4-Ths Statesman. Salem, Or, Wednesday. January 11. 1950
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State Grange Has Trial Heat
The Oregon Grange has been so active in
public affairs in Oregon and its state master,
Morton Tompkins, so prominent in state politics
that its. biennial election attracts interest out
aide Its own membership. The state grange
has a fprimary" or trial heat in December, fol
lowed by a runoff or final election the follow
ing April. Results of the December test have
just been announced and show Grangemaster
' Tompkins running second,' with Elmer McClur.
of Milwaukie, present overseer of the state
grange,, running ahead. Away behind was Vic
tor Boehl of Grants Pass who represented a re
volt from the Tompkins leadership. The tally
reported was McClure 3,083, Tompkins 2,684
and Boehl 1,809.
What is singular is the report that Mc-
Clure's ideas on political questions, notably
CVA, run parallel to those of Tompkins. Boehl
was the one .who., ran in protest against the
present leadership; of the state grange, the par-"
ticular objection being the publication of a
purge list of legislators by the grange execu
tive committee. The result thus far indicates
that the grange as a whole approves the politi
cal policies" pursued by its state officers, but
evidently Tompkins has fallen in personal pop
ularity, i
Now, will there be a real contest' between
McClurev and Tompkins in the finals? ! If so,
what will be the shading to tell the difference
between the two candidates? Voting is strictly
a grange membership privilege; but as the
grange throws its weight around considerably
In political -matters, or tries to, the general
public is interested to know on what issues the
election will hinge. ,
have been working three days a week. In an
effort to bring matters to a head some 12,000
miners stayed away from .the pits in Illinois
last week and this week 43,000 are absenting
themselves from mines in the Pittsburgh dis
trict. Whether prompted by Lewis or not the
move Serves to attract attention, and will "have
the effect of speeding up the exhaustion of coal
stocks.
The miners themselves are suffering most of
all. They lost an estimated $1200 last year from
work stoppages ordered by the union. Earnings
this year on a three-day week are probably just
about at subsistence levels. They must realize
that John L. has overplayed his hand this year,
but their strong loyalty to their chief prevents
any open defection.
The coal stalemate has settled down to a war
of attrition. Lewis lets the miners work enough
to keep the president from pulling the Taft
Hartley law on him. Operators, except for a
few small employers, refuse to meet Lewis'
terms of 95c a day wage increase and ISc more
a ton for the welfare fund. When coal supplies
run out and suffering impends then public pres
sures will build up for a settlement. One could
be made now if Lewis and the mine owners
made a sincere effort to negotiate a deal. Mean
time the coal miners eat low on the hog.
Birth Rate Continues i
n - ! t ii i l 1 :
pome wucago ior mereaDouia; aancer ior
eigaret girl or something) got her picture (with
plenty of cheesecake) in the papers recently be
cause she sent cables to the heads of United
Nations and important governments urging them
to insure peace and security in the world so that
This is obviously a publicity stunt but her
professed attitude is not uncommon. Every so
often you hear a woman declare that the; world
Is such a lousy place it isn't fit to bring children
Into. Eve, banished from the garden, probably
thought the same thing. Maybe Mary In Beth
lehem, worrying about rendering taxes and the
lack of adequate housing, thought so too.
Usually It is the economically - privileged.
gripes about whether or not the times are con
ducive to child-rearing. To hear them talk you'd
tMnlr tViA Klrffi af wroa aa uniltiva t im mt a tm
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01 ine woria as me stock raarxei.
This business about making the world plea-
. sant for babies is pure rationalization; it's an
excuse for avoiding the responsibility of having
a family. It is also romanticism of the I worst
type in the same class as the Idea that it's
possible to make the world safe for democracy.
Both ideas make worthy goals but they aire not
In sight for this generation. And if there isn't
to be a next generation, who' will reach them?
- Despite this academic or parlor-type I argu
ment, for some reason or other people go right
on having babies. And the strange thing is that
the lower their living standard, the more babies
they seem to have.
Wisecracks about Doug McKay's bid for the
Norwegian vote have been heard from here and
there. No such thing. McKay's essay published
in the Morgenbladet, Oslo's morning newspaper,
was not alone. The governors of Illinois, Minne
sota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota (states
with considerable Norwegian settlement) also
sent in their greetings. The occasion was the
first Atlantic crossing of a new Norwegian liner
and the Oslo paper put out a special edition
with appropriate remarks from VIPs. Purely
nonpolitical, you see.
A San Francisco judge has installed a loud
speaker system in his courtroom. Mikes are
located at the bench, at the witness chair, and
at the counsel table, with loud speakers at the
jury box and midway of the courtroom. This
experiment deserves watching. Poor acoustics
seem to characterize courtrooms, and often
witnesses fall to speak up so they can be heard.
..The PA system should make testimony, rulings
and arguments audible to the comfort of all
concerned.
An. Illinois pilot is doing historical research
from the air. A few years ago he found that the
Mason-Dixon Line was no figment of the im
agination but a distinct cut through the forests
in the East. ; Now he J has rediscovered the old
Santa Fe trail the main trade route between
mid and southwest a jcentury ago. The trail Is
marked by foot-deep wagon ruts, six sets abreast
in some places. j
More than 630 passenger trains were dropped
by railroads in order to comply with a govern
ment order to conserve coal supplies. Maybe the
roads would be happier if they could let a good
many of these runs stay dropped. Passenger
traffic, especially on branch lines, has been run
ning at a heavy loss, according to reports to the
ICC. I
Eliners Ones Who Suffer
The coal miners themselves present rather a
pathetic figure at present.' Stymied In their ef
forts to get a new contract on Lewis' terms they
Discovery, in Iran of clay tablets which show
that Sumerian schoolboys were studying "Eu
clidian" geometry 2000 years before Christ in
dicate the ancients knew a good deal more than
we give them credit for . . . Any day now, some
archeologist is going to dig up an antique manu
script containing the formula for U 23S.
US. Paralysis Bn Asia Seems at End
Br Jeseph and Stewart Also
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 The
period of American paralysis fa.
Asia seems to be drawing tq a
close, fudclng
by advance re
ports of the im
policy that Sec-
retary of State
Dean G. Ache- i
- Kin u . u -e . , i
pound to .'the,.'
senate , foreign La
relation com- j:
mittee. Wheth- -
er this is really
so, is the practl- j :',
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tratlon's decision to leave Tor
mota to its fate, j, . : ;
Formosa Is, of course, immen
sely valuable, more because Its
surplus product can help to feed
Japan, than because It has great
strategic im
portance. By
every possible
test, however,
whether econo
mic or strategic
or political,
Formosa is in
finitely less
valuable than
the populous,
- wealthy
Mtkat A aa.
rJXlAsrVZ tic . peninsula.
, The practical objection to the
Mac Arthur-Louis Johnson pol
icy for Formosa has been, sim
ply, that it would Impede and
Perhaps hamstring any attempt
to hold Southeast Asia ' against
the communist advance from
- China.
This Is so, for three reasons.
, First, a Formosan adventure
, would arouse suspicions of Am
erican imperialism all over Asia.
. But the first principle of the
- -; new American policy in Asia
must be, and Is, to ally ourselves
r t, with and support the new ha-
' tionalism whida is the strongest
.
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Asiatic force today. .
;. . - EeconoV a Formosan adventure .
' would also hopelessly divide our
Asiatic policy , from the policies
3 of the other Western powers with
Asiatic Interests, and particular
ly from the policy of the British.
Yet the' second principle of jour
new Asiatic policy must be and
Is, to secure the friendly coopera
tion of these former colonial
' powers, and particularly of the
British, in' the great task of put--
ting the emerging hew nations
of Asia firmly on their feet..
- Third, a Formosan adventure ,
- would surely alienate the leaders
of the Asiatic nations which are
already . Independent, such as
- Pandit Nehru In India and Presi
dent Soekamo and Premier Mo-
. bammed Hatta in Indonesia. Yet
the third principle ef our new
Asiatic policy must be; and is,
to induce Nehru and the others
Ilka him to take the lead In the
effort to save Asia which we, as
westerners, can only aid and
back up. I .
Simply by stating the objec
tions to a Formosan adventure,
the mam themes of the new
Asiatic policy have also been
stated. There are, of course, var
ious trimmings, of greater or
lesser Importance. Opening up
active trade between southeast
Asia, with its great surplus of
agricultural products, and under
fed, highly Industrialized Japan,
is one piece of trimming of the
utmost importance td this coun-'
try. Other, quite obvious trim
mings are EGA aid and some
military aid for the new AsiaUe
nations. The whole adds up to
the outline of an intelligent pol
icy to halt communism's Asiatls
advance. . ?r' j
Although It Is stiff vitally im
portant UT know why we went
wrong In China, there could be
no greater error than to Judge
the new Asiatic policy by our
old China policy. There is really
only one danger from the past.
: i -
The mark of our postwar China
policy was an extreme reluc
tance to engage the United
States, in the way that we en
gaged ourselves In Greece, for
example. Yet the new Asiatic
-policy will be doomed to rapid
failure, unless this country now
engages Itself very boldly, pol
itically and strategically as well
as economically.
This is so for the simplest pos
sible reason. Burma and Indo
china are the keys to Southeast
Asia. If Burma and Indo-China
go the way of China, a chain
reaction will have started, which
will first consume Sian, Malaya
and Indonesia, 1 and then: attack.
India, the Philippines and Japan.
Yet Burma and Indo-China are
both In imminent peril from
strong, well-armed communist
movements. Talking about trade
between 'Japan and southeast
Asia before Burma and Indo
China have been made safe, is
like planning the garden while
the bouse Is burning down.
a
Since the situation Is so crit
ical, no serious effort to save
Asia, coordinating as it must ec
onomic and military aid, politi
cal Influence and secret service
activity, can possibly be carried
on from Washington on a com
mittee system. Yet the far east
ern division of the state depart
ment has steadfastly opposed all
projects for a flexible special
organization to save Asia.
Equally, saving Asia will re
quire taking considerable politi
cal risks, and spending a good
deal more money than the dribs
and drabs now available. Yet the
first requirement is contrary to
all the present Inclinations of the
state department, and the second
cuts across, the Truman line of
holding down all foreign policy
outlays. In short, the Asiatic pol
icy that looks so good in out
line may prove to be Inadequate
In practice. We must be ready to
put up the cash, get Into the
mess, and even get our hands
dirty. If the senators cannot sat
isfy themselves on this point,
they will then be Justified in re
opening the Formosa issue.
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Tine building they're putting up for the United Nations . ,
wonder If It's Atom bomb-proof? ..."
Well, It Would Toastmasters Set
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.By Henry MeLemora
DAYTONA BEACH, Ra, Jan.
10 A study of my past perform
ance chart clearly indicates that
I can't see any
farther Into the
future than I
can up a well
smoked chim
ney, i
The robes of
a prophet fit me
about as well as
his skin does a
St Bernard, and
I would d well
to confine my
predictions to
1 events off the
next IS minutes
at the most
Nevertheless,
I just must knock off a little old
prophecy today. I don't think I
can miss on this one. And success
will raise my batting average to
the new and lofty heights of
00000001.,
It concerns Senator Sheridan
Downey, D for Democrat of the
Sovereigns State of California.
I prophesy that Senator Down
ey, now that the man of the half
century, the man of the year, the
man of last month, the man of
last week, the man of the day,
the man of the hour, and the
man of the minute have been
named, will be remembered as
the man of the second.
The reason?
His introduction of a bill which
would provide for a 7 Mi cent coin,
j
That's what this country needs
more than anything else, and only
Senator Downey is wise enough,
lofty of brow enough, far-seeing
enough, to realtor it
While other legislators are wor
rying about such trivial things as
the national debt the atom bomb,
the situation in China, the de
fense of Formosa, rent control,
socialized medicine, the Marshall
plan, the unification of the serv
ices, Senator Downey is concern
ed about; our nation lacking a
7 Mi cent coin.
In my opinion, this puts him
"-on a mental plateau far loftier
than the valley in which so many
of his colleagues are struggling.
This shows that he can deffer
entiate the wheat from the chaff,
the chaff from the wheat, and
the whaff from the cheat
Ha has Seen, has Senator Dow
ney, the pathetic struggles of
millions of American citizens
while looking for the 7 Mi cent
piece In their pockets that wasn't
there. He has heard the anguish
ed cries of his fellow Americans
over the lack of a coin, two of
which would make 15 cents, three
of which would make 22Mi cents.
four of, which would make - SOJ
cents, and five of which would
add up to 37 Mr cents.
He knows, does Senator Dow
ney, the ten thousand and one
' articles ' which cost exactly 7 Mi
cents. Such things as 7H cents
worth of butter, 7 Mi cents worth
of calico, 7 Mi cents worth of fish
ing pole, 7 Mi cents worth of elec
tric fan, and 7Mi cents worth of
airplane travel.
What a blessing It would be to
For Five Members
Five new members are to be
inducted into the membership of
the Capitol Toastmasters club at
a Thursday night dinner in the
Gold Arrow restaurant
They are Donald Heinz, J. A.
Coffrier, C W. Bobbins, A. A.
Lester and D. R. Kelly. Slated
speakers include John Seitz and
Richard Reimann.
The club will continue its
speechcraft program with speech
instruction from Elmer Boyer,
Marion Curry, Richard Batdorf
and Frank Schram.
have such a coin. ,
Three cheers for Senator Dow
ney:
of advertising already In the
shop were cancelled.
Once before the Oregonian
was disciplined by M&F. That
was back in 1930-31. In the gu
bernatorial campaign of 1930 the
Oregonian had stayed with the
republican candidate, Phil Met
schan, while the Journal destert
ed the democratic candidate to
go all out for Julius Meier, then
head of M&tY. After the elec
tion to patch up relations with
M At F the Oregonian's political
reporter, Johnny Kelly was
"banished" to Washington, and
the flow of advertising was re
sumed. Accusations of newspaper sub
servience to advertisers have
been freely made in late years,
particularly by left-wingers who
do not like the editorial policies
of the newspapers. New Dealers
in particular have thrown up the
taunt The result is that editors
and publishers are very sensitive
on the subject They want to di
vorce their news and editor U
columns from advertising influ
ence. An incident life this plays
right into the hands of the radi
cals. As far as M & F is concerned
it is like cutting off their nose
to spite their face, because they
have certainly found Oregoni-n
advertising profitable or they
would not have spent so much
money with it. This policy, too,
fans the flames of radicalism
which is not healthy for big busi
ness. As for the Oregonian, v loss of
big volume advertising is pain
ful; but it is hard to see how the
Oregonian can bend the neck.
After all it has both its pride and
its standards of journalism.
Some friends of Aaron Frank
ought to tell him that he is not
only being quite small townish
but Is striking a blow at one of
the most precious items in the
American heritage, freedom of
the press.
Is.
When the seeds of tha AmerU
7 Mi cents worth of cheers, that can hoT spr-.... only about one in
iu proauce zemaie trees ana only
McNaught Syndicate, inc.) fc. -ale trees produce berries.
Hearing Ends
In $43,220
Berry Case
Hearing on a $43,220 damage
suit brought by Wood burn Fruit
Growers' Cooperative association
against United Growers, Inc., was
completed in Marion county cir
cuit court Tuesday and attorneys
are to file final briefs later.
The Woodburn association al
leges the $43,220 is due it as pay
ment on berries which the associa
tion tjt it delivered to United
Growers in 1947. The association
bases its claims on an agreement
it says it had with United Grow
ers. In answer the United Growers
alleges that sums of credit owed
to the plaintiff will be paid when
the United board of directors re
turns "reserve, and revolving cap
ital to its members.'
In a cross-complaint the United
Growers demands judgment of the
Woodburn association totaling
about $13,000 allegedly due on
"deficits" incurred on past berry,
prune and cherry crops.
Don Walker Possible
Opponent of Angell
PORTLAND, Jan. lO-Don
Walker, president of the Multno
mah County Young Republicans,
appeared today as a possible op
ponent to Rep. Homer D. Angell
in the congressional race.
Walker, who has been urged by
Prepa
ration
For Primary
Yote Speeded
Marion county election machin
ery is moving at a faster pace this
week in readying the county for
primary elections May 19.
Biggest task confronting officials
is the appointment this month of
about 1,500 election board mem
bers to man the county's 110 vot
ing preciocts, according to Gladys
White, chief election deputy In the
office ef County Clerk Harlan
Judd.
She reminded that March 10 is
the deadline for filing candidacies
for county offices. This she said
includes precinct committeemen
and committeewomen. The poll
books will close April 18, and no
more voter registrations will be
accepted beyond that date until
after the election.
. A main item of need, she said,
is adequate polling places. "We
would welcome calls from anyone
who has or knows of a suitable
wuui ym,M ui Uicu yi CVU1CI e
pedally in some of the new pre
cincts," she said.
The tnt of the leaning tower ef
Pisa has increased by a little more
than a quarter of an inch in tha
past 12 years.
republican groups to enter the
contest said he was thinking It
over." He is an attorney.
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Br a a Williams
1. What Is wrong with this
sentence? "In order to solve this
problem we must try another
experiment."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "incognito"?
S. Which on of these words Is
misspelled? Presposterous, pre
dominant, prespective, preemin
ent 4. What does the word "com
mensuration" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with1 ve that means "very ar
dent"? T ANSWERS
. 1. Say, "We must make anoth
er experiment," or, "experiment
again," All experiments are
trials. 2. Pronounce in-kog-ni-to,
both I's as in It, first e as In
ear. second as in toe. and ac
cent second syllable, not the
third. 2. Perspective. 4. State of
being equal in measure or ex
tent. "All fitness lies in a parti-
. cular commensuration, or pro
portion of one thing to another,"
South, 5. Vehement.
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