4 The Statesman, Salem. Oregon. Sunday. April 22. 1351. -, - StSMMnmnv MM "Ho Favor Sways Vs. No Fear Shalt Awe" EVxm STlMt StilMmuL March ZX. 1X51 ? THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher j rablished every morning. Basin ess office tl5 8. Commercial. Salem. Oregon. Telephone Z-2441. Entered at the pos toffies el Salens. Oreson. as second elans matter under act of congress March X. IS? ft 0? TKD HUM Poor Results on OPS A number ol control laws expire by limita tion on June 30th next, but it is expected that most of them will be extended with little or no alteration: rent control, price-wage control, materials control, farm pricing formula. Mean time the principal effort seems to be to get the ponderous control machinery set up. Last week President Truman constituted an 18-man wage board which is expected to handle wage disputes and prevent strikes. The stop gap escalator provided by Eric Johnson oh wages may be succeeded by some new formula. Yet for all its authority and all its. machin ery it cannot be said that price-wage control has had much effect on either wages or prices. Ex-Governor M. E. Thompson of Georgia, after cocftng his heels in Washington while employed as OPS consultant who never was consulted, threw! up the job with its comfortable salary and headed for home,: disgusted at the whole setup. And Dr. Alan Valentine, who resigned as director of economic stabilization because he thought the country was unready for price wage freeze, stated in a New York address a few weeks ago that price and wage controls as presently administered are "a futile, expensive and tragic gesture." Senator Jyrd'a hawk eye caught that the new government bureaus were buying a million dollars worth of furniture, more or less, for their offices. Dr. Valentine said: "If we do get lower prices we can thank the operation of natural economic forces far more confidently than the prestidi gitators of price control." Many will agree with him. Thus far there has been no rollback, merely dropping the lift to pick up stragglers for price-wage hikes, after the general and temporary price-wage freeze. Whether when the huge . OPS machine gets to Tanning it will be able to hold prices down as suredly is very doubtful, Economic forces .are asserting themselves .and supply, and demand are still functioning. Prediction , is' made that the bite of rearma rnent on materials and manpower will get sharper when fall comes, but there will still be a huge output of civilian goods. If we re member the enormous output1 during the last war and then realize that our productive capa city has been greatly expanded since then it should be plain that, unless full-scale war comes, huge quantities of goods will be offered civilians. Suspension or removal of the con trols should not result in the continued sky rocketing of prices. Congress however will probably grant extensions, probably with more hope that they may prove effective to halt runaway inflation than with expectation the controls will have much effect on the. immedi ate price leveL I ? more deadly than the water of the gulf. Man can never erase Jail the risks ol travel, or even of staying at home; but travel at sea fortunately no longer excites the fear that it did when frail craft set sail across broad oceans. Not a Welfare Fund i I i Bob McKean, who represents employer in terests at the legisature, calls attention to a 1 new bill SB 373 which Would continue benefits to an unemployed person if he becomes sick or ; injured while drawing unemployment compen sation. McKean points out in his bulletin that j UC is not health insurance or accident insur ance, but job insurance, which provides tem porary, partial assistance to a jobless worker who is availabe for work and actively seeking i work but unable to find suitable work. This reminder is worth while.' It applies also : to the bill which would augment the unem- ployment compensation' check with allowances ; for dependents. The unemployment compensa : tion fund is not a welfare fund. It should not . be made into a general welfare fund. Children's Gardens i i To learn to play the piano or the violin a ; youngster has to take many lessons and prac tice faithfully. And instruction is necessary to i get children to know gardens and enjoy garden ; ing. But how many parents take their children ! out to the garden and give them a plot of : ground to cultivate, seed and tend, producing ; flowers or vegetables? Perhaps the only in i traduction the child gets to a garden is when : he is told to dig or to hoe or weed. Why not enlist the I child's full interest in : gardening, showing him the real worth of the j garden and not just its labor, right when the kids are calling to come, play ball? Emil Piluso, veteran referee at intercollegiate athletic games is quitting officiating to become manager of the Pendleton country club. It will not seem natural not to see Piluso in his striped shirt out on the playing floor or field. We doubt though if he becomes an "old soldier" yet; come winter and basketball will beckon him. The president of Portugal died the other day at the age of 81. His name was Antonio Oscar Carfhona; but nobody ever heard of him and few knew that Portugal has a president. The real boss of the country is Antonio Salazar, the prime minister, and he's a 'professor. Oregon's Hood River valley in blossom-time and Mt. Hood are featured in a painting re produced on the covers of this week's Saturday Evening Post. One recognizes the scene without having to look for the explanatory note inside. Safety in Sea Travel The loss of 39 lives in a collision of two oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico is unfortunate, but the item does point up the fact that ocean , travel now is relatively very safe. It was not : always so. From of old, men went down to the mta in ships to their own hazard. Their families j remained at home for months on end waiting for their return, and often in vain as months lengthened 'into years. Many ships sailed out into the great silence. Sturdier vessels, steam power, and finally radio added greatly to safety in ocean travel. Now the loss of life is very small compared with the number of passengers and crew miles 3 traveled. In this recent gulf catastrophe the flash fire on one of the tankers probably was ' Down in Mississippi the democratic organiza tion bartered federal jobs for a price. And then sometimes didn't deliver. The mink coat level of political ethics wasn't confined to Washington. Bend has a new dog-catcher. John L. Lewis didn't get the job, even if the appointment was out of Harry Truman's hands. Salem Senators who miss the ball when they swing the bat should cheer up. Statistics show that Babe Ruth fanned out 1,330 times. Consumers who complain over 3.2 milk will still be quite unhappy over the legislation pass ed on milk control. What they get is still skim. Administration Hopes to 'Reduce MacArthur To Human Form' at Congressional Hearings By Stewart Alsop WASHINGTON, April 21 The first round is certainly Mac ArttaurX His speech to congress on Thursday, for all its rather obvious histri onics, was a i brilliant . per- - fonnance of . Its kind. In deed, however much Mac Arthur may - wish to "just fade away," the MacArthur personality is now clearly a major factor umics. s"'" In the long run, the impact of the MacArthur personality on the American voters is sure to exer cise a decisive influence on do mestic politics as well as foreign - policy. Certainly the speech to congress was a great personal triumph. But too towering a rep utation at the start may actually be a disadvantage in the end. Here it may be worth recalling ' the impact ol the MacArthur per sonality on one American voter this reporter. - The timo was almost two years ago, in Tokyo. It is impossible to describe the atmosphere of down right idolatry which thei sur rounded MacArthur. By both Japanese and Americans, even those who privately disliked him, MacArthur was regarded as more than human. It was symptomatic that his proper name was almost never used instead he was called "Scap," or The Supreme : Commander or "The General. or simply and reverently, "He." When the usual visiting fireman's interview with MacArthur was arranged for this reporter, one distinguished American journalist even went o far as to predict that it would be "an unforget table spiritual experience." v With this sort of preparation, it was perhaps natural that this re porter's reaction should be sur prise tinged with disappoint ment. Gen. MacArthur is a most remarkable individual, but he is after all not aj god, but a man extremely human, oddly old fashioned in manner, transpar ently patriotic, often very shrewd, sometimes quite moving when he speaks, sometimes sim ply theatrical.; But to expect a god and findj a man, however unusual a man. is disappointing. Those who are organizing the administration's counter-atack and make no ( mistake about it, MacArthur's speech was an at- tack on the administration, and the most effective since the war are counting heavily on a simi lar eventual j reaction in the country. They believe that Gen. MscArthur has been oversold, as jnuch by the drama of his initial appearance as by the excesses of his idolaters; and that if he is not permitted to "fade away" he will sooner or later - be reduced to . human proportions. !(;. This is one reason why the ad ministration is counting heavily on the forthcoming sessions of the foreign relations and armed serv ices committees. ; Testimony by Defense Secretary Marshall who is after all not "in lay cir cles" on military matters and the the joint chiefs is planned to provide the background for ques-. tions which pro - administration democrats can then ask Mac Arthur when he appears before . the committees, . MacArthur will be asked, for t example, why he believes the measures which he proposes will end the "prolonged indecision" which - he deplores The chief basis for MacArthur's assertion for the operations he pro poses j were indeed made under the direction of the joint chiefs. But these plans were approved only on a contingent basis, and the join chiefs will probably tes tify that such operations could not defeat the Chinese, and thus end the fighting. MacArthur will also be asked about the strategic implications of the fact that attacks on the Chinese mainland would have to be undertaken unilaterally, over the united opposition of virtually all our, allies. Finally, there is the most obvious question. Mac Arthur was wrong about the Chi nese intervention and this the administration is prepared to prove; if necessary. How can he be sure that the Russians will not come in, , starting a world war whilefEurope lies defenseless? j i Obviously, MacArthur will be prepared for all these questions. Yet the administration hopes that in -the give-and-take of commit tee hearings MacArthur will be reduced to human stature the stature of a man who has served his country well, but whose judg ment is not infallible, and whose pronouncements are not divine revelation. Then the great issues which MacArthur has raised can be argued on their merits. Then, it is contended, it wDl appear that a unilateral war with China, in alliance with Chiang jCai-shek, involving the grave risk of war with the Soviet Union while; Europe is disarmed, Is not really a politically popular proj ect. Yet the fact remains that MacAthur, quite aside from the impact of his personality, has the , enormous advantage of standing lor aeuon rather than Inaction. : for the quick violent solution, -while' the administration is left in the position of waiting vaguely anmnfc. WS W uawn - - i (Continued from page 1) very stubborn man, one j who doesn't seem greatly perturbed with toe sag in his popularity chart. What will happen is that the armed services committee of one or both houses will hear Mac Arthur. They also will call in Secretary Marshall and members of the joint chiefs of staff, partic ularly to learn it they had ap proved the military policy recom mended by MacArthur. Senators and congressmen may debate and even adopt resolutions but con trol of military and foreign pol icy will rest with the president. Actually the decisions may not be made in Washington but in Korea, or in Peiping or in Mos cow. Developments in the battle may force a change in policy; or developments on the diplomatic front may warrant a continuance of the "limited war" policy of United Nations. So it may be General Mao or Premier Stalin who will call the. turn, toward peace or a widening of the war. The Truman-Acheson policy in Asia will get its test. If it fails then perhaps the MacArthur pol icy will be tried. But the mere fact that it is an alternate policy which hopes through mightier strokes to bring red China to sue for peace is no proof that it will succeed. ! mat nis views ?are runy snared . for something to turn up. ... by our own. joint chiefs of" js copyrlht msi. staff" appears ! to be that plans Mw York Hcraid-Tribun) Do not look at the "little man" in the White House with con tempt or with pity. Look at him with profound sympathy, for he carries the weight of tremendous responsibility; and he from his point of vantage looking over the global scene is as convinced in the soundness of his course as is his great protagonist, fresh home from Asia. The issues are not Great Man or Little Man, they are you and me and Koreans and 'Filipinos and Frenchmen and ; Scotchmen and Russians and Chinese: they are 1951 and 1970 and 2005; they are bread and freedom and se curity and revolution; they are history and futurity; they are fear and they are faith. On occasion the heads of state call for a day of prayer for na tions. This day might well be a day of prayer for the President, invoking Divine Guidance for him in the world's (rather than his own) time of trial. mmmmmmmmmmimmmmm Safety Valve Sure Fire Prosperity.. To the Editor: Is it possible that we are on the verge of the greatest boon of all time a veritable merry-go-round prosperity that is al most beyond the wildest flights of a movie producer's imagina tion? And its attainment seem ingly ridiculously simple. Anyhow this idea might be gained from the many letters and at least one startling edi torial telling about the revenues already obtained by licensing certain forms of gambling, and how much more our taxes could be reduced if the operators of slot machines, pinball and like devices were also required to pay licenses. But why stop there? Why not extend the field to include betting on baseball as well as all other outdoor and indoor games yes, even include bingo and lotteries at church and civic club entertainment? - '- As gambling alone would hardly yield enough revenue to pay all the taxes and leave suf ficient surplus so that no one would need to work for a living, this additional money might be raised by legalizing other crimes like murder, white-slaving, boot legging, narcotic peddling, kid napping and racketeering. Var ious investigations have shown that a close tieup exists between all these groups ( they even en joy the benefit of unwritten laws to help each other fight the written laws), and they would probably welcome the chance to pay high license fees to be allowed to continue their operations unmolested. .Some people may argue that a weak point in the above scheme is the fact that no provision is made for producing, preparing and serving food. True, gam blers, et al, do have to eat. However, this failing might be remedied quite easily. Almost everyone enjoys violating the law at times (strikingly demon strated during prohibition), so possibly all that needs be done is to enact a law prohibiting the growing, cooking and serving of food. Then we could all live happy ever after. H. L. KELLY, Waldport, Ore. Appreciates Editorials To the Editor: I agree wholeheartedly with your stand on the issue of Gen eral MacArthur's dismissal; with your remarks about McCarthy ism, j Although normally I vote as a Democrat, I find myself : agree ing so frequently with the ideas expressed in your personal col umn and in your editorials that I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm a Republican or Democrat - I appreciate the attitudes ob jectiveness, honesty, endeavor to ascertain and print what seems to you truth, faith in the person ality of man that seem to reveal themselves in your column and editorial page. 1 I Robert W. Mitchell 240 N. 14th f San Warship - To the Editor: j Please accept : my thanks for the thoughtful and pungent ob servations you have published eoricerning the current commo tion over General MacArthur. The behavior of some of the gen eral's followers reminds one of Viscount Morley's highbrow but How's that again dept . . .fA Liberty network news an nouncer over KOCO was telling about the huge turnout New Yorkers gave Gen. MacArthur and family. He finally came up with this startling statement: "As Uen. Mac Arthur drove by men, women and children climbed lamp posts, street signs and fife hydrants . . i and so did Mrs. MacArthur and son Arthur." Seems that in recording the newscast I several sentences were drop ped out someplace. ; i I ) I Looked like the Willamette Valley) y I bank was paving Fairgrounds road with, silver dollars when a bag containingl . AAA -1 . T 1 1 . 1, -k1..M.i XwuJ ijfvv silver mnoieuns uruite wtc umeij day. The bag was being delivered to the; j bank when it split, sending a shower of cartwheels all over! I the sidewalk in front of the moneyhouse. (Some of the Hollywood merchants said they hadnt seen so much cash j on the ground since their army days.) Well, the happy metal was finally gathered up all but two bucks. And aj ! lengthy search located them in the delivery truck. Could have been a mirage but lots of downtown shoppers saw that man and his pig taking a stroll down State street the other day. The little porker, a well-fed black-and-white ani mal about the size of a small terrier, trotted alongside its master. It (the pig) sported a dog's harness and behaved better than lots of shopping dogs. Most passers-by were eyeing that walking sausage so intently they hardly noticed its owner had an ordinary full-length beard clear down to here and a simple hair styling for his shoulder-length tresses. Local service clubs seeking worthy projects might look, into the orphan job of cleaning up the old Odd Fellows cemetery on South Commercial street for Memorial day.i No provisions are made to care for the historic burial ground of Salem's pioneer founders and so, of course, it gets little care. Only a few persons, like Roy Ohmart and Lewis Judson, work around the grave of the man who plat' ted Salem, and those of early Oregon governors and con gressmen. But the beautifully"laid"OUt grounds, once kept in fine shape (years ago ) by the townspeople, are oyer-, grown, the alleyways are littered and unfcept. Although' the legislature gave control of the cemetery to the county; there are no funds available for maintenance at the present time. I ! The cemetery, once described as a "rare monument to Sa lem's historic past," is an eyesore to the city and to visitors here. "Lots of groups here are jalways looking for worthwhile projects," said Ohmart. "Well,; here's one and it won't cost anybody anything except a little energy." Ohmart and Judson are members of a small volunteer association which does what it can for the century-old cemetery but the group need a strong helping hand in a project which is everybody's respon sibility. Memorial day is May 30. meaty epigram: V "Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat." Here's to crime. Howard Morgan Monmouth Baker Youth To Head OSC Student Body CORVALLIS, April 20-P)-Donn Black of Baker, was elected president of the Oregon State col lege student body here. He de feated Bill Maxwell, Phoenix, Ariz., by approximately 100 votes. : Maxwell, now a vice-president, is the first negro to run for the top student post. ' Black is a junior and a major in business and technology. ; Other officers elected included: ' First vice president. Don Van Allsburg, Grand Rapids, Mich.; second vice president, Beverly Or- ton. Baker. : Memorial student union presi dent, Hal Tyler, Seattle. ; Senior class president Jerry Heston, Powell Butte, Ore.; junior president Robert Bates, Hills -boro; sophomore 'president Paul Fillinger, Portland.. . i All will take office next falL Fish Hatchery Bids Rejected j ! PORTLAND, April 21--Bids submitted for planned work at the Marion Forks salmon hatchery were too high, army engineers said here In announcing rejection of the bids. Mike B. Porter, Salem, submit ted one, for $20,744; Young and Morgan, Idanha, the other, for $18,500. The army engineers esti mated the work should cost $7, 200. ; The work planned was site grading and planting of a hatch ery and residential areas at the hatchery, 17 miles east of Detroit, i Oregon. Camp White Placed On Reopening List WASHINGTON, April 2l-(JP)-There is little likelihood of Camp White, Ore., being used in the near future, but it will be placed in a state of readiness anyway, Rep. Norblad (R-Ore.) said here. f He made public a letter from Brig. Gen. John H. Stokes, jr.. Sixth army chief of staff, that said Camp White "is on the list; of camps to be constructed in the near future." 1 SCHOOL SUPPUZS BOOKS 09 c z o 2 OFFICE ITbrpr OFFICE FURNrTUKf DRAFTING EQUIPMENT DO i 1 I I Residence Burglary insurance written by SALEM'S GENERAL OF AMERICA AGENCY pays for damage to your home as the result of a burglary or an attempted burglary as well as for your personal property that may be taken. Are you in suring this constant hazard? Phone 3-91 19 for details. I .:. ' ! r '-'"'--r ?' INSURANCE 373 IL Church Phone 3-9119 , Salem Offices 1st Salem. Coos Bar- Myrtle Point Gold Beach Customer Parting at Our New LocaSon rev .wo-amtransv. Acqepfeu1, tor HealthWork Marion county "i health depart ment will accept two University of California students this sum mer for completion of their mas ter's degrees in health education, the health executive committee decided Thursday. The students will pay their own costs. The committee viewed the sta tistical reports showing that births were fewer and deaths more dur ing March than in March 1950. However, the first quarter of the year has had no maternal deaths and none from automobile ac cidents. One death was caused by one of the 1,542 cases of influ enza last month. - , ( Births drdbped from 209 to 198, of which 10S were boys and 92 girls, making the first quarter total 587,- compared with 681 a year ago. The 50 male and 27 female deaths, including one infant, compared with a total of 66 in March,. 1950. The quarterly total was up from 208 to 222. Causes of death included heart disease 24, disease of the arteries 10, kidney disease 9, cancer 7, apoplexy 6. The month's communicable di sease list ranged from influenza 1,542, through mumps 82, chick enpox 53, measles 48 to one of poliomyelitis. Quarterly totals in clude 300 mumps. 134 chickenpox and 93 measles, all far above the 1950 figures. The committee heard City Man ager J. L. Franzen's report that sufficient funds are not available for fluoridation of Salem's water supply, as a deterrent to dental decay; statement by Dr. W. J. Stone that the department does not expect to have to request emergency funds to complete this fiscal year; granted Mrs. Alice Bergmann a six-weeks leave . of absence to visit her home in Switzerland. Cottage Convaltsctnt Home Under New Management Mrs. Winifred Perry Laneo, K.Nana Mrs. Ads Harder, Managers 7 Kegisterei Practical Narslx 24 Haer Service Aged - CaavaleseeBM -Be4 ratteats - State Ayscve4 252 N. Cattage SL galea 3-7l2a Garden Project For Youngsters In Salem Urged Summertime home gardening by Salem boys and girls was recom mended Friday by city 4-II club leaders. , Fun and economy can be the result of gardening started through the 4-H vegetable garden project, said James Bishop, city 4-H ex tension agent. The clubwork is open to boys and girls 9 years old or older. . A well-planned 4-H garden will provide a large .variety of veget ables over a long period of time. Garden information through bulle tins provided in the 4-H garden project is available to city youth having garden space and who en roll in club work. Five members from the same neighborhood, with an adult lead er, may organize as a 4-H club. Further information may be ob tained from the city 4-H extension agent at room 210, public school of fice building, 473 N. Church st, or phone 2-8429. - snxsa conceit held AMITY The third annual spring concert of Amity school music de partment was presented at the high school auditorium. The grade school band, high school band, the mixed chorus, girl's chorus and musical numbers were given. 0NLY$250 Puts A NEW ROYAL PORTABLE t In. your home or office for 1 months up to ONE YEAR oh the balance with no interest or carrying charges.. 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