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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING. COMPANY
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Entered at the pottoffleo at Salem, Oreton, as second clan matter aader act of congress March S, 187
Dulles Warned the Korean Reds !
Here Is an unanswerable answer to critics who
have persisted in saying that the state depart
ment was caught with its striped ' pants down
when the North Koreans invaded $euth Korea.
It is a rebuttal which has evidently been
are, of course, tragically inadequate. Mortality
rates have always been high, anyway.
With such a low level of hygienic and sanitary
standards as exists in Korea; the medical mili
tary problems of the United Nations forces are
obviously heightened, Dr. Harold Rusk points
out. And the most serious military medical prob-
nce Monitor Washington new, bureau which j not care o JS
recenUy repoAed it forlhe sakeof the record., Wjfcto.J5
, The US. government was aware" for months, eral population, with which our forces come in
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offensive forces north of the 38th parallel just
as we have had reports all along of troop move
ments within the Balkan countries., Washington
did not know when the Korean communists
would" marchjust as we do not know when
the Bulgarians. Rumanians and Albanians will
march. ..: - .
4But, continues the Monitor report, lest the
MAC'VAMnni mA VftAm rtaf tYiav r tirMi14 Vva
facing if they crossed the border, John Foster
Dulles was sent to Korea to tell them.
high-policy speech specifically warning the com
munists that aggression would be countered by
the UJ3. and United Nations. He delivered that
sneech in Seoul on June 19. It cromised U. S.
support through the UN to Seoul to meet
the use of force against South Korean territo
rial Integrity. Moreover, Unwarned the com
munists that the free world, a world which
commands vast moral and material power anr
resolution that is unswerving, doomed any de
spotism which wages aggressive' war to unut
terable disaster"
Dulles' speech could only be regarded as ex
plicit and premeditated warning against aggres
sion. It war not only ignored by the American
press, it was ignored by Moscow, too. Six days
: after Dulles gave warning, the North Koreans
marched .
Korea r- A Garbage Heap
Korea is about as sanitary as a garbage heap.
That's one reason why the armed forces are
calling for medics.
, There is plenty of water in South Korea es
pecially now during the hot rainy season, but
it isn't fit to drink. Human sewage is widely
used for fertilizer 'in he. rural areas and farm
communities depend on rivers and wells for
their water supply. The water is almost always
contaminated and U.S. troops can't use it. ;
Even in the cities where there are primitive
sewage systems, these only serve a small frac-
has few flush toilets and in smaller cities plum
bing conveniences are rare. ' i '
The country is lousy with lice fleas, flies,
mites, ticks and mosquitoes capable of transmit
ting diseases such as malaria, filariasis, dengue
and Japanese B encephalitis, according to a doc
tor writing in the New York Times.
Besides malaria, diseases of greatest military
Importance in Korea are amebic and bacillary
dysentery, diarrhea, typhus and skin infections,
some of which are most prevalent at this time
of year;. - Cholera and some kinds of fever are
ISO Common. Not mnsidorcwl rvf militanr im
tHIIIWJ
portance but likely to affect a small number of
troops are jaundice, rat bite fever, rabies, cere
brospinal meningitis and worm Infections of
the lungs and intestinal tracts, i '
The natives suffer from leprosy, tuberculosis.
trachoma and small pox, and medical facilities
fa the thousands of refugees from battle areas
Another Kind of General
The papers have been full lately ot names of
generals, major generals, brigadier generals and
plain generals. They were men of war all of
them but one and she was (a woman of peace
and love and Salvation, General Evangeline
Booth. At the age of 85 she died in London
where she was born and where she labored. -
The name Booth, of course, springs from that
"of the founder of the Salvation Army, General
William Booth, and Evangeline was his daugh
ter. The daughter when in her teens began do
ing the Army's work with the lowly, the poor,
the sinning, the outcast. In tough districts of the
British capital, she became a shining flower,
protected even by the hoodlums who frequented
the areas. Later, she served as commander of
the Salvation Army in Canada and then in the
United States and from 1934 to 1939 was general
in command ofits worldwide activities.
Hers was Just one of the consecrated lives
devoted to Christian service through this agen
cy. It still carries on; its men and women in e
uniform still go about the ; streets, still have
their missions in slums, still offer helping hands
to the drunk and fallen, the poor and. the dis
tressed, still labor to give underprivileged chil
dren and youth a better chance in life.
At first, jeers and missies and sometimes court
action greeted the Salvationists, but that oppo
sition has long since been ended. Turning the
"other cheek," these humble followers of the
Master have won their place and many who may
spurn their gospel applaud them for their good
deeds. j 1 j- -
Evangeline Booth was not 'interred in West
minster Abbey. She has a better shrine in the
hearts of those she worked with and the multi
tude she served. ! i
lean Street
Sets Forth
Many
Things
Br Henry McLemore
ANTWERP, Belgium You
may have never visited Pelican
street here in Antwerp, but the
chances are
that you own
something that
came from
Pelican street.
In the space
of one block in
this . rather
drab street, al
moit directly
across from the
skeleton of the
bombed - out
railroad sta
tion, more diamonds
Stayton, which calls itself the bean center of the world, had
'a tough time locating 150 pounds of dried beans for bean feed
at festival now in progress . . . Mark Hatfield, manager of San-
tiaxn Bean festival, says ho had to go nearly
to Boston to find enough, for. the pot . . .won
der if navy Is buying up product expecting to
feed new recruits its famous bean soup . . .
good thing festival committee didn't plan on
buffalo steaks.
Of interest on this coast is the decision of the
District of Columbia court of appeals reversing
a federal district court and j ordering returned
to R. Stanley Dollar the controlling stock in the
American President Lines. The predecessor Dol
lar Steamship lines" got in financial difficulties
and the stock was posted with the maritime
commission in receipt of a loan, on which pay
ments were interrupted. The MC operated the
lines and made enough money to retire the debt,
but retained the stock. The! DC court ruled it
was still held as pledge and should bo returned.
The case will go to the U.S. supreme court. The
Dollar name was identified with shipping in the
Pacific since the days of sail; and maybe it will
return to command the fine fleet of President
ships. j S
Scientists are making claims of success in
priming clouds for rain. But an old Navajo
medicine man still sticks by his methods of
appeal to the tribal gods after the ancient
rituals of his cult. If it does; rain, whoever in
voked it can claim! credit.
Repeated Communist O utbreaics Would Bring
Question as to Whether to Seek Real Showdown
By J. M. Koberts. Jr. '
AP roreign News Analyit
Just one more communist out
break such as that in Korea will
raise the question of whether
the West should
seek an imme- f
diate showdown
I with Russia.
1 Korea has
' provided a sur
prising revela-
tio n of how
much western
effort can be
sucked In byj
such relatively I ' '
small actions. I j
ol the addition- -
al trouble that might be caused
by, communist moves in Indo
china, the Balkans or elsewhere
already causes people to wonder
what happens if Russia is able to
sit back with her military
length intact while American
and allied forces are scattered all
over the lot against the satellites.
There have been all sorts of
reports from the Balkans in the
last few days. International com
mercial circles in New York have
been full of rumors about troop
movements and even invasions.
The United Nations Balkan com
mittee has issued a direct warn
ing of possible trouble. Some of
the reports have settled on Yugo
slavia and some on Greece as the
possible victims of Bulgarian,
Rumanian and . Hungarian ag
gression. Others have included
, designs on both as the Comin
fortn seeks to establish a new
state of Macedonia. Greece is
Iust as much of a U. S. responsi
iliity as Korea.
Similar reports havo concerned
Iran. These have been discounted
by the fact that Russia has no
satellite army to do the Job three,
although she might attempt an
Internal coup through Kurdish
and other dissident elements. The
shah, however, has felt able only
this week to defy Russian claims
to j interventionist rights under
an iold treaty, thereby giving the
appearance of confidence that
Teheran is able to handle that!
Situation.; .
'h-ese communist activities
on the Indochina border have led
some Inside observers to calcu
late that the greatest danger of
the moment lies in that area.
They include Burma, already
torn by civil war, between sev
eral more or less communist fac
tions, another possible objective.
- President Truman makes it
dear that the United States in
tends to develop ample power to
handle the little wars as well as
to meet whatever timetable Rus
sia has for herself.
Russia Is not to be permitted
to consolidate her hold on more
Satellite flanks. She may think
her effort to do so will scatter the
allied defense. But America
knows its football too well. The
well-recognized job is to take
care of these end runs while still
developing the reserve strength
to meet any power play which
the Kremlin may plan to send
through the middle.
If this double job proves too
galling, the time will have risen
for the allies to consider an of
fensive. This might involve a
complete break with the Soviet
world, blockades, ultimatums, the
sponsoring of active underground
movements in the satellites and,
ultimately, war.
When festival Jack-of-the-Beanstalk
(Jimmy McGill) was crowned other night,
guess who laid the diadem on his little
blonde noggin? . . . right! fellow by name
of Jim Fairy, husky member of Robin
Hoods of Sherwood (Ore.).
Two weeks ago local driver (making a U-turn) ran smack
Into auto driven by Marion County Deputy Sheriff Ed Atkin
son ... motorist later fined for reckless driving . . . Atkinson
got a new car . . . this week Smiling Ed was cruising along N.
Front st, back from investigation at Keizer ... suddenly a car
backed right into lane of traffic another smashup ... driver's
slated to plead Saturday on a reckless driving charge . . . using
as few words as possible, Ed indicated he might start taking the
bus. - Y
TiDO-mon picket line at National Battery plant in west
Salem were seen having a dandy time . . . intently playing
no-hoWi-borred game of mumblety-pejf-knucklM, 'elbow'
shoulder, head and all . . . draft officials say that only a
few A-ls are expected to come out of upper age groups ...
so probably bulk of draftees will come from aye groups
. lower than 25 . . . pals; man taken with epileptic seizure on
downtown street Thursday night ... tioo men gently low
ered him to sidewalk and pently walked away and finally
passerby notified first aid car. 1?
: Marion County Judge Grant Murphy says county court will
back but not sponsor move to resubmit $50,000 levy proposal for
now health department building . . . court hoping public will
take interest in project and push it.
Bottor English
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "He was Informed that
the books ! each cost a dollar
apiece. I
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "gratuitous?
S. Which one ot these words is
misspelled? Halitosis, halucina
tlon, hallelujah, halyard.
4. What does the word "deter
rent" mean? -
Literary Gui
depost
GRIN AND BEAR IT
1
TIME or HOPE, by C. P. Snow
(Macmlllan; S3.S0)
Lewis Eliot, whom readers
have already met in Snow's ser
ies of novels about contempor
ary English life, hero tells how
he grew up, launched himself
in a career, fell in love and was
married, v . . - 'j
1 He is the son of an ineffective,
small-time businessman who, in
Eliot's childhood, goes bank
rupt The boy Is fond of tm, and
feels at ease with him, but his
mother is the dominant influ
ence. Having failed to lift her
husband, by her bootstraps, to
success, she transfers her am
bitions to her son and urges him
to aim high In life. Practical
Aunt MiUy, annoyed at the way
the mother puts on airs, thinks '
the young man shouldn't aim
any higher than the streetcar
shops, but she's willing to help
with his education. When World
War I ends, he takes a job
where he can be sure of securi
ty but not much more..
His mother's insistence has
had its effect, and security isnt
enough. An unexpected bequest
provides the money that makes
it possible to go on to better
things if ho will make the nec
essary sacrifices. The example
of George Passant inspires in
him an interest in the law. But
acquaintance with Jack Cotery
reminds him, if a reminder is
needed, that this is a world of
women as well as men, and he
meets Sheila Knight. From then
on the story concerns his ef
forts to climb to the top, and his
difficult relations with beautiful
Sheila, irresistibly attractive
though unsure of herself and
purposeless. ; -
There are thrilling characteri
zations in this novel: Lewis'
clowning father, and Sheila's
canny lather: too, and the lawyer
Getliffe. Perhaps the old peoples
com off better than the young, '
though Sheila holds your atten- -tion
fast, and you worry, with
Lewis, about whether to do the
sensible thing or to yield to 'the
appeal of the senses. Despite a
few flashes of brilliance, the
novel's excellence seems to me
to be due to the author's thor
oughness, rather than the Imag
ination or intuition or fancy; duo
even to a plodding thorough
ness, though that should not be
taken to mean that if s a plod
ding job for the reader. Snow
doesn't dream up bis characters,
he digs them up. His virtue is
the total lack of the literary
vices, and his novel is a suit
fire story with plenty ot warmth
but little fir
(Continued from page 1)
including Bonneville and South
western and Southeastern Power
administrations. . , .
To Dale E. Doty the bureau of
land management: public lands
and grazing service, O Sc C lands,
park service, fish and wildlife
service, Indian affairs, land utili
zation, territories.
To Vernon D. Northrop inter
nal administration of the depart
ment: personnel, budget pro
perty. The factions battling over CVA
will wonder if this means that
Interior has drawn in its horns
on this promotion. I do not think
so. Warne in his speech dedicting
Shasta dam tore into Pacific Gas
& Electric, the present large dis
tributor of power in - northern
California. He evidently approves
of the public power expansion
favored by Interior though he
may not be as ardent for valley
. authorities as Davidson who has
.made many appearances in the
northwest urging a CVA. Warne's
particular promotion is the diver
sion of water from the Columbia
basin to the parched southwest
The reason for his selection to
head this important division may
not have been to rate him higher
than Davidson but because Chap
man felt him better qualified for
reclamation which after all has
been the big end of Interior's
water utilization.
Aside from power and reda
ma tion. Oregon is much inter
ested in matters dealing with
grazing on public lands and ad
ministration of O St C lands.
Daniel E. Goldy, a Davidson
choice, has been heading the re
gional office. Since ho Is under
civil service presumably ho will
be continued in his position. Doty
is a new man and will have to
do a lot of home work to learn
how to administer the great pub
lic domain and satisfy cattlemen,
lumbermen, wildlife enthusiasts.
With this reorganization ef
fected, many people will follow
with keen interest to observe how
it works and what changes if
any occurs in interiors public
policies. - .
Admitted Communist
Seeks School lost
kl I irliilf SEATTLE, July 20-VHerbert
uy Llbliry j Phillips, ousted University of
Washington philosophy professor,
filed today as a candidate for King
county school superintendent He
lost bis university job last year
after admitting communist party
membership. ,
CONTRACT AWAEDED -
The state highway commission
Thursday awarded a contract to
E. H. Itschner, Molalla, to furnish
7300 cubic yards of crushed rock
or crushed gravel in stockpiles on
the Mt Vernon-Prairie City road
project on the John Day highway.
The low bid wag 118,980.
S5
8. What is a word beginning
with pa that means "biased?"
ANSWERS ,
1. Say, "The books cost a dol
lar each," or, The books cost a
dollar apiece. 2. Pronounce gra-tu-l-tus,
a as in ask unstressed,
first as in use, 1 as in it unstres
sed, accent second syllable. 3.
Hallucination. 4. That which pre
vents from action by fear or con
sequences. The information ho
received acted as a deterrent'
5. Partial. ;
"Now, my opponent Is stooping to foal tactics and dirty politics!
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Mads.' shipped, sold frtskl
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different proposition altogether.
They .look just like pebbles. Un
derneath' the rough coat may
be a " flawless gem which will
yield itself to cutting and pol
ishing. On the other hand, the
rough coat may hide a stone
with unsightly flaws and fis
sures which will prevent it from
ever being of great value. !
It's up. to the buyer to use
his training, his astuteness, and
his intuition in deciding what
lies beneath. If he figures right
he gets a big bargain, but if he
figures wrong he has a stone
which will have to be broken -down
into' small stones worth 1
much less than what he paid for
the diamond in the rough.
'
Diamond sellers they're ac
tually called "peddlers" by the !
trade do not dress or act like
men who walk around with for
tunes in their pockets. They car
ry their diamonds in big leather
wallets held together by rubber
bands, and the faith that buyers !
and sellers have in one another
is amazing. A seller will hand
a. buyer a packet containing
anywhere from twenty to a
hundred diamonds and then
walk off and see another client
and be gone for an hour or two. -(
He never checks his diamonds
whenj he gets back because ho
knows that honesty is the whole
foundation of the diamond busi
ness, and that one dishonest act
bars a man for life from ever
dealing in diamonds again. His
name Is sent to all the diamond
centers in the world, and never
again will he be allowed to
enter any diamond club. And
unlesVa man has the freedom
of the diuhs, he canineither buy
nor selL
An extremely important part
of the club is the weighing room.
Before any transaction is com
pleted the diamonds must be
weighed the scales handle
little as l500th of a carat. Once
a buyer accepts the weight,
there is no recourse whatsoever.
That weight. Is final.
As far as I could see, there
wasn't a single armed guard in
or about the rliih Th
lookout Is the doorman, who
knows the faces of all the mem
bers. Men have gone away for
as long as 20 years only to re
appear and be admitted by the
doorman without questioning.
(McNaught Syndicate. Inc.) 1
McMinnville
ManTeUsbf
Idaho Fishing I'
Fishing and adventuring in Ida
no's1 Salmon river county were re
lated graphically to Salem Lions
club Thursday , noon by Barney
McPilJips with the aid of movies
made on the spot.
McPhlllips and Francis Marsh,
two o the several McMinnville
men who made the trip, were at
the local club's luncheon in Marlon
hotel yesterday.
Chairman for the day was Wes
ley E. Stewart ir Lions rluh
vice president Leo Reimann, pres-
are cut.
polished, bought and sold, than
In any other place m me woria.
Behind the doors of the ordinary-looking
buildings millions
and millions of dollars worth of
diamonds are handled each day.
Nearly all of the buying and
selling in Antwerp is done in
one of five clubs, all Of which
I visited with Mr. Charles Wein
berg, a third generation diamond
broker. They, are not social
clubs; but there is no social club
in the world where the board
of directors are as careful about
the membership.
The Beurs Diamanthandel is
typical of the clubs. When you
walk in you think, at first
glance, that you are in a large
restaurant for men. There are
scores of tables, with men on
either side, leaning forward as
if eating. But then you notice
that the tables have no plates,
knives, forks or food.
- All interest is centered on
packets of white, waxed paper
about four inches square. These
paper squares hold the diamonds
which the sellers have brought
to the club for the buyers to
examine. There is little or no
chatting or laughter in - the
Beurs Diamanthandel. This is
serious business with serious
money changing hands. All the
buyers have to help them make
their decisions are a jeweler's
eye-glass, a pair of tweezers
with which to sold the stones,
and an enormous amount of
knowledge and intuition about
diamonds.
Buyers from all parts of the
globe were scattered about the
room New York, London,
Paris, Buenos Aires, Calcutta,
Cairo, Hong Kong. To get an
idea of what a buyer's job is like
I sat down at a table with Mr.
Jacques Klein, jeweler of 62
Rue Lafayette, Paris.
Ho had just purchased a per
fect blue-white stope for $16,
P00 and was examining rough
stones when I pulled up a chair.
It is when buying rough stones
that the diamond buyer takes
his risks, makes his gamble. "Al
most anyone, with a little prac
tice, ean detect a flaw in a
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