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- The United State finally has wne fort of a
foreign policy for the far east. Now that a stand
baa been taken, let us stand loyally behind it.
I. 'The most pressing of the two great questions
1a Asia has been answered.' President Truman
bad to decide what to do about Formosa; he has
decided to keep out of the fight between the
Chinese communists and our old allies, Chiang
Kai-Shek's nationalists. This is not a do-nothing
policy.' A do-nothing or sit-on-the-fence policy
is what we had put up until, now. Now we have
a definite non-intervention policy. It is the wis
est course of action in a dilemma which closely
resembled the classic position between the devil
and the deep blue sea. At least we are no long
er at sea. ' ' V. !'.; , .
, w- The second urgent question is whether or not
to recognize Mao's government and thereby to
tally abandon the nationalist. Washington has
made no official declaration but Truman's state
ment on Formosa practically assures that tht
U-S will make the obvious diplomatic gestures.
Those who wanted to continue stalling and
those who -definitely advocated continued aid
(including American men -and arms to Formosa)
to the nationalists and who opposed recognizing
Mao are quite upset about Truman's decision.
7They are particularly offended because the
White House did not ask their advice. U.S. po
licy for Asia is not a bipartisan effort; it is an
administration fait accompli. The fact that one
republican faction (Taft, Wherry, Hoover et al)
' doesn't like it, doesn't change it.
But the fad that they don't like it may en
danger the bipartisan foreign policy concept
and that's unfortunate. Even ii the republicans
did not have their say in official meetings, they
amply expressed their opinions via the press.
They should therefore accept the new policy for
what it is: a national stand without partisan
considerations . . " .
It is essential in a democracy for every side
to' present its- views on important issues while
decisions are In the making. But once they are'
made, it is essential in a democracy for its citi-
tens, no matter what their political bias in dom
estic affairs, to present a united front to the
world.
. Result of U; S. Aid to Greece
The news that the anti-communist Greek gov
ernment collapsed Thursday was almost inaud
ible among all the noisy headlines about the
state of the union here and the state ol -disunion
in the Jar east, : i '.'.-
In fact, what little information has come out
of Greece has , been buried in the inside pages
evjfr since the war there ended. You'd think
Americans would be more interested in the out
cetne of their -multi-million dollar Investment
In that .Mediterranean country. ;
Everyone is so concerned about U. S. al4 to
Tito- in Yugoslavia and U. S. handling of the
Chin a-Fornaosa problem that we've all but for
gotten that Greece (and its neighbor Turkey)
were the .first foreign nations to capitalize on
the'U, S.-Rujfian cold war. The Truman doc-
trine of ''containing communism' grew out of
communist threats to take over the governments
of those two strategically-located countries. Bri
tain; for reasons of her own, and America,
"champion of freedom-loving peoples, were
. quick to help them keep their right to self-government.
.:"- .
So we sent surplus ships to -Turkey and war
material plus military advisers to Greece. We
also sent food, medical supplies, farm machinery
and other aid toward reconstruction. The guer
rilla warfare went on and on,
first one side on top and then the
on who was wmiung-eneralissimo Alexander etbook. But they
Truman Speech Portrays
Br Joseah and Stewart ASmp
WASHINGTON, Jan. These
, are times, it seems, when the ap
perance and the reality of politics
ere d 1 vorced
beyond remedy.
The : president's
recent ' message ,
bland. hopcfuL
and . eupep t i c,- ,
.represents the '
appearance. The -
best eurrentf i
reality is the to-I j
vesication now! 5 J
carried on by Jt"PH
the American government's high-
est scientific advisors and cer
tain other top policy-makers. .
The subject of this tovesuga-
tlon. Is, very simply, the desira
bility of launch-
lng aatther
great project
like the Man
hattan district.
In order to belld
a hydrogen
bomb 1,000 ec
mare times-,
more powerful ,
than the bomb
that fell on Hl-r
roshima. Pre
vious reports in
this space have
disclosed the debate within the
government about this kydrogea
borab proJectA fundamental Is
sue of hif h policy and grand stra-
. tegy is also involved, which must
now be dealt with. : T f
' The key fact about the sudden
drive to build a hydrogen bomb
as soon as possible is the fact that
this drive originated immediate
ly after the explosion of the
Soviet atomic bomb. Until then, -our
sole yo emlon of the nmoJ
um-plutoniom bomb had been a
grejt source of confidence, not to
eay complacency. In the last -
analysis, the "American atomic
n atomic
nopolj . had- bees..
ltS3
Je Ftvor Svocvt Vm, No Tear Xfcea
First SblMMo, Kink tf, ItSt
Oregon, as second claas matter
oKlce ZU1 CsouacrcUl,
Papagos for the Greeks or General Markos Va
fiades for the -red guerrillas varied from day
'to day. ' ., y :J
, Then Marshall Tito next door to Greece start
ed acting up. By some strange coincidence, the
communists seemed to lose interest in Greece
and turn their attention to Yugoslavia. Markos.
was I reported purged. Papagos emerged as the
great military hero his victories partly due to
Tito's defection, partly to American aid. Any
way; the consensus was that the U. S. had "won"
in Greece.-; ' ' ,
Now, this week, the coalition government
which, under Soppoulis and Diomedes, helped
quell the red rebellion, has resigned. This does
not mean a setback lor U. S. Interests in Greece.
On the contrary, it may mean further assurance
that Greece will maintain her independence. '
Papagos resigned as chief of the armed forces
this week, too, and the way, seems clear for him
to step into the political vaccum. As a hero he
is tremendously popular wth the people and
already he talks like a politician. He has said
he opposes dictatorship, favors "honest" demo
cratic government" and wants to see the people's
living conditions improved whether by leftist or
rightist methods. I .
AU we really know about Papagos is that he
Is partly responsible for whatever success. the
American campaign has in 'Greece, and 'Amer
ican aid is partly responsible for whatever per
sonal success he has. .
If the old soldier can bring some stability, to
Greece, it will represent a victory for the Tru
min doctrine and Greece will become a case ia
poiint cited by those who want the U. S. to help
Tito.
' white enameled cooking stoves, housewives were
only too happy to get rid of the old black iron
ranges. Now some of the ladies seem tired of
all that white porcelain equipment; it makes
their kitchen look too much like an impersonal
laboratory. So what's the latest fad? Why, black
stoves again! Only now they're touted as "dra
matic" and "glamorous.'' On deck are ranges in
a wide range of "personality" colors such as
chartreuse and fire engine red. Maybe they
ought to put out a nice brown-speckled stove
one which wouldn't show spilled coffee..
An SOS for
the Bed Cross for its humanitarian blood-bank
.program. Fewer than 40 persons have signed up
far the mobile unit scheduled to be at the Meth
odist church from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and lead
ers say the list df -prospective donors is at the
lowest point on record. The program carries the
endorsement of the Marion-Polk County Medi
cal society and is well worthy of aid.
The wide chassis
back and forth;
more snace reouired for rta-n About 1H on-
other. Reports lv thin the new
regarded as a sure foundation
of our security. The explosion
la Siberia ended all that.
!
The collapse of! the 'American
atomic monopoly? therefore
caused an immediate search for a
substitute. The substitute is now
to be the hydrogen bomb. In the
- grim competition to devise wea
pons of total destruction, we are.
to keep Just one Jump ahead. And
this , "American lead" is to re
place, the former '"atomic mono
poly as our security's new foun
dation. - j,
This idea " of the "American
lead is crucially important, if
only because it is the president's
chief Justification ifor the current
impairment of our normal arm
ed strength, in the interests of
economy. The Idea appeals ' to
every American instinct of op
. tiinism and self -Assurance. Skit
tt nonetheless conceals a 1 basic
deception. f '
Let us grant that maJatesance
f the "American lead" is possi
ble, despite the almost total dis
array .of our research and de
velopment program, end the total
dedication of the Soviet mwoiny
to war purposes. The direction
of nujltary invention the place
where this "lead" will logically
take us is towards more and
more horribly destructive , wea
pons, delivered greater and great
er distances, at higher and high
er speeds. Today, the research
ers envision hydrogen bombs
carried in pilotkss jet aircraft
. guided by automatic celestial na
vigation. The imagination shrinks .
' from what the researchers may
be thnklng about in another dec
ade, provided, of course, that the
whole process has not been rude
ly halted in the interval.
tral the explosion of the Soviet
atomic bomb has shown us, once
and for all. that a "lead" Is all
w. Can nop. toi maintain, what
we can hope toi maintain. What
net. Of
Ol
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manufacturers came out with bright
jMrs. Lowell - Cree, The Statesman's ' corres
pondent at Mill City, sends in an item which'
can hardly be. classed as news but which bears
reprinting, regardless, because of its general
connotation. Referring to .recent inclement wea- '
ther, Mrs. Cree writes that "rain or shine. Mm '
City folks have their Statesman, due to the re
liable carriers, Leroy Podrabsky and Maurice
Baisett" It Is m well-earned plaudit, and the .
fact that it also applies to so many other States- '
man carriers Is a matter of pride. It was nice
of Mrs. Cree to note it iff: - ;
blood donors has gone out from
New automobile models have "broadened" the
market, a headline in the Wall Street Journal
dleclares. They've broadened more than that.
could mean wider garages and
ears don't hmi ( our twin.
certainly look nice.,
False Calm
lng a hydrogen bomb or contract
ing intercontinental guided mis
siles, the Soviets can at least
do later. Indeed, if ear scientists
and policy makers are arguing
about a hydrogen bomb project,
one suspects that the Kremlin
must have launched one already.
J5veu If we maintain our "lead,"
ibis process must thus :produce
. a totally new situation, in the
end. Each side "will eventually
be able to destroy the other. Our
weapons may sull be superior.
But our society will not permit
these hideous new weapons to be
used on the mere whisper of a
dictator's order. Theirs will.
Their advantage will then be
greater than ours.
I
This kind of vision of the fu
ture - herein simplified and
crudely drawn to bring the basic
point within newspaper compass
'has led some officials to recoil
la horror from the hydrogen
bomb project Obviously, bow
ever, If a world armament race
is on in earnest, we cannot' safely
fall behind. If hydrogen bombs
are to be built, we ought to be
the first to build them.
. -On the other hand, the same
considerations have also helped
to stimulate demand for a new
look at the problem of Inter
national control of atmic energy.
An overture, indicating recep
tiveneas to suggestions, has been
received from Moscow. The new
look Is being pressed by David
CTilienfhal and certain eminent
scientists of the general advisory
committee of the atomic energy
commission. Their, advice is not
U be lightb disregarded.
A great new effort to find a
sure basis for, world peace ought
certainly to be made. And if this
efort is now: made and fails, it
will be time to stop deceiving
ourselves. The president tells us
everything I jest Jim Dandy.
fiat nottwns; Is Jim Dandy, and
nothing will be, until the ghost ,
-of future war now haunting the ,
. irhi lavi . .
wotm nas somenow oeen lata.
ESTABLISHING
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(Continued from page 1.)
at the May primaries; Offices
to be filled include mayor, in
cumbent Robert Efitrom; alder
men from second, fourth, sixth
and eighth wards, incumbents in
order, Albert Gille, Dan J. Fry,
Tom Armstrong, Walter Mus
grave;. treasurer, incumbent Paul
Hauser; municipal judge, Incum
bent W. W. McKinney.
Quite a good many persons
an hearing the buzzing of tha
political bee, are figuratively
blowing dandelion bolls "she
loves me, she loves me noL'A
few have announced their plans.
Others wul step forward
and declare themselves.
One factor that must be both
ersome now is the campaign
expense. No. longer will and
a Ford" suffice as in the Sam
Brown campaign for governor in
1S34. Printing costs are higher;
so are advertising costs. Even
'postal rates are higher on cir
culars and postcards; and gaso
line, too, for touring the state
or county. . f
While most salaries of public
officials have increased, tha
limits . of 19 per cent of one
year's salary for the candidate's
own expense in the primaries
and 10 per cent for the general
; election are too narrow for any
hot campaign. Beyond that the
- candidate must rely on dona-
- tions of his friends, and some
times they are not very gen
erous. -, Running for office Is no long
. er a poor man's . occupation.
Candidates do well to set up
expense budgets before they file
for office and then make sure
they win have the necessary
funds to carry them. through the
campaigns. But candidates tra
ditionally live, on hopes and
many will enter without sount,
lng the cost :
; Politically, 1980 wul be a busy'
'. year even if tt Is not a presi-
, dential year.
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A COLD .WAR
Literary Guidepost
JONATHAN TOWARDS, by
Perry Miller (Sloane; $330).
The Indian - wars in western
. Massachusetts 250 years ago have
always interested writers look
ing for excitement and thrills.
But for savage, bitter fighting
without quarter, they . would
have done better to take up tha
story o Jonathan Edwards. What
Northampton did to him, says
this biographer,, was as close as
anyone could come m that age
to a crucifixion.
What he did to Northampton,
however,' was to incite its sin-;
ners to moan, roll and writhe.ia
the aisles of his church. When
he asked them to profess the -faith
to which they had borne
such noisy witness, they backed
out, rightly fearful of getting
the little end of the bargain. .
Born in 1703, entering Yale at
13, a Congregationalism but not
hesitating to fill a Scotch Pres
byterian pulpit in New York to
launch his turbulent career, he
showed up in Northampton in
1728, preached there until he
was ousted in 1750, - went to
Stockbridge, and finally to Prin
ceton in 1758, where he died
, within a few 'weeks. He was the
sort of man who got up at 4 in
the summer and 5 in the winter.
Better English
By a C Williams
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "We shall be there
Saturday evening at t:00 P-m."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "garnishee!
. t. Which one of these words
Is misspelled? Granaitoquence,
grammarian, grandaug hter,
granary.
4. What does the word dis
consolate" mean?
t. What is V word beginning
with eq that (means "patience;
composure''? 1
ANSWERS
I. Either say, "We shall be
there Saturday evening at SrOO,'
or, "Saturday at 8 .DO pja." 2.
Pronounce as spelled, gar-nlsh-see,
and not gar-an-shee as so
often heard. 3. Granddaughter.
4. Deeply dejected; sad. "We
were moved by the tears of this
disconsolate man." ft. Eaauoim
ity. ra
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rw aatr war tu... a t. awn
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BEACHHEAD
and averaged 13 hours a day in
his study.
"Puritanism is the essence of
Protestantism, and Edwards is
the quintessence of Puritanism."
says Miller. Abiding within the
realm of Calvinism, Edwards
nevertheless stiffened It Learn
ing from both Newton and
Locke, he reached the conclus
ion that man is worthy not by
his will but by God's . . . the
striving which brought comme
cial success was. inoperative in
the spiritual field. In part his
apparent reversal .of his posi
. tion on the covenant, and in part
his attack on the relaxed beliefs
which gave free rein to the ac
quisitive spirit resulted In: his
downfall. -
The "foremost philosopher of
his day. Inspired by a vision of
Christ's kingdom in America
rather than merely impatient to
be rid of England's obnoxious
tax collectors and Judges, he ap
pears here In his full stature,
the hero of a great tragedy. Tha
story is in the philosophy, and
Miller is not a man to write
down to his readers; it is a dis
tinguished and memorable bio
graphy. IHtollywood
on Parade
HOLLYWOOD Montgomery
Clift was hugging and kissing
Elizabeth Taylor when I looked
ia on the set "A Place in the Sun"
the other day. And he was get
ting about $1,400 a day for doing
so.
The preliminaries were quite
complicated. Itll look like an
outdoor scene, but it was all shot
Inside a sound stage. Liz comes
driving up to a rooming house in
a long, low convertible. She has
on a sweater, for which she Is
admirably suited, and a cute
white Jacket Director George
Stevens has sent her into the
scene with a pat on the back like
a football coach sending a player
onto the field.
"CTash! Sha rams her car
into an old coupe parked at the
curb. Liz chews one nail with a
cute expression of guilt while
Stevens yells "Cut!" and a grip
; Jeers, "Lady driver!" Liz backs
her car up 70 feet and starts
over.
She gets out of the car and
throws pebbles against Clift's
second-story window. In a min
ute he rushes out the front door
and down the walk. They em
brace and kiss. These aren't Liz's
first scfeen kisses she was
Robert Taylor's wife in "The
Conspirator". I asked Clift later
if the work is as much pleasure
as one might imagine. "You mean
do I like doing as many takes of
these scenes as we do?" be
echoes.' "Yes, I'm miserable when
they're over."
Between scenes, Liz rushes off
for more of her three hours' daily
schooling. Clift invites me Into
his dressing room. This hand
some 29-year-old ex-Broadway
actor Is making his fifth movie.
He like movies better than the
stage as an acting medium.
"There's a wider range and
scope."
pift is wearing a leather Jac
ket His dark brown hair is part
ed far over on the right side. His
eyes are blue, his nose big and
faintly hawklike. His face is lean.
Licking his upper lip is a man
nersm. He has a quick, diffident.
Junior- Fairbanks - type grin.
There's a dimple-like scar on his
right cheek. When he was 13
years old, the walked through a
plate-glass window in a friend's
home in New York.
. OUt lives in a third-floor hotel
suite in Hollywood and spends
most of his Sundays sleeping. He
has no time for his hobby of still
' photography, he tells ma before
returning to the set Then he and
Liz slide Into the leather-uphol-
Detroit Man
Sentenced in
PinballCase
Earl Edward Layman, Detroit
pleaded guilty to a charge of pro
moting a lottery and was given a
30-day Jan sentence, to be sus
pended upon payment of a $350
fine. . '
The action .came in - Marion
county circuit court where Layman-
waived investigation by the
grand Jury, to which be had been
bound over by district court earlier
In the day. After pleading guilty.
his attorney presented an argu
ment for mitigation ox sentence.
This included a statement that
the complaining witness had been
entitled to a large number of free
plays on the pinball machine,
when the power went off. Since
the machine did not show the
bonus when power returned, it was
said that Layman reimbursed him
In cash to enable the plays. The
complaint was, made, the attorney
said, after Layman had charged
the witness with obtaining money
by false pretenses.
Also appearing In circuit court
Friday were Richard Paul Morris,
who had pleaded guilty to a charge
of burglary and was continued
again to January 13 for sentencing
after he expressed interest in en
tering the service; and Burnell A.
Raphael, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of sodomy and was sent to
the state hospital for 30 days' ob-
servauon. -
Protests Filed
Load Limits
A number of protests were re
ceived at the state highway de
partment here Friday against
Thursday's order of the state high
way commission reducing load
limits on 42 highways of the state.
Most of the protests came from
logging operators who declared
they would not be able to operate
at a profit under the now regula
tion. It had been predicted that
operations of some haulers would
be reduced one-half as a result of
the eommlssion's order.
Highway department officials
said the order was necessary to
preserve the roads while frost is in
the ground. They said the order
would be cancelled as soon as the
roads return to normal condition.
Some haulers indicated they
would ask tae state highway com
mission for a hearing with a view
of modifying the temporary order.
Held in Salem
A survey of the amount of traf
fic using state highways which
run through Salem is being con
ducted tnls week by tha state high
way department 4
Rubber cords which register the
number of vehicles using these
highways are stretched across var
ious sections of Center. North Can-
ltoL South Commercial and Court
streets.
Officials said the check Is
routine one which Is conducted
throughout the year on all state
highways.
The Safety
Valve
To the Editor:
Please accept ray profound
thanks for your editorial re
armed intervention in Formosa.
Such action as yoa have gener
ally stated could only be re
garded on the Asiatic mainland
as notice to the world that we
were setting up a last bastion
of -white imperialism to bolster
si" thoroughly discredited Chiang
Xal Shea regimvrgainst the
wishes of at least 99 per cent
of ail Orientals.
Tour honestly reallstte stand
as opposed to the. metaphysical
wish-full fillment trend of some
of our really big people is la the
finest tradition of giving the
people light that they shall be
enabled to find their wsy.
L. E. Huey :
1143 Oak, St L
stered convertible and continue
smooching in the close-up. With
work like that, who'd want a
noooyr ' - I ..
Incomo Tax
Returns
Mad Oat by
J. W. Coburn ;.
V - CensaUaat .
mt Market St Pa. t-S9
Deal Wait Came aewt
mm
Against Road
Iraiiicaurvey
for tho fuel that U
clean, cfficiont and
economical uso
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Wo. dear Ave. r Phone or 2-1431
Deputy Tice to ;
Keep Santiam Run
.. ' V "... :.
Deputy S. R. Tice of the Marion
county sheriffs office will continue
to work the Santiam canyon terri
tory temporarily. Sheriff Denver
Young, said Friday. (
Tice, who had taken the shift
White Deputy Edgar Scott was va
cationing, will continue on the rua
to give Scott sme relief from the
-dy a week drive to Detroit
Scott had been on the shift since
falf- .-r : .. .' ...
Deputy Scott returned from his
vacation Jan. ST and is now on day
duty out of the Sheriffs officev
Grange Vote
To Result in
Run-off Ballot
- ..-'-
PORTLAND. Jan. f -flV-Unof-Ccial
returns indicated today that
Morton Tompkins, state grange
master, 'Will face Elmer McClure,
Milwaukle, in a run-off election
for the Grange's top Oregon posi
tion." -
. Final ballots in the Grange's
primary election are to be count
ed tomorrow. Early returns indi
cated McChire was leading Tomp
kins with Victor BoehjL, Grants
Pas, running third. Only the top
twojp into the run-off election in
If final returns follow the same
bend, it will be a victory for the
present administration. Tompkins
and HcClure agree on almost
every major issue. Boebl opposed
them on almost every one.
Both Tompkins and McClure
favor a CVA and oppose a sales
tax. Tompkins favors the Bran
nan agricultural plan; McClure
favors it in modified form. Boehl
campaigned on an anti-CVA plat
form. " y
MfTliir. atata mnfi amrimf
is a member of the Harding grange
m yiacssmas county.
Realty Board
" The 29th annual dinner and In
stallation of officers of Salem's '
Board of ' Realtors Is scheduled
January 14 at the. Chamber of
Commerce. " . '
Robert C afaguire, Portland at
torney, will speak at the dinner
which will Install Joe L. Bourne,
real estate man at 1140 N. Capitol -st,
as new board president Claude
H. Murphy, state real estate com- .
mlssioner, will be la charge of the '',
'dinner.
At Friday's board meeting, Bour-
ne stated that Salem needs more'
Industry. "People' will 'come here
If we provide them with something y
todo, Jieaaid. ,
Burr Handed
.j 1
. A charge of auto larceny against
Robert M. Burr, who escaped in
December from the state hospi
tal's criminal insane ward, was
passed on to the grand Jury Fri
day to Marion county district'
court -.
Burr waived attorney and pre
liminary hearing when arrainged
on charges of stealing a car which
he has told officers he and Marion
Watson used in the escape. Burr
was captured last week in San
Diego, but Watson is still at large.
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the Malayan Federation govern
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