The Stat man. Salem, Oregon, Friday. June 13. 1951
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From first Stateamtn. March tS, 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
. CHARLES A SPRAUUK, Editor and Publisher
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"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
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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
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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. Highland
School. Employment Office, Lea & Mission Streets and
4 Corners or ;
Follow th Signs East from Totem Pole
Phone 4-6118
Here's the BEST part of
the act ... a glass of
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