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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
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CHARLES A. SPRAGUS, Editor and Publisher
Beataess efflee SIS S Ciwiwifflil. Bslem. Oregon. TUehtM t-1441.
at Balem, Oregeo, as aeeeod class matter nader act at eeagreas March S, 1S7I
"Social Graces" for the Irish
George Bernard Shaw was an Irishman but his
wife was English. They lived their lives out In
England. Whether it was a natural reaction from
living with GBS or some fixed .notion regarding
the Irish in general something prompted Mrs.
Shaw to leave her estate for educating the Irish
in the "social graces." The bank serving as trus
tee under her will recently went to court and
had judicial confirmation of its purpose to carry
out its trust, which was, in the language of her
will, to teach the Irish "self-control, elocution,
deportment, the arts of personal contact and so
cial intercourse." The bank will have her $263,
000 to use in the instruction.
Now how will the Irish feel about this? Will
they resent this reflection on their social grace
and take a shillalah to the first banker's man
who comes with a book of etiquette? Or will
they see the humor of the situation, take the
pamphlet or the lecture and enjoy the time
withal?
The Irish long have had the reputation of be
ing apt at personal contact and social intercourse
so apt that those who came to America rose
quickly in politics. What would the police force
of New York city and Boston be without the
Irish? As for "elocution" wherever did you see
an Irishman who was tonguetied? Do they not
have the Blarney stone, the kissing of which
loosens the tongue and promotes eloguence?
We fear the bank will just be throwing Mrs.
Shaw's money away. The judge himself was
skeptical of the success of its project. For once
the Irish -themselves have not spoken up to say
how they feel over this course in social deport
ment. We fancy though they will take it all in
stride. After all the punishment the Irish have
endured this will be minor and of short duration.
was less extensive electric outage than in an
earlier storm this season. But power and tele
phone linemen were kept busy keeping service
.open. Several fatal accidents occurred in the
region affected, and much property damage was
reported along the West coast.
Every year we get heavy storms, but only once
in a blue moon do we get one like that of Tues
day, where the barometer drops nearly out of
sight, and the wind lays the rain out nearly flat.
The storm blows itself out, however; and the
calm is a welcome relief from the tempest. We
can endure the few days of storm for they are
well offset by the pleasant, mild weather we
have most of the year.
Stop, Look and Listen
So involved are the complications respecting
possible dropping of membership in the state re
fcWmeot -system for public employes and shift
ing to federal social security that it is advisable
for groups of municipal employes considering it
to step, iook and listen first. Salem employes
must have come to that conclusion after hearing
the subject discussed Monday night.
Perhaps the wiser course is to reexamine the
state system and see what may be done to im
prove it, so the federal system will not be at
tractive ki comparison.
In any event, look before you leap.
Portland Council and Liquor Licenses
City Commissioner Jake Bennett has the Port
land tavern keepers sitting on the edge of their
chairs for fear they will get no renewals on their
liquor licenses. Licenses are issued by the state
liquor control commission, but it asks for the
recommendation of the governing body of the
locality where the licensee's place of business is.
The Portland city council Mayor Lee, Commis
sioners Bennett and Bean are requiring licen
sees to pledge to run no pinball, punchboard
devices as a condition to getting the city's en
dorsement for a new license.
This' has put the state commission on the spot
.and now Treasurer Pearson wants the state
board of control to sit in on the game by urging
the commission to ignore the reports of the Port
land city council. The commission inclines to the
view that the ruckus is up to the city to iron
out; but that it should adhere to its policy of
issuing licenses only on the recommendation of
the local council or county court.
Bennett claims the devices are illegal, that the
attorney general has said so; and that liquor
licensees should obey the law. A local ordinance
banning punchboards has been held up by local
referendum. But that doesn't stop the council
from adding its requirement for a renewal rec
ommendation. The gambling devices are illegal and should
not be tolerated; but it does seem an arbitrary
ruling to require a self-denying pledge before
approving of a new liquor license. The state
commission, however, would get into hot water
if it started granting licenses without local en
dorsement. It's up to Portland to settle its own
squabble.
Tuesday's Windstorm
Dec. 4. 1951 will not rank in history with Dec.
T, 1941; hut in this vicinity it will rank with
thai April day in 1931 the 21st as the day of
the Big Blow. Only this time it was from the
other direction. In 1931 it was an east wind that
developed into a duststorm. It blew the fine soil
of the Inland Empire over the Cascades and the
air on this side of the range was filled with dust.
As a matter of fact dustclouds were carried out
to sea 500 miles off San Francisco, as ships re
ported. Tuesday's blow was in the opposite direction.
Instead of dust it bore rainwater picked up in
the broad expense of the Pacific. Where the
wind "blew itself out" .we do not know yet; but
Jpwas oing fast when it rushed by Salem.
LocaHy the damage done was slight. There
Sen. Paul H. Douglas of Illinois Is on the way
to make a name for himself as a liberal who is
also economical. As he says, "to be a liberal is
not to be a wastrel." In the senate he has led
many drives to cut government spending, but
usually the free and easy spenders are in the
majority. Too bad Douglas counts himself out
as a possible democratic candidate for president.
Young Republicans in Oregon are up and
going. For proof look at the sharp competition
they had in electing a new president. Clay
Meyers of Portland was elected after a spirited
race, over Phil Roth, Portland and Douglas
Spencer, Cottage Grove. Shows the youngsters
are politically wide awake.
The Washington Bar association Is broadcast
ing a series under the heading "You and the
Law." ;The normal man's reaction probably is:
"Who, me?"
Egyptian Leaders1 Plan to Turn People
Against Great Britain May Boomerang
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Br J. M. Roberts, Jr.
AoaocUted Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-(JP-The
traditional scimitar of the
modems has but one edge, but
there seems to be an Increasing
suspicion that it
Is about to start M&Zmm?!&&"t
cutting both
wajra-in -Egypt.
The fanatic
nati on a 1 i s t s
have been turn-
British 4) y a cy- rv
nical leadership ff, :
which aought to I IC '
interest away from the failures
of government. In doing so. the
government may find itself the
evenftti victim of rebellion
against -all authority.
Renewed violence in the Suez
canal eminds that it has been
Just 7s fears since Britain had
to cotsstact a major campaign to
save me Khedive from his own
people.
A rationalist mavement ha
i-a-rebellisa araJost a -
which vu bath ttnut
efficient, the same aa to
day. IWKhedive was in beck te
Franee -sad Britaia. and wheal
the? seved la U sat his flaaa
ciaiawta order, they eat wa
Fart ef It revetted.
be Is attracted much sympathy
throughout tha Moslem world.
Their leaders were exiled to Cey
lon rather than executed as tha
Khedive wished, and Britain
moved in to take over Egypt for
fair. Governmental reforms were
instituted, the people began to get
a little better break. But Britain
was a foreign ruler, the fires of
Nationalism had been lit, and
Moslem blood had again been
spilled by s European army.
New the Egyptian government
baa sicked the fanatics oa the Bri
tish, bat stands In constant dan
ger of Itself being caught in tha
ebb and flow of violence. The
government has tha support of a
Gandhi-like non-coo peratlon
movefnent started against tho
British by Al Axhar, the great In
ternational central religious or
ganization of Moslems. This is
next of kin to a holy war. What
will happen to this If the ugly
public temper of Egypt's Moslem
begins to eat both ways against
the government as -veil ss against
Britain Is another matter.
StfS'TifHv9isSflS5fuOsS
D. F. Hughes, Aurora farmer, doesn't stand for any monkey
business in his hen house. When his wife went out to gather eggs
the other day here was this 'monkey in the chicken coop. And it
was no yoke to the hens who were wild with
excitement. So Mr. Hughes came out with his
shot gun and put an end to the strange simian
pullet plaguer. Later eyeryone concerned
found out the morfkey was an escapee from a
nearby roadside zoo.
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Apparently there are ns levers la Salem
who are willing to climb the highest moun
tain, swim tho widest sea, go through sleet,
hail or snow for each other . . . Because dur
ing Tuesday, what with tho wind and rain In
everybody's hair, not a single marriage license application was
Issued at tho Marion county clerk's office.
Christmas is going to be a mighty slim affair for a family of
10, recently arrived here from the mid-west. The Frank Dynes
family, including eight children, were flooded out of Topeka,
Kan., last July. They landed in Salem broke. A new baby came
last month. Dynes, who is living at 1115 S. 17th st., apt. 3, says
he doesn't want charity, he wants work. But he can do only light
work. He's a carpenter by trade.
Tho price of keeping dogs may go up . . . Marion county
court is considering- a request from the county dog control board
to boost tha license ante on dogs. Tags now cost canine keepers
$1 for males and 12 for females. The control board wants to boost
esch a buck. Oregon law leaves It up to the county courts to set
fees. It's getting to bo doggone expensive even to lead a dog's
life these days. Marlon county fees are the lowest in tho state.
Marion County District Judge Val Sloper got a letter from
a south Salem housewife. She complained that lunch meat sold
in some stores was getting worse all the time. Wanted the judge
to take up the matter of allegedly bad meat being sold in Salem
. . . Street scene: It was pouring down rain and the street corner
at Broadway and Market street was badly flooded. A young
couple (probably married) came along. The woman was wear
ing boots, but not the man, so she hauled him across piggyback.
Politest woman we've ever seen.
(Continued from page one.)
the moves that Stassen makes
on his return from Europe.
The Eisenhower campaign, vir
tually headless as it is, has gone
so far that the country assumes
Ike is going to make a try for
the republican nomination. If he
were not he surely would have
laid a restraining hand on his ad
mirers before this. The Oregon
ian thinks the political agitation
has done so much damage to his
military position in Europe that
Ike ought to resign now. At
Rome tho word was around that
Ike would be through March
1st, and speculation was rife on
who his successor would be.
From here on out it looks as
though he would be in the posi
tion of one winding up one Job
with his eyes turning increasing
ly toward the next one.
Well, it's too bad too bad that
the parties, both parties, are so
destitute of able and popular
leaders that they have to turn
to a military leader, without ex
perience in the field of oolitics,
without known political affilia
tion, though one with an excel
lent reputation as a command
ing general, and press him,
against his own desire, to enter
the political arena. With a good
many the draft-Ike movement
seems to be one of playing for
a winner rather than to pick the
best man for the present critical
period.
At any rate, Eisenhower can't
keep up his Sphinx-like silence
much longer. And if he realJy in
tends to stand for the office,
he'd better not wait too long.
The "early bird" (Taft) is busy
gathering in the delegates.
Bettor English
By D. O. Williams
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? Til be through by
five o'clock, and we'll try and
solve your problem then."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "vague?"
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Emporium, calsium,
millennium, helium.
4. What does the word "con
jectural" mean?
ANSWERS
1. Say, "I'll have finished by
five o'clock, and we'll try to
solve your problem then." 2.
Pronounce vag, a ss In may, not
as in bag. 3. Calcium. 4. Pertain
ing to a surmise or guess. "It was
a mere conjectural opinion."
He
If the frontiers of thought be
not advanced steadily, they retro
grade, like an abandoned farm
growing up in brush.
-Boston Globe
Ways in Washington
GRIN AND BEAR IT
by Lichty
Nationalistic uprisings already
had occurred in Cairo and the
Sudan. Hie rebels took advantage
of the situation. They struck first
against he Khedive, and finally
occupied Alexandria, where It
tunsed-efce other edge of its sword
on foreign interests.
ti SS
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c of the trac
ethat era. The British na
vy oaaved 4a. desselisalag the
city's tferta. When that Jab had
a
af-the citr
disastrously delayed,
looted aad burned it.
thousands ef foreiners
eft the whole place a :
v -'Britain, then as now, is in a
precarious position. The re-
By Jane Eads
WASHINGTON - UP) - Mrs.
John Steelraan, wife of! the as
sistant to President Truman, who
whips up sensational hits over
night, now picks .
in her own liv- IP
lng room Some-
one sent her an
orchid plant. In
addition to hat
making and or-
Mrs, Steelman I
has a reputation I
as a top-flight
cook. She toldr v .
friends recently Siwr
she enjoys getting dinners ready
for her busy husband even
though sometimes he phones
from the White House he wont
be home for dinner at alL .
"Sometimes he works through
a straight 24-hour stretch, she
said. "I just put the food away
In the refrigerator and wait.'
;
Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, widow
of President -Wilson's ; attorney
general, hasnt missed a Supreme
Court opening since 1922.
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The feather In Mrs. Henry T.
Grady's hat was paradise . . .
one of the most extraordinary
you've ever seen. Sheeting up
from the center, it sprayed mag
nificently almost to her shoulder.
Since they arrived here from
Iran, the ambassador and his wife
have been on a breathless round
of parties in their honor.
They say Vice President Bark
ley can't get off so easily now
for the catnaps he likes to catch
now and then. An air-conditioning
engineer stopped the vibra
tion in the crystal chandeliers in
his office. He claims he misses
the tinkling music that one of
the chandeliers, bought by Thom
as Jefferson, used to make.
Mrs. John Horton, the former
Drucie.Snyder, glamorous daugh
ter of the secretary of the treas
ury, and mother of a small son,
is oneof the capital's most active
young socialites, what with radio
programs, charity work and party-giving.
.
Now she's taken on another ac
tivity this season. She will be co
producer, with Mrs. Gladstone
Williams, of a weekly fashion
show luncheon at the Shoreham
hotel. Mrs. Williams' husband is
a newspaper correspondent.
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst,
jr., who used to be co-producer
of "Washington Party," which
attracts capital celebrities and
socialites, will take part only oc
casionally. As "Austlne," pretty
Mrs. Hearst is a well-known so
ciety columnist
NO MORE STEAKS
ST. LOUIS-f)-William Thorn
ton was carrying no money when
he answered a knock on the door
and was confronted by a robber.
But the robber didn't leave empty
handed. He reached in Thornton's
pocket and took his false teeth,
valued at $75.
The Safety Valve-
f Coatrfbutloaa to this cohuna should bo ttmttad to 300 words. Write only oa
Ida of paper; givo nam and full address. Poetry t not accepted. ? -
Flags' Defends Shift to
Pest With Trackers
To the Editor:
After spending most of my life
in the newspaper business,-1 am
well aware of the futility of an
argument with a publisher. In
fact, I would not even consider
writing this letter were it not
for the fact that I have long had
a great deal of respect for your
fairness and appreciation of the
kindnesses you have shown me in
comments from time to time re
garding the administration of
this office.
I have no apologies for accept
ing a position with the Oregon
Highway Council. They repre
sent a major industry, and have
a cause they believe to be just.
I see no impropriety in making
this change, any more than there
was in Commissioner Frank Mc
Colloch leaving the position I
now hold and becoming a repre
sentative of one of the major
railroads. He was a good public
servant, and is a man of the
highest type and unquestioned
integrity. I doubt if you attacked
him for making- the change.
You state that my employ
ment "is a signal that the public
must bestir itself if the public
interest is to be protected against
the encroachment of private in
dustry." In fairness, why not
wait until some program has
been developed by this new or
ganization? I can assure you that
I will never be identified with
any attack on the public interest.
Your statement that this de
partment submitted figures on
the effect of truck taxes from
which we had to retreat Is com
pletely in error, and just one of
many misleading statements that
came out of a bitter fight in the
last legislature, in which rep
resentatives of the railroads
rather roughly assailed everyone
who did not agree with them.
Personally, I never appeared be
fore a single committee in this
connection; had no part in the
preparation of figures, and was
represented at all times by Mr.
A. F. Harvey and I do not be
lieve anyone who knows him will
question his absolute honesty
and his assistants. My only in
struction to Mr. Harvey was that
he furnish all figures desired by
the legislature, and in most cases
I never even saw them. But even
at this late day I will guarantee
their accuracy and honesty.
I discussed my offer from the
Oregon Highway Council with a
good many people and not one
raised the question or even sug
gested that there was any im
propriety in my taking a much
better job than I have. I believe
the industry has a story to tell,
and it will be my job to do it
You have never attacked my ad
ministration of the very difficult
and complicated job I have held
during the past years, and I still
hope that you will keep an open
mind as regards my future ac
tivities. The news story in tha same is
sue of The Statesman that con
tained your editorial comment
stated that there were two im
portant orders pending in the
department whose issuance by
me appeared doubtful, one a rate
order of The Pacific Telephone
Sc Telegraph Company, the other
on an increase in truck rates. I
assure you that I will not dodge
the responsibility of Issuing the
telephone order, and will take
no action in regard to the truck
matter, as I would consider such
action improper under present
conditions.
GEO. H. FLAGG,
Public Utilities Commis
sioner. t
(Editor's Note-In our comment
we stated that Flagg could cite
precedent for making the change.
Frank McCulloch did leave the
same office to enter a law firm
which had a leading railroad as
one of its clients. It was a re
turn to a profession In which he
had engaged, and was not taken
on the eve of a battle over a
law passed by the legislature
that affected the client railroad.
As for the figures submitted by
Harvey to the legislative com
mittee, he admitted at a subse
quent hearing, on questioning by
Sen. Patterson, that his figures
were partial and did not give the
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whole picture and that when all
factors were considered the ef
fect was very different from that
given by the figures he submit
ted. The figures themselves: may
have been accurate but the im
pression they left was false, la
the opinion ox committee mem
bers.)
House Movers Wanted
To the Editor: I
What is the matter with Salem
business men? The town of De
troit is to be moved, and so far
Bend is the only , city that nas
any house movers here, and I
dont see any ads of house mov
ers in your paper. A
JAMES 2. STAHLMAN,
Detroit, Ore., I
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DUBLIN -(INS)- A new ship
building program aimed at making;
Ireland independent of foreign
shipping In wartime has been
started by the Irish Government, t
Irish Shipping, Limited, the state- 1
owned company plying a fleet of
vessels on the trans-Atlantic and
other world routes; has placed or
ders for five new ships to be de
livered between 1952 and 193 .
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