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, a ... .MOUNTAIN COMES TO MOHAMMED mNo Favor Swayt Vs. No Pear Shall Awe. Fre first Statesman. March 23. U31 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY ' CHARLES A. SPRAGUB, Editor and Publisher Patlished every inornmg. Dasmeai effke tlS 8 Conserdal. Salem. Oregon. Telephone' Z-244L Catered at the postofflee at Sxlem. Oregon, aa eecead clam matter under act af congress ISarth 1.. 1272. Half -million from State Forest Clatsop county has realized over half-a-mil-lion dollars from the 140,000 acres of forest lands ; it turned over to the state board of forestry in i 1945. Xhis was cutover land that had reverted to the county for non-payment of taxes. The sum was realized from sales of snags, blowdown tim-; ber and patches that were merchantable. ' At present the state foresters are making- sur- ;Wfl7ait,ta4p.m. There has been a little debate in some state echelons of late as to. whether elective officials of Oregon should wear their school colors at tha historic grid duel in Eugene this afternoon, f In other words, would be it politically advis able, assuming a person hoped to be re-elected state dog-catcher or keeper of the keys, to wear the yellow and green chrysanthemum of tha veys end inventories of the area they administer. University of Oregon or the orange and black Aerial snapping will be supplemented with ground checking k determine present forest ' cover and need for planting. One recent acquis!- -tiom lias feeen set aside for replanting by Port land iugh schools as a wintertime project for studerit. each high school to handle 40 acres. ', When the 140,000 acres are restored to full rodecAian and handled on a cycle basis the count which gets 90 per cent of the revenues. fromonest of these lands, will enjoy a substantial annual income, about half of which goes, to the, school districts, v ' The state forests now embrace over 600,000 acres. "The only trouble is that the program; didn't "begin quite soon enough, and some coun- chrysanthemum, of Oregon State college. Maybe the question is one for Emily Post or our own society editor. But we've had our chin clipped before, so here gogj; f If you've even been an undergraduate of either institution, and don't wear its colors, you've got nos right to be elected to anything. If you've at tended both, wear the colors of the one from which you graduated. If you never attended, either, don't wear anything (except clothes) un less you've no objections to someone attempting a bit of plain and fancy mayhem. This is a serious day, folks. Sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, brothers, sisters may force an -alteration to the above guide-rules. But, at all ties made the mistake of trying to handle their; ; events, be cautious although don't avoid parti- foreclosed timber lands themselves and sustain-; ed huge losses through mismanagement. What Do You Want, Caviar? There's one New York columnist, or more, who needs -slapping down. The one we have in mind recently deplored the food he gets aboard com mercial airlines and demands that the airlines aanshin if it is olainlv indicated. Now that that's over, let's on with the civil I war. A month ago it looked like the score might i be around 40 to 0. Now it looks like we'd better i keep our yap shut until around 4 pjn. I A great deal of republican opposition to tha 1 policies of the FDR-Truman administration have I been "Yes. but . . " Bob Taft's book on foreign quit advertising free meals they aren t meals,- t policy seems to alter the style to "No, but . .." he contends, they're wnnxiea peas, giaaai pota toes and congealed grease. " I Oka, okay, mister. You're just the type of passenger who sits and looks out the window, wondering why "they' don't smooth out the air bumps and why that woman across the aisle doesn't stay home if plane-riding makes her sick and why the stewardess doesn't hover more over your own .plush-bottomed seat instead of wast ing time taking care of the other 50 or so pas--senger. '' 1 . - J Never once, we'll bet, have you watched the: preparations in the tiny air-borne kitchens, lis-.' tened to-the quiet decisions at to whether it was safe to-serve the coffee steaming hot with a f M) 1 rnSsS?A JZl ilk - . i ! Editorial Comment l OKEGON'S BEATERS IN BAD I Oregon, nicknamed the Beaver state, has lowered the boom on the beaver, a little animal that almost rivals the busy bee for industry. He's just too busy, in fact, and too much of his activity is devoted to f doing the wrong things as seen from the human 1 point of view. So "nature's No. 1 engineer" can be trapped, legally, to January IS, except in 'certain localities. : (The latter-day trapper may obtain the f needed Information on these limits when he applies I to the state game commission for his trap license.) The low esteem in which our busy natural engl- ; - - - . - - : 1 ' - - :- i ; i ieer is held is attributed to such unpopular activ- rough -100 miles of air ahead, watched your host- J ities of his as damming irrigation ditches, plugging mlra, firm trHr. nn a trav and hreathe a 1 drains, cutting down fruit trees at which he does 'i. Zum. .t,rt, rfftiim h xiToxirintr I n unbelievably smooth job without benefit of ax silent .prayer as she starts down the weaving J Qr Sivand bita of ot a 1- aisle. ;, ' ; l laneous nature. I This is the first period of public beavertrapDins' I In Oregon that free trapping ground in the days I before the covered wagon. And this amphibious rod I ent's destructiveness (as we see it) has been increas 1 ing at a rapid' rate. I People who don't have to deal with him are In- I dined to like the beaver, both for his industry and f mtffinefrinir drill sanrl tMaiie0 hlctnr!9l1v ha was an I Oregon state prison warden, Virgil O'Malley, has delivered 20 lectures and battled through two radio broadcasts in his one- man campaign to tell the public what's what on the OSP campus. That's .a pretty good average for a man who says he's more at home behind bars '-(prison, that is) than aft of a pitcher; of water or a mike. The chief brow-soother of some 1,400 in mates has maintained a jaw-breaking schedule' and if he keeps it up he'll need a new voice- box for Christmas.-. And just how much hot and heavy food do you need sitting there doing nothing but worry about dogged ears and the distance to terra' firma? fot much. - I We aren't arguing the case of the airplane versus the train versus the bus versus the prv vate Jierse-Iess carriage. We're-saying you are getting all you need, all you're entitled to and fully as much as you have any right to expect, in the way of vittles, on most airlines. Or, in short, keep your flying nerves out of your stom-" ach and you'll be all right. f . i s m hum ' " Two Battles Against Red Conquest Won By J. M. Roberts, Jr. ' ' Associated Press News Analyst Thanksgiving day brought two important developments in the progress of-allied defense against communist t.. - One was the general ment fer ion. te was the 1 - - ' ral agree- 1 Vt : on. a buf- zone in - Democrats are criticizing General MacArthur for "campaigning in uniform" against his com- mander-in-chief. We have a hunch the old com- mander would dearly love to toss his battered campaign cap into the presidential ring, but his age and -his 1948 rebuff restrain him. j engineering skill and because, historically, he was an important base of much of primitive Oregon's eco- i nomic life. But you can't reason with him, and his I conception of what is constructive and what destruc I tive is all wrong, since it disagrees with ours. He's I as perverse and upsidedown in his definitions of things as a certain group of rulers in eastern Europe, I though we'd say his ethics are on a higher plane. So, despite some admirable qualities, or rather be- cause he applies them to the achievement of such destructive ends, we have to take the beaver in 1 hand again;- Here's another case in which, while a few may be good for us, more are definitely not 2 better. And the poor little beaver never can know f why he'has become so tragically unpopular. I (Albany Democrat-Herald). Arabs, Displaced b y Israeli Immigrants, Pose NeW Threat to Peace in Touchy Middle East By Stewart Alsop BAGHDAD, Nov. 23 "You thrust -a dagger into our hearts "then you expect us to be friends? The American ob server in this area hears this question, clothed In varying de grees of Arabie hyperbole, to point of insan ity. The dag ger, of course, is Israel. Hav ing traveled through Trans- ii von'. . m Jardaa -and Syria to this Arab state of Iraa. this reporter is convinced that Israel is a pro found and universal obsession with an Arabs; and that this ob session 4s the central political factor throughout the Arab 'werla. Because this Is so, tt is worth while -for Americans to try to c understand what -the obsession Is all about The best way to do thi ls.not to listen to the wild overstatements of Arab politi cians (who are genuinely Insult ed tt reminded that they, after all, started the war with Israel). The - Vst war is la f thranca the ManAelbaani Gaia In Jemsalem, the eye at tha-. neeAe through which an these wha wemld leave Israel by . land nut pass, and then te drive iewa the stee naked , hiaa ef Transjaraan to the 1 ef -(he Dcsd sea. Fer here. V 'the ancient aedractled vOae ef Jerlehe, yen wm fmd a-met ef Imyreaapta etty, a etty wUht sneantag. a dead city. Kern, four years ago, one of the camps for the Arab refugees of the Arab-Israeli war was es tablished. This camp contains .some .000 ot the 872,000 Arabs whn (except for those born since the war) once lived in the towns Mr worked on the land now held " oy the Israeli. Altheosh some ef the tents which enee sheltered the refa gees are still U be seen, this ' does net look like a temporary camp any more. With the pas aage ef faur years, the Arabs . have modelled clay huts - for themselves, asinc scarce water to make mad eat f the dry, dead sail. These hots, stretch ing planlessly mile mpen mile, make this place a eity ef sorts rather than a camp. Bat It Is . an extraordinary city, withaat shops, withont business, with at reasen far existence. s i' , - ' S f. - : The visitors fare received sul lenly, and warned - (with the usual total Arab lack of propa ganda sense) not to take photo graphs, lest the misery of these people be published to the world. Ragged crowds gather, and a halting conversation m English begins. This man worked a plot -of ground near Lydda. Another came from Jaffa. Why did they leave? Tney ' shrag their shoulders sullenly and leek stonily away.. They seem net much interested In the past Their complaints new concern the dead present The aaanthly flaar ration always runs eat after the third week, and then there is not enough left to feed the children. Why ' do they never set any sneatt And never any cirareta. and only three dec tors fer ae many people? "'' i ' ' II' - , One ferocious - looking little man keeps peering vengefully at the visitors, as though it were their fault, and repeating over and over like a chant, My son three year old. Still no walk. No enough food. No doctor. My son three year old." Work? There is no work. To leave this place is to starve. AS the crowd grows, moved by the dull curiosity of people who have nothing at all to do all day, this seems believ able. For this great number of people Is only S tiny handful out of the 400,000; refugees in Trans jordan, a small, poor, naked country. ; -r ; Always there are more chil dren tn the crowd. nta the visitor beslns to feel like the Pled Piper. And this is a symp tom of a cruel fact For the relief rolls grow constantly, as . more and mere children are reproduced. In this' great war ren of forgotten tinman rab bits, to an existence withont reason. , It is as dangerous to senti mentalize about this subject of .the Arab refugees as about any other subject For what the Is raelis say is certainly true that the Arabs themselves have done precious little to help their "brothers"; and that many Arab politicians consider the continued existence of the refugee camps a useful pressure point on Israel. And yet Jeaving the dead eity, sweatily not even In lata aetuntn, one thought Is upper most in the mind. Something . has got to bo done. Whatever the cost these people most be Siren some means of liveli hood, some reason for exlst : enee. These refugee camps, boosing hundreds ef thousands of people in utter degradation, are a running' sore thonghont the middle east Unless seme thing more than a continued dole Is done, and done soon, the' sore will surely Infect this whole area with a final, fatal . , fever. - For the rest, the spectacle of this dead city on the Dead sea leads to one grim conclusion. In time. ' the terrible tension be tween Israel and the Arab states may erode away a little. But to talk of real peace and co-operation between these two people is to talk wishful nonsense, and is therefore politically danger ous. The-essential hostility will remain for years, perhaps even, as ' a sort of folk memory, for generations. For the future, the aim must be at all costs to avert another Arab-Israeli war, which would be fatal to western inter ests throughout the middle east And the first stop to this end must surely be to deal quickly and . boldly with these ragged hordes of -refugees, who now sur round Israel with an iron ring of hate, (CopyriCM. 1951. ' New York Herald Tribune. Inc.) Here's a sample of some ef the audiences he's held fast with a good dellveryj Irish wit and plain facts: Salem Liens and Rotary clubs, TJ of O sociology class, lawyer frat in Portland, so cial worker group, state hospital doctors, Independence and Dal las chamber of commerce (Dallas group got so excited they de cided to visit the prison), polios organisations, Eagene Women's clnb, Kosebnrg chamber of commerce (on Armistice Day), Salem high school family relations class, a hassle with four news report-' ers on a broadcast and to a sell-out crowd of tha; Oregon Prison associatleou j 0 Purpose of this oratory,, says O'Malley, Is to Inform the pub lic on the. general problems of prison operation and some of the remedies. Seems that most laymen fall into two schools of thought concerning prisons and convicts: (1) Lock 'em up and throw away the keys, or (2) These are all poor, misguided boys; and they deserve every other night out. O'Malley tells his listen ers that there is a middle road. "After all," he says, "taxpayers ought to know how their money is being spent at this prison." -'- '.')' i ' O'Malley also has cracked down on unnecessary tonrs of the prison by groups of what he calls "curiosity seekers." He hss halt ed the .time-honored practice of conducting classes of grade and high school kids through the cell-blocks to see how the bad men live. He's already refused several schools permission telling them ho doesn't think it does the kids, the prison or the eons any good. . College classes In law. sociology, penology, etc., are still welcome, however, to tour this institution of higher yearning. r ; ft J a n nn n - - Rep. Walter Norblad, back from the political wars, says the grapevine has it that Gen. Eisenhower is ready, Willing and (de pending on where you sit) able to fling his clean chapeau into that nasty old political ring . . '. Now if someone could only fig ure out whether the general is republican, democrat or just coy . . . News release quotes the national guard as saying that there is "only about one chance in 10,000,000 that congress won't con firm the appointment of Gen. Maison as commander of the 41st division" . . . Sorta odd odds. GRIN AND BEAR IT by Lichty Korea which produced s the a t was Only c that ft S and not by any means a fore gone conclusion that there might be a cease-fire this year. The other was , the general agreement in Paris on the end ot the allied occupation statute In Germany, which it was hoped would bring West Germany into the European defense program this year. -1 - ; i Major conditions remained in both cases. In Korea the matters of policing the truce and prisoner exchanges still had to be settled, and the real communist intent still was not known. i Germany still had to make of ficial the military relationship implied by Chancellor Aden auer's approval of the terms of the new contractural relation ship which, in the absence of German unity and of Russian participation, amounts to an in terim peace treaty. i f ' The new arrangement, which virtually restores national sov ereignty insofar as Western Ger-f. many is concerned, does not go into effect until Germany starts supplying troops for General Eisenhower's European army, j ' A cease fire in Korea would end the necessity for American concentration on their theater and permit a more .general spreading of armament Korea will still require large amounts of materiel and troops, but would cease to be an active rat hole.; It would be a static position, and the buildup could go to Europe. Final settlement of German's position would give the allies a concrete rather than a speculat ive base on which to estimate the resources and possibilities at its command. - Better Enqlish By D. C Williams WASHINGTON. Nov. 23-MVOree6n's two remtbliean senator showed divergent interests in the measures they presented to the 82nd congress ana tney also snowed aivergent views m their votes on sev eral major bills. - f, t- Sen. Guy Cordon devoted 18 of his 23 bills and resolutions to Oregon matters, sen. Wayne Morse joined turn in two of those and added another Oregon pair ox his own. However, he gave most ox his attention to labor, minority group and foreign problems. President Truman has signed Cordon's bill to deed Klamath Falls some airport property and his resolution calling for special effort in collecting clothing and supplies for Koreans. The senate has passed his bill naming the Mc- Nary dam pool Lake Umatilla. When a measure authorizing health district aid to states and counties came up for vote, he op posed it although he was one of the sponsors. He said he found that with mounting defense and other costs, the money could bet ter be spent elsewhere. There has - been no completed action yet .on his other measures. although of his six dealing with Indian mattass, one Is a compan ion to a house bill which has passed. ' .; Two of Morsels measures also have been signed by the president One is to provide emergency food aid to India and the other author izes a universal military training program. A third, aid to Israel was put into the mutual assist ance program which is now in ef fect . - . . Both Oregon senators are listed as sponsoring statehood for Ha waii and Morse also has an Alaska statehood bill on file as well as one to provide home rule for the Dis trict of Columbia. These, as well as a Morse bill to provide grants and scholarships for education in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry. public health and nursing all have committee approval. The two senators joined in pro posing Coos Bay, lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians have a hear ing on their claims for compensa tion and in calling for military and naval academies on the west coast Neither has had any action. Although Morse has pending bill to provide for a five-year pro gram of timber access road, con struction, it was Cordon who cen tered attention on timber matters. He has made Oregon and Cali fornia revested lands one of his principal interests and has pro posed transferring 462,000 acres of G&C lands within national forests from forest service to bureau of land management jurisdiction. He also has proposed retaining the present 50-50 split between coun ties and the government on O&C receipts because he. says the law's provision for a county increase, to 75 per cent will antagonize too many congressmen -j who might then give the counties a still deep er .cut ; - ; There has yet been no action on these two O&C measures. ' Cordon has proposed that Green Peter and White Bridge reservoirs on the middle fork of the Santi- am, and the Cougar reservoir on the south fork of the Deschutes, be added to the Columbia basin comprehensive:' plan for hydro power. 3 :r- Morse is one of the sponsors of "civil rights package" bill to prohibit racial; and religious dis crimination. He also has sponsor ed bills calling for uniform safety rules for longshoremen and harbor' workers; provide that women get equal pay with men for doing the same work; prohibit employers from spying on workers' labor ac tivities. - . If? Morse also put three resolutions before the senate in connection with investigations, one calling for any persons named In an investi gation to have a chance to answer; one calling for a look into Chinese nationalists lobbying; and one' calling for study of "all problems affecting consumer Interests. Both have made other proposals which still await action. In their voting, the two senators agree In favoring universal mili tary training, foreign aid, and in opposing a $18 million cut in rec lamation funds But on the tax Increase Cordon voted yes and Morse no; on stiffening the excess profits tax Cordon voted no and Morse yes; on adding $12 million worth of new reclamation projects Cordon voted no and Morse yes;, on an amendment to prohibit OPS from setting up livestock slaught ering quotas Cordon voted yes and Morse no and . Cordon voted against an amendment, which would have eliminated a section limiting . price ' rollbacks while Morse favored the amendment. Public Records (Continued from page one.) message seemed to me entirely valid. There is one basic principle which the republican party has adhered to and that is the pro vision of sound fiscal policies for our government. The democratic administration has played fast and loose with sound government finance since Franklin Roosevelt began the era of free and easy spending. The j great and grave danger now is the breakdown of our economy due -to the burden of rearmament heavy foreign assistance and continued high civil spending at home. Yet Morse votes along with the big spenders, rarely or never with Senator Paul Douglas for ex ample, a democrat who is also a professional economist As I said party unity is by no means a reliable measure of per formance. The fact that Morse's agreement with the GOP senate majority moved downward from 43 per cent in the 80th congress to 35 per cent in the 81st con gress to 25 per cent in the first session of the 82nd congress Is not to me so alarming as the fact that ne deserted his party ma jonty in tne one great area where its stand has been the soundest: that of economy in government The senator is di I in the state for a ten-day period : perhaps ne can explain every thing: I am not running out on the 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "Had I have known about this, I would never have gone 2 What is the correct pronun- ' senator whom I have consistent riation of "sacrilegious''? i i ly supported; but I hope that he . ; doesn't continue to stretch his 3. Which one of these words Is "constitutional liberalism to be inisspelled? Amicable, animate, ing liberal with money from the anihilate, annulment 4. What does the word "in dulgent" mean? 1 j 5. What Is a word beginning with pn that means "childish? ANSWERS . 1. Say, "Had I - (omit have) known about this, . I should not have gone." 2. Pronounce sak-ri-le-jus. a as In sack, e as in me, accent third syllable. 3. Annihi late. 4. Yielding to the wishes of those under one's care. "They are indulgent parents. 1 . Puerile. ...- public treasury. MUNICIPAL COURT Jack Robert? Bonne, 449 N. Cap itol st, charged with driving while nlaariori innnrn trial set December 14, posted $250 bait Anton Joseph Rentz, 1641 Hines st, charged with driving while op erator's .license! revoked and fail ure to stop for stop sign, fined, 155 and 10 davs in .all with eifht days suspended on payment of fine, committed. - Oriand Kenneth Green, Salem route 5, box 8 228, charged with reckless driving;1 found guilty, con- ' tinued for sentence. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Donald E. Van Dyke, 21, elec trician, route 5, box 446, and Ida Jo Burkland,!;17, student 2603 Swopil ave, both of Salem. Hugo O. Hemshorn 40, farmer. Mt Angel, and Agnes McKay, 33, clerk-typist Portland. PROBATE COURT Alice & Edmundson estate: Ap praised at $1,861; sale of personal property authorized. Oliaa Gorder estate: Appraised at $3,231. ' Edna Clarice Battleson guard- purchase $1,000 treasury bond with guardianship funds. Carl E. Nelson estate: Widow's allowance of $300 monthly author- ized. CIRCUIT COURT Ooal L. Gedney vs Yellow Cab Co. and Herbert F. Neinast: De fendants demur to complaint on grounds of insufficient facts. Opal LaVerne Johnson vs Dan iel Athon Johnson: Suit dis-. acaaus.4 a muuvui Elsie S. Orihd vs Elvin E. and Rosann Huntl Judgment for de fendants. Jl Vivian Horstman vs Mike Horst man: Complaint for divorce alleg ing cruel and inhuman treatment seeks custody t of minor child and $50 monthly; f support Married June 17, 1949, at Salem. Dan Morgan and J. H. Audett demurrers to .traverse of return to writ of habeas corpus sustained; plaintiffs allowed 15 days to file Claude Revington Smallman and Sam Huffman vs George Alexan der: Defendant's demurrers to traverse of return to writ of hab eas corpus overruled. Frank M. and Mary Alice Park ison vs Earl and Edna Irene Com er: Complaint seeks possession of real property! at 2360 N. Church st, allegedly under contract for purchase of plaintiffs from defend ants, $45 damages for alleged withholding of possession from plaintiffs and $500 damages if spe cific performance of contract if not decreed, t! . State ex rel E. O. Stadter, Jr, vs Elbert and Irene C. Dicxson: Defendant's demurrer to complaint alleging a lottery sustained. TI eenld he Flgnewtoar...! could Instead ef yea.. te pi In the work ef every genius we reeecnixe-eur own rejected thoughts. They come back te us with a certain alienated majesty. Ralph Waldo Oral bids wCI be received at 2 p. st, November 27. 1951. lor timber located in PoDc Cousrf 4 miles from Willamette Bridge on tha Orchard Heights Road. Becent cruise ahows 331,203 EF of 2nd growth r. For inlccmafion and terms inquire at Pioneer Trust Eldg. - Seism. Oregon