4 Th Btottaman, Salem, Onqon, Tiiday. March 18, 1951
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"No Favor Sways U. No Fear Shall Aw"
From First Statesmm. March ZS. 1831
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUK, Editor and Publisher
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Catered at too postofflce at Salem. Oregon, as aeceod clasa matter under aet of oongresa March 3. 1S7S
Threat of Steel Strike
The Wage Stabilization Board has asked the
Steeiworkers' Union to defer its threatened
strike until April 8th. The present deadline is
next Sunday night, but at least three days
notice is needed for mills to bank their fires
and prepare to shut down. Steelmaking is a
continuous process, and can't be turned on and
off at a moment's notice. Phil Murray will give
his answer to the Board by Thursday. If his
union turns down further delay then the coun
try may expect a steel strike to start Sunday
night.
That is, if the government doesn't intervene.
In view of the urgent need for steel for rear
mament, the government may step in, either to
take over the mills and operate them, assuming
it still has that legal authority, or by speeding
u7 the Stabilization Board's decision on the
wage question. The latter of course would re-
quire favorable action by the steel companies
and by the union.
The Board has given out a statement to the
effect that it has rather a wide range of action
as far as a wage increase goes, up to 23 cents
an hour. What it may be trying to figure out is
how to grant an increase and still prevent a
price increase or how to keep the price increase
at a minimum level.
Considering the fact that the Board is work
ing hard on its problem it seems safe to predict
there will be no strike Sunday night. And it
teems probable there will be no strike at all.
In a way government is behind the eight-ball.
With all its power it still has to make conces
sions which will keep persons at work in es
sential industry.
good quality logs and to maintain a steady
market. Once both are developed the business
should be profitable and stable.
Boondoggling in Reverse
Divergent stories have come from Grand
Coulee in regard to the flooding of seven giant
generators last Friday, but the most startling
aspect of the incident is the responsibility which
apparently is vested in one man, unaccompanied
and untended.
Project Engineer Darland says "one of our
oldest employes blundered" and opened the
wrong valve. When so important an operation
as that is undertaken, shouldn't there always
be a double check on every motion involved,
major or minor? The government has come in
for a lot of ribbing for having two men do a
job that one could do just as well, but this time
the situation seems reversed. We are reluctant
to think that the operation of a multi-billion-dollar
power project, and the welfare of mil
lions of persons in the Northwest, are fdepend
ent on the foibles of a single human being,
"oldest employe" or not.
Darland says he can't understand the man
making such a mistake. We can't understand
Darland or anyone else allowing one man to
get in a position to make such a mistake with
no one around to ride herd.
Independence
Some days ago The Statesman suggested as
a solution of the problem of how to dispose of
Formosa to let the Formosans decide that ques
tion for themselves. Now to the desk comes a
pamphlet "Formosa Speaks" by Joshua Liao
who holds a Ph. D. degree from the University
of Chicago. It is a plea for the independence of
Formosa. The author contends that the Cairo
decision to return Formosa to- China was un
just and is no longer valid. Since Communist
dominated China has become a vassal to the
USSR Formosa should not be turned over to
the Reds. And since the Nationalist government
which has taken refuge on Formosa is an ejected
regime it has no right to administer the affairs
of Formosa. Finally Dr. Liao declares that "in
Industry and population, cultural advancement
and social organization Formosa is comparable
with the majority of the independent nations
in the present world and therefore deserves to
become independent."
If' Formosa can go it alone, and if the Reds
will let it alone that may be the answer to its
problem. Let the U. N. decide.
Though the rules of the High School Athletic
Association were fractured, Knappa and the
lower Columbia region got a radio report of the
two games their teams played here. The law
may have been on the side of the association,
but the Astoria station braved it out and got
away with its broadcast. Reminds one of the
time a reporter sneaked a camera on his leg and
took a picture of an execution after a sensa
tional trial for murder in New York. History
has a way of repeating itself.
The Grants Pass Courier runs a picture of a
stream pouring out of a six-inch hose, and re
ports that the State Game Commission is using
this means to dump 81,000 yearling salmon into
the Rogue River. The fish are hauled in aerated
tanks which are emptied by means of the big
hose. Mortality is said to be very low. They are
old enough to start migration to the sea. Each
fish is marked for future identification if and
when they are caught. With the Rogue now
closed to commercial fishing the Game Com
mission has to do the stocking to maintain the
run.
Would Utilize Hardwoods
Oregon produces so much softwood lumber
that it pays little attention to its hardwoods
other than myrtle which is utilized mostly for
giftware. Some alder is cut for furniture mak
ing, but little is done with native oak and
maple. Occasionally some small mill works on
native hardwoods, but the business has not de
veloped into an industry of any size.
The Forest Products laboratory at OSC is
trying to interest persons to manufacture Ore
gon hardwoods. It will require considerable
pushing both to make sure of a steady run of
Predictions from Washington are that next
year quotas will be reimposed on wheat grow
ers. The war scare and 'Marshall Plan moneys
helped export the sizable surpluses of recent
years, though the government subsidy amount
ed to about 65c a bushel. Rather than continue
to bear this cost the government may be dis
posed to scale down production.
Here's a guidepost toward balancing the na
tional budget: The Denver Chamber of Com
merce has adopted a resolution not to ask Con
gress for government money for projects solely
of local benefit. Now if they don't try to ration
alize that word "local" . . .
The Senate has passed and the House Agri
culture committee approved repeal of a provi
sion to let peanut growers exceed their allotted
acreage If the peanuts go into oil. Evidently the
country is getting fed up with peanuts.
Europe Federation Seems Impossible, But
Practical Men Are Forming Practical Plans
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Br JOSEPH and STEWART
ALSOP
w Aixii-N(r) 1UJN sometimes a
treat, historic process takes place
so haltingly, illogically, and amidst
so much confu
sion that it goes
on almost un
noticed. It is ex
traordinarily dif
ficult to take
seriously the no
tion that the an
cient dream of a
federal union of
Western Europe
may actually be
realized there
are so many ex
cellent reasons
for ijelieveing that it will never
happen. Yet sober and experienced
men, like former Ambassador to
France David Bruce and even
Weral Dwight D. Eisenhower,
seriously believe ' r-
that It may well .T.''
aappen, and quite ' j
soon. i, 1 . .-"-
The timetable f '' ? " yf
for the establish- -IVItl
meni oi a Euro
pean army, as it
U oerhaDs rather
wishfully pro- fS
lected by the!
American policy
makers, seems to
suport this con-
iluilon. TheS5l
agreements reached in general
terms at the Lisbon conference,
including the European army plan,
should be worked out in detail
and formally approved by the
participating governments by the
and of April.
This will set the stage far the
ratifloaUea ef the Earopeaa army
mnunt fey the parttaaaeata of
Frame. Germany, the Lew Chan
tries asd Italy. It Is hoped again,
perhaps rather wiahrolly that an
these parliaments will have rati
fied by July 1, ir i little later.
The Sehamaa Plan will ahneet
certainly have been ratified al
ready by July 1. If and when
thaae twa agreements eome fnte
leral existence. Western Europe
will hare taken an Jrmous step
forward, at least on paper, towards
federal union.
The military significance of the
European army plan lies, of course,
in the fact that Germany will thus
be enabled to make a contribution
to the defense of the West. But
even if all goes well, the European
army will not make a great deal of
difference militarily for two years
or more. The timetable calls for
the recruitment of the first Ger
man soldiers by midsummer, and
the training and equipping of two
or three German divisions by the
end of 1953. But Germany will not
make a really important contribu
tion, of 10 or 12 divisions, before
the end of 1954 at the earliest.
The over-rldmr. Immediate sig
nificance of the European army
plan is political rather than mili
tary. European leaders like French
Foreign Minister Robert Sc human
and German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer are perfectly aware that
the plan they have hatched cannot
possibly work without some sort
of European Federal Union. A na
tion without an independent army
cannot have an independent for
eign policy. A froap of nations
collectively supporting a collective
army must have Joint economic
and financial policies.
For such reasons, it is now in
tended to call a conference of the
governments of the six participat
ing nations, shortly after the Eur
opean army plan is ratified, in
order to try to lay the groundwork
for actual European federation. It
is intended to consider at mis
conference such matters as a cen
tral European political authority
limiting each nation's sovereignty;
a joint taxation and financial pol
icy, and the lowering and eventual
elmination of customs barriers.
AH this sounds extraordinarily
unrealistic and it may well be.
In the first place, any one of a
amber of perfectly possible de
velopments another explosion
over the Saar Issue, the triumph
mt a Charles de Gaulle in France
or a Kurt Schumacher In Ger
many, the emasculation of the
mutual security program by the
American Congress could cause
j the whole flimsy paper structure
to fall to the ground. And the
Soviets are already doing every
thing possible to tear it down.
In the second place, the whole
movement toward European union
has been illogical, accidental, and
through the back door. The JEuro
pean army plan was proposed ini
tially by the French, essentially as
a device for delaying or prevent
ing the creation of a sovereign
German army. No one took the
idea very seriously until last sum
mer, when General Eisenhower,
after a good look at the European
scene, embraced the plan enthusi
astically. Elsenhower's support for the
European army plan in turn
shifted the movement toward
European unity from the realm of
vague, high-minded talk to the
area of practical planning. And
thus what started as a French
tactic for delaying a decision on
a German army might possibly
end with the-federation of West
ern Europe.
This may not be so odd as it
seems. Great historic changes,
after all, are more likely to come
about, not as a result of constitution-making
and conscious plan
ning in advance, but as a result
of a series of more or less spas
modic reactions to the pressure
of immediate events. And even if
it does happen this way, and
Western Europe achieves a unity
which can only be a paper unity
at the beginning, there will be no
reason to think that the United
States can hail the "solution" of
Europe's troubles, and cheerfully
wash its hands of Europe.
American suport and leadership
have been the essential inaredl
enta In what progress has yet
been made, as the crucial part
played by General Eisenhower
suggests. American support and
leadership will continue to be es
sential ingredients for a long time
to come, if the Western alliance
is to be organized and strength
ened to withstand the shocks which
are surely In store far it.
(Copyright 1952.
New York Herald Tribune lnc
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"Is obvious comrade housewife is guilty traitor ... is brazenly wearing
capitalist poodle haircut and thinking it does something for her . .
Cordon Doubts
Value of Tax
Bureau Change
WASHINGTON &) - President
Truman's plan for reorganizing
the Internal Revenue Bureau
holds no promise of bringing re
forms, Sen. Guy Cordon, Oregon
Republican, said Monday in ex
plaining why he voted against it.
He said it was "in no sense a
plan of reorganization" and "we
must not forget the travesty that
the Truman and Roosevelt admin
istrations have made of civil serv
ice as it applies to the Post Office
Department. The rule of three and
multiple examinations have been
used for the sole purpose of blan
keting Democratic politicians into
the Post Office Department for
a decade."
Cordon said he thought the
President was "trying to hoodwink
the American people" in present
ing his reorganization proposal
"on the eve of the presidential
election."
Rev. W. S. Deal
Here for Services
The Rev. William S. Deal, dis
trict superintendent of the Pil
grim Holiness Church, is evange
list for special services beginning
tonight In Salem.
The evangelistic meetings will
be at 7:30 each night except Sat
urday, through March 30, at Pil
grim Holiness Church, 2285 Carl
ton Way.
Music will be in charge of Max
and Barbara Hamilton of Indi
ana, according to the Rev. Vernon
G. Story, pastor.
Dallas Slates
Blood Bank
On Wednesday
gtittmun Newt Srrle
DALLAS Members of VFW
Post 3203 and auxiliary have as
sumed responsibility for recruit
ing blood donors for the mobile
blood bank's visit Wednesday,
March 19. Ben Dodge and Mrs.
Gary Hanson are chairmen of the
committee.
The bank will be at First Christ
ian Church from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Goal for this visit is 200 pints, ac
cording to J. N. Urness, blood
program chairman.
The committee is making an ef
fort to contact new donors. Any
person interested was asked to
call the members.
The blood bank will return to
Independence April 2
$150 Stolen From
Gas Station-Tavern
On Bethany Road
Statesman Newt Servlc
SILVERTON About $150 was
taken over the week end from a
service station-tavern, owned by
Emil M. Rhyne, on Bethany Road
about one mile northwest of Sil
verton, officers reported Monday.
Rhyne said that "between $125
and $150 in cash" was taken. The
theft occurred early Sunday morn
ing, according to officers of the
Marion County Sheriffs office,
who investigated.
Entry was gained by breaking in
the front door window after an
unsuccessful attempt had been
made to enter through the attic
and ventilator. The money was
taken from the cash register, a
cigar box, a change machine and
a music box. Nothing else was ap
parently taken, officers said.
Services for
Clara King
Set Wednesday
Final services for Clara Adeline
King will be held tomorrow at 2
p.m. in the Virgil T. Golden Chapel
with Dr. Paul Poling officiating
and interment at City View Ceme
tery. Mrs. King Is survived by her
widower, James King; a daughter,
Mrs. Ruby Cooke, and a son, Aus
tin King, all of Salem; a brother,
Albert Little, Bismark, N. D., and
two grandchildren, Janith Cooke
and Virginia King, both of Salem.
Born In Alliston, Ontario (Cana
da), July 3, 1881, Mrs. King was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Little. She grew to woman
hood in Ontario and graduated
from the schools there. At the age
of 19 years she moved with her
parents to North Dakota.
She married James King at Bis
marck, N. D., March 17, 1909. They
lived in Burleigh County and Mo
hall. N. D.. until coming to Ore
gon in 1937 where they settled in
the Oak Grove district of Polk
County.
Mrs. King was a member of the
Oak Grove Grange, the Ladies
Club of Oak Grove, and the Oak
Grove Community Church.
She had been ill for some time.
Salem
Obituaries
The first step in gaining U. S.
citizenship is to make a declarat
ion of intention in the office of the
clerk of any naturalization court.
Better Enalish
By D. C. WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this sen
tence? "It says in the paper that
rain is due."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "bestial"?
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Prejudice, precipice,
Derogative, perorate.
4. What does the word "indis
soluble" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with tr that means "calm"?
ANSWERS
1. Say, "The paper says that
rain is due." 2. Pronounce bes
chal, e as in best, accent first
syllable. 3. Prerogative. 4. Not
capable of being dissolved, un
done, broken, or the like. "We
want this to be a sacred and in
dissoluble union.' 5. Tranquil.
You cannot strengthen the
weak by weakening the strong.
Abraham Lincoln
CHATTIN
Mrs. Daisy Lorena Chattin, lat resi
dent of 1825 Center St. In this city.
March 15 at the ag of 81. Survivor
include two daughter. Mrs. E. F. Bul
lock of Medford and Mrs. R. H. Bray
of Miles City. Montana: on on.
W. Chattin of Merrill. Wia.; one sister.
Mrs. Jack A. Starr of Salem. Services
will be held Tuesday. March 18. at
10:30 a m. in the W. T. Rlgdon ChapeL
Interment In City View Cemetery.
ELLINGSO.V
Hannah Marie Ellingson. at a local
nursing home March 15. Late resident
of 3430 Fairhaven Ave. Survived by
daughter. Elfrieda Olson of Lincoln,
Neb.; ions. Oscar EllinRson of Salem;
Elmer of Chicago, m.; 21 grandchil
dren; seven great grandchildren. Serv
ices will be held at 2:36 p.m. Tuesday.
March 18, in the Virgil T. Golden
Chapel.
WITHEE
Fred Wlthee. at a local hospital
March 18. Late resident of Dayton
Route 1. Announcement of service
later by the Virgil T. Golden Co.
TURNER
Richard R. Turner, at the residence,
401 Lyle St.. Dallas. March 16. Surviv
ed by sister. Miss Bessie McD. Turner
of Staunton. V.: sister-in-law. Mrs.
Betty McGlasson of Dallas. Announce
ment of services later by the Clough
Barrick Company.
SAVAGE
Oliver Franklin Savage, late resi
dent of 332 Water St.; at a local hos
pital March 16. Survived by sister, Mr
Eva S. McGilchrist of Salem: Mr. Ber
tha Reynolds of Idanha: brother. L.
Alvin Savage of Salem; Roy M. Savafe
of Los Angeles Services will be held
at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. in the
Chapel of Mt. Crest Abbey with the
Rev. B. J. Holland officiating and un
der the direction of the Clough-Barrick
Company.
KING
n Clara Adeline King, late resident of
Salem Route at a local hospital
March 16. Survived by her husband,
James King; daughter. Mrs. Ruby
Cooke and a son. Austin Kins;, all of
Salem: a brother, Albert LitUe. Bis
marck. N. D.. and two grandchildren.
Zanith Cooke and Virginia King, of
Salem. Services will be held at 2 pm.
Wednesday. March 19. in the Virgil T.
Golden Chapel with Dr. Paul Poling
officiating and interment at City View
Cemetery.
WILLCOX
Babv Lynda Beth Willeox. late resi
dent of 3815 McCain At.. March 1
at a Portland hospital. Survived by
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Willeox:
sister. Judith Ann Willeox. and broth
er. Lee Bennett Willeox. all of Salem,
and grandfather. Jessie G. Willeox.
Randon. Ore. Services will be held
Tuesday. Mrch 8. ft 1:30 pjn. in
the Clough-Barrlck Chape!, the Rev.
Jarres L. Wilon. officiating.
State Education
Meet Hears
Dr. Dan Poling
PORTLAND (JP)-Dr. Daniel A.
Poling, widely known Philadelphia
church leader and editor of the
Christian Herald, was the key
note speaker at the opening of the
Oregon Education Association's
49th annual convention here on
Monday.
Another speaker was John L.
Bracken of Clayton, Mo. The Con
vention continues through
Wednesday,
Many Oregon schools are closed
for spring vacation.
Teachers jammed the .civic
auditorium for the opening day's
meeting. They heard Dr. Poling
get In a plug for Universal Mili
tary Training; heard him say there
must be unity among all faiths
and races in working for peace;
heard him say the public school
system is "basic to the scheme of
things in American freedom."
Bracken said one of the troubles
with teaching stems from contracts
that are too restrictive.
Teachers, he said, "have a right
to do anything that any decent
God-fearing member of the par-enf-teacher
organization and the
board of education doV'
Failure to recognize this, he said,
is one cause of the teacher short
age. Poor pay Is one reason for
the shortage, he said, but "the way
people treat us" is another.
Heltzel Authorizes
Sale of PGE Stock
Public Utilities Commissioner
Charles H. Heltzel authorized the
Portland General Electric Co..
Monday to sell 250,000 shares of
common stock to finance the com
pany's expansion.
The stock is valued at $15 a
share.
In the south temperate zone, the
vernal equinox, or the beginning
of spring, is Sept. 23. The Summer
solstice is Dec. 21.
Phon 4-3333
Harold Lewis Wins
Sergeant Stripes
It's now Sgt. Harold Lewis.
Harold A. Lewis, until recently a
corporal and son of Mr. and Mrs
J. H. Lewis, 890 N. Lancaster Rd.,
has won that promotion at the
Bremerton Navy Base, relatives in
Salem have been informed.
The marine sergeant has been
at Bremerton since being flown
home from Korea more than a
year ago. He was with the mar
ines who suffered extreme ex
posure in North Korea in Decem
ber, 1950.
Zone Change
Requested for
Beauty Parlor
A zone change to permit a beau
ty parlor at 1180 N. 17th St., will
be petitioned tonight before the
Salem Planning and Zoning Com
mission. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stults are
seeking a change from Class I
residential zone to a business zone
restricted to beauty parlor use.
Another request on the zoners
agenda for the 7:30 p.m. meeting
in City Hall is from H. J. Wen
deroth for permission to build a
second house at 697 S. Liberty St.,
on a lot 50 by 125 feet, smaller
than would permit two houses
constructed under the zoning code.
Also up for consideration will be
a request from the State Capitol
Planning Commission for delay in
proposed business zoning at 1120
Center St. The lot is in the Capitol
Zone just east of the service sta
tion at Center and Capitol Streets.
The state commission wants time
to study the proposal.
TO GET STRIKE BALLOTS
PORTLAND (P)- Some 50,000
CIO Woodworkers in five Western
States will receive strike ballots
this week. Virgil Burtz, research
director for the union, reported
Monday.
Committee to
Oppose Freight
Rate Increase
A committee of shippers wast i
named Monday by Public Utilities ;
Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel
to opposed proposed freight rat
increases before the Interstate :
Commerce Commission.
The commission will hold hear
ings in the Mountain Paciflo
States late this yean It now is '.
finishing hearings for states east !
of the Rockies. !
The new rates would affect !
tariffs on which rates are fixed
for classes of commodities, such
as merchandise, machinery, drugs,
grocery and numerous other ship-
ments. I
The 11 -man committee is head :
ed by Frank S. Clay, secretary- ;
manager of the Portland Frelghl
Traffic Association.
Representatives of the commit ;
tee will attend an Interstate Com- !
merce Commission conference on
the subject in Seattle Wednesday. .
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