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ftb tiajmanCdlM Oregon) Suiiacr. WrtWlRIMI'''.' Wo ftfror Sways Us, No F$ar Shall Am" From First Statesman. March It, 1131 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher (Catered at the pottofflc at Salem. Orefon. as second class matter under act of congress March S. 1ST. Published very mornlnf except Monday. Business office SIS S. Commercial. Salem, Oregon. Telephone S-J44L. 4 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tfca Associate Press Is eatnied cadastre!? te the ase far repnklcaUoa or an too lacal aewg arlatad la tfcis aewspaaer, . as well as aO A aews dlsaatchaa. MEMBER PACmC COAST DIVISION OF BUREAU OP AOVERTISINO Advertising Representatives Ward -C rlfflth Co.. New York. Chicago, Saa Francisco. Detroit. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATION By Mall (la ASvaace) Oregon sjsewnere in u.sa Ow month Six months Ona year .75 .4 00 State Loyalty Test? The general council of the Oregon state em ployes' association, meeting in Portland, heard a recommendation from the chairman of its civil service committee that a loyalty test be applied to all state employes including members of the state police and faculties of educational institu tions. It was also recommended that results of jjch a test be published and that laws be enact ed to bar from state employment any member of the communist party. The Statesman would go on record as oppos ing any such roping and branding of its state employes. Evidence of communist infiltration is so scant there is nothing here to be alarmed over. Some profess to find reds behind every bush (or university desk) but they are so colorblind they see only red. For one thing the cost of such an Inquisition would be tremendous. It would require a special section of the state police doing nothing but in vestigational work on employes or applicants for employment, another section of civil service to weigh the evidence turned in, and panels to hold trials of those suspected of disloyalty. This editor happens to be a member of a re gional loyalty board for the federal civil service and knows something of the work involved in screening every applicant for government em ployment. There is not the same urgency in the state to exclude communists as there is in the federal government. We have no atomic energy secrets to guard, no confidential information about for eign policy, military strength, etc. to keep bot tled up. Other than keeping commies off the government payrolls little, would be accomplish- ; ed by state purges. The political climate of Oregon is admittedly very conservative. That goes for its educational institutions, too. Perhaps there is not enough in tellectual independence in the state though we have no time for teachers in particular who are poisoning minds against the government. There seems little need for any loyalty test in Oregon. This will be one of the last redoubts to yield "come the revolution. We can employ our mon ey and our minds to far better purpose than staging an all-out jackrabbit hunt through all the state office-warrens in Oregon. Gabrielson's Report The legislative interim committee on study of fish and game employed Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, former director of the federal bureau in charge of wild life and now president of the Wildlife Management institute, to make a study and re port on Oregon conditions. Dr. Gabrielson knows Oregon well from long residence here, and his choice was a happy one. His report is sensible, noteworthy because of its moderation rather than for any extremes. What he finds is that population increase has leen hard on wildlife and the state hasn't done what it should do to conserve Its wildlife re sources. Many of his recommendations hinge on Eisenhower t By Wes Gallagher r BERLIN, Nov. 2 (H3)-Anglo-American armies did not drive to take Berlin in the last stage of the war because Gen. D wight D. Eisenhower believed it strategi cally unwise and stupid to do so. In his decision Eisenhower ov erruled Winston Churchill and was supported in doing so by the combined chiefs of staff. This is revealed for the first time in Eisenhower's own book of the war, "Crusade in Europe, to be published Monday, Nov. 23, la the United States by Double day, f" This decision, which has be come such a publicized postwar question was the climax of many wartime arguments between the American commander and the British prime minister on how the battles in Europe should be fought. a The book Is an answer to some observers who have said Eisen hower favored the British. On the contrary, from the day combined headquarters was set up until the day it disbanded. El senhower, strongly supported by Gen. George Marshall, fought a constant battle against British at tempts to sway strategy away from what they considered the main objective smashing Ger many militarily as quickly as pos sible. Much of Churchill's constant dabbling in allied strategy un doubtedly was motivated by the wartime prime minister's tre mendous interest and drive to take part in everything. Fundamentally, however, the book reveals the basic differ ences grew out of two view points. One, that of the military represented by Eisenhower- and Marshall, who viewed the war as strictly a military problem to be ended as quickly and ex peditiously as possible by any means at hand. Two, that of Churchill, who viewed the war not only as a military problem, but also a means of obtaining political advantage. These viewpoints clashed Boany times: In CfcsjrchiU's de By City Carrier Ona month.. 1.00 . 00 -12.00 Six montha . Ona year. There seem to be plenty of volunteers to rescue the Republican party. Young Philip Willkie, fresh out of law school, and newly elected mem ber of the Indiana house of representatives, is sues the familiar call: Now is the time to come to the aid of the party. If he is like his father he is the type that much may be expected of. All the columnists who predicted Dewey's election and picked a cabinet foif him are now busy doing similar carpentry for Harry Tru man. Columnists may die but they never sur render. The price of sardines is so low In California the fishermen will not sail off to the ocean and cast nets for them. Bad news for the smorgas bord addicts. We're back to the season of rummage sales and church suppers. The latter suffer from the high cost of victuals and the former gain by the high cost of clothing. America Tel and Tel announces the opening of its coaxial cable from Philadelphia to Cleve land. "Brickety-ax, Co-ax, Co-ax." Opposed Berlin Partition sire to Invade the Balkans, not western Europe; : in his opposi tion to the invasion of southern France; In his opposition to bombing com municartiona la France prior to the invasion; in his constant preoccupation with making the Mediterranean the main theatre of war; In his de mands for an all-out drive on Berlin, abandoning prepared plans first to wipe out German military strength. "; Churchill, while he could and did constantly suggest and argue with Eisenhower, hid no au thority to Issue orders directly. These had to go through the combined chiefs of staff in Washington. Here Gen. Marshall almost invariably backed Elsen hower. "Crusade in Europe" gives a good picture for the: first time of the tremendous : Influence Marshall had on the war and its strategy. The last big argument be tween Churchill and Eisenhower came over Churchill's desire to send British forces on the north dashing for Berlin. ; Ai the time, the western ar mies' were on the Rhine ready for. the final blow in March, 1945. Eisenhower gives this explana tion of his action: "The Russian forces were firm ly established on the Oder with a bridgehead on its western bank only 30 miles from Berlin. Our logistic strength which includ ed some 2,000 tons of supplies by air transport every day, would sustain our spearheads thrusting across Germany, But if we should plan for a power crossing of the Elbe, with the single pur pose of attempting to invest Ber lin, two things would: happen. "The first of these was that in all probability the Russian for ces would be around the city be fore we could reach there. The second was that to sustain a strong force so far from our ma jor bases along the Rhine would have meant the practical immo bilization of units along the re mainder of the front. This I felt 1M, . .0 -UL0S provision of more funds; and he suggests in crease in license fees, ending of tithing and gen eral fund appropriations as possible sources. He thfnks the hatchery program- for upland birds doesn't pay, but would expand fish hatchery worl and research. As to organization, he complains that the com mission spends too much time with details of administration. It should, he says, confine its work to making policy and then entrust the staff to execute the policy. This practice! is a matter of habit. With members scattered over the state and subject to frequent appeals it has been easy for commissioners to direct staff acti vity. Also the commission hasn't had strong exe cutives who would take over the load. Gabrielson reviews the controversy about en forcement. While his chief complaint is lack of police working on game law enforcement he does make a recommendation that enforcement be restored to the commission. People will find nothing startling in this re port; and if it is an index there will not be any thing sensational in the committee's report, un less it be an upping of the license fee from $1 to $7. As civilization crowds on the wilderness it will take more than just some slick trick to conserve our wild life. Good laws and plenty of money still will need public cooperation for results. Senator George of Georgia, who will be chair man of the senate finance committee, says that an excess profits tax would be destructive of business. He favors boosting the normal corpo ration tax if there is need for more revenues. Election over, no one can think of ways to re duce? government expenditures in lieu of tax-raising. to be more than unwise. It was stupid." a a a While Elsenhower may have missed the political significance of Berlin, he made a proposal early in the war to both Roose velt and Churchill, and support ed it at every opportunity, which would have eliminated many of the present difficulties in post war Germany. This was for a joint "Sheaf occupation of Germany by all four powers with no zonal boun daries foa each force. He was convinced such an agreement could have been reached with Russia during the war. This would have eliminated such trouble spots as Berlin and a "partitioned" Germany as exists today. Nothing ever came of this proposal. "Crusade of Europe" reveals the path of a supreme comman der of allied land, sea and air forces to be a difficult one. The controversial figures of Gen. DeGauIle, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and Gen. George Patton were enough to keep away any one in turmoil. On the eve of D-day Eisenhow er relates how DeGauIle demand ed he be recognized as the ruler of France, and that he alone could give orders to the people of France on cooperation with the Allied forces. Since President Roosevelt was unalterably oppos ed to giving DeGauIle such rec ognition, Eisenhower had to pac ify the temperamental French general without committing him self. a e The theme of "Crusade in Eu rope" is that allied forces in na tions and fighting arms (air, sea, land) are the only possible way to fight a successful modern war. He points to supreme head quarters as a standing example against the old military maxim that coalitions cannot fight suc cessful wars. Not the least of the sidelights is Eisenhower's estimate that if the Germans had had their V weapons six months before they did, the western invasion from England might well have been impossible.' Tsjssaaxjaaaw-. yp E7ffs ffitfteP - 'KAI-5HW5 V 5 iSssssSsS: Twilight Literary, Guidepost By John L. Springer NO PLACE TO HIDE, by Da vid Bradley (Atlantic - Little, Brown; $2). It was a sort of holiday jaunt for this doctor - author, in 1946, when he sailed from San Fran cisco in a beautiful air - cooled ship to picturesque Hawaii and. on to a group of colorful islands with interestingly primitive pop ulations, wonderful sunsets, and excellent fishing. But his destination was Bi kini, and his job was to listen to a clicking Geiger counter that tells when rays mount from nor mal toward fatal. The 160 Bi klnese can't go home again, "they have no choice in the mat ter, and very little understand ing of it. But in this perhaps they are not so different from us all," he warns soberly. We do not seem to have learn ed, he says, that there is "no real defense against atomic wea pons," "no satisfactory counter measures and methods of decon tamination ... no satisfactory . . . safeguards for the people of atomized areas," and that the A-bomb may affect people "for centuries through the persistence of radioactivity." THE ROAD TO REASON, by Lecomte du Nouy (Longmans, Green; $3.50). Here again a medical man re views his studies and observa tions for the sake of the con clusions he draws from them. "Apparently, man cannot live without a mystical belief," says the author, and whether it's true of the rest of us, it was of him. Written some years before his best - selling "Human Destiny;" citing many laws and experi ments and presenting many im posing - looking charts; and quoting Descartes, Huxley, Re nan, Kant, Cornte, Laplace, Helmholtz. Whitehead, Ed ding ton, and even Moliere and Ma tisse the book urges us to find "a middle road" between "ab solute deterministic material ism" and "absolute spiritual Ism," where "both science and religion can meet." GRIN AND BEAR erC IMS la t Tmm C. aassi I 'Ml a - T "During- the period nsaally devoted by Mr. Bilge te his predictions and forecasts, we bring yon a brief interlude ef organ mesie . . . " i , i ' -V ' '. -;, i .- '--i i , " " &c pfi SGQ0ED3 OV: .Sw SZc&&n (Continued from page 1) "'- v i w r-7--ii 7-, ..- ,. -t Tall - I 7 T Your O-fleaDftGi) Today when a physician is confronted with .a case of pain la the lower part of the back he is likely to think first of the little cartilage discs which act as cushions between the bones .of the spine. He knows that in this area these bits of cartilage k must support a good deal of weight and are likely to be ruptured, with the result that the bones of the spine are allowed to press painfully on the spinal cord. . It is only recently, however, that attention has been given te the fact that the same thing, occurring at a higher level, may account for a great many cases of neck and shoulder pain. Support Lees Weight Discs high in the spinal col umn support less weight than those lower down, but, at the same time, they are narrower and more delicately made. It has been found, for instance, that the disorder can develop In the neck region following very min or injuries, such as those in volved in the sudden stopping of an automobile or a slight fall. These cases are usually char acterised by recurring stiff neck, and pain in the shoulder and arm. The pain is made worse by sudden movement of the head and neck. There is often tender noes over the spine, and there is an increased amount of pro tein found in the spinal fluid. Sudden stretching of the neck, coughing, sneezing, or strain may aggravate the pain and pro duce a feeling like an electric shock shooting Into the little finger. There may Jbe numbness and tingling of the thumb and fingers. Often the pain is made worse when the patient remains in one position for any length of time; thus he may sometimes have to get out of bed several times during the night in an effort to obtain relief. The pa tient usually holds the affected shoulder raised, and the head many be tilted forward or to ward the Involved side. X-ray examination of the spine is helpful in making a diagnosis. remaaeat Relief In treating this disorder. IT By Liehly s 3 m ira i I ri r-1 r 1 1 I i i I i 11 " n Written by Dr. Hermaa N. Bondensen, M.D. . stretching of the spine may give permanent relief. If, during the stretching process, the patient is comfortable but the pain re curs after the stretching is stop ped, a well-fitting, brace around the neck may be employed. Forcible movements of the neck when there is a ruptured disc is a dangerous procedure and may lead to severe damage to the spinal cord. If there is pressure on the spinal cord, or if pain or muscle spasm is produced after several days of stretching, an operation is usually advised. At the ope ration, the ruptured or 6mged disc is removed. The outlook for these patients depends upon the amount of damage which has occurred to the spinal cord. The numbness, tingling, and muscle weakness may persist for some months after an operation. If symptoms such as those due to a ruptured disc occur, an im mediate study by an orthopedic specialist should be carried out. He will determine whether or not this disorder is present and the type of treatment that should be employed for it QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS M. C: My breasts are sore Just before my monthly period. What can be done for this? Answer: Pain "in the breasts which occurs Just before the menstrual periods has been thought to be due to some dis turbance in the glands of in ternal secretion; possibly a lack of ovarian extract. In treating this condition, ova rian residue may be employed. However, it is advisable that such treatment always be car ried out under the direction of a physician. C. B : I have a bad odor to my breath. Could this be due to liver disorder? ,. Answer: I know., of no evi dence that liver disorder Is re sponsible in general for bad odor to the breath. Most fre quently, the condition is due to infections of the nose, throat, or teeth. Certain digestive dis orders may be contributing causes. (Copyright. IMS. King Features Syndicate. Inc.) length Is forbidding to modern readers, though they do not seem to hesitate over Gone with the Wind whose dimensions rival those of David Copperfield. Without doubt the reading or, rereading of these novels would be more profitable than much of the current output. Some of of them like The Brothers Kara mazov are studies in psychology still of lively interest Pere Go riot is both fiction and charac ter study. Tom Jones, one of the early English hovels, and David Copperfield give intimate pic tures of English life. Perhaps all these have suffered because they have been assignd for col lateral reading in literature classes and so partake of a "must" quality. It may seem strange that the one American whose fiction is Included is Herman Melville. He was pretty much of a failure as a writer, though he dedicated himself to literary composition, a failure, that is, in the sense that he gained scant recognition and got thin financial returns from his writing. Yet Melville dead has grown In favor of crit ics and now there are few to question Moby Dick's claim to place in any limited choice of great novels. Melville's posthumous f s m e (he died in 1891) has led to the republication of othess of his works. Our own Dr. Egbert Oliver of Willamette university has edited a newly - published volume of his short stories Piazza Tales (Hendricks House; $3.50). They show a writing style which Maugham describes as possessing "a copious magnificence, a grandeur, an eloquence that, no modern writer, so far as I know, has achieved. Melville's sweep of imagination. Intellectual power and philosophic depth lift him far above the common run of writing folk. Folk say; they get tired of the news of the world, it's in such a heluva mess. They would not only find escape but interest and mental stimulus If they picked up some of these great old books for winter reading. Maugham's list offers a good place to start Tho Safety Valve Pensions for Aged To the Editor: Why all this hulabaloo about not being able to pay the old age pension? The money Is al ways available for roads,, for the fish and game commission to replenish field', and stream, and also more than always available to start and fight a war. But never is there any money to take care of the peo ple that have given . the best years of their lives to help make this state what it is today. And for what? Ill grant you that all of the persons entitled to a rJension are not as you call them, Oregonians but they did help make some state what It is from a cow pasture, and where would Oregon be without the other states! There have been as many or more native Oregonians migrated to other parts of the. country than have come to Oregon simply because of the pension bill of that par ticular state that does pay . off after residing there for the rime called for by the law of that state. It Is about time that the vot ers of this state came to life and stopped killing the sales tax and the sale of liquor by the drink. How do they think that Cali fornia and Washington are pay ing their old age pension? Most certainly not by voting for one bill that would guarantee eld erly people a small amount of security, and vote directly against two ether bills that .would more than cover the amount necessary to take care of people that are entitled to a lot more than sympathy. What is three, four or even five per cent tax on purchases compared to waking up at about age 60 and realize that you haven't even got one per cent of your earnings, simply because the average wage earner does "HARLEQIN" COFFEE SPOONS STERLING SILVER BY REED & BARTON S39 Court Street , r . . , . , - not under present conditions, re- -' reive enough to be able to save any-for his or her retirement. Think It oyer, all you voters, before every one leaves ' the state of Oregon to go to a place where there is a certain amount of security .in view for them ' In the retiring years. ! R. A. 0Dell ! S V ' Hotel Marion. City Hall Shakeap To the Editor: t WelL there seems to be quite -a one-sided shakeup at the city halL 1 : i I think It Is time that the people find out what Is going on and put a stop to some of this. The city manager has . al ready brought In three different ones and placed them in jobs that rightfully belong to Sa(em citizens. v.1 If this is not stopped he will next bring in someone from, outside the state. I think Saleni is a large enough town and has enough qualified persons to fill any vacancy that might come up in the future. , I hope everything will be brought out at the hearing of the two discharged officers. If these two officers were dis charged only on the grounds that they exercised their rights as American citizens then there ought to be some other changes made. (, . Dan R. Hughes" 1226 Leslie. - i . si , Same Gallopers To the Editor: ' " I believe It is timely and "ap propriate Just-now to direct , at tention to the fact that the news papers and radios and befuddled politicians who are so stridently declaring that the Progressive party ' and Henry Wallace are aH through and will never! be heard from again, are the same Gallupers who offered to - bet their eyes against warts that : Dewey would be elected. I 4 i A. M. Church. County Vote Canvass Told Official tally of the Salem con stable race and justice of the peace contests in several of the county districts were released by the Marion county clerk's office this weekend. f. Earl Adams, Incumbent, won the Salem constable position over Fred T. Hall by a vote of 12.86J to 7,479. . In the only Justice of the peace contest in the Silverton district Alf O. Nelson was reelected by a vote of 1,195 against 1,075 fe celved by Herbert H. Holland; Other Justices of the peace re elected without opposition includ ed T. C. Gorman of Wood burn. 2.842 votes; Walter E. Bell of Stay ton, 1.361, and N. M. Lauby of Mt Angel, 687. 4 C. of C. t5 Hear Talk on Atom i Dr. A. A Groaning, physics pro fessor at Lewis and Clark collage, Portland, will speak on "Atoms for Peace," at the Salem Chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday noon. jj - - The luncheon also will be the occasion for the opening of ?the ' 42nd annual Christmas seal sale In Marlon county. C. A. Shaefor, vice president of the Marlon County Tuberculosis and Health associa tion, which is sponsoring the cam paign, will outline the seal sale. Some 23,000 seal envelopes are to be dropped in the mails today for distribution over the county. Traffic Toll I, Rate Erratic 1 i 1 - rwmn'i erratically fluctuating mnnthl hlriiwar death toll slump- ' ed from the year's high of it, in September to a six-momns iow w 32 in October, Secretary of Stkte.. Earl T. Newbry announced wm week end. . tv,- it traffic fatalities in Octo ber was the lowest peace-time fig ure for that month since 1939 when travel mileages were approximate ly half their present leveL - -( TM.1 mimhor of victims for the year now stands at 348, six free cent under tne i'i aeaa ..rrx. imm last Toar. Last October the death toll reached 48. ii 8ugafltion 2.C3 . . 15.C3 loelmWMag Federal Tan