4 The Statesman, Salem,
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Advance Agents of Tyranny
A poll recently conducted among high
school students by the Purdue University
opinion panel is, if the opinions expressed
therein are representative of ideas of the ma
, jority of U.S. teenagers, an indictment of the
public schools.
The poll was an attempt to find out wheth
er Americans really believe in human free
dom and dignity as much as we say we do.
Here are some of the Jesuits:
Fifty-eight per cent of those polled believe
- police may be justified in using the "third de-
gree" to make a man talk.
Thirty-three per cent said persons who re-
fuse to testify against themselves should be
made to talk or be severely punished. Twenty
. per cent were uncertain. r
Twenty-five per cent of the teenagers would
deny'-the right of people to assemble peace-
fully, saying some groups should not be al-
lowed to hold public meetings.
Twenty jr six per cent believed the police
should be allowed in some cases to search a
person in his home without a warrant.
Fifteen per cent -.vould deny a person accus
ed of crime the right to have a lawyer.
Only 45 per cent believed newspapers
should be allowed to publish anything they
wish except military secrets.
The Albany Democrat Herald, commenting
1 on the figures, notes that "in thus declaring
; themselves the high school students declared
; against several important provisions of the
Bill of Rights . . . They indicate both ignor
ance and carelessness two great foes of pub
lic liberty."
The editorialist speculates that this appal
;ling apathy toward police-state methods may
be due to reluctance fear by both parents
and teachers to discuss such controversial
subjects as communism, and human rights.
There has been a lot of discussion and
argument about the teaching of history and
instilling of patriotism in schools. Usually
those who demand more "Americanism" in
the schools think first of such superficial evi
dence as the display of flags, the saluting of
Hags, the memorizing of lDth century patri
otic verse, the reverence of Washington The
' father of Our Country, and so on.
Much more important is that American
children be taught the principles of the Bill
of ""Rights, and shown how .these old and
splendid ideals can, should, and sometimes
are not, applied in modern, every-day life.
Otherwise we are already well on the way
not to the socialist state that some profess to
foresee for America but to the police state,
which must inevitably follow when the peo
ple will tolerate it tyrannies. When Ameri
cans are "for" obtaining confessions by tor
ture and "for" search without warrant and
"for" censorship of the press, make no mis
take these dread advance agents of tyranny
will come.
Vandenberg as Speech-maker
The late Senator Vandenburg gave a new
direction to American foreign policy and
achieved lasting fame without evr making
a blazing speech. Eugene Register-Guard.
The R-G editor has been nodding. Vanden
berg changed the direction of American for
eign policy by a most notable speech, de
livered in January of 1945. In that he an- .
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World Waits to See If Ike's 'Offer' to Reds
Will Be More Effective Than Truman's Was
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
In 1948 President Truman sent
a message to Moscow outlining
the policies which Russia would
have to revise
1 N - . -TfrK H one uesircu
peace with the
United States.
Molotov and
Stalin turned
them down
cold.
President Ei-
i senhower has
now repeated
the program,
and the world
wonders if
-there will be any difference in
;-the attitudes of Molotov and Mal-
;enkov.
I- On the face of it, Eisenhower
chose a public forum rather
X than diplomatic channels, for
his approach, but there was a
strong possibility that, either
I'l simultaneously or previously, a
message containing the same
3- thoughts had been taken to
V Moscow by new Ambassador
N Behlen.
i
Z As speeches go, it was one of
"the oldest -arraignments of war
!and warlike tensions.
. Stop it, said the President
speaking before the American
'. Society of Newspaper Editors
but talking to Russia. Think
f what It is costing humanity.
Stop it, and the United States
- win devote Its savings to real
- fight for the elimination" of pov
. erty and need in the world.
The President compared Ameri
ca's desire for cooperation with
other nations with Russia's desire
' to conquer and dominate them,
and asked the Kremlin if it was
thready to come down off its high
horse.
The speech was, of course,-a
direct reaction of the Rossiaa
fov )
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Best-Laid
peace offensive, which Eisen
hower demanded they translate
into something more than- mere
words. -
But beyond pulling together,
practically everything that has
been said in the past two or three
weeks about American willing
ness to meet the Russians half
way, and the concrete suggestion
of a world welfare fund, it still
left the initiative to Russia.
That may be Inevitable, since
only an Initiator of aggression
can can it off. There will be'
those, however, who will regret
.the President's failure to say to
Congressional Quiz
Q If both Hawaii and Alaska
become states, who will 'decide
the arrangement of the new
stars in our flag?
A Congress can claim orig
inal Jurisdiction or originality
in setting the location of the
stars. In June, 1777, the Con
tinental Congress adopted a res
olution saying "the flag of the
13 United States be 13 stripes,
alternate jred and white, and
that the union be 13 stars,
white in a blue field, repre
senting a new constellation.
But Congress has never passed
a law saying specifically where
they should be. Two bills have
been introduced for realign
ment of the stars into a pattern
of 48. f
Q As a New Yorker, I'm
wondering way Congress picked
on as in its waterfront investi
gation. Surely similar problems
exist elsewhere?
A The Senate Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Subcommit
tee making this study did con
centrate on corruption in the
New York-New Jersey area at
its first public hearings. But
nounced a change in his own thinking and
called for full cooperation of the United
States in international affairs. Previously
Vandenberg had been inclined to an isola
tionist position. Recognizing the speech as one
of great importance The Statesman publish
ed it in full right after its delivery.
It may not have been a "blazing' speech
within the meaning of the R-G's use of the
word. But it was a challenging speech; and
it brought results. Bipartisanship in foreign
policy became more firmly established, and
a majority of the Republicans followed Van
denberg in supporting establishment of Uni
ted Nations.
Vandenberg worked out his speeches him
self, typing them on his typewriter a carry
over, probably, from his habit as editor. He
had something of a flair for style, too, at
times gaining heights of eloquence. ' He fol
lowed the same practice when serviifg in on
the U.S. delegation at United Nations, pre
paring his own speeches on important issues.
The death of.-Vandenberg in April, 1951,
was a great loss to this country. Had he lived
and retained his health his leadership surely
would have restrained 'the marplots of his
party who have done much to impair the
prestige and position of the United States in
world affairs.
Plans Went Awry
Former ' Secretary of Defense George C.
Marshall now is getting blamed for the am
munition shortage in Korea.-Senator Byrd of
Virginia declared that Marshall issued a vir
tual "slow down" order late in 1950 and call
ed this one of a series of "tragic mistakes."
While Byrd was condemning Marshall,
Senator Estes Kefauver suggested that the
Senate ought to find out the sources of in
formation that prompted Marshall 'to issue
directives saying the Korean war would be
over on specific dates.
In this connection it will be recalled that
General Douglas MacArthur, on November
24, 1950, declared in his communique:
"If successful, this (the UN offensive to
ward the Yalu) should, for all practical pur
poses, end the war, restore the peace and un
ity in Korea, enable prompt withdrawal of
UN military forces, and permit complete as
sumption by the Korean people and the Na
tion of full sovereignty and international
equality."
MacArthur told his troops they could go
home as soon as they reached the Yalu. There
was open "home by Christmas" talk by offi
cers and men. The U.S. public was sure the
Korean war was almost over. Intelligence re
ports evidently convinced MacArthur that the
Chinese Communists (despite contrary warn
ings from India) would not enter the Korean
conflict. MacArthur assured President Tru
man on Wake Island that the Chinese Reds
would stay out.
But on December 11, 1950. the Chinese
Communist forces counterattacked and drove
the U.N. forces back.
No fair-minded person could "blame" Mar
shall for his actions prior to the entry of the
Chinese Reds. The defense secretary, the
joint chiefs of staff, the president himself,
must depend upon the reports and evalua
tions they get from the commanders in the
field, who are in turn partly dependent upon
their intelligence officers. The best that mili
tary commanders can do is only intelligent
guesswork. The guesswork was wrong as re
gards the Chinese and wrong as to the dura
tion of the war.
The military not only have to guess as to
the actions of the enemy, they have to feel
their way along in the matter of U.S. civilian
opinion. They can only do what the public
will stand for. In the opimistic climate of late
1950, we doubt very much if Americans
would have supported a government move to
put the nation on a real war economy, with
severe cutbacks in civilian production and in
creased taxes to pay for serious rearmament.
It is ridiculous and unjust to try to "blame"
any one individual when the best-laid plans
of many men go awry.
Malenkov, "Let's get together
and see if we can find grounds
for agreement," although cer
tain portions of the speech can
be token as highly suggestive
that such a move would be wel
come if Malenkov would make
it
There is a certain advantage in
maneuver in this, since failure at
any such conference would be
more easily attributed to the ini
tiator. But somehow or other the
importance of maneuver and posi
tion "for the record" seems less
and less important as the atomic
stockpiles grow.
Chairman Charles W. Tobey (R
N. HJ, who heads both the Sub
committee and its parent Com
mittee, has said that the probe
eventually will be extended to
all the nation's major ports.
Q What kind of progress Is'
President Eisenhower makinr
wita his legislative proposals?
A By the end of the first
quarter of 1953,: the President
had won Congressional ap
proval of two of 19 specific leg
islative proposals. The 83rd
Congress had taken no Action
at all, not even : held hearings,
on 11 Presidential recommenda
tions for legislation.
Q Are any representatives of
church groups registered as lob
byists? j.v r
A Officials of nearly every
major denomination have Wash
ington offices where they can
keep close watch on legislative
developments. Most of these
groups have officials who have
at some time registered under
the Federal Regulation of Lob
bying law. :
(Copy. 1S4J. Cong. Quar.)
GRIN AND BEAR
1 "
"When you're married awhile, Linda, you won't think it's
unromantie . . . Teull just be thankful he isn't roinr
over bills instead! ... M
Rudy Vallee, in the gray-haired flesh, adenoids and all,
stopped in Salem Thursday long enough to get gassed up
(with ethyl, that is) at Wolverton's station on S. Coml. St.
his time was
the use of the terms "hod rods" and "hot rodders" in recent
news stories dealing with car-ramming drivers. Hot roddlng,
say the hot rodders, is an old and established sport to pro
mote organized off street racing and other activities. The Di
cers, for instance, patrol local highways to help out motorists
la trouble. A hot rod. they say, is not a stock car filled with
beer bottles, but a high - powered,' safe, highly engineered
piece of machinery for show, street and competition. True hot
rodders are interested in road safety and, anyway, the un
derstandably sensitive good hot rodders don't want to be con
fused with the bad . . .
A spy reports that Guy Cordon, that OTHER Oregon
senator, was out driving one day with a friend near Wash
ington when they stopped at a roadside restaurant. The friend
motioned to the waiter. "We have a distinguished guest to
day," he said. "A U.S. senator. From Oregon.". The waiter
bowed politely to Cordon. "Glad to have you with us Sen.
Morse," he said.
4 "
Oreg. Bis. Jk Tax Research news letter giTM Attorney
Gen. Robert Thornton a pai on the back because he ruled
that the sale of the vegetable fat ice cream substitute, "Mel
lorine," could not be restricted to certain sised containers.
Yet Thornton's wife is the daughter of the late Carl Haber
lach, who organised the world-famous Tillamook Creamery
' Assoc . . . Figgers from the state traffic safety division make
interesting reading. Although Marion County had less traffic
aceldenta in 1952 than in 1951 (4.563 to 4,663) and fewer in
juries (921 to 966), nevertheless there were more deaths 21 ,
to 15. Same thing is true, in general, over the state.
Mail . . . "Sir: As to the leaving out the name of God
in Oregon's constitution. Guess the big brass think they don't
need God, and sure act like it. The way they do things, es
pecially to the old people who spent hard years at hard la
bor to put the big boys where they are." Their God is money
and they sure take for themselves ... A Bonafide Citizen."
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not invaded; but reliance on prop
erty taxes varies among the
states. Oregon has levied none
for years, but Nebraska depends
quite fully on a property tax for
support of state government
The states agree that the fed
eral government should leave
collection of taxes on gasoline to
states. At the same time they
are eager to get federal grants
for highway construction, and
complain bitterly over the fact
that the government doesn't remit
.for such assistance the full
amount of its gas tax receipts.
There is no machinery for
agreement between the federal
government and all the states,
because each is sovereign. The
federal government can make de
cisions for itself; but since it is
under pressure for more income
it is not likely to abandon any
sizeable revenue source.
Changes in tax structures come
hard. For example, there is gen
eral agreement in this state that
the personal propeity tax as ad
miiustered is most inequitable;
but it is such an important factor
in the tax structure of some coun
ties that legislatures have not
braced themselves to abolish it
The federal - state conferences
on taxes may do some good, if
only to acquaint people with the
tax facts of life; but do not be
optimistic on any radical changes
in prevailing tax systems.
WARM POLISH
Warm furniture pofish pene
trates wood pores faster than
cold, so you can do a quicker
Klishing job if you warm the
ttle of polish in hot water
first
IT . By Lichty
Rudy and his wife were en route to British
Columbia on a vacation trip. "He sure has
aged. His hair is almost white," said the sta
tion attendant. Thereby striking a sad note
in the hearts of all women in this area old
enough to recall Rudy nasally intoning that
your time and that your time
was his time. With a hot ukulele, yet . . .
M embers f The Dicers, a legitimate local
hot-rod groap. are grinding their gears over
Group Kill?
Pinball Bill
. The house-passed bill to legalize
"free play" pinball games died
Wednesday in a subcommittee of
the joint ways and means com
mittee. K
John Steelhammer, Salem lawyer
and speaker of the house in 1951,
told the subcommittee that the
bill would enable the state to col
lect more taxes from the games.
He said the "freeplay" machines
are operating in many counties,
anyway, despite an attorney gen
eral's opinion of several years ago
holding the games are illegal.
Group Backs
Disputes Bill
The joint legislative ways and
means committee recommended
passage Thursday of the bill to
let the governor settle the dis
putes between the board of high
er education and civil service
commission.
The dispute is over which high
er education employes should be
given academic rank, and thus
exempted from civil service. Em
ployes with academic rank are
not subject to civil service salarjH
limits. N
The bill has been passed by the
House;
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Strengthened
Welfare Bill
Becomes Law
A tougher relative responsibil
ity law .under which parents and
children are .required to con
tribute to' support of welfare
cases if they can afford it, be
came effective Wednesday.
The bill, signed by Gov. Paul
L. Patterson, gives the public
welfare commission the right to
get information from 'the tax
commission as to the income of
relatives of welfare cases, and
gives the commission power to
force payment of support
It also increases the. contribu
tions required of the relatives.
The law was passed in 1949, but
Only about one out of each 100
welfare cases gets support from
relatives.
Ways-Means
Favors House
Rainmaker Bill
A joint ways' and means subcom
mittee stepped into the senate
house quarrel over licensing rain
makers by approving the house
version Thursday.
The subcommittee recommended
the bill of Rep. Robert Root, Med
ford, which would let the depart
ment of agriculture license persons
who try to change the weather.
This bill, passed by the house,
would encourage weather control
experiments.
The other bill; by Sen Ben Day,
Gold Hill, has been passed by the
senate. It would create a state
weather modification board, with
more severe restrictions on the
weather makers.
House Defeats
Reallocation of
Racing Money
The House Thursday defeated
40-18 a bill designed to give another
12 local shows and special events
a share of state racing revenues.
The House state and federal af
fairs committee, which is disgusted
because nine local shows" already
get a cut of the racing receipts,
drafted the bill in order to make
the whole setup look ridiculous.
The payoff in the debate came
when Rep. Lee Ohm art, Salem,
asked for unanimous consent to
give some of the race mosey to the
"Pacific City fish-fry fly-in." But
Speaker Rudie Wilhelm Jr. ruled
Ohmart out of order because the
been considered possible contend-
Educational
TV Supported
Educational television came back
into the spotlight as the senate
passed and sent to the house a res
olution giving the governor author
ity to take all necessary steps to
save the two educational TV chan
nels which the Federal Communi
cations commission has reserved
for Oregon.
The commission said it would
hold these two channels open until
next June 2.
Several weeks ago, the house
killed a resolution calling for a
legislative study of educational TV.
Group Okehed
Road Study
The senate completed legislative
action Thursday on a resolution to
create a-, legislative interim com
mittee to study highway matters
for the next two years.
It also passed and sent to the
governor a bill appropriating $25,
000 for the interim committee.
The committee would study high
way financing, distribution of high
way funds to counties and cities,
and taxation of motor vehicles.
10 Senators Vote
Against Pay Hike
Senators voting Thursday against
increasing legislators' pay were:
Fred Lamport, Salem; Howard
C. Belton, Canby; Truman A.
Chase, Eugene; Angus Gibson,
Junction City; John P. Hounsell,
Hood River; Eugene E. Marsh,
McMinnville: Warren McMinimee,
Tillamook; John C. F. Merrifield,
Portland; George Ulett, Coquille,
and Dean H. Walker, Inde
pendence. Senate Reverses Self;
Approves OTI Budget
Oregon Technical Institute at
Klamath Falls was assured a new
two-year lease on life Thursday
when the senate voted 23 to 6 for
the school's Vi million dollar ap
propriation. The senate thus reversed its ac
tion of March 26, when it refused
to approve the appropriation and
sent the bill back to committee. .
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Developme
on
Creation of a so-called Oregon Development Commission,
with an appropriation of $30,000 for the 1933-33 blennium, was
approved by the joint ways and means committee here Thursday
with the blessing of Gov. Paul LT Patterson.
Patterson appeared before the committee and urged creation
of the commission. He said similar commissions were in operation
in a numoer ox oiner nates ana
had proved satisfactory. Another
speaker in favor of the commis
sion was T. Morris Dunne, mem
ber of the State Unemployment
Commission. Dunne said he was
advised that the federal govern
ment would allocate $13,000 to
ward paying the commission's ex
penses. Value of such a commission was
questioned by Sen. Angus Gibson,
Lane County, who said similar
groups were created under pre
vious administrations. "So far as
I have been able to determine
their operations resulted in little
value," Gibson averred. He voted
for creation of the commission
and the appropriation. '
Need Cities' Help
Governor" Patterson admitted
that, it would be necessary for the
commission to. receive the coop
eration of all chambers of com
merce and community leaders to
insure success. Dunne empha
sized that the signing of a truce
in Korea might result in a lot of
unemployment. Purpose of the
commission would .be to attract
new industries and payrolls.
The commission would be com
posed of five members sppointed
by the governor.
Also approved by the commit
tee was construction of a two
story garage for operation of the
proposed state motor vehicle pool
and purchase of land and con
struction of a building for the
state agricultural department.
The garage, which also would
house the state purchasing de
partment, was estimated to cost
$130,000. Cost of the agricultural
building, along with a site, would
be $570,000. Both the new garage
and agricultural"building would
be located at 12th and Ferry
Streets.
40 Hoar Week Bill
A bill providing a 40-hour week
for employes at the two Oregon
State Mental Hospitals and two
State Tuberculosis Hospitals also
received approval of the ways and
means group. It originally was es
timated this project would cost
$250,000 during the next bien
nium but this - figure was in
creased to $700,000 Thursday. Ap
proximately 155 employes would
be involved.
The state emergency fund, for
use during interims between leg
islative sessions, was fixed at
$1,000,000 instead of $2,000,000
as originally proposed. , -
The state restoration fund was
boosted to $3,000,000. This fund
is used to cover losses on state
buildings' in lieu of commercial
insurance.
Another bill, permitting the
state board to trade properties
involving those required for state
construction in the state capitol
area, also was approved. This hill
has , particular, reference to the
First Presbyterian Church prop
erty which, under a recent deci
sion of the State Board of Con
trol, will "be permitted to remain
in the Capitol area for an indef
inite period.
Although robins were once for
est birds, many of them now build
their nests in cities.
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Salem city administration maj
soon try out the new law to per
mit a street paving project eves
if a majority of property ownen
along the street object.
Legislation is being prepared
in the city attorney's office foi
paving of one-block Taft Street
extending north, from Madlsor
Street near a northeast Salem in
dustrial area.
This legislation was called for
by Alderman Thomas Armstroni
after homeowners on the east side
of Taft Street petitioned for s
street improvement at property
owners' expense. But their prop
erty amounted to only about 30
per cent of the assessable area.
The property on the other side of
the street is owned by Salem
Linen Mills which did not join in
the petition.
The . City Council has the
power to force the paving issue
and assess the mill as well as the
householders if it's decided that
traffic and public safety require
such an improvement Petitioners
of Taft Street have complained
of the industrial traffic there.
The resolution 4s expected to
reach the 'Council at its April 27
meeting. ;
A few weeks ago a similar reso
lution was 'prepared to require
paving on a street north of Salem
High School, but at the last min
ute some of the holdout property
owners decided to join in the reg
ular street improvement petition
As a result the' special resolution
was dropped.
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Baum, Francis
Eye Speaker
Of House Post
Reps. Dave Baum. LaGrande,
and Carl Francis, Dayton.; wert
angling in the open Thursday for
support in their bids for speaker of
the House at the next Legislature.
Two representatives who had
been consdered possible contend
ers came out in support of Baum
Thursday. They are Reps. Robert
W. Root. Medford, and Russell
Hudson, The Dalles.
And Francis invited many of th
House members to a "Francis for
speaker" dinner;
Baum, 31. is serving in his third
session. Francis, 38, has served '
since IMS.
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