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' From first Statesman. March zt, 151
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A'Beak for the Country Editor
!:-The rnUlenium may be approaching for
the. country weekly newspaper editor. Oft
times everything from janitor to compositor
to reporter to publisher, the weekly editor
has had no easy time for the last several ,
decades. The law requires him to issue a-s
newspaper 52 weeks a year or face the loss;
of his second-class mailing privileges. Vaca-
tions. have been impossible, .unless a fill-in
editor r could be found. And such fill-ins just
don't, happen. Even if such were available,
wjiaV "editor would .leave his home-folks at
tle mercy of stranger? Few. So the, country
editor; has stuck to his job, year in and year;
vKaw comes Sen. Mansfield of Montana
witirb bill to wgivethe little fellows in the
ne,wpaper field a break" and. let them miss
twAssues a year without loss of mailing
piileges. If the bill passes, we'd say Sen.
Mitrsfield was a major benefactor to the
cojihiry's small press. What small-town edi
tonasn't longed to go fishing for a week
of v? Maybe he can sneak in a few hours
oBfl$e week "end, but otherwise v he's been
tied and shackled to the job of serving his
coinxnunity. He watches everyone else in
tdwn' take a vacation and can't do it
himself.
Vfyt editor of a sizable newspaper needs
nirtsfrch consideration, of course. He has a
sCitliwho can bear the brunt for awhile.
BJVthe one-man, or one-family, newspaper
hi -taken a beating or, rather, the editor
oflsuch a publication has. And the country
needs: a good small-town press. Grass-root
newspapers are a vital factor, and good men
should be encouraged to enter the field.
Sen, Mansfield, there's lot of appreciation
due you for your efforts.
Ijpg Truck Park-down in
California
Tourists using the Redwood Highway in
Northern California got a break the past
wek. Log truckers parked their loaded
trucks 300 of them along the highway in
front of weighing stations in a parking-strike
against strict enforcement of weight laws by
the highway patrol. This left the highway re
latively free for passenger car travel, and
right at the peak of the tourist season too.
1 This antiquated highway' carries a heavy
vplume of commercial and automobile traf
fic. Trucks have been running with tolerated
overloads of 4000 lbs., which the patrol now
has ejrto 2180. The truck drivers got mad
and lined 4ip their trucks alongside the highr
way, hoping by this sitdown to force conces
sions from the state authorities. Governor
Warren said the law would be enforced,
which certainly is all he could say and main
tain the dignity of the state.
; Hungry sawmills in Humbolt County will
bXeak the strike by demanding logs; and all
the patrol has to do is to stage a sitdown it-self-rHSitting
on the law violators.
Iq-this state the problem is pretty well
lacked as truckers have learned to observe
the law which itself has been given a degree
of 'flexibility.
Despite Popularity, Ike Plagued
-i'iWithGongrel;-:More Worries
: h By JOSEFHALSOP
WASHINGTON The, Ad
ministration has won its fight
over the excess profits tax. and
the w n 1 x e r'
TTmi mood is v
sot to look the I
:guVhorse in. J
the- teeth. The J
President's WT
jcLslanre stra-"
legists are?
jeveii claiming-
a -major ; suc-r"
cess; just asl
they:did after!
the fights overL
tha ' extension 1 -j
W.I h TU-
tprpcal trade act and the confir
Jmation of Charles . Bohlen as ,
imbssMdor to Moscow,
nieanwhile, a good many of
thai more experienced Congres
sional leaders. Republican - as
weU-AS Democratic, ara sayinc
thatthiTwaf the kind of victory
thai ought tT make a prudtnV
cotiunander think 'twice; 'Their
reasons tell a significant politi
cal;tory I "- 'frst, the President was net
jrai$$etely victorious in any af
hest three major strngiles f .
Jiis!lrst Congressional session.
In he tax fight, be asked for
'extension of the special eor
Krtt9 income tax and excise
it as veil as ' the excess
profits tax. He had to : forget .
about his supplementary re
quest, so the excise and corpor
ate income tax expiration wIQ
fttare Una la the face next year.
In the same manner, in the
reciprocal trade fight, he had to '
agree to the House project to
' pack the tariff Commission. And
after the Bohlen fight he had
to promise or thought ha had
to promise to avoid such con
flicts in future. None of these ,
(concessions was trivial The pro
raise made after "the Bohlen
fight, for instance, has" -just '
borne humiliating fruit, in the
form of Sen. Joseph JL "McCar
thy's successful veto of the im
peccable Paul H. Nitze's . De- f
tense Department appointment
A , - J
Second, the President should
ever have been forced to fight
for. such requests as these,
much less make compromises to
win. On taxes and reciprocal
trade, he was only asking for
time, to reach a final decision.
The Bohlen nomination should
have been wholly non-controversial.
In fact, yoii have to go all the
way back to the tin happy Ad
ministration of Ulysses S. Grant,
in order to find another just
elected, triumphantly popular
American President running in
to this 1 kind of trouble with the
Congress. This is a warning, in
and of itself.
Third, and finally, sock a
warning bodes ill for the next
session of Congress, when the
really big fanes have got to be
tackled. This la one of the really
peculiar, mack to little noticed
' features of the Administration's
performance to date. The truly
major issues have been put off.
They have been referred to ,
commissions. They have been
taken -under advisement . And
they hare not been decided. ,
The Administration is largely
composed of men who are inex
- perienced in government or pol
itics, or both. They cannot be
blamed for wanting . time to
make up their minds about the
big issues. But the practical ef
fect of this delaying tactic will
be to produce a really hair
raising legislative program for
the next Congressional session,
when all the members will want
to go home and mend their
fences, for the 1934 elections.
The list tells the downright awe
inspiring story,
TAXATION: la the spring of
next year,! expiration, of the
special excise and corporate in
come taxes will cost the govern
ment another $2,800,090,009 of
revenue . a loss which the
Treasury cannot afford. In ad
dition, the (gigantic task of
general tax revision Is now con
templated for the next session.
U.S. Food for East Germany?
, pie tender to Russia, of American food
tot East Germany is . described as a "dra
matic stroke designed "to. seize the initiative
by the United States. We fear it' may merely
prove to be a flash in the pan. Russia can
ignore the offer, or reply that the food, needs
of the East Germans are being taken care
of. And $15 million worth of food is not a
very big bid for prestige or a very great
gesture of sharing compared with other
grants we have made. The initiative is not
to be gained and held by setting up a tem
porary ; soup kitchen. :
Nevertheless the offer by the President
' does touch the Soviet world in a tender spot.
The truth is j. coming out that agricultural
production , in the satellite countries is down.1
The. Communist bosses have attributed the
decline to bad weather conditions but other ,
authorities say that farmer resistance to col
lectivization is also accountable.
The United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe in its May bulletin reports that
the East German 1952 potato crop was a
"catastrophe'.) (and doesn't blame it on our
exports of. Colorado bugs). Reported food
deficits there are a million tons of potatoes,
a half -million tons of grain and 98,000 tons
of sugar. Hungary reports a potato and veg
etable deficit and says nothing about its
grain crop which used to be in such volume
that the country was called the granary of
Central Europe. What makes the production
shortages worse is that Russia drains part
of it off.
The reports of women besieging govern
ment offices in East Germany calling for food
for their children reveal a fundamental cause
of the uprisings, among industrial workers.
They know that their fellow Germans in
the West are living quite well; and their
own desperation has goaded them to rebel.
The Russians are giving them guns and prom
ising them some butter, but they can increase
food supplies there only by robbing other
countries. Having found a measure of their
own strength the German workers are likely
to continue such harrassment of their Com
munist masters that East Germany will be
come for Russia a festering sore.
.Ben Hogan, Golf Champion
Of Ben Hogan's triumphant last round in
the British Open Golf "competition Sterling
Slappey, AP sports writer said:
"The final 68 was superb, sprinkled with
perfection."
What a tribute to what a golfer the
"sprinkled with perfection" part especially.
Ben Hogan,.. who was so badly smashed
up in a bus accident in 1949 that it was
doubtful if he would swing! a club "again in
competition, wears now a triple - plated
crown: the U.S. Open, the British Open and
the Augusta Masters. He won the U.S. Open
three times after the accident, the Augusta
Masters twice and now the British Open.
He ranks now with Bobby Jones as the
greatest golfer America has produced, and
this year tops the best the world has to of
fer. And Jack Allen, who caddied for Bobby
Jones and other great golfers says that Ben
Hoganri "thie greatest golfer, the world has
ever see.?, The whole country salutes Ben
Hogan, the golfer with steel-spring muscles
and refrigerated nerves.
The job of paving the road between Stay
ton and Scio is being completed, reports the
Stay ton Mail. - This improvement has long
been urged and will be; appreciated by a great
many people. This is an important section of
the much-discussed Cascade Highway which
would follow the edge of the valley from
Springfield through Lebanon, Scio, Stayton,
Mt. Angel to the Wilsonville cutoff-99 con
nection north of Hubbard. Eventually this
road will be improved, even if it "has to come
a piece at a time like the Scio-Stayton link.
by Trouble
Seen Coming
AGRICULTURE The crucial
parity provisions of j the farm
statutes . run out in j 1954, and
will have to be replaced. With a
rural recession in progress,
" nothing could be more contro
versial FOREIGN ECONOMIC POL
: ICY: The reciprocal trade act
must also be replaced. Foreign
: economic policy is an even hot
ter subject than farm policy.
SOCIAL SECURITY: The
President has repeatedly pro
mised to broaden social security
coverage, and is reported deter
' minded to keep his promise be
i fore the 1954 election. This pro
blem, like the tax and foreign
, trade problems, will come be-
t- . . tr.M.. ttt J r
lore nm nouw yt mjm uu jncaus
Committee. There Rep. Daniel
Reed still angrily presides, still
opposing the President's view
point on all three problem, and
now thirsting for revenge after
his recent defeat I
'DEFENSE AND THE BUD
GET: This issue has also been
ducked this year, by taking one
Shot defense saving and blam
ing the remaining gap on the
Truman administration. There
' is no space Itere for the iechnJe
' all ties, bat it can be confidently,
stated that the President will7
- face a budgetary gap of at least
' M biQion dollars, and perhaps
.much more, for fiscal 1955. He
will then have to choose, public
ly and frankly, between three
truly repellent alternatives
steeply increasing taxes; or
: stripping the national defenses;
. or forgetting his budget-balancing
promises.
Any one who knows the ways
of Congress can imagine' the
1 consequences of a legislative
program raising all these vital
issues in an election year. In ad
dition, every .one of these is-
, sues is sure to arouse the anti
Eisenhower wing of the Republi-
. can party. In the resulting situ
ation, simple "harmony" is un
likely 1 to provide j a workable
political strategy. 1
.' Cyrtckt isss
Haw York Herald Tribune. Inc.)
'GAD! MORE LIVES THAN
Inside TV ...
r . I t
Drmsn i v com
Excellent, Boring
By EVE STARR
New .York A closeup of British TV may be gleaned from
some recent remarks of Jack Gould, N.Y. Times critic, who
writes from London that TV shows there are both "excellent and
"boring."
He notes that there are no commercials and no interruptions
of programs. He says the peace and quiet of the English living
room is delightful. But he adds that the viewer is "trapped" if
he doesnt like a long, over-talky program. There is no station
selector switch. That's because sets are pre-tuned to the only
British Broadcasting Co. channel.
Gould had high praise for the quality of British TV's film
reproduction, which he likened to live TV in this country and
often better than live video in England.
The world's film producers someday will make a fortune -releasing
old films for worldwide TV, particularly, in England
where the reception is so good.
Gould observed that the BBC gives credit to composers and
lyricists for their TV creations, and suggests that the American
Society of Composers and Publishers take note and consider doing
the same.
'
CRITIC'S . CORNER: CBS' "Stork Club" is not likely
to send the whole family running to the telerisiort set. It's
slotb moving, sometimes dull. Yet it dpes have some assets,
notably a panel of glamorous beauties who (for the average
man, at least) will prove mighty interesting. Sherman Bil-
lingsley, a charming and well-mannered emcee, and his
guests are at times interesting to see and Hear. Largely,
though, this show is not one of the best on the CBS roster.
Another CBS show, "What's My Line," continues to
hold up tpell. A recent show incorporated more than the
average amount of humor, which the viewing audience ob
viously liked. The panel, too, consisting of Dorothy Kilgal
len, Bennett Cerf, Steve i Allen, and Arlene Francis main
tains a high level' of intelligence and humor in asking
questions.
TV CAROUSEL: Mickey Rooney's pilot film for NBC goes
into production tomorrow in Hollywood (July 1$) ... "Here's Your
Hat" a new TV series, will debut on one of the networks in the
falL It's based on the experiences of Renee Carroll, a hat-check
girl for years at Sardi's restaurant in N,Y. . . . When. Mark
Stevens replaces Lee Tracy as star of "Martin Kane, Private Eye"
on NBC in August the format will be changed to correspond with
the films of the N.Y. Police Dept . . . George Burns and Jack
Benny are on a ship bound for Hawaii. Their wives' will join
them in a few days, via plane . . . Groucho Marx quizzes L.A.
councilman Kenneth Harm on his NBC "You Bet Your Life,"
TV show: Groucho: "Are you really a councilman?" "Certainly"
said Harm. "You can't be," Marx replied, "You've .got your
hands in your own pockets."
(Copyright 1953. General Features Corp.)
Time Flies:
10 Years Ago
tJuly 12, 1943.
John A. HetzeL board chair
man of OPA, said the ration,
board would close for a week
so workers could address and
mail 12,000 "A" gasoline ration
books, ;
Plans for the Independence
Bridge over the Willamette riv
er were discussed in Dallas by
Polk and Marion County Courts.
Earl Snell named Charles E.
Stricklin, state . engineer, to
serve on the five-state North
western State Development
Association.
25 Years Ago
July 12, 1528. K't .
John Raskob, wall street mag
nate, will direct Governor
Smith's campaign for the presi
dency. ' , 1;.
I f
Horticulturists came from
eleven western states, Canada,
Mexico, and Hawaii to attend
10th annual conference here of
the Western .Plant Quarantine
board. ul- ' i
Associated Charities an
nounced arrangements for
Browning Amusement company
to set a merry-go-round on the
14th Street playground.
.1
From The
Statesman Files
40 Years Ago
July 12, 1953.
Dr. H. K. Leach, socialist edi
tor, was escorted by 600 citizens
to the city limits and asked not
to return. He was alleged to
have attacked the : American
flag.
Report of the, state engineer
for the quarter ending June 30,
showed 114 . permits for water
rights had been issued. -
A Tennis Club was organized
here by 30 young men, included
Murray Wheat. Kenneth
Moores Larry Hofer, Carl Hin
ges and Dan Howell as charter
members.
FOB BENT
Typewriters
Adding v Machines
Cash Registers
Calculators ;
Mimeographs
' Desks & Chairs
Check. Writers
Filing Equipment v
Let as Explain Oar Rental
. Purchase Plan
Rates Always the Lowest
noEii
Fa.' 3-Cm
45C Court
I THOUGHT
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the work of sculptors and artists.
The buildinug itself is a fine
example of deployment of the
combined arts: architecture,
murals, sculptures, artistic mo
tifs in interior decorating and
furnishings. By completing the
job at one time it was possible
to prevent the accumulation in
later years of a hodge-podge of
busts and paintings and histor
ical bric-a-brac. Today the build
ing is fresh snd contemporary
and "finished".
On a smaller scale the late
Morris Whitehouse achieved
similar results with the state
library. Later buildings in the
capitol group are lacking in
adornment; and so will be the
new county courthouse though it
may have a memorial plaque to
war dead.
But before artists and archi
tects will collaborate enthusi
astically and successfully there
needs to be a greater apprecia
tion of the arts by the general
public. Italians live in the very
presence of the fine arts and
discover in. the arts the best
opportunity for self-expression.
Americans have swung so far
to the functional and utilitarian
that they lack appreciation and
even understanding of the arts:
In the recent rude and some
times vulgar rejection of the
Renoir "Venus" here the dis
tressing, thing was failure to
comprehend the symbolism of
art, its very detachment from
the ordinary, its serving as a
vehicle for. an artist's inspira
tion.
We do have the capitol, suit-
ably embellished. I hope some
day we may have a Supreme
Court building; smaller in size,
but equally distinguished for
harmony of design and adorn
ment.
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REALTY VIEWS
Occasionally SPEED Is neces
sary, or st least desirable, in the
sale of Real Estate. Take the case
of Fred Blank.
Fred had a se
. ' rloui illness.
t, He owned a
. s m a II acreage
which he per
sonally manag
ed. But the ex
tended sickness
forced him to
quit- work and
even to stop
trying to keep
up his place.
Yet the crops
heeded attention. Also, Fred felt
depressed when the work was not
done.
Finally, he needed- .money to
meet mounting medical expen
ses. He couldn't hire the needed
work done, and still pay his bills.
Fred called us out. "I need
your help for a speedy sale," he
said. "I want to set a price that
will appeal to a buyer and still
get me the most possible under
the circumstances."
We agreed on a reasonable
price and terms. Within just a
few days, the property was SOLD.
When am emergency strikes
when i you simply must sell
count on us to come through with
a FAST. sale. We try to protect
your interests, and still renders
valuable and QUICK Service.
Phone 2-4564 or 4-1761 for ap
pointment j Well talk this over
with you. .j '.::-
' Rawlins Realty ;
"Hollywooo! Realtor" ; -2060
N. Capitol St y
Telephone 4-1761 2-4664
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The Safety Valve
.1 Suggestion for Memorial "
To the Editor: :
Since; the tumult and the
shouting ' over the Venus Re
noir statue has subsided per
haps farther suggestions as to
the Carroll Moores fund may' be
in order. - "
I wish to renew a sugges
tion made to the committee
- when! they first asked for ideas
as to the use of the fund.
The Salem Pioneer Cemetery
Association whose; membership
is made up of those owning or
representing owners of. lots in
the old Odd Fellows Cemetery,
now known as the Salem Pio
neer Cemetery, at their annual .
. meeting two years ago, .with '
80 persons in attendance, unan
imously passed a resolution
asking; that the committee con
sider; the cemetery as the site
of the I proposed monument.
Mayor Loucks at that time
suggested an ornamental en
trance to the cemetery.
At their annual meeting on
May 18th last the mayor renew
ed the possibility of securing the
fund for the benefit of the cem
etery and the Association again
passed a resolution asking con
sideration of the proposal.
Carroll Moores and several
members of his family, all prom
inent in this community, are
buriedi here; also hundreds of
others bf pioneers and those who
through the years settled and
developed the city and sur
rounding territory.
For many years the cemetery
was well kept by the Odd Fel
lows lodge but for several years
has been' neglected and has
sunk into a deplorable state of
neglect, an eye-sore to all and a
disgrace to the city. '
Our ' suggestion is an impos
ing entrance inscribed with the
name of the cemetery and the
purpose and name of the donor.
The j cemetery is now in the
ownership of Marion County and
the City of Salem and will no
doubt be gradually restored to
its original beauty.
Under their management it
is hoped to establish an endow
ment fund to provide for oer-
petual care through bequests
and gifts from interested persons.-
.
We further suggest that any
balance in the Moore Fund, af
ter the erection of the entrance
be used as the nucleus of the
endowment fund.
We feel that these suggestions
provide for appropriate recog
nition of the pioneers at the
place where most of them lie
and also lasting benefit to the
community which they founded.
i Roy V. Ohmart
196 E. Rural Ave.,
Salem, Ore.
Seeks Old Copies ,
of Baseball Guides
To the Editor:
I would like to appeal to your
readers in the pursuit of my
hobbyj You see, I am a col
lector of old Reach or Spalding
Baseball Guides. These are an-
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ji- 1
I $1000 v
the iettinj you chooie should do Justice
to your diamond anciecome your
hand. In our wide and parted selection of
rings, you will find just the style that will
emphasize the qualitiel cf your itone
that will be flattering to wear as welt f
Pricef
-'Ta
$400
'
4300
390 State
nual baseball record books
- wiucu were puDiisaea yearly ce
f tween 1876 "and 1941 and are
now out of print I am having
difficulty in completing my set
and I believe that there may be
aoroe pf these .copies -In the
: hands bf your subscribers whe
are no longer interested in them
and which they may wish to dis
pose of. There must be innu
merable copies just lying in the
way around the house or gather
ing dust on. the bookshelves of
your readers. I will gladly re
imburse them and would appre
ciate it very much if they would
write to me it they have any
to offer.
Hoping that there is an ele
ment of interest and unusual
novelty in my hobby and that
at the same time your readers
might find it to their benefit
.A .: .III.
William 1,..V.A. '
83 - 68th Street
Guttenberg, New Jersey
Would Give Voters Chance '
On Civil Rights Bill
i . -.
To the Editor: -
I see where you do not believe
in giving the voters a chance on
the so: called Civil Rights bill.
This i gang of civil. lighters do
everything in their power to.
keep I from giving the voters a
chance on this bilL I am not a
civil fighter but I do believe in
giving everyone a chance to vote
on this bill as it will, affect
every one in time and that is
the American way. I Fred Mey
er store they had petitions for
people! to sign on the cigaret bill
a few jyears ago, then why not
on this bill?
I try to live with and associate
with people of my own race and
I do believe in a fre rnuntrv
I should have that right If
you or anyone else wish to eat ,
or llye with Negroes that is up
to youL I will vote against this
Civil Rights bilL I am no Ku
Kluxer but an American citizen.
J M. Miller
Star Rt, Silverton
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