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Prom First SUtetmu. March 2. 1U1
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Oregon Loses a Fine Judge
, It's a long, long trail from the heather of
Scotland to the chair of chief justice of Oregon's
Supreme Court. For Judge Arthur D. Hay, it
was long, honorable and productive of the
finest of life's offerings.
udge Hay, of Scotland, came to America 48
years ago, after already . serving an apprentice
ship at law. For a time he worked in the woods
and sawmills of the Pacific Northwest, but by
1911 he had his law degree from the University
of Oregon and a full career in the legal profes
sion was launched.
First in a Portland law office, then in
Klamath Falls and then for a quarter of a cen
tury in the Lakeview country. Judge Hay
formed the character which was to be the
heritage of the state's court of final appeal.
Stepping stones were the district attorneyship
of Lake County and nearly 10 years on the
circuit bench. He was named to the supreme
court by former Gov. Charles A. Sprague.
Many a Boy Scout is better fitted for adult
life through the kindly guidance which Judge
Hay exercised in his after-hours handling of
the Court of Review which passes on the qual
ifications for the Eagle badge, high honor in
scouting. His work on the Scout Court was
one of probing into the thinking of Eagle can
didates, and t6 mold that thinking, rather than
to ask the prosiac quesions of fitness for the
honor which already had been earned.
In the death of Justice Hay, Oregon has
lost one of its most learned, practical and pro
ductive judges. And Salem has lost one of its
iest citizens.
Individual Enterprise
Two ex-fliers seem to be rolling along well in
brand - spanking new business building and
selling midget one-cylinder automobiles near
Athens, O. The two, Claud Dry and Dale Orcutt,
decided it would be impossible with their limit
ed capital to go into business building cars of
normal dimensions. Also, it seemed a step to
ward bankruptcy to try building a scaled-down
bit car.
So. in a typical "build-a-better-mousetrap"
fashion, the two pooled ideas and built King
Midget, a car of about 500 pounds, conservative
ly rated at 8 horsepower and publicized to
travel at speeds upwards of 50-miles-per-hour.
Cost of the car is said by the founders of Midget
Motors Manufacturing Corporation to be "about
$1 per pound" less than the current cost of
some beefsteak.
At a time of year when competitive medium
priced automobiles (medium - price delivered
row estimated at roughly $2,500) are vie:ng for
Lattimore and Vincent Deprived of Impartial
Trial- Chance to Face Their Chief Accuser
By JOSEPH ALSOP
i W ASHINGTON Owen Latti
more and John Carter Vincent
are two of the silliest fellows
t il i rnArtar
has ever bad
the misfortune
to know. They
are additionally . 14
accused, at the f "t"if
moment, of be- I "VLi
Ing traitors to si'j
the United 4 J?f if
States. Maybe I4 v'.'S
they are. But itf IV ir
is a duty tol I
point out that! 1
the right fl i'fl
thee men to a Joseph AAm
fair - trial has
been, and is being, shockingly
and slyly violated.
The unfairness lies in a simple
fact. Vincent has, in effect, been
tried on one set of charges and
found guilty on quite another.
The same thing is now happen
ing to Lattimore. Above all, both
men have been carefully de
prived of any chance to answer
the main accusation brought
against them. Hie circumstances
3d timing of this main accusa
tion against Vincent and Latti
more deserve careful study.
Late la 1945. Loads Badens
loft the Communist Party and
nt harked en his present career
a a professional ex-Co mm unist.
Daring the years 194C throne
1149. according to Us own testt
saony. Badens spent the incred
IVle total of more than Z.
hoars tracing for the FBI the
liflcauons of th Commanlst
isptraey.
During these same years, Lat
timore held an honored academic
appointment, while Vincent oc
rupied positions of the highest
trust in the State Department.
They were both immeasurably
more important figures than th
many other men Budenz was ac
cusing to the FBL Yet during
four whole years and 3.000 hours
of inquisition, from 1948 through
1949, the record shows that Bu
denz never once mentioned to
the FBI that either Lattimore or
Vincent was a secret Communist.
A built-in pick-up in Bndens's
memory evidently begaa to oper
as fa the winter of 1950. when
Sea. Joseph R. McCarthy started
bis attack on Communists tn
nrerament. In the ensuing com
motion, Badens first denounced
La"more and later Vincent to
his FBI friends, and then ac
cused them as "Communist Party
members" in sworn public testl-'
mony. This belated recollection,
unsupported by a shred of inde
pendent evidence, seemed a bit
odd to say the least. The whole
thing began to look downright
fishy when Budens later became
the star witness to Sen, Pat Me
Carran's Internal Security Com
mittee. Budenz then, for the first time,
made a specific statement about
Lattimore and Vincent that could
be checked against historic facts.
He told the McCarran Commit
tee that Lattimore and Vincent
acting as "members of the Com
munist Party" had been "relied
on" to guide Henry A. Wallace
"along the paths" of the -Communist
Party line on his mission
to China in 1944.
The facts flatly refuted this
first attempt of Badens to docu
ment his charges. As It happened,
the person who mainly guided
the somewhat confused Vie
President during his China mis
sion was this reporter. Vincent
helped to rive his gnidanc ia
sa important way. Lattimore did
not guide Wallace at any time.
The result of this reporter's and
Vincent's ruidance was aa ar
gent recommendation. Wallace
arged that 1 President Roosevelt
should remove General Joseph
V. StillwelL who strongly fav
ored the Chinese Communists,
from command In China- and
should give the command to the
stoutly anti-Communist General
Albert C Wedemeyer.
This was the strongest blow
that could then be struck at the
Communist cause in China. When
Wedemeyer actually replaced
Stillwell a few months later, th
undoubted effect was to defer
the Chinese Communist triumph
for a period of years. Hence the
facts glaringly contradicted Bu
denz's sworn testimony. When
asked to explain, Budenz only
entangled hiimelf in a further
web of contradiction.
This reporter, thea being re
luctantly called by the McCarran
Committee, therefore felt bound
to recommend that the case of
Louis Budens bo submitted to
the Justice Department for in
vestirstioa of perjury. As might
have been expected, however.
Sen. McCarran and his far from
Impartial Investigators ljrnered
an th evidence aratnst Tiudenx.
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It
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honors as "longer, lower, wider, sleeker and
greater horsepower model," it smacks of fertile
imagination and healthy self - confidence that
two men should run counter to these consumer
demands and produce an automobile of these
diminuitive proportions. And, despite all predic
tions to the contrary, the two have managed to
gain considerable success in a large-scale field
usually dealing in production orders in the hun
dreds of thousands. The corporation is abje to
produce about 100 of these one-cylinder, air
cooled, two-passenger fleaweights a month and
production units are described far below the in
creasing rate of demand.
Enterprise and individual initiative and in
genuity are still great factors in America.
Now that you've bought presents for all the
kiddies and sent Christmas cards to all the peo
ple you know and taken care of all the rela
tives with a remembrance, why not do a favor
for a total stranger before Christmas. It will
bring a little extra happiness into someone's
life. And we don't necessarily mean the strang
er's life we mean your own.
Editorial Comment
TWO STRAWBERRIES INSTEAD OF ONE
Some old timers in the Willamette valley prob
ably still scratch their heads when groups talk
seriously about the need for irrigation in the re
gion. Time was when rain was considered a surplus
commodity, but the experience of the past summer,
particularly, drove home the fact that in years to
come the Willamette valley probably will be buying
water.
This probability was given added credence Wed
nesday at the session of the Willamette Basin Pro
ject Commission in Salem, Engineer for the organ
ization presented a program to bring over 500,000
acres in the valley under irrigation, 40,900 of them
in Clackamas county.
Studies prepared by various agencies during th
past year or two have emphasized that Oregon is
one of the great potential "bread baskets" of th
expanding West. The population growth has chang
ed the supply picture. The time has come, or is
fast approaching, when western markets make pos
sible western outlets which can compete profitably
with those in other areas. As these western markets
become stabilized assured through local consumer
needs the demands on production, particularly
agriculture production, will be tremendous.
It is good therefore, that plans are already mov
ing to meet future demands. There is not much
land left in the Willamette valley to be brought
under profitable cultivation, but there still remains
many ways of increasing the productivity of thos
lands already being cultivated; and one of th
best Is to get a controlled amount of water onto
the land. An adequate supply of water added to
chemically-developed fertilizers and plant food
can, without question, make two strawberries grow
where only on grew before. (Oregon City Enterprise-Courier).
Well, we now approach that frayed edge of the Yule tea
son when those sluggards (including 90 per cent of us) who failed
to take the commercial bull by the horns
and do their Christmas shopping early are now
wondering what in the heck to get the kiddies.
For these undecided parents we make our
annual list of suggested gifts for the kids. If
yott don't find these at local stores drop a lino
to the old boy at the North Pole.
JUNIOR LET'S FLAT ' POLITICS SET.
This sturdy, educational gam will keep your
child oeeapled for hoars at a time.
It will sis teach him to be a leader. Th set includes the follow
ing articles: (1) Alphabetically arranged list of doable-meaning
Barnes to call one's opponents. (Z) Two quarts of special mud
and two ever-wear slings to sUng It with. (1) Three dosen Com
munist labels. (4) Two dosen red barrings. (5) Selected, list of
homey, humorous yarns, (f ) Screened Ust of suitable quotations
from Lincoln, Jefferson and the Bible. (7) Fear solutions to th
Korean war.
HANDY BOOK OF KIDDIE EXCUSES. A compilation of
over 300 tried and true children's excuses one to fit every
occasion. Did your son have a ready excuse that time he burned
down the garage? Or did he just stand there grinning word
lessly? If your child is unable to come up with quick, plaus
ible alibis for most of the trouble he causes he needs this book.
The excuses are arranged alphabetically for speedy reference.
Manufacturers' motto is: "No matter what he does, we've got
an excuse for it!"
SUPER DELUXE LETS GO FISHING GAME. With this
remarkable gam children can make-believe they are going fish
ing Just like Daddy and Unci Clarence. This set contains every
thing needed for the child to pretend h is a a fishing trip.
Includes: (1) Dried up river. (2) Four under-sixed. Illegal fish.
(S) Fishing rod guaranteed to break on the first strike. (4) List
f 29 Imported fisherman's alibis designed to fit all situations.
(5) Two dozen "N Fishing,' "No Trespassing,' "Keep Oat,
This Means You, and "This Stream Closed To All AngRng,"
signs, (f ) Quart of assorted rusty hooks, out-of -season flies, bent
spinners, faulty lines and unsuccessful lures. (7) On empty creel
guaranteed to stay that way.
JUST KIDS COWBOY AND INDIAN SET. This is really a
bargain offer. When you buy this set for your kiddies look
what you get: (1) One dozen full-blooded Sioux Indians. (2)
Thirty-acre section of the Mojave Desert. (3) Three genuin
pony express riders. (4) Four tough hombres. (5) One column
of U. S. Cavalry. (6) Three gallons of real blood. (7) One hun
dred assorted war whoops, death cries, women and children
screams, bugle calls and arrow pings. (8) Ten tall cliffs with
pools of water at the bottom suitable for leaping off into. (9)
Two dyed-in-the-wool, tobacco-chewing, bewhiskered Indian
scouts, complete with sage remarks and hilarious repartee. (10)
Twenty boxes of bloody bandages, strips of petticoats suitable
for binding wounds, bullet-torn and arrow-pierced shirts,
jackets and hats. (11) Three freight-cars full of dust for
sprinkling on men, horses and landscape. (12) 5,000 rounds of
small -arms fire.
Washington Mirror
and Instead recommended dir
pains and penalties for Latti
more and Vincent.
The case of Vincent came bo
fore Sen. Hiram Bingham's Loy
alty Review Board, Th Board
nimbly eluded any confrontation
between Vincent and his chief
accuser, and made no attempt
whatever to sift the contradic
tions in Budenz's testimony. Th
Budenz testimony was skated
over, and Vincent was held to
be doubtfully loyal on the
grounds of bad judgment and
bad association, which in itself
sets a very grave precedent.
The ease of Lattimore la mor
curious still. If Lattimore per
jured himself at all, he perjured
himself most blackly and most
completely when be denied Bu
denz's charge of Communist
Party membership. By the same
token, if Lattimore did not com
mit perjury in denying this
charge, then Budens must have
committed perjury la making it,
One man or the other Is plainly
a liar. In this connection. It is
strikingly Interesting that the
leading China lobbyist. Albert
Kohlberg. hss recently testified
that he did not bellev that Lat
timore is a Commanlst Party
member. In short, Kohlberg pro- ,
claimed a disbelief ia the sworn
testimony of Budens, with whom
ho has been intimately linked.
Yet th Justice Department's
carefully drawn indictment en
tirely omits to accuse Lattimore
of perjury on this one count that
is crucial. Lattimore, like Vin
cent, Is to be. refused the oppor
tunity of confronting his chief
accuser. He too is to be tried on
charges essentially subsidiary.
This reporter would not put
up a nickel of bail for either
Vincent or Lattimore, and would
give no word of testimony con
cerning them, except about the
one Incident known from direct
experience the curious incident
of the real guidance of Henry
Wallace in China In 1944. But
whether these two men are
guilty or innocent, the fact re
mains that the handling of their
eases is a gross travesty of Jus
tice. If this kind of shifty, squalid
truckling to public hysteria con
tinues much longer, the sacred
rights of American citizens will
to be worth very
fCopyrUrht, 19SZ,
N-w York HrratH Tribune. Inc.l
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON Apprehen
sion is Santa's biggest headache
this season in the Nation's capi
tal. Many a lam duck Congress
man and top drawer bureaucrat
has packed his valise and de
parted; but many more govern
ment employes are staying on in
a stat of apprehension, won
dering whether Ike's new broom
will sweep them out too.
Should they tighten their belts
this Christmas, or should they
spend what may be their last
government paychecks?
Sensing this dilemma, a Wash
ington chain store offered its so
lution through a full-page ad in
local newspapers captioned AN
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES:
"We're not worried, ' why
should you be? Since Nov. 4
theres been a lot of talk and
speculation about the future.
Thousands and you may be
one of them have expressed
fears about losing their jobs duo
to th change in administration
. . . It's true that there will be
some changes made. It's only
natural. But, based on what has
gone before the changes will bo
relatively few and we are pre
pared to guarantee our faith in
the new administration, to prove
our contention that you will re
tain your Job, with the most
earth shaking offer in our his
tory! -ANY GOVERNMENT EM
PLOYEE WHO PURCHASES A
TELEVISION SET, A REFRIG
ERATOR, A WASHER OR ANY
MAJOR APPLIANCE AT OUR
STORE BETWEEN NOW AND
DEC 24, 1952, AND LOSES
HIS JOB BY REASON OF THE
CHANGE IN ADMINISTRA
TION BEFORE JUNE 30, 1953
MAY RETURN ANY . MER
CHANDISE FOR A FULL RE
FUND. furthermore, we will grant
credit to any government em
ploy regardless of party affilia
tion, regardless of department,
agency or bureau, on th same
basis as always ..."
A fellow who apparently
wasnt deterred from doing some
Christmas shopping in our town
because he had been done out
of a Job by the Republican vic
tory is Gov. Adlai Stevenson.
Washington lawyer George W.
Ball, longtime friend of Steven-,
son, joined the Illinois governor
for a downtown shopping tour
when he was in town recently.
Stevenson and Ball parted at a
crowded corner when the Gov
ernor's car came by to take him
to the airport. As lawyer Ball
walked off, a stranger button
holed him and asked:
"Who was that guy you were
with? Pro sure I've seen him
somewhere before."
Like the tinsel and the rein
deer songs which tend to ob
scure the Christmas story - of
Bethlehem, the elaborate cere
mony connected with moving the
IT s Constitution and the Dec
laration of Independence over
shadowed a story of reverence
regarding these precious docu
ments. For more than 30 years the
documents were the main attrac
tion at the Library of Congress,
until last week when they were
carried in an armored car (their
specially-built cases resting on
Gi. mattresses to avoid road
shock) to the National Archives,
repository for our historical
papers.
The uniformed guards at the
Library who have watched over
the Declaration and the Consti
tution during the long visiting
hours, were saddest to see them
moved, even though their new
home .includes a 50-ton vault
into which th documents de
scend each night. For these
guards hav had th unique ex
perience of observing tourists of
all sorts, but Americans all,
come to worship literally wor
ship at the shrine of freedom.
They noted that a great cathe
dral would not have evoked a
more reverent attitude from the
persons who stepped up to ex
amine the faint handwriting of
Thomas Jefferson which begins,
"When in the course of human
events . . ." and goes on to de
clare the independence of the
colonies from Britain; and the
lettering which is prefaced by
the familiar preamble, "We, the
People of the United States . . ."
Many visitors knelt to pray
before these powerful words, so
many that the Library subse
quently installed a marble kneel
ing bench. Some leaned forward
to kiss the glass-topped case.
And more than a few men and
women turned to leave with
cheeks dampened by the tears
they could not controL
Significantly; th same week
these documents were being
moved the Supremo Court just
across the street was demon
strating once again th vitality
of the Constitution as it pre
pared to "make another historical
decision: Are the Constitutional
rights, of citizens being violated
by states that separate black
Americans from white Ameri
cans m tax-supported public
school systems?
Court decisions across the
years have mad th 163-year-old
Constitution a foundation
for government today. The
Americans whose reverence of
freedom has brought them in
droves to read the great docu
ment, to kneel and to pray, as
sure its strength tomorrow.
Ffcona 43-3333
The Safety Valve
Commends Mrs. Bowen
To the Editor:
I am greatly distressed by the
news that Miss Marion Bowen
of the County Welfare is to bo
transferred from Salem. I have
been acquainted with Miss Bow
en since she first came to Salem,
and I know personally of many
places where she has done com
mendable things and has shown
excellent judgment in dealing
with people.
My husband and I cannot see
our good friend and the friend
of many needy people in Marion
County be dismissed from her of
fice without voicing our concern,
and express a hope that the
matter may be reconsidered by
those in authority.
Marion Bowen is a good wom
an, and has done a fine service
for the people of Salem and Mar
ion County. Those of us who
know about her should make our
ideas known.
Mrs. Jack Fong Chan
284 N. Commercial St.,
Salem, Ore.
Opposes Compulsion
To the Editor:
It appears that Mr. John C. F.
Merrifield would like to turn the
pages back 500 years when re
ligions were forced upon people.
Doesn't he remember his history,
how this great country was colo
nized by people seeking religious
freedom? Whose Bible and what
version would he choose that
would satisfy all readers?
Mr. Merrifield surely knows
that there are many faiths who
do not use the Bible for spiritual
guidance, nor do they look upon
the book with the same view as
do the United Churchmen.
Men in Mr. Merrifield's posi
tion could learn a lesson from
Chester Horn, and in the capaci
ty of senator, promote legisla
tion that would yield greater re
wards than what he proposes.
Max A. Brown
Route 1, Box 248-X
Stayton, Ore.
Would Douse Mor Lights
To the Editor:
I stood on a busy street corner
in Salem and it was less than
two weeks until Christmas.
Th crowds were there, the
music, and th Salvation Army
workers, and, yes, the lights too,
but for me the wrong lights were
burning.
I stared up at the Santas and
bells hanging unlit amid their
greenery, looking half -apologetic
as though they thought it was a
week after Christmas and some
one had forgotten to tak them
down or had hung them in July
by mistake.
I miss all the Christmas lights
and I think this is a good chance
for the Downtown Merchants
Ass'n. to show their good will to
the townspeople by its members
sacrificing their outdoor neons in
favor of the "Christmas Look."
If there was some objection to
this, but the majority still want
ed to cooperate with Santa,
couldn't there be a compromise
with stores turning off neons and
unnecessary lights at closing
time?
Spose maybe?
Mrs. W. E. Hartley
Salem, Ore.
(Editor's note: " Many mer
chants already have reduced the
hours of store lighting.)
Air-Tight Cars
Dangerous
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry warned Friday against riding
in . air-tight automobiles even . in
the coldest weather.
He said carbon monoxide pois
oning, generally the result of de
fective exhaust equipment, are
reported at frequent intervals in
Oregon. Newbry said drivers
should keep a window of their
cars open at all times.
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