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"Wo Favor Sways Vs too tear Shall Awe"
JPrcm Firm SUtemua, March Za. 111
Statesman Publishing
tHARLES A. SFRAGUE. Editor and Publisher
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Entered at tb portofftw at Salem. Or, 'a McenO
. class matter under act of Congress March 3. ,1171.
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' Interstate Association Mect Today
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. f Representatives of counties enroled in the
Interstate Association of Public Land Coun
ties will rneet in Salem today. This is m fitting
'J place iot the association to meet because it
" vfaa here that the initial meeting (was held
around 1940 to consider joint effortj directed
toward getting the federal government to con
tribute to local governments sums pn lieu of
taxes on! its extensif e holdings on; public
lands and forests. The idea vjras not ijnerely to'
gpt more! money for the counties bu to get it
oh a permanent" basis which counties could
rfely on n figuring their budgets. '.
Despite considerable effort nothing has
. ;bleen accomplished in this direction. As far as
' Cfregon is concernedf'counties how probably
realize as much or mre front the government
revenues on grazing fees! and timber sales
than they would under a fixed system, a fact
which minimizes the heed for this association.
What has disturbed some of us here in Ore
gon is to see the association Send its attorney
. to Washington to testify in behalf of the D'
Ewart bill, HR 4032. This was the bill favor
. ed by stockmen whicB would have given per
Jrnit horders virtually; permanent tenancy-of
! the forest range as well as? the public land
-' range. This bill was strongly! opposed by con
HTservation interests, Robert W. Sawyer of the
ZZ Bend Bulletin being one who appeared at the
J committee hearing to speak 5 against j the bill.
"The sponsors of the bill stepped pushing 'it
when they saw it was doomed to defeat.
What we would like to have the Interstate
"Association do at this; meeting is to repudiate
its former endorsement of legislation of this
ZZ type. It is outside the province of county gov
ZZ ernments anyway; and definitely against the
: broad public interest.
" Unless the association can show it has a
valid reason for being it ought to dissolve. If
it proposes to continue to dabble in matters
r outside its sphere it faces a continuing gun
Z fire from home grounds from those who feel
it has misrepresented the public interest.
" Today is the time for the association to
give an accounting, and an explanation; and
to decide to keep its activities within the
- , range of its original purposef,
Dentifrice manufacturers aren't expecting
to be put out of business by the fluoridation
" of water. Instead they plan to continue keep-
ing mouths clean and teeth sound by sweet-
tasting chemicals. For a long time dental
cream was just dental cream for cleansing
Z purposes. Then the makers put in their chem-
ical additives. Just a few ybars ago a great
splurge was made for ammoniated dental
creams. A year ago chlorophyll was added.
Now according to the Wall Street Journal
ZZ makers of dentifrices are getting ready to
market a new product loaded with "anti-en-J
zime chemicals. Once again the hucksters
will go to work to propagandize their virtue,
which is that they prevent tooth decay. De-
spite all the claims for new chemicals the
H dentists still appear to be busy filling cavities
X and providing bridges and crowns and den-
tures for worn-out teeth.
The State Air Pollution Authority has is
sued its first abatement order, against an as
phalt plant operating at Gold Hill which was
said to be vomiting smoke land dirt which
damaged property as !ar as a half-mile away.
Wonder if the Authority's abthority extends
to the clearing of "smokefilled" rooms.
mm. UWW?
5 President's Demand That Government Cut
2 Spending, Laid to Budget Director Failure
By J." M. ROBERTS, JR.
mm Associated Press News Aaaljst
President Eisenhower s demand
that government , departments cut
their spending even below author
ZZ ized figures suggests that earlier
efforts by the budget director hate
ZZ failed to produce results. , '
ZZ It may also be an indication that
the President's economy drive s
t running, into that old failing pt
human nature the dwindling of
Z' fervor after the first enthusiasm.
The principal reaction amoag
r. the bureaucrats seems
to
be
w -We're bleeding already."
ZZ The departments; have not
played enough response to a warn
ing from Budget Director J podge
July t, which has only no been
revealed. ! that , payrolls be ;cut
ZZ much deeper than heretofore, that
functions be studied as to their
ZZ necessity, and thai whole prp-
grams be dropped when not abso
ZZ. lutely essential. i f
Now he is preparing to get. out
a new spending budget for thjs.
m vear cuiung tne ueparujicni-a i ic
2Z low what Congress approved, and
has warned them the spending! for
next year most be cut back by as
much again as it has been for this
ZZ Few. ., .;:
ZZ By striking at whole projects.
Dodge is getting at the root f
H government spending. The payroll,
though generally accepted as e$
tremely wasteful, is really only a
minor itch on the , American hide.
It is the expensive projects
ZZ dreamed up "by the unnecessary
employes to excuse their presence
ZZ that cost the taxpayers real moA-
sy. And it also tends to keep the
ZZ' standard of pay for the needed
workers below what it should be
ZZ v obtain real efficiency. i
ZZ President i Eisenhower, long be
'ore he agreed even to become a
andidate, had expressed the wish
Saltm. Orsw FrL. August 14. 1S53
Company
Press
exclusively Vs the uae
that he could go to Washington,
fire a vast number of employes,
and not let the politicians replace
them. ' j
It was' a hum ah reaction, but
naive. The pattern of government
employesi being shoved out the
front doors of some-, departments
only to walk into others by the
back way is too familiar.
- 4 .., i.' ministration faces
the necessity of getting rid f
U . j idi or of calling
i By W. G. Rogers
TUSITALA OF THE SOUTH
SEAS: The Story f Robert Louis
Stevenson's Life la the South
Pacific, by Joseph W. . Ellison
.(Hastings House; $5)
Stevenson," or Tusitala, "teller
of tales, as Pacific islanders
dubbed him, sailed from San
Francisco in 1883 lor the South
Pacific. With his mother, wife,
Fanny, aed stepson and the crew
of the chartered schooner
"Casco," he was off on the sea he
loved, fleeing the death he appar
ently did; not fear.;
In a month they reached the
Marquesas, went on to the Paunv
otus, Papeete and Honolulu! Then
on another ship, he and his en
tourage went to the Gilberts and
Samoa. Landing at Apia, he de
cided finally to buy 300 acres.
build a home and settle there, at
V'ailima, or five waters, for the
rest of his "short life. . ;
Henry Adams, calling on the
Stevensons, reported they looked
like a pair of , tramps. Ellison
says they livedV'tir style: Steven
son was lord of the manor; his
Literary Gu
Tax Collections by Fraud Division
' State - Tax Commissioner Ray Smith in
charge of the income tax section' states that
more than $500,000 was collected in 1932 due
to the efforts of the fraud division of his of
fice. This has been done by direct effort with
out resort to criminal prosecutions. He ex
pects larger recoveries this year because some
"very flagrant cases" are being pushed. .
' It is good newt that the state is diligently
pressing to collect all that is due under the
tax laws. The fact that the state had started ,
no criminal proceedings while the federal
government had done so against some Ore
gonians stirred the question in some quarters
on whether the commission really was doing
its job. This statement goes to show that the
commission does j have a division with the
special duty of ferreting out not the delin
quents but the tax evaders! Where the eva
sion is wilful fraud one questions whether
besides collecting the sums due he commis-'
sion should not turn the cases, over to district
attorneys for possible prosecution under crim
inal statutes. A few convictions might have
powerful effects on others tempted to conceal
their gains. If Joe Gottrox is consigned to
Cracking rock fot a year Dick Wellheeled is
apt to have a better memory when he makes
out his income! report. ,
Day of Decision on 1954 Wheat
. -.':;(; '. ' '" -
Today is the wheatgrowers "day-of deci
sion.' They vote across the nation on wheth
er to accept the government proposal, on the
1954 crop program or not. If hey. do they
will get a continuance of price support at: 90
per cent of parity. If they do not the support
drops to 50 per! cent. Acreage restrictions are'
ordered so the vote does not affect them.
Ai Smith said the voters don't shoot Santa
Claus, and. the expectation has been that
wheatgrowers wouldn't vote down the pro
gram and thus bare themselves to possible
economic blizzards; but on strength of rumors
they might do just that more sellers than
buyers appeared in the wheat market one day
and thie price dropped the limit of ten cents
a bushel.
Growers would prefer not to have controls
and they afro a bit conscience - stricken on
price supports. Some go as far as to say- they
will vote to abandon themwhen the gov
ernment stops subsidies to other economic
groups; ;
We anticipate that Santa Claus will survive
the election. -j
Editorial Writer George Turnbull hai writ
ten a good review of the book "Man in Space"
by Dr. 'Heinz Haber, former director of space
medicine at Randolph Field. Haber sees little
prospect of man's embarking on interplane
tary travels. He recounts the hazards,-one of
which as personal; fear; and expresses doubt
if "life as we know it", exists on other whirl
ing discs in space. All of which induces Turn
bull to conclude: 1'Let's go to Hawaii or the
Mediterranean first." That is OK for those of
us who got our start in horse and buggy days,
but it willnot satisfy thv smalKfry who al
ready have their space suits cornpietet with
helmets.
The big, rich state of Texas is coming in
for criticism for the way it ran to Washing
ton for relief when drouth struck its "west-,
ern provinces." Time Magazine last week re
ported how prosperous ranchers lined up for
low-cost g'overntnent feed for their cattle. As
for Texas the state government did nothing
to provide "relief for the victims of the
drouth. It would seem that Texas might have
diverted some of the royalties it' anticipates
from the offshore oil lands it recently got
back from the government, to providing suc
cor where it was heeded.
Now we have to learn an entirely new vo
cabularly just as we did automobile, chauf
feur, garage when the motor car arrived. The
Grants Pass television station was put Out'of
business for a few days because its "diplexer"
went "haywire.' This is the system of tubing
which mixes the sight and the sound between
transmitter and antenna.
a special session of Congress to
raise the debt limit
An earnestness about balancing
the budget is displayed. ,
Government spending is recog
nized as endangering the program
for a stabilized currency and a
balanced economy.
The question is whether all of
the pressure from the President
and the budget director will be
sufficient to overcome the resis
tance of proponents of pet projects.
idepost
native servants, when they wore
anything, wore-the Royal Stuart
tartans; there were frequent fetes
and many visitors; and there was
i flock of island women so hand
some they were called i . . Ellison
declares improperly . . . "Steven
son's harem.
There is a lot about oolities.
oeaJ customs, Stevenson's broad-
mindedness, and there is a bit
about books, and bits about the
writer. My main criticism is, that
there's too much general informa
tion, not enongh details. For in
stance, I'm not interested In the
facts of the 1889 hurricane,
though I get fhem a-plenty, but
I am intrigued by the remark;
concerning Fanny's "injuries re
ceived chasing pigs " but I'm not
told another word about the mis
hap.' Furthermore, when I do get
details, they are often contradic
tory; In one place Stevenson
stayed at Waikiki six months, in
another, fire; in one place he had
five years on Samoa.' in another
four; in one place Mount .Vaea
is 3,000 feet high, in another,
2,100. . , .;-
A WORD
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
10 Year Ago
August 14, 1943
The American Legion Build
ing, corner of Chemeketa and
Cottage Streets, utilized as a
U. S. O. center, paid : off the
$9000 mortgage since ' Septem
ber 1942.
Civilian defense workers join
ed the home front army to sell
$15,000,000 ia war bonds (third
drive).
A new women's service club
was organized (Salem Soronj
mist) hjre. Miss Isabel Childs
has been elected president
25 Years Ago
August 14, 19SS
The United States nosed out
Great Britain in Olympic track
meet winning : eight first pla
ces to six for opponents. More
than, 45,000 people watched the
American relay team in Lon
don. The old frame building be-.
hind O'Leary's restaurant on
Court Street has been razed to
make room for a one-story ocn
crete garage for the Oregon
Stage Company.
The "Open Garden" sponsor
ed br the Salem Garden club
included the William McGilch
rist Jr., and Homer H. Smith
homes. Mrs. E. M. HpffnelL
Mrs. Wm. Everett Anderson and
Mrs. H. B. Hosford were in
charge.
40 Years Ago
August 14, 1U
Prof. Frank Churchill, Salem
piano instructor, is in Chicago
studying with Emil Liebling.
Representing the oldest lodge
of American origin, Judge Carl.
Foster of Bridgeport, Conn., of
the Improved Order of Red
Men, is in Portland. The order
in Oregon has a 3000 member
ship. Clark County, Washington,
voted $500,000 bonds for the
proposed wagon bridge across
the Columbia river. This is half
of the cost Multnomah County
must meet the other half.
GRIN AND BEAR
. ' ' '
"Caw, comm. fcaserf ' mfee lOtM ppr worir is rafhar
...( tm't
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FROM THE NEW SPONSOR
(Continued
industry continued to top other
states. Oregon's, average of
$85.50 a week compares with
1952 averages of $79.93
for
Washington State, $80.57 for
California .and $63.45 for the
United States."
"-Ther hourly rate average
reached a new high of $2.20 per
hour in 1952 in the lumber and
woods products industry. This
was 66 cents an hour or 43 per
cent Higher than the U. S. av
erage of $1.54. The differential
increased during 1952. The in
crease in the hourly average
pay was 12 cents for Oregon or
, 5.8 per cen$, while for the whole
country the increase was only
seven cents or 4.8 per, cent
The! cumulative effect then is
to price the product out of the
market and workers out of jobs.
While it is true that Oregon
softwood lumber is of the high
est quality and that because oi
size oiflogs and the advanced
techniques and power machines
employed the time ' units in
volved in producing a thousand
feet of lumber are probably the
lowest in the country, still there
is a limit to how far these fav
orable factors may be exploited.
Instead of blaming the dispens
ers of Credit or foreign imports
for the state of the "market
both proprietors and employes
might well take a look at their
own share of responsibility for
its condition. Sooner or later
Your Health
DANGERS OF
UNDERDONE PORK
Pork, when properly cooked
is a nourishing food. Improper
cooking of pork, however, can
cause trichinosis.
Even rigid government regular
tions regarding meal inspection
cannot always detect the cyst of
one small trichinelia worm that
may infect theh pork. If these
cysts are present and the pork
is improperly or only partially
cooked, the worm, in the form of
the cyst may enter the human
body. '
When these cysts enter with
the pork into the stomach and
intestines of man, the worms are
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from page one)
they find out just how high is
up; and that is what they are
finding out now. Prices are
flexible under the law of sup
ply and demand, and recently
lumber prices have ' softened.
Wages under general unioniza
tion are rigid; but contracts do
not guarantee jobs, jand cur
rently lumber workers are get
ting their incomes cut through
curtailment of work days.
The UCC report referred to
tells the same story on high
average earnings of Oregon's
manufacturing production work
ers. At $2.05 an hour in 1952 it
was the highest of any state.
The average earnings 'in Wash
ington was $1.97 an hour and in
California $1,87 an hour.
High wages and earnings are
something to boast about up to
a point After the postwar bulge,
industrial development) in Ore
gon has slowed down, j Could it
be that the wage level is a de
terrent to capital investment in
Oregon industry? No one likes
to advocate lower wages; but
it does seem to be time to put
a brake on further wage ad
vances in manufacturing if Ore
gon is to expand its industry, or
even hold its own in j national
and international competition.
JThe facts themselves as given
in this official report invite the
thoughtful study of employers
and labor leaders alike!
By
Dr. Herman fundeser.
released from the covering cyst
by the digestive action of these
organs. They cause irritation to
the intestines and stomach and
the person may develop nausea,
vomiting and severe diarrhea.
These worms then escape into
the blood system and migrate to
different areas of the body. They
may cause excruciating patnin
the muscles they choose for their
future home. j
The area that is particularly
affected is the diaphragm, the
muscle which separates the chest
fromthe abdominal organs and
which is so important for breath
ing. The other muscles of respira
tion, speech and chewing may al
so be, affected.
The person infected often has
fever with the entry of worms
into his body. A common symp
tom is a swelling of the upper
eyelid. A small amount of worms
in the body may cause no symp
toms at all. L
Up until recently, the best
treatment for trichinosis has been
its prevention by means of thor
oughly cooking all pork meat at
least half an hour for each pound
of meat However, in very severe '
infections, the use of ACTH and :
.cortisone, the new wonder hor
mones, has proven effective in
relieving some of the symptoms
and decreasing the amount of
damage to the tissues, j
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Inside TV
m
Un-Hep TiV Bosses
Keep Out Talented
.1 By EVE STARR I j f
H0LLYWOOI Phil Baker, Un Hollywood to discuss TV
.deals, threw a haymaker st the top brass when he remarked that
most executives are "passing up talent not passing on; If and a
lot of performers who have a great deal to offer h
tv are oemg aicaea in tne nearf because "the ffr-
aess." I . .h
Baker has a point A parallel situation would
be a baseball club run by executives with bank- f
ing experience but no baseball background. Ba-1
ker says that "television is a new; entertainment ;
monster which has to feed on new talent and
new ideas to survive.! He's so rifHt But the TV N-
indilltrv has too manv "nnw.rt" V tam '
little ahAUt show ttninaa if
: What's to be fori nhmit
w-r - uiuiirr ui
Of these ffentlemen either to. learn something ab$ut show
business by closely allying therf selves tvith,all phases of it,
or to employ associate who
' cn advise them intelligently. . : . . ' j : '
As more sets are installed i in A mtrimiL hnmii h..
mtnute .the need lor additional
' vu.m i, uctvT TTWTf ocun, w nrr e ts tfiis talent
coming from? Veteran performers can do jo n I y Iso many
shows. So , , , the new taWrfit must come from teu?Wi
, ers-rfhe very people whom Baker declares toon'! eve be
aiuncea ine courtesy or contact Arun most TVr top brass
have eyes and ears only for established names. i '
, Xf time for a big wake-up, fall around the top-brass
els. And that thcludes nef unorfc local stations, sponsors,
agencies. '",.
CRITIC'S CORNER:?
well up to this show's high quality level: good settings, giood direc
tion, good acting, a well-written story. Main Interest was in Charles
Bickford's debut on TVand; for the record, he; was excellent He
played a sea captain with a good deal of finesse that gave the Char
acterization depth and meaning. Kevin McCarthy, who won Over
night fame in Broadway's "Death 4f a Salesman," gave; his lisual
consistent performance. Lisa Howfrd made a brief .appearance in
a limited role. I ! i
CAPSULE REVIEW: Lee fracy desert!, a better fate
than to be burdened with' the Martin , Kane role lihat is
, bluntly a mixed up hodge-po&ge, badly written ,hoddily
mounted, tnatjjerentiy actea, mtn the exception of Ttacy
who does better by the part tHan it deserves. This show
should either be, junked entirelylor completely re-done from
tip to toe.
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TFT.PnrT.AC.TTir.S- Tin n't H j -
the CBS color system; the FCC did NOT approve this System for
telecasts, as many believe. CBS Was 'granted permission only to
make experimental color telecasts between Sept 10 and Dec 10.
After that trial period, the FCC vgsill determine! whether the! sys
tem is good enough to receive approval for regular commercial
telecasts . . . Early morning TV viewing Is catching on: NBC
has already sold 723 time spots on! the early slot show,) "Today,"
giving the show a 60 per cent sellout for the final four months
of this year . . . "Pentagon Confidential the newil Thursday
night CBS show, got such a beef from Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer
(authors of "Washington ConfidentiaL", etc.) that the; title I was
changed to "Pentagon U.S.A." You iee, it pays to "kick." Why not
object en masse (you viewers) to fU. S. A." and what!! you! bet
the title will be changed to something like "Pentagon 'iV'
(Copyright J953, Cenrl reature Clrwp.) I ;
The Safety
POUTICAL MOTIVATIONS
To the Editor;
As a de facto organ of the
Republican party in Oregon The
Statesman has eulogized Cor
don, praised McKay and criti
cized Senator Morse. That The
Statesman has not reversed this
pattern in any instance could
be attributed to complete agree-,
ment with Cordon and McKay
and complete disagreement with
Morse. However, evidence from
The Statesman's editorial com
ments indicates otherwise and,
demonstrates to what ridiculous
lengths it will go to svoid criti
cizing the Eisenhower machine
in Oregon. ; j
The offshore oil bill is one
i illustration. The Statesman op
posed the bill in the face of Ei
senhower's desire to pay off a
campaign debt to the southern
Whigs. Of course no criticism
of the President was made on
this issue. McKay strongly sup
ported the bill and Cordon
helped move the bill through
: the Senate but no criticism of
this was made by The States
man, only discreet silence. How
ever, Senator Morse fought the
bill bitterly and for this he was
criticized by The Statesman. To
be sure he was criticized for
filibustering and not because of
his position on 'the bill but in
the absence of criticism of Cor
don's and McKay's conduct it
seems rather odd to censor a
supporter of one's position.
All this may bring aid and
comfort to the Eisenhower po
litical machine In Oregon but it
is not objective journalism. In
view of this, the reader must
consider the political motiva
tions behind the editorial cri
ticism of Morse. ;
Walter .L. Berg
1248 Chemeketa '
Editor's note; The correspond
ent is confusing issues with
personalities. As a matter of
- New its progress
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fact this paper . has Supported
Morse in many of his stands.
It condemned denying him a
committee assignment In the I
1052 Republican convention; It
respected his freedom to aban
don the party which had elected
him. It endorsed his. request for
retention of his committee! as
signments in Congress.; It com
fnended him for deciding with
out bargaining to support j the
Republicans in the matter of
Senate organization when it re
convenes. It has criticized him
for what it has regarded as
rather demagogic attacks on
McKay and Eisenhower. j
As far as the offshore lands
ill is concerned,' Cordon hand
ed this as a committee assign
nent as he also handled the
ater bill confirming federal
authority over resources beyond
the "historic I boundaries" of
states. We felt very; strongly
that these resources were truly
national. At the same time we
recognized valid grounds for
the opposing view, particularly
in the case of Texas. The critic,
might read the Frankfurter dis
sent in that case. It was the
terms of the Texas snnexation
a gr e e m e n t,l we understa nd,
which detemined Eisenhower to
recommend this legislation.
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