Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1949)
i The Stat menu' Salem, Oregon, Sunday. Mr 3. 133 ' Eatered at the postorflee at Salem. Oregon, aa aeeead clasa matter aader act af congress March 1, 1171. Published every morn Inc. Busineaa of flea 2 IS 8. Commercial, Salem. Oregon. Telephone Z-244J Goethe for Americans? Some of the word's most eminent men of arts and letters are gathering at Aspen, Colorado, this week to pay tribute to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on the 200th anniversary of.. his birth. This celebration,' recent publication 5 of three new works on the man Thomas .Mann called the bodiment of Germany's creative gen ius, and the current "back to Goethe" move ment in German may have many Americans who have previously neglected Goethe wonder ing whether they have missed something. ' Goethe has never been popular in this coun try. One reason probably is that translations of Tiis poetry, beautifully lyric in German, are poor. Another is that Goethe does not seem a s.npathetic 'character for the average American. And that's the way Goethe would want: it. He never meant to be "popular." he did hot expect "ordinary" people to understand him; in fact, he did not much care what people thought of him: he was, more concerned with under- standing himself. His wfhole life was an adven ture, defined by his biographer, Emil Ludwig, as an eternal wrestling between the demon in side him. and the genius. His masterpiece was a record of tKis epic contest: Faust was Goethe's other self .and so was Mephistopheles. Thus, even while, we honor the harmony, bal ance, and classicism which Goethe's work ach ieved, we must recognize that they represent the product of conflicting forces in his character, Mann insists in his appraisal for the New York Times magazine. There was about Koethe a belliuerant skepticism described jby Nietzsche as the characteristic quality of German great ness. He was ironic, fatalistic, nihilistic but also immensely curious about everything and kind to those he chose to love or patronize. He ex pressed "the acme of humanism." Mann says, but he 'had little humanitarian 'faith in mankind. ' Eudwig describes him as "religious but not a Christian, upright but not a moralist, open to the Invisible but not contemptuous of the Visible, a believer in Eternity but not in Judgment." ' Americans will read with' vicarious under standing, of Goethe's intense interest in the ' sciences, his amoral and unrestrained aprecia tion of women and wine and good food, his passionate but unsatisfactory love , affairs, his dissatisfaction with.the momentary, his breadth , of vision and tolerance, his repudiation of every thing narrow ahd meager and provincial; i his "one world" concept. But we miss the sense of humor that makes Shakespeare a brother Or : the affinity we feel for lesser but closer men. Most of all; pr-obably, Americans will find Goethe's aristocratic Toryism antagonistic. ' Mann points out that Goethe was opposed to freedom of the press, to giving the masses a ; voice, to democracy and a constitution. No ; Pacifist, he believed war was inevitable because j men would not learn reason and justice, and . he believed, also, "who has the 'highest power: is right;, we must bend our heads Jo him." Napoleon was the only man Goethe considered his peer, and Lord Byron the only mart he thought his equal Mann, greatest living Ger man writer, ranks Goethe with Bismark and Luther as Germany's greatest geniuses, and so he may well be. But thafWon't make Amer icans -like him any better, i, " So, despite the promotion at Aspen, Goethe, may remain the idol of the few for whom he wrote jn the first place. Intellectuals, Und Germans 'who are looking for another hero; now that Hitler is denied them may turn again! to Goethe, Germany's first "superman.". With! new translations to study, Americans may even i read Goethe and come to admire objectively the ; stature of his tremendous lifework. But the' appreciation will probably never be subjective; or warm. And to that Goethe would probably Mew, Rich State Certain In East Indies J By Stewart A loop BATAVIA, Dutch East Indies, Juty 2-A new state is now almost certain to be born here, perhaps .before the vear I end The Unit ,' ed States of In donesia will have seventy million people, and the richest resources of any , nation the world, save me United States and the Soviet Union. T h e birth of this na J?fcn will", rank Slrwart Alaop ft I I IB In importance with the freeing of India and the Communist vic l tory in China. What will the new atate be like? i In trying to answer that Ques tion, the first place to look j is at the' men who will hold power. Bv and large, these are mn of suture. President Soekarno (who has no first name, to the discom fiture of American journalists) is a magnetic orator. Some observ- ers Relieve that, like most ora . tor, he is somewhat dazzled by . ' his own genius. But he is an au thentic leader, and a useful, sym bol of unity. Vice president and Premier Mohammed Hatta is less colorful, but he is probably more capable. Among the less well known figures there are good mei, like the Sultan of Jogjakarta,! who will play an important rple in the new regime', and Mohammed Rum, a sherwd diplomat who is now negotiating tuccessf ully with the Dutch. SoeVarno'S most likely rival for first place is the ; form president. Sutan Sjahrir. a brilliant man with delicate hands , and cautious eyes, who has re cently been remaining carefully , in the background. Sjahrir is a . 4aj?ialist, and he will provide the leadership for what the new state jpatesmati PWWM MM Wo ror Stooys fo Tear Shall Au" THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHAHf-ER A SPRAGUB. Editor nd Publisher quote the last misanthropic verses he ever 1 wrote: ' ij If each to his own business kept. j Clean were the town of scandal swept; '. If all would practise, what they preach. Then were it well with all and each. Slash on Excise Taxes? 1 In a surprise vote the senate finance com- j! mittee apprpved a bill which would cut back 'i federal excise taxes in general to 1942 levels, , Present excise taxes would be reduced as fol ",. lows: theatre tickets. 50 per cent; electric light ! bulbs, 75 per cent; jewelry, furs, tbilet goods' 50 per cent; luggage and handbags, present, i 20 per cent retail tax abolished and ten perj cent manufacturer's tax substituted; telephone ' service, long distance tax cut 25 per cent; local i exchange tax one-third; telegrams 40 per cerit; ; travel, one-third; cameras 60 per cent; film, one-third. The action of the senate committee by no j means assures passage and approval of the tax reduction measure. But it snows the way the imany members of the congress feel, j There is even a hint that President Truman may ask I for reduction of the excise levies. These war-imposed taxes should becut; and the budget should be cut correspondingly, and : more. The treasury statement showed a de i ficit for the fiscal year ending June 30th of $1.8 billion. That is inexcusable for a coun ' try as' prosperous as, our own. ; ' It may seem inconsistent to urge cutting ex ; cise taxes which will reduce federal income by over half a billion dollars and at the .same time I to insist on taxes high enough to avoid a de ficit. Not at "all. The cuFe is to spend less ; money. Congress though lacks the moral cour ; age to slash ; appropriations. And the people ) are unwilling to have thir favorite interests de ; prived of liberal appropriations. ) If we cut taxes maybe congress will wake i up to the fact it has less money to spend, and so appropriate less. So far congress and the ; people are trying to have their cake and eat ; it too. will certainly peed a left-wing, non-communist opposition. AH the Indonesia leaders have one. thing in common; they all call themselves "Doctor" to sig nalize their academic achieve ments. They are ail intellectuals, in the European sense of the word.' They are men of intelli gence and " character. Yet they are in some ways hardly more equipped for the task which con fronts them than the intellectu al editors of, say, "The New Re public" are equipped to run the United States. f For these intellectual Indone sians will be faced with some downright appalling problems. There are plenty of lawyers, pro fessors and doctors here, but there exist just eight Indonesian engineers. The Dutch have kept the government service pretty well in their'5 own hands, and there is hardly more than a hand ful of Indonesians with business experience - - Commerce is the virtual monopoly of the large Chinese minority. And of Indo nesia's seventy millions, people, 92 per cent are illiterate. Under such circumstances, it is sentimental claptrap to imag ine that a model democracy will flower here as soon as the Dutch flag is hauled down. One knowl edgeable observer was probably nearer the truth when he re marked, 'For a while, anyway it Will be a pretty complete sham bles." .. if Moreover, this shambles will be subjected to determined at tack, as was foreshadowed last autumn when the local Com munists tried to take over on di rect ivtemlin orders. The Indo nesian Comintern agent, Musso, ' who came from Moscow to take charge, Alimin, his chief lieu tenant, and Sjarifoedden, a Re publican renegade, were the key figures in this; attempt. All three r.r : .1-7. . Judith Cop on Guilty Judith Coplon stands "convicted of betraying her own country by giving away Tits secret information. Her defense was flimsy and her loud protestations of innocence not convinc ing. A graduate of Barnard college she had unusual opportunities, but she wronged the country that had provided her those- privileges and given her employment at a very fine salary. We cannot sympathize with her- as the net closed aboukher. She was caught red-handed, in league with a red. But the deeper regret is that intelligent citizens should become in volved in the communist apparatus, violating they loyalty and the common principles of hon esty to an employer as well. We do not believe tjiere are many Judith Cop Sons in this country or in govermejht service. 'However her conviction inevitably j builds up suspicion which will make government em ployment more tense. Persons do i not" work well if they feel an "eye" is on thejnj or if they wonder about the loyalty of those at adjoining desks. When you start paying another cent a gal lon when you buy gasoline, starting today, just reflect on what you will get for your money: better state highways, better country roads, better city streets. And if you do not use streets, roads or highways you'll not pay any thing. The gas tax is one sales, tax that is really popular. have? been shot by the Republi cans. But Communism is hydra headed, and Indonesia is the rich est prize in southeast Asja. There is no doubt at all that sooner or later Moscow will try again. In view of all this why is the United States now firmly sup porting the Nationalist movement here? For one thingj there is no practical alternative But there is another, and better reason. In a sovereign United. States of In donesia the Communists will be deprived of their two most dead ly weapons in 1 Asia,! nationalism and land hunger. Indonesia will be free, an (for this the Dutch can take credit) there is very little absentee landlordism in these islands. ; There are further grounds for hoping that American policy will pay off. The Indonesian leaders are intelligent enough to see their own weaknesses. They are ex pected to ask the capable Dutch technicians and civil servants to stay on. With the Dutch techni cians and Indonesian leaders 'working together, it should be possible to prevent ! administra tive breakdown, see that these islands' vast resources are wisely exploited and go forward confi dently with the task of . building the new nation. ' First, of course, there will be a period of intense disorganization. But this country can have a sta ble government and a stable ec onomy on ; one , condition. The United States, which has played so large a part in tins new na tion's birth, must continue to give Indonesia aid and support And thia must be done as part of a new. broadly planned Am erican policy in Asia, which will need to rely on a prosperous, anti-Communist, free Indonesia as a major barrier to the Krem lin's Asiatic designs.: . (Copyright. 194B. New York Herald ! Tribuna lac.) m ran) mora (Continued from page 1) committed crimes and release on parole those deemed worthy of favorable consideration. In doing this work the staff assembles a full case history of each person committed to the prison. He is examined by his psychiatrist to see if there are any mental ab norrnalties. From- time to time the. board sits, studies reports, interviews prisoners and issues paroles. Not all prisoners are eligible to parole. Those, who are under sentence of death and habitual criminals are ineligible. Those sentenced for life must serve at .least" seven years, and for cer ifain other offense must serve at least one-third of his sentence. The governor has the power of pardon or commutation of sen tence; and since the parole board has been established it has been the custom of the governor to obtain the report and recom mendation of ,the parole board on appeals for executive clem ency r a big help to the gov ernor and protection to society. Issuing' paroles is only part of the work of the parole board. Through a staff of parole offi cers it keeps in touch with parolees with the purpose of helping them to make good, checking them in any tendency toward crime, working with em . ployers and with families to see that they make a successful re adjustment. This calls for in telligent, steady, resourceful men who are sympathetic with out losing the critical faculty. Through the years the depart ment has grown as the case load has increased and as the department tries to do a better jo of field supervision. Now .the staff consists of the direc tor, Hal M. Randall, the senior parole officer, Robert E. Jones, eleven district parole officers, one institutional parole of.lceer, nine office workers and a psy chiatrist on part time. The cen tral office is in Salem and dis trict offices are at Portland, Roseburg, Medford and Eugene, with one in prospect for eastern Oregon. Under agreement with other states our- parole staff also checks on parolees from outside, and those states In return su pervise our parolees in their states. The department has plenty of statistics to prove its succeess; but they are hardly needed. For the state has come to recognize that the board of parole and probation is functioning success fully. It has helped many men to become reestablished as self supporting citizens, saved the state the cost of care for many released from prison and kept its operations on a non-political and realistic basis. Mason and Keene are still members of the board." John L. Gary appointed after the death of Paul Kelty. Dr. H. H. dinger of Salem served for a time when Keene was absent in naval serv ice. This continuity of mem bership has helped. The state can well be proud of the rec ord made by the board and its staff in the ten-year period; and thousands of persons who have been on parole or probation are grateful to them for the con sideration and guidance they have received. TYPHOON SEASON The Safety Valve Milk Delivery To the Editor: During the war. we were call ed on to make some sacrifices, small compared to what the rest of the jA-orld was making, and" we did it, gladly. One of these was putting up with the incon venience of every-other-day milk deliveries. The reasons given for discontinuing the daily deliveries were "gas and tire rationing" ; and "man-power shortages." Ever since things have been more or less back to normal we have been anx iously waiting the day when the old service - would be restored. Now I read in the paper J.hat one dairy is to discontinue Sun day deliveries. The reason given is that they want to give their drivers Sundays off. That is a very . commendable idea. My husband works most Sundays (for the railroad) and so do I (in a hospital) so we know how enjoyable it is to have Sundays at home with one's family. How ever, with so many men out of work now, the addition of a few of these who need jobs o badly, surely a system of rotat ing "days-off" .could be worked out so all the men could have some Sundays off. The milk companies have been able to get by with half as many de livery days per customer, . which surely has meant a big saving in pay rolls, gasoline, trucks, etc., for a long time, plus a con sumer increase (due to the huge population growth) so they shouldn't object to bringing " their crews up to pre-war num bers again. . , Milk is a perishable food it also is bulky and space consum ing in a refrigerator. Now, when your delivery day falls on Fri day you will be, forced to buy milk for three days at a time. Our ice box will not conven iently hold 6 or 7 quarts, and besides we don't like the idea of our children drinking 3-day-old milk. Two-day old has beei I, ad enough. And think how bad, and perhaps dangerous, it will be for families without electric refrigeration! Milk is something we have to use, so our only recourse wUl be to buy it at the store when it's our turn for the 3 day "holi day." Or we can change to an other dairy. We hope a great many people will object to this high-handed way of cutting down on an in convenient service that we've had to put up with so much longer than necessary. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Callaway 805 Leslie St On Medical Care To the Editor: I readf carefully good "It seems to your very me" column of May 25 on what could be termed a difficult subject; that of Pre-paid Medical Care. Dif ficult perhaps, but one well to the front in public interest. ! You mentioned the recent legislative battle in California championed by Gov. Earl War ren; and opposed by the medi- rsl Inkkw .I " t. . v uuut, wimjid lie uumiT criticised.: May I .quote Mm as of January 12, Associated Press. "people are still dying rather than obligate their families for the. cost of expensive medical care." Again this past week at the governors conferen-e at Colorado Springs, he firmly ex pressed similar views. All of which reinindj us: that the re markable progress of medical science means little to millions of peeoleiunless its cost is -within their ability to pay. You mention, and I quote TActorin2 is profitable. Statis tics show that the medical pro fession enjoys the highest ave rage income of all the profes- ' ' ' sions." We agree that doctors incomes 1 should be good. The point we wish to stress is that the cost -of surgery and medical care are often preceded, and certainly! followed by, periods of impaired earning capacity. Sick ness brings human suffering, domestic; confusion and unknown economic! insecurity. Doctor El mer Henderson, chairman board of trustees, A.M.A. offers this simple solution and I quote, "Any family Which; can afford a pack age of cigarets a day, or a weekly movie, can afford the finest kind of medical and hos pital protection. The cost is about the same." Now, does the doctor. Who is only partially right in theory, believe this sim ple economic adjustment will ever become a common practice, voluntarily! We must be realis tic. You explain the time and training necessary to prepare a doctor for practice. Yet in spite of repeated warnings and known needs, we are doing pathetically little about it The greatest shown weakness in any broad plan of medical care has been lack of facilities and personnel. A weakness that only 'the strength Of public opinion can correct by insisting that enroll ment in our medical colleges be immediately and intelligently increased. Maintained scarcity to mainain income is not the solution. People, by necessity, are look ing for arj answer. They have not found it in the literature displays iuj doctors' offices, or drug stores. They are interested in expanding the good work of public health departments. They believe in a much broader prac- Boy 'Adopted? by Town t if::.--1 y -.i-h . ; ill I W 5sZ22r '"J 4 ' r " ' -J lll!iii rHTLAMXTHlA. Jaly 2 Little flTe-year-eld Charlie ghaak. wha was adopted by th Wwb ef Banger. IX, which raiae I wmOm far. s laetg series af peratfem, shews Nan Lea Derrtage la Children's HespiUl fa Philadelphia, hew chipper km wmm feels. The, kidaey eperaUna were described by heavital physicians aa i mtV Charlie Is scheduled to re hem la several weeks tea tewawide welcome hosae party. (AT WlrephaU to The SUteamaa). 'rrri trm ' a Hie Why ot the tatam Sl.lM.aM la ta SalM aa. kaaaaMttm. J3J N. Rita ae Mmm la f ctttag kptal aecaaMaaaa toll Um .QUESTION: Can a social club, a fraternity, a garden club, a la bor organization, or other croups make a subscription to the Salem Hospital Development program? ANSWER: In this kind of pro gram many subscriptions arc made by organizations and they often designate the service de partment to which they want . their money applied. With wom en's clubs the nurseries ahd chil dren's beds are most popular. One fundamental p rinciple Your (Health MEDICAL, science has still to work out an ideal treatment for severe burns, one which will give uniform good results in all cases. For this reason there is great difference of opinion as to the course to be followed, but there are certain things upon which most all doctors seem to agree. Among these are general mea- sures to combat shock, so often present when a large part of the body's surface has been burned. In severe burns, a great deal c f protein may be lost from the body. For this reason, injections of whole blood into a vein, the giving of whole blood into a vein, the. giving of solutions .f amino acids (which are the sub stances which make up proteins) and using a high protein diet, are all important. The patient must take in more protein than he tx cretes. If the opposite occurs, it indicates that the patient is us ing up his own tissues for repair ing the damaged tissues. Of course, the diet should also con tain all of the necessary vitamins, particularly vitamin B-l and vitamin C. Some years ago. the local treat ment of the burned area consisted of using such substances as tan nic acid or silver nitrate which coagulated the blood at the af fected tissues. Nowadays, these treatments are rarely employed. Even before tannic acid was used, petrolatum or other oint ments were frequently employed. Now, it js suggested by Dr. Pugh, of the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy, tnat these Ointments are v valuable in the local-treatment of the burned tissues. Protect Area Of course, everything possible must be done to protect the burned area from infection. Pres sure dressings are being em- . ployed to a great extent. These dressings prevent the slowing down of the circulation and the loss fliuds. By leaving the burned area alone after it is covered by the pressure dressing,, the risks of introducing infection, is re duced. Furthermore, the patient does not have to suffer the pain ful ordeal of repeated changings of the dressing. - t Skin grafts to cover the burned area often can be employed after about three weeks of treatment The skin graft grafting is use ful, because it preserves the deeper structures, prevents fluid loss and Injection, and helps the general health of the patient. The exact type of skin grafting to be done wil depend upon the ex tent of the burned area and other conditions, such as whether or not tire of preventive medicine. They know . money spent in keeping people well is one of the soundest investments in good health. They want an answer that Is equal to our common sense health needs. They, have few illusions about any plan being "free." They will judge any method not by the names it may be called, but by the results it will achieve. Harley Llbby. . ww w J. Hospital Unve Tk aaVat( to aw HHrti aa 1-JS41 It yn aajra xriBCa aTmcaltr prama afOea U jw txtia.) must be kept in mind, however, in making a group subscription. The money pledged should be treasury money which the group acquired for such purposes. It is not supposed to take the place of personal subscriptions which all ( rood citizens will make to the program. jj' Group subscriptions re always an inspiration to the total pro gram, not onky because of the amounts given, but for the evi dence of widespread interest. Written by: Dr. Herman N. Bnndenaen. fttD. infection is present. : What am known as patch grafts are? often employed. The skin to-be grafted is cut into small pieces gather than put on in a lrager ;sheet. With patch grafting," infections are not nearly so likely keep the grafts from taking. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS R. T.: My fourtepn-yearnold son's chest is deford on the left side. Can anything bJ done to correct it? Answer: I know of nofreat ment for the condition yoii men tion other - than the wearing of a brace, or possibly ah operation. (Copyright, 1949. King feature) Stamps in The News By Srd Kronnlsh J Austria honors the SOthf anni. versary of Johann Strauss. th "Waltz King," reports fcdwin Mueller, f Tha stamp lis I schilling lb 1 u e and b e a r s a vignette por trait o( Strauss. To differentiate the younger Jo lt a h n Sfrauss from hisjfather who also com posed waltzes. tne worq "son appears in parentheses. S.trauss composed over 400 waltzes, but his most famous is "The Blue Danube." He also wrote 'nearly - a score of comic operas. ! I Italy pays tribute Ho the ERP (European Recovery Program) with three new stamps.! Each stamp shows a worker looking eagerly at an Amt-ican boat tied jp to its dock. ! ' To commemorate ; the Fifth Anniversary of their lib eration from the Italian: yoke, Ethiopia has issued a special set of five new stamps, reports Leon Monosson. Each stamp bears side view portraits of Ernperor ry. jETUIOPI till JL Haile Selassie and Empress Men nen. In the center of each stamp is . a, different symbolic design. The colors ahd denominations are 20 centimes blue, 30 c orange, 50 c violet 80 c green -and 1 thaler red. j; - i Poland has issued three new stamps dedicated to. the Polish Trade Union Congress. The 3 zioty red is for "Socialism," 5 zloty blue for "Labor," and 15 zloty green for "Peace." ! ", The 100 lire brown Italian stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Republic has been overprinted AMG-FTT in red for use in Triestei reports the New York Stamp Co. , A raplis bf AlltOCT NotablesFill - , s Two Albums LONDON, July 2-(INS Prob ably the finest autograph collec tion in the world is owned by Geor ge Killick Morley, a retired bank clerk of West Wkkharn, Kent County. Begun by Morley's father over a 100 years ago, the collectijon now consists of two large albums ar-' ranged in .sections with i photo graphs and biological details against each name. Famous signitures in the collec tion include those of King George V., Anna Pavlova, Tetrazinl, Browning, Dickens, Kipling, Edi son, Amundsen, Nansen and Ru- . dolph Valentino. One of the ex hibits is a blotter ; imprint of Queen Victoria's signature Morley fills his albums by mail ing a request and enclosing a stamped envelope foe reply. He also semis a short list of world' celebrities who have- acceded to his request . : In 1938, George Bernard Shaw advised Morley: "Send your al bum and leave your unfortunate contemporaries In peace." !: Verdi sent Morley Senior, a fragment of the score of La Tra viata in his own handwriting. Among those who decked! to be included in the collecetion was Adolf Hitler, but Mussolini aent his signature and Generalissimo Franco . dispatched an a u tk -graphed photograph. 2 Stalin has yet. to reeply. The yield of meat Including leg hones from soromnw saip- w ties, is said to be about hall tha weight of the live specimen. 1