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The Sling Addresses Parliament I
I Lane -ego British royalty learned that as far
as .governing is concerned it is impotent. The
kin continues, at the opening of parliament
to .read the speech from the throne and to refer
to SSjr -government" but that is just play-acting.
' The sung reads what is written for him to read.
. j Under the labor government King George not
toe oasy months ago announced MMy govern
menC intention to nationalize the steel in'
duslry. n his address to the new parliament,
read lor &ixn because illness prevented his at
teaflance, the king said: ( y
.: "A01 will be placed before you to annul the
eteti -and steel act with a view to the reorgani- f
zaUon of the industry under free enterprise but f
with -the adequate measure of public supervi- I
lTealso said: "My government will seek to
promote the flexibility in those industries which
have teen brought under public management"
this to fulfill another promise of the conserva
tive party.
I At the moment however the chief concern in
Britain is over how to keep on eating. Early in
his address the king said:
j UyGovernment view with grave concern the J
economic situation of the United-Kingdom about
iwfcieh a full disclosure must be made to the g
aatiea. . B
: The recent deterioration in the balance of "if
, payments causes increasing anxiety and must I
; be Urgently remedied in order to restore the I
iuile&t confidence in the purchasing power of
"thejpeund, so mat we may continue to be able ,
te obtain from overseas the supplies necessary
to maintain employment and an Increasingly f
tush level of production, i
; The measures to this end must include drastic
1 action to reduce the growing inflation of our
economy, which threatens the maintenance of -our
defence program and which, if unchecked, I
must cause a continuing rise in the cost of 1
: living,: '
i ; My Government regard this problem as over- j
shadowing all other domestic matters. They are
giving it urgent examination and will announce
their conclusions and make proposals to Parlia- !
ment in the near future. . ; f
The king's address resembles that of the presif
ent of the United States in his message to con
gress. There is a difference, however. Though
the king is powerless his program , will be en
acted (or the government will fall). Here though
the president is powerful in his own right his
program may be treated with contempt by con
gress. Sometimes the president may .wish he
were "king" so he could get his program
through; and sometimes the British king may
wish he were president so he could speak his
own mind and not just read what the prime
minister put in his hand. f
Celebration at Bieber ' !
After 10 years another passenger train tooted
its way. around the mountains and along the
canyons and through the pine forests of the
country back of Mt. Shasta and Mt. Lassen.
They were two trains really, one coming up the
Western Pacific from Oakland, the other down
the Great Northern from Klamath Falls. The
diese -electric locomotives "kissed" each other
at Bieber, just as their steam predecessors did
10 years before when the last spike was driven
completing the north-south railroad behind the
Cascade-Sierra Nevada ranges. ;
jWhat Was reputed to have been the dream of
James J. Hill was revived by Ralph Budd, pres-.-ent
of the Great Northern. The one whose ap
Beneficent Dictatorship Not Democracy,
Advocated
By Stewart Alsop
CAIRO, Nov. 12 on leaving
uch a city as this, it is difficult
not to give way to a sense of
despair. For
here. In this
curious, un
pleasant at
mosphere, (the
air has a sweet, i
cloying smell,
rather like a
baby's diaper)
It sometimes
seems that the
Isolationists are
right; that.cwe
huM -. fSHra
lnta Wcontl- Mrn i
neatal Gibraltar, eat our lotus
leaves while we may, and await
our inevitable end.
j Given a good deal more
shrewdness and foresight than
London and Washington have
.jytlomariljr displayed in these
parts, 'the situation might be
glued together here, so that it
can be rendered more or less
i manageable for a time. But Only
far a timeand what happens
after that?
I The plain fact is that this is
aa essentially revolutionary ' sit
; aatloa. It Is true that Americans
are apt to be overly horrified
ky the fantastic contrast
between wealth a ad pov
erty la each places as Egypt (a
eeatraat to which those from the
"sapttalist. reactionary United
States are far leas aeeastosaed
Uea Europeans). It Is tree that
tale ceatrast has exslsted since
tt Jsae af the raaraaaa. Tot
ittal fact resnms.
I The structure of society here
the ruthless exploitation of the
many fey -the very few who own
all the land and therefore all the
wealth simply cannot stand up
Indefinitely. For all sorts of
technological and political rea
sons, some sort of basic and pro
bably violent change is invitable
here. In such a situation, those
who stand for violent change are
likely ultimately to profit, while
those who seem to - stand for
rMpgs as they are will surely
lose. - 7
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To day Vamezbt IX 1S31
office til f Commercial, Salens,
Oregon, m second elate matter carter
proval was necessary in 1931 was Arthur Cuftiss .
James, a heavy stockholder in Great Northern
and Western Pacific. He it was who drove homo
the spike at the Bieber ceremony of 1931. In the
interval he passed away and Ralph. Budd re
tired (now he heads the Chicago public transit
authority). Ralph Budd's son, John' M. Budd,
now GN president headed the GN party for the
1951 celebration. President Fred B. Whitman of
Western Pacific headed its delegation.
When approval of the extension was sought
the prospect of through passenger service was
dangled before the public. It never materialized;
and barring a revolution in transportation, it
never will. But the road does enough business
to be considered a paying proposition. It gets a
lot of lumber in Oregon and California for the
long system haul, besides miscellaneous freight
During the last war it handled considerable
defense material.
I This project was the last big piece of railroad
construction in the west. In the 20 years' inter
vening mileage has been , reduced rather than
extended as non-paying branch lines gave way
to truck highways. Rails though are indispen
sable for the, long haul and it is well we' have a
second north-south railroad serving, the west
coast. .
The Other Taf t
i While the older brother, Robert A. Taft, has
been more in the public eye, the younger son
(by eight years) of the late president William
Howard Taft is an eminent citizen in his own
right. He is Charles P. Taf t, also a lawyer id
Cincinnati. Previously he has let his brother
Robert do the family's running for major office.
Now, however, he has announced his own can
didacy for governor of Ohio.
x I This poses the query on what effect it will
have on brother Bob's campaign for the presi
dency. The latter says he will keep out of
Charlie's way; and brother Charlie says he
doesn't think his entry will affect his brother's
campaign. .
I The fact is that though brothers they are not
cast in the same mold. Charles is more civic
minded and much more liberal in his outlook.
He was active in the drive for municipal reform
in Cincinnati and served for a number of years
on the city council. For a brief period he held an
assignment in the department ' of state under
, Edward Stettinius. In that capacity he visited,
Salem and spoke here to explain the depart
ment's program for United Nations. Charles Taft
served also as president of the Federated Coun
cil of Churches and has been a leader among
church laymen. Those who know-both regard
brother Charles as the warmer, more approach-,
able personality. At age 54 he is at the prime of
his powers. Here is a man who can run on the
Strength of his own character and qualifica
tions and not just on the family name, highly
respected though it is, particularly in Ohio.
Sigmund Romberg wrote many songs that
Were singable. Their melodies were sung and.
hummed by thousands : who never knew the
name of the composer. For he worked in the
field of "popular" music. His light operas in
cluded "Desert Song", "Blossomtime" and "The
Student Prince." He's dead now, at age 64, but
for years and years people will be humming the
times he put together and college glee clubs will
sing numbers from "The Student Prince.'
as New Government of Egypt
1
Under the above formula, the
Sevleta will profit and the West
will lose in the! present world
struggle, la such areas as this.
Yet the dilemma! of the West Is
obvious. If only to keep the situ
ation glued together, It Is tempt
ing, and Indeed for a time It may
be necessary for the Anglo
American , partnership to use "
something very like the tech
alaue ef Influence which the
British used here and else where
for many years and with con
siderable saccess.
The British. In effect, first
created the ruling class of Pash
as and then controlled this class
by bribes of one 'sort of another
The British ; needed the Pashas
simply because they needed - a
handle through which to exercise
their power; in Egypt British
power was sometimes thus exer
cised by subtle; and indirect
means. Often the means was
most simple I and -direct.
When, for example, Ernest
Bevin perhaps Unwisely put a
stop to the practice, the Egyptian
politicians and Journalists whoso
palms had been regularly
greased by the secret funds of
the British Embassy were
honestly Indignant. They have
since become professional Britain-baiters
to a man.
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Because the handle still exists,
in the form of a small and by
no means incorruptible ruling
class, this technique or some
thing like It seems logical, and
it might work for a time.. But it
cannot work Indefinitely, as the
experience of the British all over
this area has shown. The fact is
that the present ruling class can
not rule torn very much longer,
and only rules now by going to
any lengths! whatsoever to dis
tract the attention of the ruled
from the misery of their condit
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Although tt b easy to state the
dilemma, It Is Impossible clearly
to see the way oat of It Tet two
points may ( be worth consider'
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In the first place, we ought te
stop talking : nonsense about de
mocracy. Talking about democ
' racy is talking nonsense, as con-
Oregon. Telephone t-ZUL
act ef congress ssarea S. lfTa,
cerns countries like this, where
the great majority of the popu
lation lives rather below the
level of their animals. Democ
racy here means simply' that
politicians must outbid each
other for the support of the
street mobs. This in turn leads
straight to the most vicious ex
tremisra"KllI the Jews" yest
erday, "KM the Bitsh', today,
"Kill the Americans' tomorrow.
A wise Anglo-American policy
here could bolster the moderates
for a time, but If the moderates
are not assassinated anyway, the
extremist will always overtake
them in the end.
The second 'point follows from
the first. What Is needed la this
sort of situation is a reasonably
enlightened dictatorship. The
model to Turkey's Kemal Atat
ark, who, by making baste
changes, transformed a crumbl
ing, corrupt and anarchle society,
much like Egypt's today, into a
modern state. Tough though It
may have been, Atatork's dic
tatorship laid the groundwork
for the democracy which now
functions so surprisingly well la
Turkey.- ;
The problem, of course, is to
find your Ataturk in a pinch,
we should certainly settle for a
Reza Shah Pahlevi. It is hope
less to expect a stooge of the
West to exercise power -- no
stooge of the West could rule.
Any stooge of the Pashas, more
over, would in the long run spell
victory for the Soviets, since
what is needed is precisely the
sort of change, including land
reform, which the Pashas most
fear.
At any rata. It Is time to atrip
ourselves ef ear Illusions. It
eomes hard for any Amerieaa to
find himself advocating author
itarian rule anywhere. But the
fact remains the kind of ration
al dictator who wl interest
himself la the defense of his
epuutry and in the basie change
which his country needs to sur
rlve as aa Independent state. Is
' the best we eaa hope for la such
places as Egypt It Is also a great
deal better than anything wo ara
likely to get
(Cooyright 1951.
New York Herald Tribune. Inc.)
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i Armistice day parades are getting smaller .!. . Used to be
that anyone who was anybody got out and marched . . . Veteran
organizations alone would take up nearly a whole division L . .
troops and nearly
turned, out, too . . .
Monday's
day parades
Haadreds of grade-school
it Wpr '
I
seem to know the proper procedure during taps and running ap
J of the flag. Legionnaire Jim Garvin was at his annual task of
: trying to get the flag to the top of the mast at the last notes of
the National Anthem ... Despite official appeals few downtown
( merchants displayed flags.
Armistice day is also known
It is a legal holiday in all states except Oklahoma and in
Korea ... This week is American Education week (time to
educate weak Americans), National j Diabetes week (to begin
diabetes detection drive) and National Children's Book week
(follows National Cat week) ... This also is the week when
boosters of OSC.and U of O
basketball and forensic seasons,
s
Pretty rare - L. C. Epley,
1 a.m. the other morning to say he
northeast sky caused by the moon . . i Most potent food in town
must bo served at Marion hotel. Man limped la there using a
cane. About half hour later he came walking oat briskly with
out bis cane. A waitress had to chase him half-way down the
block to give him his stick.
Motorists are beginning to
highway signs at Shedd and Halsey south of Albany. on 99E. If
you're going south the signs at the entrance to both towns read:
'Entering Shedd." And if you go north signs at each town read:
"Entering Halsey." Tis said that this is not only confusing the
inhabitants of Shedd and Halsey but is driving travelling sales
men to distraction. . ! i t
mama
j (Continued from page one.)
colonial aspect of Oregon's econ
omy. After the Johnson sale is
concluded probably only a small
proportion of the ownership will
be in hands of Oregon residents.
The profit will be distributed
over the nation. The share
trickling back in dividends to lo
cal stockholders will be minor,
i This is the ftfte of being middle-sized.
A small corporation
can be sold-locally. The middle
sized corporation cannot in - a
brief period assemble enough lo
cal capital for its take-over. The
large corporation or the group
with access to large reservoirs
of capital is the only one able
to finance a purchase deal. So
the Johnson mill goes to a com
pany whose stock is listed on the
"big board" and the Oregonlan
Is sold to a chain publisher and -the
Spaulding Pulp mill at New
berg is bought by interests re
lated to eastern pulp concerns. .
1 Our tax laws designed to cut
down the wealthy thus contrib
ute to building up the very
wealthy and to the development
of a modern feudalism with a dis
tant corporation for liege lord.
That is the trend, whether we
like it or not Only the bigger
can swallow up the big.
Inhabitants of Echernach in
Luxembourg are famous for man
ufacture of damask, linen and
porceain.
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THE White' CLIFFS
Even the YMCA used to have a truck-load of
performing gymnasts doing shakey handstands
in the rain ... Used to be lots of marching
every civic organiza
ion
parade was typical f Armlstie
In recent years. . First ef all
marchers and bystanders got good and wet
drum majorettes were soggy t and shivering.
A good-sized crowd turned up at the court
house square, but of course nearly everyone
started to leave Just as the mala speaker eamo
kids milling around who didn't
i '
as Victory day in Tennessee.
are' looking forward excitedly to
-
local bus driver, called at 1:30
had just seen a rainbow In the
wonder what's
what
the
S6SH8
Only when we look at Ufa from
God's viewpoint do we see It as
It really U. j
j -J. C. Lawioa
GRIN AND BEAR IT
"With the world aa the brink
prepared, dear . . I
with
M I r .f'V
Ways In
Washington
By Jane Eads
WASHINGTON -)- It used
to be babies and children, now
it's the old folks whoso health
a ni ..r a 1 m
are a major; 4
women's clubs ' J
of the nation. L r - "-r
"E ighteenr. ' 5 V..
jrcars uve uecu
added to the!
the past cen-f
tury, and. what
J
eLr; y.
if. ssMatf 'aw-y-XsCsi
to do with those
a problem af-
.01
fecting every
body, says Mrs. John D. Robin
son, of Wallace, N. C, national
chairman of the General. Feder
ation of Women's Clubs geron
tology committee.
"The average working Ameri
can today is supporting more old
people than ever before, partly
because so many industries have
compulsory retirement and the
elderly people have no way of
earning a living."
Methods for working out some
solution fall into two parts, re
search and education, Mrs. Rob
inson said. "Research is being
left to specialized fields, but ed
ucation is up to groups such as
ours. The whole thing, however,
boils down to the fact that the
current problem is one for the
community, the neighborhood
and the whole town to solve on a
local level."
She said "no government or big
organization can come in and.
do for the old folks like the
family and their friends and
neighbors can, because they
mostly need love and affection."
.
Federation club members are
now assisting in recreation,
hobby and study programs, or
are forming new programs. "The
adage that you can't teach an
old dog new tricks is not true,"
Mrs. Robinson said. "It has been
nroven that a person of 80 can
learn as readily as he could at
the age of 12." The peak learn
ing ability is at 22, she said, but
retention of learning ability is
more noticeable in people who
have made a practice of learn
ing. She thinks people ought toJ
learn something new every day
by lichty
f war, I feel If s oar duty to be
bought a new carl .
Your Health
' Strange as it may seem, heart
failure can result from long
standing nutritional deficiencies.
This underscores the. need for
proper eating,- particularly in
view of the fact that the .only
remedy for this type of heart dis
ease is in the eating of an ade
quate and well-balanced diet
j Until a few years ago, all cases
of nutritional heart disease were
believed to be due to a deficiency
of one vitamin thiamine or B-l.
Recently, however, a number of
cases have been observed where
symptoms were different from
those in heart disease due to lack
of thiamine, and where they were
not relieved by Its administration.
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Apparently, these cases are due
not to a lack of one or two food
substances, but to many, since no
single drug or vitamin has been
found capable of controlling
them.
j One of the outstanding symp
toms of nutritional heart disease
is a generalized swelling, espe
cially of the legs, trunk, arms,
and face. There is severe short
ness of breath, and the patient
may sleep with his head raised
on several pillows.;
; The circulation of the blood is
slowed and the liver is almost
always found to be enlarged and
tender.
j There may be fleeting pains of
a neuriuc type In the . arms and
legs, alternating with "pins and
needles' numbness. . Cracking at
the corners of the mouth is very
common.
The heart size Is greatly In
creased and there may be albu
min and pus in the urine. An
electrocardiogram usually shows
heart damage. Tests of the liver
reveal that the liver is undergo
ing cirrhosis or hardening, indi
eating that not only the heart but
other organs as well are begin
ning to show effects of lack of
proper food. ,
,
Almost immediately after a
well-balanced diet is instituted,
some improvement occurs if the
disease ' has not progressed too
: far.- The swelling or edema dis
; appears the heart becomes
stronger, there is weight loss, and
; the liver becomes less tender.
The drugs used for other types
i of heart disease do not help a
great deal in this condition. The
restriction of salt in this type
of heart disease is of no help
The only treatment which seems
to be of benefit is the institution
of a well-balanced diet, and the
7 administration of adequate quan
tities of vitamins..
; QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
: L. O.: Is coffee the cause of
i kidney trouble?
Answer: There is no evidence
that coffee can be of any harm
I to the kidneys.
Bottor English
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "What he said was
derogatory of his associates."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "heinous"?
3. Which 'one of these words
is misspelled? Marashino, mar
garine, marmalade, marketeer.
4. What does the word "abys
mal mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with abn that means ."to deny
and reject" -V
ANSWERS
i. say, "wnat ne said was
derogatory to his associates." 2.
Pronounce hay-nus, accent first
syllable. 3. Maraschino. 4. Bot
tomless: unfathomable. "He had
sunk to the abysmal depths of
despair. ... 5. Abnegate.;
: even if it's only a telephone num
; ber.
Mn. Robinson vivacious and
! attractive wife of a physician
! ana motner or two grown child
; ren, runs an eight-bedroom man
lion and collects " antiques. She
: has invented a money purse
which a woman can attach to a
lingerie strap. It's called, "Your
! Bosom Friend," and its sale has
been so successful she's had to
i hire seven women to help turn
out tne gadgets.
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Plans Suit Over
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Timber Taxes
EUGENE. Nov.i H -TV Lane
county will go to the courts for
an answer on how much money
the government, owes on federal
timber! and within the county.
The district attorney was -Instructed
by . the county court to
prepare xne suit. The sum at
stake- Is $300,000 to more than
1900,000. 1 r :
The money would come ' from
timber sales on lands now sub
ject to conflicting claims between
the forest service and the depart
ment of interior.: The lands ara
the former Oregon and California
revested forest tracts. s j
The forest service would srive
the county 25 per ( cent of the
money from the sales. This would
be more than $300,000. s The in
terior9 department practice has
been to give 75 per cent of the
money to counties. This would
make the sum more than $900,000.
2 Plead Innocent
To Tax CKanres
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PORTLAND, Nov. lz-iAVLes-ter
T. Beckman and Robert' B.
Allan, accused of fraudulent in
come tax returns, pleaded inno
cent in federal court today.
Judge James A. Fee set the trial
date for December 4. i
The two are accused of evad
ing payments over a two-year
period. The government said
Beckman owes $81,718 and Allan,
$75,903. Earlier the government
seized a number of slot machines
here, listing Beckman and Allan
as the owners. j . M
Judd Assigned to
War Crimes Board
Maj. Harlan A. Judd Marion
county clerk Son leave, has been
assigned to the war crimes sec
tion, Second ; logistical command,
with the army at Pusan, Korea,
Mrs. Judd learned Monday.
Judd, recalled to active duty a
year ago with Salem's reserve
369th engineer boat and shore bat
talion, was stationed at Ft Wor
den. Wash, until early this fall.
He left the states September 28
and was in: Korea for 120 days
prior to his assignment, i ;
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