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' 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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.-
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A-Bomb Seen as Only Remaining Deterrent to
i Soviet Aggression Elsewhere Than in Korea
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&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.
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The 1st marine dixislon, for
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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. ,
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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."
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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,
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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
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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.)
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