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Objections to Arms Aid
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg whose sup
port of the Atlantic pact gave it great leverage
for the senate's approval, is critical of the arms
program presented by President Truman close
on the heels of his signing the pact. The veteran
senator from Michigan said the president's pro
posal should be rewritten and curtailed to get
favorable consideration at this session. He urg
ed that an interim measure be considered while
congress awaits a report from the defense coun
cil contemplated'under one of the articles of the
pact Senator Taft likewise demanded that no
appropriation foe arms be made until the coun
cil set up in the treaty prepares its plan and
makes its recommendations. ;
The president's program calls for spending
Vt450,000,000 to be divided as follows: . !
Aid to North Atlantic treaty countries: (
1. Equipment, delivery expenses, technical and
training assistance $933,450,000
t. Assistance to stimulate increased military pro
duction . $155,000,000
Aid to other countries:
Equipment, delivery expense, technical and train
ing assistance $300,580,000
Emergency fund ! $ 45,000.000
Administration . $ 10,970,000
Total $1,450,000,000
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"Other countries" to be given arms are Greece,
Turkey, Korea, the Philippines, Iran. The two
former have been on the receiving end for three
years now, and for Greece the progress in clean
ing out the communist guerrillas has been pain
fully slow.
It is important to note that the state depart
ment does not say that this is the full invoice
to cover Europe's rearmament. It is generally
admitted that hs is only the first instalment.
Once the program is adopted fresh reasons yrill
be advanced for its continuance. The adminis
tration does not make any offset in domestic ex
penditures for the military establishment which
In the house bill would run to nearly $16 bil
lion. All this, and world rearmament too.
And again we are admonished that if we fail
4p furnish the guns we'll be "letting Europe
down," and getting a bad name against oiir
selves again. To bolster the arms request Presi
dent Truman again uses the threat of commun
ist Russia, which is quite reminiscent of appeals
of the kaiser and other rulers for more armam
ents in pre-WW I days, against putative en
emies. Congress should look this arms demand
squarely in the face. Maybe it's another bad
dream.
Shanghai Deteriorates
Fred Hampson, AP correspondent Who is stay
ing on in Shanghai, writes that that great City
is on" the skids economically. Shanghai grew! up
a a trading port, doing business with all na
tions, and operating many textile and other mills
for the China trade. Now the nationalists have
blockaded the port and the communists aren't
disposed to do business with the foreigners
end they axe the only ones who have the goods
that formerly were shipped to Shanghai for sale
or for manufacture. j
For lack of raw cotton the mills in the Chinese
city dropped production from 65 to 45 per cent
of capacity. Only supplies in sight are native
cotton not yet harvested.
V Shanghai is a city of 6,000,000 people. It can
not subsist alone. With its shipping stagnant and
industry slowing down the communists are won
dering what they can do. They can't put the city
-on relief."
Newspapers run by the reds have urged that
two or three millions of the inhabitants be mov
ed back into the interior. That is where the food
U.S. Backs Armament, Disarmament
By J. M. Roberta. Jr.
AP Foreign Affair Analyst
WASHINGTON, July 25-vV
On the same day that President
Truman was asking congress to
approve the European military
assistance program the American
delegation at Lake Success was
pressing its disarmament propo
sals in the U.N.
It all seemed a little confus
lnf. In the first place, everybody
realizes that trying to put
through an agreement In the
conventional arms field before
getting one on atomic bombs is
trying to wag the dog by the
tall. The president himself said
rs much only a few days ago.
The immediate issue is a pro
posal before the conventional
armaments commission for an
arms census as a preliminary to
seeking a limitations agreement.
The general assembly asked the
commission to do it. but Russia
has refused to cooperate. Manu
ilsk. Soviet Ukrainian foreign
minister, says it is nonsense to
ask for information on shotguns
and not on atomic bombs. The
president said disarmament
would remain in the realm of
talk until an atomic agreement
was reached. For once they
m to be.agreed. And for once
Russia' seems to be In an entirely
reasonable position, if you take
the situation as it is, disregard
Why the Hospital; Drive?
Population of area served by Salem hospitalsi . 100.000
'Beds Bornsallv
Normal bed capacity of hospitals
Beds jammed into hospitals as of
Serious cases awaiting beds in
Who might need hospitalization
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lis produced, but the interior is already thickly
(populated. 1
The allies have learned with Germany that
I victory over a country may be a costly thing.
The Chinese communists are finding that run
Ining a city and a country may become " quite as
I difficult as seizing them from their former mas
hers, f
Save Near Half Billion on ECA
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Senator Lucas, majority leader in the senate,
says the administration policy committee has
agreed to accept the cut of about $420,000,000
in .the appropriation for European recovery,
made by the appropriations committee. This is
about 10 per cent of the total requested by ECA.
There is justification for the reduction. Eu
ropean nations have made real progress toward
recovery, though Britain is in present difficul
ties. Aid therefore should progressively decrease
lest Europe become just a leaner on the USA.
Then commodity prices have declined, per
haps on an average of 10 per cent. This means
that the dollars buy more merchandise for ship
ment abroad. 1
Finally the United States has developed a
hole in its pocket and money is slipping through
it too fast. A half billion dollars saved will go
quite a ways toward keeping that hole from
enlarging. v; I
Romance in V Ps Life? j
Now here's a tidbit in the news that offers
relief from stories of crime, Russia's stubborn
ness, the struggle of the Brooklyn Dodgers and
the search of republicans for leaders and issues.
It's just the item that Vice President Barkley,
71 and a widower, made a side trip to St. Louis
to be guest of an attractive widow (age not re
ported). The Veep had been to Minneapolis, but
dropped down to St. Louis for the social call.
Taxed with questions by reporters the nation's
No. one eligible; replied:
"I violated no law of legislation, society or
propriety and I had a swell time."
Maybe the widow was merely returning a
favor she had recently been entertained at
luncheon in Washington by the Vice president.
But if one luncheon leads to another luncheon,
what will two luncheons lead to? . . . the altar?
Mr. Barkley has grown in public favor as pre
viously he had in the esteem of his colleagues in
the senate. A Kehtuckian, he has had to do many
of the social chores of the administration, which
duty he seems not to have shirked. And if in the
process romance should make him stumble, that
would be a choice relish for the people. All the
world loves a lover, even if he is 71. Besides the
widow's picture shows her to be unusually at
tractive. !
That rich Burgundy red with aluminum color
for trim surely sets off the Busick building on
old Commercial street. What many would con
sider an old-style front is thus given a striking
appearance and something of an old-world
flavor. It shows what can be done to brighten
the scene without tearing down and tearing
out in the passion for modernization.
A woman at Grants Pass won first place In
a southern Oregon art exhibit with the first
portrait she ever painted. Judging by the re
trogression of artists into "modern art" we
suspect the award was merited.
The Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday Post calls
Its government a "do-as-you're-told" affair. In
brief, "Papa knows best."
ing the fact that she herself
blocked atomic agreement.
The arms commission is expec
ted to turn the matter over to
the security council next week,
where Russia is expected to veto
It. Then, ! it is understood, the
United States will press for an
airing before the general assem
bly in September.
Why? '!
Some observers said yesterday
that the United States and other
anti-communist nations were
pressing ; for the census under
general asserhbly Instructions,
that they; once considered it a
possible point Of agreement with
Russia on a tep which might
lead to some general agreement
It did fall: intq U. N. routine and
there was; no obvious connection
between it and the campaign for
rearmament.
Others took at that Russia had
started the disarmament talk
three years ago, that everybody
agreed it was a good thing, and
that now Russia could be nailed
to the mast for insincerity. This
business of keeping the record
straight has long been a part of
American policy. The United
States was represented as mak
ing an important concession in
agreeing to lajf its conventional
armament open to public view
If everyone ellbe would do like
wise. j
But Russia f could hardly be
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blamed for feeling that she was
asked to reveal everything, while
the United States held back on
the one great weapon that every
body is interested in.
I am not saying that the Uni
ted States is consciously trying
to show that Russia is insincere
about disarmament at a time
when such a showing would have
an influence on congressional
consideration of rearmament. As
I said, the disarmament discus
sion falls strictly within pre
arranged U.N. routine. I am,
thinking about the actual effect'
And that U.N. issues do rise
and fall in public attention ac
cording to the timing of interest
shown by the great powers.
It is not that Russia is any
more sincere about disarmament
than anyone else. Nor that re
armanent is not important But
that the United States needs to
avoid the appearance as well a;
the fact of insincerity. That the
coincidence of things which may
be perfectly proper ; when kept
separate can get you in trouble.
Better English
Br a a Williams
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "If this memoranda is
correct either you or I are go
ing." 2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "reservoir"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Arsenal, argue
ment arrogance. I
4. What does the word "fu
tile" mean? I-
What im m word beginning with
am that means "friendly?
ANSWERS
1. Say, "If these memoranda
are correct, either you or I mm
going. . 2. Pronounce rez-er-vwor,
e as in er. accent first
syllable. 3. Argument 4. Use
less. "It was a futile struggle."
5. Amicable.
Over Terrain
In Portugal
V .
By Henry MeLemere
LISBON, PORTUGAL, July
28 - (Special) If you come to
Lisbon and take a taxi be sure
to look andi see if the driver's
name is Manuel Pimento.
If it is, don't waste a recond.
Jump out, run or hide; in fact,
do anything but ride with Sen
hor Pimento.
Lisbon taxi drivers have long
enjoyed the reputation of being
the wildest, the
most daredevil
ish, in all the
world. And I
am sure that
the little button
that Manuel
wears in his la
pel is in recog
nition of h i a
being the fast
est and most
reckless of
them all.
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MeLeoMre i We learned
about Manuel by accident Por
tuguese friends offered to take
us for a ride to Sintra and a
visit to the Pena Palace, in the
mountains back of Lisbon. We
were delighted to accept the in
vitation, because we had heard
that the Pena Palace was one
of the absolute "musts" for a
visitor to Lisbon.
They picked us up in a taxi
they had engaged for the after
noon, and Manuel Pimento was
the owner and driver of the
middle-aged Plymouth, within
30 seconds after leaving the hotel
Jean and I knew that we should
never have come. By a process
which I am sure they would
like to know about in Detroit,
Manuel started the car at 40
miles per hour, careened around
the flower beds in front of the
hotel on a wheel and a half, and
headed for the mountains.
Manuel had absolutely no re
spect for l curves, crossings,
people, animals, or other motor
vehicles. He put the accelerator
to the floorboard, and kept it
there. Scenery was just a blur,
and we had to clutch one anoth
er to keep from being thrown to
the floor.
Once out of Lisbon, our haz
ards increased. We began pass
ing through villages whose nar
row, winding streets afforded
scarcely enough room for two
cars to pass.
Our friends didn't seem to
mind at all. They chatted and
smoked and generally behaved
as if they didn't know that they
were headed for the last round
up. In fact, there was a glint
in Joacquin's eyes when he yell
ed above the screeching of the
tires on a particularly sharp
turn, "This is VERY dangerous.
This road wasn't built for cars
at all, but only for small car
riages." When he got high up, going
around hairpin turns, with a
sheer drop of thousands of feet
on the right-hand side of the
road, which Manuel hugged, it
was just too much for Jean. She
asked one of our friends to ask
Manuel to please, please slow
down.
This was a mistake, because
when the message was relayed
to Senhor Pimento he took both
hands off the wheel, turned his
head, and blurted a lot of Por
tuguese. When it was translated to us,
we learned : that this was what
he had said:
There was no need for us to
worry or to be nervous, and no
need for him to slow down, be
cause he, Manuel Pimento, had a
one-year-old baby boy at home,
and he, Manuel Pimento, intend
ed to live to bring him up.
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I didn't say anything, but I am
willing to bet that Junior Pim
ento will spend a great part of
his life paying hospital bills for
his old man. t
All I can tell you about the
Pena Palace is that I would like
to spend the rest of my life there,
not only because it : is like a
castle out of a fairy tale, but
because while I was walking
about it I was out of Manuel's
car.
I remember nothing of the
mad plunge down the mountain.
I just shut; my eyes and listen
ed to my hair grow gray.
So remember the name Man
uel Pimento.
McNuht Syndicate. Inc.
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Literary
Guidepost
By W. G. Rogers
AMERICANS BETRAYED!
POLITICS AND THE JAP
ANESE EVACUATION, by
Morten Grodzlns (University
ef Chicago Press; 5)
The military decision to evac
uate the 110,000 Americans of
Japanese ancestry from the Pac
ific coast in 1942, says this au
thor, an assistant professor at
the U. of Chicago, "was predicat
ed on a racist philosophy, nur
tured by regional pressures, and
eventually justified by false
hood." Investigating what the Civil
Liberties Union called "the worst
single wholesale violation of civil
rights of American citizens in our
history,'" he found deep-seated
prejudice and irrelevant polit
ical and economic purposes com
bining with the patriotic spirit
to establish "concentration
camps" in which native-born
Americans were confined against
their will. It's a dark warning
for the rest of us native-born, he
declares.
He can discover no i record
whatsoever of Japanese-American
sabotage at Pearl Harbor,
and none on the mainland up to
the time of evacuation; the FBI
hunted and raided in vain for
proof of subversive activities.
The "military necessity" argu
ments used In behalf of evacua
tion were almost equally effec
tive against Germans and Ital
ians, he says, yet they were not
ousted.
The book opens with a re
view of anti-Japansese sentiment
in the West in pre-war decades.
Some six weeks after Pearl Har
bor, this sentiment became vocal
again, was expressed by politi
cians, labor, growers, veterans,
was organized. In Washington
the Justice Department opposed
evacuation, and claimed it could
n't manage the job anyway; ex
pecting the Army couldn't either,
it left the problem to the Army.
To its surprise, the Army decided
it could, and did. An uninformed
Congress passed a low; which
was signed by President Roose
velt without Cabinet discussion
and approved by a Supreme
By Lichty
Your health
As a rule, warts are about as
harmless as it is possible for a
disorder to be. Except when lo
cated on the soles of the feet,
they do not cause pain. If they
were not so disfiguring, it is
doubtful if many would seek
medical aid in getting rid of
them.
While a number of methods of
treating warts have been sug
gested, none has proven satis
factory In all cases. One wart
can be removed by the electric
needle, but where a whole crop
of these unsightly growths is
present as is often the case with
children, this method is not sat
isfactory. For this reason, there have
been many attempts to get rid of
warts by using preparations
which can be given by mouth.
These include magnesium, sul
fate, arsenic, and mercury prep
arations. Varying success has ac
companied the attempts to treat
warts through injections, into
a muscle, of preparations of bis
muth. Recently, a number of patients
with warts were treated by giv
ing them a substance known as
sodium bismuth triglycollamate
by mouth. The preparation was
given in tablet form after meals.
The dose varied, depending upon
the number of warts.
Of 14 patients treated, eight
were completely cured, four
showed improvement and, in two
cases, there was no lmprovment.
In two other instances, the
treatment had to be stopped be
cause the patients could not tol
erate the drug. However, in one
of these, the warts disappeared
entirely two weeks after treat
ment was stopped and, in the
other, there was a great deal of
improvement at the time the
drug was stopped.
It would seem that this form of
treatment, of giving bismuth
preperation by mouth, is excel
lent in some cases, and is worthy
of a thorough trial, particularly
in those cases where the patient
has a large number of warts.
Warts may be located on the
Court much less vigilant, says
Grodzins, than usual.
The people who pushed the
law through never took the
trouble to get all the facts, the
author charges ... he himself
spent three years on the coast
and in Washington collecting this
abundant material. He calls the
whole business a shabby ab
dication of civilian to military,
and a fearsome and ominous fail
ure of democratic processes.
SS2Si&u STERLING IS SO
Here are three easy ways
to have your own Sterling:
Boy a piece or a place setting at a time. Many school girls, brides
and business girls start their sets with a single piece or place set
ting, adding place settings, half-dozeni, serving pieces as they like.
Register your patera so that gift-minded friends can
help you out. Gifts of Sterling are always in good
taste for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries and other
occasions, and if your pattern is recorded it is a matter - -
of convenience for everyone concerned. .
Use a convenient budget plan. Many girls end .
women want their silver at once. A small down
payment, with the balance paid in easy installments,
makes possible the immediate delivery of the
pieces and place settings you need.
Written by
Dr. Herman N.
Boo dense n. MJX
hands, where they may be in
jured and result in bleeding.
These warts should, of course, be
eliminated as quickly as possible.
When warts are present it is
always a good plan to consult a
skin specialist for treatment.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
L.R.: What causes furring of
the tongue?
Answer: This condition may be
due to wasting of the lining
membrane of the tongue. It
might be due to infection of the
tongue, "n many cases, there Is
no evidence of any abnormality
found.
It would b- well to have an
examination made by a physi
cian to determine the cause of
the trouble in your case.
(Copyrlfht. 14. Ktn Features)
Boy Wounded
While Playing
With Revolver
BEAVERTON, July 28 -P-Ten-year-old
Dorman McGann
was wounded in the face and back
today when a .38 caliber revolver
a playmate was holding discharg
ed accidentally. 1
Washington County Deputy
Sheriff S. A. Nosack reported the
youngster was at the nearby home
of Donald Lee White. The white
boy was showing his friend the
revolver and snapping the trig
ger, the deputy said.
The bullet was removed by Dr.
Herbert Mason who said the boy
probably will recover.
Arnold Asks
Trust Laws
Cover Unions
WASHINGTON, July 28 -W)-Thurman
Arnold, former "New
Deal" trust-buster, today urged
congress to bring labor unions un
der the federal anti-trust laws.
"It is a very dangerous thing,"
he said, "to permit unions to mo
nopolize the labor supply without
any curbs whatsoever.'
Arnold testified as a witness be
fore the senate banking committee,
which is investigating the coal in
dustry and the tactics of John L
Lewis' United Mine Workers
union.
Meet Yovr Friends at T -
ED GOOES
(Continued from page one)
of trucks weighed. Sdfflerp fig
ures are for each yea front W44
to 1148. Taking the yars it ihe
two extremes one finds thar the
number of violations in 1944 was
4441 and in 1948 was 8681, al
though the total n u m bar of
trucks weighed dropped I from
187,471 to 166,584. The percent
age of violations to number
weighed dropped from! 187,471 to
166,584. The percentage of, vio
lations to number weighed stead
ily increased, as follows: 1944,
2.37 per cent; 1945, 3.37 peri cent;
1946, 4.75 per cent; 1947, 5.07 per
cent; 1948, 5.21 per cent jFines
and court costs collected likewise
mounted by steady steps (from
$74,961 in 1944 to 236,18S in
1948. ' -v II
For 1948 the average weight of
all legal loads weighed wa 53,
487 lbs, and the average Weight
of all illegal loads Was 68,908.
The indication of the patter fig
ure is that the violations were
not just marginal but: really ex
cessive. - I j
The system seems I to be ef
ficient; but It has not succeeded
in educating truckers to obey the
law. The worst violators are log
truckers. Many of them are in
dependent operators! who get
paid on the quantity of logs they
deliver at the pond or siding. So
they are under the constant
temptation to pile on 111 the logs
they think they can? haul and
get by with. Sometimes they hide
out in the woods till they think
the weighmaster has closed up
his scales. Stiffler could tell
many tales of ruses I pulled to
violate the load law;: with im
punity. - ;
The consequence is hot merely
an infraction of the lw but the
progressive destruction of high
ways and structures. ; One over
load may not do much damage.
But let the pounding continue
day after day and thj surfacing
is worn down and! the! base
broken up. Bridges finally be
come unsafe. J
At various times logging In
terests have sought Changes in
the law or modification pf its
enforcement. Some are honest In
their intent Others simply' want
to escape any penalties. Exper
ience has demonstrated the nec
essity of load control and; these
statistics prove the need foi- con
tinued strict (or even stricter)
enforcement f 1
Loaded Truck
Rams House
ASTORIA, July 26 -UP)i Uno
Olson, 30, was killed today (when
his heavily loaded truck went out
of control on a hill and crashed
down the grade into i house.
The truck tore off I corner of
the home of Dr. Frank Fowler,
and came to a halt. Mrs. Fowler,
upstairs at the 1 1 me, said it
"sounded like an explosion . . . I
thought it was another earth
quake." The truck's brakes I apparently
failed. I I
The St Joe river ijn Idaho Is
the highest navigable river In the
world. j
Mr. L, C Canary, well known
hearing aid authority, assisted
by Mrs. FJta Shepard will
demonstrate several new j dis
coveries of special Interest to
all with impaired hearing.
Among items . of interest! are
the new Phantomold which
eliminates the button in the ear,
and the noise suppressor vj-hich
effectively solves th problem
of hearing in noisy places; To
day BELTONE is fitting nore
difficult cases than ever before.
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We carry batteries for
ALL alds j
Salcn Belions Office
Thnrsday-Friday July Zl-tl
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& ASSOCIATES
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