Tho Etaf ftfpf Safen Ororoa issd atesmau LITTLE MISS' 'MUFFED IT . 0 Favor Sway Us, No Fear Shall Awe . From first Statesman. March It, 1151 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY . CHARLES A.' SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher rabllshed every morning. Business effiee 213 8. Commercial. Salem. Oregon, Telephone 2-244L Catered at the postotOee at Salem, Oregon, as aeeoad clan matter coder act of confess March X, 1S7 Private Utilities and Dams v The effect of the entry of the federal govern ment into the business of building mammoth power-generating dams has been to end as a general rule the effort of private companies to iuti cojc Mien, (cuciauuj A.awxuu aaw tuw Portland General Electric and Pacific Power and Light proposed to build a power dam on the Deschutes which was blocked by protests of the fish interests. In general though the private companies have stepped aside to let the government build the dams. The reason is that the federal government can offer them electricity at a lower rate than they could produce it for themselves (government gets its money at a lower rate, its property is tax-free). What has happened however is that a chronic shortage has prevailed over the northwest which has been of greater duration than elsewhere in areas served by private companies. The great hydro-electric projects take so much tune that years elapse before the blue print becomes real ity and kilowatts are dancing out of running water. Private companies building smaller units either hydro or steam can put them up faster. Really private companies across the country have done a better job of supplying electric energy than has the BPA-dominated area of the great here but so has that in other sections such ax California and Texas. The northwest does . need additional steam-generating plants to take car of peak loads. The government has shown no interest in this for the area though TV A is kmMina enV itlamta in its rsffinn Priif ato vm T ti 1 1 iin -f ..Mi y . r Q m - parties avoid this construction because the high- . or unit cost wouia pernaps lorce mem to in crease rates. Some private companies on the fringes of BPA territory are building or offering to build new, hydro plants. California-Oregon Power company is completing its Toektee plant on the upper Umpqua. Idaho Power plans a new dam on the Snake in southern Idaho. Washington Hater Power wants to build a dam on Clark Fork river in northern Idaho. They hive faith ia the future, both economically and politically. PGE and PP&L both seem to have a reasonably, safe future so it would seem tney could go ahead with building dams, if they can keep out of the way of fish, or steam plants to. augment hydro supplies. If worst came to worst and the people voted for public ownership, they would be com Densated On any takeover: Pueet Sound Power It Light, which is now in process of being broken up and parcelled among cities and PUD's seems ta be realizing full values on its sales. These major Oregon distributors might very well man ifest a little more confidence and do some build ing on their own. leans are treated in tho United States us wonder." it makes Pratt replied as follows: "It is not tho purpose of this report to present a burdensome record of soothsaying phrases in order to assuage your thinking, M. Cardeauy Rather, we would be pleased it you would read tho papers wo have sent on to you (or any other free American newspaper which you might happen upon) and make up your own mind as to the trend of Southern intention relative to tho members of the 'Southern minority.' Strong indications at this time point to the last dying gasps of tho KKK. Tho hooded order will go, M. Cardeau, as surely as certain pro-fascist, strong-armed organizations (i.e. The Cross of Fire) died in your beloved France before tho past major unpleasantness. Pratt's answer is a good one. Its theme has been echoed in many a southern newspaper since the Myrtle Beach incident. South Carolina authorities acted swiftly in the case at issue. It is far past time when there can be any tolerance of the KKK, its platform or its ugly tactics. High in tho Colorado Rockies a Metro-Gold-wyh-Mayer company is enacting a screen ver sion of Bernard DeVoto's "Across tho Wide Mis souri" This colorful yet authentic story of the fur trade and fur traders thus will bo put on celluloid where it will reach a far greater aud ience than the book, illustrated though that book was with prints of original paintings of Indians and traders and scenes of the west when trappers and traders penetrated its fastnesses. Clark Gable who is carrying the lead will be far more of a drawing card than the contentious author who delights in jousting in print on mat ters literary and historical. A tent city has been erected in the mountains north of Durango but the habitants suffer none of the pangs of the old trappers. They get the best of food and service, have all the modern conveniences, and shouldn't even get lonesome. A hundred Sioux Indians are in the party, but they are well tamed. A reporter for the New York Times says that while Gable and most of the whites wear no make-up, just let beards grow and noses peel, the Indians are stripped of their ordinary levis, fitted with wigs and braids and dressed like their ancestors of the 1830's. They are so delighted they take pictures of themselves in their new get-up and say "Look! I'm an Indian." . DeVoto will be a crank on . historical accur acy, and tho book will require no deletions as would be true of some of the episodes in But hrie's novel, 'The Big Sky" which dealt with the same period. "Across tho Wide Missouri" surely will bo a film worth waiting for. ZJyrtle Beach Gives Answer ,v An interesting sidelight to the tragedy of Myrtle Beach, S.C., where injury and death grew out of a Klan-inspired night of terror in the negro quarter, comes from Larry Boulier, formerly of Salem and now a resident of the South Carolina city. Boulier writes that James Lee Pratt, fiery editor of the Myrtle Beach News who battles tho Klan at every turn, received this note from france: . I don't want to appear disrespectful. Rather, I nd my friends are sincerely confused with this American trouble, as wo are caught between two great nations which are smouldering for trouble and as usual wo expect to be the brunt of it alL Wo are pulling for America because of what it stands, but when we read stories of how your own Amer- , Artifice still plays a part in warfare, tho same as it did when Troy opened its gates and dragged in the Trojan horse tho departing (?) Greeks had left on the Trojan plain. The trick played in the invasion of North Korea was smart and fully successful. Six destroyers sailed bravely up the channel leading to Inchon. The purpose was to draw fire from enemy batteries and they responded. They responded so well that big ships offshore and planes got then range and silenced them so tho marines could land on Wolmi island without facing enemy artillery. A very simple stratagem to be sure but teams still work the old "dead-man" play in football. It is what works that counts. ; Grade DeMoss has brought international fame to Corvallis for her skill at golf. She lost in the semi-finals of the national women's amateur tournament at Atlanta but she has made a great record in the season's golfing. S3BcSSl U. S. Situation in World Remains Intolerable As Long as West Europe Minus Defenses Customs Men Sniff at Mac's Dirty Clothes By Henry McLemore ' LONDON, England, Sept 18 With - the prospect of going through U. S. customs shortly, today we un wrapped and unpacked ev erything we have bought since we .start ed this trip in May. Customs men everywhere like you to put all your pur chases in one suitcase or trunk so that they can check against your The war in Korea must be official alright Al Jolson has arrived on the scene to entertain the GFs in world war days tradition ... (wonder if Al is substituting for the daily beer ration). Probably now will come the regular "entertainment" fare for the battling forces traveling musical shows, 20-year-old movies (usually played on an outdoor screen in a warm, sticky rain), makeshift battalion bands and very amateur nights. Anyway, unless the war is long or Hollywood is un timely swift, Korean GFs may not have to see that greatest of all war-time wonders the war movie. V y Korea i should By Stewart Abop WASHINGTON, Sept 18 The news from Korea is good. Brit the news from New York is bad. On-the-spot reports from Korea will soon appear in this space, but It is believed in that the successful land lngs in the north may bring victory sooner than it had seemed possible to hope. Yet good news from not be allowed to obscure the central fact. This is that the strategic sit uation of the United States and Its allies is nothing short of in tolerable. Moreover, it will re main intolerable just .so long as there is no real defense of West ern. Europe and this is the ' problem with which the Foreign Ministers of the Atlantic pact K)wers have been grappling in ew York, with what appears to - be marked lack of success. -There is one way to under stand just how intolerable our situation is, while the defense of , Western Europe remains a paper ' defense. This is to ask the best informed of the strategic planners for their best estimates of the course of a general war breaking out in the near future. There is, perhaps, nothing particularly surprising about their answers. But just as a reminder of where wo really stand, it may be worth repeating these answers in cap sule form. First, of course, just about everything the United States has, except the strategic -air force, the inadequate continental air com mand, and odds and ends of di v isions, is now committed in Kor ea. Thus it is "difficult- to See how a stand could bo made any where in Europe, even behind tho Pyrennees. Second, the planners accept tho view of Winston Churchill of the position of the British Isles, if tho continent is over-run. Even in the bad days of 1940, Churchill said recently, he had "good hopes" that England would win through, even alone. "But now," he continued, "I cannot feel the same sense of concrete assur ' ance." While the continent is de fenseless, the plannerslbelieve, it must be assumed -that Britain might be neutralized, even with out an invasion. Third, there Is virtually noth ing available for the defense of the Middle East. Thus, "we would do very well to secure a major base in North Africa." Fourth, southeast Asia, already so threatened, would go the way of China. And with the mainland of Asia gone, the defense of the American bases in Japan, Okin awa, and the Philippines is rated "very difficult and probably im possible." It is time to, face up to what this means. It means a United States, for the first ttne in its history, fighting almost alone, retaining as effective allies only such British Commonwealth countries as Canada, New Zeal and, and,. Australia, plus what ever allies could be found among the Latin American countries. -'. m m This is the assumption which must be made, at least for plan ning purposes. There is, of course, -another side to the picture. As of today, according to the best guesses of the best guessers in . the Pentagon, the Soviet Union could eliminate at most 15 per cent of the American war poten tial by atomic bombardment. On the other hand, the Soviet Union could be "turned back to the Middle Ages" reduced to an- luaur agrarian civilization. ' Moreover, the United States would have many secret allies in the vast areas occupied by tha Red army. It is not Impossible that under such circumstances the whole structure of Soviet power might quite suddenly col lapse. But it is also not imposs ible, the planners warn, that "such a war might last for thirty years. I I,"'WMMIW e- e e - - . Tho key to everything is tha GRIM AND BEAR IT defense of Western Europe. Only V wnen mere is real military power in Western Europe will the grow ing stockpile of Soviet atom bombs be balanced by equality in conventional military strength in the West Until the vacuum In Western Europe is filled, every one, in this country as well as in Europe, must learn to live on his nerves. Therefore another ques tion needs answering. How long must this period last? Given an absolutely all-out effort, both here and In Europe, how soon could the vacuum be filled? The planners answer this ques tion by saying that thirty divis ions, with the necessary air sup port, could be created in Western Europe within 18 months. This would provide a very useful deterrent" After this hard core had been created, expansion could be very rapid: to. sixty divisions in thirty months. This would provide a real and solid defense of the Continent. In the above answer, the plan ners put all possible emphasis on what could be done, rather on what win.be done. But in view of tho somber realities of our strategic situation, as outlined above, it is surely obvious that whatever can be done must be done. It is against this back ground that the results of the meetings in New York, which Secretary of State Dean Acheson . has correctly described as. the most important since tho war ended, must be judged, Copyrtsht, 195. Xew York Herald Tribune. Inc. If you think citizens don't just dis appear from the surface of society in this day and age talk with the local draft board. It is seeking 21 men, whom, it seems, have completely lost themselves to friends, relaricet and the selective service. The draft officials don't think these men have deliberately dodged the call to arms, because nearly all of them were missing long before Korea and some would even be exempt from service. . Mother of one lad sought by the draft said her son was called to the door one night and she has "never seen him since." Other young men have quit the family hearth because of family trouble, alimony anguish or wandering feet One man worked in a logging camp near Gates. Finally got the word through his boss' wife. He told draft board he never read the papers and just didn't have time to answer summons for a physical. A man goes into a local eatery the other day and orders a big steak, asks waitress for some Worcestershire sauce . . . waitress sez: "I'm sorry, sir, we don't handle Chinese foodf . . . Statesman valley correspondent reported a club had a "guess speaker." Puzzle is did or didn't she know what she meant ... in face of their recent publicly-aired squdbbU .over foul balls on the Senator club Mgr. Emigh and Sports writer Al Lightner worked Woodburn-Hood River football pame together last week ... what's more they rode to the game and back together. . . Note to those who don't like to go far to jail after getting pickled there's a cucumber vine grouting at the foot of city hall steps. . , Jim McGilchrist, state Capitol guide, says at least several thousand more visitors this year than last at the CapitoL Gripes from visitors, he notes, are over lack of guide-maps to Salem and vicinity, scarcity of overnight camping in our state parks and small percentage of Salem industries which permit Visitors. Better English 1. What Is wrong with this sentence? "After resting a bit, she ascended up tho hilL" 2. What Is the correct pronun ciation ot "drollery"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Militant, mineralize, milage, millennium. 4. What does the word "vi brant" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with la that means "week"? ANSWERS 1. After resting awhile, she ascended! (omit up) the hilL" 2. Pronounce the o as in rolls, not as in doIL 8. Mileage. 4. Vi brating; pulsing. 'The city was vibrant with life and energy. 8. Languid. the contents declaration, and hasten you along. That's what you are told to do, but for the life of me I don't see what , difference it makes how you pack for customs. Be fore they're done, and put that chalk mark on your bags, they root through everything with the thoroughness of a , truffle hound. It is usually my luck to get hold of an examiner who, I am sure, once worked in a laundry as a dirty clothes sorter. Noth ing clean interests him at alL He always ignores the few spotless garments I have placed on top to impress the travellers being inspected ' alongside me, and makes a bee-line for the sub strata of dirty socks, shirts, shorts and handkerchiefs. These he spreads all over the counter, making it difficult for me to keep my aplomb before the plane passengers I wore my self out trying to impress on the trip over the night before. I sup pose that I just have the manner and bearing of a man who .smuggles diamonds and narcot ics in dirty socks and soiled, wrinkled undershirts,- because they sure shake them out once they lay eyes on me. Actually, the pounds and pounds of uncut stones and opium I have brought into this country I have always concealed in the rim of my bifocal monocle, or in the pouch of the kangaroo that I always keep on a leash by my side when going through customs.' The very nicest men I have ever encountered are those at Idlewild Airport New York. The fact that I will soon be In their hands, and hope that all of them will read this before I make my appearance, has nothing to do with my making this statement Well, not much, anyway. Next to the tall, handsome, efficient, kind and courteous Idlewild customs officials, my favorites are those rollicking elves who operate at the airport in Bangkok. The Siamese may have chang ed by now, but when I was there a couple of years ago they gave the impression of not car ing what you brought in as long as you let them look at it and handle it I got the impression ' that I could have brought in a loaded and cocked .50 calibre ; machine gun if I had suggested to the inspectors that they fire' a burst or two on it for fun. r A friend , met us In Bangkok and suggested we have a cup ot coffee while the customs officers were examining our luggage.. But he said to be sure to watch the procedure because it would be real amusing. ot oa. x cuic uu cue uiuua examining the belongings of tho first rocket ship couldn't have been more, curious. They took everything out of every bag. They held up Jean's dresses in front of them and whirled around so all of them could get a look at American styles. They snapped and unmapped . com pacts, mimicked pictures with my camera, poked a piece of paper in my typewriter and pecked out what I suppose was the Siamese equivalent of "Now is the time for all. good men, etc," and one of them tried on several of my neckties for size. And they examined Jeans lacy underthings as if Miss Gussie Moran were, inside of them. Then with a courtesy matched only by those sweet, dear men 'of Idlewild, they repacked ev erything and bade us a happy stay in their country. ' Speaking of customs, it has always been mine to stop this column about this time. So X will, and go out and buy myself a bowler hat, the 100th anniver sary of which is being celebrated with much ado in England. Distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc.) Accountants9 Office Opens A branch of the Jacobson, Jentzsch, Rector and Jones firm of certified public accountants, St Paul, Minn,' has been opened in Salem by E. 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