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From First Statesman. March It, 1131
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.'
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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."
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"During- the period nsaally devoted by Mr. Bilge te his predictions
and forecasts, we bring yon a brief interlude ef organ mesie . . . "
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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.
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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
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- 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 .
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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.
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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
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