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j The' SlaiUmTni' Salem. Oregon, r. Wo rtor Stoays itay ffo Fear Shall Awe" Frees First Stale. March M, 1151 THE STATESMAN PUliuSHINC COIPANY CHARf.KS A SPKAGUEL Editor and Publisher Eaterest at tb pectefrlce at Sales. Oregea. as see ad cJaa millet a ode act of eeagrese March X, UTH Published every saaralng. Bostaesa office 215 8. jCemaieretaJ. &Ueam, Oregea. Teleabeae Z-Uil. Ta ft Made Palatable Swallowing the Taft-Hartley act straight burned union leaders all the way down to their toes. They demanded a chaser, one which com pletely eliminated that awful taste in their mouths. What they are getting if anything is another dose of Taft, watered down. The national-emergency injunction which President Truman had used to put John L. Lewis in his place is what the unions gagged on most. Controversy in the congress raged over this clause; this battje and the fact that Green and Murray lost was played up by the press and by the unions themselves. The unions did not seem particularly anxious to call attention to the fact that legislators gave careful consideration; to amendments which will meet many of labor's objections to the original act. Based on experi ence with the 1947 law; these changes ought to . improve its administration and make the regu lations more palatable to organized workers, Talt's rewrite includes the following revisions (listed in Business Week): Foreman excepted from NLRB recognition must actually be the management's straw boss. Unions are responsible only for the acts of their authorized agents, not for individual members of splinter groups. NLRB's independent counsel is eliminated, its legal angles will come under the same rules as other semi-judicial govern ment agencies. Closed shops are banned but pre ferential hiring tails are permitted.Union shop elections are eliminated. One kind of secondary boycott is authorized: unions may refuse to deal with "struck work. NLRB no longer is required to seek temporary Injunctions in unfair labor practices cases; it may do so if it wishes, however. It is now up to the employer if he wants welfare funds under joint control. Checkoff of dues is allowed if the members don't reject it. Unions can make poli tical expenditures and participate in campaigns as long as they do not contribute to a candidate's campaign fund. The right to vote in union-recognition elections is restored to workers on strike. w Unions feel that the president's injunction power is a sword hanging over their heads, but the fact is that it rarely falls on them. Tey ought to be more concerned with the rules gov erning everyday union conduct, for these affect the individual worker and it is these which Taft has softened much to their liking. The "slave labor" epithet is ridiculous in the light of ex perience and the unions, if the political angles to the argument were ignored, could exist quite comfortably under a few government regula tions. Management has. Morse "Veto" on Dulles The emphatic and perhaps testy "no" given by Sen. Wayne L. Moi te to the suggestion that newly appointed Sen. John Foster Dulles be giv en a place on the senate foreign affairs commit tee points up the archaic system that still domi nates in cong res-sional organization. It is true that Morse has been "in line" for a spot on this committee, and it was quite natural for him to guard his place. He didn't want to be a displaced person. In fact the wound still rankles that he was pushed aside when the 80th congress was organized. But the fact still sticks out that Mr. Dulles is qualified in a most unusual way for a seat on jii committee. Grandson of a secretary of state, he has devoted his mature life to international affairs, most of the time in the practice of law where international relations were involved and part of the time in public service with the state department. He has served as a U. S. delegate at the San Francisco conference, at sessions of United Nations and at postwar conferences toj write peace treaties. A sincere Christian, we was: chairman of the commission of the Federal Council of Churches to study ways for a just and durable peace. Dulles was appointed by Governor Dewey not just as a reward for his fidelity to the recent republican candidate but because Dewey thought that Dulles could make a contribution, in the in terval before the November election of a sen ator to succeed Robert Wagner of New York, to the senate as it considers various phases of our foreign relations. He will still make a contribu tion, but it will bot be as effective as if he were a member of the foreign affairs committee. In stead he is to get assignments to the postoffice committee, on the committee on District of Col umbia and perhaps the rules committee. But Dulles isn't reaching for his hat. He says he re greats the furore raised and is willing to serve on any committee. Morse keeps his place in the waiting list. Gratke's Last Wortl The 13 American newsmen who were killed in a plane crash while guests of the Dutch gov ernment what would they have told us about the Indosesian situation if they had returned? Charles Gratke, once a University of Oregon, student and late foreign editor of the Christian Science Monitor, filed his analysis of the surg ing nationalism of colonial peoples just before the plane took off. Here is what he said. The Dutch have done welLin their island pos sessions. Their techniques, vision and enterprise worked to make the Indies a lucrative garden long before Truman's Point Four ever was fram ed. But it was with Indonesian soil and native labor, and now the Indonesians after 350 years as Dutch subjects say, "You governed us well, but you governed us." The awakening of national consciousness and a new sense of human dignity make the natives very impatient to get on without the Dutch. The dangers of advancing communism in Asia dictated speed in erecting the bulwarks of na tionalism, too. But the Dutch want to make slow and orderly progress toward autonomy, and the natives want sovereignty first, negotiat ing of economic and military questions later. The conflict is not whether they will get in dependence that is pledged to happen this year; it is over the details. The Dutch are wor ried that the new United States of Indonesia will not be able to implement their agreements; the natives say,: "Give us a chance." Negotiations are difficult because both sides have bitter memories of the recent all-out war and current terrorism. Yet agreements must be reached not only to protect Dutch interests but also the security of other nations' invest ments in Indonesia. American oil companies, for instance, have spent $90,000,000 rebuilding their holdings in Sumatra since the war, and they don't want that investment nationalized. Gratke suggests that perhaps there can be but one method to use: It is to forget much of the past and move forward somewhere between the two extremes along a middle ground. "UNITED We Stand" Today officials of West Coast Airlines are coming to town seeking to convince Salem that the latter should accept a switch from the Un ited Airlines schedule to West Coast. Now we like to be hospitable here. And if West Coast wants to come in and make regular calls we'll be happy to have them. But for a switch from United to West Coast, no thanks. Our major interest is in through connections with California points, with Seattle and Van couver and with connections via Portland to the east. United is giving us and is the only line in the areaable to give us this service. Sorry, but "UNITED We Stand." Some of Quaker Report 'Discounted By J. M. Roberts. Jr. AP Foreign Affairs Analyst The American Friends Service committee, in suggesting changes in American foreign policy which it believs will lead toward peace with the Soviet Uuoion, says: "We are well aware of the desirability of certain changes in the policy and attitude of the Soviet Union. Our suggestions deal with the policy and attitude of the United States. This is be cause: 1) United States policy i i the responsibility of the United States and Is the proper subject of attention by a group of United States citizens; 2) We believe that our suggestions, if carried out, would Increase the likeli hood of the Soviet Union's mak ing the desired changes on its side ... : Coming from I an agency of the Quakers which once won the Nobel Peace prize, this faith in Literary Guidepost Br W. G. Keren JHE STUMBLING STONE, bf Aubrey Mennen (Seribner'i: S3) Far off in India, among the British who left when the In dians took over, there was, ac cording to the very merry scheme of this novel, Colley Bur ton, who had been doing good works among the heathen for a quarter of a century. Back home in London, there was a deal of organized do-gooding. instigated and run by Gresham and backed bv the government through Lord Trayne. The moft conspicuous object of this welfare project was young Charles Hopkins, who had been naughty and now was re deemed or who at least had been in jf! and for the moment was not. These apparently well irten tioned people are brought to gether by Lucky Prynne. A most successful writer in the days when the public wanted smart, saltv fiction, he had been strand ed in the gutter by the rise of popular taste tm bicker things, To restore himself in Tavor, and money in his pocket, he did an Immensely successful uplift dra ma based on the story of Burton as told in an unpublished manu script. He wrote supposing Bur ton to be dead. Burton's appear ed outlet the blue theatens to put him In the red, for Burton has grounds for suing him for every pound he ever earned. To divert Burton from such mercenary thoughts. Lucky and Van Bilhter. his stage Burton, propose that the returned saint resume his good works in associ ation with Gresham in behalf of Hopkins and misguided youth in general. But j Burton, a simple though not gullible soul, begins to wonder about his potential collaborators. J When they help the poof they help themselves; what they sojw they expect to reap; virtue is never content to be its own reward. Burton sus pects that, instead of expending his efforts among the heathen, in whom thefe is no harm, he should have labored among the Christians, in whom there is. There; are delightful charac ters, like Emijly Slayer who cuts her sentence bewilderingly in two; and Merinen knows exactly when we hajk-e had enough of them. But through the sdntillat amg caaversatlan aad the enter taining paradoxes come tiwuble some questions about the nature of good, and the motives of bene factors and beneficiaries, about how to extend the helping hand high enough so everyone can see it, about bow to love your neigh bor and feather your nest. the triumph of good is only na tural, and easily shared for the long view. But for the immediacy of the situation it has an air of attempting to create policy hi a vacuum which excludes some of the major facts of life. For instance, the committee proposes political and economic unity for a "neutralized" Ger many. Unification of Germany was exactly what failed of achieve ment at Paris. Neither the west ern powers nor Russia wanted it except on theirown terms. The west wanted it only on a basis which would prevent communist infiltration. That was considered a matter of principle. The belief entertained in some quarters, and now repeated in the Quaker report, that Russia wants a solution of difficulties with the west, was largely dis counted at Paris. That confer ence was held because the Rus sians wanted a face-saving pro cedure for backing down on the Berlin .blockade without achiev ing its objective, which had been to drive the Allies out of Berlin. The lifting of the blockade did, of course, serve as addition al confirmation for the belief that Russia does not seek war. The blockade could have been turned into a military issue had that been their desire. The entire American delega tion came away from Paris con vinced more firmly than ever that the "tough" policy toward Russia was correct; that direct containment, not ; agreements which depend on good faith for their operation, was the main hope of getting along without Believers in "the piemise that peace is possible between two parties which do not want war will find this containment policy very hard to shake, pending some concrete acts indicating a chang ed attitude on the part of Russia herself. Easy to Pack; Avers Henry (Poor Duds) HIS MAJESTY'S GOVT (LIMITED) By Come tomorrow I will be off for Europe, Africa, and way points. r Thanks to: feverish! activity on my part during the last ten days. all of my at N i fairs are; in! complete d i , order. By getting up ' late and going' to bed the same there are j no I ends that are not loose, no t details whlchf do not have' toy be finished! atl- 4k. loa mrA "-" One of the McUmi things that 1 yet have to do is pack. Gracefully thrown around my hotel room is my wardrobe, and if you ever saw a man lighting cut for foreign parts 'with a worse wardrobe than I have, you can get a big bet out of me. My best suit is a 1928 seersucker with a rip. My second best is a 1932 tropical worsted with two rips. I do not have the heart to describe to you my fourth best suit, but the fact that it has only one- sleeve might possibly furnish' you with an idea as to its quality. People who can pack suitcases are born, not made. I wish to goodness that a newspaper man whose name I will not divulge were here at this moment. This newspaper man, whom we will call O. B. Keeler because that is very near to his name, once did the greatest job of jacking for me that has ever .been done tor one newspaper man by another. This epic packing job was done in Augusta, Georgia, in 193S, in the Bon Air Vanderbilt . hotel. On the eighth floor, tf you are that nosey. The Masters golf tournament had just finished. I had 35 minutes to get to down town Augusta to catch a bus for Jacksonville, Florida. Nothing I possessed was packed. At this crucial moment the man we are calling Mr. Keeler entered the room and I explained to him that I could not stop for small chit-chat because I had to pack and pack in a hurry. Mr. Keeler asked why I didnt go down and check out and tt him pack for me. "O. B.," I said, "will you do that for me? I'm in a whale of a hurry, and I sure would appreciate it if you would be kind enough to pack for me." "When you get back," O. B. said, "you won't have anything to worry about" I went downstairs, checked out, came back, and not a suitcase or a rag of clothes was visible. "How in the world did you pack- for me as fast as that?" I asked. I soon found out Mr. Keeler had taken my suit case and all my wardrobe and gently dropped them down the elevator shaft I had no worry about luggage. I had no worry about clothes. As far as I know, my wardrobe of 1938 is still at the bottom of the elevator shaft in the Bon Air Vanderbilt Hotel in Augusta, Georgia. "Clothes do not make the man;" Mr. Keeler told me. 'Fur thermore, there'll be more room on the bus now that you have no luggage. Your fellow bus riders will . be more comfortable. You will be more comfortable your self. For the service I have just rendered you I will not ask one penny in payment for, you see, Henry, you're an old and dear friend of mine and friendshop knows no bounds." I repeat that I wish Mr. Keeler were here today to pack for me on the eve of my overseas ad venture. I would not have to worry about the 86-pound bag gage limit which Pan-American enforces. I could step into the Clipper absolutely empty-handed. I could walk into customs in Lisbon and laugh at them when they ask me to open my bags. Unfortunately, Mr. Keeler is not here. He's in Atlanta, Geor gia. So, I will have to pack for myself. My packing consists chiefly of jumping up and down on my suitcase until it will dose. I think that's enough about packing for today. In tomorrow's is .-a - WLSLSULUl) WtDQjQS (Continued from page 1) present building for the types now not accepted. The conserva tive estimate of the sum that needs to be provided loalry is $1,100,000. On new construction the federal government will match one dollar for two. A million; dollars Is a lot of money; but not in terms of Sa lem's population, wealth and prospects. About the time of the first world war and after Salem raised hundreds of 'thousands of dollars for paper plants, linen mills and other business enter prises. The city was much smaller then, yet the money was here and was raised. Shall we do less for ourselves in meeting urgent needs for health? Each- generation lives off of its inheritance from the past. Residents of Salem today are using churches and hospitals and schools that were buillt and paid for in former years, by residents who made sacrifices. We have outgrown that plant. For the present and for the future we must make fresh in vestment And we should look nowhere else than to ourselves for money to improve present hospital facilities and provide new. s We are in the midst of this campaign now. Again the money is here. It awaits only the will of the people of this community to open their purses and make this community investment, an investment in good health for ourselves and for those who follow us. Individuals leave what are called "estates." Cannot Sa lem of this generation leave an "estate" in the way of an ex panded and improved hospital plant? It can ... if it wilL Afghanistan became a political entity in 1747, previously having been a cluster of small states un der various rules. column I will, wish bon voyage to myself from you all. (Distributed by McNaucht Syndicate, lac.) The Safety Valve Calk New Baate A Pip Dreaaa Ptaa To the Editor: A few days ago I read an article on the front page of your newspaper concerning fed eral aid for the Pudding River Silverton highway project; $290,000 for grading, surfacing and asphaU concrete on a new proposed route" but you neg lected to say that there are already two highways running parallel to this proposed hew route; $60,000 for a new bridge. Again -you should haye added that there are already two bridges almost parallel and less than a mile apart; $75,000 for an overpass over the Southern Pacific railroad and again you should have told your reading public that there is only one slow train a day over this rail road. No greater means, of wasting the taxpayers money was ever dreamed up by several old men who pipe-dreamed a wonderful highway and had to find a route that wohld include all of their dream plans. Also one which would run through a large cheaply bought tract of land so someone could unload at a big profit. Here Is another thing which you failed to mention. This pro posed new highway route will run through a lot of rich farm land. A right-of-way must be bought at added expense ami this from the county taxpayers. This article is not written in any sense of spite nor in order to save my own land but just so your reading public will know the facts as they are and not as they are dreamed. It is time we practiced a little econ omy and stopped some of this wasteful spending. Alvin & Elsie Krug R. 2. Bx. 298 " Silverton, Oregon. Better English By D. C. Williams Barley Shows Decrease; Oats Estimate High Theft of Tools Charged to Trio Men stid by leuties Of Young GRIN AND BEAR IT Bv Lichty 1 pjte p Tan rat everytamg yea eaigai racket awiae outfit . . flshbag Clarlaf : . saarrtage 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I shall go providing you are there." 2. What is the correct pro nunciation' o f "water"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Palzy, neuralgia, tonsillitis. 4. What does the word "meth odical" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with eb that means "to erase, or blot out"? ANSWERS? 1. Say, "provided you are there." 2. Pronounce the a. as in saw, not as in was. 3. Palsy. 4. Characterized by method or orderliness: systematic. "He came and went with methodical regularity." 5. Obliterate. Devers to Change Office to Stayton STAYTON Joseph M. Devers, jr., of Salem, who has been as sociated with Walter H. Bell in his law offices here, has bought a half interest in the business and is moving from Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Devers and their children plan to make their home in Stayton, also. Underground Lawn Sprinkler Systems COMPUTE INSTALLATION FREE ESTIMATES flf PLUMBING-HEATING 2TOM. COMMtROAL By LUIie L. Madsen Farm Editor. Tlx Statesman Harvest of barley and oats has just begun with the barley fore cast indicating the smallest crop since 1937 for the VS. and grey oats "very spotted". Production of barley was esti mated at about 244 million bu shels, 23 per cent lower than a yea rago. Feed barley prices showed a strengthening tendency this week, coming up SI in price. Tuesday No. 2 bright western bar ey was quoted at a strong $51 a ton. Only a few fields had begun harvesting prior to the rain Mon day night and Tuesday which halted combining of all grains and seeds. Brewing barley prices were also strengthening at San Francisco and Minneapolis, according to Tuesday wires. Top grades at San Francisco were quoted, at $53 and $54 a ton. Growers, however, are ; reported planning to hold their! crop in most cases and little is ' expected to move at present prices, which are under the loan value. The barley harvest which was completed a week ago in Califor nia was rated as "pretty fair" with California growers also reported as holding for better prices. Only a few acres of oats and vetch have been harvested in the Willamette valley. In some sec tions where oats did not winter kill, the crop is pretty good. In other fields when grain suffered winter injury, the crop is very thin. The U.S. oat crop is still at a high estimate however. The July 1 forecast of nearly 1,480, 000,000 bushels is only 8 per cent less than last year and is still 12 per cent above the 10-year aver age. Oat prices dropped at most markets during the past week. Prices quoted at Portland Tuesday were $60 a ton. Wheat gives Indication In the Willamette valley of being an ex ceptionally fine crop, Harold de Vries eivthe deVries warehouse at Pratum stated Tuesday. All fields are looking "very good", deVries said. Three youths were arrestl Marion county sheriffs dc and state police in Wooiburn Tuesday afternoon on ! charges of larceny. i 1 The youthj were Percy Eugene McCarthy, 18, dl Salem. Willard Lyle Pollard. 20, of Woodburh and a 16-year-old juvenile of Salem, trio admitted taking about! $250 trio admitted taking about $250 worth of tools May 25 from Qeorge B. Hanley, owner of the Engineer Sand and Gravel plant. Salem route 2. The loot included ithrea tool boxes, two hydraulic ja-ks, a log chain, gasoline and a slorage baitery. . The arrest followed an ink esti- fgation by state police of a1 tool theft from a Woodburd garage. It was discovered some of the tools were sold to the garage ret ently and were among those rcjorted missing in May by Hanley. Officers traced the sale af the tools and the search led thi-m to the trip arrested Tuesday. jbout $100 worth of tools were recover ed Tuesday. District Attorney E. t). Stfadter, jr., in commenting on the afrests, blasted parents who fail t take responsibility lor their children's conduct. j "Almost without except iop lai cenies charged to juveniltSsxart committed by youths roarmfg th streets during the earlvfn rning hours, often in cars tarnish -d by their parents," Staffer said The youths were held ii lieu of $1,000 baileach and wi I ap pear in district court this norn ing to face charges. Also in the sheriffs office Tues day afternoon, Robert Anderson Hockenbery, who gave his a ldreu as New Orleans, La., was jailed on a charge of auto theft. Hockenbery was arrested py the Aurora chief of police when he was seen driving through Turora shortly after the thief hrjird a state police broadcasting describ ing a stolen car and its 4 river. Hockenbery 's automobile answer ed the description of thp car which was reported stolon! from Longview, Wash., the chief said. t r : i . m . ,u t view sheriff s office. Doctor's Hearing To Be Set Friday The state civil service commis sion will meet here Friday fto de cide on a date for a hearing for Dr. Horace G. Miller. di.4nissed Oregon State hospital psyrriatrist. Dr. Miller, who was firefl July 6 for insubordination, askfd the commission to review his rse. 0Z with the new PH ANT0M0LP If forftoa metd $kw la fie ear Picture yourtclf with a oew Phantomold on your Bcltone Hearing Aid. You're! poited aad relaxed evea in group jronver- aaiion. And no one need know you r wearing hearing aid! Sec this newest hearing improvement. Drop to at tbe office today. MONO-fAC OM-UaM HMfHtf James Tail & Assoc. 221 Oregaa Bid. Phone 2-4411 Fresh Batteries For All Aids r 1 i 1 mL jt-L iaOL "7- . Bene To Speak on Communist Group In Czechoslovakia f Dr. Bonus Benes, former Czech consul and nephew of the lafe prev ident of Oechoslovakia, Edward Benes, will give bm second of three lectures on International Politics, TONIGHT at 8;00 pj m. In Willamette university's Waller hall. There, will be no admission charge and the public is invited to attend. L