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Ft first Ststesaaa . March t. 1151 j
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING C05IPANY
... CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher I "
rslHed every oercisx. Ccsiaea efflct 21S 8 CooaerdiL Calta, Orersn. Ttltp&esa X-Z11X.
at the postamce at Salem, Oregon, as secead elan matter Baser act af congress Karen X. 17
Wesco FUD in Trouble v
Over in Wasco county the push for public
power that attended the construction of Bonne
ville dam resulted in formation of the Wasco
people utility district (PUD). With the en-
couragement oxxerea Dy government creau n
low rates fanners in Wasco county formed the
Wasco Electric cooperative. Both get power from
Bonneville, but similarity seems to end right
. there..- --'-.. V; - -''jJr.-: U
. The PUD centered its interest in The. Dalles.
Failing in its attempt to buy the facilities of Pa-
tributing lines of its own in the heart of The
nallM. This nut it in eomnetition with the pri
vate company, but the latter reduced its rates,
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Wlf approval Ui me yuimiiiMiuim ruuub
Utilities and retained most of the business. :
Operations of the PUD have been at a loss,
reported by the Oregon Voter at $1000 a month.
Its net worth the first ox the year was sv.uuu
though it has collected $75,000 in taxes. Next
year it must pay the first instalment of principal i
on the $289,000, in revenue bonds outstanding,
-. t- !1L 1 I t ...ill V.. 1 C 4KA Ttia
plight of the PUD has given worry to its direc
$ tors aad to its bondholders. Milton Ma pes, for-
nt s tlnrnpv tn see what he can da to save
. , the situation. Default by the PUD would be wid
ely advertised as a failure of public ownership,
but even the president, W. J. Seufert, admits it
is near the brink. 1 ' ;
The1 rural cooperative on the other hand has
been quite successful. It has paid $70,000 on its
loans from REA in advance of due dates and has
iR?Baa In ravines bonds on hand. The svstem
has net value of over $1,500,000. It owes REA
, around $1,700,000 but gets this at a low interest
rate. The cooperative has grown from 400 mem
bers in t041 toiover 1500 at present.
The obvious difference is that the rural cooperative-serves
without competition while the
with ah efficiently operated private system. The
with an effidenqperated private system. The
PUR has &ke& the manager of the cooperative
- r ' " A ' 1 1. - Ml' Z Ffl .
W run -lv system wo win nave ouices in xnc
Dalles. But the horse he is asked to doctor, is
' pretty sick.. ..v ' .... '
. The democrats have si new national chairman,
Frank McKinney of Indianapolis who will serve
without pay. He has President Truman's promise
to recommend that collectors of internal revenue
be put under civil service. This should end a lot
of the trafficking that has become a national
scandal, but it should be recalled that not until
the' present administration did the internal re
venue department let itself get all smeared up,
even though collectors were! political appointees.
The Long Beach laborer who was revived af
ter jbeing "dead". 15 minutes and has since lain
in a coma recovered enough; to ait up in bed, but.
doctors say he has no mental capacity. Then is
his mind "dead, and has his soul departed the
body? Physiologists and theologians may wrestle
over the questions. i i
: The cease-fire talks appear to be stalemated
over the question of Kaesorig. Let's hope today's
melting sees some progress and that a final
agreement will be reached . by Novembe, 12.
That's Armistice day. If the Korean warfare
ended by then, the orators and paraders already
scheduled would have something to celebrate.
; India's Nehru has proposed internationaliza
tion of the Suez and Panama canals. He's, always
ready to propose solutions to other people's
problems, but he is extremely adverse to outside
help (such as the proposed! United Nations me
diating in the dispute oyer .Kashmir). Why
doesn't he practice what he preaches?
president Truman or. any" president will be
chary about a cozy threesome with Churchill
.an4 Stalin, as he recalls the drubbing received
over Yalta and Tehran and Potsdam. Hell be
reluctant to go even with the promise of Stalin's
head on a diplomatic platter. u
1 Sheppard King, the; wealthy Texas playboy,
goa quickie divorce in Mexico so he can marry
an (Egyptian belly dancer. He also became a
Mohammedan and took the name Abdullah. The
trouble with Abdullah is that he has had too
much moola.
Racesin Hawaii
An American citizen of Japanese ancestry has
been appointed magistrate in a Honolulu court.
He is Robert K.Murakami, a native of Hawaii,
who graduated from the Territorial normal
school and the University of Chicago. One son is
serving In the 'army as a private, another is a
freshman at Cornell university, a daughter is a
senior at Cornell university.'
Hawaii offers an interesting study in race re
lationsit is a veritable melting pot, with a
minimum ef race consciousness.' It is easy to see
in the case of the Murakami family that it has
been pretty well assimilated into-the "American
way of life." Yet some are said to oppose state
hoed lor .Hawaii on the ground that some of its
"alien" races may sit in congress. The loyalty of
the Hawaiian nisei (Americans ef Japanese an
cestry) was proved so fully in the late war that
they should, suffer no penalty because of their
race. - .
; The Farmers Union is circulating petitions
calling for standard time the same "standard
time" they thought they were getting when they
voted in 1950. They could work up a good theme
song out of the old hymn: i'The old time Time
is good enough for us." -
i $ : '
; IJvery time we hear predictions that Winston
Churchill will be coming over, palms up, we are
reminded that alliances between nations, like
marriages between individuals, cannot live on
love alone. . i
-. Not so many hunters were mistaken for deer
and shot this season, but there was the usual
quota of hunters who succumbed to heart failure
or who got lost in the woods. Red hats will not
prevent these happc lgs. j )
"Stop the trend to socialism," is the cry of the
republicans. The way some of the public officials
in the "fair deal" administration have been "get
ting theirs" indicates they aren't waiting for so
Three pleasure seekers lost their lives water
skiing at the motrthof Netarts bay, though they
haT been warned pf danger by the man who
rented them a boat. A number of fishermen have
los their lives while boat-fishing in the bays of
southern Oregon. Like the mountains the sea can
be j treacherous and take its toll of those who
nusguess its moods. ;;
i Minus signs appear on the temperature re
cordings, as well as business earnings. That they
can't blame on the new tat bill.
The new warden has instituted a report card
system for inmates. But he; doesn't let them out
to ake the card home and get it signed.
Eisenhower's Candidacy Said Needed; to
Confidence in U. S. Leadership
Give World
i By Joseph Alsop
'WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 The
propaganda of the Taft forces,
that General Dwight D. Eisen
hower Is not a republican, and
is! really; more
likely to take;
the democratic ' '
nomination, is
tainted at the" .
, source. The fact t
ii that If Presi
dent Truman
had waited onet
mere taonth to -
. offer the gen- X
esal the com-1
mandia -Europe, I
he would h a v e l
- enrolled -himself
at republican
ln New York
state. Acting with General Esen
howerVknowledge, his friends at
that time had already sought to
arrange his enrollment in Kan
sas, only to find that Kansas
i state law forbade it -
On the other hand, the fact
must also-be faced that the rela
i tion between President Truman,
as commander-in-chief, and Gen
eral Eisenhower, as an American
soldier in uniform, can easily con
stitute one of the most serious
Imnoo'iienti of the draft-Eisenhower
movement.
; t
at oa the pehlia
te .1S45, -whO. Geaersl
raa stm cowif ana- -
is ia Germany, the president ,
offered io support the geaeral:
for office be misnt destre.
laoledtar the presidency.
TThas te not on record, bat ap- -
years to te well aethentlealed,
is taat 4he president renewed "
ttiia offer to General TSsen- .
bower not lonr before the 194S
eleetloQ. At that time aa Eisea
kower eaadidaey was betas '
sanch discossed by both par
, ties, aad President Truman was
himself actively preparing te t
make the fUM to raeceed hlsa- :
ef. 'v .;,
In short there, was all the dif- '
iferr'e in the world between
this reported seconds Truman of
fer, and the first one, made when
the president still had the habit
of telling all and sundry that he
. did not want to be in tne wnne
House and wished to goodness he
were anywhere else;
If , one eonsldera for a mo
ment the Impact of such an of
fer, coming from the president
- aad eommander-la-ehlef to a
soldier aad man of honor, it Is
easy to see why the Tnunan
. Elsenhower relationship . may'
- be stambllnx block to the
Elseahower backers. The gen
eral's - natural tmpalse most
have been to match the presi
dent's reneroslty. There was -only
ene way te do this by
saying that he would not eoa
alder enterinr the lists against '
his former chief. No one can
doubt , the president's sincerity
In maklnr bis offer, for ho Is
any thins but a trickster. Bat It
is also true that he would have
bad to sit up all nifht thinkinr
of a better way to make sure
General Eisenhower would not
'. ran. tN- - f-. ' yj- -J ;
' In the present case, of course,
there is no reason whatever to
. believe that the - president will .
say again what he said before.,
It would be extreme and dis
torted if he did so. But those'
close to him are frank to admit
that even although i the general
may wish to keep the discussion
strictly to military questions, the
president may . have; brought up
their common political problem.
What! they think the president
might have said is J that he re
gards General Eisenhower as en
tirely free to make his own choice
as to the political problem in his
own good time, onljr allowing the
president the' chance to find a
successor for him if need be.
' If the president 1J say this,
there Is aeala aotdoab that
bo was speakJaa sincerely, fio
Is a party man, but he is also
a man of strong personal feel-
- I-- -
Ins whose loyalties rovern his
political behavior, sometimes to
bis own rrave disadvantare. On (
the ; other hand, even If , the .
president merely assured - the ;
renersl that he Is wholly free :
Z ia tnTr M im rhnlr. It Is
arain true that this was an
other exhibition of generosity,
once more by implication de
manding somehow to be match- j
ed. -j - ,-- .
. Besides this difficulty wim his
commander-in-chief those who
should know assert that there are
two other factors tending to hold
General Eisenhower back. The
first is his known conviction that
it is wrong to make the direct
transition ; from service in uni
form to the political struggle. The
second is the often-repeated ar
gument that the progress of west
ern rearmament .depends upon
General Eisenhower's continu
ance in Europe.
These are strong Influences,
bat they oaght to be complete
ly nullified by the great change
that has came over the situs-,
tion ' since 1948. ' On the one
band, ia i 1948, whatever else
yea might say, the president
was successfully and even bril
liantly carrying forward the
f orelga aad defense polities of
the United States., For many
. reasons, that baa ceased te be ;
:the case. . ( - 4v.. . .
v " .
On the other hand, thero is thtf
crying need, the heart-felt long
ing for leadership men can have
faith in, not only in this coun
try, but in the whole free world.
Eisenhower as president will not
merely avert a' republican plunge
into . isolationism, he .will, not
merely inspire far greater confi
dence abroad .than Eisenhower
as general. Above all Eisenhower
as president will meet the need
and satisfy the longing for lead
ership men can follow with good
hopes and high hearts. This is
his real significance This is bis
unique value and promise.
- iCopyrifht. 1951.
New York Herald Tribune, IneJ
The Safety Valve
DRUAAMER BOYS OF 1951
(ContrUMtioas to this column should bo Quitted to 300 words. Writs only aa
sea side of paper; give name and full address. Poetry is sot accepted. ;
SL MJZ 1 i i Si
Rep. Walter Norblad has sent a stiff note to Oscar Ewing,
administrator of the federal security administration. In it Nor
blad' questions the advisability and the sanity of some. of the
' 1 ' i A. It 1 l : t.'. tAl 1 1- . . A 1
-t projects in uie puouc neaiui orancn oi me se-
curity administration, which recently has been
granted $782,000 in taxpayers funds. "At a time
when our national debt is at its highest point"
' says Watchdog Walter's letter, "and when our
y peacetime spending has likewise reached an
all-time high and our federal taxation is reach
ing astronomical, heights,' I fail to understand
the wisdom of spending public money for some
of these projects.
DTP
3CO000S
I
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j
1 Tolerance for enTironmental stress In aged
aad newborn sheep and goats,' Is the title for a research program
for which yoa have granted $19,000," continues the Norblad let-,
ter. 'An analysis of the peyoto cult aa a social movement among
the Navajo Indiana' is another project siren $2O0 of the tax
payers money. ,
M 'Cultural and psyciatric factors in the mental health of the
Hutterites,' is a study listed as obtaining $7,500. Not knowing
who the Hutterites might be I called the Library of Congress
and their immediate reference books did not contain the answer.
After some searching they advised that the best information they
could obtain was that they were probably a religious sect some
where in South Dakota, i v j N
"Other projects could mention include The influence of pre
adult environment on animals behaviour and neurosis,' at $1,000;
'Aa emprical study of special adjustment, social technique and
personal values,' granted $8,000; a study to demonstrate the in
terrelationship between automatic changes, emotion aad certain
cutaneous reactions In normal and pathological akin,' given $7,000.
"'A 4ltIA v:u v. i : - i - j tie Ann. it
n uuu siuujr ui uuiuicu icxiei viui , awuueu fiii,vvu, in
vestigation of the interaction of social and heredity factors, af
fecting neurosis and nervous stability in mammals,' for $9,000;
Promotion of marital adjustment in men and women as an aid
to good mental health," at $17,000; and last but not least, a grant
of $12,000 to "study unconscious' factors governing courtship and
mate-selection.' On this latter I am advised that the professor to
whom the grant was made stated that he is trying to 'uncover
name of economy and common sense in government, it seems
only, proper that your office should reexamine these grants and
cancel them. Truly Yours, Walter Norblad." . . . For a while
there we thought maybe some of our tax money was being used
foolishly. ' J : ."":':!,'-.'Hv ; - ;':V." ' j
GRIN AND BEAR IT
by Lichty
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' (Continued from page one)
comers. Doc ' Barrick told ' of
laurels won by the Y volleyball
.teams of the 1930s.
' Other sides of Y activities
were reviewed. The first ,Hi-Y;
club was formed in 1917 and Dr.'
"Vfolcott Buren gave names of.
many in the first club, some of
. whom have gone On to become
quite famous. Harry. Scott told'
of the first Ys Men's club the
early morning birds who i got
down to the Y at 50 for a
workout in the. gym, a shower
and breakfast. , f
The Y 'has played an active
part in Salem's life over the past
six decades. It has had a band
of loyal supporters: Prof. W. I.
Staley was president of the
board for many years, then Paul
Wallace served a considerable
period. Tinkham - Gilbert has
been the recent president but he
gave place to Frank Bennett, the
newly elected president at the
conclusion of the annual meet
ing. Among board members of
long standing were Tom Lives
ley, Bob Hendricks, Tom Kay,
Joe Albert, C. P. Bishop; others
still in service' include John
Farrar, Carle Abrams, Dr.
Browne Dr. Mark Findley. Pres
ent at the "Homecoming" were
Claude Kells, long time general
secretary of the. Salem Y.
It would be a mistake how
ever to think the Y is living in
its past. ; Introduced Monday
night were boys who are heads
of many of the Y-sponsored or
ganizations.; In fact the Y is so
crowded now trying to serve
youth and ther community that
the fine plant of 1926 is quite in
adequate. The great increase in
number of children in the dis
trict which . has forced school
building construction. Is felt by
the Y (and by the YWCA as
well); and expansion plans wait
only the provision of funds to
- make them effective.
The Salem Y is rightly proud
of its past, but Gus Moore, pres
ent . general secretary, and his
staff are primarily concerned
with the present and future; how
to serve the community in gen
eral and young men and . boys
In particular. The Y wants to
live up to its title as a Young
Men's Christian association. -
Bettor Englfsh
V
X. What is Wrong with this
sentence? "Why do you not own
up that you were there, when It
has been proven?" ?
2.1 What is the correct pronun
ciation of "hygienic"?
S. ' Which one of these words
is misspelled? Instantaneous, in
seperable, insidious, indeclina
ble. ! - ' .
4. What does the word "lineal
ly" mean? , - - - -
5. What Is a word beginning
with pel that, means "transpar
ent"? - --:
i, ANSWERS
1. !Say, "Why do you not con
fess that you were there, when it
" ha heen Braved?" 2. Pronounce
hi-ji-en-Oc first I as in high, sec
ond and third Ts as In it, e as tn
men. accent third syllable. - 3.
Inseparable. . In a manner de-
. scending in a direct line from "an
ancestor. "The princess is lineal
ly descended from the conquer
or." 5. Pellucid.
Tear opponent will try te expose year record to the voters,
...well hava te try and classify it as tea secret ..."
Tea
Toe
a sheep etee a
eaa skin him only
Doughton
Says Charter Kevoked ?
To the Editor: .
My attention has been called
to an item appearing in the club
calendar of The Oregon States
man; the meeting of the Disabled
American Veterans - auxiliary,
Salem Chapter No. 6, on Tuesday,
. November 8, 195L This notice has
appeared in .the Saturday, No
vember J, Sunday, November 4,
and the Monday, November 3 Is
sues of The Oregon, Statesman.
For your information the aux
iliary unit Is no longer a legal
operating unit, as their charter
has been revoked as of August
.20, 1950, end J quote from a let
ter sent, to everyone concerned
by the national headquarters of
the auxiliary at Colorado Springs,
Colo.: f - , "
- "At the request of Salem Chap
ter No. 6, DAY, and by action of
the DAV state convention, the
national executive committee of
our parent body, after a full hear
ing, revoked the charter of Salem
unit of the auxiliary, effective
August 20, 1950." No appeal was
taken to the DAV national con
vention, then in session, and the
revocation is finaL ,
"The action of the parent body
did not depend on whether, the
charter issued to the unit was
actually -returned to - national
headquarters or not. On August
20, 1950, Salem Unit No. 6 simply
ceased to exist, and no member
of the auxiliary could thereafter
act or attempt to act in the name
of the auxiliary, or otherwise dis
regard the action of the parent
body." a
The defiance of this convention
order has been going on through
the columns of - The. Oregon
Statesman and other local papers
for over a year; and we intend to
stop this if it requires civil court
action. To continue to print news
items as of above, or in any other
department of your paper, we feel
is nothing more than perpetuat
ing a fraud to the people of this
community.. We, therefore, ask
your cooperation in carrying out
the mandates of our national or
ganization: ARCH L. BREWSTER,
Commander DAV No. 6.
8EES CONTRADICTION
IN NEWS STORIES f- J
To the Editor: '
Last Sunday the Portland Ore
gonian published a feature article
concerning the new and contro
versial state department of fin
. ance. Included in the article was
' the following paragraph:
"The director CMr. Harry S.
- Dorman) this week abolished the
. property control division which
his department had inherited
. from the board of control. This,
he said, would result in employ
. ment of seven fewer persons, and
- would result in a saving of $45,-
000 in the biennium. Dorman
' said the change eliminated a du-
plication of services.'' I -
But on the preceding day the
Oregon Statesman ' had reported
the same matter as follows:
"Employes displaced by aboli
. tion of the state property control
division were assured ,of other
state jobs Friday by Harry S.
Dorman, state director of fin
ance. The eight-employe office
was ordered closed by j Novem-
. ber 15 and property control de
centralized to Individual depart :
ments." --.;:.;.v
Both these paragraphs seem to ;
quote Mr. Dorman rather expli-4
citly, but their meanings do not
. seem to agree. -' )
As the Oregonian pointed out, :
Mr. Dorman holds his present
position by virtue of having serv
ed as a campaign director for
the governor in the last , election;
And the governor is now reputed
to have higher aspirations And
while voters in the state at largo
will welcome any reductions in
the state's payroll, no matter how,
Eiddling, state employes and per
aps some merchants ' living in!
Salem may be expected to view
the matter in another light So
Mr. Dorman 's office has thought
fully provided separate press re4'
leases which appear to give us
what we want to hear, no matter
who or where we are. : i
; But there are probably others
besides myself who would real4
ly like to know which of the two
news, stories is correct, and
whether the present administra-
tion seriously intends to save
money from its enormous budget, .
Perhaps further editorial discus-t
sion on the matter could help us
. to find out. ' j
Howard Morgan I
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Catholic loyalty to die Pope
is the cause of never-ending
amazemen t to many non
Catholics. .
- They wonder how an
exclusively spiritual leader
can command the devotion
of nearly four hundred mil
lions of people. They can
not explain why this vase religious
family... representing every race,
color, language and political belief
on the face of die earth. ..lives
and grows through the ages, while
man-made empires have their day
of glory and then disappear.
What is there about this one
f 1
2D
organized... that it was
governed by the Apostles
under the leadership of
Peter. ..that it was teach
ing Christ's truth far and
wide, long before, the last
book of the New Testament
was written and the books
of the Bible were collected
into one volume.
, Christ's purpose , In organizing
a Church was to make certain that
the good news of Redemption
would be preached to all men...
even to the end of the world. To
accomplish this with fallible men,
required mat He establish a Church
man that causes people to speak divinely protected from error in
of him in a hundred tongues as transmitting His teaching through
Hdy 'Father"? : ,
, We find the answer, of course,
not necessarily in the holiness of
the man himself, but in his Christ
the centuries. ! -
The Catholic Church trices its
unbroken history back to the Apos
tlesback to Christ. And Catholics
given office. The answer is found today call Pope Pius XII "Holy
by tracing the history of the Cam- '' Father" because he is the lawful
lie Church... the history of 262 and historical successor to Peter,
successive .Popes. ..back through the first Pope. He is in our time . . J
nearly 2,000, years to Christ Him- as Peter was in the first century ;
- - ..... ....... '-. . . . - - . .
. i . the Vicar of Christ on earth. l:
elf.
"We know as a matter of his
torical fact that Christ did establish
His Church... that He commis
sioned the Apostle Peter as its first
head . . ; that He sent His Apostles
forth to teach men to observe all
things He had commanded.
. We know from the New Testa
ment that the Church was actuall
Would you like to know mora
about the Pope.. i why the prom
ises made by Christ to Peter and
his successors make the Pope tha
most important man in the world?
Then write today for a pamphlet
which we shall send you free and
without any obligation. Ask fog
Pamphlet No. 4-N.
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