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4 Th Stooimqn. Salem, Owaa. Monday Trauqry 21; 1852" reaon "No Favor Swav Uk- No Fear Shall Ato From First Statesman. March 2ft. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher rnblished every morning. Business erne Z1S 8 Commercial. Salem. Ore tan. Telephone t-2441. Catered at the postoffice at Salem, Oregon, as seco4 class matter under set of congress March 3. 1S7S. It Should Not Happen Again The war-time relocation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans a regrettable event of the war is having renewed repercussions in the courts. Yoshio Marukami is suing in Portland to re cover the American citizenship he renounced while he was incarcerated at Tule Lake 10 years ago. We don't pretend to know the cir cumstances surrounding Marukami's renuncia tion, which he claims was forced by other in ternees. Nor are we warranted in going into this specific case while decision is pending. But it can be said that one of the surprising factors in the overall relocation was that so few actually renounced their citizenship under cir cumstances which could not have aroused other trftn bitterness. There were American citizens, albeit of Japanese origin, living in veritable hovels one well-to-do Fresno physician had his medical books stacked in apple-boxes for book shelves in a room with one window, one chair and a crate for a table. They had been yanked from their property and their jobs with no assurance whatever as to what would hap pen to the material things they had gathered in many years of work. Families were separated in some instances, to be reunited months later if and when suspicion of disloyalty involving one or the other were unproven. The War Relocation Authority in the main did as good a job as could be expected in the mass movement. Better facilities gradually were provided in the centers. But even in the height . of war-time fervor it was a sobering experience to visit the ever-expanding grave yard in the lonely sands of the Tule Lake basin in Northern California. Many persons died at Tule Lake and at other relocation centers. They weren't abused, in a physical sense. But the awful nothingness of their future in the country of their adoption did not make for longevity or patriotism. Relocation centers at times held up to 20,000 persons- In any group of that size, there are miscreants, there 'is periodic violence, there is deSth. And in i these cases there were uncer tainty, loneliness and fear. More than 100,000 persons, and a good many of them citizens of the United States, lived for years under these conditions. It is not good to recall. But it should be recalled. It should not happen again. W. W. Unrest in Arjgjlorld Tunisia, the country In Norths Africa under French rule, is the latest in the Arab world to kick up its heels. Egypt is still in ferment over the demands of Jts government that Britain evacuate the Suez Canal zone. People of Iran are endorsing at elections the policies of Pre mier Mossadegh which led to ousting the Anglo Iranian Oil Company. Now rioting is reported in Tunisia which has independence aspirations. And over in French Morocco the natives are restless. Its Sultan would like to get rid of the French who still hold a tight rein, on Moroccan affairs. Part of this unrest may be due to the resent ment of Arabs against Western support for the new State of Israel. More probably is due to thi stirring of ideas t)f independence and freedom stimulated after the world war. The problem is a difficult one. Geographic cally the Middle East is so sensitive that Europe cannot put out and leave it to some other ad- Soviet Wooing India's Favor by Supporting Indian Position in Volatile Kashmir Dispute By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Moscow's wooing of India is ominous, but it should not have surprised world -statesmen in the United Nations. The Soviet statement in Paris late last week, supporting the Indian position in the Kashmir dispute with Moslem Pakistan, was part of a calculated gamble in which the stakes are high. At first glance, it might seem that Moscow risked alienating the Moslem world" by throwing the Soviet weight behind the Indian position in Kashmir. It will, in fact, irritate Moslem gov ernments. But Moscow is not interested in Moslem governments or any other governments as such. Gov ernments are merely "ruling cir cles" in the Stalinist vocabulary. The Reds will continue to ex ploit nationalist sentiment in those countries at every oppor tunity. In the waiting came, while the Arab world plums are ripening- for the Kremlin's har vesters, an apparent setback will be risked for immediate grains in a highly fruitful area, the Far East. Moscow signalled its . India punch a long time back, when the Indian Communist - Party was shaken up at Kremlin direction. The party's policy changed from harassment and obstruction to infiltration. Those Commu nists who insisted upon continu ing the policy of violence in In dia were weeded out. The boss of the Indian Coi manlst Party, A. Ghosh, an nounced the policy of his aarty in October, as India prepared for her national elections.' Pravda carried it. The platform was keyed to what Ghosh called "the struggle for a united democratic front for a people's democratic government. The aim of the Communists, said Secretary - General Ghosh, would be to join all "progressive" groups In India, including the -Revolutionary. Socialists, the "Forward Bloc, the Peasants Part" -"d others, -to push a rro - mwnmb MM venturer. The North Africans are ill-equipped to govern themselves, though poverty-stricken Libya is making an attempt at it. As with other present problems this one calls for a wise combination of firmness and patience and a greater attempt at understanding. Six More for Oregon will get six more delegates to the GOP national convention eighteen in place of the twelve of 1948. This is a "bonus" because the state voted for Dewey in 1948. Last time each of the four con gressional districts had two delegates and four were elected at large. The state committee will have to decide the apportionment of the 18 for 1952. Probably three will be authorized for each of the congressional districts and six at large; or it may be that each district will get four with two left to be chosen at large. Already candidacies for delegates are popping up, so there will be plenty of aspirants for the 18 places. For those with a flair for politics it is a coveted honor to serve as delegate to the national convention. They get in on the color and excitement; and if they are nimble in their voting shifts they catch the bandwagon of the successful candidate before it passes. Dave IngalLs warned Republicans in San Fran cisco against picking a "glamor candidate." Glamor is what his favorite candidate Bob Taft, is distinguished for not having. But Dave may get the rival camps mad at him by his thrusts and barbs. Presumably he was looking ahead at Eisenhower, but he might have been looking back at Tom Dewey. The first and only head of the Veterans' Hos pital at Portland has been Dr. Paul I. Carter. Now, after a long career in the army medical service Dr. Carter is to retire on January 31st. He has been a very able administrator of this great institution ;and is highly respected as a Northwest neighbor. His friends are legion, both among ex-servicemen and others. They will miss him at the hospital, but they wish him many years of healthy, happy living in his well earned retirement. The remark of a congressman after visiting, President Truman to the effect that Harry never runs away from a fight and never will quit under fire is interpreted to mean he will run again for President. If that is correct Harry, like his predecessor, will never quit voluntarily; for he is bound to be under fire as long as his address is on Pennsylvania Avenue. We had not thought of Senator Langer of North Dakota as a wit; but when Prime Min ister Churchill's ship was nearing America he wired Boston to hang out the lantern in the tower of did North Church (see Paul Revere's ride). And a New York financial publication with hand on purse was mean enough to report the. item with the heading "Two If by Sea." Ambassador Stanton Griffis at Madrid is re ported to b packing for a return to the USA. So it may be that J. Howard McGrath will be "promoted" upstairs to Griffis' post in Spain. That is a familiar way of clearing decks in the Capital. President Hoover "elevated" aging Andrew Mellon from the Treasury Department to become ambassador to Britain. gram of "national independence, liquidation of feudaUsmrtransfer of the land to the peasants" and for a government "representing workers, peasants, middle class and the national bourgeoisie." "The Communist Party," re ported Pravda, "declared that it would aim at creating a bra: d popular unity, a lasting funda mental unity of the working class and peasants," This is a classic design. Should a leftist bloc win parliamentary strength in India, the Commu nists would proceed to dominate it against the future day when they could betray it, as they be trayed leftists elsewhere in the Communist world. Some early returns have indicated an up surge in Indian leftist strength. Literary Guidepost By W. G. ROGERS AFRAID IN THE DARK, by Mark Derby ( Viking ;$3 It happens this-a-way: Captain Patrick Derrex is freed from an institution where he has been recovering from too severe men tal shocks. Instead of going on to medical advice which might cure him permanently of such things as claustrophobia, he returns to his old home, Bucksbridge Manor House. He breaks in; looks the place over, reflecting on the changes wrought by Ivor Moun tain, who tricked his father out of the family property; rifles a safe and takes away a photo of an unknown Eurasian; is chased and, with the help of the maid Rose to whom he had once made love, escapes. ; v Then it goes on this-a-way: He throws away the photo, only later to read an ad offering a big re ward for it. He learns that it was a picture of Makota, torturer, sadist and, in short, devil in the flesh . . . and perhaps the sort of a man who had left Derrex him self a wreck when he was a war prisoner. He is promised practic alhr a fortune.!! .he'll en and tuU. Oregon But meanwhile there are im mediate gains for the U.S.S.R. in prospect through the Kashmir moves. The' Soviet economic of fensive Is In full swing and In dia is a prime target Moscow wants close trade relations with a country which holds a domi nating position among the non Communist nations of the East. Moscow would like to maneu ver India out of her middle position in the cold war and into the Red camp, and it has seen signs in some public Indian pro nouncements that this might be achieved. The Kremlin would like to destroy Anglo-American influence in this big and potenti ally powerful country. It would be an important step toward en veloping the whole Asian conti nent. him. So he sets off for the Far East, and Rose goes with him. That's only the start of what the jacket calls a "book of enter tainment, suspense, and adven ture. We go to Malaya; follow ing Makota's dangerous trail, we find a man freshly killed, and the stench of older corpses, and the ominous forecast of more to come. The forecast is realized in a climax filled with action. So it doesn't sound very plaus ible? Well it isn't. Just as you can't "have everything in one horse, you can't have everything in one book, not if it's the usual book. This one provides excite ment and thrills, and yet it is the work of a careless craftsman. He could have given us more thrills, but didn't take the trouble to; he could have developed some of the shadier implications, but never got around to it. Indeed, Derby promises more than the jacket, and doesnt deliver. The book was brought over from England, where it was pub lished as "Malayan Rose. It adds to my growing suspicion that books coming into 1952 are not putting their best foot for ward. ...... . ...... . Your Health Two newly discovered drugs, ACTH and cortisone, are offer ing relief to sufferers from many skin diseases. Diseases of the skin include some of the commonest and most annoying disorders, such as acne, which eventually disappear. At the other extreme, they include some of the deadliest of all dis eases. Skin diseases also cause more or less serious social Drob - lems for the patient since some of the lesions are on surfaces where they can be seen. I am sure, therefore, that many readers will welcome the news concerning effects Of the new drugs. In recent tests, ACTH and cortisone were used in treating 19 different skin disorders. Some conditions that are most difficult to control showed beneficial re sults. For example, five cases of lupus erythematosus, an incura ble disease, were treated in this way with good results. Some patients in this group suffered from pemphigus, a dis ease which causes large hemorrhage-filled blisters, and is also incurable. A few of these patients showed remarkable improve ment. Exfoliative dermatitis Is a con dition in which the skin of vari ous parts of the body peels off in scales. It occurs when the skin is oversensitive to certain drugs. Many such cases have been cured with ACTH and cortisone. Certain types of severe psori asis and Hodgkin's disease of the skin were also helped. Persons who are allergic to various materials sometimes are afflicted with blisters, pimples, or Inflammation of the skin. These skin reactions can often be con trolled with various types of in jections. Certain severe allergic reactions of the skin, which do not respond to the usual treat ment, have done well when treat ed with ACTH and cortisone. It must be emphasized that these drugs cannot be considered permanent cures for the types of skin disease I have mentioned. Treatment must be continued over a long period; most patients have a relapse after the treat ment Is stopped. However, the drugs do offer new hope of re- GRIN AND BEAR IT This will be a trying year, men about THEIR taxes, ten m' .... w.fffw i . . 4 . , t l LEGISLATIVE HOPPERS By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D. lieving the distressing symptoms for a considerable length of time. It is also important to note chat the drugs may rarely produce various complications in certain patients such as swelling of the ankles, darkening of the skin and some confusion in thinking. For this reason, ACTH and cortisone must always be given under the supervision of a physician, who will watch for any undesirable effects and alter the treatment accordingly. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS L. M. T.: I have occasional feel ings of pressure in my throat and a frequent urge to vomit. Some times when I do vomit, I notice that food I have eaten several days ago is present. What could be causing this? Answer: The symptoms you de scribe might be caused by a di verticulum of the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube be tween the throat and the stom ach. In this condition there is a pouch present in the normally straight tube. The pouch holds back much of the food and keeps it from getting into the stomach. This disorder can be corrected by surgery. (Copyright 1932. King Features) The Safety Valve MORE PARK FACILITIES To the Editor: What is the matter with the park and recreational directors of Salem? We are in need of more park facilities and a municipal golf course. A suitable piece of land within the city limits is available for a mere pittance. What do we get? A yawn and a feeble excuse from the city authorities, while Salem lags behind many cities of far smaller population. Let's have an awakening make Salem a leader, not a lagger. Yours truly, H. E. Kilburn 565 Hickory St. by Lichty ... besides listening to people well have to put ap with Pv-Ji : Ike's Backers Claim Gains at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (TV-Backers of four major presidential candi dates claimed added strength for their camps as Republicans left San Francisco Sunday after a mid-winter National Committee meeting. Supporters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower were openly Jubilant in their professed belief that they had made inroads into an organi zation that is regarded widely as leaning toward the presidential candidacy of Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Taft's backers said they were satisfied they had improved what they called their leading position in the race despite the announce ment of Eisenhower that he is a Republican and available for the Party nomination. Made Headway Gov. Earl Warren of California and his aides seemed to think they had made some headway toward changing what they regard as the conservative tinge of the Commit tee. Former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota appeared satisfied that he had convinced important Republicans o is in the race on his own ar:u not as a stalking horse for Eisenhower. Vigorous Battle There were signs, however, that neither Taft nor the Eisenhower camp feels confident at this time there will be any such result and both expect a vigorous battle up to and within the convention. There was no doubt that many in the Eisenhower camp fervent ly hope the General will be able to come home from Europe in March or April and campaign as a civilian, despite his statement he will not participate in pre convention activities in his behalf. Some of his rooters say private ly the task of putting over the General in a "draft" movement will be extremely difficult. Gas Firm Declares Dividend on Stock A first dividend of 20 cents has been declared on the new single class of common stock issued by the Portland Gas & Coke Com pany, directors have announced. The dividend, payable Feb. 15, is equivalent to $1.60 per share for the former 7 per cent preferred stock, slightly higher than previous dividends. Better Enalish By D. C. WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "The boy, as well as his brothers, were hungry." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "replica"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Govern, southern, brethern, benefited. 4. What does the word "muta ble" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with sup that means "to re place"? ANSWERS I. Say, "The boy, as well as his brothers, was hungry." 2. Ac cent first syllable, not the sec ond. 3. Brethren. 4. Capable of change in form, qualities, or na ture. "Some people's character is as mutable as the weather. 5. Supersede. I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Horace Greeley London Papers Doubt Princess To Marry Earl of Dalkeith LONDON CTV-The consensus of London newspapers Sunday was that Princess Margaret isn't going to marry the Earl of Dalkeith after all. ; The newspapers, who had ben boosting the freckle-faced six footer as the Princess probable choice, were generally agreed now that he was just a cnuanooa inena. Only one newspaper, the Em pire News, stucx xo lis romanuc guns. It said the Earl might even accompany thi King and Queen and Princess Margaret , on their visit to South Africa in March. But the rest of the papers swung far to the other side. The Sunday Pictorial said it had on good authority that the Prin cess will not become engaged to the Earl "they are just good friends and nothing more." Ought to Relax The Sunday Dispatch agreed. Renynolds News thought every body ought to relax and quit try ing to marry off the young Prin cess. The newspaper said the Earl was just one more chapter in the "royal romance serial" conjured up for the Princess, and suggested that "the British press should treat her marital future with more dignity and restraint." Save on Income Tax On page five in the same edi tion the newspaper published a cartoon showing the backs of two hunters the King had the Earl 'as his shooting partner all this past week and with this cap tion: "You know, my dear Earl, if you get married before April you get 80 pounds income tax rebate for this year." The Earl is 28 and has just about everything in his favor for marrying into the Royal family. He is heir to the Duke of Buc cleuch, one of the richest peers of the kingdom. His aunt, the Duchess of Gloucester, is a sister-in-law of King George VI. Walter John Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott is the Earl's full name. He has known Margaret since she first began to have birth day parties in the schoolroom she shared with Princess Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace. She calls him Johnny. Margaret is 21 -years-old enough and forthright enough 'to speak her own mind. Since her 17th birthday she has .been dated and squired by countless young bloods. Some of them gave up the chase and married other girls. Faithful Suitor But Johnny was always in the background the faithful suitor. It's almost a classic case of the shy, adoring boy next door oeing kept on the hook by the most popular girl in town except that Margaret and Johnny were usually separated by hundreds of miles. But there were always family parties to bring them together. At these, the merry-eyed young Prin cess would stay up half the night dancing, distributing her favors impartially. But in the morning, her petite figured covered in a heavy coat and her dark hair mantled with a gay scarf, she could often be seen striding across the moors or fields of Scottish thistledown beside the lanky Earl hurrying her steps to keep pace with his long strides and chatting easily about every thing in the world. Hear About London Then she would be off, and the Earl would hear about her visiting the theaters and cabarets of Lon don's gay Mayfair, which she loves, or vacationing in Paris or Italy. The Early would go back to sup ervise his father's vast estates and working with his gun dogs until the next party and a chance to be with the pretty Princess once again. It was during one of those re unions recently, while Margaret was visiting the Earl's family in Scotland, that a spark may have ignited this long-time friendship and sent it flaring inVo full-blown love. Everything points that way. Impetously, it seemed, Margaret broke away from the gathering and rushed back to England with starlight gleaming in her eyes. She went right to Sandringham Lodge, where the King had gone for some shooting, and had a long talk with her mother and father. The next day a new guest arrived at Sandringham. It was Johnny. Hunting with the Men He wasted no time getting better acquainted with the menfolks of the Royal family. The very next morning after breakfast with Margaret and her family he went out hunting with the King and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prin cess Elizabeth's handsome hus band. The threesome must have hit it off because the tall, young noble man stayed on at Sandringham for quite a few breakfasts. The Princess loves dancing, fun and games all the sophisticated shine of society. The Earl acts and dresses like a country squire despite his youth. He dislikes society life, but there are fields of mutual interest. Both are fond of horses and dogs. They appreciate music, although Margaret's tastes run more to light pieces and the Earl's to classics. No Housing Problem If they do marry, there should be no houetng problem. The Duke of Buccleauch owns five homes and a half million acres strung through eight counties. The family seat is Bowhill, in Selkirk shire, Scotland. If Dalkeith does place a ring on Margaret's third finger, left hand, the engagement probably won't be announced until after she returns from a Royal cruise to South Af rica in the spring. By coincidence, perhaps, when the Duke of Edingburgh reached an understanding with Princess Elizabeth five years ago the fam ily also was : about to set off for South Africa. Princess Elizabeth had to wait until she got back before her mom and dod announced the big news. That might have set a Royal) precedent. - At Marebiln Yemen, a little known NetrTEast country, scien tists in 1951 found what they be lieve to be the Queen of Sheba's ancient capital, now a ruined city of alabaster temples and palaces protruding through the desert sand- i Group Labels UMT Aims as 'Destructive' WASHINGTON VP) The basis aim of universal military training is militaristic dominance over the) minds of the nation's young men, the National Council against Con scription said Sunday. ; The plan now proposed, it as serted, would "drastically change the character of our democracy and virtually destroy the changes and preventing a Third World War.'' It said the proposal works on the theory that "war is inevit able" and leaves no room for any policy aimed to "eliminate the con ditions of poverty or the sources of hatred like imperialism upon which both Communism and So viet foreign policy thrive." It denied every major argument advanced in favor of UMT, start ing out by disagreeing with .the basic assumption that the United States is really "unprepared. In summation of its arguments against the plan, the council as serted that it would force every American boy "as a matter of per manent national policy, to be ei ther a conscript or a convict.- In either case freedom is lost." The criticism appeared in a 40 page bookiet circulated to all mem bers T)f Congress as a reply to the report of the National Security Training Commission. The commission, under an as signment from Congress, has pre pared a plan for the actual op eration of UMT and is now pre senting it to the House Armed Services Committees. The Council Against Conscrip tion lists Dr. Harry Emerson Fos dick as honorary president. Alon zo F. Myers is chairman of the executive group. Tunisia Calm After Riots by Nationalists TUNIS, Tunisia t-P-Calm re turned to Tunisia Sunday .after three days of nationalist rioting throughout the French protec torate. The only incident'reported Sun day was from Kairouan, near the site of ancient Carthage. A num ber of shops were pillaged before the police could intervene and two demonstrators were injured. In Tunis itself, the strike called by the Nationalist Labor Union appeared to have eased. Many shops and cafes were stilt closed, however. Police patrols were re duced and only the British Con sulate and the French Residency General were still guarded by Fresh troops. ? The death list In the rioting In cludes more than a dozen victims, with many dozens and perhaps hundreds of wounded. Woman Found Dead in Snow KLAMATH FALLS MVPolica here are investigating the expos ure death of a 24-year-old Negro woman. The body of the woman,, Aire Rogers, was found lying ; face down in the snow near Hatfield, Ore., south of here near the Oregon-California border. Dr. George H. Adler, coroner, said she probably died about o a.m. Sunday. V. E. Van Vactor, district at torney, said he was questioning two of the woman's male acquaintances. P mm WHEN LONG FORM IS CHEAPER Alt will pay y long Form 1040 and itemize your ded wet ions whe they amount to mare, thos 10 par cent of vovr lcomJ i t t? . R Deductions. ewo;eftolw contributions, flood and storm losses, and roedkal expense ... .i wnicn exceea nr pw ' your incomo. f 5 CYoa always hovt cnoc . of taking o 10 per cent allowance for deductions or of itemizing your deduction end taking tho total. of tho
