4The'Elcrteemcau goJemy Oregon, Tnoe&ryv October tO. lS0-;"i
I jVo Faror Sways Us, No Fear Shall A tee"
' from first SUtesmia. March ZS. 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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Entered at the postofflce at Salem, Oregen, aa second class matter under act of congress March X, 1871
"Voter's Information'
A four-page tabloid lull of Information in
valuable to every voter regardless of party has
been published by the League of Women Voters
of Oregon. It fin a definite need, and it is an
Important step toward fulfilling the League's
aim to "let the people know, make the people
care, help the people act."
' To vote intelligently next month, the people
are going to have to study carefully nine initi
ative and referendum measures on the ballot.
These measures have been and will be discussed
In the press, on the radio and on the lecture
platform, but it's handy to have the main pro
and con arguments condensed to a few para
graphs in a brodfure that can be folded to
pocket or purse size.
Part of the publication is devoted to answers
to questions, posed by the League, from can
didates for governor and U. S. senator. Gub
ernatorial aspirants were asked to give their
opinions on revision of Oregon's basic tax struc
ture and to list the legislation they considered
most important Douglas McKay pledged to
gupport "the type of and the leva of taxation
that will not only cope with the exigencies of
these troubled times, but will meet insofar as
possible the regular requirements of Oregon's
people." Austin Flegel came out against the
t limitation, against a sales tax, and for a
number of government reorganization and re
form proposals.
Candidates for UJS. senator were asked about
foreign policy, federal fiscal policies, and "what
piece of legislation are you especially interested
in?" Wayne Morse's to-the-point answer fills
a whole column. Howard Latourette didn't re
turn the questionnaire. And Harlin . Talbert
followed the Progressive-party-Townsend-club
line from "Stop threatening the world with
atomic and H bombs" to "Get the military bur
den off our backs and use the money for. the
welfare of our people."
Since the League is non-partisan it does not
support or oppose any -of the material in the
fctochure; all it proposes is that voters "preserve
democracy by taking an active part in it i-.
by voting intelligently. And theLeague isn't
content with just issuing its "Voter's Informa
tion' pamphlet. In cities, towns and neighbor
hoods throughout the state League women are
getting together their neighbors to discuss the
November ballot. This week, in Salem, LWV
groups are inviting men and women. Ho meetings
In members' homes, there to exchange opinions
and arouse interest. . ' - - :v
This program, it seems to us, should prove an
effective means to the League's endt to pro---mot
attention to the responsibiliUesNrf citizen
ahip and to develop a more enlightened public
opinion." : .... .
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Run-out on Brannan Plan
At Milwaukee last week Vice President Bark
ley told newsmen: -
The Brannan plan is controversial. It is
entitled to be studied but 1 am not committed
to it and the administration is not committed
to it." -- -
Hear, Hear! President Truman has gone
verboard for. the Brannan plan and has made
no retraction of his support. But' the president
has obtained little support for this plan of f arm
onsumer aid at treasury "expense. In Illinois
Senator Lucas, the majority leader in the senate,
has repudiated the Brannan plan In his cam
paign for votes; and very few candidates in
arm states are advocating the plan. When
politicians run out on a policy, as Barkley and
Lookback at Early Phases of Korean War
Reveals Desperate Gamble by MacArthur
" By Joseph AIsop
TOKYO, Oct. 9 These war
' reports, which are now coming
to an end,, have been - mainly
concerned with
the Korean
fighting as it
has appeared .
from the com
pany or Daraai- -ion
level. In
this moment of ;
Inei Dient tri
umph, however,
the remarkable
contribution
the, American
ought also to be iiF11 "f
recognized.
It is hard to imagine two more
different men than Douglas Mac
Arthur and Walter H. . Walker
the one so grandiloquent, so given
to rather old fashioned drama in
sua public ways and manners, and
the ether so short, bustling and
In all ways unpretentious. But
these , two generals, with their
' oddly contrasting hints of Edwin
Booth and a businesslike grocer,
have been the joint architects of
victory. ;
The first phase was MacAr
thur's. No one at heme and very
tew people here can realize how
neat the Korth Koreans were to
victory, or what daring it re- .
quired for MacArthur to recom
mend committing American in
fantry ia a seemingly hopeless
cause. On the . day when the
North Koreans breached the Han'
River line, the South Korean
forces were utterly disorganized.
There was nothing, literally noth- "
tag, to prevent the enemy from -sending
a mechanized column of
armor and infantry straight
southwards to Pusan. By gam
bling fifty tanks, two hundred
trucks and five thousand men,
he might have taken the all im
portant South Korean port In 48 ,
hours, s ., i
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la Japan, meanwhile, allwas
e' - rH?
Lucas have on the Brannan plan, it is an index
of its failure to gain popular approval.
Neither party however has come forward
with a farm program which represents really
an honest approach to the problem of agricul
ture in an industrial economy. The present
support plan is a makeshift which has become
.frozen in government practice. None of the big
farm organizations defends the present plan;
but congress is unwillinjj to drop it or substitute
another program.
Local Endorses Kinisey
The state federation of labor's executive
board "passed" when it came to making a
recommendation for the office of labor commis
sioner although the office is held by a long
time union member, Bill Kimsey. Observing
that Bill's own union, Multnomah Typograph
ical Union No. 58, has come out with a strong
endorsement of its fellow-member, it points out
that Kimsey has been an active member of that
local for forty years and its president from
1917 to 1923. He also served as secretary of the
central labor council in Portland and secretary
of the state federation of labor. The local also
commends Kimsey's administration of the office
of labor commissioner, declaring: .
Mr. Kimsey has administered these laws to
their full extent for the benefit of working:
people and the duties outlined above have been
performed in a sensible, practical manner dur
ing his administrations.
We have heard of no complaints either from
employers or workers on the way Kimsey has
administered the affairs of his office. He has
not used his office for any grandstanding but
has been personally on the job. He deserves reelection.
If would-be senator Howard LaTourette turn
ed up his nose at a $2,000 campaign contribu
tion from the democratic national committee as
though it were tainted money, what will Sen
ator Robert Taft do about the unexpected aid
he is getting from Jake Malik, Soviet delegate
to UJf.? In a speech to the U.N. political com
mittee Malik denounced the Taft-Hartley law
as "anti-democratic" a phrase which trans
lated from party-line jargon, means anti-communist.
This should cause voters to flock to
Taft's standard! After all, nothing's so damn
ing as praise from the deviL And vice versa.
Columnist Dorothy Thompson used to write
more sensibly than she does now, it seems. She
is becoming almost rabidly anti-United Nations
. and has gone over all the way in support of
. Chiang Kia-shek' lost cause. In a recent col
f imp she went so far as to say, "The greatest
danger to this country is the United States gov
ernment itself.". . . Oh come now, Dottie, things
are tough all over especially just before an
election but they ain't that bad!
Revolt Of some chapters of college frater
nities is reported because their national organ
izations still draw the color line. The rebels say
this course is indefensible in a democratic
society. Of course the fraternity system is based
on selection of members, and it is hard for the
old-time heads of the frats to concede that a
negro should be admitted to their social group,
even if he is otherwise qualified.
For months now the headlines have been
"Flegel Flays McKay;" now it's "McKay Flays
FlegeL" Discordant alliteration, that.
unready, and by a tragic acci
dent the division nearest to the
ports was the one with the least
combat training, the 24th. Yet
without hesitation, MacArthur
began flying the 24th Division
into Korea, Only two companies
had reached their, position when
the first shock of contact oc
curred.. When they found even
this handful of American troops
in the line, the North Korean
commanders wasted ten days
bringing, up 100,000 men.
By then, General MacArthur
had in the line the splendid to
tal of two American battalions,
- and the remaining South Korean
forces had been rallied. Again,
after this next shock, the enemy
delayed for five days more, to
bring up his heavy artillery. But
by then, no less than two half
strength American divisions all
of the 24th and the Cavalry
had reached the front. And the
burden now passed, for a while
to General Walker.
-
The story of the southern
beachhead has been often told. In
basic outline, it was all too sim
ple. Our lines, from first to last,
were always terrifyingly thin.
About once every two weeks, the
enemy would mass for a new
push, and tear a huge hole In the
line somewhere. Walker, would
then scrape up just enough to
prevent exploitation of the
break - through, sometimes by
taking outfits out of the line and
leaving huge gaps in areas where
there was momentarily no pros- ,
sure.
Very few operations by Amer
ican forces can have called for
such sanguine energy, such cool
ness in husbanding infinitesimal
reserves, such perfect immunity
to fluster. In a situation that was ;
always coming apart at the
seams, there were times when ,
very nearly everybody panicked.
But Walker never did, even in.
the last great crisis, when a whole
South Korean Corps gave way al-
J-,.- .
most at the instant when the
Marine Brigade was being taken
from his for. the Inchon landing.
With the passing of that crisis,
at the beginning of September,
the lead was again MacArthur's
He had started planning the
Inchon . landing in July. The
Marine commanders, looking over
the appalling beach' conditions
there, had proposed Wonsan, on
the other coast. But aside from
being north of the, controversial
parallel, Wonsan was too far
from the southern front and of
fered no ''promise of cutting the
whole communications of the
enemy armies. Disturbed by re
ports of the fearful risk, Gen
eral Lawton J. Collins and Ad
miral Forrest Sherman came to
Tokyo to dissuade MacArthur
from the Inchon project. But
MacArthur's arguments con
vinced the Joint Chiefs that this
was the only decisive blow that
could be struck. -.
After that nothing remained to
be done but secure the needed
forces in the short time avail
able because of tides and
weather, September IS was the
only possible date to land at In
chon. The Marine division was
assembled by detachments from
-all over the world. The canni
balized 7th in Japan was brought
up to strength with 8,000 South
Koreans. MacArthur, knowing
thetflsks to be run, sailed with
the fleet with the express pur
pose of countermanding the
whole landing operation if its
first part, the capture of Wolml
Island, should falL Instead. Wol
ml fell, and then Inchon, and
then, after bitter fighting, Seoul
Itself. And so we were brought
to the present situation In which
final victory can only be dashed
from our grasp if the masters
of the Kremlin choose to start a
third world war.
CoprrifMt, 1950.
. New York Herald Tribune Ine.
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"ONE
Good night, Irene It happened at a local rummage sale.
A little old lady wearing an unnew hat tripped in and began
going over a big stack of hats. Finally found one which pleased
if X. -v " I oamuel Howard Freeman, navy sea-
j: , I man, of Salem route 5, has had qujtt a
LV 'OV.tI 1 time in Korean action. He was aboard
e; ngnt anti-aircrajt carrier when the
shooting started. His ship was one of the first to blast short
installations on the North' Korean coast and once a demoli
tion team from his ship was sent ashore to blow up a tunnel,
which it did. Freeman's ship is now known as "The Gal
loping Ghost of the Korean Coast."
This week is loaded with observances It's National Cran
berry week (for those in a bog); National Wine week (fall is
the time for squeezing); Better Parenthood week (kids, here's
your chance to reform your parents); Fire Prevention week
(slanted to politicians who are now beginning to build fires
under the opposition). Last Sunday was Grandmothers day
and next Sunday will be National Children's day (must be some
connection there). There is probably a hidden moral (which
escapes us) in the string of grandma, cranberry, wue, parents,
fire and children.
Wonder how many republicans noticed two cars plas
tered tcith democratic candidate signs parked' squarely in
front of GOP headquarters here Monday? Cars carried big
campaign signs of P. W. Hale end. Aloin Whitlato, both
demo candidates for state representative. This bit of trick
ery pulled while Guy Gabrielson, GOP national chairman,
was in town pointing with pride and tneuunp; with alarm.
-
Deane Seeger, consultant of the League of Oregon cities,
told this ditty at Salem Chamber of Commerce luncheon Mon
day. Seeger said that his office is located on University of
Oregon campus at Eugene. Said he had to hunt for a long time
to find someone without a degree there. "Now the janitor and
I are the best of friends," he finished. . . Then there is the
strange case of Leo Elser who lives a few miles east of Salem
near Fairview home. Leo went clear over to eastern Oregon
and spent a week hunting deer, but came home with nothing
but callouses on his trigger finger. The day he left, though, his
sons chased a big buck and doe out of their field.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
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'ffpf
. . And ta France I found oar recovery programe had worked
wonders . . . they were back te their pre-war delightful
1-hour lunch periods'. . ,
FOR. THE MONEY"-!
her. She took her own hat off and put
recently-found one on. Laying her former
headgear down, she smiled sweetly and said:
"Well, I guess this is an even enough trade"
and walked out! Rummage operators said
it was the most pleasant transaction they'd
made all day.
by Lichty
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Apartment
Hunting Tops
Africa Safari
By Henry McLemore
NEW YORK, Oct 9 Hunting
for an apartment in New York
City is to my mind one of the
most exciting,
d angerous
sports in the
World.
It has never
been celebrated
in song and
story, as has
hunting the rhi
no, the ele
phant, the tiger
or the lion. Men
who chase that
sort of game
(J
get write-ups in
the papers, pictures in the pap
ers, and they are offered con
tracts by publishers to tell of
their hair - raising experiences
with dangerous animals.
The wild-game hunter also
has a tremendous amount of
glamour about him. He shops for
months for the right high-powered
rifle, the hard-bitten guid
es, the dirty but knowing bear
ers and beaters. He wears glam
orous boots, brush jackets, and
his adventures are followed with
bated breath by thousands. And,
when he returns, he can put an
elephant's head on his living
room wall, use the -leopard he
bagged as a bedspread, and the
giraffe's ears as a tableclothr
But the New York apartment
hunter gets nothing of this. No
one knows about the perils which
he encounters, one of which is
the advertisements telling of
apartments for lease. This is
a typical one:
"Seven-room apartment avail
able by owner who hates to
give it up, but must leave for
California due to doctor' orders.
Spacious living room, complete
kitchen, two master bedrooms,
amazing closet space, and unsur
passed view."
The apartment hunter, wearing
no glamorous bush jacket but
only a sort of shiny blue serge
suit, stalks this apartment. He
goes downwind in order to sur-
Srise It before it gets away. Then
e takes a look at it, as it un
suspectingly grazes among the
thousands of other apartments in
the herd.
The two master bedrooms
have been amply described. They
are master bedrooms in the sense
that we use "master': for little
boys who have not become old
enough to become "mister." In
short, they are children's bed
rooms. .
The unsurpassed view IS un- .
surpassed, if you are interested
in unsurpassed views of a brick
wall two feet away. No lie there,
because there may be people in -this
world who ' think that
nothing can surpass the view of t
a brick wall that will rub your
nose if you are ever careless
enough to raise a window and
stick your head out far enough
to see whether it's raining or not.
Apartment advertisements
have created an entirely new
meaning of the word "spacious."
They figure that to an ant a
sugar bowl is fourteen times as
big as the Grand Canyon, which
it is. They ignore the dictionary
am Mwnn1t1v & if Mr. Wetater
and Mr. Oxford had never done
a lick of work in their lives.
"Spacious" to me means a lot
of room to roam about In, but
when you read a New York
apartment advertisement and see
the word "spacious,' the best
thing to do is go on a straight
diet of very thin water and bread
crusts if you ever figure to walk
around in a "spacious' room.
Most of the "spacious" rooms in
New York apartments would give
a Sing Sing chap claustrophobia.
'.I ; I
The "amazing closet space" Is
just that. Itis amazing chiefly
because unless a man had a
wardrobe that consisted of one
.Vest and '. a. beret, he wouldn't
The Safety
Crime and Society
To the Editor:
"Not Much Left to 1 Smirk
About!"
rm wondering if that caption
has been misplaced?
Society has been avenged. Har
vey OTDay, 14, has now been in
Stalled in society's cash register
to toll out the years remaining to
him in repayment for the life he
so ruthlessly snuffed out. '
Did the state send a criminal
to the pen, or have they sent a
warped, diseased ' mind encased
in a human body, rx
Did the judge, who by the eas
iest, convenient method to clear
his docket, investigate the cause
of this Smirk on Society?
Has society, through its medi
ators of the law, investigated
why OTJay has taken so bitter
an attitude against its fundamen- ,
tals of life.
Plenty has been said before
; but little done. We all can turn
the knob on our radios and bring
.into our homes any sordid, de- ;
basing, demoralizing, blood thirs
t ty debauchery we are inclined to
listen to!
Let's take the family to the
theater! We all know the scenes,
plots, etc., that may be seen.
Of course our lighter veins of
life, called comicsfre pure. Yes,
, pure food for Woodburn. Boys'
Training School inmates, then to
college," Oregon State Prison.
Millions of dollars are coined
through this vicious tread mill,
sponsored, condoned and encour
aged by society, While the ashes
are piled higher and higher be
hind steel and concrete. ;
'Officials cry for larger1 cell
blocks, higher walls to hold this
mounting pile of human debris,
while the widows cry for their
lost husbands that fall in the line
of duty upholding society's in
consistent money-mad scheme!
I feel safe in saying that there
are many who read and have
seen this morning's Statesman
wonder where and who has the
Smirk.
C. L. Warner,
4315 Macleay Rd.
Former Commander Praises.
Allan Carson
To the Editor:
I note that Allen Carson is a
write-in candidate to fill the vac
ancy in position number six of
Surpreme Court of Oregon. The
vacancy occurred too late to have
Allan's name printed on the bal
lot, I understand. This write-in
feature I do not consider a han
dicap, if enough people in Oregon
can be made to know of his out
standing qualifications. -
Allan has a legion of friends
and acquaintances all over Ore
gon. But there are thousands
who do not know him as per
sonally as I have for so -many
years. If they knew him as well
and favorably as I do, his elec
tion would be a landslide.
When Allan was in the 2nd
grade in a Salem grade school, I
was a clerk in the law office of
his father, Senator John A. Car
son. To me then he was just one
of the "Carson boys." But just
a few years later our lives ran
along together, and from then on,
I became personally Interested in
bis progress and a well-wisher
for his success as an esteemed
citizen of the Salem community.
When President Wilson issued
the call to check Pancho Villa in
Mexico, Allan Was among the
first to enlist In Salem's old M
Company, of the 3rd Oregon
the first company to be mustered
Into the federal service. I re
member the day near Tia Juana,
when after a competitive exam
ination, I appointed him corporal
of Squad No. 1. It may seem a
little thing that far back, but on
the day it seemed very import
ant to me, as it no doubt did to
him. His record showed that his
heart was in his work "and so
has it always been since then.
have a Chinaman's chance- to
hang It up in the closet In one
apartment I visited the closets
wouldn't house the stamp col
lection of a man who didnt col
lect stamps. Let him buy two
airmails and he'd have to put
them in the "complete kitchen."
,
The "complete kitchen" again
means Just that. It Is complete
with a little ice box In which,
if the tenant were strong, will
ing and had nothing else to do,
he could store one Bird's Eye
butterfly, one robin's egg, and an
ounce of condensed milk. As for
the stove, turned on full blast, it
wouldn't warm a midget's feet
on the Fourth of July. The broom
closet wouldn't hold a whisk
broom and the pantry . shelves
dont have the cubic area of an
egg cup. :' ' V.- ' -'
Yes, apartment hunting in
New York is the top sport of all.
It combines more walking than
three safaris, more hazards than
shooting a charging lion, and
more disappointments than, look
ing for El Dorado. And When
you do find one you want, all
the agent wants you to do Is sign
a thousand-year lease, give him
a down payment of a hundred
years's rental, and promise to re
pair any damage caused by such
unnatural . actions as walking
across the floor twisting a door
knob, or turning on the tap In
the sink. . "
Talk about man's -inhumanity
to man! Just shop for an apart
ment in New York and youH get
a full load of it. -
(Distributed by -
McJf aught Syndicate. lac.)
Your Savings
Are Safe
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A 1 1 M MOt At
III State Street Salem,
Valve
I then had the responsibility of
150 of Salem's finest young men,
but never had to. worry about
Squad No. 1 and Allan was just
approaching 19 then. That makes
him 53 now just at the time
when he can give his best to our
supremen bench as he did ia
his Squad at 18. : , . - J
: Several months of service on
the Border and distinguished
combat service in both World
War I and World War II inter
rupted first his studies and then
his law practice.- But he still had
time, talent and the confidence -of
his clients to develop an out
standing law. practice in Salem,
and serve Marion county as state
representative for' one term and
then as state senator for two
terms.. ,...:.-:.,.
I know that as a justice of our
supreme court, Allan Carson's
career will be as honorable and
as close to the common folks of .
Oregon, of whom he is one, as he
has been in all the years we have
been personal friends.
Success be to him as usual
and I believe he will be successful.',--.
. .
, Max GebJhar, -Formerly
Capt, Co. M,
3rd Oregon Infantry.
Enticements to Crime
To the Editor:
What is the matter with the
American people? .
It Is an awful thing for our
boys to be sent to Korea and
everyone seems to realize it, but
we slide along and let boys and '
girls by the thousands be ruined -by
the crime stories they see In
the theatres, hear on the radio,
and read In the trashy stories on
the news stands. .
The mothers are a lot to blame,
for as soon as little "Johnny" can
walk he must have a cowboy suit :
and toy gun. Then he Is a lit
tle man and can strut around
and snap his gun at people, and
soon will be big enough to shoot
a policeman or someone else with
a real gun.
Why -not start a crusade to boy
cott any food that la advertised
by crime . stories on the radio
or in pictures, and also to boy
cott any theatre showing crime
pictures or news stands and book
stores selling crime stories. That
would stop it.
If we dont wake tip and de
something we are as 1 much to
blame as the ones who feed the
boys and girls poison. '
Maude Porter Booue
2049 State St.
Salem, Ore.
Better English
1.' What is wrong with this
sentence? "My friend ' and my- '
self were Interested in what he
had to say." S'.
'-' 2. What Is the correct pronun
ciation of "absorb?"
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? . Sanctimonious,
sanitorium, sanguinary, sarco
phagus. '
ANSWERS
1. Say, "My friend and I were
interested. 2. Pronounce second
syllable sorb, not sorb. 3. Sana
torium. ret ssMDAsu tiansotatiom
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