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OS: "Wo Favor Stray Wo Fear Shall Awe . " Front First Statesman. Uarcb 18. ISM THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher FaslUhed every morula. Busteca office SIS 8 Commercial. Salem, Oregon. Telephone Z-Z44L Catered at the postofflce at Salem, Oregon, aa aecead clan matter oader act of congress March X. 1871. Rose by Other Name It may be that a rose would smell as sweet by another name. Likewise a skunk cabbage would smell as a foul if labelled Tabu. And no change in character is to be expected by alter ing the name of the Soviet Politburo to Presi dium which is set down for the meeting of the All Union Communist party in Moscow on Oc tober; 5th. There may be however a shifting of person alities in the new body; and the change may be a stage set for the succession of Georgi Malen kov, now deputy premier, to Josef Stalin when the latter retires as premier. The straws in the Russian wind give that indication. The party meeting will be the first in 13 years. None was held during the' war and postwar years. Besides revamping the central agency of thcyftrty and the government the congress will adopt a new five-year plan setting fresh goals In the Soviet economy. There is nothing in prospect to point for a moderation of Soviet isolationism, hostility to the non-Communist powers or its expansionist drive. Malenkov is a sober-faced disciple of Stalin who will be equally ruthless in his em ployment of power within and without Russia. There will need to be more changes in Russia than a revamping of the Politburo into the Presidium, and more changes than the dropping -out of Stalin to restore confidence in the gov ernment of Russia as a basis for more amicable relations. The West will have to live with this pain-in-:the-head for a long time to come. Billion Dollar Savings Bank .The" Bowery Savings Bank in New York City reports its savings deposits have passed a billion dollars, the first time any mutual savings bank has accumulated such a volume. The Bowery is the oldest mutual savings bank in New York, having opened for business on the Bowery in 1834. This wide street in lower New York long bore the reputation of being one of the toughest districts of the city. Surrounded by tenements, lined by blocks of saloons and dives. The name . derives from that of Governor Stuyvesant's es tate, The Bouwerie. Succeeding periods of re form however cleaned up the district, raised the standards of the tenements, and brought the old street into a measure of respectability. The Bowery Savings bank survived the changes and the booms and depressions, established branch offices over the city and now breaks into the billion dollar class. , - It is noteworthy that this huge sum is the accumulation of the savings of thousands of persons 523,000, it is reported. Fifty-six per cent of the depositors have less than $1,000 on - rry i m n . i . o. m. a aeposii. ine appeal oi me Dans nas Deen 10 me poorer classes, encouraging them to practice thrift on a steady basis. Thousands have learn ed the savings habit at this institution and gone on to achieve financial independence. Mutual savings banks have flourished --in the East, but not so much in the West. Oregon has only one licensed mutual savings bank, in Port land, and its growth has been slow. Savings here are-made through savings accounts in com Eisenhower, Stevenson Staying Clear of ' Forecasting Russia's Military Intentions By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON It is practic - ally certain by now that none of the real issues confronting this country will be v - - . 2 rrv Presiden tial campaigns. Aft er four ""years away from W a s h i n gton, . ' Gov. Stevenson i m. e at ' fj a . a ca I D17 a o e 3 n 1 1 know the size of the skeleton maker's cup-' ; JJP AWp, board. Gen. Eisenhower, who does know, won't tell; or at least the general has shown no' sign of telling to date. Take, for instance, the dispute I that has re cently riven the higher echelons of the State De pa r t ment, the Defense Depart- rment and the I National Secur ity Council with debate and dis icord. .A review ot America's strategic situa- I.SlwartUop and projected, was quietly initiated some time go. In part, the purpose of this review was to get a firm founda tion -for the 1954 foreign and defense budgets, which must be presented to Congress just after the New Year. In part, also, it was desired to have a concise, ver-all picture ready for Presi dent Truman's successor. No sooner was this strategic review launched, however, than a very great and fundamental, question brutally presented it elf. The question was indeed the question still is whether to shape American policies by es timates of Soviet capabilities, or by estimates of - Soviet inten tions. The question cannot be avoid ed for a reason as simple as it la bleak. A great many author ities, including some af the wis est men In the rovernment. do ot think . the Western defense effort, as now planned, can pos aibly reach Its announced goals. Bespite the hopeful public talks, the balance of power In tbo werI4 is not shifting in our fa vor." We are growing stranger. t 1 1 - s I ' 1 fry NUNMI IM mercial banks or at building and loan associa tions. : In these days of inflation when the dollar is held in some contempt it is important to note that thrift still is practiced, and to comment that it still has virtue. The accumulations of the sav ers in the form of bank deposits and building and loan association deposits and insurance re serves not only are a backlog for those who. have made them but a great reservoir of capital for an expanding America. As the Scotch say, Many a mickle makes a muckle. South Carolina and Mississippi Democrats have decided to list Stevenson and Spar km an as their candidates. Voters in those states, however, will have a chance to vote for Eisenhower and Nixon. We are not at all excited over the pros pect of-an Eisenhower sweep in the Deep South. He may have some chance in Texas and Virgin ia, but very slight. Any electoral votes he gets from south of the Mason-Dixon line will just be bonus. He must win his victory in the north and west. Paul Hoffman has testified that the charges made by Senator McCarthy against General Marshall are "fantastically false." Only a warp ed mind would accept McCarthy's charge against Marshall which linked him with a conspiracy to cause the United States to "fall victim to Soviet intrigue from within and Russian military might from without." It is of a piece with McCarthy's other charges of 205 (of 81 or 57) Communists in the State Department. The truth just isn't in him. Bernard M. Baruch gets the unusual distinc tion of having a bench under the California red woods dedicated in his honor. One thing about it, the bench probably will outlast Baruch' s fame, considerable as that is. We can .imagine members of the high school class of 1997 com ing across the bench with its marker and asking. Who was this guy, Baruch? Wonder if the teach er will be able to answer the question. A company , proposes to pipe natural gas to the Northwest from fields in Colorado and New Mexico. This line would not run into the im pediments which Alberta has interposed against export from Southern Alberta. It would be an all-American line and would serve communities in Southern Idaho en route to Oregon and Wash ington. More "gas" to it The Communists protest the dropping of na palm fire bombs on Korea, calling the air at tacks barbaric Well, who started the trouble in Korea anyhow? And if the Reds want the bomb ings to stop why don't they sign the armistice agreement? The U.N. jvould be happy to save the gasoline used in napalm for less destructive purposes. Governor Adlai seems to have pulled the air brake cordon the Truman campaign special. We can't imagine Truman being satisfied, with just a fizz part in the campaign. "He'll want to "toot-toot" on the whistle cord. but the Soviet empire Is growing stronger still. The arguments for this pessi mistic estimate are part secret and part obvious. In the decade, 1945-1955, for instance, any stu dent of the subject can perceive that the total Soviet military in vestment will be far greater, in real terms, than Western invest ment. We are investing mora now, proportionally. Yet over all, in the ten years since the war, many hundreds of millions more man hours will be devot ed, directly and indirectly, to the Soviet war effort than to West ern defense. By the same token many tens of millions more tons of raw materials will have been invested in Soviet war prepara tions than in Western prepared ness a reasonable guess is that the ratio of steel investment will finally work out at two and a half to one in favor of the Krem lin. These figures, and not the dol lar or ruble costs, ?re the right measures of Soviet and Western effort hi the post-war decade. To judre the dimensions of the military machine which Is the Soviet end product, one need only look at the balance of forces in Europe. In compara tively prosperous Western En rope, with Important American aM. Gen. Matthew B. Ridcrway will hardly be able to muster twenty-five ready divisions and twenty rather dabtous teserve divisions. By the end of this year the NATO force may balance the , Russian force in Europe or in reserve for Europe. But in the satellites,' with their seemingly prostrate economies, the Soviets have now brought a minimum of sixty Polish, Czech, Hungarian and - Bulgarian divisions up to a high standard of combat readi ness. Finally, there Is the all bat n toachable subject of atomic po tential. There Is no arznment, any longer, that by 1955 the So viets will have a potentially de- eisive stock of atomic weapons. Meanwhile, however, a very seri ous arnunent " has also be run about the future value of atomic weapons, to the Soviets and to us. - . - One school strongly contends that the. Soviet power to deliver . atomic weapons to- American targets is constantly increasing, and that our air defense Is not -keeping pace with the growing threat. The same school points to the Soviet air defense in depth, which is improving with each passing month. And this school warns that this Soviet air de fense can be too strong for the West's strategic air. forces, by 1955 or earlier. In short. If the pessimists are right, the Soviets will not only be stronger than the West In con ventional weapons. They may also have the power to launch a crippling atomic attack against this country, and they may be reasonably well defended against counter - attack. The optimists contend that the outlook la not nearly so bad. Bat they agree, nonetheless, that If simple So viet military capabilities are the test, a substantially Increased Western defense effort Is argent ly. needed. ' The problem of Soviet Inten tions has been raised at just this point in the debate. Again, there have been two schools. One school has argued that Soviet in tentions will be mainly controlled by Soviet capabilities. In other words, they have said the Krem lin will try to do us in if and when the opportunity arises. The other school has asserted that this Is a wrong rule. They have claimed that the Soviets do not want a major war; that they are harassed by too many con tradictions within their own sys tem to risk a major war; and that they will continue, as at pres ent, merely grabbing for what ever is not nailed down. A great weight of experience in dealing with the Soviet Union has sup ported this theory, which makes the purely military balance so much less disquieting. Yet op ponents of the theory have countered that If Lord Bryee and Alexis de TocqueviUe had been alive today, even these great students could not have forecast the coarse of American . post-war policy. How then, they -have asked, can we be so sure about what Soviet policy will be? The dispute within the gov ernment may be circular, but it is still a life and death dispute. Yet one does nrtfiear Gen. Ei senhower arguing for Soviet in tentions, and - Gov. Stevenson pleading for 'Soviet capabilities, as -our policy guide. (Copyright 1952. . New York Herald Tribune, Ine.) . - GRIN AND BEAR IT 1 "Sfe : ' r 1 .rf&f I hare no comment to make on ether than to blame them Congressional Quiz Q-I want to get a job with the federal government. Are they still hirinar A Civilians employed by the executive branch that takes in everything but the relatively small employment by congress and the federal courts increased 122,999 during the year ending June 30. That put the June 30 total at 2, 596,690. Q What senator hat the greatest seniority? A Kenneth McKellar (D Tenn.), who is rounding out his sixth six year term. He lost the primary el ection Aug. 7 in trying for an un precedented seventh term. Next in seniority is Walter F. George (D Ga.), who went to the senate Nov. 8, 1922, followed by Carl Hayden (D Ariz.), Tom Connally (D .Tex.) who is retiring this year and Richard B. Russell (D Ga.). Q I notice that very fewvcoa gressmea are present for every roU-eall vote. Does the absence of Just one lawmaker very often determine the fate, of legislation? A Congressional Quarterly found that in the last four years. 41 senate and two house roll-call votes were decided by one-vote margins. One of these senate votes killed the Alaska statehood bill. Seventeen of the senate hairline decisions were ties, eight broken by Vice President Barkley. One of these Barkley votes established the now famous crime probe. One of the touch-and-go house votes was the 191-192 rejection of Ko rea aid in 1950. Q When the senators of a state both belong to the same patty, do they asnally vote alike? A Yes. All-Democratic senate teams stuck together on 85.6 per cent of the issues where both of a state's senators voted, accord ing to a Congressional Quarterly analysis. The average for all Republican senate teams was 79 pec cent. On the other hand, pol itically split senatorial teams agreed on only 50.6 per cent of the . votes on which both teammates were counted. The average senate team, including both "solid" and "split" delegations agreed 74.4 per cent. Q Which same-party senatorial team stock together most often? , A The Democratic Alabama Better English By D. C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sen tence? "Frank was way ahead at one stage of the race, and he should have finished out in front." 2. What is the correct pronuncia tion' of 'niche"? S. Which one of these words Is misspelled? Perplexity, pusilani--mous. perspicuity, punitive. 4. What does the word 'indocile" mean? S. What is a word begining with le that means "a story"? ANSWERS 1. Say, "Frank was far ahead at one stage of the race and he should have finished (omit out) in should have finished (omit out) in front." 2. Pronounce nich, 1 as in it 3. Pusillanimous. 4. Unwill to be taught; not readily domi nated. "The teacher found one GIANT TIRES test oa carta botct at 0.' -& 0' mu Cm. ' ... Arrrr - . 'J jr.-j vw-' , -rrsH.i , 1 :r- "v. -..-., fT'C' , - . - " - - ' ' ' , . . v , .',. . r- " : ? " -r- v t -'or'. . -.. v 1" (, wwv 'X; .. ' . jV .-. 1 v...j ,--Kv , , - , , 4s. IN by Ltchty flylnr u veers. Gentlemen!... on mj opponent:..." eww&eiesj team Sens. John J. Sparkman, vice' presidential nominee, and Lister C. Hill. They agreed 97 per cent of the time on roll calls when both voted. The' best har mony record of any GOP team was that of Idaho's Herman Walk er and Henry C. Dworshak. 92 per cent. Most disagreeing were , Arkansas Democrats J. William Fulbright and John L. McClellan, in accord 70 per cent, and Ore gon Republicans Wayne Morse and Guy Cordon, 51 per cent. Hollywood On Parade By GENE HANDSAKER . HOLLYWOOD One thing about Casey Adams. Twentieth Century-Fox' is sure to keep him one way or another. This persona- . Ma vnnnff fal- ; low wtin Diue z ! eyes and a quiet igayety about- him has the . most unusual t movie contract 'r I've ever heard of. It calls for; his services! In six capacities actor, director, dialogue .direc- Gene Haadsaker tor, screen-test director, compos er, and lyricist. Since signing him In December, Fox has worked him 'mostly a an actor. In "With a Song in My Heart," he's the chap who. did the hillbilly song in the radio sta tion with David Wayne. Wayne's an old friend who was instru mental in bringing him here from New York theatre and TV. The song, i"Hoe That Com," Is one that Casey composed years ago under the inspiration of soma Wagner music over the radio. He sang it In GI camps around the world while with the Army's Special Services division in the last war. It's the most successful of a trunkful of tunes that Casey keeps adding to all the time. Adams, who's 32 and has strong, cheerful features, plays a ' scared lieutenant in the unreleas ed "What Price Glory?? In "My Wife's Best Friend," now a -cutting, he's a' sophisticated lawyer. In "Niagara," now shooting, he's a cereal salesman honeymooning with Jean Peters. Fox has found some other chores for him, too. He did the narration for the John Philip Sousa story, "The Stars and Stripes Forever." Studio boss Darryl Zanuck - wanted to hear the songs for Betty Grable's cur rent picture; So Casey sat down at a piano and recorded them, singing to his Own accompani ment. His real name is Max Showal ter, and he was born in Caldwe Kan. His mother, who played pi ano in a silent-movie theater. taught him the piano. His first composition,!. "Is This 111 was written at 15 under the of puppy love. Casey acted and wrote at the A C T I O tl Two Ores. II feet Laagriew. Tex, piaot of designer L. " r. usionT' een speor 10 mm. EHJQQjQS imp am- (Continued From Page One) persistent pecking away at scan dais in the Internal Revenue bur eau finally brought its sorid mess to light. Whether the facts are true as recited and wether the Inferences are: correct must be left. for further weighing. What is true is that the Brannan-Tru-man campaign to discredit Dew ey and . the GOP turned enough votes in the corn belt in 1948 to win the election for Truman & Co. There can be no doubt that , Brannan will be in there pitching for Democratic victory . again this year. It will occasion no sur prise if he springs the summary of his 1951 survey, belated though it is, at a time when it may yield the best returns in the way of . votes for Democratic candidates. These "children of light" are quite sophisticated in the me chanics of politics, and have wide latitude in the exercise of their powers, and ample funds from the treasury to use in discharge of their official "duties." Brannan will be leading the farm chorus oi "Don't let them take it away." E!ybfi Your Health By Dr. Herman Bundesen Trosen Shoulder" Often Is After-Effect of an Injury Many people past the age of 40 have pain and difficulty in moving the arm at the shoulder joint. This condition results when the muscles of the shoulder are not used enough. It usually ac companies some sort of inflam mation of the muscle and tendons of the shoulder joint. An injury to the shoulder which restricts normal movement is the most common cause. For instance, if a person dislocates or fractures an arm, it may be necessary to have his shoulder put in a palster cast or splint which keeps him from using the shoulder for a long time. He may try to use his arm after this period of inactivity only to find the shoulder joint is stiff and painful. The more he tries to move it the worse it gets. This starts a vicious circle. The per son does not use his arm because of the severe, pain and tender ness in the shoulder joint, which may extend down the arm. The less he uses his muscles, the more j they begin to waste, and the poorer becomes the circulation to the arm. Adhesions may then form around the shoulder joint, preventing normal motion. This condition is usually lim ited to people over forty years of age. It rarely occurs with young people who have an arm In a cast. A A "fozen shoulder," as this condition is called, can be pre vented if the person seeks medi cal attention as soon as he feels pain on moving his shoulder, es pecially if he has just recovered from a shoulder injury. He should be put to bed and given sedatives to relieve the pain. He should also have hot packs applied to the shoulder continuously, and begin exercises to keep the shoulder joint active. Drugs which -block the nerves "controlling the blood supply to the shoulder may also help in limiting the disease. Many cases are neglected until it is necessary to perform sur gery. This is done by transplant ing one of the muscles of the shoulder to another position. The operation will give good results if followed by correct exercises. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS P. D.: My child complains of burning and pain when he uri nates. What is the cause of this? Answer: The cause for this condition may be an infection of the kidney or bladder. However, a frequent cause may be an ex cessively acid urine. This can be overcome by giving the child an additional amount of fruit juices. Certain alkaline substances may be prescribed by your physician, (Copyright. 1952. King Features) Pasadena Community Playhouse for three years. On Broadway, he played a straight man in "Make Mine Manhattan" for a year, red the piano in how Boat another year, and acted in "John 'Loves Mary" a third year. Then he directed a lot of CBS-TV mus icals. ' He says all the fields ho has assigned to are Important But if asked to state his occupation, he guesses it would be "actor-composer. Ugn by 4 feet wide, get seft-terraia GL LeTearaeaa. reeria, EL Literary Gui By JOE WTNO THEODORA AND THE EMPER OR, by Harold Lamb (Double day; $4.50) This 11th volume by Harold Lamb : on great characters and eras of the Middle East and Asia is called "the strange story of the peasant and the circus girl who ruled the Roman worldV Justinian and Theodora, be tween them, managed almost to restore the grandeur of the Roman Empire while never set ting foot in Rome and do indeed have a strange and moving story. Yet the scene snatcher of the narrative is a general, Belisari us, whose genius nearly made Justinian's dream of a resurgent empire come true. It was Belisarius who neatly put down a revolution in Con- h stantinople by killing off most of a mob of 30,000 packing the hip podrome; who landed in North Africa with a few thousand troops and brought back the Go thic king captive; who did the same in Italy; who bluffed the Persians out of one conquest, and the Huns out of another. But if it hadn't been for timid Justinian and his genius for picking good men and his un sleeping 1 administrative energy, Belisarius never would have had a chance to function in his lim ited, if astounding way. Justinian got his throne almost by accident, kept it for 33 long years, erected the Church of Sancta Sophia as a' world won der, established the Justinian code of : laws, and sought tire lessly for a formula to unite the Christian world. Odd helpmeet for such a ruler was the queen Theodora who began life in a circus and kept body and soul alive at times by pleasing men. How she came to share Caesar's bed cannot be said mm Phone 4-3333 Ttaachers and Sindenls Before Yon Buy Your New Fall Wardrobe Why Pay Llore? When It'i So Easy To Walk Uptlaii, To Th, Second Floor To Joe's Where You Can Get The Very Finest la ! 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