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i . '-' - . ' 4 The CicriesTagru Sclera, Ortw , "ATo Favor Sways Us. So Tear Shell AtcV ' THE STATES3IAPC PUBLISIIIKC . COMPANY . - CHABLES A, fetoriand Publisher . PsUished every mornuir. easiness office til CfBansereialj Salem. Oregon. Telephone 2-2411. Entered at the postofnce at Sales. Oreren, Mi seceod class anaiter ander act ef congress Uareh 2, 17 The League and the Railroad ;- ' Women, bless their hearts, will have their way. And it's a good thing for Salem they, do, In this instance,: at least.' y - I; For yean and years, people In Salem nave muttered darkly about the railroad "grade cross (nra ' Ppiw if 4 into fVtMen vara at of them, there would be worried time someone got mangled on seme cow-catch One can't call the "good grey lady unpre r. there would be the realization that it could dtctablei nor overly entertaining, nor sparkling. happen to me or my boy or gixL" Every time It fact, on can fairly well predict that each day a long line of car has to wait for a longer slow ; of the Mgrjr lady's" existence will be much lika freight to trundle its leisurely tracks through downtown Salem, ling and a gnashing of .teeth barely drowned out by the hoots, of the switch engine. v 1 1 j So there has been much concern and worry : hd frowning and cussing about the iron rails that encircle the city, snarl traffic, stymie fire f engines, and ambulances, and bring-in jury j and j death every year. But mostly, it has just been j that dark muttering, and nothing done about it 1 Until this year, that is. This year, the League j of Women Voters decided to find out if there was any solution to the problem. Other groups t haV nmrvwd solution before the Lwf Rnnpe Planning commission, for instances. Butt the ! xdted; about ladies of the League weren't content with! let-! i I There are newspapers with greater circulation ting it rest there. They've had engineers go over their survey of rail crossings, and they're going to take up theirs recommendations for safety im provements with the city council. If they have their way, Salem is going to get grade separa tions at -the SP mainline. ... I We -hope they' have their way, those public spirited women. If all the people who've wor ried and frowned and cussed and muttered' about i the railroad crossings will support the League of Women Voters, through financial contribu- ; tions and through cooperation In their surveys, ; i and will let the city fathers know they are sup- j porting the League in its railroad safety cam- : paign, the women of Salem will have their way. And all of Salem will benefit. The Yakima (Wash.) Herald and Republic newspapers recently moved into one of the finest i - new newspaper plants in the nation. And to ' herald -the occasion, 350 members of the staff and their families held a picnic Then 200 went to the hospital with food poisoning. The unfor tunate occurrence must have cast quite a blight on what was to have been a gala celebration. . But those stricken recovered and the presses rolled again. With a new work-home like theirs, j no one could stay ill long. - I The special visit of the bloodmobile to the Oregon Pulp and Paper company today is wor-; thy of special attention. The cooperation of the firm's management and workers makes the visit possible, but aid from other persons is vital if maximum results are to be achieved. The blood mobile will be at the paper company front 1 to 8 p.m and with hardly one - tenth of actual overseas requirements now being met, the need for full cooperation is starkly apparent There : is still a war on. ',"i-T ; ';-;! W ! Lloyd Riches was a master at getting action; when action was needed Of high character and; Integrity, he contributed valuable service dur-' ing World War II as a member of the war prod uction board's advisory committeeVAnd he was O'idely known for his executive abilities in the newspaper and paper specialty fields. His com munity and his many friends here and elsewhere will miss him. j -; ; Draining of Troops for Indochina War, xxck Of Ready Cash Handicaps French Army By Stewart Alsop ON MANEUVERS WITH A FRENCH BATTALION IN GER MANY. Sept. 1 French sold iers, like other soldiers, are much given to argu- ing about what Is wrong wth their army. In any such dis cussion, two words are likely to be heard re p e a t e dl y thrmrhmit ha cheerful battle l of complaints. One is "Llndo- chine." The oth-1 slang for money. When this word Is uttered it is always accom Mpanied by an occult gesture con sisting of extending the right hand, with thumb and forefinger touching to form a zero. If these who may -have to a the fixating are to be be lieved, France weald have a treat army arsis very seen, if it were set fer the constant drain ef the endless, bloody little war la Indochina, to gether with the lack ef ready rash la the French treasury. FTCMekt central officers have aw donbU at all abeat the spirit of their troops. To Jadre from the tntelllrenc and eheerfal eaertT with which the Freaeh recraiU re ahovt their basU swee ta the field, the officers -. are Tight, As for arms and equipment, French soldiers have little eon tern on this score either, since M.A.T. began to transform the French army from an army with out arms into an army with the means to fight The fact is that France is now visibly capable of putting Into the field a first-rate . army of about ten divisions. But French Premier Rene Pleven has promised to double the fighting strength of this army in a matter of months. On France's capacity. 3 make good this promise a great many things, including the seci'ritr of the United States. -s . 4 i ' : i! Thrrtdgr, SrpUrs&cr S3, 1! t-i s zaen passed up a chance to save the cost of government Despite a predominance of bald heads they shouted down a move to cut frea hWcuts' aSd shaves for themselves frora an 'appropriation bilL i ty4rfr rm i f. frowns. Every i : rieTCllj Gets way down the ' the last' ode. And that is las it should be. For there is a cus- comprehensive job of it The only thing that would be tmusual would be for the Times to get 5 x I The Tinses has comes Of age gracefully and in line healtli. May its second century be as fruit ful as itsjifirst in the maintenance of the best that is fre American journalism , ' "Oregoii Goes article by IlSen. proceeds frith S TOU PAT What' can it Before they left tenants of fhe 37 ie occasion. "I And now. as Tnited Nations ican capitalism. lomy best able Shades of Marx, ite! Where is ipitalismfrwhich let doctrine? rou. You mustn't After, ali two is one. (Christian Science Monitor) sssn xnay depend. And it is wheii you begin to ask French soldi erf how this promise is to be madepgood that you ; begin i hearing about "L'lndochlne-' anil -Le Frijf." And it By the very aaiare ofj the French ) military system, the French ; military, strength 1 de pends atterty onf the small ef regalar ffieers and corns who . have made jj the French j army j their i career. These are the! sees.) toagh, hard-bitten, and anwar (the best professional soldiers ia the world, who mast yearly trans form about 400,109 French re cruits called ap from field: and factory fer IS months of serv ice. Into But even nowj there are sim ply not enough professionals to - go around. This il partly because of Indochina. OAly the profes sionals, plus a tew volunteers, are sent to. fight in Indochina. which means an endless drain on the core of professionals. It is ' partly also becajise a career in . the French army offers fevf con solations. A second lieutenant, for -example, gets about the pay of a street-car conductor, and if he has a family, unless he ig very lucky, h can find no lodging for . them near his pot. Thus, where as before the war, about jrthree times as many ouhg men ap plied for St. Cyr as were accept- ; ed, there are now hardly ffmore . candidates than there- are places. The resalt Is that la a French -' infantry company of more ihaa tsa recruits there are at to be .only one or two ofOcers and three er fodr rtralar hen-, corns. Under thefelrcomstasees, it Is downrlxhtasUnlshiae that the profes&ionals have done so rood a ieh of tnrnlng recrclts lata soldiers. If the i Freaeh -snlliUry atrenrfh is reaHy to be deabled. ' however, tt ta ; taathematicaSy j ebvioas ijthat ' the nember ef men la uniform - mast be Increased by extend- tag the term of service to at least twenty-roar seontsJi Nor is this all. The4 reserve ivi sions ea which Freaeh military Fezmy-plnchine, dollar-spending congress- tx Cited tjie Tlady.lj'actually the New York Times, each day puts otit from its great plant just about tht finest historical document in the world.! r - I The Tiroes had an anniversary earlier this ; week. t s 100 years old about six months younger than The Statesman. We would guess The Times; took its celebration in urbane stride and that one would nyer know now that any thing unusual had happened. 1 The Tiroes deals in the unusual, as do all OaDCrt. i And it does an unusual, thorough and anything. than the Times, which is proud that it makes' no pretense of being entertaining. But there ara none morf round. It's world-wide system of Correspondents is the largest maintained by and jingle newspaper anywhere. It makes a fetish of , publishing in toto every important statement of document! or treaty. !'. i ; :'v:: " i -. - - ' to the Dogs" is the title of an Neuberger in the current Nation. Ie describes the political alliance which has pro ected dog racing in Portland, the sharing of fairs and public events furnish ing a backlog of support for the pari mutuel betting which operates at the dog tracks. What fie report! is not new, but so far the conscience of Oregorjians has not been stirred enough to obtain at fepeal of the law. r v Iditbrial Comment v.; - ".-b: .-; - ' mean? - -I " ' ' " San eTrandsco the Soviet dele- ites to : the treaty conierence cleaned tne rugs, jlished Uje silverware,1 paid $1,000 for plumbing id electric repairs, and proved themselves Ideal. - room mansion they had hired for have sever dealt with nicer or. re cooperative people," said the real estate agent 10 let itljto them. -i though to compound this, nlceness id cooperauveness. a Soviet spokesman at the has borne sradous tribute to Amer The diplomat, in question, A. Al yearm operating costs of the U.N. because a idy of comparative incomes shows the American to sustain this load. - . Lenin, and all five-year plans to that post-war collapse of American follows inevitably from orthodox The United States should accept Mr. Soldaipvs gratuitous though left-handed com pliment irij the same spirit in which it is given. fNo, reallr!' "Americans might say. "You're too dnd. We on't want to hog all the credit and ara perfectly willing to share more of the expenses with feel too indebted to our system." can be nice and cooperative as wen power is really based most be kept ia t constant state eg. tramlag and readiness,, ready always for modern war. ' Within the French army aH concerned seem to be agreed that the job simply cannot be done with the present core of prof es 'aionals, and with the present : camps and other training facili ties. For an American the answer seems obvious build more and better training facilities and at tract more good men into the regular service by better pay and better living conditions. It is at this point that the French begin to mutter resignedly about "La Fric" and to form, a zero with thumb and forefinger. : It the French ' government : raised the pay ef second Ilea tenants, they point eat with a patient reasonableness it weald then be necessary to raise not only the pay of street-ear eon doctors. bat ef all government ' functionaries. As for camps and other facilities for training . reserves, already it has been necessary for financial reasons to abandon almost all the ex eellent open-air camps boilt Just after the war by Geo, Jeaa de Lattre de Tassirny. The iprobleans of 'Xlndechine and la Frle" are deadlr seriooa problems, If they are not solv ed, the great and necessary American la vestment la mill-' . tary aid to western Europe may . re down the drain. They are extraordinarily dimcalt preb- -lems, moreover, for a threat ened , government presiding aver aa economically enfeebled country to deal with, Tct tere ly, if intelligent anderstandlBg Is forthcoming- from the Amer ican aoverBnaent, sach prob lems are, after all, perfectly -solable. And if they can be aotved. Franco Is whoely eap ablo of makinr the mHitary eentribirUoa to tbe defense ef the west which mcst be made if the stratety of the western alliance is to be a reality and sat a sham. New York bentid Ttiouo IneJ wDlAbNDS ON THE DOORSTEP" Congressional Quiz Q I was In the senate visiters gallery Sept 12 when j Gar. Thomas E. Dewey ef New Twk , earn b th flr and tslked with , senators, j Hew coald lie thst? -:'K- i i - '.! : AGovernors of states have the privilege of the senate floor and can visit there when the sen-r ate Is In session. - ' ! - :' Q I see the senate passed a btil farther Umltinr the else ef paekaces that ean be Bulled. Did ' it make any special prevlstosi fer people ef rural areas? 1 A Yes. While it would reduce generally the maximum package size and weight to 72 inches, length and girth combined, and 40 pounds, parcels mailed from or , to rural areas or small towns could remain at the present limit of 100 inches and 70 pounds. The senate passed the bill Sept; 6; the w.AiLm,M.mmmiimm.-.wuw!&i Tifrflrv GllidcDOSt r By W. O. Korers CALL IT EXPERIENCE: THE YEARS OF LEARNING HOW 'TO WRITE, i ;- by Erskine Caldwell ' -(Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $3.50) The best way to learn to write is by writing," says Caldwell in this record of his professional life. That is Just the way he him self became the author of a score and' a half of books. "I liked - writing as some men liked rais- -ing cattle," he says. "I had no philosophical truths to dispense, no evangelical urge." He was an eye, an ear and a pen, or rather a portable. j . i Son of a minister,! brought up in Georgia, . earning money in - several hard ways before he tried the hard way of writing, he was primarily a man who just would not cry! uncle. He- made the rounds with a doctor, a tax col lector, and worked on a news paper. With a $200 stake, he quit earning land eating for writing and starving. That was in 1926, and in 1929 he at last sold "Mid summer Passion" to New Ameri can Caravan; his first six pub lished short stories paid him less than 1100. - Still he stuck to it. When Maxwell Perkins expres sed : an interest, Caldwell; wrote him a short story every night for a week, and then two a week for GRIN AND BEAR IT . v i e j h i . ; ; . 1 tamHtr De senators charge that my tin is a waste ef money a . - danrefoas secarity violation! v house has not acted. Sponsors of tht legislation said it would get the Post Office department "out of the freight business.' Q WW the senate do any xaere crime iavestirating now that Its special crime committee . at jne longer ta existence? A It is considering firing up the probe again. Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R-Ind.) Sept 12 in troduced a bill to give $150,000 - tb the senate interstate- and for- - eign commerce committee so it can go on with the investigation. Bat some democrats were cool to ' this GOP move, and urged, in stead, that the senate -concentrate on passing the anti-crime bills recommended by Kefauver O'Conor group which expired Aug. 31. -K'-;!:'V:-' J.;?. (Copyright 1951, Congressional j ' . .. Quarterly). . - a (couple of months. If he began by earning $10 a year by writing, the day came when "he was paid $2,000 a month as a correspond ent, and $1,500 a week in Holly wood. ! . . Authors, who are talkative fel lows, like to discuss their work not as a trade or profession but as a calling; and while they prate about inspiration, theory and ideal, they sometimes omit the basic facts. Caldwell, , In these welcome pages, comes no closer toi theory than "I liked writing", but he does give facts, about agents, publishers, royalties, working hours and- so on. He writes about it as if it were a job; he is 100 per cent the profession al. Here, he says, is how a man sweats to become a writer, and then becomes one. . This may not teach a young man how to make $1,500 a week, but it will help steel him for the difficult task. This is a manual, it Is no more hirfalutin than .when do we eat and where do we borrow money. This shows what an author is doing with his feet on the ground while his head is in the clouds. Bottor English By D. C Williams 1. What is ! wrong with this sentence? ''We planned on taking vacation, but found that we by Lichty did not know sufficient about the various resorts." j - t 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "seriesf? 1 j S. Which one of these words Is misspe'led? Sacrilege, satellite, sagasity, sarsaparilla. ! 4. What does the Word 'sump tuously" mean? .1 ' S. What is a word beginning with ra that ' means -"hoarse; harsh; rough"? j,! v . P - ANSWERS . . , 1 1. Omit on. and sa, "did not know enoaah about the various resorts.' 2. Pronounce se-rez, both e's as in see, 3 Sagacity. 4. Costly; luxuriously. "The halls were sumptuously decorated." 8. Raucous, i i ! . 1 i : J $ .. . 1 - MM . I , . t iii. nM ' " I : S 1 ' i I f ,i i saw -Mnnssaaaa r V i . - 1 . . i . ii i " i ii i ii . ! 1 ' "I - ' i ! . V: - r i - " . - - . i i -. i : I - -- x ' i. , i M i i i i v i : - . i j . , ; .!., ) . Atom Dofcns Plan Rakss HighHopos ;-r0 i Bj(' X. IL Koberts, Jr. :i AtMiocUOcd PiM Km Aaalyst WASHINGTON, Sept. 19-5V SenajtrJ McMahon, chairman of the jjoint congressional committee oa atomic en- rgyi strikes dose to one of : America's great hopes! with his -: suggestion that .. defeosei costs ' can jbe. haired h ' through a prop- ? er development ; of atomic arma- v ment! I I Oneofthena- tion's great worries is how s to attain! and maintain the posi tion i strength" vihlch the diplo matsj 1 say Js ieojjdre4 without forcing lAmerican living stand ards down to the level of other ccunktief which have maintained burdensome military ; establish ments for centuries, j . MeMahon says, atomic weapons are at hand with which to re place conventional arms, permit a smaller yet still stronger mili tary J establishment, and eventu ally ; save some thirty or forty billion dollars a year. ; May; Over Enthuse McMahon is one of the very . few people in a position to know. Yet one cannot help thinking that no one is free from the possibil- lty rif over enthusiasm about his particular interests. Itjis obvious that vast devel opments are taking place In the atociic field. The president's re - quest for $500,000,000 more for the new South Carolina hydrogen bomb plant is taken as evidence that production of that weapon Is assuredj Congress can hardly deny .any funds which the ex perts say are needgS. ; The1 matter of substituting, a small 1 atomic military establish ment for most of an of the pres AUTO HJSinAIICE i Why Pay Mare? Preferred insureds are current ly parina as lew as 975 u. 4 mo's. Tor bedny lajary '' property damage tnsaranee. Preferred Ins. Exch. CLYDE FRALL, Dist Art. 154 8. High Ph. 4-2S51 Next Deer te rJslnera IlosadlcBii'sMuj ; In tho of their smart styling Varaty-Townwonderfw, appearance improvicg cotsf ort may be yours in a wida fSTay i cf exclusive fabrics end rnodcb i opnr miDAYS rm a p. m. HT3: MART'S TUS STOSS C? STYLE, QUALITY & VALtHT lioxLET 41$ Siatei Siroat ent system Is an entirely differ ent question. ; I ! OvercocTulence in the ability of such a force could be disas trous. With all of America's vast military establishment and! vast resources, she hasn't had eaough strength available on the spot tt take care of a small job ir Ko rea. With commitments all! over ' the world, smaU forces, no1 mat ter how armed, ; might .not i be sufficient t - J - f 1 Mar Face Ataisde Fitfees ; 1 There Is alway the possi$I3ty, too, that America will some day be faced by atomic forces qual to her own, and also backed by large conventional forces. 1 There is a considerable tend ency in this country;to discount Bussla's atomic development. 1 To many, the absence of any detec ted explosion ta Russia knea 1M5 indicates the! reds have fat advanced, into the field ofj new weapons as we have' hre. , Whether that estimate is ny more reliable than the oli ind inaccurate estimates of howl long it would take Russia to pridpee an A-bomb is a matter of specu lation. At least i i r for the present the United States U hi tha 'pokitoa of needing all the reaimaminjt it can get in every field. Specljilika tion can come When- ibe military has more Experience with he new weapons, and Jwhenlbbth public and! congress, can know more about what they ari do- mg. ;. : ' i l ' i -1 Merely having an open :!mlnd is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth is to shut it again on some thing solid. ' : Gilbert K! Chesterton savi::i HOME LOANS i msi FEDEIA! SAVINGS 1 nnsf i Savtnrs Qdg. 12t N. ComX s i 2Vi Current Rate 2Wi ST FEDERAL SAYINGS AND LOAN ASSU 1 "Where Thousands Save MUlioas 4 i ! f - : 4 i. ; ease and frccdots S ! I i A CC3.CD to S72XD t ..!-.- A : j - ,v - I i f ... : ' smoD Airo nuirrcrGTon Calaa