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Strategic Sweden
Both Sweden and the United States are on a
veritable spot regarding Russian petulance over
the Swedes approaching Red installations in the
central Baltic waters.
The Swedes, understandably, are more than a
little angry at Soviet action in shooting down a
patrol plane and-flying boat, neither one of
which was violating international frontiers. And
it is possible Sweden will implement its state
ment that "Swedish military aircraft are ob
viously entirely free to fly over the free sea and
will, in the future as hitherto, make use of this
right."
What then? It won't take very many more
such instances to make Sweden leave its vaunt
ed neutrality and petition for inclusion in the
western defense pact. But from all appearances
there is no certainty the West would welcome
the move.
True, Norway has a common boundary with
Russia in the far north and Sweden doesn't. But
Sweden generally remains as a Baltic bulwark,
regardless. Its eastern land boundary is Finland,
which Russia has encroached on but not an
nexed. With a population (6Vz million) twice that of
Norway's and a geographical area (173,000
square miles) 40 per cent larger than its neigh
bor, Sweden in some ways is to the Baltic area
what Switzerland is to mainland Europe. Neith
er could be expected to stand against the com
parative Goliaths at its doors, and neither in
modern times has tried. But whereas mountain
ous Switzerland is generally recognized as a
needed base of neutrality in any world clash,
Sweden has no such status and a predatory na
tion might elect to pick it off. The West may
have a real problem on its hands if the Swedes
quit straddling the fence.
In the meantime, dhe Olympic games will
bring new focus on th Baltic area. Their site at
Helsinki is almost within sight of secret Russian
installations on a tip of a once-Finnish penin
sula to the south, and through which Finnish
trains may travel only when windows are tight
ly shuttered. It is too bad the theme of the Olym
pic games oath can't spread into the politics of
the area involved:
"We swear that we will take part In the
Olympic games in fair competition, respecting
the regulations which govern them and with the
desire to participate in the true spirit of sports
manship for the honor of our country and for
the glory of sport."
Maybe a little of that oath will soak off on
Russian participants. It is too much to hope that
it will make any impression on those who are
putting the squeeze to nearby Sweden.
Lebanon's New Hospital
Lebanon dedicated its new 50-bed hospital
with proper aplomb Sunday and the 3,200 citi
zens whose donations made the plant possible
can take a well-earned bow.
Yes, 3,200 there are that many names on the
huge lobby plaque in the hospital which was
financed by more than $525,000 in cash aid plus
$193,000 in federal funds. First patients will be
admitted two weeks from tomorrow after the
finest available equipment has been completely
installed.
The Mennonite Board of Missions and Chari
ties, which operates the old 20-bed Lebanon hos
pital, has contracted to ran the new facilities.
Seldom it is that a town of 6,000 has ever
raised more than a half million dollars in a hos
pital drive, but that is what Lebanon has done
in two concerted campaigns. It didn't even need
as much federal money as it was entitled to un
der the Hill-Burton Act. Lebanon may have been
"solicited to death," like most other cities have
been under the demands of modern times, but it
still took on and carried to fruition a community
project that will serve for many years. Our
neighbor is due all congratulations.
In spite of his name Ahmed Qavam, new pre
mier of Iran, seems to have no qualms about
dealing with the British on Iranian oil.
Copying the cigaret promotion girls the 1948
"Miss Wisconsin" is touring the country offering
samples of Wisconsin cheese. Maybe she won't
come to Oregon. Tillamook and Coos Bay might
pursue her with their "Wisconsin plus" cheese.
GOP Governors9
Advice Requested
On Foreign Policy
BY RUSSELX. BRINES
WASHINGTON (Jp) - The ranking Republican on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee Sunday asked the nation's Republican
governors to supply ideas for a "constructive" GOP foreign policy.
Sen. Wiley (R-Wis) made this unusual move because, he said,
the governors are "one of the greatest sources for the further youth
ful revitalization of the Republican Party."
simultaneously, Wiley warned i
jOIP tagJOJUS TO) ODDlj
In Chicago the GOP old guard were well brac
ed against another Willkie cyclone. What really
blew them off the perch was the chorus of tiny
whispers, "Taft can't win in November."
A prize example of mixed metaphor is the
assurance Senator Dirksen of Illinois gave to
Bob Taft before the closing battle In Chicago:
"I'll be in your corner to the last ditch."
The State Highway Commission reports traf
fic at an all-time high on Oregon's roads and
we'd like to know which of the visiting cars un
loaded all these earwigs we've been over-run
with lately.
Remember Paul Dresser's song at the turn of
the century: "Oh the moonlight's fair tonight
along the Wabash . . . On the banks of the Wab
ash far away." Well, the fish you might see in
the moonlight, if there was moonlight now
would be dead, killed by cyanide poison dumped
into the Wabash by mistake. The incident does
get the Wabash back in the news as it hasn't
been for a long time.
Democrats in Chicago are milling around,
waiting for something to come out of a smoke
filled room or out of the White House. Dele
gates just don't know which bandwagon really
will roll. It's been so long since they had any
Teal choice in naming a candidate for President
they hardly know how to act. For all their free
dom they still are listening for word from the
"Commander-in-Chief."
Shoals, rapids and hidden logs were little
heeded obstacles to the nine YMCAers who trav
ersed the 25 miles from Albany to Salem in a
canoe Friday. The Willamette is no raging tor
rent and the trip is not comparable to the daring
treks on the Colorado or the River of No Return,
but it still offers great sport and we hope more
and more such use will be made of it. The event
ual riverside park in Salem will lend welcome
emphasis.
When Johnny Ray was singing "TWe Little
White Cloud That Cried'' a jar of tear gas was
released which drove the crowd in a Boston
theater into the street. The gas made them cry
even if Johnny and the song didn't.
If General Eisenhower doesn't catch any fish
in the Colorado River maybe we could arrange
to have him spend a day at an Oregon hatchery.
Editorial Comment
CITRONELLA CIRCUIT
A good portion of the nation legitimate theatre
has begun to fold its tents and steal across the
countryside in search of the special audience that
supports the cltronella, or summer, circuit. This year
will see literally hundreds of playhouses weighted
with all grades of professional and amateur talent.
With the vacation business in for a good summer
from Maine to the Poconos, summer theatres should
logically look forward to a great-paint bonanza.
Not necessarily so, say the strawhat managers.
They point to baseball, politics and television
three national pastimes which will get a particular
ly large bite of the customers' attention this sum
mer. And they are only too grizzled in their own
peculiar hazards. Star players and musicals make
for high overheads. The two-month season, with
new shows every week, admits of small margin for
error in seeding, cultivating and harvesting a con
tinuing attendance.
All summer-theatre patrons are divided Into two
parts the confirmed and the transient. The con
firmed you don't worry about. They are hardened
to heat, mosquitos. oak benches, night sounds in the
dramatic pause. But the transient is an audience
divided within itself. The week-ending husband
must be harried and cajoled into a long drive, dou
ble parking in a Jam-packed country lane, and ad
mission prices that may be painfully reminiscent of
Broadway's scale.
Yet the ordeal by citronella is no pale imitation
of West Forty-fourth Street or Sunset Boulevard
Summer theatre is incontestably the best live re
pertory of the best American plays of recent vint
age. For many actors it provides the major source
of income. Many a triumph of the Thirties Is now
an annual fixture In the hinterlands and many a
favorite performer of that decade returns to add a
special glamour and nostalgia. For that reason alone
summer show business for richer or for poorer
will always be a hit, a very palpable hit.
(New York Times)
(Continued from page one)
the Justice present Its difficulty
in this description of the lands:
"One has to walk the Middle
East to know the full impact of
overgrazing of land and unlim
ited cutting of trees. Here one
sees the end product of erosion.
A trail that follows the contours
of the ridges passes only a few
trees a day. In summer one is
under ajlistering sun the whole
day through. Great areas show
nothing but ugly gullies. The top
soil of the upland basins has
rushed to the sea. Only bare
rocks are left or fields which
show little soil until tons of
rocks are removed from them.
The slopes have been washed by
millions of rains and robbed of
their fertility . . .
Goats furnish milk and meat
and hides but the goat "is the
villain of the piece" because he
crops the forage to its exhaus
tion. The stinginess of the soil is
matched by the greed of the
landlords. Writes Justice Doug
las: "I had seen the heavy mark
of government of the landlords,
for the landlords and by the
landlords on the land. People
lived in squalor with no oppor
tunity of escape. Some men
owned two hundred, six hundred,
fifteen hundred villages apiece.
They owned every piece of prop
erty in these villages ..."
Small wonder that Douglas
found Asia in revolution:
"There are rumblings in every
village from the Mediterranean
to the Pacific. A force is gather
ing for a mighty effort. We think
of that force as Communistic
Communists exploit the situation,
stirring every discontent and
making the pot boil. The revolu
tions which are brewing are not,
however, Communist in origin
nor will they end even if Soviet
Russia Is crushed through war.
The revolutionaries are hungry
men who have been exploited
from time out of mind."
The judge offers some practi
cal suggestions as to our attitude
toward this emerging Asia:
We must give up the idea that
the world can be standardized
to American specifications.
There are tremendous tensions
inside Asia which have to be
reckoned with. "Statesmanlike
management can make Soviet ex
pansion in Asia Russia's greatest
menace."
America, the nation of surplus
food, must find ways and means
of sharing her surplus with the
world.
American teachers and mis
sionaries have made a great con
tribution to the Middle East
through them the people of Asia
nave come to mow "tne warm
and understanding heart of
America."
In dealing with the Orient we
must learn patience.
The prime needs is for a politl
cai ratner tnan a military pro
gram in Asia.
After reading the Douglas book
one understands better the news
from Iran, how the populace
rioted when Mossadegh was
dropped as Premier, to be sue
ceeded by Ahmen Qavam who
proposed to make a settlement
with Britain on the oil dispute
The disturbance may be political
ly inspired; but the Iranians like
other Asians are eager to throw
off colonial yokes. They fear
the return of Britain to Abadan
even though they must know the
British are needed to refine and
market their oil.
judge uougias ventures on
more risky ground when he pene
trates the jungles of the Malay
States. There he may find real
Communist infiltration, matched
of course against British domi
nation of tin and rubber inter
ests.
One wonders though if his
prescription of reform for Asia
will not be too radical even for
the New Deal.
Better English
By D. C. WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "A lot of people are
going to lose out in this struggle."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "et cetera" (etc.)?
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Barricade, fusilade,
gossamer, escalator.
4. What does the word "dec
adence" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with co that means "repentance;
self-reproach"?
ANSWER8
1. Say, "Many people are to
las to lose (omit out) in this
strucsle." 2. Pronounce et set-er-a.
all es as in aet, aceent sec
ond syllable. 3. Fusillade. 4.
State of decline. "The condemned
buildinr had long- been in a state
of decadence." 5. Contrition.
Workers Get
Vacation Benefits
NEW YORK(P)-More than 393,
000 workers in the men's clothing
industry throughout the country
received 40 million dollars in va
cation benefits under agreements
between employers and the Am
algamated Clothing Workers of
America, CIO.
The entire industry, engaged in
the manufacture of men's and
boys' garments, shirts, underwear
and related items, shut down for
two weeks recently before start
ing in fall and winter lines.
the Democratic Party, opening its
Chicago convention Monday, that
its "reckless actions" may "sabo
tage bi-partisan foreign policy."
Wiley, who would become
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee in a Republican Sen
ate, said in a statement he was
writing the governors for advice
as part of a campaign to "strength
en" bi-partisan foreign policy.
Ordinarily, governors are not
solicited openly for suggestions on
foreign affairs. But the 25 GOP
state executives obtained extra
ordinary political influence as
group during skirmishes at the Re
publican convention preceding
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's no
mination as the presidential can
didate. Wiley said also he had conferred
with Sen. Carlson (R-Kas) and
had received assurances that Els
enhower would continue an "af
firmative foreign policy approach"
during the campaign. Carlson will
accompany the general as an adviser.
Hollywood on Parade
By GENE HANDSAKER
HOLLYWOOD Joanne Dru
says she doesn't want to be a
nice girl any more. On the
screen, that is. Claims she's had
only two sex-appealing roles,
"Red River" and "711 -Ocean
Drive."
"Outside of that I've been the
weeping, nice girl. You cannot
be exciting in an unexciting
role."
So what's she playing? A
schoolteacher, with Richard
Widmark, in "Big Man."
Fashion tip from Miss Dru:
Pencil-slim skirts are good if you
have a tendency to slouch. "You
have to hold your tummy in,"
she confided, looking smart in
her pencil skirt . . .
Quickies: The -cafe hostess at
M-G-M Is named Marge Cham
pion. She's no kin of the dancer,
who works at the same studio . .
Perfect casting would be Audrey
Dalton as Joan Bennett's daugh
ter. Miss Dalton is one of three
English girls imported for "Pleas
ure Island." Looks like Joan did
20 years ago, a crew-member
remarked . . .
Another pair who look alike:
Kefauver and M-G-M Boss Dore
Schary . . . Two starlets at that
studio whose faces haven't
grown up: Pier Angeli and Les
lie Caren . . . Just naturally
funny; Alan Mowbray ...
Jerry Lewis did some strenu
ous nonsense with Dean Martin
in "Scared Stiff the other day.
Then he looked all over his per
son and the set for his 7-year-old
son Garry's baby ring. Jerry
wears it on a chain as a good
luck charm, and the chain had
snapped. He didn't find it until
he took a shower before lunch;
it was clinging to his skin. An
other charm that Jerry Is never
without is a plastic-encased
photo of his wife and two kids.
The only time he was hurt in
a night-club routine--he didn't
have it in his pocket . . .
Dean Martin says he and Jerry
are happy with the revised
script of "Scared Stiff," whose
first draft had them feuding with
Producer Hal Wallis. "Now there
are more scenes of us together,"
Dean explained. "Before, we
would have been alone, or with
other people." . . .
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Soviet Propaganda Agency Drops riea for grin AND BEAR IT
Inclusion of Red China in Big-Power Talks
by Lichty
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
(AP) Foreign News Analyst
The puppet mouthpiece for So
viet propaganda almost imper
ceptibly has shifted its tactics, in
dicating some tentative pawing
around is in the works looking to
ward at least a temporary Korean
peace.
The World Council of Peace,
which long has carried the ball for
Soviet propaganda ventures, has
dropped its insistence on a five
power pact including Red China
-as a step toward international
agreement. That this was done at
Soviet dictation is, of course,
obvious. It could have been con
fidentially predicted last May
Day, when the slogans published
for the holiday in the Soviet
Union also dropped the five-power
pact cry.
The world council calls instead
far a few -power meeting on the
unification of Germany. Its reso
lutions en the Far East as pub
lished Id the Soviet press ca.ll for
aa immediate end to the fightinc
la Korea, withdrawal of foreign
treeee. and withdrawal ef Ameri
cans from Japan.
The council's resolutions also
urged all countries to ratify the
1925 Geneva Conventions outlaw
ing bacteriological warfare. The
doion of this resolution pre
ce by a week the announce
ment of Red China that it quali
fied ly accepted the Geneva pro
tocol. The impression is almost as If
Korea now were a secondary mat
ter in the mind of Moscow, with
attention centering on the two
bifgest targets Japan and Ger
many. The council's various res
olutions give much attention to
both.
Moscow apparently is making
ready to prevent any repetition
in the East of what has happened
in the West. The call is for a
withdrawal of American troops
from bases in Japan and for "full
sovereignty to the Japanese people
to develop in an atmosphere of
democracy and peace." From
there the resolutions take off on
a bid to all Asian peoples to de
mand a "real peace treaty" with
Japan.
What apparently worries Mos
cow is that Japan eventually win
be Integrated in a Pacific bloc of
nations In the same way Western
Germany Is being brought into
the Atlantic bloc.
The Russians undoubtedly are
willing to go to great lengths to
prevent such a development. The
Anzus (Australia - New Zealand
U. S.) pact already forms the
basis for such an association, and
the Moscow press has devoted
much attention to the possibility.
There still are clear Indications
the grandstand play Is In the
making. A Soviet-led. Soviet-Inspired
move toward armistice in
Korea would be calculated to havo
a profound effect upon the rest -of
Asia, even at the momentary ex
pense ef Communist China. It
would surely have a deep effect
upon the Japanese people.
Despite the big buildup of Chi
nese Communist forces in Korea,
despite the viciousness of the
bacteriological warfare propagan
da campaign, dispatches from the
Orient more and more are relay
ing speculation that the Chinese
Reds are ready to make a deal
and are looking principally for
the face-saving device to make
one possible.
Peace In Korea would net end
the eeld war by any means. In
fact, an armistice there simply
would aet the stage for the next
Soviet move.
But It would indicate clearly
that the USSR is unready, psy
chologically and materially, to risk
the misstep that would lead to
all-out war and that it is pre
paring to proceed with its long
range attrition program Western
civilization, with the conviction
that time is on the side of Communism.
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