lTh gkrtattman. Sclent., Or?ptu. StmdcrfV frcavarT , 1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY V CH.A ' A SPRAOUE: Editor and Publisher Entered at the postofflcc at Salem, Oregon, as aecaad claia flutter ander act at congress March S. 1S7L rubliahed every tnornlnr. Basinets afflca 215 8. Commercial. Salem. Oregon. Telephone . Z-244TL Our, Days Are Numbered How inscrutable are the ways of God and of men is again illustrated in the headlines of the past week. V . Two athletes from Oregon State college were out ilnvn in the ereen ness of their strength and youth killed when" a car struck the toboggajr ,v,;v, (ka ti7ro invrirlins' Who can exrjlaih Vl " wiv; JVJ ---a- z why and thereby comfort the bereaved? In New Hampshire a woman skewered on the agony of incurrable cancer a woman to whom life must have seemed a mockery, lived on and on until finally her doctor, everwhelmed with pity, dispatched her by injecting an air bubble into the bloodstream.JVho will tell us why? ; It is a question as old as man's attempts to rea sogiWith destiny, to rationalize events, Jobe pro tested it and eloquently expressed the death wish. '. "Is there not an appointed time to- man upon, earth? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling? . . . When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathesome. My days are swifter than a weav er's shuttle, and are spent without hope ... So that my soul chooseth strangling and death rather than my life. I loathe it; I would not live always; let me alone; for my days are vanity . . ; I will say unto God . . . Thine hands have made me and fashioned roe together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and I wilt thou bring me unto dust again?" j . Death, to Jobe! during his illness and to the New England physician who undertook to grant it, must have seemed merciful. But who is to gay that death is merciful ever. No one. All we know is that it is final so final that no human Being can rightfully assume the responsibility of ending the life of another human being. ; Nevertheless, popular sentiment seems to be on Dv Sander's side. The reasoning is that any human person would put a suffering dog or horse' "out of his misery" so why not a suffer ing loved one? The proponents of enthanasia cite the same excuse for "mercy death" under the guise "fof humanjty or Christian charity. They say it would be far kinder for the healthy living to ease ytof life the living dead. The death list would include victims of ter ribly painful "incurable" disease, the hopeless ly crippled, the mindless monsters that somehow are born alive and hardly qualify as humans, the hopelessly insane, and so on. Some primitive societies killed them off as a matter of course. In areas where civilization degenerated in Na si Germany and In Soviet Russia these helpless (individuals were either put to death quickly or murdered slowly while they "served" as guinea jpigsfor ientffic experiments.' ? j J Our civilization thus far has tried to keep these pitiful people alive, care for them, and, if possible, alleviate their misery. Of course they are burdens, to themselves and to us their re latives and society. Maybe that is what they are meant to be. Euthanasia is an easy way out not primarily for those it releases but for those who are charg ed with their Care. It is more cowardly, perhaps, to wish a suffering loved one dead or to hasten his end than it is to stand by and suffer vicari ously. Was Dr. Sander's action really courage ous? He only did the obvious, easy tiling a thing many others have been tempted to do. But we hestitate tocondemn the man .for we sympathize with his motive albeit the moral law is violated. "Thou shalt not kill" is the com mandment, but we are also advised, in the Ser mon on the Mount: "Judge not, that ye be not Judged." . - V- ,. - 1 .- Foreign Policy Fight May By Jack Ben - ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -(P A finish fight over foreign pol icy is beginning within the re publican party. It is the old battle between for want of better words iso lationism and internationalism. There already have been some knockdowns. There will be more in this session of congress. Te final decision will come at the polls in November. Vic tories and defeats then are likelr to write the foreword of what the republican party will say about international affairs In its 1952 platform. first skirmishes are already being fought among republican senators. ' - Senator Arthur Vandenberg Michigan stands on one side fob what both he and his for eign relations committee col league. Senator Tom Connally - (D-Tex), prefer to call an "un paftUan" foreign policy. .. : , Aligned with Vandenberg are such republicans as Senators Henry Cabot Lodge of Massa ,chetts,,H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey, Wayne Morse of 1 Oreison and Irving M. Ives of ... New York.;.-; . . -, n ' ; 'i , Vandenberg lost his. best prop I when v John Foster Dulles went ; down ' to defeat last November tnt his bid to Tetain the New Ycijrk senatorial scat to which he " had been appointed. There is ample evidence that Dunes' defeat could not be pin ned in any way on his inter national views. Nevertheless, the wipg of the party which has always been critical of republi ca cooperation with the demo critic administration has. been given new life by Dulles' de feat '.! yt wing has no leader who, stands alone against Vanden-1 bej-g. But it has several mem bers who would be glad to.be tabbed fnr that spot Among the are Senator Kenneth wrierry of Nebraska, the sen- aleGOP. floor manager, .and. . mNo Fvor Swayt V$, K Fear STtalt it first SUUam, March IS, 1SS1 ! Bridge Anachronism No objections were voiced at the hearing of the army engineers on the request of the state highway department for building a bridge across the Willamette from Marion street, Sa lem. These hearings are necessary because the engineers are the authority in charge of navig able rivers. Their duty is to see that adequate clearance is provided to permit craft to pass under or through! the bridge. The present Cen ter street bridge is of the high level type, and the Marion street bridge will be similar. The railroad bridge at Union street has a draw which may be raised to let vessels pass through. Really the clearance requirement is an anach ronism.' It presumes that some of the old river boats will rise frpm the boneyard, the "City of Salem" perhaps and sail upriver the old steam ers with their high stacks spouting sparks and wood smoke. That age is gone, never to return. But the bridges still must be high enough over the channel to permit such vessels to pass un der, unless a draw is provided. Present craf t are tugboats powered with diesel engines. They pass under the railroad bridge with ease. The draw hasn't been raised there to clear a river boat for many years.) ' . - But because steamers with tall stacks onca plied the river the engineers cling to the old standards and the highway department is under the necessity of making its channel spans much higher than is really necessary. ; The Marion street bridge will be 69.4 ft. above low water mark, which will give plenty of space for the cabin power boats, the canoes, the bustling raft towboats that animate Salem's waterfront. National Advertising Week is here; that makes it a good time to note (besides paying our due respects to the politico-economic importance of space that's sold) that some of the best humor in the 'country today isn't on the radio, video, screen or, comic pages, so-called. It is in the ads. An example is an ad in The New York Times by Filene's, a very proper Bostonian department store. The copy "Yes, we're just conservative old Brahmins here in Boston. We like it here. We're not concerned about the North, South or progressive West (beyond Northampton, .Mas sachusetts). We resist new ideas; don't even think that transportation is here to stay, but as a hedge we Bostonians have . . ." Well, among other things they have an annual men's suit sale 4at $11 per that has made merchandising history. There's always something conservative afoot in Boston if you want to call it that. Royce Brier, f the San Francisco Chronicle's learned page-oijie columnist, compared Chisng - Davis when he vis talked of government, but this fictional gov eminent had no territory to administer. It had been atomized to endangered individuals." And Brier underlines what some observers have overlooked: Chances are Formosa will fall from within as a result of disaffection and fifth col umn activity, riot as a result of miltary assaults on its shores. U. S. aid could not have prevent ed betrayal of Chiang on Formosa any more than it stopped desertion on the mainland. 4 (jruess wnat Herb Caen in the San Francisco Chronicle says "the East Bayj Tycoon" is paying the rent for Jimmy Roosevelt's campaign headquarters in the famed Mark Hopkins the, hotel which has the "Top of the . j. - Said tycoon, formerly of Coos Bay and once co-publisher of The Statesman, .considers this gesture his campaign contribution. Senators: John' W. Bricker of Ohio,: William E. Jenner of In 'diana, George W. Malone of Nevada and Arthur V. Watkins of Utah. ' In Washington p r a e 1 1 c ally against his doctors' orders, Van denberg faces the task of win ning to his side- the bulk of re publicans who find their prime interests in domestic affairs, i He cannot hope for all-out 'support from Senator Robert A. Taft (R-OhiO), , an original League of Nations man now accused by his enemies of be ing an Isolationist. However, Taft and Vanden berg have agreed quietly to try to keep the bipartisan foreign policy alive as long as the republicans have a share In. , making the decisions and as long as those decisions don't run counter' to deep GOP convlc- - tlons. The two leaders part company on some issues. Taft for in-, stance, still- opposes the mili tary assistance program for wes tern Europe, which Vandenberg supports. But they can compro- - mise their differences without too much trouble on such issues as the amount of money to be spent for economic aid for non- communist countries. ' V Vandenberg has wisely 'given his republican colleagues plenty of room to. criticize those ad ministration policies not arriv ed at through consultation with the republicans. i Senator William F. Knowland pf California, for instance, has. a clear track to say any bitter thing he wants to about China policies. ' , 1 i . j The Michigan senator's battle With opposition elements within his party is likely to result in a . blow o one side or the other when the republicans bring out a statement of principles for this year's congressional campaign.! House policy drafters are expected to be hand-picked br .Minority, Leader. .Joseph .MaxftR R tee" " . , w. t Was fleeting down Georgia: "Da- bneidon backett is dome now. Go to Polls of Massachusetts, has been much of who never an advocate of Vandenberg's course. Within the senate group, Van denberg will be forced to com promise twice first with Taft then with the Wherrys, Jen ncrs, Brickers and others who have gone much farther than Taft The Michigan senator thus can hope for little better than a generalized statement and will be lucky if he keeps the state ment from being tagged as be-, ing isolationist All of this will be the buildup for November's climax. Morse, running for reelection in Oregon, is one 'of Vanden berg's advance guards. On the other side, Senators Homer E. Capehart of Indiana and Henry C. Dworshak of Ida ho are not likely to soften their criticisms of the bipartisan for eign policy. With them is being listed far mer Rep. Everett Dirksen of Illinois, already being called an isolationist by his opponent. Senate Democratic Leader Scott Lucas. By their records in the pres ent sesrion the voters are likely to know definitely by the time they go to the polls where Sen ators Forrest C. Donnell of Miss ouri, Bourke B. Hkkenloopcr of Iowa, Eugene D. Millikin of Colorado, Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin, Chan Grrnt of South Dakota, George D. Aiken of Vermont and Milton nV Young of North Dakota stand. Some of these have been Van denberg supporters in the past and are likely to continue so. Foreign policy won't be the' " deciding factor in many of these . races, which may be decided on local conditions. But unless all the signs fail, the republicans will take a foreign policy turn in 1932 that will be dictated , largely by the results this No yember, , . ' , i -.- : ? (Continued; from page ' in this regard and should ac quiesce In whatever decision the state authorities make. It is Sa lem's opportunity however to as? sist the planning commission in laying out the design for the cap . itol group, We mus& njot think in small terms, for wef are custodians of a great future. Individual prop ertyowners - have rights which should be respected, but those 'rights do not extend to blocking the long-timel development. Bar- rmg destruction by war or earthquake the buildings now being erected should stand for centuries, monuments to ihe fore sight of the builders and serv ing the people of the state over the years, j T Recently the Des Moines Reg ister ran a!, series of pictures "This is Des, Moines." Notable in the series jwere pictures show- . ing the beautification of the wa terfront and the development of a civic center along the river, with the state capital arising from the crest of the hill leading up from the; river. This program has been carried out largely since 1910 it takes time to plan and construct great public works. Now the development is a thing of beauty in which city and state take pride, i In te Salem situation there are few obstacles to accomplish simi lar beautiful and really more harmonious; results. City and state officials must get together in the planaingand then present an integrated program to the legislature. ; Some differences have arisen as to the planning, but they can be ironed out. If the controlling thought is what is best for tfee state and for the city and not how private profit Interests may be protected then we can accomplish the goal of a governmental center that will be Oregon's pride and a national at traction for centuries to come. 1) Your Health A year's work with aureomycin, most recent of the wonder drugs, stamps this golden-yellow germ killer as one of the most valu able of the so-called antibiotics. Aureomycin not .only attacks a wider variety of diseases than either penicillin or streptomycin but unlike these remedies, it is effective when taken by mouth. Recently, for instance, it has been found effective when given in this way against amebic dy sentery, a disorder which penicil lin will not help. This disease is caused by a parasite known as the ameba, which invades the in testines to bring about such sym toms as diarrhea, loss of weight and strength and, in some cases, abscesses of the liver. With au reomycin, the symtoms rapidly disappear and, within a few days, the parasites can no longer be found in the bowel movements. Aureomycin has also been em ployed in the treatment of rases of acute syphilis, and the results obtained, were like those which may be expected with penicillin. Aureomycin is not as effective in - treating gonorrhea as penicillin. In pneumonia produced by the pneiimococcus, aureomycin brought about cures with the same speed as penicillin. On the other hand, aureomycin, unlike penicillin and streptomy cin, has been found particularly effective in the treatment of un dulant fever or brucellosis. This condition is caused by a germ which often- gets ntoy the body. FASTB -THAN SOUNDI Holly wood By Gene naadsaker HOLLYWOOD A year ago, Keefe Brasselle was averaging $35 a week, printing and selling Christmas cards. Now he's a movie actor at $1,500 a week. But he's still selling. His merchandise is Keefe Brasselle. The commodity has black hair, a swarthy complexion, large, handsome features, and youth. Twenty-six-year-old Keefe says it's this way for an actor: "You're selling something. A producer may want to buy you. For you, it's just like selling shoes." Keefe sold shoes and used cars and trucks before Ida Lupino cast 'him in her successful low-budget film, "Not Wanted." The nec- " est thing said about Keefe's act ing was that he didn't seem to be acting. Friends said it was more as if he were sitting in the same room, talking to them. He played the young man who marries a girl who bears a child out of wedlock after being betrayed by another man. Now Keefe is portraying Montgomery Cliffs wealthy cou sin in "A Place in the un," adapt ed from "An American Tragedy." Keefe, born in Lorain, Ohio, won a national newspaper boys' selling contest when he was 14. In the finals at Milwaukee, he gave a 20-minute demonstration of subscription-getting that won him a gold medal and $100. At 18 he came to Hollywood as drum mer and singer in a dance band. Movie-struck, he landed a small part in a "Janie" film before en tering the army. After the war he eouldn't get picture parts, so he sold women's shoes. He was the store chain's highest man in "push money." That's extra pay 25 to 50 cents a pair for selling left-over items of a discontinued line. Keefe got about $40 a week in "push mon ey," almost as much as his sal ary, by using psychology. "I'd use a negative approach. Madam, I wish I had your size in such-and-such a shoe. It would be beautiful." After thus creat ing a demand, Keefe would dis cover he Just happened to have a pair. Obviously, his looks didn't hurt him as a salesman. He has been told he resembles Montgomery Written by Dr. Herman N. Bnndensen. MJX from unpasteurized milk. With the aureomycin, the fever in a group of such patients studied, disappeared rapidly, and the oth er symptoms cleared up. Many of these patients had had the con ditions for a number of months and some- were chronically ill. The diagnosis was proved in all cases by finding in the blood the germs responsible for the disease. T - Although' aureomycin has also been tried in patients with acute tuberculosis of the lungs, as yet it has been found to be ineffec tive, but further tests are going on. - fff So you can see why we can so enthusiastica ily say .that aureo mycin is truly, wonder drug. Unfavorable reactions to aure mycin art not common and when they occur are usually limited to such minor discomforts as nau sea and vomiting. Quickly taken up by the body from the large intestine; it is a powerful weapon In the treatment of many infec tions. """ " : QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ; S. F.: Can hemorrhoids cause other ailment when; infected? Is an operation necessary and is it serious. .. t Answer: Operations for hemor rhoids are not serious. Infected hemorroids could cause other ail ments. The condition should be taken care of by your physician prompt ly. , , , ,cyri V.W.fe W""! . On Parade Clift, Robert Cummin gs, Gregory Peck, and Ty Power, which is nice resembling. But Keefe claims: "I'm different Xrom them." Now under contract to a ma jor studio, Keefe believes the product has to be right no mat ter how skilled the selling. "If you're right for the part," he says, "they can't take it away from you." Literary Guidepost HEYWOOD BROUN: A BIO GRAPHICAL PORTRAIT, by Dale Kramer, foreword by Herbert Bayard Swope (Wyn: $3.50) .Variously book reviewer and drama critic, sports writer, war correspondent, and for 20 years the columnist of "It Seems to Me;" with the Telegraph, Trib une, Telegram. World-Telegram and Just briefly at the last the Post; , weighing, smoking and drinking more than his share; candidate for Congress, Guilds man, Liberal, fighter, Sunday painter, novelist wit, poker fan ... Broun was "a great figure in contemporary journalism,' says Swqpe; Kramer thinks his col umn was worth 50,000 circulation to a metropolitan newspaper, and recalls that he could earn $50,000 a year for it Kramer appears to render a faithful but prosaic account There is everything here, per- DIVIDED PAYMENTS No Extra Charge Your, Diamond , deserves a "A V ii n JEWELERS Mi IhdiareMay AsHorF ederal" Ruling in Celilo PORTLAND, Jan. 7 -WV The long-standing dispuite over which Indian tribes can fish at Celilo, Ore, may be turned over to the sec retary of the interior to settle. . A Celilo fish committee, along with attorneys for three tribes and representatives of the U. S. bureau of Indian affairs, have recom mended that the secretary determine fishing rights. He would allocate concessions I to the Yakimas, Umatillas, and Warm Springs group, and would hear the claims of other Indian tribes, such as the Nex Perces. The fish committee also recom mended establishment of a court for Indian offenses at Celilo, and institution of governmental ordi nances there. The two recommendations must be approved by the tribal coun- The Safety Valve . License Plate Was CarefaUy Designed . To the Editor: On December 30 the Statesman carried a front page photograph in which it was indicated that the manufacturer of te State's 1950 motor vehicle license plates had made an error in the location of the bolt holes. In fairness, I would like to point out that the plates were manufactured from specifications prepared : by me. The former plates contained four holes and four slots; the four holes were made for a twelve-penny nail, and the four slots for a strap at- tachment No standard bolt would fit in either the holes or slots. The present holes take a standard quarter-inch bolt No attempt was made to accommo- . date the give away advertising license frame. The holes in the license plates of a majority of the states are identical to those In the 1950 Oregon plates. , r ' While there is no law prohibit ing the use of an advertising frame on a license plate, I do not think that the state should Uke such a frame into consideration when manufacturing plates.' With one exception, the plates will fit the license brackets .of all auto mobiles. The state of Michigan requires only a rear license plate, and an automobile manufacturer in that state recently put out a new model with no bracket on the front which has caused Ore gon owners of that make of car some slight difficulty. Very truly yours. Earl T. Newbry, . Secretary of State. haps, except that special fine edge which, said those who kner Broun, made him such a dear friend, valiant crusader and as tute writer. a (toxic ihattcMiiM... mm I as! iKptctjoat sf pnaeiiiu fsr csrssl aactvitk nU's Umbrts, pitt y k THA. Ira!?. J Kl new look. 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He listed, in order of import ance, the coconut palm, date palm, olive, apple, fig, almond, lemon, rubber, douglas fir and pine. The forester said his list was selected upon the basis of their extensive use' by a large number of people over the past thousand years and could not be rapidly re placed. ;! Cronemiller struck i the chin chona tree, producer of quinine from his list, for the reason that atabrine now takes the place of this drug, used in the treatment of malaria. Also the mulberry tree, which feeds the silkworms, was eliminated through the production of nylon and rayon. The cascara or chittum tree, produced largely in Oregon, failed to place on the list because of its limited growing range. - Tax Payers Ailenlion Harry Ewing Tax Ccaxnllanl Office beers f A. M. to P. M. dally. Pbeae 2-SI4S er 2-3369. Kear of 1997 FaJrareands rd. Free parking Seath ef Willam ette Valley .Baalu-V'" .It- J .l II 109 N. 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