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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
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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.
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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.
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