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J . . r ? X J rv -.!! . - ; ' 4 .That Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday. June 15. 1953 statesman "Ho Favor Sway m Ut' No Fear Shall Act Fresa mil SUtesau March tS. If SI Statesman Publishing Company: CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher PttDitstMe ftrr , mornl&e. " ' NorUi Church St.. Salem, Or, Entend the poatofnce at Salem. Ore M Mcond daaa matter under Mt of Ooncrtsa March X U7. Member Associated Press . Tb 4soc1atd Pr ta entitled xciuslviy t the uae for repubUratloa of all local oewa onoted ia - . r thla aenrspaper Production and Consumption Dairy producers are low on the totem pole when it comes to sharing in treasury bounty, according to .figures' compiled by the Na tional Milk Producers Association. Wheat growers have the biggest siphon, the govern ment having expended in wheat purchases or loans over 35 per cent of the total farm cash market value of the crop. Cotton was second at 12.5 per cent; while dairy products purchased by the government ' amounted to only 1.67 per cent of the total value. On the basis of this comparison the dairy men have not been a big drain on the public purse. Their products being perishable are not as good for storage as grain crops and cotton, so the government may take heavier losses on them. . The great weakness of the price " support scheme is that itencourages continued over production and by holding up prices discour ages consumption. Dairy producers them selves fear the loss of the butter market due to the disparity between the prices of mar garine and butter. If parity is to be con tinued production restrictions need to be put on, because piling up surpluses away beyond consumer demand at market prices is uneco nomic and artificial. The drive of producers should be to get their products consumed. The government treasury eats no butter or wheat. ParadeTpf Ex-Co mjnunisU , . Congressional committees keep running a parade of small fry through' the witness chairs to probe them for connection with subversive organizations. Many of them fol low now the conventional pattern of declin ing to testify on the basis of the exemption - permitted by the fifth amendment ' It certainly is clear by this time that the Communist Party! had many adherents, either as members1 or connected with red front organizations! It is also true that there has been a wholesale ; defection from the party and its organizations. In fact now it is quite shrunken as a party and the front bodies have been pretty well liquidated. One UJKIAIN.' wonders then if loyalty in pulling been tainted with have broken with there are real gains for in those who may have red in the past but who jtheir past associations. Or if there are cases where suspicion still attaches may it ndt be sufficient to question them in private without public exposure un less some valid reason appears. In short the major effort should be to encourage defec tion from Communism and to make it as easy as possible for those who desert that cause to live as normal American citizens. Dr. Piccard, the famous Belgian aeronaut, is ready to attempt a balloon flight to Mars in 1954 if he carl find a sponsor. ThatJtrip offers a great opportunity for advertislngxhy sky-writing. j A A law goes into effect the first of July next in New York state which requires an auto driver suspected of. being intoxicated to take a chemical test or have his driver's license revoked. That is a one-way street, for of course he'll take the test. If he's drunk he loses his license anyway, and if the test shows him slightly on the sober side he gets to keep it. The author of "Honey in the Horn", H. L. Davis, whose recent Holiday article on Ore gon made many natives pinch their noses, is turning out a book of 13 stories under the title "Team Bells Woke Me." Of the 13. ten are on the Oregon scene: so the home folks should get braced. Bob Ruhl of the Medford Mail-Tribune is on the loose again. He has been satisfying his stay-at-home readers with his usual' scintil lating travelogs. His transcontinental trek this time is via Canadian Pacific, with stops en route, the longer ones at Montreal and Quebec. Attending a movie in the latter French-Canadian city he reports the evening at the movie "one of the most extraordinary and amusing" in his experience: Bob Hope and Jane Russell ACTING American and TALKING French. That would be amusing in any language. Chances against the earth being shattered by a collision with a comet are 400 million to one, and a head-on crash with an asteroid even less probable, according to the opinion of Kenneth Heuer who has written a new book "The End of the World." Those who think the end is just round the corner may take heart again and pay the next month's rent. He predicts the earth will get hotter and hotter till the oceans boil and rocks melt, but the aging process will take some two billion years. A shortage of pigs is reported from the New Hebrides. So! now the swains who want wives have to buy; them with cash instead of pigs. No shortage 'of wives is reported. Editorial Comment TIME TO SCRAP McCARRAN ACT Our congratulations to the General Federation of Women Clubs for resolving in national con vention at Washington to petition Congress for a review of the 1952 McCarran-Walter Immigration Act. The federation is the largest organization of women in the United States, and it is generally restrained and moderate in its views. Its reso lution on the immigration question asked Con gress to enact a new law that would "guard this country's national interest and yet be faithful to this country's principles." It would be hard to write a wiser standard for shaping immigration law and policy, or a more pointed indictment of the present law. We continue to be appalled at the stupid and harmful effect which this law works. Apparently even the officers of the Immigration Service are similarly appalled. A report by Eric SevareM says that many of them "detest what they must do under this law jas much as do the victims. "For example," Sevareid continues, "there are women serving on Norwegian ships as mess stew ards or radio operators; this is a familiar and respectable career! in Norway. When they reach America; these women are asked if they have ever engaged in prostitution: men are asked when they last visited a brothel, if they intend to com mit bigamy in this country, and so on. "The complications and humiliations have reached the point Where some Scandinavian mar itime officials believe that American trade with that part of the world will be seriously affected." The loss of trade would be bad enough, but what we find intolerable is the needless loss of prestige and honor that this great and once uni versally respected country suffers. Questions such as the immigration men must ask under the law, to their own acute embarrassment, must shame America. It might perhaps be said that it is a small matter whether a Norwegian mess stewardess is required to affirm not merely that she is no Communist but also that she is no pros titute, nor ever was one. But we would contend that this is not a small matter; the only thing small about it is i the spirit of the men who fa thered the law and who resist every effort, in cluding those of the President, of the United State, to rid it of its inherent injustices. Many Americans are deeply concerned, as the action of the General Federation of Women Club.s well shows; and they are wondering when Congress will get around to revising this dis credited legislative product San Francisco Chronicle. Real Estate 7 CourseDue At Willamette A special course In real estate principles will be offered at , the Willamette summer session, June , 15-August 7, it was an nounced by Dr. Robert D. Gregg, acting director, r 4 f i The eight-week study will be under the direction of John C Paulus, associate professor of law. The course, will offer a study in the legal effect of real estate - transactions, including s consideration of the rights, du ties and liabilities of mortgagors, mortagees, "buyers, sellers, brok ers, landlords, tenants and other interested groups. - J Teachers who attend the Wil lamette l, summer school during 1952 under the G.I. Bill and who have been teaching under con tract for the entire year 195243 may re-enroll in "this year's ses sion under the G.L Bill, by pres enting proof of employment to the .Veteran's Administration and securing a new certificate of en titlement, v ... k - . ;i Scientist Given Study atYale Graiit Time Flids FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago Jane 15, 1943 W. H. Stelwer, Fossil, pres ident of the Oregon senate, is governor while Gov. Earl Snell is at the national conference of state governors at Columbus, Ohio. The Safety Valve School Contolldatloa To the Editor: There has appeared, in The Statesman, the last few days, routine news items from two Salem School Board meetings. One of the items, discussed at these meetings, and some infor mation given the public regard ing them, was consolidation of the ML View and Halls Ferry rural school districts, with the Salem system of public schools. The writer has no knowledge of the Halls Ferry situation; hut as a long-time resident of the ML View district, and be ting among those who attended a meeting June 3, at the ML View School at which Walter Snyder, Supt of the Salem schools was presenL I can giva a more complete picture than the news items contain. The information quoted in your paper as follows, is cor rect: ML View, a $12,800 budg eL and a 55 mill levy as com pared with 37.1 mills for Salem. Three rooms, two teachers, and 49 pupils is also correct It does not mention an indebtedness of $10,000, a partly antiquated planL and inadequate grounds, also the possible transportation of some upper grades. These were til items brought ouL by Mr. Snyder, or have his knowl edge. In event cf consolidation this means almost at once con siderable expenditure, on part of the Salem School DistrieL Many of the ML View resi dents feel that they can, and have maintained a good school, and do not need to unload on another group. Glen Southwick Rt , B. 595 mmmmsmmmmmm like it if my doctor prescribed castor oil or salts; and ' I pro pose to you to dump ten tons of epsom salts in the town res ervoir so I could get my salts an" you too? I bet you would say I was crazy. I wouldn't hlamS you. But it wouldn't be any crazier than this fluorida tion idea. ! B. C. Miller i 1545 N. 16th SL A transportation agreement affecting workers at the Trout- dale Aluminum planL approved by George Flagg, utilities com missioner, opens the summer cottages area of Rhodendron for residential purposes. The Red Cross Mobile Unit! took 150 pints of blood in Sa lem. 25 Yrars Ago Dr.. James C. Nlchol, associate profwuor bf chemistry at Willam ette University since 1949, has bee granted a $4,000 fellowship to Yale University, it was dis closed by jDr. Raymond M, Fuoss, Sterlina professor of chemistry at Yale. The fellowship is for the academic year of 1953-54. Dr. Nlchol has been granted a year's leave pf , absence from Willamette by the board of trus tees and will reoort to New Ha ven, Conn, on September 15. Under the fellowship, he will do straight research in the general field of polyelectrolytes, Detailed research 1 plans will be outlined upon Dr.fNlchol't arrival at the eastern university. " While it Willamette, Dr. Nlchol has been! awarded the Frederick Gardner Cottrell grant from Re search corporation In New York for his work in the field of mov ing boundary systems containing weak electrolytes. He has held the annual grant for three years. with toe Canadian Chemical Warfare I Department during the war, he aided in the "synthesis of organic compounds prejecL" The research chemist was awarded! a Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1948. He held the Ell Lilly fellowship at Wisconsin. MonthlyPh Bills Include one $27 ,800 Levy Against Fluorides Tb the Editor: I see by the paper that they are starting in real earnest to get fluoridation water in our fair city. To me this is the silli est thing yeL except to the com pany who stands to profit ex tensively by iL You don't have to be very smart to read be tween the lines to see that According to their own state ment you can get tablets to take that do the job but at the same breath they recommend fluoridation of the water. . . . I don't see why we should treat millions of gallons of wa ter for a few to be taken in one's system.1 And Mr. Mayor and councilmen how would you (Continued frontpage one) U. S. May Be Tricked by New Soviet Policy Of Using 'Deeds, Not Words' in Negotiations By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP FereifB News Aaalyst By constantly repeating the "deeds instead of words" theme with regard to negotiations with the Soviet Union, the United States and its allies may be preparing a pit fall for themselves. A number of steps taken by Mos cow can be Interpreted as "deeds instead of words." Other steps to come can fan into the same cate gory, and win, in all likelihood. Each of these Kremlin moves tends to ease the suspicion of Mos cow in the minds of West Euro peans, many anxious to have their suspicions relieved. The cumula tive effect of a procession of such deeds can tip the balance ta Mos cow's favor in the Russians' steady war of attrition against the non Communist coalition. There have been "deeds." Force ful moves have been made in Germany, for example.. Harsh So vietization measures have been re- Iersed in East Germany. Gestures ave been, made toward peace! with the church. Prison sentences, said the Soviet announce meet, are to be reviewed. Past "mistakes" have been ack nowledged. There has been a new "deed with regard to Turkey. The USSR has announced its abandonment of its old claim to the Turkish regions of Kars and Ardahan. I The steps toward truce in Korea have been "deeds." The Soviet press and leaders repeatedly ask: Was it not Soviet initiative that brought about the negotiations? The deeds in Germany will have a potent effect upon West German voting, due within three months. Already hopes have been aroused among the powerful Social Demo crats that- Germanyls unification can be achieved, perhaps by veer ing ! away from collaboration with the! Western allies and avoiding moves which might off end , Mos cow. 4 ' - The gesture toward Turkey ob- viously is aimed at sabotaging the Balkan alliance of Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia. Easing of tensions in that part of the world would be calculated to make Turkey less anxious to take part in the non Communist defensive formation. The United States and Britain continue to talk of "deeds instead of words'' as the price for a four power meeting at the top level. It is highly doubtful that the Soviet Union is anxious for such a meet ing. Its insistence upon the terms of the Potsdam and Yalta declarations suggests that so Jar as European problems. ' at t any rate, are con cerned, the" Soviet Union would pre fer to meet at the level of the council of foreign ministers. Such a meeting would serve So viet purposes. It would create a period of waiting and hoping during which bold gestures .by Moscow would chip away at the Western defense formations. ! Already, the Soviet press has icked up the demand that the nited States, too, show its good tention by ' deeds instead of ords." The deed the USSR seeks more than any other is the scrap ping of western military alliances. gives a promise of protection against Russia. Britain, long accustomed to balance-of-power deals on the continent would welcome a reunited Germany. On the other hand Poland and Czechoslovakia would fear a re vival of Germany. In view of the slow pace of West Europe's rearming and the growing doubt of the reali zation of an international army, why shouldn't the United States take the initiative and press for German reunion under terms of free elections? A strong Ger many would fill the vacuum in central .Europe, now the cock pit of the cold war. It would be a buffer to 'Russia; and if the West worked for unification its orientation would be to the WesL President Eisenhower and his advisers have a chance to make some diplomatic moves of consequence. They should seize the peace initiative and press it : on Russia. That would put Russia's protestations to the test, and enhance the prestige of the United States as a force for peace. If we just sit on our hands out, of fear Russia may trick us, we may lose the great play by defaulL Too long in the postwar period we have fol lowed a policy of mere con tainment The alternate of "li beration" is both frightening and unrealistic. Why not then seize the weapon of diplomacy and use it valiantly and boldly for peace? At the very least our State Department policy makers should be exploring the possibilities of such a shift in our European policy. gaees G-RfN AND BEAR IX Your Health By Lichty By Dr. Bermaa land esc b The heart pumps blood , for the whole body, so one might think it always nas all tne oiooa u needs; but this is not so. The blood that goes to nourish the heart itself is limited, snd is sup plied by two arteries. When this blood supply becomes insuffi cient for the work that the heart must do, a disease occurs known as angina pectoris. Angina is a disease of warning. It tells the person that he may have a heart attack in the near future. It usually occurs after the age of forty. The reason angina occurs is that not enough oxygen is reach-! ing the heart, because the coron ary arteries cannot supply en ough for the heart's work. An; attack brings intense and sudden pain, burning, heaviness and a: feeling of tightness confined toj the chesL Usuallv the pain tra-i vels down the left arm and may! go up to the head and neck. i The attacks are usualrr brought on by excessive exercise, vigor ous motion, heavy eating, or si combination of these causes. j To treat attacks of this type, H is usually paramount to get adef ouate rest and avoid exertion! The diet should consist of simoleL wholesome food, and over-eating should be avoided. It often is ad visable to reduce the weighL Nitroglycerine tablets will re lieve the attacks. Therefore, they should be handy for instant use. However, even though every me thod is taken to prevent them, sometimes the attacks still occur. Recently, radioactive iodine has been given to patients' in order to relieve their intense pain from angina. The iodine was given in large enough doses to cause a decrease in thyroid activity. Since the thyroid gland controls cell growth and the metabolism of the body, the radioactive io dine given in sufficient amounts serves to cut down the activity of the body cells. The effect of this type of treat ment is also to cut down the ac tivity of many of the patients, decreasing the likelihood of an gina attacks. The iodine treat ment is also of help in certain eases of severe congestive, heart failure. Of course, the doctor must de cide in each case if this treat ment should be used. ' QUESTION AND ANSWER J. A. B.: Is it possible to cure hemorrhoids without surgery? Answer: In certain cases of hemorrhoids, it is possible by the injection method of treatment to get good results. (Copyright. lsa.TUnf features) ' "Is sharing examination answers with ate,' comrade, er is. tnf erasing secret police yen are la favor ef capitalist private enterprise f" Faith In Senator Morse !To the Editor: ! Would you please print this letter from a poor laborer with little education? I and millions of oher laborers and farmers have a deep and unshakable faith in the honesty and integ- jrity of Senator Morse. More power and boldness to him. He is our champion and spokesman, one of a small band of men with: guts and backbone who fight for us; you and the ditch digger, truck driver, clerk, nurs es, office workers, the peasants on the farm, etc Who else can you name in Congress who gives two cents for us. We are the majority by far, but where is our representation in Congress? A few, a handful carrying on in the tradition of Honest Abe, a government by. and for the peo ple, and they are hounded and crucified on every hand for speaking out the whole truth for you and me. What mockery, what hypocrisy, is this the meth ods of democracy of an enlight ened people? May God help this nation if we give heed to the ranting of McCarthy and ignore and belittle Senator Morse. America, how far you have fallen! Truth beaten to earth shall rise again. Only the whole truth will set us free. ,R' Sand wick 455 Lancaster Sons, Daughters Of Pioneers Elect PORTLAND C The Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers have elected Mrs. B. R. Livengood, Portland, as president. Others' elected at the group's meeting here Saturday: Roy L. Hewitt, Salem, vice president; C. R. Ryan, Portland, temporary sec retary, and Fred Meek, Portland, treasurer. June 15, 1928 Fred Williams, city attorney, shot a "birdie" with a'roashies on the third fairway at 111a' , hee. (It was a bluebird perched in a tree.) The "Fat Boy" barbecue sandwich parlors at Hollywood has been opened by Charles MaxwelL 'I i Taylor's Grove, two miles be yond Meharaa on the Santiam river is proving a popular-place for week-end' visits. ; j 40 Years Ago Jane 15, 1913 j Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo announced that the government will issue $300, 000,000 of emergency currency if necessary to move crops. The announcement . carried Wall .street stock prices up with a whoop. ! Willamette University campus is chosen as the site for next month's Chautauqua. I V I Fruit inspector C. O. Con stable, after a visit to Mission Bottom, reported the Alex La Follette's peach orchard a j tine crop and a picture to see.' j Better English Br D. C WILLIAMS i 1 What is wrong with this sentence? "The term of ! the agreement exceeds more than a month." 2. What is the correct ; pro nunciation of "hostage"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Vancouver, Winipeg. 4. What does the word "acri mony" mean? j 5. What is a word beginning with la that means "shedding tears"? ANSWERS 1. The words "more than" are not needed; they are redundanL 2. Pronounce hos-tijto as in on, not as in hosL 3. Winnipeg. 4. Biting sharpness, as of temper or language. "His speech is full of acrimony. 5. Lachrymose, i Excise taxes on telephone use will cost Salem subscribers about 27,80G this month, E. A. Berg lund, Pacific Telephone manager here, disclosed.! "The telephone company is re quired shy lawJto collect certain Federal taxes from customers in addition to its service charges," Bergluhd explained. "The amounts are shvwn on each indi vidual's bill opposite 1 the words including tax of." Ther is a IS per cent Federal tax on local telephone service. On long distance calls costing less than 25 cents the tax is 13 per cenL and it is 25 per cent on long distance calls costing 25 cents or more. ' 1 - "The telephone company just hands I this . money over to the government tax : offices," Berg lund pointed ouL i These two Federal taxes on tel ephone service, both of which were raised to their present lev els aaf World War II emergency measures, made the total excise tax bill of Pacific Telephone us ers last year 179,000,000. 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