The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 08, 1952, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextCCl .taL 4 ThA gtafcaaflu galaiM," IT r2mxarr 1SS2 fhl rejaon itfo facer Steay Us. Wo Fear Shall Ato" rrsa First Statesman. Marc tS. 1S31 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A SPRAUUK, Editor and Publisher Fablislted every morning- Business offlc 215 8 Commercial. Salem, Oregon. Telephone t-2441. Kntere at th postofflc at Salem, Oregwa, ma aacead ciaai soattex oader act of eoagreas March 3. 117 IL Massacre in Katyn Forest A subcommittee of the House has been hear ing testimony on the massacre of some 10,000 Polish officers in the Katyn Forest of Russia. An American colonel who was shown the mass -grave by Germans while a prisoner of war has offered testimony putting the responsibility on the Russians. Wednesday a Pole, masked to con ceal -his identity as a protection, so it was said, for his relatives still living in Poland, testified that he had been an eyewitness to the massacre by Russians in 1939. The Russian claim is that these Polish officers were murdered by Germans when their armies advanced eastward and captured Smolensk. The whole story, as far as it could be pieced together with the evidence at hand, was told in a pamphlet put out by the Polish government inxile several years ago. The Polish officers involved were held as prisoners of war follow ing Russia's treacherous assault on Poland in 1939. They were later transported to this isolat ed spot near Smolensk and put to death. All ef forts of the Poles to get from the Russians an accounting for these prisoners failed, even after Germany attacked Russia in 1941. When the Germans -overran this part of Rus sia in 1943 they announced discovery of the mass grave, showed American prisoners of war what they had found. The Russians retaliated by claiming that the Germans captured the Poles and then put them to death. But the Russians never would agree to permit an inspection by the International Red Cross. This refusal, plus their stony silence whenever the Poles demand ed an accounting, were incriminating bits of evi dence noted in this pamphlet. The theory advanced was that the Russians were eager to wipe out these officers of the Polish army, thus helping to prevent its resur gence. The history of the Bolshevik revolution Is such as to confirm suspicion of the Russians. The Communist dictators have shown no scru ples against doing to death millions of their own countrymen. The German Nazis were likewise callous as regards human life, slaughtering Jews rd non-Nazis by the hundreds of thousands. The crime of the Katyn Forest was not out of character for either the Communist-led Rus sians or the Nazi-led Germans. The evidence accumulated by the Poles, which now is corro borated by the testimony in Washington, points to the Russians as guilty of this mass murder. Unfortunately, no international grand Jury can be constituted with power to indict and bring to bar the nation it accuses of guilt. The War Crimes trials stopped with the Germans and the Japs they lost the war. None was in voked with Russia in "the prisoner's dock for its practice of genocide. The crime of the Katyn Ftrest will get no farther than "J'accuse" for an Indefinite time; but the free Poles have already condemned the Russians. a most capable receptionist-secretary in the of fice of Wicker and Wallett should be permitted to wear her turkey-stroked muskrat fur coat even if it does look like mink. It's her coat. She likes to wear it. She doesn't want to wear a cloth coat. Therefore, it is a violation of Fair Employment Practice to re quire her to drop the coat wearing it, we mean or else resign. Bill Van Meter should look in to this, though in discharging our duty of de fending the Free Press we shall tolerate no cen sorship. Ambrose, the old goat with his walrus must ache, is hypersensitive to mink. Just because Wicker 8c Wallett have a few government con tracts is no reason suspicion should be cast on it because its receptionist wears a coat that re sembles mink. The mink coats flow in the other direction, from private business firms to wives of government employes. Whoever heard of a bureauocrat giving anything away? And shame on Walt for yawning in the di rectors' meeting when the decisive vote on the Fluff mink was taken. He should have risen in his noble manhood to defend Miss Fluff. Roma burned while Nero fiddled and Fluff was to be fired while Walt yawned. Terrible. "Gasoline Alley" would never be the same again. We have good backing in our defense of Miss Fluff. Putting the question whether she should he permitted to wear this turkey-stroked musk rat, eleven of the women employes of The Statesman voted Yes; one voted No. This shows they are sisters outside the skin when it comes to mink coats. If Ambrose is hard-hearted enough to fire Miss Fluff we might offer her a position as receptionist here. (Do we see green eyes look ing in our direction?) Usually, though, the car toonist has an escape hatch for his characters; so without peeking at today's strip or tomor row's we venture to predict that she'll continue to hold her job and to wear a fur coat. Cherry growers at Yakima are said to be looking for a rain-making device with reverse gears. They want dry weather in blossom and picking time, while the wheatgrowers like rains at that season. James Whitcomb Riley wrote: "When God sorts out the weather and sends rain. Why rain's my choice." Man now is not so philosophical about rain with his year's work at stake. Price changes can start chain reactions felt at considerable distance. The high price of cotton induced farmers in the San Joaquin Valley of California to expand their cotton acreage by plowing up hay and meadow land. Dairymen in that state then turned to Oregon and sucked out the 1951 crop of alfalfa hay. That is why Wil lamette Valley dairymen have had to pay $50 a ton for alfalfa just because of the high price of cotton. In Defense of Miss Fluff The Statesman has been a staunch defendei of civil liberties. It has vigorously fought im puting "guilt by association." Therefore it rises In its editorial might in defense of Miss Fluff In oar comic strip Gasoline Alley. It believes that Miss Fluff who already has proven herself The Norden bombsight our airmen guarded so jealously' in World War II cost $8000. The new electronic bombsight weighs a ton and costs $250,000. That's another reason why the milita ry budget is high and why wars should be avoided. The new device is called the K-one. If it performs according to the advertising it might better be called the K-O. Latest Dispute Between France, Germany Said Threat to North Atlantic Treaty Meeting 1 . -H r yf (V ul that! ' ig can! J n there I s- i- y J. M. ROBERTS JR. AT Nw Analyst Th latest dispute between France and Germany bids fair to reduce the approaching North Atlantic Treaty O r g a nizatlon 1 ....till it m T la ' bon to more - or less routine $ discussion of I fiscal affairs. ? American of- ' seem doubtful anything be don about integrat ing European army into NATO plans., as had been hoped and mora- or less expected. The situation which has de veloped between France and Germany is a very complicated one. Although there has been no high level expression, American officials ar much put out. They thought they had things Just about set for r establish ment of the new contractual ar rangements with Germany vich will replace the occupa tion statute, and for her inclu sion in the Western defense plan. Then a series of factors began to work. West German Chancellor Ad enauer nas lor some time ap- ired to be somewhat ahead of German public opinion and party political thinking in his efforts to promote European ac cord. The French government, too, may have found that it was pro gressing toward agreements at government levels for which the peaple were unprepared. The vast progress made to ward Franco-German amity in the adoption of the Schuman plan by tha two governments may have been only a surface in dication that ancient distrusts Were HimtnUMwg One major issue is the dispo sition of the Saar, small but rich Industrial area lying between them. Tha French incorporated the Saar into their economy after tha war, thereby considerably increasing their own industrial strength and diminUhtng that of Germany. But they said the ultimate dis position of the area, whose cul ture is heavily German, would be left until a peace treaty. But some months ago Franc decided to give her High Com missioner in the Saar ambassa dorial rank. American diplomats warned as long ago as November that such action would be resented in Ger many, and might interfere with all the other plans afoot. Suddenly, as the Schuman 8 lan, the unified army and the TATO financial and political ar rangements appeared at tha point of materialization, Franc announced the Saar item. The Germans flared up. It was, they said, a part of French determination to present her possession of the Saar as an accomplished fact before any peace conference. The French said it was merely a routine item. On the Saar matter, the Unit ed States wants France to re assure Bonn with a statement that there has been no change in policy, and that the final dis position is still open. France so far hasn't done so, and her intention to keep the Saar is well known. There is little hop that ei ther France or Germany will b ready for action by Feb. 10 at Lisbon. Congressional Quiz pear both Q I see the Senate granted mere than half a million dollars this year for Investigations. What are they for? A Grants which the Senate made Jan. 24 from its operating fund totaled $652,000 and went for probes of: Government grain storage, $50,000; Washington, D. C. crime, $15,000; internal se curity, $97,000; defense prepara tions, $190,000; labor manage ment relations, $139,000; Elec tions Subcommittee investiga tions, $75,000; and government spending, $89,000. The Senate Jan. 30 raised the Washington crime probe sum to $61,200. Q Is Congress deing anything to find eat why only half the eligible voters to Um potts? A Rep. Jacob KL Javits (R N. Y.) Jan. 22 introduced a bill calling for a bipartisan commis sion on Voting Participation to find the answer to this. Less than 52 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots in -the last Presidential election. Q What has to happen before th President's plan to overhaul the Bare f Internal Re vena goes Into effect? A The proposal to Overhaul the BIR was submitted Jan. 14 as a Reorganization Plan, which means it goes into effect 60 days after Introduction unless either the House or Senate passes a res olution to kill the plan. The Hous Jan. SO upheld the plan. q What's the fats and oils amendment all about? A It is a section of the De fens Production Act requiring the government to control im ports of fats, oils, butter, cheese and other dairy products when ever they threaten the U. S. mar ket. Administration supporters, seeking repeal, say the provision hurts the reciprocal trade pro gram and might bring trade curb retaliation from other nations. The Senate Jan. 30 shelved a bill to repeal the amendment. Q Why did Mrs. Smith qolt the subcommittee considering Sen. William Benton's (D-Conn.) proposal to expel Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-YVts.) from th Senate? A Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me.) said she considered the change a promotion when ah withdrew Jan. 23 from the Sen ate Rules and Administration Committee's Elections Subcom mittee, which had been studying tha Benton proposal, in order to join the Subcommittee on Rules. Mrs. Smith said sh still would work on the Benton resolution if it came before the full Commit tee. She had been criticized by Sen. McCarthy for her 1950 "Declaration of Conscience" which he said was derogatory to him. (Copyright 1952. Cbngreastonal Quarterly , ( 'Jjii LJr f f&y gZ2E232SS2SSS3SESEXBSZSSS One of the easiest-to-take bits of propaganda in a long time is the comic-type booklet put out by the Red Cross this week to boost blood donations. The book says: "Whether you're raw- blooded, blue - blooded, hot - blooded, cold blooded it still comes out red! We're all bro thers under the skin." Readers are happy to learn that, "noted medical authorities report 'Women have blood, too.' ... So put your drop in the bucket." t k -reft ta Several characters riven the needle are Mr. Wince, who feels faint at the ixht of blood; Mr. Scoff, who likes to put in his two cents instead of his one pint; Mr. One-Shot, wh Is food to his mother every day, donated a pint of blood one three yean aco and feels pretty imaf aboat It; Mr. Buy, wh would like to donate blood bat you knew hew It is ... Mrs. Shirk, whose heart bleeds for humanity but not for th blood center, and Mis Cbondria, who thinks she's to frail a frail. Salem Police Detectives Wayne Parker and Ernie Finch ap peared as witnesses the other day in two separate trials going on at the same time in both Marion County Circuit Court rooms. In one case the two star sleuths testified for both the state and the defendants. This exciting adventure in triple testifying kept Finch and Parker busy hopping from one courtroom to the oth er. "It was confusing," panted Finch, "but we kept our testimo ny straight." Ad vie to state employes on how to operate that new-fangled instrument the telephone is contained In a telephone di rectory given to stato offices her. On bit of invaluable advice goes like this: "In hanging up replace th receiver g ently. SLam mlns the receiver on th hook or baa Is likely to cause a sharp banc in the ear of the person with whom you are talking." An other item: "When yon are finished talking It is desirable to In dicate this fact definitely to the other party. A polite "Thank you,' or 'Good-by' will accomplish this." Another sage comment asks workers, In signaling the operator, 44 to press the receiver en the hook slowly and rythmically three or four times," otherwise it will create "an unpleasant sound in the operator's headset.' Thumb tax story. A taxpayer who lives in Mill City saw his name in the list of persons eligible for federal income-tax checks. So he excitedly took a day off from his carpenter's job at the Detroit dam, drove to Portland, stood in line for four hours at the federal tax office. He figured his lost wages and gas came to about $20 or so. The tax check, when he finally got it, came to 11 cents. Bettor English By D. C. WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sen tence? This phenomena is re markable, but not as wonderful as some I've seen." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "muscatel"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Restorative, resur rect, resusitate, respiratory. 4. What does the word "misog amist" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with fe that means "to congratu late"? ANSWERS 1. Say, These phenomena are remarkable, but not so wonder ful as I've seen." 2. Pronounce Mus-ka-tel, us as in must, a as in ask unstressed, as in tell (not teeL sometimes heard) accent last syllable. 3. Resuscitate. 4. A hater of marriage. (Pronounce mi-sog-a-mlst, both I's as in it, as in oiu. accent second syl lable). 5. Felicitate. A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason. W. R. Alger. imr vim BY MARCH 15- Return en 19S1 Income mvst be filed. A. D Tax owed on 1951 fa. com must b paid. GRIN AND BEAR IT C. by Lichty 1 1 o First instaHmerrt of es timated tax for 1952 must b paid. (This appltos Ofihr to self -employed, to titghar bracket wag taraert and t others who rciv income in excess of $100 from sources other than woo.es subject to withholding tax provided total incom is ex pected to b $600 or morej Literary Guideposf By Jeha I Epriager NEWS FOR AN EMPIRE, By Ralph E. Dyar (Caxton; $S) Although th "Horatio Alger" story is a common one in Ameri can history. It seldom goes be yond an individual to encompass an institution and an entire area as welL This is the scope of "Newi for an Empire", the color ful account by Ralph E. Dyar of the influence of W. H. Cowles as seen through the rise of the newspaper h molded and the growth of th great Northwest where his paper was established. When the weekly newspaper which was forerunner of today Spokesman-Review was estab lished in 1883. Spokane Falls was a raw frontier town in th wil- B33JJJS OCDlJjQCg (Continued from page 1.) ambassadors, which would mean its detachment from Germany. A report from Bonn was to the effect that Germany would go no farther with its 12-di vision army for the defense of West Europe until this Saar issue was settled. Later, Chancellor Ade nauer called this report errone ous; but the "fat is in the fire." Why France, which has been working for West European in tegration through the Schuman plan for heavy industry and th Pleven plan for an international army, should light fires of na tionalism over the Saar Basin is not clear. Certainly the United States was much disturbed at this threat to its carefully nur tured plans for unifying Europe in its own defense. With France's long-term prior claim on pro duction from the Saar mines, and with the Schuman plan provid ing for a pooling of coal and iron-steel resources, the need for detaching the Saar from Ger many doesn't seem apparent. Whatever the prompting, the timing of the move was, in American opinion, most unfortu nate. The Basin has always been considered a part of Germany; Its people are German-speaking and they voted their preference for union with Germany in 1935. It ought to remain part of Germany lest the Saar become the crux of some revanche policy of a re vived Germany. And surely it Is a blunder thus to blight the new forming partnership of the West for mutual defense. Distress from Gas - Sour Stomach? Schaefer's Antacid Carminative Tablets Don't delay 60c SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE 135 N. Commercial dernesj known as the Washing ton territory a town where lo cal bagnios provided cf th news. When Mr. Cowles arrived in Spokan in 1S91 after a re porting apprenticeship on the Chicago Tribune, two morning papers were fighting for supre macy and bleeding badly; from the battle and tne town was really roaring. . . "Saloons, ooo for every 20 inhabitants, never closed their doors. Many; largo gambling establishments wer ta. business 24 hours a day wita three relays of high-priced deal ers at work. . . The coroner was kept so bury that sometimes wooden boxes, with corpses in them, were placed on th Main Avenue sidewalk near his crflc. waiting for hours for his fftitl inspection." Order gradually evolved. The two papers merged in 1832. and in 184 Mr. Cowles took over as publisher. That date might well mark the beginning of the success story of the newspaperman, the newspaper and its territory. Mr. Cowles directed th Spokesman-Review with a firm hand; in ten years its circulation quadrupled and despite bombs and bomb threats it came in his lifetime to be ranked with the nation's leaders in fact it grew' so forceful. Mr. Dyar reports, that President Truman in 1948 angri ly termed it ooe of the two "worst" in the nation. When Mr. Cowles died in 1841, his paper had a future that seem ed dazzling ly bright. The Inland Empire it served had become a fabulous lumber producer, with an average output of around ooo and a half billion feet annually; nearby were the Grand Coulea Dam, undisputed world leader In electric power generation, a booming new aluminum industry, one of the nation's huge A-bomb plants, and fantastic irrigation projects. , While the Cowles inHunce nat urally was exerted most strongly on his own newspaper, it also -was felt by the press of the na tion as a whole. 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