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CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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Apostate Diplomats?
Th disauuearance of two
members of the British diplomatic service has
set two continents in a dither. It is feared they
are Moscow-bound, where they will spill Anglo
American secrets out of both mouths. One was
In charge of the American desk in the British
foreign office, and until last year was head of
the staff at the. Washington embasy of Great
Britain. The other is a member of the embassy
staff at Washington- Both have disappeared; and
both have been suspended from their official
positions. ; , 5 f
Secretary of State Acheson frankly expressed
alarm if they have headed for Moscow. For one,
MacLean, is fully cognizant of the intimate con
versations and exchanges between Britain and
the United States. What he could relate to Vish
insky would be worth far more than the pump
kin papers from Alger Hiss: j
It may be that their disappearance is not vol
untary, or they may have had other destination
than Moscow. Perhaps fear is-father to the sus-
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picion that they nave gone apostate. Assureoiy
there will be swift and thorough search for the
missing men, and fast moves for repairing dip
lomatic fences, j
A few Russians have renounced the commun
ist faith and come to the west, and a number
of diplomats from satellite states have elected
not to return home from foreign assignment It
is surprising however that any from the west
would elect to disappear behind the iron cur
tain. However as communism had its infection
In our own government circles in the heyday of
the new deal, so it may have penetrated into
British official circles. The British, who have
done some scoffing at our own loyalty proced
ure, may rush to invoke tests of their own. After
all Dr. Karl Fuchs bore their certificate of clear
ance, so their screening has been defective. j
This is one of the misfortunes of this present
period of tension: you do not know whom to
trust. If one high-placed like Algar Hiss could
serve a foreign government, and if these British
who had been in positions of trust have proved
faithless, one's confidence in his fellowmen is
weakened. There is this reassurance however,
that these cases of apostasy are exceedingly rare.
And as far as secrets are concerned the United
States and Great Britain have no sinister de
' signs on the USSR. Maybe telling Moscow that
these governments really mean business if any
funny business starts may have a wholesome
Strong Measures
Coordination
Joseph AIsop
LONDON, June 8 The Far
East is not' the only area where
Anglo-American relations are in
a mess. 1 n e
trouble is pretty
jad everywhere,
as the following
peculiar facts
, imply suggest.
For some
Tionths, the Bri-
:ish have been
seeking to orga-
Inize a serious
defense of the
jMiddle East The
iP Middle East
Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, dis
poses of ' less than a division
and a half of British troops.
None the less, the Turks, who
have more than 20 divisions,
were asked to place themselves
under the British Middle East
command. When they refused,
their action was blamed i n
London upon American influ
ence at Ankara.
Again, the British and
American governments have
formally agreed to sponsor the
admission of Greece and Tur-.
key to the Atlantic pact.. But
this agreement was made with
some reluctance in London,
where it is feared that Moscow
may be "provoked" to find an
actual neighbor, Turkey, in
cluded in the Western security
organization. The Anglo-American
decision had hardly been
announced before all the Brit
ish official arguments against It
appeared in the Times' here.
Hence, the task of persuading
the Scandinavian and other
lesser powers, who oppose ad
mitting Greece and Turkey to
NATO, has been rendered im
measurably more difficult.
Finally, the whole world
knows by now of the mess in
volving the Mediterranean and
Atlantic commands. What is not
understood, however, is that the
British cheerfully approved the
appointment of Admiral Fecb
teler as Atlantic commander, in
the expectation that they would
thus secure the Mediterranean
command for a British officer.
And now the Mediterranean
powers are objecting to a Brit
ish commander there, and an
American appointment is being
canvassed, the British have be
gun to oppose a unified N com
mand in the Mediterranean.
On the surface, this sort of
behavior looks almost neurotic.
Undoubtedly it has some neu
rotic elements, such as-the as
sumption implied in the whole
Turkish . episode, that nothing
was changed by Britain's trans
fer to America of responsibility
for Turkey, and that only
American pressure could ac
count for the Turkish -rejection
of Gen. Robertson's leader
ship. .
But If the British sometimes
seem a bit neurotic, it must b
remembered that they are pass
ing through a very bad time.
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THE STATESMAN! PUBLISHING COMPANY
effect in inducing the Kremlin not to start any
funny business. At least that is a Pollyanna way
of looking at what looks initially as a major
diplomatic embarrassment for two countries. '
high-placed career
Junior League
Opening of the junior baseball season tomor
row ; is a matter of justifiable pride for the
sponsoring American Legion, and here's to the
best' team; wherever it is! . -
Junior baseball has reached a high -place in
the sports! world. For years it has given youths
a firm grounding in true sportsmanship, and a
welcome chance to develop talent with the bat
and! glove.
Real good derives from the program, no mat
ter at what level the play may be, and enthus
iasm runs particularly high as teams advance in
standing. Highlight of Salem's junior baseball
participation came in 1932 when this city's team
won its way to the national quarter-finals play
off at Omaha. On that team were outstanding
players, including Bill Bevens, erstwhile pitch
ing star of. the New York Yankees who hurled
the memorable one-hitter against Brooklyn in
the 1947 World Series. -
Rosters Jof the major leagues are replete with
athletes who started in the Legion's program,
and youngsters participating in this year's jun
ior schedule will have the same chance for fame
and fortune. It is a grand idea.
Tomorrow it's Salem at Woodburn, Mt. Angel
at Stayton and Silverton at Oregon City. Let's
give the boys a real hand! ,
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Deane Seeger, who' is well known in Salem
from his frequent visits here as consultant to
the League of Oregon Cities, has transferred
his affections to Whittier, Cal. where he becomes
city manager. Such a job is not new to him. He
was i the successful first city manager for Eu
gene. We'll miss him in Oregon however.
Believe it or not, Ohio and Missouri produced
more wool in 1950 than Oregon, and Iowa near
ly as much. Texas was away out in front with
52,696,000lbs. and Wyoming second with 17,
680,000 lbs. Oregon's was only 5,366,000 lbs.
Funny what happens to steers as the price of
meat rises they seem to run all to hamburger,
no steaks or juicy roasts. At least the 'burgers
are what seem to show up most at lunch count-
t 1
ers.
Toward j Anglo
Declared to Be
it
They had hardly won their ter
rible battle to regain economic
viability, when they found their
own strategic position ) under
mined byi the Soviet; atomic
bomb; their imperial i position
under attack as in I Iran,; and
their standard of ; life again '
threatened j by their defense
program. 1 j '! ;
It may be silly for them to
cherish the suspicion that the
all too blameless state's depart
ment is plotting to supplant
British influence with American
Influence in the Middle East,
which is the main source of all
the command trouble. It i may
be illogical to worry! about let
ting Turkey into the Atlantic
pact. But this sort of instinc
tive reaction is only natural, in
a nation in grave danger, suffer
ing from weak leadership; and
laboring under the , iheaviest
strain. I ' f
The question really is,) not
why these Anglo-American . fric
tions are occurring, but wheth
er they can be avoided. The
answer is that they j can easily
be avoided, with the right : kind
of leadership in Washington.
The British themselves sense the
danger in ( the breakdown of
Anglo-American collaboration.
They were struggling to bring
their Far Eastern policy more
into line with ours, when most
of the ground gained was lost
by' the statements j of Dean
Rusk and Adm. Forrest Sher
man. And ! although they were
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Badly Needed
greatly disturbed by both Rusk
and Sherman, they will continue
trying to accommodate British
and American views in the Far
East.
What is really needed, how
ever, to restore the former Anglo-American
collaboration is a
renewal of the old habit of com
plete frankness, of full ex
change of views, of constant,
honest discussion of all commoi
problems, between the two
countries. By renewing this ha
bit, all foolish suspicions can
be dispelled, and any serious
conflicts of poliicy ; can be
avoided. And in order to re
new this habit, America, the
more powerful partner, must
take the initiative.
If Britain and America can
again achieve a firm common
front in this manner, it will be
easy to solve all the innumer
able pending problems, such as
German rearmament ' and the
final pattern of the NATO or
ganization. The future of the
Western alliance directly de
pends upon prompt, ! sensible
solutions of all the uncounted
problems like these, which exist
all around the periphery of the
Soviet empire. They will not be
solved, and the Western alli
ance will 'die of inanition, if
Anglo-American relations con
tinue to develop on the pres
ent line.
(Copyrisht. 1951.:
New York Herald Tribune lac.)
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Call came to the newsroom the other day from a worried
woman who wanted to know when Dici Tracy and Tess were
married She was wondering about Bonny Braids, Tracy's new
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school student, to make publicity of the
fact that she's this year's queen in connection with her sing
ing career. Yet publicity handouts to newspapers from the
Rose Festival association make great hay over the' fact that
Queen Gloria is now under contract to Paramount studios.
Coupla months ago all those citizens who were so inconsid
erate of their fellow wage-earners as to hoard meat in home
freezers and lockers thereby causing a shortage of the raw and
red were publicily rapped over the brisket and branded as un
patriotic ... Now comes the sad report that we face an even
greater shortage of beef because cattle raisers, at the other end
of the cow chain, are refusing to sell their stock to the packers
... To many a householder, who has been on the horns of lots
of bum steers lately, it's mostly baloney, anyway. j
Howard Higby, assistant scout executive, reports that at
least half the flags hanging from Salem porches on Memo
rial day were hung wrongly . . . The Forman chain, which
has purchased theCapitol and Elsinore theatres here, an
nounced it will do some redecorating at the movie houses
- wonder if this includes the inside of the Grand here, too , .
Publicity man Gene Maleckt and wife Helen are proud par
ents of a new handout, Judy Ann, released for publication
June 3. The latest edition to the Malecki list of tax exemp
tions weigh 8 lb.,'12 oz. j
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State Patrolman Bill Ferguson was wondering last week just
what the city street department has against him. Street ; con
struction was underway on Fair Oaks way in front of his home
thus cutting him off from his driveway. So he moved to nearby
home of relative, parking his car
work, he found THAT driveway
crews. Some fast shovel work solved the problem. Next night
Bill comes out to find the driveway blocked again by a big load
of gravel, used the shovels again ... Statesman photog Don
Dill went to Lebanon Friday to get a pix of the Strawberry Fes
tival queen cutting jthe traditional strawberry cake with the
traditional mammoth knife. But
other shots. Reason: Nobody could locate the big knife. '
The Safety
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Charges for Phone Service
Need Public Scrutiny
To the Editor.: j
Just How Big Are Your Teeth,
Grandma?
Your editorial of May 30 com
menting on the size of the bite
threatened to the public by the
requested phone rate; Increases
prompts my question.
The concern expressed is long
standing. Requests for rate in
creases have been often.
Many years ago rural groups
formed little mutual j telephone
companies ' and built and main
tained lines as the only method
; of getting service. Their opera
tion and maintenance was far
from perfect. They were a means
of doing what you could with '
what you had. Many groups held
onto these small lines perhaps
well past the point of good busi
ness judgment. Others consoli
dated to a size more adequate
and efficient in the service they
now offer. . j
Recent legislation has enabled
telephone cooperatives to be set
up on rather large scale and
brings service to many: long neg
lected and remote areas.
Why do people go through all
this struggle? The large utilities
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little trouble-maker. The bothered lady, who
evidently keeps tabs on such things, was in
formed that Dick and Tess were married the
day before Christmas in 1949. (Remember how
Dick fell into a big case even on his honey
moon?) But we'd all rest easier if we knew
what Crewy Lou is up to.
,
i Hoto come? ... Big wheels in the Port
land' Rose festival have forbidden Rose
Queen Gloria Keieger; Portland high
there. That night, ready to go to
blocked by a ditch dug by road
Don had to be satisfied with
Valve
be limited to 900 words. Writ only en
aaaresm. f-oeiry is not aoccpiea. I
do offer an excellent service.
It is because they fear the costs
when controls are lost. They are
concerned with the size of the
bite that could be applied. The
very necessity of the services
leaves them easily exposed and
their fear has real justification.
True, the Commissioner of
Utilities represents '- the - public
interest, but he must have sup
port. We need to realize that tie
faces constant pressure from the
utilities and hears far too little
from the people whose interests
he is charged to protect.
The matter of telephone rate
increases has only experienced a
temporary lulL The question is
far, from settled.
If tae public interest Is to be
safeguarded, individuals ' and
groups need to express themselv
es both to the Commissioner and
to the press.
Your editorial was timely. Un
fortunately this is not the ago
of fairy tales. Rate increases are
grimly realistic ;;,
We need to know how ; large
Grandma's teeth really are. They
have grown rapidly in recent
years.
HARLEY LTBBY, j
, Jefferson,' Oregon. 5
Permits Total
000 for'
$125.
New Buildings
Nearly $125,000 worth or con
struction in Salem was listed for
permits Friday in the city engi
neer's office.
$60,000 of the total Is for a two-
story reinforced concrete office
building to be erected by Frank
Doolittle at 545 Court ft.
Doolittle reports that actual
construction will begin the first of
next week by Barbam (Brothers,
Salem contractors. The ground has
been levelled ready for the work.
Occupants for the structure will
include Western "Union Telegraph
company. Other offices have not
been assigned, Doolittle said.
Other building permits issued
Friday include concrete storage
tanks to be erected lor Oregon
Pulp and Paper company at a cost
of $20,000 by E. E. Batterman.
The tanks are to be erected at
160 Bellevue st.
Others include: Fred M. Snider,
permit to erect a dwelling, 350
Superior st, at a cost of $18,000;
Chester Stackhouse, erect a dwell
ing at 160 Candalaria blvd., $13,'
750: Joseph Becker, erect a dwell
ing at 780 N. 15th st, $10,000, and
Earl T. Brown, alter a dwelling at
293 S. 14th st, $800.
Buchanan Faces
Check Charges
James D. Buchanan, 2233 S.
12th st., was charged with obtain
ing property by false pretenses
Friday, city police reported.
Officers said the charge involv
ed two fictitious checks totalling
$19 passed here In January. Bu
chanan was apprehended at Dallas
where police said he was working
for a paint firm.
Farm Prices Down
Third Month in Row
Soft spots have developed in the
field farm prices to Oregon grow
ers, it has been noted during the
past few days.
May marked the third consecu
tive month for downturns in prices
received by farmers. Weaknesses
which showed up in meat animals
strawberries, milk, wool, and
wheat were mainly responsible for
reducing the overall index. Prices
were slightly higher lor butterf at,
eggs and some truck crops.
Mobile Lab Requested
For Restaurant Check
Dr. W. J. Stone, Marion county
health officer, has requested the
mobile laboratory from the state
board of health, to make tests of
the eating and drinking utensile in
eating places of this county.
The laboratory will be set up
on the courthouse grounds during
Better English
1. What is wrong with this sen
tence? "It sure is kind of you to
leave me borrow your pencil:
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "facade'?
3. Which one of these words is
mispeUed? Anatomy, a n a c h
ronism. analize, apathetic.
4. What does the word "ob
trude' mean? - .
5. What is a word beginning
with cy that means "disbelieving
in the sincerity of human mo
tives?" ;
ANSWERS
'. 1. Say ."It surely is kind of you
to let me borrow your penciL"
2. Pronounce fa-sad, both a's as
in ah. accent second syllable. 3.
Analyze. 4. To thrust out; eject.
"Those who know the least often
obtrude the most suggestions.'' 5.
' CynicaL
ISIS IS CIVIL DEFENSE
Chapter S
The whole idea of civil' defense
is to help you protect yourself.
and to make the best use of your
own special ability and skill in an
emergency. Then you will be able
to save yourself and others if
trouble comes.
Who Is responsible for civil de
fense? 'You are. Civil defense is
set pp by federal and state law.
But no law in the world will work
unless you back It up by your own
actions. Bombs , don't fall on a
plan, or an organization, or a sys
tem ; of government. They would
fall on you and your family and
friends.
The Federal Civil Defense Ad-
mmlstration does the basic plan
ning, gives technical information
to- the states, pays part of the cost
of equipment and shelters. Actual
operation of civil defense begins
at your state line. The cities or
Salesman's Automobile
Recovered at Seattle
A car, reported stolen because
of a little hug at a -north Salem
motel, has been recovered by its
owner at Seattle, Salem police re
ported Friday. .
Fred Marentate. Seattle dress
salesman, had reported. the theft.
Police said a Seattle woman he
employed to model dresses ran off
with his car after violently resist
ing his embrace. .
Prep Leaders
To Attend
Eastern Meet
Fifteen Oregon high school stu
dent leaders, including five from
the mid-Willamette valley, will
attend the convention of the Na
tional Association of Student
Councils at .Wellesley, Mass., June
18 to 21,- the state department of
education announced Friday.
The valley will be represented
by Don Davis and David Rhoten
of Salem, Chet Daniels of Dallas,
Eileen Wolfe of St Paul and Sally
Watson of Molalla.
Others to attend include Joseph
Kirkwood of Hood River, Bill
Brooks of Myrtle Point, Reva Mc-
Clure of North Powder, Norman
Rohden of Prineville, Thaxter
Goodell of Portland (Jefferson
high), Martin Brandenfels of St
Helens, Bud Hinkson of Eugene,
Zona Claire; Smith of Portland
(Catlin school), and Dianne Drum
and -Leslie Wilkins of Portland
(both St. Helens hall).
The Wellesley convention will
be attended by 523 selected stu
dent delegates and approximately
200 faculty advisers from 42 states,
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Mexico and Canada. The con
ference theme is "Youth Leader
ship in a Changing World. In
addition to four general, sessions.
a .convention banquet and dance.
and two tours of historic Boston.
there will be five discussion group
sessions during which delegates
will discuss problems related to
student council work. .
Minor Blazes
Keep Salem
Firemen Busy
Four minor fires kept city fire
men busy Friday. A dozen shingles
burnep on the roof of a vacant
house at 1179 Chemeketa st about
noon. Firemen said sparks from
burning rubbish were the cause.
A Que fire at the home of Gwen
dolyn Collins, 1555 N. Capitol st,
was checked at 2:15 p.m. Fire
men i reported a ' fire in "the 400
block of North Capitol street at
12:45 p.m. was caused by gasoline
leasing irom an - air compressor
owned by the R. L. Elfstrom Co.
No damage resulted. - c -
A cigarette dropped In a de-
walk vent was listed as the cause
of a fire at the Benson bakery.
264 N. Commercial st, at 320 am.
Social Work Officers
Revealed at Picnic
New officers of Willamette 'val
ley district, state conference of
social work.- were announced at
Friday night's picnic in Dallas
dty park by Dr. John Rademaker
of Willamette university, retiring
president
They are Ridgley Miller, Marion
county veterans' service officer,
president; Gertrude Acheson, Sa
lem YWCA executive secretary.
vice president; Marinette schmuki,
state tuberculosis hospital, secre
tary; Mrs. Elinor Fox, Marion
county Red Cross, treasurer. .
the week of June 11 for their an
nual check-up on sanitation.
Swab test samples will be taken
by the city and county sanitarians
and tests run by technicians from
the state board of health. -
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We are agedn bvytno; oil brining Ycrrietie of cherries.
Thmm cherries must be dusted or sprayed foe the fruit fir.
OgHgy FqfqoM &j Go.
K!3 Tili Zzzi .
doSywood District)
s
ganize for civil defense. Each 'city
is integrated into county-wid
units in the interest of coordinat
ed effort, The state helps in coor
dinating the over-all picture. ;
The job of the armed forces la
to win a war mainly by carrying
the attack to the enemy. Civil de
fense is not their responsibility.'
This does not mean the military
takes a hands-off attitude toward
civil defense, but the program is
primarily a civilian responsibility.;
Before an attack, civil defense
gets you ready. It gives you in-
formation on such things as how
to safeguard your home, how to
fight fires, and what steps to take
against atomic, biological and
chemical warfare, f
QtII defense arranges for shel
ters, operates a warning system.!
gets medical supplies and special
equipment ready, restores a strick- '
en area and organizes for mutual
aid and mobile support.
Next: "Civil Defense Jbs
Publishers
Slate Annual
Convention
EUGENE Current tiroMMM '
facing the newspaper publishing
Industry will be discussed at the
64th annual meeting nf th Or.
gon Newspaper Publishers associ-
auon ai uearnart, June 14-no. -Guest
sneakers from outsirta :
Oregon include: Frank Tremaln.
chief of the Tokyo bureau of Unit-1
ed Press who returned from Ja-f
pan a few days ago; C. L. Model-,
land, Jr., editor of the Longviewf
i wasn.j uauy news and national I
president of Siema Delta Chi nm. -
fessional journalistic fraternity: ;
ana i nomas dodos, editor and
publisher of the Snohomish,
t wasn.; uounty xriDune. .
Other sneakers on the nrommi
Include: Judge George Rossman, !
Supreme Court of Oregon; C T.
Bollinger, assistant director, Ac-?
cident Prevention Division. State
Industrial Accident Commission:
M. J. Frey, general manager of
The Oregonian; Hal Laman, exec-!
utive sports editor of the Oregon I
Journal; Fred Shideler, chairman
or uie aepartment oz journalism, ;
Oregon State College; Hugh Mc-
uuvra, r orest (irove News-Times; s
WendeU Webb, manaeinff editor.
Oregon Statesman, Salem; Glen W.
Oregon Printing Industry; and
Philip N. Bladine, McMinnville 1
Telephone Register.
Saturday evening associate
members from Portland will pre- ;
sent a program under the chair- I
manshirj of Ed Hill vr Rraim Jtr
Company, with Leith Abbott Foot, j
uone at Beiaing, as toastmaster.' ;
The advertising agency men, pub- j
he relations representatives, and
others will tell the newspaper edi- I
tors and publishers how they .
would run a newspaper.
Walter W. R. May, editor and 1
co-publisher of the Oregon City I
Enternrise-Courier and resident
of the association, will preside at
uie ousiness sessions.
Salem Seniors 1
At OSC Given
Commissions j
CORVALLIS, June MSpecIal)
Richard . B. Jenkins r and Edward :
R. McClellan of Salem were com
missioned second lieutenants in '
the U. S. air force reserve at re-
cent commencement i exercises at :
Oregon State college. The ma-:
jority of the 60 newly-commis-;
sloned officers will be called to
active dutv earlv this summer. !
while some will be granted delays I
to continue . advanced studies of
special value to the air force. f
Jenkins, who received . his de-
gree in agricultural engineering. Is I
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester
J. Jenkins, route 1, Independence. ;
McClellan was graduated in scl- f
ence and is the son of Mr. and I
Mrs. Edward J. McClellan, 52431
S.W. Shattuck road. j
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