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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1949)
' ' ' - . ' j i j The SkzMuax ScUm. Omgoa, SmdaMat U l80-' J ' -. . . : ? i !. ' WHITE ELEPHANT SAIE Chief Clerk of the court for Eastern Oregon will open' Monday. The. court will return to Salem Thursday. ' . -v Favor Sways Us, Ivo Vr STttlX Aid rw first gto'iiaasa. attarA j t i THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A-'SPKAGUI Editor and Publisher aawlar act ec eoocraes Mare I. Wt fir i eCftaa tit a. m OV TVS ASSOCIS ra AmmUU4 Wess to eassoei aa M M UUAF ftffWSVfl PAjjnc cxast nrmiow or wmtcr Aiivbuimw AdvartttaglL Jii ';' - . 4 ?. forlfflotlier 1 SHEAfFErCS V HI,!. 'Mr awTw. en. I iaa,U.. ; j Sias n I --I'" month -3 SBL A ' mjS SS" Br pacta! .Sunday dlary aiaa ilT rat of nck4ar papara by mail and I -18 week onnany rural reutaa naar motor dUwTv Sunday X1.5a a yaar (la aovanca). I 4-50 yaar (In adv.) : : : ;W Math 100 month JO month - o Qreoi (in adVaacal. M- T : 11.09 y f I -00 rmt I, Sfip Now' for School Bus Now in effect is a new state law which re quires all motor vehicles on two-lane highways following a school bus to a complete stop when "ttre bus stops to load or unload students, and j remain stopped as long as children are leaving ? the but or crossing the highway. On mutiple-J ?lant highways ether vehicles must stop when the bus stops but then can proceed. . This law comes following a fatal accident in J the Keizer district where a chHd alighting from school bus was killed by a car following. Motorists will take notice of the new "law and J comply with it, not only to avoid ts penalties . but also to furnish safety for school children us- ing school buses I . " - - ; Ixwer N Iroii Ciirtaition Qiina j f Shanghai reports that the communist armies have advanced to within 23 miles of Hangchow, their drive being-to isolate and crush the nation-; a li-5t armies in the- Nankinij-HangchoW-Shan-J 'ghjftriatfgle,'Seize Hangchow and then capture Shanghai, the rich entrepot to central China. While General Chen Ta Chine asserts that gov ernment troops "are prepared for a firm stand at Stymghal. their ability to do so is doubted. The nationalist armies simply are disintegrating be-, for? the advancing reds. As many as can get out of. tljecity, foreigners and Chinese, are fleeing platM rbFoTmosa or the Philippines or other pfaV of refiige being filled with emigres. Myuitirne at Washington republican critics have been severe in denouncing the administra4 tiorr's China policy. Secretary Ach'eson gave tw0 of them. Senatr.is Bridges and Wherry. private review of the background of the government'! policy and Wherry admitted he learned new? if act abaU- C! 4a tra Ka4,.Axnrcn &l$ plomacy has suffered a serious revers tn th orient; but in retrospect it is difficult to see how we could have done more for China or havi verted the communist conquest. Chiang's gov mment was not defeated' it collapsed. The Nationalist Planning association, a non partisan body hss issued a pamphlet whidj urges as American policy frank recognition of the communist regime in China and readiness to do business with it. -The author. Dr. Luther Gulick, specifies that a cardinal principle of oujr China policy must be a "dynamic ;continuini friendship with the cause of tha Chinese people, whatever they mry do about their government.! He fejels that in the long run China will be fri endly with the United States because her in terests run parage! rather than counter to Amer kan interests. He argues that Chinese commune 1st may prove a different breed than Russian communists. The United States ought not.to let its hostil ity to Soviet communism fix Its attitude toward red China. It is j remature to predict that all 4f Asia ir slipping into the paws of the Russian Johnson's Task Only Just Beginning By U rph Abep ffAMiivr.Tnv a a &oretary cf Defense. Louts John son has . been making the easy aerisions so fr He has shifted offices. He has abolish ed hoards. He' ha put a burr under the tail of the Joint rhieft of staff to haxten them In thir task of . evolving a uni fied s t r a t egic com-ept. And now ! has stopped vi ork on 'Jo-epb Alaop S - the navv's riant carrier 1ft may seem odd to call this It decision easy, when it has caused so much emotion. But a simple listing of the factors in volved will show why the de cision was simple to the point of being unavoidable. At any rate, - It unavoidable if Johnson wi-0ed to live up to the rather tdAalired picture cf go-ttnf public service which he has been painting of himself. Among the factors against the eerier. cost was' most obvious. The price tag on the carrier It .Hf was between SI50 and $300 msIUon. The aircraft te fly from it had not been perfected, but were expected to cost a great many millions .more. Then the vast, expensive vessel, with its valuable cargo, could not but be singularly vulnerable to air and submarine attack! And -this would create a need -for a mut- tifariouafStagferingly expensive aupforung lorce oi naa snip, cannot continue to use the last smaller carriers to provide ftghj.- war planning process. ' Then, ter protection, destroyer and when there was a deep disagree other escort, etc : ' ment on the correct solution of Te over-all investment in the earner task force was estimated to run from S1JS to $2 billion idoUars. Yet the technical diffi culties were such that the car-" Xjr bombers Were not expect . u to be able to land on. ber bear. The latter has about all he can digest now. And Asia's millions confront such vital basie problems of existence that they cannot extend themselves as tools for Russia Any ruler of China will have to face the same facta of geog raphy, demography, illiteracy, primitive econ omy and -make hi policy conform to Chinese conditions.: Chipa will still be dependent n the western world for ; machinery and technical skills and capital., and Chinese communists will feel en tirely free to patronize' such sources of supply. Dr. Gulick says, and we voice our agreement, that the United States must be ready to act quickly to establish friendly relations with what power emerges in China, and still insist on our traditional policy of an open door for the ex change of information, for trade and travel. We must not drop an iron curtain ourselves on China. 1 decks again after takeoff.; Thus the whole huge armada would have been able to ptake only a .single strike:; before returning to port, so diminishing the return on the investment. Then, on a deeper level, there was the carf ier s relationship to what the experts rail the broad er weapons- system. What the carrier was designed to i do It approximately whaft a B-36 can do already. t couia hardly have been ready to do even this in less than five years Meanwhile B-4?s and other new bombers in the testiiig stage are already promising u render the B-35 obsolete. Thus the carried would have been employed, at uneco nomic expense, to do the same Job other now projected weap ons will beicapable of perform ing far better. s But evenNhis wa not deci sive. The fiftal argument .against the giant carrier was that it rep resented tMJnavy-s rather des perate, wholly natural effort to take over a non-naval mission to play a major offensive part. in- snort, in a war with a naval, continental, land power the Soviet : Union. The carrier nnn. Plan, essentially, was a plan for a whale to arm itself to attack an elephant In an ideal situation, in i which resources were : unlimited, the arguments In favor of the car rier would -certainly have out weighed the.disadvanUzes which have been listed. But resources are not unlimited, even if we abandon out present dangerous system of busineas-as-usuat We given problem, both proposed solutions - were r tried, without serious attempt to reach a csm prcmise en, a single solution. . But that way of doing business is now too expensive. This Is the reason in turn for Send Muic Croups to Klamath Falls At the district preliminaries in Albany last week end Salem high school orchestra directed by Victor Palmason and band directed by E. Donald Jessop qualified for the state finals at Klamath Falls on May 12th. Financial support fs needed to send these two fine musical organi zations to the state competition about $1,500; and committees from the school and parents of the young people are getting busy to raise this sum. It ought to be an easy task. Salem gives good support to its athletic, teams; it shouldn't fail these music organizations. They, particularly the high school Sand, have been very generous in their participation In local events we can al days count onjthe high school band for a. parade or celebration. Here's a chance to respond with money te sand them all to Klamath Falls. When one stops to think how youngsters- toll and sweat to learn to play violins and flutes and trumpets and trombones and how many hours (hey spend in practice one realizes how import ant it is that they get the reward of participat ing in competitions for which they have qualified. The baseball opener was about all the fans could want The weather might have been a little warmer, and no one hit a home run; other wise the game was perfect, including the beef ing with the umpire and the winning score for the home: team in the last half of the ninth. An other thing about the ball game you can eat pop corn and peanuts without molestation from your neighbors or fear of legislative prohibition. The city of Portland has uncovered a new gold field; taxing all wages and salaries earned in the city, also profits of business. If this adventure in prospecting succeeds other cities will set but with pick and shovel for similar diggings. . the Joint chiefs of staffs sweaty struggle to agree upon a unified strategic concept of which the end of the giant carrier project may be called the first fruits. For Secretary Johnson, the really difficult decisions are ahead, simply because this struggle to ward a unified strategic concept must Involve other, far-" mora painful steps. Two chief issues are Involved. First. Is the quantity of our car rier aviation out of balance with the navy's primary mission, which is to maintain control of the seas? Second, is the size of the. marine corps out of balance with the marines mission, of making landings and taking bridgeheads? Both carrier and marine forces are today . on a scale conditioned by the Pacific operation of the last war. But unless our Far Eastern policy is downright suicidal, we shall have no Pacific problem in another war. And Carriers and marines cannot be used against the Rus sian land mass as they were against Japanese-held islands, a a Putting down Russian subma rines will be the naval task. There are other issues also. For example, are the bombardment trained generals who now domi nate the air force slighting tac tical aviation, which the ground -forces need, in favor of their be loved strategic aviation? In ev ery one of these issues, violent prejudices and intense- senti ments are tovqtped. In each casef the arguments against a clean cut decision are much stronger than in the case of the giant carrier. Yet there must be ctean-cut decisions; there must be bold gambles on single solutions of ' these problems. A aeries 'of com peting attempts to half-do a Job . are hardly better than not doing the job at aLL The carrier deci sion at least presages recogni ,tion of this crucial fact Cae?rtn. IMS. Nw York Herald ii'-tit,;- m- ." v. ai . r - -LaBT' mm m -k. M 1 . - . la - ..jaw -J'.-W1- i" W m - i DTP 0330000 irprorm (Continued from page 1) Fur company, selling out in 18 IS to the North West company. Missionaries started coming to bring the Whit Man's V6k of heaven to the Indians, the first being Jason Lee and party in 1834. founding the j Methodist mission on What is new known as Mission Bottom and later founding Salem and Willamette university. After the fur traders and mis sionaries ame the farmers, .those who were hungry for land. French Canadians who had re tired from the fur trade and some of whom had married Ihdian women decided to remain . In the west and take up land. As this valley became settled need for government arose, and after a succession of endeavors the meeting of May 2. 1843 vot ed for a local government. Steps leading to the Champoeg meet ing in 1843 may be summarized thus: i . 1. In 1838 and again in 1840 residents of the valley petitioned congress to extend its authority over the region, without result 2. An informal meeting of settlers was' held at Champoeg Feb. 7, 1841 when the need of . a constitution and code of jlaws was discussed. 3. The death of Ewing Young eight days later posed the prob lem of administering his quite considerable estate. On Febru ary 18 a meeting of settlers, British, American, Protestant Catholic, was held at the Metho dist mission and Dr. Ira L. Bab cock was named "supreme Judge with probate powers." 4. Sundry meetings were held but no progress was made to ward setting up a government (largely because of the opposi tion of the Hudson's Bay com pany which was domi4nt in the region) until killing of cattle by wolves led to what Is called the -wolf meeting at the house of. Joseph Gervais, near the pre sent town of Gervais on March 6. 1843. After fixing bouaes on wild animals and calling for assessments to pay the same the meeting initiated steps ; for or ganizing a government ' ! 5. The meeting called for May. 2. 1843 at Champoeg proved de cisive. Organization of a gov ernment, was authorized, a legis lative committee appointed, and . on July 3th at Champoeg a gen eral mass meeting of inhabitants approved the articles drafted, for Oregon's provisional government This provisional government ruled the Oregon country, which included the present Mates of Oregon. Washington, Idaho and parts of Wyoming and Montana, until the territorial government was established on. March 4, 1849 by proclamation ot the ap . pointed governor. Gen.) Joseph Champoeg then is an import ant spot in Oregon and May 2nd is an important date. There a government for a vast? region was established. . truly a gov ernment "of the people, !by the people and for the people." White It pointed to eventual sovereignty of the United States, . citizens were not' disturbed In their alleciance. This govern ment whose capital was at Ore gon City, enacted laws, coined money, established a court, established a postal service, carried on war (against the Cay-use Indiana after the Whit man massacre); levied taxes. It y laid a good foundation; and established legal order has been maintained here since 1843. This Is why Champoeg day is still recognized In Oregon, The Safety Favors Truman Health Program To the Editor: It is heartening and healthy to note the display of news in the press and over the radio as to national health insurance. It is healthy because it shows a cur rent general trend that assumes that regardless 'of where We stand as to the president's pro gram, basically both sides know that some program will have to be Initiated to alleviate this so cial and economic problem. Too many are not receiving the bene fits of medical science and for tunately the wolf-cries of 'so cialism or 'conuiuinism do not answer the problem, they aggra vate it by blinding even more the uninformed so that they know not what they do nor where they will go. The press shares a re sponsibility in clearing some of these muddied Issues of the false' utterances. , Those concerned with this health problem are primarily faced with this question: are we to strive to raise the health standards of this country and if so by what means, and in what manner, so that we will best serve our aims in a democratic j manner? I believe that the pres ident's national health insurance plan best works toward this goal because it carries within its pro gram the theme that the gen eral health of this country Is of concern and importance to all and worthy of earnest attention and action. The plan is no more contradictory to our social moves than social security, labor legislation, public schools or oth er social legislation and Institu tions. I tire of those who' blandly chant: 'denial of freedoms,' 'socialism,- 'new dealism,' "radicals ism' and then in the next mo ment admit that we do havaa health problem but know not and apparently many times, care not what to do about it. Perhaps in a day not too far off we shall be able to face and solve our health problem that is now 30 serious without having to resort to irrationality, emotionalism and impracticality. If not then many of us will have to blush int years to come when we are asked how we solved our health problem in this country. j S Sincerely, M. Akeson 1106 3rd St, ' West Salem, Ore. safety valve HVfe inatlm N. Y. Times ravers CVA To the Editor: Last Friday the conservative New York Times declared that the plan for CVA "is not as controversial as it looks," and not an expansion of federal pow ers or "an encroachment on the rights of states, communities or individuals. I Thoughtful N o r t hwestemers .may well put aside their preju dices for or aejeinst TV A and consider these common sense ob servations - of the New York Times: "The underlying principle, however, in both cases is that it is-a waste of time and money to have a multitude of federal agencies with wires running from a river valley into Wash ington; and from Washington back into the river valley. The CVA would be for the Columbia something like what unification is, or ought to be. in the na- Thief Ransacks Slate Theatre Nothing was reported missing from the State theatre, 255 N. Church st. after a thief scattered boxes of candy in an apparent quest of money early Saturday morning. j f Police surmised the thief had been left in the theatre following Friday night s show. A. candy box was pried open and cartons candy scattered on the floor of Of Storeroom, police said. AH seats in the theatre were turned back in the quest for change. valve tional defense. It would reduce inter-departmental squabbles and jealousies, and, as we would hope, get things done." The Times recognizes that the Columbia riier cuts across state and national lines, and empha sizes that . the watershed of a great river demands unified treatment I think we can profit by this impartial analysis made by one of America's outstanding newspapers, and . work together to have CVA legislation meet our growing problems. Instead of blindly opposing or supporting a CVA, I think we might profitably reflect upon this article by the New York Times, and work together to make CVA legislation serve our regional needs, instead of turning it into a political foot ball. ' Very truly yours. George Penketh 9711 NE 24th Ave. . Portland. I r TL - sst i wi it :i nj i- n-i-i rrti ; V I ! Iuvauoa - uwh - uueracuiCaiai - uvea u uanca -uruitss-i ir ! ! 1 i Snub i7hilin3 - WaUace ! i - -' ' 1 t - ;t--. - ' .j EyB a' . !lla!l!aaaC .tztf'rf. '. - ' V LSJy'i.fVa-- ij - tl li P k VL X&tS .... -.,::L4t v iH -PtlSl jV:gpi. f-V, r rTi- V -V A Vaj 1 aV - . Va0 ., VTM JCSTERLINGUI 'ggjjl e . mt Hera you'll find the AH , aS Stt??X ( Particular pattenrto ault your . "'StJ . : taate perferUy . . . f Or each f j Sl CSaKaiSi the famed Gorham Merlins; j&TS 4.' ArS deeiajna ia aaUhemtUmUy styled, T&A IglfSr XS fashioned to exacting atand. KZS ' rVS rda by Corham crafUmcn in bsXF2&'t . CJaSiSlJSESE aUver. Come In and let ua belp " " t j ' tmMt, elect your pattern I . . v-'l,'",-;'''w"tr Wesley X. TUteUe Bank Promotes W.E. Ritchie Promotion of Wesley X. Ritchie as chief clerk at Ladd & Bush- Salem branch, U. S. National Bank of Portland, was announced Saturday. Ritchie 'has been with the local1 bank since May 1, 1938. A native of Salem and a grad uate of local public schools, he1 has devoted "his entire financial career to the Salem branch. He started as a bookkeeper and at one time was head bookkeeper. Later he served .in the collateral department and recently has been active in the consumer -credit field. Ritchie holds the 'American In stitute of Banking standard cer tificate. He is a member tf Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce and Salem Breakfast club. Paper Workers, Operators Extend Contract 5 Months PORTLAND. April 30 -TP- A five-month extension of a wage agreement was announced here to day by West Coast Pulp and Paper Manufacturers and two AFL un ions. The announcement indicated management, and the unions were deadlocked over the union at tempt to raise wages, bu no dte ails were disclosed. The current scale was not divulged. Involved were management rep resentatives from 33 pulp and paper .plants and the AFL pulp; sulphite and paper mill workers and the AFL paper makers.. They had negotiated here six days. The meeting was recessed until September 19, with any change thereafter .to be retroac tive to Junerl. i ' JUEISTS TO MOVE COURT Members of the state supreme court will leave Kara today tor Pendleton, where xbe spring term . ' . . ' , ' , . ' I !. h I i sum nrcuair CTtlCt ef araaia.aaja af Hack. taa, S1S.00; Kll, tf.Ml . h ftraiaareay, SloOO. CttmaMa N , TfcraMin at eWea, SJOJftt p -M fee. tea. . . am art Modal lr Jat Crystal. TS0 Talawfat 4aWaaHfw TVMaf pet ran. (mar snearfer Dei ftU ft 110.00 te ttos.00. awjrnta ttuvam rttamoat ta arawn, iTwa ar Macs. $ oat ' -eocl. 4.0; Stratawrttar, 11 00. 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