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t It THE "FILLING STATIoSl , r t DS'LPCDGDOra (Continued from page one) ww on- - r.v'.'.- No Favor Swaya Ut. No Fear Shall Awe" front First SUtesaam. March 2S, 1831 Medal Winner in Trouble j It always is humiliating to find that heroes have feet of clay. Yet it does happen. Latest is the arrest of the winner of the prized Congres sional Medal of Honor for staging a false rescue of a woman from the ledge of a Washington building. He denies the charge, but has had a previous brush with the law. j We have to realize that physical courage which may be displayed on the field of battle does not prove moral courage for standing up to the vicissitudes of life. Sergeant York, however, was one who made good both as a soldier in World War I and later as a citizen in Tennessee. Surely the distinction of wearing honor medals must serve as a bracer in civil life. The fact that the occasions when the award winner gets into trouble are so rare as to prompt liberal publicity would seem to prove that it does. i - THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUS, Editor and Publisher rabttshed every morning. Bostneas office tU S Commercial, Salem, Oregen. Telephone X-ti4L Catered at the postorflce at Salem, Oregon, as secaad class matter under act of wura Mare I, toll Morse to Support Eisenhower Before taking off on a tour of inspection of , offshore airbases Senator Wayne L. Morse : promised to give' wholehearted, support to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican nominee for President. In his statement Morse cited that i he had been the first Senator to come out for Eisenhower 'and I am proud to take my place ; in the ranks of his political crusade." He is volunteering his service as speaker and believes his greatest effectiveness would be in an appeal ! to independent voters.. , This clear-cut statement will be welcomed by; those' who had been irked over Morse's repeated criticisms of the GOP platform. This, he said in a broadcast "takes us back to the days of Mc- 5. Kinley." Its special weakness was on civil rights j al foreign policy, and of course Morse objects to its expression of favor for Taft-Hartley act. Morse offered the theory that the conservatives j in the convention wrote the platform and the j more liberal element nominated Eisenhower." j There is ground for criticism of the GOP j platform both in what it says and what it doesn't j say. But we note criticism of the Democratic j platform. Leftwingers are unhappy because it j hedged on assurances of positive action for civil rights and omitted any reference to control of offshore lands. Since both parties are sharply ; divided the platform committees sought to use language which would keep as many groups in their coalition as possible. It must be admitted that there is considerable hypocrisy in political platforms, as in political speeches. Nowadays .voters pay more attention to the candidate than to his party's platform! Neither big party performed according to the text of its 1948 platform.- A source of strength for Eisenhower is that his political associations are with the more progressive leaders of the party Lodger and Duff and Paul Hoffman. In the end whichever candidate is elected president will determine what policies he will promote in his term of office. One passage in Morse's statement is somewhat disturbing. It is this: I shall never hesitate to exercise my honest independence of judgment on any issue with which I disagree with Eisenhower or any other political leader, because I owe such frankness . to the Independent voters if I am to represent their interests in the senate. We have come to expect Morse to be inde pendent in his voting, but it is news to us that he feels under obligation to the independent voters which is implied in the clause "if I am to represent their interests in the Senate."' Morse ran as a Republican, not as an Independents In sofar as his moral obligation for representation goes it is to the party under whose banner he ran for office rather than to independents who may have voted for him. We believe he failed to weigh his words properly ' when he made this reference, though wedo not imply that he must be blindly partisan in his representation. .' The Republican party can't be an exclusive club if it is to- win this election and if it is to perform a service to the country. It should em brace some of the extremes 'though its weight properly belongs in the middle. Morse's assist ance should be welcomed by party headquar ters; and having gotten his views on the plat form on the record Morse should devote his tal ents to helping in Ike's election. Then he can use his influence in determining party policy. Soils Scientist Retires Announcement is made of the appointment of Horace B. Cheney, professor of soils and crops at Iowa State College, to head the department of soils at Oregon State College. He will succeed Dr. W. L. Powers who is retiring after serving the state at OSC for 43 years. The press release gives a sketch of Cheney's career but gives merely two lines to the Item about Dr. Powers', retirement. The OSC information' bureau ought to prepare a news story on the distinguished service which Dr. Powers has rendered in the past four decades. He is one of the outstanding soils scientists in America. On different occa sions he has been assigned to special duty in foreign lands, helping to solve their soils prob lems for greater food production. His work in Oregon has been fundamental to modern agri culture, involving as, it does soil analysis and recommendations for proper fertilization for special crops. Dr. Powers is a familiar figure at gatherings of leaders in agriculture, and his ad vice on soils matters has been sought constant- iy.. j He merits recognition as one of the real build ers of Oregon agriculture. t -.9i-t :rx- TTT, ja3r3ir.i kjvvtv:-3r- k. ys j v. ana-pwaorr -v-r-as. eno the estimated- with the actual balances in the two funds. Cor poration Excise Fund and Prop erty Tax Reduction Fund (de rived from income taxes). Xatimate of Tax Actual Commission Balances June 30, 1950 S42.9S3.000 June 30. 1951 J31.S48.0O0 S41J7S.0OO June 30. 1951 $31 .232,000 $44,839,000 June 30. 1993 33,M4.000 The estimates are made up 'a year In advance. They have been too conservative; but at best cal culation of receipts from taxes based on income involves a lot of guesswork. Significantly the bal ances have remained steadily above $40,000,000 which provides Better English Bv D. C. WILLIAMS 1. What Is wrong with this sentence? "Smith has succeeded Jones as editor of the paper, and I don't think he Is as good as Jones." . . . ' 2. What Is the correct pro nunciation of "savant" (man of learning)? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Occasional, occur ence, occultism, oculist. . 4. What does the word "ex plable" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with va that means "to waver"? ANSWERS - 1. Say, "Smith has replaced Jones as editor of the paper, and I think he is not so good as Jones." 2. Pronounce sa-van, first a as in sad, second a as in ah, accent second syllable. 3. Occurrence. 4. Atonable; amend able. (Accent first syllable). "In the eyes of God, all sins are ex plabla." 5. Vacillate. a comfortable cushion at the start of toe fiscal year. The state Is thus enabled to pay its bills with out going on a warrant basis. In recent years much of the time of the Legislature has 'been devoted to tax matters. First there was fear that revenues would fall off so the budget would be unbalanced, forcing a ' heavy levy on property. Then there was the problem of remov ing the restriction on use of re ceipts from corporation excise and personal income taxes to re duction of property taxes. Much time was consumed trying to ferret out possible new sources of revenue. Legislation to effect the transfer cf corporation excise tax revenues to "miscellaneous receipts," making them available for general fund spending free from the six per cent limitation has been passed. An interim committee is working on bills to permit a similar transfer for in come tax receipts. With the prospect of sufficient revenues to balance the budget unless, the Legislature goes hog wild on appropriations, and with the text of bills for the handling of funds hammered out before the session opens the next As sembly should not need to spend a lot of time on tax matters. This should permit a shorten ing of the session over that of recent years. It is a hope, at least. v Your Health Registration Dates Set, N. Marion High School The President and Congress The Oregonian quotes approvingly this from a speech of General Eisenhower: "We must restore respect on the part of the chief executive for the Congress of the United States." Let us add: We must restore respect for the Chief Executive by the Congress of the United States. And we the people should select those in both departments of the government who are worthy of respect. Truman has been contemptuous of Congress; and members of the Congress have been highly ' contemptuous of him. 'And at times both have merited contempt. The void between the Congress and the Presi dent is not new. It developed in the later days of the Roosevelt regime though FDR was more : skillful in his conduct of congressional relations. Herbert Hoover had a sorry time Jack Garner and others made life as miserable for him as they could. I ' ! A new President should enjoy more harmony In his dealings with Congress, but if he tries to ! be a real leader he'll have plenty of grief. Stevenson Has Declared His Independence And Truman Has Accepted With Good Grace By JOSEPH And STEWART ALSOP age. But this was,' In effect aa intention U dominate the elee- 1 . . VL : WASHINGTON Behind the vZZ.ZZ. j ,, . , . For; now else eeola -Stevenson ??dlL5?n!r.r!?0Jat- hoP to make his own mark In 1"tL""1: these drciunsUnces? How eoald -y- x - venson and President there is one single, simple cent ral fact. Adlai E. Stevenson has declared his independence in an unmistakable manner. And Harry S. Truman has taken this dec laration of independence from Springfield, I1L, with the good grace that doef credit to Inde pendence, Mo. : - Whether or no Stevenson would if sue a t personal declar ation of inde- pendence of the 1 White House, was really the biggest question about his cam- paign strategy, from the very v beginning. One could see the I question loom fat Chicago. k President, with his brisk con fident, fighting speech to the con vention. There was Stevenson, with his elevated, somewhat tor tured, deeply reflective speech of acceptance. You could not doubt that Ste venson's was the more pow erful intellect, but you could hardly help but feel that Tru man had the more decisive character. B y the same token, there was , the whole serried p h a la n x of Democratic pro fessionals, de lighted to have Stevenson' for their standard bearer, but yelling "pour it on, Harry" with special rest. The President had told his in - timates already, and new he Uld his arty and. country, that he meant to make a whistle-stop csfttpaiga as vigorens and ex tensive as he made four years ers as aav independent personal ity with qualities of nls own, whOe the President of the United States poured it on at every whistle-stop? Truman's intention plainly sprang from his own lighting na ture and his loyalty to his party. Equally plainly, however, Ste venson had to find the courage to argue with the President about this intention of his, if he was going to be his own candidate instead of Truman's candidate. Under the circumstances, then, it is extremely significant that Stevenson has found the courage. Two points were at issue. In the first place, the President and his circle had s clear idea ef the proper campaign pattern. Nothing mack was to be done until La bor Day, and both Stevenson and Tremaa were to start tearing the country. The President was to ponr it on. tn the familiar man ner, from the first to last, while Stevenson, also from first to last, was to make what the poHUcians can the hlgh level appeal.' Sec ond, the existing, Traman -established organisation ef Democratic affairs was to be left Intact. Frank McKlnney was to ge on heading the Democratic National Committee and handling- an soch vital campaign problems as money collecting. Stevenson simply refused to go along on either point. As to the ; first, he rightly pointed out tov the President that he was not well known in the country. Hence he had to begin early, as he has now done with the significant statements that are already com ing out of Springfield. Hence too, he had to be given his chance to make his mark with the vot ers in full scale campaigning, be fore Truman entered the strug gle with all the authority and at-tention-getting-power of a Pres ident of the United States. As to the second point, Ste venson also indicated to the Pres ident that he felt he had to have his campaign organisation in or der to conduct his own cam paign. Hence McKlnney was not acceptable to him, and is now on the way eat - Wilson Wyatt was the Gover nor's first choice for the nation al chairmanship.. But Wyatt, -while accepting the role of Ste venson's personal campaign di rector, refused the larger post on the groimd that he was not well enough acquainted with the Democratic leaders all over the country. Those now under consid eration for national committee chairman include former Sen. Frank Myers of Pa. and former Rep. John Carroll of Colo. Ia the end. neither may be chosen. Myers la ha better bet. Tet the mere fact that considera tion Is being given to Carroll still .speaks volumes. For CaroU is not only a leader of Americans for Democratic Action. He Is also anathema to the Truman crowd in the White House, because of a bitter row with Matt Connelly which eccnrred when Carrol was serving the President as s White House assistant. The fact that Stevenson has declared his independence in this manner does credit to Steven son. By the same token the Pres ident' response does credit to the President. At first, to be sure, Truman was very much wounded. But one of Truman's favorite dicta is that "the trouble with amateur politicians is, they take everything too hard and too per sonally Truman's approach this campaign was also indi cated in another pithy observa tion: "I split the party in 1948 because it had to be done. But what's needed now is to unite the party and I'm not the man to do it." . In this spirit. Traman accepted "the Stevenson declaration of in dependence and Issaed his own answering declaration, that he was "Just a private in the rear ranks." There is no denying that these events considerably In crease fhe difTlcmlty of Gen El senhower's task. . .v. CorriiitlS2. Ntw York Herald Tribune. Xne. By Herman N. Bnndesen, M.D. New Help for Brain Injuries A thin film of gelatin is now "pinch-hitting" for tissues de stroyed in certain brain injuries. These tisuses lie between the skull and the brain itself. Three delicate layers, the meninges, normally cover the brain and protect it against Injury. In brain operations, many times it is necessary to destroy part of the outermost layer, known as the dura. This also happens In severe brain and head injuries. The brain surgeon then has the problem of replacing this necessary tissue over the brain. Many substances have been used, including metals and pieces of animal membrane. Most of these substances cause adhesions and scar tissue to form around the brain, which can later lead to severe complications head aches, convusions, and discom fort throughout the head. Recently, a fairly inexpensive substance, similar to gelatin, has proved to be an excellent substi tute for the lost dura. It has been found that a film of this gelatin over the injury will last long enough to promote normal heal ing of the damaged tissue. It usu ally takes about eighty or ninety days before the film breaks down and is completely absorbed, and by this time the body has re-" placed it with normal, healthy dura tissue. This type of gelatin does not irritate the body tissues and therefore produces little scar ring. This means there is little danger of prolonged headaches and convulsions. ' " Many of the other substances which have been used to replace the dura have been very expen sive, and had the added disad vantage that they could not be kept in good condition for a long time. The new substance, how ever, is cheap, and gives us no important storage problems, i It seems likely that brain sur geons will find this method a SSSS MILL WORKER DROWNS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS NEWPORT ()- A Sawmill pond A. G.: Since I have read about man drowned Tuesday afternoon, feeding hormones to animals in He was John H. HalL 54. employed order to make them fatter. I am at the Ben Jones rohV south of worried that eating animals that here. GRIN AND BEAR IT , by Lichty JAPANESE SETTLE DOWN TOKYO W) A 33-year-old Japanese from Okinawa reports that 164 last-ditch troops from the vanquished Japanese army had settled down among the Okinaw- suteiaiaa News Service ans and made their homes on the T7TTOT3 jTn t ... island. Asao Wataguchi said on a rNIKunta SrsurvorwSto6 tjiu oi i in i i i j , my survivors wanted rum to ln- will consume enough meat from day and Friday, Sept. 4-5. School SSf'jalJS: --(-,,1. --- wni KtH- Mrt-V- k- o position of the remains of Japan s uuui 0v uvakvu frV irOUJC JVU -uuuai aB. k Kill LTC A O. w.in a ruu aay oi classes, accord have been given hormones may affect me. Is there any danger of this? Answer: It is not likely that you any dificulty. The Safety Valve Defends Oregon Weather To the Editor: In your first article of - the Editorial columns in the States man of Aug. 5, 1952, some one Is exceeding his authority on weather production. What does he want for nothing, anyway? We are given this wonderful Oregon weather, or climate, ab solutely gratis. We are not con tributing one atom to its forma tion or production. We couldn't If we would. He who gives us this warm sunshine adds for good measure: to show His con cern for our welfare, the cooling evergreen shade, the brooks, creeks, lakes, mountain streams and - waterfalls where we can always temper ourselves physic ally to bearable conditions. It is the Creator of heaven and earth who, sends you all this wonder ful Oregon weather; it is free to all of us; let us show our ap preciation in gratefulness. We in the Northwest are especially fa vored-by being spared from se vere earthquakes, tornadoes, elec trical- storms, scorching heat waves, etc. If we have anything of that kind it is usually very minor. We say again: What do you want for nothing? Repent and be baptized in gratitude for the inestimable blessing: "The privilege to live in this salubrious Oregon climate." Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Socolofsky. 125 Center St. 4. I C7- , fSfcWev m Jj : vssssn mW' lj .h Timi 9 n MM to o jn - wi - !... -i k n.ifsz-ui "Is well te remember latest scientific e-seevery, Cemrade doctors aayetie Bet happy ander ear system It paittlTCly crazy . ing to M. H. Beals, superintendent. war dead still on the island, which has become a major American BUI & Geo. Osko 14S5 N. 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