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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1952)
4 Tha ZWtmrm, gclean, Orogoa, friday, Soptembor 23, 1852 t . COLD WAR GETTING WARMER i ..- - i Wo Tavor Stcoys la Mo Fear Shall Atct rroni First Ststesnvn ;alarch Is. Ml !.. Tlir CTATCUHIAM Dlinf IttUIMH rmTPANV CHARLES A.' SPRAUUei, Editor and Publisher Published every morning. Business office Z1S 8 Commercial. Salem. Oregon, Telephone Z-Z44L Catered as the postofrlce at Salem, Uresea. aa eeeeod class matter under acf eonxTcss starch a. 1171, Deadlock in Colombia In what must be an unprecedented attempt to influence world opinion, an address by President .Urdaneta of Colombia is reproduced in a full- pace advertisement in last Sunday's New York Times. "With bitterness in my soul Urdaneta ex plains how "sectarian passion and pitiless vio lence have compelled our beloved country to - -v1 TNtmr 4-Via Tl HnlnrAc tt-ti vilr 1 5 vi iT Ait-p wr"T5 rl with blood and leaving its past glory in tatters." Ever since the assassination of Liberal Leader Gaitan in 1948, Colombia has been afflicted with rioting, wholesale murders and guerrilla war fare. Thousandsof lives have ""been lost, many public buildings burned, farms ruined. The persecution of Protestants in Colombia may be partly due to the inflamed political emotions of the citizenry. , . - According to the Times' own correspondent in Bogota, an accurate picture of the present situation is extremely hard to get but the trou ble stems from the fact that a strong party (Conservatives) is in power while another party (Liberals) at least as strong numerically, is out of power and claims it is being oppressed by the government. The Liberal Opposition has two parts, the urban politicians peaceably opposing the government and the guerrilleros or "ban dits," as the Conservatives call them, who fight the army and police, loot and rob and kill. The Liberals regard these partisans as fighters for their principles; the government considers them common criminals. The Liberals demand abso- lute amnesty for the guerrillas (17,000 strong, some say) and the.government will grant partial partial amnesty. There the deadlock stands. . 'There seems to be no hope of a compromise, solution, the Timesman reports, and the only nmenAtf 4 rvtntinnMl 4-vi i Vla HAantxrhil a ViAra. is also the danger that continued deadlock may i bring the Liberals to seek outside help from foreign communists, and that the same reason will cause the Conservative government to de velop into an oppressive fascist regime. Presi dent Urdaneta has already imposed tight news paper censorship to cut down on , inflamatory-. articles in the press. The unfortunate Colombian situation and it ' how very difficult it is for a people without democratic tradition to maintain a democratic government. The concept of a "loyal opposition" as it is held in England and in the U.S. is for eign to countries where the top dog traditional ly tries to eliminate the competition, which tra ditionally goes underground when it loses an , election. And it is easy to see how that situation would produce authoritarian governments and breed revolutionary, opposition, together creat ing a ready-made opportunity for communist agitation. The road to democracy as we know it is in . deed a Via Dolorosa and there isn't any short cut. Colombians apparently have to learn tha hard way, just as we did in the Civil War. ber to gasp, according to the Eugene Register Guard. But Mrs. Barber reckoned that her hus band Curley (the Lumberjack) would be "tick led." - i ; ! Lil Orphan Marilyn hit the road to fame and fortune when she posed in the nude for a calen dar picture which hangs in garages, barber shops and, no doubt, log camp bunkhouses, and which was reproduced in Life magazine. Miss Monroe, ever since then, has felt that she could get along with a minimum of clothing and has told the breathless, waiting world that she never wears bras, slips or girdles. Informed of this, Mrs. Barber remarked, "Well, maybe the gal's got something ... H I Whatever it is that the gal's got, the choice of Marilyn as Mrs. Barber is sure to please the timberwolves and their urban brethren all over the country. But we hope that the movie-makers will devote some attention to Marilyn's background," too the forests of Oregon and the rough and rugged men who cut them down. The green and dangerous world of the filler and bucker, the high-climber and choker-setter is as full of drama and excitement as the cow-boy-and-Indian and pirate-ship scenes so dear to the picture people. With Marilyn on the set, cameramen will be tempted to keep her in view and forget about the scenery. j Of course, it is debatable whether it would be worse to deprive movie-goers of Marilyn or of the tall trees. A California anthropologist told New York reporters that the "accomplishment potential of women is staggeringly low." He must have been thinking in terms of a man's yardstick. Long ago some sage made the counter-observation: 'Uhe hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." And that hand isn't masculine. Now that Governor Stevenson's special fund for aid to certain Illinois bureaucrats is reveal ed, will there not grow apples of discord in his official family? The department head who isn't getting a cut from the kitty will wonder if the guy across the corridor is and "what's he got that I haven't got?" ' As for the political campaign -advances it be comes more and more of pot-calling-the-kettle-black affair. If only the excess devotion to vir tue would last beyond campaigning periods ... Something for the Timberwolves The sexiest blonde in Hollywood has been chosen to play the part of Olive Barber in the motion picture to be based on her book, "The Lady and the Lumberjack," about Oregon loggers,- their lives and their loves. , Marilyn Monroe, one of those girls who give men goosepimples, is to star in the 20th Century Fox production an announcement which caus ed stocky, dark-haired, middle-aged Mrs. Bar- A study of stomach ulcers recently reports that ofen they are caused, by mothers. And all these years mothers-in-law have been taking the blame. , 'Those who contributed to Nixon's campaign fund surely got a lot of free advertising for their donations. Not many $500 gifts get publi cs y from coast to coast. jlke says he's sticking with Nixon. Then there are those who say he's simply stuck with Nixon. Why Do Diplomats Tell Sych( Big-Whoppers When Making Statements to Enemy Nations? V" A W I t 'VS. Eugene voters turned down three measures which would have, provided tax-supported kin dergartens for pre-school children. The vote was unusually large and the kindergarten proposals 1 lost by a margin of 3-to-l. The report from Eugene doesn't indicate why the voters decided they didn't want kindergartens but the main reason is probably that taxpayers think they are putting enough money into schools as it is. Evi dently parents who want to send their young sters to kindergarten -will have to turn to pri vate enterprise. , V "; Jj? IP YOU Fif JVf & icii- SSSsW 4K.teMi I ! The Safety Valve ' By Ji M. ROBERTS JR. Associated Press News 'Analyst -Why do diplomats say so many things they don't mean? i When the new Russian ambas sador arrives in Washington, ha nvi Via Mitn try is striving t' - -to maintain friendly rela-f tions with - tbe " United States, He flatly denies -that ids govern-1 ment is waging ; ' ,a "hate canw paign against America. 1 i Coldly unbend- y J f ' lag the technique which is com mon to foreign offices and sewing circles. President Truman replies that the -oeonle of the United States have only the friendliest feeling for the peoples of the So viet Union. The president, af coarse, eaa defeat his statement better than eaa Wi. Zambia. Americans fr qnenttr express a certain symns thy f or the KnssUn people, try sac U make a distinction between them and the hated Soriet ror ernmenC ActnaUTr nnless this sen , ttment U expressed by the well traveled or better educated. It stuBy has n hollow aoond. The people, as politicians think of them en masse, usually display suspicion of all foreign peoples eaxept maybe Canadians, Australians- and a few others of the smaller nationalities. And they, certainly mink today that what ' they conceive to be the general Russian "character" is largely responsible for the excesses of the Soviet government both at home' and abroad. Ask them formally and they wta aay what .Tram an said, hat It's net what they matter into their beer mass or teaenps. As for Mr. Zarubin's statement, in one part it was technically cor rect, and in another a blatant lit. If he had sobstiteed the diplo matic term "correct" for the term "friendly" relations, la that part of his statement, he might have had soma rround to stand aw Rossis does want to keep the rround clear for whatever twist in international relations which w&l contribute the greatest monetary benefits to her campaign for nltl mate world domination, and that inclndes faulmi the: world into a sense of false, security. , tf aha eoold, which woakt kelp her oa the day when she mltht decide the greatest benefits could be ' aecared thronrk aetaal war. As for the new ambassador's statement that Russia does not conduct a hate campaign against America, it is such a trite lie as hardly to be worth discussing. The American ambassador in Moscow has refused to go to a great pub lic celebration because the streets are lined with the outrageous posters designed to make the peo ple fear and hate America. And they are the least weighty fac tors of the campaign. Bat when two representatives f dispating nations are plaeed face to face tn a situation short of war, they remain "correct. If three ret together, there's like ly to be a HtUe means. Bat it's only when they are apart that they really start teCiag the truth on each other. Even as yoa and I. Liked Senator Wlxoa. To The Editor: Mrs. Socblofsky and I can not refrain from expressing our opin ion of the Nixons' visit and Mr. Nixon's address at the State House last Saturday p.m. We art most appreciative of the fine campaign - spirit which dominates General Eisenhower' and Senator Nixon. May they both continue, on that high moral and discreet level, on to the end of the campaign. Wt represent ourselves as a Christian nation and as Christians can not approve "give them hell." tactics. How could we expect Divine guidance in such an attitude. "Bo "not de ceived. God is not mocked: Whatsoever a man soweth; that will he also reap!" Give them hell tactics and di vine guidance do not cooperate and is one rule which does not work both ways; even though those indiscreet words fell from the lips of whom we should least expect them. We earnestly hope that a cloud of prayer and supplication hover over all Republican affairs and that we will be led out of the Democratic wilderness where we have been sojourning now for twenty years, where we are be ing fed by false prosperity, ex horbrtant taxation and a most im proper manipulation of our for eign policy.; We need a Joshua Eisenhower and a Caleb Nixon, to lead us over the Jordan of fumbling into the land of certainty, safety and security. Here is whooping it up for the success of General Eisen hower and Senator Nixon. Sena tor Nixon remarked that ho mar ried a Democrat He has nothing on us. Mrs. Socolofsky is an Eis enhower Democrat and I am an Eisenhower Republican. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Socolofsky Methodist Home 1625 Center Street Salem. Ore. Umpire . - In every game there ii an um pire; If a player yields not to his decision, he is fired. In our case; Congress makes the rulles and if the President fails to abide by them ho should be . fired. The Taft-Hartley law worked well on John Lewis when he fell out with Truman, has been quite 1 tamo since. Had Truman used the Taft Hartley law on Phil Murray in stead of trading horses with him, there would have been no steel strike. Government Is ordained to control criminals, to execute mur derers and confine criminals that endanger life and property, to protect individual rights and lib erties. But our present govern ment grooms men like Acheson and Marshall like farmers groom stock j for . the fair. Neither has achieved much except when Mar shall went to China to sell the reds to . Chiang Kai-Shek. When he refused to buy, ha sold him to the reds. When men like Joe Mc Carthy will not leave off . from smoking out reds and crooks, they use any means at their dis posal to discredit them in the , public mind. That is what crooks art trying-to do to the Republican nominee for vice president, Nix on. ' ! ! . A number of public spirited people in California recognized in Nixon, a man of honor and ability and financed him to smoke out reds, such as Harry Bridges and Alger Hiss. That is why all demagogues are so bitter to him. He would be a great menace to them in high office. If a Presi dent can grab the oil a few feet off shore in one state, he can grab the oil, coal, timber in all the states on the pretense that it belongs to all the people. That is what the reds did in Russia. Now the gangsters all live In luxury . while the common people scarce ly get enough to eat, and if they produce not the quota assigned them or complain of their treat ment they lose their heads. That is a socialist paradise. , A, P. KIRSCIL -1 - Stayton, Oreg.i '!,. j - Diseoarses on Parties To The Editor: ' " I Financial returns determine the benefits that can , be secured through political ' action. Those benefits may apply to a part of the people only. Public officials ' have the power to , shape laws that will mean comfort or dis tress to the people. Where there are two or more political parties there can be different programs presented for the voters' choice. If the elected official favors the public development of our inter- Botter English By D. C. WIIilAMS 1. What is wrong with this sen tence? "I subscribed to that mag azine last week, and I expect you did, too." 2.. What is the correct pronun ciation of "obese" (adjective) and "obesity" (noun)? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Idiosyncrasy, Cleg able, illicit, illustrious. 4. What does the word "con temporary" mean? - 5. What is a word beginning with inn that' means "to many to be counted"? . -,' ANSWERS 1. Say, "I subscribed for that magazine last week, and I pre sume you did, too." 2. Prononuct the adjective as o-bees, the noun as o-bess-i-tL 3. Illegible. 4. liv ing or occurring at the same per iod of time. "His work ranks with that of contemporary authors." 5. Innumerable. Marv Byers, wheel in the state traffic safety division, hasa new gay tale to spring on fellow workers at the Coffee Hour Board of Directors meeting one of -these mornings. Byers, it seems, Has a: pet goldfish who keeps the Byers-1 es awake constantly rattlinr rorV in kti ir The fish, Marv says, is only 3 inches long, is as sturdy aa a lumberjack and has been rattl ing those rocks for several years now. When Byers is not kept awake by the rocky racket he lies there sleepless wondering what drives a frustrated goldfish to rattle rocks. One an swer: The fishbowl is close to the Byers radio and the fish might be attempting to throw rocks at those political speeches. o - . ' o v- And lata another state department the other day comes two fellows to fin out an accident report. And when the ink dried it was discovered that, according to the report, each fellow was driving the other man's car ... In reports involving a recent headon collision one driver claimed he was parked and the other said he was only going four miles an hoar (with his feet drag ring?) ... So now the safety division Is watching closely for the ' perfect report of the perfect collision in which both drivers will claim they were both parked on opposite sides of aa elght-laaa highway when the collision occurred. , L. A.'s Ding Dong Daddy is pleading insanity to charges that he married wives No,. 15 and 16 while still legally hitched to mate No. 14. And a Commercial Street Sage, who wishes to remain anonymous and alive, remarks that anybody would HAVE to be crazy to stand all those women. Twice now, within the past several weeks, the Mirlon Conn ty Clerk's office has received unsolicited $5 bills. Both times the cash was included in marriage certificates returned by ministers. Clerk Henry Mattson figures the money was intended for the preachers as a gift from the married couples . . . And those court suits seeking to change ballot measure wordings are causing no end of confusion. Marion County's ballots (50,000 official ones pins samples) are already being printed In faci many are al ready through the presses. And they say linn County has printed all of its ballots. mere is a much-used mail box at the SP depot. Salesmen, love it because they can mail their orders in late afternoons and evenings and the mail is picked up about 10 p.m. or so by train and taken straight into Portland. A sure way of getting late mail into Portland on the same night it's mailed. Only the system became so popular that now the box can't begin to hold all the maiL So now you see salesmen at the depot late at night handing tneur envelopes directly to train crews to make sure they get on. GRIN AND BEAR IT by Lichty Literary Guidepost By W. G. KOGEXS EAST OF EDEN, by John Stein beck (Viking; $40) The Hamilton family, founded by old Samuel fresh from Ire land with his wife Liza; the Trask family, father Cyrus, eld er son Adam, younger son Charles, originally from Con necticut; Cathy Ames, from Mas aachusets ... some of these and sundry other characters reach California's Salinas Valley at op portune times in the last century and the early years of this one to figure In this 602-page novel. Old Cyrus, back from the Civil War with a pegleg. acta toward Adam, the son he loves, as -though he hated him; and Charles in a lewildering variety' of moods tries to murder his brother, makes affectionate ges tures toward him.; then shame lessly betrays him. The Hamil tons are fathered by a philosoph ical but romantically impractical soul who even, when he must, is midwife for some of his own large brood. ; j But the central character, fit ter to live in Hades than in Eden and no mate at all for named Adam, is Cathy. She Is "a monster," we are told specifi cally, and though the narrator later hedges a little, she proves to be a combination of Lucretia Borgia, Goneril, and Regan, and a bawdy-house madam. Her ad ventures as a child, her flight from her burned home, her af fair with Mr. Edwards, who runs the tidy little shady little busi ness in small-town hotels, and the, way she is cast up, beaten to a proper pulp, on the Trask doorstep are only less lurid than her own spectacular career in vice in Salinas. : - This novel gets off to a good start, right tip neck-and-neck with other good Steinbeck. But it has very little staying power, it never gets it second wind. Cathy is too inexplicable a mon ster, Adam too stupid, Lee the Chinaman too superficially drawn, the -hoys too pointless; and some of the incidents too ex treme. It reads like a book writ ten out of a vast reservoir of material by an author who, at the moment, didnt have any thing to say, or if he did, hut ' hadnt' gotten around to walHwg his rich material say it. nal resources, it can mean the employment and enrichment of the mass of the people, with low er living costs., If on the other hand he favors a war program. it can only mean higher taxes and living costs that if persisted in means bankruptcy; History points this as the result of war to all nations that follow that path. You cannot elect a President without electing a vice president at .the same time. They will sure ly try to carry out the wishes of those who contributed finan cially to their political expenses. Where there are two political par ties with platforms that are hard to tell apart there can be no material choice for voters to elect. This is the main rear-on why peo ple are not excited about voting. It makes no difference to them who gets elected. They do not feel the increased taxes till after the election. The choice this year Is peace or war with two parties for war and one for peace. .. HERBERT DENNETT, , 226 S. Cottage St. Nix en Smear Settled To The Editor: vI heard Sen. Nixon last evening. and the smear tney-tnaae so much of should be settled for good by this time. I for one am all for Sen. Nixon, and if those that now hang on Mr. Eisenhower's coat- tail should "get" Sen. Nixon off the Republican' ticket, and keep hanging there on his coat tail, wt better say good-by to victory Nov. 4th. .., - t .-v; , What Mr. Eisenhower needs is to shake off all those that seem to tell him what to do, and stick to his friends, real friends. Sen. Taft may be all right in his place but it is not the time for him to dictate to any one. To have victory is to talk the same thing, and no' be divided. AH pull together as one, and pay no attention to the omer put. It is no use to argue with a conv Mimt tr make a deal with them, as their words are no good. L. E. FOSS, 1910 N. 19th. -...It Int exactly rsto I cant let yen heit not down on prloos Uka yon awed so POISON OAK! Way experiment? Other ram dios may possibly. cure you, but the additional suffering Is not only unnecessary, but also very painful. For quick relief, j-y ; HOOD'S Poison Oak tenon - SCIIAEFtR'S DHUG STORE Opes Dally. Ml A.XL-IP.U. , Sunday, t A. M. - 4 P. VL 135 N. Commercial ATOMIC RAGWEED CHICAGO (INS) The "sneeze and wheeze" days of hayf ever may be "on the way out. University of Chicago scientists have success fully grown "raido-active" rag weed. 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