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1 Tho Statesmen. Sodom, Oregon, Tuesday, April f, 1943 rejaoti glllitafesraau Jfo favor Stocyi Us, lVo Fear Shall Avof from First Statesman. Mart ts, 1U1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor and PubUslMr ICntar at tha BMtoHlM at Salaam. Ortna. aaeowd Class matter under act af moriung except Monoajr. Business emee su a. wmmmw, Hwm vv MXMBEB Or Til ASSOCIATEP rftXSS PrtM to atttlaS teclealw.tr wMr aa waa a aa AS i Mare S. irrt. fSiMaaaal Talapboa frJMl. Oat aawath. NXMBSX PACIFIC COAST DtTXSIOW OT lOUAV OT AUVgHTlSDfQ A4vrtlstaf Ktpr ntac Ware-Orum , Hew Yarto. cafea, Sai MXM8ZK AUDIT BVBZAU OT OBCVLATIOM Br MaS Oa ASvaae By CKr Carrtar On month- i ,., , . 9.09 maitflia 1 Om yar . -4.aa No $US for China Harold E. Stassen did a pinch-hitting job at M.I.T. last week, not for President Truman, but. in place of the president, the former gover nor of Minnesota was careful to explain. Harold is always ready to give with some new ideas, and is pretty liberal with Uncle Sam's resources ' J once ho proposed we give a tithe of our pro- : dues to help Europe). This time he came up with what he dubbed the MacArthur plan for Asia. He recommended that we spend a billion a year to Bolster the nationalist government of China and hold the .fort against communism in Asia.: , "So far as we are concerned we'd say the pinch hitter fanned out We contributed billions of dollars to nationalist China in the period since the war, in money or goods, only to find that huge quantities of military supplies leaked through the lines to the commies. What as surance do we have that the same thing would n't happen with Stassen's millions. The senate on Monday adopted an amendment banning any U. S. aid to red China. To make that stick congress should also put a ban on any aid to China. The sad fact is that China is hopelessly dis organized, and for the time being is blanked out of world trade. As for stopping the spread of communism there or in other parts of Asia U.S. dollars are not the right kind of anti-toxin. We can't make "rice Christians" out of all Asiatics. The best we can do is to stand by and hope that the infection will run out of itself. in the period between the wars which were loud ly hailed when signed, but proved to be only scraps of paper when Hitler chose to ignore them. Then there was the famed Atlantic Char ter,! with It guarantee of the Four Freedoms. Later one of its chief architects admitted it wasn't even a physical document; and the guar antee endorsed so readily by so many nations (Stalin gave his approval of the Charter) were sadly ignored in the evolution of the peace. In spite of the waste-basket of history over flowing already with broken treaties and frac tured .alliances we think this one will prove more enduring. The prospect is that the passing of time will cement the alliance, that the signa tory powers, so similar in tradition, political ideas and economic organization will draw to gether more closely under the pressures of self interest quite as much as of fear. The real hope of the Atlantic pact lies not in its alliance for "defense but in its step toward closer unification. A Moment in History History was made Monday when representa tives of 12 nations met in Washington and sign ed the Atlantic pact. The uniqueness of the event lies in the fact that this is one of the very fw alliances ever joined by the United States. During the, war of the revolution Benjamin Franklin concluded an alliance with France which proved of very great value to this infant nation struggling for independence. Since then,, under the admonition of Washington's farewell address, we have abstained from "entangling a11ianfs Wo rliri hnwvr iri n that TTnttoH Na. tions with its engagement to use force. Recent ly however we joined with other states of the western hemisphere in a treaty of mutual de fense. This set a precedent, If one was needed, for the new Atlantic treaty. In a sense however historic fact has already submerged something of the singularity of this : agreement. In two great and fateful wars the United States forsook its former position of proud isolation and plunged deep into the strug gle. This new pact merely nuts down in black and white what we and the world anticipates should similar eventualities emerge. Soviet Russia takes offense at this alliance as well it might. It says the alliance is aimed at the USSRV It is; but not in the way of aggres sion. It is pointed to shore up defenses across Europe against armed penetration by Russia.; The, history of postwar events fully justifies the western powers in banding together and assum-. Ing postures of self-defense. Russia need have no fear if it stays within its own borders. If; however it pushes westward to bring more of Europe under its heel then the counter-attack from the west will come with all its fury. That such nations as Norway and Denmark and the Low Countries should sign this docu-; ment in the face of scoldings from Moscow is; proof of the reality of the menace they fear.; Were there no occasion for alarm they would; have no need to look for a protector. And they; have this confidence, that if ihe United States does come to their assistance it will not remain; as an unwelcome conqueror. A While the signing of this treaty is an import- ant event, the degree of its importance must: await the future. We can recall many treaties; Boys who grew up in the middle west and read Chicago papers knew "The Hub" and thousands of them got clothes from that store. Its proprietor, Henry C. Lytton, has just died at the age of 102, the last of the great State street merchants, like Marshall Field. He is one merchant who proved that "advertising pays." He spent a third of his original capital in ad vertising his new store; and kept up his adver tising over the years. And he was an able and dependable merchandiser as well as a vigorous advertiser. This writer remembers wistfully a blue reefer coat that proved too small and had to be sent back to The Hub, and the money "refunded.. Spring weather affects people differently. Some get the gardening urge, want to get out with spade and hoe and rake. Others pull out last year's fishing tackle to see what shape it's in and think of the opening of the trout season. But these baseball fans are the ones with the real bug. They are eating up the pre-season dope, reading about the showings of teams in spring practice and getting restless for the sea son to open when they can pour out to the ball park. Baseball is still the great American pastime. The Kay family fof Brayton, la., will have something to argue about for a long time. It seems that both Papa and Mama Kay wanted a post on the city council. So did seven other people. Papa Kay finished 6 th, Mama Kay 7th. It did preserve the highly-questionable masculine superiority by a narrow margin but the question'!! never be answered as to wheth er "I'd have been elected if you'd stayed out of it' . Credit Robert Mitchum, screen actor who did a short stretch for violating laws respecting narcotics, with taking his penalty in good grace. He pushed mops and did chores at the prison farm, and came out with no criticism of the authorities, praise for the farm and an evident determination to go straight. The best move in the last direction was to rejoin his wife and children. The repealer to the federal tax on oleo carries a provision that if oleo is served in public eat ing places it must; be triangular in shape. This gets us into the silly season for legislation. Sure ly congress should concern itself with more im portant things than the shape of an oleo serving at a diner's plate.; Have the butter interests no better defense for their product than to drop te such absurdities? ; New Objection Voiced to Pension Lien By KalpB Watsea There was a time when all the A letter has come from Port- cry was against "the pauper's oath". It too, was a misnomer, conceived by those who, from the first, have fed upon the mis conception of the aged for poli tical aid and advantage; fostered by those who, as assumed direc tors of public' sentiment, should have been ashamed and abased to traffic with the hopes and the fears of the helpless, the aged and the poor. So, after all, just what is this so-called "lien," what does it mean, what does it do and whom would it hurt? It means that the aged citizen who needs and seeks financial aid from the state in his declin ing years, when the time comes that his need is ended, then and not until then the state shall have return from such es tate, or property, as he may have possessed, of the sums advanced for his assistance I Is there anything wrong, un fair or degrading la such a pro vision? Oregon has 1.828,000 peo pie resident in it- Of these, 114, 093 are 63 years of age or ever. Of these, 22,518 were recipients of old age assistance in January of this year. The recommended cost of pub lic welfare for the coming bien nium is approximately $53 mil lion. Is it unfair, or unjust, for the state to suggest that those who need help, but who have assets, repay out of those assets land, which accords kindly com pliment to this column for what has been written, especially la regard to pending legislation af fecting the aged. And it inclosed a n o t n e r re questing publi e a t i o n in an other column where, in due time, it will be found. Both letters are timely; both . undou b t e d 1 y are s i n c eJr e; both doubly a propos in view of the circum stance that this sSi Waiaea subject is to be one of the mala controversies before the legisla ture, first in the house then la the senate, this week. The contributor finds objec tion to what he terms the "Ilea" clause of the pending legisla tion. He contends that, under It, the state seeks to take away his home, or whatever ef estate he may be possessed, e That Is not so. It Is a. mis taken concept which har beam fed into the minds of the aged by the political demagogue, the charlatan and all too often bjr the young who seek to shunt their obligations to the shoulders ef the state and its taxpayers generally. what the state had advanced, when the recipient has no furth er need of them? Would that not help in equity to lighten the load upon the state and upon all those Who must provide the funds and carry their own loads too? a And who would the "lien" clause hurt? Not the aged beneficiary. He would be sleeping in the knowl edge that he, so far as he had been able, had paid his way through life, independent and unafraid. : It might discomfort the rela tive who, contrary to good mor als and the law, should absorb the savings of the aged and shunt his duty and what conscience he may have, into the custody of the state. Before this week has passed it is scheduled that all these is sues will have been determined, by the house and possibly by the senate. It is to be hoped, too, that the assembly will unite in support of house bill 508, which provides a way to peer by in direction at least into the wel fare rolls, and weed ou the chis f are rolls, and weed out the chis obligations, or otherwise, are padding the roster and the costs. It would bring added care and comfort to the aged and should cleanse the consciences of many who now should be ashamed be fore their neighbors, and would be if their records were made known. THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE n -1(3131 rfi moke? Jjf" U I Feed Grains Acreageto prop; uregon to Boost uats rumting By LUUe L. Madsen Farm Editor. Tha Statesman . - ! Acreage of feed grains In 1949 in the entire United States Is ex- pected to be smaller than a year ago, reports from the. commercial feedstuff s and hay review, issued Monday, show. This reduction may be as much as 4 million acres, according to farmers' reported inten tions during March, t ? I Corn will be planted on the smallest acreage in lover 50 years, the reports show. Oats will have about I ') r T Off SGGOOQ0 .pji-pipw aaasMaaak. gm. n (Continued from page 1) oils the supply temporarily at least is, improving. The shift from oil-burning steam locomotives to diesel powered units on railroads releases large quantities of heavy oil. Great refineries will continue to operate on this coast even if petroleum has to be brought in by tanker, so continued produc tion of residual oils is assured. Whether the supply would be adequate for great Industrial ex pansion calls for forecasting by the experts. The brightest prospect of aug mented supply is with natural gas from .the Alberta fields. The sup ply there seems to be huge. Its delivery by pipeline to the prin cipal markets of the northwest awaits only the decision of the Alberta provincial government and the construction of pipelines. Its large-scale use however would require a much lower schedule of rates than prevails with manu factured gas at present. A third possibility is in coaL High costs of coal from the large deposits of the mountain states Utah, Montana, Wyoming have restricted its use. As oil grows more expensive coal may become more competitive. The Wall Street Journal reports that coal producers in that region are pre paring to pour much more coal into power-hungry California. In the mountain states, adding Colo rado and New Mexico to the three named above, lies nearly half of the nation's coal deposits a trillion and a half tons. Much of this is relatively low grade; but technological develop ment may make practical its conver sion into synthetic oil or gas that can be moved by pipeline. The mountain state coal pro ducers predict they will be selling three million tons a year to Cali fornia by 1951 for steam electric generating plants, and 12 million tons by 1970. While our hydro electric resources are still only partially harnessed the time will come when we shall have to re sort to other sources of energy, using steam plants fired by coal, gas or oil, unless energy from atomic fission proves practical. I write at this length on this Autos Looted Over Week End Car looters were active over the week end with three Salem resi dents reporting losses to the city police Monday. Ray Birdsong, 2081 N. 5th st, reported the loss of a vacuum cleaner valued at $85 from his car while parked at his residence, and D. I Cummins, 1060 Mill st., com plained that a brief ease was taken from his car parked oa South Commercial street Monday afternoon. Loss, of aa alarm clock, man's jacket,' tire and wheel from his car was reported by Fred Steven son. He said the items were stolen while the car was parked at the rear of the Blaine hotel Sunday. Silverton Boys On Camp Trip SILVERTON Twenty Boys Scouts of troops 52 and 77 went on an overnight camping trip at the James Bonner ranch Thurs day and Friday. Tests in erecting tents, fire build ing, cooking and trail finding were made in preparation for the May 10 district court of honor at ML Angel. Norman Naegli, scoutmaster, R. G. Smith, camping chairman, the Rev. B. F. Browning and Jeff Hoyt furnished transportation to the camp. The boys hiked back." Troup 52 meets each Monday at 7 pjn., and Troup 77 on Wednes day at 7:30 p.m. VISITS NAMESAKE LINCOLN Returned from Sea side where she visited her great granddaughter and namesake, Sa rah Ann Ashford, for the first time is Mrs. Sarah Feller of Lincoln. Sarah Ann is the first child of the Harry Ashford of Seaside and was born February 28. Rites Here ..... & ' -A .'. fT m"r 'wU Was the same acreage as a year ago, but barley is now indicated to be down ,11 per cent Oregon fanners intend to ad just their spring plantings of feed grains. The largest shift from 1948 plantings is oats, which indications show are up 24 per -cent this spring. This will make the oat plantings for 1949 slightly above the 10-year average. Oregon's barley acreage for 1949 is indicated to be down around a fifth compared to 1948. However, it will still be about 20 per cent above the 10 year ave rage. Corn plantings, which will replace some of the winter-killed crops, are up 3 per cent, according to March indications. However, these will still be around 34 per cent below the 10-year average for Oregon. Oregon farmers intend to plant only 60 per cent of the 1948 acre age of flaxseed. Indications are that in most of the western states farmers have Increased their hay acreage. In Oregon, the acreage is up 4 per cent. World hog numbers are on the increase, this week's Meat Ani mals and Wool Review shows. The jump is fully 6 per cent above a year earlier. The largest increases have taken place in war-devastated continent of Europe, with em phasis on the Soviet union. South America has also made a sizable gain in numbers. Dairy product prices - to the farmers have continued to decline (ADVERTISEMENT) Hearing Aid Users Deceive Free Gill If you advise the make of hearing aid you are now wearing, and send the name and address of a hard of -hearing friend, an Oregon9 firm will send YOU without cost a very useful "A" battery testerl Every hearing aid user should have one. HEADQUARTERS for BELTONE ONE UNIT HEARING AID. James N. Taft & Associates, 218 Oregon Bldg., Salem, Oregon. .(The this past month. The over-all U. 3. price In dairy products was down 15 per cent from a year ago, dur ing the last half of March. DRIVE, .TO BREMERTON I SILVERTON-4-Mrs. H. J. Hahn and Kenneth and Valeta and Mrs. D. C Daves of North Howell area drove to Bremerton, Wash, to visit relatives for a few days. Coniinnes . : 1 Speaker, Edward F-. Hannoa Revival r HIGHLAND AVENUI FRIENDSj CHURCH Highland Avenae and Charea Four Flats Male Quartet Meettag Erary Nlskt Yea Are Iavlted We're "Expecting" Ring Out the Old Ring in tht New M B APRIL 6TH 4 V ' 4 ' A 'St 'V ! ( 4 subject because our people need to realize the importance of aa adequate fuel supply for north. west industry. We do not have it now Unless we can obtain fuel in abundance at reasonable cost our industrial development will be stymied. The coming confer ence will help develop a long view of our resources and our needs. Literary Guidepost By W. G. Rogers LAST OPERAS AND PLAYS, by Gertrude Stein, edited and with an lntrodnetion by Carl Van Vechten (Rlaehart; S5) "This which I think is a play is a play," says a character in "Bryon A Play", one of the 19 works in this collection. Miss Stein, who wrote the line, naturally agreed with it. Some readers will not, just as some disagreed when she used to say. In effect, that that which she thought was a novel was a novel. It's a matter of definition. If theater and audiences make them so, these are plays. Two operas, "Four Saints in Three Acts" and The Mother of Us All", with music by Virgil Thomson, and one play, "Yes Is for a Very Young Man", have been produced many times. But any resem blance to current Broadway shows Is purely accidental, and would indicate that Miss Stein was slipping. She was not Sometimes it's impossible to tell just what her plays mean;; they acan't be summarized, you have to take it all or nothing. They do not always contain a progression mounting to a cli max, as a clear-cut conflict re quiring a resolution. "An His toric Drama' has more charac ters than are found in the listed cast, and "Short Sentences" is spoken by a chorus and 500 char acters. In the first half alone of "A Play of Pounds" there are 25 Act I's, 80 Scene I's, 40 Scene II's. "They Must. Be Wedded. To Their Wife." moves astonish ingly by fits and starts; "A Ma noir" begins in confusion, ad vances to more confusion, winds up in the utmost frantic and fe verish confusion. f It's a curiously exhilarating confusion; even if you can't de fine what you're reading, you can't ignore what you're feeling. In this author at her best there is always drama, if youll accept her terms, and always a heightened- intensity which is in es sence progression. Unconvention al but not unworldly she proba bly did not expect to find pro ducers, but she did not 'fail to find publishers for all her 60 odd plays. Van Vechten throws a bright light on her work, and contrib utes a great deal of information not publicly available before. All but five of these 19, Which are from manuscripts in the Yale Library collection, were written between 1917 and 193S. Military services at graveside will be held Jointly Saturday at 1:39 pjn. in Belcreat Memorial park for Freak J. Niat. Jr, (top) and Leea L. Peavy, (bottom) for mer Salem residents who were killed la actlea la the Pacific theatre in 1945. The marina corps reserve will be fat charge ef the ceremony. Funeral Slated Saturday for 2 Ex-Marines Joint graveside services will be held Saturday at 1:30 pjn. at Bel crest Memorial park for Cpl. Leon Leander Peavy and PFC.' Frank J. Nist. Jr., both former Salem res idents, killed in action on Oki nawa in 1945. The marine corps reserve will be in charge of mili tary rites. Peavy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Peavy, Salem, was born in Aberdeen, S.D., Sept. 11, 1924. He came to Oregon in 1935 with his family, attended ' Salem public schools and graduated from Sil verton high school in 1942. He at tended Eastern Oregon College of Education before enlisting in the marines in 1943. He was cited for extraordinary bravery in saving the life of comrade at the Guam landing. Nist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Nist, Dallas, was born at Bar View, Ore., Jan. 1, 192. 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