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The Blockade Served Well
If the unnamed American official in Berlin is
Correct in his declaration that the Soviets are
preparing to lift their land blockade, there is.
Indeed, a cause for rejoicing.
The air lift is terrifically expensive; due to
Its almost 'round-the-clock necessity; and there
Is the constant hazard to personnel and equip
ient. But even of greater import would by the
tacit Soviet admission that the Allies had won
a major skirmish in the cold war.
So long as we grimly held on to the lift and
managed to serve Berlin regardless of the land
blockade, eventual lifting would be inevitable.
But in the meantime there appeared a good
many things the Soviets could demand in trade.
However, both logic (which doesn't bother the
communists anyway) and diplomacy (which
does bother the communists, , under whatever
name' it appears) have seemed to dictate aban
doning of the silly barrier for a long time. If
Russia finally is satisfied that neither obstruc
tions nor orneriness is going to force America
out of Europe, the blockade probably will be
lifted.
It must be a grim choice for Russia, at that.
To continue it she must stand in a poor light
in world judgment. To abandon it she must ad
mit the failure of whatever intentions she had.
Either way, the blockade is and has been a
strong bulwark in American world relations.
The good accruing from it bids fair to far out
weigh its cost. We await the Russian decision
with interest.
Good News Helps Anything
"Both Britain and Canada are sharing the lime
light in the week's more favorable news the
former because Of increasing supplies and sub
, sequent curtailing of rationing, and the latter
because of cutting the average tax levy on in
come by 11 per cent.
Britain isn't doing too much cheering, because
Individual incomes don't allow any reckless
spree even though more goods are available.
But latest dispatches say a great deal of pleas
ure arises from the fact that -the customer again
is "right. Cigarets are sold by the package,
and cheerfully, ; instead of being parcelled out
dourly five at a time. Restaurants no longer are
uppity about customers being late for reserva
tions. Home delivery of groceries has been re
sumed. And tailors are glad enough to get or
ders that suits become available in three months
Instead of a year and a half. "Normalcy" hasn't
returned but things are better.
On this side of the Atlantic, the cheering Is
In another direction but just as loud. Canadians
never underwent the austerity which was Bri
tain's lot in the war and post-war world. But
they have paid comparatively high taxes. Now
Masootherapy Board Sanction Asked
By Ralph Watson
Back behind the years, before
the modern system of education
had relegated the spelling book
xo me museum
and commenced
to teach the
kids the alpha
bet out of pic
ture books of
cats and dogs
and other
things, a truism
was written in
the childish
primer to the
effect that;
when the cat's
away the mice -sui Wat
will play. And so it may be
said today even of the staid and
dignified senate, of : the state of
Oregon. . . .
Of course it must be stated at
the outset, lest tender sensibili
ties of the upper branch be fur
ther bruised, there is in this
relation no intention even to in
timate that Senator Flegel, of
Multnomah, Is a cat, or that
Senators Lynch, Carson, Chase,
, Holmes, Hitchcock or Lamport,
either or any of them are kin
to ' the . - genus reithiodontomys.
Far, far from it They are Just
earnest members of the senate
-committee on medicine, phar
macy and dentistry though it
doubtless la entirely aafe to
guess that none of them ever
performed an appendectomy,
rolled a pill or pulled a tooth.
Any reference here to cats and
mice is purely a friendly, an
amiable and an innocent figure
of speech.
.
But the other day, last Tues
day to be exact, while Senator
Flegel, the chairman, was tied
up in another committee meet
, inn. his colleagues of the healing
arts gave birth to senate bill
404, under the committee's spon
sorship but "by request. Just
who the requester may be Is not
written' on the bill though it is
understood that he is a little
t;ray haired man who has been
ugfing it around for some time
biding his time until he caught
chairman Flegel between third
base and the home plate.
Anyhow SB 406 is quite a
measure. It is said to be in
tended to fill a long felt want.
Without checking too exhaus
tively through the code and the
session laws it is a reasonably
cautious prediction that it fills
the . last vacant space in the
possible wall of new boards and
commissions with which every
4 oody. Including : the suffering
MIWNI tM
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CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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From Our Contemporaries
Rep. Warren GUI, writing in the Lebanon Zx-
resst says "there are many fine democrats In the
egislature. However, some of them get their orders
directly from Washington, D. C. and X think one
or two of them have direct wire communication
with Moscow." ,
Sometimes we stand either amused or aghast
at happenings in other lands, and we can get a
chuckle out of the Australian coal miners whose
edict; "no tea, no work," cut coal production
when someone swiped the tea at a New South
Wales diggings.
public is regulated, regimented
and. controlled. 1
SB 408. If it lives, will be the
papa of "The Oregon State Board
of Masso therapy." The board
will be a closely; knit group of
three members, appointed by the
governor, to serve f for three
years and without compensation
except $10 a day when per
forming their dutiesj All three
members will have offices, one
as president, one as vice presi
dent and the third as secretary
treasurer. The members must
hold diplomas of massotherapy,
issued by a "resident school" be
fore being qualified to serve.
It Is particularly specified
that no one can be a member
who is a doctor a surgeon, an
osteopath, a chiropractor, a na
turopath or a chiropodist or who
!ractices "any other of the heal
ng arts separately licensed by
the state of Oregon;! which lat
ter would seem to bar even
horse doctors. :
Literary Guidepost
'. - : i
' By W. G. Keren
SPIT AND THE STAKS, by
Robert Mende (Rinehart;
$3.50)
At first you don't like the
title. Then you i start to read
about Gregg Haber, a kid in
Brooklyn slums, and his sisters,
his hard-working parents, his
friends Iggie. Rupturehead, Pea
nuts, Slim and Mickey and their
friends Dot, Millie' and Betty.
They talk, brag, ; clown, fight,
play games, earn and spend a
few pennies, J j
Then "Gregg f growed. One
brother-in-law, who has bleep ts
as big as baseballs,, gives Gregg
the idea that there is something
after all In books. The old man
is Jobless, there are new babies
all in apartment: No. 12 H. and
though Gregg keeps right on in
school he takes a- job in the
Bides haberdashery . . , part
time in theory but full time in
fact until he learns about the
union. i if
And so It goes until Dynamite
and Gregg, swinging their legs
over the dock edgej; under a sky
filthy with stars.' overcome
completely your: irst feeling
about the title. For despite sor
did and, mean pages, this is a
very appealing romance, filled
with a magie reminiscent of
oaroraA.
Avat"
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they will get to keep considerably more of their
; dollars for themselves. The cut approximates a
third of a billion dollars annually. More than
i 790,000 income tax payers will be removed from
the rolls entirely.
Better economic conditions, no matter where
they are, comprise a bulwark against the ideo
logy of the eastern alliance.
Kill This Bill. HB 477
Various club bills designed to break down the
Knox plan of liquor control seem to have more
: lives than a cat. In years past they have been
regularly voted down by the people, defeated
in the legislature or vetoed by the governor.
The newest one, HB 477, is similar to HB 207
of the 1947 session. It would permit any club
fraternal or veterans' club to serve liquor with
out being prepared or required to hare facilities
for serving food.
Heretofore, the requirement has been that
only restaurants and hotel dining rooms that
were bona fide eating places would be allowed
service licenses. This change would open the
way for saloons to spring up as clubs. The situa
tion might be far more demoralizing than that
anticipated under the cocktail bill which the
people defeated at the last election.
This bill has passed the house. It should be
defeated in the senate. If it should pass there
Governor McKay should veto it.
Unander Out in Front
Sigfrid B. Unander, Portland Young Republi
can of unusual ability, appears to be out in front
in the race for the state party chairmanship de
spite a resurgent opposition apparently based
on Unanders espousal of Harold Stassen at the
1941 primaries.
Unander ran a good and near-successful cam
paign last year for the republican nomination
for state treasurer. He is a businessman in his
own right, has no dependency on the political
trough, and while he may still aspire to higher
office there is nothing in his record to warrant
any criticism whatever on that score. He is an
asset to the party.
By this time it may. be obvious
that the board is being set up
to regulate massage; which is
defined as "the art of kneading.
Tubbing and massaging the hum
an body." Under the act that
becomes "massotherapy which
art. the bill says, "hereby is
declared to be distinct from the
practice of medicine, surgery,
osteopathy, chiropractic, naturo
pathy, chiropody, dentistry, op
tometry, or any other of the
healing arts, all of which Includ
ing registered nurses are ex
pressly excluded. . j
Incidentally and finally,' any
body who Is not excluded, and
who can pass the examination,
can become a "massotherapisf
for a fee of $25 annually, which
goes into the kitty of the board,
kept in the custody of the state
treasurer.
The bill, ostensibly, Is for the
Erotection of those who need to
e kneaded as well as for the
profit of those who knead.
ANOTHEK SUN, ANOTHER
HOME, by Rupert Croft
Cooke (Holt; $3)
After a long and useful life
in India, Col. Wilkes comes back
to postwar London to rejoin his
son Roger, buy a little country
place and enjoy an idyllic re
tirement. Just too old to lead his bat
talion into action, he had been
shipped off to Bulapur and had
run things properly, cleaning up
the station, keeping hia troops
spic and span, winning the na
tives' affection. But there was
hardly a day when ; he didn't
long for his last years on Eng
lish soil in hia dear son's com
pany. And what does he find? The
good old days are gone; the old
pub is. glaringly up to date, the
young people aren't wearing
school ties any more.1 the coun
try gentleman is hedged about
by restrictions, inspections, pen
alties and other socialist de
vices, and Indeed it's an effort
for a man to recognise his own
son. j ...
Croft-Cooke, dressing the Rip
Van Winkle story in mufti,
matches today against yesterday;
his honest interest in his subject
arouses our interest, too.
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defendants. Finally the jury of
12 with several alternates was
chosen and lawyers made their
opening statements. Yesterday's
proceedings were as quiet as a
mill pond. A lawyer for three of
the defendants, one being Ben
jamin "Davis, negro, member of
the New York city council, an
other John Gates, editor of "Dai
ly Worker" made bis statement.
He spoke to the jury in tones so
low he could scarcely be heard.
Davis he described as one who
had risen from obscure sur
roundings to become the cham
pion of his people. The entire
emphasis : of defense counsel has
been to assert this Is a trial of
men for their ideas. After the
several lawyers concluded Judge
Medina advised the jury that the
charge was one of conspiracy to
advocate overthrow of . the gov
ernment by force, that they are
not being tried as communists.
Whether the defense attack on
the jury system (asserting selec
tions were slanted to draw from
the better-to-do classes) had any
effect or not, the fact is that the
jury appears to be a good run-of-mine
American jury. The
foreman Is a negro woman; two
other negroes are serving. The
majority are women.
As for the defendants their ap
pearance gave no indication of
subversive ideas. Throw a lasso
around a Broadway crowd and
you could rope in their like in
appearance if not in Ideology.
Yet they are the key figures of
domestic communism.
I recall attending the trial of
the alleged nazi sympathizers in
Washington in 1944. This was the
government's parallel effort to
stamp out conspiracy. That trial
ended when Judge Cicher died,
and was never revived. This one
will go on for weeks - taking tes
timony has Just begun - and will
be appealed to the supreme
court.
Outside the courthouse six red
pickets paraded with placards
calling for support of constitu
tional liberties.
My impression was: This is
still America, with broad free
doms, with fairness in judicial
procedure. None of the commun
ists got up to recant and indulge
in self-abuse. With benefit of
counsel he was receiving a trial
in full accord with American
standards of justice. Regardless
of how the trial comes out it is
worth while that Ve recognize
that this feature of our oft-criticized
"system" still has great
value. !
The Saffefty Valve
About License Fees
To the Editor:
This is my first letter to a
paper but after reading your
editorials this morning I just
have to have my say.
It is about the proposed in
crease in hunting license. As for
myself I would be willing to
pay twice the present license if
it would help the conservation
program because there are still
a lot of things that mean mora
to me than the almighty dollar
that everyone seems to be fight
ing for.
The : game commission wants
more money for non-resident
hunters for their program, the
resident hunter wants the in
crease ; in non-resident to help
relieve the pressure on wildlife,
and a few money grabbers from
southern Oregon do not want the
increase so they can cash in on
something that belongs to the
state and the people of Oregon,
AFTER US THE DELUGE!
Plea Lodged
For Klamath
Vets' Hospital
'WASHINGTON, March 24-(jtV
A plea for the government to con
struct a 200-bed veterans hospital
at Klamath Falls, Ore., came be
fore the senate welfare committee
yesterday.
Representatives of veterans or
ganizations and members of con
gress Joined In the appeal for the
senate to restore the project to the
veterans administration building
program.
It recently was trimmed from
the program when President Tru
man ordered a 18, 000-bed reduc
tion.
Senator Cordon (R-Ore) said the
Klamath Falls hospital could take
care of some of the 50,000 veter
ans in southern Oregon and north-
em California who now travel up
to 400 miles to reach a veterans
facility.
Rep. Stockman (R-Ore) said "ft
would serve an area larger than
Vermont, New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connec
ticut, New Jersey, Maryland and
the District of Columbia. He ad
ded that the government already
has spent $150,000 on the hospital
puns, and the city and state have
spent $12,000 preparing for it.
Traffic Toll Cut
Last Month
Oregon traffic accidents claimed
seven lives in February, lowest
monthly toll since records have
been kept. Secretary of State Earl
T. Newbry reports.
Although the secretary pointed
out the figure may have to be re
vised if later deaths occur as a re
sult of injuries suffered in Febru
ary accidents, the near-absence
of death on the highways sent
safety division statisticians delv
ing into the records.
They found the lowest previous
monthly toll on record occurred in
February. 1938, when nine were
killed. Ten deaths were charged
to both February and April in
1943, and eleven were recorded in
February, 1941. Worst month on
record was November, 1936, with
58 deaths. Worst February, with 40
killed, was in 1946. In February of
1948, 11 were killed.
Toastmistress
fOscar9 Given
Mrs. Irene Reeves was awarded
the Salem Toastmistress club's
"Oscar" for best speaker of the
evening at a meeting at Nohl-
gren's Thursday night.
Viewpoints of the legislature as
seen from the mural-eye view on
the east side of the senate cham-
not a few in one part of the
state.
The few dollars the non-resident
hunters bring in do not
begin to pay for what they take
out because what they take out
belongs to all the people and
what they bring in goes to only
a very few.
The few in southern Oregon
would for a few miserable dol
lars destroy something that once
it is gone can never be re
placed. : It seems that everyone has
gone a little loco on tourists. It
is all right to encourage tour
ists but not to the extent that
any part of the state's resources
would be endangered for the in
terest of a few.
) Doesn't anyone ever think of
anything any more except in
dollars and cents?
Thomas H. Morris
325 Hollywood.
Salem, Ore.
bar was the subject of Mrs.
Reeves talk. Second speaker of
the evening was Mrs. Virgie White.
She spoke on the topic "Market
ing in Foreign Countries."
Toastmistress for the evening
was Marie Bosch. Ada Ross was
in charge ef table 'topics. Evalua
tors were Mrs. Helen Simpson,
Mrs. Roy Lockenour and Mabel
Haylea.
The French chateau of Fon
tainebleau, about 35 miles from
Paris, has been linked with the
lives of French kings for more
than 800 years.
ALUAYS
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3045 S. Commercial, at S.
Crowds Visit
Formal Debut
Of Bus Depot
Both bus riders and open house
visitors swarmed by the hundreds
through Salem's new Greyhound
bus depot, which had Its official
opening Thursday at 450 N.
Church st.
The crowds listened to music In
the waiting room, guessed at the
mileage on a used bus tire, view
ed a movie and trekked through
the latest model "SUversldes bus.
which includes a rest room, as well
as sandwiches and cold drinks. !
At an evening ceremony, the
station was officially accepted for
Salem by City Manager J. X
Franzen.
Among the Greyhound officials
here for the occasion were W. H.
Egger, Portland, regional manager,
who said the line aimed to give
the best transportation possible
through the new model buses;
Commander Scott world traveler
who presents the company's radio
program; M. C. Fraley, San Fran
cisco, vice president; L E. Ship
pey, Portland, Oregon -district
traffic manager, and G. R. Ham
mond, Portland, district passenger
agent
Sundberg remarked that "con
struction of this new depot shows
Greyhound's recognition of the im
portance of Salem as a travel cen
ter." Public
Ulecords
PROBATE COURT
Gaori X Shaw MtaU: Order admits
will to probata and appoints First Na
tional bank as executor.
Alexander M.. Jr. Byron H. and
Francis Lee LaFofletU guardianships:
Order authorizes guardian to borrow
$43,000 using as aecuritjr for mortgage
real property in which wards own un
divided interest.
David stayer guardianship: Order ap
proves first annual accounting of guar-
Lydia Tu Dumler estate: Appraisal
of estate at S6.632.
afary A. W ampler estate: Final de
cree issued.
Leslie. Mildred and Arlene Hamrtca:
guardianship: Order approves final ac
count. Order approves compromise pay
men i of S4.soo ay virgu Tnornton ana
Ivan Wttcher in settlement of claims
of Mildred Harmrtck for in furies In
curred in auto accident Sept. IS. 1947.
at Newberg.
Harriet Leslie estate: Order appoints
Carrie Rinderman as administrator and
TEA
Folgers
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Spaghetti
Kraft's Caramels
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City Limits
Lsreff Wuhs. Otto R. SVoptl, Jr.. aits'
Cmth AVeftfaaaai -ma- apprahra.. ........
Martin Oiaoa estate: Order authorize
executrix to sell certain personal
property of estate. i
Sylvia 8, Twomey estate: Order ap-
point Mildred U Catt at diilni
tratrix and C. Crenshaw. R. Voorhee
and J. C. Evans aa appraiser.
CIRCUIT COURT
Jim Andrew, doing business a Jim's"
Electric, vs. Grace Neff bpencer. exe
cutrix of C. B. Spencer estate: In
tend nt files answer to complaint.
Marion J. Mathers v. Inez Virginia'
Mathers: Order 'denies defendant's mo- -Uon
tor modification of decree as re"
garding custody of children. i
M. A. Sloutenberg vs. stste Indusuisl
accident commission: Complaint seeks
to have plaintiff's claim for compensa
tion remain open. ;t
Vera ray Miller vs. Russell TsuUest:
Judgment of SS13J3 granted plaintiff.
Joseph Wilmes vs. Rufus Corder, do
ing business s Corder Lumber Com ,
pany: Order dissolves attachment and
dismissed action without cots.
Henry Wilmes vs. ftutu Corder. do
ing bukineae a Corder Lumber com
pany: Order dissolve attachment and
dismiss action without cots.
State vs. Abel Jack Hall: Defendant
pleads guilty to charge of non-support,
placed on probation for three years
provided he psy aa directed for sup-'
port of minor chUdren.
State vs. ahannon Betterton: Defend
ant pleads) guilty to charge of obtain
ing money under false pretense, sen-,
tenced to IS months la state penltea-J
Chester Lambert vs. Ethel Lambert:!
Plaintiff ordered to appear May S to
show csuse why he should not be '
punished for contempt of court for a!-;
legedly failing to comply with terms;
sT divorce decree.
Dorothy Fox v. Lloyd Fox: Com-;
plaint for annulment of marriage al
leges that at time of marriage defend-
ant had another wife. Plaintiff asks"
custody of child not yet born and for
restoration of her maiden nsme. Mar-;
ried Nov. 1. 1S4S. at Boise. Idaho. !
Errol W. Roaa vs. lrad Laelrvearr!
Plaintiff permitted to amend complaint.!
state vs. Donsia Webster: charged .
with larceny by embleszlement. Am.
fendsnt wslved grand Jury indictment, !
pleaded guilty; sentencing set for S
a.m .. March SS. ;
Pint National Bank of Portland vs. :
Klngwood Canning company and oth
ers: Amended answers filed by de-,
fendents Vern Refmann, individually'
and as Retmann Sheet Metal company ;;
and stste unemployment compenaatloa
commission.
DISTRICT COURT t i
Ronald Sylvester Stevens. Salem route
S. box 1S9. charged with assault with
Intent to commit rape, continued to
March SS for plea, held in lieu of
S3 ooo ball.
MUNICIPAL COURT i
Senhus W. Starr. 1624 If. SOUt St,
reckless driving, fined 79. i
Approaches for
Bridge Poured j
fnnrria slab annroaches for the i
new bridge over Pudding river 1
near aacrwee nave jwuiw;
and erection of the steel structure
will begin In about two weeks,
Marion County Engineer Hedda,
Swart said Thursday. I
The concrete needs at least two
weeks before It can be crossed,
said Swsrt. The bridge, former-;
ly on highwsjr 99E at Aurora, is
being DUIH Dy sara-erneier sum
Saremal ot Portland. f
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