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JU-Th nimcnu Cdin Oregon. Tn day, Mdrdi-1 1850 "No Favor Swayi Ut, No Tear Shall AhT Press rint Statesman. March it, 1SS1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 4 CHAP JCR A SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher Entered mi the pestefflee at Sale, Oreron, as second dam matter uder act ef congress March S, 1S7H rahUabad eyery morning. Business afflca Z1S 8. Commercial. Salem. Oregon. Telephone 2-244 L POP Support for Acheson This week "a whole croup of (republicans' led by Senator Bridges of New Hampshire will begin an organized drive r to blast Secretary of State Dean Acheson out of office and put an and to his "total diplomacy" policy, . The down-with-Acheson 'campaign has been cutting quite a swath on the grass-roots level. The Oregonian is sniping at Acheson's recent talks. One of the most ill-informed and pet tily partisan assaults we've seen comes from the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier which called Acheson's policy "weasely, blindly ineffective, entirely unassuming and ridiculously infantile." To make things worse, democrats In congress have not rallied to Acheson's support. He has 'no personal political following, no political background and the majority party has given pim none. All he has is President Truman's personal "unlimited backing." The state department does have the support of some outstanding republican leaders, how ever.'' Former Secretary of State -Henry L. gtimson strongly urged "adjournment of mere partisanship." In Senators Vandenberg, Dulles and Cabot Lode, jr., the bipartisan foreign policy had Its most illustrious co-authors and most effective support. But Vandenberg is ill and Dulles is out. Their loss is a below-the-belt blow to the bipartisan concept and, equally, to the total diplomacy idea. ' In an effort to meet the threat to bipartisan ship, Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse proposed appointment of a republican undersecretary of state to help formulate and implement a "truly bipartisan foreign policy." He further recom mended that the state department be more diligent in consulting congress before any in ternational commitments or agreements are made. The first suggestion is a political maneuver to get partisan support for bipartisanship. How well 'a republican undersecretary would serve -he cause of bipartisanship would depend upon the caliber of the mafiv The second suggestion calling for closer ties between congress and state department is completely sound and ur gently necessary. The fact is, Acheson has al ready indicated he intends to revert to Cordell Hull's practice of "briefing" key senators on all aspects of world affairs at a "series of con ferences." He has already started taking his case to the, people in a series of public addresses. But there may not be time for Acheson to win the confidence of congress and of the people if the republican group that opposes him beats him to the punch. That is why The Statesman urges the Im mediate organization of a defense force in con gress. The republicans who hold the interests of the United States above narrow partisan op portunism should lead a counter-attack against the anti-Acheson j drive by Bridges and Mc Carthy. Since the democrats evidently are cared to speak up tot the one man in the ad ministration who has the intelligence anft prin ciples and foresight to press America's vantage In the cold war with Russia, then it is up to responsible, patriotic republicans to see that Acheson is not lost. The secretary pt state cannot win the war Ingle-handed. He has appealed to the whole r country to join up. His own party has ignored the challenge. Let the republicans take it up. We look to men like Wayne Morse and Cabot Lodge, jr., to fill the positions of leadership vacated by Vandenberg and Dulles. Their ser U. S. Losing Cold War Abroad, While Senators 'Bellow1 About Less Menacing Reds at Home By Joseph Abep FRANKFURT, Germany, March 27 While Washington is distrac ted with such urgent matters as tenator aacvar- thy'a blatant V Red hunt. It Is VTv7 probably hard- I vvy ly worth men- L' S Vt tioning that we V' are losing the A- cold war here in . , " ya, " - ! uermany. xe4 this is the cen-fH 3 tral fact Unless we take bold preventive measures, we mi m ramirt 'lis- for defeat In the cold war here within two or three years at - most. ' v The danger does not lie in such much-publicized menaces as the , revival of German nationalism. The danger lies, rather, in the Kremlin's adoption of new cold war tactics of terror, and in the Kremlin's possession of strength . to make those tactics work. The Russian strength directly threatening German, is impres sive. The Soviet army in the East zone is now a powerful force of 250,000 men. Because they have been liberated from routine oc cupation duties by the hireling East German, police, these Rus rian troops are wholly engaged In hard combat training. They have recently been receiving im portant shipments- of merchan dized and other new equipment. A supporting airfield net, in cluding fields capable of taking the Russian imitation B-Z3, is now being completed. - In addition, there is the new German army now-being created In the East zone, which will even tually comprise eight to twelve divisions. This - force will not perhaps be reliable for serious combat. -But It win certainly be good enough to produce the most far-reaching psychological ef fects in Western Germany. In the face of these and many Cooperative Don't be surprised to find a census-taker on your doorstep on Thursday or Friday. The local crews of enumerators are taking a '"prac tice" count late this week but the real inven tory doesn't begin until the scheduled starting date, April 1. And that's just what the national census is an inventory of the nation. : Any attempts to make something more out of it are simply foolish. Certain republican congressmen have tried to make political cap ital out of certain questions the census bureau is asking, especially the plan to ask every fifth family in the country the sources and amounts of its income. The U. S. government is no nosy busybody. Its inventory of America's population, standard of living, buying power, wealth and so on is "completely impersonal and completely confi dential. It's like a storekeeper counting how many cases of split pea soup he has on hand, or a farmer listing how many fence posts he'll have to replace. One individual, to the census indexing machines, means no more than one split pea or one splinter; it's only in the ag gregate and when broken down into meaning ful groups that the census figures become use ful. They are useful to a great many different interests. For instance, the family income question this year. is included at the request of such organizations as local chambers of com merce who need to have accurate figures on the purchasing power of their communities. The "bathtub7 question is no attempt to pry into matters of cleanliness but a means of deter mining the potential market for plumbing fix tures. And the enumerator is trained and trusted not to blab your secrets to the lady across the street! Figures revealed by the census are important for many other reasons; In a rapidly-growing state like Oregon, in a population-gaining city like Salem, information about the number and ages of children is vital to school authorities who have to plan when and where and how much to expand school facilities. Population concentration figures in urban and rural areas are needed by city and county officials in pre paration of road-building programs and long range planning. . The agriculture questionnaire which has been in the hands of the farmers for about a week is just one other facet in the census bureau's task of getting a complete, true picture of the United States of the people, the houses they live in, the farms that feed them, the money they live on. Marion county farmers' can help a lot to speed the work of the enumerator if they will have the forms filled out when the census taker calls at their homes. That way he can ask the population information and get on about his business. Filling out that questionnaire, answering the enumerator's questions promptly and frankly and in a fairly friendly fashion, even if he? catches you in the middle of diapering the baby or plowing the south 40, are how we can all cooperate in this great, every -decade task of taking stock of ourselves. other Soviet and satellite armies deployed in Eastern Europe, we are visibly failing to organize any serious defense. Neither the Russians nor the Western Ger mans are in the least deceived by Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson's loud claims on this point Their reaction to our weakness is already apparent. The Russian reaction Is the proj ect for a new Berlin blockade, of which the Free German Youth rally in Berlin on May 28th Is only the beginning. The Krem lin is probably not yet ready for a final showdown. The Berlin project may probably still be aborted by absolute Western firmness. Yet the mere fact that such an astonishingly provocative project has been launched at this time clearly says two things. - First, the Kremlin is already feeling the Increasing boldness that flows from confidence of su perior strength. - Second, shows of Russian force and exposures of Western weakness are now to be the chief Kremlin tactic in the cold war in Europe. It hardly matters whether the Berlin proj ect is aborted, provided the So viet margin of hard military su periority is permitted to increase still further. In that event, we must soon expect even larger and more threatening demonstrations against us, which we shall be un able to counter. For this cold warfare of men ace, the Western Germans, like the rest of the Western Euro peans, are utterly unprepared. A mere failure to defend the ex posed Western positions in Berlin will convince every German that Soviet victory is ultimately in evitable. Once that conviction has somehow been conveyed, the vast majority of Germans, al though staunchly anti-communist today, will hasten to come to terms with their prospective new masters. The Soviets are so sure of the success of their new tactics that ' vices would not be just to a democrat whose career is at stake, but to the United States ;whose terribly important foreign policy hangs in the balance. Census they are already hard at work preparing to exploit their antici pated victories. At a recent din ner in Dusseldorff, this corre spondent found that each of the seven big Industrialists at the ta ble were being almost daily be sieged with generous! business offers and flattering soft words by East German emissaries of the Soviet high command. While thus attempting to in filtrate the citadel of the German right wing, jthe Soviets are also making a concerted effort to de stroy the sorely over-burdened West German economy, by pour ing in further floods of expellees and refugees from the East. In their fore-handed way, they have also organized their own pet ex treme right wing party in the" East zone. This is the National Democratic party, headed by one of Goebbels's former chief assist ants, Lothar Bolz, with the in fluential Catholic member of the old German general staff. Gen. Vincenz Muller, as party secre tary. It is to serve as an East West bridge when the time comes. AH these Soviet efforts and preparations will come to noth ing, unless the Western Germans begin to despair. Indeed, despair is the only real danger in Ger many. But in the aftermath of the second World War, and in the dark shadow of Soviet power, the Germans are perilously close to despair already. A single Amer ican failure for the final re sponsibility is .wholly ours-will push the Germans over the dam. Then all of Germany will irre sistibly move Into the Soviet camp. . This will be defeat, final, to tal and irrevocable. This, in short, is a problem that deserves the attention of Senator McCar thy, Senator Wherry and the other men like them, who bellow - about "Reds" at home, and mean while, with every vote, continu ously forward Soviet purposes abroad. Coprrlcht. 1950 Mew York Hertld Tribune Inc. - i . i THtS IS A LOTJ OUGHT' f t THOUGHT n I 4 Disappearing Act Intrigues Touring Hank By Henry McLemore ABERFOYLE, Scotland. March 27 Here In lovely Perthshire County, almost in the shadow of Ben Lomond, is a modest little hill with a Douglas fir atop it Ijlon't know who owns it but I am going to find out and see if I can ar range for its purchase and; have it shipped1 to the United States. The little hill is known to the Scots as Faery Knowe and the well-believed legend hereabouts Is that if a man (or woman or child, for that matter) climbs to the summit and walks around the tree seven times he will dis appear into thin air. It has to be seven times. Six times around and a fellow is as safe as can be, but let him make seven full circles and he will take off into the air as if jet propelled, never to return. The magic powers of Faery Knowe have been in existence for centuries, and you couldn't get an Aberfoyle man to risk seven trips, around that fir for all the money in the bank of Scotland, and you know what a Scotsman will do for the old cab bage. The last man to brave seven trips was a minister and they'll swear by the beard of Ben Lo mond that he disappeared just as if the earth had opened up and swallowed him. It was here in Aberfoyle that Sir Walter Scott wrote a great many of his nov els, and the story goes that Sir Walter once made six and a half trips around the tree and was just beginning to take off when ah admirer of his work grabbed him by the coat tails just in time. Against the advice of Mr. Nich olson, of the Scottish Travel Bu reau, who was with me when I arrived in Aberfoyle, I climbed to the top of Faery : Knowe, de termined to give the legend the old school try. This is a fairy tale of the high est order, I told myself, and I quit believing fairy tales when I was a youngster. So I took off, walking with what I hoped was a firm and manly step. After six round trips 111 swear that I started to feel a little light in the head, and could hear strange voices singing to the music of what I took to be harps. I was just beginning on my seventh lap when the idea of buying Faery Knowe came to me. It struck me all of a sudden bow valuable this bit of Scottish land scape would be if I could get it back to the States. How much do you think the republican party would pay me to set it up in Washington and not tell the democratic senators and congressmen anything about its magic powers? I figure $10, 000,000 a conservative estimate, provided the republicans could fool the democrats into marching around the tree seven times. And what a blessing the tree would be at the United Nations meetings?. Put it up just outside the main building at Lake Success and when Vishinsky was vetoing right and left and calling us bad names, have someone suggest in a friendly manner that he take seven strolls around the tree atop Faery Knowe and cool off. What a sight (if a man disappearing McLflll THE BOTTOMLESS Yum 0 A , n w a a n o rr One of the nicer things about writing a column is you get paid for it. Also, you have an excuse for: not being handy when a" fire needs cov ering. So I'm! glad Tm here. Most column ists, especially thdsc who dredge up the hottest scoops and the rumiestl rumors, roll! along in Well- defined crrooves.1 Any writer, worth his weight In gold (?) wouldn't dare face his type writer without these special gimicks. First, there is the series of dis jointed news flashes, separated by periods. This style is de signed to (1) save space, (2) shave off useless nouns, adverbs 'and dangling opinions, leaving only the bare quivering rumor, and (3) usually leads the reader irresistibly along; to a severe case of eye strain. Frinstanee (and these are trae) . . . Salem Atrpert Man ager Charles Barclay, back from tear ef west coast airfields, says Salem field best ea coast far city this size ... Wemaa filed dl veree complaint in 8alea saying her allerzy (bad eyesight, ner Toannii. hives and shingles) ag gravated by husband . . . Federal revenne agents In this area checking heck eet ef local firm fee beok-Jacgling emplojres warming hears ... Sheriffs of fice reports local chicken thieves aslng spray device which pats f ewls te sleep enabling roost rebbers te bag fowls for a home into the nowhere can be called a sight) that would be. And what wouldn't the tax payers chip in and pay me for rent Just to have the Bureau of Internal Revenue, marching 100 abreast, go seven laps around this pretty but lethal bit of Scottish real estate? I will have to cable home for GRIN AND BEAR IT v : l P TMfcfcL. -11 Bs&iSSSK5f "That's the yeanger generation for yea! . . . want a reason why they sheald respect the elder generation . . . PIT O Then, nearly all columns, whose scribes are close to the people, dig up several gutty items daily which are designed to ex pose something or other. This is often called. "Laying It On the Line." Some unearthed gems are calculated to prod average reader into reaching for his gun, writing a nasty letter to the mayor or having a good cry. So get this (true, too): New state office bafkUng sprang cracks recently ... small ones ... photographer wanted to prove 'em small ... contractter superintendent wont let ealp popper la ... so maybe those cracks WEKE big. Political scene Gene Ma lecki, not missing a handshake, campaigned with might and main in town of Marquam other day . . . Mangled a score of mitts before told that Marquam is in Clackamas county. Any AS calibre columnist asmally feels that be (and he aJoae) sees eye to eye with George Washington. The Com men Man, Aristotle and Old Grandad. He weald rather be stabbed with a doll adjective than pass ap a chance te so and off ea the Ked Menace, Home. Mother, Free Enterprise and Peace lie sometimes wiu, 11 in a particularly bitter mood, run poetry. Not ordinary verse, but something with Zip! Like: A patio Leaves less to mow. J. W. S. Hard telling what sort of a rut this column will fall into. But anyway, we're started. Hello, everybody! money to buy Faery Knowe, but I figure it is worth it. Of course, I am going to test it out before I hand over any cash. I am go ing to go the seven full laps to morrow, so if you don't hear from me any more youll know that I didn't waste my money on a bad thing. (MeNaught Syndicat. Inc.) by Lichty vi ays in By Jane Eads WASHINGTON -tP)- Children who need hospital care have a special claim upon our general concern for the . eaucauon or au r the nation's .. - ) children, cava . r Oscar R. Ewing, federal securitv a d m i lustra tor. "Sick children," I he says, "are all I too frequently ly w r iorceo to give up all school like experiences during the ner iod thev are in hospitals. Educational opportuni ties in hospitals must be extended still further if our boys and girls are-not to suffer a double handi cap." In attempting to show ways in which school can be brought to the hospitals, the VJS. Office of Education has released a bulletin "School in the Hospital". It was written by Dr. Romaine P. Mac kie the office's specialist for schools for the physically handi capped, and Margaret Fitzgerald, Literary Guidepost THE UNKNOWN PATH, by Ann Meredith (Random House: $2.75) Oliver Youngman, successful Edgecumbe merchant in Victori an England in the 1870s, has a wife Gertrude, a Victorian; three ' daughters who range from Vic torian to Edwardian; and, as this novel opens, a seductive new and youthful employee, Lily Brown, in the trimmings department. Lily is modern. She and Oliver, who is still at 42 a handsome man brimful of life, fall in love. -I , want it all, the sun, the moon and the stars," says one daugh ter; and so do Lily and Oliver, though they tread an unknown path full of unexpected dangers. Despite a suggestion of melo- - drama in Gertrude, this is a Ca vorsome story of several very convincing and sympathetic peo ple, told with an unusual forth Tightness. Bettor English By D. C Williams 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "He was born the fourth of March." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "delinquent"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Bavarian, subterran ian, historian, chameleon. 4. What does the word "pan acea mean? 5. What is a word beginning with la that means "incapable of being avoided"? ANSWERS 1. Say, "He was born on the fourth of March." 2. Pronounce de-ling-kwent, not de-lin-kwent. 3. Subterranean. 4. A remedy for all diseases; a cure-alL (Pro nounce pan-a-se-a, first a as in pan, e as in see, accent third syl lable). "His faith In God was a panacea for all his Ills." 5: In vv ... Is coming to townl You'll like Min. So watch pa pin for exciting ' news I a You have data for this event. 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