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. V - j 'C&hmcrfc 8c!Q,.OiT tfe (Catere at tit posteffic at Sal Ulem, C Moatdsy. fa AaMtUts: run to atrae AJverustef By Matt (la AliUMl ' Oreeee' rjaewhere nt7.aWL : .1 ; IjM : I . . , . ,, ll One month . SIX MMAUML. Showdown on Unification President Eisenhower has become Elsenhower again. His assignment is to make unification of the I ' armed services work; and he's back in the Pen- f tagon building at Washington for a few months to help Secretary Forrestal settle the conflict which prevails among -the services. . " The report Of the, Hoover committee is sharply 'critical 'of. the discord, waste, extrava- trance and lackpf unified planning in the mill- ' .tary establishment. - The most spirited controversy is between the : air force and the navy over employment of the strategic air arm. The air force demands full ; control of the long-ange bomber groups. The navy insists' on retention of the navy long-range bombers operating from carriers. It wants 65,- ; 009 tons carriers as "floating bases" from which ; to launch aircraft to speed to enemy objectives. , An argument against the floating island is f that it is vulnerable to submarine or dive bom- -ber attack. The navy rejoins that it would be protected by a screen of destroyers and other surface craft as well as by fleets of aircraft.' The dispute waxes warm when , the military t budget is under consideration. Air force wants : funds to build and operate Its 70 -group air force. The navy wante money for its large size r carriers. . The decision could be made by the ? joint chiefs of staff, but undr present law and regulations unanimity is required and that has not been obtainable. Roscoe Drummond, writ- Ing in Christian Science Monitor, says The Joint chiefs is more veto-laden than the ' U JT. ecurity jcouncfl. ; J ; Secretary Forrestal could settle the argument, , but he is loathe to do that arbitrarily. After all, he has to live with these .generals and. admirals. So Eisenhower, renowned as a diplomat, wear ing a name, high in prestige, experienced in , modern warfare, sincere in his desire to main- ; tain our defenses, is called in to help work out a settlement. If no agreement is forthcoming, then, Drummond says, Eisenhower will recom- mend a decision to Forrestal. It looks -as though l this is the showdown "on unification. One wonders though if the disap- appointed admirals or generals will run around to congress and get a reversal. Forrestal should guard his rear. if Moscow's Ventriloquism ' As one after anpther of communist leaders in France, Italy, Britain 'and Germany have ris en to speak a piece it is not hard to detect Mos cow's use of ventriloquism. The languages were different; but the voice was the same, the voice f the Kremlin. ' Maurice Thorez in Trance was first to speak. Last week he said that if France became in volved in "imperialist war and .Russian troops had. to invade the country the" communists. Would welcome the invaders. Then Palmifo Togliatti, No. one commie in Italy, spoke up to say that the Italian people in event of war would have to aid Russia m the gnost efficient way.' And Otto Grotewohl who heads the social tmity (communist - controlled) party in east Germany, said , his piece, that the Germans wouldn't help thewestern powers. - The ' leader of the small British; communist party, Harry Politt, followed the party " line faithfully when he said the British communists would have to sabotage imperialist forces' at- QJ.S. WorEting on Policy for Germany By Stewart Alsey WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 Re ports from Berlin appearing la this space have posed the ques tion, -What sort of Germany?" What are the real objectives of American policy : in Germany? This Is as im- Sonant a ques on as any. that confronts the United States. And it is hifh 1 j significant that at long last th Unit-ed ..Spates govern Tlent is .now making a ser ious effort 1 to find an anwnd r i and intelligent iartAUjk answer. '"..-: "r-"--;" 7 An attempt is now being made to draft a whole series of agreed policy papers dealing with aU aspects of American policy in Germany. The preliminary draft ing is being done by a four-man committee, which is now quiet ly meeting two or three times a week in the state department. Chairman -of this committee is - George Kennan, brilliant chief state department planner. Rich - ard M. Binell, able deputy ECA administrator, speaks for . the ECA, which has a vital interest " In the German problem. Rob ert Blum, special - assistant to . Secretary of Defense James For restal. represents Forrestal and the defense department. The ar my and Gen. Lucius D. Clay, . American commander in Genna . ny, are represented by Assistant Secretary .of War Tracy Voor hees, who-may succeed William Draper as under secretary of war anil chief Washington spokesman for General Clay. vThese four men will not, of course, make Germaa policy in oc!rmc!qT) March :f"; 1943 ? ...Si 3? I -ts , . ... - - i. Tavor Sweyt Us; No Tar Shall from First BUtwmia. Karen ft. 1SS1 THE STATESMAN : PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES'A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher : Oreeee, as rood etas tnatter uader SIS C CwwMrtUl, Sates Olew Telepbone S-Jfrtl. AMOCUTID rl ' $- ' " -'1' or a ess fee NfwkiM ef mm mxmbzs PACxrtc coast mvmuN or BtmzAV or Cfc. Kew Vera. CPCBCT AUDIT WV9XAV Of CZBCUIATIOM On montk Six moathe. r General a commission export. The commission will erament its findings and which then will . administration and a decision announced. Ae cording to the Wall Street Journal the delivery of Alberta gas to northwest cities "grows more probable." j j ! . Enormous quantities of natural' gas seem to be jlocked in the earth under ' Alberta plains. ' One well is rated at 33 million cubic feet a day; , another at 24 million. Canadian and U. S. petro leum and natural gas companies are interested ' in the development.' Capital, is said to be avail able for the pipeline financing. i Delivery of natural gas at low prices would make a great change in the fuel situation in the j northwest. Lacking adequate and satisfactory supplies of coal and all petroleum the region la handicapped. It must use wood or import oil and coaL Gas is manufactured chiefly from oil. Hy droelectric energy is too precious for general use in heating. Natural gas could furnish fuel forj domestic heat, for industrial heat, for gen i erating of electricity. Thus itj would prove to be la Very valuable addition to fuel resources la the northwest. j y ' The decision in Alberta should not be long delayed. If favorable prompt action in pipeline construction may be expectedr L i in the political farm auction the conservative i bidder doesn't have much of a chance. Senator Aiken of Vermont worked Out a formula for a 60-90 per cent parity guarantee. After the elec tion Senator Thomas of Oklahoma came put for the full 90 per cent. Congressman Pace of Geor gia now comes up with a parity formulathat i would increase price support; for ..crops by some ! 25 per: cent. He would includ cost of farm labor in computing parity which Would give a sub stantial boost to the guarantee. Wattamlbid, - Wattamlbid for ! men raise their ,.' - Extension of North Commercial street to a I connection with North Rivet road would be a 1 fine improvement. It would serve well the fast ! growing population residing jia the Reiser dis t trlct as well as those living farther north. With ! the other improvement already authorized, ex tension of Broadway to connect with North j River road, the accessibility! of that section to I the city center would be increased. The outlay for these changes la small in comparison with the benefits that will flow from them. dependently. The policy papers they draft will be referred back to the organizations and indivi duals they represent including General Clay. I Moreover, each preliminary paper will be sifted tfarougfi another,: higher commit tee.' This committee consists of Secretary of State Dean Ache son as chairman, ECA Chief Paul Hoffman, and Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall. If Ache- sons committee approves a pa per, it will be referred in turn to th national security council and th president for final de . dslon. : ( ,. . y ; What this means is simply that the' period of improvising policy in Germany is coming to an end. Because the United States gov ernment has had no reaHy clear objectives in Germany since the war, -policy has necessarily been mad on the spot by General Clay, in response to the actual situation as General Clay has found ltr1 :? :i i .i In' the process. General Clay has been forced to decide and has decided very wisely what sort of Germany we do NOT want. We do not want a western Germany kept in a permanent colonial status! at or near . th starvation leveL W do not want a - Germany in constant danger of being drawn into the Krem lin's orbit And we do not want to be forced out of Berlin by ruthless Soviet ; pressure. . These decisions have already taken effect. Western Germany is coming back. The Russians have been frustrated in their ef forts, first to gain control Sof aU Germany,; and i second f to force the Western powers out of Ber lin. Having decided, more or less by default, what kind of Germa nr we do not want, it is now necessary ; to decid what kind ol Germany we DO want. This tit - Awe" et f utrm March X, UTt. Pubttsfcea Aovzstxtnca By CKy Carrier T tacking Russia. The timing, the similarity of the utterances go to show .how strictly the communists of the world are under. Russian domination. That is one thing that puts American communists un der suspicion: they too must be slavish follower! of the dictators of a foreign nation. Natural Gas from Alberta , Several months ago publicity wis given te possible construction of a pipeline to supply na tural gas from fields in Alberta to Pacific north west cities. The plan was regarded as econo-t mically feasible, the supply of natural gas being abundant. and the estimated cost of delivering It to northwest centers like Portland, Spokane, Seattle and Vancouver not excessive. What first had to be cleared was objection of the province of Alberta to export of this natural resource. I Sponsors of the project have gone along with their plans. Recent hearings j were held before on tne question or auowing we report to the gov- recommendations be reviewed. by the provincial the farm vote? Watch coi bids. is the Immensely difficult task to which the Kennan committee, the Acheson! committee, and the national security council have now addressed themselves. The policy papers which suit will be, and should be, cret Nothing would be more magma than ! to advertise to da- the world, and especially to the So viet union, a blueprint of Amer ican oblcctlv and intentions in ' Germany. Yet the fact that the stat department, the defense de partment, the army department as spokesman! for General Clay, and the ECA, are all taking part in the effort to draft agreed poli cy papen on i Germany is itself significant and encouraging. - - There has been no secret about the bitter disagreements within the government on German poli cy in th past. When German policy was to the fore, the army' department, the state depart ment, and the i ECA have been apt to treat each other as sov ereign, and potentially hostile powers. If the American policy makers' can reach agreement among themselves on American policy -toward Germany, a long step forward will bar been tak- There remains the even more difficult task of reconciling Am erican policy on Germany to th whole range of American policy inth world, and especially la western Europe. To see Germa ny clearly as an integral part of a larger problem is difficult enough in Washington. But it is almost impossible in Berlin. And although it may fail, it is at least good news that the effort to de fine our real objectives in Ger many has at last begun. - (CoprrlsbC 1SSS. Sfcw York HaraJd Tribune. Inc.) ' ; ' '. ' : " RDtlR .OF AGES'- ! I. ' 1 1 '" ju w Literary By W. O. Korers DISCO V ERE R8 FOE MZDI- i CINE, by William JL Woglom, i M. D. (Yale University Press; $3.75) Th medical . profession has been a generous contributor. Dr. Woglom points out. to the world of arts and letters; Goldsmith, Smollett. Chekhov, Doyle, Keats, Maugham, were doctors. But ifs a two-way street,- he humbly agrees, and he has collected here a long list of intriguing instances of the help given to medicine by - scientists of various categories, by the farmer, postmaster, trav eler, singing teacher. In some cases it was a stum blebum process; our benefactors stumbled on medical aids ' by chance, as for example Roent gen and his X-rays. But gen erally it was a serious pursuit In an allied field, by scholars and experts and others blessed with an Intellectual curiosity. The curiosity that killed the cat has (Continued from page 1)' th foundations of the stat tax structure. Our system - is built on property tax levies with the proviso that such levies may be extinguished by other revenues. If th Dover to lew a uiuueitt tax Is denied the stat then som of thes special taxes would b invalidated and the causes they support left hanging in midair. For example th mills g tax for higher education, voted back in 1920. would become illegal; and how could income taxes be used to offset an illegal tax? Likewise th two-mill ele mentary school tax and the 1044 basic stat school support fund. ' iiottx are property tax levies. .which have been legally offset by .income tax proceeds. If the state cannot levy the tax they impose now can it oe onset 7. - The, personal income tax is a property offset tax. Would it be legal if there is no property tax o oiisetr , What could be done would be to revise the statutes imposing these taxes and make them di rect appropriations from or reve nues for the state treasury. If the amendment is submitted and adopted in 1950 the legislature In 1951 could revise the sta tutes; but such revision could not go into effect until 90 days arter tne legislature adjourned. There would be a period in which the funds would not be avail able and there would be the jeopardy arising from a possi ble referendum. Of course the legislature could pass some "iffy", legislation at this time, but the experience in 1947. in this line does not recom mend it. The senate should , look this resolution -over very critically before approving it Represents tivs of higher institutions and th public schools should reflect . on the situation they may be p left in if such an . amendment should be adopted by the people. I do not want to see the prop erty taxpayer overburdened. The way to prevent that is to stop piling up the potential obliga tions and to provide alternative sources of income. " Too much of th subject-mat- , Ur of our constitution on taxa tion is a denial! of power. We need to point In the other direc tion and give more authority to the legislature to devise ways ; and means of meeting the neces-j sities of government. OlP TMirnnrs Guidepost been an inestimable boon to th human race. i The Rev. Dr. Stephen Hales, early in the 18th century. pierced the arteries of dogs and : horses, attached vertical tubes to them, and arrived at the first crude but dependable measure ment of blood pressure. Four : 17th century students, only one of them a doctor, learned that air was necessary to 111 and be ran the investigation of resnlra- tion which put an end to thm age-old notion that w breathed air into our lungs to cool them off and keep us from bursting l into flames. Appropriately, jk ? singing teacher,' In order to see what his Vocal cords looked Uke, devised a . successful laryngeal mirror; his nam was Manuel I Garcia, and, among, his pupils was Jenny Iind, and his sister was Mme. Malibran. i Lady Mary Montagu and Cot- ton Mather were early advocate tof vaccination; a Versailles post master found a way, though a painful one, of clearing out his Eustaachean tubes and reported ly ending his deafness; midwest : era farmers tracked , down th white snakeroot which caused : devastating mCk sickness. Probably doctors know 'all I about this; but laymen wul be I entertained and comforted by this record of their own contri- tntlons. ature Honors Late State Officials I The house and senate adopted resolutions Tuesday expressing sorrow and regret over the death of eight Oregon officials who died since the last session, j At the request of the late bers relatives, a planned joint memorial servic was called off and the resolutions substituted in stead. Senators, representatives and spectators stood silent for a minute in memory of the dead leaders. " ' J I Remembered in on ' resolution were the lata Gov. Earl Snail. Secretary of State Robert S. Far rell, Jr., and Senate President Marshall Cornett, killed in Oc tober of 1947 in an airplane crash in southeastern Oregon.' - : Two other air crash victims whoss memories were honored were Reps. 'Earl Johnson, Cor vallis. and John R. Snellstrom. Eugene, killed when their plane plunged at Lake O' the Woods last summer. ) The others were Sens. Merle R. Chessman, Astoria, and Lee Pat terson, Portland, who died of ill nesses after the 1947 session. ;. Regulation Sought For Television, Radio Mechanics I A bin to create a state board to license and regulate radio and television technicians and mech anics was introduced in th sen ate Tuesday by Sen. - Russell Gardner, Newport. I Th three - man board would have ppwer to set requirements for all technicians and workers employed in building or repairing radio and television stations. All would be required to take exam inations set by the board to ob tain ! licenses. There is no regu latory state law for. this group at JLegisl present. Stock Demand Brings Gains; Rails in Lead NEW YORK, March l-VD-mand for stocks carried through for the third session in a row to day, i Final quotations wer -up frac tions to a point or more but in most eases well under the days top prices. The; most vigorous buying inter est developed before noon while during the afternoon the whole price level tertded to sink back a bit. Pressure either way was slight.! Railway issues stayed ahead of the balance of the market most of the day but suffered from ne glect in th last hour. There was no increase in busi ness activity. - The.Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose .4 of one point to 62.8 which put the market back to where it waa a week ago Mon day. The: three-day move ahead has recouped all but a small part of the losses scored during a pre ceding; seven-day losing speu. Bee Culture Plan Offered Plans for a new 4-H club Linn county .bee culture project were announced Tuesday by K. Jo Myers, Linn county 4-H dub leader, LJ. Griffith, Tangent, will serve as leaner. George Nichols, Ashland, has offered to supply each club mex ber with necessary bes for his or her initial colony, Myers said; Es timates are that cost of equipment will run to about 110. The1 project is open to any boy or girl in Linn county between and 19 years of age. Woman Incurs Hurts In Local Auto Crash r Mrs! Bertha Young. 2030 ft N. 8th st; suffered minor injuries to her left side when th car she was driving collided with another at the intersection of Jefferson and Broadway streets Tuesday morn ing. City polic listed Gail W. Gard ner, S0Z3 Joan dr, as driver of the second tear. Gardner was driving north on Broadway and airs. Young west . on . Jefferson when the accident occurred, polic said. Both ears were damaged in the crash. Penalty on Canine Fees Added Today i . - Dog owners in Marion county who?hav not already bought their 1949 dog licenses will have to pay in additional $2 penalty fee e top of the regular fee of $1 for male lor spayed female and $2 for male dogs. About 6,000 licenses have been sold. County Clerk Harlan Judd said Tuesday, which was dead line for licenses. Last minute rushes bought 700 licenses Mon day while several hundred wer sold over the counter and my mail Tuesday. Dentists Urged to Help Prevent Tooth Decay PORTLAND, Mar. 1 -VPh Ore gon dentists : oo not put enougn concentration on preventing tooth decay, the Oregon State Dental association was told today. - The president of the assoda-i tion. Dr. J. Harold Rossman, said children have; to have too many teeth tilted. Hotis Passes Tax Measures (Story also on page 1) J , The house in surprisingly short order passed and sent to the sen ate Tuesday a bill to use corpor ate income tax funds (S38.000.000) for the next two years to help twlance me state's - Budget, approved referring i to the people a measure prohibiting a state levy on real , and personal property. But It sent back to its' tax com mittee a bill to place personal in- con? tax in the general fund and today faced a move to reconsider its approval of the property tax bar on the grounds it should not b approved . unless personal in come tax was mad available for general state expenses. Thomas Dissents 1 - Lone vocal dissenter against the propei ty tax prohibition was Rep. Lyle Thomas of Dallas, who said he did not want to see that meas ure approved until it was assured that the house would pass a bill putting personal Income tax la the general fund, too. It was the latter bill which was sent back to committee 43 to 16 later in the day, after which Rep. Phil Dreyer of Portland attempted to bring back th property tax prohibition for re-consideration. Dreyer1 motion was defeated, but he announced he. would move to kill the tax prohibition measure again today, claiming it renders collection of income tax unconsti tutional. r Several other representatives, in voting for the prohibition, said they were doing so on the assump tion th- personal income transfer to th general fund would b ap proved. '. I A mend meats Proposed But th latter bill went to com mittee on th motion of th tax committee chairman. Rep.. Ralph Moor of Coos Bay, who said h wanted it back to consider amend ments proposed by Rep. Alex Bar ry of Portland. Barry suggested that th stat use whatever it needed of th personal income tax . revenu to offset property tax and provide for the 1947 basic school support rund. and that the remainder be come a part of the state's general fund. It was argued that such ac tion could be taken without re ferendum. : t ! The personal Income tax Issue cam t the hous floor on a di vided tax committee report the majority led by Moore recom mending against transferring the money to th general fund ax the minority led by Thomas re commending such transfer subject to approval of the! people at the next, general election. - I "Conditions Changed' t Tn vnlltilnff Ik. mimj&m4m In- com and property tax prohibition measures ; Tuesday,1 Moore said they represented "recognition that our tax structure has to be chang ed to meet conditions," and that w can no longer, rely on. real property, to underwrite the major state services." j I Moore also explained that the bar to state property tax would not prevent such tax for purpose of paying the principal or interest on state indebtedness provisions which he said were essential to preserve the state's credit. He added that neither measure would answer th problem of meeting the 18500,000 appropriation and de partmental deficit of the last bl ennium. j Moore also commented that Ore gon had th highest personal and eorporat income tax in the nation and that the per cent bracket "frightens newcomers." The com ment prefaced his eatimate that a proposed dgaret tax would net th state from $3,500,000 to $4 000,000 annually., H . also men tioned , possibility j of removing federal tax from exemptions. Issues In Caanutte m Th cigaret tax and federal ex emption issues still are before the tax committee and no federal re port on them has been Issued. It has been estimated that excluding federal tax from exemption would rais another $10,000,000 a year. The bill allowing use of the cor porate income tax for general In Quick Time - T" . . ' : 1 i i. - . . - - i 2.rff.!rft aim 7 levetr t4J deetj' sCOU ItelTlSetSS ldmg f I4JC a Unas, Fed, Tax- , r a ;w at1 r m Jf ... i ST' aT ST i mil fl ... All! I '1 A' r - . A tl I If-' i ,! r- WU t u Mir I . .... " I -IV 1 I UU U I m Ma ' III t I. . f - - I lN. fst 1 1 ' -v.-..- . SJ I,'-.- -r W nuns shnoTiiLY to con STerm M I aw bf ss m mw mw sswss w ww mm w v -sr -sr wr w w w w m 1 m m f 'V . I A. S J irmly e eertli wfcee yee fcwy eis i kere; Our 4m- V Iff ! nwief. Cam it syeeYcatM trees mm Utyt V ' i (3a J O C ri ! "i ii nil lurriii .1 i i . ii mmm t . . II'. m f W I ' mm m sta( purposes lse raised fr- $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 th fundi reserve "cushion." ' Rep. Carl Francis. In supporting the corporate incor.te tax transfer, called earmarking funds "gro tesque." , . Voting W on the bill placing the corporate income tax in th general fund were Reps. Barry.' Day. French, Morse, Peterson and Swett. . Voting "no" on th move to bar stat property tax wer Reps. An derson, Barry, Brady, Francis, Harvey, Johnson, Meyers J. Moore, Robinson, Semon and Thomas. Absent wer Reps. Allen and Gill. Commie Plot Fails in India NEW DELHI. India,- Mar. 1-ifPi -Prim Minister Pandit Nehru Jawaharial Nehru told parliament Monday a communist plot to incite rebellion in India failed because of prompt government action and th strength of public strength. Nehru accused communist ele ments of "murder, arson, looting and sabotage." H said they have slain 200 members of th Hyder abad state congress party since In dia seized control of the big prin cely state in September. An out burst, of violence la Calcutta Sat urday and recent destruction of th Calcutta telephone exchange, th prim minister charged, wer the work of revolutionary com munist parry In India. City Adds Plans For. Street Worlc Salem's city council this week added several street improvement; projects to me worx usr zor mis year. These include Adams from' 24th to 25th street. Garnet from Market to Nebraska and Hines from 12 th to th west end of the; street, . j New petitions for improvements from property owneis 'were ao cepted to include Sunrise avenu from Candalaria to Boice, Argyl street from Hansen to Iowa, wast Nob Hill street from Hoyt t Fawk. Lee from South 11th t th railroad and th alley east of Commercial street between Wil son and Miller streets. Roddy McDowell Hurt in Accident HOLLYWOOD. Mar. - 1-fJPi-Ae- tor Roddy McDowell parked hie auto on an inclined movie studio street Monday. After he got out th brakes failed.. Pursuing th run away, he hopped on th running board Just before it plowed into a soundstage. j . Hurled against the stage, Roddy was knocked unconscious, the cars' front end smashed and th build ing dented. He suffered' a bruised knee and a cut ear, neither serious. British Share in Aid Unchanged WASHINGTON, Mrs. 1 The senate foreign relations com mittee won't cut Britain's $040, 000.000 shar of proposed new Marshall plan money, Chairman connauy (D-Tex) predicted. Conn ally spoke after .the com mittee had taken a searching see ond look "at British needs. Ameri can Officials told ..them that any reduction would endanger, the Eu ropean recovery program. . j DeHaven Graduato At Iowa Univeraityj DALLAS Clark DeHaven, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen DeHaven. Dallas' route 1, was graduated from University of lows last weak. Majoring in mechanical engineer ing, he had th highest scholastic average in his class. He waa hon ored with membership in Tau Be ta Pi. national engineering frat ternlty and will Jork toward asj advanced degree at Iowa while serving as graduate assistant at the university's Institute of R4 draulic Research." - X