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gfrtesv XImdnm day, Jagggry Tr HZl GRIN AND DEAR IT f , byHichty t t -No Favor Swayt Us No Fear Shall Axjd& , i ' . ' From First Statesman. March 22, 151 THE STATESftlAN ' PUBUSHING COMPANY ; CHARLES a! SPRAGUE, iklitor and Publisher . PoM tailed every morning Business office 113 8. Coeainercial SW Salem. -Ora, Telephone 3-2441. Entered at the poetofflce at Salem. Ore a second cIms matter uxder act congress March X 187s. By cafrte la cities! . Dallv end SundaJ . - ' Daily only r Saaday only . By audi. Saaea aaly (la Anywhere U. ft. SUBSCRIPTION BATKS ; . . By aaaU, Daily aa Saaday (to advance) .$ L4 par sas. ' la six oouatlce f 1.00 per ma ,. 1.25 per mo. (Benton. Clackamas. T I. , 6.23 six me, 4t week :?:':, ? itarUn. POCK. TamhUI. : -A;-; .:. .. ltJS Tar . vSE " - Rtoewhere ta Oregon ' mJmJLjLj U pee sssv . , t.74 six me year la u a. ootrtae Oregon . (The As art tea Press Associated Press tntttled exclusively to the nse ef Aaveraataa ef tea Aaaeficaa Newxpaper Pasllaaar (or repobttcatlao all local stews printed In Ann. (Advertising svostfattves Waea-GrMsW ? Ce, New York. Chicago. Saa Praaeisoo, Detroit). . Aadit Boreas of CtrcelaC - i : . . The ! Unhappy Rosenherg Case The case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg is an unhappy one from any angle. It is- especially so when contrasted to the case of Allan Nunn May, the British scientist who was released from prison for good behavior after serving six and a half years of his ten-year sentence for spying. The comparison begins with a parallel. Both Dr. May and the' Rosenbergs turned over to Russia important atomic information. Both in stances of giving away official secrets occurred when Russia was an ally of the United States and Britain. After the arrests and convictions of May and the Rosenbergs, however, the similar ity ends. May got ten years. He behaved well in prison. He's free free, in fact, to repeat the same offense if he can. For he stated that he has no regrets, that he helped Russia for the good of all humanity and if he had it to do over, he would. And under Britain's Official Secrets Act the maximum penalty would be 14 years' im prisonment because Russia is still technically a ''friendly nation. Even the "master spy" Klaus Fuchs will be only another British ex -con in I960., r Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg, on the other hand, were sentenced to death and they will be elec trocuted this month unless either President Tru man or President Eisenhower grant them a re prieve" or clemency. The Rosenbergs have an other chance to escape the chair: They can con fess and reveal the names of their communist associates. Their refusal to act thus in their own behalf would indicate how well disciplined they iTe by the Red apparatus they served. Meanwhile, communist organizations aided by fellow-travelers and front groups are kicking up furor, not so much, we suspect, to save the Ros enbergs (whose usefulness to the party is over) but to impress the gullible that the party cham pions the oppressed. All the rallies, picketing, and so on is for propaganda purposes and to give the comrades themselves a good workout; the Red bosses know that sort of ruckus isn't going to impress American courts or the president. seek out the voter. After election, the office holder theoretically is available to all, but he seldom has time to contact his constituents on his own initiative. Instead, individuals with an axe to grind start breathing down his neck; these and his political cronies are the only ones who make the effort to see him before a session starts. Informal public meetings arranged by civic organizations, League of Women Voters, or Young Democrats and Young GOPs in joint en-? deavor) would make it easier for both the legis lative delegation and the interested citizens to talk over matters of mutual concern before the lawmaking1 begins. These conferences should have sequels after the session ends, at which time constituents shouldhave a chance to Call upon the lawmakers for an accounting of their stewardship and in general talk over the work of the assembly. Both "before" and "after" meetings could be broadcast by local radio sta tions to adapt to modern requirements this re vival of the old New England-type town meeting. 1 ' "Just tell them we spent every cent we teak la... and roord, too! . rm sure the Geverameat smderstands abeat deficit spending." ' S32383C 3tP 8GB0S08 ffiD ODCd (Continued from page one) ft Town Meeting for Legislators Folks in Coos and Curry Counties get a chance to confer with their representatives to the 1953 Oregon legislature at informal get-togethers sponsored by civic groups and newspapers. There any constituent who wants to give a legis lator a piece of advice is promised a hearing. Such an opportunity for the public to give its home team a last-minute pep talk should be ex tended to communities all over the state. Too often, the only time constituents see the politi cians is just before election when office-seekers on monkeys. The virus of polio causes disease only among pri mates, with very rare excep tions, working with monkeys was slow and expensive busi ness. They were trapped in Asia or Africa and transported here. They had to be cared for, and then if disease developed after innoculation the animals had to be sacrificed for examination of the spinal cord. . The discovery of the tissue culture method is described in an article by Joseph L. Melnick in the November Scientific Am erican. Three researchers John F. Enders, Thomas H. Weller and Frederick C. Rob bins found a way to grow the virus of polio in cultures of monkey or human tissues other than those of the brain and spi nal cord. Human tissue is avail able after some types of surgi cal operations. The tissue is cut .into small pieces and suspend ed in a nutrient solution. Strands of cells' then will grow for several weeks from the bits of tissue. If one of the polio viruses is added to the test tube the . strands of cells are de stroyed. Under this controlled situation it is possible to add antibodies and test the reaction to see whether they will halt Ecumenical Hassles Maybe sports editors ought to be more care ful about the hefty verbs they use with such eclat, especially in regard to the church league basketball fracuses (fraci?). Consider how the typical sports-page account of the interdenominational hoop loop results must sound to the Russians: Jason Lees defeated Knight Memorial; Cal vary Baptist whipped First Christians; Engle wood Evangelical United Brethren rolled by St. Paul's Episcopal; First Christians whalloped Chemawa; Nazarene trounced Calvary Baptists; First Evangelical United Brethren smothered deaf school, First Christians clobbered Presby terians. Such stories in our newspapers should make it clear to the Russians that the Early Christians of Rome had it easy compared, to the First Chris tians of Salem. And the Inquisition was a parlor game compared to the way our Methodists get , burned up at a foul play. We recall that the Russians claimed last spring verted by Americans into a bloody struggle in JVlCCartnV 5 CIVS TrUtTICin Thanked which Giants Skin Indians. Yanks Slay Dodcers. 1 1 ' 71 . 1 Vl 1 lv" 1 1 ,VJI "WT and bollplayers are bought and sold in the open AAweAt-w- iVA-r U hl lss I J gen- " wsws j iiiuii it vwe wiuiicvvuiu - I the destruction caused by the virus.' As Mr. Melnick writes: "From this may come a labora tory diagnosis test for polio myelitis infection - in man." Thus it may become possible quickly to identify the type pf virus which has infected a suf ferer from the, . disease there are three prinbipal types now . recognized. The next step of course will be to find some vaccines which may provide immunity or greatly reduce the virulence of the disease. There is another approach to Immunization and that is the injection of a human blood frac tion, gamma globulin, which Us rich In antibodies to the three , polio- viruses. This was under taken in a large-scale test at Houston, Texas and other ci ties. It was thought that this treatment would aver the crip pling aftermath of polio. The results of these tests have not been fully publicised to date. Mr. Melnick concludes: "Altogether the arrival of the tissue-culture technique has greatly encouraged investiga tors of poliomyelitis. The day when the disease will be brought under control now seems closer." Closer; but not here yet. So the March ef Dimes will have to go on. Truman Backs Up Study of McCarran Act WASHINGTON Iff! President Truman hit back Monday at crit ics of a special presidential com mission set up to study the Mc-Carran-Walter Immigration - Act, . Truman said attacks on the com mission, which recommended op ening America's gates to 250,000 aliens annually, were unwarrant ed and "politically r motivated" Sen. McCarran (D.-Nev.). co-au thor of .the controversial legisla tion, previously had denounced op ponents of ' the act as including -out-and-out Reds." pinks" and demagogues who would auction the interests of America for al leged minority ilss votes. As It stands on the statute books. the act would set a limit of 154.- 657 on the number of Immigrants permitted to enter this - country each rear. Truman staunchly defended the commission in a statement issued when the group called at the White report, made public last Thurs day. - The report recommended too-to- bottom revision of the act. It de scribed the legislation, passed over Truman's veto at the last session of Congress, as "an arro gant, brazen instrument of discri mination based on race, 'creed. color and national origin. In his statement Monday. Tru man declared: "It is to be regretted that per sons who disagree with the find ings of the commission have re sorted to personal vituperation and slander of its members and its executive director. "Such politically motivated at tacks have, unfortunately, become all too common In controversies over issues of great public im portance. In this case, 'these at tacks are particularly unwarrant ed and reprehensible. "This is a commission of dis tinguished citizens,- noted for their experience with the subject under inquiry as churchmen, laymen or public officials. They have free ly given months of devoted, pa- triouc and able service In the in- some of the most important Ques tions that affect our country." Truman said the commission s report deserved to receive "the most serious consideration on its merits," and he added: "I believe that it will." Ex-Mayor Lee to Leave for Europe v ' WASHINGTON (A The State Department said Monday that Do rothy McCullough Lee. recently mayor of Portland, Ore., expects to leave Jan. 11 on a three-month assignment in Germany. : Mrs. Lee will advise German officials on phases of city and state government, under a State Depart ment grant. ' Her schedule includes Mainz. Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel, Duesset dorf, Essen and Schleswig-Hols-tein. . RT W mvytr WASHINGTON U Sen. Me- marketplace like slaves. Moscow's sporting try next may announce that the original-type Old Soviet game of Beskitboll is .now used by Carthy (R.-Wis.) produced Tues warring U. S. congregations to, liquidate each day a copy of a letter he said other. That s the only reasonable explanation President Truman sent to Henry the Reds could make: ifa a cinch thv irnV GrunewaW, Washington mys- going to claim they invented the churches! 7 arSeft Xlltr I . ' ,. ' . ... ' ' Grunewald's support during the 1848 presidential campaign. At the- same time McCarthy sug gested the Senate investigate "a very sizable" political contribution having been soli- by a high government official and paid in Substituting Tariff Cuts for U. S. Aid Not Complete Solution to Anglo-U. S. Problems &fei3t - I i government official a By WILLIAM L. XTAN The root of it all, he contends, is the United States cuts down its 5ash i?10 campaign fund of AT New. Analyst in the failure of governments "to doUar aid but does not increase TyK;?J?d That -Trad. - not Aid- slogan carry through drastic policies of -UsSt which forms a tafl to the Churchill strict domestic financing and. hv- this rheaisdangerrf shrunken identified himself as the offi- comet. on his current trip here, is ternationaHy, to carry through an come for many of the three million cj1 wno received the money from Churchill and others abroad, eon- eru..n u j.,, ' tn fmn Kfiiinn irji vw and tut M passed It along foi tend that American tariff, impede SatatswwTS 2. benefit of Monroney, an old trade and hamper our friends' - to our friends to earn, their own So Churchffl wffl have some 7 forts to earn their: own way. To cut way. ; , , , ,trn 9rmnt. w w- 1 Frequent Clashes loose from U.S aid, they' say, - e we have free trade and luh tariff Monroney and McCarthy have W.OUidJJTKi fhan "fcon-- To i accomplish this, he contends. walls at the same timeTCaovt' clashed . frequently both on . the In U. S. tariffs. t , it will be necessary for all these cut off economic aid abroad with- floor Senate' and in the roles ". " ' nations tn frnn thmir fsmfToti iik.'nrf - L,,v...- t , subcommittee nrobe of charm Many American small business- votton to the policy of restrictions The new administration will have de against McCarthy by former ova. nuwa owauii, unuecucui -wemocra. -i: J men can be expected to bellow at favor of the growth and expan- to decide, and one way or the very thought of . tariff cuts, sion of trade. other the decision will be a They see in such a move an unfair The argument goes like- this: If reaching, one. - advantage to foreign nations in such respects i as lower costs , of production, for example, through lower labor costs, and they see m danger in this to our own stand ards.' -1. i ; - Yet to many Americans it seems patently unsound to continue doling out American money to support the economies of other nations. Some of our responsible busi aess leaders are arguing that we cannot have our . high tariff walls and an end to economic aid abroad at the same time. ! . There are strong arguments on both sides. In order to keep our own economy flourishing. - the United States must engage in brisk international trade. In order to keep- American' factories jum zoing, there must be a lively world market, which means we cant af- Literary Gui depost ' i By XV. G. ROGERS FROM MAIN STREET TO STOCKHOLM: LETTERS OF SINCLAIR LEWIS , 1919-1930, edited and with an Iritroducrlbn . by Harrison ; Smith I (Harcourt, :. Brace: $5i-";;f-j-r . .- .t-;ii ' First American to win the No bel ; prize for - literature, author known to millions and millions -of : us who have read (and bought, too) t such - novels as ? 'Main Street," "Babbitt, EImer Gan try" and "TJodsworth," Lewis is represented here by letters cov- McCarthys own finances have come under the scrutiny c. the sub committee, on which Monroney served for a time.' Monroney with-i drew from the group before ' it filed a report Jan. 2 raising ques tions it said the Senate should de cide to determine McCarthy's - fit ness for office. Questions Raised This renort: which also ratxd critical" qnestiorrs . concerning Ben tonr was sent to the Justice De- and he repeatedly prods his pub lisher into trying for. a Pulitzer oraNobeL Rltt )u if AAC lull ' tmMft mm haw: .. .v- r.yZ2 partment Tuesday for study; Sen. An' mttm Ur,-TIZX iJT Hennmgs (D-Mo), subcommittee v2j JZ5.ZsCZ chairman said cory also had Z?nrZLrtCL JZ?i "t to the Internal Revenue SS AmcSi "other things, me report rr'. ."SrSlfw; raised a question of whether Mc irrr.r!rrf .r"" CiurtJ ; diverted to his own royalties and the payment there Ti j JiT.01 tu,- campaign against Communists in -I t i w ,wu"wouu government. ? , admired on Main Street, and - The- renort said that between shared by Main Street: it's not a j t zora w set great nauons go Droxe. enng nis nesi oecaoe. ue was at literary standard hut a monetarv ktk. - T riLJZ. Our friends 'abroad think they most creative, intense, fever- :Zh?Zd& tolS toeer can now support ' themselvesTon fh..nd J hooks, he wanted us no lessto ta m'countS& JgrSe their own. through trade, if condi.. begins with rMain teetV. in- ; br lw tben i .-; iJZFZZSLJ9 ' He puts in a kind word for not oeenldentified aTtolrT-c iHlnZ ds.tands up valiantly, for GnmewaU Indteted ' with the Nobel award., . . Hemingway, CabelU C a t h er, rewaldman MrCrtt The amazing. v and to some Wolfe. Dreiser f before the mMrlIZlJL-x' readers shocking. aspect of these- rel). I wish he'd done as much Scted torT federal tutv letters is their utter lack of any- .for Sinclair Lewis. This side of hffat tt!S, Kim .KmM W . - . - J Mi " . mju- Hons are created which will permit it. - - t ": :i.'i:ifi'' e.:-"' r;-b;-..,;.r.;. It seems that Congress faces this choice: Continue pouring -billions in aid into these nations or permit creation of conditions which will encourage free trade. - " Chairman George A. Sloan of the United States Council on Foreign Economic Policy sees the . entire tree world In its present dilemma because of the cumulative effect of restrictions in all parts of the world aimed at protecting"" the domestic businessman against for eign competition. r thing literary. We know Lewis ' was a hard worker, took volum- lnous notes, and did a lot of on-the-scene research, as in Kansas ;City for "Elmer Gantry. In these letters he never underestimates the worth of the finished books, -which he now calls "a novel of extraordinary. importance" . and now the work of a new and au thentic interpreter of America"! is- here - well presented with a a -the Dutrhman oTnTM wiw jnfniinum of editing; - but has refused to tell House iiesti Lewis admirers want the other gators -about his association with sides ... there are admirers only public ntfirW in "ved in a ' srfes because there are other sides, of tax scandals. i This book wIH document, rightly The letter, on White House' sta- or wrongly, the arguments of tionery, was dated Nov. 24. 194S, those who- have not .been con- and read: - vinced that Lewis deserved the , "Dear Mr. Gr .wald: " ' Nobel prize, ... n have heard of the generous way in which you expressed c6n fidence in my leadership and want you to know of my heartfe't . ' preciation. . T am more grateful than I can' say. Gave Support "The Democratic Party must go forward with progress and the sup port which you gave so whole heartedly gives me strength and courage and renewed faith in the principles . for - which our party must always stand, i "Very sincerely yours, (signed) Harry S. Truman' A White House official said if Truman wrote Grunewald. a copy would be In files already packed for shipment to Missouri. He said such a letter would have been a farm reply, like thousands iof others. Monroney said "I do not know Mr. Grunewald," that his was a thank - you letter for a donation to his 1950 primary campaign re ceived through frieds. . , Ancient Sumerians, Babylonians and ' Assyrians worshipped a god. called Tammuz who died and was resurrected annually . with the vegetation. Eddie Cantor to Resume Work HOLLYWOOD CB Comedian Eddie Cantor Monday was pro nounced fully' recovered from his recent heart attack. He will . resume his snot on NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour Sun day, Jan. IS. The 60 - year - old comedian collapsed last Sept. 28 after.- his first TV show of the season and was rushed to Cedars of Lebanon hospital, where he was confined for a month. He since has been recuperating at bis home at Palm Springs.' He told reporters: "I've been eating Ida's fine cook ing, playing golf, working in my citrus orchard and even doing a little road work. I've never felt better in my life. icy Wiley Asks West Strengthen Laws Against Treason WASHINGTON W . Sen. Wiley (R.-Wis.) urged the United States and the Western Allies Tuesday to "tighten their present statutes against the high crimes of trea son, espionage and subversion in high places.'1 "The punishment should not be a tap on the wrist but a real de terrent," Wiley said in a prepared statement. He will head the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee in the new Congress. MARINE ADDER DOCKS SEATTLE (A The Navy trans port Marine Adder docked from the Far East Tuesday, returning 2,908 Army enlisted men and 261, Army officers. Forty ne Wash ington and 22 Oregon men were aboard. romotes Lt.J. B.Corlett Lt Jtoes 3. CorJert of Salem Is one of the Salem Naval Air Facility to be promoted recently. Corlett. a member of Squadron 891, has been promoted from lieutenant junior grade to lieuten ant .1 Harry V. Duba, Corvallls, also of Squadron 891, personnel offi cer, received a rank boost from lieutenant to lieutenant , comman der. , Those belonging to Squadron 892 receiving promotions were Clare Rasmussen, West Linn, lieu tenant to lieutenant,, commander; Donald L. Peters, Portland, lieu tenant to lieutenant commander; and Donald .R. Combs, Portland, lieutenant Junior grade . to lieu tenant. Reservists of Squadron 893 re ceiving promotions were Roy W. Johnson, Portland, lieutenant junior grade to lieutenant; and Elm D. Hawkins, Portland, lieu tenant to lieutenant commander. Attemp Juror Denies t to Kill U.N. Report NEW YORK to A Federal grand juror dissented Monday from allegations by fellow jurors that the State and Justice Depart ments tried to block the jury's re port on American Reds on the United Nations staff. , Four members, of .the panel which issued the report Dec. 2 testified to the alleged stymie at tempt in Washington last week. This testimony was described as greatly exaggerated in a eta te rn en t issued under the signature of H. Lloyd Jones, Chairman of the grand jury committee vhich prepared the report. U. S. Attorney Myles J. Lane handed out copies of Jones' state ment to newsmen, saying it was ad jd the House su ommittee investigating the alleged attempt at suppression. . Jones, a New York insur ce executive, said he is prepared to answer any questions. Gov. Patterson HearsPIeasfor Commutations Attorneys for Morris Leland, 28, and John Payne, 50, slated to die in the lethal gas chamber at Ore gon state penitentiary early Fri day, appeared before Gov. Paul Patterson Tuesday afternoon and urged that the death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. Payne was represented by. At torney Maurice Sussman while At torneys Thomas Ryan and his law partner, Arthur Palay, mppnd. lor Leiancc Leland is under death sentence for the - slaying of 15-year-old Thelma Taylor in the St. Johns, Portland, area in X949. Payne kill ed a Portland grocer during - a hoUgp sad robbery. Both men were convicted of first-degree murder in the Mult nomah raimtv r4rMitt ivttti Tkn pleaded insanity. Gov. Patterson said both cases were reviewed at considerable length during the conferences but he refused to reveal any of the details. The press was not admit ted. Each attorney was given ap proximately one hour to present his case. i . Thievery Cases Reported Several instances of petty thiev ery in Salem were reported Tues day to Salem city police. The Rev. IL P. Goulder, 880 Jef ferson SL, told police two snow tread tires had been taken from his garage sometime recently. Mc Kay Used Car Lot, 835 N. Com mercial St, reported the theft of hub caps Monday night. - Elmer Suing, manager of the Master Service Station, Court and N. Capitol Streets, said that a teen ager sped away from his station Tuesday afternoon without paying for SI worth, of gasoline. Lake Tanganyika in Africa is said to be the longest lake in the world 450 miles. - Didn't Practice What He Preached PORTLAND to Foreman Kor- C Roeske. 48, warned his crew about the dangers of work ing with structural steel undei the 12,000-volt power line where they were today. When he finished, he reached up to twist a piece of steel on a hoist. That bumped it against the power line. The jolt threw him six feet. 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