought it was in politics up to
the time the roof fell in.
I believe the Capital Journal
to be thoroughly consistent In
presenting the turkey to the
president. It has been giving him
the bird for three years.
Leo C. Dean.
PLANES ADDED TO LIFT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18 (AA
The, capitalists scream about eur Iron' curtain . . . but they have The air force has ordered 20
their own 'billboard' curtain along highways, no doubt hi din c more transport planes assigned to
secret fortlfieatiens Instead ef scenery
the Berlin air lift
Rose Society to
Hear Bacher
J. C. Bacher, Portland authorlrj
on plants and winner vof the
Johnny Appleseed award for his
outstanding contribution to hor
ticulture. ! will present an illus
trate lecture on roses to Salem
Rose society at the YMCA Thurs
day at 8 pjn. . t i)
Charles Cole of the state de
partment of agriculture, will dis-i
cuss winter care of roses and'
George Ailing, rosarian for ; the
northwest district, will describe
new roses. Offciers for next year!
will be elected. i J
Six Men Joiii
Guard in Salem
Admiral Smith Faints
During Portland Speech
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 16-4P)
Vice Admiral William M. Smith,
chairman of the U. S. Maritime
Commission .fainted while speak
ing before a banquet audience
here last night.
The Maritime Commission chief
was revived a moment later".
He explained to his audience,
members of the Pacific Northwest
Trade Association, that he had
suffered similar fainting spells re
cently because of low blood pres
sure. He did not continue his speech,
hotel room to rest.
Six new recruits were taken
Into company B of Salem's na-,
tional guard at the unit's weeklyi
meeting Monday night in Salem
armory, Capt Burl Cox,1 com-1
mander, reported. ' j .
The additions boosted the com
pany's total enlistment to 62 men!
and six officers. At least eight
vacancies still exist In the com-j
pany, Captain Cox said. ;
The new enlistees j range from
17 to 19 years of age and are all
from Salem. They are Lyle D.
Anderson, Glenn D. Esterberg,
Raymond G. Wollesen, Martin J.
Beaulaurier, Harry O. Turner and
Richard R. Brown. Company B
meets each Monday at 8 pjn. in
the armory. !
Community Chest
Promotion Plans
Devised at Meeting
A concrete plan to acquaint the
general public with the Import
ance of Community chest (Red
Feather) agencies in Salem, and
to detail their financing ai)d ac
complishments, grew out of a
meeting in Salem Monday night.
: Attending were Alfred O.
Loucks, chairman of the 1948 Sa
lem chest drive; II. L. Braden,
executive secretary; Charles Bar
clay, publicity director, and rep
resentatives of all the agencies.
The plan will be presented to
the chest's board of directors
next month for ratification:
Meanwhile. Salem's 1948 chest
continues to receive scattered late j
contributions toward the as-yet:
unfilled goal of $110,000. I The
total has reached $100,700,' ac-
cording to Loucks. j
v! . I
LARGEST TAX PAID I
PORTLAND, Nov. 16HP)-The;
largest, property tax check ever'
paid in Oregon was turned over,
to Multnomah county Monday. It;
was for $937,569, and covered
Portland General Electric compa-1
py's 194ff-49 county tax bilL I
Lesler DeLapp
mnJ i
- - r
ii -
Comnw rclal
Hauling
Furniture
Mertng
Ptajn 1 1758
Salens. Oregon
1115 No, Com!
STEVEIIS
MIS
i A J I l!
STERLING
Graceful, gleaming
silver by Gorham adds
the note of graciousness
to your entertaining.
Many handsome pieces
are available for your
selection now.
A Ptymtk Cege Srt . . . 3 pUcti U digmlUd
Ctorgian -Colonial 4eugn, $24SM
Harmonizing Trmy, 12 iiuk dismtfrr. $90.00
U SanJwick TUtt. 9 intk diameter. $2730
C St, Bed Calory DUk, 9A inck diamettr, $40 JO
D Bawl, 9V inch diameter, $10 Ml I
Si Salt and Peppar. 4 Intk keigkt, pair $10 60
V Salt and Pepper, S Ate height, pair $2$ JO
V Mini Dih. S inck length, $13 JO
trie! tkawn include federal Tom,
Stevens & Son
Jewelers & SHversmitha
339 Court Street