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S. O S. Cftl FROM frfe UIRoKlED- CURtXi ' DET n 0 nil) r 9 J "No Favor Sway Us, No Tear Shall Awe" From First SUtesman. March U. U51 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A.' SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher -Published every morning. Business ffle 215 & Commercial Salem, Oregon. Telephone S-M1L Catered at tho postoffica at Salem, Oregon, aa aeeead clam matter aader act ax congress March S, 17 Trainmen and the Press The "Trainman News, organ of the brother hood of railroad trainmen, raises these ques tions: Why wont the press of the nation give us apace and fair reporting? Why dont they tell the public we work seven days a week? Why dont they tell the public we dont get overtime for the sixth and seventh day? . Why don't they tell the public about, our fam ilies our children hardly knowing us because we work every day and sleep most the time wa are home? Why dont the newspapers tell "the public about our work that takes us away from church on Sunday so we can earn enough to keep up with the rising cost of living? The answer might be that the trainmen them selves have made no effort to acquaint the press with their special problems. We assume they work for a living but profess no special know ledge of the conditions under which they work. We know that trains run day and night, seven days a week and assume that men must be work ing round the clock, seven days a week to keep them running just like getting out a newspaper seven days a week. As far as this paper is con cerned, it has said that the 40-hour week should come for non-operating employes on railroads the same as it has in industry. For men who run the trains, different conditions must be set up because of the nature of the business. This is usually handled by trainmen working a turn around shift on trains and then having layovers for rest. - Where .the press has been critical of railroad brotherhoods is in their readiness in recent years to tie; up rail operations in disregard of awards recommended by federal fact-finding boards. The public has no way of writing the terms of settlement in disputes between brotherhoods and rail managers. It has to rely on the fairness and the competence of boards appointed by the pres ident. The public and the press would be swift to condemn the railroads if they refused to accept recommendations of the official boards. All would agree that we dare not have a gen ral railroad strike in this country of any long duration. Now let us ask a question of the Train - man News: How may we obtain a settlement of disputes between workers and railroad manag-. ers and avoid strikes and lockouts? He wants to sustain the institution of the courts as a place where men receive fair trials and are-, not railroaded to prison. This is the opposite of the Russian system of purges, forced convictions, long imprisonment, torture. In fighting com munism we do not need to adopt the methods f fmmiinirtn, We admit the reds will not be softened up by being given their liberty pending appeal of their cases. They will still be bitter foes of our gov ernment, our constitution, our economic and political system. But we must keep faith with ourselves; and that means we must preserve constitutional processes and liberties. Cloud Rustlers When we read of threatened litigation be tween stockmen and dry land farmers on ont side and orchardists on the other down in Jack son county we aren't quite sure whether the talk is serious or spoofing. But it does seem as though persons who live in the short grass coun try are worried lest coastal dwellers with a first crack at the clouds "rob" them of moisture that nature -intended for the interior. Bill Jenkins, in the Klamath Falls Herald and News, catches .the idea with his imagined radio summons: "Klamath Sky Patrol, report to field at once. Cloud rustlers reported herding group of cum ulus toward east over Greensprings. Pilots man your planes. All runways clear." , This really could be good, and aerial battle between the rain-making brigade from Medford and the Klamath cloud protection association air posse. I STooG&Boy.i S U ' V Immediate effects of first fall shower many parents found they had to evacuate the Kiddies Klub from the family garage in order to park the car in there. Occupied by the kids all sum mer most garages were crammed with make shift forts, doll houses, toys in a state of semi destruction, a network of ropes and pulleys and left-overs from numerous picnics, Africa saf aris and Indian-cowbov wars Radiators and Vnati er nlant in tnsnv, HnumtAvm hniMiniri I I grumbled, groaned, hissed, gurgled yawning and stretching after summer-time hibernation. t Wild Huckleberry picking seems to be in full swing in the Santiam canyon, A re- -port straight from the deer end s bobcat country, though, reports there is more swinging than, pick' ing because the berries are scarce this year. Residents at Lyons say the berries are more plentiful at Elk Jake than at - Monument peak probably because the road rambling up a -mountain-side to Elk lake is better suited for goats, com : mandos and persons who expect little or no reward like deer hunters. . . , - - - - :. : . V-. j With most festivals and queen contests out of the way there are still some things you can celebrate. This week, frinstance, is National Dog week (for those in Korea who are leading a dog's life), National Sweater week (if you sweat easily, this is for you. This week is dedicated to Hollywood, where, it seems, women wear little else), and Religious Education week (which should be good for everybody). A ' - . ' ' . I Dick Kelrri, who went away with the activated Marine re- serves recently, returned to say that there is very little dif ' ference between the "old" and "new troy of life in the 5 corps. Things which brought back memories of five or six . years ago was the usual chow line confusion, the long line up for examinations, the "hup-hup" chant, clothing line-up, and a hundred rumors to fit every situation and vice-versa. Dick noted what appeared to be "a more friendly relation ship" between officers and enlisted men'-r meaning, prob- ' ably, that now you get gigged with a smile. . ; . ; -.' : , Headline reads: "Phone Girl's Bras Conceal Coin Loot" . the poor things were probably flat busted. For the record we report that Bend produced 240 pints of blood at the last call of the blood mobile. And for blood for men wounded in Ko rea we're going to publicize freely its next visit to Salem. The state department has lifted the passport of Dr. Ralph Spitzer. whose service at OSC was terminated by President Strand because of his pro-communist proclivities. Spitzer and his wife were in The Hague, having just returned from attending a communist-sponsored student con gress in Prague. The incident shows that Dr. Strand was following a live trail. 1) Police Change in New York Gty William O'Dwyer got out as mayor of New York City just in time, for probes by a Brook lyn grand. jury have exposed a lot of graft in the police department. A few weeks before re signing, O'Dwyer had rather ostentatiously at tended the funeral of a police captain who had lulled himself after being called as witness be- -fore the grand jury. This was the mayor's way of backing up his police department. Disclosures came so strong, however, that Po lice Commissioner William P. O'Brien resigned, admitting his position had become untenable, though no question was raised as to his personal honesty. His successor is Thomas F. Murphy who was the relentless prosecutor pf Alger Hiss. If Murphy applies the same zeal to runnings the police department he did in ferreting out evi dence and presenting it in the two Hiss trials, New, York City is in for a good police adminis tration. The gamblers and grafters will have to tun for cover as they did when LaGuardia was hounding them. Back in Salem with a complete office is the Oregon State Motor association, the Oregon branch of the AAA. Reg Garratt is in charge of the branch which is housed at 1055 South Com mercial. The association is of great assistance to motorists, particularly in trip planning; and the local office will! be greatly appreciated by all members in the! vicinity. t Bombing of friendly British forces in Korea with rather heavy casualties was reported last week. This unfortunate incident was a repeti tion of experiences in the last world war. American planes dropped their bombs too soon on the Sicily invasion with resulting loss of life to our own servicemen. Other instances of mis firing occurred. ' Regrettable as such incidents are the real wonder is that they are so few. At best there is a gap between communication and execution, between the control observation point and the gunnery officers in fast-moving planes. The British showed an understanding of this hazard in warfare and stood their grievous loss without bitter complaint. - (Continued from page briskly and competently to as sume responsibilities. They are not playboys; they were sobered in the years when life itself hung .by narrow margins. They are concerned about civic affairs, about government, and eager to do their part in making Ameri ca better. War, a world war, is costly discipline. When one reflects on the cost of the ' last war in life and substance one realizes the need for what William James re ferred to as a "moral equivalent for war", some means which would give youth the discipline tor personal living and for citi zenship without war's fearful cost. . What that substitute is I can not say. Lacking it, we still may claim what benefit war may give in the way of discipline for youth. And surely we fervently hope that Gray's optimism proves warranted; and that the genera tion of war-trained young men and women will order affairs of the country and the world better than those now in seats of pow er. -7- Good Manners and Fair Courts The Capital JoumaTcalls us critics of Gover nor Dewey's speech at the banquet for UN dele gates when he lambasted Russia, "sentimental ists" and is critical of Justice Jackson for admit ting to bail ten of the eleven convicted commun ist leaders whose bail had been revoked" (the eleventh is in jail on punishment for contempt). One doesn't have to be a sentimentalist toxsay that you don't carry your hates into formal so cial events. If you did they. would break up in rows. The value of social intercourse is that it helps break down barriers; and anything wa can do to get Russia to lower its barricades surely is worthwhile. Dewey's remarks were simply out of place at an official banquet. As for Justice Jackson he is concerned with preserving the very elements of the American way of life which are under communist attack. How many householders who turned their clocks back Sunday quoted Longfellow as they did so: "Turn backward, turn backward, O Time in thy flight"? It was appropriate. 3ggJB83aE3S253S5S Girls employed in the telephone office in Ml ami got away with thousands of dollars by stuff ing rolls of quarters into their brassieres. New style for falsies. Safety -Valve The newly formed Oregon Temperance Lea gue in a letter urging support of the initiative to curb "promotive" liquor advertising says: "The Oregon Liquor Control commission, under the Knox law, is handling Oregon promotive ad vertising quite effectively but cannot stop inter state promotive advertising." Aren't we doing pretty well then, if we keep our own house in order? It's a pretty big job for Oregon to try to control advertising in or from the other 47 states. City 4-H Show Success To the Editor: The city of Salem 4-H fair held last month was a success. It was our first attempt at a 4-H club affair held only for clubs within the city limits. For this success we wish to thank the citizens and the Salem Shopping Center for donating us space.- We intend to have a big ger and better fair next yearr Mrs. F. L. Wonderly, Sec, City 4-H Leaders asso. Hank Would Trade Places With Louis By Henry McLemore NEW YORK, Sept 2 I've been sitting here for hours trying to shed a few portable typewriter tears zor old Joe Louis having to fieht Ezzardl Charles in Yan kee Satdium to night. but the only thing that has happened to my eyes is that they've turned a jade green with envy. Had the Bur eau of Internal Revenue prom- , ised me the same sort of deal it is said has been promised Joe for this world's heavyweight cham pionship battle, ring history would have been made tonight. Champion Charles would have encountered the oldest, plumpest and most incompetent challenger in history in Kid McLemore, but at the same time he would have faced the happiest challenger of all time. - IH be In the Stadium tonight, and if anything should go wrong with Louis at the last minute, and a substitute is needed, the pro moters need look no further than where I am sitting. Let them beckon, or just half beckon, and 111 peel off my business suit, do my training while tearing up the aisle toward the ring, and go' in there swinging against Charles. As I get it from the boys in the beauty parlor, the government is going to take Joe's end of the purse for tonight's fight and In return give him a clean bill of health on the quarter of a million dollars he owes in back income taxes. All Joe has to do to get this gracious consideration from Un cle Samuel's strongbox boys is to fight EzzarcU Now Ezzard is a fine citizen, a contributor to worthy charities, a considerate driver in traffic, and a feeder of sugar to horses he passes on the street , But as a heavyweight champion he is less than spectacular. Fast and graceful, yes, but so is many a ballet dancer. Smart, yes, but so is many a physics professor. Unofficial Diplomats Put Officials on Spot, . : Give Soviet Vehicle for Peace Offensive GRIN AND BEAR IT by Lichty By J. M. Keberts, Jr. AP Tonlgn Affairs Analyst, " " The 'unofficial' d i plomatl have put the official diplomats on the spot again, providing the Russians with a their peace of fensive. From time to time for five years well- meaning indiv-; . lduals and or-- i gantzations f . have asked the! Russians if they ( were agreeable J to certain nicev. - things which everyone thinks would help to ward peace. The Russians always . say they surely are. Then the official diplomats are faced with the necessity of off setting the resultant propaganda without appearing themselves to ' be opposed to peace. Dean Acheson told the Rus ; sians and the world six months ago what was needed for peace treaties with Austria, Germany and Japan; an end to the Soviet -juse of force and threats of force in international affairs; an end Soviet agreement on the UJi. plan for atomic control; an end to Soviet efforts to undermine other governments, mistreatment of foreign diplomats and distor tion of western motives in prop aganda and diplomacy. Joseph Stalin, Jacob Malik and Andrei Vishinsky never said yes to that , Their answer was to create a new and worse deadlock over Austria; to unleash military force in international affairs in Korea and then to attempt to obstruct ITJT. action on the case; to re double the drafting of labor for the uranium mines; to seek to undermine . the governments of Yugoslavia, Iran, South Korea, Indochina and Tibet in particular, and all the rest of the world in general. ; v: But when a Baltimore group, apparently sincere but still pretty close to the line of the "Stock holm" peace appeals, submits its list Malik, presumably after con ferring with Moscow, is .quick to say yes. - Russia, Malik says, would be glad to agree not to be the first to se the atomic bomb; favors general disarmament and out lawry of atomic weapons-under a top-level U.S.-Soviet confer ence; and favors free exchange of ideas and information between the countries. But he doesnt say how. He doesn't say Russia will quit Jam r ming the Voice of America to permit free information. He does not say that regardless of what agreement Russia might make, she could let at Satellite drop the first bombs just as she has used a Satellite to make her first post 1945 war. He .doesn't say that Russia will accept the terms for atomic agreement which a large majority of U.N. members, has : agreed are fair. He doesn't say that Russia's: word given at any top-level conference would be any better than heretofore, or that Russian intent the whole root of the matter, has changed. Russia has carried her policy so far now that no one could de pend upon the results of any neg otiations. It will take acts for her to clean the slate. In the meantime, over the years she has used 'the Wilkies, the Stassens, the Quakers, the inquir ing newspapermen and now the Baltimore group to keep on mud dying the waters. But she gave her real answers to Acheson- " Were it not for the pull in years he has on Louis, the betting would be that he wouldn't last more than three or four rounds against the Brown Bomber. For a quarter of a million dol lars credit in income taxes half the customers in the audience to night would not only fight the light-punching Charles, but will ingly go in against a cuesel loc omotive, a tiger with a sore tooth, and three well-oiled longshore men. From what I read In the papers I gather that most of the author ities feel that the fight is going to be a rather dismal affair, ted' los to behold. I don't agree. I have been look ing at Louis fight since he went against Natie Brown in Detroit back in 1935, and when he is in the ring there isn't room for tedium. When he was a young ster, in his prime, there was hlgn excitement in waiting for the ax to land. Watching him m those days was like watching the spark lick along a dynamite fuse. As he grew older, and it took him longer to get his victim in the sights, the excitement didn't diminish. For me, it heightened, u anything. Hell be slow tonight will or Joe, both! afoot and in his re flexes. And the lights will shine on his bald spot But dont tell me there'll be anyone sleeping in the Stadium as long as he is shuffling around, with those fists cocked. My -guess Is that hell flatten Charles along about the tenth or eleventh rounds. Bettor English is "It wrong with this was none dther 1. What sentence? than her." 2. What is the correct pronun elation of "piano"? S. Which one of these words is misspelled? Alphabetize, allu sion, ellusion, allot 4. What does the word "vin dicate'' mean? 5. What is a word beginning with hu that means "to fortify"? " i ANSWERS 1. Say, "It was no other than sue." z. pronounce pl-an-o, l as in pit (not as in pie), accent sec ond syllable. S. Elusion. 4. .To sustain; Justify; as, "to vindicate one's honor." , 5. Humiliate, "If we cait a'ost keep 'em standing ... maybe pretty soon taereH be FOR Insured. Savings First Federal Savings Firet Currant Dividend 2Vx st Federal Savings and Lean Ass'il 142 So. Liberty ected Parkins Meter PlanReii By State Board (Story also on page 1) State board of control members dont want parking meters in front of the statehouse. That's what they told Salem City Manager J- L. Frazen Tuesday when he suggested meters rather than one-hour parking signs as re Quested by the board. Franzen said policing would be more easily handled if the area is metered. The board left for later settle ment the matter of congested park ing at state buildings. Miller Harden. Salem attorney, appeared before the board to urge the state to take over a collection of approximately . 170 guns ana pistols, in compliance with the will of the late Donald Wiggins oi oai- em. - The board approved employment of the Rev. Edward Hastings as cart-time Protestant - chaplain of the Oregon Boys School at Wood' burn. He would receive 60 a month. Rate for maintenance of institu tion physicians who reside outside the institutions was fixed at ?4U a month. . Final payment to producers who furnish flax to the state, covering the 1949 deliveries, was approved by the board. The final payment is $S a ton for No. 1 flax and 4 oer ton for No.'2 flax. Tms brings the total payment for these grades to 150 per ton for No. 1 flax and $40 per ton for No. 3 flax. Benefit Dance Set For HI Youngster Friends of four-year-old Johnnie Hinrichsen. 1960 S. Commercial st are sponsoring a benefit dance for him at 8:45 tonight at the hall over the Western Auto store, 259 Court st Johnnie is the victim of a chron ic kidney ailment. All proceeds from the dance will go into a fund for his benefit Dick Johnson's or chestra will play. Traffic Delays Listed by State Traffic delays were listed by the state highway department here Tuesday involving several roads " throughout the state. They Include: ' Columbia river highway Heavy construction Mondays through Fri days on Dodson-Bonneville section. , Possible delays from three to six hours. : ' Redwood highway Grading and '.' paving from Cave Junction to state line. Five minute delay possible. Willamette highway Grading -from Lowell past Meridian dam, 30 to 45 minute delays. Crater Lake highway Five minute delay because of re grading ; and paving Cascade Gorge to Pros- f pect . ' - --'. Judge Assignments Listed by Justice Chief Justice Hall Lusk of the : state supreme court Tuesday as signed Circuit Judge Charles W. -Redding, Portland, to Yamhill and ' Polk counties to hear a number of cases in which Judge Arlie Walker . was disqualified. p - Circuit Judge Rex KimmelL. -Marion county, was assigned to Multnomah county to bear Juven ile proceedings in the court of Judge Donald Long. - Circuit Judge Charles H. Combs, Lake county, was assigned to Kla math county and Judge Arlie Wal ker to Multnomah county. The Indians had many dogs when the first Europeans arrived. to koop fit! WITH THE ?j??r V t OTA NET3 1950 T , - Book-jwr of u, turf t? facts aboat titmBiu rlf N obiifMioo. Gc rows TODAY! I.TOHT BUTOUi .bdil "M" Om Uwtt H ill AM AfaAIN with mrtliac cUritr, tn. &mm BkhmI Giva torn llMwaAinuNiickmf tanor. crccter comfort, tun BUTTON' Krm cunv rS IAS, dunks to Mttriy tns. wccslmostiavisibk dcricc, James N. Taf t 221 Oregon Bldg. . 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