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mobile driver, R. L. Childs, Oak- 1
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GRANTS PASS. June liLV-
Darlene Vinrard. 12. died in a
hospital here today of injuries suf
fered on the Pacific highway near
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No Martyrdom for Acheson
Preliminary word . was that Dean Acheson,
secretary of state, would be the piece de resist
ance for his foes at the senate committee's Mac
Arthur hearings. Acheson long has been the
target of anti-administration sharpshooters, and
of late democrats had joined republicans in urg
ing hi retirement, hoping to "lighten cargo" for
the storms of the 1952 campaign. Such was .the
cloud under which Acheson appeared that Sen-
tor Russell, chairman, contented himself wjth -making
a very simple introduction, quite in con-
trast with the plaudits he had heaped on the ;
military from MacArthur to Admiral Sherman.
After the six days inquisition however Acheson
emerged, quite unruffled. The anticipated scalp
ing didn't materialize. Acheson came out with
Ms hair and his mustache in place. Neither re
publican Knowland or democrat Byrd had up
set him. In fact some of the documents he pr
duced, like the MacArthur-Wedemeyer-Spru-ence
telegram put the opposition on the defen
sive. - ;
Resulting news comments are interesting. The
United Press reported: I
"It was generally agreed Secretary Acheson
had handled his case with great skill, dignity
and Intelligence, but It was also practically a
unanimous verdict that this showing would in
no way lessen or modify the attacks of his
enemies.
Columnist Harriet Nover wrote that Acheson
rendered a very useful service when, in the
course of his testimony before the Russell com
mittee, he sought to place that compact in its
historical setting." Reporter Doris Fleeson ob
serves that Acheson's showing before the com
mittee has taken President Truman "off the
hook ' '-
: "Secretary Acheson, in an extraordinary or
deal ot six continuous days on the witness
stand, has handed his party a lawyer's brief on
foreign policy which even his critics praise." j
The United States News however sums up the
Acheson appearance in this wise: . i
0- i
- .J4 What he said apparently changed few If any
opinions. With a war on and a presidential
election coming up, most minds were made up,
. attitudes frozen before he took the stand. But
the hearings do reveal the curious nature of his .
predicament and make plain that sooner or lat
er, and perhaps sooner than some may think, "
Mr. Acheson will be forced out of the job to '
which he has clung through months of dispute
and personal .harassment. ,
Joseph C, Harsch writing from Washington to
the Christian Science Monitor, reported that his
opponents had underestimated Acheson's ability
and readiness to defend himself and also un
derestimated the . documents he could bring to
bis support when the test came. To reveal the
reversal from the early prognostications Harsch
quotes one of-Washington's wits who remarked:
Mt looks like the lions have been thrown to the
martyr." That may be too early a conclusion,
but at least it must be admitted that Secretary
has blunted the spears cast in his direction, and
done it pretty much on his own,"' without as
sistance from his party cohorts ii the senate. At
least now he has a right to expect the democrats
to ease up on pressing Truman to replace his
secretary of state. Acheson still will be under
fire but at least lie escaped execution in the
senate hearing.
China and Korea will give politicians and his
torians food for argument for years to come;
but as time mellows the bitterness and permits a
less impassioned survey of recent history it will,
In our judgment, conclude that Acheson was a
man of high character, sincerely devoted to his
country, who discharged the duties of his office
In a time of great trial with great ability and
who withstood bravely political attack which in
its malignity has rarely been equaled in our his
tory, j
plenty of wheat for domestic use and a lot to
share with hungry people in other countries.
Acreage restrictions are off this year and the
price is guaranteed by the government at SO per
cent of parity; so it looks like another good year
for the nation's wheatgrowers.
New Chain Letter
Nothing new under the sun? Yes thert is.
Eugene reports a new style of chain letter. Here
is the letter a local businessman says he receiv
ed: i I I ' 1
"Don't break the chain! This chain was start
ed in the hope of bringing happiness to tired
businessmen. Unlike most chains, this one does
not require money. Simply send a copy of this
card to five married male friends. Then bundle
up your wife and send her to the fellow who
heads the list.
"When your name comes to the head of the
list, you will receive 188 women. Some of them
ought to be dandies.
"Have faith dont break the chain. One fel
low broke the chain and got his wife back."
Can we set the author down as "one who loves
his fellowmen?"
Speaker John Steelhammer thinks that a 1949
statute offers clearance to the board of control
for employing a warden, in addition to the pris
on superintendent, in spite of confusion reported
concerning 1951 legislation. The 1949 law reads
that the superintendent, "with the approval of
the Oregon state board of control, shall appoint
a warden and a deputy warden whose salaries
shall be fixed by the Oregon state board of con
trol." If the general appropriation for salaries is
adequate and the right man can be found, pre
sumably a warden will be employed. But the
$8000 salary is restricted to the superintendent,
It will be interesting to see if the house of
representatives expels Rep. Walter E. Brehm
who was convicted to illegal acceptance of "cam
paign contributions" from members of his office
staff. Previously it never moved to expel Jim
Curley of Boston or Andy May of Kentucky or
J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey, all convicted
of crimes while serving as members of the house.
Since Brehm' s jail sentence was suspended he is
free to serve and sit in congress unless the house
kicks him out. With all the talk about "honesty
in government" the house shouldn't overlook
this opportunity to show courage with virtue.
Improved crop prospects in the southwest
brought the estimate for 1951 wheat production
to over a billion bushel, making this the eighth
year of such abundant production. Carryover of
old wheat is estimated at 390,000,000 buv and
consumption and exports may cut that down by
80,000.000 in the next year. But ttiere will be
John Foster Dulles must be mightily discour
aged over prospects for his peace treaty with
Japan. Not ; only is Russia demanding repeat,
demanding a multilateral conference to write
the treaty with Japan, but France is bucking
the settlement which Dulles has been working
on for the allies except Russia. The real victims -of
course will be the Japanese who should be
set up in business again as an independent
nation. I! .
Editorial Comment
JOHN I ERSK1NE
In the death of John Erskine yesterday the United
States i lost j one of its finest examples of genuine
cultural virtuosity. He was a splendid teacher, a
prolific and distinguished writer in several forms, a
gifted and articulate musician and a fine speaker. In
his writing that quality of virtuosity extended to his
ability; to deal familiarly, and often playfully, with
a wide range of times and places and to make all of
them effectively contemporaneous.
If his intellectual attributes may have seemed at
times almost overpowering, there was always the
Instant counterweight of his pervasive warmth and
the quick relief of his gigantic sense of humor. He
had fun writing and conveyed that fun to his read
ers. He had enthusiasm and sympathy in his teach
ing and made his students readily aware of those
great qualities.
He leaves many monuments. There is, of course,
the great bulk of his writing, which will always be
freshly enjoyed. There is his impact on the Juilliard
School of Music There Is his. profound curricular
innovation at Columbia with the courses in the
humanities based on a large number of great books.
Greater than all these, however, is his living monu
ment in the thousands of persons who came under '
his Influence. He made those persons a little bit
wiser and much, much more joyful. He enriched
those whom he touched from his own seemingly
boundless store of good sense and good humor.
"I I , (New York Times)
DIP Wavs in Washinaton
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(Continued from page 1)
and Copco says its new project
is contingent on obtaining an
extension of this contract.
Persons one prominent In .
Oregon affairs appeared in the
1931 'hearings. Evan Reames of
Medford represented Copco; lat
er he served as U. S. senator un
der appointment by I Governor
Martin to succeed j Frederick
Steiwer. .Bert Haney, Portland
attorney, who had been a part
ner of George Joseph and de
fended him in disbarment pro
ceedings, appeared for the Kla
math water users. He later as
judge on the federal circuit court
of appeals.. L. J. Liljequist of
Marshfield, sometime: assistant
attorney general,- was attorney
for Klamath irrigation districts.
All these have passed on. Charles
Stricklin, state engineer, who
attended the hearings in 1931,
also j attended the hearings at
Klamath as member of the state
hydroelectric commission. He is
Intimately familiar with the his
tory of the dispute over Klamath
watef rights. .
At the hearing Monday the
major opposition to granting the
license was on the ground that
the water would be needed for
irrigation. Water users testified
to the growing demand for wa
ter because of intensive cultiva
tion, andVneed for reclaiming
more land to sustain the econ
omy of the Klamath basin. Cop
co contended that the new dam
and 'others planned for lower
down on the river would re
quire no more water than they
now j are entitled to ' for their
dams on the Klamath down In
California. - I
The controversy is I just an-
other one in the long skein of
disputes over water rights. Once
" It was between stockmen over
waterholes. Now it is between
irrigationists and power users.
Over; in the Rogue it is between
irrigationists and recreationists
and trout fishermen. On the Des
chutes the controversy Is be
tween a power company and
commercial fishing interests. The
law sets up a ladder ot priorities
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to ; -vi rzi , .
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ca, Mrs. Austin
Flegel is looks
Ing forward
T-i r C -k Han..
kok, Thailand. 1
wun iwo
Willamette riv-l
er - front resi- K
dehces, a Port
land city home'
and a country'
place 20 miles
out, this Oregon wife welcomes
the challenge confronting her as
she accompanies her husband,
the new. Economic Cooperation
Administration (ECA) mission
chief to the far-away land.'
I Active in social and civic af
fairs as the wife of the former
state senator i and democratic
nominee for governor in 1950,
and a member of the Girl Scout
council, garden club and other
Portland community organiza
tions, she is well-equipped to do
her share in helping her husband
in his new post. j .
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In Thailand Mr. Flegel will
direct the activities of the ECA
technical and economic mission
in endeavoring to help Thai gov
ernment strengthen its economy.
. Though the Flegels in their 28
years of married life have travel
ed to many parts of the world,
they've never i visited southeast
Asia, but Mrs. Flegel has studied
National Interests Without Morals, Spheres
Of Influence Advocated by Political Scientist grin and bear IT
for water use and irrigation has
a higher rating than hydroelec
tricity. The poor fish get no pri
ority but other legislation seeks
to give them protection from
dam-builders. I .
Faced with a decline in lum
bering through cutting the virgin
stands of timber Klamath peo
ple are interested in alternative
development They need power
for industry, business and homes.
They want to expand irrigation
wherever that is feasible. The
decision in the present case may
rest on whether Copco's assur
ance is correct tha it is merely
using upstream the water which
later it uses at other plants
downstream, which it Is now en
titled to receive.
By J. M. Keberts, Jr.
Associated Press New Analyst
How would you like to live
In a world where all the nations,
" nit just one or two, make na
tional self-interest the sole cri
terion of policy
and power is
the only arbi
trator? Hans J. Mor
genthau, natur
alised German
born professor
of political sci
ence at the
University of
Chicago, seems
to think that is
really the
world we do
live in. Morganthau's new
book "In Defense of the National
Interest" was published this
week by Knopf.
It represents "real politics
with a vengeance. Any interna
tional policy which is influenced
by morality comes under the
author's fire, along with the
manner in which the U. S. has
done practically everything since
the war.
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When morality interferes with
the cold pursuit of the national
interest, it is immoral. And it is
; bad to cloud the national interest
with morality even when they
do not conflict Morgenthau ad
dresses himself to a world Jn
which nothing but cold facts are
permitted to intrude, where na
tions, unlike civilized man, can
not safely take thought of morals
and are not restrained by any
sort of self -discipline or commu
nity thinking, beyond f what Is
purely selfish. I i
Morgenthau has a true under
standing of what the American
national interest is.
He understands that Russian
imperialism, not mere economic
and political theory, is America's
real enemy today. He stresses the
necessity of fighting this enemy
without at the same time trying
to block the world revolution
which has been at work for years
and Is best typified by the rise
of nationalism in the Far East
today.
But he largely passes up real
collective security security for
like-minded, peoples i in willing
cooperation--and resigns him
self to a world of conflict
He urges a position of power
for the western nations, as they
now seek, but 'then he would
establish spheres of influence in
a deal with Russia. He advocates
a negotiated peace despite the
Russian promise of m perpetual
drive for world conquest, in the
midst of which such ! a peace
would merely handcuff the in
tended victims who observe its
terms. He seems to forget that
unless Russia changes . her en
tire policy,' which itself is based
on immutable self-interest, one
sphere of influence would be in
constant process of organization
for conquest, whereas the other
would consider the necessary re
taliatory measures as no peace
at all, as at present
This column has often pointed
out in apology for some expedi
ency such as America's wartime
alliance with Russia, that it is
a hard world.
But any attempt by the realists
to completely divorce American
action from American idealism
is a denial of realism itself. If
America cannot fight for a good
world, however difficult of at
tainment it will not fight at alL
Bettor English
1. Whatis wrong with this
sentence? "They divided up the
profits of the business.'
2. What Is the correct pro
nunciation of "codicil"?
3. Which one of these words
Is misspelled? Accumen, accus
tomed, accumulation, acquisitive.
4. What does the word "vener
ate" mean? -
5. What is a word beginning
with ra that means "to approve
and sanction"?
I ANSWERS
1. Omit Hp. Pronounce kodi
-IsU, as in eed. both fa as in it
accent first syllable. 3. Acumen.
4. To regard with respect or
with admiration and deference.
The people of the community
venerated their pastor." 5. Ra
tify. -
by Lichty
Heave
ssirr" Tep
Mrs lv
"Is new the political news . . . read withevt slightest indication that
la side r the ether . . .
up on the geography, history
customs and climate of that area
"Everything I've learned and
heard about the place is good,
too," she told me. "The people
are warm, friendly and charm
ing, from what I can find out
, and It is a beautiful country."
Outside of clothes and' an as
sortment of other nmonal ltm
Mrs. Flegel is not carting a large
stocK oi household Items with
her.
"I'll see what s in the house
after we arrive I understand
one can buy almost anything one
needs rhrht in Bangkok" h
said. "I just want to see if the
country .u green and what the
gardens and flowers are like."
Mrs. Flegel says she expects to
have many canned things to
matoes, beans, peas, pears, apples
and other produce grown on their
country place, "River's Edge,"
sent on later.
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Mr 1H0tt1 nr..l4kv no....
-., m niuuij uiauu
facturer, is owner of the Port
land Dahlia Gardens and his
Duroc swine have consistently
won the Oregon grand champion j
ships.
Mrs. Flegel's wardrobe con
sists mostly of linens, washable
silks and lots, of evening clothes
in her favorite shades of blue,
lavender and peach.
Final Rites Set
Thursday for
Came Panther
Mrs. Callie Panther. ST. Safem
resident since 1932, died Tuesday
morning at a local Hospital after
long illness.
She was the wife of William M
Panther, 565 S. 22nd st They came
to Salem 19 years ago and had
lived at the present address for
eignt years. She was born June 17,
loas. in Murnnv. a. c
Funeral services will be held at
a: jo pjn. Thursday in the W. T.
Riadon chaneL The Rev. Thorntnn
Jansma will officiate and Inter
ment will be at Belcrest Memorial
park.
Survivors include the widower;
a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Johnson of
Portland; a son, Allen W. Panther,
Salem: three crandchildren? aln
several brothers and sisters who
live In North Carolina. ;
Capital Wins
1952 Lions
Convention
i BAKER, June 12-4Pr-The an
nual state convention of Lions
clubs will be held in Salem next
year.
Delegates turned down ' a bid
from Portland in favor of the state
capital's invitation.
District governors elected today
Include Earl Briggs, Portland; Otto
Adolph, Dallas; Dr. Elmo Steven
son, Ashland; Ike Lewis, Prine-
vuie.
. Auxiliary officers include: Mrs.
A. J. Crose, Salem, president; Mrs.
Henry Griffin, Astoria, first vice
president; Mrs. Clarence Humble,
Klamath Falls, second vice-presi
dent; mts. L. L Hickock, The Dal
les, third vice-president; Mrs. Ken
Rodgers, Portland, fourth vice
president; Mrs. Denver Young, Sa
lem, secretary; Mrs. Elmer Nafzi-
ger, West Salem, treasurer.
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