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The Military Case
As this page indicated earlier this week, the
president's official repudiation of th preventive
war policy urged by his own military leaders
has not stopped the extensive agitation on be
half such "aggression for peace."
Popular radio commentators, among them Ga
briel Heatter, night after night hammer on the
theme that the United States ought to "choose
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choice with Russia the dealer. Again and again
they hint that a few atom bombs dropped on
Russia now would quickly end the misery in
Korea.' ' :
.With Infinite cleverness, these birds twang
the heartstrings and stir up the emotions of
their confused listeners. They base their appeal
on the military expediency of an early war with
the .USSR. i
No less a military analyst than Hanson Bald
win of the New York. Times puts them in their
place with a coldly realistic , appraisal of the
military case for a preventive war. It is based,
he says, on the assumption that we, can deliver
atomic bombs accurately by the hundreds upon
targets thousands of miles deep in Russia. .The
proponents of this idea tend to -disregard the
fact that those targets (for which we do not
even have accurate maps) would be defended
by hundreds of Russian fighter planes and heavy
anti-aircraft concentrations that would force U.
S. bombers to very high altitudes from which
precise bombing is difficult.
. Baldwin also points out that the dispatching
of strategic bombers to Russia would mean at
once the loss of Western Europe and of other
large areas of the world to Russia. The Red
army,-with its satellite armies in Eastern Eu
rope, would march forthwith, and we haven't
anything there to stop them. Baldwin concludes:
. . "The military case for preventive war is
founded upon the hopes of a quick and easy
victory, that glittering and unrealistic goal that
would be impossible if the Soviet Union domi-
preventive war would really mean a long, hard
and vicious struggle, with no holds barred."
A preventive war, started now when the VS.
Ii cat even sufficiently strong to be sure of win
ning in Korea, would be a war we could easily
lose. Let Heatter, in his best sepulchral tones,
tell that to his listeners.
Oregon Going to the Beavers?
t People ought not to treat wild animals the
way they treat people. It's cruel.
Take the case of that beaver up in Stayton.
Our Statesman correspondent from the little
country town reports that a large beaver walk
ed ua Main street the other day and stooped in
at the Mountain States power company office.
Some guy named Norman Peck promptly kicked
the beaver out into the street.
Now maybe Mr. Beaver came on legitimate
m. . TT 1 Ll 1 1 .r.!.
ter about ML States operations interfering with
Tired Colonel Watches Battalion Smashed
f By All-Out Offensive of North Korean Reds
By Joseph Afate
WITH U. S. FORCES IN KO
REA. Sept. 6 The tank stood
on a high bluff, overlooking a
C2t creen val-f
lay with eroded, ' -
scrub - covered
hills beyond. !t
Hear 'tha .tank J
la a foxhole
for i mere was
tha usual inef- '
factual sniper
fire' sat the
lieutenant
; colonel. A spare
man in hard
J I a.2 m.
drawn and weary, which was
understandable, since he had just
lost most of his battalion. -.
The battalion bad been utter
ly overrun In the assault on tha
rnd division position which be
gan the current crisis in the Ko
rean fighting. By tha most lavish ,
use of man power to breach the
tenuous American line, the ene
my had torn a seven - mile hole
In our front. But because of ex
- treme shortages of transport, ar
tillery and even ammunition, the
North Koreans had been unable -to
exploit this : great success,
being halted where we. were by
the regimental engineers, cooks:
and bakers, with 200 divisional
derks in reserve.
.These ill - assorted infantry
Bwh held our bluff and the
neighboring high ground.
Between bouts of serving as
assistant target spotter for the
tank, the weary lieutenant colo
nel almost volubly tried to ex
plain what had happened to his
outfit, which had been so ter
ribly chopped to pieces in its
first experience of hard combat .
Occasionally the deafening roar
and flash of the tank's big gun
laterupted him, but always he
' continued again, in the same
Cat, ' unemotional voice. - - -. , . ...
. ; What had happened was real
ly very simple. Shortly after its
arrival in Korea, the 2nd divi
sion; had been hurried into the
line-, bn the Naktong river; to
' peraut the exhausted, thrice -decimated
24th division to go at
last , la to Reserve. The line to be held
was appallingly long.
"We had to space the foxholes
every sixty yards along the riv
er." the lieutenant colonel ex
plained. "But even then we were
all - separated on four little
knolls, with no one holding the
draws In between then; in a
louder voice to the tank crew,
"Why dont you try that clump
f trees on the big hill?"
ffhe tank gun roared three
times. A smoke cloud covered
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A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
his construction plans. Or poor service. Perhaps
he just stopped in to pass the time of day. Is
that the way Mt., States responds to its custom-'
ers? No wonder there's agitation for PUDs!
That isn't all that happened to the beaver. He
took his wounded dignity off down the street,
slapping his flat tail on the pavement, and then
he paused at the office of the local Chewie
dealer. Again he was rudely rebuffed.
Do you suppose he Vanted to sign up for post
war delivery, or ask for a free trial ride, like
the ads suggest? The dealer probably didn't even
bother to ascertain the purpose of the visit; he
just turned the, beaver away as though Mr. B.
was any old Tom, Dick or Harry.
Well, we humans are used to that sort of
treatment at times. But beavers are rugged in
dividualists who don't take kindly to being kick
ed around. Not by a damsite. 1
Can't blame them, either. Oregon, after all, is
the Beaver State and sometimes when we re
flect on how the people are running it we think
it ought to be turned back to the beavers.
Telling it to the Marines
President Truman exhibited another of his
'occasion fits of petulance when he wrote that
the marine corps has a propaganda machine
"almost equal to Stalin's." That was "telling it
to the marines," all right; but they didn't like
it. Nor did the rest of the country. Considering
the eagerness with which the defense depart
ment reached out for the parcel of marines it
had (by congressional reprieve) left off the
liquidation list, it was hardly "cricket" for the
president and commander-in-chief to take this
crack at the corps.
! You do have to give it to the marines for
having a lively sense, of public relations. It had
the sweetest publicity outfit during World War
II that you could imagine. Activities and per
sonnel of the corps, story with pictures, were
meat for the marine corps press section. In the
late embroilment over unification the corps had
many staunch advocates who doubtless irritated
, Secretary Johnson in his program of unification
via meat-axe.
But that doesn't justify linking the marine
corps promotion department with the vile pro
paganda organization of hated Stalin. The coun
try owes too much to the marines to ignore the
slam, and the president acted properly in re
tracting his words.
The Billy Graham evangelistic campaign clos
ed Monday in Portland at the Multnomah stadi
um; and just preceding his meeting the state's
Crusade for Freedom 'was launched.' Looks as
though the latter wa! getting the. ride.
' The evangelist
Roosevelt failed
Eugene.
the little tree clump, then fea-
thered slowly away. A file of en
gineers moved out, very visible
against the green ridge, to try
to attack tha hill. To cover the
assault, shells sang overhead and
thudded Into the enemy positions
from artillery in the rear. Still
scanning the hill through his
field glasses, the lieutenant colo
nel continued.
At first it had been very quiet
for his battalion in the line, for
" the North Koreans, these days,
need a good deal of time to build
up even the man power for a
serious attack. Two nights before
there had been a curious sort
of torchlight parade, with much
singing and shouting on tha ene-
. my bank of the river. ("I guess
they were getting sakied up," re
marked the lieutenant coloneL)
Artillery immediately fired on
the panders but this did not halt
the fording of the shallow Nak
tong, the enemy infantry half
walking, half swimming, their
" equipment in boats, with a screen
of women and children refugees
driven forward in the lead. At
least 4,000 North Koreans were
involved in the attack on the
lieutenant colonel's single bat
talion. '
"We killed an awful lot of
them he said. "But they just
flowed over and around our po
sitions. We held the command
post until 11 yesterday morning,
when regiment ordered us to re
tire. Able company was cut off,'
but was still directing artillery
fire at 3 yesterday afternoon,
when , their radio transmission
stopped. Almost all the men in
the three rifle companies were
cut off the same way."
Down in the rice paddies, the
I few score engineers had been
' halted by machine gun fire. As
they turned back, a man in the
rear of the file fell forward hea
vily. A thin, boyish sergeant,
his face caked with dust, ran up
to. report that 17 men of Able
company had Just filtered back
through the enemy lines.
"That's good, that's fine, Da-
vis," the lieutenant colonel said,
' showing emotion at last. This
is Sgt. Wilbur Davis of Baker
company. He ought to tell you
his story." The tank firing re
sumed as Davis began, speak
ing very simply. Before they
really knew what was happen
ing, the platoon was surrounded
by shouting enemy troops. They
formed on the crest of the rise
with two 40 caliber anti-aircraft
machine guns and a half
track mounting four 50 calibers
protecting the flanks with graz
: ing fire. - , ,
The North Koreans shortly
Oregon. TekpMM B-344L
act at cengTeas March X. 1X7
"Graham Packs Court," runs our headline.
succeeded where Franklin D.
only it was McArthur .court,
k9
made first one, then another
yelling charge up the rise in
heavy force. Both charges were
turned back only two or three
yards from the foxholes. At the
end of the second charge, the ma
chine gun ammunition was gone.
In the lull Sgt William H. Van
Over volunteered to drive the
halftrack to the rear, and return
ed with two new halftracks with
loaded guns. Two further charg
es followed before dawn, to re
veal the sloped ground about
hideously littered with North
Korean dead, and the little group
on the rise cut off from all con
tact with the rest of the bat
talion. They decided to retreat.
As they made their way through
the unfriendly hills, Davis and
a companion became separated
from the others, and they alone
got back.
"It's been like that with most
of them," the lieutenant colonel
said, explaining that he hoped
at least half his battalion would
eventually reach our lines. One
gathered, however, from what
was spoken, that it had not been
"like that" with all of them. Our
great superiority In fire power
might have overcome vthe Im
mense Korean advantage in
numbers, if a small percentage
of the green, softly trained
troops had not been paralyzed
by the confusion of the fighting
and the multitude of the ene
my, and thus prevented the bat
talion from acting as a thorough
ly well-knit team
--'
The lieutenant told how an
other little party led by Medical
Sgt. William Crawford had de
stroyed a machine gun nest with
grenades and killed an enemy
tank with their three - point -five
' bazooka on their trek to
freedom. The tank nearby sud
denly began to back off down
our "bluff, rumbling angrily.
There was a lull in the fighting.
The lieutenant colonel took one
last look through his glasses at
the enemy shells across the way.
"I don't see anything over there,"
he said. "You just never see
them until they're on you. I .
guess IH go back."
Under trees, in the command
post at the rear, Sgt. Crawford's
little band were sleeping on the '
ground. Pfc William Durand and
Pfc Jack Click, 19 and 18 re-,,
spectively, roused themselves al
most enthusiastically to tell how
they had stalked the North Ko
rean tank. "We crept way up,"
Durand said. "But the best thing
was, we got her with the first
round. We only had two. You
should have seen those gooks
run. It was grand."
Copyright. 1950,
Ktw York Hearld Tribune In
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Best portion of state fair water follies comes in act of waex
clown Eddie R6se. Hose is demonstrating various type of swim
ming techniques like, for instance, the "Egyptian crawl." Then
u I i :
if y -
. , ed up a lot of signs, big and small, informing the public of
the need for a fighting liberal democrat. Well, other exhi
bitors in the same barns objected to political decorations
and complained to the fair office. Others tore down FlegeVs
signs. Now Austin doesn't know who objected to his cam
paign literature the republicans or the hogs.
Rube Curtis, state fair clown who works downtown streets
and midway, says the art of clowning is going, more or less, to
pot. Rube waddles around on a huge pair of oversized shoes
which weigh five pounds each and cost $35 a pair. He had
clowned for 45 years and lives in Salem. He's a house painter
when not in costume.
"The clotons best field is the circuses," says Rube. "And
even they are going downhill. Clowns used to make pretty
good money. But not anymore, unless they go Hollywood."
Rube says he first hit Salem with the Sells-Floto circus in
1907. And while he makes the fair crowds laugh Rube can't
help but think of his young son who just this week landed
in Korea u?tth the air force.
Wayne (Junior Senator) Morse told a Silverton audience Wed
nesday that the senate "watchdog" committee, which has been
investigating frauds in government contracts, inadequate de
fense preparations, etc will bring out a report next week about
war surplus property disposal. The senator hinted that this re
port would probably bring on checks and controls of surplus
sales. Morse said , that congress postponed the issues of an ex
cess profit tax act and a universal military training program
until after the November elections for political reasons only. Got
a big hand from his listeners when he said that "not from my
lips" would ever, come a word of discredit to the heroic and
glorious marine corps. .
GRIN AND BEAR IT
"As usual, war strikes hardest at
has Joined the
t . .
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JIM - - AJi
he comes to the "Willamette river breast
stroke." This original stroke is performed by
slapping the water ahead of the swimmer with
one hand (in the manner of a man sweeping
debris out of the way) while holding the nose
with the other hand.
Austin Fleoel, democratic for governor,
ran into no end of trouble at the stater fair
when he attempted to further his cam
paign. Flegel is exhibiting hogs at the fair.
Around his pens in the lair barns he tack-
by Lichty
us mothers ... Junior's sitter
WACs
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Your Health
e a
By Dr. Herman N. Bundensen
ONE CAUSE OF BACK PAIN
IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS
When a. child complains of
.pain in the back, the possibility
of what is known as a protruded
intervertebral disk should al
ways be considered. These disks
are the cartilage cushions be
tween the bones of the spine.
Protrusion of one of these disks
is a common and well-recognized
cause of backache in adults. -The
same sort of condition may also
develop in children or young
people in their teens, though it
is not so often recognized be
cause the symptoms seem to be
less noticeable in children than ,
In adults.
The chief complaint Is pain,
limping, tiredness, sleeplessness,
or trouble In bending over. The
pain may be on one side and ex
tend into the buttock, thigh, or
leg in severe cases. The pain is
not made worse by coughing or
sneezing. It Is usually worse in
the evenings and is also aggra
vated by activity, such as stoop
ing, lifting, or standing. On the
othey hand, It is relieved by rest
in bed.
. This condition occurs more
Often in boys than in girls, and
often develops following some
injury.
i As a rule. It Is not difficult to
make a diagnosis of the disorder.
There is pain on pressure over
the lower part of the spine. The
J'oungster is unable to raise his
egs straight upward while lying
on his back. There is also pain or
some limiting of the movement
of the lower part of the back.
It is fortunate that in this con
, dition surgery is not often neces
sary. Treatment consists of rest and
the avoidance of competitive
games or any other activities
which cause back strain. A belt
Is worn which extends from the
lower three ribs down over the
hips.
The patient Is instructed to
sleep on a firm mattress which.
In turn, may be supported by a
board. As he improves, he Is
given exercises to strengthen the
muscles of the abdomen and the
back.
Medicines are not employed,
except perhaps aspirin, to relieve
the pain.?
In about one out of ten cases
the symptoms may be so severe
and so disabling that removal of
the disk is necessary.
Pain in the back of a youngster
should be Investigated by an or
thopedic specialist.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
MAit: What causes lumps to
appear on the back of the neck
and on the scalp. I am seventy
years of age.
Answer: It Is Impossible to tell
the cause of such swellings with
out an examination. It might be
due to enlarged lymph glands; to
cysts or, possibly, to some type of
tumor.
. Immediate examination by
your doctor Is advisable.
(Copyright 1950, King Features)
Better English
1. What is wrong with this sen
tence? "What business have they
to Interfere with our plans?"
2. What Is the correct pronun
ciation of "studious"? .
3. Which one of these words Is
misspelled? CoUosal, colonize, col
lusion, collaborate.
4. What does the word "Omi
nous? mean? r
5. What is a word begining with
pa that means "to appease"? ;
ANSWERS
1. Say, rwhat right have they to
interfere?" 2. Pronounce the first
u as in use, not atoe. 3. Colossal
4. Foreboding evil. fThe dark
clouds on the horizon look omi
nous.1' 9. Pacify. - ,
By Henry ICcLemore
PARIS, Sept. 6 1 was a bit
leery about paying a' visit to
cafe Les Deux Magots, having
heard that it
had become
the Intellectual
heart of . Paris'
Left Bank, and
that to get ver
mouth one must
all but ait in
the lap of Jean
Paul -' Satre,
' the high priest
Nothing
makes " me
more uncom
..... x
fortable than .
an intellectual center.
To sit among or even be near
those thinking profound
thoughts causes me to break out
in spots, much like those which
appear on people who are aller
gic to tomatoes or bran muffins
but who keep on eating toma
toes and bran muffins, never'
the less.
But. under the prodding of
my wife, who considers me the
very smartest man she is mar
ried to, I made my way across
the Seine and along the Boule
vard St. Germain until the let
tering of the canopy of a side
walk cafe Informed me that I
was at Les Deux Magots. -
If it hadnt been for the let
tering on the canopy I would
have sworn that I was at the
entrance to a freak show, where
the admission was half a buck
at least.. Now, I am hot one to
criticize the appearance of my
fellow creatures, having had
mirrors around my house ever
since I can remember.
I know I look odd but I try
not to look any odder than I
can help. Cafe Les Deux Magots
habitues, however, give the ap
pearance of making a career of
' looking crazy. There must have
been a hundred or more men
and women ' seated inside and
outside the cafe, and a good 99
per cent of them could - have
taken right off for a masquer
ade party without even parting
their, hair.
The two men at the table
which crowded our own little
knock-kneed table may have
been two of the world's most
original thinkers, whose opin
Ions on art. the theatre, litera
ture, sculpture and politics
cause repercussions all the way
to the Himalayas and back, but
surely they didn't look the part
One of them had on an out
fit that required imagination of
the very highest order. His
trousers were rolled up above
his knees, exposing sockless legs
and a pair of cowboy boots. To
complete this harmonious en
semble he wore a voluminous,
t plaid lumberjacket, fastened
across his chest with an enor
mous safety pin.
This outfit didn't stand " out
particularly. The sockless Tex
an's companion wore an aloha
shirt, skin-tight blue jeans,
white buckskin thong slippers,
all topped off by a -red beret,
on which was pinned all the
medals and buttons he could lay
his hands on. A bit more con
servative than his friend, he .
had only one trouser leg rolled
above his knee.
These are only two examples
of many. And dont get the idea
that the patrons of Les Deux
Magots are poor, hungry souls.
Because they : aren't Most of
them were having wine,; beer,
or coffee, and doing all right
f by themselves.
They all have one economy,
however. That Is saving by not
visiting barber shops. ' Nine
tenths of these young intellect-'
uals were Americans and nine
tenths of them hadn't shaved
since they waved farewell to
American shores days, months,
or years before. It was easy to
spot the new arrivals. Their
beards were only an inch or so
' long, and a few of them asham
edly wore shoes with a bit of
shine still on the tips.
.
As most of the patrons were
speaking English I was fortu
nate In being able to do a little
eavesdropping and thus learn
what the young American in
tellectual in Paris talks about
Quite a few of them talked
about a fellow named Ralph
Kiner who, I guess. Is a new
and sensational young poet And
they all seemed interested In
when they'd be able to get the
latest edition of those two smart
Parisian magazines, Time and
Newsweek. And not a few of
them spoke with nostalgia of a
cold bottle of those world fam
ous French vintages, Schlitz and
Budweiser.
After Les . Deux Magots we
visited other -intellectual cen
ters, including Rotonde and the
Dome, and, found that they all
are very much alike, meaning
that one must keep a tight hold
on one's senses when visiting
them, lest one become convinc
ed that the world has gone zany.
Come to think of it, maybe
it has. !
(Distributed by
' McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
A single dust storm such as blew
In the UJS. southwest in the 30's
may blow away as many as 300,
000,000 tons of topsoil in a day.
Your Savings
Are Safe
an
ISAltM MDtKAl
IS! State Street
Saleni
PORTLAND, Sept e-iaVThe
circuit court refused today to per
mit Safeway stores to sell Portland-processed
ny In Salem
stores.
The grocery company had asked
for a license to distribute the milk
processed in its Portland plant but
originating from producers already
holding a quota on the Salem mar
ket Thomas L. Ohlsen, milk mar
keting administrator, denied the
application, and Safeway carried
its fight to the courts.
' Judge Charles W. Redding ruled
that an extension, of Safeway'a
processor-distributor license would
be necessary for such sale, but that
to grant such an extension would
be a tendency toward monopoly.
This would not be in the public
interest, he held. '
Safeway declined comment other
than to say that it was surprised
at the ruling.
In his original decision, Admin
istrator Ohlsen said the Safeway
proposal was not in the Interest of
a stabilized market, and could
force other distributors out of
business.
Safeway replied that Ohlsen was
improperly attempting to deter
mine state economic policies.
Boy Wins 'Scholarship
For Lightest Biscuits
STATE FAIRGROUNDS Bruca
Meland of Silverton was awarded '
a scholarship to 4-H -summer
school at Oregon State college next
year for baking the lightest bis
cuits in the 4-H camp cookery con
test Wednesday. ,
Young Meland contested against
43 clubbers for championship hon
ors. Other winners included:
Blee awards David Doerfler,
Silverton; Rojer Woodruff, Cor
bett Red awards Richard Nelson,
Philomath, and Donald Kaiser,
Aumsville. -
White awards Tommy Hood,
Col ton; June Sadilek, Woodburn,
and Betty Stonekng, Woodburn.
Fairgrounds Parking ,
Area Fire Extinguished
Salem firemen stationed at the
state fairgrounds extinguished a
grass fire shortly after 1 pan. Wed
nesday in the 18th street parking
lot .
Firemen said the blaze, appar
ently caused by a carelessly thrown
cigarette,-burned under two trucks
but did no damage to the vehicles. 1
rs In . . ....
Washington . .
-' By Ju EaSa -
WASHINGTON On the 175th
anniversary of the Army Chap
lain Corps, Major Gen. Roy H.
Parker, Chief of Chaplains, voic
ed a credo for the "Praise the
Lord and Pass the Ammunition
men who face enemv fire unarm. .
ed and die tool
. "We must .win the minds and f
hearts of men to the love of God
and the welfare, of our fellow
men; for until men's hearts are
changed, the uplift which comes
from improving the social order
can only be temporary. Liberty '
cannot continue unless there is
personal Integrity and patriotic
honesty in the heart of the in-;.-dividuaL"
X
From Berlin to bloody Korea,
chaplains of the major faiths are
providing spiritual guidance and
opportunities for their continued ,
spiritual growth. Chaplains are ,
. men of all faiths, ministers, t
priests and rabbis. . J
During the Revolutionary War
local clergymen accompanied
their village boys when they went
off to join the militia. In the
years - since then the phrase
"bravery under fire' has become
part of the history of U.S. chap
lains. CoL Ivan L. Bennett, Raleigh,
N.C- chief of chaplains In tha
Far East, has reported two chap- .
lains killed or missing in action
in the Korean war. Gen. Parker
says that chaplains stationed on
duty in Japan one by one are
leaving with American soldiers
for the front . . . and one by one
. stories of their personal bravery
are filtering back to Japan.
MWhen a man Is wounded, if a
chaplain Is near he makes every
effort to reach his side and give -him
all the spiritual comfort pos
sible,' Gen. Parker says. "In ad
dition to these front-line chap-
i . i i KMkf
mum, uub vex j w wet, iiwuwu
to each outfit's service company,
chaplains work with medical
units and administer to the
wounded. Other chaplains are
based at evacuation hospitals,
where they help the wounded
- contact their families, assist them .
with personal problems and ease
their anxieties in every way pos
sible." -
At the peak of World War II .
some 8,141 chaplains were on ,
active duty with the army. The
navy had approximately 3,000
reserve and regular chaplains.
'World War H chaplains , were ,
awarded a total of 2,395 decora
tions; 78 were killed in action,
four died In Japanese prison i
camps and 264 were wounded in -action.
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