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Tha Ctatagnan golem, ' Of Tuesday; NoremW 14, 19501 I t i III . i(H t !i 1 l.' .' 1 1 ill H II i; ! !..' .4, .i . (.ill 1 II I ! f OJ.' SALES RESISTANCE IN THE HARDWARE DEPARTMENT Gall Bladders Gall Henry In New York talesman ': ? - Wo rflror Sways V, No Fear Shall Awe From first Statesman. March 28, 18S1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING. COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher FabUsaed every morning. Baalneas office 115 8. Commercial. Salem. Oregon. Telephone 2-244L Catered at the postofflco at Salem, Oregon, as second class matter under act of congress March X, 187 French Fears The French position on rearmament of Ger many for the protection of Western Europe in" the event of Russian aggression) may be in defensible from our point of view but it is understandable. Sumner Welles, former under secretary of state, made this clear in his Armis tice Day speech in Portland. The French, he maintains, have reason to be skeptical of British and American promises to guarantee France's national security. In the years after World War I, England and the UJS. promised France they would see that Germany stayed weak militarily. Instead, Welles recalled. Great Britain sold war materials to Hitler's government and the U.S. loaned Germany huge sups that helped build the Reich. The result was World War II and the French haven't for gotten, -j , The- French have long memories. They go back all the way to 1870 when Bismarck, having outwitted Louis Napoleon and goaded "the man of destiny" into the Franco-Prussian war, took Alsace-Lorraine from France. The French have not forgotten that in 1871 the people in Prussian- beseiged Paris ate cats and rats in the restaurants until even those were gone and the city capitulated. That meant the end of the Second Empire; it meant France's national spirit was broken, and it meant the rise of a new and powerful unified Germany under Kaiser Wil helm I.- V - Later, while the nations of Europe became industrialized and sought colonial expansion, there was a precarious balance of power, with Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy on one side and France, Russia and Great Britain on the other. But the status quo was upset in the Balkans and in 1914 France was fighting Les Boches again on the old, blood-stained fields of Alsace-Lorraine. . : J Now, once more, Britain and the United States are willing to let Germany become strong, be , lieving that without German aid Europe cannot be defended. But ""the French, frankly, are scared and, to make matters worse, the French communists are exploiting that old fear of a strong Germany. ' So the French position as of now is adamant opposition to German 'rearmament. They want ft unified international army, perhaps contain ing German units no' larger thaan battalions, and including U.S. troops. TheGermans say they won't fight as mercenaries but only under their own commanders, in division strength. And U.S. and British military men agree with the Germans rather than with the French. The whole question of defense of Western Europe, then, seems to hang on whether or not fear of communist domination will replace fear of German power. hadn't taken hold. So this year the government undertook an extensive educational-propaganda campaign simply to get the Mexicans to state facts instead of making exaggerated claims or obvious under statements when questioned. Then the unpaid volunteer enumerators had to search out the population, in remote jungles, deserts and mountains as well as in the more accessible val leys and the cities. Transportation was one big problem; another was language difficulties. Mexicans speak more than 50 major Indian dialects and many of them don't speak Spanish at all. : Besides the usual name, age, place of birth, marital status, number of children and so on, the government this year wanted to get such information as: "Do you wear shoes, or huar aches, or go barefoot? Do you eat wheat bread daily? Do you have running water?" It will be at least 18 months before the ans wers to the 1950 census are all tabulated, but already one thing is clear: Mexico is growing twice as fast as the United States. The popula tion of our southern neighbor has increased 28.3 per cent since 1940, as compared to our 14.5 per cent increase. Mexico's high birth rate, better health and sanitation facilities, and de creasing mortality rate mean that in 1960 there will be more Mexicans for the census-takers to count and that Mexico's prominence in inter American affairs will grow accordingly. Now that the scores are all in, perhaps a com ment on Salem High's disastrous football season may be in order. Or is that word "disastrous" wrongly used? Yes, it is. Certainly some good has been derived, whether or not is shows in the win column. But that is not to condone losses. Salem's is one of the largest high schools in the northwest. Numerically, it has an abun dance of material. It should have a better foot ball team. And no one can tell us that Salem boys fundamentally aren't just as good as any boys anywhere. They are, despite criticism of their fighting spirit or their will to win. There have also been suggestions that lack of public and personal support has played a part in their comparatively poor showing score - wise. Our . guess is that there is no single circumstance which can be made the goat. Before another grid season rolls around it will be time to give close study as to just what's wrong. But don't tell us it rests entirely within the boys. Mexican Census . So our census-takers thought they, had troubles! ' Pity the enumerators in Mexico where counting noses is really, a difficult job. Fear and suspicion of the census south of the border is rooted in the dim past when the Spanish over lords counted the Indians as a basis for seizing serfs and imposing tributes. As recently as 1940, some Mexican families hid their sons of military age when the census-taker came around, and the idea of telling the. truth to the numerators about income or anything else just John W. Kelly will be missed In newspaper and other circles of Oregon. He was literally a walking encyclopedia on innumerable subjects, so wide had been his experiences and studies. Drama critic, columnist, political reporter, edi torial writer and Washington correspondent, Kelly was one of the best-known newspaper men in the northwest when he came to Salem seven years ago to head the Oregon commission on postwar development. An active newspaper man for fully half a century, Kelly covered many of the most important events of an im portant era. To him can be given the prime accolade of a newsman he was a good reporter. A record low of only 178 range fires this year were man-caused, and the 45,547 acres burned in 1950 also total a record low. That is still a lot of waste, however, and smokers a major cause of fires will have to be more careful to "Keep Oregon Green" in 1951. U. S. Officials Await Reply to $32 Question 'Does Communist China Want All Out War?' iv Br Joseph and Stewart Alsop W A S H I NGTOJT, Nov. 13 "This thing in Korea is the thir . ty-two dollar question. In about a week or ten 7' days, we should ' know whether m we tixxj - iour i is coming up." ? This is how one important offi-f -J.I W t : taken part inr" uic secret, icusc debates within the government x .1 - since uiv wu- . i nese mtervened iife&4 In Korea, sums up the situation which now confronts this coun try and its allies. The "thirty-two dollar ques tion" is this: Are the Chinese c o m m u n ists, with the sup p o r t of the Kremlin, ready for an all-out war in Korea? It must be said at the outset that no one in: official Wash ington pretends really to know the answer to th5 mipctirtn. l.t'P4 It is still con sidered conceivable that the minimum Chinese objective is a guarantee of unmolested access , to the Important hydro-electric installations on the Yalu river, and a further guarantee of the Chinese frontiers. If this is so, the Chinese move has been su premely illogical, simply because it has made attacks on Chinese territory and the destruction of the Yalu river plants a great deal more, rather than less, likely. Yet the timing of the Chinese" sieve was also supremely illogi eal this was one .reason why General MacArthur assured President Truman at Wake that -the- danger of intervention had, passed. Thus it is at least possi- : ble that the Chinese, spurred on v ' by the Kremlin, intervened at the last moment, in a spasm of dogma-induced fear that an in vasion of China itself was plan ned by the "American imperial ists.' The fact that the Chinese .forces still transparently dis guised as "volunteers", were withdrawn, instead of following up the vicious surprise attack which threw the United Nations forces off balance, tends to sup port this hopeful view. This is why frantic efforts by every means are now being made to reassure the Chinese. The course of events in the United Nations and elsewhere in the next few days will show wheth er or not the hopeful view is justified. But there is, unfortu nately, plenty of evidence which suggests that in this situation, as so often before, the wish has been father to the thought The central fact Is that rein forcements for the Chinese forces in Korea continue to pour across the Yalu river, while a huge army, estimated between 300,000 and half a million men, is being mobilized just across the border. There are other in dications, like the attacks by the latest Soviet-made jet fight ers on American planes, that the objectives of the Chinese and their Soviet allies are by no means limited. Officials here are haunted by the fear that the apparent withdrawal is no more than a regrouping, preparatory to an assault intended to cut through the center of the Uni ted Nations lines to the sea of Japan, i - - .If this attack occurs. It will be the signal that the Chinese communists and their allies In the Kremlin are ready to go the whole way in Korea, whatever the. consequences. It will mean, in short, that the answer to the "thirty-two dollar question" is an ominous "yes." In this event, certain American officials believe that the imme diate military response should be an attempt to establish a firm defensive line across the I III 1 I I I lllll III SUSSES c-Hs. etyt D aw nXg Staying home with the flu these days is a sorry affair for men. First of all your head is throbbing like a leaky suction pump and your stomach feels like hordes of butterflies are holding a camp meeting there. Then the little woman, the light of your life who never fails, the helpmate who is always demanding your help decides to help you while away the hours with a little work. She says that now. you're home how about turning the rug around, or hauling the junk but back, or clean ing the garage or helping rearrange the furniture. narrow neck of the Korean pen insula, north of Pyongyang, in order to gain time and at least postpone an unlimited American commitment. Yet this decision will really rest with the man on the spot. General MacArthur. It is not likely that MacArthur will favor any such passive course. - Indeed, there is reason to be lieve that he is now readying his forces for a general offen sive, designed to' throw all Chi nese troops out of Korea, and that this offensive is being de- layed only to give time for fur ther negotiation in the United Nations. But as MacArthur him self has implied, such an offen sive cannot succeed while the Chinese base in Manchuria re mains immune from ah attack. Therefore an offensive is almost sure to mean the bombing of Chinese installations and supply lines in Manchuria and probably China proper. t Although there are differences elsewhere, there is absolute agreement on one point. If the answer to the "thirty-two dollar question" is indeed "yes, this . country will be . involved In a more or less open war, against unlimited Chinese manpower. And this is a situation which the United States simply cannot af ford to accept permanently. Nothing would more delight the Kremlin than to see the United States, already desper ately short on military man power, indefinitely involved in endless and strategically point less ground warfare on the Asi atic continent, while the Krem lin was left free to pursue its ends elsewhere. It goes without saying that no responsible man in the government wants a showdown with the Soviet Un ion, while Europe is defenseless and the United States unpre pared. Yet the fact remains that if the thirtv-two dollar question is in the affirmative, events may very soon make it necessary to ask the sixty-four dollar ques tion. This is: "Do the Soviets want a third world war now? Copyright 1950. Mew York UermU TrUmn. Inc.) If you havt any courage at all you giv9 her your answer politely but firmly and then turn the rug, haul out the junk, etc. Finally, by reminding the sergeant that if you past on right now you won't be eligible for a veterans' bonus, you get out of mow ing the lawn, patching the roof and painting the bathroom. About the time you begin to relax the kids choose up sides for a bruising football game in the living room. For an intermission stunt they put on a realistic facsimile of the battle of the Little Big Horn with their little big mouths going full blast. Then you think hopefully, almost reverently, of the office from which you hied in order to come home and recover from the flu. The good old office. No noise there except the clacking of typewriters, the sound of falling plaster, trucks roaring by outside, Lightner laughing at his own jokes, the soft clicking sound of people thinking and the buzz of conversation as the old hands tell of methods of getting over the flu without going home. Major businesses will soon be using an electronic brain to select employes for promotion. This means that apple polishing, except in grocery stores, is out; that most secre taries trill be promoted ahead of their bosses; and that some corporation presidents will probably be replaced by the , janitor. Maybe this selective brain will be used in politics and in the army, too. e Dr. Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese -Christian and little known author of a number of weighty books, told this story when he appeared here recently. He said he and his party (jn autos) were stopped enroute from Portland to Salem by a state police man. When told who he had halted, the state cop said: "Oh, Dr. Kagawa. Why, Tve read several of his books. With men like this on the state police force crime should comt to an absolute halt in Oregon. Ways In . ; . . . . Washington . . ! By Jane Eads WASHINGTON -(JPy- Page the lexicographers! I want to know where I the expression "lame duck criginat- ed. The lame fwf! ducks! them- - p selves don't: ,w-v s know. Nor 'does I , anyone seem " ' V to. A political A-0 4, ; lame duck v j supposed -r . ly a senator or w N represen -if 1 v' tative who, fail-P; L : J ing to be re-;- , 1 GRIN AND BEAR IT by Lichty t i 'i 2srjr elected, serves out his term be tween election, day and - Jan uary 3 when the new Congress takes over. There I are several lame ducks in both Senate and House al ready, men defeated in the pri maries. I Several senators and representatives are not running for re-election. Some are run ning for other Jobs, representa tives for Senate seats, for ex ample, and senators for gover norships of their states. They will be serving but are not con sidered lame ducks. Whence came "lame duck"? Neither parliamentarians, clerks who have been on the "Hill" for years, political histor ians, nor even the Legislative Reference Section of the Library of Congress could say., In his! book "The American Language," H. L. Mencken traces the phrase lame duck and others, like favorite son, dark horse and land-slide, back to the colorful days of the last century. But he fails to give their origin. Lame duck days used to extend until March 4, but the 20th amendment to the Constitution put an end to that The original purpose of the delay was to permit newly elect ed officials to reach the capital with the slow transport of 1789. A "lame duck" (slang), ac cording to Webster's dictionary. Is a "disabled person or thing.' in a way this Is true of congress ional lame ducks for, while they maintain i the same prerogatives the remainder of their term in Congress, they're not taken so seriously as the other boys. They can't do anybody any good and more neither the voters, the lobbyists nor their colleagues. Colleagues usually consider I each other for ' their trading value, bargaining their votes with each other for favorite legislation. If it's a long-range piece of legislation -that will con tinue through the next Congress such as the Taft-Hartley Act, health insurance or the Brannan farm plan, there's no use curry ing favor with a lame duck. He just won't be around anymore. Anyway, why lame DUCK? Arent they drakes or weren't they all when the expression be gan? j . m,.1.mm.mpmimmiMMMiwtim in Better English . ; -A raise T . . . do ya wut U start a spiral of InfUtton that'll make the pension yoa demanded last year worthless? 1 hat is wrong with this sen tence? "As I take it, he is to be nominated for treasurer. 2. What Is the correct pronun ciation of "viscount"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Advantageously, ad ulteration, admonition, advisibil ity. i 4. What does the word "vacil lating" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with exp that means "having no disguised meaning?" ANSWERS 1. Say, "As I understand, he Is to be nominated for treasurer." 2. Pronounce vi-kount, i as in wine, accent first syllable. 3. Advisability. 4. Wavering. "His Is a vacillating mind." 5. Explicit. By Henry McLemore NEW YORK, Nov. 13 Twenty- -two years ago, almost to the day, I came to New York seeking fame and fortune. The fact that I have achieved neither does not worry me half so much as the changes that have taken place in me and 'old friends whose acquaint ance I am re newine. now that I am back 3KE0008 in New York to live. When we meet our conversation is just about -as depressing a thing as one can imagine. Twenty-two years ago we talked of good old days in col lege, the location of the best speakeasy, the places where the hottest bands were playing, foot ball and baseball games, and other things that indicated we were young, alive and rearing to go. We didn't have the name and address of a doctor, dentist or optician among us. The names and addresses we had well, you can imagine. Now and I have noticed with horror that whenever a bunch of us get together everything Is dated from some physical calam ity that has overtaken us since we staggered into the forties. "I haven't seen . you since I - had my gall bladder out, have I?" one old friend said after we had shaken hands and slyly given one another's paunches a pood lnnV- Ing over. He then proceeded to tell me about the hospital, the doctor, the nurses, and how for a while it seemed as if he would not pull through. If it hadn't been daylight, and if we hadn't been standing on the corner of Mad ison and 53rd, I am quite sure he would have taken off his coat, hiked up his shirt, and shown me where the medicos whacked him. He seemed every bit as proud of having his gall bladder re moved as he once was of telling of his days as tackle on the Tech varsity and what a heller he was with the Chi Omegas and Tri Delts. When -1 ran across another friend of the early New York days when we barely had a nickel between us, I suggested that just for old times' sake we drop in an all-night cafeteria we used to patronize. We patronized it because it gave the most generous helping of French fries of all the places we had visited, and five or six extra potatoes were a great help in those days. ' mi "I can't do it," he said, "as much as I'd like to. You see, I. have been having a devil of a time with my ulcers and about all L. can have, is milk and coddled eggs. Fried stuff would come , close to killing me." In calling up another bid friend from a telephone pay station I found that the 22 years , hadn't let me off without any change, either. You " know how they chain down phone books in New York? , Well, they don't make those chains long enough for a fellow whose dimming eyesight requires that he hold the book as far off as possible. I stretched the chain as far as it would go, but all 'I could see was what seemed to be pages of crazy hieroglyph ics, written by a chicken whose feet had been soaked in ink. I notice, too, that nearly all of us wear double-breasted suits these days. Back In 1928 and . thereabouts we didn't know clothiers sold such things. Another chum of yesteryear graciously volunteered to give me a note te his doctor and his den tist. "Youll be needing them," he said after a brief survey of my chassis, "and they're both swell fellows. Never too busy to treat you, night or day." Maybe ril have to go back to Florida and the Fountain of Youth. I already feel like Me thuselah with -rheumatism up here in New York. ' I am beginning to believe people have something when they speak of the "good old days." Distributed by McNauxht Syndicate. Inc.) (Continued from page one) for a position elsewhere because he doesn't want to lose that teacher for his own system. Still frowned on, but still common is the practice of "teachers gossip ing about and criticising other teachers.' Undoubtedly school boards in some localities have interfered unduly with the private lives, of schoolteachers. Yet inherent in teaching is a responsibility toward youth that goes beyond the mere imparting of Instruc tion. A teacher just can't be a "rounder" out of school hours. At the same time teachers should be privileged to enjoy normal and wholesome freedoms. In. that way they may exert a bet ter influence on youth than if , thv are Pfinfind hv ult-ra mar. row taboos. Codes of ethics after all are generally pious expressions of purpose. I recall a meeting of the - Washington Educational associ ation of nearly 40 years ago when a special committee head ed by the late S. B. L. Penrose, president of Whitman college, read a report with a code of ethics for teachers. After he had finished President Wilson of old EUensburg Normal got up and said that sounded just like en dorsing the - sermon on the mount. That punctured the bal loon and the proposed code was laid on the table. If a teacher has a good moral sense and a respect for her pro fession she will have little need ' for a code of ethics. FREE LECTURE on Christian Science Entitled Christian Science: A Founda- Hon for World Brotherhood end Peace. By Arthur C. Whitney, C. S. of Chicago, IIL Member of the Board of Lec tureship, of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in B o s t o n, Massachusetts. Tonight, Nov. 14 8 O'clock Under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Salem, Oregon. In Parrish Jr. Nigh School Nol Capitol and D St. 1 Doors Open at 7:00 Qr JRP Conscientious, Dignified Service 543 North Capitol TeL 3-3672 "never used such fine fuel. , . 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