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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
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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
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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.
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Fishihsr Disnute
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cils of the Warm Springs, Umatfl-
The attorney for Chief Tommy
Thompson of the WY-ams, who
rules at Celilo. objected to the plan
as depriving Thompson of authority-
-
."The Wy-am tribe legally will
be wiped out" complained Floyd
G. Dover, Portland.
The fish committee- responded
that the Wy-ams were part of the
Warm Springs group.
"This bill would protect Chief
Tommy's rights by establishing
law and order," said Sam Kash
Kash Umatilla Indian and com
mittee chairman. "Chief Tommy
can not mantain law and order at
Celilo alone." . -
Most Important
Won by Palm
Lynn T. Cronemfller, assistant
what he said he considered the 10
most important trees in the world.
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
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