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1 1 i ' litit ! V-Th8tdm8&m. Oraqoa, WadfraQT. Sapt 184? rcfion i in 1 No Favor Sway Us, No Tear ShaU AvhT mm First Statesman March 2S. lSIl THE STATESMAN! PUBLISHING COMPANY A SPTt A QUE. Editor and! Publisher Entered at the postofflce at Salem. Oregon, a second class matter aoder act of March S, in. fa Wished everi morning. Business off tea 21 8. Commercial. Salem. Oregon. Telephone 2-1441. Signs ... of the Times use of language distinguishes a man from an ammal, but communication is not restricted to speech. Persons still communicate in sign! lan guage which doutbless is far more ancient! than intelligible oral expression, unless it be the grunt or the cry. When the Modern Language associa tion met recently at Stanford university, jPrqf. L. J. Davidson of the University of Denver read a paper on "Some Current Methods of Nonvejr bal Communication." He had quite an impres sive list of current uses of signs. 1 Railroad brakemen still employ hand signals to instruct the engineer. Football referees have signs to describe rules infractions, and the jerk of an umpire's thumb is bad news for the; team at bat. There is a signal code for motorists (which the driver in front of you often igjiors, so you say). Longshoremen, construction work ers, loggers convey their messages to winch and shovel and donkey engine operators by motions of hands or arms. j I mountain they are proceeding1 to take tht Moun tain to Mohammed. In short, they will use up their lire and francs and pounds by producing films Abroad, then ship the negatives here for processing. j h This is not only perfectly legitimate, it is prac tical business. It gives an example of how busi nessmen adapt themselves to changes 4n condi tions. Instead of sitting back and letting their foreign market go producers ara finding a way to maintain that market.; Expense Cuts Real Prbblejn Yi On Italy Tour i By Henry Mclemore ROME, Sept 13 It's not very sporting, I know, but with cigarettes seUing f or aboiit fifty, cents a pacx here, arid . tha hotels and res- ilfrom 21 to 26 per Nfcent service tax Ion your bills, a Stalemate in Hawaiian Strike j Negotiations between employers and Hawai ian longshore workers transplanted to New York, terminated with no settlement Monday, Cyrus S. Ching, head of the U. S. Mediation service, who had invited the principals to meet with him in New York, issued a brief statement to the effect that the parties were so far apart in their thinking that mediation efforts were useless. So the dock strike in Hawaii now over At trading posts millions of dollars worth Of four months long, continues. business is done day in, day out, by finger ges tures which are Greek to the novice observer. Religious attitudes are indicated by signs kneel ing, bowing, making the sign of the crossj. Ad the deaf depend very largely on sign language for their conversation. j There are signs of contempt and of insult ad the boyhood signaKto go swimming (or has;it passed out of use). A nod or shake of the head means yes or no. In fact when the list is writ ten down It quite lengthy -igns still ara prac tical means of communication, quite indispen sable in many cases. Dr. II. II, dinger Dr. Harry H. Ohnger was one of the builders of modern Salem. For fourteen years he served on the schoolboard most of the time as chair man by common consent. He was a member of the state capitol reconstruction commission wljich was the official body for the construction of the state capitol and library and which adopt jfcthe general plan for the capitol gfoupj .Sety lce on the city council and water commission on the library board and on the state parole board were among his other public services. Then he was long active in affairs of thje Elks lodge and the Rotary club. A native of Salem, he gave to the city where he was born anJ rear ed and where he practiced his profession; forf5 years a full measure of intelligent and devoted service. 1 j 111 health forced his retirement from the bi$y acenes of downtown Salem a number of years ago, but he kept up his interest In affairs. He was a real authority on Salem's history! of he post-pioneer period, and contributed much in the making of that history. The disastrous effect on Hawaiian business has already been reported. . It is also injuring Pacific coast economy, particularly in Califor nia. San Francisco normally handles a big busi ness with Hawaii. Now about all that moves is that handled by air. The airlines to be sure are profiting by the tieup in the islands. Here bargaining and mediation have failed. The only settlement in sight seems to be one of at least partial surrender, since the employers steadfastly refuse to accept arbitration. This is about as serious a breakdown in industrial re lations as has: ever been experienced in the Un ited States. Walt for the Drench j When the first rains coma it is easy to believe that the rainy season is upon us. The chill, the rainfall, the cloudiness are convincing evidence that the seasonal change has come. But experi ence has taught those of long residence that ear ly rains may be followed; by clear days of mel low warmth and sometimes with really parch ing winds. ; ( It is then that the fire demn may get in his work darting his tongues; of flame in a last des perate effort to burn and destroy. The forests in particular are still dry; conditions for bad fires are still favorable. The advice still holds good to observe all pre cautions against fire until the woods really gejt drenched. ' i 1'roiluciiig Films in Europe One reason why so many films are being made In Europe is because American producers fjfid that one way of using up their credits in foreign currencies. Ingrid Bergman has been doing a film in Italy. Greta Garbo Is shown (with her hair let down) as she goes about on the contin ent where she is to do another picture for Wan ger International. Universal, R-K-O, M-GM are also busy making stuff abroad. Twelve fea tures are being done overseas this year against eigNt last year. England, France, Italy, Africa iAd) Argentina are picked for locale. The total of foreign pictures made by domestic producers will le only about five percent of what they do In Hollywood, but it will be an important five percent. f It was either that or let their earnings ' for foreign exhibition of American films jrerftin frozen. American companies had built up; a huge market for their product, from London to Sing apore and Buena Aires. But dollar-short coun tries tied up dollar exchange so the Arherican firms couldn't get their pay for foreign show ings. Not being able to bring Mohammed to the Steel Agreement May Set Pattern Acceptance by the unions of the recommen dations of the president's fact-finding board and the agreement of some of the biggest steel com panies to negotiate on the terms recommended pretty well forecloses the possibility of a steel strike. It is altogether probable that the parties will arrive at an agreement on pensions by the date set, March 1st next. The effect of this should be beneficial throughout Industry. It sets definite .limits to possible increases 'in benefits to workers (and cost to industry). It leaves open a possibility in steel for some price concession this fall which would be a business stimulant. A steel strike would have had a paralyzing effect Now if a new coal contract can be writ ten and the auto workers settle with Ford, and other manufacturers the big hump In bargain ing will be gotten over In 1949. The newest claim of Russia for Inventive genius ' is that the m i li t a r y tank first invented by Russians a year and one-half be fore the British did during the first world war. We hope that they have not made the same blunder as the Arafi coin-vendor near .the pyramids who was fouhd.fcasily selling coins dated "50 B. C". u r Import Duty Issue Brought Into Open Br J. M. Roberts. Jr. AP Foreign Affair Analyst While the international finan cial conferees in Washington have been working around the fringes of the tariff issue, Eugene Black, president of the World bank, has brought it boldly into the open. The tri-power communique on results of the ''dollar crisis" dis cussions restates as American policy the intention to revise tariffs to meet developing needs. - But Black, as I read his state ment at the opening of the bank and monetary fund meeting, says .the days of American tariffs are over. American policy, he says, is '"basically Inconsistent with ita position as the great creditor na tion of the world." He suggests a halt to the policy of encourag ing the production of goods for the home market which could be - more economically imported. It's an idea which has been nibbling away at the minds of students of economics for yeara The United States has gradually been doing something about it through the reciprocal trade treaties, and has been very in sistent that Europeans do so ma thing about it to make the Mar shall plan fully effective. There has always been an argument as to whether protect ion of an Industry because it is located In the United States and employs Americans is truly economical, as compared with letting the people buy cheaper from abroad where that is pos sible, thus sending dollars to create markets for other pro ducts in which America excels. In the early postwar years there was a developing school of thought that the ultimate solution Would lie in free com petition, with each area or na tional l unit producing what It produces ' best with less emphasis on self-sufficiency, -c? i-u ;; Against (this is always to be balanced, of course, the fact that war has pot been abolished, and that a nation must keep its mind on its supplies of vital materials. That is why the United States has insisted on keeping its syn thetic rubber plants going in peacetime, to the impoverish ment Of East Asian gum pro ducers.: Even a sweeping policy change could only be implemented by very gradual stages. Regardless of conflicts with true economics, protection of a nation's product Ion of : vital materials, at least will be essential until there is a sure-fire arrangement against war. j i man has to con serve somewhere. So, after only a few days m Rome. I have i figured out a way to save a little money. Instead of hiring a guide to show me the sights,, lor lay ing out hard cash to join one of those sight-seeing expedi tions, I sneak around uninvited and listen to the guides, others have engaged explaining what this picture is, how this statue lost a leg, and how Michelangelo worked a 24-hour day; seven days a week. I'-f The guides all speak some English because there are bound to be Americans in every group of sightseers. I haven't the xact figures at hand, but I 4m sure there are almost as many Amer icans in Rome right now as there are in the state of Connecticut. I talked with one American tourist, a man in his middle fifties, from Iowa, who said he was quite sure he hadn't seen a foreigner and by that he meant an Italian since he had been in the country. 1 He explained that he came over on a conducted tour made up of half a hundred fellow Americans. There were enough of them to fill a corner, of a dining room, thus shutting off , from view any Italians who might be dining at the same time, and the same was true when they travelled by bus or; train. He said he might Just as well be travelling through the Mid-West, or attending a con- " vention in Atlantic City.' He was positive that he hadn't even heard --an Italian speak. He asked me to promise him that I would point out a real, honest-to-goodness foreigner, If I saw one. c. But to get back to my money saving schemes of utilizing guides hired by others. ' It isn't always pleasant, but then a penny saved is a penny earned. Quite a few of the guides, even when they are- conducting half a hundred or more; tourists, have an unpleasant gift for re membering the faces and dress of their charges. Thus when a "ringer" joins the flock they can spot him right away and either try to chase him i away with dirty looks or, in ; some cases, halt the lecture and ask him what he thinks he Is doing. This happened to me when I was "working" the Coliseum yesterday In company with a group roughly the size of an army corps. It was a thunder ing herd, for sure, comprised of American, French, English, Greek, Norwegian and Swiss tourists. I thought I was per fectly, safe when I slipped in the ranks, but the guide nailed me right away and asked me what I was doing. A few days ago that would have embarrassed me, but I am hardened now. With a cheer fully idiotic expression ort my face I asked if this wasn't the Delia Robbia and Sons Tour, be cause that was the one I was supposed to be with, and, mercy, I didn't want to get lost from my. jroup. What? This wasn't the Forum we were looking at? The what? The Colisum? Heav ens, I was in the wrong place, and would he excuse ro. . Then I hung around until a leas sharp-eyed guide brought in another load of weary feet, and joined them. It calls Jor real class! to attach Jourself to a guide who is tak ig only three or four people around. You get a lot more in formation from such a guide, but it calls for fine acting to stay close enough to hear and yet seem detached. My finest achievement so far was seeing half of St. Peter's with a guide who had a party of one a CLASS IN ASTRONOMY WILL NOW COME TO ORDER! taurants tacking XT, I - V te V mmZfrTZ' a M W! PCD ass 0DCO (Continued from page one) ; of the "peril point where dom estic interests would suffer. The amendments do not prevent the, president from acting, and are no limitation on his powers, j . : The democrats and the admin istration however are determined to enact the bill and omit any reference to the tariff commis sion. They are trying to say that including these amendments jeo pardizes the whole program right at a time when freer world trade is needed. ? That the United States as cred itor nation should import more goods is readily recognized as an economic truth; but agriculture and industries that i have been built up under a protective Sys tem should not be summarily thrown to the wolves. I We have that in our own production of filberts and cherries which' are subject to foreign competition. Surely retention of the "peril point" amendments which ara in effect only a warning signal to the administration is defensible. In fact the administration should want such advice as it negotiate trade treaties. Your IKlealSh WrttWa by Dr. Hermaa N. Budensen. fcLTX Research into the causes of high blood pressure, which' has been gathering momentum dur ing the past '20 years, is slowly but surely yielding a better un derstanding of this disorder which today affects so many middle - aged and elderly peo ple in the United States. It is pretty well established, for instance, that high blood pressure does its chief damage, not in the body's big arteries but in the countless tiny vessels whfth actually feed organs and tissues. It has also been demon strated that most people who suffer from high blood pressure have an increased resistance to the flow of blood through these small vessels. Overwork and worry, or any condition which causes nervous tension, may cause the tiny blood vessels to contract and thus in crease the resistance of the flow of blood through them. For this reason, rest and sedatives or quieting drugs are used in the treatment of high blood pres sure, and operation to cut the nerves which run to these blood vessels has also been used with benefit in many instances. Recently, using a diet con taining very little salt, togeth er with giving certain prepara tions containing mercury to in crease the rate of excretion of. salt in the body through the kid neys, has been found to reduce high blood pressure to a nor mal level, in some cases within , a few days. Even if the blood pressure itself is not lowered by this method, spasm of the blood vessels, headache, and oth ef symptoms may be relieved for many months. The diet is first employed for a period of from five to seven days. Then the mercury is given by injection into a muscle at in fine, white-haired woman in a blue silk print. He was a very well-informed guide, end I wish be hadn't shooed me away just before going into the Sistine Chapel, (Distributed by McNaught Syndicate Inc.) tervals of one to four days. In fivof eight patients treat ed in this way, the blood pres sure decreased within about days after the first Injection of the mercury preparations. Im provement in the blood pres sure was maintained by a low salt diet in four of the five cases studied, lor a period or six months. The relaxation of the blood vessels was shown by the greater flow of blood- through them, even though the blood pressure remained high. This form of treatment would ap pear to be well worth trying. Studies have shown that there is soma, relation between the dis orders of the kidney and high blood pressure. In these in stances, : the kidneys throw a substance Into the blood which causes the tiny blood vessels to contract. An effort has been made to find some substance which would neutralize this high blood pressure - producing fac tor, but as yet no effective ag ent? has ' been discovered. The chief thing to remember about high blood pressure is that it can be controlled in most cas es if the proper treatment Is started early. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Reader: Is bronchitis an al ergic condition? - Answer: Bronchitis means in flammation of the small tubes in the lungs called the bronchi. It is usually due to infection. Allergy might be a contribut ing cause for the bronchitis. (Copyright. IMS. King Features) I "Cleopatra's Needle", the obe lisk in New York's Central Park, Is 70 feet high and was built in Egypt 3500 years ago. County Crews To Start Road j Stripe Work Center-striping of 100 miles of Marion county roads by county road crews will get underway Thursday, Marion County Com missioner Roy Rice said Tuesday. The county court, at the city of Salem's request, agreed to stripe Lansing avenue and SUverton road in the vicinity of the new Wash ington school. Oiling of the 25th street exten sion into McNary field in east Sa lem will begin under county creWs about September 21.- The oiling crew is now in the Stay ton area. Builder Group To Organize j Exchange Unit A new organization of Stlem contractors and building suppliers is scheduled to complete ita for mation at 8 o'clock tonight In chamber of commerce rooms, j This group will operate as a Contractor! exchange with a local office to receive blueprints, speci fications and bid invitations which might not otherwise resch the at tention of local contractor indi vidually. The plans on which bids may be entered will be available for study by all members of the new group. Offices for the exchange have been established at 333 Bush it. Louis Neuman is temporary chair man. Organization work also has been carried on by Don Patten and Stanley N. Hammer. I Better English By a C WUUans j Coaching Philosophy Told by WU Mentor So long as a (grid aspirant works at the Job, hell not be turned away by the Willamette university squad, no matter what his size or ability or lack of them. Coach Chester Stackhouse told the Salem Kiwanis club Wednesday. The coach termed it his philos ophy that everyone wanting to participate in athletics should be enabled to do so: He said he did not regard football' as "the most important thing in the world." but that it was important as a step in a career. He added that he hoped by next year there would be a fine stadium in Bush pas ture. The Willamette athletic and coaching staff were guests of the Kiwanis club. About 50,000,000 tons of ice ara produced yearly in 6000 plants throughout the United States. ! Hollywood On Parade GRIN AND BEAR IT Bv Llchty Literary Guidepost Br W. O. Rogers THE SURE THING, by Merle Miller: William Slbane; $3) ; An intelligent young man who loves his : country and is eager to make this a better world takes a responsible government post in foreign affairs. A disguised voice over the telephone arouses his suspicions. On the way to his officej he suddenly realizes he is being shadowed. His super ior hopes he can guarantee his past record for, he warns, he is being investigated again for se curity reasons. His home is in vaded by! professional snoopers; they do not lay a finger on him, but they put on heavy pressure, trying to Cause trouble with! his wife, prying into his political and personal past. They know more about him and his present wife, his second, than ! they themselves can re member. Though their interro gations have unearthed many admirable qualities about him, their j files are filled only with the bad; they arent trying to prove; him innocent but to con demn! him. they hunt the half truths which will cook his goose. I I ? ., ; set ' ' I . j -i Friends of his after similar investigations have lost their jobs and; been kept from getting others; but Miller's hero is not frightened, he is just angry and determined to fight. When news of his possible disgrace gets around, I however, he faces . not only the chance of not being able to earn a living but also ostra cism. : I t In this exciting novel it isn't the Gestapo or OGPU but the FBI that hounds him out of a job, ruins his reputation and re duces him to the status of a social leper. 1 Miller began his story, he says, immediately after that ' "grim .day" when congress allowed the secretary of state to' fire em ployes "in the interests of the United States," If most of us can't check on the accuracy Of the description of FBImethods, we nevertheless cant help but admire their fictional victim as an honest, upright and patriotic American. He couldn't be a pas sable hero for any novel. and be as free of the little sins and the minor' mistakes as his storybook persecutors require of him. jfitli JM By Gene Handsaker HOLLYWOOD Man! What a lunch that Jack Bailey serves! Don't feel I'd care to eat again for a week. Jack, as several mil lion housewives don't need to be told, is master of ceremonies of radio's "Queen for a Day." On the tide he is an amateur chef such a good one that he recently wrote a sprightly recipe book, "What's Cookin." It has sold more than 16,000 copies and is into its second printing. Jack couldn't nail two boards together. Instead, he finds creat ive satisfaction in the kitchen. His hobby started as a necessity. "I was in Chicago 20 years ago trying to be a famous stage act- burgers. Delicious. More than: an ordinary hamburger but cut a hole in tha beef patty, with a biscuit cutter or other tool, be fore you fry it. The meat puffs up like doughnuts, rill the hole with tasty sauce of cream, garlic, sweet pickle elih, mayonnaise, chili sauce, Jsalt, peper. Melt cheese slices over the burgers to sold in the sauce, one of those, friend, and you have et Also, we had potato salad. (For me, three helpings). Bailey's wrinkle is that he flavors the bacon with vinegar while it is fryina. Then chop up the bacon and add to salad. : He happened to have some Parker House rolls once and or iJack said, tucking a dish used 'em broken into bits, in a "...If year ajweaaeen get to read these vivid appeals for meaey to fight disease, weald yea please hare theaa leave eat the srmpteaaa... ' towel around his middle for an apron. He's a breezy, life-of-the-party type guy with a shy and serious side too. Thin mustache and thinning black hair. If he had ; come along before radio, he'd probably have been a medicine-show man or Chautauqua ' comedian. f Well, I couldn't get Jobs," he continued. HI found I could buy a lot of stuff at the grocery and eat longer on it than I could in restaurants. Then found I had a sort of knack for cooking. A dull thing like a soup bone, for' in stance, is a poor boy's best ' friend. The first day it makes a wonderful ' slum gulllon. Next day, broth to go with sandwiches. Third day, add more meat and you've got a wonderful stew." Jack's four-figure weekly sal ary: enables him to cook much fancier! dishes now. as a hobby. He prepares dinner nearly every night for his wife, Carol, and himself in their secluded hill top home. We lunched on what you might call Baileyburgert or bole- meat loaf. Result: scrumptious He uses cracker crumb now but sweetens meat-loaf with a little ugar. HARD OF HEARING YeVvt lYdtod for TWit CUE IT (31 NO RECEIVER BUTTON II Til EAR! r The Fksate- aaoU eombiaad with tha Bahoae Haariag Aid sMurea oa ef aAsarpesMd haariag quality (or both toae sad olum. Bac best of 1L. roar friaads woa't aerice tfcae yo arc wesriag a heariag aid. Yon we it to roomlf to see this aeweat fearing la prove ma aad coariace yourself that aow for tha ira'doie fom really caa conceal yowr afaM Drop la today aad sea, k. Maaa- whiM, til owe eoapoa foa free hook. 1. What is " wrong with i this sentence? "We expect to be finished with the work inside of a week." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "cocaine"? 'j .... 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Notary, sanctu ary, galary, culinary. j 4. What does tha word per tinent" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with pro that means "serving to produce abundantly"? ' . ANSWERS 1. Say, "We expect to finish the work within a week." 2. Pronounce with, accent on either first or second syllable. 3. Gal lery. 4. Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand, "It is a most pertinent question. 3. Prolific. 01 .1 j . 1 : i i Tr MONO-PA c ONS-UNtT MASNW Janes Tail & Assoc. US Oregon Bldg. ! 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