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Fram first Statesman. March 21. 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher .
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Entered at tti aoatome at Salem,
Ducking Out on McCarthy
' Even republicans are running out on Sen. Joe
McCarthy. Senator Styles Bridges of New
Hampshire, quite a constant critic of the admin
istration, criticizes McCarthy's methods, though
he holds the objective of the Wisconsin senator
praiseworthy. And under no, inhibitions of club
courtesy Governor Warren and Duff, national
figures among the governors, disowned McCar
thy's tactics. Duff declared it unwise to make
random, blanket charges without specific data
to back them up. Warren commented that we
had lost prestige throughout the world because
of th goings-on in Washington.' He favored a
bipartisan inquiry to get at the truth.-
McCarthy meantime throws out fresh blasts
at Acheson and the state department, showing
prizefighter's shiftiness on his feet. After his
accusations on Lattimore fizzled he dragged out
the Amerasia case, where the finger was point
ed more particularly at the justice department.
So investigators are sniffing on that old trail to
tee where It lpads to.
Th net result is not to purge bur government
of reds they have already beeri cleaned out of
key positions; but the confuse and distract the
public and divert public officials from more im
portant business. McCarthy originally was just
being loose -lipped with his Lincoln day
speeches. When senators called for proof he re
sponded with more and wilder charges none of
Which he has substantiated. It's time for a sum
mer recess at least on the sound and fury.
Adults Co to School I
During the school year one going by school
buildings at night and seeing lights blazing may
conclude the janitors are very wasteful of elec
tricity. The probability is however that if it is
not some function of the regular school It is
classes in adult, education which are "burning,
midnight oil; Last year 42 classes were in
structed for those below college level and 24 for
those of college level. Enrollment is reported at
1W in the former, and increase of 56 per cent
for the year. This does not include classes in
vocational agriculture conducted under the GI
training program.'
A wide range of instruction is offered from
Accounting to Woodworking. In the below-col-lege
group most of the courses are of a practical
nature; auto mechanics, dressmaking, metal
eraf, practical nursing, typing. For, the college
group courses offered included, educational and
general psychology, contemporary problems,
history of Pacific northwest.
The purposes of the students are vocational or
educational. Those in trades want to prepare
i themselves more thoroughly, likewise many who
I are teachers take courses for credits as do oth
ers wanting to complete work for a college-de-free.
But many of the courses are avocational
study and work to enable one to follow some
hobby. W
The college courses are offered by the exten
. aion division of the state system of higher edu
cation. The lower level courses are given by
ftdult education department of the Salem public
schools. Costs are borne by tuition, by receipts
j Schuman Plan Developments Watched For
Digression from Original Pool Interpretation
By J. M. Roberts, 'Jr.
AP .Foreign Attain Analyst
Behhind-the-scenes observers
wer watching closely last night
to see if there might by a fly in
n :cnuman
plan ointment.
From the be
f Inning the
French foreign
minister's Idea
for a pooling of
western Eur
ope's coal and
Jteel industries
as been Inter
preted as de
signed to cover
production, sale.
distribution and
development His original state
ment, among other things, refer
red specifically to development
f joint exports. '
The plan was accepted every
where, except in Britain, as a
great idea for composition of th
ancient troubles between France
and Germany, 'for the advance- .
ment of Europe's economic unity,
and for control of the sinews of
car,-- ..'..';.'.' :V
The idea was directed primar
ily at France and Germany, but
ether nations were asked to join
in, and Belgium, Holland. Lux
embourg and Italy agreed to Join
In negotiations. Britain refused,
although her government is still
reported to be hoping, to play
some part despite the recent ful
minatiois over socialist dogma
by the I committee of the labor
party.
And thereby hangs th ques
tion of whether France is pre
pared to go ahead, on as broad a
basis as originally indicated,
without Britain. Whether France
now feels that control of German
Induction must become a part
t the program in balance with
cooperation. And whether the
Germans will suspect that within
pool composed of France. Italy,
Belgium, Holand and Luxem
bourg, German Interests will find
themselves la a minority.
Schumaa Is quoted as saying
Sunday that the plan covers only
production, not trade and utiliz
ation, which Is to say distribu
tion. And that Germay will not '
b absolved from the production
eeiUng already fixed by the oc
cupation powers.
Schumaa may have been ad
dressing himself direct! t to the
British on Sunday, offering to
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Oregeo. a
tder
from the veterans' administration and from cer
tain state funds. . , !
The adult education program makes education
available to many who missed out on instruction
which now they need or want. It has equipped
hundreds to improve their work and raise their
status in an occupation. The school plant in use
In evening hours is not wasting electricity. It if
yielding dividends to he community through
use." ... ! ,
Trading Jewels for Men
For the release of Robert A. Vogeier, an
American businessman, and his associate Edgar
Sanders, Hungary Is trying hard bargaining fThe
men who were telephone company executives
were convicted on th usual charges of spying
and sentenced to long prison terms. Hungary!
terms for therelease are the return of Hun
garian crown jewels, Including the historic
crown of St Stephen, Hungary'i first king, re
leas of war reparations from Germany and
permission to reopen' consulates in the United
States.
Singular that so much attachment hold with
th present Hungarian government to the old
crown.; The communisms have no truck with
monarchy, Tout even Russia holds onto the jewels
of the tsars. That the return of the crown of St.
Stephen which was stolen by the nazi and now
is held by the allies in west Germany isvdesired
by the Hungarians shows they respect It as a
symbol of history. Such inconsistency is not new
with Hungary. Between the wars it was listed
as a monarchy but actually ruled by Admiral
Horthy, so it was described as a monarchy with
out a king ruled by an admiral without a navy.
Relics and art works and historic instruments
ought to be returned to the country of their
origin. Venice got back the horses of St. Marks
after Napoleon had filched them. So It would
seem that Hungary should get back its royal
jewelry. And Vogeier and Sanders ought to be
released to return to 'their own countries. This
country shipped Gubitchev, Miss Coplon's co
spy, back to Russia. The Hungarians should let
this pair go.
The estimate for the Oregon wheat crop shows
a probable decrease of seven per cent over 1949,
which was not a banner year either. The drop
is largely du to reducjed acreage although the
spring was very dry and some injury resulted.
The crop in the Pacific northwest is expected
to be a little larger than in 1949. Meantime
northwest mills are in trouble for lack of mar
kets. Their export business is sharply curtailed
and high freight rates pinch them out of distant
domestic markets. , 7 "
Congress is passing jtnother bill to. extend
time for completion of assessment work on min
ing claims. Miners get more petting from con
gress in the way of concessions than most other
group; but most of the claims are worthless any
how. They are just a focus for miners' dreams of
riches.
compromise fears about the ef
fect of international control on
their t own trade. His Tuesday
address at the opening of the
pool negotiations refers again to
the establishment of a general
European market, which does In
volve distribution, trade prac
tices, etc., as well as production.
If the so-called pool should
turn out to be merely a matter of
production controls, then the co
operative angle would be lost in
the shuffle. The idea would be
not greatly different from the
early post-war French proposals
for international control of Ger
man industry. That would not
Hollywood
i HOLLYWOOD - If you were
cataloguing Hollywood beauties,
you'd file Beverly Tyler under
the "Cutie Plea,
sparking Blue
Eyes and Aub-
firm Tm Trttr J I i ' I
such a change! I , v , J;
can remember J v
when Beverly, . (''.'ni .
as a mere child J - -of
19, was bub- ! i
is' -mm' A
busung out with
the excitement
of young star'
dotn. Now a
grown up lady of 22, she's posi
tively languid.
The new Bev Is campaigning
to, convince Hollywood that kid
stuff is behind her and she's
ready for adult roles. Curled up
in an easy chair, as cuddly-looking
as a kitten, she explained her
problem: Hollywood is a hard
town to become grown-up in.
"Everybody in the business still
sees me as a little girl," she com
plained. , "I think The Fireball
win convince them Fm grown
up. I look older In it."
In that recently completed pic
ture, Miss Tyler plays a profes
sional roller - skater. . Mickey
Rooney runs away from an or
phanage, bitter because his short
stature hampers him la competi
tive sports. Bev befriends him,
teaches him to skate, and helps
him become champ. Romano
act t eeagTea March X. Ula
'create either the economic or
political background for Europ
ean unity, nor remove the Ger
man claims to the Saar which the
Schuman plan has been hailed
as doing.
Schuman has given every evi
dence of sincerity in his desire
to make' a cooperative move, not
a power move. But even such a
man is subject to the facts of
national pressures and interna
tional conflicting Interests" His
apparently conflicting statements
recently have caused a close
watch to be set for the details of
the French plan, which are ex
pected soon..
on Parade
A friend's suggestion pushed
Miss Tyler into the movies. Born
In Scranton, Fa4 where she sang
in th First Methodist Church
choir, she was a New York radio
actress at 13. One day she and
Patty Chapman, another "Aunt
Jenny cast number, were walk
ing down the street with Bever
ly's parents. They passed the
Loew building.
Patty told Beverly she ought
to go upstairs and ask for an
M-G-M screen test, Beverly and
her mother went up. Beverly
sang and played the piano for the
test director. He brought in oth
er executives. Finally one of
them asked her mother, "Would
you accompany your daughter to
Hollywood?
Bev arrived here when she was
14. She had drama, French, dic
tion, dancing; and singing lessons
and went to the studio school
for four years before the studio
put her into ingenue roles. Last
year, after seven and a half
years association, she and the
studio made a friendly parting.
Since then she has starred in a
western, "Palomino, her first
color firm,- besides the skating
picture. . .
"Never married and never en
gaged," Beverly lives in a Bev
erly Hills apartment with her
parents. Her father Is area man
ager for a typewriter firm. The
future? "1 Just want nice, ma
ture, leading-lady roles," Bever
ly said, emphasizing . the "ma
ture." ,
THAT GUTS AROUND
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prefer to reduce its rates to a
competitive level even if they
brought only a meagre return
lest its whole investment become
a loss.
The public ownership unit has
the choice of buying out its com
petition by negotiation, or by con
demnation. If it elects to do
neither but to compete then it
should get the fruits of its de
cision, to-wit competition. Other
wise you would virtually confis
cate the property of the private
utility.
: One feature of the order of
Commissioner Flagg should not
be overlooked: any losses sus
tained by Pacific in The Dalles or
by Mt States in Springfield may
not be passed on to consumers in
.Other parts of the territory each
serves. Thus ratepayers in Al
bany or in Pendleton will not be
burdened because the company
serving them makes no money at
these PO points.
These competitive situations
are not healthy. They are waste
ful and contentious. Ratepayers
may save on charges but taxpay
ers have to absorb tax losses,
though PUD's are subject to pro
perty taxes. Where communities
decree competition their they'll
have to accept competition.
Flagg's order merely recognizes
, that competition virtually sus
pends rate regulation in the local
ity affected.
Safety
Ive
"Balanced' Plan
Seeks Wider Representation
To the Editor:
Giles French has done grave
disservice to those who are seek
ing to assure regular legislative
reapportionment in Oregon. Rich
ly jinerited was your criticism of
his declaration that rural people
"are smarter, wiser and better
able to govern the state."
Where a person lives has no
demonstrable connection with his
ability to vote intelligently. When
Mr. French claims it does, and
ties the declaration to his support
of the "balanced apportionment"
plan, he misrepresents the bal
anced plan.
The plan- for which he was
speaking is not predicated on the
assumption that rural people are
wiser. As a city-dweller, I resent
the implication. Bather, the bal
anced plan, which has the en
dorsement of the republican par
ty among other groups, is based
on the assumption that sparsely
populated areas have need for
more adequate representation in
the state legislature-than their
population alone would give
them.-..
It doesn't take 30 members of
the i legislature to present ade
quately Multnomah county's
problems to the legislature. On
the other hand, mere should be
a representative for Lake coun
ty's problems, even if this means
over-representing Lake county
on a population basis.
The balanced plan Is so set up
that population will be very near
. ly given direct representation.
Some exception la necessary to
permit representation of more
sparsely i settled communities of
local interest. The exceptions are
not based on the relative wisdom
of rural people but on the wis
dom of having a legislature com
posed of people who know the
nature of the problems about
which they legislate.
A. Freeman Holmer.
1990 South Hfrn street.
Va
Survey of salaries of municipal officials and employes in
Oregon cities, recently conducted by University of Oregon,
shows Salem scales ranking fairly well with other cities . . .
b. -Mi
lice chief, captains and sergeants top list of towns over 5,000
( outside Portland) , . . maximum scale for Salem patrolmen
are below only Bend, Coos Bay and Eugene . . . although
increase for local police and firemen has been recommend
ed by city budget committee, plus increase for city engi
neer, librarian, fire chief, police chief and assistant water
manager . . . according to survey Salem fire chiefs salary
beloto that of Eugene chief ... local hosemen's maximum
rates equal that of Pendleton, Medford, but beloto Eugene,
The Dalle, Coos Bay, Bend, Baker, Astoria and Albany.
Salem water department manager's scale (to which the bud
get committee wielded the ax) is below only Medford . . , water
dept. cashier rate is below Eugene and Astoria, pump 'station
operator below at least Grants Pass and Eugene (not all figures
available), water service inspector at least below Eugene and
meter reader below Baker . . . Salem budget committee recom
mended a boost from $1.12 to $1.25 per hour for common labor
on city crews.
i . i -
Police, fire and water department employes, originally
slated for no wage increase in budget this year, bargained
for $30 per month increase finally got $15.
One of the contestants on the "Double Or Nothing" radio
show last week, who walked off with $240 was Mrs. Richard
Mathai of Bakersfield, Calif., daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. I.
Frantz of Salem . . . Detroit dam engineers are contemplating
closing down project from July 1 to 5 to give workers nice long
Fourth week end . . . antique barometer in new law office of
Don Young forecasts for Attorney Young and associates golfing
and fishing weather . . . checking the record other day janitor
of Salem apartment remembers he had to heat building on July
3 last year . . . Al Offenstein, recently returned from vacation
trip, says that huge elaborate sign. near Buhl, Idaho, reads:
"Watch Out For Flying Saucers and Skunks. . . . Holly Jack
son, local jeweler, tumbled from his horse into creek while on
trail ride near Silverton Sunday . . . Jackson took the unsched
uled dive in full regalia and collected the $5 reward posted for
the past several years by Ernest Lawrence of Silverton for any
one who hits the water there.
We otoe a coupla thousand pardons to Agnes S chuck
ing ... or maybe a proofreader does . . . anyway, she's the
Queen Agnes of 1903 Cherryland and her name never was
Cushing.
Literary Guidepost
By Ben Bassett
ASSIGNMENT TO AUSTERITY,
by Herbert and Nancie Mat
thews (Bobbs-Merrill; $3)
The Labor government came to
power in Britain in 1945. Herbert
Matthews arrived in London al
most at the same time, to head
the bureau of the New York
Times. In this book Matthews
joins his wife, Nancie, in telling
the story of Britain between that
1945 election and th 1950 elec
tion which returned Labor, to
power by a scanty margin. ;
"British socialism is in a clinch
now, hanging on," says Mat
thews. "It should by no means
be counted out, authough one has
to recognize that something of
the dynamism of revolution
which characterized the crusade
of 1945 had already gone out of
the party.
Matthews pictures the elector
ate, with both the labor and con
servative parties, as groping to
ward a middle ground where the
AGAIN! '
CI i v.
survey conducted by Bureau of Municipal Re
search and Service in cooperation with League
of Oregon Cities ... in cities with more than
9,000 population (outside Portland) Salem has
highest paid city manager ($3,000 per year
more than Portland's mayor), municipal judge,
city treasurer and city attorney ... local city
recorder's, salary, however, topped only Astoria
recorder who is also city treasurer.
Salary of Salem police chief equal to
Eugene's . . . scales for local assistant po
welfare state can function under
a democratic system. He says
British industry sull has a "car
tel mentality," while the British
worker prefers to buy leisure
more than anything " that is
his privilege, but he may have
to accept a lower standard of
living as a result.'
The national health plan
works, Matthews finds, but the
cost is prohibitive. However, It
is bound to stay, even under a
conservative government. Mat
thews says the middle class bears
the brunt of sacrifice in the ad
vance of socialism. He is none too
optimistic about the final result.
Nancie Matthews, contributing
alternate chapters, describes
England from the house-wife's
viewpoint - the difficulties of
Just living and feeding a family.
Her comments bring British , so- '
cialism down to the personal
level. Illuminating the political
trends and personalities that her
husband deals with.
Old Damascus
Fascinating to
U.S. Visitors
By IXeBry MeLemere
DAMASCUS, Syria No mat
ter how hard the visitor tries to
project his mind beck into the
mists of antiq-
uity, he cant
quite make a go
of it here in
Damascus.
When a Dam
ascene speaks of
the flood he is
not referring to
recent high
waters in the
Barada River,
which winds
through the
center of the
city, but to the real Flood the
one which Noah and his animals
rode out in the Ark. The first
wall" built after the Deluge was
one at Damascus, ruins of which
can still be seen.
Any Damascene with a shovel
has only to dig in his backyard
to unearth museum pieces of all
types, many dating to centuries
before Christ. Just to walk Dam
ascus' thousands of narrow, cob
blestoned souks, or streets, pro
vides a tremendous lesson in his
tory and the Bible.
A few minutes' walk from the
center of town and one is at the
wall where St Paul was lowered
In a basket by the Christians to
escape those who planned to kill
him. The very window out of
which he crawled is still there,
and in a fine state" of preserva
tion. The wall is so well preserv
ed and so massive that the in
side of it has been made into
hundreds of apartments which
the government rents to people
who like living in what is liter
ally a hole in the wall.
The house of Ananias still
stands, much as it was in Christ's,
time, except that it is some 30
feet below the street, the city
having been destroyed and re
built so many times since An
anias built the house. There is a
small church in the biggest room
of the house and an anachronism
is that the flowers in the chapel
are planted in Shell aviation gas
oline cans. The church is used
for worship every day.
From almost anywhere in the
city one can see the snow-capped
peak of Mt. Hermon where an
angel stayed Abraham from sac
rificing his son. And on a nearby
mountainside is the cave where
Cain slew Abel. Just above the
cave is a giantic boulder, and
legend has it that the water
which gushes from it began flow
ing at the time of the first crime.
A lover of ancient architecture
and oriental rugs could spend a
month in the Grand Mosque
which, during the course of time,
has been a pagan temple, a syn
agogue, a church, and at last a
mosque. The head of Et. John
the Baptist is buried here-. The
mosque is a tremendous place
and the floor is completely cov
ered with oriental rugs donated
by wealthy Moslems.'
The rugs are of all shapes, sizes
and colors, and they are all
stitched together. This precau
tion was taken when some of the
less honest worshippers began
making off with some of the
loveliest rugs.
In the older sections of Dam
ascus little has changed from
Biblical days. The streets are so
narrow as scarcely to allow the
passage of two laden beasts of
burden. Everyone wears the
clothes that have been standard
for centuries. Practically no west
ern clothes are seen. Every few
blocks one comes to massive gates
through which can be seen huge
courtyards and stone watering
troughs. These are the ancient
caravansaries where the camel
trains could have safety and
lodging qm their long trips across,
the desert.
To see the real beauty of Dam
ascus one has to gain entrance
through
the innumerable small
the old mud and stone
gates in
walls.
From the outside on
would guess that back of the
walls were hovels. But once in
side there is apt to be a lovely
courtyard with apricot, plum and
olive trees shading flower beds
and a flowing fountain. And
many of the houses are literally
palaces, with floors and walls of
the most delicate mosaic, and the
, furnishings pure treasures.
Yes, Damascus is a fascinating
place-to visit. Yet I don't suppose
GRIN AND BEAR IT
"Maybe we hU take
Jest in case
LynLeeSliop
Opens Today
Salem's newest women's apparel
shop, the Lyn-Lee, 149 N. High
st will open this morning.
The business win be operated by
Mrs. J. L Hardy, veteran Salem
women's clothing saleswoman.
Mrs. Hardy, who has lived at 1785
Norway st. for the past 12 years.
worxeo in most of the city's lead
ing stores before opening her own
shop. m
The store will feature a full line
of women's lingerie, suits, dresses,
hats, coats and blouses.'
Chapter 21
YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER
By Wendell Webb
A newspaper affects so near
ly everyone that in many re
spects it is in the category of
a public utility.
There is no limit to the de
mands made upon it There is
also no limit to the effort it will
go to meet those demands. But
it can never meet them all.
It is 'one , of the most cussed
and discussed commodities of the
times.
It would be less eassed if Its
critics eeald keep In mind the
fact that a newspaper does net
make news. It reports it, re
fleets It, sometimes interprets it.
Bat tt does net make news.
To the queston, "is there cen
sorship, the answer is definite
ly "no."
To the question, "is there at
tempted censorship," the answer
is "yes."
Road blocks are constantly be
ing placed in the path of get
ting news. Federal agencies and
boards, some of them, particu
larly have tried to perpetuate
the "no comment" or "off the
record" approach which grew
up during the war. Some other
agencies, federal and state, re
sent giving out news. And there
are always a few would-be kings
in lowly places who sit on their
self-styled thrones and imply
that it's none of the taxpayers
business what they or their of
fices do.
That Isnt censorship as such.
But tt makes more difficult the
newspaper's job of giving the
public what it has a right te
know. Usually ft dees the
would-be censors far mere harm
than good, too.
Your own newspaper wants
to be of the greatest possible
service to its subscriber-friends,
to its city, to the area it serves.
If and when it falls short, it
wants to know about It It
doesn't expect kind words be
cause it gets so few although
there are much-appreciated: ex
ceptions. But it does hope its
American public will realize
that a free press is truly, dis
tinctly and all-but-exclusively
American.
The End.
Better English
By D. G. Williams
1. What I is wrong with this
sentence? "J differ from you in "
that respect; we must divide up
the money equally.
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "conquest"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Encumberan ce, ex
uberance, tolerance, abhorrence.
4. What does the word
"fraught" mean?
S. What is a word beginning
with la .that means "profitable''?
j ANSWERS
1. Say, "I differ from you in
that respect; we must divide
(omit ap) the money equally.
2. Pronounce kon-kwest, not f
kong-kwest S. Encumbrance. 4.
Filled; laden. "The situation was
fraught with danger." 5. Lucra
tive. !
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