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t"--J?r ! -!t ,Ail t3iiZ Wo Tavor Frni First 6Utma. March 2tr l&51 THE STATESMAN I PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARTS A SPRAGUE: Editor and Publisher j Entered at the postofnce at Salem. Oregon, is sec ad class matter snder act ef tress March 1ST. PnbHshea every morxlng. Easiness office 215 8. Csmuierctal. Salem. Oregon. Telephone t-ZUl Dofthle Victory for Taf t A double victory for' Senator Robert H. Taft of Ohio. " ' ;; - ' One was his success in the senate in obtaining adoption of amendments to the Thomas lkbor bill which authorize the executive to seize plants and to seek injunctions against strikes in cases ' where the national welfare is endangered by a labor dispute. - I The other was the passage in the house of . i ' : lMI 9 ,V!.li Toft iiro a rra r1 I Vi me no using urn - authors. I ! The doughty fighter from Ohio who hasi had his share of defeats and abuse had the siatis faction of seeing hisideas in the field of govern ment prevail. Only, one of his intelligence and fortitude c6uld have had such success. s 'I. , The effect of adopting the Taft amendments to the labor bill will be in all probability o let the -present Taft-Hartley law? remain on the books. If the house concurs in the senate ver lion of, labor legislation President Truman is ure to veto the bill. Then he will stumb the country seeking defeat of those who refused to' vote for repeal of the hated T-H law. , The major controversy arose Over the; use of the injunction in times of national emergency. Neither the Taft-Hartley law nor the Taft amendment permit general use of the injunc tions in labor disputes. The Norris-LaGuardia act still stands with the single exception; that when labor disputes threaten the public wel fare, the president is authorized to resort to the Injunctive process. ! ' Senator -Morse oeraieQ me injunction. i he was-in favor of other means of compulsion to protect the public welfare. The big monoply unions oppose the injunction, yet they j-have never suggested a single practical means tof preventing the disasters' that would arise from, a prolonged coal strike pr railroad rtrike. They want power but are unwilling to have spciety put any shackles at all oh their power. Exper ience shows their readiness to abuse their pWer to enforce their demands.. The Thomas bill, while offensive to jlabor and hence to Truman because of this injunction nrovision. contains numerous amendments td .1 rrt tr l . 1 nMvswn.,AJ kif Can ine 1-n law, many 01 uitin ci(.'uiucu vtuoi- ator Taft. He has shown a receptiveness to Ideas and willingness to support amendments that would improve the basic law governing Industrial relations. Yet he is subjected to harsh condemnation, billed as a labor-hater, nd marked for political extermination. The , .lacts do not justify me accusations. Gties Need Air Stability jj ' Unless there are some bang-up arguments , we haven't heard, th civil aeronautics-'board should make short .work of the proposal that United, Air Lines abandon Salem as a stop and that West Coast Airlines move here from Mc Minnville. All hands at Salem should be . musit-icu lu yitrvc-m una uuuojc. Such tactics, if permitted, certainly would be a discouragement to businesses old ones or potentials, which depend on air frieght, -particularly. Salem is on the direct route!; from San Francisco to Seattle, ' It is Oregon's Capital city and one of the fast-growing-cities Jn the -nation. It does not deserve to be kicked, around with an off-again-on-again policy of through plane service. -, " - J Nor does McMinnville deserve, the loss of . Western Airlines. . It has developed a fine airport and, discontinuance of commercial air service would be a distinct slap at its progres livism, . i; Airlines as well as railroads have a respon- West Aid Starts Seeping By J. M. Roberts, . Jr. AP Foreign Affairj Analy(t , WASHINGTON, June iO-P Russia burned her bridges with Yugoslavia at the recent Paris conference, the 'Belgrade press practically made the anniver sary of the cominform split an occasion for celebration, arid concrete changes , are taking place in Yugoslav relations with the west. It goes deeper than the indi vidual issues such as -world bank loans for Yugoslav industry ?nd her aid to the communist guer riHas in .Greece, which are mat ters now under negotiation. It involves attitudes arid a growing differentiation between Yugoslavia and other ; commun . isf areas. Already, through trade agreements with the west, Yugoslavia Is beginning to get some industrial aid which is de-' nied to the Russian sphere. . 'American dislike of the. Tito reeime is unchanged. But Jfie cumulative effect of concessions to; this anti-Moscow communist . rna.v be to, demonstrate that the west realizes communism dan tike several forms. Also, .that forms which do not involve the spread of - Kremlin dictatorship can live tn the world, at last for a time, without our active opposition. TrtLs "let live" attitude to ward Yugoslavia seems to grow along with events, rather than being a policy deliberately ar rived at Yugoslavia broke loose Jrom the Kremlin because her peas ants would not put up with Soviet ization, collectiveJarms and the 'ike. In the last yearTito has been in a terrific jam. Without the machinery which Russia prom ised' and couldn't or wouldn't . deliver, with a record of sub servience to the! Kremlin and the shooting- down of U. S. planes, hi five-year-plan was left high and dry without help " from- anybody. v i Tito, has; sung the . tune that - communism was okeh, that it lion;?. fs.lt Mmims MM Sixty Us, No Fear Shall Atfce sibility to the areas they ; serve. It has long been established that a railroad must main tain whatever service it establishes until "and unless there is good reason to presume such maintenance endangers the capital structure of the road", or the community lit serves no longer needs its traffic. Airlines should not be allowed to institute service willynilly, encouraging ex penditures in airport development and the estab lishment of business depended on their services. If they enter a city they should stay until they no longer are needed. Disruption of service of times is a serious threat to local economics. It is no more fair for airlines to make experimental playthings of areas served than it would be for the railroads to do the same. - ' " ) Federal Housing Legislation After prolonged and bitter debate and parli amentary maneuvering the 'house passed a bill which will provide federal funds for slum clear ance, for construction of thousands of hous ing units for loans to public or private bodies engaged in building housing. ( iThe opposition to the bill, chiefly republicans and southern democrats, branded it as social istic, as in truth it is in a degree. Nevertheless the ugency of need for suitable housing seemed to justify this as the pnly practical solution. City slums are a disgrace to the .nation. They breed crime and disease. Granted that those who live there are lacking in skill or ambition or victims of bad habits like drunkenness and idleness still the" living conditions are so offen-' sive as to warrant sweeping measures at re form. We know the arguments against the housing bill. But we also know the depressed areas of cities which need replacement that private capi tal will not undertake. Therefdre we have fav ored federal housing legislation. ' ' Of all parts of the president's domestic pro gram the housing hill seemed the one most pres sing and the one "most likely to succeed." It has done so, giving the president a portion of sweet along with the bitter' of the Thomas-Taft bill. ' Voters at Silverton turned down a proposal to issue bonds to pay for a concrete dam for water storage. Since the former wooden dani was washed out a number of years, ago this negative vote grfve, no solution to the city's pressing problem of water supply ample for the city's needs. So the city planning commission is start ing al over again to study the factors involved, hoping that its new recommendation will meet with voter approval. The problem should not b allowed to drift. A bad fire, prolonged drouth would find the city's supply inadequate. This fresh study ought to come up with a sound solu tion and then the voters should accept it. The Liberals won the Canadian elections, and. the CCF party (socialist) lost ground in the number of its members elected to the parlia ment. Like voters on this side of the line Can-, adians seem to want mild doses of paternalism, but not socialism straight. Over there, as over here, the taste is growing into a habit. In power since 1935 the liberals are assured office for five more years, barring desertion of members to re sult in a vote of no confidence, which is not probable. Humpty Dumpty's price is getting nut back together again, it seems. -Horsemeat is reported as showing up in a Sea side cafe. Added to the clam chowder? was the cominform which was out; oft step, and that he still liked S&lin and still held the : traditional 'Communist view of the: capitalist world despite his desertion by the leading expon ents of that view. Since"; the Paris conference, however, when Russia abandon ed hei support of Yugoslav claims if or territory and repara tions from Austria, the gap be tween the two communist coun tries has become much wider. Tito's press howled "treachery." It has begun to express the view that communism under a. na tionalist conception can whip the Moscow brand of world dicta torship;! in other words, that Moscow-controlled world rev Literary Literary Guidepost 11 l-2m i By W. G. Rogers A . MENCKEN CHRESTOMA THY, edited and annotated by the author (Knopf; $5) The American language, which Mencken knows so well -that he practically owns it. seems un graciously to have failed him in the matter of a title. Anyway,, the Greeks already had a word for it:. Chrestomathy. As the pub lisher explains, it means a col lection of choice passages from an author." Offering substantial ly the tame definition in his pre face, Mencken comments further that he likes the word even if "a few newspaper smarties' ex pected jit would mystify readers. So now you know what this book is, whether or not you, like Men cken and his customers, as he says, have been to school. ( . The selections, from books out of print, date largely from the 1920s and early 1930s. They run to 600; pages. They are the col orful words of cantankerous obstreperous, opinionated but agile and virile thinker. They are better arranged than the words It of most contemporary r j; ... I Toward Tito olution is not necessary. Whether - Tito will get his world bank credit is , still a question. But it seems to be a . matter of economic qualification whether the projects he wants to finance are sound rather than of politics. There is even the prospect tat the U. S. will not stand in his way in the de velopment of a certain amount of heavy industry, help for which is embargoed in eastern Europe. The- whole thing serves to widen the Cominform split, to bolster another economic spot in Europe, and to .remind the Moscow sphere how its political policies are interfering with its dinner pail, i Guidepost writers; they constitute at a guess the largest working vocab ulary of any contemporary wri ter; though occasionally exasper ating, they are ceaselessly pro vocative and entertaining. - Sometimes you suspect he takes -the unpopular side of a question just because i his acidulous, vig orous vocabulary is loaded in that direction. He is philological ly, professionally and personally against , . J against democracy, the simon - pure Anglo - Saxon, the telephone, radio, opera, zoo, the Gettysburg Address. He calls the Greeks "the most overesti mated people in all history, and a master stylist himself, he be labors books on style written by "schoolma'ams, bucolic college professors and other pseudo-illiterates.' i He is in. a way, against the hu man race. Man is much less ef ficient than protozoa, he claims, and "as animals go . . ' . man is botched and ridiculous. But nei ther animal, nor protozoa, ever, wrote a book as absorbing as this. Despite the exaggerations, or perhaps because of them, he is the American Bernard Shaw. ' :Rsh - - Fiy - Hasvr": Interndtii Implications By Henry McLemore ' DAYTONA BEACH. Fla June SO Iigave a fish fry for about 50 people a few days ago, and while . I was tearing into a mullet ,a friend tapped me on the thou lder .and, with a grave look on his face, said he would 'like to warn me of the risk I was running. "Risk?- I said, puzzled. n McLemr fMan, these fish were Just' caught this morn ing. Couldn't be any fresher. "You don't understand," he said. "You'd better watch your step. You'd better cut out all this big entertaining. You're a democrat, you know, and if a democrat gets a reputation as a big entertainer he is liable to find himself appointed Amer ican minister to some foreign country. And I know you. wouldn't like that a bit." My friend helped himself to some cole slaw, put an arm around my shoulder, and said, "You know what happened to Mrs. Mesta, don't you? So I ad vise you to be careful." With ' the mention of Mra. Mesta everything became clear as a bell to me. By golly, I was asking for trouble, what with v my lavish fish fries, wiener roasts, mirshmallow toasts, and celebrated Saturday night pea ut and popcorn soirees. Have to cut 'em out,' lest like Mrs. Mesta I be tapped by Presi . dent Truman to serve this" coun try in a diplomatic post across the waters. Everyone knows about Mrs. Perle Mesta, I guess. As Wash ington's most famed hostess since the death of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, she gives parties like other people give the time of day. No paper napkin parties, either, taut sumptuous formal things where a black tie .would make a guest as' conspicuous as if he were wearing a T-shirt or a turtle-neck sweater, and where the guest list reads like an expurgated edition of Who's Who. I have never been to one of Mrs. Mesta's mobilizations of the great,, naturally, but I have heard tell f them. I have heard tell that at some ' of them the famous were so numerous that cabinet members had to eat at second table, and that on at least two occasions,; ambassa dors from countries important enough to borrow hundreds of millions from us were seated so far from the hostess that they were practically in the bleach ers, and had to trust to the loud speaker system to keep up with the score. . As for the food Mrs. Mesta serves and here again I must trust to third and even fourth hand information well, they say there is everythirfg on the table from jellied ear lobes of llama, to a distant relative of Alexander Graham Bell .under bell. I understand that there ha3 been some criticism of Mrs. Mesta's appointment as minister io Luxembourg, and for the life of me I can't understand it. Food ' is what most of the world is crying for, and -from what I Can gather there, is always food when the Oklahoma lady is around. Luxembourg can hardly get angry at us when' its top . officials are stuffed to the gun wales with Mrs. Mesta's caviar, llama ear lobes, etc. rt . . . - . . yi cuurse, ivirs. Aiesta s ar pointment could set a precedent which might in time, prove harmful. The senate might con firm Toots Shor as ambassador to the court of St. James, Dave Chasen as our ambassador to France, and Ernie Byfield as mba9sador-at-large. Still worse, they might even confirm me as this country's minister to Lapland. And I don't have a pair of formal ear muffs to my name. McNaujfht Syndicate. Inc. xiemp is stripped from the stems of the plant while manila (aaca) is derived from the struc tural system of the leaf. GRIN AND BEAR IT ''''' - ' ''J ' V . ft I Ti Qfc "Aaaerf ea has done tnuchfoT nor A Ok. craUtadeby KailiV A al. m - - Ves.yes. wil'iie ; rjOQN" Your Health The average individual seems to be fully persuaded that you're not "doing anything" for a cold or sore throat unless you attack it locally. He gets a great deal of mental satisfaction, if not much of a cure, from almost anything in the way of drops, sprays, gargles, vapors, or medi cated salves which can be ap plied directly to the tissues. As a matter of fact, local treat ment is often of value in dis orders of the nose and throat, but in just as many other cases it only serves to make the con dition worse, if improperly em ployed, Nowadays, many nose and .throat infections are treated with penicillin and the sulfonamide drugs. When used locally, in sufficient amounts, these pre parations may be of some help if they are brought into contact with the germs producing the trouble. However, when the germs are lodged deep within the tissues and the tissues are swoll en and congested, local treatment with penicillin and the sulfona mide drugs is often found by the doctor to- be useless. In such cases, the sulfonamide drugs may be given by mouth,' and peni cillin given by injection into a muscle, as well as by mouth. But these should only be used under the doctor's direction. Not all infections of the nasal sinuses need treatment with penicillin and the sulfonamide drugs. Sometimes, just as much good may be done by irrigating or washing out the infected areas Willi a sail suiuuuu. Formerly many nose prepara tions were administered in oily solutions, but this has been, dis continued to a great extent be cause of the danger that some of the oil may get into the lungs to produce a form of pneumonia. Preparations of silver salts' al so have some danger when used in the nose. Their' long use may lead to absorption of the pre paration and permanent discol oration of the skin. Nose conditions are often treated with substances which contract the blood vessels, thus relieving congestion and opening the nasal passages.; Such pre- By Lichty cwantries . . . we cxrald shaw aor v T.. Am mm Twmm, ill 1 y"TA I ' I .'II I Written by Dr. Bermaa N. Bnndensen. M.D. parations, if used for too- long a period of time, not only lose their effectiveness but also may produce enough irritation to make the condition worse instead of better. These symptoms can be relieved by stopping the medication completely, at least for a period of time. It is seldom necessary or wise to use nose drops. Insofar as the throat is con cerned, the sulfonamides taken by mouth, or penicillin properly administered, are often helpful. Washing the throat with a salt solution, and rest in bed may be helpful in the treatment. Infections of the nose and throat, of course, should be treat ed under the directions of a physician, who will select the most effective measures for the individual case. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS L. H.: If inflammation of the mesenteric glands were mistaken for appendicitis, what would be the result? Answer: It is not likely that there would be any permanent damage in a case of this type. (Copyright. 1M9. Kins Feature ) Dtp RJCDQuDa (Continued from page 1) work the other side of the street and team up with Our Douglas? And just when will the lessons start? This is the queen-crowning, season. July 4 celebrations. rodeos, round-ups, county fairs all demand the presence of the governor and. as many other state officials as will come (try to keep 'em away). So when will the board get its noses In the book? Does anyone think that the ' governor or the treasurer will change his mind, confess his error and become a convert to the opposite side? That, indeed, would be something to get into the Record at Washington. I think they should put up signs in the capitol: "Do not Disturb"'; "Men at Work". Also signs to indicate which is the CVA: classroom and which is the classroom where the ' $15,000 teachers of the insurance com pany) are teaching state employ es how to drive. Jimmy McGil-' christ should herd tourists away Phone 3-8118 LivesleT Bide. v i If J I : W UrQbnflPRfir V V uvvaJAr-'1 women wants . Activities At Silver Creek. Gamp Increase Another busy week ii lined tip for boys at Camp Silver Creek, with a weather break expected to permit more hiking and fishing than during this opening week. This is the word received from the YMCA camp Thursday when Bob Hamblin, one of the Salem YM boys, sent a review of camp opening. He wrote: Camp Silver Creek has opened for 9-11 year oId.Y boys with 112 boys in camp. Unit directors are Jim Armstrong and Jack Forristel of Salem and Greg Wan berg and Dan Eastman of Evan ston. 111. BUI Jessup of Portland is the handicraft director; Bob Hamblin, lifeguard; Mary Rask and Mary Zener, cooks; Mary Beards ley, nurse. Counselors are Merlin Schulze, Doug Raines, Bob Marg gi. Dick Reay, Dale Sheridan; Bob Ruhle, John Rawlinson, Bruce Galloway, Spike Gathercoal, Dick r Carter, Larry Moynihan, Bob Caldwell and Bob Garrison. "Boys in camp have experienc ed "camptivities" in camper a ft, nature, track, handicraft, touch football, archery and enjoyed such activities as fishing, hiking, singing, chapel, campfire stories and contests and swimming. Frank Shepherd has six horses available for campers in the morning. The Why of the Hospital j Drive (Editor's Note Te Salem HoiplUl Development Program eall't for the railing of SI.1M.M la the Salem area. The campalc la now la progress ana will he broatht to the general public within a few weeks. . If yon hare aaesUons yon want answered write to the notplta) program headquarters, 333 N. High st. or phono 2-3SM If yon hare experienced difficulty In geulag hospital accomodations tell the program office of your experience.) yuesuon: Will people living outside of Salem be asked to help in the Salem Hospital Development Program? Answer: Yes, each community from from the" studyrooms to allow full concentration, and telephone lines should be muted during the daily class hour. Some one, of course, should prepare examination questions for the board of control to see how thoroughly they have done their home and class work, Then there should be commencement exercises tor those who pass. Just what the penalty will be for any who flunk the course wilr have to be referred to the state board of education. SIEVEUS d SOU i Jewelers Sflvwrstnlthe ; . - , :- Woltyvdotf On Parade By Gene Randsaker HOLLYWOOD. 4i Wanning war on .the garroting; necktie, I sought suoport from jWo eminent screen , fashionnHtfss. William Powell arreed tht rf necktie is "lust on more tHt to worry about " But Adolrue. Meou said- "Ymi'H never iet with out it 5trle are very slow to change. Very.- Powell admitted that if it were un to him. he' aimrJ'fr m-n's duds from ralo tn' toe. r"My favorite article of inmnreT 'is a lre bth toel fVM id.. 'At hom. T rrrttilT (lv in one. "Think of the button on shirts. herts. oanHl and wes kit.. There are just toe jmmy it takes too much time retting In and out." Bill eleamed with a look of insnirtioni "A ini garment tom could rift on and off wiM be the "thin-v! Bill" wears tie largely because his wife buys them? .' "ridicu lous t!es. unaonrooHate . to my years." She also loaHs Hm down -with tie clips. mone clips, cuff links, and shM stid. all of which he loathes. He wears short, garterlers socks. Meniou. Powell's companion on The Bandwagon" s tand many bet-dressed lists, thinks socks without garters re) "awuful." AdolDhe add: "The same for susDenders. Hpw ajrf vo" 0rig to rjold your cant ti$?" He ap-s proves of a belt only with sport clothes. -"..'!! Adolphe wouldn't change men's "styles one whit. ' Or one rea son alone: "It would unset the domestic economy. Think of the wool used for suit; the rahbit fur for hats, the cotton for shirts,' silk for neckties. "link of the button-hole makers, the thread ' makers, the pantstnakers, the. pants pressers. Why. the rami fications are terrific," Menjou cancededthai "to the ordinary eye" men's clothes have changed little in 15 years. "Wes kits with double-breasted suits have disapoeared. tThe hat has disappeared in nanr ;i places," and tljis is terrible. A hat is part of your uniform. Sleeves arc nar rower. Lapels on doublehreast ed are wider. Soats and walk ing sticks have disappeared, and derby .hats have gone down the drain" I. 'Adolphe said thdse "10-hest-dressed-men" lists j'-don't moan a thing. How can they when the judges haven't canvassed the whole country? There may be a man in Omaha o, some other town who has keener sense of style than anybody ion the list." Better English ; By D. C Williams 1. What sentence? ' Is Wrong with this "Let us f refer back to the preceding paragraph." 2. What is the correct pronunc iauori of "history"?; ; 3. Which one "of these words misspelled? Chesnfjst, chaperon, chiffonier, i. , 4. What does thM word "re trospect" (noun) mean? 5. What is a word beginning with er that means "having no certain course"? H . ; ANSWER 1. Omit back. 2. JPronounce all three syllables, and; not his-tri. 3. Chestnut. 4. A looking back review of the pastjf'She viewed her life in retrospect." 5. Erra tic SI It is estimated thai the loss to industry because of i the common cold 1 nthe United States is more than 60 million man-days ' each year. i . which an appreciable number pitals will be given opportunity to cooperate in th program. 1 Chairman Thomas McNeill of the Interstate Tractor Co. and co-chaintan Ed Roth of Willa mette Grocery Coi have charge , or the rural section of the pro gram. It will be launched at the same time as the Salem city'pro gsam. '(;!: A set-up meeting for putting on the rural program will be held at the Senator Hotel Wed nesday evening. July 6th. A check on the. Places of resi . dence of patients admitted to .the two Salem hospitals io 1947 shows that approximately 40 per cent came frorrcbomes oytside of Salem. ' ' tf . Fed. fast laeladed The famous,nome guprarrtee the quality of this lovehj silverpUrte. These ore the pieces every ct yours ot this Uw price while they lastl 'V.::-;.' "Jf :v-- . 390 State St iii. . . Salesaj Ore. -t-r -" . .. ! ' 111