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over the other- but, rather aims to Integrate
the members into an economically harmon
ious group with some collective security. Rus
sia wants agreement between but fears feder
ation jof the satellites, meanwhile keeping them
all tinder the Kremlin's sore thumb. Still,
the basic purpose of tbese East and West alli
ances! is the same; making nations commit them
selvel on the side of East or West.
So jthe old proverb might be changed to: Let
him who is without treaties, get the moss off
his back.
A Day to Abolish OM Maiils
Mother had her day in May; Father's is com
ing up this month, and Kational Baby Week was
duly observed by merchants delighted to part
with jjnumerous items for infants to wear or tear
into. N6w a Pennsylvania spinster is campaign
ing to have June 4 set aside as Old Maid's Day.
In fa;t, she and a few score other feminine mem
bers of the elderly unmarried set celebrated the
occasion in several east coast cities.
It U fitting indeed to give proper notice to tht
spinsters in the population. They are an institu
tion without which most families simply could
not do. Who is always on call as a baby sitter
whose only remuneration i the child's affection?
Who is always willing to provide bed and board
for the family pet while its owners are on vaca
tion? Who ia the confidential depositary of
everyone's secrets and; the generous dispensator
of gratuitous advice? ;Who visits the afflicted,
cheers the woebegone, bandages the scraped
knee and always remembers birthdays? Why,
the Maiden Aunt, of course.
Perhaps the best way to express our regard
for vr, the family's favorite spinster, would be
to d(i away with her at quickly as possible. Not
by rrpyh'tn or murderf Not by declaring an Old
Maid's day! But by setting aside a Day. to Abol
ish th Maiden Aunt with the viw of calling
attention to all her virtues and accomplishments,
especially the attention of bachelors who ought
quickly to reduce the ranks of spinsters.
i
I,ojt in Portland Symphony
Not Portland alonej the whole state suffers
from the decision to discontinue the Portland
Symphony orchestra. It has been the principal
musical organization of the area and under Con
ductor Werner Jensen gave performances of su
perior quality. The Portland concerts attracted
music-lovers from over the state and the near
by portion of Washington: and the orchestra
journeyed to other points, including Salem to
present concerts. Nowjlhey are ended, and the
hope; of early revival lis dim. It is a sad com-,
mentary on our culture that we can provide
mas entertainment, make money out of sports,
sustain dog racing and indulge liberally in lux
uries, but can't seem to maintain a fine orchestra.
Mail is
elfohones outside
s still 6 pr cent
"s lesc steel, coal,
"nited Stntrs.
tion is a Russian
or than anvwhere
Mjrif limited to rich ritv dwellers. Black hreiii
1 the ,'iverat'e Rusirm's d.nlv menu and he i
Trade Is What Kuia Needs .
As this page frequently has reiterated, trade
may be the key to unlock the iron wall of isol
ation around Russia. A U S. News and World
Report survey of the thing Russia has and what
It ne-d khows that th USSR is one of th back
Ward areas of the world, a nation with 52
OOO.OOf) more people than the United States and
'4.681.000 more square milts' of land than the
United Stales, but not much else.
Th land and pooulation supremacy of the
Soviets has tended to make people that Russia
rtMi1v stronc romnetitor fo rthe U. S.
That Russia has twice as much iron ore as the
U. S . more manganese, bauxie. and considerable
eo.il and petroleum has strengthened that fear.
Actually, Russia is much weaker than the V. 5.
Its iron, coal and other minerals are in the
ground and production facU;t;es are inferior.
Its supplv of .skilled workers is short. The
land area figures are misleading because much
of Russian territory is frozen. swamDy or desert;
thfre are only about 100.000. 000 nor acres of
arable land in Russia than the lT. S.
Transportation is a fundamental Russian
wakn"ss Railroads and rolling stock are
poor, highways cannot compare to America's.
The U. S. has 37.240.000 moire motor vehicles
4Kn TYnciwiv ViAttAr oir1:nA CrmmMri
mail ik .- a , fc fcT i giuiin ivv, v "ohuuhiil
ations is another Russian bottleneck
undpndablc. there are few
the large cities (Americans have 3,500,000 more
telephones than Russians).
Russia's industrial output
below 1940 level". It prorlur
oil lcrl ric power than the
Tht result of poor d'stribi
sjarul.trd of livintf Ihat is low
else in Ktirope. The a vera w Russian has 65
qu u feet of housing cnmridred to the Amer
lean's 1?K0 square feet. Bathlube. running wa
ter, r 'dio, television, motion pictures are liix
Black bread
is
elwivs hard un for a ww suit of clothes.:
To wive the nvernjre R'sian anything near
tin ki'l ofJife enjoyed even in austere Bri
tain f American st.nc';irJ are Utopian, indeed)
Would require trade with the West. Kvcn when
such a-ii'i ations are ennd mn'-d ;ts treafon, the
yen to keep uo with .the Joneses is pretty
universal. Todav, the' United States is the
Joneses, setting the pare for the rest of the
world, and the average Rus.-ian would be only
too gl 'd.lo copv our "capitalist-built two-bfd-room
house, with bath and radio, four-door se
dan, and chicken or steak every Sunday.
Trad" with the West is probably the only
w iy he can get wliat he wants, so Russia may
soon he willing to softly talk business and leave
tin stick at home.
Pol I'ilchifi; IVhldeis
Russia Ihroving stones at the Atlantic pact
Is like the pot calling the kettle black.
The agreement Ixtwun the Western nations
l a multilateral pledge of mutual aid. It. is
the kind of regional treaty allowed by the
United Nations Charter, but the Soviets have
kicked up a howl of protest, asserting that it
1 just a roster of the team aimed at aggression
against the communist '"peoole's democracies'
No .such spotlirht fell on Russia's own pact
making. Since 1943. the USSR has worked
quietlv to line up the members of its own
organization, terming these alliances as simple
friendly gestures between its ever-loving satel
lites Czechoslovakia was the first to sign a treaty
with Russia in 1943. In 1945, Poland and
Yugoslavia joined the list; Hungary. Bulgaria
and Finland, entered agreements with Russia
In 1948. These arrangements all tied the satel
lites firmly to the Kremlin.
To complete the interlocking set-up, the
satellites have made alliances among them-
aelves' Yucrtslavia icnfd treaties with Po
land. Czechoslovakia and Albania in 1946: with
Bulgaria. Hungary and Rumania in 1947. Czech-'
I J. 1 1 j 1 1 Tli1ff.i. A IVt4nin nmim t. a r a mil in
iiuiui -iiuniiisti jai iJ v i t iimu? .111
1941. Last year Bulgaria got together with
Rumania, Czechoslovakia. Poland and Hun
gary; Hungary signed with Rumania and Po
land; Rumania joined with the Czechs. This
year the circle was strengthened with pacts
between Poland and Rumania, Czechoslovakia
and Hungary.
There's considerable difference between the
treats-making in the East and West. The
Atlantic pact gives no single nation domination
Questions of location should not kill off the
new highway to Silverton. At present the old
road is in bad shape and repairs or replacements
are urgently needed. State and county engineers
should get together and agree on a location and
push the road through! This is a very important
secondary highway w:h.ose improvement has
been put off too long. Get the job done this
summer. ,
1 -J I - -The
Chinese reds gave a partial answer to tha
question whether they would trade with tha
west or not. They piingled up $100,000 worth
of gold bullion to pay! for a tanker-load of fuel
oil needed to keep trie Shanghai power plant
running. Sure they'll trade; but it will be pret
ty rnuch of a cash-onUhe-barrelhead exchange
for the time being.
A camera has been invented which exposes
and develops a film and makes a print in the
space of a minute. That's just what the news
photogs have been looking for. Now if someone
would invent a one-minute process for making
Engravings newspaper art would really be on a
short-order basis. I
Arabs Need Red China's Green Tea
Br James D. White
AP Torelifn N Arlt
SAN KRANSCkSfO, June 12
Red China grows green tea,
an thin i important to France.
It MvrtM that the Arabs of
French Morocco and Tunisia In
sist oil gicen tea and uill have
n other. They "grow rriitlrs''"
s.iy the French, when they can t
K-t it. j
They probably 'Vrow rritles"
for other reasons, too includ
ing French reasons but any
W4y France has sent a man to
.Sh.inh;i to nee about buying
Hieeri tea from Red China, the
main source for green tea.
France also would be .Jnter
st1 in reaching some under
standing with Red China about
Ind.i China. It is Just south of
( .una and haa a revolt going on
trice 1945 against French rule.
Thii revolt is lead by a local
communist named Ho Chl-Minh.
If the French are not worried
about his eettlna heln ar,m dav
frm Red China tey have com
pletely lost their touch.
They haven't of course, which
i one reason they talk about
J g teen tea as they seek trade rela
' tioni with Red C-a. . Diplom
atic relations usu. ly follow the
urge to trade, and the urge to
trade with Red China is not by
any means confined ; to France.
Speaking of tea, China used to
sell most of her surplus to Rus
ia, pressed in bricks like plug
tobacco. Recently, however, the
Soviets have grn more and
more of their own tea in southern
Russia.
Yet ljst Week Moscow wai re
ported to have detailed tormer
foreign Minister Molotov to
direct Russian policy towarda
China. '
Thw Job Would be bigger than
It sounds. We might think that
it should be simple U keep com
munist .China friendly to com
munist Russia.
Outwardly, yes, but In the light
of history .the two countries
don't mix much.
Now, however, China Is go
ing communist, and this changes
the picture in more ways than
one. China has more than twice
as many people as Russia, and
already has a communist party
about half as big as that in Rus-
If a small satellite like Yug
oslavia can give Moscow a head
ache, what about a big, unman
ageable place hkm China,?.
By Lichty
I 7p5i 1
"More production is the answer to a slump, Jenkins! . . . from now
on, 95 instead of 70 sandwiches come out of a live-ooand bam." I
' Papers are getting some fun out of the fact:
that the governor of Florida is coming to Cali
fornia for a bride. Judging by her picture
though, he didn't pick a California lemon.
Dean G. W. Gleeson told graduates at OSC
they will sacrifice, unlimited opportunities if
they emphasize "security." In other words,
stretch yourselves, don't curl up and whine.
Russia is supposed to be the
center of the communist world.
What if China outstripped her
particularly in appeal to near
ly 700 million other , Asiatics
whom Russia hopes to influence?
Ceuld the Red hierarchy in
Moii-ow tolerate communist au
thority spreading from any other
renter? Can Russia be sure China
will always follow the true word
from the Kremlin?
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China needs many things that
she i cannot get from Russia
machines and technical help on
many kinds.
China also has things to sell,
such as green tea for those who
insist upon it. She has antimony
to strengthen the type this is
printed with, hog bristles for
paint brushes, casings for sau
sages, tungsten for electric lamps
and steel alloys, and a number
of other things the world is used
to buying from her. -
As expected. Red China wants
to trade, and also as expected, the
world's merchants want to trade
wita her.
It Soviet Russia has given the
China policy job to Molotov, it
is because the job of keeping
China the approved shad of
Rett will be a very big on.
MrLemor
Henry Warms
Up to Battle
Bulls in Spain
By Henry McLemore
NEW YORK. June 12 If it Is
possible for a man to have four
jokers in his mental deck, then
I have them.
I a convinced of this, and
when I finish this column I am
going out to shop for a nice, cool,
cut-on-the-bias, summer-weight
Straight , jacket for myself.
Let me ex
plain, while I
am still partial
ly lucid.
Yes terday I
read a maga
zine articled
about pygmies.
Today, high .
In Mau Vrrlr'
Chrysler Build-
inf. i pwkh
1 r i p on V a
American
World,. Airways
which will take me to the Belg
ian Congo, the home of the pyg
mies. Now why in the world did I
do that? Don't ask me. I don't
know. I have lived 42 years
without pygmies, and all of a
sudden I feel that 1 must meet
some of the little fellows. It
wouldn't be quite so absurd if
pygmies were to be found as
close, say, as Chicago, Detroit,
Los Angeles, or Dallas. But 1 am
going all the way to Leopold
ville, which is an overnight trip
from New York on the map
alone, to watch pygmies skip arid
prance in the jungle.
Why couldn't I have felt art
urge to meet some Three-Eye
League baseball players, or some
St. Iuis barbers, or some Bos
ton street sweepers? I could
have gone arid seen them and
have been back home in a week,
but this trip I've arranged won't
get me home until it is almost
time to hang up my stocking
for Santa Claus to fill.
I'm taking off early In July,
and the first town I will horrify
will be Lisbon. I understand
that Lisbon is just about the
most expensive city in the world
today, and that a man is lucky
if he can get by on fifty Ameri
can dollars a day. As my budget
for the entire trip is scarcely
more than that, I have been
trying to figure out how I could
af'ord to stay in Lisbon more
than 13 minutes, and I think I
have the perfect plan.
Lisbon, as you doubtless know,
is the world's center of espion
age, so I am going to pose as an
American, high in atomic bomb
circles, and get foreign agents to
wine and dine me in the hope
of extracting a secret or two
from me.
I shall register at Lisbon's
leading hotel under the name of
Professor Henry Plutonium Mc
Lemore, and give my address as
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. And when
dining and wining in the most
plush cafes. I shall continually
refer to B-36, B-39. the B-l vita
min and all other B's imaginable.
I trust that the foreign agents
who seek me out will be well
heeled and ready to spend freely
on the gabby "American Profes
sor." From Lisbon I go to Dakar,
then to Johannesburg, where I
hope to root around in those dia
mond mines and pick myself up
a pocketful of carats. After
wearing out my welcome in
South Africa, I hop to Madrid,
where I hope an offer to fight a
few- bulls will bring me in
enough money to continue on
to Rome, Florence and Paris.
I have never fought a bull,
but between now and my depar
ture I am going to take up the
art of being a matador. No, I
am not foolish enough to start
right off practicing on a real
grown-up bull. I am going to
start learning by waving a cape
at a small animal something
like a dachshund. They tell me
that an angry dachshund Is very
tierce, and I hope by worki v
with one I will learn in minia
ture, so to speak, how to handle
larger animals.
After the dachshund, I will
take on a bulldog, and after the
bulldog, a Shetland pony, and
after the Shetland pony a cow.
By the time I get to Madrid. Ij
snouia m reaoy to enter . in
arena with perfect confidence !
confident that the crowd will, be i
bored to death while I'm being j
gored to death.
I have made no plans for;
Rome or Paris because I know ;
what is going to happen to me ;
there. I am going to be run over j
and trampled by 25,000 Ameri-
can school teachers spending a i
; "leisurely" two or three weeks I
abroad. !
I pron.ise to bring every single i
one of my readers a souvenir. If
an; of you want a pygmy, let me
know the size you want. Frank
ly, I believe the best all-round
size is two-foot-two, eyes of
blue. But, of course, your ta&te
in pygmies may not be the same
as mine.
Demos Hold
Judgment on
Farm Prograiii
DES MOINES. June 12 -CP-Anxious
to hold 1848 election
gains, midwest democratic leaders
reserved the right tonight to" pro
pose changes in the Truman ad
ministration's controversial Bran
nan farm program.
A farm belt party spokesman
made this clear as nany top-ranking
administration chfeftains
including Secretary of Agricul
tural Charles Brannan, author of
the plan arrived here for a two
day conference with democratic
leaders from 18 mid western states.
The purpose of the meeting is
to plan strategy for next year's
congressional campaign in a broad
agricultural area that promises to
be a major battleground for con
trol of the next congress.
Secretary Brannan believes a
new program he laid before con
gress recently will do the job. He
will explain the plan tomorrow
and give his reasons why he thinks
it a good program and a vote
getter.
Speaking for the mid western
leaders, James C. Quigley, Nebras
ka national committeeman and
chairman of the democratic mid
west conference cf states, said his
group would reserve judgment un
til they hear the secretary.
In general, the plan would sup
port farmer returns at consider
ably higher levels than would the
so-called Aiken long-range farm
law due to go into effect in 1950
unless changed by congress, It
would use government subsidies
on a much broader scale.
000,000 a year to keep the
CVA operating after it takes over
the functions of the army eng
ineers and the reclamauon bureau
in the seven northwest states.
The senate committee plans to
renew its hearings on the CVA
this week, probably Wednesday
or Thursday.
4-Story Fall
Fatal to Man
PORTLAND, June 12 -OV A
four story fall down a waterfront
grain elevator shaft was fatal last
night to Comfort H. Knapp, 63,
Portland.
Police said A. C. Stoutenberg
reported hearing the shaft cablet
rattling and looked around to see
Knapp's body falling. Knapp war
working on the seventh floor leve! ',
and struck a ledge on the third
i floor level.
j His skull was fractured and he
j was pronounced dead on being ad
i mitted to a hospital, the coroner' I
office reported. '
Darold Satcrn
Named Silverton
Recreation Cliief
SILVERTON, June I2-(Special)
-Selection of Darold Satcrn. for
mer Silverton high school baseball
and basketball player, as summer
recreation director here ! wajs an
nounced Sunday by Wade1 Scott,
president of Silverton Recreation
association.
Satern, who just finished his
junior year at Pacific Lutheran
college, will head thic program of
playgrounds, softball and swim
ming which is to gH under way
in about 10 days.
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which appear more vulnerable
to those wilh better proypecti.
Utility sfocks for example have
held their ground or advanced
over the year.
There is some basis for the
opinion that th current pessim
ism in Wall street is badly over
done. Some of the prices teem
far too low in relation to current
earnings and dividends. Actually
the stock market -never did cap
italize on the war boom. Trading
was generally guile restrained.
The reported great increase in
amount of stocks -sold khort re
veals the common tendency of
traders to overdo; and when they
start to cover prices will re
bound. In some respects the situation
in Wie stock market shows a
fundamental change in wealth
: pattern in this country. There
has been a great increase in the
quantity of securities offered the
public, but the wealthy classes
under prevailing systems of tax
ation are unable to carry them
all. The class of fmall propriet
ors and artisans who now are "in
the money" are not educated to
buying stocks; yet they have a
great reservoir of capital which
ought to be employed in pro
ductive enterprise.
To what degree fear of the
political future may affect the
market I cannot say. On long
range that may be more justified
than fear as to the economic
future of this country. Our eco
nomic sinews are .fill Strong fend
vibrant. Our political smews
are deteriorating under socialist
penetration. That however is not
of immediate general concern as
far as the stock market goes. It
will travel its own sweet way,
and prove a false guide as often
as a correct one.
At present business is tapering
off, as was inevitable after the
war boom. My own opinion, of
fered for what it is worth, i
that the stock market is exag
gerating the ills of business, pres
ent or in sight.
CVA Heariiii;
Slates Krug as
First Witness
WASHINGTON', June 12-f)-The
house public works commit
tee will begin a hearing June 20
on the administration proposal to
establish a Columbia Valley Ad
ministration in the Pacific north
west. Chairman Whittington (D
Miss.) announced today that
Secretary of Interior Krug will be
the first witness. He will lie 'fol
lowed by Assistant Secretary
Davidson.
Krug appeared before the sen
ate public works committee two
weeks ago and urged enactment of
the bill to set up the CVA in the
Columbia river basin. He told the
committee he thought congress
should appropriate at least $200,-
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trucks, ?, s4 and 1 ton (1935 to 1949).
Installation of engine and all necessary parts Includes:
Install new engine assembly; completely rebuild carburetor;
new distributor points and rondensor; new radiator hoses,
new crankshaft drive pulley: new oil filter; new oil; all gaskets
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289.00
Special price complete
329.50
269.50
Regular price, Plymouth cars
Special price complete
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Better English
By D. C. W illiams
Br D. C. Williams
1. What is wrong with this '
sentence? "I value your patron- ;
age above any. other."
2. What is the correct proun
ciation of "extricable"?
3. Which one of these wordj
is misspelled? Oscilate, annihil
ate, ventilate.
4. What does the word "prone
ness" mean?
5. What is a word beginning :
with ha that means 'calm, peace
ful"? ANSWERS
1. Say. "more than any other."
2. Pronounce with accent on first
syllable, not the second. 3. Oscil- !
late. 4. Inclination of mind,
heart, or temper; "There was a
certain proneness to self-grati-facation."
3. Halcyon.
FT. LEWIS MAN KILLED
CAMP MURRAY, Wash., June
12-TVThe aide to the command
ing general at nearby Fort Lewii
was killed and six soldiers were
critically injured in a headon col
lision at camp entrance here early
today. Dead was 1 C. pt. Kermetn
Worrisette 2$, of Monterey, Calif.
State patrolmen said Morrisette's
car, traveling northbound, sud-j
denly swerved Into the southbound
lane. . . i
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