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jnmtary Reorganization 10 srrevaii
Jhe cry of "Prussianism" proved insuffici
ent to stop the Eisenhower plan for military
reorganization. Rep. Clare Hoffman's motion
to reject the plan was defeated, 234 to 108.
Since no effort has been made in the Senate
to block the reoganization it is almost Cer
tain to go into effect on June 30th. The plan
automatically becomes effective unless it is
rejected by a constitutional majority in
either house of Congress.
The point objected to was that it gave the
chairman of the joint chiefs of staff authori
ty '6ver the joint staffs themselves. It was
argued that this enhanced military-control
and followed the pattern of the Prussian gen
eral staff. Some prominent personages op
posed this provision, . among them F. Eber
stadt, the New York banker who did a great
deal of work on planning our military or
ganization, and former President Herbert
Hoover. Leader in the House of the fight
against the plan was the well-known ob
structionist, Clare Hoffman of Michigan,
whose opposition should give most measures
a boost.
The Eisenhower plan also embodies clari
fying and strengthening the authority of the
Secretary of Defense, and commits greater
4fafhority to the civilian as against the mili
tary. The vote of better than two to one
Vhich defeated Hoffman's resolution and the
'failure of Senators on the armed services
committee to stage a fight against the plan
show that it is generally approved as a step
t forward or that confidence is placed in Eisen
hower's judgment in such matters. In this
connection we would quote again the terse
Tcomrrient of George Turnbull of the Albany
.Democrat-Herald when fears were expressed
over General Eisenhower as President, that
Eisenhower had "the best civilian mind" in
the War department. The "Prussian" argu
ment couldn't hold up against that.
The American Ambassador . .
and Mr. Luce" , .' :
In Rome the invitations are engraved,
"The Ambassador and Mr. Luce" and that
starts the tittle-tattle in the entrenched so
ciety of the Italian capital. For according to
Paul Ghali, Rome correspondent for the Chi4
cago Daily News, the relics of nobility who
reign in Roman society file their tongues
when they talk about a woman ambassador;
and poor Mr. Luce is extra baggage' in spite
of his efforts to remain inconspicuous. '
The Italians didn't want a woman for
U. S. ambassador in the first place, and they
are definitely irked at Clare Boothe Luce
for her speech in Milan during the campaign
when she said this country "would "revise"
its jpolicy if the election went totalitarian,
that is to Communists or neo-Facists. The re
action was bad as opposition groups called it
blackmail (threat of cutting off aid); and the
DeGasperi coalition is described as unhappy
over the speech, feeling it cost the central
parties a good many votes.
As for Henry. Luce himself though he has
detached himself from the U. Sembassy, he
can't detach himself from his magazines.
Time and Life; and the Italians naturally
assume that what appears in these magazines
on Italy flows right out of the embassy with
Luce as the conduit. Not correct and not
rfair; but that is how it is, reports Ghali. ;
As for the speech it must have been clear
ed with Washington. As for the waspish
dames of Rome they may find that Mrs. Luce
is an adept phrasemaker herself. In view
of the initial bad breaks it would appear
that her assignment to Rome was not one
of Eisenhower's satisfying selectiSns. But
before her term ends she may have the
counts kissing her hand, if not the counr
tesses.
COUNTING: OUR MLESTONB. AGAIN
.Where the Innocent Suffer
John Christie, the mousy London "dark"
" who was convicted of murdering his wife, and
admitted doing away with an indefinite num
ber of other fetnales, will go to the gallows.
His crimes were heinous, but perhaps his
worst was giving testimony which brought
. conviction and a death sentence to the hus
: band of one of his own victims. Here was an
instance of grave miscarriage-of justice, the
guilty one shouldering the blame on one
wholly innocent.
Another very grievous case of wrongful
accusation is reported in the current issue of
Life magazine. A stable citizen, member of
an orchestra playing regularly at the Stork
nightclub, was arrested on charges of robbing
an insurance office on several occasions. He
was "identified" by members of the office
force. After a mistrial his innocence was dis
covered when another robber was caught
who confessed the other crimes. But the mu
sician's nerves were badly shattered and his
wife's breakdown sent her to a mental hos
; pital.
The prosecutor's zeal must be tempered
with desire for justice, and witnesses must
' avoid guesswork especially in anything as
important as identification. The rule still
holds that it is better for 99 guilty to escape
than for one innocent man to suffer punishment.
In the perennial game of musical chairs
in French government a new name was
added to the roster of French premiers, that l
of Joseph Laniel, an independent Rightist
who had the usual backing of centrist par
ties. But Georges Bidault who has been in
an out of cabinets as premier or foreign
minister ever since the war will stay on as
foreign minister. This confirms the saying
that the more the French government chan
ges, the more it stays the same. As for
Laniel he probably will incline to the con
servative policies of Pinay in domestic
finance, which will insure him only a brief
tenure in office.
The durable Sir Winston Churchill is laid
aside by doctor's orders at a very critical
period. His foreign minister, Anthony Eden,
is still absent 'because of illness; and the
extra burden has bowed the body if not the
spirit of the Prime Minister. The Bermuda
meeting is postponed, and the resulting
stalling of conversations among the Western
allies may give Russia time to regain its bal
ance, sadly disturbed by the,, late riots in
Germany. The United States, unfortunately,
engrossed as it is with Korea, shows no dis
position to take the diplomatic initiative on
Europe.
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Morse Advises
Grange to Aid
In GOP Defeat
" WASHINGTON m Sen. Morse
of Oregon advised Oregon State
grange members Saturday to get
out in 1954 and 1956 and "beat
the Republicans.. -, , , . ;
He MVS this arivir dtirin his
weeklv eommittM rerwirt lit th
Senate which he devntMl nrinrU
pally to discussion of the adminis-
irauon s puouc power policy a
policy be said is "a sellout to the
private utilities."
Morse said he recently received
a letter and a resolution from the
Oregon State Grange supporting
his Dosition. He added he annre.
elated this support "but I say to
thavm ss rAaytlitliAM let aNiimrTN
"Go 1o work In the state and
translate your opposition to polit
ical action in 1954 and 1956," he
said. "Vote against, the candidates
who . have not heen throwing in
with us. That means beat the -Republicans."
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Morse also said that farmers in
the 'Country have a big interest in
the power light In. the Northwest
because ... nhosnhata beds -in . the
area cannot be. developed without
cneap power.- ; : ; . ,
The farmers he said, imw!
cheap fertilizers. T 1
"Senators-from the farm states
should bei righting shoulder to
snouiaer wfa me," be said.
REALTY VIEWS
Mr Pahier looked as if he had
lost a close friend. "Doctor's or
ders." helsaid, Tve got to sell
out Get completely sway from
'"J- Believe me. it's
tougn lo.iace.
i One look at
Mr. Palmer
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Justice Douglas scored as the Great Dis
senter for the session of the Supreme Court
, just closed. He filed 35 dissenting opinions
on cases' and cast 19 dissenting votes in cases
where he filed no opinions. This total -of 54
breaks all records in the history, of the
Court. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes used
to be termed the Great ' Dissenter, but his
fame came from the content of his dissents
rather than their number.
We do not hold with gambling but we can
not but admire the weatherman who, tired of
being bandied about wrong forecasts, flatly
offered to bet all comers that l.t wa light
more times than he was wrong. We doubt he
gets "called," either.
It seems this battery additive they are
quarrelling about in Washington is chiefly
just salts. If so it ought' to be good for a
starter.
Methodists Observe 250th Anniversary
Today of Crusading Founder John Wesley
By GEORGE CORNELL
PHILADELPHIA OP The ghost
f a resolute little preacher on
horseback is rallying Methodists
for a world-wide crusade of win
ning souls.
The phantom rider is John Wes
ley, and here in Convention Hall
you could almost hear his words
flung down the centuries:
"The world is my parish."
Sunday, is the 250th anniversary
of Wesley's birth. Thousands of
Methodists are gathered to honor
his memory and dedicate them
selves to the job he did so well
turning men's hearts to God.
riding horseman?
. Some historians say he had more
influence on practical Christianity
than any man since Martin Luther.
His preference for 'extemporan
eous prayer became an earmark
of protestantism.
His boost to hymn-singing put a
lilt within staid church walls.
One powerful element that he
fused into his church, and to some
extent, into protestantism in gen
eral, was an emphasis on faith and
good-works instead of rigid the-
What manner of man was this hard-1 from boxes, from slag heaps near
mines, on tree stumps.
Mobs were sent to stone him.
Wild bulls were loosed on his
meetings. Mounted horsemen drove
into his listeners. Sixty times be
faced riots. His advice: "Always
look . a mob in the face."
For 52 years, Wesley was in the
saddle most of the time, traveling
some 225,000 miles, preaching an
average of 15 sermons a week.
His following soared. Some mi
grated to America, and in 1784, the
Methodist Church was organized
in the United States at Baltimore.
Wesley sent Thomas Coke and
ological dogma
"Is thy heart right?" was the ! Francis Asbury as the first bish
In calling the three-day "World , key question. Wesley's idea was ; ops.
Convocation of Evangelism." the . that if you feel like a Christian,
Methodists staked out a heady task : you will work like a Christian.
"A world - wide, simultaneous
mission x x x to win men to Christ
and his church x x x an adventure
that might change the currents of
contemporary history and write a
nev chapter in the acts of the apos
tles." Such vision finds spiritual ante
cedants in Wesley, the ardent lit
tle Oxford scholar who was banned
fromchurch pulpits but lighted
?s of faith around the earth.
His once-ridiculed "Methodism"
raised up a colosus. The hoof
beats of his "c'rcuit riders" drum
med across the horizons of time.
In the United States, the crea
ture he founded shot up like a raw
bored adolescent. Once the small
est sect, today it is the biggest
protestant church in the nation.
Its guiding rule, free of theologi
cal hair-splitting, remains much as
Wesley phrased it; To have a
league, offensive and defensive,
with every soldier of Jesus Christ."
The army of Methodists now
numbers nearly 11 million in
this country. It hopes to enlist an4
other 250,000 in the United States,
: alone during the six-month drive
; ahead. ; 1 :- i
How did it all happen? What was
; Wesley's "method" that thrived so
- phenomenally in American soil?
This concept spawned the Meth
odists intense concern with social
justice and applied Christian eth
ics in community affairs.
- "Christianity is essentally a so
cia! religion." Wesley said, "and
to turn it into a solitary one is to
destroy it."
But it was his lifting of the
straight - jacket on religious think
ing that struck a particularly re
sponsive chord in liberty-conscious
America. '
"The distinguishing marks of a
Methodist are not his opinions at
As the covered wagons moved
West. Methodist preachers rode
with them, braving the wilds with
the first frontiersmen. Pioneers on
rough days would say "nobody's
out today but crows and Metho
dist preachers."
They died at an average age of
35, and the church grew up with
the country.
Wesley, besides his strenuous ev
angelizing, poured out prodigious
writings on history, zoology, phil
osophy and even medicine. He or
ganized relief agencies, England's
first free dispensary, an orphanige
and a home for the aged, and died
all "Wesley said. "I am sick of at S3.
opinions. Give me an bumble, gen-, Today the Methodist Church has
tie lover ot God and man." 1 swelled to a huge institution with
He felt each man is free to find 71 hospitals in the U.S., 126 abroad.
hie own right way, by faith, and M homes for the aged, 50 chil-
that doctrinal subleties should not
separate Christians. '
- Wesley, a scholarly fragile man,
on!) five feet four inches tall,
was an Oxford lecturer in the clas
sics at 22. an ordained priest in the
Church of England at 24.
Dismayed at injustices in lsth
century England, he formed . a
group whose methodical routine of
devotions and good - works won
them a mocking title "the Meth
odists." The name stuck. -
Soon, because of his fervent
preaching, he was barred from the
established, churches reluctant
ly, be began preaching outdoors
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government through the State
department shows movies, con
ducts panel discussions,' furn
ishes lectures on American life.
All this is part of our propa
ganda effort to offset false re
ports spread .by Communists
and to acquaint foreign peoples
with facts about the United
States and a sampling of our
literature.
The response has been excel
lent According to the U. S.
News and World Report ten
million persons in foreign coun
tries borrowed books from our
libraries last year and 36 mil
lion visited U. S. reading rooms.
The magazine reports that "edu
cators and editors who inspect
the libraries and report regular
ly to Congress are saying that,
in general, the libraries win
friends for the U. S.
writing in our literature.
Limitations of funds and re
strictions of purpose will elimi
nate thousands of book titles
from these overseas libraries
simply by their not being pur
chased. That does not of itself
mean suppression of thought or
bookburning.
In buying books for overseas
libraries-there has to be a selec
tiop. They are chosen to serve
a definite purpose. Books
should be bought which will
give fair picture of American
life. That doesn't mean they
should be all of the Pollyanna
series, or the Horatio Alger
books or Louisa M. Alcott's.
They should be fairly represen
tative, showing something of
the variety of I opinion and of.
What is most alarming is the
evidence of panic shown by the
State department, somewhere
along the line in purging librar
ies by the standard of fear of
Messrs. Cohn and Shine and Mc
Carthy. "Removal of some of
the books can be explained only
on the basis of sheer ignorance
or of fright. Such fear not only
destroys the department's in
tegrity but its prestige at home
and abroad. The department
appears to be but a timid crea
ture responding to outside pres
sures. Therein lies danger; for i
this department needs above all
to possess self-confidence and
then to have the courage to
stand up and fight for ts convic
tions. No one expects our govern
ment to circulate literature de
signed to destroy it; but it
should not in panic cast books
to the flames out of fear or
suspicion. That is to throw
away its own soul.
Kimsey Says
Buyer Beicare
On Appliances
Many defective electrical ap
pliances are being sold in Oregon,
state labor commissioner W. E.
Kimsey said here.
Kimsey said his inspectors have
condemned more than 500 ap
pliances which are being sold in
retail stores.
He advised purchasers to make
sure appliances have the mark
of the Underwriters' Laboratories
on them before they buy.
The condemned items include
travel irons, hair driers, fans,
barbecuers, broilers, toasters, cof
fee makers, tools, lamps Ind other
items. - f
In 1952, 164,000 U. S. tourists
visited Great Britain.
dren's centers. 126 recreation cen
ters abroad. 125 U.S. colleges, 40.-'
000 U.S. churches, and a $15 Vi-mil-liot.-a-year
publishing business. Oth
er Methodist branches have 12.000
additional churches in the U.S.
'Bishop W. Angle Smith of Okla
homa City, head of the Methodist
Board of Evangelism, la chairman
of a "Committee of 50" to direct
the American phase of the 1953
evangelistic crusade. ) ,
They will try to come up to the
standards set by "the Lord's horse
man, who worked for an under
standable faith in a 'complicated
world. "
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
10 Year Ago
June 2S, 1943
The Pioneer Turner taber
nacle is the scene of the 92nd
annual state convention of
Christian churches.
General Foods corporation
purchased the Ray-Maling plants
at Woodburn and Yakima, Wash.
They will continue the process
of frozen foods.
County Judge Grant Murphy
bought business property at the
northeast corner of 17th and
Center streets. Murphy, elec
ted last year, disposed of busi
ness interest in Stayton.
25 Years Ago
June 28, 1928
Traffic controls are being con
sidered for five of Salem's busi
est intersections during the noon
hour and from 5 to 6 o'clock.
A traffic count kept at Com
mercial and State Streets at 6
p.m., showed 38 vehicles a min
ute. , Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gregg are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son. He has been
named Kenneth Stevenson, t
The Portland Electric Power
Company installed electric serv
ice through Quinaby and Hop-
mere, furnishing 58 homes with
electricity.
40 Years Ago
June 28 1913
C. J. Voorborst. Portland egg
man, has discovered a simple
and effective way of shipping
eggs without breakage. He de
vised convoluted pasteboards
fitted together with- place for
an egg in every hollow. i
Cal Morgan, veteran gardener
at the court house, gets the
credit for the lawn and roses
acclaimed by tourists as beauti
ful. :
Workmen unearthed bones
. while working In the Richmond
district, two blocks from State
Street, thought to be those of aa
Indian princess due to the beads
and arrow heads found. This
portion of the valley was a
camping place for exploring In
dians.
LasfHearing
On County
Budget Set
Final hearing on Marion Coun
ty's $3 million j budget for the
coming fiscal year is set for 11
a.m. Monday at the courthouse,
open to the public.
The budget committee cannot
add any items to the budget but
can increase or decrease any
item by 10 per cent
Departmental requests approv
ed totaled $2,863,943, with esti
mated tax delinquency of $192,
934 adding to a total budget of
of $3,056,877. Estimated revenue
is $954,407 and expendable sur
plus $316,250, leaving $1,286,220
to be raised by tax levy inside
the 6 per cent limitation.
Outside the limitation is the
final $250,000 of a special court
house construction levy.
The Celilo Indians have sole
fishing rights at Celilo Fills on
the Columbia River.
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