f -the tftaUcman, Solera, Oregon! 1 Thursday. Sept 21) t35fl ? '
ill
" "tfo Fopor Swayt Us, No Fear Shall Atoe"
Front first Statesman, March ZS. 1S51
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
' CHART.F.S A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
FubUsfcei Ttry mo minx. Raitneti efflce 215 8. Commercial. Salem, Oreron. Telephena 2-2441.
Catered as the aactofOeft at Bslawa, Oreraa. aa sseead elaaa Butter Bade act at consresa March X. 1X1
whom they lend the support of affiliation or
contribution, lest they find themselves involved
in some kind of subversive activity.
"If in Doubt, Don't Join" advises U.S. News
and World Report this week, warning that any
direct or indirect connection with any suspected
communist front or communist-dominated or
ganization can lead to trouble.
"Watch out that your name is not on the lis
of sponsors of an organization not well known
to you. It may even be important to make sura
that your name is not on the mailing list, of any
organization that could turn out to be communist-controlled.
The American habit of joining or
ganizations needs now to be restrained," says
U.S. News. i
The reason, of course, is the McCarran-Mundt-Ferguson-Nixon-Wood
bill which seems
on the way to becoming law, though the presi
dent may veto it.
Most Americans who are not communists have
nothing to fear. But many Americans with a
weakness for espousing anything that sounds
like a worthy cause may now find -themselves
connected with a Red-front group. Workers in
Red-dominated labor unions have something to
worry about. So do people who contribute to
. relief agencies sending aid to individuals behind
the iron curtain. Church groups which collect
money for food for hungry Chinese might be
blacklisted on grounds of giving aid to a com
munist country. Pacifist groups who oppose re
armament might be labelled subversive, as may
labor, farm and consumer organizations which
support social-welfare plans that have commun
ist backing. People who subscribe to The Daily
Worker or other communist publications may
be under suspicion. Persons who knowingly or
not sign communist-sponsored petitions and ap
peals may be regarded as communist-sympathizers.
,
- It's going to be a different America, once the
anti-subversive laws go, into effect. But so far
as wa know, it's still safe to join the boy scouts,
Kiwanis, the YWCA and. the WCTU; it's still
safe to contribute money to the Red Cross 'and
community chest. Whether the McCarran bill
becomes law or not be sure to look before you
join! .
GRIN AND BEAR IT
by Lichty
Britain to Nationalize Steel
Winston Churchill lost by six votes on his
motion of censure for the Attlee government of
Great Britain. The basis of the motion was the
announcement of the labor rninistry that the
steel industry would be nationalized on January
mrnm a mmmi a m m mm
1st next. Churchill attacked this decision as one
endangering the country in a time of .grave
crisis. Had the Churchill motion prevailed Prime
Minister Attlee and his cabinet would have re
signed and a general election for a new parlia
ment called.: Since the labor party majority has
been exceedingly narrow it was not certain that
it could muster enough votes to defend itself.
This the party whips succeeded in doing.
Actually the decision to nationalize steel was
taken months aga-In the process it was neces
sary to clip still further the power of the house
of lords, but finally the legalities were compiled
with and the resolution to nationalize written
into law. Putting the law into effect was sus
pended by mutual consent between the parties
until the general election held last February.
That returned the labor party to power and in
sofar as the election was a referendum the steel
policy of the party was approved.
Whether the transition of steel from private
to public ownership will hinder Britain's re
armament program is of course a serious ques
tion. Steel is interrelated with so many indus
tries that it will be hard to determine the divid
ing line for private and public ownership
through the steel-making and steel-using in
dustry. Performance in British steel works has
been very good, quite in contrast with the story
In coal. From a production standpoint there is
little prospect of any gain with nationalization
and the chance of loss-through disturbance of
management and of trade relations is real. To
. avoid this the government doubtless will retain
most of the old. management and muss up the
pattern of production and distribution as little
as possible. ;
In the last election campaign the labor leaders
said this would be the last big venture in na
tionalization, which gave some relief to the
mWuiiih of such industries as, cement and sugar
who felt they would be next in line for socializa
tion. The respite is only a breather however, for
the more, radical laborites will resume the cry
for further steps in socializing the economy.
nMred
Gives Taft !
A Big Error
By Henry McLemore
LONDON, England, Sept 20-1
wish. my name were Stokes,
Lippmann, Child's, Iindley 'or
Krock, and I was recognized as
a fellow who knew politics. and
whose opinion of things in Wash
ington carried
weight.
rrtw. f
i our Community Chest
4
"Chief say thanks
. . h think you picturesque, too ! ! ..
Be Jittery About Joining .
Americans are great joiners. We, love to "be-
long to things, from cub scout troops to Kotary
clubs, from college sororities to Leagues of
mrm w v Vvi m -mi -
women voters, necx any wnos. wno; now
metieulnuslv the men and women of distinction
list their memberships! Candidates for political
office often run on the strength of their club
and lodge affiliations. And for just plain fun and
games, just plain John and Jane Voe join clubs
and societies and teams of every kind.
It's a pleasant custom which may soon become
as frowned upon as picking teeth in public. John
and Jane will have to be more cautious about ;
Garry Davis, the slightly crack-pot youth who
renounced his American citizenship to declare
himself a "citizen of the world," has pulled a
prodigal son act. He's backin the U.S.-as an
alien with leave to stay an unlimited term
and he says he is "back to. stay, for good and for
keeps. Things are getting pretty hot almost any
where in the world and this man realizes the
U.S. remains the best place to be. Hope nobody
kills the fatted calf for him ... or any other
expatriates who come home to roost.
B Mike in his Ogn column referred to Ver
mont as the granite state. If Stewart Holbrook
hasn't done so already we would remind him
that that title belongs to New Hampshire. Ver
mont is the Green Mountain state.
ggSSSSSSMSSSSSSSS
Writer Captures Mixed Flavors of Combat
In Marina Mnrrh to RetnlfA Kim no Airfiolrl
aa w ev m m m aw a w aipei mm m - m aw m aw aai wsr- B w m m ptj
By Joseph Alsop
WTTH TUT 1 A BTWTC
(Delayed)-It is all but imposs
ible to convey?
the mingled fla
vors of an ac
tual combat op
eration the
Tension w n e n
things go 111, the
xhilara
tion when they
E well, the
umor and the
boredom, the
exhaustion and
. ji aui.
marched with the marines from
the Inchon landing area to Krm
:. po airport, this reporter will at
least struggle to tell what it was
like.
"The problem," as - the regl
anental S-S (operations officer)
explained it, "was to march about
eleven miles through enemy ter
ritory and seize Kimpo, the main
airfield of Seoul, before dusk
could f all." The marine battalion
lhat did the job did not quite
solve the problem according to
the rules laid down by the S-3,
but they solved it all the same.
For our battalion (one develops
Abese possessive feelings rather
rapidly in the field), the day be
gan at dawn, with an attack by
six enemy tanks and supporting.
Infantry on the battalion's posi-
inn nn th Viilla iuct ihnv Tn
chon port. The tanks were am
bushed in a pass. The Russian
- T-34's rumbled up the road m ;
nle. The 90 mm cannon of the
Pershings spoke angrily and ef
Ccently. The marines in the '
forward foxholes picked off the
worth Korean ml an try as they
: leaped from the suddenly flam
ing, crazily careening T-34's. The
first Dart of the road was decor-
a ted with smoking tank hulks and i
twisted corpses when the long
file of Infantry began to form m
the pass for the forward march.
'."
- In the early morning sunlight,
the rolling country towards Seoul
shone green and golden, but the
air was still sharply chilly. The
men of Easy company, whe were
to form the point of the attack
ing column all the way to Kimpo,
stamped their feet to warm them
selves. In the squad with which
this reporter fell in, they were
EMidly reminiscing about the
ttle of No Name Ridge, the
marines worst in Korea, where
this little handful of men had
been the first up the hflL "He got
to the top," remarked Pfc Mar-
ion De Shong, pointing to CpL
x Paul Navarro, who looked too-
young to be in the service at all.
"There was forty-two of us went
up and only one came down in
one piece.
At this Easy company's com
mander, Capt Samuel Jaskilka,
an officer who had made a great
name in this fighting, passed the
word for the march to begin. The
column stepped smartly along
the road. There was a sharp rat
tle of firing in the hills to the
right, where a partner battalion
was working forward as flank
support for the main attack. But
the men were more interested in
the burning tanks. "If they was
C-rations inside, they'd, make
good hot chow, someone said,
: raising a laugh.
-
The first trouble started at the
little railroad town of Bupyong,
which was to be cleared by the
wiry little American-uniformed
South Korean marines. - The tiled
roofs of the town lay below the
road, which was under sharp
fire. Easy .company worked its
way along the dusty road-side
ditch until they reached the turn
for Kimpo, where they scuttled
across the road in groups to help
the South Koreans. A hidden
group of enemy with automatic
weapons were firing bursts onto
the road up a gully filled with
vegetable patches. The company
mortars laid a couple of shells
into the area, and as the North
Koreans' scattered, the i marines
i got them with rifles. The first
' obstruction was out of the. way,
and Capt. Jaskilka led the col
umn down the Kimpo road,
meanwhile sending a fire party
through the ' houses along the
flank, where brisk fighting was
still in progress. An enemy mor
tar shell landed in a buckwheat
patch by the roadside, setting it
on fire, and the road suddenly
echoed again with the nasty sing
ing zip-zip of -bullets passing.
Once more the marines went Into
the ditch, while Jaskilka cooly
swept the town and nearby bluffs
with field glasses, to try to locate
the source of the new trouble.
Such was the pattern of the pass-
age through Bupyong. The South
. Koreans and the marine fire par
ties ferreted through the houses,
occasionally capturing a prisoner
who would be sent out onto the
road stark naked and shivering.
The main body moved when it
could, and when planed down,
quickly took the guessed-at en-
any positions under fire. The
enemy firing was-pqlectly un
predictable one of the worst
bursts came when- everything
seemed to be over, and Capt. Jas-
. kilka was conferring about the
next stage of the road with the
business-like batallion comman
der Lt. CoL Harold Roise. By
methods incomprehensible to the
untrained observer, Roise and
Jaskilka methodically eliminated
, all the many pockets of an enemy
who was never visible except at
the closest quarters. It -was a
tense, slow business, but It work
ed. Jaskilka only betrayed strain
once, when someone repeated an
unfounded rumor of heavy cas
ualties in Easy company's rear
platoon.
"Dammit," he said, when the
rumor proved unfounded, "don't
tell me things again that just
aren't true."
Beyond the Bupyong railroad
station, the firing died in a final
crackle, just at the moment when
a local Korean lrlr
rather irrelevantly to shake the
embarrassed Jaskilka's hand. In
the suburbs, lines of white-clad
people waved newly-made South
Korean flags and cheered the
marines. We trudged past old
signs Indicating installations of
the pre-war American military
advisory group, which the com
munists had not bothered to take
down. Then, stepping out swiftly,
we took a narrow country road
that passed through paddies Just
turning golden.
Here came the real turning
point of the march on Kimpo. It
was already almost noon when
the three tanks going forward
with Easy company reached an
impossibly rickety bridge over a
swampy irrigation canal. The
people of the nearby village
poured out to see what was hap
pening, and tried to help by cov
ering the blue-violet water hya
cinths in the canal bed with a
dirt causeway. But the tanks
still could not get through. At
this point, Chung Yong Duk, an
American military group inter
preter who had taken refuge in
the village, appeared providen
tially to suggest a better alter
native road that did not show on
our eccentric maps.
CoL Roise, impatiently watch
ing operations by the canal bank,
made a swift decision. The tanks
and transport, with a small body
of supporting infantry, would go
by the alternative road. The
main body of the infantry would
continue on the planned route.
The lumbering tanks turned off
through the sticky rice paddies.
The column was reordered by
radio. Again Easy company start
ed onward, marching cheerfully
and swiftly into unknown enemy
' country with no seeming thought
of the lost tank support. Now,
however, it was too late to reach
Kimpo before dusk.
A worried male phoned the newsroom the other night seeking
advice. Seems his wife had taken off several days before leaving
him with three children. Sympathetic proofreader, who took the
call, advised the man to (1) Call the police,
(2) Contact his wife's relatives or (3) Run an
ad.
What's in an environment? Well, take a
look at the Marion county headquarters of
Republicans and Democrats, both in 5a-
lem.' Republican office on North High
street is closest to county and state office
buildings, almost next door to the, police
station ("We stand for law and order"),
within shouting distance of the fire station
(in case anything gets too hot), one block from Church
street, next door to' a candy shop and around the corner
from a bank. -
The Democrats battalion aid station on North Commercial
street is on the main highway, next to a drug store (in case of
internal trouble?), within walking distance of the labor temple,
right at the bus stop, between Court and State streets, about
3,000 miles from Washington, -D.C. and not too far from -the
river.
County draft board says it has located five men, whose
whereabouts were unknown and which the board had clas
sified as "draft delinquents." All five are in the army and
one even is in Korea iponder if he knows he's, in danger
of being drafted? Explanation for snafu: Seems that army
' is supposed to notify a man's local draft board when he goes
into service. Recently though, army has been too busy scar-
ing reserves to take care of the matter.
- i
Marion county court hopes the cycle doesn't start all over
again. During the last war the court had to make three pro tem
appointments- in the county clerk's office, two in the state
senator ranks, and one on the county commissioner bench for
officials who left for the wars. Court members say they have
"under consideration," a substitute for County Clerk Harlan
Judd, called to active duty with the army reserves, but they
are not ready to announce it yet.
TlTlTf M l'lll'lililVlftll"!! I &
mum
rotDODOCg
Co)y i If2iit I960,
New York Herald Trttran Xna-
(Continued from page 1)
continuing In this posture of mili
tary alert. The effects on our
economy, on manpower for in
dustry and agriculture, on taxes,
on home life are not fully ap
praised.; We still think in terms
of Ucking Korea and "bringing
the boys back home."
Families of men entering-the
service will get the meaning of
this situation first as they be
come either camp-followers or
stay-at-homes. Employers who
see their trained men leaving for
a lengthy period and locate no
competent substitutes will be the
next to wake up. When the tax
collector takes a bigger bite out
of paychecks next month all per
sons on wages and salary will
feel the cost of preparedness. And
the prospect is for demands for
more tax revenue and perhaps
for controls of various kinds.
Again let me emphasize that
this new "duration Is indefin
ite. Individuals may be mus
ed out of 'military service and
return to civil life but the USA
as a whole will stay on a war
footing for an unknown time.
The United States will not lower
its guard again until Russia aban
dons its aggressive attitude and
shows a real disposition to col
laborate for peace, or the UN
becomes an effective Instrument
to preserve peace.
Not a pleasing outlook; but
that is the real meaning of this
muster of men for military duty
hist when the Korean phase of
the east-west struggle seems on
the way to a conclusion. Civilians
must put on their yokes with no
V-day in sight when they may
take the yokes off.
Bettor English
J. What Is wrong with this
sentence? "After much trouble,
we came to the final end of the
road."
2. What is the correct pronun-
ciation of "annunciate"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Rubescent, rubi
cund, rhubarb, rutabaga.
4. What does the word "trivial"
mean? . . -
5. . What is a word beginning
with quia that means "the es
sence of a thing in.it most con
centrated form"?
ANSWERS
- 1. Omit final. 2. Pronounce a-nun-shi-at,
third syllable shi, not
si. 3. Rhubarb. 4. Ordinary;
commonplace; unimportant.
Then I could
speak of Sena
tor Robert Taft
with authority.
What I thought
about him
would be read
and considered
by men and wo
men who think
there is some
thing more im
portant than,
say, Joe's chances against Ez
zard, Judy Garland records, and
the current popularity of boxer
dogs. '
- Senator Taft came to my mind
about an hour ago when, read
ing the Daily Express for a tip
on something good in the fourth
at Goodwood, I noticed a story
under a Washington dateline that
informed me that Senator Taft
was against President Truman's
appointment of General George
Marshall as Secretary of Defense.
My first reaction to the story
was that Senator Taft finally had
reached rock bottom. My second,
third, and fourth reactions were
the same.
I am sure that one cant call
a Senator a Jerk and still, main
tain dignity, so I am going to
waive dignity and call Mr. Taft a
Jerk., Not a- bench-sitting Jerk.
Not a utility Jerk. Not a Jerk who
has run in to- kick a field goal.
No, I am going to call him
from thousands of waves away
a starting, first string, varsity
Jerk.
Give him Ruth's old number,
Gehrig's old number, and
Grange's old number. Place him
on a pedestal as the one man
who, without having to go to
the trouble of thinking, hits the
wrong thing on the head every
time. -
Senator Taft objects to Mar
shall; Just think about that.
The man from Ohio carries
enough nonsense in his head to
attack a man who, in the pages
of history yet to be written, will
emerge as one of the great Amer
icans of all time.
It Is like a Piper Cub attack
ing a B-29. It Is the mouse slap
ping the cat, the lamb -trading
haymakers with the lion.
The Senator says his reason
for trying to block Marshall's ap
pointment is that the appoint
ment would strengthen Secretary
of State" Acheson's hand. In oth
er words, the Senator's dislike for
Acheson is stronger than his like
for his country. I don't think
Brer Taft would go so far as
to say that Marshall as Defense
Secretary would be a liability to
his country. ,
There could be no better choice
for the Job than Marshall. He
stands alone, and one of the great
things President Truman ever did
was to label him publicly as the
finest American.
Who did more than anyone else
to make this country victorious
in World War II?, Marshall.
Who saw the needs and fought
with hack politicians to get them?
Marshall.
My consolation here in London
. Is the knowledge that my coun
' trymen will ignore the Senator
from Ohio and go ahead and put
the best man In the Job.
One of these days it may not
come until a Russian throws a
hand grenade through his living
room window Senator Taft is
going to realize that the U. S.
. Is now fighting for survival, not
Ohio votes.
(Distributed by
McNaught Syndicate. Inc.)
"Such matters are-too trivial to
mention." 9. Quintessence.
High Family Interest in Chest
"It is necessary to have a yard
stick by which to measure In con
sidering a contribution to the Sal
em Community chest,' said Otto J.
Wilson of the Otto J. Wilson Ox,
and co-chairman of the automotive
and transportation division of the
fund raising campaign, "and each
should give according to his own
conscience and. ability.
"The national budget planners
ask that individuals give the equiv
alent of one day's pay. In Salem
we do not need that much to carry
on the work of the several partic
ipating agencies. We believe that
each individual in giving up five
hours of his pay will furnish suf
ficient money for a satisfactory
budget -
"Of course there are some who
can't actually give five hours pay
but this is or should be offset by
others who are well able to give
more." ,
The quota for automotive and
transportation is $10,700.
OTTO J. WILSON
E. BUKK MHXEK
"Parents who have completed
the Job of rearing a family still re
tain an affectionate interest in the
community's children and they are
sure to support the Salem Com-
participating agencies will be able
to continue their services of aiding
the children of today," states E.
Burr Miller, treasurer and sales
manager of the Valley Motor Co.
hum ' f i 1 1 in 1 1 Ul UiC nuimniyf
and transportation division of the
chest campaign.
"Individual interest continues
because parents remember that
their contributions while their
children were small made up a
small part of the benefits through
the chest agencies. And now they
feel obligated to help pay the bill
for a younger generation.
"The chest has been Jhere long
enough to convince the public that
it is a preferred institution out
ranking the' former drives which
numbered 19 or 20. , ,
Chase to Attend
National Farm
Labor Meeting
- Truman Chase, . Eugene, chair
man of -Oregon's farm labor ad
visory committee, is leaving . for
Washington, D. C, within a few
days to " attend a meeting of the
national farm labor committee
September 26 and 27. '
Chase, . who was selected last
year as a member of the national
group upon recommendation of
Safety
Valve
National Debt
To the Editor:
Will you please print the
amount of the national debt in
1932 and what it is now?
J. E. Putnam.
National debt, 1932: $18,200,
000,000; Sept. 15, 1950: $256,
Gov. Douglas McKay, has been
active in agricultural circles for
some time, since responsibility
for farm labor placements was re
turned to the state employment
service nearly three years ago the
Eugene man has served as a mem
ber of the advisory group which
is composed of representative
farm leaders from all parts of the
state. 'i
Insurance Firm's
Building Started
Construction of a new Farmers
Insurance Group office building at
1465 N. Capitol st. is now under
way, District Agent V. J. (Bill)
Osko announced. Wednesday.
; The new building will be ready
for occupancy about November 1
and off-street parking will be pro
vided, v ; "
? Offices of Farmers Group In
surance are now being maintained
at 466 Court St. .
i f.yv
DOMINICAN COFFEE
CIUDAD TEUJILLO, D. R
(INS) The 1950 coffee crop of
the Dominican Republic is ex
pected to be above average in
both size and quality, reports the
commission for the Protection of
fViffoa and Cjtean
Our Store Will Be
CLOSED All Da; Today
In Observance cf
Beligions Holiday
OPEN AS USUAL ON FRIDAY
SAFFR0II SUPPLY CO.
325 N. Commercial Si. : J
Scdem Ore. ' ' '
h
ewi
Distinctive Meris Wear
HIGH AT COURT
S
INVITES YOU TO SEE
THE NEW FALL CLOTHES
by
Here now.. . . in luxurious new fabrics,
rich new shades and elegant new styles I the ;
finest collection of handsomely tailored new Fait
V, suits we've seen in years. As always, their ;
definitely superior quality makes Society Brand
Clothes the thriftiest buy of alL
' SG9.50 ! SCS
t o t
v on NO
MP M
A HO
M I N
WHO
ST AY
Y O ON O