4 The Staformrm, Salnu Orfc, Thursday, May 21, 1SS3
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- Item first Statesman. March 2S, 1S51
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Spending on Atomic Energy
The Oregonian is shocked at the proposal
of the Eisenhower administration to curtail
outlays in the development of atomic energy -by
30 per cent under the provisions of the
Truman budget. This curtailment reports the
Portland paper, is to be chiefly in fields that
would prove most productive for civilian
benefit. Postponement of work on reactors
for atom-powered aircraft carriers and air
craft "strikes at the heart of progress toward
development of atomic generators for electric
power." It sees curtailment of work in phy
sics, chemistry and metallurgy, in research in
colleges and universities, delays in work in
biology and medicine which give great prom
ise for good to the human race. With the
stockpile of atomic weapons ample for the
initial phases of a war, the Oregonian thinks
it is a mistake to concentrate the spending
on the military side of atomic energy, even
for the purpose of balancing the national bud
get. So great is the concealment from the gen
eral public of the work of the atomic energy
commission that the layman is greatly handi
capped in discussing its program. About all
he knows is that enormous sums have been
spent on producing the A-bomb and the H
bomb, that many tests have been made in the
desert and on atolls in the Pacific of atomic
weapons, that the destructiveness of these
bombs has been greatly increased in ratio to
size. He knows also that isotopes are avail
able for use in medicine and industry and
research, and that considerable experimenta
tion has gone forward in developing reactors
to generate power for civilian use. But he is
quite helpless in passing judgment on the
vast sums involved and their apportionment
for various purposes.
Hence with all sympathy (or the Oregon-
ian's plea for swift utilization of new knowl
edge for promoting human welfare, and for
probing the secrets of the atom to learn new
methods of control for its beneficent use, we
feel we have to rely on the constituted au
thorities to make decisions in this area of the
budget. These authorities are the atomic '
energy commission, the President, the joint
committee of the House and Senate which
has kept in intimate touch with the work of
the commission, and the Congress itself.
We have to realize that the administration
has as its first concern the security of the
nation. Involved in that is the race for pre
aminence in employment of atomic power in
the military field. We think we axe ahead
and are determined to stay ahead. If the
choice here is guns or butter then for the
time being guns will get the preference. At
the same time there must have been terrific
waste in this program. Of what practical val
ue is the atomic cannon so heavy it cannot
negotiate bad terrain? A plane is a much
more flexible and dependable vehicle for de
livery of an atomic missile. Scrutiny of
spending is what the new administration is
devoting its time to; and it may by prevent
ing waste save funds for furthering research
for civilian use of atomic energy and its by
products. ' .. -
In the end, as in the beginning, the people
will have to relay on the President and the
Congress for they are the ones responsible
for selecting the most urgent needs among
the many "which press for early attention. The
Oregoman's eloquent plea for money for de
veloping the peacetime values of atomic pow
er deserves thoughtful attention in Washing
ton; but we can't gamble on security in an
atomic age. :
'GRIN AND "BEAR IT Bylichty
Referral of Civil Rights Bill
A preliminary petition for referral of SB
169, the civil rights bill, has been filed with
the Secretary of State. Some 23,000 valid
signatures from now, the bill will be put in
suspense until voted on by the people in 1954.
Getting that many signers is not a simple
task; but if they are obtained the issue then
will be fought out before the electorate. Re
liance is had on the popular expression in
Portland where a municipal anti-discrimination
ordinance was defeated in 1950 by a vote
of 77,084 to 60,919.
This is a "free country" and there are those
who want to stretch the freedom to abridge
freedom. As long as the democratic process
is employed, one cannot well protest resort
to its even use for ends one disapproves of.
The value of a civil rights law is largely
educational rather than an invoking of police
power. It helps to revise patterns of thinking
which embrace color prejudice, bringing them
more into accord with what we regard as the
democratic and Christian conception, of hu
man equality under the law.
The campaign, if one is to be waged, should
be fought on this level, rather than on "You
wouldn't want your daughter to marry a
"negro" level Chances are there will be
plenty of kluxism turned loose; but Oregon
voters are pretty sensible and able to dis
count appeals to raw prejudice. So if a re
ferendum comes, let it come.
The House has been whetting its paring
knives for operation on department budgets.
But Wednesday it sheathed them when the
appropriation for agriculture was up. Instead
the House voted to increase the $140 million
allotted for soil conservation by $55 million.
Just the usual auction bid for the farm vote.
Secretary Douglas McKay may now be
considered "blooded." John L. Lewis has tak
en him on, accusing McKay of being willing
to have "the blood of coal miners on his
hands" because he has recommended a new
man for director of the bureau of mines, a
province Lewis claims as his own.
One of lice's .Motives in Radio, TV Talks,
Tours Is to Gain Support of U.S. People
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By JOSEPH AND STEWART
ALSOP
WASHINGTON Probably
the most interesting feature
the President's radio talk
.the budget
its status
U new depart-
ur- other in.
2 peals to the
j people and ap-
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I television this
will be a swing
westward, to Minnesota, North
Dakota and elsewhere; and then
will come an eastern trip, begin
ning with the Dartmouth com
mencement
Those who
are qualified
to report on
the develop
ment of Eisen
hower's think
ing, emphat
ically say that
a larger , pur
pose lies be
hind all these
. ; a
orauous ana ... "
e x c u r s ions. m!Jm
Eisenhower wants to be a
strong President He is coming
to realize that the source of
presidential strength is the
whole people of the United
States. He now sees that he
must mobilize his popular sup
port, in order to exercise full
authority in Congress and in
his party.
This represents a change that
Is subtle, yet radical. There is
nothing new in Eisenhower's
desire not to be remembered as
one of the large, unhappy com
pany of weak American Presi
dents. But his ideas about how
to be a strong President are
plaingly evolving. ;
. When he took office Us eon-1
cept of the presidency was much
more passive and- math, less 1
political.. Confucius. all. bet
summed vp the Elsenhower con
cept. In a famous bat slightly
pttmistie remark,, "Let the rat-'
er desire foed, and the people i
win Je good.". The. numerous
Inquests on Eisenhower's first
hundred days sounded a bit like
variations aa ancient Confucian
1st theme, that the Sen of;
Heaves did - not need to "de- -
cide, or to -act,"
nve, bat 'only
or eves to
to -radiate"
No one is better at radiating
benevolence than Dwight D.
Eisenhower. His radiations have
not exactly "set in order all un
der heaven, as the Confucian
ist used to promise rather more
than 2,000 years ago. Harmony
with Congress has if anything
diminished the President's pow
er in Congress. Harmony in the
Republican party has encour
aged the anti-Eisenhower fac
tion in the hope of taking over.
In dealing with other politici
ans, amiability has not proven to
be universal panacea.
On the other hand, the presi
dential radiations have notably
increased Eisenhower's already
enormous popular rapport The
polls attest it The President
himself had the fact forcibly
called to his attention on his
. short visit to New York, when
crowds lined the evening streets
waiting to see him pass, almost
in the manner of crowds in the
high excitement of campaign
time. The good will of the peo
ple of the United States can be
called into play to overcome op
position, whenever Eisenhower
choses to exploit this supreme
presidential prerogative.
It is hard to say just when
or how the decision-that this
would be needful began to take
--shape in the President's mind.
With respect to dealing with
Congress, the White House staff
This Day
25 Years Ago
From Statesman Files ,
HAY 21, 1923
George Rossman, who headed
ticket for the state supreme
court at the primary election,
issued a ' statement of thanks
to the voters. Rossman had a
lead of. 10000 votes over the
next contestant." - v: z ; r
. Temperature In Salem drop
ped to ?77 maximum, after re
gistering .81 yesterday, and. 87
the day before. Cyclone struck
Eeho; Oregon, and Bend hit by
violent electrical storm. -
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Hiss E. A. Frazier arrived
from California to spend three
months with her brother, G. D.
Frasier, who is proprietor of
Salem Engraving Company,
has been divided for a consider
able period The policy of harv
mony at almost any cost. includV
ing the cost of very grave con
cessions, has strong proponents
such as the President's Congres
sional liaison, Maj. Gen. Wilt
bon B. Persons. But other mem
bers of the staff have challenged
this policy more and more
strongly and sharply.
More generally, the leading
members of the Cabinet, the
chieftains of the Eisenhower
faction in the Republican party,
and a fair number of the Presi
dent's trusted private friends,
have long been urging the Pres
ident to talk more freely to the
country. They have argued that
good win was not enough that
there most, be strong, plain
spoken popular support for spe
cific Eisenhower policies. This,
they have said; could only be
secured by -going to the peo
ple," by -taking his case to the
voters."
Certain incidents have also
played their role in Eisenhow
er's evolution. One was the tre
mendous New York turn-out,
which moved him very deeply.
Another, of a different sort, was
the bad quarter-hour at the
White House three weeks ago,
when the $8,500,000,000 budget
cut was first presented to the
Congressional leaders. The lead
ers' complaint about the inade
quacy of the cuts, and particu
larly the downright angry re
action of Sen. Robert A. Taft,
seemed to have suggested to the
President that collaboration
alone would not make him mas
ter in his own house..
If you think about It the step
is long one from persuading pol
icians to persuading the people,
so that the people can persuade
the politicians by .the old famil
iar method of applying the heat
to their backsides. - -
If this step is taken success
fully, the significance win be
very great indeed. The Elsen
hower administration win be
purged of .its worst weakness,
which has been a curious fail
ure to realize its own power.
, The President win begin really
to lead, instead of allowing him
self to be led by those who tell
.him what the "country wHl and
! wont stand for." And in the lm
" mediate future, the Senators
and Representatives who are
preparing to defy Eisenhower
on such issues as reciprocal
trade, foreign aid, and the budg-
et in general, win find the go
ing very hard indeed.
(Copyright. 153. New York Bcraid
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-. . . And I'm sore the dab's own delegation to London win do
everything possible to make the coronation a smashing success!"
The Safety Valve
Trade Hopes
Prompt Red V
Peace Moves
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' By WILLIAM L. RYAN -AP
Foreign News Analyst
The liberation of Bin Oatis, like
the many other' Communist ges
tures since the arrival of Georgi
Malenkov on the' world scene,
seems tied tap with a desperate
determination to open up East
West tafede. ,; - .
The entire peace offensive dat
ing back long before the death of
Stalin apparently has been aimed
at the trade goal. It is succeeding.
Daily, dispatches from abroad tell
of increased pressure for trading
back and ( forth across the Iron
Curtain. 1
There aire a number of good
reasons for this offensive. In the
first place, the merciless exploita
tion of the captive European coun
tries of the East has brought the
civilian economies of the area to a
dangerously low leveL
Associated : Press Correspondent
Dan de Luce; who got to Warsaw
Saturday amid this new wave of
Communist -: gestures, confirmed
Western suspicions. The astronom
ical prices for consumer goods,
far beyond the reach of the highest
wages, underscores the severe
shortages of everyday 'necessities
brought about by the swift tempo
of industralization imposed by the
Soviet Union to further its own
plans.
Reports from inside the USSR
Local Deaf Group Protest Deaf
"Beggars"
To The Editor
It has been brought to the at
tention of the writers, and mem
bers of the Salem Chapter of the
Oregon Association of the Deaf,
that certain out-of-the-state deaf
persons have come into the com
munity to peddle cheap trinkets.
This is out and out begging be
cause stressing their deafness,
they are demanding donations
that are far in excess; of the
true value of the articles offered
for "sale."
The deaf people of Salem are
proud of their record as hard
working and respectable citi
zens. They pay their' taxes,
spend theifmoney in town, obey
of their neighbors. They are
home owners, citizens contribu
ting to, and sharing in, the bene
fits of the city.
These peddlers, or beggers in
disguise, hand out cheap articles
and, with the plea that deafness
prevents their finding suitable
work, ask people to donate sums
far in excess of the real worth
of the trinket to be -sold." The
deaf .people of Salem are proof
that this argument is false. The
deaf can, and do, find gainful
employment
The City of Salem requires
peddlers to have a license. Ask
to see this Salem license before
any money is handed out
Should the peddle be without the
license,' please notifly the police
at once, giving them a descrip
tion of the "seller."
The ; deaf people of Salem do
not want these peddlers in town;
they want to stop this nefarious
practice df soliciting under the
guise of selling. This activity
can be stamped out if the citi
zens of Salem will discontinue
giving money to these panhand
lers. Buy your articles from local
merchants. Keep "your money in
town. If you have money to give
to charity, give it to the local
Community Chest or to the Red
Cross Blood Bank Fund.
Olaf Tollefsoa
Thomas Ulmer
' 999 Locust St
have indicated that muci of the
goods going into the consumer
economy hay been .comaig from
countries like Czechoslovakia and
Poland, while the USSR points its
whole program toward heavy in
dustry toward building the indus
trial base to guarantee Soviet se
curity at home and tof permit
Moscow to engage in maneuvers
which eventually will amount tb
a trade war.-V - j
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The death of Stalin his made
the peace toward such Soviet goals
much swifter. But the pattern of
this peace ' offensive - dates back
more than a year, back ho early
1952, when Stalin 'hinted at the
possibility of a great power meet
ing and told the Indian ambassa
dor there were no outstanding
problems , , which could jnot be
sol led. C '
There is a strong suggestion
now, in retrospect, that this was
the i voice of Malentov jspeaking
behind scenes. Stalia was) not yet
bunec before Malmkov J and his
cohorts took up the same theme.
The offensive began, to - take
shape in March, 1952, frith the
much-heralded international eco
nomic conference in Mosiow. The
campaign coincided iwith the
American presidential campaign.
The idea was to start af ground
swen of pressure whichi now is
much in evidence. f
In September, 1952. the Peiping
peace congress, a conference of
international Communist I puppets,
dutifully announced itself) in favor
of "peaceful solution'' off all con
flicts, including Korea. Tie theme
w repeated at the October Com
munist Party congress in Moscow,
which was the occasion for a
super-Comintern meetingf of 115
Communist Party leaders from 45
countries to map the. nex steps.
All through these phases of the
campaign, right up to the end of
1952 and the Vienna "wodd peace
congress." the West was slow to
nibble at the bait.' I
But then Stalin died, this fact
alone gave the Reds' wor)d peace
offensive the shot in thej arm it
needed. Yet, outside of j Stalin's
death, there has been little real
change.
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PANTS PROTECT DOWNFALL
VANCOUVER m-A ycfith who
ware two pairs of trousers was
one pf four shoplifters convicted
and fined in court here. (Officers
explained the inner pair, with
cuffs tied tight at the bottom,
was used to hold stolen groceries.
Zoning Plan
Described to
eClub
Exclians
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Features of the proposed new
city zoning ordinance, under prep
aration since 1950, were described
to Salem Exchange Club Wednes
day by Robert K. Powell, member
of f Salem Planning and Zoning
Commission. .-
The ordinance, which it is
hoped to have in effect next fall,
would break residential, business
and industrial zones into sub
classes; exclude residences from
industrial areas, as well as vice
versa; require off-street parking
provisions; establish building set
backs along arterial streets.
- Asked as to acceptance of the
plan at recent public hearings,
PoweU said few people have
turned out to comment except
those who have complained about
some feature, and some areas
have made hardly any comment
!Club President Peter Geiser
announced that the nominating
committee will comprise Tom
Roberts, Irvin Bryan, Otto Wil
son, L. p. CampbeU and Kenneth
Sherman. , Robert BrowneU is
heading a committee to plan a
club picnic, and William Phelps
reported on work of a committee
studying water fluoridation.
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Death
Brings Suit
For $15,000
J Death of Emmitt Hoyt Henry
of Salem in a truck-motorcycle
collision April 23 is the subject
of a $15,000.. damage suit filed
Wednesday in Marion County Cir
cuit Court
! The suit was brought by Joan
Emaline Henry, administratrix of
the 22-year-old Henry's estate,
against George and Anna A. Cad
well, owners of Cadwell Oil Co.,
and Raymond Caldwell, driver of
the truck. -
i Henry died after a" collision
between his motorcycle and the
oil truck at 260 Boone R ;
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