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4 The Cis'rrntfmCcIia, Q?t Stcadary, T-rr, 4 m -' i . . ' ;' asaaaBSBMah tMMA . , j - -No PiioJbed every morning BuaUtcaa office lis S. OmumtcUI SU Salem. Ora.. Telephone t-2441. By carrla tm elUes: Dally and Sunday Dally only ..... .Sunday only By aaaO, Saaday only (la adranca) I Aaywhara la U. 8. ,,, J Associate Praaa ; - Baraaa ac aaarttataa ITha Associated Praaa la tnttUed exclusively ta tha Baa AaTea" Kawaaaaet ftkUaaara Asaa, laa, i (or republication tt all local ncwa printed la (Advertising repreeeatattvao Ward-Griffith Co this newspaper). Naw York Chicago. Baa Crandsco. Datroit). Aadtt Bareaa at Clrcalatioos Korean Tales' Whatever else may be said about "Korean Tales" by Lt. CoL Melvin B. Voorhies (Simon & Schuster, N.Y., $3.00) this much is true, the book is well written. It is not a chronological history of the war in Korea where Voorhies served for many months. It is a pot pouri of fedapressions, of experiences, a combination of reporting and of editorializing on the rough, tough job' of waging an unwelcome war in a rugged land. Voorhies himself is under military charges for failing to submit his manuscript to the War department before publishing it; but this news doubtless, is good "advertising for the book. What the military doesn't want the public to read, that the public will seek out. The ones most unhappy Over Voorhies com ments are the press correspondents who covered the war in Korea. In his official duties the au thor was thrown in constant touch with them and their grist of news for papers back home. He found many of them lacking in social con- aciousness ; and in moral willingness to confess error or untruth. He blames much of their ' straying from the ethical path to pressure from editors at home for the "fresh lead," the "ex clusive," the "big story," the "eye-popper." He accuses them of being inaccurate and "for tunately" he says, usually wrong in their pre dictions. At that he singles out a goodly num ber. Homer Bigart of the NY Herald-Tribune at the head of the list, for special, commenda tion, j At least these comments should take a little of the conceit out of the news and radio services even though Voorhies may have indulged in Overstatement in venting his gripes. . One of the best chapters in the book is .The Generals." It refers particularly to General Walker who was the field commander until his death in a traffic accident, and his relations with General Almond who had the separate command of X Corps. The lack of close liason hampered operations after the Inchon landing and may have contributed to the failure, to seal up the enemy and wind up the war in the fall of 1950. Walker was preeminently a battle field commander, with no sense of dramatics r of 'public relations." Thus he got a "cold press'r whereas McArthur and Ridgway, who succeeded Walker,- rated as newsworthy per sonally. Some time some competent military historian should do a study of the conduct of the Korean war. This Voorhies book offers only a few sidelights, and much of what has been written has been colored by the MacArthur re lationship or is not based on thorough scholar ship. That will await the opening of the docu ments. I s- Voorhies indulges himself in a varied style of writing. Some of his chapters are narratives. Others are letters or character sketches. One Is a cameo of a Korean grandmother, who walks eut of the poor home and on toward the river, e leave more food for the younger ones; another is the confessional of the sergeant who machine-gunned a group of captives: "It was Eisenhower Facing Greater Problems Than Those of Any Incoming American President ci wmmm . mum . m.. . a I A- 1 ! -&-t-71I A.! M 1 A At n A By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON This is the official turning of the year. In practice, however, the new year will really be gin, for Amer- 1 a . m . x,xrica ana iar mm , : - Western World, ; . when .Dwight "ID. Eisenhower I takes his Presi- 'V--;--Jdentlal oath. v ; That day. ia his inaugural , address, Eisen- hower will summon Amer . - icans to a new i new sense ex their high task. Soon thereafter he will reveal the .broad outline MfiX his practical program in his - message on the State of the! Union, which will be' his first - aWwn-to - earth statement of policy. . The two speeches, which Eisenhower has already decided ' to differentiate la this manner, win symbolize together the :,?5uwart A!mem two great goals ..... he has set for himself. In an ,: atmosphere grown fetid with political squalor and - political ugliness, he hopes to bring about a renewal of faith. And in a time when American policy sometimes -seems to swing aimlessly; like a broken shutter in the wind, he : hopes to achieve reinvigorauon by works. - v ; rOne thing fa clear, even new; - ahent this treat eaterarise that . Osenaower is ewaarling an. It Is coins te make 1SS1 a wonder rally besy and probably arre eseatatire year The raage ef activity, the variety af the al ready tereaeeable canses of da iBte. are little short ef stapeB-tees. L2L I Favor Stray 17 No Fear Sh-alT From First 'Stotesmsa. Mareb St. 1S51 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE,5 Editor and Publisher' Caterad at ciaaa matter IUBKVRION BATES By aaaU, Dally .$ 1.49 par na LS3 par ma. . a But counties 4 Ban ton. Claclramaa. as Marion. JO par S.75 ate SUM year Daawnara ta Oregon . In U S. outside Oregon t on Weekly Progress better. The State Department is to be reorganized again John Foster Dulles has asked D o n a 1 d B. Lourie, President of the Quaker Oats Company, to undertake this grisly job as a Second Under Secretary of State. While the policy-making machinery is in mid-upheaval, the Korean prob lem is to be boldy tackled cer-; tain of Eisenhower's advisors 'are now discussing the use of atomic ' weapons - against the enemy ground forces there, which should provoke a major inter-Allied turmoil. Other great ; , problems, like - lado-China, are also to be firmly attacked end . this can make trouble with: the , Congress..; j, .- The defense : bmdget is te be recast amonf the Elsenbower , men there is nraeh talk ef eaa-i ! eelllac the balk af the giant eairier pracTazn aad otherwise "lirinsinjr the Navy forces level inte lino with national stratery." which shemld : toeeli . aft UU a ' third- reseendma . controversy. While the existing defense pro gram is being tarned apslda dawn, tt Is also planned ';te eras each' hmre nettles as the crest . Isaacs raised by the hydrogen - bomb and the .; vast and nrrcnt aroblem ef American air defense. - A new relation between Con . gress and the White House must be hammered out and it may be said on good authority that few : Eisenhower men count on -basing this relation on continued peaceful cooperation n between ' Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bob-i ' ert , A. TafL .Taxes, , inflation. Wage and price controls, farm . policy, internal security policy : all these must be revised or re-' defined. And while all this is .going on, the outside world will still be pressing ever new pro posals and demands upon Eisen hower. Even, before his inaugu- . ration, for instance, Winston Ch urchin win almost surely lay before him a new British plan . for currency stAiHzation, which may involve drastic .American tariff redactions, . end certainly caU for a massive American con tribution to a broader monetary ? Aips" Um posioffloa at OreJ aa second atarcb Vina, tuar act r aad Saaday Cta adranca) IM par us au 1040 year LM par 1M per Polk. YamhUU l they or we." War brings its tragedies and Its pathos, and Voorhies has caught both but very little of comedy in this most humorless war. Thomas Mann and the West The foremost German arriter of the mid century is Thomas Mann. He left his native country put of abhorrence of nazi rule and be came a naturalized American citizen. He is living again in Germany, but retains his new citizenship. Often identified with left-wing causes as have been many of the intelligentsia, he recently renewed his expression of loyalty to the democracy of the West. Interviewed by the Neue Zeitung, the U. S. sponsored paper at Frankfurt, this author of some of the great novels of our time "Tha Magic - Mountain," "Joseph," summed up his philosophy thus: "All my doing and my striving, all my books and writings, and all my being show that I am relentlessly endeavoring to contribute, in accordance with 'my abilities, to the great cul tural heritage of the West; to spread among the people a little more joy, knowledge, and wis dom, and greater cheerfulness; to serve them thus and to justify my existence by my work." This is a wholesome pattern for living and for work.' That this great intellectual identifies himself fully with the West gives heart to those who seek to preserve the climate of in tellectual liberty in which great minds may flourish and bear fruit for human good. The Dayton Tribune appeared in a new, tab loid form in its recent issue. The publisher, R. R. Allison, explains that when the. wholesale house discontinued supply of "canned features" (boiler plate to the trade) it was necessary to go all-home-print; and this made the smaller size more practicable. We believe the readers will welcome the change, for it is the home news they really want in the home paper. The con tent of the Tribune appears improved by the forced change. ' Another weekly, the Stayton Mail, went to seven-column size in its last issue, adding a column to provide more space. Thus . do . home town newspapers seek tot' serve their readers Early detection of a blaze in the metal remelt room at The Statesman and prompt action with fire extinguishers and the swift arrival of the fire department confined the damage to some charred walls and burned electric circuits. Thanks to the precautions of the fire depart ment water damage was niL The Statesman is most grateful to the firemen for their good work, and appreciates the offer of facilities by the Capital Journal which, however, were not needed. We have been racing against time and fire hazard to get into a new, fire-safe build ing; and hope to have no fresh! outbreak of fire before we can move, several weeks hence. stabilization fund for the West ern World. It is only necessary to re dowa this extremely incomplete Hst to see two thincs. First ef an, the treat numbers of people whe hope the Elsenhower Adminis tration will prove a sort ef pe ' Utlcal celden-ace,iare dae for e sad disappointment. Se many eomalex aestions cannot be .ventilated, se many vital deci ' sions eaaaet be reached, with eat: b feed deal ef friction. The concord that prevails today can not -prevan much leacer, for very ebvieea practical reasons. Second, however, the very fact Eisenhower and his co-workers plan such an aggressive attack on so many fronts at once is in itself vastly encouraging.- Ameri can government has too long been languid and palsied. The biggest trouble, at home and abroad, has been the loss of vigor and self-confidence. Yet with an their Titer, all -their self -confidence,' aU their lreaaaeas ef outlook, Elsenhower, and his new men wiU else need to be wise in themselves and strengthened by the ! support of a united nation. This time that is bestnainc sow is the time that mast shape the future ef Amer , ka and ef the world. ' ; i: r-: It is the time that aU the Chiefs . of Staff in aU the Western na tions have chosen as the mo ment of greatest anger, by rea son . of the completion of the , Soviet rearmament program. It is the tune that win ten whether the ' Western alliance can hold . together. It is the; time that win tell whether this! nation can do is Job as the leader of the free world. No President, not even Abraham Lincoln, has taken of fice with such a; heavy burden of immediate responsibility, amid such dangers, or surrounded by such difficulties. If I2senhowr fails, the last best hope wd faU -with hinv- But as the year 19S3 opens,, the signs are that Eisen hower win succeed. Ctoprriyht, ia Nw York Karaid Tribune. ta& . (Continued amendment requires petitions signed by IS per cent of the reg istered voters although the gene ral local option law sets the re quirement at only ten per cent. The duty of the legislature is set forth in the amendment as follows: "The Legislative Assembly shall provide in such details as it shall deem advisable for carry ing out and admlntesing the provisions of this amendment and shall provide adequate safe guards to carry out the original intent and purpose of the Oregon Liquor Control Act, including the promotion of temperance in the use and consumption- of alcoholic beverages, encourage the use and ' ! isJ3y n y cikJuxtf&''"" jaaa asa, m Pw r BFasyssa j aawa'aaayr One man's fearless prediction of things to come In 1953: INTERNATIONAL The world should be at peace in 1953 provided no police actions occur anyplace . . . The possibility remains good that the Korean 1953 this is ed good in 1952 in 1954 . . . If out of words we panied by cuds S' contact with but nobody will FOLTTICS It can be safely said that Sea. Morse will, la the years ahead, spend some of his time vstinc with the Repub licans, seme ef his time vettBg with the Democrats and the rest of his time explaining his veto . . . We predict that the ItSS legis latare win agaia ansae tessfnlly predict the end of it session . SPORTS Look for several boats between Rita and. Aly. . . . Joe Leads win net be a threat this, year in the heavyweight boxing drrisiea . . . AU the people whe bet and lost en the 1953 World Series will bet and probably lose est the 1953 series . . . Don Barter win get a caU every Friday, night from yoh-know-whe asking him where to go flshiag sad. eae day la 191 llarger win teU hint where to go l".i:: DRAMA-TV wrestlers will.be awarded Pulitzer prizes for being the best actors in 1952., on the life and times of Harry AGEMENT We can look for a especially in Washington . . Jlxperts say if more people seek less jobs in ,1953 it will mean something is wrong somewhere . . BUSINESS Business men who have a bad year in 53 will have to find sorne thing else to blame it on besides those dang Dem ocrats . . . Two or three times during the coming year an Import ant person will remark that a general business recession is or is not "Just around the corner . . .Washington, D. furriers win have a rough time of it this HUMAN AFFAIRS It is safe to say that la 1953 half, the married persons wiU be women and half men except maybe ta Denmark . . Daring the year at least 12 prominent Bollywood movie couples wUl get drrerees, 12 more win deny they are teing to get divorces and 12 snore will get divorces so they can remarry and 12 mere win remark publicly that somebody is trylnc te give Bonywoed a bad name . . . Around about Jnly, say a yeath in Colorado wiU get trapped in an abandoned weU And ta Aagast 472; residents of a ) smaU meaatala towa. ta Arkansas wm sight a flyinx saaeer . . .and the Air Force win blame It ea hypnotism, . . WEATHER During 1953 a certain number ot days wiU be " cloudy.others will be partly cloudy and others clear and; the rest can be blamed on atomic experiments During August in Salem a total of 725 persons will remark that Oregon jum mers are getting hotter . . The weatherman this year will con tinue to have his fun with weather predictions . . ; SCIENCE About mid-year look for r scientist to announce that expieri - ments have been started on a new bomb called the bomb reputed to be 100 times more powerful than the H-bomb , . . A young research worker in California will reveal plans for an interplanetary motorcycle. . . A real estate dealer in Chicago will start selling lots on the moon . . . GENERAL In general in 1953 we predict that one day; will follow another despite rumors to the contrary. - . . . ! ; 1 ! - . ; from page one) consumption of lighter beverages, and aid in the establishment of Oregon industry." Under these terms the Legisla ture is due to ride off in all di rections at the same time! . Presumably tha Legislature will lay down the conditions for licensing of liquqor-by-the-glass dispensaries, and give to the Liquor Control Commission re sponsibility for licensing and policing such places. This prompts the query if the added burden may not Justify making the Commission a salaried, full time bodyi ? . The last paragraph of tha amendment says that all indi viduals shall be treated equally; difficulty will be resolved in the same possibility which look and will probably look good the Korean truce talkers run predict they will resort to sign language . . . DTTER-PLAN1CTARY We pre dict that flying saucers in 1953 will be accom and silverware .i . Look for Sen. McCarthy to launch a movement to, fer ret out Reds on Mars . .1 . Venus will come in Taurus the! Bull early-this year, notice it, j . . Bollywood will do a movie Truman . . . LABOR-MAN heavy job turnover In 1953 year . and that all provisions shall be liberally construed, f This gives quite a leverage against limiting licenses to a few upper crust clubs and restaurants. The final effect of the amendment prob ably wiU be the return of the open saloon with soup and pot roast added. . i The legislature can draw from the experience of ; Washington which let down (opened) tha bars to hard liquor a few years ago. There is no doubt though that adoption of the amendment will open a new chapter in Oregon history of dealing with the liquor traffic; and if conditions grow worse wo may expect a revival of attempts to dry up localities or even the state. The problem of control pf traffic in alcoholic beverages is one that refuses to stay solved; -i : ; VETS GET BENEFITS MANILA, yp) The US. Veter ans Administration office in the Philippines 4ias disbursed more than 300 million dollars since July, 1948, to American and Filipino veterans of tilt UJ5. armed forces. rm LrAli uliuviyjuuv - W wiU accept j" I- f all order. ;;l !v j Cs gJg received before j sAy' :; I yy ore closing j Sly y I r JanMaryl7. ; eiy AT OLD F0ICE51 I , " . ;-- " - I IPithl ' - - : HCZJ l.'OUOJt ;S0 to " " ' t , . . . - - - . . - ' . . ' , , -,. . . . T I 1 - - - - f , i By A, ROBERT SMTTH . Statesman Correspeadent . , WASHINGTON -The Nation's' , Capital can toss its head In hap- ' py pride on Jan. 20 -for it will be able to lead the inaugura-i tion parade down Pennsyl vania avenue with a decora tive float more in keeping with -Its importance as a city than had been antic ipated. -." Washington's city fathers are three commis sioners, who are at the mercy of Congress on the matter of funds. They have all been agon izing lately in print, on the radio and television over the fact that Congress last June had slashed the "ceremonial fund," used for welcoming dignitaries to ! Wash ington. The commissioners wail ed that what with welcoming General Eisenhower in Novem ber, and allocating for parade route bunting, etc., they didn't have enough money for i con struction of a float for inaugura tion day. As a matter of cold fact, they had $883 left land It was estimated that suitable in augural parade float will cost around $2500. j The sanitation department of fered to construct a float, using street cleaning equipment,- but the commissioners turned : them down. The District float will lead the parade and it just .wouldn't be seemly to have a tacky 'float represent the Nation's Capital when streaming along, behind the home-made float would be fancy numbers from the rest of the United States. ! The dilemma which faced the commissioners was solved this week because of a benign and generous gesture by the chair man of the Republican: Inaugu ral Committee. He announced that his committee is giving the commissioners $2500 for a float so now everybody's happy, ."1:1 On the matter of budget rat ing for the District of Columbia, a good many people are worried that because of the slash of funds by Congress for the Wash ington police force, there will bo a worsening of the increase in crime when the anticipated 180.- 000 visitors flood the city for the inaugurauon.xesuviues.j Washington, unfortunately,' has a higher rate of crime than has any other city in the United States. The city's police force, already dangerously low in man power because of the ! low pay scale, was refused its request to increase the number of ! men needed to cope with the rising tide of crime. This was before Congress adjourned in July. An emergency situation exists now, for the criminal element (already flocking to Washington in anticipation of easy pickings when the inaugural celebrants crowd the city) knows that the police force is pitifully low and, Arac r ' .. aainai ii i aBaasssaaaaf A consequently there has been an upsurge of hold-ups, breakins and pocket-picking during the holidays. As a result, the metro politan police force is now re quiring its men to work overtime without pay until the situation clears. In an emergency situation such as this, the governing body of most towns would meet hur riedly to take action to curb the menace to its citizens. However, in Washington such action must await the pleasure of . Congress. ; o o o . ' A much happier development In the Capital has been the re cent approval by leading civic groups of a plan whereby the city wiU begin eliminating some of its worst slums. These bUshted areas exist in every corner of the -vtown and some are clustered within two blocks of the Capitol xjuuaing. iney nave provided a nagging contrast to the magnifi cent structures that have been erected to house the country's lawmakers : and other public buildings and monuments which are a source of pleasure to the visitors to Washington, j Civic groups have tangled over the problem for years, but most have now agreed that it's i high time to forget differences, and tet at the job. Boiled down, the plan wiU work something like this: The. Federal government buys the land in the clearance, area and try to find homes for' the slum , dwellers, then tear down the structures. The razed land is sold to private builders through competitive bidding and they wiU construct new housina- according to their plans, j This is a big order and the process wiU be a slow one: how ever, the plan's approval is a tTrslltsB 4a Wl im ia AAM1fA4(n , interests in Washington who have . been willing to compromise in order that the blight mirht ha removed. tf ; .: vf. ,rv 4Ti 4-3 eoo 1