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X 1 $ . -:C NOTJ VERY INVITING Steel Assnrdd ; i f re THE STATES3IAN PUBUSHCVC COMPANY. CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and - Publisher Pabusbed every aMrtdag. Besleess office tlS 8. CMmmUl, Salem. Oregon. Teleah e Catered at the postofnet at Salem. Oregon, as second class aaatter tmder act f ee&gresa llarcb 2, 127. Elfatrom to Liquor Board It has been no secret that Governor McKay bit been trying to persuade Robert L. Elfstronv Salem's former mayor, to accept theposition on the state liquor commission which -Carl Hogg months ago asked to be relieved of- That would hi a good appointment. Elfstrom is a man with business experience and political experience as , well, including that of law enforcement which. m. m. Ttv ttaa 11 vuttti Via 1 a v n n of high principle who would not compromise on high standards of administration. The attacks last winter on the liquor admin istration were overwrought, and the Multnomah county grand jury did not question the integrity oi the commission and the administrator. Diffi culties have been due largely to internal bick ering and uncertainty which can be cleared ' without difficulty. If Elfstrom accepts the re sponsible office (with its promise of much la bor, man kicks and few rewards) he embraces an opportunity for rendering important public service. The Statesman hopes that he will ac cept, assures him of its support in administering the law in accordance with its original intent of, controlling a. traffic which has a tendency to outlawry; at the same time dealing fairly with : the various interests engaged in the business. Teamsters Union Stresses Safety Boss truckers are not the only ones instruct ing their truck drivers in good manners as over-the-road drivers. The teamsters' union works at . the same job steadily. It ia- insistent that its ' members handle their trucks safely and with due regard, to other users of the highway. They i realize as do employers that this is good busi- nets, protecting them in their jobs against the -fury of vengeful motorists rebelling-against a poibIe truck road-hog. The Oregon Teamster, . organ of the union endorses four. basic rules for good conduct in truck driving, editorializing as fallows: , .. . . Many truck drivers have joined In making a pledge to observe four basic highway rules in the nationwide Share the Road campaign. These rulas are: - 1. Maintain sufficient distance between your , vehicle and, the one ahead. 2. Drop back to a safe following distance s whenever, you attempted to pass and find the . wy nofclear;; -- ,- - - . . 3. Make every, effort to permit following traffic to pass on long grades by pulling over on the shoulder,: if possible. 4. Permit, delayed traffic fc pass after you reach the top of any long grade. , Observance of these four conditions will go a long way toward removing the cause of public ' complaint against the trucking industry. But trucks would be better able to abide by rules No. 3 and 4 If Oregon highways provided more "turn-out shoulders on grades. It's our observation that truck drivers are both skilled and courteous and ready to lend a hand to a motorist in distress. V Restoration n Spain New that Spain is heading toward a monar chy must be taken with reservations. Nominally tha country is a monarchy: now. But dictators have been allergic to kings and though Don Juan has been waiting in the wings for years, CeneralissimO Franco haa rtevei; given him the cu to come on-stage. The; hintnow is dropped that Don Juan, son of Alfonso XIII, Spain's last king, will renounce his rights in favor of his Korean Episode Can Be Counted Real Victory If Defense Efforts Are Continued, Alsops Say Br JoMph and Stewart Alsp; WASHINGTON, July f 10 There is a tairly simple explana tion of the strange ritual at . Gaesong the talks about a cease-fire, as a prelude to an armistice, as a' prelude to peace , negotia tions, which are carried on while the Korean fighting also continues. T h e cease-fire and armistice- are In fart expected to be the last serious acts of the Korean drama. No doubt, when and if the gen erals and -admirals successfully complete their labors at Kaesong, the diplomats in d ; statesmen "will gd to work . la their turn, under some what less prim- I f til... vnH i t i-rTe 1 T,? No doubt there wi!l be peace n e g o t i ations. f with all the fa- m 1 1 i a r trap- 4 x pingi of agen-1 das. crcDosals a n d counter- proposals, and loud hagglings about the meaning of such terms m. "free electioni." But almost im one hopes that these negotia--tions will accomplish anything. o Gen. Nam H and Gen. Tung Hua clearly hold this view. Hence, the North Korean and Chinese representatives are try ing to crowd injto the Kaesong agreement clauses that belong in the final settlement, such as pro vision for withdrawal- of all for eign troops from Korea. Equally, the same view is held by the leading personalities in Wash ington and Tokyo. And that is why Vice Admiral Joy and his delegation are proceeding with a u c Ji meticulous deliberation. Wa Favor Sway Us. No Fear Shall Ave" rrm First Statesman. March 2$. 1151 son Juan Carlos who would become king under a regency. This might be window-dressing for a continuation of flan gist rule with Franco the dictator. , Truth is that Spain Is sick, seriously sick. Its economy has deteriorated progressively until 'Strikes have been called with blessings both of priests and industrialists. These general strikes, as the one at Barcelona, were not leftist, or com munist. They were popular reactions against in tolerable living conditions. What Spain needs is not, a restored, royal house but some form of government which will restore economic health to the now impoverished country. President Truman admitted that the attitude of the United States toward Spain was being changed for military reasons. In other words we Stomach! our qualms oyer the Franco govern ment to get concessions of military bases in Spain. The bargain is questionable. Our money payments may be enough to keep Franco in power, but without a thorough, reconstruction of Spain's government and reorganization of its economy the people still will suffer: Politically the alliance with Franco is a liability, and is scorned by Britain and France. We realize that in the game of world politics a country, makes use of both right and . left hands. In this case however the deal for aid to Spain appears to be forced on the administra tion by zeal of the military for bases and pres sures of men like Sen. McCarrert of Nevada. In ' our opinion the best aid to Spain would ' be through establishment "of a. new government there rather than .through propping up Franco. ' A limited monarchy would be tolerable (though expensive) if it was accompanied by an en- lirhtenptfl administration which th RnanJsh t-tw. - pie want and ought to have. Gas Companies Escape Regulation ' A year ago President Truman showed his nerve when he ' vetoed a bill sponsored by Sen. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, a staunch democrat. This bill would have exempted certain produc ers of natural gas from regulation by the feder al power commission. That veto was hailed as a. victory for consumers because otherwise certain big producers of natural gas escaped regulation as to the tates they might charge. , ;. But "t now the federal power commission (of which Mon Wallgren the president's crony is chairman) has ruled that Phillips Petroleum company is not subject to regulation In the sale ' of its natural gas. This cuts the ground from under the feet of those cities seeking to get regulation of the price of gas at wholesale. Phil lips Petroleum's reserves of natural gas are among the very largest in the United States, running into the trillions of cubic feet Other companies whose primary business is oil refin ing are; in the same category and presumably now: will escape regulation in fixing prices for their natural gas. , Mon Wallgren says he is going to resign from the FPC. From the standpoint of the public in terest it would appear that there should ba more resignations from that -body. The $25,000,000 appropriation to provide re lief to victims of the Kansas-Missouri floods Is but a drop in the bucket of the estimated three quarters of a billion in damages. But it will pro vide immediate care food and medicines and shelter. Flood waters are remorseless) 01 Man River, he just keeps rollin along. even although this means that the somewhat desultory lighting Is thereby prolonged. , The reasons for this view are also plain enough. After a cease fire and armistice, each side will Jhold roughly half of Korea.' Each . will demand a final settlement on its own terms the United Nations calling for a settlement responsive to the wishes of the Korean people; the -communists . demanding a "democratic" set tlement which will ensure com munist control of the country. This sort of negotiation Is doom ed to deadlock before it begins. What then will be the conse quences, if the bitter, bloody war in Korea simply tails out into a cease-fire and armistice, without the formal peace agreement that customarily concludes wars? Where will it leave as? Not too badly off, appears to be the an- swer. - f - It is possible, in the first place, that defense of the post-armistice status quo can eventually be left to a greatly strengthened . South Korean army, provided the Chinese also wish to recall their VGlunteers" on reasonable terms and at a reasonable timer If not, some ""United Nations troops will have to be retained in Korea as a safeguard against renewed aggression. But ven if the American forces are thus -prevented from saying fa final farewell to a country they do not love, there will still be substan tial consolations, ; both positive and negative. - : " , ' : - first, since Japan is so near, the Korean garrison can be rela tively smalL Most of the Amer ican divisions can be pulled back to Japan or brought home. Second, even a small U. N. garrison will be a better guaran tee against renewal of -Korean hostilities than any peace treaty. No doubt its retention will be. denounced by the same senators who have attacked the adminis tration for being overly hasty ia recalling American troops from 1 1 . Korea three years ago. Yet Gen. MacArthur himself .planned, to ' leave U. N. forces in Korea for several years, at the time when , he expected to conquer the whole, country. Third, on the larger question of peace treaty vs. no peace treaty, there is one advantage In having no peace treaty that al most no one seems to have thought of. In brief, the an nounced American policy is to . neutralize Formosa for the dura tion of the Korean wan and this' XwnbTSrM? But if the Korean war is form ally terminated, and we stlil seek to continue the neutralization of Formosa, we shall run into the worst trouble with our allies and in the United Nations x that we have seen yet. In blunt language, , we will not have a leg to stand on, and the resulting ruckus will risk splitting the Western alli ance. On the other hand, if the Kor ean fighting just tails out into a cease-fire, armistice, and dead locked peace negotiation, ? the whole status quo will be perpet uated. including the neutraliza tion of Formosa-:' It can and will be continued, junder these con ditions, without too much diffi culty. And to we shall be bor rowing a useful leaf from the book of the other side. ' The plain truth is that this wind-up of the Korean fighting is a rather special test of Ameri can political sophistication. Shall we. because there is no formal peace, feel cheated?' Shall we, because there is no more war, re lax our whole defense effort? In that: case, we shall be proven fools.: Or shall we soberly take - the result In Korea for what it is a handsome though not de cisive victory and go on with our "defense effort, because we realize that no local victory wi3 remove the danger hanging over us? , In that case, rrs ttill be proven wise Indeed. fCorr!?st. i"a. Kew Totk Uerm.4 Trisuo. Xoc.) ?, - i - - . , ' s- , ' : : -v, - . J r . - - ; ' ' . ; ' t -, tt - .t . . .. . s v -L 1 ' l ' i 1 - if . ' . .... . : i.r ? : -,n 'A-., -. t . . - T xh M ' - - JUIJJ-II Pricf - JVIIQQI COST ' 1 f '" ' 1 I ' QlGlVi VOlVGS i Eliminated. fly J. M. Boberts, Jr. Associated Presa Mews Analyst One by one the safety valves in the middle east are being tied 1 down ' by the ancient practice of assassina tion, and the 'rumblings with in . the boiler threaten ex plosion. - Bernadotte, citizen of the world who was trying to medi ate; Razmara, who as premier of Iran sought j a .. - to control tb fires of' nationalism which; now . ' threaten both the destruction of his country and a serious weak ening of anti-Russian positions in the whole area; Riad. El .Solh, Lebanese who opposed . the king oi woraan s pian ior exienomg .w i flreater J?vria? and now that k-ln him1f A Mullah "front K man for Britain's tottering pow-1 er in the middle east. AU as- sassinated. . In the shimmering anti-Britsh, anu -Jewish, : nationalist . heat waves rising from the Moslem world, no clear picture is imme diately available ox the possibl effects - of Abdullah's violent ' death.. He had been a subsidized ally of Britain since he helped Lawrence of Arabia outwit the Turks In world war I. He fought for, Arabian Palestine against' Israel, and annexed what terri tory he could - salvage from the armistice. Yet he had been one of the steadier Arab figures in troubled post-armistice relations. His assassin is reported to' have been an associate of the Mufti of Jerusalem, who. sided with the . Nazis against the British In the last war. . ,.: Abdullah's first son and heir recently suffered a nervous breakdown, and unconfirmed but repeated reports said he wounded ' Glubb Pasha, British head of Abdullah's army,, before being shipped out of the country. . Now Abdullah's second son has been made regent. Nobody knows - much about what that will mean for Abdullah's old olan of e-"-- tually uniting Jordan and Iraq , under "Abdullah's nephew, no Jraqs king. The Hashemite fami- ' fjrof .which they are all members CSS GRIN ; AND- BEAR IT -v. "Siea aseeCSax. OUsf ... Maybe stands, bet tey eaa claims direct descent from Mo hammed, and! Abdullah was a native of Mecca. The British, however, chan neled his efforts in the northern part of the Arab world, and re lations between Jordan and Ab dullah's native Arabia have not .been too close.! Iran and Egypt are in open re . volt against , British influence. , Syria and Lebanon have - been resisting Jordan. Iraq is not far behind in its anti-British feeling. .Arabia is not too unhappy with American oil development, but tied to the other Arab- states everything else. , . ,t 1 In the middle sits Palestine, dynamic, cohesive as the Arab states are not, with modern cities and rapidly modernizing hinterland, her population being swelled by the thousands almost ; daily by Jewish .immigration 'from the rest of the world. Her rise strikes deadly fear into the ' heart of the Arab world. For the world Lt means a ter ribly unsettled 'situation in a ' dangerous time. British states- men have true, cause to reflect on the ancient adage that a , man should not take too many pos- j sessions, lest they eventually take possession ot him. (Contributions to this column should b limited to 300 words. Writ only on ooe sido of paper; give name and fuU address. Poetry is not accepted.) KECOMM2NDS MESOKT AT PARADISE ISLAND To the Editor: Just a word about Paradise Island. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nation have endeavored to dedicate this lovely playground to people who love pleasure and beauty. They have given -of their time 'and money, unstintingly, in an effort to bring peace and relaxation to . those who seek it. Let's make ' this a place where friends' can relax, where children can romp and play and I feel no fear, and - a place where they can dance and swim and enjoy themselves without the aid of stimulants. Mr. and Mrs. Nation now have this little Island policed at their own expense to make sure it is . always a desirable place for chil- drea, ",!.;-- i Mrs. Nora White i 1033 Mill at by Lichtv the cfc2rat cajt the stI smen tca... . 1 Safety Ixi I I Hollywood On Parade . By Gene Handsaker f HOLLYWOOD It's unlikely that Cecil B. DeRlille, the mas ter of spectacle, will ever sur - . . pass his King of Kings." The 24- - year - old silent i film on the teachings, miracles, cruci fixion, end res urrection, of Jesus is time less and power fuL Some 800, 000,000 viewers, counting re peaters, are es timated to have seen it.; Holly wood churches recently sponsor ed its . free showing on Easter week morning at the big Para mount theater. Young , and old flocked in. Many . wept. Parents reading the printed dialogue to -) youngsters, made a subdued chant, especially on familiar quotations like "Lazarus, come forth" . . . "Get thee behind Me. Satan" . . . "My peace I give unto you." Much . of the acting Is dated, with Its -breast-heaving, eye- rollin. : throat - - clutching, and i exaggerated leers. . Yet H., B. Warner's portrayal of the serene Christ is ageless. He and Josepn Schildkraut, who played Judas, are - probably -the best-remem ; bered names In the -cast. Just parenthetically, Warner Is pres ently playing a ragged bum in a picture about degradation on skid row. "The King of Kings was re markable in many ways. Its cast of 6,000 and budget of sz,400,ooo set records. So did the six month run at the 1927 opening In Grauman's phlnese Theater here. - Warner, robed as Christ, wore a veil as he walked from the set to his dressing room, where he lunched alone. Each day's shooting started with prayer. Smoking was forbidden on the set. Principals agreed in writing . to avoid parties and night clubs during production. Prints have traveled In mis sionary canoes up the Ganges and Congo rivers.. More prints of the film exist now than when it was first Issued. In the United States it's shown, around 2,000 times yearly. ' . . DeMille himself. acknowledges "The- King of Kings" as his greatest film. Will Rogers told him he'd never top it because it's the world's greatest story. Alexander Woollcott guessed, when the film opened in New York 5 City in 1927, that "the multitude will still be flocking to see It" 20 years later. The .prophecy would as well be ex tended now for another 20 years end. perhaps many more. Bettor Enqiish By D. C. vnniams , L What -is, wrong with thus sentence? "1 do not know as I shall be there." - 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "diamond"? , S. Which one of these words is misspelled? Extravagance, ex trinsic, extrordlnary, 1 e x e m plary. " - 4. What does the "word "ram pant" mean? - . , ; 5. What is a word beginning with pa that means "closeness ia expenditure?" . . ANSWERS L Say, "I do not know thai I shall be there." 2. Pronounce di-a-mund, tiree syllables, and not dl-mond. 3. Extraordinary. 4. Unchecked; widespread. "Rum- ors were rampant." S. Parsimony. in i ' ' ; h (Continued from Page !) the bureau of land management could process for selling and re J duce the price offer on timber ' (for lack of roads). So O & C in - come would decline. The more Important reason Is . that congress has been unhappy over distribution formula act since timber prices soared. They see the counties getting , much more than the tax money they would receive under private own ership. National forests pay eoun- ' ties only 25 per cent, so a 75 per ! cent share or a 50 per cent share : ; seems exorbitant to a money ' . conscious appropriations commit- . , Several years ago the late Ntls : Rogers, state forester, after re- ( turning from a trip to Washing- ton,1 expressed to me his fear ; ' after talking with members that Congress would upset the 50-50 , division. In view of this attitude Senator Cordon is really protect ing the county interest when be urges a compromise by which the counties waive claim to the ex tra 25 per cent. V. ' Where there is a chance to pick up additional revenue for coun ties is on the so-called contro verted lands. Owing to the fact ' tnat settlers had preempted lands -included in the original grant the O St C was permitted to select lieu (lands, which it did to the east of the original strip. But these later were embraced in na-1 tional forests. Title to these lands has been in .controversy. The; lands are administered by the forest service but proceeds are held in trust pending settle . ment. as to title. If this matter could be settled leaving admin tistration in hands of the forest service and making distribution . . on. the basis of the O & C form- ula then the counties would have . an immediate windfall of size and an annual addition from future sales from these lands. Senator Cordon was long iden 'UfiPd with the O it C land mat- -'. ters, having represented the ' counties before becoming sena- - tor.;: His judgment is to be res- :" pec ted, and the counties have been well advised in following it " in this Instance. Justice Orders Woman to Leave County A Marlon county Justice indicat ed his exasperation at the repeat ed court appearances of a 69-year-old woman Friday, by ordering her, to leave the county immediately! or spend 90 days in jail. , The woman, listed by the she riffs office as Nora Kuykendall, pleaded guilty to an intoxication charge, and heard her sentence from Justice Walter Bell of Stay- ton. Sheriffs deputies said she was making, her fifth court appear ance on intoxication or vagrancy "charges. . . . . . Bell also sentenced Richard An son Pease to 30 days in jail and fined , him $25 and costs, after Pease pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace. He was one ot five Stayton area residents arrested Thursday night. The four others, each. of whom posted $50 bail; were Gloria Fort enberry, Jackson D. Forten berry, Berry Dandy and Ray Coville. Justice Bell ordered the, jail sentence of Pease suspended upon payment of the fine. Eugene Paper Plans Builchng EUGENE, July 20-(iTV'The Eu gene r Register-Guard announced plans today to build a new news paper plant at the corner of tenth and High streets here. The plans call for a one-story reinforced concrete building, cov erinf! 21.000 square feet. A full basement is planned, and provi sions are made for addition of two more stories later.. A four-unit press Is contem plated with enough room to add two other units later.' 1 Bids will be received until Aug. 1. n's Case Dropped William A. Kroeplin'i appeal from a Salem municipal court con viction of being intoxicated in a public place, was dismissed Fri- Yday by Circuit Judge George R. Duncan. The request for dismissal came from the city. Duncan said that because the fine of $15 was so low, his court had ho Jurisdiction in the case. Kroeplin last week was acquit ted In circuit court of a driving whiles Intoxicated conviction, which he also had appealed from municipal court. , . Kroepli r'r.'tADIES:.ONLYI I FREE DOaillG LESSORS ' Sponsored tf Orvafs Used Cars " - i koux c? nzi i:;sTs:ucr.o?;$ tvzsr v.nx CAFiTCl C0V.U::G AiLEYS Starting Jsly 23. Classes TTHI C Hell Uamdays aa4 - Taesdays at 1 T, U. and 2 Taesdays at S T 12. Ecjlitcr Kaw far Tatar fref erred Time, at r 43 Ferry Street Thonm '.IM( i t i For Willamette River Bridge ' Delivery of 614 tons of structur al steel required in the construc tion of the Marion street i bridge, has been set tor about October 1, R. H. Baldock, state highway en- ffineer. annnuncsvt Frirtav.? : . The national production admin istration granted the long-awaited priorities, which were . issued . ta : the American Bridge company. ture. A special priority is still be ing sought for 825 pounds of nickel, needed as alloy in 67 tons of the steel allocation to the bridge. Further development In tha city's plan will commence August 3 when the highway commission opens bids in Portland on traffic signals at . 15 intersections and modification of signals at seven other intersections In Salem. Improvement ot 1.6 miles of Pa cific highway from Salem north will be done by the DM. Paving company of Vancouver, f Wash, which recently received the con tract. Work will be delayed pend ing settlement of several ' con demnation proceedings; Pretty School Girl Victim of nape, flaying CHAMPAIGN. III., July 20-WV " A pretty 17-year-old brunette was raped and slain today, her nude body puctured 45 times by an im plement similar to a ice pick. Tha ' victim of the brutal attack was" Janet Clark, a Champaign high school student t Police shortly afterward detain ed a friend of her father's for questioning. Capt Russell Burka said a wristwatch belonging to tha man was found near the body, and that the man admitted visiting tha Clark home this morning but de nied the slaying. ' The girl's father. Paul Clark, said she was in bed when he left for his job with a moving company c at I this morning. An hour and a half later, a neighbor found her. body on. the floor of her father's bedroom. ''' Police were questioning Petey Parmer, ' 34, who lived some - six blocks from the Clark home. Par- Mat nn4 TalV Vt ivK a m 1ftt. aKnM a-sv.a euu &a.A uaa aseasai auj asasiiv paign high school football player, spent the evening at the home last night as guests of the girl's father. :: uapt. uurke said .Farmer was taken into custody today when his wristwatch, its leather strap brok en. Was found near the girl's body. Parmer. Rurke said. admittMi mm. ing the watch and said Jie must have left it at the house last night. " Burke said Parmer toloVhim ha: went to the Clark home this morn-, ing looking for the father. He said he talked to Janet through tha screen door but left when she told him her father was not there. Burke said an acquaintance of Parmer's, Earl Leonard, told po lice he saw Parmer's station wagon parked around 9 am. about a half block from the Clark home at tha mouth of an alley. j A mailman, Francis Hall, ; told officers he saw a man answering Parmer's description get Into tha station wagon and drive away at approximately 9:30 a.m., the time the body was found. .'i Parmer, employed by Johns Manville, an insulating firm, Is married but childless. His wife is out of town on a vacation trip. No charges hava been filed I against him. I Two-Timing Clock Ticking -The 111-year-old town clock here remains the most stubborn opponent of daylight saving time. For 109 years the timepiece did n't miss a tick or a tock. But last year, on the day it was supposed to be changed to daylight time, it stopped. " This year the city fathers wera. undedded on whether to make the change, so the clock decided for them. For some unexplained rea son, it showed - daylight time on its western face and standard time on its southern face... , Recently the city jumped on the daylight bandwagon, but the clock jumped even farther. It now shows -daylight time on its southern faca, all right but the western; face Is still an hour faster. PAIIITillG -;i Spray or Crush. t , Also , . . la beaatlfal colon warranted by the manufacturer tr 1 years against cracking er peelr ing Stoccs Black ar.Waed. - - Co. 'i 1142 Center St; Ph. Salem S-374S or S-7S3S ft