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4 Tha trgtrgtCdta; QroqcgyTlrOTtay; OctobTlS; BonexeJeneneneeJeJeJeonMBeneBe10ol . , 2ro Favor Strays Us, Wo Fear Shall Awt From flnt Statesman, March IS. 1151 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Fsbllxhed every morning, Business office 215 ft. Commercial. Salem. Oregon. Telephoao S-Z44X. Entered at the postoffiee at Salem, Oregon, aa second class matter under act of congress Marts 3, 1S7& The Republican Ticket Tho Statesman, as a republican newspaper, wishes to give its endorsement to the republican . ticket, for tho election November 7th. Here is the list for Marion county voters: United States Senator. Wayne L. Mono Representative In congress, first district, Wal- ' ter Norblad Governor, Douglas McKay Commissioner of Labor, William E. Kimsey Stato Senator, two to bo elected, Fred Lamport, Douglas Tester Stato Represents tiTe, four to bo elected, Mark O. Hatfield, Roy L. Hoock, Leo V. Ohmart, John F. SteeQuunmer , Ceanty Commissioner. E. L. Rogers . - Couty Recorder, Herman Wm. Lanko With the republican party now standing sec ond in -registration in Oregon there is occasion for greater effort on the part of its members to oioct its candidates. Tho ticket is on the whole one superior to that presented by the demo cratic party in Oregon so it is worthy of support on its merits as well as on the basis of party loyalty. Wo recognize a breakdown in party discipline in these days,' and wide divergence of opinion within both the old parties. This paper for in stance has often been sharply critical of the na tional leadership of the republican party. But the GOP does remain, the only organization in opposition to the democratic party which left its ancient moorings to espouse new, and in many respects, false doctrines. - The Truman administration Ls but an exten sion of the Roosevelt administration with its costly paternalism, its magnification of the state, its sapping of the springs of self-reliance. Its domestic program calls for even farther vent- rinto paternalism. The Truman administra has been equally brazen with its predeces sor in using the public treasury for extending its lease on power. Sound principles of public finance are ignored and the wolves of inflation turned loose to devour those groups and classes unable to protect themselves. Wavering and un certain though the policy of the republican par ty has been, the party is still the only vehicle which opposes the headlong rush into the wel fare state. In our judgment that opposition should gather strength, not wither away until we have just a one-party country, and that a party dominated, democratic party is coming to be, by organized labor unions. The Statesman has been critical of republican leadership in the senate 4or its expressions on international affairs; but in the clinches the bi partisan policy has prevailed in the case of the Marshall plan and support of UJi. and U.S. ac tion in Korea. The Roosevelt-Truman adminis tration cannot escape responsibility for failures in its world diplomacy even though it had to deal with a most recalcitrant and difficult na tion, Russia. We certainly hope that in a second term Senator Jtforse, whose views on foreign af fairs are both informed and enlightened will become a member of the foreign affairs com mittee and be able to speak with more author ity in determining republican policy in this .field. As far as state affairs go the republican party submits to the voters a good, clean record. The state government is competently administered. The state administration has indulged in no grandstanding, but it has given prudent man . agement for Oregon's business. Oregon has done W,ell for its schools, its elderly citizens, its wards and for injured or unemployed workers. Ore Ohio Union Men r As 'Little Gu By Stewart Also f MIDDLETON, Ohio, Oct. J3 "Don't write little Joe off." The traveller in Ohio bears this re frain everywhere, from republi can even more than democrats. It is universally conceded to be at least possible than an obscure politician called Joseph T. Fer- gusoo. Onto s! state auditor, will eliminate .Robert A. Taft, jooo of t h i s country's lead ing political fig ures, from the senate. When iyou first see Ferguson In ac tion, you find this difficult to believe. f This reporter f !ar first saw Ferguson on display ot a democratic rally in this bustling manufacturing town. For the first time in many weeks the popular democratic governor, Frank Lausche, who has very 'Conspicuously refused to endorse ; Ferguson, had consented to share : a .platform with his running , : mate. Both men spoke. The -contrast was downright cruel. ; - . 1 - I Lausche is the greatest living exponent of the William Jen nings Bryan school of American ; oratory. Although his speech was ' confined to wrathful denuncia i tion of the "racketeers" and spe- eial interests," and to throbbing approval of the American flag and American home, Lausche soon had the audience of demo " eratic jobholders literally grip ; ping the edges of their chairs. Ferguson, on tho other hand, .! rose nervously, tightly holding a , sheaf of typewritten pages; no ; one present believed that he had had any hand in their prepara , tion. His rimless glasses glinting ' with a kind of mock ferocity, his only gesture a tentative stab with a stubby forefinger, he repeated ; the words written for him a ' furious attack on Sen. Taft as mechanaicaliy as a reluctant child reciting "The Wreck of the Hesperus" for bored guests. y Representatives of the district engineers' of fice at Portland met with property-owners around Lowell and Dexter to explain tho gov ernment plan for acquiring their property which will be flooded by the Meridian dam, now under construction. The Eugene Register-Guard re ports that one of the representatives said the engineers sought to "improve their public re lations, which he adni'tted had been not too good in other projects." Recalling the acquisition of lands for Camp Adair we would readily agree. Now that the peak of tho shipping season is passed the Southern Pacific soon will have box cars "running out of its ears." That's the trouble with railroading, it's either famine or feast. The airforce reports spotting a "large force" moving southward in Korea from the Manchur ian border. Maybe this is the same mirage they reported on twice before. Playing Auditor Ferguson Battling Sen. Taffs 'Interests' Here, it seemed, wss a mere strawman for the august Taft to demolish. Yet the fact is that Ferguson has certain very real assets. One of these ls a simple but effective political formula, which has seen Ferguson hand somely re-elected to his stato auditor's post, even In republi can years. Ferguson himself neatly summed up the nature of this formula, in two disarmlngly frank remarks to this reporter after the rally. Asked why he was so obvious ly confident of beating Taft, he replied, "Well, I sign all tho checks tho State of Ohio sends out, and that don't hurt me none." The stato auditor's Job has given him an opportunity, which he has used perfectly hon r estly but very shrewdly, to build a vast personal following in Ohio. o Ferguson revealed the second part of his magic formula when he was asked his views of tho Brannan plan. He replied frank ly that he really didn't know what it was all about, but, he continued after a moment's re flection, "If tho- farmers want It, I'm for it, if the farmers don't want it, I'm against it Ferguson has been vociferously in favor of everything any large voting group, whether farmers or workers or veterans or old people, wants. This is not exact ly a brand new rule in politics. But Ferguson has followed this rule with exceptionally single minded devotion. Ferguson's second asset Is sim ply the nature of tho man him- self. A likeable, bouncy man, at once affable and as combative as a gamecock, he has the In stinctive politician's friendly gregariousness. This is precisely what Taft, who is not an instinc tive politician at all, lacks. More over, Ferguson, a small man with an imperfect acquaintance with his mother tongue, is the perfect ' symbol of that mythical Ameri can figure, "the little guy," bat tling fearlessly against "the in terests." The labor leaders who are masterminding Ferguson's campaign, mindful of how well it worked in 1948 for Harry Tru-, i X aC I.J'lUI'Mj f J r r i .. ' . gon is not a wealthy state but it ranks near the top in these categories. . Our endorsement of the republican ticket is not offered in any disparagement of the individ ual merit of candidates on the democratic tick et, especially those who aspire to legislative po sitions. Political affiliation aside, recognize good qualifications in Mrs. Josephine Albert Spauld ing, candidate for the house and Cornelius Bate son, candidate for the state senate. . But party affiliation is meaningful and should be to re publicans in view of the revival of democratic hopes. I The prospect is for a general victory for re publicans in the coming election in Oregon; but the party registration now gives them notice that they must perform if their tenure of power is to be continued. - , a . The U.N. Flag The VFW is in a quandary over the proper etiquette to use with respect to the flag of Un ited Nations. It says it wants to support the U. N. but doesn't want to substitute the U.N. flag ' for the Stars and Stripes. The question was.dis cussed at a post meeting at the local hall Mon day night which concluded with "refresh ments, potluck." That was a good way to wind up whatever argument may have developed. No need to be worried over the U.N. flag. United Nations is not a super-nation, but an association of independent nations. We should treat its flag as the symbol of this association, not as the ban ner which subordinates or conflicts with our loyalty to the United States and its flag. Creating Equal Incomes The levelling effect of taxes in Britain is shown in the news that for the year ending in March, 1949 only 86 persons had $16,800 in earned income left after paying their income - taxes and surtaxes. Ten years previous the num ber in that category was 6,560. (British taxes are computed differently from ours and "earned income" does not mean total income). This levelling of course carries out the social ist, idea of taking from him that hath. The pro cess didn't begin with the present labor govern ment, really getting its start- under the liberal government of David Lloyd-George. Our graduation of income taxes points in the same direction, although we haven't scaled in comes down to British levels yet. Just give the fair deal time however. man (of whom Ferguson ls In many ways a rather insulting caricature) are playing this David-Goliath theme to a fare-thee-welL n , Ferguson's labor support is, of course, his third and vital as set All the real drive behind Ferguson comes from the United Labor League of Ohio, In which the CIO, the AFL, the Mine Workers, and the Railroad Broth erhoods have Joined hands to de stroy their ancient enemy, Taft. . o " o The chief sparkplugs of tho league are the co-chairmen,' Ja cob Clayman of the CIO Political Action Committee (who de nounces Taft as fiercely as Taft denounces the CIO-PAC) and the milder but very able Philip Han na, of the AFL (which Taft nev er mentions). Clayman and Han na have been doing something labor has never seriously at tempted before. There have been the usual pamphlets and propa ganda. But a precinct level or ganization has also been created, complete with block captains, check lists and transportation, to get the union men to the polls on election day. This ls labor's real contribution to the Ferguson campaign. Yet his labor support is not an inmixed blessing to Ferguson. Taft's charge that he is a "labor stooge" has been effective. More over, labor's intervention has in furiated innumerable organiza tion democrats, who, like Laus che, have not lifted a finger to help Ferguson. Add the fact that the Taft organization is strong and lushly financed; that every newspaper in the state supports Taft; and that this is an off-year election, traditionally favorable to republicans. It then becomes difficult to understand how a faithful party wheelhorse which is all that Ferguson seriously pre tends to be can seriously threaten a man of Taft's ac knowledged stature. Yet the fact is and it is a fact which calls for further examination that here in Ohio Ferguson's threat to Taft is considered very seri ous indeed. Hew ?otklIr$d Ittbuat. Inc.) J iMacttetidiby" Boole Matches During Storm By Henry McLemore DAYTONA BEACH, Fla Oct. 25 A hurricane is an unpleas ant thing to go through, to say tne least, but one every once in a while is good for the souL Honestly, I have a feeling that tho one wo had recently In Florida was sent by the Lord to let Flo rid! ans know that life can't all be sunshine, lolling on tho beach, picking oranges in your own back yard -and watching sheriffs connive with gamblers. When a wind hits gala force, and then keeps on picking up speed until it becomes a hurri cane, it gives men and women a new sense of values. Right quick, too. When a man's house starts tilt ing so that the piano plays, tag with him in tho living room, ho ls very likely to worry abcut his own skin, and the skins of those he cares about, and not about his shares in Consolidated Solids, or his alma mater's ranking in the national football standings. When winds reach a spirited gallop of 100 m.p.h., or better, and start doing the things they do at such a speed, a man real izes how dependent he is on a lot of people he ordinarily does not think much about Last night I dreamed about linesmen, electricians, plumbers, roofers, sheet metal workers, paint and glass company work ers, and rubbish removers. I wished them all well In my dreams because I had need of every one of them. How long since you've stayed In a house, without electricity? Oh, it's terrible. For modern man the hardship Is comparable to anything suffered by the pio neers of covered wagon days. In fact, I believe I'd rather bo shot at by red Indians than grope around a house with a candle that was constantly being blown out, or when it wasn't out Grip ped hot tallow all over me. With the power off tho stove wouldn't work, the refrigerator stopped refrigerating, the tele phone was deader than Alexan der Graham Ben, and I couldn't turn on the radio to try to get the cheerful news that somebody was worse off than I was. There was no such thing as run ning over to a neighbor's and stealing a flashlight or a lantern, for to poke ; your head out of doors was to risk being blown to the outskirts of Keokuk. I have barked two or three times since I got up this morn ing, and ni tell you why. When we had burned, up every left over Christmas candle in tho place we decided to eat It was as dark as a chimney sweep's ears but I managed to open a can of corned beef hash, which we ate cold, covered with ket chup. This morning the can of corn ed beef hash was still on tho pantry shelf, but an empty can of dog food was on the sink. With the storm still going on It was impossible to go to bed because any second it might have been necessary to put on our water wings and head for dry land. So I decided to read by the light of book matches. This calls for a lot of doing. Reading by match goes some thing like this: "Gertrude entered the hall strike and was confronted by strike a corpse strike strike hanging from the strike chan strike de lier." Soon as normal service was restored today I hopped to tho telephone and started calling. I wanted to know how others far ed during the hurricane. I could have slapped the faces of those who told me they got by with very little trouble. Is that human nature, or is that Just me? Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc. GRIN AND BEAR IT "New weapons! ... new methods! a word about aew styling for these Red Tibet Would Peril Free India By J. M. Roberta, Jr. WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (JFj To tho western mind, what hap pens In Tibet would seem at first to be of little more importance than what might happen on tho moon. It's a little place in the far off Himalayas. visited only rareiy Dy west erners, ruled by a strange tneis-; tic government! It never has much contact ? ,t with the outside and In winter ground travel I through the mountain pass es is next to impossible. To most people its existence Is al most as imaginary as the Shangri-La which tho story said was located there. But when the Chinese commu nists move in, as they will even if the now announcement of an Invasion has not already been implemented, Tibet will take on a new aspect For It Is there that a nervous India will be brought into direct contact with the powers of com munism which so far have failed . to make much impression on her. Prime Minister Nehru doesn't be lieve, yet, that tho Peiping re gime of Mao Tse-tung is a pup pet of the Kremlin. But Chinese communist arm ies, willing to drive through the already - falling snows of tho "top of tho world" to carry out a gesture involving little but face, will present the Indians with something with which they can not take chances on tho mere basis of opinion. They will have to bo prepared for the possihil- . ity that they are wrong. Britain, India's ruler for so many years, always acted to keep China and Tibet separated, as tho Tibetans have always r wanted. But it was to keep China away from India's border rather than any overwhelming by Lichty . new strategy! ... bet never eld rags as WACs have to wear." W r if " . ? - -i MS (Continued from page one.) threat in its location or its popu lation to American interests. The only nations which might be dis turbed are India and the USSR. The latter doubtless approves the mission, and India may feel se- . euro with the great wall of the Himalayas to guard its Tibetan border. As for the popular at titude, what do we care who ' rules Tibet, even a communist government could be no worse than the despotism of the greedy Tibetan priests. What becomes of the Truman doctrine of resisting communist , aggression round the world? Why, it is modified, that's all. We do not even send a note of protest to Peiping or mention Tibet in United Nations. We are not so chivalric (and so foolish) as to try to maintain the auton omy of Tibet An extreme case, to be sure; but it proves the point that I have tried to make, that there ls a limit to the policing the United States can do. sentiment for the Tibetans. Tho motive is as natural as Britain's long-standiang deter mination to keep Russia out of the Dardanelles. It is as natural to a free India as to a British colony. Nehru will not be able to overlook it This should have a tendency to push him ' a little more toward the western camp in tho cold war, where his heart and In dia's interests truly lie, but which his nationalism and the scars of his long fight against colonial ism have prevented him from en , tering. The actual situation regarding Tibet is still shrouded in doubt Peiping says the march has been ordered, but there are no indi cations that an Invasion actually - has taken place. A Tibetan dele- Iation, after being held up In adia by both Indian and Chi nese reluctance, is Just leaving for Peiping to negotiate with the reds. The greatest number of home accidents 25 per cent occur in the bedroom, according to a recent National Safety Council study. Your Savings, Are Safe IfAitM HPHAl SAVINGS o'lbAr71 III State Street Salem, Conscientious, Dignified nam fljRBsM! mm 545 North Capitol Safety Valve "Coffins Would Make a Good Mayor ; To the Editor: Wo wish to commend Harry Collins for smoking out of file tho resignation of Howard Maple from tho city council. We have been without a councilman for several months and apparently were to have continued so until after election when a guardian would be appointed for us for the next two years. Collins would make a good mayor. " Lewis Judson Protests Method Used In Filling Vacancy To the Salem City Council: Alderman David O'Hara dis played great restraint and delic acy when he stated the resigna tion of Howard Maple and the subsequent appointment of Rob ert White had been badly handl ed. , However capable and sincere Mr. White may be, tho manner of his bestowal upon the people of Ward 7 and this .city as a whole has not been auspicious to winning friends and influencing voters. He assumes his office with a decided handicap to over come. In view of the recent publicity in the newspapers and over the radio against the questionably humorous balloting, for ficticious characters, it seems highly flip pant that a member of your body should cast a ballot for Yehudl on the issue of seating a council man. Tho conclusion arrived at must be either the voter presum ed a seat on the council was in the same category as Yehudi (La. tho little man who wasn't there) or his mental telepathy was so highly developed as to warrant the fiipancy. . . . I feel tho Intelligence of the citizens of Salem has been gross ly insulted by this procedure and wish to suggest mat in view of tho serious situations that con front all peoples and govern ments, that you gentlemen in tho future find it within your ability to conduct your business, which incidentally ls the business of this city, in a manner more con ducive to inspiring confidence in the integrity, andor ability of the council. . - . - Mrs. Sidney Van Lydegraf 1195 So. 15th St Oregon Telephone -13i TeL 9-3673 or I'.' PayTHFacl r Claim Hurled at essman : ' LANCASTER, O, Oct 25-iflFV A widow formerly employed in the office of Rep. Walter E. Brehm (R-Ohio) charged Tuesday that he took $7,340 of her salary over a three-year period. Brehm prompt ly branded the charge as "fantast- - Mrs..Oara Soliday, 75, of Logan, O, sued for recovery of the $7,341) plus an additional $10,000 as "pun itive damages." The suit was filed In Fairfield county common pleas court by At torney Hubert P. Lappen. Brehm, 58, has represented Ohios 11th congressional-district for eight years. He is a candidate ur re-ejecuon NOV. 7. Reached at his Millersport home, Brehm branded the suit as "absurd and the most cockeyed thing I ever heard of." . "Why It's too fantastic to reply to, he told newsmen. . "There Is not a damned word of truth in it She never gave mo back one cent of her salary." Mrs. Soliday alleged that while she was on the congressional pay roll Brehm "wrongfully and fraud ulently demanded, collected, - and received from her out of her salary a total sum of $7,340." CIO LOGGERS STRIKE l SILTCOOS, Ore., Oct 25 HP) A strike of 100 CIO loggers at the Crown Zellerbach woods ope ration near here was reported Tuesday. Leo Kotin, federal me diation commissioner who tried to avert- the strike, said workers wanted a 5-cent hourly wage in crease and some other contract adjustments. Better English Better English 11 ed page 1. What is wrong with this ' sentence? "When the race was : over with, ho sank down to the ground exhausted." , 2. What Is the correct pronun ciation of "quixotic"? 3. Which one of these words ls ' misspelled? Hyperbole, hygeine, hypercritical, hypodermic. 4. What does the word "lacer ate" (verb) mean? 5. What is a word beginning with ar that means "greedy of . gain"? ANSWERS 1. Omit . with and down. . 2. Pronounce kwiks-ot-ik, both fs as in kick, o as In not. accent second syllable. 3. Hygiene. 4. To rend; tear; mangle. (Pro nounce first syllable lass). "The flesh was lacerated." 5. Avari cious. - -- Celts 9 i -i . nSstexbUaheo! 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