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jT Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Wednesday. October Sr 184
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BIG DISCOVERY IN ATOMIC RESEARCH!
No Favor Swayt Us, No Fear Shall Awe-
Free. First SUtttou, March It, tU
THE STATESMAN PUBUSIlINGj C05IPANY
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Catered at las pottefflce at Salem, Oregon, as second class flutter ander act ef congress March S, U7I.
,r bushed every morning. Be leap office 1S,1 Commercial. gtem, Oregon. TeteplwM t-XUl.
"."V . VSf it travel, though these intermediate point, but
V ' ' 'Z" "guic " - 7 "r 7. " doesn't throw any oft
despair. The navy beheves that its arm isbeu A q ntiment at1
Degieciea lo.me aanger ox Aiutrrii.
The dispute which has lately flared in the
open is not juit disgruntlement over uniiication;
it is adherence to the old doctrine of Admiral
Mahan about the importance of power to control
the seas. Navy concedes the new role of air
power but denies that air power alone is suffi
cient. It contends too that the navy should share
in aerial, warfare! ,
'''ihe navy blundered in the memo an under
ofnctai prepared and circulated, making per
gonal aluiciU on men in public an private life.
But the bold expression of views in defiance of
official cekwi hip by Capt John G. Crommelin
had tnesuppoit of the navy and the open back
ing ol Adriiual Hajsey. Now navy top brass 'has
gain expressed itself to higher officials and
copies 01 the letters were delivered to news
papermen. ' I,
it was certainly a somewhat eerie deal: A
"naval source" gave copies of the correspond
ence to reporter "in a shadowy corridor of a
downtown office building" in Washington.
Strange, isn't it, that such surreptious goings-on
are necessary in matters ot our own defense?
"Now. Secretary Matthews may tart an inquiry
to-ascertain who perpetrated the leak. But Con
gress indicates concern about the blunt state-
ment that navy morale is "shot", and over the
fears entertained as to our security.
, There are two factors hich have changed the
old conception of warfare. One is that the Amer
ican navy now has no real competition from
surface fleets. It knocked out its possible eh- ,
emies. Russia has no navy but does have sub- "
marines. The other factor is the rise of air pow-
rv
But there is still, a large place for the navy,
and now that Russia has the atom-bomb that
Pje 13 ven more important, to maintain coh-
trol of the seas, protecting our coasts and our
ocean shipping and transports
' How to organize and unify our national de
fense is a task of vital importance.- It calls for
superior intelligence and not just-a cracking; of
' beads. The navy should have the privilege of
presenting its case openly without having to
report to memos and secret rendezvous with re
porters. V - ' . 1 I ' '! V J '
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; Flag for Red China
The "favorite color of communism is red for
revolution, so Russia's flag is red, with a gold
hammer and sickle emble in the upper corner
' near the flagstaff, topped with a gold star. The
red star is another emblem freely used in Rus-
' sia. ;
1 The Chinese communists have 'patterned their
flag after that of Russia. The field is red, but at
. the upper left corner is-a large yellow star sur
rounded By four smaller yellow stars. (Yellow
is 'a. favorite color of China). The large yellow
tar sifnifies communist leadership, the small
stars stand for the classes the party in China
recognizes: workers, farmers, petty bourgeois
and national capitalists. The rest of the world
! will not see the flag of Red China soon because
Itai no navy and no trans-ocean hipping.
attaches to the old trains
more sentiment than business, undoubtedly,
Railroads hve run into heavy deficits on their
passenger train operations and are trying to re
coup losses through fast comfortable trains like
the dayligher. Over the country rail passenger
service probably will be curtailed still more.
Private automobiles, stage lines and airplanes
have made jgreat inroads on the rail passenger
business, f dicing the readjustments such as th
Southern Pacific has made on its coast lines.
No Quiz lor 3Iinton
'1 he announced quiz of Judge Sherman Minton
on his nomination to the- supreme court fizzled
out. The democratic majority in the committee
called it off. Judge Minton wrote a letter say
ing that hef did support Roosevelt's court pack
ing scheme! in 1937, when he'was a minority
leader, but; that he felt he should be judged by
his record ;ks a, circuit judge.
It hardly- seems pertinent to drag up the old
debate ove the court-packing scheme as an is
sue in this Instance. It was beaten and is a dead
issue. It may be assumed that Minton is of the
liberal persuasion, but so are Douglas and Black
and so was Murphy. That does not make him
ineligible for a seat on the supreme court, even
though many people do not like the type of de
cisions these men hand down. We would fate
Minton a Cut above Tom Clark on the score of
general ability. '
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Wage Agreement Extended "
Signs ot stabilization may be seen in ' the
agreementfof contractors engaged in heavy con
struction work and unions to extend the present
Wage scale through 1950. This gives a foundation
for bidding on work and insiires steady opera
tions without interruption from labor troubles.
Papers are filled with news about the. big
strikes in ;coal and steel. Actually most work
goes on With little or no disturbance because
labor and; management arrive at agreements.
Spite of alll the strikes we still outproduce the
rest of the world.
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LONDON, Oct. 4 Raanlar
Throntta Seme Old Neteboeks
Before Heading Heme; I think
I- forgot to mention that at
White River, the . little town
which is the gateway to Kruger
National Park, true world's larg
est, wild game j preserve, the
feature attraction at the movie
house when we were there was
Johnny Weissmuller in an old,
old Tarzan of
the Apes pic- 1
ture . . . White ,
River c i t iitens
packed the
place to watch 1
the antics of
the moth-eBten
Hollywood jani-
mals when all
they had to do
to see the same f
animals in their r
native habitat f
was to walk
about a nuV to the gates of the
park. ' j
Incidentally, I mentioned in
one of my previous columns that
the Park is closed during South
Africa's summer months. Actu
ally, because of the great Inter
est in this fascinating place, part
of the Park Is always open to
visitors. The whole Park is open
from May 29th to October 15th
and a portion called the "Pretor
luskop Area" is open all year
round ...
In White River and the small
er towns scattered in the bush
veld, the little general stores al
ways have dozens of African
women, mostly Swazis and Zu
lus, sitting on the ground In
frorit of them. These women
come in a few times a month
to shop for the few necessities
which they aren't able to pro
duce themselves. A half dozen
candles and a dozen nails Is a
big purchase, " and the women
see to it that It takes them all
day to complete their shopping.
First they will take two shillings
and change it into pennies and
farthings, j This makes their
We hope the AF of L officials have told Harry
' Bridges to get the Hawaiian strike settled and
pronto, jjlt is not incumbent on any union to
sanction a riot during which a group of 100 or
200 men beat up a few men who were unarmed
and had 5 been told there would be no violence.
Some of I them were newspaper cameramen and
the photographers get newt the people are en
titled to j?ave. Pendleton East Oregonian. 1
The E JO has its initials mixed. Harry "Bridges
would just thumb his nose at AFL officials. He
almost doles the same with officials of the CIO,
with'whih his ILWU is identified though it
probably Will join the party-line left wing CIO
unions to form a separate federation.
Folk Miss' the Morning Train
For so long a time that memory hardly run
neth to the contrary there has been a morning
passenger train out of Portland, serving the in
termediate communities. Now the old steam
train has been taken off and the daylighter, run
ning earlier and faster takes its place.
Only the daylighter will not take the place of
the Klamath or the old Shasta, because it makes
no stops between Portland and Salem. The for-
The administration forces have postponed un
til January consideration of civil rights legisla
tion. Th; program was badly handled at thia
session arid will fail next unless the, rules of the
senate to close debate are modified. Southern
senators adamant against this legislation to ben
efit minority groups, particularly negroes, will
filibuster lit to death if given a chance.
Here's a plaudit for an alert Statesman reader
and a tsh-tsh for the syndicate which provided
this newspaper with a filler paragraph saying
James Ki Polk, who died at age S3, was the
shortest-Uved of all American presidents. Our
reader is right the shortest-lived president wa
James Af Garfield, who died Sept. 19, 1881 at
the age of 49.
Treaty Breaking Noise Very Familiar
change her mind without the
additional face-loss of harms; to
ask for a meeting In which to
do so.
There Is a" tactical motive in
volved, too. Nobody wants to
take the responsibility Jor break
ing off negotiations, or for re
fusing to discuss matters which,
la the light of such future crisis,
might appear to have been negotiable.
By J. M. Roberts. Jr.
AP foreign Attain Analyst
.The sound of breaking treaties .
has become 1 as familiar as- street
noises, penetrating the commit
tee rooms at Lake Success only
as an overtome.
': As Russia ; smashes her treaty
. with China which was a part of
the whole general pattern for
International operations-after the
war, talk of an atomic agree-
ment is renewed.
As Russia and her European
satellites renounce their friend
ship treaties' with Yugoslavia,
Russia suggests friendship treat
ies between herself. Britain,
France artthe United States.
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' As. Russia negotiates for an
Austrian ; peace treaty she re
fuses to : help enforce treaties
already made with former en
emy countries.
A number of people have ask
ed me what the allies expect
' to gain by signing more treaties
with Russia.
-One reason for signing new
treaties, ef course, is to get just
this public reaction when and
If they ere broke, the Chinese
nationalist government, lacking
the treaty In which Russia prom
ised to support it in return for
concessions in Manchuria, would
have almost no tenable ground
for complaint against Russia to
day.1 (There are a lot of rami
fications : end qualifications in
this ; situation anyway).
For those who feel that there
is no use going through the mor
tions of agreement with a proven
defalcator, however, it may be
comforting to know the western
negotiators are not babes in the
; wood. They are diplomatically
orrect when stalk mg to their
minterparts. but privately they
have no illusions.
The western powers were
ready to drop the negotiations
for atomic energy control a' year
ago. They felt no safe agree
ment could be made unless Rus
lsa would permit the U.f N. to .
send ' in inspectors to see that
it was kept The small nations
insisted that negotiations con
tinue. The Idea was that in
continuous discussions Ruesla
would have the opportunity to
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society. Children's Farm Home,
White Shield home for unmar
ried mothers, Waverly Baby
Home, Catholic Child Care
Homes, etc. In all, eight local
agencies and eleven state agertr.
cies are aided through the Chest
organization. j
I happen to be a member of
the boards both of the local and
of ; the state; Chest, 10 know
something of the value of the
services rendered by these agen
cies. I cannot urge .too strongly
generous support of the Chest
from all of the people. Here is
one cause with a universal ap
peal, without -restriction ai to
class or seet or race, needing
help from all aceording .to their
means. - '
Every business and home has
what it calls "fixed charges"
interest rent, taxes which
must be paid. Support of the
established institutions like the
Boy Scouts and Y.M.C.A. and
Salvation Army's welfare and
charity' work are community
"fixed charges". Contributions
to the Chest should be part ' of
the budget of every business and
every home;, and they should be
of a sise commensurate -with
income. There should be no hag-
Jlling from year to year, no ef
ort to gee how little one can
get by with. On the contrary
the spirit should be: "How much
can we give for these worthy
causes? t
Actually raising $103,000
Should be an easy task La Salem.
Business for the most part has
been good, profits are substan
. tial if not at peak levels. For
employed persons wages and
salaries are generally higher
than last year and living costs
-slightly lower. New people have
come in and they will want to
have a part 'In our community
welfare program.
We are proud ef Salem and
Summertime, as well as early
autumn, ' Is sun-bathing time.
During the warm weather we all
enjoy the sunshine and get an
extra dividend in the way of
health benefits. Sunshine, falling
on the bare skin, forms Vitamin
D in the body and in addition,
speeds up all its general activities.-
- This is all to the good so long
as we take our sunshine in moderation.-
Unfortunately, however,
many people are heedless and
foolhardy when it comes to sun
bathing. Over-exposure results
not only in painful skin burns
but may also be hurtful to the
eyes.
Just how long the skin may be
safely exposed to the sun varies
with different persons, depend
ing on the type of skin, the time
of day, and other factors. More
over, the burn may not be felt
until it is too late. Thus, it is bet
ter to be safe and expose the
skin for only five to ten minutes
the first day, gradually increas
ing the length of exposure from
day to day until the skin has de
veloped a protective tan.
As I mentioned earlier, there
Is some danger In over-exposure
of the eyes to the sunlight Read
ing on the beech or when sitting
In the radiant sunlight is a harm
ful practice. Of course It is never
advisable to look directly at 'the
of Oregon. The wholesome liv
ing conditions which prevail
here are not accidental; they are
the result of consecrated effort
and liberality in the past which
established schools and churches
and institution to mold the life
of our community. Each gene
ration each year must carry the
burden sand should strive to
. build better for j today and for
tomorrow. Particularly is this
true with respect to our youth
for whose welfare most of the
Chest organizations labor. Let
everyone respond generously to
the Chest appeal this year
and joyously too, for each con
tribution la an ! investment in
humanity, bringing the return ot
a finer community and a better
state.
sun even though the eyes are
protected with so - called sun
glasses.
Any person who wears glasses
normally should consult with his
physician concerning the use of
dark-colored glasses when out
doors. He will advise as to whe
ther or not such dark-glasses are
needed. '
o
We often see, persons wearing
sunglasses indoors. This is an un
necessary practice and may result
in some eye-strain.
Babies, especially,, get a great
deal of value from sun-baths, but
the Infant must be especially
guarded when the sun-baths are
given. The same procedure
should be followed at for an
adult that is starting with three
to five minutes of exposure on
the first day and increasing it
three to five minutes on each
succeeding day until the baby
gets a 15-minuto sun-hath daily.
The infant too, must have the
eyes protected against the sun's
glare. This often can be accom
plished by having the baby lie
with the back of his head toward
the sun. The baby needs sunshine
because the vitamin D thus ap
plied to the body will prevent
the development of rickets.
Sunshine lis helpful for both
young and old when Its benefits
are properly enjoyed. Over-exposure
is dangerous and may be
damaging to health,
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
M. a.: Is it harmful to take
molasses In large, quantities?
Answer: Molasses in itself is a
good food since it supplies sugar
and iron. However, an excessive
amount of any food is undesir
able, since it would keeD vou
from getting all of the various
roods you need.
tCopjrrlcht, 14. King raturaa
Better English
By D. C. WRliaaM
GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty
Literary Gfuidepost
CALL IT TREASON, by George
Howe (Vlkln-: IS)
For the subject of this! novel,
which out of 2,000 entries Won
the $15,000 Christophers J award
for a book "in accord with3 Chris
tian principles," the author chose
treachery treachery which the
oretically merits praise since it
is treachery to our wartime en
emy, Germany. f
Prisoners of war were put to
work at various Jobs, among
them, if they were Anti-Nazi and
volunteered for it, spying! for our
Army. Word was passed around
Informally through the prison
camps that anyone who; wished
could make his hatred ot Hitler
. m a.? .1.1
out on their dangerous missions.
Accompanied by Paluka, the
Tiger is expected to foment an
uprising In Mannheim. Happy's
assignment to locate some Ger
man army outfits, is described at .
greatest length. Dropped almost
as far east as Augsburg, he mus
thumb rides hack to the Rhine,
picking up the required informa
tion on the way, and swim back
with his report How the secret
polled close in on him should
make thrilling reading.
Howe uses a lot of footnotes.
Instead of breathlessly following
Happy's death-defying adven
ture, I have to follow a star or
asterisk to the bottom of the
1. What is wrong with this sen
tence? "The man with the cane 11
him."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "mosaic"?
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Hammock, attick, su
mac, summary.
4. What does the word "hyper
bole" mean?
What is a word beginning
ith ee that means "a surmise;
a,guess"7
ANSWERS
l- Say, "The man with the cane
la h 2. Pronounce mo-za-ik.
as in ne, a as in day, I as in It
accent second syllable. 3. Attic. 4
Evident exaggeration. The auth
ors writing are markea by ny
perbole." S. Conjecture.
effectively some secret specUl ) page to learn how the Wehr-
aervice . . . Inquire at the office.
Three men inquire. They are
the Tiger, a Communist; jPaluka,
a strapping big fellow who en
joys adventure; and Happy, son
of a Berlin doctor and) a con
vinced foe of Nazidom. They are
thoroughly briefed and j equip
ped, as Howe, who was with
Seventh Army G-2, spares no
pains to tell us. and then with
a slap on the back and i -couple
of extra drinks, they are flown
behind German lines, whjere they
come down by parachute and set
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nucht calibrated guns, that an
Imbert is an auto which burns
wood, and so on. Even so, my at
tention is held more by this un
usual tactual background, with
which I assume the author is fa
miliar, than Happy's adventures,
which I assume are imaginary.
Most o his escapes are hair
breadth but not hair raising. The
first half of the novel is inter
esting, but in the second the au
thor forgot to put' in the sus
pense. Maybe the. judges read Tension elan? , , . Fve been observing yea. Sneedby, and pressaaei
only trie first half yom were en penslea new.
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BU1LOINO
Florence to Rome, or vice versa,
the usual half-way stop is a Utile
hotel and restaurant in the town
of Aquapendente. The restauf
rant is known throughout that
section of Italy for its fine foodi,
and when Hitler was riding high
he and Eva stopped there fref
quently when on the wit tp
Rome to tell Mussolini what thp
score was.
...
The waiters still remember
him for his arrogance, but as a
tourist attraction they still keep
the autographed picture of Adoff
aftd his girl friend on the wall.
Others whose pictures hang oh
the wall are Princess Margaret ;
Rose, Caruso. MartmelhSPoiri
care, and Rita Hayworth. I tried
to sell the proprietor a picture if
; myself, but for some reason Or
! other he hadn't heard of me and
; wasn't interested . . ,
Add to your list of great hotejs
the Avis (Ahveesh) in Lisbon.
It consists of 18 suites and to
spend 'a few days in one of them
is to kick yourself for masting
so much time in a poolroom ss
a youth instead of saving yoijr
money so you could stay at the
Avis as long as you wanted.
Food, service, and all appoint
ments are absolutely perfect .
... j
When you get to Paris be sat
isfied with what you have heard,
and the picture you have seen,
of the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier beneath the Are de Trji
omphe. It is situated in the mid
dle of the wildest, most uncon
trolled traffic circle in the world.
Cars rush along the circle at top
speed, coming from all direc
tions, and there are no lights br
gendarmes to hinder them. Jen
and I got' caught in the middle
of this mad whirl, and I wfas.
glad for my double indem
nity ... 'j
It would be my luck to get jto
London when the pound is de
valued, but with my checkbook
so devalued that I couldn't biiy
a stuffed owl in a bargain base
ment, f
Tell me, does the Marshall
Plan apply to broke Americans
in London? If it does, please et
hold of General Marshall and
tell him to Fush me some appli
cation blanks.
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McNaught Syndicate. Inc.) f
wealth look bigger, and gives
them an excuse to keep going4 urYiriV n vn
back into the store. They'll buy MEXICA Il!u. J
a candle and a nail about once MEXICO .ClTY-(INS)-Clay nd
every hour. The rest of the time stone figures, large pieces of
they sit with their friends and .- dressed stone engraved with hijer
gossip about whatever Zulu and oglyphics - and other important
Swazi ladles gossip about . . . finds have been unearthed by
Here's a note about Eva Braun Mexican national museum arfch
and Hitler. What was that? Oh, aeologists at Chapantongo, near
I know. When, you drive from the ancient Toltec capital, TulaL
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