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The Stat man. Salem, Oregon, Friday. June 13. 1951 GRIN AND BEAR IT ijpatemuau "Wo Favor Strays ls Wo Fear Shall Atce" From first Stateamtn. March tS, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY . CHARLES A SPRAUUK, Editor and Publisher PabUxhed cry mornin. Buslnese afflec tlS S Commercial, Salem. Oreffen. Telephene X-t44L Buseree et Um poateffieo a Salem. Oreaea. mm eeeaod clan matter under act of eoncToas March S. 187. "Somewhat by Surprise" The hero of the Waldorf-Astoria wired GOP Chairman Gabrielson that the invitation to give the keynote address at Chicago "takes me some what by surprise." However he accepted "with a real sense of grateful appreciation." We do not know how surprised he was, but have a suspi cion he has been polishing up his vocabulary for such an occasion. He has been visible in the wings awaiting his cue to come on stage. As for the content of his speech, the country is familiar with that. He gave it before the Mis sissippi legislature, and the sentiment will be the same. It will be larded with high oratory which the General will declaim with whistling effect through his dentures. doesn't bring over $14 million then they will divide the stock. Since the value of the 92 per cent has been figured at $69 million the mini mum selling price certainly should be realized. The deal will end a prolonged legal battle. While the Dollar interests have won most of the rounds in court, it was fear of losing the last round, plus the cost and delay, which induced them to accept a 50-50 deal. Now they can bid on the stock, and should be able to make the best bid since they would have to put up only hall as much cash as another purchaser. If they get the lines they will need to do a better job of running them than they did in the 1930s when they lost them through debt. Improved business conditions now however should make that possible. lot of comment has been offered over Mac- Arthur's participation in politics while still a General on active duty, though unassigned. The Pentagon is quoted as saying it doesn't plan to "dm anything" about it. George Turnbull in the Albany Democrat-Herald offers the suggestion that President Truman will sidestep any crack down, first because he doesn't want to give "the impression he is pursuing MacArthur with per secution," and second he is disposed to "let the General do all the damage he can to the oppo sition party." The pre-convention proceedings staged by the Taft Republicans including the selection of Mac Arthur for keynote speaker, are certainly doing plenty of damage. One can just feel the pros pects of GOP victory in November oozing away. Even the popular Eisenhower will have his work cut out for him if he is the party nominee for president. State Harmony With Time Discord In the interest of harmony between urban and rural residents proponents of an initiative to establish daylight saving time for . the state have dropped their petition-pushing. The Ore gonian suggests that the Farmers Union do the same with its initiative to fix standard time as universal for the state. Whether the F.U. per sists or not the next legislature should repeal the 1949 standard time act. It puts the Governor annually on an almost untenable spot and doesn't provide uniform time. In view of the wide difference of opinion on the time question perhaps the only solution at present for Oregon is to let communities "roll their own" though uniformity is really- the most important consideration. Progress in Race Relations Salem's gain in at least one direction was shown in the recent visit by the Wings of Jor dan Negro choir. Concerts by colored choruses aren't unusual here, but the members usually have returned to Portland in order to find lodg ing. This time the singers stayed several days t a large Salem hotel, ate most of their meals there and reported "not a single unpleasant in cident" in hotels, restaurantseor stores here. The contrast comes in recalling the survey report five years ago by Willamette University students that only a handful of Salem establish ments would cater to Negroes. The politicians in Washington, as they battle over who does what or doesn't in the steel strike, need to remember that steel isn't made unless the workers work. It's a job in human relations as well as law and politics. The great est failure in the present impasse is the failure in human relations between workers and em ployers. And the politicians haven't poured any oil on the troubled waters. Long Court Fight Ends in "Draw" After prolonged and extensive legal battles in the past five years the government and the R. Stanley Dollar interests have decided that half-a-loaf ia better than risking the loss of all. Instead of going to the showdown fight of all or nothing in control of the American President steamship lines, formerly the Dollar Steamship lines the parties have agreed to offer the stock at issue, which is 92 per cent of the total, up for sale, and to split the proceeds. If the stock Smokers should get ready to face the ballist ocardiograph. The name itself is enough to scare them. It's a machine that shows "without er ror" which persons are sensitive to nicotine, by measuring the "blood impact." With it the doc tor will be able to say, with greater positive ness to those with heart trouble, "Stop smok ing." Here is one for the book: A bus company was fined for operating overloaded buses on the ap proaches to the San Francisco Bay bridge. The charge was based not on the count of passengers but on the weight. Even so, the common com plaint of bus owners is over the underload rath er than the overload. Another Russian general is dead at the age of 50. That seems to be the customary "retirement" age for Russian army officers. Public Relations Expert for America's U. N. Team Gives Up, Says Nation Bypassing Agency uc .'-. i. a c u - ted Nati Br J. M. ROBERTS Jr. Associated Press News Analyst Porter McKeever is a young an of high capabilities, a cru sader for the theory that nations as well as peo ple should do what la right, who has done an exce 1 1 e n t S5-V tT public relations rA job for the Am- s.r s . erican delega g ' "I tion to the Uni- fHaiions. leaving job in dis- ionment. feeling that the United States is by-passing the U.N. He says there is a trend in Washington to ignore the or ganization. Tel Ida speech mlfht have been more timely if made three years are. At that time the U. N. had just demonstrated its complete inability to handle such matters as the Berlin blockade, althonrh it did pro Tide the lounge in which set tlement negotiations eventual ly began. U. S. authorities felt at the time that the U.N. was merely a facade for an idea which would qave been fine if it had worked; that it was important as a meet ing place for East and West which might some day prove of value, but that it was no good in the cold war except for pro paganda. McKeever argues that this might not have been true had the 17. N. not already been taromrn being by- en each matters as the Truman Doctrine the begin sing mt the containment pro gram, the Marshall Plan, Point' Fear, the North Atlantic Trea ty end the like. He thinks the trend has con tinued in refusal by the U. S. out of deference for her Allies, to let colonial problems such as Tunisia and Morocco come up for dis cussion. He now has the agree ment of practically everybody that this was wrong. money on the control for Greek-Turkish aid, tho Mar shall Plan and the ether things. The people wouldn't have steed for it. And there was else the distinct fear that attempting to force such programs through the U. N. might have meant the final withdrawal of the Communist world from the U. N. and all conmunications with the West. In the meantime, the U. S. was using the U. N. informally Ji not formally as the focal point of its developing coalitions and alli ances with the peace-seeking na tions. The U. S. was bearing by far the major cost of keeping the U. N. alive. It was using the U. N. for the vastly important at tempts to secure atomic agree ment It had used the U. N. to drive Russia out of Iran, and for scores of other purposes. And when the chips were down, when Communist ag gression took the form of di rect warfare in Korea, the U. N. became the master key for U. S. policy. For the first time the free nations of the world became principles in an area which meant little or nothing to any of them, either militar ily or economically. This was followed immediately by other U. S. sponsored meas ures to strengthen the U. N. The General Assembly was given power to act where the nations had previously been hamstrung by the Security Council veto. Steps were taken to give the or ganization a police force of its own to take care of future Ko reas. Men under the U. N. flag stopped the Communists in Ko- rea. U. N. negotiators seek a trace. Perhaps the United Na tions in New York should have been the center of consulta tions between the Allies re garding conduct mt the war, instead of Washington. Embas sies, rather than the U. N. council tables, have monopolis ed this work. Nevertheless, if you are going to discuss trends, and who is re sponsible, Korea is certainly out standing evidence in judging the standing of the U. N. in U. S. for eign policy, and in the world. The Safety Valve On many ef these things, however, the U. S. was actual- ' ly acting te preserve the U. N. and still get thinra done which could not. fee done any other way. Perhaps, It would have been better to use the U. N. -fer the direct purpose ef strengthening it. Bat en the U. record; Congress was not going to hand ever either the Tribute to Late Friend To the Editor: For more than 40 years Paul B. Wallace was my very lovely friend. In 1918 I served with him upon the- Mexican border "M Com pany 3rd Oregon Infantry, under command of Capt. Max Gehler. Paul was a corporal, and I was a private. In November, 1918. I met Paul Wallace who was then a first lieutenant and I was the regi mental sergeant major of the 23rd Engineers. This meeting was near the Charlemagne Tour in Tours, France Base Hospital 7, just be fore Thanksgiving. Paul had been shot through the legs with a German machine gun. I was a medical patient in that hospital and waited upon Paul. The state of Oregon has lost a very high class individual, and I am the loser of a very, very lovely friend. LINN W. NESMTTH Turn the Knob, Colonel To the Editor: The more I listen to radio musical programs the madder I get I wonder if there are others who, like me, would like to own a radio net-work headquarters host kmg enough to demonstrate my executive ability. I would stand in the wings with a basket ful of rocks and whenever a vo calist cut loose with a "new ar rangement" or "interpretation' of some grand old song which was beautiful when I was young, I would cut loose and bop him (or her) with a rock. Popular singers have become musical murderers and have steadily grown worse since they tortured "The Man on the Flying Trapeze' to death and raped "The Mes siah'' in order to produce "Wo Have No Bananas Probably they are even planning ravish ment of "America and The Star Spangled Banner. Singing was once melodious but has nov be come a feat in vocal acrobatics and endurance; and how the singers do love to show their prowess! A. M. CHUJtCH 1400 N. Summer by Lichty Yamhill Fir Attracts Top Bid Thursday ' . . . Fear years at college, Ttosalie . . . and yea still haven't the faintest Idea who yea want to marry? ..." Moving Marion County offices from, the old courthouse to the old Salem high school building on Marion Street this week has caused lots of confusion ... When the county clerk's coun ter was torn out (at the courthouse) a $12 check dated 1949 and a $5 check dated 1945 were found under it. Both the checks were from lawyers for fees. Some employes remem bered there had been shortages in the past at the counter . . . And speaking of records: Coun ty Recorder Herman Lanke and others are worried about the stacks of invaluable county records, which are to be stored in a non-fireproof room in the old school building. kJ Amensr items thrown away at the courthouse prior to moving was an eld government book on "Dust Preven tatives.' It concerned county reads but soma employes thot it referred to the eld courthouse. Several persons returned to the scene of their high school hey-days in the move. The school building was a noisy high school for about 40 years until 1937. Gladys White, deputy coun ty clerk, sayi she graduated from there once and now is return ing to the scene of her youthful battle with knowledge. Attorney Allan Carson, who also graduated from the old high school, says he still doesn't feel right, now, walking down the halls with his hat on and smoking. Even the judges are having troubles. Circuit Judge George Duncan's office stuff wad moved out ef the courthouse ahead of schedule. So for several days he carried his "office," consisting of a court calendar pad, around with him . . . And District Judge Val Sloper who Is already holed up in the school building, car tied on his court trials, hearings, etc., with all the moving racket going on around him ... Then there are tho offices which have branch offices miles down the hall or on another floor, necessit ating much running back and forth by panting secretaries. A nice regard for sidewalk superintendents was shown when the fence on the west side of the courthouse square was erected this week. If the rest of the fence is like that, it will be a kibitzers dream for those full and part-time watchers who will be on hand daily while the old courthouse is being torn down and the new one erected. The fence is not so high but what an averaged size adult can see over the top. And the fence boards are spaced far enough apart so that even junior-sized hangers on can get a load of what's going on without having to sneak a peek over the peak. Douglas fir timber In Yamhill County attracted a bid of $41 per thousand board feet, compared to appraisal of $32, in a sale Thurs day by Salem District, U. S. Bu reau of Land Management. The office also received expand ed authority for sale of salvage timber tracts on which no bids are received at the regular sale. For the next 90 days, these may be sold, at or above the appraisal, to operators in any O&C marketing areas, not only those in the 'area where the timber is situated. At present this could affect one tract on Sardine Creek and an other in the Dallas watershed, fire killed in 1951 and 1949, respectiv ely. Salem District Forester Rodney O. Fety said the action occurred because the great amount of wind thrown, fire-killed and bug-infested timber in recent years con stitutes a threat to Oregon forests. Cutting is considered the only practical method for control of Douglas fir bark beetle. In yesterday's sale, L. H. L. Lumber Corp. of Carlton won the bidding over two competitors, pay ing $291,004 for the 8,725,000 feet of fir, hemlock and cedar, accord ing to Fety. The timber is west of MeMinnville and is to be cut in "staggered settings" to provide maximum natural reseedmg for continuous production. On one Sardine Creek salvage tract not sold in May, the office has received a bid, and other bids can be taken up to June 16. The appraised value is $51,836 for 2, 000,000 board feet of fir, hemlock and cedar. Pen Inmate Wants Out on Technicality Petition for his release from the State Penitentiary on grounds that revocation of his parole was illegal was filed Thursday by Louis Theo dore Hirschi. Superintendent George Alex ander and Warden Virgil CMalley were ordered in a writ of habeas corpus to have Hirschi in Marion County Circuit Court next Wed nesday for a hearing on his peti tion. Hirschi is serving a five-year sentence for forgery from Linn County. He was sentenced July 2, 1951, and placed on probation, which was revoked Oct. 9, 1951. The prisoner alleges that the re vocation order was illegal because he was given no notice of the pro ceeding and he was not informed until the order had been issued, and that he was not present In court or represented by counsel when the revocation was under consideration. LFLP (Continued From Page 1) result of the vote to the Attorney General within five days there after. (Sixty plus fifteen plus five give the 80 days frequently mentioned in discussing the con ditions of the Taft-Hartley law). Section 210 provides that on receipt of the election certificate from the NLRB or after a settle ment is reached the Attorney General "shall move the court to discharge the injunction." The mechanics of the T-H law as applied to the present steel strike would involve: (1) Appointment of a board of Inquiry which would make a re port to the President. C2) The President would direct the Attorney General to seek a court injunction. If the district court granted it, either party might appeal the case to the cir cuit court of appeals or to the Supreme Court. Whether the court would require men to work in the interval is not indicated in the law. (3) After an injunction is is sued the limit of its duration is 80 days. It should be noted that the Taft-Hartley law does not direct the procedure the President shall take; the controlling word is "may. This gives the President the Option of using the T-H law or not. To date he has refused to invoke it in the steel case though he did use It in the strike of United Mine Workers (with re sulting heavy fines against the union). The maximum benefit of the Taft-Hartley law if invoked would be to get the steel mills in operation for another go days. In that period a settlement might be reached. Such is the stabborness of the parties at Interest that one may not be too optimistic that they would reach an agreement in that time. An injunction would force the union, officials to withdraw the -strike .order. It would terminate picketing and make strike activ ity illegal. It would flow against concerted action by workers to maintain a strike, but it would not force an individual to1 work if he didn't want to. Whether there would be a rash of "sick ness" such as developed among coal miners when the injunction against their strike was in effect, one can't say. The President contends that through his personal appeal without resort to an injunction he has kept the mills running ten days longer than a T-H injunc tion would have done. The work ers of course are aware of this and probably will resent now be ing, denied the right to strike. Leaving political considerations out, which is difficult at this time, the President must weigh the question whether resort to the injunction and reopening mills for 80 days would speed or retard the settlement which the parties finally must arrive at. At this distance the answer to that is by no means clear. Wiley Douglas Succumbs to Woods Mishap Stateiman News Service WOODBURN Wiley Frank Douglas, 71, died in a Portland hospital Wednesday night from in juries received in an accident two days ago. Douglas was struck in the head by a piece from a log he was cut ting. Born at Eagle Creek April 25, 1881, he had lived all his life in Oregon and the last 16 years in Woodburn. He is survived by his widow, Maud, sons, Durwood of Gresham and Arthur in -California; daugh ters, Verna Douglas, also in Cali fornia and Mrs. Bessie Faller of Lebanon. Services will be held In the Ringo Chapel at 1 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Arthur Goble of ficiating. Interment will be in Bel le Pass! Cemetery. Better English By D. C. WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I am not sure what sentence? "I am not sure but wat I will be there." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "research?" 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Supercilious, su perfluity, superficiallity, super lative. 4. What does the "ennui" mean?" 3. What is a word beginning with pr that menas "living by preying on other animals?' ANSWERS 1. Say, I am not sure but that I shall be there." 2. Accent both noun and verb on second syllable, not the first. 3. Superficiality. 4. Boredom. (Pronounce ah-we, a as in ah, accent first syllable). "His manner of living produced a state of ennui." 5. Predatory. Guard Officers Win Promotion Promotions of two mid-Willamette Valley National Guard offi cers were announced Thursday by the adjutant general's office. Robert E. Renn, Woodburn, was boosted from first lieutenant to captain. He is -assigned as base supply officers at Portland Air port. Vernon E. Townsend, Tangent, operations and training officer for the Third Battalion, 152nd Infan try, at Lebanon, was promoted from captain to major. Cheap steel was first made pos sible in 1856 by the Bessemer process. TINNY FLAVOX NEW YORK (INS) The so called "tinny" flavor of canned foods is in reality an "excessive heat" flavor, states the 1952 En cyclodedia Americana Annual. Certain canned foods must be sub ject to extreme heat to avoid spoilage. SCHAEFER'S NERVE TONIC For functional disturbances, nervous headaches, rvoue Irritability, excitability, sleep lessness. $1.00 - $1.75 SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE 135 N. Commercial Berrymen Eye Weather, Fear Loss of Crops Strawberry growers, who fell behind in their harvest schedules because of recent rains, ; are in danger of losing part of their crop unless harvested quickly, ; it was reported here Thursday. The Salem office of the State Employment Service said that pickers, whether full- or part time, are desperately needed. Man ager Harold Rose Roessler, said that most growers were several days behind in picking. Roessler suggested that even persons who have steady employ ment might pick strawberries over week-ends. Picking scale; ranges from 44 to 5 cents a pound. Free transportation to the fields and return are supplied daily by growers. Trucks and buses leave the employment office each morn ing, Monday through Saturday, from 6 to 7 o'clock. Information on patches, to which pickers may drive out, also is available by call ing the employment office at 3-9288. State Worker Pay on Board Agenda Today The state emergency board will meet in Salem today to decide whether to recommend the aver age 4.7 per cent pay increase for state employes. The civil service commission proposed the increase to bring sal aries in line with those paid in private industry. The emergency board is a legis lative committee which advises the governor on how he should spend the state emergency fund. - The pay increase would not ap ply to all state employes. Many of them would get no increase be cause the commission considers that they now get salaries equal to those paid in non-state employment. YMCA Adopts CM AO OOyf C ' $uo,4vj ior Year's Budget Adoption of a $108,224 budget for the year beginning Oct. 1 oc cupied most of the Salem YMCA a a m i a. ' ooara oz directors meeting xnurs day. Comparing with $101,389 for the current year, the budget is sub Ject to review by the Community Chest, which provides part of the) revenues. As okehed yesterday. It, allows a nominal pay increase for employes and a new assistant phy sical director, uonaia a. xoung is -chairman of the budget commit The board paid tribute to the ' effect on the YMCA of the life of Paul B. Wallace, who died this week. Wallace served on the board for nearly 50 years and was presi dent from 1940-50. The directors plan to attend the funeral today en masse. A plaque was presented to Allan Haggerty, 14, as the Northwest's outstanding boy in his age group in physical achievement, the re suit of recent competition. He la the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Haggerty, 1015 S. 23rd St. SHINGLE CHANGE PENTWORTH, England (INS) Dan Hooper, chimney sweep. bought himself one of the latest electric vacuum cleaners. His shin gle now says: "Dan Hooper, Flue-ographist Death Takes T. Poorman Of Woodburn Stateuasn Ntwi Service WOODBURN Tracey Chandler Poorman, 75, long-time resident of Woodburn, died in the Veterans Hospital in Portland Thursday morning following an illness of several weeks. He was born Sept. 13, 1879, at Dayton. He has lived In Woodburn for about 70 years and was a re tired businessman. Survivors Include the widow. Flora Livesley Poorman of Wood burn; daughter, Mrs. Stuart Both well of Portland, and brothers, Kenneth of Portland and F. W. Poorman of Salem. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Rose Funeral Home in Portland.' It takes from 3,500 to 5,000 bees to weigh a pound. Strawberry Pickers Wanted At Vic Willianson's Faro Workers will be picked up at Pcarlah Jr. High. 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