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A Sland-By Warning System
1 Secretary pf Defense Louis Johnson is eating
crow. !
His letter to Congressman Norblad, offering
ah "explanation" of Johnson's order to reestab
lish Oregon's war-time ground observation and
air warning services,' indicates the much-belabored
defence) boss is back-tracking on his ori
ginal plans,j u,
I The stand-by warning system he now advo
cates is whit; The Statesman suggested in mid
February. '
; When Governor McKay ordered reactivation
of the air warning system on February 11, no
thing was said about it being on a stand-by
basis. Louis Starr, state director of civilian de
feffee, said 'it was supposed to make possible
quick warnings for industry and residents in
event of the approach, of unfriendly aircraft.
McKay saidL Johnson requested that the warn
ing system be put into effect again, and give
the project a "high priority . There was an ur
gent sound jabout the whole business.
Onj February 14, the same day Johnson was
aquirming under a particularly telling criticism
of his policies by the brothers Alsop (published
in The Statesman), this newspaper in its page
one editorial column pointed out the fallacies in
Johnson's air-warning-system plan.
1 At jthat time, jin a; criticism widely quoted in
press I and radio,- The Statesman said:
"It Is In order, in view of existing tensions
which our government's actions have helped to
tighten, to pay attention to protection of civili
- ana.) That should embrace forming a skeleton
organization with plans for action in event of
real emergency. It Ought not to call, at this
stage and perhaps at no stage, for scanning the
skies 24 hours a day on the thin chance that
some distant fizz may be the exhaust from a
Soviet jet plane. There are far better ways to
use our time, our talents and our money for
national defense." !
Johnson's acceptance of the stand-by idea is
Just about the only new angle mentioned in his
letter to , Norblad. His explanation that the
ground observer corps would detect unusual
orhrances such as landings by paratroopers or
gliders, was not mentioned before but was, of
course, implicit. (What else would they detect
the wild goose going where the wild goose
goes?) His other explanation that the air
Watchers would detect low aircraft which fly
below the radar range or over regions in which
ra;dar can't operate- is northing new. Starr
thought of that long ago. So did Colonel E. H.
Ttolan, head of, the Pdrtland filter center, who
defined that as a function of the air-warning
system.-- -''. . j
This newspaper's criticism still goes: to make
this system really effective it would be neces
sary to put jail aviation along the coast under
controls. In case of war, that would be automa
tic, anyway. : j
As for the economy angle (Johnson's favorite
defense of his -defense! policies because evident
ly he never heard of false economy), Johnson
emphasizes that the cost'of installing a civilian
air-warning service manned by volunteers
would be relatively small as compared to the
cost of one radar station.
This leaves us completely cold. Is the defense j
of this nation to depend on housewives stand
ing on the rooftops with field glasses? Are we
going to disinter and reactivate Paul Revere's
horse? Or perhaps David and his slingshot?
Modern warfare is a job for technicians. We say
again: - j
r"If the -west coast is to be put Into a state of
defense against undeclared war it should hava
' the special equipment now used for aircraft de
tection, operated by trained personal . . . And
It should have at strategic positions a sufficient
complement of planes to fend off a foe."
Meanwhile, the job for civilians to go on
about their business, and calmly learn what it
means to live with crisis in a world where war
is a possibility but by no means an immediate
probability.
Acheson and Gubitchev ,
Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska is off
his rocker, again.
He and another republican. Fellows of Maine
have jumped on Secretary of State Dean Ache
son for alleged interference with justice. The
blathermouth says Acheson is "unfit" for office
because the state department requested that
Gubitchev be given the choice of leaving at
once for Russia or serving out his jail sentence
here.
The accusations show just how frantic to get
something on the secretary the wild-eyed mem
bers of the anti-Acheson faction are. Some of
them howl that he is too rough with Russia
because he refuses to run to Stalin and beg for
sweetness and light in Moscow. Others weep in
to their beards that he is too soft with Russia,
that he is appeasing Russia by letting Gubit
chev get off easy.
Actually, our government was smart in the
way it handled the Gubitchev conviction.
Throwing the convicted spy in the clink to
sweat out his 15-year sentence would have de
lighted the Kremlin, no end. Communist prop
agandists would have it bruited about that Gub
itchev was cruelly mistreated by the dread FBI,
that he was an innocent lamb led to the slaugh
ter by the vicious capitalist bosses. Jailing Gub
itchev would have made a martyr of him.
More important, it would have made martyrs
of any Americans caught behind the iron, cur-
tain. On any pretext whatever, American busi
nessmen or newspapermen or diplomats or Un
ited Nations employes (that's what Gubitchev
was) could be picked up by the Russian secret
police, charged with espionage, convicted in the
same way Vogeler was convicted, and doomed
to torture. j
The state department's request for deporta
tion has nothing to do with the diplomatic im
munity Gubitchev claimed. That does not ex
tend to espionage, anyway. In being sent home,
Gubitchev is given substantially the same treat
ment as an unwanted diplomat. We hope the
Russians will learn the lesson well and accord
the same treatment to any Americans "convict-
ted" by communist courts.
I U u tl a m V fj
Your Health
Written by
Dr. Herman N. Bnadensea
(Continued from page 1)
slum condition should develop?
Then the state capitol commis
sion might recommend such a
change. And what is to prevent
a commercial zone to decline
into "slum- status? Cities have
such depressed commercial areas,
and they are harder to cure or
correct than decayed residential
areas.
The prospect as the city grows
is that the border areas close in
will be occupied by apartments.
And it might give fellow-travellers a bit of a - FSSS00'
pause to reflect that it took Gubitchev some time
to choose between going to Russia or staying in
a UJ5. jail. We wouldn't have been surprised if
he'd taken the latter course.
"Flegel Flays . . .
change. "Flays" is
runs a headline in an ex
i favorite with headline
writers only four letters and carries punch. It's
a relief though to have Flegel do the "flaying"
instead of Morse. '
Plans for Salem's spring opening on the Cin
derella theme will have the local damsels all a
twitter. Will they really have a glass slipper?
And who will be the fairy godmother Jim
Beard of the retail trade bureau?
Ohio Observers Believe Taft Sure of Re-election;
Presidential Nomination Still Seen as Possibility
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feASHINGTQN., March 1 1 It
AH'probably too early to predict
tea outcome Of the fight for the
aetnocrauc sen-i
atrial nomina
tion I in Ohio.
Yet all observ
ers seem con-
. vinced that .vic
tory is In the
bag for the am-
lable political
hack, State Au
ditor Joseph1
Ferguson. It is
u n d o u btedly
too early to,
premcv we oui-aUml.
come of the"""-
Ohio elections in the f all. Yet all
observers seem equally con
vinced that Sen. Robert A Taft
Will beat Ferguson unless the
(ttiio voters have gone mad.
It is certainly far too early
to predict the outcome of the
1952 republican presidential no
mination. Yet if the two proba
bilities stated above are trans
lated into fact, it is obvious on
the face of it that Senator Taft
will have a huge lead on all con
tenders for the nomination.
Ferguson's chief rival as May
or Michael DiSalle of Toledo.
But the most powerful portions
of the democratic organization
In Ohio are lined up solid behind
Ferguson (who, , as - a malleable
political regular,-was (always the
first organization choice), and
DiSaTJe is given little - or no
chance.
Ferguson, according to those
who have followed his career, is
something ef a caricature of the
cm us of American politician. He
is a small turkey - cock of a
man, with a real genius for the
broad smile and the warm hand
shake; be is said fto know an in
. credibly large timber of the
Ohio voters on a first - name
basis. But he is no speaker, is
virtually illiterate (his fierce
battles with the English lang
' uage are classics of their kind),
and he has never pretended that
his interests extend very far be
yond the simple aim of getting
. himself elected to office!
It Is thus believed highly un
likely that Ferguson could beat
Senator Taft, who (whatever one
may. think of his political views)
is obviously a man of real na
tional stature. It is true that Taft
won a very narrow victory in
1944, when he was challenged
by a comparative unknown. But
on this occasion Taft has a num
ber of striking advantages aside
from the caliber of his opponent.
In the first place, having fail
ed to nominate their, favorite,
farm leader Murray Lincoln, the
labor leaders are by no means
enthusiastic about Ferguson.
They will work for him, and
there will be pretty fat dollop
of labor money at his disposal.
But the enthusiasm and drive
from the labor men and their
liberal allies, which could have
been expected in a Taft-Lincoln
campaign, will certainly be lack
ing the prospective Taft-Fer-guson
campaign.
e
In the second place, this Is an
offyear election, and this time
there will be no Roosevelt coat
tails for Taft's opponent to cling
to. Moreover, it is universally
recognized that the Ohio elec
tion is the most crucial in the
country, and all eyes will be up
on it. It will be surprising if,
under the circumstances, the
Ohio voters substitute a politi
cal hack for a man of Taft's un
doubted prestige. .
In the third place (although
his supporters like to' talk about
"one dollar contributions from
the little guys") Taft will nave
all the financial support he wfil
know what to do with, and more.
According to all reports, repub
lican money,, which has been
trickling with such agonizing
slowness into the national re
publican hope chest, has reached
flood proportions in Ohio.
This fact has a further sig
nificance. Taft is surrounded by
conservative republicans in the
middle west whose political lives
are at stake; Wiley of Wiscon
sin. MiTHfcan of Colorado, Cape
hart of Indiana, Hiekenlooper of
" Iowa, Donnell ef Missouri ' and
Gurney of South Dakota, to
name a few. And It is reliably
reported that Tafts already ov-'
erflowing political coffers have
been opened to a number of
these threatened republicans.
The meaning of this Is ob
vious. There have been no
"deals." But it is a sound politi
cal rule not to bite the hand
that feeds you. The mere act
of winning in Ohio will make
Taft the man to beat for the 1952
nomination. Add to this the fact
that Taft's help in 1950 will al-'
most automatically commit a
whole series of state organiza
tions to his side at the 1952 con
vention. And it becomes clear
that Taft may logically hope for
commitments on a majority of
of the delegate votes long be
fore the convention is called to
order. '
Thus the logic of the situa
tion clearly suggests that Taft
is already a heavy odds -on fa
vorite for the republican nomi
nation. Yet politics is rarely
strictly logical. And Taft clear
ly suffers from two major dis
abilities. In the first place, al
though Taft himself is fond of
pointing out that he has never
lost an election, it is almost an
article of faith-among many re
publicans that "Bob Taft would
make a wonderful president, but
he could never win the election."
In the second place, it must
be born in mind that the con
servative - isolationist forces
which Taft symbolizes (although
he himself is less conservative
and less isolationist than he is
sometimes pictured) haveb een
beaten three times hand-running
in the last. three nominat
ing conventions. Thus there is
always the chance of a counter
boom developing for an Eisen
hower, or a Warren, or a Ca
bot Lodge, to halt the Taft band
wagon. But there are no real
signs of anything of the sort on
the horizon. And if the Ohio
situation has been accurately in
terpreted, it is a great deal lat
er than the anti-Taft forces in
the republican party appear to
think.
as lodges, churches, etc.
As for this particular piece of
property, efforts were made ten
years ago to put In a service sta
tion there. It was local opposi
tion, plus the opposition of the
state, that induced the owners to
give up the project. The city
council then passed the capitol
zoning ordinance. To change the
zoning now would mean merely
the enrichment of those who
lately have bought it, perhaps
on the speculation that the zon
ing might be changed. It is true
that the tract is small, but it
might be joined with adjacent
property for Improvement under
its present classification.
You may wonder why I have
taken; such an interest in this
proposal. The reason is that I
was active in the effort to keep
the capitol in Salem after the
fire in 1935, as a member of the
chamber of commerce commit
tee. J also represented the cause
of the state library at the 1937
legislative assembly when appro
priation was made to provide the
present beautiful new building.
As governor, I recommended and
the legislature approved a plan
for a new state office building,
the one now about ready for oc
cupancy. Having ' worked for
Sears to further the cause of a
eautiful and substantial capitol
group for Salem, I feel a personal
responsibility to see that these
dignified edifices are given the
protection the state requests.
The city has been criticised
for past deviations a further
breakdown will Invite condem
nation by the legislature. Fur
ther exceptions may result in
breaking down the whole capitol
zone restriction.
For these reasons I respect
fully urge that your honorable
body reject the application for
change of zone for the property
mentioned.
CHARLES A. SPRAGUK
HEMORRHAGE into the stom
ach is a serious condition accom
panied by the signs of prostration
weakness, dizziness, sweating,
restlessness, thirst, and short
ness of breath. There are also
symptoms of shock such as rapid
pulse, low blood pressure, and
below - normal temperatures,
which frequently come on in
marked or severe degree shortly
after the vomiting of a sizable
quantity of blood.
Possible source of such bleed
ing are numerous, but eight times
Out of ten ulcer of the stomach is
to blame. Less frequently, the
blood may come from enlarged
veins near the end of the esopha
gus, or from a tumor in any part
of the digestive tract As a mat
ter of fact, any inflammation in
this region which has caused de
struction of tissue can bring
about bleeding, as for example,
tuberculosis or syphlis.
j
Regardless of the source of the
bleeding; treatment is the same
and must always aim to take ad
vantage of Nature's methods of
controlling bleeding. In general,
this means that nothing must be
done to Interfere with the for
mation of a clot at the point of
bleeding. The patient is kept at
complete rest in bed, and all ir
ritating foods avoided. Usually,
a diet made up of a gelatine
mixture best serves this purpose.
It is given around the clock every
two hours in six-ounce portions.
After the fifth day, soft-boiled or
poached egg, cereals, custards,
and ice cream are added. After
seven or eight days, a diet free
from roughage or irritating foods
Is used. Water ist given only af
ter the fourth or fifth day and
then only in moderate quantity.
The patient should be kept warm,
and sedatives or quieting drugs
employed if necessary.
Tests of the clotting time of the
blood are made, and if the blood
clots too slowly, substances
which speed up the clotting time
are used. - 1 . - -
; .' -
Blood plasma or injections of
whole blood into: a vein are not
used for the first ten days, except
in very severe eases. Thereafter
they can be utilized as needed.
Mineral oil is given every
night after the !, second night
About two weeks: after the con
dition has developed, x-ray ex
aminations are carried out to aid
in establishing the' source of the
trouble. i
QUESTIONS AND ANSWEU
M. B.: Will taking four aspir
ins a day have any bad effect
on the heart?
Answer: It is hot likely that
aspirin in this amount will cause
any heart injury, i
(Copyright. 1990. King restores)
Literary Guidepost
' By Wr G. Kegers
Six Centruries of French Master
Drawings in America, by Re
gina Shoolman and Charles E.
Slatkin (Oxford; $7.50).
This book contains 145 draw
ings, with detailed accompany
ing text a preface and introduc
tion by the authors, and a fore
word by Charles Sterling of the
Louvre. Preparation of the work
was supported by a Littauer
Foundation grant and carried on
with the advice of numerous ex
perts; and choices were limited
principally by the siae of the
pages (8ft by 11 inches).
The result is difinitely one of
the finer 'art books. The quality
of the reproductions Is first rate;
the range is from the 15th cen
tury to the present; and his is re
presented, correctly as-far as I
know, as being the first volume
of its kind.
Trench drawing Inevitably re
flects the national predilection
for elegance, refinement luddi-,
ty and logic," the authors say.
Since there are reported to be in
this country more French draw
ings than drawings of all other
Hollywood on Parade
schools combined, the authors
had a sufficient representation
from which to select; and the
reader will find the Gallic flavor
on every page.
The book should encourage
what badly needs encourage
ment: A wider interest in draw
ings. t
CHAGALL, with notes by the
artist and an introduction by
Michael Ayrton (Pitman;
$1.85.)
One of four new additions to
the "Pitman Gallery,- this book
on the . Russian - born Chagall
seems to me to illustrate very
well the sort of service an in
expensive art book can supply
... giving an idea of the original
color in the reproductions and
an interpretation of the painter's
meaning in our time. Ayrton is
particularly felicitous in his In
troduction. The other books, each with
10 or 11 color photos, are "Van
Gogh," by Philip James; "Cez
anne," by Adrian Stokes; and
"Royal Portraits,- by R. H. Wil
enski, who, though editor of the
series, is least helpful in his in
troduction, which is too anecdo
tal. '
Stew Yarfc
(Coorrtxht MM.
Tubus Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD Monty Wool
ley, on the road with his paly,
"The Man Who Came to Dinner,"
visited a movie set the other day.
The; Beard, complete with cane,
pale1 blue eyes, and dignity,
watched a character actor do the
same scene over several times.
"Makes me nervous just to look
at it!" Woolley snorted. "Poor
man has to do that .15 times, and
he doesn't know why. On the
stage your fluff a line and no
body knows it You cover it up
and go right on."
Woolley said theater business
had been "great" through the
middle west but only fair in Los
Angeles. "This is not a good show
town. The distances are too
great He has no movie plans.
After the tour, in May, hell go
home to Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
to rest , .
After fours years entertain
ing in night clubs. Dean Martin
and Jerry Lewis have settled in
Beverly Hills. "We don't like the
road any more," said Dean, the
crooning half of the team. "The
dubs .are smoky, there's usually
some noisy drunk, you get to bed
around 5 ajn. and sleep most of
the day. New we're up at 7:30
son. and live likehuman beings."
The two are presently busy in
"My Friend Irma Goes West"
sequel to "My Friend Irma,"
their first, movie. Lewis, who
makes insanity pay, acts as nutty
between scenes as during them.
The shock-haired zany converses
with monkey-like movements of
his massive mouth. The hand be
extends to be shaken may be
held rigid like a claw. Remark
ably, his associates seem to find
his screeching antics ever funny.
After this movie, Martin and
Lewis will produce their own
picture, "At War with the
Army." Then they return to New
York's Copacabana, where they
have a contract for this summer
and next Martin, born Dino
Crocetti 10 years ago, is from
Steubenvflle, Ohio. He has a wife
and four children and plays golf.
The Safety
Valve
To the Editor:
In regard to the article about
the flying discs in your March
10 edition, we are inclined to
believe that the midget man
came from the moon. Our theory
is that the small man was sent
here to investigate our knocking
them around with radar waves.
This would probably make them
plenty mad; since they are only
23 inches tall a radar wave would
almost kill them.
Dick 0 Adams, Gary Measing;
Arnold A. Manke. Al West
Jim Verdick (Jrs. Salem High
School).
Lewis, 24, was originally Joseph
Levich. of Newark, N. J. He has
a wife and two children. His
hobby is filling scrapbooks with
things printed about him and his
partner . . .
tinalRitesfor
E. K. Andferloi
Set in Portland
Final ritM m hi4 Hfv
at 2 vsa. at the Ross-Hoi IvwaoH
mortuary in Portland for Ernest
K. Anderson, former Ralm resi
dent who died of a heart ailment
Anuerson was Dora at Marshall
town, Iowa, June 24y 1884. and
came in 1908 to Kalom whN Y,m
was employed by the late T. M.
Barr. Later he started the Ander
son Steel Furnace company which
now is ine Kosebraugh company.
' Survivin am hia -arMm A tmca
Anderson, Portland; two sons, Cari
Anderson, Portland, and Conrad
Anderson. Tlrarrf- duhfr Ra
ther Perry, Tigard and Marjorie
uurry, jroruano; brothers, Pete
Anderson. Marcharitmvn FnnV ir
Anderson, Portland Harold R. Ah-
- Alt . J
uerson, oeaiue, ana nay li. An
derson; sisters, Christyne Ackley,
Portland, and Pmc TTa11man
Salem; six grandchildren and two
zreai granacniioren. 1
Promotion of j
Lumber Held !
Of Great Aid
PORTLAND. March 11 Or
ffon's famed WestiPnast lumVuM ha.
now been given charm and distinc
tion. : i
In three short years of intensive
national advertising, in competi
tion with the nation's best known
products. West Coast lumber has
become the most sought after nf all
lumber species, the West Coast
Lumbermen s association said last
weec , .
It is declared In demand." fa
ever-increasing quantities, by Mit
lady, who has a nrettv bi aav
about how that nnnin'i nW
homes are built More and morel
arcnuects and designers SDecifv
West Coast woods for new aehnnla!
churches, commercial and indus4
iriai Duuamgs, it was pointed out
Much of this increased demand
for West Coast woods, much n
the wider acceptance and greater
appreciation of Douglas fir and!
other species: from this region,
stems from the thrM.Mi
wide advertising and promotion
campaign oi u west coast Lum-jj
bermen's association, the
clared. Results of this program to;
personalize one-tune drab wood
have been "surprisingly success- j
fuL" , ,'J
Three Marlon county lumber
men have Just been named to Im
portant key committees of the as
sociation by President D. W. Gos
ard. . . .
Named from Marion county are
H. W. Preston and Taylor Alexan
der of Oregon Puln & Panr
Salem, and Walter D. Miller, Mt
jenerson Lumber Co. at Lyons.
These men will serve on the
strong trade promotion, public re
lations, imports and exports and
grades and inspections mmmlttrn
Gossard said that Douglas fir
and other West Coast lumber spa
des have won the widest accept
ance they have had in more Tn
a quarter of a century. .
Thomas Hill,
Candymaker,
To Open Store
Sweetness was beginning to fill
the shelves at 26S N. High st Sat
urday as Thomas B. HilL long
time Salem candy maker and res
taurateur, prepared to open his
new candy store sometime this
week. .'j
t Hill said he Willi handle only
, those candies made in the store
a full line includinr 40 varieties
of chocolates and many of hard
candies.
The candy career began in Kan
sas City, and Hill began making
sweets in Salem 29 years ago on
South 12th street Later he had
the Wimpy restaurant, on North
Capitol street and for the past
three years has had the Wimpy
firm at Valley Junction.
Hill is also known here ! as di
rector of the annual Salem Elks'
drum majorette contest
ISXAEL HAS CHRISTIANS
TEL AVTV VF) A recent cen
sus disclosed a total of 50,000
Christians of all denominations
now living in Israel. There were
only 32,000 in November, 1948. The
Christians Include 20,000 Greek
Catholics, 15,000 Greek Orthodox,
6,000 Latin, 2,000 Maronltes, 1,000 '
rrotestants, 1,000 Copts and 2,000
Armenians.
Incons Tax Detains
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