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Statesman, Sal-m. Oragoa, Wednesday, July fa 1949 tatesman tfo Tavor- Sways lis, Wo Fear Shall Awe" From First Statesman, March 74. 1SJ1 JIVE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CH A SPHAOUE. Editor and Publisher Eatered at the postoffice at Salem. Oregon, aa eerf nd class matter under aet of congress March 1, MIX. Published every serving. Business office 215 S. Commercial. Slem. Oregon. Telephone 2-2441 the lobbyists, i.e. Samish? The Chronicle has one answer: "The ultimate way to frustrate lob bying for 'bad causes' is to . get legislators in of fice capable of independent judgment and action in the public welfare." But the prerequisites for such action cannot be ignored: the whole political muddle in Cali fornia obviously needs overhauling. That means representation must catch up with growth of. population. It means the major political parties must quit acting like puppets and recapture their independent sovereignty. It means, first of all, that the entire situation must be investigat ed and made public. Men like Samish and their activities seldom can endure the bright light of publicity. And since Oregon is one j of the pro vinces certain interests such as liquor and gam bling would like to secure in theiri empire, the facts need to be made known here, 'too. Disaster in Bombay Touches Orego4 Figuratively speaking, flags are at half mast at Oregon newspapers as well as at other pa pers about the country'-as a result of the air plane crash in far-off Bombay Tuesday when 13 correspondents lost their lives. Three of then were natives of Oregon, educated in Oregoft schools and at the University of Oregon: Georgit Moorad, KGVV commentator and Oregonian 'staff writer and frequent speaker on far eastern af fairs; Fred Cblvig, editor of the editorial page of.the Denver Post, former staff man on the Orej goman and the Portland bureau of United Press; and Charles Gratke, foreign affairs editor of the Christian Science Monitor, whose father was once editor of the Astorian Budget, and who worked his way up in journalism through servjr ice on papers at Astoria, Oregon City, Portland and Detroit before joining the-staff of the Moni tor in 1927. In 1948 Gratke came back to the U of O and addressed the press conference and journalism students as lecturer under the Eric Allen foundation. This writer recalls a very pleasant visit with him in Boston last March. I The.e were all men of superior talents, as were others in the party whose careers thiis were abruptly terminated. Their sacrifice wa "in line of duty," that the people of America may know. We of the Fourth Estate stand with bowed heads, moved by a sense of personal loss and by realization of the great loss which the profession has suffered in this distant disaster. "The Machine" in falifornia f Though Arthur H. Samish has been the un disputed boss of the California legislature for two decades, and though the tentacles of hs power reach into industry and politics up add down the Pacific coast, he has never been the subject of a newspaper expose, Carey McWil liams, writing in the Nation, says. ' l He has now. The San Francisco Chronicle re vealed some of Samish's activities in one of a aeries of astute articles on lobbyists in the Cali fornia legislature. The anonymity under whidh This super pressure - rnbnger has applied hjs heavy hand is no longer such excellent camou flage. I Citizens of the Golden State are bound to find out that many of their representatives in Sacra mento are mere yes-men for Artie Samish. Gradually the facts about his borderline opera tion in the political field will leak out. Already the Chronicle and the Nation have shown ho Artie works and where he gets his power. Samish doesn't bother working through Cali fornia's weekly -organized republican and demo cratic parties. He controls the interest groups-4-liquor, gambling, horse racing and certain in dustries as the public relations counselor M thir trade associations and has almost unlimit ed funds at his disposal . . . with no questions asked. His legislative bloc usually elects the speaker who appoints committees and swings key members to its McWilliams explains, "California's legislature really is a corporate state in which commodities, not people, are rep resented. Artie is the middleman between th)e business interests and trie legislature . : i The power is ,not really in Artie: it is in a situation which he has learned to manipulate." On a greatly reduced scale Oregon legislatures hay been subject to domination by powerful lobby- ' &i I ' The general welfare is usually not served when one man has the know-how and means (o 'corrupt a rich and strategic state. What can be done to limit the influence of the "third housfc" Isotopes to Norway Foes of David Lilienthal raised quite a noise because the AEC shipped some isotopes to Nor way. They conjured up fears that somehow the isotopes or the knowledge gained by their use in research might seep through to: Russia, al though. Norway is a signer of the Atlantic pact. ByxJune 9th, 23 shipments of isotopes had been received: 17 of them comprising radio-active iodine and phosphorus for therapeutic pur poses; fou shipments of radio-active sulphur, carbon, chlorine, and phosphorus for physiolo gical and biological research; and one shipment each of radio-active phosphorus and iron to be used for agricultural and metallurgical research, respectively. The iron isotopes are used in metallurgical studies of heat resistant alloys in the gas turbine research. The Norwegian spokesman says this research ''is of a foundation nature; and has no direct military objective." Considering how much the United States has utilized discoveries of foreign scientists in thexwhole program of atomic fission one might think we should en courage research by scientists ol friendly coun tries. iNot an the best brains are American. Don't Look for TV-Yet The FCC has cancelled the one license grant ed for operating a television station in Portland because of non - perormance by the licensee. Several applications for licenses are pending but the commission has put a freeze on allii . : . ni a censing, mis connrms me conclusions oner in a Statesman feature story of a few weeks ago that TV was still some time off as far as local reception is concerned. Meantime the platemakers have been holding conversations looking to some agreement res specting variations in long-playing records. The one-time uniform timing of 78 revolutions per minute has been Jinxed by Columbia's 33 and RCA's 45 rpm discs, each of which calls for a separate radial arm. If that dispute could be composed the whole radio - phonograph trade would get a boost. It has suffered seriously be tween the threat of TV and the conflict over record -speeds. Band Concerts Again Thousands will be pleased that the city coun cil restored an item of $1,00 in the city budget to pay the band for summer concerts in Wilson park. These concerts are a Salem tradition, a link with the older and smaller Salem. The concerts, with the playing of the Waite colored fountain in the park,. are a real attraction. The warm summer evenings if they continue will make the concert evenings more popular and more enjoyable. Peace Treaties Long Way Off Br J. M. Roberts, Jr. AP Foreign Affairs Analyst .The United States unci her allies seem to be working toward a more realistic policy regard In peace treaties. There is a possibility that there, will be no -German treaty, .In 4 the usual form. At least it seems a long time off, and so does the Japanese. The communist - itution in China, with its resultant Russian effort te make, a Javanese treaty a four-power affair ao she ran plajr around with it as she has the German settlement, nas serv ed to cool much of the allied ardor for a far eastern peace conference. Immediately after the war there was a rush to make peace treaties. Those signed with Ger many's former belligerent satel- litea are not working and have , been the subject of numerous allied protests. The Italian treaty has been vitiated as it regards Trieste. The matter of her form er African colonies is still up in the air. In its limitations on armed forces, the treaty has em barrassed the defense against communist expansion. The Austrian treaty is still un der, negotiation, There are some indications that only Austrian insistence has prodded the allies into this one, too, although it alto serves to widen the split between the cominform and Yugoslavia. When Russia drop ped her support of Yugoslav claims to Austrian Carinthia she burned her bridges with Tito and going beyond inter-governmental politics, handed the Yugoslav people an unforgettable (lap. If the treaty goes through Austria will give Russia some business concessions, pay Russia $150,000,000 over a six-year per iod, and Russia will release some 300 industrial enterprises. The deal is Wing made y the allies. Secretary Acheson said Monday he thought it was going through. Austria considers it a good bar again. (The allies have that in writing, so that no future Hitler nuty rise up and claim toe count ry was railroaded.) But hardly anyone thinks that a peace treaty will end the differences between the allies and Austria on one side and Russia on the other. With regard to Germany, things are' just expected to rock along. The 'new government in the western zones will cooperate with western Europe, take a for mal position within the Marshall plan circle, but is hardly likely to be "asked to sign a formal "separate peace." The division of Germany be tween east and west seems likely to go on for years. Ultimately, it probably Will be the Germans themselves !who overcome the split. There will be a govern- Literary Guidepost By W. G. Itorers 8 KETCH FOR A SELF-PORTRAIT, by Bernard Berenson (Pantheon; $3); FLORENTINE AST UNDER FIRE, by Fred erick Hartt (Princeton: $5) An advisee to art dealer Du veen and such distinguished col lectors as Bache. Widener arid Kress, and regarded as the great est living authority on Italian Renaissance jart, Berenson, now in his 80s, thinks he hasn't done so well. He wrote this book during the war, part of it in his villa, which houses rare art and a unique library and part of it while he was hiding from the Germans during the last -year of their re treat up the peninsula. Instead of worrying about his priceless possessions, or bemoaning what must have been an ordeal for a man of his age, or any age, he contrasts'; here what might have become! with what did x? come, regrets he didn't work harder - and at different things, belittles what was in fact a phe nomenal success, and yet at the same time scores another suc cess for which he must be en vied. His original goal, he says, was not to be an art expert but an art lover: he wanted not to juc but to enjoy. He prefers ment in eastern Germany, too. Behind the backs of the Rus sians it will, in all likelihood, start playing ball with the west ern Germans. Gradually, with neither Russia nor the west will ing to go to war over specific minor steps, a new Germany will emerge. That's the bet of some of the most competent observers. But peace treaties, which somehow seem to fail when brought up against the develop ing facts of life, are not likely to play much part as world set tlement develops. ; In the big case, between east and west, there hasn't even been a war or a break in diplomatic relations to sign a treaty over. talking to writing; was "de bauched" by a passion for tra vel; never felt in things"; was not a "good fellow"; suffered from an "intemperate lust for reading"; savors the present and lets tomorrow tend to itself. He would swap our prizes for his own inner contentments, I think. In spits of his poor-man's max ims, he became famous and, to a degree, rich. There may be a lesson in this confession for us other Americans who believe so firmly that scholarship, which pays off, is better than esthetic sensitivity, by which a man can starve. j Almost as precious as any Tuscar art treasure, says Hartt, was the person f Berenson, whom Hartt and colleagues in the American Monuments and Fine Arts group discovered in his Florentine retreat when the Germans finally abandoned the holy city on the Arno. Among those to whom Hartt expresses thanks in his foreword re Ber enson and also Cecil Pinsent, English architect and Berenson's friends. Hartt provides graphic descriptions of damaged Tus cany, and puts the blame on vandalism, the misfortunes or mistakes of war. It's an excit ing, vivid account. Both books are -documented with photos. - V '-A, V., McUawrt Head Had Experience In the Mails By Henry McLemore DAYTONA BEACH, July 12 The postal clerks of this country are seeking the passage of legis lation which will give them a boost in pay, and here's hoping they'll get it. They are almost as badly un derpaid as schoolteachers which, in this day and time when . the dollar doesn't have half the cents it used to have, means it is a wonder they have time to han dle the mails for trying to make ends meet. Working in a post office is a tough job. I trust someone will pop up and ask me how I know anything about it, be cause I have the perfect an swer, namely, I worked in one; for one whole summer, to earn enough to finish my higher education, the benefits of which are now obvious in this column. My first, job was throwing mail that is, distributing it in the boxes. Oh the temptations of that job if you are young, in love, and in love with a girl who is in love with a fellow who lives in Providence, R. I and who writes her every day. Such was. my situation, and to make it worse the P.O. box of my sweetheart's father was in the section where I distributed. I had to handle those confounded letters from that confounded ri val in Providence. No one will ever know how hard I had to fight with myself to keep from tearing up all nhe letters that came to Miss Lillian Burton from Rhode Island. They used to burn my hands. I'll have to admit that I often deliberately put them in the wrong box, thus making them a day late getting to Lil lian. But my worst trial came on the day when the low-life from Rhode Island sent what was ob viously a picture of himself. I mislaid that for two full days while I debated with myself as to whether it wouldn't be better to tamper with the mails and spend the rest of my life In a Federal pen than to have my heart torn apart by "the thought of that picture perched on my sweetheart's dressing table. I finally let Lillian have it, but I did kind of wrinkle it up the best I could before letting it T0verYQur Xjeath .---: ; , ' :,v. V : ; ! ' t Written by Dr. Herman S. Baadeasea. HO. AUSTIN, Tex July 12 Allan Shivers (abeve), .lieutenant severner of Texas, will take over as governor to succeed Gov. Beaoford Jester, who was found dead In bis berth in a train In a Houston. Tex., rail road station. (AP Wlrephoto te The Statesman. I i DIP EHKDQ0 Moose lf all a postal clerk ever had to do. was to try to put a Sears Roe buck catalogue in a P.O. boxhe would deserve a halo as well as a raise in pay. We used to await the arrival of those monstrous catalogues with heavy, heavy hearts. The average sized P.O. box, in mytime as a cleric any way, was buMt more for the ac commodation f a wren, thrush or some otherbird of similar size than it was or a catalogue the size of a stickof firewood. But they had to beput in the boxes. I didn't have the strength of arm to shove the things in, so I used to butt them in wih my head. An hour or two oi, this billy-goat tactic left my headNand temper in such a state that il I could have laid my hands 01 either Mr. Sears or Mr. Roe buck I would have done them in, and gladly. Late in the summer, either be cause of merit or the fact that boxholders in my section were complaining of always getting mail that didn't belong to them, I was transferred to the Gener al Delivery window and placed In charge of the M to Z depart ment. Being a General Delivery clerk is a hazardous business, be cause when people don't get let ters when they think they should have letters, they blaqye the clerk behind the wicket, nhave had disappointed folks threaten to shoot me if I didn't come across with a letter. Yes, let's give the post office boys some more money. They're a deserving crew if there ever was one. (McNaught Syndicate. Inc.) (Continued from page 1) wrecking tactics of the commun ists who seek to cripple Brit ain's economic recovery. The meat of the coconut in all this is simply that no govern ment, capitalist, communist, so cialist, labor, will stand by and let its existence be strangled by strikes. . (Perhaps one should except Hawaii which is being garroted by a longshore strike well over two months old.) There must be machinery to deal with such situations. Britain uses the royal proclamation which of course is written by the cabinet. Under the Taft Hartley act the president has the power to go to court and seek an injunction. But the judge may deny the injunction if the showing is not adequate; and the term of the injunction is limited in duration. The American process is thus less drastic' than that of Great Brit ain. The Taft amendment to the Thomas bill gives the . president also the power of plant seizure for continuing its operations, a power which was exercised dur ing wartirhe. Either the country has some established law to govern such situations, or it has none, and so is unprepared for a crisis which may arise. Senator Wayne Morse, who opposes the injunc tion, says the government must have power to avert : the dis aster of a crisis-strike and he himself proposed a set of rules to apply in such a situation. Is it not better to have a defi nite plan of procedure rather, limn tvi v:iiitr via suuiuil islation, on very dubious im plied presidential powers or on soldiers' guns which a strong minded president might use in event of emergency? (President Theodore Roosevelt was intend ing to call out the army if the mine operators didn't agree to arbitrate their dispute with hard coal miners in 1903.) The ques tion then is the form of the iwer to be invoked. The use ofthe injunction and of plant seizft-e is based on American experience. The processes are orderly The Taft amendment should sfand unless the country is willingv to capitulate to mo nopoly urfions, or to rely on emergency faction when each emergency arises, which is a worse threat us organized labor than procedures, defined in a non-emergency period, as the historv of the railfepad strike in May, 1947, proves Contrary to common belief, chiggers or "red bugs" do not bur row underneath the skin. OFFICE HELPER LOS ANGELES. CaU(IS)-A machine that can send and receive telegraphic messages from anypf fice desk is to be installed soonin Los Angeles. About the ; size of "al longhand or typed messages to the central Western Union office. GRIN AND BEAR IT Bv Lichty tCk (ia .' fn. . m 4 Tiii Cm. j I "We go ea these scientific expeditions every . . a tries U get aa aaan miles sea galtoa he bays a aevr ear the .ads claim for it-" For most people, hoarseness is more of a nuisance or an em barrassment than anything else. The Minister whisper or melo dramatic lowering of the voice by which it makes itself known is much more likely to provoke jokes than to win sympathy. As a matter of fact, hoarseness is not usually a serious sign, particularly as it is most often due to some simple inflamma tion of the larynx or voice-box, such as acute laryngitis, which clears up within a period of a few days. In people v who use their voices a great xjeal this type of inflammation may be come long continued or chronic without indicating anything more than the need to talk less. There are. however, a goo many severe disorders whose 1 first noticeable symptom may be a persistent hoarseness. For this reason, when hoarseness is pres ent for longer than two weeks, a visit to a specialist is in order. In these cases, a definite diag nosis requires that a thorough study be made. This should in clude an examination with the laryngoscope, an instrument ; which permits the physician to i look directly at the tissues of ! the larynx. ' ; During the examination with j the laryngoscope, it is possible 1 to determine whether or not ! tumors, such as cancer, are j present, or less dangerous growths, such as papilloma or -fibroma. In order to be abso lutely certain, it may sometimes be necessary to remove a small bit of tissue from the growth for examination under the mic roscope. Occasionally, syphilitic laryn gitis may also be responsible for continued hoarseness. The ' same is true of tuberculous lar yngitis. Sometimes disorders in the structures surrounding the lar ynx may lead to pressure on the nerves, ,with paralysis of the vocal cords. This may happen in cases of cancer of the thy roid gland, or an enlargement or aneurysm of the aorta which i is the large blood vessel coming J from the heart. Certain conditions affecting j the brain may also lead to i hoarseness due to paralysis of j the general health and ktrength should receive attention Exces sive eating should be avoided. The hair should be washed once a week with warm waiter and green soap. 5 The night: before the hair is washed, an ointment containing salicylic acid find sul phur should be rubbed into the scalp. This should J. be j left in overnight and washed put the next morning. j (Copyneht. 1K9. Kmc Fature the vocal cords. Then, too, the symptom may develop in a con dition affecting the muscles known as myasthenia gravis. Deepening of the voice may occur in a disorder of the pitui tary gland, known as acromeg aly. It may occur in severe cases of thyroid deficiency. The main thing to . remember is that when hoarseness persists for more than a few weeks, there is need for a thorough study by an expert. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS L. S.: What would you sug gest for dandruff? Answer: Lowered vitality, in digestion and excessive amounts , 1 of certain foods are thought to Meat packers use 78 per cent of be predisposing factors to this the live weight of a steer r Iambi condition. and about 22 per cent is shrinkage In the treatment of dandruff, and waste. j FINE THING SANTA BARBARA. Cfrl., July 12-(INS)-To recover lodg over due books, the Santa Barbara public library declared f a one week moratorium on ail fines. . 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