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By Jane Eads
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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHAPT.ua A SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher!
Catered at the postofflec at Salem. Oregon, as second claas matter under
frblished every morning. Business
We'll Laugh, Anyway
It's National Laugh Week, they tell us. And
that's all right, as far as it goes J We know right
well who and what, to laugh with, when we are
unable to go it alone. But we don't knowl who
to laugh at. That's the catch. j
We can laugh I right heartily with the
which moistens out verdant valley to assure a
rich summer's growth; with the snow without
.which the 'zero weather of the winter would
have harmed our plants still more; with the
sunshine which bursts the buds and brings the
greenest of greens to the veritable fairyland we
claim? as ours: with the kids and their kites,
marbles, baseballs. ?
; In fact, we can laugh with most anything,
nth is the abundance with which we are bless-
ed. .-!; f 1 - J .
But who to laugh at? Should it be thejmili
tary who claims flying saucers are a myth or
the commentator who claims they are a full
fledged invention of this nation; with the sec
retary of 'defense who claims we can licjk the
"l tar but of Uncle Joe or at the public (ourselves)
who try; to believe it;, at the Unknown Subma
1 line off our coast or at navy in moth-balls; at
the witch-hunters braying on the crimson! trail
x r' at the communists who wouldn't amount to
a hill of beans if we knew some good answers
I to pur problems j V
I There is much to laugh with In this wonder
. fill old world of ours. There is much to! laugh
at, too, but it's a wry chuckle that doesn't know
at what it's aimed. .
j It's National Laugh Week. So j for the time
' being we'll laugh. It'll help our liver. But we're
till puzzled about a few things.
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Let's Fix the Roads We Have
TW Xm wi Vnjnn. DllfAt1ra vfJaal
A iter I d w mcilb Jf uoiuuviv a pivwcu
to defer new highway construction in favor of
. the repair and re-building of presently-deterio-riated
roads. Whether it is essential the! new
construction allocation be halved is for experts
Aswdecide. but certainlv manv of our roads are
ii hmild nnt ho allowed tn remain
cnt state. . ; ' 1
i The same principle is applicable to counties,
too. We need more roads but we need even more
the restoration of j some that we already f have.
There are chuck-holes right here in the Salem
area that could well wreck a car and' bring
death or injury to occupants. , Work has been
vwiic mi sumc vi urcin uui i nam uccu vi m
'temporary nature and aJew weeks of j traffic
have shown that maneyso expended is wasted.
. It is entirely possible; a system of restoration
' can be worked out w hereunder all the modern-
j. bed cow-trails need not be restored now. Little
iued roads can await both the repair of more-
x travelled ones and the 'construction of more
needed ones. But there are many with heavy
traffic which are hot now safe for travel.
I We are not advocating a delay in any essen-
; .1 1 ' A Ll A. . 1 J .
wat new construction. xui wo axe aayocaung
the temporary elimination of "luxury" .high
ways until the state can catch up with Itself in
snaking the most of what roads We have.
Where Are Ethical Controls?
Harry Bridges took a stiff jolt
convicted of perjury for having sworn he was
2bt a communist when he took out U.s citizen
ship five years ago. Hell appeal, beyond doubt,
and the case is not closed. But he is in deeper
trouble than when the immigration service at
prior hearings charged he was deportable be
cause of communist affilationS. j I
There is no need to comment on the trial nor
Its testimony. A jury found Bridges guilty and
French Communists Admit Marshall Plan Aid
.:-.... ! , T ; i ' 1
Has Weakened Their Hold on Working Man
! By J. M. Roberts, Jr. i
, AP foreign Attain Analyct
France's communists havo
themselves become the best sup-'
porting witnesses for the claims
of success made by Marshall plan
; supporters on its second anniver-
(' sary. r i
! On Monday, President Truman,
; General Marshall, Paul Hoffman,
Secretary Acheson and others
claimed that the European recov
ery program had thwarted com
munism and cited It as a vital
Weapon for winning the cold war.
i At the same time. In conven
tion near Paris, French commun
ist leaders were admitting that
lihey had lost a large part of their
hold on the French working man.
- They are failing, they admitted,
to stir up ' French workers on
political Issues, and find it more
and more difficult, to call strikes
for any save economic purposes.
mi m
' One after another, department
leaders -confessed that the num
i ber of communist cells was dwin
i dling. Efforts to stir up antagon
ism against the Atlantic pact have
v boomeraaged.
i . When the communists first an-
pounced their plans. for port
strikes to interfere with shipment
; of American arms to Europe, ob
servers were quick to perceive
that they were cutting their own
.throats. t .
It became evident that interna
tional communism, following Its
inflexible course of opposition to
the Marshall plan, Amerkan-Eu
!ropean cooperation and develop
meat of security measures, was
iabout to sacrifice the political
".prospects of national parties to
Russian ends. j - :
The French communist party
I (will now concentrate on rebuild.
; fang its political, or ideological
fences. The leaders seemed to bo
resigned to smaller party, only
hoping to make It more militant.
This sort of retrenchment is
not, unusual amoeg the commun
Jf favor Suxiy No Fear Shall AvmT
From First Statesman. March XS. ltil
ofneo 11$ 8. Commercial, Salem,
that fact speaks for itself. The company Bridges
has kept for many a long year made him sus
pect. The jury held the suspicion well founded,
on the basis of testimony.
The pattern of legal vituperation provided an
especially interesting, and annoying, angle to
the trial, and Judge Harris felt impelled to act
as did Judge Medina in New York he senten
ced defense attorneys for contempt of court.
Maybe they think the publicity Is worth it. But
such actions are no credit to their profession.
It appears from here that the bar association
could well control such tactics. There is no rea
son our courts of any level should be exposed
to the unbridled abuse of attorneys to whom
decency and dignity and respect are drowned in
the hunt for notoriety and fees. '
rain
All News Not Gloomy
Assuming the reliability of the statistics pre
sented, two separate news stories tins week au
gur well for the future of Oregon's great forests.
W. D. Hagenstein, forest engineer for Pacific
Northwest Forest industries, told the chamber
of commerce there was enough timber In the
state to assure production at least 50 years, and
that with continuance of sustained yield pro
grams there never need be a cessation of cut
ting even after that time. The West Coast Lum
bermen's association said cutting in Western
Washington and Oregon in 1949 was nearly
750,000,000 board feet more than in the preced
ing year and credited advertising and promotion
for much of the increase. All $he news these
days is not gloomy.:
Superintendent for Hillcrest
The new dormitory, school and food service
buildings at Hillcrest state training school for
girls are impressive but where's the new super
intendent? I
The present superintendent resigned in Jan- ,
uary, her resignation to be effective in June.
At that time, if we remember correctly, it was
explained that the effective-date was set in
order to give the board of control plenty of time
to consider carefully; the qualifications of ap
plicants for the job and then to give the Hill
crest head, Mrs. Katharyn Loaiza, plenty of
time to show the new boss the ropes.
Now where's the new superintendent?
in their nres-
Felicitations go to the estimable Grants Pass
Courier which this week is observing its (5th
birthday. The Courier, now in a new and mod
ern newspaper plant, has had its publisher for
53 years Amos E. Voorhies, one of the state's
veritable deans of journalism, and Its present,
stature comprises a lot of his dreams come true.
Our hearty congratulations.
Like father like son. This week's 20-page
Gresham Outlook was staffed by a group, of
University of Oregon Journalism students, and
they did a nice job. Should be no surprise to
those acquainted with George S. Turnbull, long
professor and recently dean of the U. O. jour
nalism school, to find that his son, Stan, was
editor-in-chief of this Issue.
"There are good dams as well as bad dams
but be sure a bad dam isn't depicted as a good
dam," says the Columbia River Packers Assoc.,
Inc., In an ad in the Oregon Voter ... Hot daml
Especially the Snake river one.
when he was
Democratic Candidate for Multnomah Sheriff
Max J. Olshen's platfor (quoted in Oregon
Voter) is: "Lisense (sic) gambling, and conrrol
(sic) same. Slogan: A square deal to all . ."
Makes you aic (sic), doesn't it?
ists. in fact, it has occurred al
most everywhere, including Rus
sia. It may not be entirely duo
to a changed public outlook
brought about by the Marshall
plan. There is evidence that the
party throughout non-communist
nations; is being pointed toward '
agitation and sabotage rather
than political power which may
be unattainable for the time.
But the very desperation of
such a measure if we accept the
theory that there will be no war
now in which the cells would be
come active adjuncts of the Rus
The Safety
FACING FACTS AND FIGURES
To j the Editor:
The United States, under its
democratic administration, has
increased its debt from $72,402,
000,000 in 1942 to 1257,130.000,
000 in December of 1949 and is
constantly increasing it. It is
presently marketing another one
thousand million (one billion)
dollars worth of bonds, going in
to debt for one thousand millions
but receiving only $1,000 for
every $773. Bonds sold previous
ly are now maturing and will
continue to mature in increasing
numbers so more money must be
raised to pay them, as of course
they ,will be cashed in on matur
ity fOr they pay no more interest.
We ire heavily taxed on the
food we eat, the clothes we wear
and everything but the air we
breathe.
j. As I have always said in this
column, to which I have contrib
uted Ifer 17 years, there can bo
but fbne outcome to the above
situation: National banJmiptcy,
unless our crazy spending spree
atop and wc get down to spend
ing less and facing facts and fig
ures.!
t our
statesmen seem intent
only
upon getting re-erected and
act of congress March 1. 1171.
Otcgon. Telepbono 2-244L
sian military testifies to the re
viving strength of the democra
cies, i
Italy has repeatedly beaten off
an armed and military commun
ist party. In England the party
hardly represents a matter of
more than watchful care. In eas
tern Europe the party is involved
in an almost constant purge of
dissidents who probably repres-
ent a greater movement than we
knowi about.
Two years have meant a great
deal. ;
Valve
making .investigations of the
other party more power to 'em.
I can but think of the old saying
."when thieves fall out honest
men have a better chance."
J. E. Putnam
Route 2, Box 428
Salem.
ANOTHER PEARL HARBOR?
To the Editor:
While much concern and all
eyes are turned to Europe and
Berlin, we hear Russia is moving
in on Manila and this seems of
minor importance. Yet we have
reports of submarines lurking on .
our western shores. I trust wo
havo able representatives in
Washington to act for our pro
tection, as I have no confidence
In our' leader who cannot recog
nize an emergency sooner : than
in the late coal strike. In such a
case, the commies could be in
before he would know it. Or
shall It be another Pearl Harbor
which I have read our govern
ment was aware of (the coming
attack) two weeks; in advance
We saw the results in that in
stance. ;
Hilda Storebo
v Silverton. Ore.
By Henry McLemoro
LONDON, England The king,
the queen, and the royal princes
ses had a bit of luck the other
day. I walked
right in front of
them and they
could hot have
helped having a
good look at
me. If
As great as .
their Interest
must have been
in seeing mo
waddle: by, they
were too polite
to stare. But
not hating been
born In a castle I was not too
polite to stare, so I managed to
get an excellent close-up view of
them before I was caught up in
the crowd. j
It would bo hard to find a
nicer looking family than the
royal one of England. Photo
graphs don't do them justice at
all. I'm sure the queen has the
most warming smile I have ever
seen, and the king, if f you can
visualize , the two together, has a
face of strength and gentleness.
As for Princess Elizabeth, she
looks every inch a queen right
now. The word regal was coined
to describe her. -And her sister,
Margaret, is Xive times as at
tractive as even her best photo
graphs, show her to be. If regal
was coined- for Princess , Eliza
beth, peaches and cream was in
vented for a description of Prin
cess Margaret's complexion.
I missed Bonnie Prince Char-
lie, but I guess he was home do
ing a bit of teething 0n an old
crown . he had found around the '
house. I
I wonder what would happen
to the citizens of New York if a
few hundred London bobbies
were shipped over to handle mid
town traffic for a few days. My
guess is that the streets would be
littered with New Yorkers who
had fainted from surprise on
finding that policemen: could bo
extremely polite as well as effi
cient. There is no doubt that the
New York cop is as efficient as
any cop in the world, but his
ability to kill a citizen with kind
ness and courtesy is open to dis
cussion plenty of discussion.'
i Catching a bus in London still
remains the most invigorating
exercise for its millions! of inhab
itants. There is an ijunwritten
rule, apparently, that a bus must
never come to a stop and custo- -mers
must board it on the dead
run and vault off it jj whenever
they figure their chances of get
ting a leg broken are the slight
est !
Many is the mile I have walk
ed in London, as much as I loathe
this form of getting! from one
place to another, rather than
make a flying tackle; j at a bus.
That sort of thing may be all
right at 42 but it can ;
be deadly
at 43.
I If In London you get hungry
for home cooking try to wangle a
card or invitation to the dining
room and cafe run by the Ameri
can Embassy for its I employees.
Ifs just off ' Groveshbr Square
(still known as i z en h o w e r
Platz), and the food
is strictly
stateside.
Tomorrow X am going punting
on the Thames. Not that I know
how to punt anything1 put a foot
ball, but I figure It wills add to my
social standing when 1 get homo
to be able to refer offhandedly
to : the day I nearly! drowned
while punting on the jThames.
(McNaught Syndicate! Inc.) -
Bettor
- By D. C Williams
1. What is wrong with this sen
tence? "He sits in drafts with
i impunity.' i
2. What is the correct pronun-
elation of "exuberance"?
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Ocurrence, concur
rence, temperance, temperamen
tal. :i!
4. What does the word "gar
rulity"' mean? ; i i
i S. What is a word; beginning
with gra that means "use of
lofty language"? M
ANSWERS,
1. Say, "with immunity.- 2.
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GRIN AND DCAR IT
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a Mi .?-y
! If
"We sut took to the future; asc
win go after the
sissBslsMlisllolssBSBsiss
Census Counters ... Salem
lady told census taker, "I was en
umerated in 1940 so why do I
have to bo
counted again?" ?
. . . Crew lead
er reported one
refusal out of
625 citizens
counted . . . man
balked at in
c o m e question
. , . Otherwise
the income que
ry, which rock
eel republicans,
has drawn little
oDDosition . - .
Tabulation of Salem population
possibly out by April 20 and for
rest of Marion county by May 10,
says District Supervisor Cornelius
Bateson.
Scout officials John Klapp aad
Howard Hlgby hauled oat cook
ing eqaipmot to their office
and performed practical exper
iment with Oao jacks ... Laying
aside scout axes and compasses
they estimated if each of 44,000
scoots at national scout Jamboree
this summer eats three flapjacks
for breakfast, stack for one meal
would be XVt times high as Em
pire State building ...
Speaking of stacks . . . Cherry
land , princess contestants pretty
enough this year to be plucked
from a tree . . . Festival judges
urging Bishop-Moderne studio
(supplying publicity ptx free) for
glamour shots . . . Rumor that
judging this year will count more
on downright good looks rather
than on ability to make speeches,
cook, ski, sing or play a roller
piano . . . Festival parade book
ed as biggest ever ... on a Sat
urday . . . maybe with some
Portland Rose festival floats.
Catholic center, nearly complet
ed here, will bo largest of its
Pronounce egg-zu-ber-ans, as
in cube, and not eks-oo-ber-ans
3. Occurrence. 4. Talkativeness.
(Pronounce the m as in role).
"His garrulity was tiresome to
his listeners." 5. Grandiloquence.
Lichty
ravioi
design a lew-peke
that
ry!...
1 2 2
hl 1
wm wb 'fcww.v 'bossssssi
!?
mm
kind la state ... Unemployment
compensation commission says
cafe workers lowest paid pro
fession la this area (they make
semo up ia tips) ... John Steel
hammer, Marion eoanty rep. can
didate, has eye oa hoose speaker
ship ... liiilng up promise votes
from current crop of legislative
candidates ... John had speaker
post in bag Just prior to 1947
election ... -Only bitch was ho.
failed to bag election to house.
Small egg, big yoke ... Woman
panting around in local hattery
... Finally chooses a riotous
creation . . . "That," breathes the
clerk, stunned in admiration at
such good taste, "is part of our
store's Easter decorations.1
Literary
Guidepost
I WAS THESE, by Fleet Admiral
William D. Leahy (Whittlesey
House; $5)
, Leahy may not know his movie
stars, may not care for music, or
endless banquets, either, when
he's at Potsdam or Yalta, and
may be able to Identify Frank
Sinatra only as some one "said
to be a great favorite on the ra
dio." This book admits, in pass
ing, a few things he didn't know:
and admits frankly an occasional
wrong guess, as when he guessed
the A-bomb would be Just an
other weapon ... he says Stalin.
too; acted unimpressed when
Truman hinted at it.
But the explanation is, that for
eight years this author was very
busy with other matters as our
ambassador to Vichy and, for
most of the time, as Chief of
Staff to Roosevelt and Truman.
This concerns extremely vital na
tional and international affairs
on which Leahy was better in
formed than almost anyone else.
The things Leahy did know are
the stuff of history.
His account opens with his as
signment to Vichy, and curiously
that was an instructive jumping
of f point, for personalities associ
ated with Petain keep popping
up almost to the end of his story.
Some official reasoning that
seemed obscure in those years
still seems so, though de Gaule
Tiow lacks the defenders he once
had.
Aside from the Free French
leader, the Russians are of first
importance, with Stalin reason
able on numerous occasions, then
Molotov flaring up in mistrust
of the XJS. and Britain over ne
gotiations for Italy's surrender,
and the "cold war" starting,
Leahy believes, in hot disputes at
Potsdam.
Leahy, closes with the sad re--
flection that in his day armies
and navies didn't war on women
and children, but with the con
viction that, until something like
the UN assumes absolute con
trol, UJ5. security lies in more
and better atom bombs.
Early in the book, which is
based apparently quite closely on
notes, Leahy appears a bit un
bending and drily matter-of tact;
it is hard to imagine Roosevelt
calling him Bill. But by the time
wo reach the end. when Truman
is calling him Admiral, the name
that fits is Bill.
airar nr i ninmran ran
Pass the Liniment
In the spring there's bo
I aoast try to act ia
Br work, aad exercise
- ..ml
But I lack enough ambtttoa
To get really ia condition,
rve got Just enough to keep
stiff aad aura.
J.WJL
. !
Your Health
By Dr. Herman N, Bundensea
We have a great many differ
ent drugs for relieving symptoms
which usually accompany the
menopause or the change of life.
Recently, in order to deter
mine the relative effectiveness of
the various drugs, a study was
made in which they were given
to 200 women. The results indi
cate that while all are not equal
ly good for all patients, every
patient can be helped, by one or
another of the remedies which
are at the command of physicians
today.
Of the various preparations
tried, it was found . that one ,
known as ethinyl estradiol pro
duced its effect with the smallest
dose. From this standpoint. It
was one of the most economical
preparations to use and it was
also easily administered. .How
ever, this preparation ; produced
nausea or sickness at the stomach
more frequently than the others
Itudied. The drug seemed to
produce rapid relief of the symp
toms, but excessive i bleeding
was a common complication.
The symptoms of the meno
pause which seems to be most
severe are headaches, hot flashes,
sleeplessness, nervousness, ana
depression.
In most Instances, prompt re
lief of the symptoms was noted
with the various drugs used. All
of the preparations seemed to
give this relief with equal fre
quency. If relief occurred only grad
ually, headaches appeared to be
the symptom which persisted the
longest. Often, larger doses of tho
preparations were needed to get
rid of the headaches.
Sleeplessness was rapidly con
trolled, as were tho hot flashes.
Nervousness and depression are
the most resistant symptoms and
required the longest time to
overcome.
; -
Some of the patients complain
ed of the return of headaches and
flashes at regular i intervals.
These intervals seem to corres
pond to tho time when the reg
ular period would be expected to
take place. However, increas
ing the dose of the drug used
seemed to suppress symptoms,
even at these times.
It would seem from this study
that the great majority of pa
tients with symptoms due to the
change of life could be given re
life by estrogens, which are gland
extracts from the ovaries that
can be administered by mouth.
Of course, all such preparations
must be administered under the
direction of a physician who will
select the proper one to use in the
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HcGEGHHIST & SOIIS
Downtown Dutch Boy Dealer
US No.
By Jane Eads
WASHINGTON-?3)- Her col
leagues in congress and newsmen
who "cover" Capitol wn are
going to miss
Conrroti. tf??
woman Mary T. t i C""
Morton (D-L.
N J.) next Jan-f
uary. Mrs. Nor-
ton, whose
calm, matronly
demeanor hides
her shrewdness f
and deep un-
aerstanaing oi
civic a f fa i r s,
state and na
tional, announ
ced her retirement recently on
her 75th birthday. She has been
a member of congress 23 years.
Now recovering from pneu
monial influenza which kept her
ior some weeks in Bethesda Nav
al hospital, she missed the large
birthday party planned for her
on the Hill. "Battling Mary," as
she is known sometimes in con
gress "Aunt Mary," affection
ately, to newsmen said her de
cision to retire was a "difficult
one." But, she added:
"My retirement does not mean
that I shall be less interested in
the welfare of my country, state
or district, nor shall I abandon
my deep concern in the problems
of labor." For 10 years from 1937
to 1947, Mrs. Norton headed tho
house labor conimittee becom
ing the first woman chairman of
a major committee. In this cap
acity she fought vigorously for
the wage and hour law. She's
never been active In the labor
union movement. Some men re
sented her. In fact, the first time
she presided, members staged
what she called a "shut-up
strike. She broke ' that up by
starting a quarrel.
She soon let everyone know
she was well able to take care of
herself, and in the house, sha
has always been "just another
congressman." Strictly a politi
cian in her own right, she cams
from the "rough-and-tumble"
New Jersey political district wits
the backing of "Boss" Hague. Sha
was the democratic" party's first
congresswoman when she cams
here in 1924. She had been th
first woman chairman of a stats
political convention and first
woman chairman of a state party.
For seven years she served as
unofficial "mayor" of Washing
tonchairman of the house com
mittee on the District of Colum
bia. Mrs. Norton was largely res
ponsible for passage of the bill
legalizing boxing for the district,
a pastime which had been ban
ned since 1880. She has been a
perennial sponsor of legislation
to grant District of Columbia
residents national representation
in congress.
Caution, Curve Ahead
On twisting mountain roads
If you speed, nobody cares.
They reserve speed limit signs
For the six-lane thoreugMares.
J.W.8.
right dose, as well as tell when
and if estrogens are to be used, i
They are, however, not employed 1
in most cases until the menstrual
periods have stopped.
quEsnoNS and answers
N.N.: Are there any hormones
or vitamins that will prevent tho
hair from becoming thin?
Answer: I know of no vitamins
or hormones which would have
any effect on such a condition.
(Copyright. 1930. King Features)
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