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Board Required to Act
Whether or not Salem's secret society case is
appealed to the supreme court, the decision of
Circuit Judge King settles once more the fact
that school board not only has the right to
act but is required to do so under state laws,
in! any case involving illegal organisations.
The judge also ruled that board members "did
nok abuse their discretion" Nor did he challenge
the good faith of the parents "I believe a fair
view of the testimony would indicate that the,
parents were no t familiar with all its (the so
city's) affairs."
ft is an unfortunate incident, and the fact
that it should serve a good purpose makes it
no easier on the boys and parents involved.
Whatever transpires, the school board if legally
enabled can and, of course, will allow full credit
to be issued for the studies each boy has pursued
since the expulsion order of last October. Their
is probably a lesser "sin" than has managed to
escape punitive action in years gone by. Let
them reeret their mistaken judgment, if such
it is, but certainly let them not forego the edu
cational opportunities available to them here or
elsewhere. In this particular case, it is evident
there is nothing on the lecord to preclude their
food citizenship, whether or not the case is
closed. t
ECA and Farm Surplus
It looked like a good way to knock over two
birds with the same rock. It looked like an easy
way to get rid of $1,000,000,000 worth of sur
plus UJ5. farm products and save $1,000,000,000
in Marshall plan foreign aid. But it's no such
thing, i
'It' is the house foreign affairs committee
bill proposing that the billion dollars worth of
jarplus food be substituted for cash in next
year's ECA program for European recovery. The
farm bloc in the house is opposed to this neat
trick because it would, take the economic coop
eration administration' out of the market for a
billion dollars worth of this year's farm crops
by using up stocks already bought from the
fanners by the government. Instead, they want
to send the cash to Europe with-strings attach
ed,' i.e. the stipulation that the $1,000,000,000
must be spent for newly-raised U.S.'farm prod
ucts. ;
We are opposed to both the original bill and
the farm bloc version because both are contrary
to the spirit of the Marshall plan. The plan's
primary purpose is not to aid U.S, farmers by
itumrrintf their nmritirta hn rnrnnan mnrlrt
it is to help our European friends get, back Into
the world trade picture on a self - sustaining
Dans.
And, today, food from America is not Europe's
prime need. In fact, France, the biggest agricul
tural country in Europe outside of the Russian
sphere, has farm surpluses herself. The. French
government has asked French farmers to cut
back on production of sugar beets and is stock
piling surplus meat and milk products-. Two
years ago French wheat fields yielded 14,000,
000 bushels and she Imported 149,000,000 bu
ehels. Last year France raised 300,000,000 bu
shels of wheat and now is not Importing any
at all. Instead, shaearports.
Marshall plan-aid made that possible, of
course. The farm machinery, fertilizer and fac
tory equipment to make more farm machinery
Real Genius Needed to Fill Contemplated Post;
Business-as-usual PoKcy May Be Nearing an End
By Stewart Alsep
WASHINGTON, March
-If President Truman approves
a proposal which has now been
submitted to him, the Help
wanted sign
will soon be out
for a genius.. It
will require a
genius to fill
the job the new
plan , will cre
ate. For the job
Involves a com
plete redirec
tion of Ameri
can economic
policy in line
with Secretary
of State Dean V.
Acheson's doctrine of "total dip
lomacy.' .
The new plan is one of the first
fruits of the over-all review of
American policy on which Secre
tary Acheson and his chief sub
ordinates have been engaged
ever since President Truman an
nounced his decision to go ahead
with the hydrogen bomb. One of
the basic conclusions reached in
; this policy review was that the
American government could no
I longer safely consist of a whole
'series of Independent and mutu
ally antagonistic satrapies, all
working at cross purposes.
.
The United States, one of
those engaged in the policy re
view has rcnuufcedV is rather
like Primo Camera. Camera was
always bigger and stronger than
any of his opponents. But he was
alow and clumsy and without co
ordination. A straight punch
from Camera would knock any
man cold. But he never suc
ceeded in landing anything but
glancing blows. That's our
trouble.
Acheson and his planners con
cluded that if Carnera-like de--&ats
in the cold war were to be
prevented, "total diplomacy" was
required, with the American
'government capable of acting
.quickly, flexibly -and with au
v
sent to France by the IjlS. helped put France,
on the road to recovery.
I But only on the road. Farm surpluses in one
Country don't mean that France or the other 15
Marshall plan countries are ready to proceed
without further aid. ECA Chief Hoffman has
told the house and senate that the $3,100,000,000
he asked is the absolute minimum to keep re
covery rolling to a successful conclusion. What
aid we've already sent has given the Marshall
plan countries a good start. They are on the
back stretch' now. This is no time to let them
backslide, to let them down.
Oregon "Third Force?"
People say Oregon is a one-party state. By
that they mean that the republicans are in the
majority and the democats are in the minority.
And they say that maybe it would be better to
have the sides more even, for the sake of checks
and balances.
That would be a two-party system and we
like to think of that as a good thing. It is sup
posed to keep the party in power from feeling
too secure, too smug. It is supposed to prevent
entrenchment. It encourages office-holders to
look to their laurels and politicians to step live
lier. Well, lately, Oregon has been approaching
nearer to the two-party state. There's a demo
crat on the three-man board of control, for in
stance. There are more democratic legislators
than before. The democratic party has increas
ed in number and in pugnacity.
Not only that, it is getting more irritable and
impatient, too. It isn't content to wait for the
day when two opponents of equal size can do
battle. It, evidently, wants to introduce a "third
force." Frank Streeter of the Grants Pass Daily
Courier calls it "a bi-partisan political ma
chine." Says he: "Political observers long have
agreed that Pearson, Hall and Newbry are pret
ty closely allied politically and that such an al
liance consolidates an active bi-partisan politi
cal ring in Portland with Newbry's up-state
affiliations And Streeter refers to some ancient
history to bear up his contention he mentions
Newbry's earlier defection in such matters as
the state tax commission deal.
Th picture Streeter draws, as we understand
it, is this: "There are now three combatants in
the political ring. There are the democrats, and
Austin Flegel is foremost among them; there
are the republicans, and they have Doug Mc
Kay; and there are the bi-partisans with John
Hall at the helm.
Streeter's analysis, we hasten to Interpret, is
the kind of political percussion that's needed to
diagnose some of the issues at stake in the forth
coming balloting.
Senator Wayne Morse has come forth with a
constructive proposal. He wants a "truly bi
partisan foreign policy" with a republican un
dersecretary of state . . . Sounds like Morse
might like the job, too.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van de Velde, owners,
editor and publishers of the Waldport Record,
are celebrating the second anniversary of the
founding of the Record. Say they: "It has been
pleasant and stimulating, if strenuous work . . . "
We gather their" publication has acted as a
stimulant on Waldport, too, judging from all the
controversy the Record has raised!
thority. The question was how to
achieve this clearly desirable'
end. The state department's first
proposal was that the authority
of the National Security council
should be greatly expanded.
The N.S.C Is now essentially a
necessary common meeting
ground or more often, these
days, a battle ground for the
state and defense departments.
The original state department
idea was that the NJ5.C should
be transformed Into a sort of
American i politburdl or high
command for fighting the cold
war, not only In its strategic but
also in its immensely ramified
economic aspects. Every major
action of the American govern
ment, at home and abroad, was
to be weighed by the N.S.C. In
the light of its impact on the cold
war. Thus "total diplomacy" was
to be achieved.
This proposal was submitted to
the budget bureau. The budget
bureau opposed it, on the sound
grounds that the NS.C was not
created to exercise this sort of
authority. All members of the
cabinet, It was pointed out, ex
cept the attorney general, would
simply wear different hats' as
members of the N.S.C. Authori
ty would thus be as diffused as
ever, and, moreover, the essen
tial strategic function of the
NjS.C. would be "weakened.
Other proposals have also been
considered and rejected, includ
ing the odd idea that Treasury
Secretary John Snyder, as chair
man of the treasury-dominated
National Advisory council,
should become the cold war's
economic high commander. The
budget bureau is principally re
sponsible for the new plan now
under serious consideration.
This proposal calls for leaving
the political-strategic responsi
bility .in the NiJ.C, while creat
ing an entirely new organization
to deal with the whole range of
American e c o n am i c policy
wherever it impinges on the
world struggle. The new organi
iitafesman
act of congress March S. 1179.
Oiegoa. Telephone 2-Z441.
zation would be headed by a man
of sufficient stature to exercise
Independent authority " in the
name of the president.
The scope of the task envisag
ed in this . plan is downright
breathtaking. The new organiza
tion would be charged first with
evolving a coherent over-all
world economic policy. To I gain
acceptance for the new policy, a
non-political economic commis
sion like the pre-Marshall plan
Harriman commission 1 may be
appointed a step which was
approved months ago by Ache
son, Snyder, and E.C-A. Chief
Paul Hoffman, but which has
since been smothered in the us
ual red tape.
Once an over-all policy was
evolved, the new organization
would have to wrestle with a
whole series of problems which
have been conveniently shoved
under the rug the post-Marshall
plan dollar gap, the British
sterling balances, American tar
iff and import policy, the Middle
Eastern oil problem, American
shipping and American agricul
tural surpluses, to name only a
few. Dealing intelligently with
any of these problems requires
stepping hard on all sorts of po
litically important toes. Obvious
ly a genius of sorts would be re
quired as head of the new or
ganization, to deal with the vio
lent resistance which would
surely be forthcoming not only
in congress but within the ad
ministration itself.
Geniuses are rare in govern
ment these days. And even a
genius will be helpless so long
as business-as-usual continues to
be the theme song of the Truman
adnunistration. But the mere
fact that the proposal outlined
above is being seriously consid
ered suggests that business-as-usual
may be coming to an end.
At least ideas are beginning to
germinate in what has been a
desert of inertia.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
Copyright, 1S50
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(Continued from page 1)
twp "visiting firemen Neil Al
len of Grants Pass, here repre
senting the national Legion on
civilian 'defense, and David Rob
inson, president of the Portland
City club, here trying to arrange
speeches for the Institute of For
eign Relations in Portland next
summer. He called on the Soviet
embassy inviting the Russians to
send a speaker if they would.
Result: doubtful. 1
Senator Cordon has been ill
' with flu but is out again. Is much
concerned over interior appro
priations for the next fiscal year.
Congressman Walter Norblad I
found studying the late report of
the senate committee on interior
which recommends a Columbia
Basin account, pooling revenues
and using power receipts to help
pay for irrigation work.
4 '
Harold Say is busy represent
ing the Portland Chamber of
Commerce Dodson's old job. He
devotes his spare time to study
ing civil war battlefields here
abouts. Has a piece due for ear
ly publication -in the Saturday
Evening Post on the restored
McLean house at Appomatox
Court House where Lee surren
dered to Grant
Talked with Mrs. Elmer V.
Woo ton and learned that CoL
Wooton will be discharged from
the veteran's hospital this week
after eight weeks treatment for a
heart condition. Doctors predict
his return to good health and ac
tivity. -
a
Some time for sightseeing, of
course first visit to the Jeffer
son Memorial, a chaste, beautifully-domed
"temple" set across
the basin to form a triangle with
the Washlnton monument and
the Lincoln memorial. Franklin
Roosevelt had trees cut away so
the memorial may be seen from
the White House. Judging by his
policies, however, FDR looked
Hollywood
By Gene Handsaker
HOLLYWOOD T h o u g h ts
while waiting for a preview to
go on Why dont these things
ever inn odmw
time? . . . Hmm, I
so it's pronoun-1
ced STROM-
bolL . . Pungent
Bergman lines f
in the picture: J
(Speaking iof
another w o m-
an) ..."Idon'U
care if her rep
utation is cosi
cost m take
care of mvself."
... I may have done wrong, but
all I want now is a little happi
ness." . . . Tm not afraid to face
life as long as I'm free ... as long
as I can fight and defend my
elf." A fellow viewer's summa
tion: The picture's high point
was the volcano." . . .
Bing Crosby telling me all hell
have left out of 1949 income af
ter taxes and expenses is $28,000.
... Charles Coburn's thumbnail
description of Bing (after work
ing, and playing gin rummy with
the Groaner): An easy loser.
Nothing disturbs him. He loves
to sing. Doesn't consider himself
an actor. He's timid, like George
M. Cohan. Never tries to hog a
scene." ...
Hmm, a question IH have to
poll the stars on: Are they hap
DifzJ
Your Health
Amebiasis or amebic dysentery
is a condition which is not too
difficult to clear up if treated
promptly and 1 thoroughly. In
many people it becomes chronic
and persists for years If not treat
ed in this way; in others, it only
apparently disappears and then
flares . up again from time to
time..:
The patient with this condition
suffers from repeated attacks of
diarrhea and there is often blood
and excessive amounts of mucus
in the bowel movements. A de
finite diagnosis can only be made
by finding the parasite, which
causes the disease, in the bowel
movements. A real cure can only
be obtained by killing the para
sites, not only in the bowels but
wherever they may have lodged
in the. tissues, as, for instance, in
the liver where they sometimes
form abscesses.
A great many drugs have been
tried for this purpose. While
many are good, none is complete
ly satisfactory.
- One of these, used for many
years in treating this condition,
is emetine, particularly when
there are abscesses in the liver.
There are others containing io
dine, such as vioform and diodo
quin. Drugs, containing arsenic,
such asijicetarsone and carbar-
sone, have also been used with
excellent results. Aureomycin has
proven valuable in many cases.
More recently, patients with
amebic dysentery have been
treated with drugs called thioar
senites. It was found in a study
of 82 patients that 74 were freed
of the endamobea after one
course of treatment. The treat
ment period varied from seven to
twenty-four days; Some of the
patients vomited or became sick
at their stomachs after the first
three days of treatment. Coating
the tablets so that the drug was
not absorbed in the stomach made
in the others direction toward
Andrew Jackson whose statue
stands in Lafayette Square.
It took the Union armies four
years to take Richmond. We ex
pect to take it in as many hours
via Arlington cemetery and Mt
Vernon in spite of a downpour
of rain.
on Parade
pier now than when they were
nobodies? . . . One guy I have en
vied lately: John Wayne, slow
foxtrotting with cuddly Janet
Leigh, in "Jet Pilot" . . . Direc
tor Henry Koster saying it was
a solid year and two pictures be
fore he could get Betty Grable
to call him "Henry." When she
continued Mister Kostering him,
he threatened: "111 call you Mrs.
James." ...
Hollywood Boulevard's biggest
rrowd-Ktonrjer on a recent eve
ning: a window artist hard at
work under a sign, "Genuine
Washable Oil Paintings. S1-S5."
His running commentary, while
daubing waves on a seascape,
was gaily un-self flattering:
"One ladr was really disgusted.
She said, "Why don't you give
Vm iviTf " "
Dana Andrews explanation of
wby he doesn't want to sing on
the screen (though he studied
voir far vin) r "First thinf you
know, all you get is musicals. I'm
not the type." . . . Brian Don
lwVf dick modernistic apart
ment The base of one lamp is
a china rooster. And there are
roosters oil-painted on the high
hall classes . . .
The fellow correspondent who
is starting what he calls the
"LHI.S n." club. The initials
stand for movielar.d's familiar
brush-off: "Let's have lunch
some day." ...
Wrlttea by
Dr. Herman N. Bnndensea
It possible to complete the treat
ment In all but one case. There
were no other signs of reactions
to the drugs except for increased
bowel movements, which cleared
up after the third to fifth day of
treatment.
a a a
With this treatment, patients
gained in weight because they
were able to take more food.
There was an increase in the
number of red cells in the blood,
as well as in the amount of col
oring matter, although, the pa
tients were not given any special
diet In those patients who had
severe diarrhea, the number of
bowel movements was reduced to
three of fewer daily.
These first studies seem to in
dicate that the thioarsenites may,
be particularly effective in the
treatment of amebiasis. Whether
they are better than the com
monly employed remedies can
only be determined after further
Investigations are made and the
results of these different prepa
rations compared.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
M. C: Will wearing a tight
brassiere make the breasts ' larg
er? Answer: Wearing a tight bras
siere will not make the breasts
larger.
(Copyright 1930. King Features)
Portland Bans'
French Movie
PORTLAND, March 25-(AVThe
French film, "The Room Upstairs,"
has been banned by the city's
movie censor board.
. Betty Sibley, chief viewer, rul
ed that love scenes between the
picture's stars, Marlene Dietrich
and Frenchman Jean Gabin, were
"too suggestive." She added that
the theme of the picture is object
ionable.
It had been booked at the city's
Guild theatre.
There's never
an interest charge
or a carrying charge
at... .
Oh (?
Jewelers
390 State St.
Writer of ef!omps flip. DaW
Tells All He Dares of HimnV
His Column Starts Tuei3ay
EdltWt aot: Cara4 Praac. SUUsmaa sUnT writer, kat keea rafU
ea U write a 4aUy column, "Crates um Dmwa.- wklch will start la Thm
hiiobu xnrsomy. vraiaaruy la
paper asembles a story akont the writer to let the readers kaow what aa
who ho is. la this ease, Praaco Is farther ant mm tho not ho hma
requested to teU hli owa story. U fet
loan at tat end. I
, By Conrad Prange
Having no intentions of ever becoming a political candidate it
was not necessary that I be born on a farm and I wasn't. How
ever I have never managed to grow too far above the soil. (Ed's,
note he's short, chunky).
When I was born in Portland nearly 30 years ago, my parent
did not predict that I would be president some day. or that I would
leaa my regiment tax battle. I am I
told they only stared and said
nothing.
Sporting a baggy pair of knick
ers, knee-length stockings, large
dow tie and new
haircut, I attend
ed first gradf
school at St Ma
ry's school in Mt
Angel. There tht
patient, good Sis
ters went to the
mat with a small
gang of prisoners
in an attempt to
pound home the
elements of an
education.
The very first day I learned
what to do when I wanted to leave
the cToom, and how to write my
name backwards.
Later, our family (parents, three
brothers and a dog) moved to Sa
lem. In rapid succession I fought
my way through St Vincent de
Paul grade school. Mt Angel
Prep school and Mt Angel col
lege. At the insistent coaxing of the
president and other top military
leaders I girded my loins in a na
vy uniform and threw myself into
the war in 1942. All during the
struggle people used to tell me
that I always looked as though I
had also thrown myself into my
uniform.
I came home to a wife and a
small, noisy daughter, stepped out
of dress blues and joined the 52
20 club. One week later I became
a father to an even noisier son
and landed a job on The States
man. Having never quite elimin
ated that habit of writing my
name backwards my first weeks
on the job were rampant with
confusion.
Now Faces Decision
Finally my boss, who evidently
treats his family kindly in other
moods, told me he was going to
assign me "to a job more in your
line of writing." So for the next
two years I covered (rather well,
I thought) the city and county
jail beats, the state penitentiary
and Fairview home.
Despite heavy duties at the of
fice, in an effort to raise my sal
ary to the point where I could
pay my rent in a single monthly
installment we managed to ac
quire two more children. This
gives us three girls and one boy
and brings up the decision of
standing pat or trying for .a full
house.
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Just aooat covered It, He Is fata
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excelling In discriminating,
feminine tastes . . . perfect
stylings ... end inspired
consultation at no extra
xharge ... you'll want to
make Haley's your "beauty
aids" center ...
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Lots of Free Parking Space North End Sears Bldg.
We Give 8&H Green Stamp 1114 Union Street
Silversmiths
Dial 4-2223
ONE OF THE WEST'S GREAT JEWELRY "STORES
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leaves sat aarthinr Important. UTl
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ho oalceoa mm mi m9 mlm mlmm luh
Bat his seep retard far his hoats stato
sbs valley, his loaf resldeaca sad
wide acq uaintaaeeshJ p la this araa,
his whlauical stylo or oaptossloa (as
his dsTslopasoat as oae of tho host
reporters la the aortawcit saaka him
a "natural" for his new ,assifaaeBt.
His eolama Ceases tho Dawa" will
sparklo. startle, aoedlo. issth. reveal
aad entertain. ItTl start exclusively
la The Oregon Statesmaa aext Tues
day ealneldeat with the start at
Tho StaUsataa's lHUt year at puhU
cauoa.) Audiometer,
Dental Clinics
On Schedule
Immunizations, audiometer test-
ing ana aentai clinics at Marion
county schools feature rthe activi
ties of the Marion county health
department this week.
According to the schedule, re
leased Saturday, the list includes:
Monday Well child conference,
Donald school, 9:30 ajn. to 3 pjn.;
and children immunization at
health department clinic, 9 to 11:30
ajn. and from 2 to 4 pjn.
Tuesday Health examinations
and Immunizations at St Paul
school, 9 a jn. to 3 pjn.; immuniza
tion clinics, Middle Grove and
Swegle, 9 ajxt. North Santiam
school, 10 an. to noon, and Mar
ion school, 1 to 3 pm, and nurse
parent conference. Wood burn li
brary, 130 to 2:30 pjn.-
Wednesday Audiometer test
ing, McKlnley school, 9 to 3 p.m.;
dental clinic, Englewood school, 1
to 3:30 p.m.; chest X-ray clinic and
child guidance clinic, both by ap
pointment . -
Thnrsday Dental clinic, lib
erty school, 9 ajn. to noon; audio
meter testing, McKinley school, 9
ajn. to 3 pjn. and at Eugene Field
school in Silverton fir Victor Point
and Evergreen schools, 9 a in. to
3 pjn and weU child conference
at health department by appoint
ment Friday Milk and food handlers
examinations, blood tests, tuber
culin i es isana immunizations lor
adults, 830 ajn. to 4 p.m.
Saturday Immunizations for
children and adults, 8:30 to 1130
toSJn.
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