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-BACKWARD AREA' DEFINITELY INTERESTED!
"No Favor Sway Vs, No Fear Shall Awe
Fram First Statesman, March 21. 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
i CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher " - s
Published every morning. Bulness (flea IIS 8. CemmerciaL Salem. Oregon. Telephone i-244L
Entered at the postoffice at Salem, Oregon, as second class matter under aet of congress Maxell 3. 1S7&
Insurance Investment
Thai Oregon Voter devotes one Issue each
year to the Ufa insurance business in Oregon,
and a huge business it is, one that shows steady
S-owtH. In five years life insurance owned by
regonlans increased from $983 million to
$1,607 1 million. Total number of policies out
standing both in ordinary life and group life,
Is 738,767. These figures do not mean that one
person out of two residing in the state carries
life insurance, because many have more than
one policy; but if statistics were available they
would! undoubtedly show that a large percent-
age of! families in the state have Insurance pol
icies ckrried on the lives of breadwinners,
- One! fact we dug out of the tables in the ; Voter
was tljiis: that the ratio of losses and claims
paid Has not kept pace with the increase in
insurahce volume. For example back in 1933
the total insurance in force was $603 million
and cjaims and death losses paid were $15,
459,014; while in 1949 the total in force had
risen (to $1,607 million but the losses and
claims paid were only $17,423,264. .. The ex
planation is that cashing in of policies was
much j heavier in 1933 during the depression;
also that the age group covered since then is
younger. Eventually It will work out of course,
deathi will increase the payout M
Insurance is one way for a person to provide
security for his family; and ; long . experience
proves it Is the safest security. It Is not pri
marily an investment though ofteri . it proves
better than many so-called investments. But
jit is, junder modern laws and practices, some
thing; positive and dependable. Other invest
ments may be more glamorous and some way
pay off handsomely but insurance, Is, 'with ex
tremely rare exceptions, there ' when other
things fail. The steady increase in purchase of
life insurance marks a high degree of social and
economic stability.
remaining countries plus estimates for these
are expected to show about 325,000,000 people ;
residing in the western hemisphere. Dr. Calvert
Dedrick, director of theU. S. census, predictJ
that the number of people in Latin America
will exceed those in the USA. The former art
increasing at the rate of three million a year,
while the U. S. population is growing at the'
rate of about two million a year. For one thing ,
Latin America doesn't restrict immigration as
does the United States. There still is a lot
of room in Brazil and Argentina for instance.
The term Latin America is hardly an ac
curate reference to Mexico, Central America
and South America. While the white immigra-;
tion originally was chiefly from Spain and
Portugal the native Indian stock, especially in
Mexico and Central America, is really pre
dominant. There was considerable negro in- ;
flux on the north and east coasts of South :
America and both Brazil and Argentina have ;
large colonies of Italians and Germans.' Latin
America is just a basket term used for want of
a better one.
Anyway, the new world is increasing in pop
ulation, though still (and fortunately) its ;
population density is far less than that of Eur
ope and Asia. 1
Bail on Fish Derbies? . i s
I Congressman Russell Mack has introduced a
bill 'to exempt fish derbies approved by the
f overfnor of a state from being rated as lotteries
and fo- subject to the postoffice department's
ban on use of the mails to conduct or publicize
lotteries. The department has ruled that catch
ing a fish is "unquestionably a matter of skill"
but the size offish caught is "a matter of
chance.' (What then becomes of traditional
fisherman's luck?) I
Mack's worries seem a bit superfluous. " We
have I never observed , any Mimunition of news
paper publicity about fish derbies i because of
PO department activity. In fact the; department
has' liberalized its ' rulings on lotteries consid
erably, in the past few years, as far as news
paper reporting on them goes. At any rate its
enforcement of the old regulation . was. notor
iously spotty.
But why tolerate these mass fish kills? The
major purpose is to draw crowds to special
resorts. If the fishermen are successful the
eatchj they take away is by no means incon
siderable. Sports fishermen are forever riding
commercial fishermen about conservation, but
few raise any objections to these fish, derbies,
yet they stop hundreds of fertile salmon from
making their way upstream to gravel bars for
mating to continue the life cycle of the species.
Communities that have fostered these fish der
bies would do well to consider some other at
traction for visitors and let the fish alone, lot
tery or no lottery.
Grants to Aged
The April report on public welfare in Oregon !
shows that average payments for 23,585 aged
recipients was $53.38. If payments for medical
care from general assistance funds is added the
average was $56.03. Either figure is well oyer
the $50 mark set In the Dunne bill, though that
figure was a minimum, not an average.
Payments are graded according to need.
Some aged persons have limited incomes and
need only small sums by way of supplement.
Others have nothing and may be I1L These
are cared for though the cost may run much
higher than $501 per month.
Payments from the old age assistance funds
for April amounted to $1,258,857, Multiply that
by twelve, and you see what a large sum is
required and Is being spent to give se
curity to elderly who are in need. 1
June is dairy month, and a bit butter and
egg man in California says that taxpayers could
relieve themselves of the burden of supporting
butter prices if every family would eat one
extra slice of butter per day. That's an idea,
like the one of adding an inch to each China
man's shirttail to use up- the cotton surplus.
And butter is good food, the most-perfect fat
for the human being to consume. Alas though,
"fat" Is the wrong word. That is why so many
refrain from taking even an ordinary pat of
butter. If the butter people could popularize
plumpness in females their problem would be
quickly solved.
Gov. Langlie has called the Washington
legislature into special session to think up ways
to get more taxes to balance the state budget,
already $15,000,000 In the red. The governor
ascribed the deficit, which may amount to
$40,000,000 by the biennium's end, to the heavy
costs of public welfare which the voters brought
on themselves when they voted for a special
pension bill. The Tacoma Ledger calls this a
"red ink session.' It will be a red hot session
before the legislators find a way to balance the
budget If It succeeds will not Governor Lang-:
lie please pass the formula on to Washington,
D. C?
Hemisphere Census ! N
Most of the countries of the western hemis
phere are taking a head count tils year. Ar-
Eentina Is skipping, Uruguay will take a census
i 1951 and Cuba In 1953. "The count In the
The Swiss have dropped virtually all price;
controls. Swiss chocolate is out from under
government controls, just when the demand will
zoom as mountain-climbers unlimber to scale
the Alps.
Trygve Lie Heard Same Old Demands from
Russians on His Recent Journey to Moscow
Lebanon police force had its hands full over week end I . , '
first of all the entire three-man night force turned in their
badges over a disagreement . . . then police there jailed Oscav
vT" 1 . mm
rtapoieon iuunpagne, ti, on a cnarge ox being . mm:m
mraxicaiea ... iaie oamraay night a man
walked into the station and asked to sleep
there .. . . he gave his name as Willie Stone
wall Jackson. '
A report from Sweet Home . say$ the
town saw its first labor picket last week
and is attributing it to the city's growth
. . . Sweet Home won't reach the big city
problem stage, though, until: (1) It d
ciderto try one-way streets. (2) Its mavor
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gets in a big argument with the city council and resigns.
(3) One of its citizens raises proposal of a war memorial
building ii)ltis chosen as the site of the American Legion
state convention, (5) A group of citizens protest gambling
machines and (6) The town moves tq switch to the manager
and parking meter form of city government.
Mac Dreams
His Shoes
Are Stolen
By Henry MeLemor
LONDON, England, June 12
There are many London customs
which fill me with delight, and
which I am only
too happy to
observe.
I love to plop
a bowler hat
on my head
' and swing along
the streets
looking exactly
- like an Ameri
can who Is more
accustomed to
wearing a cap.
I adore can
tering along
Rotten Row on
chestnut, taking
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Ht Jofttoh AlaAn
WASHINGTON, June 12-This
reporter can think of no better
way to begin a summary of a long
inveaugauon In
Europe, than to
put in print
what Trygve
Lie left out The '
Secretary Gen
eral ot the Un
ited: Nations
made the long
journey to Mos
cow, after all,
to find a way
to end the cold
war, Yet the
r
unhappy L 1 eS JonrpJi AUn j
confidential re---jrr" ,
port to the govcrments in Lon
don and Paris, unlike his report
to the public, was in fact a re
port of worse than failure.
To dispose first of what Is
least essential, but was much era
(hashed by Lie, he was given at
loscow a super - special per
formance of the Stalin's ancient
charade as an amiable, peace
loving old party. The general
Idea conveyed was that only ben
evolent Uncle Joe was holding In
check the fire-eaters of the Po
litburo. It was more than hinted.
In fact, that the other Soviet
leaders would behave In a much
more violent manner if Stalin
were not there to stop them.
This Is a familiar comedy,
which the British leaders, like the
American leaders, have often
peenj played before. It meant
nothing during the war and
means nothing now. It is more
significant indeed that Lie found
Stalin in excellent health. II this
la so, we cannot even hope for
Soviet policy to be disrupted or
diverted during the next years
by an internal struggle for suc
cession. . !
Second, the men of the Krem
lin ' naturally assured Lie that
once' Chinese communists had
replaced the nationalists on the
U. N. security council, the Soviet
Union and her satellites would
again participate fully in U. N.
affairs. This formed the basis of
the only concrete recommenda
tion in Lie's recent public report,
whic was otherwise a mere plan
for a gigantic game of "Let's pre
tend.' i
Vij ;
; Even Lie Is not so foolish, how
ever,! as to have much faith in
stopping the cold war by wishing
it away. He did not spend all his
. time in Moscow listening to Sta
lin's protestation of lenevolence
and talking about "making the
United Nations work." In fact,
he asked Stalin and the other
members of the Politburo he was
permitted to meet, whether there
was any practical, serious world
settlement which they would
agree to. -
The reply, it can now be sta
ted authoritatively, was to con
front Lie with most of the same
old demands long ago made fa
miliar by Molotov and Vishinsky
at many International conferen
ces, j ;
Significantly, ' particular em-,
phasis was placed on the Soviet
demand for a German settle
ment, that were last put forward
at the Paris conference to end
the Berlin blockade. The de
tails of the demands, made at
Paris --the establishment of a
"democratic (L e. Communist-'
controlled) government, and so
on - - need not be set down here.
It Is enough to say that there
was just one meaning In the'
Paris demands, and in the less
precise demands made to Lie.
The meaning ot these demands
a high-spirited
time out now
and then to fall off.
It thrills me to row on the Ser
pentine, furl my own umbrella,
book a shooting lodge, and at
tend a session at Old Bailey's.
But I must admit that there
are several London customs
which bring me great unhappi
ness, and which I am doing my
best not to observe.
Chief among these native rit
uals is the business of having
tea, especially high tea, at about
five in the afternoon. As all the
world knows, an Englishman
would rather be caught cheating
at cards, or firing into a gold
fish bowl with a double-barreled
Purdey shotgun, than not be
seated at a tea table between
the hours of four and five in the
afternoon. And they consider
anyone not thus seated as a
heathen who wears rings in his
nose and binds his feet
This stuffing of oneself late In
the afternoon throws the Ameri
can stomach completely off
schedule, the American stomach
being accustomed to being taken
to the dinner table around seven
in the evening, ready and rarin'
to go.
Upholstered by innumerable
cups of tea and all sorts of sand
wiches and pastries, the Ameri
can visitor to London finds him-
is that the Kremlin win only be
satisfied with concessions per
mitting the early capture of Ger
many by the Soviet Union. The
capture of Germany, of course,
would In turn lead to the even
tual Russian capture of all of
western Europe. In short what
the Kremlin insists upon in Eu-
'" GRIN AND BEAR IT
jniuutii, sue hi ic iuuvwcu uj
infinitely more terrible conse
quences. This fact must be
weighed, furthermore, with the
complementary fact of the Soviet
drive for Asia. '
This brief, second-hand, but
authoritative summary of what
Lie told the Paris and London
governments is worth setting
down for just one reason. As
Secretary General of the United
Nations Lie has, after alL been
decidedly sympathetic to the So
viets. He went to Moscow at the
height of a Kremlin "peace of
fensive, with every communist
party and communist front in
Europe bellowing for "peace" day
and night If the Kremlin Inten
ded to make proposals for an
honorable and practical world
settlement to any one at all. Lie'
should have been that man.
Instead, Soviet imperialism
proved to be as strong as ever,
and piecemeal surrender was
suggested as the right way for
the western world to make peace
with Moscow. The U. N. Secre
tary General, who 4ioes not like
to put hard facts in blunt langu
age, will no doubt dislike and
may probably deny this descrip
tion of his experience. But if
Lie's statements In Paris and
Iiondon are to be trusted, the
bleak truth remains. After Lie's
Journey, we know, better than
ever, exactly where we stand.
(CoprrisM. USO. Mew York
Herald TtUksm lac)
self completely unable to eat at
his accustomed hour. He shies
away from meat and potatoes
and Brussels sprouts and broiled
halibut, and says to himself that
the tea he had will hold him
until breakfast
This is not true, just; about
the time all the restaurants are
closing, and only the fish and
chip dens are open, he gets word
from the vicinity of his belt line
that it is chow time. But there
Is no chow to be had unless he
has been foresighted enough to
lay in a supply of biscuits, tof
fees, crumpets and kippers. And
even these delicacies, as fine as
they are, are not noted for their
tick-to-the-rib qualities.
Another custom, which Is not
limited to London, but is preva
lant all over Europe, is that of
placing one's shoes outside one's
bedroom door before retiring, so
that "boots" can pick them up
and shine them during the night
I have followed this custom
for years, but I must make my
self stop, else I'll go crazy with
worry and lack of sleep. Maybe
It's a throwback to the days when
I didn't have but one pair of
shoes, and would have had to go
barefooted If anything happened
to them, but whatever it is, I
worry all night for fear they'll
be stolen.
About five er six times a night
I dream someone is making off
with my shoes. This wakes me
up, and nothing will satisfy me
but a trip to the door. Matter of
fact, looking out the door doesn't
help much, because If they aren't
there I don't know whether
they've been stolen or whether
"boots has them. So I have to
call "boots,' with the result that
"boots' and I are awake practic
ally all night
My prowling around always
wakes up Jean, and she begs me
to please get into the habit of
sleeping in my shoes. Says she
knows it doesn't look very ele
gant, but the devil with the ele
gancy If it will let her sleep.
The fact that not more than
one pair of shoes are stolen from
in front of hotel doors In Eng
land during a year, gives me no
peace of mind.
So, starting tonight, here Is
one man sure to die with his
' boots on.
(Dlttrtbuted by
McNaught Syndicate Inc.)
About Your . .
Newspaper .
by Lichty
"N fox tail on it . . . fenders Intact ... bo fancy exhaust pipes . ,
I should think ren'd be ashamed te ask U use the family carl ,
Chapter It
THE COMICS
By Wendell Webb
Comics long ago came to be
a vital part of a daily newspaper,
and they remain so even if some
of the strips can hardly be re
garded as comical.
How does your newspaper ob
tain Its comics?
There are scores of syndi
cates, large and small, which
have comics for sale. Your
enwspaper takes Ita choice, al
though at times that choice is
limited by territorial rights
some other newspaper might
already have purchased. It is
also limited by cost no
newspaper In the world can
buy all the comics that are
available. Nor could It find
space for all of them.
Some newspapers buy from
one syndicate. Others take the
best comics from several syndi
cates. Most syndicates are in the
east v
The original drawing of a com
ic strip artist first is made Into
an engraving at the syndicate
headquarters. It would be pos
sible for every newspaper to be
sent an engraving of each comic
strip, but the cost would be pro
hibitive. Metal is expensive and
the postage to mail it would be
sky-high.
So, when an engraving Is
made of a comic, the syndicate
makes hundreds of mats from
the one engraving. The mats
comprise heavy cardboard
placed en the engraving and
pus under tremendous pres
sure. The mat, when It Is lift
ed off the engraving after such
pressure, has all the impres-
i Vern Gilmore, city playground director, says his staff try
ing to figure a way to include square dance classes in play
ground program this summer . . . big demand for old-time
swingeroos from city's adults . . . but no funds provided by city
for such activity . . . one tentative plan, says Gilmore, is to use
tennis courts at Olinger and Leslie parks and at west Salem
school for the classes . . . with a caller and everything ... if
so, this would be first time done here . . . square-dancing as
part of the city play programs owly moving west from mid
west (not vice versa) ... hit Salt Lake City, Utah, last summer.
If ready, Gilmore says he will use Bush pasture play area
this summer for picnics ... if possible may build ball diamond
on it. -
While their bosses are throtuiny conventions all over ,
the land this summer the Oregon State Janitors' association
slated convention in Klamath Falls this month ... list of
their discussion items does not include such boring prob
temi as ine wetjare siaie, rise ana jau oj me American
dollar, production costs, business regulations and industrial
; economics . . . janitors' big problems are things like gum on
the floor, over-full waste baskets, faded lawns, leaky radi
ators, stuck doors, employes .who return 10 minutes after
the building is closed for something they forgot, lipstick
smudges on the telephones, faulty elevators and open win
dows. , ,
m a m . " .
Local police halted a driver other day with void license
plates . . . cited man to appear in court on the 13th of month . . .
"No," says the driver, "not the 13th. I've had enough bad
luck. No money, no job, wife expecting, wrecked car, evicted
from house. Better make it the 12th or 14th."
The Safety Valve
ABOLISH ZONING THEN?
To the Editor:
In regards your comments on
my last letter published by you
in Saturday's Statesman, most
cities did grow in the way that
"just comes naturally.
Picture our fair city today if
the idea expounded by you had
been followed from the first in
ception of zoning in the city. All
original residential district
would still be residential, and
business would be confined to
the original business district
With each expansion of the city;
If there ever were an expansion;
a new business district would
have to be included in it, making
a very peculiar and inconvenient
arrangement of the city.
It is common gossip there is
a faction who wish to restrict
the growth of Salem except in ,
a manner which will make it a
city beautiful as a setting for our
state capitoL We all like a beau
tiful city and are proud of the
state capitol, but though beauty
Is a feast for the eyes it is in-
Ions and Indentations from
the engraving Itself.
Each newspaper using that
particular comic then is sent one
of the mats. When the newspa
per receives the mat, the mat Is
put Into a fiat form and hot.
lead poured over it When the
lead hardens, it then is in the
comparative form as the origin
al engraving and can be used to
print from. The mats are Inex
pensive to make and light to
- mail.
deed a poor nourishment for the
body. .
Forty some thousand of us are
financially interested in Salem
and its growth. The state can
not and is not expected to sup
port us. I for one would like to
see Salem grow in the way that
comes naturally.
Loyd B. McCain
985 Academy St
Better English
By D. C. Williaa
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "He claimed that he
knew nothing of the theft."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "amphitheater"?
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Niggerd, nickelod
eon, nicotine, Nipponese.
4. What does the word fim
plicit" mean? '
5. What is a word beginning
with Imp that means Incapable
of being entered or passed
hrough"?
ANSWERS -1.
Say, "He declared (stated or
maintained) that he knew noth
ing of the theft" 2. Pronounce
am-fi-the-a-ter, principal accent
on either first syllable or the
Niggard. 4. Unreserved; unques-
tioning: complete. "He demanded
Implicit obedience." 6. Impene
trable. , . .
An amateur owning a radio sta
tion must have both an operator's
and a station license, but he must
have an operator's license before
he can obtain one for his station.
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