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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1951)
fV" T r- tVr- Cr, Tu!:r-, Ct-ft Srt'II lt:i ,? VfS fS fr - ?Tv T v x - -.,v ys- 1 i 1 . . Is! y ANCHORS AWBGH! tfo favor Swcyn Vs.t!o "car Tiall ilu" ' V- t ' 't ' erss rtnrt EUtfsrraa, lurch 1X-VZI x. , v iv: THE STATES3IAN PUBliONG C03IPANV . CHARLES A. SPSAGUS; Editor and Publisher rah'hfcei erery tnonlni. Bisrtfss office 215 ft. Csuaerei&I. Salens Orectm. Telephone 2-24U. Catered at lbs pMUffic a galea. Ore, urn aecsad das. SMtter nder act et eeesrcas Karen X, U71 A Successful Press Conference A food health antidote to tha growing ten dency among national, state and local agencies end public official to throttle unfavorable pub Jicity that seems to be the concensus of opinion about the conference at the capital Saturday in which state officials and Oregon newsmen took part. ; - ' ' . As governmental functions on the national level have grown in range and complexity, it has-gotten harder for Washington reporters to find out what is going on. The lazy ones just rewrite, as news, the publicity handouts they get from public relations experts and press liai son men hired at public expense by government agencies. Reporters with an "in" get their stories from leaks and "informed sources close to' the White House" sources likely to have .a bias. Everybody attends briefing sessions which sometimes amount to little more than salestalks for a particular scheme or person. There's been some complaint that, the administration is mere, interested in "conditioning" the public through, calculated releases to the press than in letting the pubuc know the truth. The ugly term for all this is "thought-control." And the motive, of tourse, is self-preservation. - That instinct for sell-preservation is as strong in state ana locaiiy elected ana appointed om eials as it. is in national wheels. And the means are the same: withholding from the public facts which would get an unfavorable reaction and releasing for public consumption only such in formation as officials think the public should have.-; - - -.. ; ' - .' In Oregon, relations between the press and public officials are pretty straight-forward; on the whole. At the meeting Saturday several top men such as Superintendent Maison of the state Blice, head of the state finance department arry Dorman, and Governor. McKay said, that the people of Oregon had a right to all news releasable.w The friction, of course, is over what officials consider "releasable" and what reporters consider news. ; Frequently it is. not the top men who with hold news, but the minor - characters who jeal- knowing that the information .they have is pub lic property, will answer a direct question from, i reporter, but they wiU never volunteer news r fill in with pertinent details. That's why sometimes the public gets incomplete ; stories, and why reporters are always up in arms against fficials who arbitrarily decide for themselves what the public, ought to know and not know. On the other hand officials have a legitimate gripe too: Too many newsmen, they say, play up or emphasize news that is "bad" or deroga tory, and underplay "good news, or informs- tion that indicates a job well done or an. insti tution well run. - o " f But newsmen at the conference were Im pressed and gratified with the turn-out of heads ef almost every state department, and most of all with the attitude of the officials. They all teemed anxious and willing to learn something about releasing news a heartening sign that the "thought-control poison has not seriously Infected Oregon's officialdom. Conferences Jbe- tween officials and reporters such as that held Saturday do much to insure that it never will. Tha SUtesrnan'i City Editor Bob Gangware, who arranged the mutually beneficial exchange, deserves thanks from the press, the officials and tha public.; . - V ' i ' r ; : Some Dfops to Drink' : ;Over in Jefferson county residents on tha new irrigated lands and in the towns adjacent ; have suffered from lack of good water for do mestic usc There is plenty of fine water at Opal Springs and the reclamation bureau has drawn tip a plan to distribute the water tb meet local heeds; The secretary of the interiorf reports tha Bend Bulletin, gives the plan his blessing. i That leads the Bulletin to point to older dis tricts! which have been drawing on surface sources such as the irrigation canals for do- - rnestie use. What's good for tha j North unit, reasons the- Bulletin, is good for the older dis : tricts f and j urges residents there to study tha matter. I ' ! -" :V; " "As they do so, is It not possible that the bu t reaa of reclamation should be interested also? f If improvement of the household wster in one , I section of bureau irrigation development is a ! proper bureau function, might it not be so con ; cidercd In an adjoining- section?' i The Bulletin's reasoning is logical; but Isn't projecting tha reclamation bureau into tha busi ness of supplying water for? towns 'and country houses something of an extension of the welfare state?: i -:-: , i l ' - Lecislalive Scoreboard v. D j i ... . ' ! f Fori what it is worth the evidence offered in the "selections" made by the Pendleton East Oregonian in a poll of newsmen covering the last legislature tends to confirm thfe frequently heard;; remark that upstate counties furnish . betteif legislators. Certainly Multnomah came off poorly in this "form chart. Its ratio in rep resentation is a little less than one to four and i it holds to that pretty well except in the "worst schedule of, the house where it gets four out of five. ? j . f : Here was the score:' Of five senators rated "best'; upstate had four, Multnomah one; tha house I upstate four Multnomah one. Of five ' senators rated "worst upstate had four, Mult nomah onej of the house upstate had one, Mult nomah four. " " ' . j ; V This is at least a different rating method than Che one used by pressure groups and or ganizations who check merely the voting record on selected issues. i . . - ' -" Minor Magnitude s Referring to the recent address of General MacArthur, in Cleveland the Oregon Journal Comments: j By his Intermittent forays from his head- qusrters In the Waldorf-Astoria hotel In New v York to different parts of the country to attack the sdministrstion, Gen. MacArthur is firmly , - establishing himself as a political figure of the - first! magnitude. ' - The general is endeavoring to establish him self as a political figure, but as far as magnitude goes he'd better stick to soldiering, ; t Grebcb Pictured as StrorigHoIcj of Pro-Amorica Fooling; Communism Thoroughly Discredited By ssjurseerite BicsiiM ATHENS In an audience at tha Roy si Palace, Queen Fred . erika of Greece observed that any new Influx of American sol ' diers to bases in this country would find a genuine wel come from the population. We were dls eusstng the probability that Greece would soon be admit ted to the At- lactic pact and the likelihood that shortly there after the United States would dispach bomber squadrons to bases being built on Crete. I wondered what the impact on public opinion might be of a new . peacetime importation of Ameri cans in uniform. . "It wenld add te ear feeling . jef seeerity," the yemnr eeen bserved. "Tee ' see, here la Greeee we really are convinced that America has ne slterier motircs. And we are thoroe sh ir i faree ef any neasares. in--cladiar fsases. that streBgthen the defeases of the free wsrld. In contrast with Western Eur epe. the spirit In Greece seems almost too good to be true. Yet ia talking to more than 30 politic ians, newspaper editors and labor leaders I could find no disagree ment on the foreign policy at titudes. There appears to be a minimum of the corroding re sentment which in Western Eur ope stems from having to take dollars and leadership from the United States, still regarded by many especially in France and Great Britain as a rather un couth upstart in the realm of in ternational diplomacy. The Greeks, are urgently convinced of the necessity of building a world wide anti-Soviet front and they support the Americans because they are furthering this goal. As Qveea Fredertka emph ' esised: This country's willing sess to make great sacrifices la esetrihoiing U the aati-eem-raanLrt eaaae Is baaed ea hard reality. Tea most remember 'thit we hiTe had the commun ist raid eer hemes, m order m.r peepie. steal er tfcliireiu We knew the enoar first haad perhaps better than any ether free people in Europe." Queen Frederlka was, of course, referring to the satellite supported communist warfare in this country which was finally crushed last year. This com munist civil war turned about one-tenth of the population into homeless refugees and I kept; tha nation: in ; an economic turmoil that grievously hampered recon struction. i ' - i "' i I Both Klag FaoT and Qoeen Frederlka were personal wit nesses te the tragedies ef the . eivtl war, for despite pleadings frem Gen. James A Yaa Fleet, tbea : head ef : the America military advisers la f Greece, they both insisted en Jeeping te the front lines ia a constant effert te build the merale ef - their peeale. i "Our purpose, the queen re called, "was to give them memor ies to divert them a little from their own tragedies. Sometimes we would go into villages which the communists had left only a few hours before. t The women would come to me and; say that their husbands had been murder ed, their I children kidnapped There : was : nothing, of course, that words could do to heal such wounds. I could only hold their hands and by a look or a gesture . try to show how deep pur con cern for them was. It; was our hope that; after our departure thousands Of the' personal losses would be softened by the new . memory the memory; that the king and queen had been there and that they would do all they could to help. i wm o:u VXD 00011? The energy displayed by the klag and aseen dartnr the was haa net diminished siBce. They are, very , hard-working mott archs Indeed, passing moch ef their time traveling te every corner ef their kinrdgm. Tte v qneen has an isflniie nomber ef charities she attends ta. AeI the king has personally, for es ample, everseea the ereatiosi at -40S new schools. In fact, the eay serieas eriiichm CiittUZ . at their majesties Is that they are to active, especially ta the qnesticn tt Greece's latcmal peptics j ' . " f T- ;I - . j' -'-'ii.--.. ( But the papulation as a whole- seems sincerely devoted to the royal pair. Frederika is an ex traordinarily pretty, petite young queen with the kind of personal dynamism that . easily qualifies her as Greece's most eloquent . protagonist. ; Her description of Greece's suffering and strivings recently reduced two compara tively hard-boiled senators to tears. Most visitors usually leave tha palae muttering variations on the theme "That woman is terrific." Frederika's impact is such that the American mission here, which feels that Greece's I Importance as an ally is not fully appreciated in the United States, ' would like nothing better than to - have King Paul and Queen Fred erika pay a visit to Washington. The royal couple is highly re ceptive to the idea and if the ' visit comes; off the American jpublic will enjoy a real treat. - -, - '" "..:.- ! - The caeca received me in one of the large salens ia the : royal palace situated in the heart ef Athens. The ejaeea is b stickler for protocol and I was greeted with a smile, a shake ef : the haad and was , waved tate comfortable r - everstaff edi chair. 1 ? '- - ' , V' ; , f ; -.--- -; In selecting her personal ward robe she prefers simple designs . and fabrics. She had on an em broidered dirndl skirt of cotton beige a sleeveless bclera jacket matching the skirt and a white organdy blouse. She wore white shoes with medium heels. The only sign of her station in-life was a : giant round diamond sparkling on her left hand. At the ead ef the asdleaee, daring wbkh the queen gave aa impressive a e e e a a t of Greece's cesitrfbatioaa to the an ti -communist eaase, I asked whether there was say danrer thst the world crisis mleht cses Greece te tsra te a dic ;: tatenUp. , . - Absolutely rever, said Queen Frederika. "The king would never permit it. The people of Greece have suffered much in order to have freedom and a rep resentative form of government. The people iwill never be de prived of their freedom so long as my husband remains king." Copvrlcht. ISM. ' - New York -Hersid Truun, Inc. Funny how amateur race fans can fall into a guessing trance and come out smelling like a quiniela. Take that late race Sat urday which paid off about 89 horsa blankets if you hit first - ' . and second horses. Winners were horses No. F " 1 11 '" '""V and 4. Two female track plungers, who were I madly tossing tha money away by playing a buck on each race, decided to play a quiniela. About the only thing these girl gamblers knew about horse racing: was tha way to the pari mutuel windows! V ' Well, the gaU decided to place a modest turn on 1 and 6, But on iht way to tha toindote, tha on toho; teas to place the . bets, forgot the numbers and made a wild ' stab at 1 and 4 which, of , course ended . up as the toinning combination. The payoff comes when the husband of one of the ladies,' unbeknownst to his frau, had also picked the winning ticket -probably by a soul-tearing -scientific4eduction . .Andy Burke, ex-county sheriff, also played the same race. He asked the ticket maker for num bers 2 and 5, but the ticket man erred and punched the wrong numbers,-which of course proved to be the right numbers. ' ; Speaking of fairs . . . While- Oregon ; residents modestly admit their state fair is purty good or, maybe 1 jim-dandy, the town criers in Los Angeles (where else?) hail the Los Angeles county fair as "an exposition unsurpassed in magnitude, va riety, entertainment and exotic beauty." The fair grounds are referred to as "400 acres of enchantment." What is crudely called tha agricultural exhibit building in Salem la titled tha "Glorious Palace of Agriculture" in LA. : , ' ' One of the "magnificent and srlitterino; productions' (i.e., one act) of the "larish, star-Studded musical extrava ganza" (i.e., the outdoor show) is blurbled like this in the land of suns: "With a blare of trumpets the swiftly-paced .sequence brings the second episode, THE BOLERO, an - amazing collection of orchestral dynamics closing with the entire company in wild gyrations? ... Well, THAT would . probably be illegal in Oregon, anyway. ' - . o , ' . Once there was a Salem archer who could hardly wait for the deer season for bow and arrow shooters to open in the' Til lamook burn area. . Finally, when the season opened Saturday our longbow artist steadied his quiver,' filled it full of arrows, got out his Steady. Arm and Eagle Eye, and took off like Hia watha after tha Lonesome Buck. He got about 40 miles up the trail when he discovered he had -forgotten, of all things, his trusty bow. Not being a newspaperman ha couldn't 'very well loose his barbs from a typewriter; so he had to return all the way home for his stringed instrument Moral (Sounds better in Indian sign language) ... Many a speedy deer has got away from an unstrung bow. 1 ' Safety Valve Wasted Talent To the Editor: - I have been watching the troiT ble at the pen like all the rest Of Oregon and wondered why the warden can't hire guards that are able to keep order instead of be ing scared to death of the cons. This brings to mind a pair of guards that used to work as in side guards during the time the pen was run by the: officials. They were able to know about the prison breaks and other trou ble before it happened. . 1 These men ( Burl Davis and Tie Helms) had the respect of the convicts as well as the guards and until the inmates found Out these boys were on the Job the bull pen did a rushing business. What is wrong out there that calls for clubs or the knifing fire ' read about in the papers? i I saw one of these ex-guards at the State capitol building and wondered why they won't try to keep men like Davis and Helms out there where they are needed so badly. . - . : - r: Richard Iversen .' . Jefferson, Ore.- j (Conth? ed from page one) the defense power administra tion is interested in power devel opment and able to speed it along. The two dams now pro posed would provide power. One at I Howard Prairie would im pound water which could be di verted to Emigrant reservoir to provide supplemental water for the Talent irrigation district. The Cascade gorge dam would provide no storage but it Is pro posed that profits from sale of its electric energy be used to finance Irrigation In Illinois valley. ; At a meeting In Medford the association adopted a resolution disclaiming intention to push for dams on the Rogue except with approval of other organizations concerned with valley develop ment In spite of this Frank Strecter of the Grants Pass Cour- -ier, accepts the compromise but adds: "The sensible program is to fight for what we can get now and go after the other things this : valley needs as the opportunity presents Itself." Sen. Ben Day, however, who has been a leader In the battle for Flan A, objected to the compromise. : The association also voted to ask: Governor; McKay to appoint a Rpgue basin resources commit tee. It Is expected that the gov ernor would assign Ivan Oakes of the Willamette basin commis sion to assist in working out problems in connection with the Rogue river development Whether the reclamation bu reau will accept this watered down program remains to be seen; and I would be skeptical of the interest of the defense power administration in the pow- ' er projects since the area Is not presently power-deficient. What probably will work out Is that features which excite com paratively little controversy will get the green light when con gress is ready to authorize new projects for -the reclamation bu reau. In the long run economic pressures probably will outweigh the : opposition of recreationists to Plan A. The battle however Is just a sample of the difficulty, we i have In harmonizing views of various groups interested in natural resources. Chest Drive Kickoff Oct. 2 Salem's Community chest drive will kick off on the morning of October Z. it was SnnniTncr1 at meeting of -the chest leaders iloa- aay noon. Chairman Edward Majek told 11 division leaders that plans for the 1931 drive are in 'excellent shape." The meeting was held in the Liar km hotel. This year quota is $120,000. : - 1 TaBor to Found Newspaperfat j j Chief Joseph Dam Hale Tabor, former Salem and McMinnville newspaperman,- la founding a new weekly newspaper at Bridgeport, Wash, near , the) site of Chief Joseph dam. ? i Both Tabor and his wife, tha former Ruth Matthews, were at one time on the staff of The Ore gon Statesman. j l Tabor last week sold the Kalama (Wash.) Bulletin which he found ed five years ago In partnership with Al Phelps, also formerly of The Statesman. Phelps now is pub lisher of the Cathlamet (Wash.) Eagle. . ; , Purchaser of the Kalama paper is William Tait of San Raphael. Calif. I t a2!3 Better English By D. C Williams ' I 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "Each of us have got to exercise more patience." 2. Whkt is the' correct pronun ciation of 'verbiage'? - ? . 3. Which one of these words Is misspelled? Animosity, anony mous, anull, analysis. I 4- What does the word "war rantable mean? . 5. What is a word Wginning .with ante that means "answer able; accountable? 5 .it. ANSWERS i L Say, "Each of us has to ex ercise more patience."' 2. Pro nounce vur-bi-U, a as In far, both I'a as in It, accent fQst syllable. 3. Annul. 4. Justifiable; defens-1 ible. ""Falsehood it never war rantable. 5. Amenable. ' f The memory Is a treasurer to which we must give good funds, if we would draw the assistance we will surely ned. i Nicholas Rowe . -1 Rent Any f Jlsle; rafJW Ph. 3-6773' LilSlil rd) 456 Coort 1 - " - -. ; ; 3 Months Rent to Apply en Purchase' : GRIN AND DEAR IT by Lichty 5 i .... Several decrees and a teacher's eertlTleate are flae. 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