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4 The SlMattman; Sclem; Ofqoa. frldayy Apia 1531 - - X t A THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and .Publisher! . leUaned every owning. Business office SIS 8. Commercial. Sales, Oregon. Telephone flftl. Catered at the postoffl at Sales, yndenberg and the Indispensable Man There is no indispensable man. Yet the re moval of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg from active public life by illness -and now from the earthly scene by aeatn unaouDteouy nas naa disastrous effect in the delineation of our for eign policy. Since January, 1945, when He gave "one of his greatest addresses on world affairs (which The Statesman at the time printed in lull) until he became incapacitated Vandenberg was one of the builders of our "foreign policy; He threw his full weight at that date for col lective security, for a world organization which later was established as United Nations. He went on to serve the country in the conference at San Francisco which framed the Charter and to support it on the floor of the senate, and at the Paris conference in 1947. 5 From 1947 to 1949 he was chairman of the senate foreign affairs . committee and by his leadership secured assent of the great majority of republicans to the Truman plan for succor to Greece and Turkey and to the ensuing Marshall plan. It was Vandenberg who proposed a guar antee of American support in the defense of Europe which grew into! the Atlantic pact. On the republican side ' it was Vandenberg who gave vitality to the 'bipartisan foreign po licy. With his illness'men like Taft and Wherry moved in with a neo-isolationism. Neither Lodge nor Wiley on the foreign affairs committee was able to fill the void left by Vandenberg. The Truman administration also must share responsibility ior collapse of bipartisanship on the foreign front. After Truman's election in 1948 and the succession of Dean Acheson to the post formerly held by George Marshall the re lationship with republicans was less cordial; and of course the outburst of McCarthy in 1950 ruined hopes of any cohesive foreign policy. Vandenberg was a distinguished newspaper man before he entered politics, and was a re cognized leader in the senate and in the repub lican party before he became a great spokesman on foreign ' policy. ' He advocated insurance of bank deposits but opposed devaluation of the dollar and several other new deal measures. He had. strong support for the presidential nomina tion, but his? refusal to let his name he consid ered in 1948 cleared the way for Dewey's nomi nation. In this current cacophony, when public at tention is commanded by the number of decibels in noisy oratory rather than in the logic of arguments, it is indeed sad that Arthur Vanden berg' voice is silenced, that his cogent reason ing couched ir vivid phrases no longer comes to ed and to (LsiSin those who remain unconvmc- One of trjfew statemen of our generation has stepped j put of life's forum, but his name should stand -,as a rallying point for those who feel that our hopes lie in national unity and in world unit yj gained through peaceful means. " - :l ? ' Keep Ufi the Good Work The spelling contest is over and it has been a lot of fun.: We hope everyone who participate ed in or attended the semi-finals and finals en joyed them as much as the sponsors have en joyed putting them on. Certainly a vote of thanks is due the many school administrators, principals, teachers and MacArthur Appearance Before Joint Session Gives Added Fodder to Foreign Policy Debate By J. M. Roberts, Jr. AP Foreign Affairs Analyst General MacArthur's dramatic and applause-producing appear ance before the joint session of congresshas added but little fresh meat cn meat on which which Ameri cans can chew M thty con tinue their months -long debate on for eign policy. The general repeated, f r e- IV mtntlv almft word for word, what he has been saying all the i time. ' He says the free world is strong enough to oppose communism on : the world-wide front, that suf ficient strength can and should be allotted to win in Asia, and that stalemate can be no substitute for victory in war. He says, correctly, that you cannot appease communism in Asia without- undermining the European effort against it. But he implies that all those who oppose his ideas are appeasers, which Is not correct. He repeats his concept of Pa cific strategy and the political sit uation behind it, a concept widely known and generally accepted. His suggested methods of imple mentation in the immediate case of the conflict with China are re peated. A blockade of the China coast; removal of restrictions on air activity in China and utiliza tion of the armed strength of Chiang Kai-shek. MacArthur's assertion that most military men agree with him mn these points, including the UJS. joint chiefs of staff, is strictly a matter of interpretation Mac Arthur's interpretation. What the chiefs of staff would like to do on strictly military basis, and what they decide to do after consider ation of all political implications, re two different things. Mac Arthur's interpretation, is directly t odds with General Bradley's speech only three days ago m No Favor Swayx Us. . No Fear Shalt Awe" mm first SUtesrnaji. Mare tS. 1S51 Oregon, aa lass matte ne'er eel of eei parents who have cooperated so well in making the venture a success. And The Statesman has appreciated the kind words which many of them have written in letters regarding the competi tion. , The general tenor of such letters was echoed in one received yesterday, citing "the most in teresting and challenging emphasis on spelling" and declaring: that "a great deal of benefit has accrued to the many participants.' It is the latter Comment which recognizes the contest's entire purpose "many" particpants. In some schools, everyone took part in prelimi nary intra-school contests and thus everyone gained not just the winner. And that is as the sponsors hoped it would be. ' V To all participants, pur congratulations. And to the winners, more of the same. The 14 who participated in the finals at Parrish last night. IN already had come pions in their super-champions and the contest is over. It has been a real pleasure to work with so many clean-cut American boys and girls, and our only remaining wish is that they, and oth ers, continue their interest in a clean-cut and Vital American subject. Teaching of History and Government The state DAR has been interested in push ing HB 585 which would require a year's study of American history and government as a con dition to graduation from high school or college. Ordinarily The Statesman doesn't like to see the legislature prescribing courses of study. It is apt to result in a very distorted curriculum, as pressure groups organize to get their pet sub jects included in "large economy size" doses. But after instruction i in the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic, surely the next requirement should be the study of our history and government. We supposed it was a required course under rules of the state board of educa tion. If it isn't then it should be, even if legis lation to that effect is required. Some think that tjie study of government might well be delayed to college years. The Statesman is strong for including it in the high school course. A full year of American his tory, and government ; for the junior or senior year of high school would give youth in their mental maturing a good grounding in political fundamentals. Delaying the course for college would mean that many would not get it. We hope that the school authorities or the legislature will see to it that a year of solid instruction in American history and government is required of all high school students before graduation. i Governments of western Europe have signed the agreement to pool their coal and iron and steel industries. Required is the ratification by parliaments of the several countries. Britain is a hold-out, its socialist government having de clined to accept the Schuman plan. A dispatch to the Wall Street Journal from Dusseldorf pre dicts a rocky road for the agreement, with op position both from owners and workers. How ever the pressures for unifying these resources are so great that this resistance may be over come. The hope is that this pooling will lead to closer political affiliation and remove the spec tre of renewed warfare between Germany and France. Such unity if it could be established would build a strong bulwark against any ag gression from the east. . MacArthur: is on sure ground at the point where he criticizes diplomatic failure to produce the new decisions required by com munist intervention in Korea. There has been buck-passing and general vacillation on that,' caused largely by the European desire to get rid, at almost any cost, of Asi atic competition for American battle strength. .MacArthur also puts up some defense against the idea spread by the Truman administration that his ideas, if accepted, meant a general war. He says he had no idea of conducting a general campaign in China, and especial ly, not with American troops. A RAIL SPUTTER FOR PRES IDENT, by Wayne C. Williams (University of Denver Press; $3.00). "A Rail SpUtter for President endeavors to create a new por trait of Abraham Lin con the Lincoln who, as a backwoods lawyer and an ex-rail splitter, was the republican candidate for president in I860. Wayne C. ! Williams paints in the words of the newspapers of the time. He aims thus to de lineate Lincoln in the terms of the period when he sought the : highest office in the land from a people to whom he was large-. Jy unknown.' i In such circumstances, it is amazing to learn that Lincoln did not make a single speech in his own behalf throughout the campaign. Indeed, Stephen Douglas, the northern democratic nominee, came under some cen sure because: he took vigorously to the stump and spoke energeti cally and indefatigably. Lincoln was merely adhering to the tra dition of the day in keeping sil ent; all queries as to his views on campaign issues were met Literary Guidepost Hare 1. 117 a long way. They were, cham own right. Now we have-our That had always seemed to me to be a twist given by others for political purposes. MacArthur has never, however, given any indication that he un derstood that he has been fight ing from a sanctuary in Japan which is very close kin to China's sanctuary in Manchuria. The Japanese, who might be bom Red themselves if sanctuaries start falling under the hammer, have been better aware of this angle. Anyway, MacArthur has had his say. He- attempts to make it appear as a valedictory, and pro poses to "fade" away," another proposal in which he is likely to be overruled. . . with : the stock republican an swer: "Read the Lincoln-Doug-, las debates." As to how well that ) advice was taken more than a i million copies of the debates were printed, distributed : and i read during the campaign. l All , this makes a fresh and original idea. Unfortunately the i execution' is not as good as the 1 idea. Mr. Williams work is not weirorganized; no coherent pie i ture of -a crucial campaign's' ! tides emerges. t is irritatingly J repetitious on some points. It is I not 1 a balanced job. We would ' J see Lincoln in better perspective if we knew more about how his opponents' were Mewed. ; The f anti- Lincoln picture Is submerg I ed. Those editors who predicted I great things for Lincoln are hail I ed as far-seeing prophets; those i who assailed him are dismissed I as blindly bitter partisans. Mr. I Williams lets knowledge of later :' events influence his judgment of 'political campaign writings. ? Despite the faults, A Rail I Splitter for President' offers an i interesting story. But it is inter estiag for what it says, not fox r. how it Is said "Lone-ten gains ... short-term a line an dat income tax paper FCPCDCEDrg (Continued from page 1) at this time only to point out what I think is its fatal flaw: his fail ure to recognize that the military operation in Korea is a United Nations undertaking and not ex clusively one by the United States. Not once did MacArthur mention United Nations, and his reference to our allies was only in passing. Even if his military case is airtight, that to achieve victory the hobbles should be taken off the commanders in the field (which is in itself subject to debate), there may be overriding 'political factors. Moreover the general, for all his Olympian stance, seems to suffer from an Asian myopia. He admitted that the struggle against communism was global, but gave scant indication that he had gain ed a global perspective of that struggle. He sees Asia first as a congeries of peoples in rapid ev olution and second as a continent to be rimmed by a solid protec tive chain from the Aleutians to the Marianas for our own secur ity. He gave, no sign of sensing the true relativity of Korea; for example and the Ruhr of France and Formosa. He gave nohint of seeing in United Nations ah or ganization which may grow info an agency to preserve the world peace for which he plead. ? President Truman and. his ad visers carry multiple responsibil ities. They have to work with United Nations and with great nations like Britain and j France and India. They have sources of information far wider than Mac Arthur has enjoyed. They have had to relate military strategy to political objectives, rather than the reverse. Theirs is the respon sibility for decision, and until their authority is changed by con stitutional means their decisions must prevail. The Safety Soldier in Korea Comments On Deferment - To the Editor- , : Upon reading some clippings from your newspaper, I was most interested in a clipping en titled, "Aptitude Tests Devised." In this clipping, it was said that college students facing the draft, could take a test and if they passed the test, would become exempt from the draft. It seems to me, that this is a very unfair move. I also was planning to go to college but because there was a war on, and my country was endangered I enlisted in the army last falL At the present time, X am in Korea, but I un derstand by the papers that there is no war over here, and this 'police action" is almost over, so we can "all go back to living a normal life" and can dodge the draft bj going to col lege. But. the part that bothers us over here is, are we who enlist ed Sc we who were drafted and who are in combat over here, a select group who were chosen to fight a war we neither start ed nor wanted? It seems to me that anyone who is capable of passing a college entrance test and can enjoy the finest educa tion in the world, would certain ly be capable of fighting and sacrificing for that right! I don't want to appear to be complain ing as Fm certainly not. But it seems that politics has again stuck its muddy hand into our armament program. Not only ' that, but it seems even Mr. Her- ; shey was caught this' time. Pvt. ROBERT C AVERETT, 49th Field Artillery, Korea . . No Arrwment! Dear United States of America: Everyone can see that our country is in great peril. There is one element In which all of us can agree love of home. Love is the greatest power of mankind if an intruder would come to our front (or back door) and say: "I want to possess your home", we would resist to the limit This is our home! Our country Is not perfect but it is gains . . . capital rains . . . bnt not far reportuv ill-rotten runs . . . Camporee Bids Salem Scouts Some 200 Salem Boy Scouts are expected to participate Saturday and Sunday in a Cherry City Dist rict camporee at the ; new Camp Crone on Abiqua creek, above Scotts Mills. In charge is Harvey Peterson, district camping activ ities chairman. The program will open at 3 p.m. Saturday, with setting up of camp site by patrols, followed by con tests in pup-tent pitching and hot- cake cooking and flipping. Flag ceremonies will be led by members of Sea Scout Ship Wil lamette. Church services Sunday morning will be conducted by Frank ViTaris. Before the camporee breaks up at 2:30 Sunday, patrols will be judged on camping, cooking, packs, patrol appearance, distribution of equipment, camp setup, equipment and its care, organization, prompt ness and campfire participation. Oregon Fair Dates May Be Advanced The possibility that the Oregon state fair may open two' days early this year was voiced Thursday to the house of representatives. The house approved state fair board request by passing a bill to permit horse racing7, throughout the fair. Racing now Is limited to six days. , Sponsors of the measure said the board wants to open the fair on the Saturday before Labor day. traditional opening, and wants to permit racing on the opening day. The races still'would have to be sanctioned by the state racing commission. The measure now goes to the: eenate. The history of Bordeaux. French seaport, goes back farther than Roman times. Valve ours to possess. Ours in which to live and grow and learn. Even the communists in our country, or others Who find wrongs and imperfections here can under-; stand that we should fight to keep our home and the Freedom to progress into a more nearly "Acceptable to God" place in which-to live. Conscientious objectors! Poli ticians! Profiteers, communists or what? What are you (individ ually) doing to keep the in truders away? . J BETH HEMPHILL, 553 So. 12th, -Salem i Bettor English 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I laid there until my lawer waxea me." - 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of habitat"? 3. Which one of these words la misspelled? Corroborate, cor respondant, corruptible, corsair. 4. What does the word "ex plicate" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with ! that means "length of life"? . . , - f ANSWERS i 1. Say, T lay there until my father woke me." 2. Pronounce hab-i-tat, both a's as in at, 1 as in it unstressed, accent first syl lable. 3. Correspondent. 4. To unfold the meaning of; to ex plain. "The speaker's words did not fully explicate his point." 5. Longevity. VfrndciiBcrgTribulc j Held in Legislature f Oregon's : legislature Thursday paid tribute to U. S. Sen. Arthur Vandenberg; Michigan congress man who died Wednesday after a long illness. 4 The legislators called for a min ute of silence' for Vandenberg whom they termed "one of the great leaders of the United State and the world for the furtherance ct deBaocraar.'V 7-Man issiori Gains Backing 1! - " . " I ? ik: i Creation of a seven-man state game commission was approved tentatively. Thursday by the house game committee after more; than two months of deliberation on the proposal. : ' ', ..:: . II i Committe members placed a "do pass" stamp on ' the bill, which was introduced by Rep, Earl HiH. Cushman, and ,13 other represen tatives, but- instructed ; Chairman Fred W. Adams, Ophir, to confer with Gov. Douglas McKay before putting the measure out on the house floor. , ,- Members want McKay's ap proval before taking final action, since the governor will - appoint the commission. . ?iv . ; :, The present game commission includes five, members; two from eastern Oregon, two from western Oregon and one from the coastal region. - , f J.. : Under the committee, proposal, the governor would appoint three members , from the eastern . and three from the western parts of the state, with the seventh to be named from the state at large. ; Present game commission mem bers would lose their jobs imme diately if the bill became law, but the governor could reappoint them at his discretion. Three would be named for five-year terms With the other four to be selected for one, two, three and four-year terms. The proposal was introduced to give more proportionate represen tation to all areas of the' state. , Committee members approving the; enlarged commission ' were Reps. Fred W. Adams, Ophir; V. T. Jackson, Roseburg; Roger Loen nig, Haines; and Ed Card well. Sweet Home. Reps. Melvin Goode, Albany, Graham Killam, Port land, and Frank: Farmer, Rickreall, were Absent but are expected to go along with the proposal. Hospital Bill 1 Approved in I House Group A senate-passed bill giving boards in hospital districts com plete freedom in selection hospital staff members was approved 4 to 1 Thursday by the house medical affairs committee. - - The measure is bitterly opposed by osteopaths who contend they will be excluded from district hospitals if the bill becomes law. Rep. Robert Klemsen, St. Helens, said he would file a minority: re port of "do not pass" when the measure reaches the floor of the house next Tuesday.' Klemsen told the committee the bill Is discrimi natory. Several doctors, nurses, hospital superintendents and lawyers tes tified on behalf of the bill before the committee took action. Voting approval of the measure were Reps. F. H. Dammasch and John Dickson, both of Portland; Orval Eaton, Astoria; and William W. Bradeen, Burns. I. Poster Penalty Bill Approved Politicians can be fined for tack ing up their posters along county roads under a bill approved by the senate Thursday and sent to the governor. j The measure passed in the sen ate would apply the law governing sign posting along state roads to county highways. It was introduc ed by Rep G. D. Gleason, Port land. The law will prohibit anyone from posting a sign along a county highway or on private property near a county highway unless the owner authorizes it. Insurances Bill Passes Senate A bill providing state industrial accident insurance coverage for ambulance and taxicab drivers was approved in the senate Thurs day and sent to the governor. Under present law, the two driv ing jobs are not classed as "haz ardous," and the drivers are un able to collect industrial accident Insurance when they are injured in accidents. The bill approved Thursday will provide coverage for taxi drivers only when the passengers they are transporting have luggage. Six Accepted ! For Officer i 1 raining Class Tentative acceptance for reserve officer training of six of the sev en applicants from Salem's organ ized naval reserve surface division was learned Thursday. i' . - Final selection in r Washington. D. C, is expected by June li The men, juniors or' below, in college. would continue in school and re ceive two summers training with the navy, resulting; in a commis sion. , r ';V-i.-i -'is' t-i,-". ' Those accepted by 13th naval district were, from Willamette uni versity,' YNS Leon Leslie Andrews, RS5 N.i Capitol at; Sit Loren L. Sawyer, 4S3 Center at; SR Neal D. Wlneman, Phi Delta Theta, and SN James G. Armson,- Roseburg; from Oregon State ! college, SA Howard A. Lanyon, Dallas; from Oregon Collere of Education. SR Roger D. Andrus. 1783 Broadway Gomm at, cairm - Differential B ill Passes ' .it - Staff; Writer. ' The house of representatives Thursday passed and sent! to the governor a bill sponsors claim will allow stores to sell milk for less than home-delivered prices. - . f Prices are the same under Oregon's current milk control! law. ! ' The measure approved Thursday, sponsored by Sen. Sam Coon, Keating, will require more accurate accounting by milk distributors. Sponsors say this might result in lower store prices if costs justify it. - - Dairy interests, although tradi tionally opposed to. letting stores undersell. horo-dellvered milk, backed the measure A compan ion bill, which win face the house next week, will place- administra tion of milk -control under the state board of agriculture. Dairymen believe the board would keep a tight rein on milk price differentials. Only five representatives voted against the '. measure. They were Reps. Mark Hatfield. Salem; and C D. Gleason, Maurine Neuber ger, "Kenneth Kraemer and Jos eph Harvey, all of Portland. '? . Rep.- Pat ' Lonergan, Portland, who: failed this week in an at tempt to abolish milk control, voted for the measure but called it and its companion bill Mmilk toast and milk sop." "It i won't satisfy the consum ers,'? Lonergan predicted. - But .Rep.1 Dean Erwin, Enter prise, said the measure would "prevent hidden costs" and Rep. Herman Chindgren, Molalla, pre dicted the bill would spark better public relations between the dairy industry and consumers. ' ' In other action Thursday, 'rep resentatives extended the priv ilege of recalling school board di rectors to second and third class districts. At present this can be done only by first class districts. The house also approved and sent to the governor a measure which will require four years of college for -elementary teacher certification. The present require ment is three years. ; : " The law will not become effec tive until July 1, 1955, to allow students now studying to become teachers to complete only the courses they bargained for when entering school. Rep. Maurine Neuberger, Port land, predicted the bill would im prove standards of teachers in the primary grades which she termed the "most important edu cational period." The house also passed a bill im posing taxes on fertilizer and lime. The measure will net about $12,000 yearly for the agriculture department's inspection program, sponsors said. - Lamport Resigns Budget Committee Resignation of Frederick S. Lamport as a member of the Mar ion county budget committee, for a three-year term1 beginning next July 1, was received and accept ed Thursday by the county court. Lamport pointed out that the at torney general had ruled he was ineligible, while serving as state senator, to be on the committee. The court said it would announce a successor next week. 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