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Catered at the postof&ea at Salem, Oregon, a second clam matter tinder act of congress March 8, 187ft
Swings in Politics
t The Pendleton East Oregonlan inquires:
"What in the world hashappened In the state
of Wisconsin, the home of the able and liberal '
LaFollettes? Where were such political acci
dents as Wiley and McCarthy spawned. Surely
not in the LaFollette school. They have the
Huey Long markings Put that's a far cry from
Wisconsin. Perhaps: the", citizens of Wisconsin
will answer at. the next election.' -
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vat Liij ixi txic buub ivAsc.
, . .- . i i rea outngnu j.ne uisinci oi voiumDia couri
The E O is wrong in putting Wiley and Mc- j "holds the former and has been quite wrathy at
upeuur uuui, an ouic akwuixicjr wuu 6aiiji ., CiaiS tQ tneir order to return tne stoclc i
has had a broader outlook on world affairs. : ; , The public' is in no position to judge this mat- 1
It does seem surprising that a state like Wis- ten That is what we have courts for. This paper
consin would turn out Bob LaFollette the sec-',- has no desire for any improper enrichment' of f
ond in favor of. a man like McCarthy. Likewise xoUar and his associates, nor for any loss to tax-
xycM strange xnat weorasKa wnicn
Norris to the senate for years would swing to
the other extreme and .send Wherry and Butler.
The explanation is not to be found so much in
a change of sentiment as in personalities and in
a slight swing in voting from one side to the
other. The LaFollette dynasty had pretty well
run its course in Wisconsin. When Bob left the
sinking ship of the progressive party to rejoin
the republicans he had few on hand to welcome
him. George Norris was aged and hadn't: kept
up his personal contacts in Nebraska. ;
There is another factor; and that is that there
always was in Wisconsin a hard core of conser
vatism. The party regulars were bitter against
LaFollettes and LaFollettes liberalism. Liberal
ism sets up one pole of attraction,
otner ana opposite poie-appears,
i m m
in uregon, as was flernonstratea m
can primaries ,iasi year, wayne morse naa a : business seems to rest on quite solid foundation'
strong following,;but the unknown Dave Hoover this year state employment service reports f
urew an amazingly large, voie almost exclusively i that non-farm employment this month passed
an anti-Morse vote. For years Oregon has sort 450,000, a mark which was barely reached in
of paired its senators, one liberal, the other con- , June jast year and m July of 1943. Industrial
servative rMcNary and Steiwer, and now Morse i wages are at higher levels than ever before so
and Cordon. purchasing power of the population remains
In Wisconsin, and in Nebraska the regulars,- high. I
toughened by years of defeat, finally captured' Construction work has not fallen off as much
control when; the liberals grew old or compla-i as was anticinated after government controls
cyit. We doubt if they can be ousted from con
trol readily, for the span of power is apt to run
longer than the one they have enjoyed. The gen
eral trend now Vis away from "progressivism"
and on the LaFbllette-Norris model.
Dollar Steamship Case
The Statesman is in receipt of a letter from
Ralph K. Davies, industrialist of San Francisco
chairman of a minority stockholders group in
American President Line( former Dollar lines),:
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in aaverse comment on an eaiioriai in ims pa
per on April 17th respecting the attitude of gov
ernment officials toward court decisions in the
R. Stanley Dollar action to recover stock in the!
steamship company. Davies states:
"We believe that the government is acting in
an eminently proper manner to protect the in
terest of the taxpayers. There is ample legal
precedent In several supreme court decisions
which is guiding the government's action in this . j
case. '
Our editorial position was taken on the basis
of "state decisis," that the case had been decid
ed, by, refusal of the supreme court to intervene
and reverse the decision of lower courts award
ing the stock to Dollar, which seemed in fact
- contemptuous of the courts. Since then of course
the chief justice has acted to delay a stay of the
order of the lower court to permit further ad-i
judication of the points at issue.
The facts are that the Dollar Steamship com
pany was heavily indebted to the government;
and in 1938 Dollar transferred his stock to the
government. Along came the war and profits in
British Faced With Grim Choice in Iranian
Oil Dispute: Strong Actions or-Oil Losses
By Joseph Alsop
LONDON, May 24 'As these
words are written, the betting
appears to be about even that the
British will
move troops to
south Persia. At
any rate, they
' are just about
up against the
grim choice be
tween taking all
the heavy risks
t this step, or
taking the con
sequence of out
right expropria-
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!.nian oil re- tJIJ
S&urces. .
f Furthermore, the British can
,not easily move troops without a
minimum of American moral
support at least enough Jto see
them through a charge of aggres
sion before the United Nations.
tThe future of the Western alli
ance, which America leads, also
; hangs upon the outcome in Per
si. Hence this British choice Is,
I at the same time, inescapably an
American choice. "
f Until now, even the hardier
spirits in the Foreign Office have
only been talking about moving
: I troops to "protect the lives of
I British nationals" in Persia. Now,
however, the veils are dropping,
fit is almost certain that Sir Oliver
j Franks has already been instruct
1 ed to talk with Secretary of State
.Dean G. Acheson about the more
L realistic problem of protecting
I the foundations of the British
b economy and the strategic bal
ance in the Middle East.
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Events over the week end forc
ed this facing of facts, from which
London has hitherto shrunk away
almost as nervously as Washing
ton. On Saturday, the . British
Ambassador at Teheran. Sir
Francis Shepherd, rather desper
ately suggested to the Shah that
he misht form a more rational
tho shipping business zoomed and now it is a
I prosperous operating company. When in 1943
! the government proposed to rid itself of steam
I ship operation by offering the stock for sale
Dollar and associates claimed it on the ground
I the stock was given only as a pledge and since
the indebtedness had been wiped out they should
' get the stock back.
The legal question is simply whether the. stock
; was given as pledge or whether it was transfer-
' . a i a a .in
u a muu ., resistance ox secretary sawyer ana otner oiii-
sent veorge ? pavers. But it does repeat that government of- !
ficials should respect decisions of the courts.
Let the matter proceed to a lawful determina
tion. That is: all we ask for. ' '
As Canneries
Resumption of operations at Salem's food can-
nmgand packing plants will quickly be noted j
in the acceleration ox business. This is a major
line of industry in Salem, one that turns loose
thousands of dollars weekly through the season ;
for products of farms and orchards, for labor j
and supplies; While fruit crops are "spotted"?
this year the total is expected to average up
well with former years. Prices are good, wages ;
but soon an-
are hi ph. The flow of cash will be a real trade!
tit n a. '
we nave mat, stimulant, 'i
tne repuou-, - Wlth employment at peak levels Oregon's
were applied ana
heavy in this area. The business outlook there-,
fore seems to be good for the rest of 1951. j
Senator Karl Mundt has been plugging for a;
coalition of republicans and southern democrats.!
This coalition often works together in congress
particularly to kill off fair deal legislation, but
it will not be hitched as a single party for thej
indefinite future. To southern democrats repub-l
licans are still "black" and "damned Yankees.'
And a good? many republicans balk at the con-'
servatism of southern democrats. Mundt needn't
hurry with a license because the wedding isn'tj
going to take place anyway soon.
Rains came to help put out fires, particularly
the one burning in the clearing along the Brei-'
tenbush. A great deal of clearing is under way!
in the Santiam country in connection with pub-J
lie works such as the power line from Detroit to
Maupin. This makes vigilance doubly necessary
for the sun gets in and dries out the brush, mak4
Ing it lindei for the rapid spread of fire. S
Oil and politics long have had affinity for
each other. Something new in Iran is the mixing
of oil and religion. Demonstrating Iranians
threaten a fholy war" if necessary to nation-
alize the country's oil industry.
I Schools get a break in the tax bill the hous
ways and means committee is working on. The
excise on footballs would be wiped out, also the
admissions tax to
government. But it was too late
for this expedient. On Sunday
while the prime minister, Dr.
Mossadegh, crouched in his bar
ricaded room, his representative,
Hussein Makki, told the Persian
parliament that the existing gov
ernment would never negotiate
the oil dispute with the British.
A miracle may of course rescue
the British and American policy
makers from!! the dilemma on
whose horns they have been
wriggling like befuddled tadpoles.
But since little short of a miracle
can prevent the grim choice from
being made this week, it is now
wise to examine its real nature.
No one in his senses can find
much that is attractive about the
first laternative -a movement of
British troops to south Persia.
Britain does; not really have
enough airborne forces for the
job. Even to secure control of the
minimum territory, Abadan island
with its vital; refinery, will be a
dirty business, probably involv
ing heavy losses of life on both
sides. Such a. Crass imperialist
act will make, to say the least,
' a bad impression elsewhere in the
Middle and Far East. j
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It may touch off a Russian in-.
vasion of norths Persia. It Will
quite probably give the Commun
ist Tudeh party the desired
chance to seize power at Teheran.
J it will perhaps I result in 1 far
more disagreeable repetition of .
the Korean pattern on Persia soil.
It may, just conceivably, lead tP
a work! war. The list of objections
is formidable indeed. :v::-.
- But as usual, the choice now is
not between bad and good,! but
between evil and more evil If
"American Influence or Indiffer
ence deters the; British govern
ment from protecting their oil re
source, the following consequen
ces will be almost unavoidable, -First,
the British economy,
which depends exclusively upon
Middle Eastern oil. will receive a
a t i . . . . .
Resume
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public woric will continue.
school events. , j k
fatal blow. The huge American
investment in maintaining the
British as a great power any will
be transformed into money down
the drain.. What has previously
been done for Britain will be for
gotten because America has not
stood by her ally in this hour of
need; and the Anglo-American
partnership, the core of Western
strength, will dissolve in a tem
pest of mutual recrimination.
Second, the economics of West
ern Europe and India will also
be disrupted. And a cessation of
the oil flow from Abadan will
make it fantastically costly, and
in wartime almost prohibitively
difficult, to supply the fleets in
the Mediterranean and the vital
strategic airbases there. j
Third, Persian success in ex
propriating British oil will set an
example that will quickly be im
itated in Egypt, in Iraq, and in
every other nation in a remotely
similar situation. There will be
no conrolling the chain reaction.
Furthermore, the strain imposed
on these weak governments by
biting off so much more than they
can chew, will equally inevitably
'produce secondary political re
sults of great violence.! Dr. Moss
adegh and his followers think -they
are keeping one jump ahead
of the Tudeh party by their hand
ling of the oil issue. But it is even
more likely that the Tudeh will '
be the ultimate beneficiary if Dr.
Mossadegh now succeeds in his
plans, than if he is frustrated by
forcible measures; f ,
i ; The price of a policy of inac-.
tion, .in short, is a gigantic change
in the world balance of power,
altering the while Middle East
ern pattern, shaking the Yestera
alliance to its foundations, and
. perhaps destroying it. This is no
Mexican oil squabble. 'This is the
terrible game of power politics,
being played for the- greatest
stakes. i
fCopyriirM. 1951.
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(Continued from page 1)
later he became manager of the
Metropolitan Opera. "The Desert
Song" was a light opera per
formed there. Other road shows
and some famous actors and
actresses played the Elsinore.
Like other dreams Guthrie's
dream of Elsinore as a show
house was not fully realized. The
"legit. theatre was crowded out
by motion pictures and sound
pictures which were introduced
in 1927. The change was con
firmed with the leasing of the.
theatre by Fox West Coast The
atres and later by Warner Bros.
Theatres, but under both man
agements it remained a first-run
theatre for the best in pictures.
And the building itself stands
as a dignified, beautiful theatre,
and still serves Salem with good
entertainment. It is gratifying
that Mr. Guthrie can be here to
night to relive the night of the
theatre's opening and to receive
the sincere compliments of Salem
for the contribution he has made,
through the Elsinore, to the
pleasure, the entertainment and
the culture of the people of this,
community.
Better English
1. What is wrong with this sen
tence? "The disturbance ended in -the
man being jailed."
" 2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "ceramics"?
3. Which one -of these words is
misspelled? Consumable, con-
s u m a t e, consumptive, contem
porary. 4. What does the word "wari
ness" mean?
5. What is a word beginning .
with ve that means "ardent;
eager"?
ANSWERS
1. Say. "The disturbance ended
when the man was jailed." 2.
Pronounce se-ram-iks, as in
see unstressed, a as in am, accent
second syllable. 3. Consummate.
4. Care to foresee and guard
against evil; cautiousness. "We
must exercise great wariness to
avoid certain evils." 5. Vehement.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
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"X de bepe we never have serai warfare ... Otis gets such dreadfal
haif ever frem just a little pollea ta the air
In the usual epjlectlc attack
there is loss of consciousness,
together with convulsions in se
vere cases. There Is,' however,
another form of 'this disease
which is less easily 'recognized.
Here the attack seems to con
fine itself to the intestinal tract
alone, and the condition is
therefore known as abdominal
epilepsy. Pain may occur alone
or I may be accompanied by
vomiting, sickness at the stom
ach, diarrhea, pallor, sweating,
and nightmares.
In order to make a definite
diagnosis of this condition, it is
important that a tracing of the
brain waves, known as an elec
troencephalogram 'be made,'
since abnormal - brain waves of
the type seen in the' usual forms
ofj epilepsy would indicate that
the intestinal symptoms are
due to a form of epileptic dis
turbance in ' addition, nervous
system or neurologic tests and
X-ray examinations are impor
tant Since, in many of these
cases, there may be actual brain
injury from tumors and inflam
mation, studies of the brain by
specialized X-ray examinations
are also important.
I .
In treating the disorder, such
drugs as "Dilantin Sodium" and
"Mesantoin," as well as the quiet
ing drugs, such as the barbitu
rates and bromides, are all help
ful. If the administration of the
first dose of these drugs relieves
the symptoms, it aids ' In con
firming the diagnosis.
I '
As a part of the treatment. It
is lalso important that other re
lated disorders, such as bowel
disturbances and infection, re
ceive the proper care. The pa
tient's diet should be carefully
regulated, kept well balanced,
and free from highly-seasoned or
other irritating foods. Any emo
tional disturbances should be cor
rected when possible.
QUE' TIONS AND ANSWERS
N. A.: What can be done for
Make the most of today.
Translate your good Intentions
into actual deeds. Know that you
can do what ought to be done
by you. GrenviUe Xleiser.
by Lichty
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dry skin, and what causes super
fluous hair on the face?
Answer: The character of the
skin varies in different individ
uals. In some persons, the skin
is dry, while in others it is
moist, which seems to depend
somewhat on the amount of se
cretion from the fat glands in the
skin. Disturbances in the glands
of internal secretion, such as lack
of thyroid secretion, may be con
tributing ' causes. However, in
these instances, symptoms, such
as dryness and thickness of the
hair, lack of energy, and exces
sive gain in weight will be noted.
In cases where the skin is na
turally dry, there does not seem
to be much that can - be done
outside of applying a bland oint
ment, such as cold cream, to the
skin once a day.
The cause of superflouous hau
ls not known. It might be due to
a glandular disturbance.
(Copyrixht. 1931. Kins Features)
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Hollywood
On Parade
HOLLYWOOD Back of the
funny faces that Eddie Bracken
makes for the movies lurks a
smart business
brain. He has a
' television idea
which, he bold- f"
ly predicts, will i
make him "eas-1-,
Ily" a million f 1
dollars. Itf
sounds like the f '
next logical l
step for thatL:
: radio phenome-1
non, the disc I .
i
.
Eddie calls bis product "Pic
ture Platters. A 15-mm. silent
film projects a three-minute
story whose action fits the lyrics
of the song.
"Take Bing singing 'Among
My Souvenirs'," Eddie suggest
ed. "You see a girl on a park
bench. She opens up her hand
bag and takes out a photo show
ing her and her boy friend kiss
ing under a tree."
The souvenirs she examines
progress to a sad ending: a wed
. ding ring,' a draft notice, and r
"we regret" telegram from Uncle
Sam, But there 'are comedy films
to tunes like ."Here ; Comes
Cookie" and "Yes, Sir, That's
My Baby."
Eddie Bracken ' Productions
have completed 32 of the little
films and have a total of 260
scheduled, Eddie reported. The
company occupies- a one-sound
stage studio and plans to build
. one with three stages.
"I think why I went into this
thing." Bracken confessed, "is
that too many people say. An
actor isn't a business man.' That
- made me mad." There's nothing
to stop other people from tun
ing out the same product, Eddie
admitted. But he thinks he has
the jump on the field.
"If this thing is as successful
as it looks like it's going to be,
111 never put grease paint on
my face tne rest ox my life.'
I asked Bracken if he was tir
ed of acting. "Yeah. I think so,"
he said. "This is a rough busi-
ness. There are things about It
that I love. But I don't like
tracts, for example. If you don't
like a picture, you're told you're
going to do it any way This to
me is Hitler.
Eddie's enthnslastie about his
role In "Two Tickets t Broad-
. way." though. Little wonder.
He's playing the stage manager
of Gloria De Haven, Janet Leigh
Ann Miller, and Barbara Law
rence. He plans to return to tne
real Broadway in September in
a comedy drama called "Mike
McCauley . It will play the Pa
cific coast first, and Eddie will
open a television office in each
city. His TV business here, while
he s gone, -wiu run Itself.
Guideposr
By Joe Wing
GKEAT SAILOR, by John
W.
Vandercook (Dial; $30)
Two hundred years' ago there
lived a man. - t
His explorations - helped give
Britain a realm : on which the
sun never set. and proved once
and for all that there was no
great southern continent with a
climate akin to Europe's. His
practical hygiene banished the
age old curse of scurvy from the
seas
The man was James Cook, son
of a peasant, who became a cap
tain, no less, in the Royal Navy,
and the world's most expert navi
gator and map maker.
Strong, silent, intellectual as
well as practical. Cook seems
sort of a non-combatant, real
life 'Captain Hornblower. Both
sailors and ' natives loved him.
That's npt surprising, because he
worked his men 'only eight in
stead of 18 hours a ; day. and
neglected to Cog them. And he
merely peppered natives with
harmless birdshot, insteead of
plastering ' them with . buckshot,
and then only in eases of dire
necessity . j
Author Vandercook has the
happy faculty of . knowing just
hew his hero felt -and thought
and what his incidental actions
were at given moments two cen
turies ago. That and mastery of
the four-word sentence make at
least for easy reading.
Cook voyaged three times to
the Pacific, mapped the eastern
shore of Australia, proved New
Zealand is insular, and discover
ed islands by the hatful. Tahiti,
which was his stamping ground,
is French now and Hawaii, where
he died at the bands of natives
who generally welcomed him, has
long since been American. But
the British Empire and Briusn
naval tradition would scarcely
have been the same without him.
THE BASE-STEALEE, by M. G.
Bonner (Knopf: $2.50)
This is for the youngsters, and
about them. Harry, moving to
New York City with his family,
is homesick for the old hometown
until the Police Athletic League
finds him a spot on a baseball
team which turns into the city
champion ... and no bribes
passed, either. The lively story
will remind the youth of the
country that New York has play
grounds as well as hot pavements
and crowded streets.
SL1ADUATIN6 SOON?
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Artist PHotographers
Oregon Eld?.
M
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The Bom oi
That Good Old Home-Cured Ham
and Bacon Sweet As a Hut
,
Ham" '
Sot on This Bed-Hot Special!
Picnic Hams ,axortshank-ii. 40?
Bacon Bacon Squares ' TJv. 22 trp
Young Lean
Porh Shoulders 47
Ho Shank VT tE2 Wm j
Pig Eoclis ii, 25?
LlVGr Pork or Bt - -Lb,
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Awarded 23
At Willamette
Willamette university announced
Thursday it has awarded 23 honor
scholarships to graduating high
school seniors. 1
They are: Harriet Hiday, Vir
ginia Miller, George Gideon, ir
and Frank James Verdrick, all of
Salem; i
Frances Smith and Robert Al
fred, Grant high, Portland; Augus
ta Krause and Carol House, Wash
ington high, Portland; Nancy Ann
Yarn, Julia FuUager, Patricia Har
ris and Sandra Schureman, all of
Jefferson high, Portland; Diane
Smith, Catlin school, Portland;
Donald Gragg, Monroe; Nancy
Leonard, ' Grants Pass; JoAnne
-Toikka, Astoria; Sharon Griswold,
Newport; Victor Fennel! and Rob
ert Glass, Eugene; Jean Hegerlson,
Queen Anne nigh, Seattle; Jay
Helm, Yakima; Willis Ludlow,
Nampa, Idaho; and Edna Geer,
Buhl, Idaho.
Five music scholarships were
awarded. They include ' Rosemary
Weaver, Grants Pass; Dorthea
Church, West Linn; and Eleanor!
de Harpport, Lincoln high, Port
land. I
The Elmer O. Berg scholarship,
presented annually to an incoming -freshman
or underclassman who is
employed at Berg's Market was
awarded to Robert Brooks
Coonville, Salem.
Mc-!
Final Pre-Camp
Drill Scheduled . j
By Guard Units
Final session of special drill
prior to summer camp is scheduled
this week end by Salem's national
guard companies B and G.
Men of company B will have
drill Saturday afternoon at the
armory and will spend all day
Sunday at Camp Adair for range
firing of infantry weapons.
Company G will leave at 2 pm.
Saturday for Camp Adair for a
night problem, overnight bivouac
and range firing Sunday.
If the earth's axis jwere per
pendicular to the plane of th
earth's orbit around the sun there
would be no change in seasons. ;
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Now Is tho Time
to Havo Your
i
Graduation
Portraits Taken
There's a cap and fjown In
i
the studio for your, conven
ience. Come in soon
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