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fThm Stat man, Salem, Oregon. Saturday, Tune 1, 19S2
MONTH OF ROSES
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Russell Sees
Small Chance
For Tax Cuts
JO
EOGDOQa
jpatesraan
as the
Trucks and Highway Costs
Some weeks ago The Statesman printed the
report of road tests made in Maryland to deter
mine the relative damage done to highways by
trucks of increasing axle loads. The tests show
ed that the highway breakup increased in ac
celerated ratio as the axle load increased. In
other words, heavy trucks require far heavier
road construction than light trucks.
The Oregon Teamster, which naturally is sen
sitive to any publicity dealing with the truck
in? industry, says respecting editorial comment
on these tests, that "editorial writers deliberate
ly omitted or perhaps were not informed" on
some additional facts regarding the tests. It sup
plies them as follows:
1. Although the actual testa lasted 78 day.
the trucks were driven on Loe ies nujnwaya Mt
a volume of one truck per lane, per minute, 24
hours per day, seven days per week, without
rcnairs or maintenance to the road.
2. This represented the equivalent of 21 to 24
years of normal use for the 44.800 lb. trucks.
It represented 22 to 27 years of average high
way traffic in the 32.000 lb. tandem axle class.
And about 32 to 39 years of service in the 22,400
Id. single axle load class and 41 to 48 years of
use in the 18,000 lb. single axle load tests.
' Th Statesman did not have this data when
it expressed its opinion. But the data merely
confirm its conclusion. The Teamster figures
themselves show that lighter axle loads give a
much longer life for paving. It adds that the
stretch of Maryland road was restored at a cost
of less than $6000 a mile, but this figure has
little meaning unless one knows the other fac
tors involved such as length of the tests.
In Oregon, the weight limit is about 18,000
pounds per axle. Primary highways are being
built to that specification. They are costly but
are required to support the heavy flow of pas
senger and commercial traffic. The theory of
taxation embraced in HB 465 which is before
the people for a vote is that as a measure of
use of the highways trucks should be grouped
into classes and the per mile rate increased as
te weight advances. The Maryland report
proves the need for stronger (and more expen
sive) construction as truck weights increase.
The Oregon legislation recognizes this as one
factor, and tries to apportion the charges to
trucks on the basis of their use of highways
built to required specifications.
Freeze for Hell's Canyon Project
The closing of House committee hearings on
the proposed Hell's Canyon Dam seals its fate
for the present session of Congress. It may seal
its fate permanently. Certainly in the present
climate in Washington and Idaho and in part of
Oregon there is little chance that the big gov
ernment project on the Snake River will get
authorization. The governor of Idaho and the
state's congressional delegation are all against
It. The powerful private utility. Idaho Power
Company, is fighting it vigorously and is joined
by other utilities and foes of spreading social
ism. President Truman has endorsed it, the In
terior Department and Corps of Engineers urged
Its construction: but Congress is in no mood to
give it favorable consideration.
The hearings consisted largely of ex parte
statements by the promoters and
Intensity of 'Hate
Man Who Has
By JOSEPH AND
Stewart Also
WASHINGTON According to
highly credible sources, George
T. Kcnnan is at least seriously
disturbed if not
down right al
armed, as a re
sult of his re
exposure to the
peculiar atmos
phere of Mos
cow. For several
reasons, this
first reaction of
our new a m
bassador to the
Soviet Union is
ar ! imvne asuraoiy
more significant
than the first, or indeed the last
impression of any ordinary diplo
mat. Kennan, after all, is a part
ner in the remarkable team of
American e x -perts
on Russia
the other
member is
Charles E. Boh
len whose op
inions have
gone so far to
shape the poli
cies of the West
ern World.
In hi-: cele
brated "Mr. X"
article in For
e i g n Affairs,"
Kennan himsetf
provided the public rationale of
America's post-war dealings with
Russia. Knowing more than al
most any other diplomat about
their subject, Kennan's and Boh
leri's judgments have carried the
greatest weight in London and
Paris as well as Washington. On
many occasions they have pro
ven the acuteness of their percep
tions. For instance, they both
warned, forcefully but fruitless
ly, that the Chinese would inter
vene in Korea if General Mac
Arthur sent his armies to the
Ya!u.
Then too, this first reaction of
Kennan's is important because
f a peculiar phenomenon that is
familiar to all diplomats, and, in
deed, to all newspapermen who
travel much abroad.
You can visit a foreign eoun
Srr with the greatest regularity.
I'o rm know all Its leadiat mn
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"Mo Favor Sways U No Fear Shall Atpe
freea First 8Wom March Z. US1
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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of the project. There was no agreement on prob
able costs, on quantities of power which might
be produced or on the quantity of water in the
Snake needed for irrigation and available if the
project was authorized. In this situation, com
mittee members could sort out testimony to bol
ster their own convictions; but all agreed to lay
the question aside for the present.
What is needed is some independent and un
biased survey which would provide Congress
and the public with the engineering and eco
nomic data needed for arriving at a reasonable
conclusion as to the merits of the proposal. This
isn't wanted by those who are dead against all
government hydroelectric development or by
those who oppose private development of elec
tric energy. But it is needed by those who, like
ourselves, are primarily concerned with regional
development.
For the present, however, Hell's Canyon goes
into the political deep freeze locker.
Farming, the Good Life
There is nothing unexpected in the results of
the Farm Journal's survey that showed 94 per
cent of the nation's farm women expressing the
belief that farming is the best life of all. It
would be surprising if the survey had shown
otherwise. But the concluding paragraph quot
ing an unnamed rural wife strikes an exception
ally nice chord: "Even in troubled times, work
ing with the land gives you a feeling of peaca
and security,
A few replies complained of endless work, and
some said they did not want their daughters to
marry farmers because of " the low standard of
speech and manners in some farming areas."
Well, we've seen industrialists who murdered
their English and weren't too socially polished
and we haven't noticed our valley farmers
any less careful in such things than a lot of the
rest of us, either.
An Idaho woman commented that: "We have
a modern home, a telephone and bus service to
take the children to school. College is only sev
en miles, and all our 11 children have attended."
Few of us ever did that well, city or no city
"advantage."
As we said, the survey results weren't sur
prising. And it isn't surprising, either, that a
good many millions of other folk have their
heart set on the rural life most of them hope
lessly. We'd say those who are on farms ara
fortunate indeed. The toll is heavy but the re
wards are great in many, many ways "work
ing with the land gives you a feeling of peaca
and security."
They should rechristen the Pentagon the Sex
agon. The high brass there opened up another
side and walked out through it on the touchy
MacArthur-in-politics business. The Army de
clared its regulations against participating in
political conventions do not apply to five-star
generals on active duty but not on specific as
signment. For MacArthur, in other words, it's
King's Ex.
Headline: RUSS SAY SWEDES SHOT FIRST.
That's one "first" the Russki do not claim for
themselves.
the enemies
America' Propaganda Worries
Predicted Russ Post-War Moves
and be closely acquainted with
Ms history. Wkea absent, yon cm
follow its trends and tendencies
throurh labyrinths of documents.
Bet wnem you return to this
country you rarely fail to be
tMk.ru by nrfriw by seane -expected
chance of focus, em
phasis or atmosphere.
In judging a foreign country,
there are no complete substitutes
for breathing its air, smelling its
smells and hearing its sounds
for the rude personal contact
with the foreign reality. George
Kennan, who was last assigned
to the Moscow embassy in a sub
ordinate post in the war years,
has now undergone this renewed
contact with the real thing. The
result has been a change of em
phasis. The change of emphasis hardly
amounts to more, aeeordlac to
report, than an increase of wor
ry, of concern, and indeed of un
certainty above what Ute next
Soviet move may be. Yet this
chance in Kennan is as aaean
ingful. in its way, as a sudden
chance in racinc odds by the
tost expert bsssassVer hi the
business.
Since he expressed them
frankly and publicly, the views
held by Kennan when he left
lor Moscow are easy to summar
ize. While no dreamer of empty
dreams about grandiose deals
with the Politburo, Kennan then
was sanguine about the possibil
ity of negotiating specific Soviet
American differences. While per
fectly clear, too, that the Soviets
would never cease their custom
ary sapping, mining and infiltra
ting, Kennan was also very con
fident that the Kremlin wished
to avoid any risk of general war.
Here one must note an abso
lutely vital fact. Kenan's belief,
that the Kremlin has been tauat
a lesslon by Korea, and will here
after avoid moves involving risk
of general war, has bee the cen
tral assumption of American
world policy for a great many
aasarhi, It heads Ute planning
papers. It has determined the
tempo of the defense effort. It Is
Aeacrfea's area ealrailatti risk.
Thus Kennan's doubts go to the
very heart and source of our
world-action.
act mt
The particular phenomenon
that has most disturbed Kennan
is understood to be the Soviet
campaignof "Hate-America"
propaganda, which apparently
has to be seen at first hand to be
believed. Only a few weeks ago
all the propaganda stops were
pulled out, so that the intensity
of venom against America now
equals the Soviet venom against
the Nazis in war time. The Am
erican people and the American
(instead of the conventional "Im
perilist Wall - Streeters") have
suddenly become the main propa
ganda targets. And these streams
of venom are now, for the first
time, being beamed squarely at
the Russian people.
According to the high sources
already mentioned, Kennan has
made no final judgement on the
futare meaning of the fantastic
"Hate - America" campaign and
other unpleasant signs that the
Kremlin Is pre porta- its people
for a time of peril. What has
happened, apparently. Is that
Kennan's former confidence that
the Kremlin would shirk major
risks has been considerably di
luted. Nor is this surprising, for
one satspeets Kenaaa argued him
self into a certain over-positive -ness,
m his constant and coura
geous struggle against the too
simplified and extreme view of
the Soviets which Is common
here.
None the less, Kennan's Mos
cow reaction is already produc
ing a Washington reaction, judg
ing by plain signs. For example,
instead of happily promising
peace in our time, President Tru
man has suddenly begun to sound
almost as solemn as Winston
Churchill, when he told the Bri
tish people not long ago that they
might find they were "dancing
on a trap-door" under which
yawned the abys. Moreover,
even if such a man as Kennan is
merely doubtful and uncertain,
great questions obviously are
posed- How heavily can we gam
ble, in short, on the at-least-ar-guable
theory that the Kremlin
will never risk a major war? How
dangerous is it, in fact, to con
tinue the present program of but
ter first and guns second?
New Yorx Herald Tribune, Inc.)
(Copyright. 1952.
IT DIOMT LOOK
aeiVTHirtG LIKE (M)f Xv! jStG GEO
Congressional Quiz
Q Do doctors la eniferm itOJ
set extra pay t sweeten the pill
of military service?
A Yes, if they entered ser
vice voluntarily those drafted
are not eligible. A House Com
mittee June 9 approved a Senate-passed
bill to extend the
time in which doctors and den
tists can begin service and still
get the $100-a-month extra. The
Senate rejected a Paul H. Doug
las (D-Ill.) move to lop the
bonus to $5. Doctors and dentists
don't experience dangers faced
by infantrymen, he said.
Q Is it true that a state con
vention can require its delegates
to national political conven
tions to vote en bloc, regardles
of the preference of the minor
ity? A True only in the Democra
tic Party, which permits a state
convention to instruct its dele
gation to use the "unit rule,"
under which all votes go accord
ing to the wishes of the delega
tion majority. However, in the
16 states wheree some or all of
the delegates are chosen by
popular vote, the delegates so
chosen can not be bound by the
unit rule, except that in some
Better English
By D. C. WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this sen
tence? "Those sort of people al
ways bore me."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "glower"?
3. Which one of these words Is
misspelled? Sylpi, sylvan, syl
lable, symetrical.
4. What does the word "inter
minable" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with ref that means "unmanage
able"? ANSWERS
1. Say, "That sort of people al
ways bores me." 2. Pronounce
first syllable as glen, not as glow.
3. Symmetrical. 4. Without ter
mination; endless. "The long days
of waiting seemed interminable."
3. Refractory.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
"Very well . . . Ill take It back, Flgnewtoa! . . . but it eould have
been paid for, long before youll hear the last of it..."
states delegates are required by
law to support the winner of the
Presidential preferential pri
mary. Q What did Senate probers
decide about the surplus tanker
sales deals?
A The Senate's Investigating
Subcommittee May 29 recom
mended "prompt arTd vigorous"
Justice Department action on the
surplus tanker deals it thas been
investigating. The report charged
that a group headed by former
Rep. Joseph E. Casey (D-Mass.)
failed to pay from $850,000 to
$1,400,000 in taxes through "in
tercompany manipulations, and
that another group, in which
Newbold Morris figured, paid
only $24.97 in federal taxes on
a $14 million business.
Q I notice the only vote
against House passage of a GI
bill for Korean veterans was
cast by a veteran. What was his
reason?
A Rep. James P. S. Dever
eux (R-Md.) who served in the
Marines during World War II
and is a member of the Veter
ans Affairs Committee which
drafted the bill, objected to the
method by which it was brought
before the House. It was not
subject to amendment. He fav
ored the bill but opposed feat
ures which he said discriminated
financially a gainst numerous
veterans. The House passed the
bill 361-1 on June 5.
Q Does the new foreign aid
bill include the Eem amend
ment to put stricter curbs on
trade with the Reds?
A No. The Senate-approved
amendment by James P. Kem
(R-Mo.) was knocked out of the
bill during a House-Senate con
ference. Existing legislation also
bans such trade, but allows ex
ceptions. The ban is enforced by
cutting off aid to U. S. allies
who send war-useful goods to
Russia and its satellites.
(Copyright 1952. Cong. Quarterly)
"Iron-lunged" machines have
taken over the mass production
of blown glassware, says the Na
tional Geographic Society.
by Lichty
W
French Reds
Watch Power
Slipping Away
By J. M. ROBERTS Jr.
Associated Press News Analyst
French Communist leaders
now confirm recent estimates
that their power has fallen into
a serious decline.
Two years ago
the Communists
decided to de
emphasize their
campaign for
participation in
popular front
governments in
Europe in favor
of militant ac
tion against
Western re-mobilization.
They had
been successful
in Eastern Europe with the popu
lar front method, by which Com
munists infiltrated coalition gov
ernments by control of fractional
population groups, and then took
over completely.
But the militants among them
saw this as an extremely long-
range Job in such countries as
France, Italy and Germany, and
demanded action. They wanted
strikes to interfere with Euro
pean production and to halt the
unloading of American military
supplies. They wanted the politi
cal strike use to emphasize Com
munist strength and enforce
Communist demands.
This put the spotlight on their
loyalty to Moscow as against
their own countries, and alien
ated the average French worker
who is a Frenchman before he
is anything else. The Communist
controlled central labor organi
zation lost its grip on the mem
bers. The militant Communists
defeated themselves because they
could arouse no popular support
for their purely political strikes.
Some months ago the policy
pendulum began to swing back
toward political organizations
rather than militant action. But
the French militants continued to
have at least part of their way
until they were completely
smacked down by the flop of two
recent strike demonstrations.
Now the order apparently has
come down from Moscow. Writh
Jacques DuClos under arrest and
Maurice Thorez ill in Moscow,
Etienne Fajon, Moscow doctrin
aire of the French party, has
stepped forward with the word:
Subordinate immediate objec
tives and get back to political
organizing and the "peace offens
ive." He says other orders, brought
back to Paris by another party
big-wig after a visit with DuClos,
are a misinterpretation.
There is no indication that the
fight between the "slow but sure"
faction and the fanatics will end
there. Internal dissension Is now
added to unpopularity as a Com
munist problem In France.
At the root of it lies the thing
which, it seems to me, must ev
entually mark the end of the
Russian hope for world conquest
through revolution. Socialism
might have Its way among the
masses if it were not a captive
movement, controlled by the gov
ernment of one country, and a
ruthless totalitarian government
at that.
Frenchmen may love a doctrin
al fight. They might be willing
to try some sort of Communism
or Socialism at some time when
the present system seems to have
failed. But not if it involves be
coming Russians. When the pro
Russian militants are forced into
revealing that It Involves Just
that, they have lost their fight,
not only in France, but everywhere.
"fo'i urn .1
iSt--- " It
PCD ODD
(Continued from page 1)
off the Breitenbush road at Hum
bug Creek and climbing the
mountain to Elk Lake. I haven't
been over it for a number of
years now, but recall no gate on
it. However, there may be one
now. Then there is a road up the
Little Northfork as far as Pearl
Creek guard station. At this point
there is a gate. The road beyond
goes through the Amalgamated
cUims and through national for
est land. The mining company
has gates at both sides of its
property. The loop road beyond
is a forest service road; and a
gate is maintained at the cross
ing of the divide Just above Elk
Lake.
The forest" service has its gates
to control access to the forests,
chiefly to protect them against
fire. The loop road is not open
to the public. It is a very poor
road at best and the forest serv
ice does not have funds to use in
maintining it for public travel.
The mining company is a legit
imate enterprise which has been
carried on for years by J. P.
Hewitt, a mining engineer. Ex
tensive tunnelling has been done.
The company keeps up its assess
ment work but the mine has not
been brought into commercial
production. The only timber it
can cut is for use in its own
project, as for mine props.
Back to Elk Lake. I think the
only reason it isn't used more is
that it is hard to get to. If there
is a gate on the Humbug Creek
side it should be kept open ex
cept in the season of high fire
hazard. Years ago the Salem
YMCA used the lakeside for its
boys' camp. Others go to gather
huckleberries in season on Battle-axe
mountain.
It's high location gives one a
panoramic view of the high Cas
cades, with Battle-axe itself
looming near at hand, Mt. Jeffer
son is dominant to the southeast
and Olallie Butte rises to the
east. I can't testify as to the fish
ing, but the swimming is surely
invigorating.
The Enterprise is to be com
mended for publicizing Elk Lake.
The road up the mountain to
reach it is rough and steep, but
to those who love the mountains
the scenery amply rewards the
traveler who reaches the lake
side. There are many other
places of interest and beauty in
our Santiam country Breiten
bush Lake, for instance, and the
chain of lakes along the summit
road leading to Clackamas Mea
dows and the Mt. Hood Loop
highway. This summer is a good
time to explore our own won
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B. Russell of Georgia, a candidate
for the Democratic nridntial
nomination, said Friday he didn't
unn a tax cut was possible at
least until 1954.
Russell, her tn mnf HH
Democratic leaders, told a presa
conference: "I don't think it
sible during this rearmanment pro
gram io nave any tax cut in 1953
and possibly 1954. If I were presi
dent I could not
hold out for a tax reduction until
this arms program is complete.
This talk of cuttin 40 million
dollars or 15 per cent out of the
Duaget is loolishness.
Russell said he twliov r.M
Dwight Eisenhower, a candidate
for the ReDublican nresidontial
nomination, has made many mis
takes in his campaign. "It won't
go too good for him if he keep
up this 40 million dollar tax cut
talk or this business of savin, mm
I'm told he did in Denver, that
there is no more danger from
Russia than from a pollywo
swimming down a muddy creek.'
Russell, who ha nn Kshs4n1asf
any public appearances here, told
reporters that if a fair omnl
practices plank were included in
tne uemocratic Party s platform,
he would repudiate it.
He said he was sure though that
Democrats would be able to writ
a platform that would be accept
able to all and behind which all
Democrats could unite.
He will leave Saturday morning
for Boise, Idaho.
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