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What Does ''Etc.?' Include?
The provision of . the truce agreement in
Korea which "refers to a political conference
is in the form of a recommendation to the
"governments of the ! countries concerned,"
the conference to be held within three months
and attended i4by representatives appointed
respectively to settle through negotiations the
questions; of the withdrawal of all foreign
forces from Korea, a peaceful settlement of
the Korean questions,! etc. j
The military! negotiator! never attempted
to define jthe "etc." It is as broad and as nar
row as the coming conferees decide to make
it. That yUl depend greatly on the composi
tion of thie conference, which will be decided
at the U. ?N. General Assernbly after it recon
venes on Aug. 17th. Efforts will be made (and
not by China and Russia jrione) to bring in
the admission of China j tp U.N. under the
"etc" catchall. In any evint we shall have'
to face up with this demand sooner (perhaps
at the U. N. before the j peace conference
starts), r later (after the peace conference
convenes or adjourns),. Arid we may as well
admit that eventually if he Reds continue
to hold China they will ; get a seat in U. N.
and recognition by the UjjS. Four hundred
million people can't be ignored.
Standing Offer on Truck Tax Bill
When the long-haul truckers complained to
the . legislative j highway Interim committee
that there was extensivi evasion of .the
weight-mile tax, Chairman; Ed Geary of the
committee challenged therm to come up with,
a bill which. Would provide adequate reve
nues on an equitable basis and permit ' no
evason, as a substitute for the present tax
which the people approved -in the referendum
election last. year.. That has been a standing '
offer by committees of the legislature. Last
year during the campaign George Flagg,
spokesman for; the truck interests, promised
one would be ready for i tie 1953 Assembly.
But the truck interests rifver have brought
in such, a substitute measure.
The reason is that so conflicting are the
interests of various truck groups that they
cannot agree on the terms of a bill. What
would suit the over-the-j'oad long! haulers
would penalize; the short JhfruHruckers.
It may be possible to wdrk out some equi
table formula ; which will permit closer .to
100 per; cent collection. Jfpne has been dis
covered yet; but Geary's is a standing offer. '
Fashion Notes
S- The new dress silhouette will be guitar
shaped, says one Paris note, with wide sloped
shoulders, pinched waist and high wide, hips.
Interesting, isn't it? And with more flare and
flair than some of the flute-shaped silhou
ettes of days gone by; and still a Ion gj long
way from the 1 bass viol j silhouette.. I
I What is stirring controversy however jfc the
Dior directive that skirts must now end just
bfelow the knee. What? Are we to go back to
the short-skift era of the mid-Os, jvhose
patterns . now j seem so. antique? London's
answer" is fl that the fheni stays where jit is,"
at ."calf length. One thing certain the dresses
will not be the floor sweepers they were in
the not-so-good old! days. Women havq been
.emancipated from the yards and layers of
billowing : skirts.
WORLD' CHAMPION CAMP FOLLOWER
Senator Wayne L. Morse will vote to re
tain the Republican organization in the, Sen
ate. Though "he no longed counts himself a
Republican he reasons that since Republicans
won the last election they! should continue in
control until the 1954 elections, wh n, he
hopes,- they will be turned out of office.
Democrats are not perturbed' by the Morse
decision. They probably prefer o 1 t the
Republicans wrestle with problems rather
than take the responsibility themselves Then
they will try to win the fall elections on the
basis of GOP failures and mistakes . . . but
they may get fooled. f
West Coast congressional delegations are
making a big pitch to' have the nextj navy
supercarrier built at Bremerton. The; Cali
fornia delegation in a burst of regional
loyalty are backing the Bremerton deal. At
present one of the two bigdry docks at
Hunters Point, San Francisco, is busjr with
a reconstruction job on the Bon Homme
Richard; so the Bay yard; has its hands fuH.
West coast yards have considerable Rouble
getting navy, jobs because of underbidding
by Gulf and Atlantic coast yards. Costs, in
cluding wages, ; make it hard for oui yards
to compete.
A fracas at a Fisherman's Wharf restaurant
in San Francisco culminated in a fig jit, and
a stock and bond salesman had twq-thirds
of .'his. ear bitten off. A policeman retrieved
the missing oart and a Dhvsician sewed it
back on. Then the victim refused to bring
charges against his assailant. Evidently the
stock and bond business is pretty goodj again.
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Alutniiium Qndusry
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; ; Bespite End of War
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i WASHINGTON The aluminum industry the Pacific iNorthwests
test post-war bid for greater industrialization will neither stand
still nor slump if government requirements fof the light metal drop
sharply due to the Korean truce. Instead, aluminum is expected to
rush bullishly into a growing civilian market which for the past
three years has been largely "out of bounds" eue to federal military
demands. - j .1
; That is the outlook seen by
executives of the big; three in the
primary aluminum industry
Aluminum Company lot America,
Reynolds Metals Co., Kaiser
Aluminum and Chemical Co. i
I A few days before the guns
were silenced In Korea, the gov
ernment announced it would re
quire 10 per cent less aluminum
the last quarter of 1953 than it
took during the third quarter
for military and atomic energy
usage. The recent congressional
cutback in previous goals set
for aircraft production may fur
ther reduce military require
ments. Still, there is the ftockpile
whose goal has not been reached.
Limited Civilian Use:
Because of heavy demands
made upon the industry since
the Korea fighting began, alumi
num has been controlled along
with copper and steeL Qnly a
government-specified amount
was allowed to feed the civilian
production lines, but , after all
military requirements had been
filled. - j
Coupled with this limited
civilian supply of the metal has
been the booming usaige of alumi
num fur a long list of new pro
ducts, some of which offer the
Today's gtiest columnist A. Robert Smith, Washington, D. C
correspondent of The Oregon Statesman.
Editorial
An Omaha policeman says men carry more
junk in their ; pockets thin a woman does
in her handbag. We'd like to dispute that. A
boy's pockets are pretty well loaded with
merchandise of j various sorts, but progres
sively as he matures he! discards the collec
tion to lighten; cargo. Fanjally he winds up
with his purse and keys,! alnd a handkerchief
cached somewhere. Even he pocketbook is
left in the work clothes. Of course there still
are some men who pack! aj toilet kit in their
vest pockets; comb and toothbrush Jwell ex
posed. The well-groomed nan, however, no
longer lets his pockets bulge. As for the con
tents of a lady's purse . .j. affiant sayeth not.
A few: days ago we misspelled the first
name of Mrs. Clare Boothe iLuce, Ambassador
tofltaly, putting an "i" in her first name. Our
regret is tempered when j we note a story
from Rome about Mrs. Luce which appeared
in the San Francisco Chronicle. The heading
had her name "Claire Booth;' the text had
it "Clare Boothe" which- if correct; and the
accompanying picture had! as caption "Clare
Booth Luce."
SMALL TALK OF WOOD ANIMALS '
The phrase "dumb animals" has been obsolete
for a long time, in so far as it could be applied,
to the creatures with which we are most familiar.'
Actually we have come around to the view that'
even the smaller animals,, such as moles and
lizards -and angle-worms, must have some fairly
well-developed means of communicating, bet we
don't know just how they do it or what they say.
That's where Dr. Kenneth GordonOregon State
College -zoologist, cornea in. He's, going outiinto
the woods in August equipped tr listen In on the
"conversations of moles and gophers and piico
and liiards and other supposedly rather inarticu
late creatures. These little animals, in Dr. f Gor
don's opinion, are not the least bit taciturn among
themselves, though they have nothing to say to us.
The zoologist feels that the lizard's well-developed
outer ears are not unlikely to be used! for
hearing what fellow lizards have to say as well as
to tell of the presence of enemies or of edible
prey. '!.;"'''. ' '
So he's going to listen to the songs of field
mice as. well as the chirping of birds and the
hissing or whatever other sounds the lizards nay
employ in the effort to book up the sounds with
the ideas they represent. It is known lhat; anw
ma Is' ears are receptive of sound pitched much
too high and too weak for human ears. So he will
have a reflector to intercept sound waves and
focus them on a microphone. He will catch these
with earphones and a tape recorder. j I
Interpreting these sounds will be the big Job.
Dr. Gordon's observation on the spot is expected
to. make' possible the identification of some of
these which might, perhaps, serve as a sort of
rosetta-stone for the identificaton of still others
from time to time. We can look forward to the
time when an excursion into the woods will,: be
much more enlightening. when we can uader
stand what the denizens of the forest are saying
to one another. It could, of course, be embarrass
ing to know what they're saying about those big
human lugs who "stomp", through the woods and
knock over their nests and kill them with "fire
sticks." Albany : Democrat-Herald.
WASHINGTON The University of Toledo has become con
,vinced by looking at its owa students report card that television
has something the? educational process can profitably use. Last
winter this Ohio institution offered telestudy courses a sort of
up-to-date correspondence course for students sitting in their liv-
- ing rooms instead of on the campus. The professor is tuned in by
his students and possibly tuned out by the laggards on a speci
fied TV channel. He never sees his scholars, but receives their
home work via maiL Only on' final exam day do the TV students
, hike to the campus to show what they've learned.
Toledo is encouraged
housewives and mothers,
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Russia Preparing Propaganda Foundation
For Opposing Supervision of Korea Voting
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by what its TV students, mostly
lindidated they'd learned. In fact,
the faculty found by comparison the offcampus students
drew down "considerably higher" grades than their classroom
mates. The iintuerritj estimates it had some 20,000 viewers
tuned in for the. two semesters of the past year. Of these, 200
or more paid the college $2 each to follow the lectures with
a study guide.'The programs were telecast during the morn
ing. Writhing in the doldrums caused principally by TV, the movie
industry isn't loath to taking a crack at its impudent rival. In a
gay new comedy, "The Moon Is Blue," there is an exchange which
goes something like this:
Girl: Shall I turn on television?
Man, who has just dropped in for a drink: Is it in color?
Girl: No, silly, that won't be for years!
Man: Let's wait
Speaking of color TV, industry statisticians figure the
changeover from black and white sets will give the industry
a boom during the coming five years. There are now about
124 00,000 TV sets in use in this country. The speed of their
replacement will depend upon several other factors, mostly
the cost of color TV to the consumer and to the studio. First
sets to gdfon sale next year figure to be in the $800 to $1,000
price range, which won't cause any stampede. By 1957 or
later some industry officials foresee a 21-inch model going
for $300. But that's a long time to wait.
The Washington baseball club, which when last heard from
was plummeting toward familiar territory in the second division
of the American League after a heady few months in higher alti
tude, is using TV like no other club in the majors. When the team
goes on the road, camera crews and announcers from a local station
tag along to bring fans at home most of the team's road games.
When the Nats' return to Griffith Stadium it's a case of now you
see 'em, now you don't. In short, the club officials figure to in
tensify interest in the team by showing the games played in other
cities which the home crowd otherwise would miss. But when the
boys come home, they expect that interest to be evidenced by
larger numbers of paying customers whirling through the turn-
stiles. So far no attendance records have been cracked.
10 Years Ago
August 2, 1M2 ;
The governor's office sent out
a press release asking people to
donate quinine, in bulk, pills or
capsules, for the national qui
nine pool,
Lt and Mrs. Roger C. Cochran
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of a daughter, first
grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Cochran.
General MacArthur an
nounced that the east end of the
Japanese airbase of Minuda has
been reached by hard fighting
United States invasion forces in
'a yard-by-yard battle.
25 Years Ago
August X, lUt
"Mr. and Mrs. Frank Durban
Jr., are the parents of a son,
Frank Durbin III. The young
ster's father is exalted ruler of
Salem Elks.
Lord Ischcape of London left
$50,000 at the disposal of Win
ston Churchill, to be used to
ward safety for flyers. He lost a
daughter, the Honorable Elsie
MacKay, in her attempt to fly.
the Atlantic.
Hawkins St Roberts, leading
Salem brokers and builders; de
clares it takes prosperous farms
to make a prosperous city. They
maintain 4,000 shiep on their
ranch.
40 Years Ago
August 3, 1913
The British Mayflower club
founded in London, entertained!
Americans who were in London
to attend the unveiling of the
Pilgrims monument
The Secretary of War has au
thorized improving the Tilla-
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prospect of eating up many tons
from Northwest potlines. For
example, electric transmission
lines, automobiles, building con
struction, air conditioners, even
ship building. ! Both j steel and
copper atfi giving way in some '
important instances to aluminum.
Aluminum! Exterior i j .
f There ii probably j no more
dramatic illustration of this
trend tha in downtown' Pitts
burgh, where Alcoa has erected
a1 tall office building 1 whose
aluminum leiterior gives to the
structure proud and defiant
stature in the Steel center of the
world. J ! . j;j : j
I But the fest indicator of what's
ahead is more than circumstan
tial. It is that aluminum 'officials
lay their Respective firms have
no cutbacks in the worksJ More
over, two new producers are
pushing forward their plans to
enter the If ield, ' and two others
confirm their .continuing efforts
al?ng thatllin. '
Canada'! big producer. Alumi
num, Ltd!, is also expanding
greatly, partly; to fulfill contracts
it has signed to supply Alcoa
and Kaise with more than 1,500,-
gou.uuo pcfinosoi metal over the.
Doubles Output
V for anf industry!
that
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its peak. As President Ei
hower said in a speech s
weeks ago these orders are
ing delivered, "C.O.D." Also,
under the plan of accelerating
payments of corporation taxes
some 70 per. cent are collected
in the first half of the calendar
year. Receipts from this source
will be much smaller the last
six months. As fori effecting
large savings in ordinary run
ning expenses, that will be diffi
cult Nor is it practical to defer
big chunks of spending for for
eign aid, though some savings,
permanent or temporary might
be made there. Outlays for car-
drying on the. Korean War will
be reduced but Congress has
just voted ; $200 million for
VAPan ral mt ' t"
It appears therefore that Com
gress has just postponed the
day for lifting the limit on the
national debt Conservatives
have made their bow to the
god of economy. When they
meet next in the fall or winter,
they will fasten to make a bow
to the godspf financial respon
sibility. j !
The gesture Though, may be
the country that these now
worth while. It is, a signal to
in
charge of our affairs vdo not
take the attitude of the Frenth
ministers before the Revolu
tion: "After us the deluge.?
We are struggling now with
the flood of debt created in the
past Changing the figure, fit
may be necessary io take an
other "hair off the dog that
bit us;" but the country must
get down to grips with the facts
of life, ' and bring j Us budget
into balance, and stop borrow
ing morejnoney.
mook bar and bay
$314,000.
it a cost jol
Kenneth Moorcs won the title
of Salem tennis champion in
contest with Chester Cox.
was
greatly expanded as!, a ' conse
quence of .demands inf world
War II, aliminum had acted like
a! big kid who was intent of
growing big enough j to do the
roan's sized job that awaits it io
the American!! economy. Before
the new rund of expansion that
followed he Korean outbreak,
the industry's annual output was
L300,0O0,C)O pounds. I By next
year it will almost have been
doubled 1,89300,000 pounds
by the big three alone.
Harvey Machine Co. and Ana
conda Copper ( Co. plants now in
the planning and construction
phases ai The Dalles and at
KalispelL ifont, will continue te
Swell thil growth. Olin ? Indus
tries, Inc. j and the Wheland Co.,
two eastern firms, : are actively
dickering J with the government
for loan guarantees and purchaia
agreement similar to those given
the other producers in their days
0fj infanc.. j - J i .. s ...
Putting! together the pieces
produces picture of an industry
that is becoming basic to the na
tion's economy in company with
wood, stee and glass i-and whose
possibilities seem limited for the
moment ooly by its physical abil
ity to keep . pace with the de
mand fof aluminum products
include virtually i every-
even the kitchen sink.
:j English
D. C WILLIAMS
which
hjng, yesi
L What U wrong with this
sentence! "He is the! best "work
man of fny man in. the shop."
i 2. Whit i the correct pro
nunciation o "risque'? !
I 3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Cauliflower, po
tatoes, planoes, Negroes,
j 4Wht does the word "indi
viduantyf mean? H ! !
3. Wht is! a word beginning
with taclthat means "silent"?
SWER.1
! iL Say! "of;"aJl the men," or,
amonc Sail theXjnen." 2. Pro
nounce es-ka. e as in me, a as
in day, jpecent second syllable.
3. Pianoi 4. That quality which
distinguishes j one person or
thing from another. "He N is a
person bt marked ; j individual
ity" 3. Taciturn. j
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
AP Fareiga Kewa AiaJyit
The Russians are busily pre par- occupy North Korea. And the Soviet
ing another "tupik" for us. Tupik Union is serving notice in advance
is a handy Russian word meaning that the unification of Korea is
a blind alley, a dead end street a strictly an internal question,
cul-de-sac iand so forth. This tupik The result will be that the Soviet
is in Korea It concerns the reuni- Union will agree to unification of,
fication of that country, j J the Korean nation only on Moscow's
The July 28 edition of the Soviet terms, and this will not include
government newspaper Izvestia, in risking the Communist foothold in
a long ediioriar discussion of, the the north on the results of a free
Korean truce, includes this para- and unfettered election!
graph: Vt Til ' I
"The ending -of the war ; rfises "Successful conclusion; of discus-
before the Korean people the task sions on establishing a truce in
of re-establishing the national fnity Korea was the first stage in the
of the Korean state. The Korean resolution of the Koreas question
people, like all freedom-loving fpeo- as a whole,? Izvestia remarked. . .
pie, never tolerated and never; will "Naturally the next stage of resolv-
tolerate the artificial diviaoa of ing the Korean question as a whole
their motherland. Jut as at the will depend largely on the readiness
time H their liberation froms the of the other side (the U. N.) to
yoke of imperialistic Japan, they collaborate sincerely in carrying
ardciiUy aim at the restoration of out the agreements of the truce.
The people of the world, vitally in
terested in easing international ten-
strict supervision of a U. N. com- pulls out completely and the Com
mission. But the Communists still munists do the unifying. '
! This is the -"brotherly help" Pre
mier Malenkov promised the Ko
reans.
GRIN AND BRAR IT
A Dane named Christen Jacob
sen Drakenberg attained the
greatest longevity in modern
times, according to the best avail
able records, living to the age of
145. years.
By Lichty
their, national unity.
of the Korean people thernsel
"This question is an internal affair sions, and considering the ending of
ves, the - war in Korea as one of the
in which they themselves must de- important steps in this direction.
cide the fate of their country. The will be vigilant and will not permit
people of the world are vitally, in- aggressive circles of the .United
terested in that the future of Korea States and their agents in South
be decided. In the first piacV in Kore subvert the truce.
the interests of the Korean people ' "
themselves, since this naturally is This fixes in advance the propa
the correct way toward establish- ganda line that if the political con
ment of peace ia the Far East." ference on Korea gets nowhere, it
This is a herald for the same old will- be because the United States
International merry-go-round ffirst' refused to collaborate and because
switched on in the satellite eoun- United States agents were busy
tries and then In Germany j and trying to upset the truce and set
other areas in which Soviet iraper- the stage for a new outbreak of
ialists had a purposeful finger ia Far Eastern war. ,
the pie. ; ! r ! I -r With the cards thus stacked, the
j ! I I indications are Korea will remain
If there is to be unification of divided as long as the United States
Korea, the United States andi the retains its interest in the-political
United Nations are likely - to call future ' of the country. It will be"
for countrywide elections under unified only if the United States
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