4 (Saev 2) Statesman. Satan. Or WskL. August 12. 1853
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lfchly
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From First Statesman. March XI. 1S51 '
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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
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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
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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
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(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.
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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
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