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Senator Taft, and the
Bipartisan Policy
Another election whose vote will not be
counted for another year appears to have been
won. That U the-f eelection of Senator Robert
A. Taft in Ohio. Soi busy are potential opponents
backing out of the race that the effect is to af
firm their own lack of confidence in defeating
the man marked for political execution by Pres
ident Truman, the AFL arfd the CIO. Ever since
congress adjourned Senator Taft has been plug
ging away, and plans to visit every one of Ohio's
88 counties before congress reconvenes. In sim
ple "wagon-bed" talks to Ohio voters Taft has
been discussing political questions freely and
frankly and honestly. Ilia evident sincerity,
overcomes his lack of political come-hither. Re
ports indicate that he has made good progress
in this orderly, non-sensational campaign, i
And when the 81st congress reconvenes there
will be Talt. With Dulles gone and Vandenberg
111 the chief proponents of the bipartisan foreign
policy will b less conspicuous, though Senator
Morse is one of its staunch advocates. Taft,
while not an isolationist, is much more conser
vative on spending programs than the adminis
tration; and Taft will be the republican leader
of the senate in the next session, even more so
than formerly. What then will happen to the bi
partisan foreign policy?
Bipartisanship has been over-extolled. It is
not treason to apply critical review to adminis
tration policies. They are not inspired. Secre
taries Hull and Marshall and Byrnes were more
inclined to cooperate with the republican side
than Acheson and Truman. Often the policy was
announced, then republican leaders briefed on
how to support it. It was not a joint product
at all.
. Unfortunately the opposition that has devel
oped in congress to the foreign policy has usual
ly been led by the most stupid and reactionary
members of the congress, whose view was so
narrow and provincial as to drive away public
support. The Wherrys and Kerns were vocal but
unconvincing, speaking too obviously out of
political bias than out of profound knowledge.
An intelligently led minority would put the
government's foreign proposals on test. It would
examine them thoroughly and critically, trying
to square them with the best interest of the
United States and of the world. The British
party in opposition doesn't hesitate to criticise
or condemn a cabinet policy, but usually it does
so with a background of knowledge of foreign
affairs and not merely with a purpose to em
barrass the government. Unfortunately few of
our members of congress are adequately equip-
Foreign affaixy will continue to be a maxi
mum importance, surpassing in importance many
of the items of the socalled fair deal. Domestic
welfare may well hinge on how skillfully our
statesmen manage in the handling of our foreign
relations.
tended if second-class mail rates are given much
of an increase, as the postoffice department
recommends. Publishers have been critical of
accounting methods used by the PO department,
and; point out the heavy loss the department
incurs through the "franking" of government
mail. i
Senator Douglas concedes that magazines are
the chief gainers from the low second-class rates,
yet there is this justification, that thereby we
secure greater national understanding and unity.
Also beneficiaries of present low mail rates are
publications of churches, lodges, labor unions
and; other organizations.
fTj get back to the newspapers: there should
be no "subsidy" to publishers in the mail rates.
Southern Pacific Orders Freighf Cars
It is hard to understand why, with car load
ings over the country off as much as they have
been in comparison with 1948 and 1947 why the
Southern Pacific should be short of cars for
hauling lumber. The dump-type coal cars idled
by the recent strike are not adapted for the
'lumber haul, but other types, boxcars, gondolas,
flats, are suitable. Yet these cars have been
"surplus" over the country, judging by the stat
istics oh car loadings.
One answer may be that roads do not like to
haul empties around; it took an ICC order to
speed up turnover of cars to western roads.
Whatever the reason the result has been dam
aging to northwest lumber mills and grain ship
perl. It may smooth out later and the business
deferred be picked up, but shippers have become
mighty impatient over this recurrence of car
shortage. ;
Now the SP announces it is ordering 3100
new freight cars. They will not be available for
months but should help avert a similar tieup 1 11
next year. The road has invested millions in new FIBROSITIS is ono of the most
rolling stock through this decade, and evidently common of disabling disorders.
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inouin u is onen spoken 01 as
muscular rheumatism, this is a
misnomer. It has little to do with
the muscles themselves bat is
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Written by
Dr. Herman N.
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isn't at the end of its spending yet. Its territory
is growing and the road is hard pressed to care
for all the freight business offered. Net many
railroads are in such a "fortunate" plight.
the lower part of the back, and
around the chest.
As a general rule, flbrositis is
not a difficult condition to diag
nose because the symptoms it
causes are fairly typical. Lab-
rather an Inflammation of the oratory examinations, such ; as
No Subsidies to Publishers
Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois chides the
newspapers and magazines for demanding a bal
anced budget and then accepting a "$400,000,
000 handout" through low second - class mail
rates, lie-says they should give up this "subsidy"
to help balance the budget.
Well, here is one newspaper that says there
should be no "subsidy" direct or indirect to
publishers. What "subsidy" there ii is passed
along to subscribers in lower rates for delivery
by mail aa far aa most daily papers are concern
ed. If the mailing charges were increased by the
government, they would, if considerable, have
to be passed along to subscribers. !
Daily newspapers generally have organized
their own delivery system and that will be ex-
Land Reform in Italy
Communist countries like Poland and Hun
gary wasted no time in dispossessing landlords
and; cutting up big estates into small tracts for
peasants. Italy has moved slowly to appease the
land-hunger of its people. A beginning was made
last! year, and now the cabinet has decided to
- proyide peasants in Calabria, southernmost pro
vince, with land.
In the plan those owning more than 700 acres
of land must relinquish the excess to the gov
ernment, Some 100,000 acres of fallow land will
be apportioned to 5000 peasants. A reclamation
program for the province embraces the spend
ing of $30,000,000 to reclaim a million acres of
land. Dispossessed landowners will be compen
sated for the lands they lose.
Concentration of land ownership has been a
source of trouble through human history.
Though feudalism has generally been abolished
some individuals, families or corporations get
hold of more land than is good for the country.
Sometimes reforms come only after violence or
revolution. Italy is belatedly moving to give pea
sants title to land by breaking up the huge hold
ings of bid families.
1 ; :
In England 22 families living in a housing
development petitioned for permission to put
knobs on their doors. Handlatcheshad been sub
stituted to save expense. The householders don't
agree that "Pappa Bevafa knows best" !
fibrous tissue which forms their
sheaths and the ligaments and
tendons which attach them to the
bones.
Fibrositis may develop Inde
pendently of any other disease or
it may follow other conditions,
such as arthritis, the excessive
use of alcohol, diabetes, tuber
culosis, injuries, and a lack of
thyroid secretion. It may also oc
cur during the change of life.
The pain produced, by the dis
order may be continuous, and is
usually, aggravated Toy quick
movement. There maybe ach
ing, tightness, muscular stiffness,
and limitation of the movement
of the joints. The symptomsde-
blood counts, are not helpful in
making the diagnosis.
The form of treatment suggest
: ed for this condition' consists! in
the application of heat with what
is known as diathermy, which
produces heat deep in the tissues.
Following the heat treatment,
massage is utilized: first, the mas-
sage ia light, while gradually
much firmer pressure is used.
Active exercises are also em
ployed, depending upon the
amount of pain which the exer
cises produce. Forced stretching,
is not advisable, since this may
only make the condition worse
and cause a recurrence of inflammation.
injections under the skin of a
pend to some extent on the part preparation known as neostig
of the body affected.
In one type, known as cephalo
dynla, the tissues of the scalp are
affected and may be responsible
for a particular type of headache.
Pressure over the upper part of
the neck usually reveals tender
swellings. ?
Sometimes, the area on the
back and the side of the neck
may be affected by fibrositis, and
this causes what is commonly
known as wryneck.
Fibrositis may also occur over
the shoulders, shoulder blades
mine do not shorten the course of
the condition but seem to give
ipeedier relief from muscle
tenseness.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
J.X.: Are cysts of the Ovary
dangerous? Is an operation nec
essary to get rid of them.
Answer Cysts of the ovary
may be dangerous, depending on
the size ancktype. As a general
rule, the best thing is to have
them removed as soon as possible
by operation.
(Copyright, 1940, King Features)
The Safety Valve
In Czechoslovakia even the gravediggerg have
to qualify in the loyalty test. Maybe the bosses
feel they might dig graves for the wrong people.
Reds Set to Pass Judgment on Ward
Br J. M. Roberts, Jr.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
Mukden broadcasts that the
Chinese communists are about
to pass judgment on Angus
Ward. American consul general,
coming after the state depart
ment's appeal to world opinion
In the case, suggest that the
Peiping government is about
reedy jto get out from under.
There ia little previous ex
perience by which likely com
munist, action can be Judged. .
But such as there Is suggests a
final violent propaganda attack
on Ward, followed by his re
lease nder orders to leave the
country.
ThU hag been the usual ac
- tlon In the communist sphere In
the case of nationals of west
ern countries.
The Chinese communists, who
undoubtedly will have the ad
vice of professional or Moscow
trained theorists,' may be moved
to act quickly rather than await
the mobilization of world diplo
matic pressure which the United
States has asked. An early end
to the1 Ward case would relieve
Russia and four of her satellines
from having to stand up and be
counted one way or another on
the question of international
treatment of governmental rep
resentatives. One can only speculate wheth
er there Is any connection at all
between communist moves in
the Ward case and Poland's an-,
ffsuncement on Monday that she
wrtl support the Pelping re
gime's bid for a place in the
United Nations. The same is true
of Russia's attitude in the light
of the Gubitchev case and the;
court 'charges against Amtorr
officials in the U. S. for nc
registering as foreign agents.
The Chinese communists, how
ever, would seem to have a f a -greater
interest ,in diplomatic
. . recognition, which ia being with
held at least until the Ward case
la settled, than in a "single facet
of propaganda against the "for
eign devils,"' however strongly
it presents the government as the
protector! of the-little man. I
What would happen if the
Chinese communists do hot re
lease Ward is a matter- which
Washington has not yet faced.
As a matter of fact, the possible
effect on oriental minds : of the
appeal to 30 nations to' help the
great United States In the Ward
case is not too happy to con
template. The state department
just wasn't able to find a better
alternative. The idea of j block
ading an almost totally ! inland
regime with warships was con
sidered entirelyi futile.
If the communists were by
some quirk of stubbornness to
decide to keep Ward In; prison
they would have American offi
cials in a really tough spot
Vice Finds "Customers"
To the Editor:
Reviewing the recent disturb
ances in Salem over the morals
charges I am moved to comment
that trouble of this type stems
not so much from lack of regu
lations, or poor law enforce
ment, as it does from the fact
that there ' arc ' too many cus
tomers. The gambling racket,
whether it is the "one armed
bandit" in the cellar, or the
gilded casino of our neighboring
state to the southeastward, could
never flourish if so many of our
citizens were not willing, nay,
eager, to patronize it. The boot
legger and thai dope pedler are
in the same category, and neith
er could operate successfully
without a goodly number of cus
tomers. Even the affable confi
dence man would be out of a
job if there were not so many
people who still think that they
can get something for nothing.
Wherever there is a pent-up
demand some enterprising indi
vidual will engage to furnish a
supply, no matter how great the
risk, and in the long run the
only sound solution for prob
lems of this kind is the main
tenance of a conscientious citi
zenry. t
E. Whealdon
Rt. 2, Turner.
GRIN AND "U5AR IT
Literary Guidepost
Bv Lichty
By W. G. Regers'
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI: A
PORTRAIT WITH BACK
GROUND, by Marya Zaturen
ska (Macmiltan; $4):
Apparently it will be a long
time before the last word is
said aboUt the Pre-Raphaelites,
either as a movement, or school,
or as individuals, j
Identified today mostly with
art, they were not In fact very
good painters, thdugh their
works have been popular. But
as individuals they are juicy
subjects for biography. Fcr Vic
torian England, their sexual
standards were : relaxed, i Their
complex I little group constantly
strained at the seams. J Their
most dramatic personage, Dante
Gabriel Rossetti, was a; ready
made hero for a book, thanks to
his good looks, i hist likableness,
his touches of the ghoulish, his
addiction to drugs, end his rela
tions With Elizabeth Siddal,
beautiful and probably j chaste,
and Fanny Cornforth, beautiful
and probably not. f !
The individual least helpful to
the biographer is Dante Gab
riel's younger sister Christina.
She was too busy all her life
being at poet and an . Anglican
churchwoman to furnish the
purple land the scarlet on which
lurid biographies prosper. To
be sure, two men loved her,
John Collinson and Charles Bag
ot Cayley, and she loved them,
but she did not marry, and out
of these innocent "affairs" came,
not gossip and scandal, but some
of England's finer poetry.
Born in 1830, died in 1894,
Christina led a grubby existence
worried about money. Was un
woldly in dress, friend of the
poor, believer in individual im
mortality, foe of vivisection,
censor of her friends and their
writings. Among her most mem
orable poems are "Goblin Mar
ket," "The Prince's : Progress"
and the "Monna Innominata"
sonnets. i
Miss Zaturenska occasionally
troubles the reader with unnec
cessary repetition; if we learn
once, we learn several times that
Browning thought Dante Gab
riel's poems were trifles, that
Watts-Dun ton was obsessed with
a desire to cultivate the literary
great, that Alexander Macmillan
was a "poetry-loving publisher."
But despite unpromising ma
terial, she sets Christina; firmly
in the Pre-Raphaelite environ
ment, and makes poet and per
son one. ;
HWIIH ll . ; :
"When we threw eff the cruel Capitalistic shackles . . . de we get
te keep the liberal penslen plana. Comrade Chairman T"
A and P Grad
Mac Defends
Alma Mater
By Henry McLemore :
DAYTONA BEACH, Nov. 22
As to whether the government is
prosecuting or persecuting the A
& P grocery
chain is some
thing for the
courts to decide,
but as an alum
nus of this
chain I feel im
pelled to say a
few words in
defense of my
alma mater
I won my
varsity apron as
a clerk for this
chain at an ear
ly age, and I never pass one of
its stores without feeling as I
imagine a Grot on or an Andover
graduate ' does when he strolls
by one of his old school build
ings. I shall never forget the first
customer I waited on. I was
about fourteen then, and work
ed Friday afternoons and Satur
days. A woman came in and
asked for a bottle of ketchup,
which was on a shelf out of my
reach- I picked up the device
with which boxes of cereal and
the like are lifted from top
shelves, and grabbed a bottle of
ketchup with it It held onto the
ketchup just long enough to get
It directly abov the woman's
head and then dropped it.
Either the customer's head was
too hard, or the bottle was poor
ly made, because the bottle broke
on contact and the lady suddenly
took on the appearance of a
mammoth shrimp cocktail. I ex
pected to be fired but I wasn't.
But I drew a punishment from
the manager. From then on out it
would be my job on Saturday
nights to dress the windows after
closing, and closing time in those
days was eleven o'clock.
It didn't take me long to be
, come the world's fastest and
worst window dresser. At first I
went to a great deal of pains,
stacking up canned goods in fan
cy pyramids, and decorating
them with streamers of crepe
paper ribbon.
But that sort of window dres
sing was tiresome and took a
long time. Within three Saturday
nights I had devised a window
which, to this day, cannot be
excelled for unattractiveness and
minimum, of labor involved. It
consisted of two or three dozen,
brooms and mops propped up by
stacks of boxes of corn flakes.
Once in a while, just to show I
wasn't in a rut, I would scatter
bars of laundry soap about.
When I was a senior in high
school I still was working for the
store, which meant I couldn't get
out on Saturday nights. At the
time this nearly broke my heart
because I was madly in love with !
a girl, and I used to cry among
my brooms, mops, and corn
flakes at the thought of her be
ing out at Saturday night dances
with my deadly rival.
He finally won her for his own,
and I saw them a few years ago
for the first time since they had
been married. One look at her
and I felt like dropping to my
knees and thanking Heaven that
the A & P had given me a job
which disrupted my courtship.
She had a face like a Saturday
Special, and my former rival
looked as downtrodden as a
Henry Wallace supporter.
It would be nice if I were able
to make this a real Horatio Al
ger tale, with me moving from
junior clerk to manager, and
finally fhangipg my name to
Hartford and owning the whole
shebang. But the truth is I was
fired. I ate so much of the store's,
goods for free that there came a
day when my apron would no
longer fit me, and I had to go-
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McNauht Syndicate. Inc.)
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Hospitals Use
(Continued from page 1.)
Grand Coulee was authorized.
Later it was assigned to . the
reclamation bureau. Now the
dam is built, generators are go
ing into the northside power
house, works for the irrigation
of a million acres of land are
under construction; and Rufus
Woods, who nursed the infant
idea, now rejoices over the sta
ture it has attained.
Woods is a great traveler. Just
how many trips he has made
to Alaska, to Europe and other
parts of the world must tax his
own memory. He was ih Ger
many before and then shortly
after the war. He visited Rus
sia. Such are his insatiable cur
iosity and his engaging manner
that he gets behind official fa
cades to see just how the peo
ple live in the countries he visits.
He packs a well-filled notebook
out of which comes material for
articles he writes in his news
paper when he isn't using
his space to plug for power de
velopment, the Wenatchee ap
ple, mineral exploitation, etc.
The Wenatchee World Is
largely a product of the bound
less energies of Rufus Woods.
(Without blushing the World
terms itself the greatest paper
in the world for cities under
15,000). Wenatchee was a raw
town scattered among the gran
ite boulders along the Great
Northern when he went there,
over 40 years ago, a railway
promoted townsite. Irrigation,
good soil and sunshine encour
aged planting of apple orchards
whose produce became famous.
Now production is more diversi
fied but the apple still is king
in the valley. Woods took the
fledgling World, peddled it per
sonally all over his part of the
state, until it had the distinc
tion of having more subscribers
than the city had population.
Woods is a republican but
definitely nonpartisan when it
comes to western development
He sees in the progressive city
of Wenatchee, in its great apple
packing and storing plants, in
Grand Coulee dam and irriga
tion works the fulfillment of
many dreams; but I doubt not
he is still dreaming and still
laboring to bring his dreams to
pass.
Hollywood
on Parade
More Blood i
i
Than Donated
Marion county hospitals have
been using slightly more blood
than has been collected by; the
current Red Cross bloodgfvinf
program, Red Cross officials! said
here Tuesday. j ij .
Since citizens of this county
began donating blood to j the
bloodmobile last March a total
of 999 pints was collected up to
November 1. During that I time
hospitals here used 1,001 pints, j
The blood was donated, ai pint
at a time, in 14 visits of the blood
mobile to Salem, St. Paul, Wood
burn ,and Silverton. Hospitals us
ing the blood included Salem
General and Salem Memorial,
Oregon state hospital and the' state
tuberculosis hospital and Sflver
ton hospital. j
Red! Cross workers recruit; don
ors, process and deliver the blood
to hospitals. Then it becomes
available free of charge to - any
one needing it
"We need to build up a reserve
blood bank for this area in! case
of an emergency, said Susan
Faherty, director of the local Red
Cross. She said that American
Legion's Capital post 9 here! soon
would become the first post to
recruit Its members enmasse for
a visit of the blood unit in! Jan
uary, j
Next visit of the bloodmobile
to Salem , will be December II
and to Stayton on December; 2.
HOLLYWOOD If George
something - or - other happens to
read this, Janet Leigh wants him
to know she's mighty grateful for
the photograph he took of her.
It shows a wonderful, healthy,
radiant, wholesome smile sur
rounded by delicate, pretty fea
tures and wind-tossed hair. One
lock curls down carelessly over
her forehead. Janet's wearing an
Army jacket borrowed from the
boy who was then her husband,
against the freezing cold.
The picture was taken by Geor
! ge, part owner of the Sugar Bowl
Ski lodge, about 170 miles north
of San Francisco, in the High
Sierras. Janet regrets that she
forgets his last name. Norma She
arer saw the photo in the lodge
album three years ago and said,
"She has a fascinating face." Miss
Shearer took the photo back to
Hollywood and, as a result of it,
Janet got into the movies.
She has been starred in nine
pictures. Including "Little Wom
en" and the unreleased "Forsy
the Saga" and "The Red Dan
ube." Previously she hadn't a lick '
of dramatic experience unless you
; count twirling the baton to a na
; tional drum-majorette champion
ship. That was at the Sciots' con
vention In Sacramento when she
was nine. Janet wishes she could
i give the picture-taking George a
million dollars.
Her buddy, million-dollar- ca
reer hasn't spoiled her. The no
velty and excitement have worn
off, and she has become more se
, rious about her work. The movie
; camera has never scared her be-
cause she's always doing some
: thing in front of it But still
" cameras bother her.
Janet is 21, brown-haired, and
chattery. Her father is "an in
: surance underwriter, sort of," as
Janet bubblingly explains it At
; the resort where she was discov
ered, he was "the auditor you
know, the business, sort of, part
.of It.' Her mother was the re
ceptionlist you know, the reser
i vations."
Janet was born Jeanette Helen
; Morrison. Van Johnson suggested
' her movie monicker. She grew up
WU Grad Has
Story in Newj !
World News j I
Hopes and disappointments Ia
Japanese student finds in Amer
ica are related by Yvonne Mozee,
1945 graduate of Willamette! uni
versity, in a recent article in
"New World News," j
The article, "In Search- Of
America," describes a Japanese
boy's experiences after arriving
in this; country. A feature is the
boy's meeting with Don Libby Of
Albany, a former special inves
tigator with the U. S. army Of
occupation in Japan.
Libby now is working with the
Oxford Group of Moral Re-irma-ment
which publishes the ?'NW
World News" from its headquar
ters in Los Angeles. j f
Miss Mozee credits Dr. Egbert
S. Oliver of Willamette univer
sity's English department j with
much of her literary training.
J I
Miller Firm Bid Low o I
Move Trailer Houses I
i i
F. B. Miller and company, Sa
lem. Tuesday submitted a low bid'
of $4,500 for moving 24 trailer
houses with sheds from Dorena
dam to Detroit dam. ! I
The bid was the lowest of eight
submitted to army engineers Ih
Portland. Government estimate
for the Job was $3,843. j
leader, she lives In an apartment
here with her parents? f
Her hobby Is "readingthe on
ly thing I have time for." Does
she ever wish for more time te
relax? "No, I'm learning an the
time. It's net an uhappy rush; it's
a good rush; a fulfillment.";
Thinking back over the last in
credible three years, Janet saya:
"It's all so exciting in the most
wonderful way you could use
that word." i i
Better English!
By D. C. Wliliama
lv What Is wrong with this
sentence? "Keep me posted; and
I will be back In a few day.H f
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "bouqueVT ?
S. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Receive, acheivl,
perceive, bereave.
4. What does the word 'para
gon" mean? I
3. What Is a word beginning
with to that means "clojudedf
not clear or translucent"? j
ANSWERS S
1. Say, "Keep me infahnet,
and I shall return in a; few
days." 2. Pronounce boo-ka,
as in too. a as in cake, accent
second syllable. 3. Achieve. 4. A
model or pattern; a type of ex
cellence or perfection. "She was
a paragon of chaste woman
hood." 4. Turbid. i
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Wi m Day. '
i Jewelers Silversmiths j 1
State at liberty I