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" Bell System "Monopolistic
The American Telephone Sc. Telegraph com
pany would have to dispose of it holdings of
Western Electric, its manufacturing subsidiary,
if the government prevails inN an an ti-trust 'ac
tion filed Friday by the justice department. The
government accuses the two concerns with "con--gpiracy
to monopolize" the telephone business.
It seeks a court order to break Western Electric
up into three separate manufacturing concerns,
and to require both companies to let their pat
ents be used on a royalty basis, and show other
concerns how to use them.
It is true that the Bell system holds virtually
a monopoly in the telephone business of the
country, through there are many thriving in
dependent companies. But Western Union, by
specialjtct of congress, is the sole company en
gaged in commercial communication by tele
graph land lines. The business is one properly
called a "natural monopoly."
If we look at results .instead of the law we
find that the United States has the best tele
phone service in the world, that it has steadily
been improved, that the research of the Bell
system has led to countless mechanical inven
tions which helped to bring about this improve
ment. We find too that the charges for telephone
service have shown slight increase even in these
times of inflation,, though petitions are pending
in numerous states for additional increases.
Whether the ownership of Western Electric is
monopolistic in the meaning of the law is up to
the courts to decide. But it can. readily be fore
seen if the organization is broken up improve
ments may be retarded. It is by no means cer
tain that competing concerns can produce goods
required for telephone service as cheaply as
Western Electric now furnishes them. In the end
we may find we have cut off our noses to spite
ur ears.
in the second place bipartisanship carries -no
veto power. It is time foreign policy was made
subject to debate and not given an automatic
rubberstamp.
Give Acheson a chance; and don't hedge him
with too many commitments to carry out the
foreign policy of his predecessors. They didn't
succeed either, merely running into a stonewall.
Maybe Acheson can find a hole in the wall, or
be able to get over it or under it or around it.
Let's sea what he can do.
Local Subdivisions Restrictive
Race restrictions appear in the coovenants for
the platting of numerous subdivisions adjacent
to Salem, a check of county records discloses.
One such restriction is worded thus:
"No person of any race other than Caucasian or
white race shall use or occupy any building or lot,
except that this covenant shall not prevent occupan
cy of domestic servants of a different race domicil
ed with an owner or tenant."
Another text is this:
"No one but members of the Caucasian race shall
be owners or reside on any of these lots."
Some 17 subdivisions platted within the de
cade contain such a restriction in 'the covenant.
It applies against negroes, Indians, Koreans,
Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos.
Courts have ruled in California that these
convenants are not enforceable; but they have
effect! in discouraging sales and purchases con
trary to their purpose. At any rate we see' that
race discrimination isn't confined to Georgia
and Mississippi.; Considerable of the kuklux
"spirit remains in these parts.
Committee Approves Acheson
The senate foreign affairs committee has giv
en its approval of the appointment of Dean
Acheson as secretary of state. His confirmation
by the senata next week is anticipated.
Acheson in his appearance before the com
, Biittee swept away a lot of the gossip which was
, circulating about his being an appeaser. He tag
ged that as malevolent, without foundation ; in
fact. He said he was a business associate of Al
ger Hiss brother and friend of both the Hiss
brothers; but so have been many prominent
men. And Hiss has not yet been convicted of a
crime.
Republicans evidently have abandoned the
Idea of fighting the Acheson appointment. They
do not have adequate grounds for opposition.
The president is .entitled to name his cabinet
members and they should be confirmed unless
there is definite and positive evidence against
hem to prove them unfit for the positions.
. The talk about Truman's violating the bipar
tisan foreign policy because ha didn't consult
with republicans like Yandenberf is silly. In
the first place it is Truman's own cabinet; and
Red Tape in Selective Service
The Grants Pass Courier jibes at the require
ment of Selective Service that men who pass 26
years of age still must, keep their home draft
boards informed of their changes of address.
The ruling is based on a presidential order that
registrants must inform boards of address
changes. But why apply the rule to men who
pass 28? They are no longer subject to service
under the present law. As the Courier says one
would think that SS would want to put folders
on such men hi dead storage.
Slavish adherence to the rule is a nuisance
to the registrants no longer subject to call, and
time-consuming to SS boards.
Over in Italy a man went home one night
intoxicated; only instead of" going in his own
house he entered the house of his next door
neighbor and crawled into bed with his neigh
bor's wife. When she found out it was not her
husband who was sleeping with her she had the
man arrested. The Judge, sent him to jail for
nine months, remarking, T5uch a mistake is in
admissible. It would constitute a dangerous pre
cedent." Quite so, quite so.
A doctor on the radio says that the average
American woman faces eight years of widow
hood. It will take more than that though to stop
spinsters from hunting husbands.
ERP Aid Plays Role In French Politics
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By Jeseph A leap
PARIS, Jan. 14 For any
American in his sense, it is
brusquely sobering to discover '
the powerful influence of Wash
ington on the internal politics
wa at home would consider the
private affairs of the nation
af western lu- ,
rope. A year
and a half ago
only American
Una n e 1 a 1 aid
saved moat
piwi oiugni . W;
Ing to dictator
ships either
the left or
the right.; But
AS- a " -
una pjiewmf WmnJU S nm
non haS now J"rP" AIrl
developed into something much
more complex and in some ways
, alarming.
Here in France, for instance,
the basic law of the European
recovery program has the effect
of pushing the Paris ERP Ad
ministrator, David Bruce, into
the center- of the whirling mael
strom of French polities. It is
worth examining the problem in
some detail to see why this is so.
Very crudely speaking, the
grand political contest in France
is now between the men of the
center the members of the
Socialist. Radical and MRP par
ties and General Charles de
Gaulle and his followers. The
communists were the menace
that first caused Frenchmen to
rally to De Gaulle.
Their present role is to help
De Gaulle by such attacks on
the French economy as the re
cent roal strike. The demand for
De Gaulle, the strong man, al
ways grows lourter when polit
ical or financial instability in
creases, and subsides proportion
ally when the outlook improves.
It is something of a miracle
.that the French center has sur
vived thus far, through the long
Succession of Ramadier, Schu
mann Reynaud and Queuille cab
inets. None the less, it has sur
vived. And since the passage of
Prime Minister Queuflle'a rather
precariously balanced budget.
most 'wiseacres even . give the
center at least a chance to sur
vive in the future.
Survival of the center Is dif
ficult for two) reasons. Certain
issues, such as the Radicals' deep
disagreement with the Socialists
about state planning, deeply di
vide the center parties. And
with a few such eminent ex
ceptions as Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman and the presi
dent of the republic, Vincent
Auriol. the center lacks big men.
Survival has been possible only
because Marshall aid has eased
the situation here, and because
the old socialist, Auriol, is a
political master hand.
a
AurioFs part, in effect, has
been that of the wise old leader
of a herd of cattle on the range.
Whenever the wolves of the right
and left come dangerously close,
as they do in every governmen
tal crisis, Auriol gives the warn
ing call. Then the whole herd
forms up in a circle with their
horns outward; the f crisis is
somehow surmounted, and a new
centrist' government is formed.
The center strategy is to con
tinue to repeat this maneuver
indefinitely, if possible, until
better times weaken the extrem
ist groupings of left and right.
The American role in this
process arises inevitably from
the conditions congress attached
to the European recovery pro
gram. For every dollar of Mar
shall aid, the French govern
ment is first required to steri
lize an equivalent sunt in francs
in what is known as the coun
terpart fund. Second, the French
government is. forbidden to draw
upon this fund, which- will
amount next year to more than
250 billion francs, unless the
government is following "non
inflationary' fiscal policies.
The traditions of French gov
ernment finance have never
been especially puritanical J The
tendency therefore has always
been to put off all : such un
pleasant actions as imposing new
taxes and dismissing surplus
bureaucrats, until disaster ac
tually threatened. Now. I how
ever, when disaster begins to
loom, the first step Is to go to
David Bruce and ask for a few
billions from the counterpart to
ease the situation. Being strictly
restrained by congressional in
junction, Bruce must then reply
that he cannot release the bil
lions until the causes of the
threatened disaster have been
removed.
This drama was played before
Prime Minister Queuille offered
his vitally important fiscal and
budgetary reform program to the
French chamber last month. Fur
thermore, Queuille actually
sought the votes of certain lead
ing deputies by informing them
that unless the French budget
were thus balanced, further re
lease of counterpart funds would
not be approved by Bruce. The
argument was powerful, since
the French government now re
lies entirely upon the counter
part fund to finance its program
of internal investment and eco
nomic improvement. But the in
evitable effect is to place Bruce
in the position of a sort of
Dutch uncle, sitting on the cash
box and insisting that nothing
would move him except a bal
anced French budget. What was
done in the days of Poincare
with no thought in mind except
the vital interests of France is
now done with a misleading im
plication of American pressure.
Thus "American interference"
is grumbled against in many
circles, while the Gaullists even
make the extraordinary demand
that all releases of counterpart
funds should be stopped, in or
der to precipitate a final crisis
and force a French election.
It is remarkable that, having
been placed in this extraordinary
delicate position, David Bruce
has managed to retain the re
spect and win the liking of all
groups except the communist
diehards. But the fact that Bruce
is doing a difficult job with
superlative tact does not dimin
ish the American responsibility.
Nor does it simplify the prob
lem posed by this new role which
the United States cannot for a
time escape from playing in
European politics.
(Copyright. IMS. Maw York Herald
Tribune, lac)
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 13 Bill Odam has Just stepped from his light
piane nera tonicni arier oeing xorcea to end a propose non-stop
flight from Henolula to New Yerk because of a gasoline shortare.
He nevertheless set a new non-stop record for light planes. AF
Wirephote ta The Statesmaa).
Literary
Guidepost
By W. G. Kegera
THEODOUC DREISEKi APOS
TLE OF NATURE, by Rebert
H. EUaa (Kaapf; S4)
-Do you remember the man who
dashed a cup of coffee in the
face of his publisher, Horace
Liverright? Who slapped Sin
clair Lewis for accusing him of
plagiarizing from Dorothy
Thompson? He was also the man
who interviewed theosophist An
nie BesanL who investigated me
diums with what might be called
insufficient scepticism, who toyed
with ouija, who wound up his
life a mystic. But primarily, of
course, he was one of the most
distinguished novelists, a path
finder, author of "Sister Carrie,'
"Jennie Gerhardt The Gen
ius." Dreiser, who died three years
ago last month, was born In
1871 in Terra Haute, son of a
German immigrant who was by
then poverty-stricken. He was
a disciplinarian and a bit of a
bigot, and some of his daughters
profited by his lessons to be
come models for Carrie and
Jennie. The effects, for Theo
dora, were more mixed but no
less profound, alienating him
from the church, indirectly start
ing him off badly in education,
fostering a preference for a
dream world.
When the family broke up,
Theodore began a hunt for work
which led him eventually to the
Chicago Daily Globe. A variety
of newspaper experience, usu
ally successful and offering also
the chance to meet Arthur Hen
ry of the Toledo Blade, in whose
home he wrote his first novel,
ended in New York. He edited
"IVry Month" and the "Delin
eator" and greatly increased
their circulation.
Of radically unstable opinions,
he was greatest as a novelist, it
seems to me, in the early years
when he still held the beliefs
beaten into him in childhood:
That man, in sum, is plaything
of immutable fate. But his early
and late conflicts with publishers,
censors, and Hollywood helped
memorably to liberalize Amer
ican letters.
His strange combination of
first-rate creative ability with a
sort of second-rate intelligence
provided him with a public
which ran hot and cold. It is pe
culiarly to the credit of this ob
jective biography that it lets us
draw our own conclusions; and
in a general way It reminds us
that we cannot expect a perfect
-i r-j. i riiii if nil ji ri vit f i n r w r i i i
CIRCUIT COURT
State vs. Harold Johns and Wil
liam Harvey Haskins: Order dis
misses indictments against each
and both cases ordered to be re
submitted to the next grand jury.
Abrams & Skinner, Inc., vs.
Guy Smith: Suit seeks order re
quiring defendant to account for
alleged insurance premiums alleg
edly due plaintiffs.
Louise Capdeville vs. Betty Cap
deville: Defendant files answer
admitting and denying.
Bina May McCarter vs. Jesse
Edward McCarter: Default of de
fendant entered.
Ella M. Dickinson and Maurice
D. Dickinson vs. Mrs. Charles Du
val, Charles Duval, r., D. M. Cun
ningham and Irvin J. Cutsforth:
Plaintiffs, in separate suits, filed
amended complaints seeking dam
ages from alleged auto accident.
Ruth Foster vs. Harold Foster:
Order enters default of defendant.
Marie L. Bertram vs. Otto Ber
tram: Suit for divorce charging
cruel and inhuman treatment
seeks custody of a minor child.
Married Nov. 7, 1929, at Salem.
Earl Ross vs. Fred Schwab
Commission Co.; Jury finds for
defendant in suit seeking to col
lect 3 1 lor hops allegedly un-
accoumea xor.
PROBATE COURT
Muriel Diane Erickson guard
ianship estate: Order confirms
sale of real property and directs
conveyance ox deed.
Albert Titze estate: Final order
settles estate.
Henry J. Miller estate: Objec
tions to Xinal account filed by Se
curity Investment company which
alleges a claim of $10,114 against
Albertina Gribble, one of the
heirs to the estate.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Neil C Boehmer. 20. student.
route 8, box 630, and Mary A.
Bean, 22, secretary, 130 S. 14th
St., both of Salem.
Harvey G. Gray. 21. bank tel
ler, 507 Oregon st and Helen
Benz, IS, tookkeeper, 3884 Mar
ket st- both of Salem. -
Merle Leon Hanchett, 24, saw
mill employe, Aumsville, and
Louise Jernigan, 20, bookkeeper.
IxM Angeles, Calif.
Edward A. Schiedler, 22, farm
er, and Regina B. Traeger, 19,'
stenographer, both of ML Angel.
Limitations on Social Activities
At Willamette U. Win Approval
Limitations on social activities at' Willamette university ware ap
proved by a joint meeting of the faculty student affairs committee
and the student council this week.
The meeting, presided over by Raymond Witney, dean of students,
set up and passed an 11 -point system designed primarily to allow
more time lor academic work.
Steps taken to limit activities in-
Sgt. Wimer
Recruiter Here
T.-Sgt. Philip Wimer, a nine
year air force veteran with three
years' service in Europe, has re
turned to Salem as a recruiter in
the local U. S. army andir force
recruiting office.
Sgt. Wimer, a former Salem
high school student is now living
at 467 ft N. 18th si with his wife,
Helen, following duty at March
Field, Calif. He is the son of Mrs.
Effie Wimer Ostrin, 1S35 State st.
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character to accompany per
fect novelist, that in short wa
cant have everything in one
horse.
elude: No special dinners or fire
sides after the first two months of
school; no activities on the first
four days of the school week ex
cept on traditional occasions; no
excuses for extra-curricula acti
vities except for athletic, music
or forensics activities.
The system also calls for only
one special weekend retreat
semester for any soda) group; po
more than one joint function for
fraternity and sorority pledges a
year; no more than one dance
each year for Panhellenic, Inter
fraternity or Inter-dorm functions:
only two major functions a year
for , living organizations and one
dance a year for other organiza
tions; designation of January as
a non-social function month; and
the clearance of all proposed
functions with the student social
chairman.
Dairymen to
Start Meet at
OSCMonday
Br LUUe L. Madsen
Tarm Editor, The Sta teaman
The 85th annual meeting of the
Oregon Dairymen's association
will open Monday morning at the
Memorial Union building at Ore
gon State college, Corvallls. W. A.
Johnson, Grants Pass, president,
will preside.
The first day will be given over
to breed club meetings as well as
various committee meetings. At 10
o'clock the Oregon Guernsey Cat
tie club of which Fred Rudat, jr.,
is president, will hold Its annual
meeting at Benton hotel, while the
Oregon Holstein-Friesian associa
tion will meet at 105 Memorial
Union building. A. W. Lindow of
Portland is president of the latter.
Te Meet In Salem
The Oregon Jersey Cattle club
of which Floyd Bates, Salem, is
president, will meet at the Me
morial Union building at 1 o'clock.
although this, unlike the other
breed associations, will not hold
its annual meeting at that time.
This has been slated for Salem,
January 29.
The dairy products promotion.
the herd ; improvement, disease
control and resolutions committees
will meet at 2 pjn.
The Dairymen's association will'
swing Into Its .convention at 10
msn. Tuesday morning. Morning
speakers will be H. P. Ewalt, F.
B. Wolberg and Dr. J. R. Haag, all
from the college. The Oregon
Dairy Council will sponsor the
noon luncheon.
Veterinarian te Speak
Dr. C. F. Haynes, state veterin
arian, Salem, will speak on Ore
gon's Bang's Disease Program' at
2:30 p.m. Other afternoon speak
ers will Include Gi H. Full en
wider, Carlton; Arthur Ireland,
Forest Grove; Ray Hobson, Amity;
Lyle Hammack, and Ben Simon
son, Portland; John Pugh, Shedd;
Henry Hagg, Reedville; George
Kruse, Mt AngeLand Aubrey
Tangen, New berg. The convention
banquet will be held Tuesday
night at Benton hotel.
E. L. Peterson, state department
of agriculture director, Salem, will
talk on "Policies and Problems
Affecting Oregon's Dairy Indus
try" at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning, following the 10:45 brief
business meeting. Other morning
speakers are Dr. J. R. Schnautz
on "Mastitis", and LeRoy E. War
ner on "New Developments in Fer
tilizing Forage Crops."
The final session will start Wed
nesday at 1:30 pjn. with Dr. D. C
New Stamps
On Sale Here
While Salem post office has ex
hausted its supply of 5 -cent air
mail stamps and is selling the new
6-cent issue, a collector's Item in
the form of coils of the 5-centers
is available.
Postmaster Albert C. Gragg
said the 24 coils, each with 500
stamps, cannot be sold directly as
postage because the post office de
partment ordered the airmail slots
on stamp - vending machines
Slugged until the higher - priced
isue can be handled. Each coil
must be sold as a unit
The postmaster said also that
the supply of 13-cent special de
livery stamps has been sold out
and that the new 15-cent issue is
available here.
Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Hershel
Culwell are the parents of a
daughter born at the Salem Me
morial hospital Monday. Janu
ary 10.
Mumford speaking on The Cost
of i Producing Grade A Mllk",and
Dr. I. R. Jones on "New Devel
opments in Dairy Cattle Feeding."
The 2:45 business session will
close the convention with reports
of the committees and election of
officers. ;
Mushy Ice Floating on Willamette River
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Diary cf
A Sidewalk
Snpsrinicndenl
January 15
Got to talking with a fel
low almost as smart as
me down 1 at the new
Stevens and S6n Jewel
ry Emporium. Told me
all about prima vera
(that's the wood they're
building all the cabinets
and shelving1 out of)
how it comes from
South America, how
they laminate iti and
why it's a mighty fine
finisher's wood. jThen
lie thanked me. for my
help. Can't help feeling
that Sid Stevens and I
made a good choice
there. . I
Mushy masses of ice floated down the Willamette river this week almost attnetieed. The lee flees evi
dently were from Ice covered aloocha. e.uiet pools and small streams along the Willamette. Breaklnc
pieces af Ice were caught In the current and soon were the same ealer aa the river waters. Nowhere
la the Salem vicinity did the lee jam er fersa any barriers. (Statesmaa photo).
Slaving fuel ffroiiMe?,
Let us show you what we can do with a MonUjf -
oil burner for $35.00 down and $10.07 per month.
Beimann Sheet lleial Co.
1 1945 Portland Road
Phone 3-3995 E