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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
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" f( at least one
, I ;P0int is gen
erally accept-
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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
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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
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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 . . . .
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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
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, (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
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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.
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