C Thi Statesman, Calami Orfv. -r mmn MM J Ttvor Sxoayt U$, No Fear Shall Aw Frew First Statesman, Itarca tt. US1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHART A SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher Catered at the postofllc at Salem, Oregon, as seeand class matter coder act at congress March S 1S7H rabUshed every moralag. Baslaesa efflee ZU 8. Commercial. Salem, OtecoaTTalepbeas 2-244L Pensions t Look BeforeYou Leap In all this splurge for pensions it is well to hear from those with real experience in the field. One of the insurance companies which has handled a great deal of business in annuities and in group ensions is the Equitable Life As surance society. Its president, Thomas L Park inson, discussed this trend to company pensions In his annual report. His comments are worth noting: : i -' . I ' "It is easy; at the same time dangerous for those unskilled In this field to underestimate the future costs which must be met under ade quately secured pension plana, We believe the Society will continue to serve a very useful purpose in this field, both because of plans in which our guarantees will be of benefit to em . ployers and employees, and because of the in fluence whlcll our own experts may be expect ed to have through giving skilled counsel to those who must assume the responsibility of pension plans. "It Is of vital Importance that leaders of Management and Labor alike resist setting ob iectives under such plans so high that they will eventually find their realization impossible of fulfillment If proposed benefits are excessive because of failure to evaluate carefully the cap- " acity of business to meet the costs, then we run the definite risk of Government intervention on a broad scale and resort to monetary policies which will bring still greater depreciation of the dollar. In such event, desirable as the ob jectives are of providing adequate old age se curity, the effort to provide it through the Gov ernment may defeat entirely the very security sought by such plans. Because of our close day-to-day relations, with the insurance public we know of the exfot'"g hardship of providing for the necessities of life in this Inflationary pe riod after meeting the current demands of the tax gatherers." - So many public pension plans have gone on the rocks because of miscalculation that con servatism is necessary in projecting pension programs. Even then, the figuring isn't simple because of the increasing longevity of Ameri cans. There should be much, looking before leap In g-in this field. Hills Want More Time Crown Zellerbach has clarified its position with respect to the demand of the state sanitary authority that it end stream pollution by dis charge of waste liauors at its mills in Lebanon and West Linn. Frank Youngman, vice presi dent, says they have no intention of shutting down but that it would be impossible to meet the deadline fixed, Dec 31, 1951. He says the company has converted its small Lebanon mill to an ammonia process to test out, a system which would abate the nuisance but that it will take time to test out the process to see if it works and can be employed at the larger West Linn mill. ' , , Oregon Pulp & Paper company here Is In terested in the suggestion of Dean Gleason of the state college, that liquors be impounded in lagoons during the period of low water in the Willamette, to be released when the river is in flood when the dilution would not be injurious. It could use its lands on Minto island for that . purpose. . r So, .we may be getting somewhere. The sani tary authority may need a legal club, but chief ly as a weapon in reserve. As The Statesman previously remarked the way to end stream pollution is through cooperation. The mills must ihow some effort at licking the problem. If they fAo we do not doubt the authority will be con siderate in its time extensions. Power and Aluminum Reduction Reviewing the report of the Columbia river power system, BPA, the Bend Bulletin notes that in the past three years virtually half the delivery of power has been to the aluminum Diplomatic Break By J. M. Roberts, Jr. AP Forelsn Affairs Analyst The United States, charging that Bulgaria has broken the Paris peace treaty, tortured and killed employes of the American legation in Sofia and generally prevented normal intercourse between the two countries, has taken the unprecedented step of breaking diplomatic relation uv . peacetime." The immediate point at Issue was the Bulgarian demand of ' a month ago lor the withdrawal of Minister Donald R. Heath, whom the Sofia government ac cused of conspiring with mem bers V of an alleged Bulgarian "spy! ring." The spy charge al- ready had been used by the communists to rid themselves of dissident elements in its own government. Now, obviously anticipating the break in relations, the Sofia government has brought new charges of spying for America against five more Bulgarians, two of them former employes of the U. S. legation. The move I Is patently designed as a back fire against news of the break. . The break Itself merely places the final seal on a long series of protests to the Bulgarian gov ernment Its effect since there: has been practically no com merce or friendly communica tion between the two countries since Bulgaria became a Russian satellite, is merely to record the seriousness with which the U.S. views Sofia's acts. Its actual punitive value is small, and there is no threat of war such as usually followed such breaks in former times. It Just means that, so far as the United States is concerned, the Bulgarian government is not -fit to deal with. The ' action naturally ' brings up the question of the United States maintaining diplomatic relations with other nations merely in the hope that rela 7da far f !?niArr 3B. Kj ' industry. However, the revenue received from this use has been well under one-half of the total. The Bulletin refers to "favoritism" to the aluminum Industry. That may jxot follow from the facts as stated. Aluminum production is on a continuous basis. Its demand is "firm," night and day. That earns for it the lowest rate, as is true in any system. i It is'true, as the Bulletin notes, that aluminum reduction provides few jobs relative to the pow er consumption; and the northwest would be better off if the power -were broken up in smal ler parcels and used by industries giving more jobs per thousand kilowatts. Perhaps that may come with development of an aluminum fab ricating industry in the northwest One such user of aluminum is locating in Salem. The pay-, off may come at that end of the line. r Automatic Stops The terrible wreck of the commuter train on the Long Island railroad reiterates the need for automatic stop devices which will stop a train when it goes by a red signal light. This wreck , was apparently caused when an engineer failed to heed such a signal, though he was a veteran engineer who was conscientious in trying to avoid accident. His son says he was always afraid of the "human" factor, and this it seems was what caused the wreck. Railroads have a good safety record and have pointed to it with pride. But along comes a tragedy like this and the public becomes aroused. In this electronic age it would seem that a system could be installed which would rouse the engine crew or apply the brakes when a train runs by a red light. That would seem to be the next step forward for railroad safety. A bill to require members of the communist party to register is under preparation by a group of senators. The idea is to "smoke 'em out". Instead of bringing them "above ground" as desired, it might just drive the com mies further underground. The party is pretty well fractionated now. It doesn't keep "lists" . of members in any central place where govern ment agents are likely to get hold .of a copy. Instead there are small cells, with very limited contacts and connections with other cells. A registration bill may result in getting some to ' register, but the bulk of the membership may continue as an underground organization. In a campaign speech in Scotland Winston Churchill said if he became prime minister again he would seek to end the arms race by arrang ing a meeting between President Truman, Prem ier Stalin and himself. In view of the mutual hostility between Churchill and Stalin his medi ation efforts would not look very promising; but at least the old British bulldog would try. Robert A. Vogeler, American business man convicted of spying in Hungary, was sentenced to IS years in prison. Nations at war have long had a custom of exchange of prisoners. Maybe in this cold war we could work out an ex change for Vogeler, though opinion here is that he was framed by the commie. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek reassures Chinese on the mainland that he will organize an of fensiveito rid China of the revolutionists, then he will execute Map Tse-tung and try Premier Stalin as a war criminal. The invet erate optimist! . i c A rise in shirt prices Is predicted. But remem ber the old saying: Keep your shirt on. with Bulgaria tions can be correct if not friendly, as it was put In this ' case. . - .. r - -.-':.'! Relations continue with Hun gary, despite the Vogeler ease ! and numerous charges of viola-! tion of the human, rights clauses ! of her peace treaty. - - -"- :;jf Opponents of diplomatic rec-f ognition for Communist china1 will be quick to point out that ' there is no more hope for truly friendly relations there than among the, Balkan satellite . Some may raise the point that Russia is the actual source of all the troubles with these coun tries, and that she is the one with whom relations really should be broken. This will re- The Safety DEFENDS FEDERATION PLANS .To the Editor: You do a great wrong to the World Federalists and. the Atlan tic Union people in your Satur day editorial entitled "Glittering Formulae" Wont Work. No res ponsible member of these organ izations believes either proposal is an "easy answer". They are, however, sufficiently well in formed to realize that what we now have in the way of interna tional organization is dangerous snd inadequate. They are people - with imagination who are tired " of rushing around in the same old circle from one war to an other. They are not bemused as to the difficulty of breaking oiit of that circle, nor do they pro pose a "magical way." Perhaps Americans are not willing to abridge their sover lgnty now. Thet-Atlantic Union people simply say that we must abridge our soverignty soon or stand in grave danger of losing it ! Unprecedented ceive scant hearing, however, since the - practicalities of the situation are entirely different. America and Bulgaria mean little to each other. But Russian and American affairs impinge on . each other throughout the globe. A break with Russia would in evitably intensify the current arms race and almost certainly, some day, resultant suspicions would produce a war. Russia Is too big for such a spanking. ' The action against' Bulgaria, however, may .mean that Presi dent Truman is going to be more opposed than ever to establish ment of relations where normal intercourse is only a fiction, and that he will continue to bold, out against Peiping. Valve entirely. Nobody can "guarantee that the same people would not also misuse a world federation or an Atlantic Union"; but where is the danger in trading a plan which might work for a plan which has produced a series of wars "till the mind of man run neth not to the contrary"? I in of Defense Johnson as to his rea knowledgeable people when you ridicule world federation and Atlantic. Union plans with a "glittering formulae"- tag. John Hakanson 980 Locust St. SIZE TJF JOHNSON To the Editor: I can't understand why Gov. McKay thinks he should have a publig statement from Secretary of Defense Johnson as to his rea sons for ordering reinstatement of the silly air-raid warning sys tem. Surely he isnt that naive. Why not just size-up and assay Johnson? AM. Church ii tin ! Cycle Wins; HankVWife Takes Over By Jean McLemore DATONA BEACH, Fla, Feb. 24 (Editor's Note: Henry's wife, Jean, is writing the column to day for a reason which she ex plains below.) There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that my bus- band is a very wise and bril liint . man. sometimes he is so darned wise and brilliant that it lays me low. It makes me wonder if I am worthy to be allowed to hang up the clothes, find the things that have been irrevocably lost and clean the razor of a man of such Infinite wisdom. The American Motorcycle as sociation racing festival is being held here in Daytona Beach. Henry has been going every day to the try-outs and the practice runs. Watching all the young sters go rizzing and whizzing by was finally too much for him so yesterday- he decided to try it, Now Just imagine a 43-year-old man who always calls a taxi if he is faced with the physical ordeal of walking four blocks de ciding to put on a crash helmet and be helped (I guess) onto a racing motorcycle so that he could see how it felt to do the dangerous turn from the beach speedway onto the asphalt road. He found out just how it felt He fell off the motorcycle the min ute he hit the asphalt and skin ned himself from head to loot. They took him right to the doc tor and then brought him home where he is now. He is in bed all bandaged up and yelping like a hyena who has just found out . that he lost his money in the photo finish. You would think that some one had begged Henry to ride that motorcycle, whereas IH bet you that whoever owned the machine would have given him five dollars to let It alone. The . motorcycle is undoubtedly in bed today, too, getting itself well for the big race three days from now. My gentle invalid is perfectly furious not with himself, mind you, but with the motorcycle he rode. He claims, and who am I to doubt his word, that he didn't hurt himself in the slightest when he "just slipped quietly off the thing" but that the motor cycle chased him, knocked him down and ran over him. No matter what shape that machine is in, it will get no flowers from Henry (Speed) McLemore. Another claim that he keeps making in his weak invalid's voice at the top of his lungs Is that he has a temperature of one hundred and eight. He won't let me take his temperature and he feels like one of the cucumber family but he still insists that his temperature is exactly one hund- ' red and eight When I asked him just how ne knew this he as- sumed the cunning expression of a witch doctor and said very simply that be had ways of knowing. "Yes, indeed, I have ways of knowing," he kept re peating. I mink that all of this would be of great interest to the medical profession and perhaps later on X can persuade him to write a learned paper on the subject. The motorcycles are roaring . down the beach right in front of me ss I sit on the porch writing this and I can hardly keep my eyes on the typewriter for watch ing to see a man slip quietly off his machine and then have the thing pursue and chase him till it finally gets him down. Maybe it -will even growl at him, who knows? TVe simply got to stop writing this and give my full attention to the motorcyclists going by. Think what X might miss. Man bites dog, maybe. ' (Distributed by KcNaught Syndicate. Inc.) A JOINT RETURN is cheaper for most married couples. You can file one even if you were married on the last day of 1949. Both must sign it. Better English By D. C Williams 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I came nearly win ning the game." 2. What'is the correct pronun ciation of "peculiar"? 3. Which one of these words Is misspelled? Degradation, delec tation, dereliction, disparage ment 4. What does the word "itin erary" mean? S. What is a word beginning with ha that means "risky"? . ANSWERS 1. Say, "I came near winning the game." 2. Pronounce pe-kui-yer. not pa-kul-i-r. 3. Degrad ation. 4. A route; record of a journey. "The itinerary of the lecturer covered fifteen states." 5. Hazardous. rasa mi Washington's Rules Br the Associated Press George Washington's ability to get at the essence of a problem helped make him a leader in war, in the Constitutional con vention and as president He showed this ability as a boy when he compiled a list of "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Con versation.'' He probably was about 13 years old when he compiled these rules. And most of them are still such that you would be glad to have your own 13-year-old son follow them. It is only when Washington speaks of what he "calls "men of quality" that(bii rules begin to have a strange ring. Americans are apt to forget that Washington, whose birthday anniversary is today, was some thing of an aristocrat He was one of the richest men in Amer ica and he could stand on his dignity. His fine coach and four to six horses and his state barge drew protests from Jefferson's faction when Washington was president Here are some of his rules which seem to show that America has advanced in de mocracy since his time. "In pulling off your hat to persons of distinction, as noble men, justices, churchmen, etc, make a reverence bowing more or less according to the custom of the better bred and quality of the persons." "Tij ill manners to bid one more eminent than yourself be covered as not to do it to whom it's due." "When you present seats let it be to everyone according to his degree." "When you meet with one of greater quality than yourself, stop, and retire especially if it Literary . . Guidepost . By W. G. Refers TOP OF THE WORLD, by Hans Ruesch (Harper; $2.75) Up in the barren land of the Polar Eskimo, there are Anarvik and Siksik, Eroenek and Asiak, Ivaloo and Milak . . . several generations of men and women whose fascinating customs are added to the touching story of their lives to make this unusual novel. It is a land where the aged and feeble are put out or go volun tarily, to die in the cold; the girl baby, too, may be exposed, to speed the bearing of strong sons. The woman who goes to meet death may not be rescued lest the gods of the sea into which she plunges be angered. The wife is shared as is the food, because there are so few women and so little food. The monster Polar bear is baited with a spring knife set in a frozen ball of blubber. Saving up for what we'd call rainy day, which may be to them a night half year long, they stack away meat until the maggots rot it -tastefully. When they catch game, they eat it all, the liver, the eyes, the intestines, all the parts which, as the white man's proverb says, strengthen a part. But no other wisdom of the white man is of any use at all. They cannot use the church and its teachings, at least not as de scribed here. They cannot under stand why it is worse to slay an evil-doer, like the guest who in sults his host by refusing the offer of the host's wife, than to slay fox or seal. Their wisdom is how to hitch ' up huskies, drop babies into a hole in the snow, prepare skins. It irthe strange, curious wisdom of Ivaloo who, receiving a pressed flower as a remembrance from a departing white, thanks him, pops it into her mouth, and exclaims "Deli cious r "Where the white men reign, fyou are ignorant" Ivaloo learns from an Eskimo, "but in your land it is they who are ignorant" How appallingly ignorant we all would be in their land we learn in this absorbing story. It's an ignorance some squeamish readers might be happy to pre serve, yet the Eskimos are a hap py people, and wise enough, when they come in contact with the whites, to withdraw. If they benefitted not all all. we benefit by an entrancing novel. The' colorful rosefish, once re garded as good only for display in markets, has become an important food species. GRIN AND BEAR IT "Hew teag weald WE last if we operated en a deficit like the govern ment? . egad! ... why, we'd be barred from snembenbip, here . . ." WASHINGTON as Painter be at a door or any straight place to give way for him to pass." - "Artificers and persons of low degree ought not to use many ceremonies to lords or others of high degree but respect and highly honor them and those of high degree ought to treat them with affability and courtesy, without arrogancy." "In speaking with a man of quality do not lean nor look them full In the face nor ap proach too near them at least Your Health Sciatica is a general term for pain in the lower part of the back which passes down the back of the leg along the line followed by the great sciatic nerve. Similar pain in the arm is known as brachialgla. Just as with sciatica, it has many pos sible causes. For example, arthritis or in flammation of the joints in the upper part of the spine may produce a narrowing of the opening through which the nerves from the spine pass into the arm because of excessive bone formation around these openings. The resulting pressure on the nerves brings about pain which is sometimes severe. Stretching of the spine by using a system of weights and pulleys may sometimes bring relief. Bone tumors will also cause Intense pain in the arm because of pressure on nerves. X-ray examination usually will reveal when this type of disorder is present Heart disease also may be re sponsible for pain the arm. This pain is usually made worse by exercise of any kind and is re lieved by rest and the giving of nitroglycerine. Little flat pieces of cartilage known as intervertebral discs separate the bones of the spine. Rupture of such a disc in the upper part of the spine may re sult in brachialgia. If the spine is twisted or bent toward the affected side, the pain is made worse. Changing the position of the neck may also cause a varia tion in the degree of the pain. There may be a disturbance of the muscles depending upon the location of' the ruptured disc. There also may be changes in the sensation of the skin of the arm. X-ray examination is neces sary for a definite diagnosis. Operation is rarely necessary in these cases. However, if wear ing a brace and stretching the spine does not relieve the dis order, the operation must be carried out Virus infections may some times attack the nerves of the arms. Known as neurotrophic infections, they may produce se vere pain of long duration. Treatment consists of the ad ministration of the vitamin B-complex. The new antibiotic, aureomycin has also been tried in a few cases but as yet not enough reports are available to by Lichty Still Goocl l - Gilbert Stuart saw him. keep a full pace from them." "Never express anything un becoming nor act against ye rules of moral before your in feriors." "If a person of quality comes in while you're conversing it's handsome to repeat what was said before." "In company of these of high er quality than yourself speak not till you are asked a ques tion, then stand upright put off your hat and answer in few words." Written by Dr. Herman N. Bondensea draw a conclusion. Another cause of pain In the arm is what is known as scal enus anticus syndrome, a con dition in which there is pres sure on the scalenus muscle in the neck on underlying nerves and -blood vessels. Recently it is believed that this condition does not occur very often. Its treatment requires an operation. Tumors of the spinal cord it self may be responsible for arm pain. In these cases, also, care ful X-ray study is needed to make a diagnosis. Treatment is operative in such cases. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS M. M.: I am a healthy man of fifty-two. Can I drink a pint of buttermilk each 'day? Answer: There is no reason why you should not drink a pint of buttermilk each day. (Coprrifht. IMS. Kia Features) Hollywood By Gene Handsaker HOLLYWOOD Ronald Rea gan doesn't like the postwar econ omy trend of cutting down the number of stars per picture. He thinks lfs poor economy that studio overhead is the place to prune. "Ill be convinced there's a panic," he says, "when we have as many empty front offices as we have empty dressing rooms.' The slim, extroverted president of the Screen Actors Guild ar gues: "The cheapest thing you can put on the screen is a good per former, no matter the cost We've built this business on personali tiesthe star system.. Lefs not kick that system." Storm Cen ter," now shooting, teams hm with Ginger Rogers and the in creasingly popular Doris. Dsy. Ronnie has no complaint with that line-up. But often there used to be a whole raft of good boxofflce names in a hit picture. "The Phil adelphia Story" had Jimmy Stewart, Katherine Hepubrn, Cary Grant, Ruth Hussey, and Ronald Young. "Boom Town" teamed Tracy, Gable, Colbert, and Lamarr. "Often now," Reagan said, "they'll put in one star with a lot of people from left field fine people but not ones the public has taken in with its kitchen utensils. "I'm all for new faces. They're the life blood of business. But you shouldn't introduce six new faces with one veteran performer. It used to be one new face with six veterans. It's unfair to one star to have to carry the boxoffice burden and the thread of the story. And it's poor economy. It's like trying to improve the mflk business by cutting down Where Shonld Yon Sell Your 1950 Crop? We suggest that you apply the following standards to all companies purchasing filberts: t I 1. Hare they sold all their 1949 pack? (This indicates selling ability) 2Have they pedd the top market price? 3. Have they made the growers wait for their money? (Are YOU still wailing?) We invite all filbert grewera to investigate the- record ef this company. We can accept a few new orchards for the ItSI season. If iaterested write er call: Dngdale Ilnl Processing Co. Phone: Forest Grove 5401--Comelfaia, Oregon 17 TOOHCg (Continued from page one.) companies are foreign producers, too: Standards of New Jersey, California, So cony -Vacuum, Texas co. Others are sticking their toes in foreign pools: Gulf, Phillips Petr. So there is a sharp division of opinion within the industry. The drive for protection is led by independent producers, espec ially in the mid-continent field. Texas producers have put . the bee on their congressmen and have urged protective legisla tion. The answer is that we shouldn't burn up all our own stores of petroleum and then be wholly dependent on Xoreign countries. For security reasons alone we should maintain large reserves underground.. American companies interest ed in middle east fields are run ning into fresh trouble. Great Britain has cracked down on purchase by so-called sterling countries of "dollar" oil. It wants British concerns to get the busi ness so precious dollar exchange will not go for petroleum. This made a little stink when a Brit ish diplomatic communication intimated that the protest by our state department was mild the American companies then jump ed on state. A little while ago stocks of oil companies were prime " favorites among investors. They are not quite so popular now. The period of lush profits seems to be run ning out Old Man Competition responding to laws of supply and demand is stomping into the field. In measure it will be "every man for himself and devil take the hindmost." In1 measure only, for states with control laws are closing valves en production and importers are soling down shipments to fend off congres sional crackdown. The secular growth in consumption will soon be resumed and the gas price war will probably be but a temporary episode until the busi ness gets stabilized. RECORD CROPS PHOENIX, Ariz. -(INS)- Ari zona farmers have broken prev ious records for crop acreage har vested, volume of crop produc tion and total value of principal crops for the third consecutive year. The state office of the Fed eral Crop Reporting Service re ported that Arizona's : bumper cotton crop was largely responsi ble for the record totals. Overall value of principal crops was esti mated at $163,000,000 despite substantial price declines for most items. on Parade the cream content In the bottle." Reagan claimed that 45 or 50 cents of every production dollar goes for studio overhead. And furthermore: "For every penny you can save on the set, there are places not yet touched In the economy wave where you can save dollars." Such as? i "Greater care in selecting story properties," said Ronald. "That would avoid those bundles of pa-, per on the shelf that represent a -quarter of a million dollars each. Many times studio A buys a play property, say only because it hears studio B has three guys in New York dickering for it I don't want to sound like the guy who, having seen the monkey, can run the circus. But the last "place economy should be considered is In the performers." , SCREEN GOOD HOLLYWOOD -(INS)- Rosa lind Russell has been appearing before college student groups in the Los Angeles area, speaking on the subject, "The Good in Holly wood." 35 IIEII'S SUITS Goaeouta On Winter Numbers $OQ95 Special Thus. Kay Woolen Hill X6t Se. 12th St