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CHARLES A. SPSAGUS; Editor and Publisher
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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
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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, ;
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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 '
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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
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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.
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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
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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 .
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