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4Thm Statesman, Salem, Qrsw Sunday, February 22, 1353. DOWN, BOY; DOWN! OTP 'UtD rmy (Continued from page one) 4 i "Net Favor Swayu U No Fear Shall Atom . From first Statesman. Blare za, ISM " THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAUUE, Editor and Publisher PtoaJtaned erery morning ' Bvulooa office US &. ComaieraUl St, I Salem. Ore, Telephone S-XU. Entered at tba poeleffice at Salem, Or, as aeeowd elaaa matter exder act eoasreea March S. 17 ft. Bj canter ta ettlest - - ; Daily and Sunday ' -, Daily ply . T Suadav ctly . . By audi. Saaday ealy (la advance) ' Aaywbare la U & ,, SUMCWTION ftATKS .$ LU par bmw . lper me. . JO week JO per . 1.75 six S.00 year By num. Daily aad Saaday (la advance) la ill couonea , (Ben too. Oackamaa. Una, Martao. Pol. Yamhill). f 1-Ot per atsr "Elsewhere ta Oregon . ta O 1 eutatde Oregon Ltt per . MEMOES ! AntcUtol Preea (The Associated Press is uiU UeO exclusively to the use ' Cor republication v all local newt printed ta i i this newspaper), i' t ' aVadtt Ofi Bareaa at Adverttslaa ac (ha Asaerlcaa Newspaper rahiasae CAo reDresenUUves Ward-Griffith era QUcafe, Saa franc! sco, Detroit). Co, Keep It Qean and Open I In a rare front-Rage editorial .Friday the Eugene Register-Guard called for open meetings of the state board of higher education. The state board has tended more and mors to act as a semi-private "club" rather than as Rules committee of the House he had handled procedures in the introduction of bills. ' It will indeed seem strange not to find him in his customary office or about the corridors,, but Friday proved his last workaday. Death cam to him in his sleep the following night.. His profession was that of a lawyer and he responsible public body, the Eugene editor maintained his office at Woodburn since late charges. Many important decisions of the board's in 1909. But starting with 1931 he served the 'dub within a club . . . have actually been made behind the closed doors of the 'Arlington Club I in Portland in advance of the scheduled public f hearings which have been little more than the re-enactment of a set show; - - This week a special sub-committee of . the board met in Eugene to consider the highly controversial question of costly; expansion of t the state teachers colleges. Reporters were not i allowed to, cover the hearing. Not even the professional witnesses were allowed to hear each other testify, or given an . opportunity to meet each other's arguments directly. But, argues the R-G, this is public business that ought to have been heard in public Board members, though unpaid, are still public offi V cers, "responsible to the public for everything they do not only the results, but the reasoning behind the results. It is time' for the press and public to demand that 'club procedures be broken up!" - 4 The position of the Register-Guard is not unique.. The press in general has 'been pressing against "barriers to news which often "are raised by those in public office. Our state press association has a committee working to keep the channels of information open. The demand fn the Legislature for a publis hearing on the "electric surcharge is echoed in the press: the Oregonian says, "Let's get it all on the table." In "a majority of cases where official boards exclude reporters and the public the -reason j is not to commit any secret skullduggery, but the danger is there. To the utmost extent pos sible we should have public business conducted In public. x" v I That goes for all the state's business. If it Is impractical to have every meeting on a come-one-come-all basis,-at least representatives of, the press ought to be present.(.There'a always going to be a certain amount of "pre-arrang- r teg! via telephone or secret caucus; there will always be some cut-and-dried sessions, but we i can try ' to cut down on star-chamber govern ment. -' !. ' Oregon's state government may be pretty dean compared to some other states (such as California, Texas, Illinois and so on, where gov ernors and legislators sometimes act as errand boys for the powerful-lobbyists) . but Oregon ; won't stay clean for long if too much business is conducted behind closed doors and under the table and in fancy Portland clubs or Salem hotel rooms. I ' ; Legislature in a very responsible capacity, whipping into shape for introduction texts of bills submitted by members, bringing langu age and style into conformity with State usage and often making suggestions to clarify mean ing.' At Woodburn he filled many positions of responsibility, with the city and schoolboard and on the district draft board. He was clear in his statements and positive in his convictions; but his affable, cordial manner won and held many friends who join in extending sympath ies to members of the family. Sating Roadside Beauty The state is pouring in tens of millions of dol lars into modernizing its highway system. It ought to have some say in prevention of abuse of the highways by signs "abuse," we said, not "use." A bill has been offered, SB 188, which seeks to make a fair division between use and abuse. Use is permitted for official signs and for signs for roadside business or for landowners for their private requirements. But the roadside boards would be confined to municipalities and a half mile range from city limits. The bill applies only to primary state highways. . The measure is needed to preserve roadside beauty. It is supported by persons and organi zations whq want to protect the countryside and who believe that' glaring billboards are a dis credit to our state and so distracting as to be a menace to safe driving. Other states have taken steps to get rid of or to limit billboards. With its abundance of na tural beauty Oregon should be the next to take this step along lines proposed In SB 188. Worriers in the Canby-Molalla area were re assured by a wire from Congressman Norblad that he understood that the air force had decid ed against considering that area as a site for an air academy. Norblad commented that "the air force is getting pretty far ahead of itself as Congress hasn't yet agreed that they should build an air academy." And-the Canby-Molalla farmers were getting terribly upset about noth ing at all, it seems. The government, like God, often works in mysterious ways its wonders to perform. Slow, too. Veteran Legislative Aide Passes Blaine McCord was an institution at the Legislature. For 34 years as chief clerk of the The Air Force complains it'll running out of targets in Korea. Soil the Red armies seem to be getting plenty of chow and hardware to throw at the UN forces. The good old infantry still remains the "queen of battles.": Showdown Witli Sen. McCarthy Likely as Next Step by Eisenhower Administration ; By JOSEPH and 8TEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON A reckoning with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, of Wisconsin is very likely to be the next stage in the Eisenhower administration's shakedown Into an effective working team. This fascinating and impres sive shake-down process has one people) to tell his or her story. Thus far .there have been two of these tellers of tales out of school, a file clerk, Mrs. Balog, and a security ; officer, John E. Matson. Their stories have added up to the fact that the State Department filing and se curity system wants reorganiza tion and tightening... r main feature Reform of the State Depart- I gradual recug- ment, and restoration of publie f nition of the , confidence in the department (U n p a' 1 a t--! and its officers, ara tt eoum. 'rlfcmoltt' Secretary of State John w that hard facts, Foster Dulles chief objectives. . Ct1-100 mafic--. ! . There is ho doubt that the re- i. ' Ilw H n r n hv. ' . . m.m a . ... s : xorzn ,wui navi to extena-io lam filing and security, systems. I But orderly reform cannot be 'carried out, and public confi- v dence certainlr cannot be national elec tions. Budget facts, tax facts, defense -facts, and foreign re lation - .facts: stored, - while every discontented 1 t X 1 1. 1. . A 1 very much as ; ne fitate . Departmenrsi name ever, and are having to, be dealt t under the full glare of national with by Eisenhower as by Tru- i publicity. Secretary Dulles can man.: McCarthyism, as the Ad- r not. do bis extremely necessary ministration leaders are realizing, ' t job under, a drumfire of attacks is another unchanged fact that TbT McCarthy rand other like has to be dealt with. - . . , minded investigators-law mak .The truth of the matter Is that r"- i McCarthy and certain of his Con- These questions have already : thrust themselves, rather rudely, on Secretary Dulles and his co workers. The new Under Sec . retary of State in Charge of .Ad ministration, Donald Lourie, has come to the department from the cloistered confines of the Quaker Oats Company. A Chicago busi ness, man who had mainly read McCarthy's side of the story in the home-town press, Lourie is 'known to have been astonished, appalled and angered by the con ; ditions that actually confronted I him when he took over his new -; office.' i;--v': " r-c : .1, ; A former football player, Lou rie is a two-fisted fighter. The tattletale security officer. Mat son, was transferred out of the" ' head office, to work on a beat; ( after he had given his testimony. This caused Sen. McCarthy- to shout a threat to Samuel Boy kin, acting director of the State ' Department's Security Bureau, that he would have him thrown out of his Job. But Under Secre-s ; tary Lourie was in fact only ' persuaded with great difficulty ' . not to dismiss the McCarthy pet, .Matson, out of hand. j I! . j Jv(' " Arab-Asian bloc is revealed in the first quotation; but it should be added that none of the 12 is furnishing military aid ' now. They are "neutralist" as far as participation goes, though they don't want. to see Russia and , Communism expand Into their : own countries. ;..-, .. The delegates' lounge j at UN will; be buzzing next week 'as representatiyes try to find out what Stalin said to Mennon. The latter, 'a Gandhi' pacifist, has been trying to bring the Korean War toa conclusion. At the pre vious session Vishinsky gave the .. Indian proposal repeated tongue lashings. It is not to be expected that Stalin has changed his mind. . The ( real question - Is whether Mennon, in his zeal to end the war,; has agreed to concessions which the United Nations Com mand could not honorably ac cept.! Hence the concern over the Mennon visit ! i Lodge will find himself in a difficult position.' American ac tionists have been ' proposing a China blockade, further econom ic boycott of China, and vary ing degrees of greater military activity in Korea. These have served to frighten our allies such as Britain and to alarm the neu tralists who fear a spread of the war. i The very change in admin istrations in Washington has been unsettling, and NATO na tions have been nervous over the remarks of Secretary of Dulles. All of these worries will be voiced as Ambassador Lodge sits down with representatives of other UN members. He is apt to find the going rough. All the UN members are eager to con clude the Korean War, but most of them let the USA carry the load. ,: - This ' reveals the. traditional weakness o alliances. Conflict ing aims, conflicting ideas, work ing at cross purposes prevent the unity of planning and of acting which a single authority can ex ercise. All the diplomatic skill of Lodge and of Dulles will be required to obtain general en dorsement of any program calling for sacrifice of member nations or offering the excuse of possible spread4 of the war for an objec ' tion. Their work is made hard er by the over-zealous Ameri cans who think the Korean stale mate can be ended by some quick trick like blockading the China coast The UN allies are still afraid of MacArthur and his satellites. - : ; " This week the country, and the world will await . with in terest and considerable anxiety developments at United Nations. They will listen especially for what Senator Lodge has to say and what Ambassador Mennon reports. f At King's Mountain, one of the most Important battles and great est American victories in the Revolutionary war, only one Brit on fought: Major - Ferguson. All under his command were Ameri can Tories. I - ieai'i' V f y SPORTS SPECIAL Salem The Oregon Legislature House of Representatives basketball team defeated the Senate team 6 to 2 in a hard fought game today. The House's greater reserve strength and canny knowledge of legislative procedure contributed greatly to victory over the Senate team. The game was played in the rotunda of the State Capitol before a cheering crowd of lobbyists, newsreporters, state employes and a delegation of school teachers from Drain. Opening whistle was delayed while re feree Paul (Slats) Patterson gave a 20-min-ute speech in which he outlined the rules and history of basketball. He also told the players what he expected of them namely fair ; play and a clean game. He also asked them to com plete the game in the allotted time. . After the Senate team attempted to fur ther delay the game by passing a resolution to adjourn until the next day which referee Patterson: overruled the battle got underway; ; - After It minotee af heated play. In which the players aheok hands with each other and with xoeat af the spectators. Coach Wllhelm's Heaae team scored the first twe poiats. The House team 'Immediately went laie a caocas on the floor and eamc'up with 'a Mil ta end the game right there. The Senate aquad refused to concur and after several attempted amendments, also defeated, play was resumed. -t While Senate forward "Hoop" Tester was snaking an lm promptu talk to the gallery a House player stole the ball aad made a basket. Then Senate Coach Marsh rushed fa "Deadeye Neuberrer to replace Teater. But, because his Republican team mates refused to play with Democrat Neuberger, "Dead aye" had to steal the ball from the oppealtloa. - " I He finally scared the Senate team's lone two points. Senate player "Hoot" Gibson then called time. He wanted to ' knew hew large a fee the referee was getting. When told the fee waa $10, "Hoot" said he would not continue to play unless the fee was lowered to 15. He finally left the game In a huff an eld one left over from the last legislature. ; 1 j " ' - r i " The first half ended with the score 4-2. Trouble ensued during a half-time meeting of coaches, assistants, trainers . and referee. House trainer "Moose" Hatfield suggested that a cbn vention of coaches be called immediately "to draw up a new; set of rules. - . . ,. Assistant House Coach TTo-Yo" Harvey suggested that whenever a player was charged with a foul that player had to don a different-colored jersey bearing a ' larger numeral than the rest. Harvey also revealed he had evidence of several spec tators betting on the game's outcome. . : v; ' j -; As the second half opened the House team which ; was ahead, attempted to lay the game on the toblevThls motion ' was defeated aad play resumed. While the Senate team argn ln arer whether Its water-bey aheuld aarve the team water, by . the drink or by the bucket,' the House made another tally ' Then the House squad pot en a masterfol exhibition of last- minute stalling. The players ran areund In circles for nearly If : mlnutes--aa that neither the crowd nor the oppoalng team knew : who- had the ball or who was playing. It was learned later that r several players didn't even know the score. ! gressional tmi- ' t tators apparent ly think the Eis enhower a d - v ministration is J ust as fair game as its pre decessor. And since - the elec tion has given McCarthy and the other like minded Repub licans control of their investlgat-1 . r ivstt a;- N teg committees, " " - they are not subject to any re straint whatever. McCarthy's immediate target, -of course, is the JSUte Depart ment and its allied agencies, such as- the Voice of America. With regard to the department itself, the tactic adopted by Mc Carthyis to invite every mal- vontent in the . organization,. ..(which numbers some 40,004 The case of the Voice of Amer ica, is, if anything, even more : acute. This t wretched . organize- -L tion was : originally established ; on the motion of McCarthy's' ; committee colleague, Sen. Karl Mundt, of South Dakota. Almost from the day of its establish-, X. ment, it has been treated by Con r gress as silly 1. gardeners treat : ; plants it has been regularly : pulled up by the roots to see how : it was going along. If there have" 1 been foolish policies and waste ful practices in the Voice of America, the main reason is that the Voice" has never had time to settle down to Its job. Again, there is little' doubt that the "Voice," and indeed the Whole . ridiculously . swollen American information : program, "should be thoroughly overhauled. But what reputable men will choose to tackle this assignment, -as long as McCarthy is waiting la the wings with a hatchet? As the end of play nearedjthe frantic Senate team attempt ed to suspend the rules and' call for Id vote on continuing the game for .another hour. Senate Coach Marsh explained his team's point in a-desperate 15-minute oration, j " ' ' ' Assistant House coach tXivewire Sweetiand made a bril liant answering argument.' Sweetland, who had secretly been tuxing out most of the lights in' the rotunda during the game --McCfcrthyTto eeTetherv overrt wo mean a dram on electrical power. l il vnxic.ct;jpf, consisung ox inree supreme court juages, overruled the Senate team and the game ended there. ' ' T For all these reasons. Secretary Dulles and Vice-President Rich- some sort of Vivendi can oe worked out. But there are . two obstacles to any such agree ment. . j Israel Envoy ves Russia tea First, Sen. McCarthy win al most certainly ask for. the head of every State Department offi cer who has ever incurred his . enmity, which Secretary Dulles - cannot honorably grant. Second, f Srff higher am- STOCKHOLM; Sweden UV-Sam-bitions than a mere blood purge uel Eliaschim. Israel's minister to Jf State epartof0- Any Moscow before Russia broke diplo limitations on his peculiar meth- matic relations, arrived here by ods of attaining these ambitions plane from Moscow Sunday night are not likely to suit him. This is en route to Tel Aviv, why It is - a good bet that the EUaschim. with his wife and six Eisenhower administration is members of the former Israeli le eventuaUy going to have to fight gation, confirmed reports that The McCarthyism at home, just as it Netherlands has agreed to take has to fight SUlinism abroad. , over his country's diplomatic rep (Cooyrifht i53. resentation in Moscow. .. Hew York Herii Tribune inc.) . - Bulgaria has agreed to represent Russian diplomatic interests in 'Is rael. vVv-:v-1 i - ) hi ( -'.1,1 In color television, the primary colors are not, blue and yellow. Rather they are red, blue and green. This combination was pick ed, the experts say, because they not only will reproduce white in the proper combination but will affect all other hues as welL PRICES AS LOW AS ' Aere-Urfc 2-Door Seelon, la Wee r.O.S. Toledo, OfcJa, alee reeWel ' Toxea, State mmd Ueal Tas.ee.lf any, Srelgkt, Delivery ana Haaallas Eisner 116 lor Co. 352 N. 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