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- 4 Thm fV-'t-r Caliar Oraqoa. Wada day. Hov. 14. IS31 i if THE GODS ARE ATHIRST! No Favor Sways V. No pear Shall Awe i f from First Stoteaimaw starch tS. 1S51 - THE STATESJIAN PUBLISHING COJIPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Published every morning. Business office Z1S 8 Commercial, Salem. Oregon. Telephone 2-2441. Entered at the posteffice at Salem, Oregon, as secead class matter mder act of congress March 1, 1S7H "Why South Stays Democratic j Speaker Sam Rayburn threw cold water on the "sesech" movement among southern demo-: crats. Speaking to the gathering of southern gov4 ernors at Hot Springs he urged them to adhere to their party regardless of its 1952 nominees No independent candidate could be elected and the consequence of a split would be a republican victory, he said. He really let the cat out of the bag when he added: "And every southern mail who holds a responsible place in congress woula lose his position." ; That's right; and it's time some of them did crochety old Senator McKellar, for example, who heads the senate appropriations committee and ' browbeats all who disagree with him, and John Rankin of Mississippi, who heads the house com mittee on veterans' affairs. The south, for all its antagonism to civil rights legislation and its scorn of the Roosevelts and hatred of Truman; has fared exceedingly well during the demo cratic regime. Its congressmen got peanuts in eluded with the major crops (cotton, corn, wheat) -for special price protection (with supet protection for -cotton), and many other benefits due to the powerful positions held by their sen a tors and representatives. . fi There are many fine, able southerners to be v sure, and we do not want to wave the sectional banner; but since the south has a resurgence of sentiment for the "Stars and Bars," it invites a countering comment. Fast becoming modern and industrial, the south ought to break the tyranny of its ancient prejudices and think in national terms rather than nurse its wounds and savor its "peculiar institution" of "white supremacy," I Speaker Rayburn put his finger on the; spot when he warned what a shift in control of con gress would do to southern members. That's one reason why the south will stay democratic. J Some banks are coming out with left-handed checkbooks which have the stubs on the right hand side. The bankers had better be careful. They may be hailed before the committee on subversive activities for favoring the left As for the check-writers, the main thing is to have something left after, writing the check. He Hit Some Tender Spots There was plenty of good, meat in Douglas MacArthur's talk at Seattle last night, and critics and friends alike can well take stock in the pithy comments of the general who won't fade away. He was right in declaring the president's re .Hit security order constituted a potential "in formation blackout;" he was right in deploring -"bombastic and provocative statements;" he was right in lashing at "the reckless extravagance of government spending;" he was right in speaking against "those who x x x belittle our interest in the Pacific" . j I But the good general left a vagueness on the constructiveside. .1 j On the one hand, he deplored "the hasty plunging int6 foreign quarrels" and "taking sides in issues which are not directly our concern. On the other hand, he criticized allowing Russia to build up strength at strategic points and iiri- plied that we should supply arms to Spain (ratti er than Yugoslavia). One could even infer from his statements that he opposed defending Korea. . It would be helpful if he would define what He meant by "issues which are not directly our cori cern." j The general's scathing denouncement of the administration's "almost insatiate demand : for money" will find wide, agreement, as well as his expressed belief that taxes in many instance's are confiscatory. But he doesn't decry spending . fefor, defense by far the greatest drain on the tax structure, and he doesn't explain wherein; "the policy and propaganda of our present leadership may be setting the stage for a third World War." win the main, his criticism of the administration Is sound and well taken. He is right in declaring the nation is on a dangerous road toward social ism and that socialism "breeds every device ; which produces totalitarian rule." But we wish he had gotten down to cases. At least he has spoken for the "loyal minority," which could well be the majority in future months, and his counsel is not to be laughed off. W.W. ! 1 Gulf Coast Gets Aluminum Plants T,he big expansion in aluminum is taking place on the gulf coast. That will take some of the responsibility off the northwest for meeting the defense requirements for more aluminum. Plan ne production for Texas, Louisiana and Arkan sas! by 1953 is 370,000 tons of pig aluminum, compared with about 100,000 tons scheduled for the; northwest. The scare over power cutbacks ha succeeded in diverting new production else- , whjere. ' : m Texas, Alco is erecting plants at Point Com fori increasing production there from 57,000 tons to 2,000, and at Rockdale one for 85,000 tons. Reynolds Metal is building a new plant at Cor pus Christ!, Texas of 75,000 tons capacity and increasing capacity at Jones Mills, Ark. by 20, 009 tons. Kaiser has the biggest project of all at New Orleans, for 100,000 tons, and doubling that in snind for the early future. ' 1 AH these plants will get the electric power needed for ore reduction to alumina and to alum inum from steam plants fired by natural gas, except at Rockdale where cheap lignite fuel will ' be fused. The southwest has lots of natural gas, ' ana huge quantities will be burned in these new plants. The northwest, with its new hydroelec tric plants due to come into the business of gen erating electricity in 1953 and after, should seek tolemploy this resource in industrial and agri cultural expansion which will provide more em ployment. Ejection Casualty One of the casualties of the last British elec- ticfi was Lady Megan Lloyd George, widow of th$ wartime (WW I) prime minister. Of her de feat the Manchester Guardian observes: I One loss stands out above others: that of Lady Megan Lloyd George, whose gay and vivid per sonality has cheered the House for 22 years. It is . Always hard for a member of long standing to lose his seat: it will be particularly bitter for . Lady Megan, whose whole life has been spent in politics. Her seat at Anglesey had long been con sidered shaky, and perhaps her defeat may be Attributed in some part to her rather erratic bourse in the last Parliament. Anyway from the House she may feel freer to decide how sha jniight best serve the Radical cause. One thing is fcertain. We have not heard the last of Lady Megan. x I Is Lady Astor still a member? If so, the house ol commons still has a lady member of wit and personality. ! " . ' - - - - 1(0)1 S MoaEfc Conieigy" 1 DTP . . - A i: I Lowell C. Paget, who heads up the pro-Taft organization in the state, lets out a squawk be cause Lawson McCall, the governor's assistant criticised Taft and lauded Eisenhower in a talk before the Marion-Polk county Young Repub licans here last week. Since when can't a person have political convictions and express them, 4ven if he is a member of the governor's staff. Resides his chief already has come out for Ike for president. As for Taft undoubtedly the local club will give a hearing to a Taft spokesman; tut he'd better be good, he'd better be good. sCS3RE9GGSS8 Mills have had so much plywood running out if their presses lately some of them have had to curtail or shut down operations. Operators blame the slump on slow government business; but the falling off in private construction must also be a factor. With more mills going into hardboard manufacture plywood will have fresh bompetition. Prices haven't been affected yet. put they surely will be. 33 Growing Anti-Truman Feeling in South Has Its Basis in Traditional Prejudices . , By J. M. Roberts, Jr. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -tfV-Thirty years ago and more long before the famous - split over Tammy, rum and religion in 1928 some rail 4 La A sous herners were beginning to talk that that some day, as the south changed from a purely agricul tural to a farm business - in dustrial econ omy, a real two-party sys tem would de velop there. Ensuing republican adminis trations emphasized the idea that the south would never get a hearing in Washington until it became worth-while for the re publicans to work for southern support, or in national demo cratic party councils until th south was no longer a sure thing for the democrats. : . Eastern and mid-western dem ocrats and republicans alike were sponsoring, and getting, legisla tion designed to protect their home industries against the in roads of the developing south. Oeight -rates between southern plants and eastern markets were discriminatory. The east held the flnaacial reins. Bat for the depression, the let breakaway orer Al Smith aoight have seea a great Utteal change. Thiakisg . eaaagtng. bat the soath waa , cUmilhuioDed 17 the floorer admiaistratioa. the religlea loe-led. and the voters west right tack to their old ways.r l With, the return of national democratic administrations, southern democrats were the top . men ia subsequent congresses. At llrst -they were completely' en-f thralled by the ' Eoosevelt pro- gram. Then gradually they be gan to fall away.iThey frequent ly acted more Bke republicans than did the republicans them selves. A coalition of republicans and southern democrats began to control congress on many is sues, particularly social ones. The yeast of soothers re publicans seemed to bo work ing again, t '. Bat few' thought then that the next great split ia the democratic party would arala bo based on ancient prejudices. True liberals jln ihe south not just social j agitators were seeking to 'solve racial issues through the -spread of tolerance. Others, of course, resisted, espe cially in the field of politics, where they could appeal to large numbers of; people whose eco nomic condition left them only their blood i by j which to hold themselves above the children of their grandfathers slaves. , . : i - ; i Nor was the old tsrao of states' rights dead. With less dilation of Its Anglo-Saxon origin than any other part of America, and so imbned with a native distress of central ised government; stUl proud of the condact of I Its saea hi a war where states rights was the one issae which could still b defended, the soath objects to outside interference la prob lems which ft ) considers pri saarily its ewaul President Truman's dvil rights program, designed to legislate economic freedom for Negroes, struck fire in this atmosphere. Filibusters in congress were fol lowed by organized anti-Truman political factions in lit.. As the isa UlecUoa eom paiga got smder way the flro waa stm there, ssooulderlag. Aatl - TruiaaJi leaders were waiting to see what would come out of the pre-eonvention skirmishes. Byrnes, Talmadgo and others were talking but hardly organising. -Then House Speaker Sam Ray burn brought the whole thing into the open at the southern governors conference Monday. The 1952 split in the south be came a living thing, wide open for all to see. Stick with the party or lose your power, said Rayburn. The south owes its loyalty to no political party or candidate for next year, Byrnes replied. Arala the appeals will bo oa the basis of prejudice. But underneath all that the yeast of 30 and of 50 years is work lng, the yeast of a changed and still changing south which will not bo solid. Better English 1. What Is wrong with this sentence? "After reaching the top of the mountain, he began to climb down again." 2. What is the correct pro nunciation of "inimitable"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Baricade, baromet ter, baroness, barrister. 4. What does the word "allite ration" mean? 5. What is a word-beginning with ar that means "haughty"? V ANSWERS 1. CUmb means to ascend, and it is impossible to ascend down. Say, "he began to descend," and omit again. 2. Pronounce in-im-1-ta-bT, all.Ts as in H a un stressed, accent second syllable.' 3. Barricade. 4. Repetition of the same letter or sound at the be ginning of words succeeding each other. 8. Arrogant. The best way these days for a girl to learn' a career, servo her country, have fun and grab off a husband, all at the same time, is to join the armed forces. This week, in addition to being good duck weather, is Share The Service For Freedom week. . Translated that means a call for recruits into the WACS, WAVES, WAFS, Women Marines and any other branches of the service which can use a helping feminine hand. Hurrying through the statistics we find that 72,000 female warriors are needed to expand the women's services to 112,000 persons as part of the U. S, defense goal of '3,500,000 service men and women. ; . PFC Donna Kay Cummlnrs. honey-blonde I WAF and WAC recruiter at the Salem postofflce, thinks there isj nothing but nothing, like the service. First of all, she points out, most of the girls who enlist marry in their first year (two of her girl-friends did). Secondly the girls can, if they're, really ambl-; tlous, get aa expease-free college education while In the service. - Thirdly, they learn careers which they can later use in civilian j life. And lastly they eaa "see the country and get around before i settling down," while doing their bit in the national defense ef-! : fort. - . j-, ; Miss Cummlngs also blew up some false notions lots of girls have concerning the woman in uniform. All women's service un iforms have undergone drastic changes since the WW II days of khaki and OD. WACS, for instance, now have a sort of grey and modern style, and the WAFS wear blue. What's more, the girls don't even have to wear their uniforms when off duty. Not all the jobs available are clerical, either. A girl can take up photo graphy, control tower operations, radio, radar and telephone op erations, various medical fields such as X-ray, dental and labo-, ratory technician, illustrating, show i production and of course personnel and administration work. ; v ; Enlistees eaa even leave the States sometimes sad got stations la the Paclfifl areas er in Europe. Girls most be high school grad uates, must bo between I and f feet tall and "weigh proportion ately." Several applications ef Salem girls are pending now while they try to get rid of a few surplus pounds. The girls enlist for throe years. They may receive an honorable discharge after one year if they get married, but most girls who marry servicemen remain la uniform until their husbands get eat; ' PFC Curnmings says she accepts only about one-half of those who apply. That weight requirement throws a lot of them. Wes tern girls, she said, are more reluctant to enter service than their eastern sisters. She thinks this is probably because western gals don't know of the wonderful opportunities and good, clean (plenty of chaperons) fun awaiting adventuresome amaforis. At the last base she was stationed, said WAF Curnmings, there were 3,000 men and only 75 girls. "That base' she sighed, "had just about everything." (Continued from page one.) - GRIN AND BEAR I IT by : Lichty I r f . i : ' r- v! 1 rl &It ) thick ef you gmys! . fire think of all the braes that's for mouthi without to; peace, ending the exchange of epithets and the propaganda staging and ! entering on nego tiations with a sincere resolve to smooth out rather than deepen the present international dis cord. Maybe we have In Anthony Eden a real leader, one the Unit ed Nations has been waiting for. Trained in the art of governing, from a country whose experi ence is vast, Eden may bring a maturity of leadership which has been lacking. The United States was thrust into world leadership after two wars, not fully seasoned and pre pared for discharging the re sponsibilities inherent in such leadership. After the first world war we did make a gallant move toward disarmament, but failed to follow through (as did other nations) in halting the armed ag gression of Japan in Manchuria and Italy in Ethiopia. Moreover, our politicians failed to orient weir thinking to our altered re lationship with the world. The first world war turned us to a creditor from a debtor nation; but f wo adhered to high protec tion against imports, which con tributed to world paralysis in trade, and deepened the world wide depression. After the second world war our economic strength was even more pronounced; and our po litical and economic leadership has been wiser. We have pro moted world recovery through foreign aid programs. We have stepped out as a positive force to restrain Soviet communist ag gression. There has been some fumbling on our part and other nations have been fearful lest we become trigger-happy and invite a world war in which they would be the principal suffer ers. It is quite conceivable that some one like Eden may be the "lucky broker" who can medi ate some of the differences, a role which Ernest Bevin hoped to fill. At least we have now a man of high . standing, of ex perience, who can think clearly and; can talk without losing his temper or splitting his voicebox. Public Records MUNICIPAL COUKT Alfreda Hoffman De La Mora, Salem, charged with disorderly conduct. Pleaded ' innocent; trial set November 23. Released on 159 bail. -: . i ' Thomas Vance Franklin, Tongue ' Point Naval station charged ' with reckless driving. Fined $150, and given 30 days sentence to be suspended on pay ment of fine. Held in city jaiL C. Woodrow Miles, Sweet Homer charged with driving while intoxicated. Fined $250 and given 30 days suspended sentence on payment of fine. Glen Wheeler, 1085 S. 13th st, charged with reckless driving. Fined $200 and given 10 days' suspended sentence on payment of fine. Also charged with driving with no operator's license. Fined $150, and given 10 days sentence, with eight suspended, and license revoked lor two years. ' CIRCUIT COURT Lois Hughes vs George Hughes: Divorce decree to plaintiff restores her maiden name of Wampler. Ella Sophie Starr . vs LaRoy Starr: Divorce decree to .plaintiff restores her maiden name of Han sen. State Industrial accident com mission vs Gordon L. Skinner: Jury grants plaintiff judgment of $1,137.50. James E. Murphy' vs John Adelman: Case dismissed with prejudice and without costs, as settled. . Arlene Toelle vs Pacific Grey hound lines and Olive M. Gin rich: Plaintiff moves for new trial on ground of .alleged errors in court instructions to jury in dam are case. ' Patty I. Barnes and B. W. Den- . . ( M V ny vs unanown neirs oz vesse a, Parrish and others: Suit seeks to quiet title to real property. 'Lynn U cariyie vs aious ana James Moen: Complaint ; seeks judgment of $10,000 general and $4,062.80 special damages for in juries allegedly sustained Jan. 18, 1951, in auto collision at First and High streets in Silverton. i Helen Vincent vs Salem Heavy Hauling and Equipment company and W. W. Ankeny: Complaint seeks judgment of $70,000 general and $4,476.88 special damages for injuries allegedly sustained In ac cident June 24, 1950, on Salem Stayton highway. - ' ' ; DISTRICT COURT Pete Sproed, John William Eg gert, David Lowell Neitling, Rob ert Wayne Hastings, . Edward Klukis and Duane Elwood Isaac son, each charged with hunting ducks after hours, each fined 25 and costs with $15 of fine suspended.-, ""'- Edward J. Klukis, charged with hunting ducks after hours, plead ed Innocent, trial set November 19. ' " MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS ,y v Rudolph H. Dolinsky, 25, state employe, i 2355 Evergreen ave, Salem, and Bonnie Mae Quallis, 19, clerk, Estacada. Hugh Ellsworth Bellinger, 21, student, 1779 Court st., and Mari lyn Marie Hart, 18, bookkeeper, 3795 S. Commercial ft, both of Salem. 3 Willis Dean Melsenheimer. 20. farmer; Woodburn, and Dolores Marie Jungwirth, 18, Gervals. PROBATE COURT i Millie B. Hartwell guardian ship: Hearing set November 28 on two petitions for appointment of guardian. - George C. Hull estate: Final de cree. 1''. ; . " ! Julia P. Delano estate: Final de cree. ... ' i Emma Wood Neptune estate: Will admitted to probate, and Emory F. Wood appointed execu tor. ! Icel Dunn guardianship: Leslie Dunn, father, appointed guardian, i Ida Louise Niles estate: Final account approved. ' . Tn find the diameter of a cir cle, multiply the . circumference by 31831. Ho (Christ) was wounded for our transgressions. 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