Statesman, Sal-m. Oragoa, Wednesday, July fa 1949
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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
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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
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DIP
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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
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"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.
. Scores of books were collected in
handy boxes placed in- jfront of
the library with no questions
asked.
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By D. C. Williams
1. What is wrong with This
sentence? "The children were
prohibited in playing."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "secretive"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Emissary, embar
rassment, emporer.
4. What does the word "perni
cious" mean? j
5. What is a word beginning,
with st that means "astonish- j
ing, or amazing"?
ANSWERS I
1. Say, "were prohibited- from ;
playing." 2. Accent second syl- j
lable, not the first. 3. Emperor. 1
4. Destructive; injurious: dead-!
ly. "Those things are pernicious ,
to health." 5. Stupendous. 1
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