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On Art and Propaganda
; Tlie annual awarding of Oscars to tha best
-works and artists of America's best-known art
form the motion picture- indicates the em-
phasis in Hollywood is still on the art of enter- .
tainment and not on propaganda. 1
For this achievement, we would award the
motion picture industry a very special Oscar.
The industry has stood true to its raison 6? etre,
and resisted the pressure to become, a propa
ganda factory.. If it had not, such purely enter
taining pictures as "The Greatest Show on .
Earth, could have become an argument.
Hollywood has been subjected to a great deal
of pressure; there is no doubt of that. Some of
it has left its mark. But in the main the decisive
influence in Hollywood is boxoffice receipts,
pickets. v. V ;; -' f ;-
The motion picture industry is not alone in
the fight against pressure groups which confuse
art with propaganda." Brooks Atkinson, the New
York' Times drama critic, cites recent instances
when the theater has had similar, interference.
The Hotel and Club Employes Union, Local 6,
for example, picketed the play "Mid-Sunimer
because a hotel maid was portrayed as an. in
competent, garrulous character. And the Amer
ican Bar Association asked Playwright Arthur
Miller to change some of the dialogue" in. "The
Crucible" a play about the 17th century Salem
witch trials, because some of the lines are "dis
paraging of lawyers or the legal profession."
Atkinson points out that some lawyers are
rogues. Some hotel maids are incompetent. And
hrvcompliments the American Jewish Congress
for not picketing Shakespeare's "The Merchant
f Venice" at the City Center!
Then1 Mr. Atkinson p o i n t s to "Porgy and
Bess," the Gershwin opera which has just re
turned from a triumphant six-months tour oi
Europe. He says, "Nothing has done us so much -
good abroad since Teddy Roosevelt took a bird
walk with. Lord Grey." Yet some .Americans
originally objected to sending "Porgy and Bess"
overseas on grounds that it would give Europ
eans the wrong impression of American culture
and American negroes. V
But, Atkinson points out, "In the realm of
art, nothing matters so much as the quality of
the art, which in the case of the Gershwin op
era is magnificent. Peonle who take a literal at
titude toward it are as impervious to culture as
the Soviet bigwigs (who) trample down any
spontaneity as author may have inadvertently
contributed to a work of imagination."
And here is the critic's most telling observa
tion about pressure groups: "The zeal for out
ward respectability is a sign of inner uncertain-
ty."
Perhaps that is one explanation for the al
most -fantastic fuss about the Voice of America.
Another may be that the Voice was the epi
tome of confusion about art and propaganda.
T7: 1 1 J I . A V A
iwnic wui&ci9 niaj Aid vc uccu musis, uut
the Voice was supposed to be a propaganda
machine, not an art form. It turned out to be
neither good art nor good propaganda. Prop a-.
ganda must of necessity be pragmatic; it is good
only insofar as it produces the desired practical
ends. Art, however, is good or bad per se, in
stririsicaUy; it is hot dependent or relative.
The experience with the Voice and with "Por
gy and Bess" seem to show that America gets
across American culture and ideas better in our
own art forms than in our attempts at propa
ganda. It is a good lesson to learn, and we hop
Hollywood, Broadway and Washington on mark
it welL M.W.
Church Program Well-Done
The program of the ceremony commemorat
; ing the dedication of the beautiful new St. Jos
eph's church in Salem Thursday is a publication
indeed worthy of the occasion and the edifice.
The art work, much of it the original work of
Father John Domin, is exceptionally well-dona.
The material was assembled by Father Leo Lin
ahen. j : :, .
This 32-page booklet contains not only the
English translation of the rite of blessing but
v also a history, of the parish including a note of
a news story in the January 1, 1889 Statesman.
The history goes back to 1853, however, when
the pioneer Blanchet, archbishop, inquired into
the possibility of erecting a church in Salem.
Another interesting . feature of the program
are quotations-pertinent to the architect, to the
. builders, and to those who fashioned the glass
"worked by a very ancient canon of their
: art .. ." r ' . ,
But the best part are the decorative vignettes
used throughout the booklet apparently lino
leum cuts or woodcuts.
As a whole, this program will become a last
ing souvenir of the ceremony and one of which
St. Joseph's parishoners can be proud. Salem la
going to have several more church dedications
in the not too far distant future, and the; ap
propriate committees might keep in mind the
pamphlet given guests at this recent church
event when they consider the form and content
of their own programs.
Most commentators announced as "good news'
the fact that the family of mannequins crouch
ed in the basement of the "typical" American
home in the Yucca Flats atomic explosion were
unharmed, even though the house itself was
demolished. Trouble is that house wasn't "typi
cal" of the Northwest, where so many new homei
are the rambling "ranch" style with no base
ment. Could be the atomic tests win Influence
future architecture and cellars will come back
in style again.
Drive-in theaters are going in at Hubbard,
Woodburn and Silvertoru Must be good money
in . . . popcorn.
Suspicions Voiced that American People Not
Getting Whole Truth on Conduct of Military Effort
By DON WHITEHEAD
(Per J. M. ROBERTS Jr.) -
WASHINGTON UH Increased
EimblLngs and suspicions are
ng heard in ;; Washington and
elsewhere today that the Ameri
ean people are not being given
the whole truth about conduct of
the nation's military effort.
' It's ; a problem closely, related
to the - people's trust and confi
dence in our military and civilian
leadership and one that is ur
gently demanding a solution
The corosive actions of suspi
cion and distrust can themselves
ta a measure defeat the defense
buOdup. And certainly they are
Sicked with political dynamite for
e Eisenhower administration. -The
undercurrent of doubt boiled
Into open skepticism - when the
Senate Armed Services Committee
. in effect refused to accept the ar
gument by Gen. J. Lawton Col
lins. Army - chief of staff, mat
the never has been an ammuni
tion shortage in Korea.
Aa investigation was ordered
into Gen. James A. van Fleet's
claim that shortages existed dur
ing the 22 months he commanded
the Eighth Army and some
Still exist. -
: - This doubt was reflected, too,
in the -widespread attention, given
to the recent Philadelphia speech
by Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.).
who said if the people knew: the
truth about our military situation
there would be a wholesale re
organization of the Defense De
partment. : .
Symington formerly was secre
tary of the Air, Force and thus
had access to a great many of
the secrets and intelligence of the
military, works, x
His thesis was the defense ef
fort is "suffering from inside com
petition" among the three services
and this nation would not be pre
pared to cope with an atomic at
tack if it came. His proposal was
more . guns and less butter.
- President Eisenhower told his
news conference Thursday he be
lieved in a reasonable posture of
defense. The kernel, of course, is
what he meant by a "reasonable
posture." He indicated it would
be no less than the goals fixed
undi the Truman- administration
although he hoped to get more
defense with the same dollars
through economy. ;
Sen. Taft (ROhio), GOP leader
in the Senate, has come to believe
the time is ripe for a j new look
at the armed services requirements.-
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"I think we have got to look
at the whole picture and see what
needs to be done," Taft said.
Along this lice, Julius Ochs Ad
ler. general manager of the New
York Times, put a finger squarely
on part of the trouble in a speech
Friday before - the armed forces
information school at Fort Slocum,
N. Y.
Adler said there has ' been "an
Immense barrier of oversecrecy"
In the military and civilian gov-
Literary Guidepost
By W. G. ROGERS
PRINCE OF PLAYERS: EDWIN
BOOTH, by Eleanor Buggies
. (Norton; $450)
"Then there are no more ac
tors," Rufus Choate lamented
when he heard of the death of
Junius Brutus Booth in 1862.
- But by that time i the actor
hailed today as the greatest this
I country was to produce, Junius
son Edwin, had already been
praised by Joe Jefferson as the
handsomest lad he'd ever seen, ;
had made his official debut in
Boston in "Richard HL" and, in
the following year, was to offer
' a San Francisco audience his
first Hamlet, one of his finest
-v roles, y K vr-yk r " j . Kr. f ;
Abandoning a wife and son In
" England, the father had fled to
T this continent with a mistress
who gave him a whole brood of
children, among them Edwin, be-.
: fore divorce made it possible for
him to legalize the second union.
Edwin wasn't i the only young ;
Booth . there was also John
Wilkes ... who wanted to act,
but he seems to- have had - the
advantage, though maybe It re-
sembled an onerous task, of fol
. lowing his father around to keep
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Contest?
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The boys at the Legislature are predicting tougher sledding
in the House for the anti-racial discrirnination bill, which got
through the Senate 21-9. It was during Senate debate on the
bill that the gallery burst forth with the first
applause of the session bringing a reproof
from Pres. Marsh and scaring dazing reporters
awake ... To go yet are constitution conven
tion, anti-disaimination and the wet Nip &
Tuck Bill (take a nip and tuck out for home.)
tPCD
EDO
Swarm) day ao Tfca Orc(n
Statesmajt wrata to tit prtactpals of
tha S9 schools parUcipaUnf la Ttaa
SUtcsmaa-KStM SpeUlifc Caatest
asklag their attitad towara cob
UaalBf tho protraxa lata Ita foarta
year Slaea at was aat laiiBt4 to
publish tha rrpUes, and kecaasa
prlndpsis wcra set told that tach
was a ossibUlty. ao d matures ara
attacKrd to tho foOowtas. Bt ft was
felt too comments were of saffleleat
laterest to record herewith, ana the
writer of aay one of them win h
made knows a rcaesC
"By all means we would like
to continue the spelling contest
... Spelling Is not one of the
easy subjects at but it has be
come popular because of the
above activity, and our Junior
high students have become
word conscious.,
"We enjoyed the spelling eon
test this year very much. We
think It Is very helpfal and edu
cational ... and the students
seem . . . enthused abent It. Lets
have it again next year."
o o
"I know the spelling contest Is
a lot of work but if s worth a lot
to students and teachers. Keep it
up."
"I am personally enthusiastic
about your spellinr contest and
vi glad that our school was able
to participate ... and will be
happy to de se araln."
"I asked my girls and boys how
I should -answer your inquiry
about next year. You should have
heard - the affirmative chorus.
One volunteered My dad thinks
these contests are tops. I do too'
, ... Even though we have no
final contestant this year, some
from every family, I believe, will
be there In person or via radio
. . . Keep up the good work."
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-I feel that this is a worth
while project. It creates compe
tition and a desire to become bet
ter spellers. I recommend that It
be continued." .
"Great Interest is taken in our
school . In the spelling contest.
The 5th and-6th grades are al
ready looking forward to the
time when one of their group
may take part."
(To be continued.)
Eye-Witness
Tells House
Of Atom Blast
The House of Representatives
took time out Friday to hear one
of its members Lloyd E. Haynes,
Grants Pass, give an eye-witness
account of the atomic explosion
at Yucca Flat, Nev, last Tuesday.
Haynes and Rep. W. W. Bradeest,
Burns, were among 850" military,
government; civil defense and
other state officials to see the
blast. .
Haynes said his principal re
action to the explosion was relief
from the extreme tension just pre-
ceding the nuclear fury. He said
many witnesses became 111 from
the "letdown," but that he and
Bradeen suffered no - disturbing
effects.
Haines said he was given a pair
of -very dark glasses, hut the the
brightness of the explosion easily
penetrated the almost-black
glass. - -
"I was .blinded by the flash"
Haynes said, "and if I had it to do
over again, I think I would rather
turn my back.
Haynes said he took off the
glasses 12 seconds after the blast,
and then saw the shock wave rip
pling across the desert.
"When it struck me, it picked
me up and set me back like a jolt,"
he said.: ? -.
The fireball turned to a "grue
some purple" and sucked up an
extremely dense cloud of dust,
which hung over the area for an
hour, then seemed to plummet to
earth.;
Education Fund
Wins Approval
yiiiiawi
eminent which i Is damaging- na
tional security. ;
Referring to what he called "a
trend toward over-- classification
and ultra secrecy," Adler said:
-They have been self - defeating
and instead of helping to preserve
our strength, they have far too
often cloaked weaknesses of which
the public should be aware."
Secretary of Defense Wilson
proved he was a great production
man as head of General Motors.
Now he has another kind of pro
duction problem how to produce
confidence In the operation of the
military establishment. .
The chances; are it never can
be done under the cloak of se
crecy. : , :
A shaky nunor has it that another PortlsBd
blgtie. Olds A King, may establish a branch
store In Salem ... If this keeps np will Pert
land's next move be -to annex SalemT . .
Wonder if other Portland enterprises wiU come to Salem like
a municipal auditorium, lee arena, Portland Meadows and stage
show theaters? .
o o o
If you want to arm yourself to tha teeth with facts about
fluoridation of drinking water bend an ear to KOCO at 9:43
p.m. Sunday. A local committee will outline advantages, latest
. findings, costs, engineering problems and constitutionality of
fluoridation. Speakers will report how children's tooth decay
has been drastically reduced in communities which have used
fluoride . . . Fluoridation boosters here say nothing is holding
. back fluoridation from Salem except apathy of citizens . i . The
x program will ask citizens to write or call councilmen or tha
mayor if they want fluoridation. x
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Short story, complete In this issue . . . Wife of a local man
went to the hospital for an operation. While she was gone the
harassed husband guarded, fed, bedded, bathed aad fought the
couple's four siblings. He got up and get 'em erf to school. He
washed, shopped and honseworked and straggled (mere er less)
at his own job. He didnt sleep weU because one 'of the kids was
always up and around at all hours. After two days ef this tho
pooped pater visited his mate at the hospital. TeU me," he ask
- ed wearily, an these years Pve been living, with yon. De those
kids ef ours get up EYERY morning at SJOf
' ' '- .
If anybody had anything to say about Spring Friday wa
didn't hear it what with all the wind and rain i . . Oregon Bis
& Tax Research news letter this week sez this: "Much legisla
tive time could be saved if major state commissions, tax com
mission in particular, gave prer legislative notice as to principal
new-policy bills they intend to introduce . . . then there could
be early digestion of ideas contained therein . . . For example,
among tax commission's bills that were unexpected, hence hit
a committee which was cold on the matter, include HB's 230-231-76
and 387. These are high-level policy bills that merit a
look before the iurly-burly of a session engulfs them .
(Continued from page one.)
a large and growing section of
the state practically the only
avenue for transportation. Its
routing along the coast is scenic,
but its reconstruction is very ex
pensive. .
Work already done or con
tracted for in the poswar period
on this highway includes: recon
structing the road down to Can
non Beach, also the section from
Tillamook to Pleasant Valley;
seven miles between Otter Rock
and Newport; a four-lane road
between North Bend and Co
quille; a three-mile relocation at
Port Orford and six miles of re
construction south of Brookings.
The present program calls for
more reconstruction south of
Cannon Beach, at Bay City, and
between Siletz River and Otter
Rock and another five miles
north of Gardiner. Heavy work
will be relocations between
Reedsport and North Bend; be
tween Rocky Point south of Port
Orford to Euchre Creek, and 13
miles between Gold Beach and
Pistol River. The expenditure in
Curry County alone will total
around $7,500,000 (That ought to
put down any agitation for "se
cession'' to form with Del Norte
County the state of "Jefferson.")
This will not do the whole job
needed for Highway . 101, but it
will make it far more valuable
for use.
The
7 I
vaive
Safety
A $21,600 appropriation for edu
cating Oregon specialized college
students In other states was passed
by the House Friday and sent to .
the Senate.
"This money wUl be used mostly
to pay tuition for Oregon students 1
who will go next year to the Wash
ington State College school of vet
erinary medicine.
It is Oregon's first attempt to
take advantage of the new west
ern higher education compact, un
der which 'each western state will
open up its graduate schools to
students from states which don t
have similar schools. -
TJS-97, The Dalles - California
Highway, has had considerable
reconstruction from Madras to
Redmond, and 43 miles of relo
cation bet wen Diamond Lake
Junction and Modoc Point and
reconstruction of the stretch at
Algoxna north of Klamath Falls.
The big jobs in the new pro
gram are reconstruction of 74
miles south of Bend, and several
other sections. The highway will
then be in very good shape to
carry its traffic
GRIN AND BEAR IT
by Lichty
him from getting too drunk. He
followed him to the principal
theater cities, even to San Fran
cisco; while he himself thus
learned to drink, a habit from
which" he recovered, he also
learned to act, a habit which
stuck. -";..'
- He carried with him his caul.
If he credited it with saving him
from drowning in the Sacra
mento River, and from a bullet
fired at him in Chicago, it did
not spare him from appallingly
intimate contact with one of the -great
tragedies of the age: Lin
coln's 'assassination. The lime
light was the worst place for. the
assassin's brother, yet the lime
light was where the actor had
to live, and he never-fully es
caped the effects of that evU
deed. Born In 1833, near Balti
more, he died in 1893 In the Play
ers, the New ; York . club he .
founded.
This biography does not define
as precisely as might be wished
the nature of Booth's genius as
an actor. On the other hand, it
pictures , an intense personality,
it is crammed with fascinating
incident, and it spirits you away
zestfully into the wonderful
make-believe of the theater.
"Out latest plan to tmpreve traffle eondliions is shewing ranliav
geatlenien ... In some places It's stZI a fright but In ether
places it's only bad. v . -----
Condensing the report on other
highways I would mention on
US-20 relocation between New
port and Toledo, extensive re-
surf acing east of Lebanon and
again on the road between Bend
and its eastern terminus at
Nyssa. Considerable reconstruc
tion is planned on this route in
Central and Eastern Oregon.
US-26, a relatively new high
way on the US map which links
the old Ochoco Highway with
Portland via Madras and Warm
Springs has had extensive work
done on it to make a good pass
able, cross-state route. ;
Another important bit of new
construction Is the connection of
the Wilson River Highway with
Portland by building 13 miles
.from Glenwood to North Plains,
making unnecessary the routing
through Forest Grove. V ; ; -
Unmentioned of course are'
many, projects, especially those
on secondary roads, which are
. of course of great benefit to those
"who use them. This report has
dealt with the major elements in,
the state's "cirCTilatory" (road)
system. ":-: ' - .
We Oregonians however must
remember that - road work is
never done. Our descendants will
be building and rebuilding roads
and bridges in their day (unless
mechanical wings powered by
atomic capsules are made prac
tical). We can be however, well
pleased with the achievements
presently being made td enable
the highway system of the state
. to perform its function well. '
When radio broadcasting first
started in the 1920s, stations all
operated on one 300 meter wave
length.
REPUBLICAN CIRCUS
Editor:
When the Babbitt 8c Brothers
circus came to town last Novem
ber it followed the usual pattern
except it failed to pack off its
elephants and fold up its tents;
instead it was booked for four
yearsConsequently we are
treated to the spectacle of the
ringmaster making his practice
putts on the White House lawn
while the barkers (Wilson, Mc
Kay, etc.) 'sell Republican snake
oil under a new label And un
der the big top the star perform
ers, McCarthy, Jenner'Sc Velde,
feed live Intellectuals to man
eating senators and representa
tives. But excess breeds its own
revulsion and even circuses don't
go on forever.
Jot those either bored or dis
gusted with such activities, a
glance at the Canadian scene
might be refreshing. If nothing
else, the Canadian government is
a living example that intellec
tuals, or at least educated men.
can run a government eriecttv
ly. and without the "aid" of Mc
Carthys, Jennefs or Cadillac
salesmen.
In the , present Canadian gov
ernment. Governor - General
Massey, the Minister of Exter
nal Affairs, Mr. Pearson, and the
Ambassador to the TJ.S- Mr,
Wrong, have all been professors
of history at the University of
Toranto. In addition, the Prime
Minister, Mr. St. Laurent, for
merly lectured in the Faculty of
Law at Laval University, the
Minister of - Labor. Mr. Gregg.
was President of the University
of New Brunswick, and the Min
ister of National Defence, Mr.
Claxton. was a aart-time lec
turer at McGlH University. Nor
,1s this alL the list of educated
men in government might be
greatly extended. -
In the meantime the Republi
can circus goes on and substan
tiates the remark Henry James
made some forty years ago: "It
becomes every hour a more lav
possible century.
Walter L. Berg
- 1248 Chemeketa
Parole Bill Delayed
For Survey Study
Sen. Pat Lonergan, Portland,
Senate public welfare committee
chairman, said Friday he is de
laying action on a full-time parole
board, bill until he studies the re
port of the three wardens from
Illinois, South Dakota and Idahi
who inspected the Oregon peniten
tiary this week. " i; -
He is ready, however, to Intro
duce his bill to let the parole
board, rather than the courts, set
prison sentences.
Silverton Students
Invited to Witness
Outdoor-Life Show
Statesasaa News Service
SILVERTON More than 300
junior high and grade school chil
dren, will be guests of Silverton
businessmen and members of Sil
verton Chapter, Izaak Walton
League, at a motion picture. The
Land of the Golden Twilight,"
Monday at 8 p.m. at the Eugene
Field auditorium.
Chapter members report tha
movie is for the entire family and
all are welcome to attend. Adults .
are being charged to help cover -expense
of bringing the show to
town. .
The movie features wild life of
the Canadian Rockies with Grov- .
er-Young, big game guide, as
commentator.
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