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from First Statesman. March 2. 1S51
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAiiUfc; Editor and Publisher
Published every morning. Business ttflc SIS S Cenuaerelsl. Salem. Oregon. Telephone S-244L.
Entered at the pos toffies at Salens. Oregon, as seeeod class matter under act af congress March S, 117a.
The New Japan
Tne resurgent Japanese government is show
ing, again the resiliency and forcefulness of a
people which didn't even have a good paved
road between its two principal cities 20 miles
apart and yet could stand off the world's great
est power in the Pacific for nearly four long
years.
Thus far, the new-found strength of indepen
dence leans strongly toward proof that General
MacArthur and, lately, General Ridgway have
done a fine steering job for democracy. Inflation
was largely, though by no means completely,
checked; unprecedented personal independence
crept into the national life with a minimum of
berserk antagonisms; economic strength has
been building toward a better general standard
of living. Japan as a bastion of democracy has
because a contemporary reality.
It's benefit to the Pacific Coast already is
more than apparant. On the same day President
Truman signed the Japanese peace treaty, it was
revealed that the Nippon government was com
pleting the largest single export grain deal in
Northwest history 17,000,000 bushels. Portland
sources said payment would approximate $43,
000.000. On that day, too, the Japanese govern
ment exonerated three top - flight officers of
war-crime guilt of which they were convicted
soma years ago. With its thinking channelled
toward the new way of peace, the government
runs no risk of Allied retaliation in so doing.
Soon, Japan will send the U. S. an ambassador
reportedly Sadao Iguchi, first secretary of the
Washington embassy at the time of Pearl Har
bor and now vice foreign minister. He will not
represent the Japan of the war years, which ex
tended for thousands of miles from Manchuria
to- the south seas. He will represent the Japan of
today the four major home islands with a
small scattering of promintories in the same
area. We hope he will also represent a Japan of
continued democratic ideals and that opponents
of the peace treaty, who fear a re-armed Japan
as another menace to peace, are wrong.
herd on ourselves, and we want our subscribers
friends to ride herd on us, too.
We aren't quarreling with you, Mr. Lichty.
We got a fine chuckle out of being the goat of
one of your fine cartoons. Let's have more such.
When we get so we can't laugh at ourselves,
we d be hopeless. So we'll laugh right along with
you and hope the little satire will keep us re
mindful that our best efforts are none too good.
A Governor Bows Out
Governor Stevenson's counting himself out of
the democratic presidential race removes one of
the strongest possibilities the party-in-power
had. His record in Illinois, the apparent sincer
ity of his hesitancy and his avowed principles
so often at variance with the more radical and
vocal members of his party made him a highly
respected figure in the national picture.
Whether or not he could have broken com
pletely with the ruling clique, and whether or
not he could have been elected president if he
had, is now beside the point. The governor has
made it plain that he is seeking only another
term in his present job and will not accept a
"draft" for the presidential nod. And who can
blame him! Somebody's going to have a dandy
mess to clean up and it'll be no mean task.
We Liked It Anyway, Mr. Lichty
Now look, Mr. Lichty, we like your "Grin and
Bear It" cartoon immensely. We recognize it
as tops in American satire. And we also recog
nize that you are in no wise malicious in trying
to make us all laugh at ourselves or someone
else. But really, Mr. Lichty, we can't help but
mildly point out that the modern-day carrier
boy (and most the olden-day ones, too) don't
make a point of tossing the morning paper on
the roof as you so cleverly portrayed a day or
ago.
Newspapers nowadays are very cognizant of
the fact that service is of paramount importance.
The finest story of the year, the best bit of prose
a star reporter can turn out, the world's finest
features, etc., are of little value if people don't
uniformly get their newspaper promptly and
handily. And our loyal "little merchant" carrier
boys know it, too, Mr. Lichty. They try hard,
and if they err on some of our dark, rainy morn
ings, they're sorry and so are we. Sometimes
things do go wrong. Sometimes boys, as well as
the rest of us, get careless. But we try .to ride
They Speeded Traffic, All Right
One-way streets may have speeded traffic
through Safem, as claimed, but they also have
tended to make such streets veritable speed
ways. The tendency, too, has been for drivers to
keep the accelerator down too far on other
streets, and in the main the average Salem traf
fic has become altogether too hazardous. The
City Council, therefore, acted wisely and none-too-soon
to have School Zone signs plainly la
belled for speed. We are hopeful there can be
better control of present traffic before the pro
jected street-widening project encourages still
more recklessness. Some intersections still are
not satisfactorily arranged, such as the South
Commercial traffic split to Liberty, and stop
signs still are needed for such streets as Hoyt.
For the housewife it's soap opera; for the
kiddies it's cereal stories. They're all about the
same: corny and continued.
Editorial Comment
RAIN ON EASTER
Well, It takes more than a few showers to take
the joy out of an Oregon Easter. A lot of fine new
bonnets just didn't get a chance to greet the sun,
but no one worried. People fust parked as close to
church as they could, and some turned up the um
brella for the block or two remaining.
As a matter of fact, here in the Willamette val
ley, we thank God for the rain, though wishing the
wet day might have been the day before or after
Easter;
Not only was that Sunday rain good for the gar
dens; It was a godsend to the forests, which were
getting dangerously dry. And whatever Is good for
the farm and the forest is just what pur favored
Willamette valley needs. So we can thank God for
the rain, even on Easter. Come to think of it, the
rain, with Its promise of more abundant life for
growing things, is very much in the spirit of tha
Easter day. (Albany Democrat-Herald).
Soyiet 'Peace Offensive' May Offer Real
Hope for Genuine Settlement of Cold War
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BT JOSEPH AND STEWART
AL.SOP
WASHINGTON Without at
tracting much serious attention,
tha foreign policies of this coun
try, of Britain 1
and France,
have now en-
terrl a truly
agonizing crisis.
Tha cause is
the so - called
peace offensive
now being car
ried on by the
masters of the
Kremlin. The
gravity of the
situation may
the remark of one of the wisest
American top officials that "the
crises now confronting us are
probably Just as serious as the
crises presented by the Berlin
DiocJtaoe aw
the Korean ag
gression." The most
urgent choice,
of course, is
that concern
ing Germany.
In two critical
notes which this
election - ab
sorbed country
has hardly not
Iced, the Krem
lin has offered
the unification of East and West
Germany, on the ostensible basis
of free elections, with the sole
proviso that the new, unified
Germany shall not enter any
auch combination as the Atlantic
Pact.
Acceptance of the Kremlin of
fer means sacrificing the West
German divisions which are in
tended to be the capstones of
General of the Army Dwight D.
Eiaenhower's NATO edifice. But
if America, Britain and France
reject the Soviet proposal, the
West Germans, enraged at being
disappointed in their hope of
national unity, are unhappily
very likely" to refuse the NATO
divisions anyway.
Moreover, this is only one part
f a much larger pattern. The
recent Moscow trade meeting
dandled tempting offer of much
needed business before the aa
semJArd British and European
lnduartaHata. Bat if these offers
are accepted, the existing baa
will be broken on strategic ship
ments to the Soviet empire.
Almost simultaneously, Stalin's
reply to the recent questionnaire
by a group of American editors
has indicated approval of a meet
ing of the Soviet, American,
British and French heads of gov
ernment ,to try to bring the cold
war to an end. Stalin himself
has made the same point, in
even stronger language, in his
farewell interview with tha re
tiring Indian Ambassador to
Moscow. And the Communist ne
gotiators in Korea have hinted a
new willingness to compromise,
thus vastly raising State Depart
ment and Pentagon hopes for the
long-awaited Korean settlement.
In tha face of these develop
ments, a strong- body of opinion
in the American government still
opposes negotiating with the
Soviet at this time. And the
thought is that the Kremlin, in
the last analysis, understands no
language except the language of
superior power. It is argued that
the current peace offensive (aw
ful phrase) la solely intended to
embarrass and impede the West
ern rearmament effort. And the
conclusion la drawn that the only
thing to do, for the time being,
ia to ignore the peace offensive
and go forward with rea-mament.
In the first place, however,
this is probably not a practical
course to adopt. There is no use
saying, "We'd rather have Ger
man divisions than gamble on
German free elections and Ger
man unity," if the Soviet offer
of free elections and unity is
likely to mean we cannot get the
German divisions.
In the second place a minority
ef the American policy makers,
which nonetheless includes sev
eral of the meat Judicious men in
the government, holds that this
Soviet peace offensive may mean
a great deal more than its prede
cessors. The test, obviously, is
Korea. If the Communists come
through with the concessions
needed to end the Korean fight
ing (which many people new
predict may happen before May
1) this group of policy makers
asserts that the Soviet peace 'of
fensive must bo taken really
seriously.
They argue that the Kremlin
may already be genuinely
alarmed by the new unity and
strength of the West, and may
even be prepared to talk turkey
about a serious world settlement.
They do not suggest slowing
down the NATO effort or aban
doning German rearmament at
this time. Under any circum
stances the rebuilding of the
strength of tha West must con
tinue: and the bold decision to
include Germany in NATO was
precisely the final push needed
to bring the Soviets to a new
frame of mind. To change course
now, they therefore say, would
be to throw away our whole bar
gaining power.
At the same time, these men
advocate ' taking the German
gamble if the Kremlin proves to
bo truly sincere about free elec
tions; and they further urge
high-level Four Power talks
about other East - West differ
ences. To refuse to take these
steps, they point out. will place
us in the position of opposing
peaee. with appalling effects on
world public opinion. The refus
al, they point out farther, will
also invito a Soviet conclusion
that the West is genuinely pre
paring an aggressive war. and
will thus spur the Soviets to at
tack first. On the other hand,
these men add. negotiating with
the Soviets will risk nothing. If
we avoid making Improper com
promises. That, of course. Is not
a great danger any longer.
There are two other dangers,
however. The first ia that the
French, who have been perfectly
horrified by the Soviet proposal
for Germany, will prevent the
right kind of reasonable, all-out
exploration of the Kremlin'i sin
cerity. And the second is that
the ruck of policy makers, Brit
ish and French as well as Ameri
can, are already like trolley cars
running down their rails, being
too set on the pre-planned course
to consider any departure from
it. For the present, pending a
clearer position in Korea, it is
utterly uncertain what choices
will finally be made. But it must
be added that the auguries are
not too good for the bold and
creative choices which the
changing world situation is
probably going to demand.
Copyright 1952.
Kw York Herald Tribune. Inc.) -
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Congressional Quiz
ODDS
(Continued from page one)
can escape it by buying at home.
Of course purchases sent direct
out of the state are tax-free, but
then there's the transportation
charge.
California has its primary
election on June 3rd. The only
competition in the GOP presi
dential race is between a War
ren and an anti-Warren slate of
delegates. Warren is conceded
a victory, but the opposition . is
bitter, resembling the Dave
Hoover campaign against Wayne
L. Morse last year.
The Democrats were left with
Kefauver as the only enrolled
canadidate when Truman pulled
out of the competition. Another
slate of delegates headed by
Atty. Gen. Brown will contest
with the Kefauver list on a "no
name" basis.
Local political activity is step
ping up, with many meetings
and placards of candidates al
ready in evidence. Californians
do their politics in the grand
manner, too, though this year it
will probably be less colorful
than usual.
speaker and vice president be in
creased to $40,000. The speaker
and vice president now get a 10,
000 allowance apiece.
Q Do economy-minded law
makers meet much resistance
when they try to cut back fund
bills?
A Rep. Norris Cotton (R N.
H.), after he helped cut $724 mil
lion from the Independent Offi
ces Appropriation bill it passed
the house March 21 at $6.3 bil
lion wrote his constituents he
was "jubilant" after this "boldest
assault on spending" but was
"bruised by the battering we
received.' The house "sputtered"
but "stood with us . . . We abol
ished jobs, cut travel allowances,
reduced public housing units."
Despite objections, "I think the
people will stand with us," Cot
ton said.
(CoDjrrlaht 1952.
Congressional Quarterly)
Bottor English
By D. C. WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "Referring to your
brief note, you said that I made
some mistake."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "canonical"?
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Disposable, dispen
sation, dispeptic, disparity.
4. What does the word "per
emptory" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with red that means "exceeding
what ia necessary"?
ANSWERS
1. Say, "Referring to your brief
note, I observe that you said I
made some mistake." 2. Accent
second syllable, the o pronounced
as in on. 3. Dyspeptic. 4. Taking
Q Is Congress going to do
something about foreigners who
use dipdomatic status to do prop
aganda work in this country?
A A bill to extend the For
eign Agents Registration Act to
diplomats was approv ed by the
senate March 24. Diplomatic and
consular employees, previously
immune from the act, would have
to label their publications and
register as foreign agents.
Q Why did Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy (R Wis.) sue Sen. Wil
liam Benton (D Conn.)?
A Sen. McCarthy in the suit
filed March 26 in Washington, D.
C, charged that Benton libeled
and slandered him in senate com
mittee testimony. Previously in
the bitter feud, Benton asked the
senate to oust McCarthy on
grounds . he had "deceived" the
senate and was unfit to be sen
ator. McCarthy challenged Ben
ton to make the charges without r$S3ma&&x
senatorial immunity. After Ben
ton offered to waive his innunity
McCarthy carried out his threat to
sue. He asked. $2 million dam
ages. Q Why does the President
want to let 100,000 additional
Europeans enter the U. S.?
A The President March 24
asked congress to relieve pro
blems created by "Communist
tyranny and overpopulation in
Western Europe." He urged a
program which would let in 300,
000 European refugees, aid Fu
gitives from the Iron Curtain,
now escaping at an estimated rate
of thousands a month, and con
tinue participation In the inter
national program for migration
and settlement.
Q When did congressmen last
give themselves a raise?
A In 1946. Their salaries were
raised from $10,000 to $12,500,
with an additional $2,500 as a
tax free expense allowance. In
1951 the tax-free clause was re
pealed, as of Jan. 3, 1953. Rep.
Jack Z. Anderson (R Calif.)
March 31 suggested lawmakers'
salaries be hiked to $25,000 and
the $30,000 salaries of the house
away a right of action, debate,
etc.; conclusive. "The officer's
peremptory Command was
obeyed fi. Redundant.
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Something new in the way of picketing tactics came to light
Wednesday when telephone strikers walked the line in front of
the State Street fone building. The pickets came up with a num
ber of big balloons. To these they attached
"On Strilcp" si erne and unt JViom tir prnci tVi ,
street from the building. Well when the bal
loons rose to the level of about the 5th story
of the fone building, the non-strikers on the
inside would lean out the windows and shoot
the balloons down, using the old school-time
rubber band and tinfoil method. Gave passers
by a sporting show.
"Dear CTD: What happened to our South
Salem eouneilmen and improvement associa
tions last Monday night when the city decided to add on a hun
dred thousand dollars for the city street widening program for
1952-3 and nearly all on the north side ef town? Isn't all the
added population on our southern hills entitled to some consid
eration in the matter of streets? Only narrow High Street and
12th (which is the only one south Included in the program) muss
carry all traffic south, outside of the highway race courses. Isn't
Bush Park ever to be opened to motorists? Lots of us who live r
out this way for some years past could use another street or two
-or some wider ones. J. EL"
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Livestock ad reads: "White Face At Auction.' Somebody
bid too high? . . . Cannery Scandals show Friday night will have
a real oldy act Ray Mack, old-time fiddler, and Frank Boeh-j
ringer, who will play what he claims are the oldest set of bones ;
(musical, that is) fn Salem . . . Judging from the loud wails of;
iiic&cu ( i ia many uu noi reaj-ize mai n mey g ovexunw
parking tags while visiting a doctor or a dentist, they can turn?
the tags over to the medicos for fixing ... j
Most disappointed citizen In Oregon this week end will bo
Don (Ex-Goin' After 'Em) Harger. While other fishermen are
floundering around in streams and over posted land en Saturday,
TUh M.tll 1 . A , n I V. n W m. 1 a m . . a
missed an opening day since he's been eld enough to snarl his
own line, his agony Saturday will be akin to that of a Republi
can f 1 u b b in g the presidential nomination. But many a lad.
though, will be out trying Harger-recommended technique with
Harger -recommended lures accompanied, probably by Harger
recommended screaming.
Some state employes are agitating for an investigation by
OSEA of legislative candidates past records on bills affecting:
employes and publication thereof for benefit of employes at;
election time. This idea was nixed last year by the employe
state council and its executive committee dittoed in February.
Said it was not wise to check each candidate's record and pub-i
lish it, since OSEA is not a political organization and should!
keep out of business of supporting one candidate against an-1
other. However, info on individual candidates is furnished to i
individual chapters or employes on request.
Your Health
By Herman N.
Bundesen, &LD.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
by Lichty
rate
By W. O. Rogers
A LAMP FOR NIGHTFALL, by
Erskine Caldwell (Duell,
Sloan 8c Pearce - Little,
Brown; $3)
A Caldwell character Is a
Caldwell character no matter
where you meet him; the author
carries them around with him.
So in this new novel about folks
in Clearwater, Main . . . the
state where Caldwell lived back
when he was starting to write
. . . we find men and women re
lated to the Lesters of "Tobacco
Road" and the Waldens of
"God's Little Acre," both of
them stories laid in the south . . .
where Caldwell was born and
brought up.
Thede Emerson Is the town's
richest man, and one of its i
grumpiest. His young wifa Rosa !
is meeting Leland Stokes out in j
the woodlot; his son Howard,
who'd rather go to college than
do the chores, is in love with his,
Howard's, sister Jean; Jean is
engaged to marry Frank Gervais,
a "Canuck," but Stokes has his
eye on her, wants to get his
hands on her and tries to per
suade Rosa to send Jean out to
the woodlot in her place. This is
somewhat the pattern for the
rest of the townspeople who nave
fallen into the habit of getting
the most out of a pretty hired
girl, or a hired man, or substitut
ing for a husband who is "pet
ered out," or for a wife who is
bored.
That's the crux of the lesson
Caldwell has in mind: That
though the original white native,
the Emerson, Frost, Child, Smith,
Hopkins and Robinson, may de
spise the "foreigner," the native
is played out, and vitality and
drive now reside in people
named Hedenstjerna, Gervais,
Doucette. St. Denis, Fortiner,
Nordenskjold, Vyssotsky and
Knudsen. So Jean is going to
marry Frank because though her
father scorns his outlandishness
he admits his gumption.
Vitamin aids Disease of Bono
Vitamin B-12 is now giving
promise of curing a very baffling
bone disease, osteoarthritis.
Many of my readers may know
that this vitamin has become
recognized for its almost mirac
ulous results in certain types of
anemia. While treating some
anemic patients who also had
osteoarthritis, doctors noticed
that the vitamin gave marked
relief from the painful bono
symptoms.
Osteoarthritis it a type of
breakdown of the bone structure
that results in scarring and pain
ful Joints. It usually occurs in
people past 50 years of age.
Up to now, doctors have failed
to find a successful treatment for
this disease. The only hope they
could offer a sufferer has been
to relieve his pain and distress
somewhat, without really attack
ing the underlying disorder.
The new drugs, ACTH and
cortisone, which seem to offer
hope in some types of arthritis,
are of no help in osteoarthritis.
Improvement shown after the
administration of vitamin B-12,
however, prompted further stud
ies of its efficiency.
One group of 33 patients withe
severe osteoarthritis received thof
drug. The usual method was toj
inject a large dose into a muscle;"
once a week. ;
By the end of three weeks, all !
but two patients showed definite I
improvement Twelve obtained f-
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symptoms, while the remainder
showed complete relief in somoL
Joints and partial relief in others.?
It has also been found that'
osteoporosis is helped by vitamin
B-12. This is a loss of calcium
from the bones in older people, i
The exact way this drug works ,
in the body is unknown.
Doctors feel that treatment:
with vitamin B-12, though still:
in the experimental stages, may
offer a new hope for those suf
fering from severe osteoarthritis.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
M. F.: At one time I was told
that epinephrine was used in
treating shock. Is It still being ;
used?
Answer: Most authorities agree :
that t V a nea r enisVt 4wo Km j-I t '
gerous in tha treatment of shock.
Shock is best treated by the ad
ministration of fluids, particu
larly blood.
(Copyright. 1952. King Feature)
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