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4 The C-!t- ; -T ,--mNo Tavor Sway$ Us. No Fear Shall Atctf .'; . Front Flrsi EUUsnsa, March IS. ll THE STATES3IAN PUBLISHING C03IPANY ' . 'J CHARLES A.' SPRAGU8; Editor and tablisher " 77 tnblkaed every menuag. Bosineaa office Zl CeauaceeiaX galea, Orert. Telephone t-Ml. Ea teres' at tlx postoffke at Salese, Oregon, as secead clan seatter ander act at congress March 2. 1171 The New Order Has Arrived : ' : President Truman's executive. order applying tight military . security to civilian government agenda should be received with gravest mis . giving , by 'v the American public and - by the press, ' - '- . "" . ' The White House, it la reported,, only reluct antly issued the order and did so with the hop that the new censorship will operate ' without abuses -and that newspapermen "will learn to live with it. ;'- ' Our own urgent hope is that newspapermen will .never learn to live with it. We 4iope that newspapermen will be uneasy as lon -as the order is in effect. We hope the order whets their nose lor news," goads them , into more intensive digging after facts,- in t spires them to greater vigilence than' ever be ''fore, and inoculates them with the an ti-toxin of courage. . 7. . ' This 4s a solemn warning: Let the press and the people be on their guard henceforth. - The.New Order an America wherein the cit izens will no longer be entrusted with the -facts about their, government and the state of the union has arrived. The new order means that we must take with considerable salt, if not with outright suspicion, , whatever any governmenf official .may say! .This warning is no hysterical incitement to mutiny. (In these tragic times, when no man can be aure his neighbor is not a traitor some - measure of security censorship is justified. How "much is .the moot question.) The order does not restrict printing of information, anyway; it re ' stricts release of information by officials. And . newspapermen, who are as loyal as anybody, will, of course, comply with the spirit' of the law. ; . ..... But it will be their responsibility, now, to see that government officials also comply with . the spirit of the law. Arbitrary power is a heady potion, and the new order gives heads of agen cies and designated subordinates. the power to decide arbitrarily what ' information is to be suppressed and what is to be released. That " means that the 60-odd department and agency : heads are potentially among the most powerful individuals in the U. S. It means that we are too dependent upon their honor; integrity, in telligence and understanding of the functions and philosophy of American democratic govern ment. : .j, If all men in government were, honest, shW cere, rational, we. would havjt Jess, reason for disquietude. But officials are Jromaif" and sub ject to human f ailmgs-hortcorairigs 'that re patters heretofore were free" la-reveal. The new ordet. makes, it possible-rtempts-rof conceal .thetf mistakes , - , jWe remember the statements of Louis John ton, when he was secretary of defense, that the US. was all set to lick any-, enemy. Had not such reporters as the Alsop brothers exposed the pitifully weak condition "of our defenses, we might still be lulled with glib reassurances And unprepared. v 1-fow the same strict secrecy that protects the India Officials Seem Wi But Reluctant to Ab - By lfargnerite Biggins NEW DELHI, Sept? 25 Pre : mier Jawaharlal Nehru, of In-, dia, startled western diplomats this month by acknowledging in various conver sations that Chinese ' com munism's ' ad- , vent on India'! borders would cause .Import ant readjust- ments" in his ' national defense program.- Thus - Nehru indicated . for the first time 'that no matter how cor rect India-Chi -7 ' nese relations may be the Indians are taking very practical safe guards Just In case hopes of peace prv unfounded.: Various Indian cabinet minis- : - ters have stated during Inter view with me that these safe guards would .include strengtben oif of the frontier guard system along the two thousand mile bor- : der between Chinese - occupied . Tibet and India.' There are also plans - 4or the improvement of roads leading to frontier, points, , some of which are now inacces sible except by pack trains. The object is to insure greater ma neuverability for India's army. ' There U definite reason, tst ABKiieaa opinion, for center at what Is geiag la Tibet.. Fee the Chinese eeneeest ef the area has resulted la c atnictioa work ea aet eae bet ' ' at least a half deaea aJrflelda fee Jet aad ether type pUnes. la addiUea there has beea re reeatlj aa. laflax tnU Tibet ef . a treat variety of cnllltary - traasaert aad equipment. . ' Ankericaaa tend to conceive of Tibet as - an inaccessible moun tain plateau that can be reached only by climbing narrow wind- . swept trails of the Shangri Xa variety. This is in great part true of the area between India and the Tibetan capital (although It Is significant that the Chinese reds have been pushing work on what Is described aa the Lhasa Zucknow road) but recent -reliable reports show that certain ere as of Tibet are now busy with the traffic of two and a half ton trucks and jeeps bringing up military supplies. Just haw these vehicles got to Tibet in quantity mgls something about which no one in India seems absolutely clear. Pentagon can be applied to the departments of agriculture, commerce, treasury, interior, labor, justice, post office and so on. It is conceivable that we shall no longer be. told very much about the wheat crop, or steel production, or the national debt, or anything else "potential ene mies' might want to know. We may still be able to get government findings, about the Ufa cycle of the fruit fly, but almost anything else could be associated with mobilization and there fore withheld. . : .--.I The logical result of extension' of the quite reasonable military-diplomatic secrecy to the general economic-social fields is that Americans will be ignorant of their own national capabili ties in the world, Royce Brier predicts in his San Francisco Chronicle column. Without perti nent facts, citizens cannot -form an intelligent public opinion, nor vote intelligently. If carried to extremes, the new order could emasculate , the citizenry, so that we become, like the Rus sian masses, mere puppets, robots, cogs. We hope and believe that this will never bap pen here. It won't happen so long as we keep our. eyes open, keep our traditional Yankee spirit of friendly scepticism of those in office, and make- sure that the men,, and women we put into office are trustworthy. That, together with the vigilence and courage of the press, is the only glimmering of lightas the news blackout 'deepens. MWW. .'." ! ' The fact that a woman fasted for 82 days in a restaurant in Italy probably proves nothing more than the fact that Italy, too, has infla tion. , She was sealed in a glass casewhich must have kept out all fumes. After all, who could resist the aroma of an Italian restaurant for 62 days? Editorial Comment At the beginning of this month there was great apprehension over the threat of a strike In the copper mining industry when copper-stands as a critical defense metaL The fact that such a threat has passed does not command large headlines. But wage agreements have been signed which assure further steady production, for which a word of gratification is on order. Partial credit most obviously Is due to the much discussed injunction provisions of the Taft-Hartley. Act, since an application .by the Justice Department ' for an emergency order against the strike seems to ; have been the turning point, in Its settlement. ' I A further source of satisfaction In the settlement ' lies in the. indications it gives regarding the control of the Mine, Mill, and Smelter. Workers Union, widely .regarded as being leftist. Either the Com- ficiali to - munist influence was less than supposed or it was . held In check b traditional trade unionism. ' 1 Z'V There, is "pne more ground for gratitude, This "Is ' fat -the evidence afforded that no such deep-seated animosity exists-, between employer and employee as vented itself through violence in strikes in the mining industry of the western United .States 30 to 50 years ago . when miners were fighting -for the -very right to organize. An important factor in In dustrial peace today is a heightened understanding that unions and managements have similar stakes in production. Christian Science Monitor. " lling use Chinese Communists But there is one ironical certain ty: much of. the equipment is American, .. presumably- having been captured either from the nationalist Chinese or from the . -Americans in Korea. ftilfceegh taklagaeU ac tivities h Tibet, the Iadlaas ' are refusing officially te be alarmed.' Premier. Nehra has consistently held te the belief that Chinese communist ex pansionlst tendencies as e far displayed represent primarily - a new nation flexing Its mas- ' ekfc -; And there Is no doubt that ithe main conflict between India and America in foreign policy stems from differing views ef the dan ger! posedrby Chinese commu nism and the best way. of deal-" ingwith it The respective atti- tudes of the two countries are 4 also Influenced by their differ ing internal strengths. As the . Indian home affairs minister put it, You Americans feel deeply about China and you want others to feel and act the same, way. But American foreign policy if shaped by its plethora of eco nomic resources while India's po- ' sition Is shaped by her lack of mobilized economic strength." Aetaally what irritates American observer here the ( most is net contrary -to what .Indians think that India de mands the rifht ie disagree. The aaaia peiat ef rrietiea is ' that this eoantry partly eat ' ef provoking her powerful Asian aelshberaa4 partly out ef the hope ef luflaenctng China te split with the Res- 4 sians has adopted what amounts te aa tuternstloaal doable standard la dealing -ith the reds. .-iy - As one example: In Interview-" ing one of India's highest rank ing cabinet ministers I found that the conversation led the familiar path to the subject of Negro lynching in America Lynchings are Invariably invoked when an .Indian official wishes to illus trate America's "reactionary ten dencies. In this particular talk I agreed thati lynchings were a national disgrace but pointed out that race re la ti oris in America were being rapidly Improved with lynchings averaging about one a year. Then I asked the cab inet minister, If, since India felt so strongly about lynchings, it was disturbed about the mass i til y-'t to Criticize U. S. executions of hundreds of thou sands of persons in China., ' "Oh, we don't know anything about that.- the Indian selnls- ter replied. "After all we have ' very few contacts with China." Another high Indian ef fleial . stated that executions' In China "are a different matter than lyaehlngs ia America ' since they are net conducted for rac- : ial bat for political reasons.". ' Another example: I askfd'the home minister why India had banned articles written by a Bombay journalist and which - were highly critical of the Chi nese communists. The minister said that the Indian correspond ent's criticism had been sup pressed for technical reasons- he . had used a Peking dateline mak ing it appear as if he were filing , his criticisms from within China while he had actually returned, from China to Bombay to write his views. - V"'-" - .'. "Wa felt thai the correspond ent had made his Chinese trip under India's accreditation and feared r that his actions consti tuted a breach ef propriety that would .offend the Peking re gime. -; - - Whatever the merits of this particular case, the Indian pa pers generally share the -reluctance to criticize the red Chinese. As a result of this de facto dou ble standard the United States " Inevitably got more of a critical going over than does China. , Bat even though the facts about red China are sot wide- ' ly-available te the Indian peo ple, international events as well as the reports ef Indian's ambassador te Peking (Pan-' aikkar has beea re critical thaa is generally realized) have served te modify some what the attitude ef India's top -'leaders, . ; ' The very practical plahstfor expediting India's defenses vis a vis Tibet are one example - of , this modification. Even more im ' portant; however, was Prime llinister Nehru's recent observa : tion concerning China to a top British diplomat Nehru said, "I am afraid that we have been too optimistic in our hopes for China. It looks, to me now as if it may be many, many years before she regains her independence" from the Soviet Union." Kew York Herald Tribune Inc.) mrS- .'Is n K ., f J The Safety (Contribution to this column ahould be Hmttxt to 300 vords.'WrlU only oa on sid of paper; flva avM and full addrosa.' Poetry is not accepted. To the Editor:, Your editorial In the Sunday , Statesman on the Santiam fire calls for "constructive criticism", and ends with the statement that ' "the 'only real protection is in stopping conflagrations before they get out of hand." How did that fire start? I un derstand that it was caused by a lumberman who blasted a', stump in .making a logging road. Why was that allowed?- Is ther no war te prevent the lumber men from burning eat this state? It will be recalled that two years ago', this month, much damage was done to forests by fires that lumbermen were permitted to set in order to burn slashlngTTI .'the state forestry department Is try ing to keep Oregon green, why j are .the lumbermen allowed to keep it black? - Leonard Moser Route 6, Bex 344, Salem More About Meters J . To Whom it May Concern; In view, of the unfavorable, - one-sided comments made by those of the city council as well as the Oregon Statesman, who : opposed the adoption of the re cent resolution to remove' three .meters from in front of my place of business at 193 S. Church st, I feel it only fair that the pub 'lic: and especially the Oregon Statesman be appraised of my position in this matter and par ticularly be appraised of the rea .sons why a majority of the coun cil adopted said resolution. I was in the process of reno vating, remodeling and modern izing my cleaning and pressing business which I have had for the last 15 years at 198 S. Church st. Since my business was on the very fringe of the parking meter zone, with the parking meters be ing very seldom used, I did not think that I would be asking too much in making application with the city engineer for a permit to remove the curb, remove three parking meters . In lieu thereof, not only s. as an accommodation to my customers but as an ac commodation to the public gen- erally in that area. Certainly I ; realized that I was not setting a precedent in making, this request GRIN AND BEAR IT Alii: iw - "Is warninc. emrade fertane teller! , . . JedUsg inte.fatnre is set permitted ... is taking gloria as leader's word for tt! . .3, Valve in view of the numerous parking meters removed by the city at the-request of the present own ers of the two large parking lots on Ferry and High streets and on Ferry and south Commercial streets, who were likewise on the fringe of the parking meter area. I did therefore proceed to re quest the city engineer for such a permit and he in turn, after con ferences with the Manager, is-, sued me a permit Which author ized the removal of the curb from in front of my place of busi ness and the removal of the three parking meters. Pursuant to the permit I expended in excess of 7;jThereater3r arA, advised that a couple of mycleaning es tablishment .competitors who were not located in "the fringe Qf the meter area complained to one of the pity councilmen and to Mayor Al Loucks. They In turn, of course, jumped on the city Manager, and it was after they jumped on the city Mana ger that I heard for the first time that it was the city Manager's position that the. parking meters were only to be removed tempo rarily ... ... the Mayor . . now con tends that the removal of these three meters Is setting a danger ous precedent I am convinced, however, that if the Mayor thought this was starting a pre cedent he would have opposed the removal of the parking me ters by other business establish ments prior to this time. I submit it certainly would have been Inequitable to have required me to put back these meters after spending In excess Of $400 pursuant to a city permit in the first instance and secondly it would have not been fair to have not upheld the action of the city officers, clothed with the aj parent authority to do just what they did in this instance. - Actually, the . only breach of proper parliamentary procedure which caused much comment among spectators at Monday's council . meeting p w a s Mayor Loucks attempt to do all the talking on the different subjects, presented. . . . Glenn Burright ' by Llchty m - J 7 Literary Guidepost By W. G. Kogers MOSES, by Shofcm Asch, , translated by Maurice Samuel (Putnam; $3.75) Leading a pampered life in the palace of the mighty Pharaoh, favorite of Bathiya, bearing a puzzling likeness-to - the;JE!gyp tians' own god BorusMoses the prince had everything gain if he accepted.his. apparent, siatus imqesUongly,''everything to lose if he yieldsoC'stty aoout tne Kanrew-'siaves Their lot , was ."as harsh.-as his was easy. Yet -they iaTerested him, for he liad- heard ihe rumor ' that he was hot Bathiya'sson, that be had been found in ' the , bullrnshes, and be "suspected that among these ..wretched laborers he might meet his parents. It was in fact Miriam who led him to them, and because "God had af flicted him", as he said, "with a free heart and a rebellious will", he gave up his life of luxury to join the gangs of slaves. But they would have none of his. leader ship, so that finally, pursued by the vengeful Pharaoh-and reject ed by his own people, he fled, to settle as a shepherd with Jethro and Zippora. The familiar story continues: At God's command, Moses re turns to the city of Rameses, de mands freedom for the Israelites, threatens Pharaoh with plagues, cuts off the Egyptian first-born, leads his "stiff-necked" people through the divided waters of the sea that closes over their pur suers, settles them in the wilder ness, wages war on the Amalekites, ruthlessly puts down the Idolatrous spirit finally deposits his charges on the border of the Promised Land, a generation after their dramatic trek started In the Nile valley. Here are the accounts of the origin of the Passover, the Sab bath, the Ten Commandments. Here, too, is a most readable story. Above all, this translates into acceptable and credible human experience the Bible story of an inscrutable Jehovah and the servant into whose hands He put the magic rod, to whose people He miraculously fed manna. Most modern writers, or re writers, of Bible stories seem to me unworthy of , critical atten tion, seem indeed, sometimes, to be doing not only an absurd but even a profane Job of populariz ing. Asch Is one of the few no table exceptions.. Better Enqlish . By IX C ,WIHlaxns 1. What Is wrong with this sen tence? "Irregardless of this, we didn't get to go." 2. What Is the correct pronun ciation of "disaster? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Insensate, insidious, incense, insensable. 4. What does the word "ab ject mean? 3. What is a word beginning with per that means "boundary"? . ANSWERS 1. There is no such word as Ir regardless. Say, "Regardless of this, we were suable to go." 2. Pronounce first a as z. 3. Insen sible. -4. Down in spirit or hope. "He lived In abject poverty." 8, Perimeter. ; any sense that makes survival worth while, it must learn to love, not to hate; to create and not to destroy. - -King George VI State Gvflian Defense Staff -Member ef the state civil de fense staff are in the field this week checking county directors and department heads on assign ments given each area of the state for the organization of police and fire reserves, mobile first aid teams, medical-hospital teams, welfare teams, and rescue units, State . Civil Defense Director Jack Hayes and his administrative aide, Robert Sands trom, currently are contacting! directors in Vest- fern Oregon. Two medical - representatives. Dr. Robert Heiiman and Frank WethereQ, are in eastern Oregon to discuss establishment of mobile first aid teams and medical-hospital twos. Richard Hatchard, sanitary engineer,: is working out water supply and protection prob lems with area water superinten dent. ' , Hayes said the service assign ments for local defense organiza tions will be tentative until the directors can be contacted to de termine if they are realistic and within the capabilities for each area. ,- , , v- - Goals set up by the state civil defense office are based on popu lation and local resources. iii i 16 High School Leaders Enter WU as Freshmen A new record is established In Willamette university's freshmarn class this year,- because 18 of its members are former high school student body presidents, according to Charles A. Paeth, director of admissions. The ex-high school leaders re present four states and thirteen cities. The newly enrolled Willamette freshmen with presidential pasts are: Reuben Menashe, Grant high, Portland; Martha J. Stearns, St Helen's Hall. Portland: David Doerksen, Salem Academy, Salem; Robert Tayler, The Dalles; Don ald W. Strahan, Randle; Joe Car son, Toledo: Edward Frederlckson, sandy; Robert Gouley. North Bend; Keith Mirick, Med ford; Charles A. Ruud, Woodburn. John ' M. Kent Sequoia high, Redwood City, Calif.; Robert Wei chers, Shasta college, Redding, Calif.-; J6anne Taylor, Eureka, Calif.; Thomas E. Whyte Castle ford high, Castleford, Idaho; Jack R. j Phipps, Wenatchee, Wash.; Yvonne. Van Hollebeke, Kahlotus, wasn.. . Intent to Organize American Women's istered t Declaration or intent to organize the 'American Woman's narty in jDreeon .was filed in .the state cor poration: department' Wednesday. A pamphlet aecomDanting the declaration Tead: . J:. ; -.' ."Women haw been forced to take the lead in. self-defense, af ter waiting for some group of men to act, and waiting in vain, we refuse to give up what we prize the - most, freedom, liberty . and Independence. ' -Under republican and demo cratic -parties you have lost your constitutional rights- and are somewhat like serfs (slaves) ' of the state, under a joint program of socialism voted for by republi cans and democrats In the house and senate in Washington, D. C 'Net result of- this combination of votes during the past 20 years has made your food cost more. your taxes higher, your rights have been taken from you, and fear grips you at every turn." L. ROBERT BURDETTE, O. D. .. . And KENNETH L. PRINCE, O. D. WISH TO ANNOUNCE The Opening of New Offices . As Associates In the Practice of Optometry On October I, 1951 802 LTVESLEY BUILDING SALEM, OREGON . i . - In order fo give even better service ,to our valuable friends and customers; we are in creasing our personnel., . Mr. Charles Van VoVmer, an insurance man of many years experience, is now associated with us in the production and service depart ment. TtlCIIARD G. SEVEflin AGEHCY Every Form of Insurance Senator Hotel Phone 3-401 & 212 North Ksh 2 New Cases"" Of Meninritis Noted in County! Two new cases of meninrococcia meningitis, the first since February -and both apparently getting along; quite weu, prompted Jiarion coun-r ty health authorities Wednesdavl to urge prompt treatment for thai disease. . , i It was pointed out that meninri-f tis .develops rapidly but usually ,, responds to sulfa and penicillin t if started early. Ordinarily other ( members of the victim's family! are given preventive are. Soread- ing occurs in cough or sneeze drop-J km uum icui iur two recent a cases were of a 14-month-old xirl1 In the Salem area and a woman at Woodburn. The giri Is recuperat! ing at home and the woman en- tered a Salem hospital last weekf "quite sick" but is improving, ac--; conung to . physicians. : The. county communicable di sease report for last week also in cluded one case of poliomyelitis,, a 10-year-old Woodburn boy who has been recuperating at home for more than a week. . . Other cases included one of virus pneumonia and one of scarlet fever.. , . ; 10 Enroll at Grade School When classes eoened Wednes day, 10 pupils were enrolled at Salem Christian grade school, with several more expected by next wees.- v f Gwen Shoemaker "of Warren, t Ore is teaching the school, being conauciea in tne i oursquare i church at 490 N. 19th st. She is a graduate of Nazarene college, Ore- 1 eon College of Education and s. Western Baptist Theological semi- J nary ana nas taugnt m xuiamook .g and Estacada. The non-denominational school Is sponsored by Salem Christian School association. Rear Adm. Smith To Address Salem Gatherings Opt. 15 Rear Adm. Allan E. Smith, com mandant of 13th naval district, will address two gatherings ill Sa lem October 13. - s-4 . He is scheduled for an address on "Korea and the World Con flict" before Salem Chamber of Commerce at noon in the Senator hotel and a lecture on navy tac tics before Salem navy reservists that night at the naval reserve training center. ; :' - - -.. . -r- ; Admiral ' Smith until recently was commander ef the United Na tions blockading and escort force in Korea. . ' "Y , " , " . .' JHe will be accompanied by CapL C,P. Kerschnef, district reserve coordinator, and other staff offi cers from Seattle. , T iv -, West SaTem Lions'. . Hear Schrefler West Salem Lions were told de tails of the-- Salem Community Chest organization, and had a word picture about the character, build ing institutions associated with the chest, when Edwin Schreder, pre sident of the -Salem Chamber of Commerce, addressed the group Wednesday night in the Senator hotel. - . Long associated with community chest activity, Schreder voiced his opinion that the 1951 goal of $120, 000 would, be reached because of the Interest and cooperation of the chest's 1,000 volunteer workers and because of the acceptance gen erally of the community chest idea. TOR APPOINTMENT TELEPHONE S-7&82 i