1 The Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, May 13, 193T
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" -I- THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
! CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor! and Publisher
Entered at the postofflce at Salem, Oregon, as second class matter under act of centres March S. Ilia
Published every morning. Business office 115 S. Commercial, Salem, Oreton. Telephone 2-2441.
Mr. Truman Makes a Call
A rather cockyTruman visited the northwest
this week. He is still chuckling over the way he
confounded the prophet! and won the 1948 elec
tion. He js still fightings republicans and. blam
ing themj with failure of his program to march;
and he ii taking credit for happiness and pros
perity. In" fact one reporter dubbed his train the
happiness special." j
But it b doubtful If the president made much
political hay on this rionpoliticaI trip. Those of
his faith were rejuvenated. Those on his ticket
basked under -his enignant smile. But his
speeches) were chiefly reprints of his former
statements, sometimes localized not too happily.
Presidehjt Truman condemned failure of congress
to approve the Hell's canyon dam, though it is
a tardy Arrival in the list of northwest projects.
He criticized defeat of the basin account scheme
which br the way it was worded would have
built upjvirtually an independent oligarchy out
here. At! Grand Coulee he took a crack at pri
vate power Interests as obstructionists though
in the northwest the private companies have not
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iwimcu t""vu'u"UfcT;;
and have been major distributors
power. to ine peopie ai xcecuuimy uv wat.
Mr. Trumanf endorsed a Columbia valley ad
ministration after the Tennessee valley model
and disclaimed any intention to strip control of
water rights from states. The unification he urg
ed however could be attained in better form
through the recommendations of the Hoover
commisslion. He has made "no move to adopt the
commission's recommendations on reorganiza?
tion of tihe interior department or creation of a
department of natural resources. The last seems
a far wjser solution" of the problem than a re
gional Authority. j
Out htre there is no argument over the devel
opment of our natural resources. There is dis
pute over how it should be done. Most of the
people Oppose a quasi-independent valley au
thority; land in Oregon the public ownership Idea
has made comparatively little headway. In his
st&td thje president seems to be a captive of the
demo-socialist contingent which has long run
Washington" and is trying to -grab control in
Oregon, j . " v""
We like to have the president visit us; but we
of the northwest prefer to write our own ticket
on many! of the current issues. : "
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(Warnings
Threats arise for the lowlands
xrom rains and melting snow and ice pour off
the roof of the continent down the trough of the
Columbia river. With snow density higher over
the northwest watershed than in 1948 and water
content greater, the possibilities of serious floods
re foreseen by authorities. They are taking
steps to meet eventualities, to the extent they
can in tljie time remaining. r "
The real disaster iri 1948 was the breaking of
the railroad fill which permitted the flooding
of Vanport. Since then fills abd dikes have been
strengthened so recurrence; is not anticipated.
Then it was the coincidence of high waters from
- fJK- -v.u.mu.u mu
heavy rains and rapid melt that caused the dam
age. Odds are against such a coincidence; but
peopleln1 the danger belt can't afford to gamble.
This time at,least they are -being; forewarned.
Hard Choice Now Face to Face With Acheson;
i His Decision, Efforts Hold Fate of World
By Joseph
.LONDON, May
AUop If
12 It miy
)us to be rfe
1 drama by a
be a little ridiculous
minded of classical
.modern foreign
ministers 'meet
ing, with Its
dusty routine
of high 'and. low
level discus
sion, complex
secret position
papers, and
elaborate ly
phony public
communiques.
Yet. it Dean
Acheson would
only indulge In a soliloquy
or r
two, he would not be hopelessly
miscast as the tragic hero of this
crucial London gathering. i
The right parallel, perhaps, is
the "Berenice" of Racine, j In
Racine's play, the Emperor Tl-
tur is hopelessly in love with !
Queen Berenice, at. the moment I
when he inherits the Roman
empire. Reasons of state make !
It necessary for the Roman em- j
peror to abandon the foreign
queen. The conflict in Titus be- j
tween love and duty in turn pro- t
vides the drama. j
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1 In point of fact at the moment ;
described by Racine, Titus was I
considerably, over 40, while;
Queen Berenice was a ripe siren
of over 60. Racine's version of i
Roman history is probably a bit
exaggerated. Furthermore, one :
suspects, that the conflict that :
troubles politicians Is seldom be-
tween love and duty. For Ache j
son here In London, for ex-1
ample, the conflict is between '
duty and convenience.
There is a large group ot high i
officials, of course, who can nev- ;
er experience this extremly
gainful conflict. To be specific,
ecretary of the Treasury John j
Snyder has In recent months i
used his contacts with finance
ministers on this side of the At
lantic to sabotage the western :
defense, effort But Snyder does ;
not even faintly understand the ;
vast world problems that make
a solid western defense so ur-
gently necessary. On the other
hand, Snyder knows that build
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"No Favor Sways Vs, No Fear Shall .Atce
From First Statesman. March ZS. 1151
Rogers for Commissioner
On the republican ticket the only, competion
for a county office is on the commissionership.
Incumbent E. L. Rogers is opposed by Alfred
J. ZielinskL
Our endorsement goes to Rogers. He has made
good as commissioner. His opponent was turned
down by the voters two years ago when he ran
against Roy Rice. We know of no special quali
fication he has for the office. ; v
Rogers" has had the experience of one term
and prior to that experience with county road
work. Behind his somewhat weathered counten
ance is a shrewd intelligence. He isn't much for
talk, buf his head is working and his thinking
is clear and sound. Give Rogers another term.
Price Rise in
Natural rubber
s1 bounced sky .high under cartel manipulation,
of federal Belatedly it has been repeating toe performance
Belatedly it has
after the second world war. In December natur
al rubber sold at 17 cents a pound. Now It is
up to 28 cents.
One reason for
is unsettled conditions in the far east. Traders
in East Indies
the currency that
Synthetic, rubber
its production is
expected to rise
raw rubber.
Thus shifts in
side of the globe
Senate democrats are finally getting up cour
age to reply to Sen. McCarthy. For weeks 'they
seemed to hide behind their desks and let him
spout. 'Now they are sounding off themselves.
Sen. Chavez of New Mexico, himself a loyal
Catholic, accused Budenz, converted back to the
church from, communism, of using the cross as
a club. The democrats, though, are in large de
gree responsible lor letting McCarthy rave on
and on with no effective rejoinder.
Senator Mundt has announced that represen
tatives of 60 organizations will meet in Chicago
to form a united anti-communist front. If ihey
do that they can't afford to lose. Come the re
volution and a red attorney general would have
ready made a new list of "subversive organiza
tions" and candidates for concentration camps.
when waters
"Big Counterfeit Ring Smashed," say the pa
pers. If there' is one crime men can't get away
with very long it is counterfeiting. But like a
moth to the flame men keep trying to make and
pass phony money.
Wake up, folks! Salem seems to have a real
ball team. .
Congress says no A-bombs to our European
allies. Is it afraid some might be tossed back
this way?
ing a western defense wall cost
money, and , that finding the
funds will be highly inconveni
ent for him, both personally and
politically. There is no conflict,
and Snyder sabotages away, ur
ging his finance minister friends
to "hold down the generals,"
with a clear conscience. !
'.
1 : The difference of Aeheson's
position was almost grimly evi-
aent,. wnue he was speaking so
eloquently at the Pilgrims' din
ner. In contrast - to his more
complecent colleagues pt the
Truman administration, Acheson
does understand the world prob
lems very clearly indeed.' He al
so knows very well what must be
done about - these world prob
lems, beginning with ; a solid
western defense effort, and go
ing on from there to the trouble
some political organization of
the west,' the Infinitely difficult
solution of the German question,
and so on. i
It is precisely the fact, of
course,4 that Acheson has; know
ledge and understanding; which
has made him the chosen target
of McCarthy, Wherry and the
others like them. ' i '
For men like these, "Oiere is
safety in stupidity and I positive
danger in intelligence. Given the
fact that Aeheson's Intelligence
Is marred by a strong strain of
rather- silly arrogance, and the
further fact that he rashly took
a highly exposed position con
cerning China, Acheson was
bound- to be attacked by . the
hard core Isolationists.
But Aeheson's troubles with
congress are mere by-play. The
real drama is internal. Specific
ally, Acheson is visibly aware
that greatly Increased American
efforts and sacrifices are now
absolutely essential. In order to
create: his "hard conditions of
fact" that will halt Soviet ag
gression. But he Is also well
aware that It will be highly In
convenient, even downright
gruelling, to secure consent for
- these efforts and sacrifices from
the president, the congress and
the country. i
' Such Immense stakes have
rarely been Involved In any
struggle within a single tndl-
statesman
Rubber
still has plenty of stretch to
vi w" w"c M1C luuucriw
been repeating the performance
the price rise in raw rubber
prefer rubber stocks to some
floats around in that region,
is still sold at 18 cents and
increasing; but tire prices are
because of the greater cost of
-
economic breezes ort the other
affect what Americans ride on.
duaL If Acheson lacks the cour
age to do what is needed, it is
clear that the Truman adrninis
tration will do nothing. Messrs.
Bevin and Schuman are quite
unable to do anything. Hence at
this great turning point in Lon
don, it is also clear that if Ache
son's fine words are not trans
lated Into American deeds, the
western front against Soviet ag
gression will rapidly disinte
grate. It is interesting to speculate
on why Acheson has waited so
long to come to grips with the
world realities he must always
have understood. Perhaps, as a
newly appointed secretary of
state, he felt bound to give a
fair trial to President Truman's
personal theory of the cold war
that "everything's going to
be all right" as the president so
often says.
Undoubtedly, also, Acheson
has himself been deceived, as
other men have been deceived,
by -what may be called the great
committee illusion. A western
union is formed, and commit
tees and headquarters, prolifer
ate plans for the defense of
western Europe. An Atlantic
pact is signed, and committees
and staffs proliferate plans for
the defense of the western world.
It Is hard to remember, even for
a very high official, that all this
bustle and activity can be per
fectly meaningless, as in fact it
has very nearly been to date. a
In any case, the time for fud
ging and improvising and hoping
for the best Is now over. Be
tween duty and convenience, be
tween the hard way and the easy
way, Acheson must now choose.
Being conspicuously human, he
may prefer the easy way which
lds, delightfully, comfortably,
but rather directly, to disaster.
It: seems a better bet, however,
that he will choose the hard way
which leads, windingly. over
hard ground, past many men
aces, to the survival of the free
world. .
In these circumstances. Ache
son's choice would be worth
watching as a mere moral spec
tacle, even If the futures of all
of us were not bound up in it.
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generally, ran to 50,000 and more.
The Statesman has been skeptical
of these estimates, though it
guessed that the annexation of
West Salem would Insure a 50,
000 count When a boom is on,
people get the "Spirit and become
over-optimistic with their lead
pencils. This has happened be
fore with many communities and
chamber of commerce estimates
were sadly deflated when the ac
tual count was made. i
Do not scold the enumerators.
They did a thorough job. Doubt
less some were missed, but they
would be only a handful. Any
way,, the count stands, subject of
course too late additions or dis
covery of error. -
It Is of Interest to. review' the
record of the census of Salem in
years past. Reports for the census
in the years 1880 and 1890 are
uncertain because the count was
taken by precincts which-included
territory in and out of the city.
For other years the count was as
follows: -
18701,139
19004,258 . .
191014,094 J
192017,679
193026,268
194030,908 I
1950 43,064 (preliminary)
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At any rate, Salem Is a city,
and a city that is on the march.
Maybe we are better offjthat the
additional 6,936 (to make 50,000)
are not here yet to complicate
our traffic and housing and school
problems. They are coming. Bar
ring war or catastrophe, Salem
will pass the 50,000 mark not.
many years hence. And there are
still a good many residents of Sa
lem who prefer it as it WAS.
. The Mason-Dixon line was
surveyed by two British survey
ors, Charles Mason and Jeremiah
Dixon, beginning in 1763.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
"Tea might as well answer all their
yeoog eneegii te Udak
New Mdp, Russian Projection,
Ways
in
By Jane Ead
" WASHINGTON - UP) - When
Harry Truman was suddenly
shunted into the presidency five
years ago Mrs. Truman is said
to have cried at -v
tne prospect oi t
being first lady.
na iui cllij it
tiring, home
loving person,
M r s. Truman
made no -bones
nhniit Hislikinff
her surround-f
-rouna-1 I
en she,
fromfir- -
life torV. Vv: -?s t
House "i. Xaw VI
ings when she V.
moved
private life
be White
mistress. E v en
In 1948, when her husband was
elected top man in the govern
ment, she was quoted as wishing
only to go "home" to Indepen
dence, Mo., and "settle down"
But when she realized that
fate seemed to .have other' plans
for her, she made the best of the
deal. With quiet dignity, com
petence and wifely , understand
ing, she has adjusted herself to
the limelight Np longer f self
consious before the public, she
does not seem to mind folks
Better; English
By D. C. Willista.
1. What is 'wrong : with this
sentence? "He acquired pneu
monia while, on his business
trip." '
2. What Is
nunciation of
the correct
''grievous"?
pro-
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Surveyor, surrep
titious, surveilance, surfeit.
4. What does
pardize" mean?
the word "jed-
5. What is a 'word beginning
with si that means "a smirk"?
ANSWERS
1. Say, "He contracted pneu
monia." 2. Pronounce greev-us,
not greev-i-us, often heard. 3.
Surveillance. 4. To expose to loss
or injury. (Pronounce first syl
lable jep, e as in bet). ''Sur
render might mean the jeopard
ing of their future." 5. Simper.
by Lichty
questions new, while they're still
yea kaow Uie answer..."
Wash
ington
pressing around her, ogling her
every move, wanting to touch
her, familiarly calling her "Bess.
She has become more clothes
conscious, dresses stylishly but
with taste. Her hats are prettier
1 and much more becoming. She
gets a permanent every four
months, wears a light rose polish
on her nails and loves corsages,
especially orchids. She even
went on a slimming diet last
year along with the president,
losing 20 pounds.
Now, Mrs. Truman, who re
cently observed her 65th birth-
' day, actually seems to enjoy her
role. She poses agreeably for
cameramen, is more comfortable
with the press. Bess Truman,
however, will always remain
' Bess Truman. One feels she still
hankers to do her own house
work, still prefers meetings of
her PEO Sisterhood, a secret na
tionwide women's philanthropic
and educational organization, to
White House functions and state
dinners.: still looks to the day
when she can shop again for her
own groceries back in Indepen
dence. ' 1 '
The first lady has steadfastly
refused to hold press conferences
or to make speeches. I think
she'd rather exchange recipes
and house hold hints with friends.
. She has left the speech-making,
the news conferences and policy
statements to her husband
throughout his career as senator,
vice president and president.
Nevertheless, she was considered
a strong source of personal sup
port during Mr. Truman's tough
political campaign. Though she
didn't do any active campaign
Ing, she was at his side on the
back platform or his "whistle
stop" tour of the country and at
many of the important big ral
lies.
The president calls her "The
Boss," "Boss Lady" and "Gen
eral Manager." He reads his
speeches to her. He values her
judgment She has a keen mem-
ory for faces' and names. She
never fails to extend a warm
handshake and say "Hello, Jane.'
when we meet for instance. She
nods friendly recognition across
top dignitaries when she can't
get close.
Vishinsky Hears
UN's Trygve Lie
MOSCOW. May 12-tiPV-Trygve
Lie, secretary-general of the Uni
ted Nations had his first meeting
with the Soviets today In his ef
forts to compose east-west differ
ences. He talked for an hour and a
half with Russian Foreign Minister
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, who former
ly headed the Soviet delegation to
the U.N. No details were an
nounced, but the length of the
meeting Indicated that they cov
ered a wide range of subjects.
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Safety
Valve
Dayllrlit SaTin Is
Unpopular oa Fanu . -;.;
To the Editor:
I am writing to let the law
makers know what most of us
fanners here in Pedee think of
daylight saving time. We don't
like it I attended the Farmers
Union convention In Salem this
spring and they took a vote on
It. Th majority voted against
. changing the time, but it passed
- regardless of what the farmer
wanted.
Here are a few of my reasons
against . daylight saving. Our
. cows dont like it They refuse
to come up to be milked in the
t middle of the day, and again
! before daylucht of a morrumf.
' They have failed in their milk
production too. Our chickens
dont like it They refuse to come
for their feed, and' be locked in
for the night, before the sun
goes down. Our school children
that ride the bus don't like it
They get up before 'daylight in
order to catch the bus. They get
home at midday, and play
around, waiting for the time
(right time) to go to bed. Be
side farming, my husband works
in a mill, twelve miles from
home. He has to get up at five
ajn. (four ajn. standard) in
order to get his chores done and
off to work on time. He is
through at 5 pjn. and gets home
at 4 pjn. (standard). He is al
ways hungry, and wants his din
ner when he gets home. ThatJ
means, l start my dinner at lour
o'clock (daylight saving). Three
o'clock (standard), right In the
middle of a hot day.
If this is not reason enough
why I don't like it, I might add
more next time.
Mrs. Ethel Dodge
Monmouth, Ore. (Pedee)
Route 2, Box 128.
Seasonal Limits
Affect 3 Per Cent
Of Jobless Claims
Seasonal restrictions affect less
than 3 per cent of all claims for
unemployment benefits, the state
unemployment compensation com
mission reported Friday.
Employes of industries which
are declared to be seasonal can't
secure benefits during the off
seasons, according to a state law
which is Nan issue In the current
political Campaign and probably
will be up for legislative action
in 1951.
Changes made bv the 1949 leris
lature will affect eligibility of few
seasonal workers lor benefits be
fore July 1, 1951, the commission
saia.
Autopsy Ordered
In Portland Case
PORTLAND. Ma 12 -UP- An
autoDSV was underwav 'ttvlav in
aeiermine wnai nappened to s
middle-aged man whose body
aressea only in shirt and trou
sers, was found behind a bill
board in downtown Portland.
The man, who appeared about
55 years old, had burns on his
back and one leg. There were no
other indications of violence or
accident No one had come for
ward to Identify him since the
Doay was Discovered last night
Westside to Hear
School Bond Talk
The proposed Salem school bond
Issue will be discussed In a meet
ing oi west saiem rent-Teach
er association in the school gym
nasium Tuesdav at 8 n.m-
Wava McCormick, Marion coun
ty PTA president, will report on
the state convention and a
speaker will give a previw of the
summer recreation program for
children.
EX-GOT LEADER DIES
WASHINGTON, May 12 -iP-
Everett Sanders, 68, former chair
man of the Republican National
committee and secretary to Pre
sident Calvin coolidge, collapsed
and died In his law offices today.
Sanders served four terms as a re
publican U. S. representative from
Indiana.
BEG0IIIA T1TIE
Yes Now Is the time to set your Begonias out In porch
boxes or beds. This season we hare grown 25.000 Begon
ias and they are the finest strain avcalable. Seedling
plants at only $2.50 per dox. Started tubers at $3.50
per dox. For Begonias always come to SALEM'S ONE
AND ONLY BEGONIA SPECIALIST. '
D-VISTA
$22$ D Street
Ph.
V7hat Aro ihc Issues in iho
There hare been too many Idle promise to do some
thing about dric problems such as new industry . .
and friendship for the laboring man. Walter Musgrare
Is the only candidate who has a record oi accomplish
ment in getting Industry . . . and the only one who can
counted on to cany on the fight
Only thosa who know Walter Musgrave personally can
appreciate the deep sincerity he has in tirelessly work
ing for Industry and for faithful observation -cf out laws. .
He has unusual ability and foresight . V ;
Walter Mnsgrare has been Serrlce OfScer for Elng
wood Post American Legion for sereral years . . he is
the only Veteran among the candidates.
PI. Adr. by John E. Black, Secretary MesgrsTS for
Mayer Committee
Rocket Soars
106 Miles from
U.S. Warship
; By Francis J. ; Kelly : '
WASHINGTON. MaT 19-iPA
biff rocket whooshed' un f mm on
exDerimentil U. S. . warshta last
night and rose 106.4 miles into the
air. j v f
Al thou eh the altitude v lc
than half the distance that man
has 1 punched upward from his
earth, it set a record for an American-built,
single-stage rocket
The projectile is called a Viking.
It is almost 50 feet long and 2U
feet thick. It wii hnilt fnr tK
navy by the Glenn L. Martin Co.;
of Baltimore. ' I
It was fired In mid.Paplfio fP
the experimental -guided missile
ship Norton Sound, near Christmas,
island, several - hundred miles
south of Hawaii. The destroyer
Osburn was along to help photo-
grapn ana tracK the rocket
The previous altitude for an
American-built single-stage rock
et was 78 miles. A German V-2
rocket fire-A at ' Whil. c-.
N.Mex., went up 114 miles, but
iwu-suge or aou Die- header
American built missile set off from
the same testing ground looped up
vo an aiuruae of more than 250
miles.
4-H Summer
School Sign-up
Ends Monday
- Final chanc for Ma-ri-
WUlilT
4-H Club members shnua T .o
to apply for scholarships to 4-H
summer school is Monday after
noon Anthol Riney, county club
c&ieusiuu agent reminded Friday.
Riney said only 37 youngsters
have applied for the 53 half
scholarships pledged by various
organizations through out. the
county. j.ne total quota lor school
attendance from the county is 110,
the same as in 1949.
From the city of Salem 15 may
attend the school at Corvallis.
Five cholafshin( nrV nvaitaKlo
but no applicants have filed.
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Divorce Granted
To Groucho Marx
LOS ANGELES. Mav 12 2PL
After a hard day at the studio
making people laugh, Groucho
Marx had to go home and take
charge of the housework, he com
plained today.
Utterly unlike his funnv rariin
self, the sombre Groucho, 59, told
a divorce court judge nis zs-year-old
wife KaV Marie Mark "never
took care of the house and was
completely indifferent to her sur
roundings." The iudee decided that consti
tuted cruelty and granted the de
cree, ne aiso approved a settle
ment under which v Mrs. , Marx, -who
formerly was wed to Leo
uorcey, ueao iuiu ruo, gets S134,
215 in the next 10 years.
8,004 STALLED UNDERGROUND
NEW YORK, May 12 -(fPy- A
Manhattan-to-Queens train broke
down In the East River tunnel of
the Independent Subway system
during the rush hour late today,
causing 8,000 persons to be evacu
ated from underground trains. Two
women were treated at a hospital
for heat exhausion and a third
woman received treatment for
shock.
GAUDEIIS
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