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1 The- Ctnrt nrn Bn!n, vJioxjos tfulutfloy Octobtf i3 lsc3 - " The Safety Valve 'Mo, Too' Candidal - , rabUshed OTery manias. Business fflc Z1S 8 CemjaerciaJ. galea. Oregon. Teleph S-Z44L Catered atitx postoffic at 8aJm, Ores on. m ooeaod eh matter anaer met f iwsit alaxea a 1S7& Hold Your Noses Aren't we getting sick of all the charges, counter-charges and counter - counter - charges . being made in this election, campaign? - Maybe it's just becauser this is obviously a dose election that , the candidates are pulling, out all the stoDS. No one v is convinced thia tima that cither candidate can win with a "me too" : approach. y " But whatever he cause, the. ceaseless repiti tiorr of low-level name calling has ceased to be startling and is now just plain dull. It seems al most as though the only words the candidates have left to use on each other are just plain cuss words, and they can't use those because it might cost them votes. ( ' ; : The ridiculous extremes to which these cam paigns have goneSfenot just confined to the presidential candidates, but extend to the state .' Issues. v ' . . '" V . r; The trucking industry emphasizes the state ment in the Voter's Pamphlet in connection with the weight-mileage tax referendum. "This is a measure to increase taxesA Of course, the law v does increase taxes, but not the public's. It does lust the reverse, it saves the taxpayer money, by shifting more of the burden of highway ex Smses, to the trucking interests who use "the ghways. ' , i. And while we're on the subject, don't be fool ed by the word "equitable" in the proposed ' ' A A A A A f . A WOT irucK. tax uonsuiuuonai amenameni. we u leave v It to the voters whether a plan to reduce the tax load on trucks with a subsequently unavoid able boost in rates on private cars is "equitable." The advances of. milk control advertise the proposed law would result in a "milk dictator- j ship" (using a cartoon, picture of Hitler) and ''monopoly control by out-of-state interests." The words "dictatorship, monopoly and out-of- y state" are calculated scare words. . It is a trmendous challenge to the people of , Oregon and the nation to wade through the vi tuperation, false arguments and scare words to i i ii a. 1 1 a i : j i We've got 10 more days to listen to and read the material circulated by those who refuse to : believe in the intelligence of the American vot- , r 1 l i j i a:i , r. ou lei s iiuiu our -uxe, anu uur Nov. 4. A Salute to the School Boafd Salem school board, you might say, has been through the mill. Within a week the board has hired a new superintendent of schools, let a $3 million contract for a new high school building and dealt, with a schoolboys secret society in eident resulting in five expulsions. -. . ,' Last week alone the board had five separate I meetings for the consideration of these matters i of prime importance, plus the grist of routine ; business. Moreover, individual board; members had many additional claims on their time in the Interests of the Salem Public Schools. The present school board has had more than its share of major, problems, perhaps. Many in- rolve huge surrts of the taxpayers money; many involve highly controversial issues. And what ever the problems, large or small, they have received plenty of thoughtful attention and real study by this board of four men and one wom an. " . The working habit of the school board has impressed many .an observer, including the clos est possible observer Frank B. Bennett who 'left to become a college president after 13 years McCarthy to 'Expose1 Stevenson; Lone Hand May Mean He's Out for Presidency in 1956 By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON Next Monday, $en. 'Joseph R. McCarthy will "reluctantly" tell what he calls Th . Stevenson Story" over a . national radio and television hookup. The first thing to v note about this j v forth c o m 1 n g ; perform a n c e, -1 .j doubtedly ber the low-water t t mark of this if not ' very highL., M level campaign, Aion " Is that il will be r , " strictly McCarthy's own show. Neither Gen. Eisenhowers "elose advisers nor Eisenhower himself we r e consulted- b y McCarthy b e f ore . he an nounced his in-' tention to "ex pose" Eisen hower's Oppo nent. The Re publican Nation al Committee is not sponsoring the; McCarthy speech, and has . strwui 4i, no conunoutea & performance.' Instead.' a group of McCarthy's admirers, headed by Gen. Robert Wood, of Sears Roebuck and America First fame. Is collecting the needed, money more than. $50,000, ac--eording to the best guesses. Thm McCarthy ia ia a, pmIUm to play kis little game, la his wa way. without rerard to the head T Ui ticket McCarthy-has. ia deed, beea playhS a lae hand tareagBMt this campaign Aad .Many ebserters, Republican to eladed. Bar became eaavmeed thai the prize he la playing- far ia aething less tfcaa the Kepoblkaa Presidential Bemlaatioa ia 13SS. Nothing ia more likely to in crease McCarthy's chance to gain this prize than the defeat of Geo. Eisenhower (whom McCarthy .has often attacked obliquely), since Eisenhower's defeat mirhi w?l c?uia, saToedi Uk ,thA . . . . , , Wo favor Swayt Vk No ttar Shall Frees First SUtesna&a. Mart li. lill THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COSIPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUlS, Editor and Publisher as superintendent here and many years as su perintendent in other Oregon. school districts. Mr. Bennett once described the present board as the hardest working one he had ever seen. This much has been clearly in evidence: The board has worked in harmony, has strived to keep its policies consistent and has taken com mittee work seriously. The members have de voted a great amount of time to personal study of school problems, by visiting schools and con struction projects, conferring with parents and the school administrators, taking part in many school functions, interviewing teachers and prospective teachers. . Under these conditions their job is certainly no sinecure. They are elected officials of the school district; they serve without pay and, us ually, with but little recognition- for their ef forts They have one of the state's largest and best school districts to guide. What with the ex panding enrollment, staff and physical plant of recent years, their responsibility is akin to that for a $5 to $10 million corporation- This seems like the appropriate time to ten der a salute and to recommend that our readers join in an appreciation for the work of the Sa lem School Board directors Gardner Knapp, M. E. (Gus) Moore, Harry W. Scott, L. J. (Roy) Stewart and Mrs. David Wright. Time to Vote-on TDIE Here we go again with another vote on Time. Two years ago the people adopted what they thought was standard time, and got daylight time in. 1951 and standard time in 1952. The Statesman criticized the bill when it was pend ing, and the two-year test proved the bill is not practical. The new bill; fixes standard time as the official time for the state and local "units of government. It was initiated by farm organiza tions which are dead set against DST. "T-ast summer's mixup over Oregon proved the desirability of having uniform time. This bill will giye uniformity as much as the law can; but there is nothing to prevent individuals or private businesses from shifting clocks or sched ules of work hours. -. Let's give this proposal a test It will do one good thing, at least repeal the time act now on the statute books which many cities ignored last ; summer. We recommend Vote 324 X Yes. Editorial Comment iiuscs, uniu BREAKFAST IN BED Join the army and see the world with breakfast in bed. We mean it, really. Bacon and eggs brought direct to the blanket by an officer of your own choosing. A news Item from Trieste Informs us that one ; week of this luxurious morning service is the re ward of soldiers who contribute $10 to the United States Army's charities fund drive in that city. Ac cording to the same item contributions are pouring in. This is the army, Mr. Jones in a sunny corner of the cold war. What Price Glory? For a trifling $10 shall Ser geant Quirt loll in bed while Captain Flagg tiptoes in with a tray? What has happened to the brawny swaggerers of yesteryear? Where are the blood and iron, the spine-chilling roar to "rise and shine' be fore the swallow dares? If s all still there, we suspect, but off on furlough or perhaps on battle duty. Meanwhile, look out. Sergeant Quirt You may not find arsenic, in -your oatmeal, but that baleful gleam in Captain Flaggs eye hints that next week you'll be laughing out of the other side of your bed. (Christian Science Monitor) right in the frustrated Republi can party. And the second point ! to note about the forthcoming ; McCarthy performance is the fact that it has placed Eisenhower, ' through no fault of his own, in an extraordinarily difficult posi tion. If "McCarthy's speech lives up or down to its original bill ing, lit is likely to alienate many '"independent voters who have swung to Eisenhower. If Eisen hower demands the right to re view the speech before it Is de- . livened, this will make it seem that he has endorsed whatever McCarthy subsequently says. And under any circumstances, many : voters wul tend to identify what McCarthy says with the 1 Eisen hower candidacy. There are those, to be sore, v ; like Repvblleaa NittonaK Chair maa ' Arthur Sammerfield. wha think that this ia aU to the gaod. and that McCarthy is aa "asset" to Elsenhawer. There is, la troth, same superficial e ride nee to sap wtthis Tiew. Amy poUtlcal ab- server travelling about this coun try . eftea hears a twia pair of .aaesUons: "What wroar with Jae McCarthy aarwty? He rat the Communists ont of the State ' Department dldat ae?" The second ! question is easy enough to answer, since McCar thy has yet to identify a single A Communist in the State Depart ment. But the first question is " more difficult One way to try to answer it is to quote the cli mactic peroration of McCarthy's only pre-primary speech in Wis consin, at which one of these re porters was present McCarthy . spoke as follows: "There are these who say that 1 there ,are a tourer Coauaanists ia the goTeraaaeat. I ia at golag to ask yoa to take my word for it I have la my hands a brief prepared by sevea lawyers of the JasUea Departnteat, dated Jury 2S, 1952: 'Qegal passports hate beta ased to expedite trarel . . la forelga cona tries by aaemben of. the Communist party. Haas aare beea discossed by kadlag raembers el the Soviet secret pe nce to obtain Mask passports from the TJ. S. State Departmeai .from Communists ejaptoyed . ia . s ih EUto Oevartiaeaif it f -t Awt - This sounds as it was meant to sound like complete vindica tion of all McCarthy's gravest charges. For if the English lan guage means anything at aU, these words mean that there are now, in 1952 Communists in the State Department working hand in glove with the Soviet secret police. The words McCarthy quoted were Indeed taken from a report of the Justice Department The Justice Department has beea tak ing millions of words of testimony ia order to prove that the Com maaiat party is a sabyersiTe "ac tioa group" within the meaning of the law. : Bnt there was one fact McCarthy failed to mention. The words he quoted came from the testimony of one Paul Crouch, who left the Communist party years ago. And the inci dent about which Crouch testi fied occurred in 1928, when Cal vin Coolidge was President and the impeccable Frank B. Kellogg was Secretary of State. What's wrong with McCarthy" them, is simply that ho does aot pUy the American poUtical game ' according to the rales. He cheats. . He proceeds on the . assmnptioa that the voters are too atapid to : prefer the complicated troth to the simple, dramatic lie. Se far, s moreover, McCarthy has gotten . away with playing the American voters for boobs. Despite at tempts by papers like the Mfl waakee Journal" aad the "Madl- ' oa Capital Times to expos ' such cheating as that described ; above. McCarthy was triam-, ' ' phaatly renominated ia the Wis- . ; eoasia primary. ; Even so, certain wise advisers of .Eisenhower are urging him to 1 expose and denounce the cheat ing, if McCarthy cheats again in bis forthcoming rendering of "The Stevenson Story." Quite aside from the 'fact that this would be a natural reaction for ' a man of Eisenhower's charac ter, to do so might turn out to be sensible politics. For, although ' they can. be played for boobs for -a time, the American voters have a way of catching up with the fraud and liars ia the end. - --- - - tComrrirht. . . ! Vx HrsV Tfi hu fi tuc 'SmsfSb ft. C , b o ykJy( J JJ Steve Anderson, local atty who skipped into the Stevenson camp, is back with a whole headfull of impressions on his re cent trip east In Washdeecee he compared votes with Sen. V Ia Chicago Anderson appeared at a reception with Stevenson' aad got a glimpse of big-city politico in action. With all the big aad little shot Demo ward heelers standing around thickly en each other toes, banging anybody's ear who would listen it was quite a sight Every time Stevenson parked himself for a minute a battery of press photon swarmed over bat before they could get lined up half th local Demo bigwigs would leap to the front and crowd poor Adlal completely out of th picture. Stevenson finally got so fed ap ho quit shaking haada, oven though ho had at even met half th herd, and left As Stevenson strolled down the hall to the building's exit (relates Anderson) a big, burly' party hackster caught up with him. Just then a newsphotog got ready to pop his flash. Old big .and burly thrust himself forward, started waving his arms at the photog. "Fagan's the name," he roared. "F-A-G-A-N. Got it? Ward 23.t Tight-lipped Stevenson walked out the door. "This sort of thing," Stevenson told Anderson. "I detest more than anything else In the campaign. : r-;. ,:- " ! . Gov. DriscoU. In Salem Thursday night, got in a sly dig at you-know-who. When he said: "It seem we aro already paying v a pretty high price to keep a piano player in the Whit House. Why bring In a eomedlanr ... He also gave a kind of qualified pat on the head to Hie when ho noted, "By and large, we ought to support all our Republican candidates for Congress and Sen ate." ;. ; ;y-': j ,. ; ', -: ' ' ) - ': ; - And what's this about the Salem Postoffice operating a lot tery under the guise of a stamp machine in the lobby? A local attorney slipped the machine a nickel the other day and waited expectantly for the three-cent stamp to appear. Instead no stamp, but the machine kicked out 15 cents in the coin return. On federal property, too. , GRIN AND BEAR IT . ' - - ' - r-"-' - ' ! " Your husband doesn't like Jt? . . . we caat accept sack a flimsy .reaaaa for, retnrnina- aaything. Madam . I PREDICT YouiX Wirt BY A LAUOSLlDEj Morse. The senator, says Steve, still thinks Ike is a favorite to win the election handicap ... On the plane back Anderson had a long chat with Demo Sen. Kerr of Oklahoma, once men tioned as presidential timberback in those hap py log-rolling convention days. "Main thing we Democrats were worried about" noted Kerr, "was that the Republicans would nomi nate Morse for vice president An Ike-Morse combo would have stopped us." That's what Kerr said. by Lichty ST TO) EDI3 (Continued from page 1) who bewitched the young son of Mrs. Larue and then the latter herself. That was where the fan tasy was supposed to come in; but in the end they all got back to Larue' Towers, "gangsters and all, including Mirni, the little girl playmate of the boy the two ju veniles are surely well started on careers behind, th footlights. It's a small world. Tonight we went to Broadway to eat at a restaurant Ralph Cooley had recommended. Later as we were walking along on West 44th whom should we run into but Sen. and Mrs. Fred Lamport of Salem. They had just arrived this morn ing and are stopping here a few days en route to Bermuda. And today Jim Clinton, of the Oregon Civil Service Commission, and Warner H. Nunn, from the Public Utilities Department who are in town for a governmental meeting, came down to United Nations, and I had time to show them some of the features of spe cial interest around the Assembly halt - ' At th General Assembly the general debate has been closed until well into November. Many nations spoke their pieces; but it was decided to defer further debate until after the U. S. elec tions are over. Then Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and For eign Minister Robert Schuman of France (if be is still in office), will come to take part. Foreign countries I may add are very much interested in the result of our elections. I do want to report the fine address by Casey, Secretary of State for Australia, on Monday in reply to. the address of Russia's - Vishinsky. It was an effective re buttal. I might mention one item: . he said that though Australia with only eight and one-half million people had contributed S180 mil lion for UN projects such as chil dren's aid, care of refugees, etc. the Soviet Union, with 200 million people, bad not contributed one dollar. This was certainly an ef fective rejoinder to Russia's pose ' as the only true friend of the op pressed and downtrodden.. Now the work at UN wul be done in committee, but the argu ment: will continue, particularly in the Political committees. My assignment is to another Commit tee, the Social coinmitee. Bettor Enalish By D. C WILLIAMS - 1. What is wrong with this sen tence? "If youH wait a few min utes, HI be back." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of -codicil"? 3. Which one of these words is messpelled? Liesure, lieutenant licorice, likeable. 4. What does the word "opu lent" mean? , . , 3. What is a word beginning with ca that means "bodily exer cise"? ANSWERS X. The verb "to be" expresses a state of being, so no one can -be back." Say, "111 come back," ' or 111 return. 2. Pronounco kod-i-sO, as in oa, both i's as in It accent first syllable. J Lei sure. 4. i Wealthy; ' plentifully provided. This is an opulent city of opulent citizens." a. Calisthenics- .. " Opposes Scheol BUI To the Editor: - The school reorganization bill on the ballot November 4 is the last straw in taking the rights of parents to educate their chil dren as God has given them that right. The education of children should be in the hands of the church, the parents, and the school. ' . This bill is packed with dyna mite. It will give the State Board of Education the right to for mulate any criteria that they see fit, and the commissioner, whom they will appoint, will , be em powered to enforce these criteria in all the districts of the state. At the present time our Parent-Teachers Associations and Mothers' Clubs take a definite . interest in the schools in their "districts and have much to say in their operation. This bill will take away that right We will have a virtual dictator in the person of the "commissioner, at the head of our school system. We afe fighting dictators in other lands and are fostering one in Oregon. As American -citizens under the Constitution, parents have a right and a duty to determine . where and how their children should be educated. This bill will drive all small schools out of existence and many of the larger. The vote in the smaller districts will not count as the majority in the larger created district will decide the issue. It will cost the taxpayer mil lions of dollars on account of the modern buildings to 'be erected with larger and more expensive personnel principals, assist ants, supervisors, secretaries, and I bus transportation, each costing more than to maintain the aver age rural school. At present Oregon's education al standards are in the highest brackets, i Voters, wake up! Don't let Oregon's educational system be shackled by Stalinism. . j Andrew Dummer, ; Woodburn, Ore. Qnestioas Asked To the Editor: I read in the Statesman, Mon day, October 20, the rather magesterial rebuke' of Senator Wayne Morse by State Repres entative Mark Hatfield. Representative Hatfield made what seems to be a somewhat inflated claim of speaking for "both the officers and the rank '-and file of the Republican party" Congressional Quiz Q Have labor and business groups made any appraisal of what congressmen they think were "right" or "wrong" In vot ing on legislation? A A numberof groups i checked lawmakers voting as "right" or "wrong" on votes they considered most important. Con gressional Quarterly analyzed the . "scorecards" and found, for. ex ample: AFL and CIO checked -numerous Democrats but very . few Republicans as consistently "right" But the Council of State Chambers of Commerce found ' Republicans tended strongly to vote "economy," Democrats "spending." t Q What became of the plan of Congressmea to - count all their Washingtoa liring costs as a tax deduction? - ; A Scaled down, it became law in 1952. It lets Congressmen de duct the first $3,000 of their Wash- ington living costs in figuring in come tax. This provision goes into effect Jan. 3, 1953, the same day a 1951 law takes effect knocking the tax-free feature from 'law- ( makers' $2,500 expense allow ance." 1 Q How important Is the "for-; eiga"" vote ia TJ.S. Presidential elections? A The exact strength of min ority nationality and ethnic groups ' in the U.S. is unknown. Democrat ic Nationalities division estimates there are about 11 million poten tial voters, ; either foreign born i or first generation American. 1 The largest groups, with esti mated potential vote are German, 1,750.000; Italian, 1,250,000; Pol ish, 850,000; Spanish, 650,000; Yiddish, 600,000; and- French 500,000. Others over-100,000 in clude Swedish, Norwegian, Rus sian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian. ' Q What forelga language groups vote the most? A Experts figure that "among U.S. nationality groups, German voters in the past turned out in greatest proportion. As a group Spanihs-Americans are least in clined to go to the polls. The Democratic Nationalities division says, the Italian, Spanish, Polish. Czechoslovakia, Hungarians and Lithuanians usually vote Demo cratic, while Germans, Swedes ; and Norwegians tend to like Re- publicans. - - Q Where do most of the for- elrn-Amerieaa voters over A Most of the states with big numbers of foreign-language peo ple are in the East and Middle West. According to the 1940 cen sus (later figures are unavail able), states in which more than half the population was foreign language were .Rhode Island, 58 per cent Connecticut, 55; Mas sachusetts, 55; New York. 52. Next highest were New Jersey, 47 per cent. New Mexico 46. Min nesota. 43. North Dakota 40. Au thorities figure about a third of such population is eligible , to vote. ' O Tiara Sens. John J. Spark aaaa (D Ah.) aatd Richard SC. Nixon K Calif.) resis-ne frena the Senate, since they aro run ning for the vice presidency? -A No. Neither did Vice Pres ident Barkley, while he was a senator seeking the nation's No. 2 spot four years ago. Barkley and expressed the idea that they , had lost confidence la. Senator 1 Morse. In taking the position he did. regarding Senator Morse and his decision to vote for Governor Stevenson, Representative . Hat field no doubt thinks that Sena tor Morse is wrong in his evalu ation of Senators Taft, McCarthy. In view of the fact that Rep- " resentative Hatfield seems will, lag to express himself freely on public persons and issues and . the fact that he too Is seeking re-election on November 4th, 1 would appreciate his answers to . the following questions. L What authority did you have to speax tor tne officers and the rank and file of the Repub lican party" on Senator Morse's action? 2. What is your evaluation of Senators Taft, McCarthy, Nixon and Jenner and your position in rpparri thorn 4 Edwin W. Butler, 2215 Jelden St, I Salem. Ore. Mamie, Pat la Campalxa To the Editor: The cry of "Slander" and "Outrageous falsehoods" by the Republican team brings to mind that old comic cartoor of Min Gump waking Andy in the wee small hours of the niVht tn lot him know there were burglars downstairs with Andy arguing "You go down and investigate, they don't dare hit a woman. So what do they do? They turn .u . : a. . . ums vaniptiigu over vo mamie ana Pat Eisenhower, on his tour of the nation, never muffs a chance to put Mamie in the spotlight where she can steal the show rod Nixon -I has let Pat take the rap for his conduct whether good, bad or indifferent The battle punches in the Republican bid for the . presidency are wild haymakers, they bite in the clinches, hit be low the belt eye gouges, shin kicking and elbow slugs and to them it is considered - a fair fight But now that the Demos are countering with a few fast right crosses the handlers ia the GOP corner yell "Foul." The Old Guard never could take it but Oh boy how they can oisn n out. we au xnow mat hiding behind the pretty ruffles of a woman's skirts is nothing . new in political strategy but it puts the stamp of "Panry Waist" to an otherwise he-man struggle. REX O. LAMBERT, 2745 Sandringham Drive, Salem, Oregon. resigned from the Senate Jan. 19, 1949, the day before he took dent : 1 -' - "- ----If Q How often did the vice presl- dential candidates agree on their : voting in Congress? ' A Congressional Quarterly checked all the important post war roll-call - votes and found that on the 30 most important is sues, Sparkman and Nixon ; agreed on 12, disagreed on 18. . 1 Their main field of agreement , I was national defense. They dis- -I agreed usually on civil, rights, rent control, housing, tax-bills, tideland toils. Both voted for th f Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, but', Sparkman voted to sustain. Nix' on to override the President's veto. Both voted for extending price controls this year. Q What kind of legislaUoa ' . have Nixon and Sparkman spon sored? A The GOP and Democratic vice presidential candidates both have sponsored bills to help serv icemen and veterans.. In addition, Nixon, according to other bills -he introduced, has been inter ested mainly in reclamation, pub lic works, foreign policy, labor, : and control of subversives. , Sparkman has authorized bills on housing, public welfare, for : eign policy, small business, ag riculture and public works. (Copy., 1952, Conl Quart.) -r-v--n$'T?r . - - Yh buf'mg a Hiorhg Aid fooft for Ms Accspfcwco Sooi el iho Amtrkaa Mocfcof Awociof ioi CoMKf eo Mrafaof AWkwe mmd aWmUftaKoo ' V J Atk yoor Phytkiant This admtioonaont is bung ran a a oarrke to tno hrdf-hoariaf by" too aukaco of hicB-4aSty. iowoooa TetJITH HEAtlINO MPS ricrris OpUcal Co. 444 State St Phono S-5531 3 CteGi? 4 ill ill