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' hN Favor Stray Us, No Fear Shall A toe" ' s- From first Statesman. SUrcli 2S. 1SS1 THE STATESIMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY . CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher ' Published every inoniing. Bnalneaa-of flee 215 9. Commercial. Salem, Oreron, Telephone S-2441. - . Catered at tat postofflee at Salem, Oregon, as second class matter oader ad of congress March S, 1119, Yf nnA ITietrvrv . Former President Hoover is honored and re spected as a man of broad knowledge and deep sincerity, truly, devoted to ine weuare w us country. His ministry to hungry folk during and j after the first world war earned for hint a place j of affection in the hearts of many peoples. But j with his analysis of foreign affairs and the re- j JIllOU Jl kMC WlliVCV ViiiVWJ Tl w , a. t 1 ' 11TL!1& V. ...ill tAAn . an' Often disagreed, nunc ue uyt v : isolationist in principle, his conclusions seemed to tally rather closely with those who frankly avowed America First. In his address at the dedication of the William Allen White Memorial Tuesday night, Mr. Hoov- j. r referred to the fact that he and White both prior to Pearl Harbor opposed our entry into i the second world war. White, however, was ttlite active in promoting the cause of material j aid to Britain. Hoover notes that he and White ' both protested the "strange alliance" between was attacked by the nazis in June, 1941. He . gaid: : ;l We stated that the British were then relieved of danger of defeat because Of the diversion of Hitler's armieSvWe said tne result oi our joining wim tuis tia would be to expand Communism and diminish liberty in the world. The record Is clear that we both foresaw the only hope of peace to the free world was , the . mutual exhaustion of these two dreadful despotisms i We agreed that when the day came that they - 1 J A 1 t. m, 4.1- were suuicienuy exnausiea jto us ten w me muiiary, conomic and moral powers of the United States' at that moment and at that moment only, could the - United States promote a just and lasting peace. . 11 I L J - . M.1 A I 4.1 1 -. uonnrmauon oi uie ngnuiesa oi umi pusiuun una already been the verdict of many masters of his tory. Seldom has advice in war been so quickly Justified by the development of world events. With that wrong turning, the United States was to prove powerless to bring lasting peace. the Hoover position has been confirmed as cor rect. It, is by, no means clear that: the United States secure behind its moat would have had Icrnifirant mnral lnfliinf in tViA framing f a peace between exhausted despotisms. , It happens that this "writer has been reading 4he third volume of Winston Churchill's story of the war, and has Just finished-the chapter telling of Churchill's reaction to the Hitler in- - vasionof Russia. Instead of relaxing and saying mat now untain was saie, unurcmii moved immediately to share his materials with Russia ' and to encourage shipments from; the United States to Russia without, as he said in his j initial broadcast, withdrawing any words he ! had spoken previously in criticism 4t the Rus sian system. Hitler was the-major menace of the 1940s. That we helped directly In destroying . him arid his power was the pari of wisdom then. If now we are called on to resist aggression burden to be borne. - . Recently, Hoover urged that the United Na tions be reorganai?ed without Russia, and in his speech Tuesday night he regards that opin ion as confirmed by events. Rather, events have led to virtually the same end; but our moral position is stronger that Russia's absence from the UN is voluntary and not forced. With clear conscience we can say we endeavered to work with Russia in the United Nations, we did not kick Russia out. ' - ' i For all of us, the final verdict of history is yet concecaled, for the period of war and revo lution which has engrossed Mr. Hoover's thought and energies so long is not yet concluded. The Statesman's judgment, however, is that while we have fumbled many times the United States has from s1939 onward stood faithful to high principle when that was challenged. Mr. Hoov er's reappraisal of 1939-41 is by no means valid. All in the Family The British ; "take their royalty seriously, Their interest in their past kings and queens and today's royal family is proprietary, and their observance of the proprieties in these mat ters is usually quite strict. Lately, though, some of the traditional nice ties have slipped a little. What with Labour run ning the government, and all, it's been difficult sometimes to keep up the old elegance of man ner, you know. There was, for instance, that unpleasant bus iness about the queen's gown. The Sunday Pic torial, a weekly which caters to the common masses, said her majesty's ensemble for a recent wedding- was "something awful" Perhaps one shouldn'i expect better discernment from that sort of popular publication, but it really wasn't good taste for them to remark on the queen'a wardrobe in such indelicate terms. Still, the Pictorial is a British paper and its editors have every right to have opinions about .the royalty. The British look upon the royal family as the personification of their national ideals and one wants one's ideals to come up to one's ideals, wot? So England may frown a bit on the Pic torial's lack of tact, much as we shake our heads at a child who blurts out some un-Latinized Anglo-Saxon expression. But the British will not hold the paper's want of discretion against it; after all, it's all in the family. What really upsets the British, though, is when an outsider takes their venerated ; cus toms lightly. As for Hollywood's plan to have an American film actress (Irene Dunne) portray Queen Victoria on the screen that's unthink able! Nothing against Miss Dunne, you under stand. No ill meant the USA, of course. But a foreigner playing the queen it just wouldn't be cricket. . ; . y At least, thaf is the spirit in which the British Actors' Equity association couches its protest against Miss Dunne in that role. We suspect, however, that the fuss has less to-do with national pride and touchiness about the royalty, and more to do with the question of labor. English actors simply don't want im ported talent taking the jobs they would other wise get. This vulgar concern over one's livelihood, rather than consternation over the question of whether or not outsider should act as queen, is probably also attributable to the decline of the old ways and the rise of the new, don't you know. After all the American Helen Hayes made a truly great. Queen Victoria. J; yl lif1'' ... I -"-'-'L-'j, '" "; - 'TUMfc,, b r -w wlm v i Ah mm m SI w wall What a lot of junk goes into the box of a cornerstone; and how transient it proves to be when it is exhumed after the passage of years! The opening of the box from the state peniten tiary exposed stuff of the date of 1929 and of 1871 which might as well have been left buried. What is worth saving should be kept out in the open for use, the rest might as well be burned now as later.- e00JWrWWMJ!BW0?' 5 A-Bomb Seen as Only Remaining Deterrent to i Soviet Aggression Elsewhere Than in Korea J Jtmmm &y Joseph and Stewart Alsop WASHINGTON, July 12-1 Since the war in Korea started. th only remaining deterrent to soviet aggres- sion elsewhere is the I atomic bomb. .This is because. Amer-. lean disarma- -ment has for- ' ced this coun- f try to commit ; all available c o n v e ntional forces to the Korean war. Th oTinimentt ?&JiiZ3lM now being of fered for and against partial na tional mobilization can only be understood in the light of these facts. " These arguments may Tj briefly sum ! marized. On the , one hand, the state de partment firm ' ly believes that further Rus ' sian aggression can only be prevented by a Teal 'effort to mobilize the American mil itary Dotentlal. A powerful tywart Alnn, ' group in the def ense " depart-' ment, on the other hand, is at tempting to persuade President Truman that a serious rearma ment 7 effort would provoke" ; Stalin and the Politburo, and thus lead to war. i ; The real danger of our situa tion, since the aggression in Korea, Is stm only dimly real Jzeti. There has been a good deal of glib talk about sending six divisions to Korea, as if six divisions were equipped, trained and ready to go.. .In fact, al though ostensibly , the .United: 1 States disposes of nine and a half army divisions and two -marine divisions, this is paper strength. Not wore than three diyWons (outside f Germany) are in a condition of partial readiness. . V-t : The 1st marine dixislon, for j 1 example now on its way to Korea, is for reasons of "econ omy" at less than half war strength, and most other avail able divisions are even less pre pared to fight. Fighting divis ions are not created overnight. Nor are tactical air groups, or Carriers, or navy task forces, or the other elements of conven tional military power, which have been slashed to the bone, and which are needed to fight the Korean war. The plain fact Is that, barring a miracle, the United States is going to have to send to Korea just about every combat unit that , exists, other than long range bomber groups and the forces in Germany. Nor is this alL This country's two most important allies; Great Britain 4and France, are already deeply committed in the Far East in Malaya, Hong Kong and Indo China. Britain and France, with the red "army in Germany, can not jpossibly denude, themselves i further in Europe. ' In the fact of these facts, there : is the further fact that the Soviet Union is now known, on the basis of reliable Intelligence, to have planned a drive on Iran In me early-autumn, as a se ' quel to 'the drive on Korea. "Free Iranian" divisions with ' the help of the clan destine com munist front, Tudeh party, were to "liberate" Iran from "Anglo American imperialism." If the Kremlin's timetable is not re vised, and. a drive on Iran does , take place, there will be no con ventional forces left to meet it. That leaves the atomic bomb, and the atomic bomb means : world war. . , ' iVesidential assistant Averell Harriman, Secretary -of State Deaa'Acheson and the state de partment's team of Russian ex ', pert are unanimously convinced 1 thatf further Soviet aggression, in Iran or elsewhere, can be pre vented. They argue that, while the Soviet leaders have little but, contempt for existing American military, power, .Stalin and the Politburo have a most healthy resnWt for American power once mobilized. There is all sorts of evidence pointing towards this conclusion. One incident will serve as an example. Towards the end of the war, an allied official in Moscow remarked to Stalin that the Western Allies had enor mously underestimated Soviet strength, Stalin replied wryly that the capitalist intelligence services in the Soviet Union were never very efficient at best He went on to say that in fact . the Soviet Union was not strong before the war, but that it was a j basic error to confuse . the actual military strength-in-being of a country with its military potential when mobilized. And ' to clinch his argument, he point ed to the United States, which had been, he said, a military nonentity before the war, and which had become during the war the strongest military power in the world. Stalin's respect for the Amer ican military potential is what still prevents a general war. The state department experts are sure that the American response to the communist aggression in Korea has already surprised and dismayed the men in the Krem lin. And they are also sure that . the best chance of dissuading the dictator in the Kremlin from un dertaking new adventures In ag gression is a really serious effort to bring American resources ful ly to bear in the world balance of power. ." As for the arguments of the business-as-usual group in the , defense department, they- have ' a familiar ring. Stanley Bald win and Neville Chamberlain also feared that a serious effort to strengthen; - the defenses of Great Britain would "provoke" Hitler to attack. The result wm v what Winston Churchill called the "unnecessary war." If the defense department group pre vails on President Truman, the end will certainly be the same Fortunately, this appears less and less likely to be the out come of the great debate which is now going on. , ICopyrUfht. tSSa Kw York; Herald Tribune. Inc.) After a trial run here, television seems to be fading from the scene at least until television stations are operated closer to Salem than Seattle . . . Willamette , Amusement company, which erected a 70-foot aerial on top of its P1 sK-t store building on Fairgrounds road finallv rava up . . . even after adding two boosters to? its big receiving set, pictures from Seattle Were so spotty they were worthless ... sound comes in okeh but visions blot out in a "snowstorm." ) . ' f One night set picked up clear prograin from Seattle rebroadcast stage show . , . but soon faded and owners decided to for- - get about whole thinp? . . . they say recep- tion would be alright if station is ever set up in Portland . . . and that isn't expected for some time . . . another television bug, Capt. Leland Weaver, city policeman, brought back a television et from California . . . toith a special antenna he hopes to pick tip something besides Snow. State board of control has decided to beautify south exposure of Capitol . . . hopes to do something in the way of landscaping to pretty up grounds and south driveway ... secy, state Earl Newbry figures something should be done to dress up sunken garden . . . he would like to see Liberty bell replica placed there, but planning commission has vetoed, the idea ... as a matter of fact, planning commission referred to replica ek a piece of junk. j. - ... From Suveet Home comes a new story , . . Tom Fair, former logger, donkey puncher ( operator), choker and setter and tree topper, will conduct revival services there , later this month , . . Fair's partner, Paul Coulombe, is to be the "golden voiced song leader." . . . anyway, Fair hopes to fall a good crop of religious timber ... Mrs. A. J. Batterton and Mrs. Blanche Harrington, cousins, met for the first time at Four Corners home of G. M. Deen, anothet cousin other day ... Airs. Harrinflfton," to hose home is in Iowa, happened to be visiting here and through correspond dence found out Mrs. Batterton was her cousin ,". . Richard Dean and Norma Harrington Were classmates at Salem high school last year unaware they ipere third cousin. (Continued from page 1) is real, it has become principally an accounting adventure as far as the state is concerned. The committee denied that the Oregon taxing system was driv ing industry out of the state. That bogey was raised frequently in the past, but repeated and thor ough studies have uniformly dis proved it. One salem visitor arrived at local airport, admired new administration building and noted that her own home town! of New Orleans, with over half . million population, still using temporary hangar put into use over four years ago ... road side sign east of Keizer district advertises "Home Sights." GRIN AND BEAR IT Amow Sf i JflrOl U'B, L The specific proposals of the tax study committee included: a tax on cigarets, disallowance or reduction in the deduction of in come taxes paid the federal gov ernment, and a state tax on auto mobiles. It also recommended that the state abandon author ity to levy a property tax for state purposes, except as might be required for debt service. Several times the voters have rejected a cigar et or tobacco tax, but it is so general among states that now it might be approved. A tax on automobiles in lieu of the old property tax thereon would not benefit the general fund, for under the constitution the revenues would have to be spent on highways. Doubling the license fee as was done in 1949 is probably as much as can be done at present. Disallowing payments for fed eral income taxes is just an ad roit way of avoiding increasing the rates of the income tax. It looks like a tax on a tax. We would get the same result merely by raising rates or by speeding the bracket stepup. The state has levied po state property tax for a decade, and does well to leave that field, to local units of government. How ever, I question the wisdom of a law permanently to cancel it In times of stress, receipts from present sources would decline, while the property tax, harsh though it is, would produce for -the state. These recommendations, and others that will emanate from the legislative interim committee, will go to the legislative assem- biy. witn responsible and mteui- Dy LlCnTy gent leadership there, the im- ' minent problem, which is one of amount or revenue rawer man kind of tax, can be solved. WivesViews; Cafes Vie for Mas Favor By Henry McLcmore ISTANBUL, Turkey If you're a husband I know youll wonder along with me how ' any man could ever af ford 2000 wives. That's a lot of wives even counting them by tens. But here in Istanbul, with permission of the govern ment, you can visit the Serag lio where many Sultan kept that many bet- ter halves during all his reign. How would a man ever get enough money to support 2,000 wives? Think of what it would - cost for nylons alone, not to men tion shoes, jewelry, food, and all the other things that a wife has to have to be happy and content. The Sultan's quarters are far and away the most lavish in the harem (pronounced harim in Turkey, hareem in Egypt, and harem in the United States). The buildings, and they cover many an acre, are Just as they were when they were occupied by the Sultans. No changes have been made, and with a little imagina tion one can picture what it was like when it was alive with people. Most of the Sultans, gals lived In simple, small, dormitory-like rooms. Only the Queen Mother and the Sultan's, favorite sweetie had lavish suites. These two were always battling for power and even the Sultan wasn't safe from their intrigues. -His bath is one of the most elaborate rooms in the Seraglio, but when he climbed in the tub, stripped and unarmed, he was protected by a metal grillwork that prevented some member of his court from, giving him the works with a pistol, dirk, or spear. The Sultan didnt give his wives a chance to get outside the grounds. Magnificent gardens were provided for their strolls, but when nightfall came they re tired to rooms whose only win dows opened on a sheer drop of hundreds of feet A gal would have had to be a parachutist to make her escape. The four cities I would rate as . having the most beautiful, nat ural settings are San Francisco, Rio, Hong Kong and Istanbul. I would hate to have to decide which is the loveliest Certainly Istanbul can hold its head up in such company, The view from the city commands a sweeping panorama of the Bosphorus, lead ing to the Black Sea; the Sea of Marmara running to the Dardan elles' and the Aegean, and the Golden Horn, the superb anchor age near the meeting of the Bos phorus and the Marmara. The waters are cluttered with crafts of all types, ranging from men-of-war to tiny sailboats, riding like shells on the cold blue waters. Scores of snow-white ferries ply up and down, and the Bosphorus and the Marmara are crisscrossed wim the white wakes churned up by them and scores of merchant vessels from all the ports of the world. At night, with the , harbor twinkling with thousands of lights, and the minarets of a thousand mosques lighted be cause of Ramadan, Istanbul Is a ' city right out of a story book. It's lovely at twilight too, when the setting sun causes the gold of the mosque domes to. blaze as though on fire. Better English By D. C Williams 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I could see that he was very dissatisfied." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "jocund"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Plenteous, faceteous, discourteous, bounteous. 4. What does the word "nas- "Bad news frem Comrade agent . . reports V. 8. fa aaeanlng. business . . . already, youth movement led by capitalist cowboy . Is armed to teeth with 2-gvns and six soooten . . " Food In Istanbul Is a magic blending of the Western and Eastern worlds (only a short ferry ride separates Europe from Asia) with the Eastern world predominating. YouH have to travel a long way to find a more fasinating restaurant than the one run by a Mr. Pandeli, a ven .erable Greek who does most of the cooking and serving, and who likes nothing better than to ar gue wim his customers. A small place, Pandeli's Is just around the corner from the stor ied spice market the oldest and biggest spice market in the world. Aromas of every known spice scent the narrow streets. Pan ' deli's, little more than a hole in the wall, serves the most exotic food in Turkey. There is nothing you can't get and cooked in a way that is miles out of this world. If you think that the French have a monopoly on cooking fish, then try Levrek haslamasi at Pandeli's. Levrek is the best of the Turkish fish and Pandeli brews up a tomato , . j . -! cent" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with ex that means "sublime"? ANSWERS 1. Say, "that he was very much dissatisfied." 2. Pronounce pok und, a as in on, accent first syl lable. 3. Facetious. 4. Coming into existence; beginning to de velop. "He was flattered by a certain nascent admiration on the part of the girL" 5. Exalted. 4 Pttttlmeiiv Stenographer Added to Staff Four new patrolmen and a sten ographer were added to the Salem police force Wednesday,; as auth-1 orized by new city budget provi sions. New patrolmen are:' William D. Russell, 558 S. 14th st; Joseph E. Albrich, jr, 1825 S. High st; Les lie M. Elkins, 1230 S. 17th st; and Allen R. Schwartz, 148 Union st . They were hired pending estab lishment of civil service lists and will be assigned to shifts within a week. Assistant Chief E. C. Charl ton announced. The new stenographer is Mrs. Grayce Van Keuren, 665 Ewald avenue. Your Health By Dr. Herman N. Bundensea INFLAMATION OF JOINTS For some years, doctors have believed that many cases of rheumatoid arthritis or inflam mation of the joints were associ ated with infection of one type or another. . Recent work with the new germ-killer, aureomycin, tends to bear this out Patients select- , ed for treatment not only had rheumatoid arthritis but also an infection of he prostate gland with what axe known as pleuro-pneumonia-like . organisms. All of them had been previously treated with gold-salts, without note-worthy results, one of the standard remedies against rheu matoid arthritis. When aureomy cin was given, the germ disap peared and, at the same time, there was improvement in the arthritis, In 17 out of 25 cases. In all patients who were not help ed by the treatment it was later found that aureomycin in the blood tream was too low in amount to be effective. Immediately after treatment was started, muscle and joint symptoms in some patients be came worse and their fever rose. But fter one to four weeks, im provement came and was con tinued. It was found that the germs disappeared before the symptoms of the rheumatoid arthritis cleared up. These same types of germs were also found in some persons suffering from a disorder known as erythema nodosum, and in some msm nt rhiimaH fv Some also had an infection of the urethra, the passage through which the urine' empties out of the bladder. ' Of four persons with this con dition, two also had pains in the muscles and jointsl In these cases all symptoms were relieved in two days by the aureomycin, given each day. It would seem important in cases of rheumatoid arthritis to make a careful search for infec tion not only in the urinary tract but also in other parts of the body, such as the teeth, tonsils, and sinuses, and then have pro per treatment carried out to overcome it . It is possible that In many cas es aureomycin treatment may serve to clear up the infection. In other cases, perhaps one of the other antibiotic preparations, such, as penicillin, might be found helpful. In any event, tho elimination of any such infection should bring improvement in the general health. and butter sauce that tho best in Paris would have a hard time equalling. A meal at Pandeli's requires a good two hours and an appetite like a starved whale. A few more meals there and, like Spring, I'll be busting out all over. (MfcNaucht Syndicate. Inc.) COTTAGE CONVALESCENT HOME 252 North Cottage Street t'nmini iiwii iin Hi mic-iin n i mil . 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