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I - ; -V-r K ' n writ:)) -! . It." " )i J-- 1 r 4 The Statesman. Salem, OrecjoiC Fda'cry. I0J7 8.' 133 ' refiou tfo Focor Stwxys U, To Fear Shall Au?ew Frent First SUtesnan. March Zt, 1SS1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY . CH! F-S A RPRAOUE. Editor and Publisher Eatered at tb postoffice at Salem. Oregon, as second clasa matter under act af centres March 3. 1I7SL rabllahed every morning. Business of flee 21S 8. Commercial. Sclera. Oregon. Telephone 2-2441 HI i t Pnr Part - a hetter term. But it does seem that conflicts XtiaKC U a eatesr aci s i either of ideas or of temperament should have At last the senate has got around to debating composed without the action o the Atlantic Pact. Reported out by the foreign a discftaryg affairs commmee wun a unanimous of passage, the treaty was laid aside while the senate debated labor legislation. Senator ton nally. chairman of the committee opened the de bate for the treaty. He was followed by Senator Vandenberg, ranking minority member. With the unanimous vote of the committee and this bipartisan endorsement it .is certain that .the Pact will be approved. While the number of negative votes is ex pected to be small, it, is probably, true, as the Christian Century says, there will be "many a members of that majority who will act in deep perplexity of mind, not simply as to the wisdom ot his vote but also to what it really is that he is voting for." s For exampje, does the pact commit the United States to war in even of aggression in Europe Its text reserves to congress the constitutional ; power to declare war. Actually the nation be- j comes morally bound to enter the conflict. If It isnt the Pact is an empty gesture. Again, does this engagement conflict with the United Nations? Opinion is divided. The char ter permits regional agreements, but Italy, which is included in the treaty, is not a member j of the North Atlantic community. The next step is one which will excite more controversy the measure to authprize expend- ; Itures of over a billion dollars for the rearm- ment of our new allies. The contention of pact advocates is that it is a. warning, that it is not j provocative, that it poses no threat of aggression. ; But arms are a threat, inviting potential enemies j to arm themselves. In the past this has gone on until the arms were put to test in warfare. So, we are put in a dilemma. If we do not ship arms to Europe the countries there may : accuse us of running oui on them. They may declare the new alliance a liability rather than j an asset if they are left exposed to Russian j Sttack. And if we send arms they must be rnd- em arms: new planes,: new tanks, new wea- ponsnot the relics of the last war. But besides giving Russia cause for real alarm the exjport i of such arms would be costly to our government-would endanger economic aid, to Europe: nd strip our own arsenal, of needed weapons. Why not then in this situation attach a de claration to the Pact informing the world that the Pact is notice that who attacks Europe must i take on the USA: that the United States will i -not export arms though it will keen itself well girded for battle; that it will use the offices of the United Nations to the fullest extent possible? to preserve the peace of the world? That would be a sin of a sense of strengths not of weakness. It would give assurance to; Russia that our aims are truly pacific, not bel-'. liferent. It would, we believe, reduce the risk: to western Europe and enable it to concentrate on solution of its economic problems. The need of the Pact and its value are for the warning;; of aggressors. Rightly drawn up it should prove Pact for peace. Discord at Stale Hospital It is indeed regrettable that such lack of ;.barmony Txisted at the state hospital that the ' Superintendent, Dr. C. E. Bates, has discharged; t)r. H. G. Miller, one of the oldest professional employes. "Insubordination" is rather an in-: tangible charge maybe "incompatibility" is Western Gains in Reich V Br J. M. Roberts. Jr. AP Foreign Affalra Analyit - WASHINGTON. July 7-UP)- - Andrei Vishinsky is claiming that resumption of four-powler con ferences on control of Berlin and on trade between the eastern and western occupation zones is a vic tory for his policy at Paris and a . return to the "Potsdam Idea." If the Berlin commandants are able to agree on joint action that will be a victory for everyone. But there is no kommanaatura in Berlin in the old sense, when un animous agreement was neces sary If anything was to be done. Vishinsky tried for that and didn't get it. If Russia tries to block things now the western sec tor will Just go Its own road as It has been doing for the past yer. That is what the allies expect. I : The conduct of the Paris con ference suggested strongly that Russia was not interested in real solutions of difficulties in the west, nor very hopeful of obtain ing a better position of Germany. But he was vitally interested .in defending what she holds. . Soote members of the Russian . deelgation have been described as "visibly terrified" over events of the past several months in Ger many, realizing that the Germans are completely lost to thrn, poli-s tically, in the present phase of cold war. But one Russian said privately that they would not permit development of any anti Soviet sentiment in their zone. The allied objective at Paris wm to solidify the western posi- . tion in Berlin and weaken the Soviet position if there should be any attempt to revive the block ade. Americans believe this was accomplished in the "Modus Viv endi" agreement, which is in te ,reted as a Russian backdown from fromer claims to the right of exclusive control in the city. Both sides seem ic think there is chance for gent !t men's agree ments, step by step, on resumpt tion of trade between the two tones. This will te hampered chiefly by three things. The al- v. li i will not wish to let the Rus si;"s use western sxr plies to re capture German public opinion vuh: m ui I We would not pass judgment on the Miller : case though we have known him to be a man of high professional standards who was sincerely I interested in the welfare of the state wards. J His release justifies some inquiry by: the proper I authorities however. It would be well if the state board of con trol stopped gadding around the country long enough to take a look at how the state institu i tions are being run. From reports we have : had some of them are not being administered satisfactorily. It is the duty of the board to ; make its own investigations and hat depend I merely on reports from the "chain of command."" Miss Hills to State Position It is a promotion so they say for Miss Joy Hills to become director of teacher education and teacher certification in the state department of education, a position created by the last leg islature (every legislature spawns a crop of new jobs for this department, it seems). But it is a real loss to the Salem school district to have her retire from the principalship at Leslie Junior high school. She continued there the fine tradition of Mrs. Lamoine Clark, prin cipal for many years. We wonder too -if Miss Hills' unique talents may not be partially lost in this new situation. If it is a desk job, or just a school visiting job they willbe. For she is so vital and so inspiring that her place should be close to the "firing line", guiding and encouraging both teachers and students. An able public speaker, perhaps Superintendent Putnam will use her for ad dresses before teaches&J groups and civic clubs too. For all the value of orthodox teacher train ing teaching remains truly an art. Miss Hills has It. That is why we hate so much to lose her from the Salem school system. t Berry Growers Suffer The Oregori Cane Fruit Control board has vacated its resolution fixing an eight-centprice on loganberries, boysenberries ;and young berries. Packers refused to meet the price. The board, which is a power organization, didn't want to same a lower price because it felt that, would be "Unprofitable and so unfair to growers. Withdrawal of the established price means that growers iill sell as individual bargainers.7 The growers suffer in a declining market. Other costs of processors are quite rigid wages, sugar, containers. The only places the proces sors can tut are their own profits and the outlay to producers. . The growers, being weakly organized, have to take what Jthe competitive market ' offers. Processors, o be sure, have had to take some losses in recent years and are afraid of conditions ahead, with the public de manding lower food prices. The situation is tough for producers and risky for packers. ' Fishermen at Astoria complain because there is no market for bottom fish. They say they are losing their bottom dollar. Midsummer Is here. How do we know? The stores are featuring blankets. They are needed, too, these cool nights. . in the eastern zone. And there is some inclination to heed the warning of former secretary of state Byrnes that Russia is re arming and remilitarizing eastern Germany. On the Russian side, a sudden influx of western supplies would be tacit admission of what the allies have done for western Germany economically as com pared to what the Reds have failed to do in the east. The British; military govern ment reports that "no western German manufacturer or merch ant will acept eastmarks (Russian-backed money) and the bulk of the merchandise which the Soviet zone is trying to sell in the Bizone is of such inferior quality that it finds no buyers." Despite these difficulties, $15, 000,000 of western industrial ma- Literary By W. G. Rosen LEGEND OF A LADY, by Robert Hardy Andrews (Coward-McCann; S3) A little woman buffeted by fate decides, land quite sensibly, you might think, to buffet right back. Her name, in this novel which takes you behind the scenes in soap operas, is Rita Martin; she is the mother of a child, Ralph, whom she parks in a military school while, as she ex plains? she works hard to keep him there; and the place where she works so hard Is the Chica go office of Franklin-Hosmer-Denby, an Advertising agency which riskily opens during the depression, f Carter Franklin is the brains, and his partners' job Is to sell them for hint Mrs. Martin comes looking for a position, and from her first appearance she impress es the secretaries and stenogra phers and you as serious-mind ed, sincere and frank, and as a young woman who deserves to succeed though she doesn't per haps seem aggressive enough to put up the necessary fight Annie Scalso, a typist, be friends her; Franklin's secretary is jealous. The boss offers $1,- - ' Worry Russ terials have gone to the east zone since the blockade was lift ed.i and more is expected to fol low. The west zones have just sighed a one-year $32,000,000 trade agreement with Poland. As proven throughout history, econ omic needs will break down poli tical barriers. On the other hand, the unwork ability of four-power control in Berlin is likely .to be demon strated as soon as the comman ders get down to business. The extreme Russian defensive atti tude, her determination to hold what she has, will probably kill the allied idea of Berlin-wide free elections before it is well born. In return, Mr. Vishinsky will find that Russia's return to the Berlin council table gives her no real voice in the western sector. Guidepost 000 for a promotion idea, and the little Woman has the wit to think one Up, Things begin to break for her; the secretary los es her Job, and Rita moves to the inner office; Hosmer and Denby acecpt her, reluctantly, as Franklin's spokesman; the mys terious Mr. Martin shows up un expectedly and is disposed of; Franklin's wife grows ill. Rita thinks up soao-ooera ideas, and . as Tay Crofton, the ex-newsman who prepares the scripts realizes, they are in their private way deadly and reflect a point of view handy for Rita. Tay objects to them, as a girl friend of his obejets to his part in them. But Rita is above all impersonal; she subtracts the woman from business-woman, and becomes a marvelous ly effi cient machine, with no heart, no sentiment, no feelings. . Since that's what Franklin finds most useful in his office, she advances rapidly. Soap opera may be soft-sosD opera, but a hard-headed, stony hearted automaton runs it in An drews' smartly developed novel, which keeps you reading to the last page. iMag Gets DciyV Cheer FronrHenry By Henry MeLinore DAYTONA BEACH, Flan July 6 All of us who are forty, . fat and cot too funny got a Dang out oi ui Mag!oH rrr back with the Yankees. He came Hn with t r i c class. He was supposed to be a hitter and he hit. Ill bet you this, he didn't hit a strike. There's never been a ' pitcher who would give him a good one to hit. Every time DiMaggio takes a swing it is at a bad ball. It's either low and inside, high and too close, kicking at the corners or all the other places where you can't really put your bat on it. There isn't a pitcher who ever lived who would give him a good ball to hit without duck ing. Picture DiMaggio as you would a run-of-the-mill ball player and hell hit .700. Maybe .824. In fact, you throw it across there where he can get hold of it and he's liable to bat 1.000. DiMaggios come along very seldom. He has the gracious touch of genius. If you think the word "genius" is iH-i'ed in baseball, let me remind you of this: In any walk, of life, few people have greatness. Few are those who are born with the greatness that millions of us will never know. DiMaggio never had to figure how to play center field. He was born a centerfielder. Per haps the greatest centerfielder who ever lived was a man nam ed Cobb, and I asked him what kind of a centerfielder he thought DiMaggio was. Mr. Cobb put it this way: "If I had to take my all-time team, I'm go ing to play right field and let Joe play centerfield. I have never seen a better ball player than the boy from 'Frisco." No manager ever taught him anything. As a matter of fact, any advice he ever had hurt .him. That reminds me of wht Fritz Crislec said the first day he saw a football player named Tommy Harmon. According to Fritz, he prayed and his prayer consisted of only one request that he be given the rength not to try to teach Harmon any thing. "I just prayed that I would leave him alone and let him win football; games." ' DiMaggio has suffered almost everything that;, would hurt him. He is being paid more than any' ball player, land he wasn't ! playing. He's thje biggest star in baseball, and he was in the hospital. Then he came back to the game. And, he came back as a champion. He didn't single to right, and he didn't bunt one out to short. He teen off. He hit a home, run. He hit another home run: He did what h was supposed to do. He retired as a champion and came out'as; one. He'd been in a hospital. Ie had been ope rated on. All the sports pres sure in the wr!d was riding on his shooldersj so what did he do? He hit it another time. This is a 600-fword tribute to a champion. McNsught Syndicate, Inc. Better English By D. C. Williams 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "After having struck her, the driver stopped the car." 2. What the the correct pro nunciation of "Ave Maria"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Guinea, guilotine, gruesome. 4. What does the word "in durate" mean?: 5. What is a word beginning with dy that means "forceful"? ANSWERS 1. Omit after. 2. Pronounce a-va ma-re-a, first, third, and last a's as in ah, second a as in day, e as in me, accents on first and fourth syllables. 3. Guillo tine. 4. To make hard. "Extreme . heat indurates clay." 5. Dynamic. The Why of the s4 MAMim (Editor' Nt Tka tains Hocattat Devatosveat Precram calls far th rmlslnc mt S1.1M.SM la the galea area. The campaign Is mmw la aracress and will be breacht t Ike general puhUc wtthin a few weeks. If yea 'bare questions yon waat auwerea arrMe te the bBttal srefraai keadqaarters. 335 N. Hick it. e-r phone Z-JSSI If rn bare experienced difficulty la getting baspital accomodation tell the prngraas efnee af yer experience.) QUESTION: How much of the Salem Hospital Development program may we expect to see completed as a result of the present hospital campaign? ANSWER (by Mai B. Rudd. president of Salem Memorial hospital board of directors): "In order that the public might have at the earliest moment poss ible the improved services to be realized from the Salem Hos pital Develooment program the money for these improvements was borrowed. These obligations will be oaid out of the money Sa'""- Memorial 'hospital re-. . ce; from the campaign. . se improvements are an accomolished fact. Open house was observed May 22 at which time many visitors went through the hosoital to what . had been achieved. Expressions of satisfaction and delight were on the lios of everyone. AH are still welcome to come and see what part of the campaign money has made nossible." ANSWER (bv Milton L. Mey ers, president of Salem General hosnital board of directors): nt will b i9 no'W 9-'-m General hospital to construct the GTCITN AND BEAK IT t : 1 ' ' 1 1 S? A ? ST7C420 hS2 him FY Y "Is big opportunity new. Comrade, te take aver aa summer replacement for big Comedy shews ia America . . i The Safety Valve Complaint on Milk Delivery To the Editor: At long last the ultimate gc goal in working has been reached A three day work week. It seems, in order to give the drivers of milk trucks a five day work week it has been judged neces sary to deliver milk only three days a week to consumers. So on each Friday or Saturday peo ple who have been 'in the habit of taking two quarts of milk every other day, will on the week-end, find three quarts of milk on their doorsteps. Now considering the fact that the milk may be one day old on delivery, that makes the last quart, used, four days old. Of course we all know that in four days milk that is under constant refrigeration will still be good for the average grown person to consume However, has the dairy ever tried to take four day old milk and warm it in preparation for feeding it to i baby? The results are sometimes amazing. First you notice a stale smell, sort of musty, then it seems a wee bit thick, as if it were ready to sour. Tasting it yourself it seems good enough, but a tiny baby says no. Colic and poor appetite soon follow such feedings. Would the dairy like to walk the floor at three in the morning with a poorly fed baby? Neither do I. v It seems that service must go overboard for economy. Which is the best? Clean, wholesome, fresh milk with daily delivery or cheaper service with inferior ' quality due to lack of proper delivery. Is the health of the babies of this community going to be jeopardized in order o economize? If so, then it . is time for a change. Who has the answer to this? . Delbert C Shipman 2580 Myrtle Ave. Salem, Oregon. Objects to Location of Cascade Union High Bailding To the Editor: It seems to me that the new high school building for Cas cade union high school district No. 5 is being located on the wrong side of the property that the-district bought. ; I understand it is to face the southwest, about 200 feet back from the paved road, about half the building in the walnut orchard . and half in the open field. The reasons why this building should not be located there are: 1. It will not be sitting square with the world; 2. It will not have adequate drainage from the building and also from the ath letic field; 3. The building will be facing the southwest storms which we have all winter long; 4. It is going to split the prop erty up into two pieces which should not be done. This can be avoided by locat ing the building on the east side of the property and starting the south end of the building on the north line of the old Hospital Drive proposed new building as rapid- ly as money is available. It is , designed to permit construction of one or more wings at a time. "As construction on the new building is .completed, depart ments will-' be transferred from the Dresent building to the new building. That will make more beds available in the depart ment remaining in the present building. "A wing of the new building with 50 beds and accompanying services would make available at least 30 more beds in the pre sent buildinc Th'S would add a total of 80 more beds, which would take considerable strain off the present condition. An other new wing would add another 50 beds. And when all the new building is , completed the present building will be giv en over to soeetal patient that shovld not be ia a general hos pital. "A substantial part of the new buildin" s-ou'd be reai'red as a result Of this I camnaign to geuVr with the buildin fird on hnd and the antidnat- federal aid cf sl for ewry $2 we put Into the building. By Lichty Crawford school grounds, going north from there. Since we have named it "Cas cade" I think it would feel lots better facing the Cascade) moun tains than it would to have its back toward them. C. C. Tracy . , Turner. can best be handled with a UAL agency here and connection at Portland. Salem has shown a steady growth in patronage for UAL. Its volume of business puts it well up on the list of non-metropolitan points served by UAL. It furnishes a large volume of air freight (which West Coast is not equipped to carry). Here are some comparisons of outgo ing traffic for the first four months -of 1949: Air Passenger Freight Revenue Poundage Salem $60,844 63,314 Providence. R.I. 46.362 105.009 Baltimore, Md. 63,120 33,799 Bradford, Pa. 10.747 41,825 26.623 42.138 5.800 48,726 1.578 2,080 20.683 10,633 Cedar Rapids jOgden, Utah Las Vegas Long Beach. Cal. 156,795 Stockton: Cal. 51,876 These are all served by UAL. The reason some are relatively low is because they are served by othet lines or have other convenient means of transporta tion. I The cost ' of stopping UAL planes here is small, because, it is not off course. The airport is a splendid one. able to accom modate ithe biggest planes in UAL service. A very substantial business in perishables has been developed here, both outgoing and incom ing, as shown by the air freioht comparisons. Much- of this would be lost If only feeder ser vice is ; available. What good would a shipment of orchids be If t hey -were grounded at Med ford for several hours in hot weather? The chamber of commerce is leading lout to protect Salem's position on the UAL airmap. The state also should be interested because! of the frequent Use of the airline by state officials for long trips. I am quite confident that if Salem makes a spirited fight and prepares its case well it will not be "sold down the river" to help a weak airline make the grade. Maybe, what CAB islnterested in is saving on its subsidy to West Coast. But it can't do so at Salem's expense. - . Opesi ToEiigM Til 9 p. m. CAPITAL HARDWARE & FURNITURE CO. CAPITAL Your IXIealth Optic neuritis, or Inflammation of the nerve wicb leads from the eye to the brain, may occur ei ther as the result ot infection in the eye itself or In nearby struc tures. For Instance, Infection in the nasal sinuses may spread un tx it involves this important nerve. Infections in the teeth or tonsils may; have the same re sult. Optic neuritis may also of ten result as a complication of disorders of the nervous system, such as multiple sclerosis or syphilis. Then, too. the excessive use of tobacco or alcohol may be responsible, i ( When the inflammation affects the nerve head in the back part of the eyeball, it is called papil litis. If the inflammation affets the trunk of the nerve, it is called retrobulbar neuritis. Papillitis is a rather common disorder. When the eye is ex amined with the ophthalmoscope, which makes it possible for the physician to look at the back part of the eyeball, redness of the papilla is noted. The margins are blurred and indistinct, and the veins are swollen. Hemorrhages may appear on the papilla and immediately around it, and at times there, is a swelling of the tissues due to a collection of fluid in them. The disorder is usually preced ed by the loss of vision In the center of the eye. The loss of vision may occur before there is any sign of disease shown by ex amination with the ophthalmo scope. ; The trouble may start suddenly or gradually. As a rule, the dis turbance lasts only a short pe riod of time and recovery may take place in a few weeks under proper treatment. However, this would depend to a great extent on the cause of the trouble. In mild cases, the eyesight may be completely restored. In other instances there is severe dam age to the nerve and permanent loss of vision. The treatment, of course, depends on the cause of the trouble. In any event, when, there is any disturbance of the eyesight there is a need for immediate examination by an eye specialist. He can use the ophthalmoscope for a careful examination of the back part of the eyeball and determine the source of the diffi Fishermen really go for the Nash Airflytel They like the Twin Bed arrangement, huge luggage compartment, increased road clearance, 500-miles-between-fuelings economy (in the Nash "600" at average highway speed). Their wives like the. smprt style inside and outside, the kix- j " trrious comfort, the one-piece, curved windshield !; on all models, the Weather Eye Conditioned Air System. Call us to arrange for an Airflyte ridaj soon in "America's mof modenri motor cor." IN TWO Gtf AT SttllS, JHi HASH 333 Center Street SFniBitas Prices Sos I low Javkgs f j HARDWARE & FURNITURE C0 241 NoJ Commercial, Salem vTrlttesi by . neraaaa N. Budens, HJH culty. Then proper (treatment may be immediately carried out. QUESTIONS AND ANSWIKS E. What are the symptoms of dibetes? ;f . Answer: Symptoms of diabe tes consist of loss, of weight and strength, sometimes itching of the skin, the development of In fections, increasing appetite and thirst, and frequent empt'ng of the bladder. f (King Feature Syndicate. Inc.) 17 Juveniles ! Arrested at I 3-Day Party; PORTLAND. July 7 HV A Youngsters' beery pafty hich neighbors said had been going on for three days was disrupted to day by police. Officers raided the home a 17-year-old whose parents Were Out of town, and arrested 17 boys : and girls. Two of tern Elvin Wal lace; 20, and Donald G. Wallace, 17 were fined $25 for disorderly conduct. ' 4 ( The others, all juveniles,; were turned over to the women's pro tective division. More" youngsters were, involved, but they jumped out the windows when; police ar rived. . ; Officers said the house ws lit tered with, beer bottles and de bris. . ;f 120 to Attend Camp Pioneer Approximately 120 Boy Scouts from nine troops in the CAscada area council will attend the: open ing session of Camp Pioneer Sun day, according to Scout Executive Gordon Gilmore. Gilmore sojd Thursday the regu lar road to camp, following the North Santiam highway to a'cutoff 11 miles south of Marion Forks, will be open Sunday. The road was closed by heavy snow Jast winter, and pre-camp work partiel have been following an alternate: route. The next regular meeting of the executive board. Cascade area courjcil, of the Boy Scouts will be July 24 at the camp, Gilmore said. AMtASSADO AND HASH "400W Salem. Oregon