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Irrigation and Excess Production
What to do with the crops that will be grown
on the million irrigated acres of the Columbia
basin is beginning to worry officials. At a meet
ing of the Columbia basin interagency commit
tee last week in Olympia Dr. C. M. Elkinton,
economist at Washington State college, said dis-,
posal of potatoes and dry beans from the project
may create a major marketing problem. Other
crops, he predicted, could be absorbed because
of population increase, but beans and potatoes
will definitely be surplus.
The increase in spuds is estimated at 52 per
cent of the state's present production, or 52 per
"cent, and dry beans will jump from 44,000 bags
to 175,000 bags. With both now in oversupply
the marketing agencies will face a problem when
Ahese new lands come into production.
A saving factor is that bringing water to the
land will be spread over a number of years.
It will take farmers time to level lands and bring
them under crop. Even so the addition of so
large an area of highly productive lands is bound
to have its effect on marketing of farm crops.
- In none of the statements of the reclamation
bureau do we see any reference to the dangers
of excessive production or any study of the tim
ing of the expansion at our irrigable acreage.
That is poor planning. k
Reclamation has been so much the subject of
political pressures on congress that little con
sideration has been given toward relating it to
the whole problem of American agriculture, in
suring a sufficiency of production and avoiding
price-breaking surpluses. The bureau itself is
aggressive for expansion and local interests put
pressures on senators and congressmen to secure
congressional authorization and approval. If
projects had to have the approval of a board of
Impartial review as recommended in the Hoover
commission reports there would be less chance
-; ior ill-timed and Unadvised undertakings to
, gain approval. -
Foreign Shipping Gets Business
Transportation lines between Europe and
North America are looking for "a heavy, volume
of business this year. Devaluation of foreign cur
rencies makes traveling abroad more attractive,
and the CaJtholic Holy Year will draw tens of
thousands of pilgrims from over the world,
chiefly from the western hemisphere.
Transocean travel has to be by air or ship and
all these facilities will be taxed next summer
whejp -the travel season is at its height. Operators,
of passenger vessels under the American flag are
. bemoaning the fact that they have so few ships
In this service. In spite of the fact that our ship
yards turned out tonnage of merchant vessels in
enormous volume during' the war they wera
chiefly cargo ships, like the Liberties, much too
slow for passenger service.'
According to the Federation of American ship
ping our passenger carrying capacity had drop
ped over one half since before the war. In 1939
the United States had 123 passenger ships with
capacity for 37,741 passengers. Now it has 52
. liners with accommodations for only 13,900 pas
sengers. In the transatlantic service there are
- only nine U. S. yessels with capacity -for 3441
passengers. Six liners are under construction in
American yards, two to be finished this year.
But foreign nations have in the aggregate many
.-more passenger vessels than the United States,
1100 now as against 1585 in 1939. Shipyards in
foreign countries are very busy turning out new
shipping to increase their fleets or replace older
vessels. . I
While our merchant marine position is weak
Roofs of Titoism Still Remain in China
By Joseph and Stewart Alsop
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 The
obvious (and known) Intent of
Secretary of State Achesort's
speech on Asia
tic policy was
to prepare for5
the ultimate re-
cognition of the
r
v.mnese com- (
munisi govern
tnent. Perhaps
rhaps ) V I
aytoC jrVrM .
the best way
approach t h 1 s f J'
mornj proDiem
is through an
old story. The
story Is repeat-rJ2TJI
ed here In cer- tr
tain quarters, where knowledge
of our past follies in China does
not obstruct a realistic view of
the present situation.
In brief, Boston's : celebrated
female trans
cend e n tallst,
Margaret Ful
ler, once an
nounced, In a
moment of en
thusiasm, that
she "accepted
the universe."
Miss1 Fuller's
acceptance of
the universe
was subse-
&Sm&K I 5 d It o Thomas-:
Carlyle, who remarked dourly: .
"Gad, she'd better."
The Chinese communist gov
ernment is now in full possess
ion of China. Going on our bel
lies to Mao Tse-Tung will earn
us a rebuff no doubt, as it has
earned the British a rebuff. But
pretending that facts are not
facts, and that Mao Tse-Tung's
.government is not ruling China
from Peiping, will get us now
where at alL The obviously sen
sible thing to do is to open re
lations with this established gov
emroent, at the earliest appro
priate moment, and without any
indication of approval.
- When they do not fear to be
overheard by congress, the fore-
r i
I vv "
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Numt tMI
when the size and importance of this nation is
concerned there is one comfort and that it, the
income earned by foreign lines in hauling Amer
ican freight and passengers is a great help to
their countries in balancing accounts with the
United States. What we pay them comes back
to buy our wheat, cotton, fruit, etc. Nevertheless
our shipping people are unhappy to see much of
this 1950 tourist travel use foreign vessels.
Hold CAB Hearing in Salem
Word from Washington is to the effect that
the CAB hearing over proposed switch of Salem
from United Air Lines to West Coast Airlines
schedule has been postponed to February 20th.
If the civil aeronautics board really wants to
get the facts and know what the people here
think it should hold this hearing in Salem. By
viewing the airfield and taking testimony local
ly it would get a full picture of the situation.
If it does that we haven't "the slightest notion
but what it will decide to retain! Salem on the
UAL route.
In the same proceedings Bellhigham, Prine
ville, Redmond and Bend are concerned, so the
whole area could be covered in a series of hear
ings out here. Congressman Norblad has sug
gested to CAB that the hearings be held out
here and the chamber of commerce and local
interests strongly back up that suggestion.
We know what we want out here, but not
many can make the trip back to Washington to
tell CAB what that is. If CAB will come but
here . . . well tell 'em . . . plenty! No change
from UAL.
Miners Want Work
i
The new strike of coal miners appears to be
, against their chief, John L. Lewis; rather than
against their employers. The result is the same:
no coal. i
The miners are weary of a three-day work
week. They want "five days or 'none" in
other words, five days. A large group of them
quit work in order to speed up negotiations and
now reject Lewis's counsel for them to go back
on a three-day schedule. j
It is probably too much to hail this as a re
volt against Lewis; but it should give the beetle
browed mine leader a Warning. He has been
holding out for pretty high terms, and not get
ting them. Maybe he had "better; reef in his
sails and scale down his demands, i
The miners want a full work week, and the
industries, railroads and homes want coal. Fur
ther delay in making a settlement is a silly
sacrifice. t
Springfield which incubates more town scraps
than any other city in the state, is having an
other outbreak of recalliti. This time the may
or, B. P. Larson, is the target. U. S. Burt, one
time active in state democratic politics, is pro
moting the recall.
From Washington another "gentle shower of
checks" is to fall, this time on GIs as refund for
overpayments on their service insurance. Most
GI wives will have a place for the money when
it arrives. i
Instead of FDR bitters, business is now getting
HST soothing syrup tastes better but the ef
fects are the same. i -
Lost, strayed or stolen: Japan current. Reward
for prompt return to northwest coast.
going is the analysis of the prob
lem of a majority of the experts.
To most realistic observers, the
analysis seems completely con
vincing. And this is true even
of the observers who believe (as
these correspondents strongly
believe) that Secretary Acheson
was talking polite nonsense
when he argued, in effect, that
the communists were always
what used to be called "the wave
of the future" In China.
Recent events, moreoverfhave
vastly , strengthened the practical
arguments for opening relations
with the Chinese communist
government. Behind Acheson's
hints about Tito-ism In China,
there is; solid intelligence which
the secretary did not disclose.
On the one hand, it is prob
able that Mao Tse-Tung's visit
to Moscow constitutes one of the
great dramas in the whole his
tory of. the communist party.
The Chinese have a much more
specific complaint against the
Russians than Acheson Indicated.
-
1 At the close of the war, Mos
cow sought to gain sure control
of Manchuria, by sending out
Mao Tse-Tung's old and bitter
. enemy, Li Li-San, to direct af
fairs there. Li Li -San, who had
been in refuge from Mao Tse
Tung in Moscow since the 30s,
for a time was a sort of Viceroy
' of Manchuria. But with Chinese
smoothness, Li Li-San has now
been replaced by another Vice
roy loyal to Mao Tse-Tung. De
spite this, the Russians have con
tinued the system of taking all
Manchuria's grain production, in
return for machinery which is
never delivered.
At Moscow, the Kremlin is
reported to be pressing Mao Tse
Tung for acceptance of a stand
ard satellite status, on the Polish
or Romanian modeL Mao Tse
Tung, in turn, is reported to be
pressing for return of the in
dustrial booty stolen by the Rus-
, sians from Manchuria; for re
establishment of Chinese control
of the chief Manchurian cities;
and for permission to direct
China's affairs as local necessi
,
ties dictate. The -divergence is
very wide.
Furthermore, although the
Soviets are In military control
of Manchuria, the Chinese com
munist party still retains mili
tary control of China proper.
And the party apparatus has not
as yet been seriously penetrated
by the MVD. In short, in some
degree, and relative at least to
the affairs of China proper, Mao
Tse-Tung is able to speak as an
equal to the masters of the
Kremlin. To these ! reports of
the Kremlin conversations, one
must add the even more solid
evidence of what has now hap
pened in Japan. Sanzo Nosaka,
the real power in the Japanese
communist party, spent the years
from the mid-'30s onward with
Mao Tse-Tung, whose close
friend he is. When the war end
ed, he was sent to Japan to
re-establish the apparatus of the
Japanese communist party, and
to transmit to the J.P.C. the
Kremlin line of that period.
Evidently he established an ap
paratus personally dominated by
himself. He has now been pub
licly denounced by the Comin
form. The Japanese communist par
ty, in reply to this denunciation,
has acknowledged past errors.
But the Japanese communists
have neither agreed to change
their present line, which was
what the Cominform was attack
ing, nor promised to hurl Nosaka
into outer darkness. Here is
Tito-ism in Japan, led by one
of Mao Tse-Tung's intimates.
Add the two groups of facts to
gether. The importance of re
taining the power of maneuver
in China can hardly, be denied,
even although it must be admit
ted that the odds against real
Chinese Tito-ism are still heavy.
. But the realities of the present
and the future must not be judg
ed in the distorting light of the
follies of the past. ,
Copyright. 1840.
Mew York Herald Tribune Inc.)
SALES RESISTANCE IN 'NECKWEAR' DEPT.
, s
Democracy
In Action at
Warm Springs
' 0
By Henry McLemore
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Jan. 17
The March of Dimes campaign is
under way ,and I am here on a
visit to the place that is the first
outpost in the
fight against
polio.
Most people
have the wrong
impress ion
about Warm
Springs, and I
did too until I
got here.j
Because of
Mr. Roosevelt's
love for the
place because
of the Little
White House" being here mil
lions of people think that Warm
Springs is a place devoted to the
rich. Millions believe that it is
some sort of a fashionable spa,
where only those who have mon
' ey may get treatment.
How wrong they are.
How completely wrong. '
Ninety ' per cent of the men,
women and children who are
here are; here because of the
money the citizens of this coun
try have given to fight polio.
Those who can pay and they
are very few pay, yes. They pay
because they want to and are
able to pay.
But there is no distinction be
tween the rich and the poor at
Warm Springs. A man with a
million dollars can get no better
room than the patient who is
here for free. Treatment and liv- '
lng quarters are the same for alL
The same doctors treat every
one. They all eat the same food.
They have the same view of the
blue-wrapped Georgia hills from
their windows.
.
I say from my heart that nev
er, never, in all my experience,
have I ever seen an institution
that is run from the heart as
much as is Warm Springs.
Christmas is far past, but what
did I see when I went to the
children's ward today? The chil
dren's ward is filled with little
boys and little girls, few of whom
are more than five years old.
They don't understand what po
lio is all about, but they do know
about Santa Claus.
I didn't cry, but I wanted to,
when I saw the little ones with
jingle bells on their braces, with
Christmas seals plastered on their
corsets, and with smiles on their
faces as the nurses turned them
over, rubbed their little legs, and
talked to them about the happy
days that were to come.
If that is a fancy institution,
then I say let us have more of
them.
The Warm Springs staff is as
good as there is in the world, as
far as polio is concerned. The
doctors and the nurses could
make much, much more if they
chose to leave Warm Springs.
But they don't. They would ra
ther stay in this little town, very
little town, and do what" they
can for sufferers of the disease
that knows no race, color, creed,
or anything else, than leave and
work for themselves.
' The doctors and nurses didn't
tell me this. No one tiid. But the
smiles on the faces of the pa
tients as they rolled on the gym
nasium floor, walked haltingly in
the warm water pool, struggled
harder than any wrestler ever
struggled to negotiate a bus step,
told me all I ever want to know
about Warm Springs.
If you can give a dime, give it
If you can give more, please do.
The money you give doesn't go
to Warm Springs. It goes, with
i.,ni Mi if in
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n I n n I I n i
(Continued from page 1.)
expediency Neuberger dates from
,4948, and the cause is given as
'"desire to gain the republican
nomination in 1950.
, However "Morse vs Morse"
soon shifts into Neuberger vs
Oregon GOP, which is pictured
as reactionary, corrupt and leth
argic, with Governor McKay di
rectly In line of fire. Neuberger
goes bade to the frauds in school
lands, which occurred chiefly be
fore the turn of the century, and
blames that in the "unrestricted
republican rule in Oregon". (Ac
tually that was "bipartisan pol
icy" as ex-Governor West, the
best authority on the subject,
has stated).-,
I shall leave Morse alone to
contend with Robinson, Neuber
ger & Morse, confident that he
can handle all three. But Neu
berger's slurs on republican rule
in Oregon, particularly over the
past 25 years are not well found
ed. It is true that there has been
no legislative reappointment for
many years. Neuberger writes
"Five thousand backwoods vot
ers have equal representation
with eighty thousand city resi
dents", but the democratic hous
es of 1935 and 1937 made no
move to redistrict the state. And
it is not clear that Oregon has
suffered because of the failure to
carry out the constitutional man
date. " . In the past quarter century
under governors who were
mostly republican but also dem
ocratic and independent Oregon
has had pretty good government.
Its affairs have been prudently
managed. Administration has
been honest and efficient. The
quality of Oregon's government
will compare very favorably with
that in other states. And consid-
Warm Springs getting no more
than its share, to all the polio
sufferers in the United States.
Let's try to make it a March of
Dollars.
(Distributed by
McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
GRIN AND BEAR
"Ne coffee, thanks ... It keeps
. ea
ering the usual run of democratic
candidates in Oregon the GOP
has really saved the state from
disaster!
Better English
By O. C WllUases
1. What Is wrong with this
sentence? "He is a very disa
greeable individual."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "caucus"?
3. Which one of these words
i s misspelled? Philanthropy,
phenomonon, Pharaoh, philo
sophicaL 4. What does the word "im
pervious" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with gr that means "thankful
ness"? ANSWERS
1. It is better to say, "He is
a very disagreeable person (or,
man)." 2. Pronounce ka-kus, a
as in ah, accent first syllable. S.
Phenomenon. 4. Permitting no
passage into or through. (Accent
Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD "Twelve
O'clock High" is an exciting
movie about the American air
men who pioneered daylight pre
cision bombing of German in
dustry. It has some fine acting
by Gregory Peck and others and
a hard-hitting, unglorified air of
reality. It has no stock war-film
characters such as the likable
young recruit who is sure to be
killed. Its conversation sounds as
if it had been recorded in brief
ing room and officer's quarters
not manufactured in a 'story con
ference. There are no unbear
ably witty fellows making wise
cracks in the midst of danger.
Just scared, demoralized young
men being heroes without acting
like it
Morale has crumbled in the fic
tional 918th Bomb Group of the
Eighth Air Force. It's 1942. Los
ses are high, manpower low.
Daily the group is asked for maximum-effort
bombing. The com
manding officer is fired because
he sympathizes too much with his
haggard young men. An iron
willed young brigadier general
(Peck) is assigned to his place.
What the men learn only slowly
is that their tough new boss is as
sympathetic as his predecessor.
The new commander tries to
IT
Bv Lichty
me awake ta the Senate . .
if cmFT
Your Health
By Dr. Herman ti. Bnndensen,
M. D.
THE electrical impulses given,
off by the heart during its beat
ing have enabled doctors to read
much about its condition in the
tracings of a machine known as
the electrocardiograph.
When first invented, 40 years
ago, the device was difficult to
use and not too accurate in its
results. Today, however, it has
been perfected to the point where
no heart examination is complete
without an electrocardiogram. On
the other hand, a diagnosis of
heart disease cannot be made by
this means alone. It also requires
careful physical examination, a
knowledge of the symptoms and,
often, an X-ray of the heart It
is through the last means that
the doctor learns whether or not
the heart is enlarged.
Some children are born with
faulty hearts, giving rise to the
various conditions which are
grouped under the classification
of congenital heart disease.
Here the making of an electro
cardiogram is very important
Some types of congenital heart
conditions can be operated on
successfully but if the patient
has an abnormal electrocardio
gram, it often indicates that the
congenital condition is compli
cated by some other type of heart
disorder which would make oper
ation inadvisable.
Irregular beating of the heart
calls for an electrocardiogram ex
amination. It is possible with the
electrocardiogram to diagnose a
heart disorder known as auricu
lar filbrillation or another in
which there are extra heart
beats. In aricular 'filbrillation,
the upper chambers of the heart
beat quite, rapidly, while the low
er part beats more slowly.
If the pulse is slow, the elec
trocardiogram may help to tell
whether it is due to auricular
fibrillation, or to a condition
known as heart block., in which
the mechanism which controls
the heart beat has been destroy
ed. On the other hand, a rapid
puise rate may be due to what
is known as paroxysmal tachy
cardia or to other conditions,
such Ss toxic goitre or pneu
monia, and the electrocardiogram
may be helpful in telling one
from the other.
The electrocardiogram does
not help to any great extent in
the early diagnosis of rheumatic
heart disease, that is, heart di
sease produced by rheumatic
fever.
There are a number of general
conditions, such as Addison's dis
ease, in which there is a defi
ciency of secretion from the
adrenal glands located over the
kidneys, which causes typical
changes in the electrocardio
gram. The electrocardiogram is also
helpful in diagnosing the cause
of pain over the heart t
The Interpretation of reading
of electrocardiogram must be
follows second syllable). "Glass
is impervious to water. S. Grati
tude. On Parade
build morale with fiercer discip
line than ever. He gives his air
executive possibly the worst
roasting in military annals, real
or fictional, for lying down on the
Job.
Some arresting touches in
elude: A plane returning with a
crazy man whose skull was
blown open in combat . . . Lord
Haw Haw's taunts over the ra
dio . .-. Wartime combat - film
showing the saturation bombing
or Wilhelmshaven ... A B-17
making a belly-landing. (Speed
Flier Paul Mantz was at the con
trols.) Credit for the realism goes to
Lt CoL Sy Bartlett and Col.
Beirne Lay, Jr., who served with
the Eighth Air Force and wrote
the novel and screen play. Henry
King, a veteran peacetime pilot
directed the action skillfully.
Standout performers include
Hugh Marlowe as the disgraced
officer, Millard Mitchell as Peck's
superior, and Dean Jagger as an
understanding adjutant. The
movie probably will be in Acad
emy balloting for best-picture
honors..
1 ITU A
IN ONE TRIP!
Phone the YES UANipr irt a few Bicimry facts
tba come in. It's "Yes" to 4 out of 5 promptly.
Loans 823 te 8308 ea Salary, Farnltare,
jjj-THI COMtAMrf) THAT MKIS fO 3AT Tfl
tewumai finance co.
Jast Phone 2-2484 and ask for R. C. Allen,' Manager
I'm "Yes Man" at Personal Finance Co.
818 State St. Km, 125 Lie. Ne, S-122 - M-18S
WE ABE BUYING ALL GRADES
TOP PRICES PAID ON ALL GRADES
CASH ON DELIVERY
AIm Wcdnnta la the Shel
KLORFEIII PACnniGY CO.
480 North Front St Phone 3-7633
Open Every Dcrr Except Sunday, t a. m. to t p. sou
, carried -out .by ,an Axpetf, s o .thai, ,
it can be correctly evaluated.
When properly used, there can
be no doubt that it is of great
importance as an aid in the di
agnosis of heart disorders.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
R. A.: What causes ringing in
the ears? I have had this
trouble for seven years.
Answer: Ringing in the ears
may be due to a number of
causes, such as anemia, kidney
disease, accumulation of wax in
the ear, as' well as an infection
in the tube connecting the ear
with the mouth.
You- should have a physical
examination to determine the
cause of your condition
(Copyright. 1950. King Feature!)
7,000 Owners
Of Dogs Fail
To Buy Tags
An estimated 7,000 Marion coun.
iy aog owners nave not purchased
1950 dog license tags, according to
Ervin A. Ward, who said thm .
deadline was March 1.
After that date. Ward stated,
owners of dogs without licenses
must pay an additional $2 penalty
to the existing fees of SI for males
and spayed females and $2 for fe
males. Owners are also subject to a fine
and court costs said Ward n
their dogs are caught running
without tags after the March dead
line. The 1949 tags are good until
March 1, he said.
Nearly 1,000 of the new tags
have been sold at the county
cierx s omce since December 1,
it was renorted Wednesdav. tv
owners may purchase the tags in
person or may make the trans
action by mail if they include the
correct fee and state the dog's sex,
aee and breed. All Hnn nvw i
months old must have tags and
we tags must oe attached to the
dog's collar said Ward.
Ex-Pastor at
iiiuepenuence
Dies Tuesday
The Rev. Cary O. Heath, 6,
who retired from the Methodist
conference as pastor of the Inde
pendence, Ore., church a year ago,
died Tuesday at his home at West
Linn. He had been ill for some
time.
Ar native of Jaspnville, Ind.
(July 8, 1S83), the Rev. Mr. Heath
attended DePauw university, and
was graduated from Willamette
aniversity in 1912, latter attend
ing post-graduate courses at Kim-
ball School of Theology and Uni
versity of Oregon.
Deceased was a member of the
Idaho Methodist conference -from
1918 to 1936, serving at BuhL
Burley, Rupert, Caldwell and
Payette. He came to Oregon in
1936, subsequently serving
churches at La Grande, St Hel
ens, Tillamook and Independence.
The Rev. Mr. Heath was mar
ried in Montrose, Colo, in 1910
to Irma White, who survives him.
Other survivors Include his moth
er, Mrs. Mary Foster of Ashland;
a sisjter, Mrs. Guy Pickens, of Ash
landi a daughter, Mrs. Lester
Russell of Oregon City, a son,
Paul Heath of Salem, and four
grandchildren. ,
Funeral services will be held
Friday, January 20, at 1:30 p.m.
at the W. T. Bigdon chapel in
Salem.
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