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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
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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
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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.
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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
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