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' 4The Statesman, Salem, 4 (DrtfionCD tafesraau Wo Fooor Sioay Us Wo Fear Shall Awt" ' From First Statesman, Much 28, 1151 4 Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Published every morning. Business office 280 North Church St- Salem. Ore- Telephone Z-Z441. Entered at the postoffice at Salem. Ore., as econd claaa matter under act of Congreaa March 3. 1S79. Member Associated Press The Associated Press U entitled xchni'iaely to tho uae tor republication of all local new printed In this newspaper. Stalin's Last Thesis In the inevitable showdown between the capitalist states and the Soviet system "Who will defeat whom? That is the essence of the question. So said Lenin. And so said his .pu pil Stalin. And so ask we all, although some in the West may have doubts as to the in? e'vitability of human events. Stalin's last word on the subject and his instructions to the faithful are examined by Bernard Taurer in the April Foreign Affairs Quarterly. Quoting liberally from the writ ings and speeches of Marx, Lenin and Stalin, Taurer points out how often these writers recognized that their cause must accommo date itself to the actions of the enemy, how inevitably the two opposing system must strive for the upper hand, and how "tempo rary equilibrium" is also inevitable, at times, between the two camps. When this condition exists, Stalin said, the policy of the Soviet must be to build up economic and political strength and exploit the "inherent contradic tions of capitalism." This is especially neces sary when the balance of power may be lightly in favor of the capitalist nations as we Americans now suppose it to be. This po licy of laying low is what Stalin means when he speaks of "peaceful co-existence." The late dictator even listed areas of agree ment: the mutual need of trade and markets, credits and interest; the advisability at times of signing non-aggression pacts with bour geois states and entering disarmament agree ments and joining peace -making organiza tions such as the League of Nations or UN. But such Soviet amenability must always be cynical. Stalin's last thesis, as Taurer reads it, re affirms the inevitability of wars between the capitalist states. The capitalist countries, as a result of selfish competition, would rather fight among themselves than unite to fight communism, Stalin predicts, using WW II as an example. Instead of uniting with Ger many to fight Russia, England and France joined Russia (their real enemy) to fight Germany and" Japan (their economic compe titors). In view of these "realities," communists were instructed by Stalin to do all possible to strengthen the forces of extreme national ism, including fascism and nazism. Russia's tactical objective continues to be avoidance of any direct military clash with the West, but at the same time continues intensive pre parations for "liberation" (the new word for revolution) through governments willing to accept Red support or through "civil war" (such as in Korea, Indo-China). That was Stalin's last word on the who will - defeat - whom question. Whether that thesis is accepted by the present Soviet lead ership, only time will tell, but the recent "peaceful" maneuvers would seem to indicate that this is a time of "temporary equilibrium" and of laying low. President Strand of OSC banned the, stu dent satire paper, "The Thermometer." The humor was so hot it broke the Thermometer. Admiral Radford Looks Like Good Bet to Replace Gen. Bradley as U. S. Chief of Staff By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON Admiral Arthur Radford looks like a better and better bet to replace Gen. Omar ::iZmmm ' fBradley as if i'XJ Chairman of l V y:JUtbe Joint i J 1 .'Chiefs of aiau. i ne ae- Jcision willpre- s sumaoiy De 2 made as soon as Secretary lof Defense w Charles Wil j. Jon. can reach y. iS5f&i&3SlM with president Eisenhower. The question is whether Wilson's wishes or Eisenhower's doubts will fin ally prevail. Wilson has wanted Radford xbr Chairman , of the Joint Chiefs ever since the Pres ident's pre-in-airguration trip to Korea. When the Ei senhower: party-, was on its way back, Rad ford met them at Pearl 'Har bor. He SO .Surwart Al much impress- r ed:and charmed . Wilson that Wilson proposed him far the chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs then and there, without further ado. According to undoubted re ports, the President' answered that Admiral -Radford was one of the two or three ablest senior officers in American uniform, fully qualified in every way to head the Joint Chiefs. But he added that Wilson had better not name Radford to the chair--jnanship until he had made quite sure that Radford's first loyalty would be to, the Secre tary of Defense, instead of to the Navy. ' Admiral. Radford has since saade a king visit to Washing ton, which seems, If anything, to have , increased . Secretary Wilson's enthusiasm for him. Che -Thursday. April 30. 1953 Prison Labor on Private Land Wilson is one of those who "wants what they want when they want it." He wanted the famous radio entertainer, Ar thur Godfrey, for a Defense De partment member of the Presi dent's special commission on psychological warfare. When he encountered opposition, he car ried his fight for Godfrey to the length of refusing to name any one else for a considerable time. In the Infinitely more im portant case of Radford, he is said to be equally determined. The President, meanwhile, has always opposed the extreme naval viewpoint which Admiral Radford has always stood for hitherto. Since the Admiral is a man who fights for his view to the last ditch, it can be seen why the President has hesitated to approve Secretary Wilson's proposal. The Air Force, where Admiral Radford's stand on the B-36 is only too well remember ed, is also moving heaven and earth to block his nomination. If Admiral Radford is not named, other possibilities are reported to be Gen. Alfred rGrnenther, Gem. Hoyt Vanden berg and Gen. Carl Spaatx. Sec retary of the Air Force Harold Talbot , has ' claimed ' the chair manship of the Joint Chiefs for the Air branch, and has taken the position that Gen. Spaatz should be called back from re tirement if Gen. Vandenberg is not to be promoted. The argu ment that the chairmanship should rotate, which the Air Force presses, would stand in the way ef the. appointment of Gen. Gruenlher. Bat he is fav ored by his closeness to the President, and his personal ac ceptability te almost everyone as a compromise choke. - Nonetheless, Admiral Rad ford is the best bet because of the strength and determination of Secretary, Wilson's support It must be added that the ap pointment if it goes through, can be counted, on to influence American policy In all sorts of significant ways. - la the first place, Secretary Wilson is a man ef strong likes Howard Morgan runs a farm over in Polk County. He doubles as state chairman for the Democratic central committee. So it is natur al for b to make hay when he can, poli tical hay that is. He comes up now with seri ous charges that convict labor and state-owned equipment were used in land clearing near Jefferson. George Alexander, who has just retired as' prison superintendent, says the state bought timber and used prison labor and equipment to cut the logs into cordwood for use at state institutions. In the deal the state may have agreed to the clearing operation as payment for the stumpage. Over the years the state has bought timber stumpage that way, bought potatoes and fruit and furnished labor to harvest them. The deals have given the inmates wholesome out door labor, and the state has profited in get ting its needed supplies at low cost ,. Since the question has been raised, by all means let the specific deal and others be in vestigated by competent authority Board of Control or grand jury. As far as Alexander is concerned. The Statesman expresses full con fidence in his integrity and his business pru dence. But let a responsible inquiry proceed. The facts will speak for themselves. It's SU11 Booze Announcement is made of the-annual Ore gon School of Alcohol Studies to be held at Reed College, June 22-July 3. W. K. Ferrier, the director, says the purpose of the school is "to acquaint ministers, nurses, teachers, school adrninistrators, social workers, law en forcement officers, probation officers and other interested persons with the recent sci entific developments related to the problems of beverage alcohol." The latest scientific developments haven't disclosed anything to contradict the experi ence of the ages that too much beverage al cohol makes people drunk, that so - called moderate drinking may lead to alcohol addic tion, that the victim of alcoholism becomes a physical wreck and a social outcast. It is true that many people drink temper ately and never become stew-bums; but some of this "scientific development" stuff sounds too much like an attempt to gloss over the risks of imbibing "beverage alcohol." Re gardless of the label it still is booze. Mrs. James B. Patton, Daughters of the American Revolution president, warned members at the DAR convention this week against "our trend to a materialistic civiliza tion." This trend, she says, has "gradually permitted an invasion of states' rights and an increasing enroachment upon the part of the federal government." . . . For instance, when the federal government holds on to its claim to off-shore oil that is crass material ism, but when the states claim the off-shore oil that is states' rights. Will fashion-conscious women start watch ing the stamp catalogs? France this week is sued a new 30-franc postage stamp commem orating Parisian haute couture. In colors of "swallow blue" and "amethyst yellow" it shows a willowly model against a backdrop of the Place de la Concord. (The gown, girls, is apparently lace or embroidered material of some kind with a long swept-back skirt and a sheer floating stole. Low cut back. Can't see the front) As for Senator Taft's idea of settling all Far Eastern problems in "one bite," the Christian Science Monitor says: "To try to bite off too much at once could be to end without even a taste of peace or a solid truce to chew on." Piecemeal, it's an unsatisfactory peace meal. and dislikes whose personal opinions are seldom subject to change except by the very small number of persons he fully trusts and approves of. The op inion that he brought to Wash ington, about the right relation ship between the defense effort and the budget do not appear to have been shaken very much by anyone now on duty in the Pen tagon. But Admiral Radford can be counted on to plead the cause of adequate national de fense with great force, and he can also be counted on to im press Secretary Wilson. Then too, the Admiral belongs to the school of American offi cers who have little or no pati ence with mere containment in the contest of the cold war. He has strongly advocated a block- ade of Communist China. as part of a larger program to make the Peking government regret its intervention in Korea. He has shown a strong prefer ence, in many other ways, for bringing the cold war contest to a rapid and complete show down. In this respect Radford could hardly differ more widely from the present Joint Chiefs, whose . caution is niastrated by their Intensely hostile reception ef the Radford blockade plan and Gen. James Van Fleet's compar able plan for a ground offen sive on the Korean, peninsula, . In fact this new : quality and outlook Radford would bring to the Joint Chiefs would probably prove far more important in the long ran, than his loyalty to the Navy and bis suspicion ef the Strategic Air Command. In addition, Radford has one of the most compelling person alities and one of the best in tellectual equipments of any man in American public life. Bringing such a man, with such a temperament into a place of such great power and influence as the Chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs, is almost certain to mark a major- turning point whether or no this is the inten- (CopyHzhU 1.S0. New York Her Tribune lac.) SMaa Salem city officials presented a panel discussion on mu nicipal affairs at the Kiwanis Club meeting. During the question-answer session somebody asked Mayor Al Loucks how Bob . . . " mm to match ... The huge banks of floral beauties on both sides of the front entrance on N. Church St, are in full bloom . . . About two weeks early this year ... And as usual camera hounds (some from out of state) are prowling the premises snapping their shutters at all that natural finery . . . The flow ers are in fine fettle this year, and we can hardly wait until the PO rhododendrons began burtsing out . . A communique from Rep. Walter Norblad notes that on page 127 of the current 1954 federal budget is a request for funds to be used to liquidate the National Recovery Act. Worried Walter points out that the NRA was dissolved by order of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1936, and has been in. the process of liquidation ever since. Establishing these agen cies seems pretty easy, notes Norblad, but putting them out of business seems a lifetime matter . . A raggedy, long-eared bunny edged into the newsroom door the other day with the inside yoke on how come the Dal las Chamber of Commerce ran out of prizes during the kiddies Easter egg hunt there last Easter Sunday. At the beginning the number of prizes matched the "prize eggs" alright but the Chamber men underestimated the power of one woman age about five ... The trouble started when one little boy got a prize for finding a prize egg. As he walked back from the judges' stand a little girl took his egg, marched up lo the stand and collected another prize. Other kids caught on and the racket was going dandy before the adults found out they were seven prizes short ... The Chamber men had arisen early on Easter to prepare the egg hunt but they didn't get up early enough to keep ahead of the kids especially those sly little girls . . . Probably a moral there someplace ... For the fourth consecutive year, OSC students have elect ed a student bqdy president with the first name of Don. The latest is Don Foss. He follows past presidents named Don Van Allsburg, Donn Black and. Don- Hays . . Wonder how come that age group is heavy on the name Don . Could it be because that, say, 20 years ago the big movie heart-throb was Don Ameche? ... The Virgil O'Malleys plan to leave Salem today but their destination is not known except that O'Malley has a job offer in California. flRTN ANFI RFAR VxlXAil DCjATk. K & "What with Television, comic books and lilUe friends the' street W ""ikYOU SShS-1 ' ' x 1 ' asks YOU anything. : ; - returh big investment about all those sheep turned loose in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Who was herding them? "I don't know," Grinned AL "But I think we'll give the job to Alderman Bob White. Nobody can handle those ewe-turns like Salem postoffice grounds one of the best manicured layouts in town or, for that mat ter, the state has donned its annual spring outfit of colorful azaleas with green lawns ESS TT 11 By Lichty j n 5HSEDDB (Continued from page one) approve it without haggling over the sum realized from sale of the old building and ground. It seems strange that such a conflict of opinion would arise. Did the Board of Higher Edu cation make clear to the Legis lature its finance requirements and plans for use of the pro ceeds of the old property? Or did the ways and means com mittee while the appropriation was under consideration make clear to the representatives of higher education that a string was to be attached denying use of the building proceeds for the new project? Whatever the basis for the misunderstanding now a real conflict of authority has arisen, an unfortunate one too, which sets The Oregonian to cuffing the ways and means committee around and accusing it of get ting too big for its breeches. The squabble should not be allowed to cripple or delay the school construction. It is badly needed; and for building and equipping so highly specialized an institution as a Dental School the outlay proposed does not seem unduly extravagant The Board of Higher Educ tion should go ahead with its" previous plan and ask the emer gency board for its approval. The chairmen of the ways and means committee are members of this board, but they are men with a high sense of chic re sponsibility and will not veto the project merely out of pique. Better English By D. C. WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "The clerk tried ev ery which way to fix the adding machine. 2. What is the correct pron unciation of "homely" and "homily"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Whirligig, whip pet wistaria, withhold. 4. What does the word "lat ent" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with to that means 'Ifull of twists; winding"? ANSWERS 1. Omit "which," and say, "to repair the adding machine.'' 2. Pronounce the e in "hom ely as in home. Pronounce the o in "homily" as in on. 3. With hold. 4. Not visible or apparent; hidden. "They did not under stand the latent meaning of his words." 5. Tortuous. I A place of beauty where the future has been secured by a long established en dowed care fund. Ihe purchase of a family burial plot in advance of need is as wise as carrying insurance to protect your loved ones. T Interment spaces in Belcrest are available in all areas of the park. We Invite your inquiry on our reasonable prices and term payment plan. 625 West Browning m Literary Gui By W. G. ROGERS THE ANGRY ANGEL, by Lajos Zilahy, translated from Hun garian by Thomas L. Harsner (Prentice-Hall; $3.95) Rulers of thousands of acres, bearing a name that has been honored through centuries, the Dukays . . . you remember Zil ahy's big novel by that title . . . now in another big novel race headlong to a fateful collision with the modern world. This world is greedy for land, and hostile to ancient names. Old Count Istvan has just died, bequeathing his estate to Ostie, his eldest son, But Ostie lives in America, and after funeral services that are a picturesque reminder of the dying order, he is required to name his stay at-home representative. At the family conclave he considers his two brothers, Kere, who is men tally incompetent, and Johy, mentally incompetent, tod, it might be said, for he follows Hitler fanatically. Ostie rejects them both in favor of his sister Your Health By Dr. Herman Bnndesea Hay fever occurs most often in late summer and early f alL However, many people have hay xever the year round, while others have symptoms in the spring. Hay fever is due to allergy or oversensitivity to pollens from plants. The hay fever which oc curs in the spring may be due to pollens from trees and grass es. Usually, the person having hay fever has a watery discharge from the nose, watering of the eyes, and the person may even have a cough. The symptoms of hay fever, therefore, are much like those of a cold, except there is no fever. Various ways to control at tacks of hay fever have been employed. The antihistamine drugs are effective in relieving some of the symptoms. If the case is very severe, ACTH and cortisone may be of help. Many times, injections of gradually in creasing doses of the pollen to which the person is sensitive, if started early enough in the year, will help relieve the at tack. Usually, the person with hay fever has the most discomfort at night Air-conditioners which filter the pollen out of the air may therefore be of help. Recently, a new mechanical device to remove the pollen from the air has been devised. This machine can be put into the bedroom or any other room from which it is desired to re move the pollen. The air is drawn into the ma chine and through water sprays, by means of a powerful fan. The air is literally showered and washed clean. In this way, 93 per cent of the pollen in the room can be removed by the machine. Up to 200 cubic feet of air per minute can be washed by this method. Thus, a new machine to help relieve the hay fever and aller gy sufferers has been devised. But the doctor is the one to de cide in each case which of the various measures available for the relief of hay fever should be employed. QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. S.S.: I have wanted chil dren for a number of years, but have been told that my womb is infantile and has not grown to its normal size. Is there any help for this condition? Answer: You should of course, consult with your physician con cerning the treatment of an in fantile womb. 1 The giving of large doses of female hormones has been tried in some of these cases with' favorable results. Further careful study of your condition by your physician is advisable. (Copyright. 1953. King feature) Auto Crash Fatal to Infant PORTLAND V- A six-week-old boy was fatally injured Wednesday in a car crash on the outskirts of Portland. Killed was David Robertson, who was riding in a car driven by Mrs. Eleanor M. Elliott, 29, Portland, who was injured. Her car crashed with one driven by Louise K. Anderson, 49, Portland. MORRIS OPTICAL. CO. 444 State St. Phone 3-S32S wooiosoososcil Established in 1928 Ave. deposf Zia's husband Mlhaly UrsL a scholar with a peasant upbring ing and a radical reputation. Mihaly accepts with the un ; demanding that he may use hit new power and position in be A half of the Hungarian peoplii he loves. Then suddenly World War H is upon them, and they'll find their plots and scheming outpaced by the rush of events. J They are clever and determ ined, but the enemy, whether German or Russian, is a mighty, irresistihle force. There is a secret cave, there are disguises, there is a bit of romance, but mostly this is a great colorful panorama of dis integration. A world falls apart and the men who long to save it grab gravely but futilely at the pieces. Evil is pitted against good which by its very nature is spineless, as one character charges: "In fateful hours there are no more impotent or cowardly words than God, constitution, human rights or morality. Real Aim of Laos Invasion Still Hidden By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Aaalyst The time is rapidly approachint when both the objectives and the possibilities of the new Communist war in Laos will become clearer. At first it appeared the chief Red aim was to overrun an area in the north and east of the Indo Chinese country as a platform from which to proclaim a Commu nist government as they, did in northern Vietnam. As more troops were thrown in, especially from the east at the waist of Vietnam, however, the Reds seemed to be striking in one all out blow for the whole country and for the Thai border. ' The position of the French and Laotian defending forces thus . came to depend heavily on wheth er the Red objectives were primar ily territorial or political. If the capture of the capital at Luangprabang is considered vital to the political front of the pro claimed government then the de fenders would, seem to be in fair position. The French claim they can whip the invaders in a pitched battle before the city. The entire defense, with withdrawal of French forces from their outposts to the north and east has been planned along this line. There is no front across country. the Communists themselves hav ing chosen the old Patton tactics of driving directly into the country - with three columns of troops. This leaves the possibility that, rather than face a pitched battle before the capital, they could di vert most of their forces, hold the city under siege, and strike on toward Thailand. They could, by this means, pre sent the world with a far more serious problem than even the oc cupation of the most important parts of Laos. But some of their columns are already 200 miles from their bases, and while the Red forces are accustomed to Guerrilla warfare, a movement of this size still depends heavily on supplies, particularly ammunition. The French are reported con sidering an appeal to the United Nations for help in the defense such as was accorded the South Koreans in 1930. The precedent is there, but the poIiCical circum stances are considerably different France has been involved in dis putes with her colonial areas. In action, before the United Nations she has insisted that these areas, as parts of the French union, re present internal problems in which the U. N. is not empowered to Intervene. An appeal to the U. N. would thus be a withdrawal from this position, as well as an invita tion to the Arab state members to ' renew their attacks on French colonial policy in the world forum. One of these disputes also lies at the bottom of the Indochina war, which was begun as an indepen- y dence movement, and only later taken over by the Communists. There's a whole hornet's nest involved in the situation. -1 Cannon for the seige of Vicks burg were cast 4rom iron , taken from Ringwood, N. J. mines. 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