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4 (Saev 2) Statesman. Satan. Or WskL. August 12. 1853 GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lfchly ?No Favor Sways Us N Fedr Shall Aw" From First Statesman. March XI. 1S51 ' " Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher .,. - -(.., ,-, . j - t .- Pnbrtsfied mvmty morntnc. i Bastneaa offle ZbS Worth Churcft St.. Slm. Or, Ttlcpnw S-S441 - t i 1 ' i . . , , Entered at the poatofflca at Salami Or.. as Meond - dm matter under met ot Ongre March a. UTS. ' ';";:'LMemberjAssoclatd Fress;-:' :' T Rm Associated Press t entitled zciusively to the um foe republication of aU local earwa eriatad ta thla newspaper i Teaching Parents to Teach the Blind A lot of credit seems in order for the more than 40 families and as many! children now undergoing special training during the fifth annual Institute for Parents of Visuau Han dicapped Pre-Schooi Children; at the State ! Blind School. j ;i ' .1 ' ' Problems" which are faced bjf such parents and instructors must of times jappear insur mountable. Raising any youngster through regular, normal phases of-growing up pre sents a challenge to any parent. But couple normal problems with the additional burden of trying to outline to one's jroungster the regular challenges jof living when hje's never seen the world around him! j1 It's this problem, and a multitude more, that these parents, some of them here for the first time are facing. A wallf through the grounds during this Institute is an awaken ing experience. Congregated in the play area and surrounding the toys designed for them are children normai in every respect except sight. Swinging on a swing of which he is not even sure of the i structure is a "typical" freckle-faced 4-year-old.' Sharing their limit ed methods of balance are a small boy and girl on a teeter-totter. And there is the little year-old blonde curly top, sitting alone in . her stroller on the walk. As. you! approach her she's looking down; and you catch yourself praying she isn't blind. You spejak to her and the sound of your voice frightens her, making her cry. As she looks up slowly, her eyes don't open. Her learning ran overwhelming moun tain to climb is just beginning Parents are doing a wonderful job in help ing these little citizens to help themselves grow up. Superintendent Walter Dry of the Blind School and his staff are laying a com memorable groundwork for these youngsters to adapt themselves; to the dark world around them. JBM j . . 1 Kennan on Russia When it comes to the USSR the opinions of George Kennan, former ambassador in Mos- cow, are entitled to great respect.; He was long t the expert in the State department on that i country. An unfortunate (and undiplomatic) comment" a year ' ago while vacationing in - Germany led to his recall .when Russia de clared him persona non grata. Unfortunately the administration did not avail itself of his ' further services. He is now retired, devoting his time to studies and lectures. ' Monday he addressed a seminar sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. Ia the course ' qf his remarks he described .the danger of Russia to the outside world as "on the wane." The Western countries show less attraction to Soviet Ideas; and he predicted that eventual ly revolution will break out in the Soviet or bit. He warned however against official Am ' erican interference in internal affairs of the Soviet Union. His prediction indicates-a change of thought from that expressed in his article in "Foreign Affairs" in July, 1952. Then he discounted the .chance, of internal revolution, thinking the hope for Russia lay in evolution of opinion and of the practice of governing in that coun try. It is not yet clear that his revision is more accurate. Despite the strains incident to the succession to Stalin the Russian monolith trary may be based more on wishful think- " V&kZ " ing than solid fact. UcW wortina conditions . . What does, appear correct is his appraisal gwga of Russian influence outside the Soviet orbit. I mrr Though Communists are still numerous in IttSlttC T V ! Italy and France their party is no longer the threat it once was. And the masses of the people would not 'welcome Russian rule, for they have observed its results in the neigh boring states of Central Europe. Convinced as we are. that our Western philosophy is superior to that of Russian Com munism we can bide our time, making our own position secure and leaving to the inexor able forces of evolution or revolution the wip ing out of the evils of the Russian system. . I ' ' General The new Indian Commissioner, Glenn L. Emmons of New Mexico, after he was sworn in Monday said he preferred not to comment on his plans until he learned more about his job. Quite a relief to see one new office-holder who doesn't know it all to start with. In the case of Emmons he really does know In dians, having lived at Gallup, N. where he had many contacts with the Navajos. Dudley Strain Goes to Tfexas The Salem community shares with the membership of First Christian Church regret at the impending departure ofj its minister, the Rev. Dudley Strain and family, to accept a call to a church at Lubbock?, Texas. JHis church has thrived greatly under his pastor ate, recently completing a splendid new edi fice. Perhaps the minister feels jthat his labor here is completed and that hi should seek new vineyards to cultivate in the Lord's serv ice. I Dudley Strain was one clergyman who could meet and "mingle with citizens in all walks of life without dulling his own sweet ness of spirit. We do not know how many sinners there are in Texas, but e know that in Lubbock they will now find that "the oth er side" is "well represented." j Grants Pass is holding its gladiolus festival this week. To doll the town up for the occa-' sion a decorated jeep and trailer toured the business district to distribute 4500 spikes of gladioli, for use in window decorations, re ports the Courier. When it comes to showy decorations it is hard to beat "glads" and in growing them Grants Pass really is tops. Harry Dorman, ' director of Finance and Business Administration, says his purchasing division saved the state $500,000 in the last biennium. Secretary of State Newbry says his department saved the state $600,000. Now if we can get a few more departments to speak up maybe taxpayers in Oregon can get a re- bate. One can foresee a consequence of Malen kov's assertion that Russia possesses the se cret of the H-bomb: the pressures will be on for building that defense screen across North America which the Alsops have been writing about for a long time. What that will do to the defense budget is plain as a pike staff. All this and lower taxes in '54? Governor Dewey said in Seattle there will be many new faces at Governors' conferences after 1954. A three-termer himself, as is Gov. Earl Warren of California, he knows what he is talking about. But both Dewey and Warren have made efforts to get out of ;the governor Classification. ; One of the best incentives to drive with caution is to take a look at the size of claims in damage suits growing out f auto accidents. The Bend Bulletin says Salem is now catch ing speeders with a "palindrome." In other words, radar catches them coming or going. U.S., U.N. Fail to By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Aaalyst The United States and the United Nations face a very serious pros pect if initial reports j of Chinese retention of war prisoners turn out to be true. j President Eisenhower and Secre tary of State Dulles, by; their intent scrutiny- of the problem indicate the evidence is piling iup that the Reds are violating the truce agree ment on release of prisoners. It is much too early to pass final Judgment, however. In the near primitive conditions which exist in North Korea and in certain func tions of the Red armies; foul-ups in such an exchange operation would be bound to occur even with the greatest of goodwill. t The Allies have a precedent for doubting that such goodwill exists. It is obvious that the Reds detained hundreds of men, who should have been exchanged with the sick and wounded long ago. Just why is not clear. It is possible they feared world reaction during j the truce negotiations. ! i Some of the men were victims of neglect, poor organization, lack of doctors and medicines; The haz ards probably cere not much dif- age Red soldier. j S i - Some were the victims of direct brutality, another thing which is common with Far Eastern armies. These facts are not stated as any sort of excuse for the Reds, even though' internaUortal conven tions merely require treatment of prisoners in conformity j with treat ment given by the captor ! to his own armies. They are stated as evidence of- the necessity that the Allies- be able to pinpoint , any charges they make either ion the subject of treatment or! Slice detention. Face Serious Problems if Reds Return All Prisoners of Korea War but, in dealing with people who have small concern for the indi vidual, it is not likely to carry a great deal of weight The Communists already appear to be laying .grounds for the de fense. . when the matter comes be fore the U. N. or the Korean politic al conference, that many prisoners have died. The only cases the Allies can press will be those actually named by repatriates as having been left behind at specific, camps. Allied diplomats even then can argue themselves blue in the face without Literary Guidepost getting any satisfaction, just as they have about the German prison ers in Russia since World War II. What will the West be able to do then? It will be facing a great test, before the Oriental world, of its highly proclaimed regard for the individual. In the old days, in such a case, a rescue expedition; would have been organized in short order. Re member the Boxer Rebellion? That sort of thing isn't done so .much any more. But the possibility the situation could lead to a real war with China has already found expression in .semi-official circles. Commercials Called Symbol of Freedom By EVE STARR NEW YORK The British Broadcasting Company's monopoly of the airwaves is not only monotonous but dangerous. That's the sober warning of Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge, editor of Punch and a veteran assailant of his governments TV-radio practices! Mr. Muggeridge expressed a fear that "I seem to jsee the stage being set for the senile state . . 1 . More effectively than anything else, (the BBC monopoly) enables those set in auth ority to Impose on the rest of us a pattern of thought and feeling." This highly unhumorous view by the, boss of England's famous comic weekly should prompt Americans to take a look at our own privately managed television and radio systems and, for a change, give thanks to those frequently and roundly cursed commercials. Let these endless and exasperating spiels for detergents, shampoos and cigarettes be, if nothing else, a reminder that what we see and hear is hot dictated by a ministry of brass hats in Washington. According to our individual tastes, it may be exasperating, dull, silly or even stupid, but never a strictly supervised "party line" conceived by those who might thinkthey know what is best for our gullible eyes and ears. As Muggeridge saysj "Freedom lies not so much jn objectiv ity, which is largely beyond human realization, as in variety." With Fulton Lewis Jr. and Drew Pearson, Bob Hope and Bishop Sheen, the Voice of Firestone, Hit Parade, I Love Lucy, Dragnet variety is something that Americans have plenty of FREEDOM. WHAT'S NEW: A fmemory tube" that holds promise of brtnpinp trans-Atlanttc TV nearer to reality. A TV booklet or set owners containing 40 possible pic fure troubles, each numbered. When the serviceman is call" ed, the otoner unll fell jhim his picture trouble by number. Thf new color tube will be on the market before the Spring pf next year limited in quantity, of course because entirely new maufacturing processes and techniques must be developed before large scale production at reasonable prices can be expected . . These ideas along with 40 new TV models 'ranging from 17" leatherette table models to 24" TV and radio combinations were shou;n at a recent distributor dealer convention in Chicago. Edward Arnold, trumpeter Louie Armstrong and a bevy of beauties entertained the 1500 executipes and their guests. ; STARR TIPS: Ed ("Archie") Gardner, producer-star of "Duf fy's Tavern," and Hal Roach are co-producing the "Duffy's Tav ern" teleseries, which will be filmed in color at a cost of $45,000 per filml They plan to do 117 vidpix over a period of three years. The Gardners have been living in Europe since giving up their Puerto Rico home . . , Looks like Red Skelton gets his wish for some filmed shows, after all the fuss with CBS. At least 10 shows will be filmed, which allows Red some time off now and then . j . CBS hosted Indiana's gift to TV, Herb Shriner ("Two for the Money") at a press luncheon at the famous Hollywood Farmers Market on Wednesday. Publicity Director Norman Sie gel arranged for a typical Hoosier lunch with chicken, apple cider and roast corn. Best, of course, was the Indiana corn Herb Shrin er tossed around. ? IN CASE YOU'RE INTERESTED: Bob Hope will play the Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, on September 3 and 4 and participate in the .Annual Celebrify Golf Tournament in Washington September 6 and 7 before leaving for the Lon don Palladium . . , ' ' For the first time in their 26 years of married life, Port land Hoffa will not be appearing with Fred Allen on his "Judge for Yotirself"program on NBC-TV. SWITCH: Ann Sothern's "Private Secretary" TV series was on CBS network last season, moved to NBC as a summer replace ment and returns to CBS in the FalL Ann is in New York at pres ent to discuss the series with eastern sponsors . . . Jim Frasher has the lead in "The Cheer Leader," a new idea in commercials which will be released during the nationwide coverage of football games in the fall . . . The Christopher Awards given quarterly have been! awarded to Leland Hayward for the Ford Anniversary TV show,! and to Maurice Evans for his two-hour production of "Hamlet" lover NBC . Groucho"s be-bop weather report: Cool tonight crary tomorrow; , (Copyright 1953, General Features Corp.) Dost-airnn t ! 1 ! : I But even if the record is jnade perfectly clear the Allies will face the dilemma of what to do about it! Dulles has suggested that; one if the first moves would be to retali ate in kind as far as detention is concerned. That is an obvious move By W. G. ROGERS I INDIA AND THE AWAKEN ING EAST, by Eleanor Roose I Telt (Harper. S3) In February last year , Mrs. -Roosevelt, with a companion I from her New York office and, I later on, her personal physician, flew from Paris to the Near East, the Far East, the Philip- pines and on home. She started 1 out at the invitation of the Be I gum Liaquat All Khan to be the i guest of the All Pakistan Wonv len's Association, and her prin? I cipal stops were the Arab coun tries and Palestine, and, Paki stan and India. ; ! In some of the countries she i visited, she reports, from 50 to 1 95 per cent of the people were I illiterate; the few were very I rich, the many very poon: there iwere regional rivalries, such as "a deep-seated bitterness" be i tween Pakistan and India and I also between Arabian and Her I brew lands; and Americans had 1 failed to establish themselves as friends; "I was fully' conscious lof . a certain hostility," she writes in Beirut, and farther on. in India, "We must face the fact that in the years after the war our popularity took a terrible tumble." j She praises the governments of Pakistan and Israel, and the work of the Ford land Rocke feller Foundations and of Ches ter Bowles and Horace Holmes; she is specific about national problems; and of course she gives us more bits of welcome information about herself, the sort of little thing that some how reassures us !i about her opinions on big things: She doesn't like snakes I and bugs, ' she won't ride an elephant, she doesn't care to try an Arab wa- ter pipe: . n . What have the Communists got that we haven't got? Out there, she says, we promise too much, unsophisticated Eastern ers don't believe us, they do ac cept the simpler goals defined by 'the Reds. And she warns that We may-fail again, as in China," if we spend money to arm and "defend these distant people and do not also, and even uiji, apcuu aw am m vneir ap palling poverty. Time Flies: From The ' Statesman Files 10 Years Ago August 12, 1943 j I President Manuel L. Quezon of the Philippines said; Presi dent Roosevelt's promise of full independence for the Filipino people, after the defeat, of Ja pan, is "encouraging." The governor appointed Chris Kowitx justice of the, peace for the Salem district, to fill ithe va cancy created by Joseph iFelton, entering the military service. Ralph Wj Emmons of! Salem was appointed to the new posi tion of secretary-administrator of the State Industrial Accident '. : :' ' ! ' 25-YearsiAgo ' I V August 12,12 j H. S. Gile & Company; of Sa lem , won their suit from the United States Collector of Inter nal Revenue, who will I return S1SV200 for 'excess profit taxes for the years 1915 and 1918. Oregon, the leading hop state, will open the picking season with an army of 50,000 workers. Earle Fisher, state tax com missioner, returned from south ern Oregon where he spent sev eral weeks 'on investigating tax matters. 40 Years Ago August 12, 1913 D. A. Moore, prominent cap italist of Kansas, Is a guest of his brother W. W. Moore, of Josse & Moore here. Mr. Moore plans to sell his interests in Kansas and make his home here. Lloyd T. Rigdon, son of "W. T. Rigdon, has bees appointed by the council as clerk for Ward 2, for the special election in Sep tember. j'' .if,-.. ,.. j. . Out of the 41 state legisla tures in session during 1913, laws dealing with tuberculosis were enacted in 30. Walkout Spreads in France Cow Hit! by Two Cars Near Albany; 3!Men Injured i f . PARIS m France's labor un ions, furious over Premier Joseph Laniel's economy decrees, Tues day night ordered hundreds ! ot thousands of workers, to Join the more than a million who have ham strung the country with the second general strike in less than a week. As the life of France ground slowly to a halt, tens of thousands of tourists sought frantically to get out of the strike-bound country. Rail travel r even to the ports was cut off: Afrplanes were the only escape route for the travelers many of whom have run out of money because of their enforced extra stays here. Union officials predicted that the strikes would continue to spread until Laniel, a multimillionaire and JU (Continued from page one.) ' death of Stalin for instance, and the succession of Milenkov, et a I. There were flood and famine reported in China. The lapse of time may have con vinced China the U. N. would not yield on the one issue of non - forcible repatriation of prisoners of war. The probabil ity is that a variety of factors caused China to ask for resump tion of truce talks. Where Eisenhower deserves credit is not that he got "tough" with the Communists, but that he didn t. A good many ex pected him-to order a full-scale attack in Korea, or try for an eiSd-run to Wonsan. or to carry the war to Chinese territory as had long been urged: or pos sibly to use the atom bomb. He didn't If he had,, the chances are the war would still be going on and the toll of casualties might have been far higher. It is enough to say that under President Eisenhower a truce in Korea has been obtained, on honorable terms. It was not achieved by gestures or threats but by standing firm on terms previously offered. The next chore is to thread the mazes of diplomacy and turn the truce into a satisfactory treaty. , Better English Br D. C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong -with this sentence? "He was confronted with a widow woman." 2. What is the correct pro nunciation of "italic"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Fully, pully, bul ly, peacefully. 4. What does the word "ap othegm" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with fe that means "capable of being done; practicable"? ANSWERS 1. Say, "He was confronted by a widow (omit woman)." 2. Pronounce first i as in it, not as in ice. 3. Pulley. 4. A short, pithy, and instructive saying. (Pronounce ap-o-them, a as in at, accent first syllable). "A good apothegm is often a safe master to follow." 5. Feasible. reputedly one of the two or three richest men in France, scraps his proposals to lop thousands of civil service workers off the payroll and increase the retirement age of those who remain. So far the unlimited general strike has hit the railroads, gas works, electricity plants, public health, public services such as gar bage disposal and grave digging, posts, the. telephone and telegraph. The Socialist Force Ouvriere (Workers' Force) Tuesday night called on France's 830,000 doctors, dentists, lawyers,: employes of credit establishments, newspapers. insurance companies and naviga tion concerns to join in Thursday. The Christian Trades Federation and the Communist-led General Trade Federation are expected to follow suit. Workers on the; Paris subway and busses were ordered out Wed nesday morning. The government called out the array Tuesday night to cope with the expected paraly sis of the public transportation system. Soldiers manning trucks will sup ply emergency service through the city and to the suburbs. Motorists were urged to pick up stranded passengers. Similar steps were taken to soft en the railroad strike's effects. Fleets of busses were pressed into service to rescue travelers, Among them thousands of Americans, who have been left high and dry by thr railroad strike. MOSSADEGH BACKED t TEHRAN, Iran (fl The Iran ian provinces apparently with strong Communist support gave Premier Mohammed Mossadegh a landslide mandate Monday to wipe out the . opposition rump held parliament Now the coun try is uneasily waiting for the Reds to present their political bilL Sut na Newt rvira . ALBANY A cow was killed Sunday hen jit wandered onto Highway 20 near here and was struck by twojautos. Three per sons were injured, j ii State police said the cow was first grazed by a car driven by Alfred Sevcrson. Independence; then knocked p30 feet bjf a sec ond car, operated by Harold T. Williamson, Philomath. He In curred a head! iniurv that termed "severf" Two male com panions were flightly injared. Severson's rr ran into a dKch an was damaged slightly. 1 , j ; VENETA LOGGER KILLED EUGENE tff- Floyd Kendall, 47, Veneta, Or,wai killed Tues day while workngat the Long-Bell logging operation near Vaughn, 15 miles west of j Eugene, m ' 1 ' j - ' M Wr y ,m0 - : sa 1 . 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