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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1951)
radar. 21. 1131 J: BIG GAME HUNTER Mil at tiw "No Favor Sways U. No Fear Shall A tee tool rifst Ststesima. Marc Z. 1XM THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. S PRAGUE. Editor and Publisher efflee Z1S 8 Cemmereial. Salens, a Orcgea. m tter act at Z-2441. Mare X. 117 Truman and the Press Th president called off his Thursday press conference this week. That is not unusual, for often it is cancelled. But it does point up the fact that the president has shown marked irri tation with the press of late. At Key West he lectured the newspapers- the AP in particular over the story of the halt to firing on the Korean battlefront, denying that it had occurred or been ordered, least of all from the White house. The reporters however came back with the stories that officers at the front -had interpreted orders to mean to leave off shooting except in defense. But at a recent press conference in Washing ton the president really showed his irritation. He staked Doris Fleeson, a very competent re porter, why she was "looking at him like that," and if she was going to write a "sob - sister piece about him, which is not her wont. When Brandt of the St Louis Post-Dispatch, an independent paper which has exposed much of the corruption in the internal revenue bu reau, raised a question over Finnegan, the St. Louis collector, Truman said he knew what the P-D would do to any democrat "they would cut his head off any time they had a chance." When Andrews, the very able reporter for the N. Y. Herald-Tribune started a query with: "Mr. President, there is one thing that puzzles me," the president cut in to say the reporter was easily puzzled, "always speculating about something he did not know anything about." All of which shows how touchy the president has become particularly over the recent devel opments respecting wrongdoing of persons in his administration. Officials are prone to abuse the press when it becomes too inquisitive or when it turns the light of publicity on rotten conditions. It is true the press makes mistakes, that its writers are often over-zealous and apt to jump to conclusions. But without a free and vigilant press how would evil conditions be exposed to public view? Even the president must recognize the importance and the power f the "Fourth Estate." cessions. The allied officers have accused the reds of wanting to gain at the conference table, what they lost in the fighting; and that is no doubt true. In being willing to settle short of clearing the reds out of Korea and establishing a free, unified government is a real concession on the part of UJf. Our side does it rather than expend the life and materials that would be re quired to achieve such a victory. It is rather a new experience for the United States to settle short of a full victory (though we did to close the War of 1812); but the gains do not appear worth the sacrifice. While the U.N. is willing to end the war along the line now agreed pn, it wants the agreement to put a real end to the fighting and not serve as a breathing spell for a communist build up for fresh aggression. We have the feeling how ever that the reds themselves will be ready to quit and not renew the fight if they can do so without too great loss of face. What, No Expert? Ed Stone, managing editor of The Seattle P-L gets right down to earth in his story of a recent junket to Europe. What does Ed think of things? Well, he found four terrific hazards the traffic in Rome, the drinking water in Ankara, the money exchange situation in general, and boiled potatoes and Brussels sprouts in England in particular Td have starved to death if I'd stayed another week." Ed says his wife, at the start of the trip, "was unhappily convinced that my mangled body would be found on some Alp. She never gave a thought to the real dangers." It's somewhat of a relief to find someone who can spend a whole 10 days in Europe without coming back to pose as an expert in foreign affairs. Critical Days in Truce Talks The days of the truce negotiations in Korea slip by with little accomplished. The 30-day limit will expire the last of this month, and scant progress has been made recently. Remain ing roadblocks are how to supervise the truce and the exchange' of prisoners. The reds did come through with lists of some 11,000 U.N. and Korean prisoners of war, but the allies feel sure there should be many more unless captives were done to death; as has been reported. Even as it is the U.N. negotiators are unwilling to accept the communist provision regarding the ex change, that it take place near the south border, for they fear that would be another "death march for several thousand who are held pris oner at remote distance. They want delivery made at one of the ports on the east coast. As for supervision of the armistice there has been considerable bickering over who would do it and what their powers would be. However the two sides are not so far apart but that they could arrive at an agreement on this point if there really is a will to settle. The negotiations are strictly a bargaining pro- in which neither side wants to make con- Sometimes a refreshing whiff of candor puffs out from the cracks in the Iron Curtain. This time it is a Pravda report berating a bevy of researchers for "beating the air" in unsuccess ful attempts, costing $70,000, to invent a fruit juice dispenser and a machine to boil eight .eggs at once. We can assume they will ultimately be successful, however. After all, didn't Soviet sci entists invent the radio, telephone, electric light, the auto, airplane, motion pictures and television? Keizer and Sunnyside school districts voted to stand on their own. This is still a free country (in most respects) and the will of the majority in the districts will prevail. We can commend their ambition to retain their independence and hope they will meet and solve their school prob lems successfully. Seven other districts voted to join the enlarged Salem system, and we in Sa lem hope they will not be disappointed with the way the change works out. Every once in a while some brief news stories catch us up short. One recent item said Mrs. Dorothy Pick of Liberty was flying this week, with her children, to join her navy husband in Africa for Christmas. Not unusual, no. But what would grandpa of the 1890s have said on read ing it in a futuristic story of 50 or 60 years ago! Truce Negotiators Face Tougher Problems Now That Prisoner of War Point Nearing Solution By Slgrld Arne AMocUted Presa Newt Analyst Now that the exchange of prisoners has at least a start in Korea, the truce negotiators faca cracking a much tougher nut. They must work out some sort of supervision of the armistice. If they succeed they will have forced the communist world to back down on one of its cardinal principles, secrecy. Foreigners would be permitted not only to travel over red territory, but in spect red communications cen ters. Far that reason the talks sh4 saay be am dlfflcalt thaw the enes which resalted la mm exchange of prisoner-of- war lists. Aad as mil. la dealing wit r wiiti ti U. S. aegetlatars are wary el delays aad trap. So far the U. N. has been rep presented in these armistice sup ervision talks by Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner. He has had to do some straight talking. Nothing seems jelled, except that both sides appear to agree there must be supervision. Here are the major points which Gen. Turner Is asking: 1. Uallaaited rotation of U. N. troops. At first the reds ob jected. -aad then conceded the U. N. eooJd rotate 5 Jet troops a awith Turner rejects any - UaaiL 2. The U. N. wants the right of air reconnaissance for the supervision authority. It is a natural hedge since several times In the past year U.N. planes have spotted long, new, red sup ply convoys coming down through North Korea. S. The V. N. wants free super vision of ail ports of entry wheth er by land, cea or air, and super vision of all important commun ications centers. thinks, would prevent the reds from bonding ap any surprise attack in North Korea. Of course these agreements would have to be a two-way street, if they are ever made. If observers can inspect a red com munications center, they can also look over a U. N. center. The reds have made practical ly no commitments on this pro gram except that there should bo supervision. From that they moved to Jockeying for the type of team that would do the Inspecting. The communists have suggest ed that people from "neutral" nations sit on the supervision authority. They named Poland and Czechoslovakia, two com munist satellite nations, aa "Neutral." Washington has asked that the nations be picked from "non belligerents," and they defined them as nations which have no troops in Korea. As a first step Washington has asked the gov ernments of Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland, if they would be willing to appoint people to a Korean supervision board. Obviously if the communist could "stack' the supervision committee, the rules would mean little or nothing. 525a5a5SS2 IR7 333J00S Ways in Washington By Jane Eads WASHINGTON -(JP)- Back in 1816, the name, birthplace and m m ia" -?"'r'M I P8 check of everybody who tPCD LLPS YrFJlw . . women on up J (Continued from Page 1) nn r4 - ? (Continued from Page 1) he is ready to be drafted. He'll have to toss his coat in the ring along wiu his hat if he enters the presidential contest. Already this delay is working against him. The politicians are reluctant to wait for a second bus, now that the Taft band wagon is rolling. With each new sag in Truman's fortunes the orthodox republicans grow more confident and less willing to settle just for a probable "win nah." Dewey Is having trouble holding New York in line for Ike. Pennsylvania can't be count ed as all for Ike in spite of Senator Duff's leadership. In Wisconsin the leader of the old Stassen group, Tom Coleman, is out for Taft. The odds-makers tote up about 400 delegates for Taft. That is still 200 short of the majority needed; but it is far and away ahead of all other contenders' delegates. Moreover the moment that Ike declares himself a candidate he'll have to start talking like one; and that exposes him to all the traps of politics. What about the Taft-Hartley law? What about price stabilization? What about sending an ambassador to the Vatican? What about infla tion? Taxes? Farm price sup ports? Tariff on tuna? Publicly owned power plants? CVA? Of one thing he may be cer tain: Whatever he says will be used as evidence against him. And the bogging down of NATO will be used to his discredit. It seems safe to accept the summary of U. S. News and World Report. What remains to be seen is Ike's timing, and whether he actively seeks the nomination or not. His highest hurdle is to win the GOP nomination. to the president f were pun- s lished in one official record. I Prepared at the Departmentf of State in com- nlianre with a it reso 1 u 1 1 o n of Vif-S congress, this mmf4&& rTat was a record of all officers and agents, civil and military, in the service of the United States. The register also carried the "names and condition of all ships and vessels belonging to the United States, and when and where built, together with a cor rect list of the presidents, cash iers and directors of the U. S. Bank and its branches." These registers and those suc ceeding them are now housed in the library of the Civil Service Commission. The first register, a slim little volume of 176 pages, contained only 6,327 names. It was in going over these old registers that the commis sion's librarian, Mrs. Mary V. Bettor English By D. C. WuHai 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "He doesn't do his work proper, and apparently has no capacity as a machinist.' 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "emeritus"? Wenzel, brought to light a regis ter of 1835 containing what she believes may be the first formal record of Abraham Lincoln as an official of the United States gov ernment. Mrs. Wenzel opened the register to page 265 to show me these words: "Post Office Department Illinois "New Salem . . . Postmaster A. Lincoln . . . Compensation $55.70 per annum." In 1816, Secretary of War Wil liam H. Crawford got $4,500; jonn juarsnau, cnief justice, $4,000, and Postmaster General Return J. Meigs $3,000. Governors of the territories of Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois and Michigan got $2,000, and John Quincy Adams, minister to Eng- iana, sy.uuo. uur only other min isters to France, Russia, Swed en, bpain and the Court of Port ugal in Brazil, where the court had fled because of the Na poleonic wars r e c e i v e d the same. Thomas Munroe, superin tendent of the city of Washing ton, earned $1,200. In 1879, the register had grown so large it had to be brought out in two volumes, and in 1907 all employees making under $2,000 were left out. Now the only persons listed are those occupying top advisory and sup ervisory posiuons. . The state department prepared the register until it was turned over to the Census Bureau. In 1933 the commission began com piling it. "If we printed the names of everybody who worked for the government today," Mrs. Wenzel said, "We'd have to build another Pentagon to house the volumes." Field Audits Of Inventories In State Set m. -a. mm a a . aciuu neia aumung or mer chandise inventories appearing on personal property returns as a part of the state's property equali zation program was nromised Parrisli Students Honor Oldstcro At Cottage Home Annual Christmas party: for pa tlents at Cottage convalescent homo was given Wednesday night by the Junior Red Cross of Par rish junior high school, f i Specially honored were . Mrs. Kate Rogers, who was S8 in Oc- Thursday by Robert D. MacLean. ?ber and has been at every party "3 a roup over aoout io years, and Ed Brown, for Whom a ninin orade home room knitted aa afghan. s '- : ., j ., All 29 residents were riven iitt such as sweaters,! candy, pajamas and stationery . from ? tho hnmm stems irom many complaints by rooms. About 33 school pupils at state tax commissioner in charm or we assessment and taxation di vision. Appraisal Engineer Frank Bass nas been assigned to the state wide inspection of inventories. MacLean aaid his announcement county assessors of difficulties In securing returns reflecting the full vaiue or taxpayer Inventories Recent changes In Oregon's amuiea nrooertv statute. acrnH. ing to MacLean, permits additional assessments for merchandise omit ted or undervalued on personal property returns. Assessors tended and sang I carols. Faculty sponsor of the Junior .Red Crosa Is Mrs. Harold Ransom, i urn pexnunea xo include any property omitted in the past five years in tneir roils. While no reliable estimate of the amount of property value that wiu oe added to the county rolls can De maae at this time state tax commissioners and most county assessors predicted the program would find sufficient additional vaiue to more than offset its cost. ine audit Is another nhas of the tax commission's nrorram of 1 1 equalizing til classes of taxable property, Maclean said. ine audit will be conducted In the industrial appraisal section un der supervision of Arthur R Vnn Lehe, veteran commission apprais al engineer, w or King under his direction, Bass, former chief dep uty assessor of Multnomah county and a member of the staff there ior iu years, will visit every coun v in Oregon and make "spot cuev.Ka ox taxpayers inventories assessaDie ior personal property taxes aiier examininr their nr. sonal property returns. m each community, nfflrfni. saio, ouslness firms and profes sional offices would be selected at ranaom ior Bass' inspection. And additional value rtli-lv by his inspection will be added to ine rolls of the county in which me property is located The Battle of the Herrings Is tha name given to action In 1429 be tween . the French and English are when the latter were bearing Len- ton provisions mostly herrings . io ine oesiegmg trooos at Orleans during the Hundred Years' . War. NEW if j. Pfaff & Sew-Gem Used Singers - Whites -Others s i MYR0HS HACniNES 18 N. ComX rhene S-S773 EARN ; - fnquiro Today! Shaaffors, Parker, Watarmann, Evarsharp SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE 135 N. Commercial Villam otto Valloy Banl! lm raJrgreaads Kg. Ph. S-92l'. -U '. fafem j NMW HNM IIINHN I jSSOaJBHt i uon oi emeritus : 3. Which one of these words Is I .limnni H s-m misspelled? Veneer, ventriloquist, aj. aaa Human knowledge Is always only partial knowledge. Anonymous ventilation, vengance. 4. What does the word "lan guorous" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with ad that means "praise"? ANSWERS 1. Say, "He doesn't do his work properly, and apparently has no ability as a machinist." 2. Pro nounce the 1 as in right, and ac cent third syllable. 3. Vengeance. 4. Producing listless indolence; characterized by lassitude. "She lay in languorous ease on the divan." 5. Adulation. Your Health By German N. Bundesen. BLD. GRIN AND BEAR IT u.. i :t-. $58, uy utniy $75. Safe Stolen The Capitol Lumber and Fuel company, 2850 Cherry ave., was missing its office safe Thursday morning after thiefs apparently carted it through a rear door sometime during the night. George Barza, owner, reported the loss to city police. He said one panel of a four-panel door was cut away and the door unlocked from the inside. 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Many black widow bites have been reported from southern states and rural areas, especially in connection with outdoor privies, where the spider lives. However, numerous spider bites have been reported from every state, and spiders ap pear to have caused ills that were thought due to other causes. Of course, most spiders are not dangerous at all, but we should be able to recognize those that are. The most dangerous in this country Is the black-widow. An occasional adult has died from its venom, and many have be come seriously m. The venom is even more peril ous to young children than adults. It is said to be at least IS per cent stronger than tha venom of a rattle-snake. The dangerous black-widow is the female, rather large .spider. than can be recognized by its round, black abdomen, which looks like a shiny bead. Its back is bright redIt spins an irregu lar web of coarse threads. This spider's bite is a single puncture, which can be found if you look carefully. The first sting is quickly followed by a burning which may turn to a dull ache. This spreads rapidly and becomes worse as the venom is carried through the body. The victim soon develops se vere muscle cramps, usually of the abdomen, which may become as rigid as a board. His blood pressure usually drops and his pulse speeds up. He becomes restless and weak, and perhaps hysterical. One method of relieving these symptoms has been to inject cal cium into a vein. Sometimes this can also be used to help in mak ing a diagnosis of a black-widow bite. An anti-venom, developed to fight the venom, has also been used with success. Qaeattons and Answers M. C: Would having a polyp removed from my nose cause me to have a headache for two years? 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