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Changing of the Guard, In Moscow
The AP describes the replacement of V. M.
Molotov as foreign minister of the USSR byiAn
drie Y. Vishinsky as a "stunning shakeuB of
That may or may not
Russia's high command."
b correct. J
Molotov has held the job since 1939. Consider
, tiat has happened in our own state department
In that period: Hull, Stettinius, Byrnes, Mar
shall all served and resigned and now Dean
Acheson is secretary of state. These were
changes but no "stunning shakeup." We must
await the unfolding of events to determine the
.significance of the change in Russia.
The reporters speculate on the possibility that
Molotov is being readied to succeed Stalin as
premier. It may be that he has grown weary
. of the strai of public life, this cold icicle whose
nerves seemed to be of steel. Vishinsky himself
was1 quite ill recently in Czechoslovakia, with
a rumored breakdown. We do not know what
the health factor really is in either case.
The change may have meaning, though Stal
in, Molotov and Vishinsky have seemed to be
-sf one mind, growing progressively tougher
'down the scale with the trio. If Russian policy
Is to be altered it may be for the worse as far
as east-west relations are concerned. The dic
tatorship in Moscow doesn't hestitate to lop off
heads when it shifts its thinking. Molotov came
In when Litvinoff, who negotiated U. S. recog
nition of the USSR, was kicked out
That Russia may be stiffening its attitude in
the cold war might be a conclusion from the
concurrent utterances of their communist
stooges in France, Italy, Britain, Germany and
tae United States. The common report is that
Russia has been losing out in western Europe,
which seems to be confirmed by the willingness
f Norway and Denmark to affiliate with the
west over the protest of Russia.
The retirement of Molotov and advancement
f Vishinsky may have meaning of profound
Importance to the west; or it may be as little
significant as the recent change in our own
secretary of state.
Would Alter Program for Blind
Weary of recurrent controversies over oper
ation of the Oregon Blind trade school at Port
land the last legislature named a committee to
snake a study and report on the care and edu
cation of blind, persons. The 'committee, com
posed of Sens. Allen Carson and Tom Parkin
son, Reps. O. H. Bengston and Manley J. Wil
ton, the Rev. Dudley Strain and Carlton Grei
ier of Salem, has presented its brief but point
ad report.
It commends the work of the state school for
the blind at Salem, but is critical of the trade
school, asserting that It absorbs too much of the
state funds for the work it does. The committee
recommends a reorganization of the state com
sWssion for the blind, doing away with appoint
ments by the governor and making those in state
Service having' responsibilities for serving the
Mind to constitute the commission, ex officio. It
recommends also that the board of control be
authorized to sell or lease the buildings and
facilities of the trade. school to a public or pri-
RuGoiano Junk Former Czech Puppet
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I By Stewart Alaey
f WASHINGTON, March S
' According to intelligence reports
considered - entirely reliable, a
i short man, with a sharp lace and
f shifty eye. Is .now in jail In
I Prague. He is awaiting trial be
fore a people's
court for tree-
avuaviv v i i
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Fierlinger, and
since the coup
of Fbr uary.
1948, nc- nas
.been the "So
Wislisf vice -premier
of
Cue hoslova-
kia. iStrwart Alaop l.
.The arrest of wMA--:m
tUt: Fierlinger has real political
significance. Yet its purely hu-
, man aspects give it a peculiar
fascination. Fierlinger's fata is
like the climax of a rather sor- -.
did play part Eugene O'Neill,
with just a trace of Greek tra-
, g edy and a heavy strain of, say,
The Little Foxes." For Dr. Fier
linger has been Czechoslovakia's
, leading little fox.
His recent history is revealing.
He was Czech ambassador at
Moscow before the war, and at
the insistence of the obscene
Joachim von Ribbentrophe was
expelled at the time of the Nazi
Soviet pact. Nothing daunted, he
returned" as the emissary of the
Czech government - in - exile.
During the waf he decided, ap
j. parently, ea which side his bread.
I was 4nittexed. .- ,
. a
In 1944, the Czech military -sninion
in Moscow warned the
Sing president Bene that Fier
linger was sellinr . out to the
Kremlin. Benes ordered him to
London. Fier linger, with the
backing of the Kremlin, was al
readr strong enough to defy
4 Benea, replying that ha was 111
and noo busyTto leave Moscow,
The first postwar Czech' gov
jRrrment was formed In the Sov
Mket union at a conference be
tween Czech communists and
non - communists. Fierlinger os
tensibly represented the social
ists. His hand strengthened by
the Kremlin's backing, he Was
able to browbeat the non - com
munists into yielding key posts
to the communists. That was .the
beginning of the end of Cze&
freedom.
I . !
Yet Fierlinger soil had Impor
tant services to render his Sov
iet masters. With Russian sup
port, he became head of the so
cialist party, and prime minis
ter. As premier, he turned over
Czech Carpathia and the Czech
uranium mines to .the Russians.
He was replaced as premier by
the communist Gottwald in IMS,
bue he remained obedient. After
the pitiful Czech attempt to par
ticipate in the Marshall plan was
stepped on by the Kremlin, fur
ther proofs of Fierlinger's sub
servience were demanded. i
Word was passed from Moscow
that Fierlinger's socialists must
merge with the communists.
Fierlinger promptly Issued a pro
clamation of solidarity between
the socialists and their commun
ist comrades. This was too much ,
for President Benes; who told
Fierlinger in a painful interview
that he could not be regarded as
a loyal Czech. It was also too
much for most of the socialists.
A revolt was organized against
Fierlinger's lesdership. In No-
vember, 1947, Fierlinger was re
placed as leader of ; the social
democrats. This m turn endan
gered the communists control of
parliament, which had been safe
as long as the socialists were tied,
by Fierlinger, to the communists
chariot wheels. ! This i new inde
pendence of the socialists could
not be tolerated. In February,
Fierlinger presented to the so
cialists the communists' demands
for complete subservience. The
socialists refused tot go along.
Then Fierlinger made a crucial
telephone call to his communist
friends. The communists acted
on a pre - arranged plan. So
cialist headquarters ware taken
over by force, and freedom in
Czechoslovakia died.
For his services, Fierlinger was
made vice - premier in the new
government. He was given no
power, to be sure, and in June
last year his party was dissolved
and Its newspaper suppressed.
Yet no doubt he felt secure, with
bis official title 'and his record
of unblemished obedience to his
masters in the Kremlin.
Now he is in jail. No doubt,
he will soon experience certasa
delicate techniques of persuasion,
and will subsequently explain,
before a people's court, how he
served as a spy in the service of
the Anglo - American imperial
ists. a .
The political significance of
Fierlinger's fate is obvious. The
terror in eastern Europe will now
reach out for even the most wil
ling and subservient of the
Kremlin's stooges. Men like Ro
mania's premier, Petru Groza,
are no doubt next on the list. The
terror is itself a measure of the
Kremlin's fear of the deep hatred
of the Soviet union in the vast
new Soviet empire. That this fear
can extend even to so servile a
lackey as Fierlinger has real po
litical Importance.
Yet there is a larger meaning
in Fierlinger's fate. As be re
flects on his past services to the
Kremlin, and the strange coin
in which he is now being paid,
Fierlinger is no doubt learning
a lesson which others have learn
ed before him. The men who run
the world communist movement
are exceedingly unsentimental
people, and their ingratitude to
ward those who "work with"
them, which means to surrender
to them, is a good deal sharper
than a serpent's tooth. No doubt
there is a certain rough justice
in Fierlinger's arrest for treason.
But in view of the way of the
Kremlin, and the strange coin
has no further use, it la almost
tempting to hope that the report
from Prague is not as accurate
as it is confidently believed to be.
(Coprrlfht. IMS. Maw York Herald
TrDbua. lac.)
Dn0 Saffefty VaDve
l vate non-profit agency for the establishment
and operation of a vocational training and re-
; habilitation center for all types of physically
; handicapped.
Senators Carson and Parkinson have intro
duced bills (SB 334 and 335) to put these ree-
' ommendations into effect.
While progress has been made the last two
years under Carl K. Smith as head of the trade
; school to develop a constructive program for aid
of : the blind the school itself Is too limited to
serve the blind over the state effectively. : It
might better be put to the general service of
the handicapped. Then work with the blind
may be extended with better hope of attaining
the object of preparing them far self-support
I and participation in normal living. These bills
may bring a wise solution to a problem that has
; vexed the state for some IB years.
Community Greeting to the McKayg
The reception honoring Governor and Mrs.
I Douglas McKay which is scheduled for tomor
l row night at the Marion hotel is just a friendly
: greeting of their neighbors who delight in thus
recognizing one who has risen to the position
- of; chief executive of the state. It is personal.
: not political, icveryone is lnvitecL there is no
: special guest list; it is a community affair in
which all may take part.
To have a Salem citizen as governor is an
honor the city rightly cherishes; and to have
one with the competence and personal populari
ty of -Governor McKay Is a special good fortune.
Monday night we'll have a chance to ge to the
: party and to show with cordial greeting the
; respect and' confidence which the people of Sa
lem have in our governor and his lovely wife,
now our "first lady."
TS3aaaeataTaC533st
President Truman's threat to take to the road
, again if congress doesn't get busy on his fair
deal program doesn't seem to have had much
effect on the 81st congress. As Congressman
? Walter Norblad points out,- about the only thing
, the congress has done to date is to raise the
president's salary. The president is going to take
to the road again but for Key West and a Flo-
! rida vacation, leaving congressmen to bluster
i and senators to filibuster. '
eMWeaat
Radio Moscow reports that M. Lyjenko, the
i Russian scientist whose views on genetics are
greatly at variance with those of the world's
leading scientists, has developed a new type of
wheat which is expected to yield. 10 times as
much as present varieties. We're skeptical. Sd
ence can't play tricks quite that big. But If the
Teport Is true think what will happen to the
i wheat surplus!
The subcommittee of the house committee oa
territories has approved bills calling for ad-
mission of Hawaii and Alaska as states. The
full committee must approve and then the house
I and senate: and the president; Tmt H looks as
though before very long our Union would con
sist of 50 states. That will mean new flags and
mean also a great change in political status for
Hawaii, now a territory and Alaska now a dis
5 trict.
MOU ABOUT TRAFFIC FLAN
To the Editor:
Why disrupt the Hollywood
business district with one way
streets or four lane streets. Just
widen North Capitol street from
Highland to North of the under
pass, then down Highland to the
Oregon Hectrie by widening the
Highland avenue, then turn down
east side of the RJL track and
let traffic go down North Com
mercial street to down-town. This
would also make better access for
crossing bridges over the river.
Then traffic could go on out
South Commercial street to get
on Highway 99 south. I under
stand Mr. Franzen likes this
route, lit. Baldoek has a good
route for through traffic by way
of Lancaster drive and south
along the SJ. tracks to Highway
99 south.
The Highland avenue route
will hit leas high priced homes
and good business property, it
will also keep heavy traffic off
the residential district streets. It
is also as short a distance as any
route, why not keep this in mind
when further thinking is done
about the traffic situation.
C. L. Allison
3109 N. Church ft.
FOR CINQ PROSPERITY
To the Editor:
In your paper recently ap
peared an article written by O. H.
Spill eke and replied to by you,
in which you held the narrow
view of those who do not study
economics, beyond their own per
sonal problems, on the banker's
theory that all profit should be
controlled by them.
First, you say it transfers
money from one group to a fav
ored group. Does society owe an
obligation to her people when the
nature of its operation casts
workers out of employment when
they reach the age of 50 years?
Even cursory observation will
show the worker, who commences
to slow up at 50 years, will be
out of employment within the
Eaar and when he is to years, he
Wangling by a thin thread; by
65 he has exhausted all his Ufa
savings and the doors of any
work are slammed In his face. . . .
If we collect as suggested by
Dr. Townsend and practiced by
Indiana and other states in other
forms, a tax collected from your
gross income, and paid to any
circulating medium, whether that
be payroll, new building, food or
any other purchase, or old age
pensions, it would quite natur
ally give a stimulus to the de
linquent spots, by forcing feed
ing them, to restore their purchase
power, so that the balance can
be maintained at the lowest pos-
i ble cost Thus with 35 per cent
our population living on sub
standard, yea starvauon ana sium
they have thrown our econ
omy out or oaiance just inaz
much, but if we force the funds
through their hands, they live
and eat and our economy pros
pers. Yea, we all are our broth
er's keeper, because we pay dear
ly if we don't
Maude Lewis Morlaa
1344 Hyde St. Sail
OTP
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OIYES HIS IDEA!
To the Editor:
A people's product should be
owned by the people so the food
supply and tourist traffic will not
be ruined. We refer to the Rogue
river oommercisl fishing that
should be owned by Curry coun
ty. The old-time fishermen say not
over 10 of the hatchery fish
get back into the river.
And this: The old-age pension
ers desire no mortgage on their
little properties.
Ill uphold the idea of $1300
for legislators.
Frank Van Camp
Rt 1, Stayton.
together centuries ago. At
time charters to seaport cities
required them to send so many
herrings to the king so he could
have herring pie in Lent The
fiiherfolk got so zealous for busi
ness that they depleted the fish
eries to fill orders in Lent
Lent is observed most faith
fully by the older communions,
Roman Catholic, Anglican and
Lutheran. The English Puritans,
rebelling against formalism in
religion and feast days and
saints, paid no attention to Lent
In fact history records that "os
tentatious avoidance of a fish
diet became one of the outward
symbols of a militant Protestant
ism." The independents have
become more moderste however;
and Evangelicals, while they do
little or no fasting, do emphasize
the offices of religion during the
Lenten period and plan their
church programs to reach an
apex at Easter. Holy week, span
ning the week from Palm Sun
day to Easter, is filled with serv
ices of worship and the events of
the Lord's passion 'are related in
detail.
Thus whst originated as a
pagan festival honoring the gods
and goddesses for the return of
spring and beseeching their fa
vor on the new-sown seed has
become a season of revival of
personal religion and a celebra
tion of the triumph of Christ
over death which finds its coun
terpart ia the quickened life of
flowers and trees afterj the
dormancy of winter.
With Watson at the Legislature?
Greyhoundse Horses Compete
In 'Race' for Legislative Favor
By Ralph Watson
Last Monday the state racing commission came down to Salem
for the first time in Its, history to meet with a legislative committee
and to tell what it thought should be done about the control both of
greyhound and horse racing In the state..
It came upon the invitation of Chairman Rudle Wilhalm, Jr and
the house committee on state and federal affairs in effort to get its
slant upon the controversy which
has been waging, with growing
bitterness, between the sponsors
of Greyhound racing on the one
hand, and of horse racing on the
other.
It went away, after it had told
its story to the
committee with
7 - m
the promise that
it would draft
the recommenda
tions It made in
written form and
return them
within the week
Monday, next,
March 7, the
house committee
will meet with
these recommen
dations before it
as well as the briefs filed by the
supporters of the greyhounds and
of the horses, take house bill 111,
by representative Lteuallen of
Pendleton, to pieces and put it
back together in the attempt as
Chairman Wilhelm phraser it, to
write a law that is fair to all, in
cluding the dogs, the horses, the
sport and the public.
The racing commission recom
mended some very material
amendments to the existing law.
Dives Governor Free Hand
It recommended that the gov
ernor should be given a free hand
in appointing the members of the
commission and that there should
be no horse breeders on the com
mission. The law now requires
that two members be horse breed
ers. Neither should there be any
greyhound breeders appointed.
There never have been in the past
It recommended that the racing
ttfunmiasion select hire and pay
the veterinarians and other key
men at all race meets charged with
the duty of seeing that all com
peting animals are put on the
track in proper condition and that
racing is done strictly according
in the rule of the commission.
The commission now names these
employes but the operators pay
them.
It recommended that all racins
in the state be under license is
sued by the commission. All rac
ing which has been under the li
cense and control of the commis
sion hai tMn conducted without
objection or complaint In the
past it has not naa control over
the state fair or county fair meets.
Weald Limit Jockeys
It recommended that all pari
mutual betting be limited to meets
under its control and that all meets
be held under the jurisdiction of
the commission. This recommen
dation, or provision, would make
it impossible for Jockeys, or
horses, barred from tracks outside
of Oregon to compete in Oregon.
In the opinion of the commis
sion there are too many days of
racing" under the existing sched
ule. It wants the power returned
to it to control the number of days
which either the greyhounds or
the horses may race, set the period
in which these days may be allo
cated and, in its discretion, to
overlap the time in which both
the greyhounds and the horses
will be allowed to race.
Controversy Smoulders
These are the main amend
ments, or provisions, recommend
ed by the commission and are ex
pected to smother the controversy
which has been smouldering about
the racing control bills: in which
the arey hound backers point to
their $368,835 contribution to
state, county and local fairs and
rodeos for the support of 4-H and
Future Farmer activities, ' or bet
tar than 88 per cent of all racing
revenues paid to the state com
mission. The horsemen retort they
were flooded out at the Portland
Meadows and didn't get a chance
to show their earnings.
The real race will develop after
the committee fixes up the bill
and it gets mto the house for final
passage.
DA Salary Boost
Proposed in Bill
A bill to increase the salaries of
all district attorneys andfhelr dep
uties except In Multnomah county
was introduced in the senate Sat
urday by the Judiciary committee.
The Marion county district at
torney would be boosted from $8,
800 to 84,000 a year and his dep
uties from 83,000 to 83,6000. Other
proposed increases would raise the
district attorney of Polk county
from $2,760 to $3,600; Yamhill
from 83,000 to 83,600, and Clacka
mas from $3,6000 to $4,250. The
Linn county prosecutor would re
ceive 83,000.
Incono Tax
Delnrns
Federal and State
4C2V State St Ph. 3-M83
Linn Defers
Road Repair
Tax Election
ALBANY, March I A pro
posed special tax election to raise
$400,000 with which to repair Linn
county winter - shattered roads
will not be set until after the stale
legislature adjourns. It was report
ed Saturday.
A committee met with the Linn
county court Friday afternon and
decided to delay setting the date
until aU legislative laws had been
studied.
The committee, however, decid
ed to hold the election "as soon
as possible' after the legislature
stopped. The proposed levy would
be a 10-mlll tax for three years,
to be used to repair and recon
struct the damaged roads.
If the measure is approved, the
Linn county court has advised,
road work would start not later
than July 1. Some work on a lim
ited scale could be gotten under
way even before that, it was said.
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Attebury Named
Assistant Manager
Of Rliller's Store
I
Arrival of Zdmund A. Atte
bury from Klamath Tails as as
sistant manager of Miller's de
partment store was 'announced
Saturday by Manager John W.
Adlon. I
ArUbury has been with f Mil
ler's store at Klamath' rails for
the past ltt years, serving as
assistant manager. Raised at Pen
dleton, be served with the army
during World War XL He Is a
member; of the ' Lions elub and
the American Legion.
Mrs. Attebury and their two
children,, t and 8 veers old. will
come here when living quarters
have been obtained.
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