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; Front Fin Statesman. March 18. 1S51
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CHAJ&ES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
then publicf attention and sympathy are at
tracted. And such is the resolution of the hu
man spirit we can be confident that these
stricken cities soon will rise above the debris,
though the broken lives will never be 'replaced.
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OmrchiU's "Mission with Moscow"
Prime Minister Churchill in reviewing for
eign .policy before Commons on Monday urg
ed that leaders of Russia and the West hold
a copf erence soon in an . effort to compose
. differences between their countries. Since he
specified it should embrace "the smallest
number of powers and persons possible" it is
assumed that he would limit the company to
Eisenhower, Malenkov and himself. He urged
too that the conference be held "with a meas
ure; cf informality and a still greater measure
of privacy and seclusion."
The PM was not too optimistic about de
finite results. Perhjaps no hard and fast
agreements could be reached, but he felt it
might generate a better feeling and so halt
the slide into war.
We may agree with the doughty Britisher
that no one should be frightened over -the
prospect of. such a conference. By the same
token-one dare not be carried away in a glow
of optimism. There have been many confer
ences at just under the heads-of-state level
since Potsdam, but the resulting agreements
have been minis cule. Another is set for May
27th when the foreign ministers will take an
other bite at the Austrian treaty hardtack.
Many are inclined to make it the test of Rus
sian intentions.
Churchill has one great ambition, and that
Is to resolve the cold war before he leaves
the political stage. It is a worthy ambition,
though this old warhorse has never been dis
tinguished as a pacifier. If a conference could
be had,-with very limited objectives, it might
do something to ease the present stress. If it
attempted too much and met with failure
thep the end result might be damaging to
world relations. To start with the West might
reflect on what it would be willing to sacri
fice to match any genuine offer from Russia
to settle the issues separating East and West.
We can see why this administration, how
ever, recalling the storm of protest over Yal
ta ancj- Potsdam, will hestitate even to be
caugh3& the same room with the Russians.
"Mining" the Forests
Remember those "mining claims' on choice -timberlands
And recreation spots in the Rogue
River country which Sen. Ben Day brought
to public notice some time ago? The forest
service is moving to have them invalidated
for lack of showing of mineral value the
timber and recreation values of the sites are
self-evident. But if the federal court should
throw out the claims (and it isn't easy to
douse the gleam in the eye of a prospector,
whether for gold or timber) ; then next day
they could be filed on as mining claims
again. So filing, contesting, eviction could '
become a merry ground. Even if the forest
service came out on top in the end it is put
to a lot of trouble, and its plans for forest
management may be interferred with.
The Medford Mail-Tribune, reviewing this
problem, speaks favorably of a bill now in
Congress by which the surface rights would
be reserved though the miner is allowed to
do his mining. There would be conflict if the
mining really got started because you can't
mine without damaging the surface; but at
least the miner would not be under the temp
tation of "mining trees" for he would have
no claim to them.
It certainly is time to revise the Old min
ing "claim laws.
On the "Meet the Press, program Sunday
night Sen. Wayne L. Morse told reporters he
would welcome a race with Douglas. McKay
for the Senate in 1956. Why do reporters and
others keep setting up this contest? We have
no inside knowledge but have never under
stood that McKay had a hankering to go to
the Senate. He surely wouldn't give up his
present post as Secretary of the Interior, a
cabinet office, to run for the Senate; and this
position holds into 1957 or longer if Eisen
hower is reelected President. We are apt to
find younger politicians eager to run against
Morse in 1956, and perhaps against Cordon in
1954. .
Texas Tornadoes
This is the tornado season for the vast
spread of the continent east of the Rockies.
These .twisters are quite unpredictable as to
time and place and intensity. Actually they
are rare and widely distributed and of brief
duration. So the people of the plains and
praries have learned to live with them.
The ones which struck at Waco and San
Angela Texas, on Monday were unusually
severe, Musing heavy loss of life and injuries'
to persons and extensive damage to property.
So serious is the situation in Waco that mar
tial law has been proclaimed.
As usual the American Red Cross is
prompt with its measures of relief. The sum
of $200,000 was set up immediately for emer
gency jcre, and more will be forthcoming if
needed ;(How precious it is that we. have this
reservoir of money and .trained personnel to
draw oh in time of disaster.)
We live in a time of wars and threats of
wars, and sometimes seem to be hardened to
lesser calamities. But when something of the
proportions of the Texas tornadoes strikes
At the end of 1952 over 64,000 Oregonians
were receiving federal old age and survivors'
insurance (social security). The number on
old: age assistance from the state public wel
fare' commission is something over 20,000.
Steadily the former list will grow, and the
latter wjll diminish, because of the spread of
coverage of federal social security. There
probably will always be need of the state
assistance, however, to supplement grants
under the federal system in cases of extreme
need.
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7 U.S: Civilians
Freed by Reds,
TeU of prutaHty
FRANKFURT. Germany (A da A. Smith, Marshall, Mo., and
Seven American civilians who, Anders K. Jensen, New Cumber
were swept up by the march of. land. Pa.
war in Korea nearly three years ) Dans told of a death march'"
ago savored freedom Tuesday up to the Yalu River on which
night and told a story of hunger 99 American soldiers and two el
and brutality under Communist vflians died. .;.
guns. . ' f ! -we never saw the actual sboot-
: The seven, six missionaries and lag," he said. "If any one couldn't
a fanner State Department em- keep up, they'd wait until the rest
ploye, stopped Lriefly - in Frank- of us got aroucd a bend and then
fur on the last leg of their trip we'd hear shots. Many of them
from prison to freedom in their Iled -f exhaustion and malnutri
bomeland. ; : stiot, though. There were 72 d-
( They were interned along with ffilians but we lost only two."
some 72 others in 1950 hen North ii . .
Canada Of f era
brain to Pakistan
Korean troops knifed deeply into
n Kore but noboc: i aver
both..ed to tell them their status.
Louis Dans of Chicago and Balti
more, who was a hotel marager
f the State Department was
spokesman , f o the group at a
news conference at Frankfurt s
Rhine-Main Airport. The others
are Father William R. Booth, a
Maryknott, N. Y., priest, and five
IChodist missionaries: ;
Lawrence Azeuers. weatnenoro.
Tex., Nellie A. Dyer, Conay, ArkL,
Mary Russer, Cordele, Ga., Berth-
Better English
By Dt CL WDLLIAMS
OTTAWA UR -. Canada has of
fered five ; million dollars mrtta
of wheat to Pakistan to relieve a
critical food shortage, the External
Affairs Department said Tuesday.
I The contribution is m addition
to a similar sum, also for pur
chase of Canadian wheat, alloca
ted to Pakistan from the 25 mil
lion dollars set aside last year
by Canada under the . Colombo
Plan for developing Southeast
Asia.'::, " v ;' .i
Russia is said to be building up its navy,
going in strongly for submarines using the
latest German subs as models. The subs
could do a lot of damage but will never give
Russia command of the sea because defens
es .against subs keep progressing too. The
great weakness of Russia on the ocean is its
lack of a merchant marine. Fifty-three per
cent of its shipping is overage 25 years old
or over. Moreover, the Russ have never been
a seafaring people. The USSR will remain
a land power.
Eugene is mustering forces to oppose the
granting of a' license for dog racing in that
community. There is nothing scarcely which
a city needs less than dog racing. It is just a
parasite on the community, leaching away
earnings for out-of-town promoters, offering
little in the way of interesting' entertainment
and building up the vice of gambling. The
racing commission should spare upstate Ore
gon from going to the dogs.
In Struggle to Keep Control of Party, Attlee
, Is Contributing to Reds' Plan to Split Allies
Jy?. M. ROBERTS, JR. safety from Germany, and of Ger- ingrained Russian trait Fear of
Associated Press News Analyst man safety from Russia, could be Western intervention in her affairs
Clement Attlee, with his attack an entering wedge for East-West has been constant ever since it
In the British Parliament on Amer- agreement. actually occurred in the early days
leans and their Constitution, sow Locarno, however is remenv f the Bolshevit. revolution,
begins to out-Bevan Bevan. bertd primarily as one of history's Churchill was frankly in disa-
Amencans who keep up with best examples of the fact that if greement with some American
British pohtics wffl recognize the the nations want peace, no pact is policies. He thinks he's lived
former Prme Minister's speech as necessary, and if they do sot, no through a lot and knows a lot more
connected, with the conflict be- pact will produce it l about some things than other peo-
SfSLi There is, however, no harm in Pl But he doesn't make enemies
left-wing feader, for control of the 0,71 And rheS of his best and most important
?LLM -T1 K. , . ill is certainly right in recognizing friends by calling them foolish and
Trt2?meriCaM m that, oand above the constant unprincipled just because there is
T S - - t tAma Tla in aaais 1 1 all if
wsan tim ..r. v M -1. . ivussan poucy oi expansion oi
ta thTiwS"Tharr Communism, fear may play a very
want a settlement in Korea, he is JShOl "
mmiKm ihm rsmrnri Immediate attitude, i
repeating the Communist line.
When be raises the question of
Chinese Communist membership
en 0e United Nations Security
Council even though he admits it
shouldn't be done until after an
armistice, he is advocating a pet
Communist project
When he emphasizes the differ
ence between British and Ameri
can institutions, when he chooses
an extremely difficult period to
talk abbtit" divergencies in policy.
Whea;he-QQestions the President's
power td teaHy represent the U.
S. on international affairs, he is
contributing to one of Russia's
most earnest campaigns the cam
paign. t: split the Allies.
AtHes-i. not a Communist He
has ieen: ousted by the British
beexrvaccepted as their represen-ative-'in
international affair. His
speech is primarily an example of
the extremes into which politics
can lead people. Americans, with
the exception of those who get too
mad. are familiar with similar in
temperate manifestations in their
own .Congress. Many win be toler-'
ant. -
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Tht former Prime Minister's in
terpolation in the British foreign
policy debate' will not, however, do
anything to help smooth over the
differences which have arisen on
either side of the Atlantic over at
titudes toward the Russian peace
offensive,- -
Winston Churchd made a refer
ence to Locarno in his speech pro
posing --ah - immediate top level
peace conference. He said maybe
an Allied guarantee of Rossian
In the meantime, his Idea for a
Kremlin's conference has received support
from the Vatican. The; pressures
for it begin to outweigh the arsu-
Fear of foreign influence is an ments against it
Local bistro operators say it looks like every unemploy
ed bartender in the country is hitting Oregon (in person or
by mail) hoping to get back into the Old Stumpwater stir
ring business. Most of these martini mangl-
I ers feel .that now Oregon is back to selling
booze over the bar the customers can stand
a few versatile, big city type, fancy drink
mixers ... Eugene man passing through
notes that Eugene liquor spot owners were
in a tizzy last week end because they didn't
find but until the last minute they were sup
posed to post bonds as the final step in get
ting their new by-the-drink licenses . . ,
When Mary Pickford visited Salem for the
BeaaVa-MonfJi drive one of the official greeters was Bruce
WCUasss, local atty.' and county savings bond chairman. Bruce
recalled that daring his WW 11 naval air training days at Cor
pus Christi, Tex, one fi his pilot friends was Lt Baddy Rog
t ers, Miss Pkkford's husband ... At the luncheon here the
entire audience was composed of bond-drive committee wom
en. Sole male was Dave Mess, tape recording for KSLM. Mary ,
started her talk: "Ladles and " with a deep nod to Dave,
" gentleman." ' f ! '
Treasury men assigned to guide her through Oregon got
all fagged out trying to keep ahead of tiny, tireless Mary . . .
The trip cost her a lot of personal dough even though she
and her secretary each got $8 a day, plus travel expenses.
Her maid was her own burden . . . In Salem Miss Pickford
said she could slap the label of genius on only two persons
in her life Charles Chaplin and Walt Disney . . . Every
body keeps referring her to as a star of the lip-reading, roller-piano
era. Well, she was, but she also starred in the early
talkies and copped an Oscar for "Coquette."
New gimmick in salesmanship is for salesmen to call on
prospective customers by phone. One Salem woman has been
called three times in the past eight months by one insurance
representative. Each time she patiently explains to the caller
that she already has that type of insurance with his compa
ny! ... On the ether hand Vic Withrow, local insurance
agent, tells of HIS headache. Seems that an increasing num
ber of persons write insurance firms and ask for "all the in
formation on your plan. Bat no agents or callers." . . . If yon
don't answer," moans Vic, "people get sore. If yea do, there
are so many different plans, both yon and the prospective
client get so confused you cant tell the premiums from the
indemnities." ;
. Gardening casualty dent . . . City Editor Bob Gangware
i was having trouble with his phone. Telephone repair man
: found that Bob's phone was the type with the ground wire
staked into the ground' smack in middle of the petunia bed
at the side of the house. Recent spading and scratching had
dislodged the wire. Repair man says this sort of thing hap-
: pens lots of times during the early, mad gardening season . . .
i Marion County clerk's office called a woman the other day
; for jury duty. At first the woman appeared shocked and con
fused. Turned out she thought they said she was scheduled
for surgery. i
Literary Guidepost
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
By W. CL ROGERS
Shakescpearlaa Players and
Performances, by Arthur Colby
Spragne (Harvard; HQ)
Thanks to radio, television
and movies, we make enduring
records not only of music as it
is heard today but also of stage
plays. But what the great actors
and actresses of the past were
like jre have to deduce from
written accounts more often in
tended to note a mood than to
describe specifically: how it was
produced.
This interesting book tries to
tell us. and does very well at
it, too, how some of the immor
tals looked, acted, and what
they sounded like. The author's
problem must have been to re
duce his material to manageable
proportions; there was a little
about everybody, he needed a
lot about a few. So he reports
on key figures in memorable
roles on certain nights:
Thomas Betterton as Hamlet,
1709; David Garrick, Lear, 1776;
John Philip Kemble, , Hamlet
again, 1783; Xemble'a sister
Mrs. Sarah Siddons, Lady Mae
beth, 1785; Edmund Kean, Oth
ello, 1817; - William Charles
llacready, Hacbeth, 1SS1; Hen-
I
ry Irving, Shylock, 1878; Ed
win Booth, Iago, 1881.
Betterton's amlet was so
commending it scared the Ghost,
. said an actor who, as the Ghost,
.should have scared Betterton.
Mrs. Siddons shed real tears,
and as Lady Macbeth was so
convincingly fearsome that one
spectator declared TL smelt
blood." Kean, it was claimed,
' actually turned "ashy: grey with
fear" in the closing I scenes of
"Macbeth," and in that role the
rapt llacready pinched his Lady
Macbeth black and blue.
The voices intrigue us most,
whether it was Kean's always
threatening to turn hoarse, or
Irving'! "highly cultivated
neigh." or the formal-diction.
evidently beyond exact conjee- I
tore at this lata date, of Bet
. terton. Some one marked the
"Tobe or not to be" soliloquy ;
forte and piano, only to discover i
such a test did not I apply to
Garrick at alL But there was a
time, it seems, when it was poe
sihle, as it no longer is, to corn-
pare the speech on the London ?
tag with the stylized speech ;
still heard today, in its effect !
almost operatic, in the classical fla
French theater.
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(Continued from page one)
from normal society. Thanks to
the good nursing and treatment
by skilled physicians, and the
specialized help of psychiatrists,
thousands are discharged an-,
nually to resume their former
activities.
The public: is apt to rate an
institution by its externals, the
size and number of its buildings.
But a hospital depends primar
ily on the quality of work which
is done there, 'and that depends
on the character and attain
ments of its professional work
ers. In this respect it is just like
a college the faculty is more
important than the buildings.
Oregon should be h i g h 1 y
pleased that the staff at the Sa
lem hospital now numbers three
Board -accredited psychiatrists.
They are the same persons they
were before, and will pursue the
same line of work. But the rec
ognition gives them profession
al standing and encourages them
to press forward in the work to
which they have dedicated their
lives. I want to commend these
doctors for their perserverance
in the study and effort required
for qualifying at the highest le
vel of their profession. It was a
long, hard pull; and achieve
ment of the goal must give them
a high degree of satisfaction.
L What is wrong With this
sentence? The price was no
where near as high as I had
expected."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "psychiatric"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Coersion, con
descension, contamination, con-j
tiguous.
4. What does' the word "me-!
taphor" mean? I
5. What is a word beginning;
with om that, means "forebod-i
ing evil"?
ANSWERS
L Say, "The price , was not;
nearly so high as I "had ex
pected.' 2. Pronounce si-ki-at-i
rik, first 1 as in sigh .second
and third i's as in it, a as in ti
accent third syllable. 3. Co.
ercion. 4. Use of a word or
phrase literally denoting oner
thing in place of another by
way of suggesting a likeness
as, "The vessel plows the sea.
5. Ominous.
25 Years Ago!
i MAY 1J, 1928 :
National Music Week ends In
program at the Armory, with
over 500 participating. Numbers
by Willamette University and.
Elks singers were outstanding'
William McGilchrist Jr., was
chairman. Capital Post No. S
American Legion in bright uni
forms, under1 the direction of
Drum Major Carl E. Hinges, en
tertained during the evening, f
ey received word that Vernonl
Macan of Victoria .would arrive
to take over planning of new
Salem Golf links. When com
pleted the golf course will be
one of the best and most beauti
ful in the country. ,
"Spec' Keene's home run was
largely responsible for the one
point victory of the Legion out-,
fit over the Oregon Paper mill
team in competition in twilight:
leagues on the Oxford Park dil
mond. M
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Pearson's Radio Outlets
To the Editor
As mention by letter .was re
cently made, you might be in
terested in knowing that Drew
Pearson survived the attempt to
liquidate him with 192 (1) sal
vaged radio outlets. This in
eludes Oregon's freethinking
Information over his signa
ture is that he. expects even
more stations and greater cov
erage under the new schedule
than formerly.
Appears that it's better to be
83 right than vice president;
or senator. ...
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