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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1949)
V No Foror Suxxys U No Tear Shall AvmT ma Flnt SUtcnu. Urdi tl, 151 j THE STATESMAN PUBUSHING COMPANY CHARf-KR A KPRAntrE. Editor nd Publisher Entered at the postorflee at Salem. Oregon, as second claw matter mnder act ef centres March S. l7Sv Published every morning. Business office MS 8.' Commercial. Salem. Oregon. Telephone 2-2441, The Eternal Status Quo . j ' Nnrwnv ha nrndurfd manv fine writers! Ibsen, of course, is a classic. O. E. Rolvaag tsa Norweigan imigrant to the United States who wrote "Giants in the Earth" a boolf "The Nation called The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America." But the one writer to whom Americans owe the precedent for some of the most popular con? , temporary novels is Sigrid Undset, who died last week. Mrs. Undset, in the- Nobel prize winning "Kristin Lavransdatter" and Tht Master of Hestviken", revolutionized the his torical novel as a type by. using modern methods of psychological investigation. Unlike, much other historical fiction, she did not concentrate on research in facts about events and settings. Instead she protrayed the inner lives, the emotions and thoughts and motives, of the medieval individual And her characters are not just "Jypes," they live, they breathe, they (to quote the Swedish critic Victor VindeJ: ... are decidely modern, for the they have an inner life as complex as our own, a sensi bility as rich and filled with nuances as that of . - . i j 1 1 joys, tnetr sunenngs, mnr uuuuu on r familiar to us, for in moments of crises, men of all periods are alike, in spite of differences In prejudice and convention." This was what Sigrid Undset passionately be lieved; She once said that two world wars had "... confirmed the doubts I always had hd about the ideas I was brought -up on (I felt) that liberalism, feminism, nationalism, ; socialism, paciflcsm, would not work, because , they refused to consider human nature as it ! really is. Instead, they presupposed that man- : kind was to 'progress' into something else ; towards their own ideas of what people ought j to be. Being fostered on prehistory and history ' I did not much believe in progress. An ac- .j cumulation of experience and expanding know- ledge does not improve man's intellect or moral qualities, even if it ought to improve his ways of using his intellect and solving his moral pro- : vr 14 ...ill wrA,,. K.i ': L 1 C 1 1 in . A V , IIVl UUUVV AAtfft W Dill. J than Aristotle's or St. Thomas Aquinas', for Instance, a greater or more versatile mind than Bt. Paul's, a humnnity nobler than St. Louis of France's or Sir Thorias Move's." ThifeT then, is tlirf' great value of a historical novel that is not intended merely to shock or - entertain: it gives us a sense of perspective, it shows us" lest we become too fond of our achievements that we are in reality no better, nor wiser, no happier than our forebears. In her masterpiece. "Kristin I.avransdatteri" Mrs. Undset shows that the people who lived In the so-called Dark Acs were in a sense of our epoch as well as of their own.- The pro Jjlem of good and evil was as vital to thern its it is to us; although they may have expressed themselves differently, they were moved by the same fundamental desires that motivate in dividuals today. Human nature Is the tie that binds all generations together and Sisrid Undset was one of its best student?. , ; PaVa to Advertise; Newspapers remain the most popular mediurn for advertising, though they art not as exclu sive in favor as in former years. Of last year's advert Uinft volume, $4,830,700,000, 36.2 per cent spent in newspapers. Radio s share was 12.4 per cent; direct mail 11.9 per. cent and magazines 10.6. National advertising account ed for $1,756,300,000 while local advertising am ounted to $2,074,400,000. The gain for newspapers over 1947 was 18.6 per cent; for first mail 19 per cent. Both re flect increasing supplies of paper. Radio's 'gain was 7.5 per cent and magazines 4 per cent. This year the big battle is among national ' magazines. They suffered some loss in circula tion last year and some had to rebate to ad vertisers on account of falling below their, cir culation guarantees. Signs of the hot competi tion are seen in the full-page ads that many of -the big magazines are running in newspapers. Mother devices are used like stuffers with special offers in department store billings. This ' is a neat way to tap a big buying public without the cost of getting the list of names and address ing the envelopes. Manufacurers and distributors of goods are quick: to sense the change in the business climate, and realize they have to be more aggressive in their selling programs. Hence their increased use of advertising space to attract customers. And in this highly competitive field newspaper advertising, which is very flexible, and designed to sell goods, becomes more and more indis pensable. ' k Magazirtte td1; Use Models From Real Life By Henry MeLemere DAYTONA BEACH, June 20 If you hear a knock on your door sometime soon, please let me in. Ill be taking subscriptions for a magazine which ' I intend to publish as soon as I can steal a printing press and. gather was Methodists Oppose Pact The Oregonian, criticising the Methodists who adopted resolutions opposing the Atlantic past at their annual conference held in Ashland, thinks that its action ) helps explain why the church is losing its influence. On the ther hand there are plenty of folk who criticise the church because it doesn't speak 'out oftenex on sqcial questions and blame its loss of in fluence on its silence. Certainly both argu ments are not true. As for the resolutions, which called for inter national control of Atomic energy, stopping of production of atom bombs as well as condemn ing the Atlantic pact, jhey were adopted after "lively debate," according to the Ashland Tid ings, and a motion to delete them from the. committee report was rejected by a two-to-one vote. So they were not rushed through without jroper consideration. The Statesman thinks the Methodists wera wrong fbout the Atlantic pact. This was deve loped to avert war and; not invite. As for stop ping production of atom bombs this country has already declared its readiness to cease their production if atomic energy will be put under firm international control; The Methodists are not as a group pacifists or communists; nor are ardent advocates of "social action", and at Ashland the group's ideas prevailed. (Had the late W. C. Hawley been in attendance we are confident the resolu tions would not have been adopted). What tho conference was concerned about was that the the United States should not become an ag gressor itself, should not take actions which might precipitate world war. There is basis for this warning, even though the text of thi resolutions may be extreme. Physicist Victim of Spy Headline Hunt By Joseph Alsep The Case of Dr. Oapenbelmer WASHINGTON. June 20 It (s getting to be very unprogres sive to believe that the Bill of Right means what it says. All the same, there are still some old - fashioned Americans who obstinately cling to this unen lightened' belief. And these few reactionaries may be interested they may even be aroused by the rase of Dr. Oppenheimer. Frank E. Oppenheimer and his wife, Jaqaenette, are the inci dental casual- 1 'Jeorplt AUuJpJ ties of the most recent of the house un-Amer-lean activities c o m m 1 1 tee's c 1 a mo r o u a headline hunts. Last week- the committee dis closed that the Op p enhelmers had briefly be longed to the communist par ty, when they were both young and foolish, in the time before the war. It did not matter that both Oppenheimers had learned bet ter, and had left the-party eight years ago. It did not matter that Oppenheimer was emphatically not a party member when he was one of the physicists work ing, in the Manhattan District project. It did not matter, than Oppenheimer's temporary aber ration had no slightest connec tion with his brother,the .great physicist. Dr. J. Robert Oppen heimer. What mattered was Just one thing. (Frank Oppenheimer's position caused the committee's revelation to make the most wonderful satisfying headlines. . ; No headlines were made, of course, by what followed. Yet it deserves to be recorded also that Oppenheimer has now lost his pr- as professor-of physics at the University of Minnesota; that his chances of continuing a fruit ful leeching career have been sharply reduced; and that 'all his once-bright prospects are now darkly overcast. In short, this individual, this citizen, has been sacrificed to the congressional headline hunter as cheerfully as though he were a rabbit To be sure, the new casualty Is just the sort of fellow that congressmen like least. This dark, youngish man. with his nervous, intense manner, obvi ously suffers from idealism al- most in the way that so many of the congressmen's favorite lobbyists suffer from gas on the stomach. Me is an intellectual, - a brilliant scientist, a bit of a Bohemian, as his excessively os tentatious sideburns are plainly intended to suggest. And just to complete this lamentable picture of high-brow nonconformism, his generous impulses are left utterly uncontrolled by his total political naivete. , : : It wpuld have been comic, if it had not been tragic, to hear the two Oppenheimers talking about their past and present politics, after their experience before the House committee. It was not until the mid-thirties; when Op penheimer was already a prom ising physicist with good work at Johns Hopkins and the great Cavendish j laboratory behind him, that he began to notice the woes of the world. In the Inter vals of working for his doctorate at Caltech (his thesis was called "Beta Rays of Nitrogen Thir teen"), he did the usual Marxists reading course of the period. i The beauties of the simple Marxist system charmed him. Bemg all-onters by nature, he and his wife, whom he had Just married, . applied for communist party memberships. While mem bers, they: did all the conven tional things, from : organizing rallies for the Spanish Loyalists to participating solemnly in par ty discussion grouns. . Finally, they drifted out of he.par1y be- i" -4 Better English By D. C WQUaM 1. What is wrong with this sen tence? "My manuscript is identi cal to yours. cause; they did not like its anti democratic atmosphere. f- From the first, they were, fringe members, not subjected to' serious party discipline. Even, today they cannot quite under stand why the communists so disappointed them. They are of those who believe that the good will triumph, that parties will be democratic, and that men will grow virtuous, because one wants them to. The same self-indulgent belief in salvation by faith has now sent them into the Wallace movement. "Good things have just got; to happen," according to Mrs. Op penheimer, "if you believe ,in them hard enough." One more detail finishes the portrait of two people who are only guilty of misdirected,-perhaps! rather self-righteous good Intentions. A couple of years ago, t when Oppenheimer was confronted, point blank and by surprise with his former party membership, he was- foolish: enough to deny it. The denial of courte intensified the effects of the subsequent revelation. And now f he has been punished as though for a great crime against the state, which he has not committed.-One realized how severe ly, he had been punished,! from his weary parting explanation: . I "I guess 111 go back to Minne sota and make my grades out. I have; to give a doctors' examina tion! tomorrow. After than, I don't know, except that I like teaching, and it will be pretty hard to find a post." , Such is the case of Dr. Oppen heimer, who is certainly as silly about politics as he is ; clever about physics. His life has been needlessly, pointlessly broken in the course of a headline: battle, .much as peasants used to be a loyal staff about me. I am sure you will like my m a g a z ine. It will be called "Fashions for Folks Like Us," and will feature 'models who look the wijl the overwhelm ing majority of Americans do. For example, at least half of the male models in my magazine will wear glasses. Looking at the fashion magazines now in existence one would be led to believe that there isn't a man In the United States who doesn't have 20-20 vision, and that astig matism, nearsightedness and short-sightedness are as extinct as the free hunch. My models will sport all types of rims, from tortoise to hammered steel. And that's not all, either. A great many of them will have receding hair lines, and chins to match. Don't tell me that every man who buys a suit, a pair of slacks, or a pair of bathing trunks has a chin like Dick Tracy and a head of hair like the M-G-M lion. And don't tell me, either, that every man has a stomach like a washboard, arms like a wagon tongue, teeth like matched pullet eggs, and legs like an Olympic sprinter. In short, I don't believe that one man out of 10,000 even comes close to resembling the men who model clothes today. My -magazine will show how you are really likely to look when you put the clothes on. A little too broad across the beam, a little too prominent where the abdo men meets the chest, a little too narrow across the shoulders, a few wrinkles on the forehead, and shoes that could stand a shine and a trifle touching-up at the heels. To be quite honest, I am going to be a model myself. According to statistics gathered during World War II, I come close to being the average American male which means that I am no lean, lithe, frightfully muscled crea ture, with eyelashes like a beach umbrella and eyes which,, can ?ierce the deepest fog. Instead, am little more than a healthy Caspar Milquetoast Just trying to get along. When I put on dinner clothes I don't look like those dashing creatures in the fashion maga zines, but more like I had been hit over the head with a sledge hammer. Another thing about my maga zine the people shown in It won't always be going some where. They won't be shown waving goodbye from the gang- . plank of the" "Elizabeth' or the "Mary," or stepping aboard a plane to Paris, or boarding a gondola in Venice, or saying farewell to friends in front ot the Copacabana in Rio. In my magazine, the people will be pictured where most Americans are most of the time at . home. They'll be shown In gingham dresses suitable for either going to pick up the kids at school or washing dishes. You will see them in outfits adaptable either for emptying a garbage pail or washing the automobile. My magazine will feature fash- Ions that are practical for almost anything. There will be T-shirts equally at home behind a lawn, mower or a glass of beer in the kitchen. My magazine will recognize the fact that every woman in this country is not an ethereal bit of fluff, with a 24-inch waist line, legs like Dietrich's, etc., etc. It will feature pictures of buck-toothed brides, of which there certainly must be many, pictures of matrons with size 10 feet, of which there must be many, and pictures of college girls with straight hair and bony necks, of which there must be many. For every picture of a count and countess sipping champagne in the garden of a French cha- , !-., : n i .hiHORGRr FIDO . - i''vV' VWI LI Off S33D0S influence which the church has exercised in these countries. Whether such an accomodation will be worked out I do not know. The Catholic church though moeolithic in its organization is also resilient in action. The fact that it has been able to adapt itself to various forms of gov? ernment and conditions of society . Orders for Fireivorkiri Area Heavy There will be more firework thaneye in the! Salem area, It appeared today. They became available in Ore gon Monday, by state law, and on Saturday they will be on sale m Salem. The city ordinance prohibits sale until that day. With some already erected, a score or more ot stands are ex pected to spring up in Salem, sup plied by seven wholesalers in cluding the locally-owned North west Stands, belonging to Bill Patton and Virgil Pade on Port land road north of the underpass, which is declared to be the larg est supplier in the area. Patton and Pade said their or ders, placed in January, approxi mated three times those of a year ago. It was indicated other deal ers had ordered in proportion, although some orders placed later may not be filled. The merchan dise still was declared in rather short supply. Several once-used Items were barred by the new 1949 state law, including TNTs, giant fire crackers, torpedoes, exhibition rockets and roman candles with more than 15 balls. Still available, it appeared from the looks of stocks on hand Mon day, are the old reliable fire crackers, priced somewhat lower than in 1948, and night fireworks, priced about the same as a year ago. Lady fingers continue their popularity, as do Chinese fire crackers, but there was some worry that perhaps the latter might not be available next year because of the communist over running of northern China. helps explain its survival. With its long view of history the church will do its utnhost to sur vive even under a hostile regime. But so bitter is the present con troversy and so fundamental its antagonisms It will be along time before a solution by way of mutual accomodation can be worked out. (Continued from page one) times Mussolini ended the long breach between the state and the Vatican in Italy with a Concor dat, while Hitler, nominally a Catholic, suppressed or ; restrict ed Catholic activities when he built his super-state. The present competition is more than just a competition for power, for the communists deny the existence of God, propagate atheism. That is indeed anathe ma to the Catholic church and to all religions professing belief In a divine being. How will it end? Perhaps It will not end, but continue with alternating periods of greater or less tension. It could end with complete victory lor one safe or the other the collapse of the communist governments or the outlawing of the Catholic church. Neither seems presently in sight. Or it could end by some form of accomodation, a sort of truce be tween the church and the state as has been the usual termination of previous similar competitions for power. A truce would give ' the church freedom to conduct worship, to maintain institutions sych as seminaries and hospitals, to in struct children in the principles of its 'faith. The state would claim fulf authority in the poli tical realm. - It would probably seize large landholdings of the church and establish secular schools as Hungary has done. It would curtail and restrict the teau my magazine will show 100 pictures of Joe Blow and Sadie O'Neill having a $1.25 spaghetti dinner at Antonio's Grill and Bar, Tables for Ladies. Want to join the staff of my magazine? , Drop me a line, and 111 tell you when to report. No salary, of course. Only the editor will be paid, and you can guess who I have picked for that job. : McNaught Syndicate. Inc. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Licbty 2. What i is the correct pro- accidentally winged during the nunciation of "hilarious?" gTesd, eastern European land- S. Which one of these words . owners'- vast mass slaughter of Is misspelled? Lobelia, lozeng. wild: game. - longitude; 4. What does the word "judici ously" mean? 5. What lis a word beginning with spe that meana."occurring singly?" s S . . ANSWERS 1. Say.'-ldentical with ypurs-S 2. The preferred pronunciation,, : of the first t is as in hilL 31 Loz enge. 4. Wisely; discreetly. "He handled the matter very judidU 1 ously." 5. Sporadic X . But even for a Prince Ester- hazy, peasant-shooting was not considered a desirable sideline of pheasant-shooting. It is time to apply a considerably stricter standard to congressmen. A good place to begin would be to stop the Vulgar yet dangerous heresy hunt which the house un-American! ' commltteee has now launched in the universities. (Cofyright 1S4S. New York Herald i Tribune Inc.' - . mk I . ' j Soundwriting Inc., of San Francisco, West Distributor for the Gray Audograph, announce) tho appointment of Needhams as their exclusive agent for Marion and Polk Counties GRAPH? RUDO Uavo you soon if? Hoard it? Tried it? 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