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i I '4 (See 1) Statoamcm. Scdom, On. SMwfuno 11, It S3 JVo Favor Sways V$ No Foot Shall AxctT free Firs Statesman. March 21. 1X51 Statesman Publishing Company - CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher - -1 ' North Churea St. Salem. Of, Telephona 1-341 fnln4 at tba pwtefflct at Batem. Ora.. m eow4 dan matter under act of Coaareaa March X lS7a, Member Associated Press ' Ttaa Aedatcd PrcM tt antlUad cxeiualval to tea u . for republication of an local aawa wiataa ta thl aawspapgr Irresponsible Allies V Of all the wildly irresponsible actions in history that of the South Koreans in turn ing loose 26,000 prisoners of war is one of the. worst And it was done with the ap pfoval of President Syngman Rhee. Pre ' viously - he had on many occasions shown " how stubborn and unreasonable he is, but 1 never has he done anything of such serious ; consequence as this. This release delays the ..; whole armistice, and creates a deep div ' ision between South Korea and UN com mand which came to rescue that country. Rhee grieves over the division of his coun try at the 38th parallel. He ought to grieve more over the rift he has caused with his 4 friends and allies, for this was due to his own action, not to circumstances beyond his control. - President Eisenhower has protested and Gen. Mark Clark accused Rhee of breaking his personal commitment. The Communist truce negotiators demand a roundup Of the prisoners of war and hold off on signing the armistice agreement. It surely is a heluva mess, with no clear path out. I How are you going to get back 26,000 ; Koreans who have been turned loose when Rhee urged his people to give them shelter and protection? Doubtless they have scat tered over the country, and it would be ; an almost endless task to round them all : iip. Failing in that, what happens next? ' The press reports from Panmunjom stated that the Reds did not close the door to an armistice. It may be that one may yet be concluded. But as matters now stand, any thing can happen in Korea or nothing, which could be worse. Truman Order Modified During his time in office President Tru man issued an order the effect of which was virtually to seal news of federal departments under a rigid system of classification. The press moved promptly to get the order killed or relaxed, but' met with no success. Last week President Eisenhower made' some changes pointing in the direction, of freeing iiie Jlow of government news. He says that Merecy should be imposed only in the na tibnal defense, but though taking from 29 federal agencies power to classify informa tion for its restriction, he permits heads of "five cabinet departments and eleven agen cies to retain this power. (Classified inform ation is graded : as top secret, secret and confidential) So there stilt is a considerable degree of authorized censorship.' News media will keep hammering away at attempts to bottle up information, as op posed to the public interest Much ' of the so-called secret matter could be published without danger to national security. Give an official the power of censorship and he is almost certain to invoke it when he doesn't want news to get out. Freedom of informa tion, subject of course to the limits of na tional protection, is indispensable for the peration of a democratic government. The World Wonders What Russia Plans Next After Violent Reaction to Red New Policy Jly JOSEPH and STEWART p'. ALSOP rWASHlNGTON This week , p-is likely to go down in history ' as the week when everybody's sit ellites ri raised Cain. I The situation :T. , v,'is sun insane- :;"vv piy fluId but " f( at least one , I ;P0int is gen erally accept- mA in fh KicrK. 5. 1 r 4 """NLer circl T-tLfr .. 'riots in circles oi American e r n- T h . . . ' 1IIFU 111 OCI1IU liTOSHPRsf and .the re 'I lease of war prisoners in Seoul have sharply interrupted, if they have not ac tually reversed, the well-marked new trend of r Soviet policy. Too little at tention has . been paid, at ; least by the general public :jo the United States, to this Mr e w Soviet I trend away ; jrora - the ,n- j Vgidities of Sta- lin's last years. 1 was going to :-- It may yet s.-.y present the American policy 'makers with their hardest choices. It is worth defining with some precision. In brief, it has had four 'main phases. First, Moscow . and Peking broke the deadlock la the JC rean trace talks, with the ob vleus iatentiea f creating a new iaternatienal atmosphere. ' ) Second.! Moscow immediately "l sought to exploit the new atmos- phere by launching an Intensive deadly serious drive for a four power meeting on the highest level, which got a welcoming re ponse from' Sir Winston Church ill and other leading allied statesmen. ; , Third, all sorts of screws were -loosened, la Russia proper, ia 1 the satellites, and in the minor dealings ; between the Soviets v.. V. and the West Domestic politi cal consideration undoubtedly weighed heavily ia the decision to loosen the screws in Russia and the satellites, bnt this gen eral ! screw-loosening was also eedf nl, as preparation for a dif ferent kind of Soviet-Wester re lationship. Fourth and finally, Moscow began to give important hints, only! about a fortnight ago, of the kind of cat it was preparing, in these different ways, to bring out of the bag. Only a few days ago,! it was already a 2-to-l shot that; the Soviet leaders meant to make a serious, solid offer of German unification. The main features of the offer would have been permission to the Germans to choose their own government, and; agreement by the allies to neutralize although not absolute ly to disarm this new Germany. The State Department has long had nightmares aboat soeh as offer, with its appeal to the Germans aa Its volcanic effect on American policy in Europe, which is aow almost as rigid as Stalin's world policy was. Fur thermore, there were hints that the offer for Germany would eventually be followed - by - a tempting offer to the Japanese. This second offer would have been aimed to induce Japan to accept a neutral status. like that proposed for Germany. Acceptance of these offers would have had many obvious advantages. But it would also have meant the retreat of Ameri can forces "both from Japan and from Germany. And this would have knocked the whole existing structure of American strategic planning to a cocked hat, . i The events of the past week have affected the new tread of Soviet policy ia two qalte dif ferent ways. Oa the one hand, the release of the North Kereaa prisoners radically alters tents of the barrahi that jv. Mmm , been all bat signed sad sealed at Paasaanjea. Maybe Presi dent Syngman .Race's govern ment caa be brought back aader eoatroL Maybe the prisoners can an be rounded up agala. Bat It hardly seeaas likely, aad so the ...., . : . ; ..... i. :.. . ..... . - ', - v. v .;,:;. , 'U ! ' . - ' . , various professional groups combatting news barriers can take' some heart at the Eisen hower order, and press on to remove 're maining undesirable roadblocks all along the line The Durable Harry Bridges As the, Oregon Journal says, Harry Bridges seems to have "nine lives," like a cat He has survived deportation proceedings and criminal charges in battles reaching back 14 years. Here is the record: In 1939 the Immigration Service sought his deportation but after a hearing lasting nine weeks with Dean James M. Landia of Har vard Law School Bridges : was cleared and the charges dismissed. In 1940 a bill passed the lower house of Congress to deport him, but was sidetracked in the Senate. A second deportation hearing was held in San Francisco with Judge Sears of New York presiding. Sears concluded. Bridges had been affiliated with the Communist Party and recommended his deportation. When the case got to the Supreme Court in 1945 Sears was overruled, in an opinion by the late Justice Francis Murphy. The most recent, proceeding was on a criminal charge of perjury. The trial lasted four months in 1949-50, and resulted in his conviction, and was followed by an order revoking his naturalization. The conviction of Bridges was sustained by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; but last Monday the Supreme Court ruled the indictment was faulty because of the statute of limitations. It is reported the Justice department is considering bringing a new case to revoke his naturalization. Unless it has new and convincing evidence it may be working again ' on a dead end street Bridges hasn't exhaust ed the fabled nine lives of a lucky cat Editorial Comment aaaaaaamwa wawBwBmlaBaMBBBaBlaB, DECEPTION IN REFERENDUM ON "CIVIL FREEDOM" Over the opposition of certain hotel and public entertainment interests, the 1953 Oregon Legis lature adopted 'a law which seeks to ensure equal treatment for all persons in such establishments, regardless of race, religion or social status. Peti tions are now being circulated for a referendum on this measure. It is the privilege of any person or group to take an appeal to the people from a law, but this appeal masquerades under false colors because the petitioners call themselves the "civil freedom committee." It is the custom of protesting groups to use catch names and catch phrases to promote their causes, but in this case, the use of the words "civil freedom" is such an obvious fraud it should merit rebuke by the voters. It may be argued that the proprietors of public establish ments are also entitled to "civil freedom," mean ing the right to pick and choose with whom they will trade. This is not civil freedom in the broad meaning of the term. Through many centuries, the common law has held that the person who opens an inn, or a place of public entertainment, has taken on an obligation as well as a privilege. In return for the privilege of "paying guests," he ac cepts the obligation to extend his hospitality to all who come to his doors, provided only they are decent and well-behaved. The new- Oregon law seeks simply to coo firm the right of all citizens to equal considera tion in public places. Its penalties are very mild. It merely parallels the Fair Employment Prac tices Act adopted in 1949 which seeks, to guar antee to every citizen his right to a Job on equal terms (a law which is too often flaunted by labor unions.) These laws are useful, mainly because of the intent which they state. Laws cannot create morals nor abate prejudice, but they can prevent extreme abuses and serve as a guide to what enlightened conduct ought to be. It is our hope that most voters will refuse to sign these petitions under their false colors and that the people in the 1954 election will not be burdened with this race issue. Eugene Register-Guard. truce-price has been materially raised for Moscow and Peking. On the other hand, the Berlin riots must certainly have caused second thought in the Kremlin about the crucial policy of loos ening the screws a few turns. This was a familiar phenome non in the old Russian and Aus tro Hungarian .empires. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, re peated experiments were made with more liberal policies, both by the Romanovs and the Haps borgs. Each time, the pent-up pressures among the subject peoples would cause violent ex plosions as soon as the controls decreased. And -then the Plehves and the Aehrenthals would move in to tichtea the screws again, and. to take a few extra twists Just to be on the safe side. The first part of the pattern has already appeared in Berlin. Whether the masters of the Kremlin will now react as their Romanov predecessors did, is the vital question that is still incom pletely answered as these words are written. Soviet world policy Is directly involved in this qaestioa. Mos cow cannot possibly make a con vincing . offer , of German unifi cation, against a background of wholesale executions and rath less reoressions la the Soviet zone of Germany. If the Stalin ist ritidltie are 1 re-introduced they are likely to be re-ln tra duced everywhere, ia which case there will be heavy call ape the limited Ingenuity of Western . leadership. j . '""But if Moscow does not re introduce the old repressive policy in Germany, and if the Korean truce talks are not brok en off again, it will be very clear tndeed that the masters of. the Kremlin mean to carry ai i il ; , l: t uirougu ou meir new pvuey. &a short, the events of this last . . , . . . - weejc nave ocen a decisive ten -of the changed Soviet trend. If the change proves to real. American policy is going to re quire rather hasty re-examination.1 'fCoprrtrht issa. ,JJw York HaraM Tribune, IneJ - SIXTY-FOUR DOLLAR t QUESTION lift. r2 st ryio ru Time Flies Cfxxvu s&MUsn, 953 Someone's got to j pay television : programs, ladies, but your votes are interesting, nevertheless . . survey of 12,000 house wives in Chicago showed 81 per cent wanted TV without adver tising (65 per cent also preferred radio without advertising) ... but 92.4 per cent preferred newspapers WITH advertising?. . . and magazine ads got a vote of confidence of 88 per cent . , . survey was conducted by Dr. j Charles Allen, assistant dean of the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University . . . why, was the survey limited to women? . . . well, who do you Ihink does more than 90 per eent of the buying in this country? j As for the 12,000 answers to the question: "What kind of advertising is most useful to you," here's the results newspapers 4i.6 per eent, magazines 30 per cent, television 10.5 per cent, radio 6.4 per eent . . . remaining 3.9 per cent scattered between direct mail, theater and billboard . . . ear cards and circulars rated 0.0 . '. . answers to question: "What kind of advertising is most distasteful .to you?" ranged from 27 per cent for radio, 22.4 per cent for television down to .6 per cent for newspapers ... kind looks like newspapers and newspaper adversiting were here to stay. , . . Seems like Charley Weaver's acting keeps right on stealing show from Dennis Day's voice in the Day's TV program . . . Applausemeter on Chance-of-a-Lifetime Friday night again proved that an ordinary-appearing man has as good chance in talent show as stunning blonde . . all-purpose conference room in news dept of Statesman doubling as downtown studio of KSLM . . tonight's 9:30 pan. weekly report of Mayor Al Loucks, with Zoning Com missioner Robert Powell as guest was taped at Statesman Friday . . . Summer officially arrives at 9 being televised, however. i 'Here's some ammunition for those who insist lights other than TV screen should be on while TV-vtetDtno; . . . Better Vision Institute says authorities agree that TV is generally not harmful to eyes when it is viewed under proper conditions, even though 10 per cent of those who seek eye-care today, complain of discomfort, as result of TV viewing , . . "Don't ever look at TV in dark room," Institute saps . . . "Have a even, fairly high level of illumination fmroughout the room, and be especially careful to see that ''the wall behind the set is lit smoothly and brightly but with no areas much brighter tthan the screen . . . a small light, fastened to the back of the set is effective for this purpose." . Other tips from: Better Vision Institute, which oughts know: ... sit at eye-level with screen don't let children lie on floor looking at TV . . . don't sit at an angle of more than 30 degrees or distortion will be hard on the eyes . . . TV-watching will re duce "night visual acuity" so if you're going to drive a car on dark roads it s a good idea to regain at least part of your night vision by spending a few minutes in a dark place before setting out . . . "Finally, treat your eyes to a little relaxation by looking away from the screen now and then." The Safety Editor's Note The States man received numerous commu nications during the last week regarding the choice of the Re noir "Venus" for the courthouse and intended to publish as many of them as possible today. The great majority were adverse to the statue. Since the issue has been settled by withdrawing the proposal of this statue, the let ters now will not be used. Bemoans Bookbnrnlng To the Editor: , . Fascism here we come! Front page news can be found in Al - sop's column in Sunday's paper. He reveals the fantastic and hard-to-believe facts that the TJ. S. Slate Department is bow- - ing to the will of Senator Mc Carthy again and this time is ordering all books burned which contain facts or views that irri tate himL Even two magaiines. "The New Republic" and "The Nation" have been forever re moved from the library shelves of the Calcutta .mission. These two magazines can .be found in the Salem library. What sinister, horrible forces are gaining control of our gov-' eminent that so many fear and haven't the backbone to place McCarthy where he belongs. We are the object of derision the v . . . . : - . 1 o clock this morning . . she isn't , f Valve world around. What is the rea son for our people's ignorance and paralysis concerning the national problems, when in free European countries the people have much more Ught and in telligence in government? Do we can this a people's democ racy, a government by and for th people? Brother! Get me the smelling salts. It smells to high heaven. We are heading for a galloping not creeping fascist strong man dictatorship. Reactionary forces have creat ed a monster out of McCarthy. No one is safe or free to ex press his honest , convictions publicly. No wonder this is com ing to pass when the press and radio have pumped the people fuD of propaganda about how j terrible Socialism is. Why not J give the whole truth about So cialism? What is it but gov- eminent run directly by the i people and not vicious preda ,ry big interests as it is in j this country wvat is wrong j with Sweden; Norway and Den- i mark? They are Socialistic and j are progressive, very intelligent, no fanatic book-burning or re strictions there. : boa neip us to awaxen oeiore It is too late.. ROY SANDWICK .:iy-- 439 Uneaster St FROM STATESMAN FILES I 10 Year Ago June 21, 1943 Labor and women's organiza tions protested proposed higher milk prices in a public hearing before O.P.A. price specialists in Portland. Twenty per cent of the coun try's 31,814 saw mills are idle, due to shortage of logs, man power and equipment L. R. Breithaupt, agricultural economist of OSC, is principal speaker at the Farmers Union at Brooks. Delegates for the meeting at Turner will be Joe Fitts, Ronald Jones and Orie McClaughry. . 25 Year Ago Jane XI, 192S Salem food merchants are having a "banana war"; lowest quotation was seven pounds for 25 cents. - One of Salem's oldest homes, formerly occupied by Miss Cora Talkington at the corner of Church and Center Streets, is being razed to make room for a service station. Mrs. E. L Baker, Mrs. Gus Hixon and Mrs. H. H. Olinger, three golfers from Illahee Coun try Club, entered the state golf tournament in Portland. '40 Year Ago Jane 21, 1913 First Lt F. C Endicott, Major Carle Abrams arid Capt. Max H. Gehlhar are judges in the com petitive drill held at Chemawa Indian School. There are 550 students enrolled. The hills of Gettysburg. Pa., where the armies of Mead and Lee pitched their tents 50 years ago, are flecked with canvas again. The army of Civil War Veterans, '0.000 of - them, is holding a jubilee reunion on the 50th anniversary. Lew Shaw, one of the world's greatest billiard and pool play ers, is giving an exhibition of fancy shots at the Illihee Club in Salem. , F BEE ! Self teaching touch typing in struction book with all rentals of 3 months or longer, LOVfEST RATES ALL MAKES $2.50 to S4.00 per mo. Special Rates for 3 Month Periods ' Rental payment will apply toward purchase. Authorised A g n t a tor Royal Standard, Jtoyal-Cor-ona. Remington Portables, Victor Adding Machines 223 If. HIGH: ST. Phone 3-SC35 1 o , (Continued from Page One.) an artistic composition of ped estiaL pool, perhaps plantings and a marble wall for back ground, 1 with ; suitable . inscrip tion the whole to have consti tuted a memorial Its emphasis in a composition of enduring beauty would have been on life and growth were what brought the pioneers to Ore gon. The symbolism, however, could not be conveyed in the plain picture of the "Venus' and the public, thinking . in ' more literal terms of pioneer life, protested. Very well, let Renoir's "Ve nus" requiescat in pace; . and let Salenv again requiescat in pace, tranquil in the thought that no French sculpture will be. exposed on the courthouse lawn. For once the "Venus" was not victorious. j Sic transit gloria Veni. Fon nmiT Typowrltora Adding Machines Cash Registers Calculators Mimeographs Desks & Chairs Chock Writers Filing Equipment Let as Explain Our Rental Purchase Plan Rates Always the Lowest BOEII I Ph. 3-STZ3 45 Court Really Views When I drove up to March's house. Mrs. March was just re moving a "For Sale, By Owner" sign from the window. r "Come in," ;Mrs. March called out "It's good to see you. T:'I- want some IW'th help in selling j4.'Jhi:' our home." Zm' "We'll try to ;aseU it," I said. Please do Mrs. March re sponded. "Peo Fred Rawlins ple have been stopping by when they spotted my sign. But most were curiosity seekers. Honestly, I've felt like I was liv ing in a gold fish bowL" She paused, then added, "They'd come at. any hour. Lota, of them had no money. And you should have heard some of the absurd proposals.' Nothing down! Rent with option to buyl Trade for a house in Georgia! We're tired of even answering the door belL" "Well, Mrs. March," I said, "we may not bring swarms of people to see your property. But you can be sure they will be rea sonably well qualified to buy it, should it appeal to one of them." "That's just what we want," said Mrs. March with a smile, "more Owners should get. wise." Rawlins Really 1 Hollywood Realtor" 2060 N. Capitol SL Telephone 4-1781 2-4664 .J?i . . ;r i. ' ' $200 S9.501 rv , . , , i ' t ! ' , -. t - . il In engagement and wedding rings that were mait for each ether. Counterparts in design - simple yet effective esch of the fourteen karat sets shown has or common denominator! imftu. j Prices Include Federal ta Charge or budget - Take a Year to fsy It Costs No More Arabian Horse Show Tickets Now on Sale Reserve end box seat tickets for the 7th Annual All-Arabian Horse Show at the: State - Fair grounds Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28, are now on sale-at Stevens Sons Jewelers. The! show, first of its kind to be held in Salem,! - and trans ferred here this year from the Portland P-I building, will start with fudging for class champion ships at 9 a. m. Saturday. . Performance divisions are to be held at 8 p. m. Saturday and 1:3a p. m. Sunday. ! Over 200 of the finest Arabian purebreds in the West have been entered in the show, which is sponsored by ; the Salem Shrine Club as a benefit for the hrine Hospital for Crippled Children. a.Fnou wonnr lit while yoa are away 1 i FwNiCj 4 atataoai oe aWttaty ae gaaolia, ol or loiaad bacteria or tace choaf; for tkMftmhowof Mcbam4cal (ntkMloaipaUkklravw for Kma, lift, ift-okioo. a ts IssM MVMl f4Ct 49I MffisBsj Inaiiiiai.Noraa Q TJt , Virginia, Waal '' "SI" OLSON ART HOLSCHER J. EARL COOK LARRY BUHLER 426 N. High St. i Ph. 4-2213 i TAT I PA D $250 1S or 4 yea hove the war ptaaaot f oaaacaottcy foad Mi v ica 1 iaraTi. It part SO U CtCo BMat sTCTtilC yCMst mi a
