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I 4 The Stefottnan, Salem, Oregon, WednesWkrr. August l341 l Writtea by Dr. nermaa N. Bandensea. 1LD. mm MM i7o Tavor Sways. Vs, No Fear hhaU Awe First Stoteamu. Mart U. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING C03IPANY v CH-4WT.I31 A KPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher Entered at the postoffke at Salem. Oregon, as teee ad claw nutter ender act ef eonrxesa March J. It7f. faMiabetf aren morning. Business effka 215 .8. Commercial. 8lem, Oregon, Telephone t-2441. Cabinet Members for CVA i v - Cabinet members, one-by-one, jump through i the, hoop in support of a CVA. The revived pro gram: was incubated in the department of. the , Interior, but after President Truman' was "sold" the idea he gave out word it should be support-, ed. Secretary Krug of interior, has strongly en dorsed the CVA bill, and this week Secretary Cordon Cray of the army and Secretary $raii-. nan pf agriculture testified in its behalf. Brannan argued that the valley administra ' tion would-integrate the divisions of his depart ment in the northwest with the engineering arid Construction work of a CVA. If that could be realised it would indeed be a strong argument for a CVA. , However the bill is nebulous on -whether it will be integration or a superseding duplication of: functions. Ostensibly CVA , tombines only the regional work of the army engineers, the reclamation bureau and Bonne-. , ritle Power administration. It is given indefih '' lte powers. however for other activities, such as 'toil conservation,' and evidently has authority v both for' regional planning end for budgeting. If nhe scheme worked it could accomplish a great deal of good;, but it is still in question whether bureaus of other t departments would work agreeably underj two' masters. I As for Secretary Gray, hi argument was that a CVA is needed for the national security. To .quote: -' ' . "It Is essential to national defense that the hydroelectric potential of the Columbia rivet arid its tributaries be fully realized and develop ed as soon as practicable. The power of the Colj " umUi is needed for aluminum production ana atomic production." . , . I There i$ no present deficiency of powerj sup-, ply in the1 northwest; and there is no deficiency: f production of aluminum and atomic bombs due to lack of power. The aluminum situation is easy and the AEC has just boasted of its quan tity production of atomic; bombs which is dan at 'the Hanford plant. - v Dams under .-construction now will add gobs .of power to meet expanded demand in the north - west and the work is going forward as fast' as r congress will pour out the money. j In all candor there is 'no national security! at ' stake in a CVA. That is a convenient stalking horse which already is getting footsore. It is em ployed because congress and the country ire Jittery about a possible war. I 4, Gray df course is in a hot spot. As head of the army he is nominally heacl of the corps of en gineers, though this agency functions with Jal ; most complete autononjy. (See the -first .article in the August Harper's magazine on the way the corps of engineers work). The corps is doinjg a great deal of work in the Columbia basin,; so Cray couldn't very well repudiate its work; and he didn't. He said it would be better to have a single agency doing the work;like a CVA. f But why hot follow either the majority or the minority report of the Hoover commission, both of which urged stripping the engineers of their civilian .functions and combining agencies?; If consolidation is needed iA the northwest It is needed elsewhereand most decidedly ft isl If bur national- security is In .jeopardy why not have the army engineers-devote their time to army .problems like blowing up dams rather than building them? j . cies. They budget their- work program; according to funds that are available. If appropriations are suspended they cannot proceed with any new work, can only mark time. Already a imonth out of the year has been lost. If congress had really -tended to its knitting the big appropriation bills would have been out of the way by the first of July and attention! givento other legislative mat-? ters or congress could have adjourned to let i mentbers 'go home and find out what people 1 think of them. I ; v - .. - ; ' : f Lawyera Support Latourette i ; j A poll of members of v the Oregon State Bar ; shows Circuit Judge Earl C. Latourette a strong favorite for appointment to the newly created federal district judgeship for Oregon. Latourette is a long-time democrat and recognized as a very able judge.' The lawyers cleirly prefer; him, to Gus Solomon, Portland lawyer, who ran well down in the poll. But Solomon has already been taggedj for the post by the party organization, starting with Monroe Sweetland and jUtrs. Nancy Honeyman "Robinson, members of the national democratic committee, and endorsed by ma - jority of tha state committee. Jj v In former yean the attorney general's office did the job of screening for the president when' appointments to the judiciary were ; being con sidered. This was done to protect the judiciary from the pressures of senators and the party or ganization. With -Senator J. Howard McGrath, national chairman, About to take over the office of attorney general that screening may not be done. Strictly- an organization politician, Mc Grath would certainly be inclined to take the endorsement of the party orgahizatio n here rather, than that of the .lawyers, most of j whom are republicans anyway. - ! . 1 1 I I I 1 I ll ill 1 r"? wmmmmmr - mmm- J Control of Tansy Ragwort ; ! If you se,e a tall weed with a yellow flower, which! looks. like goldenrod but isn't, the prob ability is that it is tansy ragwort, one of the 1TiSZr?"r -e v1" Buddies With Memories : Special efforts are being made to get rid of the weed, and Thursday night a meeting oz Mar- Everybody ! knows what cold sores are. but few realize that colds have nothing to do with bringing them about Known by the. scientific name of. herpes simplex, these little clumps of blisters: are due to a virus in fection. -On the other hand, this condition does not appear to be contagious, that is. passed about from one person to another. People who develop cold sores seem to be subject to recurrent attacks, usually at the same place on the skin. Others never have them. In susceptible indi viduals, . cold sores ' can be brought on by a good many dif ferent things. Among them are fever, injuries, exposure to ultra-violet rays, ' sunlight, ! or wind, the 'eating of certain foods, indigestion, and - the Use of certain drugs. v Cold sores first start as blis ters which break open 7 and form scabs. They are most commonly located around the lips, "but oc casionally may develop on the cheek, back, ear, fingers i or arms.. Sometimes, disfiguring scars may follow attacks ; of herpes. Persons with herpes should avoid over-treatment of the condition. A mild astringent or shrinking agent used on the hps, and a gentian violet solu tion on the inner lining of the lips are usually sufficient : Repeated vaccination with smallpox vaccine has been at tempted In an effort to prevent recurrent herpes. Good results have been obtained with this method of treatment in a num ber of cases. The vaccine is usually given weekly for six or eight weeks. Another form of treatment to prevent recurrences has been exposure to X-ray. Such treat ment seems to dimmish the se verity of the attacks and to lengthen the periods between recurrences. Of course, the X-ray treatments must be given by a specialist to make sure that an overdosage does not occur, i The herpes virus, it is thought, may at times cause an infec tion of the mouth known ai stomatitis. The condition may also affect, the gums,- and may resemble trench mouth. The treatment of this disorder also consists of the use of a mild antiseptic painted on Ihe af fected areas. Gentiari violet has been used for this purpose. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS B. K.: I have a very bau sinus infection with a yellow dis charge from my nose. Is there something that will remedy this? Answer: Sinus infection of the chronic type always should be treated under the direction of the physician. . , One good method of treat ment consists in the use of aerosol penicillin, which is peni cillin in. the form of a mist, that, is breathed into the nose.' Frequently, suction is employed to aid in speedy recovery. , (Copyrtsht. 1S49. Kin Features Syndicate. Inc.) PEA-PICKING STARTS MED FORD, Ore., Aug. 2 -V The Rogue river valley's multi million dollar Bartlett pear crop is being harvested. Picking start ed yesterday. This has been One of the best pear-growing seasons in history. ) SALMON OFFER REJECTED ASTORIA Aug. set tlement is in sight for the strike of CIO fishermen here. Union Secretary Henry Niemela said that the lastest packer offer of 20 cents a pound for salmon had been rejected.' ion county farmers will be held in Mayflower hall to get an organization for .weed control started, j-. ' ,; ' - ' Farmers are advised not to pull tip the weed in flower and let it lie on the ground because its seed will mature and scatter. Spraying with weedkiller will do the trick. Or the weeds may be gathered and burned. .. Booms rtJQDQZD JD jjrarl Delays Federal Appropriations The. federal government's fiscal year begins July 1, but because of failure of congress to pass the. regular appropriation bills departments are operating on stop-gap legislation, which author-. Ues them tacontinue pending action on the r;eg ular bills. This authority has been extended to -August 15, but there is no assurance when con gress will unsnarl the legislative kinks and! get : the bills through. Appropriations' affected are those for the army,havy; air force, the interior . 'department and so-called independent agencies. The big blockade is over the ECA appropri ation. The senate committee voted to trim it by .about 10 per cent, and the senate concurred. ;The . committee however had inserted 'some amend - hients, one by Senator McCIellan of Arkansas to ' require ECA to buy $1,500,000,000 of'US farm crop surpluses for. export, another by Senator McCarran of Nevada to cut Spain in for - $50, 000,000." Still another curb, by Senator Kem of Missouri, .would deny aid to a country which nationalizes its industry (aimed at preventing Britain from nationalizing its steel industry). In the jockeying in the senate over these amend ments McCIellan raised the point, of order that appropriation bills should not contain legisla tion, which the ECA bill did; so It was returned . to committee, and other appropriation bills were rJ bn ice pending the rewinding of the parlia mentary skein. . j This delay is ver annoying to federal agen After a long, bitter and unnecessary battle the trustees of the war memorial opera house in San Francisco, have lifted the'ban against the appear ance of Mme. Kirsten Flagstad with the San Francisco opera. This means that the City will have its annual season of opera, which has long been one of the high spots of the year in music on this coast. The opposition to Mme. Flagstad was based on the fact that her late husband had been accused of being a nazi collaborator in Nor way, but the Norwegian government announced it had no complaint against her. This ought to end the "attainder" against the Norwegian sop rano who has been under condemnation in many circles ever siry?e .the war. When Shriners.ahd their friends travel the eleven miles fromhe Alsea highway to the' top of Mary's Peak in their trek next Sunday they will ride over a road treated with a woodhy product, calcium sulphate, a waste; liquor f fom papermills. It keeps the dust down and doesn't spatter on cars like road oil. Though they pro fess to traverse the sands of the desert the Shrin ers donf want to eat road dust. Continued from page one) So many fires in lumber mills ; have occurred lately in Lane county that one can't help won dering if some arsonists are not active The season is very dry v and a lighted match will quickly engulf a mill in flames. But some one, through accident or malicious intent must be at the other end of the lighted match. over. There are jmore of -them, and they are '"on the make." Their dads who saw service in 1917-18 are glad to have them coming up to take over respon sibilities ., and help keep warm the fires of memory and of pat riotism. - There .will be lots of noise and lots of stunts while the legionnaires are in' town, and two parades. There's pep left in the old vets yet though they .have marched; a long way in life's pathway ince they hit Hoboken oh the way back home. But there willj be serious busi ness too as .'departmental if fairs are considered, new offi cers selected, resolutions pre pared, and addresses heard. Salem gives and Legion and auxiliary a hearty welcome. Of special interest is the fact that its own B. E. (Kelly) Owens Is department commander. Also the national president of the auxiliary, Mrs. Hubert-A. Goode of Portland, is very well -known ! In Salem. Salem has always been hospitable to organizations of ex-service men and women and is eager to do all in its i power to make the 1949 conven tion the "best yet" i l&race J. JCiapp, lfV. 2). 1 1 And Wishes to Announceine Opening . Of His Office at 506 LIVESLEY BUILDING Practice Limited to Disorders Of Infants and Children Hours 10:00 A. M. to 12, 2 P. M. to 5 P. M. By Appointment Telephone 2-9873 Better English t D.j C tVUllaioe Strangely the state highway commission asked the engineers to report on the delay on com pletion of the Wilson ville cutoff. The delay is due to the failure of the commission to approp riate money for the ten-mile gap and the bridge over the Willamette. A Salem delegation some three years ago urged that instead of widening the section .between Oregon City and Canby on 99E that the money be applied to the cutoff route, but the commission turned down the re-"( quest. Engineering will quickly follow authori, zation and construction follow appropriation. . Loan Says Finland 'Out of Danger' i B J. M. Rcberts. Jr. AP Foreign Affair Analyst Twelve and a half million dol lars is a mighty small item in International affairs these days. But when It is loaned- by the west to a country bordering Russia it becomes front paf e news. -:.';..,' - Intrinsically, the loan of this turn to Finland by the world .bank represents a business prcp osiUoo. Eugene Black, president ,0 the bank, says politics is not Involved. "Finland has a great debt. record," he says, and then adds: " "l Is. an independent govern ment" ' . ' He suggests that larger loans may be forthcoming. The loani was' made after a bank mission reported Finland ' had made substantial progress toward recovery but needs help In further construction and mod ernization of indortry. That vas on of the prime purposes for establishing . the bank, technic ally known as the international bank for reconstruction and de velopment, in which 51 nations cooperated, i ' f But this Is the first loan to an eastern European country.! It represents a decision that Fin land Is a good risk. It as much as says that Finland is.no longer in danger of being taken over by Russia, a contingency which was constantly in the mind. : of the western , world after the Czech coup in 1948. when Hel sinki felt it necessary to accede to Moscow's demands for a mili tary assistance treaty, i ! -. . I f ) i -. Finland, first invaded, by Rus sia and i thereafter an; ally of Germany in World War IL has been walking a tifht rope ever since. Only by sturdy maneuver ing, by inaintaining a f correct", attitude, and by making heavy reparations payments in addi-. tion to cession of territory has she avoided direct incorporation into the ; Russian sphere. " 1 ' The government has been forc?d to use a ; stern j hand -let 'tim to prevent any i outburst of Finnish antagonism as (well as to restrain the communists. While the world bank Is ope rated by 51 nations,-it is headed by an American.: The United States subscribed more than 38 per cent of its funds. Other duet subscribers were the British commonwealthj France 'and Na tionalist China. I Although : it .theoretically eschews interna tional politics, when it makes recovery loans you can bet .that it approves of recovery by western, not communist, defini tions. - j .. S - I &7 with In this light, the loan that the bank is satisfied the success of the western tainment" policy that it fce , lieves Russia has staged her Bast coup in eastern furope. , It also opens another window through which Russia's economi cally harrassed I satellites can watch the progress of American sponsored recovery and determ ine for themselves -whether it represents -"imperialism." ... j What is wrong with this sentence? "I enclose herewith full instructions.'' 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "complaisance"? 3. Which one of these words Is .misspelled? Campher, cipher, philosopher. S 4 4. What dbs the word "erron eous" mean?'t r' 5. What is? a word beginning with ims that means "to in volve"? ? ANSWERS L Omit herewith, or write, "I send full instructions herewith." .2. Pronounce kom-pla-zans, as in an, first a as in play, last a as in ask, accent, on first sylla ble preferred. 3. Camphor. 4. Containing error; incorrect "It is an erroneous statement" 5. InsfUicate. Gar Driver Cited Following Wreck Arthur Scovell, Portland, was charged Tuesday with failure to stop at a stop sign, the result of a collision involving a City Tran sit lines bus Saturday night Scovell was .arrested on a mu nicipal court warrant signed by Roy Donald Anderson, Salem, driver of the bus and posted 23 bait - .-! . i .- - . - j Both men were dismissed Yuea i day from Salem General hospital, where they were taken for treat ment following the accident No passengers on tne bus ported injured. 1 A steam engine was first used to operate the bellows in an Eng lish blast: furnace in 1775. Stevens & SON You Your Family and Frionds Aro Most Cordially Invitod to Mako Thin Your Hoadquartors When in Salom LIVESLEY BUILDING. m x :l ill ;t i I fj 1 lll-ifi I ml 1 1 1 - :': - I fit wi-Mjrt Ki m m .w arav ar we tft "us net Corn MoJm Stato at Liborty Salom Oregon Cat i eCon 1 L-m Hirv1 " f.