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Revolution in Thought?
It may be that two new theories of the origin
of the universe advanced in 1949, Einstein's
new theory concerning gravitation and elec
tromagnetism, and now Dr. Emmanuel Vilokov
sky's study, "Worlds in Collision," have brought
us to the threshold of a great revolution in
thinking. This event may-be as significent to
science and philosophy as was the Coperican
. revolution in astronomy 400 years ago.
. The discoveries of science in the 18th and 19th
centuries and the simultaneous ferment in phi
losophy (which produced such notions as dual
ism and naturalism) gave rise to the idea that
science and religion are incompatible. That idea
is Still widely held. Charles Lindbergh in a re
cent speech expressed it when he pleaded for
jnorality vs. science. Fundamentalists often look
upon science as the enemy of their interpreta
tion of Christianity.
But those who are open-minded on the sub
ject will eagerly search the most recent theses
of science for new enlightenment Following the
investigations of critics and scholars on the work
of Einstein and Velikovsy is an exciting pros
pect because they deal with questions every
thinking individual ponders: What is the origin
and nature of man and of the universe, what is
their purpose and end, and what is God's rela
tion to each . . .
Answers thus far have come from two main
sources. We have ithe subjective interpretations
of the sages and mystics, the records of the an
cients and gospels of the apostles, deemed to be
the inspired Word. These are embodied in our
religion. And we have the objective studies of
science man's empirical experiences. The ob
served course of nature is what we call the laws
of nature. - '
When, in seeking to explain the great un
knowns, the declarations of subjective thinkers
and the conclusions of objectives researchers
have conflicted, men either accepted the for
mer on faith or rejected them as unscientific
and, therefore,-mythical. When scientific ex
planations proved fallacious, there are always
"tome new theory. i "
Throughout history, phenomena which ap
peared to be contrary to the laws of nature were
regarded as supernatural or miraculous, j C S.
Lewis of Oxford in his recent book, "Mirade,
defines then as interference with nature by
supernatural power, but he deals only with New
Testament miracles, not with such "supernatu
ral" events as the long day of Joshua.
. . Velikovsky's theory offers an explanation for
this strange occurrence and for many j other
hitherto unexplained events (sometimes termed
myths) in the records of ancient peoples. Re
viewers have been quick to relate his thesis with
Einstein's revelations about the forces that seem
to regulate the universe.
If Velikovsky and Einstein both prove plau
sible, the old feud between science and religion
may end. Succeeding generations may learn that
what we and our forefathers considered "super
natural" was only our own lack of knowledge
about nature. Perhaps they'll prove what we
now suspect is true: That what appears to be
disorder in nature is really disorder in our own
thinking. Eventually, they'll find that science
and religion the subjective and objective
. search are really just two roads leading: to the
same Truth. ,
Durn the Babushkas . I
The "insidious Sovietizing" of the United
States of America has gone too far and the-Chicago
Tribune, ever on the alert, is doing i some
thing about it,
It is starting in a small way but there's no
telling where it will enJ '
Midwest Russophobes suddenly got wise, and
realized that head-kerchiefs or "babushkas"
U.S. Poli.cy Intended to 'Shock' China
r By John M. Illghtower'
WASHINGTON,' Jan. 14
The United States today .acted ,
directly in line with the new
Far Eastern grand strategy, in
state department opinion, when
she ordered all her officials out
of Communist China after a new
affront by the reds. .
The move was interpreted as
intended to shock Chinese; lead
ership -into a realization of the
degree to which they are iso
lating themselves from this
country and to make the
Chinese people realize the ex
treme disapproval with I which
their highhanded leaders are re- ,
garded here. Many officials be
lieve there is a reservoir of good
will for this-country among the
people. ' . i'
.The Chinese reds," precipitat
ing the move by seizing U. S.
government property in Peiping,
have no doubt delayed still
further the day when this coun
try can even consider recogniz
ing their regime.
: State department officials are
reported convinced that Presi
dent Truman and Secretary of
Stat Acheson have laid the
basis for a new Far Eastern
strategy which will first block,
then reverse the communist tide
In Asia. -
"
There are strong indications,
however, - that Acheson's real
fight to make the new policy
effective both in Washington
and in the Far East has Just
.:begun.' -':"'
I With the president's backing
he has clearly won the first
round his reported conflict
with Secretary Johnson over the
kind of strategy the United
States x should declare for the
Asiatic cold war front .
! Johnson favored more vigor
ous action on Formosa, accord-)
lng to reports, than Acheson was
ever willing to consider
MINMt MM
those bright wool and silk squares women tie
around their heads against rain and snow and
wind are subversive. Americans should be too
smart, too proud "to wear the slave-scarfs sym
bol (which) convert pretty young . . . faces in
to moon-round parodies of peasants." This ap
peal so moved Chicago teenagers that there was
a great public burning of babushkas in a high
school yard.
A small incident, perhaps but, then, Hitler
began just by burning the books and look what
that led to.
So why stop with headwear? The Soviet fifth
column has penetrated far into the habiliments
of our naive womenfolk. Let's have done with
those gay embroidered "peasant blouses." Are
you peasants, you clods? Strip off those full
swishy dirndl skirts, those red rubber boots so
reminiscent of the Kremlin itself. Isn't Ameri
can muskrat good enough for you? To the torch
with Kolinky mink and Russian sable. Bury
those fine watertight shoes and ski boots made
of juchten Russian leather.
The Russian influence is undermining the very
foundations of the land of the free our Found
ing Fathers founded. It's evident in the barn
yard, on the dinner table. Muscovy ducks?
Wring their necks. Chop down the Russian al
mond, Russian cedar, Russian mulberry. To the
garbage can with Russian dressing, borsch and
caviar. Flush that vodka down the drain and
kick out the Moscow Mules. Silence the balalai
ka. As for Russian thistle . . . &?!
Now from these simple things let us move on
to a real orgy. Let us clean up our concert stage,
sterilize our opera, purify our motion pictures,
purge the laboratories, spit on ballet, expurgate
the libraries.
Yes, let us burn the books! To the torch with
Pushkin and "Boris Godunov," Turgenev and
"Fathers and Sons," Dostoyevsky and "The Bro
thers Karamazov," Tolstoy and "Anna Karen
ina," Chekov, Gorky, Gogol and "The Inspector
General." Line them up and mow them down,
buddies! ?
Drown out Tschaikovsky, Anton Rubinstein,
Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stra
vinsky, ProkoTieff, Katrhaturian. Muzzle the
Don Cossacks with their Siberian fairy tales and
epic songs. Shackle Serge Digilaff and Michel
Fokine of the ballet. Erase from the science
books the names of Mendeleyev, Pavlov, Min
kovsky, Lebedev, Koralevsky, Mikhailovsky and
' Solovev. '
Why stop with babushkas? If we're going to
be 100 per, cent hot-blooded, pin-headed fools,
let's really make a mess of things. Bonfires from
Maine to Oregon! To the torch, comrades! We
have nothing to
This was inevitable. The debate between
sports fans who say college football is profes
sional but won't admit it and those who say it
islxire as the driven snow is contagious. The
University of California bandmaster has resign
ed because of criticism after the Rose Bowl game
evidently his. band (like the Golden Bears)
took a beating from, the Ohio State band. Says
he: The Cal band is made up of honest amateurs
who just play music; the midwesterners have
succumbed to professionalism and emphasize ec
lat and precision, fancy marching and jivy tunes.
So there. ,
Since Eleanor Roosevelt quit writing for the
Ladies Home Journal to peddle her talents to
the rival McCalTs, The Journal is no longer so
cozy with the former First Lady. listen to this
remark from the January issue: "What with
Eleanor Roosevelt's crew cut and Mary Martin's
.close-cropped curls as hair style novelties, some
women of the political , and theatrical sets are ,
already pretty funny . . . Never underestimate
the cattiness of a woman's magazine-- - -
though apparently neither man
advocated sending American
troops j there.
j
But beyond the division inside
the president's family, the split
between the administration and
the bitterly . critical republican
bloc - in the senate has shaken
the foundation of such bi-partisan
foreign policy as already
existed and has shut off any
early prospect of extending the
bi-partisan approach to the Far
East. !
Moreover differences between
the state and defense depart
ments 'over what might be done
in Asia and especially For
mosa U- may now be turned
against the administration by its
republican critics. ;
Johnson and Gen. Omar Brad
ley, chairman of the joint chiefs
of staff, at republican insistence
are being asked to testify be
fore the senate foreign relations
committee January 28.
,'!'
Although Johnson, as a top
ranking official in Mr. Truman's
cabinet, is expected to soft pedal
and evidence of differences be
tween Acheson and him, admin
istration officials expect the full
story of military advice regard-
ing the .importance of Formosa
to be; developed.
The essence of this story, ac
cording to highly placed infor
. mants, is that on three occasions
the joint chiefs advised the ad
ministration that Formosa was
not worth saving from the com
munists at the price of involv
ing American troops, but that
it was strategically Important
and probably ought to be saved
by economic and political means
if possible.
Recently also the military
chiefs suggested sending a mili
tary mission to Formosa but re
portedly did not press the point
when it arose in a meeting of
lose . . . but our good
'the national security council
over which Mr. Truman pre
sided. i
In some respects the Far East
ern policy has reached the stage
where general European policy
was three or four years ago.
American leaders then hoped
that the people of western Eur
ope with American economic
help would block communist ex
pansion. With the advent of the
Marshall plan for European re
covery, that hope was borne out
and the European line against
Soviet communist power was
finally made firm in the Atlan
tic pact.
But with far greater problems
of economic need and political
instability, the Asiatic peoples
do not hold out the same pros
pects of reacting strongly against
communist appeals. .Nor does
American policy as Acheson has
now outlined it provide them
with any hope of the billions
of dollars worth- of goods which
the United States was wining to
promise the western Europeans.
Even among Acheson's asso
ciates there is considerable un
certainty as to how effective the
American strategy will be,
therefore, in . actually blocking
communist expansion in Asia
where some countries are con
cerned. There appears to be, in" fact,
somewhat stronger hope that the
chances of Titoism in China or
of an eventual break by the
Chinese people away from com
munism are the really vulner
able points in the communist
position in Asia. The example of
what happened to the Russians
in Yugoslavia obviously domi
nates much of the state depart
ment's thinking about what
could happen to them in China.
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Is the possible reason that it
wanted to concentrate its adver
tising in period of bad weather.
The Oregooian evidently
thinks there is a connection be-
tween its handling of the news
in the 1X&F case and the ensu
toST scale 'down, at advertising.
That is dear traea the front-page
. by If. J. Frey, general
la its Saturday issue.
That statement reported the se
quence of events. Without at
tempting to relate cause and ef
fect, Frey merely stated that the
had not been directly in-
"et the team for this
aad drastic curtailment
of advertising space. He unfurl
ed the Oregocian's banner to the
tweeze, however, with this con
. "As a matter of traditional pol
icy. The Ocegooiaa strives to re
port the news completely, impar
tially aad without fear or fa-
Protection of that privilege is
a matter of concern to the press
of the state and tb nation. That
is my only interest in the inci
dent Without further attempting
to analyze the motives for Meier
and Frank's sadden shift in its
advertising policy, which, of
course, is a matter exclusively
within its power, I should like
to reiterate this simple truth -
t,hat a newspaper's obligation is
primarily to its readers to furnish
them the news promptly, accur
ately, fairly and completely.
Trained men and women are em
ployed to write, and edit the
news; and as a rule they try to
do the job honestly and object
ively. Newspaper publishers rely
on the editorial and news staffs
N to handle their division of the
newspaper operation without in
terference. V As a matter of fact, it is ex
ceedingly rare that pressures are
brought for suppressing or slant
ing the news. If such pressures
come, it is more apt to be from
groups, - religious, school, alum
ni or political groups than from
advertisers.
It is not an easy job to edit pa
pers for mass circulation hand
ling news as a commodity when
-one knows that it may cause of
fense to individuals or to groups.
But the great majority of news
papers try to do the job conscien
tiously and trust that the public
will recognize that fact and as
subscribers and advertisers con
tinue the! patron a get without
which a newspaper must faiL
i The Oregqnlan's policy state
ment Is merely a reiteration of
that of every honest newspaper
in the United States.
The Safety
Valve
Germany and the West
To the Editor:
" The column by J. M. Roberts,
jr, on "Reich Gains Weight to
Throw Around", is nothing more
than pure propaganda in the
new campaign of hate. This
campaign arose so suddenly and
in such; force' that it looks sus
piciously like some powerful in
terests desperate last effort to
prevent the rectification of our
policy, which in the first years af
ter the war was dictated entirely
by emotion instead of by reason.
.... . AfrWt - i
mans for having "practically boy
cotted the allied plans for con-1
I.)
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wmmm did
trol of the Ruhr." The Ruhr is
Western Germany's most impor
tant source of livelihood. Over
crowded with refugees, cut off
from its Eastern food supply,
many of its factories dismantled.
Western Germany finds it al
most impossible to get back on
its feet. Under such circumstan
ces, no reasonable man can ex
pect its government to acquiesce
in having the Ruhr taken away
from it too. ...
It is ridiculous to assert that
the allies have - a right to re
arm Germany in order to use It
as a bulwark against the Soviet
union. Either they want Ger
many as a partner in the com
mon defense of the West, with
the rights and obligations such a
partnership entails, or they
should plan the defense of West
ern Europe without Germany.
The Implication of Mr. Rob
erts' article is that the victor has
the right to do whatever he
pleases with the vanquished
Shades of Uncle Joe. If, like the
Soviets, the Western powers re
gard Germany as nothing more
than a tool, what incentive do
the Germans have to take the
risk of resisting their most pow
erful neighbor?
But, if Germany is lost all
Western Europe is lost, too. Does
Mr. Roberts perhaps think that
the French army can hold the
Russians at the Rhine? What
are the chances of the United
States to win a war with Russia,
when after losing China we
should lose all of Europe too?
Let's be practical even if we
carved la ageless Sterling the .
Seeting beauty of the first
rose that baa bloomed for twe
thousand years that .
Damask Rose. See this drasaatie
aelid silver pattern today.
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badge plan for eve a starter
set of two place settings.
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Literary
Guidepost
THE PARASITES, by Daphne da
Ma arte r (Doableday; S3)
Delaney senior, a singer, and
his wife, a dancer, have come by
three children, one belonging to
them both and each of the others
to one of them ... a complicated
perentage that leaves them, as
well no doubt es you, somewhat
perplexed but resulting in a step
brother, half, step-sister rela
tionship. These three are Maria,
the actress, married to Charles
Wyndham and herself a mother;
Niall, who writes popular music;
and Celia, who has stayed home
to nurse her father In his de
clining years but who has a knack
for art
They all have talent Maria Is
a great success on the stage;
Niall's music is sung and whist
led from parlor to servants' hall
all over the country; Celia is as
sured by a publisher that she can
win fame and money by -drawing.
Waiting around for Sunday
dinner, some one asks for a nine
letter word for an acrostic, and
Niall, who may not be quick at
counting letters, suggests para-,
site. Charles makes it plural, and
nine letters, by angrily accusing
don't have
be just
it in our hearts to
A. E. Brettauer
Woodburn Rt 2.
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Allergic rhinitis Is a most per-3
sistent disease and, while it caus
es less discomfort than actual 11
ness, it does bring about harmful
changes In the tissues of the nose
and air chambers known as sin
- uses. f;
For this reason, the striking re
sults obtained by a new treatment
are worth noting.
The chief complaints of those
with allergic rhinitis are exces
sive discharge from the nose,
blocking of the nasal passages,
and the formation of crusts on
the lining membrane of the nose.
The latter are difficult to remove
and the process usually causes
bleeding.
-
Most people who are afflicted
In this way are over 50 years of
age, and usually thev have been
troubled for years. On examina
tion of the nose, the crusts are
noted, together with a thick se
cretion under the crusts. After
cleansing, the lining membrane
is seen to be dry and shiny. X
ray examination does not show
active infection in ( the sinuses in
these cases, but In many instances
there is thickening of the lining
membrane of the sinuses.
These patients were treated
with a preparation made up of
water and an oily base, combined
with one of the antibiotics known
as tyrothricin. The solution was
sprayed into the patient's nose.
The results obtained were very
noticeable.
The crust disappeared rapidly
and some patients were relieved
of both the crusting and the
bleeding within two days. It was
also found that a number of pa
tients with nasal over-sensitivity
or allergy were benefited by the
treatment
The usual procedure was to
use the spray three times a day,
the last being used before retir
ing at night As improvement In
the condition was noted, the
spraying was carried out twice a
day and then only once a day Just
Derore retiring.
The only reaction to the treat
ment was that it seemed to cause
an occasional stinging sensation
which persisted for a few minutes
after the nose was sprayed.
It is interesting to note that the
preparation was aiso neipiul in
the three Delaneys of being par
asites: They trade on their freak
heritage, thev don't work tnr
living, they Inhabit an unreal
v
wona. , i
If this blast seems nnaccount
able, it nevertheless rets the nmr,
el off to a swift start, and the
Delaneys off to a swift Journey
of reminiscences where they re
view their so-icalled parasitical
past They had lived all over
Europe, Indulged in pranks, suf
fered hard times as well as en-
Joyed prosperity; and Niall and
Maria appear to have been closer
companions, in some ways, than
Charles and Maria can ever be.
If they were parasites, they often
worked pretty hard at ft and the
change comes with poor 'grace,
after all, from Charles, who lives
very comfortably on the family
income. t :
So there are parasites to left
of us and parasites to right and
maybe, we are being parasites,
too, in preying on Miss du Maur
ler for entertainment when we
might better be doing any num
ber of other things. The Delaneys
lead a lackluster life, or so it
seems to me, and the denouement
is melodramatic.
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persons with tuberculosis of the
lungs, who had some difficulty
because of a discharge dripping
from the nose into the throat.
Without exception, these patients
showed considerable improve
ment in the condition of the nose
and throat, although the treat
ment had no effect on the lung
disorder.
OJX8TIONS AND ANSWERS
&.A.B.: How long can one ex
pect to have eyesight after they
see nalos around the lights and
the pupil is enlarged?
Answer: These symptoms are
those which are sometimes found
at the beginning of glaucoma, a
condition in which the circula
tion of the fluids io the eyeball is
obstructed and the pressure of
these fluids increases.
It is important that an exam
ination be made as soon as pos
sible. With proper treatment the eye
sight may be preserved.
(Copyright, 1950. King Features)
Idanlia Vote
Deadline Near
Deadline for filing candidacies
for municipal officers, to be chos
en at an election in Idanha on Feb
ruary 15, has been set at January
18 by Oregon law.
To date only five candidacies
have been filed, the.Marion coun
ty clerk's records show. They are
men included on the committee
which sponsored the incorpora
tion election at Idanha last month.
Headqimricrs
in Salem
Gotham
Buttercup. . ,.,
Camellia ,. ,,. ; ,
Chantilly , . - ,
English Gadroon
Etruscan .
Fairfax
Creenbrler.t . , i ,
King Edward
Lyric '"j,
Melrose t ' '
Nocturne".'' , ,
King Albert '
Old Trench',.. .
Strasbourg '":
Sovereign , '
Hunt Club i
Versailles ,,u ;
Tcrwlo '
Candlelight
Chased Diane
Cascade
Chippendale '
Craftsman m i r
Drury Lane "
: French Provincial
King Richard '
Lady Constance
La Fayette . . .
Louis XIV . -
Madera
Old Brocade .-..:.-.
Old Colonial
"T;
Old Master
3
Old Mirror ri,.
Royal Windsor
Rambler Rose Ji 9 I
SUver Flutes it-i 5?
Silver Plumes
Symphony
Reed & Barton, M t i
Burgundy -Francis
1st
Fragrance
French Rennalssance
Georgian Rose
Guildhall
Marlborough
Pointed Antique
Whiting
Botticelli
Georgian Shell
Lily
Talisman Rose
Wallace
Georgian Colonial
Grand Baroque
Grand Colonial
Sir Christopher
Washington
Rose Point
Stradivari
' La Reine
Antique
Lunt
Charles II
English Shell
Early American
Festival
Colonial Manor
Mary II
Modern Classic
Mount Vernon
Memory Lane ,
Modern Victorian
Pendant of Fruit
Silver Poppy
William and Mary
American Victorian
International
Courtship
Enchantress
Queens Lace
Joan of Arc
Minuet
Northern Lights
.Prelude
Richelieu
Royal Danish
Serenity j
Spring Glory
1810
Wild Rose
Frank Smith
Edward VII
Fiddle Shell
Fiddle Thread