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ralrrrt at the peetetfl al lileay r.itKrlr nt XTSf! Over at Pullman the regents of Washington State college have applied the axe to reduce collets expenditures in line with reduced ap propriations. Cbinddentally . President Wilson Compton has resigned. The chairman of the beard of regents, James A, McCluskey of Spo kane, attributes the resignation to, objection to the curtailments in college service, but defends tha cuts, saying what are eliminated are the 'frills." He says: "The cuts, will not cramp the activities of the college and we see a bigger , and better college in the days ahead As at other higher institutions of learning ' enrollment at "WSC has dropped, as GIs have moved out and other youth are entering .the : armed services. " . . The experience at WSC shows that state schools are not secure against Duugei cu. Legislatures have limits to their resources and state-supported institutions have to share in any reductions in, funds. Our own state system of higher education is receiving from the legis lature considerably less than its board and executives felt was eeded for the next bien nium. Economies will have to be instituted, but they will not be very injurious. All institutions are passing through a period of financial troubles. Some will have to use the axe more Severely than they have at Pull man. It is a. matter of survival though, and the longer future looks bright for colleges. After a few years the. surge from increased birthrates will reach the higher institutions, giving them more students and Snore tuition revenues. Meantime the need for more 'complete educa tional preparation is a pretty good guarantee that all youth who can will seek advanced in struction. It is a time to carry on, not to fold up. 4i Mary Garden's Story' NoC long ago Mary Garden left her home in Scotland where she lives in retirement to re visit America. This time it was not to sing but to lecture. She told something of the story of 6er life, of her love for the opera and made a plea for aid to aspiring and able young musi cians. Now Mary Garden's Story" has been $5.75, paper $1). And a reviewer says it is written as she talks! (Incidentally her title is similar to that used by another prominent Brit isher, the Duke of Windsor whose "A King's Story" is just published.) Mary Garden sprang from obscurity into fame when she substituted for Mile. Riotin in the role of Louise in Charpentier's opera of that name. That was in Paris in 1900. Miss Garden came on in the third act after Mile. Riotin had carried the part in the first two. The audience did not recognize her but she completely 'captivated them with her acting and her singing. From then on her success was assured. . ' a voice. Mayor George Baker smacked her on the cheek when she visited Portland. . Editor Gene Howe panned her singing at Amarillo. But she was a great favorite in American opera for over 20 years. Americans welcomed her on her recent tour and many will buy this story af her life, which was vibrant and filled, and though she is 74. is not yet ended. 'Vaste Fuel for Steam Plants Recently we ran an editorial dealing with, the suggestion of Dr. Paul J. Raver of Bonneville for construction of three steam generating plants. That prompted a letter from Rep. Lorn Will Joe Stalin Kremlin Br William I- Ryan AP Torelgn Atfmlrs. Analyst WASHINGTON, April 2MV Pravda came up the. other day with some Kremlinesque reports about how there are tens of thousands of centenarians in the Soviet Union, some of them past the ages of 130. 140 and even 150. We could dismiss this with the remark that maybe it only seem ed that long, except that the story Is a mighty suspicious one. The Russians like to be first in everything even old age. Soviet scientists have announced they are going to eliminate premature senility, and this brings up a fas cinating idea. The question is this: Will Jo- " seph ulin ever die?. It Is not beyond the realm of possibility that Uncle Joe will live on and on officially1 long utter he has gone to his eternal reward. If an ordinary collective farmer can live to 154, why not dear Joseph Vissarionovlch, great leader and teacher of all peoples? The same . reasoning which placed the dead body of V. L Lenin in permanent enshrine- ment may prevent Stalin from dying at all, so far as the Soviet . public la concerned. Where In the Russian home there once hung religious pic tures, the big brother visage of Stalin now reposes. It Is not un common in homes of some devout Russians there are still many religious peasants to have re- . ligkxis pictures and pictures of Stalin side by side in the places of honor. , Stalin has been immortalized even deified. . . . Suppose Stilin were to breathe . his last mortal breath tomorrow. So guarded is the Soviet .leader that only a select few would know. So few are his public ap pearances that none would be . i mNo Favor Sways Us, No Fear Shall Atoe" ; ; TrM first Statesmaa, March M. U51 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COBIPANY . - CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher ' arming. Bastacaa tXXf t . Commercial Sales. Oregea. Telephone Z-Z441. Oregea. aa Moaad alaaa. matter ander act at eeagrsea llarck X. It? - ! Ever Die? Reports (from of Centenarians Raises Doubts likely to suspect. Any who could v not be trusted with such a secret surely' would be liquidated, as suming the clique left behind was able to retain its control. Pronouncements still could come down from on high in Stal in's name, ' just as pronounce- ments have come down all along. If Stalin's physical presence is not needed now at many super- . Important functions, it would not be needed ' in the future. The huge picture frowning over the By Jee Winr DRAGONS IN AMBER, by Willy Ley (Viking; $3.75). Like Willy Ley's The Lung fish, and Dodo and the Unicorn," . this is an excursion into romantic natural history. Unlike that vol ume, this does not tempt one to miss sleep. " " - . Willy Ley sinks his teeth just - as deeply into his subjects as be f re. but the subjects arent as juicy. . : -;. - There Is. of course, tne recon ' struction of the amber forest from the evidence found in amber picked up on the East Prussian coast. Aand the rediscovery of the deeply-frozen wooly mam moth, wool and alL But "Dragons in Amber . can present no such story as those of the sea serpent and the ' kraken,' nor any such : dramatic possibility as the present-day existence of dinosaurs and giant sloths, nor any such ex periment as the actual, living re creation of the extinct urus. CHESS SECRETS, by Edward Lasker (McKay; $5). If Edward Lasker hadn't hap pened to be in England when Wortd War I broke out instead of in his native Germany, he never Literary Guidepost .. . ; m 1 t Bitot Stewart of Cottage Grove who proposes instal lations of smaller steam generating plantawto utilize waste of lurdber mills; This is being done, to be sure. Both the power companies at Port land use sawmill waste for fuel at their, steam plants. ML States gets rwer from sawmills at Dallas and Springfield and Coos Bay. Stewart reports that the new Pope Sc Talbot plant at Oakridge furnishes juice for the town and sur rounding country, Stewart cites as benefits: Utilization of waste now being burned in consumers, encouragement to free enterprise, scattering of iourceivof energy rather widely, elimination of cost of hauling waste to other plants, economy of op eration. Engineers can figure out what an econ . omical unit would be and loggers could say whether the supply of fuel would be steady. Where the factors are favorable such installa tions ought to be made to augment the supply and provide an alternate source of energy. As time goes on sawmill waste may become more valuable for other uses than as fuel. At present, however, there is great amount of wood which goes to waste in the woods or at the mill. Stewart's suggestion merits study by those con nected with the electric industry. Another reason for going ahead with the new courthouse is to provide an extra courtroom for the circuit judge the legislature is giving" the county. Editorial Comment LAND, WATEK AND FOOD Recently in his always interesting column, "It Seems To Me, in the Oregon Statesman, Charles A. Sprague wrote about a study by the U.N. econ omic and social council on how many people the earth can support. In their study tha experts, the Salem drtor says, "start figuring on the area of tillable land for. supply of food." Then he says Limiting factors are soil depletion, water sup ply, climate changes. Counter forces which would augment the food supply are use of fer tilizers, discoveries of genetics (seed strains), greater investment In machinery, further re clamation of lands. It seems to us that in this discussion Charles Sprague places too little emphasis on the factor of water supply. The fertility of depleted soils can be restored, adjustments to climate changes can be made (except in the face of another ice age) but water is an even more critical element than land. Land, it is not too much to say, can be made. With out water however, it cannot produce and the sup ply of water grows short. All over the country (though we hear most about the plight of California and Arizona) drafts on the underground supply have lowered the water table almost to the vanish ing point. Over wide areas, indeed, it has vanished. Industrial processes use great volumes of water and, in doing so, destroy them for other use. Water sup plies for human and other animal consumption and for f ooeT production, grow short. Charles Sprague rightly says that "the Malthuslan doctrine that food supply could not keep up with population increase has not proved out." Malthus put his money on the wrong horse. In his place and time, England in the late eighteenth century, there was no irrigation and no great Industrial use of water. Water was free almost as the air. Malthus had his mind on food taking water for granted. In this water business, it seems to us, there are some rays of hope. It may be the fact that man can bring rain that, without his intervention, would not fall. As yet the evidence is meagre but it may be (and we emphasize "may") that rain as well as land can be made. Then there is the possibility that with atomic energy sea water can be distilled and pumped far Inland to thirsty acres. In the matter of. food production' let not hydro ponics be forgotten. Here, too, water Is critical but land, earth, soil Is not needed and, as we under stand it, a little water does a big job. .- (Bend Bulletin) scene would be enough. The symbol would be suffic ient, and would satisfy the yearn ing of the Russian soul, commun ist or otherwise, for something to worship. Stalin could live for the Rus sians for years after he Is gone And he may do just that unless his death -precipitates a struggle for power-at the top. If it. does we will learn about the demise of Joseph Vissarionovich at the same time the religion of Stalin Ism begins to crumble. would have (1) come within an ace of, the U.S. chess champion ship, (2) made a fine income ' manufacturing a milking machine for human breasts, and (3) writ ten such readable books as "Chess foi lun and Chess for Blood,' and "Chess Secrets. Not in En glish, anyway. . , - There are fewer "secrets" in "Chess Secrets" than anecdotes and character sketches of Lea ker's friends and opponents in a lifetime of chess. Excellent char Icatures by Kenneth Stubbs point up the sketches. Even a ncn-player ought to find entertaining Lasker's - ac counts of the fascinating charac ters and fine intellects who in many cases devoted all their bril liance to the problem of moving ' 18 men about on a board of 64 squares. Lasker (not THE Lasker who held the world championship lor years) evidently did not permit . himself to be thus warped despite his mother's fears. Aside from being an excellent-' story teller and an effective exponent of the principles of playing chess, he appears in his books as a man of broad interests and Innumerable friendships. GIU:i AND P5AH.IT "... Of course, that means IT1 have two more mouths to feed, boss! . the new baby and the sitter! . . . awn Have you ever wondered what British newspaper colum nists write about? Do English dispensers of fireside hieroglyphics thrill their readers with: (1) Exciting rumors concerning a r pet making? more vital issues. It " 1 I vrith'a sentimental yarn about man's inhumanity to elderly umbrellas ... A tear-in-the-eye saga about ungrateful bounders, who leave their old and wornout "gamps" in public places and then don't have the decency to call for them . . . The moral of the column seemed to be that when these old and faithful bumpershoots have seen their best j days they should either be retired with dignity or given a proper burial. Another column contained a lively article on a report from the Bird Research station. It seems (said the writer, obviously j trying to conceal his excitement) that the station reported a i blackbird at Croyden was the earliest song bird to sound 'off i on a certain morning. He let go at exactly 5:01 a Jn. and beat the feathers off all the other song birds that morning. Further, I the entranced bird-watchers were really bowled over when they j heard a curlew chirp at 4:01 a.m a woodcock peep at 4:51 a.m. ' and a robin yawn at 5:02 a.m. all non-song birds.. A third column in the Times took up the trials and trib ulations of a group of ski-jumpers at Hampstead Heath who "are much aggrieved'' to find that 60 tons of Nor wegian snow a free gift was going to cost them a tariff duty of 20 pounds or 6s. 8d. a ton. The columnist called on Customs and Excise to get together with Exchequer and to let the public in on this snow job. Plunging deeper into the drift the writer stated that if the imported snow is taxed to save the home industry farmers might put in a claim for royalties in a hard winter and the Crown, might claim fallen snow as treasure trove. (Laughter.) Then the whole problem is somehow tied in with a historic account of stone currency on the island of Yap. Another column, signed by "Our Rowing Correspondent, is a dashing account of the Boat Race in which the Cambridge ' crew beat Oxford by about 12 lengths. The Rowing Corre ' spondent, in a gentlemanly stroke-by-stroke report, seemed to think the Oxford lads had holes in their oars and that they couldn't paddle their way out a bathtub. The action, saidlthe ! RC, grew warmest at Chiswick Steps, off Duke's Meadows and i under Barnes' Bridge". Anyway, he said firmly, the Cambridge : fellows had "togetherness" while the Oxford crew sank the whole show because it "paddled first bow and then stern oars." j And if you do that in England, old boy, you just haven't got ! time to worry about Rita and Aly. (Continued from page 1) endorsed by all military authori ties in the field and by the joint chiefs of staff Included: 1. Aerial reconnaissance over China coast and Manchuria 2. .Tightened economic block ade of China-. - v - . 3. Naval blockade of China 4. Removal of restrictions on Chiang Kai-shek's forces and lo gistical (materials) support for their operation on the mainland. With due -respect to the gen eral and his military advisers I find it difficult to believe that this limited program 'would achieve victory. No blockade of China would be wholly effective, and Russia would remain open as a source of supply. The only military stroke this plan contemplates is use of the . Formosan troops on the main- -land.' This counter-stroke might relieve pressure on . Korea but unless the red government of China is overthrown or makes peace the U. S. or the U. N. would have to -mintaiirt garrisons there indefinitely. One finds it almost impossible to assume that Chi ang's forces, if equipped and put ashore by U.S. forces, could de feat the red armies in China. They couldn't before when-their numbers were larger and they held nearly all of China. -In view of discontent in South China they might establish a zone of opposi tion which would cause trouble for the reds; but that seems to : by, Uchty V . L- -.SUA 'I j I M IT & MJr 1 1 i r cinema star and a prominent cricket player? (2) The inside scoop on what the king told a -food critic who criticized his daughter's crum (Graft in the house of lords? or (4) Short three-paragraph sermons on what is wrong with Great Britain? Well, according to a recent issue of the London Times the British columnist becomes involved in even One columnist (in that issue ) came up be the extent of the contribution they would make. Then the question would arise: shall we pour our . armies into China and. bomb its cities. Cer tainly we should look that far be fore Starting the program Mac Arthur recommends. We should not take it just on faith and ' confidence in MacArthur, for his judgment is not infallible. In adopting the MacArthur strategy we must be ready to fol low it through. The points he outlined in Washington appear to The Statesman to be only the first installment of a long and costly war. In the end the present "Operation Accordion" might de velop Into "Operation Flypaper, with the feet of our armed forces caught in the mud of China. Better English 1. What Is wrong with this sentence? "It Is me who has the right to decide what kind of a book to read." t- 2. What Is the correct ' pro nunciation of "hallucination? ' 3. Which one of these words Is misspelled? Utensil, ultima tum, useage, unanimous. 4. What does the .word "palli ate mean? : 5. What is a word beginning with at that means " "savagely brutal"? x ANSWERS . . 1. Say, "It Is I who have the right to decide what kind - of (omit a) book to read. 2. Pro nounce ha-lu-si-na-shun, first a as in an unstressed, first as in cube, second a as in say. prin- , cipal accent on -fourth syllable. 3. Usage. 4. To cover with ex cuses. "He never attempts to hide or palliate .his faluts. 5. Atrocious. : ity- Farm Strained in California ; - j-. - 'Button' Gardens: Popular in Frisco By IJlue iL Madaea ' ::. farm XaitorrpM Statesman SAN FRANCISCO; April !29 It was just like old home week In the Bay area for me this weekend. Registering right along side of me at the hotel was the annual Northern California Agricultn re-Business Conference Right across the bay at Oakland is the huge flower show which had really brought me south this trip. ' - It was fun to listen in the; Farm-City relations talk for a bit. The discussion centered around iarnv- city relations, which one gathered were far from good.' How San Francisco would -know or .care, even is difficult to understand from the top of Nob Hill. Cer tainly; there is nothing, to give an atmosphere of farming ... unless it Is nostalgic. Dtrferemeea Noted However, the discussion . went on in a business like way and it was pointed out that farmers! are smarting under several real I "or f anded'r slights' and misunder standings.. Major points developed were: '.y j 1. City dwellers or -consumers mistakenly put too much of I the blame on the farmer for the high cost of the market basket. 2. There is no justification for the apparent feeling in high poli tical circles that the unionization of farm labor, would resolve I the threatening . farm . labor shortage. Farmers are vigorously opposed to unionization of farmers. 1 3. Because of a "moral apathy" on the part of the public the agri cultural, future of our free .enter prise system is in grave danger as an increasing volume of farm legislation is nronosed bv Dersons Knowing nothing ox farming. Weather Fetfeet The weather was perfect for the opening day of huge California spring show. Capacity crowds at tended early and that was i the funny part of it. I went out early to avoid the crowds. So did every one else. After a bit the crowd cleared somewhat and 1 stayed to view the exhibit. ; f . A thirty-foot waterfall, modeled after Triple; Falls in the Kings River canyon remained .the biggest attraction for the most people. The waterfalls is banked with liter ally thousands of azaleas and rho dodendrons but no better ones as individuals than we have in the Willamette valley. f f Roses too. are lovely here al though there are not so many as we see at home. Most of the Peace roses are much more yellow than ours and the Talisman, too,: (of which there is a number) are deeper hued. But Fred Edmunds seems to' be the most popular. There are more. Fred Edmunds here than any one other variety. Major Shelley- a Very deep red, I had not seen before, and Mme. Guillot, a bi-colored, are numer ous. . , Outnumbering . any 'displays I have seen in Oregon are .the Pela goniums, the calecelaria, the Afri can violets, the geraniums and the coleus. Miniature geraniums such as Pixie and Blox Vesuvius play a big part In number if not in size. . Small Gardens Miniature gardens, too, are Used more effectively than we do in Oregon. "Gardening on a button is taken literally here and scores of miniature gardens are arranged on coat buttons of various kinds, the two Inch wooden button be ing the favorite. In another dis play the fancy spoons shells, china and silver of our grand mother's day is used to hold the "garden. j The "Outdoor living" theme is carried out jn much of the show and it Is really surprising to see what can be done when you spend as much of the year outdoors as you can In this area, , h Relations Activities of Salem Sailors, Marines Noted Service activities of Salem area men in the UJ5- navy and marine corps were reported here Saturday in navy press releases. . - Information on Salem men In cluded Gene W. Gregory, electri cians jnate, on -the hospital ship USS Haven; Clifford L. Schmidt, radarman, 541 Piedmont st, aboard the ' destroyer ' USS Cunningham; Charles D. Holcom, radioman, and Orin W. DuChien, fireman, both on the flagship USS ML McKlnley, all in Japanese waters. Recently completing - a radar school at San Francisco, Cali, were Harvey J. Newcomb of Mc Mlnnville, Arlo R. Lee of Lacomb, Richard E. Zitzewitz of Silverton, Duane Nickolas Wagner of Me hama and Oliver Knox of Salem route 5. -. . . Howard S. Olson of Dallas and Ronald . G. Watson, Marion, are both in' an electronics technician school at San Francisco; Robert A. Stuwe, airman. Independence, is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer in the far east and Ralph A. Coddington, fireman, Lebanon, Is attached to an amphibious group In Korea. . ,. .. Marine -CpL. Rudolph R Richard of Lebanon is serving with a ma rine detatchment aboard the Box er. - "; . 't Xf;; - ...... - KiSX BREST fiTv::3f:n:inr::3$T;:i "Made by the Bakers ef Master Bread" MM fni n Beginning Uiih Daylight Saving Timc-Honday, April 39 2111 Safcuay Stores in Salem . v Elose i. 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